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W>HT FORTUNE rotHfa Who H?v? "Come Duwn" is thn World. ; ^ We hear a great Heal of <the JUen who have made fortune* and "got 4U," but J.be ntory of thoao who httVy Jowl I hunt Im generally told In p few line* hi 'the neWHpaper*, If told at nil, and upropo# of a bank ruptcy, n nulclde, or n poor Inw t talHiiw' meeting, way* London '1*1 1 BIU, It b an oaey matter to Ioho a fortune If you have afortuue to lo*e, but the atory and example may *>e JuhI uh dramatic and Hirlklny, and um uHoful uh an object Icumoii, a* the making of one. Not long nlnce 4 tl(?r? illud In a ?ilwer.i 1 > 1 . gai rot In i';i Tin njt o|<i woman who for ><??' i? l*u?i lived lit dire penury- Noarly fifty yearu ago #fr* ? wan a beautiful and talented Soprano, wUh u huge fortune of her o?n making and a voice that could <*>Ju gold m dually u? the blackbird tun make iioIoh. Hho Hung In every j capital In Kurope, and no much of a popular Idol wna who Unit nhe Ih aald to have netted over .'{0,000 in one brief London hounoii, Then alio suddenly "dropped out"y why, no oiic> over really kiiea*. l''or .thirty yoarH no one h#Vo ppwdbly, her rel Alive* and perwonal frlehdu, knew what bad become of ber until tho ?<>wh of her death In hucIi painful otrcumxtanceH recalled ber &Imo?t forgot t< a name i?> 1 li? public. i'm her cane well wit bin the rec ollection of newHpaper reader* ??> Ih that of a Midland merchant who at one lime poweaaed an cnormoua fortune, a bank failure of Home big commercial catiiHtropho awept it all away In an hour and after Ippg year? of privation and *iruggOnK fie wan forced to apply for admit tance to tho workhouHe of the Tory town ho had once been mayor of, and on wshlch ho had conferred IhhI 1i?k benefit k. The ntory of tliOHo fallen favor Koh of fortune la writ largo In work " bonne records, and thin lant resource of the dent It nto, HheltorH and has Hhellered men and women who have had in their pohhchhIoii for tuning of hnndredn of thousand* of poundH. A man charged with begging In ft London suburb and Bent to Jail for a month for vagrancy wan found to have run through an Inheritance of 300,000 pound* in HomethiuK les* *'"?? twelve year*. Another, Who ?lad earned not only wealth, but name and fame, by IiIh brilliant abll l*'eH, threw all away and ran him self on the embankment, and over It Into the river. Representative* of great families are often found in humble positions. A direct descendant of .John of Gaunt Ih an engine driver In Can ada, and 'a grandnon BOveral times of-Kdward I, was once a butcher In nirmintthain. Another man clalmin royal descent w<ih a tolago keoper near Dudley, tind the great.-grand W)n of Cromwell kept, a grocer's nhen on Bnow 11111, near Holborn. We have record b of a I'lantage net doHcendlng from a long line of kin rh to earn a living aH a cobbler In Shropshire, and a very poor'llv l??nr at that, n.ud a natural Bon of ftichnrd 11T, after the battle of Hok wortli, worked aH a. bricklayer In a little villus In Kent. ?nd died thera iu u miserable atat/ of poverty at the a** of eighty-one. In hts 'fHla tory of Birmingham" lluttoa refer* to a milkman In humble clrcum HtunccH wboae aace?try include Udy Uodiva of Oooveuiry fame, and deiK onduuU of men who made JCnglhth's hUtory are to be proud at the present day In glmahouBea and poor law Institution# all over the country. Ouo of the most striking e*am plotf of tbo vlcissitudea of fortune !? that of a member of tlx* l}rac< bridge family, who owned Immonae estates In Warwickshire In the days of the HtuarU. lie was a peddler In thu districts over which his ftll 1'titiorn worn lord* of the Wtnor. IIukIi Miller tells an amusing story in one <>f hi* works or .