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CAMUEX. SOUTH CAHOIJXA Chronicle l ltlDW, JINK 28, 1012. \ l. Mlll.lt IO. KERSHAW LAND SUITED FOR TRUCK GROWING HO\K>lttNT on FOOT TO <JKT K.lltMKKK INTKHKHTKH IN La.| TKtJC'K I.NDCHTKY. rt, Messrs. Mathls and Zelgler have shipped a l"1'^ quantity, or beans, tqunshes and cucu ruber h to North em markets during the past ten days. Their crop was two weeks lato and naturally the prices* were low. but In spite of this, they made money. They expect to plant truck on a large ?cale next year, unci hope to Interest others In it also, ho uh to ship in car load lota. .. Tin* railroads will be naked to grant low freight rate# and North ern produce men will be asked to conn* here to buy the truck. It is said truck can be, made to pay handsome dividends here, as the land Is especially adapted for it, and vegetables can bo shipped Just as soon as those of Charleston and 'lie other coast counties. Que grower this year sold several hun dred acres of Irish potutoes in Charleston county at $300 an acre. The purchaser had to gather, crate ship and sell them. * Potatoes will grow here just as well a? In Charleston and the people In Caih? den were eating them out of their own gardens, while they were being shipped out of Charleston and Heau fort counties by the train load. The profit off of beans Is not so high as that of potatoes. It Is more ex pensive to gather them and some times. if a ready market Is not found, they spoil. Cucumbers will grow here as well as the coast counties, and can be gathered as early. Lettuce and radishes and beets also bring good money. During the past few years, truck ing lias nof been confined to coast i 'counties, but many acres have been planted in Florence county and near Lake City, as well as Blaekvllle in; Barnwell county. On a small gov ernment farm near McBee, in the sand hill land, wonderful resu'tls, were obtained in planting vegeta bles, especially tomatooes. | Another advantage In truck plant ing here, we have a through con--' ' Inection with New York by the Sea-' [board and c&n place truck ou the; New York markets a groat deal ' [earlier?than many other truck grow ing towns. Then too, we have the Cooast Line and Southern railways to ship by. We quote the following from the Southern Field, a publication that has been a strong factor in the up building of t he South : With the statement that the best yield he has ever made on | his place near Brooklyn, Fla., on the (J. S. k F. Hy., was a net pro-j fit of $ :{ o o an acre from a field of strawberries shipped to New* York,! ja truck grower in Northern Florida j [gives soome interesting facts and i figures regarding this industry, j "With 120 acres of the light, san Idy soil so productive of the finest I puck crops, run on a rotation of1 (cotton, corn, truck and cowpeas.l this grower reports a profit during! the past five years of $150 per acre, from those fields on which he had truck crops. The cotton produced, around a bale and a quarter and I the corn nearly 60 bushels to the ere, while the oowpeas were turn d under to make the land in good ihape for the truck the next sea ?n- , "One hundred and fifty crates of erries, 250 crates of tomatoes and On to 4 ? ) o crates of cucumbers froi n acre are secured, packed and la- , eled and rushed to Valdoosta, Ga., 'hence they are sent to New York h refrigerator cars over the ? fast reighi service of the Southern, and '3.511 per crate for the berries and. l.oo and $2.50 for the tomatoes i re average prices paid. "Lands in this vicinity vary great b' in price, owing to improvements V>t on them. The 120 acres men tioned above are tile-drained for the ?lost part and have been built up 0 the highest fertility. Their own-, jr estimates them to be worth $1, |00 an acre, but would not sell, he (tates, at this price. Lands of sim lar nature in this sectioon can be 'ad from $25 upward and in a few ears will equal these for productiv T. An Acre of Irish Potatoes. ( "The Irish potato is an exceeding profitable crop in the Southeast, M when grown in connection with [Other crops on the same land will ake the largest net returns. "The following account from a ?puth Carolina farmer giveB the re H from corn, beans and potatoes 1 one acre. This acre, it must be )onfessed, was run more as a de onstration exhibit than anything but it indicates thel possibilities 'h general farming in the South ist : i *'I broke rtiy land from .12 to 14 Khes deep in the spring. 