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LITTLE LOCAL LINES Of CITY AMD COUNTY FOLKS wffic :.V*3 '* ?; *' ?i -~ r- ?*?%?'/*/ V mm voo wom von a ?xn*i> 1 GATHJKItKI) AND UROUPKO VOU gi K K HKAl>INO Jfe" f hM r Auditor Russell Id at Blaney to dayUaklng tax returns. .? " """" Eton JoneM, of Stoneboro, spent Sunday and Monday here. Capt. K. L. *'helps visited rela tive# at Georgetown recently, Charlie Beckham, of Greenville, waa a visitor hart last week. Col, Leroy Springs, of I^ancaster, wan a visitor here Wednesday. It In said that Hfeflry Schlosburg's ?alef was the "tal* of 'the town." T, J. Mpscoinb Is in Atlahta, at* tending a convention of coca cola bottlers. Capt. J. A. Maxwell, claim agent of the Southern Railway, spent sev<s eral days here last week. W. A. , Marshall, i- who has been bookkeeper for the Pino Creek Cot ton Mill, has resigned, and will lo cate elsewhere. Mr. T. J. Kirk land Is having ex tenslye Improvements made on his house on corner of Lyttleton and Chesnut- streets. Supt. of Education I. J. McKenzle was in Columbia last week where he went to attend the meeting of the County Superintendents. Mr. J. M. Lengnlck, member of the legislature from Beaufort, spent the week end In Camden with his sister, Mrs. Jas. T. Uurdell. I Mr, W. M; McCaskill, of L*e< county, vlslited his son. Dr. 8. M. McCaskill, who recently -came to Camden to practice medicine. Miss Carrie Beckham, of Kershaw, who has been connected with the Kershaw Oil Mill, as stenographer, has accepted a position with the Da vidson Lumber Co. Mr. J. It. Rfceder, of Spartanburg, has been appointed agent at the Southern depot here in place of O. D. Anderson, who resigned some time ago, to engage in 'farming in Aiken county. Mies D. E. Brown has returned to Camden for another winter, and will again occupy the Barstow house; She Ib accompanied by her friend, MIbb Virginia Wallace, who spent last season with her. Mr. L. A. Mannlnlg left this week for Shelby, N. . C., where he will look after Irrigation work for the government. Mr. Manning was re cently chosen engineer to take charge of drainage work in Hamp ton county. Mrs. Thomas Ryan, wife of the New' .York millionaire, spent sev eral days in Camden last week, hav ing come down in her private car. Her son has rented and will occupy the Whistler bungalow in front of the Kirkwood Hotel. The chalngang1 which has been lo cated in the upper part 'of the ooun ty, has moved to TEe pine grove, near Bateman'a ditch. The rough weather for, the paBt month will give the chalngang plenty of work, in patching up the rroads. The Chronicle returns thanks to Rev. H. B. Browne, pastor of the Lyttleton Street Methodl&t Church, for a copy of the minutes of the laat State Conference; also for a printed copy of an address deliver ed by him before the Historical So-, clety of the South Carolina Metho-' dial Episcopal Church, South, a'tv Bennettesville, S. C., November 28th 191 J,, upon the Methodlat Sunday Schools, traoing, a century's record of movement. Mr. Browne has been president of thiB So<Sitey continuous ly since 1898. Nearly all members of the local bar went to Columbia on Thurs day, to attend the meoting of the State Rar Association. While there a banquet was Berved at the Colo nla and the association wast address ed by s^Vftrni Tvrll known speakers. Including Judge Alton B. Parker and Judge H. A. M. Smith. Among the new members tak'en in at the meeting were Messrs. M. L?. Smith and T. J. Kirklund. Capt. W. M. Shannon was put upon the nomina tion oommlUee from the Fifth Circuit. Mr. 1.. T. Mills la an offi cer of the Association. MILLINERY < " Beautiful creations to de tafcv-' ;? ' r' v f ..: ' . * ,Vy *. :9 6X ? a - V- ;?;/ y/* ? . T * ' light the Feminine heart. ? T*iy : ? . ? v *? * * V. ? . ^ / .. m&;}: ? ' . ? - " ?' - ? A IKJffJUJKADOAf WitiUUCJI IMscwprsm on "Character iWMtai" at Grace Kpl?co)M4 (liorcb. According to announcement made in The Chronicle )Mt week, Arch deacon Webber commenced ft eerlee of meetlnge in Grace Episcopal churah. ye?M?i<iuy afternoon at 4 o'clock. Hie sermon laet, night wae a masterpiece of eloquence and Ibglc. Hie subject "Character Build ing," wae handled In a moet able manner. He Mhowed by unanswer able argument that Jesus Christ Ihould be the central .figure and Seal for the building of all charac ter. The Arrchdeacon |e a moet pleasing and fluent