The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 08, 1912, Image 2
W? II. lleon* l*?jm Trllwlo to the
Kuiull Weekly l*?j>cr.
The Hearst newspaper* have more
than once called the attention of
buutncMw men uikI eltlfceuu In gen
*rul i<> iitn important work thai Ih
douo by the editor* of tin* Hiu&Uer
newupapura mu4 to the grout v?ln?
of thoHe new?puper? uv ud verilizing,
medium*, .
U would be IffipOHlbl* to keep
thl* )."v < i ii im, nt going, llMPO*
;M li'ital to I pi t teuUUiv# ttUd
democratic government aii\<' In ihi?
ooUntry if It were not for the thou*
and* of nuwHpuper jMgitor* muttered
i ii i < > 1 1 k 1 1 ? * 11 1 the land ov^n one ,,r
Uieio u w ate tier and uu observer, a!
vlJtgant policeuiBu In politic* and
publ)< affaire.
Whenever two railroad* f-r ohh In
Out i-nltod 'Htutc* and thyre 1m a
town or village, there Ih fortunate
ly for the country- a local editor.
? Tilt; editor watcbcK the two rati
road#, he WiitrlH !, iln- Affair# of ft 1*1
towuuhlp, county, State and union., ]
lie tlllkH dally or wtMikly tp hiH
fellow citieenn otm^rnloi affair*
that moMt vitally inturuht thotu. lift
1h for them an eye that down not
nleep, a man alert unddovOted to
thoge that are hiu couHt it uontH,
If the railroad crowning kllla too
m Wiiiy , If the rail road h combine to
ofturge top much or n?<rvo too poor
ly, If the judge, governor or mayor
HueitiH more of a railroad official
than a people'* the editor in tftjrej
t <? It'll about It,
liig metropolitan newapupere withj
Hrculat Iojih running Into many hun~!
dredn of thousand** daily, havo a
peculiar power of their own.
Uut if y/ni took all the metropolit
iH?WHpup(!?H of the O.hnlled Htate?
and weighed thuin in the balance
agaliiHt (Ik? p i"?;hh of ninall cltleH and
towiiH of America, It would he aw!
though you "'weighed a city office
building againut I'lkc'H Peak- and
tho local pre?H would ho Pike'n Peak
reader* uh one friondn npotikH to
another. *
They know him by Night. Thoy
know IiIh record. They know the
hard fi k h I. that he haw madu and la !
making. They know for how Hinall
a reward lio dors idTlcent, un-j
selfish service. And ft word f roin :
him moftns more than many cohimiiK;
from home anonymous and unknown
"ertltpr of the hip olty."
Tho politicians of this oountr.vj
knoAv well t lie power of the local'
editor. They reapect it. and fear It
and it |h a good thing for the:
country that theyd o. ? . j
A man writing fearlessly In Home:
eongreHHinan'ti or 'Homo nenator's,
home town can do more to ke?p :
that- official "straight" than all the
metropolitan newspapers put togeth-j
Public men know the power of the
local editor and of thelocal newn
paper. It is a pity that the business
men of the country are ignorant of
that power.
The man who han something really
worth while to advertise could, if lie
would use the local newspaper intel
ligently, multiply his sales by ten,
make himself known to millions tba
do uot know him, and put hiniBelf at
the head of his line of competition.
IT the automobile man u fact urera
who attract attention Just at this
moment put their advertising intelli
gently iu tiie local newspapers pay
ing a good,* fair raLo and offering a
good value they could very soon
change the output of automobiles in
America from I4#t000 in one year,
which, was the record of 1910, to
500,000, or 1,000,000 in one year?
and* this is no exaggeration.
The smallest, of the Country news
papers has among its readers one or
five or ton or a hundred men that
- could be made to buy a car no,w and;
will buy sooner or later. Home in-!
telllgent automobile manufacturer
with the right kind of product will
realize this and sol Ik tens of thoua-j
ands of cars through the local news-j
papers before his competitors know
what has happened.
The average of prosperity and of
' wealth among the. readers of a coun
try, newspaper is far greater than
among the readers of a metropolitan
daily, and in proportion to the cost
of advertising, intelligent publicity
through the country newspapers
gives by far the best results.
