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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE! II. II. MJc* and f i'uMishors. ! K. N. Mtlhmell \ Published ever.v !?*rI? 111> at IH?P N'n Proud Street. ftn<I ent eiVd nt the ('mil <!%>? i pi?lolllceas ?eeond ela*M litII11 mat . ut. I'rlee |K<r a1111nin $1 ."?(). We lire glad to reoulvc rom uiunleji | linns of a rousoiuihle length, hut 2111 important <-c?u?l It Ion of their puhllea- , tloii Is that tti?'> shall In all rasos he m ?('< mi | >a 111??< I h.v the full name and *xaet add reus uf the sender ohltu \ a ties, resolillh?ns of respect, ami chuivh notices will not he charged for. Mat torn of purely a personal nature will lie charged for at the rate of live cental * Hue Whiskey or patent medicine advertisements will not he accuptcd ut any price. Hates for display udver tisi 114: made known on api>lirat ion. Camden, S. Mttj I 11)17. Tin* state "supreme court litis upheld the decision of Judire I>evoro of the circuit court tlliit the otHce of slate liuine warden of South Carolina i? vacant and that neither Col. A. A Kh'hardson. holder ??f the place for the j past four ju'Hi's nor Wtnle lltimpton ClbbeN, appointee of Coventor .Man nlnu litis any claim thereto. North Carolina ->et the tir*! i;ood , honest-I o-j^oodlioss examples to ^tiln i reerults for the army and navy last ' Natuurday when JoM'phns I>anicls, Jr., | son of (lie secretary of the navy, i walked into the recruiting station and! enlisted in the marine corps and at the j name time Mills Kitchin, of Scotland NiH-k, son of Majority header Claude Kitchin, went ti? l-\>rt Myer, Va., and; signed up as an enlisted man in the j army. This action on the part of tin two North Carolina patriots probably sets a precedent for youn^ men enlist iiiK who could have commanded inilu- ! eticc to secure a commission as an of fleer. Nearly every senator and con sresHiiian and others high in political life in Washington who have sons <<1'' military a^ e have secured commissions j for their offsprings. Hut Kitchin and Daniels have set a most excellent ex-' nmple and one that will do more to j secure 'real s;ii|(?rs and soldiers tluiUi any other one tiling since tho war. started by ens-fin:: asMe the most pow j erful jm>1 itit'll 1 influence in Washing-I ton and taking their i Iihii?in alon^r i with fh?iM* \vh<> luive no influence. Thi AM?eville Cotton Mills lime j donated all cloth needed for pillows i to be made by the Ameville units of the National League for Woman'- ser vice. r - . Neuro physicians, dentists and pha r utacists at a in?*etim; in Columbia, adopted resolutions alhrmin^ their loy alty t" tin* nation in the present oris is. Only II permits for liquor were is sued in Uichland counl> during the lirsl two davs under the new law. Complete Line of Nation al Buscuit Go's. Goods Kept Fresh all The Time AT? Phillips & Co. PHONE 28 SI'HMAKINK MKNACK (iliOWS J OlMfirtlh ItrouxlU t" Cull Iteuli/.Hti'm of \larmliiK Conditions. WjifrlHU.Uu.1. Mav 1 he W.ol'IIIOHH . inroad* ?>|| I Itc world's shipping made liV lil'llll'lll > uhllia I 1 IK'S V\ it ll III I III* lit >?t few w eeU > ha-. hmuxhl to American) Unvcnillll'llt OIIU'IhIh II full M'11 lijRHt loll ,,r iIk* dUast.t Unit fare* tin* fulled j State*. and III!' Vllles If till'- undersea warfare is mil cheeked. < ii > \?? ii ii >i > iiihI Sluli' representatives, heir i < ?< I it > fur a National defense ? i uiifri i iKT v\ iIh lake home Ik llirir people a ims->ajie from the (invwil-1 llli III eUlptUI>d/.lllU tile IIM'IUIII* tol Aimilea ami urtflhK 11 hi t there must he l|l?- IIII lent <o < i r< I i I in I loll Ii v the Stales lii war prepara(Ion if < I'ennany , is to t>e defeated Secretary l.am' told the conferene*? i tu.it tin* ureal destruction of ships' hns threntenliu* I tie ?