Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE I'ublinhty] KvtTjf Friday. Per Annum . #I.OO ? ' - H l>. Silvu, ( f -ii ill t li? i ?. K, N. Mr|>o?ill. S ??Ur*4 u <Ut4 ??iu? *1 ik? f wMotUc* ?( Unit*, S??lk Cm?Sm 1I(H? N. Itrond St. ? 'I'iidiK* Vtt Cttjinhn. S. Ortohrr 16, 1911. Mak?- tin* mI x tli annual county fair (he l?>?t yet. The committee lyi-* worked lutnl to jjet up a erertl table ftilr and It I* uj? to you to patronize If. The <'oi?nty Fjilr oim'Iim next Wpd- j a cm lay for four hffe day*. ,T|)1n fair \v:i m scheduled before tin* i'urojteaiiH started to killing other am) tdaiuld he largely uttciHlcd despite the cry of hard thaw. t'ome to tin* <'ounty Fair atal possibly you will get hour* new Idea* from ? h*? exhibit* there that will cause better times, Heiifltor Clifton, of Sumter, has ko t tun a hill throuKli tile senate to iltf away with the old eight -box ballot law and provide* for only two boxes at a precinct, one for Federal officer* and the other for state officers nod the like. The hill wan sent over to the house in the hope that if would he gotten through in time for uppllca lion to thlH year's election. The ar gument in made that the eight-box law has nerved Its purpose, and 1m mow a nuisance. Up to the middle ??f this week the Soiit li<*rn (Tot ton Oil Co,, ?t thin place rejiortH about .'tt)0 more bales of cot ton Klimeil thin year against the Haute period last year. We hear so much on all sides about hard times, hut (in the other hand from what Information we ran (father there are numbers of farmers Jn this county who, us fiir as their linaneiul condition is concerned do not know that a war is In progress. Many of them raise all <?f their foodstuff at home and occasionally you lind aDiiiiL that have food stuff to sell on the markets. The conditions in this coun ty are not wholly had and there are many goo?l substantial farmers whom the present crisis will nrit affect. And ' It Is safe tti say that another year will see many of them getting out of the obi rut of so much cotton raising and devoting more effort to raising cuttle and food stuff. LONG SIEGES OF HISTORY.! Fortified Towns Have Held Out For Months Against Odds. The Franco Prussian war of 1870-71 was remarkable for its seizes, says Tit bits. llaxaino held out at Met/, against the Germans for nearly two months, and finally surrendered with 6,000. othcers and 17n,(M>0 men. For this he had to submit to court-martial and was sentenced to twenty years' im prisonment. Afterward eame the selge of Paris, whlcl) lasted six months. Thousands of shells were rained on the city every day by the Hermans, and oo fewur than 40,00*) of the Inhabitants j succumbed to disease and hunger, '-^hat lengthy sieges are quite possible, even In these days of the huge guns, is Il lustrated by Chukrl Pasha's gallant de fense of Adrlanople last year for 155 days. Then there was the compara tively recent great >elue of Port Ar- i thur In the Rnsso-.lapanoso war in 1004-05, which finally capitulated after being blockaded by Admiral Togo for 210 days. Tluvjiamc of <ien. Stoessel will rank with those of the urea test soldiers of modern times. In Ottoman and Russian military history there has never been a selge v- like that of Plevna in 1*77. when < >s man Pasha defied the Russians for 144 days, and finally surrendered- 1111 De cember lo. with . men and 100 guns, owing to provisions and ammuul tion running short. In the same year Knrs. long the bulwark of the Ottoman Empire in Asia, was >tonncd by the Russians after a selge of live months. Twenty-two years earlier the fortress had been brilliantly defended for eitrht months aiVist the Russians by the Turks under lien. Williams, who had but l 5,00f > men against 50,000. Kven these seizes, however, are somewhat insignilieant when compared with spine others. The longest siege occurred in the American civil war. when the Confederates defended the town of Richmond for 1 .4 So days, or just over four years. Sebastopol, in the Crimean war. held out for eleven months, while "Jen. Cordon defended Khartoum against th* Soudanese for ;>00 days. The selges of Ladysmlth. Kimberly and Mafeklng, In the South African war. lasted PJ0. 