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I,KK COt'NTY NEWS |U?m* of InU'iVht GatlMTfd'From IUhHt o|> v ill* Vindicator. As tho Henhoard paiiaenger train tya* luaviwa for Kuuder Friday morning 11 knocked the automobile of Mr. I'errlu off the track at corner of the ware hou*o on court houst' avenue. TUo ear contained Mr. l'crrln. Miss Mary rtn? 1 his baby, MJmh Cenle Smith and her cousin. Miss Conic was thrown ???it and considerably hurl. the others xlighliy hurl. Mr. l'crrln says 'he did not s<h? the trni11 until too Ihto to slop. <'. K. Mcl.endoii, 1?. A <^ua11 Ichanhi, K. W. Itustln and c W. W h ?> have hoc11 Isjoied i i ininl**don u* the name of ICounty Milling and Trtolinu Co, Tlic c??r|H>rnth?n v\iil erect a roller mill for grinding wheat. Mr. and Mrs. .1. Kd Mel 'ulcheoii, with (heir sUler, Ml** Minnie, who, we are glad to ?a>. Is able to make the trip, Inivc gone to W.t.xnenhoro, X. C? with the ' hope tli.11 t In* inountain *|? r will more rapidly improve her liealth. Mrs. W. I*'. -lames, of Sniumcrtou, in eoiil|>an,\ with tin* MI.-so< .Nh Knight Mopped over nlullt in ltis|io|iviile on their \va\ to the mountains of North < 'a i"| Ina. Mrs James will go to Wash Ingtoii. | >. <>n a v i-it to her brother, Mr. John W. Horn, before returning to < 'la rendoii. W illi.mi Itrearlex, after s'everal years of .suffering from a wasting disease, dicd ;ii his lii'ino near Wisacky. in I.cc Coiint.v. on I'ridax hist and was hur led at the old Mi. Zion I'rcshytcrian ehureh, of which h^ had been a eon MM eld tncinher for many year-; and one uf it-* most active and useful olil rials during most of the lime of his membership. Mrs. John W. Clark, of Augusta. <!a.. accompanied by her daughter. Mrs. Hen Steed ley, of New York, and 1{. Y. Mel.eod. also Malcolm and McDowell Mel jeod, -are over for n~few dliv-s vK" iting Mr. ami Mrs. W. |{. I.aw. Mr. S. A. I'orrily. who has been spending a few weeks with his friends at his old h<>me. returned to Alachua, Kla., hist Monday. lie says all who went to Florida when his father mov ed there are well pleased. Although so much further south, on account of Hie food breezes. It is really not as op pressively hot a< we have been ha vim; It here for the past two weeks Mr. J. 11. Johnson, architect from Sumter, came over last Monday with plans for High School building. which have been approved by the trustees. The plans are for a large building with all modern accessories and when completed will be an imposing strne lure for that part of town. The tins tees hope to commence work on build ing at oii'-e. I >r. Kldrldge Haskin and one of his Baltimore friends <uine all the way from Haltinio'c in the Doctor's .into mobile. Thc.y ma To the trip in goo l time ami without a mishap. They i joined the boll weevil party at Sumter to make a tour of the Ccorgin and Ala bama ?lrlcken district. In the party also from Hishopville and Lee county were Dr. A. (Ha skin. Z. M. Skinner. It. M. Cooper. \V. S. H. W. segar<. Mrs. I.ottie Smith and Mrs. Katie Price, of Charleston spent Tuesday af ternoon with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Heid. Willi them was Miss Dorothy Payne, of Knglaml. who with her brofher and his wife made a trip to the I'nited States in 1P1I. Her brother had to hurry back home on account of the war but her newly made friends prevailed on her to sta\ longer and she ha? not been able to return owing to the danger zone. She Is ;i highly educated and entertaining young lad\ and talks most interestingly of old Knglaml. The Texas house of representatives has passed a bill requiring that all male persons shall subject themselves to a physical examination by a .physi cian before entering into a marriage rout raet. KICKP ANIMAIH' OFF TRACK. Southern Hallway I'?>h Out $500,000 Annually to Stork Owiiwh. Wushlntfton, August 14.?".Million* uf |K>nii(l? of bcof mid pork will bo m quired to feed our <4 nil low a ml ha vie* and fIn???? of oiir hIIIoh, and If wo aro not to havo meatless day* enforced In iin* |'nltcd Slates wo should eonnerve our supplies In every practicable way," *nid President Harrison, of the South* ern Hallway system. today. ?miiio of rlu* way* In which a vory substantial saving of our moat re? source* may t??? uiado I* throiiifli re ? lining I ho 11 u in >?