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COUNTY" HELD DAY. * V* ,> * - - A > >.T.. ? 1 I Second Annual Event Wm a ?? Thorough Succcm and DUX and Young Enjoyod Day* TUu Jiucaud uuuuul cduuly Mdiuui fair mid Hold day for Kershaw county \vn? bold Friday, April 1)1 h, and prov Ml n thorough hucwhm. II.v ulito o'clock the at reel* began J?? present a lively ap|>curanco ami l?y ten o'clock moat of the ftchoola and visitors had arrived and mmiii assembled on the school grounds of I lie grammar achool build ing. Tin' literary content* were held In the rooms of the grammar school building, and there were <iulte m num her of contestants. About thirty min utes were ?<i % ?*ri for the*c contents, when the Judge* took up the pu|>crs and later announced their decisions. The next feature, and a very prone 'nent out , was the parade of school children with their teacher* and school trustees. The parade started from the grammar school building and extended to the o|H?ra house. Thc.v marched hy twos and the length of the parltde Was a half tulle 'with close on to three thousand In the line of march. Never before has Camden witnessed such a ?parade. The hoys and vjlrls were In the very host of spirits and enjoyed to the fullest this feature of Held dfly. It was an Inspiring sight to every one who saw tills hjjpp.v procession of children, the greatest asset this county llllS. y Tlio declamation and recitation coir tests were held In the oiyra house. The lodges Mrs. W. Brat ton do I oiiffi ""Mrs. It. It. Pitta, H?v. J. M. Forbls' 1C0V. F. II. Harding, and Capt. It II. Hovkln. The contests began a few minutes after twelve o clock, hut on account of the nuntbM- who present ed themselves It was necessary to nu Joiirn fur dinner and conclude the con tests after dinner. The following were the winners In these contests: Clarence I Minn, representing tlu Oh in (I en Graded school, won the ora> torlcal eontest for the town scjioo Is, and Beiinle llofnsby. a pupil of the Piedmont school, won for the rural schools. . ) . *i.w. M|km Mallnila Ward, represent lug the Bethune school, won the contest in recitation, and Miss Daisy Magljl, ro|? resentlng the :m"h school, won for the rural schools. ... Spelling inat?'lv ? Miss Sallle \ounj,, Piedmont school. , Composition eontest ? Miss lUhtl Bruce, Cleveland school. Arithmetic contest ? liohert Dlpklns, Trlnltv school. First Writing contest ? Win. Ham mond, IiUgolT school. Second writing contest ? Manning .Tolly, of the Stockton school, and Alva Hell, of I'M n e (Jrove. tied. First map drawing contest ? Miss i>u ?'lle Ha rues. Cleveland school. Second map drawing contest ? Bur-, ley outlaw. Bethune school. Third map <lrawlng contest uoj Croxton, oC's school. Multiplication match ? I his pro} ed a stubborn one for the Judges I hev tried and they tried to get through with It, but could not do so while at the school house. They still had seven contestants who cfiYTTfl hot be downed, so thev had another go at It out at the fair grounds. They finally reduced the number to live, and these live could not be tripped, so as a last re sort it was decided to divide the ''ash prize between them, each getting -?> cents. One dollar was the prize, but when the Judges appealed to the coun ty superintendent t.? tell them what to do the amount was Increased to $1? o. making It -jr> cent< for each of these exi>erts on the multiplication table. ' The names of these five contestants Id the multiplication match are as fol lows: Hen Thomas Amnions. Hay Harnes. George Turner. Flossie Cor-, bltt and Nellie Jackson. A cash prize in each of the other events was one dollar, except in the declamation and recitation contests, where it was $li.r>(). m the case of the tie In the second writing contest the prize was divided. The exercises at the opera house were opened with prayer by Hev. ( . H. Smith, of the Methodist church. Mr. C. W. Hirchinore. count v sii|>erlntend enl of education, presided. .lust before the adjournment for din ner He\ J. 0. Howan was Introduced ami presented the l\ I ? O. gold medal to Miss Sara Wolfe, the winner. Ills remarks in presenting this lovely medal were very appropriate, and the winner has been", heartily congratulated upon her sue. osv. This medal was ofTereil i for the be-l eoiuposltlotl written upon ! III,. sMbjct. "The Battle of C.cttys j burg." Athletic K vents. J The ii t lilet ic eon tests proved a big draw iii- ? ar.! It was estimated that bet u i '.Mi t w e n t \ live hundred and three thousand people witnessed these event- The athletic events were In charge ..r'M.