(yff* NUMBER U ? ? ? ? v CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1919 VOLUME XXXI II \l) SKVKSHKt'I. VKAR Imi? I <>' Teacher* For Camden School ? Teach Again Next Year. I ,.v ('miult'ii Graded Schools closed a it4$\ year with tbe exer<,,'"'? Ja8t *^k teaclier# for next year will JVenrly the name *? part year ith only ? changes. Superiutend *'t Richard* will return as well as the followiujc : *r*de' Mi88 8o?hi# WochJh, of Darlington,; second grade, Mia* Vda Pheli?? ; third grade, Miss Alberta IVwu; fourth grade, Mrs. S. O. Taylor; fifth grade. Miss Alma vau Landinghani ; siith grade, not yet fitted ; seventh grade, j|iM Margaret Burnet ; teachers for the High School are Miss Etta Grant, Miss Helen Phelps, Miss Agnes Corbett; teacher* for Mill School, Mias Nellie Wilkes, principal, Miss Mary Simpson, yjf* Lucile Hrltton. The Malvern Hill , , h , ? i have not yet been named. The following ttacherK have resigned their positions in District No. 1 and will ?teach elsewhere: Miss Gladys Buckner (ami Uitf* MercedeS Buokner Will go to ?Xorth Augusta ; Miss Maude Moore will IrnHirn 11' Lancaster, Miss Gwonnett Brat |ton goes back to her home at Richbourg ; XIIss Anna Kate Alford resigns front the Mill School and Misses Bettie Rich ards and Mae Uush leave the Malvern Hill School. The year has been a most successful one and the. teaching faculty worked I hard to overcome the time lost from the school having' to--close on account if influenza. The enrollment in the High School ras the largest in the history of the rfhooi. There were 53 boj'n and 57 jirls; total 110. In the grammar school the enrollment Was': boy*. 203, girls 189; total .'102. Mill school : boys tW, girls 82; total US. Malvern Hill : boys 38, (firls.'L' : total 70. This makes a grand total of .'!(!(? boys and 300 girls ? 720. Following is tluv report read by Super intendent Hichards at the closing night of the exercises: Yearly Scholarship Honor Roll 4 Grade 1. ? Benton Burn?, Elizabeth fun-ton. Nannie Ruth Gardner, Helen Harrison. Virginia HaTle, Lucy Kirkland, [Nancy I'earcc, Maureen So well. These pupils were not on the honor roll every month but they made an 'average of 5K> for the year. " Grade 1. ? Duncan Lang, Ellen Stew-' ;?rL_M.arvjn Huckabee, Rochelle Sheorn, |inez Gardner. Grade 2. ? Molly Blackwell, Evelyn Bruce, Virginia DeLoache, ? Edith Good ale. Clara MxiCaskill, Frances -Owens, Ix?ttie Spears. Louise Watts, Rcbekah West. Len, Jennings, Jake. Frietag, Jesse Gaskin, Hoy MK'j^kiJT, Lawrence Man ning, Joseph Mogulencu. Elmer Watts fr, Kdward Wooten. Grade ? Moultrie Burns, Lcighton Hardy, George Tidwell, Reuben Walker, Clare jBruce. (Carolyn Heyman, Louise Jennings, Willie Porter. Grade 4. ? William Olyburn, 'Davis Jung. Jack Kirkland, Hamlin . Briggs, Mary Ctireton, Sarah DePass, Mary Goodale. ^Jumolle Haile, Mary McCoy, Helen Savage. ^Iluth Turner, Harriet hitaker. ^ Grade ? Will Hough, Frank Hum phries. F.lilni ttchlosburg, Charles Shan non. (iati'w.od Workman, Elise Hardy, Alma Holland, Clarkson Hhamo. Grade ? Mildred Gardner, LouiBe Hirwh, Christopher Vaughn, Josephene Blanehard. Miriam Bruce, Harriet Lips tomb. Arii?'tt L<*lford, William Nettles, (Veil Wittkuvvsky. 0 ratio 7 ? Hasil Bruce, Emily Wooten, Martha Workman. Grade S~ Laurens Mills, Eugene De loaihe, Harding, Kstelle WIT* lianis. Grade ft.? Edna Tiller, Thos.' Waters, r?Mle Trufsdale, Elizabeth Workman, Jovee Si end m an. * '?rade 10. ? Isadore Mogulescu, AgneS h^Paso. Grade n ? Christine Jones, Hannah I-araruv, Clara Cureton, Robekah De tach. F.s-ther Schlosburg, Emma VII Attendance Honor Roll Grade 1- Inez Gardner, Nancy Pearce, Maureen Sowell, Duncan Lang (tardy 6Ix*. i Grade 2.? Elmo Brown (tardy once), Ruth Hlackwell (absent once), Edna Holland ( absent once). Grade 3. ? Ansel Bateman. Grade 4 ? Gabriel Goff,' Ella Goff, F?nk Mimpo. Grade r, ? Susie Watkins, Clarkson Rbame. Grade 0. _ Th'IBW INN SOU) .Mr. K. 11. In The New .Owner of l.yttleton Street Hotel. Mr. K. H, Williams,, of tbia city, thin week closed it ileal with Messru. Savage