The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 05, 1915, Image 7
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& tt> tin' iimII onln plan aome
,^11 dl?a?lor uiid htiH written a
lutertatiiiK stor>' *?*? vit*WH In
ttju f?uu Here Ih a part
?e farmer* need u wakening to the
?tMt *?? have unmistakably reaeh
period where we iiuwt think and
1 am <?nc* of 4be hI<?w Oormuu
L-p, (lull had (<? ho shown iiiut I
!u,tt Khh?? iuy experience thut oth
J,v profit, for knowledge 1m more
tbtui ten year* agq.
-toty-alne year# ago I begun my
garn'i"- ' ha(l MU <),(1 and
Our furniture wan mostly home
<halrs, cupboard uml louitge
/r<?i i ilr.v good# boxen, neatly
with ten cent cretonne by my
? *!fd. NX'*' rented eighty acrew.
to a Ikm <?f ???kI habits I got all
j^l machinery ami groceries of our
C merchants on bred It, uutll full
m ?-??r?' sold. The tlrst year \vaa a
U^ason ami 1 <11(1 not make enough
ujv creditors. 1 went, to each on
e of promise and explained condi
$ |?ayhitf as niueh a* iHwslble, and
? all oh rried the haluuce over an
lr year They continued to hccohi
until 1 wan able to buy a
CL-nrni pittKC fiC 'ny own.
Kto noon as I owned these few ft crow
L'nmii order house began sending me
EjIo^uoh, and gradually I began send
E| w> loose change to them, letting
C accounts stand In my home town
Eire i needed it.
Kffc then had one of the thriftiest
;es in the State ? good line
in all branches, merchants
Bp were willing to help an honest fel
joyv over a bad *ear, and a town full
^ people who came twice a week to
lide and visit. Our little country
IfM supported a library, high school,
Wl team, and we had big celebrations
mry year.
MA farm near a llvo town soon dou
pes in value. I sold my forty acres at
j big advance and bought eighty, grad
ullv adding to it until I had 200 acres
the best land in Iowa. I then felt
it need of asking favors, and found
|f easy to patronize the mail order
gent* that came almost weekly to our
jfcr. I regret to say that I was first
js the county to make up a neighbor
hood bill and send it to a mail order!
louse. Though we got bit every once
ka while, we got In the habit of send
Bcaway for stuff. I
K
viuat
business
I; "Gradually our mercuants lessened
[their stock of goods ? for lack of pat
Kcage. Finally we began to realize
;ftgt when we needed a l>olt quickly for
jittery, or clothing for sickness or
jleath. ve bad to wait and send away
for If, which wasn't so pleasant. One
y one our merchants moved to places
there they wore appreciated, and men
fless energy moved i?. Gradually our
town 1ms gone down ; our business
oases nr?> tacky in nppearance, a nurn
w are empty ! Our schools), churches
td walks are going down, we haVe 110
nd, 110 library, no ball team. There
no business done in town, and there
&re no taxes to keep up. Hotel Is
for lack of travel. Go down to
the depot when the freight pulls In and
'jou will . see the sequel in mall order
llckaRes.
. "Nine years ago my farm was worth
1195 an acre ; today I'd have a hard
matter to sell it for $107 an acre. It
i too far from a live town ? so every
tinner has said that wants to buy. He
tants a place near schools and
Hiorehes, where his children can have
advantages. I lyive awakened to the
ftet that in helping to pull the town
down, it has cost me $5, GOO in nine
years."
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t William Spencer Currell, Ph. D., was
formally inaugurated president of the
University of South Carolina Thursday.
:Tbe stately ceremonies also Included
*-eelehration of the founding of the
Institution.
The state hoard of canvassers on
IMnesday reversed"; the Qreenwood
:?onty hoard of canvassers and de
dared that the election fdr the estab
lishment of McDuffle county has been
legally held. The opposition to the
formation of the new dotratj^wlll carry
?e matter to the supremecourt.
iH. L. Watson, editor sst the Green
wood Index, has been elected secretary
Of the
'ireenville chamber of com
merce.
TICK ERADICATION
W SOUTH CAROLINA
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Work Accompluhed in 1914]
and What Remain* to Bo
Doi?? to Complete Work.
l*Hto? Cnuuien Chronicle ;
Dear Sir: We herewith hog to sub
init a brief summary, obtained from
the Vnlted States Hureau of Animal In
duatry offlce, Columbia, s. <\, of Tick
Eradication work a? It was conducted
Vi this state during tin* last year, co
o|K?ratlvely between the 1'idted states
Bureau of Animal Industry ami Clem
Hon Agricultural College.* The work
began April 1014, ami wan conducted
111 22 counties, embracing an area
area of 13,258 s(|iiare miles, approxi
mately one half the area of the State,
with tint following results; on Septem
ber tlr?t the counties of lMIJon, Lee,
Newberry and Sumter were released
from State and Federal quarantine.
