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... -v.-. ? - V ?? ? a i ??'-4 - p'"..." f^UME XXIX. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1917. NUMBER 33, tVOUlN HKATKNJfO DKATH .uWrr Kouild Wilil HkMll Cw4^ I* Krum Many WoW?. f |tic most brutal crimes ever Kershaw County came to SSSSf 1-rMu.v ? I5. II - link. i . Wife ??f Andrew ( . 15., r :!> found horribly hcateuNuear Vhif wveii udles east, of Cam r?... crliuo was supposed to have hoen lined between nlm> ami teu tflltok Z irtornlug but her body was not ' "vreil until probably three or four r later. \\ lu-n l?t*f sous went In Ejh for her. Tlw? unfortunate *Vu rln Willi brought to the Camden liOh IJ", died Saturday morning at B vlink without regaining enHolOu?mes* P\? examination tiy l>r. Clyburn, who I i* called attend her revealed the that sh<* bad liU* been shut, 11 s Hr^t thought. hut that the wounds 1 be, liniuls were received III ward r, ttff iij?> blows. Evidence at the Umh' .h the tragedy went to show, that jLii'i l luiii 'bed at. as freHh gun VtUh w ph'ked Up. aijd the trail of a to,,l t.f shot as they out their ,way Ei?u#h da* weeds Indicated that lb** ?urderer fired from a crouching i>o Jlou concealed in the weeds an the un utDilate woman was gathering grapes. A wrma'i''* bapu'st with Mr. ~X\'. (J. ilstin "s foreman V the jury wax Id Saturday with Solicitor \V. II. i, conducting the Investigation. A iircc crowd was In attendance. The jupluiml of the dead woman, testifying It the inquest, stated that lie found the loured woman and that he called to kr but did not offer to usslitt her ui any way. He stated that lii ami lit sons were hauling straw near the bona' at the time of the attack 'upon his wife, and In accounting tot the report of a gun stated that he had jdiut a wasp nest near by. The shirt worn by the husband on the day of dr tragedy was put in evidence and Vbuvvwl evidence of having been fresh ly torn and had stains upon it. $1$ uwld not account for the rents in his shirt.-but stated the stains were from itttstmelon juice. ?? The Jur.\ returned a verdict to .the flivt that Mrs. Baker came to her faith at the hands of a party or par* ties unknown to the jury. The funeral of Mrs. Baker occurred Sunday afternoon at Marshall's church iear her home place, attended by an miuieiisj; crowd of town and cduntjn folk's, servkes being conducted by. ft&V, John H. (jrav.es of the Camden Metho Jut church. It is said that neither the Ifasbaml of the dead woman por any of bis people attended the funeral. Mrs. baker was aitout thirty years "f au'e and leaves four children, the eSTeM in iiiL' h son of -nearly- fourteen rears. She is also survived by her parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Sinclair ?f Caiuden and a brother and sister. The killing M-cms to Ik1 one of the I _ liifst mysterious in this-county in imilty j years. Many sensational theories have1 Neen advanced as to tin* probable mo-1 tire hut not until the guilty party is I '?reii^ht t<> justice will the real truth! |>e known. From the evidence at the] iinjut'si ii seems that no outsider so far lias iiccii suspected, and evidence] points strongly ii) the fact that houig "f the woman's own relatives com ml t wi the crime. -J Slieriff Hough. Constable liateman,; and Chief of l'oliee Wi taker have been j workiii;; on 1 In* ruse. Fallow in- is the testimony as given at tin* ??omnrr's inquest held here Sat urday : Wash Sinclair. duly sworn says: Mrs. Estelle Baker was my brother's daughter. I was called' to her home yestertluy about 10 n. m. by her hus band. Andrew Buker. He came to my liousf. i live at>out a mile from him. Mr railed to me to come there quick. He told me to come to bis house at once that someone had kill ed hi> wife. lie unbared scared. He had on liis every day elotlies like he hail been working. He was barefooted. I went on over to his house part of ? the way with him. he stopped at house ?if colored woman between my house and his t.> get his childreu anjl'told me t?" ko on that he would l>e on in a few minutes. In a few minutes he ??aiue on to his house. He didu't-talk 1 int- worth anything oil the way. He aid lie didn't know what he would V 1 did not see anything peculiar ?diniit hi- clothing. 1 Y?ent oil to where *'ne was. lie had told ine where she was They had done found her. No one w&h there when I got there. When - 1 ;'"t ?he was lying on her left !