1 then: Arrowed to a fine mulch. I began : one side of an acre and laid off [o rows two feet apart, then skip four fee t and laid off two more, continued this way until the acre *s all laid off. I then pu-t in 400 \ finds of a high-grade fertiliser anfl *ated in Irish potatoes March 25. ?en potatoes came up I cultivated very fast. May last I went ran ft row In the four-foot "die and planted born in It. When was hand hlgh.UL ran a cultWa Lov^r !t? c?UlTat4ng all the four >t middle. I continued thisi meth ?L fultlv*tiou until potatoes re ready f0r digging. A,,er > i potatoes, V?Me > vv*' UKTHl'NK MEWS XOTK8. Social mid Personal lU'iuit From our Nelglitioring Town. | Bethune, 8, C\, Juno 27.-? Dr. | "ml Mra. John Lucas, of Cheater? field, are visiting Dr. unci Mra. B. L, Norwood. Mlaa Threaaa McDonald, of Harts vllle, i? the guest of her coualns, I Misses Daisy und Rome McDonald. Ml km Eulalle Suggs, Pt Hartaville, la ^pending some time with rela tives here. Mlaa Stella Hethune la visiting at Cassatt. Mr. A. K. McLaurln haa purchaacd a Heo touring car from the Gibbea Machinery Company. Mlaa Chrlatlne McCaskill, of Caa ? 'II, spent several daya visiting re lative# here recently. Mra. E. /,. Truesdell and little daughter spent Wednesday In Cam den. ?? ? -? : ? Mlaa Willie Reed and sister, of Lancaster, are visiting their aunt, Miss Kate Nicholson, and sister, Mra Joe Hough. | Mr. and Mra. J. N. McLaurln en tertained Tueaday evening in honor of the fair young vialtora in town. Mr. D. T. Yarbrough and Dr. E. Z. Truesdell made a business trip to Columbia Saturday in Mr. Yar brough'g car. Mr. H. H. Holder 'has put in an uptodate -soda fountain recently and la kept busy dispensing cold drinks and serving cream to his customers. Mr. Wm. DeLoaclie was in town Tuesday. t'rof. J. "AT" Dennis, of Newberry, has bdten re-elected principal of the graded school and Misses Mangle B. Turner of Wlnnsboro, and Fannie Setzer, 6f Rock Hill, assistants. Messrs. Chas. Price and K. D. McCaskill, of Cassatt, were in town Tuesday. The phones are being put In the residences; two new brick stores are going up and the foundation of the Baptist church has been laid. Mr. Eugene McNaull, of Wlnnsbo ro; spent the week end here and was accompanied home by his bro ther, Mr. A. M. McNaull, and little niece, Mary . ? ? Mr. Syd King and family, of Mon zon, are visiting Mr. Sed King. Miss Eliza Kelly, of Blshopville, spent the week-end with Mrs. Kelly. Mr. Will Josey, j)f Oswego, was a visitor in town last week. Miss Andrey DuBoae, of Blshop ville, was the guest of the Mlsries McDonald last week. Miss Dana McSween, of Charles ton, is visiting her nieces, Mesdames Davis and Clyburn. Miss Lillie Norwood is spending some time in Newberry, with her brother, Mr. Joe Norwood. Mr. Roscoe Price, of Cassatt, was in town Sunday. Mrs. H. T. Thomas and children spent the week-end at McBee. ? Mrs. B. L. Norwood and children spent Wednesday at Cassatt. Commissioner's Met. The Commission of Public Works of Camden, held its first meeting Wednesday, all being present. They are Henry Savage, Dr. W. J. Dunn and W. Bratton deLoach. Dr. Dunn was elected chairman. The com missioners elected J. J. Goodale, ci ty recorder, to act as secretary to the Commission. They designated by lot the terms to which they were entitled to serve as follows: Henry Savage, six years W. B. deLooach, four years