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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE l*ut>U?lied Kvei'f Friday. Per Annum . , . . . fl.OO II l>. Niton i > I'lHilUhorw, K, N. McDowell, ) EaUrW m cUm Mail ??!!?* mt iIm f?toitk* *1 Cwdti, tortti Carnltu. 1109 N. l|ro?i(l St. - Thorn- ai? Cumdni, S. l>c<. 1H, Ittl4. DIi'mhh hm.vh he known the difference betwwn u dcHcrvlng criminal aiul one who in unredeemable. Kursijaw coun ty thinks tio hHJ shown poor Judgment In. the ones lir ban turned loose from this county. ? ? . , . | the Florence DAljy Time* is arnica v> ?ring 'to get those who went to make Improvements have them made now while labor Ih cheap, ami at the siime ?line give work .to tile, unemployed. The same thing could he done In Cam den a ii<1 other towilM. In order that our force may he able to take a few days off during the holidays The Chronicle will Inhiic n MiiMill pu|M>r next. week. Copy for ud T* r 1 1 h 1 1 1 k or Items for publication should he went in curly. ^ ?? I Jr-J-" ?? ? ( 'rooks /ind criminal In Houth Curo Una will lose the bent friend they have ever had when Ulcase gm's out of of fice. Lawahldlng citizens are thank ful that hla time aw governor expires noon. Ouf* neighboring city of Kershuw Is right after the blind tigers, and a great many have been rounded up and brought to trial. Mitliy of the cities ?f the state are niaklpg It hot for the vlolaters. There Is Ha hi to l?e uiany In Kershaw county, ami there "? Is no HiM'clal effort hetng put forth to capture them. It Is iiIho said that Home of the old Offenders have gotten* back on the Job. Maybe the ollleers think "what's the' use?" . "T. 11. Vaughan Ih no more crazy than 1 am," >4ild I)r. U.(T. .fertnlngs, mirgeon of the Htate Penitentiary when asked by a reporter why he had not signed the-lunacy pnpers with the other two phyHlchum who signed the paper atatlug that Vaughan was crazy. THE FRANK CASK. .The Chronicle Is in receipt ?>f ad vance sheets of Collier's Wcokly In which O. r. Connolly takes up four pages In that publication reviewing the < Leo M. Frank case* of Atlanta. While we did not k?H?P up w]th the ease close . enough to be able to say whether Frank was guilty or Innocent, we do know that the people- of Atlanta are not the kind as pictured In the following, and we think that Mr. Connolly Is doing the cause of Frank more harm than fcood by publishing such rot : "When Solicitor General Dorse y, the prosecuting attorney, was in the mid dle of his impassioned argument, ^joint ing out how this "Qeudlsli degenerate" took Mary Phagap's life, he held np the bloody clothes before the jury and, ? dramatically i>ointlng to them, said: "I ask you to look at them ? I ask you to look at them." In the tense still neas Mary PhagafiV mother uttered a terrifying shriek. The Crowd in the court room rose art a man to their feet. The hands of numbers of these men went to their pockets, Every bailiff In the room Instantly called out in ex cited tones: 'Order! Order!" It was - a critical moment. This gives only an Idea of the scene. As the prosecntor concluded his tlpry address to the jury, which, instead of being a calm analy sis of the testimony, was an appeal to passion and prejudice, and tended to Increase rather than to allay the fren zy of the crowd, In- dramatically re peated the words 'guilty, guilty, guil ty.' With each 'guilty' the hell In a neighboring church simultaneously toll ed, and the superstitious crowd regard ed as Providential approval of the words," Beggary in the South. , Tho firm of. Jacob* of Clin ton, s. O., has written a leftvr to the editor of the Wall Ht>ce^.Tou^nal With the intention of correcting* some of the wrong Impressions formed in the north of the manner In which the buy a-biile movement was played up In northern cities. This Clinton iirm. hands out the truth In pointed style when it. says that "for the last ten years the South has* been immensely paid for raising cotton, and there has been a largo accumulation of money, putting the farmers Into excellent po ult-Ion, so that a large i>ercentage of ' them can hold their crops through till next season, if they desire to do so. A very, large percentage of them will not sell at 7 1-2 cents a pound, nor even at 10 cents a pound. Not a few of them will refuse to sell their crops at 1*2 cents a pound." Litera ture of this sort is calculated to re lieve the people up north of the Im pression that the people of the south are beggars.