Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Job Printing Chronicle Job Printing OAMDKN. (i6l.ru <IAU<<MNA. I'Kll.AY,' AVUCHT l?, I Via. W . v ' J . v: ?- JL^1, mmukk 17. -fOMAW CliliH WOItK. Urged to lbv? KtlilbiU* Kendiaw County Fair. Tiie annual picnic will probably aoi be held this year as at jflrat thought. The Tomato Club Girls _ijj 0< course b<0 sorry to hear this, L ibey were learning bow to cook 111 klndw of good thiugs for the cooking ?Jonte*?t to be held at the ?nnuaJ picnic. We can put our con^i te8t off until the County Fair, and then we can give a public canning <Hpion?tratioi?, our cooking contest, and learn how to use a steamer, oil stove and flreless cooker. Do you not think that Is worth waiting for? , We want the Tomato Club Girls to show what they have been do ing ail summer when we have the county fair. Can as many vegeta bles and fruits as possible. Jelly and preserves are to be exhibited also. Try new way# of preserving jour fruits, for you don't have to follow along the same old lines ? try new things for yourselves. The best way to learn a thing 1* to "team by doing." That 1s what our Club stands for. AH fruits, pre serves, etc., intended for exhibit at the County Fair must be put up hi glass. . .. For your exhibit at the County Fair you canjmake a little book of j recipes, wrltttea neatly In ink, and with a tomato or some design on the hack. Use your originality and make something that hasn't u been mentioned ? anything you do and aend will be appreciated, Do your very beat and we will all be proud 1 of you; we are now, but so few! people know about you and your work that we want to show them what we can do. The new utate agent,, that is, the agent who has charge of the work in all the counties. Miss Edith Par rott, of Darlington, will probably be over here to see your exhibit at the county fair, so that is another reason for your doing your best. She will come and see it and write and tell "Uncle Sam" at Washing ton how well you are doing. Did you know Uncle Sam is interested in the girls down here in Kershaw county? Well, he is, and we want to make such a good impression he won't forget us. Whaf do you Bay girls? Above all ? things don't get dis couraged. What do you think of a person who will give up a thing Just because it doesnt run smooth ly the first time they attempt It? Of course we all have failures, but did you know that we J^arn more by our failures than we do by our successes? Remember that, and if you lost a great matfy of your to matoes because of the cans not com ingin time, don't say you won't try it again next year. You have your outfit now and so you will have nothing to keep you from go ing ahead and making a great suc cess of your work. Girls, give the Tomato Club a fair trial. Try it just one more year, just to please } your agent if not for yourself. The following stores have prom ised something nice in the way of [.prizes for, the Tomato Club Girls: T. J. Arrants, Springs & Shannon, [ Burns & Harrett, T. E. Goodale, A. ~D. Kemtedy- and W. Geisenhoinier. If there is anyone else who will be ? willing to give something to Buch a good cause it will be thankfully received. Prizes will be offered for the largest number of quarts raised onl j the tenth of an acre; for the bestl r history of the tomato plant; for the greatest variety of . vegetables r^and fruits; for the best jelly, pre serves and pickle; the best collec tion of recipes and for other things that the girls bring. For your re cipe book it will be better to try the recipes before you put them in your book. You can get them from good cooks in your neighborhood. All of the girls who have put up tomatoes in cans can get labels free charge if .they will call at the of fice of the County Superintendent of Education at the court houae. If i y ?f the girls "have ptit lip to-n. jinatoes in cans and havn't gotten i an >' labels -thru the mail they can get them by going to Mr. McKen 'zles office. I The Tomato Club of Kershaw ^ounty has already made a reputa tion for itself v. by Its successful growth of two monthB. Now do not let this success die. Kate Y. Chappelle. MKT DKATlf UNUKK WHKKI.S Former Camden Man MUuglotl Hy (Xxut Uue Train. .. ? . ? _ , Monday afternoon J amen F. Gard ner, of Columbia, a young white wan, lout bis balance while stand ing on or trying to mount the Bteps of Coast Line train No. 82, and fell between the wheela, liu wau ho badly injured that he died uev eral hours later at ltoper Hospital, without regaining conscloubiieu*. Details of the accident are very meagre. The railroad officials way that Gardner was trespassing on the railroad's property. It la al leged that he was on the A. C. L. pay train, when