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DON'T KOKOET TO KKiHHTKR! f^ftOKT .U-'JL! NUMBER 12 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1918 VOLUME XXX ENATOR BEN TILLMAN'S END CAME "IN HARNESS" /AS STICK' KBN WITH IWKYIANlS I. AS I' UK KSIKW \ \ I) NO HjjMPJfl [hAM ,,,;hN knticictainki) ioic I iiis vi;mmatk kkcovkkv. ^ :4; ? ? ??~ uc-. 'r -Kity ft; ? temWr lieu jut in U. Tilhuau, of South Onrol^m, died ,is uioi-iiiiiK t MJO o'clock. <* VVaaliit>Ktoii, .him- U().- Ucujaqrin IC. illmim, the veteran democratic seuator ,iiu South Carolina and 'chairman of ?? naval affairs committee, is seriously I nt hi* home hero aud Ids recovery is farcied by his physicians as doubtful, js lcfi side is completoly paralyzed aud j Jum been suffering from a severe re irreut cerebral hemorrhage place last ?hurmlay. The seriousness of Benator Tillman's Diulitioii became kuowu today when his bysiunjii issued this bulletin "Senator^TiHmnn is now silvering from Benjamin Kyau Tillman. severe recurrent cerebral hemmorhagp. here is complete paralysis of the left de. The attack came on Thursday af rnooii at the senate and has been pro* rexsive. Because, of the previous at icks and the' age of the senator, the roRnoxis is unfavorable.'' Sepator Tillman vns^ stricken with ie hemmorrhage? the second ho has iffcred ? at the senate last Thursday. Us condition since has become worse ad he was unconscious almost all of >day. Members of the family have bjpen sum- | oned to the bediside und some already ive arrived. ' - ' \ . About 10 years ago Senator Tillman ad a similar attack which paralyzed is right side, but he recovered to a great itent. The latest nttuck completely ?ral,tzed bis left side, and. with ad meet! years and less physical .reslst irr*'. the outcome whs said to be extremc f ifoubtfuf. As chairman of the senate naval com? iittee, Mr. Tillman's work has been re irded as of the highest importance, es- 1 pcialiv in connection with the navy's art in the war. He has been one of the | lost active members of the senate dur ?g his 24 years of continuous service. Senator Tillman! who is nlmos^ 71 1 pars old. was elected governor of 8<uith torolina in 1X91 und again in 1802 and fan elected to the United States senate J 18!)4. Kur more than a generation p has been one of the most picturesque i>H powerful figures in public and polit 'al life of the south. "Pitchfork Ben" as the name given him many years ago -and one he himself did not' resent ? be ?use of his vociferous style of attack l**a political foes. Ouring recent years. Senator Tillman's; ittcr contest with former Governor j >lea.s*;, n candidate against Mr. Tillman ? the present senatorial primaries, has] 'Id him in the heat of political fray i at an advanced age. A year ugo Senator Tillman announc* bis virtual retirement from polities, tating he jvould not be a candidate for j ?'!pction. bub he later decided to again nr for office because of the service lie "Kht do bis country and trtate, during] " *ar. by reason of his. intimate know of naval affairs. ? ? Benjamin Ryan Tillman, industrial, pucttionftl and political reformer, and v*tesman. was born at Bdgefield, 8. O., August 11. 18-17. He was the youngest t flevrn children and the son . of Benja |lr> Kvan Tillman and Sophia (Han oi" Tillman. His father was a farmer, i f#an of bright mind and nervous tem *r?meni. nnd a great reader? be died his namesake w ty* but 2 year* of '??* ? ; t Mr TiUmaxi s ancestors, both paternal fltl maternal, came to Sodfh Carolina r^m Virginia before the revolution. ancestors were Oetman . M*d '??ti : tb* maternal, English. a boy. young Tillman \ya* strong "1 beaitb> . He early developed a Utt* * Rood rending and was fond of out ** ?mtu. Hi* early life was pasted 'tte ftjuntry. Brought up on * plan of 80 nlaves, be worked, as did , Southern boys simitariy placed* "jwten he pleased. He ctrtkiactraita ^ ^raeteriaed this remarkaMa ??% ** be traced primarily to tie t* *** of bin mother. She Was a wo m ftf phenomenal strength r mentpUj. IUIONCII AND IUUTINII (JAIN Surprise (iUtiiikiin and Take Terrain and Many rrihoui'iH. The firitish tr<???