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ITA1MNH CAPTIWJ MR10HTH f r \ Lll' * r< On Olbrf Hector* Only Artillery Btdh ,'.r:!:Jv''>?hhwol? Ueinic Oil Tin* ( < I* riit . 1 1 1 arwlo* In Flatulent and J'leardy mv Mill Inactive. F\cCpt for ' their artillery wing*. which arc car fylng out 1>oinl>ardincnt? on yarioiiH vector*, they are doing Hide work any where. ?* t Kvhlently. the euetny 1* not yet pre pared te*t til* atreugth agaliod the reliftorced linen o(*the allies, 4.1 1 though It U *1111 etpeeteU thai the day fx Hot far distant when he a^aln will try to break through the ulllcd front. Aleanwhile. the ItrltUh and French armlet arc letting no opportunity pa?-K to |>eek at the CcrmanN at point* where the enemy front Ih cofuddcrcd |Mirtlcularly vulnerable. North of Kcuiincl .the French have recovered another of territory In a sharp light In which they camc into hand to hand conduit with I he tier man*. In addition, more than 100 ItrUoncn* wore taken. * The (Jcrtnanx endeavor*;! to olfaet Ihix ftdvautage t>y an attack aaalimt the French northweat ut t>rvlm*rn Xorel. hut the defender* turned their artillery ou tlie enciuy ami ?ueefW fitll.v wlthatood t Ik* attack. tollcUlU! heavy cu*uulttca ami capturing more prl*onor?. - Comdderahlc activity le In prog re** In tlu* Italian theater. lleUv? en Am1? K*' ami the lirvuta river on tl.e no^th em front the Italian* have ntormed Austrian position* at <'-ol l>cll Or/.o and defttroyed the gurrUon In hand to haml lighting, At neveral other iNilnts along the northern front the Italian* have worsted the enemy In engagement** evidently started with the In trillion of rectifying the line. The AiiKtrlan emiieror, accomixtuled h> IiU, foreign inlniMtcr, han paid a vUlt to the Italian front, afterward pi'tXiH'dliig to German headquarter*. The taking of the Initiative Into No. 9083. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CAMDEN at Camden, in the State of South .Carolina, at the Clo?e of Business on May 10th, 1918. Resource* I^mns H ml d iscounts .. 331.5.10.01 Total i iih ;?ii,aio.oi 331.310.01 OycrdrHfl.t, unsH'ured 1.223.87 ,.. 1.223.87 IJ. H. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) ....50,000.00 50.000.00 Liberty I <oa ii Itonds, unpledged, It 1-2 pr oi and I pr ct 22.550.00 Liberty Loan Iiond*, pledged to wH-urc l,!, S. and 4>ther deposit*. 3 12 and 4 i>er cent ? 5, <?00.00 Payment* actually made on Lllierty I !?- pr ct llonds ? , 52.50 27,002.50 Hands other than U. s. bona# pledged to secure ixwtat I sayings deinndts 2,000.(KJ Securities other than 1'. 8. bonds (not lududing stock* owned unpledged ,?.X. ... 3,000,00 Collateral Trust and other notes <?f corporation* Issued for not Icsh than I year nor more than .'5 yrs 'hue .. 1,784.57 8,784.57 Stock of Federal Keserve Hank (5<> |K?r cent of subscription 1. 800.00 Value of hanking house . , 24,1505.01 24,265.61 Furniture and fixtures - 2,255.0-1 Lawful reaerve with Federal Keserve Hank . ., 25,8.15.45 Cash In vault, and net amounts due from National Hank* M0, 062.63 Net amount due from banks and bankers 27.10 Total 30.0S0.70 ? Outside checks and other cash Items, 3.'i0.74 Redemption fuud with lf. S. Treasurer 2.500.00 War Savings < 'ert illcates and Thrift Stamps actually -"owned 06.40 Other assets. If any. ...., 95.80 Tftal ? - *51 2.369.43 1 Liabilities. Capital Hto('k paid In $50,000.00 Surplus fund - 10,000.00 I'ndlvlded profits 4?.07:i.?7 l^eas current expensed, interest, andtaxe<? pnid 0.048.151 40.023.30 Amount reserved for taxes accrued . .. . .... ? 750.00 Circulating jiotes outstanding 4H. 400.00 Demand dejKwits : Individual deposits subject to check 1H0.S4.'5.H8 Certified oheeks 2;j7.S3 ('ashler's checks outstanding - 1,655.80 Total demand deposits s lH8.7Ii7.il Time deposits : , Postal Savings Deposits .. 552.5* j Other titn<? deposits . v KHi.Mil.W Total of time deposits 100.fr.J4. 40 I IlillHl SI II tlSS iH'poslts _ I War loan deposit account 2.5. >o >2. >^0 . . .. v $5i2.:i6iM3 Total . State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. 