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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE ft D. NUm mmC? l. Fubliabed every Fjrldftf ftt 1100 w?: 11 road street, and entered at the Cam den poatoffloe a* second plaaa mall mat* ter. i'i Iff [m i1 annum $1.60. ('anxk'o. H. (5., November 16, 1DI7. ? .i If the recom incndn t Ioiih t?y tin* grand Jury i>iil>l InIumI In thin paper Malay are carried out It will prevent *oinc of t he tangles arising in the matter of tax execution* and the like In the flt lurt'. The Jury, through thcl,r foreman, made one of t ho l>e*t reports of any Jury In tliln county In Hoverai yearn and shows that they have Iss'ii look ing ?*loaely into some matters alTectlng lb?i public welfare. We desire to com metal thcui for f lt?-l r work. An emph >ycc of I la* ( 'aindcn poat office tells ux (lint very few of tho Camden patron* arc inking advantage of the recent ruling wnereby old mag azines and pii|>ers can he sent to the Noldh r hoys h.x placing a one cent stamp on same. This no douht arises through I h?>uj;lit IchHiu-NS on the part of many. He also tell* uh that the few that have been mailed have boon high ly appreciated by the soldier lads as let tern of appreciation receivwl attest. Wo Iio|h? the |KH?pie of Camden and the county will romcmlier this small matter and drop these magazines back in the post office with a stamp affixed. The conviction of Albert Orth, the Charleston publisher, and W. IV Heard, t4ve Abl?evllie publisher, m1h?\vs that tliv government is awake to what these traitors are doing and are gradually tightening up on the tin Americans. HELPING THE STARVING List of Contributors To Armenian Re lief Fund. "The situation Is so distressing as to make a special appeal to all." These are the ringing words of President Wil noii. Thus would he commend to your sympathies and generosity the contin ued and Increasing needs of the |h*o ples of the l/evnnt. especially the Ar meiilan and Syrians, and refugees in the Caucasus and Persia, brought about by the deportation massacre, hunger, disease and destitution. I {ere i it. cablegrams from the home I < ? xxTT ~7>l' a classmate of mine hi tusel f an Armenian and one- of the hot men I ever knuxv .tell the story "Famine ii'i rea ariL'. People dying at our gate i>f hiingef. Manx xvill <lic of eold xxlth out ( lollies or bedding Itefilgees from moii n | a i n villages, drixen from ripening crops, living unsheltered on stones, indescribable rags starvation, sickness and tilth, human beings in slate of Oriental street dogs xxitb whom I hex compete for ofl'al." Mr. Shinimon in eommeiiting on the eomlition s,-|\s ; "We bad iu?t f :i ? m ? d starvation in t'ruinia even in the blackest da.xs of that fearful siege t*y the Kurds and Til - Tf Christian America iti!eiii|s| to s,ne die Christians in the Fast it is ? 1 1 ? to t licm to send relief i|iiickly for it is now or ncxorA' Yen ean easily see if you xxill read Hie li^t of contributors ami compare tile number xvitli t?ie population of C^iniden. that if ex cry one who reads this message would even do something to relieve a pitiful situation the toxvn would easily do what it is a-ked to do ? cive $|,l(Mi as its share and no one xvotild even then b.ave been called n|M>n to make much if any sacrifice. I gratefully acknowledge in )?chalf of the siitTering the following contribu tions and pledge*) so far re<*ojved : <nis|i . .Jfo.OO Mrs. M A Shannon . ' 1.00 Miss Leila Shannon f>.00 Mi-s I.elia Davis 1.00 <\ash fi.OO Mr<. II <:. Marvin 10.00 W. M Shamioii 5.00 C. .1 Shaiinoii, Sr. and xvife < monthly pledge) ^1.00 George WBRtf. > H l0ST^Tf?AK5Jl ]Q*du? MAJESTIC THEATRE Monday Nov. 11Kb. KMAIXE8T U-BOAT IOLI l*?t Week Only 8lx Britbh Merchant men Were Hetrt IMwn, A (iermany',s *ijbbi*rluo Campaign In' waiting ?m the reNult of the itringent measures that hav? been taken to com* bat It by the HrlUnb and Aiu?*tIom? i mi va I forces. I>a*t week only hIx llrlt Uli merchantmen were sunk, and ouly (tin* of t hose was a craft exceeding I ,<i( HI t(?IH. Thla Is the smallest total of vessels sent to the laittom during any week h! tut* the submarine warfarin began, Die itiwcHt previous figure shaving lieen twelve i no reliant men, eight of them In the category of l.tKM) tons ami over, and four of less than 1 ,?MM> ton*. While tlie Italians continue to hold tenacfously t <? most of I ho now lino along the I'iave river from the Adriatic: H?a to theregion of Feltre ami through] the northern hills westward from Feltre to Lake (Jarda they again have lieen <*? ?iii !