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UJU.lJLmW VOlllMK XXXV ??R*S8PRflEP8B8BH|B NUMBUll i h. CAMDKN. bOUTH IUI>AV, AUUUHT tt a, iuiu (J CHRONICLE TO QVE away KIMBALL PIANO gAUffWi' INHTHUMKNT Mul 0K WON KV HOMK YOUNU Ul>y IN THW CXAJNTV. 'Wit^iu the ??** **w we?k? The ironlcl? to add a nun ? 0t ??w ?ubjKsrlbeiw <to Its lift ft(J Id o^er to do this we are ring to give to some youug lady > Kershaw county a handsome jmball piano. The plan of itbej ontest to told In attractive pace dverttoement in thl? Issue . Tbto contest present a an excellent nnortuulty tor young lady in the ouuty to win a handsome instru ct. It will only talce a llUle ork and will bo well worth the Many voluntary subscribers a?^ owing in weekly to The Chronicle, ut we need a larger circulation nd have adopted thla plan of oh* iniug the new subscribers. When the contest geta on In full last help your favorite candidate. you are already a subscriber to ha Chronicle send the paper 19 owe friend away from home, lothlng is more highly appreciated Ian to receive the "old home pa er" and besides , it is motley ' wWl pent for we carry the* newe of the otire town and county, *nd expect 0 use the money received from new ubucrlptlons in improvements on be paper. t. The hundsome piano to be given ivay win soon be put. on -exhibition 1 a popular business, establishment or the inspection of those interest d. it is the same instrument as hose used in many of the bfest omes in Camden and Kershaw ounty and is backed by the guaran ty of the big Kimball Co., which Mures the best in piano construe? Ion. Take note of the coupon publlsh d elsewhere. Cut it out and mall 0 this office with the name of your ivorite candidate and it will count ,000 votes at the "get Off." A ood start means a whole lq| at the finish" and It Is up tQ the ncceBsful candidate to "get busy."^ We have employed an excellent oung lady to take charge of the onte8t, who will visit the different e&teaumtg from time o time and ,eep an accurate and close aocount f all new subscriptions and renew to. Address air cbmmunications D the contest department of The ihronlcle. Candidate Drops Dead. Florence, Aug. 16.' ? The campaign arty of this county was shocked ad all rivalries forgotten In !' the leath of Frank M. Davis, a candi date for coroner, Just after the aeeting at Lake City this after? oon. Mr. Davis ate heartily at~ inner, though complaining o^vindi estion , and after dinner he com? lalned of Buffering, but made his peech as a candidate for coroner t the afternoon session of the leeting. After speaking he sat own on a pile of iuml>er~ wliil6 the rowd was having its sport with Ir. Watson, who is -a candidate for upepisor and who furnished a ood deal of the spice for the meet ig. Mr. Davis was seen to turn ale and droop, his h6ad, but before distance could be given him he 'as dead. Largest Wedding Cake. A press dispatch from Philadel^ hia says: "One of the most ex raordlnary wedding gifts ever pre suted to a bride is a 300 pound redding cake given to Miss Mamie (organ stein by her father. It is iid to be the largest cake ever aked in this city. Among the in redients are 100 pounds of raisins, 00 pounds of currants, 30 dozen Sg*\ 75 pounds of sugar and 20 bunds of butter. It stands ' six >et high. Mr. Morgansteln and la two sons spent two weeks mak *g the big confection. They say ! will last without crumbling or ^lting for 25 years." I FOR SAIjE. One milk Cow with calf. Apply this office. RURAL POLtl'KMAN DIEM. Hwlwutiiag ia Cold Water !TiwwKti( to be Cmwo <rf in*u?. Hartsville, Aug. 1>,? Mr. Qeorg* W. Coker, a member of the Dar lington rural police force, died to day at Big Bprlngs, near Beth una, B C. Mr. Coker went there y eater dtty with' a party for a few days outing, and from what has been gathered It appear* that he went' in vaw}inming in the aprlng, where the water is unusually cold, and he must have died of congestion or heart failure Effort* to rescue him were unavailing, Mr. Coker was an unmarried man, whoae service* NM rural policeman had been of es pecial merit. He Is survived by ?his parents, t%o sinters and a broth er. h From his home paper. %W Mr. Geo. W. Coker, who was one *>f Darlington county's most effici ent rural policemen, died at Big Blue Springs, near Bethune, S. C., on Monday afternoon. J4*. Coker went in bathing in the cooling wa ters of the spring, and while there was attacked by a spell, that has been attributed to acute Indigestion, and died before medical ' attendance could be summoned. 