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MtltES, MOLES, MULES: r' . Hihv* feoejred the fiovtit Jot ?f ]>,]** bi'ott'glit tieru for some time. Ww aud ft#*- M. H*?w. to &egt, ' Tbt? cottage <>n DeKalb street, occupM bv Mr. Boynton fyeucsfinn given Oct. lflt. Apply' Mr?. J?t P, Smith. Camdon Cotton Market. .Totton i* qaotcr} in Camden to. itot follows : P4lt?g 'r^ Me\ Middling Go<kJ Middling . 0 3-4 9 7rS 10. blL } C Xt&txte ted Meeting. A protracted meeting is expend "* the Camden Baptist ^.toxMiaeneMHI tim 45tb October. The pastor, Mr. Fer? be/ aerated by Bev. H. 1>. ft, jD.j O , a reyivaliet oC much tteatioii ! Camp Richard Kirk] and. r i ' I I I i" *z*j ; **' -J1 meeting of Camp Ricbard rklsnd is called to be kelU at lb* yera Fiouse. ii^ Camden at 12 ML Monday in October for fcbe.purpoBG of electing a delogati ' tibe m*et?ig iu Columbia during jr rteek, the object of which meet j will bo to aaroo a permanent jj? /.?t* holding the , nnnual State " ?tjon. A full attendance is ? i*l 0 *' -."'A ? Cheap Bated to tbe State J." .aocou n t of t be above oc jon, tho Southern Railway will ticket? from ail points in tbe ^ofJSquth Carrflin* to Colum S. C. ?n<l return at rate of one it-Class Fare M* 75 cents, i ncl ude^ofe. k .ad mission to -~r <jtekets'tu,0n sale daily, October ' -29ib inciiiai v>| and for Trains led to arrive in Columbia to noon of > October 30tb, to return until November Newjnrw.. . E. P. atid Ernest V. I h&vo formed a co- part ed wrilongoge-iu the mtft bueloesa here in Camden. UKIOVKS W?llv W tUHUUUWU UU* j ? firm urwo of TruesdeH The? will occupy the South of the pojit wril carry a, line of gene**] fi'Uwji'^Sf 5 biiipaWV" fiUttis ffi?v&SKa.E. r- "'?? * \m In 11 new goods will* not fqll to please ijVUttj and It will be to r>aHanri see them J ' Wsarv* you. M m W *MS?U|M>, UB. - fete: '.sit ?f?S j^K rnrn EV?\J " iw? u|g niiHB rNo&?"SF riovtrooer izib, rfChsrlsiioa^S.C. tth StUrs. Frank B. Street . ? - - - ? ---??? ? Iriends sod relative* HS. Street of Charles r preaslhl v . shocked to ?*th on. Frldky U?t at, frflMBsffoftfr rand loted so fondly! b/ sll who knew her " s great favorite in she -w A' born and rss lfiss Harrisi Jlur V?r ol Mr. Arthur P. I s grand- daughter of Bba?ft*n, Wnb life ! M* ff att*rmi ? ssawssiiwoa* ' ' asffiE,|nM ? ? " ? _ 17771 i? >j.' J3K ? --H-ritv iky SL- i'i i . M.I, II. |l... I ? . . Xteath of Mt. A. A tfcfagrara received in Camden ye*t?rd<ty afternoon brouuht Ui? Information o t tUe d*ath of Mr. A. J. Prelate in Columbia whero lit bad gene only a few days ago to spend a while. At thta writing uo further partlnu I arji eotiH ?>? Learned [ ~ SHORT liOQAIi XTSM0. Don't forget tp *end the new *dv of Mc. r. T; Villepigue in today's , ''bronicle. $ j The trial of Spain Kelly for tho murder o( Mr. Creech 'will he com iu?'nped 1Q Biahopyille next week. Twelve months in jail and a fine ?>f $100 was tho sentence pasaed t-y j the court of general tensions ii> | Spartanburg on a man who plead 1 guilty of operating a slot\inachine. The State military board met yea t?rday morning in the office of the adjutant general and apportioned the appropriation ruado by the State for the troops. Tho total amount is $8.. 