The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 22, 1918, Image 3
IaIXIKS MAY JBKtilN OFTKNHIVK
?ttMoiu Amy Hm Taken Over Fl*n
I Ueix Com? Hcx^or.
As the Hilled world has, day after
lay. read th*> <?ttlelal reports from the
tilled and Teuton war offices in tjie
that some lidding ?f the real sit
mtloii would present itm lf, the reaU
:ation has coino home that the Amer
icans. Ffenoh, British, Belgian and
Portuguese trooiw are maintaining
i heir control over the front running
iron, the North ?eu to Switzerland.
Artillery tire, at Mome i>olnU growing
In intensity. Is reported, but the allies
have held their own and their raiding
jio riles ure everywhere busy in the
enemy's trenches. The long expiated
and ronlldently awaited German drive
has not materialised ami the allies
threaten to start an offensive of their
own at various polios against the Teut
tonic legions.
There id hardly a Hector on the
western battle line which is not be
ing .marked by spirited actions, but
Verdun and the Vosges regions are
apparently storm centers where big
events may develop. At Verdun the
opposing artilleries have been thun
dering for several days and on Mon
day tthe chorus of the guns was kept
up. especially on the right bank of the
Abuse.
in the V pages mountains, the ar
i i l lory lighting is reported to be very
heavy, although no infantry actions
have been mentioned In the war of
tice statements Issued at Paris and
Berlin.
Une of the most encouraging fea
tures of the war news umy be found I
in the fact that the Belgian army, re
organized and ready for battle, has
taken over the important coast sector
In Flanders. This part of the western
front has heretofore been held by. the
French, although British troops have
made their appearance there at va
rious i>erlods. That the Itelglau army,
which is said to be excellent lh morale,
has freed the French and British
forces for action elsewhere on the
front demonstrates that the past win
ter has been oue of constructive work
on the part of the Belgian and allied
army staffs. The latest ofllcial report
said that attacks by (German shofek
troops have been repulsed by the Bel-,
gians.
Heavy gups are battering the Amer
Ican sectors along the front, and
many shells of large calibre have fal
i len. Here, however, the American
guns have replied with good effect,
and the excellent weather of the past
few days has given American airmen
an opport unity to take pictures of the
terrain back of the German trenches.
Apparatus installed preparatory to an
other gas raid on the Americans has
been destroyed by American artillery
| ttrt'A while American raidjug parties,
following out their trudltional Indian
tight Uig tactics, have kept absolute
contnji of the territory between {the
hostile 1 1 Hi's.
In spite of the fart that the all
Russian eongresa of Soviets lias rati
fied the treaty of ijeaiv forced by the
Hermans at Ur<*oM4tovHk. the ad
vance uf the Teuton'*, osttociully lit
southern Russia, continues. In wouth
ern Ukraine, the capture of the ini
portunt city ?>f Nlkolayev, when* vast
stores of grain were reported i ? > have
been plied up, ?has been oitlciall.v an
nounced by the Ocnnaux, who have
also followed up thel^aggresslvo lac
tics in the provlm-eT of Tchernlgov
I ttiul Orel, In tlie southern central re
, glons of Russia,
Action by Japan In Siberia is still
held In al>eyanee. and there Is no In
dication of what may I*' done there.
Reports from Siberia continue to be
grave. Liberated (human prisoners
Of war aiv said to be coo|M>ratlng
with tjhe bolrihevlk leaders and on
March 1 participated In a battle with
the forces led by (General Semeitoff,
the non-bolshevlk loader.
On the Italian front there have
Imhmi raiding o|HM-atlons from the
mountains to the sea and attempts
by the Austrlans to cross the River
IMave have Ihhmi frustrated.
The air forces of the contending
armies have Ihhmi very active durluK
the iwist few days and, as might be
expected, there have Ihhmi quite heavy
fosses. llrltlsh naval airmen alone
have disposed of 10 enemy machines
In the period from Thursday to Sun
day. Italians brought down live enemy
machines on Sunday. ' On Saturday
the French accounted for seven,
while four other Oermnn .airplane*
not previously reported were destroy- 1
ed late last week. The C.ermaus claim
to have shot down 1!2 allied machines
on Sunday.
