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MAJOR LUCAS DEAD Prominent Planter and Capi talist Born in Thi? County. Major .Intuit ,/oniithnn hum*, plant er ii tut capitalist , died lit lit* home at -Society Mil ni^ht W la*! week from tin1 third ntroke of paral ynlH, ho beliix In lit? Hifrd year. Ma J. I. man wa* burn at Tlllw* Vitrry, lu Kershaw County, Novemlwr 'Ji, IXH1, aii'l In cnrl> life weiil to I'liarlaton. In isoft In* mov?d from Cluirlwilwi to Ho<*t?tj*> Hill, l>arllr>Ktoii county, where hy Id* IntelllKent cultivation of ura pes and wliu* tuakliiK He form ed mi 1 1 n I n <l 1 1 a I show place lll? 1)0)110 wan one of tin* uio?t refined and cultivated in the state 1 1?- whh a director of tin* Atlantic ('oast Mm' Kallroad company, a moodier of tin* I ton til of visitors of tin- Soiiili t'aro I I mi Military Academy, ami a i tish-e of the Porter Military Academy. Me wan president of the OarlliiKton Ak rli'iilt urn) imolety for t hr*-** years; was a llf?* iiM'iiilx'i of (lie HI'. < Wella so ciety of Charleston ; a member of tin? lluK'HMiot society of thai <lty; wan for kcVcii years captain of the Pal tn??tto tinard. ' 'lift rli, '-'Ion, and trained that company Ifor it/* brilliant career in' the i "on federate army. 1 1 ?? was Initialed into the Masonic fraternity In I KVl. In j kiI It Ich lie Wan Hi way H a democrat. In religious convict ions lie \\ ;i an i:p!?copallan. lie was for many year- a lay reader of Trinity < ' 1 1 1 1 1*( 1 1 in hl.~> Inane town and lie was elected an iiltoi'liale delegate from the dloce.-c of Moll III < 'a t'olilia to the tli eii ii hi I eonveiitinn of th?? American Iv plscopai eliiireh, which met in Uich Tiinml; n<'t?/bcrf Ifi0'7. 1 1 nut iiiu and shoot inu were Ioiik his favorite < km - 1 1 pa t Ions, lint lie had done little o / either for Home years. Fear < (' holtiK In the minority never piv ?ciiled li I iii from expresiliK IIIs1 opln loli I e never fought a duel, iivd ill 1st in lie was one of the seconds Iii an u/fn I < f honor ill which, fortunately, no hlood was spilled. lie was an open lld.vocate of I lie code duello, on the ground that It elevated tin' tone of Hoelety. Notice Pine Tree Club. For the convenience of the members of I *1 lie Tree Club they are requested to meet me at Heaver Dam church on Tuesday, June JlOlh, from H. a. iii. to 1L' iii., for the purpose of Iiaviim t lid r names enrolled on the new. club rolls. I). T. Blacknion Sec. Notice tiranny's ((nailer Club. Memliers of liranny'* Quarter Dem ocratic Cliib urc requested to meet, lit the .residence of T. li. Clyburu. Satur day, .luiie U7th, ill .'{ o'clock, for the purpose of sIkiiIiik' the new club rolls. L, U. Clyburn, Secretary. IT'S SMOOTH AS SILK A talcum powder conlulnlnK llu* i. ii i paid' ir of grit <?j' fora!#u ant) ataiui* 1h ii<4 a proper powder to uae ))ij baby'* tender Hkln or on V>iii <<u n Apply thlit Ifht to N'YAI/H Toilet Talcum - Y'oii will not ire two thti|M-^iU |M*rf<H-t Miii(N>tlini*HM anil n delightful odor. It tx h delightful |>owder in < N< iy vyay. 1 1m HUlOOthllOHH COIUbllMHl with ItH antlHeptie propertlen leave* the Hkln Hoft ?t iid . velvety ? ami free from irrltatlop. % ' 25 rent* a box. Hi'slih's good KimxIm you K<*t good treatment lit our Htoro.i Alwaya Klad to have viHK)|)lfc come Jn ami look around, whether they want to buy or not. We wait on you promptly, give you what you aHk for but never tease anyone to buy anything. CAMDEN DRUG COMPANY TO TIIE DEMOCRATIC V0TKK8 OF KKRSHAVV COI NTV. My Attention has ImM'Ii called to the fact that a number of part ie* wlm have -v iicil their cluh rolls only sltfned by their Initials. Rule 11 adopted by the I H'liioerHtle Stat?j( Convention require# that every applicant for enrollment shall in person write upon the dub roll Ids full liaiue, etc. All those .