< laborer who used to nerve hlin when he was a working mason. Thin man claimed to be entitled to an earl dom mih claim whh admitted by the men with whom ^ woikt.i, at any rate, and It whs a usual thing with them on requiring service, to i shout. "John, Yearl, Crauford, bring us another hod of llnid!" With tin* inauguration of Gover nor Wilson , the old dominion will have 'h'ad ?*1 k h t of the country's presidents of the United HtateH. A writer in the Kansas city Htar says;/ h Ih more thai* sixty yours since Virginia lias had?4ho opportunity to welcome homo one of her nuitive jioftt an president of tho United Htatos. Taylor, inaugurated In 184'j, wutt the lawt Virginian until Wilson to hold the highest office In i Ik- nation's gift; In the early days of . the republic, however, Virginia earned Its title of "mother of Pres ident h" by the long succession of the "Virginia dynasty." Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Harri son, Tyler and Taylor, ail ware vlr glnlft-born. Ohio Btiuke next, with six presidents to its credit? ?Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harriaon, McKlnley, and Taffc. * North Carolina an<l New York furnished throe each. Jack son, Polk and Johnuon wore bdrn in the tar heel state; Van Huron, Fillmore and Roosevelt in Now York Massachusetts produced two presi dents, tho Adamses, father and son. New Hampshire Ih eredlted with Pierce, Pennsylvania with n? Ohauan, Kentucky with Lincoln, Vermont with Arthur ami New Jer sey with Cleveland. j When you order your gooda from the City Crocery you don't have to wait long. Attention Pensioners. All persons who wish to make., ap plication. for a pension for the di alling year muat do t*o during the month of January by. calling on me at. the Auditor's Office, ThOBC already on the roll can report to mo either by writing mo or calling On mo In perHon, so their names can bo placed on the Roll for tho ensuing year. W. F. Russell, Pension Commissioner. K o r It e ii t. Building on the Northwest corner of Broad, and UeKalh Hts. See or phono W. R. Eve, Jr. THK CANDIDATES AND MOW THKY HTAND. Until lurltii'r notice no candidate will be allowed to cast for pub lication more subscription votes, (apodal ballots issued on sub scriptions) than will place Ivor total more than 5,000 votes ahead of the feader of the last. publication. l<\>r example, the loader today has 7,000 votes, and any candidate may publish enough votes for the nojtt. issue of tin- paper to mako iter, total loach 12,000 votes. Candi dates may turn in as many subscriptions aft thoy wish but the pub . Hsbing of Votes will bo limited by the above ruling. This ruling will ne>!, however, apply to the fifty vote coupons. Candidates may east, for publication ;th many of. these as they can secure, provided they are, sent- to The Chronicle office before the expiration date print ed on each fifty vote coupon. This rule, limiting the casting of votes, will be removed later in the -contest. IMMrtct N umber One. This dlstrlot includes all territory within tho incorporate limits of tho city of Camden, At least two prizes- will go to this district With Opportunity of winning one or both of the grand prizes. Miss Neil Moore. North IJroad St.,.. ... ? .. 35,550 Miss Lois Williams, liroad St. , . . . . . . . ' . . . .. 35,450 Miss Hoi ma Parish, Mill St . . , . . . .... 30,600 Miss Annie Workman, ChesniM. St..' 26,750 Miss lihetla Wilson, Lyttleton, St 25,750 Miss Henrlotte Johnson, Fair St .. .. 19,050 Miss Etta Zomp, Fair St. .*. .. .. .. .. 18,400 Miss Ada IMielps, Laurens, St. .. ... 18,150 Mrs. .1. A. Orr, Littleton St ... 8,350 Mrs. Leroy S: Davidson, liroad St. . . 5,950 District Number T\vo. Includes all territory lying west of the Watereo ltiver. At least two prizes will go to .thii district with an opportunity to win one or both of the grand prizes. : - Mrs. U. K. itoykin. Lugoff, No. I . . .? . . , 22,800 Mrs.. Jas. Team, Lugoff, .. ... . ., 19,050 Miss Georgia Kubon, Lugoff .. .. .. .. 17,350 Miss Mattie Gardner, Lugoff . . . 14,200 Miss Kate Hell, Lugoff . 