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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE PubU*h?<i Ev*ry Fridajr W. U MtVtWtllt ? . . fVoprlotor. H. D. Nil*,. . . . ) i>. a. m? i?ow?iii, S Publiehenu K, v MclK>wdJ, . . ) ft# ||m hmH mMw at rutiMM CmUmi, GuiUm 1 lOO N. Ilrond Ht. - *lM?ou? Mi ChundpB, I. C? D?i ft, }9U. The unveiling of the monument to women ha? boon Indefinitely postponed on iiccouut of it delay in whipping some part of the monu ment from JSurope. The uumher thirteen In usually looked upon a* an unlucky one, but the thirteenth clause of the will of Capt. John IJurdell la not an un lucky one for Camden and Kershaw county. At any rate there la uo danger of lta being rejected on thu<t account. I^et the trustee* of the "John tturdell Hoapltal for the Alleviation of Buffering Humanity" get busy, and on December 26th, 11*12, pre aent Camden and Kerehaw county with a first-class hospital. What better gift could be made to the poor and suffering? We wish to congratulate the pub lishers of the Camden Chronicle on the handaome paper they are Issu ing. ? Marlon Star. Thanks. Wo upprcclnte the above. Tho Star has recently Joined the ranks of linotype users and la now a clear cut, all home print paper. It Is a "bright Htar" In Journal ism, CongroBB convenod lu regular session on Monday morning. This Jh expected to be one of the liv^e lieut sessions in which many Impor tant questions uuch ub the Hariff, monetary legislation, foreign rela tiotiB and direct senatorial elec tions will come up. Senator Tlllma was present when the Senate wub called to-order. Duncan C. Hay, a prominent mem her of (the Columbia bar, was on Wednesday appollnted by the su preme court as librarian, to succeed the late H. A. Whitman. The ap pointment 1b for four years from tho time of the death of Mr. Whit man. Mr.' Ray is well known thru out t.ho state. Ho was for a num ber of years assistant, attorney gon eral, under Leroy F. Youmaus, and served aB attorney general for Bov eral weekB, following tho death of Gen. Youuiana. There are four well known auth ors and newspaper *lnon connected with "Tho Traitor" which comes to the Camden opora house on Wodnea day evening, Dec. 13. Thomas Dix on, author of the Clansman, Chann lng Pollock, a well known play wright and journalist, Georgo H. Jlrennan, manager of "The Tr/iltor" Co., author Anna Malleoli, "*13111 Trytell," soon to bo dramatized, and lloiner Day, author "Indiana Folks" "Tho Man From Wall St." "Tho Teiulorfoot Co\Vboy," and other suc cesses. It hut} ovor boon the policy of The Chronicle to encourage the pat ronage of home enterprises. Wo have always advised the peoplo of Camden and Kershaw County to trade with their homo merchants, to do their banking business with th0 banks of Camden, and to soil thoir cotton to Camden buyers and yet there are some merchants who send out of, town for their printing. Theso, however, wo are glad to say, are largely in the minority. The most of Camden mon are made of different material. Now that it is practically certain that Camden is to have a hospital ? an institution made possible by "Tho John Burdell Hospital Fund for the Alleviation of Sufforlng Hu manity" ? tho selection of a site for tho hospital is now or will soon bo, in order. An ideal location for the hospital Is the W. Ffc\Zemp lot on Lyttleton Street, now o^uiod by L, L. Block. Another goortl lo cation la the 'old Dr. F. L. 55?mp premises on tho corner of LyttlelOn and Boundary st roots, now the pro perty of 10. D. Hlakeney. Either of these sites we believe can be bought at a very reasonable price. To any that tho people of Camden arc delighted that Dr. II. B. Browno, the faithful pastor of tho Lyttleton Street Mothodist Church, has been returned here for another year, but mildly expresses tho situation. In deed, we bellevo that our entiro community, irrespective of denomi national lines, aro happy that this noble man of God has returned to tho charge here. Indefatigable in his work as preacher and pastor, ho has placed the Methodist church hore high up in tho scale of South Carolina Methodism and we predict for tho coming year Htill greater achievements. Long may he live and long may ho ho amongst ub! Tho seventh annual convention of tho American Civic Association will bo hold in Washington on Decem ber 13, 14 and 15. "A More?'Ueau tlful America'' la tho slogan of tho movement which tho association Is fostering. Questions which will be taken up at tho convention rango from tho building of National parks to swatting tho fly. City planning, from the^-ibualnoss Bide as well as tho esthetic view point, street il luminating, shado trees, ^.he smoke problem and other phases of muni cipal life will be discussed by ma ny speakers. One feature of tho convention will be a review of the elTle betterment whloh has been accomplished by organisations of womtn. I ?? ? "f* 1 - ? J'ii I " HcN A MA It A'H OONFK88 UyoaiulUng of Ixw Angelca TIuimi < "uurtlnn IM of II Men. Lot Angeles, Dec. 2. ? James