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?^NNw.W -i v < y . **<*<* i WBftvTRV' '?-T>, ' ? r. mmmmmmmmmma NUMBER 2. ?VOLUME XXVIII CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1916. TIIIJCTIO KVKNT8 TODAY. ??iing Profnun For The Hchools ?( Fair (.routuK 1 1 Athletic events which were In hJ fur Field Day, will take place fair grouuds today, beginning l?tl) at - :30 o'clock. As anuouue j.st wee k, all thoae who nent in ionics for tho various contests not send them In again as a Hat >wu arc already on tile. Tho 24 burrile race for glrla has bMn i>ut of tho former program and irty Inch hurdle race for boy s 1ft g yea rs of ago has I wen added. Is practically all of tho changes e program for tho day. Several features may he added on today d the attendance warrant. Prizes be given In each event Those Is already closed are not dehar Yoiu participation. The school* \ have not closed, can arrange ke part In the athletic featured wIuk' ft little earner iou?y. ne day Is anticipated. The pub iuvUtnl to attend. No admit* will bo charged; the event# 0 all. igbt rtieriywill be a Joint debate en puplls&f the Kershaw school ho Camden High school. A large nc-e Is exited on this occasion, all admittance, 10- cent# for ebll and 25 cents for adults, will be n1 to Cover actual expenses of iliit debate at the opera house. | Mr. Newman Dead. Ppbrlaw Newman who was f? with paralysis one day last dletl at bis home at the Pine Mill village Sunday. Mr, N^w iras a native of the Tlmrod soe if the county and moved to Gam 1 number of years ago. He% Is ed by a largo family connect ad was a man widely liked by >ne who knew him. The burial place on Monday at the Piie Baptist church. Dates to Remember. ug election year the following will be of Interest to the voters i county : - *' ? j 1? County Convention meets. f 17,-r-State Convention meet#. | e 6 ? Kegidtratlou books open. r 05 ? Registration books close. r 2R? Club rolls turned over to of Court. ust 7 ? County Convention meets Riiies voting places and appoints ;ers and clerks. ust 1ft? County committee meets xamiues club rolls, ust 20 ? Primary. ;ust .11 ? (bounty Committee de result ? .? iember 5? Last <late for protests., prober -7 ? Gei^eral election. Publishers Support Wilson. York, April 25. ? In a toast of o President Wilson at the lunch j eonne<,tlon with the annual B of the Associated Press today, H. Noyes, of Washington, D. Rldent of the organization, ,ten "our affectionate sympathy and al support to the man, wbo, by )f bis great office* Is our spokea thc world, and who speaks for bt and our honor as God gives see our rights and our honor." prlncljial address was made by (holns Murray Hutler, president jialila University, who waB t&e >f honor. Kn Educational Feature. ins of the Majestic Theatre 'lire te in having on the* program v -Tuesday night Burton Holmes Pictures. To our way of think | is one of the moat highly en flg and Instructive feature? at jestlc. Tuesday night he car s audience through the PhllU iands, showing the quaint old city of Manilla and its queer b and the work thd^fhas been A I the American government In fit a modern city. Next Tutes jwill show other scenes in the kes. Go with him on this trip, pic by the Majestic orchestra p to be a pleasing feature of Jrnoons. Mr. Little is getting I best program that can be had, jou know of a picture that you pte him put on tell him about programme at the Majestic | greatly Improved in- the pa at K "The Misleading Lady." bight was pronounced by those Inded to be the very best ever pre. Again on Tuesday neght lead wilaon" was another that I Mary Plckford, the Idol ot fen, in "Raga'Vdellghtsd tit* I Wednesday evening. IKlHIIMtfP RRIIKL. Many Wounded in Revolutionary Out break in Dublin. v A revolutionary outbreak lu Ireland, 111 which ItrltUh troojNst uinl N < > 1 11 ! 1 1 1 ? t ' I . gllStftiued relatively luvtry casualties, and u ral<l by a Gorman battle crutaor squadron on tl^o east coast of Eng land, In which the raiders escaped af ter bombarding towestoft, are t ti?