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VOIiUMk! XXIV. Hra ? , & . ' 41 < AMl>K\. SOI Til qiKOUKAt ritll?V\, J VM AHV *4, j ?<:> ' fm SUBSCRIPTION VOTING POWER IS NOW INCREASED THREE-FOLD Here a Yearly Subscription Heretofore Would Earn Two Thousand Votes it Will Now Earn Six Thousand. (Iff LAST FIFTY VOTE WON PUBLISHED TODAY Ik. Nine Special Priw Winners Named Today After ? Recount Had Been Made. Race For Special Prizes Was Very Close. Eflorts From Now to End of Contest Will Determine who Will Win The Big Prises. Here It 1?! Her? la the vote of >r everyone has been patiently iiltlug for. Here la the big offer, he gmttost offer, absolutely the Je?t offer of the entire contest, lead it carefully. Ud until eight o'clock Saturday weninK. February 1st, Just three luies the regular number of votea ill) W allowed on subscription. Tho >riginal vote ached ulo has been tripled. Triple votea will be Issued on all subscript Ions whether they ue old or new, advance or arrear ig0 collectionB, ahort subscriptions or long ones, it maketo no dlffer joce, they will earn triple votos. To U?e wide awake candldatea this offer will spoil SUCCESS, in Jrge letters. Tho triple Offer makes it necessary for the candi iites to get in every availably aub icrlptlon before Ita close, aa never igaiu in the contest will subscrip tions earn as many votes as during the three for one offer which will positively close February first at eight o'clock in the evening. Absolutely tlie float. Wiseacres and would-be-adviaera ?ill get In some effective work this leek. They will have their influx f#ce over Bome of the candidates. They will advise the candidates to bold back their subscriptions until the last day to get the greatest number of votes on them, IttJT PAY NO ATTENTION TO THESE PEO PLE FIOR THE TRIPLE VOTE OF FER IS POSITIVELY THE BIG GEST AND BEST OFFER OF THE, ENTIRE C0NT\E8T AND IT WILL, NOT BE REPEATED. Every sub scription must reach this office be fore the closing hour ol! tho offer. Not one subscription will be receiv ed after eight o'clock Saturday night February first to apply on the trip le offer. Subscriptions received af ter February first until the close of the contest will earn a much small er number of votes. Everybody Hustling to Win. Everybody is hustling this week !? gain the lead and bank a reserve force to be used at the finish. The Chance to lay up a big reserve and S?in the lend of the list is one that few are willing to pass up and the contestants are- all working with Might and main to. win the coveted )lace. if some of the contestants have got a few more votes on the ??bli9hcd list thair"y?5Ti have don't' be discouraged and don't stop the good work of securing subscriptions U?d votes in the contest. Deter mined effort will always be reward ed. If you show by your work In interesting your friends that you We in the contest to win, votes will tome thick and fast.. Every reader j>f the Chronicle is going to cast or her vote in this election and 'hft great majority will cast their fotes for those who are Interested >oough to hustle for themselves. Rl?ht now is the tflme to cOnvinoe four friends. l>ast Vote Cou|H>n Today. The fifty vote coupon which has ippeared in these columns every ?eek since the inauguration of The Chronicle's record breaking cam itolgn for moro circulation is wlth Irawn today and from novy until the ?nd you should exert all your ef ?rts in the direction of securing 1 (ubscription. These coupons alU ex- J >lre January 29, and this will leave he last week free and unencumber- j d for your very best endeavors . [long lines which wilt bring you the greatest reward. No coupons count- j ?A after January 29th. The Prize Car Ha? Arrived* The Five Passenger Pord Toifring I?L. first grand prize In The Chron ic's Contest is now in Camden, Pjjsht and shining, oiled -and filled rjh gasoline, ready for the capital P"*e winner to step into and drive |??e. Mr. E. N. McDowell of The l^ronicle staff went over to .Sum Ijf yesterday to drive the car thru |j?m that place to Camden. Mr; RVp^ell says he left Sumter at Ely and he arrived in Camden at; |:z?. making the trip in lesg than po i hours. He said the little ca* 1??