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Our Urn* of C 'itl?'ii<lurh. VOLUMK XXIII. The Camden Chronicle ( AMOKN, MOUTII UAHOI.ilNA, Jl'l.t IIM1 Attend The Big Fraternal Picnic to be Held in Camden, Friday August 4th. THE FARM IS BEST PLACE SAYS AN ABLE WRITER I'KKPAHK YOl'ItHELF FOIl GOOD FARMING AND NATU11U WIM* MKET VOU UALP WAV. Hoyu of the South, fix it firmly^ iu your beads that the farm Is the bunt place for you. You may think you will have to work hard on the farm. Ho you will if you ever amount to anything. The boys who. are going to bo of use to the world from now on, us In the pant, will have to work. Work in merely accomplishment. But you do not have to work uh hard on the farm as you do in oth er calling*. in any other line you uro limited by the product of your luuidH and your machine. On the farm you are helped by all the power of Nature. You plant a grail) of corn and neglect it, and Nature will make something of it. In town you plant a something In the machine and neglect It, and the job stops. The machine has a limit. The farm nityy have one, but nobody ever yet found it. Who can bay thut two bules is the limit of un acre of cotton, or three baleH or four balea or any amount? Nature 1h glad to do anything to help you as far au you are willing to go. Hut Nature helpa the boy who helps her. In every Southern State last summer a boy allowed that it la poBHible to make over a hundred bushels of corn on an acre. There la no secret about making a good yield It Is a matter of getting the ground fertile, and Of work. You are ntelligent enough to do what other boyB have done. If you have tbo energy and the ambition and the willingness to find out how the successful boys made a hundred bushels of corn you can make a hundred bushels. You can make a ba.e of cotton to the acre. You can raise a cow that will make 7 pounds of butter a week, for cows have been known to make three tlmeh that much butter. The farm, you nee responds to any reasonable effort, with good returns a.id makes your reward correspond with your willingness to work. It is not so in town. There your wage is fixed, and you can not make your ton dollar Job pay you twen y dollars by Increased work, for you have to work the limit to earn your ten. The farm is a place that offers you an opportunity that is limited only by yourself, and it is the only place on earth that is so generous. All other occupations depend on the whims of the people. The farm de pends on you alone, therefore on the farm you are Independent and free. Your success on the farm means work. It means not the woi*k of Home inefficient negro while you Bit in the shade and direct. It means your own interested work. It also means interested, Intelligent, ener getic work. Don't think work is debating. Work is the gift of a generous Creator, for It Is simply the privilege of doing for yourself the actB that bring you what you want. The boy who drudges does not like work. If he likes the work he finds a pleasure in getting the results It brings, then work has ceased to be drudgery and' becomes your work will be fascinating, for you will be enthusiastic over your progress. To farm Intelligently you must road and watch. You must get the farm bulletins from your State and from Washington and study the chemistry and philosophy and mechanics of farm work. In such reading and study the farm offers the boy a liberal edu cation, for such study broadens his thinking powers and sets his brain at work, which relieves his hand and back and takes from work a "great deal of its burden. To a boy who reads and thinks the farm is a wonderful educator for it brings the boy in touch with the important principles of life and of nature. The farm boy grows up to be a master. He Is a master of his ac res, of his work, of his farm stock, of his own destiny. The farm Is the greatest indus try of man. It Is the farm that makes the cities, for the cities live to supply the wants of the farmer. The railroads are built to crary the products of the farm. The facto ries depend on the farm trade. Ev erything mus tturn to the farm for its living for the farm is the place where the living for the race is made. You want to be on the ground floor in the world's big work, and that Is on the farm. The farm In your father's time was not the de sirable place It is to be in. your day, for much cheap land induced farming on Buch a basis as kept prices of crops very cheap. Froe land has gone, and the world must pay for Its supplies from this on. That assures you good prices for your work, where your father received much less. The new conditions will make of the farm on* *>f the most prosper ous spots on earth. It. will make the farm not only your pleasant home, your workshop and your foot hold in the world's work, but it will make of tb? farm a source prosperity that thre la no any reasonabls argum 4ab i a as (mi ni' ?nt.