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? Mlliiituj Oqjfilucto) Now. . d'n ffvnrea, son of Mr* of$>ur town, who h ffimp agojp^ Tn nu)? n t?? <"(<>r wowf BSWmosh 1i a-? rocently Pm.vle a oottltf nolor on the vesti qn the S. A I;- from j fP* to J$recy Ci y. Mr. Hughft'Hj ^J'ffriemla in (,'? milon wo are sure J ^WODlto Will, 'Iho Chronicle in 'arty cnngiutnlations to hiiu I0' ills good for (uno. first Cotton Hloom J^e fi rut cotton Moom wo have this voar wan brought to our Ottioe on Monday morning lunl l?y ?Ir. M. C. A I ford. Tho hloom wit s Plucked on Kridiiy of Inst week, 28th, and came Horn the farm Mr. Reynold^ who i* routing 'and fron^jn ' ? AJford. 'i n is bloom is J"ft day a Inter than the first hloom last year. Mr. Alf??i'(J "M'8 tli i a delay is duo to the oxten S|vo rains and cool nights. Picnic of Liberty Hill Rults. ? -Liberty 11 til. S 0. Editor Chronicle Tho annua*! basket picnic of (ho L'berty Hill Hi* flf'? will ho hold t hi-4 year at or near Hlaek J tick cliurch, on the 2.'ir<l (lay of July. Senator Tillman will bo present and make an address and other prominent speaker.1; will be in ?ited. '('ho company extends a cor dial invitation to alT <U'd hopes to nmke it an enjoyable occasion. J. Ci. ltiehards. Jr.. (.'apt. L. II It i ilea. o. , Judgment for $1^0. One night recently Mr. Willie Hade, son of Go pi. J as. Iv. Haile, was riding his horse on Fair street and when near the lesldvncc of Mr. ? - Douglas Hoy If In his horte stepped in a newly made ditch in which pipes were lain to conyev water to one of the residences. The borso received some injuries for which Mr. Haile sued Air. E. E. Mande villn, the representative of the Cam den Wfiter, Light (V lee Co., secur a judgment lor oue hundred dollars. / ? Bank at Biehopville. At a meeting of the stockholders .of (ho Bishopviile hank a short time ago a board (>f directors wore elected consisting of the following ? Darned gentlemen: J. K. Wood ? " ward, R. O. Purdy, Dr. E. H. Booth, rttiTi ,1: H. Cnbett. Tlicne * directors held a meeting last night - ? endafl'eeLe.d an organization by the flection of J. K. Woo'dwani presi dent, J. S. Corbett vice president, > and W. U. Scarborough cashiei. The bank is now fully organized and will commence business about the lit of August. This enterprise fill* a long felt want and will no doubt add materially to the pros * pcrity of our town. ^ Excursion to A8hoviile. There will be an excursion from J ? gotaler to Aeheville next Tuesday, July 9th. This excursion will be ran bj representative business men 7 ri* of Sumter, among whom are Mr. jr? Abo Kytenberg and Mr. H. G. Os -Iteen, of the Sumter Watchman Ac Southron. A special vestibuled limited train will be used, Insuring quick time and a pleasant trip. SIjg train will leave Sumter from ? A. C. L. depot at 6:30 a. m. tori will arrive at Ashcvil!e at 2 p. The fare from Sumter will lie " $3.65 for adults and #1.85 for chil dren* from Columbia adults *100 children $1.60. Those from Cam den dciiring to go on this excur linn can secure their ticket* at Zcmp dp DePass' drug store. % lx. Sohenk's Handsome Reaidenco. "The beautiful residenco of Mr. Loo -Bcheak on opper Main street which |*s jast been completed is each as to ' call forth congratulations, both for ||r. fcchcnk and Messrs Christian ^ A Son, the builders, for no ' house in Osmdcn is better built and _ .^~jK>-home more beautiful than this 2rPxi>?. ijp<>n ^r6t ?oor ^ tho par j^f, dining room, cook room, library tad a l?