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Happy New .jj 1 ? J i-M i i)i.i u-a ( amdkn. booth uahoijna, dkk hmhuk aa, 1911 NUMI1KK ?4 For a Rush Order of Printin? Send it to The Chronicle Print Shop^ ?fiiri lt r NO CAUSE FOR BLUES SAYS LEADING PAPER n 7 ~ IT v ? ; ? : TIMKI.y AIVTICIjK FJlOM THK JUAl/TlMOHK MANUFAC7TU11 UH'H m<XX)KD. j It lit true cotton la selling much too low. ti Is true, that tho farm ers are entitled to better prices. But the farmer la paying the penalty of hla own economic blunder, and It la foliy, It la childish, to rail against the outcome of the south'a own mis take In planting too large an area In ootton. instead of being de pressed, Instead of putting forth through the press wild and vision ary schemes about financing the cotton crop with foreign or New York money, and other projects which make the south the laughing -stock o? serious - winded men ev ery where, this section ought to be hurrahing about the achievements made and the brilliant prospects a , head with, a vim and enthusiasm which would wake up the whole land to what the south Is doing. Instead of this, one occasionally hears the voice of the pessimist In the" land. Talk of pessimism, italk of having the blues," when the val ues of the south's agricultural pro ducts this year will certainly ex ceed by 1100,000,00.0 the totalval ue of all the farm crops of the U.. S. in 1890! Talk of depression; or of having "the blues," when jthe aggregate capital Invested In manu facturing in the south Is today far greater than the total manufactur ing capital of <the United States In 1880! Every pessimistic word, ev ery "blue devil," Is a reflection up on the people of the south. The men^who, 26 or 80 years ago, led the south out of poverty; the men between 1892 and,'1901, when <^ton was selling at from five to _.aev?n and eight cents a* p'Oitnd and when ,$11 business was depressed an ^*most~ stagnant, unceasingly, with er-falllng courage, worked for upbuilding of the south, never showed the white feather. Shall anybody In the south show It to day? Have^we less self -reliance, ft less backbone, Iobs energy than the south then had?? If wejpant to Stop the southward - ttend ormeh and- money,, if we wan to herald broadly throughout the world that the south cannot meet and otercdme a temporary disadvan tage as a small price cotton by rea son of too large a crop. If we want to advertise -Jthe sodfh as a land where men -ftek^the backbone and (the strength to meet difficulties and face them with a smile and with unflinching courage then we need only to continue to agitate ithrough conferences and conventions, with unbusinesslike and Impracticable Bchemes; about financing cotton With $60,OQO,000_JB,nd $76,000,000 pools, and about the great Injury to the south because of lower-price cotton than we had last year.' Cotton is too cheap-?- much too ohegp- ? and many foreign spinners are said to realise thia to such an extent as to be buying a two-year ; supply; but It Is too cheap because ~ We raised too much, and that's our own fault, or shall we blame, Prov idence for giving us such perfect growing weather as to Intensify our folly In planting so big an acreage? But even though cotton Is much - too cheap, and though the farmer may lose, there Is some consolation to be had from the fact that the southern? splaaoM-Jwtli rain, ? For "several years the cotton mills, one of the most Important Industries of this section, and upon the prosper ity of which depends much of |the south's prosperity, have had a hard time financially, as have the mills of New England, because the price of goods did not keep pace with ad vance In the raw staple. These mJIls have had two or three years of almost disastrous experience. I Now, with the lower price of cot- ] ton; they will have the' opportunity i of reoouplng their losses. With in-, creased prosperity, by reason of the fact that they can now make gdo&feat a profit, the mills Bhould again become a large factor In ald * ing the prosperity of every other interest. - And then, If the object lesson the economic blunder of raising too >?? large a crop shall drive the farm ers of this seotlon to producing at home the grain and provisions they now bti$; from the west at a cost of ' hundreds of millions or dollars *q It -will bo well -worth the cost Ot the loss due to the tempo ral decline In cotton. The news papers may