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VOLUME XXVI CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1814 NUMBER 26. ?? NEXT WEDNESDAY MARKS OPENING OF SIXTH ANNUAL EXHIBIT OF COUNTY FAIR i - Entries in All Departments Largest the Association Has Ever. Had. HORSE SHOW EACH DAY. Many Free Attractions and All During the Four Days There Will Be Interesting Features For Your Enter tainment end Amusement. Committee Urges Large At tendance. ?a&r./ \ -Ju ? The management of the Kershaw County Fair Association promises to tbe people of this county the best County Fair ever held In South Caro lina. Everything Is in complete read iness. tlu? entries In qll flopnrtnriftnto ? are the 1 argent the association has ever had. The Fair grounds ure being put In the best of condition, the large building has been decorated, tables put In, show cases for Jfche delicate % exhibits Installed, the cattle stalls re paired, and the large tent for the poultry exhibit is" being' put tip. press ing rooms are . being built uuder the grand-stand for the actors who will % furnish the numerous free acts. year will be the horse show which opens each day at 2 o'clock, 'the eyries In this department are larger than any of the former years. The first day, Wednesday, the colt classes will lie shown. In one class $100 In cash prizes Is offered for "Golden Rainbow" colts. This is attracting much attention as there will be about twenty-five coltq- competing for these -?prizes. " .? ~ All during each day there will be interesting . features for your enter tainment and amusement. Not as heretofore a program in the early morning and one In the late after noon. At Intervals all thru the day interesting free acts will be presented, a good band furnishing music morn ing and afternoon. v High and sensational aeroplane flights each day. See the worlds most daring aviator. The aviator will ar rive in Camden Monday with his big Curtlss machine, he will ? immediately assemble It and Wednesday will make his first flight. Don't fail to see Fd. and Hellen LaNole in their funny bounding bed act right in front of the grand stand. After the bounding tyed act, will bd ?their revolving ladder performance. A scream from the minute their act sarts; Another feature will be "Plcclninl & Olnnda." European novel trapeze and comedy acrobats. This act will appea r In front of the grand stand. "A great comedy act all thru. Exhibits In all departments should be brought to the Fair Grounds Tues day. October 20tli. The superintend ents of all departments will be there to- receive and place all exhibits, ?' The Kershaw CountjrTalr; Commit^ tee has done and is .doing all it can to have the best fair we have yet had. It's up to the people of our county ?<o bring good- exhibits, not one. but as many as they can and unless they do this and attend the Fair tW ef forts of tbe committor will avail nothing. A nice M ef good and attractive **hiliits and good attendance Just at this time will l?e ai,good advertisement tor <>ur county. We want to ur<?G **P0? you the importance of having ood exhibits and plenty of them, and we dit hope our people will take the greatest Fair yet. Don't think others will have the exhibits ? we trill -need theirs ?nd must have yours to make ^ a suive*xs. do not expect many to^ttend all four days hut do expect every person in our county to attend one "da>- ''tune and tell your friends and 'seif:lii.i?is to come and don't forget that we will need one or moro exhib it# from both you and them. , If the Fair is yrbt the best we imve Had it will not l>e your Fair com ralttees fault. We are better prepared for a real Id# Fair than we have ever i*?n ami we believe the_people of o?r t^anty are going to do their duty ithb year, as they have each year. off that long fure and comt* to the Fjilr, bringing tin* hest exhibits we possibly can, unci put on u smile that .won't come off til fiilr time again. No use to pine, we must live, ko let's make the bent of the worst, be cheerful and happy und come to the Fair und smile. It will do. you good next to 10 relit* eottoil. . The ont^ main purpose of our Fair, from the beginning !"