14,100 Miss Saliio .Truesdoll, Lugoff 7,050 Miss Mattie ltose, lUaney . . . . ^ ; . 5,050 Miss Mary Uoscborough, Lugoff 7,050 District Number Three. Includes nil territory lying north of the S. A. L. II. it., east of Camdbn. At least two prizes will go to this district with opportunity of winning one' or both, of the grand prizes. Miss Kittle itichards, Liberty Hill .. .. 33,150 Miss Charh>:ie May Shaw, Jefferson, K t . 2 . . . < .. .. .... 32,300 Miss Annie iluokaboe, Camden lit. 32,150 Mrs. it. W. Shannon, Jefferson No. 2 25,850 Miss Cornelia Haxloy, Bethune, No. 3 . .. . .. .. 26,800 Mips Margaret McDowell, Camd'tm, lit. 3 . . . . , . .... . . 25.250 Miss Sarah Mbkle, Caindrn, No. 3 . .. 23,250 M rv. 1 1' ru.iv.M... Mrs. L. C. Clybnrn. Westviilo v . . >20,250 Miss Mamie \nthony, Wostvllle ? : 19,400 Miss Cleo Cl>l?urn, Bothunc 18,150 Miss Hessie Spears. Kalh . . . . ' 12,100 Miss Mary I'.. Voung. Cantey, No. 1 8,600 Miss Mattie Gregory, Kershaw, 4 6,500 District NuimIht I'our. Includes' all '.eiTitoij lying south of the S. A. L, li. li.v east of Camden. At least two pi ?.??$ will go to this district with opportunity of winning one or both >>f tin- grand prizes. Miss Sarah H. Hoykin, Hoy km . . Mrs. C. H. Spradiey. t'annlcn No ~i.,i Miss Sallie Stokes, Hothune. 1 . . 21,4 50 Miss Callio Gardner. Biahopville, No. 4 19,300 Miss Lena McLeod. Camden No. I 19,000 Miaa Rosa Peebles, Camdt -n, N?> 17,500 Alias Mary H. Mo( askill. Chsj.sH.? 12,200 Mrs. J. S. Brown. . Camden . No 2 9,500 Mlsa Ola Davis, Cassat t 8,600 Miss Jennie llall, Lucknow .... 7,200 Miss Tli?o Davis, Camden. No. t 7,000 Mlsa Kate Mays, Bethnno 5,700 Miss Kate Mosel?y, Camden No. t 5,450 Miss Blandina Lowis, Camden. lit. 2 5.100 26. 100 "? ?5 0 ? ? ? " ' ? f; CiKWKMAL NKWH JtCXTKH H?in><>"lnjp* of Um? Week Told i? ; / ; ftbort I'iwigr?pbK. ?" Jaaum H, Keeuo, fumouh New York finaucid*, died au the result of an operation. " lie was invent y* three yearn old. President Taft ha# leased the Connoley mansion.' at New Haven, Conn., for his occupancy after bit retirement' from the White House, when ho will become a law toaciier at Yale. After Mug mourned aw dead for more than three months uud be lieved to be the victim of assassins bent upon robbery, Nelson McManun, n promlueut lumberman of Jeua, ! La., appeared at the home of hits ! inoth?r at Alexandria. I^a., Friday night. At BavannUh, Oft., last Harurday two men were killed ISO u third perhaps fatally Injured in an auto accident. The dead are Harry and Km., a iioiH-iiiaiiii, and the < -olorrd driver, Willie Mauigault, may die., M. JfapMib and Haron George Knoop, of Moscow, Huusla, were also In tbe but esyuped with minor Inju ? i? Solicitor Joseph K. Pottl< , the state'* representative in the forth^ coming por?ecutlon of Mrs. Kath* erluo King, who Ih charged With complicity in the murder of her bun baud, James King, in Jones county, Georgia, saytf the state'* case against the woman will be fought to the very end, and her prosecution will bo handled in exactly the name manner that it would be handled were the defendant a man. Governor Donaghy, of Arkansas, has appointed J. N. Hei.skell, editor or the Arkansas Gazette, published at Little Rock, to be the successor to the late Senator Jeff Daviiv Mr. MetHkell will nerve until the expi ration of the present term which ends March 4th, The legislature will elect a senator for the full term. Mr. Helskell says he will not he a candidate before thj> logis 1 at ure. Shock resulting from the death of her hiiBband caused the death of Mrs. George Hicks, near Charlotte, lam Thursday night, Geor^f Hlcku wuh fatally Injured Thursday after noon when he fell from a wagon loaded with wood, which he vva? driving to Charlotte* When the botjy wan taken to his home his wlfo faintod and died ten minute lator from heart failure. Human ashes were mailed by par co|h post at the St. Louis post-office late Friday for lOdwardBYllle, 111., whore they will bo burled In the grave that was dug for Frederick Naumann. Naumann died Saturday at EdwardsVilie and preparations for the funeral had been saude and the grave dug, when it' was learned that Nauinann's will directed that the body bo cremated. The body 'then was brought to St. Lou fa for cremation. NKRyoUH I 'HOSTIt ATI < > N Tt?o Danger Slunals? Value of Out door Occu|>atlon. v Nervous prostration Jh a more or less complete collapse of the ner vour HyHtein. It occurs when the ?sufferer hns urged himself bfyond the limit Of his nervous endurance. It in most oomnion in early or mid dle life, when the nervous system is moHt constantly taxed. When it occurs in the very young, excessive work at school is Konerally the cause. When It comes on late* in life it fa because the struggle for existence* is proving too severe. The breakdown is not always caused by actual overwork. Some times it means, in old-fashioned phrase, that "the candle is being burned lit both ends.'' Only very strong people can work hard and keep late hours as well. The man of average physical powers ~ must make up his mind to devote himself to his work and get his recreation in healthful occupation outdoors. As a means of rest and amusement for the tired business or profession al man nothing is better than a quiet game of golf ? -not taken too seriously. Nervous prostration does not de clare Itself without warning. There are many danger signals. It may be no longer possible to accomplish the usual' quantity or quality of work because of impaired memory or loss of the power of concentration; peevish Irritability and a tendency to constant fault finding may appear in a person for merly equable and serene; headache may return each day at abottt the same time - that Is to say, as soon as a certain degree of fatigue. Is reached; there may bo nervous indi gestion and the simplest food may cause distress. In some cases ? the mental depression. Is so ?reat that a strong man at the least provoca i tion will burst into tears like a I girl. Most cases of nervous, prostration could have been prevented if taken in time. The ordinary man is intelli gent. enough to recognize within -hint self the many signs of overstrain, and there are few so driven bycir eumstancos that they cannot if they I choose relax a little and eva<& the coining trouble. ? ' ? If another hour is added to the night's sleep, another mile added to the daily walk, an occasional day 'deliberately taken for complete rest, an Interesting bobby taken up, the habit ot' worry firmly checked, the. nervous system will quickly right itself. Worry is the greatest, spend thrift of nervous force. We should all learn to be as obstinate about "ot worrying as we often are about worrying unnecessarily. Youth's Companion. The city council of Green villo has appropriated $<>,000 for the use of the city's board of health. J. T. Burdell Surveyor and Engineer Office: Camden, S. C. Pottoffice: Lug off, 3.U. w Special Prizes Hight of Cuiuduu'u progressive business* houses anuouuco today that they will award the following prizes to the candidates Id The Chronicle Content on Wednesday night, Jan. 22, iyi:r. 5 MIb? M. 13. Cierajd will award tov some fortunate lady a hat valued at ten: dollars. The lady selecting tttig prize may have her choice of any ten dollar hat carried In the complete and select Htock of ilUf exclusive Millinery store. One pair of ladles' uhoea given by McCawklll Broe., shoe store. The candidate choosing thla prize may have her choice of either 'Lady Jef feraon' or 'Walk-Over' brand ahoea. The Roberts Studio will award aa one of the apodal prizes, one dozen fine photographa. The candidate who is fortunate enough to aecure thla prize will find one of the finest aelectlona of styles to pick from In making her choice of inountinga, to hd found anywhere in the State. W. Oelaenh^lmer