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CAMPAIGN CHARGES REFUTED, -s Kdltor CamdeU Chronicle: We passed through the first primary and the candidates as well UK t !?*? V#TH should thank ytm II UU ,vouf ft*f J oiii untiring work In gSfttfilf (n5 return-. and tabulating siiinc, but itin n.v W IIH U r?? loo ungrateful to our Iien't aerrttntfc. Wo ex | wet to nujet ?t .1 lit* jHiles next Tuexdny to cnsi oiii voles for gov ernor and other 'taut otlh-crs of the county and state, HU'ing twenty tears of i? in lN7d. not old enough lo volt*, bill rode a mole miles and joined t lit* big parade at Camden to help champion white supremacy, you cftH Mow see we have peon the twilight even unto t Im* noonday huh, and the weatern horlwui lias rant a shadow along olir pathway. an<l we as yet have novel* east a v??t ?? f??r iicrsonal benefit hut only as wo thought would lie for the best InteroHt of all parties concerned. It Is not necessary for me to dU oiiss tin* t\\<> candidates for governor, and tlio effect of I heir admlulstra 4 tt>ii hi tills county and elaewhere, nor need wi' he surprised at Hleuse's past ret 'Old, as he In a h| leech said hi.-, friends could get'wlmt they asked for? Ids noiisup|Hnters need not apply Is thin t ti<* kind of a chief we want? This a p|H*n t*s t?? me undemocratic and should o?>i ap)?eal to anyone seeking any ollh-e, much less a man seeking tin- high and honored position of chief executive of our State. I have no de-dre for any office In the ?lf t of the people, hut should It over Itecomc my ? I u t \ nothing would give uie more pleasure than to say I would he the servant of all the |ieople. It lease has heen Itccimed of being a demagogue. loot's see whether, ?r not it is t rue. In Ids ?|ieech at Camden he referred to a telegram sent ny Dr. Williams, su|H?rinteudent of the state hospital for the Insane. Telegram sent to a man who had relative dead saying send JfL'N.OO to get the hody. A nelghhor of mine had a hmther who died in same hospital iftirliig the ad ministration of Hlease and had to dc|?o*lt If anyone Is interested In the ahove fact II can be verltied. The above practice lias heen customary In all adiniiilstratlons. We as farmers can hetter our condition In many whvh, I m i t I am titra ble to see anything for us l?\ supporting Hleasc. I ,??t "s not sup|H?rt a man who will make erroneous Impressions or mislead us. Manning luis endorsed the rural credits system, the warehouse plan, r?" fused (<? send the militia to <ireoii\iUc to ipicll the strike hy the rtnpicst of the president of the mill. It ap|H>ars to us lie has heen governor of all the IMNipic. i I. el -im JmIii hands ami give Manning another term, as ex-governor Hleasc has tiad already two terms. I am respect fully. .1 Fraiik West. During the ilrsi prlamry it was freely circulated at several of the poll ing precincts that there was a hlind tiger operating In the same hlock as on wlUeli the First National Itank ? ?f Sumter is located, of which Gov. .Manning Is connected. I Immediately took the matter up with the Mayor <*f Sumter and his letter ami atlidavit follows: Sumter, S. Sept. li. HMO. .Mr. .1 Frank West, C-aiiidcu, S. < '. Dear Sir: 1 am enclosing you the affidavit as requested. Of course such a rc|M>rt as this is absolutely false, hut is used only for |>o!ltical purposes. 1 think we are troubled less with hlind tigers in the City of Sumter, than |N>rha|>s any city In the State. The police force have heen instructed to pur down hlind tigers and they have done it pretty effectively. If we have any hllml tigers In Sumter, they are of the class that Klip around with whis key In their pocket* and sell It in that manner. We have no local hlind ti gers, and every clti/m in town, he he a Kleasite or Mannlngite knows this statement to he true. I have no idea whatever that Hlease will he elected, hut should he he, wh.