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NEXT WEEK AT COUNTY FAIR |J Chronicle . u'?ik-i .. . ' HOt'TII CAROM N At WU.\Y, NOWMHKIt 7, I?l?. niimiimu ??? three big days for next week Exhibits in All Departments Are Fast Filling.- Birdman and Bal loon Feats Will be Chief Amuse ment Attractions ? The Program For* Each Day's Show. What, has been rightfully termed the Greater Kershaw County Fair will throw open Its gates, next Wed flesday to oue of the largest crowds prer gartered In this city. Already riome of ihe attractions' have arriv, [ed and are in operation in advance ; of fair week In the hope of catch? ? lag the usual Saturday crowd. Avi ator Terrill with his machine arriv ed over the Southern- railway Tues day aiul is now in the ci(y. . The Chronicle is glad to see that many of the storeB have had their places decorated for fair week and we would suggest that everyone hue bunting displayed. It not only jhowB that you have an Interest in home enterprise and undertakings but makes an. out of town visitor -{eel that hfe is welcome. This year's show promises to eclipse ali previous 'efforts and the merchant or business man who fails to do his , part toward making it a success will ; doubtless feel bad after it's over rwith. - From all sections' of the county f comes reports of unusual interest in Hbe fair and that each community | wlil have a full representation. I Entries for the Fair are the larg kest in its history. Every depar tment is well /represented with a .large list of exhibits. : The horse and mule department is ^especially large and promises as us jfual to bo very interesting. The gifUle and hog department is also well filled with standard breeds. The poultry building will be filled with thoroughbred- plfds. At the re ? cent poultry show held in connection wLhtihe siaie fair in Columbia, Ker J3ha\y County breeders-- were among, the largest winners. There wild ly? on exhibit during tho county fair be tween four and five hundred pure bred birds. In the farm product classes will be seen the largest variety ever en- | tered before. The farmers are all taking more interest in exhibiting their products this year than evor. The ladies are filling up their class es wi.h fancy work, sewing, knitting, preserves and other work.. The grounds are being enlarged and more stalls built for the fair. The. fence at the base :ball park where the fair is to be held is be ing moved back on all sides so as to take in more room which is very greatly needed. This will make be tween eight and ten acres enclosed In the fair grounds. Pro) . Itaub and Mme. Lawrence *H1 make their parachute leaps froi 'he balloon Just as scheduled ( in the program. A number" of people .have been misinformed regarding the areoplane Nights at the Kershaw County Fair. Sonio seem to think that this is an advertising scheme, and that no Nights will take place. This is very erroneous, because the management ^as a contract wit-h .one of the larg est booking agencies in America tnt\ frank J. Terrill to fly twice . eaey d&y. morning and afternoon with a afcauine CurtiBs 80-horse power ma chine. Mr. Terrill Is already in the city and will be present on the opening day and will make flights day on schedule tiipe, regard .1*88 of the weather. - Mr.' Terrill is ?no of the best known aviators in ^?erica today. He has made over 400 successful flight* in the \>ast years. If for any reason Mr. PNli la forced to cancel his con tact thru accident the management *111 secure within twenty-four hours u?ne another aviator witti a reputa ontiftTTy as great as Mr, Tefrell. The Dally NewfuRecord, of Har ?*>nburg, Va;, has the following . to *y of the daring young aVaitor in clty on OotSMflF&S: : ' rivaling "ChaWea K. Hamilton In ^ daring .and successful flying, **iator Prank J. Terrill, an exper *?c?d hlrdnian, gave the large ^ Is nt the first day of the^Rock jKham Fair all the thrills thoy wor ?*?klnc for Narrowly escaping ?**king his Curtis biplane durin "forning flight, Terrill went bac EIGHT BABIES : BEFORE "DOCS" ?car j ?