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Chronicle FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, l?16. NUMBER 16, mmmmrnm arnmammmmmmmmmmmmmMessa KKfWKAL I t M?N fOK KO%l>s. utfcni States to Kereive **,000.000 1 For Mrat Y??r. ! I rtalishlntffon. J?l.v -The thirteen nlhern states will ratrtve ti totMl of! 438,1 ikV< of the $fi.O(H>,000 federal I uls fund made available for this ?al year, under file now federal h hi id act approved this month. IV clopartnuMit of atfrleultupe nn-j uutriiHMit t?Kl?.v showed t hut Texan tflusl tho lnwwl allotment of any j in the union, IV apportionments to the Southern it?s .follow ' IVxas. *a>l,l?7; (Jeortfta. $184,820; ilahoiua, North Carolina, 11,881 ; Tennessee, ^114. lfVI ; A la ha i. itOM-M: Virginia. $90,000; Ken rkv, *5?7,171; Mississippi, ; ?kHiivas. $NL'.(*S}> ; South Carolina, |,N?7 : Louisiana, $M7,474 ; Florida, 5.M0. TIipw funds are made available e<u?. jjti'iil on the state's siien^lng an ual amount on road roust ruction and r a|t|H?rtloiu*il on a basis of one-third I the natl<? of area, one-third In the] jto of population and one-tldrd in ' e ratio of talleaKo of rural delivery ites and stay routes. Under the federal act a totul of $?5,? [i,i M) for tlie Improvement of state nils Is available during the next live urs. the appropriation for 1918 be lt $10,000,000 ; for 1910, $18,000,000; r 1ITJ0. JiUOOO.OOO ; and for 1991. fl.000.000. As the state* must sup v in-equal amount eaeh year, u to i of $150,000,000 will be si >ent <5n ate roads during the live year period. The expenditures are authorised by ie shaclcleford-Bankhead gtn>d roads n, the first granting feileral aid to ites In road building. It was signed ily 11 b.v President Wilson, and gov iiment officials are preparing to put provisions into early oi>eratlou. Ac il construction of some of the roads iv begin this fall, and extensive eon ruction next spring is planned. ' Appropriations for tlie present year, pin,: July 1. 1017. authorized by con fess arc $5.01 KM KM ). For the four sue Minu' years they are, respectively, IO.OOO.OOO. *lf>.(KHMHM). $2O.O0O.OOO lul S'JTi.imnmuni. The law provides, jwever. that no government money ml I l>c available unless the sta few I viiil an iN|tini amount. matching tl>e Dveriuueiit <-nntributlons dollar for ?liar. Kvrn ecu l ff tin* federal and stntl? niilv ilif a?'t provides. shall be si>ent > luiild new mads. Maintenance cofite iiTt'.ifit'f must In* liitnir hy tho states OlH'. Tin- r.'ii-tniftinii work i 1 1 on cli state ti> lie ilmie ill jnvordaiiee XV 1th state w< jiikI under i in iikmI i.'i t e supervision ' Tin- -tat.- highway department. snb " : t > iiivjM'i-tl<?n and :ii>i ?r??vnl by rov riniifiit nmhieers. TliU leaves tho in ? ? 'lit r??i uf tin- construction. 1 t niilv ti? cihkI designs. Sfifcf ion ,,f r<>ad mutes. ;is well its ??it- t \ | an. I structural composition. ?!>?? left primarily in the state of ?iiiiv viiiij,., t td approval or rejection ' t lit- M-c n-tary <if ii trrlf-ul t u f?*. T" Minri- a >liam of tho federal lii-N. -talc l?'.Lri-l:i 1 11 n?-< or counties I'M a | '| ? r? >| iria t e sum-. 1 to the ?htm 1 ali'iiijieiii v 'fin. (ict also re link formation ..f ?iatr highway iuuibv>itti?^. ??r a similar state ageney Imvc charge uf ilic state'* part of c work. Picnif at .Malvern Hill. V Tlit* Farmer* of Malvern Hill will i v?* :< rally day picnio on Aujnist 10th the ?| house. There will 1>? bilking mi subjects in keep!"# with ie 'Hraslon. wlikh will hegin at 10:30 m All aiv invited to hrlng well IH baskets. ROLLS SHOW INCREASE. *\?ral More Entitled To Vote at Com ing Primary. ilicy itifH-li stV('r I hi ui Ik Hill thijlit. . ulah Jiiev U'lcil w**.v tftIL Wiatt *<y * Min terjjrW ir?iiin ' na??ij r,nit;i'^. rshaw Mill r*'khart ^ ' 'r"?-k klaiuj 10 f>.H * TW P* Mil; wni ft ^Hk! 'ifov,. irnrrvi *for\ CT?ar*| ^"Tti 12. ( r*>k f* r* Tj (W ^'tal Vm:i rt ?