The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 28, 1916, Image 3
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, Won't Cm* U?rk If Cut
Htwii By (Jr?w ShoriMge.
1'1,'UJM.tl < S. <\, July Itt. --
iriux ib* m <4 July hki
Ut (h* rt,,w average
fi'drt'i* <????" ??*'urly half, Tht?
jit ami Hh* rtuullllon of the pastures
i'oiuinou at that time of the year are
the wain cause# of litis drop *^he
(I Ion generally hlainetl miv of much less
Importance than other conditions. '|\???
real cause is the failure of the animals
to oat sufficient feed. Poor |>a stores,
heat and Hies may al contrllmtc to
this result. It will 1h? (ibher*wl tliat
during the hot weather the cows will
Kr&se but little amt come to the barn
"I Bought Kitchen Comfort
from my dealer when I bought a New
Perfection Oil Cook Stove .
Ask your dealer to tell you why the
New Perfection Oil Cook Stove as
sures clean , even heat and lasting sat
isfaction.
He'll tell you that the long blue
chimney gives a perfect draft and the
proper distribution of heat. That
'New Perfection* 1 means gas stove
comfort with kerosene oil ? no more
coal, wood or ashes. ? *
Fuel cost ? only 2 cents a meal for 6
people.
Saves your time and strength.
Turns on and off like gas."
New Perfections are made in many
styles and sizes. Ask your dealer to
show them .to you.
Look for The Long Blue Chimney
I se Aladdin Security Oil to obtain the
best results in Oil StoveS, Heaters
and Lamps
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
Washington, D. C.
Norfolk, Va.
Richmond, Va.
(New Jersey)
Baltimore
MD.
Charlotte, N. C.
Charleston, W. V?.
Charleston, S. C.
ITS THE 10NG
blue chimney"
Telephones on
Farms at
Low
If there is no telephom. on your
trite for our Free Booklet tif"!
W get Service ?t a^m
pod up. ? ...
A postal will <lo!
Addresa:- ' I
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TtfiWlW COMPANY
at ulght evidently hungry.- To pro
duce three gallons of milk a day a
cow has to gather It "leant UH> or I US
imuiuls of grass. If t !t?' pasture* :iiv
short and the weatlier hot generally
this much grass will not lu> gathered
and soon i ho milk flow goes down.
The Intluemv of these summer coti
ditlotis cannot l>e removed hut may ho
Improved. ? The main thing Is to see
that the cows do not lack food. They
should U' in tlu? imsture at night/ and
during the oarliost. coolest part of tlie
day. If tin* pasture Is short feed silage
or green oro|*s. It Is well known to
all e^perlencwl with dairy cattle that
when the milk tlow goes down once
for lack of feed it is Impossible to
bring It hack where It was before by
better feeding later. To get a hlgli
production of milk during the year
the cow must he kept at a high level
of production all the time. For !hl>?
reason do not neglect the cow*? during
the hot weather and ex|>ect \thetn t*?
come hack strong again when condl
t lolls h?M*ome better in the fall. Keep
them going all the time.
1'KKlliS OF KACIM- UT?S
Alongside of Kailwa.vs \n lohl By
l<4M'omotivf Engineer.
X. K. Smith : ?'* urnri.
Not loll',' itgo, r/hlU? rUUi;;; on the
train with an engineer who pulls the
C hi 4.t t lo Oil ??'?** of tiro f:l:\est J >11. T??n -
"i- i i ll ins in <?cor;:i:i, he iohl me tiie
following story :
"l*lie work of t ho engineer is not
what it Used to be. in addition to
watching the track ahead, and feeling
the responsibility of t h?k passengers,
of the women find children asleep in
the coaches far behind, there now
has come the new danger which more
than taxes every faculty.
