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ON MANY SUBJECTS - ? ? / . ' ? . . 7.; ? f. Tli* Uninitiated. A wtory which Iihm recently come to IlKllt relative to the now notorious election of Torre 1 1 it lite, displays onco tt^nlii the n?woi? reef uhiess of ttJt? apoS tlen of corruption, nay* the Indianoito IIh NVhh. Two youiiK women, eagerly <leidroUH of the ji'oiiNt Itut lonal (invention u<lvo ented durifiK the laat camiutlgu, w#f# devoting t|u?lr efforts toward that end, l?.y pausing out printed hIIi? asking tin* nyes of ( he voters, At flu* piling pboc at #vhlch they wero stationed, the greater number of holders of the Imllot were foreigner*, unacquainted with our Methods, etc. (And yet they were en titled to the franchise, JuhI the same.) The young wornuti patiently dealt out that printed appeal, also smile* by way of good OlSllQrM, . . 1 1 i 1 1 1 ? i In their pn elnet, at leaat, they wer<> winning out. Hut alas! "There'# many a sllii." etc. Between the airls mikI the booth were two "antla" wiio, hk the uninitiated panned then), Haiti nonchalantly. "Tick eta, please," ai/d almost Invariably the I?oor little Hcrap of pH|**r which meant ko much to the advocHtcs of a new con stitution, alao equal suffrage, wan passed into the hands of the untlH, without even a glance at Its contents. Typographical Krrora. Every week this pr|?er, ami every ?other pa per In the count ry, Iimm h num bcr.of errors typographical and other wise. That's ono of the reasomt a good many i>eoj>lo think the editor should hjiYe Ikh'H a blacksmith. Hut what of the editor's viewpoint? If there's ono thing better calculated to t urn ro*y youth to dodder ohlftRc than, for In stance, to get death notices and weath er predictions mixed no that the darn ed thing conic* out in the paper "Mrs. Williams (I led last night. She has gone where It Is^? 11(5 degrees in the shade and with rlsln# temperature to morrow, " well? we'd like to know what It Is. Maybe you think it pleasant to walk down the street and hear some grinning Idiot with a head like a (Jor man pancake and a brain like an ad dled egg holding up the sheet to ciius tle criticism and the editor to eon sclousless- Hcorn ! Mnybe yon think it nice to hear some momher of the vac uum family remark- that the .editor must make up Ids paper with a shovel ! Or some l'lnhead I'ercy wonder why the editor d(M'sn't learn how to, set type! No. douht you think It excrucia tingly delicious when an item announc ing that Miss Merry M'ojtryvale Is to 1?e led t ? > the altar nets Into the pa|>er as "led hy a halter-" Funny, Isn't It? Yes It is! It depends on the point of view. Some people may think a pa ralyzed man with /the Itch Is ,the height of the ridiculous/ hut what does the paralyzed man think about It? We are all apt to make mistakes. Don't forget that. What would you think If the editor put some of ydur mistakes Into the pnj>er? Remember When -4 who shaves himself, came to church with a line patch of whis kers on his chin which he had over looked? And when Miss ? let the shoe string on her switch hang down her back? And how Elder on tight the tall of Ids long coat over the neck of the bottle In his hind pock et and went down the street showing that sometimes tin* strongest in faith are weakest in the flesh? Hut we have 110 Intention of telling these things. As an editor we wouldn't be much of a hair-pin if we were bent that Way. Just remember, though, that we are all prone to errors, and the next time you see something in the paper which you regard as a sure hIkh of the editor** feeble iiiindcdne**, J list nay I )i?* devil did It, and, by lie k, w 4 ?' 1 1 buck ytm up, Alway? Safety Find. "Voti ku> that you want Home name eDgr^rod ?"? thin rlhg>" wild the Jvw eler to t lt?