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Letter* From The People bi -fvi- r-f: ? ' \ *.:? v A- . . l. Prompt AgM (My Court* In theH?Nt Iwiure of "The Meamviffcr" 1 noticed a call by the (Vaindcn liar Hint we hold un election on the 10th M May to determine whether or not vrv shall have a county court, which Atoll horn the authority to try cite* *#lthe amount of $300. In tho first place I should like to my that tho iMtoplo Jiave had a very ?|iort notice in which to consider tlie ^u??tMon Involved. The oUwtion In l*feH than a week off, aim) hax Imrdty fcwett ftmtoun<?ed to |lw? vot^r* to miy nothing of having thoui to coioddor and WOlgh the QUOSTtlOQ 111 the )?H 111 lice ill ?rder it* determine which way WO tArall vote. It ntrlke* iue as lx<iiig a aphonic gotten up very quickly and Ifcat the election will t?c pulled off be t?ro we have ttine to iidjurft ourtelvoH mn\ determine tvihere we <tuud on tho proposition. Next consider the <*>st of such a ?ourt. The officers connected with the eonrt alone with the deputies and Jury, win amount to something like .$.'5,000 or IUIY AT HOMK Hv <}. I? Mcl>anlel. # Why .should you Kiiy At Home V fWhjr should I Ml At Home 7 liWGAU.SK ? Of our dream of u Oreater ('ant den and Kershaw (/OUiity, AH great Inventions and achieve ment* of the prcMAf age are ififi result of dreams. Just so with all large cities and communities. They, too, arc the result of dreams dream* that inspired the dreamer to go forward with a full determi nation to make the dream a reality. We, Vou and I, have longed and dreamed of a <i roller C'aihdcu and Kershaw ('ounty. This great dream an ami will heroine a reality when we get together lu one great organi zation. (Our ( 'ha niher of (Join ineroe). and go forward with a mighty determined effort. We have already started forward with this'1 effort and we must remember that to falter, to hesitate, to back down ?n our plans, to glvo up. to weaken and quit is to destroy the jnnver to conquer which is within us. Iluying at llonic will hasten the reality of our dream for one of the greatest cities and communities In tho South. We are now on the first lap of this effort, and our success depend * upon You. everyone of UK. $4,000 * year, which of course means more tax iM to ti be overburdened peo pie who are now laboring under the unrest and depression that ha* follow 'i*d the war. ' Another quest Um to consider in the c&m*h tiled in the court. Many will be Referred to higher court# and thh? adds an utint^iwAry link in the chain. Now. consider who will be benefitted? Lot iik think for a moment who will be benefitted. .While we believe .that just i? Mboui(i l"' meted out to an eonf* Qjlllfd, still 1 <l?? not lxfliMft that the larger tnana <>f itif people will l ?f bene fitted. 1 was talking to a farmer of Kershaw County today who aald that j be could not poiMdbiy pfcjr his tgxoa and did not sec how he could do ho. ilia) poaiMon is only thai of jbuudrcdi of Ol hel'H. \\ <? jiif already OYer burdaoedi why ; a iltl anything to our loud? In ronclu- ? hIoii I would ad viae that we all turn 1 out und vole the negative, although, we. as farmer*. it re "particularly busy t this time. J. K. West. A Reply to Mr. Went. As It la not customary for our gotai paper. The Camden Chronicle to pub* : llsh nny article at the laat moment op posing nn election without giving those in favor of the matter a cbauce to be; heard. in reply 1 have been one of those who has had his Attention called f to an article appearing in thla pa jwt by Mr. ,1. F. West opposing a County Court. . ; Mr. Weal can not appreciate, as can , th& members of the liar, and those who i closely observe the workings of the j Court., the particular need with us for such a Court for the .prompt conduct of j legal business. In the first place wo ; have no resident Circuit Judge, in Cam- j den and It Is extretUely unlikely that; we will have, as we are In the Circuit : with Columbia and Uichland County and ?re under the necessity of making t the trip to (Columbia or elsewhere for' all matters requiring immediate ac- ' tlon before a Judge at Chambers. 1 notice Mr. West has In his article that such Court will have jurisdiction up to I suppose however that is just a slip or typographical error for "t In* Court ,ls to have Jurisdiction up to $.1,000. and 'will therefore In all proba- 1 hiljty take care of four fifths of the i Civil business or Kershaw County. It Is the belief of the* lawyers that it will , materially reduce the expenses of the Circuit Court in that the jury panejs j arc only half the size, being 18 men ] summoned instead of thirty six. and 0 j on a jury instead of twelve. There , being no jury trial at all unless re quested. the Court should he able to work with leas last motion. The cases will not be referred from BASE BALL Saturday Afternoon at 4:30 P.M. HERMITAGE MILL VS. WATEREE MILL Fair Grounds Admission 35c the County Court to the CHroutt Court, but appeelw will toe taken dirwt to U*e Supreme Court. There I* therefore no dupllcntioo, a* I gathered iwme people thought. In conclusion 1 would my thut 1 awl one who bellevcH a County Court In much needed in thU Oouuty and that in wilt much assist in handling legal nit ters as it haw undoubtedly done in Illohland and other counties, thai it will reduce the Mine couaumed In dla- ? IKMting of uny Oivll matters iu Courts in the majority <?f instances l?y many DonuW W ?