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VOLUME XXVII CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1915 NUMBER 25 P ? AKAIiH < ask settled. (^rnuwy Kxprefcsw Krgre4 and Agrees T? r?> Indemnity for Uvea l^ost. <,r|- &? ^''i-ninny Jwis ?<rt?ded to ,,,w American ^inands for ,M*t t li-un'iii ??r tin? Arabic cum' The Jiujwrlal Government In a jtUl,, presented todfry by Its Ambas sador, Count von Beriwtorff. to Hecr* ury fanning, disavow* the slukiiiK of M -sel, iiiiimiinces tllll t it ,hus HO potiM tbe submarine commander who made the attack. expresses regret for the joss of American llvw, and agrees to pay indemnity to their families. ,, Official Washington was both .gratb lied and relieved by the diplomatic victory. The communication delivered by the Ambassador pursuant to genera il Instructions from his government iprt'itd absolute confidence that there fould l>o bo submarine controversies between the United States and Ger many, for the document reveals that itrlugent orders have been g|ven to .mbmarlne commanders to prevent a recurrence of such incidents aw the Arable. Since this case embraces the> jprln ^cipies for which President Wilson coi) teode^l in hlM notes following the tor pedoing of the raisitanla and Falalm, tonceHslons made by Germany to the American viewpoint were generally re garded tonight as paving the \yay for amicable settlement of all the cases irbicb have threatened sgveraiice of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Count von Hernstorff left here to night happy over the. results of his work, expressing the confident hope that relations between Germany and the United States would continue to improve. ; With settlement of the Arabic co?\ tfrwewjr the despatch.. ta_ Great Britain of the long-delayed American note on ?interference with trade is expected within a few days. ' ^-President Wilson has. . consistently | , refused to send this communication While the issues with Germany were pending, because the Beilin Govern-! |ent had, through its notes, given' the impression that on the ac^on which [ the United States to6i> with one set ; ?f belligerents depended ltd own con- 1 fermity of international law. As the feues with Germany appear now to te adjusting themselves, the President, flf is known, feels free to press Great ^Britain for a modification of the or tlers-ln-councll and restrictions of lifter lean trade. * lit was not until the German . Am fessador submitted his letter today ttiat the change in relations between <tymany and the United States be Jg* -definite. Previous- suggestions Count von Berustorff has made Jwe considered unsatisfactory. In York last Saturday, the Amba# Nor had submitted a. draft of a let ? on the Arabic case, but since it not include admission of liability < agreement to pay Indemnity its were not acceptable to either . < ent I, son or Secretary Lansing. iem.o *? 10/ame t0 Washington at the of Mr. Lansing. iQ a 'few w learned of American ii"!"! ,. obJectfon?xapi in return n "Ssurnnces that these would tte Fn!r,'t ?VOrcome; Returning to the mT'V ,he Ambassador mlraft e letter orlgiually delivered in to the Stof " I 8ent lt hy lnes8eri*er Uns|Iltr department. Secretary tad ZZ I !t t<^the ^lte Hou*? 4ttt whi h . ^^^^n^wnced its ?WrWhlrh f 01 1 ows f ?? g *$5 = :flpr,l0ar Mr. Secretary {"I? 4?ti8?ach!rv,^?the dC8lre to reach to Ariiii frefment with regard Bt has civ oI(Ient? my Govern *ructions - ? m? the folldwln?1n iVv < V5-.;4T"\ "The orders issued by His Majesty the Emperor to the commanders of toe German submarines ? -of whlcli I notified you on a previous occasion? - been made so stringent that the Wcurrenee of incidents similar to the Arabic ease is considered out of the ^oestlon. A "According to the report ? of Com *?der Schneider, of the submarine sank the Arabic,' and Ttts affi davit as well ?s those of his men, OoBttnander Schneider was convinced ^at the Arabic Intended to ram the **broarino ? ? ? - ? " ' u0n the other band the Imperial Government does not doubt the good ?