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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE PuMUhad Every Friday Per Annum . . ,,, . . . . . $I.OO V A v,;" '* & l>. Nile# i l>. A. M? |>.m. II, , . > 1'nblUliera. I H, M. l?.,n. II, . > lUUwl M mcm4 <Um w*il m*Um ?i (4# FmUM k? ?! CmUm, !U<nk ??.' '-'7 "*"W .; ^ JlOO N, Itrojtd HI, - 'l'hom> 29 .... -1 , j t w->? :&-J$&Bi?S8m nftsy * ***'?'' ' < 'hiihI?h, H. Ch Inn. 10, iWltf. \ I'llK Tit \iM\(? \ki;i>i<;i>. Mouth Carolina has iiittd# #roat .1.1 \ .UK . III. Ill In I he p. J.. I q Uttl I 4 I ry In (h? matter or giving the niithncN of i lie people tho rudiments Of an Kngilsh education; The p or , rtmtuKo of ignorance ha* boon ro* duced. More ohlUlroi) are going to ?????<?] than fori bn( not until a compulsory vynUin ot ftducMtlon 1m Inaugurated win the Htato take lis i place along Willi other more JM'o ? M gtatl ??. in Edition to' the training mow afforded our young .poopjo, iLio one more advanced step tho Stale needs to tak<? is i hut of industrial eduou Hon. Wo havtf ClewisOn uik| Win i hrop, it Ih true. liui those cannot (jo nil the work net -?l ??<! . Only a ftOlitlj per cent agO of boys and girls viii ever 'i" iiostitu Hoiih. III a few places lillH important ?'ork ha# Imuiu begun, notably in 'In- idwii of Million. in a few rural schools, horo and thorn, u numlnuv Of far -seeing friends of yQUtb have succeeVled In taking, tho initiative. h in ;i fuel that <mnnot be 1 1 aside, that l>oys and girls entering life do not know what to do. In deed, they do not know how to do t ho commonplace Jobs of overy-day affairs. They ai'e tdaves of tir?''iin stances and chance. They knock at open door* of opportunity for a job, but ftf# i a rn?.?l away, bfiCftUHft . they have never mastered any ?file thing. few of thorn have mastered i 1 1 e 1 1 1 lie I VCH, Another fact. Htnres tho white, race In tho face, and that Ih that tier? In South Carolina tin- enter - prising industrious colored yonth, and skilled foreigners are rapidly driving tho white boys and kI**1? put from tho lucrative positions In hiost communities. Np community can afford to con tinue our young people in lines that do not count for real values. Tho Union Times says; "Union Suits,' Summer and Winter." The Chester Lantern and its lino type got a bunch of advertising from that quake. But it. pays. Many a bargain, profitable to buy er and Holler has been made tiiru a newspaper ad. The email ads in f The Chronicle are becoming popu lar with the public. Try one. Hoforo mailing a package for tho parcel post bo euro you mail It cor rectly, otherwise it. will have to bo held up by postmasters and It. 1?. I). Carriers and sent to the dead letter office. The Ministerial Union of Coium bia ban placed Itself oil record as opposing tin? locker clubs and has called upon the legislature to pass such enactment, ns will define and correct' tho evil. The Watchman and Southron sug gests lhat "there being no election j next year to distract attention,! South Carolina might profitably act advice of the late Senator IfffrnTw' to raise more bogs and less! hell." The right of ciLicii lo iiiipo^ li-| cense taxes upon State businesH <?f express companies and their agen clea was upludd Monday by the hii ? prona! court in arfirming the doriK Slon of the supreme court, of Kau nas, tlvut an ordinance to that effect in Leaven wort h, Kan., was valid. A negro man at St. Ma-tliews com mitted suicide on Christmas day be came lie "couldn't pay bin debts." If everybody In that fix should con clude \o do likewise, there would he a great reduction in the popula tion says the Newberry Observer., . It is said that a bill making it a misdemeanor to haze in schools and colleges in South Carolina will be introduced at the coming senslon of tiie legislature. The hill should become a law., for of all UHeless practices that of hazing easily takes the premium. Merchants of Columbia expect to do a large business by means of tlie parcel post. Why not Camden mer chants do the same thing? Like the Columbia merchants .they must