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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1918. i j i.ijj n l . j - - WBssBsaestmmmmsmsm NUMBER 10. ,U ST IM. AN IIKIVK HAM FAII.I I> j.a if i (irriiutilH Vx?liiHt ItlifiuiM litis llroken I)ohh. |Uc Ti(*'|0uU' allies apparently have nt their Hpirit of do-or-dle. Their uiks every where have lacked the tu ,rioU*ne>* of day* gone by. fohtfM'l of ploughing through allied with stubborn indifference to ens !ltjes so luug mk mh objective wuk gain , lh<>\ now waver hiuI then halt iu * (itv of the artillery ?uil riflii fire ibe ux'ii barrlug their wuy, auu with f poiutK they were trying to gain Mill t beyond their reach. Ambition* attempts by the troopt* the central powera1* iu the pant few e<.ks have proven thin. The opening a gateway to Pari* through <he west p front, running from Montdidier to e Maine, failed completely ; the of nnivc on tlu' Italian battle line Ittuuch I by the Austrian* seemingly has failed (jtfrably- in the nionntain region^ And ppaivntly has almost been atopped along ^ Piave, while a stroke started by (Jrroiuas against JtheiniH broke down i it-, inception without the enemy tak- j )jj a yard of territory. J And in these various attempted en ?ri?ris?'s the high commands of the Irrtuan aud Anstro-Huugarian armies |vr Kfen their men literally mown down util battlefields have been clogged W^th Mid or wounded as recompense to the (lied troops for the Hniall bits of ter ^ln tbry yielded. ? ? . . ; , The Austrian, offensive in the Italian, is still iu progresa along the Uvc river but in the mountain region Iter the sharp reaction by the Italian,' Iritixb and Krciich troops, who ia coun ?ratlacks pushed back tho invader from k points he had attained in his initial ish. the enemy evidently Is fearful of) (tin try ing ont the mettle of the de- ' mane. Ob the I'iave numerous attempts} have *n made by the Austrians to gaip fnr ier bridgeheads on the western bank of w stream but the Italians everywhere IV holding theui with .their guntlre and |so doing sanguiuary execution within ie ranks of the enemy across the river ith bomO> ami machine gun tire. The Austrian war office asserts thut Austro-Hungarian troops have cross [i the Kossetta canal at some points there Tuesday it was claimed they had lade advances and also tfrit several Ital ia lines at the southern loot of the Mon >11.. plateau, the key to the Venetian laios. have boon pierced. Itome, on the ther hand, declared that all the weak ltempt? made in the Montello region [en- completely repulsed. Mow than J>,000 men have been taken jr thf Italians since the offensive began u.l many guns and several hundred ma line gnus have been captured. That ln >n*ive air lighting has also taken place ; shown by l he fact that fiO enemy planes hvp been shot down. Only . two of the Hied machine* have fsiled to return to Mr base. The attacks of the Germuns near Mm's roKidt'ed disastrously to them, lai-dly luul they left their trenches after lit of tfir most teriffic bombardments IUlsMI* <>r all calibers, including gas rojcetiles. ever experienced on the west rn front. nearly 40,000 men were' faced y the reinforced French armies and lit tdb^.ciii to pieces and forced to fall lek precipitately. Only at one. point, > the east of Kheims, did thp enemy icceed in penetrating the French line. >re they were ejected almost imme '?tely The ticrraan official comtnuni ition describes the attack as a demon tration of artillery and minethrowers. Little activity has prevailed on the ruutindei of the western front except if usual reciprocal bombardments and Juration* in the nature of patrol en ?gemonts. The succoss of the recent naval at I'k by the British on the German sub wrine baso at Zcebruggc seemingly was ?ore successful than anticipated. Twen >oue destroyers, a large number of sub laiines and numerous auxiliary craft re blocked in the canal by the ships "iik Hcrusv 1 1,,. waterway." Candidates Heir Tomorrow. < andidatt-s for the l-nited Btute* Sen it' will n<l'li. sx tho voters of Kershaw bounty lifiT tomorrow at , tbe Court louse Ht 1J .'