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<u v.iua JU11 CHRONICLE Friday at im No. outored at tb*L C? w as HtH'oud claaa mall raat> |M*r annum $1.50. ? "'V f|j ?, H. C., I>?c. Small Paper Thin Week. - *Si! *0f to the force taking the Cliritft holiday* the paper comep to iU idem J it half' Ki/e thin Week. It ia customary with moat weekly papers to niihM an issue during Chrlatmas', but Qhyonlt'lo carries m arly a full page | legal advertising this weck4 hence we had to gut the paper Out aa usual. We wish to thank our friend* aud imir. mis for the business given us dur i ip* Hi.- year Just cumin* to a clo,c 1 and to *wisb (or them a happy snrt ' f?ro(per5tfir New Ye#r. ?' . Wo?*1 Hent on Request, . * Tho Chronlclo in in receipt of tho fol io win* letter from Congressman W. K. j HteveuHon. It explains liielf: I "Owing to the high price of seeda only about half the usual allotment la made to <'ach Congresaman and it will not nearly suffice for oil those to wfyom I usually Head, hence I can only send to i lm.se who really want them thin year and will do ho in order of requests , . received for Heed. i "Tho ho wanting weed 04$** write me linking for name, and please state wheth er vegetable or (lower aee'd are wanted. The request* will be handled In the ? ' order received as long a* the Heed last." "In it* natural state, the alligator ? Htw nothing from September t<? May." ???-And tho higher eggs ami butter fj>t the ^jnoro .we envy alligators, say# the Cleve* land Plain IjJoalcr. i ' Tributes to the m emorvj^f * the laie^ Henator^Henjamiu It. Tillniufi, of South (Carolina were paid Sunday at special sessions of the Hen ate and house. Demo cratic and republican leader* alike Joined in eulogizing the Henntor, who for a score \>f yearn wo* Qjn active figure in Congrc.Hn. ?? ? - , c? I Jim Wilcox, the Klizabeth City, North Carolina man who was convicted of ' the murder -of Nellie CropSery and sen tenced to thirty years impriaonment hun been pardoned by Governor Itickett after nerving fifteen yearn of the sentence. The carte wan the most famous in the; hiatory of North Carolina and attract- ' ed nationwide intercHt at the time of ' tho trial. _ The man's personal appeal < t<> the Governor won* his sympathy. . W. Preston McAlbany, one of IVraneh- , ville's mtost progressive farmer* was filwt wnd killed Tuesday afternoon by Willie Barnes, a negro. The negro had <jhot one of McAlbany's hogs and the white man went to the negro e'i house , to aee him about it. The negro shot McAlbany through the throat, and eye witnesses state that McAlbany while fall- [ ing shot the negro through the abdomen, { he dying several houra later. * . Junior Order to Meet. Kichard Kirkland Council No. 180, Junior Order United American Mechanics at Antioeii will hold a meeting Tuesday night December .'list. All members are requested to be present. C. W. Shiver, Kocordiug Secretary. HKAVY TOIHWT HBAtJON Southern Town* Appear A?j?ured of All They Can Handle. Houth AtlauHc r^iwrU are to be filled with Northern visitors following the Nww Year, according to Fred J. Rob inwotr, geweeni pas?ager a?sat of the < '. lit i iii of (/eorgia Railway, who ha* returned from Chicago and northwestern ]K>iutH generally, 31 r. Robinson mukI travel to tin* Houth Atlantic district is alreudy heavy but the . full volume of the movement will not reach Its height mill uf 1*1 tlie New Year. Thin prediction Im bucked up hy. the forecast c?f the federal regional director of {lues south of the Potomac ami east of the Missisalppa in Charleston a ahort time ago that wecigl trains and pas senger schedules are to be adjusted and the commercial aud pleasure facilities restored a? m>eedily an possible. "War strews" iM a thing of the past, he said, aud railroad directora under the federal < .m t r.?I system are determined to regtOrl normal conditions to the transportation lines at once. Mr. Wiuchell predicted that tourist travel would be heavy to lines running