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CAMDEfCSOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 19l?.
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NUMBER 42.
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?KS FORM PLAN TO
IlICECOnON ACREAGE!
(AW COUNTY FARMHHN M15T
*ITH 0TIIKK8 OF 8TATK IN
flH.UMW A ? MEETING CAIXEl)
jtqK Al t COTTON STATES TO BE
HjClJi IN NEW 0RUCAN8 FBBRtr.
Hi 4
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p umber of the largest, and most in
itial farmers of the county met Ju
[ directors room of *he First National
Dk last Friday night and, formulated
(or reducing the cotton acreage
pear. I
committee was appointed' to call a!
tin* tfor Tuesday of this woeX In |
wuinbia to which other countieH of the
ite were invited to meet with Qover
Cooper. Representative* were there
i Kershaw, Chesterfield, Marlboro,
, Orangeburg and BdgefVrid counties,
i Ctaaden delegation was composed of
r. Mackey, F. M. Woo ten, L. W.
jrkJn, L. I. Onion and Dr. Walter
,rreiL The committee was Joined in
ilaabia by Representative M. M. John*
_ of thia county*
rK plaa originated by Mr. John T.
y, which is reproduced below* WM
before th? meeting and was agreed
it It wm the moat feasible plan yet
L (0nrard. Governor Cooper sent the
owing telegram to the Governors of
following states : North Carolina,
e, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana,
a sag, Mississippi. Texas, Oklahoma,
Inlt, Florida and Missouri :
"Under present conditions and such
ire likely to obtain in the future
farmers of the cotton States can
. produce cotton as cheaply as h^re
ifflh;. The time has come when cot
must bo produced only to meet
.ulrements of consumption, to the end
it we may always have a ready aud
kiting market. The farmers of my
ite are of the opinion that the acreage
1 the 1919 crop should not exceed 25,
0,000 acres. They wisj^ . to Join with
>resen tat ives from other cotton States
treating a movement to bring about
ge reduction and secure a better
for cotton now on hand. This is
It of the most important questions.
? ! die people of phe South a ml requires
apt and united action on the part of
l^the cotton growing States. It is sincere
hoped that each of the cotton States
01 join in. this movement whole hefcrt
Djr. I therefore have decided to ask
goremoru of each cotton State to
oint two dolegates, one farmer and
banket, with alternates# from each
otton growiu# Congressional District to
ittend a meeting at New Orleans, La.,
ftbruary 4 to formulate and adopt a
tieal plan suitable to aH the States
that will bring a satisfactory ad
men t of present conditions. 'Mhy I
that you appoint delegates from your
?te and notify me of your action."
A telephone message from Governor
er to Mr. Mackey yesterday after
noon stated that he had heard from the
Minors of Texas and Georgia andthat
*7 approved of. the proposed* plah and
appointing delegates to go to New
?ns next Tuesdaly. Governor Coop
va$ naming delegates yesterday after
from this state to attend the New
?Q8 meeting and had appointed
m*. L. I. Guion and J. IV Mackey
represent the Fifth Congressional dis
from South Carolina.
Mr. Maeke^s Plan.
it seems to us the tirst thing wc should
!?. is to let th<.> world know positively
'?t the acreage of cotton, this year, will
reduced, we should say, one-third, and
at we will plant only about twenty- 1
P* million acres. If a percentage of
Unction could be mgrecd upon and
oted, then ro to work, and make a
ton state-wide campaign, And put the
over.
We can got more money for 11,000,- J
50 ^ 12,000.000 bales this year, than
hope to jet for 15,000,000 to
"?WOXHX) bales, and money is what the
"Kjon producers need, and must have, I
not a surplus of cotton and seed,
iv ? they cannot sell. at a profit. Start
r Bi an effoctive businesslike way, and
wl surr tjiat it willhttvoxnore effect
'hc Price of cotton now held and
; JMng for a fair price, than any other
;?? thing that can be done.