**?* <>f animals k 111?*< I ? hi railroad track*, (in (ho railroad* of tho t'nltod States many thousand* ?it* cattle and hotf* aro kllh'd every will' and, as those k111?*<I in this way aro not' uwud for food. thi.-* io.*?s roMilt* in <i eorrosjiondlnglj large decrease in ? ?ur available meat supply. "Tho responsibility for tills loss rest* lirlinarily on (lit* owner of tho animals who allow thorn to stray on tin* rail r<>ad right of way. When I hoy aro killod tho law places the're*poii>lbll ity on tin* railroad am) t!??? owner snf for* no direct pecuniary Ion*. There is, however, in addition to tho serious reduction of tho moat supply of tho country, a further economic loss thru the pa.\ men I hy tho railroad of money which is urgently needed at litis llmo tor increasing the transportaiion fa cilities of i ho country, the lack of which for the movement of his pro ducts in market may cause a loss to the farmer creator than the amount ho received for tho animals killed on the railroad. The extent of this loss may he Indicated hy t'ho fact that tho Southern Hallway System "alone paid out in the twelve months ended Juno 1M7. more than $1100.000 for ani mals killed on fhe right of way. This *?11111. even at the present hiirh prices of ?tpiipment would he *utlleient to htiy more than 100 standard hox oars capable of handling at a single load more than .'{,000 tons of freight, and the constant use of this many addi tional cars would tend to tin* relief of tho present war-lime congestion of I radio. ' Is it not the patriotic duty of ev ery farmer to keep his live slock away from the railroad tracks?" 53,000 PRINTERS AT WAR Over Five-Sevenths of Tho German I'nion ('ailed to The Colors When the world war broke out tho (ioriunn Printers' I'nion had 70..VK) members. < >n April 1. 11)17. the mem bership was only US,Hull. according to a report reeently issued by the union. SI nee A u jr. 1. 1P1-k about r?.'t.000 union j pi'inters have been called to the eol ofs. while soine S.ftOO new members were enrolled during that jieriod. From the bejrinniujr of tho war to the end of lUlU the Printers' Union paid out about $U,r>00.000 in benefits to Its members and the families of tho men drafted info the Kaiser's army. The property qwimm! hy the union Is val ued at around t(i,(i(mi. Tho effect of the war upon the printing industry is shown by a para graph in the report noting that the number of printing establishments has fallen to 1.11-11, compared with 1.777 in 101.T Since the war started printers' wages have been increased from .'I.'! to .%<? per cent. Stuttgart papers of .June 1i>. in re porting the I took Dealers' Fair there, said that the condition of tin* trade during the past year had been quite satisfactory, although there had been a falling off In exports of books to Austria and Switzerland. Neverthe less. the report noted that the difll eultics created for tho publishers by the war were likely to assume serious proportions. Tho Stuttgart Hook Deal ers' Association has joinhinod with I he Wnrtteinberg Hook Dealers' \s -????ia t ion. Party Line Courtesy The quality of service on a party line is largely dependent upon the co-opera tion of the subscribers on that line. No subscriber should use a party line for long periods of time, to the total ex clusion of others. When a party line is found to be in use, hang up your receiver immediately. While it is off the hook conversation is interfered with. Each neighbor on a party line is en titled to a reasonable use of the telephone service, and should not be interrupted or have the privacy of his conversation inter fered with. The Golden Rule applies with partic ular force to party line telephone service. H'hert you T(Upborn? Smile SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY ^ . J. A. HOUGH, MANAGER. I.KNS ABOUT TO FALL ???? ? j Important French