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. \\"v ? vommk XXIV. Ni; Ml IK It n expresses desire to k "DIE IN HARNESS" Senator Tillmwi Return* Thanlu (or P?*t Support and A*k? Re-election ' ' ?; -#-3f --"?i EIGHTEEN YEARS OF SERVICE Mroktu i?i Hfrtltli hikI Advuuml (u Xtara He Will Not Htuiup Htate I?iig Iter vice uu<I Hu rd Work Fi(? Iflill i*V>r The i'oHltloii. To the People of South Carolina: Twenty-two year? ago I asked you Select me to the office of govern or. You did it, after a very hot pampaign In wh'icb )l spoke In every county of the State. Two years lat >r I naked for reelection. You gave Be the office the fefcond time by in overwhelming g^After four fears of .service in the governor's office, I asked you to to th iwiate, and again, after i heated canvass, you placed me In the office [ now hold-. I hat^Sheld this office tot nearly 18 years, and I am asking' you to reelect me to it, although my health Ib broken and 1 am no longer the rtrong and vigorous man I once was [ have 4 ripe experience and thorp knowledge Of the working ' Of the jovernment, and have fnany warm >ersonal friends in the departments id in both branches of congress. 0 came to the senate in a cloud >f obloquy on Account of newspaper ibuse at home. I have fought my, jfoy In spite of it and have lived j> see most of the newspaper j men n the press gallery my friends. By long service and hard work, have won tfn enviable position In yashlngtort;tand the state 'is enti led to whatever benefit 1^ have in itetces on the\.commlttees which can illy be obtained by such seWlce. I have flattened no man and fear d no man in debate, and I hftve strong desire to "die In harness," Or sentimental; reasons only. ft "have no words' that can express ?y ^appreciation "and gratitude for lie confidence andi love you have iveji me in all these years. If I not feel thatSny experience and itlmate acquaintance with public af ftlrs will enable me to give acceptab le service in future, I would not sk re-election at your hands, but pntent myself with the full measur f the honors you have given me al sadyr ,-v :-v'~ ' When I first caine into public life met a storm of opposition wliicb fas very bitter and intense. It re ulred Intense and aggressive action > overcome it; and being combative y nature, I fought with all my light for , those things I thought ere right, rihd I won . because you pproved my, policies, my utterances ad my actions. Amid this exciting contest many lings were said and done on both des that, perhaps, had better been ft unsaid and undone. Men are at human, and. when fired by rong conviction, they speak and ) things which they afterward re ret. As God is my judge, I never 1 d anything but truth, or did any mg as governor or as senator, I d not believe to be for the pub7 i welfare. As ' i look back Over y career, I can see mistakes iand unders, . plenty of them, but they ere honeBt blunders, and I have >ver permitted belflsh ambition or >Uy revenge to control' my actions, nave tried to be senator of , all e people, as I was governor of e whole state and my ambition to been, in the senate, to give the ople the best service of which I *s capable. Owing to niy poor health and in cordance with the advice of my ^sician, i ahall not - make any eeches during the canvass this rnmer. All of the old men in the h i?ave alr6ady heard me speak, c if there are any young ones I'ave ? not and dealre It, I Pleasure in mailing such JJPhlet copies of some of my st speeches which I have yet on fr Nothing woum delight me are than to be able once again see my old friends face to face. ? It saddens me to think that I t Hayo thls I shall hope that th uth Carolina " voting me y you will 1 to retire phyaif Boning the he I BUD FISHER, the famous U , CARTOONIST, GETS MARRIED I [*** ? wr. No louger ban the clad of jeff audi Mutt cot anything ?? ?la wayward .o?, for "Bud" Flahor ba? gJ? ? done u. llotualnu to pro(U by S3 sample set him by A. Mutt's mar U.I trouble. thuoM m? ?UHel Mkad t v*tt<l"v'"? ?