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?*rtlon.
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?poueihllity will bo anauwud (or the
Tittwn ul oorroapoodautH.
BATKd ro* Aijvk*tihinu : Ordinary
transient advortiamentH , flret insertion
ft 1.00 per aquare ; each aubaaquaat in
k> aerllon 60 oenta per a^uar#.
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to W. L- MoDOWKI.Ii,
Camden. H. C.
A Tata of the Time* About Hat
_ Hoik Mevei ttl Y?uih Ago My
? Jttv Iteni y L Fietchcr.
Aleck, Cbarlee and Cy. They
were slave* of toy grandmother
Whenever I visit the old homo 1
ink o t the good old Negroes who
? putted io. the great beyond
ny.ycftrt ago, the thought occur*
tome where are the)? The eoh<>
come* back ? they ar? on the (dopes
of glory They were all obedient,
imselfUh and truatwoithy, and if
my memory ia correct were ooiumu
niOAnU in good and regular Hand
ing In Flat K oik lin |>tmt Church.
Aleck waa the tuorn versatile of lln
A Cbcaterfleld In politeness
and good manners with an appe
tite not surpassed by n crockadile.
Roasting oorn meal dough in hot
hca was a way of cocking bp-mi
those deys with moat of the Ne
__ OC?, When a boy 1 remember
#on one occasion of being in Aleck's
cabin, he and hi* wife, (Main, mm
ed bear a wai-iu lire. Chut knit
ting socks, Aleck giving ins undi
" id attention ?/to an ssliecnkp
l?V 11 laches in diameter, get
ting feadv for a fen 8t, Will) H VP*
??J Of milk sitting UMiir at. lir.n '.
."At? you ready to join no?" says
lV Alaflfe tft filar* ? ' -w oV ? just n?W|?
u ' ebe says; "you can lay a*ido a
t piece for me." No doubt u I i ? l
fftlndednese on tlio part of Abik,
the first thing, Clara knew Aleck
^ . hndr laid naido asbcCnko, milk and
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5^.1.' Q& a lovely Spring day, Sabbath1
' jftornlng as was her custom, my
^SP$dfl>Otber visited the place* of
her servants distributing to tin m
; ell liice edibles. Stopping at Al
eck's house site discovered so.ue
egg shells much larger ibon tho or
dinary kind and a*ked him if he
had not been eating her goose eggs.
Aleck frankly acknowledged lie had
Just tried a couple to see if tho\
^W?tM good.
* ? - ? Charlie, heller known as ??Uncle"
p Charlie, was u grand and n ?ldt
p epeolmen of bin racu. Meek, lion
eat and industrious with the heat
memory of any Negro T ovor b?w.
_ One of bia g'eatest pleasureB svae
: listening to tlio reading of the hi
jj|l>le. I^our ? fter hour J have read
him and I candidly believe if I
were to start reading to him at day
week end read on uutil sundown
o would never become tired or
?nggsstrtbst wo adjourn for n mor
eel to eat or take a drink of nnler.
We really enjojed it, especially the
w Testament writings. Ho had
A keen sense of tlieir meaning, and
tbongh not knowing n lettei in the
lid beat most of the young
theologians just turned out of col
gf expounding tlieir teachings.
ij&L
?0y wee-a devout Cld man, an ex
pounder of tho gospel to bis race
He erjoyed his religion and tried
fight. A more forvent and
eloquent pray or was never uttered
ban those .that came from C y '?
^Ipi^X remember a short time he
Tore the oloee of tbo cruel war be
t*e?jMhe 8tates, the women of the
Fiat Rock neighborhood led by the
nerable^. and good old woman,
re. Stile fct ?. met at the
tbo Church
8atnrday afternoon in prayeT
and supplication for cessation of
. hostilities. Gy as usual in all go...)
orfce , free on hand. After each
woman In tho audienoe bad pray.
Cy wee oellcd upon. Down on
ded knee and Uplifted bauds hf|
Ut up the most fervent nod elo
eat prayer I ever lisUued to, \ ?
.Obing that "tiii-j thing b? n t<> p . '
<J? Yenkeea shooting our fathers
du^our. fathers shooting Yut.kcvs
thirteen dollars a month in Con
orate monoy." And sure en
oitgh It was not long until u did
Wop.
