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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MARCH 7, 1919.
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LUTING OF FAHMKKS
- dvwU Hero M* *VMay in in
^ of (olloa Acrea ge Kedmtfon,
^ uf th.' largeat fathering* of furin
f?.r hcltl ii? ,,lis <^tt?ty was that as
at the < >!>??? ? House last Friday
^ (ho Vott.'ii holding and acreage
(flioD if sno diBcussed. There were
j fist hundred iu attendance The
Wt was scheduled for tbo court'
^ bill owing U> repairs go Jug on,
^ court house it was transferred
|? opwa house.
?f, K. #? Wooteu, county chairman
association introduced Mr L, f,
>p, one of the beat .posted^ men in
$ute on the cotton situation to
, the principal address. Mr. GulpA
r explained the object of the meet
wd in h very plain way told the
irr? the necessity of curtailing pr<j
iou of cotton and homing for a
tt price. Mr. Guion stated that lc
id pay the farmers to quit business
ttt&iry for one week and see to
tot every man In his community
kI . tbo pledge. !Ic stated that he
practically deserted his business for
> than five weeks in the interest of
BovcQH'ut. During that time he bad
? two trips to Now Orleans, one to
igb and to other places, an<J gave
Carers the beneiit of
iifcm cotton idiuuvtii, and backers
businwc* men of tb> cotton {{rowing
t He stated tbi^t every 'state had
Bovemcnt well under way and that
id by being thrown
tfe fanners failed to win out this1
r it . would bo useless to ever' agail
it the attempt
Ir. Guiou told those who were want
i to know why the government did
io something for tlie cotton farmer,
4 the\ had just, as well get that out
fcflr head. Pointing -to an imagi<>*
fmai>on tho wall in a plain way he
1 thorn that the <*otton growing states
?fronted a very *m?U area, and tjiat
Ittwntativps in the National assembly
Brtootod ko many more people until
[w?> useless for southern representa*
io to attempt any legislation for the
jB?meut of the ii>tton section. That
l? plain truth was the balance- of tho
;rM twlujc cotton products do riot want
priced oottou. By a rlsirig vote
Guion was tendered the thanks of
? formers for lus interest shown and
j untiring efforts in their behalf.
jftwt talks were matld by Messrs.
, W. Boykin. I*. II. Boykin, Chas, J.
Iubod and others. Mr. L. W. Boy
i itated that he could hardly add
Itkinr ?to what Mr. Quion had al
told them, except to urge them to
?#ow.. jUe vr them quite an in*
uwount of a visit paid him
it 4iwi> uni> by the president of the
tofiil Farm Loan Bank at Washing
l This gentleman had made uiouey
bing in Kansas, and had ' visited
of the farmftig sections of the
Nutates. If was his first trip to
In Carolina, and be told Mr. Boy
i that n wonderful section -the South
*d to him compared to his western
i. He suid that he saw at a glands
t what the .Southern farmer needed
} to diversify his crops and get
P from the nil eottori idea. Said he
N u<>t help but envy the people of
with when he looked out on a win
3*X and ?*ouM se?? small pigs and
to tadiuR in the open fields and
* it wa* possible to raise litters of
till tho your round. In !*(#? section
>?* the winter it was quite expen
* to raise cuttle owing t? the' aG"
MrintPN ill the farmljr* *ot his
r?n mad,, money aud .prospered. Dur
p winter all of the cattle andj
It* f'f hi s srction had to be housed!
I^ara heated barna, and were' water- j
[V having tln> ire broken and heated,
fuid the south offered unlimited po?
Bl ilivi.iyitlcd-fanulu? If the
would only take advantage.
^ #udionc<' was iximposed of agreHt
?>lnr?i farmer*, and one of their
ttfr state* I in the meeting that they
* I" full >yn?nathy with the move
** *nd that the white farmer* could
^ tVm to follow their -lead.
1 vail of the committee* appoiut
k'or &'? various sdhool districts
nearl> every section frep*esented.