<"??? *"? ,0r Htt" ??ncl?co? the fc ,r .?f u >? toura ami I M r ' having twou beruft ot his S t,P<ln ?? """ "nd now <Wi Ith. -i ^ ~9r m*yb<'' lf b? baa U U) price, in the Dutchman's. LiJTI16 Klrl w<ia KOO<* 'oozing, ull (right, and that la probably why the old man fell for it. Hut neither of the,bpye Were taken into bis oonfl I deuce, and both of them fetfl pop erly uu about it. "Bud" Jumped the broomstick Friday night? whilst > b son, llvtt, perhaps, was dodging Ith* ?**>? filing in an effort to Ij>anhandle Hammerstein with whom I w ?** b?oke<i for a cartoonist sketch for Saturday and Sunday off, I ne flew the coop, anyhow. FUher, nee Miss Pauline: waa on? of a 8*nglng and I fi&cJng duqt under the management of one Lasky. she was to leave | with the other half of the b how for a week's engagement jh / Chicago I Saturday, but preferred to cop the grandfather of A. Mutt, Jr., and to I elope for the home of the Japanese war scare. The Chicago contraot jwas canceled. I The surprise *of acquaintances, in I eluding the girl's mother, was mar Iveloup to see, but the mother do I poses that the dSfendantt's 'name is not "Bud." Mutt said that he hop led it wasn't like ljl? own marriage, jfor then he marched under sealed orders from the MisseB. Jeff said, jthat he hoped the mother-in-law was better looking than* the spouse |of his brother, Mrs. Mutt said that the old. man was inhis^otagTany^ way and that she gtiessed Mutt I would certainly have to go to, work I nov; forjt was now starvation for him if he dMn't. I This brought such acute and poig nant grief to unhappy Mutt that he hung # a cuspidor on the devoted head' of his runty brother atid went home and crawled under the bed, where his wife will f'nd him whea she looks fo the burglar.? charlotte Observer. ItOBERT QUELLS DKA1). Highly Kespetctod Darkey l)ie<l lMst Friday in West Watere*. - * " ? Uncle" Robert Quails, an aged and well known negro of the \Vest Wateree section, died at his home near Lugoff last Friday. He was b<frrn and raised in Fairfield county, Knd Was never a slave. He cones of a family QOted for- its longevity and was 82 years old at the time of ft Is death. He was a good, honest, l.aid working negro and by f/ls hard work had accumulated quita a lot of property. Every year the old ne gro made trips to Camden and had many frlenda. among the white peo ple who' will miss him. Several years ago he had $2,000 in cash stolen from a place ofc hid ing in his barn, but he had never been able to find the thief. ; - MEMORIAL EXERCISES : f VT To Begin This Afternoon at Five O'clock at Cemetery. The ladies of the Memorial Asso ciation, John D. Kennedy Chapter* U. D. C., children, Vetet-ans and Kershaw Guards are requested to assemble at gate of Cemetery at 4:30 this afternoon* They will form in following order and march to stand where the exercises will be gin at 6 o'clock sharp: Kershaw* Guards, ? . i Ladies of ^norial Association, Daughters of the Confederacy, Children, . Marshal, Orator and Ministers, wA Vfitftrn ns ? s ?? ."atjCSa'S'-I ~ ' The following will be the pro gram: Prayer by Rev. H. B. Browne. Song by choir. ' . Beslowal ?f Crowes of Ho?oft?i: I EASTERN KERSHAW . SCENE OF KILLING Jenkins Manning, Colored, Shot by C. J B. Pate, ? Jr., Last /Saturday Night PATE SURRENDERED AT ONCE !>**?<! Negro 8upi?oftod To Have Ueeu Ksf^nntlct, Hut 14tUc liumvti of Hiui ? Oorunrr UKuii Held luqutu ? -I'ato Helenwd on Hail. " ~rM. News was received her? Monday moruing from Pate'* Mill, near Lee county, of the killing , of Jeuktns Manning, who la thought to be an escaped convict, by. C. B. Fate, Jr., a young man twenty-one year# old, the killing taking place on the plan tation of Mr. H. A. Pate at eight o'clock on Saturday night. It is said that a week ago, a negro waa seen during the middle of the night in the room of Pates 18 year old slater, who waa confident that U was Manning. The matter was kept quiet, as there was no pos Hive proof that it was Manning, and the neighbors wanted to investigate. A few days ago, the sanfe negro wtrled to entice the gtfl Into a cot ton warehouse on the plantation, The gJH's brother was absent from home, but