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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE ?, Nile* and . j > l'ul>ll*her?. R. N. MeDowell.. \ i'uhllshed every Friday at 11(4) Nt>. Broad Street, and entered at the <'aiu deu postofllce aw second class mall mat ter. 1'rh-e iter annum $1.50. / We are glad to receive commuuioa tloim of a reasonable length, but an important condition of their public* tlon 1h that they Hball In all case* l>e accompanied by the full name ami exact arid re** of the sender. Obitu aries, resolutions of reapect, ami church notices will not be charged for. Mat ters of purely a personal nature will he charged for at the rate of five cent* a line. Whiskey or patent medicine advertisement* will not be accapttnl at ? ny price. Kates for display adver tising made known on application. Camden, H. V., Friday, August X, 1!# 17 The milM who pay* liis debts Is l?eV ? "dunned". Pay up. Sonic one said that f!*?' selling of drink* on Sum hi y not l>r stop lied. Well, we saw lots of thirsty ? ?ne^ - htHt?Kunday. Men's trousers miiv be mailt* -diorler says an exchange. \Vi*ll. who fares? No one wan Of*' i<? -?*?' what .trousers hide, anyway. W't* don't think much of the sugges tion to make men'* garments without pockets. Poor wife wouldn't have any thing to search. We know In* has been cussed enough tn11 we can't refrain from saying I hat the lee (nan might have wniti'd a few weeks longer to let the lee run out. An/ exchange says t hut a bachelor i* tfie only man capable of giving ailvlce on how to manage 11 wife. The married men know it can't be done. Lillian Itussell advises against kiss ing if yon would have a beautiful month. Who would let a little thing like tbiit stop thcin from kissing. . An exchange sjjys that summer is. lightly tapping nt the door. If this Is tapping we sincerely hope that she will never give a real hard ?kno?*k. A question we <hould all a>k our selves: "Do we. as voters, exercise as much care in selecting our County otlhvrs, ,1^ wi> would in hiring a clerk." It 111:1 ver\ lilllc difference to u< whether you borrow your neighbors 'paper or not. but we would like to remind you to return it to him after vou have read it. We feci like starting a subscript ion to l?uy an automobile or sonic other little trinket for the Dutch weather prophet. He lias predicted a cool wave for the Homing week. We are now approaching that rea son of tlit* year that is most trying 011 the hoys. The after effects of eat ing green apples will soon call out the old family remedy again. An exchange has remarked that too much Penman and ton much (Joethals was responsible for us having too few ships. To which we would add that we have just enough Wilson to uet the ships promptly now. < ?ne young man committed suicide when lie was notified that he was one who had heen selected for service. And tluit hearties* paragraphaphone re marks tlmt lie probably wanted to fake a short cut to the trenches. Don't kick on the high prices. (Jet Tnit and produce something and you too will iret your share of the profits. Ev erything l>as advanced in jfrlce and anything worth' while?including labor will bring inure now than it ever did before. N'earl.x one hundred tickets for Co llimbla were sold last Sunday night to Camden people who are working tit the eantoiieuient at that place. Which only goes to show that we are already getting some of the money being spent by the iJoverninent in its preparations for war. % Numbers of wagon loads of wh have been hauled through Camden past week to Holland's Mill, north Camden, formerly known as Vaughn mill for grinding into flour. We also learn that the T/etioir inilljienr Ha good has b**on running night and day for the past few weeks In order to accomo date Kershaw and Sumter count}' growers. The quality of flour turned out is excellent and there will be many people in this coutoty this year who will eat home grown flour in stead of having it shipped. The Buf falo Milling Company in the northern section of the county will be ready for operation another s(?son, and in dications jxiint to a steady increase in the acreage planted In wheat. SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED We miv currying in ??*??- now* columns Unlay ,ni tit'tide wlilch will ?ur-. prist- many pet?!*)? throughout Kershaw County, while to others it^vlli QP? 0??l0U surprise -merely passing It up as the expected has happened. W'o refer t<? i)i?