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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE Nile* Mud j <TZLL,,n ? ruhl tHiierf, _ . IWffWWPIT ) I ' 1 1 1 ? 1 1 1 1 < < I every Krldu.v at IH>0 No. Itroad Street, ami entered nt the Cnui den jxistotllco us immhiim) class mail mut ter, Price per annum $1.00. We are glad to rts-elve communlcty tlons <>f a reasonable length, t?u t an Important comlltloii of their publica tion Ih tluit they shall In all cases be accompanied by (he full name wild exact address of tl>e sender. obitu aries, resolutions of respect, and church notices will not be charged for. Mat ters of purely a personal nature will he charged for at t be rate of five cents a line. Whiskey or patent medicine ad\ ertixenicnts will not be accepted at any price. Kates f?>r display adver tising made known on application. Camden, S. January 21, 1916. County Politics, Stale and county politics have <?| wn (?< | ii)t. Mr. Urn IV l>cl,oache is the rli>| t<> offer fur office In I lie primary to be bebl this MUiimrr ? that of tbe other of shcritY and tbis contest prom ises a lively rare, as a great number of citizens bave said they Intend t ? ? be in tbe race. Mr. W. W. Iluckabec v% 1 1 1 stand for re-election. In another place will be found tbe announcement of Mr. \V. F. Stevenson as a candidate for Congress from this district against I lion. I>. K, Fluloy? the prosont <V>n gressman. Mr. Stevenson gave Mr. Kin ley a close race two years ago. A supervisor, superintendent of ed ucation, clerk of court. shorlfY and coroner will bave to be elected this year, while the senator, treasurer and Judgo of probate bold over. Several have signified their Intention of running for the various oflloes, with the exception of clerk of court and it Ih not thought he will have an op lament. A verdict of not guilty was return, ed at Joplln. Mo., Friday in the case of the Menace Publishing Co., of Au rora, Mo., and four of the alleged oftt clals, charged with misuse of the malls. The indictments charged general vio lation of a section of the United States penal code prohibiting "the deposit or causing to be deposited for mailing or delivery of any obscosc, lewd or filthy books, letters, print or other publica tions of Indecent character." The case, like that of Tom Watson, grew out of The Menace's fight against Catholo. elsnv and has been watched with na tional Interest. The North Carolina Supreme Court lias' fi'fuiwd a now trial to MUh Ida' Itnll Warren and 8. Christy. under iionUi sentence for tiM,..mu.rdfix at Warivii'H husband, S J. Warren. ? ?* " ? Major II>'de^of Charleston, ha* aj> pointed Joaeph A. lllaek, former elt I K'lnori^itlc executive committee chair iii 'i 1 1, chief of police of Charieaton t Hiicceed Chief James Cantwell. A hill calling for truth In advert!* Ing, tMit providing that 'the newspaper >??? held liable for damitKen accruing iron! a false advertisement In It* ??? I i. lulls, w as killed In the Lower lions'. A i llrunswlck, (Ja., Sunday Captain Imuran Wright and Ids wife died with In a few hours of each ot||rr. Itoth were the same age and hoth had he,en ill fur some time. State Treasurer Curler announces (hat he will he a candidate f*.r re election In the prlmiirles this summer. < 'apt. I '. M. < 'ary of Anderson has ilcil n I tel s announced his candidacy for state warehouse commissioner. TIIK UOVKKNOK'H MESSAGE. Governor Manning's message t(? the General Assemhly Is an excellent re view of the condition and of the needs of the state and a good working pro gram for legislation. It Is wholly con structive in purpose, and if a paradox Is periuiftsahle ? conservatively progres sive in character. Whether agreeing or disagreeing with the Governor's views on specific questions covered lu the message. It Is Impossible to deny respect to their Intelligence and sin cerity. Law enforcement Is the keynote of the message as It was of Gov. Man ning's inaugural address and it lias performance for sounding board In stead of promise for trumpet. New ob ligations and burdens, the Governor points out, have been put upon the executive by the prohibition statute, made operative by vote of the jieople, and ho calls upon the legislature to make full provision for rendering it effective. That should be the flrst and the only concern of the legislature with the law enacted upon Its referen dum. There was no mandate for ex tensions of or additions to the mere act of prohibition, adopted at the ses sion of 101,r) and ratified h.v the people at the polls. The Governor, verv wiselv and properly, makes