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mm > ? rw: CAMDEN CHRONICLE II. I>. NIlM .1 ml i ?? i . x. \i?i>?m .11 \ JMbllahera Published every Friday at 1109 No. Broad Street, and catered at the Oam* den poetoftlce as necoiul clrtss tuail mat u-r Price per auuum $1.50. ' t'atpdcn, H. Friday Nrpt. I a, ihim. rtomq newnpaper# a^e nominating Itich nrd II. Kdipoud*, editor oj the Manufac t ii ri' i h* Ktronl t<> represent -Amnio* ou i h?' board t Imt \viil formulate the terms of i?eaee which (lermany will have to ?ccept.' * Hecond the Humiliation!, So ' other American editor ho? done do much to promote virile patriotism* aud right eous enmity toward the linns as Mr, IMjiioiiiIs. Creenville Newn. p ?> \ff. I I s Ml Ml ? I mn ? ? ? ? * ?? ? . ? >) - J ({eneral March *aya neither Ameri can* nor allied MoldierM cau underatand "why big. strong men like All) er lea us should he tagged with" a nickname like "8ammy".v Well, the tiickuauie i? al ready dead ns a door nail. Only a few unimportant Hud" somnolent publications ever iisi^ it. Th? ntekname wan on a par with ttome other thing* that cuuio t<i light during the brief "silly noanon" I that followed* our nominal ent$I Into the War. - It could not luMt a minute af ter ?ur participation became .real. Nev ertheless, a compliment must be paid to (.'??iiemi March for expressing his honest thought* about it. It strengthen* the already strong COtiyictlOU that the gen end ih a lie man. Dawson New*. ? ? ; The man who ha* been coutdderiijg his automobile au institution for pleas ure now looks upon it with awe- ? an j institution for the proportion of miex- I ~ pec^d taxes."*" 7 . To .have lived for 1 8 years and never to have y.wgd ,0 debt in tbe recited claim* ed by (J'v lloue, of Kmith Center, Kan. He has always paid oa*b and by no do ing ha? avoided much worry, he said. The Kffect I'pon Germany. Describing thq gratification felt by tho American army in Franco over the pas sage of the new man power bill, a ?1Ih patch from tlio American front add#:' "The high command in particular la in terested in the effect it will have on tho enemy, ? His man power in "now conood edly at i t w Jtvwkesf point ami hi? n? . placement sources are limited ; and the military authorities count upon a re action in the morale of Germany as a strong factor of the winter situation." Many individuals have cherished the hope frAm tke moment when the new man power bill was announced fhat its effect upon the morale of the enemy would be not only considerable, but ul timately decisive. To thege it has seem ed clear that the outlook which tho German and Au&tro-Iiungarian peoples will contemplate during the coming win ter will be so dark that it may actually bring about the disintegration and col lapse of the Geytnan military organism before next spriiig. We are justified in interpreting the . statement that the American high command in France ex pects the passage of the man power bMl. to have a marked effect upon the morale of the enemy as farthth* evidence of 4 ? , ? the reasonnble^uxa of the hope which an in<Tcasiug??(uinh?-r of people httTe-' entertained regarding developments in Germany (his winter. That hope, frankly stated, is that this winter the peoples of the German Kin pire and of the Austro>-HunKarian Em pire will become thoroughly conviuccd en manse that if- the war continues into next summer the American and Allied iti-mil* will penetrate d?Vp Germany The ivdMiiM for bellcvlujf that t.Uijf \MHr. vlctioU "*u> come to the Teuton peo ple* within the ne<t few mouths ?r*M the vlctoriea w hlch the Allies have wou and will win t hlx fuM in the wo?t ; tho strong probability that the tide of event* in liiirtnia will continue to <1iM-up.t and destroy Germany'* plan A for 1H?* reorgani sation of that country for her own pur |H?*es filial. perhaps moftt Important of all, no i i o 1 1 m * 1 1 s4 * army >> )iui? America will certainly have Oil the western front by the 1*1111 of the Winter. Defeated In. 'the summer campaign of 1018 in which ?he hat! expected to win the war, de prived of the hop# of aid from Hussian sources. confronted on the went by great ly wiijierlor Allied forces, Germany tbia winter vs ill face an outlook dark that it s?