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tHE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. if. S II.KS Kditui and I'abUahcr Published every Friday at N'o. 1109 Broad atveet and entered at the Cam ten, .South Carolina postoffice as ***eo??d rlaj?.s mail .matter. ? Price per .innunt $2.00. Camden, S. C., Friday, March 13, 1925 COL. dargan m \ i? Was Prominent C &> of Statehurg Community Sumter, S. ( '., March 10.?Funeral .services for the late Col. John J. Dargan. of Stateburg, who died at his home, "Marston" .Sunday nigh4., were held at noon Tuesday at the Church of the Holy Cross whore the throng attended the funeral services attesting to the high esteem in which The noted educator was held every - where in South Carolina. The death of Col. Dargan ended a career of one of the most picturesque figures which ha* ever taken a promi nent part in the affairs of Sumter county. Col. P#rgan was 7(J years of age. He had been in feeble health for several months, but not in a dan gerous condition ami therefore when the news spread today that he was dead, it came as a shock to the peo ple of V>umter county, many of whom had long known and highly regarded him. Col. Dargan was born In Darling ton county and came of the well known family of that name. As a young man just commencing the practice of law, he settled in Sumter and served with success and distinc tion by hard worifand brilliancy soon winning a place at the head of the bur association in the city. It was about this time that a conceited ef fort was made to rid the state of negro and carpel baggers rule and in this movement Col. l>argan was i?ne of the leaders, acting as a lieu tenant to the late Col. 4James D. Blending and Judge T. 15. Fraser, who were the heads of the movement in Sumter county. He was also editor of The True Southron, a newspaper pub lished by Ostei n and Darr, and won distinction as a publicist ;*j this ea -parity. 'Subsequent to the redemption of tfie statu by the' Hampton adminis tration, Col. Dargan was elected to the' legislature, where he served for several terms. He was afterward" ? lcctcd solicitor, which office he filled with efficiency for several >ears, re tiring bovau.se- uX scruples in the prus ecution of cases. After retiring from the office of solicitor. Col. Dargan moved to Stateburg, where he farmed for a number of years before moving to Darlington county, where he taught M-hool, an occupation which he had followed before he began the prac tice of law in 1K7fi. After teaching in Darlington count\ for several years, he came hack t?< Stateburg * . and became editor of the Freeman, IT newspaper |>ubil>hrd by} I',. F. Miller. Later lie founded the Ucti. Sumter ^lcmoi ial Academy at Slate burg. of whicliMn was the head un til forced to ietire from active work becauM- ?>f advancing year* and feeble health. In letent years he ha. devoted him.-c'.f to the itudy ?/: lps. tory and rconnmit tpn->tinns. His his tory i'f Si?utn ' "ai <>! ina we'! known in the school# of the state. Col. Dargan married in 187tf to M)>%H Thcodosia Williamson, of Dar lington county, who with ten daugh ters, iurVjvfi him. Those daughter* arc: Mrs. K. D. Klud of Sumter; Mr*. T. ogers. Mrv J. L. FjW|?j Mi "37O. IMgwden, Mr*. S. V. Tup per, Sttt^'burjf; Mm. Edward Brown, iir?* ( a11l LaBurde, Mrs. .James' Cntllal^ Columbia^ and Mr.<. Ambrose Hampton, Lancaster, Mrs- McKensf? M??ore. Charleston. \\ ill IfoK* TN Ad* ?*rlisinK Writer When Will Rogers' bonus arc inches bi ncath the sod, hi* Stone will bear a new epitaph. Theie will be no 10 -ja|l<-n of hi* fame *> cow punche , . , ,.f h.