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volume XXXM. I I'.l . . NUMBER 23. ?_ . ?" ' ? ? vr.-ir - r - 11.11 141 CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 1920. ^ ? ? - ? - J . '? . HBWSSBH 'cyrrON (HUDW NAMKD i J W. MW< *? Bt.MM At C*mden. Cieaisou College, Sept. 3.- TW ?* ^ ^>rvice of Cleiuson College, ?ot for |fce Bureau of Markets and the ?tb Carolina Cotton association, b*? pointed nineteen official graders, for nmny counties In South Carolina, graders art" to give disinterested ration to farmers uud cotton buy i coucfro'ng the grade of cotton pre ,uxl to Hi*' grader for that purport*. # standard of the Hureau of markets jl of course be used in this work. * work is supported largely by the ai county Cotton association, and, many Instances a small fee per bale U be charged per bale to help meet ; i> expenses of the grading work. A point of importance to know Is it the graders will be of seyvloe and lue, nor only to the cotton market at I town in which (he graders are looat* but also, to the other cotton growers the county and the section'. Farmers m other parts of the county may lBg or fterid samples of their cotton the official grader, and thus get the aefit of his service. The li<t of the official graders so far pointed is given below. It will be ted thHt two graders are retained in jrihaw county, lh?? grader at Ker |w. being stationed there primarily to te Lancaster county while the one Camden is to serve Kershaw county, lite a munlier of other counties have plied for graders, and it Is possible it a few other appointments may be ide even this late, but it is announced it the available supply iot satisfatv ?y graders for t^s season has been hausted. iiiderson- It. C. Lawrence. liken? H. McCul lough. Ibbeyillo- I . W. Tutt. 4 Marlboro ? W. It. Wise. parnwcll .Inn. B. Harmon. Ue? It. Iav Williamson. Richland -?F. Ah reus. Kershaw. ? J. W. Maynard. bnilon- -it. r. Banks. Edgefield- ? W. P. Gorden< {Greenville ? J. W. Ferguson. Launpas-- Henry Hush. Clarendon ? Ileifjry AlcKae. (feftherry? J. W. Brltt. endrlx. Notice To Managers. IV second primary election will Tie id next Tuesday and The Chronicle l?? desires t.o give the result as soon me votes can be counted. We ask it some one of tbe managers at each icniet kindly telephone us the result soon as made known. If you are niug down t*o learn the result, bring a count from your precinct so it we can put it on our tabulation 3 all can see the result. By doing ? you will not only help us, but wiH helping the candidates and th^ir fods and also helping the whole know the result. A Correction. our tabulation of the County re bs last week we save the total of i Johnson's vote us 354 and the vote Mr. J. K. Jones at 853. These fig * should he just the reverse as Mr. ?nson is In the second race with Mr. W<Js and not Mr. Jones as the total aroc wniild indicate. Notice. "bore \\ 1 1 ; U> a special meeting of the ?*re?ati < ; race Church Parish Sunday morning, immediately after ?trviw. for the election of delegates Ibe Ijim-t-vnn Council called to meet Columbia in ( ictober for the election > Hishaj, ryadju???r. All members Qf Congrcjrnti'.n over twenty-one ur.? itled to vote in the election of sa'd F- H. I larding, Hrctor. ahhkstkd for murder fro Held in \ irginia For Crime Com mitted Here in 190H. lerkeiey Dura nt. a negro, i* being ^ Fairfax. Va.. charged with a r<Jfr committed in tbi# county in ^ I)uraiit is said to have shot and *<1 Richard Perkins on the farm of J Stokes. a few miles east of Cum 1 John Thompson was tried and ac ltcd h ikI I>ura n't made his escape, the \ irg.nia City he was going un ' lh* name of John Henry. He was t irrfxu,) r>n btirglary charge and *oinf> wa> t})f. officers learned that wanted bore. As soon as the ????fy paper* can be arranged, Po Karnes will t?e sent for Uu L hf is ;h?