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I HE CAMDEN CHRONICLE II. I>. Nile* lUld J \ I'l.t.ll-tK-IH ML N. Me How el I } SL,,,, ^ l'ubllahed every Friday at 11(>0 No. Broad Street, mid entered it t the Oftm dell poatoftlco HM MOCOIld cIllHS 11111 1 1 mat ter, Price jkm annum $1.00. Wo lire glad to receive communica tion# of. 11 reaaonahle length, but un Import nnt condition of their public*- ' t Ion In that Ihey ahull 111 all cauea be accompanied hy the full name aud itzua t !2/ldr??a of -the ?ender. ?bifcu ? I m lea, resolutions of respect, and church QOttce* will not tl# charged for. Mat IcrH of purely a iieraonal nature will , la? ch urged for at the rate of five cent* a lino. Whlakey or patent medicine advertisement* will not be accepted at : any price, ltatea for dlaplay adver tlalng inade known on application. p., .inly ??, ~ 1 1 h deud eaay to go down at ream, hut it taken a live one to awlm up. Are you it live one or a dead one? Thaw eacaped death by proving blui Kelf Insane and now lie HeeniH about; to egcgpe the inaane uayinm hy prov Iiik hlinae}f aane. That'a what might he call**! a convenient aud uaeful mind he hua.- Morning Star. The moat aueceaaful shopiaTH In the ( world ar?' Inveterate readera of thoi advertlsementa in their local newapa IM'i'H, and their jnjOMiBW are brought about mainly through the advance in formation gleaned from the advertlae menta. if a bargain la offered at a Htore that advertlaea they see It aud ruah forth to buy before It la gone and the prlc\ returns to normal again. In tliia way they aupply moat of tlie^r wants throughout the year, and often aecure more goods for leaa coat than their neighbors who are neglectful of the opportunittea heralded In the local jmpera, The haldt of devouring the uda la fcrowlng ateadlly upon the |h?o ple, and the wlae merchant knowa 1 hla | and proparea to meet It. The Columbia State of luat Satur day told of the young aon of Mr. and Mm. William Klllott, Jr.. aufferlng from aevere burna about the eye*, re ceived from the acid core of a golf hall which he cut open with hla knife, hut the Iiojm* la entertained that hla alght will not be affected permanently; The chemical with which the centre# of golf bulla are filled la put In under high compression and spurts forth the mom'cirt that the cavity Is pierced; Dozens of |a>raona first and lust have been Injured by reason of their Ignor a lice of the danger. it Is h bad practice to (U'fHMitl upou buying ctWH to increase your herd. (Jood cowfi >i re high hi price. Cheap wwh mit worse than none. liaise th^ best .heifer calves. Uj The < 'hronlele Is In receipt of a'eom iti m . lt'/i t ton from Hlaney with no name signed to It. No doubt this would lie of Interest to many folks in that sec tlon and Tho Chronicle would be ghid to publish it. but cannot do so unless tin*- sender will send us his' or nanie, not for publication, but to keep us from being imposed upon ,by anony mous writers, ^ "? <Jov. Manning has written a letter to Secretary of the Navy Hanlcls sug gestlng /hat lie appoint C-. T. Mason, head of . the Sumter lOlectrlcal Co., as a member of the National defense com mittee of which Thos. A. Edison Is the head. C. W. Wolfe, editor of the County Keeord, published at Klngstree, died Monday afternoon at Ilendersonvllle, N. G? after a lingering Illness. ICler. nor Sherman Thnckara, wife of Consul General A. M. Thaekara, at Paris, died In that city Sunday. She was a daughter of (Jen. \V. T. Sher man, of Civil War fame. ! A rail to Kout ber.. W?oMU. I>n you realise that we Of Hie South are at the ciinla? I lief.