Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m CAMDEN CHRONICLE if. I). NHeu lutd ... t m. n. Mrihuvrii ( me**, '"Vi -JJ ./*-? T- ^V PublUUed every Friday at 11(H) No. 1 11 road Wtreet. and (filtered at tin* Cain deti jkihIoIMco dm second class mall mat* ter. Price i*m annum fi.oo. 1+ -?*? Wu are glad to receive comuinnlca t loiis of ii rcaAojiable length. but an ttuportnnt condition of their i ?ut> t l?-a tloii Is (hat they shall In all casta 1m* accompanied by the full name mid exact address of I lie sender, obitu aries, resolutions of rea|>ect, and church "?io(I?m?m will not be charged for. Mat tern of purely a personal nature will ?Oe charged for h1 the rate of live cental m line. Whiskey or patent medicine j tidvcrtlsciijciitH will not be adapted at , any price. Kales for display adver (Islng made known on appllctition. ' ? ? J."'",. JPfe A- - r *- 'V '?*?> A ? Camden, S, December '?!), IHItl. The Olirontele wishes all of Its read fi's a happy and prosi>orous NVw War. Northerner)* who have their automo biles registered In Camden express sur jtriso w hen told thar a tax of only one dollar la required for the Hfe ?>f tin* car. A gentleman from Vermont recently told uh that In hi* state the tax Is $1 per horne-iMjwer |>er year and this fund to upkeep of tfood roads. And they luive uood roads, 'l'ho auto owner* rejj Inter no kirk on lids charge, knowing that the> will gel good highways in re liirn for this tax. The state of Mouth Carolina b neglecting a good opportti nlty to raise a threat road sum that will not work a hardship on anyone. As a rule automobile /owners are liberal spenders ant would not ohjeet to a higher tnr on their ears provided they could got good roads to travel over. We hope our representatives will think this inatliM' over. Two members of Tin* Chronicle force being absent this week the paper is published under ditlleultles. A good deal of reading matter Is left out of this issue owing to our Minall force. wou]?l. i.ualu .leuucst.miL' friends who want to ?et free notices of meet ln^'s and the like In this paper that they send them to us before the last minute mi the day of publication. We publish these notices without any elm rite and it is a pleasure to do so. but when ft is known thai at the last moment <>f going to pj-e.ss ilu- whole force is strain Ing every nerve In handle the mailer that enables us to pay off mil em ployes at the end of the week, we do not think we should he called upon :ii the la* I moment for Tree notices The wle-le stale ejoh e.-, with Culiun bia in her select Lon as a city fur une ? it the Federal Laml flunks. It juwuu iniu h for the capital clt> and lliis state. At ;i conference held in Columbia Frida\ n?an.> of the leading prohibition ists of the state were in attendance. It is eX|H?cted that the next leglsla t lire will lake some Action in regard lu reduction of lhpinr shipped Into this state. The people of South Carolina spend about half their time dcmaudltu: im provements. extensions and enlarge incuts of government service, all of which call for greater anil greater ex peuditurcK of public imaies : and the other. half i : i howling about hiuii taxes If we would make up our minds to be .content with (hilars as I hex are. tie-re f would lie iio need for higher taxes: hilt If we IiihIhI upon tho euaetuiMiit of In wm railing for more am! ntlll more unsleru Improvement*. suob as good ict.ni latter Jalln, reform xehooty; m otter 11 and pfttctem public schools, ia rgcr iti'iiMiiiiiH for confederate soi-j diets and a dojten other |fcrogro?Hlvo iiicumi res, then tax??* must l>e higher, for nil iluw thing* cost money. The | clamor for Improvement* wild tho howl when It come* to paying tho Idll show ji lark i?f hoi i >m ii h well ii h a niggardly spirit. Why cannot the general put* llr, us well an tin* individual. reallv.o that we (-initio! get something for nothing that hi* have lo pay for what we get. that tjhe better t lit iikm wi' do iitn i ii I and I lie more comforts wo enjoy the more w ?? will hiivc lo pay Sumter I inn Homier People Hottest, v I >i-. lllle.N has proved thai the |hm> |i|e of this town live more than honest. Mver.v visitor to his store \\a* ill tracted to the not lee stuck up in a box on out; of the out of the way counters read! iik "Stamp*, help your hi-lf and make tlm, change." It has been Ihe custom for generations for the drug stores