The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 06, 1915, Image 2
ON MANY SUBJECTS
Optimism.
Tin* IImIi t Iih( hc?*s a hook, and lino
Now mm i lr ? With joy serein-;
Hc'h ?IjmI that It is not tt roiue
Oi < i < ;t Hubmarino. -Ex,
Courttge vm llermty.
'I'll** ?>t ki?kr May DU.OJUitMl iii'li vi<!ual
rushed into a newspaper oftico with
a choice bit of scandal burning his
tongue. It made iki dilttreiioe to thin
iwrwn that t li 1m scandal arreted tho
daughter of Ills neighbor ? that the
mother ?>f t h?> girl wan seriously ill? ?
that the brother was Just entering
what priuoUoi) to in* a successful pjra
fcsslona I career. Tho scandal wan
rich III 11a vor, ami lie wanted to sec
II in t lu* W>*r: He told the editor
ahoiit It, with every evidence of the
keen' relish of the scandal connois
seur, but Impressod iijmmi the iil'Wh
|)il|M>r man that the source of his In
formation must |n? kept Inviolably sc
erotf When the paper came out, tho
man returned to demand why the
story hadn't been printed . Short,
sharp words followed, and the visitor!
t ailed the editor ? coward and loft, !
vowing that a man who was afraid to
in- int the news had no right to lie nn
editor. To our mind that editor was
a brave man. The informer who de
manded that his name be kept secret,
was the coward. The editor ran a
paper In a small town. So closely re
lated were the llyes of the Inhabitants,
that the editor knew every detail of
the story before his visitor called on
1dm. Hut he could see no profit for
himself nor glory for his paper In
printing an Item that would bring sor
row to the gray hairs of a father,
disgrace to a brother and probably
serious consequences to a sick mother.
If tho news appetites of his readers
were so voracious, lie thought, as to
demand this costly food, he would re
fuse to pay the price. The editor was
right. Many things he has to print
which he would rather leave unsaid,
but tho scandal which has only its
"spice" to recommend It should have
no place In the columns of a self-re
specting paper. We would rather
build than tear down. We would rath
er print the things that help and en
courage and uplift than to hold up
the mistakes of some unfortunate to
the scorn and contempt of his neigh
bors. Decency Is not lack of courage.
If It were, we would rather be decent
than courageous.
Curiosity.
Within the wondrous Wilderness, j
If you will come with mo,
You'll meet an ugly giantess i
Called Curiosity;
Her nock Is fifty cubits long,
And pliant like a lioso;
A horrible, sharjH'oliitod prong
Hoes service aS' her nose.
<7 .
Her body's shai>ed- ? 'twill cause sur
prise ?
.Fust like a question mark.
And with two little gimlet eyes ?
She sees when It's pitch dark ;
She towers above the trees so tall I
When upright she doth stand.
Like gentle Alice, you'll recall,
In haunted Wonderland. 'A . |
i . ; ? '
A lovely child she once was, at
The ago of Etta May ;
She poked her nose, In matters that
-Concerned her In no way;
So, mind your own affairs, nor let
Your prying self o'erdo,
I/est. curiosity should get
The best, some day, of You.
Can't Afford It.
The other day a merchant said lie
couldji't afford to advertise In his
home newspaper. If the man's view
were not diatorted, he would see (hat
he couldn't afford not to advertise.
Refusing to advertise 1m his most ex
ismaive extravaicenee, That same mer
chant will hihmmI hoars idling of llu+
"unfair" com |M*tl t Ion of the mall order
houses who lire IiIm uioHt aKUre*slvt?
and dangerous comiaditors, ycl the
met hod h employed by |ho mail-order
house* which wucoeod fwe to* very odm
which the merchant refuses to use.
The mail-order house first of all la:
an advertiser. Advertising is the life
of Its business. Kvery ninua/lne I tint
enters the hiuqII town and rural home
carries the ad of the mall -order house.
Kx pensive catalogs are printed show]
Iiik the Illustrations of the actual ar-i
t teles. Occasionally sheets arc scat
tered broadcast over the country as
a sjieeial "('(inu' (in" for the bargain
hunter, Instead of doing theae things
In a smaller way through the coIuiiih of
his local paper, the merchant who
can't afford t<> advertise Hits down
and "cusses" his tough luck and won
ders why he can't tfet the business.
He never thinks he has a ladle/ oppor
I t unity to reach the people In his nelgb
| bo r hood than tin* mail-order house
I has. j'flt doesn't cost him as much as
it does the outsider; ho can' draw
the ] ample to ids store and show them
the actual article he Is advertising,
ajpd when they buy, they can take their
purchase home with them Instead of
having to wait several weeks for It.
j Advertising is an Investment. It
I should he charged to your selling cost
| Figure what percentage you have, to
j pay to advertise, then laise a fifty-,
j two weeks campaign on the computa
j tlon. You can't lose. Yon can't af
ford not to advertise !
