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VOLUME XXVI i', , ii iimiyiijggggwB NUMBER 28. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1914 TRAVELING IN EUROPE WHEN THE WAR BECAN. Caipden Lady TelU of Her Ex periences on Tour of Coun tries on Eve of War. The following account of her trip to Kuro|w I* furnished uh by a Camden yottug >a<ly who hurt reituitly returned from thai country, ami wo know It will prove Interesting to our readers. The young lady waw one of a party of five Carolinians who wore lir Switzerland w|,rii ilif war commenced : Have you ever heciioso excited that you didn't realize you were in danger, tired or hungry? Have you oyer kmoii things without realizing at the time (lint they were of immense. impor tance.? Ilflve you ever had a thing to cynic uihui you ho suddenly that you jnukhi't believe it for (lays? Have you (.Vi i been so Intereshsi that you for JOt yourself completely? Well, If you haven't yon wouhl have When rnteh Iq* B trUe glimpse of the war. \V h??ii visiting tlu* many many oUurchCH of Home In the first week of July, my party of five women by chance heard a funeral service Kaid for the murdered Archduke of. Austrin. We were Interested hut that was all. Never ouf-e did we realize that this death would Ih* used by en ambitious man as ah excuse for such a terrible war. While traveling on we began to see rumors of war in the pai>ers. But very few thought there would actually be war in this time of su'ch civiliza tion. As for us, we went serenely on our way, writing home of the scare! 18 a big Joke. By this time we had reached Switz erland and were In a small place, Mei-*| riugen, near the l>egluning of the Fall sa and Grimsel passes. Being charm- j ed with the place, we decided to spend Sunday there and go by dll^j|gjK-e over the passes on Monday. Suiiifl&fr morn ing we read Germduy'e declaration of war and Switzerland began mobilizing her troops. This first movement was nothing more than a horse show. Ev ery single horse for miles around was brought to the center of the town and showed off. Only the very best were accepted at this time. We girls' sat on a fence and enjoyed it hugely and In our school-girl French tried to find out the news. The next two days were spent driv In* over the mountains ? here in the midst of snow? there In a cloud, and always having In view some glorious Mow-capped i>eak pushing its head in to the blue blue sky. AVheii we be gun to descend, we passed numerous small bodies of soldiers going to the military posts. These men gave to the; perfect scenery of the Alps the human touch they needed to make them seem real and not a picture.. When we reached the Saint Gotthurd pass, we were stopped by soldiers who demand ed our business and nationality. The blank expressions which came to out faces when they let us have a rapid fire of ( ieriuun wns proof enough that i we at least, were not dangerous. Reaching SUzeru on the fourth of August with all good intentions of go ing to Germany, we found we could go no farther ? and there we sat, per fectly helpless, Jor three weeks. Su iern is a beautiful place built ui?on the hills with the ornamental as well as useful lake at their feet, Uigl and Hiatus are in the distance, always en ticing and fascinating. Switzerland leemed the best place to stay f6r it was neutral ? other countries were sending food supplies to her and checks it were cashed with only a small rate of | exchange. Thus we did have many things to 1h? thankful for. But there we sat for three weeks with no mall, ?o answers from our cables and al ways the desire to go home. The Swiss did everything in their power to make our stay pleasant. All mus eums. music halls and places of en tertainment were given over to the ?Isitors who consisted of 2,500 Ameri cans, English, French, Germans, Rus sians. Austrians and Dutch. In every country we visited the people were do-. j tag all in their jjower tot make , the | stranded foreigners comfortable. We not have l?een treated kinder. If ever we are in a similar clrcuraT stance i sincerely hoiH> we will be courteous. On the twenty-fifth of