Dr. Dunn, two years The commissioners will use the city Recorders office as their head quarters. They are receiving many letters from -engineers desiring to install the water and light plant. Fish Fry Iwust Friday Night. A large crowd had a delightful fish fry at Adams' pond, five miles east of Camden Friday afternoon. Fish had been caught beforehand and there were plenty on hand. Mr. H, E. Schroeder prepared the fry. The crowd made the trip in automo biles. On accoount of the numerous ponds near Camden, fish frys ^re popular and visitors from nearby ci ties often attend. TcA Deliver Address. i Rev. M. L. Lawson has accepted an invitation to deliver the com mencement address at the closing exercises of Connie Maxwell Or phanage school in Greenwood today. , Rev. A. T. Jamison, former pastor [Of the Camden Baptist church, and I pleasantly remembered here, is I president -of the orphanage. planted the potato rows in beans. When beans were hand high I ran the cultivator over them. Ten days later I ran over them again. They were all laid-by at this time. I'otar toes and corn were groowing at the same time, and the beans having fol lowed the potatoes, gave me three crops' on that one acre." Here are the cost and profit off ?this acre: OohC? Fertiliser ? $ 18.00 Seed potatoes ? . . . . 14.00 Cost of labor. 23.00 Total Coat . . $ 55,00 ? Profit, I. pota. 90 bus, $1.75 bus $157.50 Beans, 46 bus, $1.00 bus .. 46.00 Corn, 94 bus, $1.00 bus .. ..94.00 Fodder 800 lbs, $2.50 pr 100 20.00 -V ^ Vv y - " ,a:1'1 1 *1 Total profit* $317.50 1<#M cost 55.00 Net profit $262.50 && r/; r>' ' ?' EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MET ON WEDNESDAY A8KKSK.M KNTH OF C.WDIDATKH AND ITlX'KliAHV OK ? . . ?" * '? \ ? "?/*' ' ? The County Democratic Ky?cyttv? (Committee met at the Court House Wednesday morning to make out an itinerary for the coming county cam paign and to fix assessments for the candidates. The meeting start ed one half hour late and (anted over two hours. T. J. Kirkland acted uh chairman of the meeting; and C, \V. Birch more secretary. T)ie campaign this year \yill he during tl>e latter part of July, in stead of August, as heretofore; and will only last a week. The candi dates have until 6 p. m. Saturday, July 20th, to file their pledges. , The following are the assessments and number of candidates: For township commissioner: De Kalb, 3; Buffalo ft; Flat Hock 2; Waterec 4. Assessment $2.50. For Magistrate: DeKalb 3; Buf falo 4; Flat Uock 3; Wateree 5. Assessment in DeKalb township $5 - ? in other townships $2.60. For coroner: Two ? $2.50. For treasurer: Two ? $10.00. For auditor: Three ? $10. oO. For Supervisor: Two-? $20.00. For supt. Education; Two- $20% For clerk of court: One? $25.00. For sheriff: Seven ? $20.00. For representative: Three? $10. The following dates for the cam paign were made: Bethune, Monday, July 22 Raley's Mill, Tuesday, July 23. Kershaw, Wednesday, July 24. Beaver Dam, Friday, July 20. Blaney, Saturday, July 27. Camden, Wednesday, July 31. Candidates for United States sen~ ate, Congress and Solicitor will speak here on August 15th. Campaign Dates. Conway, Friday, June 2 8. Georgetown, Saturday, June 29. Kinggtroe, Tuesday, July 2. Manning, Wednesday, July 3. Moncks Corner, Thursday July 4. Charleston, Friday, July 5. Walterboro, Saturday, July 6. Beaufort, Tuesday, July 9. Jasper, (Ridgeland) July 10. Hampton, Thursday, July 11. Barnwell, Friday, July 12. Bamberg, Saturday, July 13. St. George, Tuesday, July 1G. Orangeburg, Wednesday, July 17. St. Matthews, Thursday, July 18. Columbia, Friday, July 19 Chester, Saturday, July 20. Winnsboro, Monday, July 2 2. I Lexington, Tuesday, July 23. Saluda, WedneHday, July 24. Edgefield, Thursday, July 25. Aiken, Friday, July 2G. One Week Off. Camden, Monday, August 5. Lancaster, Tuesday, August. G. Yorkville, Wednesday, August 7 Gaffney, Thursday, August 8. Spartanburg, Friday, August 