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m CAMDEN CHRONICLE II. I). Nil ? n and i V K j u iv .. J Publisher* K, N. MtDowell.. ... -?j -??? .->? '? , ? - Published ever y Friday nt 11<H> No. liroad Street, and entered at the Cum (tWI ^ostoltice II h f^coud ?Ihm? urn II mut ter. i'rlt'o jht it ii ii inn $1.00. Wo are Kind to receive communica tions of a reasonable length, hut an Important condition of thctlr publico- 1 tlon In that t li??y shall In all cuwim bo accompanied by the full name and exact address of the Mender, Obitu aries, roHolutlouH of rcsjs'ct, ami church not I < *? ts will not bo cbargad for. Mat ters of purely a personal nature will bt charted f<n ?t t ho rato of Ave caojt* m ilno. Whiskey or patent mad! fine advertisement* will not be accepted at J any price. ltat<>* for display adver tising made known on application. Camden, S. .July l(i, lllir?. j It Is rumored on the streets tnai J there Ik a strong probability that Kr nest Isonhower, .Ihiiich Itawls and Jesse Morrison, who are changed with the murder of HhorlfT Ada in Hood of I'atr tield county, during the trouble at Wlnnshoro several weeks ago, will bo tried In York county. The minor has It that It Ik practically certain that a change of venue will be secured. The prosecution for ohvlouH reason* will not consent t ?? the case lieing triced In Chester county ami It will therefore ha more convenient for all parties con cerned to come to York county than ' elsewhere in the Sixth judicial circuit. ! ? Yorkvlllo Fmpilrer. Tho annual convention of the It. F. 1>. Carrier'H aMHoelutlojM, which was held in Florence this week, adjourned Tuesday night. The i^ext meeting will either be held In Charleston or Co lumbia. During the convention the carriers heard addresses by (Jov. Man ning, Commissioner Watson, Senator 10. D, Smith, F. H. Hyatt, Congress men Fin ley and Itagsdale and othrifft.' Officers to wervc during the ajiaultitf year were .elected as follows: Presi dent, .J. K. .Johnson, (J ray Court ; vice president, 11. Hryunt, Spartanburg; HiH-retary and treasurer, C.^ W. Mack, (Cordova, re-elected without opposition. Pel* #atcs to the national couva*uUuu, which meets next In Detroit, are: W. O. Peterson, Newberry; II. liryaut, Spartanburg; and S. A. Hurch, Flor ence, with the following as alternates: H, (!. Crlm, Sparta'uhurg : J. C. Hol land, Creer, and T. F. Wicker. New berry; Adopting the recommendation of the State I>oTird r?f Pardons. (Jdveriior Manning Wednesday granted a parole to Mllwee Cook, a young \yhlte man who was com jctcd In the Itltdiluml county court last .lauuary on the Charge of breach of trust and sentenc ed )<? serve two years In the State {HMiltcnl lary. Cook was employed by one of i he mills at Columbia, and' was charged, with a shortage In his ac counts. After the parole had been granted Cook, Coventor Manning sent for Cook. The young man came to the State House from tbe penitentiary, the Coventor had a long talk with him, advising Cook to be careful of ?his conduct In tho future, Thr Sunshine Man. 1 >i<l y'ovf?r hour about th' funny, sunny Sunshine Man?- He'js got n heart (hat's bigger than yer gran'ma's warm In' pan. a head that's like It's all n;i (Ire, 'n f<>et that's made of gold 'n a grin Jes' like a watenidllloii rut Hi -Two, I'm fold : 'n he sprinkles out the sunshine from a great big- waterln" can, 'n .ve Jes' can't help a - In IT I n' at the Sunshine Man. 'j \N when yes heart Is heavy, 'n ye feel ye'd like (o cry. "n ye ain't got friends cr ?ioiie\ , 'n iheh whole world's , gone aw ry, 'n w hen life doesn't seem j worth while, cr when yer down an' "Ui. 'u l<> t ,\er faith in ever' thing, cr when yer mind's in doubt ? ;t lu?n ye' < hc? r no . f a sudden. 'n n hrlghter j sk\ \..ti M ini : tlo ye want to know ' what'-- hiippcpfd ? It's t!