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i .ii: CAMDEN CHRONICLE, H. I). Nil l<:s Editor ?nd l'ul?n#hfP 1 ?*? ?*' ? 1 ? ??? ? ??*.? i '* ?? I I'uMi hod I'vi'iy 1' i Kfky at N'o. U00 ' Bi'Oftd street aiijl rnt^ed at the Cam. den, Sooth Carolina post^tioQ as ? ond clai mi. hi matter. Price pbri annum $3.00. C^MDUN, H. {!., J I N K 1. H>23, A how 1 1 v 1 1 * k record wa* made Sat urday when Lieutenant Harrifioh (J. < otfkeJ*, oi Kelly Field, ,Saii Antonio,' Tt >ar. l!? w from IbjiiMoii, Tex., to the ( 'anad'an bolder and landed at Mt, i Clcmmen*. Michigan, tito whole, jour ney having been completed in 11 hours and 61 minute*' from the- time It. start' d at ,5 : J 1 a. m. The distance is 1,400 mill's, and K<A) miles was made at an tyltitude of from 100 to fiOO feet. The low flying wa* made iiectissary because of unfavorable .weathuj' con di'iuns, fit' t ee Vdorms raging over head. The flyer remained near the g.ptind so s?s to preserve bin bearings. A part of the time bo ascended to ?;,ut)U feet or more .so he could see the ? sun. It, is said thai if bis engine had gone <load at. any time while ho was ftyintr so low a 1<)0 feet ho would have crashed' to earth. The trip was extended a few miles across the Canadian I order before the landing, largely for sentimental reasons so that it could be said that he had*travT clod from tbe Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border in a day. ? Jlusts. of Vbrabam Lincoln, Ualph ?Waldo Kmerson, Henry Ward Beech cr, Alexander Hamilton* Ulysses S. Grant, Hubert- E. -l.ee and Frauces K. Williaril were unveiled in the Hall of "Fame of New York university Tues day last, bringing the total number of busts in the hall to l.'b Elaborate < cvemonies, culminating in a proces sion to the Hall of Fame, were held at the unveraity and were partici pated m by representatives of many i'rltullifv* famous in American history pud of scientific, literary, artistic And patriotic societies. Each bust except tl^at of Grant, was unveiled by a di iCc.t descendant or relative the honored person while a special pre Mutation address was made in each . upse. *' . ? The fantou> Hippodrome has given ,n> last -how. This giant New Yorkl playhouse has Ijeen purchased by a realty corporation with the definite j pw pose oi' erecting a commercial ' . ivacluii'. lain I values are too great I n. 'hat -vicinity "for a business that' n i. only ei^bt months in the year ! profitable. More than.. ?10,000,- j o(u> m "oplo have pa---e<| tlvroiigh its' ? I'. -I n and i' was considered the na 1 " ' :>l playhouse. It had the largest i'>. i i 1 or iu in, the highest, widest and deepest stage of nnv theater in the wo- Id. Last May when i he notorious .las. A Stillman, New York hunl^vr, <wna trying to flrov* thljt His wife was the niothi;) of an illegitimate son by a ( iiii.nihth half breed liHlwtn. there was iDdf^i in t)u- papers one Flu Leeds. It w<i? alleged fK^tjtho Leeds I woman was the reason tj^itf* Stillmar* I wanted to get a divorce from his wife, ! that he had btjflh living with th? i Leeds girl (for several .years and that there was a child known us James Ward Stiilman amf also as Jay Leeds. Stillmon i >a sed hi* claim fen* divorce I rom his wife on the alleged intimacy l|?f hi* wife with the Indian. When lite counter change 'was made that lL was the father of an illegitimate ! . fiild by the l.eefly woman thru- com nTi-nced a search over the country tor Stillman's alleged paramour, hut ho managed to k$ep out of tin? way, by using his private yacht, the Mod- , esty, and other means at his com mand.^ Finally Mrs. Stilljnan won out invNie court and Stiilman had to I at least legally admjt the parentage of Mrs. Stillman's youngest son. From that time on, so ^Vlrs. Leeds now claims, *Stillman bus hail nothing to do With her, doea not nee her and pays no attention, to her letters. She has given opt an interview to New York reporters in which she alleges Unit she bud been a mother to three $f Stillman's children, two of whom {lied in infancy. She is also reported as having said , that she became ac quainted with Stiilman in XU1G when he posed as a single man and that she did not learn who he was for several months thereafter. She now says that if Stiilman does not .pro vide for his son she will go to wo*rk for him herself. Mrs. Stiilman is ^uiid to have olWred to provide for the son of 41rs. Leeds, but the latter has not accepted the. offer. Should Prove Warning, (Bishopville Messenger.) The ?sympathy of Rishopville and Lee county, and in fact, everywhere, goes out to the relatives and friends of the men, women and children who lost their lives in the appalling dis aster near Camden last week. It is terrible to think upon. 4It is hard to realize 4 he full horror of it all. Par ents whose bosoms \yero swelling with "pride at the performance of their chil dren In the simple school exercises; brothers and sisters laughing and chatting and gay with %ic^pleasure of it.' all; children themselves, tlushpd with tho excitement Over the thought 1 of having. done their best in their ( "pieces" and in their