The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 11, 1911, Image 6
FORMER CAMDEN BOY
DRQWNED AT COLUMBIA
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Two vKrrtMwci^AiMKDity Ltitlfi
AT UII>UHW<M?U IN <o/iVM
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The Hiuli) of Tuuiitfuy morning
ti'iln Hu* following utory of the ?ad
death by drowning of two youur
DXii In Utduuwoud l^ttkw 1**1 Molt
<ltiy iifinMioou. Keen* lirowu wa#
m noli of Mr. and Mm. Beott
Brown, the popular proprietor of
tfee old haK'iiyotto Hotel, who lire
w? |) rouiom beryd ljw> aujfcJtuyuIe and
who u?fi iht? afw the burning of
l ))<? llOhl ?? 11 >- .
"Keeue Brown and ('liircnce l>rig
Kertj, well known young men of Co
lUiubln, wore drowned In Kldgewood
I like Monday a few minutes Wore
noon. Tho lake U ahoul 2(Mji yard*
from the und of Hie car Hue and
Ih a summer amusement park, 1
"Tho iwo young nlen who tout
their 11 vmh and J. W. I'Arroiii and i.
I). Lewis, till employes of the 8<*
bo^ird Air Lin?, wen* taking a bofct
rldo on the lake. lirowu, url*?ers
.Hid i'arrotyji w^re In oil'- boat and
Lewis in another ^wlth a boy whose
name is not known. They had ?>?*c?n
down to tliu dam about a half mile
Iroiti tho pavllJlon and wort' on thel
way hack to surrender the boats,
when i he accident occurred. Lewliu
and tho little hoy w?r? powlhiy 1001
yaid? alouid of the other young men
"J'arront, Hie youtf|) man who
wuh lu ih*- boat with Urowu and
Driggers but was saved, stild thtfi
i he boat ? they lined bad water fn
it wliou tliuy took It out. It was
d ipped out .1 <>1111 Kaust, the ne
gro,; w lio rentetl them the, boats,
aid the water had bet^t splashed
ill by the people who Utgt used the
boat. Lewis verified this Statement
l>y PaiTont.
"Parreiit said the-water continued
to come in as they went down the
htko an<i hack. He t hought I lie
liout leaked. They continued to dip
it out the beot. they could, but the
boat went down about L'on yards
west of the pavilliou and about 7G
yards from shore. J'arrctit clung
onto the boat, and lirowu and Drlg
gers made an effort to nwitn to
t lie bank. A little boy tame to I'ar
runt and khvo him what assistance
he could.
?'The place where the accident oc
curred Is aUout seven or eight feet
deep if they went down in the
channel of the creek, but when out
of the channel the water in this
part of the lake Is only four or five
feet deep. It Is not known whether
"r not llrown or Driggers could
uwlm.
"The young men, with the excep
tion of Driggers, had worked Sun
day night. Keene Brown was night
wachnian; J. \V. I'arrent Is night
hostler; J. B. Lewis Is night clerk
jr ^ ?' I
IK trie yard office, and Clarence
Oncers wu? employed as fireman.
They went out for u little recrea
tlV" fowjng on lake.-., .^v.
Keene Mrowtt *H| thy younjest
* >nCot Mi#, Hoott I trow a, who bun
< l.urge r,r ilw Tiiveru Ui lfcoii
Mulu street. lie wa# sixteen years
"l.| 4^(1 ii hoy tUttt TlUII)be**4 || iH
friends uu many For over two
years lie has been connected with
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the Seaboard, and Iiiih gradually lin
en from one position to another, un
til Hi the time of his death he was
night switchman.- Among the rall
r ad men, he wan universally popu
I r. He has lived In Camden and
lit North Carolina and there will
my in 1 parts am
i 1 inhiu t$?at will no grieved to i.aar
of I.IN sail deal h "
'lh# body ??f Keen? Drown wa? re?
e ivered 'Tuesday morning. The rel
mains Vert! carried to Tj|j>musvl)lqj
N wI? <?: <? lie was horn ll<- ?*
!' r* Ived l>> 1: 111 IllOllirC mill oll<of
li .'Iher, a fC Brown
I
|>eho*-?in? I'iitth .
