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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE Published Ev?f> Friday Ptc . . , , fltOO W. li. Miiiowell, . . FruprMor. H. D. Nile- > I* A. McDowell, . . > rublifther*. K, N. McDowell, . . ) i| m|9?4 ??M9 Mill M+ttflV At lit FutiMkf At CuUm, t?atk CmiUu 1109 N. Uroftd (M. 'FboM Ml CAmdrn, H. Om Aug. SI, Itftll. County < 'tuii|MlKit Close*. The county campaign which op ened up at Bethune on Monday of last week, cloned Wednesday night at the factory. The meeting at Kabon's X Iloads on Friday wan well attended and a healthy Interest manifested. At Mlaney on Saturday an uniis ually large audience greeted the campaigner* and at times during the speaking, we understand, Inter" e*t ran high. , The meeting at Camden on Wed? nesday wan one of the most large ly attended county Campaign meet ings held here for years past. The statement wa? made by a well in formed person that the crowd at this /neetlng was larger than tho state campaign meeting here two years ago. The meeting was order ly (as they always are in Camden) and each speaker was given a cour teous and respectful hearing. It was our intention to give a synopsis of the speeches at this meettlng, es pecially those of the candidates for the legislature, but as all the speeches were quite similar to the ones already published in Th? Chronicle, to publish them again would not be necessary. The closing meeting of the cam paign was held at the factory- on Wednesday night. Although a light rain was falling, the order of the meettlng was not dampened in the least. The boys were In fine shape and in a good natured way "ragg ed" all the Bpeakera more or less. The factory meeting will be remem bered as one of the very beat of the campaign of 1912. v WM. J, MtYAN'g' DOL'ULK. How He Made a Hpoech When I'cfr lews Lewlcr Was a Candidate . William Jennings Bryan, who was in Mt. Clemena Friday as the spe clal orator of the ^"Bath city'B" Chautauqua Beauon, had the unique experience of meeting the man who once palmed himself off on an entir community as the Democratic leader addressed the mob in Bryanese style and got away with it. Mr. Bryan's double is Charles W. Ward, the new secretary of the Mt. Clemens busi ness men's association . Mr. Bryan and Mr. Ward met shortly before the reception and luncheon given in honor of Mr. Bry an. The story was told -to Mr. Bry an, who enjoyed the Joke immense ly. Mr. Ward was the star football player, at Northwestern University during his college days. He was celebrated also because of his phy sical resemblance to Mr. Bryan and was frequently called "the silver iie" The North weestern University foot ball eleven, of which Ward waB cap tain, was on its way to play a game in Minneapolis. *A salesman and a Presbyterian minister were aboard the special train and were remark ing on Mr. Ward's resemblance to Mr. Bryan. ? "Why wouldn't it be a good joke," suggested the clergyman, "to send a telegram to one of the towns ahead, informing the people that Col. Bryan and his party will pass through there and will condescend to Htop a few moments?" The idea was accepted with much hilarity and a dispatch was sent to Elroy ,Wis. As the train drew into the town a cheering crowd of several hundred people were here to meet it. "Maj. Deitz" and "Col. Bryan" stood alono on the rear plat form and long before the train came to a stop shouts of "Hurrah for Bryan! Hurrah for the next presi dent!" rent the air for several min utes. "Maj. Dietz" in troduced Colonel Bryan," who stepped forward with graceful hows in every direction. More prolonged cheers. After quiet had been restored he raiseed his hand and "made a neat speech. As the last word was uttered the train began to move and at the same time the men inside the car, who had been stuffing headgears into the mouths to keep from laugh ing uproariously, rushed to the plat form and gave' the college yell, fol lowing it with the ancient cry: "Rubber neck! Rubber. neck ! " Then the people of Elroy discov ered that they had been duped and as tho train sped away not a few stones were hurled at the laughing students. ? The Detroit Journal. . ? j Health KplgruiiiN. A fly in the milk often means a member of the family in tho grave. Wire screens in the windows may keep crape from the door. Keep flies from the house and you will help keep the doctor from the gate. * Plies In the dining room precede nurses in ;the sickroom. The wise mother screens tho ba by's cradle and wears a smile; the foolish mother does not and may wear mourning. A rain barrel full of water ? a houso full of mosquitoes. If some persons were as much Afraid of flies as they are of bad water there would be less typhoid. Good water is more to be pris ed than rubles, and clean hands . are better than much fine gold. The fly has small feet, but a mil* lion typhoid germs can ride com fortably on one Of them.??