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S Publisher*. THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE ; H. IK Nik* ami K, N. McDoutll Uubllshed every Fr}<luy at 1100 No. Jiroad Htreet, and sutured at the Cam den postottlee an second class mail mat ter. I'rlee is?r annum $1.00. Wo are ?lad to receive communica tions of a reasonable length, but an Important condition of their publica tion ta that they aha II In all eases b<? accompanied by the full imjuio uud jtxaet address of the sender, obitu aries, resolutions of reaiMM!t, and church notices will not la? charged for. Mat tors of purely a personal nature will I* charged for at the rate of tlvo cents a line. Whiskey or patent medicine advertisements will not t>o accepted at any price. Itatea for dlspluy adver tising made known on application. Camden, H. April 30, 1915. (Mir sister town of Lancaster has taken a forward stop-mid lot the con tract for tliO paving "f her ?trwtK, Lancaster 1h a smaller inwn than ('mil lion by far, and MOOII1N to us It' 1 41 ik' cuHtor can take t IiIh stop Camden might begin to make an effort along this line. Many of the progressive towns of the state have better main streets than Camden. Nothing' adds more to the looks of a city than well paved and well kept streets and we hope that elty eounell will soon lake some action along this line. No town can boast of a prettier main street than Camden In good weather, bill in bad weather the same eannot be said. The llnlshlnu of th<? new postotHee adds greatly to the two main thoroughfare* of ('amden uud to Inivo the streets leading to and from the post office paved would make a si ill greater improvement. The matter of flu* Sheriff's olllee for Kershaw eonnty seems to lie in a tan ? ? gle. An order was Issued by the gov ernor last week that SherilV W. W. flileknbee be disfnissed from otliee, but the sherllV refuses to give up, and the governor not having appointed Ids sue ressor. there the matter rests. If was reported Inst week that Mr. .1 Willis ( 'antey. of the Itoykin -eetloii. had been appointed to siieeeed Mr. | jiirkil bee. bill I his seems |o have been merely a rumor, as no one has been mat Hud *?f the appoint ment In t his cii\ WI1.7I will be Ihe ne.M move in Hie mailer no out* Neenis to know. From One Wiio Knows. The following extracts are from Mr. II'. J. Reynolds, one of the largest users of newspaper space in this country: "Newspapeiv are umpiesl ionaldy Ihe flfaudard form of advertising." "Newspapers are good advertising mediums or this company woirid have found It out before It began divesting hundreds of thousands of dollars In their columns annually." "A manufacturer who has a good product and will tell the truth about It in the dally newspapers will make an unqualified success." "It would be hard to depreciate the value of the newspaper as an advertis ing medium." Georgetown ami Western Sold. ( ieorgetown. April I'd.? The (ieorge tnwn and Western railway has been sold to the Seaboard Air Line. Prest ^dent. Clifford, of the Atlanth* ('oast Lumber Corpora lion, went to New York lasf Saturday (<> meet the Sea board people, and wired from that city to ollieials here confirming Ihe rumor printed in ihe News and Courier a few days auo. The sale ineludcs alt properties of the iloorgetown A; West ern- ? the line to I.ane and from An drew - j^"~4J?-?>t<?ii The Seaboard will la ' the o|u>ral ion <d' the new prop erty at once. <>'.i I e?i 1 1 1 1 m e 1 1 d ; 1 1 ion 1 >-f tli" -Upivme emirt < !? ?\ eric ?r Manning ha- appoint eil Ldward Melver. <?(' ("heraw. *?' held Ihe Augu -I term of court f u Sp.u tanbiirir roimiy ; .1 Lyle- Clenn. ( 'he-tcr. In hold hie .lul.\ ?-ourt for .Spartanburg: T Frank Watkin- of AimI. i-oii. to hold the Ma.\ term of eoiirt for .Ia-1?-I count \. The-e up point n t ? -1 1 1 - are ;is special judges iti pi. f .fudge T. II. Spain, who is ill. I'lie farmer* of ten cotton growing state- will red nee their acreage but 14. r. per 'cent, ueeording to an estimate issued b\ ('..op? r & (Iriliin. cotton mer chant- at Ureeiiville The nyluction in the ? 