W.r wish .... r.i i 111? ? r"In i !.?? I.- nd
could r ead win' i wo are W itInj.',. It
would, BO ,f*r an farmer* pre hu-?
ina n u; and wi so. ".save a ;,ygft amount
0, mrurlnr ami n<> Jiltle m?ineyj1
1.-ivlng 'din or the|. account . the
Whole (question of cruelty In the
dahornlng process aiid the reason
assigned for depriving the 'cattle of
lhy#o wuapou* of attack and. d?*~
ft Hue, admitting the greater docili
ty <>f (he Individual animal and the
herd when hornless, why wait till
dehorning must he done, hy meth
ods tlintcauH^ pain and liuvolve ex
pense? . . ' - ? *
in Trotnnd for n Irtng time the re*
< 111 i t*?* 11 > i ? 111 has been enforced, if
?... remember rightly, hy law, that
ti >? '{rowth of, the horn ho stopped
in the calf TIiIb Is the simple op
es it ion: Tajtn the calf at, any
'';ne under 1 wo v* eeks of ngo,' beo
iff i nder one *? < ?*k, m^h '.-n ' !i ?
slight bunclios on tho hondi where
the horns are to grow with a little
water, then rub these spots wllh a
p.mil of nitrate of silver, not
b.eaking tin- skin but Just Irritat
ing it till it becomes red. The calf
will scarcely mind the sensation
though it may shake Its head oc
casionally fur a few minutes.' '? It
will never develop any horns.
Wo have tried this oxeprinient
personally <m a large number of
on Ives, seen them drink Immediate
ly after i! as if nothing had hap -
pened and watched them grow up
hornless cattle. Any one who has
witnessed the dehorning of a ma
ture animal cannot imagine a farm
er or a dairyman ever permitting
his young stock to he neglected till
it becomes necessary to subject 'em
to such an ?or'denl, when at no ex
pense and in so painless a way the
development of the horn . may bo
stopped -at Its very beginning.-?F.
H ft.. In Dumb Animals.
The Boy From Town.
1 not n Ik lit a boy cam* hero from
town
To witty a week or ho
Hec?ua? feiu mejr 1? all run down
Aim ine<-<iH a r*?t you k'now
nth uaato 1m (!?$!!.'* hiiiI kvn *1**1.
? iwi t.ki H
Hi* ni<iw bhu calh? him 1'4
h4B & 1
To Wit a UHlii" UiMJ Iliut.
lie wuui'h a collar and a tie '
A.jui can't hang by hla toea;
I guuaa that I would nearly die
If 1 hud on bin olo's;
lie can't ride bareback, aud to-day
When wo wild un I he at raw
He ant if rpostera help to lay
The egga I pick for luuw.
When our Kinder hiaaed he ruu
lOU|
ah
fad
lever
h't ovi
I'd hate to
I'm Klad that I u
H? thinkH it'H lota of fun j[o pump
A?d aeu the watuft
Hut won't climb 111 th6 bam and
Jump,
iYJ For fear of getting hurt.
Clo'a are offel nice and fine.
Hie hair'H all ov?p curia,
Hie hunda ain't halfaa big aa mint
JHe ought to play with, glrla.
Ss8S*V
A .Utile while ago
Wen; fool in" in
He suddenly got i
Mj5e<M^uao l burnt
1 There's lota of thfrigs^Kft? fie can't
do.
He thinks that Bheep'l bite.
And he'a afraid of gandera, too;
Jiut he con fight ail right. ?. v*>.
- S. E, Kluor, In Chicago iiocprd
Herald.
5 or 6 doaoH "666" will cure any
cttio of CI||Ha and Fever. Price 2f>c
Zemp's
s.
When you want your
Trunks hauled or any
other drayage done, Tele
phone 37. Prompt and
safe delivery guaranteed.
An Exiens: r. Bell Telephone
In < h?? reHidcnco, u the mam Bell
telephone is do\vnstru?-s, ,-f n /. \ tens/on Ic
phone upstairs wil! add greatiy t ? i:..- .. ?
fulness and convenience >?! the service.
Upstairs or downstairs, a ;< 1 oc will
he close at banc', and the necessity of stair
climb i n g o-l i m in a t ed.
Incoming .and ontgoinu ni^ht mes
sages are often emergency or highly im
portant calls. An I xtension hu.7 Ic/c
phone upstairs in or near the sleeping
apartment will save much time and add
greatly to your comfort and protection.
In the oHice, An Extension Tele
phone on your desk will save yon much
time and aunoyance.. It is mo&t incon
venient to be constantly called on to leave
your desk to answer a telephone call at a
telephone located In some othor room,.or
at some point tar removed from tho work
in hand. ? ?? . ..
With An Extension Telephone on your
desk, telephone calls can be sent and re
ceived conveniently with practically no
loss ot time. With its aid you will be
able to accomplish more during the busy
ortice hours.
WALL EXTENSIONS IN RESIDENCES - - $1.00 PER MONT%
EXTENSION SETS IN Of fices - - ? SI.50 PER MONTI
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Call Contract Department
Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph Compant
Mr. William Dollar,
Good Citizen.