upon his return, sought Manning and asked what he meant. .. The negro grabbed a piece of iron nearby and rushed at young' Pate, (but before he could use the iron, Pate shot him dead. The irGn was tightly clenched in the negro'H hand at the inques^which was held by Coroner Dixon. v Young Pate came to Camden and surrendered to the authorities. The negro bore shackle marks and had ''been In that community for threg months, but would never tell where he was from or anything about his past life. , , M, L., smith ' Was in Columbia on Tuesday, where he went to dee the Circuit. JTudge in reference to secur : in? h*& 4or (r*Jmg The boid ,was fixed at $1,000. * BADLY BURNED. V,' v Mrs. Eddie Truesdell, residing oij N6rth Broad Street was severely burned Saturday afternoon when a kerosene stove in her kitchen ex ploded, throwing burnlttg kerosene over her body and clothing. She screamed, for help, and fortunately the neighbors nearby came quickly, but not until the flapnes had al most burned her clothing off, and severely burning her body in many places, especially her hands tand firms?* ^ The kitchen caught fire, but be fore it had gained any headway the neighbors put it out. . Although Mrs. Truesdell's burns are very painful she will be able to be up In a few days. FREE MAIL DELIVERY I SOON TO COMMENCE raHSgf;, > <> Hotttet and Streets of tbe City of Camden Hate Already Been Numbered I' i 4? THREE CARRIERS TO BE USED ||kL . ? i Part it* DihlrliiK flic Free Hervlw Muht .Comply Wttli ? InstnirtK'n*1 <?1\? it Below ? WelTl For The rurHeru. ^pplmden 1b to have city mall <l>' lively after the SfOth of June. A notice has been placed in the poBt off lata by Postmaster Shannon, stat ing tint* after the 80th of June mall would be delivered to the resi dence* and places of business of ev eryone desiring It provided they would place proper receptacles for tho mall, Two years ago the citi zens, city council and Chamber of Commerce commuulcated with Con gressman Flu ley and the poistofflce department In reference ' to getting city delivery of mall, as the postof ficei receipts were sufficient ,to allow j^lestatytBhment of mall delivery sarxftc.e. The ho'usestahd a^ets |.w?ei4 nuiih>ered last year by city council to comply with the postof fice? department rules before they wovijd consider t^e matter. After th Ik wsb done an Inspector cantf her v.We If all regulations Were com plied with. The inauguration of the service will give employment to three carrrlers. A civil service examination wil^be'hekj aoon to select them. j * The following is the notcie post ed at the poBtofflce : "Free delivery service will be os tabllnhed at this office on Juno 20, * 1912. All persons desiring Xq have | mall delivered at their residences or places of business wili comply with t^e following instructions: "It in the policy of the departmen to: make the establishment of City DeliverjrrServtce at new - off lees- and its extension to new territory at old offices contingent upon the pro ving of private mail boxes or re ceptacles at all residences, or places of business. If a patron prefers he may' cut a slot in the Tioprj which will serve the purpose of facilitating the vpork of the carrier. 4 is t obe distinctly understood t that no patron will be served, unless he provides some means for dispos ing of his mail by the carrier. \ ''Any persons owning residences over sixty feet from the street will provide boxes in the yards as no car rler -will be allowed to deliver mall, over thirty feet from streets." i . South Carolina Cotton TSopi i ' i | The total number of baleB of , cotton ginned in South Carolina counting round bates as half bales, ' and excluding linters for 1911 we*e ! 1,692,146 ; for 1910, 1.210,968; for j 1909, J., 137, 382. Of this number ! Kershaw county grew in 1911, 36, 193; in 1910, 23,063; in 1909, 19, : 619. THE PASSING OF THE VBT8. Jtv ?; V'^MirtV One by one, as leaves that fall Upon the year-enwearled earth, When stirruped autumn pipes the call That tells of wisened winter's birth. We see them lay their burdens down To own the glory of a crown. r Step by step? as ebbing waves. ' That seaward turn in queBt of sleep, ..life longer ^en";$Nflua ? rave?