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_ w ...w aae ... VOLUME XXIX. - CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUKE 28, 1817. NUMBER 10. '??.."J". ' -I - ? ' y.4V HI IU) PONTOON tlKllM;*? ( uiihuIIh Willi Army K*?kI I' m<T About Temporary Structure. i (ullMlilllM* consisting <# *Lr^r M. C Went, Air. II. <J. LriUou. sr., and -^,r- John T. Mackey (ni automobile trip it? Charles* * |rtsi Saturday in consultation with UnJor Voiiiitfhci'tf. I'uited States Army Ubiwr. a* to the tt(IViMitt>lIfty of mttlw " lM,u'oon bridge ucrows the Fitoroo river at this place until some 41,) I to action fan In* taken for a peis mii'iit bridge. The pro|H>sed plan i jitroiiKl.v recommended by tile ariuy lltXT. V is very probable that Hie saute uuiuiitter will In the near future ako a trip to North OarolUw where pontoon lu-idge Is in operation over e Catawba river in that State. Supervisor West states that it is desire l<> remedy the condition at river at the very earliest possible meat, hut lo talk of erecting a peV iioiit steel bridge at the present ie is out of tlie (jueMtion, owing to contractor* inability to get lUtt. _lal and labor. He gives it us his nidid opinion that if tlie contract lot nt once that it would iH^an yenr Itefore the builders eould jint'iuv work. He also wants the ..ilk- to know that any ? teui|M>rury roeturo placed there now will not ;t in the least with the pri ma stool structure which will be twl a> soon as conditions hmime miy wise normal again. Fired by Lightning. | Thursday afternoon tlie storm fhich threatened tlio city seem to ivo spent Its fury up about I?alzell (o have done considerable dani in thai >eetlon. The lieuvy down iir then1 wu* almost equal to a elotfd ur.-t and for about five minutes the Iter seemed to come down In tt solid leet. [Just after tliis heavy rain, a terlttlc etrie storm *m-cur red whloh set on two larjjc barns, one belonging to r. A. F. Smltji. the other to Mr. A. Thompson. Both these structures ere completely destroyed, together 1th their contents.The barn be fliiK to Mr. Smith was Ailed with iy and wheat. which were destroyed sides about 150 bushels of cfcnu ored in the barn. There was Tkv> LuiraiKT on this" building. J The ham of Mr. Thompson was |nnk liy lightning ahbut five minutes ?r the other barn had eaught. mijMi a 'heavy rain was falling, the Imes could not be extinguished, and lough the building was completely kst roved none of the live stock was nrneri.?Sumter Item. Will Wallace Named. i [Camden |MM>ple will he interested ; the announcement l>elow. William j Walla?r is a Camden boy, the son | Mr. and .Mrs. J. B. Wallace, and1 friends will be glad to know of! promotion: |"Scventy-two men have been reeom- i feudal in Seeretary of the Navy miel*. tc President Wilson for coni BsNionv. itN .issi^iant paymasters. p>f that uuniber six are South Caro jiians. 'I'lie.v are ' James Anderson, lilliani c Wallace, (Jeorge W. dem it- baillard R ember t, Thomas K. pi'!1 and Wallace Prior. Services In Grace Church. I ere will be no services in Grace lurch either Friday or" Sunday, the Mor Kev. F. H. Harding having en called to the bedside of his father Nathaniel Harding, of Washlng ?V ('.. who is critically ill. Improvements at Big Springs. - h ivttr tic of interest to the public 1 kno%% that the iiig Swings property |'i poul U ?mv f^r visitors and lit it j- liciug made an Ideal, place r parties wishing to sj>end a pleas |t day. Repair work Ls a|so being ? <m the road leading from the ?fchinmoii t<> Atlanta Highway to hotel piojH'rty. Messrs. Maynard King are managing this resort for season. More Lilnrty Bond Bayers Moujrh an oversight the following I, isl of Liberty Bond purchasers mentioned in The-tf'hronk'fis" list week Tin? amount was credit under rhe ??lno of The pj^ Na, a l^onk. but below will be found names ,,f nM, i?Mllvithiat aiitjscrlb 8. Kuri^t $50.00 ' ? "I'kman ...; 50.00 ELa'J" M,'Na!r 100.00 k? N,'"u,>< Co 600.00 "I T. Nettles K- Mallett moo 50.00 i .... , WW ?L \l. ?usky iOo.oo f. j btkouxky 50.00 T Vh'1'-Niehe 100.00 [(; 11 100.00 s; ' ? ??? ioo.oo v !