"Not long ago I left a mtuln large
city, sitting in tlie cab of a Mi>kiiI en
gine. I had a run of 175 miles. We
pulled out of the station on time. Be^,
hind me were two day coaches, four
I'ullmau cars and the usual baggage
and express cars. Altogether I sup
pose t here were 125 souls under my
direct care. I eased t he throtle open
and we pulled out across the laby
rinth of tracks and woods until we
got into the oiien country. It was a
moonless night and yet there seemed
to be a fair amount of light. I opened
her up because my schedule- called for
about tto miles an houK I felt the
tremor of the giant power beneath
my hand as we spun through the
lights and shadows, over crossings
and through small villages.
"It was not long before 1 was con
scious of a bright light occasionally
in the -highway road which rati paral
lel with the railroad tracks. I took a
hasty glance to the right from my
cab window and saw four men in an
automobile racing with my train ?
racing witli death ? racing for noth
ing racing for mangled bodies pos
sibly. The driver of the automobile I
could see was determined to reach If
possible a small town at the same
time I did. or ahead of me. In the
centre of this town there was a rail
road crossing in which the country
road crossed the railroad tracks. Havv
iiw -these passenger* behind me. some
asleep some awake, mothers with ba
bies. men of business with imiH>rtaiit
engagements to keep, all of this flash
ed through my mind, and I wondered
where my <Tufy lay. to halt and hesi
tate with this train because some idle,
reckless men sought death in front of
my engine, or to go on and keep to
my schedule. I decided on the latter,
and did my duty.
"There is nothing more horrifying,
there is nothing that strains the nerves
of a human lieing, there Is nothing
that makes the heart stand still quick
er. there Is nothing more sorrowful,
more pitiful or more agonizing than
to realize that von have unintentional
ly mangled a human being, snuffed
out a life. Life to me Is serious.
>\ith tons of steel quivering beneath
me. going at rapid speed., a poor, frail
human body stands little chance. I
kept to my schedule. I approached this
town. I saw the car racing on the
road. I could not think that any man
would he so foolhardy as to attempt
to (^ross in front of a fast passenger
train when he knew, could see ami
hear and feel the train beside him. and
yet, just as my train came in sight
of the crossing, came closer to it. in
a moment there was a flash, and mv
headlight allowed the fenders of this
nuromoblle were caught, that human
bodies flew Into the Air. I had my
?and on the air throttle ready to jam
the brakes to the utmost, I did this,
but it was too late. One of the men
was Instantly killed. The others were
mangled, some fatally, some less .se
riously. The automobile was a wreck
and I was almost a wreck, and vet I
had to go on."
This is the story of the locomotive
engineer.
Before he left he said: "I will tell
you one thing more. Each day that I
take out my train, foolhardy men and
sometimes women race witli my train.
They cross in front of it, making nar
row escai?es. Often I see in these cars
women and children, and I want to
tell you right now. if ever my engine
runs into a car where there is a babv
and after storing my engine, find
that a helpless soul has been carried
to the Great lieyand right their is the
last time I ever will pull a throttle
of a locomotive. Right then I am
done." .
The object, of this story is to call
to the attention of the Georgia legis
lature the fact that they could by le
gal enactment do away with railroad
grading* all over Georgia. Each year
the toll of human life grows larger
fiS? A few J*?1* a*? when
the senate waa In MMion a message
waa flashed to the president of the
senate that one most dear to him had
gone. Her car In crossing a railroad
track was struck by a train.
The writer some years 'ago outlined
a plan that would be fair both to the
railroads and the counties through
which they pass, In looking to the
elimination of railroad grade cross
logs, that Is, for underpass or orer
'head bridges, the railroads to furnish
the material of construction and the
counties with thstr convicts to do the
work. This seems equitable and fair
to both parties. The state let this
cotxlltftott remain wfcen It could he
romedled In short order and all grade
crossings g^adosU^- -done -away with
To the a?en and women who drive
automobiles this appeal also is made.
wEbk?' ... - ._ ^ v ;.7;3?=- .