In ft certain western
town Iivob a gontloiuftn
whom; naiuw itf WiWium
Doilnr. They oftH him
Dollar Hill wlion tlnv
got funny. Hut Mr, J)ol
?-liillft have fron? out of
-THI8 TOWN ?left
homo and gono to somo
big city, iicvor to return i
? Kvery tiirw u Dollar-*" . .
Bill leaves town it takes a two-cent stamp witli it, for it goes'
to a Mai! Order Store. That helps the postmaster a little,
bu$ it doesn't help th? local merchant. it means just so
mri%loea trade for him.
*? *'*5 ?? ft ?ft-sfc. \ * y V<g ? V
Which means just so much less cash circulat
ing in this community. <v;-' : ?- t3'*
Which means just so. much more social and
business stagnation, n r * ^ J
Which paeans the stunting of the town's
growthT just to that extent.
' Tf yotrrronM figure up the Dollar Rills that leavT; town
in this secret manner, like taking French leave?which you
can't?you would know just how much the town is stunted
by indulgence in,fclii? mail order stunt.
If these Dollar Bills were really goo<i and enterprising
citizens they would stay at home and circulate around, help
ing things along.
-How manyr?i Y-Q-UIi Dollar Bills take tho midnight
express out of town on'the Envelope Koute i
QETIfl'NE NEWS ITEMS.
Bethune, S. C., Aug. 10.?Misses
Ksther McCasklll, Ola and Stella
Bethune aro attending a house part
In Wlnnsborp given by MIsbob Mag
glf<"fi; and Irene (Turner.,
/^Messrs. C. O. Terry, A. B. Mc
Caurin and 0. S. King have go'n'6
North to purchase goods. Messrs.
Torry and McLaurln will visit many
peaces of interest while awayr~
X A Jolly .camping party consisting
Of Messrs. Arthur, Alva and Tom
Humphries, of the Beulah section;
Messrs. Mobley, of Heath Springs
nnd Ralph Dunn, of Camden, are
at the Spring this week.
Miss Llzle Galloway, of Lydla, Is
v4slting relatives here.
A Sunday School excursion wfll
bo run from Bethune to the Epworth
Orphanage Thursday. Each one Is
expected to carry a well filled -bas
ket and give the orphans a good
picnic dinner. Round trip tickets
can be secured for one dollar.
Miss Lee, of Williamsburg, la Pla
iting.her aunt, Mrs. Mary Shaw,
t A good many poople Jronq;
are attending tho Cassatt meeting
conducted by Mr. Hugh Murchlson,
of the Presbyterian church at Blsh
opville. Mr. Murchlson Is an ' able
and Interesting speaker*'and much
Interest is being manifested In the
services.
* Mrs. Young, of Westvllle, is spend
Ing some time with her daughter,
M*?, Will Hammond,
Mr. J. A. Stone spent several
days this week in Charleston.
Mr. A. T. Bethurfe and family *>f
Plnetta, THr., are visiting relatives
here.
>, Miss Guathmey Wilson, ot Saint
Charles, spent Tuesday at the
Spring.
j *"*' " X New Bank. *
"*"? A movement Is on foot to estab
lish a third bank in Camden. Those
Interested In the enterprise are
among Kersha^T County's best and
most substantia citizens. A meet
Kg In the lntert?t'"?t the
as-fetid on Wednesday
lenty of room In Grind
fher bank anaJThe*men
project will push It to a successful
finish. More definite Information
about this bank will be given In a
tar issue of The QhrA&ioU?^
Ow Job Printing Pleases.
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Dumas' Riot of Extravagance. ?
Dumns Monte Crlsto villa was a
lordiv pleasure house, tropical In Its
taste Its extravagauce?a weird
confusion of Bohemia and the Arabian
Nijchtir-vThe spoils of the buzaars of
Algeria afid Tunis lay about the bouse,
commltijsled with costly treasures of
\ home manufacture, In a supreme d!s
ordtM .and there was every embellish
' ment , which the caprices of a luxurl
I aqt^jjud undisciplined Imagination
could suggest?gothlc turrets, pavil
ions, minarets, an artificial lake with
an Island and a cascade, a picture gal
lery. a studio, an aviary, a monkey
house, a stable, a bijou theater, a kiosk
i with a bine celling studded with stars
to serve as a workroom for the mas
ter, who bad the titles of his principal
plays and stories graven Conspicuous
I ly on the stone* of his dwelling.?
"Passions of the French Romantics."
. Old Jims 8mok? Nulsano*.
