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V VI PROVED ; ; :*?>*yjRpMHrJK rir~ ^-JWKg ? ' ? f Hi HIT* >1US AT FOUliTH ftOKHK "MOW.? A BgjfJg ?W VHO** WHO ?'jftfalfl ' HG& ''i?* -..? . ' ?* "v1" ' ';h^; t i ~1'- ' The {iht (^y the fourth an nual horse show wan a success in every detail. Never have .prettier horses entered (the arena here. It took the Judges a loug while to Pick the dinner?, no plose was the f competition \# "every event. The day was perfect and a good crowd was In attendance. ^Manyrvlsitors from nearby towns and a large con tingent Of tourists were In evidence. I. The Fee Dee section* of the state was well represented in the arena with unusually stylish horses. Jno, K. Ottley's horses of Atlanta, Ga., were much admired lni^every event | in which they were entered, bv- '.Bonie of the visiting exhibitors are: Mrs. W.y B. Schiller, of Pitts* burg; Geo. H. Dunnell, of Albany, N. y. ; Messrs. Cauthen, of Ker- 1 Shaw; Krumbhols, of . N. Y.; Kir via, of Darlington; King of Sumter; Knight of Kershaw ; McCutcheon, of piBhopville; Moore, of Sumter; Ott> ley, of Atlanta.; Potter, of Provi dence, R. !.; Shaw of Sumter,; Tru luck, of Lake City and numerous exhibitors from Caradeu "and Ker shaw county. The Judges' decisions seemed to please the crowd in- every event, ?* with one Exception, in which a Eblack horse owned' by Mr: fierce, of Camden, which was driven by Miss Doyle of SumWr, seemed to be a favorite both With the gtand l Atand and **de , lines. When the horse failed to* win there was con siderable cheering for the horse. jp&$Phere were ten entries in that. , class'. This is the first time there l has been a kick at any of the four shows Ijeld here. The following-?** the winners feof Wednesday: ? .,1 g Tfte , Wiimertfi: |f|^| Pair horses, 16:2 hands or over, to be shown to two-seater; style action and individuality t$ ' count, also general appearance of turnout -?First prize, $20, Geo. H. Dtinnell; second prize, $10, W. B. Boyle; L^lr4ilfaTiy,fiL.rtrtpB. Kto.ft fewyPV t : ? Kershaw ' Hprses. County clasS, for saddle horses owned in Kershaw CoUfity ? -First prize, $20, Ed Workman; second prize, $10, ?. J. Shannon, Jr,; third ? prize, ribbon, J. M. Smit^Lugoff. jingle roadster, to bo showja- to, speed or road wagon, horsey and' performance to count ? First prize $20, J. N. Klrvin; second prize, $10, Geo. T. Little; third prize, ribbon King and Blanding. Kirkwood cup? Howe to. be shown to runabout or open buggy with box body, heavy harness; horse to count 65 per cent., appointment 36 per cent,? First prize, qup, Geo. T. Little; second prize, ribbon, John K. Ottley; third prize, ribbon, C. R. Pottor. Three gaited saddle horse, over 15 hands, to show walk,, trot and -canter?First' prlfe $20, John K: Ottley; second prize, $10, Geo. T. Little; third prize, ribbon, Geo. H. Bunnell. W*lk and runv rac?-^ -FSlrst prize, $10, W. W. King; second Prize, $5, Geo. T. Little; third 1>rize, ribbon, T. Edmund Krumbholz Hobkirk Inn Cup. Ladies' harness horse, to be shown to appropriate vehicle; horse 50 per cent., appointments 215 per cent.*rrsFirat prize, cup, Geo. , T. Mdttle, driven by Mrs. Edwards; sec ond prize, ribbon, Mrs. Schiller; priZ6|vivi60? JPuulJl v * by guest of one of the tourist ho* tele. Single harness horfee over 15:2 | hands, to be shown to appropriate vteh^lo^ horse only to count? Firs^ Prize, $20, J. W.,slngram; second Prize, $10, Geo. T* Little; third Ip. CAUB TO lilS ATTACIIKD In ('?ae? of l)w?n?|w by Drivers of "" f ? \ AUUiiuoMkn. fj' On the tenth of March the now ; law reiatiug to the attachment . or i iniioi!iobUe? for the recovery of damages /* resulting from careless driving of iiuch uiuchiucs became ef fective. fe . & ?*'.