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fHE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. D Nik* and f ? _ ? > PublilbMVi K. N. McDowell \ I'uldUhed every Friday at 1100 No. Droit U Street, Mini entered at the <,*??? ? It'll JiM KCfOIld cllthH lit ft 1 1 flint' ter. Price per annum *1 <*>. Wo lire K>?tl to receive eommunlca tloim of. it reasonable length, but an Important condition of their publica lion la that they ahull In all caae* be accompanied by the full niime and exact addreaa of (ho aender. obitu aries, resolution* ??f respect, and cbureb nothcs will not bo charged for. Mat- : ter# of purely a ja-'raoual nature will be charged for at tho rate of Ave cents a lint!. Whiskey or i>ateut medicine advertisements will not he accepted at any prl<*9, Itatoa for dlaplay adfer Using made known ou application. Camden, H. C'., October 15, 1915. in couveratrilou with a gentleman win wo business carrlea him to all parts of I be county be told us that tbe minor that the farm era' yore going tt> cut down the acreage of wheat another year on account of tbe high price of cotton tbls hcohoii, was all wrong. He aaya that In every, section that be Iuim Visited, they .Jut ve already bought their seed wheat and oats, and in many In stances they have saved their own seed from cropa gathered thia fnlltl We are glad to got theae rojairts. Wblle we know nothing about farming, and would not attempt to advise a far mer what he should plant, still we know that the experience of tho past year has tought them a great Ichhou. Many of them have raised their own wheat and oat a? -a great deal more cattle and hogs have been raised, and all of tbls has prevented many thous ands of dollar# from tin* South going to Western cattle and grain growing sections, and in our opinion it would not. he a miss to keep up this grain growing fever for many years to come. Several roller mills have been install ed In -this and nearby counties and It will he no trouble to get wheat turned into Hour. The South possesses many IMiHsihlllttes if It were only used In tbe right way. Cot-ton Is not the only crop that can he grown profitably by any means. Governor Manning and a party of denison exports, will make a trip through the parts of Mississippi and Louisiana which have been affeeted by the bollT'weevll. * The < lover nor wants to s??e for himself Just what damage lias been done and what remedies can he applied.' President Klggs, of (Mera son, will he one of the party and the | trip will he made between the loth 'and 20th of this month. The boll weevil has done no damage in South Carolina yet. The Sumter Dally Item celebrated | it's twenty-tlrst birthday Monday by Issuing a .'10-i>ago anniversary edition. The big paper Is full of illustrations | of Sumter business houses and Indus tries, and history dealing with Sum ter and Sumter county. It is one of| the best editions ever gotten out by a Carolina paper and is a credit to Sum ter. Occupying a prominent place in this edition Is Zemp's pharmacy, man aged by l)r. Marlon Zemp, formerly of Camden. u ?? ? ?? ?? ? The Jawing Exhibitions. Are political mass meetings arrang im1 In South Carolina that candidates for public otllce may make an exhibi tion of wrangling In the presence of the people for the amusement of the |M?oplo? Or that the candidate may meet the People (not the other candidates > | "face to face?" Are the i>eople interested In what the candidate can do to his opponent or for themselves? Is Mr. H. 1 ). Smith's rarely rivaled skill in pleasing a South Carolina crowd more than do bis opponents proof positive of his superior qualifi cations for 1'nited States senator? In the game that is played on the hust ATTENTION ! Before you buy your Oats. come In and see me. I have samples of lied Rust-proof, Appier, ltencroft, and Fulgum, also Southern ami Ahrussl Rye. Leep's Prolltlc and Blue Stem Wheat at the lowest prices I have been able to secure. If you have good seed for sale 1 would like to handle them. The fertilizer market has been ex ceedingly active and still is. I have quotations from every port in the South on materials. Can give you prices on Peruvian Guano, 10 per cent Acbl Phosphate. Nitrate of Ko<la. C. s. Meal and Tankage. Phospho Land Plaster and C&rl>on ate of Lime. A call on me will ]>ost you upon conditions that are vital to the in terest of the farmer. Wanted ? 10 cars of White Oak $10. lH'r round measure. Par ticulars furnished at my office. L D. BOSTICK > i r Office hours 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. f Room 7, Man Bldg. Phone ^5 Vim ' I ? ? ^ lags Mr. Smith ha* OUtplflyed at leant eight or nine other (Hiidlilattw ninc? I!nis III s ..If -.