beautiful songs, jail sent to their deaths in a moment because of the overturning of a lamp id an obsolete and poorly constructed building ? a tire trap. The pity of it I all is that it could have been prevent-' ! cd. I While.tbis tragedy has been enacted I .Mini it is now too late for those unfor I tunatc ones, it should prove a warning j to others. We cannot help but won der if the school houses ami other j public gathering places ill our wwn | county artv safe. The people of Lee county have re I ?p6nded liberally to the calls for as j >i>tafice in a material way. Several substantial contribution^ have bt-en made by individuals, and we under; stand that the town will also iriqke a substantial contribution. In the? can vass |;o be made today by a group of ladies, we sincerely hope that all Who can will contribute to this fund/Con tributions left 'At this office will be promptly forwarded to the committee in.chttrge, The organized effort , to rglise funds in BishopvHle wfll be con* ducted undo*- the supervision of Coun ty V. M. C. A. Secretnry ('. A. Wither spoon. . DID YOU KNOW That Columbus, (?a., is raising $10, ooo with which to advertise that city? That Dallas, Texas, spends $16,000 A year in wholesale advertising? That the Richmond, (Va.) City Council appropriates $6,000 a year to1 advertise Richmond ? 4 That Miami, Florida, taxes one with which to advertise and this year will spend $110,000 for advertising? That Fort Worth, Texas, has' decid ed to go in to thoroughly advertise the town and this year is to spend $45,000 ? That in Jacksonville, Florida, the City Council has made appropriations for $25,00Q for advertising Jackson-' vllle? 'Hiat Savannah has appropriated $10,000 for advertising purposes and' at the coming session of the legisla laturir Savannah is going to ask for a bill giving the city authority to ap propriate as high as $50,000? That in Tampa, Florida, a special act was passed by the legislature au thorising the city to levy up to one half mill on the assessed property, thes*v funds to be spent for. publicity work in the interest of the city. This year more than $30,000 will be spent for advertising . in Tampa. From The Committee. , At a meeting of the Permanent Relief Committee i held on May 80th ?in the office of the Chairman, H. G. Carrison, Jr., t,he following resolution offered by Mr. C. P. DuBose and sec onded by Mr. J. VV. Cantey was unan imously adopted and ordered publish ed : Resolved, That this Committee stands ready to aid and assist those orphaned children' whenever the com mittee is needed, but as to placing the children for adoption, we leave this to the relatives and guardians of the children. This committee has no power in this capacity and can act only as an advisory committee only when our adyiy*>--is solicited by the relatives of t'he children. This com mittee will of course, extend to every one needling assistatce everything within the power of the committee with the funds at its disposal. ? II. (J. Carrison, Jr., Chairman. ~C. P. DuBose, J. W. Cantey, M. H. Heyman, J. H. MeLood, E. I. Reardon, Permanent Relief Committee, Cleve land School Disaster. ' v$lany Extra Copies Sent Away. So great wad the interest abroad in the Cleveland school tire that The Chronicle had demand* for mom thah seven hundred extra copies of last week'# issue. The disaster affected nearly every section of the' state and many of thp, victim* had relatives and friends in distant states. Statement From Ser#etary Weardon Secretary " K, I. lteardon has re- , quested the following statement by him published relative to the proposed half holiday in Camden every Thurs day. . f "I h#ve been informed that quite n number of Camden business establish ments are under the impression that the secretary of the Camden Chamber of Commerce initiated the movement kfor and induced the ladies of the Camden Civic League to make the effort to cldse our places of business every Thursday at 12 o'clock during the months of .June, July and August. ' I am told that in consequence of this erroneous impression the aforesaid secretary has incurred the displea.s- , ure of a number of business concerns in Camden. I just wanted to say that if Camden has a half holiday like . many other progressive cities are en- ( joying that the credit for same will be due entirely to the ladies of tho Cam den Civic League and their commit tee of ladies who circulated the clos ing up agreement. The Camden Civic League upon its own initiative and ab solutely without even the knowledge of the Camden and Kershaw County Chaniber of Comerce or its commer cial secretary concoived the Thursday half holiday idea and went to work to put it over, although, when the la 'dies requested the approval of this half holiday by the directors of the Chamber of Commerce -the directors did express their approval byt left the mattec- entirely with the business con cerns. Any business man frho is hunt ing a scrap with somebody about this proposition and who wants a real good scrap is advised by me to give the poor little secretary the go by and jump on the Camden