> out standing features of ,tho war. v So far as lias boon mado public, t!?o revolution in Ireland lias not ex to ml - Ml beyond Dublin, where *meml?ers of the Sinn Fell) Society 011 Monday cap tured the post onice and other points in Dublin, and In lighting which eu sticii with the troopH and loyalists, killed at least eleven of the city's de fenders and wounded nearly a score of others. What the losses of the rovo lufiQiitata were has not lw*n stated. The British Government asserts that the situation In Dublin novy is well in hand. The German battle cruiser squadron made its attack on Lowestoft, opening Are on the roast and killing two men, one Woman and a child. British light cruisers,^ torpedo boat destroyers and aircraft ehasMl the Germans, who put back hastily toward Germany. Two British cruisers and a destroyer were hit by German shells, hut none $as sunk. Whether the - Germans sufferal any damage Is not known. Except in Lorraine there has been a u entire absence of Infantry fighting on the western front. The big guns, however, have continued their rain Of shells on opposing positions at various points. . At La Chapelotte, In Lorraine, the Germans launched a heavy infantry attack against thp French which was repulsMl. Some of the Germans ob tained a footing in a portion of the French salient, but later wero driven out with heavy losses. Around Hill 304 and in the region of Eshes and Cumieres, northwest of Verdun, the bombardment continues in tense. To the east of Verdun, aroufad Afoulainvilee, there also has been a violent bombardment In the Argonne the French have destroyed with their guns a German post and shattered a German trench over a # small front Considerable aerial activity by the French airmen, in which four German machines were brought down, is re ported by Paris. ? '' - : On the eastern, front, near Garbu nlvka, the Russians mado a heavy at tack against the Germans, but, ac cording to Berlin, were repulsed with sanguinary losses. Heavy engagements still are in progress in the Upper Cor* devele and Monte v San -Mlchele zones of the Austro-Italian front The British official communication from Mesopotamia* tays the British atill are .Jioldhig their- lines on tlm right bank of the Tigris against the Turks, and have somewhat extended them at one point by driving. in the ^urklsh pickets. Mr. Leonard Vance Johnson and Miss Jaunita Ethel Hancock, both of Camden R. F. D. 6 were married on Easter Sunday,. April 23rd. - On HlsWayto tiUs^ow." _ A letter to relatives la Camden re ceived yeeteirdfly from Mr. Joel nou^h stated that he had sailed ori* the steamship "Athenian" for Glascow, Scotland. For the past several weeks Mr. Hough had been employed on the Hopewell (Va.) Daily News as book keeper, and he and a party of friends decided to sail from Norfolk for Eu rope. ? Good Money in Lettuce. ^ A Beaufort soeclal of April _ 19,- to the News and Courier says : . "One car of lettuce was sold In New York today for W. R. Eve, Jr.* of this place, for over $1,900, breaking Beaufort coun^ ty's record sfor a carload sale. Otoe acre of good soil produce^ two car loads. Mr. Eve Is operating two farms < and shipping three and fonr cars of lettuce per daj?.w- . .... ... Suggests Mr. MeCspkilL Editor Chronicle: As a suggestion tn the political field for this summer** campaign, we would like to see Mr. T. M. McCasklll in the race for Superin tendent of Education. He Is a man we Peel sure would be master of :he posi tion, to the best Interests of all the !**>ptf?. What say yon, Tom? r^Cs tear from you. ~ ' Voters of West Wateree. j Fanners Seei* Assoebtfon to Meet. . Notice is hereby given that Aatioch farmers Secret Association win meet 'or a general rally at Antloch Friday, tfay 6th, at 10 o'clock, and invite all >ther associations to take part with us. HRR NAME ; ON TK1KJSAD Causes ('orrMpoiKkiic^ Between Scotch tiirl and Cunxiwi l>ady. L; ?V ':. , ? ' , ? ? Several weeks ago while shopping In Wlliiwlwro, a gi?od lady friend ol The Chronicle purchased a box of thread, aud ot) one of tin* balls appear ed a slip of | wiper with the name and address ??f the i>acker, who was Miss Campbell, residing at SI Causey side St., Paisley, Scot lamb The Omib den lady wrote to the young lady at tin* above address and wan pleasantly surprised to receive a letter from Scot land, under <feite of March 20th, which she prizes very highly. She has kindly Consented to let us reproduce the letter and we know it will he read with in terest, The letter which had passed through the censors bands fs as fol lows : ^ f "My Dear Mrs. -- ? ? 