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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE! * ?. mm *??* ?. N. McDowell 1'UblUhed every Friday at 1100 No. Broad Street, and entered ttt tho Oftiu 4oil JKHitotliee HH MH'Olld claws mall mat ter, Price |>or annum $1.00, 1,1.11 .1 ?? I. w mi. . . .... ? I ? I, ? ? ? ? I : .? Wo are glad to receive communica tions of a reasonable length, but an Important condition of their publica tion It* that I hoy shall In all eases bo accom|Mtiiled , by tho full name and exact a (Id rose of the sender. Obitu aries, resolution* of respect, and church AotlcoH will, not Im* charged for. Mat ters of purely a personal nature will 4|o charged for at tho rate of Ave cents a line. .Whiskey or puteut medicine advertisement* will not be uccepted at any price. Ha tea for display adver tfs in# made known on application. Camden, H. t<? January 15, 1915. Here's to the two Smiths ? Governor Mini. Judge. Pollock must hai^ boon right when ke said ho was "feat her- legged." a Saturday afternoon an intoxicated aegro walking along Limestone street with two companions was heard to ?take use of this expression several times: "Oh, no kill you, a man and then apply to Itleaso. Ho'U turn you ?ut." Who can suy that the example sot by (lovernor lllcaso has not had a baneful influeuco upon those who do not know better than to absorb such damnable doctrine? ? Uaffney [/?sixer. All tho criminals pardoned by <k>lo Ia ltlease ? Homo fifteen hundred in number ? are now as good men, in the eyes of tho law, as tho boat and moat law-abiding men In tho Statu. They can vote, toatlfy In court, Hit on Juries and hold ottico. A nice contribution Gov. ltlca.se has made toward the up lift of the State! says tho Sumter Item. r? \V. F. ('aldwell, a woll known news paper correspondent of Columbia, has h<??>n named ?h private secretary to Meutenant-Oovernor ltcthca. Here's a Straight Tip to You. Did you know that you arc keeping some fellow from paying his debts by holding back that "ten-spot" you owe the grocer, or the dry goods man. or perchance, in isolated cases, the news paper man? ? Thomasvlllc Times. A DELICATE HINT. The editor of the L'unta <>urda, Fla. Herald is unafraid. In the last num ber of his paper ho comes out flat footed and tells a few of his neighbors "where they get. off at." Ills little hint Is one that implies to other com munities than l'unta Gorila alone. Here It is : "The plan uj>on which this news paper is run is such that, on the lirst day of any mouth, we can suspend publication, refund all advance sub scriptions and protect all other liabili ties. ' And that is exactly what we will do whenever the pa|>er falls to pay expenses. We arc not such simpletons as to persist in a losing buisncss, and we are not in this buisncss for pleas ure, patriotism and l?enevolonce alone, hut for mii honest living and a fair pro portion of iHM'unktry profits. ''Those few of our business men who do not. aid in sustaining this newspa per. by advertising in it, but who claim to be as much devoted as the others to tiie interests of the town, might we well consider the i>ossibillty of a condition arising that would Justify The Herald in retiring from business or reducing by getting out a smaller pa|>er. That would be a tine adver tisement for tjie town, wouldn't It? "\Ve are gratlfiisl to state, however, that the paper Is paying exi>cnses-nnd we are not contemplating a susjxMision of the paper or changing its size, but we are always ready for it. "The conclusion is. if you think the town should have a newspa|>er, it would be wise in you to supi>ort it and not leave it. to your neighbors to dis charge tills duty which is indirectly, j hut really due t<> the community." According to a re|>ort of the state insurance department then* were 2.?.J fires in Souih Carolina during flu* rflollth of I 'VrViiii M'i\ W. I>. Metfs. recently appointed l>ostmaster at. Greenville. has brought *ult for $7.*>.0()0 against J. W. Nor wood for alleged libelous statement's made in connect ion with the light for the appointment. Florence was tin* first county to re port a birth under the new vital sta . tistics law A child was born to Mrs. Henry (.'rawi'-y near Florence, just as j the clock \\;t? striking twelve on the night. of December .'J1, and a certio rate of birth was duly registered by -t H. M. Ayer, the township registrar j ?arly the next morning. Two negroes escaped from the Fair field jail last Tuesday night, by swing- i Ing down from a second story windo?- j and were afterward arresti*! at White j Oak. about eight miles distant. One: of the negroes, Long Estes. was charg* j ed with murder, and the other. WiM : Hawsey, with car breaking. Roth had to be shot through the arms ljcfore . they were willing to surrender. Colored Woman Thanks Her Friends. Please allow mo space in.arour paper to thank i;he many frieudbS for their kindness shown us in the sadness oc- ! \sioned by the death of my daughter, ^r. May God pour out JM? bless .Ndou each and every one. \ Hettie J. Powell. C., Jan. 14, 1015. ? / Get Table Cloth# and Napkins Just at Good a? Linen and Cheaper Too. (lty Joaeph ItelAeld) The problem of finding yew uses for American cotton, and of putting the** uses Into effect, 1m one which tho Amur* loan people must solve, if wo would have substantial pr<mi>erlty In thin country. About IK month h ago. when I wAft buying furnishings and oqulplneht for the Fort Dearborn hotel, uiy attention wan brought to something I never had h?h?h nor hoard of liefore ? cotton iitti* kins and table cloths of a high quality, ttnd usable In an up to date hotel and restaurant. Tliefte goods were made In Auatrla. After considering the matter, I placed my order for the entire equipment of table uapery for this hotel. The coat wan alamt 'to i>er cent, or about one third the coat of linen na|>ery. My saving <Hi the II rat purchase wan near ly $4, 000. 1 had forgotten all about my pur chase until my return from Euro|>o where I passed last summer. Ah soon as 1 reached home, I found the coun try greatly agitated over the cotton situation. On every aide I heard the. cry, "The cotton crop must be flnan.* ed ! Now lines must bo found for cot ton !" In a IIiihIi there came to me the thought of my cotton napery at the Fort l>earborn hotel. 1 found on Inveatlgatlon, to my great delight, and satisfaction, that the In novation was a great success. My liousok4>oi>or showed mo cloths that had been washed every day for four month* and which looked as good to me ns linen after being in use for the same length of time. The restaurant man ager Informed me that he never would have known that the napery was cotton if I bail not so Informed him. At n meeting of Chicago hotel men, I ealled the attention of my colleagues ti? good and they were all sur prised and pleased. Many of them de elded then and there to substitute cot ton for linen as soon as their existing stock was exhausted. I announced that I should con tin lie to use cotton cloth at the Fort Dear born hotel, and I shall adopt its u?e at the Hotel Sherman an soon as prac ticable. Early tills month my old friend, it. I). Brown, of Paris, Texas, called on me. to get from me such lnformatlc.i us I bad on the snbject. The result of the iutcrvlew was that I agreed t (> go to Houston and Galveston, Texas, and address the Texas and the Soulh ern Interstate hotel associations, and to give them my exj>erioneo with cot ton napery. On December S). I addressed the hotc? men In convention at the Hotel Gal vez. Galveston. I showed them the samples of 'cotton cloth that had b??n in use nearly eight months, some tln.t had been used four months, and others that had been used only two months. They were surprised and of course were delighted- to find that not only could they save about two-thirds of the old cost of the table nai>ery. but that they also could help the cotton industry very materially. Since I have taken up this matter. 1 have discovered that the goods, such as I have been using, are being made I in this country, in a large mill in North Carolina, and sold through a prominent commission house in New York. I have corresponded with the owner of the mill, and am assured that ho can reproduce the foreign ar tide exactly, and in large quantities, and can Increase the production If there is a demand fur it. That cotton napery can be substi tuted for the linen heretofore used is, to my mind, beyond question. What we want now Ls concerted ac tion and en-operation. if ovory hotel, restaurant, dining car system, hospital, boarding house and private family in the United States from now on will purchase cotton ta hlecloths and napkins, and also towels that have heretofore been made of lin en, it Is my judgment that