After they were set free they
DO desire to leave, but remained at
the 0|d home. They loved and hon
ored their old Mistress and family
-oonneotious. it was not mam
jeara until Charles died. Cy soon
followed. Last of all Aleck dud.
Everybody that know tht-so old N<
groes hk*?d them and would rise up
fti'the voico of one man. Poaco *o
.heir ashes.
ROADSJCpVENTION.
Issued By Hepresentnfives
aid And Smlili.
of Kerabftw Ooonly :
t compaign in this
d *1 each meetingj
honored by thej
th (ho nomine
)f Bepreeente- '
Ik. 141 aim I WWI I HI SI
live*, w# would ia?*?# ft oftll for * !
to a sa neeliDg of oor white
wt?o Wfcie interested to good road*,
with ? tiew of bat ing n foH w?d free
di?Cllft?10U of lbi? giwftt queat'on
and forpinlatiuflf ?<??*?? whereby
wa Jioped to work an Improvement
in uu* public highway* and the
present eyatem of maintaining tbe
?ame
Having becQ bouoied will* lh?
nomination, for which we out ouly
feel deeply grateful, but shall earn
fully and conscientiously endeavor 1
to show our gratitude by oor woiks
and loyalty lo the people*' interest,
wv hereby csll * convention of our
Supervisor. Towoabip Conomiaaio.n
er?, old and new, other county offl
itlftle ?nd all otbor persona who are
in t ho leant interested in tlio eqh
j?i't of fiood roa<lH, lo be beld in tbe
(Nurt House, at Camden, Tuesday,
Nov. 1 7 1 It , 1W)8, at 11 o'clock a in.
We have retched ft period when
something ,M} (,ono *l?"K ll,'H
lino. Wo are willing to do what we
can, but wo want the assistance of
the people. Wo' do not believe that
a rnoro important or urgent conven
tion of our peoplo can bo cjaljed at
1 b i h time ' Nothing can ?n?ro dell
nitely contribute to llielr Industrial
and social welftiro than good roads
In a recent communication to one
t > f our papers in this state, Mr. W
W. Finky, President of tho Hon tt* ?
ern Railway Company, who in well
informed and has made a carcful
sludy of l be sfthject, says :
"Tbe construction of good roads
leading from a market town has
practically tho same effect a* bring
ing t l?r? farms nearer to tlio town. It
extends I y several miloa in evory di
rection (hi; area ol territory in which
farmers can profitably engago in irtar
ket gardening and dairying. That
this la true ban been efTeci.lvely dem.
onstralud in Uioho localities in the
Mouther 0 .Status and in otbor boo
tipnn "f tl w country where road im
provements have been carried out in
telligently and systemat ically.
The cost to the farmer of hauling
hia products over poor roads is not
always appreciated, for tho roasoo
lhat il in rur?) that u farmer pav? for
having liia lnvilieg -dotut ? The U oi
led States JVp.irtifcent of Agricul
turo has made an investigation of
th'n matter, however, and the results
show the cost for cotton, for instance
to I?e an average rule of twenty hi v
en ceiitu | ??_- r ton per mile f?>r au nv
criige haul of 1 1 H miles. Tl?at road
improvement would materially re
duce this e??at ia shown by the fol
lowing hi riUing statement in tlio
Year book of the Agricultural I)o?
par tnu nt f?>r 1 00(5 :
'It it were possible to Increase the
average weight of a wagon load of
cotton in I lie United Status from
three bales, as it now is, to four
hales, without increasing the coat of
hr.'ulir.K tho load, i'uo saving on a
crop equal t'> tho one picked in 1005
would amount to #2, 000,000; anil if
tho average load of wheat, now 5T>
hnshels, were increased by 20 bush*
eln, tho saving cfTi-olod in hauling a
Crop like (hat of 1905 would be moro
than $8,000,000.' "
We want everybody who can to
be present at the in< eting* because
its success will depend largely up* n
its representative character. If you
have a plan, or have given the mat'
ter any consideration, eomo and give
us the benefit ?>f jour ideas. Your
plan may be the very thing wo want
Though you live in the remote parts
of the County you will 01. ly lose one
day. I11 view of tho imrmr'anoo of
tbe occasion au-J its intense interest,
wo hope to koo one of tho largost.
most representative aud public spir
ited gatherings in tho history of our
County.
J no. G. Richards, Jr..
Meuilol L Pu.ith.
Noil ineeg House of It? prcscntati ve?
