Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE |*ublMi<*(! Kvery PHdwjr, Per Annum . . . VI I). #11$* j f 'It I .1 I In I n f . \. Mclhmell. \ Ulir*^ M m?.?4 <Um Mil ??lltr al |Im Fm4?I1m? *1 U?4*?. S.?ik Cm*!>u lion X. Itr??i?<l Ht, ? 'I'lioar 2tf ( ainil. ii, S. i\, Ortolxr nil TIm-iVs ii ( i < iin iiiliiii- i iii Hit Ktatrmrnt i if ?? wiuiiHii writer tho American goirriunrnf iiiMMjii't worry about mi army t lint <?v#ry Aincrhmi j/lrl out 15 U pra<tlec<) in tin* uxt* of |Hi\vil?'r, it ml a rail to arm* I* it'll x)n? w ant*." Ail vert Ulng Is letting |hmi|iI?> know yon are holding ??? loipreguiihjiu line of huslnewx. ' An advertisement pro|?erly written Is real ne\y* that you have iie<e*sary ami ?l<?*<l nil.iU* artlrlea for Mile, wio'ii tho reniu/r stops t !??? sup j i I > of now* from Kuro|H' | hm ?| ?!<? < loit't know what rh<' armies art* doing. "When a meivhaiit KtopN advert laliig. people hate no way of knowing what ho Is doing, It's all right for armh's 10 entrrmh lint thrv hold on to tbalr iiolsrniiikrrH. It'* all right for a mer chant to rytrom h hut rutting out his nolKr makers Ik poor m?oiiomy, Ho long an a xtorr door in ,<>|mmi for husl -uea* a merrhaut hUouIiI at lra?t adver tise the fart. .When 1 1 ill cm got '?tjght loosen thriii ft j? hy un adVertiaonient. An -fld* 1? simply business news. Wil mington, "S, Star. HIMJ A HONG OK GUUNES8. Have .vim tried to measure the depth of Euroi war? Have you looked lieyond t li?* glare and flitter and pomp of marching ar mies to the horrors of battlefield which mukc all I>aute> imagination of the Inferno seem tame and eouimon place? Have you opened your aoul to a study of what it means to have 400, OOO.OOQ, p^ple In an a^ony of suspense, of suffering, of aching and breaking hearts, for every nhell lired, though It miss it* mark, yet strikes Rome wo man's or Vfj'tbl'M heart? ^ Have you thought that never In the history was there stu b an awful weight ujioii so many millions of )>eople, and that never before dltl the angels of ,l Heaven look down upon so much hu man suffering, physical and mental, as now? \ ? Have you thought of the millions and millions who in their homes will ... xuffer In dee|?est poverty, and who this winter will know more of famine and of starvation than the world has ever known before, while husbands and fathers and sweethearts will day after day be among the killer* and the kill ??d ? And as you think of these things, Is not your heart so full of gratitude for the blessings enjoyed by you and every man, woman ami child who has the privilege of living in this country that there is no room left in your soul for worrying over the petty things which confront us in business Sing a song of joy and gladness? a song of thanksgiving every hour of your life. Make the best of the situa tion even though you may have many burdens to carry, and the" clouds will l>ass away ere you know It.? Manu facturers Record. WHAT ONE FARMER 1)11). often the showing of the profitable results attained by one farmer Induces many others to test his plan with good results. An object lessen accomplishes more than can be expected from the mere general preaching of. di veronica t ion. Current news dispatches tell the story of -a Spalding county farmer who has taken j|u?oo otV two and a half acre* of land tliis \ear. and he is not through with it yet. Here the story sent from < < riltlti : .1. It. Hunter, a farmer of Spalding county, living three nrile^ from this place, this year from two and one half acres of ground has sold t;:i worth of string lioans^ and iniw-ba< a crop of corn "ii the land that is conserva tively estimated to make a ,\ icld of ' bushels. W ith corn at $l.lo per l>u-h el, if appears that Mr. Hunter on this small tiehl will realize this year a cash return of approximately $?