|or POPULAR YOUNG MEN TO ESTABLISH A NEW FIRM THK MKHHR8. RHAME JtltOTHKKK TO W)RM A HTKON'li HUM. NfcbS COMBINATION. r Possibly no btrongor buidneas combine has been formed 'in Camden for yearn than that of J. E. Rhame, Q. A. Rhame and B. W. Rhame, to be known under the firm name of Khame Brothers. * J. E. Rhame, witty whom the two other brothers are to go in, has been successfully engaged in the mercantile business here for the last seven years. During this time his business haw Hteadliy iucreased, Q. A. Rhame has been employed In the business of Springs & Shan non for fourteen yeara. For a large part of thia time he haa held down the important pout of head book keeper for that firm. While in thia capacity he haa made hundreda of bualneaa frienda throughout the aur roundlng country and haa won for himaeif a popularity well deserved. He beara the enviable reputation of heln^ one of Camden's steadiest and moat capable young business men. Aa a dealer In live atock, B. W. lthame, the third member of the firm, who ia to be in charge of that branch of the bualneaa ia well known. For the laat eleven yeara he haa been connected with the live Btock department of Springs & Shannon aud haa attained a high degree of efficiency lu thia bualneaa. Thia atrong combination will be gin bualneaa on September lat. in the atore now occupied by J. E. Rhame. The stables facing on Rut ledge atreet and formerly uaed by M. Baum have been purchaaed, aud the live stock, and vehicle depart ment will be conducted there. BealdeB this a complete line of general merchandise, fertilizera and farming implements ^111 be carried. Situated in the vicinity of three cotton buying establishments, the location of thia bualneaa house la ideal. The new firm is to retain the ef ficient services of E. J. McLeod, who for a good many years haa been employed in the business of J. E. Rhame. He has a broad buB iness acquaintance and will no doubt prove a valuable asset. PLEASANT DAY AT BLANKY. M?ny Gather In the West Wateree Town To Enjoy Big Picnic. It was our pleasure on Saturday last to be at Blaney, the occasion being u joint picnic of the Blaney and Wator Oak Camps Woodmen of the World. Notwithstanding the fact that there were two oilier pic nics In West Wateree on the Bame day a large crowd was present and a moat delightful day was spent. The gathering was called to or der by Mr. S. E. Ross, who stated that it would be some time before dinner would be ready and that the audlenoe would be entertained by some speeches. Addresses were made by Prof. G. W. Thomas and Messrs. D. M. McCaaklll and C. W. Blrchmore. At the conclusion of the speechea dinner was announced. And what a dinner. The table, 50 or 76 feet long, was literally covered with al most every imaginable good thing to eat. Although there were fully two hundred persona proaejit there was a plenty for all and everyone enjoyed It to the fullest. The various committees are to be congratulated upon the splendid manner In which everything was carried out. The day was one of the plea8antest we have ever spent on a like occasion, and wo hope It will be our good fortune to see more of these good people of Bla ney. Special Offer. As a special Inducement to read era of The Chronicle, and to those who are contemplating subscribing for it, we will reduce the price of subscription from $1.60 to $1.00 pe year during the month of August. Renewals and back subscriptions can be paid for at this special price. If you are going away, If you are already out of the city, or if you have some relative or friend living in a distant town who would enjoy reading a newspaper, full of live news (one that is Just like a let ter from home) take advantage of this offer and subscribe for The Chronicle now. For Hale. 2 6 bushels good Seed Peas. Ap ply to - L. A. McDowell. town. But the boy who gets the highest success on the farm must learn his trade. He must educate his hands, which is the least Important, and his head, which Is the most Impor tant. He must be a reader and a thinker. A reader learns what oth er men hare learned and set down In booki. A thinker reasons out and applies to himself what these other men have learned for him. When the boy learns and thinks and works hs will see that the arm is still ready to meet him with un limited opportunity, for no man has 'yet found the limit of hie farm's ability to produce.?Blon H. Butler. 