>c Sunshine Man Win War I*' roil i Vir. William s 1 > >; i ? *-t . I 1 1 i ' ei I staff cor respondent ? I . i ? ? . w > ii inv: lo Ainer- ( lean pai ci - ? r .1 it.- . f ,iu!\ l.'ith ! sayV : "With the s i < ' >j : i n W w :t r f r. .111 , I ho a ir,' Rngllsh acr< i- .i i <? . i have launched a movement t ? -Nation for a Ministry of t . . l.uild T^'o.i mi aeroplanes- with \ ' * . t ? luge t icrniaii munition ?orl* ii> ply -tations with honihs. The !>-..<,? nient is supported by II. *< i>, iioveli-?f\ The plan 'Is to de-tr-v * : : . Ivlline bridges over wllieh all ?o-ui;i military supply trains .pass and it ?? Krr.pp works arc also an ohje<ti\e The euiirt of general sessions at lien nettsvillc last week senteneed I h r ? *i Marlboro negroes t ? ? die fn the ele -trie chair. They were .loe Ma Hoy. murder of t>v?? white hoys several years ago; Jesse McXeiK convicted of murdering >' his wife: and John Pearson, for as ' .. Mttult ami luii levy nod attempf at erlm Inai assault. TONIi*lIT at Thf Ma jcstle Theatre "THK SIGN <>F THE CHOS8." I AKK ( OKCOKATiONM IMN)NKl>f (U'wls M, l{lw lu Union Tlujf.t ) I do not f?*el ?hl vers up and down the spine because ?r the manifest in Jiwllce i,*> often done to legitimate, Miv?*t#d capital! for I MieVe (hut -U.I, tnJuntUw will prove l heir own folly, and thus work out a better con J f??-i *ure Hun the romi UJ.iJnm.i Uf the peopb- 1 1 ? -i 1 but to understand the fut'in, and understand ,h* ,,U'"T ai fairly. Tho truu ,'1'' ha* imn h.i.i for fame thirty youth now. new*pa per#, ! marine*, politician* and wouldbe reformer have ho (MTHUh'idly cried out afalnat cor juration# that the average man ha* come to think that u cor, oration I* "orse than a "highland moccaa- i *iu, and should he smitten to death. I'he very word "corporation" haw |?e| come a "stench In the no*trll*" <rf the >a*t majority of our people, Thl* hatred Ih manifested at every politi cal gathering ; it In moat clearly shown In almost every court. The corporation haw become the easy mailt of (hr "damage suit" lawyer. One ha* hut to attend civil court anywhere in the atate to he convinc ed of (Ida attitude toward* the corpor ram*, that If brought again*t an Individual would he thrown out ?>f court, a re seriously eoiMiOeral when tlie defendant Is a corporation, and frequently the corporation 1m merclleaa ?>' hied. I am not que*tioiUng the '?Klit to make the corporation. pay when the case la Juat. But it often happen* that Juatlee la violated. I have reached the deliberate conclusion that a man la quit? much n fool to, at thla time, invest ' money In a cor poration; and that many, others have reached the same conclusion ia, I be Hove, at the bottom of the abnormal ?stringency in money matters, 'i be lieve thla attitude of the pyblic mind has more to do with "hard time*" than .does the low price of cotton. Men ?i#e becoming more and more afraid to Invest in incorjjorated enterprise*. Mils naturally cause* "tight money" VVe have few Individuals who have capital sufficient to launch an enter prise. To have many Individuals put tM'M* money together Is often the only Possible way to launch an enterprise. 'i SU('h ?" enterprise Is started If Is too often mercilessly bled. That I* the reason that the "small man" 'He man with limited capital.- has <"H'e to be slow fo invest. I do not blame him. , ' Mm' ,s allot her phase of this sub ject that frequently escape* notice Incorporated capital Is ope. to |,? Ng;;;lu"- " '* to "trlct account arrtlff v. Ifinvs have been multiplied regulat vesf(^| capital.. If cannot escape taxation, it has cm.ie fo be a fact tbttt such working capital, capital In volved |? carrying on the Industries ?* rl,? comes In for a larger "bare of faxes than is jUst. Tj|ko |mr "uks an Illustration. They are constantly, held to strict aecouidabill t.v by state and federal governments. h?y utv ?>urra*sed hy required re mits, they. me taxed heaxMly. So ?