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VOLUME XXVI ' ?: if; jy uV S, r. y ;; ? v ::;r ? .. , . ? nm.i i gg= - ?n V f;;7c? .. ft ' t; , -i ? \ ? ? - ,?-AV ? - ? 55 ? ? I CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, NQVEMBER 6, 1914. NUMBER 29. DORCHESTER WON FIRST In County Aftnti Farm Exhib it* at Stale Fair. Forty-four exhlbltn from us many ,, .unties W ore entered in tin* farm di-m (Nitration qgeute* department at the Stato fulr. rtrwt prize u'uh won |?y ImkIicsmm. the second by Lexington, third by Union and fourth l?y Cluster. Ktchla nd's exhibit was considered the best, hut wa? disqualified because the county haw two demonstration ugeats. York's, considered the next lust, whh disqualified, too, for the name reason. The Judges were 0. R. Hud son, North Carolina ; R. A. Moore, Vlr iiliifta. The money was $200; D. L. McAl haney, agent. Ulchland wan awarded u fltibon. E. K. Hall and W. T. J. Lever are the demonstration agent**. ( York county, A. A. McKeown and J. I{. Blftlr, agents, was awarded the sec ond ribbon. The committee Kave special mention ? to Qjreenwoodf Kershaw,. Aiken. Lee, Newberry and Colleton. I^xingtqnif educational feature was railed t*? si>eclal attention. J. W>. Khea ley, tin* agenyuu been in the booth ull the time during trie fair, and his charts of striking truths were of Im portance in showing how the people may live at home. Fred Carnell Is demonstration agent for Union and" R. Ti. Cunningham for Chester. , 0. B. Wlngard ofLexlnqrfyflr w?n the winner of the first prize for the best Individual fa^m display. The prize was $126. The second prize of |100 was won by G. K. Eleazer of Richland county. The third prize, $75, was also won by a Richland county farmer ? W. H. Eleazer. / Five prizes were offered". There were three entries. The Barnwell exhibit in the GlilS' Canning club won the first prize ? $100. Mrs. Dora Lee Walker 1b agent. Chester was awarded second prize ?$50. Miss Jo Yarborough Is agent. Union received tjhe third prize ? $25. Miss Aisle Smith is agent. The Rich land club received the fourth prize of $10. Miss Dorothy Napier is agent. CAMDEN UNDERTAKING CO. Has Been Chartered by Secretary of State To Do Business Here. The Secretary of State has Issued a commission to the Camden Undertak ing Company of Camden, with a cap* . Ital stock of $5,000. The petitioners are C. W. Evans, J. B. Wallace, K. W. Xlurchison. A. J. Beattle and R. T. Ooodale. Mr. Evans, who will have charge of the new undertaking company corned to Camden from Summerton, S. C., and is an undertaker and enibalmer of years experience. He will arrive In (Camden In the next week and he and his family will occupy the DuBoSe bouse on North Fair street. For tlie present the office and store room of the new enterprise will be located in the store house next north of the Murchlson Wholesale fJrooery Co,, on Broad street. .. I * South Carolina Firm Gets Contract Washington, Oct. 29. ? Postmaster Geneuil Iluiiesou to-day awarded a South Carolina firm the contract for supply! n jj the ]K>stotlic'e department's , entire annual supply "of wfopplng twine, about a million und a half pounds, at 1,0? cents n pound 'for "cotton cord. It Is estimated tthat $20,000 will be - saved l?y th^ substitution of cotton for jute twine, lieretofore exclusively used. . . . . ,i . SHOltl) RAISE HORSES HERE. \ , . i . President of Southern Railway Com ments on War Demand. Washington, D. C., Nov. 2.? Referr '"g to reports that agents of the Euro I'ean governments a r^.. buying large "umbers of liorftes in the United States war purposes, PresldeiVt Harrison _ .of Southern Railway company said to* ? dfty: : ? ? ~ ? 'i bis ts matter thai directly con 'vms the farmers of the South. On account of the great destruction erf borses that is now going on In Europe, VV(' lna\ look forward t? an active de mand for draft juilmals during the vv?r and for some time after the re storation of peace. The natural effect ?f this win Ik> to bring about higher prices, and emphaBl*e<r* the Impor tance uf the South of raising their own raf' animals and not buying so many and mules from the West as b<?rotof.