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.OCAL NEWS K AM) PAI>I>MC If TO Ol'KN MOMMY L , saddle and Paddle <"lnl? will j Mh.v ITJnd The admls fH. i-. I lit* SHIUO, single season ? ||. ."?t> and rauilly ticket ffl.OO. i- improvements have boon made ii. I i(i<- flub which 1h under the HXt'iiH'Hf ?.?f Mr. -Adieus Klrklmjd seamen. UTTIK kktains h beautiful "lawn party ou Wed By eveiiluff. Mr. (J. T. Little, Jr., iliuieiited a inimlK>r of his friends, piazza was lighted with Japaueze (nis Mini names and guessing con: we re enjoyed, one of which MIsn rnret Taylor was the fortunate lor of I Ik* prize. Ice cream and j was served. Anion*? those present Misses Mary Kdna Olyburn, Olive ne. Jesse Connor, Emmie Alexan Mancaret Taylor, Mazle Herbert, print' Howie, (-orlnne I^wls, Ixiree Htlale, Wilbur McOallum, Kthel h, Kdna Team and Messrs. Clar 1 >unn. Charlie Hough, Bonnie L. Claremv Wilson, Vniutt Hough, s I>e Clyhurn, Charles K. 1><? li?>, Jack Herbert, Steven Ia'wLh urn, Hubt'rt Wilson, Will and Kol (ioodale. >LLY WVKIDK last Wednesday afternoon, Ma? fUtykin Kharne entertained about n of his little l>oy friends in r of Ills eljrhth birthday. They first carried to tbe "movlew" ami ward were met by a bltf waKon ill piled in for a joy ride around dwii. ERTAINKI) )(?K ( LI B j s. T. T. Vlllepltflie was liOHteas to IVednesday mortJ bridge club weelc at her home on Lyttleton ^ Four substitutes were prenent. an Interesting round of KnrooN, I ous refreshments were served. To Meet at Reiubert. ? Chronicle has received tbe fol K letter from Kev. W. C. Owen, secretary of the Sunday School Is of the rpjH'r South Carolina rence : ease call the attention again of Miders of your paper to the Suin lstrict Sunday School Conference i meets at Humbert's Church on May 30-31. Urge everoy i*a>dor. every nvuH<rli>ttMj(]fiU. tuid at. liuu?t uum ?!?*??* gate from ouch school to be there. for the nuttings will prove very helpful n nil Instructive tp every phase of Hum (l?y School work.v The 1/Oitfewt >VIII. The longest will on record in the Probate office of Kershaw county whs recorded last week ami Is that <?f I'anl Sprlngman, who a few years ago resided In this eounty. The will was admitted to probate In London. Hug land, b\it as Mr. Sprlngman bad pos< missions In this eounty a copy *?f tin* will wns put on record here. The longest will In this county l>efore this 'oho was recorded did not exceed sl\ teen imges. The Sprlngman will cov ers thirty-seven pages In the Will Hook, j and Is a most Interesting document. Hesldes Us great length and tin man ner In which it Is worded, It contains the signatures and seals of ottlce of the Vice Consul of the rutted States! at London and officers of the Kingdom | of Croat Itrltalp and Ireland,. Kershaw (iuardet Kloct Officers. At a meeting of Kershaw <J\uirdh| Wediu'sday evening. May 17th, 1st Lieut. When J. McI^hmI was elected captain, this office Indng made vacant by the Election of former (Nipt, von Tresckow to major. '2nd Lieut. Harold i Hlrchmore was then elected 1st Lieu- 1 tenant, and Sergeant Alfred M. Me J Leod was elected 2nd Lieutenant.. The new ottlcers spoke a few words 1 reminding the men among other things that the officers alone do not make t lie company and requesting tliu suj?port of nil the men to back them. Member* present showed enthusi asm at the prosjH'ct of some week end hikes that are being planned for the .Company to various points near Cam den. Several new members have Just joined the company and it Is expected that a good many will enlist ut an early date.c, Millinery Hale. Attention of the ladles Is directed to the advertisement in another place of Miss Mattic (ierald, offering her millinery stock at half price. Now is the time to secure bargains In this 1 line of goods. PERSONAL. Miss Sal lie Alexander returned last I week from a pleasant trip to Charles- I ton. Miss Catherine Wallace, of Camden, Is visiting her sister, Mrs. II. (). Stro heeker, Jr. ? Charleston Post. Mrs. W. L. McDowell and Miss Mary McDowell and Mrs. O. J. Thompson spent Tuesday In Columbia. Mrs. Darlington, of Allendale, who Is pleasantly remebered In Camden as M'Iss Stoney, returned to her home Tuesday after a visit to Camden. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Arnett will be Interested to know that they are having a handsome residence! built on the corner of Broad and Hamp ton streets. Mr* A. Knrt^h toft yesterday fo"V ? Visit toTierda light or In Maeon, Of, MIksFUu /.euip. who has Imvu (iNK'biiiK Softool in York, hus ivtartiwl to Camden for the summer. Miss So??ttH llrowu, who has been teaching sehool ne?r .Tlmmonsvllle. 'spoilt n few hours tn Camden uontVay on her way to her home at KerohavY. She was aoeom|>anled hy lier sister, Miss .huinita Brown. ('apt. John <5, Itlehards was tn t ho <lty Friday morning for a while !*? twoon trains on his return from At lanta. where he attended the meeting of the Southeastern Hallway C<fp?nls slonor's mooting at that place. Nine Slates were represented, rapt. Kloh ards stall's they had a very Interest lug mooting and lie thinks It will re >ult In inurh good. The purpose of the mooting was to make united effort iiiuong ail tli?' <-oin missions of the dlf Cerent Stat*"* to aid In national logls latlon that will f 11 11 \ rolnelde with State's rights and also have a mil fertility of rules and regulations. Com mlssloner Chandler, of (ioorgln, was eleeted president and Capt. Ulehards vice-president. ? Hook lllll Uocord. Mi-s. J It. Thompson, of Hlvershle. Is visiting her son. Mr. .). \V. Thomp son. Wire \bur Hou^p Thi< Month Electrical Contracting and Supplies WILL E. JOHNSON 935 Main St.. Camden. Mate Your liouMm Mittirr ? Ult 1 low ai d 9? KaaWI, of Waxhttw, N. C, visited .Mr. J. \V. Thompson WijdnoMlay. Ueeent Ford sales t?> the Kershaw Motor Co,, were made i?.? K. I?. Mo. uUl^eiii J. F W. (). <;?>, UIhI.J. j:. Parllold. Judge \Y. F. Russell vvuh one of tin* ra iix from KofkIuiw county who attended the Confederate \etoraus re Ullloii til Hirw(HRbAD) this week vMr .1 H. Crocker. of Post on. is ex pooled ? U?\\ ti tills w?vk Mr. Honrj Savage w in accompany htm on Uls re Ull II to Mostoll. ( IV It' UKAOUI! N0TB8. t 'n account of tlu< meeting of the State federation In Anderson, the rogu la r monthly meeting of the League took pla* ?? tin4 third Monday In the month The president called the mooting to order The minutes w ore road and l?ass,.d upon, and the different coin mlttees on parks were called on for t In- 1 r reports. It was brought to notice that tlu* grandstand on High Sohool park was in had condition, and it whs decided to wail until school had closed when steps would h?> taken to rohnlhl a now stand and call upon the help of tin* town in join the League in carrying this out . Sou h<?ard Park was then heard from. h was found that great damage had heei i done to the young tns's and shrnhs hy rows that had l>oen pastured there hy the. colored people on Team row It was moved and carried that the t hief of Police notify the colored IM'ople that the practice must be stop l*'d. A motion was jmssed to notify own ers of tennis courts on Momunent l'ark to remove all rubbish left there wince hulhllng the court**. Miss Kino Zemp then brought before the League the subject of the town ditches, as well as ditches on private property, which at present are In a fearful state. A committee was form ed of Miss El Me- Zemp, Mrs. Team, Mrs. Sumter Ithanie, to ask the Street CNnnmlssioner If they cotihl not bo cleaned out, and to then ask