*. ... For M?. Four city lofts on Hattpton and Lee Avenue. SOtllO feet each. *"7 totms. D. Wolfe, Camden, s. C. THE OOUNTKY liOV. HU lx>t ? FortuiiAto One Th?t Ought To Make HJm <J<mUmt?*l. Thy moat fortunate boy lu the state In he who haa not caught the fever that la In the air, but in fol lowing bin patient mule up and down the long corn rowa and grum bling becauae be cannot have the fun the town boya enjoy. All honor to the father who, aeelng what ia invisible to putty headed parent*, hold* his boy down to hard work aud given him Haturday afternoon for recreation. "All work and no play," in a saying that has been conaiderably overdone. All play and no work niakeii Jack a upend thrift and a deadbeat. And that is what la the matter with the preaent generaion. The boya are aporting on what their fathera earn. They wear the beat clothea their fathera can buy, ride In automobilea bought on credit, and play tennla for a liv ing. The chap who ia making a crop under the blazing aun ia the one who in after yeara will furn? lah employment to the dapper fel lowa who are now amoklng clgareta and changing their Uuen every day. It la lmpoaaible to make a man out of a boy who never did an honeat day'a work in hia life. It requirea hard knocka to develop the manly qualltiea in a boy'a nature. It takea nerve to atand againat the temptatlona that beaet a boy'a path way in theae degenerate daya. He muat practice self-denial in hia yputh if he would resist evil in hia manhood'a prime. Few aona of rloh men ?? are ever able to wear the mantle of their fathera. The reaaon ia the rich man learned to aay "no" to hia dealrea in yputh, and hia boy failed to learn that Tttai lesson. ? ? The farmer'a boy haa the* beat? chance in the world to build the ladder by which he muat rlae. He cannot 8ee the point now, but he will aee it by and by. Our captalna of industry muat come from the country if they comeat all. A dude never yet de veloped Into a man. The shy nnd awkward country boy who is better acquainted with a grubing hoe tftan he la with a base ball bat Is the fellow who In future yeara will direct from his desk In his office the polished young gent? who now laugh at his awkward manners. ? Charity and Children. Felder and Hi? Dictagraph. (The following written by Jack Wilson, an ardent nupporter of Gov-| ernor Blease, has been handed us for publication:) There's a lawyer down in Georgia, or a Jack-leg, if you please, His name is Tom Bosh Felder, and h? don't love Coley Blease; ; He hired a shark named Porter, with a little dictagraph, And Porter got Tom's money, Gee, how it makes us laugh! ,??aid Porter to Tom Fielder, "I'll fix up that guy; I'll make them hang Blease to a pole, 'Way up towards the sky." Said Tom to Porter, "You're on, old boy, Old pard you are a bird ; Now you Just load your grip sack up and hike for Spartanburg, For there's a lawyer in that town who is Coley's closest friend, And thru this chap we're going to run that vagabond gov'nor in." "You go right in and call him feam, He's an awful friendly cuss; Be careful till you get him full, Or he will raise a fuss. Just go right in familiar like And slap him on the back, And give hipi booze and dope him up? Call him a Cracker-Jack. "Tell him you are a lawyer, just from Chicago town, And you want to buy a pardon, and plank your money down; And when you get him boozy, he'll bite just like a fish, Then go and fix your dictagraph just any way you wish. "We'll take it to Augusta and spring agreatsurprise, And if the pardon they won't sell, We'll fix a lot of lies. That commission will be with us, And likewise Gonzales; They'll help us run this little game right over Coley Blease. They suspended business in Augus ta, one whole long day; Looking for a telegram saying ev erything's O. K. When Porter found -that Nichols had fed them on hot air, Old Folder's eyes turned red and green, he swore and pulled his hair Then Carlisle, seeing t'wns all a hoax, Said "Boys, I will be durned, Until you hatch up something else This