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r' *y ? >*'1' ... . ??.'?" . '?- ??"?. ??.' '. 111 Job Pitying WUl W?ft?6 You. Camden Chronicle A Weekly Worth Wtitlu. 7n . . III., ?. Ml'.'] ,JJ " i - 1 1 I'" I.. 1 ? ' ??? ? 'V - VOLUKjfi XXIII. CAMDIN, MOUTH CAROLINA. SWTKMBKR 1. mil: \ ni Mill ?c lit. M . - ? -? ? *w-m> i 1 ? '?s --Ji. ? 1 " 11 " 1 111 11 " . 111 A NEAT AND WELL WRITTEN ADVERTISEMENT IN THIS PAPER WILL WIN MORE CUSTOMERS FOR YOU YOUNG NEWSPAPER MEN had Narrow escapes THIS ??VA<JAOOKI>" WIlKiKtil) ON WATUItKK BUT C'HKW KANI>8 HAFKLY IN UAMDUN. Nearly 200 miles Inland from the storm which wrought havoc and disaster to Charleston and other count towny, the "Vagabond," the canoe In which two young newspa per men, ISrnest Beeman, of Dur ham, N. C? and B. 8. Mcintosh, of Itlghmoud, V?., started from the mountains of North Carolina on a thousand mile trip by water to the sea at Charleston, was drlyen upon the rocks in the Watereo ri ver thirty - five miles above this place at 10:30 o'clock Monday and totally wrecked, Mr. Seeman und Mr. Mcintosh narrowly escaping with their lives after a terrific Struggle with the river which had risen several feet from the exces sive rains which accompanied the storm. Mr. See in an and Mr. Mc intosh arrived here today, shoe less and sockless, and put up at Hotel Williams, much the worse for the weather and lack of food for the lust day, their supplies hav ing been lost in the river when their boat was wrecked. After donning a new pair of shoes they "blow in" The Chronicle office and it wns here that they first became acquainted with the widespread damage that the Btorm lufd done - at other points. " After the wreck of the "Vaga bond," Mr. Seeman and Mr. Mcin tosh were able to repair their ca noe sufficiently to reach this place by hauling her out on the shore and balling her about every thirty mlnuteB, and two days were re quired to make the laHt thirty-five miles of the trip. The "Vagabond," however, was so badly damaged as to render her unseaworthy and they will have to abandon l^ie rest of the trip. The two canoe men gave a very graphic description of their expe- J rlence In the storm. .."We had Just panned Great Palfsi Sunday aftfernoon when a high wind sprung up directly from the coast, but we thought nothing of a storm, and presently when It began to rain we camped Just below the dam of the* Rockey Creek station of the Southern Power Company. At day break Monday morning we struck , camp, the witfd being somewhat abated and embarked. Within an hour the wind began to rise again, but we stuck to the river, think ing It would die down later. On the other hand It continued high, and about 10:30 o'clock a tornado Btruck us while we were In the midst^of the whirling and swollen rapids below Rocky Creek. "By this time 'waves three or four feet high were' coming up the middle of the river with terrific force and a blinding rain was driv ing full in our faces so that wo could not even see the shore a hundred yards away. We were pul ling in the direction of the ? shore as fast {is possible, but could make no headway. - Suddenly iri the twinkling of an eye almost, a mon ster wave lifted us high and the wind , caught our little fifty-pound bark bringing her down amidships upon a rock. Rip! went her can vas bottom and her reed ribs crum pled like paper. "It was all over but the shout-J Ing then. We were thrown into the seething current over our heads and there was nothing to do but swim for it, and we cquld. do lit-^ lie but keep on top of the water and follow the current. For thirty minutes, perhaps, we were seperated and each had serious misgiving for the other's safety?and for his own welfare, too for that matter. We finally discovered each other by shouting at the top of our voiced, one' on shore and the other on a rock in the . stream fifty feet away. "The only thing that we saved was oyr camera which Seeman had slung around him by a strap." We later found the remains of our boat lodged on a rook half a mile down the river and patched her u& so as to make the rest of the trip to Camden, where we eat her adrift a derelict to find a fratejrard of her own. "We might have guessed there waa a coast storm," thejr added, "be cause almost as soon as the first ?23SST',. . * fttR* and mtsr 1 in 11 niwi OOliOltKI) CX)INTY FAIH. Many Prominent, CH?lortxl Citiaeii* iktiilnd Movement. A largo number of the leading colored citizens of Camden and Kershaw county met last week to organize a colored fair association. Another meeting will be held soou to map out a campaign