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I ' THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE Publisher*. Published ever y Friday at 11<H> No. Urond 8treo* and entered at the C/?m dvn |K>atottloo us second class mall mat ter. P|iw per annum $1,00. We are glad to receive Wmmunlea t Ions of a reasonable length, hut ail liii|Hirtai)t condition of tlu<lr putillca (Ion Im that they shall Iii all cases be accompanied hy tlx* full name ami ?'xm i address ??f the sender. obitu aries, i . . ? 1 1 1 ? i . . 1 1 of res|>eet, and church noth'eH will not lu> changed for. Mat tern of purely a personal nature will tie charged f??r at the rate of live cent* a line. Whiskey or i^pciii medicine advertisement* will not he accepted at any |?rlce. Hates for display adver tising made know n on application. Camden, N. ('.. Oct. <>. If Hi. -Mr SV -H -HWtrv 4i . I?m~o4 y**t produced I In* fntinl . 1 1 li < I n \ il^ for pub lic ius|iectiou li ? ? were In his pil lion, we would f ? ? I greatly cmharass ed, having ? i ????-? i i'Miftl i lu* legality of I he !<?? ?-< ? I ;iinl liol being III (nisscssIoii .'i lilt* proof with which I to ) i p 1 1 ?> I ? I hi" po-.it Inn. Why do they, j (whoi'M i ? Hn > 1 may I ??? ? not turn the | atlida \ n> i'HT in hliuV The Advertiser has oiit H'il i" print a reasonable mini her i ?!* I hem and the offer Is ?tai(dlng : open Supporters of Mi>. Ki<-hc\ in i rhe leeent election condemn him .for, i he |M?iilon lie nsujncd at Columbia. Itelle\ lag that lie < 1 it I not have sulll < lent proof on which to Justify It. Are IiIm friends In Columbia going to al low him to remain under the censure ? >f home people when the o|.|h. it unity I is offered to make himself understood? I Why wait?? I?aurcns Advertiser. I Tragic Ih'atii of lloy. Tueadaji' morning while some white hoys were out on the crwk near W. II. Caldwell's place, one of their num iier. Herbert Wells, got on a bicycle and started down n steep hill toward the en*ek. He lost control of the wiieel, landing in the creek on top of a rock. which struck him In tlm ab domen. This happened about P o'clock in the mornilig. That afternoon he consultiMi a physlc|au but did not seem to be badly hurt. That night, when some members of the family wanted to sit up with it im he. told them to go to IhmI ; that he was all right. The next morning about o'clock they dls covered that he was dead, his death being due to internal Injuries from the fall.? Hock Hill Record. James Hftftalns. covored, was arrest ed In Columbia, last week ou the charge of killing a negro lit Hlchmond. Ya. ITe admitted the killing; and re lurited t?? Virginia without mpllsltlon. .loo (inluey a young boy, rescued Miss Hertha Lockany. aged ir?. from drowning in llot Water branch near Columbia, Friday. The girl had none down two or three times when she was pulled out, by the boy. W. J. Heekhani. formerly of Colum bia. was drowned in the Coosrtw river near ( ieorgetow n. Friends o? the Hon. W. F. SL/ven soii say he will make the race again two years hence for Culled States Congress. and this brings to mind the assertions made by the friends of Mr. I'M n if- y during the recc(rit campaign that if he. Fin ley slnmid be elected this time he would not run again. - i 'best ertield*, Ad vert iscr. Whopper* You Hear Kverj Day. Yes. sir. your train is on time. "Coolest s|?ot in the mountains, no flies, no niostpiitoes. "It weighed :>n pounds and was at least four feet long. "Absolutely guaranteed for twenty five years. "I'll be detained tonight on import ant business, in'dcar. "Now $11!. IKS; worth ?'St. "Owner Is selling on ,a? ?? mint of ill health. "There was no hurry, old man: I'd forgotten all about lending ,\oii that five. "I'vje run it five thousand miles -without a single puncture." Colum hla "HTaTe.~ N. MfHewell rugs Prescriptions Toilet Articles We carry at all times a complete stock of the articles usually found in an up-to-date drug -t store, and will appre ciate an inspection of our several departments CLYBURN DRUG CO. Phone 73 ARGENTINA LAND OF LUXURY. ttElfe ,.4n*rJ*n Cwnlrv A.tmo?t Ranks in Riches With its Great Neighbor, Ths United States. Like <?'