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Job Printing .' V . ' P1. r. xxiv. ' ;?.\ ? ? UAMDKN. SOUTH CABOUNA, ? H1PAV, MAY 17, 191ft. NL'MMKIt 4. Lj oy?d Fim Dinner and Attended I ExercUei in Afternoon? Mr. I Clarke Delivered Fine I Address. Do you know what it weans, you boys and girls Who hall from the North aud South )q you know whaA it means' ? Tbls twining of greens Round the silent caution's mouth; Tbii strewing with flowers the grass grown grave; This decking with garlands the sta ;; tues brave; rhi? flaunting of flags, All in tattters and rags; Tbis marching. and singing; Those bells all a-ringlng; rbose faces grave and these faces. * gay; ? This talk of the Blue and thlr talk of the Gray. In (be North and the South, Memo* rial day? ? Not simply a show time, boys and % girls. It this day of falling flowers; Sot a pageant, a play. Nor a holiday Of flags and floral bowers; |t is something more than the day that<!?tart6 War memories a-throb in Veteran ! hearts; W|WMj'""inilJ i." I miMii Him i' ? i?. . t in 7 ZTTS^r.. -i Daughter* of the Confederacy. fw parations were made for 105 Voter aim, but ouly 76 w??r? present. ? The dinner aerved them wm a* fine an ever wen In Camden. And waa greatly eu Joyed by all. The Veterans wejre loud In their praiae of the dinner and the treatment ac corded them. When dinner was over Mr. J. tf. Arrant* in behalf of the Veterans thanked the ladies for the good time given them. He then called on the vets to give the ladles a rebfcl yell, which they did with a vim. - All of the crowd lined up on the green In front of the armory where photographs were .made. i Company K, of the 7 th fcouth Car olina had a reunion, ten of their number being- preaent. Among the number whs Walter Kennedy, of tble oounty, who left Camden at the close of the war and trelced to Tex aa. When he entered the armory the members of hia old company .took possession of him and they all aay. that they are pot going to let him return to Texaa< Allen j>eas, fir.. Of jPlahtefavllle, was another member of ihe company who wad present. The others present were T. P. Sanders, of Hagood; William Whitaker, Henry Truesdell. Jaitaee were yrofu?e)y decoaterd with mag-| nolla vre#ib*and rosea.* *"/ A telegram waa read from Mr. Slmou Harucb, formerly of ('gulden now a prominent New Yorker, who expressed bfa retrod* at iu# being *ble to be preeent wUJj* the boya of the 60'a. Mr. Mamies Bifrucb, another old Camden man, ^o la alao a prominent New ^Yoncer, 4eh egraphed hh? love to hla old <<>"> fades and wlalted that they will be able to atteud many more memorial exerclaea. About 600 people were prevent at the' cemetery Mr. N. W. Jouea, of Columbia, a former cjtlsen of CaiSdeu, waa among the veterana who atftended, meudorial exerclaea here. Mr. Sutton, father bf Judge K. W. Sutton, of Hlaney, la apendlnjs a few daya iu Camden. Mr. Sutton attended the veterana dinner and memorial exerclaea here Friday. He waa probably the oldeat man in the crowd ? he being but la still hale and hearty at hie advanced age Mounted coplea of the gfroup pho tos of the veterana and the ladlea reproduced in thia lgaue of The Chronicle can be had for 26c aptee^ by leaving your order wJtb Miaa Ro berta, at 0nyder'e Gallery. ? Memorial Day at tttateburg. ? ? Stateburg, S. C., May 13. ? the^cx ercjses on memorial vday at State burg were well attended jfcnd most succeaafully conducted, # ? Mrs. Palmer, of Carteravllle and ; \ ^ 77 Group of Ve tenuis ill FVont of Armory. |For across the years, fTo the hopes' and the fears, |To days, of battle, ?Of roar and of rattle To the past that now seems so far away. Do the sons of the Bfue and the ? song of the Gray Gaze, hand clasping hand, Memorial Day. 1 For the wreck and the wrong of it, boys and girls, For the terror and loss,, as well, Our hearts must hold A regret untold As we think of those who fell; put their blood, on which ever side they fought, Remade the nation, and progress brought! We forget the woe; For we live, and know That the fighting and^ sighing'. Th? tailing and dyiug, VVeFe out the- steps toward the fu ture, the martyr's way !? Adown -which the sons of the Blue and Gray Look with love and with pride Me Morial Day. V ? Detroit Free Press. ' -:?? ? s A large crowd was in Camden on last Friday to attend mem6rial jex ?rcises. The absence of many old familiar faces, who served tout year n Virginia was very conspicuous, al hough every Veteran who was able Truesdell, A. H. Boykln, WI D. Mc-, Dowall, G. G. Alexander utTd Wiley Marshall. The memorial exercises were held at the cemeteryy at 4:30 o'clock. The following was the marching or der to the speakers' stand ^ whi^h formed at the gate: - ? ? - - , . . . . Kershaw Guards, ? . Ladles of Memorial