^v ho have only used their Initials In enroll ing wHIl please go hack to the Heere tary of their- res|>ectlve clubs and sign their names In full on the cluh roll. If the applicant for enrollment lives In a ?'lly or town he shall also give the name of the street he lives on, and the house nuiuher, If the houses are numbered. , ]j. A. Wlttkowsky, Chairman Kershaw County Demo cratic Kxecutlve Committee. NOTICE. The lteitluh Democratic Cluh will have a meeting at Cleveland School Mouse on Saturday afternoon .June 'jut 1 1 at :> o'clock for the purpose of enrollment. < '. N. Humphreys .1. F. West J. ( ). Alosely, Secty. liiirolhiieiit Com. A soft answer doesn't turn away tin- you iik man who Is in love. ADLAI HTKVKNSON DKAI>. Wuh Virr rrrwifjfiit 1'iidrr G rover Cleveland. ?. Chicago, .1 mi** |U,? Adlul I*}. Hteveu Hull, vll't) p|V?ddelit of the 1J|)IUh1 States through the second Cleveland *1 < I 111 ill ImC I'Ht loll, tonight Hi U iloH pHllI heIC, after llll llllieKS of HC\ci;il ruontli*. ill" tbrtw chtl4fwi mre at h i - bed-side Aillui Mwlng Slr\ enson, oinv \ It ?? l>n l<lciit of (1)0 United Staffs, ha<l a long and honorable public curcer. lit* was vie** president from 180,'l to 1K07 under President (Jrover Cleveland. 1 n i'.mmi hi* igalu wuM noniliuitM} 1 1> tin* Democratic (Nirty for vl?*? president and run with Will 1*0) J. liryan, tbo ?pHrty'w candidate for pretddent, hut whh defeated. Ho served us u inem l>er of the Forty-fourth and Forty Hlxth congress* *s. From 1885 to 1KM1) In* wrvwl as tlrst assistant postmas tor general under President Cleveland. ills last Appearance as a candidate for public office was in 11K)8 when be wax nominated for governor of 1111 iioIh hy the Democratic party and whh defeated hy Chas. S. Deueen ltcpiih Mean. He whh horn In Christian county, Kentucky, October 2'\ 18:15, Of Scotch Irish parentage. Ill 1K5H IiIm parents moved to Blooinlngton, III. He at tended t lit* public schools and thw III! nols university. Stevenson'# political career dated from 1K<M when he was a presidential ??lector on the Democratic ticket. He made a canvass of Illinois In, behalf of the MeClellan ticket and won a reputation as a jivlltlcal orator. In 1874 Stevenson was nominated for congress (>y the greenback and antl-iuonopollst imrties in the Thir teenth Illinois district against (ion. John MoNulta, Republican. The I ><>m - ' (icrats considered the cuse Hopeless and did not hold, even a convention. The ensuing campaign was exciting and Stevenson was elected by a ma jority oyer (Jen, McNuIta of 1,'J.TJ votes. ^ In 187(1 he . again was elected to con gress for the same district on the greenback ticket^ and he was sup. . ported by the Democrats who declined io put up a candidate. In 1884 Stevenson lod the Illinois delegation to the Democratic national convention which nominated Grover Cleveland for president. In 181)7 he was ap|>olnted a member of a com mission which visited Europe In an ef fort to secure lnternatlTVnal bimetal lism. Cotton Blooms. Mr. ('. H. McCaskill, overseer on the Hermitage farm, near Camden, sent to this olllce Tuesday several cotton blooms plucked that day. Mr. I.. I,. Young a substantial far pier of the ('antey section,' reports blooms the llrst of the week. Klchard Halle, a colored farmer, sent in one Monday from his farm near Camden. J. A. Hates, the colored farm demonstration agent reported blooms on his farm as early as May ?J.'lrd. '? " . ? 1 " J ' " 11 ? ? 1 ? ' KKV. Klt'HAKDS UKAD. Ak?mI Milliliter Wm Hurled ?