he waa aeen sud denly -to dart after No. 82, north bound. Some day that he mounted safely, but foolishly stood on the atepw and was knocked off of the train by the Vardell's Creek bridge. When picked up Gardner was un conscious. His left arm was crush ed off completely k His left leg, from bib ankle to his knee, and the right ankle were mashed to a pulp, as well as the palm of his right hand. There was also a deep gash back of the head. Mr. Jessie B. Gardner, an engi neer of the Southern, and cousin of the deceased, says that he was told that young Garner went to the depot to see a friend off, and that when the train pulled out of the station, Gardner attempted to get off and was struck by the bridge.-? Charleston News & Cour ier. Gardner was 28 years of age and a native of Camden, having left hers several years ago, working at the carpenters trade in Columbia, Green ville and other cities. His remains were brought to Camden Wednes day afternoon for interment. Family Reunion. A moat pleasant oc<yislon was the family reunion held at the old home place of Mr. and Mrs. T. W* Barnes about alx miles east of the city on Thursday of last week, Au gust 8th. There were between 76 and 100 persons present ? eight of the number being children and 27 grand children. As fine a dinner as was ever served on an occasion of this kind was enjoyed by the happy crowd. Lemopade was serv ed all day long and in the after noon ice cream was -enjoyed. A splendid talk was made by Mr. P. T. Bruce on the subject of "Train ing Children For a More Useful Life." i Mrs. Susan Campbell, sister of Mr. Bafnes, altho' 74 year* of age, rode several mileB that morning in order to bp wescuU Rain ttbout A o'clock in the afternoon caused the Crowd to start for home* earlier! than they would have done and all scat tered to their various homes feel ing glad that they were present on this most happy occasion. ?*? * " 1 Off to Northern Points. A large party of county people left Camden over the various rail roads Wednesday on business and pleasure to northern points. Among them were: Messrs. B. F. Skinner, Robt. Lewis, Geo. Wilson, Linwood King, Edmund Sullivan, Waddy Hin isonrJoel ifottghr Mrr and Mrs. Ren froe, to Ocean View, Va. ; Misses Mattie Gerald, Josie Latham, Mr. and Mrs. Eligene Brown, Miss Al ma Simklns, Mrs. Myrtle Wilson, Remberts, Miss Nellie Simklns and Mr. Joseph Simpkins, Blaney; Miss Ida May Evans, Remberts, to Balti more and Washington; Thos. An crum and D. V. Dixon to New York and other points. Ladies Day at llethune. Owing to the inclemency of the weather, Ladies Day was not ob served at tthe Masonic Temple at Bethune last Friday, but will he held on Friday, August 23rd, at 11 o'clock a. m., when a public address will be made by Hon. M. L. Smith. Capt. Jno. W. Hamel and Mr. P. T. Bruce are expected to confer de grees, and a Ijxrge crowd Is expect ed. Prominently among the lady members will be Mrs. J. R. Raley and Mrs. J. F. Horton, and the oc casion will be known as Ladies' Day. . Let all the ladies bring din ner. * H. T. Johnson, W. M. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Chappell and Miss Kate Chappell, of Lykesland, were visitors in the city Tuesday. FAIIM IMritOVKMKNT WOKK. H?>uUmru lUllWHy to Work in Con junction With Yarioua Ageuciw. Waahlugton, July Sl.-r-ProsldeiM Flnley, of the Southern Hallway Company, auuouuced to-day that the management of that company, realltlng the great opportunity for Increauiug the proaperlty of the ter ritory traversed by Its linea through builUliiK up aoll productivity aud lucroaslng .the average crop yield per acre, had decided to organise a Department of Farm Improvement Work to begin operations on Sep tember let. Thla Department will work on the co-operative demonstra tion plan, first adopted by the lute Dr. 8. A. Kuapp, of -the United State* Agricultural Department. It will aim to show to the farmers what they can do on their own laud and with their resourcea. This plan has been followed with marked *uo~ ceaa by the Southern railway cot ton culture department in the terri tory along the line of the advance of the Mexican, cotton boll weevil. It ia now proposed to extend the work over the ayatem generally and to adapt It to 4 he peculiar condi tions of each locality. The Cotton Culture Department ia to be merged into the Department of Farm Improvement Work, and Mr. T. O. Plunketti wh ohas been general agent of the cotton culture department, ia to be at the head of the new organization with the title of Manager of Farm Improvement Work. Hig office will be ,in Atlan ta, Ga., and three assistnnt mana gers of farm Improvement work will ,1 be appointed to vjslt furinera in I their respective localtltles