* announcement of the shortage in flu* (load SheriXTs ??' count with Kershaw County. Many luivo given vent to expr?fidons since thf rumors began to float ami we have not hoard a single man nay but what he thought foruier Sheriff lluekalnv to Ik* absolutely hon e-d, notwithstanding his other shorteoinlng*. Ami further, tltat it would have heoji almost out of the question for him to have s|tent mo large au amount for tho uhort tlmo he held tho office. This nOwspajier tlnd* no pleasure In making thesf (hidings publle, hut wo lu'llovo it Is a duty we owe tho people of Kershaw County. It is very likely that tho Itondsmen will put up a pretty stiff legal battle before they make this shortage good, and In doing so we ho|s* the matter will t>c sifted to the very bottom and If lite dead Sheriff Is not guilty of mak ing away with this enormous sum, then his tiHtue should x?e cleared ami the Maine placed upon the guilty parties. It Is a matter In which every eifiitcn in Kershaw County, no matter how huutblo, Is vitally interested, and wo hope that a searching Investigation will Ik> made before tho mat- < tor is dually ended. / j,;.: ? v . MAKING THE ISSUE CLEAR At a meeting held at Puiuarla, South Carolina, last Frldily attended by "aov* cr4tI thousand Jieople" and addressed hy ex-<loveriuu* lilease, he, at the Con cjusion ?>f his address, according to the Charleston Auioi'loaii, "took a hand primary .which reminded one of the days of the 'MM." "All of you who," ho said "If you luiil been members of coiigres* would ha ve voti'il for this war, hold up your right hand." Not a hand was raised. "All of you who would havi> voted agalnyt this war and who would now vote for peace hold up your hands." lOvery hand wont up The correspondent of The American Mays that "people from every section of Newberry eounty and from many parts of the State were present," that "It was a State-wide gathering of na tion wide Import," and .tTint "there is no doubt that it was-the opening of the political campaign of 101H so far South Carolina 1s - Taking this rejxirt at its face value, it ran mean nothlng*jnore nor less hut that the rampaign of the llleasites in tiUS In South. Carolina will l?e in op position to the war. The correspondent quotes Mr, Mease as saying in another part of his sj>eech : "I><> not misunderstand me. We arc now in this war fiurt It must be pushed to a successful conclusion. The might of the nation must be thrown towards bringing it to an end at the- earliest possible moment. And let us all pray CJod that it may be wrought to a suc cessful end before a great number of our young men are killed upon the bat rlcticlds of Kuropc. We arc in the light and we must fight it to a finish with all' the power of our great na tion." Thus we have on the one hand the people signifying unanimously that the congress should not have voted for the recognition of the state of war which the Hermans created and that they would now vote for peace, while on the other the speaker who puts the question to them asserts that the war must he pushed to "a successful con clusion." How these two positions are to he reconciled Is *(f no concern to The State. How war can he "pushed to it successful concruslon" while the iH'opfe are saying that they would vote for peace now is one of those puzzles easy of solution to Hleaseitish minds, hut hopelessly beyond The State's ken. The Important fact is that Rleaseites pitch their campaign on opposition to the war. on unqualified condemnation of ihe President and the majority of the American congress and on a idea that peace should be made now. The position assumed seems to he that while the war. as undertaken hy the t'nlted States through the Presi dent and congress is unrighteous and wicked, it should be pushed to a suc cessful conclusion because the United Slates is iu it. That, too. Is a proposi tion of ethics beyond the fathoming of The^State. but one with which It is not concerned. Had the President and the congress Since the draft was made. the County Hoard of exemption lias had numerous requests for exemption. We would remind our readers that this is not only useless, hut very annoying to tho hoard. Kvery man drawn will rtfrive due notice of when and where to ap|tear for examination, and where application for exemption must he tiled. He a little patient and give the hoard a chance. This paper is one that never in tentionally lies?although we are ac cused of doing so very often. Not so long ago The Chronicle carried an item of ?ews whi<J? was branded as ft lie by thf party referred to in the item. We didn't hear the party say it was a lie. but some of our friends did. We paid no attention to it. how ever. preferring to "let time tell". It has later develoi>od that The Chron icle was right?with the exception of the exact date mentioned. A citizen of iSouth Carolina has the right to transj>ort one quart or ( less 'of