><hi. Imme diately after the corn Is harvested this fall, Mr. Hunter will put the land in cabbage. He expects to make not less than live tons of cabbage to the acre. There is not a farmer in the south -who has done nr can do the same thing with' cotton. Ami he is infinite ly better -off today than the man with nothing but cotton, for he lias his mo ney in the bank. On the other hand, the man with all cotton needs food stuffs. must buy them from somebody else, and is without the money to pay the .bill. The one certain thing i-< that i?eoplc ore not going to get along without food, even for a little while. It is the Uicky man this year who lias some to sell besides. Georgia has made soine progress In this direction. ? There are now about A dodeen counties Id the state which \> rr , . '9 Ijuvf made fhelr "vmi r...Mi this )'Mf| and will lni|Mtrt none from out - Kvj'i) (Scorgla roiinly should b# on thin lint Fvei rjr (icorglH fanner should emulate t li?* splendid siiercsa of the Kpnldinu iiitfiit| man. Tlii' Kuro | M*ji |i will Is ii.. I w or ? > tnu hlin \I!m III Constitution Wli^c r i< I i 1 1 ^ | >< ? .1.1^ on an Atlantic CimkI I. Ine train In'twecn Co lumbia ninl Florcm-e, returning to their home* a* hIu(U*ij|h from Wluthrop (Jo), lege to Florence, MImkmk Blanche Jae ger. L< <i?lxa Mv('oWI) ami Annie Mac (leutry, 'of Florence overheard what 1 1 it n now turned out to la* a nun pleas ant lie?? lH'tw?*eii one of tin* Atlantic Count I due's conductors ami h young inali' student of Darlington ami which unpleasantness ha* Ih?cii carried to tin* I'imrl of coiu moil pleas at Coliiuililu In a kiiI t for dHiuhKin, Th?>sc young ladles wcri* served with notice to up? IM'iir iim witnesses In ( Ii Ih case now being heard at Columbia. They art* now at Wlntlf^op College ami I >r. John* MID I'CfliMHl to let tin-Ill go, so it In stated, UitltwM their nupective mothers ar<oinpitn.\ them. Mrs. Jaeger ami Mrs. <lentry lilt v#* J?*ft to Ih? with tlii'lr daughters nt 'court. The Florence chamber of commerce has tin* assurance tlnit res|Hinsihlc nu-n will contract f??r tin- yield of 1.000 acres of corn in that him- lion giving a guarantee to the farmer who enters Into the contract with them. They promise to put up h mill at Florence for hi cm | n ml grltp. Florence Iihh ln?en given a milling and transit rate by hotli railroads, which gives that city an es|>ecjal great advantage for thin business, The proponents of the new Hcheme plan to put ill machinery for handling ftOO bushels of corn dally. AMERICAN RED CROSS. % ? ? ? An Appeal for More than Mil lion Once Happy Homes. To the People of South Carolina : In asking your paper to protf&.nr to you this apianil In the name of hu manity from tin* American I ted Cross, 1 rduill he brief and not overtax your patience. There Is?suffertng ami distress pre vailing in Kiiroja* today the, magni tude and depths of which never enter ed the mind of man. The victims now from conservative Investigation have reacliod the appalling number of one million fatherless children, and Over one hundred thousand widows. Think of It In the fear of (Sod. These an In dependent citizenship, having had all the comforts and conveniences of life, living in happy horties and in charity with all the world. A war for which no one ran give a reasonable cause came upon them like a thunderlmlt from a clear sky involv ing two thirds ??f the nations of the earth. Those pros|>erous people living In the section of the war zone that has iHKxnne the theatre of the most bloody merciless war that has ever hlaekencd the stofy of civilization have met with reverses and barbarities that reach Satanic cruelty. Their crops have heen destroyed, their houses ruined and burned ? their all none ? their all gone ? this is no overdrawn picture: it is almost l>e yond our Imagination. Shelterless, elotheless. provisionless, in dismay, hoiH'less, not knowing where to turn, with no eye to pity, and no arm to save. My friends and fellow citizens, think <>f the situation and take l.t In, If you can. We plead and pray that your hearts may be touched and your pock et books opened. I ton't treat Ibis petition with in ilifference. It comes to each .and ev ery one <?f you as a message from 'above. "lie that bath this world's good- and seeth bis brother in need a 1 1> I shuttcth up his bowels of <-onipas-j slon from him. how dwelleth the love of God in him." Send your contributions to the uu- 1 derslgned. They will In- most welcome and promptly acknowledged and band led. In all modesty and c?.n*?