* "womitteenien jjn?t after the main
*a? and it was decided to hold
at every' x*hool house in the
W^ln^day night bf this
and on Thursday night of thi?
fftr eoloml farmers, when the
?** ^rds would be signed up. It
F*8 most enthusiastic gathering of
p1 held in -this county and
umiifd t/? be in earnest about!
the a on* age for 1ft 19 snd
P* ^mainder' of the crop of
Jfc_^0T ? higher price. - ?
^ Mallory, president of the
P 8*?sfn*hip Compaof and former
E* the Atlantic, GuVf and West
Company, died suddenly
F* ?? Winter Parfc, Fla.
P the causa of his death
HOLDING MOVK I NDKK WAY
From all rad* of State Come Reports
of Thul Successful Mfftlnt.
CojmiAiH, hVb. South Carolina
has taken the dtepo, The tight is on.
From all l>ut a few counties iu the state
report* were received Friday ?t the of
fice of tlio State ceutral COQunlttee in
charge of the work of the eottou anno
elation. All of those report* stale that
there were largo meetings of farmers,
and l?M.siu(\ss men, and that more deter
mination has never been shown.
The fanners in the counties have en<
dorsed the proposition to cut the acreage
JU5 W per cent and have signed the
pledge in large numbers. The persons
pK scnt have taken pledges home to be
sighed by their neighbors. The' cam
paign did not eud with todays meetings
but hub ju*$. begun, says J. II. Wanna
maker, state chairman. The uieetiuga
were successful, not uuder the spur of
oratory or excitement but by force of
tHf logic of the situation and the far*
iners belief that he tins not had a
square deal.
In some of the counties there were
discussion of the relation of tenunta
and landlords to this question. The
atate central committee at it* meeting
next Tuesday at noon hi this' city will
he u*kcd to determine a fair basin of
exchange upon which other commodities
can be given to landlords iu place of
rental cotton. It is stated 'that the
landlords in many counties will be
patriotic . enough to cnange their con
tracts and get out or fhe all eottou
rental'
* Several of the couuties passed reso
lutions declaring that if ootton farmers
ar^.to bo represented abroud by one of
their number Senator K. T>. Smith is
the mun who should go.
Bishop Uuery to Preach.
On Sunduy moruing at 1.1 o'clock the
ttt. Hev. W;. A. Giiory, I>. 1>. will make
his annual visitation to Gruce Episcopal
"Ci^iifch'ft^d administer the Apostplic Kite
ot'eoiifinnation.
>. Hislmp Query will preach at this ser
vico. 4. He has just rerturned from a
six months service as Rpeclul preacher
to the men overseas in France and also
was with the Army of Occupation in
Germany. He will undoubtedly have a
message of great iuterest and all arc
cordially invited <to- attend. The Holy
Communion will be ?t the eleven o'clock
service 011 Sunday instead of 7 :45 a. m.
F. H. Harding, Rector.
, Trains Must Stop at County Seats.
The house last week passed the bill
by Senator Padgett to require all pas*
senger trains to atop oii Signal at all
county scats. Where the coftnt* seat
Is. not .served by a tmain line, but is
sewed by a branch line, all passenger
trains must atop on signal to take on
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pr let off passengers at the junctional
point, provided such junctional point
is not more than 23 miles from the
court house. Violation Is punishable by
penalty of $100, one-half of this amount
to go to the person thus left after sig
naling the train to stop and one-half
to the ? county. The bill had already
been passed by the senate and was or
dered enrolled for ratification.
NOT TO MOVK FROM HERE
Veneer Plant Will Remain in Camden
and Probably Double its Capacity.
An article appearing in the daily pa
pers a few days ago from Sumter stated
that the Camden Veneer Company was
to be moved to Sumter and consolidated
with another Veneer Company from
MiocksvilU*, 2ST. O., giving Sumter an
enormous plant. This article was mis
leading and( Incorrect.