*"?kin 7. .. foo.oo '' Humph rtnj ! 500*00 i M - r 100.00 | .T' 100.00 wT"? - 250.00 - iv!::"; Tt ti / lUUiUv \ZnT ? 100.00 .1 Ui l 'll ? 200.00 I : *vv lodtifr *11 *? t*"vkl? - ..Ul Boioo n,,? <!oon ; ioo.oo * * - ^L.^ |? ' pr y <; ULiUNlt.WV NKW8 N'OTKS. interesting Happenings Gathered t'rutti 4 he bn? ul That Place. Cavltte Jordan, Hoy Truesdel and la r lisle No I sou of KcrshaW and Roy Truesdel of tin* Hand I till section, members of ilu? Kershaw Guards were home Sunday to visit their parents. Th? South Carolina iturul letter farriers' Association will meet In Hock UlU next Tuesday and Wednesday, July 3rd and 4th. JL>.* It. Fletcher, former president of the Association will discuss the "K<hjcatlon Features of itural Delivery Service" at 10 o' clock o? Wednesday, and will be fol lowed by ltev.,J. P. Tucker, of Ker ?1>aw who has been ^requested to talk on the subject: *The Call of God and Country.'' Congressman 'A'. |Y Steven son will also deliver an address be fore the Association on the 4th. Prof, and Mrs. Urover O. (Jasklus, of Greenville, arrived Friday to si>end the summer with Prof. Gapkln's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gasklu. J. Jones Maglll and bride, of Great Falls are visiting the former's mother, Mrs. Maggie 0. Maglll. Mr. Maglll was married to Miss Margie Hogan, of Hidgeway, at the home of the bride ^Sunday afternoon lJoyd. Williams, one of the little sons of >Irs. oTlle Williams, lyet with Mie misfortune of having one of his legs broken near the knee on laet Saturday afternoon from Its being run over by the motor truck of the Kershuw Mercantile and Banking "Co. A wind, hail and rain storm pass ed through the Ned's Creek section Monday afternoon and did consider able damage in an area about ohe mile long and a half mile wide. Lightning struck in the homo of T. C. Stover Monday evening duriug the thunder storm and shattered the mir ror in the bureau in Miss Janle Stov er's room, setting atlre the wall paper and a package of writing paper on the bureau. Particles of the shatter ed mirror were found imbedded in the wall at the opposite side of the room. The places where the light ning made its entry and exit could not he found. Miss Janie Stover and her neptheW, Gilbert Rice, were on the bfrd fii the room reading at* the time but felt, no effects, although the bed ; was very near to the bureau. } .Miss Jaunlta Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Brown of the Abney section was married to C. T. Lane of Greenville, at the Methodist i>arson age l^ Kershaw Tuesday morning by Itev. H. M. PuBose, and left on the Southbound train immediately after wards for their home In Greenville. J Mrs. S. C. Vlllenuve is visiting her, sister. Mrs. .T. W. Ilamel. She brought! to Kershaw with her, -4ier son, Jos.' B. Villeneuve of Philadelphia, whoj has been ill for some time, but is. now recti peratlng. j CAN TAKE 'KM ALL ON Carman General Says They Won't Stumble Over Straws Amsterdam, Julie 24.?The seiui-of ticlal North Herman Gazette publishes a review of tl?e military * situation in which (ieiieinl von Blume write*: "With head erect and a gaze full of contempt, we eoiue to a consideration of ttie nations which, since the be ginning of the year, have Joined our enemies, the United States in the fore front of them. With our three allies we now have to guard ourselves against, thirteen entirely hostile and nlut?