1 1 1 a 1 ? t i r > of fertilizer to be used this season i- ? --! inialed to be jwr . cent. and the fertilizer reduction "I , |H*r cent. Attorneys for I.eo M Frank have1 tiled a petition with ilovernor Slaton and the (Jeorgia Pri-on < 'oininission , asking that the sentcnee of death iin IMtseil 11 1 k ?i 1 Frank for the murder of Marv Pliagan. lie commuted to life im prisonment. Major Conoral B. II. Tongue. ..r Ai ken. has been re-olectod eommander of (he South Carolina division of the r. C V., II. II. Newton, of Bennetts ville, was ehfted commander the first brigade, nnd C. A. Reed, of An derson. was re-?H?otod commander of the second brigade. r . - ? " ' ITEMS OVER THE STATE Short New* Notw Gathered, ? From Owr Exchange. - ? * .liumrH Payne McCH?wu,**kwI lfl ymrn a&myl #<?" (tf A '<>??? ? JarJP' merchant, wiih electrocuted In tho basement of II"' Mr< 'own home. one intlt* cunt of AiulonMiiti at noon Sutur ?lay. \Jrs. Mifown detected tho ?slor of htirulhg cloth and went Inlo I ho haftcnicut. Slu* found her hoii oii the cement |I?m>i- with his clothe* on tiro, with an electric light cord wr*|i|i?l it round his body. Hhe attempted to unwind It from the hoys' body anil wan knocked down hy the current. Two iim'ii lii the yard were called and hotli wore kiiiH-ITod down when they caught hold of tho boy* laxly. Tin* wlrt? wns thru Jerked loose from (lie commotion. Acting upon tho recommendation of tlit* stale hoard of pardons (Jov. Man nliiK has wanted a parole during good behavior lo Parrot t Milam of laiurcns roiinty, who was eonvletou at the spring term of court In HMO on the charge <?f iiKHanll ami hattery with lu tent t?? kill ami sentenced to servo eight yea rw In the state |>cnltcnt la ry. Milam was charged with shooting W, M. Irhy. a Laurens comity farmer. In November, IlKWi. I, lent. P. \. I.. lielUnger, V. S. N., ii native ? ?f Cheraw, made Friday at the naval aeronautic station at Pen sacola. Kin., what Is believed to he a new world's record for altitude In a hydro-aeroplane, lie attained a height nf Iii.ikhi foot . The ascent consumed an hour and 'JO minutes. When his Instruments reached the highest read ing he conid attain, he shut nil' his mo tor and glided to earth, descending In Hi minutes. Mrs. Tonic Ktrhy, of Spartanburg, win* was being carried to Columbia Snnda.v for commitment in the Ktate hospital for the insane, < jumped thrnj theear window as the train was speed ing along between Hlnlrs and Shclton. Iler injuries Were a slight scalp wound and inconsiderable abrasions about the body. The. train was running about ?_T? miles an hour. Mrs. Ki^hy was in clmrge of her brother. 1 1 . M. WoilT, who had gone for a drink of water at the time she lea|>od from the train. Hon. Charles A. Smini lias returned . from Jolius Hupkius very much im proved in health. He and Mrs. Smith 1 are planning to attend the Southern Itaplist Convention at Houston. Texas, I on May Nth. ami from there to visit I In* Panama I'' x posit ion and the wost ; cm cit ies of note. . " < > 1 1 i 1 1 \ of ma nsla lighter w it li reeoiii i niendation to mercy in the lowest de gree" was t lie verdict of the Jury in t lie case of .lames ,1. Clarke, the young I white man who shot to death C. I.ovl , Kish. a prominent planter and well known member of the Lexington coun ty grand jury, the homicide occurring at Smith Hranch school house, ill the lower section of the county, on the night of April I. 101 I. This verdict was reached after' the Jury had delib erated for more than L'."? hours. Turbot vllle. Pa. ? William Crittuer. a shoe dealer, tilting a shoe on John i lhirlo\f. a customer, grasped the upper | and bade Ihirlow "push hard." Ibtr I low pushed hard. < irlttner's grasp -lip ped. the heel of the new shoe struck (! I'll tiler's body. breaking three ribs and causing internal injuries. Montgomery. W. Va. ? Itob Ross, state prisoner, working on the high wax in Kanawha county, has tendered to Coventor Hatfield an offer to serve out the time of his friend. I'd. Adklus, if the governor will give Adkins a par don Ailkins Is now ill in a local hos pital. Adkin.s' tune will bo up in 00 clays. I loss' in 1 < ? Chicago. 