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I I *? *?? :- ? . VOLUME XXVII. rA r; 1 1 1 1 , ? ? CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY #, 1?16. * mi wiii* rl vir rv~ rx: * ' . ?: -V NUMBER 12. of Internal fn aud Around Our N?ifhbor Town. mdl glorious 4th, Holiday, l****1 oflr very Wtetly TV bank and i>ostoffloe && Hauday an?l several . t0 M Hprlng. A match gum<* V-L^ii nail iKfii arranged for the r wJth a team from Camden, S ibe C'an?dei? hoys '*"<*? to sl^w up, rtk* ?a? quit** a disappointment to ' rtUI au(^fuiiM here, a* well aw to f*?tf*r of visitors, who camo to tbt game. The member* of the tMU) her*' are justly Indignant -Th the Cainden team for playing ? *ucha trick. - Mf, aa(l Mr?. K. B, King, of McBee, tat ttiuiounctMl the coining inarrlage Eu, dtterhter. Omar Kdele King tO IL^ace Craig Held, of Cheraw, the ??ddlug to take place on August Oth. r ircordiuK 'to u recent issue of the ftlomliiu State, the meiubera of the 1 tumbla Chamber of Commerce will a picnic at Big Spring, near here, mrwlay, July 22. It Ik very proh ibit about 150 of Colombia's lead ^bualuaw men will l>e here on that it fod will come on a special train. flu citizens ghould get busy aud en feror to persuade Jthese gentlemen to fipodatjeant part of the day in our dutiful little town. The ball team (w k) arrange a game for the after loou, which would assist In entertain p|. tbe viaitors. Anyway, we extend ii prance a cordial welcome to the BtnberM of the Chamber of ^ommerce 4 the Capital city to our town and tf Bethune's famous summer report. r W& have stated several time# in eorresjtondence that we felt sure tlit wheat raising would be u paying fewtment to farmers of this section. |ti It would. We have just read an int of a large yield of wheat made year by Mr. 13<>y<l Gaudy, of the t Clare section of Darlington cOtjn Mi1. Gandy made 54 bushels aud mds of wheat on one acre, be he made au average of 44 bush- ! acre on nine acres. One bun-1 |fcip to wheat raising here, however, ? Alt there is no roller mill located ? ^ .th.on Lugoff or Darlington. : . it . Pooped that by the time an another pp <>f whertt Ls harvested an up-to we roller mill will hp located air tills m : :? I'bWr fir. Norman Mclean returned last titoay afternoon from the Florefice pwpltal where he underwent an* op-, mtion for appendicitis. j. Dr. W. W. Gardner, of Mayesvllle, ??pent Sunday ami Monday with rela* Pfca at Tillers Ferrv. mt ? 'Meara. Lenard Yarl trough and Os ^orn Graham, of llartsville, spent Sun and Monday with relatives here. ^Mrs. Ii. T. Yarltrough went to Harts Monday to spend a few days, ^fhe Cheraw military company si>ent |?diy at the Big Spring, where tb?y Alloyed a plonlc lind engaged In a likam battle. kA protracted meeting Is' being held Kp^ Loeknoxv Methodist churclv this PfeA Hev. Oscar Spires Is doing pk preaching. ? *[ Pf. and Mrs. 1,. F. Peebles spent a If* day* In town the past week. J. U King returned from the ?piiblq hospital last Friday after Bp?. where she underwent an opera ?ior appaulU-itis. * ' Pining with the fiscal year, v July are Informed that all rural carriers on standard routes will ?1<h> n month salary ? $1,200 a ?P*. They deserve all they get. ^ '!'? V. Morgan and children have p?Tfti up into town and are occupying I MtQuage residence. , ' of town council on laafc rri,la>' flternoon. Mr. ttillaiirBrafmon Prelected chief of police and Dr. [*? Humphries was elected town Gillam Brannon has sold his I * *nd lot in Bethune to Mr. ll. B. of Blahopvllle. 1^- V- Terry, of Bay's Mill, Ga., has i^n spending some time with here, Mr. and^Mrs. J. A. ***111, returned home last we6k. 1* r Mfthftloy w,'st- nf Rockingham, 0h * visit to relatives In Be \t is fii^t visit of ^rs. L ^is section in. twenty-one [ ? ^ T nL T* 'YarWough carried Mrs. ? ? wthune and children' In his car to Blackshurg, where Mrs. *1.11 apend some tlm^ i*Hh her and Mrs. J. B. Rote. Mr. returned to Bethune ^^^^^?les, aVcompa <1* tighter and lite *** W*bU*, of '? Wrecked aii Auto. ... Boh Johnson, u negro, came near demolishing au autoiuohlle belonging (tp Mr,'' J. It. OimIwIu Monday In bin anxiety to drive the car. Mr. (iod Wiq had gotten hi* car in good shape for U/trip that afternoon ami left the (ypchlne to go to his room at the Hus n" House. During IiIh absence t ti?