*ith of the affidavit of the British of the Arabic, according, to Hkh the Arable did not Intend to the submarine. *lTh? attack submarine was tfhdertaken against Instructions issued to the com The Imperial Government re K1LIJKI) IN ACTION. Lieut. Montugnc N'iehoIU KiikIIhIi Artillery Dies at Front. Spartanburg, s. sept. :w. \yjl Ham Montague Nlchqiiw, second ii/?u (nwi)il ill Mm* Mrlrlsh Koyul Artillery, eon of Judge and Mrs. Qeorge w. Nicholls, of tills city, and brother of S. J. Nicholls, member-elect of Con gress fnnii this (llH|rI<>t. was killed at tiie front in France In the fighting Unit took place there between the Kii gllsh and Herman forces last Sunday and Monday, according to official an nouncement received here this morn ing from the Iirltlsh War Office by lu,eiul>erH of his family. The following dispatch was receiv ed thlH morning by Judge Nicholls ! "London, England, Sept. .'10. Deeply re-let to inform you thut Second Lieut W. M. Nlchglls, It. F. A., wus killed Ity action between 2H-27 September. Lord Kitchener expresses sym]>athy." Lieutenant NtctlMls, who, left for Englaud soon after the Euro(>eun war wat# declared, having resigned from the tilted States Naval Academy at Annapolis a year previous to become a member of his father's law firm here* spent several months in London iMifore his service in the English army was accepted, hut finally after taking the oath of allegiance to England, se cured a commission a? second lieuten ant in the Iioyal Artillery and was sent to 'the front about a year ago. March 21 he was wounded, being shot through the thighs. This caused him to spend several months in a hospital, hut, recovering from that wound, he was again sent to the front, possibly three months ago. News of his death was not a great surprise to members of his family, here since the dispatches of the last few (lays announcing the .advance of the foice of the ^lles In France and Belgium caused them to realize that Lieuteuant Nicholls was In the thick of the fighting. Effort will be made to have his body recovered and returned to this city for burial. Such a re quest has been sent tc the British War pffice by Judge Nicholls. The State department at Washington hns bpen asked In .ltd. V Cannot Recover Body. Spartanburg S. C., Oct. 2.? All hope entertained by members of his family that the body of William Montague Nicholls, second lieutenant in the Brit ish Royal Field Artillery, who fell in battle* in France early this week, end ed tonight when Judge George W. Nicholls, father of the young man, re* eeived a message from the British waij office; in response to his Inquiry, say ing: "Regret that the removal of the body- Is Impossible." ; Upon the receipt of this message announcing Lieutenant Nicholls' death bo^h the British war Office 'and the state' department were appealed to by members, of his family here in an ef* fort to have the remains recovered and brought to Spartanburg for burial.i grets and disavows this act and has notified Commander Schneider accord ingly. "Under these circumstances my Gov ernment Is prepared to pay an Indem nity for American lives, which to its deep regret, have been lost on the Arabic. I am authorized to negotiate with you a1)0Ut the amount of this indemnity. "I remaiu,. my dear Mr. Lansing, yours very sincerely, (^igned) 'J. von Bernstorff." The promptness with which Count Btornstorff altered the original draft of The fetter demonstrated that he had been empowered to negotiate a com plete settlement of the cast4, nnd It was assumed that he .Naturally did not Anally accede until the American Gov ernment made known its unalterable determination not to relinquish any of lts.jdemanda. Secretary Lansing made no comment on the Ambassador's letter except to remark . that it had spoke for Itself. He was Very much pleased over the conclusion of the case,, because since the sinking of the Arabic he inaugu rated the idea of personal negotia tions in Washington. This method of exchanging views was welcomed by Count Bernstorff also, particularly as he had no means of direct communica tion with his Government. To this lack of communication he has attrib uted much of the ill-feeling that char acterised the earlier stages of the sub marine controversy. Today's events spread satisfaction everywhere, not only' at the White Bouse and State Department but the German Embassy as well. "It Is a diplomatic victory for the United States," the Ambassador re marked to a friend, "but credit must be given to Germany, I believe, for nobly accepting the word of the Brit ish officers that they did not Intend v ? 