* liHHhful young man, relates 't in- ,\vw York Journal. " V c* ; 1 wa lit. t lie words 'OdOrgt to hi* d fincsi; Alice' engraved on tin- in aide <>f the* rill |tf" "In the young lad? your Winter '/" "No ; m!i?? In t he young to whom I am em<aged." "Well, If I were you I would not have MJeorge to hla deareHt Alive' en graved on the rliiK. If Alice changen her mind you ean't ime the ring again." "What would you hukk<'h! "I would HiiKK<*Ht the wordH '(Jeorge to hiH tlrnit and only love.' You nee, with that inHerl|>tion you can uae the rliiK half a dozen' t linen. I have liad ex|>eiicncc In hucIi matter* myself." Juctlou (<lty, Khh. ? I). Mc(ilnty, a farmer, had an entire wheat Held of 140 aereti ruined when the Itepuhlicau river overflowed and the fish ate the "houdH off the wheat. Crand Rapids, Mich. ? Mrs. Kachael McMuilcn lias left ItfiOO to l?c Used tu the education ??f her grandson ifj ho refrains from playing football. Should he decide In favor of the game, tin' 'money 1h to revert to the estate. Pittsburg, Kiih. ? Jieer kegs are help ing Have the wheat crop in Cherokee county. M. II. Snodgrass, a farmer near Columbus, conceived tin; idea of using the kegs as wheels for hinders, which prevent the miring of the ma chines In untidy fields. The county attorney has approver the idea of giv ing kegs taken in hilndtlger raids to' the farmers for the purpose. Alderson, W. Va. ? Harry, 9-year j old son of Frank Meredith, coughed up a needle three inches long which hf had swallowed six years ago. The needle had remained in ids throat, and the boy frequently complained of] throat trouble. He pulled it out when he gagged while eating cherries. Philadelphia, Pa. ? -If?nry S. Itond, chemist of Wilmington, Pol., has per fected an invention whereby carbonic acid gas Is purified by chemical sub stances. It is thought the Invention will increase the practicability of sub marines. Hond remained in an air tight compartment more than seven hours,' m I though,' under .ordinary cir cumstances a man could not- have stay ed In the compartment more than three hours. Bridgeport# I'a. ? Dre.vfull Houhain, while plowing In a field, caught an iron chain attached to a can contain ing ? 1 k half dollars. The dates on flic coins' Indicated they had been bur led many years. Dresden. Tenn.? What Is thought to j have been a female turtle with a brood of young ones, attacked the 3-year old daughter of Deputy Sheriff E<1. Fuller j of Kalston. when the child became caught beneath a gate. She received ! seven ugly wounds on her hands and ' legs., and tlie turtle was snapping at j her viciously when help arrived. Foolish Purchase. [ "There Is no extravagance In the , home, It Is your own profligate way of J ! spending money that keeps lis eternally -bort. You are always making fool purchases." "I made one all right.*' "1 a in surprised that you admit, that much. And what was It, pray?" "A marriage' license." ? Ex. To Planters of Kershaw County Wo have installed at this mill 0110 of the most up-to date ginning outfits that money can buy. It consists of four 80-sa\\\ hall hearing1 M linger gins with all the lat est attachments. This gives us a daily capacity of eighty bales of cotton. We are anxious to gin your cotton this season and buy your seed, and we expect to be able to meet com petition on seed and all oil mill products. Our price for ginning will be 25 cents per hundred pounds of lint cotton, which we believe to be a very reasonable charge in view of the amount of money we. have spent to in stall this outfit. Any time you are in Camden call on us and look over the outfit. We appreciate your patronage and will be glad to talk business with you. Southern Cotton Oil Co. CAMDEN MILL Wm. KING, Manager UKKAT BRITAIN AM) COTTON. t M-! ^|, . , . | (ireemille Mia DUfimw WHaall?i h? Clear Minrr. W? ln tir n xretl deal u| tiaut 'i of late for Interference on f be part of our govennwiit with Km gwillrjr at <.reat HrJtaln uf preventing .oottou fr?*m reaching (iermany and tier ?llirx K? |M>< inlly In this clauior vlxuruQn wttMi cargoes of cotton <<?n?lgned (o *u?