Houth tliiM winter aud the Atlantic Oo^at Line is one of the first roads to take advantage of this winter travel and has already put it* special tourist train in service, carrying the initial winter load to the Houtheast resorts only last week. Mr. Hohingou Mays ttyut Charleston, Ha vaunah and other Ideal winter cities WM get their full share of , tourists tills winter. The tourlHt buKiuess (h bhsed on travel to Florida, said Mr. Robinson. There an' im any of the high class hotels which do not open until January as a rule, but at thin time all of them are open and he adds that the hotel managers of the Florida hotels are expert in gang liy^rravel. The fact that they are open v'-eud of time indicate* < to him that >. ravel, is to be heavy and that tliey ate amtfoo*- to get the c rea m of It. All towns prepared to take cure of visitors this winter, which are located below the zero belt will be able to hag all the tourists they desire, Mr. Robinson think*. Mr. Robinson has been in Chicago supervising the publication of a fold er to be issued toy the railroud admin istration advertising the resorts of the Southern region. AH prominent reports in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, .Mississippi North and Houth Carolina are to be given plnWin .the booklet. Savannah has a space in the publication, satTMtfr. Robinson. . The folder consists of 104 pages of descriptive matter and illustrations. The issue will consist of 75,000 copies which Will he distributed 4>y ftransportaion lines and hotels In the North. The folder will be off . the preesby January 10. - The through service to Chicago in augurated by the Central of Georgia Railway, two years ago is being well patronized, said Mr. Robinson, and Is going to be the route chosen hy hun dreds of visitors to the Houth* during the winter. While it is an nll^ear service, it Is particularly convenient for the traveler in winter.? Thursday's News and Courier. DR. J. W. SHARP Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist I make ? specialty of SnrfMrjr and Dental Surgery. ^ Office Phone let CAMDEN. S. C. ===== 5= At .Mr. Henry Savage's Plantation, at Lugoff: Dairy bred Cattle, Mules, three Brood Mares ? one to foal in early spring by "Rainbow." Dnroc Hogs of all ages. A of extra fine bred Sows. MUST SAVE FOOD FOR WORLD RELIEF ? ??. .'y* , ? , '? ) Iferbeft Hoover Now l? Europe. and Definite Program *4 Food' Co neerv ? vatlon Will loon Be Announced Wr4m Washington. ? Million* of Hungry People Looking to Amerlaa for Food. .. : . V'; ' i '? t Columbia. With tho decleratloa of the armistice and the cessation of the fighting in Knrope there hi dagger that we, In America who have bees af fected ?o lightly by the war, aa com pared wl^h the sufferings of the peo ple of many European countries may think our duty done and decrease our I efforts toward food conservation. ? Thif muat apt happen, soya the Pbod Administration. The American people hare before then a greater obligation than , ever before, becana* famine la threatsning in maay laoda which have been opened up to the ?Uled world py the evacuation of the enemy, and the militant of people, de pendent upon the out tide world tor feed until they can make a harvest, are looking hopefully to America. Hnndrede of thousands of American aoldiera and their allied comrades must continue to eat, although they have ce*?ed to Ight. The oonntrtes that are laylag down their mnim are plunged into a state of great unrest. No factor is so coa |duclve in anarchy a# Id hunger. "What may happen Ja Efctrope no one knows. But to rellere tho world hun ger ia the surest way to .quickly re atom the world to normal. For the preeent the Food Adminis tration is appealing, to the Americaa people merely to exercise care and Judgment Ja food buying and food consumption. Later a definite pro gram of oonaerratlon Of food for world rel'Of will be made public. Herbert Hoover la now in Kurops looking Into Conditions. Aa soon ?? ?t la fcnown what are tho food require menta, this program will be formn la ted, and every housewife in the land will he seised and expected to , participate. ? The Government, through the Food Administration, ia aaklag the Ameri can people at the preeent time to carefully une meets, fats, butter, lard aheeep and kindred oonunoditiea, and to await the forthcoming food saving program aeon to be made pnblto. -* ' 'Q ' 1 WOULD POOD CONDITIONS AM SHOWM IN iUMMAfty, tHrN BUHm Poinds of Fats and Throe MMImi Tmm Of Htflh P rot# In ? ?