111. Toe health depart- j nicnf has Just discovered the source I of the great quantities of dust which | in spite of the clean street-;, till the air! ? hi windy days. From the roof of three downtown buildings fourteen wa gon loads of dirt and rubbish- mure than was swept from four and one half miles of streets ? -were removed i 'lie da\ last week. Hereafter the roofs "f all buildings must he kept clean. I'iedmont. W. Ya. ? A family passed through Piedmont on a Baltimore & t Miio train last week consisting of "J1 members. The father was .'is years old. the mother ,'M? years and there were nine pairs of twins Fourteen of the clilhlren passed free, being un der the age limit. SO GUIDE US, GOD. SO guido up, God, lit air our works and ways That heart may feel, hand act, mouth show "thy praise. That whenvthey meet who lovo nnd when they part Each may be high In hopo and pure In heart ; That they who have seen and they who have but heard Of thy prrent deeds may both obey thy word. ? Bailey's "Festua." THERE IS A HEIGHT. mil ERE I* a height higher than mortal thought; There is a love warmer than mortal love; There l* a life which taketh not Ita hues From earth or earthly things and so grow# pure Anrl higher than the petty earea of men And is a biesaed life and glorified. ?Edwin Morrta. A LEFT HANDED ARTIST. At Leonardo da Vinci Ivtn Wrote From _ ... Atfto 4o Left.' - ? j-~~ A right handed inn it lu making a drawing puts hi* shading from light tu left downward. a left handed limit puts tils slt/idlng from left to Hg hi, Thin Ik t'Mueciatly no ticeable in the drawings of Iahuui rdo ? In Vluc-t, who wax left handed- M? the same wiiy m light handed iimu. being asked to draw a spiral. mutually/ makes what Is called a "left banded" Spiral? that Is. one that curves clock j wise. while the left handed man draws (1m "right handed" spiral, or that ' which eurves counter clock-wise. In hln book. "The Curves of Life." j Theodore Andrea Cook says that s Sherlock Holmes could tell from the curves ojf a " curiNMiter'H shavings whether he was right or left handed, I us a right handed carpenter Invar hi My ; drives his plauo a little to the left, j producing" right handed screws, while the left handed ca rpenter pushes his plane a little to the right and produces j left handed screws. Screws and corkscrews are right hand screws uuless made for some special purpose. I<eft hand screws can ho bought from any large hard ware dealer. Collin screws for some j unexplained reasou are always left hand screws. Man Is naturally right ; handed.' and Iuih been suggested ! that this may bo owing to tho position of his heart on the left side. 80 all tools aud weapons have been' adapted j to right handed men. This Is true of j the adze. plane, scythe, gimlet, auger, j scissors, snuffers, shears, etc. The strongly left handed man will continue to use such tools with his , left hand, even though with Incon venience. but he In whom the left ; handedness is not n strong bins he- ' comes ambidextrous through the use j of the right handed contrivances and ? appliances of everyday life. Mr. Cook mentions many customs 1 that bavo arisen through the normal j tight handedness of mnu. Among these is the rule of driving to the left, which still obtains in England, Portu gal, Sweden and parts of Austria, It aly nnd Switzerland. This is a sur vival of riding days, when men held the reins In their left hands in order to leave their right free to uso their swords. The most notable example of a left handed artist Is I^eona rdo da Vinci. He also wrote with his left hand and wrote from right to left. So thut any ! one who wants to read his manuscript s or the annotations on his drawings must use a mirror. This, according to Mr. crook, ts the natural method of the left handed man. Presidential Cheeses. The first monster cheese presented to a president of which wo can tlnd rec ord is that offered with great publicity to Jefferson in 1802. The cheese was made? one might almost say built? in Cheshire. Mass.. In a press giving it the great dimensions of four feet diam eter and eighteen Inches high. - After: being successfully pressed It was . drawn from Cheshire to Washington in a six horse dray amid popular re t joking. With regnrd for the dignity of his of.'