*m. 1 hep leave to remain. Your friend and servant. A. ('. KA1 F.MAN, j Acting President S. C. State Hoard American lied Cross, Charleston. S. net. To, 1011. r.riiot 1*. l'.vatt. a popular young business man of < Ireeiivllle, chief clerk and buyer for a grocery company was killed Tuesday evening when a- fright ened horse threw him against a brick wall. Mr. Kvatt was putting a bridle on the horse, and for some reason the animal became frightened and dashed the young man against the wall of a nearby building. Injuries were inflict ed that resulted In his death at a hos pital about two hours later. McDuffle Hampton and H. L. Caughman. members of the railroad commission, have returned to Colum bia aftei insisting the main line of the Southern railway between the North Carolina audi Georgia lines. "We found the roadbed In exi^ellent condi tion, said Mr. Hampton. Will of Rev. J. G. Richard*. South Carolina 4 Nullity, i.ii> i. JOJH. Know all iqiMi by I !????*?* present* (lull I. John (iaidtncr lll?hardx, Hr,,; Im-Iiiu i if jROOll bitllb and *>( sound mlml d?> make this my la*t will and tcstanmnt 1 1 ?-iii fsjl i win iinii i in* division of my property whli-li I liMvt* iilri?aily/ i ii jt 1 1?*. both U relates to ni| Qwn ami Ilia estate ?of my wife, Sophia I! I ( I- I ii i il >1.1 It Hiatal aw inmli' Item 2ml. I xlve to my k*iii, l,ewls I'. IClehards, my Interest (two shar??a) In the storehouse ami I'ythlan Hall at Hleuhclm* S?<utli Carolina. ItiMn :tr?l . | hold a Ufa Insurance IM'lh-y In what Is known as "Tim jPfea hytcriau Ministers' Filial, Philadelphia, I'll., twelve hundred dollar* (fl.'JdOi In favor <(f my wife, Sophia K, Hleh ards, ami our six children, to la* paid In nix equal Installments. Aim! I hiik Kent to my executora to pay tho first Insta I liimnt to any two families of our children that seem to la* In most Im mediate iMH'd, and so Oil, lint seeing to It that In the end each one of our children or their families nets an equal share"* of (lie whole amount. Item -It li. I have disposed of my watches and tuy gold headed eane and my household and klteheu furniture, and I wish this dls|?o*ltloii to ataud. Item 5th. I have in notes and mon ey lietwecn four and live thousand dol lars and whatever of thut is left at my death I wrtnt equally divided l>e t#Mn my children or their rami lies. Item dth. I will that a suitable monument shall lie erected to iny mem ory. I want this done hy my children, cacli family contributing live or ten dollars as may. he necessary. Item Till, t will, 1f convenient, that my grandsons shall la* my pall hear ers. 4 Item Nth. I hereby appoint my son, John <J. Hlchards, Jr., executor of this my last will, and In ease of Ida death before the estate Is aettled up, then I apiaiint my son, Norman S. ItU-harda, to act in his stead. In witness whereof 1 have hereto set my hand and seal this the Ith' d^y o( July, inia. John (Jardincr Richards (seal) ,J. M. Molladay, T. W. IieTaiie .1. H. Johnston, * ? - I XT' I \Vit n esses. Rise of the Trained Nurse. < From^flie Boston Hemhl.) The Now York Kvenlng Post, in conUuent on the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the owning of the Johns. Hopkins Hospital, (ieohiros that the whole country did not contain in 1MK0, outside of the liospitals. more than a few hundred trained nurses. Now they exceed 1(M), (KM) in number. The standard of their qualifications is steadily rising- In the encouragement ?of this new profession the Johns Hop kins Hospital contributed powerfully. It opened a training school for nurses simultaneously with the hospital Itself. There could hardly be a better il lustration of the way the modern world has created new callings, in propor tion to its ability to sustain them, than In the rise of the trained nurse. In the old days the sick man was taken care of by his family by day and by "watchers" from the nciglibor liood by night. These were the village blacksmith or painter, i>erhaps a fra ternity associate mate. But he was InexiHMieneed ami jmorly equipped for the work. To draft him for it was no i small Imposition! But/M>f course, the system was economical and still pre vails where the trained nurse seems an extravagance. The world wants all the trained nurses for its sufferers on beds of sick ness that it can afford. We do not need wars and contlagations, and earth quakes, and vices (ti order to "make work." In supplying the legitimate and wholesome needs of t lit* world, such as the projier Care of the sick, we have a vohuue of work awaiting performance which will tax the resources of even our favored land for generations .