I- ' --V -? ??-?J-V".
Contentment.
In the great town of Lifeopolls
| Where both the rich and poor
I H\ib elbowH; where great and Hinall
! Converge, caught hy the lure
There stands a monumental shrine
| Known as the Hall of Fame,
And thone who dure its portals fnlr
1 May win an honored name.
Upon the heights the temple stands;
The stairway to this, hall ?
Is hullt of Excellence and Worth
And yet, how many fall !
Many of humble hlrth arrive
While some ?f noble caste
Make for the prize no sacrifice,
And Failure meet at last.
Some reach gateway unannounced, |
Unrecognized, unknown,
And wait until Posterity
j Their tardy honors own ;
! But others seek a humble manse
Where written on the door
i You read in gold these 'letters bold ?
CONTENTMENT ? ah^ no more.
Worthington, I ml. ? Mrs. -Sarah Hay- 1
den will celebrate her 105th birthday J
shortly. She came to Greene county
when Indiana was almost a wilder
ness. She walks without the aid of
a cane and does not use spectacles.
She assists In the household duties
and works in the garden.
Altrt Poole, of Horatio, Ark., has
grown a freak ear of corn containing
.'Hi small ears. The same stalk con
tained two other well-developed ears.
New York, N. Y. ? A young Chinese
student has invented a Chinese tyi>e
writer, Theuiftchiiie has three keys,
a back-spacer, a spacer and a key with
which 4,200 characters of the Chinese
kinguage are struck. The characters
are on a cylinder, which is turned by
the writer unfit the proper character
is found am? written by striking tho
key. Thi> inventor claims forty words
a minute Can be written.
To Planters of
Kershaw County
We have installed at this mill one of the most up-to
date ginning outfits that money can buy. It consists of
four 80-saw, ball bearing Munger 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. *Ve appreciate your patronage and will be
glad to talk business with you.
Southern Cotton Oil Co.
CAMDEN MILL Wm. KING, Manager
' T"*
OTUCKY FOK OOVKKNUK?
Koportod CoMiibkt Candidate 8?y? W?l(
Till Next Hummer.
< 'olumbla, July HO. "Is it Irin ilntl
you lire koJiik to run for <Jo\vruor
iK \i Mimnifi V" Th? News ii im! Courier
repnw?HiUtiv6 aitkwl W. A. fltuckcy, "f
I Am county, wiio was here yester.duy
attending the Farmer*' Union meeting.
Mr. Ktuckey nailed Slid wld (hat "next
summer" would answer that question.
Si \ ?* in 1 gent U'jucn from various part*
of (lie stale were sitting in tin* hotel
lobby during this convention, and they
bieed much I u teres! in (he ipietdlon
iiimI (lie annwt>r. One of them volun
teered the Information t tin t lie hear*!
Mr. Ktuckey spoken of in gQ])i)ection
with t lie* race for governor.
Mr, Ktuckey in connected with the
farmers' secret organization, which
claims large membership In his coun
ty of l,??e and 111 the aii(|oiniiiK < "iin
ty of Kernljiaw. He sahl the now move
ment was getting along nicely, hut
wouhl not ?lve any details about it,
Mr, rftuckey Ih one of the best known
farmer* of the Pee Dee section and
has large number* of frlenda through
out the state. His brother la the pres
ent senator from !,<?> < ounty.
Tuesday's Summary of the War.
The long silence on the situation of
( lu> allies in the I >ardn in;l!os was bro
ken today by an official Loudon m
liOuncement that the crest of tin* rbl^e
on the penlnspla Iuik been gained by
British troops, thus Improving the
British |H)?ltion. ?
The situation at Warsa\V show* no
material chttoge. The (ierman encir
cling movement continues. A Russian
official report says desperate fighting
is still gfljjbg Ou <?n the banks of the
Nare\V south of OHtrolenka, and that
there have been equally heavy engage
ments l>etween the Vistula and the
Bug. Russian troops before . I vangorod ,
southeast of Warsaw, have withdrawn
to "more concentrated positions" while
on both banks of the Vieprz they have
repulsed the enemy.
On the other hand, an Austrian otli
cial statement says that Austrlnn reg
imcnts have been successful at Ivango
rod, capturing more than 2,000 men
and numerous supplier.
The relative inactivity on the west
ern front appears to have undergone
a sudden, change. A dispatch from
Amsterdam reports heavy fighting on
the British frout near Ypres, with a
steady, stream of wounded men being
brought to the rear.
The French official rei>ort relates
the customary night activity with ar
tillery, bombs and hand grenades to
gether with several infantry attacks
by the Germans, all of which were
checked.
Continues War On Tigers.