no recom mendation for further restrictive leg islation on the subject of liquor. En force what we have and, to that end supply the means is his -ihwht- on prohibition, and that is enough to en irfiL'e the lawmakers on this particular question. I'onally conservative Is the Governor's comment on compulsory education, thnt no further extension should b?? nnilertnkeu of It nt this time w hen facilities fori carrying such er tensions Into effect may not be readll** provide*!. The principle In well estab lished, as h? points out. and It Is hotter to proceed slowly and liold all the ground takey than to rush forward too rapidly fH?t ttrni more tcrrttnrv tigs ls?eu overrn.i than tan be occupied. For the educational system of the *tate, from the eotuuiou schools to the dgher institutions of learning, the Governor speaks- lu full tones t?f goner on* provision and endowment Money .pent on education lit investment In itixenshlp and citizenship is the soul f 1 >em<?eracy. Here in something on ?vhieli there can he no marking time. The Kchopls must )>e kept going at full capacity, ami that means ? constantly Increasing cost to the State, with tile Increase In the population. The State, In Its own Interest, Its own defense. If you will, or better, Its own Justification, can not halt In provision of educational fdclltlON. 1 The (iovernor announces that he has prepared a plan for a system of rural credits, so important to the fa rmera of South Carolina, which he will submit later. He has given much attention to this subject and to t ha t of the State warehouse system, upon which lie makes lui|M>rtant recommendations, and of good roads, three questions of, capital concern to an agricultural state. In the matter of good roads the (iovernor sj>eciflcally calls attention to the proposed State program .of de velopment prepared by Mr. Held Whit ford. of Charleston, probahl.\ the most complete and scientific plan that has yet been presented aid deserving the most careful consideration at the hands of the General Assembly. The necessity for broad laws rela tive to labor conditions Is emphasised by tlfe Governor. This Is a Held into which the legislature has only begun to enter and Governor Manning ha? given more thought to it, probably, than any of his predecessors found it necessary to devote. He makes some Important recommendations but prin cipally he has done a useful service In Impressing upon the legislators the necessity for taking the subject studi ously In hand and dealing with it se riously and comprehensively, always mindful of the essential welfare of the workers In the industries as a pre requisite to the stability of society and the security of the State. The tax question the Governor re serves to future discussion. He re ?rards the work of the tax commis sion and its report as "of great im portance." His last word is for economy with out niggardliness, for scrutiny with out suspicion in appropriating fqr sup port of the essential institutions ^Mnd activities of the State. A useful message. ? Charleston Post. The first twelve days of prohibition In the city of Columbia show that ibout one-fourth as many defendants have appeared In police court charged with drunkenness as did appear when the dispensaries were In operation. ? governor has appointed Chas. F. H rooks, of .Laurens, as a member pf 'he hoard of trustees of the state ne rro college to succeed J. W. Floyd, deceased. R. M. KENNEDY, Jr., Pres. H. G. CARRISON, Jr., Secy. J. J. WORKMAN, Trea?. THC * A IJJ WILLIAMS Fire Insurance Agency WRITING FIRE, CASUALTY, PLATE GLASS, SURETY BONDS AND AUTO MOBILE INSURANCE AN AGENCY ESTABLISHED SHORTLY AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, REPRE SENTING NINETEEN OF THE STRONGEST FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES, WITH AMERICAN ASSETS OF $284,717,805.00. IN ADDITION, THE FOREIGN COMPANIES ARE BACKED BY ENORMOUS HOME OFFICE ASSETS AVAILA BLE TO ALL POLICY HOLDERS. A LONG AND HONORABLE RECORD SHOWS THE INSISTENCE ALWAYS OF FAIR AND JUST TREATMENT OF THE CLAIMS OF ITS CLIENTS. _ BE SAFE ? CALL 52, And let a solicitor from this old and tried agency advise you about your insurance. Williams Fire Insurance Agency The Oldest and Strongest Fire Insurance Agency in Kershaw Coanty From Other P?p*Ti. "*? . . - . W. 8Kx When the Hock Hill Huggy company as Incorporated ut $110,000 the Ob ??rv?r gave a short history of the 'Uterprlso us It wan told to us twenty five yearn ago by ? ltwk llllltau. The Vgiuulng of the enterprise was a ?mall blacksmith and repair whop run i man whose name escapes us at lie moment. <>n the side of the little shop were the letters s it X. When lds business Increased he built a lnrg >r shop and "the strange device" ? iot "Kxeelsior", but with that idea u It apitcansl on the now building. The business prospered and the plant crew, and when the plant was ln< orporated for as the Uoek Hilt W'gy Company and was enlarged ac ordingly the mystic letters took tholr plnee on the wall ? S II \ Vow the plant. In addition to mak ing fifteen or twenty buggies a day, is making the "Anderson 0 10," a 'uimisdme six cylinder. 