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Describing The State Campaign llobcrt ijuillcu, the free editor of the fountain Inn Tribune, nay*, iu Iiin |>ii : J Imvn been out for. three week* witU the ('Aiutidnh'N for dale nfflci'* writing c story of I In* meeting* for a few, neWS papCrs. Mill ing my nltM iirc tlir I i i li 1 1 tic lut'l I'cln pM' it ml chum* near the point of deuth. (ijirciiCd Harper, a clean and fiJtbful boy wfeg) had tin- simp to olii||(!i \wts railed into military service, anil now 1 um Jit home again to work for a living. I didn't work much during the t li r?*? ? weeks I was iiwiiy, but earned exactly I aeveu hundred ami lifty-two times an III u? b hh I M"l. 1 ate ratiouH Jbat 1 wouldn't give in.v <log without an apology. I slept in beds km It ii m I ami as vile a* a ml*- < er. T fought inowiultoes and took* quinine j nix) swallowed clndern, and listened to ridiculous speeches day after day until I talked silly adjei lives in my sleep. And now I understand why so few men of bruins offer' as candidate* in Smith Carolina. So man of brains would submit to the indignities and disc-out forts of u state campaign for miy office within tbe gift of the people. Till* year (lie candidates for governor have eighteen minutes to speak, and the other fellows have eiKhf minutes. They cannot, in that time, discus* an.\ issue iutoHigP'ritly, pop can tliey dem onstrate their (piullticatioiiH for office. They do not ' try. ? They exhibit themselves, an tbe twn bfiided man is exhibited iu a side-show. Tiny spout cheap patriotism for a paltry harvest of thoughtless applause. They string platitudes and truisms on a thread of nonsense, und coiu empty und plaits7" ible phrases about the poor to intrigue tbe minds of the ignorant. They uinke a pretence of having an issue among themselves, and discuss fool la It differences of opinion about things that do not matter. They seem ridicu lous. .They feel ridiculous. They are ridiculous. Tin (cw id|er* win* come to tlif meet* j ing* sweat and .viiwii until they are I IsMed' l?eyo|?d (lit* power of It 1 1 li i u 1 1 en durance, and then they <lrlft away t<? sleep it ??f|, I would ia t lift he in hell witti in.v i.rtck in i ?k<' than t<> make a e|Dipil|D fni h ?tHt?* office in South Carolina. I might *urvlve ilif campaign. but ( would never again have (lie gull to hold up my hi" ad in the face of intelligent pco* pie. I would feel that I luul m?< lilued my dignity and my j??|f*r<N>|)f!Oti and then Would he nothing for me iu the future (nil to wear a diaper and keep a play store for negro children. After spending three Weeks with the candidate* fop state oScff, I feel that I know tliem n? well as if 1 had made them. Mont of tliem are good fellows, wasting time (o make a holiday for foolish people. Few of them will he elected to of fice. Few of them would know what to do with an ofticc if they kaiU.it. Let me introduce you to the candi dates for goveruor. , J1 Here Ih Cooper tall, dark., handsome as a (ireek god; a winning frankness, a Hushing smile, a cocjj-wure poise of near arrogance that coine* to the cop vlctlOii that he Ih an cutty winner. Mere |m McLuurin ? the lithe body and Hat hack of an athlete; a great tdtock of snow-white hair, a flashing hlue eye, the deep-Heft, eagle visage of a statesman. Here is Ulchardx? a suave gentleman who plays the game coldly; the face and hearing of a statesman who wax picked while yet a weo bit green. ;) Here I*eeplen. with the jolly air and swagger of a Tammany politician ? Tr-ttrrte to/v ilgtot for itiart work nmt. a little too heavy for Mingle harness; a good fellow who puts on no airs, and makes, a clever set speech. Here is Itethea of the Peace Hldp ? bold, commonplace": n man to escape notice In .a crowd.