- ? Charlotte Observer. Governor Please hns received ji ihv tltlon from Augusta, Ga., asking for the pardon of Geo. W. Tldwell, con victed of slaving Emmett Walker, In Greenville, some tin** ago, and sen tenced to servo seven years in the penitentiary. U HERE'S HOPING, Ah thin U the last issue of The Chronicle before Christmas, We denire to thank our friendH, patrons and subscribers for the bus iness given this eatAbjiih ,ment during the year now drawing to a <*losef and hope that each one of you will have a merry Christ mas and a year full of peace, happiness and pros perity. RAID OF WARSHIPS HAS STIMULATED RECRUITING Allies Report Gains in Flanders ? General Offensive Movement. J'Oiidoii, Dee. 17.? The (lerinan raid oil ttyo cant coast li?H si I tn 11 In I ed re erulllng III tl>" Hrlthh Isles, Othei results arc prepa rations at coast iMiiiitx for protection of the civilian popula tion in case of furthor attacks, and (lie organization in Ixmdon of a na tional guard for local defense. In the west, ?'S|x<cliil)y in Flanders, the roles of the contending armies would appear !<> have lieeii clearly re versed. All the recent Official com munications, issued by the allien and (icrmnus refyr to tin11 ill ilea' offensive from Ypres to tlie sea. Consequently the Ceriuaus arc on the defensive. A lirltish squadron, standing off the coaat, has aided the attack near Nieu-v port, but nowhere 'has marked prog ress been noted. It may lie Maid, nevertheless, that the iiIIIch' attempt to push the Her mans out of Belgium has definitely !?*? gun and that reaults ko far recorded in Flanders have converted the Her man line into a series of tonaciousiy held inmitioiiH rather than a straight front; at -many points allied wedge# have been driven in. ItUssia claims ,to have checked /or the moment the AuHtrlau movement * across the Carpathian passea;. she contends also that she has pushed the Cepnans further hack toward tW Fast Prussian frontier, at the northern ex tremity of the eastern front. West of Warsaw, however, the Hermans con tinue their advance. The f3er man press, commenting on the situation in the west, has express ed the opinion tliat operations of im portance are impending in Alsace, where, jt is said, French reinforce ments are being brought up. A netf French attack - -from the direction of Toul also Is expected ill Herlinc-?- Jt is added that -Herman /guns considerably damaged the French position in the Vosges, soHth of St. Die. The Increase In recruiting, resulting from the Herman raid, is. particularly marked in I^ondon, where the rush of applicant* resembles In many resjieets scenes witnessed at the war's out break. TIIK MAYOR LOST HIS LIQUOR. Spartanburg Executive Ordered 47 <tallons For Nine Men. - ? Spartanburg, I)oc. 12,-^t-A barrel con taining forty-seven gallons of corn li quor, consigned to Mayor John P. Floyd of tills city, was return o<l to-day to the shippers in Chattanooga, Tenn. It is claimed a threat had heen nyide by county and state authorities to seize the whiskey in ease it was delivered to the mayor. The liquor was discovered in the freight office of the' Southern Itail way yesterday afternoon, it Is said, by Will Mills, a man pardoned after being convicted on the cTfttrge of mur der, now a state constable, working under R. F. Hammond of Governor Mease's force who reported it to Sher HY White. After a consultation with Solicitor 1 1 ill and others a warrant was isslied for the seizure of the liquor i<\ Magistrate Gantt, upon an affidavit bv v. TT. Johnson, of the rural police^ lavlt, It Is stated, , was- made o^ int\ ?rotation furnished ' by the Itev. J. Ti. Hurley, suiierintcndent of the Antl-^nloon League of the state. Mayor Floyd, in a statement given out. soys: "The whiskey is the prop erty of nine gentlemen of Spartanburg | and was shipped in one caw, consigned to me merely for convenience. Of course, T had no idea at the time that 1 might possibly stand a chance of violating any technicality <>f the dis pensary law, knowing that there was absolutely no violntion whatever of tin vl.lrll of ?1..A In... I !.??/> I,...