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VOMJMJ6 XXIV. CAMDWf. SOUTH CAKOUKA, . n?My, jn.y NUMBKJt 14. KERSHAW COUNTY CAMPAIGN OPENED MONDAY AT BETHUNE Jkhl CAN1MDATKH l-UKSi;\ i aNI> MADK 8HOHT AlJDItgMHKM TO ?HIS VOTltfiK. The candidates announced tor the various county offices all filed their pledges Saturday, with the excep tion of W* PS E. Hinsort, candi date for Magistrate for DeKalb township. Flfty?sev*n candidates are in the rac^ for county offices this year. The first .meeting of the County campaign was held at Bethune on laut Monday. The meeting was held In the town hall. Barring the ex treme heat the occasion was a very pleasant one. The meeting * waa called to order at 10 o'clock toy Mr. N. A. Bethune. There was com paratively few7 present when the meeting opened, nut within about half an hotit the hall waa filled be yond its seating capacity. ['? Mr. H. W. Noirthcut, candidate for tj>e office of Magistrate for !' Bethune had Uke honor of making the first speech of , the county cam paign of 1912. In a well wOrded and interesting speech Mr. North cut told of the importance of the office. A graat part of the buslneas of the upper court; comes from the Magistrate's office./ His record ia before the people and he will apreclate the suport of the voters. Mr. J. E. Copelanfl. the other can didate for Magistrate for Bethune was absent. Mr. Amos West, cfelldidate for township commissioner In Buffalo* township, in a very pleasing manner gave a running account of his rec jlord and left ttye matter with the Voters. , Mr. A. B. Shaw, another candidate for township commissioner In Buf falo, made a good impression upon his hearers by the straightforward, business talk he made. His record is before the people and would ap preciate their support. ' Mr. T. F, Horton, (another candi date for township commissioner in Buffalo, Announced his candidacy ind would be glad of the suport Of the people. Coroner G. L. Dixon, candidate for reelection for that office said t Wit [our years ago he came before the ?people and asked for the nomina tion and was elected by a liandsome majority and would ap preciate the continued ? support of ?be people. I Mr. C. J. Stewart was at his old ?lother'g home and ~ of course he Wilt at home among the people of Bethune. He appeared before them ?' of candidate for Coroner; He Belt that he v Was competent and if ?lected he would fill the office Baithfully and if honored by the ?eople with the Office he would be ?t their service day or night. I Mr. L. J. Watts," the other cajj ?ldate for Coroner was absent '? but ?iter came In and announced his Bindidacy. I Mr. P. T. Bruce ?was the first ?f the candidates for Clerk of Court m speak. Mr. Bruce said that- fh ?lie outset he wanted to thank the ?*ople of Bethune for the very flat ?ring vote they gave him two years K9 when he ran for the Legislature Vs past life and record are before ?le people and talking would not ?lange a single vote. He was not ?ere to run down or throw any ?^d at any candidate and would ?bve the subject with the people. ? Mr. James H. Clyburn, also can ?date for Clerk, was next Intro? ?ced, and announced his candidacy. felt that he was competent to ?1 the office and would appreciate ?e support of the people. Mr. ?yburn is a son of Mr/s. C. Cly mTn, who for many years filled ^office of Clerk of Court here. D. K. Hough was - the ? next ^Pdidate for the Clerk's Office to ?dress the audience. All the can* ?Jatea for this .office are his per? ?ai friends.. If he is elected he ?1 fill the office faithfully. B^r. w. C Salmond was next. In ?ouced. Mr. Salmond announced ? candidacy for the office of mT ? *n the audience; he ?saw the of many friends. If they Bed ^forthlm he would ever appre * V v. ' - ' i ? m -Singleton whh next JjUroUuj,M)d Mr. Singleton said ??, "** a speaker of any note ?v.LS ha<1 considerables w?u,d nt hi?? to "11 the office Of Clerk of Court. He would submit himself us a can cel!* that he 1b com ye ?>:? JJ B- Williams was the next *fi 12?m i C,erk i"^oduced; sald he be,<j th? ?ffice of Sheriff of Kershaw county for "iKht years and " gave entire satis faction. He claims no superiority oyer his * opponents, but If elected t i?rk, l?e would try to make as goo a Clerk as he did aSherlff. The candidates for Sheriff were next in order, and Mr. J. F. Bate man wass the first one introduced. Mr. Bateinan said he claimed no superiority over his opponents. He J?" 8?