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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE ' PuMUIhnI Kv?'?> KHcUy, w. I l'?r A mi miii . , . . , , E. N. Mt I)ow?U, . , l H. I>. Nile* ) l*iiblUlit*r?. ?Mil atlUf al lk? Pwl*llu? at C?m4?. &?m*k C*l#?4mm HOW N. Hmnd Hi. - 'I'lioue 2t> Camden, S. ( Aug. MM it. Now in a good time Jo engage thai fall a ? | vertlblng Mpucu. Tim Oironicly goes lit Co nearly every home in Kerohitw couijty am) an ad in it h col ii hi it h carrying the pro per store news will servo an a <11** pla> window in triese Ihh?|?h The mutilated body pf Howard Putto, a mulatto negro, wax found hobble tho t'oawi Lino track near Wpdgefleld Holiday morning, having been struck by a northbound train, Tin* body was found In a crumpled condition and horribly i j i . ? 1 1 k I ' ' ? I ? The Chronicle ban t h r ? good cor respondents in parts of the county who send in regularly , the news of their locality. We want every sec Uon of i In* county represented in our iicwh coluiuiiH and will bo glad Id publish letters provided the send er will sign hits or ' her name. Ai a meeting of the board of can vassers of Humter county held Wed* nebday* Sumter county Ib now the eighth wet county of the 11 which Voted recently. The vote at* offl- I ci?lly declared being 4 70 for and 4i!ti agaliiHt. The prolii bitionlsts have given notice of appeal. All over the Houth there haw been the keenest Interest manifested in j tin- Frank trial which has been one | of the longest on record eonsutn Ing twenty-nine days. Tho verdict j HCOin h to Imve been a wine and I proper one and gave satisfaction ' wherever heard, especially uniohg ; the Atlanta people, who were better! acquainted with the facts in the t cane. Country life has Its di'a whacks, bo I it lias it? great advantages which overcome tliein. True, those who iive in the country are "Kubes," and "Farmers" and "Hayseeds" to the cigarette. smoker* in town, but tin* boast of tin? business men In the world today is that they were horn on the farm. Take., .away the surrounding evils that besei t he young- men or women on the thres hold of. life's journey in the city, and substitute tin- helpful influences' of nature, and you will fortify them j lor tin1 sterner work of life. Sparta ! Ishmaelilf. Western men are coining to tills, section to secure lands for the rais ing of cattle. A number of them j have purchased a tract In Louisia na. The methods in cattle raising have had to be changed, the great open plains of the west are. passing Into- t lie hands o| small tanners and men are required to raise cattle on their places now. We of the south have neglected our owij opportuni ties in. this line until another is going to conic in and take our birth- j right. We sett sucli as this often iu tho south, (ttliers coiue in while j we rest, and take the ciVain off of ? our milk and we have to buy but- j t er. - Florence Times. m.wsi'apfk com him: Kilinontl in Interest of McLauriit I ol' < ioveriior. The Columbia correspondent ol' the Atlanta Journal, writing (<? that pa- ' per under date of Aug. Itith, says: "That a certain ?*t ? n i hinat ion r hacking Senator John 1/. MeLaurin i lor governor ottered to support gov* j ernor Hleaso for the I'nited States 1 senate it' lie would publiclj endorse i MeLaurin as liis successor and that , he declined, is understood here. It ; is said that this combination consist*! i-d of certain newspapers which will i hack MeLaurin and which wit] open j a hureau in Columbia on September 1, with Colonel Leon M Green in i charge. ?'Colonel Green until recently was! editor of a strong Blease country pa- 1 per in the upper pari ot the state ' and prior to that time served as a j state detective. At present he is : said to be working for Senator -Me Laurin for governor. Recently at j I lenderson ville, where Senator Me? J Laurin has his summer home, a con- j ference was held between MeLaurin j and Kditors Green and Grist and ! governor Hlease. Then, it is said, I that the governor was urged to en- j dorse MeLaurin, being offered if he: would, the support of (he publicitv combination said to be back of the: senator. However, the governor, it j is said, declined, and lias stated on } several stumps that he will ?'he: hands of. " in ;he race iu succeed . him. "The p:tp. r> w hn ii sjossip in i^- ; iii! leal ci iiti 1. ,-.t> nr.. ill the coin- j hination to n..tive S. i:.itnr MeLaurin tiie next uovcrnor .tic a morning ? ?