The count to* of Chesterfield, Florence, ?
north of Lynches ltlver, and Marlon
are In condition for release this spring.
Theae counties embrace an area of 1,*
02ft square ml let) freed of ticks and re
leased from quarantine with one years
work. In addition to the territory re
leased the work has been one half fin
ished hi J) other counties and complet
ed In ti counties that had been releas
ed prior to 1011 and in each of which
a few premises remained under local
quarantine.
The last CSeneral Assembly appropri
ated $10, (KK) for this work, this was]
supplemented with an equal amount
from the I'. S. Bureau of Animal In
dustry. As a result of Ibis expend^;
ture the benefits derived are as fol
lows There are 35,320 head of cattle
in the area released this year. They
have Increased in market value $8.38
per head, or a total of $110,881. Thero
haw been a 15 per cent increase in
milk production, a 13 i>er cent saving
from loss by death, due to Tick Fever,
and an increase in value of hides.
These amount, to another $100,000.
This makes a total of $210,381 lucreane
in values derived from the work iu
one year, with an expenditure of only
$00,000. The cattle owners In these
areas are now' shipping their cattle
to the oi>on conq>etltlve markets and
are importing safely pure bred sires
to Improve the quality of their pre
sent strains. In this way they are es
| tabllshlng a profitable live stock In
dustry. Therefore you readily see that
the appropriation was a good business
investment.
At the present rate of progress it
will take about three more years to
complete the work In this state. With
j a $30, (MX) appropriation this year the
work can be conducted In every coun
ty that Is still under quarantine. If
it is not appropriated the work will* he
suspended and a great part accomplish
ed this year will be lost.
Won't you be kind enough to lend
your assistance to a matter of this
kind, which Is so vital to the Upbuild
ing of our state. Trusting that, you
will get behind this movement at once
and push as vigorously as possible In.
your county. Yours very truly.
It. W. Molcomb, Sect'y.
Columbia, S. C., Jan. 22, 1015.
FIRE AT LANCASTER
Block of Buildings Badly Damaged in
Early Morning Blaze.
Lancaster, January 29. ? l?Mre early
this morning gutted a row of build
ings on White street, occupied hy jkhjI
rooms, negro ^restaurants,- beef market
and bakery. The department was a
little late in getting to the tire on ac
count of the mud, but made a heroic
light after arriving, saving moat of the
block after considerable damage. The
lire originated in the Palace Market,
the interior of which is a total loss,
with Insurant-is of $400. The block of
buildings was owned by Chas. D. Jones
and W. J. Cunningham, on which there
was no insurance on account of the
prohibitive rate. No estimate of the
damage to the buildings can be obtain
ed.
Kills Wife and Daughters.
New York, Jan. 31.? Armed with a
magazine rifle equipped with a silenc
er, Herman Aurebach, a wealthy real
estate oiH?rator. despondent over flaan
cial reverses, shot and killed his wife
and two daughters as they slept and
then killed himself. His son, Lester,
a high school student, was the only
member of the family left alive.
Miss Martha Harris, of Houston,
Texas, has taken the position of su
perintendent of nurses ~in the Baptist
hospital, Columbia.
Plumbing and Heating.
Estimates 1 based on work
that will p ass any inspection.
Let us save you some of
that water bill. Call us and
we will tell you how.
ATTEMPT Td WRECK
A CANADIAN BRIDGE
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Alleged German Officer Ar
retted Save He Wa? Per
forming Act ot War
Vamvlmro, Maine, Fob. ii. All at
tempt t?> destroy the rallr??ad bridge
spanning tho St. Croix river which
forms t lu) International boundary line
Udween Eastern Maine aud New Itruns
wlck, was made early t<?day. One of
the t hreo spans of the structure wan
hlown up with dynamite.
Tho attack caused excitement on the
Now liruuswlck atde, where rumors of
a (icrnuiii plot spread rapidly anil re
sulted in an Immediate Investigation,
inquiry also wan begun on the Auierl
? an side that led to tho arrest at a local
hotel of a man who gave tho name of
Werner Van Home. According to po
lice, prisoner nahl h?? was 37 yearn old
and an officer In tho service of tier
many, hut refused to divulge his rank.
Tlio polh'o assert he admitted he ex*
ploiied the dynamite under a section of
the bridge and that a dynauilte rap
and iw plan of the bridge were found
in Ids pockets.
The arrest was made hy Deputy
Sheriff (ieorge W. ltoss. lie was re
moved to*the United States innuigrn
tlon rooms, where he was closely
guarded. No papers wore found to
Identify hhu. In a pocket he carried I
a Oerinan dag. Asked why he had
dynamited the bridge, the prlsouer, the
polhn* say, made the simple explaua
llou that his country watf at war with
< J real Hilt ?? in and that Canada was
a part of the eueiny'a Country, thflt'llO
came from New York Saturday, Im
mediately after discharging the explo
sive, he returned to the hotel.
The hrldgo Is the connecting link be
tween the Maine Central and the Ca
nadian l'acltle i nicks, tho (Canadian
Pacific having traffic rights over the
former road from Mattawaiukeg to
tho boundary. It Is the through route
from upi>or and western Canada to the
maritime provinces, dlroetly connect
ing Montreal with the ports of St. JK?hn
and Halifax.
lu the winter season St. John, N. B?
Is the principle Eastern fort of Cana
da and thltlior have come from Mon
treal and the West great quantities of
provisions and munitions of war for
shipment. They have passed over the
hrldgA which It was sought to destroy.
This Is the most direct route from the
West.
The loss of the bridge would delay
hut not interrupt the transportation of
war materials to the coast.
Van Horn was made a Maine pris
oner. To avoid possible complications,
local authorities made no further move
lHnidlng advice from Washington. The
Canadian authorities indicated they
would Immediately mnke representa
tions at Washington with a view of
extradition on the ground that the dy
namiting had been done op the Cana
dian side of the border. On the other
hand, it was said that Van Horn would
be defended against extradition, bas
ing his claim to- the protection of the
United States on Ills assertion tliat he
had committed an act of war and that
his offense was political.
Railroad officials, after a careful ex-i
amlnation of the bridge, declared the
explosion had done little damage. Tem
I>orary repairs were to be innde Imme
diately, so cars could be pushed across.
I Kentucky Negro is an Apt
Disciple of Billy j Sunday.
' A KjMH.-lal to the Charlotte Observer,
from Kinston, N. C., dated February
2nd, says: .
"Waldo Steinway, an Itinerant Ken
tucky mulatto preacher, who has just
arrived in this section, emulates Rev.
Hill Sunday. He preaches to congre
gations of rural "blacks, and makes a
stunning lilt everywhere.
" 'I've come to these yere sticks to
tell you niggers what's what and save
yer souls," Waldo Informs his hear
ers. "Every time one of youse sits 1
up all night at some persuasloli which I
yer ain't got no business bein' at, yer i
reduces yer battin' aberage," he ex
claims.
. "Every time the shrewd exhorter
makes a "hit" the fans chime in w^th
assenting aniens. . He is grfiniug popu
larity. He makes no secret of the fact
that he was converted to the Sunday's
"style of pitching" after he had heard
the great baseball player-evangelist in
a Middle Western city.
i " 'You fellers are lacking hi team
work. The deril's n peacberino. He's ?
oih the coaching line all the tfmc. too.
Srift' work fellers; get a little ginger I
in you. Play safe. You can't afford
to take any chances in this game. The
team from Hades is a professional ag
gergation, and yer gwinter find out
yer only rank ama'todrs if ^yer don't
lookouti Don't -git rattled," urges Stein- j
way."
A Psalm of a Pessimist. 1
Tell me not, in cheerful numbers,
Li iv is light and love and laughter ;
You will waken from your slumbers
- in the chill}* morning after. -j
Life is , rough and life is fleeting,N '
And no matter how you rave
You can find- no way of beating
? That account yon owe the grave.
I ' \ ?- ?? ~ -
Though the sun may shine thi# morn
ing ~ ? : |
And the skies look soft and warm, i
You can read in them a warning
Of a record-breaking storm. \ I
Though the girl that you are wooing
Smiles, and seems to understand.
She will answer, "Nothing doing,"
When you ask her for her hand.
v -iCvy* ? '?
Lives of other men remind ns
That we all will soon be dead ;
That the best is all behind us
And the wwatJte .nil ahead.
Every prize that you are after-?
'that, you've climbed for, Inch by
Will t>e landed by some grafter .
Who has got an Inside cinch. "
In this world's broad field oi battle
We can't any more -get hy
Than the poor, dumb, driven cattla
fn the stock yard* out in^CBt"
Let ns then give up the straggle
And sit 'round and afcdlx. bleat.
What's the use to try to Juggle
_With a fate thaj'Jtgo* fts beat? 'ZJ.
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