- cmly one of the ofll * *h?? an identify the man. BAWDY HOUaSB MVHT QQ. CHkeiu Prmnt ?im (% Council Act# Prtmpti). At a meeting of the Men's Bible Class of the Baptist Church held last Sondtty morning, the matter or certain evils prevailing in Camden at the present time was taken up for calm discussion and resolutions were adopted which were presented at th<? fibular meeting Of (lij Council held Tuesday evening. The committee appearing before Coun cil was composed of Rev. M. M. Ben son, M. U, Huckabee, R. B. Boss ami C, H. Fouls with Rev. Benson acting as wpokesmau. The following resolu tions was presented to Council: "Whereas, reports are current that certain forms of evil, arc now in our county ; and "Whereas, up to this time nothing has Itoea done, as a community, to rfeMeve us uf the dangers that threaten it from said evils ; ^Therefore, he It resolved : First, That as a Class of men who study and repeat the teachings of the Bible, we find that the evils referred to are open and flagrant violations of Its law and therefore h menace to Christian Civi li/.ation. ...'.'Second, That respects for the laws of our City and State move* us as a Class to pffrr our moral and religious support for removing these dangers from the present ?and coming' genera tions. "Third, That we register a profound conviction that the moral and physical welfare of our young men today is of equal value to the home and country as they were In the days of the war." "Section 9. That all vagrants or per sons having no known place of resi dence ttr visible means of support, shall be arrested and made to give account of themselves. Failing to do which, they shall enter into surety to he of good behavior, or shall he proceeded against -according to law. "Section 10. Th^t all keepers and inmates of bawdy houses shall he deem ed public nuisances, and shall he fined not more than $100 or Tie imprisoned not more than thirty days at discre tion # Recorder;" Council, unanimously agreed that these evils existing would be speedily removed jfYid the police were instructd to notify the women in these houses to leave the city at once. It was also agreed that the sections covering the illicit sale of whiskey and that loitering should be 'enforced as now appearing upon the city statutes. The sections covering these -two violations are as follows : All mrmTiersJ?" the City Board of Health had resigned and it was up to the Council to place a new board. Dr. John W. Corhctt, L. O. Sliaw, L. A. Mc Dowell and Dfr W. K. Clvburu had pre viously resigned and Oapt. W. M. Shannon's and C. P. DuBose's resigna- , tlons were accepted at this meeting. The new hoa rd now consists of: Ceo. A. Rhaine, C. W. Billings. I)r. Carl A. West, Dr. K. A. McCaskill and W. M Loiiis. { Ajioth?>r master taken up at this meeting was that of the rental of the opera house for the next year. Only two bids were offered ? those of T. T/ee Little and H. L. Schlosburg ? both be ing for $200 for the season. Mr. Lit tle had the rental of the house the past year and it was again awarded to him. Owing to the high price of coal the City Water and Light Committee serv ed notice upon the users of water that hereafter the minimum charge for water rentals will be $1 Instead of the old price of 75 cents. They are now paying as high as $ir> for coal whereas they formerly paid |>er ton. A notice to this affect will be found in our advertising columns. The Mississippi Plan. "The Executive Commit/tee of the Staple Cotton Association, elected at a mass meeting held September 2nd, met In the Darlington Court House Septem ber 7 th. As a result, of thin meet Wig we, the undersigned members of the Executive Com in it tee prcseift, after a thoro discussion of the Mississippi plan of Marketing cotton, unanimously ag reed to recommend to a n>ass meeting of the long staple growers to lie held in the Darlington Court House Monday, September 13th, at 11 a. m.. the Miss issippi plan with some minor changes. We earnestly urge th<> long staple growers from all sections of South Carolina to l?e present at this meeting. T. O. McLeod. L. D. Jennings. L. B. Drake C. P. Hodges L. A. Moore Wnde Stackhousc John T. Maekey A. J. A. Perritt ? Jan. L. Mcintosh * J. W. Ooodaon E. E. McOdl. MKS. AN NIK M. MOOKK DEAD. Funeral Was HeM at Dmumkw Ourrli la fwiiw ?f Large Crawd, v ' * ? 1 v Mrs. Annie Matilda Moore, wife of Mr. Henry A. Moore, one of the tn'st knowu and moat highly rstwuii^l wom en of the Flat Kock sectiou of the coyuty, diet! at her home Monday even ing at a late hour after a short Illness. Mrs. Moore was it# years of age and was married ou December 20th, 1919i She was tbe daughter of Mr. aud Mis. James A. McDowell, aud* besides her parents she 1h survived by one aMer, Miss Kate McDowell, of NVestviUe, and four brothers ? Dr. W. O. McDowcll, of Kershaw; and Messrs. 