Mr. Frank Williams, the manager of
frthr (7f>mdon Venonr f'nmpnny, whtoh in
owned by his fathe^.' of Mocksville,
stated that the Camden plant not only
waH to remain here, but the plant will
be, doubled in xbse asr soon as labor con*
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ditions become normal. The Mockaville
plant will continue operations also, "He
thinks possibly that work wlit commence
aboUt the flrst of September. He also
stated that they would erect a large
Veneer company in Sumter, which will
make three plants under their manage*
ment. At one time they contemplated,
putting an additional plant in Florence,
T5uf '? fhfy have ffbout abandoned this
idea.- Ife states that in addition to a
veneer -plant at Sumter they will install
a finishing plant, assembling the veneer
and glueing it up before shipping to
^furniture factories. ? la addition to the
veneer plants and logging camps. ,the
Messrs. Williams are Interested in fur
niture factories in North Carolina.
Lenten fkiiltea at Grace Church.
Services may be. expected on Monday,
Tuesday and Friday afternoons at 5
o'clock i on Wednesday night at 8. Iff
and on Thursdays the Holy Communion
at JS
? " F. H. Harding,
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FINK IIORHKS WINTKKINU IUCBK
\ uimttis Holding Vwt Records Will ?*?
?l Nutmc Show ThU Mouth.
- -The** art> fctte days for the (totting
l???rs?- iiM'ii who are umuk faimlow for
their winter quarters uud the horses
every tin* d<?.v are given their exerciwe
on the truck *?f the Camden Hiding and
Driving Club or ou the city slreot*.
Thee* in no horse that 1h here this
winter that has uot iiu proved since
their arrival and owuem hiu! trainer*
nro enthusiastic about conditions that
they find hese which arc ideal for win
teriltf horse*. ? S
Senator Dtivld Tod, of Youngstown,
Ohio, has in his stable at the track
o fthe Riding mid Driving Club "Ridge
rnnrk" 'J.08 1*4. This horse was winner
of the Ohio state in' 1017 for a purse
of $3,000. All the best horses of that
year \vere euteied aud started agaiust
him. It wits a great ^|pce und $10
paid $700 iu the pools.
Other horses of note in the stablep
here are "W. J. Leyburn" holder of
the -worlds record for live heists for
three year old trotters over a half mile
track. 'I'll is distinction was won at
Goshen, N. Y, "Atalanta" a three year
old filly that raced last year in the
Grand Circuit as a two year old with
marked success. "Princes Clo*"- 2.15
as a two year old, sired by Biujolla,,
the sire of Binlahd, the winuar of last
years Transylvunni at Lexington, Ky. .
There are eight more promising horses
in this stable that are bound to be beard
from uext Hummer on the Northern
tracks and thus show the worth of
Camden as a winter training center for
horses.
Visitors 'to the Field Day at the race
track here next Wednesday, March 12th
and to the Ilorse Show on March 20
and 27 will see many of these fine
horse* in speed harness. The program
for all th^e daj* is varied and inter
esting. ^ x
Member Public Service Commission.
\V. H. de Loach of Camden has been
appointed by Governor Cooper as a mem
ber of the State 'piiblie service commis
sion, and- he has informed the chief
executive that he 'will, accept the ap
pointment. The public' service corpora
tion hears complaints as to the opera
tion of public sorvioe corporations.
When Governor Cooper took office there
,w?s only one member of the commission,
S. It. Earle of Clemson. Mr. deLOach is
the second. The cammisslon'b strength
as required by law is three members,
Another member cis to be appointed bj*
the governor at an early date. ? Friday's
Columbia .Record. J
Captain Shrock a Visitor.
Captain W. A. Shrock, ko well known
in CamHen a$d Kershaw county who ia
tow residing at Charlotte, N. C., was
a visitor in Camden ' Sunday. Captain
Shrook's^twany friends will be pleased
t<? know that he is doing well In his
new home. v He holds a responsible po
sition with the \V extern Newspaper
Union in that city. He edits and super
vises , the ready print service sent out
to the papers of North and South Caro-,
lina and Virginia papers.
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. Services at Catholic Church.