- half-hostile Htntew comprising the greatest part of the earth's iivhahi tants. The n^re enemies, the more honor," v ? Continuing, cJeTnu-aI von' Illume de clares til? IneneaseitVpowers of ("Jer mauy's enemies is not such as to evoke any anxiety, and he agrees along the familiar llne^ (that, in all human prob ability, the war will be decided be fore a considerable increase iu the present inslgiilticnut forces of the new j enemies can be <fe"<?loi>ed; also that tilieir geographical position makes their Influential Intervention iiuposei "We are remaining firmly enough on our feet iw>t to stumble over straws;* tie adds. Si* Killed by Train. Baltimore, June 22.?While at tempting to cross tli? Northerh Cen tral railroad tracks near" White Hall, MVl., tonight an automobile 'Contain ing six person^, two men, three wo men and a thiee-yvnr-old child was struck by the western express on the Pennsylvania railroad. Four of the Iflx were kMled outright and their iKMlles mill Hated. .??i |? Mob Lynches Negro. Houston," Tex., June 2..?Ben Har l?r, a negro charged with being the driver of an automobile which ran down and killed Olllc May Goodnan, twelve-year-old girl of - NAT*asota Thursday, was banged by a inoh at the .scene of the gtH's death, near Courtney, Texas early today. %' " '? ' p:; Prearhing at Baptist Chorrh. * fter.~fkwv.lf. Boger* wfH preach at the Baptist Church next Sunday, morn ing and evening. -H?ls l*?lntr the flrsf Snnday in the quarter the meraorig of the Lord's Supper will l>e otHierv ed at the morning service . - NO Jt'KY CASKS SECOND WKKK fJurors For Second Week of Court No tified Need Not Atteiul. At a meeting *?f the nieml>ers of the ii'iinulcn bar hold hint Monday after I 11(>i iti it was agreed *nat no Jury cases '.would 1h? tried during the second week ??f the Summer term. This action was probably taken on account of orop eon* ditton* In that It would take many of the farmers throughout the county away from their work. An order lias been Issued by Judge Smith advising second week jurors that they need not api>ear. it was also requested that the So lieitor try only. Jail, rases ami those cases where the accused incused for u trial. The bar will also request the presiding jndge to arrange a spe cial term for September. The following cases have been placed upon the calendar for trial at the first week of court: Bus Wilson and J. Olybunju larceny, John l>rakeford, assault and buttery with lutent to kill. James Dawson, assault and battery with Intent to ravish. Taylor Belton, dlsi>ostug of property under lien, Leonard Alexander, Alex Brown, fooney Alexander, Andy Drakeford, murder. P. C. Jones, murder. Dexter Hurst, murder. G. W. Twltty, drunk and disturbing l>eaoe. * John Drakeford, Itobert White, and Ito)>eTt Salmon, assault und battery with Intent to kill. 1 Bell I>awson, keeping twiwdy house. Paum Boykhi, assault and battery of high and aggravated nature, and violation ofsection 158 C. C. Jack Chatman, assault and battery of thigh and aggravated nature. P. K. Sinclair, breach of trust with fraudulent intent. t A. G. King, breach of trust with fraudulent intent. B. 15. Sparrow, breach of trust with fraudulent Intent. Sam Crossland, forgery.. Early 'Paura, house breaking and larceny. Abe Mobley, disposing of property under lien. Robertson Boyd, selling whiskey. Coon Godwin and John Johnson, burglary. Joel, Murpliey. Freddie and John Jordan, assault and battery with in tent to kill. Win. Brown, a'wiult-. and battery with intent to kill. Lander Oulllard, entering and steal ing from house. Caleb Gary, assault and batter/ with intent to kill. James Shields, stealing llve&tock. James McGlrt,* j*TT?alfii*f livestock. Willie Williams, violation liquor law. ..?: R. H. Truesdell, storing liquor. Annie Moultrie and Florle Bolden, keeping. bawdy house. J Former Camden Man to Marry. The follolwng announcement will be read with interest hi Camden where Mr. Deus' was" l?orli arid reared; Mayesville. Jnn& Dr^_.and Mrs. i\ E. Kln^ of Mayesvillez have an nounced the engagement of their daughter, Ella Louise, to Lynsh Havy Deas, the wedding t<rf fake place July IS. Miss King is a recent graduate of Converse colleger and one of the most attractive youn? ladies in Sum ter county. She has ninny friends throughout the State. Mr. Deas Is a prominent boslnesSv ?aan of Sumter, where he "has l>een engaged in the cotton and luml>er business for 'the past. six years. First Bale Brings $925. Houston, June 25.