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rLlDKN'rtf rKiKJLAMATIW I AU Men Itetweeii Afflt of mid Thirty to Register, CLw, May lfc?President Wll Pp^lwiMitloii putting i#to effqct tjkictlve draft provlslou of tlm P f(f tilll, signed tonight, follows: K proctoro^1011 by President Lilted. #Wt<*. Eta** <*#???* htUi *""V I Prudent has, on the 18th day of f wl7r approved a law which con C the 'following provisions: n?That all male person** I^Ttbe ago* of twenty-one and ETiwrt) Inclusive, Hhall bo HubJocC Ration In accordance with regu Etppj to be prescribed by the Presi Ciad upon proclamation by tlio Etfeat or other public notice giv*h Ey^or his direction, staling the f. all(| place of such registration, it En t? tho duty of all persons of the Euted ages, except officers and en-j Efpieii of the regular army, thei Eiwl tiic National Ouard and naval, b w'li iii' in the service of the Ejd states, to present themselves fiuu Biianlt to registration under Epovlslon* of this not; and fsvery 11vi.mmi shall be deemed to' have ?to of tin- retpdrtlttents of tbi.s act CtiK' publication of said proelanm EV otiuii' notice as aforesaid given Bfc president or by his direction; HSU persons who shall wilfully, ? or refine to present himself for H.7 4 huatloi) or to sulwiit thereto aa Ei provided shall be gtrifly a Kpeapor and shall upon conviction I tbe dlstrift court of the United |k? having jurisdiction thereof he Ebbed by imprisonment for not more Its one year and shall thereupon be ? westered. Provided, that in the il of the docket precedence shall be Bp in the courts trying the same I.Ae trial of criminal proceedings Kr this act: Provided further that ?BBS shall be subject to registration ?twin provided who shall have $t IM tbelr twenty-first birthday ? k shall not have attained?-l! ?rty-hrst birthda;* on or before the ? set for registration and all persons Registered shall be and remain suib p to draft into the forces hereby borlred, unless exempted or excused Irtfrfoii jj? in this act provided; pro id further that in the case of tem? pry absence from actual' place of Bl residence of any i>erson uMh to ptratlon as provided herein sucli titration may be made by mall un-; I regulations to be prescribed by, iPresident. Vectlou 5. That the President is (by authorized to utilize the serv iofauv or all departments and any ill oflk-ers or agents of the United ites and of the several states, Ter idw and the District of Colurm tml subdivisions thereof, in the Wtkm of this aot and all officers ?geuts of the United States and tte severnI States, Territories and ^visions thereof and of the Dls t of Columbia and all persons desr Wed nr appointed under regulations iribed by the President,. whether k appointments are made by the Wont himself i?r by the Governor for officers of any State'or Ter J, to perform any duty in the ex bu of fids act, are hereby required itform Much duty as the President 1 order or direct, and all such offl; and ajients and persons ko des W or apiwlnted shall hereby have I,authority for all acts done by ? In the execution of this act toy direction of the President. Cor (?fcnee in the execution of this *>y be carried In penalty envel tearing the frank of the War ^toent. Any persons charged as to provided with the duty of car it Into effect any of the provisions * act or the regulation# made or pn< Riven thereunder who shall * neglect fully to j>erforni - auy person charged with soch f or having and exercising any an nnder s-aid act, regulations or jWons. who shal^ knowingly make * a Party to the makh)g of any * w incorrect registration, physical ?'nation. exemption, enlistment, | ^ent, or muster; and any'person1, >,ha'l make or l>e a party to th^ n? of any false statement or cer ^ to the fltness'.'or liability "?