* i}egro, who had never driven u ear, cranked it up and got it started. He ^UCC,e0ded in Hteering it out through .Petyllt) street, turning down Main street, thence do>vu through tiie lower part of town, and finding that he could ^tot atop the in a chl in*, headed it Into a tree near the old Blqrlget place badly smashing one wiieel and otherwise lu fl let log damages amounting to about >0116 hundred doilarH. Mr. Godwin ban bad a warrantjssucd for the negro. ^ ? "I Jl - " . I I L I ' - " arrived here on Friday afternoon for a Week's visit to relatives. They made the trip iu the former..'s car. Mrs. John Burrell Heegars, from near HUrtsville, vbdted relatives here the past week. * Mr. A. E. Belch, of Wilmington, N. (!., spent Sunday and Monday in town. - Bethuue played two games of ball here on Thursday and Friday of last week. The first game was one of the prettiest ever seen on the local dia mond. Itobt. Bethuue pitching' a line game all through. He had excellent support and several l>eautlful plays were made, one bjf Harvey McLure, who madj a very difficult catch with his. left baud. Johnson also made good, 1>eiug credited with two base hits. "The game was as good as any league bajl played in Columbia this season," said the umpire after the game Was over. Score: Bethuue 3, Oats 0. The second game between these teams was playe^ on Friday afternoon and result ed iu au overwhelming defeat for the home team. Bethune's battery was weak and that fact coupled with er . . . ? fors and wild throws, lost them the game. However, this town has a good ball team and can put up a splendid contest when they are not handleapi>ed *8 they were JPriday afternoon. The result was as follows: Hethune ,ri 1, f Oats 10. . A match game will Ik? played here twnoMow ?{ Friday ) afternoon between the home team and Haley's Mill team; ? The Bethune team will go to Mayes vllle next Monday, where they will play a series of three games -en Mon day. Tuesday and Wednesday after noons of next week. This Is their first road trip this season. There Is one little thing that we. de sire to say to those who are Interested in the Bethune ball club and that Is to remember that we ha*e ohly an amateur team, the boys don't get any pay for their playing, so don't expect the same kind of baseball that the big leagues play. The young men playing on this team are doing so purely for the sport and they appreciate the loyal support they have had from those per sons who have contributed their money at each game to help keep the team up. The ball team here Is not for any other purpose save to furnish amateur base ball during the summer season to the people* of Bethune and vicinity wjio de sire to, see clean sport. It is therefore annoying to the members of the team r ? ? and the management to heat the ca lamity howl of the chronic knocker. Let's all get together, attend the games, root for the home team and leave, off the knocking until ? next winter. Mr. Gillam B. Clyburn nml family moved to Bethune on Tuesday and are ocpupylng their handsome new resi* dence next to the Baptist church. A cordial welcome 1* extended them by the citizens <TP oux town. Mrs. Sid. Padgett left yesterday for a few days visit to her mother near TJisKdpvnre? A four horse wagon load of Bethune's younger set went to the Big Spring }ast nlglit and from reports they all had a delightful time. Miss Nora McManus daughter of Mr. H. J. McManus, and Mr. Vance Horton, both of the Timrod section, were mar ried on Sunday, July 4, S. J. West, notary public officiating. M* L. W. Copeltfnd, carrier on route ?., at this place, attended tho state con vention of rural letter carriers at B5or ence ttils weelf. We notice that under the provisions of the game law of tills state< as Vised at the last session of the fegia la hi iv, residents of a county may hunt on their own. freehold or leasehold in th^r^n county wKpottt; tt license, niut such resident landlords may give a written permit, tp,.any resident of the county in which he resides to hunt on his premises, "which said permit shall l>e exhibited on demand of