Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HUMOR or THIS HOjLDlKKS, Mow Beb'a Beady Humor HUu Good in w?r Tin*. paper ? -W99% . t(l0 pjirm? Th? PfNMk rtl school a Trinity of ^ Th?t Muat O* ix,d In *ulUHn0 ,\,ji Ic ni* "? By Peter hadford # Nation"! Farm***' Union d campaign of publicity on ^ of rural life ia needed in today to bring the problem* ? farmers to the forefront The Dg are blatoned upon the a* of tho metropolitan dall ecboed In tbe country press, troubles of the farmers are told, except by those who 0 profit by tbe story, and the of the package ofttlmes ob | the substance. A searching in Uon into tbe needs of the 1 will reveal many Inherent do i our economic system that can f remedied when properly un and illuminated by the pow [ Die press. , rural press, the pulpit and the ure a trinity of powerful In i tbat the farmer must utilize . fullest capacity before he can r a commanding position in pub drB. These gigantio agencies are ^ed in every rural community \y awAit the patronage and co on of tho farmers to fully de thelr energy and _ usefulness, ire local forces working for at Interests of their respective Jtles. Their work is to build ielr object ia to serve. They ?per only through the development [prosperity of the community, r jr farmer in this state should rfbe for tho local paper, as well no periodicals and such other nations as he may And profitable, (be should by all means subscribo his local paper, and no homo ! be without it. The local paper ; of tho community life and the sj/jsrstands the farmer's prob> r It is the local press that will h/ the local problems and through |eolumns deal with subjects of most importance to local life of the lonity. A Noble Task. too many instances the country mimic the city press by giv Kprominence to scandals, accidents political agitation. The new civilization has placed upon the I press renewed responsibilities, enlarged possibilities for useful ^ it cannot perform its mission Igrlculture by recording the frail4 the mishaps and inordinate am ?nib of humanity, or by filling Its Bums with the echoes of the Strug* of busy streets,, or by enchanting M of city life which lure our ^fldren from the farm. has a higher and nobler t&sk. p often the pages of the city dailies Is tie with the struggle of ambitious D in their wild luBt for power, and ay times the flames of personal ifllct sear the tender buds Of new fixation and illuminate the path t! to destruction. The rural press ^governing power of public senti* tot and must hold steadfast to bciple and keep the ship of state the roadstead of progress. The tl press can best serve the inter to of the farmers by applying Its Jtfies to the solution of problems ?ting the local community. It stem the mighty life current la moving from the farm to (the sweeping utJiupf ? !i u thousand and girls per day. It has to deal P the fundamental problems of filiation at their fountain head. Its Woo Is to direct growth, teach ef* ^cy and mold the intellectual Ufe 'the country, placing before the pub I the daily problems of the farmers P giving first attention to the leg pflTe, co-operative, educational and MU needs of the agricultural classes ^ln its respective community. f- The Power of Advertising. tho Influence of ' vieibio in the homes and habits of ? farmers, and the advertising col Ms of the press are making their pint upon the HffS of our people. ? farmer possesses the things that. ? best advertised. The farmer is entitled to all the htfltages and deservea all the lux ^ of life. We fteed more art, eel to and useful facilities on the At. and many holies aQd farms I well balanced in this respect, but ? advertiser cm> render a service ? ' Caching the advantages of modern Mptnent throughout the columns of !l*ural press. fhs farmers are In need of personal j Hership. They have political leadr i I but they- need local Industrial ?inanity and educational leaders fctfovw. O.? Charles W. Zclaler. | railroad conductor, was nover * Ho made his last ran recently.) ' fr?ln was on time, but Zelgler was * I Mkntown, Pa. ? Cupid Is the star ^ In the boarding house run * fcy Mrs. Ceila Alspach. Ten oon- 1 & *11 boarder* the. house, feave; I within the part three months. i ^^tlons In >blind. tiger caa?Rfret af Hty of Greenville 41^00 last irwlay. --^5T^ - I' ? ' ? ? ' - ' (The following Interesting i>aper waa road by Mrs. W. U Tranthapi at a mooting of the V. 1>. C'a. In UKW), him! wo havo boon requested by tho Daugh ters to reproduce same:) Tho unfailing humor of tho Ooufed orate soldier was wonderful. it was Irrepressible. No danger, no hard ship, no deprivation, however groat, oouhl chock It. Every old soldier can recall scores of anecdotes au?,j smart "Hylnga of his comrades ; and ho will, on occasion, retail them by the hour? with unalloyed enjoyment to his hear* ors and to himself. An Incident Illus trative, of the humor and Innate mod esty of the participants, occurred while I?ongstreet's Gor|>s was on its way from Virginia to North Georgia to help out Bragg. rri|o few railroads between Hiehinoud and (Chattanooga wore tax ed to their full capacity to tramqwrt ho many men six to eight hundred miles as quickly as the exigency re quired. As was common in tho war times many men would ride on top of the cars, preferring tho smoke, rain and cold to being packed like sardines In tho boxes below. When the trains bearing tho Second Mouth Carolina regiment reached Marietta, (ia., the. ladius, as was their custom whenever opportunity occurred, were out in great force with every Rood thing that could cheer the boys and t<vii>pt. their apa tites, that needed no tempting. The t^oldicrs, poor fellows, were hungry In deed. Three days had elapsed since they left their camp along the line of tlio Happuhnnnock. and during that time they had received very scanty ra tions of the hardest kind of hard-tack ; and, fortunate was he who had a chance to Wash his face at all. Those boys had learned In the hard school of exi>erieneo what It was to tight and starve, and grow brave and strong. Well, when they reached Marietta, I they did not present a band-box ap pearance, and the cravings of hunger wore awful. The soldiers, grateful for. the thoughtful kindness of the Geor gla girls, crowded around them and received from their dainty hands the drumsticks, sandwiches, pound cake, and other things too numerous to mention, including delicate draughts of domestic wine more more exh ill rat lug and cheering than that of any other vintage. The boys were proud of the girls and the girls were proud of the boys, and rivaled one another In inln Ihtering to their needs, for they knew they were hastening to the front to help drive back the invaders of their state. .But there were a few modest boys on the top of the train who had too much respect for the ladies to get down nmong them in their unpresent able plight. But they were as hun gry as the rest, and saw the contents of the baskets rapidly disappearing. What should they do? A hurried con sultation was held between John Gra ham, Reuben Gerald, Frank Dcvine, Ben Arrants and others of Co. E. 2nd S. C. V'. (the Camden Volunteers) and the first uamed, who was noted for hhi ready humor and was as gallant a soldier as marched in Kershaw's Bri gade, lying flat on the car with his over, wpoke In the most plalntivO voice he could muster, about as follows: "Ladles ; oh, ladies! Won't some of you please kiss me for my Mother?" His words were wisely cho sen. The ladles took the hint, and basket after basket was passed up to those on the top of the cars, and they rolled out of Marietta singing "Hur rah for the Southern Girl that wears the homspun dress!" Poor fellows! The next day Frank Devine, Reuben Gerald, Ben Arrants and many others, including Richard Kirkland, were killed in the battle of Chlckamauga. John Graliam lived many years after the war and died in Camden. THE SMALLEST REPUBLIC Maresnet, Between Prussia and Bel gium, Not Worth Annexing. (From the Wall Street Journal.) If there is an advantage In a coun try being there is also an advantage In I its being small, provided it is small enough. The Republic of Maresnet, also called Kleinis and sometimes Al terberg, owes its independent existence io the fact Hi at It Is so raiaH that European powers don't even take the trouble, to. annex it. Maresuet lies on the border of Bel glum and Prussia, between Vervlers and Aizla-Chapelle. It has an area of 1,400 acres, a population of 3,500. At one time the community belong _ed. to Austria. It was later" &BB6XW by France and made the subject of quite a little dispute between Napoleon I. and the Prussians. But at' the Con ?gress of Vienna in 1815 nobody seems to have thought of Maresnet, and to this day the country is an independent Republic. For a time there was some dispute between Belgium and Prussia about the territory on Account of the rich cadmium mine located there. But even this Is now extinct. f The Republic has an administration of its own, composed of a burgomaster and ten members of a council. The burgomaster is both a Prussian and a Belgian subject. The inhabitants speak both German and French, and decide Individually whether they will perform military service for Prussia or for Bel glum. Maremiet has not yet been heard from in the present conflict. ; ? BSfijjHBC Wash.? -Emery O, Edwards, of Colvllle, Wash., died In New Y<>rk recently. Only after his death' waa it learned that he was In- New York In regard to an estate estimated at hun dreds of millions of dollars, to which, he was the sole heir. . Kalamazoo, Mich. ? Floyd Grayer, 10, threw his aunt's teeth in the river for a Joke. He has Just been sentenced to fry "fjgyy la prison for A Broader 8phora for Religion?- N#w Field for the Rural Church. <?> _ By Peter Radford , Lecturer National Karuiorti' Union The qoeial duty uf the rural church U aa much u part of its obligations an its spiritual side, lu expressing its social interest, the uioderu rural church douB not hesitate to claim that It Is expressing a true rellglouB in stlnct and the old-time idea that, the social instincts should bo starved while tho spiritual nature was over fed with solid theological food, Is fast glying way to a broader Interpret* ' tlon of the fuuotions of true religion. We take our place in the succession of those who have sought to muke the world *a tit habitation for the children of man whon we seek to study and understand, the social duty of tho rural church. Tho true christian re ligion is essentially sociul ? its tenets of faith being love and brotherhood and fellowship While following after righteousness, the church must chal lenge and seek to reform that social order In which moral life is ex pressed. Whilo cherishing Ideals of service, the rural church which ut tains the fullest measure of success is that which enriches as many lives as it can touch, and in no way can the churqlt come in as close contact with its members as through tho avenue of social functions. r The country town and the rural community need a social center. The church need cffer no apology for its ambition to All this need in the com munity, if an understanding of its mission brings this purpose into clear consciousness. The structure of a rural community is exceedingly com plex; it contains many social groups, each of which has its own ceuter, but there are many localities which have but one church and although suoh a church cannot command the inter est of all the people, it is relieved from the embarrassment of religiously divided communities. Social Needs Imperative. ? " ^ 1 " * ? * ' * ^ ? ? - * ? J The average country boy and girl have very little opportunity for real enjoyment, and have, as a rule, a vague conception of the meaning of pleasure and recreation- ItJfLtP All this void In the lives of country youth that the rural church has risen to the necessity of providing entertain tment, as well a& Instruction, to its membership among the young. The children and young people of the church should meet when religion is not even mentioned. It -has been found safest for them to meet fre quently under the- direction and care of the church. To send them into the world with no social training exposes them to grave perils and to try to keep them out of the world with no social privileges Id sheer folly. There 1b - a social nature to both old and young, but the social requirements of the young are Imperative. The church must provide directly or Indirectly some modern equivalent for the husk' Ing bee, the quilting bee and the sing ing schools of the old- days. . In ona way or another the social instincts of our young pedple must have oppor tunity for expression, which may take the form of clubs, parties, pio ales or other forms/ of amusement One thing Is certain, 'and that is that the church cannot take away the dance, the c??u party and the theatre unless it can offer in its place a sat isfying substitute in the form of more pleasing Vecreation. ? Universal Instinct for Play. In providing 'for enjoyment the church UBes one of the greatest meth ods by which human society has de veloped. Association is never secure until it is pleasurable; in play the in* stlnctive 'aversion of one person for another is overcome and the social mood JLft_ jbfiiftEfid. Play Is the chlflf educational agency. In rnr?J nnmrinn, lties and in the play-day o f human childhood social sympathy and social habits are evolved. As individuals come together in social gatherings, their viewpoint is. broadened, their ideals are lifted and finally they con stitute a cultured and refined society. 