1. John T. Mackey, Cashier of the above-named bunk, do solemnly sw that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. JOHN T. MACKEY, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before rne tiifc 10th day ? ?t' May. 1H1S. Correct ? Attest : ?' S. Lindsay. Notary Public. I,. A NVitikowsky U_ H Umihi. , Directors. M. II Hey ma n ear ? V . their owti hands apparently augur* well for the morale <j I the Italian* and it la not Improbable that, with th?' snows in the mountain pa**e* having melt??d and the sprlug fre*heu on the wane. i'. 1* their pursue now to make things interesting for tin* invader*. Your ?lft may acre a aoldiara life. SisoihI ited Cr??w* War VuuU. C'AKOMNA TKOOPH IN PBANCB Card Telln of Hafe Arrival of South Carolina Kec taient. |t \ K ? ^ r X - . Columbia. May 18, ? ?overiwr ilau ning Iihh nnrivtHl m curd frouf (Yd. J*. K. MeOully, commander of the lixtb infantry, formerly the First Houth Carolina Infantry. before the K?tiou a) Guard wax federallxedi^ notifyiiiK him t lift t Col. M<<*ully had arrived safely over s?n?*. Thi? Indicate* that the Flr*t regiment has Joined t he ex peditionary forces under IVr placed oil duty guarding railway bridge* throughout the Htate. During last summer the regiment wan trans form! to Camp Hevler, Greenville. be coming a part of the Thirtieth divis ion. federalized National Guard. Hiuee that time the meu have heeh traiuod at the Greeuvllle camp for overseas duty. The old regiment was tilled out to the new regulation slxe by men who were in due ted into the na tional army at Camp Jackson from the t|r*t draft. The above from the Columbia cor re*| ?on dent Jto the News and (Courier will Ik> reml with great lutereat In Camden an Co. M, ^formerly the Ker shaw Guards is n uu*ud?er of the UStli Infantry. To Hold Cotton For 35*. Columbia, May 14.-?-At a meeting of vol ton producer* from every section of South Carolina. hold Iii the House of Representative* here this afternoon, It was* decided to organize tho South Carolina Cotton Information and Mar keting Association, and resolution* were adopted placing the minimum price of the staple at 3u cents a pound, protesting against prlcesettlng con templated by some moiulters of Con gress, apiKijntlnjr a committee to meet with the national food administration to see that the grower gets justice in the marketing of cotton seed and pro testing against the manufacturers of cloth profiting at the expense of the cotton grower ami the consumer. Wednesday's Casualty List. ' Washington, May 15. ? The casualty list today contained 121 names divided as follows: Killed induction 3: died of wounds 3: died' of accident 1; died of dlsease 5: died from other causes 7 ; wounded severely 0 ; , wouuded slightly 40; wounded S; missing in action 39. Some liberty Loan Purchases. V It is estimated that the Americans of foreign birth or extraction pur chased $330,000,000 of the Third Lib erty Loan; the number of such liond luiycrs is estimated at over 5, 000, (KM). A consular telegram from Shang hai, China, states that subscriptions to the Third Liberty Ix>an in Shanghai amounted to over $000,000. The American Embassy -1u Mexico City states that the subscriptions lii that city are more than $384,000, more than double the quota set for the Americans living there. The Shah of Persia purchased a $100,000 liberty bond. If the Canvassers fail to tlnd yon, find them and "help save a life." Second Ked Cross War Fund. NEW PERFECTION OIL COOK STOVE S Meals - On- Time - and Better Cooked ? and smaller fuel bills, gas stove comfort and convenience ?no coal hod, ash pan drudgery, no soot or smoke ? are some of the reasons 3,000,000 women find for cooking with a Nrw Perfection. It bakes, broils, roasts and toasts perfectly ? the flame is instantly regulated ? and stays put ? for any kind of cooking. Ajk your dealer I he long blue chimney saves money by changing about the New Per eVery atom of oil into clean, intense heat ? and fection Keroiene > . ? I ? l 1 Water Hester concentrates the neat on the cooking ? keeps the U~ Aladdin S~u,. k'tchen C??' try Oil ? Al?iyi Made in 1-2-3-4 burner sizes, with or without awihble, inexpen- cahlnet top ancl oven. ure. STANDARD OIL COMPANY, (NEW JERSEY) Baltimore, Md. Washington, D. C. Richmond. Va. \ Charleston, W. Vj* Norfolk, V* Charlotte, N. C Charleston, S. C. Sheriff Thorn** fouud a note upon t It** body of HeiekUh Ilemphlll. who ?hut his wife auui thru killed hlwaelf iu the Pohdfiekl section of Oherok*^ County la *t week, whlcW was ap fol lows: "Mandy, <k> Ji*t a* you eau with tin* baby ; we ia gone to hell together. We ciHild i?o& atay here togotlyr. Mother ami father is the cauae of it. Tell the baby good-bye for ux." The negro evidently thought he Iih <1 killed Itlx wife, byt iu spite of tin* fart that who ?a? slM twice at close range with a shotgun It b* likely that she will m-over. TAX EXECUTIONS t'luler and by virtue of various tax execution* is*ucd by D. M. McCaaklll, County Treasurer, ami directed to tlie Sheriff of Kershaw County I have levied u|h?ii ihe tracts of land Im?1ow dcscrilted all situate 1n Kershaw Coun ty. S. C., and will offer the same for sale Iu front of the Court House door In Camden, S. (!., duriug the legal hours of sale on the llrst Momlay in June lblK, iK'lng the third day there of : 1 lot ami 1 building. Just north of City limits of Caiuden in Nehool Dis trict No. 1, bounded North by. lauds of Iteed ; Kast by lands of Carrie Shetl rlck ; Soifth by right, *>f way of S. A. I* Hallway ami West by lot of Jessie Certain, lievled upon and t>> bo sohl as the pro|*>rty of llenry Hr?s?ks for taxes for the years li)lf> and liHU. ALSO I lot. Just north of (the City limits of Caitidcn. Iu School District No. 1. hounded North by lands of Alice Iloy k lu ; Kast by laud of Kufi^s Gaskiu; South by lands of Cantey and West by lands of AlUv lioykln. lev ied upon and to be sohl as the prop erty of Tahltha Dye for the years IU15 ami lb iu. AL?0 One lot of laud and three buildings In City of Camden, fronting 170 feet west on Mill Street and extending hack east of a uniform width to a depth of ,'i07 feet, bounded north by premise* of Montgomery ; east by property formerly of Henry Savage: south by lot formerly of Klla <?. Work man: wo*Jt by ? Mill Street. Levied upon^iiid to be, sold as projierty of Slteorn Brothers for tuxes for '1010. ALSO One lot and building lu City of Camden bounded north by lot of Luther More, east by Campbell street soufth by lot of Celin Robinson. west by Campbell street. levied. ui>on and to be sold as the property of Reuben Benson* fov taxes for lblG. ALSO One lot and bulhling iu City of Camden, bounded north by lot of Jen kins. east by T. J. Arrants, south by Thos. Durett and -west by Broad street. Levied upon and to be spld as the property of'&auule Benson for 11>1(?. ALSO One lot and bulhliug lu City of Camden, bouiuhMl north by a road sep arating from lot of West Brooks, oust by Caurpl>ell street, continued,. west by lot of Amelia McLaughlin. Levleil u i kiii and .to i>*.? sohl as th* property of Matilda Miller. ALSO * One hundred acres in District No. ?J. I?eKalb township, bounded north by Itlack ltiver public highway, east by lands of Carter, South by lauds of Hal ley's, west by lands of T. H. Davis. Levied upon and to be sold as tiie property of W. S. and J. M. Davis for taxes for 11115 and 11)16. I. C, HOUGH, Sheriff Kershaw County. .Ma) Hi. 1018. CITATION of South Carolina, ( County of Kershaw. By YV. I/. McDowell, F/s*fuire, Pro bate Juiljje. \Yherea>, John 1?. Brewer made suit to me to trrant hint Letters ? ?f Ad niiuist ration of the Instate of and ef fects of Luvinia 40.. Brewer. These are. therefore, to rite ami ad monish rtH ttttd singular < 4?*? kindred and creditors of The said Lavinia K. Brewer, deceased, that hey he and api?ear before me,, in tli^ Court of Prohate. to he held ut Cainden. S. C., on -v? y -JHh next after puhlica "tion thereof, at 11 o'clock in the fore noon, to show en use. if any they have, why the said Administ ration should not be granted. (liven under my haiul. this loth day of May. A. 1>. 1918. W. L. MelKMVEU,, Judge uf Prohate for Kershaw County. I'ublitfhed on the 17th and -4th days of May, 1018, in the Camden Chronicle and posted at the Court House door for the time prescribed by law. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. \ State of South Carolina -.'CoUirt v of Kershaw mf' a ' X ' ? ' ' Court of Common Plea*. Summons for Kelief. Mrs. I.otlle K. 1 1 i 1 1 .