-iy H. .1. W. Klzcr. and (}. H. T. n.1. let. .11. of t lie C Diversity of South Carolina and Mr It. U . Gettjs. These young men rendered splendid service and it \\a> greatly appreciated by every one. The winners In the athletic contests were as follows: 50 yard dash for girls ? F.llen Stone. Bethune. , 50 yard dash for boys ? Ernest Hln 8on, Blauey. 100 yard dash for girls? Lottie Cle ments, Liberty Hill. 100 yard dash for hoys? Maxie Cle-^ ments, Cassatt. 25 yard sack race for boys ? Foster Gardner, Bethune. 25 yard wheel-barrow race for hov? ?Mayo Davis and Percy Mays, Be- 1 thune. _ . , 50 yard apple relay race for giru Amanda Hilton. Westville. 200 yard dash for hoys. ? Nettles Lindsay, Camden. ? - Half mile relay race ? Northcutt. Thompson, Tiller and Stokes, Bethune 3-lecged race for hoys ? Arthur Jove and Altamont Dunlap. Antioch. ft-legged race for girls ? Phoeba Hlch ard? and Virginia lllchard#, Lil>orty : Hill. Running broad Ifobaon Ilil ton, Wcstvlllo. ICtiikiiltifC broad Viiuco Hough, Camden. UuimlHg hlrh JnmivWftotman ffttton, Westvllle. Running hlgli Jumu" ? Henry Thomas, Wtrntvlllo. ! 1UU yawl dA#b ? Charlie 14<?w<4l, Onw den. Mane Imki throw for glrla ? Kmum Vllieplgu^ Camden. Rami hall threw for boy* ? Charlie Hough, Camden. Thin concluded tho very Interesting athletic event**. I'rlzcH were awarded Iii each event. The Hrhool Fair. Tho county nchool fair wmh held In t in1 Kershaw (iuards Armory. The ex Idblts were a revelation to many who Haw them. While the armory 1m quite a largo hulldlng practically every hit of space was uaed In dbiplaylng the ex hibits from the various bcIiooIh. lu manual training, domestic science, fan cy needle work, and literary work# and man drawing we venture to way the ex lithltH could not have heeu excelled hy any county in the stuto. Many ex pressed the Idea that they excelled the cxhlhltH of the county fair, although of a different variety. They were a great credit to the schools getting them up. The committee of competent JudgcM had a difficult task to decide between them. prizes of ten dollars were offered for tho hest ox lillilt hy schools of three teachers or more, hy schools of two teachers and hy schools of one teacher. The Cam* den graded school won llrst prize In the class of three teachers ??r more, and Hethune second. In the two teacher schools Cleveland was the win ner of llrst prize and was awarded the hlue ribbon, while Stockton won first In tho one teacher, class, with Hoyklti second. .Maps in steel cases were awarded the following schools upon their ex hibits: Two maps to HC's school. Two map" to Trinity school. Ouc map to Abney, school. Two maps to Westvllle school. One map to Mlddleton school. The maps which were awarded these schools were offered as prizes, were given Kershaw county by Kami, Mc Nally & Co., o^ Chicago, through their representative, Mr. V. <\ Dibble, Jr., of Charleston. Referring to these maim Mr. Dibble wrote as follows: "Please express to the trustees, teachers and pupils of Kershaw county the pleasure It affords me to donate to the county a set of maps to be given as school prizes. I congratulate Kershaw coun ty on Its educational progress and pro phesy for the county a creditable for ward movement along all educational lines. It gives me pleasure to author ize you to announce that I shall make a libers! prize offer for next year." Pupils Deserving Special Mention. Marie Williams, Malvern Hill, fancy work. First and second grades. Malvern I fill, cardboard house. Paul Twltt.v, Camden, map and drawing... > Lola Halle 1 1 H t?