and co* j operate with them for the demon I atratlon of these methods of culture ! and aoll treatment which may be I expected to produce the beat rer suits In tthe way of Increased crop yields. This work will be carried on in co-operation with the State Commissioners of Agriculture, the state agricultural colleges and the United States department of agri culture. It will be entirely free of cost to farmers wishing to avail tthemselveb of it in the territory traversed by the lines of the Sou thern Railway; Ala. Oreat South ern; C. N. O. Texas Pacific Rail way; O. S. & F. Railway; Mobile '& Ohio railroad; Northern Alabama I Railway; Southern Railway in Mls i slsslppi, and Virginia & Southwes j tern Railway. i The *work of the Department of > Farm Improvement work Is to be ; entirely separate from that of the 1 Southern Railway Land and Indus I trial Department which will, 1 as i heretofore, tarry on m ? co-opera , ijtlve work for the, location of in ! dustrles and farm settlers Afcd for I the general development of th? I territory traversed by the lines of the Southern Railway System, y j Speaking of the Department of Farm Improvement Work, President Fin ley said: . -? ? ^ I "Its purpose Is to be broadly helpful to 'the farmers in the terri tory traversed by our lines. I can conceive of. nothing that would be more beneficial to the Southeast ern States than a substantial in crease In the average yield of the farm crops such as it is. the aim of the department of farm improvement work T id ettdftftVOr to * bring about. The increased prosperity of farm ers would be reflected in all lines of business. I believe, therefore, that all those interested in the de velopment of our section who are in a position to aid Jn this move ment can very properly do bo. "The state commissioners of ag ricultural colleges and experiment stations are doing valuable work, and the newspapers of tthe South eastt which give special attention to the publication of the advice of recognized experts on agrlcultura matters are most helpful. It shall be thee policy of our department of farm improvement work to co operate with all these agencies and I to seek their co-operation." * South Carolina's First Bale. Marlon county furnished South Carolina's first bole of cotton for this year. It was made by Mr. T. W. Moody and was sold in Marion for 13 cents. The free air pumping station in front of GOodale's auto garage 1b the stopping place for many auto mobiles and bicycle owners, and proves a great convenience. VKItV 8MAJX <?HOWl> UUh*i?I l MiulidtUi-H Hp?'?k Ml CJowrt Hou*o Yesterday. lie (ore forty-seven people, by ac tuul count, the f e w candidates who aro going the rounds for United Stat rs Senate and for Congressman from the fifth congressional district ?poke in the court house here yes terday. The Dieting was totally devoid of sensuous und contrast ed strongly wlt'h the excitement at tendant on the gubernatorial meet* in K hold here last week. The can didates appeared to he ou very friendly terms and each applauded the other. In the absence of both Pollock and Fluley, G. W. Ragsdale was tho only Bpeaker fdr Congress. Mr. Poll ock remained in Lancaster, whiln Mr. Flnley, according to a letter to Chairman Kirkland, which wan read in the meeting, wan de tained In Washington by the urg ent. dutleu of his office. Senator Till man being absent, Talbert and Dial were . the only speakers for the Senate.. Mr. Ragsdale, in his Hpo? ? ? i . expressed himself as re S toting that his opponents were ab n*. since on that acoount he wa* unable to say all that he might if tU4y were present. ?? There was absolutely no mud sllnging. Jfiach speaker simply put tooth his vlewB In regard to the groat issues which will have to be tyiet. Mr. Dial, among other things, expressed the opinion that long con tt&iiance In office creates an offtce folding class and therefore aa arit* tOcracy. Mr. Dial, first speaker fpr the Senate took up the greater part tffTiis ttme expounding sound busi ness principles, while Col. Talbert, also putting forth his views, Inters ?parsed In his speech, a number of JoH^b which kept his audience In a rear of laughter. M.-rl ' j4%. a riAiinv of miu>8 HoglMU'red at Hotel Central And tiringi* on Another Tale. 