<-. Her rtpht arm was oyer her '"'a'! sh;j; nay and her left arm was down Nidc her. I got some water, me ?iid M|nS Kinuia Davis and washed"her face, she was hloody as she could be. There was rifrht smart scuffling ap l^ared round there where it appeared -he had got up and gone a little piece J|>d then fallen again. The ground nil idoody around there where it ned she had fallen, ner cloth ""ki'd like somebody had been ?'iiiinc j) j{ wns torn loose some n fi'nit. i saw a pieee of fence part ?* torn down and I saw a traek on ne other sid?. of that. And there was * ynti <d)m pi nee where the shot had tin* t.ullaee vines and. weeds it nn?. r,,n?. through. That track it-came rom the i(.ft where .she wns lying side where the old garden was. here wen- places of blood wherd _?ni*-ai-ed she had fallen. It >?eem^ tkJ v'h' wns K?ing from the house, nerr vf>,1o ,K. thrp<l of ^ places , .U' "h" fHI- 1 *ouUI no trark ' tn<- pin re* Where she fell but her >? traek. The other traek wan | *''"1* from where she fell. I did ii?iTK.'ti<v al>0,lt fhe track till a good J'''1" '-it after I there. I followed ,r:,'-k from the plaee of the actaf It n W'l?rl bleeo by the old garden. . _i,v :i inan> track. It seemed about ' Tile place wrm or ' onriiiued on f.a*t Page. ? MAY (1KT ART1LLKRY KANGK (?rK(i Tract of l4iiid lit Clu<Kterll(>ld Suitable For Purpose. Monroe. N. C., Sept. lli.?-According 10 rollultli* Information received here rhenvav dopartuuNri is making an effort to lease 150,000 acres <>f land hi Ches tcvlleld county to be used as an at*4 lilh'ry target range. The proposed *|te 1* approximately 11I ml Ion square, ami for wiles It Is Impossible at times to see any signs of civilization on the tract owing to the poor condition of the land. The Monroe ?Insurance & (Invest ment Co.. and M. K. I-ee, president of the FarmeVs and Merchants' liank own about four thousand acres of the tract but the most of It belongs to W. K.. Honsal, well-known raiuroad builder. Mr. lico ami (J. H. Caldwell, manager of the local real estate com pany have both been down to Ches tuplield to consult with government ofliclals, and the latter stale that it tipi>ears tlmt tins artillery range Is forthcoming, as the land owners show a willingness to co-operate with the government and are not holding up the deal by setting exorbitant lease rates on their property. ~"The~ government. It Is understood, desli-es to lease the whole tract for two years with the privilege of an ex tension for Jive years longer. It is also said that the government Is will ing to purchase the entire tract If a reasonable price Is set upon It. Major General White who is at tached to the southeastern district *taff at Charleston, was in Chester Held Saturday, Sunday and Monday. He 'was accompanied |iy prominent 'Clieraw business men who are deter mined to secure the range for Ches terfield county. * The project caused a stir in Ches terfield and adjacent counties, as the government took the initiative in the matter. The 150.000-aere tract noth ing much but bare saml with little signs of vegetation, appealed 'to the military authorities It Is salfl and If nothing causes a hitch the range will be e&tabllshed there It is said. ?T For years Chesterfield land has 'wen the joke of people living in $0lbn, and other bordering North Carolina counties. Fntil. recently it was not tit for cultivation and a good deal of it is still untenable. Twelve years ago part of this tract was sold for 80 cents an acre with timber standing in It. This was cut, and the land later sold from $l,oo m St.no an acre. At this time 12 years ago, the Monroe Insurance & Tnvest etit Co. bought 42.000 acres at $1.50 ??n acre. It Is now worth from $5 to ?0 an acre it Is said." - The owners of the tract it is said nre willing to lease it to the govern ment at the rate of $1 a year per acre. SOIVKNIKRS FROM FRANCE Brought Back By Dr. Roykin on Dis play at Chronicle Office. Thp. Chroniolc in indebted to Mrs. B. H. Boykin for the loan of several interesting souveniers of the war In Frame. They were -brought to Amer ica by her son. I>r. Irvine Manning Boykin who saw service in the Ameri ciiii. Hospital Corps around Verdun during the tierce fighting near that city. The souveniers consist of a French steel helmet, a