August, after having received a telegram from i who had nrrlvml wifsiyln TvOn uon after five days of hard travel, we-} a start for Paris. The train left ' :;5<> a. m., and we had to be at the station at 5:80 in order to obtain a . ^t. The authorities were not able| to say w hen we would yftflch Geneva wneic we Intended to spend the night or if we would ever reaeh .it. As ev ?rJ one had tho.uglit. it was foolhardy wr five women to travel without a ??" and as we could not seizure any jniormatlon. we did feel a little un certain. often we were told to change ains and out ,we would pile with J0*1 Pieces of baggage only to find ~at back we must go. "These episodes, ayone with a sense of humor would tX;:!1^ 011J?y? hut. some people cer tain 1 tide. did not have that necessary ar ? Reaching Geneva at 12 t4S we found a train leaving for Paris at 2:55. Im Petouslyv we decided to take It awd then could only buy third class seats which are bard wooden affairs, and two sat on a seat intended for op<v in this we sat until 0:80 p, m. Having lumie on instead ef stopping we were short of lunch and could only Dtlv ?--- -- bin- <? ouul1 OL iuncn ana couic flv;, nrv<' rol,R' Ave hftrd-bolled eggs, en.->?-? a bottle of wine at the '*> niouM amount of one franc or On I 'niaglne the taste of it! Dafis.. j !\ ,lK French frontier, we > . through the custom house in *uif^ i*H melt manner affd lost one ? ??"taInlng all the clothes of ?he h ? i*?r our Party and everything til thi? , K)U*ht aH summer. Never un it thn haTe we beard pf it! Here 0Qr . houae we bad to show 5 "*l COl'NTY WINS IN III<; SI'IT. Ordrrcd to Pay Only Small Part of Amount Sued For. I . In tin* (lint rlt-t court of the I'nltcd St h t t'H hold at ( 'Imrleston Inst w?*?k Kershaw County through lis attorneys, Klrkland Klrkland, of this city, won a victory in a milt brought by the Pehn Itrldge Co.( and A. Dallas O'Hrtwi for $?8,000, an amount the plaint iffs claimed due thcih for the construction of the Iron bridge over the NVateree river near Camden. At torneys for the eouilty offered tbe bridge people $5,f>00 In settlement of the suit, hut the company refused to accept, ? The decree of the court was that the county pay the plaintiff the slim of $2,102.50 with Interest at seven |M?r I cent per annum from the 20th of July 1010, and that the county pay tin? eoat at tin* suit. Following is the .decree of Judge Henry A. M." Smith, IT. S. Judge In the above case ' "It Is accordingly : Ordered, adludg ed and decreed, tliat the defendants, the County of Kershaw, do wltliln thirty ('!()) days from the date of this decree, pay to the complainants tile sum of two thousand one hundred and sixty-two 50-100 Dollars / $2,162,00), with Interest at seven pel* cent. i?er annum from the 20th of July, 1010, and that if the same he not so paid the complainant* have leave to enter up judgment for the 8&uie against the County of Kershaw and enforce the same according to law and the prac tice of this Court. . r "^ls further ordered, adjudged and decreed ttu&t the defendant Spay the costs of this callM." Meeting Chamber of Commerce. The regular monthly meeting of the Camden Chamber of Commerce will he held at Recorders Court ltoom Wed nesday, Nov. 4, at 5 p. in. YOU are earnestly requested to he present. (Vl\ DijHose, Secretary. The Methodist conference will he held 4 at Sumter- beginning November 25th." Rlshop Denny will preside. The Lexington Baptist. Association lias petitioned the Legislature to close the dlsjM?nsarIes during the RUrppwii war. At f) ;30 that bight we really and tru ly at. last had to Change trains. Ab solutely no man was in sight to take those nine pieces ?