? yearn ago, was; to bring about more dlverwlfled farm ing, and the raining' of more cattle, hogs, chickens, horses and mule**, ho that we would he more self-sustain ing, Now as never before we see the necessity of it and that should make it worth your while to attend at least one day. In fact, is it not your duty to do so? The Committee thinks so and we exi>eet to see you. We promise to make you smile ? the Cotton parade will surely do it. Come one, come all, let's have a good time. Camden Merchant* Take Pride in Show Window*. Catnden merchants take great pride In their display windows and some of them present an unusually pretty scene at night. At the Malone-Pearce- Young Hardw? , can be seen a handsome ing the glow of a coal Are. At Mr. Geiseiihelmerls furniture store Is a dis play of the Hoozler cabinet, where u representative from the Hoozler com pany has been giving a demonstration the past week, has been* attracting considerable attention. The display continues until Saturday and if you have not been there call and take a look. At the Bums and Barret hard-1 ware store is another pretty display of heaters ? added to greatly by the use oi a beautiful shaded electric Ught At the Jewelry store of G. L, Black well Is u handsome display of Jewelry and silver ware ? a "skiddoo" light continually calling your attention. heater colored light represent Analysis Shows Water Free From Contamination. ' Health Officer, John W. Wilson has received the first report from the State Board of Health of analysis made of the water from Camden's new supply, which shows same free from contam ination. Water from the new plant comes from Dlcey's creek, a pure sand hill stream a few miles north of Cam den. Following is the report from the state board of ^health : "Charleston, S.. C., Oct 5th, 1914. Sanitary Water Analysis No. 1271, of Water, received Oct. 1st, 1914, from J. W. Wilson, Health Officer, Camden, S. C. Results In parts per million: Color .5.06 Chlorine- ...... 5.00 Free Ammonia .*.?. 0.006 Albuminoid Ammonia 0.040 Nitrogen in Nitrates <0.000 Nitrogen in Nitrites 0.000 Total SOHfla ..-r.. 84.00 Alkalinity 5.00 Hardness 5.00 Bacterial Analysis Bacterial Indications of Contamina tions; Negative. Remarks: Free from Indications of contamination. Respectfully submitted, -*'? F. L. Barker, M. D. Negro Woman Shot. Henry Ollmore, colored, was placed in jail Thursday afternoon last, charg ed with having shot and seriously wounded a negro woman residing in the lower part of the city. The wo man was carried to the Camden Hos pital where she was found to be se riously wotinded by a gun shot. The man claims the shooting was acci dental. Three Picture Shows. Camden is now well supplied with -motion- ptoture xliuvvi. tlic . citizens hav ing the choice of three to attend. The Alr^Dome," formerly run as ah open air show, has been put In a tent and Is now running again. The opera house show is now being run f>y?VMr. W. R. PeLoache, who is putting on, a class of Excellent pictures by the Paramount Film Service. Mr. 1 >. JtiaT relson, at the Victoria, is running as usual. All of the shows are putting on extra plrturrs and arc well at tended. P ? - First to Pay Taxes. "The tax books of Kershaw comity were opened yesterday morning? and Mr. David Jackson and Miss Maty McGraw, of West Wateree, were the first to pay taxes for thlft year. MRS. BOYKIN DEAD. Prominent Camden Women Petted Away Monday. Aftri m long Mitt's* Mr*. lOllen J>eus lt< ? > k i 1 1 iIIimI ut her home On 1'alr street, Monday afternoon, <Moher 12, and although her death was not unex pected it Js a distinct Morrow to a large tirele of relatives and friends. Mrs. Hoy kin was the second daugh ter t?f the lute I>r. iit-h Deas and his wife, Kllt'ii Douglas I>eas. In early lift- she married the late Frank Boy kin, a planter near Camden, and tnelr parried lift' was sih-iiI on their plan tation Where they reared a large and Interesting family. She had passed three- sco re years and each year was filled with noble d eds.and kind acts that will blossom through eternity. Truly can it be