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CAMDEN CHRONICLE I'ubllahara. H. I). NIIm mid / M MIL H. IJ B. N. McDowall ? - S X ' ' - . T I'uhiitilKMl every KrUU.v at llOflNo Broad Street, aud entered at the Cam aao postofUee an aecond claas iumII mat ?cr. Price t>?'r annum $1.50. t 4 mill I I Hi April i, ltt'20 Tin- . \? 1111 v ? mi it the state : press association selected I took Hill a* (t>> next nuivonUou oily. It was decided' to hold tin' convention on June I* ?ud Id inclusive. \ I TIh> lljiic liiilRi- MounluilnH ??!' Ten-: nessee. once noted uk t li?* ?ource of n, large part i?f tli?> uatiou*' buppiy of ^ Ifourhou whiskey, are. today fatuous ^ Mostly fov >*t rnwUcrrli-s and tobacco. undj the corn gwwer* of olden days have be come wealthy in the meanwhile. !.?** than two hour* after arguments in his case had been closed, tiharles Marshall, acetMsl in indictment* by the Monroe County grand jury of the killing of four member* of a family near Miss., on the uiifht of June taken back to his cell in the I.ee County jail, having been found guilty of the murder of Wm, Miller, infant' victim of the tragedy-?alleged u> huve been hi* illwfittftiate child-will bo hanged ou May II. r Arnory 15,' VasV Atlantic coast steamship truffle ftxxn .Maine to Mexico is likely to be Vied up indefinitely by the strike of long fchonwen unless higher rate# are granted by the interstate commerce commission, ?it. was declared Wednesday by William , '/>. Itipley, chairman of !he national ad justment comtnifcsiou. A recommendtttion that the United Sti?te* K^ivernraeot supply to the new re public of Armenia sufficient arms und ammunition "to equip a stable Annen lun army" was made Wednesday by a senate sub-committee which has <t>n iliicted an exhaustive investigation Into conditions in the Near I-'ast. The city of (Villi in hi a is disappointed over the census of its people and >a movent en t is being agitated fov a re count. The census gives the city .'17,524 people. In 11)10 there were 'JO,000 with in the city limits. Since that time three suburb* have been added to tbo incor iwittioii which meant an increase of uboitr (?,(HM>. Tlti? would bring the total l?> Jl'J.OOO m? that the census of 1020 leproM-nts an increase of little, over 7.000. > ?. ii. ni s? .1 He I hb ridge ( 'i?v |u, . ? |i(- i an invitation (?? deliver rhe principal nddre?,^ at the onninenrriiiriit I \. rnsi's I.f thip I'lllVt l\ it.V of North ('.i i <?! I mi. 4'Impel Hill. June to. Comnti*?)oiiCr H. |jlliii i i--. <?f Squth (e??l i it ii Agricultural Pepartiucnt. Ha# toiiixt that f?0 por cant of the M*afeH in I'ojiiiiiliau are pot true, and H>ine yiwl?. wtiek* hlit* also fuJHfti nhoft ??f HgMeoiiM' iu'mn and Justice, as It were. < David It, (%>ker of Hartoville ha* phttvtl himself in the $f,000 claa* dona iion* fa* tin- South Carolina memorial building. A check for thi* amount wu? received fmo> him by the headquarter* of the memoriaI. * ' In ilii- I'uir*-<l State* court at Flor epce .Imljf^ 8mitli aruteuced I>r. II. T Kendall, Columbia physician, ?