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V0WME xx,x CAMDEN, SOUTH CAfcOUNA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1917. NUMBER 28. NKAKINti THE (?o ai ^ i,HlirftU> That MWf Tl.an HilUon ll*? B??u Subscribed. P?" ? ?**- ?? ?-*?-. -J?, Wodpe^tey whh designated as a jjy the President in order that lultfht work for the success . ,ho loan. Only the poatofflce at Lden ofawved the day. There was .rwnlwHl canvass lu. Camden but CbankH rt.iK.rt ft total of $128,000 'JLrlbe* (or the city alone. The Li! coi?a?unJties of the county bave| C reportetl. Kershaw county's ailot iepi was 1220.000 and it is exijoeted I | lbat the county a taking Q( the bonds I till rcacb around this amount before fke P1?i Of the campaign. WmWnKton. <)ct- torrent of Liberty Day subscription* has swept ,h, liberty loan nearer its goal by I build mis of millions of dollars. ft How far forward the huge total l?ad ien carried by this banner day of the futilities no one oould tell tonight. KdicatioiW however, on meagre and ^iitteriup returns, were that it had inched or passed the $3,000,000,000 minimum, hut atill lacked upproxi aitely $2,000,000,000 of tho maximum |boH for. I : This estimate was made public at 0 ?'dock tonight by the Treasury De pl fat: ^Indications thai liberty Day sub Kriptlons to the second liberty loan irire for $5,000,000,000 brought the to ll! close to *3,000.000,000, but there is 90 official assurance that this 'mark wis passed." * The department estimate was based apoii returns and estimates from moat of the twelve federal reserve districts fled by wire at 5 p. m. Eastern time, today. At that hour, nowever, the eamiMiKn was still In full swing throughout the greater part of the country, tens of thousands of persons were standing in lineat banlfs and other subscription agencies and there wi? no reliable gauge by which the oat|K>uriiig <?f dollars' oould be m^ttts* orwl. '""-.^79^' The full measure of the nation's inwer r? the call for funds cannot and will not bo taken, officials assert, mtiHi I K> forr the end of the campaign wit Saturday. There Is unanimity of ?I<Di?in, tlint much yeit lias to be done] If the mark is to be at yliH-d >? . 'Ktnrm* fV"? v?c.fr i?i,i u%?r 1*4%. 4VUC>I/ IHIU CVTf nwriy wires leading to Washington mil badly (Tippled, telegraphic com imminttion a fact which still further fompllcated the situation so far as ob aininjr accurate rettzens Is concerned. "It WftS tH'lioVed unlikely," says the departmeut'K statement, "that liny thing like a correct estimate of the total tot'* business could be given out be fore tomorrow. Fairly complete re tunis on transactions up to early af tertax however, indicate sales of t2.7ir, .000,000 to date and these figures avo rise t<? h<>i>eK that the $3,000,000 "w total lunl licen approximated by tlie dose nf the day. "The two brightest spots hi the day^s etmpaijnilnp." the treasury announced tonight, "were the Dallas and Atlanta districts. Secretary McAdoo aroused tretjjendni* enthusiasm in Atlanta and tonlpht messages came from there say*' tag the kinks were swamped wlth-sub ?wiption*. The Dallas district began U* campaign early Monday wHith Gift I - *wton ifoin- | m st its miniiftum. 0 '' ' South Carolina Subscriptions. ? ? -- - ? t f,?lunil,ia. Oct. 24.? South Carolina's, ^bucriptioii to the second liberty Joan '?? cros.se. i tho $10,000,000 mark. Hie am??unt reported to the central. 1,^,1, committee was $9,679,375? ^ StJitj.'s minimum amount is $15/ **>?<*?> an?l the maximum amount is fc1.ooo.ooo. Tfie several thousand |*orkers ii, (ho field have been urged i ,0 ?Pt*?l up their efforts so that this ^ will ,?>t f?H below the altot "**!? Charleston 1ft in the lead with t3.lSrj.ooo. Richland comes second with Ii.hoo.ooo. ? May Now Be In France. r In a letter to relative* in YJaujden I'latKi (h-t?iK.r 20th,_lkfr. John Fairly1 ? Arthur. ,, former h<>y. stated TtoU he was sailing for France. He I ^iiow a tirst soargeant with the 140th hiviH,,,,. Machine Onn Ba$*]Uon* Co. I apd for the past several months >?? static, ed at Mineola, N. T. Arthur had for a number of years , w*tWhim *>hi service In the tegular [?nny and has heeu ha thy Phllttptne* ; >*** ajcain volunteered when war was to oxtat awl was a member ? I'ennsylvanl# regiment stationed P fJ*>ncia. FKKNCH MADK GAIN# Ovfer Seven Thousand German Prison* ?