> K t of humor, no eulogy (,t his enrc^r befOT? the hoi Ihs blight lights and the movie Kleig <Hghti, H'l goi?g ti? be an original i?pitaj?h, the one and only one In the .wotld. It will read: Will Kodg?ra'"Aft Honent Ad Writer" Will hung out his shingle in the advertising profession by agreeing to write Bull Durham advertising. For the first time .in the history of the printed word, a copy writer was Riven carte blanche to .say whatever he wished about a product, Rogers was to write as he felt. The first startle he gaye the ad vertising world was to write a tes timonial advertisement about Bull Durham, in which he talked of noth ing but cross word puzzles. "Everywhere you go, everybody is figuring out a cross word puzzle. Nobody is working or even exercis ing. America will lose t^e next war but win the next puzzle contest. It's the greatest craze that has hit the country since prohibition. "People says to me 'Why Will, you don't understand. It's an edu cation. It learns you more ways to ?av one word.' If you know one way to say a word, what do you need to know any more for. Nobody is go ing to give you something for noth ing. I don't care how many ways you ask for it. This puzzle has done one thing. It has learned us which is horizontal and which is vertical." This paper is fortunate to b among those in which the Bull Dur ham advertising is running. The next time you see an advertisement head ed the "Bulls Eye"?-read it. We guarantee it will make you laugh, no matter if you're suffering with chron ic dyspepsia. Conductor (J. W. Smith, of Colum bia was slightly injured, seven freight car'% and the. engine derailed, the track toin up for a distance of sev eral hundred yards and traffic block ed for hours when the first section of through freight No. 54 crashed into a box car on the Charlotte-Co lumbia line of the Southern at In dustrial mill switch, one and one-half Triiir-S raft of Hock Hill, late Saturn day afternoon. K. T. Gillespie, former citizen of Rock Hill, died Tuesday nt Effingham aged eighty-four. The body will be laid to rest in the historic cemetery at Ebenezer, north of Rock Hill. Dr. Richard T. Gillespie, president of ('o< lunibia 'fkcological Seminary, is M .son of the deceased. Annie I.ee Williams, colored school teaehcr. was run over and fatally in ju11 d Tuesday at Branchville by a I i"i ? driven by Cecil Watson, twelv" . I yi a j- i.!?i white boy. !Lav\ >novv> have driven elk and dert into the town of Banff. Alberta, whorl* they make the rounds of tin hoirtt - in .-earch of food, which is not j domed them. ! SERVICE The amount of patronage given The Chronicle both in its advertising and job department has been earned by the service we give to our patrons. It comes to us \ oluntarily for our customers know they can depend upon the right kind of work and the right kind of rervice, and if it is not right, we have a liberal policy of making it right. We invite competition and com petitive bids where quality and service is taken into consideration. We do not try ?o influence or get bus' ness through any other except legitimate, honest methods. Our advertising columns are ker>t filled with the very best class of business houses asking your trade. Our printers are kept busy turning out the class of printing a down-to-date business man would want to send out. We have a large stock of printer-* jtat.v'.ire'-.-, ->nd if we do not carrv what ;? on v Tt . slock, #? h ?v an on en account with nearly ev??,?% pap-r supply house ir the southeast, ana can supply your wants in twenty-four hours. If vo i re not a patron of this shop we wnnt von to b?