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l.aus A|;HUi.>t Mwllcliif Kntudn, It Is KiNtlfylNK to knuw that t!i?? Southern legislator*. iiiid Koventorx arc lH<tflnuiiiK to^Uake Increasing interest in Hit* ?'vii mm . ?hioiihIi doen,*tlHv j? I <? hay thai In or der to pracl Ice in (mmsou, a man unisj ahow ?ood character and must attend u medical I'dHiV*' for a certain num her of yt'HiH, ami must pass n si>eclflc<l examination as proof of Ills ability And yet tin* *aiue stale turns rltfht arouml mikI allows un.v man to a?l vertlso cure-all (latent medicines with out pniof at' character. without cojletfe or hospital t ruining ami without an> examination whatever to show Unit la knows or rates anything about medl eal science There Is uolhlnu at all to proven! a negro just oil the chain uanu fnnn lixing up so-called medl cine, advertising an.v sort of claim about il and selling it to Ignorant j>eop|e the same as if It were the product of (lie most famous medical e\|M'it >tf the (vntuiy Here is a good chains for some legislation ami we Iiojh it Is <omjug in all our states . ? Pro ~ichsIvc Farmer. A campaign to raise $.'$<>,< MM) for South ( '4* rot In a Methodist colleges will begin April 1st (?ormaiiN in America. Tlii' total iiuiuIht (Jorman horn In f 1m* 1 ? 11 i ItM I Statos Is 2, r?o I, tUM. If Aum hlallunpuy .Is iiiolwdod, (ho total Is llioroasod to 4.171,018. Tl?' uatlvon of (ionuHiiy and Auk Ilia Hunuiiry comprise !U i>or .writ of 1 the total foreign population of tho j fount ry and Ions than 5 por eont of | I ho total. j Now Vot'k has tho lar^o/.t (ioriuan l popuhi t juji of any S(alo in tho nnlon. 'Tho t ? >(ii I Is ltL'{,7tn> Tho (Jorinan pop illation of Now York olty Is only 11 I m ? r oont of Its foreign population. The hn'f of ( Mnolnattl's olliy.ons wore hoi'ii In < ioriiian> Tho othor ooiitors in (li<> ordor of t liflr population of tho liorman voto aro as follow*: Haiti i n< >ro, I'tiiDiilo, < 'liloa^o. I'd roil, .Iorst?y < ' i i > . l.o> Anuolos, Mllwaukoo. Nowark. Si. Louis mill San Franoisoo. in itv proportion of (lorunuis wis oon*in loads. Minno.ota soooud. oon>ln loads. MinnoKolit soooud. From tho Synn uso Post Standard. Spy itiii |>atwed. \Vasoiuj.'ton. Foh jn I'ho admints ; t rat Ion osplona^o hill providing novoto IHMialtloN for Kyiiitf and ooiisplrliiR to , viola to Atuorioau noutrality was passod | hy tho sonato today. ' IF YOU Buy Lumber Now ? you will avoid delays and vexations when the spring building rush comes on. ? you will have a complete and well selected stock from which to make your own selection. ? and you will surely get better prices, as after building starts in the spring wholesalers are sure to advance prices, and retailers must do the same. We can supply any grade from the cheapest to the best, but YOU GET EXACTLY WHAT YOU PURCHASE. Kershaw Lumber Co. Telephone 340 THE NEW SERIES 18 STUDEBAKER Automobiles I have secured the agency tor this celebrated car, am! can supply anything in the commercial or pleasure line that you want. To those who do not ??art' to pay all cash. I have a mo m attractive proposition t ? ? otVer. Call and let me uii'-iie .i demonstration a:, l I- !! vou what our proposi tion i %. R. L. MOSELEY Camden. South Carolina PRINT PAPKH SITUATION National Administration Threat wed to l)??l W'Uli Manufacturers. - 1 '??? 1 1 '? Wfcishliitfton, Feb. 17,? Tho throat that the administration would take "nat lona i emergency" measures unless print | m i k- i manufacturers fame to terms with publishers was brought in a suKKestl(?n 1 1 ? flie Federal Trade Com mission to arbitrate prh'es and distri bution. it tvas positively learm*! today. Sec ret a r> McAdoo delivered an ul 1 1 inn t ii in to Mtc llnanelers after a con fcrcnce with tin* President, who told him that lie eoiild "reason the pa|>er maiiiifart urers into line" slnee the eon stlhiilon prohibits Interferluu with the freedom of the press. If this failed Secretary >l?v\doo promised a drastic law l?