* Captured. *While 1 1 if* allied troops were busi ly engaged Jn consolidating positions won In Flanderfc*%?> Frewh forces of General Petuln struck m mighty blow against the German lino north l^ASt of Sotesoiis Tuesday morning and made some of the most lm|M>r? tant gains of terrain since they threw! back the army of the German crown ftfhiee which was besieging Verdun. J The stroke was made over a front I of about six miles, from the east of Vauxtilllon to Pargny-Ftlalu. Un-I der rainy and generally unfavorable weather conditions t the French push e<l forward all along tl?e Une, aided! by audacious Aviators who flew over the German j>ositions at an altitude of about 1Q0 feet, using their machine { guns and penetrated the German Hue at one point to a depth of two and a fifth miles. 1 .Numerous important positions fell one by one Into the hands of Gen JlljM P?Wln'S mein, and in addition I ,Mowa than 7,500 Germans, an enor-J mous amount of war material and 25 ?f*vy and field guns were captured. The greatest depth of the drive was iu the center of the line, where the village of Chaffignon was captured af ter- a violent struggle which resulted iu the enemy fleeing pell mell. Some! of the best troops in the army off the German crown prince were engaged in endeavoring to hold back the on slaught, iVi t their efforts were unavall- J ing under the enthusiasm of the French t?v w'n positions which would place I them more advAntageously to press on f later toward Laon. For about a week the French artll-| lery had been hurling tons of steel Into the German line In front of them ih preparation for the drive and when ! It wis started sad havoc already had' been wrought by the guns. In ?<ldi-' tion to the prisoners taken by the Frtoch, the Germans also suffered heavy casualties, In Flanders, both the British and French r troops are holding all the gains made in Monday's d$ve north east of Tpres, except at cfce place on the southern fringe of the Houtholst forest, where the Germans In a furi ous counter-attack forced a slight re* firemen t by the British. The latest advices concerning the naval activity In the Gulf of Riga be tween the German* and the Russians show tlijtf; although the Russians lost the battleship Slava and a large tor pedoboat destroyer, the Germans were tl?e heaviest loSers. Two of their dreadnoughts, one cruiser, 12 torpedo boAts, one transport and numerous mine-sweepers were put out of action by the Russian fleet. -While the exr act fate of these vessels has hot !>een ascertained by the Petrog'rad govern ment, It is announced that at .least six of the German destroyers were [sunk. Further German attempts to laud forces on the Esthohia coast to the north of Werder 'have been repulsed by Russian detachments. *; On the other fronts, no Important engagements are in progress, except in the nature of bombardments. On the Julian front of the Austro-ltAlfon theater, the artillery activity again has become intense. An Austrian at* tack with infantry In the fcadorr re ? don was repulsed by the Italians wiili I heavy losses. The British merchant cruiser Ora ma, a vessel of 12,027 tons, has been sunk by a submarine and a British de stroyer has been lost in a collision. There was no loss of life on the Ora/ ma but only two officers and 21 men a^e reported to have heen saved from the destroyer. * . ? ? : ? ? - ? MeWlng Woman's Auxiliary. The Woman's Hospital Auxiliary will meet at the home of Mrs. Wm~ Shannon on Monday afternoon .October Ifcit 4:30 o'clock. A full attendance is earnestly requested. Will Make Travel Safer. Patron* of the OC'a division of the Southern will be 'pleased tolearn that the maaonry for the new "mm bridge at the Catawba river between here and Lancaster la about completed, and, that they will aoon begin placing the Hteel. The old bridge at thla place tor' many years had been a aource of <uneaaine*fl to. the patron* of this di vision aod dlncq the Ackx 1 of Joly 1916, took it away and- recently anoth er flood took off the temporary struc ture, it ha* made the aftnatlon eren more aneaay- for traveler* going thla way. ? Rock HI ft Record. >. . - y ? KKR8HAW NEWS NOTKS Interesting Happenings (talhcred Frmt The Era ?