* you ?ay : In what way. Why? our tlun neon are threatened, our fariijerN are troubled over their t*o Iton crop. (Cotton 1h the South'* eH|>ectal ?ift from <J od, and If every southern woman will re^Ove to punluise none hut cotton 'clothes from now on JuM think Wtlflt H will do tot the Month! There Ih not- it woman hi the South that thin low price of cotton will not touch, hut of coi^rae, U will cojiu! c I cat er to eome than to other# some slight ly, Nome only In depriving them of luxuries. Homo It will cMUxe to b*T Without absolute iicrfMHltlcn, and now Ih the time, dear women, one ami all, for yOU t" prove your mettle ami your love for > the dear old Southland. Not only Mliould we pledge ourselves to loyalty In thin way, hut the time Ih rljie for the women of the United States to freo themnelveH from foreign faHhlou'H bondage. The era/.e for fanb 1 on tiiid Htyle Ih h curse to tlm Hex. We mh u race are proud of our coun try lllld hoMHt of helllg free horn Aiimri urn cl t likens, when all the while every womiin who can manage to get the money Ih Hpendlng hundreds and hun dreds of dollars aping tlione uousenal cal French who, by their participation in thin wiir, Imve proved themnelveH lit only for Hitch frivolous affairs an fashions. Do you realize your mouey in gone when you thun npend? You Htand a very small chance of ever handling a penny again, whlje if rtpent for our own products iu our own country In the course of evolution you may bun dle it iimiiy tiiueH tiiid have the iiHsur unco that it Ih always In the hands of your countryiiien. ' AmerlcauH general ly hoiiKt of their originality and it Ih the charm of the women. l*rove It, women, hy deHignlng and making your owu clothes mid you Southern women for the time by your loyalty to our own fleecy cotton. Our climate Ih not ho neverebut we cm n wetir cotton clotheM the year round. Our uiIIIh are tflrnlng out cloth of all kinds Hultable for all purpoHeH, and what more llttlng than fol* uh to create a demand for our own produce? Our Heavenly Father promises uh a robe of white in the hereafter ; coudltion ully', as you know, hy using white or ???dors uh we choose, and free ourHelveH from thin Idiotic nlarery. Who will he the flrHt to prove her loyalty and patriotism hy resolving from now on until the price of cotton JustilleH to purchaae none hut cotton clothes. ? Progressive Farmer* Germany loosing African I'oHaessions. When the British monitors opened lire on the Oeruiun raider, the Koe ulgsherg, In the Itulljl river in Ger man Fast Africu, the other day, unci after a remarkable battle tore her to hits ajmost the last defense of the Germans against British capture of the great African territory fell. Just lM few days before that (Jen. Botha, leading the forces of the Union of South Africa, hail defeated the Ger mans, who had been trying to hold German Southwest Africa for the fa therland. lie had won territory larg er hy half again than the German empire lit Europe, and he had added that much to the British crown. The defeat of the Koenlgsberg will quickly be followed. It Is believed, by the conquest of German Fast Africa, which is nearly twice the size of the German empire in FurojK*. Already Togolaqd, just west of Kamerun, a territory as large as Indiana, has fall en. Kenerun, which Is much larger than the German empire In Europe, Is about lost. Thus Germany has practically lost an empire In Africa as large as the whole area of the United States east of the Mississippi rtver, and one- fourth as large as the whole territory of the Union Including Alaska. ? Whatever may be the settlement . of the war there Is no likelihood that Great Britain will give up any terri tory taken from the Germans In Africa. Thus, with the Union of South Africa, Bechuaiialaud, Rhodesia, German | Southwest Africa, German East Africa and British Fast Africa, slie( will have a eontlnguous empire as large Is the | United States. Single, trees have been known to produce 20,000 oranges. HENRY W. SAVAGE (In Association with the Famous Players Film Co.) Offers Edward Abeles in "THE MILLlOr THE FAMOUS MYSTERY FARCE. The Play that has won the distinction of possessing more laughter and wholesome fun than any comedy of recent years. Really a Tornado of Laughter. The Stake is a Million and a Pretty Girl. A Thrill ing Mystery Farce With as Many Laughs as the Title. And then too it's a Four-Part Paramount Feature. ONE DAY ONLY AT THE Majestic Theatre "The Best There Is In Movies" and The Fea ? < ture Playhouse. TUESDAY, JULY 27th , .. " ? , Anyone 'afflicted with the blues and thinks the world a pretty roufifh old place will get a new lease of life after seeing "THE MILLION." You will laugh un til you can laugh no more. Wait and see. HOilTM'H OKAIN PRODUCTION. Uralu Crop Thla Year Ext ?ed? In Value (>Mr Bumper Cotton Crop. M -I II II I :?. -till. I Itcconl. The grain crop of tli?