>f luggage. We started off with them hut eventually captured a nmn. Then came the fight for a compartment and such a fight not only for it hut with the French language. Did you ever want a thing very badly and yet couldn't ask for it so as to he easily understood? I hope you have not. At last we secured one and alas, having come on, we were short of funds and had only two francs (forty cents) l>esldes a little gold. Well; we paid the porter the two francs with a hrave face, inward ly quaking with fear. He took it with out a word ! Why? we will never know. Some iK?ople paid twenty dol lars apiece for the same accomoda tions. Thus - we five, a French wo man, an American man and a Russian, in a small compartment with almost nothing to eat and only that wine to drink, sat up all night You ifcay not believe it hut each one of us got a little sleep. Our advice is never to try to sleep in a European train in war times ? just between us, It is not exactly comfortable. All during the early part of the night we were side-tracked for train load after train load of soldiers, cannon, horses, ammunition and provisions to pass on their way to the front. The soldiers were singing like school hoys going to college instead of men facing death. We saw, too, baggage rooms being turned into hospitals and beds being made out of trunks. At one place, the Red Cross nurses were pre paring for eight hundred wounded from the front. We arrived in Paris the next day at 7 :30 a. m.? tilled but thankful. After re ni dialing three <la.ys, not calmly, but "excitedly, . in Paris, we started for London vjn Boulogne. This morning having at 5:30 a breakfast consisting of a cup of cold coffee and a piece and a half of bread, wc had flb-. ttniufftlv ttntlttngHKr'allto eat untQ' -ft-:iU?-that--afternoon, thirteen hours, ex? Cept one cake of chocolate, a little dried fruit, one sandwich divided a mong eight and a quarter of a loaf of soggy broad with something which might i>o8sibly go under the name of sausage which also was divided among four. You could not buy water for love or money. Have you ever been so hungry that you would have eaten grass if you could get it? Well, we were. If you do not think you could live off of excitement, just try it once. This day we were side-tracked for the government trains again. We saw some small cavalry and infantry di visions on the march and ah aeroplane flew over the train. It was too high to see the flag it o floated. The Geiv mnns were only eighteen miles away and sentinels were watching" for them in the woods. Belgian and French refugees were on the train telling their pitiful tales with a cheery smile, and wounded soldiers were returning home only to go back again when well. It was a pathetic sight and yet the spirit of the people who gave their all with smiles and cheery words made it glo rious. ' We stayed in Boulogne one night and left the next day at 11 a. m. for London. On arriving there we found that Boulogne had been evacuated to the Oertnamr that afternoon. London seemed almost like home, for there we were welcomed by an American com mittee and all difficulties were at an end. All was now so peaceful and ideal that our thrilling experiences seemed but a dream aojl our memo ries of It all are hummed up by (as the Engfath would ?ay) "It was a 'rip pin*- trip." - ' POn/TKY PHl/fC WINNERS. At Kershaw County Fair Held Here Uk( Week. Single < Black < Irplnuton* ? II. Ravage i*t cockerel. 5?ud cockerel, i*t pair: T. l.ee Little 1st I1911. 2nd pair; M. 1*'. Chlpley 2nd hen, 8rd lion. Hit r ret) Um-kn? W. C, Hough 1st. cock, 2nd pullet, 2nd pal?; II. C. Sin gleton 2nd cockerel ; II. Savage, 1st pair. Silver Laced Wyandottes ? \V. F. Russell, .1 r., 2nd phllet, 2nd pair. Single. ('oiQh Black Minuims I), Elliott, 1st coek. f Aneomts ? II. C. Singleton 1st pair, 2nd pair, 1st, 2hd and 'Ird hen, 1st pub let; \\\ < Hough -.'i I'd pair, 2nd pullet, 3rd pupet. Game /Bantams-t-T. Little, 1st pair. I Black VI 'nil Jap Itanium* .1. M. Martin, tat pall". Single Comb Rhode Island Red* ? U. It. Twin 1st rock, 1st ctjckercl , 2nd cockerel, 1st hen, 2nd' hen, 1st pair; \V. I'. Davis, 2nd pullet. Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds? It. It. Team 1st cock, 1st hen. lat pair. , Single CoiUh White I^eghorns? A. KilUf 1st pair. Single Comb Brown leghorns - W. A. Sehrock 1st pair. Light Bramas ? George and Cecil Wittkowsky 1st pair. Single Comb IJuff Orpingtons ? Dr. S. F. Braslngton, 1st cock. White Wyandottes ? \V? P. Davis 1st hell, 2nd pair; T. Lee Little 1st pflir, Cornish UnmcK ? W. <\ HoUgh 2nd cock, 2ml pair. I ^Single Comb White Orpingtons ? Leon Schloaburg 1st cockerel, 1 at hen, 1st pair, H. Savage 2nd hen, 3rd hen. Pit (lamea- ? J. T. Cameron 1st co?k ; l>r, Ben (J. Team 1st hen. 2nd hen, 1st pullet; C. J. Shannon HI' .'Ird cook, 1st pair ; G. <1. Alexander, 2nd cock, 1st stag,. 