<""< as the state tax commission t* '"at'd fo' t'll> purpose of equalizing taxation, the commission makes a dive the banks. They were alrea.lv re !,,,lrwl thw-fwlohH laws to pav "come. tax. not only U]K)n net earn ?"ks. but upon every dollar of dlvl |,,,M stockholders. And thev I an now the very first mark of the tax commission. Not one movement to i "t the manifest Injustice In re "" I,V r'"W landed estates. Not one move w., ,lt tho prly||(e ' ??pltal ot ten loaned at in l:? ,)or Th<' ''orporaf ion, the legitimate l'"v ' 'I all reformers and of ihe puh "? general, must needs be atft?ek I'd first thing. I "m he mistaken, but I bace come ">?' conclusion 1 ha t4 legitimate in ?? <">? -<??? I"' I " "" impossible <*oin pet it ion with P'-'vato .-apiiMl it in nv nof be ,?e .^?"IMllui thin- to write au ortlel^ like ,,U> 1,1,1 " ;|n editor reaches l'"uest eon.-lusion.'he Is eoward ' ,U* "M-vss I,. Wb?, ,h"iH cionfry needs i. ies< -fntrv and more ? t >- f tiK ii.iC I l.e newspaper inves a i's ?'"lis| ituenfs. . Hie ol.liga II ^ thai of being honest j v|n]| Uli,,> ?????!? this line. lb ""??""f-'e. our columns are wide opon I" <y,' and all. provided the >vrif?.r is I'.ii c I" sign bis article. ?In- S. t'. "Swamp Fox" ? ? ? t ? ?:! in will lto to U<w a City. low a. ? i M.ikf <'\l.U>i t i"ii rni'fs for the fire < .. t, .\irn:i nuMit in t hat Ht\ .Inly ."J H?t'> ritiil I .on, t he tw o horses ii ? ?! tin* wiiiM'-s ? hatnpionsh ip reronls i:. a I. ait mil.' xt ra iuhta way race. I tiv- 1 ??ani won in. >n, 'y >ix t i ? i n ill ri-.lit !>>ui iiauiciit Tlu? MrUii'n' Manufacturing coin pan > of Knorce. ha* Im'oii commission ??< 1 b\ the state with a capital st?M'k of, This <i?mjmny is the ftVTMl1 Kiiorec Mannfa< taring company, that plant having been snhl several <lay* ago to i.ouis Parker and associates. . KERSHAW NEWS NOTES. Happening* of lnt?r?it In Our Neighboring Town. Mix. ^Martha l>. llorton^ widow <?f I lie late Charles llorton, Hlid' daunh ( ?? r of Hit* la (?? Jefferson J. llorton, (| lit I at her home about thre# miles north of Kershaw Sunday afternoon, It god yearn, and wan hurled at Haugtng Hock church Monday after noon, tin* funvtal services being 'con <1 ucted l?y Hevs. J, H . WeldoU ami .1 M. Nt-al. Mix. Horton's Illness from which alio died lasted only a /ew day*. Mho took sorioindy ill on Thursday be fore her Uoath and there wan no ha* proveniout In her condition lit any time. Mho wan a member of Ltonglin; ltook ehurob for inoro than tlfty year-, and lived a faithful and devoted Chris tian Jlf.-. Site loaves live sons. 'i'luve of them, IIoIIIh 11. Jr., L. 1). and Charles llorton, live near Kershaw; Lewis Horton lives In North Carolina, and Minor llorton in Indian Territory. Mix. ('. A. Green and two children, MIhh Ann 1'hlfer and WlUlain Craw ford, of Fort Worth, Tex., who luol been visiting the former's sister, Mix. S. K. Hlnson, of Heath Spring, were In Kershaw Monday to take th?j train for Lancaster, where th??y go to visit other relatives before returning to their Texas lionie. Capt. and Mrs. L. L. Clyburii, of I icKalb, weru visitors In Kershaw 8at unlay, ami again on Tuesday, Capt. Clyhurn prides himself on being the oldest Clyhurn living, and by the way, there are few I Hitter preserved i>eraons than he. ( The Flat Creek Township Interde nominational Sunday School Couveii; tlon will meet with Charlesboro church Thursday of next week. The meeting waa tlrst announced to be on the 8th Inst., but had to be postiwned for hin dering caUHes until the 212nd Inst. A missing turkey gobbler belonging to Mrs, It. >V Rollings, of the Oak hurst section, waa found after an ab j sence of ten days sitting on a neat of turkey eggs ? substituting for Ills part ner- ? Kershaw Kra. "Mtt EXFERIENCE IN FIRE FIGHTING. i d-jtito . Captain Louis Iiehrens, of Charleston, To Talk to Camden FVemen. Mayor C. II. Yates and Flre^Chief W. M. Young have received letters from 1-V II. MeMaster, Insurance Commis sioner, saying that Captain Louis Beli reiis, chief of the Charleston lire de partment, would be In Camden soon fp give his life longi experience In life prevention, to the Camden tireiuei). No date for his visit has been an nounced . yet. but will be made later. The letter in full follows : "Captain .Louis Helmuts, Chief of the lire department of Charleston. S. C., has most- generously offered his services to the state to visit the va rious towns of the state to give the municipal authorities, the tire depart ments and all others Interested in lire prevention the benefit of his life long experience in preventing losses from tires. "At an .'early date Chief Helmuts will .visit your town representing the Insurance Department, of South Caro lina. He will be prepared to instruct the lire department in the latest and most approved methods of tire lighting, not only in the skillful use of its equip ment but In the methods of prevent ing damage to buildings, and more par ticularly to contents; to Indicate meth ods of tire prevention and illustrate the benetits of inspection of buildings and premises by firemen, "1 feel qilLte sure, that you will glvo Chief Hell reus a warm welcome and that you will use your best endeavors to give lilni an enthusiastic hearing. "I should greatly appreciate it if a meeting could be held at the head quarters of your tire department to which all of your oillclals, your tlro nien and all others interested in pre venting loss from tire should be in vited to meet and bear Chief Hehrens. "Chief Hehrens will Inform you ex actly as to the date of bis visit to your town. * "As this is a gratuitous and patriot ic service of Chief Hehrens atyl one which 1 believe will result in great benetit to" the people of the state. 1 a ni bespeaking for him your most cor dial welcome ..and- co-operation " .Monday's \Var Summary. Heavy ti.&rli t itiir in several sectors of the front in Krninr has resulted In change of ground ;it one important point, where the Hermans won a vie ?> tory. They recaptured the cemetery lit Souehey.. .possession of which has long heen contested. Herman headquarters report a sur prise attack near Altklrch. in Alsace, resulting in capture of a French posi tion alone a fiOO-yard front. The cap tors ultimately retired voluntarily to their old line of trenches, the otlicial statement says, taking some prisoners w it h t hem. Herman attacks which followed vlo lent cannonading in the Woevre re yion were repulsed. Paris reports. Her ) i 1 1 concedes that the French |M*net rat ed the Herman line near Combres. hut declares .thoy soon were driven oft". In the British parliament Premier AsquMh declared today a discussion of the shell controversy ami the differ ences between the minister of muni tions, DavUl .Moyd-Oeorge, and the former minister of war. Viscount Hal dan*, would b# detrimental to the na - - ? "* m\Ttl } - ' i iV ' ' >i t i ? hi ?? ? ? ? irvTl..l>f ^-jr . _ "The Best There is in Movies" Where All Good Pictures Are Shown Wednesday, Ju|y gg ^ WILLIAM AND DUSTIN FARNUM'S GREATEST SUCCESS T. Exciting Film Play in Six Parts tlon's beat interests.' He declined to satisfy members of parliament who submitted questions. Teutonic and Russian armies are in an apparent deadlock south of Lublin. Poland, where the .northward sweep of the Austro-Germans was halted last week. Petrograd reports continued lighting along the front from Jozfow, ou the Vistula, to Byeliawa, thirty miles to the eastward. The Austrians again have become aggressive there, according to the Russian statement, but their attacks were repulsed. t unofficial dispatches from Austrian headquarters say the Teutonic, forces halted north of Krasnik because the object of the campaign against Lem berg had been attained with the cap ture of that city and establishment- of strong defensive positions to the north and east, ? Several suete.