00ft anrl e/aeh company receive^ about $i35,<-T~TtVday*? State. Married.? At the reeidonco of ltev W. B. Gordon on the evening of the lfitb inat., Mr. U. 8. Jones, of Charlotte, N. C., and Mies buoy Youwg. of Westville, S. C. To the newly married cooplo The Chronicle extends hoarty good wishes. At twenty when a man is young he thinks he knows it all; ho likes to wag his active tounge and exercise bis gall; he struts around in noble rsgo ? the world is all his own; he laughs in scorn the world of nge. and lists to self alone. Me wears a win dow.ln bis eyo to see his mustache jjrow, he thinks the ladies pine and die because tboy lovo him so. At foity you may suppose, ho buckles down to biz*, ti* not tili sixty that he knows bow big a fool he is. ? lCx. Compositions From the Cttmdeii drafted School. * COTTON. (1 Cotton belongs to the Shade family. The setd arq planthl by ft cot ton planter. ft te hoed and plowed until it begins to open. Then tho gathering begins It id pfeked ana ato/ed awuy until it is ready to bof ginned. Tln-n lf>00 pounds id taken for every bale. The wed weigh twa^hirdu and .tho lint one-third. ? ? , It is carried through tho gin. Tho! seeds arntakqn out and the Hut premed into a bale. It la then carried to market.- The cot ton buyer sample* it and offers you his price lor it. II? take? (he cotton, the name of the seller i? entered on hiB bookst.and qacb bsloi# given a number, so/if thero ia anytbTtfj; wrong w}th it. it caii be traced back to the seller. It is carried to tfie mill and in tnade , into cloth. Thero aro'raany different | grades, but there is no tirte for that. It Is principully grown in the Hotfthern 8tate?. \ There is lost money in cotton to the planter than ony other crop. W. I), Trautham, Jr, lv Age 17? Grade 10. ? ? ? COTTON. ^ JCoUon-iff.jLplaiit gro?'^. in wwjuj:o4?n trieS. like the southern part of the Uni ^iefJUBtates* Egypt and India. It is planted in the spriusr ol tne year. When It first comt? up it has two little leaves^ a light green color on it.. J>t?r on more leayen come and tho Btalk grows taller- Then it has red and whito blofms. After tho blooms come the be) ni which hold the white fibre. When [ the?\open th? ?<>Uon is ready to and U>e eeUou-pickera, mostly negroes, go into tfao field and pick the cotton. It ] 1*4 hefctttftft piotore to see the negroes, nf allege*, in bright po'orod plptftes, ijfi^the eoiton. t ? , ./hen It is pitted it i? wnt to the gin andfth* seeds ate taken out. It is the " ) into bales and parried to Jgfown fSFcWr- From jawSUar^" ? 1 *? . . -rr-Edo? Age 12? Orade 7. Inspection of the 30' Kfir?haw Era. . A jpeciftt train having oh board Mr. C. W. G arris, chairman of the Soafd. of rnilroart commissioners, and f?o?> J. H. Aterill, whom Mr. Garrit hat employpd ay an export, paying him $100 out of his own JJJJtekui fur bis aervicesi to make a critical Inspection of the old S. G.. A G. Ex. road from Blackeburg to Camden, patted Rerahaw on Fri day. On tho train with them were Mr. J. 6. B. Thompson, general agent of the -Southern railway ; Mr. Heather* Sapt., of the Cbarleotoo dlyjilon ; M r. prw;"tTrnr, engin?erj of bridge* and bnlldings; Mr. R. 1 Hdntbgatf, engineer of maintenance of way ; Col. Lero* Sprl ng?, president ottbe L. A C.nfoaa. '? -Through - the courteefftof Mr. Garria and the railroad pr"-'-* made ibe 'trip from K Camden and return with t watched the operations w interest. So far aa we Icro*' tfotl ia the flrat inspection of thia kind that -J?ae? a*er been made in the w?? ?