( Hurt PUe*. : Last Saturday reminded ua/of . yld times" in Kershaw in tiie cotton busi ness. The iop price paid wan 28 53 1-8 cent*. Two hundred aud twenty bales wore sold during the day and about 40 were stored in the local warehouses. The price quoted here yesterday on the staple was li8 JM cents. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Gordau and Miss Helen Oordan, Mr. Brown ahd mi.-s Ktissic Taylor of Monroe, N. C., spent Sunday in Kershaw at the home of t. k. Fletcher. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Uoodale ami Mis? Ml Id ml Goodale, of Camden and Mr, Dess Goodale of Camp Sevier spent Sunday in Kershaw visiting relatlv$& Jos. K. Hough, traveling represent!!* tlve of the Catawba FertillKer Co. at tended a meeting of the South 01 W* llna Fertiliser Men's Association at Charleston the past week. Born to Mr. and Mrs, H. B. ftfagill Monday october 22 ioit ? a iWWlHEr Born to Mr. and Mrs. John M. Crox ton Saturday October 20, 1017 a son. All members of Sand Hitl Church are requested to meet at the church next Sunday afternoon for the purpose of considering matters relative to call ing a pastor. Mrs. Mamie Bice, wiio has been the at the Kershaw postofflce for the past several years has been appointed post* mistress until ttye Civil Service ex* aminatton ls'h^ld to choose a succes sor to W. L. Blackmon, who recent ly resigned. c Miss LAHle Bowers daughter of ^ the late Martin Bowers and AusHn Hin son, son of W, A. Hinson were mar* ried Friday afternoon October 10th l>y Rev. i*. B. Blackmon at his resi dence. Reports from all sections of Ker shaw, Lancaster aikf Chesterflelu Coun ties-Indicate that the largest amount of wheat and other small grain ever sown in the history of the county is now being put in the ground. The farmers of this section evidently in tend* to live at home and be independ ent of the Western markets ngj.Lyear, Miss OtHe MeCaskill who is teach ing in the school at AUburn, spent the past week at the home of her parents Mr.- and Mrs. J. A. McOasklll. Camden Ncyv I? Army Officer. Elliott H. Kelley, a Camden negro, ! ?lias been 011 a visit to relatives here the past week. He was recently com- ! missioned a first lieutenant in- tbp of ficers reserve corps. He has beat* in training. at Fort DesiMoInes, Iowa. Kel ly has seen many years in the regular army haying been a member' of the Tenth Cavalry and is told -to rank high In markmanship. After a short while spent In Garden he will go to a point in New York where he will supervise the training of men of his color. . Many prominent. New York politic ians are in Spartanbhrg to supervise the election for New York officials among the troops at Camp WadSworth. SEE THAT FLAG? THERE'S A ? BOY AT THE FRONT! Those service banners. Haven't you seen litem on the front of the hemes of the land, a star for each boy at the frimt, A beau teous sentiment. It brings a tear to the ejre and makes the biped flow faster. Each star standH for a boy. -And^ every b oy Is a start The If oner Roil is growing. God knows how many stars there'll be on oar ban ners before this war far over. ? And, re member: * Each hoy means a precious life. It should be his countrymen's pleasure while they stay at borne to back these boys with their paltry, pitiful dollars. Is it possible, can it be possible, that anywhere in ill thls pmperoos, opu lent, liberty-loving land there are fath er! mothers, brothers, sisters, any hu man being of any description, with a drop of red blood, who will hoard his money at tUs time, who will not hand It forth gladly, while oar American hoyy froinu wins u In France," "some where in America/* homes and husinemi and all that they hold Moot dear left behind, are risking thd^ precious lives that- liberty shall nit perish from the earth! tt io unthinkable, tn the name of the boys at IM front, snhseribe for ail the bonds yen can possibly eapy* urge yoqr flVnds, year neighbor ?. and the strangers within year gates to save and Invest in these stiengest of strong TUs