->< >11 . in her o\\ 11 right ami as Cuardlan ml litem for Rob ert Milt'*, minor', Plaintiffs Adolphn* K. Rose. John \\\ Miles, and National Loan ami lOxchangc Jtank, successor to tVntral National Hank. TO the Hefcndanr Above named: You aro' hereby summoned atul re quired to answer the complaint in this action of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the sHbxcrl1>ers at 1207 Washington Street. Columbia. S. or in Camden. S. C.. within twenty days after the ser vice thereof, exclusive of the day ? ?f such service: and If you fall to answer the complaint within the time afore said. the plaintiffs in this action will a only to the Court for the relief de M. M. JOHNSON, .Camden, S. Plaintiff's Attorney?. May fftt. 191& To the defendant. John W. Miles, take notice, that the C<Ainplaint In this action was tfled in the ottice of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County, against Defendants. .1. nr(iur^ * oi mmi. Columbia, S. C. M. M. JOHNSON, fSmden. B. C. Plaintiff"* Attorneys. ssssaSsi Ai Thereby Promoiin Owcrfulnc^sflnt ,"' >> neither Opium, > .gr Mineral. Not XuUiuyic /^a/OMfcXLW/ripm , Aon/iln .Km 4 v AL\ Srmnti JtoxMtt Sait$ JhmMkmint BffmrAemit* .W? hiu-vt .W Ku/rfirJ Sugar b!x.'rry/r*0 /Urnr A helpful Remedy for ! Constipation antf DUrrhoei.' and I'Vvrr/shness mid ' Loss OF Slkep fwuttlnglh^rcfrom-fn Infancy fac simile Signature of alsi0g&&. The Cetrrwn Gompavt. new :yoh|c. Mothers Know Hat Genuine Castoiia Always Bears the Signature of For Over: (ius Knight, a white man, convict ed in Lancaster County in Juno. ll>15 <?f manslaughter and sentenced to five years lias Imhmj paroled during good behavior lintil August, 11)10. Ten of the jurors who wtt 011 tire ease pe titioned for rtlemeney. Tarohe was al>*> recommended by the trial judge and solicitor. Three physicians who had attended Knight spoke in his be half. llo was paroled 011 account of lils physical condition and lutirmltics. Charged with an attempt to assault the nine-year-old daughter of a [prom inent farmer of the Antioch see'iou of Edgefield County. < J forge Blocker, a negro 1)oy about sixteen years of age. was carried to the State Peni tentiary Saturday moj*ning by Sheriff Swearington. it bring feared that he might he lynched. THE STATE CONVENTION ( Continued from 'irst p*g(H boys in the bark who liave gone over seas to defend this country and the democratic nation* of t lit* world. "We are n??t." In- stated, "going to seijd to tlie l.'idted states Senate or to the Amerlcan?Coiigress or put in any place of trust those who are not 100 per ? cut Americans.'' The speaker said that ?the mothers; (if America, sympathizing with those f mothers of Kuroi>c who have irone I .through -u?h travail, those girls of; Anicyca wli<< desire to l?* sj?otIess In ] their "purity. the boys who hace "clad j the khaki and the older men who have' remained liehiml. want tin* war fought to tlie hilt : all want it ? except the, "damnable pacifist j>oUtician. "I shall uaver be satistied." con-, eluded Mr. I'olloek, "until the Star] Span tried Banner. interwoven with the tricolor of France, the I'nion Jack of, rTreal TTrifain and the flag of Italy. Is placed jn the ramparts of I'.erlin. I sl mil never be >ati<tied until William of Iloheir/olleni. with the withered arm. who enr?-o<i ids own mother, will itc placed whei'e ncwr again he can disturb the jK>acc of the world."* . Following the conclusion of the. sp<*ech of Mr. I'olloek. I'.. I >. Illakeney, Kershaw, introduced a resolution which was adopted, requesting Senator Tillman to address the convention. Kx < iovcrnor .lolui < Sheppard, of Fdge tTeld : K. I>. i'dakcnc.v . of Kershaw, and .1. J. Kvaiis. of lb H!M?ttsv411&^SttW appointed a coinin 1 1 tee to Senator t>> the speaker"* rostriimV Ssmf -ii tor Tillman entered the hall on th$ arm of the former Governor, ami irul iin*d ia tely l?ega ti reading his , specdi. The report" of < h<? rule* committed ! linnkiuL.' several important amendment# "to tJu* i'nustit ui ioit w it ? adopted short ly after -1-hr- i-onu':il inn recou