^i_Sl5.Tirw bridge and the tft?ber? were yery cloaeiy inspected, the railroad offl clals rendering every possible help. Mr. Garria informed oa tl m&m bad been done all aloog the line, the trip from Black ? hp rg to YoA fel Wetfe 00 ? l^er Car. - ~ -^peotlog tho co?rtcay e^tepded os we refrain from msktng pnblici any Information r. we may haw gained. In '? ad fa nee of, the official rtpnrt of *0ofc~Awe?fll? which will, be ?*d* U> IfrrOwTisa end tbxongh iba poblio ia due time. k command tbia io i.lftfi i heretofore _*il, wonld be tl?? Ifor at leaet ow i*j*rt Jefwfc I'KKBONAL.. Mr. W, Hcntoo Burns, of Somlet is in (linden. ^ Mr. J. L. (lay. of Blanfy, was ii Camden one d^y thin week, lie v. John Johnson, of Charleston is' spending a lew days id Qsmden. Mr. Sydney Smith has boon spomi ?t?g eetrernt days in Catsden thii week. Mr. Sum Beard, son of the ipt< ; Mr, Frank 1*. Beard, ww in Uucnd^i , thin week. Conduotor James L. Hughes, ol the Seaboard railroad spent Snndnj in Camden. / The Misses Lynoh of Grahatnvillo 8. C., are vid.tiog Mrs. Boykin Clarki wn upper Main street. Mrs. 0. R. Lewis, who has been spending tbe summer in Spartan burg, has returned borne. Hr. Dede Baum, who has been up aortsh has returned bome and will leave next week for tbe Citadel. Mr. T. B. Jenkins, of Sumter, S. p. was ia Camden this week, visit ,iug his son, Mr. Johu Jenkins. Mr. Lex to Gsisenhelmer^Jhas been awardded the scholarship to the Col lotfe of Charleston for' Kershaw County. Mies Mary K. Burnet went to Lancaster on Monday to spe n d several weeks with hor aunt, Mrs. J, M. Heath. Mr. J. Champraan linger who In buying cotton again this year in Sumter, spent several days in Cam den during the past weok. ^ Mr. and Mrs. Coney left last week for Midway, where Mr. Coney has position as telegraph operator. We wish him much success. Mr. Henry A., Itoblnsou of Savan* nab spent a couplc of days in town this week moating friends as well as loofcjug nfuSr. business affairs. Miss Hattie and Master Shannon I'erkins returned to their home in Tal lehaasee, Fla* after spending thej^tti. uier in Camdeo with relatives.^*" Mrs. Hackman Chisolm and her sweet little^ Ootavla DeSaussure of Charleston, are visiting their uncle, Dr. D, L. DeSausfiure and family on Mill street. We were delighted to see Mis* Nan Withers pn Main street this week looking so bright and well after an illness of several from which she, has entirely recovered. | Miss {largaret Eldreflge% one of our very^-j loveliest young girls, ha? returned from a delightful visit to New York and has resumed her school duties hore. Mr. Wilds, of Longtown, was In' Capiden one day this week to make arrangements to bring bis family here to take advantage of our ox. Miss Joe Hamlin after spending several woeks with friends in Char . Ioston has returned to Camden and is with her sister, Mrs. F. Leslie Zemp oa Fair street. ? ? ? , ? Bev. And Mrs. W. B. tlordon will move in their bandBoroe new home in Kirk wood in a few days. Mr. H, I pepass will occupy the residence now used by Mr. (iopdoq. Messrs. Gillespie Godfrey and Harrington Duvall, two of Cheraw's most progressive young business men spent Sunday in our little, city, meet iDg their many friends here Wr?- Waning PeSaqsser? of AV I acta, who has been bere for several weeks With her family, has returned u>- h r r hfTta^aooo bo panted hy her sis U>r Mrs. ft. 07fdhm?uft of gfaiTffrftr Mrs. Huberts; of August if is viftt* log her sijifW/Mrs. [pi- Wolfe on Lyjttleton aWeet They, have tbe sympathy of the eoi?iqufafiy in their recent great deftth of their brother. Mr. T. M. Wilson, of Jacksonville, Fla , was io Camden this week Visit ing his aister, Mrs. G. G. Alexander. M r. Wilaou was formerly a resident Of Camden, bis boyhood days Uwing ?p??