*em* reasonable to expect 'not only the complete extiugujubuxent ot her I |dea' hope of victory, but al*o the disappearance at their .belief in their ability to defend their own frontiers against invasion. It would be raab to try to predict what will be the immediate effect upon the Teuton people* when once they ore convinced en maksc that their utter de feat la inevitable. We h|ve been warned against expecting a German revolution which would overthrow the autocracy and set np n (Senium democracy, and prob abl.v the waniiiiK It wise. But the >pie* ' lion is of minor importance. A nation which know*- it. is goijig to be beaten Ik already beaten ; and if the handwrit ing on the wall becomes) ho plain this winter that the Teuton peoples really und finally and completely grasp Its meaninR. the Allied armies movlug to the at tuck early next summer will meet, at most with only ineffective resistance mid the campaign will be short. The great and heart-lifting fact of ,t|n? present h? ihat there in g0Ort ground for belief that this winter the Teuton peoples will read and completely un derstand, i he handwriting on the wall and that before next spring cornea th<* great mass of the peoples of Germany and Austria-Hungary will know with an absolutely certain knowledge that if the war continues iuto next summer thelir armies will be overwhelmed, their' homes Invaded, tb?*lr cities occupied. It is the new American military .program, for which the man power bill pavea the way, that should drive this knowledge home to tbem'^ and every one of us who in any -way assists in the carrying out tm-ious peace at a minimum cost of Hv|? -?-a victorious peace which may not come until the enemy lias felt the weighty of our new armies, but which, <aon the other hand, may come because the mere existence of those armies should ? unless mcanwhilo the unforeseen occurs in France or in Humpa? suffice to convince the enemy that further resistance must Ih> snuttVrly useless sacrifice, ? News anil Cotitilar. " Dslton Hunter aud Miss Henrietta Hunter, both of the Kershaw Cotton Mill village were married last Sunday night at the home of the bride's mother Mim. Jane Hunter by Tlev. J. M. Xeal. ? KerxhawRra. A CARD, To the more tbau^onc thousand voters who gave mo their support, I IX 4fie elec tion Tuesday last I desire to express sljicerc thanks. Tbis expression of confidence and esteem will ever he fondly cherished by me, and it shall be my aim to conduct the office with the honor aud dignity thnt it deserves; and- to serve ^ou in the future as in the past ? hon estly. faithfully, and conscientiously. Very respectfully, W. L. McDowell. Bank No. 235. . STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE BANK OF BETHUNE Located at Bethune, S. C.? at the Close of Business August 31st, 1918. ^ Resources Loans and Discounts ....* *? $74,009.25 Overdrafts ? ; 1,289.70 Bonds and Stmks Owned by the Hank .'1,500.00 Furniture and Fixtures 1.375.00 Banking House - ? - 1.482.00 Other ileal Estate owned 500.00 Due from Hanks and Hankers ? 17.1SC.00 Currency 1,584.00, Cold 340.00 Silver and Other Minor Coin .. - ? 595.10 Cheeks and Cash Items ' 683.51 Total .... 103.094768] Liabilities Capital Stock Paid In 15,000.00 Surplus Fund 5,000.00 Undivided Profits, lesa Current Rxpen*?** ami Taxes Paid 2,070.50 Due to Hanks and Bankers .... . 10.000.00 Individunl Deposit* Subject to Check. 48.671.61 Time Certificates of Deposit - 21. 816.31 Cashier's Checks 538.26 71,024.18 1 Total _ ? - 1037054^1 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Kershaw ? Before me ranae J. C. Parker, Cashier of the above named hank, who be ling duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true oondl I tlon of said bank, as shown by the hooka of said bank. ? ? J. C. Parker, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before ra?? this 10th day of September, 1918. t H. K. Hyatt, Notary Pnblic. ' Correct Attest: . <1. B. Kin* y. D. T. Yarbrough Directors. ; id. . B. Brannon ? ? ammutanh htkikk ?m?w Mud* I" our Mike Atlvtiut on Tw??() Mil? Front (?p(uriiij frlMiiMn. "?? I be AiuoricMli tirst umi(v under mi)' ' . maud of (jeu. I Vr*hing Ik in action : , agaiUbf tin- 1> vi'iuMttM on n twpiity mile ; tl""' <"? tlt?? failings Ht. Mi hie I valient j I" l?nrralue, v\ liicb 1|uh itlnud ax a sharp ' wedge in the French llu# '*V.utlicaM of X eidiiu >iuic | lie c? 1 1 1 1 iiH'iit't'iiicu { q( the| I war. vv4? v' In the preliminary thrust K">i|Ud wa* gained on both styva i| t the triangle and | >U<? at Km ape* <fat St. Mihiel and at last account* the American* with wliniu I some Kn lu ll troops me Invaded, w en fant sweeping acronw the salient hi tin - effort to do** (he mouth of the hi* pocket before the Gcrhians <*au .extri" cate themselves frotV the perilous jm>hI-. Hon they are in ?K |i M Mill ??f the ?ud denjuesSi of the blow and the element fcf surprise it cfcrrled with it. 1 ;? Although the advance of the Ameri cjkna wu* awl ft and sure and gains in exce.s* of four mil.'