The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 15, 1915, Image 3
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Horse Traders
. Convention
You are invited and expected
to attend a Horse Trader# Con
vention to be held at Camden for
one week, beginning Nov. 1st and
lasting until Nov. 6th.
Auction Sale Will
be Held Each Day
Fell From Stage.
While backing off the stage after
th#> rendition of one of her numliers
In "The Ued Hose" lit the opera house
In tWs ?*Jty Mondnt night, Miss Mar
garet IK; Von, the leading lady, came
near having a serious accident befall
. h^r. In leaving, t.h? Ktage she stepped
(oo far hack and fell off the stage
to the side entrance, a dlHtance of sev
eral feet, The blow rendered her un
khwoIou* for several minutes, but she
quickly revived and the plucky little
actress resumed* her place on the triage
and the audience was none the Winer.
Except for a bad bruise she was not
Injured.
The show was a goOd one and do
served a better attendance. Several
? automobile parties from Kershaw, Be
tbune and Blshopville helped *9 s\vell
the attendance, and those present en
Joyed the performance Immensely.
Severely Scalded.
, Mr. John D. Shaw, soli of and
' Mrs. Alex Shaw, of the C'assatt sec
- (Ion, was severely scalded a few weeks
affo while working as engineer at a
cotton ginnery in that section. Escape
lug steam from the engine buraedahlm
severely about the back and waist, and
b? has been a great sufferer since the
accident. Ills burns are healing jyid It
will not be long before he is able to
be out again.
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Our Advertisers.
The Chronicle is this week carrying
the largest line of advertising appear
In)? in this paper for a long While.
Business is good with all of the Cam
den merchants. But some of them are
not satisfied with the amount they are
doing and are putting on special sales
iu the beginning of the fall season.
Several firms are using large displays
in todays paper asking your patronage.
You will not get the full worth of
your pai>er unless you read the store
news and see what these merchants
are offering. \
Kev. Byron Hoi fey, who was at one"
time pastor of churches in this state,
but now m promiuent minister of New
Orleans, shot and instantly killed L.
0. Pearsall, a prominent young man
of that city tills week. The jury in'
vestlgatlng the killing tield that it was
justifiable. Pearsall was found in tiie
pastor's home at night and the preach
er shot him for a burglar.
Cotton Buy or at Cassatt.
A gentleman from the Cassatt sec
tion ttyls week tells uh that a buyer
representing a Kershaw concern wan
at rassatt last Monday ami purchased
sjxty hales of cotton from the farmers
ut that place. He bought the cotton
as he. came' to It without sampling ami
paid 12 l-2e per pound for all.
Auto Party to Florida.
Mr. A. B. Dlonne, and four mem
bers of his family \vere in Camden
yesterday. They were traveling by
auto from their home in Binghamton,
N. Y., to |K>ints in Florida. The party
had an ideal camping outfit attached
to their car, and spend the nights on
the roadside camping.
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Library Association to Meet.'
There will be a meeting next Mon
day afternoon at 4 o'clock of the Cam
den Library association in the Gram
mnr school building.
Major Hyde Defeats Grace.
Charleston, Oct. 13. ? With all boxes
heard from the unofficial vote In the
mayoralty race of yesterday gives
Major T. T. Hyde a majority of 10
votes over his opponent John P. Grace
for the nomination. This was the re
stilt at 2 o'clock this afternoon and
the hidlcatlorWlare that It Will hot be
changed. Practically no disorder at
tendedvtlie balloting in yesterday's pri
mary.
The vote this year is closer than
two years ago when Grace defeated
Hyde by a majority of 85.
Camden Cotton Market.
Best prices for cotton quoted yester
day afternoon on the Camden market
was 12 1-4 cents. Not a great deal is
l)eing sold ' ftn this market ? many of
the farmers holding for better prices,
and quite a, few are storing it in the
warehouses at this place.
Carrying Home The Bacon.
A negro delivery boy working for
Lang's grocery, was arrested Tuesday
afternoon by' Policeman Jones. Mr.