any game warden or officer and failure to do HKINOl'H C'KIMK ( HAK<jKO. Kenley liriifboa Held For A?nault on Girl In PUgah Section. Henley ItriNlHin, u fourteen-year-old colored boy, whs arrested Tuesday ami place* I in Jail between 2 ami 51 o'clock this morning by Maglatrate J. L, Gil lis t>f lteml>ei*t mi the charge of hav ing criminally assaulted the eight-yea r oltl daughter of a farmer of ttl?e IMsgah .section of HiUuter county. The crime 1:% alleged to have been committed about sundown T3N?y evening when the girl's mother wan out at the lot milk Jng the eow and her father wax- away from home. Hhe was lying on the lied and the boy wax carrying wood into the houae at the time, when it ia al leged he caught her and committed the crime. Tl?e boy was employed by the Klrl's father and ia aald to be well gfOWh {or hia age. The news of the aaaault quickly hpfead and Magiatrate Glllls who lived about two uiliea away from the houae was one of thude notltled of the crime. He at once left for tW scene, whero the little girl and her mother told him wht> had committed the assault, the girl's mother having seen lilui when he ran out of the houae. The boy waa followed to the home of his moth er, Natalie Brlslioii, where a number ot men from the community had gath ered when the boy was located In the houae. As the mou did not want to hurt the womai) and they .thought she would make resistance, if they tried to enter the house, they waited on the officer of the law who entered the house looking-for the boy. the woman declared that he was not there, but he was finally found hiding tiehlnd some boxes under a bed. He was tak en out and under charge of Magistrate Glllls was taken back to Rembert and placed in an automobile and' brought on ? to Sumter, which was reached at 2 o'clock this morning^ when he was lodged In jail. Magistrate Glllls stated today that there was considerable feel ing against the l>oy and it was on ac~ count of his age that a demonstration was not made against bim. 'Che crime was committed In the farthest eonier of Sumter county 1ft the Plsgah ttev tioJi aml tl?e arreat was made about two miles over into I^ee county. Mr. Ti. S. Vinson, on whose place the hoy lived, stated that he had a bad repu tation In the community. " This morning on request Judge Maul din instructed the sheriff to summon the members of the grand jury to meet in J special session at 9 :30 o'clock to iiiorrow morning to pass upon the hill against Kenle.v Brisbon./so that the case might be tried at the present term of court. ? Wednesday's Sumter Item. Another Car of Cattle. ? Mr. J j. I. (iulon, of the Camden Beef CatTle Farms , shipped another car load of cattle this week to Richmond, Va. There were 36 head in the car and were of the beef type. This makes several cars that have left the Lugoff siding for Northeni points and the cat tle industry ls^ growing- etAce the re lease of many farms from the tick quarantine. Mr. Gbion has a new ad vertlseinent lb, today's paper., He offers to buy -cattle free from ticks orfbe will ship for farmers who carry their cattle to him. <?udge Smith III. yis i^iany friends throughout the j state wilt regret to learn that Mendel L. 8mltli, of Caiqden, Judge bf the Fifth Judicial circuit, is at the Colum bia 'hospital ill with fever. Judgp Smith had been feeling badly for ten days '-and" oil adjourning CouH at' Green - wood Saturday tftoppeh in Columbia for treatment. LuU*Ht reports ftom Co lurabla state that he is doing well. shall be prima facie evidenceof- viola tion." It is a misdemeanor for any non-resident, whether an owner of land in this state or not, US "hunt, game, birds or animals, within the borders of the state," without first taking out a license from- the clerk of court. The cost of the license la It is be ll^ved that requirement that resident 'hunters produce either ft~llcen*e or a ?written permit from the landlord on .whose lands he is hunting will have a salutary effect since the practice of hunting, promiscuously will be abated through the danger of punishment It i& thought .also that the requirement will stimulate the refepect for signs ngninjrt I rwpA^sto^.' ? *7~" Mr. s. B. Padgett, Mr. and Mrs. 