4 J oa)5o,<mh> UAIJS. COTTON citor. i Government Be port Forecasts Smallest < r?p in 8lx VcariJ. Washington, Oct. I. A lu-avy <|?> < line In the condition of 'tlu* growing I'Otton crop almost doubled the aver age decline the last ton years dur ing September. h?H decreased tb? pro duction prtM^mtM forecasted previous I.V l?y four miiitoM bales. The depart inei?t( of ajarlculture today estimated tlie crop ?t 10,050.000 equivalent ty)0 pound hales.. which would he the small* eNt crop sine* 1000, The cowlftton of the cotton crop of the United Plate* on September 25th was 00,8 percent of a normal, compar ed with 00.2 per cent on August 25, 73.5 last yom*. 04.1 in 1912. and 0H.3 per cent, thtt average of the past ten years on September 25. Tlmt anuounc meiit was made ut noon today l?y the erop reporting hoard of the United States department of agriculture, in Its final condition report of the sea hoii. The September 25 condition indi cates a ? yield of 108 pound* of lint per ik ic, which, applied to the planted acreage less the average abandonment ?indicates a total of 10,050,000 equiv alent 500-pound bales, compared with 10,135,000 bales ginned last year. Pi nal results probably will be above or belqw the amount indicated, according a* conditions after Septeml?er 25 are better or wane tlian average. In announcing the condition report and products* estimate, the crop re porting boa r?l made this statement: "The cot ton crop condition declined* 8.4 point# (tnrlng the month, August 25 to September 25, which compared with an average decline In the same l>erlod in the past ten years of 4.5 points. The estimated condition of 00.8 per ceufc of normal on September 25 forecasts a yiefcl per acre of^ about 108 iK)unds and a total production (al lowing a redaction of 1 per cent from planted area for abandonment) of about 10,050,000 bales. ? Last year's production was 10,135,000 bales and the 1013 crop 14,156,000. A crop les* than 11,000,000 bales would ,be smaller than any crop since 1009. "The unusual deterlorlatlon^lks been due principally to the extremes of weather conditions; periods of exces sive rainfall, cold weather and drought having characterised the season in most of the cotton belt. LacS of fer tilizer, and poor quality of that used, has been an unfavorable factor in the eastern portion of the belt, There is little promise of a top crop, except. in the northern portions of the belt, <Jue to the climatic condition^ and the'.un? usual activity ot the boll weevil ; and where a top crop is setting in ' the northern portions of the belt, the latest report of the crop there makes reali zation dependent upon .future favora ble weather and frost. "The month, much of It warmer and dry, has been generally favorable to picking. A much larger percentage of the crop is ginned to tills date than In the usual year.V In much "of the southern portion of the belt ginning is far advanced and in some sections there, picking is practically complet ed." Farmers Secret Association to Meet. The Farmers Secret Association of Kershaw County, will meet at Blaney Saturday, October 9th, 1915. E. A. Brown, See. * to ram the Submarine." This point, it was learned, at one time threatened to interrupt the pro ceedings, as the German Government at first wished to arbitrate the con flicting evidence. ?.0\I It\OK ISSIKK WAKMNti. In:'-1 l''*riiiwiiio Plant Food Crvpiij and Kal*e More l>iv?