Rt. Rev. Win, T. Russell, f>. D;,,
Bishop of Charleston to administer the
sacramcnt of confirmation at the Catholic
Church on Sunday March 9th.
Mass at 6:15 a. in. High mass fol
lowed by confirmation and a sermon by
Hishop UusseTl nt ll i "S! Sunday
School at 10:15 a. m. Rosary, sermon
and' benediction at 8:30 p. m. Special
music by members of 'the choir, Mrs.
\V. M. Nolan, Miss Lucy Louth, Mrs,
J. J. Cole. Organist Miss Alberta Team.'
The public is cordially iuvited to .attend
theso services. ? ; ? :
Arrived at Newport News, -t
Ncfwport News, Va., March 8. ? Cor
]>oral Dan Murchison, of Camden, S. C.,
was among the arrivals on the battleship!
Michigan. He would have been an of
fice if the armistice had not been'' signed
by Nov. 14. He was in an officers train- 1
ing school in France when the Han
quit cold so suddenly on November 11 J
More' officers were not" needed after thatl
and so as a reward for making a good
showing at ..the school the candidates,
moot ?rf them heroes -of- -many battle*, j
who had shown ability as well as cour
age, were given the choice of a return
to . the U. S. A, or poaaible return to
th&r units. Units did hoi need then*
particularly .because regimental .com
manders, thlpking the candidates would
be commissioned had filled the vancan
cies in the noncommissioned grades.
While draining a fish pond on Wester
ham plantation Wednesday M?aars. J.
B. < -rocker and Henry Savage caught
about three bushels of fine fish. Among
the lot was trout weighing tea and a
ha* pom* \
V t OMMITTKKS APKOINTKll
U> President of CM?lW of
Comwri*. ;?'
lbalulntf that in order* tu create iu
tere.*t ami to place this importuut or
gauixation on a basis which will bo
permuoeiit, at the suggestion of our
officer* flwl board of dlftctora 1 have
created the following committees, the
purpose o f each which 1 ahull explalu
luiult.v. To thou* who Khali cowvtituto
in I'M' ?*ortvmitte*? and to the puttie tft
!ur*e may I state that if they deftire
ui- to do aw the majority or other live
to\v?)H are doing, .namely, derive benefit
tcvlh our commercial hotly, it Ik certain
ly up to us to take an Interest, *0 create
iuterest, to offer such suggestions an will
plac<\ uh in a position to do good, to
ivali^e that nothing was ever accomplish
ed by rcferjng to the failures of similar
enterprises, to make ui? our tniuds not
to -burden ffui' frieuds with tho views of
a t^nftrpi*^ prosiiriist, but to pull to
gether for the good\of the odd town
of Camden. t
The committors we have created are
as follows, the said1 committers . being
organised for the purpose of bringing be*
fore aud^aWng in charge such matters
as may come under their several heads
ki the (Chamber of Commerce :
Committee ou Industries? li. A. Kirk
land, chairman, J. B, ('rocker, l.oroy 8.
Davidson, <\ J. ttfcaunon.
Publicity 'Committee ? -H. K. Ilallet,
chairman, E. N. McDowell, Italph N.
Shannon, T. I<ee Little.
-iCVntfmftitee on Civic Improvement' ? ]
John K. Rhaifie, chairman, M. Barueh,,
L. A. WIttkowsky, James II. Clyhurn.
Committee on Railways and Transpor
tation- ? H. It. Pitts, chairman, John S*
Lindsay, I>. TU-kuor. John M. Villa,
pigue.
Committee on Membership ? L. J.
Whit|tke4 chairman, H. M. Kennedy,' Jr.,
\V. V. Nettle*. J. B. Zemp.
Committee on Legislation (City and
County) ? David Wolfe, chairman. C. H.
Yates, IS. It Ciarke. J. F. Batoman.
Cf>mmi1 tee on Roads and Fftldges (Citjr
and County ) 'Davl4 Perkins, chairman,
John T.t Ma44cey. t}. II. Baimi, M. C.