^? ?? ' ' Rev. Andrew W. Blackwood was in called as pastor of the First Preeby fcrtan church of Ooiuaabia, Sunday FO^B 8TATB8 (JO DRY. Wtthhlugton, Colorado, Oregon Mid Ari zona to OUht Saloons. Chicago, Nov. 4. ? Four of the six states that voted Tuesday on prohibi tion, according to latest return#, tonight decided to forbid I In- sule of alcoholic beverages and two voted to retain sa lOODH. Ohio and California kept their sa loons while Washington, Colorado, Ore gon and Arizona closed thelrH. Ohio retained saloons by a good ma jority and adopted a home rule amend* uient that was recognized as a saloon measure. Missouri defeated the county unit system for local option, which preclud ed rural votes on saloons in loenl opw lion election. At national' headquarters of the \V. C. T. U. in Chicago today It w^is said encouraging news came from all the states concerned the defeats in three states being offset, the reports said, by Indications of ? progress over previous conditions. ....... w. , . The California proposed amendment would have prohibited the manufacture of winfH, an lmi>Ortant Industry In the state. The severeness of the proposed law Is given by Antl-Halooh league leaders as a possible reftson for Its de feat. California women .probably aided In passing a law to close all resorts with women inmates. Early returns Indi cated that segregated vice quarters in California -would btr ^rotednrrot; In Illinois the proportion of female to female voters in the Democratic, Republican and Progressive parties was about the same. Women political lead ers mostly were Identified with the Progressive party. Figures in many precincts showed, however, that the percentage of women to men was larg er in the Democratic than In the Pro gressive ranks. Sumter Has Big Blaze." Sumter, Nov. 2. ? The plant of what was formerly the Sumter Lumber com pany was destroyed mis morning with a large quantity of lumber belonging to Wltherspoon Brothers' Company. The loss was estimated as being be tween $3,000 and $5,000. The plant has been the subject of considerable litigation and Is now said to be owned by the United Trust Company, of Lynchburg, Va. It Ls not known wheth er they had any Insurance on the plant, which had been shut down for several years. It consisted of several long sheds covered with corrugated Iron and considerable machinery was still In the place. , Mr. E. L. Wltherspoon, of the Wlth erspoon Brothers' Company, stated this morning that, while he did not^ have any accurate list of lumber In the yard, he thought that his loss would be about $1,500, with $1,000 Insurance. ? ?? >? i , Governor Signs Bill. Columbia, Oct. .30. ? Gov. Blease this evening signed the cotton acreage re duction bill and sent it to the secretary of state. The bill is in a law and al lows only one third for cultlyatable land to be planted lii cotton next year, any excess to bo punishable by a fine of from $1'5 to $100 i?er acre levied as a Hen on ^he cotton crop and col lecte?l by judgments just as other judg ments are collectible. Pronounced Insane. 9 Columbia, <>Ct. SI. ? Physicians re porting to the attorney general's office tonight, held that T. U. Vaughan, for mer superintendent of the orphan home at Greenville, under sentence of death for criminal assault, to be Insane. An effort will be made to place him In the asylum. McLaurin Gefs The Job. . ^ Columbia, Nov. 1.? Former United States Senator John Lowndes- McLau rin, now serving as senator from Marl boro, was tonight elected warehouse commissioner. It was an entirely un expected turn but if anyone deserved I the place it was Senator McLa nrln, who haw -for years fought for a State j warehouse bill. The whole thing start ed In the joint assembly when Repre sentative Claud Sapp nominated Sen* [Jrt tor Mcl*aurin for the position and saltl the nomination was nnd^ eutlrely without the knowledge of Mr. McLau rin, but he wished to see the warehouse Jaw a success and felt no one better fitted for the honor in view of his fight for the bfll and his abilities. Senator P. L. Hardin of Chester, has resigned as chairman of the senate fi nance commit tec and of the state sink ing fund commission. Senator Niels Christens*u of Beanforf was elected to fill