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. , - ? y! 'V V VSy iv " g . . NUMBER 26 CqLUME XXX - ~ ' -? ? east side of the Vn?W the avalanche of steel hu^ed (gainst them >?u the l.'ainbtui'Ht, Quentin irrtnr. tin* 'Jennnns (nuM not live 8 UP rrrr fort* fl i" ft?* tfflsfwBril. Heavy fisiiiiTtli's woie in nrcl^ ol) Vhfifre" of tUU | upmy who had the' temerity to .endeayojf o make n stand. < Mi the other hand the a^ialtioN of (!?? allies lire declared to fait- bi'i'ii rolativolj ! -niiill. those of the Americans being less than httlf of the umber iif prisoner* taken by then). Whero the enemy proposes to iuak? ii\ ni'xt stand etui not he foretold, but ratably .in effort for a turn about will j attempted along the Ynlcnclenue^-Se ?n front. After this Hue the only known ?Tniiui ?|i'f>-i?i vo iKiKitiou. w(St of the Hbinr is the Mouse river. The Aineri aln ady arc threatening to make this lint untenable. having started a n advance ^ fhc vatt?*> <?? the ^to-am l own id Sedan. The maneuvers of the French uorth-j *M of Ithcims are cutting more deeply ifll" the t Jemi a n lino, despite the ijtWtt r^istann- that is being offered by the en tbe fall of the great Ht. '"?bain niaxsif and the highly important *'ratpjric positions of I,aon and Laferc, ?bir-b seemingly are likely to be pinched *?t of tbe battlofront by the successful 'fration* around St. Queutin and. Berry* ?>-Bai\ ? rf ' i ?Mron* resistance also is being impox-1 ^ by fho Germans against further, ad- [ by thr> French and Americans inj ' "aropannv |)n<i east of tho Argonne for Particularly heavy counter-attacks I \,n b*eu launched by the enemy on va-J r'""v IX'.^itioiisi. but without results other than increasing his casualties. Along the j t^'npo fighting ih furious, hot tfc* f rcn< h have been able to mike fur ?fcr eroding of fb'e ntretun. St. Etlenne j 'banged hnndx several times in bH>-| to eombat?. of the Argon tie forest the A^ftn v*?? ba?e drrvfu their line forward to^ ^Kion of t'ornay on tbe- Aire river, tbey have effected a junction with f^(b troops and seemingly tbe A x* 'oon Will be t? allied faauds. 'altera ride of the fcteuse the Am- , >r*"s ????* advaaee* aad taken several . y tod als* straightened ooti wtkh was Wfig edPaAed by] fnan from the raft. Jr t*r+? tJw.TodU*h| * *?" Cj,He? aad tfcart tb* *** g?B f HAN* OANKH OF Kll! RKI'OHTKU. fieliool* and (hurche* Ordered I'IumU and I Cirrus Will He Prohibited *' Ai a Hin t iujt of tbe Camden Roaut of Health held last MoikIhv l( Was or do ml that the tti'houls. ohurohen. show place* aud all Other public ^thci iu^s be pro- J hiblted until further nott<^. Slneo then the State Hoard of Health ha* taken the matter up with tbe sher iffs of all the counties aud ordered the sehoelt* aud churches throughout th? state to be diMontiii^Ml until the present epi demic of influenza has subsided. The Cuuulen Hoard of Health al*o linked I'ikv < 'on ut-i l have the city clerk lost met Spark's eireus that it would not be allowed to exhibit In Camden hk sched< tiled hero uext, Monday. A import b.v all physicians made to the secretary of the Hoard of Health showed, that the six physicians of the city on Tuesday ware heating 231 cases of in flueuaa. On Wednesday tbe number bad iiifirtiscd to 2W. Tuesday the report showed that 48 new cases had developed and on Wednesday <1(1 new rases were reported. Most of the raws weye in t^t*mdeu and places In elose proximity to ximflwL. r ? ?;? I>r. W, H. Clyburn ban been confined to hie bed for the past week suffering from iufluenisa and ^~rcmaTiKiig ^hyST- 1 eian.s have been kept* steadily on the go. I>r, J, II. Thomas. ono ot the colored physicians also has heeu down for the past week with the name disease. A great mauy of the Cases reported have de velopotL pneumonia und aoine of the 'pa tients are seriously ill. Only one death had resulted up to the time of our going to press. ; | . In iasuing Its; order