."ciuok M. It Is unlikely Mt Senator Tillman will be present I* be has ftt? t^d that he would stay b Washington at work and not make ^ campaign. ('.* L. Hlease has decided ? oh|i out a i -ampuign of his own and * i* not 'likely to be here. N. 15. 1 ?ial. <>f Laurens, and James rancix Ui<?.. of Anderson, will probab r be tbe only speakers. So far through IU* tbe eiirapaigu tbe people of the own* risited ha\?> shown very little in 'i**t in tb?> rae?> and it is not ejpect that a very large crowd will be here wwrmw. The candidates for state ^ 1 1 k ?? the Senatorial ;:c4ndidates, failed to draw large crowds. "Can io?tfv for offices will be 'In Cam kn 00 Tuesday July 30t>. Dropped Dead While Ptowtef ^ aoev Perry, a well known and re ipfi tM colored citizen of Lancaster, h^ped dead on last Thursday about toon while plow ing in a field at his on the ea-torn edge of town. He jj1' 8 brick mason by trade and bad lvrd bere ainiut twelve or fifteen years, fitninf hcrv from Camden, fie was fifty '?rx <vf ago an(j ^ad done a great deal " work around Lancaster in the various ?nek buiidinjc^ ^m-ted here during the >*?' several y.^ar*. ? T<ancaster Oitisen. I Sen W e Hag For Woodmen. At the regular meeting of the W. 0.( bekl Thursday evening June 13th, the unanimously decided to get ? Ser ^ for our nine members now ?tbe service of their country. Ktcty r?^r Of Live Oak Camp No. 4I> has a ?f making a small donation '*t rich an<j Pvery one may b***| '*?'t in u Your contribution may be ; ^ 'o ?'it her of the following: ,| J F. Bate man. C, C ^ Ci. fcJuekabee, Cletk. ,i KERSHAW NEWS NOTES Interesting Happenings Guthrred IVum The Kr# of That Place. Mr. and Mr*. |i. K. Kirk ley *>t' the Abney community announce tin- mar riage ??f their daughter, Rosalie, to J. W. Langford on Friday, June 7, 1018, at Itidgeluml. S. C. Mrs. Langford is visiting her |?aientH ami will be with tliem s?<\eral days. We are glatl to Iioti' that Mrs. I.. ,|. Macku> , who is at the Fuuuell lutirw ary, is yetting along nicely and is ex jwcted home this week. ~W. C-. West, supervisor of Kershaw county, jind II. K. Munn, superintendent of the <MNlnly chain gang, were iu Ker ahaw a abort while yesterday/ Mr. ityuuu has his gang at work on the new road from Cassati to Kershaw. Jdhn II. ii'oodale, assistant postmaster at Camden, sj?ent last Thursday uight in Kershaw at the home of his brother in law and sister. Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Fletchei*. He attended a fish fry at WestvlUe on Thursday evening. * Dr. and Mrs. I* It. Hilton and child ren of Whitmire. are visiting Mr. Hil ton's parents at Westville, Mr. and Mra. J , C, Hilton. A mass meetiug was held at Indian Ford school house last Saturday iu in terest of the sale of War Saving* Stamp*. Addresses were made by Laurens T. Mills and M. M. Johnson of Camden. J. T. Stevens, president of "the Ker shaw OU Mill, and Fred K, Cuhrern, the manager, left Sunday evening for Washington to attend a meeting of the Southern Cotton Seed Crushers Associa tion. Mrs. Stevens accompanied her husband on the trip. Louis Stainaker of Mauning, and Al bert Evans of Camden, are spending the week at the home of I>r. E. C, Brasiug fon. * I>r. and M^. W, C. McDowell and children and Miss Nell Ingram motored to Columbia yesterday to spend a couple of days. Dr. McDowell Is the delegate from the Kershaw Kpworth League to the State Conference, which is in ses sion in Cohimbia< Hobble Lee, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Ross BlaOkmon. died Monday morning about 3 o'clock after uu illness lasting about ten days. She would have been ten years of age had she lived until November. Hobble was a very bright and attractive little girl and was greatly admired by those who knew her sunny disposition. Sh<5 suffer ed greatly in her illuess, but bore up "well iu ner suffering. h The book for the Kershaw precinct, In the Kershaw county side, is in the hands of the secretary of the club on that' side, H. B. Reese and the votera living nearest the precinct in jkershaw county should call at his atore and en-, roll. The books will be open only dur-, Ing this month and those who fail to appear in person and enroll will not be allowed to vote in the primary elec tion in August. No one else can at tend to this tor you. h ?