$ - -j;;;: The new automobile Uw provide* that when a motor vehicle t? oper ated In violation of the iaw and a person or other vehicle or property receives injury thereby, the dam-" age# done to such person or prop erty constitutes a lien on the motor vehiele next in priority to the Men thejreon tor ?tate and county taxes. The only otyer exception to the working of 'the law Is when the automobile doing the damage was stolen from a secure holding-place. ; The new law, now in effect, la aa follows: {?' |pf :,S- '{ 'k f f "Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the StatiS of. South .Carolina: When a motor v^ biefe is operated in violation of the provisions otSl**/ or Aegllgetgly and carelessly; and when, any per ? son receives personal injury there* by, or when a buggy or wagon or other propeity is damaged thereby; the damages done to sAch person or: property shall be and constitute a lien next in priority to the lien for State and county taxes upon such motor vehicle, .^recoverable Uv any, court of competent Jurisdiction, and the person sustaining ~ auch damages shall -have a right to at tach said mtoor vehicle in the man ner prescribed, by law for, ettacn ments in this State. - "Provided, that this act shall not be ef fectty<$ in case the motor ve^ Iiicle Bhall have been Stolen bjf the breaking of a building under a se cure lock or when the vehicle ia Becurely locked." JHKAT MKETING 1 IMS' fi? M ^WS Sunday Crowd Men and boys meeting $it 3hw *mp tist Chn^h last Sunday aftejnodft to hear l>r. Wharton's address on "Death at a Froii6/|;; X male joho rus, led by Mr. Sush, furbished sweet music for the occasion. ? Dr. Wharton took as his sub ject the 6th chapter of Daniel, met death at a feast. Sis remark? on this occasion were, as fine as ever heard here. He took up the entire chapter and laid great stress upon the severe Indictment . brought against the- king by Daniel when, called, upoji to interpret the hand-j writing on the wall.._ His plea tot righteousnesa in all walks of life touched his hearers deeply. I |;^iAt the closing., services at the Methodist church Sunday night the largest crowd of the meetings was present. Hia subject for the evening Was Matthew 22:42: "What think ye of Christ v* | ^ OrThls service closed the series Of meetings and Dr. Wharton and Mr. Bush left Monday morning for West Virginia, where they go to corWuct meetings in that state. 1 The two genttemejn made friends of j all -who had the pleasure of hearing them and their work here will no doubt beg felt for years to come. ^ Mr.'f. J. SmjrM, Who t<*.,*: nw?ns| ber of years has served as constable, for Magistrate H. M. Fiucher, has moved to Columbia to live. Mr. John D. Sinclair has Mr. Smyrl's The KlocUo?_ta Wa?l In the second primary election for Ww*?U*. 7"* LaBlngtTu^nd Mr. M. G. Huckabee, resulted in a yote of 37 to 31 In favor of Mr. 1 Friday, March i2, at the of hor son, Mr. Earlie G; HOSPITAL AUXILIARY MONTHLY MEET J>AI>IK8 UIU4JB THAT WOMKN UK X THM OOUKTY WNl> A > HISS i HKWIB^J HANI). \ ! Uk-, rfiV ?'? VtwbS?' ?' * . ? /? T -v^ > . ; . ' 'T' I The monthly meeting of the Hos ?pltal Auxiliary took place at Court House Monday, March 26, and tho the afternoon wa* fair there was a very small attendance. About 40 of the 20$ members were present ? a fact to bjjfeplomf, an ft seetaui to Indicate that already there may/ bo a falling off of Interest on ac count the several generous do nations to this building and en dowment of the Hospital, but It must be remembered, there has been no promise of help from any quarter for the furnishing and the equipment of It ? the estimated coat of which will be about ten thous and dollars. There will be too, the beautifying and adornment pf the grounds, (or besides the gracious ?bade of tho trees, there m*"rt flowers to gladden the mnw of the sicfc and convalescent patients, and it would naturally be the part of the Auxiliary tQ undertake this la bor of love, and money will be needed for this purpose too. So "let not those who have their hand to plow look back," but let then* work with renewed steal since our efforts have been so richly re warded ^k> fa*, and onr dreams *o gloriously realised, of having a handsome up-to-date fire-proof hos pital. The stirring appeal to the women of the county to organize Into chap ters to help in this work has not met With the response we hoped for and H. In hoped thai w(tlx this explanatfi^p^ our alma i$nd ambi tions, they will bestir themselves, and go to with * will- The only section thiut haa