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CAMDEN CHRONICLE H, I>. Nile* am) > V 3UI)JueII ?'"bllrher?. Published every Friday at 1 IW) No, lirond Ntreet. ami miter^i tit the Ca no ? (Ittli postotlicw MH second el linn mail mat ter. I'riw |k.t annum $i <M). . . ? * j JVVe are kIh<) to hH^lvo communion lions of a reasonable U'Hfi Hi, l>i? ( mi Impoi lant condition of their publica tion is that they shall in all t;a so* be accompanied by the full iiai.no ami (?xa<'t ntltlr^s of the DDQtlff, ohltu nrlex, resolutions of resjuvf, and church notices will not bo <*1jm for, Mat ? i tTH of purely a personal nature will he charged for n,t the rate of live cent* ft line.' Whiskey Or patent medicine advertisements will not be accepted at any price. Hates, for display adver ?Mn?; 14110I0 kno*yt on af>piicallon, - TSe&SSf^S&rZ - ' *-rr* . ChiihIcii. S. Jiil> 7. 1 f> 1 4?, |)hl Son ever pa u*?e loiijf oi.ioujfli In Your Kitn 10 ?? wlili 1 ho people 10 look post 1 l?l 1- fine* iuio their liwrtk? II Isn't alwa.v* the prt'tly faif that courtis mo>i for l?eaui\. So many poo I ilc jilt' not Itrlmi I f 11 1 al all ill feature, bin an- vert I'OMiiliful Inside, V011 i nn often hoar the beaut n sound nt; In their voices. You can see ii *h)u jut; fourth in their eyes. Soiiii'l.lin^ ? hi* movements of tholr hands 01 heads spies* it Son cannot real I. \ call a |nlr*on hoaii :li'til until you haVe hoard them sjteak rheir thoughts aial watched tho ft\ prcSsioii oouio ami tfo on their face*. You cannot say they are heautlful till .? oil have seen tliolr hands Almost without exception ii poison's haiuls urc an idex to ills character. Nearly always iieople are divided in to two classes pretty people ami ugly lioople. Most iieople do not stop to look helow the surface. If they did I he world w ould he a mileh more pleas ant piaee for all of us.:- 5*oh?cted. I'liicf of police lllaek and tho mem ners of the department eolohratod 111 de|iendcneo I >ay in Charleston hy mak jii;; 11 uotahlo seizure of contraband ?vhKkc,\. A total of I.II'J'] half pints wore confiscated on the Pl,\de? lino wharf. Members of < V "M" (Kershaw .-'?uardsi made an excellent showing .it I lie medical examination hold Tues day. Ninety-two were accepted while >nl\ eighteen wen* rejected making a until better slitiwlnt; than ni;iii\ of' 'he other companies in the First Uoyi TIIO!lt The i-rl-ls in tin* Mc.\i<jin affair seems to have about coded 'Hie latest iolc from ('arran/.a is not of a thrcat eninir attitude ami it now seeing there is more hope of a peaceful sot I lenient'. Whore a miilt\ necru oscajjes pun iMlimeut for selling litplor it Is always safe t<> assume that there is some low down white man interested in the profits, sji.\s (he YorkvilJo Mi^ipiirei ? ' I . ^ IWl i?m?li Mm* i**u wiurn >uu hu to enroll, Write you i' name like a man, ?.,yei? If it due* l?Mik like a ehlckeu had H ptlddle of Ink Mild WMlk. til acrtfif the |*U*t*r. mi.v* The <;affne,v MtdT PO VOI KNOW THAT Hotter watfe* make better health's lU'lh'i I it 'ji 1 1 It iiuik?kM lietter citizen*? ItVtCl'l dtlXCU* IIIHke >1 lM'ft?T nation'' l li - \ H. Public Health Set \ l< ?? ? found 7* pel d>|lt ??f the rum I liwue* | in a .certain vunty unprotected with } H4Uitfrtr> ? ??n\ cnicnce* t?f any kind"? j < holei a I* spread in the name ihiiii j imt a* typliohj fever? ??+, Scarlet h'vvr kills over MMMMi A meri j can* year? j i lookw uriii outer** through tin* skin? i Mr who builds up health lays ui? ! treasure In 'the Hunk of Nature? < r.\ K.MICKS StlOt l.l> NOTK THK . KPPKCTN OF C'OVHk (HOI'S. < 'leuison t 'olleye, S. < \, July M At j Mils (line of I lit' year wo hear very 1 it I !?? I about w 1 1 1 1 < ? i' coyer crpps, 'ml they should ii*>i be f?>r;zottch. \??w Is the time to siu?l> your I nix I aind see the henoilcla I effect ^ ?>f (In* cover 'Top turned under in the spring. Those farmers who failed to u:t!l la a ^tuid ".nor rrup last fall' should go |o their i ? ? ! ? ' III ?