The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 06, 1916, Image 4
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-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.
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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?.
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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"
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Better Than a Minstrel Show, Elaborate
Scenic Production
The western sisters
The Funny MlfF pi V1MW Fun and ]
Nicodemus vJLi 1 I ill laughter
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WATCH FOR THE BIG STREET PARADE I
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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