meeting, will adjourn." Att<yitlon, Vetewns. I have received notice from the Recorder of Crosses, S. C. Division U. D. C., that by special request of many Chapters, applications for Crosses of Honor will be received until Oct. 1st. Crosses to be given on Dec. 20th, 1912. Should a vet eran desire a second cross, having lost the first one, or descendants, malo or female, ot any veteran who has never had one, apply at once to Mrs. John Cantey, Presi dent John D. Kennedy Chapter U. D. C., Camden, S. C. FINAi? DISCHARGE. Notice Is tiereby given that one month from this date ? on Monday, August 26, 1912, I will present to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final accounting as Ad ministratrix of the Estate of ths. 1st* Edward C. DuBoee and apply thereto for a final discharge of the sates. Jul y U. mi. WELL DEFIES SKILL OF MAN Engineers Unable to Confine Marvel oue Flow of Gas In Tramyl* vanla, Hungary. There a re wells of many kinds: those whlc)) gallons of petroleum, those which furnish water to sur rounding populations, wells that are scarcely damp, and wells that periodi cally lnundste the neighborhood lb which they are found. But of all the wells In existence probably none oora pare In Interest with a gas well In Hungary. This well Is situated In Transylva nia, and the peculiarity of It Is thst It Is not seen but heard. The gas es capes by means of an Iron tube with such dreadful force as to produce s noise which makes It impossible to hear the human voloe within a con siderable radius. Many and diverse attempts have been made to regulate and utilise 'the output of gas, but so far the only de vice which has succeeded has been to put an Iron tube of 26 centimeters In dlsmeter Into the earth. Through this the gaa haa been escaping now ' for nearly three years. Bngtneers from various countries have been con ducted to the spot and have thought out ingenious ways to make the gas available arhl to stop the dreadful nolss caused by its escape. Every plan has failed. On one occasion the problem was believed to have been solved, hut It was soon found that the gas had merely been turned aside In its course and was escaping In the same manner la adjacent territory after having followed a track for some distance below the surface. The gas comes through the 4ron tube with the velocity of a cannon ball and it is estimated that theto Is a dally loss of a million of cubic me ters, the value of which amounts to $6.000. ? Harper's Weekly. LONG USEFULNESS AT AN END dome Would Have Thought Vase Had Done Qood 8ervJce, but Not ; 80 Mrs. 8ploer. ?' -? ;? When Mies Ann Pickett dropped In on her neighbor, Mrs. Splcer, and found her moping over the fragments of a gilt vase, Miss Ann sympathized generously. "It must have been quite a costly vase," she said, looking ad miringly at the pieces. "No, it only cost six bits," Mrs. Spicer acknowledged. " Tain't that I feel so bad about.". - ? "Maybe It was a gift that you prised because of associations ? " Mrs. dtfftcer shook her head. *!Jlm and 1 bought it over in Tompktnsi^lie a long time ago; I prized it because it was such a saving to the family. The first year we had It I kept it on the front shelf for a general orna ment; then when Jim's birthday came and I hadn't- anything else handy to give. I gave him the vase for his own. Next Christmas. Instead of paying out good money to buy something new, he gave it back to me for a Christmas present; then I gave It to Jim junior on his birthday, and he gave it to Sue Belld qn hers. ...2L "The next spring all the kinfolks got up a birthday party for old Aunt Sallle Spicer, and we took her the vase; after she'd kep' it a good bit, she gave it to Jim's sister Jane for a weddln' present, and afterwards J&ne gave it to me and Jim when we had our china weddln'. I was,oounting,on giving it to Jim again on his next birthday, and now here it is smashed to flinders. "I tell you, Miss Ann, it moit make? 'me cry to think of losing such a useful family Article? so near Jim's birthday, too!" ? Youth's Companion. Varieties of Honey. A sore throat and a rasping cough led the writer to call In at the stores with a view to the purchase of honey. Lemon and honey are extremely sooth ing, and the overplus of the latter ean be used on the breakfast table. The assistant said they had plenty of honey, got it fresh every day. "What honey is it?" asked the man with a sore throat huskily. "Twenty-one cents a pound," replied the salesman, and It came out that he had no notion that there were varieties of honey. Hla idea was that all honey was English* and he had never heard 'of Irish honey, let alone of that superb quality that the Connemara bees produce, or of the heather honey or that from the West Indies. Grocers and purchasers should be educated in the various oellences *of honey. ? Ix>ndon Chroni cle. v Tracing the "Barber Shop Chord.