Lang had been missing articles from
his store for some time. He had the
officer stationed in the back lot, and
in the afternoon, the negro carried
several sounds of bacon to the rear
door and hid it 4n a waste box. The
officer came up at that time and plac
ed him under arrest.
At w moving of the directors of tho
i Ca Midori Loan and Ko*lty Co., hold oil
Monday evening In the otllce of th?
j First Nil I i< >iihI lift li|(. ft was decided to
i i i i.iiiiiu 1 1 < I ti. i|m- stm r?*l h ili lr i ? (lull
I tin- < npltul NtOOk bd 1 1 H i'i 'U mm I t??
'000, A meeting of shareholders will
' hu held at an early date fur the |m|?
; i h >se of approving sauio.
HiigaKwneiit Announced.
Mi', and Mrs. Jesse 10. Itranuon an*
i uouncc tlio engagement of thoir daugh
tor, Nannie Elizabeth to Mr. Thomas
Cunt hern Fletcher, tlj<* ..wedding to take
place in i ie? -ember. Miss Brannon bas
for several years Ihh?ii one of Kershaw
county'* snce??ssful teachers. Mr.
KMdiOP lx a promising young farmer
>?f tin* Kcrsluiw ? < ? < 1 1 ' > 1 1
Card of Thanks.
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I Wo desire to return our warmest
thanks to tin* citizens of this communi
ty for klndtieMM ami sympathy extend^l
to us in our recent sad iH'reavenient,
Although our home Is saddened, yet
as we reflect upon the many deeds of
kindness, It gives a silver lining t??
I ho dark cloud loft by doath.
Mrs. II. I>. Horhort and Family.
Camden, S. C., Oct. 14, IDlfS.
A lone masked humllt walked into
the poKtotllco at I, auos Tuesday night
and Hashing a pistol in tho faro of
Postmaster E, (5. Parker, ordered him
to hand over tho money, Parker o|>en
ed tho safe and handod tho highway
man a sack containing $.15, tho partial
contents of tho safe. )!bo haudit back
od out and disappeared, probably hoard
ing a train. Tho robbery occurred at
ft :.">() within thirty yards of tho hotel
where thirty men were registered.
There is no clue yet.
So far the Charleston county grand
jury has returned true hills against
Charleston blind tigers in forty-eight
cases.
A. H. Dean. Sr., a well known citi
zen of Duncan, Spartanburg county,
is in u critical condition as tfre result
of a fall sustained several days ago.
Governor Manning has susjiended W.
E. Baker, magistrate at Langley, in
Aiken county for an Indefinite period
for Alleged mlseOnduct In oflftoe.
Ben Bishop, a white man, was con
victed of slander in the Union -county
court of general sessions Jast week and
sentenced to six months' imprisonment
It is likely that two battalions of the
Second regiment S. C. N. <}., will be
in camp lit Columbia during the state
fain Two companies of coast artil
lery from Fort Moultrie #iH. also l?e
sent to Columbia. .K>. .JL?
Sister Mary Antonla O'Connell, for
seventy years an Inmate of the Con
vent of Mercy in Charleston, died last
week. She was 01 years old, having
entered the convent at th&?ge of 21.
H. Riddle overseer of the Olym
pla mill weaving room. In Columbia,
was convicted this week of violating
the sixty-hour a week labor law in
mills by working It. V. Benton, filling
hand, on September 29, and paying
him for 11 1-2 hours work in one day.
The magistrate before whom the case
was tried, fined Riddle f25.
Sheriff Thomas of Cherokee county,
received information Saturday that
parties were operating a, distillery in '
the northern section of the county,
but ? when he reached the scene the
birds had flown. The operators had
perfected an ingenious device for glv^ .
lug warning in cat?e of a visit by of
ficers of the' law. A plow was fastened
to a tree within 30 feet of the plant, a
piece of Iron being so fixed that when
a string was pulled, the Iron would
strike the plow, making a sound like
that of a bell. The cord attached to
the Iron was 800 feet long, the party
operating the bell being concealed in
the bushes at' the end of the cord. The
Ingenious device was destroyed.
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Let us have your order for fall print
ing!? The Chronicle. '? '1' ? *?
Mr> s Davidson Ik In Half 1
more.