speaker and the lE>eople of this community are fortunate in having this opportunity to hear him. Bervicss will be held daily at 10 rf. in., 4 p. m.. and 8 p. n>. until nepl Thursday only. On Sunday, the morning service wil| be at 11:16. On Sunday afternoon a meeting for men only will be held at the Operft House at 4 o'clock. ? Germofert. Messrs. Jas. Q. Davis, of Winns boro, and K l E. Lewis, of Kldge way, were pleasant callers at The Chronicle office yesterday. These Oermofdrt Fertiliser Co., of Char Geermofent Fertiliser Co., of Char leston. They liked the looks ot the paper we are publishing, and Mr. Davis having at one time own ed the Winnsboro News & Herald, knowing full well the value of newt* paper advertising, Is using a big ad in The Chronicle today. If tes timonials from reliably parties count for anything the good? they are handling certainly look the m.Or ney and it would be to. every farm era Interest to read carefully these testimonials. Mr. W. F. O u tun, of Oatawba Junction, was In Camden recently to see about a location for a plant here for the manufacture of pot tery. He has a Plant at Catawba Junction but desires a larger field for his business. He says that there are nice clay beds near the Hermitage and pine Creek Cotton Mills. The Chamber of Commerce has taken an lutereet In the matter and will endeavor to secure a site for him, Camden needs a numberr of small industries like, this, and it Is hoped Mr. Outen will locate here. Mr. J. S. Gardner, of Kershaw, was a pleasant caller at The Chroni cle office on Wednesday. "I am highly pleased with the paper you are publishing, and want to pay my subscription for the past year, and one year In advance," said my Mr. Gardner to us, handing us two bright sliver "bucks." He is one of the oldest , citizens of the county ? being 81 years at his last birth day and is still hale and hearty at hiB advanced age. Mr. Gardner doe nearly all the work around his farm and says today he can read any paper without the aid of glasses. He is a good citizen and a remark ably well preserved man for his age. The members of the West Wa? teree township Corn Club are to meet at the Court House on Mon day, Feb. 5th, when the prizes will be awarded. Corn clubs were or ganized in each township by the Chamber of Commerce last year, and $25.00 was given to each club by that body. An initiation fee of $5.00 was charged each member, which will later be given to the person who makes the largest yield. Some of the clubs have as many as thirty members. The per sontarecelvlng first prize will be well rewarded. O. B. Martlin of the Ag ricultural department at Washing ton, Professor C. B. Haddon of the Agricultural department at Clemson College, and Mr. -L. L. Baker, farm demonstrator! of Lee County, will de liver addresses at the Court House on Thursday at 11:30 in the inter est of the boys ' corn clubs. Not only will the speeches be of Interest to the members of the boys club* but will be of great value to the farmers. The boys corn club was organized here two yoars ago with about thirty members. Last year it about doubled its membership. This year, it,' is hoped that the num ber. Of . memberrs will again be in creased. The success of the club is due to I. J. McKenzie, superin tendent of Education, and who is head of the club, and who has work ed very hard in its behalf. Vance Hough carried off first prize this year, raising# 101 bushels of corn on one acre. Did any grown farmer in the County beat that? TUAf WEATHKK ITBM. i . . ? " i ? ? ff ? Tba / gfrtjtolf published in 4 Tfco Chronicle last week relative to the extreme cold weather In tblf sec tion in 1999, Mem* to have been doubted by some, We gave the In formation' Just as tt wh kept at that time by two repuiablp clttaen* of Camden who had taegi?'