Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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{$??$*? ^jhttttrb PUULI8HKD KVKIiV PltfDAY BY f w. Hj' a^opoWMXiX^' Phone * m " ? . 180. ' < _ j HrrtTov H atm? One y ear , (1 .60, #1* month*, 7 ft cunt*; three month*. i0 cent*. Katks ?o? Auvkhtimino Ordinary transient advertiBm*ntH, (1 reinsertion $1 ,00 per sqn&ro ; cach ?ub??<piout in ?urtiou 50 cents por squarw. Obituaries eharyed for at M?me rates ne ordinary advertising. Candidates' Card* for County offices $6.00. Congressional $10.00. Business local*, 6 cents per lino each in / sertion. Communications will bo published when of interest to the general public and not of a defamatory nature. No ro sponsibility will bo assumed for the ?lews of oor respondent*. All communications addressed to thin paper must be s^companiod by the true name and addrets of the writwi, in ?<r. der to insure attention. KHeeted man. uscripts will not bo returned. Rates for contract advertising wUl bo an igi'frri ttouaeed upon application at the oflice, Remittances by checks, drafts and po?tal ?? money orders should he made payable V^tt W. L. MoDOWRLL, ? , Camden, H. C. Heforo making your fall purchases look ov?r our advertising columns - find give your patronsgo to those Who &?k you for It. Georgia, the Carolina#, Alabama jsd Tenrift68?e wit) show at Hit) Southern Intcr-tftato Fair, AUanta, OcU 8-85, what they have done find oen do In the way </f raising lino ^fliStle. This fair has spent thou sands of .dollars to eneourage the farmers of th^, south to raise bet ter live stock, and it In said that the fair can trace j*aien of eight to f."::-.len thousand head of registered ?^cattle as the direct reotjli of pant fairs. This year the entries tor premiums are restricted to tin 0 .... eouthertf statea, the idea being to ? . .. , . . .. r,. . . enqpur^ge southern fanners who Wfltndt lmvo lo compete witli t'.i" professional cxblbit'oin from (he , north and west. THE UAKYM. Along in tho early 'f)0's tho name* of Ger ry and Evans could bo used "to ounjuro by. Mart Gary hud been badly treated, so it was said, and nil ills descendants iduhI there fore be given good jobd ?t tho pii'N-j lie expense. wn? WUiA. '^venTor and after wards Su preme Oouit justice; miollicr wh? put on the circuit bench; ulill tin other wus made speaker of the House; one of the connections, Whose middle naiuo happened to be 4k**y was in ado adjutant and in spector general; John (<*ary< Evans was governor for two years; N. (i. Evans was a member of the legisla ture, and W. Boyd Evans was private secretary to a governor. These were tho halcyon days of the Gary* aud Evanses. Hut a change seems to have come over tho peo ~ pla who delighted to honor the ^-fatally in4 days gono by. In the ]|M?t primary John Gary Evaua, -^r?ok B. Gary and W. Boyd Evans . .W*IW all candidates and all were defeated. Wo make no criticism ty>oo the deserts of the gentlemen of the names who have been honor .. ed, but it seenr.s certain (hat the r- voters feel that tho debt which was i ? due Genr Gary has been paid with j : Considerable interest. ? S u m l e r ? Herald. A Letter From \\, F. .>1. Ac Home, Sept., 17th, 1002. j pT Aa it has Imnn ?o long sineo ] :^-;fc*vc written anything f-?r the pa- j pejs, givFon I will ^#o way back und ait down" and look over my clip- : ^pinga or diary, and boo it 1 can Jlnd ! tho thread of my former discourse.! ^1 bello ve my last letter was written 1 "T^rom Oatulaba, l.u/.on, Oct. 1 7, j 1899. One caupe of my failure to j " continue my oorrespondenee, wan' ? ,Ui*t 1 oould reoeivo papers and let- j :iera very seldom from home, and I became disooura^ed and decided j . ? that my lettera perhnpn, were not i . iwj^ppreciated by the readers of your I pap#.r, But since 1 have returned,! and you Mri Editor, with a