*r Mil THE KUKAL CKKIHT ACT. WM N?w Uw Pmimh* to |>o. ? In* twwl Never to Kxceed 9 Per Cent. Washington. ' July lift. ? Many long ami complicated explanations of jthe Km a I Credits' Act httVft. been published. These have wearied and confused the average reader, on the other hand. QloMt of Hie brief descriptive refer ences to the Aet have been too general to give a clear Idea of the modus op erandl. What the ordinary cltlxeu would like to know Is how the new farm loan sys tem Is to work and how the farmer Is to secure access to Its Itenellts. The main features and the principle can l>e shown In a few words as follows: lender the Rural Credit Act the country Is divided Into v. twelve dls trlcts. each of which has a federal laud hank. These hanks which hack each other's loans, form the dlvlslonnt links of a system which Is centrally supervised by a federal farm loan -hoard of live members, apiH>luted by the President. The Government supplies $0,000,000 to start each of the twelve farm land banks with $750,000 capital, the money j being returned to the Government as the bunks become gradually the prop etty of the farmers themselves, as will be explained later In this article. The federal land banks lend through local farm loan associations In amounts from $10U to $10,000 on ap prove^ farm lands estimated to be worthi twice the amount of the loan. The.se farpi loan associations are real ly banks, except that they cannot re ceive deposits. Neither can the feder al land banks. It takes ten or more farmers In a community to form a local associa tion, and they must desire to borrow at least $20,000 from the federal land bank of their district. If the charac ter of these men and the lands they 9lfer as security are approved by the officers of the federal system, a char ter lp issued to them. After being chartered, each local as sociation can receive application fpr loans from as many farmers In its territory as have land to cover the amount. To get thenioney, however, each applicant" must beeoiiie a member of the local association and take stock in It to the extent of 5 per cent of his borrowings. Similarly, the association itself must take stock in the farm land hank ii>f* the district to the extent of 5 per Cent of the money loaned through the association by the bank. Thus it will he seen that the local associations will gradually acquire, by the automatic operation of the system, all of the stock of the twelve district ? -banks, and that the borrowers through the local associations will In the same i -way acquire all of the stock ofvthe as- j sociations. In other words, the bor rower in a few years will own the en- 1 tire system, the. Government being left ; with no functions except protective: regulation. Borrowers will be required to pay a certain proprotion of the principal of their loans every year. This annual payment, constituting what is called "amortization," will be smaller In pro portion to the lengfh*of time the loan ; is to run. which time is never to be more than, forty years nor less than! live. The rate of Interest is not to exceed | 0 per cent in any case, and is never to be more than 1 'per cent more than the rate of interest carried by the last bond sold by the land bank when the loan was made. Additional capital necessary to op erate and expand the system is to be obtained from the sale of IhmuIs based on the mortagages owned by the land banks, all of these banks being joint ly resi>onsible for the bonds. Being thus backed, these securities ure ex pected to l?e In such demand as^ safe investments that In a few years the farmer with good land can get all the capital the land justifies at 6 per cent or less in any part of the country. ? K. Poster Murray in Charleston News and Courier TWO CANDIDATES FIGHT. Dr. E. C. L. Adams and John M. Des. Champs Clasli. Manning, August 2. ? A i>erHonal dif ficulty between Dr. K. C. L Adams.' candidate for lieutenant governor, and John M. LjesChamps,. candidate for gov ernor, took place on the* hotel porch her? this afternoon. Mr. DeeOhamps was struck above the. temple on the right side aim considerably blooded. Solicitor Rol>ert A. Cooper and Mr. Charley Vomer, with some others, pull ed the" contestants apart. Mr. Dea 4'hamps was bleeding profusely but a physician was obtained and stanched the flow of "blood. They were both put under Itonds of $15 each by Acting Mayor Barron. The difficulty took place on the porch of the hotel .fust an t lie lust speaker was addressing the campaign crowd on the court home square several blocks away. Dr. Adams was asked about the matter by a re porter and stated that he was