9. Union, Saturday, August 10. Newberry, Tuesday, August 13. I Laurens, Wednesday, AAugust 14. Greenwood, Thursday, August 15. Abbeville, Friday, August 16. Anderson, Saturday, Auust 17. Walhalla, Tuesday, AuggUBt 20. Pickens, Wednesday, August 21. Greenville, Thursday, August 2 2. Twins liaised by Masonic Lodge. The third degree was conferred upon two candidates on Thursday night at Kershaw Lodge No. 29. Over one hundred Masons were pres ent, twenty-five being visitors. Dur ing the night, the craft retired from labor to refreshments, where a bountiful repast was served, a gift from Messrs. George and Lazarus I^evkoff. During the supper, Wor shipful Master Dr. R. T. GoOodale rapped for order and announced tha the Twin Brothers were responsible for the bountiful repast, someone remarked that he wished they were triplets, which brought forth ap plause. The supper was served by the stewards, who were assisted by Messrs. E. J. McLeod and W. M. Young. Fourteen candidates have been raised to the sublime degree of Master Maosn during the first six i months of this year, and Kershaw Lodge No. 29 not only has one of the largest memberships in the state, but has one of the best lodge rooms and an unexcelled set of of ficers. Capt. Curtis Dead. Summerton, June 24. ? Capt. C. K. Curtis, for several y-ears the po lite and efficient conductor on the North Western railway, died sud denly at his home at Paxville, about 2 p. m. today. Capt. Curtis had been slightly Indisposed for several days, but no one dreamed of hln danger, but about 1 o'clock he grew suddenly worse and died before med ical aid could reach -him. Mr. Cur tis was 33 years of age. . He watv a member of the Methodist church of Paxville and also a member of the Summerton lodge of the Masonic order. His death Is made doubly sad by reason of the fact that he had been married only about seven months, having been wedded to Miss Madge Craig, of Chesterfield, last November. She, together with sev eral brothers and other relatives, survive him. Sale.,. Four city lots on Hampton and Lee Avenue. ? 50x160 feet each. B**y terms. D. Wolf ft, Camden, 8. C. GENERAL SESSIONS COURT CONVENES NEXT MONDAY Hrui\(i TKIttl OI*KNS WITH] ? M lu.i; MINIS'! (i,\HY I'ltK- I ? s.j&t ur jv 'suww. The summer term of General Sos wion* court convent's here on Mon day w it It Jiii)k>< Ernest Gary presid ing. Them are eight i-asen contin ue d from last term three being in u r< i ?<r cases. Besides 4 ho continued eases there ore ;i nun) her of other cases to be tried, provided t ho grand Jury re turn* true htllM on tho indictments Horded them. Anions them being the cane of young Pat?, who lives near the Lee county line, for shoot In# a negro when tie attempted to fctnke iiiiu with a bar of iron. There are forty-two civil cases on the roster, many having been there for yearn. A special term of court called hist year to relieve thin condition, hut was not held on ac count of the absence of a court ste &9grapher. There was no spring t?i}u ?f civil court on account of a flaw in a legislative act in refer ence to drawing the Jury. it is hoped that this congested condition cjtn bo relieved, but the prospects af# that several cases which have been reversed from the Supreme COUit will occupy most of the week. It Is likely that the bar association will attempt to get a special term off court during the fall months. y\m following cakes were continu ed from last term : R. 10. Bowers, obtaining goods by false pretenses. David Sutton, murder. Tom Johnson, housebreaking and larceny. J. A. Vincent, obtaining goods by fa|?c pretenses. Saliie Moody and 10 r nest Moody, assault and batterv with intent to' kill. R. F. Moore, disposing of k <> o ? 