aviator will make two flights each day at county fair
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Jtli'lTX ? Poultry Hliow Will Ik? One
of tlio \'<?ry Be?t? llttriiiei* Aw
IVcparing K^hlbiU for Fair.
Tli? management of <bo Kershaw
Couuty Fulr ?IUB PQOfeefl one of the
largest ".'?<! bout ^ompany of Midway
attract it>iiK coining South thin hou
H0? All <>f the shows art) of high
order, wt'h now features, and dif
fewnt fioiu t hoso as the ordinary
carnival company carriea.
\ motordonie with dare-devil mo
to coy elf riders racing at hrcak neck
speed; ;> wild wo8t Bhow with real
Ijidtnn*, -<H>wlH>y+? anti COW*
Kiris and bucking ponies; a minstrel
?how; a high class vaudeville
show; il tQii-in-one -show; merry
go-round and I'rof. McFail's world
famous dog and monkey circus, with
monkeys skating on roller skates,
monkey rough riders, monkey rid
ing bicycle, monkey eata with knife
and fork, and does everything ex
cept talk; dogs higtkdlving twice
each day on midway, dogs doing ba
by oal) act, dogs waltzing, Homer
aault, barrel roiling, clown dogs,
drunk dogs, high leaping and auto
mobile. dogs.
Prof. ltaub and Mine. Lawrence
will make two ascensions each day
in balloon, doing acrobatic feata and
lovelty acta in mid-air, and making
double and triple parachute leaps.
The Southern Railway will put on
extra coaches ThurBday and Friday
to accomodate the crowda from all
points along their line. Reduced
rates will be given on all railroads.
The poultry show promiaea to be
the largest ever held in connection
with a County Fair in South Caro
lina. Some' of the best exhibition
birds in South Carolina are found
right here in Kershaw county.
1 The horse Bhow also promises to
le larger than ever. The farmers
tbruout the county are eacli day
Interesting themselves in better
livestock.
bet your exhibits ready and make
your entries early. Lets all help to
make thift, the Fifth Annual Fair,
the best in its history.
Some erroneous information has
been given out very freely by sever
al parties that an entry fee of $1
ery exhibit made at the County
Fair. These parties have not read
the rnles, etc., as given in premium
list, betause it rery clearly states
that no entry fee is charged in any
class except the horse and mule de
partment and the poultry depart
ment. The entry fee in the horse
and mule department is $1 for each
entry. The exhibitor is given a
tree admission badge to the fair- ?
good for admission at any time. In
the poultry department an entry feo
of 25c for each bird is charged.
This is tor coop rent and feeding.
No entxy fee is charged in any oth
er d<%irt inent.
KntrieS in the Better Baby Con
test should be made at once. If
you do not already have entry card,
write, phone or send to T- Lee Lit
tle, secretary, and one will be sent
you. Remember a medal is offer
ed the best city baby, one for best
rural baby, and eight handsomely
engraved diplomas to the highest
scoring baby. The Woman's Home
Companion will publish the pictures
of the winners.
"What's Your Number?"
If at any time you are hailed by
! the youngsters on the street with
the above question don't think they
" take you for a convict or ex-jail bird
hut help them get a free ticket to
the Greater Kershaw County Fair.
\ Mr. T. I,ee Little has hit upon the
novel idea of increasing interest in
attendance by distributing one thou
* sand buttons with numbers ? twenty
' ?f which are duplicated. If you
_ happen to find one of the duplicate
lumbers it will entitle you and the
other fellow to a free ticket at the
fair grounds.
Aeroplane Plight* For Fair.
The management has succeeded
^ booking Frank J. Terrell, one
of* the worlds greatest Aviators to
*ake two flights each day during
the Kershaw County Fair, Novem
12th, 13 th and 14tli.
The aviator will make flights morn
and afternoon each day, and
- reach i n k an altitude of from, 1,000
to lo,(ioo "feet, alsd cross country
iljRhts of from 5 to 30 miles, and
will fly over the city of Camden
eaph afternoon.