?' KuuUxh colonies which became our L'nltcd States, the "United Provinces of On* Klo de In Plata," declaring their liulepeqdence on July I), Ihict. hud to make K?><>d (ti?*ftp as sertions hy a long >v?r. Tin* Argen tint* struggle lasted fninn 1817 to 1824. It was not until TH42 that Spain cou ceded to Argentina h??r freedom. llavlug achieved liberty by their arms i ho Plotu provinces fell apart ii iid were not brought together until i 1HI11. when lluenoH Ayres, Kntre Klos, Cori'lentjf* un^ ,$ft*da Ke agreed upon h unlvn ^V'dW/tlwjr invited the 6ther l?r Vvl ices to enter. Anarchy wan the answer, There wan no stable govern ment until some time after the adop tion of a Constitution In 18f>!l, for Huenov Ayres repeatedly refused t?j accept the document. Argentina's pres ent prosperous estate Is the work of tfyo last ."W> years. Her growth may lie said to have paralleled ours since we emerged from the wastage of. our civil war. llo\v great that growth has been In better indicated b.v trilling details than In-*- impressive statistics. In Huenos Ay res scrubwomen get $'t a day. The fee for membership in a well-known club is $1,500. The nieinbership Is not small cither. Travelers leaving Huenoa Ay res sometimes Journey a whole day on an express train without once los ing sight of enormous herds of graz ing cattle. Tn I .a Prensn the country has a newspaper with correspondents In till parts of the world, from whom It receives, at the cost of heavy cable ttills, despatches that fill thfc-ee pages daily. The Argentine has replaced the North American as the personi fication of ipdlmlted riches In Euro pean eyes. Ills Is the country of mag nificent earnings ? and of equally mag nificent prices as well. * How vexed the old Spanish con qulstndores would be were they alive to-day at the pastoral wealth they overlooked here. In their view the only wealth was solid silver and gold; they exulted In the dross of Peru and left the region of the La Plata td shift for Itself, having found that the Parana and Paraguay rivers hhl none of the silver that tho early explorers had dreamed of finding. But this very neglect whs Argentina's good for tune. Her colonists were ^eft to de velop the country for themselves; when the wars of the Liberation came they found few sentimental ties to bind them to Spnln. nnd they pos sessed already the spirit of self-help' necessary to Insure the future of their j country. Sell Historic Jail. The old Murray county (Oa.) court j house and jail, have' Just been sold at | auction for each. The county hoard j of education was permitted to 'hid them in that they might be offered to state for the establishment of an indus trial branch of the University of ( Jeorgla. Spring Place, fallen Into decay since the railroad was built three miles away, was once one of the famous re sorts of Georgia. In the old Jail, dis used since the county seat was re moved to Chatsworth some time ago, there is a cell where once was con fined John Howard Payne, the author of "Home. Sweet Home." who never knew a home of his own. Payne, tradition says. wasMirrested at Koss Landing, the site of Chat tanooga, for sedition In connection with the removal of the Cherokee In dians. While a prisoner in the Spring Place Jail, he heard the soldiers on iruard outside singing his own "Home, Sweet Home." His sweetheart, an Ath ens girl, finally succeeded iu liberating hi in. Costly Newspapers. A. BeLgIan: banker, who has been permit tod by the German administra tion to come to Paris on business connected with relief work, states that the chief luxury of life 1 11 Brussels Is the purchase of 1-ondon ami Paris Newspapers, which can be had easily If one will pay the exorbitant .price demanded. The t linos of London Is worth $0.40, The Temps of Paris $4.40, the MHtln of Paris $4, and the other French papers $3.00. The penalty for being caught with one of these papers Is not severe and Is usually not enforced against persons of good standing, but the penalty for the agency which dis tributes the papers would be very severe. The German officials have had no surress In running down the dis tributors, so it Is thought that per haps Gorman soldiers have their hand in It. for the profits on a couple of hundred copies of The Times each day are considerable. ? New York San. Robins Travel