1 k and property under Men. W. H. Thomas, murder. ? Pomeroy Milton, murder. The case of Thomas Johnson Is an interesting one. He broke the plate glass window in llirsch's store and stole shoes. He was caught a fdw miles east of Camden and prov ed to be a deaf mute, ^ /?JFol lowing Is a list of first 'and second week Jurors: I'irst \V(M'k Jurors* D. Eu banks, Bethune Route 2. J. E. Hhame, Camden D.i ,\. Goff, Logoff R<inte 2 E. L. Sowell, HI aney T W. Brannon, Cassatt J. C. Cassldy, Camden Route 4 E. A. Salmond, Camden Route :i J. C. Hunter, Kershaw. J. M. Spears, Camden | R. J. Mclntyre, Blaney W. M. Billings, Camden R. M. Drakeford, Can toy H. F. Trimnal, Cam'den Route f> i J. K. Lee, Lugoff Edward Sill, Westville W. J. Newman, Bethune J. W. Horton, Camden W. J. Stokes, Bethune Route 1 J. V. Young, Kershaw Dove Raley, Jefferson S. M. Young, Kershaw F. H. Arrants, Camden Route 1 B. W. Rhame, Camden L. S. Spears, Camden J. H. Ray, Cassatt J. W. Rose, Blaney W. C. Terry, Cassatt B. H. Baum, Camden. VV. U. Whitaker, Camden J. R. Rush, Blaney E. J. Bissell, Camden W. C. Moore, Camden M. H. Horton, Bethune W. E. Johnson, Jr., Camden S. H. Ross, Blaney W. C. Raley,. Camden. Second Week Jurors. W. B. Joyner, Jefferson. Amos West, Bethune ; J. L. Blackwell, Camden J. M. Peak, Lugoff T. A. Nelson, Blaney W. G... Adams, Camden W. M. Lolllft, Camden T. H. Davis, Camden, rfd 5 G. R. Clements, Liberty Hill C. A. Johnson, Kershaw James Stokes, Bethune J. J. Thompson, Bethune J. A. Watts, Jr., Cantey Robt. Branham, Lugoff G. W. Lowman, Cassatt Ewd. M. Boykin, Camden Jno. S. Brown, Camden, rfd 2 J. M. Green, Boykins J. C. Nicholson, Camden Y. D. Montgomery, Camden N. K. McKlnnon, Bethune T. S. Dunlap, Camden, rfd 2 D. A. Boykin, Camden J. Robt. Maglll, Kershaw W. D. Mahaffy, Bethune Roht. Latta, Camden B. M. Pearce, Boykin W. R. Moseley, Camden C. R. Lewis, Camden T. ,P. Horton, Kershaw A. K. Kelly, Lugoff P. L. McNaughton, Bethune 8. J. E. Peach, Cassatt C. T. Trapp, Camden, rfd 1 John Boykin, Camden L. T. Anderson, Cassatt ' ,?$.?; . ? He Wam ()lotng Far Away . >y. # When a group of visitors was go ing through the county jail recently a burly negro trusty was called to open doprs and perform other simi lar duties for the visitors. "How do you like It In here?1' one o? them asked. "L!k& itf Lawd, If evAh Ah get# out o' heah. I'll go so fer frum town it'll take $9 to send me a postal card." ? Indianapolis News. \ i:\viiKitHv wins riKsr riti/.i:. Tltitii1 Thousand IVople Wil ni'Kh il?e HiiiVk iii Itiii'k lllll Wcdnchday . Tlu? Newberry hone team this morning not only curried off first prize in the State Hose W'u^ou con tent, but the hoys also 1 1 a < I the hon or of being successful in lowering > lU' i'CvwF it w!l" -itltl u! u Jrii'l' ond. The time w?h l!K 4-f? seconds. hishopvllle came second on thej lint of contestants, showing water in 2'J i-f> seconds; Hreenwood made the trip in. an even thirty seconds ; and thus rrtrilml off third prize. Throe" thousand people or more', witnessed the races and everything wan pulled off in a most orderly ! way. Considering 'he sly.e the crowd was very considerate mnl did i not block the street to any great, ex tent. The usual delay in getting, down to business was the worst fen ture of the morning, but after the: Judges and starters got down to business there was something doing all the time. In the first hour and a half three races were pulled off, but in tlio next hour seven races had been run. The race track was in good condition and there was not j an accident to mar the pleasure of I the occasion. The water pressure was excellent, a Kuage showing a round eighty pounds. Laurens was the first team to coouipete, but the electric gong fall c*d to sound and the face had to be run over, there being no official time kept. After the other contest ants had run, the Laurens team made, the trip in 37 seconds. How ever. the first run was much better and w as doubtless around thirty ?e eo y?in. The Swamp Fox team from Marlon, the tenth on the lint of the contestants, also had hard luck, in that the hose was choked with mud. It was decided to allow Iheni to run again. The time was 31 seconds. The Scores, Newberry 28 1-5; Hishopvllle 2'.? 