>>e might almost any by a year, and Miat after It ha* l>oen estnli liaiifMi and gotten -to worlrtgg it will) Ju>ilfy Itself tin a matter of dollars ami cents to our County* I <itt not help hilt think in would be a great pity if out' County should not give a favorable vote for the establishment of the Court. 1*114' extra expense# ?>f the Court should amount um high as Mr. West huH enUmnted. with u Judge at $1 ,200, and a stenographer at ?100. TheuA ^UI, an already called at tention to, ne a considerable .Having over what tne Jury costs would ho lu the Circuit 'Court which ?houhl go a i good ways t<? off set the above two items ?and the costs of any bailiffs. I T. K. Trotter. Camden, S. C., May ttth. 1021. j i ? t ? ; III the Middle of a Knd Fix. It is easy to write news when there is any news, but if you live in a town where the dogs won't fight, and the eats agree, and roosters don't crow, and the women refuse to talk about each other, and the old cranks havo lost their luuunft rs and eau't knock, what ure you going to do, Mr. Editor, eh? Your subscribers expect you t" write something breezy, anyhow, and you are certainly In the middle of a bad fix. The shows have come and gone, the bailies are things of the lonesome past. ? The sun does shine a part of the time, and (lie wind still blows most of the time. Spring is due yet winter lingers, m> we are in a rather doubtful mood us to whether we iKhould buy more coal and more heavyweight clothes or try to shiver through a few more days and then hunt up our lee-cream freezers a#il lightweight stuff. This is a wonder ful, doubtful world anyhow, even if we do have these calm, unlet days in Wllliard. ? WllUard ( N. M.) Record. Mendel Smith to Speak. Mendel L. Smith will he the si>eakt i of the day at the Memorial services which will be held on the 10th .of May at the lObenezer Presbyterian "Church. Mr. Smith is a speaker of State-wide reputation, and the Daughters of the Confederacy feel that they are fortu nate to have secured his services for this occasion. ? Hock Hill Record. For the Old Soldiers. The proprietor of the Eureka Bar ber Shop, I. It. English, r<Hj nests us to announce that during the reunion of the Confederate Veterans in Cam den, he will extend the courtesies of his shop to the old soldiers and will give free shoe shines to them. They further announce that they have attractive offers to the members of the newly organized Camden base ball team in the matter of free service for a stated time to the players mak ing home runs during games played. Walla ? Roafcoroucti L/ugoff, H. O., May 2. ? On Thursday evening at ?ix o'clock, April 28, 1921. u beautiful wedding wan sohnnulised at Kbeoezer Methodist Church, when MIkh bailie Ia?e Watts became the bride Of Mr. James ^lexuiuler ltotfH>roUgh, Tfyo church wuH artistically decorated In flower* of t lit* season. * M Um Watt's only attendant, a* maid of honor, was M4hn I ,u<'lle Robert* of Fairfax*. H, C., who entered first Next en me the bride on the arm of her youthful looking father, by whom she waif given It) marriage. At the altar they wore met l?y the groom and his b?'"ft nmn, .Mi. Karl ltos hor?ngh. Acting as ushers were Mes sis, Leslie J*. Habon and William Sal Vers. The officiating inlniKtetV was Rev, Hook, pastor of the church, Mrs. ticorge Moore of ltldgeway rendered the wedding march. The popularity of the bride and ; grootu tvas shown by the lovely and f numerous gifts, which they received and the large crowd that attended their wedding. Immediately following the ceremony Mr. and Airs. Kosborough were motor ?Hi over to Columbia by Mr. H. Y. j Hinnant, of Kidgeway, S. O., and Mi?nj Bstedl ltal>on, of Lugoff. From there they took tin* train for Charleston to visit Mr. RoSborough's mother. The bride is the eldret and most at tractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. II. Watta, of Iiongtown, S. C., and has won many friends in North Carolina as well as in her own state by her sweet disposition and slnverity. The ' groom is one of the most promising, young business men of Lugorf. Ten bodies have been removed from j the debris of