* on the southern *lde irf the battle arfd ft'crc uiado, the cav* aljy outstripped the tanka and footmcu and wan last itpQrtfd operating ahum the railrmnPneut' YiguWills almost in t ho renter of the Milieuf and some ten miles northeast of .St; Mihlel and also north went of I'pnt ;i Moiissoij, through the for ests and dlonx the railway line Viinninf northwhrd to Metis, the great German fort re?*, the* southern dhter fortifications of whieh are less than ten mllen <lis tant. Tblaoourt,, I?ouIUouviI)e(' I'anues and HOVeral other towns in the south were ruptured in the initial davh while on fjie w eat at the uorthern edge df the pocket. the. village of OombreS was rap tured iind the environs of Oanimaitin ln-Montague were reached. To the south I everywhere the ^piffriciuiH penetrated Into the heights of the Mense and the French fought tjieir way iuto the out skirts of St.. Mihiol. Unofficial reports are fo the effect that the tbwn has been recaptured by the French. I The fightiug front at the commence ment of the battle aggregated twenty miles ? eight mile* on the western side and twelve miles on the southern side. The- fighting was preceded by an e*-j tfenie heavy artillery bombardment and the VroOp* and* tanks advanced under j barrage which was carried , out with ! mathematical precision. From the war maps it wou!d~ seem evacuate the Kalient as they apparently are trying to do without huge losses in men and material. The first reports ? show that the Americans took 700 J oners In the first stages of the battle J ;and had suffered remarkably small cas ualties. The Strategy of Marsha) Foch in the present maneourer cannot be foreseen i except that It has as the first objective the levelling of the St. Mihiel sector ; and the straightening of the, Allied Hue from the region of Verdun eastward. The obliteration of the salient would be necessary before a direct thrust toward German territory from this region would be possible. Whether Marshal Foch. haa in view -a campaign up the Meuse i valley or Met*, and the Moselle valley in mind renlains to be seen. j In the north Field Marshal Hui? is still hard after the Germans in the region of Oanibrai. Here he again has j adva^ed his front toward the much#4e*-j sired German base; penetrated into the old British defense line; crossed the Punnl Du Nord north of Havineourt : taken ITarrvincourt and another section of the Ilindenburg line and sent a th.ou ,sand Germans tuto the British prison* era* cage in , the rear. The Germans fought hard at Ilnrrvincourt to stay the llritish. but all their counter?at-i tacks were beaten off. Further advances for the British also | are reported in the region of I-aHagse || Canal and northwest of Arm en tie rear--] If Kit# II AW NEW' 8 NOTES. ;r~j _ (From The Era.) Mrs. C. T. Lane of Greenville, is visiting her parents Mr. ,and Mrs. Alex Hrown in the Afoney community. She was accompanied by her husband who Kjjent a couple o t days there, having to - ? . return sooner than Mrs. I-ane. T. ('...Nelson received a card last week notifying him that hia aon, Carlisle Nelson, had arrived aafely over was. Otr? 1 isle wan one of Kershaw's first volunr teei-8 and WaS only sixteen years of age " Tbe faun If >?t of all muxical earned?, Bringing >!Jp Father at Home,} Camden Optra House Monday Sept. lft. j MKN IIKCilHTKBED tHI KNUAV Total of Five Hundred and Hkty On* From Camden mid Vleiidty. l-'ive h u ml ivd ??u?l sixty one men he ttttjMI tbe,^gea of W. ami 4/5 reglalextd ?it the Court Hull** yesterday with the ! local registrant*. of this number w ?? i <* whit*' iiicn and 7tl? negroes. ?Vr>7 i of i In number were native Imru Auierl' j cgu*. < ? i ; I \ three enemy alleu* reglu ! tered. all being Turkish subjects, ped? 1 ill. i - who hit |>| >< iif<l to be ?" I'iiiinlt ii I oil that ?lay'. So far as rei>orted all who beeped lu the registration at tin* various precinct* 1 1 1 1 \ >? ftigOljled tln-ir willing to r v p. without pay, with only om e\r?-pt ion. r.Vesterday at the Court House. Mr. Mills prepared the following let? ter addressed to tin1 Local Hoard for Kershaw County: ?