After reaching an agreement, the next|
B* would be to put it before the peo
r* 'lave the announcement come out |
<,t5,y and weekly paper, * and
**7 farm paper in > the Cotton Statss,
V?ne date as early aa possible, and
a **** to occupy the entire first page
- Vfry paper< ant keef> this thing to
h .rr)nt until the campaign is over.
^ wort, put on a publicity campaign
a...** wa* put on for selling Liberty
* \ and ico at ths thing to do it
A?u cl?8,n* date, and sign ur every
jb i, '! wtton planter and every citi
Ffin.iV Cotton States. No trouble
Fh , h4C *? *t it right. Of course,
* b|g job. it will cost some money
I JF amount but it is easy $o I*t
A?: more th*n would be needed.
JJ* of membership fee of ten cent*
T*- ?n twenty-five million a<ires
^ng a fund of $2,200,000. Twem |
per acre would produes
/**>? Besides, every merchant,
And professional man ? 4fc f*ct,
? I!!ty citiren in Cotton States
pay nominal member
-A ,f Properly presented and eon
rH Lth* th,n* would be carried
could well afford to shut
, nW4S throngbout the Cotton
* week, or two weefea, and
?!> and KigB op every cotton
w^c4SL.-?Sb iateili*
Kent cotton planter*, in every commun
ity, would, wo believe, not fail to look
uiU r the small ami ignoraut plautera In
ilj.ii coimuuuitle*.
Want only 25,000,000 acres thiw year
and we certainly would get 3ft emits and
maybe 40 cents per pouud for the crop.
If we plant 37,000,000 acre*. we way
get 1ft cent* ts centSi ,nnd may not
get bot 12 cents tor It. Hut for tbe fail
ure of the 'IVxaH < rop, lust yet#, cotton
now would be welling for loss than 20
cents and moti certainly would have sold
for 16 cents this fall.
Representatives of this committee
should get toother aud work out some
plan for permanent organisation. It la
our opinion that we should have a Cot
ton States Central Bureau, composed of
all the States. We should have a State
Cotton Bureau In each state, and also
a CountV Cotton Bureau In each county,
and ti township or school district cotton
bureau in every township or school dls
Souie work we kuow, but this is the
solution, aud the only solution of low
price cotton and low price seed, we
have got to reduce production, aud wo
also must spread out the sale, and mar
ket the crops more, as needed for con
sumption.
We can be the n>ost prosperous peo
ple in the world, if we make cotton
scarce enough, while over production
means hard times, povorty. failure and
bankruptcy. The cotton producers can,
without doubt, make more monoy wprk
ing four days a week and resting? -sit
ting down two days, than they can work
ing six days every week lu . the cotton
fields. Then think of the euormous
amount of food products that could be
produced on ten or twelve million acres
of land, not planted to cotton. Better
for the "farmers just to sit down two
days every week, better for the land to
be idle ? have no crop on it than to plant
It In cotton, and have over production
and low prices as we have bad. ,
would get more money for small cropjh
and our lands would Improve, and 89
or 40 cent cotton would double or quad
ruple the value of our lands, and soon
we would have the highest priced^ lands
in the world.
Reduced production, we must have, or
we have trouble ahead of, and we fear
it is coining very soon. There is no
more cheap labor for producing cheap
cottou. With equal yields of last year,
the cost of production, this year, in
our opinion will be increasd* JO to 50
per cent. If we have to- sell this crop
at 20 to 80 cents, we will have worked
the year f?r nothipg, and a short crop
Ajx ntiy section, means that debts can
not be paid, and money lost.
now on, we must plant cotton Intelli
gently? to meet the requirements of the
world The increased expense makes tWs
imperative. It is no longer a smsU
matter, a* In the past, bat it is >?dt*d
a very serious matter to the eat&tt
planters. We must get organ zed and
create a force to meetnhc combined or
ganized forces that come against MS, and
which we have always, and must con
tinue to support and sustain from pro
ceeds of our cotton and soed.
