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\ J^eeai \^/i CliC up fur 4;mIj f 1 h;? (J ill l>. < ? ( , W.'Uilod A horac t?t. r?<?i? 'Jim fr W IllOfUtl j. Lii>li'. ,|r| v feed ami curt. k y; ?j liiif ? ri M , ir I ICllt. IiJ Marriage M*. A*o! W Ii i;,' /, tr.d Mi Martha Stuituw. of IvtOi'it, ^ v "'f inarm il i?t Pff'S1. '< vU r i u r; Muim'* b\ Dr I N' Mi-l'iM.ncil Mil ll.c r?'g ht of tin. 2r,ih mat A Last Pirn I hp comwiuitfi i f tit e Libmn urge the Association to p*\ t. ti?*i r (Jn?'H promptly k? expenses ouiuot 1)0 met aud the Library will have to l>? closed unlesH those in arrears make iui mediate payment. Delegatus l<> Grand Lodgo, At a reeout convention of DeKalb Ijod/e No 41 K of IV Messrs W.G. WiUoo and M. 11. Heymau were e~ looted delegates to the grand lodge ?u Sumter next. month, with Mi-hhiii. A. Weinberg and C 11 Lewi* as al ternate^. Sunday Bohool i*;Cuie. The anunl Sunday school picnic of the Lvttleton Street Methodist Sunday school was held on last Wednesday at Mulberry. Quite a large number artended and under the careful management of the excellent Superintendent, Dr. K. M. Zemp, a most delightful day wus spent. Oouncd Meeting. At a meeting of the new city council held last, Monday evening Mr. J. J. Goodale wi? elected Clerk and Recorder. The chief of police and all of the old policemen were re-elected, a? were also the hoalth officer, street commissioner, clock keeper and city attorney. Mr. W. B. Porter was added to thq police force. Extra Slopping Car Service Betv/eon Oamden and New York. Commencing Tuesday, March 20th, and continuing until further notice the Senboard Air Lino will on Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday operate extjra Pullman cars on train No. 34. leaving Camden 7.49 p. m arriving New York 4.15 following afternoon. \ For further information, resorva tfop, etc., call on C. N. EugL?h. v Cemetery Association. The annual reeding of the Ceni'* i.pvy 'Association <>f Camden will be held in thf Presbyteriau Lecture room on Monday afternoon, the i*0th innt, nt 5 o'clock. The Memorial Association will al ho meet at the Htroe place on Mon day afternoon at 0 o'clock. Mem bers of both Associations are urgent ly requested to attend these meet ings. Moat Efficient Fire Department In Tha State. On Wednesday last about one oVIock ond of tlte old wooden build" inge on lower Main street, used as n restaurant Mnd barber shop, was dis covered to be on fire. The wind was blowing almost a gale, the building as dry as powder and everything indicated a speedy destruction of the bui)ding. The Ore company respond ed promptly and in ten minutes the fire was extinguished. We have^the best fire department in the State. < Lumber Mill for Camden. We are glad to announce that Camden is to have a first olaan lum ber mill. Mr. J. W. Tucker, an ex perienced lumber man, has taken charge of the mill of the Camden Lumber Manufacturing Coi, near the S. A. L. freight depot, afcd will keep constantly on hand every de scription of lumber, Thie has been a long felt want in Camden and we take great pleasure In recommending Mr. Tucker to all who want lum ber. See Mr. Tucker's advertise ment in this issue of The Chronicle. Baby Show and Competitive Drill Tbe Daughters of tho Confedera cy and tbe Kershaw Guards have decided to join forces and havo an entertainment con?i?Uiug of a baby ? bo if at.d competitive drill oo Moo* nmeot square Tuesday, May 15th. oomeenoing at 5 o'clock. Tbe ba> Idee will be assembled at tbe High School building at 5 o'clock. All mothers ere urged to enter their children. Kix prizes will be award . ed ee follows : 1.' The finest baby under one year. 2. The prettiest baby under one year. 3. The finest child be tween three and one year. 4c. Tbe prettiest child beiwcen three and r?ne year. 5. Tbe best d'oorateri carriage. 