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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10
NORRIS CHAPEL.

Mrs. W. Ell. Lashlee has been
visiting relatives at Dickson.
Prof. B. 2. Smith of Camden
was welcome visitor here Sunday
and Monday.
Smith Dickerson and sister, Miss
Eunice, of Liberty visited William
Clayton Sunday.
There will be an ice cream sup
Der at the school house Saturday
night, August IL.
The new organ is fine piece of
furniture, but just look at the floor
of the church,! Inasmuch as the
ladies bought the organ, its up to
the men to repair the church.
Miss Susie Jones of Trezevant is
visiting in this community. We
are glad to have Miss Jones with
ma. as she was one of our faithful
teachers last year and holds warm
place in the hearts of our people.
Morris Chapel Sunday School
was honored with the presence of
B. P. Smith, A. K. Presson and
Mcclellan Wick, who addressed
the school. Come again, gentle
men; you are always welcome.
There is sadness in many homes
this week where our SONS have
been called for the defense of the
Nation. Can we say as did the
fathers and mothers of l776, $50,
nv sou, and be a man or never let
me see your face again?'
No, a thousand times, mol But
let us say, My son go where duty
calls and be a man be true to God,
be true to your country! Parents,
let us covenant one with the other
and with God that we will daily
and hourly remember our boys IN
prayer that they may be returned
to us in safety, and admonieh the
young men to put their trust in
him who said "Come unto me all
ye who are weary and heavy laden
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10
WRISTLETS FOR SOLDIERS

Girls, have you been knitting
wristlets for the soldiers in France
our own soldier boys? They
will need them.
Colonel Daniel E. Mccarthy,
chief quartermaster of General
Pershing's Army, writes from
France to thank the ladies of our
country for the splendid work they
are doing in knitting wristlets for
the boys, and to assure them that
as fast as he receives them they
will be distributed to the troops.
From now on wristlets as knitted
should be sent direct to Colonel
Mccarthy himself. He requests
that you direct your packages as
follows:
Colonel Daniel e. Mccarthy,
Chief Quartermaster American
Expedition Forces in France, care
Depot Quartermaster New York
City. N. Y.
The depot quartermaster at New
York will forward them to Colonel
Mccarthy in France and they will
be distributed among the soldier
boys from the United States.
We hope the ladies of Benton
County will be generous in their
response. Wecan not do too much
for the soldiers who are doing and
giving up SO much for us.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10
COUNTY NEWS
IN A NUTSHELL
BIG SANDY.

Frank Craney of Cleveland, o.,
is visiting homefolks,
Irl Hicks and j. W. Hastings
we're in Paris Monday.
Mrs. John w. Hastings visited
near Elkhorn last week.
Miss Ruth Highfll has returned
from a visit at Cottage Grove.
Miss Lillian Melton has gone 10
Cleveland, O., for the fall months.
Miss VOLTA Rudolph of Paris was
the weekend guest of Miss Morie
Cooper.
Mrs. Lizzie Lindsey and son,
Lee Lindsey, are visiting at Ter
rell, Tex.
Mrs. O. M. Robins and daughter,
Miriam, are visiting in Bowling
Green, Mo.
Miss Irene Morris of Erin has
accepted position here with the
Farmers Bank.
Mrs. Leon Caraway and child
rem spent Sunday in Paris, guests
of Captain Caraway.
Artilleryman Dawson Smith of
Battery d. was guest of his sis
ter, Mrs. 0. w. Fleming.
Carlos Herrin and sister, Miss
Thelna, have returned from visit
with relatives at Hazel, Ky.
Miss Maudine Herrin of Cleve-
land, o., is visiting the family Of
her father, Charles E. Herrin.
T. B, Cantrell is occupying his
handsome new suburban home
which he recently bought and had
remodelled.
Evangelist Mack of Nashville is
holding a series of meetings at the
Presbyterian Church. The large
crowds are enjoying the excellent
sermons,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10
WOODSTOCK.