-Hill/ life* H|RHN'heH U'Mt I-.I nil 'if them. Without Intimating 'bat Mr. Hiiilt li lack* other senatorial ?|tm)lfl<,n(ioo4t \\u rt\lggyrft that it 11 lotHlfttflil >|n,nk er Wight pr??ve as i* 1 ?!?? ii -<'ini t<?r as lu< ???? Hit.v gifted joint debater. Shall o/tlcii holding lie c*oiiM||)?rwl aw a prize f<?r Joint debates? If that be t In* desirable plan, perhajw time and ex peiise might be saved by selecting senator*, governors anil representatives in Congress from tin* young gentlemen who roprt'Hciit Cleinson, tho 1'nlvorslty, W'ofTori), Kurinan ami the other col leges lii their annual medal contests. < >itc often hears a college "senior" who Is it far eleverer speaker than those of our hest governors ami lieutenant governora. Are not these eouiity-to-eounty Jaw ing shown onee in two years too fool Ish for grown-up South OftrollulfltiH louder to tolerate?-" The State. South Carolina liaising Meat. Who would have thought a few years, ago that South Carolina, a groat cotttrtl state, would forge to the front in the ra let l?K of hogs? Such Is the ease, however. In a recent article In the Italtlniore Manufacturers Record wr timl this paragraph: "Thin Increase In grain in In part matched hy a large increase in the number of hogs in the South, although the effect of the big grain crop will not tlnd full expression In the Increase of hogs until next year. The gain In the . South in the numl>er of hogs as compared with September of hint year runs from ii |>or cent In West Virginia tf> 20 jhm* cent in South Caro lina, with gains In other Southern states running from 4 i>er cent, i>er cent and H per cent up to 10 per cent. The increase of 20 per cent in South Carolina Is not exceeded hy any other state in the Union and Is equalled hy only two." <!ood for South Carolina! There is a great day coining to the Palmetto state, Just as one Is coming to the Tar Heel state. Verily, these two commonwealths are destined to become exceedingly fruitful and to blossom a* the rose.- ? JPayattevllle Observer. This Is (jood Advice. We are going to try to Impress npon the farmers of Abbeville county not to* be IimI away by the present high price of cotton and plant, all cotton next year. Just remember there Is plenty of time for It. to go to 0 cents before you can ralso another crop. Raise foodstuff for your family, stock and cattle and then all the cotton you can. We are not a farmer but you must admit that this Is good advice. All right, then follow It. ? Abbeville Medium. People Read Advertisements. A striking example of whether the public reads the advertisements pub llKhed lu the weekly impers wuh shown eonelusively a few days ago in a neighboring town. The error will doubtless cost the publisher a consid erable amount of money, as he was ready to back us ids error, but lie has the satisfaction of knowing that the public scans his advertising columns closely. The story as it goes was tills way : "Twenty-live pounds of sugar for a dollar was one of the sensations of dollar day. The offer was the result of a typographical error, but the mer chant made it good all the same, to the extent of all the twenty-live pounds of sugar he had on hand. "The copy furnished to the publisher read 'twenty-five pounds of granulated sugar for $1.50.' and the printer by ac cident made it read, 'twenty-live pounds of sugar for $1.' "When iK'ople first began to make in quiries of the extraordinary offer, the merchant's inclination was to explain how it had come about as the result of a typographical error; but after a con fereccnce with the proprietors of the pai?er. he decided to let the ofYer stand as it was. "Although there was quite a crowd of i>eople on band when the clerks came to open the store, for reasons of fair ness it was decided to postinme the sugar sale until S o'clock. The fun commenced promptly at that hour, and lasted but a few minutes. The sugar wNrts handed out as rapidly as j>osslble to eager hands, without discrimination except as against a few dealers who wore supi>osed to be able to buy their supplies wholesale; but after all the twenty-five pound sacks on hand, ex actly forty, had been disposed of. the demand bad not been nearly supplied. " 'I have no doubt we could have sold a thousand sa< ks If we had had tliem,' luuchinKly remarked the merchant at the close of the day." Olln Patterson, a young white man 23 years of age, Is in jail at Kings tree, Williamsburg county, charged with the murder of Lizzie Wilder at the home of her father near Kings tree several days ago. .Tea lousy ap pears to have been the motive for ttM? crime. KIHTOK 8AY8 NICK TIIINUH About Camden nnd the