con versing with Mr, DesChamps and made, a .pleasant reference to some incident on the train the other day going to Sumter, that Mr. DesChamps replied with some show of ha$t and with some mote- conversation ensuing- -Mr. Des Champs told him {Dr. Adams) that he was tired of his "following him up." Dr. Adams gave the lie to this charge whereupon, he' satd, Mr. DesChamps reached in his pocket, he supposed for his knife, and lie then hit him, knock ing him down. He struck with his left. hand. ? Services at Grace Church Sunday. There will be services at Grace Episcopal Church Sunday, August 6th. Also the celebration of the Holy Com munion. Sermon by Rev. Henry Ual mond, . j 3 " 'W? ?WWg NKW HIGHWAY MAP Will Be Of Immense Vajue to Autoli?t? and TnvpJfTK A new highway nui|> of South Caro lina has just been Issued by B. J. Watson commissioner of agriculture, commerce and Industries, and Is to be generally distributed at once. A dett nlte color scheme lias been followed that the casual observer may be able to discriminate between the national, state and sectional highways. . , Auot IumI distinct feature of the map Is the preservation of the historical background. The* Indian paths and public roads which obtalue<l In 1777 have l>een traced distinctly and pro|* erly marked. this being reproduced from the famous Moukoii map of that l?erlod. These routes were the only avenues of transportation at that time. Sites of uiuny of the 'battlefields *?f the Kevolntton have also l>eeu market! in red lettering, and other s|H>ts of un usual historic Interest, together with the dates are thus rewrded. It Is proi*>sed to erect suitable markers along the arterial highways, giving dis tances and directions to these points. ?/ All the principal connecting intblie highways have been traced in black ink. Only roads that may be used by motors with some degree of satisfac tion have been mapped; only the ave nues usually designated as main high* ways. Distances between all places of lmiM>rtance on the highways are desig nated. The color scheme employed iu the road marking system, by palutlug vari colored bands about telegraph and tel ephone poles and sign boards, follows: ltd I and white bands on the Appa lachian highway, leading from Colum bia to Ashevllle, by way of Newberry, Union and Spartanburg ; the State col ors of white and bjue for the Old State road, between > Columbia and Charleston; red, white and blue, or uatloual colors, for the New York* Florida highway, which leads Into Co lumbia via Cheraw and passes Into Georgia by way of Aiken and Augusta green and white for the Piedmont road, hetween Columbia and Asheville, by way of Newberry, Laurens and Green ville; red. white and wellow for the Carolina highway, between Columbia and Cliarlotte, by-way of Camden, Ker shaw and Lancaster: black, white and yellow for the Coast highway from Columbia, through Sumter and Ktugs tree to Georgetown : green, white and yellow for the Pee I>ee highway, from Columbia to Cnmdn, thence. to Florence to Conway: black, white and red for Hie Trans-Montane highway from Co lumbia to Laurens. Anderson and Wai hnlla. thence in|jo North Carolina. Dam Gave Way. During the floods last week the heavy water pressure blew out about forty feet of the dam <if Mr. 1 >. (J. Fletcher at his grist mill northeast of West ville. Luckily for Mr. Fletcher. wh<? is now residing in Camden..' he had good Neighbors, and by the time he got to his mill Mr. T. F. McDowell had loaned teams and s<*?>ops and oth er friends had the dam in repair, it is needless to say Mr. Fletcher appre ciates this assistance. Forecasts 12,916,000 Bale Crop. Washington. Aug. 1. ? The condition of the. cotton crop Is 72.3 |>er cent nor- '? mal. The Department of Agriculture forecasts the yield per acre at 173. 4<> pounds with a total production of 12. 910.000 bales. FOR CONGRESS. We are authorized to announce D. , E. Finley for re-election to Congress, j subject to the rules of the Democrat- 1 Ic primary. For The Legislature. Editor- Chronicler - We, the friends r>f Mr. H. T. John- , son take pleasure In announcing him ' for the Legislature subject to the rules of the Democratic party. Mr. Johnson is *u progressive farmer, with more than ordinary ability, and this is a clear case of the office seeking the [ man. His. Friends of Bethune. For .Township Commissioner. I desire to express my appreciation l to the voters of Buffalo township for \ honoring me with election to the office i of township commissioner two years I | ago and to announce that"! am a can-! didate for re-election and will thank i them for their voted again this year. : 1 will abide the result of the primary, j . T. F. HORTON. FOR CORONER. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for.Yoroner of Kershaw couuiy. i subject to the rules wt rue Democratic! primary. LUTHER ST. BAKER. For Magistrate Buffalo Township. ? We desire to announce Mr. J. E. j Cope.land as a candidate for re-elec-; tlon to the office of Magistrate at Be-, thune. Mr. Copeland has made an! excellent officer and deserves the sup- j port of the voters of this township, j Voters of Buffalo. | County Campaign Dates. Bethune. Monday* August 14th. at 10' a~ m. ? , ~ ~ Raley's Mills, Ttiesday, August 15th 10 a. m. Kershaw, Wednesday, August loth. 10 a. m, Wfstvllle. Thursday, August 17th, lOLa. m. TJhe'rty Ifill, Monday,' August 21st, 10 n.?tn. Itahoii's < 'rfffut Roads. Wednesday, August 23rd. 10 a. m." Blaney, Thursday. August 24th, 11 a. tn. - Camden, Friday, August 25th, 5 p. m. Factory * School House, Saturday, August J^th, p. m. -r. -I > > ? i .V T t *? - ---y.; iTv.:.r' 1 "x MANNING IS (i\ril)HNT. K\pre?*e? Himself f?* Itehuc IM*a?e<l Willi Prijlrm of CampalKU. Columbia, S. (\, Auk. ant ver> much | (leased with t lit? i?rt?jtrcvss of the eampaigu mill uiii < roll!! dent of uiy i'i1-, election," said < Inventor Manning here Tuesday l?efore leaving for Sumter to begin i In' sixth week swing around tlh' state. (ioveruor Manning Is liear Iiiu up w oil under t he Incessant strain of campaignlUK. I* very enthusiastic over l lu? sup|H>rt that ho has found In every part of South Carolina anil Is thoroughly optimistic over his chances of serving the |?eopl?j a second ? term as their chief executive, "It is a camiMtlKU that Is worth lighting," emphatically continued tin* governor ; "there is no place In it for Compromise or for a neutral |H>sltlon. Tin- Issues- tiro un closely defined as 0u'\ were In 1914. The main ques th ?n is simply /whether the law shall I continue to he enforced aial respect for the law upheld An the plane to which It has Imhmi restored la the i?ast year and u half, or whether the ver diets of the juries and the decrees of tlni courts shall l>e set aside. "Besides this there is the Improve ment In condition* of labor to be car rier I on, the education of our hoys and girls to he continued along the line already mapped, out, and the welfare of the unfortunates lu the State Hos pital for the Insane to be safeguarded with sympathy, intelligence and care. For all these things 1 stand. "Those who would violate thev law will vote against uie, those who oppose the legislation I have recommended ; ami signed for labor's betterment will vote against nn\ those who oppose let ter education for the children of the state will vote against me ? and they will Ik* wise to do so, for these things to m.v mind are fundamental atal I will not compromise them. "But the course of the campaign has already shown ttout these i>ersous are In the minority, that ttney do not and cannot control the state, the cause of , progress In law enforcement and edu cation will go forward. This cause, which was my platform two years ago | and Is my platform now. Is helming j each day more and more a fixed poll-', py ilenin tided by the level -headed mass- i es of the i*eople.M WOMAN KILLED INSTANTLY. ! Misv Lucy WMIiius, an Aged Ijidy, I alls' Down {"iteps. "Jli^ l.ucy Watktiix. nn elderly maid en lady. residing about twelve miles east iif Camden, wiis killed Insjantly SlhnJtiiyr ronrrrtng ill; six 'u VI nek. sup posedly from 1 1 1 t**i*i in I injuries rcslllt ; ing from a fall. | .Miss Wntklus. who was 7;"? years of. '.lire, arose early and in descending the, I *!eps leading Into the yard fell, and when her kindred reaehed lier it was! found that she was dead. No bruises i or broken hones were found and It Is supposed shi> died from the slnw-k. or i internal Injuries. She leaves a broth- ; er and one sister. Mr. W. H. \Vatkllis | and Mrs. .luiia