the vacancies made by the mftif* nation of Senator HaKUtv COUNTV TKACHKK8' INNTITl'TK To He Held In Camden Novwubfr 13th and 14th.? Program for Meeting. Last year u county teachers' Insti tute wbh Inaugurated for this county. It proved very helpful to the teacher*. Two days were devoted to the Insti tute. The teachers were entertained In the hospitable homes of the citizens of Cutnden. Another Institute for the teachers will l>e held this year, the date being November 18 and 14. Friday and Saturday of next week. Entertainment will nguln be furnished tlie teachern who attend the Institute. It Ih espe cially desired that every white teacher attend on Saturday, the lust day. They will to cordially welcomed Friday also if they Wish to attend, as well as any of OUr cttteeiia. The' exercises will he oiM?n tf > liny one wishing to witness them. Truster's are asked to see that their teachers can attend, and he given the one school day. The Institute will be held at t,lie ("a inden Graded School building. The following prokramuie has been arranged : 9;0(WLQ {80, Observation in city schools. i0 :30 ? Heading, tlrst grade, Miss Jennie Handera, of Lugoff school. Heading, 3rd and nth grades, files Kate Klmi>son. Farm Arithmetic, Mrs. Nellie 8. Pearce. Adjournment for dinner. 2:30. ? Address of welcome by Mavor U H. Yates. " ~ Purj)ose of our Institute, by Supt. C. W. Birchmore. Discussion \>f methods obsorved ? - open to all. Club work, led by Miss Fannie Lee Hetzer. Piano selection, Miss Jones. Address by State Superintendent J. E. Swearlngen. Friday evening, public services at the Baptist church. It Is earnestly desir ed that as many as can do so will at tend this service. At the Baptist Church, 7 :30 ? Prayer by Rev. C. B. Smith,. Music. Address by Dr. Reed Smith. Vocal Music* Address by Prof. W. If; Hand. Saturday! at the Grammar School building : 0:00 ? Organization of Teachers' As sociation, 10 to 12.? Discussion leti by Prof. Lu ceo Gunter, state Superlvlsor of Rural Schools; (a) the number of grades and number of classets In a one-teacher school; In a (b) two-teacher school; in (c) three-teacher school. (b) How to vitalize the course of study. I (c) Talk on maps by Mr. C, V. Dib ble, Jr. (d) Desirable Improvements in Ker shaw county. (e) The appolntmeht of committees for Field Day. (f)' The Importance of keeping cor rect registers. 12:00 to 12 :80? Lunch at School House. 12:30 ? Rural School Problems, by Miss Leila A. Russell. Address by Prof. J. W. Thompson. It Is expected that the Institute will result In more efficient work in our schools, and a full attendance of teach ers and trustees Is earnestly- desired. The trustees are only asked to attend on Saturday but If they wish to attend both days It will l>e a pleasure to have them. Ltinch will Ik? provided for them <Ts well as tlm teachers at the scIum >1 house, on Saturday. C. W. Blrchmore^ County Supt. of Education. Died in Georgia. ? Mr. A; S. Gardner, of DeSota, Ga., died hist Saturday in that place of hemorrhagic fever. He wart a son of Mr. S. T. Gardner, of Bethune. The funeral and burial took place at De Sota.. Air. Gardner leaves a wife and two children and relatives in this coun ty to mourn his death. To-Nlght at Opera House. For to-night the program at the mo-. tion picture show at the oiwra house will he "The Hour Ilefore Dawn." This is n Paramount film which means that it is a good one. ? Adv. Basket Bali This Afternoon. The girls of the Camdeu High School will meet the girls from the Kershaw High School in a game of Basket Ball at the Fair grounds this afternoon at 4 o'clock. A small admission fee will l>e charged and the girls invite you out to see the game. ?.A? ?" L - " . * Business men of Charlostoh and pro moters, are considering building a $900,000 hotel and theatre on the site of the Argyte hotel in that city. "v ? % /. * v . ~ ~ . _ . , . ? . . f -J. % - . -W ? 1 ...... - . ? ? ' , -Z?: ? vt 7 KKPl'BliCANH NAKi: CJAINN. Democrats KHftln Majorities In Con gress by Small Margin. New York, Nov, '4.