2nd pullet, 2nd pair; James Itoshorough 2nd stag, 3rd stag. 3rd pullet; A. King, 8rd pair. Pekin Ducks ? J. M. Martffi, 1st pair; Mortimer Boykin, 2nd pair. . White Indian Runner Ducks ? It. R. Team 1st pair. Colored Indian Runner Ducks ? Dr. Bon (i. Team 1st pair; Ceo. and Cecil Wittkowsky 2nd pair. White African Guineas ? Dr. Ben <}. Team 1st and 2nd pair. -. Pearl Guineas ? Dr. B. G. Team," 1st pair, 2nd pair. Corneaux Pigeons ? N. D. and T. C. Nelson. Jr., 1st ptjir, 2nd pair; 7.<eon Sclijosburg, 2nd pair. White Homers ? toon Schloshurg, 1st pair. Bank Stock Sold. Fifty shares of stock of the Loan & Savings Bank, amounting 'to $5, (XX), formerly belonging to Cattt. L. L. Cly burn, and advertised for borne time in The Chronicle, \va? sold last week to Mr.. H. L. Schloshburg, of this city, j The sale was made through tgie real [estate agency of Kennedy & Shaw. Notice to Veterans. To the Confederate Veterans and Wid ows of Kershaw County : Tlve following concurrent resolution was passed by the legislative at its meeting last January, 1014: "That the Hoard of Pensions he andJ they are hereby required' to compile and file with the Comptroller General a boni fide list of all Confederate sol diers nad widows now living in their respective counties, irrespective of whether or not they are receiving pen sion." ? In accordance with the above resolu tions 1 ask all soldiers nnd widows of soldiers to give or send me their name together . with the company ami regi ment to which they belonged. Where it is not convenient for them to call on me', they can write me the desired Information as I am* expected to do this work without any pay. I apk the co-operation of all the veterans In this matter. W. P. Russell, Secretary, Hoard of Pensions for Ker shaw County. TOURISTS ARRIVING. Several Cottage? In Northern Section of City Engaged for the Winter. With the approach of cold weather several families have engaged cottages for the winter in Camden and the out look" for a big season among those hav ing cottages for rent is good, as" well as large crowds for the three hotels and private- -.hoarding places. Mrs. S. Sterling McMillian and fam^ lly, of Cleveland, Ohio, have engaged the cottage of Mrs. K. C. DuBose, on Kali* street and will be down for the winter. Mrs. K. A. Davison, of Brooklyn, N. Y? has rented Mrs. Mnndeville's ? cot itage1 on North Lyttleton street f<# the season. ' ? Mr. Haul N. Myers, of St. P<&ul, Min nesota, has engaged the Dow cottage on No#th Lyttleton street and will bring his family down for the winter. AilHTdy some of these people have arrived in Camden. All of the cottages above named are In the hands Of Du Bose. & Boykln, real estate and renting agents, and they tell us that they are constantly receiving inquiries for cot tage*. Mr. H. (J. Marvin, manager of the Ilobkirk Inn, arrived in Camden this week, and now has a force of hands making the hotel ready for the com ing season. Mr. Krumbholz and the Messrs. Tick nor of the Klrkwood and Court Inn are expected down shortly. Died In Savannah. A message reoeivCd in Camden Tues day announced the death in Mavannah, ?*?.; that day of Mrs. Addle Oppen heimer. Mrs. Oppenheimer was a sis ter of Mrs. Leo Schonk ami Mr. M. H. Heyman, of this city, and Mr. Heyman left that morning to attend the funer al. Besides her brother and sister in this city. Mrs. Oppenheimer Is survived by her hushqnd and three children. The message stated that she died quite I suddenly. OLD CKIMK KfiOt'OHT TO LHillT. Ail Old Bachelor Murdered Jiu( After The War For Ills Money. Mr. N'cy McNeeley writing t<? the Monroe Kuqulrer t?