*lf or any other peraon^for nnder the provisions of this or K I ?Vls regulations made by the Pres thereunder, or otherwise evades ' another to evade the Yefluire <hl? act, or of said regula* or "ho. tn any manner, shall neglof-t fully fo perform any required of him In the execution ^spt. shall If not unbjWt to '!'Uiiu??d <in I^ant Page) ROLL OF HONOR For CaiuUrn (jinuld School tor Month ?f April. Gmde I.?W, T. Atkinson. l>avld Bruce, Clare It nut), Elmo Browu. Lu Cllo Cl)turn, Alice Davidson, Oi\> Belle Evans, LyroU Fouls, Jw; Gardner, lAdghton Hardy, Oarojyu Ileyiuuii, Hil ly Lindsay, Sidney Moore, Vlrt?i|ilu Net UttS* WlJillo Bortor? Margaret Rast, Wal-' ter R'hamo, John Richardson, Ernest Sheheon, Clara Sowell, Mary Thoiup HOII. I' Grade 2.?Moult rlo Burns, Harvey Clarke, Gabriel Goff. Davis Jung, John Marvin Ixwerett, Inland Munn, Char Ho Russell, Mary .Curetou, Sarah De Bass, Mary Goodale, Ruth Goodale, Jumollo Hallo, Evelyn Hinson, Fred erlcka Klrkland, Dulsy l>ang, Mary Frances McCoy, Harriot Will taker, Carolyn Wooten. 1 Grade 3.?Henry Hardy, Frank Hum phries, Boykln Hhamo, Clarkson lttNUwe EHhu Schloslmrg, Charles Shannon^ Frank Sowell, Gatewood Workman, Caijom Zemp, Elizabeth Clarke, Maiule DeLoaehe, Lucy Harding, l\itsy Stew art, EM ?? both Lewis, Mary Moore. Grade -4;?Thohuru Bond, Leroy IM vldsQUi William Nettles, Miriam Bruce, Allldivd Gardner, Helen Hlnson, Ix>uise Hfcrsehr Harriet Llpacomb, Ethel Smith, Hnrniette Bleed man. Grade 5.?Emily Wooten, Mary Neol CaiujA)oll, Oorthell Fouts, Cornelia At kinson, Albert Evans, Ethel DePasa, Margaret Trantham, Marie Iieetl, Mar* gaiVJt Mills, Mary flongh. Grade 6.?Andrew Burnet, George Coleman, Lawrence ^ones, Estelle Hatil inj,', Mary E. Hottgh, Nelle Kirk land, I'Jstcllo Williams. Grade 7.?Tb-ornwell Hay, Joyce Sieedtpan, Josephine Cureton, Elisa beth. Workman. , ' Grade 9.?Christine Jones, Hannah Lazarus. Grade 8.?Agnes DePass. Grade 10.-*-M?lHsoa Corinne Jxswia, Mabel Pftte, Sara Steedmau, Messrs. John *<fofioaCh. Jlmmie Griggs Evaret Schcnk. - f tmm .11.?Rosalie Blt>ck. What Are The Terms of a Loan Bond? Liberty Loan Bond* of the first i?-'j sue of $2,000,000,000 ure to bear date i of June 15, 1917, and to run for thirty' years, exdept that the Government re- . serves the right to pay them fifteen years after dae. If this right is not, exercised by the Government fifteen years from date, the bonds will run the full thirty years. These bonds bear interest at 3 1-2 per cent per annum, and the Interest is payable liemi annually on the fif teenth day of December and the fif teenth day of June in each year. Gold Ring 150 Years Old. Darlington, May 17.?Mr. W. I>. Blackman of this county found a gold ring the other day at the Darlington Brick Company's plant near . Society Hill. The ring was so small ^nd the eugravlng on it so very small that it was difficult to read it with the naked eye, but Mr. Blackmail took it to Sulzbacher's Jewelry store at Florence and there Mr. Pendergrast read the inscription and found that the ring had on it the name of "Ale!xander Montgomery, O. B., January 31, 1707." It is-said til at people by the name of Montgomery lived in that neighborhood in colonial and Revolutionary times and the ring pn>bably l>clonged to one of them. "What the letters O.. B. on the ring referred to Is not known, but the ring was In a good stale t>f preservation and was Just as bright as if it had just come out ?>f a Jew elry 'tore. Mrs. Simmons Dead. News has been received in Oomden of the death of Mrs. Mary E. Sim mons^, aged 83 years, which occurred about one tnonfb ago at the home of her son at Gainesville,^ Ga. Mrs. Sim mons will be remembered in Camden where she often visited at the home oi her daughter Mrs. W. D. Trarit ham. Iler body was takeu to Wake Forest, N. C., for burial. She was a native of North Carolina and leaves the fol lowing children: Dr. T. J. Simmons, of GainesviHe, G*- > Mrs. E. X* Webb, wife of Congressman Wcfbb, of Shelby, N. C.; Mn?. E. W. Timbcrlake, of -Wake-Fores;; Mrs. D, A. Covington, of Monroe, and Mrs. W. D. Trantham. of (Tasmjen. -V ??