The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 20, 1915, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
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K. N. McDowell \
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We are glad to receive communlca
tloiiM of a reawouablu length, but axi
important condition of their publica
tion let that they Hhall in all caaea be
accompanied by the full name and
exact addreaa of the aender. Obitu
aries rcHoIutlonti of respect, and church
notice* will not Ik? charged for. Mat
tern of purely a jierMonal nature will
l>e charged for at the rate of Ave cent*
a line. WhlHkey or patent medicine
advert Isi-incntM will not be accepted at
afiy price. Itatea for display adver
tising made known on application.
Camden, H. C., August 20, 1915.
Don't* For Cotton Growers.
The Manufacturers Kecord, of Haiti'
more, u publication t tin ? ha* doiie much
for the upbuilding of the South, ami
a paper not<nl for It m clearheaducss
gives the following' advice to cotton
producers :
"Don't 1)0 misled into Helling your
cotton at Ave or six cents a pound, an
you were last fall, by political ami
other pessl mists.
"Don't get frightened and rush your
cotton to market except to the extent
that you have to sell It to meet your
financial obligations, for the umlue
crowding of t'ritton on the market plays
into the bandH of the speculators, who
by the tactics now being employed
would break down the price of your
cotton and enable them to buy it to
their profit and to your loss, as they
did last year.
"Don't exj?ect either thin (JovernmeUt
or any other to buy your cotton. The
Government ban no more right to buy
cotton than to buy grain or hogs.
"Don't look for any uneconomic and
lmi>osslhlc legislation in behalf of cot
ton, for most of the theories advanced
have bordered on aslnlnlty, and some
of them have quite reached that stage.
v "Don't for a moment think that you
can barter your honor and your soul
and shape your convictions as to right
or wrong in world affairs for the price
of a bale of cotton..
"Don't -seek to blackmail other coun
tries by threatening retaliation because
their work may Interfere with the
temjMjrary selling price of your cotton.
< "Don't permit |K>lltlelans or others
to hold you up before the world as
. willing to accept a bribe, and to shape
your judgment of right and wrong In
human affairs by the price that this
country or .that might be willing to
pay for your cotton. 2
"Don't forget that though you have
raised more cotton than the South
ought to have produced, there is an
intrinsic value In cotton which cannot
? be permanently destroyed.
"Don't forget that you can carry
your cotton for years without its de
terioration, and that the time will
come, unless the South continues to
grow more cotton than the world de
mands, when every hale of cotton will
be needed at a good. price.
"Don't defraud your creditors by re
fusing to sell cotton to meet your obli
gations. but when you have sold enough
to pay your debts; don't forget that
the balance Is yours to hotfl .until
doomsday if you please, and await the
time wlien the world will pay your
> price for it?
"Don't, above all elsp, i>ermlt your
self to be misled Into believing that
your cotton is worth more than your
honor; that your cotton must set your
standard of morals in studying world
affairs.
"Don't forget that he who poses the
cotton growers of the South before
the world as beggars asking for ahqp,
or as regarding a bale of cotton of more
value than human life, or the price of
a pound of cotton more to be consid
ered than Individual and national hon
or. Is the worst enemy which the South
luis ever bad or even can have."
You may be able to get a large city
weekly, tilled with murders, scandal
cases, chicken lights, etc., for less
money than you pay for your local
paper, but these city weeklies never
advertise your county and make your
property valuable. They do not help
along your schools and churches, they
do not publish your county news, they
say nothing of you and your town, and
have no interest in you. A good news
pai>er Is as much advantage to a town
or county as are good schools. If one
of our farmer friends should hapi>en
into one of these city offices he would
tlnd out In two minutes that he had
no welcome there, such as he would
receive In a printing office at home.
Stand by your honfe paj?er ; It stands
hy you, and is ever on the lookout
for your Interest. ? Gaflfncy TiOdger.
The Pa goland Journal puts it this
way : "Automobile clanks who per
sist In speeding around corners and
by the home of people who live near
the ^oad should be fed on fodder and
shucks as other aesoe are fed."
THE DOI.UK hupkkmk.
4 'v ?:.>!