'T. F. McDowell, P. A. McDowell and ?. K. McDowell, of We.stvllle. The funeral was conducted at Datu jaacus Church on Wednesday afternoon by her pastor, Rev. DuBose, of Kershaw in the presence of au u usually large concourse of relatives and friends, and the body was burled in the churchyard j beneath a mound of beautiful floral ; offerings. ? * OPERA HOI INK MONDAY NIGHT Camden Furniture Company to <\ive a Musical Entertainment. Is It possible for a singer to s?ng a duet with herself? Can a living voice and the same voice re-created on an instrument be so iden tical in tone quality that they cannot be distinguished, one from the other? Ifas science achieved a triumph that marks the dawn of a new day in the art of music? These are some of the questions? questions in which every person of cul ture must take a deep interest ? that will be answered at the recital to be given at the Caftiden opera house, on Sept. 18, at 8:80 p. in. Invitations to tills affair, at which (Jladys ltice, the celebrated American Concert Soprano, will sing, have l>eeu received by many prominent musicians of this city, and interest in the coming affair seems to !>e keen In nmslclal circles. The ap peranee of Miss Rico, of course, would be sufficient to arouse the enthusiasm of music lovers here, but the fuet that she will lend her superb voice to the laudable work of revealing conclusively that the marvelous achievement of the re-creation of muslcial sound has been attained,, adds Immeasureable interest to the occasion Iii tho coming recital, Miss Rice will sing In comparison with her voice as re-created by the New Edison, to enable those in the audience to Judge whether or not the living ybice can be made to live forever. A superb program has been arranged ? a program that will re veal all of the fascinating qualities of the glorious voice of the young soprano. At times her living voice will be heard alone; and at tiiues~ahe wilt" slug in unislon w;ith Wr re-created voice; at times she will sing duets with -herself. The audience /try pi.o- tlm golden threads of tone apart ? to say which one lives for the moment and which one has been made immortal. Oan it be done? Cards of admittance may be secured from The Camdep Furniture Co., if o'ou wish to hear this question answered. ' Shrine Club Organized. The Shrlner^ of Camden have organ ized a Shrine Club to be known as the Camden Shrine Club. The following officers were elected, R. T. Coodale, President : W. Robin Zemp, Vice Presi dent ; W. F. Nettles Sec'y., and Treas. Those who attended the meeting on last Friday night were very much en thused wTth the purpose of such a elub In the state. All Shri'ners of Camden and the near by towns are requested to become mem bers, and I will be glad to furnish any information desired. Yours in faith, \V. F. Nettles. Sec'y. and Treas, First Woman Notary For This County. Miss Lena Lineberger, who has for a number of yf?ars been the efficient assistant clerk in the Clerk of Court's office, is the first woman notary to be appointed in Kershaw county. We un derhand that several others have in their application for commissions as notaries public. Pinekney Smith I>ead. Pinekney Smith, son of Rev. C. B. Smith of Manning and a nephew of Senator Ellison D.' Smith, died at a hospital In Columbia yesterday. Tire young man. who wa* 32 years of age. was brought to this city yesterday morning for treatment and died during thf> day. The remains wW.be carried to Manning for interment today. ? Tuesdays State. Young Smith Was well known >n Camden where his father at one time served as pastor of the Lytfleton St. Methodist Chureh. Miss Carrie Rodger* who has been with the Mutual Trust Company here for thp past few years, has accepted the position 6t "manager of the" insur ance department of the f'irgt National hank at Camden, whleh does a large Insurance business. Miss Rodgers made many friends here whoso wishes go with her in her new I'eld.? --Bennetts vllle Advocator. LANCAHTKJt COUNTY NKWS. Happening* of Intmat Ftm Neigfaker County us TeM hy Birimnfw. Half u doaeu tar-barrel* in the rearj of the Springs block caught fire yester day morning at 9:15 and caused so much *moke that people were led to twlieve the whole town was burning up, The fire department made a quick run to the scene," but It was unnecessary to open up the water. No damage resulted