6. The best group of _'.cU.ldren under eight years in one family. The Kershaw Gfcard* will have a prise drill and the prizot that have been offered by that organisation will be awarded. Refresh wonts will be eold on the grounds. Adiuia sion 25c for adults. Knob person holding au adult adminst'in ticket wiU b?-??UUed' t?? one v?f ^ f eooteet of ihe baby show. Cbil A lea will bt sdkiUad (or 10a bat ^ wftU ?% U allot* t* tou. rT/:. _ * ? * c. : V"< ?hr Ben, fit of the Junior Auill ' a r y - I .??:? will |te j4 toa given nu'ruri ; ' ' * v afternoon, May ]vt. at ft o elook M tit rtBhkr.oy of Mr* A. 1. tie 'tk'V for the benefit ?>f the Junior ' A miliary. fr.i taro My pasture ut Mulberry i? now ready for pftftuiln^ I.oi'mhh, cattle and stock o f till kind. 'I ll i h pas ture im well known to he oijm of t ho '"??t i :j i ho co in ini.nl lv. Beet e??r? t.i U i u of stock . Ctiur^i H nio'krato. K. 0 o 1 i i ci h . PERSONAL. M*. It H. Ha Din return oil Wedncs iihv from (MiurloHtori. Mr. 1>. p. 1 ): xod in announced to day for Ooauty Supervisor. Mr. and M i*8. (Juh Ilirbdi were in Orangeburg (bo lirat of ihu wuok. Rev. C. ('. Herbert hns been Beirut o?l to deliver tlio annual oration on Memorial Day. Mr. Simmons Trantb<wn !<>(? this woek to take a busintfe course at the Ga. Ala. Business College of Mk eon. At the reeent meeting of Catnp Richard Kirkiund Miss Mary Cantey was elected sponsor for tbe Camp at Uio coming reunion In Columbia, and .Miss Zaida Pariah in maid of honor. Col. K. II Anil, of Newberry spent iast Wednesday night iu Cam den. He was on liis way to K?r fllmiv to attend the marriage of his friend, Hon. John liell TowiH. to Miss Daisy Pearoe. Col. Anil ib president of the South Carolina State I'roBB Assooiation and hiB newspaper brethren always esteem it a very groat pleasuro to see him. Senator J. T. Hay, of Kershaw who was in the city yesterday on b?i premo court business, will not be able to ^accompany Sub-Committee men Christensen and Lyon on their investigating trip. Senator Uny has been in bad health since the adjourn ment of tbe general assembly and HAid that be does not feel that he could stand the strain of the trip. ? State 22. An Qfdinance To Prevent, the Blowing of Steam Whistles And Other Like Whistles Within the Incorporate Limits of the City of Camden, S. O. /Bf i? ordained, by the City Council of tlio City ol Camden. S. C. 1. That from and after the passage of t hip Ordinance ituhall be utihvwful for any pcrpona or corporation to blow or causa to hp Mown within tho incorporate limit* oftltr Oily of < Cannier), . fc, C. any atenui w ) ? i ???- ? 1 ? ? or other liUo whistle. ?. Any person who shall violate the tf-rnis of this Ord lattice {?hall be guilty of i iniBdcmouii'or ?n?1 upon con viction thereof ahull 1*9 firie-i iu a ?um not. exceeding ten ($10.00) Dollar;) or hy inipriHouod lor a term not exceeding five (f>? day?. Ratified by tho Mayor and Aldermen of ihc City of Caiutlen. 8. C., in Con?wi\ a??embled, this 23rd ?fav of April. 1900 H/G; CJARR1SON, Mayor, G. G. ALEXANDER, Clerk of Council. An Ordinance To Prevent tlie Moving of Cars When Disconnected With A Railroad Engine Over Any Railroad Track Within th^flfcicorporate Lim its of the City of Camden, S. C. Be it ordained by the City Council of ^Camden. S. C. 1. Tbat from and after the passage of this Ordinance it shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to allow any loaded or unloaded car to pass orer the Raiload track of any Railroad within the City of Camden, S. C., whilo disconnected from a Railroad engine. 