Mr. 4 J. s. King, of Hethune, M|*c?nt
MihkIii \ in <'aiinl? n
Mr. S. HJokes, of lu'Mr I. nek now, was
in < i 1 1 u ? I ? ? 1 1 ,vcs(crda
Mi Hll<1 Ml*. K M l?*f t li.vi
*wk for n hip 1. 1 Wu York
" Mr? W.- 1 H|MHit ?h?? wtH'k w?
< '"Imul.ia u llli Mi.s I.. T. Hakn
Mr. (). li. WaUoUi "f in-lit K^hitw,
was ii visitor in Camden Mondas
Mrs. Until F?h?, of 1 ii'iiiliiKwuw was
the guest of Ml". a,?| Mis, a. .1. Nfanl.
thlN UtM'k.
Mrs. |{. 41. Kennedy, Jr.;' II ml chil
dren returned I list week from a visit
to Columbia.
< n|'t. and A(rs. J,. |,. < *1 > I ?ii i-ii, of
QftjKalh. made a trip to < 'n iii<|*mi Thurs
day in their car. '
Ml\ I*. Fletcher, of WVstvillc,
wont on a business trip to Columbia
last Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Sue MeDowall has returned to
< *?>i iiiiittin. after s|ieudiug two weeks
with relatives in Camden.
Mrs, W. ii. Trantliam will leave ne\t
week far a vikiit of t wo weeks to Miss
Ada Trantliam In Washington.
Mr. and Mix. John S. Lindsay and
fatuity are now occupying the Mr
t'rel-ht homo oil North l.yhleton St.
Mr. ami Mrs. K. W. l'arker and
Robert Hope. ,,f J >al/.ell, visited at the
limue of Mrs. II. Truesdale last week,
Mrs. J, H. Mrfxtod has returned to
her hnifie at Kemherts, after a stay
of several days with relatives in Cam
den.
Kennedy and Workman, real estate
agents, rejK>i% tic sale of a vacant hit
on 1 Fayette avenue to . Mr. <J. w.
Crosby.
Mrs. J. (J. Ham well has as her
guests, Mrs. W. A. Hoy kin and Miss
Charlotte Shannon, of Camden. ? Rook
him Record.
Mr. George A. DeKay, of the Cassatt
section, left last> Saturday for George
town, where he will go Into the truek
ing business.
The friends of Mrs. Robert Latta
will he pleased to know that she is
rapjdly improving from a very severe
ease of typhoid feVer.
Mr. Andrew Myers, who was operat
ed on for appendicitis at the Camden
Hospital Wednesday, wax rei>orted yes
terday to be doing very nicely.
Miss Madeline Truesdale, '15, one of
those favored few who received a
"star" on Trailing School work, Is
principal of the Whitney School. ?
Wlnthrop School News.
A runaway team on Monday crtfch*
,#d in, to an electric, Hgfct pole in front
of the residence of Mr. W, W. Hug
gins, snapping the pole In two places.
No damage was done to the vehicle
or animals,
( Sheriff W. W. Huckabee was taken
quite ill last Thursday, suffering from
a slight stroke of paralysis. His
f riend8 are -glad to know -that he haw
recovered and Is again able to be on
the streets.
Mr. J. 8." Rhame returned Wednes
day from a stay of several days at
Charleston on a visit to his' son, Dr.
J, Sumter Rbame, in that city. Mr.
Rhame was in Charleston when the
mayoralty election was being held and
he says it was as orderly as anyone
could wish.
Messrs. Geo. T. Little .and John E.
Rhame are attending the horse show 1
being held in Sumter this week. Mr.
Rhame isV exhibiting " his handsome
mare "Stella," while Mr. Little has a
number of entries from his stables. A
message received from Mr. Little We<U
nesday afternoon stated that he had
won several ribbons In the nrst days
entries. | , ?
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Announcement
We are making loans on
Cotton stored in reliable
c? ...
Warehouse at
6 Per Cent
If you want to hold your
cotton come in to see us.
The first National Bank
OF CAMDEN, S. C
Mr. .1. N. Simmons, of Columbia,
KjH'iit several days lant week In Cam
den.