~-Mnr."AleT"BN>\Pii ar the "Atjney "section" is visiting her daughter in Greenville. I ley ward Blackmon, Burke Gregory, and WilTwm Hayes left Monday morn ; ing for Akron. Ohio, to obtain employ ment with the Goodrich Tire and Rub ber Co# . Prof, und ilrs. H. W. Scott and children left Saturday to spend about six weeks at Rock Hill. Prof. Scott will attend the summer school for teacher* at Winthrop College. \ Misses Melita Floyd and Inez Hamel left Monday afternoon for Columbia to take a course in stenography and type writing during the summer vacation. An Explanation. Owing to a smashup in our newspaper press last Thursday afternoon a num ber of our subscribers did not receive their copy of The Chronicle until Tues day morning. We had nearly completed printing the paper $rhen the break oc curred. . A message to the press factory in Rhode Island brought the parts to us by Monday and we hope to get out on time as usual in the future. First Cotton Bloom. ' Mr. C- %B.- McCaskill, manager of "Fairview" plantation, a few miles north cast of Camden, brought the first cot ton bloom of the season to The Chronicle office Tuesday morning, .Tune 18th. This farm is owned by Mr. Wm. Kirlcbride. who is a winter resident of Camden. It is from a field of the long staple va riety and is the first bloom reported in this scction of the state so far as we have been able to leara. Isaac Brevard, a colored former, who resides on route 3, brought a bloom to "our office yesterday morning. WflX GO WITH THE BANK Mr. Arnett Resigns as Agent of Seaboard to go With Loan A 8a rings Bank. ?' ? . . Mr. N. C. Arnett, who for a good number of .vears has been serving tho Seaboard Air Line Railway in the ca pacity of agent at Camden has recently tendered bis resignation to that com pany to go with tbet Loan and Savings Rank of this city as aasistant cashier. Mr. Arnett will remain in his present position until the railrosd can find a man for "bis place, then he will a*aums his new duties with the bank. Since Mr. Clyburn Taylor enlisted in the service of Uncle Sam the bank has been without an aasistant. We do not believo the institution could have made a finer selection. Mr. Arnett has been in public service in Camden for a num ber of years and haH always been a courteous and obliging official and the fx>an and Savings fortuna<e in ftp curing his services. : Serving Thirty Days. Walter Wilson, a white man. In con fined In the county jail where be will servo a thirty day sentence imposed upon bhn by Judge H. A. M. Smith in Char leston last week after conviction in Federal Court on tho charge of trans porting Liquor. Wilson was sent no from Richland county.. STATIC CANDIDATES I Sfvi'U For (iurtriior ami Four In Kate For Senate. Columbia. Juic IT.- Tin* time fur til ing plwlioH uml <|nulif>iug for ootrtuc? into tin* races for the - I'nited Stutes Senate. Coagrefcs uml the various nffices expired Monday mi noon. There were few surprises. W?? A. Stuekey, who has been men I toned as u candidate for Governor, and who ha* stated on several different, occasions that he would make the race did nut tile his pledge. The follow lug >h u lint of the caudi. dMtea who have llled thelf pledges and otherwise qualified for the primary of 1U1N: 1 ' tilted States Senate- Cole L. Blease, Columbia ; '? N, it. Dial. Laurens; James K. Rice, Anderson ; It. It. Tillpiau, Tren ton. ? ' Congress, First District- Richard S. Whaley, Charleston. Second