>?? I I?h t to give ground In both seetors t < ? the Ten-tonic allied armies. the shoulders of tin* Italians alone for several days must rest the security <>f the I'iave line and of his torie V en lee, for the lnforma t ion has been \oiichsafed by .Major Oeuoral Maurice, ehlef director of military o|N*raii<uis nt the Hrltlsh war ottlee. that it will l>e "some days yet" before Hrltlsh and Freneh lighting forces can he placed In the Held to reinforce the Italians. Meanwhile, the enemy Is striving energetically to force passages of the I'iave ?t various |>oints and again lias been successful on southern reaches in crossing the stream at OrUsola, four miles distant from Its mouth and some twenty miles northeast of Venice Here, however, In the swampy regions the Teutons arc being lu>ld by the de fending forces from further gains. The north around Zenson, where the stream wiis negotiated by the Austro-< jcrmans Tuesday, tlghting is still In progress with the Italians hold 'Ing the u]>|H'r hand, but not yet hav ing Iksmi able to drive back the Invad ers to the eastern bank of the stream. Nflll farther north attempts to gain a foothold on the western bank of the I'iave Is'tween (Juero and Fenere were repulsed with heavy casualties. In the hilly region from Tezzo oil flic Trent in?? front, eastward to Fcltrn, a distance of about twelve miles, the Italians have fallen back Is'fore the enemy, who also bad gained addi tional vantage points on the Asiago plateii'i a inl t be Sette < 'onniiii. ( )n ! tin' western bank <%f Lake (<arda the! AtlM ro< Jermans attempted to push j forward sinit liw.i rtl Will w ere held bv' tin' Italians (>n the wi'M'Tn front m France ami I J 'el gi u m tlx' situation remains nor mal. with <?nl\ heavy bomba rdments j ami minor infantry operations in prog ress on various sectors. Tlu' (Jerinan-' liave not renewed their attack against1 the Canadians in the region of Pass . In 1'ilai'le. where Tuesday night they ?rii' ?,oin|i|etely repulsed in an attack in which t!n\ nought to regain lost ground. The l'.riti<h ?!ri\e aga.i:i.sL the* Turk*, hoth a'o'ig the Tigris river and la PaleMlim 1-ontimiev successful. I'lulcr the pressure of the Mritish the Otto man forces have now withdrawn their Mne from thirty to tifiv miles north of Tekrif placing them virtually 1?*>0 mill's m>rt hwest of Hagdad on the Ti gris. in Palestine the Turks have been fiirivil hnck an additional seven miles. It is reported that they have lost, half their effectives in men k i Y1o?f . wound ed or made prisoner si nee the opera tion began. A British torjMMlo hont destroyer and a small monitor have heen sunk by an enemy submarine while operating in conjunction with the Palestine column. Thirty-three mon from the two vessels are missing. The internal situation in Russia still remains obscure. Although dispatches sent out by the Finnish telegram bu reau assert that Premier Kerensky again is in control in Petrograd, other reports are to the effect that he has set ni> his government in Moscow and that fighting still continues In tbe capital. No advices have Ikmmi forth coming from provisional government sources. Robert Walton Dixon Howell auditor of Hamberg county for many years died at his home last Monday morning. Mrs K. S. Davis . .. 2. 0 4 Mn<. p. T. ViMepigue 1.00 John Can toy 10.00 J. \V Cnntey f>.00 Cash , . 2T).00 Cash 3.00 Mrs. M. C. Miller li..r>0 Cash I'.OO Cash ... 1 (H) Miss Pollv I >ePass 1.00 Mrs. W. R. T)eIiOache :t.00 Through The Chronicle ... 1.00 Total **>2.50 "Iiut wh()H<? hath this \Vorhi*s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from his how dwelleth the love of 'lod in him?" 1 John 3 17. Contribu tions may l>e sent to me or to The Chronicle and vri) I be forwarded to the National Treasurer of the Syrian Relief r.'llr Harding. TIIANKMilVINU PROCLAMATION I'rmlOecit Wihwm tiftty* lPW American People to Glv# Twmki. Washington, Nov. 7. ? President Wll -H son la#ued tonight hi* 1917 Thanks giving proclamation, calling upon the nation, even in the midst of the sor row and great peril of a world shaken 1>> war, lu thank (J oil fur bli'MHluKs that arc t>ejter tliau mere peace of lalnd and prosjierlty of enterprise. The proclamation, fix liifc Thursday, November lilt, ax Thanksgiving l>ay. follows : "THANKSGIVING ? 