> ( 'onjLtress. lit* made It (lain thai fomlst nil's loo mi^ht t'oiiit* under government eoiitrol in "it^e of national emergency measures. Mr. McAdoo hinted tliat this ls?the best i line, owing to the \ erge of war. to emulate Furo|>can after war ex it tuples. rn less producers of commodities are not combined for higher priees the prosecutions may end. Food and coal men may quickly follow the example of pa|>er manufacturers. Married in Mature Life. A marriage of interest was j>er formed by the Clerk of Court In his ottice this week, when IMero l?eas, aged 1 0." i years, and Hetsy Kb tiMiison, wh-1 fjave her age as <<>. applied for, .kense and were securely tied In the bonds of wedlock. This Is protmhly the oldest couple ever married iu this county, ami certainly there are no (,'rooms within the state who can boast of 10.'] years. ? * Sumter Herald. TAX NOTICE. Office of Treasurer. Kershaw Co. Camden, S. C.. Sept. 20, 1910. Notice Is hereby Riven that the lK>ok8 will be open for collecting State, Coun ty and School taxes from October lfitb, lit 1(1, to March 15tb, 1917. A i>enalty of 1 |H?r cent, will he added to all taxes unpaid Jan. 1st, 11)17 ; 2 iK?r cent. l<'eb. 1, 11>17 : 3 per cent. March 1, 1917. The rate per centum for Kershaw count v is as follows: Mills Stat,c .taxes Coupty taxes ) Special taxes ) 11 Itoad taxes ) School taxes .., 3 Total 1....20V* The following school districts have special levies: Special sch(H>l tax District No. 1 c Special school tax District No. 2 ...4 Special school tax District No. 4 4 Special school tax District No. 0.: 4 Special school tax District No. 7 4 Special sehool tax District No. 8 4 Special school tax District No. 9 ..4 Special schorl tax District No. 10 6 Special school fax District No. 11 5 Special school tax District No. 12 7 Special school tax District No. 13 4 Special school tax District No. 14 3 Special school tax District No. 15 3 Special school tax District No. 17 3 Sj>e<ial school tax District No. IS 4 Special school tax District No. li> 4 Special school tux District No. 20. 4 Special school tax District No. 21 2 Special school tax District No. 22 7 Special school tax District No. 23 3 Special school tax District No. 24. 4 j Special school tax District No. 25 4 Special school tax District No. 20 4 Special school tax District No. 27 0 Special school tux District No. 28.. ..6 Special school tax District No. 20... .4 Special school tax District No. 30. ...2 Special school tax District No. 37.. ..2 Special school tax District No. 31... .6 Special school tax District No. 32. ...4 Special school tax District No. 33.. ..4 Special school tax District No. 34... 4 Special school tax District No. 35. ...4 Special school tax District No. 36 ...4 Special school tax 'District No 40.11 Sj?ecial school tax District No. 40. ...8 Special sehool tax District No. 47. ...4 The poll tax is $1.00. All able-bodied male persons from the aw of twenty-one (21) to sixty (00) years, both inclusive, except resi dents of the incorporated towns of the county shall pay $12. (K) as a road tax, except ministers of the gospel actually in charge of a congregation, teachers employed in public schools, school trus tees and persons permanently disabled in the military service of this State, and persons who served in the late war between the States, and a I! |>er ?>n?> actually employed in the quaran | tine service of thi,s State and all resl j dents who may be attending school* or i ?-< .! !?-ue nt the time when said road : tax -lull become due. Persons claim I ii disabilities uiiht present certificates ?w<?- reputable physicians of this ? ii. ty. Al! Information as to taxes will b?< furnished up??n application. l? M. McCASK ILL. County Treasurer Y ou May Be Dead T omorrow If you c know that wnuld In ?? forty, or t_* : twenty, years longer you ir.i^iit afford t<> laugh' at I.iiV lixiraiicc. Hut you can't know. And there is where lite insurance <upplif> at certainty toward making up tor the great ncertainty of htf. It will provuir :'??r tamily. It will pay your debts when von die. It will save sour credit. It will tr.ak-- >?>ur name respected after you are gone. See us for some attractive p<?|M ies. W ?? i^vc them. CAMDEN LOAN & REALTY COMPANY Office Man Bldg. H. P. Foust, Manager Telephone 62. Got Whiskey Through rolleeauui. "(\>lumhla, Fob. ltl.^~ That a name less Columbia |>olicoiuun was an In termediary (or a negro "Wind liner" wax tin* s\ nsatlonal charge' voiced on the Him >r of the house of representa tive# litis afternoon by Harry It. Hughes of Oconeo county In the de* halo on t In* DuKuut prohibition Mil Mr iJnu'lic claimed that tho police in M >i to get !i 1 111 a quart of i i < llaig ami llaig Hootch wliKk.". who'll ho later received. I.oui A 'Crlilith, mayor of Coluiu hi. i. Mij crint< udciit of (ho public do* I'M 1 1 in . ? : 1 1 . > ;ii<l this aftornoon that tho chanre- <f Mr Hughes would ho in vt sij^.iutl a ii< 1 a thorough probe made into ilu> police dopa rt uiout. Ho said fluil n Hireling of cot}i{VU wftUld prob ii hi \ In- < ii Hod nt whti'li JU4U>roscntatlvo liugh< - w ? 