District ? James F. By rue,; Aikeu ; .T. G. Croft, Aiken ; N. (I, Evans, Edgetield ; G. L. Toole, Aikeu. Third District ? Wyatt Aiken, Abbe ville, F. H. Domiuick, Newberry. Fourth District ? II. L. liomar, Spar tanburg; Sum J. Nichols, Spartanburg; I>. B. Traxier, Greenville. Fifth Distriet-'-W. F. Stevenson, Chesterfield. Sixth District?.!. W. Itagsdaie, Flor ence. Seventh IMstrict? T. F. Bfitttfty, Drangeburg ; A. F. Lever, Lexington ; T. O. McLeod, Bishopvlll^ G. B. Tim merman, Lexington. Solicitor, Third Circuit ? F. A. Mc Leod. Sumter; L. K. Wood, Sumter. Twelfth Circuit ? L. M, Casque. Ma riou, * . Governor-r? Andrew J. Bcthea. lumbia; H. A. Cooper. Laurens; J. M. I >es( 'humps, I Jock Hill ; John 'I'. Dun - can, Columbia ; John L. McLaurin, Beu nettsville ; Thomas H. Peeples, Barn well ? Johu O. Richards, Liberty HUI. Lieut. Governor ? Octavus Cohen, Monck'a Corner; ,T. T. Idles, Orange burg; O. W. Wightman, Batesburg. Superintendent of Education ? V. Rector, Darlington ; .T. K. Sweariugen. Columbia. ? Attorney General ? Claud N. Snpp, Lancaster ; It. P. Searsou, Allendale ; S. M. Wolfe. Anderson. Secretary of/State ? W. B. Dove. Co lumbia. Comptroller Geuerol ? C. \V. Sawyer, Columbia. % i State Treasurer ? S. T. Carter. Co lumbia. Commissioner of Agriculture ? B. Harris, Anderson j . W. D. Garrison, An derson; II. T. Morrison, \ McClt'llau vllle. v Railroad i ?ommlKslonet^? H. H. Ar uold, Woodruff ; A. A. Richardson. Co lumbia ; T. 4. McLaughlin. St. Mat thews; D. I.. -Smith. Walterboro ; ,1. T. Vowel I, Columbia; Adjutant General ? W. W. Moore, | Ha rn wyil. / .. | . Will Have to RiIm Kates. There has been questions asked me about the Municipal Plant so I want the citizens t<? know the situation. Ev eryone knows that the principal item, of epense fa coal and it has advanced from $ 1.25 to $2.85 per ton at the mine* and we now face an advance of 46 i?er cent on freight. Private owned plauta have advanced the price of water, light and ice, no also have all mumi facturing plants advanced the price ol 1 their products. I see no other wty but to do the same both to private users and the city if we wish to continue ou a self-supporting basis. '? Henry Savage, Chairman. ? j ' ?? ? ?? ?? ,i ; SAYS ALLIES WILL PLUNDER Debs Predicts a Crista in America Name as In Prussia. Canton, Ohio, June 16. ? Eugene V. Debs, three times Socialist candidate for the presidency of the United States, ad dressed the closing session of a three, days' convention of the Socialists or Ohio here today. Emphatically denying that he had repudiated the party's tft. 1/OuiK platform, which pledges opposition to conscription and Liberty Bonds, JDebs in quoted as declaring the Socialists/must stand more firmly than ever for J their principles. ?! Debs, after paying tribute to t !(? So* cialist* who htfve gone to jail for the sake of their . principles, praised 1. W. W. member*, referred to the Bolshevik! as comrades and is said to have charg ed that the purposes of the allies in the wai? are the same as those of the cen tral power* ? plunder. A crisis in America, similar to that which placed the Bolsheriki in power, was predicted by Deb*. During Deb's speech federal operatives seised and held for investigation 65 young Socialists who could not show draft classification cards. f * ' ** * ? . ? 1 .M*y l'*ce Federal Court. Cleveland, .Tune ? United States District Attorney Wetz said tonight that if Eugene V. Debs is correctly reported *k declaring s^ today's Socialist conven tion in Canton that the aim of the allies in tbla war is plunder, he will bring the matter before the federal grand Jury here tomorrow for violation of the espion age act. Required To Have l?aher Ticket*. Greenville, June 14. ? Under the terms of an ordinance passed by the city Conn* cil at its meeting Tuesday night, al) able-bodied male persons in the city must carry at all times a labor identi fication card showing that they are ha bitually