Association, Daughters of the Confederacy, Children, Marshal, Orator and Ministers, Veterans, The Kershaw Guards opened r^nk while the Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy passed to the speakers* stand. Rev, H. B. Uvowne opened the exercises With p?ayer. The choir s&hg "Mary? land." Mr. L. T. Mills read the naiiu-H of the Veterans to recel-e the Crosses of Honor, which were pre sented by Mrs. John Cantey. Mr, . Mills introduced the orator of the occasion, Mr. Caleb Clarke, of Atlanta, formerly of Camden. Mr. Clarke left hei^e years ago and stu died law -$& his adopted town and Is now one of the prominent attor neys of that city/ He made a beau tiful address and was compelled to stop, his speech on several occasions, so great was the applause. ? Mrs, Parler, of Wedgefleldi .togeth er with the local taleWt, furnished suftable' and delightful music, ? anci ?the speech of the Htfii. Thomas J. Klrkand, of Camden, bore the usual characteristics of his deliverances. was tasty, appropriate, thdugh'tful and scholarly. The floral emblems were liberal and the children decorated all the graves beautifully. This 1* one of the few plaee* * in the country wh ere the day. :te oWsryed^ i'ttt :>e have here quite & number of the graves of Confederates and the > ob servance of the day grOws In popu lar favor and is probably a perma nently established custom. 4 -hi ' 1 ' ; ' - ? r ' Visiting His Old Heme. '* ; ' ' :i "? " ' -v./.. \\ \?- * '.v4*-'#.- " . <.,w ? fc L ~~ ? '?% * , Mr. B. Wiley Newman; of Conshat t^, La., was in Camden Friday meet ing numbers of his comrades of the sixties. He was a member of Go. A., 7th S. C. ,'feattalllon, and .left Kershaw in 1880 to cast his lot in Louisiana. He has made good X in that state and if. Louisiana co)ild< have gotten many such she wduld have a, great state. . He will spend seyeral weeks around Bethftne with his friends and kindred, though ma ny of his friends and comrades are gono- JEmfi Mm as In attendance. The monumei > the dead heroes were draped Confederate flags, jis were schc uses, Veterans' automobiles a c a.rmorjTj where the **teraiirf s# "? ed a bountiful dinner by tl ?y \ '&L< v 1 Jy IK A following Mr.' Clarke's address thai chi>ir sang^ "Tenting on^ the Old Cafap Ground, '' Snd ,the benedlotlon was pronounced. The Kershaw Guards fired three volleys ore# tho dead, whifh I A stylish cut under four rear trap, almort good u new. I at Geo. ,T. Uttle ? 8UM??. .. EXAMINATION TO BE HELD FOR. CARRIERS Open to AH Gtizent of the United State# Who Comply With /I R?4uiremenU. fSSfre United Htates Civil Service, Commission announces that on June 1, 1912, mi examination will be held[ for Ui? positions of clerk and city carrier in the poet office at Cam deqL From, the ellglbles resulting from thU examination It Is expected tha& the Postmaster Qeneral will se lect he carriers and substitutes who are to he appointed prior to the es tablishment of city delivery service to Camden, unless it shall he. found to he In the~4nter#at of the service to fill some of such positions by the transfer of peraons already In the classified service* with postal exper ience suhjeot to the requirements of section 8 of Civil Service Rule X. Selections from these ellglbles may; also be made for appointments to tbe position of clerk and carrier af ter the establishment of city dellv v Clerks In offices of the first and. second classes and carriers in the] city delivery service are divided in to six grades, as follows; ""'lrst grade, salary $600. econd grade, salary $800. hlrd 'grade, salary $900. . ourth grade, palary $1,0U0. 'if th grade, salary $1,100. llxth grade, salary $1,200. Jlerks and carriers at flrst-clasH. ceg will be promoted successive"' 4 y to the fifth grade, and cldHcs and oarriers at second-class offices will be promoted, successively to the -foiirUi grade. - ? All promotions of both clerks and carriers will be made at the begin ning of the quarter following the ex ~*~"t!on of a year's service In the! lower grade. No promotion 1 be made except upon evidence afactory to the Post Office De tment of the efficiency and falth foess: of . the employee during the ^ceding year. When a clerk orl rler fails of promotion because unsatisfactory service he may be ijnofced at' the beginning of the iond quarter thereafter, or of any sequent quarter, on evidence tha record haa been satisfactory dur the Intervening period. Clerks carriers' df the highest grade ai^ lble for promotion to the higher itions to their respective offices. iSiAny rtferk Is eligible for transfer to'^ffe eerrtce of fc cfcVrlor, Mid any carrier is eligible for transfer to the service of a dark. Auxiliary employees are paid for actual service at the rate of 30c an hour. Such auxiliary