** Barbers In the old \ days might ? " charge heavily, for theirs must been a nerve-racking existence. were provided Instead of and customers used to strum on while waiting for a vacant chair, ker, writing, refers to "a barber's tern for every, man to play on." term "barber's music," was a one in the dajrs of IPepys, who on 6, 1660, records: "After supper lord ealled. for the lieutenant's tern, and with two candlesticks money In them for symballs, we barber's music, with which my was tery welt p teased." Death of Minn JuhkIo r . / >, The body of Miss Jessie C. Mc Gee wum brouht here Tuesday of laut week from Asbevtlle, N .C. Hh? hu? gone to Ashevllle to re cuperate her heakh, but she died from the effect* of diabetes from Which she had been suffering for several years. She was about jiO yearn old and a trained nurse by profession. Her uncle. Mr. B. D. McCoy, of Bethune, met the body here and It was taken to Turkey Creek cemetery for burial. ? Blshop ville Vindicator. Meeting Chamber of Commerce. < ?? ? The regular mouthly meeting of the Camden Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Opera House Wednesday, Aug. 1 , at ? p. m. ? A full attendance Is earnestly de sired. W. H. EVE, Jr., Secretary. Subscribe for The Chronicle. What i? t|?e diffemiw between ? railroad during * mte war, MA The railroad meet* the cut, tyit the meat man cuUi the meat! Service Your favorite cut await* yoiV here, put up la ?tyle when yo|I appear. We're her* io you well and ta?t, Our ip^ make* many ataad aKtuuiy | This le the place for choi*! meat# In a tiurry. Campbell B: ? ? ? BI r?s. I H?e the Motion Picture* All Next Week at the it ? ?"???? ?? ?- ? : 4VVMH S^We are more than pleased with our thirty days of business. If we had bees told that'we could have done even half as well we wotdd have thought it a ag.1 ter of impossibility. But figures do not fake ? we have them. facts we have decided to continue our marvelous sale of Men's for thirty days more, at the following prices: In view of theses Shoes and Oxfords All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $5.00 will be sold at - All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $4.50 will be sold at ? All Mens Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $4.00 will be sold at ? All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $3.50 will be sold at - All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $3.00 will be sold at ? All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $2.50 will be sold at - $3.98 $3.25 $3.15 $2.95 $2.45 $1,854 We are going to' offer the entire stock of Ladies and Children's Shoes and Oxfords during the month of August at just what they cost us. Now, if you are in need of anything in a frst class shoe ? one that you will not be ashamed to wear ? one that looks good and will wear better than any shoe you ever wore for the - money, now is the time to buy. These goods are all of high-class stuff. No old stock, no shoddy goods. All goods are new and up to date. Come and be con* vinced that such shoes were never before offered at such ridiculously low prices. We will positively close this offer after August 30th. So if yon need anything I in this line and want to buy it at a real genuine bargain now is the tnndT i ?v * m McCASKILL CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLI Make Your Decision Now! iu.t a?y^nMnothIr^ duu^^r bpl and ?n,y time is NOW. Begin wort ky Wri" the cIe?rinK ju8t that ^uch harderCry ^ eVery m0nth* day Will you^tilllrt^helJrid^MfTwKenlt coulT' ?7 uT^ *jUn?P >nvc4,,n?tf your farm? Will you have land C?*. y ** Producing the best cropi ?; taxes and interest, or will you have rirK not^>ng and less than nothing thaougkjj ready cash any time you wish? Will Pr<*P*rous acres that you can convert w# up or will youSYnoJ^h le Vs JZ?*? T* ,Ct ???*? bru#h Get your Hereof W p n comPa?t;vely easy? returns it will Bring you T^is is ?n1*** at onc? the gathering of the rich | " for n "pod to . lull d.K wo, I, ??mp7ulli?V o? ?S'(ted^;,SS.,he ""j L. C. SHAW. Agent, Route 2, - IN,