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IIOU T? (4KT TflK MONKV. j ?' ' | fr'uiMb. Ntm Ir.itUM t l*tr K?*d HulkUti* hp Nwilh Carol inn. ? Miwtbu. \pHI Tb? Wiutr Hlfb-' >v?> 4 '??> i* f i anlttl by - Hiiil iatrrcttteri <it>M>u? v?hi?i lire nti-ctymry in order to *e ? ?rr ri^r (Aixr ?#f >-V<kjial inopf) which art new available for buildio* roads in .South 0?r*liit? It in w^fnour) flrxt of ?II fo i th? countr ro*d to |>?hs u rt*rtu<u * '"?? ItskJn K lb?< Staiv Hi#hwt>. < OWOIU hi.ju for I F??dr r*l Aid for buildiiiff ? ?*f* taiu mtlon or actions of the State V- a ?? 'TT^'r ' i. ' !!ix)iwa> Hjriteuj iu (heir couutie*. Tba# niu*i provide for thr fiioyty NO- -decidedly no, wh?n GRANDMA is around. No bar soap lying in water waiting a way. Nochipping. slicmg or shaving off mora than rm ueed. GRANDMA Is ? wonder fol ?osp? and it b Pomukimd. Tkat'i the big secret. Vow jut measure out what you need, oo more. Sprinkle it io the tub and presto ? just like magic, millioDS ofglorkms, eJeaaslng suds la an instant. Then, the whitest, cleanest, freshest clothes4 that ever buag on a wash line. , and L*r??r i NdugM Try this Powdered Soap Today t Grandma's Powdered Soap Saves TIMS ? Saves WORK? Saves SOAP Your Grocer Has lit Red Cedar Shingles LAST INDEFINITELY WE SELL ONLY THE B^ST ANY QUANTITY AT LOW PRICES SHIPMENT JUST RECEIVED ? -? ? i DAVIDSON & COMPANY TELEPHONE 104 "The Middle Town Yard' Main Street, Next to Court Hous<\ Just arrived Car Load of the New HUPMOBI LES Al so a Shipment of both Chalmers and Franklins GEO. TV LITTLE. Camfa. S. C Put your Mot ?ev; in OUR BANK DONT LET EXTRAVAGANCE CRUSH VDU AND KEEP YOU POOR ! K \ I K \ \ \l. \N< t 1^ \ II VIM 1 ? > \ \ IMi 1^ \ IIA KIT IT IS l\\.s\ TO I'l 1 \ LITTI.K MOM- A INTO TIIK HANK KACIf FAN I > \ N \s it IS TO KUil'KK ON WH AT I'KT KX TKAVAG A.N <'??'- \Ol ( AN IMH MiK IN? KI T. \Olli KXTR.WA 4.\SCK WIM. I.VTI'.H IMTOMK \ KftF.AT III K1IKN- VOHJ. C.IvT TIIK "DliliT 1IAKIT ' YOCHt SAVTM.S Wil l. sOON SHOW A Kl(. IIVI.AMK \NI? \OV CAN I.OOIv rOKW AKI) TO NOM fCTlUNf. WORTH WHII.lv WK I'AV I Ol K I'KK < KNT I NTKKKST first National Bank flF CAMDEN, S. C to defray half of the oo?t- This now; to mottt the feder*) food- c*? come from the County Trravurx or- In md muni cipalities, or from privet*- individual There |f? oue iin>t am* on record in which ?privgte ration iu South Carolina agr<-v<l to provide pgrt of the fund* n<-?-e?*ai> to build an impoitaot bridge. After county road authoi i ti?^i? no tify the State Highway ComiuUaioo by resolution that th?-> want to build part or part* of the State l(ighw*> Sys tem in their count? and that half the fin>nr> neceeeary is available. the State Highway <\?tmiMdon send* an cngineetv tug party to survey thr road to br built After these survey* are mad?- thr State Highway Commission's engineer* pie pare' a careful estimate of thr co*t of thr wirt to W Aw. together with a ?-?mpletr description of the work, includ ing blur print* add plan*. . All of t hit, data i? forwarded to the Secretary of thr IT,. S. Department of Agriculture, Mr. 1>. I*. Houston, who U a South Carolinian. The Secretary of Agricul ture approver thr project, and thr Stale Highway Commission iu co-operation with the county authorities proceeds ta isk for bid* from ton tractors. After securing a satisfactory bid the contract is let and the Federal Govern ment pays half of the cost of the road building, The same process Is followed in se curing Federal money for .building bridges. Wounded Nine Times. '? The following story of a brave boy not only sad, but heart rendiug to every one who reads it. On Friday, March $8, lftlll, just after the ship "I'ocahtmtas" from France reach?xi Charleston, Kdward Hilton King | died of pneumonia. He was eighteen years of age and was a gallant soldier in Company I/. llKth infantry, .'tOtb di vision. He was just returuing from France und had not been taken off the ship before he died. He was wounded nine times while fighting on the tiring line in France aud recoverd from his wounds', aud was taken wi,th influenza which soon developed into pneumonia from which he died. He was taken sick threr days after the - *hip left France. Hi* brother ,( da reuce) who was in the same ship from France, came to Harts ville Friday night with the corpse. Hilton lived with his aunt aud un^le ivar Hartxville, and the Jbody was car ried to their home Friday night. Hil ton was well' thought of bv all who knew him an<l he 'will he greatly uushcjL not only by the boys in the l)8tb In fantry. but by nveryono who knew him. He Imves to mourn his death two broth ers and several half brothers and sis ter*. besides his devoted aunt and uncle who were so nenr and dear to him. His company mourns the loss of a brave and gallant ttoldier. He was laid to at Savannah cemetery on Saturday . morning at eleven o'clock, Klder H. V. ; Skipper conducting the funeral service. Four soldiers were present who took charge of the burial service. His cof tin was wrupped in an American flag i and bis grave was covered with beauti I ful flowers ried with red. white and ( blur ribbon, and a tlag at the head' of the grave aud one at the foot. ? ? . ? - - < C OFFIN IS OPKNEI) Revenue Men Seeking Contraband I-iquor Find Corpse. I>auvillc. Vj?.. April 1. ? Kven the dead are not free from suspicion by internal revenue agents and officers of the pro hibition commission. Word was receiv ed here of an unparralleled cane in the annals of procedure against liquor smug glers. At Roanoke on Friday Federal Ftuidei StuiU halted u casket bearing the remains of Robert E. t'hapmau, which were ?>n their way from Balti more to Norton. Virginia, fur burial. The officers, it is understood, had jea ~?>n to supi?ose tliat a box resembling tho?..? usi?d for the ? shipment" of bodies would be -ent hi'mc from Baltimore to \irginia and believing that they had the Mi^|??stwi thei stopped its transit and thf ?x ami nation was qnade in the basjyagf r?K?m in thf presence of three ?L.vc^nxxt-iil I..CU. Thf <?fliu U>re not on > :i vopv of the death certificate, but i-ili-'" plain niark?< showing whoa*; body y contained ? >n the' lid of thf inner i - ? f Ti ? > beim? and the ?v>rpsf re v. aled tin- ??tin-. lov; tinn- in re closing it 1'fforts to -(ftiiT ytutfincnts from the . ;fi?*er* were futile and all que stionera w re referred to I ??TWt> Collector C. Wallace <*olemnn. who nis.. refused to make any v-tatement fearing, ho said, to embarrass further the berea ved family. The affair has rau^ii a --en??fltion in thf "?nntmoti wealth. Monographer Wood Hurt in Accident. Mr I-. F Wood was quite painfully 1 art while on his way to the court room Monday morning. As he essayed to cross* the side :?treet between Law I&Hogf ?rw! thf court bonsc he accident nil) ?topi>cd tn front of an auto driven t.y Mr. Fl .F Kolb. and although the maehtnf whn traveling at a moderate speed it passed m-fr him before it could be slopped. lie was at once -taken to] thf ho<jpital wjhere his wounds wfre dressed, which althotigh quite painful, wore found to^ be not of a seriou* na ture. Mis* Fdith r>eFx>rm's Rervicea as court stenographer tr#re ae?eurr>d and thf court proceeded ? Samter TT*raM. | items ?f iMtrrra mMwreA Bbh VMtotor. M r. I. h> who h*? *e?n hard ??rvi?v ?r\>iiud the Verdun fjftmt iu the 5th Division. goi back Wfilm-tdj) ? wen tug. |fe Imnb-d iu Vf* York <>h tbei 11th Si*. touring cm wH*fctob>?i '"from Mrf \V. T. - l.?*..-wir <?f Manning] r?.^d?y in* in itf iu*i week, u?> trace of | (hr ?>ar b*v M r. l>*Kt'Hne i ofvr* vt of *10O fol tt)'- I <?< ?'V ? I V of th?- ?'?r. Mr. J* if*. ikMit, *on of, Mr. and Mr*. II \V. Scott. if. anoth< ? uf the &imou# IllMh t h?t got hoiur ihi? week, Wf iv joiee with thrift nit that they art bark. Mr. H \\ Kvsiin >* ?u?hiug the work on Holier Mill wo a* to have it ready to jeceive the tir**t load of ??e% wheat wb?u t bra* bed out Mr*. Antoinette Dixon, *ife of Mr. li. |0. Dixon, died at her hom?* in Suinter j I Tuewday inoruiug, April 1910. Abe had beou in bad health a long time but w uk c\ui(inedv to her room only t ? d or three week*. Mr. and Mr*. I>i*ou moved t?