12,1 and 201 days, respectively. There is probably however, ? no seige which Britishers like to read - about so much as that carried out by France ami Spain in their endeavors to carry the Rock of Gibraltar, 1779-83. Altogether the 7*' siege lasted nearly four years, and, as the world knows, resulted in a com plete triumph of British arms, in spite SIGNS OF BETTERMENT IN MANY DIRECTIONS. I War Mad* Demand a Show That Cotton Can Be Greatly Utilized. I ' I On llu' whole, a u|tli< survey of coil' IdltlolM tbrouglioijj Hi,* I'oiiniry dl* clone* iM'oiiii'l for (hi* Iiojh* I lint (hi* hu^lne** out look Ik not *<> lacking 111 iii^plryig fi-Htm llN K4i||IC Who take of their (*'ti ex would have u* bellev y. The cotton Nihiadon |* by i iy iiirmih all hail, and all 4 low ii t)M?' mih- a would tUnt fonm fa vorfog ,i i m ? i it *1*4*4 1 ?'< >ii<i 1 1 1, in ?,,* t.f | f 4 ' t I \ 4 ? I \ Ml W4,|k. Till* I i ) t i I ^*r|,?|S : harrier ?4? a greatly increased activity Iji 1 lc \ c|( ,f uiici 1 1 ( industry ami coil). iij4T4 |. |* r?t|K>it4Mj fr 4UII H4,iii<t quarter** I" be Ha* liitw llliiiKii**^- 4 ,f ||?. Iiji nks to h*r thejr f 1 1 1 1 4 1 k m, our to meet bus ii>.? <i?*iiia m?Im. ii i? feit; however, I Hint with the complete Organisation ?t the Federal Reserve Hoard and the ImiiiKiimtlon of the currency sy*. ? <*-in throughout the i'4?uutry a ma i*k?<4l Improvement hi the financial situation will 04'4-ur, and strong efforta an* la in* IIIH.!,* to 4.\|MM|hlt4* t I|4* 40||||.l4*t4* 4?|H*rathai 4?f tin* new financial system. An enlarged, hro&deucd held for t'otton manufacturers i* an eneoutaj*; Ing of rwent tendencies. and should tin* inov4*iii4*iit ?<?ntinue and extend It \V4 > 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' > 1 1 ? ? 1 1 1 ? i < ? < 1 1 \ ) M'i '< inn ? u jtower fur; Clement In the direction of ,or rcetlng the ahnornial situation In which cotton gn?wers and manufac turer* found themselves through ti^e trade paralysis brought on hy the Kuro|N>an war. One report Is to the effect that the Waahburn-CroMhy Com-, pany of Minneapolis, Minn., 4>ne of the greatest flouring idIIIh in the world, has decided to une cotton sacks for the company's entire out put 4 if Hour. A.s the company's ca pacity Is 50, (XK) barrels a day, this would mean the use < ?f about 100,000 ^acks each day, the Mui*ks used con taining OK pounds of flour. It Is also proposed 1 4) use sacks f4>r feed and mill products generally. Other mills, notably the Pillsbury flour mills rmrt the rorn Products Refining Co., have signal their intention of likewise using cotton sacks, ami shouhl this become a general prac- 1 ^iee I he.rt* would necessarily Ite ^ greatly -increased consumption of cot ton each year for this single purpose. A - Birmingham feeo mill -has ou - j nounced tluiK4t will use only, cotton hags hereafter, anil the statement itf* made that this one house would use tor this purpose about 4.000 hales of cotton a year. The suggestion is made by this Birmingham llrm, and the ?<jjK ges&on is endorsed by oflicera 4>f the National Association <?f < J rain Healers, that the customer ? can aid in the movement by demanding that his purchases shall >?4> f4?rward pnek cil only in Cotton bags. Should cotton he universally used f4>r this purj>ose, it is claimed that a million - bales a year would la- required to supply the demand f4>r this item alone. I li4? \\4 >1)14*11 4 ?f the country mn do a powerful lot in the way of increas ing the demand for cotton by the cot ton mill men, and they hove already made beginning in a most patriotic and public spirited manner. The sug gestion that days be set apart for the purchases of cotton goods by the women <?f America, and that each mie should buy at least one dollar's W4?rth <>f cotton 1^4 .14 >4 Is during this ,w?H?k in October, has met with very wide spread approval and co-opera thm. Postmaster (Jeneral Burleson Is helping t?> stimulate the deinaml f4>r |eotton by substituting cotton ?*ord for twine string wherever i>ossibie in the postal service. As about 1.700,000 (founds of twine arc use<l l>y the de partment annually, principally in the railway mail servlee. the substitu tion of cotton would call for the use of some :i. too hales of cotton a year. American manufacturers are begin ning to f??el the effects of a war t created demand for mi the otli? or hand, and the abrogate this must assume ]>ro|K?rtions of considerable magnitude. The soldiers of the ar mies, in the hospitaN and in the Held, must have shirts of muslin and flannelette, and the report goes that an order for a million shirts has heen placed by an export house of New York. Immediate delivery was de manded,, so they may T?e "shipped by the next boat," and while two Tlalti more shirt manufacturers were ulv eii a large part of the order the re quirements were considered too ex 1 actins to make the contracting in ? vltim* in its entirety; It is