preach and the agricul tural colleges may teach the possi bilities of diversified farming and of the broader general prosperity which will be sure to come to this section when it raises At bom* all that it needs to consume, and makes - otvotton a by product or a surplus cuuh crop, but these preachings land teachings jfill bein_valxi-wUh i jout Bome such object - lesson as >tfthern farmers are this year get i south, therefore, look side of the plo iw years ago this [ side, so" far as the p3S of UALTlMOlUfi YOUTH Meld at Hardevilli Charged With Robbing M *11 Train. Baltimore 8tur, pec. 16. Dr. Harvey HIM. Hotel Altamont, 18 convinced that the man arrested yesterday In Hardeevllle, 8. C., tor holding up and robbing an express tialu pi the Atlantlo Coast Line on Tuesday morning, who gave his nun as Qeorge H. Hill, of Baltimore, Is his son. Dr. HU1, who has practiced his profession In this city for 39 years, said this morning that he would Im mediately communicate with him. "If there has been a mistake/' said . Dr. Hill, 'if .Qeorge was not Involved In the holdup, then I will help him fight the charge to a fln Isly. if he tells me that he Is gyilty ? well, he Is a man and the burden will rest upon hl? shoulders. Thvre seems to be no doubt that the' man ark-ested Is my Bon. I can see no reason.. why he should wish t > commit a crime like the ona with which he Is charged. He was rais ed In the best of environments, and now ha# an Independent Income .of IWjf own. He ban always been hon ?*t and upright. He did not drink, b'lt he did smoke cigarettes inces santly; ''The man who gave his name as Henry Eckstorm," Dr, Hill went on, "Wtt Who uayu ho lives at 430 Rose street In this city, who was arrest ed with Qeorge, corresponds to a man whom he mentioned In his let ters on bis way down South. I do Svt recall the name, but I remem >r him writing of a man whom he et on a ship and with whom, It seems he became very friendly/ "Several years ago Mrs. Hill be came 111,, and upon her recovery we found It necessary tor her to live at the seashore. Qeorge then left Western Maryland College and went with us to Asbury Park, where he established a small buqlnesfi and came with me to Baltimore, where I took up the practice of modlclne In . the city where I it flvtf years before. T~ "A few years ago Qeorge suffer ed from heart trouble, which I think was brought on by cigarette smoking and recently seemed to get the Idea that a long hunting trip through the South would benefit him. He met this man, and I un derstood they were going to Harde villo to hunt In .the surfco.un dings. - ? Th0 -robbery of the "mail car of the coast" line flyer happened ear ly Tuesday morpjng. The men ar rested are accused of fotclng mall clerks to turn over to them sacks of registered mall containing near ly $5,000. They have both been boarding at Hardeevllle foi^everal weeks and madei no attempt ed leav - after the robbery, Small pieces of black cloths supposed to have been used as masks were found In their possession. They also - had revolvers which the train crew Identified as those which had been thrust under their faces. . . They will be given a,. commitment hearing at Savannah; where .they were taken immediately after their arrest, hnd sent back to South Car* ollna for trial. They were arrest ed upon warrants sworn out by the postal authorities, charging them with roDblng the malhi. ' Disturbing the Bridge Game. "Mrs. Wombat, your house la on fire." , "And my deal, too, Jane, you're] dummy. Oo and throw a bucket of water on the blase." Both are Killed. Tampa, Dec. 16. ? Standing 25 feet apart, Ulrlck Langford and Hen jyJDriggers poured squirrel shot in to each other. Drlggers expired be fore he oould be removed from the street and Langford died a few hours later. It is said both men had been drinking and after a quar rel decided to shoot It out. Both secured shotguns, stepped off the distance and began firing. Drlggers was completely disemboweled, firing the second shot which caused Lang ford's death while lying on the ground. Both men are prominently connected. # Death of Mrs. dements. Liberty Hill, S. G., Dec 20. ? Our whole community was saddened by the death of Mrs. G. It. Clements, who died Dec. 10. at her home of pneumonia after sin illness of two weekly Mrs. Clements was 48 years old and a consistent member of the Liberty Hill Presbyterian church She was