The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 17, 1914, Image 7
THIS PROSPEROUS BUSINESS
MAN WAS A " PRUDENT "
YOUNG MAN. HE BANKED
HIS MONEY. ARE YOU
BANKING VOUR'S?
Prosperity comes only to him who MAKES it for
himself. It is easy to gain if you will only do what
your common sense tells you to do? work, save, DE
POSIT your money and let it stay in the bank.
Do not dabble in GET-RIGH-QUIGK speculation;
this is the sure road to RUIN. Play SAFE; this is the
sure road to SUGGESS.
The First National Bank
OF CAMDEN, S. C.
i^rom tAe Grac/le
to t/ie Srcwe
Everyone Uses Hardware
of Some Kind
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.The discriminating customer insists on quality
goods, for CHEAP hardware is about the POOR
EST investment on earth. The edge of the sharp
est razor is not keener than our desire to serve you
acceptably?to serve you in a manner to win your
approval ? ? therefore, whatever you buy from us
will be of the "quality" kind.
W e . Sell Everything
in Hardware
ialone -Pearce -Young
HARDWARE CO.
Valuable Main Street
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Property for Sale
WE HAVt LISTED WITH US FOR QUICK SALE
THE B. R. McCREIGHT MERCANTILE PROPERTY,
1129-1131 BROAD STREET. j ^
Lot 66x382 feet, onfwhich is situated a commodious,
well constructed building*
This property is peculiarly well located for any com
mercial enterprise ? -Hotel, Office Building, Stores, or
any other mercantile establishment, being situated ad
joining the Court House reservation, and directly in
the path pf business development*
For price and other particulars, see ^
& Shaw
AGENTS
OLD TIME ENGINEMAN
At Great Age Will Retire With
out Mark Against Him.
Now York, July i'ifl.v two year*
uk a railroad man JV> yearw an an t?i?
giueer on t li?k Now York Contra I Hull
road, without an aivl<lt*i)| or a black
uiark of any sort agalmd liiin, la
tin* proud reeor^ of I >ounts John
Cassia, who will retire from the ser
vice on August 1H at the age of 70
yea rs.
Cassia, an alert, keen looking hiua,
with a gray mustache and gray hair,
does not show his age. Those who
have seen him In tin* cab of the big
locomotive that pulls the Empire Stato
Express from the I la rlom yards to Al
bany would fake him for a man of
ahout W>, hut up at his trim little
house at f>97 Walton aveliue, The
Mrrtnr - -1' 4 that
3 iaer.
Cassia h tarsal railroading eveu 1h>
fore the S.'l years ho tola ubout began.
When he was a mare youngster he us
ed to hang ahout where railroad men
congregated, .drinking In the stories
they told. At the tirst chance he
donned the overalla and got a Job aa
wlj?er, lan-onilng in time a tireraan and
then, Juat R0 yeara ago on' August IK,
a full fledgd engineer.
His llrst engine was one of the old
wood burning "dlnkles" that used to
run between Watchester county points
an<l the old downtown Grand Central
Terminal. Aa engine building progress- 1
ed he got a better type of locomotive !
and dually ho hccamc tin* (loan a li d
the most trusted engine driver on the
road. Despite the fact that he start'
ed in when that sort of work was in
its infancy he has kept fully abreast
of the times and ha A passed all the
examinations that up-to-dqte methods
require of railroad engineers.
Ills proudest possession, outside of
his family and,, his record, is a diamond
ring he won. some yars ago in a pop
ularity content conducted by a railroad
magazine when la; was voted, by a big
majority, the most, popular engineer
in the United States.
In addition to the important duty of
taking the Empire State safely to Al
bany at a mile a minute speed, Cas
sia turns around in Albany yards and
brings whirling back to this city an
other of the crack trains of the road,
the Southwestern Limited. Better
than a mile is the speed he makes at
times with this train.
In this time Cfissin has carried mil
lions of passengers and lie can spin
many a yarn about the big njen he has
had in tho coaj-lios behind him. <!ov
ornors of New York, Prsjdents of the
United States, bankers, merchants,
mayors ami fnmotas persons of all
sorts have ridden behind Safe Dennis
Casslii. In addition to being the dean
of the Central forces, Cassia is ode of
the oldest active railroad engineers in
the world.
at
Who is W. F? Stevenson?
Come to the Congressional cam
paign meeting at Camden, July 10, and
Kershaw on July 17, and he \yili tell
you.