from 400, <xw) to rWHi.ooo bales of cotton will fcc? used up annually, and thus a new and enlarged outlet be furnished for the raw cotton. All violators of the law, especially blind timers, safe crackers and murder ers, had better take notice of the fact that Governor Iilease goes out of office on Tuesday, 10th instant, and govern themselves accordingly. ? Lancaster News. ClTTTN(i SALARIES. Any number of business concerns have found it necessary to reduce ex lenses and for the reason that the in (Dine from their business Is not suf ficient to enable them to meet expenses. They are simply up against it, and something must be done to keep theJr heads above the water and keep on running. Some concerns have adopted the method of laying off men. This is very hard on the men who are so unfortunate as to have all their In come stop Ht once, and with no pros pect of anything else before them. * riiQr> dfderi^wves 8#ulh ?Carol?ina Without Protec tion For We#k. Columbia, January U,-~The entire National Guard' of floutb Carolina was disbanded this afternoon through a proclamation Issued by Governor Cole jv, Bleaae, the Coi?mander-lu-Cbief. The reasons assigned hy him arc dif ference* with Secretary of War U M (Jarrlson, Hecretary of the Navy l?au loin, Adjutaut O^neral W. W. Moore and hlH opposition to tho I>lck law, whereby tho militia were brought un der control of the United States Gov ernment. Tho three regiments of In fantry, coast artillery, naval militia and every single member and unit of the militia la mustered out of aervtce by this order. The order la mnde effc tlve Immediately. Adjt. Gen. Moore knew nothtng o^the order until The News and Courier's representative told him of It over the telephone at his home, where he bad gone for lunch. *1 was not surprise! at his action In this matter," wild the Adjutant General'. "It Is only In keep lug with his attitude towards my ad ministration of the past two yeara. if he got any satisfaction out of the -act I am satisfied It would meet with the approval of the majority of the officers of the organized militia. It Is perfect ly satisfactory to me. I have no doubt but that a thorough re-organisation ofl the National Gn'aVd would be beneflclil to it." Governor-elect ltlehard I. Manning was informed of the action of Governor Illease over the long distance telephone at hi? home in Sumter, but, of course, had no comment to make under the circumstances and In the absence of any copy of tho order. The matt ?r will come _ before Governor Manning for action when he assumes office one we"k from to-morrow. That there is no need for alarm over this action of Governpr Blease ia point ed out here in vfen informed circles, for he has only one week left In office, for he has only one week left in office, and Governor Manning, should he so desire, can reinstate the militia thni a proclamation. Of course, as is evi dent, thlH leaves the State without military protection for one week, but, as was also emphasized here this af ternoon, this is no cause for alarm, for not a militia company has been called out for a long time. The disbandmcnt of the militia cre ated a great deal of interest In Co lumbia. The order was made public by the Governor at 3 o'clock this after noon and it was late before it got gen eral circulation. There were several telephone inquiries of The News and Courier Bureau as to just what had been done by the Governor. The South Carolina National Guard was re-organized in accordance with the provisions of the Dick law iu 1904. There were three regiments. The com panies were located at Greenville, An derson, Laurens. Spartanburg, Fori Mill, Yorkville, Union, Woodruff. Poi ze r. Hock Hill. Columbia, Brookland, Bennettsville, Orangeburg, Hartsville, Darlington, Camden, Edgefield, Tirn monsvllle, Sumter. Charleston, George town, Clieraw, Elloree, Wlnnsboro. The companies of coast artillery were located at Beaufort, Charleston. Mt. Pleasant and Georgetown. Fort Totten, N. Y. ? A mosquito bite may result In blindness to Sergeant David Devine, of the 114th Coast Ar tillery. The bite resulted in blood pois on and surgeons fear he will lose the sight of one eye. Other concerns have resorted to what seems to us to twthe better plan, ami that is to ask its employees to stand a reasonable reduction all aroiuld and in this way throw no one entirely out of employment. It seems