-b lumtril uitlouii ax Norway. Ueuuark. Sweden, Switzerland am ?topped and I I'urrlHl Into British |ior^. To llu*<e who rulae thin It appear* thai our government U not protecting our aectlou ,,f the country mn It coald mimI nliould, showing Kreat partlallt> to <2 roil Britain unit her a I Ilea while holding (Iermany to a atrlct ?cruuuu blllty for her misdeed*. Tboae ?1m> ralwe thin clamor are laboring under certain mistaken Ideas which thl> wri ter wlahea to point out. That we should take thin rlew of the Kltuation hi thla aectlou la Aatural. an cotton Is the product upon wh&h we depend for our livelihood and we naturally resent anything which **em* to ojierate against it* bringing the highest price |xmslble. Nevertbele*w our iMH>ple do not pla<-c their awocy in tcreat above their sense of Joatlee. awl it Is only iiH-esaary for (Itftt to aee the correctness in tht: attitude of oor g??v cniniont toward -ls?th <?reat Britain and (iermany. So far aa the writer lias seen, practically nothing baa l?een brought out in our S<?uthern pm? tnak i Mr this situation clear. Now let Uh look at tbe proposition that president Wilson and bis caM nel ar<' negligent of our futerpat* in (lie South. That would be very |*?>r |>olit|cH, for their strongest aupport i> in the South. Now tbey can be accuaed of not kuowing their strength in the South, or to tbe ex tent to which they depend on that strength for their continuance In of lice. Besides there are very large in tereata in the North and East whose trade 1h damaged when cotton la low. The administration could not ' afford to wantonly drive away their aupport hy neglecting the interests of ' the South. Furthermore the present ad ministration has lieen conspicuous since it came into j * ?wer for being especially favorable to our aection. Hesides being Southern hy birtb* early training and sentiment, {be president has been very lilM*ral in bb* appoint ments of Southern uien^to important posts. Three of his cabinet, one of the federal reserve txiard. tbe eom|^ trollar of the currency, are all South ern men. Five of the 12 federal re serve banks are located in the South. This is a larger number than are lo cated In any other section. Tbe flr^t branch bank under the new law la al>o to he located in New Orleans. Last fall when a panic was threatened, and It becamc necessary, in order to avert it. for the banks to Issue emergency currency, the banks in the South gen erally did not 'have enough government State and municipal bonds to secure nil of the currency they would have been entitled to. In order to over come this difficulty, the secretary of the treasury agreed to aeoej?t h*a6s se <-u red by- warehouse receipts for cotton and other agricultural product* instead of bonds. In addition to all this, tbe secretary of the treasury deposited ma ny millions of dollars of government j money in the banks all over the South! nnd West to help more the crop??. .Nu merous other evidences could l?e cited to show that any idea of the adminis t ration l>elug indifferent to our inter ests Is ridiculous, but this will >ulfice for the present. Then why this apiiarent Indifference to England's {toilcy while holding <?er many strictly to account?, To auy one who does not care to go deeply Into the matter, this question may l?e ans wered. superficially to l>e sure, belt none the less truly, that England in At worst only interfering with Amerfaeab property, while (iermany- has Interfer ed, to the extent of destruction, with American lives and threatens to repeat the offense as often as similar condi tions arise. We Cf n afford to go a lit tle slowly adjusting offenses which can Ik* adjusted in dollars, but when oor lives and the lives of our fellow citi zens are threatened. the greatest promptness is demanded In timing to an understanding. Now to go more deeply into our re lations with England and (iermany let us consider carefully two question* In regard to the policy of each (or that part to which we object.! First, how. and to what extent arc we damaged? Second, are they acting within their rights in the conduct of their respec tive policies? Fltst as to England. Is their policy damaging us?., Very prob ably not at all. <>n the contrary it Is very likely causing us to get a t?etter price than "we could get if *1** were to let ?cotton |>ass freely lietween all countries neutral