8. H: Padgett and children motored over 4o Columbia oafSundny. After a lengthy dry spell fine rains fell here lattN Saturday afternoon, which greatly benefitted crops. HHUKT TKHM OF LOIKT. Only Jail Cft?M Disposed Of At v Summer Term. The HUiDDwr term of court of geuer u) m'.skIoiis COUV0IM4 Monday with Judge Hay lie F. Khv, of Aiken, j?re Siding, and Solicitor Albert E. 111)1, of Himrtunhurg, looking after the state's Vnteivnt lu the pla<*> uf Solicitor Cobb, who la in St. ruul. Minn., aw a mem ber of the I^aw Committee of the Sov ereign Grand Ixtdge WofMlmen of the World. Mr. W. W. Huckabee acted as sheriff, hla attorney** having filed an Injunction against Mr. Isaac C. Hough, the recent appointee of Gover nor Manning. The grand jury handed It* presentment Tuesday, and after paving disposed of the few Jail cases court adjourned on Wednesday. The ease of J. M. Bankliead, charg 6*1 with murder, he having shot and killed an escaping life term convict at the state farm, was nol prossed. The ease of Sam Cook, charged with having murdered Outlaw, near the Hermitage Cotton Mill, wsr continued. The ease against Bishop and Blrch inon* Clarke, negroes, charged with murder was also continued. Following Is a list of cases dln|>os e<l of at this term: Ida Patterson, charged with violat ing the dlsismsary law, plead guilty 4ml was sentenced/ to pay.'* fine of -$J50 or serve six months. j i t Willie S. Shirley, burglary and lar ceny, consent verdfct of guilty with re commendation. He was sentenced to i ve Hve years. ? Lee Ballard, house breaking and lar ceny. plead guilty and received a sen tence of ten months. Lewis Dukes was ttled and found guilty of violating dispensary law. Sen tenced to three months or pay fine of .$100. i^Jlm Atkinson, charged with larceny ajid receiving stolen goods, plead gtillty to latter charge. $25 flue or 30 days. ?I>ave Knox, plead guilty to violat ing dispensary law. and was fined $100 or sentenced to three months. T. JH Tutson, the Seaboard dining car porter, who was tried lu the Re corder's court and* found guilty of .sell ing whiskey at the railway 'station, was tried in his absence and ii sealed sentence was /left for him. Tutsoii gave tiondr and failed to put iu his up licaraiicc. Isaac Galther, charged with assault and battery wltji intent to kill, was convicted of assault and battery of a high : tud aggravated nature and sen tenced to serve four months or p%y a fine of $100. Alloe Est ridge, wa& charged with having placed a saw in the jail In an fffort to aid Ijer husband In his escape. She was found guilty and sentenced to serve 00 days or pay fine Of $25. None of the convicted prisoners have paid their fines and all have been sent back to jail awaiting their removal to the gang or penitentiary. Following is the presentment of the unmrt Jury: Grand Jury Presentment. To His H/mor Judge Ilayne F. ttlee, presiding Judge Summer Tejcnl of Court, Kershaw County: We, the grand jury beg leave to make t ho fallowing presentment. We hate passed 011 all hills handed us by Ihe Solicitor. We find the Poor House In very good condition, and also find the Cotjrt House and^ grounds in good shape. From all accounts the roads all over tho county are In good shape. We Arid tlie jail in good . condition, and very sanitarily kept. We request thai the County Bttiftt* \i*or pay'SWlff W. W. iluckabce Ids salary from the time he was suspended until the time of the appointment of ids successor. We also request that the sheriff make final, settlement with the County Treasurer of all taxes col lected on account of tax executions for the years 1012 and 1918, and also make returns on executions, 1012 and 1913 uncollected to said County Treasurer, within. ninety, days prompt We will make a full and complete report on the county officials books at the fall term of court Wo recommend that all seizures of whiskey made by county officers and constables, bevkept under lock and key until the case la disposed of by the authorities, And that alFsuch whiskey, after the disposition of the sdld ease ho-rBspoBcd cf-fry puui lng -same -out e?