^ Meeting of Red Cross Chapter. There will be ail Important beeting of the tied Cross Chapter Monday afternoon, May 28, at 5:30 at the Court House to complete committee appointments. All members are unf ed to be present and those who have not' Joined we hope will come pre l>nred to Join. COLUMBIA 8KLKCTED As Place For Training Urgo tymnfcer of United HUtw Soldier*. Washington, Udy 10.?It Is ??oeri I tallied oiiU'iuily ai the War Depart ment that one of the great cantou aients for training the war army will l>e located near Columbia. . Just what site will be chosen from among those] offered in the Columbia neighborhood will be. It ft to Gen. Leonard Wood to decble. The cantonment Will aocoja modute abo\it :?i,600 men and will oc cupy about one square mile of .ground. .wW-.y*,, . - ' - ^ Ready in Three MottUw. FViUowIng tlie designation of Co* lunibla a? the site for one of the divisional army training camps I? Washington Saturday by the \var de partment, Kdwln W. Itol?ertsou, head of the committee appointed to secure the camp, yeaterday received olNdal. notice from Gen. Leonard Wood, an uounclng that the capital had been picked a? one of the 12 polnta In the new {Southeastern department. M*. ltol>ertson lu cooi>eratUm with the members of the committee from the Ohaml>er of Commence have been at work on the proposition for several month* and they were delighted with the decision by the war depart men tC At Gen. Wood's headquarters in Charleston yesterday it was announced that the camp would be located on a high sandy ridge to the east of the t ity. As an jipdicetton of how soon work wiM be" started on building the cantonment quarters, it was stated that lumber in already being shipped for this new military 'city, which will contain about 28,000 soldiers, when in full c??m in I hk ion and ff,000 horse*; It was announced that the barrack* will be constructed for durability^ of ten years or more. Something like $1,000,000 a month will be required for the pay roll. It will reqn?re .about three months to have the camp ready for use, which will be ample time for the" troops of the new national army; or possibly If teh canip Is assigned to National Guardsmen It will be -put Into tise earlier. <* 1 Gen. Wood wlW prdbabty have something to say at ,a very early date as to the toracf location of tho' camp.* Doing Home Big Advertising. On every page of The Chronicle to ! day will he found an advertisement of the Cajnden Furniture Company, telling of the merits. and methods of sale of the White Sewing Machine. ; The Furniture Company will have an expert lady demonstrator at their store FridJLV and Saturday to show the la dles ijb value of this machine. - By making an Initial jpayment of '25c you can join a club and have one of these machines sent to your home und then pay for it iu small installments. This is the largest and -most varied lot of advertising ever attempted by a Camden Arm in-.one issue of The Chronicle. The schedule was made out for a daily publication, but the managers of The Furniture Company Sledded to use file entire schedule in one issue. 