*$ Thftittint irlends .of Mrs. fi? Kcnzte who bat been so 41* with typhoid fever, will be glad Co leuro that abe ia welt again *1*4 ?U an the street this week. She is spending a few daye with ber friends, Mr. and Mrs. Sohenk on npper Broad street before returning to her northern homo, i? We received * ple%*tpt p*\\ y*iter dop qaortiiojf from Mr. Ch*rle? P. 6te wart, the ttfcwly appointed at\ sitUnt general pMeeoger agent of tbo Seaboard Air Line Railway. Mr. ^teirart expressed MmeeH as ^ing b>gb)y pleM?d with oqr town and thinbe per future ie e$poe$io#ly brigh*. / v j.' ft la with ?rnat Mg??t that we op so popular a young nan as Mr. Milton Barrett, who for the laat vc*r haa been with Meeere Bar n? & Berco*? w Wawarv upr*. He gQee %q Conway to ooatlBve the eame line of hjiineaa^ He baa made Unany friends here and we wfeb for him greet enccsee ia hie new home. Mr. and Mrs. flenry Sange and family returned W> their home ^esft of .JSerth pitroMI. Mi?r*nirteTj*e A l cinder, *fco. ,wa# ' one of their Angftstluu, FtiL 7 ? .2r,ss,??s h?M iU Slippers And Low Quarter SHOES FOR SUMMER WEAR We arc showing them in all the latest stylos. _ ' r _ i f. 1, 2 and 3 strap Sundals, Oxfords and Now Port Tioh, in Vici and Patten t Colt. They will please your eye and pocket boo#. 'r ' . 't Men's Low Quurt^aj^ grades. llave you booh them ? If aot> you are not doing >ourself right. A full line of Men and's Boys Clothing at prices to please AT T W. II. ZEMP'S, Tho Khoe And Clothing Man. . AN UNDISPUTED FACT. More Money In Hay Than Cotton! Buy a l^eering Ideal Mower and Steel Rake ? the groat bay savevs. ? ^ p. Buy a ThomaH Grain Drill and fertilizer Distributor* Grrain drills save seeds and protect plants '.'.from .fcopt and preezes. We will need all the small grain we can raise this year. 3orn will be high. The government reports Cor July poorest jver shown. ; >-/. Vulcan ChiH*JtT Plows ? one and two horso. v Thomas Disc and Cutaway Harrows, Chattanooga Cajrts Mills and Evaporator Pans. ^ipe and Engine Fittings, j Special attention paid to our Hardware Chpirfcmeat. A ohoice iiue of Urooarms on hand at b atom. .prices. Agent for the Woodiuff Hay Press. A. D. KENNEDY. ? I . M ?! ? ' THJS WELSH iVGK'BXBl! SCWE J>>t?blUhedinl8?4, - Beganwitb 60 pupils. 'NOW .HAS 207. Plant ^orth $55, 000. f5,000?noj? being spent for improvements. Boarding patronage has increased from to 196 wfljew* This is an iudioution of the satisfaction it gives. We wSii t*k$ pleflsare in sei^mg ^??cfttaWue_ r * Addrew Weteh Neck High School, Hartsviile^ S. C* A--- ' Never lay atide your manners when yo* take otf yw flee i ? Whafe the ?ite of tbl s place? * Inquired a tourist of a colored indi vidual at / the Spntherfjdeppt *b? tifciiAv a aihil 4K a .. a I ., VlfJ I ItJll |ntt crjfto frptt0t! to a very arave. mattei manner : "J$ie town baa abont 0,000 pOpn larity."