B. McNamara pleaded guilty to murder in the fir* degree lu Judge Wel ter Bord well's court, Hli brother John McNttinnra, secretary of the luternatloual Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, enter ed a plea of guilty to having dyna mited the Llewellyn Iron Works in I^oa Angeles on Christmas day of laat y?ar. James B. McNamara's confession clears up absolutely the tragedy of the explosion and fire which at 1.07 o'clock on the morning of Oct. 1, 1910, wrecked the plant of the] Los Angeles Times at First and Broadway and caused (the death of 21 persons. For 18. vt thaw fa talities"" the McNamara brothers ludlcted and J. B. McNamara was on trial specifically for the murder of Chas. J. Haggerty, a machinist, whose body was found nearer than that of any other to the spot where the dynamite was supposed to hare been placed. The great contention that the Los Angeles Times was not dynamited is dead beyond resurrection or ar gument. The total cost to the state (thus far of the trial Is esti mated to be close to 1200.000, and the abrupt ending of It is calculat ed to save the country nearly fl, 000,000. President Samuel (tampers, of the American Federation of. Labor, was so agitated by the news that he paced the floor at the Pennsylvania rail road station waving hi? arms and struggling for wordu to express his astonishment and Indignation. "I am astonded; I am astoundod. My credulity has been Imposed up on. It is a bolt ouit of a clear sky,' exclaimed Gompers. He retired to the rear of a ca^r and read careful ly the accounts of the aensattoaa! developments in the Los Angeles dy namiting cases. The veteran labor leader was visibly affected as he read how the men. In whOBe defense ho had spoken and worked so un tiringly, ]hnd admitted their guilt. Tear came into his eyes and the hand that held the page shook. He said nothing, however, until ho had finished the story, and then he b(roke forth with his exclamation of astonishment and indignation. Meeting of Poplar Camp. The regular meeting of Poplar Camp W. O. W. No. 369 wob held last Monday night. As usual thore wan a full turnout of the members and a good meeting was held. ThlB was the for tho annual elec tion of officers and the followiug. were elected: Consul Commander ? B. E. Spar row. Advisor Lieutenant ? S. D. Yates. Hanker ? F. 1'. Iiodgers. Clork ? J. E. Campbelle. Escort ? C. E. DaviB. Watchman ? E. J. Arrants. Sentry? ~H. P. Trlnnal. Medical Doctor? D. N. Matthews. Financo Committee ? J. J. Camp belle, W. L. A. Cook and W. L. McDowell. At the next meeting of the Camp ?the first Monday night In Janu ary ? an oyster supper will be serv ed . Woll Guessed. "Tommy," raid the teacher, "how do they ascertain tho measurement of a vossel?" "I ;ruc?? they measure It with a navy yard." v. as the unexpect ed reply. GET MOllE MONEY. Are you satisfied tha^ your pr*? eut position is equal to your ability, or do you think you are capable of something bigger? Many a man hangs on to a small position when a little training of the right sort ?would show him just how to maka the change to moro money and brightor prospects. The first step toward getting bettor equipped and a better position is to write for a catalogue of Draughon's Practical Business Collego, at Columbia or Oreonville, S. C., or Augusta, Ga., or Nashville, Tenn. The Ladies Of Camden ARE invited to visit my Soda Water and Ice Cream Parlor, and have my as surance that perfect or-., der is maintained in The Pool Room, as gentlemen only are allowed to visit it. Your father, husband or brother, will vouch for this, statement, and I'll appre ciate a visit from you. v Respectfully, G. W. Crosby i- K | r ... ? - m COCHISE. "No white man hu looked upon Cochise and lived to tell of It!" Ho rtn the New Mexico* saying. And for wumf yitta M wm the truth. Cochise wm chief of the Cblrlcahua Apaches. High la the Dragoon moun tains of New Mexioo he had a mighty fortress where he and his bgnd of 600 "hoetllee" lired. and from which they Issued from time to time on haroo mahlag raids. TWe fortress was al most Impossible for an outsider to And. No body of soldiers could pene> Urate to It, to say nothing of storming It Oocblse openly laughed at the gor> ernment's puny efforts to check bis murderous career. He lived like one of the robber barons of old. Scouts would tell him of the approach of some emigrant train, a stags coach or a provision caravan along the neighboring lowlands. Down from his mountain retreat be would swoop at the head of his wild nativs freeboot ers, and would slaughter every whits man, woman and child In the party, rtfllnfc the provisions, etc., destroying the wagons and driving oft the horses, mules and cattls. Wild Raids on Caravans. Before troops could be sent to avenge the crime Cochise and his band would be safely hidden among the rocky fastnesses of their moun tains. At last the roads and trails of the district were practlcanj aban doned by travelers. In only one In stance during all bis years of free