- South (III - year will exceed In value by several bun died million dollar* the total of the m<mt valuable cottonocrop ever produc ed *?y t his section. Thin remarkable fai t Ik duo to an In crease lit grain production (lirounhout the South, which, will demonstrate what thlM section 1m <;Ai>ahle of doing I,. *ini 4e*rAlA?>m?Mi # M -? 4 *{? ?*iw V&16 /vM'pUlVMl f/J. un^ioumi IUI 111' lug. According to the forecast o f grain production for (he coupiry, has dl on conditions July 1, the produc tion of grain iu the Houthern states for thin year will l>f 1,540,000,000 bush els, or ? Kalu of 240,000,000 bufdiels over laat year. If to the figures cov ering wheat, corn ami oat* we proj>er ly add the rice crop of :u),(XX),ooo bush ?i", llm ioiiti main for the south tlilH year will be 1,570,000,000 bushels, and mm this year's rlcc crop exceeds by 0,000,000 bushels last year'a, we would have a total increase of grain In this motion of 202,000,000 bushels. Thla phenomenal alt uatlon la all the more impressive when taken iu con nection with the Krain crop of the en tire country. The oHtlmated yield for the country for the year, including rice, la 0,41 1, 000, (MM) bushels, or un Increase of 41M), 000,000 hUHhelH over 1914. Out of this dotal Krain, 202,000,000 bushels, or nearly 60 j>cr cent, Is <luc to the In crease In the south. The grain in thin section will be nearly 23 per cent, over last year, ax compared wttta only 5 1-2 i?er crent, for the balance of fhe .oouutry. The actual gain In the aouth 1m 94, (MM), 000 bushels greater than the increase In the balance of tha United stales. These tigureH are wonderfully significant of the agricultural possibil ities of the South, aiul thla Increase In grain, which typifies the increase In foodstuffs generally, will largely offset the adverse situation In cotton. In the SOuth corn commands a much higher figure than In the West, run ning often from 10 to 20 cents a bushel more than Western prices. On this basis, therefore, it Is safe to estimate that the grain cro|>s of the South will represent a gain of at least .$250,000, 000, over last year's figures. Every state, with the exception of Maryland, who?fe wheat crop Is short, shares In this Increased grain produc tion. Alabama shows n gain of near ly 17, 000, (KM) hushejs ; Arkansas. 28, 000,000 bushels ; (Jeorgla, 18, 700, (MM) bushels ; Louisiana, 10,000,000 bushels ; M Isslsslppl, nearly 20, 000, (XX) bushels ; South Carolina, K, 7(H), 000 bushels; Ver glnla, IS, 200, (MX) bushels ; while Texas comes to the front with u {fain of 58, (MM), 000, and Oklahoma, 40, 400.0(H) bushels. Every business Interest in the South should feel the vivifying influence* of this splendid grain crop. The South did not this year turn Its attention t<? grain as largely as It should have done, and at the same time still furth er lessen Its cotton acreage, but it has made a magnificent start, which indi cates Its almost limitless opport unities for grain growing. In llMH) the production of wihttat, corn ahri onts In the South wasc911, 000,000 bushels, compared with ibis year's yield of 1,540,000,000. We have thus advanced the production this year over 19(H) by (KM), 000, (MX) bushels. Rut looking 'beyond the South to the whole country we find that Nature has ugaln blessed this land with abundant crops already harvested, and With the promise of splendid crops now growing. If conditions do not ina 'terlally decrease the expected corn ifto ductlon, this gear's crops will largely exceed In value $10,000,000,000, The Indications of the United Stages Agri cultural Department show a probable increase in the wheat production of >72,000,000 bushels; of corn, 141, (KiO, 0(X) bushels ; of oats, 258,000,000 bush els ; of barley, 13, (XX), 000 bushels, and of rice, 0,(MX),(XX). bushels. The total figures- on grain production, taking tbe estimate of the Agricultural Depart ment for corn, with the ? nderstandlng that It Is too early yet f??r final figures, are as follows: 1015, July 1, Final yield, forecast. 