num-j ber of friends have requested mo to I '?write up" a little of my experience j while ftw??y, I wdl try to comply These letters will appear in weekly ~ installments, nnd should anyone wish to keep them, they can clip them aa they oppesv. Remained at Orndnlta till .1 mm 12th, 1900, when we received a tel? - V graphic order to "pack up" ami proceed to Manila. We sent nut cook" and rajhlons down the river1 hy boat, to Calumpit forded th? four mules and ono pony across*, floated tbe gun on a flat, and slept on the banka of thoCandaba lliver that nigbt With one army blanket and tbe bine canopy of Leaven as a WtDtiBg. Wtf away early next ^JgoXolng* reaching San Fernando,, ?.lUUroaA^ four 3 iuf.h HotchkUs mountain guns, preparatory to embarking with Geu. Kobbe'a frxpeditiou to the Southern Islands. Our Baltery wuul aboard the chartered trans port, "Uaronoe" and wero a?signcd to nice state room*, <? ti<I I U II you we thought thai was "Hun businenn." It vara# aU right ?s bug n? it I H?*t< ?l, but before very long we learned we bad "nee!) better day?." Now, in describing this trip, if the reader will procure a a/wall map of Llui 1'hilippiyc Inland*, it would be more intending to uoto the places mentioned tn thoso letters. Our fleet consisted <?f live tranb portf, one tug-bout, one small fiun boat and the "Nashville." Tbci fi r Ht port, of call wan at Sorsogon, Jan. 2Dll>, where part of the 17th t J . JS, Volunteer# disembai ked to t^at risou the town. One section of our battery waa also scut ashore there. The expedition steamed out of Worsogon hay on the 25th, In Henrch of new fields t?j uouquer, Sorogon being nu earty mark with little or no resistance. Arrived oH'i Kalbayog, Niinar, early on the morning of the 2'ith, where more troops were stationed, having mot with very little resistance. While in Sorsognn Hay the gun boat "Helena" joined our licet, making it a rathar formidable one, what ever I hat in. I have almost for gotten my booktionory and gram matics, and, gentle reader, you in u Ht excuse me if lrfmu coosidcr-* able Hlao^ ami aometimes wonder uway from the Hiiiiject. if J do, suppose it would be a good plan to do like the two Irishmen when they were crossing the creek on a log that did not reach across (spit on my pencil and take a fresh start) J but haw mo shadow of the lng in the water, and concluded that it wiiB another log. They swung down and "coupled up" somewhat after tlie fashion of the good house wife when stringing sausage, but his hold beiran to slip, ho ho said, "Hold on Pat while I spit on me hands ! ? Kersplash! ? whew ! missed the log ? caught n cold ? umer the doctors use to call it la-grippe, don't know what lliu "term" ia here now, Manila doctors, believe, name it "Dengue" fever. W. V. M. To l)r C'lrt/i ii Ue<i. From tho Camdou (jnidctl Nlicool. 'Tin- conditions of tho contest for the t'om posit inn Medal wilt be the mime thin m sitMi ji h he lore. The cnin positions :ire written under the teachers' oyoa, and phi irely wit hout aid. The enrollinont at tho I .tin ren ? street ?chooi Mil ii? the largest in the history >?.f ScliOO1 ii'.thiM tiU!0,! CORN. \ The white men tirst knew of corn in tho fifteenth century. in which period America was discovered. i'efor" that tlto Indians were the Onlv people that knew ? if corn , of Indian Mni/.. The Indians had, vim mirhtsuv, no tools for ? lie use <if agi Iculture. When they wanted to clear away Ihe vast forests that wore Ht that time in this country. they burnt tho trees. 