What we have said about automo
bile advertising refers to advertis
ing iu other lines. The dwellers in
the cities, readers of the metropoli
tan dailies, have hefOre their eyes
the temptations and attractions of
the great stores, which cannot he
reached by the reader of the coun
try newspaper. If our business mon
realized their opportunities they
would fight for parcels post,,. and
they would make of evfiry-^coiintry
newspaper an active distributing
agency, doubling and trebling the
country's prosperity and industrial
activity.
This we have !*.nid before, and
we shall say It again. Inasmuch as
there nre no- Hearst newsnanern In
the country, Inasmuch as our news
papers are published exclusively In
the great cities of the country, we
shall at least be credited with un
selfishness in making a fight for
local editors that deserye the thanks
and appreciation of financial encour*
iigemet of every good citizen.
Very few realize what it means
when a man undertakes tho publi
cation^, of, a dailly newspaper In a
? small place.
' The editor risks everything, pov
erty, bankruptcy, indifference of the
public, and at best his reward can
??e very small.
This is why we have in the past
and today and shall in the. future
try to impress on our readers and
on big advertisers the fact that they
- should do their share toward sup
porting the local press of this coun
try. There would be and could he
no philanthropy about it, simply
wise self interest should make every
citizen buy his local paper and make
every advertiser contribute accord
ing to his .means to the support of
the local press.
Tho cltizon that buys his local pa- 1
per gets his money back many times
over In protection of his interests.
And the man who advertises widely
and wisely in the local press gets
Hie people should not bo niggard
ly Ui liupport of thoae that OwOOd
work, BuainHi men and th? public
generally should be espwlally broad*
inlnded ?nd liberal In their- support
of the hxal newspaper* that repre
i??nt and luteusify public oplnioi:
throuahoot the country.- -'New \oik.
. American. ? 4
GOT HIS NOTES MIXED UP
* ?
Ab?cnt-Mln^od Ma*- Has Some Diffi
culty At tliQ UuCffc' Store and
the Groctra'.
Ah the !UUo man walked abaent
mindodiv aiurg lie sud
denly 1 . fr?w;t of a bookstore
It reculV.i ? i 1 u 'he meaning of that I
}>!(?<>,? :i - and wftb !
a lr \ ho entered.
?* i:*> fftifl to the
, ], ' ' ? "I "?o t?> fc?t |
a b< ' ' rt?r < certain novel who's |
iM itnl it .goo'i <!? : . ! ,'s ? .o.i i , 1 imilt And :
i! , ,i\ ? mo. Hhe
wn i; o ; i mi a *ltp of paper,
j'ft i.i d I. pet ?t in y. pocket."
Aft'"? c? ? ' bf0 fumbling ho pro
duced t : .? I i: i r paper, and laying
it on U tool oujj Ms spec
tad' u| .i : 1 1! .'in on his none.
i J; ?? i, ! e- -Cobb's Corna
lino. VfM ' It."
"!? -I'm ..;ih| 1 don't know the
book. >,lr," ,7;-1d ,t V c clerk apologetical
ly, ''but I'll look through the Hat of
now ones." And ran bis eye over
the Jtfit on t)i< . ?*!!. "'No) I'm ?orry
to way 1 can't Hud It hero. You are
Hurt* of '' ?? initio'.'"
"Yen, jv'd right hero on thle piece
of pa.i;, r."
"Wall. I'm afraid v.'c havon't got
it theh;"
"But? btr 1 dpn't dare to go home
to my v.lfc without it. I promised to
g<*t it for ih i.v'
The clerk called to another In the
.back of the store, wlio came forward.
To the other ho said: "Hay, Bill, do
you know of a book called Cornutlne,
by a follow named Cobb?'-'
? "What's th.at?" h" ,-:nked In sur
prfno.
Tiu? old gent Ionian brokft in: >
'Tobb'H Coriiatlrie. Here, aeo for t
yourself. J
"I'm afraid, you've made a mlatuke," |
?ald the new arrival with a tv/inkle.
'Cobb's Cbrnatlno l:.i ;? now breakfast
food."
"All, now I see why the grocer
didn't understand me when I asked
him for a package of CJiieod," remark
ed the customer In manifest relief.
. ? G, Kaommcrl.Iiii4 In Puck.
WANT B 1).
