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SfGKO MKT INSTANT DEATH. iHeeo OtiilHg Log* Out of 8w?mp fffcei Tree Fell on Him. jfcrtium-, Auk. Ifc? During a thunder CTwblch passed over tills town ^t>viock yesterday uiornlng llKht w itruck the ro<)/ of U*e two story ^jence of Mr. W. K. Davis, setting oo fire. The alarm was given at p ?u<l while the lire blazed florcely r ? ?hort while It was finally sub k,i. The loss probably amounted ibout $00. The citizens of the town, tb white and eofbred, jresi>onderi to r call for help at once and it ia ow { to the promptness with which all listed that the house was saved. . Mr. pis detdres to thank one and all for it Msifttance In saving his house mb destruction .. , ' j Darin# tlie protracted meeting at Matthews Methodist church last ek, twenty-one new membera were led to the church membership and ,hti otherH professed conversion. r w. 0. Klwoll, of the Sumter ML* n, did most of the preaching. Steven persons who joined Harmony Plist church during the recent pro rted meeting at that church, were dizrd at Mr. II. It. >Stokes' mill pond list Sunday morning. Jttle Stephen Itay, the year-eld '.son Mr. and Mrs. Lon. Folsom, of the rkey Creek section, died early Wed av morning of last week of pneu o)s and stomach trouble. The fun i services were held at Bethany fodlst church. Our sympathy Is aided the parents In their sorrow, (j* Cornelia Haxley, daughter 'of :l K. Huxley, of route 8, returned t Saturday from North 'Carolina, ire she had been since last 'May. klle away Miss Haxley spent some ie at Wrightsvllle Beach, Carolina ich, Wilmington and other points' the Old North state. She had a it delightful trip and gained .twelve inds In weight. ? r . |b& Julia Yarlirough, who has been' tie a sufferer for the past year or rWR taken to the Columbia hoe if yesterday morning for an opera d. Her uiaijy friends bere wish ber ppeedy restoration to health. | Hks Kathleen McCasklll, ybungest lighter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. MC Alll, pf our town, was taken to the tanbla hospital lastySaturday night; in operation was performed ear Sunday morning for apiiehdicitis. last accounts she was doing as well tould l>e expected. 1 Mr*. Wm. LaCoste and two children, 1 Mrs. McCoy, of St. Charles, are wllng some time In town with rela m w? ' ^ 4 lire. W. L. Clyburn spentr^rcouifte days in Blshopvllle this week. It. and Mrs. B. R. Truesdell, o f irOamden, spent a few days at the I 8prlng this week. fc. Clyde Waters, from near Cam irtpent last week with "his uncle,. R. L. Jones near town. for. I. 0. Johnson, ^aanager of the tirane Drag company's store left sev d dajB ago on a trip to Asheyllle, tCtve, Hendersonville and other lute In North Carolina. While away 'place In the drug store Is being d by Dr. Kllgore, of Darlington, tows. E. Bjrannon and J. K. Cope id left last Saturday for a few days It to Georgia. They went In Ml Aland's car. Mte a numl>er of the young folks 1 older ones too, of Bethune are nPlng at the Big Spring this week. _ feuJL R. McLnurln, of Columbia, * a visitor In this section last wfeek. to. Robt. Bethune left last week for itonond to stay some time with his ^er> Mr. D. M. Bethune, who Is In tatyltal . there for treatment. The ?*t news of Mr. Bethune' s condition 3 that thero was not much improve nt. I" Previously state<l ladles' Day will observed hy Lynchwood I^odge, No. ? ?t their hall hero tomorrow, the BL.. ? \ ' *s ** *eek Mr. W. H. Brannon left **2 full (hot an envelope) of nice braised flour and two fine watCT *0!l<; at our home. Mr. John New 6 by and loft a sacJf of green 14 arh* ^roe fine tomatoes. Both of * gentlemen have our sincere biscuits baked out of home *heat are simply delicious and *wln advise our farmers to sow *t this fall ana plenty of H. t0 Mr. and Mrs. T. Ripley Wand, on Katurday, July 81, a son. J" ? lAfltte left last week for F* t? Oope, Denmark and pplum 1 m <*b? points. **? Qtilam Brannon and children Tu?rtay afternoon from a THK NKSABOARD KXPANDH Ity Taking Over New lines Two Additional Seaport*. , Baltimore, August 0.? .The directors of the Seaboard Air Line Hallway at a meeting here