'i'o enrich the corn, they would put twu or three lish in every hill of corn. Tune has made a great change i" the the way of planting. Now man has all tools needed. Tho himl i# now almost entirely cleaned up, and in very much richer, and ready fur planting. Corn is planted in the spring-time. Corn in u monocotyledon ? that i* it lias only one sot d.leaf. It grown straight and the ftuit is borne at the top, and in en cased in husk. The corn leaven help to form 'he stalk, and branches ofT near tho top. The corn also has loan silky las. sols. Inside of the stalk la at soft ptfh. (lorn is one ol' the most important grains, from which a ureal many kinds ? > f foods are made. Hives T,ang. A j?e ! 4 ? i i rade VIII. C< > i< N . Corn was lirst planted hy the American Indians'. When America was first dis covered, the people of England kftow nothing of corn, but tho Indians showed th??m how to plant it. Corn is planted in tho southern part of the United iUates and Mexico. The plant of the corn w hen growing is very pff*U-y? !*?? sro loiter uinl the plant when fall-grow m is about live fee! high. When it first comes up, it is a very small plant. Tho plant Is a >ory pale green at tirst, but aw it grows taller, tho color doepon:', and, when It is grown, it i* a dark green io color. The umi'j of the corn are a groat many The grain 1" roado into hominy and lui-al . and It U fed to hov?e? and cattle' }.?>.. ii!-5 ! .it :l. 'I'l'.O Stalk, iil Uieflll for an \ cows to eat g>uOit. The leaves are nnulo into fodder, avid fed tc lo-rses. Nan Trantham. Age 10- tirade B. lion rv W. Grady, Jr., whose mys terious disappearance from Norfolk excited such a son?ntion has ap peared in Now York looking hag gard and dnised. HU distressed family hns been notified. On ncconnt of injurieft received in tho trolly ear accident. a tow days ! a^o 1'rosidont R >ohcvp1l had to have an operation performed on one of his legs on Tuesday last. From a bruise j nn abacus whh forming. This ne oeHH fa'.ed tho abandoning of his wen j tern trip A colored excursion train from] Columbia to Wilmington one day las! week with about 800 pnsnengorti on board ran into a switch online at Florence and both enginea were torn up. Several on board the train were jarred up nnd br^jaed lmt uo one was Beriously hurt. Among (he viel'ms or the li'r mtngham disaster Friday nitfht was Kasflougo, an African bov brought from the Congo Free Sta'o two years ago by the Uov. S. Phillips Vernei of Tuscaloosa. Mr. Vomer was a missionary to tho Congo country nnd had the misfortune io fall into n game pit and wan severely wonndod bj n potsonVa *tyr Knssougo aucked the j ji)oiaonimm tbe wound ^n*^ 8*v?d j Mr/^ Mr. V* r n cf ?xwaght KaMoogo with him on his 1 r#iara to this country and eda hitto^al I n ^Utu The Beautiful Mammoth Store Announces The Arrival of their ' Great Kali Slock, Consisting ol Dry Goods, Clothing, Bhoes, Huts, unci caps, Groceries, Crockerv and Hardware, WAGONS, BUGGIES AND HARNESS. J furniture. We have seen rod the latest Novelties and stylos in the different markets and kindly ask our friends and the public at largo to give us a call. Our Furni ture Department up stairs we ask you to inspect. BY THE CAR LOADS wo liavo just received * now buggies, wagons and beautiful harness to suit all, and we offer them at the lowest prices ever sold. It is impossible to enumerate all we keep in our new Mammoth Establishment. WAGONS, WAGONS, WAGONS. At the New Reautiful Mammoth Store, we have just received a car load of the ''OLD I IICKOKY" wagons, one and two horse, and will sell them at bottom prices. Call before buying. 5 Plcaseyive us a call. Thursday morning the axol of ?n cnninn uttnchud to a pasaengor train on tho Coast Line broke n"ar Con giireti while tlio train waa running at lull speed,,. and a tornblo nocldcnt ?whs only averted by the preaonoo of j >mlnd and cool nerve of r J^n chargo. J It in with Biueere rogrot that wo learn of the illness of the good vet eran editor of the Greenville Moan talnoer. Col. Iloyt. We hope w.th his many friends in all pniitt of tho state that ho may bo Boon restored to health and strength. 