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Lig.'.m u. '-'j- .1. ma ? ?" r.H LiiV VOLUME XXXV WATCH the date on YOUR UA^EL inn i i i i ii i i ' ? i i i 'TmrrrlriTTTnwMninpirr'^i ? 1IU..HUH. IHI-'J WATCH THE DATE ON YOUR LABEL i i ? r ?*<! 1 R. '.".J '.llll)1.." CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1923, NUMBER 5 lilvTHl \K NBWS NOTBB Happening* of Interest An Told By Ouf ( Airrriipondenl. licthune. S. C., May 2.~-Mis? Mar guerite Davis and Mr. M. B*st gave their friend* * grout surprise Sunday morning when they motored fo Camden, were iqaried at the Pres byterian manso, and boarded a Sea iKviird Hfain for points south. Mr*. Best i n the daughter of Mr. W. E. Davis and has won a groat circle of tritnds by her bright personality ami happy disposition. She was a stu dent at Columbia College ttndjgr two years was at Ohieora College. Mr. Host, known as lycslife, is an enter prising young business man in oharge of the Bethune Grocery Store. , A seven-room dwelling owned by Mrs. Amanda MeKinnon, knbwii: as J the Marshal house, was destroyed by j lire Thursday afternoon. It was oc cupied by negroes at the time and | aricd ,no insurance.. Mr. W. M. Stevens and family were guests of Mi.' John T. Stevens at Kershaw Sunday. ? Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Tiller and Mr. Philip Tiller, of Mayesvillty "* spent Sunday with their mother, Mrs. Sallie Tiller. V Rev.- J. M. Fqrbis left Monday morning to atend a meeting of Con- ! >;a roe Presbytery ? at innsboro. Mr. P. M. McCaskill, of Columbia, *pent Sunday here with his parents. ! Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCaskill. Mrs. J. 1>. LatYitte has returned ( Ironi several weks stay with relatives at Cope. Miss Gussie Hough, of Kershaw,! spout the Week end with relatives here.. ? ! . . . ^ Mr. Kben Yatbrough ?is .spending some time with his nephew, Mr. Mar tin Rozieij at Cassjitt. A play, "Ruth in a Rush/', VV?s given by the faculty and. members of Clyde sehool in the school auditorium : here Friday evening. . Mr. and Mrs., G. B. King and Mr.! N. A. Bethune are attending the Con- i u derate State Reunion at Florence j this week. ' ( ? j Circle Number Two of the Pros* hyterian church was entertained by Miss Stella Bethune. -The meeting was in the nature of a shower to Mrs. .J. M. Forbis.* A fter dispensing with the busines the members y^re given towels to "horn. When finished they were presented to Mrs. Forbis with a few appropriate remarks by Miss Bethune. Ice cream and. cake wrt-e served at the close of the* .meet ing, An interesting iga me of ball~was played last Friday -afternoon be tween Bethune High Sehool and 1'ageland at that place The game w;ih called on account of darkness I with sefre 3 to 3,s American Legion To Meet. The James LeRoy Belk Post \To.. J IT, will hold its monthly meeting at! i's headquarters on* Monday, May j "tli. at K o'clock. All members will I pii-ase he present -as the question of j .i Summer Camp will be decided upon. John Whitaker, Jr., Post Adjutant. Mr*. IHease Gets Verdict. ^Columbia, April 27. ? Mrs. Lillie S. Blease, wife of former Governor i'ole L. Blease> was given a verdict ? C $25,000 Thursday night against the estate of the late Ben L. Abncy, < olumbia lawyer, by the jury which heard the trial of her suit for $100, i"U) for taking care of Mr. Abney ? luring the last years of his life. The ? iefense has not made known what further action it will take in the case. Ascension Day Services. The Annual Ascension Day Ser v ires * ? f Camden Commandery No. 12, Knights Templar, will he held Sun ? hty evening, May l.'ith, l(J2.'l, at S ? ?'rlock in Graco Episcopal Church. >ir Knight Rev. F. H. Harding, Chap will conduct the. service. ?Sir Knights will assemble * in t.h? ? Masonic Hall at 7 o'clock in full uni . "rm for the purpohe of attending ';>(? above mentioned services in h i :? >dy. ? ! The public is cordially invited and ? v per ted to attend. VV. Robin Zemp, Com mandeK NOTICE. Delinquent Tax Payers: laves owing for the years l'.?20 and '21 must be paid by or before Sat "<iav. May 12th, otherwise the prop > will be advertised for sale and w II l?r disposed of on the first Mon ;i?.v in June. ^ "U may make payment to .J H. ;l< Leod, Deputy Sheriff, who will be ?' the Court House in the forenoon of ?tch dav and all day on Satufdays. G. C. WELSH, j Sheriff, Kershaw" Countv. i 1 amden, S. C\, May 3rd, 192.'