responded so showing what fine resultb can be obtained by e.nergy ijnd enthusiasm. May the good work be continued! ^^?nnthen donation flf, dollars was made by a Northern la dy, Mrs. A, B Davis, of New York, with a request that It be used for flowers, and if this amount is ju diciously usedj It will serve to make beautiful a large Area of the hos pital grounds. Her* is a fine ample too, which we hope wtti~-be emulated. Another donation o? two dollars from J. T. Mackey, a boy of ten years, was received with smiles by all present, and many ap preciative comments were made on hie enterprise* for he made the money himself by giving a moving picture show. Let other boys take note, and let us have some more donations* from the young people of Camden. > ffi ??h'K ,( The most important business transacted at this meeting w<as the Adoption W?> tt ; constitution. Etfctt clause was tread and voted upon, and it is much to the credit of Mrs. Mftnpes fittruch, who drew it up, at It was so well done that It " with little discussion | and only minor changes In onfe of the articles. A rising vote of thanks was tendered her. A copy of the constitution will be furnished any Cfefter organize^ in the oo un ity, if . desired, and applications he I made for same, to Miss Cora Rltch rrespondlng secretary, at Cam b Keport was made by Mips. Roland [Goodale, of a called meeting at 'which It wfcii decided to give a play at the opera honse toward the end of April, .called "Trial by Ju |ry," which is said to be a most amusing comedy. The proceeds to be divided between the Auxiliary id a company which provides ihi ay and principal actors, The^#reaaurcr^L repo?t waa^ ojfel the sum total col m-. UTIIE LOCAL UNES OF '? CITY AMD COUNTY FOLKS f ? ? I |'#i? I I ITKH8 TOO 8HORT FOR A HKAD f UATHKIUSD AND tiROVPBU ' FOR QU1CJI READING. . -li - 79 ? ? h # Kuyniond McClalu, of Greenville, is visiting' his pftrenU.v' j , : VMr. and Mr*. I. G, Hough spent last Monday lu Columbia.'' Mr. Frank Hough has boon quite sick for several day# with grippe. Mr. H. E. Board and family have moved to Hartsvijle to reside. We regret to lose them a* oltlsens of Camden. ^lerlff Trantbam went over to Columbia on Tueeday to convey a patient to the fllate Hospital for the Insane. f Rev. H, B. Browno waa in Colum bla Tuesday , where he went to at tend a meeting of the, board of trustees of Columbia Coilogt. &|M?| 7 Adams Amusement Co. which ha* been here during the week for the benefit of the fire department, leaves on Sunday for Rock Hill. Mrs. t?ong has pUrchased , the lot worth of her house on Mill street, which eta will convert Into a put ting green and lawn tennis court. \ . Miss Kathleen O'Farrell, who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. A. C, Ancrum, for the past month/ l$?t on Monday for her homo In Athena, Georgia. gig; ? >0 A? % Mr. W. H. Dawes has purchased the lot adjoining the Young house on Ffclr. street. He also purchased a lot sometime ago near the same property, facing Fair street, v WeVe you "tagged" on Wednes day?^ The young ladles were ^out in full force tagging everyone in sight. ^ Quit^; a neat sum was reaij ized, which will go to the Camden Hospital. , , Mr. Jobeph Walker, of Columbia, who tg-cotmected- wHfe * tko~ firm- of. M^^eath||ipertjPpyodnoBday hero on business, | While In the clt^jjie \ if as the guest of his uncle, W. Brat ton deLoache. Mrs. Robert Kennedy, of Savan nah, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Zemp. Mr. Kenne dy be located in Camden again next year, which is good news for .tlifllr mnnv frlenda here. f ^ The, few recent' dry spellB have enabled the farmers to do some plowing. They are way behind In their work, but if ' the weather con tinues tor be good, they wllF-sooa have their lands ready for planting. 'Phe handsome. ahaYlng set, which was played for in the ringer contest at the Sarsfleld Golf Club this week, was won by Mr. C. H. Yates. 