I. We ate accustomed to think of the
?moke nuisance as a modern phenome
non. but Professor V. B. Lewes shows
that It raised so much indignation In
England year* ago that a decree
was made forbidding the use of bitu
minous coal for fuel. Much fuel was
then a new thing. '?"?! ft. fee
, In (he time of Qusec I&Usaboth an
other attempt to use bituminous coal
was defeated by public opposition to
the smoke. Tbe third effort attained
complete success In the nineteenth cen
tury, and now the quantity of smoke
belched Into the air is so great that
Professor Lewes likens It to a cumu
lative poison which aids In shortening
life, killing vegetation and begriming
?nd>^ destroy lag buildings.?You Ui's
Companion.
A ttery of Da nisi Drew.
When tftr Morton Peto visited this
country with a large assortment
railroad schemee in his head he gaVe
a grand dinner, at 'which old Daniel
Drew was present. When the com
pany were In good humor Blr Morton
developed his plans In detail and did
It very plausibly. Drew listened to the
end and then, turning to the geotlft*
man sitting qext to him, remarked*
"We ain't goin' to do none o* them "ere.
things." That
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of us better
It orer
eeterday t was
guilty of killing time, murdering a
tune, smothering a yAwn, stealing a
kiss, cutting a creditor and breaking
Into a perspiration."?London Tit-Bit*.
S a? vlJaFJRJrJ
Sfcr Sale. I
Small gaeollna engine for sale
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l'KltHONAL MKNTION.
Item* of Interest Oomivuiiig <>Hy
?uul County people.
Miss Oliie Hhauie is vialtlng Minn
^rtii JJr^Aley, ??f Huiit hville.
Mr. K. B. Brooks spent a couple
of days in ColumbJa this week.
Mr. E. O, McCr eight stopped over
in Camden one day this week, He
I w?^, ou his wuy to I*4oi'tlierii points
of Interest ou a vacation.
I The many friends of Mr, Make'
j u?y Zeuip, the popular assistant post
master will regret to learn that lie
it* confined to his home with fever.
Rev. M. L. I.HWHon and family
fcave r?aiiiu?<l trvpi an enjoyable
?tay ag> Glenn Springs. Mr. Law
hoii in loud in his praises of this
popular resort. I'reaching may bo
expected at the Waptlst church ou
ouiirtyy morning. _ *
M?. J4. k. Wlttkowsky who ban
been absent from town for (wo or
hive weeks on account of the Jn
dittpotdtlon oV MrA. Wlttkowsky, re
turned to Camden yesterday, bring
ing bin family with hlrn. We are
pleased to announce that Mrs. Wltt
kowsky is very much improved.
Ketui-uS Thanks.
Wo wIhIi to tlLftDk the West Wa
te roo Hall Team and the ladles of
that place for the hospitality and
kindness hIu>wit U8 during the pic
nir ami ball game at that place on
August 6th'.
Pine Creek Hall Team.
Haiguin* in Hummer (ioiidN.
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By reference to the attractive dls
P'ny-ad in another place of the Gilt
tedge Store you will see they are
u.iving a "clean up sale" on Sum?
.1.1 r g?>o?l:< this mouth. Head over
the lint In. to-day's paper and see
if lhe> hivyu't something that will
Interest you,'"/
I ii.sImIIm Now lOngiiio. g
Owing to the addition of more
machinery In The Chronicle office,
we have installed a larger engine
in our plant. The Increase Of work
and continuous running ban cauHed
the little engine we have to give
way to one of larger power. Our
Job printing department presents a
busy Bcene these days owing to the
rush of fail printing.
Dog HiUw Hoy.
?A fierce bull dog belonging to the
Chinaman who operates a laundry
on Main Htreet was killed yesterday
afternoon. Carl Watts, a young lad,
of Cantey, went in the laundry,
when tho dbg jumped 011 him, bit
ing him severely on the thigb. The
dog was promptly ordered killed and
several shots had to be fired into
it before death ensued.
Give us your next order for Jpb
printing.
Crosby's
Ice Cream
Parlor
Is the place bo get cool,
palatable and refreshing
drinks.
I take pleasure In announc
ing that I have secured the
services of Mr. A. E. Salley,
who is an export In preparing
and mixing drinks.
Every customer la assur
ed of polite and courteous
treatment, and the beBt of
drinks to be found anywhere.
CANDIES for the ladieq
and CIGARS for the
gentlemen.
And If the gentlemen want
to. Indulge in a social game
of pool, my pool room will be
found large and comfortable.
Call to see me often; a
oordlal welcome and cour
teous attention awaits you.
G. W.^Crosby.
Hacker Mf'g. Co.
Successors To
GEO, 8. HACKER A SON
We Manufacture?
I ' Doors, 8Mb Mid Blinds, Columns
. Grilles and Gable
Screen Doors and
We DmI In? >
and Wl