and permanently" engaged in a lawful and useful occupation, working not less than 86 hours per we&. The ordinance was ope of two adopted to cure vagrancy and failure to comply with the requirements will bring a One of from $25 to $100. or ft Jill' sitsaoe. The cards Will be furnished by the city and must be signed by employers. * * - ? C 1 Harnwell, June'l. ? -The campaign for (Governor and other State office opened here today with temporatc speeches and little enthusiasm shown by the audicdce of between two and three hundred per sons. The Speeches were uniformly par. triotie and breathed cooperation with President Wilson and bis administration in the prosecution of the wffr. John G. Richards and John L. Mc f.auriu, candidates for Governor, claimed that the war is not the vital issue of the campaign, while the other live op ponents, Iiobert A. Cooper. Andrew J. Kethca, John Madison I>es('hamps, Thos. IL Peoples and John T. Duncan admit i tfng other issue of moment, couteuded /hat the war against militarism is of rpermanent importance. . C. N. Sapp, eaodidu t?- for Attorney General, said that he resented the ef fort being made to .create the war as a campaigu issue, he said that in bis opinion fully 90 per eent of the peo ple of the State n , behind the admin istration, that' information going out that the war Is *4 ^ue >? bound to be misunderstood by the outside world which does not understand. Suggests 3^. Martin. Mr. Kditor : We st^ggest the of .1. M. Martin as a candidate for# the Hou*e of Representatives from Kershaw County. Mr. Martin Served us in this Capacity for two year* and we believe he would make an excellent representa tive if elected again. Mr. Martin, tfhat .vou say V Friend*. Meeting at Oakland. There will be a meeting of the Oak land Democratic Club at Oakland School House on Saturday June 20, at four p. m.. for the purpose of enrolling qnali tied voters in the primary election. J. H Watkins, Secretary. To Extend Draft Ages. Washington, June 10. ? Withdrawal by Secretary Baker of his opposition gave fresh impetus today to consider ation of the proposal before Congress to extend the draft age limits so that the War Department will have avail able at no distant date ample man pow ?r to carry out President Wilson's pro gram of. an army of unlimited size tor the war oa Germany. Officiala in the office of Provost Mar shal Gen. Orowder immediately began preparation of atatistics showing results which might be expected if the draft is extended to various ages, between 18 and 4 ft year*, the limits fixed in a bill by Senator France. ? It is expected this information will be presented soon to the Senate military committee. CAU-S attention to nkw ACT.; Names of Owner* of Establishments to li?* KIM with Clerk of Court. C-lork of Court .lame- Mi Ct\l>wni requests us to call attention i> tt now law passed by the rwvut sesidou of the General Assembly, eulltUcl 119 foi lows: "An Aejfc to require all Mercantile and Industrial KstabHatoiueuu t>ther than Corpora lions, Having a T1,k'o of tinsty'ess III this Slate, H? IMsolOsO IllO Names and Addresses of the Vroitrlis tors Thereof, ami to I'rpVluK a IVnat t>- for Failure to, do so," Tlee, 1. llr lr enacted h\ the rtert* oral A>sembly of the State of .South Carolina. that. from ami a?ter the pass age of this Aet'all nioreauiMo Hijia in dustrial establishment*, other than lawfully chartered incorporations, hav ing a place or places of Ibmdness in this State shall ilie with the Clerk of Court of the county In which tin* prlu cfcpal place of business of ea^h m, rcan tile and industrial establishment is 4o oated, the name or names uf the own er or owners, proprietor or proprietors thereof, and la ease of copartners nips the imme of each rind every jmrtuer having any interest 'therein, and shall oxhlblt ou a sign over or alongside tue entrance of each place of business of each uiercautlle or industrial estab. llwhinont the name or names of the owner or owners, proprietor or DrO? prietors thereof, including the uaine of each partner ot a eopartnershlp; sudb nuine or names to be printed iu 1 toman letters of auch size as to be read easily. , 4iec. 