2. Any person who shall violate the terms of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviotion there of shall be fined in a sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars (#100 00), or impris oned tor a term not exceeding a period of Thirty (80) days Ratified by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Camden, S. 0., in Council as sembled, this 03rd day of April, 1906. II. G. CARRISON, I Mayor. G. G. ALEXANDER, r ? ? \ a kjl wqucil. An Ordinance To Establish A Municipal Court for the City of Oam- 1 den, S, C., To Be Presided Over By A Recorder. Be It ordained by the City Council of tho City of Camden. S. C. 1. That a Municipal Court bo, and is hereby eRtablUhed for the City of < aui den, ft.C.,to be designated a* the Recorder's Court. 2. That a Recorder ho elected by tho <^ity j Council of tho City of Camden, who ahafl commence his terra of office on tho lirst | day of May, 1900. and eontinue in offiao lor four (4) years from that date 3 That Raid Kooorder shall he elected i under authority of an Act of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, F*Kr*s*ry 26th, ISO S, entitled, j "An Act to eatabllah Municipal < 'our fa, 1 to define the powers and juriNdictlon of each Coarte and to provide for the con* duct of tho hualncbfl thereof in Cities over twenty thousand and not exceeding titty thousand iujMrtdt*Dt?" and Acta sinendhtory tUafCof uod ahull bo subject to the protidfous of auid Act. Ratified, bv tho .Mayor and Aid. >t men of the City of C??n<Jen, S. C., in Council' tlii? Utrd day April, H. O. CARKI80N, Mayor. Ov ?. ALKXA2fPl^ rt " ^ Attention* Democrat 8. mbera ot the Water?** Demo crat's * lob are hereby notified to | meet at tint u" w Court House on Friday aU? rn<>on, April 27tb, at C (i in. to ro oi gan izo, elect delegates and fur any other business. Titos. J. Kiiklaud, Prest. I>ilvalb I'emocratic Club will in ret at the Opera iioube iu Camden <>n Saturday, Ibe 28th of April, al 12 M. A full attendance desired. J. T. Hay. Prest. Good Work By the Chain Gat:g. In tilling up the public road j u h < not ill of Cftimlen r\ few evenings :?ko vro wine surpriHei t ? see tin* fiiununi of work done there by the chain The hills f<^r font miletj above Comden have been cut down and the windbed* clayed, mnking tho road hn good n the streets in town. One can go from, Camden to Cool Spring in half the time n? formerly. All the ap* proacbes to Camden have been put in excellent condition, and wo are ?iily giving "honor to whom houor la due" when we way that more and better work hats been done on the public highways of the county within the pant four years than ha* ever been done before, and we aro informed by Mr. West,. super iutendent of the chain gang, thut it is dono R8 economically as tho same kind of work is done in any county of the State. The Kirk wood and Court Inn closed thin week for the season. An Ordinance Authorizing the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company to Use the Public Streets of the City of Cam den, S. C., for the Purpose of Placing Poles and Elec trical Conductors Thoreon. Section 1. lie it ordained by the City Council of the City of Camden, S C , that permission bu and the name is here bv granted to the .Southern Hell Tele phone and Telegraph Company, its suc cessors and assigns, to erect, operate and maintain lines of telephone and telegraph, including the necessary poles, fixtures and electrical conductors upon, along and oyer the public roads, streets and highways of the City of Camdeo. 