\ Htofk. litH'llU.Hl* ?if tllC menace of I he bull weevil which has nlroAtly reached 4)h Hoe<e um A t fit ii I it . tin., on Its rapid sweep through the cotton belt to* wards South Caroling Gov, l(l<lutrd 1. Manning! this morning Issued an nd ?ii< t<? the farmers of South <Jaro Itua outlining some afep* which l;<> nays should be taken to combat this great menace. The 1m>11 weevil is Juot 140 miles from the borders of thin state. The address of the governor follows; v "To the Farmers of South Gnroliua : "i desire to rail to your atfatttiou a matter that, to my mind, is ??f grave concern to every dtlxeu of mir atate. ./The I toll weevil has readied the lit 1 1 1 m district In Georgia. TUo ag* rlpultural committee of , the board of tYftStces of < Memson college, at a Meet ing held September 20 and 30 hm eon Hlilei i d the alarming asiHH'ts of *thl8 matter, ami have taken step* to taring this situation to the attention of our farmer* so Unit they can at onee ^?re pare for thin disaster when it *trlk?*s um. The government maps ami re ports show that the boll weevil has advanced between iM) and 100 miles to wards ns this HeitNon. They have an other month or more in which to ad vance still further in our direction. I am not aty alarmist, hut together with the other trustees Of Clemson collftf*, I do regard the situation an ho, serious that active steps should he taken at once in order to meet this threatened calamity, and plana are now Velng formulated by the dictfiaon college hoard looking to this end. I wi;i. nt a later date, give these plana gestlons t<? the public. In the meantime let ine urge our farmers throughout the state to row- wheat. oftts,.( rye, clovers and other winter crops, in preparation for money ero|>s ojtlver than cotton, to be grown next year. "I Urge our people to fix their minds on plans for raising hogs, cattle and o$l\er live stock. I urge this matter most seriously, and assure them that ?I, will advise only what I know to he facts. The- increased price of cotton :and the spread of the J>oH weevil, still further reducing the yield of eot ton, will have a tendency to attract ^ur farmers to the raising of cotton In fcferenee to other drops, and to tlx eir efforts 011 an increase In cotton acreage. _ This, In my judguieut, will mean disaster. I say it, advisedly. Again p urge that everytliing points t\> the ^appearance of the boll weevil In South Carolina within a much shorter time than previous calcula tions would indicate, and it behooves us as. sensible people to give this mat ter our best thought and to prepare for it accordingly. We must not re gard it as one of this misfortunes which- may or may not come to us in a distant future. We believe that the 1k)11 weevil will soon be here. "Again I urge upon our people to plant food crops and fi'lfte * more live stocks I hope that this warning will -twheefled." ( . 1, , . 1 County in Good Shape. While several of the counties M In South Carolina have had to borrow money recently, Kershaw county has to her credit a cash balance on hand of $24,849.17, according to a statement by County Treasurer D. M. McCaskill made ou October 1, 1915. The amount Is divided as follows : Ordinary County ...$7,423.19 Special 6,054.99 Road ? Q, 174.74 School I...... .... ... 4,103.39 Fines .' 38.70 Bridge 053.86 Delegates to . Peace Conference. Gov. Manning last week appointed more than 100 delegates to the Inter national Peace congress which Is to be held in San Francisco, Cal., October 10 to 13. Kach delegate who attends will have to pay his own expenses. Among those named the following are from thi^wcounty : John T. Mackey, Camden ; W. A. Edwards,' DeKalb ; W. J. Burdcll, M. IX, Lugoff. The First Lesson to Learn 1 . 1 1 1 Every family should know that TRADING AT-HOME means CIVIC PROSPERITY. READ THE HOME PAPER! NOTE THE HOME BARGAINS! SPEND YOUR DOLLAR AT HOME! THK NKWS AT HKTIIt'NK. Happening* of Intermit In and Around Our Neighbor Town. Itcthune, Oct, 7. The oyster ami lee; cream HUp|K'i' given at the town hall j last Friday nl^lit by the ladles of the , 1'rcshyterlan church here, was a jcreat success. The a mount raised was some thing over which will be used toward purchasing an organ for tin* oh u r?h. A protracted meeting Is being held] at the Bethune Baptist church thlsl week, The preaching Is being done by I Rev, J. E. McMannaway, an evangelist.! assisted by the pastor, He v. J. C. Carl roll, of Columbia. Tli? writer took a trip a abort' ?iis tance tip on route U lust Friday- after- j noon. Some of the. fanners (n that I locality have excellent crops, aud are lu much better slia |h' than they were I a