~ the ground by the sheriff In the pre* encefof the for?mart of the grand Jury. We. desire la ikank-yonr honor, and otber officials of the court for the many courtesies shown us at this {erm of conrt, all of which we most respect New Secretary for Chamber. At a meeting <?f the Camden ( 'lut hi * her of Commerce, held l?*?t week, Mr. E. O, von Tresckow was elected sec retary and treasurer of that bot^y to iiyMMXWd 14?. 0. P. DttBoM, who has served the Chamber faithfully for the past several yearn. All of the other officers were re-elected. IMscussldn of the collection of dues and holding of the annual county fair wuh the main subjects l>efore the body. It wiih tie elded that the Kershaw County Fair he held ax usual this year. . i ? ? ? ? ;7.- . ? Mr. Koberttoii Dead. Mr. Jauiea ltoberson, a well known and hlKhly respected citizens of the Cussatt section died on Juue lbth. The funeral wan held the following day at Heaver I >iiiu church conducted by ftev. H. H. Hat Held. Mr. Kohcrson leaven a number of relative* surviving him, be sides a boat of friends lit the county. Vlsitora Welcome. ?^Visitors Welcome" la the placard hanging at the t^i trance to the Oocfc Cola Bottling plant In tills city. Mr. Baum, the proprietor, takes great pleas ure iu showing his friends and cus tomers over hia plant, and It la open for inapectiou at any time, lie baa , recently placet? a motor in hi/ plant and finds the city ..'a current far supe rlor and a great deal cheaper than the gasoline engine. The manager especial ly invites the ladies to come and" look his place over. Cftsh System Worked Well. Messrs. Lewis & Christinas, who last jyeek announced they would adopt a strictly cash system tells us that they had ?he biggest business Saturday of any single day since the Arm has been established. No goods were charged and everything went for cash. Mr, Lewis says he kuows the advertising placed in The Chronicle last wee% pro duced good results. Civic League Notes. , In last week's Issue the names of] Mrs. UeOrge Taylor and Mrs. E. E. Sill were omitted from the list of Ll-> hrar.v 'Association members, \ All interested please, attend meeting of ~ I Ibnrry Association "011 Monument Park, July iS at 6:30 p. m.. Clean Up Week Is again here. Swat the fly ! ? ' ... ?'..,.1;' . Miss Nannie Hough lias ^kindly mi- reed to he chairman of the Junior { Civic T^eague and this organization will meet with lier in the fall. Miss Elizabeth English will catalog .'.ttye books in library Christmas week. Please look up books for library. Picnic nt Vaughan's Mill Quite a number of Camden people j oil km I a picniclng party at Vaughan's Mill, five miles above Camden Monday and spent the day pleasantly in that section. - Huckabee to Test Right of Removals A suit to test hl? right to the office | of sheriff has been filed In the 4Ker TrtiHW" court by >V. W. Huckabee, for mer Hlyctlir, who *vus dismissed several weeks ago by Gov. Mauiilng. Isaac C. Hough was appointed sheriff by the chief executive. That tiio Suit bad been filed was announced yesterday by: B. H Welch, of Columbia; attorney for Mr. Huckabee. By permission of Attorney General Peeples the stilt has been instituted In the name of the Suite I of South Carolina. ? Wednesday's State. Dekalb Street Property Sells Well. l>uBose & Boykln, real estate agents, last week sold a lot on East PeKalb street to I. B. English for quite a fancy price. The property adjoins the Pure F^khI Store -and irfeafmrwr-g(H?eet -front and 88 feet. deep. The price paid was around $3,000. ^ . # Insult to Old Glory. Tendon July ?C. ? The Evening Newh prints a. dispatch froqi its Hngue cor respondent declaring that Americans in Uerllu are indignant because the Itelice did iKjt prevent an Insult to the American flan on Jufy 4th. It Is re ported that a iitrmlber of- Germans, pretending to be- Americans, paraded) with an American flag draped in crepe. They placed the flag at the foot of the statue of E rede rick tbe Great. It t*| said that resolutions were passed at banquet denouncing President Wilson J and protesting against the exportation' of munitions.. 'i . . ... . . . ? ' ? .I ? Maps, charts or ?engta tings can ?