'H\ iB 'Triato, therefore, that the church which alms tX a perfected so ciety must use in a refined and ex alted way the essential factors In social evolution and must avail itself of the universal instinct for play. If the church surreunds itself with social functions which appeal to the young among its membership, it will fill a large part of the lamentable gap in rural pleasures and will reap the richest reward by promoting a higher and better type of manhood and womanhood. Ottawa, Hi. ? Dwight Cook and GVP, Gepherd are . making experiments in Irrigation in this vicinity. The exper iment to being watched with a great <tonl of interest Cos well, N. O. ? Mrs. West Graves has just presented her husbanr with the eighth consecutive set of twins. There are eight children living, one of each set of twins having died. Trenton, N. J;? Mrs. Harriet Fisher Andrews is the only woman iron man ufacturer of America of international UNCLE SAM TO START # EMPLOYMENT OFFICE ployment Ayenoiei In Ev ery Section of Country. . Washington, Jau. 11. A national employment bureau reaching irtto ev ery Motion of the United States will be put iu ojieratlon by the labor do imrtiucnt next week. It will l>e op erated along the linos of President Wilson's suggestion In lis Indianapolis sjHHM'h for "a systematic method of helping the workingmon of America." Prellittlimry work for the bureau has been completed, It way announced last night by commissioner Camlncttl of the I nun Ik nit ton bureau. Instructions have been sent to iKwtinanterH anil rural null! carriers throughout the country ami nearly 1200,000 field agents of |He agricultural department who will co operate with /the labor department In brlugluK the Jobless man and the man less Job together. Agents of tbo Immi gration bureau also will aid in the huge task. The general plan was outlined by Mr. ('?amlnottl as follows: "Notices will lx? (Misted In all post otllees announcing that applications for work or workers will be received by the postmaster, who will be supplied with forms to be tilled out and for warded to the labor department agent In charge of the zone in which the ottleer Is located. The distribution branch of the immigrant service will handle that part of the work and to it also will go reports of the agricul tural department agents as to sections where laborers are needed. Applicants will then be informed of the nearest jioint where they can obtain work of the kind they seek." By a coincidence he said, Secretary Wilson of the department of labor ap proved only Saturday, the day of the presideht's si>eech, the tlnal report made to him by Mr. Cauiinetti, an nouncing completion of the plans. PLANTING IN WAKE OF WAR. Frcncfc Farms Seeded Evacuated Them. Paris, Jan. 3.? The sugar beet fields retaken by the Fteneh -have not only been ravaged by sheila, lacerated by trench dingers and furrowed by the wheels of gun carriages, but have been <o trampled by Infantry and cavalry that the extraction of the roots be ? 'awe a difficult problem, not yet en tirely solved. ? It is the modest heroine of the war, the French peasant woman, who lK working on it in the unoccupied regions close, to the battle front where she cad; not only, hear it l>.ut see the smoke of It In h11 this region the plough followed closely UpoiV the conflict and seeding necessarily followed so hard upon the plow that., some apprehension was felt as to the summary preparation of the soil ; there was no time for harrowing but the seed caught and the new crop showed its head even whle the pointed helmet# across the line were taking in the last of thp belated harvest. Statisticians say the seeding is lit tle inferior in acreage to that of 1913.' Notes of , Audubon Society . The Audobon Societies are the em bodiment of the great nationwide movement for bird protection. There are thirty-eight State societies, which unite to form the National Asociation. ? These societies are named in honor of? John James Audubon, the great painter-naturalist. ' He lived In the first half' of the eighteenth century, and did more to teach Americans about the birds of their own country than any other man who ever lived. As far back as 1883, an awakening Interest in the decrease In bird life and the need for Its protection, called forth a comment from the magazine "Forest and Stream." In 1885, the state of New Jersey placed upon her statute books what was, perhaps, the first comprehensive, bird law ever passed. The first Audubon Society in the country was organised in 1886, and from the very beginning the cause wElgtnt represents Hair enlisted the co-operation and attracted' the support of the highest types of men and wo-, men. Among the first to commend the movement were Henry Ward Beeeher, John G. Whlttler, Bishop Henry Pot ter, Oliver Wendell Holmes and Chas, Dudley Warner/ The South Carolina Audubon Society was organized ln: 1000, -It has done j a great work in this State In calling tbe attention