employees, however, are required to work not lessjthan two hours daily, and may seHH? as substitutes. They are elig ible for appointment as clerks and curlers of the first grade* Substitutes are paid at the rate of 3 00. an hou^ when serving fdr absen clerks and carriers, and they are eligible for appointment as auxil iary employees and as clerks and carriers of the first grade. The examination will consist of the subjects mentioned below: SfwlHng: twenty .words of "aver age difficulty in oomon use. J* Arithmetic: Simple tests in addl tl6i\t. subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, common and decimal fractions and tf, S. mo ney. Letter writing: A Iette^ 4ft not. lesi than 125 words on, some subjec of general interest. Competitors tfe selee*-?lther Of two subjects given. Penmanship: The handwriting of th^ .competitor in the subject of copying, from plain copy 4rii! be con sidered., with .-special reference .to the elements of legibility, rapidity, neatness, general appearance, etc, Copying from plain copy, a, sim ple tspt in copying .accurately ' a few printed lines,, in the competitors handwriting. Reading addresses: ' Test in not ing with pen or pencil, on a printed sheet of addresses, differences be tween the printed addresses and the Written addresses of which they are a copy. Applicants must have reached their* eighteenth but not their forty fifth birthday on the date of the ex amination. The age limits are Waiv ed', however, in the cases of persons honorably discharged from the* I}. S. ^military 'or naval service by rea son of disability resulting from sick ness or wounds Incurred in the line of duty. - Male applicants for the Post Of fice Service are required to be phy sically sound and In good health. The Post Office Department has ad vised, the Commission that no perso who is defective in any of -the fol lowing named particulars irill be appointed to the position of carrier In the Postoffice Service: Hunch backs; persons having defective bearing, sight, or speech;0 persons in ode e*e* one-armed, qne~ S, or one-legged persons,*1 or having crippled arms or legs, ose suffering from asthma or The defects mentioned will person d from appointmen Ion of clerk in the Post t that dea* mutes and: defective speech or tinted to the po-| rk*;V distrt forwardl (persons 1 ,ml nation the Co nfll MANY IMPROVEMENTS IN CAMDEN THIS YEAR ,V mjt !.? Lr> ii,. ' - - Handsome Store* and Offices to Be Erected During Coming Sumner. A s a rule, construction of store* and residence* during the HUi^tner is at a standstill, but not hu tlili. year, During the next few month* wlU nee several new structures go ing up in Camden and Kershaw county, Kugene Dibble, the well kuown oolored merchant, who owns valua ble real estate in Camden located' on the southwest corner of DeKalb and Broad streets, plans to greatly improve same during the summer, His two story store building will be completely overhauled and made modern in every respect. He has already had several offers to rent the building, although the improve ments will not be made for some time. He will make several mod ern offices out of the hall on the second floor. On his vacant lot be tween the corner store and T. J. Arrant*', store he will ereot three stores, which will be occupied as soon as completed. He has 'no 1 decided definitely, but the stores will most likely be two stories and offices on second flopr. For his own use Dibble will build a store on. DeKalb street. He says all of the prospective tenants will *be well known white merchants. A store > has recently been com pleted on lower Main street which la now being occupied by a Chinese laundry. Dr. McCaskill's residence on Haile street has recently been completed, also the two hous&s on IyaFayetto Avenue, which are owned by Capt. B., C. vonTresckow, Both are now occupied. j Mr. James H. Burns is having a modern residence built on Pair st. . Mr. W. R. Eve, Jr., will buihl as .soon . AS he can purchase a suitable site. The Camden Candy Kitchen la now undergoing Extensive repairs, The store building on lower Main street, owned by Messrs.. Dunn and Wlttkowsky, and which was recent ly damaged by fire, will be repair ed at an eatty date. Three cottages^ at the Heripit^G Cotton Mill. # The $20,000 annex to the Mather Academy was completed and dedica ted last month. A new hospital for the county to cost 160,000 will be built on Fair street. The Presbyterian mainse will be built sometime in the near future. A contract has been let for a new school house at Westville to cost $1,100. A school building to cost $1,100 will ' be erected .mlV De Kalb as soon as the eontract is let. A school building coating $1,000 will be erected at Shaylor's Hill, and one costing $600 at Neds Creek hear'' Kershaw; Two schools have been organised and are authorised hythe Coji^ty Board of Education. They are On the Lockhart' road one fourteen miles from ' Camdjpi and the other at Buffalo Creek. A nice building will be erected at each place. The front of the Loan and Sav ings Bank, Store of Q. U Blackwell and T. J. Arranlts 'are all undergo ing Tepalrsr Each will have plato glass ? fronts. These stores are owned by Mr. H. Savage. Mr. David Wl?heirspoon, Jr., of ttolumbla, spent the week-end' with his parents here. ?? ' ? 