a woman of sterling worth. Her husband, several sisters, -and nine children survive her. Their loss is inestimable and their grief Inconsolable. She was highly esteemed and beloved by thoie who knew her. Patient and kind, faithful to every duty, generous and affcationst*, she bait left to ker friends an> example worthy of their admiration and im itation. and to . her loved r onos * noble heritage .Chat time n can never 101 MT ANNIVK11HAHV Of CMttden IkiiUtt Cltufcli Observ ed Hunday Night, Last Sunday, December 17th, the Camden Baptist Church wub one hundred and one years old, ?nd that day waa set f or <the annua! of fering towards the indebtedness on the church property. Preaching waa held In the church 011 Thurs day and Friday night by {lev. M. W Gordon and Rev. Jabez Ferris, for mer pastors of the. church. On Bunday night the Lyttleton Street Methodist Church was clos ed and Or. Brown, pastor of that church, was present and assisted Mr. Lawson in the services In the Baptist church. Rev. Mr. Lawson took this occasion to express his great gratification at the action of the S. C. Methodist Conference in returning Dr. Brown to Camden for another year and requested all in the congregation, except members of Dr. Browne's congregation, to express their appreciation of Dr. Browne's return by rising. The re sponse was general and most hear ty. Mr. LawHoft asked Dr. Browne if he wished to say anything in re-* ply, but being tdo fulj for utter ance, Dr. Browne only shook his hfead negatively. The congregation enjoyed a real tre?it';l>i the ' solo Rendered by Miss Mafcglfe' Beifod, the accomplish ed daughter, of Mr. Henry. B. Beard of our city. The rendering of thlB solo wan an at tractive feature of the exercises. While; the amortnt asked for? one thousand dollars^? was not real ised, yet the*."' amount raised was vfery gratifying. , ^ PRESIDENT FINUEY Announces Improvement Along the Line of Southern RiUlwa/. Special to The Chronicle. Washington, D?St IS. -^Preel dent Flniey,-.pf the Southern HflUlway, an ' nounccd today the Inauguration by the Company of several Important Improvements. Mr. Finley said: "Work has already been com menced on the Installation of an automatic electric block signal sys tem on the line from Monroe, Va., thru Lynchburg, to Montview, a dis tance of 12 miles, and work on the installation of a -similar ' automatic electric block signal system will , be commenced at once on the line be tween Denim,- N. C., the first sta tion north of Greensboro and Char lotte, N. C., a distance of approxi mately 96 miles. The Bystem to be installed is of thextype known as the 'Three position Signal' ? one po sition indicating 'stop/ another in dicating 'proceed with catition,' and the third indicating 'proceed.' Al though the' Company is now operat ing a very efficient manual block signal system on all of its lines oa which the traffic Is at all heavy, It has been determined to replace this system with the three-position automatic block signals on all dou ble-track lines of the Company and on all lines which may hereafter be double-traoked. "The Increase In the volume of business handled at the shops and yard at Spencer, N. C., is such as to make necessary Important lm provomntes at that point, including the Immediate construction of an oil house, wash and locker rooms, new. cinder pits, a new coaling plant and the construction of new and enlarged stock pens. In connect on with these improvements, grad ng will be done for the erection, of a~ new power-hOuse^and a. 2 7 -stall round-house. "'Growing out of the faot that the Company's terminals at Colum bia, 8. C., have heretofore consist ed mainly of the various yards of the Company's lines at that point which were formerly separately op erated railways, business must at percent be handled In several dis jointed yards. This oondltlon is to be remedied by the construction of one general receiving, dispatching and classification yard on proper ty owned by the Company at Roys ter. Just outside ot Columbia. "To provide for renewals and also for new construction, arrange ments are being made for the pur* chase of 27,100 tons of Southern Railway standard steel fall for the Southern Railway System." Judge Robfc. Aldricl^ Dead. Florence, Dsc. 19. ? Judge Robert Aldrlch died this j&orhiiig at 3: 05 o'clock. With him at thai time were three daughters and bis son-in-law, Frank Tompkins and his brother, Alfred Aldrich. "Bench end Bar," by Gen. U. R. [Brooks, gives a sketch of Judge At figfe * p*rt ot "*** W?