The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 12, 1914, Image 9
"OPPORTUNITY
Seeks The Man With
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Ready Money.
Prepare for his coming
by opening an account
at this strong Bank."
The First National Bank
1 1 OF CAMDEN, S. C.
FARMING
v, ? . . .
IMPLEMENTS
Are one of the strong features
of our business. We can supyly
you with anything in this line,
and invite you to see what we
have and the prices before you
buy.
Phone 21
Malone -Pearce -Young
HARDWARE CO.
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Desirable Residence Property
A 6-room dwelling in the most attractive residen
tial section of the city. All modern conveniences; in
excellent repair. Lot 75x175 feet. Known as the
Stoney property on Fair Street.
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A 4 -room house within easy reach of the business
district. Lot 125x160 feet, No. 1306 Fair Street,
known as the E. J. .McLeod place.
A 6-room two story dwelling, situatpd on a beauti
ful lot 164x264 feet, located on the east side of Lyt
tleton Street, and known as the Jones place.
Ask us for prices and terms.
Kennedy & Shaw
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
DON'T send your PRINT,NG
?'vll ? out of town, but send it
40 THE CAMDEN CHRONICE.
STILL IV THE RACE.
John L. McUurin Tilk# of Po
litical Situation.
Hun. John L Meljiurin has given
out t li?? following eommunlention to
1 1 ??? press;
The 1m current tliaj I have
r<Hired from the gubernatorial race;
thiH Is not true. It probably aroae
front I In* faet that tho public sees ( lit
part) I have accomplished what I net
out to do, restore harmony among our
Iteople. With peftCft and unity
t ween j^>vernor lllease and Senator
Tillman, I feel that I deserve the
"Well done tho<i goiMl and faithful
servant. '
Last fall, Senator Tillman called up
on me to "do pooanoe." 1 was to
s;k rifle** myself hy entering the semj -
torial race to compass tho defeat of
ltlcase. For thl? "atonement" my
sins were to he forgiven ine and the
"enter thou Into the Joys of the I/ord"
spoken Inter.
The rcjle of "dog In the manger" has
never* appealed to me us cither dlunl
fied or sensible. The Idea of su orifice,
however, commends itself spiritually,
and 11 is u grand thing to he in the
company of the most illustrious of all
the ages.
It lias been apparent slnee 1012 that
a determined attempt would be made
to abridge suffrage in the primary. I
looked u; xni this as peculiarly danger
ous at this' time, besides being oppos
ed to the spirit of the age. which fa
vors extension, not restriction, of suf
frage.
I believed that the only way to pre?
vent it was to openly and hbldly sup
port (Jov. Li lea ho : to magnify his jmiw
er and to add to his strength, so that
with all t he election machinery in his
hands, no convention would dare place
tiie poor and ignorant white man in
the primaries on the same basis as the
negro in the general election.
The late convention went as far as
it could without disrupting the party.
I have no ai>ologiea to make. I did
what I thought was right.
In 1912 and since, there has been a
systematic effort to defeat Governor
Blease by destroying 1dm as a man,
not a politician. Every man support
ing him was written down either as a
knave or an ignoramus.
There was a cry about money being
paid for pardons. Burns raked the
state with his detectives armed with
a devilish dictagraph. They dangled a
$lf>,(HH) foe in front of a drunk law
yer's eye*, and God knows they are
greedy enough sober.
What did they get? Not a word of
proof to confirm false atid slanderous
charges.
Such a sentiment was worked up
through the press and stories circula
ted by word of mouth that thousands
of iKiople today really look upon (Jov.
Blease as the lowest, meanest man who
ever trod South 'Carolina soil.
What is the result? A versatile and
shrewd politician; has taken advantage
Of-thexe conditions to transform him
self into a people's idol and working
man's champion. To the toilers in the
workshop and the factory it is because
he is their friend, he is persecuted.
