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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE II. I>. Nile* ami f K. N. MclHw.ll \ Published ttlery Friday at 1 1 N?. Proud Htreet, and entered at the Cain den poNtofllce aH second class until mat ter. Price [XT annum $1.00. Wo are glad to recelre communlcu t ions of a reasonable length, but an important condition of their publica tion In t tin t they ntiall In mI! cases be accompanied l?y the full name and exact address of the Mender. < >t>ltn arles, resolutions of ri'siw^'t, and church not Icon will not he charged for. Mat tern of purely a |>orsonal nature will lie charged for at the rate of five cents u line. Whiskey or patent medicine rt rl vortlsciftcnts will not he accepted at any price. Hates for display adver tlsing made known on u i>i>l i<*tt 1 1 on. Camden, S. .January II. MM ft. Was It Night? 1 I 'hi onlde Wo lead III last week's pa pel w heri* ;i man was elec iroeuted for the minder of hi- wife Four children wen* left orphans. The olilesf. a ho\ fifteen I*- In n hospital We would Ilk*1 to ask 11 few ipiesliolis: I >ld taking the father's life bring hack the mother'/ The father took the mother's life. The State took the filth it's to pa.v fur her*. Will it |*av 7 Will It help the children to know their father was killed because he killed their mother'.' The State has taken the Father Will It take care of the child ron? Would not It have heen better to put the father In the penitentiary and ltd half lie made go to the support of Ids children? In time lie might become a good man. been pardoned and returnisl to take care of Ids child ren. I think the State made a bad matter worse. What is t Lie State go 1 1 1 l: to do for those children? Cod did not kill Cain. Header A report to the governor from the chief constable In Charleston states that In the past three days sixty four places had been raided and Ihpmr had heen found at only nine. Chief Duncan In referring to one of the most noto rious places In Charleston states that It "Is dosed, license surrendered, the proprietor In jail and three Indictments for February term of court agaln?t 1 1 1 in " Senator .1 J Evans, of Marlboro, has announced that he will probably he a candidate for attorney-general In the campaign Ibis summer. Attorney ? ieneral Peoples lias alrcadv announc ed his candidacy for reelection. S. I)esportes, a prominent busi ness man of Wintishoro, died in Chi '?ago, III. In^t Mondrry. He had gone to Chicago for treatment. Mrs. I >es portes, who went with her husband to Chicago, died on Wednesday night. Francis Marlon Mohley, sergeant j of the guard at Hit* state i>eultentlaiy i ?i i?*<] ni the Baptist iu ("oiiuii hla Monday morning. He was a native of Fairfield county and had been an otliviai of the |?enltciitlary for 1 i'J .yearn. <i..s Manning lias unified a spet lal I ir hi of < 1 1 in I na I court fur Vork coun ty for the purpose <>f hearing the ease ..ilii.t Israel < ;?kmI. chargisi with at tempi at criminal assault. 'l'he pre ?ddlliu Judge will he named by the SU (Heine court The' date ll\e<l I ?> t he ".illicit at which the term ? ? ?u I ? 1 he ? -< > 1 1 \ eiiei I under t lie la w Resolutions of l{e.s|H-4-t. Sim ereign.s. we are again called to iintiirii the passing of another honored memlier, although young In years. Ids devotion to the order was or the high est type Voiir eommiltee iippointed to make siiltahle resolutions approach the task with sorrow hut reverent submission] to the allwlse will > >f llim that doeth all tliiiu;s well Ke--ol\ed, that l.ive Oak Caiilp \o. I!i has I < ?s t It-, most earnest members ami I lie community a most useful clti/.en In I he death of Sover dun ('uthhert Clarke, ami w e mourn with the family tin* passing of this \ounsi life. Further resolved, That a page in our minute book be inscribed |o his mem ory and a copy of these resolutions he sent his family Itespect fully submit tod, <\ II. Vates, i _ J. II. Clyburn, K. .1 I /??wis, ( 'oinmlttee, Camden, S. Jan. N. liHtl. Improved Ills Hearing. A ( 'lil na man was brought before a magistrate in a court of a Canadian city, says The Youth's Companion and received a lint* for a slight misdemean or. The judge had ureal dilllculty In making the Oriental understand, for he pretended not to know a word of Kngllsh. "I.ook here, man," he said disgust edly, ."that is one dollar. I >o you see? Pay it ? otherwise in jail ! Under