|?s in Flanders mill (lit> French force* further South apparently have anticipated the proposed Oermau <1 1 ? v ** liiwtihl t 1m* iOttgHnh channel ftatrte or Paris ami at ruck hrM. Although slight details of the mayeiw vers thus far have been revealed, the al lied troops caught ttlO enemy w n awards WMd, took terrain \Vhich would have bc^ll of considerable value as the starting points of enemy attacks. In addition a comparatively large number of prisoner* and machine .gups were left in the huuda of the allied troops. ? The attack of the British was delivered about luidwa.v belVccn lla/ebrouck aud Hethune on a fruut uf nearly three and a half m 11 cm aver territory which thA Ger mans recently have been deluging with shells. Altogether the attack was pro ductive of an Average gali. of ground to a depth ofv'ncarly a mile, and included the takiug of several small hamlets. It la ? not improbable that the Germans In'Vi promised offensive in this region had get their hearts on the capture <?f St. Oiner and the railway line runniuK theuce to Calais and Dunkirk The stroke of the French troops was over a still greater front - - four and a half miles? and at points also penetrated ene my positions to a goodly depth, -at some points a inilevand a quarter. The ovi? dent intention was. further to block the gateway to Paris through the Villers-Oo teretts region. ?? From Amhlemyvto tin- cast of Montgo bert the French carried out their offen sive and overwhelmed strongly fortified imsitioiiH of the enemy along the entire fnmt.7 Besides tly beating back of the enemy, more than 1,000 Germans foil, into the hands of the attacking force. .. Although the points of attack were separated by about 100 miles the man cuvers^seemingl.v had be??n well consider ed by General Foch, the allied command er-in-chief, as 4:hey were carried out syn chronously. .The strategy of the double stroke is apparent when it is realized that a snccessflil German thrust where the _ British struck -wi?uld have menaced the channel ports or a similar move iu the '.south would have placed the French cap ital in jeopardy. The Berlin official communication is sued Friday evening made note Of the allied thrust* by declaring that the Ger mans wepe busily engaged iu attempts to repulse them. That the allied forces are not to be caught napping by the Germans is indi cated by the Intensive aerial operations that are in progreks over god behind the battle line. A British official communi cation says that in air fighting Thursday 20 enemy airplanes were accounted for, 20 of thrtn having been destroyed and the pothers forced to descend out of the con*, trol of their pilots. Fourteen machines of the British failed to return, to their bases. - ? ^ There i? considerable lighting between the Austripns and the ItaliaiiH in the mountain regions of the Italian theater, | but comparative quiet prevail** along the PiaVe river, across which the enciny was driven, by the Italians early in the week. Unofficial reports are to the effect that troublous events again are in progress in I Russia. The bolsheviki government in" Moscow is *aid to have been overthrown by forces under the leadership of Gen erals Korniloff and Kaledines. Moscow | is said to have fallen and Trotsky and Lenine, the leaders of the bolsheviki gov ernment are declared to have fled across | the gulf of Finland toward the Murmau coast. . Another report is that Grand Duke Nicholas has been proclaimed em-| peror. . The reportH that -former Emperor Nich olas has been put to death or assassina ted persist, but there is still no official confirmation of them. IlartHville Man Brings Down I'lane. An American air squadron composed of | nine machines had a thrilling half hour fight Tuesday morning north of Chateau Thierry with a German flight squadron of the same number. At least three of the German planes were driven down, plunging to the earth, and up to 6 o'clock tonight two Americana had not returned. The American* pilots credited with the bringing down of the German planes ?re : William J. H6over, of Hartsvllle, S. C. ; Alfred