This is the biggest, most serious and
most important question before the peo
ple of the Cotton States today. It
should receive the most ^?u;r fno lgwh
and consideration of the best brains we
have at this time, and the correct so
lution of it should have the hearty .co
operation of every citizen,, no matter
Bight.8 nowTwbile much of t^J'orl4
is bare of cotton and cotton goods of
every kind.* is the time to make a start
Never again will it M so ^sy to carry
through Homething along the lines we
suraest as at this time. The cotton pro
dv?? are in the right spirit for it, and
would readily and heartily join in the
movement. Now is the time to do it,
mid. we would like to see it started with
out delay. While every citizen should
help pay the costs, thtr cotton planters
alone can pay $10,000,000 to $12,000,000
for right orgaairation, and Proj^r admia
Istratmn," anf conre out abead attfce
ejid of the year, and every year there
after. Suppose, for SnH^^' in qoo 000
''ft 000.000 acres, to produce 10,0UU,UW
bales and *ct 40 cent. I?r .
V200.00 per bale, tint would br'"'
Xiltton dollars. If we p ant 37,000.000
nVri>? *ir more, and produce 16.000,000
& and ?et 20 ??te-?100.00 per
IXtwe wJuld get a billion. ?ir bun
dred million, leavlu* four bundwl mil
lion \ln favor of reduwd productj^
FlfrurinK on samp ba?l?. the one ? .
fanner would *et out about a? Mlow.,
a bale., at *200.00 equa ? *1200 00
fl hates at $100.00 equals $900.00
Result $300.00 in favor of rcdueed pro
dUThen price basis use<N aboveisprob^
Ably not correct. It would be nearer
'" t M axe 4S to ?) and IB to 18
"ntt per pound. Reducing acreage mean.
inrrftm"1 "er acre, and tbat mcan_
a greater margin for profit.
Selling Livestock.
During the past week several of our
large farmers have shipped livestock to
distant parts. This is a result of the
campaign for better livestock in this
county put on several years ago.
Mr. L. W. Boykin, of Boykin, ship
ped a car load of hogs to Wilmington,
N. C.f last week. These hogs ranged
in weight from 226 to 300 pounds mad
were only nine months old.
Mr. Henry Savage shipped sixty head
of bis fine stock, of hogs to a banker
at 8eneca, S. C. It 1s said that the
bank at that place w4H distribute then
around throughout that count? In order
to introduce this fine breed.
Mr. F. M. Wooten also shipped twelve
head of hi s^ fine Hereford heifers to Ut
Camel, in McOormick county this week,
getting a good price for lime.
Commander \frm. Ancrum of the U.
8. Navy has had his order* changed
since leaving Camden.; He win sot anil
on the l?th of February ?? expected
but will be in Hoboken for two months.
SHOULD 1IN IIKTTKll 8KRVICB
Kerry Should Do Huh In ? Kuslitesa wwl
Mechanical Way.
Editor OtntOiell : ? The questions ask
ed ill ? recent edition of The Chronicle
by "Jutereeted Enquirer" voices the mui
timent <?f a great many about the way
in which Jtho flat across the Watereo
river is ruu, both in a business and
mechanical way. Personally tlie under*
signed knows little about the buainess
side, but a business with receipts near
ten thousand dollars should have a good
business system. The man la charge
should be onder bond, as are all county
officials .who handle funds. A system
should be adopted that .could be properly
checked. It is a fact that differeut kinds
of blank books und sometimes a pad.
have been used for the signatures of those
who pay fares. Tho collection of fares
and signatures has beeu made by differ
ent partlpH, both colore*? and white. At
various times money has been received
without a signature, ami when doue in
my presence there was no demand for
the signature.
The mechanical management is bad.
.Injuries of various kinds have been, eana
ed by the bad approaches. Ask the Cam
?It-n mechanics. The entrance and exit
of the flat arc often dangerous. As a
public cornier charging for service, the
service should be safo, not nerve-wrack
ing and the automobilist Hhould get what
he pays (for. The automobiles "pay. the
freight" and the drivers thank that some
of the profits of the flat should be used
to make ,the crossing more comfortable
to them. This crossing in the most im
portant point on ono of the moat Im
portant highways. The Camden Automo
bile Club has no suggestions as to de
tail. They and all other automobilist*,
do not object to the fare for a safe and
comfortable crossing.
J no. W. Oorbett, President,
Another Auto ?|{>op.
Messrs. A. B. Shiver* anur Eugene Hoi*
land, of the Antioch section, have formed
n co-partnership and will this week open |
an automobile shop for general repairs
and to sell automobile accessories. They
will be looated in the brick building for
merly ore u pi i'd by A. J. Heattic on
tuffiT Mufti Street. TuSy luVvr an fiu-j
vertisemcnt in this week's Chronicle and
will make a upocialty of the Dayton air-,
lens tires. *
STILL HAS THE COTTON
And Offers to Sell It Back to Mr. Pearce
9 at 3e Per Pound Leas.
Bditor Camden Chronicle: In reply
to jour article in last weeks paper, with
reference to four bales of long staple
cotton bought from B. M. Pearce, I
wish to state I resold the two bates X
bought for twenty cents for the same
price I paid Mr. Pearce, thereby losing
weighing, etc., and then had one of the
bales returned on acoount of being badly
plated. I took the cotton back and r*>
turned the money. I also wish to state
that I still' have this "good" bale of
cotton' (the like 'of which brought 80
1-4 cents in Hartsville on the same day)
and will be delighted to seH it back to
Mr. Pearce for 18 cents per pound. ~
If there are those who read Mr.
Pearce's article do not believe Camden
is a good cotton market, they should
come here and try to buy some cotton
and see for themselves that this Is a
good, strong market on both long staple
and short staple cotton.
Buyer.
Child Badly Scalded.
The little two year old Infant of Mr.
and Mrs. 1a W. Manhlsm, who reside
on the corner of DeKalb and LytUeton
Street happened to a most serious and
painfull accident last Friday afternoon
in which the little one was severely
scalded. The mother was preparing to
give the child Its bath and had a tub
of hot water near and in playing around
it the Httle- fellow fell into ifc, fcadly
scalding its chest and stomach before
the mother could get it out? We are glad
to know that the child is improving, and
iti Is thought .that Its boras will not
prove fatal.
New Store Growing In Favor.
The new store of Moore-Stokes Cor,
opened during the past week started off
well and the managers tell us that their
patronage is growing each day. Messrs.
Moore and Stokes haver, stocked the
building with all new goods and the In
terlor presents a most attractive ap
pearance. ' They are selling goods for
strictly .oashT and' they have inaugurat
ed a new departure from tlpe fceirtral
run of grocery stores. Every article has
been placed in the shelves under, separate
partitions and- all goods have the price
marked In plain figures making it easy
for the purchaser to make his selections.
They are buying their goods for cash
aiid saving money. They expect MTMII
them for cash and save their customers
money on their parehaaes. Read their
ad In this paper tlris week.
UKATII OF MK. HAMMOND
Wns a Former , CUlaew of Camden But
i Ww Residing ?i Bw?wtUvllli?.
Tho body of Mr. William T. Ham*
moud, who diod .at BenuuttsvUle oft
Sunday win brought to Camden Monday
for burial in the Camden cemetery. Mr.
Hammond was a victim of pueuiuouia
following influeuxa and bad been sick
for ono week.
He was a native of the West Wateree
section of Kershaw county but for a
number of years resided in Oamden* and
later removed to Bennettsvillc where he
wn? in the hotel business. Mr. Ham
mond was 99 years of age nnd bad
been twice married ? his first wife be*
ing Mfes Mlnnio Hammond of this city,
to whom were born seven girls and one
boy, and he is survived by the follow*
ing children : Mrs. Luther K. Stokes,
?>f St. Matthew*; Mrs. Willie Blanche
HIH, of W?Rhtagton, D. C. ; Mrs. Mamie
Epperson, of Sumter; Mr?. Btta Price,
of Detroit, Mich, ; Mrs. Nannie Evans,
of Orangeburg, and Miss Margaret Ham
mond, of Florence. His second marriage
was to Miss Alice Stokes, of this county,
who with one daughter, Kula Blanche,
survive him. He is also survived by
oua brother, Mr. John ,S. Hammond,
foitnerly of Logoff , but now residing at
Cheraw.