~I,atest return* from yesterday's flections indicate thai tin* Democratic majority In the house of representatives for the Sixty-fourth congress will Ih) reduced to iitt. ,Th? probable l>emocratlc majority In the senate will lie 14. Democrats have elected 220 meml>ers, Republicans 192, Progressives 10 and Hoclaltsts 1. Of the hIx missing M|k trlets It wuh estimated tonight tliat the Republicans and Democrats might elect three each. Ilcavtst Republican gains were l?l In Illinois, 12 In New York, 10 lu I'cnn sylvanla and 0 in Ohio. Progressive representation in the house was cut from 10 to 0 or 10. Contests which were so close that they could not l>e definitely determined at a late hour tonight wore in two dis trict# lu Colorado, one In New Jersey, two In Kansas and one In North Car olina. lu the Sixth California district, J. A. Elston, Progressive, led George II. Derrick, Republican, by a slight mar gin. Democratic leaders claimed the election of II. H. Seldomrldge and Ed ward Keating In the Second uud Third Colorado districts. Representative W. E. Tuttle, Jr., of the Fifth New Jersey wuh In danger of losing his seat to John H. Canlck, Republican, but his supporters claimed his election. Re publicans claimed victory for W. A. Cahlerbead and John I). Dykes in the Fifth and Sixth Kansas districts and for J. J. Brltt In the Tenth North Car olina district. SOUTH CAROLINA HEROES Receive Medals and Checks From Car negie Hero Fund. According to the awards of medals made by the Carnegie hero fund com mission made at Pitfcfiburg Saturday, 69 actH of heroism were recognised. Of this number four goes to the credit of South Carolina people as follows : The Iiev. J. King Gibson, South Charleston, 8. C.t saved Charlotte M. Barksdale from drowning at Virginia Beach, Va., August 17, 1911. Leo Hamilton and Andrew M. Chap man, Chappeils, S. C., saved George Kneece from drowning at Chappels, March 16, 1912. .Sophia E. Thomas, Newry, S. C.? saved Eva Gregory from a rabi'd dog at Newry, June 18, 1912. A special from Newberry to the Co lumbia State of Nov. 4, says: "Lee Hamilton of Chappclls, and A. M. Chapman, of Saluda county, just across the river from Chappeils, re ceived letters yesterday ^forming them that ? they have been awarded hero medals and $1,000 apiece by the Car negie committee for heroism displayed in saving the lives of several persons who ^rere about to drown In the Saluda rlvefv at Chappeils a few years ago. It was during one of the freshets when the river was very high, and several persons were caught in the flood and were hanging to limbs of trees In very deep water, where they were rescued by Messrs. Hamilton and Chapman in a 'tioat. A citizen of Chappeils says that . he witnessed . the act and that it was a heroic one, for the rescuers were in imminent danger of losing their own lives in the upsetting of their boat by the trees and trasli that came float ing down the river." PERSONAL MENTION. Item* of Interest Gathered by Our Reporters. . ? J^rs. Wni. Ancrum and children, q? Charleston, are visiting relatives here. Mrs. \V. P. Trantham has returned from an extended visit to Washington, i). a ?' t Miss Branson, of Orangeburg, vlsit ?h1 her plater, Mvs.- Sal lev, during the past week. y Mr. and Mrs. Brat ton deLoaeh spejit several days last week with frtend^ in -HttiiVptoft county. MlV and Alii. hLudsay Cuuffuum, af ter a visit to Air. and Mrs W. R. Eve, Jr., left Monday for their home In Vir ginia. Mr. R. C. Brown, a former citizen of Camden, now residing in Charles ton, was in Camden this week visit ing friends. It was bis first trip to Camden in about eight years. Dr. J. Sumter Rhame and bride spent the week end in Camden, as the guest* of the l>octor's parents, *Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Rhame. They were on their way l>ack to Charleston, after a honeymoon spent at the national capital and ther points of interest. Dr. Rhame's many friends regttot that their stay was all too abort In Camden, where they would have heen (gloved most cordially. THANKS MISS SIMPSON For Kershaw County School fcxhibii Mt state fair. Miss Kate Simpson, who had charge of this comity's exhibit at the recent state fair, lias rewived u hotter from Miss Mary Kvn llite, president of the Sou tli Carolina School improvement As sociation thanking iter for her coop* eration. The