by Train. When a boxcar was pulled Into this city the other day for repairs It wad found that a robin had built her nest under the car and had hatched three younsr ones. When the oar was ptishM on the repair track the mother bird flew a round greatly excltcd and could not bo driven away. The men searched tho car and found the nest. They put the nest In a small box, cut a hole In It and nailed It to a post. The mother bird took possession Im mediately and Is feeding her younff numerous times dally. ? Vancouver (Wash.) Dispatch to Seattle Time?. - - ? ? p Furnishing Needed Dyes. This country's demand for crude dyes Is being met in part by greatly Increased Imports of cutch from Burma. - _ _ c6>1K OfT FOK W1L80N. Itl Hept. MO.? A jiolit lea I sensation was caused today when, on flic* ovu of t !i?* visit of Charles Evans Hughes, 4 ? V> Johnson'of tbu City ii nd 11. R. Emlloott of Hiwdon, vrtio OWUM tl?H 'largest sJlOe factory 111 tin* wor\|l Issued u statement fttvprliiK tho re-election of President Wilson, Mr. .Johnson litis been known us u Ilopuh Ihuii in tlitt past. ThO statement Is a , follows : As we have been asked frequently how wo feel as to I lie < "outing Prwrt (h'ntlal election, wo are pleased to make the following statement, , Wo shall vote for Wilson, We be lieve Mr. Wilson deserves well of Ills country. Ho has handled the foreign situation with lino courage and ro luarkahlo aldllty. lie handled tho ro cent railroad crisis In a mastorly until nor. Wo hollovo ho took (ho only im>s slhlo moans to avoid a strike. iio has earned and deserves tho confidence of tho people Ho has attended strictly to. iiio business t?f - jrtr^rriunoni. ITc Is not wasting t lino criticising other candidates, hut Is attoudiuu to tho hus Inoss that tho people employed to at tend It. As a matter of interest to this com j niiinit.v a few tltfures are furnished, I Jail. 1, MM 1. we employed (1,21)1 | km ? pie; Januar,\ UM5. wo employed 7. 2N0 people; Jan. 1. MHO. wfi employ ed ft, 704 people : Sept. L'K, MMti, we employed- 1 1.7(1* people. At the present rate of Increase, Jjm I, MM 7, wo should employ 12,000 jk'o pie. Percentage of ineroase from Jan. 1, MM I. to Jan. 1, 11)17, 105 per cent. We believe the re-election <"?f Presi dent Wilson and t lie return of the present administration to power, will he hesf for ttie country. It means an other four years, under a wise, faith fnl. and patriotic President, ( In making Mils simple statement it Is not <air wish nor {bought to urge any of our employees n? vote against their own convict ious. Wo yield to every employee, the same right that we claim ourselves, namely the right to vote their own i>eVsonal convictions Milt if tills statement of our own be lief In tine pees the Vote of others, in favor of the President we shall lie pleased and gratified. 11. It. End loot t. / ( > eorgo F. Johnson. Endieott, Sept. 28. 1010. Fire at the Atlantic Coast Line sheds at Hartsville Wednesday morning de stroyed property amounting to $40,000 1 xaig staple cotton valued at $21,000 was included lu the loss. Lyman Martin, a prominent young farmer of Cherokee, fell 50 feet Into a well while putting a concrete floor around Its mouth, and was seriously injured. ?Ebb CJnllman, a negro about 30 years %dd killed his wife, IA'az le, in Newber ry county last Saturday ixvause the woman did not have supper ready at the ^Ime he thought it should be. The slayer later surrendered. Miss Ina < Meson, supervising teacher of music and drawing in the Rock Hill city schools, who lives In Big Rapids, Michigan, drove her little Saxon roadster through from her home to that city, arriving there the morning i>f the sehool opei i i ng. The distance ?,;ts l 7 miles and she made the trip in 10 days, using 70 gallons of Lrnsuline. She. was accompanied by her friend. Miss Cert rude Win Ant wept. who teaches in Indiana. The trip which carried them through about a dozen states 'proved a most enjoy able one. with no mishaps, to i tar it and the youiiL' ladles arrived in K>?ek TIUI fresh as daisies. Issue Silver & Cofn|?iiiy have pur* chased a two-story brick structure oil Main Street in Columbia from ( Joorge R. Norris for $75,000. They will sjioiul more than $25,000 in frtterations