*rs b<* "Judge Robert Aldrich, of Barn well, was elected judge ot the Sec ond Circuit January 81, 1908, to succeed James Aldrlch, his cousin. Whose retirement was necessitated by his failing health. Pew men in the State were better known to the general public especially the read ing public, than this "giant of Barn well," big intellectually as well as the legal profession wn, haw andjU^ MltH. MJLI^H DEAD. Belovtxl Woman Passed Awuy Ijft*t Huiwluy Nlgilt, Entered into rest on Sunday night, Dec. 17th, 1011, Mrs. Edith A. Mills, relict of the lamented and beloved Rev, \y. W. Mills, of sacred memory. She was the daughter of William C. Smith and was born ueafl Pendleton, S. C? Dec. ,M, 1838. Mrs. Mills has beeu a* resident of1 Camden for more than 26 year* and as the helpmeet of the beloved pas tor of the Presbyterian churcb.^he greatly endeared herself to her friends and congregation. ; Quiet and unassuming In deportment, gen tle yet firm, she ever wielded au Influence for good over her chil dren which will be felt for genera tions to come. Tbough never very robust, for the past three years Buf fering "seemed to mark her for Its own" and she was greatly af flicted. Though confined to her bed or invalid's chair for more than three years, she bore her suffer* lng with' patience and fortitude and did not "murmur or complain be-, neath the chastening rqd," though k>ften she told bar friends she was so tired and would be glad to go home. Witb her we know It was well. She had "fought a good fight" and for her Jfcp "depart and 4>e with CbrMf is* far better." To her manly and affectionate sons and especially to her dutiful and loving daughter, whose beautiful devotion h^f been untiring, the sympathy of the community is extended. "To live in hearts wo leave behind is not to die." The funeral was held at the Presbyterian church at 11 o'clock on Tuesday morning. She leaves surviving her, one brother, Rev. Wm, G. Smith, Pres byterian minister of Reidsvllle, S. C.. and four sons, Rev. Wm,. H. Mills, of Clemson College; Laurens T. Mills, of Camden; Dr. J. E. Mills, chemist, of Columbia, 8. O.,1 and W; TV^Hlll*, Y. M. C. A. Secretary of the South Carolina University, and one daughter, Miss Mary North Mills, of Camden. FKLDER'S BOOK ON BLEASE Boon To Be Published and Mailed . . To Voters in The " State. Spartanburg, Dec. 18 ? The Horald today says: Additional information was obtained yesterday concerning Thomas B. Folder's book on Gover nor Blease. A Spartanburg minister stated to a reporter for The Herald that Mr. Feldpr had shown him part of the book in typewritten form. Mr. Felder treats .Governor Blease as a politician, as an offftce-holder and from the standpoint of his per sonal morals. The author does not mince words in handling his. sub ject. . , The minister stated that Mr. Fei der. would be only too glad if Gov ernor. BIohho would prosecute bim for ltbel, as he declares every as Borttlon made in the book is true and lie Would welcome an opportu nity to prove the truth of them through court proceedings. Six men are mentioned in connec tion with the charges against the governor made by Mr. Felder. Fou of them have never been publicly mentioned in this connection before. It is understood that Mr. Felder will mail a copy of the book in pamphlet form to every voter in the state about the time the leg islature convenes next month. ? '-1 CHAMBER COMMERCE Pass Resolutions cm Death of Mr.) P. T. Villeplgue. Th e following resolution was unanimously passed at the Novem ber meeting of the Camden Cham ber of Commerce and would have been published before, but the sec retary has been <rat of town "Whereas, It hath pleased Al mighty God to take ffom among us one who has for many years been Identified with the commercial and social life of this community, one who has been a member of this organisation since its beginning, and has always done valiant ser vice In every movement for the ad vancement of the city, and the Up building of the community, an hon est merchant, a sealous patriot ic cltisen, a trub friend and co worker with us in every plan for the general welfare, PaulTi Ville plgue; "Therefore, Be It Resolved that we do placer on record our apprecia tion of his value to his country and community, ?nd our Inestima