today, authorized the creation o f a blanket mortgage for $300,000,000 of variable rates of inter est and times of maturity and ban Hold to a syndicate of New York, Baltimore and Southern Interest** an Issue of 120,000,000 of the nonds under the mortgage at ?lx per cent and running for fifty years. The proceeds of this sale will be ui^d to pay off $5,000,000 of three-year old notes maturing March 1, next, to pay off floating Indebtedness ; instal ments now due and al>out to become due OB equipment trusts and other cor porate heeds. Provision is made to retire $2,825,000 Charleston Northern six per cent bonds and $1,250,000 North and South Caro lina railroad six per cent bonds, thru exchange for the new bonds. These properties are pledged under the new' mortgage, which* also provides that as outstanding Issues of bonds of the Sea board Air Line mature, the present mortgage will be extended over prop erties that now secure the old bonds. I The new financial plan adopted by the directors today Includes the addi tion to the system of considerable new mileage by the< merger of the Carolina, additional seaports, Charleston and Georgetown, 8. C? and secures a sec ond track Over an important part of the system. F ;\ ;\k. . ? .v.. .. :;vv- '*?_ . Fodder pulling has commenced In this section and cotton is opening in some few. places. Work will begin next week overhauling the Bethuhe ginnery in Order to commence ginning cotton vjabout Sept 1. Electric lights were re cently put in the gin house,' which Is A. great convenience. The Bethune graded school is sup posed " to~ open some time pext month, but as yet we have been unable to ledrn who ? are the teachers of tills 1 school for the coming session. We would also be glad to mention some thing definite In regavd to the erection of the .proposed new school building, but no one seems to know anything ^bout it. Perhaps school matters are t>eing censored by those in change of affairs for reasons best kuown to them selves. Mr. Wm. D. Gardner leaves thin morning for Columbia to attend the convention of the South Carolina Deaf association, which will be in session today, tomorrow and Saturday. We learn that Mr. H. K. TTyatt, pro prietor of the People's Grocery Co., ex pects to move here with his family at an early date. Mr. Ben Stephens, who lives several miles above here, informed us a few days ago that he contemplated putting in a bolting cloth soon for the purpose of mak,ing flour at his grist mill. A 'gentleman in town also contemplates putting up a gasoline flour mill here with a capacity of about 25 barrels of {flour per day. One of the closest and most excit ing games of baseball of the season yas played here last Friday afternoon between Bethune and Raley's Mill. At the beginning of the tenth inning the score stood 1 to it During this inning Raley's Mill made another run, mak ing the score 2 to 1. Then Bethune went to the bat and with tyo men out, the third made a dash for' the' home plate; the catcher caught the ball and says he- put the runner out The umpire said he was safe. During the dispute which arose another man scored and according to Bethune the result was 3 to 2 in |?avor of the home team. Raley's Mill, however, says the game teas 2 to 1 in their favor, and there you are. The writer was not there and therefore Is not prepared to say which team copped the game. John Ellerbe, a young colored . man, who is employed by the Melklojohn Lumber Co., while torirfuelng a log in the swamp near the Big Spring late yesterday afternoon, was instantly kill ed by a tree falling o^ him. A large tree was lodged against antftfier one near where he was working and as it commenced falling, the negro's com panions told him to run. Instead of running ' away from the falling tree, however, he ran directly beneath It and was almpst instantly crushed to death. J 'V.s . 7y Mr. W. A. Outlaw went to Cheraw (his morning on business. ? . Louise Young and brother, Mr. tnarence Young, from near Kershaw, spent the latter part of last week with the family of Mr. WlUie Hammond, f (il'ARI)N ll.\l> GKKAT TIMK. ? t ? ?>?? Camden Company Spent lMeaaant Week At I hie of Pftltuit. Another ehcauipment lms come and gone and the, verdict of the* militiamen waH generally "beet one ever' lm^" There were about eight hundred and fifty men in the regiment. There 'was practically no Hlcknetta at all. By 11 a. ni. the euliated men, Except for an occaulonal dress parade In the after noon, were through their duties for the day. The l>oy8 IJved In the surf and came |>a*'k dally brown an lorries and hungry an young wolves. There was a sui>erabundance of pretty girl* In the surf, on the l>each and at the dancing pavllllon, where the baud play* ed twh a tlay and crow/la from Sul livan'* Island and Charleston gathered. One day was spent on the Mount Pleas ant Rifle ltange. Sergeant Wm. C. Wallace making the third highest score ? 215 out of a i>oHslble 250. The behavior of thei Natlonal^Guard hi general ami of the Kershaw Guards In special, was exemplary, and the regimental summary court was very little in demand. The Adjutant Gen eral and' the Colonel, and the army officer, detailed aa instructor of the third battalion, had gome pleasant and encouraging words to say about the Camden company. These commendative words were highly appreciated by the, officers and men who had striven hard to do their duty and found in them their highest reward. Lieut. H. H. Blrchmore, the. /'baby";, lieutenant of the regiment (the ink on his commission having hardly dried) transferred his high military efficiency and appearance with his commission, and made a fine officer, while his sue , * . c cgssor in office, 1st Sergeant Thomas |t. Shiver was strictly on to his Job. Quartermaster Sergeant Rush,, in spite of many vicissitudes, managed to give the boys three hearty and wholesome meals a day, lis was best evidenced by their general appearance. The surgeons who made a vigorous examination, of^each* man, stated that 'the Kershaw Guards, with a fewtex cepltions passed highly satisfactory phy sical examination. i AT DAMASCUS CHURCH denominational Sunday School Convention Was Held. The 37th annual Interdenominational Sunday School convention was held with Damascus church, Westville, S. C., Aug 4th and 5th. The first day Mr. Harrison, of Co lumbia, made the address on Home de partment work which was full of ita s pi rut ion and instruction. The impor tance of teaching the Bible in the home through the Sunday School .was em phasized and the Sunday School urged to hhve the" Home department work in each school. Mrs. S. E. Goodale followed on primary work, and .espe cially cradle roll work, which was claimed to be a close allie;. to Home department work, and. very important as foundation work. This department was urged to be taken up in the Sun day Schools of Kershaw county,., Bev. Mr. Acklss followed on the weak points in Sunday School work and the reme dy. This was ably discussed by the speaker. Questions were asked and answered by the speaker which proved very Instructive. Bev. Mr. Forbis, of Bethune, on eusslon and interest taken In subjects discussed. f ( The second- day was filled with in terest from start to finish. Mr. Charl ton Durant on Temperance taught in the Sunday School and on the organiz ed adult bible class work ^vas ably discussed in eVery light No one could doubt the Importance of the organised adult class after hearing Mr. Difrant. Dr. Alva Humphries, of Bethune, dis cussed what a young^men can do In the Surday School, ana there was no doubt left in the minds of the audience but that a young man fills a very im portant fclace in the work. After resolutions of appreciation for the generous entertainment and cour tesies extended to those in attendance, tyf which there was a very good num ber, the contention adjourned to meet next year with the Camden Sunday Schools, and a royal reception is asked for the1 88th meeting of the convention in Camden. Our fellow {ownsman and senator, Mr. A. J. Beattie was elected president of the County convention. . Dr. I. H. Alexander and Messrs. Joel Hough and Marion Wllltams left Wednesday for a trip to -New York and other northern cities. SCHOOL DAYH NKAK. Camden School* Will Open Thursday Morning, September Mb. The Camden schools will ?|.hjii Sep* temhor i?t li at J? a. 111. The first day will be devoted to enrollment and ex amination of delinquent atudentH. Iteg ular recitations will be assigned for the following day and by tbat time each student will be expected to have provided himself with all necessary text -books, etc. A fulj lint of texts may be ha<l from Mr. C. W. Birch more. V r No children will l?e allowed to enter Grade l under six years of age ? sixth birthday must occur op or before Sept. 0, 1915. As has I teen Htated before in this paper, an eleventh grade 'will be add ed to the High School course, thus giving students more thorough prepara tion for eollege. In order to make this Work a complete success, the co operation of parents and students is earnestly requested. With the excellent corps of teachers provided and the active interest of patrons and friends, the year 1915-16 should l>e a most successful ope In the Oamdcn schools. SUMTER COUNTY FLOUR. ' Mr. Lenoir Has Invited Sumter Cham ber of Commerce to Fish Fry. The Sumter Chafnber of Commerce has. received a generous "sanjplo" of Humter county grown wheat which was transformed into beautiful snow white flour by the up-to-date and newly in stalled roller wheat mill of Mr. Hodge Lenoir, at the old Dlnklns water mill .. . .... pond, near Hagood In Sumter county. J . As the proof of the pudding is said to be the chewing of the bag, Secre tary Reardon deeded to go that old adiage one better and eat the pudding Instead of the bag. So he had the flour made Into biscuits, and he says that he has never tasted anything /that tasked ho' good. (J^They were regular "Bob Jones"4 biscuits. The first bite form* a .half moon indentation, and the second bite creates a total ecllpso. Mr. Lenoir's mill has been equip ped this season with the latest Im proved model of flour milh Water ground wheat or corn beats anything in the bread line any way. Mr. Lbuolr has invited the Chamber of Commerce to visit his mill, at some date con venient to them, and he will furnish Dlnklns Mill pond fresh water fish of. several varieties, with Lenoir's Sum ter county . ^raised and ground flour, bolted and bleached or in Its "simon pure" unbleached state, and capped off with water ground Sumter county grown corn bread and accessories. That the Sumter commercial organ ization will be there goes without Say ing, and it is being predicted that the "high roller" financiers- and merchants of Sumter, now "summering" or "sim mering" in or at the mountain, sea shore,, and fashionable summer resorts will come home to attend the Lenoir's Mill Get Together fish fry, to get some thing to eat.? -Sumter Herald. Miule Vim Records. It will Interest thb people of Kershaw .county to know that the seven young jnen in the first "year scholarships at Clcmson College made higher averages than those from any other counties. ^ :: XNnto I - Our neighbor, The Cafnden Chronl clc, has just completed a handsome' now front for its office. It is very at tractive and is a decided improvement for that popular section of our city. The front Is Jn keeping with the pro gress our neighbor has been making. With one of the best equipments of any printing office in the state, and a newsy paper sent otft every week, to be sure it should have an attractive front We extend congratulations and best wishes for continued improve ments.?- Wateree Messenger. "? Sale of City Property. The house and lot on corner of Market and Rutledge streets, property of Margaret Durant was sold last week to Pollopman Frank Jones. ?hemale was made through the real estate agen cy of Shaw & Perry. Noted Author Dies. .Berkeley, Cal., Aug. 9. ? George Bitch, the author, of Peoria, III., died at a sanltorlum here today, having failed to rally from an operation for ap pendicitis performed yesterday. Mr. Fitch was taken ill- on Saturday. Ho had been visiting bis stater, Miss It Louise Fitch, a student In the Uni versity of California. FOR BEAUTY QUEEN. Choice of Young I*di?? Will lie De cided by Popular Vote. ? s . The Chronicle Iiuh received the fol lowing letter and lint of names from H. F. Eldrldgo, chairman of Publicity Committee of the state-wide contort for a beauty queen : "Dr. L. A. (Jrlttlth, Mayor of (Colum bia, ha*, aent out a letter to the fol lowing young ladloti In your section, no tifying them of the fact that they have l>een nominated candidates In the state wide contest for a l>eauty queen to reign over the Harvest Jubilee at Co-, luiubla, October 25-80, 1015: ] Miss Bland Williams, Camden. Miss lOllen I>. Boykln, Camden. Miss Catherlno Zemp, Camden, Miss Elisabeth Carrlson, Camden. Miss May Boykln, Boykln. Miss Nan Hough, Camden. Miss Minnie C. Taylor, Camden. Miss Lucia Yatett, Camden. ri\ Miss lihetta Wilson, Camden. Miss Jean Lindsay, Camden. Miss Ollle McCaskill, Kershaw. Miss Nannie Hayea, JKerahaw. Miss Eunice Cauthen, Kershaw. Mips Edith Braslugton, Kershaw. i Miss (Cornelia Dye, Kershaw. Mlsa Sarah Benton, Kershaw. We are writing to ask that you an nounce this fact lu your columns and proceed at once to select by popular vote, or Otherwise au you see fltr the young lady who will finally represent your county lu thin contest. When you have made your final decision please forward this young lady's photo graph to the writer, who will see that It Is reproduced in the special state- ( wide beauty supplement which will l>e' sent you in time to appear in your paper of August 23rd." We have decided to refer the matter to popular vote and publish a coupon : In today's lbsue which will entitle the holder to cast 1,000 Votes for his or her choice of the nominees. A locked box will be placed at W. Kobln Zempfa drug store on Saturday morning and votes inay be deposited until 6 o'clock Monday afternoon, when the votes will be counted by a committee of 'three gentlemen and when the result Is de-, clared, the photo of the winning lady must be sent at once to Mrs. Leroy 8. Davidson, Mrs. W. B. deLoach, or Miss Louise Nettles, who will forward It to Columbia. , ? Subscrll>ers living out of Camden will have the same, chance of voting for their favorite by clipping the cou pon and mailing to "Beauty Contest, The Chronicle, Camden," which will )>e deposited immediately upon receipt up to the closing hour ? 0 p. m. next Mon * ' . r** 1 . * . - - day. ? There will be no votes sold, and no extra copies of this issue printed. i i ..I. OFFICIALS IN FIGHT. Greenville Sheriff and Post master Have . Personal Encounter. ... Greenville, August 10. ? Postmaster Traxler and Sheriff Itector engaged In a personal difficulty here this morning as a result of some hot trords, ex changed just after it recent political meeting. ? The sheriff cursed Mr. Trax ler, using strong language, It Is said, at the conclusion of the meeting. Mr. Tfaxler claims that he did not hear the cursing and later in the evening the sheriff iri said U> have apologised to Jilm. However, the sheriff made a statement in the afternoon paper of the next day to the effect that he cursed the postmaster 'to his face and had no apologies to Offer. This morning the two met in a bar* ber shop and Mr. Traxler told the phejfc. lit that If he had been going about over the county bragging of having cursed him (Traxler) to his face he was a "damned liar." The statement was* re peated^ but the sheriff said he did not desire to have any trouble. Finally the sheriff started to rise and Mr. traxler struck him a terrific blow In the face. | The two m6n fought for some time be fore being separated. In the city court Mr. Traxler was fined $50 and Sheriff Reetor |25. The difficulty was the outgrowth of bitter factionalism in the cpunty. For some time men cognisant' of affairs ha$e looked for a fisticuff if nothing worse. The situation is extremely bad. This afternoon the sheriff asked the press to announce that he , would <&Vklll the next man who came at him; if it means my electrocution in ten miflfetes." The* sheriff stated In court that he had three pistols on his person and that henceforth he would look out for him self. He is very bitter Indeed, and says he will stand for nothing more. The ill feeling has recently been stirred up by hot speeches which the sheriff has made over that detectives that the rural alt the tlfl?; Rives all tl tion Mil. JOHNSTON# VISITS CAMDKN % " Ivooka Over Jail, CWn tiiuif, City Prison Mid County Ainu House. The county and city JuIIh, the county alius hou?c and tl??? chain Kung were inMpectod Wednesday by Albert H. John* ' atone, secretary of the State Hoard of ('liar It low and Correction* which wan created by tho lawt general asHcmhly to have general supervision over the |H?nal, criminal and charitable work of the state, whether done by the atate, county, municipality or by private fundn. The iwwers of this board are mainly, "vlsltorlal and advisory Its pur|Hme la to utudy our present inati* tutlons and their methoda, to correlate the data thua obtained and by com parlaon with the beat lnatltutlona and work carried on elsewhere to formulate:! *a conatructtve slate-wide program for South Carolina. ,4The county Jail ia so constructed, " aaid Mr. Johnstone, "as. to permit of _ a degree of classification of prisoner* better than some other counties have. Not only should the races bo separated, but also the sexes. The cross ventila tion of the upper floor is auotlier good feature. The steel Is rusted in a num ber of places, and it would be wise from the standout of economy, as well as from better sanitation, to go over all t^e cello, scraping them where ueeded and repainting. Several cells have no bunks, so that when the sup ply of cots Is Insufficient prisoners sleofl on the floor. "The tu*k of keeping the jail and the prisoners in proper condition la made more dtfllcult by the very weak water pressure, by the leaky coudltlon of sev eral of the flush tanks, aiul by the further fact thut the one bath tub In the Jail department-^-a good ijorcelaln lined tub, better than what Is fre quently found ? has to. serve for all the prisoners, they being brought \one by , one by Jailor Watts. An inexpensive shower bath put In on the ? second floor would be a great ItnprovemenV' ? .v. (Jailor Watts' showed Mr. Johnstone through and extended him every coufr teay. There were three Jnmates, two white men and oue negro, the latter blind. The city jali was the next place vis lted. Chief Whltaker showed llr. John stone 'the cells, there were no prison ers. The two serving sentences were oat 011 the streets. "This Is "the clean est jail I have seen thus far on my rounds;" said Mr. Johnstone. In the afternoon Mr!* Johnstone, went out to the county gang working near Oassatt He was accompanied by Con stable J. *P. Sinclair. Sunt H. B. Mnnn answered numerous questions from Mr. Johnstone and came bgrck to the camp wttfc the party. Mr. John stone expressing himself as struck with the absence of balls, picks,, etc., on the prisoners. Of the 87 men on the gang ? all negroes? 36 were in chains, but no ball or "pick" was seen. The gang Is guarded while at work by the super intendent and three guards, and at night by one guard, on duty. The camp is in tents. The guards ' have beds and a canvas laid fight on the ground for flooring. The prisoners sleep on hay mattresses with cotton quilts. The mattresses are laid on plank raised soipe eight or ten inches from the ground. . The passage way between the two lines of prisoners is not floored. The prisoners sleep in their working t'loihes whicn Are chang* e<l weekly at the time of their bath. The diet is supervised by Mr. Munn. The prisoners spend their Sundays in the tent for the most part. The poor house was the last place visited. There are three inmates, one white woman* one wliite man< and one negro man. The last two are in a separate house, from the 'white woman, and sleep in the same room. The ne gro Is very feeble and the white aaii assists to some extent In caring 'for, him. _ . . V ; ;? ' ' " ? Sodden ly. .. Mr. Duncan P. Moore, of the mill village died very suddenly Saturday morning, and the funeral service** were held Sunday at eleven o'clock at An-^ tloch church, services being conducted by ReV. Corbett He lasurvlved by ' his wife, who was a Miss King, be fore h^r marriage, and two sons ^nd one daughter. He was 42 years of age and well and favorably known in Cam- 4 den and tl\e mill villages. He had been on the streets the morning of iris death, and upqtt returojhtgrttf-feta hom* his ftOativos fona# htm dead in