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?? jl_uw ! as VOLUME XXIX CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, APRIL ft, 1918. NUMBER 51 1RTILLERY COMPANY TO ENCAMP NEAR CAMDEN hiceri Training School Withj Four Hundred Men and One Hundred Gun* To Be Here For Three Days. uptoin Wlntbrop Green of Massa-J |issrtts ami Camp J ackson, who has u a regain? week end visitor at ' Kirkwood announces the Interest' news that the noxt military ma-| ver of the (lump Jackson continent I bo tlio arrival of tho Officers tin inK School of tho 81st Division ? with 400 men ami 1,00 guns with battery will atari on a '.bike from jrnnbiu Thursday night and camplug iut ton miles i*outh of hero will pre ? for a sham battle to take place jhc banks of tl*o Wateree river ear Friday aaorntng after which the ision will march to Klrkwood hts and encamp for; three day* on sit? of the Riding and Driving I* race track. The occa #on will be it'll upon as the' seasons best days ?reat pleasure is anticipated by visitors here in the interesting obtained thusly. r. Kdward E. Kaufer, a celebrated mre. patater. ;?t JStew haa giving an exhibition of his wot* he Kirkwood thla week. Mrl |*er has had the 4UtlnoUo*^<?- be pat ronlxed by Ithe h and hLs collection^ h'as Lr^lud^d igh famous character ati to tn Ttidat ?e.sting. v ? \ I 'V <. F. B. Kumbough.Vltkt Sii/anue returned to Garden Cltl^' s. Frederick Rob iu son, M^.Feake and Mrs. Clarence Morgan witih| Greene, dined at Klrk*W esday evening. ,j Kaster Ball at The Kirkwpctygi ,ctcd a gathering that did not no bly show a diminishing nun$er inter visitors and was as gay^is suai Klrkwood "danced this win Th<* notels par lorn were $eAUkj I'y decorated with natural flowers foliage now In bloom. : ; [in w<H'ks arrivals on the Klrkwood i :er arc*: Dr. and Mrs. S. W. Hayes j Hertford, Mass; Mr. and Mrs. je Ohaboon with Margaret Cha and Dr. Dan Cuthbertfrom Grand L P. <i. : Mr. F. A. Sabatton from real and Mr, and Mrs. L. 8. Col-.] from Montreal; Mr. and\Mrs. L. isb, Ogdensburg, X. ; Mr. and .1. W. Boyqton, Milton, Mass.; S. M liner and Mrs. J. II. Mllncr, ideuce, R. I. ; Mr and Mrs. ? Jo Hewett. Brockton, Mass; Mr. and |A. D. Byer, Norrlstown, - Pa. ; ud Mrs. K. M. Angell, Glens Falls : Mr and Mm Samuel & Dennis, Forsyth, Morristown, N. j/; Miss Band. St. Ix>uls and Mrs. S, ?gnier, Lenox.' Mass. Liberty Lean Parade. Saturday afternoon at 4:80 the y Ix)an Parade will 1>e organized rapt on Park and parade down De iud Main Street*. The best bapd^ fVimp Jackson and four hundred rs will take part. All details lot been arranged but It 1b hoped ho schools and patriotic organ!-? s of the town wiH be irepresent ^ cordial invitation Is extended citizens of the town and county 11 out in full force. Show your V to the cause. br londlAfr your ice for the occasion. kte Constable Makes Report. pnbia, April 2.? T. J. , Smyrl, State (instable has^ presented Hrteriy report to Governor Man n which lt^ is shown that forty Illicit stills' have been captured January 1. ranging in capacity five to 100 gallons. 'We have yed 4,101 gallons of still beer, ?eight fermenters -and sixty gal f blockade" whiskey."* Inp the month Of March 418 of whiskey were captured, fines iting to $1,200 and sentences ting to eleven months imposed, oath's toll otherwise was twenty mills, sixty ferment*?, 707 gal t still beer and thirty-live *gal ( YAtxfcaAe whiskey. The on of the stills captured in f" W#s : Anderson 3; Aiken 3"; . 2: LexLngtop 8: Calhoun 1; ^ngeburg 3. Poppenbeim reported some good j- lo Charteatoo, as follows : Four thirteen handbags, 196 quarts >key and four bottles of beer. ?ant Robert Murray Pa oiling, of P County, baa been given the I croas of feooor for bravery In J* the my treacbes. FOH IMVKKKVI TRAINING rrmpett of HaltOu* (he Draft .