* tho hills and sandy roads as . Fu had wings. The prize car can J P seen standing in fronr of The fhfonlcle office during nice weather" I The Special Prhwr ' Wtnnewu J '?'J t ever did the writer see as close FJ&ce as was put up for tne nine Pp'al prizes ?of last week. There BMttteen ladles all within a few EJ?* of each other and it was only ER a, very careful count that It ^ certain that the following la K* were the winners of *he special These ladies have' their of the nine prizes in the or ?y*med? Sarah tt. Boykln ? First Bh| Nell Moore? .Second choice. Eg* H. F. Boykln? Third chotce. P* Jas. Team? Fourth choice. i ne votes are large this week and every effort should b pass your record of week an thiB Is the contest. Triple vote* A word j Peach Tree in Bloom. A peach tree in full bloom on Camden Heights has been attracting the attention of all residents and visitors in thAt section. The re .J?Bt warm weather has caused many of ttye buds to swell and a few more days of this weather would cause many more to bloom. Prof. Hchoenberg Dead. A special to the State frdm North, S. C., dated Jan. 21, says: Prof. W. y. Schoenberg died at his residence here yesterday after noon after an illness lasting for several months. Prof Schoenberg was born at Saxony, Germany, September 30, 183.6, and was edu cated at the Military Academy at Saxony. lie was also a lieutenant of the king's bodyguard at Saxony, and an officer in the German army., He came to America in 1859, and enlisted in the Confederate army in Hart's battery in 1862, and serv ed faithfully throughout the war. In 4866 Mr. Seboenber^ -was mar ried to MIsb A. PJones, and settled near here. He then took up teach ing as his life work; teaching at Columbia, Camden, Countsville, Lex ington, Leesville, -North, and a number of other points -in Aiken and Orangeburg counties. . Prof. Schoenberg was highly educated and well fitted for his work. He was the means, by his faithful work as a teacher, to train scores of young men for the business world who will be grieved to learn of the death of their teacher. Besides his widow, Mr. Schoenberg leaves the following sons: C. G. Schoenberg, North; H. R. Schoenberg, North, and K. B. Schoenberg, Iva. The funeral services were h,pld at Gin Branch Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and the Interment in Gin Branch cemetery. Honor Roll City Schools. The following pupils of the Cam den City Schools deserve honorable i mention for having made an aver 'age of not less than 90 per cent, -iir Ttretr Bttidtea Ttom Sept.9, T&l 2 i to Jah. 2, 1913: . High School. Tenth Grade? Sarah Mickle. ? Ninth Grade ? Margaret Hogue. Eighth Grade? ^ltoi^ Boykln and Ethel Smith. .".?J: Graded School. ? . , - ? ?d Seventh Grade ? -Katherine Hogue. Sixth Gradte? Paul Twitty. Fifth Grade ? James ClyhUrn and Christine Jones. . Pourjth Grade ? Kate McCaskiJl, Frank Trantham, Geo. Wlttkowsky. Third Grade?Mabel Gifford, Bea trice Goodale, Katherine McKagen, ThOrnwell Hay, Elizabeth Workman. Second Grade? Fred Brooks, An drew Burnet, Emily Lang, Nell Moore, Sara Lewis. First Grade ? Arnett Ledford, Eth el DePass, Laurens Mills, Margaret Mills. | C. L. Legge, Supt. ; . Attention Pensioners. All persons who wish to make ap plication for a pension for the en suing year must do so during the month of January by ealliug on me at the Auditor's Office. Those already on the roll can roport to me either by writing me or calling ! ion me in person, ao tbpfr- names can . be placet* on The Rolf?for the ensuing year. ? W.F.Russell, -ZU? Pension Comttklssloner. MAY N?