Holers. She was j hurled Monday morning at 11 o'clock; ;it Sandy Grove chureh. of. which! fhnrrli she had heen a faithful mem- 1 her. 200 ANDERSON'S FOR- TENNESSEE Pittsburg Agent Takes Charge and Will Begin Campaign. I - ? , The Anderson Motor Company yes terday closed a contract for two hun dred automobiles to 1*> delivered in Tennessee. E. H. Dennisoii. Of Pltts hurg, Pa., has closed the contract as agent for the state of Tennessee and ordered two hundred ears for sale In that Slate. He left last night for Nashville. These will he turned out as rapidly as possible. The Iwsiness of the Anderson Motor i Company is steadily growing and from two to four cars are completed each day. Orders are constantly coming In from various |>oiiits in the South in In creasing numbers as the fame, of the machine is spreading. W?JU- Anderson, in charge of tile s;i I os department, is now demonstrate iiiL' what he calls the "red devil." This i.? one of the extra seat roadsters paint ed the moat reddlslr red possible. It is attracting a good deal of attention. it?H-k Hill Herald. July ?0. Election For Cotton Weigher. A large crowd was in Kershaw Tues day* 1 lie iK <-as|<?n Iwlng-the electron of a i-ottOn weigher for the town of Ker shaw oir the Kershaw county wife Win'. R. Taylor was the winner over two opi>ouents, A. Jeff Gregory and I?avid It. Phillips, (^uite a number ? if the candidates from Kershaw county t?>ok at! vantage of the occasion and | were present to shake hands with the "dear people." - - ? Manning Day at Sumter. ' Sumter*, August 1. ? Several hundred citizens of Sumter, headed by a brass ' hand, gav their fellow citizen and fellow townsman, Governor Maiming, a rousing receptjo" this morning. He u ;i* serenaded at the hotel, where lie .spent- the, night, t'ltizcixs of the Gatue j - ,<k City on foot and In automobiles, I gathered to i>artlcipflte In welcoming I the Governor of South Carolina to Ilia home. Banners flying from many cars ?set forth Sumter's pride In having her son lu the highest office within the -lft of the people of South Carolina. "Sumter Qpnnty is for Manning" rpad one. while another In flaming letters ? iv? larefl "Vanning made good, Man ning** the man." Scores of pe6ple wealing Manning badge* were in the crowd and all joined in makia* it a row 0L whole hearted welcome to Rich rtrd I. ItoiMinf. - ,?T' SI iniAKIN*; VI 'TS TO SKA. N'wif of Allied Cruihrrti Smi Whwi Slit* Cleared For Home Voyage Baltimore. August |,- The Herman submarine tuereliHutman Iteutsehlnml sailed from Baltimore ttnlay on u re turn voyage to tJermahy with a tlW' Ik ration Prom her commander, I 'apt. Paul Koenlg. that he would take luxr safely hoaio In spite of the allied war ahlpp waiting for her oft' tin* Virginia I 'a pes. Tlitt submarine was towed out of the slip, where she was doekej twenty three Ways ago. at ft.40 o'rloek this afternoon, a ml It Is exjHvted that she will put Into N'ew|H?rt News between s and it o'clock tomorrow morning. After. getting Into midstream the tow Hue of the tux Thouias F. TUn inltis w as east off ami the iHutschland proceeded down the Patapsco ltlver un der her own power. The Tliumlu*] went to one shte. the eoast guard cut-' ter Wlssachlcoit to the other, and the l?oltee boat I >a una u brought up the rear to prevent undue crowding by the tteet of launches that followed. Annapolis, thirty miles south of here, reported that the Deutschland paused there at 8.4ft o'clock, steaming alsnit twelve uilles au hour. The tug Tlua? tains alune whs convoyed ami only oue vessel was following, a newspaper dls pateh IwMit . Weather condition^ at that time were favorable. ('apt. Koenlg and his crew of twen ty-seven men put t?? sea with a knowl edge that a man had telephonist agents of the Kntente allies that the Deutach lund bad sailed. They knew how he bad watched at the. end of a nearby pier, day apd night, hut the eaptaiu went out of llaltlmore harbor smiling and waiving bis cap. Ills last words In the harbor were of praise for America and for bis treatment here by eustotns authorities. "He said he eanie here "dubious about his recep tion," ('apt. Koenlg nj?1?1 he had learned that eight warships of the Kntente al lies were waiting for him at the eilge of the three-mile limit, spread out Ju it radius of five miles. "We shall have to make that passage under conditlous not entirely advantageous to us. Were the water at that point deej>er It would lie easier. We could submerge deeply enough to pass underneath the war .V.Jps. Hut the. water there Is not 150 feet deep. We shall, therefore, have to pass between the warships." 