liaa aet aside a very fine rocking chair for the lady selecting his furniture store from whioh to select her prize. The Baruch-Nettles Co., will givo a pair of kid glovea and tho candi date chooaing thla special prize may have her choice of any make glovea carried In stock. The Sawyer Drug Company will give a bottle of Hudnut's famous Toilet Water to one of the apeclal prize winning candidates. The Malone-Pearce-Young hard ware Co., will award as one of the speoial prizes a choice of any Keen Kutter scissors carried in stock. C. W. Croaby will give as One of the apeclal prizes the choice of a very fine box of candy or a Figure o" Italian Bific-sa-brac. The Chronicle will award a $10 Gold Piece aa one ol' the apeclal prizes. Manner of Awarding The candidate turning in the lar gest amount of money on aubacrip tiona between now and Wednesday, January 22, at nine o'clock in the evening, will have her choice of the apeclal prizes. The lady turn ing in the second largest amount ?of money will have- second choice of the prizes. The lady turning in the third largest amount of money up to the close of the offer will have ?bird choice and so on down until the special prizes are awarded. Money already turned Jn will not count on those special prizes. Only money accompanying subscriptions turned in between today and Wed nesday, January 22nd, at nine o'clock in the evening:, will count. The Condition There is just one condition attach ed to the awarding of these spec ial prizes. No prize will be award ed to candidates turning in less than $10.00 during the special prize period. Every candidate who makea an ef fort to win one of the prizes can do so, for there are so many of them it is impossible to lose. Necessity of Winning It is a mighty good plan to make an effort for one of these special prizes, as it will be the making of your campaign. The world loves a winner and the fact that you are one Of the special prize winners will give your friends confidence in your ability and they will take that much more interest in your candidacy. Of course the candidates not winning one of tho special prizes will not have wasted their work, for all the Votes issued during the special prize period, will count on the regular awards. Extra Votes On every ol<f2 years subscription . a 5,000 extra vote ballot Will be awarded. (Head front page article for particulars.) L*tt Friday when we announced that NINE] MORE PRIZES had been added to the big ytijk lilt in The Chronicle'# Voting Contest, many| comments of appreciation and astonishment 1 heard from all tide*. Many people asked how 1 we could afford it. On? man yelled "Fake"; it 1 could^jpot be done, it was to laugh. He **?] like the fellow who went to the circus and saw*! camel for the first time. After looking at the! animal for some time he gravely shook his head, j walked disgustedly away, < and was heard to 1 "Pshaw, there aint no such animal." 1 1 It isn't a question of affording it. The fact U, I The Chronicle is not giving these 9 special prize* 1 away. The Camden merchants whose nun*! appear below are donating the special prizes to J the ladies in the Chronicle's contest. The peoJ pie who are so insistent that it can't be done are I continually being overtaken by the people doing it. Each and every article listed below is being ^ put up by the Canden merchants and will given away Wednesday evening, January 22nd, I under the rules governing the offer as given on I the left in this ad. MISS M. E. GERALD $10 Hat from her Millinery Stock. McCASKILL BROS. $5.00 pair Shoes MISS BESSIE ROBERTS One Dozen Photos W. GEISENHEIMER One Rocking Chair BARUCH-NETTLES CO. Pair Gloves rf ? , ? ? Vi -??! SAWYER DRUG CO. Bottle Toilet Water. ? ? ? r0 MALONE-PEARCE-YOUNG HARDWARE CO. Pair Scissors G. W. CROSBY Box Candy or Bric-a-Brac. o THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE 4 A Ten Dollar Gold Piece