Leburn Sanders is visiting in
this community.
Chester Markham is recovering
from typhoid fever.
Little Daniel Bridges is very
sick at this writing.
John Moore and wife have been
visiting Bryant Pierce.
Miss Ila Markham visited Mrs
Lee Mitchell Saturday.
Mrs. Jane Bridges was a sabbath
guest of Mrs. Mary Markham.
Mrs. Becky Jones is spending q
few days with her son Luther Jones
Miss Minor Bridges has been
visiting Misses Leatha and Mary
Bridges.
Mrs. Sarah Bell Ray is here
on a visit to her mother, Mrs. Lee
Mitchell.
Tom Rayborn and family of neal
Mansfield spent the weekend with
S. B. Casey and wife.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10

a few bombs to put the finishing
touch of cusedness to destruction.
Longrange rifles Of high power
with kick like Missouri mule
bore neat holes in men two, three
or four miles away. Huge "tanks'
crawl irresistably about the coun-
try grinding everything to bits.
Oh, its fierce. The devil has been
outdone and made ashamed by hu-
man ingenuity or hell, as preached
by the old Hardshell Baptists, is a
place of infinite peace and comfort
alongside a modern battlefield.
All these things will be pictured
and demonstrated in these won-
derful night shows.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10
WHAT WILL BENTON DO :?

The Benton County Realty Co
has received the following letter
from l.. p. Bellah, general agent
of the Nashville, Chattanooga and
st. Railway Co., with reference to
an agricultural display at fairs this
fall, which we publish for the ben
eft of Benton County farmers:
"We are very anxious to have
Benton County creditably repre-
sented in our agricultural display
at the various State and district
fairs to be held on our lines this
coming fall, and woald appreciate
it very much If you will discuss,
with the leading farmers of your
community, the matter of donating
small exhibits of such products as
they have produced for this pur-
pose. We are very anxious at this
time to secure samples of various
threshed grains, wheat, rye, oats.
barley, etc. About peck of each
of these will make an excellent
display.
at is our desire to give the pro-
ducer full credit for each product
and to advertise the fact if he has
quantities for sale. With this in
view, won't you kindly see that
each exhibit is properly labeled,
showing it's variety and the name
and address of the producer?
"As soon as such exhibits as you
are able to secure are ready for
shipment kindly deliver to our
agent who will forward to my adj
dress by baggage. If you need
boxes in packing please let NE
know and [ will send them to you.
II hope that you will give this
matter attention At your earliest
convenience and that Benton
County will be as we'll represented
as any of the others.
anticipating an early reply and
good exhibit, / am
Yours truly,
l.. 2. BELLAH,
General Agent"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10
GIANT WAR SPECTACLE,

With everybody's thoughts turn
ed to war these days, the grand
open-air pageant, to be put on each
evening of the Tennessee State
Fair, will prove of peculiar inter-
est. Itiscalled" Modern Warfare" +"
and will demonstrate the latest war
enginery and up-to-date methods
Of conducting the borrid trade, war
The big siege guns blow cities to
smithereens twenty miles away
In case they leave any fragments,
the aeroplane sails over ands drops
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10
Appeal to Women.

Washington, d. O., August g.
Reports from twenty-four States
showing enormous surplages of
perishable fruit and vegetables
threatened with loss, prompted the
issuance of a statement by Secre-
tary Houston today urging the
women Of the country to respond
Immediately to President Wilson's
appeal to save these products. The
States particularly affected include
Tennessee.
"In order to avoid this waste"
says the statement, "there must be
immediate, organized, intelligent
energy expended in canning, pre-
serving, picking, drying and stor-
ing these home products for local
consumption.
"This problem must be solved
locally. No Federal or State gov
ernmental organization can solve
it without the action of the women
in every community
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10
IT REVIVES
OLD MEMORIES

Johnsonville, Tenn, August g.
BY order of the War Department
Junior Engineer j. G. Hall, with
the powerful dredgeboat "Tuscum-
bia," is destroying or taking out Of
the river here the wrecks of more
than twenty boats that were burn
in 1864, when Gen. N. B. Forrest
attacked the place.
JohnsonviIle was then base of
supply for the Federal Army and
many large transports and barges
were used to handle the quarter
master and commission supplies
from Northern points to be re-
shipped from here.
There were also several gunboats
among the vessels destroyed.
The Government had crews of
men to come here after the war
and take ell the machinery and
every other thing of value to be
found off the hulls.
These wrecks have remained a.
long the river front and at low wat
er have been obstructive to naviga-
ton eli these years.
The hulls show they were we'll
built and of the best white oak
three inches thick. The timb ers
are perfectly sound.
Congressman L P. Paggett Sc
cured promise last June that the
United States chief engineer would
have these hulls take out this sea-
son.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10
WHEATLEY.