ble lom at his death; "That in testimony of fur sense of Lis wotth, and our sorrow at his being take* from us, we do in scribe to bts memory a page of our minute book, and do direct our sec retary to publish this resolution In tfee city papers and to transcribe and send to his family a copy there f . A Pine Portcew. Auditor W. *\ Russell killed an - old pig one net weight of Aplg l Cer ln rale TiltillK IH A SANTA CLAUB . T? ' f *?' * V . . / Thy most lk?utlfu| J)pfw?iiO Mvw Made by New York Sun. We take pleasure Id answering at one? and thus prominently the communication below, exproHuiug at1 the Mrne time our groat gratifies tlon Chat Its faithful author In num bered among the friends of ti?w Sun: "Dear Editor: I am 8 years old. Some of my little frleuds Bay there is no Santa Claus. Papa aavB 'If you nee It in The Sun, it's so/ Will you please tell me the truth, Is there a Santa Claim? "Virginia O'Hanlon. "On? Hundred Fifteen West Nlne ty-Fifth Street." Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism# of a skeptical age. They do not believe excopt they see. J They think that nothing oan be which is not comprehensible by their minds. All minds, Virgin la, whether they be men's or ohil dren's, are little. In this great un iverse of ours man 1b a mere In sect, an ant in his intellect, as com pared with the boundless world a bout him, a# measured by the Intel ligence capable of grasping the whole of truth Irad knowledge. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. ' He exists as certainly at love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they a bound and give to your life Us highest beauty and Joy. Alas! How dreary would be t&e world if there wereno Santa Claus? It would be as dreary as if there were no Vir ginias. There would be no child like faith, no poetry, no romance, to make tolerable, this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills' the world would be* extinguished. Not believe in 8anta Claus! You might .jui well^not-belleve lu tUf fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Sdnta Claus, but even If they did not tee Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no panta Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither chlldron nor man can see. Did yon ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? -Of- course not, but that's ho proof that *ttfry are not there. Nobody can con celv? or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the* noise inside, .but there Is a veil covering the unseen world, whclh net Hhe strongest man* nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, ro mance can push aside that cyrtaln and view and .pictui'e the supernal, beauty and glory beyond.' Js it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there . Is . nothing else , real and abiding. , No Santa Claus! ^ Thank God! he llveS and lie lives forever. A thous and years from now, Virginia ? nay ten times ten thousand years from now ? he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. \ Clarke's Automobile* ? When it come* to arranging a show Window Dave Clarke, the clever ... And' popular nftlftftmpn -the'hardWaTe store of Burns and Barrett, is a genius. He has rigged up an automobile of different arti cles generally carried in' a hard ware store so much like the re^l automobile that as you stand and watch it you listen for the* "chug, chug!". The display is a curiosity and has attracted the attention of hundreds. There are two big brass CUBpidOrea t which represent the lamps, a sausage grinder for the crank, a window screen (or the wind shield, a roll of hose for the front tires and wire wrapped hose for "anti-skid" back tires, a sieve for the steering wheel, and so oh to the oil can and rope attachment for the honk! hOnk! It is a creditable ?how Window and shows Mr. Clarke to be an artist in his line. He ex pects to give bis machine a try-out some night when the arc lights are put in. He will choose the night time to avoid the crowds as he ex pects to cut a wide swath. 