*8e hallway with a flight of steps to the npatairs. Id tho up gttirn aT? the bed and bath rooms. The walls pf all are beautifully cal. ?oinined and the building will l>c lighted throughout with electricity. Tfcere are nntnerous and convenient "... _ __ Jw Ranged clouts giving the build ?_ jga.ft CQxlnoaa uacqualed by any we v |ate eter seen. The beautifully til jg hearths, and handsome mantels thflr o?al roiirors, are objects iration. The Messrs. Black reflected great credit l?es by this work and plestqr* to state that bnUdisf to do will !L. ^ gifhig them ^?kssii wis sob mwrere twU-fcw even ?8 &s wisditerm and * ** the plastering jtawtis fitted op *? ,*** n><?>ts, the nR |miitj from a Jo. ? a orack -of thTw^. AD ?ll ? i.ri2.w ** ">? Wt) MtaCrala ?m ^ ?8*' city. Pomona Or anjfo. *ho Kershaw I'omon* Grange N'o. will - meet with Long Hraneh j-anj.'? on the the tl.ir.l Wednesday, [ly 17. A full attendance in desir McDonald Di\v is. ? - ? o ? Picnic nt Mt Olivet. Wo haw been IKplOSltd t<> Slate that there will lie a Sunday ai-hooi picnic at Ml. Olivet chimb on the i;Uli of July. The puhlie is Invit ed to attoud anil-bung bnskt is. - A Big Mort^a^u. A hall million dollar mortgage! whs recorded in t ho ( ' U> r k of Conn's olllco this week. It, was h moif of the South Carolina Lony Distance Telephone Company, and covered twenty-ono pages of type.] written matter. Revenue Stamps on The.<j no Mme I he Act of Congress dosigned toj cut down war taxes went into 1 fleet j Monday, duly Mt. It it? no longi r necessary ty stamp chocks, promise ry notes, telegrams, express receipts, puf.tal money orders, etc., for all ofj which our people are very thankful for this stamp bu|ino8s has nowr been anything IcHq'than a nuisance For Fighting Cicero Walts, a beligeri r.t negro at Iiethnno, who in point of lighting, at least, is keeping up (he record of his famous namesake, w.is arrested last week for fighting Itnbo Cauthen,! ^ white man. lie was tried hr/>vi';J viagistrato ii. 1j. Copeland and tiiven 30 da\s or pay a lino of one bun* ilred dollars. Not having the $lu;i, ho was brought down on Monday 1 1st, and committed to Slier i fl" Trant ham's keeping. If The Corn Crop Should Fail. "In this emergency of n<> corn! crop what shall we do?" asked a fanner of Mr. W. T. Gregory in our presence Monday. "Manure your land wall, sow corn thick over it, cut when it begins tasfieling and 1 have it shredded if you can. Il l you can't get il shredded then cure! it well and feed it to." This strikes us a? good advice and wo commend] it to our readers. ? Lancaster Ledg er. Juvenile Reformatory. The Stale's Juvenile Reform* atory has boon opened. The uew institution is located upon the State's Lexington farms about five miles from Columbia. The boys heretofore confined in the Statu penitentiary have been removed from there and placed in the re formatory. Hereafter the youth ful criminals will not have to come in contact with the older and more hardened criminals. There nre now about 18 in the uew institution. Ma^flfcago of lilt-. Alfred Kennedy. Mr. Alfred Kennedy, son of the lato Goo. .John I). Kennedy. wa married on Thursday of last week tp Miss Ella Moore, of Kidgeway. The following account of the marriage was given by the Ridgeway corres pondent of one of the daily papers : "At tho home of her father, Mr. George \V, Moore, this afternoon at 4 o'eloek, Miss Klin Mooro was mar-j riod to Mr, Alfred Edward Kennedy,! of Camden, Hev. Mr. Good ivy u, pas tor of tho M. E. church oiUciated. Surrounded by a few friends and