'J. lit ease tlierc be any change in the owner or owners, proprietor or proprietors uf any auch mercantile or Industrial establishment, any per>H>u retiring from such ownership or pro prietorship shall file lu the office of the Clerk of Court of the county in which the prlui'Uwl place of business of such mercantile or Industrial estab lisbnmnt is located u notice of such change, and shaM have the sign or signs herein pruvide<l for changed, and until both such notice *?hall bfrfllftd and auch change inudc on such slgjti, such person shall be liable for all debts and contracts of such mercan tile or industrial establishment 'accord ing to the Interest he or she formerly had therein. ?See. .*!. The Clerk of Court shall keep all such statements ol ownershic ui .proprietorship on Ilk- ?...! -ita II keep such book Indexed. Ilf shall receive as a fee for tiling and such statement or notice of change the sum of oue dpi Inf. Setf. 4. Any i>erson violating any of the *ferovlsions of this Act shall bt\ guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall l>e lined ten dotlariror-be Imprisoned for live days for euch day such mer cantile establishment shall do busi ties*. -Inrcnse of a tine being paid one^ hallf of the amouut paid shall be paid -4o-4lm ?per*o tt serving out t lu1 Wfli'FS nTT In case of a ^partnership each part ner shall be severally liable. , See. 5. ..That this Act shall take ef fect on the first day of July, 1P1N. CANDIDATES AT BARNWELL Probably Three Hundred Heard Speakers For Governor. * I.KTTKIC KKO.M IM(. 1)1 ItUKI.I, WHlrs I nt? <rt*H(iiiKl) lo IVh'iHi About 111* Stay in fcYanft. y ... ^ ' Kririol* i<t ( l)i? ifMtity of I >r. W, ?f. HunU-ll will read tli?' letter below wHU interest. It was addressed to Mr. Thos. J. White, ?t Logoff, and was .written be* t\uv tli?? i>i". wns severely wouutlod. So (hi1 a* \vr have bwu able to Irani mo One in. tld* section bus heard from tiim *luee lie WIN wounded : "M v ili'jir Friend: Having a Tow minutes this afternoon, I think* that pershup* you would care to know thai altho..' 1 have so far sis'u an ftla raid, a submarine attack ami have boon al most into the tiring: {touches. huvo b(?Nl shells screaming overhead, ami had the bouse top, in which I was having tea, pottered with dirt frum a shell bur?M* 1 ww >vell. If ono eouid have lire It wouldn't bo so Juul,' hut it is colti ami raining almost all tho time. Having told you that J am woll, I'll pass to moro In to routing Items. - "Whore In France I am. I oan't loll .volt, but I'm horo. Wo aiv 'tout 'JO in.ll^ from tho t'n.ir. and there is an almost continuous rumble of artillery lire audible. ^omo' days it is vory hoavy. at other times quiet. I hud u visit up to the "front"' -where' evident ly the Ikvhe hoard "of it. for ho put ouc shell down about 100 yards from us, but us we wore oUl soldiers, we didn't run. Wo oalml.v II niched our tea and then "beu t it." incidentally we heard aeveral II. S.'s (high explo sives) passing over on their way to de stroy a town about one mile from uh. We saw a few piles of brick and rub bish at what was once a beautiful Ut l/le village; Also we suw hundreds of wouuded and many gassed soldiers. I wish I could tell yoii the uhiuw of some of the towns', ns you are proba bly reading ai>out them every day. We understand here that the lioche Is making an awful drive somewhere, but wo *ilso understand that he is not gaining ground enough to fwiy for his loss of You /have had some military exper ience And' of course know something of the hiugnltude' of such oi>eratlons, aud 1 suppose you have visited <1ump Jackson, und have an Idea of a dlvls ion. but you should get over hero and see things, (hie is applied at Mm scale of things here. Miles