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V-' ^TvOMJMK miv i? - Jib Printing ' Job Printing OAMUKN. SOUTH OAKOUNA. MtlUAV, HKITKMIIKK ?7. IU12 a . . v i NVMItKK 3M. iff RAINS CAUSEQ BREAK IN POND DAM pj Gin uh! Grist Mill it Csnpiile Wreck Caueiaf Heavy Un to Pin* Creek Mill. Ma' heuvleHt rain of reoeot ??? thin sectlou Monday night, " *ZZ to Waah badly. 8 to Hwell ?nd bridges to a way. The mo*1 ?ertou* <lftm vet reported was the breaking ' dttm at the old Factory pond. ^ known as the Pine Creek ? and the washing out of a cul on the Seaboard - railway, a rt distance beyond Lugoff, caus the derailment of a freight train the overturning of about twelve car*. he breaking of the dam at the ry pond occurred early In vthe rain* at the race leading to land grist mill, washing a wide area of the dam and pletely demolishing the old mil n#e What was a few hour? be Ue beautlfutt old pond la now marsh through which flows only former streams, and many flsh an are to be seen wading In par.be!., lo queat of the tinny be quite a number of fine fish lDg caught. The bridge leading m Camden below the mill, on eCheraw road was wiashed away. ^ a result of the breaking of fdam the Pine Greek Mill will abut down for several days,, epoud furnished the water suppl ! the big boilers and condensers' work was commenced on Wed mornlng replacing the dam |? Ouignard, of Columbia,' has ge, and the managers of the think the work will be comple te order to start the mill Mon morninng. - ? the Iobb to the mill company frpi destruction of the gtn and fri*t will be about $2,500 and it is mated the cost to repair thej In -the dam will junonnjj, to. .ween $1,200 and The dam which ^ broke- IHiesday; Ing had been" standing since Is when a heavy rain caused it give way. '{ The wreck near Lugoff on the| board Air Line delayed traffic t teveral hours. The cauBe of ? washout was a heavy back wftte* nst a small4 culvert which un irmlned the track. The engine d over safely but nearly a >n cars turned over. The Columbia Record on Tuesday ntalned the following account of ? wreck on the Seaboard: * | ?'Train No. 8, the Seaboard's veg ,ble express, in charge of Con dor JeffrieB and Engineer Camp rjan into a washout at Lugoff, ut 29 miles north of Columbia, morning at 6 o'clock and over ed ten cars. No one was hurt, d the only serious damage done tying up the main line of the board for several hours. "Seaboard passenger train No. running from Jacksonville to hmond, had to be run: , back to 'lumbia and ^ detoured over the ka of the Southern rallWay from re to Chester." c Mr. Geren,.of the Columbia wealth station in speaking of the flood uation said: "The Congaree will "bably -just barely reach .15 feet, ? flood stage, if Indeed It does at in that point, but that he believes at both the Congaree and Wateree their lower courses will rise Jx>ve flood stage, there having n heavier rains from Camden ?d from Columbia south than above *?se places. In Camden six inches rain was recorded in 24 hours, e heaviest falling Monday night.'1 I Insurance and IWlty Company, j I The Williams Insurance and Rwl I Company of Camden, with a cap F1 stock of |16,000 was commie-, joned by the Secretary of State pesday. The petitioners of the pterprise are D. FU Wllllame and foper H. Griffin. The purpose of h new corporation ii to dd,> gen hl insurance and realty business. I*. Williams is too well known r4 cltisens of Camden and Kershaw pQnty to need any introduction. p?oper" Griffin came here from pen wood county several months F and by hie clever, genial dls Itotlon has made many friends In pden and throughout the county. P* n?w corporation ! Is % strong p and will no doubt merit a large K? of public patronage. i"i i > ihESWB KKKMHAW county kaik _ To Ik Held Ttiwntdtty, FYkUy ?ud B^UutUjf, Nov. 7, H Mutl V. The premium lists, rules, regu lation*, etc., of the third aunual Kershaw county Fair, to be held Thursday, Friday and Baturday, Nov ?tuber 7, 8 and 9, In now in the hands of the printer and will be jready for distribution in a short while. Within a few weeks the com to It tee will begin an actual canvass in interesting the citizens in pre paring exhlbtB, and getting ' up a friendly rivalry among fanner*, stock-raisers, housekeepers, etc. The