The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 12, 1917, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
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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." *
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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.
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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.
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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
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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!
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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. "
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"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
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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 ?
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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
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FOR THE GENTLEMAN OP THE