People H ? Uei While Vhritlug m, Mr. \V. D. <iil l. ?.f York, wan in < ?nm<lrii it fVw hour* lu^t Suturduv !lu accompanied Sena for John Ij. M< haurln fiiiui Columbia La tUiuwUm, vvhore Weuator Mct,nurln was to ad dress the farmers of Itcthuiie on that <biy. Mr. Crist 1h editor of the York vllle Knqulrer, one of the best semi w<?ekly pa|>ers in the state, if not of the entire *outh. The Knquirer holds the distinction of being tiie oldest pa|>er in tint state uinler the same manage ment. It liiiH remained in the same funiiiy for sixty yearn. in i lu' lust inmie of The KuQUlr^r, Mr. Crist in writing up his t rip had l lie following to nay of IiIh visit to Cam i|?mi : It inipitened tiiat Mr, Melytiurlf) hail an engagement to tqteak at Ilethune, about sixty miles northeast of Colum Ida, ami had arranged to start for that place early Saturday morijing in his car. I agrtHHl to go provided I eonhl catch a Seaboard train at Both une "that would luing me haek to (V>luml)ig In time to catch the train fur ltoek Hill. We made quick time to Camden; but on reaching there at about II o'clock. It was apparent that we w (Hi 1(1 he late f?jr the Seaboard train at Hethune, so I derided to no hack to Columbia from Camden. Mr. McLuurln went on to Iletliune in his ear. The road between Columbia ami Camden Is very good, cs|>ecially that ])ortIon of it lying in Kichland county. The Kichland county portion Is sand and clay, and is quite smooth. The car went over it at a pretty lively clip, just how fast, It would not he prudent to say. The Kershaw end of the road is not so good, not having been sanded so well, and having been cut up con siderably. The croi>H on the road are generally not good. There are some exceptions ; but for the most part the cotton crops appear to lie very light. There was very little appearance of general traffic during the trip. We met jx few bales of cotton coming to Columbia from the Richland Cud and we passed a few bales going to Cam den from the Kershaw end ;l but there was not more than a dozen bales in all. ' While we were passing some fairly good looking cotton fields Mr. Mcbau rin satd : 'My crop is a failure this year. I am not making half as much as I made last year, and it is largely because I have not been there to at tend to it." He went on to say that he had discharged his overseer for in efficiency and that John D., (his soft) "run* whenever he Hees me coming." i Mr. McLuurln is a farmer of vecy con siderable ability, and it is his habit to stick clone to his work. Having been away from home practically all the past spring and summer, and having been compelled to leave his large farm ing 'interests with others of less ex istence, he has not fared so well. I asked him sonic questions, however, which brought out the fact that he still has most of last year's cotton crop on hand, as well as thb< year's crop, owes no money, and does not expect to sell any cotton until next spring. What he said about his short crop was not in the nature of a complaint. During my short stay in Camden I had the pleasure of Calling on Mr. and Mrs. T. Baxter McClain, formerly of York vi lie, and also on Messrs. Nlles and McDowell of the Camden Chronicle I enjoyed both calls very much. Mr. and Mrs. McClain l>eing old friends and neighbors, were very glad to see me and extended a most cordial invita tion to stop with them awhile, which invitation I was very sorry to he una ble to accept. The Chronicle i>eople were also delightfully hospitable, and had some nice things to say about The Enquirer, editorially, mechanically and otherwise, all of which was very much appreciated, more especially because the Messrs. Nlles and McDowell have for some time past been making of the Chronicle the best paper Cam den lias ever had. They are giving to the people of Camden and Kershaw county, about ten dollars worth of la bor for every dollar they are getting back In the shape of cash ; but they are not making any complaint. Mr and Mrs. McClain have a beautiful home, 011 one of the best residence streets, handsomely furnished, and as neat as neatness can be inside and out side. 1 found that everybody in Cam den knows this excellent couple and that everybody seems to appreciate them both at their splendid worth. Mr. Ceo. T. Little, the liveryman at Camden, a most courteous gentleman, whom 1 had never met before, kindly sent me from the Chronicle office to the Seaboard station, a distance of more than a mile, and when 1 offered to pay bis son, who drove the spirited horse that drew the buggy, the young man told me that his father had In structed him to take no pay. .Inst how this came about, or why, I did not and do