- 1 as to the legality of having whiskey shipped in this manner, and beiyc have decided not to receive the whis key as shipped." It Is understood here that the whls key may be reshipiwd to the nine gen tlemen in Individual packages. Plans have been completed for the campaign to brine immigrants to tho South after peace Is declared In Ku roj>e. i Jess Clemm is In jail in Greenwood, charged with the murder of J. 0. Whit man, near that town last Sunday. Warrants for several other parties charged with complicity in the killing have been issued. Itobbery is supposed to hara been the motive. DAIRYMEN MUST MOVE QUICK Three Thing* Menace Industry: Inef ficient. Cow, Antiquated Method* and Ignprance.of Public. (By KWJICNK DAVKNPOllT. JlllnotM -4? ? rlculturul i'o liege.) A good deal Is going to huppen^ln dairying within the ne*t 25 years. Dairy husbandry' represents the roost intensive form of agriculture practised on this wide of the water. We have been so busy about other things that we have uot yet settled down to the development of the industry In this country. I think the individual dairy man has his attefctlou too exclusively on his personal afTalrs, and too little upon the industry he represents. When I see a man advocating a system of buying co wh instead of feeding them I know that h?' Is looking at It purely from the Individual standpoint. He knows, or ought to know that no business can thrive on that baaia. What you need to do and what we all needi U> do ? and do it quickly? is to attends to those things that will es tablish the dairy business as a1' whole upon a solid basia. There are three things that' today mennce the prosperity of the dairy business: FirSt, the inefficient cow; A Good Dairy Cow. get rid of her. Second, antiquated, unsanitary methods; and third, the general public, our consumers, do not realize as they ought the food value of dairy products. .How do milk, but ter or cheese compare in the .^beet markets as a food product? value for value ? with the other pr oducts, of this country? No comparison! What we need is to have three cam paigns of education ? one among our selves tor better cows, another among ourselves for better methods in order to make a better product, and another among the consumers to help them realize what dairy produce qgp really worth. ) It is up to the dairymen to educate both themselves and the general pub lic aud I believe they can do It. We must look a long way ahead. There are some thlrigs that must be don^ how for the improvement of dairying 20 years from noW. DAIRYING ON GENERAL FARM To Be Most Successful Financially Business 8hould Be Carried on With Other Lines. ? n (JBy H. A. HANDING, Illinois Agricul tural College.) Studies of the financial side of the' dairy situation, so far as they have yet bfeen made, indicate that dairying, to be most financially successful, should be carried on in connection | with other types of farming. The rea son for this Is quite evident ? Owing to the nee^l of mllkertf, and labor in connection with the cop*n and alfalfa which must be raised for the dairy, a considerable amount of labor is necessary. The corn and alfalfa will keep this labor busily engaged during a comparatively short period during tho year. ' If the farm opera tions are restricted to tho growing of these two crops, during a consider able portion of the year there will be no labor during the day to profit ably employ tho farm help and horses which must ho at hand during the other portion of the year. A . consideration of these facts makes it perfectly plain that if dairy ing is to be conducted most profitably, it must be combined with tho growth of other crops upon the farm, which will profitably employ the men and teams during the . time when they would not be otherwise engaged in connection with the dairy operation. Studios of the returns from various types of farms show that these funda mental considerations are well borne out by tho results. TEST THE COWS REGULARLY Responsibility for Existence of Tuber culosis Rests With the Owners of Infected Cattle. The eradication of, tuberculosis la the task of the dairyman with the as sistance of the state. The responsible ! ity for the existence of tuberculosis and its continuance rests with the owners of the Infected cattle. Re markable progress has been made In eradicating tuberculosis without great loss in severnl dairy sections. The men above all others who should regu larly test their cows are the ones whose herds sre free from the disease. Constant vigilance is neceesary to keep a herd of dairy cows free from tuber culosis. V WINTER ROAD WORK NEEbED Many Little Improvement? That Can ft* Made Which Will Combine to Ipiprove Condition?. American farmers Seem to lone sigh*, of the fact that our roads are trav