<onvicted lust week of violating the Harrison uai ?vtic act, to pay a line of $>100 au<l th<' <v^ts in the case. Mitigating circuin stance* connected with the case influent ed .fudge Smith according to the court's statement. PolltleaJ Activities SUrt Next Month. > The _ jX?n)Ocrait!c clubs will uieet on the fourth Saturday in April which in the IMth. , . The county conventions will be held on the lihst Monday iu May. which in till' Urd at the county seats. The State Democratic convention will he he hi on May 19. The first primary will be held the Ust Tuesduy in August. The Pflmocrntue Chib tolls will be opened on the last Tuesday iu .Tune, ac cording to the party rule* in South Carolina, and will remain open - until the lust Tuesday. in July. Sheriff Offered Reward For Son. A special dispatch from Atlantu, fJa., under recent date days': * "Sheriff S. J. Scar'borough, of Lee county, South Carolina, arrived in At hinta today to take back his hou, T. I>. Scarborough. alius B. K. Ilicks, twenty four years old ft>r who.Ho arrest he had offered a rewurd of,.flOO und wbo was taken iuto custody by Putrolmau W, C4 Hardy in this city. It in -charged by Sheriff Scarborough that his son is wanted on a'charge <rf highway ix>t>bery. "Young Scarborough declared when taken into custody that he had'.committed no crime in Ix?e county, hut said he did hold up several gamblers and four policemen iu Sumter and relieved them of In cas*h. Ho said he was arretted, convicted au<l later paroletl and was on parole when arreted by Patrolman Hardy. '.II i' ('i i . i' i mm UV'il))"iui|J ft' ii U i ??<! five paroles uud !??< paidonh. Former *'tuJitor 41. Hyuct. eouvkJted of for gery at the J uim'i 11*17, tr>W of c^urt for 1 >ilion County' and touteiicod i ftp twtorc year*? linprlK>iMuei?t was pardon j Oil 10 i?-*loUt clt i /.!? ii - Ii 111 The Roek Kill Way. <>u u ve*iuext from tin* local t m*hool fi?ll bids for ntonoy for running e.\|M'6*e? of the *chooln, the m-ent Cenornl Ah M'inbl.v having grnnt<d them pe rolls* ion to borrow ilp to the amount of $U$.0O0, only two bids were received?-that of the Citixcu* Itauk uihI Tru?t <\>,? which wan for 1 Jl-I per cent. and from the People's National Hank. which a* reed to loan thttu $'Jrt,000 without interest and pay a premium of $11 on tho same for the privilege of Snaking the loan. The proi>o nition of the 1'eoplen National was of course adopted.?Hock Hill Record. ' To Pwt On Kv?n(?lbtl(i CampftJgp. The executive committee of the Ker shaw Association met in Cumden Wed nemlay March J}!; Dr. VV, T. Uninu, State Secretary of >Ji**ionK wan present and suggested that the churches of the Kershaw Association put on a simultan eous evangelistic campaign the first two wee"ks< in August. Those present 'heartily endorsed the suggestion and called < a meeting of all the pagtors and , repre sootatives from each church to be held at the Camden Baptist Church on Sat urday before the xlrat Sunday in May. It was also decided to hold two vic tory conferences on the afternoon of tLe second Sunday in April. Rev. ,J. Furman Moore, of Oreenville will con duct one for the "Upper division at Provi dence and "Dr. C. .T. Thompson of jOo hujnbih will bokl one at Mizpah for the lower dlVigion. It is very important that each church send a delegation In cluding the pastor. i J. S. Sturgis, Clerk. Tho Francis Marion Hotel, a ten story structure is to be constructed in ? ? > ? a Charlo**o(n. U hotel company having re cently' bVen organi//cd for that purpose. The company will be capitalzed ?.t *.".00,000. Yh?vju*y>*in..-Ch? case of Miss Jdittie Davis of (Columbia, charged with viola tion of the postal laws by sending through the mails an alleged obscene lettr. on Friday afternoon announced that it could not agree on a verdict and a mis trial was ordered. The jury was out sev eral hours. Tho girl was ohargod with addressing and posting an alleged obscene letter intended for Mrs. Kdd Harris, of Rlythewood. a'though the letter itself was addres.sejj to her husband. K<kl Har ris -un?l wan received by him. .Hurried. Mr. A : lliii-j-ii timI Min- Jamie lOli'/ahftti fttcwart, of Oamyku, wcrr mar* ried by IC?