1 . A Kequefet. The Chronicle urgently requests th6se having notices of public meetings and society gatherings to please send them to us before Thursday, and to always bear in mind to have they? no tices w^tten out. We make no charge for such publication, and hope that the public will send them in before after noon of going to press. Our'force is limited and we do not have the time to handle such matters at the last mo ment. Just at this critical time in the natioif we could keep three linotypes busy and issue a number of extra slieets If we gave space to all the free matter /handed Into us and received through the mail. It Is Impossible for OS to use it all and we give Hpaee to all that we can possibly use. Oar frtdnds will confer a great flavor upon 'Us by heeding the above requests. / Should be Prevented. We are told by a reliable citizen that numbers of negroes are engaged in catching cat fish ?od> carp just be low Camden where the city sewerage empties into the river. The fishing fs mostly done at night and these fish are ofTered for sale in Camden the following day. They are said to be wholly unclean and not fit for human consumption and are liable to cause sickness to a number of 'people. We have been asked to calL the at 'tention of the proper authorities to this matter that they may pot a. stop to tfiUi practice. ~ ,' ~ Venttet By Jury. A jury uf representative county clt l$**us tvas called to^ the premises of W. Z. Hilton near Xlberty HiU in condemnation proceedings brought by the Southern Power Co. The cor poration wanted the right *of . way across fifteen acre* of Mr Hilton's .property upon which"to erect tow?r fbr transmission. The jury agreed upon ? terrtf^of 9760 for the defendant/ . V- ? V ' ' . .. -V- ' y\ 'V :%* V - ? _ " . ' ly ? WHKKK TO KK4UHTKK. Important liifttrmMkHi Given Out By KtfUntlwi Board. Pursuant to ttoticw mailed out >ev *ral ?I**.vst ago by the County Fed* eral Hoard of Registration and Con scription the Registrars for Kershaw County mot at tho Court \House Tues <t?.\ h> U'?vi\ 0 ?.u111>li>? . unci huitrUf't Ioiih itt connection with the registra tion In this county on June ttth. Seven ty-six registrars for tho county have been appointed and tiworu and reg txtiutton cards have Ihhui furnished for all precincts in tl?u. yonuty. Full Instructions were given ^ the Chair uiau and nieml?era of , the County Board at tho meetlug Tuesday and evtfrythlnK will be ready to j?rweod Villi registration througout the county on June fttln TJae registration products, a lt?t of wMHi will bo found inflow, will open jtt^une 5th at 7 a. m.. and reiuain Men until I) p. m. at whloh time they will close, It la important, thore ifejtoe that you do tyot wait, until a l?e hour to present yourself1 for reg istration. The resiMmsibillty. of reg istering Is on every person, within the prescribed ages' failure,.or refusal to*-register Is puii|s})abie by. imprison^ meat of one yeari;and consorlffclon. 'fitie following are the registration pre cinct* in this county.: Jtf>na'y?Klrkley's .Store, 4fatiooh?Gumberry School Houae. i reaver Dam-?J. A. nabob's store Belk Hill?T. B. Blytiter's fctore. Bethune? Bank of Bettaunc. Beulah?Cleveland School House. ! Blaney?U. 8. Poat Office, Blill\?lo --Buffalo School House. ?V Camden?Ca imlcn Opera House. Caiilcy Hill -.1. B. Creed's Store. 4 'assatl - ? - Barber Shop. t DeKalb?Sou. Depot. ^ . jPqfeey'e Mill?Campbell's Store. '^enterprise?Mt. JSion Church L" Harmony?Blythdale School House. ^ "hermitage-?M5U School House, rshaw?McOaskiU's office Ijberty HlU-r-N. S, Ricftarda Store. Mrtkhart?L. J. Jordan's residence, goff?Team's Store. eel's Creek?-Ned's Creek School IJoUHC. ' \ Ookhuid-?Ooklainl School House. Bine Creek?Wateree Mill office. Pine Tree?Beaver Dam School Houfce. Haley's Mill?M. L. Haley's house. Roland?'W. R. West's Mill. Halt Pond?Dinkiu's Mill. Sandy Grove?Sandy Grove Church. ^ .^liSahroek?Shamrock School House Slmylor's Hill?Piedmont School School House. ? Shepard?Hall's Store. Stockton?Stockton School House. Stoneboro?Stoneboro School Huse. Swift Creek?B. II. By kin's Store. Three C's?Three C's School House. ' Twenty Creek?Hinson's Store Westvllle?Sou. Depot. $625 For High .Schools. The State Superintendent has mail ed his warrant to the County Treasur er for six hundred and twenty-five dol lars. High School aid, to he ajrpHed as follows: Bethune. 