*. I OOK AT VOl K I.ABE I,. I hp < hronicle has recently re wsed it* subscription list, and has added the month and year of expi ration to every label going on the paper. Subscriber* are earnestly requested to watch their labels from no* on- and remit to this of fice when they note the date has expired. F^r many years The ( hronicle ha.-, used the method of notifying; its sub?cril>ers by a post ( ard. This method was expensive ?nd not satisfactory and we are di*eontinuinj( (Km method. FN>1H this date on we request that you wa?ch your Ubft and remit prompt!*. - , ' ? ' i , " i r b;-. ^ vr - i t n*. vui.i v .t ANOTHER I'AVKl) STREET. I'ortion of Chviinitt From LyttMon ? To Nr To lie H(t4t I'lVmnnwit . Messrs. Chaw. J. Shannon and Ralph N. Shannon on Monday sent a putitio* to City Council asking that they pave that portion of Chestnut street from corner of Lyttleton to, Fair on the northern border of Rec tory Square. This will be good news to all residents as it will fortp the only. connecting link ho far witii Broad, Lyttleton and Fair on the up per portion of the eity. It was the, original intention to pave all of' Broad to Green street and then Green to North Lyttleton, on around in front of Holly Hedge to Fair, thus, forming a continuous circuit on down to DeKalb, hut some of the property owners of the northen section were opposed to the paving and the origi nal. project had to bo abandoned. It is to be hoped that they will event ually faH in line and the original idea can yet be carried out.. The two Mesrs. Shanon are the only property' | Owners from Lyttleton to Fair on Chestnut strut and we think we know what we are talking about when we say that the whole city feels grateful to them by their action in making this connecting link possible. As the park borders this portion of Chestnut on the south side it is - very likely that a park way for a grass plot will be built as has been done near the Confederate monument. PLANTING FORESTS. Taxpayers Vote Funds and Work Is Done By Boy Scouts. A friend Of The Chronicle who loves the trees and shrubbery sends us this bit of interesting information clipped from the Adirondack Enter prise, published at Saranac Lake, N. Y., under date of April 27th: "Twenty-five thousand trees are today being planted at Ma-lone on a tract near the village purchased by the tax payers to carry out reforesta tion plans. "The biajor part of. the planting i-> boi7ig done by the Hoy Scout troops jpf^ the. county setft They are being assisted by, school pupils and mem bers of church societies. With such a large group at work it is hoped to finish the planting today. ? "The planters gathered tjiis morn ing at uight-thirty and were carried to the tract to be reforested. Each had a largw pail and their lunch. The pails will be used to carry the small trees in. _ ' "The reforestation project at Ma lone was started several years atfo by the chamber of commerce. It has' worked out finely. The first trees planted are now of good size and in flourishing condition. "When all the available land had been planted, the people had become 'so interested in their municipal forest that they readily voted the funds for additional traces. "As a result Malone 'now boasts onf of the finest municipal forests in the United States, which in a few more years will be worth a sum twenty times In excess of what it cost. ' t "The trees being planted today were all raised at state nurseries un der the direction of the conservation commission." Attended Federation Meeting. Mrs. N. R, Goodnle attended the twenty-fifth annual convention of the South Carolina Federation of Wo men's Clubs, which convened in Spar1* tanhurg hist week. It was the. silver anniversary of thy Federation and there were many interesting features of the convention with it..' Three of the national officers were present in cluding the president general, Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, who gave two most interesting addresses and was an inspiration to all. The Convention meets in Charleston next year; Famous "Wild Cat" Koad is Closed. Columbia, April 28. ? Wild Cat road, through Camp