-\l-lfii?,<* <?f CJroat 111 i t ii 111 and Kramv and uienticluK the I 11itI'd Stall's. No one, hi* said, know ? tin' t'\ai'i 11 ii in l???r of ships lost recent* j ly. I nit estimates pill last ivcrk'n 8Ub- J marine toll at four hundred thousand t tuns. laiter. lie explained that this I'stlmate [U'ohahl.v was too liixh. Secret a r> Lansiuu in a statement j during tile da\. de< lilted I lie serious- , pi of the suhmaritiK situation eoijhl not he exaggerated. Reports to the, State I lepii 11 iiii iit ui\e a total of .stl i \es.?el<* Iosf in one week. The I'ritish mission aniiouneed that the rate ol' de^t met ion In reeent weeks j had continued uiiehaiiued. and thnt it t showed no alaruiinu increases. All its' member-. a^'ree the situation is erltl-j ea I. Aimont|<inu' the < iovernment's pro gram for exercising a more direet eontrol over the country's shipping and shipbuilding facilities, Chalman 1 >?'i i in it 11. of the Shipping Hoard, said estimates Jmd reached the hoard of! tons iif shipping sunk in one | week. I A I'ureau of Navigation report pre pared reeent I y estimated the world's ship enlist ruet ion in 1!?1 #? at slightly | le-s than 'J.tKKi.ooo tons. If' the Ccr-i inatis keep up their present rate of j destruction ollh'hils admit without lies-' italion that their campaign threat ens to sweep eh an the .seas. Two Die In Auto Wreck. Augusta, (ia.. May 1 An autoiuoliiie | driven hy Kcv. \V. H. Young wan j struck hy the tJeorgia passenger train j No. 2. at Thomson, tin., forty miles1 from Augusta, at 11:20 a. in. today. The automobile was smashed to: atoms. Mrs. Young was killed. Miss Annie Young. Uev. Young's sister, was, also killed. I?r. Young was painfully! hurt, and his daughter. Miss (Jay ! Young, is probably fatally injured. Sh.o ' is in a hospital in Augusta. lie Who Knocks the Local Paper. A Kansas editor ha? noticed t lint when ;i man IiimU fault ssith his local i paper the chance> arc ten to one that] he hasn't an mlvi*rtrscment in it: livo j to one he never mivc it ;i job of work:! three to one that he is delinquent in i his suhsi ription ; "v. n money that he! iH'ver did an\tiling to assist the put)- i lishcr to innk" it a u'ood pa)M'r, ami j fort\ to one th.it lie i- ino-t ca-jer to! see it whcti it comes out Put the Ixmfers to Work. "At a time when every American | eiti/.cn ^houM he doimr s<inethiiiir for 111? country there should he no sym pathy with loafers The police .should make ilieir campaign atrainst this gentry thorough. The Navy wnntx men. the Army wants men. men are wanted in the foodstuffs cainpaijm? and street corner denizens should he made to L'et hu-y at something use ful What an army could he raised t if all the loafer* were made to drill! And drilling would he a l'o.mI thins for them; may he it wouid teach them that there 1- something better than killing' time. ? Savannah Morning News. That Zimmerman Note. * Many jhtsoiis have wondered how the note directed to the German am bassador in Mexico by Secretary Zim l merman of Germany was procured by this ^uvurnment Tin* "Current i History" magazine for April, publish j ed by the New York Times, says: "The authorities have yiven no in I tiniatloii as to how the Zimmerman j note was procured but an uncontirmed I explanation was iriven that four men, of the First Indiana Infantry?a non j coinmissioned ottlccr :tn*J three privates 1 i ?doing duty along tm> Ilio Grande i near Llano. Texas, had overhauled a messenger sent by the German ambas 1 sador Count von HernstorfT. and found the note on his i>er<<on. It Is stated, and not oilieially de nied that the document was in the hands of the president when he broke off relations with Germany by dis missing the ambassador, but Its abso lute authenticity was not established until a day or two l?efore It wa? made p"ldic."? Newlx-rry Observer. V Scrap of Paper Worth While. 