17r>.00, Camden, Requests Donations for The Soldiers. Mrs L. A. Wittkowsky, Chairman of the Welfare Committee of the Na tional. League for Woman's Service, requests that all those who can donate anything foiv the welfare of the young men guarding the Wateree trestle com-, munica'te with her at once. At this time when every department of the government is being taxed to its ut most capacity to supply the actual necessttioo of the soldiers there rk>; many things which would, add to their comfort that areP being overlooked!, and it is thj&se articles that this com mittee is trying to supply. The ladles of Camden have responded liberally as a rule, l>ut there, are Home who |have uot, a'ud it 4s to these that .this ^appeal is me.de. ' "7 Medal Winners. Miss Wilbur McCallum won the med al offered by the United Daughters of the Confederacy for the best composi tion 911 "The Parti South Carolina t Took in the War Between the States". Miss Nan<^ Lindsay came second In the contest. Increases Capital Stock. The Camden Peef Cattle Farms has been granted permission by the' Sec rent ry of State to Increase Jts capital stock from $10,000 to $26,000.s This farm la located In West Wateree. Negro Burned By Mob. Memphis, Tenn.. May 22?Bil. Per sons, the hegro who confessed the mur der of Antionette Ita|#iel, a Hchool girl near here several weeks ago, was burned" to death at the scene of the crime this monilngr A mob of 2,000 witnessed the lynch ing. " fFhe negro's body was soaked in oil and swung from the limb a? a tree and the torch applied. He is said to have repeated his ConfMHon that he killed the girl and implicate ed two other negroes. _ Mrs. Minnie WQ0d?. IU0ther--o? tha murdered girt, addressed 1 the mob saying that she wished the person to suffer the tortures he dealt, her girl. MKK11N0 llRu> AT COt'KT HOUNK IJMtkm OrKiinhe l/ocal ltramh of Na tional Km) Cross. In response to a call of tlu> patriot* lo men and women of Camden ami the county a most enthusiastic meeting wan held on laHt Monday at wlx o'clock for tho purpose of organising a lted Croen CUa|>ter for Caiutkm. Til? court, houae was fittingly ^eoorftN In red white and blue- -bunting and old glory over the Judges bench made all realise the /till alfnlticanco of tlm meeting. | Tho choirs of the town and many1 <?f the school yhlldren were present to slog1 national airs. The t?u|H?rary chairman, Mr. U T. called ,the ^meeting to order, aftor which Rev. F. II. Harding led In prayer,1 Following this tlio "Star Spangled Hanuer" was sung and then "America." Mayor Votes then In a few words Introduced the ??i>eakor I>r. Elation H. Wyman, of Columbia, who htflng a lied Cross physician, came to help organise tlie Chapter. Mr, Miittvo* Jcy, who had expected to be present, | called to Washington and could not 4?e with the Chapter. After Dr. Wyman's brief outline of the work* the | elwtlon of |>enmanent officers took i ;>lace. The oitioers elected by the com mltteo ware as flollowa: Chairman, Dr. A. W. Burnett Vice Ctoatwuan, Mrs. Kate C. WmI 4lace. U" Secretary, Mrs.' Margaret C. Miller h-T Treasurer, Mr. L. T. Mills, i ?Vh^ name* of fifty or more metu W?rs wishing to be enrolled were taken and' will tie announced later. The 'Hninftteea which will he appointed by the executive board will tie announc ed la tor. The ladle* hope to begin real work soon and will do their part in the' work how being carried ,.on by this wonderful organisation. What The Women are Doing. , Mrs. G. II. Lenoir, Chairman, Ra tional League 'Or Woman's Service of Kernliaw County has appointed the following publicity committee: Mrs. Leo Scliepk, Mrs. John Gantey, Mrs. O. J. Shannon, Jr., Miss Mary McDowell, Miss