- Gaffaey Wlget. \ fellow who claim* to know ea?t it take* a fellow with a bank account to draw * check; a pretty woman to draw attention ; a horao to draw a cart; aporne plsstsr to draw the skint a toper to draw a eork; a free lunch to draw a crowd, and an ad* TOUiseaaeut in the -paper to -draw trade. | Nearly every man lq loyecelle hie aweetheart **fowl" names ? saoh "ap "Diek(ekr <*&ittle Goose*" "Fid. Ri?r "PoTte/' -Birdie," eta. He keeps op < the practice of calling "fowl" names, bnt after marriage ?hey develop Into "Old Hen." ??Mag pie," "8creech Owl," "Parrot" and a few others the editor refused to prtqty ? fit. The Southern Bali way antboritiee 1 are notwalUag for any orders from! the railroad commissioners as to what thsy shall do In the way of [needed repairs on the road between Yorkrille and Hickory Grove, bat are now engaged in dole* the work suggested hy. the grand jury Id Its fsfKn^. as vubljshed lael week. Re ports from ffrttpslflr Creek ere in tit* efeot that# new trestle wllf bav# l* be erected by the letter part of this week, and tfett new ties sre he Two convicts, Hsrt fiofteill, a and leaao BIsm, raftpHnpted^# near with Offlc? of Treaanrer K?r?haw Conn-) : ty Camden. 8. C.t 3#pt., I5thri?irf to accordance with the act to Jfchte aoppllea for fl^al year oommanclnat January lat. 190a,,notic* is herabv gir*tt that ttw* TraaauroPapfllc* (4 Kowhaw ootuity will bo optMter tha collacffdn of taxea from th? lath dar of Octubor, 1909, until the Slat day of December, 1908. The trate per centum lor Kara haw coon. Sr ia aa follow* : Killa teta Taxea B School Taxes ? ? Ooonty Taxaa 4 Bail Road T*xe? SW Toisl 14^ - The toUoviag Spaclal levlaa hare boon mado also: Mills Special School tax Diatriot No. 1. 8 8p?ci?l School tpx. District No. 1,. for iatarost oo School Bonds Qraded "? ? *-=~ XHatHctN tax DUtrtot No, I, Tli# road tax of onedofcar can ho paid qS* Cot, 15th, 1908. to Maroh 1st, 1904. in?a!o parsons liofs* within cor. potato llatta ?f ciUaa or town*, atadeou attending any ogfcg* or school of tha atato, MWatora ftTfeftfa** recolar con ilea service oftheatase ore t sfvvsl inf ihrt titt. - 1 " . . ? w ? CMlt (p Edge Stofe. The Famous Gilt iSdgo Store tiki's pleasure iu announcing to its many friends ^ml the public generally that it is brjiai ming full of nice, nvw aiul up-to-tUta goods;- and having^ cured the cream of bargains from the Northern mavketj$ is thoroughly equipped lor business. To attempt to give in detail the numerous ybargaiiis in which we could interest you, would require more space than could be devoted to it, and therefore must insist upon your coming to our store that you may ^ivo tke stock a personal inspection and sec for yourself that.it iiAUt that oould be desired. yIn drees goods, especially, we huvo many attractions, as >ur lino comprises the leading styles and fada of the season, resides a complete assortment of- the staples, whioh for <jtt*lit? \nd cheapness cannot be surpassed anywhere. .: life I)onVtJiink of buying anything in bfack goods befQ.ro see ing our fine, as our assortment i* full nud varied; an,d as to^ .thc..prinen, yon wilUgonrter how they ban bo sold . so lofr.~Z::. - . . ^ - . - - - - - r. ..-^y vg. -^\KLf>i~ it Should you prefer to buy a Tailor that The GiH Edge Store is ht?adq?erter? i\ suit Of gents and buvs clothing overcoats* usually gipod assortment; and all we e#WJ%t V* WITWJWIK- ?? W*- l>W*# ? *IMVf t v* r V.~. ? - ' ??-?4 -j - jTT goods and get our priccsf end if good value tor ybor m whatyou want, we guarantee that tike verdict will be IV? ? ' -r? : favor. To onr brother merchants in b, calling on u. befose placing Jve them freight, and .hall strive to mate it gmwy, advantage to trade with ue. h ft* M ', ? ? ? rrfr ^ vrsv"^ vr*r^ ' ' 7 ' ' >- . ? Mattings, Carpeting and Rug? in great abundance, and We ?8k that you do as the Madness and youreelf the joaOoeof seeiDK our line befoi^ buying. . _