>. '?SkH: 1 beg to report that the fol j lowing named gentlemen cume forward j and this day assisted in tbo noble and I glorious work of registration without | hope of fee or reward git Camden, S. O, ; { Lauren* T. MUU, Kdward N. Mel >o well, W, 11. Hough, L. A. Kirk land, Ij. O $ i Shaw. 8. N. Nicholson, Kugeiie Zemp, j T. H. Mcl.aln, J. H. Shannon, 11. B. i IMtfnian, J. .1. McKemtie, IV W. Kvans, I>. A. Mo.vkin, <?. 10. Taylor, M. 11. 1 1 r \ num. h: " . . v.' '-Vv.Cr r. ? ' ? . ' Thirteen .Million Kegisiercd. Washington, Sept. 12? rThirteen m?J ; Hon men, probably more, the force from | which will come the reserve# to win ; the war, were registered today in the second great mobilization of the natiou's ' man power. ? i As these men were moving iu every i city, town and hamlet over the couutry, ! (O add their nam oh to the roll of the | UjUiXUMJO who batt registered before, ! the nation's fighting army overseas was ! hurling; itself against the enemy in the | first distinctly American offensive opera tion on the Western front. German Gas Mask and' Helmet. Mr. l.ennox Kirklainl, who left Cam ! den a good many mouths ago and who bus been with the Rainbow Division siuee it first reached France, has sent ; his parents a German /helmet and gas ! mask, taken from n dead German soldier. The gas mask is a new one and had evi ? dently not been worn. It was taken from 1 a - German wlm was -shot down while t manning u juudime. guns. agamst fch^ Americans. In the place of rubber for elastic bands to make the mask fit snug over the wearers face steel springs are used, showing a shortage of rubber in that country. The whole apparatus is put up in a tin oau which greatly re*, sembles an ordinary baking powder can, and is swung over the wearers shoulder j. while not in use-'by means' of a shoulder j strap. PERSONAL. Policeman li. T. Stewart aud Mr. Newberry Ivangley wer ? in Charleston a couple of days the past. week. Mr. Fred ,, Williams who, <??lhsted >a the Navy some time last year is._ftL home for a few days. Mr. Williai!n has reveived a commission as Ensign /' pm ? , Socialist Candidate Convicted. < 'levelaud, O.. Sept. 12. ? Eugene V. Bebs, ('barged with violating the es pionage act, wflg, found guilty by-a fed eral jury today. Talking to newspaper men after the verdict tDebs said J ? "It is all right. I have no complaint 'to make.- It will come out all right in God's' good ? time." Many Germans Captured. Washington, Sept. 12. ? American troops operating in the St. Mihicl sec tor made ronsiderable gains today, Gen. IVrshiug i-eiiorted in his e^nmuniipi" JaK-th? war department late tonight- Al ready 8,(HK> prisoners have been countej and the movement still is in progress. 8uspiclous Man. - "Uniess my plana are ? frustrated," aaya Ike Van Quentin, "I *1all marry a small, slender girl, who has a big, fat sister. Then I will Kave reason able assurance that the cutties I "see my fiancee in are her own." when be united with Co. M., whieh was the old Kershaw Guards of Camden, right after the declaration of a state of war. His first service was to aid in guarding the railway bridges in Flor ence county. Miss Maggie Brown of the C's com munity hrfk Received a card informing her of the safe arrival of her brother fr.arnie Brown over seas. The' detonations of the heavy cannon uKM in gun practice at ('amp Jackson were distinctly heard hore several times j last week by^ different persons. The sounds were heard in the early morning. The distance on a direct line is something like 45 miles. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Clyburn and lie**?. J. V; and P. M. Hilton motored to Charlotte Monday in Mr. Clyburn's car to see Lee Hilton, brother of the Messrs. Hilton who bad been stricken on Monday with paralysis and was in a very critical condition. No hopes are entertained of his .recovery. He suffered a stroke of paralysis about two years ago, from whieh he recovered suf ficiently to be able to get abont again. Notice has been received fr< the War Industries Board requir ing all publishers to place subscriptions on a prepaid basis, -beginning October 1. Those sub scriptions that are not now pt^ in advance before October 1 have to be discontinued. assurer We hope that we will not be % / forced to discontinue sending The Chronicle to any subscriber^ but, the above was not made us and is therefore not optional* with as to whether or not we enforce it. 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