time cap for n shell and one of the unexploded "Seventy Fives" which has made the French artillery famous. The steel helmet was given to I)r. Boykin by a mortally wounded French soldier aud it shows [signs of having been hit by flying (shrapnel. Hi*. Boykin is now at Camp Persons, Allen town. Pa.. with the rank of Cap tain. He was formerly operating sur geon of the Episcopal hospital corps I nt Philadelphia. He expects soon to ,*nil for JSurope again where he and Jhls company-will see service again. I >r. Boykin Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. | B. H. Boykin. of Boykin. lit this couji | fy, , ?The wnveniers are still on display Chronicle .office and can be seen by ^calling here. They 'h*ve? proved ?very Interesting to many. New Enterprise Chartered. The Buffalo Milling company of Be thune was chartered with a capital stock of $0,000. Officers are D. L. Catoe. president; M. A. 8haw vice pres ident'; Amas West secretary and treas urer. Has Gone to Georgetown. Mr. J. Nmyrl Halsall who for ? l.um hi'r <f years bus been file efficient sub stitute at the Camden Postoffiee, has gone to Georgetown where he will work in the government service under Col lector !>. C. Heyward. He will l?e ena jHoyeti at the large DiiPont distilling cojnpany ut that place. Mr. and Mrs. Ilalsull have scores of friends In Cam den who will regret their leaving Cam-J den. * % Coea Cola Plant Sold. The Camden Coca Cola Bottling Co., Owned and operated for many years hy Mr. B. H. Banm, of this city, was sold this week to Mr. John M. Jones, of Chester. S. C. We understand that Mr. Hftum intends to move to Charles ton connty where he will engage In trnck farming. i MRS. CIIKKTNTT DKAD Former Resident of Camden I'aAse* Away al Kipe Old A^e. At tIm* home of her daughter, Mrs, 1 It. F. Jordan, Sunday at (1 p. ai.. Mr?t James Chestnut passed away. In the passing of this lovely spirit Gainesville has sutatned a great loss For more than fifty years her life In tills community has heen an eMmple most worthy of emulation. She came with her husband to Alachua county In 1NU1. They purchased a plantation (about twelve miles west of Gaines ville where they established a home. | There they lived together most liappi ly for many years, rearing a fam ily o? children three of whom survive tin' parents. This home, presided over a* it wmk, by itf* genial owner*, be came one of those which established for the South her reputation for hos pitality. Its doors were always open to receive friend and stranger, all received a cordial welcome and God speed. A few years ago failing health impelled this .lovely couple to dis pose of the home, They nunc then to live with tl*elr youngest daughter. Mrs. Jordan of Gainesville. In Octo ber, 1015, they celebrated the fifty ninth ' anniversary of their marriage February 15th, 1616. Mr. Chestnut en tered Into his resf. , Mr. and Mrs. Chestnut were ls?th members of .old aristocratic families of Camden. South Carolina. Mrs. Chestnut was Miss Amelia Boykln McCaa. She bad attained th$ ripe old age of elgjity, but the years In their passage only added additional charm to her gracious ]>ersonallty, so I bat everywhere she went her pres ence whs a iKUiedlctlon. For all time the memory of her beautiful life will be an inspiration and uplift to those who knew and loved her. M.rs. Chestnut was laid to rest Mon day afternoon heslde her husband in Evergreen Cemetery. The funeral, ser vice1 was conducted l\v Rev. Mr. Camp bell from Holy Trinity Church where she had always worshipped. The beautiful flowers and sad faces of the many friends who~ossemt>led to do her honor eloquently attested to the high and loving esteem In which she was held in the community where s*he had lived so'long Mrs. Chestnut Is survived by three children, Mrs. Screven Pozter and Clias. II. Chestnut* of Jacksonville, and Mi*s. B. F*: Jordan of Gainesville, and i live grandchildren James. Katlierine j and Charles Chestnut. liirkett and Ks- ? ther Jordan. * The pall Immirers. \V. T. Chestnut. ?John Chestnut. James Chestnut. Ch-as.. , K. Halle. W. K. Hailc. Evans Halle. j I J. M. Halle, and C. E. Halle. Jr.. were' I all nephews of Mr. and Mrs. Chestnut. ; an unusual and beautiful feature of 11he funeral service.?From the Gaines ville (Fla.) Sun of September 11. MB. J. C. McCASKILL DEAD ??? j 1 