L N. Montgomery of this city, and Mrs. L?1 Jones, of Kershaw, were mar ried Tuesday eveuing at tbe home of (be bride" in Kershaw, Rev. Mr. Glea ton, of Heath Springs, officiating. They will reside U? Lancaster. (Maude N. Sapp, who was a candi date for the house of representatives in Richland, county was nominated in the primary of Tuesday. Mr. Sapp, Puul A; Cooper and .W D. Barnett re ceived clear majorities, while others in tbe race will bave to run agaift. tv. Henna n Poovey, son of Dr. and Mrs. (i. W. Poovey, and Miss Sadie Parks were married Tuesday evening at the home of the bride's father on White street, Rev. Patterson performing the ceremony. The young couple left im mediately after the ceremony for Nash, ville. X. C. to visit the groom's grand mother, Mjs. (J. F Poovey. ? Sheriff Hunter received Tuesday morning a telegram from James K. Mc* Cart, deputy chief of detective*. Do triot, Micb., stating that Thurlow Rob inson. alias John McllwaUie, . is under arrest in the Michigan city and being held for the authorities of this county. The telegram stated* that McIIwaino had confided in a friend that he was wanted at Lancaster county on a charge of murder. Sheriff Hunter will go in jwrson to Detroit, after securing the necessary pa pern, to bring the prisoner hack. He will probably take along some person toho knows the negro in order to positively Identify him. | Mellwavne is wanted here for the I murder of Brnest W. Watkins. who was ^uperintendeht of the l.nncas'ter .cotton oil mill. Watkins was shot to death at the mill on November 0, 1015. at nbouf six ?>' and after a few words with the negro. It was said to have been a very brutal murder. Soon after the crime was committed, MVrllwaine was arrested at Gu#st, Chesterfield county, and while In the custody of a rural office and hand-cuffed, he escaped.' , Sheriff Hunter kept on the fugitives trail aiul he was next heArd from at Frederick. Md., where an officer let him slip right out of his fingers. Following up clues. Sheriff Hunter traced the negro to Detroit and there has been much correspondence with? officials there finally ending in the arrest of the negrd. There Is a reward of $2fW outstanding for Mellwaine's arrest, $100 being offered by the governor and $100 by, the sheriff of Lancaster. The negro has stated to offlcera in Detroit that he will noH^vaive requisi tion and Sheriff Hunter will go well prepared when he starts on the trip to bring him back. ! "Something To Eat/* Clemson College, September %. ? What the Spartanburg Herald says in a recent editorial on "The County Must Raise Food and Feed," extracts from which are given below should be tAken in the slate and in the Cotton Belt. "When Spartanburg sold a cotton crop last year for some seventeen mil lion dollars there was a general im pression that the county was on "easy street" financially and that it was be ginning to store up in its banks suffi cient funds to meet its financial needs. Much of that money is still around about, btt the amazing drain on the funds of the South for food and feed stuffs rontinhes, and until we stop sending hundreds and thousands of dol \ ? lars, almost weekly out of this and other counties, to the West for bay and corn, meal, grits, dairy food and chicken feed? all of whoh <-hii bo raised in the South ? there will be if*) abiding pros perity of the right sort." "If Spartanburg county could not pro duce food and feed for man and TK?ast it would be another matter, but it ran grow the very things that are bought abroad." . "The public s not sufficiently- inform ed on the matters of banking to realize that the failure of the people to feed themselves and their stock is a constant drain on their finaneial resources. The public should be given an opportunity to see how it works. "When a man applies to a bank for a loan, if he could he made to under stand that the bank would be in r posi tion to make that loan, hut for the fact ttyt' it had sent thousands of dol-: lars to Iowa for hay on the previous day it would be worth while. The necessity for raising f<?od and f<ed would be im pressed upon that gentleman. Some thing to eat is the most essential thing in the world. Any section o the country thst tak.-R rhar.ee* ou IV ft*** question i<< on the wrong baaU. TfUMPLKD TO UKATH Mr*. Matlle Brawn C*utff?