use advertising space In the news paper liberally, or much of the trado that belongs M Camden ? w 111 drift .elsewhere. J y The that violation of the parcel, post law was discovered In New] York on January 1!. when a queer looking package addressed t(? Phila delphia was opened to reveal a live lobster and a handful of live shrimp. Under the law live shellfish are classed as "unmailable matter." Tho package was hekl up. What is tho matter with the peo jjJo of our town getting together? Of late there has horn too much dissension, too much silent knock ing. Let us cut out that kind of business. A town, like a house, di vided against itself must fall, it will make us all feel better to work j together, and . let. this be one of our : New Year resolutions. If every man in South Carolina ? had made, on the first. day of the] Nosv Year, a stern resolution not j to put a pistol In their pockets at i any time during the ensuing twelve months, it would mean, if the r?**o lutioiiB be vigorously kept, that near- 1 ly 100 per cent loss homtcirfcs "won Id j be the record of tho Palmetto State ' during 1 ft 1 3 . ? Darlington News and] Press. HVIUU A <JOOJ> HOTICJU. "WvU.wWmjt" M?k?* (iuod Kug#.*, tlon to (kmdwj ihutiufM Nm. 1'ubllbhurM The Chronicle: I uote In the report of the U?t monthly meeting of the Chamber of C?inm?rc? Home suggestion of a commercial hotel for Camden. That Ih a topic that deserves pres ent consideration, and the plan?? for bame should he pitched far Into the future. The Motel Camden can stand for only about a year more at bent; as ? hit! will be tike site for the uew potftofflce. The Hotel Central build* Iiik cannot accommodate the travel trig public for A great while by It s<df, and the building Is scarcely adapted to the wants of commercial tourist#; Ho Camden will soon be 111 ?UK' in iii ?? <i "i a new hoU*i. tb# thought has passed throuKh the mind 1 N w rlter many i Imes t bat for the future needs of C'umden, the hotel f u c1 1 1 t'l es would not be over done If all the buildings, beginning with the alable immediately east <n the Savagu brick building on the south: side of |)?Kttlh Street, and continuing ?last to the cufiler cot* uir.i-, formerly occupied bji mi itoi Hhgy, were torn out and u large three or four-story hotel building OrtJcted tl^ere In their pittCe, Thai may sound like a big.-, proposition ihttt might not pay. Dock ii not BOeitl reasonable thut If til l'ee tour Ul hotels can be made to pay the ugpofise of tln?lr operation for a short >terin through the winter sea i.ii, miic Rood commercial h r>t r- 1 the tot me size aw either of the tour Ih( hotels could be made to pay i iir ?ouKhont ih<< entire with bojquo tourist uceosslons tjiwugh t he v, ini pr? The matter is worth considering* for tUero is pro?iM'ci of ;i fright future for Camden, and Its realiza tion is dependent very largely upon the hopefulness and confidence of itH cltl/OIlS, A Camden Well-wlsln i The effort of the Ministerial Union of Columbia to abandon the custom or standing uroufid graves while they are being filled Ih not. without Hh good points. 'Of course It Is liatilfflj Ilial one wants to know (of a certainty that their loved ones are carefully and correctly laid to rest hut Ibis could he int runted to one or two friends of the family and the undertaker, and thus spare the other attendants from this trying and ofttlmes serious ordeal. The Columbia Record In authority for the statement that Mr. Geo. It. Kembert, of the Richland delegation will likely be a candidate for speak <t of the house, unless he is given assurance that he will bo made chairman of the ways and means committee. With all due respect to Mr. Rembert the legislature will make a very grave mistake not to re-elect Mr. M. L. tfmltli speaker. Besides Mr, Smith's natural fitness for the place, hit* law experience as speaker of .the houne makes it an Imperative duty upon the logtslft* ture to re-elect him. A concerted movement looking to the passage of n law prohibiting the marriage of whites and negroes and tho operation of "Jim Crow" cars