clotting tbe school* aud churches the board of health also issued the following timely advice : > "The Board of Health adviaes parents [ to keep the children IU their own yaidft.j and Immediately Isolate any member of the family who presents any symptoms of illness-? sneezing; coughing, sore throa't, pains in head, -hack or limbs and ferer. "Adults should keep out of crowds. "Houses should be ventilated. Wat'rJ ingested freeljl Avoid overeating or in temperate eatinsr. A cough or sneeae should be protected by a handkerchief. "The' public ia advised not to become j unduly alarmed or panicky, but must un derstand tbrcrabovc action Is for the pur pose of .checking and stopping the present epidemic of influenza,, which if- allowed to go on, -will be costly, economically as well as dangerous to health and life." With . Admiral 81ms. A recent copy of the New York Times j contained a photographic reproduction tff Admiral William S. Slips an<l his staff, taken at the United States Naval head quartcifc in London. Prominent in the picture is Commander William Ancrum, of Camden. Commandur Ancrum has been with Admiral Sims since the Amerl cuii th*t was- aligned to ditty >n Bdtik waters. lie has been In Attendance upon all of tbe great naval councils of the Allied officers and holds n responsible po sition wijli t?ncle Ham's lighting forces. ? ^ MR. BENM. AMMONN 1>KAI>. Was a Well Known Planter of the West Wateree Section. A|rV Benjamin Amnions, a well known planter of the Hetty Neck section of West Watered, died at hi* home Monday morn ing following an attack of pneumonia. Mr: AmmoDH is survived by his wife and several sons and daughters. He was tk) years of age and was a highly respect ed citizen of the county. For a number of yc*rx he was keeper of the toll bridge across tljt* Wateree river and while tbere contracted malaria which ^eft him si most totally deaf and practically a phy sical wreck, but he "managed up to the time of his death to keep his farming in terests going. f ' ^ The funeral was to have been beld~at the Camden Raptint church, but owing to til? order from the Board of Health,, ser tices were conducted at the grave by Uev. Kd#in Muller, in the absence of Rev. Bcnaon, who was sick. The following I members ot the Pythian Lodge of Cam den acted as pallbearers: M. H. Hey muD, C. W. Hillings, R. Blair De Loathe, Baron D. Trapp, Ne* Billfog* afcd W. M. Lollls. ~ "'S;' ? ? ? A Correction. In transcribing the list of drait regis- i t rants from the cards to the serial list tbe name of Lewis Barfield, of Kershaw, route 4j whose number was 1683, appear ed in the list as colored. -This was a mis- ) ^a|te made in hurriedly traascriblpg 'he flat. Mjv Barbel d Is a well known white 'ctiisea o^ bis community and the B<?ard I and Tbe t$rvntch? eheejfully makftt tbfs correctlan.T 1-v-t \. Vi?|er will W^wfk Paaba, syaa patbiaen. a^declared .to yroaiiy rath er than jT^Omnaa; JRamor a^o-haa K that p* TubIc* hare d I spa to bed ^ peace .tl?r allies iHrottk the 9pani^b I A VAT. HTKI'HKN RICHARDS |)KAI> \Ya* Only Sou of Major and .Mr*. John , (?. Kirlurdii, of IJbeiiy HOI. Alt of those who have known andflovcd Major and Mr*. John <?? Hit-hards, of Liberty Hill, grieved aud shocked ot tbe tidings which reached us Thurs day inoruiug of the death of their only S.111, Ideutenaut Stephen M.' Richards. From childhood he won one to inspire amhiiinn and pride in the hearts of,, hi* parents and t Wy had lavished their all in givlug him an education and training worthy of hliu, and to tit him for the po sition ho aeeiued destined to till in tifo I tut ;ilak ! the workings of Providence ore iuileed mysterious. . Young Stephen Hichards voluuteered at the beiciuniug of our entrance into the war, went into traiuiug at Fort Ogle, thorpe where he reeeived his commission as second lieutenant. From there;the was transferred to Camp (iordon, and later on to one of the camps out wefct where he eputracted influenza which doveloped into pneumonia >andv caused his death. He h&4jb^n parttcnlarly anxious to *o to France and join our bc\ys io their mag ? ? ? niticeut work over there*, but the. govern ment, realising hi* ability, retained him 53 instructor of military tactics. No funeral announcement* have been madu a* yet- ? ' . . - . Tho sympathy of the entire community goes out to tha family in their deep gOF row. ?