1ft ftV|VNilT? NATIONAL CORN SHOW TO BE HELD IN CAPITAL CITY ? ? . ??*?? BNTWKICN HUVftfiNTY AM) 8KVKN TV.FIVK THOUSAND I'lCOlM,*. WilX ATTKNH. Of largo Importance to the whole state of South Carolina, andto Char leston and the coast country as | much an to any oilier section, U | tht' announcement made Monday that the directors of the National Oorn Exposition had chosen Colum bia an the place whore the lOxposi tion would be held in J.#13. The I announcement moans that the great out annual agricultural exposition i in the United StuteB, if not in the ! world, will be held in the Capital |' 'Ity of the Palmetto State, I Announcement of the decision tho directors liaH been awalVcd In 111 is State with eagerness fw some lime. Columbia made a st tor the Exposition when show was given at Columbus, and fro,in the first had good hojpes of being successful^?The announce nient that the exposition Ik to be held in this State comes, therefore, not an a surprise, but, none tho less, aH a very gratifying piece of intelligence. The National Corn Exposition, ua already stated, is the biggest thing of Its sort in the country. It brings together the leading agricultural ex perts of the Western world, and It a exhibits are the finest of their sort shown anywhere. It means that from 70,000 to 76,000 people at the very least will come to South Carolina from other States?people of Just the sort that South Carolina wants to get. They are the real farmers and the real home-builders ? the men who make the... United States the magnificent corn-growing country that she Is. It is said that the president of tho exposition la the greatest individual corn-grower lu the world. The fact that tho big corn show Is really coming to South Carolina Is recognized as a big thing for the entire State, and as a big thing for Charleston and the whole coaat country, as for any other part of ^the state. The railroad will make special rates for the show? the lowest rateB Into South Carolina that they have ever made; and ft I Is expected that all these tickoj^ I will be good for a Journey to any part of the State. Thus the men who go to Columbia to see the Corn j j Exposition may come right down to j Charleston without any extra ex? ) I pense to themselves. There Is no section of South Car- | ollna In which these corn growers will be more interested than in tho j coast region". Here there are vast | tracts not yet devoted to agricul--' ture, thousands and thousands ot'j fertile acres going to waste for the want of a little drainage.., : The re gion has in It tho power t<J bo- | come one of the greatest corn grow- | ing sections of the world. It offer* unexampled opportunities to> the home builder?the energetic, farmer who wishes to buy land "Ht a low figure and get out of It all there Is to be gotten. It Is this sort of man that attends the corn expositions, and it is this sort of man that will be brought to Charleston and the coast region when the exposition is being held in the Capital City.? News aud Courier. VIOLATED MARRIAGE LAW. Negro Brings Complaint Against Ne gro Minister Accused of Marry ing Couple Without License. A special from Spartanburg to the Columbia State, dated July 24, says; "What la believed to be the first warraut sworn out in South Caro lina under the marralge license law was issued this evening by Magis trate J. M. Bowden, A. L. Fergu son, a negro preacher of Woodruff, is alleged" to- have married a cou ple without a license. The bride groom, A. Q. Durham, a negro, is said to be only 16 years old, while the bride, whose name was not as curtained, Is said to be 4U years old. Tho father of the bridegroom, Geo. W. Durham, objected to the marriage of his son and swore the warrant for tho proacher. If found Kullty the preacher will be liable to a fine of not less than $25 or more than $100, in default of of a fine, to imprisonment for 30 days. The marriage will- hold, even though tho ceremony was perform ed without a license. Set) Our Line of Calendars. Pastor Called. Last Sunday morning at jthe 2nd Baptist Church, immediately" after the morning sermon a Church con ference was held and Rev. Mr. Ri ser was called to tho pastorate of the Church for another year. A protracted meeting will bo hold at this church next week. The pastor will be assisted by Rev. Mr. Holley, who comes with the highest recom mendation as a revhrallst. Let ev erybody who can, attend thiB meet ing. Found.: ;? . . Found on Tuesday last, In the Court House yard, a' pair of gold rimmed eye-glasses In a leather case bearing the imprint of Mr. Q. L. Blacltwell, the jeweler. , Owner can get same by palling at .this office COCA COLA BOTTLING