of motor trucks along roads carrying up am munition. two to three tons each is Just one -little detail. One lii civil life in the States can scarcely realize that m) many trucks exist in the Avhofle <if Europe, tis one will puss on a two or throe hour ride In a car here. The old mounted messenger is dis placed by motorcycles und generals in motor cars are common. The ulr here Is dump and cold und 'almost every day is rainy. TheUiUd edlHJOtbede sertbed, except to say tlitit It Js here and is -slick. There has been one day TrTUlKbltnrtn two weeks. Aeropluues are i common, und baroly a day losses that a squadron does not pass ever. Well, give any fliest -wishes fo all friends and rememlier me to every - l>ody. As soon as the Boche is licke<l good und plenty I uru coming buck there. OI'KN'KO AT WINNSBOKO 1 Tlian 100 Heard Candidates For I'nltrd States Senate. Winusboro, Jutte IN. ? Fewer than1 100 oT Fairtield's 1,500 voters mobilized here today for the opeuing Kerb's of the Ben atonal campaign. . Only two of the four, candidates, were heard. Senator Tillman remaining at his post in Washington, and Blease giving no intimation by tel egram or tetter to the county chairman as to the cause of his absence. Both N. 11. Dial, of Luurcns, and James Franeis Bice, of Anderson, restricted themselves to the margins of their typed statement. A letter from Senutor Tillman was read by Judge J. K. McDonald in. which the Senator explained thut duties in Wash ington precluded his attendance. ,He said he expected "to be abused and villilied," and also anticipated "every scandal re vamped." Senator Tillman by. infer ence also referred to the alleged dis loyal speeches of Cole I<. Blease.' It would be "an unspeakable disgrace" to elect fo the United States Senate a man ho disposed to hamper the work of the national administration in the prosecution of the war. NEW SUGAR REGULATIONS Only Two Founds of Sugar To Each Customer. Columbia. June 18. ? Effective tomor row, June' 19, under netf 'sugar conser vation rules issued by William Elliott, food administrator for South Carolina, dealers will not be permitted to aell sugar for household use in larger lota than two pounds to persona residing in cities and towns ; nor in larger lots than live pounds to persons residing in rural communities. . . These regulations are made neceaaary by the present shortage in sugar, which renders it essential that rigid Conser vation in sugar consumption be observed. Exception is made only when sugar is desired for canning and preserving and it is neceAcary to limit those who obtain sugar for canning and preaerving ' to twenty -live pounds per month, except upon, special .permission from roanty' foOd administrators to aecur^ larger amounts for this purpose. Conducted Revival la Sumter. Rev. If. ?. Ben sort, pastor of the ('am den Baptist Church, baa been in Snertej^ for tbe past week where be hm bfetti conducting a meetihg in the Salem Ave nue Baptist Cburcb. Tbe Cbureb bad a tine meeting and over twenty additiona were made to the membership through this revival. Rev. R. W. Reynolds, aba tor of tbe Salem Cbureb; preached to Rev. Benson's congregation here last Sunday I) MATH OF MK l>. W. JOY Whs a Prominent Cltiieu of The Ant locli Community, The hosts of friend* .of Mr, IV YV. Jov were shocked when it became known t tint Ills death occurred at a Columbia hospital on last Sunday afternoon, where he hud been curried for treatment a few days before. Mr. Joy, although sev enty yours of age* was apparently in the host of health, and greeted Ids friends here in his usual jovial way on his last visit to Camden only n few days ago lie was a life Ion* resident of the An tloch section of our county, and was a lender among the citl*eits <if that sec tion in anything that pertained to the uplift of his fellow man. Mr. Joy was a charter member of the Ant loch l.odgi of . Masons, it being largely through his efforts that it was organised, and