<l WMh Kill Ing of Yoanjt Cripple. I '? : ? * Richard llorufeby, a well known nut] familiar figure around Blaney, in this county. sustained iujurtes last Sunday night iu a peculiar way /row which be ii i?'ii the follow Wig day. i Hnrnsby has been a rheumatic all of ltT? life ami has boon confined to, a rolling chair. Suuday night tbore wan a meeting being held at a church near Blaney among religious sect said to be known a* "Holy Hollers." Horns l?y waa present and during tbe religious fervor tbe congregation begun shouting, Horuuby'* ?vlliug chair was turned over and a* soon as quiet regued again be was found to be badly iujured internal ly from being tramfiled urfder foot by the woreblpperi*. Coroner* Dixon went to Blaney Wed nesday and held an inquest. The Jury's verdict was that Hornsby idet his death from bis chalk1 being turned over by Mrs. MatUo Brown.' A warrant waa *worn out- for the arrest of Mrs. Brown charging her with murder and she is expected to apply for ball toda^- for her appearance at (lie next term of court. Forn%T Judge Smith has l>een employed to defend Mrs. Brown in this unique case and will make his uppear au'ee before Judge Wilson iu-Sumtef for ball. :>? 1 ?SOW COVER CHOPS ON KVKRY FARM.'" ? ,;.v .V . ?: . T Clem .son College, Sepember 7? Tbe of fice of Extension Work South in urging Southern farmers to return to the pre war practice of planting cover crops each fall and to further extend this great soil-buildtag work. Below are given some valuable suggestions on tbe matter by Mr. J. A. Evans. Chief of the Office of Extension Work South. Before tbe Kreat war progress bad been made toward get t lug some kind of cover crops sown each fal^^n Sot#)ern farms. County Agente and other extension workers stressed their importance, and each year thousands .of demonstrations gave occular proof of their Value. Olidwing the outbreak Of the war, however, there was a great decrease in the acreage sown to rucI* crops. This was due to labor shortage, high-priced seed, unsettled conditions, and particularly to the stress of food production, . We should now endeavor to regain the lost ground and stress suitable coyer crops as part of the farni. system of the South. Let us try to make the erirly slogan of tbe farmers' Co-opera - tivc Demonstration wnrlr "Cnrnr rVn|u; on Every farm," a reality in every county in the South this year. Winter cover crops have a special value on Southern farms. They pro tect the land from washing, prevent the loss of plant .food by leaching, furnish grazing for the livestock during the spring, may be plowed under to the great benefit of the soil, or left for har vest for hay, grain or seeds. The small gnalu and the clovers are the most satisfactory crops for this purpose. They are all adapted to Southern conditions and soils. In most of the Southern States oats is the most important .small grain. Not over 75 per cent of tbe amount is needed for home consumption is now grown. The acreage in fall oats should be greatly increased. They can be produced cheaply, mature early, and can be followed in most of tbe States by corn ami eowpeas. cowpeas for haj' or sweet potatoes, or other fall crops. Ryt? is better than fall sown oats in the northern tier of states of the southern group. Oat.^, Bye, WTheat, Bur Clover, Crimson Clover, and the vetches, sown with oats, are all valuable as cover crops. Tbe choice will depend on soil and location, and the County Agent or the Extension Servicc of Clcmson College will give further Information. Notice to Subscribers. On and after Oetolwr 1,. 11)20, the subscription price of The Chronicle will 1>e $2 i>er year. T'ntll then we will accept renewals at the old rate. All of our readers are advised to take ad vantage of our offer to renew their subscription for one year. This offer is limited to one year In advance on our records on September fiOtb. The Chronicle believes that it is one of the \ last of the weekly papers in the state to raise Its Fubscriptiou rates, and it Ls only done because of the tremendous Increase in the cost of ^very thing that goes into making of a newspaper has made this step unavoidable. Remember aftc October 1st you will' have to pay for the Chronicle Instead of the old $1.50 rale. Where subscriptions are ordered only for six months the rate will he *1.2i5 for six months. "WKAI'TH IN WHBAT FIRIi)8 Owing to Volunteer Crop Many Farm ers Have Made lots of Money Topeka, fcau., Au|{. 