'he runner fups were Messrs. Ag-| m IISS I r;r,"' '* ? . v 1 The moving picture show which [ baa been running at ?the , . . house for several months closed! last week. ^The 'show is owned by Mi*. (His Adams, of th* Adams Car nival Co. He will accompany his ' . ' B. Sohlller, ol ?MK ~ei? Arrow seven pas Mrs senger touring car during the win ter months. This is one of the few cars shipped to Camden this year winter ee? there were a. C. J. Shannon, 3rd., recently the .civil service examination "now I required of . all mailing clerks of| postof flees. Mr. Shannon made 99. -J 64 out of a posalble 100 points. be congratulated uppn pass a creditable examination. That excellent gentleman, Mr. T. El wood Carpenter, of Mount Kli New fork, Whfr tor a number of I years has been spending his winters] in Camden wks here a. day or two, thla week on his way back home from Florida. Mr. Carpenter has many g<*>d friends In Camden ibid they regret that he was not with] [them thla winter. tmm seal and exam-l of the. workers may make oth-| remember that they t [lend a' helping hand and < their mitf or fronlflUfV. y pocket; books, and be gmm /^l*lU&HKKyj|JHK ^NtKHTS. W l^ruwj Frutit iu> ?ent Never* KloujJU. %t &jt'h Ami. *?/ ?-. .ii. ' .? ? ?' - ? ^ V '? ;i '" The terrific flood* oC the pa?t week throughout (ho South Atlan tic States .involving u Iowa of many millions of dollars, again illustrate tho value of conserving tho forests on the headwaters of our rivers and large streams. Ou many rivers In the South the flood record has hfteu for heigh th and ^drainage hut perhapa the most notable feature of theso utter day, floods in the sud-r den ness with which they swlsep down ; from the' hill and mountalu ??^ntry rolling lit such tremendous volume as to Inundate towiiM, facto I y villages, and farm houses, with hardly a influent's warning, Tho Star's news columns have jjpp of the life and property de struction during the past4 week, and yet the total amount of destruction I# yet to be figured up, it appears Jjjhat the railroads have suffered a larger amount of damage than from all' previous high water disasters in the Sout h, North ^Carolina came in for a large share of high water and damage* some of the Hvers in this State having reached unprecedented heights, notahly the Roanoke, which rose forty feet above the normal flow, with the probability that it would go even higher. Not only thirty.*' buj thB ??<?" ?"<i branches experienced the sudden rises which endanger life, and it in because the oojjntry constituting the watershed practically has Men de~ nuded of their forests. '0. B?fore there was such extensive cutting away of the forests in the mountain and hill country, there were some big floods, but they came gradually and "kept up several days longer, showing that the i$ forests held baok the water and gradually Btfedjjlft into the streams which oaiv ried it into the rivers, it seems that the periods for these disastrous floods come so regularly every year that we ihay^ as well expect them as a matter of course. ' They have Aa9$bt us that new danger lines will have to (be established,' on our wa ter courses. both -for tho sake of lifq and property, while it is evident that the railroad and bridge engin eering of the future has. to start from a new basis of levels and <fel cula^e on contingencies heretofore unexpected. A visitor to the mountain and hill country of North Carolina does Hat hffYfl W- search far for the cause of these I latter ;^a^a3?Wl and enormous floods. We know sections of North Carolina which, twenty-flvo years ago were so covered with for est that the people lived In igno rance that the Blue Ridge and other mountains would some day become visible from the communities. How ever, with mlleB and mileB of clear ed couhtry, including the piedmont hills and knobs now stripped of mountain vietos from a part of the tfcefr greatoak lilckoiy iurettsr It is needless to remark that up less the Appalachian '! Forest Re servo will restore tbo forests Jn ma ny sections of the fountain, pountry, and that unless the forests along the rivers are preserved or1 restored, we may as well continue to expect just such ruinous floods as thif press Is telling us about todacy.N* Wilmington Star. Death of Mr*. Pearson. -Mr. James A. Pearson, step-fath er of Mrs. W. C. Hough and Mra. J. A. McDougald, died at the . home of Mr, W. 0. Hough on t>eKalb BU on Tuesday afternoon at 1:20. Mr. Pearson wha a native of North Car olina and was a Confederate sol dier, serving in the lit regiment of that Stated He has been aj-)ro8i dent of Camden for the past two years. Funeral services were held at Mr. Hough's residence at 10:30 o'clock on Wednesday morning con ducted by Rev. M. L?. Lawson and ? a.