to us that no one could raise any objection to this method. The person who doev xIiuwh his. Hellishness and his uu will ingness to help bear the burden of Ills fellow workers and of the people who give him employment. The rule, therefore, has Ihmmi to ask the boss for a raise. Surely no one who is getting anything at all would have the face to do such a thing under the stress of present conditions. But is not turn about fair play? Would It not be better to seek an interview with the boss, and tell him that you were aware of the strain that was upon him, and in view of it you were willing to have him cut your salary. It would show at least two things. First that you were unselfish and had the interests of the people by whom you were employed at heart as \vell as the interests of your fellow work ers. In the second place, it would glvf. you a hold upon the boss that would Ik? worth while. We should all be magnanimous. No employer shou'.d cut unless it Is necessary. Those who are employed should see the situation and relieve the boss by approaching him and have an expression from hira and save jobs to persons who Can not wellafford to do without them. ? Green wood Journal. MONKY TO I/OAN. On Improved farms. Easy terms. Apply to B. B. Clarke, Camden, 8. C. 60. . STATE NEWS. <lov. Mease has appointed W. A. /oue? of BlsbopviUe, a member of tlie stile fclalor riSSifitri IMJoji . r^?!? Ml** Martha W. Ilarrtft, of Houston, T*kas, Ih of the Bap ttat Stat? Honpltal tn Colujnhla. Dr. Frank II. Mowor of Newberry, has l>e?u naaied^asslstant physician at the state hospital for the lnwnn The Broad, Conga ree, Wateree aiul Saluda rlvorH are again rapidly lining on account of the recent heavy ralua. Hobert McKey, a negro, *i>arolod ny Governor Bleat*?, last Saturday, la li. (h^ tolls of law again. The negro, who waa convicted In llorry couuty, returned there after 1?Ih release from the penitentiary. He entered a store and stole a quantity of goods and was arrested In Columbia. Governor Mesne has withdrawn from the proaeOutlon of the criminal libel" caHO Instituted against James II. Moore, of the Columbia Record, In the following letter, dated January 7, and adtlressod to Hon, Wade Hampton Cobb, solicitor of the Fifth Judicial circuit: "I am Informed that It Is y<jur dealre to hand out a bill of In dictment at this term of your court of general seas ions against James H, Moore, editor of the Columbia Record, for criminal libel. The atlldavlt upon which the warrant was Issued, having been foade by my former stenographer, now my private secretary, Mr. W. F. Macklmru ; I have advised Mr. lilack hurn that inasmuch as I shall retire from the ottlce of governor within a few days,1 I dealre, if iK>sslble, to let the past be the pant, anil to retire to private life and re-commence the prac tice of my profession, the law, in the city of Columbia, the capital of my state, and, as a prlyate citizen, to en deavor to forget tho bitterness ami calumny of the past, hoping that I will be allowed to go on and attend to my private affairs In my own way, as I will allow others to do. I desire If iK)sslble, to forgive all of the sins that have been committed against me; all of the contemptible falsehoods that have been published against me, and if possible, I desire to forget iheiu. For this reason, I have advised Mr. Maekburn, the prosecutor, to ask you to enter a nolle prosequi In this case . thus personally exercising In this in stance the same iKnver of forgiveness that I have exercised throughout my career as chief executive of the great state of South Carolina, in order that when I retire to private life, I may at least forgive if I am unable to forget. With kindest. i>ersonal regards to your self, I am, very respectfully, etc." CITATION. State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. By W. I.. McDowell, Esquire, Probate J wipe. WHERJuAS, J. J. Workman made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects' of Mrs. Martini B. Workman. Tljese are, therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Mrs. Martha B. Workman, deceased, that they be and api>ear before me, in the Court of Probate, to i>e held at Camden, S. C., on January 28th, next after pub lication thereof, at 11 o'clock In the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said ? Administration should not be granted. Given . under my Hand, this 