\Ke I Now SoeuiH Hrytkote. Nrjting from Washington under date I # *' K' FoHU>r Murray sends tho (ollowhtg to the News ami CourW*: Htrength 1* tela# added steadily to the movement for universal military train lug, as a general policy. ami to tlio do uiand for enlarging tin; ?et>i>o of the qruft as an immediate war emergency I by the Increasing serlousuoss of the! situation in Kurope. It 1m Ikot up: realised now very vifidlyl that men who were rldicule<l or de nouneed as extremists two years or evj?n u year ago. were right In warning country that its war preparations! were InsutMolent for tho strain that >va? to come; Thus ftir the efforY to establish mill, tary trainiug of our youth ou the samel broad basis, as general education has been defeated every time it has bet*u I ma<Je In Congress, largely because the President and the Secretary of War are against it at this time; but tho propo-| nents of the principle are not diacour* I aged and believe that they will even- 1 tually win by mere force of circum- 1 stances. As to tbe draft extension, Congress I now seems favorably disposed towards I the bill subjecting to draft air young men who arrive at 21 later than the ,<ta!e.bf the draft -acts waaotment.Thls j measure has passed tbe Senate and 1*1 expected to pass the House. There will a hard fight iu tins House over the J war department's proposition to change I the baste of quotas for the second call [from that of population to the regis tration in Class 1. A formidable oppo- j sltion contends that tbe draft boards! have pursued such dlfTerent policies in I the selection of men for Class 1? thatl ^ia, sotnft boards* 'haw been so much ( stricter than others as to exemptions | and deferred classifications ? that to I |>ii? quotas for the second call on the I Class 1 registration would be very un-J Just to some localities. "Give us a uni- 1 for? rule 1" is the cry of these object- 1 ors. On the other hand, the experts ) of the War Department declare that the Class 1 basis is the most equitable j that can be devised. The subject is so I complicated that it is teally very dlffl- 1 cult to understand. With some amend- J jncnts the administration bill to base! quotas on Class 1 will probably go I through, but the fqr will fly before it I does so. J j Talk has been heard several times in I Congress recently about the possibility I that the draft age will have to be in- 1 creased to forty or forty-five years, j More is heard about raising the maxi- j mum "age than about lowering the min-j Imum to eighteen or nineteen. J The prospect for raising the draft j age tov forty or forty-five for actual j army service is remote, but a* the war | progresses there will be u growing I probability of the adoption of some | such* system as they have {u England* where the whole adnlt . able-bodied j male population up to forty j-ears old is subject to copscrlption for work es- 1 sentlal to the war. >. j A man thirty-eight or forty years of I age is not now subject to the draft in I the United States. He tan engage, in any work he chooses^ or in no work at j all if he can live without it. In Eng* I land he would not have tlfis Tight. He I would have to work at something use*! fill to his country, useful in war-time j If he d id not serve in tbe army or tKe 1 navy. It Is a truism that the proper man-power for essential industry is as important to a country ia war as is the maintenance of the man-power, of 'the forces hi tbe field or on the sea. j t \ ] ? Winnsboro Boy h Winner. Bryan Willingfcam of Winnsboro was Saturday declared the winner of the first prise In the boys' corn club con test in South Carolina. The Fairfield County boy produced last year 157.8 bushels of corn on one acre of ground. James W. Draffin of lies lie, York County, won second plaw," his yield being 110.5 traahels. ^ ,, Third place was taken by Hallum Smith of Smoak, Colleton County, who produced 106.2. . ? "Dripping With Blood." Amsterdam, March 30.? Train loads' of Oernwrar wounded from the western front are crossings the German fron tier in a continuous stream, according to a dispatch to the Telegraph today. The correspondent described the trains hs "dripping with blood" and condition of the wounded distressing in the extreme. So numerous are the wounded men that freight ears are being substituted for hospital cars in transporting tfcem, the wounded men ,in these oars lying on beds of straw and Sharing*. ? * A mm WAS HORN IN THE COI NTKV Writer K?n lew* The Old Tliw Dnyn On. ? The Farw. '' g lleautlful spring time with sunshine and flowers lias couu* again. I was born In the country, ^always loved the birds anil flowers, the negroes aud the mules. When a little fellow old man Sam Fletcher my bosom friend and body guard learned mC how to ride the mules. While the environ* iuen to In those day* was rather tough It pleased mo well. It was fun for me to listen to >?cgro tulo tillers and yarn spinners. Old jnan Jack Cottlnghaiu eon Id eu.ss fluently In both the English language and the Indian dialect, Josh Shields was a wicked old prophet and a Solo luou In his day. Ah Gardner the philosopher among bin color and kin and a game tighter. 