1 ' 1 1 ? I ho invited to <i p| tour, i nirl?iir tho course ??f debate Mr, lhighc.*\ who Is against "hone dry" plio hlhltioii. luit is for tightening up tho prc-cut "gallon a mouth" law. said thai whiskey was flowing plentifully. "Why. gentlemen, only last week I uot ii quart of "Five star, Hnig and llaltr Seoteh whiskey" through a Co lurid in |Nijleeinan,k' he stated, "and you on ii do the same." Coventor of New Mexleo Dead. Santa Fe, N. M.. Feb. IS. ? (tov. K. C. I Mnica died this afternoon at I o'clock of pernlolous anemia. The end eanu,' so peacefully that for several minutes It was thought the (Jovernor merely was sleeping. With li I in nt the time were his wife, his nurse, two sisters of charity, Arch bishop .1. H. lMtaval, of New York, and his private secretary, Miss Clara Olson. While going over Executive business with Miss Olson, tho Gov ernor's respiration hecamo .so difficult she became alarmed and summoned Mrs. IH'baea and the (iovornor's phy sicians. The (iovornor's body will lie in state in the Capitol before hoin>; taken to Las Vegas for burial. W. K. Llndsey. Lieutenant (Juvernor, Hepubllcan. automatically succeeds to the Executive otlice and occupancy of the Executive Mansion here, within which (Jovernor Debaca had not set foot since his election. Recent Freeze Ruins Crop of Tobacco. About 150 tobacco growers of Sum ter. Clarendon and Lw counties made application to the Sumter Chamber of Commerce for tobacco seed, last Fri day and Saturday to replant their beds destroyed by the recent freeze. The Sumter Chamber of Commerce is using every available means to in duce the tobacco growers to replant tobacco beds as there is yet time to produce ample plants for a big crop of tobacco if the farmers will hurry up their replanting. ? -Sumter I torn. (i reeks Dying of Starvation. Washington. Feb. IS. ? The ('JrV?ek Legation, in a 'statement issued here today, says famine is resulting from the Kntente blockade of the coast of <? recce, and the poor classes are living on herbs and grass. It also declares that despite compliance with the ulti matum of the .Allies, there has been no relaxation of blockade measures. Big Barn Burned. Yesterday morning during the thun der shower which passed over this section of the State the barn belong ing to c.?| Thomas Wilson at Hose Hill wis struck by lightning and the building with its entire contents was destroy"*'. The barn was a large build ing and was partly tilled with forage and corn at the time <?f the tire. The loss was estimated at between $0,000 and $10,ono.. ? Thursday's Sumter Item. EXCTRSION KATES Via Southern Itailway System From C amden, S. C. Atlanta, Ga., 8.40. Account International Association of Rotary Clubs; tickets on sale June 15, l(i and 17 with lin-al limit .Tune 25. 1017. Columbia, S. $1.30. Account State Teachers' Association of South Carolina and Automobile Show: tickets on sale March 14. 15. and 10. with linal limit returning March IP. 1017. Macon, (ia., $7.60. Account the Chautampia of the South and Southern Conference for Educa tion and Industry: tickets on sale March 17th to April 4th, inclusive with final limit returning April lo, 1017. New Orleans, La.. $23.00. Account Laymen's Missionary move ment. Southern Presbyterian Church: tickets mi sale March 11, l'J. with linal limit March L'l. 1017. New Orleans, La.. $23.00. Account Southern Baptist Convention ticket s on ^ile May 11 to 1(> inclusive with imal limit returning May 31. >??17 Liiiiit ? UUA ? be ? extended 1 1 n f-H? June 1 by depositing ticket and pay ment of $1.ihi Washington, D. C'., $15.00. Account I n;i mm rat ion of President Woodrow WiNrori : tickets or. sak? March 1 .'I. 1. with final limit Maiv'n lO. 1 *. ? 1 7 Limit ma\ be extended I > April lo;ii. i ? \ depositing* ticket and pnying 1 1' $1.00. I Washington, D. ('. $15.00. Account National Society Daughter* of the American Revolution: tickets on sale April lo t>< l."? \\ i I b linal limit A i?i it ' ?<?. 101 7 Washington. D. ('. $10.25. Account "J 7 1 1 i Annual Reunion T'nit ? 1 ( 'oiifcderate Veterans and 22nd Annual Reunion Sons of Veterans; tickets on sale .June J to 7 inclusive with final limit returning June 'Jl. 1017: exten sion until .hil.\ b\ de|wrsitlng ticket and payment of fee of 50 cents. 