vciteu in _A tiu> afternoon. Tito principal chang# was the elimination of those sort Ions t which pro\ iile for the Australian sy? trtn of balloting they arc related 4o the City of Charleston. ii was cx^ plained 1?y the committee that the law j>ass<nt at the last session of the Ocuj oral Assembly providing for a liko s>w trm for incorporated mnniclnnlltlefc tttvftwI these rulc^. The law was made a part of the rulrs. A nctlicr im portant rule adored was one to .the effect that those persons who partlci- ? pated in the primary election in 1010,' l?nt wiio did not vote for the regular nominees in the policial ehftion that yea r, would not J?c allowed to vote In the primary election of JP18. The convent Ion was then throw#' open to various prominent men. who made "a number of patriotic speeches, Kx -Governor John C. Sheppard, <?C ICdgeftelVl, said that "the American flag will never. l?e furled until the Ilohen zollerns shall have lieen wiped off the face of the .civilized eurth." He advo cated as a part of the i**ace confer en re the requirement that he Kaiwf and the Crown Prince l>o turned -over to the Allies for exile to St. Helena for the remained r of their lives. Col. .ft. It. Watson, of Kdpefteld. a Confederate veteran, eighty-two years of ?ge. enthused the <-on vent inn with his jjJea for the Hod Cross and the Young Men's* Christian Association. 4,A man who can accumulate money and see other people starving and ?uf* ferlttg I* no man," is the manner In which* he p#kl his respecttf to ????*** . ^ John 1?. ^pLauriB, of Benoeliiiuj mi id (that no man should aspire tea lice who has not been for this g?wq mont anir Woodrow Wilson since aj very l>eglnuiiffc ot the war. He (fl that the tefttrtrf a Jtoan's loyftltyrtra country J# his loyalty to Woodnnr W8 son, . ' "J L. I >, Jennings*, of Sumter, cautka^ the |KH>i?ie not to be fooled by mi "oily tongues in South Cnrollua" t were against this country outerinjcl war jft thcbeglnnlBg, but who are M parading their loyalty throughout it | State. "Thin is no day to take i those, late reformer* and put tbeqr places of power," he said, "hut tot elect those who are known to bale; and reject di?loyal? persons. Beware traitor* to this government, l>eeai?e( of the (Jerifians and (Jonuau yttf thixers did nqt come from Gennm, R. A. Cooper^ of Laurens, said Ud il<? inan?who does not l>elieve t lint lb country entered a righteous w.ir ul dues not l?eiieve that hostilities ston not have l>een joiued can 1?e truly > hi m'i the soldiers at the front ? Cooper was thankful that Amerial lighting Germany in Europe instead c in the United States, for be looli with horror at ^bat the women m ehilUreJT would ha.ve to stiver nbsi [the <Jerntan nhoFtlea invade' Amelia " VVe MhoUkl not f#op the fight, ''he ?? many and brought home to itfcomM tin* horrors and devastation th?Q# mans have visited on others.". \J Col. D. S. 1 lenderon, of Aikeu, WM ed America to copy after France ^ Engiand and pla<*e German syoql thizeis up agnlnst a wait and sb* them. Charlex K. Ilenet, of Cohimbii.Jj of the dean-lived afld CtMJHMl .v?nrniLf "lnt^n trf The nrmy for them the full sympathy of fl American i>eoplc. N He suggested Uj the convention* give a rising vote* sympathy to J. II. David because J t he death of hi* ftoli, Lieut. .1. it Dill Jr.. who (lle<i as a hero in France. Tl vote was unanimously giveu. Thomas P. Cotliran, of (ireenrffl Vaid that lie could not understand J man who thinks that; America sM 1 nM have entered the war. It '1 { United States could have had # i greater grievance he did not kflj SjMMnt It could be."* ? . .??j a, glioma k G. Mcleod, of liiMbopvfl said he liml .no argument for M (Jernnuw. except ?to place them wj their 1/acks to the ^wall and' w t Ixin. . > j. WilllHm A. .Sfucut'.v, of ltislK>i#?j ^ i i ? 1 tlnjt thin country's war i tijftucoux and Just and tJi^t A?* ?u Id wiu. _? dr. R. E. STEVENSON | MENTIS'!' I Cneker BoUdlnj J Camden, S . C. * Collins Brothflf Undertaker* for Colored P< 1 , ~~ TcitpbtM 41 4 COLUMBIA UJMBEIl t MANUFACTURING W mill work SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER, ' " ?? ? ? ? WJUN * HOCE* STS ! COLUMBIA, S.C. M