A. Grant, Denton, Texas, and John McArthur, Buffalo, N. Y. morally and physically, and, ~ln every : way and for good, she impressed herself powerfully upon her son. All be was he attributed to his mother and Us. wife. The son's schooling was obtained at Bethany Academy, under George Gal-I phin. Much of his early education was received from reading. He bad access to a good library, and from it drew At , will. He read voraciously and omnlvor-, ously, especially works of fiction andi poetry. Mr. Tiilmaa'a active life began in I860, wljen he assumed the management of bisj mother's farm at Edgefield, S. C. Short ly, after ah* bought a farm in Florida, to which her son removed in 1867 ; be win married the following year, bat thej climate disagreed with him; his health failed* a?d he tetnrned to the Sooth Carolina farm, and continued on It tm* til tin evolution of conditions in his state I forced, him, contrary to all his previous sad ambition*, into erer.be eon tin oed tmiat rrrflptedly in tbis J absorbing porrrft. SUMMER TERM OF COURT ADJOURNED WEDNESDAY KIKTKKN (Kl.MINAI. ( 'ASKS IMS I'OSKM ||ijP I I' TO \Vl-:i?NKSl)A\ ? C IVIK Ill SINKSS ItKI Olti: TIIK ( Ol lti NKXT WKKK. ' > The Hrut week of the summer term of court fur Kershaw county came to a close Wednesday. No cases of impor tance were tried at this term. Judge Wmv II. Townseud, the newly elected judge, presided. The court will probtbly I i 1 1 i 1 1 m> its civil business within a cou ple of days ucxt week. The following casos had Itwii disposed of when court adjourned : Inez MoKinuey and ,\lbert Taylor were tried for violation of the prohibi tion law. Inez, was found guilty and wu t eu cod to throe mouths. Sentence to bo suspended upon the payment of a line of ?<r?U_, Albert Taylor was acquitted. Sinn, Alexdadcfr was acquit ted of the chat xe of house breaking and larceny. Wesley I 'tuples \yas COUY'lctcd of the charge of uon-hupport of his wife nod ehild, and sentenced to thirty days 3m* piisonuient or a liuo of $100, oo that, he he rotpiired to give bond in the sum of for the support of his children. Case was appealed to Supremo Court, antLho was re loaned on bond of $800. , Manilla -White charged with non-sup port*- of wife and" Child was found guilt. V and sentenced to six months on chain gaug or a liuo of $200. Case was ap pealed and ho was released under two bonds of $o00 ench ? ope for appearance and one for support of dependents. Robert Nhiue charged with arson, was found guilty with reconimendution to mercy and sentenced to live years on chain gang or in penitentiary. Osteon Kelly plead guilty to larceny tint! .received a sentence of one year. Ned Major was tried in his absence for violation of prohibition law. A seal ed verdict o? guilty was returned aud he Was sou fenced to three months Imprison ment or a fine of $100. ' Sentence to be suspended upon the payment of $50 oil account of fine. Henry YVatkius and Horace Atkinson were found guilty of petit larceny aud sentenced to' thirty days iu Reformatory for white youths. Jim Hollts plead guilty to larceny and was sent to the ivformatory for white youths at Florence for a period of two .VMrH. ' % Wm. Kelly, plead guilty to violating prohibitum luws and received a sentence of three months on ehatn gang Or iu the "pen." H. II. Bowers whk found guilty iu bis absence for. violation of prohibition law and received a sealed sentence. .lohii Micklc. white, was tried for storing liqHor. The jury returned a ver dict of not guilty. J?e Clark, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill and carry ing concealed weapons. He has the choice of spending the next 12 months in the penitentiary or a like period on the gang. Oliver Hall wan tried for forgery, and the jijry returned a verdict of guilty i^itli recommendation to mercy, the sen tence being "two years at hard labor on the chain gang or in the penitentiary and a fine of $10." Bond M|*s fixed at $7-")0 pending an appeal to the supreme court. Arthur Tittle was charged with ?a& tmult aud 'battery with intent to kill. Arthur ?Maid he. was guilty of "assault and battery ? of a high aud aggravated nature" -and the sentence of the court was that he should pay a fine of $200, or spend six months on the chain gang or in the penitentiary. Grand Jury Presentment. _ ? To His Honor, W. II. Townsend, pre siding Judge Summer term of Court : We, the grand jury beg leave to make the following report to wit: We have passed upon all bills handed us by the Solicitor. \ We find the jail is iu fair coudition, and further suggest thai the Jim Crow law be enforced, and also suggest that the front porch be extended across the front of the jail building, for the com fort of the jailor and his family, and would also add comfort to the prisoners. We learn that the material is either here or' on the way for the necessary re pairs on the court house, which we hope will have attention before the next court. We would suggest that all auto high ways be. made thirty feet wide. Tha highways arc in fair condition, and some need work which we are sure will hare attention soon. The following bridges have been reported as needing repairs : Blakeney'a bridge on Lynches river; Team bridge over Twenty Creek; bridge on Granny's Quarter creek; Pine Creek bridye Mar Camden; the bridge on Ad am's Mill creek and the bridges on the Camden and Liberty Bill- mad. The Liberty Hill read heeds attention which we reccemmend that it gets as soon aa the authorities can arrange to attend to it. We recommend that the farm at the County Infirmary be converted into a hay and graffc farm, instead of reatJac it out. aa we undentdnd that there are eomo much needed repair* necessary en the bouses, and the eoat ef i'UgUf will exceed the teat, therefore m think the planting of the ?frrai In bey MA grain ?mM be ? much, better propenhiea. v We will not m fte any report on Jtbe UNFAVORABLE REPORT ON WATER AND LIGHTS * (OMMIII^t; APPOINTED TO, IV VKSIK.Vll. CONDITIONS I Ml MA I I S ,\NNl Al. l.OSS TO UK $4,000 ? Ml(. 'S.VVA(iK ItKSHjNN. At H"' regular lusting ?>f the Cit> Council hold Inst Monday owning qui to it number of important matters niiuc iljp for consideration hut the attontion of the council was centered on several t|Uea (ions pertaining to that part of our city government which has boon foremost in the minds of our- citixens for (ho past, several weeks? -tho Camden Wator and Light Commission. Humor has had it fur some t lino that tho thinuec* of tho Commission wore nt a vory low ohh, duo largely to tho fact that tho Comtnia&lOH is not beiug pa.id enough for \yntor and light being used by private consumers, and tho abscu0Q of business-like methods in tho management of tho water and light system, iik was pointed out in the col umns of this patter some time ago. That we were right in publishing this nsser tion is proven by tho report. of the rem miftee appointed b/ Council to investi gate tho affairs of the commission which We a to pnhlishiug below. At a recent meeting of council, the commissioners apoured before that body and presented a hill for wator and light* lined by the city amounting to several hundred dollars, and included in this bill was mi item of $1 ,250 for interest on bonds which were issued for extend ing the water ami light system, lieforp alluwing this claim for $1,250 the fi nance committee 'was asked for a report as to its correctness. That is was agreed between the former council and the wa ter,, and light commission that the in terest on bonds wits to bo paid out of the funds of the commission is explain ed in the report of the finance commit tee of the present council, and coun cil very properly refused to pay this claim of the commission. The report of the finance committee is. as follows: Camden, &. C.t July 1, 1018 To the City Council of Camden, M. C. ; ; The Finance Committee of Hie City Council litis oonsideted the Mil 'present ed to the City Council by the Commis sioners of Public Works, of the City of Cnindan, and recommend 'that the clulin of $1,2 ">0.00 by the said Commissioners of Public Works against the City Coun rilf for the year 1917. as balance due for water and lights, be disallowed, for the reason that the Committee i? sat isfied that when the last bond Issue for ^25,000.00 was made, that the^e was an understanding, entered into between the ? former City Council, and the Commis sioner of i*utol|c Works; that $1,250.00. interest on the now bond issue on $25, 000.00 should be deducted by the City Council from the amount then paid by the said Council to the Commissioners of Public Works, for water and lights. Respectfully submitted, It. 9. Williams, Chm n. G. A. {thame. C. P. DuBose, ??