in the District of Columbia lopk definite shape last Monday, in Washington, when a number of congressmen, including Frank Clark of Florida and .1. T. lleflin of Ala bama and others,, addressed a meet ing of Washington citizens on the subject. This action was brought about because a white woman was knocked down, not far- from the Capitol, and l^'l bruised and bleed ing by !i negro who was subsequent'^ caught and tried in ? the District courts. it U Urn general opinion t ly* ' 'be parcels post will l)o ji good thing for every 0110 concerned. It. will be a great convenience especially, to parties' living on UVO thr^ rural routes hihI there Ik no doubt that ft few months will see the sys tem used extensively. It in believ,-. ed that it will be a great help to the merchants, especially those who lot tlio pepple know that they have the goods to satisfy their demands, and no better way can bo found to do this than by newspaper advertis ings The larger towns and cities are already catching on to the "par cel post way" and .why 4 not. the small town merchants? 4Mofr" Davis Dead. Little Rock, Jan. 6.-? -United Suites Senator Jeff Davis died suddenly at bin home at 1 o'clock as the result of an attack of apoplexy. Besides being a picturesque char acter in Washington during his one term in -the senate, which began in | 1907, Senator Davis had the distinc tion of being the only man elected to the governorship of Arkansas three times. Previous to his seven years incumbency as governor of his state, Mr. Davis had been pros ecuting attorney of the Fifth Ar kansas judicial district and in 1 S ?? 8 was elected attorney general of the State. Mr. Davis was horn In Little River county, Arkansas, in 1802 and re ceived his education at Russellvllle, Ark., and at Vanderbilt university, graduating from the latter institu tion in 1X84. He was admitted to the bar the same year and - soon after began to practice. Teacher's Examination. lly order of the State Hoard of Education a special examination for teachers will be held in the Court House at Camden, Friday. Jan. 10th 1 iM :i. beginning at 9:30 a. m. Those jli need of certificates- should take advantage of this examination. 1. J. McKenzie. County Supt. of Education. Death of Mrs. J. F. Kelly. I Mrs. Arabella Kelly, wife of Mr. .1. P. K?dly, formerly of Blshopville but who a few days ago removed to Georgia io reside, died at her home | in Georgia on Monday last. Mrs. t Ketty was a most excellent woinfiiH and is a sister of Mrs. Rrookq iStucky of Sumter. The burial took place at her late home in Georgia. ! WIN TICK IN THE HOUTH f Attraction* oT liiin HcvUoq mm a H? Hort Hum Appreciated. ? Not many years ago folk* in this country able to enjoy * inter vaca lion* aim (hey wore comparatively few in number hied them away to Kgypt, to thu European Riviera Of to oth^r region* with cllfuato tempered by the woft aire of the Mediterranean. They did not know thai <<iual climatic* deiightB were to be eu joyed dose at houle, or, If they did know Inclination to dis cover wun bumpered by a lack of facilitifti tor reaching the delighi > and <>r accommodations for 'it. enjoyment of them. All that has ' now been changed One of the striking phases of Southern development in the past few yearn ha# been (he awakening of the Southern people themselves to a realization of the advantage** they enjoy in their winter climate! together with their co-operation | with transportation Interest# ami others In bringing about an appfc elation of thoMe advantages' on the part of dwellers in bleaker climatca. I hut bun taken divers form. Some agrlcjtiU uriwt* of Qie North or West j find recreation ami profit in carry-. InH oil winter fanning in {Florida, men of in Northapgi and Western cities 4ake a few weeks off for a visit to their game preserve* i or winter rcKidem-cH at many point* | scattered from the Virginia capes j to the Itio Grande while increasing numbers of winter tourists including | botli Ihoue Qt Lhu clabS ftUll spend sly: month.'