1014. Bushels. Bushels. 1 Winter wheat 008,000, (KM) 085,000,000 Spring wheat ..205,(XX),000 200,000,000 Corn 2,814,000,000 2,073,000,000 Oats 1,309,000,000 1,141,000,000 Barley .208, (XX), 000 105, 000, 000 Rice 30, (XX), 000 24,000,000; -Total , 5,4 14, 000, (XX) 4,924,000,000 With an Indicated wheat yield of 1)03, (XX), 000 bushels, which may, hy fair weather conditions, 1k? i>08slbly enlarg e<l to a better yield of spring wheat, ami with an average Increase for the entire country on July 1 of a fraction lcs.^ than 20 cents i>er bushel higher price , for wheat than on the same date in 11)14. It Is quite safe to count on this year's wheat crop largely ex ceeding $1 ,000,000, (MX). What the flu<> (nations may be durliYfc Ihe coming 12 months It Is not possible to forecast, by reason of the uncertainties of war, but that. , every bushel of wheat will l>e needed" for domestic and foreign trade and at a very profitable pric$ to the farmer admits of no question: The gain by states shows a splen did steady expansion throughout the entire >Houth, and for wheat, corn and oats t*omhincd Is as follows: Increase over States ? V014 bushelcC Alabama... 0,005,000" Arkansas t.... ; 23,501 ,000 Florida - ...100, (XX) (ieorgla : 18,701,(XX) Ken t ucky ; 22, 375, (XX) Louisiana 10,248,000, Ma rylaiul . :..... *3,231 ,(XKW Mississippi . 10,014,000 Missouri 20,100.<X)0 North Carolina 503, (XX) ( >klahoma ........... ;...40.4G8,(XXr South Carolina 8,782,000 Tennessee ..14,880,000 Texas . 58.005.000 Virginia u 18,243,000 West Virginia ...., 3,603,000 Total increase 288,021.000 Total Increase In riee ?,?......0,000,000 ?? Total increase In graln_.r-292,02l .000 * 1 >tM rease. Well may the South take heart and rejoice la this splendid showing of what it ean do in grain production. Kvdfe these figure* <?#?* easily be doubl ed by the South when It given, uh it should do, proper attention to the wid est diversification of ft* agriculture and to growiug ut hvme all of the foodstuffs needed for man and beanl.'-' Prolific Nature again blesses thlH whole land with these marvelous crop#, and as wn view thin situation against the background of Kury|>e'M wreck and nilii, of fiftttfg devMtitted. of | hi v erty and sorrow everywhere, we ought to rejoice that we are permitted to live In n land ho marvelously blessed by tin* Almighty, affording to (bl |s?o pie of all Sections ami all classes op porttmitlea never vyJp}i"af'ol tv ayy other jh'ojiU' mi earth. Lugoff News. LugOfT, 8. C., July 20. ? Mrs. Thoa. J. White entertained very pleasantly last Wednesday afternoon for the "Willing Workers." After business wiik laid aside a social hour was spent. The hostess ;*erved a deUeknxtt salad <?oilr.se. ^ Mis* Margaret Bunlell apent a few* days In (Columbia laat week. MIhh I, II Ford haa gone to (Jreat Falls to vlalt her slater, Mra. 10(1 Jack son. Mr. Bep "II. T'hurmon left laat Sat urday for Arlington, Va., where he haa gone to accept a position at that place. 'Mrs. Turnlpaeed, of Columbia, la the gueat of her aunt, Mra! John L. Oet tya. Mrs. <i. 10. Taylor ia visit lug her sister, Mra. Jamea Team, Mrs. N. l\ (Jettys and children re turned laat week from Charleston, af ter a very pleasant stay with rela tives and friends, THK CATAWBA NATION. Columbia Record. What are we going to do with the Catawba Indiana? That is a question which has arisen because of the dispute, among the In dians themselves aa to the rights of inheritance. The Indians have an old law that the child inherits through the mother and not through tile father. The attorney ( general ruled recently that the distribution of funds given by the state should be bgaed upon the: eliglbiltiy of the father v%lao. It appears that if the father were an Indian and tjie mother not, some members of the tribe did not want the children to participate In the $7. 