The burial occurred Monday afternoon
at the Camden cemetery, services being
.conducted by Rev. Harmon, of the
Methodist Church, of Bennettsville. All
of hi# ehlMren were here for the f?*i
eral, slid several intimate friends of
Hcnnettivllle accompanied the ; remains
to Camden. VtV ?
Mr. Hammond waa held in the highest
esteem both in Camden and Bennetts
ville, aid his family was the recipient
of ragnf kindnesses by tho Bennettsville
people.,
Mr. Cooley Goes to Wllllamston.
<Mr. Q. F. Cooley who has been the
overseer on the large Guignard planta
tion near Camden for the past ten years
or more left Camden Wednesday to
makp his home in Williamson, in An*
j dersj&n county. Mr. and Mrs. Cooley
had made numbers of warm friends dur
ing thrfr stay In Camden who regret
to sec them leave Ik* re.
Co). Smith Ordered to France.
Washington, Jan. 23. ? Amonu fifteen
officers of the- judge advocate general's
office who have been relieved of their
jirosent duties and ordered by the sec
retary o i war to proceed to France in
the branch of the same department in
tliat country, are Lieut, CoL Mendel L.
Smith of 8(pth Carolina, now at Camp
Meade, Md.< and Maj. Charles B. Parkill,
now at Charleston. ^ "
'Man of the Mountains* at Baptist Church
The en tire community will have the
opportunity of hearing again the Rev.
J. D. ('rain. He is taking up work as
State Evangelist and will hold his first
meetings here In Camden. . s>
> Mr. Crain is a man of rare gifts and
attractive powers. - His appeal is more
directly to men and the men of the com
munity wttl mi*s an opportunity if they
fait to hear him next Sunday. ?
An added interest will be manifest
in the Sunday School if you come on
Sunday at 10 o'clock.
. A matter claiming attention of the
men will be acted on at class Sunday j
and the men will do well to attend.
To Have Lumber Yard.'
Leroy S. Davidson ft Co., have rented
the lot of the oUT McCreight property
on upper Main Street and are preparing
..to operate a lumber yard for the local
trade. They expect to keep a supply
of building material and brick on hand
at all times. ? -
CHARLES W. DUNN DEAD
Was Formerly of West Wateree Section
Of Kerahaw County. -
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Charles W. Dunn, aged 43 years, prom
inent Richland County farmer, died at
his home, on the Trenholm Road early
yesterday morning of Infloenaa and pneu
monia after a brief illness.
Mr. Dunn was a native of Kershaw
County and had for many years been
a successful farmer and stockman la
that oonnty. He had become^ a resident
of Richland only recently. He had won
many friends by 'his exemplary charac
ter. He is, survived by his widow, two
small children; Jack and Elisabeth Dunn,
together with his father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. J. N, Doobt five sisters and
tw6 brothers. ? Tuesdays State.
Mr. Dunn was well known and Well
liked in this town aad county, no for*
merly resided in West Wateree and was
a substantial planter of that section. ,
Funeral services were conducted at
the home of his brother, J. W. Dana,
two miles east Of Columbia on Ttfesday
afternoon by Rev. W. C. Allen, of- 0UIo?
and the interment waa to Klmwood etuio
P*fr -
IIONOU KOH SOLDIKH8
Homecoming K*Hy Held Here friiny For
Returning Meu.
Citisens of Camden and J Kershaw
County, held their first homecoming rally
Friday afternoon In honor of their men
ccmiitiK back from the ariuy. The Ked
Cr<ws chapter had the affair in charge
and an fottratlng program waa given.
The house waa packed and everybody
was in good spirits. The audiencc aang
lustily under the direction of Homer
Young, War Gamp Community song or*
ganiaer of Columbia. Several vocal num
bers were given by local aingora, Mrs.