* That Flagman Hairy hockller, of
passenger train lS.-was primarily re
sponsible and that Conductor J. O.
Meredith, of the same train, was sec
ondarily responsible for the disastrous
wreck at Frost, a small station on
the Southern Railway six and one-half
miles west of Columbia, on February
?JJ f>, when ' thirteen persons lost their
lives and two score of , others wereo
Injured in a collision of Southern Rail
way passenger trains, Mas the unani
mous decision of the meml>ers of the
South Carolina Railroad Commission,
delivered Friday afternoon.
Young Marcus Rwart died of men
ingitis Friday in Newberry. He was
a son of the probate judge of that
county and highly esteemed by all who
knew hitn. lie was only 14 years old.
OF
LUIIJ
From One to Three Pounds Increase
per cow per day is what dairymen who use
Purina Dairy Feed are getting.
The extra cost of this ideal ration is only
about one cent per cow per day which shows
a handsome margin of profit at today's
milk prices.
Even cows on test during heavy
\
milking periods keep in ideal condition
when fed PURINA Dairy Feed because
this perfectly balanced ration supplies
all of the elements required for milk.
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JIM DIKKCTN VRRDICT
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Of Acquittal in Cam of Attorney llirkn
mid (ieddiitgv Ilderton.
on . *jUf 'I
Florence, S. C? March U. J, Wilbur
Hicks, a young uttortq>y of this oily,
Mini (Jcddlngs Ilderton. aged uhout -I,
also ??f Florence, woro till* afternoon
declared not utility of the murder of
l>r. William Ilderton, fa tiler of the last
named defendant, hi circuit court how,
Judge llayuc F. it Ice, of Aiken, prowld*
lint,
The killing of I?r. ihlcrtou grew out
of circumstances connected with the
legal separation of the detwtsod wad
IiIh wife, and tlu- tragedy occurred on
the day set for a hearing In Mrs. I Mor
ton's suit for alimony. It was alleged
that Or. I Morton, a man of at t linos un
controllable temper, was hitter in Ills
hatred toward those arraigned against
him, particularly so toward .1. Wllhur
llh-ks, a defendant, \vlio was Mrs. 11
derton's counsel. Coddlngs Ilderton,
also. It ap|H'ars, was on the side of Ills
mother, although there was no evidence
to show that he had any malice for Ills
father.
An ouusual feature of tho trial whs
the direction of the verdict of acquit
tal hy Judge Hlce u]m>ii motion of the
Hon. <1. Mon km' S|H>ars, of counsel for
the defense. In instructing the Jury to
return a verdict of not guilty, Judge
Illce stated that he was convinced,
from tin* evidence, that J. \V. llicks
had shot l>r. Ilderton In self-defense,
and that young Ilderton. the dead
man's son, had tired in an attempt to
protect his friend and his mother's at
torney. Hicks, who had heen shot down
and was Ising further attacked hy Dr.
Ilderton. It was not showy, however,
that either of the three shots said to
have lieen tired hy (Jeddings Ilderton
took elToet in the body of his father.
Solicitor I.. M. Cusqiio, for tho Stale,
said that although It was an unpleas
ant duty, lie felt that he must oppose
the motion for I lie direction of a ver
dict. Ho declared that It had not been
proven conclusively that lMr' Ilderton
?had tired the first shot, and that if he
had not done so Hicks could uot claim
sol f-denf once ; and that It was for the'
Jury to deckle whether or not (Jeddings
Ilderton had shot through malice to
ward his father or In defense of Ills
ifriend Hicks.
Judge ltiee promptly directed a ver
dict of acquittal as to both defendants,
and in taking this action the court ?ta
UhI that it was his policy always to di
rect a verdict where- in case of convic
tion he would fool compelled to set
aside tho findings of the Jury, and that
in this cast* ho would not lot a convic
tion stand If hy chance such a verdict
were returned.
Another Incident in connection with
this* trial, and one out of tho ordinary
in South Carolina, was the fact that
a jury of only nine men hoard tho case.
Closing of Colored School.
The colored public school of West
vilie closed Friday night before a
large host of patrons jiiTd friend*.