- gilt,t ?l.atir Wli ??> ^ ? Other Foots tf U? * With ?leeway. CohMabla.~Ia support of itp polfcy to keep farmers of the Ulllted States fully informal of world food con ditions and probable needs for eertain commodities, tbo Food Administration baa completed a summary of unusuaJ import ante to producers. The workl balance sheet of food products . shows a shortage at 3.000, ?00,000 pounds of fata and S.600,004 iions of high protein feeds. Among fata, are included pork products, dairy products and vegetable oils. Commodities of which there ara sufficient supplies, if aaod with econ omy, art) wheat, rye. beans, Hce, peas, and feeds other than those high is protein. Satttcieat beef la la sight to load alt refrigerating shops' capaci ties. There la enough sugar for noraial eon sumption if other nations wetale tbelr proa eat short rations, if they increase their rattens, there will be a shortage. Coffee is (ha only common food commodity of which there la a world surplus. With the possible ex eepUon qf ktgh protein feeds, the United eta tea baa sulticieoi food end teed for Us own people, bat to fulffU lu pledge of 30,000,000 ton to bs ?eat to lw>n by Jnly 1. IMP, there moat be usatlnaod cosm creation and etvoldanooof waste. - ? According to Food Admlnietratioo calculations, orea with all sappltoi and best eflorta, the world will he fax deficient of the pormal amounts o< flats for two or three years at least. The future of the American ptcdaooi who is equipped tor general farming seems to Me in liberal crope of meet products end home-grown feeds with which to grew livestock economically. Foreign MiUosa Urgent Call. Columbia.? -Nattnwn liberated from the German yoke are daily and urp ently calHng upon the United States tor food. The preeaure of this do ?sand ia empheeisad in a cable ro oently rooehred by the Food Adatala trafckm from Herbert Hoover, who ii now in Berope to sarvey the foreign , situation. After a week in Bmopa Mr. Hoover cabled that the attention did not then admit of the formaletJoe of a definite program, but that Amer Ilea ahould be firmly impressed vltt the necesaity for eontinveQt 'cokaerva 'tion. which is more nodded now than at any time atnee jJttc United States became aligned w"h the enemies of Germany. w Mr. Hoover it now negotiating witt the Allied Gorsmments regard Inf shippfag. finances and organisation a UhMl thee4 details are flaally settled ,U wlU We difficult for him to outlln* ;a defiaflte constructive program. Mr. .'Hoover arranged leaving Amer ilea for the lmme^Wfe purchase of 127.00# tens of food to meet the most enfant n&ds. The first of the fleet | of shipe carrying these sapplfea bat J already reached Burope. i-i? a?n_aajt la possible to do en ?e new program oT fftga ooeset ratios %dt world ?%llef w?l he asade knows ' .1-1 ? 11 1 FtMMdt ?r?v? New*. - Dec. 24. 1018. The Pleasant Orove ^?ommuuity in waking up. We have al most completed a aew room to our school how**. When w* get it flushed ft will bo one of the bent rural school* iu the county. We are now having a wo teacher achool taught by Misa ltutb ifeed, principal and MIm Ituth William*, i*si*Mut. We had a Cbjdxtmaa enter* alumept out at the school building last . -light which confuted of a play, recita tion* and aoug. Silent Night. Imme diately after the excrcis** we bad a box ? upper which wrought $48.00. Then we *tad a eake contest which wax voted on for the moat iM>puiar girl. The cake brought $17.10. Mixs Pauline ^altera lud MIhh Fay Thorn paon tied and the cake was divided between them. The total amount raiaed was $75.10, which will be applied for furnishing the new room. Miaa Heed and Miss William* have ftona home today to l?pend Christmas with' their relative^ They will be back ii) time to open tip school January 0. Mr. and Mr*. W. 1\ McGuift from V?n Wyck, 8. 