>T ATi'HNI) tioVOTHOf Will \?>t iUoW < ai'??lii?.? Thx>jw Hi litmigurut Inn. < 'olumbia. 8. Cu Jan.- 20. ? Gover nor HIoiibo wuh ashed this morning about t Ik* report that ho would not lot (lie military oompauloH In this Mate ko to Washington for the in auguration without u formal lnvlta tiou, It byijifc stated to the gov?r "or t tint U w|ih understood that u Rood many cbiupauies had made ar rangements to go. It it* not usual for the militia to receive formal in vitations. The governor replied: "In part, your information la correct. Tho ad jutunt general's depart iiumii prdMQl ?d nut with a written ordor, I pre sume you would term It, for tho national guard to take part In Pres ident Wilson's inauguration. I de clined to sign the Hiinut upon the ground that no formal Invitation to I the governor of Houth Carolina a? commander-in-chief or to 4 he udJju? 'nut genera), bias been received, ask ing that we participate in ho inau gural ceremonies. 1 "Until such Ib received, or ynleaB such 1b received, I moat assuredly will not attend the Inauguration, nor will 1 pormlt, If 1 cun possibly1 help myself, any military company from South Carolina to participate in Hiich ceremonleB. '."1 do not propose for the South Carolina troops to go to Washington and be mistreated, or treated dis courteously hecauBG of thoir com* mander-lfi-chlef, knowing full well who will have control of tho Sbuth Carolina part of tho inauguration, William 10. Gonzales, and knowing that It will be his pleasure to place the governor of South Carolina In any embarrassing position on that occaBlon in which he could place me, by fair l>r foul means, or by treachery, which 1b bo well known to his race of people. "Therefore, I decline to allow my self or tho South Carolina troops to be placed under his command or in any manner or form under his dic tation. If an invitation comes from the proper source which will guar antee to my troops an honorable po sition in the inaugural parade, aud will guarantee to them fairness and equality, I am in favor of accepting it and of their participating in the inaugural ceremonies. ' "Otherwise 1 am not. This la all there is to It, and this Is what I propose to stand by.' I do not pro pose to let our. troops* go to Wash ington and possibly be put in be hind some negro troops, as was don? on one occasion when General Wiley Jones received the humilia tion of his life and by bis military genius and strategy switched po sitions on the negroes and placed himself in a respectable position." "Does that prohibition Include the Citadel and Clemson?" the gover nor was asked." "I do not know," he replied, "that I havq any authority over those two institutions in regard to th^ matt,er but if I have, I most assure edly will protect the farmers' sons at Clemson and the professional men's sons at the Citadel from be ing humiliated, and I am satisfied that if the authorities In charge of these two institutions will Btop. and think they will agree with me. Some people may say, 'Oh, well, there Is nothing in it;'.- possibly not, but I do not propose to ,put myself In a position to be Insulted, and then, If I am insulted, and I am not the cause of it, 1 will take care of the man that does the Insulting." DeKalb News Notes. DeKalb, S.' C., Jan. 16. ? Farmer* are taking advantage of the warm weather and are beginning prepara tions for another crop. There is quite a lot of sickness in this county; Mrs. Tom Clyburn has been quite sick for the past two weeks. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Spears is alBo -very sick. Mr) and' Mrs. John Rabon have two children real sick with measels. We hope they will all Boon be res tored to health. Mrs. J, Clark was In Camden shopping Thursday of this week. Messrs. Qwens and Truesdale wer also in town Thursday making the trip in the latter's car. Born- to Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Truesdale, a girl. Mr. Bwin Horton and family, of our community- has "moved" near Westville. We regret to give them ?P. Mr, Nathanial.. Baas, of Jbucknow, is spendlng sopae tlme wlth relatives -here. r *" t ~ ? . Mrs. Goodale of Camden has been spending some time at DeKalb. Mrs. N. B. Workman, who TiRS been quite sick, is better. Miss Myrtle Young, <*f this place is spending a couple of weeks with her aunt, Mrs. Jennie Price, at Lan caster. Miss Ellen Young, who has been elerking for the Bech-Jones Cd., of CJairmont, baB returned home. Messrs. Crow, Connell and Jones, were visitors here Sunday. Mr. A. \j. Munn spent Saturday and Sunday at the home of his sis ter, Mrs. Sam Truesdale, at this place. Two Alarms. The fire department was called out twice Wednesday, The first1 call came from the residence of Mr. W. Qeisenheimer where the fire was between the roof and celling. The second alarm came from Hirsch Bros., etope where the acetylene gas plant had gone wrong and caused a small No damage was done at eithor fire. State Treasurer Carter has ap pointed Capt. R. H. Jennings* late treasurer, his first assistant. MISS llltoWN WAS II I. MMhrti- (<? ? Wan I/?m Whlcli | < 'hmmhI .\ pprol&eti?toii. Tho following from tin- Hartsvllle correspondent l o I ho Columbia 8t?to explain* the unfurl unate situation in which a Kershaw county young lady wuh i>Ia<od in recently: "That the story with reference to Mtsil SoOtta Drowti, of Kershaw, uiuy ko before tho public in 1 1 h true light UDaL currijapoudont ciuh tho below facta kh ascertained from friends of the young lady in this #ectlou whftre fho la highly e*toemed. An account of tho disappearance of Miat Urown and tho ni'Wii from llarUvlllo (hut appeared in the front page of The Htate of Junuary U, onrrted u hint of inyatery uh to her whereabouts, "M1?h Drown left her home at Kershaw December 31 at, expecting to return to ll^rtaville. teacher in the school at Minn's Cro*? Kottdf?, about 3 1 2 miles from Hartsvlllo, Tho school was sched uled to oyen Junuary tf. While in Camden, between trains sho met a friend and school mute, Miss Turn er, of Hamlet, who wuh then on her way to Jonesvllle to visit u married sister, Mrs. W. 1<\ Jenkins. MIhh Turner persuaded Miss Drown to accompany her to Jonesvlllo for a few- days' visit, after which she had planned to go to McDee us was her original intention, and thence to Hartuviii,. in time for the opening exercises of her school. January '? Mis* Itrown became seriously sick at fones villa and wuu in bed con stantly attended by a physician un til January 10. It is stated that when sho becamo 1)1 sho wrote to the truHteeB advising them of her illnofcH and notifying them that she might not get back by the Gth. The letter has never reached the trusjet .s. it was in tho abBonce of word from her that tho? trustees made inquiry about her. Thought lessly, it appears, sho did not ad vise her parents of her intention to visit at Jonesvllle. On getting j better she wired an assistant to say who was improving, but still un- 1 able to report and to carry on ?t~h4ngB t the school a few days longer- -unconscious of tho fact, that her first letter had been lost. On her recovory she came at once to Hartsvllle and was surprised and mortified to find that her unavoid able' Illness and detection had got ten Into the newspapers, of which ?she had not known a word until her arrival here. "The Information phoned The State by his correspondent with reference to Jyiiss Drown having t* Jonesvllle to yjsjt a sister, Mrs. Baker should have read Mrs. Mason. This sister, however, lives at Greer and the Investigation made by telephone to the country furnish ed the news that, sho was at Jones vllle with her sister. This was wrong as It was her friend's sister whom Bhe was vlBlting."'A Corn Exposition Program. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 21.? The complete program for the two weekB Of the Fifth National Corn Exposi tion, which opens here on the 2 7 tli, .o* this/month,. was announced today! by the Exposition nanagement. The program includes a number of fea ture days, on eacli of which an at tractive series of addresses by dis tinguished men, and significant events will take place, directed to the special agricultural problems under consideration on those days. Fallowing is a summary of the two weeks' program: Monday, January 27. ? Opening Day. Tuesday, January 28. ? South Carolina Day. Wednesday, January 29.'- ? "Live Stoek Day. Thursday, January 30. ? -National Farmers' Union Day. Friday, January 31.? -National Ed ucation Day. Saturday, February 1, ? Boys' Day. (Closing exercises of Exposi tion School for. Prize Winners) Monday, February 8,* ? Winthrop I College Day. Tuesday, February 4.? ?Com Day. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, February 5, 6, and 7? -Rural Life Conferences. Saturday, February 8. ? Closing Day. (Exhibits will remain intact until midnight.) A number of speakers of nation wide reputation have accepted invi tations to deliver addresses at the Fifth National Corn Exposition. A Satisfied Subscriber. Said a subscriber to us after read ing a. copy of last week's issue of The Chronicle:, "I wish to congratu late The Chronicle Publishing Com pany upon the exceedingly fine* pa per which they are now getting out. The last issue of The Chronicle alone is well worth the price charg ed for the paper a whole year. It is a paper of which any county In the State might well be proud." We accept with much plo&sure the kind remarks of our subscribers but wish to assure him that we. are not "resting upon our oars" . for our ideal Is not yet reached. Stories of death, suffering and permanent physical injuries; ac counts of utter financial destitution and recitals of loss of costly gems and laeee and gowns are to be found set forth In the normal phrasing of the law in the 270 claims thus far filed with the United States com missioner Gilchrist for damages due to the Titanic disaster. The total amount fs $ 6,600,000. Death claims constitute the larger part of thi* sum. Then follow claims for loos of baggago and personal ; effects. Many European countries and moet States of the Union are represented. nirniLNi; nkws Nimcs. Social Hiid l*?t-Hoiinl Koiiin Fcoiii our Nulglt(H?rlitg Town. .:?? Hoi hunt?, H. C\, Jan. 22. At a meeting of Um< school improvement association hold lit the town hull Krldiy evening tin Interesting pro ' gramme whh carrlvd out. Rev. J. N. Korbla made an earnest : appeal fof tho betterment of the school. Mr. J. A. titunu umdo wom?? timely 1 suggestions. A rending by Miss MukkIo II Tumor was* also enjoyed, n Rev. Mr. Herbert, presiding ol der of this tlUtrlqt, held services at tho Methodhit church Monday morning. Thy student body and faculty of tho graded sc hool atten ded and the children were dellght 0(1 with tho talk ho gave them on the yOUth David overcoming the giant (lollath. Little Alinlo Mayes entertained about sixteen of hor little frlonds Monday afternoon in honor of her seventh birthday. Thin happy little crowd passed ofc tho time playing In tho yard. After which refresh ments wore Herved. The lt?jw hotel of which Hot Initio lb bo Justly proud has boon opened up hy Mr. 0. H. King. Mr. King is well fitted for conducting a hotel and overyouo wishes htm sUccess in hlB undertaking. Mrs. Klla Twltty, of Oamdon, wub the guest of Dr. and MrB. Truosdoll Monday and Tuesday. Mr. ? and Mrs. I). T. YarborouKh and Mr. N. A. Beth uue spent Fri day in HartBvlllo uh guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Yarborough. 