A reliable young man who is
willing to work to take charge of
small farm near Camden. Apply to
It. H. Plttman, 57 Broad St., Char-,.'
lesion.
For Hal e.
A tract of land containing ninety- j
two (92) acres, situated five and
one-half (G 1-2) jollies Northwest of
the City of Camden. There Is a
four room house on this property,
also a good spring of water. About
one-half of this land Is cleared up.
For terms apply to I. C. Hough or
li. A. Wlttkowsky.
I)r. Alfml A. I'tttitoiwn,
and
l>K K. If. Kerrlson
DKNTIST8
Sut'CCHHors to Dr. Li. W. AlBton
Offices in the
Mann linildiii^ lMmiie 18f>
: Removal Notice. |
. m . ' . . .
We are moving to one
door above the Pepsi-Cola
bottling works on South Main
Street where we will be bet
ter prepared than ever toj
do your bicycle repairing.
Work guaranteed to give
satisfaction.
I H. E. Bssrd ^ Co. i
;
For Sale
or Rent.
The Blair farm, formerly
owned by F. M.~Zemp.
Apply to
R. H. PITTMAN
57 Broad St. Charleston, S. C.
October the Beet Month for Planting
Oat* In the South Compare* Well
In Profit with Corn
I Hy (i H. Alfurd, of I It C 8?rvic?
From October 1 to November 16,
^wording to latitude. Is the beet time
to aow oat* in the cotton belt. The
area In oats should be fully as large as
! tbat In corn Great enthtiHluHm new
; prevails In regard to corn, but let uh
not. forget that an u feed fur stool*
and cash crop, oata ia one of the
bent crop* that can bo grown in the
south. /
The chief crops grown all through
the cotton belt are cotton and corn.
Am an average, for th<< period from
i jttOO to 190t?, there was planted from
ten to fifteen acres of corn for each
acre of oats in the various cotton belt
states. During the mime time;, ilie
average value of the oat crop per
[ acre wuh $10,09, while the average
value per re of corn was $11.02.
Figuring the cost of growing an oat
crop afrid a corn crop we find that the
oat crop was the more profitable. .
There are several Important reasons
why we should sow millions of acrea
of oats in the cotton belt. It would
reduce wuHhtng and leaching to the
minimum, furnish grazing, a<l<t to tlm
deplorably deficient supply of humus,
and add to the always short supply of
feed stuffs, ?' ? ??? ? ? ? '
Of coursA, tlwre are better winter
cover crops than oafs. Hurr clover
and crimson clover rnul the vetofaes,
and In jioms caH?? some of the other
winter cereals arc better. We do not
claim that oats alone, or that oats and
hairy vetch combined should be grow ?
for the sole purpose of supplying a
cover crop. However, In view of the
fact that oats will grow on poor land,
poorly prepared, and that tt costs lit
tle to seed m? acre, It is a good win
ter cover crop. ,
Two and on?? half acres were planted
In oats at the experiment station ?'it
Baton Rouge, f.a., for gracing experl*
nient on September 28. On October
29, seven poland china pigs, weighing
In totnl 27ft pounds, were put on this
plat and were given no feed but the
green oats during the winter. By
February 17 the pigs weighed a total
of. 568 pounds. There was an average
gain of .37 pounds per pig per day for
110 days. From October 20 to January
1, forty-five head of sheep were pas
tured on this same field. Of this
number eight ewes and nine Iambs
were pastured continuously thereafter
until February 17, at which date the
lambs averaged sixty-eight days old
and weighed 35.5^ pounds each. Al
lowing six cents per pound gained by
the Iambs, we have a return of $13.40
per acre, plus the pasturage of sheej^
not considered In the estimate.
The loss of humus from the soil
results In decreasing Its power to
store up and properly supply crops
with water. Soils with a liberal
amount of humus are capable of more
effectually withstanding drought than
Blmilar soils with Icsb humus. The
oat crop Ails the soli full of roots, and
the stubble also adds much humus to
the soli.
The oat grain is a very valuable
feed, especially for young animals,
because of the moderately high con
tent of protein and the large amount
of ash or mineral matter. Pound for
pound, oats are not as valuable for
feeding mature animals as corn, four
pounds of corn being equal to about
five pounds of eats.