\iewspaper in aiueh.v hi:: near; t Me border, several papers, 1 and it is said proh..V> t :norning J paper in upper ( r< >1 r.a In;1 this is! in doubt .lust vv ha? p*rs ' here j are will be disclosed n Colonel ! (Jreen inaugurates his I :r> i , * :< ; understood on September :m>' "Several of the candida'e-> :'or governor are great lv stirred b> : Ik ' frosslp and are eagerlj watclr.ng ?..r more developments " Capt. M. L. Smith was at \uburr. i Darlington county Tuesday attending a school picnic and ed neat ionn I rul- ? lv day. Mr. Smith gave some ex tremely interesting data on educa ; ;<)Uitl advaucemout, a.nd oompftriwn?' He gave statistics which tend to , show that the whites are not as j alive to educational interest as the negroes. The negroes of South Caro lina have actually more children in ; attendance at the public schools, and I nave h.^d, for the past decade, tkan j th? whites. UNCONVENTIONAL! TIE 8. 7 "Hlopplnger, it you hud Ju?t it few grains of vttuw you'd know what a gibbering idiot you are." "I won't dispute your asaertlon, KUJordan, but when I make a stata* moot like that I want Bom?body to have nervo enough to t#l) mo I'm a stupid, turtle-headed liar." "When I look at you, Murdlestone, I can't helfc wondering If you're worth the atmosphere you displace." "It's hardly neoeuHary for me to tell you, H|!m, that you are the laBt man on earth I'd want to nhare a Htateroom with, hut all the others on the boat are taken." "Yen, wlr, I've rend the manuscript of your xtory, and it'M absolutely the rottenest 1 ever waded through. Here It It*. You may leave the door open an you go out." "Pa, hero'n something In thin news paper about the 'chorus girl lure.' What does that mean, pa?" "Ahem!" coughed pa, with a know> Ing smile that suddenly froze on his face. "It menus nothing that concerns you, son. Hon't you wee your mother standing in the door? (Jo to her at once." , iirlggH I uee the capltol at Albany was so badly built that It U likely to fall at any time.- Isn't that unfortu nate? ClrlggH -Not necessarily. It might fall, you know, when the legislature was In eeBBlon.? Life. Just In Time. Might Not Be 8o Bad. HER Tho Hrlde ? Oh! darling, our hon eymoon was Just the loveliest ever. The Groom ? It certainly was, dear est. Tho Bride ? And I have only one regret ? 1 may never have the pleas ure of going through another. Lock of Room. I <lo not in a hnnynock swing. Hut don't deserve applause fur that; There's Junt no place to put the thing, liecause I'm living In a flat. She Had the Preference. Father (angrily entering parlor at 12:30) ? Look here, young man? L>o you stay as late as this when you call on other girls? .Tnck Huggard (trembling with fear) ? N-n-n-np, sir! ' Father (appeased, as he leaveB tho room i ? That's all right, then! (Aside.) Thank heaven! Mary has caught oa at last! ? Fuck. , Up to Date. "What did she say when you told her that you werv not worthy of her?" "She said she was glad 1 admitted it; but that her father had been hav ing me trailed by a detective and was quite prepared to prove it if I had not admitted it." Coming and Going. "Mrs. Iirown and Mrs. Gj-een seem to have little to do but talk across the fence." "Yes, they have plenty to talk about. Mr*. Brown has just come out of the hospital and Mrs. Green thinks of go ing." PHRASE ORIGIN. Willie Prehistoric ? Oh! mamma, what is papa doing with that tele gram ? Mrs. Prehistoric ? My son, he's merely breaking the news. 1 1' b the Weather. This morn's he's yawnwl 'Ixuit 60 tlmoa, And on' the day if o'er. It seems to be likely that HV'll yawn 'bout 60 more. In the Future. "Have the Smiths any aeroplanes T** "No. they are so poor that they can not afford anything but an automo bile " Getting a Cook. Her Husband ? 1 suppose you looked up the new cook's references? His Wife ? No dear: I was afraid they might not turn out satisfactory. 'Ij&l ::?'' . ANOTHER KEY '? Mo?t Likely. A spiritualist, uocompanled by an other man who shared the same belief, was walking In a country graveyatd one night when one of the inen de clared ho ?aw a "shadowy forifl." "Have you an idea whoso ghost It was?" asked the other. "No, I ean't tell you," lie replied, "but over yonder there Ilea a man who had threo wives. On the stone of the llrst there is 'My Wife,' on the necond My Dear Wife,' and on the third 'My Beloved Wife.' If any ghost does walk hereabouts, I should uay it la the first ?wife's." ? Harper's Magazine. Enough Said. , Mrs. Cooko had a new eervant and iiftor thu Aral oak? she baked the mis tress wont to tho kitchen. "Delia," Bald Mrs. Cooke, "your cake ?was very food, but there was not enough nuta in it. When you make an other, pleas? remember