You hit him, you hit them. To thou
sands he is their only stake in govern
ment.
I know this is all rot, but they be
lieve it, and that makes it true. The
masses never see the man at all, they
only see the ideal reflected from the
longings of their own souls.
The imagination of men in all ages
have manufactured from common clav
lmlos of glory with which to crown
tb?lr saints and heroes. In this world
it is not what a man Is but what peo
ple think lie is. It is only God Who
jdfts the wheat from the chaff.
T. he other side have the legislature,
the courts, bar, press and pulpit. They
have education, wealth and power.
They can afford to be generous.
I have never believed that peace
could come to South Carolina except
-bp? Rising those people the only thing
they want? the one thing. I fcm glad
that Senator Tillman has reached the
same conclusion, that peace can only
come through the election not the de
feat of Governor Blease. He ought to
know by this time how little it mat
ters who is in the Renate compared' to
who fills the governor's office. He also
knows how the United States senate
can "tame," so to speak, the wild and
wooly.
I am glad that his candidate, Jno.
G. Richards, has declared (on the
quiet) for Gov. Blease. To bring these
two tribunes of the, people together Is
a worthy sacrifice which I Joyfully
make. It was a precious privilege to
hold the flag staff steady, until these
true leaders could unite upon one wor
thy to bear aloft the shining folds of
that spotless banner of freedom.
I gladly jdace this precious emblem
of peace and fraternity in the hands
of Mr. Richards.
Supported by one good office and
eagerly reaching for another one, he
will defend it as long as there is any
thing in sigh^ with all the zeal of a
new convert, whose congenital defects
.^oy|raj-y.
At TBIlllg^ ~~ EASY
? ji K. <x TonTrwickow. .
art* more than balanced by hi* a<\julr>
m fjjrtuw,
"Tbf world do move." Old dog Tray,
with a bone In IiIh mouth, grablied at
hla reflection in the water and btst the
substance for the shadow What, an
advance tu canine development ; to put
thfr Ihmh* oii the log, net one paw on it,
and go oil an exploratory expedition
with the other paw. Wise dog Tray,
your shining example in modem pro
gressive methods calls to my mlml thai
noble epic from some lout; forgotten
hartl- beginning thus;
I hid yon note the fish wprm ?
Ohaerve his easy graceful squirm,
Nor overlook his skin of pljik, j .
The |?lUlrmtllK keeps it thus, I think.
John I. M'l.uurin.
Bctinct tHVllle, June 'J.
Tillman Kays it Will be Kniitli. |
Washington, June ?!,? Sena, tor H. Hrj
Tilliuftii gave the News' correspondent
the following statement tonight, bear
ing on South Carolina politics;*
"1 have just seen 11 telegram from
the News and Courier to Its oorres
IxiUdeut here, saying that McLaurln
h:<K made a public statement to this
elTeei :
. "'I am glad that Senator Tillman
has reached the conclusion that peaee
can only tuune through the election,
not the defeat of Governor Hlease.' "
"To say I am surprised, very mueli
"surprised, d<H?n not express my fad
ing. 1 have not given Gut any such
utters nee, and have not had any such
thought. 1 am sure that whatever
may Ih? Mr. Klchards' attitude, lie will
regret ever having declared for Gov
ernor Mease. Wlietfier iieace will
come by Governor Mease's defeat or
not, I know the state's good name will
be- pros rved and we will have ft bet
ter senator herC than If Mease la sent
to Washington. 'Of course, McLuurln
Is swinging on to Mease's Coat .-tail in
a den|?erate hope that he will thus be
pulled through and elected governor,
hut, as I predicted some montliH ago,
there is no hope for him ever recover
ing the confidence of the jieople of
South Carolina until he haR expiated
his past misdeeds and sins.
j "I am satisfied now that if kenator
Smith bears himself like 'a man' that
this open alliance between Mease and
McLaurlu will only help to bury both
of them. Had McLaurin followed my
advice and exixwed Measelsm, its ufc
ter selfishness, its lack of catholicity
of spirit, and statesmanship, he would
have stood some chance of 'coming
back' in the future, for he would hate
atoned for bin betrayal of the people
of. the state, but now there is no earth
ly chance for him whatever Mease
does. 1 believe this alliance between
the two will cause Governor Mease to
go down to defeat, more surely."