FORECLOSURE SALE.
Slate of Suith ('nr In the Court
o i na , - of (\)iumun
Connty of Keridtaw ) Ploan
The Enterprise Building Lonn
A*ar>ci,ition, PIuintijT,
Au'unst
I R Jf. /)? Loache. W. R D>
j' on/V C M'in. AJnUnis^'ii
Iris of til'- E# t-i/f or' J ',i C ,V ii,
! fin', .(*. V, /) Jrndnnts
i
{ I'nder and by virtu*' cf a Decree in tie
r:i?e, ipr Ic l>v t ho Honorable Kr
j n<'<t tiarv, Jud^e o( the .r>t h P.icuit, | ? i ?*
| niil in _? ???, tl r .*> ? 1 1 I irrmt, l-curinjj dntp
; the 11 Hi (l:i v of August 1S)<>8. I will olYor
' fur side in front (>l i he Court llmise d<>or
in the city f v"\?m?l?*n. the vounty and
j S(at< a '? repaid, dur'.n*; tho iejjal I.uiiih of
I 8?l--. "ti the fir^t Monrfnv in Noiemltt'r,
! U?08. next. heiiij; the it'Cmni rind) day
thereof tin' follow inn described hind: ?
All th.Hl |>au fl or lot of land in I In- city
of Camden, in lii* county of Kershaw and
State of South ? aroiioa, f i ? r.Tinsr W? st
on Fwtr rtrcvt of P "mden ? ??!i:y 80) foot,
nit m' <?r less. and running hack Ka>t of a
uniform width to the depth cf two bun.
dred and sixty t'2t>0| f?<et, tnorc or less,
hein.t; one-half ttse depth of the mjuarc,
And bounded on tho North by theorem
ispH of F I,. Zemp, on the K?? t hy
pi emise* of ..Inlia Benson, ou the South
by lot of Mrs Luln II. Kelley.nud <>n the
\Vett hv Fair Street of Camden. The
above <fest ribed lot is the premise* on
which the raid It. W. DeI.0H?h? now re
side*.
Term* of ?al<\, r&ah. Purchaser to
pay f?r papers.
And any person desirinp to b!d at said
pule shall tlrst deposit with the Master
the sum of Two Hundred Dollars
($200 00) in money or certified cheek, as a
pledge to make Rood Ma bid."
L. A. WITTKOWSKY.
MasUr for Kershaw Co. J
October ?th, 1808.
memtarn^. ? * ~
R. M. Kennedy, Jr.
|p COTTON BUYER.
lk'i>reKciitiii? Ocorgo II.
McFuddon.
Oflico In Raar of SitiglutorVtt
Old Hakcry.
Holiest Price* Paid.
FORECLOSURE SALE.
State of S-jutLi (Jar*) In the Churl
oliua, / of Common
County of Kerahaw.)
//. (i Cur r I ho n. Plaintiff
A'JUillSt
Frank Phelps, John II Phelps,
Charles Phelps, Annie L Phetps,
lihetta Phelps, M . C Went, An
thony Jieiutley, and (/. O AUxan
dtf,x Executor ?f the last Will and.
Testament of J . 11. Phelps Heceas
eH, De/t m/ants.
$
Undor and by virtue of a decree in the
above entitled case, made by the Hon
oraldO (Icq. \V, Cage. Judge Presiding
in (he Mb Olr<ult, and Waring date the
Ulttt day of September^ 1908, I will olTer
for #mle in front of (lie Court Hotue/foor
in the city of Camden, in the county and
Statu aforesaid during lite I k1 hours
of Bale, on the first Monday in Novem
ber, 1M8. next, being Ihe second day
thereof, the following parcel?, of land : ?
All that piece, pared or iot of land
in the city of Camdon in the County of
Kershaw and Htatw of South Carolina,
and Win ir a part of those town Iota
known us "LaKayetle Hail" property,
plat of which in on record in Hook 1). I).
1) , pp. 640 mid 641, in the cfllce of the
0)i i k of Court for Kershaw Cou ity.
Said lot ia bounded on ti e North by la*
Fayetto Avenue, < u the Fast l?y t li?? re*
luaining portion of Lot No. 3 of the l<?