said of her "a good woman has gone to her reward." The funeral services were held at (.race Kpiscopal Church Tuesday morn ing at 11 o'clock, conducted by the rector, Rev. F. H. Harding, asslted by Rev. W. V, Gordon, I>. I>? and at tended by a large number of relatives and, friends. The hiftrial was made In the family plot in the old Quaker cem etery, and the floral offerings were many and beautlfuL Mrs. Boykin is survived by one sis ter, Miss Lottie Deas, of Boykins, and the following children: Heliry Boy kin and Mrs. J. T. Hay, of Boylrtltef Mre. C. V. Sal mo i id, of Columbia ; Mrs. i">ouglas A. Boykin and Mrs. .Lawrence A. Klrkland, of this city. Negro Man Loses His ? Life in Qln Accident. John Cornish, a well known colored citizen of the Hlco section died late W ednesdoy afternoon-froth- fnjttries re ceived In a gin accident a few hours before. The accident happened at J. I>. MeLeeter's gin near Sheppard Wednes day when the man was helping the gin hands gin a bale of his cotton. There were no eye witnesses to the accident and it is supposed Cornish got his elbow In the Saws. The man's hand was qot injured but his entire arm to the shoulder was terribly lacerated and In several places cut In two. Laborers at the gin placed the injured man in a buggy and started to Camden to have his wounds dressed but he died from loss of blood before going more than a mile. The Unfortunate negro was a share cropper on the plantation of Mr. John Langley, and also owned a small place of his own near the city's new water supply. He was well liked In his neighborhood having many friends aodong the white peo ple. Majestic Range People Have Subscribed $100,000. Messrs. Burns Sk Barrett, hardware dealers of .Camden, and agents tor the Majestic Range, in this city, Tuesday received the following letter : St. Louis, Oct.. 8, 1614. Dear Sir: We take pleasure "in stat ing that we kept up the "buy-a-bale" movement until the new St. Txmls pro position was placed before us, which Is to finance ahout five million bales' of cotton with a subscription of $150, 000,000. ? ? The Majestic Manufacturing Co. has subst*rlhed $100,000 to this proposition. Twenty-four other merchants and manufacturers of St. Louis have sub scribed one huadred, thousand dollars MOh, making a total of $2*500,000. Our banks subscribed five million, making $7,500,000. The proposition la now in New York and the chahces are that J. P. Morgan & Co., with others, will un derwrite all that Is not taken by other cities. " f We think this is much more desira ble tj>an the "buy-a-bale" movement. This movement is ftr be complete by October 21st. Yours very truly, , Majestic Manufacturing Co. Thompson Released. Will Thompson, the-^young white man who was arrested last Wednes day charged with haying bnrglarlzinl a store near the mill village, was re leased from jail ^ the following day. The proprietor of the store stated that" he had no evidence against the yonng man and would not prosecute him. 1 n ? _ \ s if irlAI I IfU. At the home of Rev. J. M. , Forbes, ?t liethune, Wednesday, Oct. 14th. 1 Mr. Lfrfcrfcnoo A. McDowell to Miss Bernlee McDowell, Rev. Forbes offici ating. The ceremony was performed In the presence of only a few Intimate friends and relatives. .The young con pie left lmmsdlataly after the cere mony for Abbeville, S. C., where Vrf McDowell In manager of the Press & Banner, of that city. H u 9 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION WAS HAPPY OCCASION. Business Depression Makes No Showing at Homo of Ker shaw County 'Farmer. Oh Wednesday last, tile 14th Inst.. Mr. T. J,. Smith, of the Beulah sec tlou, was 58 yeu rs of ago, and la honor of the event he had u number of his friends to dine with him 01^ that .dliy. Although the day was a rainy one It did uot diminish to any degree the attendance. Early In the morning the guests began to arrive and h.v midday the house wan taxe<l to Its ca|?aclty to accomodate the crQtfrd. Unbounded hospitality reigned supreme. I duller wan nerved about 1 o'clock and It lu difficult to describe the magnificence of the spread. If ever a table "groaned beneath Its burden" tlilM one certainly dhl. and If ever those who sat uround a burdened ta ble enjoyed Its spread, Mr. Smith's guests on this occasion did. 