Civic League or the overwhelming majority of other business concerns who signed the agreement taken to them by the en terprising ladies of the Civic League committee. No use to make the sec retary the goat if you are opposed to closing up ? just tell the Civic League, ladies what you think about the move ment?they ace . the ones who started something, and you are wasting your time jumping on the poor little 'sec retary. If I had started this movement for a Thursday half holiday I would have started it through the board of. direc tors of this chamber of commence and would have requested the Camden Civic League* to help put the proposi tion over. So please, dear Mr. Editor, tell all of the business men who are sore on the secretary who. did this thing (some o? them might want to make :a personal 'issue of the 'matter with some oijtt) and 1 am thenl a few wlien 1 tell them who started I this half holiday idtju Soft spots to fafl oirwill \*> provided by^thc(*t'creta>.v as a matter of ?o eommooation to any whrf ijtiilre to-ro consider. Ah a' secretary and personally,*, this halt' holiday is absolutely -none of my business. 1 simply presented the. re (|Ut'st' of the ladies for the approval or disapproval of the directors as It was my bu&inefl? >&8 ? mana^ij of the Chamber of Commerce to . jlo. \ WORD I'KRSONAI.. "For severai weeks The Chronicle has been publishing a notice in a eon-' spicuous place calling attention to the fact that we have discontinued mail ing statement of subscriptions due, but instead are now putting the dates on the label so that all can.be aware j i of when their subscript ion > <xpl*|^ but ?pmo have \old u? that they have ? ,DOt read this nfctice.' Wo do not want ; atiy of our inlbscribora to think that wt ? Iihv4- .singled out any one to trtk* his name from the Uat*a? gomettwS ht or ato may be amon^ forty or fiftv taken off at the name time. This ,uje lias ln-t'ii adopts ?s a busim ?u.a. frure. Heretofore we have mailofl out atatvmentH and while many who ap. predate the paper .call *and p?y promptly, ojhtfrs pay no attention and we now' have hundreds of dollars on our bookn in unpaid account*. upon which wt! may totver realize ?m cent. So if you fail to get your paper do not embaraas ua or the bo >k keeper by telljng Ua that you have not read the nottce* ; - N Very respectfully, m ' H. P. Nil* ?, The Good Old Reliable Honest household service for twenty years has earned for Red Devil Lye the name, "the good old tellable." It is reliable for 8o many tasks about the house. It frees the housewife from all sorts of drudgery. Buy it by tlie case; It's cheaper that way. And always remember the name you, can rely on ^ "Red Devil Lye." Wm. Schield Mfg. Co, 3t. Louis, Mo*. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE WEEKLY Beginning June 1st, all accounts at this store will be run on a strictly weekly payment plan..^- Positively there will be no account carried over for more than a i ? ' ,'r .. ; ./a',-", - * ? -,0 . ~ .*?. .. , : ?' V.. \ J week. This method has been adopted in the interest of good business and we hope that no on#\vill ask us to deviate from this rule. PARLOR MEAT MARKET . o * W. R. W ATKINS, Proprietor. June the 1st TO July the 1st Starts June 1 LAST 30 Days DRY GOODS , * ? * ? ? ? i S\ We buy Dry Goods in tremendous quantities, direct from the mills in car-load lots. Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of new It staple Dry Goods go in this sale at half their value. Now i& the time to stock up for months to come, for i ? ? ? ? v we doubt if these goods will ever be offered for any thing lika the price again. Hundreds of Thousands Of Dollars Worth of SEASONABLE MERCHANDISE To be Thrown Out to the Public at Slaughter Prices! r / SILK, VOILES, ORGANDY I Pretty new flesh pattern^, ^ and in all the leading C- ~ shades. .j. V- ' , ' M JLlUL * ??? ? # ?=- i ? ? Every piece of these fine goods will be thrown Out on our counters in big lots^ai lftllfc4 jitrices that will . '[ i create a genuine sensation*} A. : . <>v.':r. It all must ^(>-iu>ihing't?served. MEN'S AND BOYS' SUIT PRICES WRECKED ! Rack after rack of Men's and Young Men's Suits, Kool Kloth, Palm Beach, Mohair, Serge, Worsted Wool and Wool Mixed Suits that formerly sold for twice the price, some nationally advertised makes. BUT ALL MUST GO ! WOMAN'S SILK STOCKINGS " At about half their actual value. Thousands of Pairs in the New Shades to choose from. You will be glad to lay in your summer supply. SHOES FOR ALL THE FAMILY Thousands of pairs of low and Mgh Shoes piled out on our counters. We are setting a new low price re cord in the South on Shoes. You Never Saw Such Bargains. Columbia, S. C. EFIRDS ' Columbia, SI C. " A LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR PRICES SMASHED ! Thousands of New Silk Dresses. Here is where the women and girls of the Carolinas anH Virginia get a "real live thrill.*' They will only have to glance at these extra-ordinary frocks which we offer at about half their regular price, to know that this sale "means the greatest Dress opportunity in the South in year?.