14th day of January, A. L)., 1915. wr. II Mcdowell, Judge of Probate for Kershaw Co. Published on the 15th and 22nd days of January, 1915, in the Camden Chron icle and posted at the Court House door for the time prescribed by law. . FORECLOSURE SALE. r 9 State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw Court of Common Pleas. The First National Hank of Camden, Plaintiff. against L. W. Boykin, individually, and L. W. Boykin. administrator of the- Mtate of Ellen D. Bodkin, deceased ; Meta t). Roy kin, Sarah II. Boykin, L. W. Boykin, Jr., Lynch Deas Boykin, El Jen C. Boykin, Willis C. Boykin, Richard Black well Boykin, and John Manning Boykin, Defendants. Under and by virtue of a decree in the above entitled case, made by his Honor. C. J.. Ramage, Presiding Judge, of date November 27th, 1914, I will offer for sale, before the Court House 'door, in the City of Camden, S. C., during the legal hours of sale, on tne first Monday in February, 1915, being the first day thereof, the following de scribed real estate: All that parcel or lot of land in the County of Kershaw and State of South Carolina, lying in the Swift Creek sec tion of said County, and containing two hundred and one (201) acres, moi% or less, and bounded on the North by lands of the Estate of H. & Kennedy; on the East by lands of Miss Flora Boykin, and by lands of thv estate of A. It. Smith : on the South by lands of L. W. Boykin and James Cantey; and on the West by lands of L. W. Boykin^ Said parcel of land Is designated as Tract No. 2, on a plat of lands formerly of Mary R. Deas, and Is that tract allotted to L. B. Alexander, then L B. Johnson, In a partition of the lands of Alex Johnson, in the suit of Joseph A. John son against M. C. Johnson et aj.", and was conveyed to Ellen D. Boykin, by said L. B. Alexander, by deed of date January 1st, 1909. Terms of sale, cafib. W. W.Hrotitt&BBB; r Sheriff Kershafc County. January 13th, 1015. CONTAINING 460 ACRES, FIVE MILES NORTH OP CAMDEN. 200 ACRES UNDER CULTIVATION 7 ROOM DWELLING, FIVE TENANT HOUSES, GOOD BARNS, EXCELLENT WATER SUPPLY FROM WElK AND SPRINGS. SPLENDIDLY DEVELOPED WATER POWER ON WHICH IS LOCATED THE ONLY ROLL, ER FLOUR MILL IN KERSHAW COUNTY. ABOUT $280.00 WILL PUT THIS MILL IN BEST WORKING ORDER. THE MILL AND WATER POWER x?$ WEtL WORTH THE PRICE OF THE PLACE, As WHEAT IS BEING PLANTED IN LARGER QUANTI TIES THIS YEAR THAN EVER BEFORE. ALSO RUN BY SAME POWER ON PLACE IS SITUATED ONE OF THE BEST GINNERIES AND GRIST MILLS IN THE COUNTY. ENOUGH LONG LEAF TIMBER ON PLANTATION TO KEEP UP THE PLACE. ANNUAL RENTAL $1,060.00. PRICE REASONA BLE. TERMS EASY. . ?> '"'?'"I' Kennedy & Shaw REAL ESTATE AGENTS A \ . , - V ^ v ^ -V ' Vl^. ' - '? ' ?' ?? >?? ? ?? ? ? -jjrtj J. W. McCORMICK, Prop. E. W. BOND, MaMgw ~-"^3 pss l iiL ','Y"c :,C-' . ' ' .. k? McCORMICK & CO. " ? ? ??.'; "??? ; ? : ?'.?> \ ?? ' ??"?'?; ;*;;S| ' r^V1 '? ?*? ' ? . . '-Si ?" ??? - V.V.- . '*? ------ ?v , . ? 2L -"-V ?)?? ? V-'* L ? , ' Funeral Directors ana Embalmers - '???? " ?' ' '?/' If-, : - >'?y, -V:- ^v *s ?"? . -> - -r--'.- '.VjL 1 "'? ' -'A ?s?VWiW??. t-X y->T--- ; -.>? ^ ???? .? Night Phone 232-L ' . ?\.>, Day Phone 70 '? ' ..;M 'V. *:. * C '5; ?, ? AMBULANCE SERVICE i ?*i "A1'-'" ? / . . '-W From January to December yon wjH find at this place a select line of Candies, Fruits and Vegetables to help put the finishing to any meal. Hot Drinks in cold weather, Cold Drinks in hot weather~or as jou like it t ? ? ' ;? We are ready and anxious to ?erve you any day in the year. , i , " ?" =5a=a=ria Camden ^andy Kitchen Spero Beleos, Proprietor. Phone 78. . Camden, S. C DAY OR NIGHT C. xyv. EVANS, Manager FUNERAL DIRECTORS an& City and Country Call? Attended Promptly Office and Show Rooms at 1103 Broad Street ?? Office Phone 91 - JRetideace Phone 283.L, J - . , , - - .... - r Funerals Directed! PI ' -f We simply the best of burial foods, ^n - ? J , ' ... , duct funerals and relieve- families and ^9 - y? '- ?-' T""' - .- ?* MXy*^rSjr%~-r*~rt?ne*&sx~?-->jr-viaa-~pt>mjM u.i.t .? .ijow .jm j.tn r , , i'i |J friends of many unpleasant - duties inci v-p-: :- r^grrr: ^ ^ dent to death. We are rWays prepared " ?r-y' to serve those who neeo ' our sernce. r" *? ** ^ ? ? ? t~r' - ??' --^v-" a, ? 5 ? ? ^ - yfc/, ??.-+? . , . ,*32 | - 1 j ?/. jf, ?4> H' f,7p t '< ?' jjy "? ' ? * "*? \,} ' ' f ,'Jft ^ jrjSB .ft R. McCREIGHT, CAMDEN,