\ we will not only have In South Carolina, tigers, but practically open unlicensed bar rooms. If he should act In the future as tie has In the past, then there would be no way to punish a blind tiger, as lie would be pardoned lie fore he reached the penitentiary. We convicted a no torious blind tiger in our town while Hlease was governor, and his accu mulated sentences for the various sales foe which he was convicted aggre gated about nine years. The case was taken to the Supreme court. These sentences were afllrmed but before he commenced Ills service on the gang, Hleasc pardoned him In each and every ease. These are facts which can not he denied and I do not cure who may see this letter, because what I am stating in this letter I told the people on the stump, and ten times more. Yours truly. < I,. I). Jennings.. State of South Carolina. Sumter 'County. Personally ap|>carcd before nie, the undersigned, who says, each for himself, that they are residents of the City of Sumter, and that they are familiar with all of the business places located within three or more blof'fc^^fif ilie National Hank of Sumter, of which (lovernor Mannlug was l'reWlcnt before he was elected Oov-ernnr and that there Is no blind tiger within this area, nor has there been such since Governor Manning was elected. (Signed) L. D. Jennings. Mayor: Davis D. Moise. Member House' of Representatives. J. U. Sumter. Chief of Police. J. P. Hooth. Councilman. Nelll <> Dounell. Prest. First National Hank. W. H. Hoyle. President W. H. Hoyie Co. , >?'nni In before me this 'J ml day of September. A. D.. IPlfi. A. S. I larby. Notary Public for South Carolina. A \\ HtvhotlMV iH'longiliK to .1. A. Wnt siiii, of ( 'Ih'stcrlh'lil ciiunt.v, ami con taining several hales of new cri>|? cot ton' iiml it i ( i in n t i ty of ba^ulim was (lextroycil hy ttr<? Tuesday. Tho Iokn is t luia f<*( I at $2,<>00. BAGGING AND TIES We have plenty of second hand Bagging and 7 ies on hand in good condition, which we can sell cheap. HERMITAGE COTTON MILLS Evenings of enjoyment on the porch with a Victrola After a day's activity ? when your mind and body need refreshment ? there's a joy that never dies in hearing the music that you love best. "Taking it easy" with your Victrola at your side, fills your evenings with laughter, thrills and melody. The Victrola wins its way into your life ? until you wonder how you ever did without it. L?t us tell you how eaay it i* to get a Victrola. $15 to $400. Camden Furniture Co. Phone 1 56 Camden, S. C. ? KERSHAW NEWS NOTES. Interesting Happenings Oath , ered From the lCerihaw Era. Mix. II. 1,. Klchey, of CiiiiiiIcii, s|teut Sunday in Kershaw with li??r mother, M i'h, \V. F. Hrewe^r. Her I It t It* dauidi ler, MUh Sarah L.miii Itlchoy, remain I'd i*i- In h|k?ihI a while here. J. <?. ltowell. an aged Confederate Veteran, waa atrlekon Htiddeuly last Friday while at work In the ttol?l and died within an hour's time. Mr. ltow ell wan about *.'1 years of ajfe. lit* had been making his home for aoiue )Iuu> with his son In law and daughter, Mr, and Mrs. A. J. Falkenl>erry, In the Thorn Hill community. I It* Ivft two sons'W. J. and ('. If/ Howell t^a^d three daughters, fir*. A' i. Faulkenberry, Mrs. J, 10. Ileiulrix and Miss Flla lto woll. Tlu? Interment was at Thorn 1 1 1 1 1 church on Saturday, and the fu-, neral service was conducted hy Rev. J. M. Neal. Mrs. Henrietta l.owcry. wife of Iaju Ivowery, died rtt their home In the Flint ltldge section last Thursday. She was II years of age and left her hus hand and six children surviving. <>ne of the infant twins lias died since, how ever. The b tTr lit 1 was at Fork Hill and the funeral service was conducted hy Rev. J. M. Neal. Mrs. J. (I. Richards and two daugh ters, Misses Kittle and Sadie, of Lib erty Illll. were visitors in Kershaw a short time Friday morning. They were on their way to Columbia. Mrs. J. A. Young, of Savannah, Is visiting relatives In t?ie Westvllle com munity. ( J rover C. Caskln of the Flat Rock community left Saturday for Green ville, w here he has accepted the prln clpalshlp of the Park School. The temporary trestle over the Oa tawha river, near Catawba junction, on the Southern road, was finished last Friday and the tirst passenger train was run over it on Saturday. Mrs. W. C. Ellis, of Mont Clare, N. J., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Jiio. M. Ivowry. W. Hazel Plyler, who has been a student at the I'nlverslty of Indiana, Valparlaso, Ind., for the past two years, is sending a month here with his mother, Mrs. JLoula IMyler. Maj. and Mrs. John <J. Richards, of Liberty Illll, have sent out Invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Miss Sarah Edwards Richards, to Mr. Tho mas Patterson McCrne on Thursday evening, 14th Inst., at half after eight o. 'dork, at their home at Lll>erty Hill. Mrs. \V. H. Sowell attended the sil ver ' wedding of her son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. \V. It. Il<>ugli; [Ufa Oppaden Saturday. 