11 was rather a modest looking bit of j>a|ht which Samuel II. Lever, financial >ecretar> for the Government of Groat Britain ami Ireland handed to the Federal Koerve Hank in New York, calling for the transfer of S'Joo. ooo.ihhi, the Inr^^t sum checked <>ut of any hank in the history of the world It was written on an ordinary scrap of paper. ii[x?n which there was ii" printing at all. and lead "Plca*e pay to the Messrs. J I* Morgan <V Co the sum of J'JOO.tMKJ/MM). charging this amount to the Government of Great Britain and Ireland." And the Federal Reserve Iiank cashed this un commonly democratic check without re quiring .Mr I/cver to bring tip some body t ? ideiij 1 f\ him?Charlotte < >h server Ignore Ulrieh in "HEK OWN PKO PLFT" -howlnt' at The Majestic todav. SWKKT POT V JDES IN TIIK SOI Til Co?l Ia?hh to Want and Trortiifo Morn IVr Acre Than Irish I'otatoc*. Washington. f' . May U. Scvtl to plant an urro of lii>h cost aiMiiit #10 (Ills spring. Seed nwwI I?.>|itt'K'N will not cost more (hail $1 |hm- acre ? lien- \ I in* cutting*! taken from earlv "?*l |>11111In arc used, Tb? \ i? ? i?i of ?hih'I |H?tatoes per ueic Is u-iiall> greater than (ii.it of Irish po IjiIim'k ami a" a ftHwl they arc as nu trition*. Seed potatoes ma\ la* grown throughout (he Southern Stales and. ??f course, in certain oilier sections. S|M>ciall*ts in lite 1'. S Department of Agriculture arc urging an Increased acreage of thl* crop w liciwei It can l?c easily grown. Sweet potatoes, it is pointed out, arc I lie South'* thief Instrument fur, a tpiiek a lit I clTcctlvc increase of tho food supply. Sect I is plentiful ; last \ ear's crop was the second largest ever pi t* I need. Ity means t?f vine cut tings It is possible 11? plant 4ilmout iiullmltetl areas of this crop and at the same time conserve the present supply. That is, a farmer who wishes1 to plant 10 acres will bed seed enough sa.\ S to 10 bushels?t?> get slips for one acre. N ine cuttings from this acre would plain many more acres, planting* bvl ng possP !e until the J lirst t>f August in tin- lower South.' This .?system, now widely used In the South, enables the 111rtizaIion of laud from which early potatoes, cabbage, and other truck crops have been grow n. Sweet imtatoes are not exjiensive to grow. The main limiting factor to the production of vast ipiantities by this plan Is labor.. Yields from fields set with vine cuttings are as large as from plants grown from sUj>8. This method has the further advan tage of preventing the transfer of diseases which are carried on the! tubers. The South doesn't need to learn how to grow sweet |>otatoes. the sjiecial Ists point out. Farmers know how to j priMluce large yields of this crop. But the farmer must be impressed with the necessity of Increasing his acreage of this erop, and then, when harvest (?nines, to prevent the enormous loss from improper Handling and storing. The best way to keep sweet potatoes is to store them in well-ventilated storage houses, not "dugouts". Stor age houses should be made ready as soon as pt?ssihlc. in Farmers' Bulle tin 'As. "Storing and Marketing Sweet I Potatoes," instruction for building! such houses and converting old and I unoccupied buildings arc given. AN ARMY DIVISION Cost of Equipping 28,235 Officers and .Men in Excess of $9,000,1)00. Compiled from iIntit not liit licrto published. the National Geographic Society has issued from its heailqnaf* ters the following Imlletin on the units and equipment of an infantry division ?if the I'nited States Army as reorgan ized. in the light <?f the lessons learn ed during the thirt.wone months of war fare in Kuro)>e: "A-> recognized f< r the war with < Jermain, an iniantry division of the I'nited States Army will number (>5 per cent more men than a division of the lierniiiii army as now '??instituted. The enemy's divisions are made up of 17.'>(in men and I.imhi horses; the new I'ldted States division, a: maximum strength will he composed of 2^.235 men ti.H."J t horses ami -1.^7.