and' Improvements.. A. J. Jones, a well l:nown ami high* ly esteemed farmer of Timial. Sumter county, died at his 'ionic Sunday iimm* Ing after an Illness of the weeks, fol lowing an attack of apoplexy, aged, about 55 years. I >r. William K. Crltlin. a promi nent citizen of Marion, is dead. MR. JAMES' CONVENTION. The call Issued by Mr. W. A. James. "of TOshopvlTIe, for a State convention of tlie members of what lie denomi nates the Reform faction, to be held In Columbia October 18th, has been the cause of considerable surmise and: speculation ns to the puri?oso of the proposed convention. Some have ar rived at tho conclusion that the con vention 1r the preliminary step toward a bolt from the regular I hMiioeratic organization and for opposition to the i nominees of the party, lending logical dy to ;i coalition with the Republican part\ and an api>eal to the negro vot?v ' >t hers arc more charitable and arc <>f the opinion that fhe pro psed convention is nothing more se rious than an exhibition of disap pointment and soreheadednoss that will result in nothing but talk and perhaps an effort to jwrfect a stronger Blease organization by fanning par tisan feeling and bitterness. Hut sur mise and singulation lead to nothing and no one, save those- in the con fidence of Mr. James and his associ ates. knows what are his alms or what lie Iiojh's to accomplish by his projK>se<l. so-called "Reform", conven tion. However, the fact that Mr. James is sponscr for the pro|K>sed conven tion, lias received recollections among the older men of Sumter and Lee counties of an occurrence incident, to the election for delegates to <jrhe Con stitutional Convention of 1895, at which time Mr. James bolted and? not only refused to supfmrt the regular ticket, but was a candidate on a mix ed white and negro ticket. As we recollect the circumstances, Mr. James and some other irreconcilable Reform ers bolted what was known as the "Peace and Harmony" convention, com pased of both Ktraigh touts* and Re formers. and refused to support the ticket, nominated by this convention for delegates to the constitutional con vention. .The ticket named was as fol lows: Judge T. H. Fraser, K. I). Lee, .1, II. Scarborough. Straightouts, and Shepherd Nash. K. P. Stack house and ( Jeo. I'. McKairen, Reformers. The convention nominating this ticket was held as the result of the desire of a majority of the members of both fac tions to j>ut an end to the factional strife and bitterness that had raged in Sumter county without cessation from 1S5H) up to that time. The Straightout faction was in the majority in Sumter county and there was every reason to believe that a full Straight-out delegation . to the Constitu tional Convention could 1* * ejected, but it being the wish of conservative men of both factions to allay the bitterness that had divided the coun ty for tive years, an agreement^ was made to hold a "peace and harmony" convention, and to nominate a combi nation ticket, each faction to have three representatives. The convention was held and the plan was carried out; Init notr w 1 Lhont" opposition "and a prolonged wrangle In the convention, j Air. James was one of those who fctood out against the peace and harmony program and, he ami others refused to abide by the action of the conven tion. Later a caucus of the opi>onente of political peace and 'harmony ill Sumter county whs held and a ticket was put out in' opposition to the nom inees of the convention. A little iiJ it leaked out that a trade had b? framed up with the negroes and I mixed ticket agreed upon. This tick at was as follows: W. A. James, o Uishofrville ; James E. DuPre, of Pis gab. I). E. Keelfc of Lynchburg, aw Peter Thomas, of Atkins, whites ftfl W. T. Andrews, of Sumter, and R. I Richardson, of Wedgefield, negro* I'll is ticket was run in the election fa delegates to (VmstltQttOnal Oonra tion, but was defeated, the tick* headed toy the late Judge T. B. FrastJ father of Associate Justice T. J| Eraser, l>etng Elected by a - substantill majority. .. Ail this happened . twenty-one ago, and, writing from recollection,! is difficult to give all the detail*? the occurrence, but the outlines aboj given are substantially complete aifl correct. Those