year ago. Mr, Sam Hough has a llnel crop of both cotton ami corn, Mr. Tom Ilea ron ulso has a splendid cropl this year and be will probably make 40 bales of cotton. Heck Hall, Heck J Caldwell, Jake Clark ami Zed Mackey, colored, are hard working men and each has a Rood crop this year. Mr. Rut ledge Stokes, son of Mr. J.I C. 8 token, of Me Bee, route 1, and Miss Mellta Huckahee, of this county, were l married here last Saturday afternoon,! J. K. Copland, magistrate, officiating. Mr. Josey Stokes left last week for North Carolina, where he has secured n position an sUb-foreiuan on a rail- 1 road. Miss Eva West, who Is attending Coker College, spent the week end I with her parents here. The old King residence about five miles below here on* the Blshopvlllel road; which was owned by Mr? J. C. Josey, was burned to the ground last Thursday night. This bouse was for merly occupied by "Mr. W. W. King, of Camden; Mr. <}. B. King returned from Rldi mond on Monday nlght^'* .The baby of Mr. and. Mrs. .Gilliam Brannoh has been very ill with i>t?eu monla the past few (Jays, but Is i.o.v, <*onvaleseent. 1 'l'lic Bethune'^ ginnery was out of, commission part of last week paused by a breakdown, but the damage has been repaired and it resumed business on Mouday morning. Messrs. AV. C. and Claude King have bought' out the restaurant conducted by Mr. Arrants and they will conduct It at the same stand. Mr. W. L. Clyburn motored to Sum ter on Monday afternoon. ' i Mr. W. A. James, of Blsliopvllle, fQfrmerly state senator from Lee coun- 1 ty, was a visitor here Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. s. Ciardner, of BtoM opvllle, route 4, spent Tuesday In town. . \Ve regret to state that the condl- 1 tlon of Mr. I>. M. Bethuue, who Is at the Kellan hospital In Richmond, Is very critical indeed, and his death Is ?momentarily expected, according to n message received from Richmond on Tuesday. Mr. Robt. Bethune, his son.l left last Friday night to be with him, and another sons Mr. A. T. Bethune wont to Richmond on Tuesday night. A message was received Inst weakl from Mr. Samuel N. Newman, former ly a citizen of this town and who haq raided in Williamsburg county the )>ast few years, stating that he had! married again and expected to return to Bethune this week to reside. We dlil not learn the name of the happy bride. Mr. Newman Is about 70 years of age and his first wife died about two months ago. ? The baby of Mr. and Mrs. Gilliam Clyburn is very 111 at present and Is not expected to live. 1 Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Clyburn, VJL Tuesday! a daughter. ; I For Bettering School Conditions. Sui>erlntendent R. F. Simpson, of the Camden Graded School, Is desirou^ of teachers and parents working in harinony for the betterment of the schools and has directed the following letter to parents sending their children to the graded schools. The superin tendent tells us that they now have enrolled in the grammar and hign schools four hundred and thirty pupils, quite an increase having heen made since the opening day. His. letter to the parents is as follows : "Yon are cordially Invited to attend a meeting to be held at the Gramma V School building Friday, October 15th, at 4 p. m., for the purpose of discuss ing, and, if possible, effecting the or ganization of an 'association 6t Th? l>arents and teachers of the city schools. We believe that such an organization may be the means of securing the earnest co-oi>cratlon of parents and teachers which Is so necessary to the best development of any public school system. You are urged to be present" The total vote In the recent whisked election was 58?42. The vote for pro hibition was 41, 7*53 against 16,809. I'KKSIUKNT WILSON TO WKI>. Announced m( the White llousr Wednesday Evening. Washington, oet, 6. ? Wood row WU\f sonf ( h*' l?r?0Mi?loiif of tbe 1 J ill t (*<l States, atilioumvd t IiIh engagement to Mrs. Norman <ialt, of Washington, The date of the wod(|l|)| ItHH not been 1 tlxed, liut It pfolmbly will take plare Ill December at the home of tho bride ? ?l?M?t. Tlu* brief aniiouueeiueut from the White House made by Secretnry Til? nuilty came an a