Mayor Yates for .some of the petroleum which the town had to put In the ditches as a preventative to mosqultos. Mrs von Tresckow then report ed re ceiving the $r> in gold from the Now York Life Insurance Co., to he given to the Letter Itahy Contest, ami It was decided to divide the amount Itctwooii the two babies that held the highest average, which was 97.. and Mr. James Clyhurn's little son, Henry Lin* Cly burn, drew one and Mr. Hoykin Uhame's little daughter, Leonora Hlntme. the other. The League has secured in The Chronicle a space each week which is to he known as the "Quorry <\>lmnn," and any one desiring to ask questions l>ertaiuing to Camden's . civics will be j sent to Miss Jim Eld red go, who will , see t tut t It is inserted in pa|>er. Miss 1 Eld red go having been appointed pub j licit y chairman for Kershaw County [ by the State Federation. I The reports from Mrs. Team, corres I ponding secretary, as to arrangements 1 for au entertainment to bo given by outside talent in May. It was moved that RgtQ dii lr should W |k)AtpOQ(Hl tin j iH later in t hi' fall when they .would ' theh lake tin* matter up. Mix Ihunch. treasurer, then uavej In her reports nil thinners rind from the j *ald amount was to ho tlrdurlrd the delegates t>\|H'iiK?'s to Anderson, whleh amounted to .?fiu'iio, and xtatlouer> bill for corresponding srt rotary an<JI seVer a I telephone I. Ilk for ?ttlls and ^ l e\|?eiidisl for Federation pin A most Interest dig account of the mooting In Anderson of whom Mrs. \ oil Ti v ?? lotw i ? ? | >i csrnt n J our League un delegate was listened io with great In tcrrsi \ uioju; III.' tilings related. IM-rtalillll); to the entertaining of the delegate* ^ ,x i'1*' I'lh of Anderson d? natc I for i arr\ inn *?ait the program aj.nl never before haa tin? Si;ih? rnl^r;:? i..'ii hoi n >o elaborately i.ntei tallied, Mr- linvlib >11 then called for the election of olliitT for t h ? ' coining \ear. I U a nii;uihiion> \otr t ho saini' f?>rro was | >11 f hark into oHlce. t lit' only change being a new second v ice presl drill to take the place of Mrs. It ll Haiun. w hos?> rosk'iiat ion had la-en sent in. Tin' oilier in are as follows Mrs. I t ro\ I >a\ 1 1 !*?? ? 1 1 , ^resident ; Mrs \ It 1 Jooda'e. v It i' pr ? ; Mrs, C. M Cole man, "Jin I vice | ? ???. ; Miss S ,1. Kid red >:r. recording t-< rrtary ; Mrs. It. It. Train. ??, rre-pont!Ing secretary: Mrs 1'. II H mm, a^ d.staut corresponding sf-rrtary ; Mrs. M Hamu li, trrasurrr. I.lhrary Notes. The l.lhrary Association wishes to pnbllcl.\ thank Mrs. Schiller for a ill. IK* nttlcent gift to the Library of iiIhhiI at Hi books, among thrin an Knryrlo|>edln Hritanlca All lnrinhrrs of the assiK'latlou are urged to he present at tin* meeting at the Craniniar sehol building Mon day afternoon, May lliiiul at 5 p. in. I >r White, of Anderson, will give lis a lecture on .Ttinr 2nd. and arrange inents must lu? made. Kntcrtalnment | committor please take notice. Mrs. S. K, von Tresckt>w. President". Query Column. Why the big dead pine trrr in front of Met liodist Church can't be rut down ? Why pin pens should be allowed in a city the size of Camden? Whv we can't have a children's play ground ? What has become of the don law. j and why so many dogs loose on the | streets? I In reply to those who perhaps think the spraying for the white fly did no irood. as the pests were evident again. J the League wishes to say that If tin* spraying hud not been done no green new growth would have been evident, ! and of course the hundreds of mil lions of tiles could not be killed with one spraying when three should have been given. and would have been given if time had been allowed. An e\*|>ert who visited Camden lately said the League was doing the only thing that can l>e done