.Several attende<I from Kershaw* and
t^umden. The exercises were very
good and consisted of dialogues. drills,
reeilations and songs. Addresses wore
delivered l?y Kev. Bingham and (.!. <\
Ivowery. u
The teachers and (he twrt young
women who furnished the music ami
other assistance are cfimmended for
the fine showing made and the <*x
cellent. entertainment.- given the audi
ence.
We urged everybody in buy kihiii1 of
the thrift and war savings stamps
and do all that can W done to aid
our government in its mighty struggle.
After tho exercises the visiting
friends were given a reception at. the
home ?f (J. C. Kirkland and his sis
ter. Thus t.he whole affair was much
enjoyed.
('. (J. Lmvery,
Chairman Colored Thrift Campaign..,
Set of Scoundrels.
Practically every ma.n who enters
the army would like to be an officer
but from a financial standpoint any
place below a major is n poor go.
In times past it was the. custom of
the government to sell officers their
uniforms and equipment at cost, but
for some reason this plan has boen
abandoned and the officer must look
to outside dealers for his supplies.
When an officer bought, an outfit
from the government the cost was
approximately flTS. whereas is wttt
now cost him over $fl(X>.
Many officers are going overseas
leaving a debt behind ls?cauRe the
profiteers have gouged him. Thi? self
same profiteer would become highly
offended if one were to even insinu
ate that the was unpatriotic.
Here's tho way the "dirty skunks"
are doing our fighters. The wool leg
gins, those things that officers wrap
around tliir legs in spirals in place
of the leather putties, cost the gov
ernment, 47 cent* a pair; the retail
price is $4.50.
As a matter of fact, a man who
would take advantage of the officers
Ln our army, men who are going into
the battle for democracy, are worse
than unpatriotic. They are a set of
dirty scoundrels and should be in
terned for the duration of the war
and nine years thereafter.
A bill has l>een Introduced in con
gress to require the quartermaster de
partment to furnish officers their sup
plies at cost and every true American
abou\& TeqneM bin senator axul con- <
gressman to support the bill. ? Ches
ter News/ - ?
In spite of unsettled- conditions, the
total American trade with Russia
amounted to $438,000,000 in 1017, a
decrease of onty $39,000,000 as com
pared with 1016. This decrease was
in the trade with AalMi^Busaia and
is attributed to congestion and import
restrictions at Vladivostok.
HAKTKY 1MJK CH1KF K1UUK1K
r* ' ? i ? il.i ? mtm i i
Believed to Have IUhsi Result of Soon*
JVinwwI IHfthidt).
? ? ' II ' ' ? ? ? !
llurtsvlllc, Maivh 17. - I lu ? is\ i I U*
was saddened Hint showed today when
tho news of mm awful tragedy was t?r*??
Won on the Sabbath stillness, Chief of
Police John O. Kolsom was shot ami
intdttntiy killed on t lns street near the
building in whloh is located t lit* otlico
and plant of the Pedlgrewl Seed Coin
I will)' . Tln? slayer, .1. II. Oulledge, ovor
swr of lla* farms of J. I.. t'oker \ Co.,
made u confession and surrendered
hluix'lf into the hands of the authori
ties, and was taken to l>arllngton and
turned over t<? Sheriff Register.
The killing occurred between U ??U
and 10 o'clock tills morning and, an
there is little passing on Sunday on t'lie
street on wldeh the tragedy occurred,
nothing is known as to what hupjiened
or what words weiy parsed between
the two men prior to the' shoot ing.
It ap|>ears that Mr. Oulledge met up
with Chief KoIhoiu at the tire deimrt
ment headquarters and that the two
rode oil together In the chiefs ear.
Tarties had seen them passing just *
few minutes prior to the killing. Some
personal trouble, unknown to the pub
lic, it is thought, must In* responsible
for the dltlleulty.
The body of Mr. Kolsom was l.nuul
on Hie ground, face down, by t ?i?* nuto
mobile. The door t>f tin* ear Was ojhmi.
It is not stated whether the fatu< shots
were tired while Mr. Folsom was at
Ills steering wheel or as he was alight
lug from tin? ear. l'artibs hearing tin
shots, it Is claimed stated that there
were four shots tired at close rang* .
On going to the scene they found life
ox 1 1 net,
IT he IhkIv was removed to within too.
Pedigreed Seed Comim-ny's building and
'the inquest was- held beginning at
11! :M0.