-to rome. . "Please Stop My ? " Literary World. "Please stop my?" what? Times are hard, money is scarce, business is dull, retrenchment is a duty. Please -top my ? " Whiskey? "Oh no; times niv not bad 'enough for that yet. But there i< something else that Is costing me ii large amount of money every year, which I wish to save. Please stop . m.\ Tolutcco, cigars, snuff? "So, no. not these but 1 must retrench some where. 1 Mease stop my ? " Ribbons, Jewels, ornaments and trinkets? Not Jewels, ornaments and trinkets? N*Ot 1 at all. Pride must be fostered, if times are so hard : hut I believe I can see a ! way to effect quite a saving in anoth er direction. Please stop my?-" Tea. coffee and needless and unhealthy lux uries? No. no. no. not these; I can not think of such a sacrifice. I must think of something else. Ah, I have, It now ; iuy weekly* i>aper costs me two cents a week. I must save that. Please stop my ? paper; that will car ry me through easily. I believe in re trenchment and economy." i . . ... School For Deaf and Blind. ' .?!.?! S|,iinv:f H. Oct lit, MM I. To (ho Voter* of Month Carolina : At tin* last Iiiic of Mm* (ttMicrnl Assembly, at our ? suggestion, two a mcudlipht* to (HH Hint* Constitution W.T.- | p 1 1 1 j m ist m I fit f lite l?,-l I ?- ? intlil of tltln H4 *|i? m >1 to Iw voted U|h>ii by you at the Coining geDCIUl election. If flU'SC lv\?. J )l ? I|H mt't I amendments II IV Jlppl'oX 1 ?'l l?\ 1 1??- |>eoplc of this Slate voting j "Yew" ii|hmi I lot 1 1 of them the 'School for tin* l>e*f and the Hlind will no | longer Ih> classified with the Penal anil Charitable hut with the ^durational I tepartmeuf of the State. In order to | effect this change of 'classification it Ih necessary to amend our < ouKtitution in two places. First it Is necessary to so amend us to take th?? McbOO} from i Mm* IVnal and Charitable Section. A : second Hiueiulmeiit Ih u??ce*sary to j j ? I u < -< ? tlu? school under the (Educational Section. At tin* coming ueneral election' in Xoveml>cr you will Ih? asked to cast your liallot either for or against these tWO promised amendments. Knowing that the Is'ople of this State will uni* foiiiil.\ vote "Yes" on these two amend ments provided I hey ale Informed US to their liu|Mirtanee to thin school, I deem It my duty, as the representa tive of tlii school. to address this let ter to you. A eeutury ago the deaf and the blind children of these United States were Allowed to remain a burden to their parents and their friends. About it hftlf eeutury ago ;-iv;il adviiiieeuieut had been made when a large majority of the states bad established schools under the name of "Asylums" for the deaf and the blind children. So Ig norant were the masses of the people hi regard to the ability and needs of these children that they could not dis associate the charitable Idea from a deaf and a blind child. But there has <'Oiue a general awakening in all our states. They are recognizing the fact that every deaf ond evpry blind child within the bounds of these United States has a right to hoj>e for an edu cation and a right to hope that it will not he handed out to him with the label of charity upon it while his more fortunate brothers and sisters get the same thing and there is not suspicion of charity with it. The work done at our school is educational in the high est sens? for it include* instruction along literary musical, Industrial, phy sical and moral line*. <>ur graduate* are successful men and women winning their way in the world and gaining the respect of the people around them : they are never objects of charity and the school that makes them should not be classed with the i>enal and eharltable work of our State. For years, for all proctleal purposes, our classification has been educational but legally we have car ried the stamp of charity upon us. To take away the last vestige