and the good work must be kept up next winter. The League hopes all citizens whose places were sprayed will pay for spraying and help the league get. rid of |H?st.s. MCAT6 roK 0KMKrAST,LUN(H AND OU* A5SOKTMfNT IS A WINNER.1 IN THE HISTORY OF THE BUTCHER BUSINESS iu> llwor collation of moat* hits ovor b<HMi display*1*! to a parthular pub Ho than tho aasorfmont of moat ftHHl* wo aro otTorti??. >ou oan t?o satlsllod of tho undoubted . until moat vlrtuo of our moat* h.v visiting our markot. CASH CENTRAL MARKET \V. V, HOIXill, Prop. rhono No, 1 (hiuMk-n, S. C\ lit Memorial!). Hied In San Antonio, 'lV*?s, May l.'l. Mrs. Mattle Shaw Mcl*aur\n, so well hnd pleasantly reiiicmlvered Ui Cam den, where she lived all of young life, Handsome* graceful, warm-heart ed and vivacious nIio wmn it young woman of unusual charm and attrao t Ion , which she retained lo a remark able degree as she approach**) middle ago. More than thirty yours ago khe marrhsl Mr. Mansfield Mel^iurlu, . of Sumter, and they moved to Texas and lived happily until his death live or six .yearn ago. Since that time she has resided in San Antonio with her children, four of whom aurvlve Iter. Her death coon oh as a dlstluct surprise and shock to her friends in Gnindeu. for when she visited here two or three years ago, she was ho youthful and' well > preserved that she gave every indication of living to t>e as old' as licr mother, Mrs. Shaw, who was so greatly loved and admired hi Camden, and who died a few ytwtny ago at the age of eighty-nine. Of tlw? ten chil dren brought up hy Mrs. Shaw ? four of her own and six of her brother's ? Mrs. Sill Is the only Nnnrivtng one and she feels most deeply tills latest loss of her near and <H*?r relative. That "Death loves a shining mark"* Is exemplified In the passing of this love ly woman who will l>e ho sorely missed hy her family and friends to whom we extern! sincere sympathy. "Hod's unseen angel o'e* our path way crossed I/ooked on us all and loving her the most Straightway relieved her of life's weary load." Wyatt A I ken. congressman from the third South Carolina district, is IU' in Washington, suffering with a mild case <>f blood i>olsonlng. By Special Arrangements with THE VITAGRAPH COMPANY OF AMERICA "The Battle Cry of Peace" (BIGGER THAN "THE BIRTH OF A NATION") A Call To Arms Against War! By J. STUART BLACKTON Two Days Only-Tuesday and Wednesdays-May 30-31. % Special Orchestra Admission 50c; Children^ 25c. 25,000 SOLDIERS IN THE CAST. 6,000 HORSES. THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES NAVY. THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. NEW YORK CITY IN VADED AND BURNED. THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON DESTROYED. 8,060 SUPERNUMERARIES. 800 MEMBERS OF THE G. A. R. 30,000 TONS OF AMMUNI TION USED. THE BIGGEST PICTURE EVER PRODUCED IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. NOTHING WILL EVER BE MADE THAT WILL SURPASS IT. BIGGER THAN "THE BIRTH OF A NATION"? SO MUCH BIGGER THERE IS NO COMPARISON OF THE TWO. IF YOU HAVE ONE DROP OF RED BLOOD IN YOUR VEINS YOU WILL SEE "THE BATTLE CRY OF PEACE." MOTHERS, SEE "THE BATTLE CRY OF PEACE" AND YOU WILL NEVER FAVOR WAR. CITIES BUILT AND DESTROYED. BATTLESHIPS RAMMED AND SUNK. TRAINS WRECKED. THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS FLEEING BEFORE THE INVAD ERS. STRUGGLING HUMANITY IS SEEN IN THE HEART OF NEW YORK FLEEING TO ESCAPE THE BOMBS HURLED FROM THE SHELLS OF THE ENEMY'S batleships. ~ v MATINEES 4 P. M. NIGHT 8:30. ONLY TWO SHOWS EACH DAY. NO RESERVE SEATS SOLD. TICKET OFFICE OPEN 3:30 AND 8 P, M. ONLY THE SEAT ING CAPACITY OF THE HOUSE. 325. WILL BE SOLD FOR EACH PERFORMANCE. PERFORMANCE LASTS 2>/2 HOURS. / - -jr& FOR THE TWO DAYS. MAY 30th ?nd 31.? FOR SHOWING "THE