*"ed 4b?r ofOamden who bad registered. thor ites* of the Instruments we know not, but certainly k.iov< that f brokg all records for cold In thj? section, ae is shown by extracts from our file paper of Feb, 17, 1809, and a Weather Item from the Atlanta Con stitution of that date: ? "Thlf week has certainly been a record ' breaker both in retard to tho snow aud cold. With the snow 12 inches deep and the thermom eter 12 degrees below sero Is pos sibly somethliug that baa never been a reality here before, If so, the record* <lo not show it. Tho reports show that this extreme cold was general throughout the United States and the damage to the earr |y fruit crop Is very severe. In some places not only the buds but trees were killed. Notwithstand ing the extremity of the cold th#re has been but very little suffering here, though there has been some fatalities among stock, ' and it Is reported that two llttlrf colored boys froze to death In West Wa~ teree." "The following from the Atlanta Constitution at that time pretty well summed up the situation: "As a usual thing wh?n Atlanta has a cold spell of weather there are always plenty of ol<F Inhabitants rready with a mulitude of musty yarns about how oold It was in such and such a year. They can always go back almost to the time when the memory of man runneth not and tell about how much cold er It was in those days. They seem to have some kind of an un derstood organization for .the pur pose of throwing pff on the weath er man and making his reoords look small. It Is the same thing in hot weatherr, and they always go the weather man one better,. "But the old timers had their mental water pipes frozen up yes terday, and for once the weather man waa allowed to go on and make his records undisturbed and with the aid of Jack Frost and the old woman who picked her geese, he was master of tbe situation. It is more ,tban probable tfcat the re cords made yesterday will ? stand for some time, and that even the old 'timers will not have the nerve to tell anyyams about cold weath er. One thing Is sure, and that is that they will not tell any of their yarns at leaat until Atlanta thaws out. It. would not be safe for any of them to tell their cold weather yarns . to the half - frozen citizens Just at present." A dispatch from Marietta, Ohio, dated Feb. 10, 1899, says: "With the therrmometer at 20 degrees be low zero at 9 o'clock last night one woman and two men were baptized by Rev. Wharton of the Christian church, at Coal Run on the MuBk ingum river. A hole was cut In the Ice on the river and the, candi dates for baptism emersed." Mr. W. R'. Eve, Jr., wrote the weather bureau at Columbia for figure* tor- thai^ertod. The fol lowing is his letter and the reply of the weather bureau: "Harry O. Qeren, Director, Weather Bureau, Columbia. "Dear Sir: Will you kindly let me know the lowest temperature during the year of 1899, and would also like to know the lowest during .the last 20 years. "One of our citizens is under the impression that the thermometer went down to 11 below zero, on Feb. 11, 1899, and I am inclined to ?think that he is mistaken. "Yours very truly, . W. R. Eve, Jr." "Columbia, Jan. 24. * Mr. W. R. Eve, Jr., Camden, * Dear Sir: In reply to the above, 1 beg leave to inform you that the Weather Dureau did not have in struments located at Camden dur ing 1899. consequently can give you no figures. "The cold weather in Feb. 1899, was general over the entire United States, with but few exceptions, and the low records made then were the lowest on record up to that time, and in practically all cases have remained unbroken to date. The record at Columbia is 2 degrees be low zero on Fob. 14, 1899. "I am sorry that we have no official figures to give you for Camden. 1 "Very respectfully, "Harry O. Geren, Section Director." Dr's F. Lesllo Zemp and Juo. W.. Corbett were the gentlemen who gave us the figures published last week which showed 11 degrees be low zero, and when seen yesterday stated that the instruments used were thoroughly dependable and the record of temperatures publish ed were correct. Hobkirk Hill Chapter D. A. R. Mrs. Ixmg will be hostess to the Hobkirk Hill, Chapter D. A. R., on next Thurrsday afternoon, Feb. 1st. All members' are invited. Several small houses are being erected on the Monroe Boykln lots In the upper end of Camden. Sev eral houses have also been erected on both sides of the Seaboard rail road track, between the Lyttleton Street crossing and Spalding. Up to the Wishbone. Said an English clergyman; "Patriot ism is the backbone of. the British em* pire; and wbat we ?*ave t<^ do is to trstn that backbond and bring it to the front" ? Christian Intelligencer. Want SomethlnQ to Exercise On. Somehow or other , the women who feel that they were born to -coram and always get married;? Exchange. (:;Pl ' V ?. ,, v. AT SALE TT 1 1 hursday, And Continues Until m v-#'* * ?'??#' SKft'.'l ? /. ||h ? v : ... : ilHWllI AT come