tin? little town of Bras*' ! ton. Miss., which was struck by a tot- j undo late Tuesday, and searchers be < ' i lieve that a number of additional dead will be found. More than thirty were injured and several of those in the hos pital x t D'Lo are expected to die. The storm >t ruck first near Wesson, forty miles south of Braxton. At" that place two were injured and property damage amounting to $75, 0(H) was done, it is re-- j ported. Several boiues and it negro . church were wrecked near Wesson and seven mLlcs west of that place a saw mill and six houses were destroyed. At i t'clahatchle seven homes were wreck- 1 cd and two ikmsoiis injured. At Crys: tal Springs the lightning struck a der- ' rick, slightly Injuring two men. At ' (Jloster, in Wilkinson county property and crop damage is reported lieavy. Additional doctors and uurscs Were sent from Jacksonville to relieve those who have been on duty there and relief work i1-- now well under way. WATEREE MILL NEWS Fully -eight hundred people attend ed NVateree's May Festival at Wnteree Field untl enjoyed one of the finest May programs ever presented in Cam den. The program included a May . Pole dance, relay races for hoys, Spring Pageant, Ilahy I'arndo and baseball game. The prizes in the different event* went to the following: Ma j' Pole Dance; 1st prize, 10mni>< Stevens; L'nd prize, Willie Gardiner; Ilrd prize, Fffle Sanders. Hciay race; 1st prize, Clifford COME SEE YOUR STATE i GCARO SOUTHTCAROL1NA HISTORY Wmthrop College ? 2 0 c lock ?? May 0 Rock Hill. S.C. (Admission A150) 1021' More Than 1,000 Young Women in 13 Acts. Large Orchestra and Chorus. Grand Stand Seating 3,000 Spectators. Tickets $1.50. Performance May 6tb, at 2 P. M. For Reservations, write Pageant, Winthrop College Lloyd's' team: 2nd prize, Skinner] Moore's team. Baby parade ; G months to 1 1-2 year class, 1st prize, Zenip Brown; 2iid prize, Eugene Player. One "and one-half to 3 Years. 1st prize. Paulino Baker ; 2nd prize, l>oro* try Lewis. General Prize- J. I'. Johnson. rot plant was given to Mrs. I>ra\ydy, mother of the twins. Spring Pageant? IsF prize. Marga- I ret Barnes; 2nd prize, (Jraeio llobln son ; ;{ r<l prize, Grace Shaw. ?In the baseball game which follow ed these events, Wateree was sound ly beaten by Wiunsboro 8 to 3. Baker's wildness. battery errors, and slow work in the outfield are responsi ble for Wateree's defqut. Plays by Klchards and Villlpigne featured the came for the home team, while a sensational catch by Pierson featured for Winnsboro. Louis Anderson with his cannon furnished a great deal of noise during the afternoon, while Net tles Lindsay and Teddy deLoache dress ed as mother and baby in the Baby Parade supplied the comedy. A delegation of two hundred from Wateree Baptist Sunday School jour- 1 neyed to Mispab Sunday afternoon j where they enjoyed a song service witi the Mlspah Sunday School. Tbej were carried out iu trucks supplied by Dr. Bra&lngton, Ooeo-Cola BottliflT Co., Chero-Oolo Bottling Co., Hoot' Furnishing Co., Farmer's Mercantile Co., and W. R; DeLoache.to whofc the Wateree Sunday School are rerj grateful and wish to extend their' thanks. The Mill Store has taken on a nef! lease of life -since the advent of Wal ter G. Barbour, its. new manager. Mi. Harbour has had a wealth of expend once in store work and at present Is also manager of the Winnsboro Mllh store. Mrs? Barbour and daughter, Lois, are also in Camden and will rf side at the Service Manager's house. : Mr. Roberts, formerly of LockwooJ, Greene & Company, Engineers. Is work ing in the mill storey. .1 Wateree and ? Hermitage will cli?l again Saturday in the second game of their series and a hotly contested b*t tic is looked for. The first game wii a thriller and ended 5 to 4 in farot of Wateree. Wateree will be gretUr strengthened for the game Saturdij by the acquisition of some new ro? and will do her l>est to take the not game. , HAIL INSURANCE \ From now on, hail storms will be frequent; already, some places have suffered. Just a few minutes of hail will so destroy your growing crops that your investment and labor will be wiped out. Almost every year - some section is so devastated that it is necessary to send out side aid to the sufferers. You can prevent some disasters, but you have absolutely no control over hail; you can neither prevent it nor lessen its damage. The one safeguard is insurance. We have written this class of insurance for the past several years for The Home Insurance - Company of New York. They have in every instance paid their losses cheerfully and to the entire satisfaction of the assured. The rates are very reasonable. EVERY FORM OF INSURANCE THE WILLIAMS INSURANCE AGENCY ESTABLISHED 1871 R. M. KENNEDY, Jr., President Telephone 52 J. K. SHANNON, Manager ? ;