letter follows : "Allow me to thank you for your contribution to tair State Fair exhibit. Without your eo-oj>enitlon, the exhibit would have lavu incomplete. I wish it were possible for me to know each school, each teacher, and even each pu pil who contributed to this display, In order that I might thank them person ally for tfoeJU: Jlflil). "The co-operation given In this un dertaking makes me know that there exists In each of the live counties rep resented a tine school npirlt Our ex hibit was purely educational and In spirational. Hud it lieen otherwise, prizes or awards of some kind would have flayed an lni[>orti}nt pftft. The beautiful <^>-o|<eratlon g|y6p( even with a knowledge that there would be no remuneration for the effort, Is unusual | and tine. "Many line comments have lieen made on the displuy of the School Improve ment Association by people who are fully competent to judge. Though an exhibit of this kind represents much time and physical strength, yet I feel that uti *houkl be watinfled and fw;l fully repaid. The Fair, management has already extended an invitation to uk to place another exhibit at their next show. If such is i>ossible, I be lieve it would l>e fully worth while to do so. "Please accept my sincerest thanks, and extend my appreciation to each individual and community who heii?cd to mnke our exhibit a success." ROLLER MILL IN THE COUNTY. Another Year May See Great Deal of Wheat Planted, in Thltf> County. From what can be learned of the intentions of the farmer* another year will likely see a great deal of f<raln sown in this county. A good many will very likely how wheat. It may not l>e generally known but five miles from Camden is located probably the only roller flour mill within a radius of twenty-flve or thirty miles of Gam* den. In 1900 Mr. It. A. Vaughan pur chased quite an expensive flour mill and invested a considerable sum of money in its equipment. At that time a good many farmers in the county were planting wheat and for a time the mill' went well, but for the past few years no wheat has oeen planted and the mill has remained idle. It is Mr. Vaughan's intention to place the mill in .shape for taking care of the wheat raised next year. The mill is of the latest make and has a caiuicity of thir ty barrels per day. COOLINO PLANT INSTALLED Parlor Meat Market Now Has Up-to date Place For Keeping Meats. Mr. W. It. Watkins, proprietor of the Parlor Meat Market, has recently .had installed In his place a cooling system by a representative of the Unit ed Refrigerator & Ice Machine Co., of Kenosha, Wisconsin. The new plant does away wlffi the old method of con stantly keeping ice on hand and the trouble of handling it^ each day. Op erated on the same principle of making Tee- the " Targe reirigerator is kept at any degree that the weather might de mand, and enables the market to keep native meats on hand for two or three weeks at a time before offering' It for sale. In the same manner the West ern meats are kept 011 hand' Indefinitely. Mr. Watkins says he made a cut off a beef he had placed in the place four weekH previous and it was hh sound and good as the day when placed in the cooler, Athonj?h of course a great deal more tt>nd<?r than the new meats. ? : Besides the $ooung apparatus tor keeping meats, he has the pipes con nected with a show ease in his store and can keep on hand indefinitely any and all klnjls of delicacies. This new plant was Installed at a considerable outlay of money and makes it one of the best equipped green goods store In this section. It Is an interesting ap paratus and Mr. Watkins takes pleas f ure in showing it to his patrons. f f \ Married. On Sunday morning, Nov. 1, at the home of Judge of probate W. L. Mc Dowell, Mr. Win. Henry Jackson andj Miss Mattle Wilson, both of Lugoff. i On Sunday morning, Nov. 1, at the home of Judge of Prpbate W. L Mc Dowell, Mr. Willie Baker and Miss Adann Truesdell, both of DeK*lV * FIGHTING IN FLANDERS Described At Bloodiest Work in History of the World. \ . ? A <'orrcs|H>ndcut of the Loudon Dully < 'hiouicir, telegraphing Friday night, from the northeast of France, the sixteen-day buttle In wont Flanders un "the bloodiest