whiskey for personal use in his baggage under the terms of the j Quart-a-Month Act. according to an ' opinion rendered by Assistant Attorney j General Claud X. Sapit The opinion is given in answer to a query from L. D. Beard en. of Westminster. J. .1. McManus. a railway mail clerk; running between Charleston ami Ham let. X. ('., was given a preliminary htm ring yesterday t>efore United States Commissioner A. M. linger on a charge of opening mail and embezzling the contents. He was bound over to rhe United States District Court for trial. Iiond was fixed in the sum of $'2,000, which .was furnished. refused to reeogiiUe the state of war with. Germany the refusal would have expressed thoir Approbation of the de struction of American pasenger ship* and American men, women and chil dren >?y German submarine* without warning. It would have Ma Id in sub stance that assassination oil the hitfh seas of Americans by order of the Ger man government was defensible and proper and decent ?and, just and holy conduct. It wonld have said that the Zimmerman plot to incite Japan and Mexico (a plot formed before the rup ture tif relations with Germany against the United States with the aim of delivering Texas and two other States to Mexico ought not to Ik? re sented. It would have corriinltted the United Stntes to approval of Germany's invasion of Belgium and of whatever the German government ban done in the course of thin \yar. IT Is well that we "know in advance what the Issue in South Carolina shall he next year. If the people of South Carolina are In favor of ^oting for peace now and pushing the war to a successful conclusion at the same time the sooner the other people of the United States know where South Caro- [ Una stands, or lags, the better. The State is of the opinion that the j hand primary taken at Pomariu does I not represent the sentiment of our j people or of all the people who arc Y reported to have participated in it. The State lias not the faintest, idea that seveal thousand people can be gotten together anywhere in South Carolina who would ask congress or the United ; States to hack down by voting for 1 peace at this time. The socalled. "hand j primary" Is at best a poor sign of the .sentiment of an assembly. A part of the crowd always votes as the speaker wishes and the other part often doe not vote at all. With complete confidence The State predicts that the Hleaseite leaders will abandon the program outlined at Poniaria. They will not dare to" per: severe in a campaign In South Caro lina In op|>osition to the Democratic administration, in Washington and the people of the Unted States. They can not couple a demand for i>enoe and suc cessful prosecution of the war and fool one-tifth of the |>eople who have sometimes voted for them. They will silently repudiate the ptan that they have announced and later, noisily |>a radim: their patriotism, seek ejection to the otlices on the ??td and empty is sues in State alT-iirs with which they are fa in liar and which are of nhout their size. South Carolinians, believing that they as Americans are engaged in the war for liberty and security of their coun try and of the" jieace of the world, are ready and eager to meet the HIcaseLtes or any other faction on the issue of the justice of the war and they will maintain not only thar the war should be pressed to a successful, conclusion, but that no true American will cry "Peace" until that conclusion is in sight.?Columbia State. The jM-oplo <>f Leo county have In vited Senator John Sharp Williams to make an address in that county soon. It is to be hoped that lie will accept the invitation and that the audience will he worthy of the *<|>eak er. Senator Williams is flr^t of all a true American of true patriotism. In point of intellect lie is seeond to none in the United States. An ad^ dress by Senator Williams would be worth traveling two hundred miles to bear. ' He would charm and inform Ms audience. No onew with a thimble full of l>rains could listen to him with out Ixdng" thrilled with a love of his country and a desire to do bis "and her ftil 1 duty in this world war, It is unfortunate that Senator Williams on account of his official duties in Washington, can nor make ;i great many s]>eeehes in all parts of the South. He would explain the vital issues in this war as few other men could, ami would arouse our ]>eople; to the necessity of a supreme effort He would present a striking and de lightful contrast to some of the feath er weights in Congress and to the 'Hit-; tie group of willfnl men" whose asininlty has made them so conspic uous and 'so-contemptible. Hut there is no jNi*>nnhiiR for taste, some pre fer to hear and see the weeping lady from Montana, and other statesmen whose only claim to face is due en tirely to voice.?