Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE CAMDEN CHRONICH H. I>. Nll?? mid / E w wrtxwcit . ( rvr'Htv??- . i ' 1 1 1 ? 1 1 1 1 1 - I i every Friday at I i<n> No. Itroad street, and entered at the On ill don pOStflfflee hm second clans mall mat ter. Priep per annum $1,00. Wo aro glad to receive coinuiuniea' ttoiiH of u reasonable length. hut an Important condition of tholr publlca tton Is that they shall In all c?hoh Im? accompanied by llio full namo ami exact addreiut <?f the wonder. Obitu aries, resolution* of reH|>oct. and church notices will not bo changed for. Mat tors of purely a personal nature will la* charged for at the rate of live conta a lino, Whiskey or patent medicine advertisements will not he accepted at my price. Itatea for dlaplay advcr tlslng mado known on application. Camden, N. C.? March 5, 1915. m?mmmmm?rmmwmrwmm?mmmmm mrnmmm?mmmmmmmmmmm?? Ills it 1 1 1 1 u?l?* towards animals Is it ; fairly trustworthy test of a man't? ; cha ractcr. ? -1 Mimb Animals. Tho way In which prisoners arc ! promptly pleading utility at tills term of court In orili'r to get lighter fines mikI sentence* shows that the move j ment to enforce tlie laws Is having! Its effect. That Is not a very nice report the grand Jnry made concerning the eondl llon of the county Jail, and we under stand the condition has existed for some time. The pro|>er authorities should sec that 11 Is corrected. This Is need buying season and tar uters will now he receiving catalogs setting forth In attractive manner seed for farm and garden. Th??re are few things In which a farmer needs to ex erclse more care and good judgment than in huving those seeds which he has to huy. It Is usually a good rule. In dealing with seed houses, to patron ize those that :tiy well known and rep u table ami to a\old strlctlv all houses that make extravagant claims for their seeds in their catalogs, says Ciems\?n. The Kershaw Cotton Mills are opera ting all their mill both day and night and have orders on the books to run them for some time. They are also adding two Kales & Jonks spinning frames. ? Textile llullet In. ( ). K. Williams of The Record has been appointed by the governor as llnuncial agent for the Catawba In dians in York county. The appropria tion for the Indians Is $7.ft0O. Mr. Williams succeeds S. II. White of Hock Hill. At the Court of Ceneral Sessions for Ilorry county, the novel sight of two solicitors claiming the right to repre sent the state was witnessed. Singleton and Casque were on hand. Singleton was appointed by Covertioc Please to fill the unexpired term of the late Wal ter Wells. Casque held a commission from Coventor Manning by virtue of his election last fall. For the present Singleton 1? In charge of the court, the supreme court i\ot having handed down a decision in the case. Coy. Richard I. Manning Wednesday appointed the hoard of regents of tho State Hospital for the Insane. The regents were named in accordance with the reorganization act which was .Kiss ed at the last general assembly. The new hoard will he composed of tin following members: J. K. Sirrin *. <?f , Creenville, R. R. Scarborough, of Con way. ('. Fred Williams, M. I)., of Co-' lumbla, S. 0. Raker, M. P., of Sum ter, R. W. Segars of Lee county. Un der the terms of the act one regent was appointed for two years, -two for four years and two for six vears. The terms of otPce of the regents will later be fixed by the governor. V SAW VFB NOT SBTTI.KI?. 'Iifli letter to the Hon rtanbuiK Her ald, l'luf. J. (i. Cllnkst-ales, Who made a strong race for governor hod August, iLUJLl . JdII^KUL. JSUfl&atelL ? . (HHttMiply lIWi hud the foj lowing t<? say of Iho t>ill passed by tin? general Mwsembly : ??Side by ?dde, vou and I have foiu'.lit" long and hard for a eonipulMory school attendance raw* We wanted a good, strong. vigorous, v trlli* law, one able to stand on Its foot and look the world In the fact* without. a blush or an apology. We got. instead, a mease, ly, puny, sickly thing t li*? t can be not Id ng more than a |>crpotuul apology for Its existence. Wo asked for broad : we got. iu*t exactly a stone, but a. pltHv of harmless rotten wood. Wo asked for 'every child a ci^uni*.' we u<it a miserable makeshift Ibat leaves every obi Id Ji??t where be w?ih. "Hot still I >iii Hopeful. I rejob-o ii? know that Spartanburg's delegation whs solbi on the ((iiesti-tn and tv anted only the best things for our eblldroil and for all tin* ehlhlreo of the state. I,et iik stand together. smlb\ and bit 'eui again. This Is lit) time for pout nig. or hacking, or sulking. To do that would h" to prove ourselves unworthy of tin* high Ideals wo profess. "No. lot us 'spit on our hand and rar' hack and roll It.' 1 am thankful even for the puny, sickly little weak ling we < 1 1 f I got. Pernio are thinking about thi.s matter and when they think i"iig -nough and hard eiiouidt about, the matter they'll laugh at our noth- ' Inguess and inoi,e forwaid, not hack ward. .J ust give 'em t hue. "1 want to thauk you, Mr. Kdltor. j for urging that Spartanburg ho the) llrst to take advantage of th?? law that j was passed. Let us go after 11, and ; go hard. I think the best thing that j was done touching the whole school question was proposed by our .Mr. Lee. j He Is striking at the root of the mat -! ter. Not only our county, but the others need to be re districted Wo have too much <?a*te luachlnerv, too little system, too little organization. With a compulsory attendance law, Mr. Leo's suggestion would follow na turally and promptly. "I hold myself In readiness to help any school district in our county, or any other county for that matter, that may desire my assistance. I am sure the people of Spartanburg are open to reason. .Mid If the matter Is properly presented to them, I believe every dis trict will \oto compulsion. 'Nothing is over settled until it Is settled right.' The school (|uestl; n Is not settled right : therefore, let us lie up and doing." "Organized Insanity" ? this Is what someone cleverly called the excited competition with which, before the war. lCtiropoan nations piled up armaments In the name of peace.? Dumb Animals. The sales of crops in 1014 were esti mated at $2, 9i?S, 000.000 ; sales of live stock, $2,010,000,000; a total of $.r>, 817.000.000. The estimated value of total sales i>er farm was $N92, and sales per capita of rural population excluding towns, $139. <;KN. JONES RESIGNS. Becomes Head of State Tax Commission and Sawyer Becomes Comptroller. ('olumhhi. Fob. 27. - ? c ; o\- . Manning this afternoon named the State tax commission which was created by the last ( Sonera 1 Assembly. A. >V. Jones, for 12 years comptroller general, re signed and was appointed chairman of the tax commission. Carlton W. Sawyer, of Orangeburg, for several years chief clerk, was ap pointed comptroller general of South Carolina. < >tlu r members of the tax commission are: \V. <J. Quorry, of Spartanburg, and J. IV Derhain of TTorry. The appointment of Mr. Jones as chairman of the tax commission Is for a term of six years. The salary is $2,500. The commission will study the j tax laws and make rejnirt on the i changes. Bead the list of Want ads in today's Chronicle. ttKTtf t -Nit Ntcwti mrm~- j? 1 1 - IIhmmmiiiIiikm of Inters in Our Neigh boring Town. ' ,>' ?i ? "???, ? .'..? Bcthune, March a. The pi Hindi. .i > cotit est for ?M<| J??y wan held ?t the town hull hj' the BeUnjue gruded aphool children i.i i Friday night, which wuh greatly enjoyed by the large audience present. Those jwrtlcl^tin* reflected great credit en those wh b had their training In charge and the Bethnne school will douhtlcwH occupy a proud nent place In the Field J ?ay exercises at Camden on April 2nd. 1'wo tramps, a white man and 11 ??euro, were aYrested here ..Friday oven liig and locked up In the guard house for stealing section foreman (?oldman's and "Ids hand's dinner near Cassatt !? rhlay morning. They were sentenced j to tldi ty days each on the chain K?"tt anil were taken to Camden on Saturday mornlng to Servo their sentences. The relatives In Bethuae .of AJrs. .John B. Heegj\rs. of near HartsvllTc, were called to her hedHlde on Sunday last. a message being received here stating that she was not exi>octcd to live through the night. Mrs. Seegars Is the oldest daughter of Mf~ Alex Outlaw, and a sister of Mrs. H. W. N'ortheutt. Mrs. Henry West and Mr Oscar Outlaw, of Bethuno. Miss \'elma King, only daughter of Mr. Clifton F. King, of McBee, and Mr. Heegars, of the Catarrh section, were married here last Saturday af ternoon by Magistrate J. 10. Copelftnd. Miss Camilla Howell and Mr. Charlie Pitts, of Mcllee. were married here Sunday afternoon, S. T. (lardner, no tary public, otllclatlng. Tho groom is | u ?<>" of Mr. W. T. Pitts, of Bethuno route 2. Mr. C. L. Mays and family have moved into the residence next^itorth of Mr. II. W. Northcutt. Mr. (I. s. King has moved his stock Of dry goods Into the hotel building and will use his old store house for hardware, groceries, etc. Mr. J. I). Lafltte and wife have mov ed into the residence formerly occu pied by Mr. C. O. Terry on Main St. Mr. J. L. King an<} family will move Into the residence recently vacated by | Mr. Mays and family. Mr. J. A. McCasklll, who has been spending some time with his daugh ter. Mrs. C. <>. Terry, at Hay's Mill. O.t.. has returned home. Mr. I). Hy den has been In New York for over two weeks at tho bedside of bis wife, who has been there nearly a year being treated for tuberculosis. A telegram received from Mr. Hyden on Saturday stated that Mrs. Myden was growing weaker every day. I bis correspondent would greatlyv ap pelate the assistance of any one ir this vicinity in reporting the local news items. V?*e would like to mail a long newsy letter to tile Chronicle every week, but unless our friends here keep us informed of local events, we cannot do any better than we have been doing. If you know of any one1 going away, a visitor in town, a case of sickness, a marriage, death, tight or any other item of interest, teU.,us and we will endeavor to do the rest. It has suggested that some of the young men here organize a first class orchestra. This is a splendid idea. A good orchestra would greatly add to the life of this little town. ' A number of our. citizens are attend ing court at Camden this week. Malcott p. ( ; reen has been appointed special judge for York eotthty. The Newest Thing in Tailoring WRONG Look at the BACK of your coat! If it's a stripe or a plaid it isn't match ed ! Then it's out of i date ? there's something newer? and better?and more good looking ! That's the new, patent RIGHT ed Coriss MATCHED BACK I'm giving my custom- . ers in the coats I order for them of the Kahn Tailor ing Co., of Indianapolis, Ind. No other merchant in town can make you such a coat. Bnt if you order here, It's yours! THE GILLIAM TAILORING CO. Camden, S. C. Money Appropriated by U?*ier*l A* MtMiibly for AII County Purposes. 1 ? ^ H ? - - - A . A t, n * I , ,f. 1 ? . B ill fc ? - ^ I , , ? Fottmvmsr ts the ?<nppty twt pass i'U lit the late session of tlu? Uenerul Astemhl? fir Ker>?*iw Copnty. tor all comtty 10 440 hi 1 1 Ik to bo ? ? n | i us follow*, If NO much be iuM'cs.sury : Item 1. Howls ?rd Bridge, $0,800. Item 2. Permanent Head improve, incuts $5200. Item ?'<. Convicts nifd maintenance of roiut working organisation $ 12,800. Item 4. Public buildings, Including water. fuel, lights, Insurance and post flfll *t.4.y!. ttoill 5. Jail OXpOUSeH, Including dieting of prisoners, $1,000. Item 0. COUntV hopio, poor house and outside poor, $2.JM0. Item 7. (,\>urt expenses. $5,000. Item 8. Hooks, stationery and print ill", si. "til I, Item !>. Post-mortem Inquests nml | lunacy, $1,000. Item 10. interest on bond and Slnk I UK Fund, $18,000. ^rein 11. Salaries ? Clerk of Court. $700. Hborlff, *1,500. Treasurer, $-150. Audits, $-150. Kupts of Education $I,?tH). Attorney, $l()ii. Plij sb Ian, $ 100 Coroner,- $250. Janitor ot Court House, $300'. Supervisor, $1,200. Four County Commissioners, at $200 each? $800. Clerk to County Hoard of CommiS' -dcners, $25. ?I udge of Probate, $200. Hoard of Registration, $200. Magistrates, $J.50o. Constables, $1,500. Hoard of Assessors and ICipiallza tlon, $300. . Count v Hoard ?f Education. $100. Total Salaries, .<11,175. Item 12. Contingent Expensed- ? Military Company and cordon, $200. Expenses and perdlein of Sheriff for work in erlmina' cases of Cruntj at | $2 per day ? $500. Telephone and telegraph, $05. Indexing ohl records. Clerk of the Courtis otilce, $300. County Supervisor's keep of automo bile, $210. Assistant stenographer, Fifth Cir cuit, $100. ? Return of fine to W. I). McDowall, paid for lunatic, $20. Total contingent expense*, 31,455. Item 13. Past Indebtedness ? (Jlrl's Tomato Club, $000. Military Company, at Camden, 101 1, $200. f Total past indebtedness, $800. Total appropriation, $60,426. New Court Reporter. Columbia, Feb. 27. ? Augustus M. Deal.- attorney, of Columbia has l>een appointed by Judge Mendel L. Smith stenographer for the court of general sessions of the Fifth judicial circuit. W. H. Mucfeat is stenographer for the court of common pleas. Tho addition al stenographer was provided by an act of the last general assembly. The salary of $000 a year. PLANNED TO ASSASSINATE. Anarchist's Plot to Start Reign of Ter ror Nipped in Bud. New York, March 2. ? The discovery of an anarchistic plot aimed at the assassination of Andrew Carnegie, Cor nelius Vanderbilt John I). Rockefeller and his son and other wealthy men, an '. the inauguration of a reign of ter ror and looting in New York city, was announced by th police to-d-iy, after they bad arrested a man In the act of placing two bombs in*St. Patrick's Ca thedral where several hundred per sons were worshipping. To-days sensational development was the culmination of months of work by detectives in uncovering a con spiracy, which, they declare, projected a campaign of violence and bloodshed without precedent In New York city. S?>- carefully bad the police worked that the Anarchist was even allowed to light the fuse of one of the bombs which be .carried into the Cathedral. Scarcely had the bomb Ignited when one of a half hundred detectives 'sta tioned In and about the church crushed the sputtering fuse under Ills -beef, ami in nnnfhrr momrnt the plot ter was taken Into custody, just as he. was about to light the second destruct ive instrument. Frank Albarno was the name given by (he man who placed the bombs In the Cathedral. Later Charles Carbone. an eighteen-year-old boy was arrest ed at his home as the actual manufac turer of the explosives. More arrests are expected. Both Abarno and Car hone laU- to-day, the police reported, admitted their part In the conspiracy, hut denied that anyone else was in volved. When arraigned late to-day they were held withouf ball for exam ination Thursday. Abarno and Carbone are said to l>e members of the Bresei gang of Anar ?hists In tilts "City, who take their name from Craetano Hresci, assasln >f King Humbert, of Italy. According to the police, the plot was concelvM early in February. The plans of the conspirators m's enrned ?>ceause a young policeman,) Eiaihlo Pollgnant Joined 1n the plot ks an avowed Anarchist, and for severtl weeks kept tht- police informed of t??e movement of hl> c? rrpanlons. ~P?lIg ??ani irri* trrn-tert ti the CAtliedrftT to- 1 flay with the men who placed tho bomb hut this was only in accordance with :he prearranged plan of his superiors. WCW JUIM^NIIir KOK MTATK. South Carolina to Ite Divided Into Two Federal Dhdricts A Washington H(teclal to the Nows and Con r lor dated March say*: "Senator Till mail to-nlxht secure*! the parage by the Senate of the Aikcu Judgeship hill as already pmmmhI by the HouBe. Tho hill now goog to the IMrosl dont for hta slgnaturo. The House of Representatives , to day passed the Alkon hill providing for the appoint ment of a Judge. district attorney and marshal for the Westerr district of tfouth Carolina, hut before (Missing It attach*"! (tie famous OullQfi aiuem', mout requiring the President to make public all endorsement* of candidate* for the Judgeship. This morning the Bona to judiciary committee made a favorable report on tho Tillman bill, which Is Identical with the Alkcn hill without the Cullop amendment. After' the passage of the Court bill by the House and Senate the Senators and monitors of the House from South Carolina agreed to recommend to the President for appointment a? Judge of the now district Congressman Joseph T. Johnson of Spartanburg. They also agreed to recommend J. William Thur " Joif, aiHtrl* ? Mil,,; ;0. J .^yon, of AhU'viiw*. m The of the AtVeu. TlUman bin ends ? flight of yea rH'^lfurutTou for thy establishment of tbe ??w Judgeship. -SAVE THB STAMP* Odd Story IJolug the Rounds (Wrrn luf tlernmn Letter. . - jftji <mV? >t<?ry is jrohn: the rounds oy?ic the eountti ooneemlnK a letter received bv an American froa\ a friend la Ueriimny. ^ writer calls atten tion to the value of the stamp on the latter. "Have the stamp" or "lie sury to keep the ataittP on tbl* letter. In? cause It may become valuable," or words to that ^ttect. are in the let(ej. So the recipient us a matter of co\irs?, soaks the Quvelopa la water, ami off Chines the precious stamp. Ami under the fttamb is found writ ten such words as "We nre starving1' or "We need fowl " So runs the story of tin.' letter frun Oerimuiy with the valuable stump. The story is of Interest. in Charles ton because \t is making the round* here. ' Several people have heard of that letter. So far, nobody has pro dueed the original com maid nation. New York papors and St. Tsads pai^rs have been trying to run the stor\ to jta aonrce. ? Charleston Post. T ? : ~~ The annual spring iw>lo tournament at Aiken begins this week. SEED CORN facilities In Houth rradlnf, cleaning and liaiullliitf need corn. Bold In ear or shelled. Wtlle for prlcon and caUlotftio d<*?ierlbtnjr methods of breeding and hamlltnif oofnan.J ulhor need*. AIho write tor price* of our fine pedigreed needs of moil produotlre lonar staple cottoa*, hluh > luldlnr field peu, beet quality sorghums, velvet bean* and other field seeds. PED1QRCKD SKKD CO., David W. Coker . HARTIVIUI, S. O. SiV ii <1/ MACFEAT-BOWEN BUSINESS COLLEGE, Columbia, S. C. Gentlemen , ? Please send me full particulars of courses In Bookkeeping, Banking, Penmanship, Shorthand, and Typewriting. I am interested and expect to take a course in the near future. Yours for business, ? 'CsjjQ Name - ...... * * jjS Address SAFEGUARD ~ YOUR HAIR t i . 1 5 ?? ? > 7 At all tunes and places beautiful suites of Hair is the envy of all people of all stations. It is not necessary f for those in possession of hair to become bald. ACROLINE Dandruffs enemy, and the chief cause for falling hair, is scientifically prepared by the countrys leading chem ists, and by actual test ninety per cent of cases treated with ACROLINE were cured when persistently used. All electrical appliances necessary for the treatment of the scalp with this wonderful dandruff remedy can now be found at the EUREKA BARBER SHOP. A trial will convince the most skeptical of its merits. J. For the convenience of the ladie* at their homes the services of Lottie L. Cook has been secured. She is a graduate of Prof. Rohrer's School of Instruction in New York, and holds a diploma in Artistic French-American Hairdressing, Marcel Waving, Manicuring, Facail Mas sage and Care of the Hair and Scalp. Eureka Barber Shop Telephone 21 1-J " I. B. English, Proprietor Buy a Ford Caigl We have accepted the agency from the Factory and olflmr thtr-jreai4' a Font Roadster for $47400 T* delivered, and a Touring Car for $524.00 delivered. People laughed at the Wright's with their air d ship. They scoffed at Marconi and his wireless. They poked fun at McCormick and his reaper; They ' called Columluis a fool. It seems odd now doesn't it? Hundreds of people saw a teakettle lid teetle, yet only Watt and Newton actually cashed In on the experience. Now is the time for you to cash In on. a Ford. Lots of men told you that a Ford was too light They drd nol see TU futlire! Now they realize th?t the -Ford has become an absolute business necessity. Come in and see U>e new Fords, you will find _ what we tell you worth your attention, and that . "R" Will set y ou htrnklhg.