1)111 Kirk land was a Maul among hi* brethren and at tlfe dining table the Jmperlal master of the situation. This quartette of darkle* was hard to down. Whenever they gathered at a country store and at the old time corn ahuckings. When I grew out of kn? britches I was warned In a dream to shake the Flat Itock dust from off my fcet and get out ftoin among them. In a re cent conversation with an old lady who stands high in the councils with lier friends and neighbors. She was at what -ww going to be come, of the country. Every thijig Jias more than double In price, there was 3io cheap John stores now. It looks like we will have to go back to raak- j lug our cloth and garmeuts again. That j venerable old lady is out of line with the times. The "age of the spinning wheel", the treadle and the loom, the j ovens and skillets Is no more. Over the bleached bones of these barbaric relics science lia.%, swept and left the touch of genius.. We are glad this is a year void of politics and can didates with their stories smoother than refined oil. We must, all put our best efforts behind our boys over yon- j der at battle front In an abidelng , faith tbe.end J unifies the means; Harry L. Fletcher. Flat Hock. H. O.. April 4. Married. Mr. John lira u ham and Miss Daisy Sloan, both of Lugoff, S. C? were mar ried on Saturday March 30th. Mr. Swillle Hinson and Miss E<isie Peebles, both of Camden. S. *C.V Rfd. were married on Saturday March 30tb. v Sinkings Decrease. ... Loudon, April 3. ? There wits u sud den und marked decrease In the losses . ? . to British shipping through mine or submarine In the past week. The ad miralty report* that .only -*U Jiritish merchantmen of 1,000 tons or over and seven' under that tonnage were sunk in the week .ending March 8p. Five fishing vessels also were sent to the bottom. " o% The admiralty statement continues : "Fifteen British merchant vessels were unsuccessfully attacked by sub marines. The lurge vessels sunk include one sunk during the week ending March ,16 And the smaller vessels reported sunk includes one during the week ending March 28. "The arrivals during the week end ing March 90 were 2,416 and the sail ings 2,739." v . The losses to British merchantmen ] through submarines and mines in 'the jvnst week are less than one-half the looses in the previous week, when twenty-tight merchantmen were sunk, Sixteen of the vessels over 1,600 tons. The admiralty report for the pre ceding week ebowod tbe of seven teen vessels, while for several weeks prior to that the weekly loss was eighteen. ?evangelistic Meeting at Baptist Church j The meetings at the Baptist Church began with i large crowd and enthus iastic singing. The leader of song, Mr. ftpinx, having had training in Moody | Institute, has not $nly the technical but the spiritual preparation for hiis ?work. You will be benefitted by at tending these service*. Bring your friends. Hong service begins at 8 :30. \ Friday Mad ti*turda.r there mlU bet i special service for children at 4 p. m. & ' - 1 ? ' ? ? In the general election for City of ficers held Tuesday all of the candi dates nominated in the primary were elected. In the race for Commission er of Public Work* W. B. deLoach was re-elected over L. A. McDowell by a vote of 08 to 87. Thursday, April ; 21st ? Marguerite Clarke in "tfeteo thrum*" comes to the Majestic theatre. imhm; (h>oi> work Council of IJffwwo Arousing I'foiile To to Sit lint Ion. Columbia, H. C., March 'J& ? Mauy people in South Carolina who have not hitherto realized the gravity of the situation In which thr rount ry now tlnds Itself are having their eyes o) toil ed by meetings which ate being held ahuost dally throughput the State un der the auspices of the South Caro lina Council of Offense. Practically every meeting has resulted in an arous ed public