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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE h. d. wiifH i > R. N, McDowell S ,M,mUlu>r* I'uhllnhed every Friday at 11U0 No. UrtHKl street. and entered at $hc C'aiu d%'n puMuillre an HtH'tuu) ulaaa wall mat*, tor,. IMrlco per annum$l.50. ? ? ? ?' ? ? -J^r Wu?j.tyW;* .? ? 70 ; ? ; ? r^WJBET o We are tflaU to reeolve eomnmnlca lion* of a rwltfotiithle length, lait an liupnrtiint condition of their puhllca Hon Ih that they ahull In all eauun Iw aecoiupnuied hy tlw~fil.ll QAAii and axaet a<hlr?*KH of the sender. Ohltu urh'H, resolution* of reapeet, and church not h ex will not he charged for. 'Mat* tern of purely a personal nature will he eh 11 rued for at the rate o( Ave cent# a line. Whlxkey or patent medicine H(iv<>rtis(>in<'iitH win not be accepted at HIT price. II u tea for dlnplay adver MhIiiu made known on application. ? Camden, H. v., January U, 1917. L-L-l? " ' ? ? v. ?Wo hoj>e the matter of paving Main Street will bo it Kit it ted until the clti Kens ilnally get dowh to work. It needs only to be commenced and It will hproad to other streets of the city. Nearly every tjmii in Smith (Tarollna Mum paved Main streets and Cauideu should not be behind her sister towns in thlH respect. It Is proposed to eall an election In Andersen, on the suestion of issuing bonds la the sum of $lj{p,000 for further street Improvement. ' Sumter, Jan. 10. ? The election yes terday on the Issue of $78,000 paving bonds resulted as was expected, In. an overwhelming majority In favor of the bond Issue, the vote being SI for and 0 n <alnsf the issue of the bonds. The city clerk was authorized by coiut Thc city clerk was authorized by eoun <*ll to take the necessary prellnilii'i ry steps toward selling the bonds. Lawson's "leak" stories reminds us of a certain preachcr In the upper part of the state some time ago whoAvas ;roiu? to spring a big sensation about South Carolina politics. The Lancaster News announced in its Tuesday's Issue that it had suspend ed publication, and the planj Is adver tised for sale on Monday. .January 'J2nd. We will miss the News rtom our exchange tabic and hope that "It may be revived. The News started out with ample capital and had the backing of some of the wealthiest men of Lancaster. The policy ?vf the News did not suit sonic of tin- stockholders and the affair was carried to the courts, dually resulting in the papers suspen sion. W. \V. Itradley of Abbeville, assist ant State bank exsyiittrr has an nounced bis candidacy for the ) K>r ition of State Warehouse commissioner, to succeed John I.. McLaurlu, who trans mitted his resignation to the general assembly in his annual message. Want a little wheat. a little oats, a little tobacco, n li-ttle corn and a lit tle cotton. Raise a few plus, a few colts, a few chickens, and you will al ways be able to have a few eggs for breakfast, even when they are worth H) cents a dozen. Of course we know that we are foolish to make any such suggestions and that the front yards and the back yards In Marion eoun ty will be planted in cotton in 1017 ? I nit if some fellows will clip this Ar ticle, paste it on the wall and look It over in 11)20 he will lie constrained to say "The ed was right, after all." ?Marlon Star. J. H. Atkinson, for the past mmi years United States commissioner in Spartanburg, has ri'slgnod. Nassau -Bahamas An ideal winter resort of porfect climate. Large, modern hotels, brilliant social life. Golf, tennis, polo, motoring, fishing and wonderful surf-bathing. Readied easily and comfortably I by first class Steamship ' 'Prince Arthur, " 3000 Ion* j Twict^a-wrrk Mondays and Thartdayt | Jacksonville to Nassau beginning January 8, and continuing until April, 1917. "Reyulai weekly service by steamships "Mexico" and "Morro Castle," between Nassau and Havana and between Nassau and New York. Rail-water Circle Tour ticket! at special rates, embracing Morula res*>rta, Nmmu and Havana via Jacksonville or Key West. Literature nod information upon icquest. WARD LINE New York and Cob* Mai] Steamship Co. . H. C. WENZEL, FUrO. Pm. A*mI ^ FmI of LikotrSt.. JuksiaiBi.rh. '?V: r'tft ?. > ? :;vfv ? ' V\b;t !