stand?" The Chinaman signified that lie did not understand, and the mag istrate repeated It. "l/et me talk with him. yofir honor." said the portly officer who had arrest ed the man, "I'll make him. under stand," When the judge had given him leave, the officer approached the Chinaman. I and shouted in his ear: "Say, you. with t he teakettle face, can't you hear anything? You've got to pay a two-dollar fine!" "Your'e a liar!" shouted the China man, forgetting himself in his rage. "I t's only one dollar." Chicago. III. ? The mysterious "|>ep per handlt." who has been holding up pedestrians for many weeks, was ar rested recently. He was an anemic boy, is years old, named Fred |>rtgue. lie confessed nineteen holdups, "fill ac complished with a toy glass pistol. From Other Papers. No I -oilier a Myatory John 1~ .Miljiurtn and 1- Hluuao were t li?* principal sj?eakers at tin* "Farmers Seer ft Association" of Ker -dia vv county m few days ago, Although it wan \v1iIh|ht*m1 about that a farm its' organization of a "secret" nature wan being formed, not much publicity given t?> the fact. It was declared ut th?* time that the association was ?ion political. When Mcl.uurln and I'iU'iise made addresses at one of the n.ew inirs of the association It strikes us that they let the cat ont of the bag < reel i vl He News. , / Ik It Fair? If one iHTNon starts a . roat rts-k down a mountain side and turns away with indifference. ex|>ectlug somebody rise to stop It and everybody else to look out for himself -ami a lot of peo pie got hurt and threat damage Is (lone oilier v\a.vs, who Is to hlaineV A governor turns loose lliirleeti hun died convicts, and ijlves a tremendous Impulse lo crime, and then tries to hold his successor In otllce responsible for the consequences t hut follow In the first >car of his successor's administration. Is that fair? If there Is n "wave of crime" in the state, and if some ad ministration is responsible f ? ? i it. whose administration Is It? Newberry Ob server. We Wonder. Wonder why it Is that after a fel low has nearly broken his neck trying to get a Job that soine local papers say "he has accepted a position?" ? Hock Hill H coord. The Faithful Horse. I don't know who wrote Ibis toast to the horse, but I'd rather read It than Vest's dog speech : "Ilcr'e to that bundle of sentient nerves, with the heart of a woman, the eye of a gazelle, the courage of a gladiator, the docility of a slave, the proud carriage of a king, and the blind obedience of a soldier; the companion of the desert plain, that turns the moist furrows In the spring In order that all the world may have abundant harvest, that furnishes the sport of kings, that with blazing eye and distended nostril fearlessly leads our greatest generals through carnage and renown, whose blood forms one of the ingredients that go to make the Ink in which all his tory Is written, and who dually, in black trappings, pulls the humblest of us to the newly sodded thrsehold of eternity." ? SL Louis Post-Dispatch. Keep Him There. "Automobiles." says the Haliegh News and Observer, "In the hands of careless drivers and with sjhhhI fiends at the wheel are always in a state of preparedness to run down and kill people." The reckless driver of a motor car Is a constant menace to life and limb in any community. The best way to protect the public against, his reckless ness Is to put him where no opportuui ty is given for Its Indulgence and keep him there. ? Virginian Pilot. R. M. KENNEDY, Jr., Pres. H. G. CARR1S0N, Jr., Secy. J. J. WORKMAN, Treas. THE WILLIAMS Fire Insurance Agency WRITING ? FIRE, CASUALTY, PLATE GLASS, SURETY BONDS AND AUTO MOBILE INSURANCE AN AGENCY ESTABLISHED SHORTLY AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, REPRE SENTING NINETEEN OF THE STRONGEST FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES, WITH AMERICAN ASSETS OF $284,717,805.00. IN ADDITION, THE FOREIGN COMPANIES ARE BACKED BY ENORMOUS HOME OFFICE ASSETS AVAILA BLE TO ALL POLICY HOLDERS. A LONG AND HONORABLE RECORD SHOWS THE INSISTENCE ALWAYS OF FAIR AND JUST TREATMENT OF THE CLAIMS OF ITS CLIENTS. BE SAFE?GALL 52, And let a solicitor from this old and tried agency advise you about your insurance. Williams Fire Insurance Agency The Oldest and Strongest Fire Insurance Agency in Kershaw County TUN NKWN AT lllCTHtlNK. ^ / ,'v A Chronicle of Happenings Gathered by Our Itagular CoitfNpondMil. Hethune, Jau. 