-v. t'Mwoiil pallor I ? ?f ri?-n*Ai>t l*Ui i n? |lapti"i t'luiu-h <?n Maich it Mr Thvmu* Wiley ,\Vilw>n and Mrs, t'hna l? tingory, both of t'amden, were ipwrrlcd at the I'robutc ??flU*4*' on March yihh. ' ? Shipprd i'aMIe North. On lu-4 . Frltla.v Mr. H. Iv. Howell ship p?-d ?'!"? head of cattlr to JdPSfy f'ity that he had fattened ou hi* farm. About two week* ufi<> be made a shipment of ?another lot of ?W. The average weight of the cattle shipped b.v Mr. Howell wan about fifteen hundred pounds. Mr. Sowt 11 bought the cattle in 'IVunessee laxt November in poor Condition and ha? fed them on velvet beau.s cotton seed meal and hulls. Thia lb the geooud year thut Mr. Howell hits experimented with the matter of fattening cattle for mar ket, and thougti he bun had to buy a considerable portion of the feed for them he ha* found it profitable. The chiefest profit ho has found in thorn. ' has not been in uctual dollars and cent's but 5n the manure, which he nays la worth more to him than money, for the rea* won that Is the roost valuable ferti liser that he can u*e and that it Is next i to impossible to buy. But he also makes some .profit in. dollars and cents as wel! ^ind is amply paid for feeding the cattle. He recommends that all farmers try it. KenAaw Era. An Appreciation. I desire to publicly exprevs my grate ful appreciation /for the kind and gen erous m-tion of. the Service men of this section in naming their Post of- the American Legion for my son Leroy JBelk. This action, showing the este?n in which be was held by his comrade*, and the reverence tohey feel for bis memory, makes on to whom his death was a sore trial, feel that he did not die in vain. I have not the words to express my chunks for the commemoration of his name in this manner, suffice to say tbat the knowledge of it shall be through out my life, my most treasured posses sion. His father, ,7. M. Bn'f'r. ' Ciymden. S. C., April ,1, 1020. Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy youug Philadeffrtlian recently courtmar tlaled for desertion because of his al-, lc^ed failure 'to rqport for military ser vice during the draft, was sentenced to five years in prison, according to a de cision of the court made public Tues day. ? Krai Kstaie Changes. ' K. M. Latham this week. bin house und lot on Mill St n et to W. ThoiupM.n, who lu?-> ifi't-ntly |uo\i<| )i<-i ?? fioiu Liberty Hill. M?*. H. K. \?UI '1*1V>.<-klMV M> Id to! J. It, llartiM'h*. of l.ugoff, a house and lot un La Fayette Avenur. Both of these sales were made through the re|l estate agency of L. A. McDowell Heath of >Ir*. O. I.. l>Uon, 8r, Mrs, ti, I.. Dixon, Sr., agetl 74, died at her home iu, the Mt. Olivet section Saturday evening and was buried Sunday afternoon at Mt. Olivet church, the Rev. M. M. lten*ou othciatiug at the funeral. Mrs, Duon was the mother of Oononer Dixon and leaves her aged husband and a great number of children and grand cbildrou to mouru her departure. M'ury Piokford untl I>ouglu? Kaii'bankb have been married, it became known Tuesday. They obtained a license last Saturday and the ceremony ww per formed Sunday by the Rev. J. Wbitoomb 11 rough or, pus tor of the Temple Baptist chuivh. The tlrat Hat declaration from, flet bert Hoover that he might under" <fcr tain circumstances ttecept a presidential nomination was contained in a telegram sent by Mr. Hoover to the Hoover Re^> publiean Vlub of California, in .which he said he would uccepjt the Republican nomination "if it felt that the isauea necessitate it, and It is demanded ci me." William