*l Ih hii lutoraitlnK sfcory of a crhue committed near, the Untie gold mine Just after til? war, l?y .lames Flyiin who had returned from the war to find Ids home |u riling, Ids slaves gone and his fiinillv suffering. Near lids gold mlno lived a miserly ulH bachelor, reputed to have much gold In Ids eahht. James Flyiin, together with ii mail named l^augley conspired in kin the old bachelor, whose name was Wallace. This they did, and Wal lit *e was found before the fireplace one m ?rnlng lying in a puddle of hlood w til his skull crushed. Suspicion f??l I O) Flynn and I .ttnglcy . i.4ttil|l?y was ai rested and to save himself, turned st ite's evidence against Flynn, Flyjlh was arrested by flu- sheriff ??f Ivershaw county, , but oHcajied liefore teaching t'ajUden. He sta,ve<l in hiding in the edge uf North Carolina for a while, and then eacajied to VirKinia by way of Charlotte where the officers located him. He changed Ills nunie to Tom l>a t ban and sent back for his family> He lived 20 yearn In Virginia, reared his family and accuuiulateil some properly. He tlnnlly moved to IlcKalb county, Tenn. Here he lived as one of the, most, prominent men of the eounty, and some time ngO he <lled at the ftgt; of 80 yfcars. lie had five daughters and one son. The daughters are all married and Hv? In Texas. Tom Lathan, Jr., HW?s at tltt* old homestead In DcKalb county, Tenn., has a family of fifteen living children, five of whom are' married and have children Of their own. The Tlie widow, Agnes McCain Flyiin La tliau, Is now eighty years old and lives with her son, Tortv.Lathan, Jr. ? After the death of the old man La than, the widow told her son the story of his father's crime, and he came to Monroe last week with Judge Moore, , of his home county in Tennessee, to J look after the matter of an estate In Ahiloil eounty ltelonglng to his mother, and* from his coming we get the details of J^lie story. James Flynn's .own version of the killing of Wallace was that he and Langley went to the home of Wallace with the fixed purpose of killing him and taking his money; that they reach ed his home before daylight and lay in wait for him to get up and come out; that Wallace got up about the break of day, oiiened Ills door and turned back and bent aver his tire place to kindle up a tire; that he (Flynn) had picked up an axe in the I yard and started in to do the murder, Irtit that his heart failed him and he turned baek; and that Idtngley then seized the axe, went In the house, hit, Wallace In the head and killed him;j and that, in the search for money they failed, for nothing of value was to Ik1! found in the house except a gold watch which Langley got. Small Fire Wednesday Morning. Fire was discovered in the store building on east DeKalb street occu pied by Campltfdl Kros., early Wednes day morniAg, and liefore It was ex tinguished had done considerable dam age to the flooring and ceiling. The blaze started in the back of the build ing near a refrigerator and was dis covered by Policeman Latta. The tire department responded promptly and soon had the fire under control. Just about one year ago a similar blaze started in the same spot in this store, but was discovered before- it had done much damage. 1)IED FROM INHALING HAS. . t Further Details of Death of Mr. Oscar Meroney hi Columbia Last Week. Last Thursday's Colutnbla Itecord, "While attempting to make a con nection of gas pli>eH under the front porch of his home at 1116 Elmwood avenue, Oscar J. Meroney, well known in railroad circles, was overcome by the fumes and died without having re clined consciousness, despite the com bined efforts of Urs. Black, OwlngB and Itlce to revive him. "Kfi rly Thursday morning Mr. Me rone.v fold bis wife that he would go under the house for the purpose of doing the work referred to and for her to have him called at the breakfast hour. At 7:30 o'clock his daughter summon Iter father, n<* he hnd requested, and* he was found in a dy ing condition. She hastened 'to her mother, who railed for help, but Mr. Meroney had passed Iteyond human al(L-._> ' ? ? ? ? - "Coroner J. A. Scott, after an Inves tigation, decided that an inquest was not necessary. "Air. Meroney suffered a fractured nose some years ago and it is believed that on account of the inipairtnent of the nasal faculties he was not