* TK.c Pk NEWSPAPER AND JOB PRINTING VmtHiian Dead Carried to Grao* on Gondolas A Venetian funeral * displays picturesque and romantic character which Iimm ulWMys been ssaoclated with the ceremonlOH of th* city, whlrh Mtlll remains our uf the most religious placti In JlNlv, a< < ordio^ t<> thtt Chicago l/atly Newa. The grandeur of the ipMi) funeral barge varfen, of course, with (he mean* of the family, thoae hired hy the wealthy being very magnificent. At the funeral of a high official of Venice recently the coffin wai placed on u barge. ? fe^t In length and pro t>elled by four gondolier* In uniforms of black velvet <ge<orated with gilded iMoicihu? - of tiorMi design, skull* ?u<! crortshoiiet. and h?> oh. At til? stem was nn angel with OUt at retched wing* leaning on a broken pillar and itt the stern Was another gilded tlgure of Time with Ids Scythe and hourglass. Tup canopy In the center, oov?tpg the colttn, was Support ed 1 ?.v glidedangelsand vt UW? corners of fhe ruOf burned four candles. lte versing ?be customary usage. the relatives and mourners precede In stead of following the body, which la conveyed in the funeral barge across llie half nille of water to the eerhe tery Island, the only burial ground of the city. Il ls a small place, as the gondoliers say, but with room enough for all Venice. i Middle Age for Women From Twenty to Fifty -When is a woman middle-agedV" Is a question capable of many answers. According to the country In which the matter is being discussed, and the number of years to the credit of the people discussing it. The Other day I? was shaflng my eight o'clock breakfast with my small and extremely precocious son, Kve Adams relates, in T. I'.'s and Cas ael's Weekly, who seized the unpro pltious occasion to remark: "Muuiniy. 1 suppose now you're mlddle-agMV" "Perhaps 1 am," 1 replied acidly ami noncommittaily. "1 shouldn't he sur prised,'^ continued this embryo diplo mat, "if you're even over twenty!" "Neither should I," I agreed, much more genially, as I hastened to turn the conversation Into h'ss personal chan nels. On the other hand, I was talking with a friend the other day, who has passed the allotted span of .three score years and ten, and he was deprecating a state of nffifl^s which allows women tp hn\e a t;ike in the [xilitics of their country. "At all events," he grumbled, "the \?>te should be restricted to sen slble middle-aged women." What do you mean by 'sensible mlfldle-aged'?" 1 asked curiously. "Fifty, and not a day under." was the Irascible response. How Anta "Sew" Leavea Kdward Step. K. L. S., In the Lon don Sphere, tells about a little red ant, widely distributed, through all of the countries of fhe Far Kast and South, which constructs shelters for its do mestic cattle among the branches of trees, uniting a number of leaves to gethcr by means of silken threads. A large number of workers pull and haul me edges of growing leaves into position while other workers bring up larvae from the nursery, and, holding thetu in their Jaws, apply-ihe grubs' mouths to the leaves that are to be connected, Intimating to them in some way that they are to emit fluid silk. The threads arc drawn from leaf to leaf, anil h* the silk hardens imme diately upon exposure to the air, a largo number or" such contacts have the value of stitche>. and a roomy lexf batr is constructed. * Esperanto's Prospects Allhoiiuli ?tr.*>> ha> been placed on tin* ?Mi<'Muauitii: ??prend of Ksperanto, it m?t possible lor the average per son to I.??!ifv?? il.Mi :t tini\??fsal tongue, absolute^ :ii t ilt.-i;.! in its origin. ever will it 111111 ^'iit'r;'l u*e, or e\ en make enough |?ro.;r. xs io /s/ciliinte under standing anions tin- peoples of (lifer ent speech. It Is much more probable that ICnullsl will become tin* most widely spoken <>f :if! modern languages. JIovv?? ve r, it i-. pleasant to know that the KspceantniiN have as their aim the universal brotherhood ami there is no doubt that their work will ha\ e a reconciling, harmonizing effect wher ever it Is introduced. The Argonaut. Three Immigrants Watched A number of our standard trees are importation^ from distant corners of the world Some specimens were brought in \ears Ago by seafarers who, admiring a tree's beauty, would bring home a .