>n. Westvillo, fancy work. Nick Watts, Trinity, manual train ing articles. lOva Morton. Abney. fancy work. Carrie Yarhoroligh, Hethune. dress ed roll. Alberta Hammond, Lugoff, work stand. Liza Knight ^3 ml Hill, sofa pillow. < J rover Jones, Sand Hill, hammer handle. Seaborn Hut ledge. Sand Hill, ham mer handle^ ? Kdward Ihirfield, Oak Itidge, single tree. Second mid Third grades, Mill school, clay modeling. Kindergarten, Mill school, doll house. Heb?vca Gasklns, Flat Kock, butter. Malvern llill, candy. Stockton, presidential chart. Cleveland, campaigns of 1801-'(V?. Kthel Turner, Middlcton, middy blouse. Middieton. animal work. Sallle Oh too, KufYalo, crochet. Margarotto Kichards, Lil>erty Hill, taftlng. Mettle Halle. Liberty Hill, loaf of bread. Itoykin MeOnskill. Cleveland, wood work. Johhnle Murchison, Cleveland, wood work. Iiessle Ogburn. DcKalh, crochet. Kthel Smith, Camden, single com | tosit loll. May Karnes. Cleveland, composition. Kthel Kruce, Cleveland, composition. Helen Hoy kin, Moyktn, booklets. Harriett Irhy, Hoykin, drawings. Kmily Stover. ,'iC's, tatting. Millie Hornsby. Piedmont, hand axe. Inez Hornsby, Piedmont, fancy work. Hoy Young. Westvllle. handle axe Lewis Young, Cassatt, plow beam. l>ewey Creed, Cantey, miniature wood work. Sallie Pejirce. Stockton, pound cake. Pupil <>f Piedmont, doll house. Kate Kranham. Trinity, drawing*. Prizes will also bo awarded Pied mont and Hoykin schools for their at tendance. Piedmont seh?>ol, located in the Shaylor's Hill section, had both teachers present, each of the trustees ami all of the pupils, besides a repre sentative from every home in the com munity. all of the pupil.*? with the teachers and trustees tiring in the pa rade. Hoykin school had all of the pu pils present with the teacher. These were fine records and are an indica tion of the splendid school spirit in their resi>eotIve communities. Lost His Barn. Mr. W. F. Davis, wbo lives In the Ionia section had his barn burned last Thursday night between 0 and 10 o'clock with all of his corn, fodder, .cotton seed and cotton seed meal, the whole valued at $r>10 .vlth no insur ance. This is a heavy blow these hard times, hut Mr. Davis is one of our most energetic and successful farm ers nnd It will take more than one fire to cower his Indomitable energy. ? BI>hopville Lender and Vindicator. Train No. 1(1 on the Southern was .derailed near Dorchester Friday night. [ No one n n? killed or seriously hurt The accident was caused by spreading | rails. WHKAT CHOP WORTH MUCH. ? ? Intimated $16 ,M,m Will b? I>?rlvtxl by StaU Fr?u Crip*. ;^| v&r. ~ ColiUnbla, April 10. Conservative iiiattiirHT^"fiSMT upon mpuwt with the state depart ment of agriculture by substantial buiflMflW UKU uiul $Uinc?H Indicate an abnormal l?K*r?H?mi hi the wheat acivuKt* III Hni'tli Carolina this year. Several days i Commissioner Watson sent m\t a v ular letter to each county In the Ht t Uhklpg for In formation aw to the nupher of acres needed In small grain. The replies to these letters arc most encouraging and Indicate that the trade by this jiinti' u ijh the Middle Western* markets wilt he considerably cut down this year. W.}% ;]HK . . ] & : Report* h?^vv V,MW. reived by tUo'i department o| 'agriculture trplM lJl counties. According to tl)e United States census of IftlO there were 7.-10 ,acres seeded to wheat li? these coun ties In 1000. The estimates Med by the department Indicate that 45,500 acres have been planted this year aw a re sidl of the decrease In the price of col toil. The production of wheat In the 1U counties report 1 uk In 1 IK>1> was l.'i. U28. Katliuutlug the prodnetlofcr this year at 15 bushels |H?r acre, the crop will total tW2,(W5. The total wheat crop In South (Hirolliui In 1010 was 310,(114 bushels. The tlrst gralu canuwlgn meeting under the ausi)lces of the department of agriculture was held at Sumter. This county was the first ,to report on the acreage to the department. Full Information was given In a letter from K. I. lieardon. secretary or the Humter Chamber of Commerce. Quoting Frank WllllaiuA, county demonstration agent, Secretary Keardon says: "It Is my opinion 1 that there Is about 5.000 acres of wheat planted In this, county. There Is 35,000 to 40.000 acres of oats and there will he 70.000 to SOjOOO litres of corn." Secretary lieardon say a that 700 farmers have applied to the Cham her of Commerce for tobacco seed Over 200 acres have been planted In Irish potatoes within 10 miles of Sum ter. he says. Several hundred acres have been planted In truck. "We f?s?l proud of the live-at-home campaign." Hays Secretary lieardon. Hart well M. Aver, secretary of the Florence Chamber of Commerce, mak ing reports, says that the wlifat crop In that county will aggregate^.*'"' acres. The Saluda correspondent says that the wheat crop in that county >i'l total .'