not undert*tand ; but I do not hesi tate to say that I feel very much pleased and honored because of ^he circumstance. Of course I know that aH Camden people do not do business i Imt way; hut all of the <lo/?en or more j?eoplc 1 Diet personally while In the town uu ve me an unusually pleasant lm|iic>>l(>n of tin* i fin < ?? (in taking Hit* Seaboard train al 'iiiuileii 1 hap|?ened on Mr, W. K. Stevenson, and roiJLft with him to Co liliilhlH. where In* wax going on busl l eujoyed his coinpauy very much.' There wan very little talk about polities, except that he made It c|?ar that In* is a candidate for con gress, and that lie docfc not want Ills friends throughout {the district to lone sight of the fact. I found Mr. Steven sou a most entertaining talker. It de velo)M(d that ho la a close ami appre ciative render of The Kmpilrcr, ami that he |k rcmarkahly well Informed as to York county affairs, who the people are, what they are interested In and what they are doing. He seems to know almost everybody In the coun ty. In the course of the couverHatlon he related an Incident in connection with the wale of his last year's cotton crop. It seems that as the result of I lie depression of last fall he put his cotton crop in a warehouse, and when lie decided to sell at about II cents, ,one hale turned up missing. That hale was not produced until last week, and when he sold it at 12 1-2 cents he got a very regretful demonstration of what lie would have had If he had only held his . entire crop until now. "Hut, say, would not we all have been fixed If we had only gotten through that legisla tive plan whereby It was proi>osed to lend the farmer?* bonds for their cot ton up to the value of 0 cents a pound? The state would have gotten interest on a loan that cost it practically noth ing beyond the lithographing of the bonds, and the owners of cotton would have made millions of dollars by the transaction." The Editor Soliloquizes. When a dearly loved j subscriber writes to us In irate win:' "Stop the paper. Never send the vile sheet to my home again." Wo Just puff our sweet old corncob, and we stroke the otiiee cat ; editors "don't have no feel ings" ? -never mind ? we're used to that. When a typographical error some times creeps in by mistake, and our friends rush up and tell us what a lirst-rate ass we'd make, we just over look their errors, never giving tit for tat ; editors are pachydermlc, and ? Oh, well; we're used to that. When our advertisers cancel, telling us the sheet's no good ; when subscrib ers choose to pay us, in tomatoes or cord wood, well, we simply grin and bear We have room in our Warehouse for several hundred bales of Cotton. If you wish to store, see us. Springs & Shannon, Proprietors it, though it le&ves uh rather flat; editors can exist somehow ? somehow we K?'t used to tlirtt. When Ji.OUf daughter's graduation, or her weddinjg day comes t*'ound, you ex pert the kind of wrlte-ujw that in ad jectives abound, do you ever stop to thank us, though 'tis done with great "eclat" that's wiiat editors are there for, and Oh, well! We're used to that. ' "POOR JOHN!" John Harry more, the ix>pular young comedian, has often been envied and admired, but ui>on a recent occasion was sincerely pitied. During his en gagement with the Famous Players Film Company in the photoplay ver sion of I^eo Ditrichstein's celebrated farce "Are You A Mason?" the cur rent Paramount release at The Ma jestic today, the action of the play Iveces* 1 1 h fo<T "Tii Tm~ hp|mhm?j*imuv ftt ft" an tique shop in the down-town section of New York, in front of which there stood an old statue of Venus. Mr. Harry more' r "business" in the scene was, while In a state of semi-inebriety, to drape the statue with a coat, ear muffs and other articles of apparel sympathetically to prevent Venuu from catching cold. A well-dressed lady, airompaifcd by ii dignified gentleman, passed dowu tho street junt when Mr. llarrymore was ut the height of his sartorial efforts. The lady, after a surprised stare at the star, turned to her escort and re marked : "Why, that's Jack Barry more. Just look what lie hag come to ! The last time I Haw 1dm he was acting in 'Kick-la.' And he's drank! I suppose that's0 what brought him to working in this antique shop. Isn't it strange how these stars recklessly throw away such opportunities?" And with many .other pitying remarks they passed on while Jack Barrymore be came so remorseful over the sudden realization of ? his sad plight that he spoiled the scene. ? adv. ' ?- t ? ?> ' Pewaukee, Wis.? Here's -th? - latefct fish story. Robert Nicholos and E. V. 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