1 1 ? r 1 ? ? such defects, w)ould render them un fit to perform the duties of the po-* sltlon for which the examination is held. Married women will not be admit ted to this examination. This pro hibition, however, does not apply to divorced women or women who -Wp separated from their husbands and support themselves. This examination is open to all cltizerj of the united States who compiy wtith the requirements. From the ellglbles resulting from this examination it la expected that certification will be made to exist ing and future vacancies. } r'0T& LITTLE LOCAL UNES OF CITY AND COUNTY FOLKS / r ITKMh TOO HliOltT Foil A HMABT UATHKllKI) ANI> UK0L'PKI> FOR QUICK KlflAlHNO. :???*-?? jdr- Rlchurds, of Is visiting hi* son* ai Liberty Hill. The Burdell i>ui'(iiiiK ou the oor ao r of Malu and DeKalb utreets lb being repainted. Mr. and Mm. Will turn Shaunou, of Columbia, spent Sunday here with relative*. Mr*. Ullle Hlnaon, of Httffe Spring*, in visiting her slater, Mrs. Yj. I'. Truesdell. D, t. Yarbrougb brought quite a orowd of Joyseekera to Camden lA hla machine on Friday. Miss Luolle Lewis, of Camden, I spent the weekend with Miss Nell I McKagen.? -Sumter Kent Mrs. Jesse Wilson and children, of (Columbia, wore the guests of Mrs. ^ IT. s. Myers on last week. Mrs. EJ. D. Blakeney, of Kershaw, I was the gueat of Mrs. Leroy David ?? loon several days this week. I Mrs. C. L. Evans, who formerly re I sided here has been spending sev leral days with Mrs. Joel Hugh. I Q. B. King, Wt E. Davis and <\ |c. Gardner, of Bethune, attended the I reunion at Macon, Ga., last week. I The Cleveland School will have a I picnic on Saturday, the ikUi, at j Sand "Hill, near the sohool- house. I O. S. King ahd Alex McLaurin, of Bethune, who have been to Florida 1 for a tea days vIbIU have returned I to their homes. I ?. ^ i Mrs. B. P. Truesdell/ who wfaa I burned about ten days ago by an 'y I explosion of a kerosene stove, 1m' [improving rapidly. , - Miss Rebecca Nelson, after a de IllghtfUl visit to friends In Florida I returned home lant woek. While ^ I glad to get back home she Is charm 4od~*4Ui~ the Land at ..E*Q3Y$Iftv_?^ , ij Dr. W. J. Dunn, Senator Hough, I M. U- Smith, Newton Kelly* jjfy? K I I Richards -^nd-K. T. Kstrlde spent 1 1 Thursday In Columbia, attending' Hk . I meeting of the State Convention. Mrs. SR C. Zemp Is In Blshopvillo . I where she went to attehd . the meet ing of the Sumter -District Mission ary meeting as a delegate from the lLyttleton Street Methodist church. I I The registration books will open I at the City Clerk's office on the j 22nd day of May and will remain I open for ten days. Be sure to reg llster, as this will be an important I election. Dr. R. T. Goodale, Worshipful 1 Master of Kershaw Lodge No. , 26, I and. Mr. N. R. Goodale, Junior War I don of the,, same dodge, went to I Charleston this week ,to be advanc ed to tbe 32nd degree of Masonry. Bethune has organised a brass I band and Jefferson also has twt> I brass bands. Camden should have I a band or . at least an orchestra. [There should be some good material (found among the young men of the city. I Following the hearing o< the rep resentatives of the Camden Cham Iber of "Commerce before the Rail road Commission In Columbia last [week, relative to the poors schedule Ion the Northwestern Railroad, the |Oommlssibn has ordered the old I schedule re-Instated, which 16 a I great improvement ofer the pre Isent one. .1 ?- . ?- l-UjI During the past ten days many fishing parties could be seen mak ing their way to the Factory Pond, near the Hermitage Mill, In quest of bream which have been caught in- ? largo quantity*, Every afternoon many boat? filled, with fishermen gather around the bream beds. Two automobiles filled with sportsmen came over from Columbia last week to enjoy the sport. l? ;*/? ;V * 'fi y ?? v* . /.-? ? y ? .; t/J I The Wateree river rose to feet on Tuesday , morning and be gan foiling at two o'clock. At night fall the water registered 2? H feet. SeveraJ^utohiobiles from Camden and LancaKtoi^vattempted to cross the causeway W^ich was under wa-V^ ter and got stuck Jn the mu<^ ter. many "attempts tnfey on high land. After |gjjB3cofi~i tfon;td the vent ion, su< fi?4] lift"