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Advisory fomtnlttas ? W. M. Hhnunon/
Chairman, U T. J?Wk. T. J. Kirkland,
II! (J. Carriaon. ,
I1 respectfully request that the members
of these several committees favor us fey
serving thereon and join in with tills
movement by which: we intend to give
Camden a live ^permanent 'Chamber of
Commerce.
s ? II. O. Carrison, Jr., Pres.,
I Camden Chamber of Commerce.
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Chamber of Commerce Notes. *7 i
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~ "A meeting of the (Camden Chamber of
Commerce was held at the Opera House
on last Thursday afternoon with a very
crodi table attendance. The report of
the committee appointed to can vus for
now members showed that a total of
sixty five men had enrolled up to that
date nnd it is hoped to bring' that num
ber up to one hundred before the next
meeting. The committee appointed to
nominate suitable names for directors
submitted the following who. were unani
mously elected : Messrs. It. B. Pitts,
u A. Kirkland, W. J,. Dol'ns.s, II. K.
Hallett, F. M. Wooten, W. D. Barfrett*
T. U Little, I). O. Pertrtns. L. J.Whit
nkftr, L. C. Shaw, J. K. Bbame ami D.
Wolfe.
.A meet! ng of the directors was held
at the Bank of {?amdcn on la&t Tuesday
1 afternoon at frhleh time the various
cominitt4RM > were 8pp?in?d."~"lWulnr
meeting of this body will be held on the
second Friday in each month at 6 p. in..
' and will be held ut the opera house
until a permanent. meeting place is se
' lected. Several places for permanent
headquarters are under consideration
now. audit believed thnt 'before long
an attractive tffld convenient meeting
place can be arranged for. --.rrrr-'
Dr. A. T. Jamison to Preach.
Dr. A. T. Jamison of Greenwood will
preach & Baptist' Church Sunday morn
i ing and evening. All of his old ?*ao
| ciates and acquaintances will be glad
to : bear him and extend the invitation
to othem. Dr. Jamison will also speak
to the men's class. Don't . fail to meet
him and hear him. ?
Arrived From Overseas. ; r
A message to his mother, Mrs. H. U
WutkinH, of this city, yesterday brought
the clad tidings to her that ^ack Wat
kins, who has been in Fraaee since the
Camden Company west over, has landed
at Norfolk, Va. He is cacpected to re
turn to Camden shortly. -y(r- - ' - ^ '
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Rufus TVasley, aged forty years, of
the Wateree MUl village, died Saturday
night last sad the burial was at tkn
Wateree Mill village cemetery en Sunday.
Mr. Teesley leaves a wife and two chfl,
(KIMINAI, ('AHK8 BKINU THIKD
I'l Kejra?W)i Found Guilty on Man
for Killing Another Negro.
Court of General Serious was engag
oil iu the trial of Tom Stewart for the
killing of Hir*K Hampton last week at
u negro fWrtick about nix miles below
C'aqadeti. A verdict of guilty^ of matt*
slaughter was rendered in the MM of
IN* lteynolds for the killing of another
niyro itvflrwl
months ago uear lloykin.
The trouble wan over u-womai}, The
ea*e drew a lurge number of negro wit
nesses ?iud spectators.
Keith S. Villcpigue, the seventy or
more year old white man. who was charg
ed with storiug whiskey in his residence,
pleiul guilty to the charge and wan seu
teuced to serve a term of oue year in
the penitentiary and pay a Hue of $1,000*
Judge) Sense, however, suttpeuded the fine
and sentence with the exception of $100.
The other sentence goes Into effect iu
ease Yillepigue in ever again >rt?nvict?d
upon a xim liar charge. Tbl# wap the
sfcmid conviction on the charge of deal
In#/ ta whi*#ey utwu this mm. Soon
after " VJlleplgue'a first conviction he
united with the Methodic church in this
city, and., he had threo of the prominent
member* bf the Methodist church to ap*
pear lu hi* behalf us character witnesses
No biljs were returned in the follow
ing case: /
Sam Alexander, assault with intent
to rqvish. \
Walter Wright, seduction.