* years experience in the Sheriff o office with Mr. R. B. Wil liams. Mr. Bateman would not make an extended speech but one matter he wished to refer to, It had reached him that a report was current that he i was serving as a Mate constable it the time of the killing of Mrs. Stewart in Colum Pre and that he asslteq In the kill ing. Such unscrupulous lies will sometimes be started. This one Is as false as the hinges of hades. ,~r* f- b ?<>??*? was glad tobe with the people. If elected Sheriff, he would make the people glad. All the other candidates are his breth ren. Mr. 8. M. Hough waa next Intro duced, He said he apeared be fore the people as a candidate for Sheriff ahd if elected would fill the office to the best of his ability. Mr. Hough caused a good deal of amusement when he said he intend ed to make a speech but believed he had forgotten it* Mr. R. B. Humphries took pleas ure in announcing himself as a candidate for Sheriff. This is the first, time he has ever apeared as a candidate. He has a clean record and experience that qualifies him for the office. Mr. Humphries won the first aplause of the day "when he statted that he h<*d walked 16 miles that morning to speak to the .W. Huckabee was the nfdtt candlddate for Sheriff who addressed thb audience. He be lieves in justice and will apreclate the Hfppc- >f the people. I*- Jordan, also a Candi da* for Sheriff was absent* but later, after, all the other candi dates for Sheriff had spoken, came in. Mr. Jordan said as he did not hear the speeches of the other candidates, he would make his re marks brief. He is as. competent to fill the office as any of his op ponents, and will appreciate the support of the voters. Sherttt J. S. Trantham announc ed^ his candidacy for re-electlbn to that office. He would not attempt to make a speech. He could not if he wanted to. The next to be called on the pro gram were the candidates for county Treasurer. Mr. J. E. Creed was ab sent at that t*me, but later came in. Mr. McCaskill said that lb the Absence of his opponent he would not have any things to say. Mr. Mc Caskill was cheered. The candidates for Auditor jj? ? Messrs. J. O. McCaskill and W. 'F. Russell came next, Mr. McCaskill said that Hot "being a speech mftker he would not attempt to make one but that he would simply announce his candidacy and would appreciate the Votes of the people. Mr .Russell said he had' often appeared before a Bethune audi ence and' it Is always a pleasure to' him. He is a candidate for Auditor of Kershaw county and; if elected he will do , in the futurfe as he has done In -the past- ? -dis charge his duties faithfully and honestly. Messrs. C. W. Blrchmore and I. J. McKenzle, candidates for Superinten dent of Education, next spoke. At this juncture it was announced that Mr. L. D. Jones, candidate for township commissioner for Buffalo who was not present when the other candidates for that office spoke, had arrived and he was introduced to ? j J"' , (Continued on last page.) INHKOTH DKSTHOY tX)HN. Mve Vciu Field Scmr . < 'nuuleu HU4|?ihiJ of lie tVhtiifv, A flvo acre fluid of corn juvt weal of Camden wan destroyed by a* ravage# of u worm last week, ibose who hi<Ve soon the field and the destruction wrought by the aay that It U the army worm wnlci| hu? made Ita appearance In different part* of the state. The Held In which the insects have op erated belongs to Mr. W. p. Whlta ??r and he states they strip the, w'tilks of all its foliage, even eat ing the grass in the field. Other fields are being Infested by these ipseots, so it is reported.