rolatives the fair young bride gave her hand to tho man of her choice. The rooms were darkened and taste fully decorated with palms ferns and beautiful roses. The bride was lovely in handsome gown of white crepe de chine over silk and carried bride's roses. Mr. Hoykin, of Camden, was best man. After the ceroniony the young couple left for their future homo near Camden. Tho bride is a charming young girl, and the best wishes of her friends atLcnd then). Mr. and Mrs. Cureton, Mr. J. I). MoDowall, Mr. John Mcfrowall, Miss Bet McDoivall, Mr. Dulton Kennedy, Mr. A. D. Kennedy, Jr., Mr. Wood ward S'arnes and Mr. Jordan, of Camden, came over to tho wedding. Col. Weal Convicted- / Col. VV. A. Ne-1, the former su perintendent of the State Peniten tiary has bocn found guilty of the charge of failure to turn over the assets of his olllee to his successor at Uiq proper time. He was non tenced to four months in jail and to pay a fine of #1,000. In passing tho sentence Judge Gary saiJ : "1 do not propose to harrow your feelings by expressing any views I may entertain with reference to thi# ease. I simply desire to state, however, that J derive no persona! pleasure in passing the sentence of the law upon you. I take it the conviction itself will be snflicient admission to you; therefore I will cohtent myself with simply passing what I conceiv$ to be the penalty warranted by that verdict. The sentence of the court is that you pay the lam of 1(1,000 and bo con fined to the county Jail of Richland forthe period of four months. 1 will not go to the extent of confin ing yon to labor oreVen wearing stripes. I simply content myself to teotenou yon to the county jail Ukiog that to be a sufficient re quirement under the law as I coa? calve it.". A -notion {or a new tiisl was made bat was refosed by Judge Gary. Am appeal wiU be made to Mm Snprsn Court for a new trful. Uuumai Col. VtA if * ' ~ ? "liO&ty A liulil ir**y eifal, left at jx.lo j UH'tintis. Ketnrn to this otlloe. ? ?? Camden vs Columbiu The ('olumbia ha*e lull team camc <>vci ami oiogscil hats with j the i 'Mimtr'i team yesUrday, The Irmh place nt llu1 p.olo grwll in! land was wllncHHod l>v a large luim j l?< I <( spectator*. TIlO UaiNO WHS i . i not close enough to i'? micros! I nf?. Kii>u) iho >i:ut the t'anuleti team had a n c:?j.\ walk oyer. The game whs without incident. The fealuie of l In* name Well' llll? fi 11 11 Oatl'lll'S l>y Hai field and Martin which elicited loud cheering. The follow ing in i ho oilieial kcotc : Camden I I o I (> 0 1 ? 20 ( 'oluinliia I on 1 (i l o 1 o ? i ? ? "?p? Wisdom of Solomon. Tin- spirit of So'ftiuou still lives, j II ?!ih demount rated in Iho pernon of a I'imi ns\ 1 1 an i :i country magis ii ate i lu* othi'i day. Kaeh of t vvo ncP<hi>or? claimed iho proprietor sIj i p o. a certain goose. Kaeh told his story and produced witnesses in corroboration. "Now we will have the testimony of the uoose," said h io honor. Taking the fowl ui.dci liia arm the magistrate pro ceeded to a point about Jhalf whv between the home of the content ing partiirt, whole lie s?:t it down. 1 he goose immediately proceeded to waddle its way to the luui.se of the plaintiff. Judgment was giv en sccordingiy. ? Kx. Fersonai. l>r. Corhutt is quite sick with fe ver , Mr. ?) 