The child of Virgil Jenkins is
reported very sick.
Henry Lindsey was in Camden
on business Monday.
A protracted meeting is in prog
ress at Mount Carmel.
Mrs. John Lee Mobiles and chill
dren are visiting at Bullard, Tex.
Mrs. Mary Hall and children have
been visiting, on Benefits Greek.
Mrs. Minerva Nance visited her
mother, Mrs Eulah Mcdaniel, at
Gillie last week.
W. ID. Wheatley has been made
State organizer of the Order of the
Golden Rule, with headquarters in
Nashville.
Granville Collier and family of
Desoto, ILL.,, returned home Sun
day, accompanied by Miss Ona
Wyatt and brother, Russell.
Rev. II. P. Lasley closed good
meeting at Sulphur Greek Thurs
day and commenced a meeting at
New Hope Saturday evening.
It is said that Nashville capital
lists contemplate the erection Of an
iron furnace near here. Iron ore
of good quality and quantity has
been found on the Scarborough
land, enough to justify them, it is
said, to erect a modern furnace.
Such an enterprise would give en-
ployment to two or three hundred
hands and necessitate the building
of large number of houses.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10
LUTERTON.

Rev. A. d. Maddox began his
protracted meeting here Sunday.
Miss Ida Goodman has been WIS.,
iting her sister, Mrs. Jesse Pafford.
Clint Mossman of Paris is visit
ing his sister, Mrs. Allie Brewer.
Mrs Mabel Humphrey of Henry
is visiting her mother, Mrs. H. A.
Brown.
There was an enjoyable singing
at the home of B. Pierce Saturday
evening.
A good school is in progress at
Pafford's School House. Henry
A. Brown is teacher.
Maurice Lawrence and James
Bevil attended the entertainment
at the home of J. d. Brewer last
Wednesday evening.
Best wishes to The Chronicle
aud lis many readers.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10
Protracted Meetings.

Cowell's Chapel, second Sunday
in August.
Liberty. third Sunday in August.
Bethlehem, fourth Sunday in
August
Shiloh, first Sunday in Septem-
Der.
Morris Chapel, second Sunday
in September.
Eva City, third Sunday in Sep
tember.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10

and I will give you rest" Fear
God and keep his commandments,
for this is the whole duty of man.
AS the poet sang, eff in God the
soul is anchored we shall see beau
tiful lights along the shore"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10

There will be a barbecue near
A. o. Medlin's Store and Center
Hill School House August Is.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10

A barbecue will be given at
Matlock's Chapel on Eagle Greek
tomorrow.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10

Strayed or stolen--a pig, with
red and black spots, split in right
ear. Anyone fluids it will please
return to w. j. Thompson and get
reward.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10

Send us the local news of your
community.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10

\ AROUND TOWN 4
N ...BY OBSERVER. n
Don't let up in the war on grass
and weeds.
Two more cases of smallpox are
reported, and Camden's sore arm
brigade will now be augmented by
batch of new recruits.
Typhoid fever is far worse than
measels and smallpox, What are
the local health authorities doing
toward stamping out typhoid fever
in Camden?
Girls, it is our opinion that you
had better be an old maid than the
wife of some worthless man, and
there is great quantity of them
in circulation.
A great many weeds have been
slaughtered in Camden during the
past two weeks, and still there are
"acres of Weeds" as one lady ex-
presses it, Keep up the good work
There are some people who are
mighty careless about throwing
old truck into the alleys and some
even throw it out into the streets.
Such people ought to be taught
little civic pride by modest fine.
1t is impossible for the authorities
to keep places clean if people will
persist in such practices.
Observer has some good news.
We learn that local capitalists, who
have purchased the lots, will erect
handsome block of buildings in
cluding an up-to-dategarage on the
southwest corner of court square.
Camdenites will hail with Joy the
day when their plans are an accom-
plished fact and the long-standing
eyesores there are obliterated.
Waverly, our neighbor town, has
contributed over $4,000 for Red
Cross work. How much has Cam
den contributed? In many parts
of the country people are selling
their automobiles and mortgaging
their homes to raise money for the
Red Cross. What has Camden
done toward helping the boys who
have been called to the defense of
our country?
Talk about putting Camden on
the map-it is reported elsewhere
that there are two hundred cases
of smallpox here. Camden can
thank the local health authorities
for conditions as they exist. The
spread of this loathsome disease
may be good thing for the doc
tors, but it has been tough on the
town, notably from a business,
church and social standpoint.
Must we call the attention of the
local health authorities to the pres
ence of typhoid fever in Camden
viii they wait, as the did with the
measels and smallpox, for typhoid
to become an epidemic before TAX
ing means to minimize it spread
in our midst? 1t is high time that
our people awake to the danger
which menaces the town from the
presence and spread of typhoid.
GTANT WAR GpECp pACTE
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10

Typhoid fever is far worse than
measels and smallpox, What are
the local health authorities doing
toward stamping out typhoid fever
in Camden?
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10

Two more cases of smallpox are
reported, and Camden's sore arm
brigade will now be augmented by
batch of new recruits.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10

Girls, it is our opinion that you
had better be an old maid than the
wife of some worthless man, and
there is a great quantity Of them
in circulation.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10
AROUND TOWN
...BY OBSERVER.