Mining Town Storm , C... *4 ,ly CMimdUum* u-iih again t* tho cwW of tho! lighting on the western fn?ui The Canadian* have taken HUI 70 doml* natlng the fitjr from thq north Mini are within tin* fitly Itself. enraging tho j Hermans In denperat* fighting at eloo<? quarters, after advancing on a two ! iniu* front to nil extreme depth of one! i mile. Fur several week* the Canadian* j slowly have l?eon closing their line* j in 'on tin* west. northwest ami south I went In preparation for a miiireme, (effort to place this tauter of the eon 11 Mrhls <>f tin* I'm* do Calais in lielr possession. lllll 7n, Jiint east of l.oos ami north of Lens, wm? the great stumbling block. j Harly Wedmyahty the Canadians j stormed the hill. The splendid effort was successful ami within a few hours ; the Important position wan floored <>f Herman*. The Canadians Hwept oil i toward l.ens from the northwest, cap- i luring several suburbs and entering I he wentern part of the elty. The Her- j man* tried desperately to elieek tliei Canadian advanee lair five counter attacks were in vain, While suffer ing only slight casualties themselves. Hie Canadians inflicted heavy losses on the Hermans ami captured almost .'MXl prisoners. In Flanders the intense artillery 1 lighting goes <>n with umll|mlnishcil vigor. The infantry has hoen more: active, hut except for the French, is j engaged only in raids. On the l>i\ inudc load imvthwest of Birsclioote. | the French pushed forward and sue-. I ceeded in realizing considerable prog- 1 ress. Artillery duels and small iso- i lated attacks have occurred on the j French front from St. Quontin to the; Swiss border. -Fighting in wttfhwrH MohhiTia ap ; parently is lessening in intensity. I"' the mountains the Russians and .'{n 1 manlaus have given up a height west of Ocmi to the Austro-Oermaiis. In the l'utna valley and toward the line of the Serclit Berlin reports Field Marshal von Maekcnsen has made some progress, capturing the town of. Stracanl. Three thousaml prisoners, guns and machine guns have been t ? daptured by the Austro-Germnn* in j the Moldavin theater. Around Fok shanl there has been no fighting but southeast along the Serclit the Teu tons have stormed the bridgehead at Ma t la ret u. Nicholas Romanoff and the other members of his immediate family have been removed from the former imperial home at Tsarskoe-Selo where! they had been under guard since the March revolution A semi- official an-i nouncenient says it is rei>orted that ] the former emperor is being taken to j Tokolsk. beyond the T'ral mountains' lu Siberia. Tokolsk Is far from a rail- j road and Is reached only by a long overland journey or by an occasional river steamer. TO RAISE THI CK AT CAMPS. i Suggestion by Camden 31 an Forwarded to Washington l?y den. Wood. Charleston. August 1.1.?A reconi | nieiidation of Mr. K. 1 >. Rostick of | Camden, that a certain area, from 120 | | to 1.-0 acres, he set aside at each can-i ? foniuent for the intensive cultivation! i of the more perishable vegetables and | I that troops suited to such work he de- i tailed to cultivate these plots has been , approved bv (General Wood and sent i ? , i on to Washington where it has since | [received official approval of Herbert C. I 'Hoover, national food director. Hen- i lornl Wood regards it as likely that this' j plan will finally be adopted by the war! j departnient. The greatest advantage would be i ? I that of keeping the prices ..f quickly j ( perishable vegetables normal in the, | territory surrounding camps, where if; the local supply were along depended ' | on both civilian consumers and the, [government would snfTer by the conse- j J11ueiit high priijes while only the food ! spfculator would be l>enefltted. Ill ad-j Idition. the food raised in t)ds manner would he a material addition to the jiiation's supply and only troops per haps not needed for other duties could be employed in its cultivation. New Fijtcrprise For Kershaw. Columbia., Aug. 10. ^The Kershaw Minitilt Company, of Lancaster county, near Kershaw, was chartered by Sec ret a ry of