1 received your letter and It oaiue'as quite a pleasant surprise as I had given up hoi>e of bearlug where the ball of c.>tt??U had gone with my name and address on It. "First of all I will tell you how my name happeued to be on the slip. 4 work in the warehouse of J. & I*, ('oats, and there are three girls of us who are very chummy. One Jay we thought we would each put our name in a differ ent box of cotton going to U. H. A. The result was one of my friends got a letter from a lady in Baltimore and the other liad a letter from Indiua< Well that wtas sometime ago and you see I was quite pleased when I got your letter. "I have worked in Coats' warehouse as a checker for seven years, I can't tell you anything about the make up of the thread, as we don't- have any v flihifr to do with it until It is finished In the boxes and ready for packing. We examine every box to sec that it Is all right before it leaves our place. It is my belief that the most of the mercerized crotchet cotton Is manu factured in Scotland. Coats is a lim ited company now, and I think they are the biggest thread makers In the world. They have mills in Kussia, Spain, Italy, Austria -a: nd In Newark, fn America. I don't think the mills in Ainertcia can be very big, either that, or the ladles in America do a tremen dous lot of fancy work, as we send to U. S. A. alone from twenty thousand I to twenty-two thousand boxes every | day. I "I do a great deal of fancy work too. I have used different kinds of cord and like the mercerized cord best. , It is put through- a certain process which keejw? It from turning veil on- af ter it has been washed several times as other plain cords do. "By the titte you get this letter I will have changed my name. I nm being married on April 15th and after that I will be Mrs. Bridge. My ad dress will be Just the same as I am just staying on here with Mother. My Intended husband is in the soldiers training camp Just now, and he ex pects to be going on active service by May. I have a brother nerving with the colours Just now, hut he is utill training in England. This war is aw-, fnt "I, fOl' ~6tTe, wish with all my heart, it was all over. "As I sit here writing, It Is snowing heavily. Everything i? pure white. Do you ever have snow In your sec tion? I once had a great desire to go abroad, and just before Joining the army my intended husband, he d the chance -of a pljace in South America. He did not take it as ho thought he had a duty to iwrform to home and country. "Thanking you .for your good wishes and I hoi>e to hear from you again." RECTOR TO BECOME SOLDIER. Rev. H. B. Ryley Announces That He Will Leave Ministry to Join Army, Greenville, April 20.? The Rev. H. B. Ryley, rector of St. James and St Andrews Episcopal churches here, an nounced today he would leave the min istry and join the Canadian forces to fight for England. He Is an English man by birth, and once held a captain's commission in tbe? territorial army of that country. For some years he has Ihred in America. Recently Mr. Ryley who is a deep Jjcholar. lost a son and a nephew in the war, both of whom w^re fighting in the British army. A large percentage of his Oxford class mates have ? also been killed. He states that he would be doing more good killing. Germans than preaching. Since the dea|h of his son be has scarcely been able to keep his mind o ft the war and finally decided to' re enter the array not as a chaplain but as a line soldier. lie hopes to receive a commission, but will fight as a pri vate In case he does not Mr. Ryley has been here several months and is regard <*1 as one of the finest preach ers in this section. t > Picnic at Pine Grove School llou.se. We have been requested to announce that there frill be a basket picnic at Pine Grove School House, in West Wa teree, on Saturday, May 6tb. The pub lic is invited to be present and bring well filled baskets. All tbo candidates are invited to be present and Invited to make addresses, and of coafse they will be expected