buttle In the whole history of the world." The slaughter on the Mil rue and the Alsne, he suys, juiles Into ?'omparatlve Insignificance before that which bad strewn the undulating countrywide of Flanders with bodies, und It Is doubt ful If the totul deud will ever be known. Those Who have l?een In ib? actual lighting, says this correspondent, tell the grimmest tales of the slaughter they hare seen during the past week. "Tin- tlelds und N\Velllng seaside dUmes ure littered with dead In great heaps hi the deep trenches/' says the correspondent. "Death lias come in wholesule fashion and tilled not only the trenches but the Yser, and It can be said without exaggeration that the river' runs crimson, The canals at places ean be bridged with dead bod ies, and the land which has been flood ed between Nieuport and Dlxmude, I* an Inferno which words cannot de scribe. The water Is thick with corpses und muddy with the splash of shells. "An oflleer who saw the Germans caught lu their entrenchments when the flood came rushing In upon them, says It was a terrible sight. Just at ilia t time the tire from the fleet and from the batteries of the allies Increas ed greatly lu intensity. The infantry Were sent In, and a perfect tornado of terror, which no one- who saw it can ever iiosslbly wli>e out of his memory, seemed to affect the Germans. "A soldier of the Black Watch regi ment, speaking of his exj>erlenees, said that he was In one trench which was ? charged by the Germans fifteen times in two days and a night yet without success. After that ii was simply im possible to charge any more, as the ground was strewn so thickly with dead bodies. Seven of the charges were made during the night, and dur ing the last six or seven days, most of the heaviest flghtlne has been done after dark. *>x-' ; "Kvery morning! before daylight the big guns were at it again with re doubled vigor, shaking the windows of houses within a range of twenty miles and waking people from their sleep. "The artillery Are both from sea and land has exceeded in intensity every thing lu war so far. The British artil lery has done excellent work and cap tured German officers express their surprise at the volume of fire from th? British positions and at * its amaslng accuracy. "The scenes in the searchlight-streak ed darkness are eerie lit extreme. The men lire into the darkness and '?then rush forward, not seeing a yard la " fr<mt of them. The searchlight flashes and flares light up, revealing the on coming foe and a shower of lead and rain of shrapnel burst upon them. They fall in heap after heap and then fade away, followed into their trendies by the searchlight's glare. "Then the other side sends out Its men; there Is a strange silence and they come upon deserted. trenches. As they search tho trenches and the shel ter to which the enemy has retired there Is another charge, which dies away as those before it' did, and again the trenches ure abandoned. Then some line of trenches will be recovered by a tremendous effort and upon it the artillery will rain death and. de struction. Ho the battle goes, and ev ery yard of ground Is won only by tremendous effort and loss at an ap palling cost" Another cor respondent, says that the British soldiers in the Ypres region also have burled more than 25,000 Ger mans, und there are many plies of Germans dead around Dlxmude, which It has been impossible to bury on ac count of the continuous lighting: < Skating Rink Opened. The vonnir* men of the Kershaw , Guards have opened the skating rii?k in the Armory nuiiaing whertf this sport can be enjoyed on Thursday and Friday evenings of each week. There w 1h no admission fee but a small charge is made for the use of the skates. Sneak Thief Arrested. , - . " Julius DuBofte, a negro boy, is in the jail charged with having stolen several kodaks from the store of Zemp A De Pass. It is said that the negro is sus pected of having entered several other stores in the city, recently. After eea siderable c^ase Policeman Goff captur ed the negro In a back lot, and he had some of the stoleu articles on him at the time of hi* arrest. - DuBose will be held for trial at the coming session of court