Fayette 1 1 nil property lota, on the Sou* it
by the County jail premise*, on the Weat
by the fin lining portion of Lot No 4 of
LuFa) etto Ilall property lots. Haid. lot
consists of a strip id five (6) feet of the
extreme Faster n poition of lot No. 4, and
of fifty live (JJ6) fent of the Western por
tion of Lot No 3, of the said LaFayette
ll:t II propery I otf?. Said lot herein de
scribed bus a uniform width of sixty (60)
leet and a depth of one'hundri-d and oix
ty fuur (1<>4) feet, mor* <>r less, and ie
ttiat lot conveyed to the late J. b Phelps
tor Jjjtthtilii-ALithia...- Alaut ?
All that parcel or trait of land in the
County ai.d State aforcsaitl, containing
one hundred tnd sixteen ^ 1 1 C ) acred,
known i?h Myers laud, and bounded
on tbo North and Ka*t bv lands of S R,
Adamx, South bv the t'hf-raw Road, and
I Wept by the Mill pond of said M I!.
Aila ii ip , and being that land conveyed to
the luu- J B rht'lpB by Autliouv Beasley by
da-'d dated Ap.il Gth, hft>4, and rcconled
in t be office of the Clerk of Court of Ker
shaw County in Hook 1.1. I , at page I'SV
The above described traijs of land to
be soM scpai ately, and the lot in Camden
to be sold first .
Tunua of Male, cash in each case. Fur*
chaser to pay for papers.
Any person desiring to bid at the sale
of either of the above described parrel's
j or lots of land shall first depes t with the
! Master in each ca?o the sum of l'wo
j !' uiiuff irDi'iiai a \i2'0 w O0; in cash or cer- j
| jiHed check, ns a pled go to make good
I liis bid.
L A. WITTKOWSKY,
Master for Kershaw County.
Oct. 9i h, 1008.
FORECLOSURE SALE.
State of South C?roliua, / Court of Cora
County of Kershaw. f tnon Pleas.
Jas 11. Burns, Plaintiff
! against
; Ltllie II Benton and The Enterprise
i Building (inrl Loan Association,
Defendant t.
| Under fttnl bj* virtue of a Decree in
i the above case made bv the Honorable
! Krnest tlary, Judge of tho 5th Circuit
and Presiding in the said Circuit, and
| bearing date tbe llth day of August.
; 1908, 1 will offer for tale in front of the
! Court House d^or in the eity of Camden,
I in the county and St'to aforosaid, during
I lh? legal houra of aa'*. on the first Mon
day in November, 1908, next, being the
! ?econd (Oftd) day theroor, the following
j parcels or lota of land : ?
All that pieoe. parcel or tract of land
j with buildings tiioreon, situated in tho
I County of Kershaw and State of South
| Carotins containing sisty-six (66) acres.
} more or less, bounded North by Chester
j field Road. East bv lan<H of Sheorn,
j South by lands formerly of Jumps Moore
? and Hiiigint, now \V. R. Roberts', and
. West by lan<ls of James Moora and Mo
pes Jlrigjjt, now Winkltfr. bcinjj the land
: conveyed to the late Ann C Loto by
j Km in a C. Roberts.
The tract of land above described to
I be sold first.
I Also, All that piece, parcel or. tract of
.land with buildings thereon situate i in
? tin* cl'.y of Cttiiulen . in the county of Ker
?haw ami S:atr of soutli C?rj!ina. at tho
N rlliwti?i c..iiier of (tie intersection of
L>ilii't >n an I Htilledgc Street-, eonsisi- i
ing ?<f t!i reo oort iofcs of town lots, frcnt-l
inc one I. .? u? I and live, 100) feet F.??t I
on Lytiieton Siteii, and extending back
W<>t wit)i a uniform width, one bun
tbe. I :w. J uiuety eight ' 108) feet on Rut
lrdire Street, and Ivjanded on the N >rtb
by property now or formerly of S. H. ba
ll. .on, Km it by Lvttleton Street. South by
K ut In ige Street and West by property
now or formerly of S It. Latham. Saul
lot" hci;;g the pioperty of tlie late Ann
C. Iwe This parcel of land in the citv
j of t^amden is to be sold in thr??c sep
arate lota; one lot fri/uiiu^ foily-five (4*>)
feet Hast on Lyttleton Street and run
ningback Wc.-t of a uniform wi.Ith i< > the
depth of <>ne hundred and forty (140; feet;
oiie lot fronting sixty ;t*0) feet Fast en
Lyttleton Street and running back West
along lluthdge Street, of a uniform
.width to the depth of one hundred and
forty (.110, feet; and one lot fronting 11 f -
I tv-seven t67) leet South on Rutledge
'Street and running back North of a uni
form width to the depth of one hundred
and five (106) feet according to a plat of
the said lots t<> be exhibited at the raid
sale.