1-5; Sumter He 3-5; Georgetown 30 l-r>; I'nlon, . blew out ;it hydrant; Chester lift; Columbia 30 I -5 ; Dar lington 33; Marion 31; (Ireenwood 30.?- Wednesday's Hock lllll Herald. The Militia KiicumpmciitM. Owing to the fact that President Taft vetoed the military appropria tion bill providing for the annual encampments of the regular army and the National Guards, considera ble anxiety has been felt in milita ry circles regarding the loss of the I encampment and the probable ef fect on the mllltla. An effort Is now being made to have Congress make the necessary appropriation. In case of failure to hold a national encampment, (Jen. Moore has stated positively that a state encampment will be held. However, the chancer are still good for a national en campment. The Second 'Regiment to which the Kershaw Guhrds are attached will go In camp on July 25th for ten days. The Guards are busy preparing for the trip and will In all probability carry a strong company. New Schedule Inaugurated . A change in the* schedule of the North Western Railroad which In ex pected to meet the approbation of tiie majority of the patrons of t lie road went into effect Monday, tak ing the place of the schedule which was ordered by the railroad commis sion ai'ter a hearing before that body here last month. The new schedule puts in opera tion a mixed daily train between Sumter and Camden, going each wa daily and operating between Sumter and Wilson's Mill four days in the week. It continues in operation, the present passenger train on the same schedule as is now in force, but changes the present freight train to a mixed train. The new mixed train will leave Camden at (5.30 in the morning and arrive at Sumter at 8.30 a. m. It will leave Sumter at 6.01 in the af ternoon, arriving at Camden at 8.00 o'clock. These trains will be known as 5 and 6 and will operate daily except Sunday. Between Sumter and Wilson's Mill trains 5 and 6 ; will on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fri? ' days and Saturdays, leaving Sumter at 9 a. m. and arriving at Wilson's Mill at 12.30 p. m. No. 6 leaves Wilson's Mill at 1.15 p. m. and ar rives at Sumter at 4.30 p. in. ? ? Sumter Item. Where Was That Hat? Three friends, who had all been operated on for appendicitis about the same peried, met for the first time since their sufferings and be gan comparing notes, $ays The Pitts burgh Chronicle. S "Yes," said No. 1: "I had beast ly luck! The doctor had to operate again, because ho found ho had left a sponge inside the first time." No. '2 promptly cappedthis. .-"That's nothing," he said "My doctor left a pair of forceps inside me!" j No. 3 rose to his feet. He was, 5 pallid and trembling as he rushed I toward the door in frantic haste. I "What's wrong?" asked his two friends. "N-n-nothing," he stammered; on ly I've just remembered that as I came round my doctor said some thing about having mislaid his hat!' ^ ' To Oelebrp te Birthday. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Horton will gvte a picnic to their relatives and | friends at Wegta' Mill, nineteen miles east of Caraden on Saturday, ?Moh? CITY AND COUNTY NEWS PUT IN CONDENSED FORM m vi rions <?r <i:m;r\l ?:si si:ri itin itv oiit Henry Cftrrison spent Sunday in Cltvi'U w . Bates Herald , oi' .Manning, in n is iliHK I't'latlVOH here. Mr. John M?ilon, of Yorkville. Spent I lie WHiik-l'llil here, A largo fish fry was lield ui Knight's i|i|| on Sunday. Miss Selina I'arrlsh Ih spending sonio time at Sullivan's Island. ' Buck Smith gave a lawn party to a iiuiuImt ol' h Ih visiting friends hint Week. Mr, and Mrs. C. V, Salmond, oi ('oiumhiu, spent Sunday with Mrs. I) 1). Boy kin. Verirtm McDowell spent a couple of days in Atlanta this week visit ing relatives. Mr. and Mrs. J. I*. Moseley and children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. David Wolfe. - Mrs. H. hevkoff, of 