Columbia, July 31. ? "I Intend to
continue vigorously to press the . en
forcement of the liquor law In Char
leston," said Gov. Manning this after
noon in discussing the work being
done, by the constabulary in Charles
ton in the chief executive's campaign
for law enforcement.
Gov. Manning stated that the re
port that he had sent four additional
constables to Charleston was Incor
rect, and further, the assertion that
W. Clint Catlieart, of Columbia, , is
the chief of the constables in the
coast city is also incorrect The chl^?
executive stated tlmt^ there Is no chief
constable in Charleston ; that they are
all working under the direction of
1 .Sheriff J. Elmore Martin.
Gov. Manning has issued instruc
tions to the constables in Charleston
to seifce all fixtures, etc., as well as in
toxicants, when they raid a "blind ti
ger."
Smith Says We Must be Prepared.
Charleston, S. C., July 20. ? "It Is the
sacred duty, in my conviction, for ev
ery American citizen, by brain and
purse, to assist in putting this great
nation in a state of preparedness;. I'
they fall, they will be guilty of a dere
liction of duty by putting the country,
with its democratic government, -in a
position to tempt the greed now ex
pressing Itself in the titanic struggle
in Europe."
TTnited States Senator K. I). Smith
gave notice to this sentiment in favor
of preparedness for national defence
In the course of his response to the
toast "The Strategic Importance of
the Charleston Navy and Army Post"
at the militia banquet at the Isle of
Palms last night. Continued and en
thusiastic. applause rose from the ban
queters at the statement of the speaker.
Governor Richard I. Manning and
Senator Smith were the principal
guests at the banquet, although all the
officers of the First regiment, Capt' B.
C. Bryan and his staff, of the navy
yard; Col. M. K. Barroll and his staff
of Fort Moultrie; Gen. F. S. Strong
and his staff, of the artillery head
quarters, and Insi>ector Bock of the
lighthouse department, were guests of
honor.
' Fire Sunday night in Folsom's Jew
elry store at Sumter, caused damage
to fixtures, stock and building to the
extent of $2,0<)0.
? Rev. liOuls J. Brlstow, pastor of the
Abbeville Baptist church, tendered his
resignation Sunday morning. Mr. Bris
jtovfc resigned to !>ecome superintendent
of the South Carolina ITospltal at Co-|
lumbla.
ISttCKKK FAVH PKNALTY.
Former l'tdke IJeutetuuit Kxecuterf]
Friday MortiliiK. <
King SIiik, PwiolUfi N. V., July $0,
Charie* Hwkfr was put to death iu
fhr I'li'i'iric chair here thli jnofuiog fur
the killing of Herman Itosenthal, tin*
N. w York gambler. The former New
York police lieutenant retained his
composure ami protested hi* innocence
to the last. He went to IiIh ?leutli with
a photograph of Ills wife pinned on liin
slilrt over his hearl. Tlircc shocks
were Riven Iwfore the prison physielan
pronounced Becker (load at 5.B5 o'clock.
Becker 1 1?*? wny to nis pwu ex
edition. The one tl|iie police officer
hesitated an he entered the execution
room. It scorned to the wltuennee as
It he were startled Unit the <l?>at It chair
wan ho ikenr at hand. Ilu looked
quickly at the double row of Wit
nesses, glanced at the floor, swept
with hla eyes the whitened walla of
the room and then suddenly, (is If
over the rubber mat and seated him
comlng to It 1 lUNel f, walked briskly
self in the electric chair, Behind
Becker, followed the prison priests
chanting the prayer of death, which
was repeated by the condemned man.
"Jesus, Mary, Joseph, have mercy
on my soul." Nervously spoke Beck
er as deputy wardens stepped for
ward and adjusted the electrodes,
llardly a minute elqp?<?d before the
electrode was applied to the right
leg, a sljt having been previously cut
In the trousers leg from the knee
down. After Ihe electrode had been
firmly adjusted against a shaven
spot on the back of the condemned
nijin's head the state executioner
looked at Deputy Warden Johuson,
who surveyed the figure that was still
mumbling the death prayer in the
chair. Johnson half turned his head
and the executioner jammed the
switch.
MY TRIP TO WINTHROP.
Last year the Tomato Club girls were
told that the four girls from each
county making the best Records in club
work would be given a ten days course
at the Wintlirop College summer school.
Two of the winning girls went last
summer. Tills summer I was very
liappy when our ex-agent, Miss Setzer,
wrote to me that I was one of the for
tunate girls who could go to Winthrop,
We left our home on June 21st and
were, met at the station by some of
the demonstration workers, and at the
college by other club girls who had al
ready arrived. There were tifty-three
happy hard working girls there. We
were happy because we all knew that
we would have pleasant stay and
too, that we would learn so many new
things. Miss Parrott had planned for
us to take lessons In cooking, sewing,
agriculture and poultry raising. I
liked all my teachers so much. Mrs.