'Although every one was In flue trim to do full Justice to the spread It was necessary to Call in reinforcements several times before the fort of good things to eat was in auy appreciable wpy diminish ed. After dinner pleasant cpjftYersa-. tion WatT enjoyed until about 8:30 when the guests began leaving, all feeling that they were fortunate in !>eiug present and wishing Mr. and Mrs. Smith many happy returns of the da^ ' Besides the immediate family con nection numbering about 25 or 80, t hose attending were Mr. J. F. West of Beulah, Rev. Charles B. Smith and son, Plnckney, Major E. B. Cantey, and Messrs. John Cantey, ' R. B. De Loache, and W. L. McDowell, of Cam jliit. V V*. . Mr. Bmith has been, greatly blessed in this world's goods. By the bless lngs of Providence^ industry and econ omy, he has a good plantation, a good, well furnished house, good barns, sta bles and all other necessar^ outbuild ings. From the front porch can be seen the hog pasture in which are feedlug a large herd of fine, fat hogs, many broad acres of corn, peas and hay in which Is a drove ot 50 turkeys and in the frent -yard -are. a number of bales of cotton. NEWS AT WINTHROP. Happenings of Interest at the State College For Women. Wlnthrop College, Rock HIM, S. CM Oct 12. ? In spite of the ? distresMlng financial conditions of the country, Wlnthrop College is entering upon her most successful year. There are en* rolled at present 891 students. In or der to accomodate the large number a number of rooms were added to John son Hall the pqst summer. There has also been added a large amusement hall which the students will enjoy to the fullest extent. Dr. Johnson has been asked by the authorities of the Panama-Pacific Ex position to send an exhibit of the Wln throp Farm prodiicts to the exposition. This will mean much to the college, as the great work done by Wlnthrop is becoming more and more widely known. This will l?e one of the few lnstttuthms of tetrwiing in the Houth which will make an exhibit. Dr. Henry F. Cope, general secre tary of the Religious Educational As sociation, spent several days the past week at Wlnthrop where he delivered four most instructive addresses to tber students and facu\ty. ills suiiJiKt in cluded^ the great need tor more relig ions education in our schools of today. Dr. Cope is a most latefrestlng speaker and we were delighted to have him. The Star Course, or Lyceum Numlier this yeftr is especially attractive. A campaign for the purpose of rais ing funds to establish a Wlnthrop cot tage' at JJlue Ridge is now being* car ried on by the Young Woman's Chris tian Association. This cottage ? will mean a $reat deal to every Wlnthrop student f. The membership of the As sociation is unu8ually large, over 600 lieing eurolled at presnt. M. T. > Paramount Pictures Pleasing. Mr) W. R. DeliOache has l>een giv ing the p\jl>lic an excellent service of motiotf^pictures the past fetf weeks. These picture^iilwnys please amf are fast winning new patrons* Mary ^tckforir, tlie. 'dfafnfy little actress *tn "Hearts Adrift" Tuesday night delight ed the audience. Jack Ix>ndon*s "John Barleycorn" was another feature last week and proved Immensely pleasing. The picture for tonight will be "Sol dlers of Fortune" and will be well, worth your seeing. " T Mr. atfcl Mrs. John F. Jenkins and children, of Ocsta, Fiji., are on s'rlalt | ft Camden. ' 7* - ' Ji.iiVfyvp M ' <? JP*. 1 ROLL OF HONOR Of Camden Graded School for Firit School Month. Tlit* following is a Ust of pupil* of t It** t'amden tiraded Schools who had their names iijaced on the roll of honor for tht* month of September ' tirade 1. Laurie tiraddlck, Eiutua Youpf. i-i 1 1 xa I ??