Former Citizen of Kershaw County But Had Besided Lately at Bainbridge, .Mr, J.4 C. McCaskill. former citizen j of Kershaw count}*, died at his home j in ItainbridKc. (Georgia, Friday morn* : ing. ?Septeml>er 7th, after an j illness I of several months. Mr. McCaskill was 5f> years of-ag? and left this county ii? 1882 and since that time lias resided in Ceorgia and Florida where he has been engaged in the lumber and turpentine Industry. Me had been successful in business to a 'remarkable degree. He is survived by liis wife and six sons?l^fwis, Allen. Harry, J. C. Jr., Charlie and Ralph' McCaskill and one daughter. Miss Alice McCaskill and also by the following brothers and sis ters: K. A. ifjoCasjcill, of Balnbridge, Qa.: A. P. McCaskill, of Tallahassee, Fla. ; Misses ' Scot In and Sallle Mc Caskill, and Mrs. J. W. Htuckey, of Tallahassee, Fla. ;lfrrs. M. J. Ausley, of Cairo, Oa.; and Mrs. J. S. Dunn, of Camden, -8. C. The funeral occurred Sunday mom-j ing at bis late residence and the burial was in the family plot in the Bain- j bridge ?*metery. I Camden Bey Champion Rider. In a letter from members of the Cav alry troop at Greenville to Charleston friends, reproduced in the News and Courier of Monday, the writer has the following to say: "Udt week some of our best horse men made a Ylslt to ^ where one of the headquarters infantry companies were encamped, and tried riding a Western broncho, which bad never been ridden -before. '"Hils beautiful black horse was led out on^onc of the big drill Holds, had a twister put on him, then a big West ern saddle, and was then mounted by one of our men, who endeavored to "charm" him. He was twice thrown but the third time rode the horse off j the field and all the way back to camp with no trouble. "A tremendous crowd of Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina men were there to witness it, and so It did one good to Aee Mr. A. B. Whit aker with the honors for our troop. Many others are quite anxious now to share Mr. Whitaker'a Honors with him, so T guess we will all have the pleas ure of seeing several more bucks and falls before 1 A1JTOMOII1LK THIKF CAPTUKFD Sold <?r to Robert Mlckle and Tlien Aticinpted To (iH Away Willi It. A white uuin giving his iuiiiu' i\s C. Moore. iiihI claiming Husley, Ala., as his Uonn' was arrested' as he was en tering < V>linnlkia Tuesday morning driv ing un overland touring car. Mimhv aud.a woman, whom he clalm *mI was Ills wife, had been working wllh tin1 Ilardaway Construction Co., near the Southern Power <Vs works 'n West Wateree. He made a sale >f Ill's ear several days ago to Joseph Topaehy, a former citizen of Camden, hut now of Columbia. Topschy gave him a check for $H50 and lief ore Moon* could get the check caalied he examin ed the car atld found that the nuim hers had all lieen obliterated, lie at oiieef telegraphed to Kits ley. Ala., to Hud .out from whom the car was pur-, chased, but no such man was known in ICnsley. Toiwchy returned the car to Moore and Moore returnisl the check. hater Moore made a sale of the oar *o Mr. Robert Mlckle of near LugofT for $4lHI. Mr. Mlckle pa hi Moore $.'100 >f the amount and on Tuesday tlie two drove to Camden, Mr. Mlckle had business with the Camden Wholesale <-irocery and told Moore that he would ?wobalflv 4?e in the ottlee ^went.v min utes. WHPu he came out of the office he found that Moore and the car had ?nr. Inquiry at the C-uiuden garage* disclosed the fact that he was not ln< town. Hocomlng suspicious Mr. Mlckle ?'?t into another car and drove rapid ? v tn the rlvr just in time to see him ?caving the tint on the West side. Com back to Camden he wired to Co 'Uliibia atld other places to have him Intercepted. He was captured as he was going into Columbia by the Kich j'liul officers and was returned to Cam ?leii Tuesday afternoon and placed In tnll to await trial at the coming term of court. , In the nicuutliue the woman wh<* was ??ld to l>c his wife had left for parts unknown. The car was practically a new one. The New Stamp Taxes,:.. The new war revenue bill, which has passed congress carries stump taxes as follows: <>n bonds of Indebt edness, 5 cents on each $100; on par cel post packages. 