1>. T.ylen, of (.'hcster, was in t "jiiikU it Wed m'uday. .Mr Hurry SihlosLur^ went lo vMiarlt-slon this week. Mr. Charlie Hough who has hocn quite iil with typhoid fever is bettor. Mr. .John T. Nettles, .Jr., who has heeu attending the tia Ala llusinCHS College lias returned home. Mr. A Manhei;u, of .Sunder, was in t'uunlou Tuesday. working in the inlt rcst el the Ashoville. excursion. Miss Sadie Kennedy and I'rof. 1.. T. Mills uf the (.'amch-n U railed! School, nio nttunding the Sumuier School for teachera at Spartanburg. Supt. I-. T. Maker ?.f the 1/nneaster j graded school leis hoon appointed a member of the county 1> >ur<i of edu cation, to succeed Mr. lllacktnon who renigne.il. Lancaster Lodger. | Glanders at Tirzah. I lio appearance oi' ylunders near Tir/.ali has caused considerable ap prehension among owners of stock. Mr, Henry Massoy had some sick mules, and Dr. Kreidheim, u veterinary augenn <>f Rock Hill was callcd : >? and nil expert from Clem sou college was also sent for. The CI en son man pronounced the trou ble* glanders. One mule had al ready died, a I'd two o'hor.s with will developed cases were killed. It is thought that four others have it, or will have it and they are being kept apart from other stock and carefully watched. It is very un fortunate fit this season of the year, when a mule Is worth more in two months than it is in the other ten of the year in the cultivation of the crops. ? Yorkville Yeoman. A Mad Dog Scare. A dog supposed to be mad creat ed a little stir on Main street yes terday by biting some one. The life of the dog was sought and sev eral shots were tired at him but they all went wild of the maik and the doe succeeded in eluding hi* pursuers. \ " s ? w- ^ " In Memonam, Al the home of his son-in-law Mr, J. II. Henton, in Monroe, X. C., on tl<e evening o I May 2ml, tlie spirit of -JJr. Tames Love w i u xed its flight t*) etoriifcl bliss, sitter a long life spent in the ser. vioe of his Haviour. Air. Love was born at Fiat Ito<k, S. ('., ami spent the greater part of his lif?< in Kershaw County, Camden being his hrnnc the later part of his life, IJe mar? ri?Vl Miss Sailjo Schrock, of Camden, Oct i840, and the following Sunday tbey hot | went down Into Iho baptismal wa tcrsltogether and for over sixty years Mr, Lov> lived n consistent member of the ^kf;?p!ist ehnreh. His wife precooded him to the grave tlijity yt:ara. Ifc diod iii the oighty-ninth year of his ag?>, after a long life of trial and suffering, leaving four daughters, several grand child) or. and great grand children to mourn his loss. IJow glorious tho awakening In the home of the blest When life's pilgrimage is o'er and tho earth hound sou 1 set free. How blest to enter Heaven and the lamV of <iod to see. A Friend. SUMMER SCHOOL. The Summer School for Teachers will open at the Camden (iia.Jcd School Building July 22nd, 10 *. m. Teacher* taking the full (our weeks' con-"" art* entitled to renewal of certificate*, spe cial instruction will be tfiven in the use of text hooks recently adopted. These will be *old to teachors at half price. I Supt. Ij. T. Baker, of Lancaster, will he) in charge of thin hcIiooI. - B. B. CLARK K, Superintendent of Rducation. ENGRAVING. To The PuMic I wish to^announcc that I have again located in Camden and I am bettor pre pared than ever to serve the r.eople. 1 am n'cely equipped fordoing all kinds cf repairing of watelioi, clockaand jewelry. In fact 1 do anything o?u*lly done by a first class watchnvil^r.and jeweler, and guarantee.*)!! work j?tU/ae?ory or will cheerfully fsnTHlT'yoiir qtoney. I . Alio have the only perfect ongravinp machine on the market. Can give yon eotlr* ?at isfaction on any kind of work in that Una. I ?ngraT? anything in any abape j from ? baby tloaar rinc toao ic? pitcher UwaiUog roar h?r. ' r YTiHfS8$2ap. - ; r I Hot ^cathcf Bots? Blue Sor^e Coat ; i ml l\infs Suits, *."