Found Snake In Bananas.
While selling a customer an or
der of bananas, Mr. R. B. Williams,
the manager of the City Grocer?
Wednesday disc6vered a snake aboux
& foot and a half long coiled in the
?unch. He killed the reptile and
??*' has it in alcohol on exhibition
at his store. The snake is suppos
ed to be one of the deadly polson
. species and likely came from
?onie tropical country where the
, *uh was packed. Its head is dia
*?nd shaped and is unlike any seen
* these parts. Had it not been for
*ne fact that, the reptile had be
come numb and sleepy from the ef
of the cold Mr. Williams may
oave been bitten aa his hand came
v?r> close to the snakes head.
to Florence, H. C., and return
Account of Florence County Fair,
. .\,.Vf.TTlh0|. Inclusive.
()n account of the Florence Coun
? Pair, the Atlantic Coast 1-ine
?tatlroad offers the above attractive
: ratcv children 5 years of ane and
wwier 12 years. . .half -Tare. for all
" November 12th to 14th, inclu
limited to reach original start
Point prior to midnight ?of Nov
, ?tther .15th. 1913. Apply nearest
; ^ot agent.
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Cartoon by Ray Little, Camden Student at University of Virginia.
CIVIC LEACl'E ? NOTES.
I Agamic IV > Federate With Other
Towjns in The State.
A goodly number of ladies attend
ed the first autumn meeting of the
Civic League held on Monumental
Park. _ Work for (he winter waff
laid , out and discussed. Reports on
various parks were forthcoming and
the rest room was a subjcct under
discussion. Concerning the rest j
room the president announced it
had been turned over thru Mr. Lee i
Little to the Fair Association dur- j
ing the Fair for t lie examination of !
the babies of the belter baby con- |
test. A committee for welcoming
the babies and their mothers to the
rest room and the .town was appoint-!
ed and another to see that the I
rest, rooms tfere in proper shape
for the- occasion.
After the rest room the fountain
A committee composed of Mrs.
Baruch, chairman; and Mesdames
Ancrum, Shannon, Barrett and Miss
Eldredge and Miss Mitcham was ap
pointed to superintend the Fall
cleaning of the rest room on the
first Tuesday in November at 10
6'clock. This was to be done espe
cially for the guests of the Better
Baby contest.
in Kershaw Park received notice, i
and the League will improve the !
same to the b^st of their taste and j
ability by planting in its basin flow
ers best suited to the chances for
growth therein. The over abund
ance of trash, papers and qountless
other useless things that offend the
eye and litter the parks occupied the
attention of the League for some .
time.
It was decided that the Civic
League of Camden should federate
with the leagues of the other towns
of . the state, pay their annual dues
thereto and send their delegates to
the annual congresses of the. Feder
ation. _ i
The management of the pergola to
be put in Monument Park was left
in control of Mrs. A. C. Ancrum, wl *
will get the cedar posts and other
necessities. This pergola, carried
out according to present ideas, will
bo a thing bf beauty, therefore a
joy forever. The meeting was ad
journed till November.
Kleo Mitcham.
Box Supi>er at Cassatt.
An enjoyable event was the box
supper held at the home of Mrs.
Henriteta Lee in the Cassatt neigh
borhood last Friday night. The
young people of the neighborhood
spent rt happy afternoon and at the
same time raised the nice little
sum of $35 for the benefit of the
Baptist church of that section.
l*rof. Tat<i to Mnko an .Address
Prof W. K. Tate, supervisor of
rural schools, has .accepted an 'invi
tation to attend the Kershaw Coun
ty Fair on School Day? Nov. 14th.
I He in an interesting speaker and
fit. is hoped that every one inter
jested in the betterment of schools
j will hear him on tflat day. Prof,
i Tate and County Superintendent
i Birchmore. were In West Waleree
: Tuesday visiting the schools and
Prof. Tate will be in Camden to
morrow to meet with the teachers
land trustees of tho schools.