THE MISSING FORCEPS.
A surgeon of national distinction not
long ago, says tlio New York Sun, re
ceived n letter from a distant city
which ran as follows:
"Dear Doctor: Perhaps yon will re
call having operated on roe at ?
hospital March 8, 11)12, for appendi
citis. I left the hospital March 20 In
good condition apparently. But on lo
cating In this city I began to suffer
frequent attacks of pain in the vicin
ity of the scar. Last month I had an
X-ray picture made.
"I am writing you at this time to
learn whether you ever missed any
thing of value during my stay in the
- ? hospital. If so, I would he
pleased to " hear frdBTyou about TtT
With best wishes, I am, very- truly
yours, A. J. C,".
After soberly consider lug the tone
and significance of the tetter and re
calling the patient's liberal mlndedness
and love of linmor, the* surgeon sat
down and wrote this Teply :
"Dear Mr. C. ? : I am in receipt of
your favor of recent date,, and beg to
say that I do recall very vividly your
oiHM-ation last March. In fact, I pass*
ed several sleepless nights about that
time, and you were lucky to get away
when you did.
"I am at a loss to say what your af
ter trouble was due to, though I have
my own suspicions, of course. How
ever, if you will have your home'sur
geon cut it out under the guide fur
nished by the X-ray plate and' return
If to me -at once I promise to take no
legal action against you. Honesty Is
the l?est policy. Iloplng to hear from
you promptly, I am very truly yours,
" M. TV'
It so happened that the patient's
brother was a surgeon himself. Wheth
er that had anything to do with the
matter or not the surgeon who had
possessed the temerity to write the
foregoing reply was not. a little sur
prised a few weeks later to receive an
express package containing the long
lost forceps, somewhat tarnished and
rusty, to be sure, but none the less
WfU'OtHC, - ^ - T " ?
The operator mentioned has since
adopted a new wrinkle in his work.
Besides counting all Instruments, tow
els, and sponges used in an operation,
both before and after the operation, he
(ies each of them with a piece of tape,
the other end of which is attached to
the operating table.
The Mecro hotel, a large frame
building at Manning, was totally de
stroyed by Are on Monda^.- l4^V' ' r .
Harvesting
0 B1??
T lme
">'? /) ? ? if
In order to harvest the crop with ease and least an
noyance every farm should be equipped with the very
best kinds of harvesting implements. We soli any
thing needed... Every fork or rake, ojf whatever it may
be sold by uS is sure to lead to other sales.
We would like to have you call on us for anything
in this line.
Everything in the general merchandise line. ? We
buy in large quantities and can sell you at lower
prices than most houses.
SPRINGS 8c SHANNON
Camden, S. C.
Millinery
Millinery
PRICES REDUCED
If
For the next few weeks I am reducing %
all prices on my stock of
SEASONABLE MILLINERY
CALL AND SEE AND NOTE
PRICES
Miss Mattie Gerald
BROAD STREET Millinery Tb.t'* Stylish CAMDEN, S. C.
Millinery
Millinery
Tribune AND Stormer
BICYCLES
We can give you these wheels ranging in c
price from $30.00 to $50.00. Come in and
see them.
We also carry everything for wheels and
have Mr. S. B. Beard in charge of repair de
partment, who give the best of work.
Camden Motor Co.
NOTICE
To Automobile Owners
Insist on getting GULF REFINING CO.,
GASOLINE. It's Better. Let me show you
or ask the man who is using it.
J- B. ZEMP. Agent