had served as Muster of the lodge for a Uum her of years, lie was also a member of the Junior Order, ** ? Mr. Joy hud been twice married, his lirst wife being Miss Henrietta Smith, who predeceased him a number of years ago, and of this marriage si* children survive -Messrs. W. 10.. K. II., D. fl., J. 10.. and J. C. Joy and 'Mrs- Etha ltruusou. Ills second marriage was to Mi ss Itculuh Home, and from this unlou there nre seven children, who with their mother survive him. The funeral and burial occurred at Mar>halls Church op Tuesday morning at eleven o'clock amid oue of the largest assemblages ever guthered there, attest ^ Ing to t ha., high regard in which Mr. Joy was held. Services were conduct ed by his pustor, Ilev. J. I*. Attaway, after whlelj the body was taken in charge by the Masons and burled with the rites of- this order. Representatives weve in attendance frotn Antioch, Luck now. Manville, and Kershaw I<odge*. Carolinian Wounded. Washington, June 15. ? The army casuulty list contains eighty-one names. Killed in action 8; died of wounds 10; died- of accident 1 ; died of diseuse 0; wounded severely f?'J ; wounded degree undetermined 4. Private Hobert O. Mayes, Marietta. S. Iloyd West Brook, Chesnee, S. (5,, were severely wounded. Cobb Quit ft Kuce. Columbia, Jun?tJ 17. ? Special : Wade Hampton Cobb, solicitor of the Fifth Judicial District, touight announced his fvjthdrawal from the race for Con gress from the Seventh District. Ia a statement issued he declared that he takes this action because of the Presi dent's expressed wish that Mr. Lever he returned. J tK HKmHjHlFIOATION OF MKN Numlwr of Changes In Classes Given Out - This Week. ? The Local exemption board this week aiiiioiiiKVM h number ot rfclaatlflcttUoflH of men iti the /IraR- age that have Beeu~ made during the week. The board is going over the entire list very carefully and other changes will be announced from time to time. The announcement made thin week affectx the following named men liuviug been .transferred to Class 1 : Tattle C. Gladden. Camden Daniel 15. Golf, Camdeuf?_ . fliiH George, WeHtville Ezckial (JaHkinn, Catnden Steven L. Gardner, Worcester, Mass. Oscar T. Gardner. Casaatt Grover C.Gaskins, Kershaw Iluf us It. Thurman, Lugoff Deamou L. Humphries 'Kershaw Willie Harris, Camden George Kelly, Boykini William K. Knight, Kershaw Hamuel Dean, Camden John Franklin DaPiH. Columbia John Irvin, Lugoff ! 'Robert Johnson, Camden Will JoneH, Liberty Hill \ Dalton .1 nek Hon, Longtown Fletcher Jackson, I -our town Adam Jackson. Lugoff Earl Johnson, Blaney ' Freddie C. Jordan, WeHtville ^ ? Frank Motley, Blaney . i'r Mack McCoy, Bethune ' Thomas Murphy, Longtown Willie Edward Miles, Lugoff Dodd William McCoy; Camden William Thorn an McDonald, Westville Edgar Marsh, Ctxnden Robert Murphy, Camden Leslie McLcHtcr, Bethune John G. Missouri, Camden Henry Mack, Bethune Lomaa Mitchell, Camden WilliH Mickle, Cautey ' Walter McCoIl, Camden Andrew R. Mayes, Camden Jim McCray, Camden Mack Dunltip Collins, Camden Herbert A. Campbell, Camden Edward Alexander Lee, Camden Frank l^ee, Bethune, Limited I. John McDowell I^ewis, Havannah, Ga. Edward F. Be.ll, Camden James Bennett, Longtown John R. Blackwell, Camden Rufus Bracy, Lugoff Callfo Bra swell. Fort Mill N'athan H. Bowers, Kershaw -- Steve Bowers, Kershaw: Simon Anderson, Lugoff John Hkelly Brarihtm, Logoff Lerpy J. Ballard, Kershaw Henry Carter. Camden . Roy Boulware, Camden Ollle C3ook, Blaney Hoary T. Catoe, Kershaw. William Dendy Cook, "Kershaw John Edward Crow, Kershaw v Willie Briten Coulter, Camdaa KamueF Clark, Westrille Itobert Clyburn," Kershaw Placed in Claw 2: Willie Aiken," Camden. Marcos Hasty, Bethune Otto P. Hatfield. Camden . James Manning Herbert, Camden Arthur Gaskins, COssatt William W[.- Hoekabee. Camden <? . Charlie R. Horton. Bethune Reuben A. Gardner, Cltfatt ' c Robert Dexter Hursr, Camdea^v PhU Hammhnd, Liter* Hill Boyfcin Harrison. Ossatt