of adver tising, fix a date and place for hold ing the fair and other business of Importance. It is the iutentlon of the men behind the movement to hold the firut fair during the last of October. F. P. Wiley Is the president; T. J. Boykln, vice president; J. D. McLester, second vice president; H. S. Murphy, secretary; It. D. Dib ble, treasurer; James L. Chestnut, manager. B. H. Dibble, Dr. J. P. Pickett, Dr. J. Horace Thomas, J, D. Mc? Lain, James L. Chesnut, II. $. Mur phey, It. D. Dibble, Doc Frazler, T. J. Boykln, Frank Wiley, Jas. Alex ander, Allen Halthcock, G. W. Mc Lain and J. K. Withers compose the board of directors. These are among the host color ed citizens of the county. All liaye the confidence and respect of both white and colored and they intend to make the fair a success. Two Fires Near Cool Spring. On last Sunday while attending church, Mr. M. C. Hinson, who llveb near Cool Spring, had the misfor tune of losing by fire, his dwelling house and stable, together with /their entire contents. The origin of the fire Is not known, but is sup posed to be the work of an lncln dlary. This comes as a total lose to Mr. Hinson as there was no in surance on either building. - What makes it very plain that .there must bo a dangerous fire-bug in the Cool Spring neighborhood is the fact that Allen Nelson, colored, lost his house by fire at about 1 o'clock Monday morning, saving onl a couple of mattresses. NKW FIRM Now Open and Ke?uly For The Fall liusineHs. Ab announced In The Chronicle several weeks ago, Messrs. George A. Rhame and Boykjn W. Rhame have left the firm of Springsft Shan Hon, where they have been for ma ny years and joined their brother, John E. Rhame, under the firm name of Rhame Brothers. These young men have had yearB of experience in the mercantile world, and are well and favorably known throughout Kershaw and ad joining counties.' They propose to handle groceries and general plan tation supplies, also live stock. The popularity of each of the young men makes this firm an exceeding ly strong combination and they are making a bid for the trade of the county-. They have an ad in The Chronicle today to which we direct your attention. I>led in Baltimore. Mr. W. H. Vincent, who former ly resided in Camden, died in Bal timore Monday as a result of be ing overcome by heat several days ago. Mr. Vincent was an expert tile worker and will be remembered by our people. He was married to Mies Eunice Mlckle while In Cam den, afterwards moving to Balti more. The body was brought to Camden and funeral services were held in West Wateree. Protracted Meeting. We have been requested to an nounce that a protracted meeting will be held at Swift Creek church, beginning at 11 a. m., Sunday, Sep tember 3rd. Rev. J. W. Tolar, of; 'Sumter, will assist the pastor. Rev. T. L, Cole. " The public cordially Invited to these meetings. Ice Cream Festival. The ladies of life Zlop church, a few miles east of Camden, will give an Ice oream festival at Mrs. Hen rietta Lee's at 1ft, Zion church on Friday night, September 8th. Other refreshments will- be served. The public la cordially invited. other sea-fowl coming inland. Large river fish were also com&g?up stream. in the middle ot the rap id* we saw a sturgeon weighing ?t least a hundred and twenty-five pounds within-fifteen feet of our "CITY BY THE SEA" WAS HARD HIT BY THE STORM UHMTltUCTION ANI> DKATII I? 1>JJ\I/1 MY l>UVAHTATIN(i HUKltlOANK. Columbia, 8. C? Aug. 30. ? Charleston and tho count generally are recovering from the stunning effect? > of the terrific hurricane which Bwept in from the bou Sun day evening. The death list in ('hnrleuton baa been swelled to 16. hut the estimate of property daui* age remains at about $1,000,000. Communication with the low-coun try has gradually been reBumed, and with adviceu from other part? comes the newB that Beaufort though swept by tho atorm, has not re ported any Iobb of life. Port Iloyal Is still cut off. On Sullivan's* Inland, according to advices from Charleston and sto ries told by passengers returning from that city, no lives were loat and none of the residents suffered serious-injury, though many of the houses on the beach were( swopt from their foundations and totally Wrecked, others being less serious ly damaged. ' In Charleston proper, the datn-1 ago has boon seriotis, and the Streets are still filled with debris, iiouvenirs of the memorable storm. The street car service has been re sumed and the electric light cur-J rent will bo turned on as soon as possible. Added to the damage and causing further fears were