State W. Ranks I >ove today, with a capital stock of S"<hM)00. The oMicers are: President. "W. K. (Cameron: vice president. Itohert 7.. Pellet ; sec retary. Bernard Cunnifl'; tr?Misurer. W. II. Carncron. The nature of the busi ness contemplated "is general mining, an<l abstraction of any and all ores, minerals or mineral substances; and the general treatment- and manufac turing of puch ores, minerals/ minera'l substances, or their <7crivatJves and by-products, by chemical and metal lurgical means; farming. >took raising dealing in timber and the manufacture of lumber; and dealing in general mer chandise." Johnnie Langford, an eight year old boy who lives in the Saxe-Gotha mill village, three miles south of Lexing ton fired upon two of his little play mates. T/eonard Shiuey and Tommie Barefoot, aged seven and ten years, respectively, with a shotgun Saturday morning, and the Barefoot boy is so dangerously wounded in the abdomen and richt side fhat his recovery Is doubtful. He was Immediately taken to a hospital in Columbia. The Hhir ley boy is only slightly wounded. Louise Glaum in "The Sweetheart of The Doomed" comes to The Majestic tomorrow. The Armies of France is used as a back ground for this one of Triangle's greatest plays. LETT TO THEIR FATK. Submarine Dive? With Prtwmer# Oil IIh Defk. m - Liverpool, Aug. ?rWllllrtin Knell, u >negro of Jacksonville, Fla., the ?H?ly American survivor of the British stea mer Height n Prince, which was wink July Ml by a Ueruiaii submarine with the loss of XH live* today gave details of his experiences to the Associated |'irs\ Tli- said : "A torpedo hit tin* engine room. A submarine then quickly came to the surface a hunt -<m? yard* to starboard ami fired at our wireless apparatus. "We l?ft the Hciglau Prince in three boats ami 'had get ftO yards from the snip when tlie suhnmrlne entile along side and asked for our captain, who was taken ahoanl ami Inside the TJ I tout. "We were then ordered to the deck of the submarine where we were told by the commander to remove our life belts ami to lie on the deck. This we <!id. Then the commander went Into the boats, threw the oars into the sea and had his men remove the provis ions. After that the pings were taken out of the boats which were then east adrift. "The submarine went to the north ?*a < t for I Li miles, the commander tak ing the life-bolts to the top of the con ning lower and throwing them over board. I bid mine under a raincoat a11< 1 as the submarine began to sub merge I tied it around my back and jumped into the sea.. "The rest of the crew stayed 011 deck until they were swept oft' by the sea as the boat dived. It was a terrible sight, i me by one they threw up their hands and went down, or fighting to keep up, t'liey splashed water as they disappear? ed." Palestine Being Looted. Cairo. July The situation tn Pal estine this suiunvu* s is most serious sinre the war began. The scheme for looting Jerusalem is being executed and throughout the countryside the Turks embarked on a calculated policy i f plundering and killing the natives, so if forced t<> retire they will leave be hind a desert.' The only hope ?is that Ili?' Hrif-Uh may soon drive out the Turks. Highway Bridge Over Wateree River. Notice is hereby given that the Su pervisor and Hoard of County Commis sioners of Kershaw County will he at the site of the proposed bridge across the Wateree River on the east ern side thereof, just below the con tinence of Twenty Five Mile Creek at two (1*1 o'clock P. M. Monday af ternoon, August twenty-seventh in stant 1017. to let the work of building a bridge with 'trestle work approaches across said River according to plans ami s|(educations made by Frink & Pinner Consulting Engineers of Nor folk. Virginia. Copies of these plansj and specifications may be obtained up on payment of ten ($10.001 dollars to the said engineers, tive ($r>.?Kt) of whh'h will be refunded upon the re turn of the said plan* and speeifiea ions in good condition. Alternate proposals, on designs made by the bidders, will also be received, these alternate designs must conform to the above mentioned specifications. A certified check of Ten thousand ($lo.