( l/lbertjr inn Monday. A m|hh'1iiI from itlenhelni, ? In t **< I June 1,'lth, hh.vh: Tlte Iter. J. U. itichardH, tor more llian 50 yearn a Presbyterian itiliiin ? ? ? I . ,1171 ill tile home II f hliTtlHUtfllUtr, Mr*. J. K. Hunter, at 2 :.'W> p. in. yes terday in thy KTth yon r of his age. He had been. III with some form of WUtllilWd fever for six weeks ami OW* Ing to hs advanced age little hope wan entertained at any time for his recov ery, Ills Remarkable vitality and the retention Ot his mental' faculties a 1 moHt tip to thw time of Ilia death were oust extraordinary, He wiih at the time of his death a trustee of the Columbia Theological Hemlnary, in wiiteh lie took a moat net ire interest, and the oldest member of I*ee Dee presbytery, bavinx atteud ed itM last session at Marion in May. Mr. Ulchards wiin twice married, Id* tlrst wife having died several yeara ago. Tiie following children of hia first marriage survive him ; Joint 0, and N0rman Richards, vf Lil>eity Hill, Ivev, M. lttehards, D. I)., :?f David son, N. C, I/oiiIn Hlehards of Koland, N. C? Mrs. J. 10. Hunter of lilenhelm, Mrs. Arch McCallum of Httiuer, Mrs. Hay of Farm School, N. C. He Is alao survived by a large number of grand rhildrcn. Ills secoud wife, who waa MJhh Sarah Mutheson of IHenhOlm, died til rev yeara ago. , Mr. Richards was a chaplain in the (Confederate army and 'served an pas tor ot the Preahytrlnn* church at Lib erty IIlll, Kershaw county, for nearly to yarn, coming from there to Itlenhelm where he became pastor of the lilen helm. lumbar and Heedy Creek Pres byterian churches, which he served for IT yeura. . - y He was a man of flue character and ability loyal to the cause and serving It long in the self-Hacrlfletirfc spirit of the Master whom he followed like Enoch of old. Unswerving in ids loy alty to the truth, he stood for true 'righteousness, counting it a privilege to spend and be siamt in the service of his fellow men. Ixnig life, to him meant long service, for his Interest in uplifting the world was still ardent and intense; and, unlike many old men, he did not live in the past. The interment took place at -Liberty Hill. Death at Bethune. Hetliune MeCasklll, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Jr A. MeCasklll, of Itethuhe, died at a Columbia hospital Sunday from the effects of an op eration for apiKMidleitis. The young man was only eighteen years of age and was popular with all who knew him. Mr. MeCasklll was a member of the W. O. W. camp at Bethune and also a member of the band at that place. The funeral and burial took place at 11 o'clock Monday at the old Scotch burying ground near l*e^ thune. County treasurer D. M. McCas kill attended the fuheral from Camden. Quite a large uuiulwr of <J?tmlei> people were In Humter Wednesday to lumr the tuiidWiltd fo? state boiwe oftloQH. Homo of those who want down were Mi. uiul Mrs. Ii. A. Kirklaud, Jt. )i. WIIIIhuih, J. F. Bateinan, Henry Hoard, Hornon Mt'Leod, W. II. Black well, H. H. Klltott, F. M. Zewp U T. Mills, .f. \V. Melton. ? . ? . . .a i This lt?y*H h Hustler. Pi-rcy Battle, h little hoy at Asliliy, Alii .. llllS HHktHl tl.S t<) I II M' i t It Wllllt ad saying he has two nitre fat crown that he wHiitH to exchange for h par rot. Ho says "OhllKe thin tb mo, My papa takes Tho Progressive Farmer and I onj Qf reading It." Bless his manly little heart. If I ha?l a. parrot I'd give It to him. 1 l}kod Ills letter ami if anybody )imh UMo for "two nice fat crowH" they ought to liuy from hlni. We sure won't take his money for HUch an ad ami take pleasure in giv ing him thin "free write-up." Keep it up, little pal. It pays to advertise and you have learned It early. ? Progressive Farmer. Wants ? For Sale ? Rents WANTKI) To rent a portable en gine not under ten horse power, gaso liue or steam. Will make an attractive proposition. H. <i. Ortitlnon, Jr. FOB RBNT ? flood land for sowing lions. $1.50 jior acre. W. K. l>e Louche. Camden, S. C. i), FOR KALK ? -My residence on Broad Street For Sale. Mrs. H. Truesdnlo, Camden, S. C. i> LOST?A Indies umbrella with silver handle. Was loft in a dry goods store Monday aftoruon. l'lcase return to W. Robin Zoinp. 