CO. DOING A URGE BUSINESS MOMUTHINO OF TIIK WOHKINOS AND OUTPUT OF AN IMPOR TANT lONTKlU'lUSF. Of Camdfln'H various enterprises, uone 1h more worthy of comniendn i ion than the Camden Coca Cola Bottling Company, which, for the past two years and u half, haw been ?wu#d and managed by Messrs M. II Bautn and T. J. Lipscomb l.'n der the management of these two able business men the bolt linn .com pany has advanced to such an ex tent tbai it in now a material fac tor in the business world of Cam den and Kershaw County u Bei-hups the iliinn most praise worthy about tliiH establishment, certulilly , that in wliUdi the blic Ik most interested, Ik ilu .eleanliueBa. No detail Is omitted in having the bottling done in ihe moat sanitary way possible. A few months ago a cement floor wan in stalled. This, according to Mr. Lipscomb's statement, is one of the filings moat essential to a strictly sanitary bottling works. That which occurK moHt to the" public, however in whether or not the bot tles are clean. Kvery bottle that comes In is sterilized and thorough ly washed. The washing 1b accomp lished by the use of a large soaking tank from which the bottles go to the washing machine and then to the rlnaer. The Colliding washing machine which both brushes the bot ties with a bristles brush and washes them, and a Uosenfield 4"> i spout automatic rlnaer are used. These are among the latest de vices out for their purpose and in- j Bur? thoroughly clean sterilized bot tles. '7j> The local Coca Cola oompatiy is on the honor roll of the Southern division of the Company at large- j Last year It Bold 2,064 gallons of Coca Cola alone, and shows an In crease of 4 6 per cent for the first six months of 1911, over the same length of time la?t year. The plant has a capacity of 4 00 dozen bottles of soda water per day. The Cam den Bottling Company controls the Coca Cola business of practically all of Kershaw county, except Blaney, besides some portions of other coun ties, Its control extending to McBoe on the Seaboard and almost to Lan caster on the Southern. This In cludes the towns of Kershaw and Heath Springs. The control of the town of Jefefrson and adjoining ter ritory, however, has been sub-letted. Some Idea of the size of the bus iness can be had from the follow ing facts: Each year about a car load, approximately 250 gross, of bottles are used. This means an expenditure of about $1,000. About $75 worth of crowns are used each month. From 300 to 500 pounds of sugar is consumed each week, a porcolator being used. Six men are employed constantly. Two crown bottling machines are kept going al most all the time, and It is found necessary sometime to put on a second wagon in order to keep up with the deliveries. Mr. Lipscomb stated, when Inter viewed, that this, being the water melon season, Is the dullest time of the year for the bottling people, but that in the fall things are as flourishing as in hot woather time. Mr. Baum and Mr. Lipscomb are most courteous in their treatment of visitors and are anxious to have poople inspect their plant in order that each might see for himself that bottled soda water from their place can be imbibed with impunity. NEWS AT CASKATT. Cassatt, S. C., July 25.?Our com munity waB visited last night by a fine rain touch to the gratification of our farmers. Cotton Is doing well. Early corn is too far spent to make a full crop, though It has stood the droughth remarkably well. Young corn Is doing well and If season's continue the chances fa vor a good crop. Gardens are al most a complete failure. By the way, Mr. Editor, The Chron icle came In on Friday last week. Instead of Saturday. "Leap Day." So early, so good. Let the good work move on. Why, sure we had to think a little, aud you guess the rest. It is with pleasuro the many friends of Mrs. N. J. West, who Is in an infirmary In Richmond, Va., know sho is doing woll. She is ex pected homo in about ton days. Thero will bo a sories of meetings; hold at Pino Tree Prosbyterlan Church, at Caasatt, commencing on August 9th, conductod by the Rev. Mr. Marlon, assisted by Rev. Mr. Murchlson. The public cordially In vited. We have heard much complaint among our people of foxes playing %avoc with tholr poultry, etc. One of our farmers who own a large flock of goats lost many of his young kids by reason of foxes, so it was necessary for this gentleman, who la 67 years old, who Informs your correspondent that ho has nev er fox-hunted in hla life, to procure another gentleman who has some hounds to drive off these destruct ive pests. Now these gentlemert stand charged before the law. What we want to know Is, has the foxes more