(HHUHH dollars payable to M. C. West. Supervisor, shall accompany each proposal. The successful bidder will be re quired to furnish a bond made by a satisfactory surety company, in the amount of Forty thousand (K) i dollars. The County reserves the right to reject any or all bids. M. C. WKST. Supervisor. Kershaw County. SouMi Carolina. Camden. S. C. August Otli, 1017. Notice to Debtors ad Creditors. All parties indebted to the estate of \V. T. JefTers. deceased. ;ire hereby notified t??make payment to the un dersigned, and all parties (if any) bavins Haims nsainsr Hie said estate will present them duly attested within the time prescribed by law. MttS. M. K. JEFFEItS Administratrix. Camden. S. C? August 18th. 1017. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. All parties indebted to the estate of .John Jenkins, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the un dersigned. and all parties (if any) having claims against the said estate will present them duly attested with in the time prescribed by law. BEN JENKINS, Qualified Administrator Estate of John Jenkins. Camden. S. C., August 7th, 1017. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All parties indebted to the estate of Miss Flora Boykln, deceased, are here by notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all parties (if any) having elaims against the said estate will present them duly attested within the time prescribed by law. It. B. CLARKE, Executor. Camden. S. C.. July 2.1rd, 1-017. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Monday, August 27th, 1017, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as Administrator of the estate of Scipio Timbers, deceas ed, and at the same time I will ap ply to the said Court for a final dis charge as said Administrator. E. H. DIBBLE. Adm. Camden, S. C., July 23rd, 1917. In accordance tojiopulatlou <'umber land, Wis, probably will furulsh the largest quota for t?bo new National am y of any single community If not in the nation, Out of a jot a I popula tion of 2.000, i-jo were registered and 78 Af thi'ui were auioug the first to be drawn in tlio great butuau lottery. "Tlie Little American" featuring Un cle Sam's favorite Mary Pick ford will Ih? Khown at The Majestic two days, Wednesday and Thursday, August 22nd and 23rd. ??-iij I tent tat (to patient Who t? hta purse) "No don't pay va< vane*." Vatlent?'"I'm not. \ wa? uuij, tux iuy money before yum... ?W?(filcngo Herald. ? > . ?' l ? Dorothy OUh appears at jftfttlc today In a swift, Unit* ^ eoiuedy-dranni that will appeal ery one tha tttKcri ?ood ?>bn that every member of the f*u enjoy "Her Official Path**". ***** ? r ? We have moved our sales room to building former ly used by Kershaw Motor Co., and will be glad to hav< you come to us there. We fere prepared to do your work and take car< of your storage battery for you. Also a full line of accessories. Can give you class service in all lines of the automobile trade. Dealers of Dodges and Jeffery cars- Come in see our stock when in town. Phone 42 YOUR f EYES NOW AS NEVER BEFORE Strenous times are crowding upon us. Your eyes are the steering wheels u? yuur brain and body, you cannot afford to neglect any means of preserving them. WELL ADJUSTED GLASSES will equip"* your eyes for the task before them. Our glasses are scientifically ground to meet and remedy all eye defects- See us at once and put your eyes is perfect woring condition. You'll need them as nevi before. G. L. BLACK WELL Jeweler and Optician v ? Camden, S. C. THE GREATEST w The bucket brigade' is usually made up of wilW workers but they seldom accomplish much. You can't afford to depend upon them to save ] property when the fire starts. * BUT THERE'S SAFETY IN INSURANCE, Any nuipber of causes beyond your control, start a blaze that will jruin you. - * "^7 The modest premium on a sufficient policy is a i price to pay for safety. Now's the time. l>\ _ 2: _ _ - '"~U Williams Fire Insurance 1012 Broad