13. Mr. Foroat Now- j Homes of the Kelly's Bridge section, and Miss Clara (iardnor, of Tiller's Forry, were married last Sunday night ut the Methodist parsonage hero, ltov. A. M. (iardnor performing tho ceremony. This wan a surprise marriage as fo>v were aware that thoy Intended to tit* up any time h?h?ii. The groom In the son of Mr. K. H. Nowsomo and tho bride Is (lie daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. JO. (iardnor. Both are quite popu lar and their many friends wish them a long life of happiness and *uuecefls. Mr. A. It. McBaurln, who was re cent ly married to Miss Daisy Mcl>on ,'ild, will ciftnuience the erection of a handsome residence on lower Main St. opposite the hoi,ne of Mr. 1). .(. Cly hnrn, and will contain seven or eight rooms. Mr. VV. 11 (iardner, who recently swapped hl>- handsome residence here to Mr. < C. Curtis, of Me Hoo, for a farm near that town, has bought his house and lot here hack from Mr. Cur tis. However, he still retains the farm meet lorifd. The til rod road 'gang Is again tem porarily located at Hethune and while here they will endeavor to level up the public roads in this vicinity. The roads certainly need It. Mr. J. K. Stokes butchered four |>ork ers last Saturday that netted him 1,000 pounds. Mrs. D. C. Clyburu, of Ivanhoe, N P.,who has boon spending several weeks here with her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Ii. Mays, left Monday night for North Carolina, accompanied by her sister, Miss Katie Mays, who will spend some time with her. Before going on to Ivanhoe, they will spend a few days at Allenton and Wilmington. Mr. Perry Campbell and little boy. of Saluda, S. C., are spending this week with relatives In this community. Mr. W. FT. Campbell, wife and baby, of the Union church section, spent a few days this week with relatives near Hethune. Mr. T. It. Copeland and family, who have resided here the past two years, loft the first of this week for Lancas ter, where thoy exjMN-t to reside. Mrs, K. L. Black, of ('iiincron. N. C.. Is on a visit to relatives in and near Hethune. Mrs. Black was. before her marriage, Miss Emmie Brannon, daughter of Mr. W. H. Brannon, of this oommnnlty. Mrs. Lillian Davis and hahv, of New port News, Va., arrived Monday night to spend a month with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. I,. Mays, after which ?ho and her husband will go to At lanta. (Ja.. to reside. Mrs. Carrie Jeffords, of the Lamar section, is on a visit to her father. Mr. Lee Vaughan and family. There has been considerable moving in this section during the past few weeks, which is usually the case about tills season every year. Farmers in this vicinity have al ready begun to prepare for this years '?rop. A large amount of oats has boon sown, so a number of farmers have informed us. and the indications are that more corn, peas and other f i m m | crops will I planted than usual this year. Miss Jennie Shepherd, of Ilartsville. is the guest of her sister here. Mrs. Leo Mays. Mrs. K. 1'. Snipes, daughter of Mr. \Y. B. Mangum. of the Tim roil sec tion. died last Friday morning after a short illness and the burial was held at Timrod church on Saturday. Mrs. Snipes leaves a husband and one child ? a little boy. Mr and Mrs. J. D. I^ifltte left yester day morning for Kershaw, where they expect to reside in future. Mr. Lafitte, who has been employed as bookkeei>er for the Stevens. .Mercantile Co. hero for the past two years or more, has ac cepted a similar position for the Ker shaw Mercantile and Banking Co. Mrs. L. E. Clark, of Anderson, who has been spending some time with her brother Mr. W. A. McDowell and fam ily here, returned to her home on Tuf-sday. ?'I ^ere will bo preaching at the Be thunp Methodist. church on tho fifth Su. day in this month at 11 o'clock a. in r.nil 7 :30 p. m. There arc few small towns in South Carolina that can boast, as many au tomobiles as Bethune. There are at present 31 oar* within the corporate limits of the town and 4.r> within a ra dius of five miles. Rev. J. M. Forbis, the popular pas tor of the Bethune Presbyterian church was taken suddenly quite ill on Tues day afternoon with appendicitis. lie w.is carried to the Columbia hospital yesterday morning for an ojjeration. The manV friends of Mr. Forbis wish for 'dm an early recovery. Tliis town enjoys many advantages that other towns do not posses^, yet in some resjM'ct.s we lag behind other less desirable municipalities. Why? Simply because most of our bu>lne?a! me i although honest, upright fellowa they are. they do not seem to ;-osseM the push energy, the spirit of c?> opera tion that La aU*w>lutely ntw^nry to make a small town expand and grow., As state<\ our merchant* will give yoa a sflmiro th'JiL nail goods- a* low a*-y4H^ can buy them elsewhere, yet? but what's tho use to reiterate. What we need here Ik a live, up to date chamber of commerce, board of trade or better still, a business inen'b league. All live towns have such an organisation and Bethune can have one tis> If our citi zens? those who have the beat Inter ests of the town at heart-rwlll Just 4<ct '? i-.v and organize. STATE NEWS. Work on the new postottlee building In Columbia will begin In July. C'apt. W. II. Kennedy, agen 80,, veais, dim) nt hla home In Wllllainston. Charles M. McCurry has begun bin work as auditor of Florence county. A Columbia company announce* that an advance of 'J& |M?r cent may l?e made soon bi i he price of- autonioblle tires. Congressman l.ever has recommend ed former Sheriff W. H. Coleman, of U'.chland, to he |>ostuiaster at Colum bla. Governor Manning has been Invited to make an address before the Mary land Civil Service Commission In Bal timore In March. John I J. OwIiiks, sheriff of Uiurens county, died In Meeker, Col., last week of tuberculosis. He had been In fall ing health for some time. Mrs. Jannette Nichols and Kd Nich ols, of (ireer, have brought suit for ?10, (MX) against the Western Union Tel egraph company for the alleged non delivery of a death message. Lewis W. Parker, former president of the Parker Mills Merger, has form ed a law partnership with Osehr K. Mauldln, of Greei&vllle. The tlrin will be known as Parker & Mauldln. The annual report of Coroner Mans fleld of Charleston, shows that there were (11 deaths by accident In that city during 1015, 18 homicides, 4 sui cides and 341 from natural causes. Frank Roland, a white lad, who was accused of robbing a safe of the Inter urban Railway, at Piedmont, .was con victed at Greenville last week, and sentenced to two years imprisonment. Capt. C. I-. Burdette, formerly a member of the West Virginia National Guard, has been appointed to instruct the South Carolina militia in mark manship. Ho will he paid by the War Department. The dead body of Edward C. Grant, a United States marine attached to the battleship South Carolina or the Rhode Island was found washed up on the beach at Sullivan's Island, Charleston, Sunday night. ; Sixteen persons were killed and ninety-three Injured in railroad acci dents in South Carolina during the year 1915, according to the annual re port of the railroad commission to the general assembly. Buck Simpson, a well known negro of Florence, was shot and killed by a white man named It. H. King, a for mer pool room, owner. King lied to Darlington and was captured there by Sheriff Burch. The killing is said to have been without invocation. AUTOMOBILE SPRINGS? made any style or size, best vanadium spring steel. W. <). Hay's Garage, Broad St., Camden, S. C. 36-9 AUTOMOBILE OVERHAULING This is tin* time of the year, while the Weather is had, to have your car thoroughly gone over. We are equi|> ped in every way to give you just as good a job as any shop, no matter where located, as we positively have every uptodate tool and machine to do this work jus it should be done. W. O. Hay's (Jarage and Machine Shop, Cam den, S. C. ? 36-789 Sale of Personal Property. Will sell at Ha good, 8. C., at 11 o'clock on January 20, at public auc tion to the highest bidder for cash the personal property of the estate of Miss Emma A. Saunders ? 7 hundred bushels of corn, 2 hundred bushels of oats, 00 bushels of iron peas, 40 bushels of \v\jeat, r? tons best planting seed, 1,300 bales of hay. 8 fine mules. 5 calves, Farming Implements consisting of reai>er and binder, mowing machine, wagons and other farming equipment Will sell farm lands. MRS. HARRIET It. EBERHARDT, Executrix. SHERIFFS SALE. Under and by virtue of a Judgment rendered <>n the 20th day of Decembor, 1915, In Court of Common Pleas for the County of Kefsliaw in the case of the Peoples Rank of Sumter vs. J. O. MosHrv, nnd by virtue of an execu tion to directed, I have seised and will sell at public outcry, for cash, in fihont <>f the Court House door, in fV?e City of f'amden, S. C., County afore said, during the legal liours of sale; on Friday, the 28th day of .January* 1016, the following personal property, to wit : One i l > bay mare about seven years old. railed Agnes. "One 1 1 ) bay maro mule about seven years old, called Ida. One (1) black mare mule, about twelve vears?old, called Daisy. Two (2) jersey milk cows and one yearling. One ( 1 ) two-horse wagon, stripped. About thirty-seven (37) bushels corn in shuck. _i About forty-seven hundred (4,700) lbs. hay, not baled. W, W. HUCKABEE. Sheriff Kershaw County. January 13th, 191ft. 3t. "J - ; fMB FOR RENT FOR SALE FOR SALE-?- Cole ?(> touring Car; ou* Ford touring ear, both la good coudl. tlOn, at a bargain, Also one el^htH horso 1. II. C. gasoline engine aad grist mill outfit complete, also to bo hoUI ^ a i ? 1 1 ? . . 1 1 1 1 Apply to L. T. Stewart,^ ?107 But ledge Street, CaiuUea, S. 0. 89- tf. ? ??? ? <? ? ? ? ? ?*? ? - , f^jjn FOK KKNT ? for the season lit 1?10, a t imi room brick Colonial houno, ai? modern conveniences. Beautifully fur nished throughout with antique furni ture. Lovely grounds. To huh reuson able. Tho same * climate as Camden and Aiken. Jteferenees given and re* quired. One hour from Charlotte mid two from Columbia. Address Box 5102, Chester,. 8. 0. S^-40-l-^ TO KKNT ? Blacksmith and wood whop at Boykln's Mill. Best .stand, lu th? county. Also a one-Uoi'ttU farm nearby? Apply to B. II. Boykln, Boykln, $. O. ?"? << ' ' FOUNl) ? On my premises, a red how. Owner can have Hame by paying for damages and advertisement. Mrs. Kd ward II ti 1 1 , 2021 Ilroad Street, Cam den, S. C. ? ? i* r ???? 1 .. j, WHY NOT ring your electric bellr from your lighting current, and say* the expense and annoyance Vj?| new lag those old dry batteries; Talk, It over with Frank L. Zemp, Klectrt-,' cal Contractor, Camden. 8. O. 39-40-41 p WANTED ? You to know you can have your bicycle repaired at C. M. Cole man's shop, on east DeKalb Street, ' next to postofllce building. 89tf < STORAGE BATTERIES? Tested free of charge with ft registered hydro meter, at W. O. Hay's Garage, Cam-" don, S. C. 37-40p. 11 1 I I li I i l| GUNS AND PISTOLS? Repaired at C. M. Coleman's Shop on east De* Kalb street, next to iKKstoltiee. 89tX.4~ : ? wn FOR RENT ? Three rooms, partly j nished, suitable for light housekc lng. Apply to 12(18 Sixth Ave., Broitftf Street, Camden, S. C. 38 s < . ' i ..??3 REPAIRS? of almost every kind quick* % ly done at C. M. Colemaii'u Shop on east DeKalb street, next to postofflce ' building. 39tf. REWARD FOR RETURN? of land tie stolen from my house (luring the Christmas. Also 22 calibre 7 shot re- . volvor. Liberal reward will bo paid; for their return or for information loading to recovery. L. H. Hinson, CHiitey, S. C. = ? - " Wheels on baby carriages and go-carts ~ re-tired at H. K. Beard's Repair Shop. Camden. 38-41p ' ,;r 3. SEWING MACHINE MOTORS? Nor only $15.00. Simplest motor ever' made for tho purpose, and it does the work right. Lot me call and demon- , strato on your machine. Fhone_.188r Fraiik L. Zemp, Camden, S. C. 87*9;* ?: ? r.- -?] PREST-O-LITE EXCHANGE? W. 6. Hay's Oarage, Camden, S. O. Do-, not forget that we allow 5c i>er pound : for casings and lOo pound for tube/3 IcC trado. Now casings bought from us put on free of cost Free air always on tap for all automobile owners. ~-?tt Administrator's Sale. State of South Carolina 1'nder and by virtue of an order' made by W. L. McDowell, Judge of Probate of Kershaw County, State aforesaid, bearing date January lltfej I will sell at public sale on Monr day, the 31st day of January, 1916, at* the late residence of J. T. B. Elliott^ deceased, near Cassatt, 8. C., the folO lowing personal property of tW estate' of the said J. T. B. Elliott: One Buggy, One Carriage, One TwOrr Horse Wagon, One Orte-Horse Wagon, a lot of Farming Implements an^L a half Interest in a Stump Puller. Also, Two Cows, Three SOWS Atid? Pigs, One Hundred Bushels of Corn* ami One Thousand Bundles of Fodder, Terms of Sale ? Cash. Camden, S. C., Jan. 11, 10161 7 County of Kershaw J. F. ELLIOTT, ELLIOTT, Administrator. TIRED OUT That's one of the sundry symp tomn of this season. Bring your wheel to us preparatory to having; it pnt In good condition. "iT ISNT WISE to ride with' your wheel all put of pear. It will mean delay or per-, haps a hold _ op Qr an accident We repair wheels and fix you up with all the bicycle aim<lriea>i We weld broken bicycle parta H. E. BEARD