*: IF *? From Among the Number May Spring "White Hope/' 'I uesday, between -the hours of 11 and 2 o'clock, the Civic League Heat, Room was occupied by a moat Im portant croud of people consisting of physicians and trained nurses, mothers and their babies, congrega ted for the purpone of complying with the rules and requirements for the test for' '"Hotter Babies Con test" for which the Woman's Home Companion prizes in being offered. The three' traiihwl nurses in uni form with two of the physicians in attendance, consisting of Drs. J. T. Hay, of Boykins; and Dr. John W. Corbett Miss Kdgerton, Miss Tiilie Geisenheimer ai^l MIsb Olive Eld redge, recent graduate nurse of Co lumbia hospital, worked hard and diligently in assisting the physicians while Mrs. Dunn, wife of Dr. \V7 J. Dunn took down and registered ac cording to tne physicians dictation, the correct weight, size, length and breadth, temperament and disposi tions and physical nature of each child on the printed tests sent out by the Home CompanioiC^ The rest room had 'been ruliy equipped with all things -necessary for the comfort and convenience ol all ? great care being taken before hand that there should be no dan ger of contagion. The rest room had been thoroly disinfected and cleaned and put in fine order. The temperature of the room was kept at a given point so no danger of the babies getting cold when required, to* be stripped for examination. A reception committee of the Ci vic League ladies served refresh ments to the mothers, physicians an nurses during the morning. Abou. eight babies wore examined , all be ing from the city, and on Friday, November 7th, the babies from the "c.ountry and city are expected to un dergo their examinations and it has been decided to change the hours to 10 to 2*io'clock instead of 11 o'clock as formerly Btated so as to give the physicians more time. Eighteen or twenty babies are ex pected in from the- city and country and it has been requested that they be on time, as any/ delay causes much trouble for the mapped out work to be done. The names of the mothers who en tered their babies on Tuesday wert Mrs. Ben DeLoache, Mrs. A. J. Beat tie, Mrs. M. H. Heyman, Mrs. W./R. Eve, Mrs. W. Sheorn, Mrs. W. Robin Zemp, Mrs. Geo. Rhame. . The Civic League, reception com mittee consisted of Mrs. M. Baruch, Mrs. Gus Hlrsch,k Miss Richie, Mrs. E. C. ? vonTresckow, tylss Jim El dredge and Mrs. Leslie, S^einp. and soared through the alr;at the *rate of sixty miles an hour at an al titude of from 1,800 to 2,600 feet. "'While flying In the morning a. l)olt holding a bar extending from tne plane to the engine base, becamt loose, the nut dropped off and the iend /6t the bar was within an inch W ? ? ; of the whirling propeller, as Terrill i landed without a mishap. Had tho ehd of* the iron tube caught in tlu propeller, the machine would havt been wrecked in tho air. .The avia tor did not learn of his narrow es cape until he was safely on the ground and his face paled as he contemplated what would have hap pened, if he had not landed wh. be dii. ?'That waa the first accident 1 have had during the two years 1 have been flying," said Terrill the Daily-News Record office lap night. "I f tho end of that bar had :caught in the propeller whffeTr wurr up, the machine would ' have been wreckcd and? well, I don't like to think about what would have hap pened io me in that event." "'Terrill is Jhirty-lfcree years old and is a graduate of the Curtis Aviation school. OuC of fourteen a lao.s who received licenses at the same time, seven have been kill ed and flvfe have retired from the "g* me." He haa made 400 success ful flights in two years." ? Following la an official "list of Conttnule on Laat Page. SIMPSON SHOT BY SESSIONS Recent Killing at Blaney Causes Another Near-Tragedy. Another shooting scrape occurred at Hlaney ia this county Tuesday In which Joseph Simpson, a white man, came near lowing his life. Th? facta as we were able to learn from parties who witnessed the shooting were that Mr. Simpson, ?.ogether with two of his sons, were engaged in pulling corn iu a field near hit* home when he was fired upon by Thomas C. Sessions, who, ' unseen, had slipped up oa him from a branch aearby. It will be recalled that some few months ago Simpson became involv ed in a difficulty with Henry Bes sions, a brotluer of Thomas .Sessions, ?in which Henry SeBslontf was killed. Simpson's trial for the killing is to come up at next week's term of court for this co'unty. It is known that the Sessions' brothers and Jos. Simpson had been at outs for some length of time and Tuesday's shoot ing was said to be an fittempt to avenge the death of# his brother. The details of the affair. If true, are extremely cowardly. Sessions had been seen to pass by the field in which Simpson and his sons were working, and watching for an oppor tune time 'when the two sons were at a far end of the field, he drove around and hitched his mule near a branch. Going afoot up a corn row he was seen by youhg Norman Simp son, a mere lad of ten, who cried a warning to his father. Simpson turned Just in time to receive the load of shot in his face and Bide. Being unarmed, he immediately made for a farm house nearby to procure a gun. Sessions followed,' but surmising Simpson's intentions, made his way back to the buggy and drove off. fn- the absence of Sheriff Hucka l >(?