Don't let up in the war on grass
and weeds.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-08-10

A great many weeds have been
slaughtered in Camden during the
past two weeks, and still there are
"acres of Weeds" as one lady ex-
pressesit it. Keep up the good work
Evening star., 1917-11-20
MOTHER, INSANE, ESCAPES,
POISONS SONS IN PARK
Wife of Washingtonian F1ees Hos
pital in Baltimore, Kills Chill
dren, Tried Suicide.

BALTIMORE, Md. November 20
Mrs. Edwin A. Skinner. thirty-four
years old. escaped from the Shepherd
and Enoch Pratt Hospital yesterday,
where she had been patient for men
tai trouble: met her two sons, ono
three and the other five years old. as
they came from kindergarten: gave
them poisonous tablets for candy. and
swallowed quantity herself.
The triple poisoning took place in a
public square. The three were found
writhing on the ground by passers-
by and taken to a hospital. Edwin A.
Skinner. jr., the younger, died last
night. and his brother Craig. died an
hour later. Both children were uncon-
scious when found in the square. The
mother was conscious when found, and
stated that she wanted to take her
children with her. She is not expected
to recover.
According to a police investigation,
the woman was brought from the hos
pital Sunday by her husband, who is
employed in Washington, to see her
children. Skinner said she appeared
rational and went back in the evening
willingly. She was missed from the
institution yesterday morning.
Evening star., 1917-11-20
VII: KLoPFER ss:sss= s~fss
TRf.ASURERS

tanned by subscriptions to date s6.916.
Odell S. Smith also stated that cash
contributions amounting to S121.o0
were received and that this amount
would be spent in providing Christina S
gifts to individual members of the
board who are in the military service.
Those at the meeting were William
T. Galliher. Edwin c. Brandenburg, Ar
thur Carr, William G. Henderson.
Frank p. Reside, Walter A. Brown,
Odell S. Smith, Harry l. Rust. W. H
klopfer. Z. c. Graham, E. ]. Murphy.
E. E. Clement. John Joy Edison. James
F. Oyster. E. H. Droop. John Poole.
Charles F. Crane. ]. Harry Cunning
ham, Theodore w. Noyes, Samuel j.
Prescott. H. c. Bangs, Robert N. Harper
and E. F. Colladay
Evening star., 1917-11-20
URGE PEOPLE TO BEGIN
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING

Appeals to the shopping public to be-
gin Christmas shopping at once were
sent over the city today by officers and
members Of the Retail Merchants As
sociation.
special committee from the associa-
tion is making a survey of local trade
conditions. Its report will be submitted
to a future meeting. Samuel Hart Is
chairman. and the committee is COM
posed of additional members as fol-
lows: George s. DeNeale. Harry King.
Mark Dobrin. Harold H. Levi, H c. Case
and Joseph Berberich.
Chairman Hart has issued the fol-
lowing appeal to shoppers of Christ
mas goods: 1.-The Washington stores are
prepared right now to meet the re-
quirements Of the public. 1t Is mani
testify in the interest of the public to
make early inspection of goods. The
earlier the selection the greater the
variety. The benefit to the merchants
and employees of early Christmas shop
ping is inestimable."
Evening star., 1917-11-20

ters' in the city to which the letters
were sent. the Post Office Department
has issued a ruling that such letters are
not drop letters" requiring but two
cents postage. but shall be charged at
the rate of three cents per ounce.
The Post Office Department was
aware of the fact that certain large
concerns of the country mail thousands
of letters to nearby towns. In many
cases it would be comparatively easy
for such letters to be transported TO the
town and one cent saved on each letter.
To prevent such violations of the law,
and to make sure that every drop let
ter is bona flde one, the ruling was
made.
Evening star., 1917-11-20
LEAGUE FOR PEACE FAILS
TO ASSEMBLE IN BERN
Originally Called for October Is,
Then Postponed, Finally Collapses.
Statement Issued.