of the . public to the economic value of birds. It has pro posed most of the state laws for the protection- of - game., and non-game birds. This work of spreading broadcast the best information concerning the good which birds do lit woods - and1 fields, the Society hopes to continue, until the knowledge penetrates every nook and corner of the state. Dry Edward Howe Forbush states "that an acquaintance with the useful birds on the farm is as important to the farmer as is a- knowledge of the Insect pests which attack his crops. The P, 8. Bureau of Biological Sur vey Informs us that two of the most useful birds ota the farm are, the dove and tbe partridge. The dove Is the champion weed seed -eater, and the Bureau advises Its protection In every posudble way. Thtf partridge Is per haps the most valuable all-round bird on the farm as he eats both weed seeds and insect*. Tbe Anderson chamber of commerce has closed a deal by which a modern, nptodate terminal grain elevator will be eeaatracted la that city at an early date. Highest cash price paid for good cattle ? fat or poor-r-all mitst be free from cattle tick. v 1 Camden Beef Cattle Farms FRED C< PERKINS, Special P?rln?r L, I. GUION, Proprietor THIN AS AN EGG SHELL and dainty as a flower. That ile ttcrltHw our fine china which we show ho abundantly here. You eertaluly should see the dinner sots ho temptingly displayed here. You will want one when you see them. And never before have price* made it so easy to gratify the longing. BURNS & BARRETT THE PLACE TO GO When you are in want of S1IOKS for any member of your family, where STYLK and QUALITY is to be considered rail on THE CAM* DEN SHOE CO., where you will Ami Just what you are looking for at prices to milt your pocket-book. Also a full line of Gent'# Furnishings. CAMDEN SHOE COMPANY CITATION. State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. Ilj W. L. McDowell, Esquire, Probate Judge. WHEREAS. J. J. Workman made ; suit to me to grant him Trotters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Mrs. Martha B. Workman. The.se are, therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the' kindred j and creditors of the said Mrs. Martha B. Workman, deceased, that they be and appear before me, In the Court of Probate*, to be held, at Camden, S, C., on January 28th, next afte<\ '.pub lication thereof, at 11 o'clock In the forenoon, to show cause, If any they fiave, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this 14th day of January,, A. P., 1015. w. u Mcdowell. Judge of Probate for Kershaw Co. Published on the 15th and 22nd days of January, 1015, In the Camden Chron icle and posted at the Gourt House door for the time prescribed by law, COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER PLAIN A HUGER STS. Phone 71 COLUMBIA, S. C. RAT CORN Best rat and mice exterminator made. Kills quickly and absolutely wit hou todor. Mummifies? thus preventing .docoftiponl tlQn. Bcttgrlhan tllk J?pOilLUW world. Insist on (TonuIneRAT CORN. 2S6,KXvn iraansnrBi T5y mail, posv paid. * BOTANICAL MFC. CO. 4th A RacmStt.. Philadelphia. Pa. Collins Brothers Undertakers for Colored People T?l*plMM 4i 714 W. DeKalb It. MARY E. HAMPTON REGISTERED NURSE Durham, N. C. ; .passed State Bd. of South Carolina; jomi graduate of Lincoln Hospital, New York, N. Y. Residence 010 Campbell Are., Telephone 234- J, Camden, S- O. S. BERRY Expert Horethoein|(~: Shop located to the rear Of Clyburn Block on Main St. Satisfaction Guaranteed. To become a uni versal favorite,* Chero-Cola had to be the perfect drink that' it is. Take yours from the original bottle' through a straw. You will enjoy its uniform flavor and the certainty of its cleanliness. J. SUMTER MOORE Cotton. Loner Staple Exclusively. 1218 Washington Htrcct, Phono 895 Columbia, S. C. Send samples from both sides of bale and I will name you best price for cotton landed in Columbia. Wood's Seeds Wotfd'i descriptive Catalog for 1915 has .wrefuryr pro pared so as to enab.o our farmers arid mftrfcet growers to determine Intelli gently as to the best and most profi* table crops which they can undertake to grow. The present agricultural conditions make it very recessarr to oonshler the question of diversified Crops, and our catalog eives full information, both In regara to Farm and Garden Seeds that can be planted to profit and advantage. Write for Descriptive Catalog and price* of any Gras % and Clover Seeds, Seed Grain or Seed Potatoes required. Catalog mailed on request, T. W. WOOD O SONS. Seedsmen, - Richmond, V&. MONKV TO LOAN. On Improved -farm?. Baay terms, to' B. B. Clarke, Camden, S. -ww - '/tv^Ss '* ; A")r