1'iof. J. A. DeUnlB attended tho Slate High School confercnco hold at the ynlvereity in Columbia Frt~ day. Mr. KrneBt lilalr, of Winnsboro, wan tho guest' of MIbb Magglo J). Turner Sunday. Mr. Guy 1'arrott. of Hurtavllle. spent Sunday with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Tlsilale of Lucknow were lit town Monday as the guostB of Mr. and Mrs. O..S. King. Mr. and MrB. C. O. Terry jnotored over to HartBvllle in their liupmo bile Wednesday. Miss Kate Nicholson spent Thurs day in Columbia. Mr. A. K. McLaurln made a busl nesH trip to Blshopvllle* Wednesday In his Roo touring car. Dr. J. B. Lucas is spending a few days in town. - MIrb Katie Holder entertained her friends Tuesday evening. Mu sic, games and conversation were enjoyed by her guests and a very] pleasant evening was spent. Mrs. Bon P oar ce and little dau ghter of the Beulah section near Cam don returned homo Wednesday after vlBltlng relatives here. Mr. Robert Bethune made a busi ness trip to Dnrllngton Tuesday. 1CKAI/TY TRANSFERS Ah Shown by The Hooks in County Auditor's Office. J. A. AWoHt to Arthur Hyatt, 30 ucres, $&00. 13. F. llalle to VV. U DePass, 8 flCTCH $1 ^ C 'c. Hughes and R; E. EHIb to W. D. Burley, 735 ajcres, $7,350. W. I). Burley to Win. J. Neeley and! J. E. Marshall, 294 acres $Z,-~ 946. Jimtnia M. English to Amanda Alexander, . 1 lot on Church Street, Camden, $65. Amanda W. Hopkins to A. J. Beattie, 1 lot, 3 buildings, $3,500. W. D. Burley to J. H. WllliamH, 424 acres, $6,617. Katie D. Zemp to D. M. McCas klll, 1 lot 1 house on upper Broad St $10. Vlney Carlus to W. h. DePass, 5 acres $1. i J. L. Guy to Savannah Guano Company, 600 acres, $4,000. H. G. Carrison, Jr;, to Mary D. Villiptgue, 1 lot fronting 2 % feet on Main Street, $5. Geo. T. Little to }j. A. Kirkland, 46 acres on Camp Branch, $1,806*---; T. W. Watson to Thos. J. Kirk land, 66 acrse by way of assignment! for benefit of creditors, $6. J. A. Johnson to P. B. Fields, 130 acres $2,000. Martha L. Catoe to LkjwIs Con nor. 1 lot, 1 house In town of Ker shaw, $2,000. Ijewis Condor to R. S. Floyd, i one half Interest In the above de scribed Martha L. Catoe lot at Ker shaw,. $500. - . -, ..,.4 R. M. Kennedy to John T. Mack ey, 1 lot, 1 house on Rectory square, Camden, : lot measuring 150x300 feet, $3,425.. ' John T Mackey to N. B. Work man, one-half interest in 1615 acres known ns the Witte lands, $5. j More than 70,000 children mostly; under the age of nine years were . weaned of one or both parents la tlfls country during this year, ac- j cording to figures with which the Rev. Francis M. Moody stirred1 mem bers of tlio New York Rt-ate War- - rlage and . divorce, commission at j Its meeting Thursday. Governor Mann has announced j that he would respite Floyd and ' Claude Allen, but declined to etate how long the respite would be. The Governor informed friends of the convicted men that he would, hear further arguments for commutation of their sentences on February 1. The mode of punishment tQr con- 1 victed criminals In the State of Utah is their Choice between hang ing and being Bhot. The latest idea expressed ie that condemned? pris oners be allowed to take their own lives after they have exhausted every means tp have the death sen tence set aside. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS PUT IN PARAGRAPHS llAI'l'lCNlNtiH OF INTKJKNHT IN THK HTATK fJVTlfNKKJ) FltOM OVH KXCKANCJUJH. M. Brook*, of Q^ni^burg, found his father in Columbia lnwt week who ho thought hud been dead 15 yeufs. lt<'aufoit hM M Iftlt it town OpUU" oil composed entirely oi while < ? -tli? ft rut. tluu? In more than forty years. J)r. lllsor examined one hundred pef?Qnt at Allun on Saturday, ami found that fifty ol t lk(t uuinher had hook worm, llev, w. i<: . Thayer oi' .tho Firat Hapttftt church in Laurens, has boon tiaUtd to thv I'Mrnt Haptiat church in Ureenwood, hut dcclinca. , &apt. lt> J. ttrownfleld. au aged Confederate veteran, died at IiIh , home at CMoliBll* lu Sumli r county lasi Wednesday. ' Dr, W. A. Moonoy, aged 95, and a veteran of tho civil and Mexican wars, died at his