of the char ity idea from our school I respectfully ask that yon vote "Yes" upon both of these proposed amendments. Then I can say to the boys and girls under my eare^ ahd to the large and respected alumni of our school that South Caro lina will no longer stamp Charity up on the education she is giving, and will continue to give so freely to her deaf and her blind children. Feeling sure that the people of this State will gladly avail themselves of the oppor tunity ot vote "Yes" upon both these amendments, I am, Yours very truly, X. F. Walker, Supt. Honor Roll of Jackson School. The mil of honor for tlio month of September for the Jackson Graded school (colored) was as follows: Beginners I-'lrst grade: Isaac Brac.V. : J. T. Jaines, Jack Moore. Johnny Pick ! ett. Fred Reynolds, Willie Reid, Rich i ard Wright, Freder Williams ami Re i beCea Braey. AdVanced First grade: I.eon J. Hut soii^' Jr., James Jones ami Adnllne , Ilowon. Seeond grade: Julius Brevard. Den with __Meeks. Philip Carlos. Randolph ! llalthcock, li. S. A. Williams. Jr., Hot tie Frnsler ami T.ottio KendHck. Third grade": Theodore Alexander. ' Allen Crim, James Cureton. Snllie Jones ;i i>() Jessie Stoney. Fonrth grade: William Roykin, Rob ert Hunter. Anion Levy, Samuel C. Thompson. Zadia Boyklu. liosa Bryant, l.izfcie Levy, Susie Reynolds and Ellen I Reynolds. Fifth grade l Isaac Frasier, Thos. J. j llalthcock. Johnny Jackson, Mabel j Adaoason. Hettle Cureton and Sadie Shields. j Sixth gfade: Eugene Williams ami ' <M'iieva Cureton. Seven! h grade: T. J. Boykin, Jr., j James I^evy, Ruth Alexander. All patrons are urged to send their j children to school every day. Our i school can accomodate many more and , we want a full school each day. C. ('. I/Owery, principal. Jackson School. ! Julian Wanton, aged was shot I ami x probably fatally wounded by Dr. j M. S. Tugraliam, at tin* latter*' store on the outskirts of Greenwood, Satur day afternoon. The shooting followed a dispute over payment for a show case which lngraham had purchased from Ranion. x ^ NEWSPAPER PROFITS M ? HARD HIT BY THE WAR In All Timet of Excitement Advertising Dimnishes end Losses Are Great. By Frank Fi. Noyen, Pre?ldeut of Tim Aft?oelated Pm-s. Thurp Is |wrlui)W, no popular QtliUD dei>tauding 4ii<>r?' widespread than Is found in tbs ? Iini iil belief that a Krest wur or other Important happening that dUKiW a?? increased *sle of newspapers 1m profitable to pewspapejr owner*. V The fundamental error 1m ho grotes que to a newspaper publisher um to chiikc the humor of It to afford some solace to lilm If actual It It* trouble him sorely. The Simple fact ix tlutt the newspu I mi Is pi oltnlilv a UeftVler financial ?uf fcj-er in the bunluess worhl through war than any nave those whose prop erty is physically destroyed hy It. On this kI(I?* of the water the- bun den of the present European war la laid heaviest on newspuiH'r publishers of all our business m?'ii. This Ik mo beesuoe of fuctn that are very easy to undei-Mtand. The newMjm jkh'm of large circulation in thiM country are almost without ex ception one cent newspapers. The white paper fr>r these lMtpers costs more than the wholesale Helling price, There Lr a Iokm on every cotyy sold and the greater the excitement, the more ^extras** Issued, the greater the loss. In ordinary time?* thiM loss 1m made up hy advertising receipts. It Is ob vious, however, that nothing Im receiv ed for the advertising in thiM addition al and tem|M>rHry circulation. The Mad reverse 'of thiM Im true. 1 'ft ull times of excitement advertising diminishes ; there are individual exceptions ,pf coutmc, but they are sporadic and only prove the rule. If thiM measured the extent of the disaster to the newspapers that war brings tliey would even then be some what worse off than the average bus iness concern, for with diminished ad vertising earnings they would have In creased circulation losses. The" tale of woe of the newspapers has. only begun, however. The usual business concern when trade Is bad, whether from war or whatever the cause of the depression may 1h?, trims its sales for the storm, curtails the working force, reduces the output. War means to the newspaper a tre mendous