1 There werw not more than a hundred persons 'n th<> vicinity of the pier when tlx.- iK'ntschland started, and beside two newspaper despatch boats there only were four launches in the *treum. The spectators cheered and waved handkerchiefs jit unison with the "cheek ing and waving from the sailors on boa I'd the interned North (ieriuan l.loyd steamer Necker. < >11 tin conning tower of the submersible there was a huge basket of roses and while tlo\\cr?. the last gift of a Halt imorc admirer. In the morning the river and out Into die channel for a mile from the 1 >eutschland's pier wst< drawled. The search r<?r -omcthini: whl< h might have injured the I iciitschlaud was w ithout result. The manifest of the 1 >eutsehland's return cargo lias not been made pub lic. lint in addition to large quantities of crude rubber and nickel it is be lieved she carried several hundred thousand dollars in gold. LET CONTRACT FOR FLAT. Twenty-Five Ton Flat. Soon to Be In Operatioit di* Wateree. Xupervls^ M. C. West this week let the contract for the building of a flat hoat to he oj>crated hy the county as a free ferry across the Wateree river. Mr. I>. J. (iu.v, of Bethune, was award-, ed the contract at a cost of $150, the county to furnish 4he material. Work will commence at oncc and the Kiij^er < visor hopes to have It in operation soon. No location - has heen decided upon. as the river has never /n?aehe<I its normal sta^e. The h<Nit will have a carrying capacity of 25 tons and will Ih? fifteen feet wide by sixty feet long. Mr. West says It will accomodate six or eight teams at a load, and will he operated hy a cable. Helped I s in Time of Need. Just as The Chronicle had gone to prcfes last Friday night, a delicate part^ of the machine^ broke and stopped the whole business. As usual in our emergencies, Mr. W. O. Hay came to (>ur assistance with. ;l?is welding ma chine, and lie and his ass^tant. Mr. Frietag. got busy and by ten o'clock that night the prow was running as good as ever, otherwise we would have l?eeii balled up until a new piece could luivfl ben ordered from Ithude Island. } Former Citizen Sends Check and Sym pathy. Mr/ T_ KdmuAd Krumhholz, man ager of the Kirkwood Hotel, of Cam-, den but now manager of h summer hotel at Ifurllogton, Vermont, has sent the following letter to Capt. W. M. Shannon, of this city. We know our entire community will join us in ex pressing appreciation to this gentleman for the interest shown In Camden and Camden |?eople. The letter follows : "It-fe? rriHi mnch rvfrrvt rftnt I tearn in this morning's Camden Chronicle of tthe deplorable condition In our little city of Camden. . What' .a catastrophe it is to have both bridges go out The loss to the planters on the rirer and the sultering it will cause to many of the neighbors about there in distress ing. I extend to the commodity my ? hearty sympathy, and am glad to sec that immediate action has been taken t>y the merchants and other business men. I enclose herewith check far 120. which please 'apply to any relief that you . may deem At and with best for brighter days." IUCTIUINK NKWS NOT UN. .% Chronicle of Happenings From Out' K^KuUr Cor respondent. ltothuue, S. t/? Aug 8.- Another hea vy ralu and wind storm passed oyer this section on. Tuesday night. Mf, Robert M. Rethune, who has been ill with t.vpliold fever since Ills return from Chimney U??ck. N. <\, Is a little better today. Miss l.eesle Watklns. i\\\ old mahltm lady, of the Marshall's Church section, died suddenly last Sunday, the result of it fall, and whs burled at Sandy drove chuVeh on Monday. Mrs. Addle Rooiie, of iMrllugton eounty. died last Saturday and was hurUsl on Sunday. hr. truest /. Truesdell, who his been In New York the* past three weeks, returned home Tuesday morning by way of Charleston, and Iras resmpt<d his practice. The revival meeting at the Rethune Methodist church closed lust night. The meeting was a very