<>, Deputy Doby Huckab^pe went Immediately where he arrested Ses sions and brought him to Camden where bail was granted that night in the sum of $6(\0 ? J. T. Ross and W.. A. Sanders being his bondsmen. Whether Mr. Simpson will go" on trial for the murder of Henry Ses sions, at the court next week, de pends upon the Of fcla In juries. He ig being given medid&l attention by Dr. W. D. Grlgsby and is not thought to be seriously hurt. To Build a Home. Mr. E. J. McLeod has purchased the lot on Fair street, formerly the propetyof W. H. Dawes, and will in the near future erect a very at* tractivp home. The sale was made through the agency of tfc Williams Insurance & Realty Co. To Kent For Tourist 8oaw>n. Ah eight room cottage, complete ly furnished. Electric lights, hot and" cold water. Pantry with kitch en adjoining. Southern frontage. Apply . P. Q. Box 325, Qfimden, S* C. 28-29-30-31 A Neat Oafe. Mr. G. E. Baiemau opened his "Star Cafe" to the public Monda> morning and has since been doing a good business. Everything is neat, new and inviting and will be under his personal supervision. He has succeeded in getting Wesley Alex ander, one of the best known cooks in this section to have charge of his kitchen and this insures a tempting meal if you stop at his place.. - Mr. Bateman Intends to conduct flu place on tip-to-date lines and no lady can have any hesitancy to drop . in for a meal ? the best of service and courteous 'treatment is promised. Bazaar Postponed. The bazaar Which was to have been held at the home of Mr. J. R. Kirk ley, near Spring Hill on November 14 has .been postponed to "a later date. ' * |7> To- Improve -phitrch Propf ity. The members of the Camden Pres byterian Church wilt at an early l.iu> make some extensive Improve ments in tfcetr church" building "and 3unday School room. The rear of he Church, including the spire, will" hp remodeled. The Sunday School room will be entirety retanodeled. In tills building there .will be ten Individual class roams and an as sembly room. These Improvements will greatly enhance th* church pro perty. - SEVERAL LAND SALES MONDAY ij Villepigue Lot and Store Building Sold for Eight Thousand. Last Monday bolug legfil salonday brought quite a number of county and town people to the Court Houho to bid oi} tho varlouB pieces of pro perty advertised for Bale by the Sheriff and Master. The fallowing 1b a list of property that changed hand*: v Tho property of the estate of P. T. Villeplguo, consisting of the lot and Btore building now occupied by the Enterprise Mercantile Co,, and also the alleyway just south of tho store wub sold bv tho Master. . The lot and building was purchased by W. M. Shannon, attorney, for $8, -QQQ. Tho alley /Was also purchased "Dy*^ttoruey Shannon, the price be ing .$700. j Tho Vaughan ginnery and the pro perty on which It Is located was sold by tho Sheriff to satisfy a mortgage held by the Southern Motion Oil Co. The property was purchased by L. A. Wit'tliowsky, attorney, for $460. Several tracts of land sold by the MaBter, belonging to the Nicholson estate, were purchased as follows: Tract A, situated in town of Be thune, with buildings thereon, went to J. .C. Nicholson at $1,525. Tract C, also situated In Bethunfc, with buildings thereon, went to J. C. Nicholson at $2,100.' Tract D, near I^yncjies river to W. O, Nicholson at $1,400. Tract E, near Bethune to J. C. Nicholson for $700. ii . Tract F, property near Sanders 'Creek, to J. C. Nicholson, for | $1,760. Fifteen acres situated In West Wa teree were sold by Sheriff to satis- | fy mortgage. Bought by Harry L . Schlosburg for $106. Tliei Tarbrough lands sold .by the Sheriff as partition sale were pur chased by L. A. Wittkowsky, attor ney, for $6,000. Nineteen judgments, with seven per cent, Interest since January, .11)07, held against stock holders of the defunct Farmers & Merchants Bank, were sold by the Master. Tho parties, amounts and purchasers were as follows: ^ ? ? ? Qeo. W. Arrants, $997.50; W. E. 