whose recollections go tj> 1875 are ? wondering, in vie** Mr. James' action at that time, er or not he will undertake once <?? to make _ a trade with Jfre and put out ft mixed ticket in opp^ tion to the regular nominees Democratic party. Personal!!' J? James is an estimable citizen man wfoo Is generally liked spec ted, but politically he JjT to unaccountable vagaries. T no predicting what he may do least, try-to do, in a political ? Sumtetr Daily Item. AND Lady Brass Band In A New Song Show With 1 2 Song Hits "LINGER LONGER LUCY" I J Better Than a Minstrel Show, Elaborate Scenic Production The western sisters The Funny MlfF pi V1MW Fun and ] Nicodemus vJLi 1 I ill laughter * " v. 1 1 WATCH FOR THE BIG STREET PARADE I ? ? . ? . v--^i Seats on Sale at W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store. Prices 50c, 75c and $1.00 ; CAMDEN OPERA HOUSE Friday October 6th, 1916 Columbia, 8. C., Sept 28, lW* l)KAli SAMMY: u } jfcjL-Si As you have ik >f heard from me In ? ju i t ?? a while I thought 1 would drop you a line or two and let you know how I am getting 8 landed in 6olumbla a few Mays ago and 1 think I will stay here ? I like this place pretty well. They 'are going to have a Jubilee in October all you hear is Jubilee and State Fair. Last year they told me there were about 130,000 visitors here and it was the biggest frolic ever had, that i* why everybody is using the slogan, "Frolic Time in Carolina." They are tfeing to have a queen and ali that sort of stOWr^^ street Iwlls, and wjfen it comes t?? the shows on the streets they tell me that they are pippins. It won't cost a cent. All you have to do is uj> and gaze. , . , . ' , One fellow told me that the parade last year was over a mile long and he said that it would l>e twice that long this year. They sfe lug for 200,000 visitor s this year and 1 certainly am going to l>e here for the frolic. Be sure and write me at once If you are coming so I can get a placc for you to leave your >rrip. You won't need a place to sleep. We will be too busy frolicking. ' I have been invited to the queen's ball and I sure am going. They tell me that it is going to be the finest ball ever held in the State. I saw the photograph* of spme of the tioats -that were in the imrade last year and they certainly were swell looking ones and this Jjgj' they will be better. In a lot of the store windows they are commencing to put in* Harvest Jubilee colors. I really believe this burg has 4 up for they are certainly working hard to get in all the fun they for one week. ' - -?' ??- -..f T don't see how I am going to see all the shows at once, because Ihey are a block apart, but they will be running til (he time an ? hang unwind each one of them tujee what is going to happen. . - -- -- ^ I like to look at parades and they tell me that they are going to have five during the week. The farmers jxarade, I the biggest agricultural parades ever held. The whole agricultural department of Olemson CVrtlege. floats from a couple of packing no?**^ eries. all the fine live st oek. pig clubs, ete.. will lyMn the parade, besides that there are a whole lot of farmers who are going to be in the -fr^^ witb lb m ts, showing what they have raised on their farms. These fellows an* competing for prizes. - "if*?" ; ^ Another thing I^have heard a lot about that I want to see is this open air dancing. It must l?e flue Just to get out in the street able to dance a whole bloek. I know you can count on me being in it. I guess it makes a fine sight to see a whole street all lighted up a"*1 ^ orated and the street smooth and nice, with a couple of brass bands playing ? why a crippled man couldn't keep from darning, njqcft|jy ** .... there will be nothing doing when It comes to skating, although I ptpprt tp fce on hand to free a Tot pf fglloao the crowd I saw picture* of the < ;ui<iidates for Queen. Oee, I didn't know /*> many pretty girls^ln Sooth Carolina. It will be hard to the winner. I am glad I got an invitation to the Queen's ball because they are making big preparations for the entertainment j*- r.f||jSg9 Olve my best regards to Jim and Aunt Ix>u. I hope both of them will be able to Ik? here for the Fair. I know the dancing would do rheumatism a world of good