- He talks patriotism and waves a Hag. Here is 1 Hincnu. the perpetual candi Good Tires Are Scarce and High And they are going to be scarcer and higher. We have a most complete stock and all sizes. Can save you money now and in the future. v ?' ? ? ? r 0 ' - . . . .. GOODRICH "The Brit in the Long Run" Prompt and satisfactory adjustments. They are no higher than the ones you are using. GEO. T. LITTLE, distributor FRANKLIN, HUPMOBILE, CHEVROLET DON'T NEGLECT PLANT YOUR GARDEN NOW Ruta Bagas, Early Turnips, Early Corn, Bush Beans, Babbage, Lettuce, Beets, Carrots and Spinish. W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store Telephone 30. date, lean, bald ami hungry ? ft ami) your i id on I i f?> 1(11(1 lull of venom. ?'*. I !???-?? Ik DroCitauii^i . ftt bvyiim! o<" I:. I nud bald *it tin* ilmiii' a nulu lull i/ weird phrase*. who tl in 'I .ic I r llir seven t olilll ( ill ? A't l]? forgive them seventy times Of flic seven, one Is u harmless idiot and out* is* n criminal luatiim. So out* of the seven is wjuuticj vct?<-. The die i* oust. The lines an- factional. *riu<i< Hrv no \|< l/uuriii attempt* to get away from tat llpuill lim - to u higher level, Su; ? i??* people will bivi none ??f it. 1 1 < tu|k* to them of tile state walclioux mo?< of the dream of state liu?Uruucc yjul i Mate bank, but the people CftltUot conceive of t lit* inherent benefaction of tjtlflta things an<l leseut the effort to make t belli think. When be speak* of making cotton a fluid asset, they brighten up for m mouient. Tbe.v know what a tluiil. is, ami they thluk he has (Uncov ered a way to make .ihpior out of cotton ; but wben he compares his plan t?. bond Issue they resume their uap. lie has the misfortune to possess brains in a state that is rather suspiciou^ of |>raius, Once tie favored a ship subsidy ami " ridicaled the free-silver fallacy. Time lias vindicated hlui, but Houth ( 'aiulnians |lve by prejudice ami can y a political prejudice through *a geueru tlon. Two generations of Compulsory ed ucation would make his platform a win ner. At present he has little chance. Cooper wa> elected when be came out for .Manning against Bleftxff after the first 1JHU primary. lie could go about hi* 'affairs and win. for he is backed by the auti-Hlease uuichiue. He is hated by the Hlease people, for they have been told that lie promised to support Rlease In the second primary of Mo if not himself nVuudidatc, and they belieye it. The Mease people are a 'minority, how ever. and Cooper is governor. lie is sane and safe and regular, and if he does no great good as governor he will assuredly do no great harm. I did alt 1 could for him in the first primary of H> I (?. ami have never ipttfe forgiven him for coining out in Man ning's favor after Home of the diits things the Manning crowd did to him, lie was a wiser politician than I, how ever. ami will this year get the rewind of his regularity. He is doing one thing in this cam paign that makes me admire liim. Il>' is looking the voter straight in the eyt and telling him that taxes can't be re duced. Of course I know that taxes can he reduced, but if lie believes they can't it is a tine courage that prompts him to tell the people ho. One of the most popular, planks in his platform is his idea of opening the' doors of Winthrop and Clemsou ctd leges to all worthy poor, and creating a state fund from which the poor may borrow necessary expense money, paying it back after, beginning to draw dividends on the education. lie would have no repeti tive examination for entrance. It is tt fine plan, but by the., time South Carolina is sufficiently enlightened to spend the necessary millions for new buildings to house the thousands who would take advantage of it, there will be no more poor. ltcthca doesn't count. He will get a few thousand votes that should go to Cooper, and that is all. The platforms of Richards and I'eeples do not matter. If they were the two original wise men, they would Ret none of the anti-Blease Vote, If they had