the heavy rains, which filled the low lying places of the city, thus not only causlng^great property loss but Klving rise to apprehension of Btck neBB. At tho navy yard the dam age was heavy, bIx torpedo boats being picked up out of the water and cast high upon the beach. St. Michael's church was among | the many places which Buffered in the storm. The steeple swayed BO much that the bells were occasion aly tolling mournful dirges as prop- J erty was being wrecked on all sides. One of the wlndowB of the steeple was blown In and the slates were blown off the church In large num bers. - . The crop damago has been very heavy. Beaufort was hard hit by the storm, the damage there being ve ry serious, according to the reports I which came at a late hour last night | No lives are reported lost. Georgetown suffered little or no damage. Telephone connection with| that town was restored yesterday and the first information was that there was nothing serious in the j disturbance there. Today communication with near ly all coaBt points, either by tele phone or by telegraph, 1b restored. Trains are now running about on schedule time. Ships &t\ sea also felt the effects of the storm, though the causuall ties were lesB serious than might) have been expected. The Clyde liner Apache arrived at Charleston yesterday after a bitter fight with the wind and the waves. The revised list of dead Is as follows: ! Alonzo J. Coburn, Southern rail-j way engineer. Ida Morgan, white. Rose Robinson, white. Mrs. M. Ooodson, Waycross, Qa. Charles Ooodson, Waycross, Oa. E. V. Cutter, Charleston. E. R. Smith, Columbia. MrB. Q. Reichter. Charleston. _ Mary Reichter, Charleston. - Lillian Stender, Charleston. 7 Four unknown negro men and ono negro woman. _ <2 Pop- Sale. - One horse and buggy for sale cheap. Apply to Camden Motor Co., Camden, 8. C. Lancaster Citizens Move Here. Messrs. R. L. Baker and D. J. Hlnson, progressive farmers of the Rich Hill section; have purchased what is known as the Highland Farm in Kershaw county, contain ing 1,194 acres, being one of the tracts advertised for sale ? in The Newt by Mf. John W. Ingrarti, of Kershaw. Mr. Baker and Mr. Hln son will move to their newly ac quired plantation sometime between now and the first of next January. They are good cltixens and Lancas Jtr-county will part with Uea with SOUTHERN CONGRESSMEN AIDING COTTON GROWERS ADV1SU FAHMKItH TO |IOM> OOT % TON FOR THIHTKKN CKNTH, FUNDS TO UK 1IA1MK1). Washington, Auk. 23.?"Hold cot ton for 13 eents" is the advice to be formally given to farrnem' organiza tions, by a committee consisting of Senators Wllllama, of Mississippi and Owen, of Oklahoma and Hop* resentatlve Burleson, of Texan, rep resenting a conference of sonatorB and representatives from seven cot ton-growing States. A committee will urge tho State banking associations to co-operate against "the bearish movement of the speculators," What wuh referred to generally as tho "threatening condition of the cotton market." with discussed at, meetings today and tonight. Anion the participant wore Senators Wll-1 liattiB and Owens, Representatives Underwood, of Alabama, democratic leader of tho houBe; Heflin, of Ala bama; Brantley and Hughes, of Georgia; Burleson and Bealle, of Texus; Garret,!, of Tennessee; Hum phrey, of Mississippi, and Small, of North Carolina. A number of them are large cotton planters. The committee Issued a statement which read: .."It seems to bo the opinion of all that there was a preconcerted effort being made, principally through the speculative element of the New York cotton exchange to break dowi the price of cotton. It was the opin ion of all that present statistical condition of cotton did not Justify the lownesB of present quotation^ and that the estimate of 15,000,000 bales was unjustified by any facts upon which a prediction could be sanely based- And moreover, even if a 16,000,000 bale crop were In sight the world's supplies still probably would fall short of the world's de mand for cotton, to the extent of more than 1,000,000 bales, because of tho exhaustion of the recent visi ble supply of carried-over Bpot cot ton. In other words, with a 16, 000,000 American crop the world's crop for 191l' would be 25,000,000 with 36,000,000 spindles creating a demand for 20,000,000. This state ment is based on latest advices from Kgypt, India and other cottou pro ducing countries." The statement refers to the ap pointment of the committee to write in the name of those present, a let ter to the president of the Farmers' union and to other cotton farmers' organizations, asking