0. are viaHlug Mrs. MoOulrt's parents Mr. and Mr*. L. J. Walter*, . . . V'- '-i" Miaa Fay Thompson is home from Linwood College spending the holidays with her parenta Mr, aud Mr a. 8. L. Tbompaon. ~i" : Mr. W. 0. Thompson of Taxahaw, 8. O, visited hia brother 8. L. Thomp son yMrterday. Mr. Dan Peach is home from Columbia yisiting Ma parents Mr. and Mrs. 8am Peach. We, ought by all means to live in a live neighborhood. A man has only one life .to live aud he ought to spend it where progress is being made, where thing* are going forward, where men ?ind women have n vision of better things and are trying to make this vision a reality. John Oatwwor.thy said recently thai too many of us mistake living 'for Ufe ? we merely have existence when we should Imv'e ynjC*~ """ ? ?? ? 1 ' ? i ? j ?? v ? AT MAJK8TIC TONIGHT. The Majestic offers for today the famous Drury Lane melodrama "Sport lug Life". A tremendous tale of fast horses, flying Oats and beautiful women. Th<i* waa advertised for yesterday and todays showing but the films did not #fcaeh" lier& until tonight, too 'late Mr use. They are now here and there will be no disappointment. ?d ? ' ? TAX NOTllCE. ? \ ?*%. Oflice of Treasurer Kershaw Cotmty, ('am den, 8. C., Oct. 1, 1018 Notice is hereby given that.the books *VM bfcbpen for the collection of 8tate, County and School Taxes, from October J5fh, 1018, to March 15th, 1010. A penalty of 1 per cent will be added to all taxes unpaid January 1st, 1010; 2 per cent February 1st, 1010, and 5 per cent March 15th, 1010. The rate per centum for Kershaw County is as follows: c s Mills State Taxes. ? ? ? 8 1-4 County Taxes7 ?-~ ? -l Special Ta^es ? . ? 13 1-4 Road Taxes School Taxes ?wv 3 1" V/V '-V' ? ?' ,/v *' 4 V ? ?'? '?! AJm*-? Vaa ' Total -> ? ? ? 24 1-2 Thp .following -School Districts have special levies : School District No. 1 ? 7 School District No. 2 4 School District No. 3 ? ? 4 School District No. 4 ? ? _ --- 6 School District N4. 5 ? 2 School District No. 0 ? 8 School .District No. 7 ? ? 4 School District No. 8 ? - ? 4 School District No. 9 - 4 School District No. 30 5 School District No. 11 5 School District No. 12 ? -4 School District No. 13 ? '8 School District No. 1 1 3 School District No. 15 3. School District No. 10 ? ? ? 4 School District No. 17 ? 3 School District No. 18 ? 4 School District No. 10 ? . i . School District Ko. 20 ? =r= - 4 School- District No. 21 ? _ .1 School District No. 22 ? ; __ 11 | School District No. 23 3 School District No. 24 ? ? 4 .-^School District No. 25 ? ? 4 School District No. 26 . 4 School District No. 27 6 School District No. 28 " 0 School District No. 20 4 School District No. .'10 ? 4 School District No. 31 0 School District No. 32 8 School District No. 33 4 Schdol District No. 35 8 School District No. 36 4 School District No. 37 __ 2 School District No. 38 5 School District No. 30 8 School District No. 40 11 School District No. 41 4 School District No. 42 4 School District No. 43 8 School District No. 46 8 School I>i*trict No. 47 4 ! The poll tax is $1.00. All able-bodied male persons from the j54e *0* tfcrenty-onc (21) to sixty (60) years, hoth inclusive, except residents of incorporated towns of the county, ShaH pay $2.00 ns a road tax, except i Ministers of the gospel actually in charge of a congregation, teachers em- j ployed in public schools, school trustees and persons permanently disabled in the military Service o t this State, and per-] sons who served in tlwiwar Itetween the Stages, and all person* actually employed in the quarantine- service of this State and all