>.700 acres. T. J. Cunningham estimates that the Chester wheat crop will total 1.100 acres. .1. Brooks Wln gard believes that the farmers of Lex ington have planted about 5,000 acres. L. I. Onion, writing from Kershaw says that the farmers of that county will plant between 1.400 and 2.000 retary of the l'nlon Chamber of Com merce. estimates the crop in his coun ty at 5.000 acres. Luther Klllson, sec retary <>f the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, places the wheat acreage In that county at from r>.(KM) to <>.<>00 acres. L. L. Baker writes from Lee county that the crop will total between l.liOO and 1.500 acres. T. H. Ketchin : estimates tbo Kalrllebl- wheat. crop at 5,(hm_? acres. 11. W. Holcombe. secre tary of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce wrote that the Itlchland crop will be l.ooo acres. Carl H. Hart, secretary of the Yorkvllle Chamber of Commerce, estimates the crop at (>.000 acres in York county. The wheat crop In Barnwell will be 2.000 acres, ac cording to Harry I). Calhoun. The following table is given: Counties ? 11)10 Tin rn well .... .10 Chester .101 Florence 0.'i Fairfield .... 15X5 Kershaw ... 05 Lancaster .. 122 Acres 11)15 2000 2400 2500 5000 1500 500() i:;oo 5000 1(HH< 3000 r.!Mw? 5000 0000 I>lnntOrl ? Yield 015 ' In mid -k4{ I^exin^ton ,W'D T? loll land 122 Saluda 1880 Lee . 10 2 SOX sort 1 200 sr>8 :u!?o i :i7 lon-.n Sumter Union York . 1271 13970 1ft ?7 355$ 17490 Tlie state department of agrictilture estimates that tin? craln crop will lie sent to the market this year for about $10,000,000. wlileh will In a larire meas ure offset the loss caused hv the de crease in the price of cotton Odd Bits of News. Washington, D. C. ? Reports from Vienna, Austria, are that memhers of the Hapsbnrg family, the royal family of Austria, not including Emj>eror Francis Joeeph, purchased in the Uni ted States during February real es tate and American stocks to the value of 70,000,000 crowns, about $17,500, 000. Galesburg, 111. ? A lady in this city, cleaning a silk dress with gasoline, took the garment out into the yard to dry. She began brushing the silk hri.skly with her hand, causing a vpark of static electricity, which lir niting the fumes, burned the lady se verely and destroyed the dros*. Hampton Roads. Va. ? In the list of supplies requisitioned by Capt, Thier Ichens, of the German raider. Prince Eitel Friedrich, was an Item y>f 50. 000 lx?ttles of beer. 100 bottles for each man on board. The naval board cut down every Item on the list, ex cept this one. CANNOT OF ri'TUKK. I*re?id^<it Wftlttou I'olntu to (iood \yiilcii M*y C?h?hj of W*r. -W-. A ' * M uftou, April piA'ftclv buforo tlx* Maryland annual confer ence <?f the Methodlut Protewtaii* cljulrvh in ?*lou here toulghl, I're#4? dent Wilson said It wa& l?la t>ollef that i|u man wan wl.<e enough to pionoumv Judgment on tlu? Ruropean war lit this time. "Hut," lu* U tldc<l, o cau all hold our ftplrlti. hi roadlnosa to aceopt the truth when It l* reVoalod to uh In the outcome of tllitf titanic. wtlllgtfle." The prealdent reminded the dole gu uw tljift In transacting thil* huslnetw of thel* ehuirh an they *tand under the treatment of the nnui of, your gen eration/' he "Ihick of them lie the Iftt^fiuH | >i'hj t*J I >Ui?i \v hlch y< >u are trying to ejuunpllfV hi the life of the work; hack of*>urf hero hi tlio govern ment lie the eternal principles of Jus tice and righteousness, which, In my conviction, *at any rate, wo do not de rive from ouraelven, hut from the same source which a great church dor!vos Its lhaplratlon and authority. "It Noomoil to mo that It was worth saying something like this: ThpfHi are days of very great perplexities, when a great vloud of trouhlo hangs and broods over the greater part of the world. It. seems as If groat lUlnd ma terial forces had l>een loosed which had f(?r long heen held In leash "and restraint. And yet, underneath that you can see the strode impulses of groat ideals, it would ho impossible holies and gentlemen, for men to go through what men are going through on the hattleflehl of Europe and strug gle If it wero not that they saw, or thought they saw, the broadening of light where the morning should* com** up and believed that tliev wore stand Ing each on his side of the