>t h Clarke, Eleanor <)pff, Mary Ellen Halre, Ell/.aheth lamls, Ruth Robinson, tiabrlel tioff, Abbott (Joodalo. Henry Hardy, Frank Huynes, Hoy klu Rhauie, t'larkson Hhuuie, Al fred Shannon, Richard tioodale, Frank Humphries, Lloyd Haley, David Wehh. tirade 2. Luereta Hoone, Miriam Bruce, Florence Cain, Elfrleda dole, Mildred Gardiner, Louise Hirseh, Har riett LlptuHMiih, Litis MIUh, Harriet If Steedman, Kate Young, J. C. Black well, Stephen Conder, John Davis, Wib liam Nettles, I^evy Shirley, Christopher Vaoghan, Capers Zemp. tirade Jf. Basil Bruce, Aubrey Heat tie, Allien Shannon, Emily Wooten, I>op? Thompson, Ethel DePass, Frank CUretou. tirade R. Willis Hoyklu, Oakrnan Hay, Tliornwell Hay, Richard Kirk land, Mabel Glfford, Settle Halle, Eli zabeth I/edford, Joyce Steedman, Eli sabeth Workman. ;* (irade 0. Frank Trantham, George Wittkowsky, Alice Cain, Agnes De-' Pass, Susie Halle, Kate McCasklll, Sa die WHson (irade 7. James Clyburn. Hebekah Delxaiche, Christine Jones. tirade 10. Ethel Smith. Another Feature Attraction For Kershaw County Fair. See the fjaNoles and laugh as yoif have never laughed before! The La Noles play in two distinct acts. In the first ? Comedy Acrobats par excellence, performing marvelous feats of Con\edy Gymnastics on the- Trami>oline Bed, which will l>e a scream from start to finish. In the second act ? Revolving Ladder Act, performing daring aiid amazing tricks on the revolving ladder. The I^aNoles have l>een secured by the Fair Association to give two sei>arate and "different acts each day at the County Fair starting on the 21st of October. They carry three thousand pounds of special apparatus all of which will be assembled right in front of the grandstand where the perform ances will be given. It will be a treat to anyone to see this act alone. \ Frank J. Terrill, the daring aviator, will make sensational flights each day. As an added feature he will show how the armies of Europe are dropping bombs on their enemies. "Picflnlnl & Olauda" European nov elty and comedy trapeze acrobats, will give their acts twice dally in front of the grand stand., Dinner will be served on the fair grounds each day. Come In the morn ing and stay all day. No cause to leave the grounds ouce you get inside. You will not care to leave Us there will be interesting features from 10 o'clock in the morning until 4 :30 o'clock in the afternoon. Plenty of music, plen ty of fun, and plenty to see. Regal Shoe Company Joint "Buy-a-Bale" Movement. - .'?# That the patriotic? movement to hfclp the South and "buy-a-bale of cotton"' 1m spreading among the captains of in dustry and heads of "big business" is indicated by the latest recruit to the ranks ? the Kegal Shoe Company, oper ating 100 stores of its own and having' fl#0 agents. In the state&ient given out of the plan the company says: "For every pair of glegal Shoes sold in our stores for sixty days, beglnlng October 1, we agree to purchase one pound of cotton at ten cents a pound. We are Instructing each of our stores throughout the country to place an order for cotton every week on this basis. "We might explain that our sales in our stores for corresponding period last year would Indicate that our pur* chases <in accordance with this ar rangement, would probably amount to about 192,748 pounds of cotton. "We know the idea will inspire en thusiasm in every man In our employ, and w<v will devote prominent- window space for appropriate display in every store and are making arrangements to give the plan the fullest i>osstble publicity. "In every Regal store there has been installed a large "sales-thermometer," showing the weekly gains in the pur chase#* of cotton, as the sales of shoes send them up. "Moreover, Ufe-sfxe "an3^ miniature | bales of cotton are used to keep popu l lar enthusiasm boiling and to heighten interest In the welfareo f the country's I greatest Industry." At a special meeting of city coun cil held Monday night tiermission was granted the carnival attractions clue here next week to operate on Main street. The attractions will Be placed from Rutledge street extending on down south Main street. MANY USES OF CEMENT FOR FARM AND HOME. Some Sihnple and Practical Di rections for Making Con crete all Can Follow. C'lciu.son College, Oci. 14. There Is probably no one material which the farmer can use that will give hint wort* genuine satisfaction lit construction work about the