<York News. Miss Ruby Brooks, of Nevvmni, fia., employed in the clothing factory at the Navy Yard, was killed and Mr. J,eon Adams, of Jacksonville, a ship builder at the Navy Yard, injured when they were struck by a tar of the Consolidated company on the upper trestle near North Charleston about o'clock Saturday night. HI KASf; s CONDUCT 8COWJ> IHtvid ?. C<*?f of former 0?ven?#r. Columbia, July :il. -Loyally to goveJ'UUU'Ut to tltu polut of personal sacriHce of a high 0*d?r Vf ?h1 In every liauilel and school district of the Hint*.' T)m> Ht?te Council of Defense ?t h meeting here today decided that the tlr*t step lu putting South <Vrolina oil a war wwa w*? a thorough caiuimlgn to, artuise the .latent patriotism of the people, to educate them to the danger of a slug gish I lite rent In the war and the di"* aKtrotiM results to the country of fall tiro to give a full measure of uUPPOrt to all governmental measures. Ilv the same tokeu the eradloatloii 'of Mention and treason in their li? dpteut stages, the eatoppel?by the kl?l glove method, If possible, and If 'not, by the .Iron hand?of the utteriug or fostering of seiitlipent deslgjpd and calculated to hamper the nation h? the prosecution of the war; thin In one of the dual linen whleh the cam paign will pursue. Cole. I?. It lea hc, Esq., recognised as the most consplelous example of the latter group hy virtue of his conduct since ?the war, which characterization of him has l>ccn accentuated by ids recent speech at 1'omarla, was hehl up'to the scorn of the JUH) or more men and women who tilled the hall room of the Jefferson Hotel. Chair man David K. Coker rend a short'clip ping from the account of the speech of Mr. Illease and blistered Its author in phra ses which smote with the power of truth. ' "lj understand that even more treasonable things than these were said," said Mr. Coker. "We must not i\Jlow such treason to grow up un checked."', j Mr. Coker put the former Governor in the class with Tom Watsou, of Georgia. and the "long. haired Vttrda umur of Mississippi^11 as ti trio "who are deluding themselves Into tlhpking they out ride into oftlce over th*"^il^tftg pitrjotlsm of the South." f f Dr. George It. Cromer; of Ntwea')'. roused his hearers to a high oPgree of enthusiasm as he .challenged some t the utterances made by Mr. Blease in his romarla sis^ech, though lie did not mention the name of their author. "I hear that-Vome men say that Con gress and the President plunged this nation Into war." said Dr. Cromer. ?That is ah untruth. Congress and the President wer'e forced hy the acts of the Imperial Herman Government to recognize that a state of war existed. When our property whs ruthlessly de stroyed and when our men. wlinen and children were ruthlessly drowned on the high seas without warning being given. Congress and the Prejjldent were without alternative in recogniz ing that steps must he taken to pro tect the rights of a sovereign people." "Some men tell us that we are fight ing the'"battles of France and Eng land." continued Dr. Cromer. "It is a lie. Let uk tefl jour people that France and Enghutd for three years have been fighting our battles?France un til she has been bled white and Eng land until she is exhausted." Speaking further with reference to that class which has opposed the draft and which i> s<*eking to frustrate other measures for the prosecution of the war. Mr. Cromer said: "The man who Is trying now to shackle this govern ment and render its efforts futile by preaching the doctrine of "No cause for our going into war" is an effort attempting to shoot my boy and your boy in the back as he inarches to the front." Mr. Cromer's speech was-followed by an oration which lasted for many minutes. Governor Manning In a short ad dress struck the same note , which Mr. Coker sounded in .opening the meeting and which later was to l>e repeated in the .striking utterance of Dr. Cromer. "The hour has struck in South Carolina when there can be no divided allegiance?no difference of opinion. There is no time for disloyal words and deeds." The Governor urged that men or women having knowledge of quasi-treasonable acts report same to agents of the Department of Jus tice and swear out warrants for the olTortders." V How many pounds to a ton?2000 or 1500? HOW many pound* of real roughage are you gettina to a ton? If you are buying old style hull# you are getting about 1500 pound* because they are about one-fourth lint which hat no fppd value. . If you are buying RUC^EYF OOTTONSKCD ? I V HULLS V .';r ----- V:"T"; UNTt*W ^ 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 ? Coet much lets per ton than old No trash or dust. style hulls. 