evident, ; however, thnt Kuropcan . mnnufactur ! ers are unable to anywhere near fur | nlsh the goods, and as the demand 1 must continue for some time, it is considered inevitable that the terms i of delivery will be modified and a I?r. Cornelius ('. Coleman, formerly 1 of l>allas, Te\ns. was Installed pastor I ??f th'? Citadel Square Baptist church : of Charleston. Sunday, succeeding Dr. ] Howard I-ee .Tones, who recently re ; signed the pastorate to become presi ] dent of Coker College, Hartsville. of the fact that the enemy numbered .10,000 to 40,000 men. while the defend ers could only muster 7,000, steady and very large demand bo kept up. lu-l no w <uilv ill.' \?i> largest houses liavi* httfl) able t<> lake or* i- i Wl(k'l) ha\<- I .? -*-i i |ila?'?'<| in 10,000 ? I ? lots, to be idfUM) Old '* ( ihr rate of MM) dozen a day. It Is not considered itl all likely f tin f t IiIm In simply o|M' tin ui4*i j K4> emergency <?r <l.r that ? .iiiiinl he ft I U'< I at all If not tt ) l?*?t now. 'l*be extorters will tlnd. it Is IhII.\?<I, tlmi Hit- 1 1 . * \ i UmiI, mimI the imxt for some t tint: to come ran Im> utilized for shipments. Another war made demand 1m that which Ik fairly ovcrwImliulUK the man ufacturers of ahsorlient cotton, band aged. packing lint gauze ami other hospital necessities of all kinds. < ?nc of these companies, the Aseptic Cot ton Products Co., of < 'hat tauooga, while working 'lay ami night all the time, Is re|M>rted as unable to till a fifth of the orders received hy mull and wire. There are some half a dozen large, well known manufactur ers of this sort , of materials in the United States, and ? 1 1 of them are doubtless similarly ciiguged, their ag gregate requirements must call for cotton l? I urge quantity every day.. ? .Manufacturers llecord. INGENIOUS BOOKKEEPING. How Doctors M?y H?v? Banks K*?p Traok of Th?ir Busintn. The Medical Record quotes from a writer In the British Medical Journal Who mi is that physician* should make banks serve as their bookkeepers. Bir John Collie Is the author of this system ills phi n Is to keep two buuk ing accounts at the same bunk. "The first. No. I." says the writer. M1s bis ordinary i urrent account Into which be should pax all the money he received. whether he has l*?en paid In cash or checks. It is an excellent rule never to upend nf penny which has not come to one through his banking ac count. The physician should never get checks which have been paid to him cashed by trfe local tradesman/ He should never pay his chauffeur with his fees. Every single Item received from the physician's practice from one year's end to another should go through his banking account No. lrt If the physician has been tempted to use a five dollar bill which some one has paid him unexpectedly on a round or If he has bought stamps with the mon ey which some patient left at the office, then he should draw a check for~tbe amount, cash it and pay the money Into his bank. Thus, and thus only, can be makehls banker bis bookkeeper. "If the physician should die suddenly or wish to sell his practice, then, atad then Only, whether his other business books are kept well or not, the lawyer or the medical agency or the purchaser who wades through his effects will re joice to tlnd one method of knowing gross receipts and getting some IdeA of the real intrinsic value of the business and will from the physician's bank book alone tell the total cash receipts from the practice upon which to found the purchase price. "At the end of every year the books should be balanced, and if the doctor cannot balance them himself or has not the time the comparatively small sum which a professional accountant will charge, say $5 or $10, will be well repaid." "Knotty* ^iitory.'v. Tying knots In a handkerchief to jog one's memory had its origin in China thousands of years ago. Before writ ing was invented in that country, which did not happen until 3000 B. C.. memorable, and important events were recorded by long knotted cords. The most ancient history of China Is still preserved as told by these knots. When Emperor Tschang Ki invented writing the entire system of "knot ting" waa abandoned. And today the memory knots made by us In handker chiefs are the only surviving descend ants of that ancient custom. Cooper*a Hawk. The almost, universal prejudice against birds of prey is due to the ac tivities of a few members of the hawk family, chief anions which Is the Coop er's hawk. Cooper's hawk usually ap proaches under cover and drops on un suspecting victims, making great In roads on poultry yards and game cov erts. This bird, together with its two near relations, the sharp shinned hawk and the goshawk, should be destroyed by every possible means. MASTER'S SALE. State (if South Carolina, County of Kershaw. in the Court of Common Pleas. Ann McCown, , Plaintiff, against Joseph English, John Kershaw, and M. N. Mills, Defendants. " Cmler and by virtue of a decree in the above entitled action granted by his Honor, W. A. llolman, presiding .1 ml ye, of date July Otli, 1014. 