> Sumter s little over a year ago from | their home here. She Has ueariy sixty* tour years' old and a member of the Methodist Church. The funeral was hold in the Methodist Church here conduct 1 ed by Dr. John A. IUce. her pastor at Suinter un<l her former pastor here. Rev. Geo* I*. Watson. Mr. Ijorin M. Itelvin. member of the llMt'h Infantry of the famous 30th Di vision that broke the Hjndenburg Hue, dropped in with hi? sister Maude, to ?cc us yesterday. lie .brought back a Hax mask aud a German helmet as sou venirs of those horrible trench tights. IIo was in the same brigade and on the transport with young King who died just j before he reached Charleston. He spoke in highest terms of him. both as a sol dier slid a man. , GRAHAMKKU.Y Popular Couple From Bishopvllle Marry* i In Columbia. Columbia. April 3.- ? Mrs, Coia "fFrtt-1 hum and ,J. Karon Kelly, both .?f Bi.sh opville. vrrr?- married Suuday evening at 0:30 o'clock at the home of the bride's sister. Mrs. Thomas It. Williams. 1700 Senate Street, the Itev. -Mr. Fountain of the liaptis: Church of Itishoprille of ficiating. ' \:;i --"The wedding. Mhougiraimple in {he ex trenie with no attendant* and only near relatives and a few intimate friends pres ent. is an event' of interest to the wide circle of friends whom the bride and bridegroom POR5JFS9, in Kishopvffle. Mrs. Williams* home was beautifully decorated* in i>otted plant* and spring flowers < a hd after the roremonj a de licious ice course with wedding eake was 'served. The bride wore a stylish traveling suit of midnight blue with bat and accessories to match ami the couple left immediately for a tour of Florida, after which they will go to Tiishopvillc, ?where a IxMiufifu] new home await* them. The bride wa> before her first mar riage Miss Cora Myers of Camden, a younx woman of engaging manner and of exceptionally sweet character who is widely 1>eloved wherever xhe is known. Mr. Kelly is a prominent merchant of Hisbopville and is one of the best known men in his section of the State. tturupe I^aeks Money To Buy Cotton. Columbia. C., April 7*. ? ?Kurope lacks iiionev or credit to buy cotton, former Governor Manning said in a let ter fri?ai France received here today by J. S. Wannamejlier, chairman of tbe Soutb Carolina Oottou association. The peoph- need both food and clothes. Mr. Mnnung said, but will wait to buy clothvv. He predicted that ? full cot ton ciop this season would menn eight to ten cents cotton STATEMENT I Of 'I lie * Ownership. Management. Ktc.. , Kequircd by The Art of Congress J I ?! the Camden Chronicle. published | weekly at Camden. S. C.. f?>v April 1.1 lOt!) St :i t ?? or Sollth <*HroliuH. County of Kershaw. I '"fore me. a Notary Public in and j for the Stato and county aforesaid, per- 1 son ally appeared II. 1>. Niles. who, bav ins: t>ecn duly sworn according to law, deposes and snvs that he is the editor of the Camden Chronicle, and that the following is. to the bent of his know ledge and l>elief, a true statement of the ownership, management, etc.. of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the A<H of August 24. 1012. enibodied in secumi 143. Postal Laws and Hegula tioti?^\M??nted on th*- reverse side of this f'?nn. uKwit : 1 . That the names and addresses of the publisher. editor, managing editor, and business manager are; I*ublisher*. H. I>. Niles and K. N. McDowell. Camden. S. C. Hditor. H. D. Nilea, , Camden. S. C. J.. That tbe owners are : 'II. D. Niles, Camden. S. C.. and K. N. McI>owell, Camden. S. C. .1. That the known bondholders, mort gagees. and other security holders owners or holding 1 per cent. or more of total amount of bonds, mortgage* or ojber securities are: None. H. I) NILBS, Editor. Sworn t?? and subscribed before me LhiA 1st day of April. 1010. M. vf. JOHNSON, (ilj Commission . xpirea at will of Oot emor.) 1 OHBMAS HKLMKT PRI7K * | (Wfrmi 1? K mrk r?ualy IV IM Hkm* , K?r VMkt W**/" X Urraaap belmet will be given in each I County i* the State as u prj*e fur the t>, vinoo i "iu) stogap and i?r*rr WM child is invited tofntcr tk? coa | Hint for tVJftuutbfc tro jphleN' r '? ^V>- V. This contest inaugurated l? ih?- \\ o* ? i Hit 11 'a 1 ?llwri v I* >? n Committee for South ; v'afolina. is open t<? the phpil* of all | |?riv;it<' uud I?t)bHc school* iiiiluilcil A pupil la ih< lower grade# ! may NfcVe ju*t as original idetfs as a a?ore advanced pupil and atand* an e<iual chance of winning the pr?