50 GENT PER BALE. Cotton K'nnln^ for 50 ccnt i?cr bale up to ">00 pounds. Will furnish nW Arrow Tics and S> yards now ii-pou?d ? Butfuinrf for $1.00. Will nl so buy yoot cotCdli seed. J. K. CKKKD, C*ntey, S. C Dr. ?>rnost S/3 rasing ion, ci oi ? i a ? \ b it r g c o \ t , Catncian, tS. C. Otfico in Bank of Ctttmlen Building. ReiMoneo, l'nir street. (H.N. SowillJ Uosiduiice.'J Sft, Stocciman, Qotton xjBdtjer, Oflice at 11. G. Oarriaou's, ! Platform in Roar. v lax Notice. Otlhie of Treasurer Kershaw Coun~) tv Camdon, S. O., Sept., 0th, 1908.J i n accordance -w-ith the act to raise ! supplies (or lineal vear commencing | Januarj 1st. 1002, notice U herobv tfiven that the Treasurer's otlleo of Kershmv county will he open for the collection of I taxes from the 1 T?lK (WiV of October, 19oji, until the .".1st. day of December, l'JO'J. The rate per centum for Kershaw coun ty is as follows : Mill? State Taxea / 6 School Taxes ' 8 County Taxes 4 Kail Koad Taxc? V!'^ Total U'v The following Special levios liavo been made hIho : Milla Special School tax District No. 1. 3 Speeinl School tax. District No. 1, for int?>r?st oi/3< ho?d ltonds (Tiradcd School building. Mills] District No. 1 *{ Special School t.ix District No. 1, 3 ?.???' o. l}4 ' 4, 3 7, * ' ' 10,8 ,,?y 1 iif t ? 12,8 ' ? .17, 3 *j ' ' ld?* All information a* to Uxm will be for*] nlshed upon appllcitlon. No llat of ttMBvt for tax receipt* will] be m?tr?<i ?nl?M the mbo ant of tax ] Mr <? -? h-^~ . . ? - . l OF* . FENNEFI'S GOLDEN RKrMEF' curs cvnes ANY or.'.r> 13HUISES COLDS SPRAINS ? 9 /ft B fka BRONCHITIS STINGS 3 l^fi SOP.fPUiOAY KUSOTNAilSjL -AJPjfi. A. TiNEllPAljOIA COUC INSIDE OR OUT DIARRMCIA I>ru(H/(8ttt In 1 to 8 minutes 2So, 60c. $t. For sale by K. M. Zemp A Do Puss, lax Executioms. South Carolina ? Kershaw County Under a ixl by virtue ' of sumli v Ikx executions to mo directed , I wit!1 pro ceed to H<d I, before the Court House door it^ the city of Ciynden, oil the first MorfduyNm OetolH*t^ during the legal honrs of "baJ.e,_<die following described real estate, to wit : / 420 acre# in school distirct No. 17, Watoree township near White Pond bounded hv lands of Hose, Roes and Mobley. Levied upon aa tlie property of M. Hauin. Terms cash. Purchaser to pav for pa pers. J. S. THANTHAN. M. K. C. Citation. South Carolina ? lCerahaw County. 15y C. C. Ilailo, Probate Judgo. Whereas, Alma Kelly made suit to uio, to grant her lettors of Ad minisrration of the estato of and ofloell of J. 1). Kelly, doooasod, of Kor uhaw County. TheRO iire theroforo to elto and ndmon* ish ill and m! uvular lite kindred and tlio creditors of tho sa:d J. I>. Kelly, of Keihhaw count v, deceased, that they br? ?i\.| appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to ho held at Camden, S. C.,on the t!h ?lay of October, 1002, after publi cation hereof, at 1] o'clock in the fore noon. to aliow causo, if any they have, why tho said admiuiRtration should not he granted. Given under my hand this 10th day of September, A. T>"., I #03. Published in the Camden Chronicle on the lDth day of September. 1002. C. C. II AIMS. Judge of ProliHte Auction Sale. Our buyer la in Now York* I* in tho I auction i*ul??s, shmitl"* sales and all ! other placo* to get 'eiu cheap every day ; in the year e*ccpl. Sundaes, Ue w niched ; for hargnina, always the beat ? never ' touches Irtish ? grabs them, flrea them to Camd?n to Cuddell , and always wrl'ea "got 'em cheap ? anil 'em cheap and ?iuiok." K?m?p tbu ball rolling and Cad dell i|oe* it. We have not tried to yell all the goods in Camden, but we set in to sell our share, and tho heat evidence that we are (loin# the people good is the ! fact that they come hack to us. We ?iro ' fair and squat e? nothing about us ex cept we get goo, J good* ? get them cheap and aell then* cheap. Wo believe wo are gohn' to build a t>lg busliioaa here in j Caxu den for we have started on the right I track. We *te ?"