aware of the deadly volume of gas that was surrounding him as lie worked. The fsnn pipe is not in a cellar, but the front porch under which it is located is enclosed preventing a ready escape of the gas. A. "Mr. Meroney was a railroad man of many years experience. He was master at the union station, baggage master In the road service and engi n??er for the Southern. At the time of his death he was connected with the freight department of the Southern railway at the Gervlas street station. "He married Miss Katherine Muller, of Columbia. Mrs. Meroney and two children, Marlon and Katherljie ; a brother, John Meroney ; and two sis ters, Mrs. Alma Williams, of North Co lumbia, and Mis Kate Meroney, of Philadelphia, survive. John Meroney j is. a traveling salesman with head quarters in Philadelphia. Miss Me-: rrmey 1b engaged as a librarian in Philadelphia. "Hie deceased was affiliated with the Brotherhood of I>ocomotlve Engi neers and Trainmen." \11 store* in Lancaster were closed yesterday in' order to give the employ ees an opportunity to attend the State ITFMN UVKK TIIK STATIC. Short NVwn Notes Gathered From Our K\cIi?iik<w. Bishop J4?1ni ('. Kllgo hits Ihhmi elect ed a director of t li?? Southern Railway Gomiwby. ' Dr. ? Ktlgo is a bishop <>r the Methodist <H))ifiiroi)Cfi - Saturday was "(muring out day" at the (Ireonville |x?ll<'<? station, more than 70 gallons ??f whiskey, two barrel a of bottled beer and two kegs of the same Hull! 1 1* ? i i ( ? ? < 1 11 in | H*<t Into one of the city KCW CIV. The safe III I Ii?> postolliic at IVnk. s. c? was blown o|K?n early Friday mprnluK and fur?.s<t worth of atampn and some registered mall was secured. Postoffice inspectors have secured no clue us to the robbers. Tuesday tho general assembly voted to override tho veto of Urn governor of the bill to dismiss i ii?? liquor oonatableH Iii Kichland and Orangeburg counties. The governor's action in dismissing a muglstrato In Berkeley county was con firmed,' i I Iowa rd ami Nolaml tin* colohrated yeggmen who have been se rvlug a long term on the Spartanburg chain gang for safe blowing, luivo, ujmui order of the governor, been removed to the Htato IHMiitontlary. No reason was given for the transfer. "The WasbliiKtouhin." a freight ves sel, tlu* first steamer to enter Charles ton by way of the Panama canal, dock ed at the Charleston wharf, Monday afternoon.' The whole waterfront of the city was In gala .-attire in honor of the oVeht, .James II. Fowler, magistrate of tfo lumhla, HUH|M'ii(led by Governor Blouse last April for alleged "inlsoohduet In oflice," was re-hiHtat<Ml by the aeuate in executive session, last Thursday night. Magistrate Fowler was re-noin inated in the August primaries. A meeting of representative prohibi tion leaders was held- in Columidu last Thursday. A resolution adopted urges that a petition be circulated in every voting precinct of the state memorializ ing the legislature to provide for an eleetlon In September, 11)15, on State wide prohibition. Mrs, Alice Case of Spartanburg, has filed suit against the Southern railway for $60,000 damages, which she alleg ed she sustained In the death of her husband, C?. K, Case. Case, who was a piano tuner, Avas killed by Southern train No. 11, several months ago. when an automobile In which she was riding was struck. Three ladles of Columbia, Mrs. Thel ma Bowman. Mrfc. T* K. Harris and Miss Miriam Smith, were tin Saturday sworn In as memlwrs of the Colum bia pollceo force. MesdameH Harris and Bowman will serve only during , the state fair; Miss Smith who Is secreta ry of associated charities in Columbia, win remain a policewoman permanent ly ami will be known as "Officer ... JUdson Brooks, a 10-year old boy of Greenville, was -shot and mortally wounded early Sunday morning by Iteul.en Gosnell, chief of rural iiollee of Greenville county. Young Brooks was resisting arrest and had \slashed the chief with a knife. Gosnell struek Brooks with his jdstol but the blow did not quiet him. A second blow on the head resulted lu the alleged accidental discharge of Gosnell's pistol, the 38 cj'libre bullet entering