* abroad and those j oi much less tneans begin their mi gratiou Southward l|i December and' the stream of travel iu that, direc tion of health and pldasure flows on until March .or April. The ret ' turn trij), giving opportunity for stops in the Bout hern highland;,, n, the precursor of tho Hummer seuson iu those parts, Midwinter finds thousands <>f these vacationists from tho North ;t ml West scattered at muiiy points on tlic American Riv era stretching for nearly lt;nn in lies along the shores of the west ern Mediterranean or at other points of the coast or inland lr( the Care Unas and Georgia. Coastwise Btoamshlp lines and railroad iiheii operating from New England, the Middle States and the West have come to arrange special services for this southward winter travel, and are thus helping to ad vertise t he Mouth's attractions. The immediate financial returns brought to Houthern railroads and Southern caravansaries, large as it is, is of Hinali moment, compared with the advertisement of the South as a winter resort as one of the most ef fective means for bringing to the attontion of men of wealth the many opportunities for productive invest merit in the South, and of men moderate circumstances the bene fits they may derive from makliiK their permanent home on Southern farms or in Southern cities, ? Manu facturers . Record. .*? Kehibeit Renin. ' .' ^ Hembert, S. O., Jan.- 6. ?Th? -holi days and "New Year panned oft very quiet ly hero. No accidents to dis turb any ono. While this was; so here, in other places death from violence and accidents were numer-. oiih. We don't remember over see ing as many deaths at one time aB what, our State experienced and we doubt if there is another state with a higher death record than this-. The wind storm the other night was heavy here, though no serious damage occurred. ? Some work on the farms, lias commenced. It looks now that the acreage is going to he cut. Farm ers- can't pay tiie prices that la borers want. The 'Oat crop looks well, "itiul if the seasons continue favorable, the crops. will be an abnndantope. . The.usual moving is going on from place to place. The colored people think it' they don't move they lire not rree.? As n body; they ki'c worse off financially than in years, and the whites' too.' If mon ey is in the land p is too modest to be seen. No marriages have occurred here this season. The young men say they can't afford the style of so ciety and therefore have to remain single. We will soon get like France, instead of increasing in population will . yearly decrease. There is no doubt but what society as it is now practiced is ruining both church and State and it is re freshing to see how William SUl zer, Governor of New York kicked it into nothing when ho was inau gurated governor on the 1st inst., and Woodrow Wilson will be induc ted into office as simple as tho oc casion will warrant, and as near on the stylo of Jefferson as possible. A man or woman is a poor specimen of humanity to' be dragged into a whirlpool of society which they know to be wrong, such people are to be pitied for their extreme weak ness. Wo think Wilson will be a guide for the people to follow and we look for many reforms under. his administration which now looks as if it will be one of the best in' many years. Where is tho spot on which ihe battle of Camden was fought in the revolutionary war? History tells us Cornwallls, the Dritish com mander extended his linos from creek . to creek. Where are these creeks? and dates, the American commander was strongly posted at Kugely's Mills before he advanced to give Cornwallls battle. Where are those mills? We have . never heard of them. If you or any of yo^r readers can throw any light on this interesting historical question it will be of interest to many, as 1 have heard these questions agked many times. ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE All parties indebted to the Es tate of John W. Outlaw, deceased, are hereby notified to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and those having claims against the said ?Estate will present tlie same duly" attested within he ttlmo prescribed by law. Mrs. Algie I. Outlaw, Ad ministratrix. December 19, 1912. TO ABANDON WW OM Of HUndinf Aruuiwl Ow?i UttUl ni?7 ore filled, ' Au effort Is being made by the Ministerial Union- of Columbia, to abandon the custom of ataiidlng around gravea while (hoy are being filled. The following from The State will ?.xplalu why the effort In being made: "It the r?*iueat of the Ministerial unLon of Columbia la followed, the (lUlLojo of itMdtDI around grave? until they have been filled will bu abandoned, Tbt> union at a meeting yesterday panned u revolution Wfkr lug tii.it the people ?>i iii?- city Jolt* 'with them In utakipg the change., "The uiinutfea uf the meeting say: i in view of the fact that the pres i i qui tow ??' standing around graves until ? hey have been fillod ! lb being abandoned in by all cities and tqwns, ""<i in view of tb? n" titer fact that standing ho long ' i" I either very hot or very cold or very I wet weather la frequently dangerou* to lite living; therefore be It ? "Iteaolved, "jv Tpnt wo request ; ul) attendants upon funerals to wlfh <lr?vw from the graves hh noon an tins religious services haye been concluded "2. That we request all pastors' to explain (bin waiter to their oon gregatlQli* and a?j far ;> fiOMtbls ae < mi . t heir cooperation, ''3. Thai we request all under takers, physicians, editors and cltl zeua to Join ua in securing a n k?* ! of (lit* preaenl euntom in. Columbia/' kht.Ytk Slate of Koutli Carolina, Comity ot Kershaw Under and by vlrture of an older made by W. L. McDowell, Judge of I'robftte, in ant) 'or the County of Kershaw, and State aforesaid, boai iiik date or Jahuary 7, ifi:<, i will well at public auction on Tuesday, JanilUry 2H, 1913, at the residence of t.h<i lute John \V. Seegara. ? in Buffalo Township, commencing at 10 o'clock a. m., the following per sonal property of the estate of tb? said John W. Seegars, to-wlt; Four (4) Mules. One < I ) Jiuggy, Four (4) lloga. Two ( 2 ) Wagons and Harness. One ( i ) lot Corn. One <11 lot Fodder. One (1) lot Cotton Seed. One ( 1 ) lot Peas. One ( 1 ) lot Farm Tools. One ( I ) Blower and Household Furniture. TermB of aalo, cash. J. M. Sowell, Administrator. Camden, S. C., Jan. 7, 1913. .37-38-39. ' Oyster Supper. , An oyster supper will be given .at the home of Mr. Belton Owens, Fri day, Jan. 10th, for the benefit of Swift Creek Church. ? r-r-rr HAJJsKY'H KAJH kWkIJ, Hl'fcKOH *W Four Hour* n? Hokim Undivid ed Atleutiou of Awjlwiott. Washington, Jan. 2. Senator Jo seph W. llailey, of Texas, long one of the picturesque figure* and atrik hig Mpeaker* of the United Stale* Senate, delivered today, before crowded floors and gallerle*, his final speech as a member of thai bOdy. Within a day or -two hi* res ignation will be laid before the Senate and communicated to Uov. Colquitt, of Texa*, hi* expectation being that K. M. John Hon, of Hous ton, will he named <o fill out hi* term, which would end MarWi 4. Senator llailey'* speech was an attack upon tiie principle* of the initiative and referendum a* institu tion* which would, if adopted, bring about the overthrow of tho present system of American Government. Ho declared they originated in <be desire of ptliticinns to escape the re*po risibility for action on uuch potty questions hh to the location of State capitals and tji? settlement of Urohlbition fights. A* institutions <>r government, tic declared "><? schemes for ulreot legislation byi the people would convert the Unit ed State* front n Republic Into a democracy, and would give it* con trol into the hand* of "the unsklli < <1. i he i?ll< ami the Virions." An attack upon William 11. Hear* In the course of hi* speeech, , In which he characterized Mr. Hedrst an a '/miserable dog, who had houn ded him," brought Senator Ashurst, of Arizona, to his feet, lie attemp ted to answer this phase of Mr. llailey'n attack upon radical news papers and magazine*, but way stopped hy the Texas Senator with the remark that he "could make that reply 0Ut0ldO.M l.ait r Mr. Arth ur*! took the floor and In the