500 appropriation made by the leg islature. The matter is in the courts now, and - the Indians will hot have to bother about a portion of the fund, for lawyers can't work for nothing. The Catawbas was once a great tribe of Indians, friendly to the whites. An amiable band of people, rather industrious and more civilized than I other tribes. But after the white man came and introduced strong drink, tu berculosis and other, evils, the Cataw bas dwindled to a mere handfuil. They had bad vast hunting grounds. Today . they have but a . few hundred acres, permitted thom byk the state of South Carolina. There are about 90 of them, about half a dozen being ."full bloods." The Catawbas sent sol diers to the 'Confederate states armies, and their widows were j>ensloned by ?the state. The Presbyterians and Bap tists have set up churches and schools among the Catawbas ? but the Mor mon church came in and got them. f O The Catawbas ciulm the land upon which the city of Rock Hill is locat ed, also the Wlnthrop College site. They claim to have given merely a 00-year lease, which has expired. An interesting discussion of this matter wa& presented to the general assem bly by the late Marshall P. DeBruhl, Who as assistant attorney general, gave It a lot of study. The state of South Carolina ap pears to have given the Indians $7,500 I a year as a sort of compromise. A | few years ngo this fund was not more than $500. The- new appropriation | makes a i>er capita of about $75. Some of the Indians have sworn never t6 i work, for "the government must sup port me." The agent of the state in dealing with the Indians is Q. K. Williams, publisher of the Rock Hill Record. He prorated the fund upon the whole population and found that in some families there were nine children. This would mean about $000 a year of the state's money, for that Indian fa nflly. Now that the Indians have raised amoiiK themselves this question of who Is entitled to share" in the fund, the outcome may be that, the legislature may cut out the whole thing. The -Catawbas are governed on their res ervation by a chief, who Is a full blood and is elected by the Indians. .One of the Harris 1k?.vk has been chief, but a Ceorge is now the head of the "nation." > When Mr. Williams took charge, he found that tin*- Indians had given or ders in advance for about $10,000, or more than the annual appropriation. Therefore, to cut them off short might now work a hardship. The state of South Carolina may 'he In dnty bound- to do something for the Indians, but $7,500 seems a whole [lot for a landed people who have le aned an ultimatum against work. ^ ] To Console Himself. "I believe," said the impatient man,' as he put aside the telephone, "that I'll RO fishing." "Didn't know you cared for flshintr." fef: "iKvn't ordinarily. Bat it*a the only cfcance I have. .of finding m.v*rtf It the ead of a line that lan't buay." - v ^A ', : \S-s-- .'L ^V'.^ . >-?>???* ? ^ " c-v- J ah wuinAn^r.. To Bal*e Nuppiies for the City of Cam den, 8. C., for the Dfeir 1915. ?;? It ordained by the umi Aldermen of the Oity of Camden, H. and by authority of tile same, that tho following taxes be, a ad the auiue are hereby levied for the current year from the let day pt January, 1015, to tho Stat day of JJeceinber, 1010: k ? Bectton 1 r> A tax of sixteen (}6) iuIIIh on each aud every dollar of real and twrtioiial property within the cer tiorate limit* of the Oity ?f Camden, H. C., and the let day of January, 1015. Bee. 2. That all able bodied male persons between the ages of twenty-one ami nlxty years, residing within the corporate limits of the City of Camden, H. C, not exempt from road duty un der the law* of the Btate, shall work the streetx, ways aud bridges umler the direction of such overseers is may be appointed for such a space of time not exceeding six (0) days In one year. Provided that at the time of receiving such notice any person may pay to the peraou giving such notice three (8.00) dollars Commutation, which tfhall be, received in lieu of the work, and that l>ersou* refusing