or l?el liferent "What !" says the objector. *i hare heard that cotton was bringing l~? to is cents in (iermany." "I>.t you tell me that it would not l>enefit ns^ the difference l>etween these prices and that at which England is setting to be able to reach the < Jcrman market free ly?" 1 do certainly tell you just that. Those abnormal prices in (iermany. of which you have heard so muik- are created by England's sue* in keep?; lug cotton out of (iermany. licmore that restriction, let cotton pour into (iermany as freely as it can reach! England, and the price would l?e In' (iermany the same hs it i* In ??or own1 ports plus the cost of handling and t rans|H?rtation. or approximately the same as it is in England. <?n thej other hand, England is payins 10 cents! for the cotton she is capturing which! is more than it cost* to buy it here and land it in England. Now for the swoiul question : 1* England acting within her rights in rapturing our property on the high seas Whether we are damaged thereby or not? On the surface it might ap pear not. But there ?r<? conditions under which the laws of South Caro lina as well. as International law rec ognize the right of oiip party to seise the proi?erty of another without pro vlous bargain and appropriate it to his own use. For example. sup]>oee 1 am driving a valuable hor*** on ? country road and meet you. Yon aro In gret danger of your life. Nothing hut great speed will save you. With my horse you can prohsMy oor-^iy. but so far as you can see. not otherwise. Having explained the situation to naft. I pfOtr Mublxtw will not l>*! l*'ri | ?uadcO ?>r hirwl !?> take you up and run my hor*e at the rink of ruining 1 1 1 in Tim*' being of great lin|?ortauce, Mi >o?? U-ing inora powerful than 1. >nu climb Into ???> buggy, forcibly lake in) rein* drive my horse at top I fi.r hours Ulitil he falls d?ad MMntimr MTt ??>? ai>? ii \siih your I lif.- I may greatly ?utrHg?| ai )??ur (rwituiHtti l>4i t I tt?n not nuoPCW' I full) pro?*ccui?- von for assault and I |?r<^iy, ?hh If y?Hi agree to pay for my bor?*e ami any othci money dain III y.aj h|T? caused me, I can |Q no 1 further The taw will regard a human lift- aj? more valuable than a horse, no natter whoa? life or whoae bO(H U U of course the analogy between thl* hypoth^h-al ease and our suppo*. fd Kreivmu-t* against Kugland is not |>erfect. It I# only offered to allow that we fan not *?top with saying that I 1 jigland ean not or must not Interfere with oar trade with other countries, I regard le?a of the circumstances. , The I ?-ircumstances have mueh to do with I every ease. Now International law goes a step further. It aaya any country at war ha* a right to stop any vessel at aea whether the vessel belongs to a neu tral coontry or not, and after search ing, If the vessel has goo?ls for the itue of the enemy lu Ida military or naval operation, aueh gooda called ? on traband of war. the captured vessel may he taken into port and the cargo ? -on tlx* -a ted. Now It la true in the ear- 1 |jr stages of the war Kugland declared I .^?11. m noii -< oiitraband. She waa seek lag. as #he la still seeking, to avoid I a? far as jN^allde causing neutral conn- j tries any inconvenience by the great I war' in which ahe la Involved. Hut it sorai developed that large quantities of cotton were reaching Germany thru neutral eoantrle* and uaed by her for making varloua kinds of high explo- 1 slve*. Kugland thereuiaiu Would ? no doubt have had a perfe<-t right to de clare cotton contraband ami treat it 1 as al*>ve. liut atlll remembering her friendship for thla country she wulved her right to that extent, but atlll most naturally luaiated on preventing cot- 1 ton from reaching her enemy. It Is of no 5'onae?iueuce whether It reaches I that enemy directly or through a neu tral country. Again. suppose we grant that Bug land's /policy of interference with cot- 1 too shipments la injuring us temporar-l ily ( which aa shown above it Is not) it should uot be forgotten that Eng- J tand la lighting a war In the outcome I of which we are moat vitally