Is your duty. It should be your great pleasure! r.juS i.v' : MINISTERS ASSISTING . Accompany MIhm I'krrbh In Home DetiP Work In County. The meetings of the Hoiup Demon stration Clubs have had au added In terest t his week. Accompanying Miss 1'arrish on her trips were Mr. lira t ton deLoach, Chair mart of U. S. Food Ad mlnlHtrution, Kev. F, H. Harding of the Episcopal Church and Rev. J. O. Hqwiiii of the Presbyterian Church. Very splendid and lnn^lring talks were mailo hy these gentlemen to arouse tho people of thin county to action in tho great tank that confronts thin nation, the conservation of food. It in urged and Impressed uiH>y the i>eople to sign the) Hoover Card" and try to save. Four ttr$igK must ,l>e conserved whoroved pdrfsihle wheat, meats, fats and sugar. In planning the demonstrations at thitj feme an effort has Ij/len made to give aofce pract ica i method of saving somo of these four foods. ^phe flrst meeting at Gaut?y Hill was Ivehi Monday Oct 22nd at the home of E. B. Lorlefc. A club was organ ised here wiUi*the following officers: C. E. Watts, president ; Mrs. J. Watts, vlce-preslddnt ; . Mrs. R. B. Lorick secretary. . The regular meet ing of this cluh Is the first Friday In the month at 8 p. m. The November meeting is with tyre. C. E. Watts. The Kershaw Home Demonstration Club met Tuesday October ferd at the home of Mfrs. L. T. Gregory. Sev eral new members were added to this club. The regular time of meeting Is tho third Wednesday In the month. Place of next meeting will be an nounced later. The Blaney Home Dejnonst ration Glub met Wednesday Oct. 24th at the home of Mire. Ernest Bosh. Several new members were added ana a num ber of ladies signed the Hoover card and turned it .In to Mr. deLoacb. The resulaV time of meeting is the second iFrtday in the month. The 'November meeting will ~ be with Mrs. Jesse Mc Lendon. ?? Thursday and Friday the County Agent will he in Columbia, attending the Stat# Fair. ? Shehoftps to be in' her office at the Court, House on Sat urday. All those Interested In Home I K'monst ration Work, Tomato Club Work or any work of the organization arc invited to come and discuss plans for work, or come and get some of the valuable bulletin* given away by I lie government to anyone who makes their wanls known. . : AGENTS ARE NAMED ? . ? . i 'r . - ? ? _ ? : ? Prominent Men To Canvaso SUte in IntiorMt of Liberty Bonds. \% Bank* Dove, Andrew J. Betliea, C. N. Sapp, Victor Rector, O. L. Keith all of Columbia, the Rev. William Way of Charleston, Wa<l<? C. Hampton, Brad ley, and MkrBeth Young of Union, were appointed last. Saturday special agents to visit the various county Beats of this state and to amiat the county chair nUMi, managers and publicity men both of the food conservation camjiaigii and the Liberty bond campaign in every way possible in making their local campaigns sncoeKaful. It is* expected in this way to secure from the various 'counties not only direct information as to^ho. actual condition of the?,c$in-. palgn 4n each of these counties but to suggest to the various county or ganisations ways and means of secur ing at least 200)000 signatures to the food pledges and to raise the $15,000, 000 quota of Liberty bonds expected of this State. ? The agents were assigned to the fol lowing towns: The Rev. William Way, Cba Weston ? Hampton, Colleton. Jjbqwr, Beaufort, Moncks Corner, Kingstree, George town. V ^ .? Andrew J. Betliea, Columbia ? St. George, Bamberg, Barnwell, Orange* burgrSt. Matthews. ? W. 1 tanks, Dove, Columbia ? Marion, Dillon, BennettsvMle. Chesterfield, Dar lington, Florence. r. N. - Sapp? Camden, Lancaster, Rock Hill, Chester, Wlnnsboro. Victor Rector ? Lexington, Saluda, Aiken. Edgefield. - W. C. Hantaan ? McConntck, Green wood, Abbeville, Anderson, Newberry. < >. L. Keith ? IiGurens, Walballa Pick ?its, Greenville. , McBeth Young --Spartanburg, Gaff' "V- ? X$4wiliwi Farmers. * ' a We are prepared ' to'0?altft loans on cotton. If you want to warehouse yonr cotton and bol^ for better price, see '?i: ftrwt National Bank of Camden. TO MKKT IN CAMPBN naimhters of American Revolution Hen? November 13th. n? ; The .State Conference of the Daugh tern of the American Revolution will hold their annual meeting In Camden on November 18th. Thin Is a distin guished and patriotic organisation com posed of Home of the brainiest women In the State, who will discuss the question* and problems of the day. l)o not fall to hear them.. Two meet ings will be held at the Canulen Rap tint (nu}rch? Tuesday evening and Wed. nesday evening. The business meetings will Ihv held in the parlors of the Hob kirk Inn. All meetings will l*> public and the public Is most cordially lu vital to attend. We are sure it 1* net necessary to ask our people /or o|?en liearted hospitality. We know that Otttydeu will sustain her deservedly iNfpnlur reputation, and the cciij&ng quests be cordially received. Every one wants to come to Camden, so let uh make their coming worth while, l^et them not feel like a "stranger vtn a strange land/' but rather that their lines have fallen In pleasant places. Wee or phone Mrs. H. G. Carrlson, Sr.? chairman of committee on homes. What The D. A. B. Stands For. In View of the fact that the Hobklrk Hill Chapter and the city are to en tertain the Daukhters of the American Revolution of South Carolina, 111 No vember, It may be of interest to the reading public to know the meaning and purpose. of the said organisation. ?The general society was organised lh ' the olty of New ork August 20, 181)1. Those eligible must be "women who are llnerf* descendants of an an cestor who was a military or naval or marine officer, soldier, salloj or marine in actual service under the authority of any of the thirteen cOl onies or States or of Continental Con gross, etc." unswerving loyalty /t*> America being necessary, their motto "Home and Country" their ihsigtola, the spinning wheel and distaff roiluded by thirteen stars, rm*esent Ing th? thirteen colonies. The piyr jK)se of , the organisation was patriotic " has members and chapters where ever there are Americans and is the largest organisation of women In America having from 03,000 to 127,000 members. From the Atlantic to the Pacific they have marked thousands of historic point* of interest: the In dian and old trails, the nntural high way* of America are being re-opened and marked by them, Revolutionary and t'olonial records, rolls and man uscripts have been unearthed and' pre served. the Smithsonian Institute co operating with them in this endeavor. Graves of Revolutionary heroes havev been redeemed from oblivion and an cient ipmeterles protected and preserv ed. They were the flrst to resent the numeifous desecrations of the flag and have a bill passed to prevent it. They havs preserved - thousands of relics,! treasures and manuscripts antt books. By their own efforts they have erect ed the lmndsomest building ever own ed by a band of women dedicated to the women of America, the beautiful Memorial Continental Hall In Wash ington, I>. C. They support .18 real daughters, give annually thousands of ?ciiolarshli>s to deserving daughters of I). A. R'h. even extending this to the PhUMplnes. They lead all other or ganisation* In patriotic education, giv ing aid to Helen Dunlap School Ar kansas : Berry School, Georgia ; Pal ton Tree Kindergarten* Georgia ; Ashe villc Industrial School, North Carolina; Maryvtlle College, Tennessee; and doz ens. <?f others; owniug schools 'of their own for mountain whites, ^Ihe purest Haxon blood in America, in North Caro lina. South Cn rollna, Georglfi. Tennes see,- Alabama and Kentucky. They are .'behind .every movement for imtriotism and loyalty in the pres ent war, leading in Red Cross and War Relief, backing the -Council for Defense and Mr. Hoover ? buying" and advocat ing the purchase of liberty Bonds, as sisting the Navy I*cague and Woman's Service league, editing" a magazine, full of patriotism from cover to cover and giving nnstlntJSigly of their time,, money and services in this crucial period of the World's Historj. k berate in Lm of Veneb. London. Oct. 24. ? An increase In the loss of British merchantmen! through mines or submarines 4s noted in the admiralty report for tbe current week. Seventeen vessel* over l.flfc) toaa and eight under 1,000 tons Iter^ *nnk._L_? In the previous week twelve British merchant vessels over 1/100 tons, six under that tonnage and qpe ftsblnt vessel wert wink. ' 'IT . ' MR. COOPKK'8 CANDIDACY Launched At Caucus in Columbia \V?I metuUy Night. Columbia, Oct. 15*. ? Tlie candidacy of Robert A. < hooper, of I .aureus, for Governor of South Carolina. was form ally ami definitely launched at a caucus of his friends from practically every county ?rf the State held hero tonight. It wan decided to thoroughly or* ganiise the State in Mr. Oooiier's be half. It was tlie concensus of opliflon that political- such-csscs in South Caro lina are measured by the amount of cooperation hotweeu a candidate ami his followers and for that reason a concrete jH>li t Um? I structure should be erected, w<hloh will pormeato every nook aud corner of the State. Reports were hoard from every county In South Carolina and all of them told of Cooper strength, which is being augmented dally, a<xx>rdlng to .the statements made. Mr. Cooper made several short talks to hla sui>porters and stressed the prlnoiple.s ui>on which he will maku the race. lie told his load ers tlwvt organisation >vlll bo neeetfc. wary and that they should not. be quies cent even if conditions at thb< tlmo appeared to be rose tinted." The men gathered in support of Mr, Cooper's candidacy were representative and undemonstrative, hut they gave en tbusiasMc reports from 1 the various counties. Another political caucus held tonight was that of the Blease central com mittee, chosen at the minority conven tion here on October 24, 1916, when the so-called "Reform" (faction was launched. Tills committee is composed of W. A. James, of &ee County : O. L. Johnson of Spartanburg ; John P. Grace of Charleston ; K. R. Buckingham, of Aiken; James W. Pearmau, of Ander-*' son : Hi ley J. Rowley, of Greenville ; I. J. Campbell, of York; Thomas P. Jprowtt of Florence and J; B.- Addy, of Lexington. A Blease leader stated to night that the cauCW* lmd nothing to give out for publication. Sale of Real Estate. The C. P. DuBose Realty Company reports the sale this week of the King property, a four room house on Ma rftrt street, belonging to the En terprise Building and Ix>an Associa tion to Mrs. Charlotte B. Marshall who resides ten miles east of Cam? den. The same agency reports the sale of a 250 acres farm, eleven miles douth of Camden, belonging to G. H. L; Rob Inson^to C. P. DuI3o.se. , BETHUNE NEWS NOTES. . ?? . f , ? ? 4 A Chronicle of Happenings From Our Regular Correspondent. Bethiine, H. C.,' Oct. 24.? Mr. Alex Went of West vl He vi?lt<*d at the home of Mr. J. J. Horton last week Mim A It ii Copeland who iq a stu dent at Ooker OoUeg spent the week end .atj home. Mr. C*. B. Clyburn gftvetlie children of the Baptist Sunday School u candy pulling on the church grounds Friday afternoon. A number of children were present and reported a most enjoyable afternoon. Miss fouth McDonald spent the week end at her home riear Union. Mrs. Nancy King has been visiting relatives and friends at Liicknow. Mrs. Wash Hearon returned to .her home at McBee after visltlrfg relatives In town- \ * Mrs. LeBoy Davidson of Camdes and Mrs. Wflkes of T^aurens spenWFrl day at the home of 1 their brother Mr. W. M. Stevens. , ) Mr. J. J. Horton npent Monday la< Camden. 1 " . "On last Sunday Mr. ami Mrs. Ful ler ?n<l children of Atlanta Mrs. Irchins and son and Mr. Alexander of Augusta, motored over to spend the day with Mrs. Clyburn, Mrs. Fuller* ulster. Not far from town Mr.. Fuller lost control of his ?car ite. a sand bed and ran into a ditch. Mrs. . Irchtns sustained very. I>ainfu1 injuries having four of her front teeth knocked out and her lower Hp Jfttk through. The balance of tfie party were less seriously injured. Little Miss Katharine Stevens spent the week end with relatives In Cam* .MIsm Alice King and Mim HeUie Mae Clyburn are clerklbg for Mr. H. B. Hyatt. ' . > Messrs. Robert. Betbune, I?rlng Da vis. Ralph Tiller, I/Qlsie and Leonel - Best are attending the flair In Colum bit this week. , - / . ; . Mr. W. M. Stevens motored to Ker> shaw on a business trip . Wednesday ' afternoon, f MWu Stella Bethune accompanied by Mrs. C. U Mayes and Miss Kills MSyes motored to Oanyien Tuesday.