* W// J.4 - hur^fUTf (ho jcWftlCT'n atio^n : W uetb tug huudsojner than a ^wl uko and it dowdrop. l limy HHy ill At, tlift |UMk?r Of the world hu t iKt.i bin Hlfill with ?00b snowiluko u ml dowtfrop that be sends down. Wo think that tho OHO luochauically coheres and that tho othor simply flows together und falls, but in truth they are tha product of enthusiasm, the children of an ' ec stasy, finished with tlnr artlU's utmost skill, ? ThorstQ. Noed for Consideration. "What should one do," asks t? it voting doctor, "when n patient couiet in and diagnoses hit* own case exact ly?" "Jn such n situation." explalm tho experienced physician, "you must use your befit Judgment of human na ture. If the patient is one Kind 01 man he will appreciate your agreeing with his dlagnoHiH us showing thut h< knows as much us you do; on tlu other hand he may go about and aa> that you dou't Know any more than h< does." * V . J Holfero Chase Rabb'*s. If a new idea of a .P'ttimeytown farmer bocoi ss a fad. tho rabbit dog may be pushed Into tho background. He has trulnud some of his hoifers to scent and chaso rabbits with as much success as dogs, and, indued, cheaper. ? Philadelphia Inquirer. History in Almanacs. It is potuible to tracv in records of almanac". '11 tho c? ???*fos of popu lar belief rid tu'jt.e, r?. v wore pre pared to meet the carr^s ^ox-mrd and to constitute a sy&tetXi&Ua otery of what took placo In aucccsolvo periods and how /kiuwlcdgo lncr#?ipod w'th tho rovoh/ing years. Wo ovro to them most that wo know of the ? er>,> for wlioirytfioy wore made a:.ct vhom they wire imloruud. W?r.te'f tho- Usual Thing. Wouiad n children's party. '*? cy wore IcutoU around tho table being nerved Vjc ere; *i ?p. l caVe. The chll dron woVo ml eating their ice ivaam with tho exH>4iUon of ono ! Ittlo teiiow. I wont over tolTk^und sahj, "Well, John, why don't your>?|fin?M With all Borlousnosa ho sal t: '^'hy, I'm wait ing to* mv meat and potrt^o?*irtfliiat."? bacnnnso. ? Qualities That Count. The man v ho has gen' us without pore*.' veranco may be a rocket, but can nover bo a star; ho that has per3ever anco without genius will bo a bright and steady Btar, but can never be used; ho that baa genius and persever ance will bo tho sun of hlu own sys tem. ? ltev. William Arthui. Apology Due. A certain weekly uays: "We w'nh to V- Mr 3. Orlando Oyer* ok. In our paper la3t weok wo ! a c :.u a heading, 'Mrs. Overlook'B Dig Fx>t.' The word wo ought to have Ubod Is a Fronch wori pronounced iha same, but spelled .ete. It means a caiobra tlon ftttd is eonHidered a vGry tony word." ? Brooklyn E'aglo. In ?! j jinail !own no many in i If - on. lVllI/ulion the rura gentlemen ? ito whoso bunds the caa? of the plaintiff and defendant wai placed woj'e eo stubbornly divided that they wi ''o ;'oino twenty-odd houri in reachinu i? verdict. As they left the court, aftur having renderod thi verdict, one of them vac asked by a friend what the trouble vas. "Waal,* ho said, "six or 'cm v.T.ntid to give tht plaintiff $4,000, and six on 'em wanted ^ to give him $:i,000, so w? split the dif forence an' give him $500." England's Army Rifle. The English rifle. /the Lee-Knfleld. fires thirty-four shots a minute. It Is made in ninety-four parts, involving over n thousand o(>erations. Could Help Her. Fussy Lady Patient? I was suffering so much, doctor, that I wanted to die. Doctor? You did right to call me In. dear lady? Ix>ndon Opinion. , Directly Over It. Bacon? What is that watchmaker do ing at his bench at night? Egbert? Oh, bo's working over time.? Yonkers Statesman "Time is money"? yet lota of people with plenty of time on hand try to borrow money. A Record In Governors. Mrs. Richard Manning of South Car olina had the distinction- of being the only woman on record who was the wife of a governor, the sister of'a gov ernor, the niece of a governor, the mother of a governor and the aunt and foster mother of a governor. Accounted For. Aunt? My gooduesa. Eddie! Why did yon take the biggest apple in the dish? Eddie? 1 was afraid some one else would get iL? Chicago Herald. Cotton Seed. It is estimated that one seed of cot ton. given tli*4 application of all possi ble care and skill, would produce 40. 