homo lu QrleQ vllio county Saturday. A flah cultural station will bo. es tabliHhed by tho Government at Or angeburg. Mfty acres have boon pnrchaaed at a <x>st of $tl,000, After eight yours, John Bush, a negro with many aliases, wanted for murder at Covington and Moiiticollo, Qa., Id under arreHt. in Columbia. Five negroes and a white man wei*o arrested at Allendale on Sat urday on the charge of car-broaklug iiiwi robbery and wore commritted to HamwoJI jail. Ttov. Oliver Johnaon, pastor of tho A. R. l', uhurch at Winnsboro, of ficiated as chaplain in the United Htatos Senate Saturday upon the suggestion of Senator Tillman. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has indicated hla intention to at tend tho National Corn exposition in Columbia some time during tho period of January 27, February X. The Laurent* advertiser tells of a merchant who Hays his business increaaed last year 16 per cont be cause of advertising, though it. wan not aa good a year .for businesB as t h?> year bt-fore. lloBldencea of two wealthy winter roKldenta of Aiken were entered by burglars last week, at night,; andQ numbers of valuable articles wero stolen; including about a thousand dollars worth of ball costumed from one of thejn. The State' Farmer's .Union at its meeting in Columbia last week en dor?ed Walter II. Page of New York for secretary of rtgricu I turn In Wil bou'b cabinet. Mr. Page was one of the *'? most valuable assistants lo the late". I)r. Seamann A. Knapp. Tho conference school men at. their state meeting in tJolumbia last week, attended by 155 superinten dents, principals and leathers, en dorsed compulsory education and asked tor ifa fair chance for all r*: the children." S. J. Bruce, Monroe Mayer and <hty -Stttttrr -pleaded guilty Tn"nf3" VT Richland sessions court last week of selling cigaretts to minors. They were fine^ $50 each, but the pay ment of the fino whh suspended un der promise not to do It again. A lone bandit held up Southern railway mail train No. 12, near Riverside, Ala., and rifled the mail coach Sunday morning. The amount of loot was not made public. Offi cers say they know the. man and Will have him under arrest shortly. Loon Mai pass, of Ridgeland, S. C., was struck by a westbound Atlantic Coast tine train at Waycross, da., Saturday and instantly killed. The young man was visiting relatives there. How he came to be upon the railroad tracka_la not known. B. R.' Austin, a well known citi zen of Crobs Hill, Laurens county, was found dead in his bed Thurs day morning, having gone to bed the night before In apparently perfect heblth. He was fifty years of age, a?d leaves a wife and several chil dren.' .c_i2sSi We call your attention to the ad vertisement of The Malone-Pearce Young Hardware Company in this j issuo of The Chronicle. Tl\ey ate tht? first merchants to "make a bid for the rural trade by the "Parcels Post Way" and premise to treat their customers as promptly as though they were trading over the counter. They haye no extensive ? mail order catalog to offer the pub lic but they promise to fill all or ders promptly. Read their ad in ? another column and begin trading by the "Parcels Post JWay M , ? :Mrs. Boykin Rhame and children spent last week with relatives In Orangeburg. . , Mr. Hunter Boykin. of Charlie::, visited his son, Mr. B. O. Boykin and family on Pair Street last -week. . Accidentally Shot. Mr. W. N. K. Lanham. of polum- . bus, Ohio, tourist here for the win ter, had the misfortune of getting a few small bird shot In the tyftck " of his neck while ,out hunting last-- - -- Friday. He in company with a ne gro guide were in West Wa?<?ree hunting when the accident occur red. They were on opposite sidee of h thicket and when the ~ flew up tho negro-fired not know ing Mr. Lanham was In range of his gun. Fortunately only a few shot took effect and he was T*>t serjotrsi ly Injured. 'a/.;