'Augusta, who has beef i visiting In Cumden, has. returned to 1 \ er Itouie. John Villeplguo has returned from a two 'weeks vacation spent in Charleston and Atlanta. \V. Brattou deLoach spent last week In Augusta, tJa., and ' Raleigh, N. C., on legal business. The many friends of Mr. T. H Horton are glad to see him out again after an illness of nearly a mom h. Mrs. La/. Levkrtff and,, children left this week for Augusta, where she will spend seNeral weeks w it'll relat I v?'s. Prof. A. L. Uelsenhelmer, of Charleston HIkIi School, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. (j*ds hnheltner. Services will he held at. (Jr. ice Kpiseopal church, Camden, Sunday, June iinth, at 11 a. in., Rev. A. S. Thomas, of Cheraw, officiating. Cashier John S. Lindsay, of the Lojlr-h ?Mr Sn vin^s Rank, was a visi tor to Rock Hill this week, attend ing the firemen's tournament. "Sweet. ? Home" church, which Is also used as a school building was burned Thursday night. It Is looea ! ted In the eostern part of the cotm ? ty. Miss Llllier Stevens, of Camden, ? formerly of Rock Hill, was operated on for appendicitis at the Fennell Infirmary thl? morning. ?Monday's ???' Rock Hill Herald. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Deus, who have been spending two weeks w it.l* Mrs. 10. D. Roykln, left last week for Atlanta, where they will visit their daughter, Mrs. Watson. We ure pleased to receive an interesting communication from our Bet. hum* correspondent this week. We would be glad to receive a news letter from all sections of the coun-. ty each week. John I. Bowers, of the Buffalo Beet ion of t lie county, has, thrown his ha?t In the i-i 11 k- He has an nounced hlniHelf for sheriff. This ;* will add interest to ike race, as hIx others are Reeking this office,* Henry Blssel Kennedy, who has been buying cotton at Savannah, ~ during the past year, 1h spend lug . .1. some time with relatives here. He' will go to Charleston in July to ' make a study of long staple cotton, spending a month there. The barn and stables of Mr. Le wis Cook, who resides near the Leo county line, was destroyed l>y fire recently, together with the contents and a supply of food for the chain gang, which had been put there for safe keeping. Fortunately none of the live stock was lost. Mr, W. II. Reasonover, of LugOff, attended services at the Lyttleton Street Methodist church last Sunday morning, having with him two little children from the Epworth Orphan- ? age. Mr. Iteasonoover takes a great interest in the children of the or phanage and frequently has some of them at his home weeks at the time. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Eve, Jr., wIlO^ leave next week for a trip to Nor folk, Va. The Journey will be made In Mr. Eve's "Hupmobile" touring car. Mr. Eve has adopted a novel idea of boosting his home town a Iong fehe route by having a banner with the slogan "Camden, S. C., For Me," placed on his car. Other tourist leaving Camden might do well to follow his example. According to the books of regis tration at the Clerk's office seven ty-nine automobiles have been reg istered in Kershaw county ? fifteen recently. This means that twenty or twenty-five thousand dollars have been spent in this county for auto mobiles during the- past few months. No motorcycles have been register- > ed. A great many motorcycles ? have been purchased in the county during the past six months? espe? ' cially among the rural mall carriers, . A large crowd is expected to fit tend the Fourth of July picnic At Providence Springs. A special train will be run from Camden at 9:30 and will return at 7 p. m. Anoth er large crowd Is expected 4o attend < the races at Darlington ou the ._ same dAy. Besides the crowds that go to Darlington and Providence, numerous picnics and fish frys will ?; be held at the ponds and on the ri ver in the county. There wITT no special attractions here on the Fourth. pic ? ?-v . .. .. v.