interest- 1 ed. Why are there so many farmer I Gernutns in this country of ours? They 1 are generally good citizens and we are jdad to have them. They are loyal I to our flag, Industrious, honest and I capable. But why did they leave I their former land to adopt ours? A 1 moment's thought will furnish the an- 1 swer. In < Jermany every ablebodled I young man has to serve a term in the I army or navy. This means an Immense I standing army with all of its attendunt enormous expenses to be met by some I form of taxation of the citizens. Is I It any wonder that so many of her young men come to this country before they reach the military service age i and e^^ape hoth that service and the j terrible burden of taxation for life? j Now with such military und naval I paliey as that and the declared prin ciple (or lack of principle) that might makes, right Germany Is u terribly dangerous neighbor.' A pro-German magazine (the name and issue will l?e given ui*?n request) recently closed an editorial with these words : "Wight makes right in tlte last analysis." We occasionally hear some one say some thing like this. "I am In sympathy I with < Jermany Itecause It Is not fair for Iter to have to fight so many ene mies: ?t once," as though It were ^mere ly a dt< or cock fight In which every, one should stand back and let Ger many and France fight it out. But that is not the case. It is a confident between two opposite sides. On the the other. "Every nation just as every man has right* which all others are hound to respect, regard toss of n^Iglij.^" Now if by years of preparation and ftazgering taxation Germany and Aus tria succeed iu triumphing over Eu rope with their monstrous doctrine of "Might makes right what is to pre vent them from turning' their attention in time to Canada, South America and our own country? One thing only, viz : The same enormous military and naval ^organization maintained at all times by ourselves. What Is a few cents per pound for a year or two on our cot ton ii>m)?ired with the staggering bur den of taxes we should have to bear for the rest of our lives to hold our selres in readiness to fight off a sud den dash at our throat, such as France had to meet last summer? We can have no such fear of England. We have h#d 3,000 miles of border ad^ joining- her iMmlnlon to the north of as for 100 years without a fortification or a gun from one end to the other, and although we have had numerous disagreements, we have always settled th?-m fieaeeable by diplomacy or arbi tration. This can always be deluded ui?rn l>eeause both nations recognize the binding force of treaties and have proved themselves willing to settle all disagreements ou a basis of justice. [. l>t us recognize the facts as they are und not commit the colossal blun der of putting obstacles in the way of our friends while they are doing for n*? the greatest service a nation has dm* for another In the history of the world. Jo?. Norwood. ? In The State. TO rLOI GH AM) HOE. A rv*-vnt (tovmior of < ieorgia com muted th?* sentence of a man. knowing that hi> anion would bring down upon hlui th?- wrath of o majority of the i>eo pl?? <>f his state. A news]>aper quotes him >aying that he could afford to ~g?> into ??bseurity, that ho was able to p^.njch and to hoe.M ??f that was all hUneomln*. as hU family b? ri<*h, and ho will not need t?? work hard to live, lmt that phra-?? expresses a state 'of mind that K far t?<? .^>nimon *To i>l?>n?h and to h?