/ i finance Committee. """" At the same session of Council the iK.sion requested that the dinount being paid by the city for wntef and lights be increased $100 per month. It wik this request that prompted the meth berM of council in asking that an in vestigation be made into the affair# of the commission, for they could not see the justice of having to pay an increase of $100 per month, when they believed there were so many private consumer* of water and light* on a flat rate, and the commission had expressed no inten* tion of. raising any rates except those paid by the city. Whether council will grant the increase of $100 Is yet to be decided but we venture the assertion that it will not be paid unless existing conditions improve immediately. The report of the committee appointed to conduct the examination is as follows : Camden. H. C\, July 1. 1018. Hob. Mayor and City Council of Cam den,' S. c. ? (icutlemen : We, the undersigned Committee appointed by you to investi gate the condition of the Municipal Wa ter and Light Plant of this city beg to submit the following report which is compiled from the month of ftfay, 1018: Uncollected account* June lfJtb, 1918, $2,735.07. We find that .'JO per cent of the con Huraers "of lights' in the city of Camden are on. a flat rate; We also find that 60 per tent of the consumers of water in the city of Camden are <m a flat rate. For the month of May there were 428 subscribers to lights, the total amount charged against said subscribers being $920.21. Of this amount 322 subscribers on meters amounted to $814.22, oi* an av? erage charge of $2.53 each. Of the total of. 106 subscribers on flat rate amounted , to $106.00, an- average of I&.53 as above \ calculations "Will show, the total charge | for 428 subscribers for the month of May should be (provided they were all on meters) $1,082.84, or a gain over amount charged of $162.63. Wp find that during the month of May county books at thia term, as we will make a full and complete report on all | county matters at the last term, thank ing you and other court ofldats for your ; mane ronrtede*. wfi beg to remain, fours truly i P. H. Arrant*, - j ?Fextman Grand Jury Kershaw County. CWLLKI) FOK KXAMIS VMON. I. is! of It^UtruiilM to llepoi't at Court - (louse, Munil*)'. ?lul> I Uli Tin* fujluwliiK K?'glst rant* have hoou railed for examination fc>r Sunday, July Uthi IHls, al 10 uVlock a. in., the ex* amluatiou iti laU<> pltue al the Court 1 lulitie in Camden : Samuel \V. Wei| MusmII BIlOAllt, Ala. OlUe Cook, Hlaney, John K. Hluekwell. CauiiW u I'M ward V. lU'U. Cam. Ini Nathan II. BoWOW, Ker#|?aw Tillman HoOue, Camden /t(( John Franklin Havis, Columbia Henry Young. WestviUe Judson I La 11 cock. Camden Fugene C, l>rnkeford. y llill Heavy II. Holland, Can toy , M i ? m 1 r l Hull lirakeford, Cantey HeuJamin T. Jordan, Hcthune llurry I toe Gregory, Canidou Stephen t-ti l,augley, Kershaw "Leonard C. lNitfchal, lllaney l.ouis Duvid Haley, Kershaw l.ouis Moseley, Kershaw .lamrs Hay. Jr. Camden Samuel O. Yarborortgh, Hethuni (Jeorge tVveland WIIiwhi Pontine James 'I'limmis Threat t", Ahgellis James (J. Thompson, Camden < If AKLKSTONIAN I>IKI> UK UK'. Mr. M. \V. Wilson Passed Awaj at Ale of Klglity-Klx Years. Friends throughout the stale \v?H he grieved to hear of 'the death of Mr. Mor ton W. Wilson, which occurred at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. It. It. Clarke, on North Fair Street in this city, Tuesday, July I'ml. Mr. Wilson was a lite-long aild prom inent- citizen of < 'hurlcstou, and at the time of his death, was vice President ami easlder of the Hank of Charleston. Ho was K(l years of uge. He was marrietl several years ago to Miss Sal lie Hoykin, youngest daughter of tho late Ur. H. M. Hoykiu. Jiml sister of Messrs. John and Edward Hoykiu of thin city. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson cuuie to Caindeu a few days ago, hoping that tho change would prove beneficial to hi* impaired health. The funeral services were livid at the home of Mr. aud Mrs. Hoykiu Clarke on Thursday afternoon at tt o'clock, aud the burial was in the old Quaker cemetery. Tho services were conducted by the Uev. l-\ <11. Harding of (J race Episcopal church. u thepe'V^c 400 subscribers to water and (lie total amount charged ugainst said subscribers being $48*7.21. Of thin amount 170 subscribers ou me tern amounted to $372.21. or an average charge of $2.18 eaeh. Of tbe total 230 ou flat rate amounted to .$115.00. Based on the average of $2.18 as above calcu lations will show, tbe total charge for the" 400 subscribers for the month of May should be $872.00. According to the above tigures, by not having sufficient meters, the Water and Light Plant, appears to be lowing over #4,000.00 eaeh year. . We think that meters should be placed wherever water or light is used. If this eannot be done just at this time we would suggest that the flat rate ou wa ter and light- be increased. ' (Higned) W It. Uougn; or r. i Mii'o; <> H. a Williams, As will be seen by the above report it i* estimated that the commission is losing more than $4,000 per year, and iu addition to this there was on fhe books on June 15, 1918, $2,7.'H5.07 in uncol lected accounts. They are losing more than $4,000 per year by fallowing con* suuiers a wat rate wbieh\jn rnauy in stances as low as fifty cents^Her month, aud at tbat same time can affohsL to let <hes?* accounts* accumulate to tho ex* tent of nearly three thousand dollars. And in the face of these facts, they ask council to pay $1,250 which tbey agreed to pay themselves, aud iu addition they wunt the city to pay $1,200 per year increased rentals, alotgetber $3,700 more than the original agreement call? for. At the meeting Monday evening the com* missioners also asked 'that the bill for water land lights for- the mOinth of July amounting to $250 be paid in advance. This request was granted. At tbis meeting the following letter of resignation written at Fredericksburg, Va., from Mr. Henry Savage, chairman of the Commission wax read and ac cepted : "Mayor Braftington : "Dear *8ir: This Is to uotify you and your council that I resign as Commis sioner of Public Works. "Henry Savage." Mr. Jt. It. Pitts w1,M unanimously elected to HI! tbe unexpired term of Mr. HAvige." Other matters which came before the council was the election of a member of the Hoard of . Health- to succeed Mr. W. G. Wilson, Whose terar expired thla month, and the fixing of tbe salary of the health oflleer. Capt. W .M. Shan* non waa elected a member of tbe Board of Health. At its last meeting the Board of Health named Mr. J no. W. Wilson as health officer and requested tbat the Ml* ary be increaaed to $70 per month. The increase in salary waa refuaedby Coun cil and the salary -will rectal* at $86 per month. The office of Inspector of 8ewerage waa take* from tbe Health Officer, and tUi dbtp tofetkr wttk tk salary of $6 par ? Kk w4? be the dotiM ?f w ttttt GtpriMhM OVER ONE MILLION MEN HAVE GONE TO FRANCE AM Kim AN THOU!* MOVKMJRNT IW >|OW SIX MONTHS IN OF OKIU1NAI. IMtOUHAM. HAYS SWKKTAKY OF WAN it V iv r li Washington, July 2., American t ruOp* sent overseas numbered r.OlH.115 OJR ^ last <d .Inly. Till* waa made known tonight by l'rus ideut Wilson. \v gave ti> l1"' l?