CIRCUS lMvKAHED l'KOPLK.
Howe's l/oiidon Shows (Jjivc Two
<*omt Performances.
; Howe's Great London shows ar
I rived in the city early Wednesday
morning from Cheraw and pitched
their tents near tthe Seaboard <Je
j>ot Whexe they gave two creditable
performances. . . ,
The crowds were not as large as
have been seen at other attractions
of its kind but ' the big. tents were
pretty well filled at tthe afternoon
show, and again at night they had
a fairly good attendance. Many, as ?
usual, came only to see the parade, I
and left after doing what trading
they had to do.
On the whole, the circus, while .
not as large as some, was one of |
the beat ever seen here, and many
made the remark that the perform
ers in their different roles were the
best ever seen ? some being entirely
new. ^ The horses and parapherna
lia were all pretty and attractive.
And it might be added to tho credit
of the management that the usual
gambling devices and bunch of
crooks following in its wake were
absent. The men in charge were all
courteous and all in ' all it was a
show well worth seeing. The me
nagerie and trained animal exhibi
tion was Indeed good, as was also
the big bunch of clowns.
[ Eeveryone had the circus spirit,
and as one prominent- man remarked
he had never missed a performance
since he was large enough to attend
and he was going to carry his kids,
bui if he had >had no kids, he Itkod
them so well he would carry himself
The behavior of the large crowd
in town was excellent ? -the police
reporting only one arrest, that of a
drunk who got too gay with a by
stander on the sidewalk and had a
mlxuo. causing the officers to run
him in.
A Liberal C<mlcibut4?m.
The Kershaw County Social Be
nevolent Society, as its name im
p.ies, is an Association organized in
thiB county for looking after needs
of those Jn distress and for general
charitable work. Its officers are
Rev. Enoch Eraser, president, and
Berkley Davis, secretary and treas
urer, and it has a large membership
among the colored people of this
County. On Saturday evening ? last
the officers of his society called at
the office of Capt. W. M. Shannon,
president of the Camden Hospital,
and subscribe^ in the name or this
society $40 to the fund for fur
nishing the colored ward in tho hos
pital and paid in cash the amount
subscribed. This is a very worthy
act on the part of the members of
this society and Bhould s timulate
other organizations in this County
to similar gent^us gifts to the Hos
pital fund. The dQnation of the
Kershaw Cdunty SocTftJ Benevolent
Society 'is highly appreciated by the
of? and ofUhn Camden
Hospital.
At Grace Church. -)
Rev. A. S. Thomas, of Cheraw, ?
will preach at Grace Episcopal ?
Church In this city Sunday morning,
and in the afternoon at Boy kin's
Chapel, near Boykins., Rev. F. H.
Harding will preach at the Cheraw
Episcopal church Sunday.
I ?
K KIISHA.W A SSOCIA TIOX
Hold InUv6sting Session at Hp*"'lUC"
vale Church in West. Wnlwi-,
Reported for The Chronicle.
The fourteenth knnual meeting of
the Kershaw baptist Association
convened witli Sfcringvale Haptist
Church, cloven milefi from Carndfcii,
in West Wateree, on Wednesday,
October 15th, With the ni6derai*wk
and clerk in their respective places.
The session opened with devotion
al exercise** ? by the Rev. P. E.
Itlackmon, after which a splendid
sermon was delivered by Rev. J. F.
Hammond, of near Kershaw, which
ivas timely, and very much enjoyed
by the large crowd of delegates. He
held out before us the danger sig
nals of the day, and we could see
the personality loom up in him,
which showed that ho had the back
bone to stand for his convictions.
We had one night session and
the meeting closed Thursday after
noon. Dinner was served on the
grounds both days and I am sure 1
voice the sentiment of all the dele
gates when I say we were never
treated more royally with the good
things to eat which was- given all
in a sweet spirited manner.