> mules. "The average layman has little con ceptioti of the various units which go to make up an infantry division or the enormous cost of its equipment. Ac cording to estimates made two years ago, the c<?st of fully equipping a di vision amounts to -S7> but since that time the cost of materials lias ad vanced so greatly that a conservative estimate nnpiircs the addition of 'JO )H-r cent to this amount making the total in excess of ."PP.000,000. And I his takes into consideration the im mense saving effected by Hie council of national defense in providing for the purchase by the government of munitions and equipment at a profit to the manufacturers not to exceed 10 per ?vnt which is far less than the profit ordinarily realized on materials sold in the world markets. The new L'nltod States Army di \ islons will l?e eomi>osed of the follow ing units: Three infantry brigades, 1N.57SI officers and men ; one Held ar tillery brigade, 4.030 ofticers and men; one regiment of cavalry; 1.575) officers and men. 1.541 horses; one regiment of engineers. 1.05)8 officers and men; one Held signal batallion, 250 officers and men ; one aero squadron,. 173 offi cvrs and men, twelve airplanes. To tal. 25,871 officers and men. Total with wagon trains, 28,235 officers and men or total with motor train* 2H, 331 officers and men. The numl>er of commissioned offi cers in a division is 817. with ninety additional officers for the wagon train-: ninety-two if the division is organized with motor trains. The medical department of a divi sion is comi>osod of 125 officers 1, 332 enlisted men and forty-eight am bulances. If the division is equip|>ed with wa gon trains. 1,005) wagons are required supplemented by sixtyseven motor truck-; if equipped with motor trains. t!?:: wa_'t>!is supplement the 07 motor t rucks. The total iitimlier of riding horses required for a division and Its wagon trail's i? 4.01(5, together with 2.218 draft mules. Mof than i_d.o?n> rifles are required to arm a division and its trains to gether with K.000 pistols. The artil lery consists of .V) 3-inch field guns firing either high explosive shells or shrapnel, each projectile weighing 15 jN?unds. and 25 3 s-Inch howltzcr-. the nIh-IIn f.?r which weigh H<> pounds. The number of machine nuns with whirl* a division Is to bu equipped is mill an open q uestKm. but tin* i.inutlMM- which will appear lu army chart* soon to U< )>rlt)t?*<t Is 1- for tlu1 division Itself iu\d Jo additional joins fur the wagon trains Tli?? number In al| prohahili i v. will he greatly Increased perha|*< (.? a^ high ih 'HI guns for every l.txm lillt making a total uf (Mhi fur tin* dl v I ** i??11 ' Tin- length "f n division In march Ing uidrr I- mure than 1> miles while ilit* wagon trains require an addltioii a 1 il mill's. If i*?11)i|>|x>( 1 with motor trains Instead of wagon trains the length from the head uf the column lu the last uf the rear guard Is 10 miles. "Within the next few weeks detail ed tables, prepared by the Army War College in Washington will l>e Issued from tin* government printing ottlce. showing the strength and cqiUpment uf ea< h unit uf the various branches uf the I'nlted States Army. The fore goln^'statlstlcs are hase<l upun these forthcoming tables." The Santee Cotton mills uf Orange burg, have heeli chartered with'a rap ital uf $JLTi.ik>p. The mills will manu fa? ture yarns, cotton goods, linen ami W uol Mr. 1!. C. Connor was elected tirst vice president nf the South Carolina Poultry Breeders' Association at the meeting in Columbia. The Itev. J. 1). Taylor, a well-known minister of the Cedar (trove section about sixteen miles from l/exlngton, dropped dead while plowing in his tiehl Tuesday morning, according to a telephone message received in Lex ington. lie was In apparently the ' est uf health and death rame In the twinkling of an eye, and without a moment's warning it is said. lie&ver Dam School Closes. The closing exercises of this school took place on last Friday evening. At ??> :."