Mr, Kolxontv was elected chief of po
lice several months ago to succeed It.
11. 1\ irk jmt rick, deceased, and was gen
erally liked. Mr. Oulledge eaiue there
a few years ago from l'ageland, and
has been employed by .1. I- Coker &.
t'o. as an ovorxw.r, under (\ H. Kills,
general superintendent of farms. On
the removal of Mr- Kills to Oeorgla
Mr. Oul ledge had his resjKmslbllitlcs
increased. lie was quiet imd well like<l
by his employers. The tragedy is much
deplored. The dead man leaves a wife
and two married daughters. Mr. Oul
ledge has a wife and three small chil
dren. _
Sheriff II. II. Ward, of Oeorgetown,
it.nu a negro, John Orivhuin, were pain
fully but not **erlously injui-ed when
the sheriff's auto ran into a ditch.
TAX NOTICE
Ortice of Treasurer Kershaw Co.
Camden, S. C., Se?>t. 24, 1017.
Notice hereby given that the books
will be open for the collecting of State
County, and School Taxes from Octo
ber 15th. 1917, to March 15th, 1918. A
peualty of 1 per cent, will be added to
ii 11 tuxes unpaid January 1st, 1918)1
2 per cent. February 1st, 11)18, and 5
per cent. March 15th, 101S.
The rate per centum for Kershaw
County Is us follows:
Mills
State Ta xes .ttt.- 8 1-2
County Taxes (
Kpecic ! Ta . - ' 10 1 *2
Road Taxes I
School taxes 3
Total 22
The following School Districts have
special levies:
School District No. 1 5
School District No. 2 4
School District No. 3 2
School District No. 4 4
School District No. 5 1 ? 2
School District -No. 6 - 8]
School District No. 7 4
School District No. 8 , . .4
School District No. 9 4
School District No. 10 5
School District No. 11 5
School District No. 12 7
School District No. 13 .? 4
School' District No. 14 3
School District No. 15 3
School District No. 10 4)
School District No. 17 3
School District No. 18 4
School District No. 39 ? 4
School District No. 20 4
School District No. 21 2
School District No. 22 7
School District No. 23 3
School District No. 24 4j
School District No. 25 4
School District No. 20 > 4
HfnhnnT +1* '> 7 , ft)
School District No. 28 .. 5!
School District No. 29 .. 4j
School District No. 30 4
School District No. 31 6
School District No. 32 : 4<
School District No. 33 4i
School District No. 34 .. 8|
School District No. 35 8,
School District No. 30 4
School District No. 37 2j
School District No. 38 5]
School District No. 39 fl
School District No. 40 .... 11
School District No. 41 4
School District No. 42 3
Schsol District No. 46 8 1
School District No. 47 4\
The poll tax is $1.00.
All able-bodbtl male persons from
the age of twenty-one (21) to sixfcy
(60) years, both inclusive, except res
idents of Incorporated towns of the
county shall pay $2j00 as a road tax,
except ministers of the gospel actual
ly in charge of a congregation, teach
ers employed in public schools, school
trustees, and persons permanently dis
abled in the military service of this
State, and persons who served 'In the
(ate war between the States, and all.
persons actually employed In the Quar
antine servkfe of this State and *11
residents who may be attending school
or college at the time when said road
tax shall become due. Persons claim
ing disabilities must present certifi
cates from two reputable physicians of
this county.
All informs lion as to taxes will be
fornfSlMd upon application.
P. M. KILL,
?maty rFrMfeuyer.
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I'Uffoff N?w*.
l.iitfott, S. C\. March T8.~ Mrs. Ixmts
C^vhurn of Huvannah, (lit., is here ou
a visit.
Miss Leila llraimou of Camden spent
the wtH'k ou<l* here last week with her
l?a rents.
Walter Hush It al home I'roiu
Camp Sevier,
Miss Katie Turner spent last week
^id at Iwr home at I toy kins.
Tho many /Trlom!* of Mrs. lames
Team will he pleased tn Know tlm(
she Is improving at tho Columbia hos
pital. ,
Mr. 1 1 1 1*41 in Net! I os, Sr.. sjH'iit last
\\<vk In Camden with his daughter Mrs.
.1. b\ itatoman.