BERN. Switzerland. November 20
The project for the so-called League
for Lasting Peace to hold conference
here with delegates from allied coun-
tries has utterly failed. The confer
ence was originally called for October
Is and then was postponed to Novem-
Der II. Meantime what virtually was an
ultimatum to the legations and embas-
sizes of the United States, France. Great
Britain, Italy. Russia, Belgium, Portu-
gal, Rumania and Serbia in Switzerland
was issued demanding that passes be
granted delegates from the countries.
Furthermore. in efforts to collect
more than handful of pro-German
delegates a circular was sent to citi-
zens of entente countries residing in
Switzerland entreating them to attend
the conference and containing the
equivalent of veiled threats if they
failed to come.
Evening star., 1917-11-20
To Hold Conference.

Mr.. Noye6 motion was unanimously
passed. President 0aNiher announcing
he would confer on the matter before
picking hi0 committeeman.
President GallihAr announced that
the Board OF Trade team working for
,th9LA G. ~ campaikn fund had oh,
Evening star., 1917-11-20
MUST NOT BLAME WAR TAX.
Merchants and Movies Get Warning
Ahont Raising Prices.

The commissioner of internal revenue
has sent to all collectors Of internal
revenue throughout tho country q letter
stating that complaints had been made
that retail merchants dealing in sport
ing goods, etc, are not only collecting
the internal revenue tax specified in the
war revenue law upon the goods they
sell. but arc adding to the tax and
pocketing the difference between what
they receive and what they turn over to
the government. This practice must be
Evening star., 1917-11-20

Fuellemann. national councillor from
st. Gall, who is president of the league.
The peremptory tone of the note in
some of its paragraphs. especially the
one demanding an Immediate answer.
is regarded as unfortunate. The news
of the note. because N. Scherrer-
Fuellemann is q national councillor.
Evening star., 1917-11-20

stopped. he said. The complaints also
related that in some places moving pic
ture thearers were putting up their
prices on the strength of the tax to
point higher than the price of the
ticket plus the tax.
Retailers may put up their prices, If
they desire. of course. but they will not
be permitted to tell their patrons that
the increase is part of the war tax,
when it is not.
Evening star., 1917-11-20
TO CHECK sTAMP.DoDGING.
2. 0. Ruling on drop Letters
From One Place to Another.

In order to prevent merchants from
sending letters from one city to an
Evening star., 1917-11-20
States Aims of Conference.

The remarkable document received by
all the legations begins with a polite
expression of the aims of the confer
ence. 1t gives assurance that only
questions concerning future world
peace would be discussed. and declares
that ways and means for ending the
present war would not be touched upon.
Two para graphs farther CT the docu-
ment saiu
I'VE therefore beg you earnestly to
arrange with your government that
such persons as wish to participate in
the conference at Bern shall receive
their passes and permission to pass
through the countries en- route to
Bern. We may expect this will be
done all the more because the principal
war aims of the entente powers will be
the principal subject of discussion and
1t, therefore. would be absolutely not
understandable if difficulties should be
placed in the way of the conference.
Disclaims Responsibility.
eve must disclaim all responsible
ties If our request should, contrary to
expectations. be refused. for in that
case the entente states would be repre-
sented only by such citizens as are
staying here in Switzerland
The note was signed by J. Scherrer-
Evening star., 1917-11-20
W.T.. GALL|HER HEADS.
BOARD Of TRADE.
Washington Financier and
Business Man Elected
Unanimously by Directors.
ORGANIZATION PROSPERS

William T. Galliher was unanimously
elected president Of the Washington Board
of Trade at the meeting Of the board Of
directors Of that organization yesterday
afternoon in its rooms IN The Star build
ing Mr.. Galliher was first vice presi-
dent of the board and is president Of the
American National Bank. and also Of the
firm of w. T. Galliher & Bro, lumber
merchants.
The office Of the first vice president will
be filled by John B. Larner. until yester-
day general counsel Of the board. whose
election, as were those of all Of the in
coming officials, was unanimous Walter
A Brown was the choice for second vice
president The Office Of secretary will
have the same incumbent as for the past
two terms. ]. Harry Cunningham, while
Walter H Klopfer was reelected treas
urer. E. c. Brandenburg. till now the
president, was elected to fill the position
Of general counsel to the organization.
while William NJ. Shuster was reelected
to his Office of assistant secretary.