.ce. the president Insisted on footing the bill lo the luno of $200. , There Is record of an even greater cheese presented to President Jackson, and President Van Buren received a great cheese every year of his Incum bncy. With him the custom seems to have ended.? New York Sun. Long Drawn Out. Uncle Jeff, an aged negro driver of Augusta, was piloting several north-,,, ern visitors around just after tho first golf links had been put In there. Un cle Jeff was a little short in his knowledge according to St, Andrew, but long on local prkle. "How many holes have they?" In-; quired a visitor, "eighteen?" Uncle Jeff pulled up to make I1I9 an swer more Impressive. . "More'n dat. sub," ho said. "Dey's ; got a passel er land, aud de holes ain't bigger' n a tin can. I reckln ; dey's got a thousand holes already, sub."? New York Post First Sumptuary Laws. Laws regulating eating, drinking and dressing are almost as old as his- ! tory itself. Nothing like exactness! can be reached In tho matter, but it is safe to say that it was in Egypt as far hack as ikHX) H. C. that the first prac- ? tlcal sumptuary statutes were passed. Among the Romans ttliey first appear ed in the celebrated "twelve tables." In modern times Charlemagne was the ; pioneer in sumptuary .legislation. A Bird That Bestows a Curse. .. ' The stonechat. a "soft billed" bird. ; Is so cabled from the similarity of Its alarm note and the striking together of two pebbles. In some parts of j Sc-Glh?ild It is Supyuswi iu voiltaiu l* [ drop of tho devil's blood. ^nd Its nest ; Is never tit ken because (ft the curse It Is always promising.? Country Life. ' Leisurely Tasmania. Leisure is. rogardod as so notable ft , characteristic of Tasmania that It j bears the nickname of "the land of ? lots of time," or "the land of slfcep " j lot," while Its inhabitants are calle . "tassies" and "Jam eaters," the latter I being an allusion to the island's great I fruit /farms. On? Argument He Won. v 'Tn, did you ever win n*> argument , with ma?" "Once, mj boy; I convinced her that I was the man she ought to marry.**? . Detroit Free Press. We are always striving for thing* forbidden and coveting those denied us.? Ovid. - I DUCKS REQUIRE DRY HOUSES Old and Young Fowls Should Hava Comfortable Place to 8leep In? Dampnaaa la Disease Breeder. Ducks, both old and young, should have a dry comfortable place to atajr In at night. If forced to f*lt on the damp ground they are liable to tako crampH and cold In the head. The latter 1m almost cortaln to turn to croup. Provide suitable house# If you wish to bo successful. The houses need not be very expensive but they should be substantial po that they may be used for the samo purpose several years In succession. There Is usually some shed or build ing that can be. converted Into a duck house at small expense. Whero only a small flock Is kept this plan Is ad-, vlsable. If the roof is good the rest Is easy. If the weatherboarding Is pot suffi ciently close to keep out drafts in cold, weathor, cover the outside with tarred paper or strip with lath. A board floor is better than an earth floor because the ducks will often stir up the ground In a very disagreeable manner where there Is the least sign of moisture. In cold weather ducks should be kept in the house because their feet are so tender that when they come in contact with the cold ground they suffer greatly and hobble along as though their backs wore broken. How ever, they should not bo kept housed more than Is really necessary. FEED CHICKENS SOUR MILK Liberal Supply Mixed With Corn Will Keep Fowls In Healthy and Growing Condition. ( Hy A. O. HMITir, MlnnOsotd Experiment j Station.) Sour milk is utilized In one of the best possible ways by feeding it to chickens. Those who think that they get greater returns by feeding it to hogs