1 His death comes as a shock to all who knew him, as he was a young man, aged &1. of robust physique, and appar ently in the best of health. He left here with an outing party on the 18th intending Ut stay a few days. Mr. Coker wm a jnan of great promise, ginee his appoint? ment as rural policeman ho has de-* voted his time and energies towards doing his duty conscientiously, and his untimely death jvill be deplored not only by his friends, andJf their name is legion, but also by lov ers of law and order In our county. The funeral took plaoe at Antloch Baptist Church, which is near to the home of the deceased. Besides his parents, one brother, R. Lee Coker and three sisters survive him - Darlington News and Press. perbon&l encounter Between Mayor and Citixen Took i Place In Hampton Park. Camden was* considerably aroused ^oh Tuesday night when the rumor spread that Mayor 8. P. Braslng ton,, of this city, had on that after noon attacked Mr. Henry Elchel, a salesman in one of the local stores, i In Hampton Park. Mayor Brasington is summoned to appear before Recorder Qoodalei Monday on a charge of "breach of, peace by fighting within the cor-| porate limits of the city,'' while he has been indicted, before Magis trate Plncher ? case to come up be fore the circuit court, with "assault! and battery of a high and aggra vated nature." Prom what can be gathered th6| facts seem ,to be that Mr. Eichel slapped the Mayor's son for run ning over little Simon Elchel with a bicycle, which Mr. Elchel claims was done willfully by the little Brasington boy. Por this offense he wap fined $10 in recorder'al court. Tuesday,, pleading guilty to the charge brought against him. CHARLIE POTTER DEAD ? Was Native of Hhode 'island And Remains Carried There. Mr. Charlie Potter, who has been at the Columbia hospitkl for two or three weeks,- ill with typhoid fe ver, died oh Friday. of last week. Mr. Potter was a native of New port, R. I., Twelve years ago he came to Camden "as "ft Visitor and was so chartned witBt the town he determined to make this his home. Charlie Potter was a big-hearted, congenial, noble fellow. He num bered his friends by his acquaint ances for all who knew him held him in the very highest esteem. He was a golf and polo enthusiast, and did much during his residence here to promote this popular sport. Mr. Potter has two sisters, Mes dames Roscow Bousal and Qranville Winthrop," tthe former being ties wife of Mr. Bousal, the head of the syndicate now constructing the rail road from McBee to Charleston via Sumter. Mr. Potter was canvalesclng and was able to be up . when he took . a relapse, the end coming on Friday. His body was carried to his old homo at Newport for burial. GEN. WIUJAM BOOTH Founder of Salvation Army UmmI In Loiuk?. Loudon, Aug. 21.? The Rev. Wil* Hum Booth, general and torn ma mi er In chief* of the Salvation Arm/, died at 10:13 o'clock last night. Ho wan horn at Nottingham In The veteran Salvation Army ?Mgar wag unconscious for forty ?ight ho uri yruvloun to big death. The medical bulletins' bad got re vealed the terlouauewi Of the gen eral's condition, whlob, tor a* we?K Past, it In how admitted ijraa hope less. Starting his career alone M * soap box preafeher in the aluma of Nottingham, England, at the g<e of 16 yeara, William Booth ended It at 84 at* head Qf an army of mil ilouii of Salvation lata, scattered all through S4 ?ountrtes. He fought many real battles ia the slums of Ixmdon and often waa In peril of losing hia life in the cause, but with thoae who rallied to big support he formed the riu cleua of his gregt movement, first given the name of the "Chrlstlatt mission." k v The present Salvation army was never foreseen nor wan the name ever deliberately chosen by any one. Mr. Booth was dictating to a stenographer when he used the words: "The Christian mission ia a .volunteer army."- >? When he looked over the paper later he sub stituted "Salvation" for "volun teer" as tfie stronger word, and the pbraae struck fir?' among big mission work?**, who . seised ^ the militant spirit from it. j Bramwell Booth/ eldest sort of Oeneral Booth, waa named as com mander in - chief tb succeed his fa ther. The appointment waa made 22 years, ago and has remained In a Bealed envelope until made pub lic after the old 'ingb's Civic League Meeting. The Civic League held a most enthusiastic meeting on Monday of last week. Several new members were enrolled in addition. to the twenty or thirty enrolled at ? t>ur last meeting. The subject of the clean up week- just past, was first brought up and every one expreea ed themselves ife being delighted with the results. Without one dis senting voice it wai .decided to have clean up week again n*Kt year, rules governing the same to be announced later. " / As the League has taken for its years' work "trees," one lady In each, ward has beenappolnted to cover, all ground in her respective .ward and., note the need of trees and bow many and report to the president. The Ciyic League will place on parks at an early date, wire baskets for papers and trash that ruin the sight of our public! I park. Nurses particularly will be Instructed to observe this rule. At this meeting a letter to the League from the National Chamber of Commerce was read, requesting the League to report five constructive things, completed Or in order, of completion for the beauty of Cam den and use of the general public. This letter was replied to at once. The National Cham-ber of Commerce will be in session about the middle of September in Boston. The members of the League have decided - to get one neW member each and a few others that have flagged during the summer to re new their interestt and attend the meetings. It is absolutely 'essen tial for each and every member to atttend regularly the monthly meet ings to make our League what it jBhould be in a town the size of Camden. G. M. Zomp, Sec'ty. Long Distance Bicycle Rider. On a wager trip from Atlanta to New York and returh, Royall C. Miller, a long distance bicycle rid er stopped in Camden a few hours on Saturday last. The round trip is to be made in sixty days, and he Is to solicit no aid except from sale of post cards on, the entire journey. The 1,100 miles from At lanta to New York was made? in 21 days and the return trip is expect ed to be made in 20 days. Miller is accompanied on hi*. Journey by Ross Baker, a mere lad. Miller made a bicycle trip several years ago from Savannah to Los Angeles. "Com? Back to Krin" in motion pictures at opera house to-night. ? v ' *' V ICW aTORK Bt 1 U>1 NUH. Work < 4>uuu?*kxx1 (mi Tlirw Now ? I I tu tidings on Main Htreet. \ < jUround huts been brokun for the now store bulldinga to bo erected by E. H. Dibble, on Main street, ?>*d work wlU commence Mt once. Hlann aud specification* were drawn by Architect Hainby, of Columbia, and rail for tbree modern one story ?tori-H, with a depth of 76 feet' and It feet wide. Th? contract has beeu lot to Mr. J. H. Moore, of this olty, aud the now store* are to be oompleted wttlMn six or elgfet weeks. All will ba tonuiructed with a view to mak ing this one 4>f the haudsoeinst bus iMBe corners la the city, each store t# fcavo a plat# glass front. Jlflbble has already had many ap plications for the new places of bus HNs and whail completed promises to In* the moat popular business sections of Main street. . The total cost of tho three stores will be in the ix'lKhborhood of 96,040. At a later date Dibble will re? model the corner store now occu pied by him and ereot a store on West UeKalb street for his own ude- renting his corner store. STOCKTON NEWS ITEM**. 1 Boyklns ,8, C., Aug. J0.*~ Misses Ethel and Beatrice Lee and Ther eSsa McDonald are visiting at the home of Mr,/ B. M. Pearce, Jr. Those who attended the county Sunday School at l'lne Orove last week from Boulah church, wei*e: Ml?so? Jessie ~ Owens and Ethel HKwnphrlee and J. O. Hum phries, e. C. Pearce, Leonard Smjth and Milton Phillips. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. lrby, of the i$tate Farm, are Spending several !we#ks at Qlenu Springs. \- pessrs. B. M. Pearce and Luther SoWeli visited at Blaney last week, h 'Charlie and Sam ftbwell spent a few days In Bethutte last week . MissRlanche Turner, of'Kalb, *.* visiting friends and relatives here. Little Miss Ruth Hush and bro ther, Alva, ar? visiting their grand patents, Mr. and Mrs. J. 01111s. ? Misses Ethel Sowell, Ethel Hum phries, Theressa McDonald, and jll^srs. Jesse Pearce, Luther Sow ell and Carl Humphries were guests of MIhs Jessie Owens on Wednesday esfttalng. fir. Eugene Owens was in the PiM&h section on last Wednesday. Mr. Ed. Workman has returned from a trip tto Rock Hill. Vr. B. M. Pearce had the misfor tune of losing a fine milk cow last week. Mr. Belton Owens has lost two this month; .v-tvMlss Bailie Sowell is expected to return home this week after a sev eral ^weeks visit in Chesterfield county. a . At Baptist Chtprch. "Sweating Blood," or "South Car olina in GethBemane." A discus sion of the present political situa tion by the paBtor "bf the Baptist Church Sunday night at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Margaret Ma this Dead. , Died, on -the night of Aug. 14th, [at her residence onvPlne Creek fac tory hill, Mrs. Margaret Matlils, af ter a very brief illness. Mrs. Mathis was a woman of strong personality, and a general favorite? among _ail _. who had the privilege of her acquaintance and friendship. She is survived by a son and daughter and several step-children, whose loss is irreparable and with whom we deeply sympahize. The decease was about 55 years of age at the time of her death. Rey, Kizcr conducted the funer al services on the evening of Aug. 16th at the Pine Creek church' in the presence of a iarge number of relatives and friends, .the inter ment being in the cemetery connect ed with the church ground. " *? - i - - 1 ? * * f WANTED. Music pupils.. For terms ap ply to Miss Kate DuBose, Lyt? tleton street, graduate school of Music and Art, Columbia, S. C., (Pfof. Paul deLaunay, Dlreetor. ) V W A N T E D. v A buggy horse for his keep for three months. Good care taken. Address, P. O. Box 535. "The Gentleman Fireman" in mo tion picture** at oj>era house tonight. KIHKWOOl) FA KM PICNIC. CMdldRUw ?imI Others H|m*u?1 rie*n? ?at IMy N?r Keralmw. Kirk wood Farm, the beautiful home of Mrs D. M. Kirk ley, about five miles from the town of Ker tthuw, wuh the scene of a uio?t ?n* Joyabl* picnic on last Friday, the 16th tQat. The occasion was the Junior Or dr picnic at which (t wan expect ed that there would b? several prominent speukers of the Order present, but It ,waa impoaalble for them to be there aud aa many of the county caudldatea were preaen' they were subatltuted for the apeak era and they preaeuted their claims to the good people of that local MA, Under the management of Mr. I). M. Kirk ley, the meeting proved to be one of the most enjoyable held anywhere thin year. A large crowd, was present aud the best of good feeling prevailed, The people of this section are proverbial for* their open-hearted hospitality t and they well sustained their reputation on. this occasion. A long dinner ta ble had been prepared In advance, and It was well filled with every thing nice. to eat; it wua one of the most tempting tables we have ever seen and we can prove by 'Mr. Klrkley that we did full Jus tice to the occasion? -(he says we always do? -and we guess he is right. We were among the number who had to leave quite hurriedly in or der to catefr the trtin due at Ker- j shaw about 2:30, but the pleasant1 memories of that day will long linger with us as Well as all others who were there. After a few Introductory remarks by Mr. D. M. Klrkley the meeting wus presided over by Mr. Alex Brown, who did so in a very ac ceptable manner,, Kfrkwood Farm is btae of the prettiest places in Kershaw coun ty. it is an ideal country home, surrounded** with everything to make life f happy, and the peo ple will be glad when they can again visit Aits charming place on' a like occasion. * JIJ1KJH RUHSKIJL KXl'IiAlNH i . * ' * How He Voted in Tl?e House <>n Keparato Coach .Hill. (Political Advertisement.) To the Voters of the Couptyi At the campaign meeting la Cam- , den on th Bth day of Augtist, -Judge Jones made use of my name In ex-1 plainlpg his vote qin the Separate! Coach ? Hill, stating in his speech ! that I voted ub he did on the said Bill. I did not at the time re collect how 1 voted on the meas ure and thought very little about it but since that time many of my friends from dlffrent sections of the county have told me that some ot those who were opposed to me, were trying -to make \ls of it to in jure me in my race for re-election as Auditor, and requested 1110 '.<? make a statement through the pa pers aft to . my position. At the first session of the Legislature In 1890 there was a bill introduced to require the railroad companls to furnish separate coaches for white and colored passengers. ? There seemed to be considerable differ ence of opinion in regnrd to the wisdom ' of - passing audi an act at that time. The matter was fuliy discussed and as It was near the end of the session a motion was made to postpone the bill, and I, with a majority of the members, so voted. Then /early in the next ses sion of the House In "1891, .the bill was again Introduced and when it came up for consideration both myself and Mr. T. J. Klrkland, vot ed In favor of the bill and It was passed by the House and afterward killed in the Senate. Mr. Ira B. Jones, speaker of the House, again voted to kill the bill. See House Journal of 1891, page 276, which will show that I did not* vote as Mr. J)ones did. Anyone wishing to see the Journal of the House can do so by calling on me at the Auditor's office, and I will be pleased to let them read it for themselves. Respectfully, W. P. Russel. Heo MI)ark Feather, the Squaw," in motion picture** at the Opera House to-night. Mr. H. O. Strohecker, Jr., Is vis iting friends in Camden. CITY AND COUNTY NEWS PUT IN CONDENSED FORM MATTJtCKM OP UUNKKAIi INTKK KHT 8KC'tHKl> ISY OXTti llKPOUTUKH. David Lenoir, of Kembert*, ia vis iting llurry Porter. Mr*. K. L. PholpB 1h vIhIUiik friend* In Lancaster, , Maater Kvaret Bchenk Ih vIhUIhk friends In Hock Hill. Mr, Blair DeLoache left Monday tor the northern market*. Mr*. W. II. deLoach In upending a. week or ten day* at Virginia Beach. Mr. C. A. Johuson, of Jefferson, was ?i visitor in Camden Wednes day. Mm. 8. b\ Brasihgton and son left Wednesday for Piedmont Springs, Mr. Douglas Featherstone, of Greenwood, is visiting his uncle Mr. H. 13. Pitts. Mr. and Mrs. Ned Jordan, are visiting at' the home of Mr. and Mrs. 10. L. Phelps. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Redmond, of Bennettesville, visited Mrs. Joel Hough this week. Misses Virginia and Minnie Craig Taylor have returned from & months visit to friends In Georgia. Mr. and Mitt. Cha?e and children, of Florenoe, are the gueets of Rev. and Mrs. H. B. Browne. Mr. K. L. Keesler and family, of Charlotte, are guests at the honke of Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Rhame. Mrs. A. H. Robertson and children have returned from a months visit to their old home in Georgia. Mrs. David Wltherspoon spent a few days In Camden last week with her slater, Mrs. W. 8. Alexander. Mm. Williams and daughter, Mis# Hannah Williams, of Onarlfcaton, are the guests of Mrs. Harry Baum. . lira. M. N. Billings and ittlle son are visiting relatives ni Tlmmoiis ville, Hartsvllle and Society Hill. > Miss Lena Llneherger, who haa been on a visit to relatives at Shel by, N. Or, returned home last B*fi dfryLi . ' %&"? tiapt. W. M. Shannon has return ed from Glenn Springs. Mrs. Shan non and daughter!) are in Green Vllle. ? ' : T Alias Jean Lindsay; who has boen in the mounntalns of North Caro lina for the past month, came, home today. Mrs. F. A. Martin, of Byromville. Ga., Ih Hpendlng some time Wlfib * her parentSj Sheriff and Mrs. J. 8. Trantham. Miss Lucilo Micklo left Tuesday for Columbia where she was joini|Kl . by Mies Mary Mickle on a trip to Glenn Springs. We have boon requested to state there will bo preaching at tho Lyt tleton Street Methodist Church ne*t Sunday ? both morning . and night. * Mr. and Mrs. S. F.' Moore and children, of Dalzell, passed through ?the city Wednesday on their wiry' to the mountains of North Caro* llna.. 'f Mr. Aucrum Boykin and Ut4jSe daughters,' Misses- Helen and, Flor ence, of Boykin, are visiting the former's Bisters, Mrs. T. F. Bell and Mrs. Jno. Barnwell. ? Rock Hill Herald. ? Dr. ahd Mrs. W; C. McDowell, 1 with their little baby, were In Cahj "dSfV ; ? oir- Tuesday- lae^, ? returning . from the home of Mrs. McDowell's sister in North Carolina, where Ifrs. McDowell has been spending a while. Mr. N. R. Goodale isn&vlng ereet ed a large garage and supply house back of his place on Main street. His business has outgrown his pre sent quarters and the additional building will enable him to better take pare of <hlft customers. Mr. W. R. DeLoache returned Friday from Atlanta drlvlngr an-4^ft. C. H/-' touring car which he pur chased In that city. He was ao companled on the trip by Mr. D. ,T Yarbrough, of Bethune. This is the fourth sale of these machines made by Mr. DeLoache In .this ter ritory. | ? This is The Guy Who Patronized The Mail Order Establishments r, I It (A I' \ ?'LL j megs?| T? l^Tl ; J Q [Buvlr ftT ttOMfe!! ] >aI6ll fu. e>e? du&ncd H \ ^W<%V AM' (kot \ KHJW! THfcf ! rwn th' / 1 ^"*>PkY C j JftfrMVTiri ON' I ItotD l \rtOitet oN iY?rpo '. NOVO I'LL 3fcM dfct M tTWe^RW h6V.fc ?N' aVrttCK I OeT (Vl RIP THtt BARN OF ffcvrt>t 4 Jfi TttftT .frMfrttT H4Y faiLtfRS 1 cone, our j t ? TtlAT 60IVHT TpHOUP r>i*i roR. p>vutMwe / 110 ?!??**+ &???? oua