ami Crocker, owners of the l'ark View inn, oh l.yttleton Htreet whereby Mr. Williaina becomes the uew owner. The property was purchased complete with every room fitted with uew fur iiiHliinja, The hotel contains twenty three room* hih! overlooks Hamilton Park in one uf the prettbieift locations in Camden. j It has been |>opnlar with the toiirltfta as well at* the commercial men and enjoyed an excellent patrouage up to a few weeks ago w'hen KfV. and Mrs. Ilarrisou, the former managers, gave It to take charge of a summer hotel in Canada. -'v ii Moguleaeu, Harry Watt** Elmer Walts, Edward Wooten, Molly Blackwell, Evelyn BruiV, Edith Goodale, Clara MeCaskill, Francos Owens, Rebek uh Watts, , Ix>ul?? Watts. Grade S.? 'Moultrie Burns, Julieu Eiohel, Lynell Fouts, Leigh tou Hardy, Hilly IJndsay, Waiter Rhame, George Tidwell, Reuben Walker, Clare Rruce, Carolyn Hey man, Virginia Nettles, Vir ginia Nicholson, Willie Porter, Vera Me Caskill, Mary Thompson. ' , Grade 4 ? Robert Bruce, William Cly burn, Davis JiAig, Jack Kirkland, Mar tha Bovkin. Marv Cmet.m Sarah Do. I'ass, Jumelle lfaile, Mary. McCoy, Helen Savage, Rut hTurner, Harriet Whit aker. y Grade 5 ? Henry Hardy, Frank Hum phries. Hoykin Rhame, Clarkson Rhame, lCllhu Scbloxhurg, Alfred Shannon, Chas. Shannon 4th, Gatewood Workinrtn, Ehse Hardy, Lucy Harding. Al/lia Holland, Mary % Moore, Susie Watkins. / Grade 0? : -Miriam Bruce, Mildred Gard ner, Louise Hirsch, Harriet Lipscomb, Linnie Smith, Arnett Lodford, William Nettles, Christopher Vaughn, Cecil Witr kowsky. Grade 7? ?Basil Bruce, Aubrey I lent tic, Kate Watkins, Emily Woo ten, Martha Workman, Katherine Harrison. Grade 8 ? Laurens Mills, Andrew Bur net. Richard Kirkland, Virginia Clarke, Estol'le Harding, Estelle William*. Grade 0 ? Kdna Tiller, Cecile Trues dale. Joyce Steadman, Elizabeth Work man, Stella Hall, Oalcman Hay, Thos. Waters, Josophene Cureton. (trade 10 ? Isadore Mogulescu, JTourjr Savage, Agnes DePass. Edwin Goodale. Grade 11 ? Clara Cureton, Hannah Lazarus, Robekah DeLoache, Christine Jones. Early Cotton Blooms. Mr. W. C. -Cureton' brought the first cotton bloom of the season to this office last Friday after the paper had gone to press. It was plucked on the farm of Mr. W. L. DePass just south of Camden and was found on June 10th. This is said to be the. earliest ever known for this county. The cotton was planted in March. Mr. C. B. McCaskill, manager of the Kirk-bride "Fairview" farm just north of Camden brought a bloom found on Monday June 10th. He says that labor ers on the" place had reported one as early as Saturday, the 14th. Negroes Body Found. AiVbevUIe, June 10. ? Saturday after noon Sheriff Hurts and a party of depu ties found a body in Savannah River near CJjerokee Shoals, which was minus the head and one leg and otherwise muti lated. The body was brot&ht to Ab beville Saturday and Sunday afternoon Coroner Cox empowered a ujry and ex amined witnesses. The body was identi fied as that of Mark Smith, the negro who was shot and killed near Abbeville Saturday ) night, June 7. Identification being made by the clothing found on the body. No evidence was procured at the inquest ' to connect -any one with the killings Coroner. -Cox will- not -dis miss the Jury until everything possible Is done to find the guilty parties. Bethune Officers Elected. In the election held in Bethnne re cently for town officers,' K. T. Estridge was elected intendent and A. B. Mc Jjanrin, W. A. McDowall, .t. B^. Cly bnrn and J. L. King were elected wardens. An Omission. Superintendent Richards of the Cam den Schools requests us to state that the mime of Clarkson Rhame was un intentionally omitted 'from his report read at the closing exercises. Clarkson shauld have been ori the yearly honor roll of scholarship for the fifth grade. McKenxie- Creed. - Married at the home of Probate Judge W. Jj. McDowell on Thursday evening last at 0:30 o'clock, Mr. C. J. Mc Kenxie, o4 Florence, S. C., and Miss Estes Mary Creed, of Cantey, S. C. Appointed as Game garden. Governor Oooper has named John Cantey VHleplgue, of Camden as assist ant utate game warden. The office car ries a rktce salary and Mr. ViHeplgue's duties will carry him over the entire state In enforcing the game and fish laws. *1 CAMPAIGN FOli MEMBERSHIPS In Cotton AiMoctytion To Me Tut Ou At OrlMiw Meeting. Columbia, June 1(?. A meeting of the Board of Dim' torn of the Aioerioau* Cot ton Association will b?' yheld i? Now Orleans ou July \M, 2nd, Jtrd, 1010. Special committee# have been appoiut 'ed for handling matters ?>f vital impor tance to the entire cottou belt. Among the important matter# to be ?handled is the matter of State Corpora* tlouK for, the marketing of the cotton crop and a standard warehouse ^jystem for the entire cottou belt. There are npecial committee* actively at work on Hanking and legislation, Finance and Organisation, (\?tton Tare, Marketing and Taking of Cotton Reporte, aU- of which will make reports at the meeting of the Board In New Orleans. At the NeVv Orleans meeting a whirl Wind campaign for membership iu the Association will be launched, so that every single, solitary farmer, merchant, banker, businetm and professional man, who has the bent interests of ' the cot ton grower at hearti throughout the length and breadth of the cotton belt will be solicited for membership. Many Of the states have already put on this campaign, an the rivalry between the Htaten to complete their organization first will be very intense. "Cotton will never be sol^l again for less than a profitable price as a result of the work of the American Cotton Association", says J. Skottowe Wanna maker, president of the Association. "A standard warehouse system to be con trolled Iby the pfcoducera throughout the Vntjre cotton belt is oiie of the primary objects of the Association. A marketing corporation which will -enable the pro ducer to sell his cotton at the highest possible price is one of the importaut matters which is being worked out. Both of these plans , are fully described in Bulletin Nve n herd of 100 captured Mexican horAes and ponies to the -remount station. It was officially stated 'tonight at Fort Rltin that approximately 50 Villa fol lowers were killed. One American of the Seventh cavalry, Corporal Chigas, was shot through ^ne lung by a Mexican rebel. After crossing during tHe night the cavalry column, supj>orted by a batal TTo5~oT the 82nT artillery, advanced and at daybreak began a scouting tour. Cap turing the seven prisoners before reach ing the Villa camp, the cavalry was en abled to proceed, dismounted, to a short distance of the al>ode headquarters when fighting was begun ? by the Americans standing in water up to their knees. Four Villa men were killed in the, first assault and the entire force, numbering ai>proximately 200 men, mounted anfl esCfrped toward the southwest with the cavplry troops in pursuit.* The rebel? scattered into small bands, the Fifth cavalry pursueing one band 85 miles. In the meantime the Seventh cav alry deployed to the southeast and pur sued another band. Troops A and C executed a mounted pistol charge from the saddle ami kiHed a number of the rebels. The artiHery placed shrapnel directly over the heads of the fleeing Villa force nod many were killed. After the pur suit the two cavalry forces formed ? junction and returned to the American sid? of the river, accompanied by the artillery and (.English engineers. The seven Mexican prisoners professed to be either farmers in the valley or Oarranza soldiers, none admitting hav ingcWen with Villa. ^ . ,* 'V, -p ? Misses Augusta, IClisAbeth, Allein and Sarah Bottick are visiting In Columbia. CROHN OCKAN IN PI^ANK Flint Nun-Stop Voyage Across Atlantic Made By British Airmen* I .oimIoii, Juno 15,? Tho final goal of wll the aukbitioitH which fly lug men have ventured to dreaui ulnw the W right Brothers first rOM from the earth in a heavier than air inaehine, were re allxed t hi h morning, when two young British officers, Oapt. John Alcook auo ! Lieut. Arthur W. Brown, landed on the Irish coaft after the fir?t non-stop