prises offered includea near ly everything produced on the farm. It la hardly neceaaary to speak of the good results to be obtained froto a county fail*. It will adver tise the resources of Kershaw coun ty, better than any other one thliig, and if no other benefit were to fol low it would do good from a nodal point of view. It caUses neighbor t meet neighbor and bringtf aboui a "get-to-gether" spirit which coul be aroused in no other* way. The Johnny Jonee Carnival Co., has been engaged .for the entire week, and will furnish the musical attractions for the fair. There will be the School Day, Boy's Corn Club and Glrl'8 Tomato Club features this year also, and county superki tendant of education, McKentie, is striving to make this the best fea: ture of the show. By all means let's make this fair, the best ever. ? . Bank at Hagood. Bank of Hagood, Hagood, Sum ter county, has been chartered with a capital of $10,000, 20 per cent of capital paid in and w^ll open for business on October 1st. The offi cers areT O. A. Lemmon, Presi dent; C. J. Jackson, vice-president; R. M. HJlderbrand, cashier; Direc tors: T. P. Sanders, C. J. Jackson, FS M. HUderbrand, J. B. Sanders,. C. W. JH^dtrs, R. B. Atkinson, M. S. klrfc, X. Strauss, W. B. Bilson, O. A. Lemmon. The bank will oc cupy a building to be erected on a lot 80*50 donated J>y Mr. A, H. San ders. The building wiU be at brick 20x40, of flfeproof construction, Will hftve a burglar proof vault with tlm locks and will be equipped and fur nished In first class style. Death of Mr. Thomas Myers. Mr. Thomas Myers died in Au gusta, Ga., on Sunday moning last. Mr. Myers has been a lifelong resi dent of Kershaw County and only moved to Augusta about six weeks ago. The body was brought to Camden on Monday and the inter ment was near- bis old bome in the eastern part of the county. Vauglian Arrested. Qeenvlle, Sept. '22.? T. U. Vaughn formerly superintendent of the Odd Fellows' orphanage, near this city, charged with criminal misconduct In office, ^was arrested today In Balti more. The arrest was brought about by a young man from this city, now living in Baltimore, who recognize.5. Vaughn at a Baptist church. Vaughn was arrested and jailed May 31 and placed in therGreenville county Jail, from which tie escaped on the morning of June a6 by saw ing through the bars o^ his cell window, i The charge ag&taut Vaughn Is of a most revolting nature, and the re wards offered for his apprehension approximate $1,500. < sawyers Kid. By reference to the advertising Columns of The Chronicle will be seen the catchy display ad of the Sawyer Drug Co. This kid will be on the job regularly each week and says he's glad of his job at the new store where he can point the way for things new in the drug line. Keep your eye on Sawyer's Kid.. r ^ - * .'V. Vi/ ; . j,, + V +4 ,, ? Magnaers of Election. The following* managers of State and Federal election have been ap pointed by Governor Blease: State? Joe Hough, J. S. Brown R. L. Pate. , , Federal ? J. A. Grigsby, D. G. Fletcher, W. C. Cunningham. Enlarged His Stables. - Attention is called to the mew ad In this issue of Mr. W. C. Moore. He has recently hsd extensive ad ditions made tohis stables which en ables him to carry a complete stock1 of harness, wagons and buggies, be sides his live stock and h* is bid ding for a share of thepublic patron age in his ad. Road It. i 1 1 ii i hi r~iT~|7rrjrr " ' imj" ? *. ' ? 1 Uncle Sam? "Honestly, What Are You Running for, the Presi dency or for Revenger' ; ? From th? N?w York Heralt. r ' ' REVOLUTIONIZE FARM LIFE. Electricity to Pl#y Great Part in Developing' Country. Atlanta, Sept. 24. ? Farm life In the Southern States 1b going to be revolutionised .within the next few years by the power of 'electricity re cording to leading agriculturists heve.who are watching the develop ment and spread of power company lines. ? : The great development at Tallu-' lah Falls, with the construction of tower lines, Intersecting the coun try in many directions and re&i lng towns and hamlets, is going to bring power 'to the door gf thf'Mjjltf * town snd fsrm purehasor, for the ?