eled and cut up by man and beaat and washed full of dltclutH by the elements for twelve months every season, while ihtr period during which there U any Improvement along the highway# covers but one-half that length of time ? ^perbap? lese than tha^ la It any wonder that our road sys' teiri Improves bo slowly under such conditions? winter road work is of vltul importance. Of course we can not get out and dig. plow, scrape aijd - grade in sections where the ground -taj frozen, but there are many little im provements that can be made which will combine to establish more favor able conditions, both during the winter and when the Mn*e ooqnes for more j aotiv? work next season. Sometimes it is ?"'strip of brush or shrubbery along the fAncfe that ougl^ to be removed, but In 'dtiy event they must be got* rlrf of, h^nce. they,. In addition to the above detriment, prove a nuisance to the traveling publid in the summer, by shutting off the air when the days grow sweltering. Then, too, the drying effect of the sun and wind is shut out from the roadbed and this also wields a most detrimental in fluence on the condition of the roads. But one must exercise lgood Judg ment in the disposition of brush grow ing along the road. If the drain ditch on each side of the track is somewhat deep, toss the brush into* it till It is the proper depth for good drainage, and to prevent further waBh; then throw In no taore. If the ditch la about the right depth at the start, keep all the ?rush out of it so that ample drainage" Is certain. Bear In mind that correct drainage is the most important factor to be con sidered in the maintenance of good roads. A firm, compact roadbed can not exist where water settles on the surface or soaks Into the^ Boil and re mainfe theret Then, many bridges get In bad re pair during the winter months. A board or two may be loosened or a treacherous hole may be just right fpr one or both of the horses to step a foot Into It and break a bone. By keeping an eye on these places, one will be^ enabled to repair them Just before they become dangerdus, which will help to distribute the road work through the whole yeiar. Instead of only six months at a time, as well aB arranging so that all of the labor m$y be as nearly cleaned up an possible when the spring comets Then real Im provement of the road may be carried on at once, without any preparatory or repair work being done. The most important thing that must be kept constantly in mind Is that of dragging the! roads whenever practica, ble in winter. - Of course we cannot make use bf the drag every day, but there are days when the slight thaw ing again begins to freeze on the sur face of the earth, the dirt is brittle enough to be moved and yet It will not roll or clogr up on the drag. This Is when the road reaches its worst stage through being cut up by travel and If it is left in this condition it freezes that way, making it rough and rutty till It thaws out the following dwr. ? Working down with the drag will brush off and crush the clods and 'the high places, filling up low and rutty spots, leaving the roadbed smooth and more compact. The ground then freezes UP before lt i? cijt up much more by travel, and thus the track will be smoother and easier than If allowed to freeze up Just as the whole day's travel left it. . / Any" snow or rain that falls, on a stretch of road thus treated with the drag will have no ruts and low places to retain the water ? and make the roadbed sotf, yielding and difficult to drain or dry off. ' < Furnish Green Stuff. Good succulent green stuff should be on hand at all times. It should form a good part ofr the dally ration, for chicks need bulk^s well as "nour ishment. . - ? V ? Best Dairy Farming, The best kind of dairy farming keeps the skim milk on the farm and markets it as young stock, pork and poultry products. _ 1 Ago of a Fowl. The age of a fowl is always dis closed by the condition of its legs. If the skin Is hard and rough be sure ft Is an old one. The delicacy of the skin of the face indicates youth. Excellent Insurance. A grain bin on a farm is excellent Insurance against forced sale at low PrJ?e '? . X k Tax Keenly Felt Poor roadfe impose a tat never more keenly felt than at grain-hauling time. Going After Mind Tiger*. It wan mentioned Ju the Km last WW-?k tliut i m>1 I<*4'|iim ii (iregnry had ar ri'Hifd Will Johnson and Arthur Mil lor, lx>th cdlorotl, on tho charge of li quor selling and