* jf\ A report from Anderson, dated July 20. says: "The farmers of the district in fected with army worms this after noon issued an appeal for help to the way of labor and money with which to buy parls green and arse nate of lead to be used In stamping out the pest. The dreaded worm was first discovered early in ta? week in the Roberts section of t|t| couuty. Since then the pests have' spread to other sections, and tht worms ^re absolutely destroying all vegetation. The worms have con* fined themselves principally to th|> bottoms but they are Koing into fcocoon and in five days will hate* tnto~ moths and butterflies, whictr the experts say will Ue scattered by the winds In all directions. Sever* al experts are on 'the scene and arO urging immediate aotion which i? being given freely by the people of all actions of the county. Two of more enttomologlsta are expected tomorrow from Clemson college, wad by, tomorrow , noon it is expected a systematic plan to exterminate th# worm will be devised. The worm is stripping COfn of all its foliage, la literally devastating all ihe green things that come in- Ita way. Un*' Icbs the ravishes of the worm la checked, it Is feared that the cropfc of the country will be destroyed, and from this county the pest will spread to other counties. Up to tonight the worm* have played but little havoc in the qott on fields, principally because they have been 'ought back by the farmers, who have gathered in large numbers In the infested districts. The Ander son chamber of commerce tonight, concluded that it would help In a financial, way as well as in any other that presents Itself to givf the farmers relief: A united ef fort among the people of the count* ty to confine the worm to the dip* trlcta already infeated, I#' being made. The plants are .being spread with parls green and arsenate* of lead wtth good results. The sup Ply of arsenate of lead is limited, but a large shipment is expected to arrive Monday; when the efforts will be more than doubled." A report from Mobile, Ala., says; "For some time t&e farmers in Mo bile and adjoining counties have been suffering from the lavages of some kind of worm which has been destroying their corn fields with a great rapidity. Many have austaln ed very heavy losses from th# pest and every effort has been made" to eradicate it, but apparently without avail. A farmer of this section gives the following solution aa a guaranteed erddicator of the' pests and whloh he says 1b ' being* used with remarkable success by farm ers in this section: Take a five cent package of washing powder to four gallons of water or twelve to a barrel of water, thoroughly mix and then spray the' cornstalks lib erally- He states tthat the solu tion will not injure the stalks or impair the taate -of the corn and Is harmless anil is a certain killer for the pests. . The remedy wai acci dentally discovered by a farmer at Moss Point, Miss., and the' knowl edge has been sent broadcast to the viotims of the worm I* 'the Mis sissippi coast counties and in the lower end of Mobile county." For Sale . Cheap. ^ A 1912 Motorcycle, in good con dition, can be bought at a bargain. Address box 284, Camden,; S. C. ? Bowling Alley. Mr? J, D. P.lyler,, of Cheraw has opened a bowling alley on DeKalb street, >just east of Hotel Camden. Mr. Flyler has a neat tent erected and promises lota of amusement for lovers of this Bport. . MILITARY BOYS LEAVE FOR ARMY MANEUVERS ' V % FOUTV - I M l n MKMUK1W 01? KKHHHAW <a AKl?s TO HQ IS ( AMI* AT ANNJHTOn Forty-eight meiuben of Co. A.f (Kershaw Guards) left yestterduy morning for Columbia where they will Join the other companies com prltiiiig the Second Regiment of Bouth Carolina, and fiym that point they go to Annfhton, Alabama., for encampment until A-ugust 4th., when the manuevers for the year will close. The first secejtlon of the troop train left Columbia ut 1 p. mj, tli|) second section leaving 20 tninutes later and wll 1 reach Aunls ton at 4 o'clock thin morplng. After reaching Camp PettuS, the routine for each dtfy will be to get up at 5:16 a. m., and assemble for oil call fifteen minutes later in ujl uniform. Breakfast takes the next thirty minutes, after which ev ery piece of paper ipust be taken out of the camp tents, bedding care fully folded and the tent put in absolutely perfect order. At 7 O'clock ' the men line up in front of the}? ami none of Uncle Sam's inspectors reviews the line and carefully inspects each tent. After supper, at 6 o'clock In the afternoon, the roll la called and or ders and other communications are tead, after which the men are at liberty to leave camp wit'i permis sion. Everyone taust be in camp before 10 o'clock, and all lights must be extinguished at that hour. The copipatty Is under command of Capt. fi. C. von Tresckow. The following members of the company ar* in attendance: B, C. Zemp, Major 4 K. C. vonTresckow, Captain W. M. Youhg, 1st Lieut. 