Wesley Young. rape.
Tillman Meltou and Lillie Hheom,,
adultery.
Ernest t'artcr and Captain Cautheu.'.
housebreaking and larceny.
Arbjll Ellis, larceny.
Kobert Price, housebreaking and petit
larceny ? ?v." "
The followiug case have been tried :
Allen Nelson. Jr., pointing pistol at
another and carrying eonccalcd wea
pons, uot guilty.
A-maund TVuesdefi, plead guilty *lo
larceny and was sentenced to pay a
fine of $25 or serve 30 days. Fne paid.
King aud Oliver Hall were foun<J
guilty; of petit larceny and sentenced to
*erve " thirty days each on public high
ways.
Hester Harrison plead guilty tj> petit
laKH'n.r and was sentenced to pay a line
[ rf $40. or serve thirty day6.
AJburtus Price found guilty of lar
ceny and' sentenced to three months.
William Johnson^ James Uruesdell
and William Johnson, Jr., were, charged
with larceny. The / case against the
younger Johnson was nol prossed, a.ud
the e]der Johnson and Trwesdell wfero
found guilty nnd sentenced to one year
each.
- Wesley Grantham found not guilty of
housebreaking and larceny
Wye Tate not guilty of murder.
.lames Kirkland. alias Jim Ballard
was found guilty of grand larceny and
sentenced to thirty day* 'on chain gang.
Udbertj Price was found guiity of
housebreaking and larceny. Sentenced
to twelve months.
Maijde Aaron plead .guilty to violation
of prohibition law and ,w?? sentenced to
pay a fine of $500.- and five months
Imprisonment, which was suspended dur
ing good behavior, upon the payment
of a fine of $25.00 which was 'paid.
I)exter Trueadell plead guilty to petit
darccny. Sentenced to pay a fine of
$100. r thirty days, suspended oh. pay
ro^t./o.f forty fine.
Grand Jury Presentment.
To the Honorable Thos. S. 8eane, I"re
j- tttdlng Judge. Spring Tfrm of Court Jfft
Kershaw County.
We the grand Jury beg lea v? to make
the following presentment :
: We* bare passed upon all bills handed
us by the Solicitor:
We have found the roads as one may
expect under the past conditions. The
recent rain** have kept the woHc on the
goads down. ?
We wduld recommend that the porch
at the county jail bo .fixed .aa was re
commended in a former report last year.
\\te especially' think that this porch a|
?real uueessity.* |We also r^ooommend
that there be installed within the coun
ty jail, by the County Commissioners
and Supervisor, a shower bath" for the
benefit of the prisonem and also recom
mend that the. County Commissioners
provide the Sheriff with a suitable num
ber of ? extra overalls and underwear for
prisoners who may be placed in the jail,
to guard against body lice. ^ ^ v;
' We also recommend that a new set of
locks be put on the doors of ths jail M
am* wde> stand thal tme set of the keys
hare been lost by a former sheriff and It
is not deemed" safe ' as the doors are now
fixed.
r_ We note that the .work on the Court
fM??Jfc?tnot bef-n romplctcd^bnt We
??4^Biriha?l hu^tK-^n, ^ wttl soon
be eompletafl^
W?f ^gmld ,ltTv>mtn^d fhatsome ac
tion be taken by the Trustees of School
district No. 2 to furnish the Malvern
H1U ?Aool with watev. It has beenra
that nothing has ever been done. We
this be dons at otice, no that
y ibs^Lw ; 1 ~
m ths nees-^e
"F1KI4> DAY" WKDNKHDAY
Interesting Kvento To Be HeW ?t Rut
Truck In Kirk wood March IHtfi.
There will be given on Wednesday
March twelfth, starting at 3 p. to. under
the uuapU/c* of the Camden Hiding and
Driving OlCib, a number of vaolng events
which should attract a great deal of
attenttou.
These cvt'uiN will be iu the, nature of '
a Field l>ay and will furnish tho people
of the viciulvy un opportunity to see
some of the best ht?r?e<? iu the country
uow iu tuilning.