-ses along the Austro Italian front ate reported by Italian army headquarters. The Turkish war office report says bombardment of (J aba Tepe near the tip, of the GaWpoll peninsula by a cruiser, presumably British, which, protected by torpedo craft, itved 200 shells without success. The Turkish casualties were only one killed and two wounded, it is declared, and the war ship was hit and forced to withdraw. Tlic War God's High Carnival. The French Belief Society has com-, piled n table of losses in the Euro pean war from reports which it claims to be oflicial. The total In killed, wounded and missing is set at K.770, 810. < ?f this v:ist list of casualties, represents soldiers killed in battle. Bu**ia has suffered most se verely. having had 7.13.000 soldiers slain. The (ierman armies have had 488,00<> killed and the French 100, 000. (Jreat Britain's loss in killed is jdaced at 1 a very heavy ratio in ? properi i hi to the number of meu at the front. The total Russian- losses foot up r.earlv men. Three hundred and forty-one thousand Aus trians have been killed. Italy dov?: not enter into these ealculntlons-^aii<T still the war goes on! ? Charlotte* Ob server. V 1 Wisdoti. Mont. ? M. M. McGregor, of Plains, has a crab-apple tree which produces rose blossoms. No apple fortu* where the rtw* have bloomed/ A white ros?* bush was planted last : year ten feet from the tree, and it la l?elleved the root grafted itself onto th# tree root "THE SIGN OF THE CROSS" '? ' \ . . ' ' ' ? - - ' A - ? ' ? - \ William Farmim in- Mammoth Htm at Majestic Theatre To-I)ay. An impressive feature tilni produc tion of unusual Importance and power is the famous Players?Paramount five part adaptation of Wilson Barrett's su preme dramatic triumph, "The Sign of the Cross." at the Majestic Theatre today, (Friday.) The subject Is an elaborate version of Wtlsoij. Barrett'-s wonderful i>opular drama which has stirred the emotions of every civilized race throughout the world for many years. Comparison. at least as regards Mee tings and scenic effects, must neces sarily be Instituted between this and other plays previously produced deal hiK with the same characters and pe riod, and it must be truthfully said that the value of the present produc tion is greatly enhanced by such a comparison, and while it loses nothing in elaboration of detail. It has the a<N, vantage -of a story which has so firmly established Itsvlf in the favor ..of the. public. . The part of Marcus Sni>erbus. th# dominant character of the wonderful play. Is Impressively portrayed by Wil liam Farnum. on? of the foremost actors of classical roles on the A^n?rJi can stupe, who is eminently fitted ftfr the part In "The Sign of the Cross." A notable < 'list hasbefch selectST" In" BIT support, and hundreds of supers, i' series of overwhelmingly beautiful set ting# ami a tableaux of effectively dra matic scenes further aid the produc tion in l>eing one of the .most excep tional film subjects ever offered. The degree of power and emotional appeal of the .drama is almost immeasurable^ and it should exert a tremendous ef fect upon the feelings of all audiences that witness It. The subject can be safely termed onfe of the greatest ptao to-sppotacles ever screened. ? k . Bryan's "important Point." The 8?v Louis Neutrality league opened negotiations with Colonel Bryan for a speech. He wanted $500 and V Kimi-antced audientfe of 50,0$. Mr. H. (). Alexander, spokesman for the committee that invited the Colonel to address the. North. Carolina editors at Montreat, may now have reason to lie thankful over his narrow escape in having insisted on nn cxaplana Hon of the important point" Colonel llrjran told the aforesaid R. (). heiuid 'WcViotfktvl." ? Charlotte Observer. ^ TONIGHT at The Majestic Theatrt "THE SIGN OF TUB CROSS." ? Uuy Bread -from Cam^c" Steam !?*? I. sryT;. ma^e by white hakegg.