~r[t;^^?-rr-~. % Upon the bosom of the deep. They Journeyed oward the purple .West, Forgetful of their cares, to rest. MPS Day by day, with measured tread cadence with the beat of Time, Where Southern flowers softly shed The fragrance of a Southern clime, - The nearer they jpproach their goal, Undaunted both in heart and soulf ? - Sweet and low? Ilk? undertones That fall upon the ears of Night, When drowsy Nature dreams, and owns The comfort of a gentller light, The listening echo, through the gloam, Shall lullaby their spirits Home! Bowed In wjoe, we ^atch them pass Beyond the hills that top the glen; And, silently, with brimmin* .glass, We toast them, llving.once again? Believing, though we stand In tears, Their souls shall glad the astral years. Firm In trust, in courage strong, As when Youth laughed away defeat, And pledged the world a cheerful song Should change the bitter Into sweet, BeHOId, Wlff eartt In each a Soldier oi they shall stand the Captain of this race, iven. LSr TEACHERS ARE ELECTED FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 Marlon Will i* Hdou to Begin IViM-tk'O' yf Mw in Yorkvl/ie. .'/V.: jv-TT. ^ The Trustees of School District No. I huvo elected the following teacher* for next year: Prof. it. M. Kennedy , principal of High aiul Oram mar School. In the Grammar 8<yhj0?l, MIsh Mary llurnett, grade 1; Mis* Annie Workman, grade 2; Mtfta Louise Shannon, grade 3; Mm. G?**E. Taylor, grade ?; Miss "Ada I'hulpH, grade 5; MIhh Margaret Uur noli, grade t>; H? O. Stroheck'er, grade 7, and superintendent of (lie Grammar School. In the High School, Minn Etta Zemp, first year class; Miss Agnes Corbett, second year, and the teach" er for third year of tho High School will be elected later. Prof John Marlon, a graduate of the University of South Carolina of the class of 1909, and who hag taught here the past two years, recently pann ed the State bar examination and will practice law at Yorkvllle with Congressman 1). JO. Flnley, at the olose of sehool here. Camden re grets to lose Prof. Marlon, aa ho has worked faithfully with the pu?* pils In the High School, $nd has made friends wltji all the parents of the school children, as well as others. Misses Mary Whltaker and An nette Jones wore elected teachers for the Factory Hill School. The election of teachers for the Malvern Hill School was deferred until the next meeting of the trus tees. \ . ... ?; All teachers were reelected at the Jackson School, (colored,) w)iich baa had a very successful year. An election will ho held In school district No. 12, Within two weeks to decide whether or hot a two ihlll tax will be levied for school purposes. Messrs. Jesse T. . Uohh, J. W. Wood and H. A. Rabon, trus tees of the district r wUr-Mt- a# isians: agers of the flection. The school district is in West Wateree Town ship. ; . *' BADLY BEATEN. ; r . ? ? " ; : v: . > Joe J3&nk8j a. white faimer, re siding near Sanders Creek, came . to Camden late Monday afterj^ooty to have his head and a number of places on his body sowed up, as a result of a severe beating given him by a negro. Banks had had some trouble with th$ negto the day before. Tne -ne gro used a fltlck, and1 Mr^1 Banks said that the last thing be remem bered, was hearing the negro say "I had better kill him while I am at it, because if I don't, h'^will iktlt me." Besides,: foufr huge scalp wounds, ail of which had to be sewed up, his back and arms were badly bruis ed and cut irom the blows'. : : _ Oil Mill Closes. c - <? The Camden Oil Mill has closed after moat successful season since the mill wsb built. AB a general rule, the seed crush is finished by the" first of March, and the mill closes down* for repairs and over hauling. until about September 1st. This Is the mill's longest season* The oil mill Is on^ of Camden's best assets, as it has a nice pay roll,: which gives the merchants a cash; trade from its employees. The oil mill ginnery ginned twice as much cotton this season than any