40-horse power lutomoblle." Wonder If tboso letters S 11 X still ?ppear on the wall. They ought to "?r1< the culmination of honest en terprise and perseverance of the man who started Business on Ten dollars.-? Vewberry ( )bserver. Ananias looses Out. Ananias was considerable liar. But '?o ever hoard a i>olltlclan ex plaining that he decided to make the vice with extreme reluctance and only after the persistent solicitations C many friends. Ananias would go ?T and try to get himself a reputa tion. ? Columbia <tate. Honest Advertising. The Advertiser In pleased to see that there is a growing sentiment in favor of honest advertising. The Charles ton delegation has been requested by the business organisations of that city to support a bill that will be in troduced to prohibit fraudulent and deceptive advertisements. If manu facturers are not allowed to misrepre sent the contents of a package, why should a retail merchant he allowed to misrepresent the quality or value of merchandise in order to increase the sale? Such deceptive advertise ment is a great disadvantage, to say nothing of the Injustice practiced up on the consumer. ? EdgefieljJ Adver tiser. ! Pay l.'p Week. We note that In one town in Geor gia pay up week Is being agitated, We had something like it last year, and it, no doubt, resulted in good but we have not heard the subject mentioned for the New Year. It strikes us that some agitation along fhls line, just at this time, would not be at all out of place, but it might result In proving a great benefit to ! all our people. Let us then determ ine whether we have pay up week or i not that we will do our hest to get square with the world right away. The beginning of the year Is a good time. The people we owe need the ?noncy with which to pay those whom they owe. and if we pay them, it ?vili enable them to meet their obli gations. We think that it Is a healthy thing for a man not only to pay his lebts, but to pay them promptly and cheerfully. It gives him character >n<l standing not only in the com munity, but with himself. The fol low who is careless about paying* iw- -rrm-T. rnn not mime 'very well if himself ? his self respect Is sure to be below par. and tieoj^e are not ?.ruing to think more of a man than "ie doos of himself. Hut. <> my. the dead beat! The fellow who never comes across, but gets all ho can. and then lets the folks from whom ho ,Jias gotten credit *o unpaid. He seems to say with sat isfaction : "I have you. Now help vourself." Hut wo nuisl stop. Wo ^an not bear to tli,nk of such a no account, trifling follow, much less write about him. ? Greenwood Journal. The Passing of Ilingling. A1 Ringllng died at Baraboo, Wis.. Saturday. lie was (56 years of age The announcement of Ills (loath cre ated so little attention that it was hronicled in a brief noteiee of ten Mnes. v The fact that A1 Ringllng Is dead means a whole lot to our juven ile fraternity. The Rlngllngs made t lie Circus bus-% inew commercially !>oy.sible. When the Ringllng brothers began business it was in the days of the wagon show before the idea of ship ping a circus from town to town ou special ears was ever dreamed of. The Rlngllngs. sts rt?d out really um amateurs. They enjoyed a success from the beginning. Then came vls cisitudes. They inaugurated a fight against the circus trust and the trust held the brothers down. Today the Rlngllngs own the trust, A1 Ringllng was personally not an Attractive man. He was not popular. He had brains. He had the wonderful Acuity of making big results possi ble from little things. He was instinctively a showman. Tie was an adept pupil of the late P. T. Barnum. He was the eldest of six He was the power behind the Ring ling Interests. ^ There have been times since" the >ld days of the wagon show when tho el reus business seemed destined to see Its finish. The public Is fickle. The taste of the people fluctuates and switches, but to the youngsters grow ing: up the mere announcement of the coming of a circus creates a thrill. One of the most pleasant nights Is to witness on their way to school a weathering of children watching the ??asto and brush man decorate a col orless billboard with miracles of mys tery. ? They watch each sheet go slowly np and secretly wonder how surh a thing Is possible. To the youngster the circus is a veritable fairyland, ind It was A1 Ringllng who dlscoy *red the secret of attracting the chil dish attention. There are othre circus men. possi. bty greater, but it was A1 Ringllng -vho made the circus a permn mwij wroposltton. It was he who had faith in the South and who gave the South* ern p**opie their l>est and greatest Of shows. The ifesslng of A1 Ringllng cause* -J ? -'< '* ' n general heart throb of regrot.-^Mejai Couunureial Appeal. i't '. v ; 1 . , ' ~gT*'j[' 'Trespass notice. All i>arth?* are hereby forbidden to let their ntoek run wt largo upon my land*, loeatetf throe iullen eaxt of Cam den. J. F. UATKMAN I Ciuiwlen^ Jan. 2(>, 11)10. ?jUM-lip I Till \<.s THAT AUK TO IIAITBN. , .. ,. . . .. ,f * t'\ '{v.M Several Ktiipt*e? Are Ytalble Here During the Coming Year. . ' 3 CJ * Loral students of astronomy ?ml amateur star-gazers throughout the country hall the current year with de light, for 1016 will replete yvith ax trononiical phenomena, unlike last year, which was practically devoid of anything to attract attention In tho v* ay i f celestial happenings. 1 here H l>e A partial eellpso Of the moon on tho lUth of this month, vial? hie here ; the beginning visible gener ?i 1 1 y lu extreme western lOurope, the North Atlantic ocean, North and South America and the Pacific ocean; t ?c ending visible generally In North America, the North Atlantic ocean northwestern South America, north east Asia and the Pacific coast. On February there will be a total eclipse of the sun, visible here as a partial eclipse. Eclli>se begin, s at about 1.25 o'clock and enda shortly after 6.80 o'clock. , There will be a partial eclipse of the moon July 14, visible here, tho be ginning visible In Africa, southeastern Europe, the Atlantic oceau, North' America except tho more westerh por tions ; South America ajid the south 1'aclfle ocean; the ending visible gen-1 era'ly In the Atlantic states, North and South America. ' i There will be an annular eclipse of the sun July 20, Invisible In this se<* tlou. There will be a partial eclipse of the sun December 1H, *1016, invisible here. The approaching opposition of- the planet Mars during the early months Of the year Is slated to be a period of unusual interest for astronomical ob servation, and already extensive pre parations have been made at all the great observatories of the world to watch for new discoveries on the dl of the Martian world. During the year 1016 the planet "Vcp tune, Is to occupy a unique position in space, which Is to afford the rare op portunity for astronomers to lear'u more of Its rotation period. Slept* no lr so far out on the frontier of the ex treme limit of our solar system unii astronomers tak?? every opportunity to watch the motion of ihls tho jnest distant member of o.?r system. Work of th? Ground Mole. There is a popular belief that the ground mole Is a destructive animal. Like many popular beliefs this cannot be substantiated by facts. Ground, Timies ao not Teed upon roots and are not destructive. The ground mole is a subterranean animal, " tt bnlids- Its nest, rears its young and hunts its prey beneath the earth. It Is well adapted to its subterranean life, the shape of its body being cylindrical, gradually ta pering to a point at the extremity of its nose. Ground moles visit only those localities where the <*trth Is Infested with insect life. Where they are nu merous the ground Is interlaced with "runs" or passageways that lead from one feeding ground to another. These little animals deserve protection be cause they. prey upon all kinds of un derground Insects, among which are tfoj? larvae of some of the most injurious insects which pass their pupa or chrys alis stage beneath the earth. ? Country Life in America. ^~The Remedy For Anger. The greatest remedy for anger 1r de lay; beg anger to grant you tills at the first, not in order that it may pardon the offense, but that it may form a right Judgment about it; if it delays it will come to an end. Do not attempt to qucli It ail at once, for Its first Impulses are fierce; by plucking nway Its parts we shall remove the whole. We are made angry by some things which we learn at second hand and by some things which we oursefves hear or see. Now, we ought to be slow to believe what is told us. ? ? ? If you wefe about to give sentence in court about ever so small a sunn of money you would take nothing as proved, without a witness, and a witness would count for nothing except on his oath. You would Hllow both sides to be heard; you would ullow them time.? Seneca. : Fir* In a Cotton Bale. Kerosene oil has Men used success* fully to extinguish Are In baled cot ton. A cotton bale is subjected to s very heavy pressure. Water will pene trate ft but an Inch or so, whereas kerosene will go clear to the center. A Are In a cotton bale does not' blase, but simply scolders and eats Its way Into the baiSL At the comparatively low temperature at which cotton burns, and where th^Teis no flame, kerosene does not Ignite, but smothers or extin guishes the slow, creeping fire. After the fire is extinguisljed the bands ore removed from the bale and burned portions of the cotton stripped off. It Is said that the use of kerosenfe baa practically no detrimental effect on the' cotton, and after it has been spread out and aired for s few days all odor , of the oil dlsappears^-Argonaut C Four negro prisoners escaped from Laurens jail after they had made an assault on Jailor Jack - ? - Z ?- . ?. -t.- r ' WANT: FOR REN FOR SALE FOR KENT? -I have for rent 1% ^ oil the J. O. Moaeley home piftce. 50 ucret* ou the lioykin place, V either rent or share crop same. Vu to or write G, A. Moaeley, l<etub< *-c- ; 1 KOK RKNT? A good saddle i>ouy reut, or sule. Nine years oUV^j 7(K) pound*, will work anywhere, ply to M. G. Huckabee, eity mail < rler, .Oumden, 8. 0, / 4 FOR SAtK^Coie :U> touring Car; Fowl touring < ?r, both i Osgood coi tion, i*t u bargain. Also one eii hor?? 1, 11. C. gasoline engine aagl mlH opttlt complete, also to be fttfj a bargain. Apply to u T. Stow 407 ltutledge Strict, Cainden, H. c, FOR (SALK? Large type pure bred bind-Chinn pigs ? boars and g i Prlco $8 each. Apply to Honry 8*vi : Camden, 8. O, WANTED ? You to know if you y trouble In having It fixed, sw; o? man, bis motto is "Results", regit tff thr working tftylfi, itastiiffji office building. ?????' ?; * ' L - III FOE BUNT? for the season of 1911 ten room brie* Colonial houses modern conveniences. ? Beautifully ft ntshml throughout with antique ftw ture. lively grounds- Terms real able. The same ' climate as CanW and Aiken. References given and I ?i wimi, Ono hour from Charlotte! two from Columbia. Address Box & Chefeteivft. C. 39-40-1-2 bOST-rrSuwlay on Lyttleton Htw ; l&tween Chestnut street and pal1' Church, one Capieo Bron - Finder will "be rewn rde<l by reU *. lug samo to Chronicle office. ? ?? * ',!> ii\ Ji i^j HELP WANl'Kli ? A man and fas to do general farm work. Belst Dairy and Poultry Farm, Camden, C. 4 FOR SALE? One good Jersey cm Will be fresh in the Spring. Flit check for $40 gets her. Apply to h i Whltaker, Lugoff, 8. O. ^ . * WHY NOT ring your electric bci from you^ lighting current, and M the e^pbnse* and annoyance of j newlng those old dry batteries. Tt 4 1 over with FrankL. Zemp, Elect! cal Contractor, Camden, 8. C. ^ 39'40-41p ? WANTED ? You to know that 8. &1 Juveniles and Men's Bicycles are ft FOR SALE ? One horse, buggy ti ^harness for sale; horse gentle u will work anywhere. Address Be 099, Camden, S. C. 40-1-2 Wj\vxED ? Wru Kt know you~ean fuiff your bicycle repaired nt C. M. C*" man's shop, on cast DeKalb St next - to postofflce' building."" ' " 1 1 ' 1 ? " "" FOR SALE ? 40 acres of land In Wateree district ; 16 between Grove. and graded school;, a '3 house and out building. For fu information apply to T, A. Cross Lugoff, S. CM rfd 1. 40-1 STORAGE BATTERIES? Tested of" charge with a registered hydro meter, at W. O. Ilay's .Garage, Cw* den,. S. C. . 37^ .. .. .. WANTED ? Two good sound mules, ill once, about 1,000 or I4OO pouad woigbt. Apply to Gulf Refining". Ca< Camden, 8. C. H GINS AND PISTOIA-rRepftlretJ C. M. Coleman's Shop on east P? Kalb street, next to postofflce. 39tf. , FOR RENT ? Throe rooms, partly1" nished, suitable for light hpuf ~ ing. Apply to 1206 Sixth Are., Streot, Camden, 8. C* t REPAIRS ? of almost every kind ly done at CV M , CeJfcMatte east DeKalb street, next to building. V."' ' * r . 1 ?' '' Wheels on baby can ' re-tired at .H. Shop, Camden. Tired on? of the sundry *f* | toins of thts season- Bring JJJ | wheel to us preparatory to havj I It pat In good condition. IT ISN'T WISE | to rid? with your wheel all out | gear, it will mean- delay or ? I haps a hold up or ad accident repair w&eela and fix you up | flll the latest bicycle sundrl?* ?, Wl weld broken blcyote H E. B