The reports indicated that the as
sociation was in a good condition ?
both as to membership and other
wise.
Our next Association will meet
with Pisgah Baptist Church in the
lower part of the county on Wed
nesday before the third Sunday in
October, 1914."
Now, Mr. Editor, I want to say
thru your paper that 1 am opposed
to the visitors taking up so much of
the Associations' time. ? We have
delegates, both laymen and preach
ers, that attend these meetings with
good speeches and can't get to make
them on account of the.^visitors tak
ing up so much time.
I beiieve we have preachers In
-t-he-Assoclation that are Just as com
petent as the visitors to look after
the questions that come up before
the Association and I' hope the
brethren will think ablfcCthis by ou
next meeting. x L. C. C.
Using tlio Other Fellow.
Last week one of the merchants
of Camden announced a special sale
on at his store and spent in the
neighborhood of three hundred dol
lars in advertising ? both newspaper
and heralds, and also hired expert
help in the preparation of these
ads. No sooner than his sale had
been thoroly advertised an adjoin
ing merchant placed large banners
over the entire front of his store
with glaring letters "main entrance
to the big sale" without even an
nouncing the fact that ho intended j
putting on a sale. It Is refreshing I
to note lhat the fake did not work t
in all instances and the man who j
did the advertising in an honest,
straightforward way captured the |
crowd and sold the goods. And ?<>-}
add to the nerve of the fake, they ,
boast of letting the other fellow pay |
t.h<> expent*? of the advertising and j
they capture the crowds.
Increase* ('apitnl.
The secretary of state has author- i
ized the right to the Hermitage
Cotton Mill of this city to increase
their capital stock from $225,000
to $250,000.
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MM'iiito I'mft^Nor llort i< ult uiv,
I A portion of every homo garden
should bo devoted to t li?? growing
of strawberries, Hy plant lug thy
proper varieties ami renewing tho
Old hud, a con tin no uh supply * of tho
fresh fruit may bo had from ?urly
in i lit- Spring until Into Into Hum
mer. They are very easy to grow
and do well on practically every
Rliul of toil and in all climates.
Froii) now until the last of Ocjo
bei ih t ho bent i imo for ?>luntlnu
Tho fttfftwbefry plant delights in
a coo) season and if sel 'during the
fall will become wel I established hy
Spring and bo able to resist tho se
vere dronght which occur* more or
loss every summer. Many falluros
in planting are duo to tho fact that
the plants are pnt out too late in
the season.
In selecting plantH for the new
bed, only tho strongest and beat of
the preacnL year's runners should be
used. To distinguish new planltt
(from tin* old, the roots are always
black. It Is desirable, previous to
planting, to remove all the younger
leaves, allowing only a few of tho
oldCr ones to remain, which will
greatly lessen evaporation. Also,
the ends of tho roots should bo
Hhoarod in to about one-third to one
half If they are very long. While
planting, carry the plants in a pall
of water.
There are. many methods of plant
ing. A common mistake of amuteurs
is to scoop out it shallow hole and
thrust the plant in it, leaving the
roots a crumpled mass with their
tips near the surface where they
quickly dry out*. To avoid this, make
a deep hole with a spade or long
pointed trowel. Insert the roots
and spread them out fan Bhape, al
lowing them to .hang down the full
length; Ln this way, every part of
the root system wifl bo in contact
with the soil and kept constantly
moist. Be careful not to set tho
plants too high or too low. If the
crown or heart is below the' surface,
after tho soil settles it is smothered
- ? if much above, the roots are dried
out. Tho aim should be to put the
crown Just at tho surface.
In the Spring, runnerB will begin
to form. There are various methods
of training' these runners all of
which have strenous advocates. For
the home grower tho hill system is
undoubtedly the most satisfactory.