commercial value than coats, poultry, etc., to which GOES OVER NIAGARA" IN BARREL AND STILL LIVES ltO|Sll\ MC.U'lt .MAKKK I'lll<: Nl-M ? OM> I'ASSVCilC IN IIIHTom. I1ADLV ll.Vni'llll'.l), Niagara Falla, N. Y. July ?;?. liohh) Leach, -4y yi>arn old, to Nlag*1 ant Fulls. Out., this affciliooii went over llif Horseshoe falls ui a bar rel and atill livea Though he was neve rely haltered and brulaed in i hi* drop of I OK tt over the brink of i liu cataract Ih* sustained only art perflclal injuries and tonight lb a I) It* to be about bits house. This Ik the second time in the history oi the river thai the cata ract has been successfully navigat ed Mrii Anna ICdson Taylor of tbt? city made the trip in a barrel October 2 4, 1901, and came out a ltv?, v llarrasaed by the police on both "ides of the river, Leach was forecd this afternoon to make his htart from La Salle, two miles and a half above the cataract on the United Stales side. Two rlvermen took him in a launch to Navy Island, here l,each wan placed in a bar rel, a steel affair, 11 feet long, with endh of wood. Leach wan bung in a canvaH hammock. Cast Adi'ill. The barreJ with Iih passenger was east adrift Just off tin* mouth of ''hlppewa creek, hastily a mile a bove the brink of the Horseshoe, tit 2:02 o'clock and wan quickly caught by the ruuh of the upper rapids. When f?00 yards from the brink the barrel was caught In the tre mendous current and raced to the chasm. Within 200 yards of the brink it struck hard against a rock and a \yaH broken off. As the barrel reached the crest at 3:13 o'clock It swung straight and went plunging down Into the abyss. Hardly 30 seconds elapsed until It was seen, a rod speck, careening In [the spulne below the cataract. (iocs Humping Down, i With the terrific outruwh of thC Horseshoe caused by high water the barrel went floating down, tossing and tumbling in its pannage, toward the upper steel arch bridge. Frank Bender, of Chippewa Bwam out to It with a rope and caught the bar rel by one of its. handle#. From ihat point the barrel was towed a shore. Leach was bleeding and appeared in a bad way, but once out of the barrel he raised hlmsolf and waved to the crowds that lined the bank He was badly exhausted and It was necessary to apply oxygen to revive him. He thought that his log was broken, but examination showed that it was merely sprained. ' I minded the Lumollng above the falls more than the big drop," said Leach. Like to killed me the way 1 was tossed about before 1 hit the brink." COLORED NUPTIALS. Marriage License. Number Four Is sued Uj Scipio tiripper unci Carrie Harris. Marriage license number four wau Issued on Wednesday to Scipio Grip per and Carrie Harris, both color, ed, fom Lugoff. It was Sclplo's de sire to have matters brought to an immediate close and have the cere mony perfomed In the Pobate office, but his bride declared sho could not stand the nervous strain in the Court House and preferred taking the marriage vows at home. Although considerably disappoint ed, Scipio, the good husband-to-be that he was, consented to wait un til night and have the excitement at her home. So getting the li cense they left^ But they had not been gone very long before they both returned smiling and no slgiiH of nervousness In either, Scipio stat ing that he had succeeded in get ting the consent of Carrie to "have things fix right up," and in the presence of necessary witnesses he promised to honor, love and protect her and forsaking all others cleave to her so long as they both shall live. And Carrlo in turn made the same pomises regarding Scipio, and they were pronounced husband and wife, the bride declaring that it was a whole lot easier than she thought it would be and wondered why she should have been bo ner vous. in supreme happiness they left declaring that the marriage li cense law is not such a bad thing after all. ? Tho ceremony was pertormod by Judge W. P. Russell Died at County Home. Mr. Alex Moore, an aged inmate of the County Home for tho Infirm, died one day last week. Mr. Moore had been a life-long resident of thiB county, and was about seventy years of ago. Death of Mm. Hammond. It is with sincere regret that wo announce the death of Mrs. Frank Hammond, which occurred on Satur day last, at her home in Camden, after only a few days Illness. Sho was about 76 yaat;s of ago and has a large family oonnectlon to whom we extend our slnoere sympathy, The funeral took pLace at the Baptist Church, of which she had long been a member, tt 6 o'clock on Sunday afternoon liut, uud the interment was In the Qemden oem* ?*??*? * \ - ---Sk-- ?? ? * ^ * - . HEAL DAUGHTER OF THE REVOLUTION IS FOUND H|-:ic IIU.M 10 I.N ,\\ IHMII|,i: <\\l? iv \\i> i'ovi:iity.