1917. "Hy Mm* President of the lulled Slates of America, "A Proclamation. "It ha* been the honored custom of out- |>eople to turn in the fruitful an tuuin of t l*o year iu pi-alne and thanks KlvS.UK to Almighty Uisl for Ills many blessings ami mercies 'to u? oh a na tion. That custom \vc can follow even now iu the midst of the tragedy of a world shaken hy war and imineasui able disaster, in the uildHt of sorrow and great i N*r i I , Iwau&e even amidst tint darkness that lifts withered ahout us we run sec the ureal blewiiigs Cod has bewftowed upon us, blessing" (hat are la?tter than mere |>eaee of mind and prosjH'rity of enterprise. "We have been given the opportun ity to serve mankind as we once serv ed ourselves in the great day of our l>eclaratlon of Indc|>endenop, by tak ing up arms against, a tyranny tJuit thmitened lo master and debase men everywhere, and joining with other free j>eoplcs lu demanding for all the nations of the world .what we then de manded and obtained f<jr ourselves. In this day of the revelation of our duty not only to defend our own rights as a nation, but to defend also the rights of free men throughout the world, there lias been vouchsafed us in full and inspiring measure the reso lution and spirit of united action. We have Ihmmi brought to one mind and puriK?se. A' new vigor of common council and common action has been revealed in us. We should especially thank Ciod that in such circumstances, in the midst of the greatest enter prise the sjrtrlt-s of men have entered upon, we have, if we but observe a reasonable and practicable economy, abundance with which to supply the needs of those associated with u< as well as our own. A new light shines about vis. The great duties of .h new j ? lav awaken a new and greater nation- j ?i I spirit ? In u<. ? We shall novri ? strain ; Im? divided or wonder what xtulY we are made of. "Ami while we nmler thanks fin- j those tilings, lot us pray Almighty! God thai in till humbleness of spirit we may !<?ok always to Him for guid , amv; that wo may be kept constant: in tin* spirit an.l purpose of service : j that I > v !!i> ;;racc our minds may N> directed ami <>ur hands st rcngthened ; j ami that in His good time liberty and: security ami imnu-o and tin- t^omrade s*hip of a cniiiinnii justice maf he vouchsafed and all the nations of thej en rt h. "Wherefore. I. Woodrow Wilson,; President of the I'nitod States of Ameriea. do herehy designate Thurs day, the twenty-ninth dn\ of Novemher. next, as a da\ of thanksgiving and prayer, and invite tin- pe..|.|e through out the land to cea>e upon that day from their ordinary occupations and in their several homes and places of worship to render thanks to God. the creat ruler of nations. "In witness whereof. I have hereun to set my hand and caused the .seal of the I'nited States to he affixed. COBLRN IS COMING. Popuular Fun Makers Will B9 Her.? Satuurday Night, Nov. 24th. The manager of the Camden Opera House can irt last give definite reply to the oft rotated query of his pa trons, "When is Ooburn coming"'" J. A. Cobuurn's Greater Minstrels will ap pear at the opera house Saturday night November 24th. The company is said to t>e the most elaborately equipped and producing the best performance in its history. A beautiful new scenic opening, portray ing the Hawaiian Club in Honolulu, at which the American All -Star Singers, endmeh, entertainers, etc., present themselves for the evening's festivities, furneshlng splendid tropical and .floral south ?ea novelty and coloring. A few of the old favorites, Gano, Lucas, Poet ami Clifford, with an all new company behind them of wide awake perform ers, singers and comedians, and a com plete change of program, acts, etc., should assure them a cordial welcotne as usual and capacity business. Little Satisfaction for Creditor. The American Legal New# says that in Iowa a merchant sent a d^njlng let ter to a man, who replied by return mall: "You say you are holding my noto yet. That Is all rltf it?perfectly right. Just keep holding on to it, and if you find your hands slipping spit on th&m and try it again^ Yours affec tionately. * BARNES NOT GUILTY ? , r . , ^ ' Wm Charged With Making rafce^alm AkjUiwI Oovfttiwwrt, The I'Ydera I court wan engaged >?** <erday In h?*rli?K tb# euae at tb*, goy tiri)iut*nt vs. II. W. Hinw* of Ker> hImw County. The ca*e begun Tuom day afternoon Juh( before the hour for adjourinrteht had" arrived and a verdiet of not guilty was rendered a{ 7 :!ft last flight. Barnes wan chanced with present ing a false claim to j>ostal service at Camden and witnesses appearing for the prosecutor Included Inspector Mansfield, Postmaster Shannon and Register Clerk (loodale ??f Camden. The governimiit contended that Barnes had made a. , fals<Oolnlin on the gov ernment for $25 when he signed a statement to the effect that on No vcmber 21). 