booting did Cochise spare any white man he -met. That was In the case of a red-bearded hunter and guide named Jeffords. Why Cochise not only allowed Jeffords to Hfji but actually chose him for a dear friend, no white man ever knew. But Jef fords was made welcome to the fort ress whenever he cared to visit It, and he even received from Cochise the affectionate nickname of Ta-gll-to (Red Beard). I Cochise, In his own perverted way, was something of an Indian patriot as well as a robber. He saw the long trains of west-bound caravans that yearly grew more and more numerous. He knew the white men were grad ually Invading the west and that they were little by lltle driving the In dians from their old homes. He aimed to stay this tide of westward emigra tion. Therefore he killed every white man ho could lay hands on. Yet, In course of time, he began to see the uselessneBs of such a coura? Ho once said to Jeffords: i "I have slain ten white men every one of my own warriors that they have killed. Yet my '? people steadily grow fewer and One day they will vanish from the earth. And the white men's numbers are no less, no matter how many I destroy." Yet, at the beginning, CochiB? had no especial grudge against the gov ernment. The first clash, when he was a young man, came about In this way: Somo horses belonging to a New Mexico army post were stolen. Tho local commandant arrested Cochise and several of his Apache followers on suspicion and put them 1n a close guarded tent. Cochise alone escaped (with three . bullets in his body) by cutting his way out of the canvas and breaking through the cor don of guards. Furious at the insult to which he and his braves had been subjected, he captured a Bettler and sent word to the commandant that If the other Indian prisoners were harmed he would kill his white cap tive. The commandant paid no heed to the warning, but hanged the i Apaches he had seized. Then Cochise mado good his threat, and declared war to the death against the white man. j " Finally, during President Gralit's ad ministration, Gen. O. O. Howard was sent to New Mexico to try to patch up some sort of a peace with Cochise. He met Cochise's nephew, Chie, who, with Jeffords, offered to conduct the general to tho mountain fortress if he would agree to take no soldiers along. Howard consented. Bravely he went to the hidden stronghold of tho qld chief; walking as It seemed, straight Into tho Jaws of death. For he knew Cochise's hatred of the whites and he was going to him alone and defenseless. A General's Heroic Act. .y Perhaps tho one-armed general's calm courage pleased Cochise. Per haps, weary of long, useless warfare, tho chief , was glad of an ^excuse for peace.. At any rate he greeted How ard like a brother and listened to the terms of the treaty which the general outlined to him. He called a council and prayed to the Great Spirit for guidance. The Spirit seems to have Indorsed Howard's requests, for, aft er the prayers, Cochise said: "No one seeks peace more earnest ly than I. Even as your soldlers^obey you, so I will obey the President at Washington." He galled his tribesmen together and with solemn formality the "Great Peace" w as cemented at 8ulphur Springs. In reward, Cochise received a large vftrlp of excellent public land for his trtfie, and his adopted brother, Jeffords, was made Indian agent fo> tho reservation. "Tftius the "robber bkron'n" melodramatic adventure* iv. i v<t up tamely enough, and he end* ed his days in the humdrum role of a "friendly Indian." (Copyrtffht.) ' ' . ? \0U notice that we use the word "Service" in connection with our business, in its relation to you and your clothes. It's a good word to use, and we mean it; it may be interesting to you to know just how we do mean it. "Service" means to us doing for you, in all matters <>f things to wear, not only what you want done, but what's best for you to have done. We include ''what's best for you" because once in a while a man gets an idea that he wants something in clothes that he really ought not to buy; and .while we're not here to * make ^ou do what you donft want to do, we feel some responsibility to you to see that you get the best possible for your money, tn clothes that means ' < ? /Si If art ^rijaflTtter Sc Marx suits and overcoats; and we say that not because they're the clothes we sell but because we believe it's true; and that's the reason we sell them. We provide other things to wear with the same idea; service to you. The best shirts We can get; the best underwear; hosiery, neckwear, hats; merely a question with us as to what's best for our customers. -If you once get our idea about it, and see how closely your real interests are involved with ours \ 9 ... ? . we'll sell you what you buy; because that's the right idea for both of us. % ? j % . . - 1 , t . ? *4 Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits $18.00 and up Hart Schaffeer & Marx Overcoats $16.50 and up. wmmm m: i ? Thi* Store U the Home of Hurt Schaffner & Mer* Clothe.