000.000.000 seeJs in six years. Almost es Bad. Kathr.vn ? I hear that you said 1 was double faced. Kitye? I never did. 1 merely said you were uouble chinned ?Exchange. I ? Conscience Is harder than our ene mien, knows more, accuse* with more nicety.? Oeorgc Eliot v '(ti? NitwMpMpor M. Many people believe that a, newa falln together without work or couierteri activity or pljll). CUw. Me Leo<l, a l'ft^hyterluii minister at I'aa adenu, wav. of the opinion, umj uxk^d to Ih? allow ed to edit at! edition of the Pasadena Star, The edltoj^gladly ac cepted the opportunity t<? go tlahlug, and I ho minister took up hi* duties lu tfcre iiewMj)H|HT pltk'O. TttU In how lie! ft?lt when he fojund himself at mot end of the t4Mk, , which, It III II t bo aid, had been (ioue quit*- er cdltiihly. < "My time is almost up as 1 |h*ii this last line; my iiaud in almost para lyzed ; my bruin In defuddled and I am free to ooufetis that I inn right glad to vacate the holy Hj?ot. Much 1 m il and riot and dlaarray. Such a Jumble of potpourri; it strikes me an the effort to bring order out of diuoH. and to do it lightning quirk. "I aiu reminded of tlio memorable word*. 'The earth wan without form and void, jrml darkness was u|mh> the face of/The waters/. Never shall 1 erltleise newsprti>er men wore, I shall pray for them. They will have my heart'N forbearance henceforth and forever. They are the hardest work ed shortest lived, i>ooreat pahi brain worker* on this weary oljl world of ours." (iovornor Manning will l>c iuaugurat e<l aa governor of South Carolina for the second* time on Jandary Id, at noton. The exerelaea will he held lu tho nail of the house of representatives before the general assembly. T. It. Thompson aged 17 a proud nent merchant of Van Wyck, S. 0., died at a Chariot ttj aanltarlum Saturday af ternoon from a gunshot wound in the head, thought to have been Indicted with Huleidal Intent during a lit of de H|H>ndeney brought on by protracted ill ness. Tfee Huuli Vmu Id Bmlmw, '' dOubtleNS true lliut business ip Inevitably more or letM at a cold-blood ed proportion, aud yet, it seems to bo a fact that those who have been uu successful ate those who have pre ferred uoj: to Is* ho cohbblooded Iki It**' prosecution. ? l'ublle patronage l? a ihkio Quantity* Tbeoa. exists toda.v po variation* in prtfesr- tffattdttrd articles of food, clothing and other commodities H"tl luxuries x#ll it In tut til t ho aamo flirt's ai oiio establish^ incut or lit anotlior, and the who buy me developing lubro ami more ail Inclination i<> carry their dimes aud dollars to him whoao employes uilx something of courtesy ami gr<itfou>ineHs with their alertneaH. Tho human eloi}iout cannot. la> role gated' The smile t^inl tho polite 'Thank You" arc becoming lucmislngly potent as "trade pullers". jtjtiy afe remem bered |>y the man airifl^e woman, ami even the child doea" not forget. The inomoty ellngn througl) tho days and nights, and the utterance Is a magnet which almost unfailingly draws tho customer hack again. tt ptya In doliarH and cents to "ho courteous in thin duy and ttrte. ? Daw son Nowh. 10(1. O. Maun Iiun taken up hl? duties uh solicitor of tho Fftst Judicial cir cuit. He succeeds J. Stokes Sallow who waH appointed by the governor to suc ceed I*. T. Hlldebrand, deceased. The secretary of state lias Issued a charter to tho Comuierical Hank of Co luinhia, which is capitalized at $100, (HK). Ham T. Carter, state treasurer, Is president of tlu> new institution. The child labor act prohibiting all children under 14 years of age working in the cotton miilH of South Otfroliui^ went into effect Monday of last week, and approximately 2,400 children left the mills of the statCw 'i "I'p Halt Kiv?r." *Tp Halt Klver" w*s where uU defcatyd candidates used to ko. purenctly nolssly navigates that i cult and unlucky stream today. '|k term "going up Halt river" in very nearly obsolete, yet for upward of a century und up to a few years a?o It wan the universal way of describing IKtllllcal defeat. The real Halt rlVer la tit KeutUcay. To get Mi miles It ?vlnds around 100 mil Ah. Oneo It w mm tilled with debris audj vtjry