Murprlse Jo ottlelal Washington, hut to a miinlier of tut I mate friends it has Ion# been exist ed. From thin eircle came tonight the story of friendship whose culmination wan viewed as a happy turn In the troubled and lonely life of the Nation's* Chief Executive. Ou0 of the most till CM' i In.:' facts ahnut the eiiKaiufiiieiit, Indeed, an told hy friends. Is Unit the President's dauKhteis.eho.se Mrs. (?rtlt for their ad miration and friendship before. their father did. Mrs. <lalt Is the widow of a well known business man of Washington, who died eight years ago, leaving a'" Jewelry business that still hears his name. She has lived lu ' Washington since her mari-laxe In 180tl. ? She 1m about H8 years old ami was Miss Kdlth (lolling, born 1n Wythevllle, Va? where her girlhood was s|>ent and where Iter father, William II. (tolling, was a prominent lawyer. In the circle of i>eople who have known Mrs. (lalt for many years she has been regarded as an unusual beau ty. She Is not quite as tall as Mr. Wilson and has dark hair and dark eyes. Her tastes are said to be strik ingly similar to those of the Prealdent. with a deep Interest In literature and eliarlty work, Company Gets a Charter. A commission for a charter was Is wiw] Monday liy the secretary of fit ate to the C. P. DuBose & Co., of Camden, with a, capital of The i>etltlon ers of the new company are C. P. Du Bose,. John H. Lindsay/ N. O. Boykln arid L. A. Klrkland. The petitioners are all well known Clmdeu business men and It will make an exceptional' ly strong real estate and fire Insurance company. Their otilces will remain In - the Man building now being iwed by^ DuBose and Boykln. TRIP AGAIN POSTPONED. Charlotte Boosters Met With Citizens of Camden Yesterday Afternoon. A wire received by Secretary von Tresckow, of the Camden Chamber ot .Commerce, from the Columbia booster contingent, stated that they had been ? again ralued out, and that the. trip would have to be again postponed. The following message was received by Mr. von Tresckow signed by R.' W. Holcombe : ? , "We regret exceedingly that weather necessitates us abandoning trip to Cam den. Our l>eople disappointed but de termined to make trip as soon as weather clears. Home wanted to come anyhow, but thought Iwnt to wait on account of conditions of road. Next Thursday has been selected for trip." ? The Charlotte lw?oster crowd arrived yesterday at 2 :00 o'clock over the Southern railway. There were some- . thing Tike seventy-five In the party, and they marched from the depot to the opera house headed by a band. At the opera house they were met by a small crowd of Camden citizens and after a . few speeches by members of the party, they returned to the station where they continued on their trip. The exceed ingly unfavorable weather prevented many from attending ? quite a rain falling at t<he time they were in; the city. The mayor of Charlotte and, several other members of the narty outlined the object of the trlj^ stating thdt they did not want nor were they soliciting one cent of Camden's retail trade, but that their object was for the Piedmont section of the two Carollnas to get T together and Instead of Hendlng away to distant cities for goods that they could not get in their home towns, bny them of the wholesale houses of the Piedmont section. Mayor Yates and the members of the board of directors of the Camden Chamber of Commerce and a goodly number of the citizens were present and gave the visitors a Warm welcome. They left shortly af terward fpr Lancaster and returned to Charlotte t&e same afternoon. ? ? First Snowfall in St. Paul. St^ Paul, Allnn., Oct 4. ? First snow of the season fell here today. Dead wood, South Dakota, reported a' fall of three to six Inches throughout the Blac^chllls last night v Brother Killed in Battle. GafTney, September 30. ? Mrs. Lula Kurth, the new violin teacher at Lime stone college, received information last * week to the effect that her brother, who was tii;tiie German army, was~\ killed a few days ago. Miss Kurth has made many friends since she has been In GafTney and they all sympa thize with her in her bereavement ; ! V; sfcar :? - xUJ.-'. Mtes- ;-V