Misses Adelaide Nelson an<l Sue
o'Nell were In <Vn?den on Saturday.
Mrs. T. K. llroxton Is s|x?ndii)K 'his
w??ok In Columlda.
I>r, II. (?. Ton in of Itldgeway was
a visitor hero last Thursday
Messrs. Willie and John Uoshoro of
Camden spout Sunday here.
]SUss Itculah Kctrsouovor of Summer
vllio was hero for a fow days last
week.
Mr. HiikIi McCullum was in Colum
hia last Thurwlay.
Corp. W, M. Keasonuvor returned
to (lamp Sovlor last Thursday ufiev
a pleasant stay hciv with relatives
and friends.
Messrs. James Team and Karl Hon
horo were in Columbia on Sunday.
Mr. I/Cslie ltahon of Camden SJH'iif .
Sunday horo with his mother.
Misses Jennie Whi taker and Mary !
Uoshoro woro In Camden last Wed
nesday.
Miss Amelia Clarkson of Kastover
is \*)slt I uk hero at tho homo of her
brother Mr. U. It. Clarkson,
Mrs. J. S. Fields spent last week
at her home In llartsville
Mr <1. S H. Clarkson Is at home
again after a successful operation at
the Columbia hospital.
Miss Hugglus of Ilartsvllle I* the
truest of her sister Mrs. J. ?S. Fields.
ltobort A. Cooper, i?f Lauren?1, lias
boon designated as ehdlriuan of the
group of seven congressional districts
In South Carolina to protnoto tho third
Liberty Loan Drive. South Carolina
will probably be railed upon to raise
?L'O.OOd.O(X>,
All choose now in storage musty be
| marketed ttoforo Juno 15, unless spo
elal permission to hold Is kIvcu by
the Food Administration. |
tiKHMAN HP IKS AHHKHTKD
Two ]|lni *od Two Wwwn Will lio
Sent lo France For /Trill.
Now York, March IK. - Four iiei-nons.
clalmlnc French clclzvnshlp, hut who
both American uiul French authorities
say have been Intimately connected
>v|th <?erman espionage net lv It lea In
the United Stales wore arreted to
day in handsomely appointed suites in
prominent hotels, by agents of tin*
Department of Just loo, They will In
turned over to Immigration author!
tios for deportation to Fiance, whoiv
ii Is oNiHK'tod thoy will he prosecuted.
Tho four spy sufci*H*ts 4ntvo been
under surveillance for several \v?s>ks
but uot until two of thoiu, a woman
styling hyrself Madam Pespina Pavhl
vol ioh Storeh, and associate, deslg
nutod as lla ron Jlonrl l>0?<lievl.lb\ do
parb^l f??r Cuba one week ago after a
mysterious two May Junkot to Wash
Ington <1UI tho authorities consider
their apprehension advisable.
Tho othor two susi)ccts aro known
us Madame Kll/.uboth Charlotte Nix
and Count Kohcrt IH? (Malrmont, Count
t>o (Malrmont, tho uuthorltlos say. wa?>
frequently soon In tho coutiuiny of
Hdmund Uousselot (Vistlllot, erstwhile
tlftoon dollar a w*s\k telephone olork
who, |H?slnK as tho Marquis l>o (distil
lot, opened negotiations with J. V
Morgan and Company several w?vks
a co. for a loan of $00,(KKM>00 for King
Alfonso of Spain, of whom ho olalmod
to Is* a jH'iNonal representative. ?>
When Madame Ntorch and Huron l>t
llovlllo wore taken Into custody at
Key West, while onrou to to Culm, a
half hushol basket or paj?ors wore
seized from a safe deposit box in this
oity whlrh ono of tln?m had rented. A
number of oablo messages in code
worn among those papers,
liocause of embarrassment which
thoy satd minht result !>etwoeu the
American State Department and a neu
tral government which wt\s not Hpoci
tled, authorities withhold comment on
certain features of the investigation,
particularly in connection with one of
the ?women under detention.
A navy base hospital with a capac
ity of f?(X) hods haN reached the war
y?oue. Jt will tak.e cure of Navy j)er
sonnel, both ashore and ailoat, and if
accommodations exist will also bo
available for Army and allied sick and
wounded. ?
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