farm than cement, If properly used, accordingly to 11. li. Lowry of the agronomy division of Clemson College. Cement, altbo one t>f the oldest materials of construe tlon, has eprne lntt) use on tlie farm only recently ; but, because of Its 'be liiK comparatively cheap, convenient, easy to use, adaptable and practically everlasting, it is destined to become a necessity oil every farm. Mr. Iiowry has prepared for .South Carolina farm ers the follow-In# simple directions for using cement. There are various clauses of cement, but the farmer need cojucprn himself ... only with Portland cement, since It lias fairly definite physical and chemi cal proi>ertles which will guarantee satisfaction as ffir as the cement it self is concerned. A very small per centage of the failures in concrete con struction is due to the cement Itself. On the other hand, mttst'of the failures are due to the use of |?oor sand, rock and water In mixing and to poor work manship lu placing. Iu order to obtain good concrete only a few materials are required. They are cement, sand, rock, and wa ter. Nearly every dealer In contrac tors' supplies has cement in stock. The sand us?d should be clean, sharp and coarse. A small percentage of vegetable matter can cause failure, j tme-fourth Inch sieve. Rotten rock should never be used In concrete construction. A layer of clay on the Jgock will prevent the binding of the cement. The slr.e of rock must be determined by the form of con st ruction contemplated. For founda tions or for any large, thick structure, use anything from one-half to two and one-half Inches In diameter. For thin walls, use one-fourth to <iue inch rock. All the water used should be cleau And free of strong adds and alkalis. If the purity of the water is question able, it would be well to use some of it lu making a block of cement to see if it sets properly. ? In <*rder to do good mixing, a wa ter-tight platform is necessary, a con venient size being 10 feet square, con structed of 2 Inch plank. For sm&U Jobs, a smaller platform, 8 feet square, will be large enough. Measuring boxes should be constructed, in which to. measure the amounts of cement, sand and rock used. The novice should nev er guess at these amounts. Measure the required amount of sand and place It first upon the plaform In an even layer. Place the proper amount of Ctement upon the sand. Be gin at the edges with shovels, lifting the material from the edges and plac ing it upon top of the pile. On large plies it will be necessary to shovel the material from the edges of the old pH0 to the top of the new one. Mix until the color becomes uniform. Three workings will generally be fohnd suf ficient. Wet this material and work until a unl&rm, cranny consistency IS obtained. If rock loused it-should be wet and placed on top of the pile. Con tinue to. work until the rock is well mixed with the other materials. The mixture should be used as soon aftsf mixing as possible, since -oement? begins to set Immediately after being mixed. Thoroughness should be the watchword In all concrete work. Camden Steam Bakery Under New Management. The Camden Steam Bakery, operat ed for the punt few mouthn by Mr. J. E. Walter*, of Lancaster, was sold this week to Mr. G.cE. Bateman, for mer proprietor of tl&<$$tar cafe. Mr. Bateman has rented a portion of the storfc building occupied by Blackwell's meat market, and will have same neat ly fitted up in every way* He has with him an experienced white baker and promises to give "the oltlz?A the very l>est service. His <iellvery49regons will make the rounds of the city dally and he expects to cater to this part of his trade. The change becomes ef fective Saturday, October -tfth. ? y" r Hlngllng Bros. , circus was attached In Columbia, Friday, on account of a I damage suit fpr $25,000^ filed by Mrs. S. J. Stevens of Columbia, alleging discourteous treatment by circus em ployes. ; The suit tfas tiled against the Baratraa awl Bally drees a year _ ago,ai)<l the IfflfljltH SJWW tfUf jfe tached on the ground; that both dr niniM hr lnnrr to the tiianui-DeoDle. ? ? ? lw up ?' VP'"'? v* I W^^wr t**