-~haii> r<> hi: iii vi:.\its oi,i>. Atlanta. (in . J<i|) 23. m,k. s\urv I mi w irk Proctor. ???><! Ill yours, a real daughter oi III,- American l<e\ ulul1"". a woman who has lived in tlllne Ci'lll II lies Wllell SlilTlllg V?*ll I r? were making Ihe history of nntioiiM, has just been discovered iii a hum ble one-room cabin in Martow coun ty. (la. Her nolo companions an* her daughter, MIhh Mary I'rootor, "K0<1 ?J0. and two great-grout-grand children, descendants of unoiher daughter, all who are left of hI\ generations of her family. Mrs. Proctor was born in Wake county, North Carolina. Shi* is the daughter of Wiley Trawick, who left North Carolina about I8uu and mov ed to Alabama when that State was in itH pioneer days and where Mary was married to Hiram Proctor when ?sin* wan 19 years of age She was Mi. Proctor's third wife Her hus band was a veteran of two wai'H, tile It vol ut Ion and the war of IK 12.' On a bedding.?uJL straw, constitut ing a mattress so thin' that the plank slats can be Been, this daugh ter of the Revolution llos, her form emaciated, skin wrinkled, almost u skeleton. Her aged daughter never 11 ring of her feeble efforts to give her mother every possible comfort, administers to the wants and neces sities of the little household and at times tills the soil in a small cotton and garden patch nearby. 1 he meagre proilts derived from this labor Bhe adds to the $12 a mouth pension Mrs Proctor re ceives for the services her husband rondered In the War of 1812. Luxuries are unknown in the Proctor homej even necessities are often denied. Food of tho plainest kind Is eaten, half a cracker for Mrs. Proctor being usually suffi cient for her, while sometimes a whole one. Horn but a few yoars after Ueo. Washington was elected president on April 30, 1789, her Infancy was spent when American liberty was in its swaddling clothes. She moved and had her being at the very close of the 18th century, when John Ad ams was chief executive. George Washington was the only president who served before Mrs. Proctor be came a native of Alabama. She has lived under the administration of 2 4 presidents, Including Jeffer son and William H. Tart. I'titil a year ago, when her mind became so enfeeblod from the as saults of time, Mrs. Proctor would tell her great-great-grandchildren of the epoch-making Incidents in 11 decades over which her life has spanned. Her stories were vlvld kaleidoscopic pictures, treating of her personal knowledge of the ear ly stages of the history of her own land. The morning of her life she spent when the United States gov ernment had Just been established, the liberty of the people whp in tra vail, and the afternoon in the 19th, when her brother fought against a brother In the civil strife of 1801, and now In tho night in the 20th, when the shadows lengthen across her pathway sho hears of the dis cussions of world-wide peace move ments, of long Journeys by airships, In striking contrast to the slow methods of travel when she was a Blrl, of voyagos by gigantic, swift moving steamships that have re placed the tiny vessels sho knew as a young woman, and the modern methods of doing a thousand things in its many dlfforent ways so for eign to those employed a hundred years ago when she was 11 years old. A movement has been started In Atlanta during the past few days to raise funds that will be sufficient to care for the two old women tho rest-of their lives. If You Wish tu Sell That farm, timber land, store or residence, write us at once and send full description as we have an attractive proposition to offer you. Ligon Land Co., Sumter, S. July 21 ? 1 2t. BEULAH NEWS NOTES Good rains have greatly revived growtng crops, but old corn is bad ly d imaged. Tho cotton crop Is very promising, being at least two weeks earlier than that last year A protracted mooting will com mence at. Iiouiah church on th? first Sunday In August and at Mi Olivet on the second Sunday in August. We are glad to report that the health of the community is good. Mrs. J. K. Rush is still improvin; In health. ? We have no marriages to report at this time, but indications point to some in tlio near future. Mr. A. H. West, of Bethuuo, Is visiting his brother, Mr. J. F. Wesi Mr. Hampton Ross was visiting friends near Pisgah last Sunday. Misa Ireno Bruce is spending a couple of weeks with friends and relative# at Roland andWeatvllle, __ Mrr Hv F. Smith has some very fine corn which he expeote to ex hibit at the .county fair this fall. ????' ? ?? 8 o.1" < 4oihw "<?6" will cuwi anjr ease of Chllla and Fever. Prtee Sic 1 ? ?vr-r-;.t " "7WOTT* - * --v r,