to Mof baskets also. CI, HIS KK0KUAN1ZK. Officers Klected and Named to County Convention. The Cu union Democratic flub mot Saturday afternoon In the opera house, and was re-organ Used by the election of tln> following officer* : T. J. Kirk laild, president; I,. T. Mills, vlco pros- J Ideut ; C, W. Rlrehmore, secretary ; Ceiiuty Evooutlvo Committeeman, T. J.,| Klrklu,nd. Tho following committee on | registration was appointed: Dr. W. ,1. huiili, A. <i. Whltaker and M. C. West. Seventeen delegate to the county convention were elected, as follows : T. J. Klrkland, U T. Mills, A. J. Heat tie, M. <\ West, W. It. delAMieh, W. it. Hough, <\ W. Rlrehmore, Dr. W. J. Dunn, It. I). Williams, I A. Witt kow.vky- ii, Nr- NU4o>lH(m; ? F. Rraslngton, 3. F. Rateman, J. It. Relk, J. 1>. Slnelair, and W. F. ltussell. A motion was adoptod authorizing the president to till any vacancy In the delegation should any occur. Hermitage Mill. ?Hermitage Mill Democratic club met Saturday, and re-oragnized! W. A. Anderson was elected presldeut. The following delegates to county conven tion were elected : H. H. Mlokle, W. E. DeI,oneho and W. A. Anderson. Hanging Rock. The Hanging Hock eluh met on Sat urday and organized w.lth the election of. X. .! ours as president . and John S. Trues'del, secretary and treasurer. The Allowing committees, deleg.i tc> to the county convention and executive conunltoeman were cliosen: One en rollment ? E. C. Cuivern, It. M. Perry. W. R. (.'rogory; on registration ? J.\G< Jones, A. C, Gregory, C. H. Truesdale; delegates to county convention- ? E. P. Blakeney, It. M. Perry. W. R. Greg ory, R. M. Jones; executive committee man ? B. 1). Blakehev. Doby's Mill Club. Doby's Mill Democratic Club met oh Saturday afternoon, April 22, and re organized. The followiug offlcer? were elected : M. P. Kelly, president ; J. M. Porter, secretary ; J. M. Porter, exe cutive committeeman. Delegates to County Convention : R. T. Harrison, W. L. Klnard, A. K. Bowen. This club now, baa about 86 members. KERSHAW NEWS NOTES. Interesting Happenings Gathered From The Era of Hiat Place. Mr. W. it. RobinSon, who lives in tho Antioch section, died at Lancaster, whore, he ' had gone to visit relatives, Friday, April 21. He was the father of Mrs. (). H. Watson,, and was 74 years of age. The remains were in terre<L-at the Antioch Baptist church yard, of which church he was a mem her, on Saturday, April 22. James Oaynor and Miss Ethel (Jandy of the Oak Ridge section, were married last Sunday afternoon hy Rev. John M. Neal, at the home of the latter. Mrs. J. H. Wooten of Richmond, Va.j Is spending a while in Kershaw wltll her sister, Mrs. W. C. McDowell. Another sister of Mrs. McDowell, Miss Mattlo Hurney of Columbia, spent Sunday with her. inn Hilton, the little daughter of f Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hilton of4 tho Sand Ilill section, aged five and one-, half years, died at the home of her parents last Thursday evening and was burled at Sand Hill church Fri day afternoon, the funeral services being conducted by Rev. J. P. Tucker. The little girl was sick only about five days with pneumonia. Horn to Mr. and Mrs. R D. Blake ney Saturday, April 22, 1915, a daugb fer ??****' 'J?"**'* Mrs, J..C. spent several days iu Kershaw last week witfc Dr. Pearee" 35? will spend the summer with her parents at Staunton, Va., and will then return to Kershaw to take up her residence here. W. W. Horton has purchased a Chalmers <J-cylinder touring car. Ralph Eppley and M}l*s Lathetes Hardin will represent the Kershaw High. School in the Joint debate with ?the Camden High School at Camden next Friday evening, and we look for them ta make an honorable showing in this meet ._4 .. Suggestion. Relieving that we ought to have a progressive industrious, farmer to rep resent us in the Legislature w?v the many friends of Mr. J. EUerhe Jordan hereby suggest bim as a suitable can didate for ihe house of representa tives. If electa* he would make a creditable representative. Let us hear from you Mr. Jordan and don't tell us no. Many Friend*. ... ? Base Bail Today. The Kershaw and Camden High school teams win play a game of base tell this afternooa at the fair grounds. SUMMARY OF TIIN WAR. Vo&ai of KukIhiuI Ag*l? Attacked by 0(fro?n?, .Xlurtial law ban been deetytmV lu tho elty and county of 1 as a result of m revolni ionar.v outbreak In Hub 11 u fit y. The K?nl lieutenant of Ire-' land reports the situation In Imbllu as satisfactory and nays provincial advices art* reassuring. several p??sl tlons taken by the revolutionists, no taldy' S(, Stephen's Green, have b?