| Terms of sale, cash in each cRae Pur
chaser to pay for papers. Any person
I desiring to bid at said sale shall firat de- j
posit with the ??id Master the sum of
iTwo Hundred Dollars <(-200 00) in ense of
the country tract of Jtxtr acre* and the
mi m of Oue Hundred Dollars (#100.00) on
the sale of each of the lots ii? the city of
Camden, in money or certified check ag-j
[? pledge to make good hia bid. t
L. A WITTKOWSKY.
. Master for Kerah*w County.
Oot, ?tb 1909,
" - -
Trespass Notice.
Trr#|Mu>?rm ire hereby not HJini rhal
*11 trr*|i?naiiiK 'or buutii'K Itud Oauuili|f
i? strictly forbUhho .
II. THOMPSON.'"
Oct . i y.m
FORECLOSURE SALE.
8;?t? of South Cir ) In ' 'i# C'uuri
olio*. / of Q iiimon
County of Kirth*w.S Wcm
h'lipibelh B WtUkin *
Plaintiff,
Ajainut
J<one? II Shropshire, . '
Defendant.
I'udtr and by virtue of ft fWren in the
above cftftc- made by tho lion. J no. A.
VViUon,. fudge I'reai ling , in the 6th
(Kifth) Circuit, (tearing due the J'?th day
of A|>ril MX)#, I wtll off*r f<>r ml? in front
of tin! fiourt House door in l lie city- of
Cftiuden, in the County ami HtMo afore
Haiti, dufiirtf the h-gal hour* of Hale, on the
ttiat Monday In November. 190#. ni'Xt, be
in# the aocond (t) day thereof, the fol*
lowing |mnrl or Inu't of land :
All thai trftC't of land ailuatcd in Ker*'
ahaw County, Stato of South ('arolina,
on Unction Hr/in h vmiiir* of White Oak
Orrek, containing ninety live (9ft) oort-a
more oi lea#. bounded North by landa of
f . O Hough, Knat by Intwt* of I>. 0
Hough, South by Hughe# lirunoh which
divide* Nuif from, landa of N ICngland
M'?rt. Sfflurity Co., Wot by laodf of M.M
Kirklaud, the ?aine Ih'Iiiij conveyed to
Jame* II. Shropshire by >l. M Kirk land
on the 15th day of April 1 !)02
T? rm? of Bute Caidi. Pulchaat-r to pa)
for papera,
L A. WITTKOWVKY.
Mauler for Kerdtuw County.
Oct. 9(h. 1908.
FORECLOSURE SALE.
State of South Car- | lb the C^uri
olinn, - of C mrnon
County of Ktrshaw, ) I'.eas.
Aimmdti W Hopkins Pldlntiff,
ivjainat
Sinjleton F. Kelly and W Craig
ClyburH, xDrf*-A<iants
Under and by v i rl tie of a Decros
in lite above entitled case, made by
tlio Honorablo Krnont Gary. Judge
of the 5th Oirctrin Presiding tn fiauT
Circuit, and bearing date tlin 30 Hi
day of Ju'y, 1908, I will ofT^r for
sale in front of the Court House
door in t ho city of Camden, in said
couuty and State, during iha legal
hours of sale, on .the first Monday
in November. 1908, next, being t ho
2nd day thereof, the following par
cel or tract of land : ?
All that piece or parcrd of land
lying and being in Kershaw county,
State of South Carolina, containing
one bundled and twenty and 1 2
(120 1 2) acres, more or less, bound
ed oo the North by lands of Dr. J.
I. Trail tiiara East by' land* of L L
Clyburr; Souiii by lands of A. I.
MuDoweii nod West by i*?ds of the
Estate of Kilgore. and being tiie
same land described in a deed from
Edward M. Boykin, Master, dated
the 1 4 tli day of December. 1880, and
recorded in Title Book (). O at
l>ape 887, in the offloe of tiie Clerk
of Court for Kershaw county.
Terms of sale, cash. Purchaser
to pay for papers.