2nd Inst. ''?'Mrs. R. M. I >u Rose and two younger children, who bad been summering at Montreat. and Robert. Norwood and (Jwynn DuRose. who have been visit ing friends at Plnewood. returned home last Thursday. Tin* Pardon Record of IHcase. One week from today t !??? voters of | ( >rangehurg county w ill ;i $r:i in pass j judgment upon the ; u I i i i i n i - 1 f:> t i < >:i of I cx-dovcriKii' 1 >-??. Twiec before I; is i two 1*4 1 has been en refully considered by them. iiikI rejected us untrue to t lie highest ideals of u republican State. This, thi' voters have ?loin*. not because thcv dislike Mr. BIchm- (tersonnlly; few know him jiersoiinlly : hut because' they are conviinvd that tin* praethvs he follows are not for the I'm*- t inter ?>sts of tin* state. ( Mie of the greatest error** made hy' the former chief executhc ?;is grant ing wholesale freedom to dangerous and hnrdemsl criminals, regardless of whether they wen* while or Mark, guilty or inmx*ent? hul caivfullx re 'gardlng through whom the plea for pardon came. The avalanche uf crim | i i in Is which came from tin* j ><*t i i t en t'irt - i ry undid years of stcad.x work <>l' the .courts in striving to gain a tvsiKvt for .law and an acknowledgement * ?f the authority of the State. I,aw!e-s | Mt'ss. In general, was winked .it. e-pe ! chilly hlind tiger and ran* track taw-i le*#<noxs. X most iH-niichais feature ->f the : f ?.*? rdonlng program of Blea^e w;i < the l 'dc.-isite pardon-dictator win* .at in c-elt county, and before xvhom :i"ll ap plicants for pardon had to hmv, and. usually. employ his service- I ?? fore a !. "til. hi could he pursued. WV lin| one I'iM'i in Orangeburg county t I n*. that In- -i ?ught n pardon for n former negro I :?nd of his. and he wa*? i>>l<l ... i nn :M a certain lawyer. I'pon discover* i n-_ the f<v charg??d for I h;* unices In let his hand stay in the p< ? i ? that i- until tli4? wholenale hiiiih^Ij :ir the ? !<"c of Mlease..'s term. <>rangehurg county had >i most .iu bc:i rjening exi?erl4*nce In the mutter of ? *?e\eral pardons. One example will il lu-:rate. While endeavoring to enforce 'he law against the blind tigers, the kin,' of the lawbreakers was arrested, he |.m up hail and aklp])ed. He was tried and sentenced in ld< absence, i nter, he returned to have his sentence read. and. as the judffe proclaimed jhe l|iiiiivhm<?nt of the law. th<> convicted . eriminal drew a i>anlon from his |?>ck et. lie had only run away long enough ] i" get a pardon secured. The law ahld i lug i>eople of Orangeburg county will . hardly desire a return to such a state of a (fairs. Law h ml order cannot be maintAln 4?d when the judgment of courts are vetoed for the benefit of any man's friends ? Justice should be impartial. Nor can the security of peace ami pro tection inhere to each man as long as a certain element fefcl* certain of ex ecutive clemency tn eaae of conviction. I/et the Judgment of courts stand, ami let the law be Impartially enforced. ? Orangeburg Time*- Democrat. 1 AIOI LOAN \KNOCI\HON Mm iWNUl't1 ? Meeting railed for H*4urd*y, Septem ber IW4?, mi County C*urt House. On August 12th, HHW, there was flu Informal meeting of Hf or twenty farmers flout ya i'Ious sections *?r the county t*? discuss the advisability of forming ail association under wliat Is known as the Kural Credits Hill, re cont ly passed hy Congress. The unvot ing was held In i>v<ponse to a loiter from Mr. I.. NV. Hoy kin, sent to varloUH xectlons of Iho County. Among thoao present were NV- It- Oardner, I.. 1. < t ii toii. .1. N. McIahhI, J. NV, Cantey, J. M, S|H'arti.' NV. A. Kdwards., ami otlior representative farmers. .Mr. I.. A. Klrkland was requested to ho present ami explain the law as enacted hy Congress, A committee, consisting of J. N. McLeod, .T. T. Hough, NV. 11, Oat'diier, I*. I. tJulon, NN'. A. I'M wards ami L. NN'. Itoyklu. was appointed to forward the formation of a local association and. If the project met with favor, to call a meeting of the farmers of the county to perfect an organization. t The act of Congress provides for the lncor|H>rntlnn of the focal Farm Loan Association* hy *a Federal Farm l.oan Hoard. A Federal Farm Loan Hoard Is appointed hy the President. The whole country Is to he divided In to twelve districts; at some city within each district the Federal Farm Loan Hoard establishes what Is known as a Federal Land Hank. Ten persons act ively engaged In farming may form a local Farm Loan Association. These local associations are the mediums for loaning money to the farmers of the districts. These loans are made to fflrmers npon security of a lirst mort gage of land, at a rate of Ihterest not exceeding, six per cent per annum. The borrower Is given plenty of time In which to repay his principal, the law authorizing loans to he made for ih long a period as forty years; the only mpilremcnt helng that a |>ortlon ?