The race ' conrae, uudor the direction
of offlulals 4ft the Common Hiding and
Privlug <'lul? has been put in "apple
pie" order In anticipation of this occa
i slon,
There will be two Harness florae race*,
which will bring to the starting post the
pick of the -.Whlto stables from Syra
cuse, N. Y., the Tod otables from Youagv
towu. Ohio, ami the Orossrann h( nblt-s
from Monroe, N. Y.
In addition to the harness races there
#11)1 -he a quarter of a* mile dash for
polo ]k>m ios und as there in keen rivalry
between the owners of these pouies, a
good, race will be. the result no doubt.
: The half mile o<pen race for running
horses should attract a Hpleudid , entry,
not only from the sublet* that have been
shipped here for .winter training, but a
number of locai entries should be re
ceived.
A long dint Alice golf ball 'driving con- '
test, with polo play el's on horseback
equipped with 'mallets pitted against golf
pi flyers on foot with a driving ^ub,
will prove to be something of a novelty
and will attract the golfers sojourning
here. There is Home question in the
mind* of the golf fane as to the ability
of a polo player to hit a golf IhUl at
all. This' event is expected to settle alt
controversies oil thia question.
Another event which should attract /
ipuch interest is the pony jumpers. Ther^r
nre a number of ponicH in graining here
with tqxlendid .record# and the competi*
t ion iu thiti elans will be very spirited. .
The Qpeof Ilunter Clasg will attrncL
soiao of tho host horses now in training.
These horses will be required to jump?
four feet and as this class is .-an open
oue a big entry is totfected.
The half mile relay race will probably
attract* as much attention as any con
test on the card. In ?thi? raoe the riders
will change ,|nount* every eighth mile.
There will be at leaat four contestants
which will necessitate t}ie use of six
teen horses.
The Novelty Race will furnish an op
portunity for- the lady riders to show
their skill. . In this event ladies with
their escorts start at the wire, th6. gen
tleman -carrying an unlighted cigarette ;
together they gallpp around an obstacle,
which in this cam will be a barrel, and ~ *7
return fto'tlie starting point. The lady
at this point will light the gentleman's
cigarette without touching it, thereupon
the couple will gallop around the ob
stacle to the point of beginning.
It ia very much desired by the cona-17-hk
mittee in charge that as many ?^ttfes as
possible be made, to <theso different events,
and as the Camden Hiding and Driving
Club, is desirous of making this Field
? Day a big success, every .effort will be
mode 'fo please all in attendance.
All- Hotels Filled. . .
All of the tourist hotels of the city
arc tilled for the present as well as the
private boarding houses in. < 'mnden. Sev
eral visitors <'ninc' to Camden yesterday
flntj being unnblr to get rtajQtnnrtatirma..
moved on to Pinehurst, N. C,
tion. It is too low and causes it to '
sfnoke, which makes it very disagreeable - ''
to both students and teacher. We re
commend that the Trustees have this
attended to at 'once. Also the springs
from which the water that is 'used for
drinking purposes is Rotten ft pul "beneath
a hill just beltfw a 'ceroetry, We would .
recommend that the use of ihis water be
discontinued and that the trustees pro
viso a more wholesome water nupply.
Wp recommend that the bridge across
the Watcree be completed as early an
pohsdbl^* and that approached to the
bridge be Worked up as soon as practi
cable.
We also recommend that the crossing
at the ferry at the Wateree river be con
ducted with as mu<4i caution as possi
ble, and with as much convenience to
the traveling public.
It has been reported to us by W. J,
Drnkoford nnd J, M. Workman
seph MIefcTe and Ella Mickle, a white
man and pegro woman is living together
as man and wife, which is al
agaihet the good socieoT^HBd the
the land. We recommend that
be taken by the proper
tics to have these parties
and come before the law, .
witnesses be summoned by
to; furnish any information
; In the case, r- ^-1^:1
^ ulsory law be so
embrace the whole
four months.
We desire to thank
[ing^Judge, and the
and
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