that botl) were cutt' V luted in the mayor's court, tile for uier being fined $05 end the letter $40, totalling $105. Since thou Officer Gregory has arrested eight others on the same charge and they were trlod in I ho mayor's court, convicted ami sentenced mh follows: M. W. Armstrong, $200 or (JO days cm two cam*; I*ocke llall, $25 or 8(1 da^s; Will Uren, $20 or HO day* ; Ar rant Patterson, $20 or 80 days; win liorkliaia, $20 or /JO days ; Will Kirjf land, $20 or HO days ; Hob Cunning ham, $20 or 30 day*. ? Totullihg $345 or 270 days ; thin added to the two linos lii tho two C&B09 make $450 or H80 days. These Jigures aggregated half the aalary of the policeman for a \ear, 1111(1 he lacked several days of luivlng served his llrst months / ?^?' r: 'f- \ ~ "i Tba city council of Charleston en Tuesday night last voted to buy the' Goose ('reek Water Plant, tlx* plant now being owned toy the Charleston Light and Water (Jo. The purchase; price will be $1,500,000. 1/ . Htate Treasurer Carter said, lafit Tuesday that unless more tax money Is received during the next three weeks thnn has efcer been received in the same period l>efore, the' state govern ment will be unable to meet itri obli gations. ? James Allan, of thir famous Allan Jewelry Co., of Charleston, died at Summerville oh .Wednesday of laat week, aged 48 years. A. It. Patterson, M. I>? of Itarnwell, has resigned as assistant physician at the sjate hospital for the insane, the resignation to take efTect^Dec.^31. ' VULCANIZING. Our TIRE REPAIR SERVICE em bodies EVERYTHING from a simple puncture to perfectly remedying tb? most serious cutr or blowout in casing or tube. A-l equipment plus A-l materials with exacting, expert care in every de tail inlBurd you PROMPTNESS, SER VICE, and SATISFACTION. Here you will fltjd a TIRE REPAIR PLANT equipped with every MODERN STEAM VUI/CANJZING apparatus. Columbia' Vulcanizing Works/ 1122 Lady St. Columbia, S. C. . : ' HEADQUARTERS FOR HOLIDAY -GOODS CAMDEN 5 AND 10c STORE 7 . ? * ' ' ? SAM MILLER, PROP. - . r'V. .? ?? Collins " Brothers Undertakers foe Col6red[ People Telephone 41 ? 714 W. DeKalb St.. MARY E. HAMPTON _1 REGISTERED NURSE - Durham, N. O. ; passed State Bd. of South Carolina; post graduate of Lincoln Hospital, New rork, N. Y. Residence 916 Campbell Ave.** Telephone 284-J; Camden, S. 0. Dr. l.'H. AI?x?od?r Dr. R. E. SUt*m<mi . Alexander & Stevenson I n; DENTISTS OHka Soatbcait Cora?r Bread iai D?KaH> St*. . S. BERRY Expert Horeshoeing. Shop located to the rear of .Cfyburn Block on Main St., Satisfaction Guaranteed." . . ' . -4 * ? -/> ? ? MONEY TO LOAN * ON REAL E3$*f ATE ? BAST \ TERMS E. O. vonTreeckow. In a } Bottle fwri# a Straw COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO. MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER PLAIN & HUGER STS. Phone 71 ^ "i" COLUMBIA, S. C. DEATH ?VE MUM RAT CORN Best rat and mloe exterminator made. Kills Quickly and absolutely withoutodor. Mummifies ? thus predating dMCompoBl tlon. Bettor than all the traps In tbfl world. Insist on Genuine K AT CORN. 25 d, 60c, |l at dealors or by mull, post paid. . - , , BOTANICAL MFC. CO. 4th 4k Race St 9. , Philadelphia, P*. ATTENTION Mr. Stock Owner! Vjfe carry in stock all the following Boyd's Remedies which are guaranteed, to do th** work claimcd for them or pur chase price will be refunded. Boyd 'a Sure Pop. Colfc Curf. large . $1.00 Boyd's Sure Pop Colic Curv, an ail , ,60 Uojrd'? Sure Pop fever & Cough Cure .50 Boyd's Sure Pop Purnutiv? '0. Boyd '8 n o 1* .p Eye Rorredy . . . <W> Sy.ve Pop Hoof Liquid ... ,25 Boyd's Sure Pop Magnetic Ointment . .25 BcVd'a Liniment, small . . , ? ? ? -25 Boyd's Liniment, medium 50 Boy<'.'a Liniment, larsro 1-00 Boytl'o V,* urm and Condition I'o. an.). . .25 Boyd'u Wur:n ai.d Condition Po. nudi . .50 Boyd's Y/orm.n. d Coi:<2Wic !i F> . I c. 1.00 - For f a'.e by Zemp & DePass, / Camden, S. C. Dr. E. B. KERRISON vr.- dentist - SuoooaBor ? to Dr. L., W. Alflton Office in the Monti Building Phone 18ft Everybody wants CANDY at Christmas time. We ha ? on hand a large assortment of tnree of Americas o manufacturers in Christinas boxes or most any .style y waxit. 7T ?: ? ~ + ? Quantity, Quality and Price*-41li^e You All Hire? I? ... >>u I ? " We can also furnish you with the very choicest pfjfru for your Christmas wants: It won't do any harm to ar p I in to see us, we may have oth^f^thinjfs that will pie | you. ? ???-. Camden Can V: Phone 78. Sero Beleos.