< M' f* tieM ami see how milch l?of tor Ihi* crops are lookluu on account of being grown after a cover erop has been I urned under. 'I'lit- vetch and clover tields should I studied. carefully. The III I m Is which were left bare lawl winter are now suffering f'U' moisture, the ? cops look paler, it ti< I no doubt are ; growing off slower than those on lauds w hich \yepe planted in vetch and elover [ last winter. If you have not exjierl uientod with cover crops then take ad vantage of your more far sighted neigh l?or, and make tip your mind to put In some I his fail. The chance* are that fertilizer will he high again another year, and yon cannot atTord not to take advantage of such a ciieap method of improving your lands as hy using cover crops. I^'iive no land uncovered. sum nier or winter. Oowihmis and' velvet beau* ea n he used ft>r summer cover crops, ami later when fall comes plant vetch, clover or rye. Learn the lesson now, and make up your mind to profit hy it this fall ami next spring. Hurt in Auto Arriileut. < >rainrehuf*u, July 4. ? The large tour iim car of II. Iwaiis Cel/.er was partly demolished and the occupants mi r row': l\ escapinl serious injury, when the i?nikfN failed to work and the car ?k hided into a trej* ahout t<?n miles above St. .Matthews this afteriUKai ahotil ?'? o'clixk. The parl.v, consisting of H. l.oiiis (tclzer, .Mrs. (iel/.er. .Miss Annie l.'/ttlsc (ielxer anil Misses Paul ine and (lladys Cart, left tlilk city at "J p. in. for t'olumlila. and while iroiim a hill lieyotid St. Matthews the ac< ideut occtirretl. Several sprained ankles ami severe j 1 1 rinses were sustained, hut none is j thought injured seriously. The prrty i was pick**! hi* ami hroiiifht home to j nivrht l?\ others who had ?lri\en to Cn i Inmliia. i From Other Papers. THK IHfiAU BKAT8. It Is khIoiiIhIiIiik how u follow who will IfN.V IIO HltellthHI wIlMtoVok' to tltf tu? s scut l? l in r>y the |H-?.|?if he owis will wake up when liU Htvuuiil has Imi ii placitd In the hands of a colh t 1 1 1 u agency. Ho usually fools that grave .Mni i i'.i i iujustho ha- i|??D done 111 ill. I and |?ro?v?Htn to express himself In vig orous' language. -lust to think that ho j -iiuiiltl haw his private affairs aired in 1 1 1 > itilfil Wii.v, 1? |h a little more than | Iiimjiii endure. I to ?l l< I tiot cai'o mio iota, ?o long as tt was known only to I ho pooplo who gave >i i tii orotlft, hot to hand it out whore others aro likely to get hohl of It. as ho see* It, |h a slan dor ami an outrage. Wo knew ono man to get so hoi several year* ago, about a thing lik<> this that ho hunted dp a lawyer with a view to a ilauiago suit, hut he Imp) toned to go to a law yer. ivo -.oppose, who was not in sym pathy with (lead Wonts, ami so ho got oilil oomfovt. lit* on mo around and settled his hill, hut no was awfully hot. Will. whtu-awH how mad a man of this kind gets or how long ho remains out of aurtsV As a usual thing *ueh mon novor pay 'until they get mad. Thou I ho.v oonio across with a groat diNpltn of iujurod innocence, Of eoui>?c, there ai'o exceptions, hut 1 1 u* oxooptlous novor get very angry. and if they hap I it'ii to fool hurt it is an oasy matter to paoify thoin, Wo believe that every dead heat should have his accounts pla? od in a puhllo plaoo where everyone who desired to do so cotiliU (xintmlt thorn. It. \Wuiid ho a lino thing if they oou Id In- written u|?on tho sky, He needs. to' ho exposed as a matter of dis cipline and thoti to protect others from his raseallty. Wo are glad that there art* organ ized companies that make collecting a specialty. <Jlatl for the rcaaon that it wttrs up the dead boats and then rts a matter of convenience to thtmc who have not the time to (rive to this kind of business.? t.reenwood Journal! Who Should Enlist. While recruits aro being trailed for. many a young man Is seriously puz zled to know what his duty is, and there aro struggles between the high est patriotic Instincts and the duties and rcspotisl hill ties which seem to keep Id m at homo at the present