increase to its cost of pro duct ion. Take The Associated Press for ex ample. This is a corporative and non profit-making organization of some 000 papers the. pun>ose of which is to fa-< cilltate the exchange of news between Its members and . the collection of origi nal news for their joint benefit. Ill times of peace it maintains news bureaus in all the worhl centres of news and the cost of its operations run annually to an enormous sum. The little tiurry of the Spanish-American war, however, cost the Associated Press $275,000 in addition to Its normal cx l>ense. In - preparation f<7r the proverbial rainy day which with the Associated PresM Is war, an emergency fund of $400,000 had l>een accumulated. Since the latter part of July this has been eaten Into at an appalling rate, for the Associated Press must expand Its corps "r iWlfWUXWlWU at 'i!l news l>oliJls from loodou to Toklo, must fcaiUljrty its cttitie ?>(wtullturM by five w ^ toil if tlu> tensors graciou . i \ per,u|, A* wit Ii *lhe Associated I'retw. Wltll all individual newspapers, lurge <>r -nail. The of ? i|Ho, iHl and mechanical force* during the u?. usual hour* to pruvlde for the prompt publication of decimations of war und Kreat battles, alone amounts to a heavy burden. It 1 s when 111.' case of the liidh iduul great newspaper*, like tboae of New Vork ami Chicago is consldcr.,1 that ? lu- full Herniary of Sherman1* luonoumi'iiHMir as (o war in *?tablUb I ad, no far 4* the pewapaper in concern sd. These newspapers f?M'l bound III i?erformance of their duty to ' their readers to do a large amount of orig lpal news gathering In addition to that done for them by the Associated Prctw or other news-gathering organ l/.atlons and the exj>ei)jio to theiu Is Him ply staggering. It la doubtful whether any of the publishers of the great newspapers bait even now refrain from either tears or bad language whon he think* of tlife ??r?y of exj?enxe.iii which he was in volved during the .Spanish American war. j The ordinary profits of the most prosperous vanished into the uir and the leas fortunately placed found them selves facing enormous deficits. Harrowing as that reflection has been It will seem like a rosy dream If the present titanic conflict continues for a considerable time and the news papers keep up their expenditures on the scale of August and September. It may well be that all newspaper owners will be praying for licensor who will forbid qny reference to the war to be cabled. , Ukl GOOD STAND OF ALFALFA. 1 Methods of Planting Bight Acres on Clem son College Farm. "Clemson College, Oct 21.? -The col lege farm is assured of a good field of alfal^A If conditions continue as favor able for the establishment of this crop as they have been since the planting: of eight acres recently. Weather con ditions at time of planting and imme diately after were all that could be desired and a \igo-<pus stand was se en ml early. Though alfalfa has been grown on the Experiment Station farm, this Is the first field of It ever attempted on the college farm which Clemson oj>erat?ii. There Is not much surprise at the excellent condition of tlietrop since everything that could be done was done to give the seed a- good growing chahce. The eight acres were disked twice with a disc plow and cut with a disc har/ row four times. A -smoothing harrOw was next sent over them twice. Eight Jopds of stable manure and five tons of ground limestone were applied to each acre. The seed was sown at the rate of twenty-five i>ounds to the acre. For inoculation, commercial cultures were used. Four different .kinds- being tried in the nature of an experiment to de teriuhie which of the cultures Is most efficient. THE ?; PRUDENT MAN * PROTECTS ff/S FAMILY WITH A E BANK ACCOUNT HE KNOWS HIS DUTK Should YOU be taken away from your wife and ..children do you not wish for them to be free from WANT? ,r> ,Y The best way to make your family independent U to REGULARLY BANK a part of the income from your labor or your business and let this money STAY in the bank. : o \ : - 1 , *? - A foolish investment may endanger the happineM of your family. BE CAREFUL. ^ The First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C