Jackson, which has been used for several months as a detour while construction work on ihe CamdcA road was under way, today was closed as a result of a fire which last night destroyed seventeen buildings at the world war army training camp here. The State Guernsey Sale. ( 'lemson ?College, April 27. ? The South Carolina Guernsey Breeders' "Association will hold a salt* of regis- 1 tered Guernsey, cattle at -the Stat;1 Fair Grounds, Columbia, 011 May H, according to announcement of Prof. ?J. P La Master. Chief of the Dairy Division, who is secretary of the as sociation. There will be rows and heifers and six bulls offered. These 6attle have been selected from the best herds in South Carolina by a committee of the association. An in spection was made during March and all animals accepted were of food typo and breeding and in good phys ical condition. "This sal?' offers the breeders and . farmers of South Carolina and the Southeast ' an opportunity to buy good cattle at a price they may set on them, says^ Director W. W. Long, of the Kxtcnsion Service, in speaking of th?* advantages to farmers of It is impossible to get the-Vata for this sale ready for the mails fore May 1st, but everyone desiring a copy of this "rAttftog befofe the sale date caw write Mr. C. T. Rice, Sales Manager, Oakton, V'%;, and have one mAil'J on Maf 1, ami in thi* way get one to look over Leforo the sale. ?Z ' <f a sale ?j j J MAtvBS LARGB C1FT. Lancaster Man M#k?s t;> mnasiuie I'unslhlc at rrwb)t?i?i 0?lle|t. Clinton, April 25. ? -Announcement was made heiv today that a gyipua sium is assured for the Presbyterian College of South. Carolina, through a gift m-ule by Col JLeroy Springs of l^ancaster. Work on the building will begin in the near future, it is expect ed. The building will be known a* the Leroy Springs gymnasium, ac cording to the statement of I)ri IX M. Douglass, president of the College. Several years ago the Presbyterian college put on a curopaign to raise $150,000, Colonel Springs then prom ised $25,000. Later this campaign was expanded into the $1,000,000 campaign for the various educational institu tions in South Carolina owned by the Presbvteri&n church. Colonel Springs i then doubled his subscription, mak- j ing it $50,000. He reserved tho right j to desjgmite the purpose for which, his gif? would be used, thinking then ho would endow n chair. Dr. Qpuglas has had an architect 1 working on plans for a new gymna sium for some time. It is estimated that thf-i gymnasium will cost ? ap proximately $100,000, complete, k in r eluding swimming pool. The gymna sium proper will cost between $05,000 I and $70,000. This Swimming" pool, whirh adjoins the gymnasium And is in a sense a part of the same build ing, can be built later. I>r. Douglas asked Colonel Springs to add $15,000 to his subscription of $50,000, which he has already paid in full and build the gymnasium. This he consented to do. The gymnasium is to be unusually handsome and complete. The blue prints nave been submittted to physi cal directors in some of the largest Northern ?nd Western universities, All have commended them highly. The building is to be constructed of red tapestry brick, trimmed with white stone. ? The gymnasium will adjoin the new athletic field. This athletic field con tains a quarter mile running track built of crushed stone and cinders with concrete retaining walls. Inside the running track the football and baseball grounds. The athletic field has underground draining so when completed it should be in conditiefh to use almost immediately after a rain. It has also water pipes so that it can be easily... sprinkled in dry weather. Dr. Douglas expressed him self as beiiig profoundly grateful to Colonel Springs for the money for the erection of this building. Hud Fire at Lancaster. Lancaster was visited by the most disastrous fire in recent months early Wednesday morning when the W. D. Robinson house, occupied by Mr. Mar tin Sullivan and family, situated on Elm street, was completely destroyed, and the home of Mr. J. S. Wilson, situated next door to the Robinson house was gutted. The home of Mr. S. B. Roberts also suffered consider able damage to the roof and west wa 1 1 . ? La ncaster C itizen. New# and Courier Being Sued. Beaufort, April 30. ? Suit has been ( entered by Ralph E. Brown for the sum of $50,000 against the News and Courier, as publisher, ami Neils Christensen, of this city, as corres pondent. The suit grew out of an article written by Neils Christensen : and published by the News and Cou j rier when T. L. P. Bettison met hi.