Brooks' brtlin. Go?nell surrendered but was later re lease<l on bond. He Is considered one of the best police officers in the state. Will Hughes, a white man, serving p. life imprisonment sentence on the Spartanburg county ohaingaug. -Mon day afternoon killed Robert Stephens, the guard in charge of the gang in which he was a prisoner, with a pick, robbed Stephens of his two pistols and $10 in cash, compiled a fellow priso* nor at the point of a gun to break the chains that bound his legs, tht'h ex changed clothes with another man and made his escape. The murder occurr ed near the Arkwrlglit mill, on the out skirts of Spartanburg, and was com mitted in sight of about forty other prisoners, all of whom seemed to be panic stricken. Stephens "died a few hours after . he was struck. Hughes Is the son of a farmer living near Reldsville In v Spartanburg county. Of ficers have been sent to every "section of the county heavily armed and ex Iieet trouble if Hughe*} is overtaken. At Opera H<nift? Tonight. ^ The "Hand of Destiny" featuring Cyril I Scott, is the program at the opera house in motion pictures tonight. 1 he pi ay -is Infivepartsatid is ?ti ex ceedingly Interesting picture. "Port of Missing Men" last evening entertained a large audience and these pictures are proving popular. Fine Exhibits At State Fair. Visitors returning from tho state fair at Columbia thin week state that the exhibit*; are fine this year, especially does Kershaw County make a fine showing. It is said that the exhibits by Mr. F. II. Arrauts, in the farm demonstration department will show up as well or even better than most of the other counties and that many fay orable comments were heard on Ker shaw's exhibit. The same is said to l?e true of the exhibits of Miss Fannie Lee Setter in the Toiuato Club work, and of Allss Kate Simpson lit the school exhibit. Quite a g<K>d many from Cam den arid Kershaw comity attended the fair this week, but it is said the at-| tendance was not as large by far as 'at previous fairs. To Buy A Bale. The Oulf Heflning Company has giv en instructions to It* agents in the va rious cities in which they do business to buy a trnle of cotton at 10c per pound. Mr. J. B. Zemp, tbe agent at Camden, this week received a letter from his company with Instructions to buy a bale at Camden. He has turn ed the letter oyer to Mr. W. H. llalle, who will buy tbe cotton for Mr. Zernp. SOUTH CAROLINA CHARTS THE WAY FOR TOURISTS. Great Progress Made in This State in Past vear in Hign way Improvement. (\V)h?u those who come motoring ?low 1 1 from the Kast to the annual gath ering Of the American Itoad Congress at Atlanta the first week In November enter tin* State of South Carolina they will 1 1 1 M 1 that this State has not been hllc In the effort to tak?? rare of South Carolina's nation of the Washlngton to-Atlanta Government maintained highway. I do not mean to say by this that they will tin (I any particularly line macadamized highway, but they will tlml that this main National highway through this State has received atten tion all along the line. Thyse who for merly knew fills roa<I from Cheraw south at the Capital to Capital lligli wav will quickly Appreciate the fact that by' st renous effoH the dwtanefc be tween Clieraw ami historic C^uuden bus been lessened miles by shortening of route ami rehwaflons. Indeed, they, will he surprised to know that In atl incredibly short' space of time a new irleee of Government surveyed highway on easy grades has Issen constructed for 28 'miles south from Cheraw to C-amdeu. This makes the distance from Cheraw to Columbia only 87.(1 miles 'as against 109.(1 before, ai\d It makes the distance .across South (Caro lina to Augusta, <la., 108.0 miles, against. 185.(1 last season. 