In attempting to build up worn out
cotton lands we must depend very
largely upon the leguminous crops.
Now the oat crop Is harvested early
enough to permit the growing of u
leguminous crop. The leguminous
crop may be plowed under or It may
be used as feed, and the manure re
turned to the land. If we are going
to build up our soils and raise good
stock we must grow oat crops and- fol
low with legume crops.
Oats will prove about the best paying
small grain crop that can be grown
over practically the entire cotton belt.
The same soil that will produce one
bale of eotton or forty bushels of corn
per acre will produce sixty bushels of
oats per acre. At an average price
that has prevailed for oats during the
past Ave years, the sixty bushels will
sell for from $36 to $40 and the straw
when baled will often pay for growing
the grain. ?
After using the disk harrow to cut
the corn stalks or cotton stalks, plow
the land deep, then disk and doublet
disk and harrow and cross harrow
until every inch of the soil has been
Btirred and broken as fine as possible..
A mWtnrA nf snn nnunds of sixteen
per cent acid phosphate, H>0 pounds
of cotton seed meal, and 200 pounds
of potash. followed In March with a
top dressing of fifty to seventy-five
pounds of nitrate of soda per acre, is
good fertilizer tbr oats on average soil.
The best varieties for fall sowing in
the south are of the red rustproof
type. The original red rustproof,
the Appier and the Bancroft, are so
nearly alike that no one can tell them
apart If sown side by side. The Burt
oat is for spring sowing.
/There are three methods commonly
practiced in planting oata ? sowing
broadcast, open furrow, and drilling,
Drilling of the seed is to bo preferred,
since considerably less seed may be
used if drilled by machine; the acode
are covered at a uniform depth, come
up, grow, and ripen uniformly; the
small ridges made by the drill afford
a slight degree of protection from
cold; and the yield from drilled oata
Is usually greater than from broad
cast oats. The seed saved,' and the
larger crops that usually result from
drilled oats will soon pay for a good
drill on tho Carm.
ANG'S
PHONE 2
Suggestions For This Week:
<
Georgia Cane Syrup
Buckwheat Flour
tr ? *? - yf'T-'
Fresh Mackerel
Sweet Mixed Pickles 25c per qt.
Mince Meat
Seeded Raisins
Cleaned Currants
Citron
Shelled Almonds
Mixed Spices for Cakes
PHONE US YOUR WANTS
IGH GRADE
GROCERY
FOR
? Y ' y'l -V ? : ?' tjr-r ?
Lowney's Chocolate
Home Made Candies
* , -
Celery
All Kinds of Fruit
i
Call at
Camden Candy Kitchen
'Phone 78
Of course you want a heating stove to save fuel, to hold
fire over night and all that sort of thing, but the most impor
tant thing is that they heat the room properly and that they
u Villi so tl??y "A'ill 1 ivj* '
We don't have to sell our stoves on the claim of fuel sav
ing alone. In the first place, most people don't keep any record
of the fuel burnt so that a far away catalogue house is pretty
safe in making exaggerated claims in this direction. ,f
f
We are right here where we have to make good what we
claim; compare the sizes of our stoves, the weights and you
will find we give you fully am much for your money, to say
nothing of seeing what you get, of delivering your stove the
day you order it and saving you freight charges.
There is a good deal of difference between a guarantee
?covering "defective^n?ter+al workmanship" and our guaran
tee of perfect satisfaction. We are willing to leave the decis
ion to your judgment, but we want you to see our stoves and
make the comparison before you buy. It will pay both of us.
A. D. KENNEDY
CHARLES ?. CURTIS
Thi* in a tUory that begin* t?
xlgwttjp and ends 111 the < aiiitot
Wnnhlrtgtonr-the utory of u ^rtdtkij
who I rl*en high In tlu (ouudifM
the gov< rnm? nt vs ith whom hi* rw^
have warred the ft<*y of tb? aril
Indian senator Cbarle* k Cwtk
who wan once Jokingly culled
only American tn the United tjtau*
seuate."