8 C?, as its business may from time to time require,. provided that all poles shall V>h neat and symmetrical, and pro vided that all poles shall he set between the nicle walks and street drams in ?uoh a manner hp mi no way to interfere with passage alon^ viftid sidewalks or with the drainage of *aid street drains. Sect ion 15. That the work of erecting poles by virtue of this Ordiauce shall bo d.<ne ni;do<*' the supervision of the Ci'y Council, a. id the sai I $r>utharn Bell i>lephonfl nod Telegraph CompanY shall rrplaon and properly relay nn* sidewalk r.r streets that may be v< displaced by reason of the erection ot suok poles, nml upon failure of the Company so to do, after twenty days notice in writing shall hav? been given by the Mayor of the City <>f Camden, S. C.. to t=aid Company, the City may repair such portion of thw sidewalk or street that may have been disturbed by said Company, and collect tl)0 cost so incurred from said Company. Section 3. In consideration of -the rights and privileges herein granted, said Company shall, upon demand, provided cue cross-arm on each pole, on which the City of Camdea. 8. C., may desire to attach either flro alarm, telegraph or police telegraph wires, for the free use of the police and fire alarm system of the j CUy of Camden, 8. C . Section 4 Said Con^jpanv shall at all times he subject to the City Ordinances now in existenco. or which may ba here after pasHert te the use of die public streets by telephone and telegraph companies. ^ Section 5. Said Company shall indetn. nify the City of <<'atnden. 8. C.? a^alust, and assume All liabilities for <-?amages which fny arise or acorue to the City of Camden, 8- C. from any injury to personb or property from the doing of any work herein Authorized, or tho neglect of said Company or any of its employees to comply with anyOrdlnance relative to the use of the streets of said City, and the acceptance by the Company of this Or din*upe, shall be an agreement by it to pay to the City of Qamden, 8. C., any sum of money for which the City may be. come liable from or by reason of such injury. Section 6 The said Southern Bell Telephone and' Telegraph Company is hereby authorize*! to acquire, either by purchase or otherwise. a}| of the equip ment, lines and wjces which now consti tute tho entire plant of the said N. M McClain, and the said K. M. McClain, in herhy authorized to sell and tranHfer said property to the said Southern Hell Telephone and Telegraph Company '/and the said Southern Bell Telephone and Telegrap)|;>Conipany ift hereby author ised to maintain, and operate aaid lines und property, or pucb part* of them as it may desire, in the street* and public places of said City of Camden, 8. C., free and clear of any and all conditions or charges heretofore imposed upon said property or aaid N. M. MoClain by any ordinance or ordinance* of the said City oi Camden, B. C. Section 7. It la agreed and under* stood that the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company is required to tako oyer the s^id property of If. McClain, located and situated within the incorporated limits of the City of Cam den, 8. C , and shall within eix (6) months from the date hereof reconstruct baid existing telephone properly, and put in operation u first-clasa telephone plant; failing in this, all .rights and privileueH granted under this Ordinance #h?ll ho void. Section A S?id Company *haU flip with the Clerk of the City Council of the City of Camden, S C , it? acceptance of this Ordianee within ?5xt7 days froui Ui? date when it shall take effect. Section' 9. Thi? Ordinance ahull be in force from and after the date of tU pais* e*e. I, Ct.O. Alexander, hereby cort'fy that the above 1r a true and correct copy of an Ordinance pawed ut a meeting of the Mayor au?ft Council of the City of Camden, K. C. held outlielrtrd day of April, 1900. ii. <*. ALEX*iH>?t^ Clark of Coooeil. APKOTkL ? a Timely Hints For Spring & SuramerWear > Ladies Oxford* in Pat. Colt and Gum Mettle ? .Just, the the thing ? 