>f the principal, no matter how small, he repaid each year. line of the strong features of. the act l> that only borrowers can become members ?>f the association, ami, as the local associations practically con trol the Federal Land Hank situated in each of the twelve districts, the government of the wMiole land hank dis trict is in the hands of the borrowers, subject only to the supervision of the Central Federal Farm Hoard. This is probably the most Important piece of legislation enacted at the pre sent Congress. If proper steps are ta ken to obtain the advantages offered by this law the effects will likely be very lieueticiai. It provide* a new sup ply of cheap money, the only limitation being that the borrower must have ad equate security. The law limits the amount of the loan to .tlfty - per cent-, of the appraised value of the land and twenty per cent of the Insurable value of the improvements thereon. There Is every prosjieot that the op eration of the system will be safe and successful. The committee conijiosed of L. I. Ciilon. NV. A. Kd wards, NN\ H. (Jardner, L. \N . Hoykin and J. T. Hough have the proposition of a National Farm Loan Association in Kershaw County under consideration. They desire ail farmers of Kershaw County who may desire /<uch loans on ample security of real estate, to attend a meeting to be held in the Court House In Camden, on Saturday. September Kith, at 11 o clock . tor the purpose of organizing such asvociat ion. Card of Thanks. 10<lil"i < 'hroiiicle ? Please allow n- a few line- in your pii | ><u- as we wish to thank "in- iximm! neighbors and friends for their kindness and assist a lu-f i" u- < i 1 1 1' i 1 1 ir the illness <>/ our two liltlr ehildreu. ami esi?ecially Mrs. Mat tie I'm., and .Mrs. Henrietta Fee and Im. ( " 1 \ l)in ii and to tlir authori ties of tlir Camden Iiospittal for their kindnes- to us .-mil good attention they pave -our little hoy while he was there. The earnest efforts and solicitude <>f these friends will never he fortrot ten. Mr. and Mrs. W. I,. llunnicutt. Camden. S. C.. Sept. Tth. riSt.'AII NEWS. NOTES. Kenihcrt. Sept. I. ? This section is very dry at present. ' The ? farmers "a fe a hell t through li.-i r \ esting their fodder which i-s ver\ -hort mi account of the tifM-n sinvm -ome time ago We art- trying now to gather the lit tle niit'' i if tntfon which was spared us. It i- si. -mall it ought t?? bring a Rood jirire. Fall Harden- are going to lie very late ?ii aceoiint of tin' dry weather. Po tatoes are going to hp a failure. Fggs | are \er\ scarce. i Mr. Zini i taker who has boon <pend- ! hig the -unimer months with his moth- J or. Mr-. C S I taker, will leave Tucs- i day for lii- home in Florida. Mr. and "V I r- . .!. A. (Jillis were visi tors Sund:, \ a t the home of Mr- < S. Baker Mr. Frank Ilattield ami fainil\ from near Sumter, spent Sunday at the home of Mr-v S. I taker. Mis? Itessie (Jillis. of Aiierum Mill, spent Saturday and Sunday vi-iting Miss Fdna Baker, of Keinhert. Eugene < ; ill i- was a visitor Sunda\ at ,Uenil>ert. Mr. .1. A <?illls had the misfortune to lose a very tine cow. She g..| into a canal and hroke her tusk. Lula _ ( .'illis entertained some of her little friend.- at a birthday party Fri day night. Miss Nellie < Jillis is visiting friends in Charleston. NEWS FROM WKSTYILLE. Westvllle. Aug. 23. ? All the farmers are very busy, engaged in pulling fod der. They are having excellent woa ther for it. The protract ed meeting at Hickory Head church lias just cloned. It a very good meeting and a good many PHONE 14 ^ -r~ John M. Villepigue & Co. Coal and Wood Cunulen, S. C. new names wore added as members. Also a good many of the members con fessed to have been strengthened and were going to live better liven. Uev, A. 10. Fuiiner wax assisted by Rev. Hen F (Jreen, of Florida. He preached some very forceful sermons. He touch ed both the church mem bur ? and the worldly. He loft nothing unturned ? from the whiskey t rattle to the box snpjK'r. Air. (Jreen went on to state that It was as much harm "to rattle off a box at