to work on said'fttreets or to pay said Commutation, shall be fined not less than live ($0.00) dollars nor more than ten (f 10.00) or be Im prisoned not less than ten (JO) days nor more than twenty (20) days, in the discretion of the City Recorder. l" ; Bee. 8. The tax books for the collec tion of City taxes will be open in Coun cil Chamber, Camden, B. C? on the 15th day of July, 1015, and remain open each day except Sundays, from ?i) a. m. to i :80 p. m., and from 8 p. m. to 4 p. m., until the 16th day of August, Inclusive. Sec. 4 That when the taxes atfd anaessments, or any portion thereof, charged against any property or party on the dupllaate for the current flseal year, shall not be paid on or before Monday, August 16th, the City Clerk ; ipd Treasurer ahali i>ro<t*d J penalty of -on* per centum ou plleaU*, and Hie miM t'lerk am) fiM I . r rihall collect HaMe ; Hl?u If lh<^ tuxea aud arnvMHinfiits ami i^J are not I??1<1 on or before the flfu3 (ley of September next thereafte^ i tonal penalty of on. 1 ? 1 1 i 1 1 1 ??< added by tiie city oi??%m3 1 1 ref on a^hl duplicate, Mil tected by the City Clerk and Treaaul Hint If aald taxes, i>enalUea ??Jjl U Hfr not "U J NT More 1 jHt day of October next tbereattif,] additional penalty of live \^r <s? j J tKeretm shall be added by tke 3 \< H??<i Treaaurei on ttaid dueled Utld collected by the City Clerk t] . r; Snd If said taxes, t*naitfl and u ? luents are n?>t paid die 1Mb day of October iJ thereafter, the City Clerk and Tr3 urer shall 1hhu? bin tax execqtkMmi nil taxes, aBseaawents ami petudttl agaluat the property of the taxpayer according to law. \ Katlfled by the Mayor aud Aldera) of the City of Camden, H. C., in CM ell assembled thla Oth day of July, , ]>. ll>?. C. H. YATB8, 1 Attest; M%j ?j J. JL ?KMM>AtiK, . -Clerk. - 124 notice. ^ . ' i. ? a " All parties indebted to the estate Mrs. Margaret J. Holland, decea* are, (hereby notified to uiake payme to the underaigned, and all imrtlee, any, having claim* against the u , estate will present them duly attest within the time preacrllwd by law. 1. F. HOLLAND, I Qualified Administrator. Camden, H. C., July 21, 1916. ^ " - ' IM 1 . . . - ' i i William Brown, a mirvivor of t battleship Maine, when ?he wau l atroyed in Havana liart>or, baa be arrested in Rome, (Ja., ebarged wl the murder of his wife. GEORGE KLEtflE OFFERS "THE COMMUTERS" With Pretty Irene Fepwick and a cast of Broadway Players, including Charles Judels, George LeGuere and Dan Moyles, is a joyous bit of picture-making founded ?n a laugh-provoker of long demonstrated capacities, Kleineisged into Five Reels. "The Commuters" id a delightful tale of the subur banite and his night off ; a sprightly, lively, chuckling story brimful of cheerful humor, conspicious for its ma ny little "side-laughs" which supplement the central cur rent of the Btory with a never-failing auxiliary stream' of snorts and smiles. . ? Briefly: ..A Comedy That is a Comedy. Remarked "Wid," the genial critic of the New York Evening.. Mail : "Hearty laughs- ? a lot of merry chuck-i les and Scores of snickers." Remarked. "S" in the New York Morning Tele graph: "The Commuters' is destined to provide many with excellent, entertainment.1" ~ ? " : ;?v ' ????. ?. : .... ? - " . ,# ~~ '?''??? ? " DON'T MISS IRENE FEN WICK, THE PRETTIEST GIRL IN MOVING PICTURES. . 1 ,,, === AT THE ========== Majestic Theatre Wednesday, July 28th Sacred music for home Or the church Sacred music was "never more beautiful tlian it is^ brought to you on the ViGtor-Victroki-rr-rencIercd by noted soloists and celebrated choirs. You can judge how Splendid it all is by the fact that some churches use the Vic tor- Vict rola in place of a choir; and during the week it is used in the church parlors or for giving entertainments. t Comg in and we'll gladly demonstrate the V ictor Victrola* ? let it prove what an ideal instrument it is for your hon\e; 'and if you are interested in church work' you H realize its value for your churchVToo~ Victor-Victrolas $15 to $200. Victors $10 to $100. E&f terms, i( desired. ? ^