1 cent If carrying postage of 25 cents or more; on cap ital stock issues, 5 cents on each $100; I a graduated tax of 2 cents upon capi-1 till stock sales: sales of produce on exchange, a graduated tax of 2 cents up: drafts or checks payable other wise than on demand, promisory notes.' 4jyt exceeding $200, 2 cents; deeds on ton<ls, vtenements or othur realty ex* -ceeding #100 up to $500, 50 cents, and ."?0 cents for,each additional $500 or fractional part thereof; power of at torney. 25 dents; proxies , for voting, to cents; on playing cards retailing at 15 cents ikm* pack, .'I cents; over 15 cents jkm* pack. K cents, this In addi tion to the' tax now imposed under existing law. Many on Sick List. Up to Septomlier 15th the Judge of Probate had issued 404 whiskey i?er mits. The quart n month law went, in to effect on April 25. From April 25 to HO only one qimrt was sold. Dur ing the month of May 20; June 114; July 55; August 100; to September 15tli, 7N?making a total of 404 quarts ordered in this county sln<*e the law became operative. Married. Miss Lillian I>ee and Mr. \V. C. Roberts, both of Camden, were quietly married on Monday at the Methodist parsonage, the Rev. John II. Graves officiating. Miss Lee is the youngest daughter of Mr. J. S. Ix?e. now of Cam den, but for many year# a cttiscen of Lancaster. Mr. Roberts is the son of Mr. \V. R. Roberts of near Camden.' Dillon Boy in Riga. The capture of Riga, the great Rus sian seaport, by the Germans is of local Interest because of the fact that Brooks Alford a Dillon !>oy is Amer ican vice consul at thpt port. Mr. Alford, who is ii son of Mrs. Annie Alford, went to Riga about the of the year. Prior to his appointment lie was private secretary to Congress man Ragsdale. Mr. Alford has been in constant communication with friend# and relatives In this country since his arrtral in Russia but no word has been received from him since the final attack was made upon the city. Press dispatches, however, state that the civilian population left Riga three weeks before if was taken #and it Is likely that Mr. Alford was among those who escaped.?Dillon Herald. Newspaper for Soldier*. Washington. Sept., 19. ? A four page ? weekly newspaper devoted en* tirel.v to cantonment activities and car rying no advertising will be distrbuted free to soldiers. It will be published as the result of eft'orte throughout the country. Editors at practically every cnrrronmenr site flare hern enlisted 'to nid. Three pages will l>e prepared at the New York Y, M. C. A. head quarters. while tbe fourth page will l>c prepared and all press work done by the paper at the cantonment toin?t President WdlAon has Vndorsed the plan. Funeral Held at Blaney.^ The'funeral services of the late Mrs. Aline Nelson were held Friday at Blaney. Mrs. Nelson died at a local hospital Thursday. Hhe was the wife of J. L. Nelson a well known planter of the Blaney section. The remains were taken to Blaney this morning 4of' the funeral and i n terpen t-HPrMay Is. Columbia Record. UKS. KOKNILOFF MUIRSTRD Russia's Interim! Situation Shows ??n-1 sldershle Improvement. Russia's tiitornn 1 situation was con siderably crlurltled by Saturday's news dispatches which announced the ar N>t i?f General KornllotY, marking tho definite end of ht* revolt. and tho for mation of a new cabinet at Petro grad. Publication of the names of tho new cabinet weml>ors was defer unI for a day. With General KornllotY w?s arrested General lx>komsky who was in com mand on the Hussion northern front when the revolt started and who vast his lot with Ids chief. What tho fate of the two men will he Is problem atical. Opinion in Russia seems wide ly divergent as to tho treatment that should bo inOted out to them. Sweden is minded to do everything possible to set matters light so far as she was concerned with the German dispatches tranraltted through, her foreign office, as brought In tho re cent Washington disclosures. Foreign Minister Li ml man informed the Asso ciated Press correspondent in Stock holm. She has stopped the practice and will not renew It, he stated, and hns asked Germany for an explanation of its abuse of privileges. Germany and Austria haw pro claimed the creation of a regency to govern Poland, the two tuitions retain ing Joint control of foreign affairs dur ing the period of occupation and of certain other powers of government not yet made clear. Military activities on most of the fronts seem at a minimum for this