no platforms, the Hlease vote would be divided between them any way. People* is stronger in the low country. Hicl+ards is stronger up here, if it ap pears that the vote may be divided al most equally, then Hlease will probably get word to the boys to back Richards and let I'eeples save himself. . Next week, if this darn cold of mine gets iiny better, 1 will "toll you about the other candidates ? a yard full of them, fearfully and wonderfully made. Mrs < it. I ioof. who was injured at J the crosMing ,,f Richland and Sumter j street*, in Columbia on last Wednesday cvciimgv died at (lie Haptist hospital. | Mrs. I.awsnn i^ very much grieved tircr t lie !i<-( ident and at the time that* Mrs. I Itonf was injured, rendered nil assist-! .i in e possible for the elderly lad\ whom j ?die had run dow n. Mrs. Hoof was rnsh- j ??d to Ho Raptivi hospital immediately) alter the sho< k and all that medical , ?lid ??oiiid aecompli-!i wa- done. A HOME THE KI ND. \ME.\ !" \L W ANT OF EVERY NORMAL MAN. THK IDEAL IK )MK ( ANT BE MA 1)10 IN RENTING PROPERTY. QUIT PAYING RENT OWN VOI R OWN HO M 10. DOUBTLESS WE HAVE JUST TH^ PROPERTY YOU HAVE BEEN LOOK I N( i FOR. OUR BUSINESS IS BUYING AND SELLING HOMES FOR OTHER PEOPLE. WE WANT TO START YOU ON THE ROAD TO HOME MAKING. C. P. DuBOSE & COMPANY REAL ESTATE INSURANCE CROCKER BUILDING PHONE 43 MAKE WAR ON JONION MALADY Strong Effort? Qolng On to Stamp Out Disease That Is Known i ?? Neckrot. * ' ^ ? _ . To combat neckrot -a destructive storage rot of oulous- in various local ities of the United Ktutes, the I nlted States department of agriculture next hmkoii Ih to asMlHt growers In testing H method of controlling the ^'seaso with the hope of putting the Wtbod on a practicable basis for commer cial use. Specials of the depart ment will be assigned to the districts affected to advise farmers and to help inathe Installation and equipment of necessary structures. . The districts known to be Infected Include the principal onion-growing centers In Massachusetts, Connecticut, Ohio. Indiana. Delaware. Wisconsin and Oregon. The disease occurs In other states also. Losses of from -ft par cent to 75 per cent In white onion K6t8 hfcvfl born rorordotl lu tho \i< luity of Chicago and lu northern Indiana. Red and yellow onions are not * at tacked as seriously as the white varl etThe disease known as neckrot Is ehused by a fundus. The parasite en ters the wounded neck of the bulbs at harvest time and gradually rots the scales until they become dried up and worthless. Of the control measures that have been tried, artificial drying of the onion sets In crates Just after harvest has given the best results. The object of this method Is to cure the necks as soon as possible, and thus check the fungus before It enters the flesh scales. In various lots treated recently the rot was reduced from 14 per cent to 1 per cent; from 47 per cent to 7 per cent ; from .53 per cent te 7 per cent and from 92 per ceut to 10 per cent. RAILROADS USE MUCH COAL Require Almost Twenty-Five Per Cent of the Total Output of the Country. ? Figures compiled by C. E. Leslier of the United States geological survey show that 130.000.000 tons of bitumi nous coal, 0.735.000 net tons of Penn sylvania anthracite and 22,950 tons of coke were used by the railroads In the United States In 1910. The increase , lft the quantity of bituminous coal used by the railroads In 1910 was 14,000,000 tons, which was 11.5 per | cent more than 1915. ^flThe increase In the consumption of anthracite by the railroads was but 535,000 net tons, or 8.5 per cent. There was an Increase In railroad consumption of nearly 4,000,000 tons of coal from Illinois, about 2.800,000 from Ohio and of 4.800.000 from West Virginia. The quantity of coal from Pennsylvania used by the railroads decreased nearly 3.000,000 tons. J ? The quantity of bituminous coal used by the railroads in the