t < ? keep stamp* for the necotnodntton of the public af ter postoftlce hours. niid the fact that the stamps were there was n??t a sttr? prise, bul l lit* fact . tlu.it tlie customer was t<> wait on himself and take out wliat In- wanted, make his own change and go his w?) rejoicing. The opport unit \ was a tempting one for any customer not strictly honest for he had every advantage, but, not only did the Itlley I >rug Company not lose anything, hut in the week thiTf they have tried the plan they have con\e otK two cents ahead, Instead of being shot'l changed, some? customer thought that in getting Htamps that way the necessary four cents on the two letters was worth a penny Inter est to the drug store. in*. Klley, being a man with great faith in his fellow man and no small degree of brother love is delighted with the success of his plan tho' it was not primarily intended as a test for tho honesty of the people of the oHy."< ^ - Dr. Illley kept about two dollars In stamps and a dollar in change in the box at the time and the stamps sold amounted to several dollars a day. ? Florence Times. Thd- coining back of the British at Kut-el'Amara recalls an insular char acteristic that has made history. A IH'ople that does not know when it is beaten has warlike capacities that, in the long run. make themselves resjMvt cil -New York World. NOT HIN(i LOST BY COI KTtCSY. May at Times Seem a Small Tiling, Itut It llan (ireat Power. Courtesy Is like oil upon troubled waters. There is au inevitable umount of friction in every-da.v life. Courtesy A'tll UC.es tills? friction to u minimum. The happy outcome of a dn.V's work may easily lie determined by a cherry "<4ood Morning" at its beginning. A knitted brow and a grudging greeting may be harbingers of failure in the day's wprk. In the elevatur, ill (he telephone, at the bench and in the office at ev ery point of contact between man ami man a little thought for tin feelings of others Is m plensanc luhri i-ant In the joints of life. h reduces tin- jar of the human machinery, pro motes good feeling, and adds to l lie world's stock of self-respect. It I" better to request than to oniib iuu:nl. liette.r tu *uiilU> iUuii fi-.i-iy-u better to help than to hinder, even In the smallest things. A eourleou-. man and a couscous wonian furnish the s.-'lt that make; life p- latal le to the soul. Our eoiumou alio. t;;ent of happi ness of contentment, and of the joy of living is all too small. 1 ty robbing those about us of their share we rob ourselves in the long run. Let us add to that share instead < f d -tr-.-n t fvt nn it. 1^'t us revj>eet scrupnlo't ly the small rights of others regard for Ihe big rlghl<- w ill then beeome a matter of habil linen "f t In* World unveiled a monument to the late sheriff Adam I >. Monti at Wlnushoro. Sumlav last To Our Friends and Customers The year just closing1 makes us nflindful of 'lie many bless ings that we have to be thank ful for, and it gives us pleas ure to know that our friends and customers have contribut ed largely to our success, pros perity and happiness. May the New Year bring an abundance of prosperity and happiness to you all is the sin cere wish of ; Yours respectfully, Springs & Shannon CORBETT LOSES THE FIQHTI 1 ' " ? ? , : Many May Think Pugtllit'a D?f?at by Pitaaimmons Waa in tha Natura of * Judgment. zr . .*zz - 3 p If I ware 11 superHtitlou* mau 1 might give undue weight to tha follow ing incident an n bad ouoett. Jtiat be fore Corbett had mot Hullivan wiul while he Waa In training ho bought a eolllo for #10? a wonderfully pugna cious dog, which would tackle any* thing. There was one thing on ?arth that Ned loved, (iiid only oik*, and that waa Corbett. And Jim loved the dog for hlx bravery. Ned always slept at tha end of his master's hed and If any body approached the room he would glvo a terrible growl. In u Word, he waa Corbett's protector. Ned wax Corbett's constant conTpanlon during training for the Hullivan light and went with him to New Orleans. Then he traveled everywhere with his vic torious inaater and made bin appear ance on the stage with him In the training acetic Jn "Gentleman Jack." It was- Ned's growls that nronsed the camp one night when Corbett waa training for the Mitchell tight to tfiol fact that some persons had climbed up next to Corbett's room. It looked- un If they were there to malm or hurt Corbett. In fact, when