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SECTION r. 2 m TWO - Hi K teeggggaegu '-? ? ... i \?mmmmmssamif9BmLA\ ,in? i i ? i ssmmmmBBmmanmasmBamuiL- \l. -jummmmmmasasBcrsaaL. .U4^y?> 1' ' " --, .lamuitwwmmmm-ssrirmmn, nm VOLUME XXXI. CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. !A' UARY 16, 1920. NUMBER 41. CAMJDKN B0Y8 AT VVEMAN Items ot General I uteres* From Great Huptliit Institution of tntralni, Green vlUe, 8. C., Jauuary 3,?Four boya fro** Kershaw County ate utucLmt* in Fuianau University. They are W. H, Barfleld, of Jefferson, B. O. Brasingtou, of Camden, H. F. Hufcsty, of Camden, and Q. T. Uttle, of Camden^ Kershaw is* thus very weTl represented in tbe atu dent body. AW these young men are makfa# **>4 In their work, aud are filling Important places iu the atu dent tarty. Mr. Barfleld wias one of the representatives of Kurtman iu the great Student Volunteer Convention whioh has just been held at I>ee Moines, Iowa. This W one of the most {important relig ious meeting* in America, brlaglug to gether able men from all parte of Amer . tea aud fitocn the foreign missions fleWe. Furcnan was represented by four atu dent* Mr, Jake IUsor, of Cross Hill. ?. M. Harrison, <>f Plant City, Fla., H. . M. Iteaves. of Union. W. H. Barfleld,. of J?fferao?. . It is -therefore quite an honor and a privilege 'which the student body conferred upon Mr. Barfleld in send ing him as one of their represent I vca. The Obristmoa vacation is ever and tihe men are baok at work. The fall term has been a very great success, 287 students have been enrolled, which la 51 more than the institution ev?r had in. an entire year in Its history before. . Several new students will come iu for the second term whkfti be^In* February 1st, which will proW)l?y run the number to 800 or more. Not only in the class work and in tihe attendance. but also lu athletics this bas been a good year. The football sea* son was exceptionally successful. The Fumiau team played nine games, winning six of them and defeating every college in South Carolina with the exception of Clemson which it tied for the eft amnion rfhlp of the state. Furman Wa? defeated onJy by Georgia Tech. and ^Davidson, of ? North CaroHna. Furnian defeated Wof ford, of, Spartanburg, Presbyterian Col lege of Clinton. Ersklne. of Due West, the Citadel, of Charleston. Wake Forest, of North Carolina, and Oglethorpe of Atlanta. /^prospects for the base ball season are equally good as there is ma terial for a very fine team. The 'ifpifc' in- the development of the college goes steadily forward. A new dormitory to aoattmnodate substantially lfiO men b?* been betnm. It will stand on the ground now, oiooupled by the "Old College" building, will incorporate the beat features of the dormitories of the country. Every room in it will have running water, endh fcpro students will h*ve g comtaxm study and a separate bod room. There wMfl also be Installed a central heutlu* plant ?from which uxwt of the bnlklingH of ttie eoMege grouud* wit) be heated. Ur. McOlothlin is at* in* the AWmini to take u? tlie work of -devehtping aud beautify iug the catnpua The poosibiMties of beauty in the grounds of Furman are not surpassed by tbe caxnpus of any institution of the country, and t*h?< President hopes to spend ten or fifteen thousand doNaro within t^e next two or three years in developing thin natural beauty. The Tru*rtees h?ve established a 1>? pertinent of Education, aud K. la hoped that a mud) larger percentage of Ftmnan student* will turn "their attention to thia old and -"honorable calling. The effort will be made to prepare meu for po sition* in every department of the edu eat tonal IS fe of South fla-roHna, It la certain that the profession of teaching wiH ooon receive better recmineratjon making it more attractive to able and wnJbiHoua young men, Nothing will con tribute to the welfare of ttoe state more than a sufficient number of able and devoted teadiera. ~ ? A New Bulletin on Peanuts. Gtanson "OoHege, Jan. 8.?TY> meet the demand for a puMHoatiqu on tlie subject of iMMiuita as a cash crop, to serve as one mihstitutc for cotton In the boll weevil area of the state, the Exteuslon Service has issued Extension Bulletin 45, "Peanuts." The bulletin is written by l*rof. C. P. BlaakweM, Agronomist, -ontttakos the place of Extension Bulle tin 21, whWh has been entirely exhausted. The pubflicatlon discusses briefly aud simply such topics as: What can be expected of the peanut in South Caro lina, V&rleties, soils. innoeulivtion of land, seed required per rtteft,' planting, time of planting, cultivation, harvesting stacking and curing, picking and thresh ing, care after threshing, peanut hay, ro tations for peanuts, pasturing with hogs, peanut machinery,, etc. * It is now ready for distribution and la free to citizens of the state. A card addressed to The Extension Service ask ing for Extension Buflsetin 45? 