? going to loso owr head ; the more Up da the people giee us the cheaper flwosi bring gooda tkejtj n*?d to theJ/ Drepln* wfejU JfcjM D. G. ZEIGLER, Architect, : : : Sumter, S. ('. Expert consultation on nil matters per taining to buildings. Remodeling of ex laLinu structure's a specialty. act 36 MONEY TO LOAN. On tirst Mortgages on improved farm* at HOVi'ii per contj interest on sums of $1000.00 and over, and eicht per cent on sums of less than $1000,00. No com missions charged. Easy terms. Ap ply t<? Ij. A- WittkowRky, Camden, S. C. or 0, L. Winkler, 41 Park How, Sept 12. New York, J. 11, Montgomery J. Chisholm Montpmerj ai ClisMni, Contractors & Builders, Camdkn, S, C. Estimates furnished. Patronage so licited and satisfaction guaranteed. July 15 ? lyr. Removal Notice. | - - To our Patrons and the Pub lic Generally: ? We havo moved our stock of Drugs, fixtures, etc., oud you can now find us at the old Capers' store, ono door south of the Farmers & Merchant J)t>nk. Wo thank you for past favors and solicit a continu ance of your patronage. Respectfully, . Chas. P, DuBote, Prescription Druggist GEO, S, liMJRl HON. ? MANUFACTURER* O T ? Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding, Building Material, Sash Weights and Cord. CHARLESTON, - - - - S. C. Purchase our makes, which we guarantee superior to any ?oUTSouth, and thereby sare money. h Win4uw and Fancy Glare a ipeehht. v Jolj 4U. STILL COINC ON. PLENTY OF PLUMS LEFT DEPASS' OLO STAND. PRICES SLAUC Spo/ Gash. V- - ? 3STO TIME TO CHABQE. W. H. ZEWIP. 1 <*-- * j\I v New Koods are arriving every d.iy and I have oho of the Ix'sl assorted, rarefiilly selected stock in this eitv; would y'^ o/"r he jiiad fur you to cull and see how chea^ I sell. ? ------ In addition to my general stock of Boys, Children and-: > Mens Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Dry Goods, I also handle Furni ture, ? . 1 akinjx orders for Suits a specialty. :david wolfe. ; - v 92NC yo UN CATTLE, SWINE, SHEEP and POULTRY ATLANTA'S BIG FAIR Entor you horsee at the great Horse Show. Fam ou8 Haventh Ouvftlry wljfl he th?ro. Ureatoat dt? ?>f ho* >es ov6r soon iu th? South as RACES EVERY DAY. FIREWORKS AT NIGHT. Vanliy Fa1r---X/ivBclaunf Out Not Vufgar; Say, "il Hut Mot Coarso. n One building HUotl with Farm Implements, Vfe- ":'h hides, Machinery and Food Produuta ONE BUILDING FILLED WITH ATLANTA MANUFACTURES. Many Free Attractions. OCT. 0-29, 1902* LOW RATES ON ALL ROADS. For premium Hats and Information write to FRANK WILDON, 8eoretary. jg EXTRAORDINARY LOW RATES VIA ERN RAILWAY TO WASHINGTON, D. Cfcjr^ AND RETURN, ACCOUNT REUNION G. A. R? OCT., B-Htii. 1902. Tickets will he sold Oct, 3, 4, 5 and 6th, with final limit '.': Oct. 15th, 1902. By depositing ticket with joint agent ot Washington not later than 12 o'clock noon of Wedne&lay, Oct. 15th, and on payment of fee of 50 cents, an extension % of final limit to November 3rd, 1902, may bo obtained. " ~ Stop overs permitted going and returning, within certain limits; particulars on application. Side trip tickets on sale trom Washington to near-by bat tie fields and many historic, point fi in Virginia, Oct. 6 -14 tlx inclusive, limited to return within Ave days. ' Southern Hallway operates superb through trains with sleeping cars, dining cars and vestiblued coaches from princi pal points. Fast. Schedules, For further information see any agent, or write, TV. 1T# Tayloe, A. C. l\ A., A lanta, Ga. K. W. Hunt, ]>. P. A., Charleston. S. 0. W. A. Turk, P. T, M., Washington, 1J.C., S. H. Hardwick, Washington I) 0. GLENN ~".^p SPRINGS MINERAL WATER. ? ' " " ' vl Nature's Greatest Remedy FOR DISEASES OF THE , Liver, Kidneys, Stomaoh and Skin. . .... ?. - Physicians Prescribe It, ? Patients Depend m it, M I-^or sale by