1 will offer for sale before the Court House door in Camden, S. C., during the legal hours of sale on the tlrst Mon day in November next, being the '2nd day thereof, the following dcswibeQ real estate: All that piece, parcel or traet of land situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina and county of Kershaw, containing one hundred and sixty-one < 101 > acres,', more or less, and bounded North by I Sanders Creek: East by lands now or formerly of James H. Vaughan andj of l>enipsey; South by lands now or formerly of Chestnut estate; and West by lands now or formerly of J. A. Armstrong. Terms of sale ? Cash. A. W1TTKOWSKY. Master for Kershaw County. October 16, 1014. PLANT NO COTTON ON STATE FARMS Penitentiary to Grow Nothing But Foodstuff To Raise Live Stock. < 'olumhla State, Thursday, Not a | ?? 1 1 1 1 1 ? I of Ik t?? I ??? plantrd lie x t srason on tlif state farms whirl) Jiavr ai> aggrr^'atr aralilr area of Konir H > a^-rcx. Always tlir major part of tlir lauds timlrr ^cultivation lilts ht'rll dcyotrd to food crops, hut lllltll tlir present year 700 to N00 itcrr H ha* hrrii planted in rot toll, though this year the rot toil acreage was rut to about 'J' XI, because of thr depletion 111 thr working forrr dUD to tlir whole nalr use hy the present governor of the exerutlve clemency privilege. All thr state farm lamia In tilth next sea hoii' will he devoted to grain, com ami other gotxl crops am) more at tention will lie pa ill than heretofore to tlir raining of rattle and liogn. Tills policy wan deteriftdhied oil yes terday hy the board of director*, all of whom were present, hm follows: A. K. Sanders, Ha good, chairman r J. (j. Mobley, Wlnnahoro; W. H. Olenn, An derson ; A. If. Hawkins, l'rosi>erity,' and J. M. Smitli. Colleton. John <J. Mobley offered a resolu tion, which was unanimously adopted, "that the penitentiary plant no cotton for the year 1015, hut <1evote the bus iness of thr farms to the planting of grain ami supply crops and to the raising of live stock." Discussing last night the policy out lined in his resolution, Mr. Mobley said : "The State farms are well adapted to the raising of all kinda of live stork. They are well watered ami amply supplied for the development of a tine class of animals rati lie ralse<^ on every portion of them. The farms are In a high state of produc tion and they ran he made most profit able to the State hy this system ? as profitable as by the raising of cot ton at ordinary prices, If not more so." Mr. Mobley said also that "under j the splendid management of the su perintendent, Col. I). J. (Jrltfith," as much improved machinery as i)ossi hle had been used in the makiug of the present crop, which, wiih the pro-, Unction now in aiglit, -"speaks .well for his management." _ llobert Whitaker, a prominent Lan caster county farmer', committed sui cide Thursday night, by shooting him self with a shot gun. Ill health Is assigned as the cause. THE PRVPENT MAN PROTECTS HIS FAMILY W/TH A ? BANK ACCOUNT HE KNOWS MS DUTHm Shbuld YOU be taken away from your wife and children do you n6t with for them to be free from WANT? The best way to make your family independent is to REGULARLY BANK a part of the income from your labor or your business and let this money STAY in the bank. A foolish investment may endanger the happiness of your family. BE CAREFUL. The First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C Dr. I. H. Alaiaaiar Dr. It. E. StmiN* Alexander & Stevenson DENTISTS Oific* S?iUtul Caraar Braa4 aad DtKaA Su. Dr. E. H. KERRISON DENTIST Successor to Dr. L. W. Alston Office in the Mann Building Phone 185 COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO. MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER PLAIN & HUGER STS. Phone 71 COLUMBIA, S.C. Q. *Du3Bose ^ (?. SB oy It in ]uSBose <$r \SSoifkin '? - ? ? ? ^ Zrteai Ostate and 3* ire Snsiirance - : .... -i Every farmer should insure his cotton against fire. We write polices in any amount to cover cotton on plantation or in warehouse. .'. , INSURE YOUR COTTON ASK US FOR RATES