><) p. m., the ladies had a nice spread fur.all wlm attended. It was Just such a one as to suit the taste of all. Im mediately after the exercises commenc ed and fur some time the audience witnessed the performance of a very interesting and unique program. The exercises with strings attached to the May pole showed a quickness of mind and action that was commendable. No military drilling or performance roulcj have been more accurate with arms than those who participated in this exercise. Other i?er forma noes were alike interesting. At the colse ? if t.he exercises Prof Lingel announc ed that Harold Ilattlcld son of Itev. S. B. Hatfield had made the highets marks of all?for the average ex aminations, and was entitled to the prize he offered at the beginning of the school, term for the highest marks fro inher, and spent some time visit eeived It from the hands of his teach How many pounds to a ton?2000 or 1500? HOW many pounds of real roughage arc you getting to a ton?, If you arc buying old style hulls you are getting about 1500 pounds because they are about one-fourth lint which has no food value. If you arc buying VDAM MAM RUck?YF W ? COTTONS CCD ? I j V HULLS \ UNTLtaa you are getting 2000 full pounds.because they are free from lint and are practically 100 percent roughage. Try them and see how much farther they go. . Other Advantages Coat much less per ton than old No trash or dust. style hulls. Sacked?easy to handle. Allow better assimilation of other They mi* well with other far food. age. Mr. W. C. Owen*, Charlotte, W. C., feeds thirty cows. He considers Buckeye Hulls the cheapest feed and gets the best results. To secure the best results and to develop the ensilafe odor, wet the hulls thoroughly twelve hours before feeding. It is easy to do this by wetting them down night and morning (or the next feeding. If st any Hum this cannot be done, wet down at least thirty minutes. If you prefer to feed the hulls dry, use only half ss much by bulk as of old style hulls. Book of Mixed Feeds Free Gives the right formula for every combination of feeds used in the South. Tells how much to feed for maintenance, for milk, for fat tening, for work. Describes Buckeye Hulls and gives directions for using them properly. Send for your copy to the nearest mill. Dept. K The Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. Dept. * Atlanta Birmingham Greenwood Little Rock MtmphU Aurutta Charlotte Jacheon Macon Stlma or us a reward for his diligence in his studies with a few well chosen words as an encouragement for the future. Others too, got g<x>d marks III their studies. vThe school is fortunate in having such good teachers as the training of the children show. At the close Prof. Lingell spoke in high terms of the school. Mrs. Bessie Hatfield furnished the music which led the exercises in the varlpus parts with military precision She performed her part in a verj creditable antT highly interesting man ner and the whole program was much enjoyed ?fnd appreciated by the large number present. Misses Lula and Carrie Baker and J. E. DuPre attended the exercises from here, and spent some time visit ing relatives and friends in that flw hospitable section of your county Hembert, S. C. May 1. J. E. D. Selling Corn at $1.72 A Bushel, Wholesale! WORTH SAVING, ISN'T IT? Then feed your stock a ration of COTTON SEED MEAL with corn. Dr. Tait But ler says that if you are feeding your mule 14 lbs. of corn per day, you can take out four pounds and put in two pounds of Cotton Seed Meal and get better results. Four pounds of corn is worth 12 cents today. Two pounds of Cotton Seed Meal is worth 4 cents?a saving of 8 cents per day and each animal fed. In 365 day? you would save $29.20, if you put into practice the advice of Dr. Butler, who 1b conceded to be the highest authority on feeds and feeding. It -is as necessary to SAVE as it is to PRODUCE, and "^ving" and producing" are the watchwords of today. - / In The Progressive Farmer, March 24th, 1917, Dr. Butler recommends the /ol lowing ration for work stock when Cotton Seed Meal -is used-f-? "EL (1) 1 part Cotton Seed Meal by weight to 5 parts of com. (2) 1 part Cotton Seed MeaK to 4 parts corn. 4 partfc ofcts. (3) 1 part Cotton Seed Meal to 10 parts oats. . Ck A pint to a quart daily will produce good results. To be fed with the usual quantities of grass, hay, corn-fodder, etc. These are war times. Com is a human food. Better save it. CAMDEN OIL MILL Branch Southern Cotton Oil Company CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA i CORN NOW SELLING AT $2 A BUSHEL