< u.UH watt born In ;i 0f ^
Kuw tribe, in Kanaaa, in 1H0 Hit
mother was a Kaw woman and bU (%.
ther ^ French olllc-rr l,? tt au urphtt
at tbo age of three, the future 8*nttor
Bpent hla early {boyhood In tbe wig,
W8m of hl? mother's people De#r
Council Grove. Kan. One of hl? flr*t
recollections Is the Hight of a Ksllop
ing. painted war purty of Kaw bra?r?
duelling forth to battle aguln?t tbflr
foes. the Cheyennea. ^
Boon after this light ho was nent to
Tfcpeka to school. Hut ho wag tuo
used to the ffee Outdoor Win of an In
dian youth to relish the confinement
of a schoolroom. Moreo-er -accord
lng to white man's standards he |y
poor; and he found It mroggary to
turn his hand to some meana <?f
livelihood,
A Jockey and a "Bad" Horse,
He went to work as a newsboy
then aB a peanut .vendor; then as j
bootblack. Hut none of these jobs
promised wealth nor even nn especial
ly comfortnble living. So ho Bought
for better work. Here hln boyish ex.
perlence In riding bareback the wild
Kaw bronchos stood Curtis in good
stead. And when his chance came he
wa,p re^dy for it. He obtained a job
in a racing stable' as a jockey, and
rode many a winner. * He and the
veteran Jockey Fred Taral struck up
a warm friendship In those lace track
days.
The Kansas City Interstate Fair as
sociation was holding a meet in 1877.
One of the horses entered for a cer?'
tain race was known to be very
speedy, but had a bad way of bolting
and becoming unmanageable when
every ho reached a certain point on
the track. Hence he was looked upon
ag ?L ??jj6rJoser. Curtis? a Blendar,
b lack- haired, dark-skinned wisp of a
lad ? was assigned to ride this "craiy
horse." Unlike the usual story book
hero he did not "win the race against
fearful odds." On the contrary, the
horse hurled him against a high board
fence with such force as to leave
scars which the senator still bears.
This practically ended the young In
dian's racing career.
He next became a hack driver.
While he was working at this unin
spiring trade he became smitten with
a longing for better education. H?
took to studying law in his Bpare fo
ments. While waiting for "fares" be
was forever delving In BOme musty
law book he had borrowed. It was
during this time that he managed to
forget the Indian dialect of hlB motfc
er's people; because his white friends
laughed at 'him for his use of the un
couth speech. Today he remember#
scarce a phrase of the ancestral lan
guage.
Two years after he gave up racing
Curtis was admitted'- to the bar. A
little while afterward he bad made bo
good a start In politics that he wm
sent as delegate to a near-by conven
tion. At twenty-four he was prosecutv
Ing attorney of Shawnee county, and
In 1890 was an unsuccessful candidate
for congress.
But In 1892 he made the congres
sional fight again in a "whirlwind cam
paign" as vigorous In its way as any
waged by his warlike ancestors on the
plains. And this time he was elected.
to congress.
From Wigwam to U. 8. Senate. -
At the capitol he quickly made his
presence felt. Brilliant, a tireless
worker, a stanch partisan, he was
not content to be merely one of a
host of representatives, but at once
won an individual name for himself. ?
Curtis served three terms In con
gress; thenv in 1907, was sent to the
United States senate. He was the
first Indian to sit in this august body,
where his career includes more than
one* strenuous effort for the better
ment of the western red men's condt
tlon.
Prom tepee to capitol; from Jockey
to senator; from the ranks of Uncle ;
Sam's hereditary foes to a place
among the government's foremost law:
makers! It Is a record thai weir w"
titles its owner to high rank amonf
"Famous Indians."
(Copyright.)
Scared Several Business Men.
? "I heard a good one on the news
papers today," said Alderman Wil
liam Coleman to a crowd of alder
men and newspaper men In the city
hall.
"The editor of a small paper to
this state "v^s scandalized at the be
havior of a business man in his town
who posed , as a moral and upright
citizen and a pillar of the church, So
tha editor, to put a stop to it inserted
an advertisement in his paper that
read lilto this? w
"'If that business man who hug*
and kisses his typewriter every day
doesn't atop it right away we
print his name in our paper.' "
"The very next day a dozen of -IM
most substantial businefH mon in the
place called on the editor and told
him that he shouldn't listen to? every
thing people talk about. As each de
parted he left behind a good voluffl?
advertisoment."-rMy"ankeo Wis con
tin.