> t*> ?10 Kanoy Flannel Coat and !' mts Suit* $ 1 n> >M. Blue am} Fanny 'Flannel I 'oats from '?> i?? ^ V i 1 1 1 ifu 1 Lino<>! Blue Norm' and l au?\> Pauls I t'1 in > ? on. Holts 1 Ort to -r>0o. Straw Hats lOo t?> S 1 .00. Nogli^ Shirts oOr to * I , White Pi., mo a:ul Linen Shirts. Sorixons Drawers, .*>0 and V>o 1 ndorshirts and I >i aw ors to niauii ,:s to 50c In Fart ANYTHING TO KEEP YOU COOL ( i ;i u he tnrnishod you at l"\vost priors at ZEMP -> BROTHERS UP-TO-DATE I'Oli S.\ 1,1', 1! V A. D. KENNEDY. Tito Timo rSTo Bitty. Binders, Reapers, Rakes,, ]Sp i Thomas' Disc & Cutaway Harrows, Binder Twine and Grain Cradles.! ! ICE CREAM FREEZERS, ICE TONGS, K'K PICKS J jLKMON SQUKKZETIS, CORK fcOllKWS, HAMMOCKS. / ' V , Temperature Tamers. .lout think of those ami ?ct cool. Fruit Jars, Jolly T"iiiblt/rs, Preserving Kettles, Fly Funs, Window and Door rj */ j CGllt/. Fishing Tackle to delight the Fisherman's heart. LAWN MOWERS AN]) II 5 R HOSF, Careful attention to our GROCERY DEPARTMENT. A O KENNEDY. CLEARING OUT SALE of Spring and Summer Clothmg At and Below cost. All Goods Will be Sold Lower Than the Lowest For Next Sixty Days. WOLFE. in 17nll R]^c| ni run mctoi, / / i v wllfl'd ! i 1 v 01 And ha vi ng seen riM thel>ait. the most important matter, ami one t ) i a I mm Iron t s o v?u*y judicious a i ? ? ?; K ? (? in ! olilain < he In *i ri Ms w 1 1 !i l lie ?anal I \d hail, ami with I he least w oi r\ .M Take our advice, Ushers galore; ... ( 'o i m' to TIic (iilt Kilge Store; l\>r ot'all the lakes from mountain to shore; Wo^'y, tor tin' hail to give even more. There is a l?ait soinetinies called Die- little hrowuio some do not like \er\ mm h. hnt. as i t. sta lids well in Sam's estimation, we allow it to play an important part in our lake, anil would surprise yon to see w hat tremendous hauls can he made with that alone. Then, there is another know n as tlu-'\Sil\er l?ait," and, is in general use, especial ly throughout our Southland. For this, we give in return larger game, and hy using i: few t ultI her, there is nothing in our lalvc that cannot !><> captured. The "Green Hack Hail," the old reliable. Now it si i rs oui\ lake- from center to cireuniference, and whrJ ii ratifying results sire realized which Uncle THE GILT EDGE STORE Is mow in the mitUt ol S( ,<?ek-tak ing^ and wishing to reduce the stock, especially between now and, the time for inuentory (July 1st) is in a position to yive :ill fishers for GENUINE BARGAINS All that they covld wish. Wo find many / odds and ends, some of which may he the very thing yon aye looking for, anil by reason of its being an "odd" or an "end" would enable us to give it to you af far less than We arc delighted that we have done ho well with our Spring and ?Summer' Stock, and now, wishing to make a CLEAN SWEEP Of it, t li nt we may have none l?*ft to Append the coming winter with us," wo ofler such inducements as will prove irre futable. lie sure to see our stock before making your purchas es in anything in the way of Dry Goods, Notios, Gents bur nishing Goods, Shoes, Hals, (slothing, etc.. and if we fail to please you, we can only fuel that it is not your fault but our misfortune. ? & Thanking you for your liberal patronage, and with the as surance that we shall strive to continue to make ourselves wor* thy of your confidence, etc., we are, Yours Very Hcspectfully, GILT EDGE STORE P. T Villbpjcjuk, Prop.