previous | . Accident to Dr. Braslngtou, ;| / Mayor Brasington is suffering from an accident, which occurred a few days ago, while visiting patients In- the county. He, stood up in l^ls buggy to remove his rubber coat j and noise of the coat frightened the horse, which caused it to dash off, throwing Dr. Brasington out of the buggy, the wheels passing over his head inflicting a iseyAre bruise. Four stitches were required to mend' the wound. Mr. Moaelcjr Dead. WMlam Moseiey. ^ a well' -known jnarpentetf. died at~ I j oa/Market , COUNTY CONVENTION I MET MONDAY LAST _ Large and Enthusiastic Crowd Pre sent From all Sections of the County 1 !? MAJ. J. G. RICHARDS ENDORSED Kerahitw County Mini lU'<.'clve? HJtt* ' (lorwiiiciit cil Fellow GiUieni A ? Candidate Vol- Httllitiiul CoiiiihU ? gloitvr ? lU*h|M?u<le?K With ? s The Kershu w Couuty conven-llon met ut the Court House Monday at 11 o'clock, tho meeting touting two and one-half hour#. One hundred and three delegates were present, besides a number oC Interested spec tator und numerouH candidates for oounty offices. The convention wuk a very quiet one, no factions at any time trying to dominate the meeting. T. J. Klrkluud was elected pres ident; W. J. Dunn, vice president; jC. W. Birch more, secretary; W. J* McDowell, assistant secretary; John G. Richards, State executive com mitteeman; T, J. Klrkluud, county chairman. All of the clubs wire reptfesenti" with the ^exception of Shaylor'w Htllj' lOnterprise, Cuntoy Hill, Ro land, Stockton and Salt Pond. Shop pard's club, with .an enrollment <>i 40, was accepted for mebiMNrshtp. The followlug men were nominal ed for delegates ^o the state convent tlon six to be elected^ M. p* Smith, W.. J. Dunn, W. R. Hough. Newton Kelly, N. 8. Rlchafds, H. T. Johnson, D. M. MCCasklll, John G. Richards, ?. D. Blakeney, U T. Mills, Dr. S. J\ B railing ton, Capt. L. L. Clyburn, W. B, ?4eLbach, J. A. West, C. W. Blrchmore. Dr. W. .1 . Burdell, T. J. Klrklanfl and K. T. Kstredge. Messrs. Richards, Birch more, deLoach and V^oBt requested that -their names be withdrawn as soon as they were noTOtnatedT Mr. Richards stated that he had been" wlectett'-executlvo committeeman nml would attend the state convention anyway. Mr. Blrchmore stated, t lm< he could not attend If elected on a< count of previous engagements, as did Messrs. deLoucli and West. Upon counting the votes the fol lowing were elected: M, L. Smith, W. H,}Hough, Dr. W. J. Dunn, all of Camden; N.S.Richards,: Liberty lllll; K.' Tf K?tredge, Bethune; Newton Kelly, of Lugoff; tied D. M.^McCas klll, but the latter withdrew ft?m the race and Mr. Kelly was declar* r ed elected. Wr Brattpn detjoaeh offered tto* following resolution: "Whereas, our fellow citizen, Maj. John G. Richards, who is servln;; an unexpired term as Railroad Commis sloner, through the appointment of Governor Ansel, has announced his candidacy for the full term to the voters in this prim ray election this year, be It , "Resolved, that the Kershaw coun ty Democratic Convention now- as? | sembled, do hereby heartily endorse . him for election to that office and heartily ' commend him to tholr fol low citizens throughout South CarCK The resolution was seconded I by M; L. Smiths who paid hlgb ^ompiU f ment to Mr. Richards. The "Tesolu- I tlon was unanimously carried. Mr. Richards made a brief speech and thanked the convention for tho high honor paid him and he clo*. his speech amid cheers. r&No actlodT/was taJten In reference to Instructing the delegates as to any presidential candidate, o*| was there any gubernatorial ,pandldkte, but It was well k|towtn by the crowd that five of the six delegates are BleaBe supporters. iv.-r Mothers* Pay. The morning hour will be devoted to the observance of Mother's "Day at the Baptist Church, Sunday, May 11th. Young and old are invited. Come wearing a white rose or any other white flower. Mv ti. Lawson, Pastor. N'-V ' ^ OiVtc V.??v .nnuuv tVyThe- regular ^onthly- meetlng ^f l. the Civic Leagtie will be held In the assembly room of the Graded School building on Monday, May 13, Oertrulf^ mm A - rot