If not for your own wake. for <lod's
sake think of the locomotive engineer
and the live* under him. and when
you f??el (emitted to rmv with a train
and make u crofting ahoad of it, I re
peat. for tiod's sake (Joit't do It,
ItKIMiS THINGS TO LIGHT.
Kvmis Touring Hot Shot Into ('??*
Krt\HMiuiu Front Sixth IMtlriil,
\>
?lames 1?. Kvmuh, editor of the Flor
ence Times. Is a cadhlaty f<>r congress
from the Sixth district. ' Moreover. he
Is .pouring out some hot *Ih?i against
the present incumbent. tho llnuorahle
,1 ^Ylllard Kagsdale. thouyh whether
the> are i ?enet rating tho ikollthal arm
or uf the latter stat ostium wo ?l?? nt?l
kin?w Hagsdnle may bo able to ans
wer li I in. but. even If ho does, tho fart
xlaiul- that a grout many othor eon
gle? men ii ro doing exactly what l-'.v
au- say- Itagsdale did,
Kach congressman Is allowoil Sl'Jo
!????? i ii? >i 1 1 h for a secretary ; hut F.vans
declare- Itagsdale api>olntod as his
secretary hi* law partner, who remain
ed in Florence and carried on tho eon*
gre--man's law practice. It alleys I
thin this law partner. It. F. Whit liny,
"never performed a day's service as
Itagsdalc's clerk lu Washington."
When Whltting retired, .lame- A.
Pet i igrew. cashier of a Florence hank,
ow ned and mauiiffod Kv Willard. was
appointed lo till tho vaeauey : yet since
hi- appointment "he has never eeased
ti? iH'iform In Florence tho duties of a ]
oa-hler. and has never performed any
service ys elerk to Mr. ltugsdalo in
Washington. l|ut Hugsdale still draws
$ 1 'Jo per mouth from the goveriuuent
as Pettlgrew's pay."
Moreover. Kvnns says t.Uttt Kagsdale
fceeured the apiwdntmont of .Tamos II.
Penny. of Florence, to a clerkship I i i.
Washlnuton for thirty days; that Itags*
dale forwarded to the aforementioned
C'a-hler Petti grew tho oath, which
reiitiy signed: that a month later Hags
da hi sent Pott I grew a chock for Penny
for $lm>; that "Penny didn't get a cent
of the $100; on the contrary. $80 was
returned to Olerk Trlmhle In Washing
ton to pay somebody for doing the
work and the balance, $70, was held
by Itagsdale's bank as a credit on Pen
ny's personal note."
i'ven If these charges are substan
tiated by the record ; Representative
Kairsdale can have some defense In the
fa< t that so many of his colleagues fol
low a like course.
1 >ro| >] ting ,1. Willard from further
consideration and leaving him to tho
mercy of the folks in tho Sixth, we
go on to say that a great many con
gressmen quietly jKx-ket $12."> i>er month
allowed tliem for secretarial hire. The
, Hon. Thomas Jefferson Ooollttle is
elected to congress: takes bis wife to
Washington, and ap|K?ints her as Ids
secretary, and then does his own type
writer iiecklmr or hires a cheap ste
nographer at $50 pyr month, and calm
ly puts the rest In the bank for cam*
iMtlgn ex|K?nses In the sweet bye and
bye.
Verily. brethren. here is what a nm
LTt'ssinaii <*;i 11 pull ?1< ?\v 1 1 . If lit' is slirk t
He starts off with a salary of $7.r>00 a
j'.vrar: which Is going pretty go<nl for
a man who wouldn't earn half that If
ho were at work. Ho then slips Into
Ills pantaloon* twenty cents |nm- mile
for ?'very mile he travels to and from
Washington at the beginning ami clos
ing of the congress. He can also put
l?y almost all of the clerk hire- liereln
before referred to ami expressly made
a part of this complaint. He Is given
Mm* free |H>stage frank, which mean*
that he can send out .foO.OOO worth of
free political advertising without pay
ing a cent of |K>stamw He can refer to
it list of one hundren and twenty ar
ticles given members of congress as a
token1' of appreciation by congress, these
articles Including such ne<*essarles as
seltzer. ladles' sewing baskets, bromo
seltzer, corkscrews, cuspidors, clocks
and bull oil. , .
It's a tine, fat job. that of congress
man, and We .don't wonder that those
who get in want to stick to It like mus
tard plaster to human hide. ? Greenville
N'ews.
LEE COl'NTY NEWS.
Notes Reproduced From The Vindica
tor of Bishopviile.
1 "
Ih\* L. II. Peebles was here last
Tuesday aiid said he thought tjie min
imum damage to the crops was l!f? jK'r
cent. Messrs. (!. M. Stokes and J. B.
Hall of tin* taicknow section were al.4o
in our office Tuesday and singular,
their estimate of damage was same as
the Doctor's with little more stress 011
the wor.se side.
Dr. Peebles said t\yo strangers' auto
got stuck <in the mud near Ids home
last Friday and he found out that they
were from Rockingham. X. <*., going
i < ? JSiiwtover.. He got assistance and
helped them out of the bog and for
several hours they stayed at his house
thinking bhe rain would stop. Finally
they decided to turn back. They were
Robert- L. Steele, a millionaire, of
Rockingham, and Mr. Green. an auto
manufacturer.
Mr. Wf-4f. lW?rllt-ld. ??f~ SaroMota,
Fla., nephew of Mr. J. K. Harfleld,
(anie all the way from Sarasota in
his car, a distance of si! 5 miles. He
wan caught in the first storm of last
week that swept over the country from
the gulf coast and had to lie over a
day. He had no further trouble tifl he
reached logoff and broke a spring.
He was eight days on the road. He
says Hie Qfropfi In Georgia are about
the same as hero only the corn is sev
eral weeks earlier. He will spend sev
eral weeks out here with relatives here
and at Hembert.
Big Meteor Fell Near Hoi Springs.
Hot Springs, Ark.. July 16. ? A me
teor, the un bur led part of which Is as
large as a five-room house, fell last
night on a farm 20 miles west of Hot
Springs. Farmers today were afraid
to approach it because of gases and
smoke which still were arising.
Never But One*.
As the stage coach careened toward
tb?r edge of the cliff the tlmM tourist
gated anxiously down st the brawling
stream 800 feet below.
"Do people fall over this precipice
ofteaF* ab* asked,
_ The driver ducked to Ma- broootoes.
"Ko, madam," be returned placidly,
"never btfc on?."-Chrtatlna Herald.
, NKUKO SOLMKKS SHOT.
ItUrk Militiamen Quelled By K**ul*rs
iu Town.
San Antonio, Tex us, July 'J4.- -fc'our
negro sohller*. members of t lie l light h
Illinois National Uuard, were xliot tie
in in l?\ a squad (h tin* u n i that
had i-oiue to tin1 rescue of a white
intin tin- soldiers were attacking, near
the luilitfa camp. Norn* wort' serious
ly Injured, :i 1 1 the bullets striking hi
the legs.
The trouble licgai.i when Herbert ii.
lieu lie. a lawyer of New Hruunfols,
Texas. passed a group of the negro
soldier* in the *lreel. An Instant
after one of them threw a nick at
hiiu. It struck the rear of his ear
Hemic illiiH.'teil his driver to stop and
lie alighted. Ho \%uis met with Invec
tives ami In* ran Into u saloon.
As he ran, Hcnnc chilins. Iu* heart I j
tine of the men call *?nt : 'Voiuc on.
lie's unarmed, loot's get him."
Inside the saloon he shouted to" the
liar tender and his heljier, the only
other oet*i|Miuts of the place, for a>
sistancc, hill they remained behind
the bar, Icavinu Hetitie t?? face the ne
groes, b.v that time crowding through
the tltKirway.
The little group of his assailants
luitl been Increased hy 10 or I r? of the
same regiment when a detachment of
the provost guard of the Nineteenth
Infantry rushed up the street timl
|Nnired| Into the saloon, Ordering the
men to quarters, .the guard began us
ing their guns us clubs. They forced
the negroes out Into Uie ?treot, where,
rttiutuhHHl until tUo . number
was ^ or 80." tlie iiefrot$a turned on
tin' KftttlM. Again they wore told
to move on and fa llu re to oln?y waa
followed by the order to tire.
l'\?M r of t li?> mob wont down, ill
woutmed l>elow the waist lino with
guard ammunition, a light oharge am
munition.
Pronto* of the flood.
('harlot to. N.' (V, July FreakM*
prank* played hy tin* flood of tin* t^a
taw ha river are uncovered an rhe wa
tors rerodo. I toby's bridge, spanning
Sugar creek on a highway loading out
of this ? Hy wj?s carried up stream for
several.: Jiundfed yards and demolished.
tioraldlno Karrar will ap|>ear at tho
Majestic on Tuesday in a plctumatlon
i of tho famous Sminlah story "Maria
( Uosa." rIMUs Is tho third l.asky plo
turo mado hy Miss Tarrar, t.he othora
l holng "Carmen" and "Temptation.** Tho
; cast Includes Wallace Hold and IVdro
[do t'ordoha, Krnent Joy, Anita King,
Horace It. CariHMitor and James Noll!,
it is a Paramount Picture. ? -adv.
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1 1 'opoiulont over tho loan of health
.1. V. Jouos, yoa?V of ago. overseer
i ?>f i In* spinning room at Hluck Mill,
at Anderson. wont to his homo uoar
, tint plant and closing himself In his
room hlcw Ids brains out. A JIM pis
t * ?l was used and tho bullet entered
his right temple l>eat>h was InAtau
to noons.
All crops have been retarded in growth this year on
account of the long drouth, and particularly cotton. ?
And in order to make a good cotton crop we will have
to work it fast and apply a quick acting Fertilizer,
Top Dresser or Nitrate of Soda.
We have a full stock of Fertilizers. Buy the Best.
Congaree Fertilizer Company has the reputation. Ask
your neighbors. n
We have a specially prepared Top Dresser 4-7Va-l?
which we recommend.
We carry a full stock of Farmers' supplies, Heavy
? Groceries, Hay, Grain, Cow Feed, Wagons, Buggies,
etc. Agents for Emerson Brantingham Implements,
Grain Drills, Mowers, etc.
If you want to save money get our prices on Meat,
Sugar, Lard, Coffee, Flour, etc.
SPRINGS & SHANNON
The Store That Carries The Stock.
United States Tires "R" Tread
; AT REDUCED PRICES
30x3 PLAIN TREAD 8.55 NON SKID $8.95
30x3*4 PLAIN TREAD 11.10 NON SKID 11.65
32 x3H PLAIN TREAD 12.75 NON SKID 13.40
33 x4 PLAIN TREAD 18.20 NON SKID 10.15
34 x4 PLAIN TREAD 18.60 NON SKID 19.50
WE HATE ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER AT THE ABOVE PRICE.
ACT QUICK BEFORE THEY ARE ALL OONE. ^
Lewis & Christmas, cash grocers
A watch is intended to tell you the time of day. Unless
it does this accurately it is ^rorse than useless, for it ia
like the man you cannot depend upon. .Many a man has
twenty-five or thirty dollars ti&d up in a watch which fe
worthless when if he would invest a dollar or two for
having it repaired he would' get the full value of it.
Often a watch which does not keep proper time needs
regulating for which we make no charge. If it needs re
pairing our prices are more than reasonable, and our
work is guaranteed.
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G. L. BLA<BWElJll
flWlflT ftftf Optician ^ S. (*.