K. O, vonTresckow, wife of Major von
Tresckow, president of the Camden chap
ter of the Hed Cross and L. T. Mills
presided. T. K. Trotter read tho roll
of houor and paid high tribute to the
men who had served the o6uutry in ita
time of need. An overseas man from
Camp Jackson made a short talk rela
tive to bis experiences while in the fight
ing sone. 7 I>r. Morse of the University
of South Carolina m*d? the principal ad
dress of the afternoon. In in eloquent
tnuauer be paid homage to the men who
had been so Willing to pay the price for
0111- protection and the country's honor,'
and to the women of America who have
done and are still doing ao'much to aid
the meu of the army as they go forth
to the great task.
Has Re- Opened Cafe.
Since the death of her husband, Mrs.
H, D. OofF has reopened the Cafe 09
I0unt DoKulb Street, formerly conducted
by Mr. Goff. Mrs. Goff has the place
neatly fixed up and it la indeed a credit
able cfife. . It is in a convenient location
and will prove a much nooded enterprise
to those who are stopping here for the
day and desire a quick lunch at a mod
erate price.
A Delightful Entertainment.
Tuesday evening a large and repre
sentative Camden audience responded to
iuvitatious sent out by the Camden Fur*
niture Company on behalf of the Edison
ritonograph Oo. to Witness a demonstra
tion of this make of talking machine
given' at the Opera house. The demonstra
tion was a musical "eeltal by Miss Ida
Gardner, who possesses a most Wonder
ful voice And captured the audienoe in
rendering a /number of conga. Mr. Har
old , Lyman, flutist, pleased the audience
with several .musical numbers played In
harmony with the phonograph.
The Edison people have these enter
tainers demonstrating by comparison the
perfect reproduction of voice and music
by their machine, and Miss Gardner
sings with the phonograph Intermittently
portions of a song previously recorded
S?f ho r own voice.
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CLOSED UP THE DIVE
Council at Special Meeting Puts
Pan on Negro Pool Room.
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At a special meeting of City Council
held bust Saturday liTgbt James Reed,
a negro who has been operating a pool
room and' restaurant on Soutlfc . Main
Street was called before council to shdW
cause why his place should not be de
clared a v public nuisance and bis license
taken away. ' For . a long, while this has
been a gathering place for idle negroes
and. a place for breeding mischief and
council decided to make the negro close
Since the action of council Reed has
prepared ia petition to the council Bak
ing that he be allowed to move from the
building heretofore 6ccupled.~; He says
that he; can furnish a list of aurround
J.Pg Pj^lhbpff Jgbff ftowte. their wfflinfl:
ness for him to ran a business in their
locality. He says he also wishes it for*
tber understood that dnring the time he
continues in business that James McQirt,
or any of hia family, or any parson act
fag aa fa aaent or a copartner with
the said James McGIrt will not be per
mitted to eirter his place of business. ;;
Council has not taken any action on
this petition and it is not known^ whether,
they intend to let the negro reopen Ida
restaurant. They are, however, certainly
known to oppose the pool room and this
will not bo allowed. :
The following schedule lias recently
gone into effect on trains arriving and
leaving Camden:
{for, 4 ? 7:22 tor New York.
No. IS? ?:17 P. H??1?t
No. 2 ? 6 ".34'p. m. for New York.
Drawing Room and Compartm*
PROTESTS AGAINST 1NOKRABR
Wrllo# (<? Cmrwwift and Seuatom
About Income Tax Rales,
At it meeting of Che Caimlru ('karnbor
of Commerce held Tuesday afternoon
that body neat telegrams addressed) |?
Hon. 10. I), Smith, W. i*. Pollock and
>V. F, Stevenson, at Washington, telling
pf a 'resolution passed protesting against
the income tax rates for nineteen-eight
een being in excess of those for the
yepr nineteen -seventeen, and urging that
my deficiency should be met by addition
al bonds. The proposed large increases,
would in the opinion of the organlsatloo,
dangerously cripple industries at a crlti
cal time.