No inure loi|)iV)Mlv? and convincing
evidence of the 4-11 viable iMMitlon which
America oceuple* hm the rising Mutt a
rial center of the world could la* given
than by the steady (IwIIih* of lirltiah
exchange which has brought the Kng
llsh hankers fart# to face with a novel
situation which demands ? ton. The
liitftuiy of'thta CVUUlr> lift# doubtlews
no parallel to the remarkable shift of
|m>hUIoiih that the pant \'i months has
?. ? n I -ant AuguM at t he beginning
of the conflict there wan for weeka a
riiHh of gold to KuroiW and the hankera
of New Vork at rained every nerve to
prevent the eountry of being drained
of gold. Opinions differ aharply aa
to whether or not a large reaerve of
gold Im esaentlal to National prosja*rlty
and safety, but the large majority of
financiers think that It la necessary
and act on that principle, aial hence
the necessity la real, and the altautlon
that wouhl have been preaented by a
goldleaa country would haVc been seri*
oua In the extreme. Now on the con
trary gold la pouring into the United
States from I0urO|M*. The enorinoua
ex porta tiona and the negligible lmi>or
tatloha have made " trade halftnce of
unexampled proportloua in our favor,
and the Kuroiteans, having no goods
with which to aettle the balance, are
hard pressed for gold with which to
make the payment. In the meantime
the American dollar la at the head of
the column.? Charlotte Observer.
Blames Tom Watson.
The following algned editorial by
Thomaa \V. I/Oyless, of The Augusta
Chronicle, haa created much comment t
"There can be but one anawer to
tlita latest assault on the authority and
Integrity of Georgia.
"The decency and civilization of our
state must, at last, assert Itself, or,
else, pull up stakes and quit.
"It is a straight-out Issue between
law and anarchy ; let Georgians choose
for themselves.
"This climax was Inevitable as long
as we permit Incendiary publications
to set Georgia aflame. Tom Watson
has cost Georgia more than ten thous
and good and true men cnu rebuild in
twenty years.
"But the latter must begin now,
with a courage and determination
borne only in a crisis, unless they
wish to see the situation grow even
worse. It Is no longer a question of
Leo Prank's guilt or Innocence; or
of his life'or death ? but solely a ques
tion of Georgia's honor and good name.
"The War In BUropfl Is horrible
enough ; but anarchy at home is worse.
"Those who are disposed to tem
porize with t'hls situation further will
be as guilty of Georgia's disgrace and
retrogression as the mob Itself. Only
worse than either of these Is the man
who has so persistently sown these
seeds of hate and violence and anarchy
throughout Georgia. God may l>e hble
t^i forgive him, but Georgia will never
be able to forget him and his hellish
work."
latest Summary of The War.
Kovno, the strong Russian fortress
on the Niemen was captured by the
Germans Tuesday night
Berlin announces the taking of Kov
no, together with 4(H) cannon and quan
tities of war material.
Material observers qre .questioning
whether the Russians will be able to
bold the Brest-Litovsk line of defense
In the direction of which the Grand
l>uke Nicholas armies 'have been fall
inn back. A Teutonic advance oh l'e
trofcrad also Is being discussed as a
possibility.
(Jen. Sir Ian Hamilton reiK>rts an ad
vance of 500 yards by the British left.
Hank at Suvla on the Gallipoli penin
sula.
Italian mountain troqps, Rome an
jiounc^i in squads Joined by roi>es,
crossed high mountain 1 passes and
climbed and occupied Turokett Spits
and Illnter Madatascli Spits, each
about 10,500 feet high.
Italian advances are claimed in up
per Relnz in the Monte Nero section
and In the Tolmlno zone.
Ten i>ersons were killed and 30 In
jured In a Zeppelin raid over the east
ern counties of England last night, In
which the outskirts of London were
readied. The official statement says
one Zeppelin is believed to have been
hit. The damage to property is not
important, it is declared.
Capture of two additional forts at
Novogeorpievsk with twenty cannon
and six hundred prisoners, is reported
by Berlin, which also declared Field
Marshal Von Maekenzen, on the South
front, lias driven the Russians across
the Rug and into the outer jmsltlons
of the fortress of Brest-Litsk.
f)n the western front In the Vosges,
German attacks on French jmsltlons on
the crest of the Sondernach was re
pulsed, Paris rei>orts.
The otllelal Berlin statement declares
that the Freiich were driven back at
Sondernach, only a small and com
pletely demolished trench section re
maining in their hands.
You'll Not i-iose.
We are offering a prize to the man
who l>elleve? that J. Henry Cliappcll,
the Newberry prohibition farmer orig
inated the Idea of that suit to enjoin
the prohibition referendum which for
mer Governor Blease is conducting for
him. ? Florence Times.
MAYOK WAKNH HLATON.
Woodward, of Atlanta, Approves of
liyttrhhtg of Frank.
Suit FranHwo, A??k IX ? J. <?. Wood
wind, nw?y or of Atlanta, (ia., hi an ad
dross here last night declared that I
M. Frank suffered tbo "Just i*?*iia If y
for un iniK|H-akalilf < rime." The At
la nt a mayor at tin* same Hum* warned
fornier Ooverifdr Slaton, now In 'Cali
fornia, not to return to (ieorgia.
Mayor Woodward'a address wan
made at a banquet of the California
Htate Assessors' Association.
Mttle or no applause greeted his r?v
marks, although V wan listened to
with close attention.
Mayor Woodward said :
"I am going to take occasion tonight
to tell of the events that have put
Ueorgla on the map in a very undesira
ble li^ht, I am going to endeavor to
set you rJght. People throughout the
United States have obtained their
ideas of the Frank ease from a poi
soned and subsidized press and press
reports,
'Common decency prevents mo from
tolling you 1 1??* revolt I uk trutliM of the
murder of Mary Phagau. I wish you
si 1 1 know tho truths as I know them.
I know them for I havo boon with
tills case ovor hIiico It started and I
have road every line of evidence that
was Introduced. I know thut then* Is
not a member of tho jury that trh><!
l^eo M. Frank who would change his
decision if pujt to tho test again.
"(7eorgla is the leading state of the
South. Itn people can not he classed
with tramps, hoodlums, bandits and
law breakers, but things had come to
a point where every avenue of the law
had been .exhausted and ttte judgment
of the courts sot aside by one man and
the people felt that it was up to them
to take tho law into their hands.
"While the people of Georgia deplore
this deed of Monday night, we know
what is behind the feeling that prompt
ed it, and t want it understood that it
is simply emphasizing the fact that
when it comes to a woman's honor
there is no limit we will not go to
avenge and to protect. ?>
"There were only two people Impli
cated In the death of Mary Phagan.
'i know the negro did not commit the
deed,, and am positive that 75 per cent
of the people of Georgia are convinced
that the man lynched Monday night
committed the deed, and they are on
the ground and ought to know.
"As mayor of Atlanta, I have re
ceived tons and tons of letters and pe
titions afid requests asking that some
thing be done for Frank and they Ifeve
all gone Into tho waste basket,
like all Georgia people who are.hnafc,
position to get at the truth, I know
the facts.
"I know Jack Slaton, have known
him for HO years, ever since he was a
young man. I have been friends with
him and while I hate to say it, I would
not advise him to return to Geo/fcia
for a year ? if ever."
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GENERAL NEWS NOTES,
v ? ,/? ? 3 ? . ; V
The Southern Hallway Company l^as
awarded the contract for 1(X),000 cal
endars to the Peace Printing Co., |<?
Greenville, K.; C. The cost of prfntm?
the calendars will be $7,000. This! Is
the tlrst time a Southern Arm has b^en
awarded this contract. ?
The News and Courier sqys it is re
ported in Charleston that 10,000 liprses
will be loaded at tnat port soon for
shipment to the allies. The animals
have been purchased in the south 'by
a Rrltlsh representative with head
quarters In Atlanta.
Wilkes Dane, a white man, 00, Is in
jail at Walterboro charged with kill
ing William Padgett. The weapdn
used was a shot gun and buckshot.
D. C. Harris, a wellknown car Ui
sj>ector at Florence, fell beneath a
switch engine and had his leg so badly
crushed that amputation was necessaiy.
The National Guard of South Caro
lina has been furnished with a com
plement of twenty army wagons, forty
sets of harness and forty sets of
wheels. The cost, of the material Is
$4,460, which is paid out of the $400,
(XK) contingent fund of the secretary
of war. r
Italian reservists 1,300 strong, about
to sail from Poston last Sunday, made
a demonstration against the sailors on
two Interned German ships. The
crowd beat up the two stewards aUd
the watchman on one 'German ship
before they could be rescued by the
IK)lice. The ships and the T'nlted
States customs were stoned, windows
broken, and furnishings damaged. A1
squad of police tried to quell the mob
and were badly beaten and bruised
up. The Italians are selling for a
tight.
The will of the late Kdmund Deas,
of Darlington, negro state chairman of
the Republican party for ir.any years,
has been probated. Ry its terms all
of hlf. personal property is left to his
wife, and after her death It is to he
sold and the proceeds used for the
building of a hospital In Darlington
for negroes. I>eas left an estate worth
probably $20,000 or $30,000. - He has pe
children surviving him.'
Texan Oil Agency Here.
Tin- 'IV \ H :?> Oil Co., llllH
an aiiency in Camden with Mr. B.
T. M>?*rw mk their representative. Tholr
HtAtlpO will Im> located iu'?r th<' old
Southern railway Htation anil will
have a capacity of 25,000 rh lions. The
company expects to have their delivery
wagon in service in a few day*. Mr.
Myera will l?e auci^eeded ax agent' ?tl
t ho WeaWfe Union Telegraph i '-o. , by
his brother, Mr. Vletor Myers.
> The Arable Torpedoed.
Yesterday afternoon'* Columbia Hec
ord Carried an Associated I'rww clin
patch saying tbp Arabic, the White
star Liner had. been" torpedoed and
Hiink near the coast of Ireland. The
passengers and erew of 240 are report
ed i" have l>een saved.
('apt. p. X. (lunter, aged 84, a well
known cltlzeu of I/exhigton county,
died at bin home at Bateshurg Satur
day. He was the father of the late
attorney general (J. X. (junter, Jr.
The total sales of liquor In the in
dispenBary count lea for the month of
July were $245,510.00.
I .e wis W. Parker, of Greenville, ban
become assistant editor of the Green*
villi? Evening Piedmont.
Lake City, Fla. ? Georgia earner, i)
i yearn old, coughed up a small metal
i doll which she had swallowed three
years in go.
The prisoner threw the magazine
across his cell in ilisgust and cursed
violently.
"Nfothin' but continued stories," he
growled, "and 'I'm to be hung next
Tuesday." ? Chicago Herald.
The dairyman who doesn't keep re
cords and test his cows for butterfat
may well be compared to a merchant
who sells his goods on credit yet does
not set down In writing any of the
crod it accounts. Test, don't guess.
IN MEMORIAM.
A LITTLE peach In the orchard
grew?
A little peach of emerald hue;
Warmed by the sun and wet by
the dew .
It grew.
.; - ' . i
ANE day, passing that orchard
^ through.
That little peach dawned on the
view
Of Johnny Jones and his slater
Su??
Them two.
UP at that peach a club tbey
threw-.
Down from the stem on which it
grew
Fell the little peach of emerald
hue?
' Mon dleu!
QUE took a bite and Johh a chew.
And then the trouble began to
brew
Trouble the doctor couldn't sub
due
Too true!
UNDER the turf where the dai
sies grew
They planted John and his sister
Sue , .
And their little souls to the angels
flow
Boo hool
WHAT ofthe peach of the emer
ald hue,
Warmed by the suri and wet by the
dew?
Ah, well, its mission on earth is
through
Adieu!
? Kugene Field.
FEAR NOTHING.
FEAR nothing and hope all things, a ?
the right
Alone may do securely; every hour
The thrones of Ignorance and anolent
night
}x>se somewhat of their long usurped
power,
And freedom' 8 lightest word can make
them shiver
With a base dread that clings to them
forever.
--James Russell Lowell.
GOD GRANT YOU MAY FAIL.
/lOD grant that you may fall
Again and yet again!
That you may know
All bitterness that o'er, can come to men.
For only so ?
May you at length prevail.
/"iOD give you bitterness.
And mete yoM out despair.
Qod grant that you may know
The fear of things.
For only from the thorny fields and bare.
Of failure springs
The lone trail of success.
?Youth's Companion.
THE MASTER 8PIRIT.
i^lIVE me a spirit that on life's rough
^ sea
Loves to have his sails filled with a lusty
wind,
Even till his sallyards tremble, his masts
crack
And his rapt ship runs on her side so low
That she drinks water and her keel plows
air. >
There Is no danger to a man th&t knows
Whore life and death Is; there's not any
law
Exceeds his knowledge, neither Is it need
ful
That he should stoop to any other law.
He goes before them and commands them
all.
That to himself Is a law rational.
? Qoorge Chapman.
MEASURE FOR MEASURE.
Cf^lIKN that "some day" shall oome at
? *'inst to bo.
When my son's heart will wander far
from mo
To seek Its Joy In some one fair and
young.
Then will my Inmost soul be pierced and
wrung
..With the tame anguish that another felt
When ray boy's father for my favor knelt,
; And with my joyous and triumphant I
"Yes" . r -y-tJ
I pierced the heart of her life's happiness, j
?Margaret H. Lawless, J
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ON MANY SUBJECT
1 Haw it in The Chronicle.
-
If you want to Itoli* h bit;
If you waul t<? make a hit ;
IT you want a blessing on your head
diurnal ;
If you wailt to boost the town,
Bring Its citizen? H'liown,
?f ust mention that you saw it in this
journal.
It will help the advi'i User ;
It will hIiow that you are wiser, ^
More considerate than the average man
v' you meet;
It 1h Jutit a little favor, /
Hut It leave* a pleasant flavor 1/
If you mention that you Maw it In thiy
sheet.
You'll encourage loeal trade,
And the home town merchant aid,
While tlie editor will cut a merry cai>er,
And the mall order concern
Smaller dividends will earn,
If you mention that you Haw it in this,
piper,
, Do Trifles Annoy?
What a hle^ed thing it 1h that we
can forget! To-day's trouble* >look
large, hut a week hence they will bo
forgotten and hurled out of night, j
Hays one writer: "If you wouldfeeepi
a hook and daily put down the things
that worry you, ami aeo what lie
coiih'h of them, it would beneflt you.
You allow a thing to annoy you, Just
as you allow a fly to settle on you
and plague you ; and you lone your
temi?er and you juatlfy yourself hy
being thrown off your balance by
causes which you do not truce out.
Hut If you could aee what It waa that
threw you off your balance before j
breakfast, and ^>ut it down in a little j
book, and follow it up and follow it
out, and aKcertaln what becomea of it,
you would aee what a fool yoh were
In the matter." The art of forgetting
la a blessed art, but the art of over*
loqjclng la quite aa Important And.
If we should take time to write down
the origin, progress and outcome of a
few of our troublea, it would make ua
so ashamed of the fusa we make over
them, that we ahould be glad to drop
such things and bury them at once in
eternal forgetful n^ss. Life is too short
to be worn out In i>etty worries, fret
tings, hatreds and vexations.
;m He Knew Lawyers.
Rev. J. H. Rice, the preacher- judge
pf Emporia, Is famed equally In Kan
sas for the eloquence of his sermons
and the justice of his police court rul
ings. >, Uj,v
"Well," said Dr. Rice, modestly, at
h dinner in his honor, "I -fear your
praise is exaggerated, but at leaat I
can say that I go Into court with clean
hands? cleaner hands, eh, than the rich
litigant?" I
"A rich litigant had directed his
lawyer to wire him at his Palm Peach
villa the result of a certain suit. The
lawyer wired accordingly :
" 'Right has triumphed.'
"Thereupon the litigant wired hack :
" 'Appeal at once.' " ? Washington
Star.
Not a Camden Policeman.
"That policeman is too conscientious
to be a gardener."
"What do you mean?" .
"He arrested the growth of a vine,
on his house when he found it climb
ing through a window." ? Exchange.
' t ? .
Any one who has a sense of iMUjf<
can get along pretty well with JWCfe
statist. . -friv? -2&VW51
The Hock Pile for
lu then? da>H of fre^k
fuimth-al lawn ami *ttemptofto
hahtty and iKTHoutl affair* by
ruU}?, H 1m refreshing to eon* ^
U uevv Uloa lit Hty ordinance* ^
hurting HO one, act* an a taw*
waving Uvea and reducing tlie uu^
of aeeltfentH. o
l'm-tlnnd, Dri',, Ik tlW-Mty
tt? fee cOiJttptimehted upon wrltlunj
tt h code a which ha* mad* i
place unique In one reepect tu
are iUXVMM) people In Portlwrt #
there are countleHH automobile \
In the laat nine inontliH there bin
been one pereOQ Injured, much lew fcj
e<| lu an automobile accident bi tl
city.
| And why In thin ?o? IiwaUg( j
Portland the driver of an autou^
who exceed* the hikhm! limit 1m p^ ,
work oil the fockpile, for froui twoi
IhtKy. days. No linos accepted, if ^
driver is convicted he must d0 faj
time at hard luhor and no excepts
.nre'tnaite. Portland's Btreet* are ?al
to pedestrians.
Here Is an Idea which ought |
spread eastward.
For Their Neighbors.
The hardest housekeeping In tb
world Is the housekeeping tbit pa
pie do for their neighbors. Half tl
troubles we have are caused^ by wo
rylng alnnit what people think. Wlu
.difference does It make what tb?
think, anyway? No one can live to
own )lfe and two or three other |*
pie's lives besides. What's the use <
setting up housekeeping on the roof <
on the outside walls for the benefit <
I the neighbors? You Would rightly I
f Judged Insane If you suggested U]
thing of the kind, and that Is practka
ly what half the people do. Tb<
can't do this because the neighboi
would talk, and they efcn't do that U
cause the neighbors wonder If tht
could not afford to do something els
They may not say It In so many wordi
but they mean It, and It 1b aimply
great' big vacuum In some of our w
tures Where moral courage ought to U
Half the sting of poverty or ama!
meant) Is gone when one keeps how
for himself and not for hte netghbore
DR. 0. M. GAY
VETERIN A RUN
I treat all animals. Cell*
answered day or night Office it
J.*M. Canon's stables. Phone *
KERSHAW, Sooth Ctrofi*
When In Need of a
Neat Cheap
Coffin or Casket
REMEMBER US
CAMDEN FURNITURE Cft
BmF -irrr ' ? ^ t ^
ANNOUNCEMENT
The following prices f. o. b. Detroit, effective Aug.
Ford Runabout *?&
Ford Touring Car ? nr\
Ford Town C?r ?*?.
No speedometer Included In this year's
equipment, otherwise cars fully ?quipeo in?ftiej
There can be no assurance given against* an a"Xf n.c?^pre ^
prices at any time. We guarantee, however, tnat
be no reduction in these prices prior to August 1,
PROFIT-SHARING WITH RETAIL BUYERS
On August 1; 1914 we tflad6 the anlUu,icem??1 hetwe<
we could make and sell at retail 300,000 Ford c& rofi|
August 1, 1914 and August, -J. WS/f? 4.w#Ufrnm $40 to
with the retail purchasers, to tlie extent in th
on each car. We have sold over 300,000 Ford
time specified, and profit-sharing checks of g
distributed as rapidly as . possible ttfter August 1 5.
tail purchasers who have not yet mailed us then* p ,
coupons, properly endorsed/ fthottl&do so without /por
Our plan to profit-shafre with retail oroUgi
cars during 1914-15 has been most successful, vv
ly believe in it, but, realising the uncertainty nt (
generally makes it advisable to defer any anno
future profit-sharing until a lat^r aftte.
We are, however, cotifideht of our .inabin y ^
costs for several months, and therefore can ?, her 0<
sharing for cars delivered during August, Sept
tober, 1916. t . /i;
Ford Motor Company
DETROIT
RUNABOUTS Jj * $417.20
TOURING CARS . $467.20
Delivered in Camden, S. C.
KERSHAW MOTOR CAswair Camdea, '