sentiment and an expressed desjre on the part of the i?eop)o f <? cooi>eratc with the (Government. Rev. H. It. Murchison, tleid secretary of the State Council of Oefense, is mak ing anywhere from one to five speeches dally at these public guthcrlugs. Last Wednesday and Thursday ho spent In Clarendon Couu^>* making live address es. each of which was heard by h lart^ crowd. Sunday and Monday he spent ill Chester wherfc ho delivered two ad* dresHcs. He reports an awakened pub lie sentiment til both counties. The last meeting of the live In Clar endon 'was held at Manning ami was purely a patriotic gathering. Tliere was u large gathering and in addition to Uev. MurchUon* the speakers were Joe Sparks, Stat# Organizer for the War Savings Stamp <*ampalgn ; Miss Smith, the i'Vderal iood ugent, and .1. K. itroediu, the county food administrator. At Oable, tbe Black River Cypress Com PUW. closed down Ita plant and there, was a large attendance including 200 negro laborers. The respond was tine. Comity farm demonstrator Senu and Misses Richardson and Flowden, the county demonstration agents, were also present at this meeting. Other meet ings in .Olareudou county were held at Summerton, Pa,xville and Ne>v ZIqju. ? At Chester Motfda.v a purely patriotic meeting was held attended by some 1200 people. The stores were all closed and there was u full turnout of busi uess men and clerks. Speeches were made by Rev. Murchison, Col. A? I* (iastopv and it. A. Coopohv The^ peo ple shewed a decided response t$\ all api?eals for a definite patriotic stand o?!i the' part of every citizen. Selling Man y Plant*. f *7 / V Mr. I*. II. Bautn, proprietor of the Winter Green Conservatories on North Broiul Street tolls us tbat bo hart sold over thirty thousand. cabbage and to mato plants from bis place In the last few wcek?. Owing to the freeze <tf this winter plants have been exception* ally hard to get. The growers around Charleston lost all" of their plants by the severe weather, "hence Mr. Baum's plant? have proven to be greatly In demand. . Mr. ilaum says he expects another 'year to greatly increase his planting and be In a position to furnish plants for the whole county and have enough for shipping. This season he has re ceived many orders from different counties and has been unable to sup ply the demand. Besides the plant industry he has nearly every variety of vegetable growing in the large plot of land to the rear of the Ha um prop ! erty. ?. / ... / Death of . Faithful Servant. George Wright, the old family wer vant of the Baum family, died last Sunday evening at seven o'clock. The end came very suddenly- - Mr. Baum and George were in the lot feeding the animals when George threw up his hands, gasped and fell dead. Pby? siclans were summoned but he had died almost instantly from, appoplaxy. He had been the butler, for the Baum .family for more than 45 years. He belonged to the late Urn. Herman Baura's mother at Chester and after Mrs. Ba urn's marriage she came to Camden and brought George with her where bp has remained ever since. He was about 66 years of age and well respected by all wfeo knew him. He Is survived by hfs wife and some children at " the north. The funeral was held Tuesday attended by a^Jarge number. ?of his friends. ^ . Hays law Is Constitutional. Columbia April 2.? Holding as uu- 1 tenable the contentions that the ataertd meuf to the "Quart a Month" Act. passed at the last session oftthe Gen eral assembly tightening up the Issu ance of permits by the judges of pro bate of the several counties of the State 14 unconstitutional. Judge Thom as S. Sease, of Spartanburg, In An or der filed today, directs Thojna* K. Richardson, Judge of probate for Sum ter county to Issue a permit to Single ton Bradford, a citUen at Snaitet County. The oase will be appealed to 'the State Supreme Court by Mr. RJcb* tr?m> . . | ANKKICANS GOING TO IIATTLK (,fj-nuiii Advance Stopped Md French mid liritUh Make Gains.,. While tl?e advance ??f the German unnU> In Plcardy ha* come almost to a halt, t here has be*n severe fighting t .i the extreme western edge of tin* battle Kolit', HuwuilU'i's ill which IttW fomss ha vo l?eon engaged havo occur red north of Moreull. hut there Mwma to be no decided advantage gained by the Teutonic