Elizabeth Trantham. This committee requests the Com mandant of each detachment to send in a written report or their work, not inter than Monday of each week as the committee meets Wednesday morn ings to arrange tbese re-ports for pul> Ucation. The following are the re ports sent In for this week: ? Detachment No. 5 ?Mrs. J. T. Mack I ey, Commandant has h>ld throe meet ings. GompJeMng, tfith the assistance of Mrs. Win. Shannon, the pillows numbering 104. for the Kershaw Guards, each pillow having pinned to It, a short typewritten prayer, carried through the Civil War by Gen. Jos. B. Kershaw. Thanks are extended to the Enterprise Mercantile Co.,' for re duction on material, and to Mr. W. ?Tj_ Ma.vfleld. and Mr. W. II, Ha41e" for cotton, and for other donations of nioMey for pillow cases sent to Com pany M. Detachment No. 10.?Mrs. L. A. WIttkowsky, Cammandhnt, has held two meetings. Friday afternoon one hundred pillow slliw were mnde. The curing for soldiers guarding the Sea l>oard trestle is the welfare work adopted, and Is being done in a credit able manner... sixteen - pillowy have been Mven, and two boxes of whole some and nourishing food deMvered. 'On Wednesdays and Sundays of each week these 1m>xos are to be sent, Mrs. WIttkowsky requests contributions and that sho be notified a day before. A screen kitchen kitchen is under coiK structioh and a stove to be provided soon, Mrs'. WIttkowsky wishes to especially thank Messrs. ,C. 3. Shan non, Henry Savage, W. J. Mayfield, Burns & Barrett* George T. Little, R. H. Team, C. H. Yates, and Mrs. Team for their donations toward furnishing the kitchen for the boys guarding the trestle Detachment No. .11.?Mrs. Newton C. Boykln, Commandant and chairman pillow slip committee, has rcf>orted <fourteen*htindred pillow slips cut and distributed. Next week wd hope to polish a notice from each detach ment-In Kershaw Qodnty. | . .. Death of Mm. Player. I Mm Elizabeth Player, wife of Mr. Jack Player, of the Antloch section, died-On May 20th at hec home after an illness of some duration; She was In her 78th year, and leaves a hus band and several children in this county. ..She is al>{> survived by a sister. *Mrs. *T. B. ^Reynolds of Sum ter. The funeral and burial occurred at Antloch the following day. Mr. W. T. Player of the. Hermitage Cotton Mill Is a son of the d?*ascd. Bridge Was Not Let. _^herg-,jyere_ only -A.-few- bidders at the letting of the county stecfl bridge over the Wateree river near Camden Tuesday at the meeting., of the County Board of Commissioners, ow ing t<y the uncertainty of the bridge huil<Hng concerns hding able to se cttrft material and help. There were conditional bids put in by; Anstln Bros:, of Atlanta; Virginia Bridge ami Iron Co.i and -the?Carolina Oomstrnr tion Co., of Columbia. It Is presumed that the contract will be re-advertised and let at some futnre date. J ' ? . ANOTIIKK UKJ 1WIVK SOON QuM oil Western Front Only n Lull Before Htorm. Although ou both the British and French front** the |K>rlod of virtual Inaction continues, except for minor trench raiding operations by the British Mini artillery duels of violence isitween thu Frondi and German*, ii Is not expected that these comiitloiiH will lotiK prevail, The offensive of the urltlsh on the Arras front cannot. lie emted until FieUl Marshal Haig's uien once more imw thrown their strength against the 2,000 yards of the HllMlentmrg line still held by the Germans went of Bullocourt and straightened out their line for the heavy blows that are to come against the DnxHnirt-Queaul' switch line, on which ? tin- German* are placing dotwuicnco to ward off an udvance by their enemies east ward. I?ast reports had the Brltltffc busily engaged in consolidating the mains they had made along the Ifln denhurg line, ynd with these com ??leted the