*?" is synony mous it. (he mimLs of far too many people with the hardest of drudgery and the towewt of btnhan occupation*. Here b a man who was then governor of a state and who had no wort* than to txttray the fart that he ihAi'ct in (l?ls opinion Of fool*. Agriculture wan the very beginning of civilisation as It la Htlll the most useful of human occupations. What would become of the world If men re Cu <"? I l<? l'J<?IKl? HIk| to Uoc? (Mm In natUH, the great UoffilU <ll< tutor, left his plow In the furrow to take up the government, and after he had saved the nation, returned to his plow wit It adtWd ?cst. David, King of Israel, and I'sahnist for all mankind, was a shepherd. Moxes, Isaac, Jacob, Abraham, were all men who lived, by fl<x*ks and herds anil the produce of the land. ; Washington, Jefferson, Madbvjn, Lin coln. Jackson, (iartteWl, arnouK other presidents, were lovers of the farm, and on the farm some of them eudured heroic labor. Washington said : "Agriculture Is the most ancient, the moat useful, and the most honorable occupation of man." language could l>e no stronger than that statement. And yet, there ha* Krwn country h thai thu old, ?i"l lu>uorul#le u , ^ rl?r In dljjfnlt) an<l worth to tk* |)lg of una Uivti, to Kuft drink atan<U, or moving Htiowtt, to lending tuouvy at itttea, or dealing to Juuk. out UlM?u t?ui*u wiumIhi bcfth loop ourn. The i>eoi>le who mfl hu<^? lolly ?>?? not fit i<? i>iuuKh hoe, for that require* a yond the corapreheualoa of n**T3 by Hon Is. -- Aud tht'ii, too, farmer* yr*ft? tt farm work either horse*, or muliJI Juokasst* which bray mightily J have mighty opinions of the uiuMcdi mflke when In fact they truly ex* the old I .attn motto: "Voice ttd tag elae." Fifteen of our President* wen % of farmers. Don't forfet that, 4 National Field. mi Since the purchase of Alaaka by i United KtateH Its waters have yW)? Unhcry pro<lu<ts valued at nof* tS $2?0,<)00,Wr ^ BUILD The need of the farmers in this and other counties of South Carolina is raising cattle and hog*. We have t>een looking forward to this change and have just re ceived another car of Southern Field Fence. Get prices and when the boll weevil strikes old South olina w all will be prepared to fight the pest Hog and Hominy. Laying by time is near at and there will be no better time to build your fenced H - . ? v. ' ' ' ? ' N'.'J WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR FARMERS SUPPLIES AND OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT I ?8 See the greatest Mower on the market "The Standard." Agents for Larro Cow Feed and Arab Horse Feed. ! SPRINGS & SHANNOI THE STORE THAT CARRIES THE STOCK FOR SALE] The TEAM PLANTATION in West Wateree, seven miles from 0 den, 2 miles from Lugoff, S.O. - . s | This tract contains 1,373 acres; 800. acres open land, a good portiotj which is under cultivation and producing well; some good timber place ; one 0 room dwelling, 26 tenant houses, several barn? and house. This property is situated In one o i the best farming seed of Kershaw county; good neighborhood -and healthy locality. Pk of labor on place; about 300 bales of cotton produced on $?<* nually ; some good pasturing land fo,r stock- raising. JVc harej place for sale at a bargain and the terms are very easy. Also the following: 75 acres 8 miles Southeast of Camden, adji - ing lands of Ar <T.~B?ykin, West ami Bnmnvs. About 40 acres as cultivation; .the balance In wood and timber. Two room dwelling i barn on premises. Price $1,650., cash or terms. -j 252 acres belonging to T. S. Dfanlap, 8 miles from Camden In Antloch section. This is a good tract of land with some nice ( her on it. Lands adjoining this property have been in demand i we have this for sale at a reasonable price. DuBose & Boy kin Real Estate and Fire Insurance Telephone No. 43 Camden, S. C. COLLEGE BUILDING roper HOSPITAL Medical College of the State of South ^Carota I CHARLESTON, S. C. W Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy? 1 Owned and Controlled by the Slate Eighty-seventh Session Begins October I, 1915? Ends June h J ^^story buli'ding Immediately opposite Roper Bjjjjjl 1 i Mi 1 Po'n Chemistry, bacteriology, Anatomy, Physiology, r***? crn equipment, macoJo?y "ftnd Pharmacy provided with n?v? thJ^i^KPer one of the largest and beet equipped ho^*J*J niTow nnt' 2J5SS* ?18 ****"' axMl With an extensive out-patient ***?? O ffew unsurpassed clinical advantages. I Practical work in dispensary for pharmaceutical students. ea^Tyoa^"1 *radua*e<* service in Itoper Hospital with six ies^n'wh^eum0^ rhy8lo,ogy aml Nmbrvology In affiliation wJfb ** (>fl Ten full-time teachers In laboratory branches. ? jfl For catalog addrewc Box 81.