them to ad vise their- local unions and other su bordinate bodies to advise the farm ers generally to hold for 13 cents, and to continue to demand that price, "until by a convention or a greement, arrived at in some way, a different one shall be suggested." The conference expressed the view that 13 cents was seemingly less than that justified by the existing statistical condition. "This commit tee," the statement reads, "was al so requested to communicate In some way with the presidents of the several State banking associa tions in the cotton States, asking them to throw as far as possible their mor^l and financial support behind the effort to counteract the bearish movement of the specula tors, with the view of obtaining a fair price for the farmers' cotton. "Information was given at the in formal conference that assurances would be given to President Barrett or to Southern banks that ample funds from banks outside of the South could be had, through the in strumentality of Southern financial institutions, to bo lent, at tho rate of 6 per cent, per annum, to those who did not wish to dispose of their cotton at a sacrifice, upon ware house certificates. This committee subsequently met in the office of Senator Williams, of Mississippi and concluded .that the best way to car ry" out the ideas suggested and a~ greed upon was to give this state ments to the American Press. (Signed) Robert S. Owen. John Sharp Williams, A. 8. Burleson." ? If Wish to Sell That farm, timber laud, store of residence, write us at onoe and send full description as we have an ym?. l .ami (Jo.. Uuiiiler* ftL 11 IfrV-ut. . ".:$g '? ? ? ? MIIOOTINU IN I$1HII01>VIL1,K J. W. W?lu?m KIIIh I <4*1 ()u M*iu HtrtH of Town. A special to the Sumter Dully Item dated Uishopvllle, H. C., Aug. 2V, nays: "lu 11 shooting uffruy In this city about 9:30 last night, J. W. Walters, of this place, uhot and killed Lot Mature. The trou ble between the two men started over a beating which Matuse had Inflicted upon It. W. Walters, a son of J. W. Walters "It seeniB that there had been pome difficulty between It. W. Wal* tors and Matuse about a wot of harness, and when Matuse 'and an other man met Walters In the road Hoveral miles from Hluhopvllle yes terday afternoon, they Jumped on him and beat him unmercifully. It wub thought that they would have killed him had they not seen par ties coming down' the road when they wont on off. Help arrived and Walters wan carried on liome. "About 9:30 in the evening when Matuse wan returning from a show which he had attended he met J. W. Walters on the atreet and com menced shooting at him. Walters then drew his gun aud shot and killed Matuse. The trouble between the two men was the beating which Matuse had given Walter's son earlier in the day. "Matuse and the two Walters are both well known about Hlshopvillo, where much sympathy is expressed for the elder Walters, who was ar rested and placod In jull Immediate ly after the shooting. Matuso Is about 2 2 yoars of age and J. W. Walters is about 60 years old, and his son 1b about 3 0. H. W. Walters was reported to be in a sorious con dition, but it is thought that he will recover from the boatlug re ceived." ISKUIiAH NEWH NOTK8 . The heavy wind and rains of tho last few days have done much dam age to the cotton crop. Fodder pulling Is moBtly over except late corn. Cotton picking will be the order of the day for the iioy? t'vo or three months. Cotton._wan open ing rapidly until checked by the recent heavy rains. The health of tho community Is &ood, there not being a single case Of slcknoBB In the neighborhood ho far as we know. The protracted meetings at Beu lah and Mt. Olivet havo closod and we trust much good was accomp lished. Senator W. R. Hough, of Cam den, and Mr, William Sowell, of JCershaw, spent the day last Satur day at the home of Mr. B. F. Sowell. MIbb Anna. Smith is spending some time in Charleston and Pine oplis. Miss Annie West and Mr. Carl West are visiting relatives and friends at Abney this week. Mr. W. L.