>en recaptured by the government forces and Liberty Hall, headquarters t?f the Sinn Win party? has been scixcd. Moth Lowestoft ami Yarmouth were bombarded by the Gorman * orillwr squadron, which attacked tin* eastern coast of England Tuesday, Four per sons wore killed ami twelve wounded in tho attack ann considerable ma terial damage was done. Itoiiln reports that in this raid tho steamer Kln^ Stephen was sunk and her crew capture! and that a de stroy of and a soout boat wore sunk ami a cruiser sot on tire. 'Hie Ger mans suffered no losses. Great lirltian has acknowledged that two cruisers and a destroyer were hit, hut said no vessel was sunk, It was the KllVg Stephen which recently refused to. give aid to tin* ? rew of the Zep|>e lln L-1P when the airship was adrift in the. North Sea. A re|M>rt from Iterlln also says there was another engagement between Hrlt ish and (Icrnian waren\ft off the. coast ?of 'Plandros Tuesday, lki which a Ilrlt ish destroyer was damaged and an auxiliary steamer sunk, the crew of the latter being made prisoner. London, Golcliester, Illavkwater and Uamsgftte and other English ^tpwns ami a large British, sifpply depot at Zeppelins Tuesday night, according to Berlin. London aserts that one hun dred bombs we?e dropped In this raid but that no casualties have- been re imrted, that the damage was slight. Paris says two British soldiers wero killed at Etaplcs, but that only Inslg niflleant material" damage was done. In Infantry fighting In the VosRes Mountains Berlin claims tho capture to the north of the of French first and second line trenche*, while to the south of this region around Seones, the French say they frustrated a German attnefc against their "posi tion. Aside from this fighting artillery bombardments and sapping operations have formed the chief method of war fare^ the western front" The re gions of Avoeourt, Hill 308 Esnes and Montzeville, northwest of Verdun, con tinue the scene jof violent 5JCt.U)ery activity. The aerial corps of both the French and the Germans liave beeif engaged In lighting In the air or bomb dropping manoeuvres. Commissioned an Major. A commission was issued ? yesterday from the Adjutant General'H otllee to Ma J. Egmont Charles von Tresekow, First infantry, .South Carolina Nation al Guard. MaJ. vonTresckow was for several years captain of the company nt Camden. ? Wednesday's Htnto. THE PICTURE TONIGHT. As Reviewed by the "Bradsireet of Filmdom." ' ? . "Wids," better known as "Uradstreet of Fllmjlom" an independent publica tion for theatre managers, wlio gives absolutely unbiased reviews of all photo-plays, has the ^following review of 'Tennessee's Pardner," the picture nt Tho Majestic tonight: "A -knowledge of lighting valnesr and a particularly pleasing choice of loca tions- has kept this production from being ordihary. The pretty little star is quite delightful in all of her scenes, yet even the work of Miss Ward and a capable supporting company would not have made this a realljp llwortli wM'e" production without the artistry of these locations and lightings. "The story follows closely the old stage melodrama, and as such, holds only" an ordinary amount of Interest Tho situations have been well played and, as much as possible, have been done a bit differently so that they are quite acceptable. "After the work of Miss Ward comes the work of Raymond Ilatton as Ge willlger Hay, the funny little hotel proprietor, who always wanted to lie. ! "i' I. c cSot hwo been it el* i uubc S, HU'W ever, and they make the most of the material at hand. ; "We had some unusually fine light ing effects Jn the interiors, and almost every exterior used was particularly beautiful. The amber tint Which Is used op all Lasky sunlight scenes help ed materially lq emphasizing the ar tistry of many of these unusually well chosen