8acked?easy to handle. Allow better assimilation of other They mb^ well with other for. food. M* ? , ? . ? <?' m Air. W. C. Own*. Charlotta, N.C., feeds thirty cows. He consider* Buckeye Hulls the cheapest feed and gets the best results. Ta secure the best results and ta develop the ensilsfe odor, wt the hulk thoroughly twelve hours before feeding. It U s*,, u j0 this by wetting Ihejp dawn night and merninf fer the nest feeding. If at any tim this canaat be dens, wet dewa at W >Mitjp wiaiitas. If yeu prsfsr Is feed the hulls dry, use anly half ss much by bulk as ef eld style hulls. Book of Mixed Feede 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. Describee 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. z Atlanta Birmingham Greenwood " LUtle Rock MemphU Aufueta . Charlotte' ? Macor* Silma The Governor also appealed for the support of all classes of people in carrying the war to a successful con clusion, and *ahl,t aiuitl applause: "We must give to the negro who will allied his blood for our flag a guarantee that Ins rights nlmll he respected," Mr. Coker in opening the meeting stated that he thought thfi. proper way to bring the war home to the people was not by an army of figures show ing Its cost in money or lives?not by a picturing of the barbarity of Germany in the mass, but '>y the pre sentation of brief hun^in Interest sto ries of unquestioned authenticity, that set forth the war methods of the ifli periai Government. He then related several gathered from his own expe^ rience. ' . ? The conscription of all German wo men by the government for the pur pose of restoring the population, en tirely abrogating the marriage rela tion. was declared to be one of the u-iir policies of the powers that rule at Berlin. * $500.00 REWARD Five Hundred Dollars reward will be paid by the Southern Railway Sys tem for the arrest and conviction of the i>erson or i>ersoii8 who removed spikes, bolts and angle bar# resulting in the derailment of passenger tspin No. 20 near Hendersonville, N. C., Tues day morning June 17, 1017. All communications pertaining to this subject should be addressed to Mr. J. W. Connelly, Chief Special Agent, Southern Hallway System, Charlotte, N. C. If arrested, wire him or Sheriff N. W. Wallace, Charlotte, N. C. "W. N. Foreocre, General Manager. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. The *? Hamburg - American line steamship Valeria ml, sei&tt t>y thi American go very men t after Jt hij been damaged by .Its crow, upon tbe deolaration of war, bus been repaired -by the navy department and lg not ready for service. This is the large* passenger vessel In the world. Whei the vessel wan taken over by the got eminent the shipping hoard asked for authority to take charge and the au thority was granted. The s^ippioc board did nothing and the navy depart incut, took tjhp job on Its hauds. Th# repairs on the vessel cost more thai $1,000,000. The government ha* not yet announced the seivice to which the big ship will be assigned. Addle Hames, 41 negro womaiM York'county, was killed under pecntiai fl itu in Stances Saturday night. HA husband. Dan Haines, says that art eral white men came to his house ani forcibly carrying him away onto threat of death, and that when t* returned to bis home he found Hi wife lying upon the bed with^'bol let wound through her body, and sliut gun lying beside her on the lw Tlifc negro has been placed In jal but an investigation Is being ma<K as to the truthfulness of <hU story. Claude Carroll, aged. 19, was and - instantly killed by his cousin, B mer Carroll, at Anderson Safurda The shooting occu red in the ear morning. > Claude' Carroll was a sl?( walker and his cousin mistook hli for a burglar, firing the fatal shot Degpondei)t because he poeeeaw ticket 258 in the selective draft li? John Wilon, a negro of York count attempted suicide by hnnging himsq He was found in time to save " from self destruction. He Is watched closely. 232 ?'?? ''^gi j 356 acres of land near Boykin, S. C., known as the Ancrum Hill tract. nc $12.00 per acre. ; f 472 acres of land 4 miles fro Lugoff, S. C. on National Highway, one 4 rob^ dwelling, 2 barns, 4 tenant houses. Premises now* occupied by W. W. Price, i per acre $17.50. ? 68 acres of land 3 miles fromXJassatt, S. C., 30 acres' under cultivation, on 4 room dwelling, one barn. Pric e$1,600.00 165 acres 7 miles South of Camden of Charleston, public road. v T\*o t? houses, rents this year $375.00. Price per acre $30.00. C. P. DuBOSE & SWF, REAL ESTATE? INSURANCE CROCKER BUILDING PHONE