*il?llo a tetter from Secretary Hake I' fjlicuiiiPi a record of achievement which tho idem said "must cause universal agtis fuction," ami which "will give addition al xest to our mtioniki celebration ot tin Fourth of July.'' The llrst unit- -uon-coinbutunt l*!i American IthOTiM o^i May N, 11)17. Uen ??ral Pershing followed 12 day* later #ud at the end of the mouth 1,7X8 meu hod started for tin' battlefield* of Franco. Juno huw this uuiaher increase by 12, 201 m ml thereafter khaki-clad "crusad ers" from the western republic flowed overseas In U steady stream until up wards of 800, 000 hnd departed w1"'" the great German thrust began last March. President Wilson's determination to meet Germany's supreme efforts with the utmost of America's available muupower to assist the dcperately resisting French and British armies Is sharply reflected in the movement of teoops during the last three mouths. The March sailiug of S'.SIl were increased in April to 117,; 212. May saw another 22-4 ,84 fi men em' bark and last month 248.872 were sent away, making h' total for the Ihree mouths of 087,020. This, Secretary lin ker said later, put the troop movement six months ahead of the orlgiual pro gram. ?Substantially .'{() dlvt^Tons are now in France ready to. meet whatever move the German stall' has in preparation. Hoinc of these divisions already have been formed Into the first Held army un-. dor Major (General Liggett, others are holding treuch keetors at Important point* along the battle line and atiil others have been broken up and brigaded with the" 'French and British troops. And so, when the German thrust comes ,th? Americans will be called upuu to play no amall part in me*tingx it. Secretary Baker wrote the .President that 'the supplies amt equipment in Franco for the million men who have gone is shown by latest report* to be adequate and added that "the output of our war industries in this country is showing marked improvement iu practi cally all lines of necessary equipment and supply." The accelerated troop movements to France has been deoigned to meet the emergeney" Created by the German effort to achieve victory before America'* man power could exert its full force. How long the present rate of * transportation will be maintained depends upon devel opments in France and the length of { time the surplus ship tonnage furnished t>y Great Britain ran be employed for this work. In this connection, Secretary Baker said tonight that he disapproved of spec ulation as to the future records in troop movement*, declaring that he did not de sire to have "punt performances made basis of speculatiftniT for the future." New Announcement*, M ?? i D. t. ^Rlackmon and F. O. Perry announce themselves as caudi dates for the House of Representative* In this ijyuie of The Chronicle. Mr. J. Copeland 1 Ma*sey, an attorney of Ker hJiuw. In also annouueed tbi? week as a candidate for tbe Ktatc senate from Kertthaw county. The Chronicle this week received an announcement of a eitlxen an a arodl' 7" date for magistrate for DeKalb town whip. The announcement waa merely signed by "inapy friends" and we can- - not print it in our columns. Tbe would be candidate may have many friends, but 'in order to get in thia paper It will have to be accompanied by 93 and tbe name of- the sender. Mrs. liurdtll Thank* Her Friends. Mrs. W. J. Butdell, who ia at preaent viHiting her mother iu Detroit, wishes to thank tbe roany;~W*ny friends who bo kindly wrote her tod who hove been ao Holicitious of Dr. Burdell's welfare aince the news of hie injury and to state that the Doctor ia now in a British Red Cross hospital in France. Re was in company with ten other officers watching, an air raid, hoping to see Nbne of tbe Boche planes brought down, ' .when the Bcch# dropped a bomb in their midst. Six were severely wounded. Dr. Burdell was hit in the right tbigb. A severe injury but they hope the bone ia not injured. He was a 1*0 struck on lbs right hand and bad to have the index finger amputated at the first joint. ' He writea that he will probably be off duty for three montba and will probably be aent to England to ** cuperate. In nlettar Written Xbnslst he aaya : ? "ttav* no fever now, am feeling fine, and eating fine, am having the very best care and only halo to have to stay in bed so long. Want to get up and brio a _ <t wi*he" express through The Chronicle her tdacere thanks tor all tbe comforting inters and kind inquiries 1nm tri*ndn. In .***r **?*? . The Chronicle la S reaching Ha totters . Ike force oWrvinir th# I iday. ? **? < we > '? ? m -T A M