'Arledge, $105; B. B. Beckham, $1, 050; N, C. Boykin, $525; Rebecca W. DeLoache, $1,050; D. F. Dixon, $210; Annie B. Stoke*, $1,050^ Jf. E. Vaughan, $525; N. C. Boyklp, ad ministrator, of E. Miller Boykin, $6. 700.26; all went to T. J. Kirkland. attorney. j Sarah E. Corbeti, $1,0 50 < to W. M. Shannon, attorney. Sol Williams, $106; E, D. C. Wil liams, $7 87; E. F. Watfcln*. 'Hit: 060; S. M. Rosenberger, $1,060; J. iv. l^ang, $525; Fred Richards, $316 ifl. Heckheimer, $525; were all pur chased ?by H. L. Schlosburg and M. H. Heyman. , ? . Zemp Bros., $262.50; E. C. Zemp, Trustee, $210; were purchased hy Jaasels Zemp. , These judgments brought prices ranging from $1 to $24r Some few* parties bidding on them for specu lation. Married in Uingfiuinton. Blnghamton (N. Y.) Press, Oct. 1. Miss Charlotte Niven McKinney, the d&ughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. McKinney and Dr. Lewis W. Als ton, of Savannah, Ga., were married last evening at the home of bride's parent*. On account of a recent death in the family the weddtgn was a veo quiet affair, only the members of the two families and a fwe inti mate friends and neighbors being pre.cent. Rev. J. J. Lawrence per formed the ceremony, the ring ser Tics being used. The only attend ing veil- Utile Frances and Phil lip McKinney, oousfhs of the bride, and Geo. Lawrene, son of Dr. Law-e rence, who acted as ribbon bearers. Following the coromony a wed ding siyponras served by Teal, <n Rochester. ? Dr. and Mrs. Alston left at mld nighf on a Lackawana train for eastern points. They will live a* 16 Thirty-sixth street East, in' Sa vannah, where they will be at home after November 15. Installing New Fmnt. Messrs. Zemp & DePass are this wooie installing a handsome ^ new |Pda* fount in their drug store. Ir I* one of the latest and a pretty de ' ^ .. - , .Vjri COURT .OPENS NEXT WEEK - ' Grand and Petit Jurors Will Face a ?try Busy Term. The full term of the Court of Gen eral rteBbloiiH convenes hore Monday morning with u long lint of criminal und civil cum; h on docket, It In ex pected t ho court will lust tho tjntlri Uit'oe wookB owing to tho lurgc amount of buulueHH 011 luind. The cases creating tho most. in terest at thin torin will ho three murder cubcs likely to eoute up. Other cubub which be watched with interest are the nunierouB vtoluton of the dispensary law, u htrgo num ber of cases having been roundeo up owing to the uetivlty of tho city aud" county authoriioB. A f y 11 list of ohm** on docket ho far 'appoar below: O. H. Watson, murder. lrby Freshley, assault aud battory. L. W. Watts and W. E. DeLoache, violating dispensary law. Thos. H. Elliott, seduction. Robt. Powell, housebreaking and larceny. Joo English,, violating dispensary1 law. Simon CarncB, appeal from matsitf trate for obstructing highway. John CQUiJlB. violation of dispen sary law. The following cases will have to be passed upon by the grand Jury. W. It. DeLoache, disposing of pro perty under mortgage. llussie Currey, murder. Burwell Robertspn, grand larceny. Jessie Peak, burglary. Sam Hammond, obtaining goods under false pretense. Willie Jackson, non-support of children. Will Taylor, houae break i tig and larceny. Horace Ellerbe, transporting whis key. _ I Lawrence Stokes, obstructing pub lie highway. ^ fcd. .McGlrt, sod notion. R. S. Villepigue, Charles Green, John Boykln ,Wm. Johnson, John Champion, Luke Newnuin, violating cHspensirry- low; ^ Ginsey Collins, John Rider, Wil der Colliders and Thomas Spradley, adultery. Ginsey Collins and Wilder Child cm, keeping a bawdy house. W. M. Outlaw, assault and battery of high " and aggravated nature. MadlBon McClaln, assault with in tent to kill. Henry Wheeler, John Wheeler, Arthur Fletcher and Bradley Caro lina, disturbing religious worship. \ Arthur and Tom Fletcher and Bradley Carolina, assault and bat tery with Intent to kill. Henry Wheeler, assault with in tent to kill. ThomaB Kendrlcks, disposing pro perty under lien* . Joseph Simpson, murder. Charlie Williams, disposing of property under mortgage. DENIES A RUMOR. Only Two Men jOwn Stock in Mur chi?v>n Wholesale Grocery. To whom It may concern: In order to correct a contray ru mor and in justice to the Catnden Wholesale Grocery, *ho appear to think they are being done an in jury by said rumor, we submit for publication the following sworn statement: , "There has nevor been a single share of stock in the Murchlson Wholesale Supply Company issued to anyone except to K, W. Murchisoi. and myself, nor does any one ex cept Murchlson and myself own di rectly or indirectly one dollar 01 said stock. ; E. H. Schlrmer, K. W. Murchlson > Personally appeared before me E. jWT^Schirmer, who being duly >BWorn sayg above is a true and correc statement, ~~ C. Hi OniSam, lTotary Public for S, C. Nov. 3., 1918. Personally appeared before mo K W, ^Murchlson, . w&o- being duly Sworn says above is a true and cor rect statement^ 7 ' * Wiuiaoe. 