1 K. J. McLeOd, 2nd Lieut. H. H. Blrchmore, 1st Sergt. L. T. Mills, Sergt. ?. K. Shannon, Sergt. f. J. Gardner, Corporal * Ray L. Moore, porporal fohn M. Lewis, Corporal John A. Burdell, Musician Andrew B. Heath, Musician fie, BenJ. D. v. i ? , Alfred. Philip. all I B. t, L. L. Luther L. Peter iVTi e, Doss. d, Jesse L. Hildebrand.v A. H. Hinson, John A. ? Huggins, A. L. Huggins, W. P. Humphries, W. K. Langley, Corbett. Lee, John K. . , I-.ee, Eugene. '' McCaskill, Leslie McLeod, Alford M. Moore, Fletcher. Moore, Stoney, Owens, B. D. . Shaver, T. R. Trotter, Klrklapd. Truesdel, Lucas. Ru#h, Wsilter L. Shannon, Carl. Smyrl, Henry L. Waters, John S, Lenoir, Wm. B. Jones, FV C. ? White, D. L. Alford, Tillman. Adams, March, ( colored ) Collins, John, (colored) Sgme Echo. , An American and a Scotchman were talking one day near the foot of one of the Sqotch mountains. The Scotchman, wishing to impress the visitor, produced a famous echo to be heard in that place. When the echo returned clearly after near ly iour minutes, the proud Scotch man, turning to the Yankee, ex claimed: "There, mon, ye canna show any thing like that in your country. "O, I don't know," said the American, "I guess we can better that. Why, in my camp in the Rockies; when I go to bed, I Juat lean otft of my window and call out, 'Tithe to get up; wake upt' and eight hours ' afterwards the echo . comes back . and wakes me." ? Southern Christian Advocate. CUSTOM# HTIliL IN VCKJU^J. Olit Time Hinging and Home Huper Htltiou of Mountain hViniH'r?, % Any well written book thut smell* of mother earth hue u long Uuy. The bible, the old time hymn book aud many other book* by not ed author* whose writings "reaches from the woll to the soul" came to stay. At a eouutry church near Hen dersonvllle, N. C., about three thou sand people m?et several times duK lng the spring and summer with basket* well filled aud spend, the day In staging the old hymns aud songs. To hear that unsurpassed voeal music would remind our old er people of many years ago when crowds gathered there annually, from the sea coast to the moun tains. Bolos were not in V^gUe then. The congregation joined In the singing of the melodious old hymns. Whenever 1 pass that sa cred place 1 think of the big har bor that 'once stood there aud how 1 enjoyed those camp meetings In my boyhood days. The ebb and flow of the wave of progress has never trickled over the hills and valleys of some of the mountain counties, agricultural' ly and religiously speaking. The people to a great extent aio In their Infancy! With a good mariy farmers the moon has much to do with planting their crops. They say if corn is planted on the new of the moon it will run up' tall stalks, making no corn but lQta of fodder. The old of the moon Is the time to plant for large eara of corn and but little fodder^, and If It Is too wet to plant when - the moon Is right, they will wait until the moon gets right. The signs are also a very Impor tant factor In determining when it Is best to plant the crop. 3 They say# if corn is planted when signs are in the bowels worms will work worse than if planted at a'tiy oth er time. This 16 the season for small boys and green apples tho' I don't know whether there is any connection between this and the signs or not. If corn Is planted when the Signs are in the breast corn will have a longer ahanlc, will run way out and hang dowh a larger ear :*nd free from Worms. They say If you want to be suc cessful with your potatoes always plant them on dark nights. \lf planted at this time the tubers will be right up at the top of the ground easy to dig and o i good site and flavor. If planted on light nights, Ithey will grow way down in the ground and more ttyan apt to be smalvand stringy, It is never wise to wean a calf when the signs are In the mouth. This opinion /? being that It will, bawl Its self to <Teath. If you want your beans and cab bage good and greasy, kill your hog on the old of the moon, but Bhould you prefer lots of meat and] not so much grease then wait until i lb turns the corner and comep out l new again. They will affirm to! you that it is so for tfaey have tried^ it. Those rules have governed fa: the* and son from generation a gone and they say have been weigh ed in the balance and not found wanting. Churches way up in the moun tains are not numerous. Most of, thejn walk, a few ride their horses or mules.