should remember that the flesh of chickens brings at least twice as much on the market as that of hogs. Milk and corn are both liked by. chickens, and a proper mixture of tho two makes one of the best and most appetizing rations for the season when the days are warm and the nights cool. For the best results the corn should be cracked and soaked several holirs in either sweet or sour skimmed milk or in buttermilk.' The corn may i bo put In palls In tho morning and } the milk poured on until < the top of the corn is submerged two or three Inches. When this has been absorbed more should be added at intervals during the day and the> mixture will bo excellent for feeding by night. A liberal supply of this ration will keep the chickens growing rapidly and insure their being constantly plump and in excellent condition for the market. Try it once and the fowls will tell you whether they like it. Try it two weeks or a month and they will show you whether It is a good and economical feed. FOR CARRYING EGGS SAFELY Oregon Man Invents Frame Divided Into Plurality of Compartments, With Flexible Sling. In illustrating and describing an egg holder. Invented by Henry S. "West brook of Portland, Ore., Scientific American says: The invention relates to egg hold ers, and more particularly to a device Egg Holder. whereby eggs ihay bo safely held in carrying, shipment, storage, or in otherwise handling the same. It pro vides a frarr.ti divided into a plurality of compartments, each compartment having a flexible egg ?Mng so disposed and held within the frame that the egg carried thereby is prevetfed from contact either with any portion of the frangf or any other egg held \ hereby. CAN INVENT NO SUBSTITUTE Science Not Yet Able to Find Any thing to Take Place of Egg Food Controls Flavor. To date science has been unable to invent a substitute for the egg. The older the egg, the less is that sweet, rich flavor noticapbl*. It is of more ftnportance to know the average of the flock. There is nothing in the theory that the "sweet, rich flavor" of the egg belongs to the breed. That condition is alone brought about by the quality of the food given to the fowls. Three Splendid Breed#. White Wyandotte* for broiler* and winter eggs; Light Hrahmas for roast ers and winter eggs; and White Leg horns for summer eggs, make a good combination for a large farm. x ? The Better '* itll- J"' ' '""' ' -a ? ' ^' v ' The beat and moat economical f*y to buy It is to go t? u place that makes a specialty of handling it. ; 'I ' ?Jl * . Our business is the selling of Flour, *eed, ami Grain, . -./? .,v .?*-* r* t y '? ? and we give you the best value anil tWe best service to be had in this town, because our exclusive business is the selling of Flour, Feed and Grain. Buy it the better SPRINGS & SHANNON THE STORE THAT CARRIES THE STOCK . .. . . . ..?* ?<- ?? - - ? BANK W/TM US CONFIDENCE, We make our bank a HOME LIKE place for those who do their business with us. We would like to have you come in and discuss finances with us whether or not you are yet banking with us. We always have time to "listen" and shall at all times be pleased to give you free of charge our opin ion of any proposition you may be figuring on going into. Maybe we can HELP you. ^ Make OUR bank YOUR bank. We pay four per cent interest on savings deposits. The First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C, in this country each year ii tremendous, _ The best o: fire-fighting equipment can not prevent it. ? Millions o; dollars are lost through lach of insurance. If you are f practical man you can frgui1* out yourself the advantage! of being insured. The cos is so small compared to th< protection orfered. See ui to-day. Delays are danger ous. / DuBose & Boy kin | Real Estate and Fire Insurance Telephone No. 43 * Camden, S?J Watch Your Irish Potatoes " ft V _ j. V ~ " ? j and at the first appearance of Bugs use Stonecypherf Potato Bug Killer ? 25c cans. We alto have Paris Green in 1-4 Ib.'boxes, 10c* Seedj of all lands for your garden. a r| W. ROBIN ZEMP'S DRUG STOI Phone 30. Camdto S. C.