\<>uni< shoot and try to make It crow other M}M>citaens were imported | from laii;liiu<l and southern Kurope to [ um?estates of wealthy men. Such ( chnm e methods of Introducing a tree i *\?? ijI? i !>e tou slow ii'iw, and too ha/- I :t;? >i<>11. Kverj Immigrant tree uiust i j? i:s healthiness at a port en- i try lest li hrlng In a disease a< ? Ir.-4nl- j j 1 a - til.- San .To?u? sr.de o- ? . ( I nut I ?! i' i' Jewels That Keep Ttm%^ A it .'i urnvt'uien! I' M'...:.- I dou*> >?' ? ? >i? - ' o <1 j iti i ni -i' 11 - i' j io | i.'Vff wr.-l 1 he I'lllanci' .. i.eW | ?' ?? *,1- . run ??i? l?enrin?.? in..U< c of ; Jewels In hij^h-gr.i ie v . ' ? the !?e:i rin? - o' ; I .? ent ire \\r*<-1 ? ? ? en? arc .!*?*? , !?m|. The i ;? >vels *.ire i: o.'e of, sv.pphire- o ')!>,? >, the h<?tifM-r kru'b* ?.f gamet, m .| it... !<??? r\f f.Tilin.'ir1, r?? . >-?* i There are from siNcn to tu e:u> tiiTve points of je?vis in a v\;r. , and un less they sre nil of good r valitv and St :he wheel pivot* j?er*erfir the 1\atch wiM bm * pavr time; vten tt if doex r\m. Regular attendance at Sunday scjiool during the formative period of ^outh would close the doors of the criminal courts and jails, says Su 'IMt-mc Court Justice I^-wls L. Faw ; celt, of Brooklyn. Wants-For Sale OFFICE ROOMS for rent in t>6oker j Savage building. Apply to B. B. Clarke, attorney, Camden, S. C. 49 sb , FOR SALE?Ninety da^- velvet beans $?'5.00 per bushel freight pa?d any j point in South Carolina. Peas $4.85 per bushel freight paid. Addu - (tombert Plant & Seed Company, Hembert, S. C, 5052-pd ! FOR SALE?One mule, Price $85. Can be seen at my farm in West Wateree. Apply to Henry Savage, Camden, S. C. 49 t?b FOR RENT?One six room house with bath. All conveniences and garage. Apply to M. G, Purseley, LaFayette avenue, Camden, S. C. 50-51-pd PEANUTS?For seed, for feed. Valu able for the family. Especially val uable for growing children. Five bushels and over $1,50 per bushel, f. o. b. Camden. Half bushel by parcel post for $1.00. One fourth bushel by parcel post 60c. W. A. Edwards, Rt. 1, Westville, S. C. 49tf FOR RENT?Two houses on Broad street. Apply to L. A. Wittkowsky, Camden, S. C. 50 sb IF IN NEED of a new battery a rea sonable allowance will be made in exchange on your old battery. Broad Street Filling Station, U. N. Myerst proprietor. 49 sb AMIR RIVER PRIVET for Hedges ?jEvergreen plants well rooted. Par thousand, one year old, $6.00; two years old $10; three years old $13.00. In lots of 10?000 or more, one year old $5 per thousand; two years old $8.00 per thousand; three years old $10 per thousand. Ad dress T. R. Hamlin, Sumter Farm Nurseries, Mt. Pleasant, S. C. 50-lpd WANTED?No. 1 pine log*. Highest cash prices paid; year round de mand. Sumter Planing Mills and Lumber Co., Attention E. S. Booth, Sumter, S. C. 29-tf FOR RENT?The Haile property, containing seven rooms, in good location. Rent reasonable. Apply to Marshall Brothers near Seaboard passenger station, telephone 309-J. 50sb. ROOFING AND NAILS?Just receiv ed car load roofing and nails. Mackey Mercantile Co., Camden, S. C, 49 sbi SHOE REPAIRING?Call at the Red Hoot Shop, 619 Rutledge street, Camden, S. C. for shoe repairing A. M. Jones, proprietor. 