residents who may be attending school or college at the time when said road tax shall become due. Persons claiming disabilities mast pre sent certificates from two repn table phy sicians of this oounty. All information with reference to taxes will be famished upon spplies-l -Hon. D. M. McOASKU^V Connty Treasurer -i COLOKKI) SCHOOL TO OPEN. 1'rlircipal Urges Attendance of All Pu pils For the Full Term. Through the columns of this valuable news medium aud by permission of its etljtov, 'I wish to announce that the in telligence of our efficient Board of Health has jgiven us to understand that tlje Jaokson School may again extend its doom to your children on the 30th day of December at 9 o'clock sharp. 'I wish to request that each family that ban a child of school age send that child to the school on that date, and further, you should see to it that that child of yours attends school five days out of the week until the school session ends. The State ond County Uo'ard of Education backed by the State government, requires that you should do this; the child's moral .and mental development demands that you should do this; your foodl conscience and com mon judgment counsel you that your child to obtain an : education that is worth having, should and must attend school regularly, when Providence permits. We; your teachers/ and the Board of Trutftees \have done and willing to do the. very best within our power for your child. But at our best; efforts, wo need and must have your sympathy, willing and constant co-operation, remembering the fact that it takes at least three per sons to educate your child properly : the mother, father and the teacher, and the greatest of these is mother. If any of these parties fails, the child's life will certainly reveal it. So let us all wprfc together, talk the same thing, sing, gttye ?ame nong and probably we may fee able to save the same child; Your child. > B. Madodana, Principal. WANTED. One policeman for the City of Cam den, ut a salary of $85.00 per month. Applications will be accepted up until Monday, .Tan. 6th., and will be con sidered by council at its session on that date. 11. SINOLETON, City Clerk. TKEflPASS NOTICE I IrLr ? r ! 'Vff 4 fifHi-Mcar ' m: :vmlBHBSHBx?ai ~~ AXJgT' '-? hereby wa raw) Ir|#>t to trespass cm. my lands located on the I>nrlington road eight miles east of Cam den, known as the English land. Thi? in for hunting, or any purpose whatso ever. , Auyono violating thin notice yill be prescuted to the fullest extent of the law., s I. F. HOLLAND. December 23, 1918. STOCKHOLDERS MKKTIN* ? ? ! 1 The annual meeting of the Htoekl^lders | of the Hank of Camden will be held at the offices of ,the Bank on Tuesday De cember 31st. 1018 at four thirty o'clock p ?? . . .. ; (Q. li. XATES, State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. By W. L. McDowell, Esquire Pro bate Judge. Whereas, 8. A. West made suit to me to grant him letters of Administra tion of the Estate 'of and effects ef Walter J. Wetrt. These are, Therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred ani^ creditors of the aaid Walter X. West de-' ceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Camden, & ?0* .on January 6th nMt after publication thereof, at 11 o'clodc ib the forenoon, to show cause, if any. they have, why the said Administri tiou should not ,be granted. Given under my Hand,- this 23rd day of Decfcmbor, A. I). 1M8. W, Tat MCDOWELL. Judge ?>f Probate for KerShaw County. Published on (he 27itb day of Deeaa? l?er. 1918 and the 3rd day of January. 1010, in the Camden Chronicle and po?t- . ed at the C*>urt House door for the time prescribed by law. We believe this is going to be one of the best years we have ever had ? -you have ever had. I As a consequence we have laid in a stock to meet the demand and if it is anything now in up to date jewelry ware that you want we can supply your need #t most favorable prices. '< I ? ? 1% ' ,."7, ?" COIIE IN AND BE CONVINCED