expectation is that an other of the great battles which lmve niarkod the progress 'eastward of the British soon will tie in full sway. Probably finding their counter-at tacks against the French in -the Te ulon around Mofonvllllers, in which they were repulsed Monday night with heavy casualties, too costly, the Germans on Tuesday <^d not renew their efforts to regain the lost ground Instead, they engaged with the French in violent ^artillery duels in the regions of Vouclorc, the Califor nia plateau and east of Ohevreux, which. He between Soissons and Hhelins, again, throwing- numerous shells into the already devastated town of Rhelms. A noticeable diuiinution In the In teusity of the ftahtlng along Islnxo front of the AustroiItaMan theater has set iu. Only one attack by the Italians ?s reporto?l. Here, according to Vienna the Italians attempted to advance, but were stopped by the Austriaiis. On theTrentiuo front, far to the we&t, the Austrlans are keeping up their lioavy iMnhiiaixlTtients and infantry attacks -htch the military authorities In Rome consider attempts to divert the atten tion of the Italian^ from thelr offenslxc along the Ieonsl. According to Rome h 11 attacks in this region have been repulsed. In none of the other theaters has any engagement of special importance taken place. WATKREE MILLS FLAG RAISING. Company Arrange* Pleasant Day For Seven Hundred People. One of the 1 urgent and mosr enjoy able occasions ever seen, at the Wa tcrce Mills, was witnessed there la?t Saturday evening, wnen about woven hundred peoirie of the village and the vicinity assembled to see the flag rain ing and ball game. At. 3:30 a very interesting game of ball was played by the Wateree and Hermitage .Mill teams, in which the 4 latter won. After the ball game, the Itev. F. "A. L.vles opened the exercises with a prayer, then gathered-.on...the lawn In tp?nt of the mill, the school children, along with the teuchers and grown folks, sang "The Star Spangled flan- ?: ner." During .the patriotic song* the" flag was raised by Major 8. C. Zemp, M, D.i after which the speaker of the occasion; Jii?ige M. L. Smith, who came over from Oolomhla to he present, was introduced by Mr. II. K. Hallett, 8u perlntendent of the Mill. /'.v /Judge Smith, amid cheers and ap plause, made a very Interesting and appropriate talk with reference to the ' flag and what It stands for. At the close of the exercise a cor dial invitation wag extended by Mir. H. K. HaHett for all to remain f or taie picnic and fish fry which was held by the side of the pond In Shaw's park. The tables which were prepared by Mr. J. I>. Shaw, were decorated with red, white and blue bunting, and spread with an abuudanca of flsh ami other nice things to eat The navenlsfc. was altogether a pleas ant offe, and for the patriotism con* nected with the gathering, one to be ldng retoejpbered not only by, the vil lage folks, but by those from all over i ne community Death of an Infant, Margaret Ammons, the 14-anonth-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H( Am nions, died at the home of its grand father, Mr. T. J. Wilson, 716 Fair Street, corner of Fair and York, on Monday afternoon last. The funeral and burial occurred at the Quaker cemetery Monday Afternoon, services iwlng conducted by Rev. J. H. Graven. Home to Oglethorpe. . ?Messrs: Malcolm BaTemanT^ Jurues deLoach and Thomoa It. Shiver have been ordered to the officers training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga, All of ttiese young men are members of the Kershaw Guards and stand "well in this company. Married. - Mr. J, 1,11111. of TlmmmwvUle, and _ - Miss Minnie Crltcber, oF^Veat Bud. N. O., were married last Saturday evening at the Methodist pawonage, Uer. J. If. Graves offirtatffr* - ' - . ... ' ' ? . '-..M ? . ? ? - > . ' -