50-5-st^ FOR SALE?One Ellington piano in good condition at reasonable price, i Address T. T. Alexander, Hermi tage mill, Camden, S. C. 47-50-pd j WANTED SALESLADY experienced; in ladies' ready to wear and- milli nery. Apply at The Outlook, South | Broad street, Camden, S. C. .r)0 sb JUST RECEIVED Car load red cedar shingles. Mackey Mercantile Co Camden, S. C. 49 sb LOST?A silk Chinese scarf with black border, lost somewhere in Camden last week. Reward to finder if returned to Chronicle office, Camden S. C. 50 sb WANTED? Position as bookkeeper. Address P. O. Box 106, Camden, S. C. 48-50-pd WHITTON GENUINE PARTS CO., Columbia, S. C., The largest Parts Distributors in the entire Soutk. A complete stock of genuine and replacement parts for all cars and truck*. aug. 7-sb JUST RECEIVED Car load red cedar shingles. Mackey Mercantile Co., Camden, S. C. . 49 sb FREE! y ?' v With <6T9Ty c?*h purchase from DOW until Saturday* April 18th, we will give with every cash purchase a cou pon entitling the holder to a chance . at receiving one set of Goodyear Cord Tire* and Tubes 30x3 Vs valued at $58.00. Tickets given on repairs, bat tery service, gas, oil and accessories. BROAD STREET FILLING STATION U. N. MYEftS, Proprietor ROOFING AND NAIL8 ? Just re ceived ear load roofing and nails. Mackey Mercantile Co., Camden, S. C. 49 sb FOR SALE?One cane mill and evap orator at a sacrifice. Apply to H. R. Hall, Bethune, S. C. 48-51-pd JUST RECEIVED Car load red cedar shingles. Mackey Mercantile Co., Camden, S. C. ' '49 sb FOR SALE?Several used Ford cars and tracks, spme late models. Terms and prices right. Broad Street Filling Station, U. N. Myers, Proprietor. 49 sb FOR HIGH CLASS Electric Wiring call Will E. Johnson. Stockroom at H. E. Beard's Service Station, phone 486. 3-pd WANTED?Saleslady in Camden to handle our line of concrete front ? yard furniture. Good commissions. Every good home a prospect. Ad dress No. 5 Carolina Bank Building, Columbia, S. C. 48-50-pd FOR $ALE-H0n<5 six room house, all modern conveniences. Terms rea sonable. Apply 1215 Fair street, Camden, S. C. -l'J-50-nd ROOFING AND NAIJ,S ? Just re ceived car load roofing and nails. Mackey Mercantile Co., Camden, H. <kv .t - I 49 sb HEMSTITCHING and Plcoting; ntft and prompt service, 8 cents per yard for cotton goods. Miss Rebecca Jones, Kershaw, 8. C. FOR RBPAIRSr-We specialize on re pairing Ford cars, Mr. Joe Pet tlgrew is in charge of repair de partment. Broad Street Filling .Station. 49 >9b NOTICE The- Midway Grocery Company sit uated between the Hermitage Mill and the Wateree Mill has been chang ed to the Jamefe W. Outlaw Grocery, Company. The public will please take note of this change." 48-50-pd ?t r - The Camden Oil Mill will de-lint planting seed during the week of Marc^ prd. The cost of de-linting is ten cents per bushel. Terms cash. FAROUHAR "DEEP FIRE BOX" You can make good money operating a sawmill?NOW. Farquhar "Deep Fire Box" Boiler has large capacity fire box I and two fire doors for wood or coal. An* easy, quick steamer. Tarquhar Double Belt Saw Mill has r.^uhMr -Drrp Fire ?i??"large capacity, r?rMUh.r no.bi? iM( ??* Su\* milt hi*. does accurate Mill cutting and is easily operated. Write for catalogs. A. B. Farquhar Co., Ltd., Box 435, York, Pa. ATTRACTIVE HOMES FOR SALE I) We offer this week at sacrificial prices two of the most desirable homes in Camden?each with five baths, large and beautiful grounds and complete in every detail. Some discriminating tourist should own one of these places. We also offer three well built and well located modern cottages worth more than the price asked and on terms. We also have lots of all sizes and in all parts of the city and will assist you in financing a home of your own. It's a pleasure to show you our listings CAMDEN REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE B. G. SANDERS WE SELL LOTS" * t. k.trottBR k \ v ?-?. 4* V. x~ > + Tt-j; '-jL ?.