24 - -Stefic# of ? audden wealth in Kansas wheat bait are ! uuiuerou* tlii* year, due to the ungual acreage of "volunteer wheat," a crop grown from seeds which fall in the previous harvesting. Offieally estimat ed there was 1,500,000 acres of volun teer wheat In Kansas this year, of ab- ?. bout a sixth of the total harvested acre age. This wheat yielded probably 40, 000,000 bushels or representing a moue tary value of tbout $100,000,000. The total K-ansas crop of wheat Is estimated officially at 100?000,000 buahela. liarga acreage of volunteer wheat U due <0 the fael that a threat deal of thl? acreage was deserted as wheat laud by the owners, after last year's none too bountiful crop had been har vested. The J 919 acreage was in exceed of 11,000,000, by far the record for any state in the utiiou, A wet fall caused the kernels of wheat wfiich had fallen to the grouud during the harvesting. to :yi iiiiiKilc. Finding the volunteer crop making u slaml, the farmers did- not disturb the growth and, with ideal wheat grow ing weather this spring, the volunteer wheat made yields fully a? bountiful a* the rest of the corp. Innumerable stories of "deserted acre age." producing $5,000 to $25,000 worth <>f wheat come from western Kansas where the hulk of the volunteer wheat was grown. Others tell of farmers who purchased farms this year uml paid for . with tl<e returns of this years wheat harvest. Illustrating the sudden wealth general""*throughout the western Kan sji s counties, where land had been cheap and favorable seasons few and far hot ween, a recent canvass of wheat yields In the vicinity of Oakley, a small town miles east of the Colorado line. In Logan county, showed at least 50 ftiritiehr* whose wbeatv-'crop this pear are worth more than $50,000 each ; at least ?5 have more than $75,000 of wheat each and every fanner hns a good crop: Thirteen counties, most ot^them northwest Kansas, this year are yielding 43,701,62-17 bushel^ of whea,t according to the latest official estimate by the state board of agriculture. ' The one bin drawback to the Kan sas wheat growers prosperity this year is the lack of facilities in which to transport big' wheat to the market cen ters. Cars still are scarce, especially in the central and western part of the stutA but the situation is not as des _ ..-o pcratc as it. was two months ago, grain dealcis repoit. Favorable summer rains have prae ? tically assured a big com crop in Kan sas this season. The crflp has been of fieally estimated at 140,000,000 bushels and the official forecasters now assert that the continued favorable weather ~ means the yield will mount still higher. The Kansas weather bureau here report 1 that it is the first year in Its .13 years . * of existence that Kansas had "bumper" wheat and corn crops the same year. A banker who has lived in Kansas 52 years is authority for the statement that in that time such a favorable crop combination never before occurred. Similar conditions prevail with the oats and barley crops which have been harvested. The state raised 20,000.000 bushels of barlej' ? four times the aver ago annual yield of the last 20 years. Alfalfa and grain sorghums, to which ? millions of acres are devoted in Kansas likewise arc producing bountiful crops. Kaw valley potato growers report one of the best crops ever grown. As one editor of western Kansas puts it : "The horn of plenty s?eems to have been dump ed ri^hf into the lap of Kansas this year." Marriages. Married at the ho in 6 of Probate Judge W. L. McDowell oti Sunday last, September 4th, 1020, Mr. Homer Bran liam, of Blaoey, and Miss Mamie Bar fi<d'd. of Ridgeway, S. and on Tnes <kay night, September 7th. 1020, by Probate Judge McDowell and at his home, \fr. Thomas E. Waters and Miss Sadie Emily Kirton, both of Bethune. South Carolina. Ford Roadster Stolen. Thieves stole a Ford Roadster from in front of the residence of Postmaster W. D. Trantham'n last. Saturday night and up to now Mr. Tratitham has heard nothing of h?s car. It is a 1020 model No. 364 7040, and has lid on back of box missing, lights were not working, bow of toj^on right side spliced with gal vanized iron. Tail light smashed. I>lrt In right front fender, starter wan out of commission. Mr. Trantham of fers $50 reward for return of car.