season, when active operations are still possible virtually everywhere in the Meld of hostilities. Rome's official statement, while re porting a rectification of the Italian line*, on the Ralnsl^/.a plateau, doc*H not mention particularly the tight for Monte Man Gabr'ele. vhlen height on Friday was reported In diplomatic dis patches to Washington to have been captured. On the Franco- Belgian front the only actions were mlndr affairs, except j?t Verdun, whore Paris reports the French successful In regaining mptyt of the trenches which Germans pell et rated north of Caurieres wood on Friday. | On the Riga front the Russians are ?till on the aggressive and their war ? ?dice reijorts advances which resulted In tlie occupation of several towns. - New Filling Station. , * Mr. W. O. liny last week luul a new Bowser gasoline tilling v station put in at his garage on Jower Main Street. The underground reservoir liutf ii capacity of 5(K) gallons and the punin delivers five gallons at one stroke. If Is said to be the largest icole by the Bowser i>eoplo, and cer tainly is the largest and most up-to d??fe out In In Camden. Mr. Hay says ttw. greatest feature of tilts new nia cbine is Its' accuracy, thereby proving *? -"vlng to him and his customers, it i?? also a time saver. Sale of Real Kfttate. . ". 1*. DnHose. realty dealers, an nounce the sale this week of the K. . * f clival cottage on corner of Mackey and Fair streets to Mrs. I. Ncotta Sal nioiul. Also the Nettles *j?roi>erty near the Wateree mill pond, formerly the proi> ert.v of S. It. ICIrkTand but more lately lielonging to Savage and Crocker, of Gamdeh. to Caleb Tleknor and Hon. Cnon this property Is locatcd a part of the Karstteld golf links, and it is the purpose of the new owners to have .the proj?erty Improved. ACCUSED BY UNCLE SAM Five Charged With Conspiracy and Fraud at Columbia. Columbia, Sept. 17.?Chanted with alleged conspiracy, forgery mid de frauding the United States government S. Mi, Shannon. O. L. Shannon, Tom Brnwdy, Jl. II. Davis and M. M. Ham Iter, ail of Columbia, have l?een ar r ex fed ??ti warrants ?wom out- here hefore It. Beverly' Sloan, United State* commissioner. The men were taken into custody by the military police and lodged in the HI oh land bounty jail aiMi aTT have been released on $2,000 bonds, each, except Tom Brawdy. It ' is alleged by the government agents that the men put in time, for more than one Job simultaneously, Col lecting for more work than they had done. It 1* said that the men got more than one work badge, collect ing wage* on each badge, and that the foreman of the gang in which they worked cooperated with them iu help ing to defraud the government, as it is alleged. The. foreman was among those arrested. . W. M. Ik' Meeting. The annual meeting of the Baptist Woman's Mlflsrionary Union of Kershaw Association will be held Kept. 27th ami 28th at Mt. Olivet Church. All churches having missionary societies please send delegates and ftOKj churches not yet with societies please urge ladles to attend also. e Mrs. Robt. floodnlo. Two Women Arrested, Itel?ccca Marsh ami Lucy Marsh, two white women were placed in jail Wed nesday tn connection with the killing of Mrs. Baker. The women resided on the farm of "Dr.'* J. (1. Baker and are said to bear an unsavory reputation itt the oonnmmlty What evidence the -officers have against the two^oiaetl we hare not been able to learn. ?f MOKK MKN TO ( AMI' Thirty New Men l^eft W?biml?y To Heroine Soldiers For 1'iiele Stun. Thirty more men of the ? selective it raft list left Camden Wednesday for C(ltU|i Jnckuon at Columbia to begin training for tlu> National Army, The men were from nil suctions of the coun ty find wore in charge of Walter S. Cuuthcn. Quite a large crowd was At the Seaboard station to see the men oft' On the same train was quite a large Contingent from Chesterfield ami other towns up the Seaboard, I hiring the day several car km (is of drafted men from North Carolina pass ed through Camden over the Seaboard and a good n?any from Hutherfordton and other section up the Southern line came through Camden over the South >rn en route to Columbia. he low Is a list of the men who left this county. There are many more men In this county ready and anxious to go but the men sent away Wednes day were the only ones that have been eertltled