* , death here la*t summer, for which j death Mr. Brown was tried and ac quitted. Mr. Brown claims that the . article was faTse and malicious. Mr. j Brown has retained the services of 1 Mendel L. Smith of* Camden, Logan { Grace and Cpsgrove of Charleston j and Claude M. Aman of Beaufort as 1 his attorneys. | Murder Mystery Solved. Bishopville, April 25.? The coro- j iter's jury investigating the death of i a negro woman whose body was j found in Lynches" river in December,] 1921, has brought in a verdict to the! effect that the won)an was Lugcnia ' Wilson and that she came to her death I as a result of being struct on the head j with a blunt instrument in the hand;* of Jesse WilsOn, her husband, and j t.h??t Minr\ic Simon was an accessory, j Jesse Wilson and Minnie Simon have I been arrested in Southern Pines, X. C. I and Sheriff Scarborough and deputies [ left this afternoon to bring 'them j bark. ? j Fire at Kershaw. At Kershaw early Friday moaning j a fire that started from the stove j flue, it is said, completely destroyed the residence of Dr. W. C. McDowell, j dentist of that town. Insurance to the I amount of $1,500 on the house and $1,000' on the furniture was carried we am informed. On Saturday the home of J. W. Ingram, also of Ker shaw, was destroyed, the loss -from [ the two fires being estimated at be- j twecn $10,000 and $12,000. ? Laneas- j ter News. w Stocking Creek With Fish. Chester*. April 2K. ? Dr. F. M. Bold rudg?^ftjrne?l loose 50,000 small black bnss(in Rocky Creek war his farm this ?eek. These fish came from the goN^nntent hatchery at Orangeburg ynfi w?re furnished by the govern ment with the understanding, as al ways required, that they are not to be molested for three jrears. This, it would seem, wouI3 affect seining in thin stream throughout its entire ex tent, as the fish are supposed to dis j erf tip and down the f??ek and into all ..ataidiary streams t ? , CAMDEN BQY IS WINNER, ' *?* Greenwood Girl Twite* First Place i III ConteM* Columbia, April 26.? Morris Mog ulestu, of Camden, and Mi Id tod Ar rington of Greenwood won first places in boys' declamation context and the 'girls' expression contest respect ively, tonight in connection with the observance of the annuul high school w*?k at the University of South Caro lina. Earlier in the day the Kingstree High Schol won State debating hon or* when its negative team defeated the Greenville* affirmative team on the query, "Resolve*! that the r>re? bix t tendency in high school athletic.* is hurtful" and in token of the honors it won, thfc team, composed of J. F. Cooper and Jane Gai-lland, was pre sented with the Manning cup. Young" Mogulescu's winning de clamation was Wood row ' Wilson's war message, while Miss Arlington took first place with her rendering of ''Madrettu." Wilbur Hook of M.cColl, was sec ond in tin declamation contest. Wil liam Hyers of Rock Hill was third and Thomas Mertnvan of Kingstree was given honorable mention. In the girjs' competition second place was won by Mary Catherine Epps, of Kingstree, while Rebecca Anderson of Ninetv-SiX took third place. Tomorrow, the closing day of the high sih.)ol meeting, will he marked by' the annual track meet, and the I closing banquet. All in Good Health. E. I. Reardon, the new managing' Secretary of the Camden and Kcr- j shaw County Chamber of Commerce ' notified Health- Officer, John Wilson of Camden, last Monday that Camden i had the healthiest bunch of married j women and the best automobiles of any town in the United States. The Health 'officer wanted to know why j the secretary thought s<D Mr. Rear don replied, that in most towns whenj the commercial secretary gets up a crowd married men to go off as jj delegation to another city that when ? the time comes to go about fifty per: cent of the aforesaid married men' report that their wives are sick, or, their automobiles not in running order. j Last Monday when the Secretary vm's checking up on the delegation of business and