II, Sondfley, for thirty-4h?e years captain of the guard at the state penitentiary died in Columbia last Wed nesday. The Key. James A; Wilson, widely known Presbyterian n^nis.tev, after kick - ness continuing over a period of ^Ifcht yearft1, die<l last night, at a hospital in Columbia. Peru Alarmed Ovai Chinese. The continued Influx of Chinese la to Peru Is being viewed with alarm and agitation Is being carried oh by the recently formed Antl-Asifctle. league, which lias as its purpose the securing of more atrlngeut limulgra tlon taws. The chief fault found with the Chinese Is that they enter lata small businesses and sell at such low prices that local business tnen .can not compete. Keeling has run high j op several occasions, with disastrous results to the Chinese merchants. Picturesquely Put. Disgusted Cop (at crosaf^*?? Smm ? chan^'ear, you are! S?r, If yon wen crossing tlie Sahara desert you'd ran into a hydrant- Boston Transcript, K1PNAPPK0 voi^j l.u<-K?'?l fw# D?)h u, J l??*ton llotrl. 1,1 l.txlnfftOU, K.v., March 'J#. Little, U-iyear ?>UI of <|{ j? ' l.rxiujctou capitalist, at w. thi?rltlc* tonight wtri* wai^oj?^ in?-? i?bo kidiiupp?d tiu. \#(j m afternoon aud held him f?r ^ !*J a room ut a local hotel. Th.? fepy was return*! to ? rarly thin morning ?fu>r h,- ^ ^ tilth room i? -which he hud kJ* prisoned by bi? abductor* and member* of bis family by tetau. to his whv "about*. u The youth, after bun* kidwpwi taken to Irhe hotel and locked I bathix*<n. Dtttioft bU lon| u. moot he wan given only ? and a piece of eak> to eat. ^oui^h during the period bin roriked hijn by threats again* A rcvoWer wjw often thrust^4 faeo by the two men. 8to}ly 7 q'clodt thin morning, the boy'i toiN lefh. hotfl, leaving the ^ the bathroon} Uftlocked. The boy ed tho room nod eautioualy to the fjHrtite home. The father'^ boy Wont' inwuediately to the hotel door to *he roam wa* broken dim ?Paul runhed luto bin father's ami Describing his abduction, the said be bad been lured to tie one of the ltidftapj>ert<. who ol u dollar to deliver u boa-etctify The boy wiw told repeatedly fc; men that he would be killed it an outcry, bo said. T?he room in which the boy vii a prvfcouer bad been rented pi to tho kldwawping by a cub to rod as J. O. Oox, Citxnounti ploye# i>f . the hote4 said the fat the roc?m bad been locked for t?o Heiar^h Is beiujj *v>u ducted out Ohio and nearby states for the uajapws. Tbat the kidnappers feared ti they appeared on the street to the $25,000 ransom money placed public garbage. can by Mr. Little day nigbi, w?* the opinion e: the police. The ransom dequj ulatcd that the mpney be qM the can. A half hour after it \U 'tleposdted, Mr. Little removed it abd-urtors having failed to put a appearance. Wofford Harris, magistrate of county, in in jifil charged with portion and handling whiskey, cither-tneu have been arrested and 1 in jail in l"ak>n as witness* Magistrate Harris. The OF CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA -V?'- ? ? ? -v; . J r ? 9 )". ' : '. V ' . ' :1 ? v ???'oi Will Begin a Series of Revival Meetings on Sunday, April 4l TO BE CONDUCTED BY Rev. T. V. McCall of Bennettsville, S. C. ? On Sunday at I 1 :1 5 A. M. Dr. W. J. McGlothlin, of Furman University, will preach and 8:0C P. M. Dr. McGlothlin will deliver an address on Education, a subject which the . ? ? ?? ? * t parents of Camden and vicinity cannot afford to miss. Beginning Monday, April 5th, Rev. Ti V. McCall will pread each evening at 8:00 o'clock. Other Congregations and the Entire Community, Including the Strangers Are Invited and Are Welcomed*