1 would not say to those who are coming that this road will be completed In the Una I shape that, it will assume for tho tourist season of llllft, but, un? der the supervision of United States Maintenance Englmvr Kihhui, it win, be In condition for travel en route to the American Hoad Congress. It has been a trying ordeal to get ft built, and too much cannot he said of the magnltleent good roads spirit that has been continuously manifested by the men of Cheraw and McBee. They have worked hard to raise money, have put In their own money, have enlisted the Interest and co-bperatlon of the several county supervisors, and have almost wrought a miracle in the length, of time Involved, Considering the means at their command. Mr. I^aCoste Evans of Cheraw has/ been th? moving spirit, and his spirit/ has never waned, no matter how great the adversity. --. ? The road-mrit pasHes on to Camden runs by and through a number of b>< al ltles noted for engagements In the American Revolution and therefore of great historic Interest. Of Camden and Its attractions and Its points of historic interest It will be unnecessary to say. anything to the tourist. From Cam den to Columbia the road has been put In model condition, and the .'12 miles can Ik* negotiated 'rapidly. At Colum- > Ida there are many things for the vis- ; itor to see and enjoy. The dt.v Is en tered upon bitulltlile paving, and that* class of road continues all the way thru the city , .until the Conga ree is . crossed, and the sand-clay road Is tak en up to Augusta. On "this stretch of 7(1 miles the tirst 82 miles Is kept con tinuously under the eft re of a patrol man somewhat \inder the 10uroi>ean system. Beyond Batesburg there Is a small stretch of about eight, or nine miles that is not exactly what It ought to be. but easily negotiable, and then the motorist runs On to a broad high way with many desirable relocations, eliminating grades and streams, thru the delightful winter resort of Aiken, on Into Augusta. ^ All the way along this road through South Carolina the tourist will And official drllled-ln-letter steel road mark ers at the forks of the roads, giving atT each point the exact distance to the _ three nearest towns. These markers are placed upon juniper posts soaked ? lii carbollneum, and are practically In destructible and foolproof. They have been erected by the l>epurtinent of Ag riculture, Commerce and liuhjstrles of the state of South Carolina, and to ac-. company these sign posts the depart ment issues, free to anyone, first-class detailed maps and chart insdis giving ? exact traveling directions, showing lo cation of gasoline stations, garages and hotels.- r ' " The system of marking referred to above and the chart-book system has Ikmmi provided for on all of the arterial public highways of the State which ceutralhte at Columbia. At tlie corner-" of the t xapitoi grounds - iu Columbia will bo found composite sign plates that will give to the stranger distances and directions to every point in every? ^ direction from the city of Columbia. During the past year Tinmen ormoifir amount of sand-clay and ifntural . ce ment-gavel road const ruction has been done In the State of South Carolina. ? The capital to capital highway run ning from Columbia to Charleston Is in fairly good condition, and the last 22 miles into Charleston is isyrhaps as tine a piece of highway construc tion as will be found in the ^IJnlted States. This is also true of the main highway fifom Columbia noBthwurd to the Blue Ridge Mountains via New berry ami Greenville, and Is in splen did traveling condition for nearly all seasons of the year. At Laurens, branching from this road, is another main highway leading to Anderson,, where it connects with the National highway, ami runs thence to Walhalla and on Into the very heart of the Blue Illdge to Highland, N. C., axyL Cash iers, N. C. There Is now under construction a ^ splendid connecting" ifnlc between the { new Washliigton-to- Atlanta highway from Camden via Lancaster to Char-.. lotte, N. C., and the National Highway. This connecting link will l>e ready for,, tourist travel .the coming season. ltarlng the^mst two years tho State ~ J)epartment has endeavored, by enlist ing the co-operation of. the coirnty bu pervlsors and county authorities, to build up a foundation fo* a complete State system of roads running in ev? cry direction from the city of ( 1.1,1. To this cod already the route; of theea road, hate been .harted, ami . i i