professional men to go tq Sumter last Tuesday to confer \VUh' the Hoard of County Commis sioners of Sumter county about inter county road matters and to secure information from the Sumter Y. M. , C. A. about the plan of organization for such association in Sumter, not a man of the delegation who had said that they would positively k<> report ed as having a *i?ick wife or a dam aged automobile, and the delegation went off to Sumter on time 100 per cent", strong. ' Southern Railway Changes. Passengers heretofore going to ] Charleston by way of Kingville have i had to wait at . Kingville two and a half hours for the Carolina Special.! A recent change effective last Sunday | now makes a closer connection at Kingville and passengers using this: route will now have a wait of only! one hour and thirty minutes. This ; enables passengers to reach Charles- ! ton as quickly by this route as by any ' other route. Were Married Here. The Chronicle has to go away from j home to get the following bit of news j which happened within a stone's throw of our office. We clip it from I the last issue of the Lancaster News: : "A marriage of great surprise to; everyone was that of Miss Ruby Ham- j mond, of Lancaster, and Mr. Robert; Pate, of Camden. They were quietly ; married on April 21 at the Baptist ! parsonage by the pastor of the First ; Baptist church of ('amden.'1 Miss | Hammond is the daughter of Mr. und; Mrs. A. F. Hammond, of this city, and , has been a successful teacher, ' Mr. j Pate is the elder son of Mr. and' Mrs. i V. M. Pate of Camden, and is a pro- j gressivo farmer. Their friends wish; for them much sueeess and happirfe*?.' j Carload o^^Chickens. The first venture made in South Carolina of shipping chickens by the car load, was thnt made by Chester field county Tuesday, April' 17, when the first chickens were bought at the car door and shipped direct from Cheraw to Philadelphia. When load ed the ear contained about .">,000 chickens, weighing about 1 X.000 pound?, which brought the sellers $3,6* 12.5(1. The Chesterfield Adver tiser givev the following interesting figure*: "Following arc the revised figures on the cuHoad of poultry from this county last Tuesday: Total tonnage IK, 230 lbs. From I'ageland 6,205 lbs. From Mt. Croghan .1,261 i b:-*. From Ftuby 3,939 lbs. From Chesterfield 4,783 lbs. "There were between 20()0 and 3000 pounds left in Chesterfield and Cheraw had four thousand pounds linf'd up, though not much of it was at the depot. Xumber of farmers p?i ticipating: F'ageland . ...... 122 Mt. Croghan 61 Ruby 07 Chesterfield 101 Amounts paid to farnrn^: f'ageland Ml. Croghan . r. .* 766.76 Ruby I , TMJTO Chrwrterfteld f?!S.24 Th? car when 1 <*ded , contained about 5,000 c)?kkei?*.n . . - MANY PUBCHA&RD lots. Pinnix Lanil Co. Stage* Kino Sale of ! Lots Near Camden. A total of two hundrod und fifty ? lot k lying a short distance 'oast 6f ; Camden on the Ucthune road was sold at auction by the Pinnix Land company on April 2 1st, and the bid ding was so lively that the promoter* bid J eve that they could easily have sold as many mo#. A Ford automo bile given away With a lucky ntirhber was quite a drawing card and was won by Mr. .'Lee Player. .The prop erty hns been named DuBosu Park'and is in a beautiful section. Thfr pur chasers and the number of lots fol lo^f : : - ? C, B. Larrimac, 8 lots; I). L. I)ab neyi S lots; W. T. Player, \H lots; H. C. Deer, 2 lots; J. Whitaker, 2 lots; (J. \V. Harrison, 2 lots; John T. Mac key, -1 lots; H. O. Buv-ns, 12 lots; Laurens Mills, I lot; F. , A. Bennett, 2 lots; J. P. M#on\ 2 lots; H. K. llroughtoh, ll lots; A. K. Blakeney, 2 lots; X)tis Kubanks, 2 lots; Charlie Holland, lots; J. \\\ Barfield, 7 lots; 11. G. Christmas, !5 lots; R. A. Purser, 2 lots; S. H. Shirley, 2 lots; L. M, Hall, o lots; M. M. Cook, 2 lots; I. W. Smith, 3 lots; C. R. Smith, 1 lots; J. 11. ftnrns, .'