-^-A Houston com pany today paid $1)25 at auction for the tlrst bale of 1917 cotton on the cotton market here. This was about $2 a iK)und over the market price. The bale was grown near Lyford and marks the fifth successive year Lyford has produced the first bale. ' Z- I. liMTIIDNK NKW8 NOTES. . A Chronicle uf llappeiiinics Front Our Kegular Correspondent. > Betluine, S. 0, <1 line 20.?Mrs. ^V, It, McLunrin and little daugJ>U$y, and Mlxs Mary McNaull are spending iUilx wwk with relatives and friends in Harts vllle. Mesdauies Mattle Duulap and I^llllo DuB?>se siH'nt last Saturday In !IafN? viile. Miss Ilattie McCoy ami little Miss Katherlne Stevens spent Tltumlay and Friday at Hiie latter's home here on their tfay from Laurens to Choraw. l|x. Flynn 0. Kelly loft Tuesday mowing for the mountains Where lie will spend hou?> time, Miss Olm riot to Watts is at liotuo again aftor having si>ent some time Wl*h relatives In Rock Hill. & Mrs. Louis Mclklojohn, accompanied toy - her little daughter ami sou, of CUqraw Is visiting her slNter Mrs. W. M. 'Stevens In town. On last Friday afternoon the Sun beam Baud of the Bethune Baptist Church v.g.s entertained I>y Misa Kvu West at her home in this city. <Juite a iiumher of interested Utile Sun beams were present and a Yery pretty and helpful program was carried, out, after which delightful refiVsludents were served. Mr. ami Mrs. -John McDonnld, Jr., and little Miss Miriam Yarharough of Hurtsvlllo were in town last Sun day. A hall game whh played l>etween the MeBee and Bethune teams on the Bethune ball grounds Tuesday after noon resulting In a victory for MeBee by n score of 18 to 0. A number of MeBee iteople came over to witness the game. Rev. and Mrs./A. M. Gardner, ac companied l?y cMr. and Mrs. C. L. Mays and Miss Mamie Mays, motored to Kershaw last Friday afternoon to attend the afternoon <and evening ser vices of McLendon's meeting. . Qflsses Mu recline Est ridge and Ma llndn Ward, and Messrs. Robert Be thujie and Yxniug Davis motored to Keifchaw last Friday evening to at tend the meeting being held there. Mr. I,. W. West and family motor ed Bo Kershaw Shnday afternoon. Mrs. Hoarou of MeBee is sending ith relatives in town. Durham motore<J to Co Saturday. * and Mr. Fly mi Kelly motived to Darlington Sunday afternoon. Miss Klhijflorton s|>ent Sunday In rassatf. f Mrs. I lea ron a few days wi Dr. J. It. Du luifthia last Sa BRAT^ OPKRATfIR STOLE CLOTH. Sentenced By ftfagistrate to Seme 30 Daffcin Jail. Ifr-Gi McSwain, ;i white operator at the Hermitage Cotton Mill, was con victed in Magistrate Nicholson's court lasl week on a charge of having stolen j and .sold something over o;w> hundred jiTirds of cloth from the mill during tl.e past few months. It seems thatj the thefts had been going on for a long l>eriod, the mill management statin; that they had lost something like one: thousand yards, but only the one hun dred yat-is being toco ve' wtoere TB<> Swain had traded it to Mr. S If Hurst, who conducts a store In the lover part of the city. T. Bo^ic and a Mr. Lrimack testified I hat thv.y saw the de fendant stealing the clot';. Magistrate Nicho'???'i sentenced him to i ay. a fine of $40 or serve thirty days oil the chain gang. Ilelitg unable I to pay the flue. McSwain furnished a physicians certilcate stating that his I t>hysijfai?condition wag TOeh~that "Tic" eotihl not lal>or on the gang, and the Magistrate allowed vhiiu t > serve Ids time In Jail. ?V - ** Died in Columbia. - Mr. Hardy R. Stpkes. of this coun ty. aged 50, died in Columbia on Fri day afternoon at his home in the] Olympia village after an illness of a few days. Mr, Stokes was a carpen-1 tor by trade. The remains were: brought to Camden Sunday atid taken to the Beavet* Dam section of our county for burial. AMERICAN TROOPS IN FRANCE Washington, Juno27.:?The 'advance guard of the mighty army the United States Is preparing to send against (iermany Is on French soil tonight. In