Mr. W. P. Stevenson, who is run
ning for congress in this district, has
been engaged in some great litigation.
He was employed-by the attorney gen
eral to assist in the prosecution of the
tlispensary grafters. We will refer to
only one of the great trials of that
series. This was held at Chester. So
licitor Henry was sick, hut Mr. McLure
acted for hiiu, with credit to himself
and to the entire satisfaction of the
attorney general. Mr. B. L. Abney was
also for the State. The defense pre1
sen tod a brilliant array of counsel :
Weston & Aycock, It. H. Welch, M. P.
Howell, A. Li. Gaston, John M. Wise
and Nelson & Gettys. Mr. W. O. Guy
was foreman of the jury and J. M. Wil
son, J. W. Taylor, John Estes, Alex
Fraser, K. M. Hough, W. H. ' Caldwell,
J. N. Calvin and J. W. Suitman were
the jur$\
It has been affirmed that they would
not convict on the evidence of the co
conspirators. They should be enrolled
on the'TOlJ of honor. No such plea
controlled tnem. The trial lasted a
week. The case was ably argued on all
sides. Mr. Stevenson closed for the
State and his argument has been more
talked of than any otheK^ic has ever
made. Hut merely because of the oc
casion and result Mr. Black \Vos con
victed, and subsequently pardoned. The
corresi>ondent of the News & Courier
said of the argument : "Attorney Ste
venson made what has been comment
ed on as probably the most powerful
address heard in the court house here
in years. Sharp, keen, incisive, crowd
ing a world of facts into a small com
pass and marshalling them with won
derful generalship, adhering to the
issue and exposing the guilt."
The Chester Reporter said : "There
were sQme magnificent speeches In the
,graf( cases Tast week, but the public
is agreed that it was the intensely
forceful speech of Mr. Stevenson, per
haps, more than any other, that made
the conviction of Black possible. Mr.
St^tiCTHKm rehearsed the evidence item
by item. There was not n piece t?r par
cel missing. IBs irony went true to the
mark and laid bare the rottenness."
Isn't there rottenness to l?e exposed
in Washington? Do we want ability
there? ? Adv.
Not Suspected.
A barber, after scraping away in
dustriously for a few moments, made
the usual inquiry:
"Razor all right, sir?"
"My good man, if you hadn't men
tioned it I should never have known
there was a razor on my face."
The barber beamed.
??Thank you, sir," he said.
"No," added the customer reflective
ly, "I should have thought you were
using a flle^
THE MAN FOR GOVERNOR
Should be One Well Qualified
to Fill the Position.
Kdftor Chronicle:
The df South Carolina tin ve
till opport unify III (hi' ilppl< WK'hlllK plT
mar lex to eject us governor ma only a
good num. |?ut oliM Well qualified to
till till' |Hls|t|uj|,
A K'lllill k fl Ctplelll I.V llCll I'd illnilll | 1 1 ? ?
i"1 flit '(imintiyii Is 1 1 1 i >> ? There mv
a number of k?mmJ ih4?ii running for gov
ernor, Should any <?n4* of them Ik?
elected, the Ktati. would he in k,?h|
hands."
Not only ought II good IHIUI he elect
ed as the chief execut I ve ??f this statcC
hut tlu> people should choose one who
has tin* eviH-rlem-e that will enable
him to properly administer the affairs
of tlu? department of >overniucnt of
which h?' would Ih> the head.
< ainlhlateH Kef up on the stump from
?lay to da.\ ?n<l tell voters of policies
ami planks in their platforms, of meas
ures that will he enacted into law If
this or that aspirant Is placed In office.
Hut ciin they all < l< ? what they promise?
In order for a governor to hrliiK
ahout the enactment of any law the
matter must j^o to the general assem
bly in the form of a recommendation
and then he pressed on the tl<H?r of
the house and senate by those favoring
the hill presented. To get a Idll through
the legislature a governor of a State,
ami es|HK>laUy Is this true in South
Carolina, must have had experience in
legislative affairs. He Should under
stand fully til# w-i^rkhiKs of the gener
al assembly. An Inexperience! chief
executive woidd hardly learn the ins
ami outs of the legislation before his
term in office were over. It stands to
reason that one who has served in the
general assehibly would be better qual
ified in this respect than one who had
not.
The people otfght to consider well
before casting their ballots for any
candidate who can furnish only thfo
ret leal plans as towkat should In* done
ami what should not be done. There
are men running for governor who
would be able to carry out the policies
they advocate because they have had
the necessary experience in the legisla
tive halls.