successful one, several new members being udded to the .church, old members being re vlyed and strengthened. The meeting lasted about nine days und large eon , gregatlons attended each service. Rev. A, M. (Jardner. the pastor, preached deep, earnest sermons. A tweeting will besrln at the Hethuiio Presbyterian church next Sunday eve niug. The i>a?tor, Rev. J. M. Forbid, will be assisted! by one or two other ministers, whose names w^ have been unable to learn. A large crowd Is expected, to atteud the campaign meetlug here on Monday, the 14th inst. Besides the large nun) her of county candidate* who are ev IHvted to be present, Messrs. Steven son and Fin ley, candidates for Con gress, will be on hand and address the voters. Rev. ,1. M. Forbls and Mr. Raroa Lee went to Union county, N. 0.. lJUd Saturday., where Mr. Forbis m c ptt ducting a revival meeting thin \v<xjU at Hethauy church. , Mrs. W. C. Ktng and her *tep-dati$b ,ter. Miss Hthel left yesterday for ^an extended visit to Mends and relatives near HbdVopvllle ami St. diaries, t. Mrs. I .In wood King and children left Tuesday for Camden, where they will spend some time. Mr. Archie Mudd. of I.aurel Ilili, 1& . C.. spent Sunday in town. ? a Mr. and Mrs, J. K. Caske.v and bany ii ud Mr. Ia W. West spent Sunday at I li^ttli Spring. Mr. and M rs. Joe Hough spent Hulk day at Kershaw. Mr. Hlake Campbell, of Kershaw, tail* a visitor here Sunday. The baby of Sir. Aug. Sofvell, of i route ?, is quite sick. '/? Mrs. \V. , H. Hrown and clii Idren, r?f Hamlet, are spending some tlnu^ with Mr*. Hmivn's parent* here. Mr. arid' .Mr n. .1. .1. Hurtoit, .Miss Alice Harm's. c?f route X,. is spending a few days In town tills vveek with her niece. Mrs. .!. K. <?ardneft Horn, t<> Mr. and Mrs. .!<*' Hardner, " <>f route 1. on Sunday, a son. WITH HOYS AT STYX. Correspondent Writes of Camden Boys ? and Incident* of Camp Life. Camp Mooro Styx S. Aug.^1.? Tin* Camden hoys at Camp Moore arc r fine. They are satisfied with tin? work ami fare. The improvement in drills is shown at every parade. Company "M" Ik recognized on these parades hy the cheers and liand claps , they receive as they pass In review. ? The Second Regiment views the First Regiment and one can always tell when the Camden Company passes " by the loud applause, / Company "M" wns the llrst company to discharge men for dei>endent rela tives. Through the kindness of Mayor^ Yates and Dr. Dunn before the order was issued for tiieir discharge, affi davlts signed by these two men were ??l?i n i i mm i for the men by the Captain, ho when the order was issued they were prepared to he sent to the South Carolina division at Governor's Island and promptly acted on. Privates F. C. McCaskill, of Cam den. while on duty at the pump s(a t Ion. killed an alligator seven and a hnlf fpet long. IleVfaa'Thc hero of the Camj? for the day. They have the hide for a souvenir of the ('amp and will lie brought to Camden on the Company's return.1 The men miss the friends, from home and the boxes, but feel that they are Htlll Camden folks. They <1 isetnwr ~ttHTp Hood troubles and every one regrefts the theaty loss to Kershaw eotinty and only- hope things will be brighter than : thev now seem. The Wnlterboro boys who have Join ed. the Camden Company are IJne fei'^ lows and have made many friend*-?: with the. men ? especially the cook, Brawley Black, who finds at meal time he lias lots of men who lore him. ! Sergeant Hush has charge of the eats and does well; Sergeant Julius Camp hell is Company referee at all fights ? xees fair play and that fists only are used. Very little work . of this kind is necessary as the Material the Camden Company is made of. does riot have the rough difficulties that are so plentiful In many soldiers' every ' 1 ? ...X. ? ?- ?' ~ - ?" > Major von Tresckow being op the board of examiners for commission va cancies in tihe First Regiment. Captain Glllispie will be In qharge of the Ba talllon. Company "M" is represented la these examinations by Sergeant A. M. Trotter and Corporal B/^T.'Gettys, both Clemson ^radnates. ' , 'r'-\ Private John P. fieafb lough in Columbia standing examina tion for Annapolis, hot will return to Gamifej soon. / :? Chester county will replace Umt: #?den bridges ?Ith modern atoel <***