1 "Sunbeams" to Celebrate. t. .1 The "Sunbesjp Band" of the Cam den Baptist Chlirch will celebrate j their sliver Jubilee Sunday evening, Dec. 24th, at the church. This be ing twenty-five years since Mrs. Elson, of Virginia, organised the , first Sunbeam Band. These little ones are great workers and the pro gramme promises to be interesting. The^public ?txe cordially invited to attend.J The contribution wllL go to Foreign Mission^"" Thisy)>nn(f*tent almost a half hundred dollars to missions and. benevolences this year but they hope to double the amount next yoear. Let every one come prepared to hetf out a good cause. Mrs. Will M. tiolltk. Leader, ,v' Largo and ears ? _ with brawn hi iers. answer SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS HEMS IN PARAGRAPHS HAI'IMSNINGB OF INTUKKtJT IN THIsJ 8TATB (JATHKHKl) FltOM OUR EXCHANGES. Claude McDonald, of Dillon coun ty, 17 years old, made 210 bushels of corn on an aore this year, the largest yield in the state. John Furguson, who was seventy six years old and deaf, was run ovor and killed by a train at Cataw ba Junction Sunday evening. Clio and Kershaw, third-class post offices in South Carolina, werd Tuos day designated as postal savings of fices, to be open for deposits Jan uary 15 next. After an Intermission of thirty two years, James B. McCreary was a second time inaugurated governor of Kentucky last Tuesday. He Is now* 70 years old. ? Frank P. Capers, a prominent cit izen of Qreenvillo, died last Satur day morning. Mr. Capers was the eldest sob of ' Bishop Capers, and was born in Charleston on June 6, 1861, State Senator \fov J. "West, r of . Franklin, N. C., shot at Perry Mor rison, a young taan whom he ob jected to paying attention to his daughter. The bullet* killed the girl and wounded the young man. ft. I. Manning, of 8umter has re fused to act as one of the three trustees in this state for the fifty million dollars which the New York bankers offer to loan on cotton in the south. He does not like the scheme. . X>? ,Friday appllClitIbn for bail was made by the attornejnibof Jus. Seigler, charged with killing officer Wade Patteraon at Aiken. The ball proceedings were hoard by Supreme Court Justice' Gary, in Columbia, and after considering the* affidavit* ror a day, refused baili Sumter will, in the course of the next year, have an up to data "sky scraper/' for a mdern steel . frame, M fireproof building, costing from" $45,000 to $00,000, will be built on thS Northeast corner of Main and Liberty street by the. City National Bank, formerly the Sumter Savings {Bank. H'' Through the efforts of Clerk of Court Frank W. Shealy, Albert Kist ler, pf near Lexington, has gotten Into communication with- his brother John L. KlHtlor, who 1b now a resi dent of North Carolina. The case Is a most remarkable one. Albert Kisler not having heard from bis1 brother In more than 35 yeartf. H. W. Holoomb, chief of polloe of Townville, J, B. Woolbrlght, a. po liceman, Baskl Sears, and Jim Bald win, who wers called in by the of ficers to assist them in* arresting Doc Welborn* a young mountaineer, on the night of Sept. 28, 1910, are In jail at Anderson oharged with the murder of Wei born. Mrs. J. J. McLure, one of the old est and best beloved cltisens, ot Chester, dl?d in that city Sunday last. Before' her marriage to Judge J. J. McLure In Ihe year 1805, she was Miss BJlicabeth Mcintosh, of Camden. She leaves to mourn her besldesjMLftgfld husband, thfrfollow* " {'Ing sons: Jos. C. McLure, of Ches ter, and J. H. McLure, of Texas. The appeal of John J. Jones, the Branchvllle attorney who under Hontonce of ten years and 80 days for killing Abe Pearlstine, will be argued In the supreme court this week when the cases from the First circuit are taken up. Jones has been held at the State penitentiary for the past several months art a de tention prisoner. His appeal was recently filed. Jack Hawkins, a negro who es caped from the state penitentiary 14 years ago has been returned to the prison by Sheriff Poo!*, of the county of Greenville. He was con victed in 1886 on the charge of an attempted crlmlnar assault afed was sentenced to serve 16 years in the penitentiary, In* 1892 he made his ' escape after serving sip years. He must now terve out the remaining nine years of < his sentence. Sunday night last the power plant of the Carolina Light and Power Co. . located on Little Bo*sfe, within two miles of Langley, w.aa destroyed an<? the damage is estimated at about $35,000. The hard rains in the vi cinity caused the water of Horse , Creek to rise rapidly and it regis- ' tered about 41 feet, The 4am, Just-$ above the power hpus* was notioed to be leaking, and It suddenly gavo way, utterly washing away the pow- J: er house, ^ tho engineer just escap ing a S yR