Any person desiring to bid at
said sale shall first deposit with the
Master the sum of one bundrod dol
lars ($100 00) in money or certified
oheck, as a pledge to make good his
bid L. A. WIITKOWSKY,
Master for Kershaw Co.
Oct. 9th, 1908.
I
Bankrupt's Petition For
? Dischaige.
In the DUtrlct Conrt of the United States
for tho District of South Carolina.
In tiie Matter of Nathan) In
Lovy, Bankrupt. ) Bankrutpcy
To the honorable VM. H. BHAWLRY,
Judge of the District Court of the
United States for tho DUtrlct of
South Carolina:
Nathan Levy, of Camden, in the
County of Kershaw anl State of 8. O .
in (aid District, respectfully represents
that on the 16th day of August last
past, he was duly adjudged Bankrupt an.
dsr the acts of Congress relating to Hank*
ruptey; th*t he hus duly surrendered all
hia property and rights of pioperty. and
hail fuWv complied with all the require
ment* of aaid acts and of tho orders of
the Court touching his Bankrupts*.
Whereforw he prays tba t he may be de
orccdjy the Court to havn n full dis
charge from all dcM? provable against
hi b estate under flaiil Bankrupt Acta, ox
ccpt audi debts aa ure excepted by law
from Mich discharge.
Dated this, 80th dav of September, A
1). 1938. NATHAN I.EVY.
Binkrupt.
ORDER
OF NOTICE THEREON.
DISTRICT OF 8. s:
Oil this, 7th day of Ootolter, A. D.
1008, on reading the foregoing petition,
it is ?
Ordered by the Court, that a hearing
W had upon the same on the llkh day of
October, A. D. li?08, beiore 8sia Court at
Charleston. S. C., in said District, at II
o'clock in the forenoon ; and that notice
thereof he published in The Camden
Chronicle, a newppapor printed in said
District and that all known creditors
and other persons In interest may appear
at the ssid time and place and show
cause, if any they have, why the prayer
of the mid petitioner should not be
K ran ted.
And it Is Further Ordered By The
Court, that the Clerk fhali send by mail
to all known creditors copies of said pe
tition nnd thia order, addressed to them
at ~iheir places of residence aa stated.
Witness ths~ Honorable WM
II. BfUWLRY, Judge of the
aaid Court, and the ae.al tber?
;SEAL| of, at Charleston, S. O., in
said District, en the 7th day
of October, A. D. 1908.
RICH A R D W. HUT SON.
Olerk.
* , T ;!:Vw . ft"" V*
Home people think tbty prove
their t?ue blood t>y tlioir black Uxk-.
Executors* Notice, .
All paitite Indebted to th* late Mr*
Martha Tchm will pIchm u>*ke ???*>
to Ike uudtrsijjnrd, nut) ?il parti?a key
ing claim* ?gninut lu-r <? her ntmtv *ill
present the mme duly ?ite?tod loth*
undersigned for neyiijfnl.
JOHN I. (i KIT VS.
LAUUKNri T, MILb-S,
K*ecutorn K<tato Mftrtha TiatW.
s?pt. aith. iw?8.
Teacheis* Examination.
/fbe u^xt ffguUr te^cliCib' ? X'iUii
nation will be held Friday, October
IGih, l o^iijiiin^ h( P o'clock h. m
All who wittb t<* tench this winter
and har? no certftcate* ehoulrf tube
(his examine' ton
W U TUKM<HL
8npt. ot Kil.
Oct 7th 1908
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Static ok f-orrn Oahomna '
Count y ot Kershaw i
Notice is hereby given that tin*
General Election lor Presidential ami
Vice- Presidential J'l lectors and Repre
sentative in Congress will hi* held at
the voting precincts fixed by law in
the County of Kershaw on Tuesday,
November :{, jiiiw, said day being the
Tueaday following the lirst Monday,
as prescribed by law.
The qualifications fur Suffrages are
as follows :
Residence in State lor two years, in
the County one year, in the polling
pruoin<>{, in whteh the vlertnr ott ers TO
vole, four months, ami the payment
fix (iiontlM before any election of any
poll lax due ami payable. Provided.
That ministers in e harden of an organ
ized church and teachers of public
schools shall be entitled to vote after
six months' residence in the State,
otherwise qualified.