Walker and Miss Hufllngto* taught us
how to make rio many good things in
cooking, also showed us new lessons
in canning. Miss Yarborough and Miss
Garrison taught us to cut, fit and make
a dress. It was the first dress I had
ever made all by myself. Mr. Cleve
land taught us poultry raising. He
showed us the best breeds of chickens
and the best kinds of chicken houses,
coops, etc. Mr. Week# taught us gar
dening and agriculture. We all went
with him to the college farm and saw
the big college garden, also all the
cows and the sanitary dairy with the
big cream separators. We did not
spend all of our time in clas's though.
We all got together and learned two
of our club songs. We also had many
things for our pleasure. The Y. W.
C. A. girls gave us a party. Then
the demonstrators gave us an ice cream
pnrty one night. They also took us
up town to the moving pictures several
nights and we went to some good en
tertainments at the college.
The last morning we were there,
I)r. Johnson gave the chapel hour over
to lis. We all wore the dresses we
had made In sewing and carried red
and green colors, our club colors. All
the teachers and faculty seemed to
enjoy our sOngs and talks. Mrs. Walk
er gave a large and interesting talk
on how our club work had grown.
Dr. Johnson told us of the good we
could do In our country hottes, also
expressed his pleasure at having us
there. We girls felt sad for we would
nil leave early the next morning for
our homes. .
I want to thank the following for
helping me get the trip and for mak
ing it so pleasant and instructive while
there : Misses Setzer, Parrott, Kate
mid Alma Simpson, Yarborough, Garri
son and Huftlngton, Mrs. Walker and
Dr. Johnson.
I hope that our county will have a
club next year, so that other girls of
the country can get the benefit of such
trips.
Alma Jackson.
Lugoff, S. C.
Raymond Cooper, a white youth of
Columbia, WM shot and patfcfully
wounded by Keith Wallace, another
youth. It i? said that the lad was
pleading with Wallace not to shoot him
when the shot was fired.
A Huiuter undertaker wan called
over the toleidione and told to prepare
for u funeral. Imagine hl? HurprUe
uJk ii, u few minute* tK?for? leaving
f<?r the HUtlon to meet the train, he
recelv**! a telegram an follow*: "Don't
meet corpoft. Hhe ain't dead yet."
11. Smuii, in )?u
h rharno of arson, nmimitted ?
by w?vt?rliiK an arU*ry lu UU 14
nu<? euttlug UU Jugular velu.
pon u>mm\ wan u pocket kul(?. jt
a not? to hU wlfu Htuutly malm,
bia lmux'QUiM.
The Chewiest
ever Chewed
Chew
"Bobs"
5c. the packet or two " Bobs" for a
cent at all the better stands and stores.
WARM hearted
little things
these"Bobs"! AH the
pep and the mint of the
peppermint, all the chew
of the gum? with fine
white coats of candy, and
made heart shape 'cause
everybody loves them so.
Bobs" give yon real
BUILD YOUR FENd
The need of the farmers in ttys and other countkj
of South Caroling is raising cattle and hogs. We hat
been looking forward to this change and havejuitrt
ceived another car of Southern Field Fence. Get oui
prices and when the boll weevil strikes old South (S
olina w all will be prepared to fight the pe?t wij
Hog and Hominy. Laying by time is near at hau
and there will be no better time to build your fence
WE- ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR FARMERS
SUPPLIES AND OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT
? J
See the greatest Mower on the. market "The Emeri*
Standard." Agents for Larro Cow Feed and
|r- ' Arab Horse Feed.
SPRINGS & SHANNOI
THE STORE THAT CARRIES THE STOCK
F O R S A L B
The TEAM PIjANT&TION In West Y?*Un?, seven roll* *?9
den, '2 miles from fcugoff, S. 0. ' , portiq
This tract contains 1,378 acres; 800. acres open land, a gow
which Is under cultivation and producing well ; some g
place; one 0 room dwelling, 20 tenant houses, aevera i, ^
house. This property is situated in one of tlie^bcsi 1 llty pfl
of Kershaw county ; good neighborhood and healtn> i ,Jfei
of labor on place ; about 800 bales of cotton proaucec ^1
nually; some good pasturing land for stock raising. ?
cultivation ;" the balance in wood and timber. Two roo
barn on premise*. . Price $1,650., cash, or terms. c*a&
252 acres belonging to T. S. Dunlaf), 8 milfts from ^
Antloch section. This is a good tract of land wltn w ^
OCVUVU. ,
her on it Land* *? 11 *wu w ?? J| I
we have this for mi? 5? Property have been
saie ?* ? reasonable price.
DuBose & Bovkic I
jftjwiiOM Nof 43 E*Ut* Fir* ,n?ur?m^