by the district board; Hampton it. Horton., Yancey I*?e l.auglcy. Oscar Small, Albert Ilinson, Charles linker. BeitJ. T, Davis, It. J. Cassiday, M. C. Watts. Willie Lee Dlx 011, lssnnc ltobertson. John K. Gaylord, Fletcher E. Poison, W. S. McCoy, F. M. Ogburn^Grover E. Itabon. Blake Bran ham, George ltoynolds, Flotc.hor Jack son. Ben J. I. Maddox. Walter S. Cau then, Ha/.el 10. Est ridge. Ed. l.ee Trues dale, ,ias. E. Smith. Tillman Matthews. Joe T. Ilornsby, Gary 10. Ilranham, 1 >nn J. Poison, Siielly Gardner, ltelton Tld well, Isaac J. Hollaud, W, F. Itedfern. Off For College, The.boys and girls attending schools ami colleges from Oamden and Ker siiaw counif are: Claude Williams, Withers Trotter, Trt?y West,' DeWitt Hush, Cletnson; Toddy del/oach. Wil liam Trotter. Carolina: (1?cll Braslng ton Furman; G. T. Little, Chick Spring; John T. Muukey, Vance Hough. B. M, I. j Charlie Rough, Bingham Military Institute: Eugene Zcmp, Clarence Dunn Georgo Nicholson, John Nelson, Will Goodale, Nettles Lindsay. Citadel; Ed win Guy, licon Schlosburg, Georgia Tech.: I>ick Slnaleton. Jolm Ktyitfdy DuBose, Episcopal High; Joe McOas klll, Davidson; John Porter, Porter's Military Acadamey, Ralph Dunn, Johns Hopkins; Misses Nan del/oacli, Wren nle Boy kin. Ernestine Batemati, Coker College; Miss Sara Wolfo, Notro Dame, Baltimore; Miss Ellen Boykin, Con verse; Misses Margaret Iyenolr, Ellse Klrkland, Snrnh Mickle, hois Williams, Olga Hush, Luclle Bruce, Nanoy Lltifl say. Margnret Taylor. Wlnthrop; Miss Uctta Heath, Fnsslfern.. Important Church Conference, All members of the Cttnfdeii Baptist Church are requested to itttend a church conference Sunday morning. September 23rd nt 11 :1J> o'clock, Affairs of vital interest will come up at this time to be acted npon nnd it la 1m 'jH)i*fiinf that all church members toe present. By order of church conference held last Wednesday evening. It. T. Goodale. Moderator; Farmers of Antioch to Meet. The Antioch Farmers Local Associa tion will meet at the Woodmen Hall Friday the 2Nth at 8 p. m. This is a very important meeting and every member is requested to Ik? there. The food and crop situation are some of the questions that will be considered, C. E. Davis. British Losses In Ships. Sept. 18.?British merchant ships of 1.600 tous and over sunk by mine or submarine during the past week numbered eight, according to the admiralty report tonight. Twen ty ships under 1,000 tons were also sunk and one fishing vessel. The foregoing number of vessels of morfe than 1,600 tons is the smallest sunk by mines or submarines In one week since <?ermany Iwgan her in tensified submarine eamiutlgu last February, but the number under 1,600 tons is the largest for any week but one since mid-February. The total number of ships sunk is the largest since the week ending June 24.. The Admiralty statement, for the week ending Kepteml>er f) showed 12 British vessels of more than 1,600 tons sunk by mines ,or submarines. That was the lowest mark since the week ending March I'l. when ten. vessels of that category was sunk. The greatest number of vessels tinder 1,600 tons was in the week ending May Jl, when twen ty-two- went dowh. Asks Fond to KqnSp } . Washington. Hept. 10.?While <dlo hilteation of the first, major increment of the national army was proceeding today throughout the country Secre tary Baker and the chiefs of the war department appeared before the Sen-~ ate impropriation committee *to pre sent requests for an additional $287, 116.000 with which to provide equip ment for a total force of 2,300.000 men. Austria Can't Last Winter. Geneva, September, ^17.?The i-Yeie Zeltung of Bern publishes an article from a high Austrian official, who re centJy travelled through several sec- ___v tiinis of this country 4n which the wrlter_Jlat?? JLhjit Austria-Hungary cannot,hold out the coming winter,ow- -k:\ ing io economic reasons, as both sol- ? dlers and civilians will be starved. He gives several reasons notably the almost, complete destmictlon of the crops in the richest regions of Hun gary by the cold and heavy rain, while 33 .",.000,000 tons of . Human inn cereals could not bq |r4&&portcd owing to Jack of rolling strfck, which first of all Is meantime, he rays, the necessarier* of utilised for military purposes. In the life" are mounting to extraordinary prices.