The following telegrsm was also ad
dressed to Clarence H. Mackey, prosi
dent of the Postal Telegraph Cable Co.,
at New York City:
"Wo wish to acknowledge receipt of
a telegram from you dated Jan. 27th
and urging the organisation to take
action urging Senators and Represents %
tives to immediately return to private
ownership the Telegraph and Telephone
line*.
- "1 enclose you a copy of a letter this
day written to Hon. K. I>. Smith, Hon.
W- I*. ftUock, Senators from South ;,
Carolina and Hon. W. F. Stevenson,
Representative from Fifth South Caro
lina District."
The letter addressed to Senators and
Representatives as Indicated in letter to
Mr. Mackey was as follows:
"At a meeting of the Camden Cham
ber of Commerce held January 28th.
IJrli), a was unanimously
parsed that the 0i\ganisatloQ go upon
rtogrq as opposing permanent goverp
tnent ownership of telegraph and tele
phone and cable lines, and as fgvoring
A return of them to private ownership
as soon as it may be accomplished with
out endangering the national safety.
It was further resolved that the
^cmitors and Representatives from
South Carolina be further informed of
this action of th$ organisation."
v The Chamber appointed a committee
consisting of Messrs. R. M. Kennedy,
Trotter and J. J. Workman, to
canvaw. the business tpen and dtlsens
liwsecurlng new metayers for the organi
zation. This body Is being called upon
at all times of the year to give infor
mation of value to this community and"
every citizen should become a member
i and worjt ;'ilo.r, the interest of Camden.
AMONG THE TOURISTS.
S^me iti foresting notes from the Klrfc
wood relate on every department of sport
at?d are especially interesting from the'
Riding and Driving standpoint.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tod of Youngs
town, Ohio, arrived in Camden loday
a?d Will occvpy The Kirk wood Brown ,
Cottage. Mr. Tod's brother, Senator
Davdd Tod will arrive Saturday. Sen
ator Tod is brining to - Camden his/
twelve fancy driving horses which will
V stnbfod at the- Riding andlferivinic
Club. Mr. Ilenry Bast will arrive this
:l*reek with the Polo mounts of the Cha
grin Valloy Hunt. .Club and this will
mark the beginning of some real polo.
Mr. W. S. Blita arrived at The Kirk
wood today.
Carl Anderson and Tom Boyd are
Playing preliminary matches on the
Country Club course today and Ja&. <
Jolly will arrive Saturday thereby con
firming the slogan of "Ideal Golf at Cam
den.
A IXougtae Rinse], Jr., R. L. Walton
and If. L. Walton compose a representa
tive trio from New- Jersey, playing ?n
the Country Club links this week#
Mr. JjoxAh Sledge gave a -dinner party
In the Kirkwood Grille Wednesday evei
entertaining Mrs. W. N. Kerr, Mr.
and Mrs. J, -Leonard Graham and
end Mrs. Newton C. Boykin., "
Arrival on the Kirkwood register
this week are: Mr. and Mrs. A. M
Hello, of Buffalo ; Chester Dale, Mrs. A
? Haeemerer, Mr. and Mra. J. Edward
Boeck. end Mrs. If. Kteober all of
New To A j Mr. end Mr*. Alexander
?e, of Pelham Manor, N. Y. j Mrs.
^ohn-?^-gord-^i-#>^t|J. nt Yomnn
town; Mrs. William 8. Forbes and Miss
Rarbara Forbes of Boston with Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Woodward of I*Roy; Ut
and Mrs. Gustave HerdHng of Ruther
ford and Mr. J. M Holcombe of Was*
Ington. '.Jute " W-r,
Bditorof The Chronicle: Lately I
have overheard several parties threaten
Jug to bring suit against the county for
^W?ageCt*e*ttsc of avoidably delay a at
Wateree Ferry. One party told itoe that
there ia a law on the statute hooka 161
Sontfc Carolina making any one operat
ing a tegry. charging tolls, liable for
Of V&# is^ delayed. If thla is tnfe V
aeema KernhaW/ Cbnnty pil}iig3fi>.4f i
enomona liability. ^
Further will yon please adtiw> y
ferry can be run a? operated'
into what fnnda are the