exteriors. . <, *!l believe "Tennessee's Pardner" will surely provide pleasing'entertainment, and without question, It la more than 'worth while.1 M TI1K NKWN AT BVTHVNR. ? . ii A (iironlrlr tf llapponhign GMheir?d by Our Regular Corrospoudeut. Iletbuue, April \il. The dedication of Hotlina^M splendid now brick school building will take (dace tomorrow (Friday) night, tho U8th, In |tii> tin dltorlum, tho exercises beginning at 8 o'clock. Tho building was wontly > oinpleted at m cost of ii|h>u( $l'J.OOO Mint In a handsome ami commodious rdltlee. JT. K. SweUiingen, Htate Sup or Intention t of Education, Prof. NV, 11. Ilaiul, State Inspector of liural Schools Judge Mendel 1,. Smith and Hon. \V. 11. doLoaeho, of Camden, will l>e present and deliver addresses, A play In three acta will bo given by a number of the young people Ih town during the next two or three weeks. There ar** eleven characters In the <*aHt and t1>e |^rform|)iuv will last about two hours and a half. Full details will bo published later. The commencement exorcises of the Union graded Hchool will bo held to morrow night. An attractive pro* gramme lins been arranged for the oc casion and a picnic will be held on Saturday. ' On Sunday, at 11 o'clock a. m. ltov. J. L. Tyler, of Ohosterllold, will preach tho commencement Mormon at Union church, At tlve meeting of the ltoflfune I>em (unitlc club lust Saturday afternoon, the following dolegn^s wore elected to the County Convention next Monday: (3. S. King. M. G. King, J. N. Mel.au rtn, 11 W. UrahnOii, O. C. Gardner. J. M. Copeland, .1. M. Clybum, Messrs. N. A. IfefhUfto, <3. 11. King and H, E. Stokes, attended the vet eran's reunion at Hock Hill this week. Mrs. Fannie MeLnurln, Miss Ola Uethnne, I)r, 10. Z. Truesdell and Md. \V. A. Outlaw attended the Shake- ? spearean pageant at (Columbia on Tues Mlss (Moo Ottoway, ot Saluda, State organizer for the W. C. T. U. will de liver a lecture In tho Methodist church next Wednesday night. May 3rd, at 8 o'clock. ' 1 Mr. and Mr*. Colin Davis and Mr. Hoyt Davis spent Sunday with the family of Rev. A. M. Gardner here. . Mr. D. G. FJethcer, of Camden, was in town Tuesday. Mr, D. T. Yarbrougto and family ( have moved Into the residence for r merly occupied by Mr. W, T* Clyburn, deceased. v ~ ~ Mr. L. K. Yarbrough spent Sunday ,? last near Monroe. It is rumored that two more brick stores will be built here in the .near future. Miss Eva West/ of Coker College, spent the week-end at her Home here.~~ The new Jbrlck building, of Mr. J. L. King lias been completed and Mr. Kiug will move his stock of goods In within "a day HEAL ESTATE HALES. Over $18,000 Worth of Property. Chang ed Owners Thin Week. Ileal estate has been nnnsually netive in and around Camden tho past wee|c. Mr. L.' O. Shaw, of the O. P. DuBose Co., reports the sale of ik TStimR?r~ of pieces of city and country property. . One tract of land and two pieces of. city proporty were sold to Northern Investors. Property sold was as fol lows, representing" a money tranftactloh of $18,400 : Osteen farm, two miles oast of Cam den, containing 100 acres, was sold to Dr. 8. M. McCaskill hnd B. L. Shirley. | A. seven room house With lot, for merly the Allen Deas property^ belong ing to Dr. F. M. Zemp was purchased by ( lias. . H. Baker, of Plattshurg, N. The John McSmyrl property on Lyt tleton street, house containing, twenty three rooms, and known as "Park View Hotel" was sold to Joseph 1). Crocker of Boston, Mass. - The Alexander lands, 346 acres, four ^Hes east. of Camden, sold, to C. C. Coster, of Pittsburgh, Pa. Montgomery house and lot on Mill street, sold to Mrs. B. B. Uarfleld. Lot on Laurens street* property of Mrs. M. L. Alexander, sold to John Kmyrl Halsall. ; v y ~ The Kennedy A Workman agency re ports the sale of two lots on Green street "in Kirk wood to Mr. Thomas (J. Hoge, of Staunton, Vo. Mr. and Mrs. Hoge were recent visitors to Cam den and liked the town so well 'that they have decided to build here and make Camden their permiwent;fa>jbe. _,: New The following new announcement? appear ,in todays Chronicle: Jfor Bepresentaive ? Newton Kelly, if For Magistrate (Flat Rock Town- ; ?hip)? Fi<-tch?r If. Jordan. ^ * a-"*: - ^ - - fflfi