^Gaskins and wife were visiting Mr. P. T. Bruce and family last week. Rival*. A dollar and a penny once hap pened to be together in the same pocket, and- the dollar began to put on Airs. "I am a big gun," said the dollar, "and you are only a dull, mud-colored little Indian. I am re ligious, for I a/11 all the time saying, 'In God we trust,' and you are only a pagan. I am patriotic, for on one Bide I have the Amorlcan eagle and on the othor the Goddess of Liber ty, and I buy lots of fireworks on the Fourth of July. I am heaven ly-minded, for I have the stars to think about and you don't have any thing. I am precious, for I am nice bright silver and everybody wants me; but you are the base copper and nobody cares a snap for you." "That may all bo so/' said the poor little penny. . "You may be more patriotic than I am and more re ligious than I, am, but I go to church more than you do and am oftener found In the contribution box than you are," replied the pen ny.?Lyons Republican Meeting Chamber of Commerce. The regular monthly meeting of the Camden Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Opera House, Wednesday, Sept. ?, at 6 p. m. You are earnestly requested to be present. , Your very truly, ^ ; W. R? Ere, Jr.,- ? Secretary. _ A woman ft her ?rnntn? when her -shoes get old enough no' to kill Imp too mush. REMARKABLE GROWTH AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY PIUURUS SHOW STEADY UAINH FROM YKAH TO YKAH.?18 liKitK TO STAY The automobile l? u wonderful in vention, und in onu of the most en joyable meaus of travel. It 1h not strange that the manufacture of them in growing kt a very rapid rato, The following statistics, show ing the growth of the industry, have bdeti going the rounds of the pross. Twelve years ago, in 1899 the val ue of the automoblleti produced in (he United States wati estimated to be $4,600,000. Five yours Inter the value of the annual out-put wiih reckoned at $24,000,000. The fig ures for laat year are not availa b!e,' but in the year 1009 the value of the automobiles produced had rln en to the reuiarkablo total of $16G, 000,000. For the same year the vitl tie of locomotiveB produced wiih on ly $27,000,000; of wagons and cur riagea $121,000,000; of sewing ma chines $21,000,000, and of typowrif ers $7,000,000. Those comparisons felvc some idea of the extent of tho automobile craze, for it is a craze. There 1b a legltlmnto place for auto mobllcH, of courne. but comparative ly few of them are used for busl Jno?H purpoBeB. Out. of the total of 12 7,289 machines produced In 19 09 only 3,288 were business vehicles. The reBt wore built for pleasure rid ing, though it 1b likoly that many of thiB typo are used by physicians. But It is clear enough that it is the demand for pleasure which tereates moBt of tho demand for au tomobiles and, unfortunately, many thero are who ultimately Buffer many things from possessing and using machines which they cannot afford. Wc believe it is correctly stated In the above clipping, that the auto-^ mobile nuinin Is due chiefly, not to the convenience of tho machine from u business standpoint nor to the In creasing prosperity of the country, but to the lovo of ploAsure... And so strong is that love of pleasure that many are willing to mortgage their homes to enjoy the exhilara tion the machine affords . And while the crazo is perhaps now at its height, and may, like that for bicycles a few years ago, relax to some extent when the novelty has ^vorn off, it is belloved that the au tomobile is here to stay. This snmo desire for pleasure, fwhich 1b leading many men of lim ited means to strain their Incomes to own machines, 1b making the uutomobile one of the greatest of modern foes to the cultivation of spirituality, and especially to the proper observance of tho Sabbath. The temptation is to take runs on the Babbath and convert it into a day of pleasure, instead of observ ing it as it Bhould be, and as best ,promotea our spiritual interests. We ^ere sorry to notice that the presi dent lent the Influence of his exam ple a few Sabbaths ago to this (method of desecrating God's holy day by a pleasure ride to and from Baltimore.. And the extent to which the automobile is operating against Sabbath observance is giving our town and city churches a new prob lem to solve.?A. R. Presbyterian. An Appreciative Reader. Wo arel In receipt of a letter j, from a valued subscriber who baa been a regular reader of The Chron icle for the past ten years, In which ho says some highly compli mentary and much appreciated thing of us. We copy the follow ing extract from hia letter: "Permit me to say a few words concerning the Improvement in pour paper's appearance and -real? worth. 'I have been young, and am old; yet have I not seen,' in all my experience with papers, a greater change and improvement In one's appearance, as has come or?r your* of lata. Young ladlee don hobble skirts, short ones, and all that sort of thine* to improve their appearance and make them more Interesting and charming, but yrar paper's new drees beats them all." ?mall gaaottne engine for sale **eap at The Cbr*afcl? offlae. la