- The people take life easy and live well. To spend a night with a good old mountaineer and his* . family you will likely dream you are walking on buck-* wheat, and wading , in honey .?Henry L. Fletcher. , possibilities of the Telephone. ' An Idea of the possibilities of the telephone in the rural districts may be had from a recent experience In Tifti^oouttty. As . soon as It was learned that the aVmy worya had made its appsftrance, which was sim ultaneous lfpnopposlte corners of the county, the secretary of the Tifton; Chamber of Commerce called up the manager of the local ex-* change and had him warn every , farmer that could be reached by telephone that the worm had appear* ,ed and tell him what preventive to .use. ' As ' a result It is said the situation in that county was under control within two days. Tift coun-' ty has twelve farmers telephone . lines, reaching ervy section of the county and connecting nearly 200 homes. ? Savannah (C a.) Morn ing News. i*. ? ' ? ' ' ' ' r ?? i ? ? ? ? CITY AND COUNTY NEWS PUT IN CONDENSED FORM MATT1CIU* OF UKNKHAh 1NTMH ? ? i t k? i? 1$Y <)VH Kiiroit ri;ns. 1 "I {fl?H Mill,*' M0MU,y U VWtln? tu f?"f kfuftaay has gone to the mountains, i Jflw WylJe, of Hook Hill, U the guest of MIhh Lee Gelxer. t. Mr- Kd Mm.** ig visiting hie bro ker, Mr. h, T. Mills, of this city, FlRM,1i Jf?iH w*?|tn0r? of 8apford, Fla., is visiting Mrs. W. 8. Burnet. aiMl Mr"- N- R. Qoodale and children spent last Sunday in Colum Miss Ada Phelps has returned town tt V l? r6,at,ve8 ln Georg? . Miss Mttry Man spent* ueyeral week Columbia during the past **a? *?ue to Mon mSf # r?n,alrider of -the sum *Lr*' C* ^ 'Almond w?!re BoykTn nd *ueatM ot Mrs. B i ?ifV.BrqTn' of Salisbury, N. ?? Goodale >UlUr' Mr*' J ?? The Misses Davis, of Columbia, w?*81!?. ttt the home of Mrs. W. M. Loll Ih. Luther Alexander, of Beau brother hert. """ t0 M" ,ather and . Master George Brown, of Oharlea? ton, is visiting Master John Porter at the ' Cedars." T Mr. W. H. Bve, Jr. left Tuesday to attend ^reunion of the Bve fam ily In Chrfleston. ? rhiln *wi0,ph* 8hannon went to Cheraw Wednesday evening to vis- ' It Mr. Leu Boykln. Mrs. 0. 0. Berry and little son. w?hr?hTte."S?ann. thS We<",-',,d ni^Mri# y* ^Loach ?P?nt a cou fh! ?' day* ln thJ? lowe* Part of the state last week. ?Mrs, Will 1 (Jordan, of Monroe. ..N. AivU1^r at the hom? of l|er sister, Mrs. J. j. Qoodale. * i Mr. Ernest Zemp left last Wed .the far northwest. He - wll) locate In Washington. B- A,o*ander, of Jackson yiue, is oa u visit to his parents Mr. and Mrs. GO. Alexander - % c' Vaughan Aij>d Uttle son. Christopher, left yesterday for a visit to friends at Mattthews, N. C." Miss Frances Keesler, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. An orew Mathis, has returned to Hatn Miss Nan DeLoache Is expected ftome today from Charleston, where she has been Spending a month with relatives. , ^ vc?f?i?a 8?d!e Havl8' who ha? b?en Mrs H. JED. Halsall, left Maryland." ' H?r hom# ?? Mrs. B. J. McLeod and Miss Lil lian Man are visiting in the county, at the f home of Mr. and Mrs. M. o. MOLOOd. Mr. Walter Schrock, of Charlotte, Is here for a few days. He is Btop ? *** to Mr. A. L. Humphries came up ?}mde? Tue8day u,ght io at tend Miss Evelyn Frew's party.? Rock Hill Herald. y ai}J Mrs. John T - Nettles and lltti? Jack, ' left Tuesday for m5tnn08Vil,e'/Bhev',le and other i mountain resorts. Miss Annie West, of the Beulah section, was, In the city Saturday! she recently returned from the sum mer school at Wlnthrop. Messrs. Tom Morrell, J. Lt Byrd, J"' Byrd and Misses Alice Boyd ,of Darlington, Vere ln Cam den, enroute home from Hock Hill. They were driving a Buick car, B A' K* and J In^u%d' alld B. L.< 5 ? Long, of Beaufort, stopp ??Av?Jtfr Tu.eSdBy ni?h^ They were traveling Jn a "Stevens-Duryea" touring car. -v? ~ This is The Guy Who Patronized The Mail Order Establishments ('LU T^ACH VUH t'frO THROWI* onto what 0* I KNOW ft?OVT that! HAWPte eoMto >oua?i +>rl [? Qtto;