iuvaders. They claim to have taken height* ami to have carried a "wood In advance of their line near Moreull. hut the llrltlsh say they havo driven hack; the enemy from |>oslttonH they have occupied elsewhere In this set-tor. The French lines farther south have stood firm against savage assault*. es pecially In the region of Montdldler and eastward of that' place along a imrfc/ of the line, which was subjected to a terrific strain for two day* late last week. In a number of sectors tbo French havo surged forward and taken hard -earned grouml from the Ormuas and have established their line solidly along the Olse river. The expected allied counter-offensive 'hfts not yet come. but the Germans, who are report ed to be entrenching along the French front, evidently expect It there. The elements have boon at work In delaying the German*' advance. lUtn? aw reported along the French and Brit ish "fronts. Wet wVather there. If continual, woUhl handicap a further advance of the Germans and be of In finite value to the Allies, who are inov lug their forces and supplies over solid earth Instead of ground which has been churned into conditions where every step is beset b* dlttlcultic*. The chief Germun .efforts apparently llirtve been in the region of Moreull and Albert. Around these places there has boon stern fighting, with the German# hurling their fighting f men at the Al lied lines In scried rauka which have been mowed down by artillery, mft* chine gun and rifle fire. The effort in the Moreull region Is comddered a? being an atteidpt to reach the Paris Amiens railroad, which is four or five miles distant. The railroad which. was nit at Montdldler wait a branch of t be Pa rlp-Amlens road, but its posses sion means little to the Germans. The beginulng of Aprilt a month whose dates are written large on the pages of American history, finds the soldiers of the United States hastoulng to take their place in the ?one of the fiercest fighting. There haw been American troops involved to the strug gle In Plcardy since the morning of March 23. but Gen. Pershing now is leading more tbun 100,000 of Mh men. ? itiif f? * h?m- mrir '* *"* ? ? known. to a point ! l . v (Jen. Foch, the leader 'of the AlH?d forces hi France. a ? t Those men may even now be In the Inittle and Amerlea await. new* from them with confidence that they *111 compare well with.: the veteran* of France aud Great Britain. A report from Gen. Pershing to War Department states that the Wtu arton along the battle line# 1* Im proved. He did not give any informa tion regarding the movement of <fttt troops. It is not probable that the (Jorman general staff will bo content with the situation, a? 1t stands today. Many believe that Ihere Is in preparation another giant blow against Italy. Of ficial report* from Home say there ban been considerable activity, on the Asia go plateau and along' the Plave river and that In Albania, on the eastern shore of the Adriatic, th* Austrian* harrheen repulsed* after an attack?-on a position held by the Italians. British troops fn Mesopotamia have added a new1 success jto tfcejr records. They have progressed to a point mid-, way between Bagdad, and Aleppo. . If , these troops can reach Aleppo and there join forces with Gen. Allenby's army which has been fighting its way nortbimrd through- Palestine they .would s'be able to cut off the Whole , Arabian peninsula from the.TurkjJ and be to a position to meet any Itarklsh attacks front the troops of the Bultan which are at present operating in the MMxthcvu MttotuC of fU tcfc m. ?" ' * " :^7T~ ? '."'fi . 'y ? 1 '? vr1 The White Star liner Geltic has been > t r.iek by a torpedo while on her way from Europe to America. It is not be lieved that she had many Americans on board. ? Kuaaia and Rumania have negotiated a treaty of peaoe by which Rumania will evacuate Any occupied portions of Beaaarabia and aleo strategic terHtory near elm mouth of tho Danube. Ger many has mot a protest to Petrograd agataot the seeding of Botshevikl tr#op*? Into Ftntasd. ?r,ITWi-a' V UcuHiKi THURSDAYS WAK SUMMARY Fighting Kemaiit.s Slight Hut 1Mb Sides KtMub' Kor Kfnrwal. Although the 'lighting activity along tho entire front of tin* ?itr\v Soman* vd \ ^ remain* slight! there cnt ill prevails