1. 00 to 3.75. Same iu Misses and Children's. Men's Low Quarters in Put. Col* and Gum Mettle ? all latest t?ie? ? 1.75 to 4.50. ? Now is the lijiio to overlook your summer underwear ? call and see tjura Ask for our athletic t ndervonts. You will he delighted. 25e each. A beautiful line of Negligee Shirts ? 50c to $1.00. Just received a line of summer Ties. They are beauties. 25c and 00c In flats we are showing the latest thing in straw and felt We can please )ou. Gome and make us glad and yourself too. W. ZIElVip, SHOES, 1IATS AND GKNT'8 furnishings. PICTURE MOULDING. FRAMES MADE TO ORDER. MATS CUT BY MACHINE EST. E. O. McCREIGHT. ^Undertaking. CALLS ATTENDED ANY HOUR DAY OK NIGHT EST. E. (). M?C REIGIIT. Uho Sni/dcr Sctllery > + . , + ? ' " " ' 4? ~ ^Ip-to-datc tPh oto grap /i t/. ' <* 4 ?? {Picture 77/oulding Jt'f Specialty. THE SNYDER GALLERY, S.T.ZEMP, Prop. OFFICE over Bank of Camden. JVuu&uucrmeuts. SUPERVI80R. I hereby announce rn/Belf a candidate for County Supervisor for Kershaw County MipbWCt: to tbe Democratic pri mary. ^ J. A. Gripaby, At the tolicitfttloq of a numjppr of ray friends, 1 hereby announc* myself as can didate for flupei*vJsor-of Kershaw coun ty, subject to the rules KOverniiiif ihe Democratic party. If elected 1 will k*? my undivided time and attention to its duties. 1). F. Dixon. TREASURER. At the solicitations of frienda I hereby announce myself a candidate tor re-elec tion to the office of Treasurer of Ker shaw county. " D. M. McCasklll. 1 ' , ?; . . I i ' ! V" 1 I 1 *? ? 1 Trespass Notice. All persons are hereby forbidden to trespass for auy purpose whatsoever up on that portion of the Nioholgon land* under my control about 8 milea above Oamden. Anyone disregarding thia no tice will bo d<?ftH with ^cennnnpr to law. W. M. KITCHENS. 1> K?lb, 8. C. Sheriffs Sale, T. A. Rice , "J va V Execution. Carolina Kaolin Co. J Under and by virtue of the above stated execution, issued by I- 0. Hough, Clerk of the Courl for Kershaw County, I will sell on premises of J, 0. Rolling*, at Guroton's Mill ahout ten milea Weat of Camden, on the flrst Monday In May, the following detorihed property : 41 Carbon CrucPlm, 2 Pokern, . %. ? 5 Ur4ppli()g T^nttuea, 1 Kot*ry Vump. \ Mud Mixer, 1 small Electric Motor. 2 Pick Axes, 6 Shovels, t Wheelbarrow^ 7 Barrel* of Chemicals, 1 Barrel Lime, One-half Car Lotd of Coke, About 2,000 feet of Lumber, 1 Cart. 2 Stoves, 1 Bedatea' and SMaUtuue*. : Twma caah. m JT, 9, TBAJTTHAll, ?bariff Xaeahaw Co, Teachers Examination. ? The next regular neml annual ex nmtntlion for ioaofrer'B cortlficnteij will be b?l<1 Friday, May 18'h at the Court Hoono, boginnin^ at U o'olook. a. tu. W. B. Turner. Supt. Kd. Ktirshp.w Co. (April 20 th. 1906. Bakery & Fancy Grocery. Having moved into my new place or business, corner Main and Rutledge Sts., I invite my friends, both old and new, te call and inspect my choice line of /Bread, Cakes and Pies. Also tarry full line of Fftnc) Groceries, Candy and evory tliiYit; in tlje line of Tobacco and XjigarsV^ Order's filled promptly, fre delivery. Yours respectfully, JNO. K. McDOWALL. GEO. S. HAGKBU & SON. ? MANnrACTiTBRBa or ? Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding, Building Material. ash Weights and Cord. CHARLESTON, - - - - S. C. Purchase our makes, whicl. wo guarantee superior to an; row South, and therebj s*y* money. = Window tad Fancy Glass 0 ?pMteliy, Jul H Bros. Go's. < ^ '.a _/ _..... ..' . ... . *? ' * ? .? -vllarS^Si ^ ? - ? ' * " 1