The plants are placed 14 to 18 in.
apart, in the row and till runners to
be kept removed except a fow,
trained \V(lh the row to produce now
plants. There will not ho quite so
much fruit produced as with some
o? superior quality* . The first sea
son ail tnc fruiting stems are pinch
ed off as they appear so that the
4ntire strength of tho plant will be
directed to the development of tho
crown and foliage parts. Hy the
end of the season, the plants should
ha\e thick broad crowns, each hold
ing the rudiments of several stalks
o. merries and containing plant food
to aid In the production of a maxi
mum crop the second season from
planting. ? ?
A strawberry bed may bear from
three to five crops if given extra
good care, but it is better to nllow
the plants to fruit only twice. As
tho bed gets older, the plants be
come weakened and often diseased.
For tho highest grade berries, the
plants should be allowed to fruit on
ly once and a new bed sot annually.
In, planting strawberries there are
a large number of varieties from
which we may choose, yet only a
comparative few are especially
adapted to Southern conditions. ^The
Excelsior as an early berry; The
Lady .Thompson and Klondyke as
medium berries, and the Grandy and
Aroma as late varieties . are among
tl'^ best for the Southern homo
grower. These will give a succes
sion of choice fruit.
FVet Cut Off By Carn.
Robert Melton ,a young white man
from Chesterfield county, from all
that can be learned, w?h seriously
hurt at the Colt street crossing on
Saturday afernoon? The young man
was trying to rldo the freight and
he slipped and fell between the
cars, a part of the train patsslng ovor
hlB legs, cutting them off between
the knee and the ankle. He was
taken to the infirmary by the author
IticB and the railroad physicians at
tended to him. He is said to be do
ing very well tpday. ? Monday's
Florence 'Times.
Re- Union <,f the K. M. M. S. lloyt*.
A Columbia Special of October 18
to the News and Courier says: As
yearB roll by boyhood days and me- !
mories become more precious. It j
has been a long time in years, but I
in memory but yesterday since the
King's Mountain Military school was
one of the beat in tho state. The
young men who attended this excel
lent school at Yorkvllle, have made
their mark in thijj and other states,
but as the school was long since
abandoned no systematic effort was
made to keep in touch with the for
mer students. Now it is proposed
to have tho first reunion here on
Wednesday of fair weok.. For this
purpose 1t is desired to Secure the
name and address of every one who
attended the celebrated King's
Mountairf Military school. Tho de
sire is .that the name and address
be sent at once, either to Gilbert i
M, Uerry, Duncan C. ltay or Pri?~i
gle T. Youmans, at Columbia. The j
central figure in the celebration will ,
naturally be Col. Asbury Coward, th j
soldier and educator who has the af-[
fection of all who ever knew him. |
i i 1 1 n< ;s i'iimtical in fifth
COW iltCHHION A It IHHfltlCT
\\ , 1*. Heard CluilliN to Have Miuln
j Tli(trini|tli Can vhm mill (jivix Ills
\ U'wh ? -Mr, Hm it Ii . I K'iiit? ICiimoi'
I'luu lie Will I C ll ii foi' < 'oilglVKN.
Mi*. W, J'. Beard," representing
the Charlotte Observer, wan In Cum
(fon last Friday In t ht? interest of
thai paper. Mr. Board in a kinsman
of the Into Sum Beard, for n num
ber of yearn connected wlili newspa
pers of till* county. Slnet*' return
ing to Columbia the following hjic
clii I has been sent out to many of
the .daily papers of tin* stnto:
W. 1'. Heard, who tins Just re
turnt'd from n trip thruoht rho Mflh
congressional district, Composed of
tho cou ii t los ofChorokee, York.Ches
tcr, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster
and Clieatorfleld, now represented by
tho Hon. 1). 10. Finloy, of Yorkville,
talks interestingly of tho political
gOBSlp thruout the district. Says
Mr. Board;.