4,t*ean uts" will get prompt attention^ . ? - . i? -~jr- v ?' > - Norfolk Virginia Thirsty. With apparently no rain in tight and the lakes from which the city derives :ts water supply so low -that they con tpitied scarcely water to furnish the people of Norfblk, Va., with what is needed for drinking purpose, city of ficials Monday were "forced to resort to using the 'Street sprinkler to bring water into the city from Virginia Beach, the supplj thus secured being distributed In five gallon tots. Tank cars owned by railroads are also being used to carry water into i the city from outside com munities. O - ; ? ? . . ... i ????i???? ,'KRWCO C1KTS CONVENTION . \Vflnoii and Bryan Differ on Quest Ion of Makliyr Ixsague An lasae. Washington. J mi H.?Suu Francisco >? the pilace aiul Mouday, June 28, at uouu. la tfoo thuo for the democratic national convention. The election wua mndc her# Unlay hy the democratic national com mittee at itw uuadrennial meeting. The committee at t%e same time unaui inoualy adopted re*otutiou? endorsing the troa4y of Versailles and denouncing the "arrogant" leadership of the acnata aa having earned the ''eoutewpt of the worM" by throttling t>he treaty for seven own ttw. After the committee went Into execu tive sessiou to select the convention city A. F. Mullen, notional committeeman from Nebraska, submitted a resolution proposing that the rule requiring two thlrd*a vote of the convention for the i*Mutn?tion of a presidential candidate be dbtoisbed, but It waa tabled After soma di*cus?6on. Washington. Jan. 8. (By the Associ ated Press).?-A anUt between President Witaon and William J. Bryan over whether the league of nations Should be made ah issue at the coming eloctlon top* pad off the J?ck?on day deliberations of tflie (ksmocratic .party <Alefs. n It came at the Jackson dinner as the (flimax of a day In which San Francisco hind been chosen as the''meeting place of-tih* democrats national convention on fune 28, and it charged the air with po r i t i? v.'l electricity. President Wilson, in his message read to rhe diner*. assembled in two separate ha I 1m, declared that NU* "CMflf auu single way ouc,*' w?? to submit the q ?? nun it# the voters ?m great and anlcsnn refgr enduiu." Mr. Hryan, 'showing ail the old time vigor with whioh be led tme tight (or the president's nomination at Baltimore in 1012. Mml that the democratic party could not too before the country Ob <t9te Issue. because It Involved a delay 0f fourteen months and meaut success only If th?? democrats captured a two thlrdV majority of; the sonato. The party, Mr. Bryan declared must "secure suctt compromise* nva.v be possible." | The disagreement between the Presi dent and bis former secretary of state, I the first In public view since Mr. Bryan left the cabinet because* the did not agree witb the President's course In Ike dip ' lonratle negotiations with Germany, was thus disclosed *1 * toot, although It had been ruinored and reported lu the under ground currents of national politics. In the opinion of the political leaders it crjwtaliacd ?n toue. > . "v > ? President Wilson in hW message said nothing whatever about .a tMrd teiini for bImseW and neither did he mate nny formal announcement of his intended re tirement to private life, an some hjfr| furwawt be Mir.. Hryan shiu nothing bearing on sny ambitions to wnrd a fourth presidential nomination, but before reading his manuscript he ?aM be bad nothing-to- ask, a-nd that therefore the diners would not listen o him wifih the (bought that they wort* listening to a candidate. - ?: I^vn were * dosen or more other ; sp. niters at the dinner and their view* | mi whether tno league should be made m vnunpabrn Uvuie were either"divided iu favor of the President's Mud or llr. Ilryan's or else they did uot touch on the subject at all. Tho MeNeely (lalm. People of the whole atatc will watch with keeu interest tlie outoome of t^e !?'aim filed with the fttete Department by (Sir. W. It. McNeetey, of Vnlon <V*nty, 1W $30,000 damages against <ho Oennan government for the dealh of hia son, 0(HMUl Itobert ^Jey MeNeely, who was drowned In the Mediterranean Sea on his wvoy to Kgyfrt when the steamer Persia was to^edoed December 30, 1015, says the CHiarlotte Observer. The evi dence In the case shows that H It a Just claim and, therefore, may be pre mmwd in a<hNWiee Chat the, Herman gov eminent wlN have to pay H finally, vhough. of eoiMwe, she will exhaust every mean* to avoid It?Iwincaster News. Ideal Halt. While ?ea fishing with' a friend a doctor 'U**t his sinker. Rather than cut the day** fishing slwrt he hit upon a luipii.v idea of Utilising his fiash, The bottle wtw tilled with watt'r, carefully onrked And sent down on its mission. A few minutes later the doctor was I lucky enoUgh t*> ipull up a pair of whit ing, one on earh. hook. "Ha. doctor", exclaimed the eonipan Ion, "twins this time/* "Yet"/!- replied. the doctor with a smile, "and brought up on the bottle." ur-i . _ Now Making Dally Trip*. 'Plu' "Kloridn Limited" touriwt t#i>c<'it?l of the He abound Air Lino, operating frutu New York to Fk?rtl?, la wow wak ing regular tatty trips sud since its reinstatement January 5, Imu* bow* car rying on the average from UK) to 100 pa*?enger? South a <k?y. This U? expect ed to by average passenger lint for the next month (Hiring the tourist rush. The train im?vos (V4umbia at 1 :-W) o'clock in flu' afternoon, u taking only three wtoi** between Washington and J?u<k*onviile, at Rk'hmond, (VJumbia and Huvaunah The ntop in . < VdumbUt af fords time for a change of cngltns. The train is composed of all l'ulknaw, in rindiug observation, drawing nootn, tour ist aud regular sleeping can, to make up one of** the lineal trains operating through CVdmnbia.?Tueaday'a Btate. California Has Aged Negrftsa, lx?s Angeles, t\ullf., Jan. 8^~-Anna I1 raters a negrew*. today official)* was I luted ax lift year* okl by. federal cen ?tis enumerator*. t?he woa born iu ftouth Carolina she naid; wan aold 10 time*, us u aUvej acted hn "mammy" to fifty two wlilhte children, uud ran away from three masters only to bo r? ? ?ai?t nrod each time. ?$*$3 WtbiKv toWlivg her life history, she busied "herself with tewing. ? ? ?' John R. 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