defiance of flu- German subma* riucs, thousands of seasoned regulars and marines, trained fighting' men, with the yjail of long service on tho Mexican isvr<lei\ of Haiti .of Santo Domingo still on their gices, have been hastened over seas to fight be side the French, the British, the Bel gian, -the Russian, the Portuguese arid tbe I in l iti n troops oo the western front. News of the safe arrival of the troops sent a new thrill through "Washiffif ton. No formal announcement came from the war department. None wm come, probably, until Major Gen eral Pershing's official report has been received. Then there may be a state* inent as to the numbers and compo sition of the advan& guard.: *bess dispatches from France, pre siimdHf sent forward with the ap proval of General . Pershing's staff -how that Major General Hibert, one of the new Major "Generals of the Army, bax been given comnuuid of the first force sent abroad, under General Pershing as commander-in-ohlef *of the expedition. Iv One.--thing stands out Sharply, despite tli.e fact.that the sIko of the task that has been" accomplished Ik iiot fully revealed as yet. This is. that Amerioan enterprise has net a new record for the transportation of troops. Considering the distance to be cov ered and the fact* that all preparations had to be made after thv order came from the White House the night of Bitty 18, It Ik iii-.'n-ttcnlly certain that never l?efore has a military exj>edltlon of this slsje been assemble*!. eoovv^Mf arid landed without mishap In ho short a time'by any nation. The only rival In magnitude is the movement of Bri* i i.-h troops t<? South Afrtcafrin the Boer Jhar. ana that was made over seas that were unhampered by submarines, iniim - of other Obstacles, * " The American forces will be fed, clothed, armed asd equipped by the United Around them at the camp on French soil tonight are being stored supplies that will keep them go ing for month*, and more will -follow. General lVrHhiftf-^ftf hls staff have been busy for days preparing far the arrival of flic men. J>esplte the enor mous dtfifcuitU* of unpreparedness and snbmarine^jnurttt^ that faced them, the plana of t>b& army . general staff have gene through with clock-ilk.* pre cision. " TT^* ..i CIVIC LKAUDti NOTKS. Officer* Kit*-ted and Committees Ap pointed For Another Year. The June meeting of the Civic l<oague whh held on the UIkIi School Square. An enthusiastic and largo at tendance ??f members wits noticeable, and a most Interesting program was carried out. The meeting \v?s called t*? order by the I'nwtdoutf Mrs. N. It. Ooodale. Af (or the minutes were read the chair* niau were called upon for their re|K>rta. Those oil parks-?-Mrs. S. K. Ooodale reported Hampton park ihad been bad ly hurt by the recent storm, the loss of one of the line old pine Vees belli# a part of the toll paid. Monument park was commented U|md as being so re splendent with flowers, and a complaint was voiced that the geeae from neigh boring iiomes were continually belli# driven off this park, ami It was moved and carried that Mr. WW taker be ask ed to take them up tihe next time they were found on the premises. Mrs. Reuben Pitts, cltairmau of homo economies, gave a most Interesting and well arranged account.,of the work now being undertaken bv the Women's Ser vlce League on canning and preserving. Five Miousand cans having alrea dy bean obtained as well as a canning outllt ta be uwed by Mrs. Pelree, whose services had been arranged for as dem onstrator for those wiring to take tip this work. , Miss Leila Shannon, Mje recent dele gate from the State conference gave a most Interesting talk upOu the work of all the different Leagues throughout the state and reports on the work mai>* 1**1 out for ensuing year. The Treasurer, Mrs. llarileh, then gave in her rejiort and received a check from Mrs; Frederick Robinson, of $25 for the Rest Room, besides mcinlier shlp dues of ttyree members. Mrs. von Trtwckow gave a fine ro lH>rt 011 