'y Notary iMibllc for 8, C. Nov. 5, 191 a. ? . ,v ^ ? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ^ i * 'Jt; J... JlTOn RENT ? Three large unfur ntshed room% wttlt all oonv*tiienccs. on lAurens street. Applpjftt The Chronicle office. , " I7tf. CITY COUNCIL? HELD MEETING Entire Board of Health Resigns and New One Selected. The regular monthly meeting of the city council of Camden was lu>ld Monday night of thlti wfiok. The matter of Holect In g a now board of health for Camden, occupied a greater portion of the time the old board, for bUslnegB roiiHon, haviiiK ?ill roHlgnod with tho exception of Mr. W. O. Wilson, who was elected only a few weekto ago to fill the Va cancy made by roHignntlon of Dr. 11. T. Ooodale. The old membortf hand ing in their resignation wero W. L. 1)0 I'iihk, C. H. LowIh, T. J. Lipscomb and A. W. Hurnot. The now mom* bore soloctod by council wero Dv. W. It. Clyburn, O P. DuBoso, T. gp Little and Jqlin 8. LindHuy. Another matter occupying eome little time wiim the effort to elect a policeman to fill the vacancy caua ed by the resignation of Officer G; 15. Datamini. One member of the council, P. M. Wooten, being ribBent the balloting resulted In. a tie be-, tween Messrs. Itobt. Latta and N. D, Baxley. Other would-bo police men who made application were 8. X, EI. Peach, Wade H. Jones, B. M. Brown, F. C. Jones, M. hi McLeod and Henry Brown., The election was postponed until a later date. A petition was presented to the body signed by numerous buBtnes* men of lower Main street asking that the carnival attractions during fair week be allowed on lower Main stroet. The petition was turned down and the shows will only be al lowed on west DeKalb street, lead ing to the fair grounds. The seven per cont penalty for delinquent, tnxpoyers was ordered to take effect beginning Tuesday morn ing of this wook. The Seaboard Railway asked per mission to connect, sewer leading from passenger station -to city sew er on Campbell street. Permission was granted, tho railway paying all oxpenses. Since the above wasput in type eounclT~neid anotTfer meeting and 4 fleeted Mr. Robt, Latta as police? ' man. SCItPKIHKl) THEIR FRIENDH. . ? - ?; a Mr. Mc^agDii and MIhh Rlockmoa Married at Kershaw. A marriage which can\e as a sur prise to their friends was that of Mr. O. H. McKagen to Miss Bessie Black mon which occurred last Fri day evening at Kershaw. The young lady is the daughter of Mr. W. T. Hlackraon, of near Kershaw, and is popular' with all who know her. Mr, . McKagen is a native of Sumter, but for the past three years has been making his home with his brother, Mr. Chas; S. McKagen in this city. '"Ollie," as his frienda know him, is the geaial traveling representative of the Davis Acetylene, Light Co., and when his frionds asked why he spent so much time around Kershaw* his reply was "trailing a prospec." But the secret was out Friday when' he procured a license and Quietly slipped off to Kershaw and In the presence of a few friends the happy couple were married at the nome of the bride's sister, Mrs. w. ; Z. Hilton, the Rev. R. T. Blackmon, brother of the bride performing the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. ~ McKhgen left Im mediately for Bethune whero they will reside. The young folks of Be thune tendered them an enjoyable reception upon thelT arrival. \ Tbey . have been spending a few days IHT Camden this w6ek receiving the xlad hand and congratulations of friends. Married at Loesville. ? ? * : % t ? \ On the evonlng of October 2'8tl? at 7. o'clock at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. E. J. Mitchell, ?it Leesvllle, S. C., occurred the marriage of her daughter. Miss Co- : "11, to Mr. Albertus Campbell, of ' Camden, Rev. P. H. Harding, ree^ tor ef tJrnce chnrchT this "clly. offi- . elating. The young couple returned to Camden .immediately and are now at hj>tne to their friends on JLaFay otle avenue. The bride is a popu lar young womun and has been ruc cefHful as a teacher. Mr. Campbell to ?rt.. .?*.;? known In thle cMy-wIwre toe holds a position with