"Up in the fifth district politics is
moving hp ii notch or two. This Is
caused I jy t ho belief that Mr. Fin
ley will not be a candidate for re
election next year. Those mention
ed to succeed hi in are G. W. Bags
dalO of Winnsboro, T. B. Butler and
Senator Hall of Gaffney, W. F, Ste- .
vensou and his perehnial opponent
W. P. Pollock, of Cheraw, P. D.
Hardin and A. D. Gaston, of Ches
ter, T. F. Me Dow and J, H. Brice of
Yorkville, and M. L. Smith of Caflu
den.
"Mr. Bagsdale is classed as a
Blouse man. Messrs. Butler, Steven
Bon, Hall, Hardin, Gaston, Brice and
Mcl)ow are antl-Bleuse. Mr. 1'olloek
is neutral and M. J,. Smith is kind
of 'speckled.'
"Bumor has it that Messrs. But
ler, Hull and McI)ow are trying to
form a kind of neutral administra
tion society to' support 'Seaboard Bill
for the United States Senate in or
der to get him out of tho congress
ional race as he Is thought to bo
the 'most formidable candidate and
looks like a sure winner. Things
political up there are all mixed up
and It looks like a propitious time
for some gbod strong Bleasite to en
tor congress, but If 'Seaboard Bill'
enters the race there are rocks a
hoad for somebody.
"I have just completed an ex
tended tour of tho Fifth district,
and have heard and seen many
things, among others a tale to the
effect that John G. ltlchards and
M. L. Smith have agreed that Mr.
Smith will withdraw from the gu
bernatorial race, and that I10 and
ltlchards will throw their shpport
to each other. That is only rumor
and I do not vouch for its truthful
ness, but It Is frequently hoard in
the Fifth district nevertheless.
"In the Fifth district, In spite of
It being an off year, politics is In
vtiguo. One^can hear of plots and
counterplots, ? combinations, coali
tions and trades galore. They are
gathering crops, holding picnics and
revival meetings, selling goods,
grinning over the good prico of
cotton and talking politics to boat
tho band."
Will Unit For Governor.
When his attention was called to -
the above appearing in Wednesday's
issue of the Bock Hill Herald, Mr.
Smith requested us to publish the
following statement:
"I . wish to say that the statement
In the above, article that it Is my
Intention to becomb a candidate. for
Congress from this district is total
ly without the slightest foundation.
I have_ repeatedly declared in every
soctioif of the state that it fs my
fixed purpose to become a candi
date for the office of Governor in
the next Democratic primary. I
will again use an opportunity to
emphasize that determination. I
shall make the race for Governor
If 1 am permitted by Providence to
live and travel from one county seat
to thp other. It is my purpose to
make an aggressive, but fair and
clean race upon a platform, which,
at the proper time and place, 1
shall present to the people of South
Carolina. I regret very much th&t'
It should be the alin of anyone to
create the Impression contained in
the above article.
' Mendel L. Smith.7"'
At Methodist Church.
ltev. W..I. Herbert, presiding el
der of the Sumter district, will de
liver the sermon at the Lyttleton
St. Methodist Church Sunday morn
ing. He will also hold the last
quarterly conference at the Metho
dist Church on the same day. Pub
lic cordially invited to these ser
vices.
Preparing for TouHwt Seiwon.
Mr. H. (). Marvin, manager of the
Hobkirk, one of the big tourist ho
tels, 1b expected In the city durlftg
the week. Already some of his help
has arrivod from the North to put
the hotel In shapo for another sea
son.
Mm. Florence Dow, of Washing
ton, is here looking after improve
ments on her winter cottage near
tii?- Hobkirk Inn.
Mrs. M. E. Long, has arrived and
is having her homo near the Court
Inn improved androul in shupe for.
renting the com^* season.
Carpenters are now at work on
the^tfP Mandeville residence on Ju
n^f fi [J ill. making extensive im
provements, preparatory to being
occupied by Mr. Ralph Kills, and
family of Long Inland, who purChftjS^
ed the property last season to be
used by liini as a winter homo.
Mrs. S. P. H. Snell, jpropri.ctAr of
the Kirkland Villa, is also heVe frora
Boston, looking after her property.