The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 21, 1918, Image 1
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1918.
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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