>e| made waterproof by coating both sides I venr delicately with gutta-percha solu tion. * HUNK HOLT A HUICIIMK. Man Who Shot Morgan Jumps Kroui Top of CV1I and Crushes Skull. > (ilencove, N. v? July tt. ? Frank Holt, tbo CtftUtli t'nlveislty professor, who shot J. 1*. Morgan in his lyunv near Uloil I'ove 1uh( Saturday, commit i ?m I suicide lu t !??' jul) at Mineola to night. While several of the jail authorities declare that llolt killed himself l>y climbing through the opening at the top of hlti coll door a mi t hen plunging to the narrow court below, Holt's keep-, et said he was ponltlve that the prison or was killed In his own cell where lie said ho found the body. There were many coiitlictlng roportH an to the man ner In which Holt met his death hut It was definitely established through Doctor ('leghorn the Jail physician, that Holt died of a fractured skull. Several of Uiohc about the Jail said they hoard an explosion the report coming from Holt's cell. ThlH noise, it watt believed, was due to the fall ing of board from the top of the cell. I Jeremiah o'ltyan, the keeper detail eil to watch Holt, said lie was 15 feet away from the cell when he heard a loud report. He looked lu the direc tion of the cell, but It was dark. fil tering he found Holt's body In a pool of blood in tho corner. .The excitement that followed tho noise brought Warden Hulse and other Jail authorities to the scene./. District Attorney be wis J. Smith and Doctor Cleghoru, together with several consta bles, were noon on the scene ami lui mediately began investigation. IKictor Clegborn denied a report that llolt junl kille^ himself by chewing a iiercuaslon cap. He repeated that deafh was oautred by a fracture at the top of the skull. An expioMlon' which would have blown his head off would have followed an attempt by Holt to chew -a percussion cap. the physiclau said. ! A thorough examination of Holt'# cell failed ccordlng to the Jail authori ties to disclose any .weapon or imple ments of any kind which Holt could have used to kill hlnmelf. District Attorney Smith' searched ^ -Holt's cell immediately after arriving : at the Jail and found a letter written oil yellow pai>er. This letter, which Holt must have written before he at tempted suicide early "this morning when the pencil with which he tried to sever an artery was taken from him, was addressed to "To My Dears" and follows: "J must write once more. The more 1 think about it the more I see the uselessness of living under circum stances aueh as these. Bring *up "the dear babies In the love of (3od and man. Ooi^ bless you my sweet. Af fectionately, Franlf. "P. S. All please pardon "toe for all the heartache I have brought youv Pray with me that the slaughter will atop. My heart breaks. Good-bye." ? , KERSHAW GUARDS NOTES. ?Special orders from the Adjutant \ Crncniis Department announce tho promotion of 2hd Lieutenant Eben S. Mcleod t(r 1st Lieutenant; and 1st Sergeant Ilenry H. Blrchinoro to 2nd Lieutenant. Aftt?r being unanimously elected by the Company, (lie two candi dates had to pans a written oxamlna-, t Ion before a board consisting of Capt. K.*C. vonTresckow, 1st Lieutenant fro tired) W. M. Young ; 2nd Lieutenant Laurens T. Mills. The examination consisted in at least 20 questions on each of the. following 'six subjects: Drill regulation, guard duty, field ser vice regulations, small arms. firing reg ulations, manual of court martini, mil*.^ itary code of Bouth Carolina. Both ?hndldates stood flne examina tions, making over^OO out of a possi ble 100 in some of these subjects. The company roll shows a high wa ter mark ? 65 men ? and besides a num l>er on the watting list Among thoqe recently who joined are former Battal- . ion Sergeant Major H. B. Croft ; Ben Wiley Getty*, Wm. C. Wallace. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday from O p. m. until dark, there will be gallery target practice for cash prizes ?open to all members. Company drills of two hours each are being held this week and next ? on Wednesdays and' Fridays. About 56 00 men of the organisa tion will probably participate at the Charleston encampment, and Capt. ism C. TOnTfosokow stated he oxpactad to - carry the largest, and in many re spects, the l**t company to yearn. Seven cottager at th* Fairfield < i..n mills in r? ' Prtdiy. Th.y zsrsr:. ?