course of his. defence of the syotem of di rect government, paid a tribute to Mr. Hearst a* a loyal American citi zen, Galleries were crowded to their utmost capacity and long line* of people waited in the corridor* for an opportunity to hoar the Texan'* fa ri'Wcll address to tho Senate. To the members of the Senate was ad^ ded nearly seventy-five members of the House, who filled tho benches and lined the walls along the floor of the chamber, Senator Bailey spoke for four long hours, and throughout that time ho received tho closest attention from member* and spectators, As he concluded, a wave of applause swept through tho galleries) bringing a Bharp repri mand from Senator Oalllnger, the providing officer. FINAI, DlBCHAItOK. Notice is . hereby given that the undersigned, as Guardian of Walter A Johnson, will on the 10th day of February, 1913, make her final re turn. as said Guardian and apply to the Probate Judge of Kershaw coun ty for a final discharge. Mrs. M. C. Johnsoii. January 10, 1913. THIS OOOU oi.it inujl Thi? Oouatrjr ? IMn, iw lu lt?u? Kver It lu oiiy of th*j favorlulJS tlou* of tho yr,?Kiu?B,Ve mattoris in this country hav?^9 ed such u de*per*tu piu* role inttttHure# are ueceHaury . * It from destruction, *ayb dolphla Record. j? ou? .1^1 credit their clamor, uM. rLJi rttut v?? has touched ?u<t, H dJ2P| corruption, and it? p??>pjB J!*M come bo enslaved umi ,iUUrf. * *1 their rIgMs of Kov. r,n,K. ? there can be 110' ?ulvitti0? ' ,**? strong, over-waaterlitK bulplJ*M ? <.l Hooeeyelt is sent wJSl House, where, pro?umabiy ^ ,7^ grip the reins of authority ruLS and run affAlrH la what he ? ? i? i5 eh? the heat way for the -JM without much '- Mi i<, ,,,"*? or the Supremo Colin. Only g thin way, It lu claimed. ^ ' 1 saved from the horrors ' or t social (J revolt which will jj French revolution seem trlfltn. * comparison. K It jdionbl Hardly, he noceinitfw POlnt out to anybody whose ' ory and reading take him buck f?w yearn that thin i? Ul/ distorted and, absolutely Jneorr view. Never has government this country been so renponidv* the wishes of the people at I present time. Never since tho t pllelty that marked .the ,;irly a of the republic hat* there btcn corruption, when tho euoriuou* croases In population and wet aru taken - into eoeelderutt6h~^J bus there been such anxiety' ara? nil part lea to-correct abuses ana neo that governmental affalru i honestly conducted. The thw that this country whb once a pi of idyllic freedom from corrupt from which it ban now fallen ? no historic baslB. it. i? no excSi of course,. for present wrongdouB but when we consider calmly twl present condition of affairs ami cod trast it with the civic evil that 3 istod 4U, GO, til) and 75 year* qS thore is.ovory oause for congwtul(J tion and optimism rather thau ted despondency and foreboding* of <]j3 aster. Attention Pensioner*. 1 All persons who wish to make in plication for a pension for the ?.| suing year must do so during tM month of January by calling on' 9 at the Auditor's Office. Tral already on the roll can roport t?] me either by writing me or can on me in person, so their natad can .be placed on the Roll tor tki ensuing- year. 1 W. P. Husaell, -'9 ' Pension CommlwiflwS Mr. and Mrs. C. S. McKagen,? Camden, are visiting In the eitfiH Sumter Item. fl Mr. G. A. Baum, of Camden ftptifl Monday in the city with^riendi? Rock Hill Record. KIMBALL p I A N O s ? j IN THE PRODUCTION OF * ' " . __ ? ? . ( >75 T* " ? s Y,X( an active progressiveness is joined with over 50 year* of experience concentrated on the effort to produce piano quality of the highest type. Piano customer* who know appreeiate this fact, which explains wn, so many of them say that the Kimball is the best. ai :v;;- ? When in the market for piano or organ, see the Kimball before buy. Write for catalogue and prtce list. State whether Piano or i?|| gan is wanted. ; ? - - - ? ? ? iri 'tj .- ? " ' ^_T,' ;?1 -ITT - ?-*?* ?*-^y' *? ?' *'? cj J. W. MELTON, Factory Distributor for Kimball Pianos and CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA