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, THK OLD HOMH PAPKB When the old home weekly paper .vmcN tbe city nun who 1* sorting hi* mail 1* pretty apt to "??all a halt." reach fur it, tQd Ifitn bio k to us h omely ihm-umI. It isn't altogether because. a? fre quently hap|N>iia, he doe* bUllMll? with tho town where it u published, i<i* i It Is t?? him, in many instance** like a letter from home, y)lfr?lo 1* the goa idp of a faiuily gathering. The name* in it* column* are fa * miliar, old tVme*. oi(t friends, old love* and ambit Ion* art' brought hack to him and binding alwaya ha<< time to give pla<? to thorn! . iireat change* have l>een ma?le of late } tvl r* In the makeup and general appearand of old home ; many country weeklies have become da I lb*; but the news from the neighboring count r > town and M-tllciiH-nlit sent In -by letter, >till retains ltn heartftii, "booiey" quality, and it'a like shaking hand* nil around to read it ! Another feature of the worth of the country ittper, and the general in terest In It, wuh jHduted out ^recently by The Be view of ltcvlcws : "<5ountry week Ilea are preeminently tbe home imperii of newaiiaji'rdom. They are not hurriedly scanned while men travel to businen then left *o brakemcn to gather up. . 'I^y KO di rectly to home#; their reading is. a duty as well a* a pleasure. Hence their peculiar value aa an advertising me dium." And tbeir advertising columns hold uot only the immediate home-Intercuts, but as an index to the buslucas proa perlty of their towns, they attract bu siness from the cities. Standing by the home paper in its every effort to Advance honfc*- Inter est* la what make* towns grow. And that is what every putxiic-splrlted citi zen, in etery community that has a newspaper, does at all time*.? Atlanta Constitution. NKBUC1IADNEZZAK By Irwin Russell. Irwin Kutttell ( 18JW 1870) , "I he hoy IKHjt of MJmIhsIppI," deserves the eredr it for being the first to use negro dialect as un artistic medium In verae, -He was ?4v a<b?pt in jdaying tho ban jo, the favorite Instrument among Mw old-time .southern negroes, and by a happy accident he w?? led Into mrt posing to tlw? aeoomjMtnlment of tills instrument impromptu verses or songs In imltathni of. the "spirituals" and "hoe- down*" which he frequently heard the negroes sing in his father's house* hold at I'ort dlbson, Miss. In 1870 he began publishing t hese humorous ne gro dialect poems in Hcrlbner's Maga zine. Joel Chandler Harris, Thomas Nelson Pago, and other later workers in negro dialect have admitted their In debtedness to Hussell, who is now look ed upon as the pioneer in this field. The most notable of all Russell's pro ductions Is <hls negro operetta, "Christ xnas Night in the Quarters." This Is an imltahlf i?leture of the negro slaves In their "(jtmrters^" that is the section of the old-time southern plantation set apart for the cabin* of (Ik* negroes. The place Is a fairly long series of KceneH and songs setting forth the Christ mas dance of the negroe* at their "quarters," all treated sympathetically and humorously In varied verse forms. Next to "Christmas Night in the Quar ters." in i?opularlty, If not In artistic .merit, conies "Nebuchadnezzar," first published in^fcorlbner's Magazine, June 187H. It Is a .monologue In which the , v ^ negro plowhoy Is describing the clui rive ter 1st Irs of hl? ihnle. The climax comes suddenly ?and emphatically at the end of the fourth stanza. The effective iloublc or feminine rhymes the wonder fully natural and accurate reproduc tion i J' llio dialect, and the delightful humor of the |hh'Iii have made It a great favorite for recitation or public reading. ? You, Nchurhaduczzah. whoa, sah! Whar is you lr\ln' to go, sail'' I'd hah you fur to know. sah. I's a hohlln' of do lines. You bet ter stop dat prancln* : You's pow'ful fond oh dancln' Milt 111 het niv voah'x advancln' l>?it I'll cure yon oh yo' shines. t.ook hcah. mule! Itrttcr min' out : Fiis' riiiL' yon know you'll fin' out How i| u l?-k I'll wear, dls Hue out on \our ugly, s-tubbo'n back You ini'iln'1 try t<? ?feal up You's ir-'t to pilow dls flel' up. Vnn lt,iw ??}|ti. fur a far'. . 1 r <l.i I '* de way in d<> it ! He's ...min' right down t<? it: "Jes w si t < *h him plowln' troo ii! I'is nigger ain't no fool. Some folks dey would 'a* heat him: Now, -hit would only heat him Y 'U inns' reason w id mule lie luiii.U un* like a nigger. If he w uy. only hlgger He'd foteh ft mighty finger. He would. I tell you-! Yesf >nh ! See how he keeps a-cllckln! An' nebWr thinks ??' klekln' Whoa >lar! Neburhadnczzah ! Is (IN hoah me. ?>r not ni< ' Or Is dc debhll got me? \Vuz dat a cannon .?<hot m? , Hah I laid lieah more'n a week? Dat mule do kirk amazln' ! I>e beast wuz sp'lled in raisin' But now L 'spect he's grazln' On dc oder sHle Ac creek. ?Takon from Irwin Russell's "Ohrist nias Night In the Quarters: And other Poems," by permission of the publish ors", The Century company, New York. Women '"drummers" are barred from membership in the Travelers Troter five Association. WAS FRAMED ROttBKRY Thm? Ifc* HriTti CW?#a?* to K\|>rm* Holdup A..gu,u, ?*?>'> -?N A uiiio.it U-, here dcelured tonight that I rneH Hart, A taxi<<it> ? 1 1 i > ? ? ? . ^ ?' <^u?tt!?'l>anin t |%rUM'i living ftl* tulles out ?M ?bc ami 104 Milled**** Derrick. 1H0 exjtff** messenger In the* <**? have to tin- i#eri of toe expi*** "" tin- ( 'tut I W'h( ? 'tl A \\ I' >1 1' I II 1 tttolillM railway tnfin WWwHidsy morning, when IN* |M?yrull of $.'?!?, 725 for tb*' I'ar 1 Jh Hand marine* was atokru. About one third ?'f t?, Quailleb???'" '# ahuiv, ha* l^eeif recovered. Hart, who Is 11 1 to have th?* holdup man lu ? ?r. awouipaiik'il officer# to where ho wilJ be bad burled bin one 1 hit <1 of tin money hut urrlvlug there, <-ln lined 1 Jie money had lM*eu atolen i nee be bid It or else lie had lost bis hearings and could not locate llw.i|*>t when- he Imd (MWM about ^4,000 Hoih QonttltblOB and Hart accuse taeh other of being In iMMseiedoii of Jierrlek's share of the mone> Mil R. eiMk De?d The people of this olty were shocked and pained lo learn of the deat|> of Mr. John H. Clack, a prominent young business lnau of this city, fchUch oc cured nt the Tuoincy Hospital Monday evening at 3 o'clock. Something like a week ago Mr. Clacks Buffered an attack of appendicitis and was taken to tbe hospital for au op eration. The opera tlou seemed to hare l>ecn a successful one and -be appeard to be on the road to a rapid recovery, wben he took a suddeu turn for the worse shortly before bis death. Mr. Clack was born In Clarksfllle, Va., and when a small boy his family moved to Henderson, N. C.t where he lived until be came to Sumter to taket a portion with the Atlantic Coast l.lue. l^ater he accepted a position with the Southern railway, and served them as agent for several years. A few years age he organized the John R. Clack Realty Company, and has been quite successful in the real estate bu siness. He earned a merited position of -respect 'and esteem among his fellow townsmen, and was never too buey with business uffalrs to assist those who needed his assistance. His suddon demise Is l>elng felt by a large number of friends whose sympathy goes out to bis wife and family. He is .survived by his wife, who be fore her marriage was Miss Sbarlie dim ham, and four daughters. ? Sum ter Herald. Mules Were Poisoned , Four rattles arc dead ami others were made critically ill one day last week when some unknown j>erson put Paris green in the feed of the stock at Howard's saw mill about 1 ?md 1 half miles from Tlmmonsville,. Three of the mules were owned by Mr. S. it. Phillips and the other one by Mr. How ard. the owner of the jmw.mill. Mr. Phillips routs t'he mill from Mr. Howard, itnd the mules belonging to both men are being worked there They were nil stabled together, and on the evening of the poisoning they were fed >ind watered as tisunl and left to themselves. Sonic time later some one went to the place ?tnd put a large quantity of Paris green In the feed trough. Next morning when workmen went'tp I lie stables three of the mules were dead and others lit a iwtd condi tion. one of which died the following day. Palis green was -found in the feed trough and when otic of the dead animals wo* out 01 ten a large quantity of the deadly poison was found In its stomach. (Vanity officers immediate ly went to the . scene and made n thorough investigation, but were unable to discover the guilty party or find any reason for the deed. ? Tlmmons \ille Enterprise. W A TEREK MILL VILLAGE STAGES BIG CELEBRATION h '< >n i iiiiit'tl from First Page* I ban 150O jH'ople. A. Stanley I <le\ve I I .vii. < Je-neral Director. Athletic < *11111 in iitee? Frank Marble, W, H. Fvir. r..ii, W. IV Porter, W. P. Nettles. Ha rbeetie evni in it ice --Jaiues Taylor, (Jeorge Robinson. I". '1'. Barnes, Will Anderson. J F. DoBruhl, Will Hnst.v, John Arnette. lien Tla^Jv. W. 1* John son Prize < *t >iii in i t r*?e ? J. F. Uobinson, N. II. Hi<*e. .1. T. Do T.oaehe, Adiekes Kirkland. Mr< V T. I ,ip?comb. M. ! ley man. Hcfrtvdiinent committee ?J. J. Staokhouse. I?. T. Davis Mrs. F. Mur eblson, Mrs. Cll|>pord, B. F. Robinson. Pageant committee? J ^ewls Anderson, H. F. liobinson, Joss Mooro, John San ders W. C. Ilongb, John McLean, Mrs. Aim ie Moore. J. W TTiigglns Judson P. Hancock. Song committee? Miss Ressie < Fos ter. Mrs. W. P. Johnson. Building and Decorating committee ? \v F. Moore, John Sanders. Baseball committee ? Nettles Lindsay, ireneral committee - - W. I*. Player, J. I I Plater. " Sheriff Hill in in pursuit of Willie Williams, a negro, who Is alleged to have killed his wife this morning, the tragedy taking place in the Sandy Ilun seeflon of Calhoune county. The negro Is said to have nsed a hoe as the wea pon with which he committed the al leged deed. Picture f?r Oliwi F4u 7 ? "The Liiicolu" la the nawe of a new (ilciti re show on South Broad vtreet being operated by Mr. T. I^ee Little I for colored pt^le. Tb? I^OV rooiu next south of the M es*enger .office for merly usi il ?h au automobile gnrag* hat* been fitted up and will I*' ojMimi Sat* ttrdlf ? ? 'i v.-:;,. . . ' | W I l*?i?|M?r. Carl Killlau. lioyce Threat! and James Nuns, charge*! with breaking injto the bank of Clreat rails, were given ten years each 'at. genera) sessions court at Chester Monday for that offense. Au additional .charge of j housebreaking and larceny netted KH UN), Thrcatt hiuI Slius five years morej and Hopper three years. The case at tracted much at toot ion and a large crowd was preseut. Maid servants in Buenos Aires us ually appear on the streets without head covering. ANNOUNCEMENTS *<|R CLERK Of COURT. 1 hereby auuouuce my self aa a candl- ' date for reelection to the office of Clerk of Oburt for Kershaw County at the primary to b? held this summer. If elected I promise to faithfully perform the dutiea of the Ace in the future as 1 hsve in the peat. .1 AMKS H. < l.Y 1U KN FOR 8 LPT. OFKpllCAtlON I hereby announce myself as a candi date for Superintendent of Education for Kershaw County in the approaching Democratic primary election to be held in August. I pledge myaeif to a strict discharge of ail the dutiea of the office,. ALLEN B. MUKOIJIKON I I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of County Superin tendent of Education In the approach ing primary, subject to rules governing'1 the same and pledge myself to support the nominee of the party. ' .V> Sfc M. McCAtiKILL. FOR MAGISTRATE v.' I hereby announce myself as a can didate for renominstion to the office of Magistrate of DeKalb Township, Ker shaw County, subject, to the rules of th? Democratic Primary. SAMUEL N. NICHOLSON. _ FOR CORONER I "hereby announce myself as a candi date for re-election to the office of Oor oner of Kershaw County, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. <J. L. DIXON, JR. For House of Representatives We, the many friends of Mr. Nor man S. Richards, hereby announce him as a candidate foV the House of Rep* resell ta tires for Kershaw county sub ject to the rules of the Democratic pri mary to l?e held li> August. Mr. Rich ards has served the people of Kershaw County l>efotre In this capacity and made a very able, efficient and con servative Representative. He Is an nble dct?a tor, a deep thinker, and one who possesses an untiring zeal to put forth only such legislation ns is need ed for the masses of the people. He stands for a wise, economical ex.j)endl ture of the people's money. He Is a man who will discharge the duties of the office fearlessly and im partially and the voters of Kershaw County will make no mistake to elect hlni to this high and important of fice. MANY FRIENDS. Do you know that Greenville, S. C. is only four hours and thirty-five minutes drive from Camden by the Essex. The distance is 148 miles-? country road. This record was made by a locally owned ?. . . ? - ? - ? ? v ' ' ' ? . Essex and timed from The Carolina Motor Company at Camden to The Imperial Hotel _ ? . ' . \ . i - - - ' . .. .. - ?- C'i. ? - ????;? ' - at Greenville. Not a stop, except for gasoline. What more can you ask of an automobile? Will have a shipment of Hudson's and *( i ? f Essex's this week. See me for an immediate delivery. "" _7 , ' ' : ' ; |JJ A. K. BLAKENEY Watch The Essex' COX AND ftOOSEVKLT (Continued from Firs* Pago) A. O. Gorman was elected with Roose velt's concurenee. Since Mr. Roosevelt's appointment to the Navy Department he has si?ent most of his time in Washington, re turning during the summer months and on holiday tripe to visit his mother, lie has never relinquished his deep interest in Hyde Park, However, and is stil one of its foremost citizens and one of the leading parishioners of the , St, James Episcopal Church, which the Roosevelt family has attended for years. He is a frequent- visitor in Poughkeepsie and active in county De mocratic councils. Mr. Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, January 30, 1882, the son of James and Sarah Delano Roosevelt. He is a distant relative of .Col. Theo dore Roosevelt on his father's side. He was graduated from Harvard in 1904 and the Columbia law school in 1907, being admitted to the New Tork li| during the same year. . Mr. Roosevelt married Anna YMm Roosevelt, niece of 4be late Col, 71 (lore Roosevelt and* daughter of t Roosevelt, March 17, 1906. Tbej I five children. Mr. Roosevelt did his thne when at home between family, ills interest in local ftfffclni tennis, for which he displays bis d sporting enthusiasm. He is eitrea democratc in manner, and i? W throughout the ^unty^ " . . . .. CLEMSON CO South Carolina's College of Agriculture and Engineering NEXT SESSION OPENS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, 1920 EQUIPMENT AND COURSES College Lands ? 156-1 acres Value College Plant ? $2,000,000.00 Teachers, Officers, Assistant* ? 120. .Enrollment 1919 1020? 1014. Ten Degree Courses In:.. Agricul< ture Architecture Chemistry Chemical Engineering, Civil En gineering, Elect riacl Engineering, Industry. Industrial Education, General Science. .Short Coursq Agriculture and Textiles. SUMMER SCHOOL June 14 ? July 24 Agricultural Teachers 6 weeks course ? June 14- July 24 4 weeks course ? Jiuic 28-July 24 Cotton Grading Course llegins June 14 and continues for about four weeks. College Make-up Courses Courses for Removal Entrance Con ditions Juno 14-July 24. Club Boy's Courses July 13-July 23. SECOND HOME COMING July 30, 31, and Aug. 1. All graduates and ex-students are urged to attend this gathering of "Tigers" at the old Lair ! You will t>o quartered in Iiarracks, bo bring ' sheets, towels, etc. as you did when you were a cadet. "We can accomodate only 1000 In liarrack.s and will reserve space in -' ?> order of the applications received. Value of a College Education There was never a time when expert knowledge was so highly prized and so highly compensated." High wages for untrained labor will tempt many a young man to discount the value of a college education. But such an education representing the work of four years, viewed mereltf -as an investment of time and of money is eqUaL in 'earning capacity to an estate of more than $50,000. What estate comparable with this can the parent of average means hope to give or leave to his son? What young man can acquire that much value in the same time at any other business. Education fits one for a life whose pos sibilities are limited only by his capacity and character, five ntuaily for the untrained there awaits the slavery of ignorant and undirected effort. Clemson College brings within the reach of every young man in South Carolina the ben efits and possibilities of a technical education. At Clemson College a boy from the humblest home in South Carolina can prepare himselff for a high place in the service of hfa state and jiation. /' W. M. RIGGS, President tssmfSm AfrjenKonJ Research Agricultural Extension - i Clemson Collet, S. C. Tick Eradication ' Hog CMen Control live Stack Sanitary Work liberty. National Bank Bid*, Colombia, & C. Fee Dee Experiment Station - i Florence, 8. C. Coastal Plain Experiment Statt? 6 Summerville, 8. CL y-; Call on these agencies for aaji* a nee. SCHOLARSHIP AND EXAMINA TIONS _ The college maintains 170 roar year scholarships In the AgrlcuHw" ? and Textife Courses, and 58 to One Year Agricultural Course (0*J tofoer 1 to June 1). Bach scMJjB ehlp is worth $100.00 and tree t? Hon- m Scholarship and entrance exwnw* Hons are ibeld at the county cojn houses at 0 A. 11, July 9th. Wrw for fUU. information In ttgard tai* ? ^cholarshipfij open to yooroow ? next aesion, ana the laws gor9t**m their award. . . ts ? Those who are not n I enter on scholarships are stand examinations on M ? rather than wait until thej the. College In the fall. O**?* t>e given for examinations ?** thee ounty seat For Full Do Not Information Write or Wire: The Registrar, * * ' * *%/ ' Delay, You May Be Crowded Out. Applications Will Be Considered