*# ? ^ I// **-v ? ? +**? ? * w M1* wwu the* interment was In the Camden cemetery. ' ? ? " ? i. I>eath of M?. Bow?.. fc .Mrs., Catherine Bo wen, relfct o* theiliito ,Mr. 7C, P. Ef^wen; on the 16th inst., at the residence of Jld^Chartiem. Nettles, at Lugoff, wfiore she had gone on a Visit. M?. BoV?n ? M year. 61 a MIA MOUNTAINEERS ARE LAWLESS ELEMENT ? ? n ' . " < '? iMilMiriM FSOPIK nisiMTi: AUTHORITY OF I. A\v ANI> CLAIM (iOlMJlVKN 1UOHT TO "MOONHHlNK." uMm The murder of a Judge, a prose cuting attorney and a sheriff by. a prisoner and bis friend* a* a climax to a trial In a court room back In the Vlrgiula mountain*! has served to emphasise to the rest of the United States that a race almost en- J ^ tlrely different from the people liv ing around tbem /has grown up In the Houthem mountains. | That the conditions leading up to the outrage p In the Carroll county court house were not newV hut t^e product of years of development Is also likely understood by few persons . U The people who have taken a * foothold In that portion of the Blue Ridge, lying in Virginia* North Car olina, Kentucky, Tennessee andOeor gla are not unlike in spirit to <he in diane who?e ruio they succeeded and r ~ on whose footprints they trod close tho mountainside. ~ All that they ask is personal liberty? th<?jjlght to live their own lives vhs they want to among the peaks and coves ojt the n^ountains that, they consider theirs by right. fc^nfortunately, it happens that the chief exproBsion of thin |W*Onal lib erty must bo m tho manufacture and sale of #Wskoy, - regardless of jthe restrictions In the shape of revenue taxes placed on that traffic by the govern mentjj&|| Ttie firing stills antl the marketing of the dVt .lis to tho moftntf^06*'8 tho ?od given rfchts which no man has a right to . 4le,J|And ' & wjas a "moonshin charge that lay back of the ai ment of Floyd Afl<jn, thai p\. Lwhse piostol shots killed Judge To understand tbo oonditlons In L |g - ^jxcsea-v. inning Of \'^i"ot"iho iowii during the pc'. riod in ? which the ipStitutibn ' of v slavery was being established. the wealthy took possession of all of the fertile land between the moun tains And the s*& oil the one hand " * the" momi*s4as <f?ui?4ha Mtojllflr.., liiia^ ili^ ? ':li hippi on the other, and the po ' were forced gradually Into the bar- ? ren hill country, where they settled, Bli! *? SQuattejre, and proceeded to make the best of a Wire exist ?ce, which wa. at leaat free. ,; Sfc-gg i-iA'&ml By the time that the civil Ihqok the country th: ? for ifHl \ sep mountain race ? for it had ii grown to be such, bo different W?1~. [its people from the plantatloi| own feci BurroundingTth'em-* tinctly developed as it deed, in manjr parte of tain? the inhabitants have! little since tfco, 6Q's. And expreaalon of their love tor I dom was in their hatred for slay.,, not because of principle, but on ac count of the tact that wherever they cnmo into contact they suffered by competition. poor ) wthites of the sout talne were united in the with the northern side the-fpreservation Ojt I It is the irony of fate ndeed the Union which they support* that conflict should have become sponsible for their tirouhicB The tax on whisky was ad< a war taxi(- and *t lilt no than the inhabitants of t tain^whoBje'cVt?* me*ns hood was the turning into the corn raised on the ! fifttg&M* ^ej^rebejyied aga tax on what they, consider! vested right* the "m r?^c?d mrnm the staple and the clas thot^ty fincl the spilling began. In spite of the best revenue offlcSrs could do; ky tax has never been more nominally enforced mountain!; 'JXJ *' ?>'' 'VT""x I fhega^g pr,v^HL | their chief l" i-: ?' . - if ?' ? ?. v'V , ? 'v ?">. * iiisfcY.-: ? ^mw4pr^8N * ( . 'L-. 1\...