flight across the Atlantic ocean. Their voyage was without accident and without incident, so far as can he learned. It wuh a straight away clean cut flight achieved in sixteen hours and twelve minutes ? from New Found land to Olifden Island, a distance of more than 1 ,1MH> miles. London, June 1ft. ? Describing the ex periences of himself and Lieut. Brown, (.'apt. A 1 cock in a message from Galway to The Daily Mail says : "We had a terrible journey. The wonder is we art' here at all. We scarcely saw the sun or moon or stars. For hours we saw none of them. IhsL fog was 'dense and at times we had to descend within MOO feet of the sea. "For four hours our machine was covered with a sheet of Ice darrled by froren sleet. At another time the fo>f was so dense that my speed indi cator did not work for a few minutes ?and it was very alarming. "We looped the loop, I do believe, and did a very steep spiral. We did some very comic stunts, for I have had no sense of horizon. "The winds were favorable all tae Way. northwest and at time* Southwest. We said in Newfoundland that we would do the trip in sixteen hours, but we never tho"UghtNwe could. Art hour ami a lujlf before we saw land we had no certain idea where we were, hut believed we were at Galway or thereabouts. "Our delight in seeing IOastal Islands and Tarbot Island, five miles west of (31 flfden, was grei^t. The people did not know who we were nnd thought we were scouts looking for Alcock. ".We encountered no unforeseen con ditions. We did not suffer from cold or exhaustion except when looking 6ver the side; then the sleet chewed bits out our faees. We drank coffee and ale and ate sandwiches and chocolate. "Our ftlght ;hWshown that the At lantic flight is practicable, but I think it should be done, not with an airplane or seaplane, but With flying boats. "We had plenty of reserve fuel left, usiiifc only two-thirds of our supply. "The only thing that upset me was to see* the machine at the end get dam aged. From above the bog looked like a lovely field, but the machine sank Into it On the axle and well over on to her side." Received British De<ratlon. Corporal John Cantey Villepigue lust *veek received a silver medal presented to him by the British War Department "For Distinguished Service in the Field". The medal whk sent to the United States War Department from the British War Department to be pre sented to him by them. Corporal Villepigue w^k previously pre sented with the Congressional medal of honor, the highest military decoration given' by the American War Department. ?? 1 ? 1 Laurel .Springs Hotel Now Open. Ideated between MoBee and Bethune, Washington-Atlanta Highway, >10 miles south of Cheraw,. 20 mile* north of Camden. Good water, spring and ar tesian. Finest concrete bathing pool ? la this part of the country. Boating, fish ing and music. (Vine and give us a trial, we try to pleasp. Conveyances can bo had from Mdbee and Bethune. to hotel. Camping grounds free. Laurel Springs Hotel, McBee, 8. 0. To Graduate At Johns Hopkins. Invitations have been received in Cam den to 'the eommencemont exercises of Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore on June 24th. Mr. James Ralph Dunn, son of Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Dunn of this city will graduate at this institu tion. To Enlarge Show House. Mr. T. Lee Li We, proprietor of The Majestic Theatre, is preparing to con siderably enlarge and remodel his theatre building in the near future. Work Is expected to commence in the next two weeks. He plans to extend the gild ing back several feet and make room for at least 120 more chairs. This will give Hie house a seating capacity of four hundred and fifty. He will also change the screen, and have it placed in the rear of the building instead of where it is now located. Ha does not expect the repairs to interrupt his pro gram for any length o< time. This wfll be a great addfekm to this popular playhouse aa on many occasions tke theatre has bean mMM. ' . 'niMfflrii "irini K Kit SHAW NKWS NOTKS Interesting Happenings (Jathered Krom The Krit of t%?t P?we. Itev. W. II. Soweii, who has bwa making bis home in (hiliforuia the past seventeen years, is visiting his broth ers J. L. ami It. 1*. Sowell, and bis sister, Mrs. D. ji, Rlackwoii. Mr. Sow el! has uot visited Kershaw iu quite a while ami mute* much hwprovsineat la. the towu, A largo uumber attended the Fpworth League picnic at Flat Itock last Friday night and report having had a most pleasant time. The arrangement* werf in charge of Dr. W. 15. McDowell, ureal* dent of the League, ?Corporal Rollild O, Thomas who was a member of Company M, 118th Itt f gn try, 2t0tft? Division, received last Sat* niflay Ironi the office of the Adjutant General at Washington, D, 0., a mili tary medal awarded him by the British Government for Held bravery while in France. \V. ft. Sowell, formerly of Ko&'shaw and uow of MoBee, cerebrated bis 78th birthday last Sunday. All his living children, n large manlier of" bin grand children and some of his great grand children were present to help in the enjoyment of the occasion. A liue dia ller Was served1. Mr. So weal's many friends in Kershaw wish for him tho celebration of many ntore birthdays. Miss Ada Ilinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Ilinson of the Pleasant Plain section, and Blake Harris, ' of V- - Cordon, N, C., were married June 7, wifl. \>y Magistrate W. I.. Adams. < Wilier' T. It. Clyburn of the Hank of Kershaw left yesterday to attend the convention of the South Carolina Hanger's Association, wli'ch, is being held at Tybee Island. Hoy Jordan and Chalmers Young,, who conduct a farm in the Westville com- - inanity, are the first ones to. send ii cotton bloom to this office this year The blooms were sent in yesterday. It . way reported to us yesterday that G/&0. C. MicManus, of the Taxahaw community a1*o./ had found a bloom in his coiton lifld. At the morning service at Hie First Baptist Church last Sunday a confer ence was -held in which the matter of the remaining deht on the church, which amounted to about $5,000 was brought before the congregation for consideration The* call for subscriptions to cancel the debt was made and ia a very short time more tfhan $4,000 of the amount was pledged by those present. Since then the remaining portion has been provided for and the church is now free from all 'incumbrance of /debt and the congrega tion is huppy over the #hct. Lee Truesdale, after serving about a 4 year and a half with the American Ex peditionary Forces in France, was giv en his discharge last week at Camp Jack?in and returned home Saturday. D. W. Ogburn, aged Bii years, Aied at his home in Wie Hnnging Rock com munity last Thursday night, June 12* after being afflicted "Hbout seyen years ? with paralysis and his remains wero . buried iu Hanging Rock cemetery Fri day afternoon. Tly? funeral services wers conducted by Rev. J." M. Neal. Mr. Ogburn left surviving his wife .and nine children : Mrs. J. H, SoweTl, Mrs. W. L. Young, Mrs. J. K. Soweii, Mrs. Ia' J. Faulkenberry, Miss Minnie Lee Og burn, Tt . P., Dan, \ Willis and CortUl Ogiburn. ? Also A brother, Tj. B. Ogburn and a sister Mrs. F3. L. Hammond. Kemhaw County Soldiers Discharged. / The following namc^i men baYe . been reported by tfl?e War Camp Community Service ah having returned to this county frfch wrvicc in the. Arany : ? ThoinnH B. White, Camden. ? > 111 1 ? 1 A Pretty Advertisement. Of course you will notice the unique advertisement , o? The Men's Shop In another place in this paper today. It it a catchy piece of work and the "Ser-* ?oteen" advertisement in so many place* in The Chronicle last week aroused a ? ~ good deal of curiosity. These young men are pushing their sale of high class clothing end furnishings and they tell us that they afe numbering among their satfoAed patrons a good many customers from neaifcy towns. Sumter, Cheraw, Kerwbaw and othsr ettfaens of aeatty towns have heen trading at this store. To? caa find* aaost anything you wait fct IWs pdace. As their ad saya this w^k j-*Clothen sad ever* thing." '