Rest Room. The President then told of the Ret tor Raby contest, held under the aus pices of the League, and the nice sum of having been made and turned over to the orphauage. Flag DatV was also observed 4Mid a most entertaining article on the (lag was read by Mrs. K. (J. Whistler, fol lowed by 1111 appropriate jhxmu, also read by Mrs. .Whistler. - The meeting was then adjourned. i The following names represent the j new officers for the coming year: j Mrs. N. It. (Joodale, president i Mrs, James Wallace, vice president j #Mr>? Alfna Anerum, 2nd vice pres. i Mrs. Ilaruch,. treasurer * Mrs. T. Team, cor. secretary Miss K. J, KWIred#c, roc. secretary Mrs. s. K. Goodale, historian j Chairman of Committees Home Kconoinics?Mrs. R. H. Pitts I Park and Streets?Mrs. L. Zemp and Mrs. Coleman. Library and .Rest Room?-Mrs. von j Tresckow Junior League?Miss Watkins ' Publicity?Mrs. Ancrmn Decoration and Entertainment?Mrs. H. Carrlgoii. ! Educational?Mrs. O, Hay Seed and FJmvers?Mrs. Keels. Parks?Kershaw, Mrs. Will la in Shan non; Monument, Mrs. J. S. Rluinie; S. A. L? Mrs. Ariiette; Stations, Mrs. Davidson. A HEAL CORN FIELD Fornter Camden Mail Him Prize Lot of Corn in Duval Couirtyrw. Th? Jacksonville, Fla., Times-Union of last Sunday tells of a record break-1 lug Held of corn planted by Kd. Nlles, formerly of this county, but who is now residing u few miles out of Jack sonville.- A 'Chronicle man was in | Jacksonville a few days since and was< hIiowii this remarkable piece of corn ?oranyof the HtalksyfneasurLug more than twelve feet, and were wety fruit-1 o<l. The Florifla paper had the follow ing to pay:' "Going into some detail as to the work which he has been doing during the past week, W. Ii> Wason, agricul tural adviser, declntva yesterday that. "Kd. Niles, the well known dairyman out on Lackawana road, ihas the ban ner corn of the county, Mr. Niles is >nie of my demonstrators and i win ! certainly very proud of this field of corn, which I estimate will yield tweii <ty toils of ensilage Tier acre. This is double -the average yield in the so called corn - lielt. .' I have never seen such-corn eVerl in the Mississippi riv er bottom lands. 1 "Mr. Nlles will cut thlw <-orn and piit the same into this 100-ton silo at the | proper stage of maturity, which will be al*)ut the 15th '?r 20th of July, af 1 ter which the land will l?e prepared and planted hr ; Irish TK>tntocs iii??tit Augi&t lStli. "That the principle of ensilage is a solution in n ureal measure for lie feeding of live slock. Is a proven fact states Adviser Watson. He is glad that Mr. Nlles will convert this corn into such product as tl?e profit from the same will l?e an ob,1ect~le*#ion to the -oenatyr-he believes" Bawdy Houses Must 'Jo. Sheriff I. O. Hough and Constable J. V. liateman last week served' no tice on several keepers of disreputable houses in tne lower section the city that they would either .have to vacate their premises or go to Jail. In most cafes the premise ma given, that tmy wddlcr^Se onr of the houses by Monday of iiext week. Another place was visited where a man and wfrnan were "lining in adultery, and it 14 stated that a? soon as. the officers left the partWh took trainr to Columbia and securing marriage li cense were married. NIWKO KIIXKD BY MOHTNINO Storm ami llail Dot* Damage to Crop* and Property Tuesday, A honvjt hall and windstorm isiss Ing over the ^Astern and ?K>uth oast em section* of tho eouitfjr Tuesday afternoon did considerable damage to growing crops ami In several Instances property wan damaged |?? some ox* tout Northeast of Camden tho farms of K. A. Hell, L. Sehenk & 13p., and Hd. Bolton. suffered slightly from hall. Near Kershaw W. J> Iloldon's farm suffered. Nwu* Hagood the Hagood Warehouse Co's eotton warohouso and gin house of C. W. Saunders nour tho same place was-considerably damaged by wind. All of tho above named parties carried hall and tornado In surance. A mule tin the farm of Mr, D. M. McCaskill, owned by Miv