*?, Thf <4 tie Woman's Tilbeity I^oan Committee will appoint Judge# in. each aehopl. or if the school 1* large, in each ihk>u?, to select the three bent slogans. A contra! committee iu euch school will submit the three tlogan* t.. the County Ch airmail or a committee ap pointed by be r to choosf the hewt slogan which wiU be awarded the Otirnan hel met and adopted as the Count} MtCNHW* and sent to headquarters iu (Vducnblai The State Committee in Columbia will sclent the beat slogan submit tod and adopt this aa th" State Slogan. The con tost close* April 12 aud alt priue slogans must be -sent to Columbia not later than April ltt so that the slo gans adopted may be used before the be ginning of the drive, April 21. Mr. ,L JD. Swearingen. State Superin tendent of Education. heartily endorses the slogan contest as u valuable feature of the Vi<?tory I<oan educational cam paign and all superintendents and teach ers are urged to cooperate to assure its success, COLLBTON COIWH REPORT Complete Report Indicate* a Reduction of Forty-Three Per Cent. ' i Columbia. April 1. ? <k>lleton <5ounty. I one of the first counties in the state to make a complete report to the central committee of the South Carolina Cotton Association, has gone "over the top" in tbe( acreage r<sluet ion -campaign. Final returns from the campaign in that coun ty iudicate a reduction of 43 per cent, which is even better than was asked for. The report submitted to the committees by F. W. Uisher. secretary of the Col : leton Committee, shows that the total number '*>f acres in that -county planted iu cotton last year was lfi.367. Pledges have been, filed to the effect that only ?.71 >r? will be planted this year. Five hundred and' sixty-four farmers . of -the county signed the reduction pledges and only twenty refused to signf "If every county in the state does as well as " Colleton," said a member of the Central Committee today, "you will I s<h? h big jump in the price ^pf i-otton, in the next, few days." Langley's Neck Broken. I*. J. Ivowery. who was in Columbia Monday for the celebration of the return of the Thirtieth Division, met a soldier who was with Tom Langley When the Inter was killed on the front in France. The soldier's name i* May field* ,but Mr. Lower? did not learn his address. May field told of the killing of Langley in ? most graphic manner. lie said^ that he and Langley were driving teams when u Cennau aeroplano began shooting at them. The aeroplane continued firing un til ammounition gave out ai^| then swoop ed down so low as to knock I/angley from hi" horse. % The fall or the blow from the plan* broken his neck. Langley was ? a son of the late Robert Langley and his wife now lives nt the I.#aneavter cotton mill village. ? I>ancaster News. LEGAL ADVERTISING. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby }fiven that one month from this date, on Monday, April' 14th, 1919, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as Administrator of the estate of James Wright, decease*!, and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Administratrix, KUfcABBTH WHIOHTr Administratrix. Camden, S. C., March 10th, 1915). SUMMONS FOR RELIEF State of South Carolina. County of Kershaw. (>?u rt of Common i'lear Then Enterprise ItuUdiag aad l#oaii As* J sociation of Camden. S C. Plaintiff. ] against * Matilda Miller, hpfeodant. | To the I>efenchint ? You arc hereby summoned and requir ed to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the Haid complaint on the subscriber at his office at Cam den, South Carolina within twenty days after the set-rice hereof, exclusive of the d%y of, nvck wrier ; and if yon fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in -< this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint * W M. 8HANNON, Plaintiff's Attorney. Dated at Camden, 8, C.. February 26th, 1919. To the Defendant, Matilda Miller: You will please take notice that the Complaint herein wan filed In the ofldt of the Clerk of Ooort for Kerahaw County at Camden <? S. C-, oa Kebraary 26 th. 1910. ' J W M. SHANNON, Th? ctu ot GOODRICH Akron. Ohio Freedom of ? ? mmmmmrn mam mmm mmmm ? ant >>-?V . 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