1'rojn'rtlonately reduced fares from other | mint*. Call on local Agents for further information or address S. II. M- Lean. 1? P. A . Columbia. S C. I a* County New*. ( From The Vindicator.) Mr. Otto Hatfield, who Uvea near the TM County Line In I he Tillers Ferry section, hud hi# house broken In last Sunday while ho unit his faiul|> were <i t church and all the dinner the good w lft? had prepared for thorn was stolen It seems that nothing else was taken and nndouhtedly the theft wan done by aome hungry negroes, _ Mr. Henry Iaicuh was In our otilcti lust Thursday and said tlnit the opin ion of fanners in general In his sec tlon is that the oat crop Is worse kill ed out than ever lias been known at this season. That ail November and lM*eember planting is killed hut a lit tle of the October planting may sur- i vlvf* The body of Mr. .1 uk|m.m* H?q>hles was brought home from Columbus, Ohio, last Thursday and he was buried at Marshall Church the next day. Just about three weeks young Peeb les In the full vigor of young manhood left home and went to Columbus and Joined the army. He was taken with pneumonia and in a few days huc eoinhcd to the dreadful malady. A great number of farmers from dif ferent sections of the county came to town this week looking for seed oats to plant over. They report thut the wheat crop is badly damaged by being killed out but in most places cnought is left so as not to plow it up. One woman, Mrs. F. F. Phillips, was instantly killed and eight or ten |>or sons were injured when a portion of the Falrmount Cotton Mill, 12 miles from Spartanburg, collapsed Wednes day morning. Four or live of the In jured are reported to be in a serious condition. The others are only slight ly Injured. , CITATION. State of South Carolina County of Kerhluiw. Hy W, L. McDowell, Ksqulry, Vrv bate Judge. WHWURAH, Mrs. Dulsy (iri^a mt(jf suit to me to Kraut her letters of Ad ministration of the Kstate ?f niwl of C. 11. OrlgtfS. Theae are, Therefore, t<? <-ite ana ml uioulsh all ami singular the klndr^ a ud creditors of the said C. H. (Iri^ deceased, that they ho and aj>(>ear |* fore me, In the Court of l'roliate, to I* held at (Camden, S. C., on March ut next after publication thereof, m \\ o'clock In the forenoon to show if any they have, why tiiv mU\ Ail nilnlKt ration should not bo granted. (ilven under my Hand, thin 15tU day of February Anno Domini 1017. W. L. McDowell, ?Judge of Probate for Kershaw Oountj Published on the 10th day of JVbm ary 1017, In tho Camden Chronicle ami published at the Court House door fur the time prescribed by law. ESTATE NOTICE Kstate of A. W. llobon?H. A. lUbot and Daniel Habon, Administrator* All pa rites Indebted to the M?tau of A. W. Habon, deceased, are htrebj notlfle<l to make payment to the abou named Administrators, and all partie*. if any, havlntf claims against the nald Kstate will present them, duly attest t?d, to the said Administrators, wlthla the time prescribed by law. H. A. HABON, DANIEL HA HON, Qualified Administrators of the Kstate of A. W. Habon. Camden, S. ()., February 13th, 1017. Progressive Farmers Look Forward.... There never was a time more important than the present for the farmers of Kershaw County to study the best methods of cultivating the lands for larger yields. With ,the dreaded boll weevil's approach what could be more important than to know how to combat with the little pest. Early cultivation, modern farm implements, good fer tilizers go a long way toward making good crops. See our stock of Emersons Grain drills, disc harrows, cotton stalk cutters, peg tooth harrows, plows, etc. Just a word to remind you that we handle Conga ree Fertilizers that have helped to make many a farmer wear a smile after months o.f toil. See us and get our prices before placing your order. Springs & Shannon The Store That Carries The Stock. Confidence has built our National Bai\k ? m^berremaTreserve system of BANKS- 1 Our National Hank, being able to show itself strong and was allowed to become a member of the FEDERAL RESERVE syst*? of banks. We ran take our securities to our Central Reserve Bank time and get MONEY. When your money is in our bank you <?" a ET it when you WANT IT. Our successful banking and the high character and I solidity of the MEN behind otir bank-have also given tbe people o? I this community CONFIDENCE in our bank. Xou cAn "feci safe" I you ? ? J Put \OI'R Money in ONR Bank. The First National Bank! OF CAMDEN, S. C