dlitlcult for 4?ven a rowl?oat to get up atream. A Kentucklap flrdt coined the political phrase, "Up Halt river." A IHnnocratlc Jx>cdfoco campaign hymn in 1KI0 directed against Tippe eanoe llarrlHon ran thus: : . ^ "We are marchiug up Halt river, a sad and glcnmiy band." Voters gave the lie to that song at the presidential election, "when Tipipo i canoe and Tyler, too," went txmndlug into oiiice. ' The next year Congressman Duncan of Ohio said on the floor of the house, "The Federal imrty has Inien dead for forty years. For forty years It has been rowing up Halt river." l>urlng the war and for several y^ara afterward there were published in Phil adelphia pamphlets headed "Halt ltiver Express," "Halt ltiver Gazette" and "Halt ltiver News." ? Pittsburgh (.{a 'gfttte. Mrs. K. II. Whelchell, wife of a ru ral mall carrier of Gaffney fell Into a' 4 5- foot well Wednesday whilst drawing a bucket 'Of water. Hhe was badly bruised when taken out but her Injuries are. not regarded as serious. Jaiues A. Drake, of Uennettsvllle, is a candidate for the oftlce of Htate Warehouse Commissioner as success or to John I?. McLuurhi who announces that'lie will resign. w. " _ wwjr www ??U" uut, ;jE?tewi?.ss uietnllurKleal expert, attentU tho effect of greAse derived from Hweafc of tho lingers, or from ? sources, lu accelerating the wea coins, which is usually Attributed Unily U+ ..abw*?l<n?, titr Thorns* thHt the futty adds of the Kreaioo 1 a corrosive actljrm upon tbe met a I, l*>r in particular, oVeO If present lit Hinull quantity uh an alloy for or si Ivor, 1m conccrte<l..luto an yi, sterate or other salt. Xlaageu Hinl tho Utrecht tnlnt, found by ana that the airton a broiiae coin cow ??d 1W jH>r cent of cotyper in the i uf powdered compound of the i adds. Wheu tho coin la handled dirt is lu part detached and the undergoes a Iowa of weight. t;ol< allver is uot readily converted salts, hut removing the copper le the less attacked met a In spongy form that offer* little n anee to ahraaloa. In new coins th< pid loss of weight that oecurs 1? d< less caused at first by abrasion, whetiv the Toufcb edges have been moved chemical action may prove t of the flut Importance lu the sue* ing deterioration? Youth's Com i tan - ? ? ' " \ ? ? ?. >..W: A A dog tax law/ making it a ra uieanor to keep a dog on which tax had Uot been paid, would do * toward* Having the partridges aiul er ground nesting birds than tho fc era' license law, or a closed se for a term of years, could lie ex] ?d to accomplish. The' half sta dogs that roatn the couutry in nesting aoason destroy the e?n? young, birds by the thousand, and as much responsible for the steadj crease in the number of partrldg* the pot hupters. ? Sumter Item. Born! A Southern Gentleman! -r It was midnight, cold and dark. The Cal endar told the date ? Monday, November 4th, 1901. They tell me I opened my eyes and blinked in the glare of the big electric lights. Around me were men in spotless white talking in low tones. " K ' I "Jim," one said, "we have been watching for this little fellow for a long while and now he's here." Jim picked me up, looked me over, struck a match and took a long,, deep puff. Then he took another. "Gentlemen," he said,"He is perfect Qual good blood. His mother was a Virginian, his father an aristocrat of the Carolinas. He comes from the v?ry best stock ? the v very sweetest, ripest, mellowest Virginia and Carolina tobacco, and we will raise him right in one of the whitest, cleanest, health iest homes on earth." Even then I was glad all over to hear his words. It is a great thing to, have real * breeding behind you, to know who your folks are. It starts a fellow right. - ; We Folks of the South KNOW good blood. I We Folks of the South KNOW good tobacco i --V . " ' , That is why I just had to have heaps of friends down South here; I want pou,^ Mr. Reader, for one of my friends, and it means a wjiole lot when I sav ? ... v.-- .* ? ... : a. ? ' * 1 I am guaranteed by ^s~/ If you don't like me return, me to your your money back. I have said it* A Southern gentleman is known the world over for keeping his word, and I have given you fnwHV v. ? ' 5 ? FOR THE GENTLEMAN OP THE