A broad business experience apiKMirs
to be another very nece^ary qunllflca
tldn for the governorship. The cxih-u
tive department dears **th the tluan
chil end of the State government to a
large extent. The governor should he
a man w ho understands finances and
their application to handling the tax
payer's monev. The State is nothing
more ill this regard than a large busi
ness and it takes a business man to
haiAlle the affairs,
? The governor of South Carolina pre
ferably should be one who has been
In close touch with the people, espe
cially the farmers, who compose the
largest single class of our population.
lie should be a man who knows the
needs of every class of people and
should be acquainted with tlje condi
tions in every section of South Caro
lina, otherwise, he would not be "gov
ernor of all the i>eople."
The governor should be a practical
man. There are a number of theories
being advanced now In the campaign
for the governorship. ?' Some of the
things advocated would lie all right if
they could be 'put Into effect. As a
practical proiiosition one of the main
Issues of the campaign would have to
be hatftlled in a different manner from
that suggested by some of the candi
dates. Compulsory education in South
Carolina at the moment could not be
enforced, liecauee the school equipment
is not adequate. It would lie better
that each county vote on the subject.
When a county should vote for com
pulsory education, its people would be
behind the enforcement of the law.
The* legislature has twice favored the
local option idea in compulsory educa
tion. This State's experience with lo
cal option has taught a good lesson and
the i>eople would do well to foUow the
plan in the matter of compulsory edu
cation.
Enforcement of the law? hot theo-r
retlcally but practically? is the one big
Issue liefore the jieople of the State to
day. Let them elect a governor who
will not only say he is going to enforce
the law, hut one whose past life places
him l>efore the i>eople as an exampler
of law enforcement.
Think well, i>eople of South Caro
lina, and_ vote for the man who tills
the bill. ~ -
L. M. Creen.
?Sumter. July 10, 1014.
I
Must Have Good Lan<l.
"The .farmer's biggest problem" said
Prof. W. Jj. Hutchinson. of Clem sou
College, recently, "is bow to have good
laud. If he already has good land, his
biggest problem is how to keep it gop<l."
One of the best ways of getting and of
keeping good land is to grow legumin
ous erops. -It is time now for South
Carolina farmers to think al?out what
winter eover erops they are going to*
plant. Grow legumes and out the ni
trogen hill.
Mr. Moseley for The Senate.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the State 8enate; subject to
the rules of the democratic primary.
If elected I pledge my beat efforts to
farther the Interests of the people of
my covkMy and state. G. W. IfOMtoy.
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The remarkable wear has been demonstrated in the use of the
TAYI.OK 0 ANNADV PUQOV by one of (lie popular mail riders from
the Camden poat oflire, he having used the buggy that he Ih now
driving for three and one half yearn rout biliously every day except
Sundays and holidays. Figuring on 300 working days per year he has
traveled 27,300 mile* With this buggy t^ud It Ih still in use and making
his dally trip*.' Itelow la a testimonial from Mr. Thompson which
speakt* for itaelf. There are other Taylor Cannady buggies that
are used by the Camden rural route carrier*;
"< 'itiiidfii, S. <\, .Innr Oth, 1011.
Mi'sms, Spring* \ Shannon,
Camden, S, C. '
(icntlemcn :
"I take pleasure In saying thut I bought one of the Taylor Call'
nudy buggle* sold by your tlrm about December 1st 1010. 1 have
iist'd i his buggy nearly every day since and don't own another buggy
or have not owned any other since I bought tlrls one, ho you can
readily aee that the buggy baa Imhmi constant use. i bave probably
driven It 1500 miles In that length of time than the Ogurcs given
above 27,.'iOO miles, Therefore taking the actual measured miles and
the approximate number of miles (1500) you will aee I have travel
ed 28,800 miles In this one buggy and It Is good repair still und I
cxi wet to use It at least 0 mouths longer.
" t "Yours truly,
"J, W. THOMPSON."
A TESTIMONIAL
SPRINGS & SHANNON
Camden, S. C.
Millinery ,
Millinery
prices Deduced
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 That'. Stylish CAMDEN, S. C.
Millinery
Millinery
Tribune ?? Stormer
BICYCLES
We can give you these wheels ranging in
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.
Insist on getting GULF REFINING COn
GASOLINE. It's Better. Let me show you
or ask the man who is using it.
NOTICE
To Automobile Owners
J. B. ZEMP, Agent