7 STATE NEWS.
Mr. E. W. Brunson, of Concord, Sum
ter county, sustained u very iminful
Injury oil ? Tuesday moaning when his
arm wan caught by a belt at bin fath
er's Kin and d ragged-bet ween the wheel
and belt. Both bones of the. arm were
broken in two places, Just above the
wrist and below the ell?ow, and It was
feared for some time that he might
lose the arm,* but the fractured bones
were replaced In position at the
Toumey hospital and it is now thought
that the limit can bo saved.
J. T. Pace, of Tryon, N. O., owner
of a garage and public service car at
that place, and Richard Bremer, a ne
gro; were killed and James Outlaw^
another negro, was seriously Injured
when the northbound Carolina Special
struck an automobile In which they
were driving at a grade crossing on
the Tryon-Haluda highway three miles
north of Landrum, Friday afternoon.
The first conference of the Upper
South Carolina Conference of the Meth
odist church, will l>e held In Spartan- j
burg Nov. ? 24th to 20th, with Bishop
Collins Denny, presiding. Last year
the Conference was divided and this
year there will l>e two meetings of the
Method 1st preachers.
St. Matthews had a ripple of excite
ment last week when a burglar came
to town, stole the sheriff's new blood
hounds, carried them a mile out of
town, tied them to a tree, then came
back and proceeded to- break into the
stores and help himself to Just what
he wanted.
Dr. J. T. Hampton, a prominent Phil
adelphia physician, died suddenly on
an Atlantic Coast Line pullman when
the train was nearlng Lake City Sat
urday morning. The body was taken
to Florence and prepared for burial,
and sent back to Philadelphia.
Jame* I). Nelwon, Jr., a' Spartan- ?
bl)jrg boy, wU*> several uiontliH ?|o en
liNted in (ho Hrltlnb navy, wrlt?8 U1h
parent**, M iv and Mrs. J. 1). NoIhoii
in Spartanburg that he lx at present
stationed in Alexandria, Egypt, and It*
engaged with scouting submarine par-'
I !<?* in t lu? Mediterranean wen, kept
there oil tl?e lookout for (Jerman un
dersea era ft.
to October 81st for paying city taxe?
without the penalty, after whldb time**1
the penalty will positively be a<lde<l
to all dellnquen
NOTICE.
City Council IniH extended the time
'City C
GOOD ALB,
ind Treasurer.
CASH
Green Grocery
? Telephone 24
, We have opened a meat
market and green grocery
in the stand formerly oc
cupied by Campbell Bros.,,
where we will carry at all
times a choice line of Fresh
Beef, Pork, Veal, Lamb*
Mutton and all meats us
ually found in an up-to
date market.
We will make deliveries
promptly and there will be
no long awits.
L. B. Campbell
Manager
$3.00 Gold Filled Glasses
For $1.00
-r?VV: f- -7 '.tiVW.V&I" .
$3.00 Gold Filled Glasses
For $1.00
Do not fail to take advantage of this great offer, as we consider this the greatest Eye
glass Sale of its kiijd ever held in Camden. Neither cost nor value is considered in this
great Introductory Sale of our celebrated Lenses. You may come to us "with the utmost con
fidence in our ability to examine your eyes. It is a bona-fide reduction inaugurated in or
der to introduce our Specialist and his modern methods to the public of Camden.
HERE IS WHAT YOU GET FOR YOUR ONE DOLLAR.
Your eyes examined by an expert Specialist, a pair of Reading or Distant Glasses, as
you may need, for $1.00. If you are suffering from nervous headache or defective vision,
come to us now, while we are in a position to do so much forK^ou. You get several times
the value of your $1.00 at this sale than you can obtain elsewhere. A corps o? competent
Specialists will be in charge to give the most perfect service.
The Invisible BifocaJ, Reading and Distant, ground in one piece. $15 value for $5.75. >
$3 Gold Filled Glasses for $1,00. PRESCRIPTION WORK AT LOWEST PRICES.
EYES EXAMINED FREE
OMPLETE
HARGE.
ZEMP & DePASS' DRUG STORE, Camden