1010, he had registered a letter djr^cted to II. I,. Robinson at Ituffalo, containing $25 In currency and that vhe had Ikhmj notltled that the money was not In the registered matter when It wan delivered at Its destination. The government Intro duced testimony to show that the let tcr which the defendont had regis tered at the Camden i>ost office had been transported to Ituffalo and that ii was in first class condition when it was delivered and showed no signs of having heen tam|>cred with. Tin* defense claimed that he had sold a Ivale of cotton and went to t:ur postoflice to send $2o to a friend, 'ie claimed thai I to dej>ositPd the cur rency in an envelope that had heen directed in a hardware store for him and that he registered it on Novem ber 29. A few days later he was notified l?y his friend at Buffalo that he had .received a letter claiming to contain $25 hut a torn piece of pa per was re|M?rted to the ix>stal au thorities and last July a charge was preferred against Barnes. Only seven witnesses were examined but the hearing consumed the entire day and the jury did not get the case until d :50 o'clock last evening. The at torneys wrangled over many iX)Lnts of law and testimony and Judge Smith excluded numlwrs of questions and answers during the trial. The jury rendered a verdict for the defendent. Attorneys J. H. Clifton of Sumter, ami .M. M. Johnson of Camden, represent ing the defendant. ? Thursday's State. TAX EXECUTIONS. nd?T and 1 1 > virtue of various t.'ix i'M'ciii ions issue* 1 by D. M. MeCasklll. County Treu surer and dlriH'tcd to Sheriff Kershaw County, for collection! ? ?.f delinuuent I m \ i*s for State and Conn 's f.?r the vears 1 i ? 1 r> and and 1010, 1 j u il! offer fur sale in front of the Court j ! ( . - 1 1 ^ * i|<w>r in Camden. S. (1 j?n thej lir-t Monday in I^H'Oinber. 1017, being : ih" 1 1 1 i r< ! da\ t hereof, during the legal : I oim ? of ^;i !e the following described ! : rai-i s of land which 1 have levied1 Mi-un : __ j '"i mm! one building in DeKalb 1 vu?hij> hounded North by right of I \, ;i y ,.f s. A. I.. Railway ; Hast by ;?> . f .1 .1 Workman: South by lot of i 'h"-"!i?nt and West by land of City ? ?f i '?"ie.h'11. which is occupied by pow er hoii.?e. Levied njw>n and to be sold .... ?>?,. property of H.imp Ross for ta\< - for t lie years 101." and 1010. Also < >ne !->t and 2 buildings in the town of Retlmnc. Kershaw County. S. C.. "?Minded North-west by Church Street; Southwest by Str<Mit. West by lot of I. W. We-.t and Northwest by lot of s. Catoe. T/?vied upon. and to be -..id us the profierty of the laje M. M. Padirett for taxes for the years 1JI1."? and 1010. Also .so acres hounded North by, lands of Mickle; E??t by lands of K. S. Vil lepiiri ie : South by lands formerly of Mark Sikcs and West by lands for inerly of Ruck Sinclair now claimed by John T. Nettles. Levied upon and to be sold as the proj>erty of Charles Perkins for taxes for the year 101f> and 1010. A lso 1 to neres and 3 buildings in Flat Rook Township, bounded North by lands of .Trio. Benjamin; East by lands of 11. Barfleld. lands of .Tames Brannon and lands of T. A. Watts; Soutty by lands of I/orick and lands of Mickle and West by Liberty Hill and Camden road. levied upon and to l>e sold as' property of Estate of Nanny Watts for taves 101S and 1010. Also I lot an<l one building in or near the town of Kershaw. Kershaw Coun ty. S. C.. bounded North by lot of Thos. Blackwell ; East by land of El more Eertridge; South by lot of Jno. lx>wry and West by land of Ned Rorey. levied upon and to be sold as the property of Pearl Jones for taxes for the year 1015. Also One lot and 1 building in the City of Camden, bounded North by lot of the Estate of Ed. Small ; East by lot of (L. A. Wittkowsky) Catherine Lins ter;< South by York Street and West by lot of Martha Pye. T/evied upon and to be sold as the property of Estate Amnion T/ewis for taxes for the years Ifllfi and 1010. Also All those certain pieces, parcels or lots of land lying just Northeast of the City of (Camden. County of Ker shaw. State of South Carolina, in Mon roe Boykin Park, being designated in plan of Monroe Krfykin Park as lota seventy four, seventy five and seventy six of Block I), hounded North by 1st Ave. ; East by a neighborhood road ; South by lands formerly of Warren Moore. levied uj*>n and to he sold a? the property of Walter Williams for taxes for the years 1915 and 1916. . I C. HOUGH, Sheriff Kerthaw County./ November 15, 1917. nil IHIfir til* Znnti an owE ine ooutn Wfif!*, ~ Hullthtw U<? TdlJ timers, (Ufoy. mci* and *<><?. m?n through ?ut the South *?r the put year. Rerw*. from these feeder# indicate thi^t these lintlcss hulU when properly fed, arc a great improvement over the old style hulls. By actual use, these feeders have found the folio win? advantages of using , UNTLCaa Every pound of the Buckeye Hull* contain* much more food value because the lint on the old *tyle hull* ha* no food value. ? The price per pound of re^J roughage in the form of Buckeye Hulk is very much le** than in the form of the old ?tyle hulls. Buektve Hull# do not clog or flux the digestive tract. Other food, mixfd with them are readily assimilated. They are free of trash and dust. They are sacked and ea?y to handle. They take half a* much space In the barn. - J If you have not tried Buckeye Hull*, please remember that thouuah of feeders are using them and will use no other roughage, tfyoo have not given Buckeye Hulls a fair trial, let the experience of the* successful feeders guide you in using them as they should be u*4 Mr. Oheey Yarber, BoonevilU, Ark., J has fed a carload of Buckeye Hulls to cows and calves N to get them ready for the ranae. He had been feed ing hay and he finds that theu did much better on Buck eye Hulls as roughage , He has another car of Buckeye Hulls boughtx \ To secure the best results and le develop the snsilsgs odor, wet the Uk thoroughly twelve hour ? bmfore feeding. It U easy te de Ok ky watting them down night snd morning lor the next feeding, if at aajlks this cannot be done, wet down at least thirty minutes. II yea peeler I* feed the hulls dry, use only half ss much by bulk ss of old style hdU. . Book of Mixed Feeds Free Gives the right formula for every combination of feeds used b the South. Tells how much to feed for maintenance, for milk, forte tening, for work. Describes Buckeye Hulls and gives direction for using them properly. Send for ydur oopy to the nearest mill. ? o,pt. * ; The Backeye Cotton Oil Co. o^i : ??s!r ; SScsr' a** HORSES STAMPEDE Presented Wild West Scene at Camp Jack son Monday Night." jr ?W Camp Jackson reproduced in minia ture yesterday a real wild Western roundup. ( >ne thousand horses stanu>edod Mon day night. and tearing through the cor ral, went thundering through the can tonment. Many of the animals were i 1 1 at larjre yesterday afterncH?n. The quartermaster department was busy vhet-king and was unable late In the day to determine if any of the animals bad been lost. The bursting of a watenuain at the corral and the subsequent flourish ?>f a stream of water frightened the horses and started them to weaving and neighing and kicking. A column of the animals "milled"' against the fence, which was brushed aside by the compounded weight of horse flesh ffilfl' the thousand lior.ses and a few equally sensitive young mules went through the camp like an unmounted cavalry charge, leaving huge clouds of dust In their wake. Running madly through the canton ment the horses drove out in every direction and some were caught ten and 12 miles out in the country yes terday. Lawns in several Columbia yards were neatly chopped by a stray horse here and there cr trlously fbr provender whJrttl (frnment did not rustle. Some of the horses struck the swamps and j*ot where Aral could not be established, to bo helped out. One /itfd down to neck in the^ouun to be dragged out by the motor truck. Earlier in- the season Ik J stampeded.. Four in thati lost. Three were killed bji another was killed when it the high trestle leading into1 tonmen t. There are now about 3,800) mules at the remount depot? day's State. ' WE ARK * ~m SIIOB SI MM We not only amputate iV'l part, hut? unlike other ftfl we substitute a whole, betlflfl in its place. I Oux one great mission is long the life of your shoo. I Let us help you buck cost of living. All work done by Louis, ttfl Man. ,'U C. C. WHITAKEJ Of CAMDEN, * c ^ is for ... I your ? convenience Open an account? pay your pheck ? protect pennies and watch the dol lars grow. People who start bank ac--:Tf;-^ ? ' '? V counts generally end by he * ? TO - ? ? -J; < coming "people of means .