!!? lots; Kate Poston, 10 lots; Mabel Poston, K lots; .1. l>. Shaw, T? lots; S. T. Stevens, 7 lots; M. M. Cook, 2 lots; M. K. Trotter, 'I lots; Katherine Morris, <"i lots; J. A. ] Morris, >3 lots; Ida Truesdale, -1 lots; j \V. I). Trantham.f* lots; Clyde Rob-'] erts, ;{ lots; F. M. Wooten, !) lots; W. j .1. Dority, lots; R. H. Williams, r> lots; K. 11. Harrelson, 2 lots; Jess j Harnett, I I lots;. S. H. Twitty, M lots; j ,J. II. McLean, 2 lots; J. II. Dobbs, ,!.i lots; F. R. Holland, 4 lots; P. B. Trull',- 4 lots; i)an Jones, 1 lot; Annie Hasty, n fots; Maggie Marshall, 1 lots.. J Club Met With Mrs. Lorick. A splendid and well attended meet-'; ing of the Cantey Hill Home Demon-1 'stratum Club was held Wednesday at the hospitable home of Mrs. Lorick. Miss Jennie V. Boyd, our efficient and I popular home demonstration ,, agent, i presided and delivered a very inter ! esting talk about the best and mosi i wholesome and nutritious methods I of dieting and cooking of balanced, I meals for children and adults. Mat 1 ters of importance to the Council of Farm Women and home clomoristrar tion clubs* was discussed. She then introduced K. f. Reardon, Manager-Secretary of the Cninden and Kershaw County Chamber of. Commerce to, the ladies who made a . short talk about reciprocal econom ic and social relations between city, ? own and country districts, commun ity organization and inter-township cooperation. His remarks were, well received and the ladies guaranteed that they are going to use the Cham ber of Commerce and its secretary in every way possible for community development, publicity and thanked 1 him for the interest he is manifesting and for the eooiy?ration of the men 1 and women of Camden in home dem onstration and rural community t>n 1 vironment. The hospitable hostess at the- conclusion of this pleasant and enthusiastic meeting served delight ; fyl refreshments which were enjoyed ; by every .one. Miss Boyd is making i our new commercial secretary put on some speed in keeping to his promises of standing by her an^hVr club work, and the business and professional men aiW women of Camden are seeing that he takes orders from Miss Boyd j and does his best for the boys and girls and men and women of Kershaw County. As he likes the work it is fio hardship for h i if* to keep "on the job' in this feature commercial secretarial work. Cotton Dusting Machine*. Clenison College, April M. At thi< ! time' th-re ate being manufae-t ure*d I a % rent many different kinds of ma chines arid apparatus for (Justing cot-1 ton and other plants. Some of those ! machines arc very simple iri construe-; tion and with certain improvements should prove very promising for the small farmer. Several of these* ma chines are now under test by the South Carolina Kxperiment Stations, and other stations, and have the nd- : vantage of be-in*? light and low-priced. In purchasing machine the farmer should carefully consider his needs, says Prof. A. F. f'otiradi. Fntonioli tfist. % The difTcient t.vpes of dusting machines have a varying acreage capacity per season and furthermore the construction of the various types of machines is such as to-fit different types of land conditions. The. large three-row duster, while th?- best ma chine is of course not adapted to the steep, terraced hillside with the many point iows. For such conditions the lighter one- horse machiho is more* ile sirable. Frequently, however, in 'he nianu fucturin^ of these machines too li* tie attention i* given, to the dust cle>ud that the- machine is capable* of ! prexluringr. and this of course is very' neeeaaury in any machine before* it j can do good work. The attention of farmers is again ! el i reeled to the* fact that Clemson Col- | lege is willing and ready at any time; to make tests of these various ma- j chine** in order to ?dvise farmers in- ! udlijcently . Woiepitwl Ifnj. May 12th will be ?bse^-eel as Cam den Hospital Day.' Visitors will be welcome firm 8 to <5 p. m.. Mothers with babie* h> m at the Hospital frill be especially welcome. IN INTEREST OF HIGHWAY. Member* of Chamber of Commerce Made Trip to Sumter. Messrs. C. J, Shannon, Jr.. K. M. Kennedy,' I- <\ Shaw, and E. I. Hear don, Secretary of the Camden ami Kevshnw County Chamber of Com inerce, John T. Slovens, of Kershaw. W. A. Boy kin, I). A. Boy kin, and H. 1>, Uoykin, of Boykin section of Ker rthuw County, with about twenty cit teens of ftcmbert, Ilagood, Horatio. Borden ami Statcsburg sections ot Western Sumter County met with the Sumter County Board of Com missioners in Sumter last Tuesday about the matter of bavin# the State Highway Commission to take over and permanently maintain about ten miles of the old State highway to Charleston which has been abandoned by the Sumter County Permanent Road Commission in the hard surfac ed highway program of that county by the changing of the main highway from Sumter to Kemhert in Sumter county. Two miles of this section of tin' old State highway are in Ker shaw county and already in the Stale Highway System-? and the other eight miles are in Sumter county.