* ?? f "Oreater love kgtb no man than thin, that u iiimi lay down bis life for his frie?ds/\ \ .. . ; * ' <$>-' * . Married. Married by Probate Judge W. L. Mc Dowell <m Friday laat. October 4th, Mr.. John Offmn Motley and MIkr Lizzie Mae Host?, of Blaney. NKUKO KI NS AMITK. limit! Smith Kills William lliitvvii ami Wounds Another N(|M, 0 raut Smith, a well known ami f??r nirrly well behaved negro of the i 'autey sectimi, is in Jail charged with shouting to death \Villlam |l|t?wii late Tuesday afternoon Smith is apparently demented aud cer tainly hi^ actionM are that of a dement t\| inau. The ouly cause that he gives for the killing is that "someone threw a spell over him ami he had to do tt* Armed with Itf* gun he left his home late thui afternoon apparently to go M|Ulrrfl hunting ami finding William ltrowu iu a field gathering corn he open ed lire, killing the uegro almost instant ly. After shooting lirowu he *hot ami Wounded Sugar Dinkius ami shot at au ftfher negro. Later after bcinjf disarmed of h(s gnu he made a desperate attempt | to cut Kugene Alexander'* throat. Smith was In Camden Monday after uoon aud purchased somo supplies ami those who saw him say that he wan ap r parently of xooad mind and wan well be haved. 'l'be negroen had bad no previous difficulty aud uo other Cause is assigned except that tbe Smith uogro became vio lently Insane. Wiwu arrested by Sheriff Hough and Constable Jhiteman be offer-: edtoo realstance., ; Mrs. MrCrackea Dead. Mr*. H. 1.. Mi-Crrti-ken. a former res ident of this <*ounty. died at her homo in Columbia ?tt October Int. ami bav body was sent .to thin place for burial at the Antioch" cemetery Sunday. She wax a daughter of Mr. C. L. Bradley, of {he Hermitage Mill, and i* survived by ber huroand and -one child. Ward 1* 4* ?. G. A. BHAME W. F. NETTLES . S. F. BRASINGTON H. L. SCHLOSBURG Ward 2. JX WOLFE jFBANK CAMBBELL, Jr J F. BATEMAN - == C. H. YATES JOHN T. MACK?Y JOHN S. LINDSAY Ward 4. W. M. SHANNON L. A. KIRKLAND H.G. CARRISON.Jr. JNO. M. VTLLEPTGUE Ward 5. D. A. BOY KIN G. H. BATJM VV. H. HAILE W.L.t>?PASS Ward 6. U L. BLOCK B. K. STEVENSON J. K. GRAVES C. P. DuBOSE SOLICITORS FOR THE Fourth Liberty Loan will canvass the City of Cam den for subscriptions BE READY Our part must be subscribed . on Friday r^r , KIIKN Mcl ^OI> UjKAU. r (nmiI Away at \shfvllli' TumiU) Alter IIIufMH of Pneumonia. V message received in Twspliy announced the deitli at A*hevHle. N, C., tlvat day of Mr. Kbfn .1. Mcl.eod. ot 1 1?* ^ eity. Thf > oiiiik mun l*-f I l? i?> Mtvcinl mouth* ago in wjupnuy with others to do V. Ul 0, A. work in Franco. After tficbli)! I. <>n<lon a Utter wits cocelved from t\im stating that he had bfl^n nick for about four weeks and that physician* had advised him to relufn homo. I I?v Wax soul to Asheville to recuperate lantl iiiK in AmaVlea, anil there contracted pneumonia which prov<>| fatal. The tfnuouncein eut of his dentin Vfltt cause sorrow lo many. He was lor some time Captain of the Kershaw tJunrds and saw service with that company on the Mexican border. After it* rctfru to Camden he tendered hi* resignation and wan a member'of the firm of Mcl.eod A Mcl.ood. Mr. Mcl.eod wan the eldest son of Mr. M. It. MeLeod, and is survived hy his father ?*n<) two brothers I. lent. Alfred M. Mc I ..rod, now in aorylije iii France, and Itobevt Mcl.eiKl, also in aervire In France. lie was married neveral years ago to Minx Leslie Arthur, of this city, who. with ^ l^aSy flrlT Miirvivc him. Thn body-arrived here Wednesday af? teraoon -and- tin* funeral w?rvloo and biuv ial was nt the Camden cemetery. Mr. McLeod was u ' member of the Masonic and Woodmen fraternal order* and al ways took an active interest in these organisations. .... Funeral aervioeaweee conducted by Key. John 11. Graves and the following gentlemen acted u? pall* bearers: 1>. A. Hoy kin, J'. H. MeLeod, 11. (?. Carrison, Jr., W? F. Nettles, H. L. Itichey ami 1*. >^mp. Election Commissioner* Named. Governor Manning Saturday appointed Mt.it, ? Fedvrftl cymmlMfonerK of elrc* tion for the forthcoming general election. The appoiiitmeiitH are made to'iill the vacancies due to the expiration of their two years terras. In some caVes theee are reappointment*, in other# new men are commissioned, while in others there are no new appointment*, as appoints merits were previously made upon resig nation*. T1h? - law provides that the. office altall be filleil for tw>> years* Following were umnod to serve tor Kerslmw county j Stnte ,nnd county : W. T,. Stokes, of Cawatt : 1). (1. Fletcher, Camden, and J. II. Clement, Liberty Hill. Federal : (1. S. King, Ilethiuie ; \V. F. Nettles. Camden and It. T. Millie of Longtown. Ku.-ii Hill Man Died Her#;;; Mi. (|. II. BaruWU, of Kock Hill, who )i Ail been employe! at the MID in* plant for. about, two months, died In Camden Monday night and his remains were shipped to Ro?*k Hill for burial the follow! II jf'.Ytfl.v ? He hnd been ~iH *?*v?*ral days with an attack of prieiimonla. He in survived by bin wife and two children. Wounded Lii France. A message from the war department addressed to J. C. Hak'or of the mill vil lage Saturday announced that Corporal W. J. Hast}' had been severely wounded in France and was now in Ward 1, riOth genera!1 surgical how^tal with the Brit ish expeditionary forces. Corporal Hasty is a son of Mr. W. T. Ilasty of one of the mill villages. He was a member of the 30th Division Quartermaster Corps. TSo details of the l^oys wounds were given in tbe?meMsaicc. y Deaths Among Colored People. The, body of David L. Gamble, n num ber of the United State* Infant^, 4 for mer Camden negro, wbo died at, Camp Devens, Mass., op September 27th, wan brought to Camden last week for burial. He died of pneumonia. He was a mem ber of the well known Gamble family df this city and wax a well liked negro. The body of llanaou I)ohs. who died ia Charleston on -September 80th of cbrooic nephritis, wfl* buried here lent week. . ' Mary Taylor died at her home in Cam den on October 4tb,. following a long ill ness of tabercnloels. William fields, of Catndeu, died Wed nesday of pneumonia following influeuca. Willie Tbomaa, of the Ktbons Cross Roads ?*ction. died thf? week. John Benjamin, a well known negro of Camden, tiied Wednesday following an I attack of influenza. ; ? r--- -? , , ' j VipiAlU i3lf( nQUffi * ^Tieot. tt. H. BirchKfcbre. Jgfc o m-entJy irm wait from. Fnnee a? iostmct ur, baa beea eommiaaloned a captain. Bit fliandu bare will be pleaaed to learn of bla promotion , an booor which be Haa justly- wea. He ia ^ Camp Big at fcre tm t.?d while be ia etttions to get back tof niece he deea not ko cm *Vn be can it*** tWw aa tori* <wfettatiaed oft a<y ' ^>lil ** ' i*. & \ i i ,i i:s sikikinu iiaku. All Along the Front (Iotimim H?\e M?i Wltli Kfrhtuii KfvrntfH. ttaf troops pof the French General Hert helot have delivered a suocoswful blow against the derm# ox northwest of Khoiins width adds materially to tho menace liuuKiiiK over i ho German frout fining ho North noa to the Swiss border. Thin was I ho capture of IWri y-#\i?IU?', on the north #ide Of tho Aisno about too and it hulf tulle* northwest of Hheims and only a scant live mile* from tho eastern eiid of the famoo* < 'hrtnin ?!?***? lUntifa ride ut Craonne. A further ml vance northward aoron# tho railroad, not alone will put (ho grout stronghold of I. hod in n pocket but also will outflank Neufchatol, another onomy Htronghald on tho wont. .J'; . V Tho Turka alsi> have suffered a ao riou? blow in tho loss to tho French of lioirut, capital of tho Vilayet of Hyila. Tho occupation of this seaport on the Mediterranean by a French naval divis ion gives tho AlUos a base for tho luml ing ??f men who van Operate In oil di- ? root ions against tho Tdrks over the roads radiating from it. ? 0 Although peace talk Iji. mill in the air. t ho it is no peace for the Oertuan and A UHtro* (1 UbgiYiaaT "ffnnle* in the - fteld. '* While- attempt* ura boiug made in "well informed circles" in Qeruuiuy ami Austria-Hungary to allow that the latest ? pe?**e proposal* of tho Central TowerH ?ro honest expressions of a desire for a "just |m?uoom, Marshal Foiih's armies are proceeding without pause in their tu*k of clearing Belgium find Franco of the invader*. And thoy are eontinu iug to meet with great successes, Like wise In Sorbin and Albania the Sorbs and Italian* are fa*t reclaiming enemy occupied territory, while at Irtst reftorta the lit itish general. Allonby in Pales tliw> w.it. still hqvd after tho retreat in* Turku. While further good aniiis huve be*u ,... inado by the lliitish ??a*t of Arras wh?f# the operations have in view the Ci}>; Hire of tho highly important towu of I>ouai and other advance* htyfl booh re corded between ('ambrai and Bt* Queniitt, chief intere*t for tho present centcni in the fighting iu Champagne uud between lh< Avkoiuio forest and tin- Mcu-v. wke|fe tW Krfut'h and AitaeflcRM are driving the . enemy Hteadlly north wind, despite great tMudatanfMI In positions of high utra tegie value. > All along t !?*? front rrom Kht'lms to the Mcpso, ,n <1Ih| aiii<>o of more than 00 miles. thi' enemy everywhere has met with *erimts reverses and In falling bark nt some places in disorder, under the heavy pressure thai ift .being imposed against him. Where the eiiomy Ik try ilijrtn rpBi?it, the French and Americana are meeting their eouuteftjjtbi'ufd* with ? i ? I <-i 1 1 1 i ? I -(mniiiM mid gradually forcing tlu'm to give -ground *Wp by- .#tep Kast of tlu* Argonne fore*t. between that* great woododVaHtion and the Meu^v the Americans have further advamed tli.'iv linen, notwithstanding the faet ttjat the enemy 1 1 ; i ? thrown in ItlfO rein forcement* to hinder the bloitlhg.qut of tin* forest and the forming of a junction by way of the Aire yalloy between the r Americans and tho French troops on it* western Mid??. In the Jateafi fighting, the Americaus drove the German* OPt of Chatel Chehery, northwest of A,pra mont and obtained commund ' of the heights went of the Aire. The latest German official communication report* that tho American* Monday evening be gan a new attack in thitf region. Taken ultogother the entire Koutheru front of the tin- ma us seems to be in n rather aerlous it nation from T<a 'Ww to the north of Verdun. Laon, the grejrt storehouse^ of the Germans northeast of Hoisson*. is reported to be on fire, dicating the possibility of an early fall* ing back ; the t'bemin I>or Da men de fense* are outflanked at both ends ; llheima has been rescued and. the Ger mans poshed back more than ten milea north of It, while eastward Gen. Oon raud's armies and the American First army are brilliantly carrying out their part of the great <*onvefging movement that, seemingly at no distant date will fore* the enemy materially to readjust bin line. Another indication of the tronbiptta times in t>*e German army is the report Unit Field Mar?b?F)yp: Hindetkburg has resignod altetlll storiAy InterftW with Kraperor William during which voo Hin deohnrg informed the Emperor Chat a : German retreat of. a large scale rt was ?' | meek*ary. T Mrs. Beaaie Jordan, Wife of Mr.' 9. J JoMao. of the HermiUga Mill -village, on September 29th, of lil occurred at U* the following day. She is MrvWe* 6* 1b*r HwAmm* ft*