9 FOR SALR ? Horse, bngy and har ness, all in A1 shape. This is unques tionably the host animal in town. Thor oughly gentle and safe for lady to drive, at same time fast and easy goer. Will consider trade for good, roadster car. Address "Safe and Sound," cafe of .The Chronicle. FOR ItENT ? Two story house, also a 4 room house for rent. Ap ply to 1206 6th Ave., Broad, Cam den. ltf. - - - ? -1 ; ? -rr : ? FOR SALE ? jHuntlng right on 1,000 acres of land' from 8 to 10 miles from Camden. Reached eith er by dirt or railroad. Apply to I. C. Hough, attorney, Camden. Removal Notice. To my Friends and Patrons : I have moved my Music House from my old stand to the Man building in tho store room with the Camden Five and Ton Cents St tore. ?J. W. Melton's Music House, Camden, S. C. annual report/ 1 Jf, (OontfoutM) from I'hrw | .Jordan mi U. ulali Jordan 'lot u i PlNtrlct No. 88 $115.00 PAID FROM BOARD Fl Nl>. Annie K. Alfortl 10. W. H. Pel/au'be 10. C. NV. Hlrchinoro .... .? 10. W. II. IKil^oaobe 100. ICdwnrd MVDowell x 5. Maotaret Ratcliffe Xt! ..... 1Q. Jeaale Hdic RateHflfe 10. Kate Kimi*W \ <, 76. Kate Hliuiwou ...r - 86. [), M Mc< 'asklll 10. Kate HUniwort < ... 75. |4. T. Mills - .... 80. Kate ???? 75. Kate KI|HI>hoi? .... .... 7. Kate HiuilMOn * 76; I). M. Mc( 'asklll, Treas 156. I? M. Met 'ask ill, Treas in Total Hoard Fund $7324? Recapitulation School Fund Total District No. 1. *12,556.27 Interest District No. 1, July h WJ# HiO-00 Total DlHtrlct No. ?> .... Total District No. 3 Total District No. 1 .... ... .. j jWfto Total Diatrict No. 5 .... ... mm Total District N<i. (| Total District No. 7 Total District No. 8 Total District No. 0 Total District No. 10 Total District No. 11 .... 1*3X7 iu ?!?"!"! SFtff? v "? ,l2 1*?* lotai District No. 13 57"S7<t Total District No. 14 .... ... 347 m Total Distri<*t No. 15 .... Wok Total District No. 16 ' , 1'U7?k Total District No. IK " m ?253.26 4423 717.46 77150 2,062.74 Total District No. 19 .... .... ,...1,430.50 Total District No. 20 , ... 160!00 Total District No. 21 .... 702.52 Total District No. 22 . 2,042.00 Total District No. 2,'! .... 301.85 Total District No. 24 .... 910.00 Total District No. 25 .... 345.00 Total District No. 26 446.95 Total District No. 27 615.60 Total District No. 28 .... 197.50 Total District No. 20 .... 1,080.35 Total District No. 40 .. .1,400.00 Total District No. 40 879.36 Total District No. 47 ... 312.06 Total District No. 30 .... 848.75 Total District No. 31 .... .... .... 210.00 Total District No. 32 80.00 Total District No. 33 .... 115.00 Total Hoard Fund ... .... 732.25 Total District No. 34 .... .... 25,00 Total School Fund .... .... $45,049.03 GRAND RECAPITULATION. Total Ordinary County .... $ 21,947.11 Total Koad .... .... .... ....20,087.78 Total St?eclal County .... .... 15,400.94 Total School 45,049.03 ? _iy (J rn nd Total .... .... .... $102,484.8# Respectfully, D. M. McCASKILU v _ Treasurer Kemliaw County, 1. j First Prize . . . $50.00 Third Prize . . 15.00 Second Prize . $25.00 Fourth Prize . 10.00 ' t 1 1 ? " r " Sale Commenced June 16th and Continues for 30 Days >j ' ? " '' ' i i ? ? ? mmmmrnmm ? ? 1 ? ' ? - 'I ' ? i During which time, each purchaser of one of the Walnut Street lots will be given five chances at these prizes. These desirable residence lots, situated in the heart of Camden on one of the most attractive streets in the city, will be offered during this sale at very reasonable prices. ERMS: lOt Cash, $10.00 a Month NO INTEREST OR TAXES UNTIL 1-3 OF PURCHASE PRICE HAS BEEN PAID : ? X '- i - An unequalled opportunity for the homeseeker to buy a lot that will double or triple in value while it is being paid for. To the investor in a small way, these lots offer the chance of a lifetime, as they can be bought at less than is thrown away each day. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS LIBERAL PROPOSITION PHONE 100 OR SEE NNEDY & SHA