* The joint delegations from the two counties were very courteously ami satisfactorily . received and listened to by the Sumter County Board of Commissioners and the project gone into thoroughly. No official decision was rendered at the time owing to the fact that tin* State Highway Com mission regijJiitions must be looked into, but the request met with no op position from the Sumter County Commissioners and it is practically certain that unless there are some legal complications the Sumter Coun ty # Board will acquiesce in the re quest of the citizens of Kershaw and Summer counties. 'IV F. MofTett, Secretary of the Sumter. Board of Trade invited every one of the joint delegations to lunch us the guest of his organization. Sum ter's citizens were profuse in their hospitality to the entire delegation# and invited them to visit Sumter early and often. 1 JOHN WOOD INVITED. To Explain Advantages of Exhibit at Made in Carolina Show. i . ; Secretary John Wood, of the Made | in Carolina .Association, with head 1 quarters in Charlotte, N.C., has been , J invited by Secretary E. I. Reardon to come in person or send a represen- ?. tative of this association to Camden 'rtt an early date to talk and explain to < the manufacturers aiul business men of this city and of Kershaw County the plan for different North Carolina and South Carolina cities, towns and counties having exhibition space 'showing the different commer cial commodities manufactured or otherwise produced in the cities, towns or communities at the Made in Carolina Exposition in Charlotte next * October. Sumter and other- Carolina com munities are lining up for this great exposition and Camden and Kershaw County have much to show that will prove of great credit and advertising value for the enterprises showing their products and for Camden and Kershaw County as well.. Our new Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce man aging secretary proposes, with the cooperation of all live men and wo men, to see that Camden and Ker shaw County keep pace as far as possible witii all other cities and towns and we think that Camden's manufacturing enterprises of all kinds, and business men generally of Kershaw County, should and will back vi p his efforts in this very im portant movement. It is said that more than two hundred million dol : Jars are annualy sent out of North land South Carolina for commodities ' that are manufactured, produced and ' sold in these two states. Camden and ! Kershaw County doubtless cxperi I ence, proportionately their share of ; unnec esary sending out of the county 1 thousands of dollars annually that if ? kept at home will greatly help to j build up our own city and county in i stead oT building up other places. Mr. 1 Wood will no doubt receive a warm , welcome t < ? Camden when he arrives, I the date to be announced as soon as ?he accepts th*- invitation if he can 1 find time to come or send a represent ;st ive here. Catholic Church Services Services at th<* Catholic church *?ti ?Sunday'. Mti.V Oth, will be as follows: : Sunday school at 10 a. m.; Mass and Sermon at 11 a. m. All are cordially invito*!. NOTICE TO PENSIONERS. The pension money has come. The amount received this year is $H,fM.'$.00. $941.00 moro than la^t year. Th*1 County Pension Bohrd composed of Messrs. i\". A. Bethune, of Bethunc, B. M. .l<?nes <?f Kershaw and A. S. Mc Kenzio, of Camden, will meet today or tomorrow arid classify the pension ers arid make the apportionment for each class, and pensioners can ??vt their checks on Monday. May 7th, hy 4 calling at the Probate office. w. l. Mcdowell, .J lid ire of PrAbaty. Camden, S. May 3, 1923. / Christian Kndeatur - . The Christian EndeAvor Society will mot on, Sunday evening in the lecture room of the Prpsbyt?rian church at K o'clock. The topic is, "A - Praver Th?' pi. oik* i? for dially Invited to attend: