Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE u n mhm mmL . _ _ ? Publishers. B. N. McDowell. PubllMhfHl ?very Friday at 1100 No. Broad .Street, aiyj entered at the Cain den an n^-ond cIumx mall mat ter. Price |H>r annum 11.00, Wo are Klad to rmdve couimunlcu tloiiN of a reanonable IciiKth, but an important condition of their publica tion la that they Hhall in all cane* be accompanied by the full name and exact addrrHH of tfo? Hcnder. Obltu arlex, resolution* of respect, and churcli notices will not l>e charged for. Mut ters, of purely u personal nuturo will he charged for at the rate of five cent* a line.- WUinkey or |uiUmt medicine j advertisements will not i?e accepted at any , j>i i< <? Hates for diuplay adver tising made known on uppllcatiou. ' ? t. . f,- fu :y; : zt\^%r,vr, Camden, 8. April 10. 1015. Whether you will It, "dlacharglmf your obligations," "liquidating your liabilities," or "paying your debts," It's a good thing to do ? provided you don't go Into bankruptcy to do It, says a Oeorgla exchange. Hundreds of thousands of packages of seed, provided and distributed at (Tpclo Nam's ex|M?nse, are being i?oured Into tho malls from tho Capital. lOach Senator and Representative is ship ping 28,000 packages of the seed, most ly vegetables, to constituents hi his State. Kach packet contains live dif ferent varieties, making a tota,l of close to packages of seeds furnish ed fr?>e by Congress to the agricultural constituencies annually. . A man living near Heneea, X. <V, lost ten bales of cotton, twenty bushels of peas, some fislder, and a new buggy, by lire last week. He had absolutely no Insurance. That's all. <io on to the next paragraph. ? Hart well Sun. A gentleman who travels nearly all of the Southern states said to us this week that he knew of no town In the South that heeds a commercial hotel r more than Camden. Everywhere he goes he hears complaints by the travel ing public of Camden's hotel facilities. Mil in <? salesmen go to nearby towns to spend the night rather than stop over In Camden on account of the poor ac comodations. A good hotel In Camden would not only keep these jieople here hut would prove to he the biggest kind of advertising for this city. We are glad to know that an effort Is being made to have the hotel project .revived as It Is badly needed. MaJ. .1. I-. Coker. of Hartsvlllc, has announced to the board of trustees of Coker College. Hartsvlllc, which he founded, an additional gift by him to tho Institution of $120,000. Imme diately available, $100,000 of which Is for a new building, $1().<MH) for Its equipment and $10, 000 for equipment of laboratories in chemistry, physics and biology. (Jencral Victorlano Huerta. once pro vincial president of Mexico, who for nearly a year has been an exile In Spain, arrived at New York Monday on the Spanish steamship I/OJhv. from Cadiz. (Jencral Iluerta was passed by Immigration otllclals as a transient alien, after he had sworn he would do nothing that would in any way In volve the neutrality of the Cultcd States. The (Governor and Law Enforcement. In tho llyht of recent events It Is to lie clearly sismi that tiovernor Manning is redeeming bis campaign pledge- with reference to the enforcement of law. In this ? (Tort which he K inakinir be most assuredly deserves (he sympathy support and e< ?-operation of the good citizenship ol* our State. He has shown bis wisdom io eX|x?ctlng and insisting that the local authorities exercise their power within their own jurisdiction: but lie will be s;itisf|(Ml with nothing short of lasting results. He has made it i-lrar that if the local government re^usoM to measure up to its duty he ??' t win l?* [*??( in take the inaft?UL np with tli" -berllT of that county. The Charleston situation is rapidly coming to a bead and at a te<i?nt con ference bet wet n ill.- governor and may or, the mayor u.i- ,'ivcn one week In which to take a?-tV.i- Southern Chris tian Advocate. FORCKS FOK (.0(11). Augusta Chronicle. As the news un rot K .Inily before its readers, news of war. of jjreed. of lust, of crfme, of industrial slavery, of decadent self-lndulgencc. tho Im pression must need* be made that nev er was there a time when evil was so widespread, so unchecked, so weed like, so hopeless of correction. And yet. as a matter of fact, never was there a time when rio strong and so many were the forces for good. The apparent increase of ovtl* of all sorts is really due to an increase "In publicity. In an era of greater pub lic ignorance they were like a neat o/ cockroaches, unknown t>ec&fifte hidden by darkness. With darkness there was t'lli- ?T . *? I also ? certain amount of Indifference to eUMtplfn??? mucIi a? In apt to eoiw in any dim himI Hindoos dwelling. Willi llie rui I of come* 1 1 K I > t . mid the vermin are nomi In ull 1 1 iv I r iiMNtliKMM, acurryiiitf away Itefore tho public knowledge or facing It with Ignorant bravado, according to their kind. And with now knowledge of what Ills there wro has come 11 widespread desire to eradicate thorn. Women par ticularly are filled with t IiIh now sur I foundings In which they llvo. Thvnt have lieen many fatoto alarU, of 4<our*?s many mlMtakoH and much i waste motion. Many remedies* have been tried and f <,>11 fill \Vunt)U?' liut( tho forces for k?hkI nro npt d^tmayt^l tloro a hit anil thoro a lilt they uuln, ami with every Kit in which In proved to he a real' "and lasting one coinM a now influx of public opinion adding to tho current In tho right direction. Prisons were, and Htlll are, one of the hints oij tho whole nation. All our methods of correction and so-called reform were absurd and futile In the extreme. Latterly there are efforts, hero and there, to treat human beings as human beings, with marvelous re sults. A few years ago hours of lahor were unlimited, lives in industry with out safeguard, children exploited with chock, ltcsults are slow In coming, but they are oil the way. in New York state Just now there Is an effort to undo a law protecting women and children In canneries. The interests hack of It may win ; hut their victory will he brief. Public opinion Is awak ened now. Hex evils and diseases multiplied horribly in tho darkness. The pub* liclty of letting light Into the unclean places Is loathsome In the . extreme. Hut If is going to result in cleanliness, health and safety. Kvery where In the ill-kept places the forces for good are advancing with brooms ami soapsuds. Churches, unions, ?societies for this and for tnat -?they're all at work on the house cleaning and rebuilding. Hut there Is so much to do! The man or woman who hasn't join ed detlnltoly, purposefully and with eyes open ought to lose no time In do ing so. England is covered with war posters: "Your country needs you!" \ Americans are needed no less in these wars at home. Now is the time to enl 1st with the forces for good. Kirher ill 1915. Among the "Fifty Hen sons why the rutted States Is to (.row Richer in iPlfi" the following are grouped under the head of "Agriculture" by the wrlt icr. It. Forbes, financial editor of the Ilearst newspapers: "American fanners, very tardily, am learning the incalculable value of crop rotation. "The South lins increased its winter wheat acreage 50 per cent and corn average promises to be similarly ex tended. "A proper system of credit for our farmers is to he established, probably before li)ir> ends. This is a consider ? at ion of great importance. - "Heavy immigration from rural Eu rope should provide ??ur farmers with a more adequate supply of labor and should also lead to the cultivation of greater acreage throughout the coun try. "Our total farm products In im i are estimated by the government at almost $ 1 (UWKit(MM),000 In value, a figure never before attained. "High prices for all food products will enrich our farmers during 1015. . "Prosperity is enabling farmers to buy more labor-saving machinery, pur chase better grades of breeding cattle and improve their homes, thus making their daily life more comfortable. "Remarkable advances in agricultur al science combined with the unmatch ed clllcleiicy of our federal department >f agrhulture. have greatly reduced the danger of any general failure of cri'i is. WHAT EDITORS KNOW. A good many editors are said to knew much, says an exchange. The trouble is, they know a lot of stuff that they dare not tell. They know who drinks and they know the. ladies who deviate from the straight and narrow path of rectitude, and the boys who smoke In alleys and dark places, and girls who are out auto riding till the roosters crow for daylight. They know the fellows that are good to pay and they know the fellow who can't get trusted for a tobacco sack full of salt. They could guess at once why some fellows are as they are and thov cuu ffuoas closely what they do to make themselves so. They know enough to make one of the red hottest, rip-snort ing. high-geared, triple action, chain lighting editions you ever read, but they also know It Is l>est for the com munity and themselves to let the law take e?i re of humanity's development and publiv-h only such news as will do to rend in the house. Editors gen erally pursue this potiry and thereby live longer and get more enjoyment out of life.? Hock Hill Record. t TREAT CANCER QUICKLY. ? ? ' Hiill?! . *ur8*r/' but Delayed bu r- j 0 mry, That Fail* to Curs." That canter la at drat * local ,, wtii aud UUt u geuerul ilixwiii.v of the ays Criu fs uow cleUI'ly established. rills fuel 1m of tilt. UtlUOHl llMpOI(Hl)CV. Mine* Ui holds out (1 III;: 1 1 hope ol eui'v If t lie uihIIkiimui growth In removed i?eforo It has time to spread to other part* of the body. Cuuc#r lH?tflunlittf lu one i . i ? i later appear* elsewhere. becauwe small particles or cella are carried away from the first alte and start other growth*, not because titers exUt* pre viously aopua imiIhoii lu the blood .which caus** thv, |o |>?v,4k m?t In different, |?a^u& pf th? hody. The great ,ho?e of cure. therefore,' Ilea In reiuov. l*?lf <toiri<&r entirety fh>Ai the ayHtem lie ,jtar? It has a chauc^ ?^><l from It* i.Ur?t foothold. . . fiffT I illi- ^ * ? The reason why Jitf fol&jr' people came to believe that cabler wan a blood dlaeaae la doubtieaa because It wag obaorved to ct>me again lu the name or other purta of the body after having been apparently cut out It was natural to asaumo that when the disease kept coming back lu this man uer there must be some cause or taint In the blood which led to ltd breaking out In different place* much like cer tain Hkln diseases. The trouble which started this falla cious reasoning was that lu those earlier daya cancer wua not so well understood as It now la. Burgeons then did the boat they knew how. but without the advantage* of modern methoda they were unable successfully to ex terminate the disease. The micro scope has now ahown ua the paths by which cancer cells atnrt their lnranlon of the body If the first and local ap pea ran co Is neglected. Modem sur geons are, therefore, repeatedly suc ceaaful In removing the disease once for all. As an eminent American ? doctor haa well aald. "It 1? not surgery, but delayed surgery, that falla to cure." OUR CALENDAR IMPERFECT. Undar the Present System a Day I* Lost Every 2,500 Years. Many people 'are dissatisfied with the calendar. They propose to take It back and change it They would have g? back to an act of the British parlia ment In 1751? that Is, English speak lug folk would? and then still farther Into the recesses of time. It wns that statute which later led American schoolboys into doubt as to whether George Washington was born on Feb 22 or Fob. 11. Eleven days were lost between Julius Caesar and George Washington, but that hardly seems np palling enough after all to Justify so many preachments on the subject of lost time, does it? The way things are arranged now it will be 2.500 years or more before we lose another day. The scientist, however, is never aajlq fled with anything less than accuracy, and he wants a perfect calendar. >He has taken his Ideas of reform Into the legislatures of several nations, but nothing has happened yet Heform Is sure to get Into trouble, anyway, when It prets Into polltlca But truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again, and maylx the dream of the v-Viitist will come true. The first day of every month will fall on the first day of the week, and so forth. The printed calendar which comes from the insurance com pany or the grocery store will be Just as good one year as another, and the months will be all alike. Probably a more durable form will he Invented* so that It will last a lifetime, be moijSd from house to house with the rcs{ of the furniture and be handed down to future generation*" as an helrloOttt Time, with such a calendar, wouldn't seem so flighty.? Philadelphia ledger ? ? ? r Wisdom Teeth. The so called wisdom teeth are the two last molars to grow and they have no real connection with the possesaon of wisdom. They take their name from the time of their arrival, from twenty to twenty-five years, at which a^e the average person is supposed to have reached years of discretion. Cuttfng onte's wisdom teeth means simply ar riving at the point of completeness In physical equipment and has no direct relation to mental equipment The pos session of these teeth is no guarantee of wisdom. They grow at about the same age In people whether they are wise or not The Prussian Versailles. Potsdam s the Prussian Versailles and contains four palaces. It was founded by the great elector of Bran den burg, but owes most of Its splend6r to Frederick the Great, whose apart ments. which are shown to visitors, re main almost ^exactly as they were when he was alive. Among the moat Interesting treasures Is a ropy ^"Fred Crick's works" annota ted "tir the hand writing of Voltaire. . , ' A Prudent Provleton. ?'Jones ts nothing If not thorough No matter how he starts out he 6) wavs gets to the very bottom ..flif thine*" -4 ? <? ? ?**? "Then it Is very lucky for him th?jt be didn't start out as a sea captain.*-"" Baltimore American. The Cowsrd. "Has that youug man given you any encouragement, daughter?" "Oh. yes. mother ** "What did he say?" "He asked me to tell him what sort of a disposition father had."? Yonkere Statesman. ? Afraid to Risk It. Mis* Withers? Think -you could come anywhere near guessing my ajre? tfe ?Not with any degree of safety.? Judge. ABOUT WIDOW OOW Vl. ,, I lH , , , >mI ? ? r M- .<-t ? 4+ D y CUARICC GAINE8, 'ftfjM, jsmijsf "7? Jay Dickson frowned over the let ter from the manager of his houses In Dorllton. The houses had been an inheritance from his Uncle J*}*'by and the income from the half doten little eottagei had been an addition to his income. Of course, the prop^ erty jUadtaf Kr?at Awl ,0f ,Wf?ey. W iW' "About this W?b?' OtmC ?W<? JJ? agent, "she Uvea in the last cpfctage at the very edice of tfce woods, and ?he nays that wme of the tree. should be cut down because the shade makes her placo damp. 1 tell you she ought not to make complaints when she is behind with her rent?" "Pshaw!" muttered Jay. thrusting I the letter into his pocket. "I'll run down thore myself and have it out with Mrs. Dow." The next day, Quite unknown to Agent Green, Jay Dickson alighted from the train at the Dorllton sta tion and took a short cut through the woods to reach his property. He was not prepared for the huge black woman who waddled across the garden with a heavy foot. Her woolly hair was tied up in a snowy turban and her white gown was immaculate. "Are you Mrs. Dow?" asked Jay. The woman looked at him shrewdly. "I am Amada Dow," she admitted. "Mr. Green wrote to me about you, Mrs. Dow; he said you wanted some trees cut down. I will see him about the matter." Jay, puzzled at finding his agent had rented one of the cottages to other than white people, pursued his way through the street toward the agent's office. Near his destination he was Just In time to snatch a young woman from under the wheels of a racing automobile. . - . As it was, they were both flung against' the curbstone, and the young woman lay pale and white against Jay's arm. . . "I'll show you," volunteered a woman, and she led the way toward Jay's row of cottages. She passed them all until sho came j to the last one. the abode of the ! Widow Dow. ?'I will go inside with you. The ? doctor is on his way now," she said, as sho opened the gate. Amada Dow met them in the porch, and sho took the slender, unconscious | form in her arms and bore her up- j stairs, where the village dcctor ar rived In a few moments. Jay Dickson, wandering restlessly in the little garden, could not rid his mind of that lovely face which had lain against his shoulder. It was a pale, spirltuello face, framed In rich, red hair that grew 'ow on her fore head. The lashes that lay on her creamy cheek were thick and dark and curling. What color were her eyes ? What ailed him, anyway? he asked himself fiercely. Never before had he cared about the color of women s eyes! The doctor came down and spoke to him. . . . , "Her arm Is broken," he said. "It's her working arm," sniffed Amada, as she went out. "Mrs. Dow is an artist," explained the doctor In a low tone. "She's been having hard sledding, I understand, and 1 guess losing the use of her right hand for many weeks won't help any." "I am Jay Dickson, the owner or these cottages. I came down to see Mrs. Dow," explained Jay, feeling un reasonably elated because his divinity was the Widow Dow? and free! Strangely contented at the outcome of affairs, this most impractical of landlords proceeded to visit his other tenants in the row, and with them planned to make such improvements in the cottages and grounds as would | justify a change In the name of the place. Tn the course of time It was trans formed into Rose Terrrce, and it was due to the good 'caste of the Widow Dow, who acted as Jay's adviser in the matter of improvements. During her convalescence the Widow Dow went to di;ive in Jay's big automobile, while Amada sat. a mountain of swelling pride, In the tonneau. Green, the agent, was pleasantly shocked to receive a generous- check when Ms employer was married. He never really knew what , it was for, but Jay explained tb'h<s4?ftely bride: "If it "hadn't bee& for. Green#- com' planing lettetf I'd vpeyeV tort* f?ne down Uo_ see the Widow Dow end some o$h er"ch?p " tfitg h t have^mtt^WJT flrlt.^ > ^^ut the wido^r only laughed in her ifeTighUul way. ' ?c. I "There couldn't possibly have nfcfWLj any other chap," she Bald, for there is only one you, you kno?/^^^ j And Jay Dickson was futpremely contented with this very lucid ex planation. y*" Powderless Gun. ,-v^ An electric gun, recently invented in Enplr.nd, alms to put the powder mills out of business. This weapon reverses the usual procedure by pulling the pro jectile instead of propelling It. This purpose in accomplished by an Inge nious arrangement of magnet on th? eutside of the tube. The Better Way to Buy ,r t Hour, .Feed and Grain. The beat and most ?st economical way to buy it i? to <ro ' ' \ ? ??; " ' ? to a place that makes a specialty., of . fya&lUiitf it , : Our business is tfce.a^lin^^^fc Tee^ and qm% and we (five you the Heat value, wd this best service to be had in this town, because our exclusive business is ... .j. " the selling of Flour, Feed and Grain. Buy it the bett^ *?> S; * i'v J u { -h ? 1 ? r way. 1 I/. \tVJ ? ftjjfcp, i'j i ! fhJy : 5=5 ; iVv wit Mil) } SPRINGS 8c SHANNON THE STORE THAT CARRIES THE STOCK v.. vh*iisf?Hls- ' *? ?' " THE L>0?V NOT T/?C/ST TO LUCK w? pi/rs ///s AfONFY /N OC/& - BAATK ' V ? ,V - ? ' . * V ? ? ? X ; i ? The CAREFUL man? the man who takes no long I chances ? is the one who will win opt over the man who goes blindly into things and trusts to "luck." Nothing can stop the success of a man who keeps so ber, works hard and regularly BANKS a part of his income from his labor or his business. Is it not better to have your money and keep your balance GROW ING? than to trust to DANGEROUS "luck?" Make OUR bank YOUR bankv We pay four per cent interest on taring# depotiflsLT. The First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C - ".v. 3 THE FIRE LOSS - in this country each year iJ / tremendous. The best of flrfe*flghting equipment canl not prevent it. Millions ofl dollars are lost through lack! -.9$ . Insurance. If you are m practical man you, can figures out yourself the advantage] of being insured. The cosi is so small compared to tha protection >dffefed. See JS to-day. ? Delays are danger! t 0U8* ] Real Telephone No. 43 . p -Accurate Prescription Compounding! Careful Attention to 'Phot? Orrfen - - . ?'/ ? --Ml. ' uvi Highert Quality Druf, Stor. C.?i W. ROBIN Phone 30.