contest for some eternal principle of right. "Them all about them, all about us, there sits the silent waiting tribunal which Is going to utter ultimate judg ment upon this struggle, tho great tri bunal of the opinion of the world ; and I fancy I see hope, I pray that it mav be that I do truly see, great spiritual forces lying waiting for the outcome of this thing to assert themselves, and asserting themselves even now. to en lighten our judgment and steady our spirits. No man Is wise enough to pronounce judgment. b"t wo can all hold our spirits In readiness to accept the truth when it dawns on us and, is revealed to us In the outcome of this titanic struggle. "You will see that it is only such general terms that one can si>eak in midst of a confused world, be, cause, as I have already -said, no man has the key to this confusion. No man can sec the outcome, hut every man can keep his own spirit prepared to con tribute to the net result when the out come displays itself. "That is the reason I said to a body similar to tills only a few nights ago that I welcome the atmosphere which these solemn assessments of the hu man spirit brings to Washington. For this is the place of assessment. In one sense Washington is not even a part of the United States. It. is where ev erybody else comes and sooner or later speaks bis mind about the United States, and about many outlying parts of the world. Mr. Bryan and I nr-: constantly auditors to what T dare s.iv is a larfce port of the opinion of the world : to Judge by the time it takes to express it. I thick a very large part and to judge by the variety and con trariety of if. 1 dare say it is a fair cross section of what men are think ing about." Secretary Bryan followed the presi dent with an address of welcome to the visiting clergy. Ills remarks were confined strictly to a discussion of the "three great relationships." which lie characterized as "government, society and religion, or man's relatlorvlo fiod ." Great and Inmortant^as all these. rela tions were. Mr. Brayan said, he be lieved religion was most imperative to the welfare of a nation. ....Clarksburg, W. Va. ? Mrs. Rathe1 Dent was struck and fatally injured At Barnes Crossing near here by the same engine that struck and instantlv killed Ul vases K. Waters at a neigh boring crossing the same day. Los Angeles, Cal. ? William Flynn, 37 months and Alene Houck, 17 months "eugenic babies," have been betrothed by their parents. They were winners In the recent baby show here. Bingham pton, N. Y. ? After giving all his wages to his wife every week for 25 years. It. H. .Walker is now I suing her for a share of the money. She refuses to split up with him even though she has now eloped with an other man. Savannah, da. ? Miss Mary Jane F^rrell and Henry Beau ford were married the other day by Justice of the IVaoe MeCail, using a maHirtke li cense which was Issued 21 years ago. Both contracting parties were more than 70 years of age ffnd would give no reason for the long delay In their nuptial arrangements. New York. ? Mary Ounos asked her teacher to excuse her for being tardy. She was delayed in reaching school by saving her three y<far old sister and j 18 months old brother from suffocation In a fire. i We have for sale, the most suitable property for Office Building, Hotel qi any other business, located on Broad Street, near the Court House. This property can be bought at War Prices. For full Information see SHAW & PERRY REAL ESTATE, RENTS AND INSURANCE J. W. McCORMICK, Prop. E. W. BOND, Manfcger McCORMICK & CO. . > 'iV.' ? " '-.'i Funeral Directors and Embalmers Night Phone 143. 1 Day Phone 70. AMBULANCE SERVICE. . From January to December you will find at this place a select line of Cannes, Fruits and Vegetables to help put the finishing -ter-tmynican ? Hot Drinks in cold weather; Cold Drinks in hot weather ~pr as you like it We are ready and anxious to serve yop iwy day in the year. Camden Candy Kitchen Spero Beleos, Proprietor. PHone 78. ' Camdon, S. C. Camden Undertaking Co. C. W. EVANS. Manager FUNERAL DIRECTORS and LICENSED EMBAIMERS City and Country Calls Attended Promptly DAY OR NIGHT Office and SHbw Rooms at 535 DeKalb Street . Office Phone 91 ft esideucg^ Phone 283-L? B. R. Funeral CITY AND COUNTRY CALLS ATTENDED PROMPTLY 1 jrrrr-r-r-r.--f?nT -I mm