'jSiL ? It may uound like a fUh story ? H certainly 1b a very queer co-inci degce, but it is nevertheless a faft, that the register of the Hotel Cafetral in thin city shows on a. sin gle day in June the following naj&ies: W. J. Parrott, Mr. Wrenn, ftlri Bird and Mr. Nightingale. The story might be exaggerated by the addition of Mr. Martin and Mi. Dove, but us a matter of txcz they flaw in a few days before the oth ? rA gentleman 'form6rly employed the -Camden Hotel, when told bird story, reecalled a little iuident Ijb his hotel experience, which has more "to do with cattle. A traveling salesman by the name* of Bull, wishing to register for a room for the night, was told that there was nothing left but a dou ble room, which up until that time was not occupied. Genial, as most travelling salesmen are, he said that the double room would be per fectly satisfactory to him even tho' some one else were put in with him. . After registering Mr. Bull walked down the street and upon his return in order to ascertain the number of his room he glanced at the register. "Hear! Hear!" he -called ? to- the clerk, ? "Tills. won't^ do." "Why, what is the trouble, Mr. BU11 asked the clerk politely % "Look here," said Mr, Bull, point-: ing to the register, "I can't stand for anthing like this, you have put a man by the name of Steer in tho same room with me." On His Vacation. Captain John Barxtell, of the! Marion and Kiftgvillee division of the Southern railway passed thru Yorkville this morning en route to the Pacific coast on his annual va cation trip. During his absence he will vlst iSan Francisco, Portland,] Seattle., and points in British Co-j lumbla. A specially pleasant. fea ture of the trip will be that Capt. Barxtell is to meett one of his brothers in San Francisco that he has not seen since 188 2. Asked as to how he will identify his brother, Capt. Barxtell said, '"Oh, "I'll, know him by his size; he weighs over 300 pounds." ? Yorkville Enquirer. Mrs. R. W. DeLoache and family have moved to the Burnet house, corner Fair and Laurens Street. OltKJiN' OP <?M> H\ YIKtiH. Many Fitiitiliar Khuh Cwiic KP?!? la (mwtiliK ??|rvuaihtiua-?*n. The lion's share embodied the sarcasm of old Aesop, in whose fu ble, u( the conclusion of their joint riujt, the anlmalts announce their w lull to divide thu booty, the Hon claiming one quurter by reason of kingly prerogative, one quarter for hljj dam and cubs, sayt? the New York Hreya. "A? for the fourth quarter," said the Hon, "lot who will dispute It with me." "Kvery man for himself and the devil take the hindmost, " l? a cy nical slogan derived from the Span lards. It 1h aald that 1 1 1m Satanic Majesty ouce conducted a school of magic at Toledo. At the end of the term the graduating class way, it appear*, made to run thru a long subterranean hall, the president of the institution being entitled to the hindmost If ho could catch him. "A feather In one's cap," 1h deriv ed from Scotland. Among the wood craft enthusiasts It was the custom for the Individual first to kill a woodcock to pluck out a feather and place it In his caw. ? Oliver] Cromwell couferred dignity upon thla expression whyn, on his refus al of the Hngllsh crown, ho observ ed: "Royalty la but u feather In a man's cap; lot children enjoy <thel rattle,'* ! A thoroughbred game cock showe only red and black leathers, and a crossbreed is known by a white fea ther in Its tall. Hence, "to show the white feather" conveys a strong notion of cowardice, from one point of view, at least. One may search the Scriptures In valu for any allusion to Job's turk ey. The expression, "As poor as Job's turkey," had Its origin in the brain of a humorist, "Sam Slick." He described thin bird as being pos tall, and an of ho feeble a condi tion that it whh only by leaning agalnHt a fence that it wan ena bled to gobble. The ancient Greeks are roBpoiiBi ble for the expression "To throw dust In one's eyes." ICpamlnondias, wishing to surprise the Lacedemon ians, 1h said to have caused 1,600 cavalry to advance In front, kicking up a great dust that the wind blew into the faces of the enemy, thUH blinding them to a flank movement he was executing with a view to taking the coveted heights In their rear. "Harking up the wrong tree" may be referred to the mistake some times made by hunting dogs when game flleB from tree to tree. "Dead man's BhoeH" 1h undoubted ly to be traced to an old .< Hebrew custom. On the transfer of an in heritance the successor > received, a shoe belonging to the deceris^d own er. For many lyears In front of the pulpit in Scottish churches persons under censure sat during the ser? [ vice. Afterward they stood to Re ceive public rebuke. From this practice we derive the "stool 'of repentance." "To eat humble pie" is to be as cribed to the fact that In feudal <lnys the umbles, inferior parts of deer, were baited In plea for tho poor retainers. "Whole hog or none" refers to the alleged custom of Mohammec^ To allow nlS roilowrs to cat nil ex cept one portion of a pig, 'which portion, however, was not specified. The result, thorefore, wus that if a Mohammedian did not wholly avoi .the use of pork he might as ? well run t^ie risk of consuming the whole portion as to eat any portion there I of. . Will Monroe. Mr. Walter L. Lowry, who for several yearn haB been connected with the Monroe, N. C., -cotton mills, haB accepted a position as purchas ing agent of A. I). Julllard & Co., New York City, for their Utlca, N. Y., mills. These mills are probably the largest manufacturers of fancy dreBs goods and suitings In the Unit ed States. Mr. Lowry Is a former Camden boy and has many friends here who are Interested In him. Roy Myers, who has been mes senger boy for two years at the Western Union at this place, has accepted a position aa operator at Charlotte, with the same company, Mr. Joseph Nelson, now of Che raw, Is spending hlB vacation with relatives In Camden. l'UHHONAIi MENTION. Ituuu of Interest Concerning Oltjr M(l County People. Mr. Doby Young, of L)al%ell, was in ('aimlrii on Monday last. Mr. Arthur Humphries spent sev eral days iu Columbia luut week. MIhh Hilda Dawes has returned from a five weeks visit to friend)* In Churaw. MIhh Cornela Nelson attended the Brewer-ltlchle wadding In Kersha.w last week. f Mrs. A. C. Ancrum has gone to Athens and other Georgia cities to visit her slaters. Have you been attending the moving pictures? If not you have missed something Miss Esther DeLaney, of Birming ham, Ala., 1h visit ltiK her grand mother, Mrs. 11. W. Del^oache. Mrs. Kobt. iJabln, of Cincinnati, I Ohio, 1h visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Karosh, of this city. Mrs. W. T. Ilalsall and children, who were visiting Mrs. N. H. Good ale, have returned to Charleston, Miss Ktta Hugging has gone to Haltlmoro. From there she will Ko to Boston on a pleasure trip. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Yates have gone to Great Harrington, ,Mass., to visit Mr. and Mrs. Ben Tlcknor. Miss Mollle and Master F^ank Heard, of Hartsville, are visiting at the home of Miss Cornelia Mickle, Mr. Will Nicholson is at home again from a trip to New York, Philadelphia and other Northern ci ties. . . ; ? MIhhoh Sue Young and Mary Whlt aker left Wednesday for Waynes vllle, Asheville and othor mountain resorts. Mr. Jorome M. Iloffer, of Man hlem. Pa., Is with Mr. M. H. Hey man, In his Jewelry repairing der partment. The school cpnducted by Mrs. W. J. Jones, at her residence, 1502? Fourth Avenue, will re-opon Sep tember 16, 1912. Rev. William Lindsay, of Ander son, S. C., was a guest this week at , the home of his brother, Mr. John S. Lihdsay, of this city. The county < Supervisor's report laBt week read "G. W. Moseley, road work, $47.55," which should have bedn "Mobloy," Instead of "Mob?--. ley." Mrs. Entxmlnger, of Mlcanopy, Fla., Mrs. Brhb, of Iiakeland, Fla., and Mrs. Sidney, King, of Mouzons, 8. .C., have been visiting MIbb Re becca Nelsot? r ^ Miss Rhetta Wilson, the attraot lve daughter of Mr. and Mrs,< W. G. Wilson, has returned from a sev eral weeks visit to friends in Dil lon and Florence. MIhh Mattio .Gerald haB gone North where nho will buy an up tordate Htock of millinery. She will combine pleasure with business and visit, friends in Claysvllle, Pas. Mr. nnd Mrs. L. T. Baker have returned to Columbia after a pleas ant two monthB visit in Camden. Their charming little daughter,." Lucretia, will spend another week here."' .?*? 'r . ? :j.[ Rev. M. W. Gordon, a former pastor of the eCamden $ Baptist Church, but whp is now pastor at ? * Summerton, passed through town this week with his family, on their way home from the up-country. Rev. H. B. Browne is away for a stay of a few days atSulllvan's Is land. There will be no preaching at the Mothpdlst Church next Sun day morning, but Rev. J. O. Rowan win fill the pulpit; at the evening service. Mr. Thomas R. Kirkley, of Ker shaw, was In Camden yesterday for the purpose of probating the Will of his father, Mr. James M. Kirk ley, and obtaining ? Letters Testa mentary, he having been named in the Will as the sole executor. Mr. Gilbert C. White, of Char lotte, N. 6., has been chosen as; civil engineer by the new water aj^d, light commissioners of Camden. The property most likely to be chos en is that known as the "Johnson ? property," containing- 880 acres, through which flows Pine creek. This creek is Just north of the old Factory pond and will furnish an abundant supply of water. /</ A ? \ vv ' 4 This is. The Guy Who Patronized The Mail Order Establishments CHKKfrM UM66 Hki.Pl If* C6U<,?TJ ?V> OROWNIN'I Htu?*3QyAwK| OY JIN(,} t>R6^?fcp j l*TM? DUlHKtM' POttHTNNtt ??' ' Htqe ^rttR iVt boy at Hont CYj|N6*.! THAT OOOWP5 V UIKt ^ CrtlCWtM rhtfcM THIft Ift * D?M*Y P^NK?N'roUMT<Mlt i locrr rpon that rV> ??- op DC R MOU4&. < ITJ ONfcP*C? ftftO fAvr riLUft' an' urf 6* g?tr ? STOP , thicf!