a supper as It was fyp a ne gro to pet off on a hillside and play a came of craps. ThO writer thinks that Mr. (Jreen did as much good here to ward oHminatlug the whiskey t rattle as the detectives sent here some tliue ago. He scored church members for drink ing and patronizing the tigers. The protracted meeting at Hamas ens church is now in progress, and We hoi>e much good will be accomplished. Mrs. Daisy Haslltine, of Rock mil, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Bell. Little Miss Beanie Bowers, of Heath Springs, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jno. IWfruesdale, and other relatives. Mr. Shelby Truesdale, rural carrier of route 2, is taking bis vacation and is spending the most of his time Flat Hock section. * A magnificent Franklin car, owned by C. T. Nunnally of Atlanta, one of the manufacturers of the well known candies of that name, was badly dam aged, and the negro driver, John Sul livan of Atlanta, was instantly killed about 1 o'clock Monday morning on the Chick Springs road about haif a mile from (Jreenville. when the car. after climbing up the side of a steep embankment turned bottom-upward up on the driver in the middle of the road. Bull iMoosers Put Out Ticket. A state ticket, composed of candi date for governor and lieutenant gov ernor. was put ont at a meeting in Co lumbia of representatives of t Ik* South Carolina Progressive party Thursday night. .lolui M. Cantey. of Camden, was nominated for governor: T. W. Miller, of Columbia, a traveling salesman, for lieutenant governor. \V. C. Plant, of Columbia, route agent for the South ern railway, was elected state treasur er of the Progressive party of South Carolina. A central committee was appointed and directed to name nine presidential nninst rneted elector* to l?e voted on at tht' poll> in the general election. The central committee ? f?? eomposed of T. II Wannamaker. H. A. Douglas ami .I.J M. DesChamps. John Madison DesChamps. defeated Democratic candidate for governor, visited the meeting and gave a talk on the need of a new party in South Car-, ol'ma. He announced several -day* ago that he had formed the "White party" of South Carolina. ? Columbia Record. Catfish 7\te Too Murli Wheat. < Mr. J. XV. Stewart, who lives on Ca tawha river, phoned the Landmark. Tuesday a most unusual and Interest irtg story about a cattish. Sitting on his porch Tj?esi|#ji leg Mr. Stewart noticed ?, Koody intiish floating down stream. TM was very much all vo and whs in . commotion, apparently trying tori dor the water and 'for some r^J could not. Mr. Stewart was l t>d and he tfot in his boat, went captured the tish. Ho put it it| of water and found that It sink. This led to further and Mr. 'Stewart says ho found j had swallowed a largo qua wheat ? having access to the . a result of the recent tlood$jj?[ grains had swelled so the fish digest them and altogether of wheat had put the flrii in \? He not only could not go water, but he was doubtless much "misery" on his insldes. fj In all his experience on Mr. Stewart said he had m ? across a case like Lamfmark. COUNTY TI Kershaw County Second Primary September 12, 191 Except as noted, vote for oaeh office and scratch the othem FOR HOUSE of REPRESKNTAfltij Vote for two for Hw? of Representative H. T. JOHNmV NEWTON KELLY J. M. MARTIN NORMAN S. RICHARDS FOR SHERIFF ' W. W. HUOKABEB G. C. WELSH <_ FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF M9 CATION a W. BIRCBMOfiE I. J. McKENZIB. ? < FOR TOWNSHIP COMMISSION*] DeKalb. Township J. N. McLEOD D. S. TRAPP i Flat Rock Township J. C. FAULKENBESRI L. B. OOBUBX Buffalo Township T. F.* HORTON AMOS WEST FOR MAGISTRATE DeKalb Township W. H. GARDNER S AM'L. N. NICHOESO* | Flat Rock Township j J. E. ORBED T J. E. DIXON Buffalo Township Residents of Buffalo TovywWj for two Magistrates ; one wlta m Bethune, one at large. (with Office at Bethune) G. B. CLYBDBN ^ -J. B. COPELAND 5 (Buffalo at Lar^ W. C. RALE* B. F. ROBERTS 4 I HAVE THE STUFF TO WHIP THE BOLL WEEVI Poled Durham and Shorthorn Cattle, unregistered stock always on hand. Cattle tna* ^ you four sources of revenue ? beef, butter* sKMJa to raise pigs, fertilizer for your land. Young co _ jf ing 12, 14 and 16 quarts of milk to drop soon. bulls and heifers for sale at moderate prices. Pigs and hogs of all sizes. Sows with farrow seon. Now is the time to buy your winie .Three young Mules, 4 years old, nicely broken, sale. L.W.BOYK BOYKIN, SOUTH CAROLINA