time. Those are questions which now. tit least, ev eryone must work out for himself. Hut there art? a great many men who. very obviously, have inching ft) keep them at home and who. Just as obvious ly. would he a lot hotter off for a little campaigning. There tiro, for Instance, the men who hohl down benches in tho State house yard all day long, and the men who loaf about the street corners i with nothing more important todo'than | tu stare at and annoy women, and the j men who have time, all through a jwr j fectly good summer afternoon, to stand | a lid watch a baseball score hoard. J A good many of those men prohahl.v ''would ho physically disqualified from ' military service but there are others of them who could undoubtedly get in ; and who. as we said before, would he ! vastly hcuetitted by active army life. ! < Miio State .Journal. INSURANCE The Williams Fire Insurance Agency represents the leading Insurance Companies doing business in the State. We will insure your property against Fire, Tornado, Lightning or Burglary ? f Country property whether mortgaged or unincumbered. - 7 Automobile owners against Fire, Acci dent or Damages. Live Stock against death from any cause. Plate Glass, Bonds of all kinds, Health . and Accident. K ? ' Williams Fire Ins. Agency Camden, South Carolina MUST STAY IN MEXICO. Henry Watteraon Advocate* Rectification of Boundary. % _ v -t ? I Writing lii the lfouisville Conner Journal. on "Tho Mfxicidl Situation," j 1 1? iii\v Nuttorson hhvh: ll will mIiow its?4f worst' ? lilt i> ItlKr j hoforo tho oml Is miched for tho he.in ' ti? umlortakn n (hit I'rosl Somlal campaign a itllmroU defenso i f the ttd nil'iUlrui (on jmiHi.v of Mexico. It lii'uit ii wtth ii w'rtovoua orror anil t Itt'lMV Jlloceedcd fl'OII) lijlll lo WOl'SO. IV shi?- 1 1|?* lto|aihl|cilllH \\ ill make tin* most of it. All tlmt can ho said In i it'hatonioiM is that tin* aim wax to, avoid t i ? ?utile, tlmt the Chief Magistrate ha<l indifferent advisement, that lie was raw j <?11 Ms foli. ami, Ml us tliat ho has) learned hot tor. " lirtl still liiniv yorloU* i I lr* will fol low if. In tfoiittX ti wr.i: with Mexico. \\v' foil to realize tla* meaning <>f it : it h far rea< hlnr ovniitualttios ; v. hat if Is *1 1 'I. ill ami whither It mu> lead, ami, in short, after w<> havo a seeoml time possessed oui'*clves of the ciillittrj', the return we shall ;?fot for our < ait lav of |ihn>?l HIM I ll'l'il>lll'l'. There .s inithim; allinlsMe nhoet .uic, Tlii" chatter tlmt comes to us from Washington touehiny our benevolent in tent ions ami tho reirrot we fool to Ik* compelled to cross the lioh!<,l' ? Mo> to iiit el* \ el le in the affairs < if .Mexico, hut lo punish outlawry tml estahlls) order will certainly not deceive 'he Mexi cans, ft is uitU'Ji .'is if a policeman dritftfiu^ a serenade:.' and t muKlJnjj malefactor to jail should set k to a|> |Kias" and ijiliet hint l\? profuse a polo ghS. Primarily, wo yW the Mexicans no rv II. . llut, resolved 4?| ?? ?|i gi*?d neigh borhood. wo mus? cut our coat accord intr to our ch*rh. With this in view. Hit' line ofrthe Kin .(inutile Is ?oth Illog ical n ml untenable. Kefore it whk es tablished l?v the treaty of (iundab.ijtc Hidalgo a neutral '/.one between the Nueces and the Kin (i'rantle was vari ously pro|x>sed. ritus eaily. however, it ua* foreseen that the natural boun dary south ami southeast was the mountains ami south ami southwest the Paeifle ocean. There will never he peace ami order, m* good neighborhood, until the line of tlie Itio (Jrande Is advanced to the mountains embracing \vhs}t Is known as Northern Mexico, and New Mexico and \rizona are extended to the sea an<1 !,iwr California joined to California, i* was at tlrst intended. We can atVoi'd to buy all this terri tory front the Mexicans to nay them for it eunuch to | >11 1 'hem out of debt, leav ing them a region, though too big for them to govern. yet easier to govern [than t lie vast area which has for the j la-? hundred yea r* defied every effort I at government s*tve and executing the de<|Ni| ie J i i;i z regime i IMiere i< now practically no govern | incut in vlcsico. Carranza may We top j j. led i iver at anv moment, lie will be ! succeeded by smm* oilier of lb.? mill-. I a ry bandits, vbo 1 1 n \ ? nded a' vary ing ititirvals. if ii v:?s worth our while l<> cross the ne, an ai.d set a form of L'livorninent in 111" Philllppincs. to ero^s the <;ulf and < -t an ox perl me!, ta I government ii.i Cab;', it ;s a Minting imiUpcii<nMc dut\ that we go In the City < * f Mexico Mini from that vantage l;n the ?im'c ami solid foundations of an orderlv and stable "ysteir in nbuv of t ???refit ia I e'no-: : n-*r t'uit wo < ? :ii awa.i in. til' it - l/'linitely achieved. It is a ^itnitmn calling for constructive sta teviiiii i ?l?!n i< well as- the 'eadcrshlp of ui?'!i. It Mr. \v il ?II lues not so eon ceive it. if lie be imt prepared for it. some other who is should be called to the In jjjd ??? nil r uatienal aTairs. The vitii. itiou and the tunes call for plain sp-'nkim.'. The people ? ? f ilds country are not going to pour out mil itoiis nf money ami send their boys to !?? s 1 1 ?i If ?\v 1 1 in Wattle after !t is o\-er to WeL' pardon of t!ie .Mexicans and slick thing's jA.it h goose urease for the I.atin Anicri'-.i us. Win n we g? again into Mexico. ve shall iro to -lay out the need. We are already at war ? very much' at war. l-'r un this i.nwa/'o there must We action, vigorous action ami nothing but action. "A MILLION A M1M TK" With Francis \. Bushman and Beverly Bayne at The Majestic Thursday. "A Million A Minute." with Francis X. Muslnnau ami Beverly Bayne ill the stellar roles, will be the next Metro wonderplay presented at the Majestic Theatre, on Thursday. July 13th. In this production both Mr. Bushman and Miss Hayne are seen at their West, as they are provided with roles that call for exceptional noting covering many big scenes and situa tions. The feature was produced by tlio (quality Pictures ( Yirporatlon un der the direction of John \V. Noble, and promises to be one of the l>est productions in which this wtellnr cou ple have ever apijcarcd. Most of the story Is laid in New York and Pa Mb, and there are Interesting gllmi>scs of suburban life, on shipboard and In the cafes and restaurants of the two great met r< >i h?I i tan cent res. The supi>ortlng cast includes Kolwrt Oummlngs. Helen Dunbar. John David son. William Bailey. Charles Prince, Carl Brlckert. Mary Moore, Jerome Wilson an other well known stage ami screen artists. Patlie Weekly News will complete the program for this day. ? adv. ITEMS OVER THE STATE Corn and cotton crops in Cliester Vounty were damaged bv hail on Sun day. The jail :it Kdgelield was struck by lightning Sunday but no damage was done. Some forty citizens uf Edgefield last week vlsltini all negroes of that town who are Kusjjcoted of selling liquor and Informed them that unless they ceased the traffic trouble would r??sulf. The citizens made the round ftf th? town In automobiles. The visit is said to have made a profound impression upon those halted. . . . ' ,t ti C. O. Klnard Is in jail a i bnrg charred with killing Marion Hot to and seriously woundln g Jacob Hwtto. The shooting is said t*> have occurred fr.?m a dispute orer.i land Hn*. Stockton New* Note*. Ilovkin, S. July U Mi. I In lily Uaiiouav i* vlalttoK relative* thin wwk mill Hartsvllle. Mi-s ITumphrWM who nan been aticmllm: school lit llwrnotflWfli rc turned home for tlio summer vacation. * Mr*. William Moseley and children who Ih'OII VUUIuk at the home of Mr. u. X. Humphries ??? v<? return* ?t| (<> their ilOinO lo < Vlnnibln. .Mbytes Kmlc Moseley ami Belle 1 Irtr-r per art' visit im: AIUmm Kva uud Ktliel Hruee MUs l.orcna Humphries ii ml hrolhW, Mr. Tout Humphries sjM'iit Tuenday nijiht at tlir liditic of Mr. .1, <\ limit |f|t? Mr. It. M. 1 ** *n rce and ""houk; M^HrN. \\ II.. i;. t\. and ICn^ene I'earce antl \V. M. Youtitf it lid Hill Hush. motored to Styx Sunday. Miss Christine l.cdinu'ham, ??f sSuni ter, s | iei it it Tew days lust \vjs*k at the home of Mi". .1. II. Hammond, Mr. .1. C. " Humphries attended the Wesley Hlble Class Federation lit J4um? ter Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs. Mu ry Hurncs ami daughter, Ainu*, of Lutfoll', ai'e vlsltjntf at the home of Mr.?' Cha rile Smith. Air and Mrs. Charles* Henry Pee bles, iif S in 1 1 hvillo, wove visitors In tl:'- community Sunday afternoon. Mr. A. 1^ Humphries s|x>nt Tuesday in Kershaw. Tin* Kpworth League meeting will meet at the home of Mr. t Hen Peareo .Friday night, July 7th. ? Mr. and Mrs. ICugeue Owens and A|he Owens and Alm-i Humphries spent Sunday In Sumter. Want t il Recti. An old farmer who had been hen perked all ltls life was about to die. Ills \ylfe. feU It Her duty to offer hltu siteh consolation as she might. and said : \ ? "John, you are ahnut to go, hut 1 will follow you." "1 suppose so, Maria," said the old man weakly, 'but so far as I'm con cerned you needn't be in any blamed hurr,\ about it." ? Detroit News. / ' A FRUITLESS WAR? While we are not setting out Upoil any war of conquest, yet we believe ?that if tiu'ht we must, rlie I'nlted States should carry the Stars ami Stripes from Saskatchewan to Yucatan. We believe that, Mexico would fare better under Amel ia ii rule. We fear that no settling of the Mexican troubles would be permanent unless the United | states should assume complete author! Muat we go Into Meile,, ^ millions ami give up thmi^JTf fur mere SOIltameiltMlbuu' T safety <>r this republic *e the i ' mI??mi st itcis \,\w llo( g long H s Mexico flicriNlum foujfl sui?erlorlty. ***( lJxactly 70 years ago w,. ^ HjHMi Mexlct>, Uiuhm,ftwUuu>t, disorder ami revolution hi Mtj liar to tlioae of today. thai war In two gears'. {3 Mexico mm the I nil vinyls J of costs the territory Whkk H the state* of Utah, NVw ^iwj /?>na and California, |? Texas, which wo Imd ailing |5 before the declaration of War " The territory we then hni Mexico ha^an area of ilhUH^' miUs. The present area *?f M?.yim <HM^ square tulles. So that from IM.'t in lKtSfJ from Mexico, hy arias am) (XJ a great deal more tlinn half ual territory. Qmltthm '1Vt?^L the calculation. la 1N4* w0 split Mexleo In two and took her territory as the spoil ??f Aim) now look at the coin, the half of Mexican territory then ami the half we left to rule. Within 70 years the llfetl^j ; man ? there have sprung up h conquered half of tile orlgUoi | eo great civilised state* in V), ' ; ileraml law a re .supreme am) i ; are free as air; la which oq ! ami agriculture and education i I arts thmrlsh ami vie with th$L j most advanced nations <?{ thtjj i In which there are evident } prosperity, snrlty, liberty i ness; Then look at the terrltorjJ to Mexico rule, that blood unci unhappy land where noi 1s safe and no man's prujierl anil no woman's honor tor laud <Sf lawlessness and ahoundlug in Illiteracy, pa.^, Hot ; a land In which Industry ! irate, labor unpaid and coma merchandising at the mercy thieves ; a land which lias lie credit nor private ? which resembles more In all Ki| a nation of those wretched emphatically designate as ttrj, Ages rather than a natlontf t|tj tleth century. While we are not out for vet it is foolish to say thai the] States must experience all waste for ho puri>use. We hut we further oppose a ? tVduiubhi Reeowf. McLeod & P (Successors to McLeod Grocery) / Heavy and Fancy Grocenes FRUITS AND VEGETABLES '^1 :>A -rl - ? v -s jirjt Fresh Country Eggs Always Kept on PROMPT DELIVERY Phone 205-L Camden, S. Sickness is bad; is worse; but p^ v^,r| worst calamify s f The Mart lias Ate "It never rain? but it pours." It seema thins: happens to a man when' he is BROKE, never come singly." Guard against poverty by some of your spare money in the Bank. Of 1 ries and care the^worstNis poverty and debt. ^ prevent them by the. money you can well a fford into the Bank now. Put YOUR money in OUR bank. Wo pay 4 per cent interest. m The First National Ban , g MkIWof camden, & c. &