McOasklll was struck bv lightning and Instantly killed. During tho storm itober.t Stenson, 11 negro man, agod about 46 yea is, a laborer on tho Consolidated Farms near Boykln, was struck and Instant ly killed 1?y lightning. Tho man was standing under a telephone wire when the wire was struck. The bllt jump ed from the wire killing tho negro Instantly. Mr. Mathis, the overseer 011 this fa rim was quite severely shocked by the same holt. Miss Marlah Brunson Dead. Miss Marlah Bruusoti, an elderly maiden lady, died at her homo, 113 Kost DoKalb Street Wednesday. Tho funerfcl services were held at her late residence .Thursday-afternoon at five o'clock, conducted by ltev. John fit. (5 raves. v Miss Brunson was 02 years of age and was the daughter of tho late B. I>. and Margaret Brunson of Camden. 8he is survived by two' sisters, Mrs. 8. 10. Blssoll' and Miss Sophia Brun son, hoth of this city. For nearly thirty years she had boon a long and patient sufferer, having for that length of time been it shutin. She had been a life-long uud devoted member of the Camden Baptist Church and was a beautiful character. For Stealing Honey. Jim and Wade Potent, negroes, were up before Magistrate Nicholson Tues day uikmI the novel charge of enter ing l?ee gums during the night time, ^ and stealing honey. The charge was brought hy Mr. F. C. Arrant*, who re sides several piles, -oath of CamdenN^, Tho jury did not think there was Ktifficlejit tri convict, W^se thought thut negroes wltili nerve enough to burglarisse a bee guin ought to have their freedom, and they were releas ed. * ; Card of Thanks. We desire to return our thanks to those of our neighbors and friends who so kindly administered their services and help dnrtng the illness and death of our baby. Very resj>ectfully, ? Mr. and Mrs, S. W. Hogue. Detachment No. 2 To Meet. Detachment Ni>, 2, of the National Woman's Service I^eaguo will meet at the liome of Mrs. W. Bratton deLoacli this (Friday) afternoon at 5:80 o' clock. A .full attendance trf nil mem bers desired as 'important business will lie transacted. ? ? . Will Not Appoint Adams, d ('?>J?i mi?im , 8. O., Juno 22^raklnft 11 io position tihut the recommendation for appoiutmcnt had pot l>een loyally made Governor Manning today' re fused to appoint Dr. >71. C. I'. Adams as chief game, warden for South Caro lina. TJQctor Adams ae pwihtent; of the .South Carolina Addobon society transmitted his own name to the gov ernor for appointment, In a referen dum lniving received ii08 out of 218 Votes of fthe members of the Audohou two let y. RED CROSS SUPPLIES ... . , ? To lie Carried at Reduced Bates by Southern Repress Company. The Chronlde la in receipt of the following letter from Mr. F. N. Mc C/orklo, of .the local, office* the request that we publish same as Informations "The American Red Cross Is solicit' infj the contribution of certain supplies for the relief and comfort; of the ^sol diers and sailors of the United States and of the allied countries. ' "The following list o? articles are; requested tobe donatedand. forwarded to the warehouses of the Red Cross Supply Service: "Hospital and Surgical supplies, hos pital clothing and equipment, reading -?. matter, games, comfort bags, pajamas, cotton socks, towels, pipes and smok ing tobacco, cigarettes, chewing gum, obocolate in tin boxes, bard candies. Instantaneous roflfne, evaporated cream, canned fruits and' other delicacies in tin?, n the furtherance of tills work . the following points have been select ed by Die, American Red Cross Where supplies should be sent addrcaofli as follows: Red Cross Supply Service, Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, N. Y,; or; Red Cross Supply Service. JLQOO Wash ington Street, Boston, Muss. "Up<m application to F. N. McCorkle. Agent Southern Express Oo. these do nations can be forwarded prepaid at;r_ . two thirds regular express rates. Any information will be gladly furnished at the office of the ff<m$t?ern Rxpress Company/'