I like plenty of nuts in the cake." i "Well, mum," replied the girl, "the reason I didn't put more in waa be cause 1 couldn't crack any more to day. Indeed mum. an' my Jaw hurts yet from them I did crack." ? L.lppin cott's. Dangerous Doctor. A person who was recently called into court for tho purpose of proving tho correctness of a doctor's bill was asked by tho lawyer whether the "doc tor did not make several visRs after the patient was out of danger." "No," replied tho witness. ^'1 con sidered tho patient in danger as long aa tho doctor continued to vist." A Hobbled Sportman. "Three Finger Sam says he can beat you playing poker with one hand tied." "Sam's apologizing. After seeing Sam handle a pack of cards, the boys In Crimson Gulch won't play cards ?with him except on them precise con ditions." BL 31 NESS HABIT. "Who is that pushing fellow who 1b trying so hard to get into our social set?" "I believe he's the fellow who made a lot of money In tho lawn mower business." Stingy Thing. "Will not let him hold her hand. Will not let him kiss her*. Bet when she f?oea out Of town lie will hardly miss her. A Poor Substitute. "How did you enjoy your sojourn In England?" "I certainly missed baseball." "They have no substitute for tho sport?" "None that suited mo. A friendly chap did offer to take me fox hunt ing." Sure. "I wonder why I am getting so bald," said the man who wanted a little free advice. "Take off your hat," said the doctor. "Ah. it is very simple," replied the M. 1). aft?'r a glance. "Your hair Is falling out." Pent Up Wit. thirst Convict? They say it took Mil ton l'ifuei. days to write one page of a book Second Convict ? That's nothing! I've been on one sentence six years, and I'm not through yet. ? Judge. Always at It. "Dobbleday seems to think hinwelf a very important persons." "Why, he can't even stand on a street corner and wait for a trolley car without putting on as many airs as if he were laying a corner-stone." Extreme Modetty. "Pillbury is a remarkable man." "In what particular?" Well, he's had a motor car for six months now snd he doesn't think he knows all there is to know about auto mobile tires." GINNING $1.00 We Pay Top Pric$* for Cotton Seed We charge only $1.00 per bale for ginning Camden Oil Mill W. R. EVE, Jr. Mgr. Office Phone 54 Re?. Phone 55 At The Air Dome. Friday's program: "Half A chance", a Reliance film in three ; reels, showing a ,convict's life. <' S aturday's program: "Hearts and Horses", '"Miss Mlgchief" and "Mes i sago of the Flowers." All good pic ! t nres. J ? , The Often Air School. The fall term of the Open Air | School conducted by Misa Ellie Zemp ! will begin September fifteenth. , Montessori methods used. No be ! ginners entered nfter second week. | ' 18-19 THEY HAVE JUST ARRIVED PURE WOOL JvJU PATTERNS It's rather hard to believe tlu?t in one establishment can be gathered together so many choice Pure -Wool Fabrics of original uiati.Ktivc patterns. But they're all here and we'll be glad to show them to you. They just arrived from The Globe Tailoring Co. of Cincinnati ) Makers of "Needle Molded" Clothes You'll appreciate the excellent quality and richness of coloring of these fabrics?they have an atmosphere of diginitv, distinctiveness and individuality. Any of these beautiful materials is sure to prove a pleasure to you, Come in and make your selection, l^et us take your measure and have the fabric "Needle m ? n ? Molded" into perfect ?Tttixi? clothes by the "Needle Master#" of The Globe Tailoring Co. of Cincinnati. We assure you clioice materials, excel lent workmanship, prompt delivery and courteous ?crvk*. And the poem ar? re?Masbl?. L J. WHITAKER, Camden, S. C. > . ;? ' Ccrvrtjl'. K1L fSttljavlt. tnrrn ?'? i * Even We Admit thatl there are more important things in the wjorld than having the right chothes. We realize that, as the poet says, "A man's a man for a' that." I _ ? But, unfortunately, people will judge a fellow by the way he looks ? ? * and even more unfortunately, lots of fellows don't look as well dressed as they might. It isn't because they don't want to, or because , they don't try, it's because they don't know how or where to get gar ments that will bring out the best of them and hide the worst of them. We don't say that we can (because it wouldn't be modest) but we are morally sure that we might show you a Hart-Schaffner & Marx or a Michaels-Stern suit that would cause the first friend you met to con^ gratulate you on your improved appearance. BARUCH-NETTLES CO. - ? * " ' . ? ?? 'The Place That Sets The Pace" i ? ' ? ? ? ? ... &