*ist time \u history putting him ** the same baSiSaa thecityxnani With in a few years, it is predicted, the prosperous Southernn farmer . will have his heating, lighting and even washing machine and farm machin ery will be operated by the same power; the doors and windows of the farm-house and barnB will lock through the sam^ agency; electric incubators will help hatch the chick ens. In fact, all the comforts and conveniences of city life will b* transplanted by wire into the fa^y mer*g~owti'f?vnC /aid. ? ? ? ; ? - ??? " ? ' ? r'v Will Have Sunday Mail. Through the efforts of Mr. C. L. Winkler, mall will be distributed at the Camden post office on Sunday hereafter. By an order, from the post office department, Postmaster d. J. Shannon was not allowed to distribute any Sunday mail which was a considerable Inconvenience to some of our people. ' Immediately upon the enforcement of the order Mr. C. L. Winkler, seeing the in convenience to which many were sub jected, immediately went to work and got in touch with the post of fice officials at Washington and re quested that the order :be revoked so far as concerned Camden. The result was a prompt granting of the request and the community Is grateful to Mr. Winkler for his good work in. their behalf. For Kent and Sale! Oneplace of 210 acres (150 un der cultivation) for rent. Fine land, one fourth mile from railroad sta tion. School house In sight. R. F. D. by the door. Seven mules for sale at half their value. Enquire at The Chronicle office, \ ?"* ? ? Bank at Rembert. aBnk of Rembert, Rembert, SSu Bank of Rembert, Rembert, Sum ter county, has been chartered with a capital of $10,000, 20 per cent of capital paid in and will open for business October 1st. The officers are: a. A. Lemjnqps, President; D. V. Keels, vice-president;* J. Edwin .Rembert, cashier. Directors, D. V. Keels, B. E. Rembert, J. L. Olllls, W. C. Harllee, W, R. Brown, W. A. Shular, W. B. Wilson, I. C. Strauss, O. A. Lemmon. The bank will oc cupy a building to beerected on a lot 20x50, donated by Mr.E. B. Rem bert. Thp building will be fire proof brick construction, 20x40, and equipped with burglar proof vault with tMM ftOOK. ? '' v ??:' \ h ' ? .? ?-*? TKLKPHONKB FOR FARMKR8. Condition* of Rural Life Impruvlitg Ily Their Use. An unfailing sign that conditions of rural life in Greenville county are being improved and elevated if ?he installaton of farmer tele phone ? exchanges, connectnig the rural diutricts with the c|ty of Greenville. Being able to communl cate with friends and business es tablishment^ in the city and hav lhg good roads which are being im-l proved year by year, make life in the'^ountry worth living. - The local officials of the South ern Bell Telephone Company re ?? farmers exchange At opened next] week aod connection will lie made with the telephone exchange here. The exchange will begin operation with fifty phones. Heretofore- it has been possible to get) Fork Shoals from Greenville by way ot Piedmont but the new line Is more direct. ? An exchange havlhg' eighty phone was recently opened at Simpson vllle. The Southern Bell Company em ploys a man whose business is to go around through the rural dis tricts and organise rural telephone companies. The farmers get to gether, organize a company and elect a president who superintends the construction of the line. The Southern 'Bell Company then con nects the rural line with the city exchange. It is stated that Greenville coun ty is far advanced along the line of rural telephone lines. it is doubtful if any county in the ptate has more rural lines than Greeh* ville with the possible exception of Anderson county. There is now hardly a corner of this county which cannot be reached by tele phone. ? Greenville, S. C., Piedmont Force of Momentum. The old -mountaineer, "who was standing on the corner of the mMu street in a certain little Kentucky town,- had never seen an automobile When a good sized touring car cam* rushing up the steet at about thirty miles an hour and slowed down Jus* enough to. take the comer on two wheels, his astonish mennt was ex treme. - ?? The old fellow watched the dis appearing car with bulging eyes and open mouth. Then, turning to a by stander, he remarked solemnly: "The horses must sho'ly ha' been traveling some when they got loose from that gon'leman's carriage!" ? Youth's Companion. The City Pressing Club. The City Pressing Club has been purchased by Mr. A. R. Bobbitt, who asks us to state that hereafter it will be, under his personal super vision, and that the patrons may rest, assured that only experienced men will be employed, thereby in suring them of only first class work Speeial attention will be paid to ho tel work and tailoring, ho having the agency for one .of the best tail oring houses In the north, and has employed an experienced local tailor to make measurements. SOUTH CAROLINA NKWH UaUiered From Kxrliitiigi^ hu<1 I Hit In l*?rimin|>|iw. ? Krneat M. Shell, of 1402 Pickens street, Columbia, shQ* hlmaelf Mon day morning and died 'a few hours later. No reason for the rash act to given . Mrs. Alice Picklealmer, widow of late Newell IMoklealmer, wan killed Thursday In n runaway near Green ville. She wan thrown froin the bug gy. u t r 1 k 1 1 1 k a tree, being killed In stantly. "Uullty of mauBlaughter ua to Jacob and Uovan Watta; not guilty an to Janiuti Howell." This was the verdict of a Lexington Jury who heard the cane of the three men charged with the murder of Adam Watta, the 7 2-year-old brother ' of Jacob Watta on the 7th of Auguat last, A. C. McKinnon, one of llarta vllle'n oldeat and most influential citizens, died at 2 o'clock laat Tbur^j day morning at the home of his son, C. M. McKinnon, after an illnese of aeveral riuyn. He waa 71 yeara old and haa been In feeble health for the paat few yeara. Mr. McKinnon waa one of the landmarka of hla section. >* There waa a war near Antloch church In Marlboro county, Monday night, in which Dorae English . . re ceived a pistol ball in his leg, the front of Win. 1), Odom'a realdence waa litterally filled with allot, Mra. Odom was struck In the- arm, Nor man Odom waa atruck by amall ahot and one or more negroes were woundeji. The building committee of the board of trustees of Wlnthrop Col lege has been called to meet next week at Rock Hill to award the con tract for the enlargement of the in firmary of the lnstltuton. About $12,000 1b available for the work. Members of the committee are D. W McLaurln, W. J. Koddey and D. (i. Johnson. Joseph A. Armstrong, a promlnen citizen of Charleston, connected with the News and Courier of that city drowned ? Monday morning .1^ 5?^?? Cut. It that hf nastily jumped from a Small boAt to * pile driver and missed his footing, Striking hk? face, which probably ren dered him unconscious, and making him an oasy victim to the water. A strike of motormen and con ductors, Is on on the Augusta- Aiken trolly line. The chief cause of the strike, it la ,clalmed, was the de mand of the men representing the Amalgamated Association tit car em ployes that a Ibcal union of Inotor men and conductors be abolished. The strikers also contend that Hie company is guilty, of treating them, improperly. The local or&nlzatlbn is the only one In the State, and the strikers declare the present ef fort is not alone one of the Augus ta company, but of the lines all over the State. The strikers have the Indorsement of thej, national or ganization, and will draw financial support from the parent organiza tion. This Is taken to Indicate a long fight. # $12, BOO In Rewards, Richmond, Va., Sept. 20. ? The State of Virginia settled today with detectives who were employed to capture members of the Allen out law band, which "shot up" the Car rott-ciounty court on March 14. In cluding previous settlements, about $12,500 hus been paid by the com monwealth. Governor Mann today gave W. Q. Baldwin a warrant on the State auditor for $2,3-00, the amount of the rewards offored for the capture of Sldna Allea and Wes ley Edwards. Detective ? Baldwin stated that Miss Maud Iroler, who went to Deg Moines to marry Ed wards, and who unwittingly led to his arrest, did not betray him and. would receive no part of the reward. The real information which the de tectives wanted, according to Bald win, was given by her father, Frank Iroler, who will be offered $600 for hig services. There has been no intimation from Iroler as to wheth er or not' will accept it. ' V ?' 'iV- ? ' A- , . - v Marriage, .* ' Married on Sunday aftetnoon last at the home of Mr. W. L. McDowell Mr. J, L. Hall and Miss Mlttle Branbam. The groom is a well known young merchant of Camden nnd the bride is a moat excellent' young lady who reeldee east of Camden. The happy young couple ?tart oat in life with the hearty good vithM nf minv oaaji <% ? wiBiitJu ui inanji rwu i nc iticv* ? - ' - ? ? ?? .. ... SUB-COMMITTEE MET AT SPARTANBURG TUESDAY John T. Duncan Makes Sensation*! Charges? Meeting Attended With Much Disorder. Spartanburg, s?pt, 26. ? The meet ing of the sub-committee investigat ing the alleged fraud in the recent primary election in South Carolina accomplished much real work this morning and the riotlous scenes which marked the session yesterday afternoon were replaced with a dig nified and orderly session. 1 he initial meeting of tthe commit tee was uttonded with much disor dor from the large crowd gathered to observe tue proceedings. Ardent Uloase men seemed to make up the Mk of this gathering, and they made a demonstration against the committee that at one time Interrupt 'jyi pi ovimmI In^H and caused Chairman Stevenson to declare that If order , we^e not secured ho would adjourn the meeting and hold, sub sequent meetings behind" closed doors, though he did not wish that don#, The chairman's announce ment brought forth a vehement pro lost from J. M. Groer, who had al ready fired the audience by his at tacks upon the procedure of the committee, particularly the mooting held in Charlotte at the call of Chairman Btovenson. * ? .V Sam J. NJcholls, of Spartanburg, made an appeul to tho crowd to be orderly and his appeal seemed to have more weight than any other that was made, and the disturbance wi|? finally quieted sufficiently for the committee to proceed with ltt business. None of those men who yeuterday threatened to cause a riot were pre* ent this morning and the work was hastened so that it Is now possible that the sub-committee will have completed Its work by this after noon and be prepared to submit Its findings to the state executive com* fnlttee when this body meets in Co? lun^bla on 'October 1. W. B. Wilson, Jr., one of the com? mltteemen named by Chairman Wp F. Stevenson to get reports ari(? charges from all of the counties Id)' the upper section of the state suP? mltted his report this morning. Mr. Wilson reported: Berkley! =county, ten voted whose names were? not on the club rolls. Calhoun, no Irregularities. Charleston, work just begun, no fraud found so far; charges will be further Investigated, Chaster, no club roots at Oreat Falls avd- Land*; -chesterfield, four- ~or_ five Irregular votes fdund, but con- ' test was withdrawn, Clarendon, no [ protests. Darlington, fifty-seven vot ed who were not on club rolls, at V one prec^ct; numerous other mlnpr irregularities; 34 voted both at Dil- i. Ion and Maple Heights. Dorchester, 125 votes in wrong box were count ed, thus causing county treasurer's race to be contested; several minors also voted. Fairfield, no charges. Florence, Georgetown and Horry, no report. Kershaw, chairman reports election fair. Lancaster, no report. J Lee, resolution passed declaring**' election fair. Marion and Orange* burg, no fraud alleged. Marlboro, no report received. Richland, Investiga tion still in progress and no report ready. Sumter, ^ no irregularities. WllllainSburg. no contest and no charges. York, chairman of county committee refused to aid in probe; numerous lrregula/ltes appear in various precincts. John T. Duncai^ one of the de feated candidates for Governor, read his answer to the complaint filed by attorneys for Judge Ira B. Jones. Mr. Duncan made sensational charg es. He asserted that he had been told by a responsible person that Slot, 000 had been 'spent on the eleo tlon and this money was used $y friends of Judge . Jones. He said $300 wasspent at one precinct, ^e} strongly advocated the holding of another primary. Mr. Duncan fur nished no rn^nes in his charges and the committee (Detracted Dim: to Dro vide these, so that they may be ei-i Mr. Duncan in Ills statement said he could prove, that a certain Can didate in Greenville voted 17 lin< men of the Interurban railway ,th? en being geprfriAtis. They all ed for Jone?, Duncan asserted. ?afA the BT&se men! would not HeVe his &ar*e?, against , but bettered them against Jones rf?e