eastern district Increased from 50.500,000 to 02,700,000, or 11 per cent. The increase In the Southern district was from 22, 000,000 to 23,300.000. or 5.1 per cent, and In the Western district, from 43, 500.000 to 50.000.000. or 15 per cent. The total quantity of bituminous coal used by the railroads was about 27 per cent of the total production as against 28 per cent In 1915. The Pennsylvasla anthracite used by the ralltoads In 1910 was 7.7 per cent of the total anthracite produced and the combined bituminous and anthracite used, 142.735.000 tons, was 24 per cent of the output. y?e same as In 1915. Making Life Worth While. To Increase^ your earning capacity, you must be an energetic, live speci men of humankind. You should bo throbbing with surplus power. You should possess a degree of strength that will give you confidence and cour age and endurance. Then you can go on day after day. relates a writer, add ing to your skill and knowledge and power in your profession. And when you have climbed to the highest point on one sphere of endeavor, you will be ready to look around for other work, and continue to experience tin* delights that come only with the daily strug gle, required for the attainment of the objects one has in view. 1 >o not forget the value of systematic effort. Do not waste your energies. Intelligent direc tion is all-important. Force, to be of value, must be applied tit the proper place. Effort, to be productive of re ward, must be directed by superior in telligence. Made the Account Even. "There's nothing I i k *k reprisals," | J said ^pecruiting oflleer. "A tobacco nist s?m>1 a doctor the other May a .<!?> box of' cigars, snylng he knew they hadn't been ordered, but they were so ! excellent he was sure the doctor would enjoy them. Bill Inclosed. Terms strictly cash. "The doctor wrote hack : "'Delighted with the cigars. Though it Is true you haven't railed me in, 1 t venture to send you herewith two pre- ? f scrlptlons for rheumatism and dyspep I sla, respectively, that I am sure you will like, as they have gfcen universal satisfaction to my patients. My charges ! being $"> for preserlptlon. we ar^ now quits.* " Effective Shells. i Controversy has long raged regard- 1 Ing the actual man-killing power of the ' big guns. It has been declared tbat j $20,000 worth of big shells must be . flred to kill one of the enemy. F'er ' Imps Tt \9 true that an enormou* 1 amount of steel must be hurled by tho big guns to Insure fatalities. Yet the actual number of men killed on all sides by artillery tire probably runs In to the millions. '?? ' ? V-? ' V ANYTHING YOU WANT, FROM THE SIMPLEST AND MOST MODEST PIN TO A MAGNIFICENT DIAMOND RING. PRICES FROM ALMOST NOTHING WITH THE SKY THE LIMIT. * '< G. I. BLACKWELL Jeweler ?nd Optician Camden, S. C. WHEN YOU CET I PUT SOME it is ABSOLUTELY SAFE 1 ALL OF THAT PAY BELONGS TO YOU? PUT IT IN THE HANK OR IT WILL SOON BELONG TO SOMEONE *LSE. ARE YOU ALWAYS GOING TO BE A "HORSE IN A TREADMILL." WORKING FOR MONEY THAT OTHERS OET? . .. ' ? '? A THE MONEY YOI' WASTE, IF IT WERE PUT IN OCR BANK, WOl'LI) SERYE YOI OR KEEP YOU MIGHTY WELL SOME DAY. ? START A BANK ACCOUNT NOW. WE ADD FOUR PER CENT INTEREST. . > COME TO OUR BANK. - ? ?? The First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C THE LABOR . , ~ r ?; ? t urrruy r* OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO THE FARMERS. T, . Is RUT ONE SOLUTION OF T'HB: I' ARM LABOR PROBLEM improved farm machinery. I It is up to you, Mr. Farmer, to provide tools that will enable one man to do the work of two this year. WE HAVE THESE TOOLS. - -? - * ~~r4 w ^ 1 have all the new labor-saving machinery* <? \wint to show you how easily you can not only keep up >our regular work but actually exceed what have been accustomed to do. ?Sec us it you want to increase farm efficiency. Springs & Shannon The Store Thai Carrie? The Stock.