the IVrlUtg that soon agaja battles on a large scale will begla, ami with the allied troops after the respite of several days . strongly ar ray cm l In battle formation ami cagai 1o test their strength agalust that of the foe. From the Nomine to the Olse river along that portion of the buttle lluv wihlch bulges out toward Amiens, Aill.v and ltretcull, the big guns of the opposing side have opened in duels of great proportions, ami it apparently Is not unreasona ble to assume that either side at any moment may take t ho of fensive with their infantry in re.su mp tion of a battle which ranks among the greatest tho world has over known. Since the beginning of the present week there has been no marked change In the alignment of the opposing aide* tit vi n Arras southward to Chauny.-* The lighting has lacked the sanguinary character of tho previous days, owing tu port, no doubt, to the extremely bad weather conditions, Neither the ^ Germans nor tho allies have been idle, however, for dally there has been go ing on u reinforcement of. strategic positions, both in mat) and gun power for tho coming engagements upon which It Is conceded so much depend# for the victors. ) ? lu the vicinity of ' Ix?ns artillery duels of intensity hare been revive# on some sectors and In Ilelgium at various iK>lnts reciprocal shelling con tinue*. Iu both theso region*, how ever, the Infantry has kept to the treuches, accept for patrols and re connolterlug purposes. An American seotor hiis >een heavily attacked with ???< In the Italian theater there still is no indication of when the expected big battle . between the Italians and the Teutonic allies will burst, but daily theri* to Increasing activity all alpog tho front. Along the various fronts .the air men of both sides are keeping up their Intensive activity, bombing posi tions behind tho lines, ' searching otft troop and transport movements and engaging In aerial combat*. The French war office reports more than 1.1 tons of projectiles having, been .. dropped on fJcrman railroads and Noyan and also In the region of. Ito'ye iu the Arras fjront. NOW IN MKDICAL CORPS Former Camden Man Knlists For Ser vir? in I'nilotl States Army. The following: from ' the Pennington eorre*i>Ondence of the Trenton (N. J.) Evening Times will be read with in terost here. . nr? Little Ik the Hon of Mr. and Mrs. Ceirge T, Little of Cam den : Pennington. March 2ti. ? Dr. William Little left here last evening for W a*h* Ington, I). C?, to report for duty, la the Medical Corpx of ttoef' United States Army. He enllrfted In the HOrvio* about three months ago, and was short ly afterward commissioned a first lieu tenant. .It' is expected that Dr. Little will be assigned to an instruction wchpol and he will be stationed ia WaHbington for a while. Haviag cone here about one year ago following the ilea th_i*?--Di?^ -Edgar Hart, -Dr. -Little soon developed a wide practice and is held in high esteem in the community lie gained a wide popularity and every where are beard expressions of regret at his departure. Dr. Little is a graduate df ~ Ttt University of Virginia; and served for a time in Mercer Hospital, Trenton. After leavng there he entered general practice in Trenton, but soon afterwarf" established (himself in this place. ? Upon leaving the hospital, Dr. IJttle was appointed a member of ythe anx lliary sta of that institution, and op to the time of his leaving here, served as assistant anaesthetist, bat for ;a time served as head of that worlr at the hospital in the aheenoe of Dr. Wai ter A Taylor. _ H Furnish Vj With The News. Uuder the recent rating of the war ?department which gives only the names of the killed and wounded at the bat tle fronts the newspapers have to de pend entirely upon the relatives of the soW4e.cn for any Information aeni. tbem. The chronicle would be glad for par ents or next or kin to furnish us any information they receive from tb<feboyN At the front. The Vfctonh* MKBI 1 desire to express my sincere appre elation of the support given, me in soy race for Mayor of Camden In the re oent primary, and to assnre each voter that I will spend every possible effort' to give the city a clean and progressive administration during my term. ^ ' jS ^.DafeU at Durfcaaa. N. (LApSTfT ?