Registration ? -Payment of all taxes,
including poll tax, assess d and eol
| lectahle during the previous year, 'l'lie
production of a cert ifienu* or the re
ceipt of the officer authorized to col
lier t euch taxes shall be conclusive
proof ol the payment thereof.
Belore the huur fixed for opening
the pniia Managers and Clerks muni
take and .subscribo to tlie Constitu
tional oath. The Chairman of tile
Hoard of Managers can administer the
oath to the other Managers and to the
Clerk; a Notary Public must admiuis
ter the oath to the Chairman. The
Managers ulect their Chairman and
Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at 7 o'clock a. in., and closed at
4 o'clock p. ra., except in the City of
Charleston, where they shall he opened
at 7 o'clock a. m.. and closed at six
p. in.
Managers have the power to fill a
vacancy-; and if none of the managers
attend, the citizens can appoint from
among the qualified voters, the Mana
gers, who alter being bworn, can con
duct- the election.
At the close of the election, the
Managers and Clerk must proceed to
publicly open the ballot boxes and
count the ballots therein, and con
tinue without adjournment until the
same 19 completed; and make a state
ment of the result for each office, and
sign the same. "Within three days
thereafter, the Chairman or the Hoard,
or some one designated by the Hoard,
must deliver to the Commissioners of
| Election t lie poll list, the boxes con
taining the ballots and written state
ment* of the election.
Managers of Election? -The follow
ing Managers of Election have been
appointed to hold the election at the
various precincts in said County :
Camden Opera House? J. J. CioodaU,
E. H. Cureton and T. B. Hruce.
Betliune ? W. 8. Marshall, K. '1'.
Estridge and J. X. Nicholson.
Westville ? T. R. Clyburn, J. T.
Owen* and H. J. Munn.
Buffalo School House? J. A. Shaw,
R. F. Mungo and W. C. Roberts.
Kirkley's Store? T. R. Kirkk-y.II.
T. Morton and S. A. West.
l^rcwcr's Store ? S.N. Hammond,
F. Hammond and P. B. Johnson
McLean's Branch ? J C Price, W il
Collier and Alex. Shaw.
Ml Zion Church ? Kufus Moeeley, W
B Lee and W I, Stokes.
Stockton ? PT Bruce, W R Gardner
and B M P?>arce, Jr.
Hanging Rock? L C Hough, I R
Hayes and F P Tr nestle 11.^
LiberVy Hill? G R Clements, W K
Thompson and R C Jones.
Rabon X Roads ? Dannie Rabon, J
M Mickle and Win. Kelly,
Lang'B Mill? W H Tiller, * K Ken
nedy and A L Kinard.
Blaney ? J (i Kelly. Arthur Simpson
and J M Thornton,
Shay tor's Hill? L B Ogbnrn, Henrv
Drake ford ami Lewis Young.
Haley's Mill? M W Hough, H T
Johnson ami Jos. Baker.
Stokes' School House ? II A Pate, T
W McI.eo<l and W W Hopkins. "*
Managers at each precinct named
above are requested to delegate one of
"their , number to secure the boxes,
and blanks for the election.
If. K. Beard,
Joe Hough,
Commiuionerg of F?d?rml KJ?o?ott* Tor
Kershaw County, B. 0.
FALL 0FE9K
THURSDAY, FRIDAY
j AND SATURDAY
OCTOBER 8, 9 & 10,
The curtain will be drawn on these
days for exhaustive exhibit of fash
ionable Fall garments and fabrics
and requisites. We have assembled
the latest stocks of the finest, most
stylish, most fascinating merchan
dise during our number of years of
retailing. The store is in gala attire
and stocks are attractively arrang
ed for your viewing. Your. presence
to the leading style function of
the vear is cordially requested. We
%/ % ? *. <.._y
await your judgment,
The new Milliner <s bewitching.
Our showing is a revelation of the
season's most approved New York
and Parisian style ideas. Miss Jes
semine Arble (in charge of millinery)
has excelled herself. "Completeness"
is the keynote in every department.
Every good garment style, every
promising color and weave in fabric,
every fad and fancy and staple in re
quisites await your viewing ? and
your purchasing, if you choose, at
surprisingly low prices.
I hursdav, hriday and Saturday
are the three days. We hope to see
you here. \ ou will be equally wel
come whether Y ou buy or merely
come a-sight seeing. Let us disclose
the new Pal! styles to your view.
HIRSCH BROS & CO.
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