they were dis covered and shot at, they aliot back. Of course, Ned was the hero of the af fair. When we went to Europe Jim leut Ned to John \V. Norton and he re mained with vthat man until Norton died. ?When Corbett went to Carson he forgot all about Ned. partly, from the fact, I suppose, that his brother JRarry had brought from San Francisco a beautiful full-blooded collie for whom Jim had now conceived a deep affec tion. Not knowing this, I thought It would be a good Idea to take Ned with me when I should Join Corbett at Car bon. I paid Ned's expenses across the continent in the baggage car, took good care of him and anticipated great pleasure In Introducing him to Corbett again. I found Jim sitting with the beautiful collie dog in bis lap. Ned. furiously Jealous, sprang at the throat of the dog who had .supplanted him In his old master's affections, and they had a terrible row until Corbett sav agely pulled them apart and kicked Ned out of the door Into the deep snow. That night Corbett. who slept In a cottage opposite the little hotel where we were training, took the col lie and went to bed, and the next morning, outside of Corbett'a door, with his nose on the sill, was Ned ? frozen stiff! And Corbett lost the fight S*-From "The Fighting Man," by William A. Brady. This Prevents Seasickness. Encouraging tests have recently been made by an eastern inventor with a self-adjusting berth for steamships. In its present form the device has somewhat the appearance of a lawp nr porch swing set In a reclining posi tion, init although It might be em ployed In such capacities it is primar ily Intended to provide a level, vibra tionless bed for steamer passengers. The bunk Is suspended at the head and foot from on angular beam, which in turn, is hung from the cross bar of the supporting frame. The arrangement permits the bed to re main level at all times, regardless of citlfer the longitudinal or lateral mo tions of a vessel. Furthermore, the vibrations of the engines and pro pellers are not transmitted to the oc cupant of a suspended berth. The ap paratus was tried out and commended by passengers and officers aboard a steamer plying between New York and Norfolk. The device is protected by patents. ? Popular Mechanics' Maga zine. Blowing Up a Qun Position. There had been moderate firing all, through the day. but. as often hap* pens, there was now a complete calm. An officer, staring through his peri scope binoculars, called my attention to a group of Germans. They were some distance back of their own front lines and were working under a screea of preen branches. They were evi dently laying steel plates for a ma chine-gun protection. The artificial hushes were almost a sufficient blind, hut nbt quite. At that second there was the burst of a gun back of our lines. The next Instant I saw a tree crash down at the exact spot where twe Germans were working. A wave of black *1 1 rt rose, mixing its color into the white puff of the exploded shell. There was no more machine gun parapet repairing that afternoon. ? T.uelan Swift Kirtland in Leslie's. TEIFKK CONVICTED Young Man Gets Second Degree for Killing Mother. ItnfYalo. X. Yv Dec. -'J .!??;?,! Kd uard Telper. charged with having killed his mother last January, was found guilty of setinul degree murder In to today by a jury whieh had de liberated ITS* hours. The sentence pre -< rlb?'d for second decree murder is a ininimuiii of 'JO years impy.souincut. Sentence was deferrodi The verdict broke ho iron nerve of the young defendent, who thorough ? ?at the long trial has given no sign of emotion. As the Jury 'foreman an nounced tho verdict * fPelper's knees *agg?Ml and he would have fa I. en had he not caught by a deputy. "Oli. my <;od," he shrieked, as he j struggled t.> rise, "this is not fair. This l> not human.'-M In all the balloting up to the last vote, it was said, 11 "jurors had stood for lirst degree muwler. One man, according to report* Odd out against that verdict hecaiUM/tlio evidence waa circumstantial. He could not )>e won jovor and the compromise verdict was | given. gPBPaEBHBSgBBES*? P. " ? i vri <'IK<T'S TRAVSLH BY MOTOR CAK Nfft Stunt for the Big TwiteU Show* Hill tf?ve New Vorfc Next Spring. What promises revolutionise the Cil< tm World I ha I haw boen tile delight <?(' boys and glrla aud to KTOW II -U|M CVCl' hi IICC I In* days 4 ?f AdUlU ami Kve will be the utilisation of the .Motor truck ami automobile. Tin* new State Million DolUii* Circus Cor|>oration ha* recently Ih*?u formed |o exploit a ?*? >111 1 >li*t ? nruiid new Clr cii* entertainment . ^nipping the migli iv Circus in tin ciil I re I y new m.jnlll ? ?? ? 1 1 1 i liai will -la it on its Itd t Ih I i??ur this r>|?riujf ami summer, from New York Cify. utilizing a fleet ?>f one hundred uitd thir:,\ |K?\viTful motor trucks lw?>idos a large number of ph-as ure u.-dug U)*- natural highways for the nmr. ard eliminating outing tin* use of railroad.*. T:ie I " ?? 1 1 t^l Stairs Circus I'liijNirai iofi i- the lirst con iviii in tlii* aiiin.>>iUiuiit field to adopt t \\'?*iit i<*t li icnturv methods. which will no iiouiit |?r o ?.li>llux'l revelation. Tlirn1 Motor Auto Truck** rayge frpin two to three ton.s in weight and arc cquivn lent to a regulation otic hundred Cir ens car show. Kvery piece of circus imijutrty including the advance depart* iiieiit will l>e trans|>orted by motor h lit os manufactured esp<*cially for this monurch of circuses. No longer wlK the small hoy go to h!s l>ed and have his mind centered on the railroad yards waiting for the dawn of the early day to set; the circus come in and usdoad its (Ktrapher nalia hut will in the fu ture look up the main street of his home town and see the mighty eolos.su I pageant reminding one of the Arabian Nights, comng along the main high way under the new order of motor trans]M>rtation. The clreur has seen many modes ami methods of travel, dating back ffom the days of old I>un Klce's elrcus which traveled over turn!. mid up to the present time with hi/x railroad circuses, with their two or three trains of cars. Hut the new method to be employed by the 1'nited States Circus Cor|K>rution in the mode of travel from city to city and state to state will create a new era in cir? cusdom It must be recalled that the motor auto trucks are now moving with vast success the armies in the Kuropea.ii War and have proven a most, powerful weapon. The 1'nited States iiovernment is also using the motor trueks to most excellent advantages as was most recently demonstrated in flie operations in Mc\*-o, ami for the lirst time in history It may be record ed that a monster modern circus will lie completely equipped whereby it can (lisiM'use with the use of the railroads entirely. I (iov. Manning left Tuesday for a hunting trip of several days at (ieorge town. He will he the guest, of Hernard Harm-h at Hobhcaw Harotiy. John J. (Gardner. Confederate vet-1 ivran, died suddenly from a stroke of apoplexy while walking along a street in Manning about 10 o'clock Monday morning. , ' | MONDAY, JANUARY ritor, BEING A LEGAL * ? HOLIDAY, THE JANUARY PAYMENT FOR sit** IN THE CAMDEN BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOC!* TION WILL BE DUE AT THE LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK ON * . > ' .. ..... ..... . Tuesday, January 2nd. It i? not too late to buy Shares in the First Series. JOHN S. LINDSAY, Secretary j A three-year-old child of Mr. and .Mrs. Harvey Orr, of Whltmlif, mis burned to death Friday while playing with fire.. James II. Chandler, a well known clothing dealer of Humter, died Kuudaf morning in a hospital in Baltimore. His death comes less than two months after the death of his eldest daughter, Mrs. Jennie McIx*od, and makes the third in the family within that short IHM-iod. as Mr. K. M. McI>eod died only ten days after his wife was laid to . . . Jim Lawson. tin* alleged muwJewi of Mr. Shuford Ward at his ^ PavAs. Station, was upprehetxJed ^ Hherlff Gamble of Clarendofi co^g while he was riding on a train bttvtt^ Lanes and Kingntree, and was Mr through Sumter Wwlumlay gW while oil his way to the penltajtiuj at (Vjumbia for wife keepty Wta arrested Lawson had quite Vswrf money -on hW person, a iar ffputtf which t? supposed to have hmttia ' from his victim, ? Sumter IlenHL ?* v* s;38j?p? Make This Resolution No1 rnmmmmmmm : ^ qgpm IN .MAKING YOUR RESOLl TIONH FOR THE ?NKW ? ' DON'T FORGET THAT WE ARK ANXIOUS FOR VOL1 TO RK SOLYK TO GIYK US AN ORIJER FOR ANYTHING THK GROCERY LINE PHONE 28 Phillips & Company ?r. i;vfc . Camden Opera House H. L. SCHLOSBURG, MANAGER MONDAY NIGHT, JANUARY- 8, 1917 THE MASTER MINDS OF MIN Price and B onn Greater New Y ork 30--A11 White America's Greatest ONE GLORIOUS ROUND MIRTH AND . PRICES: Seats on Sale at W. Robin Zemp'i