The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 26, 1917, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
II. I>. NUm and /
B. N. MeDtwrM > PoMMM*.
Published ?very Friday at 1100 No.
Hroad street, awl entered at the <>iui
ivn pg^oltlCd as wcond class matl mat
tipr, P*4<? |km' annum si ?<?
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We are glad to retire commtudoa'
tlons of a reasonable length, but an
important condition of their publica
tion In (hat they shall In all casea bo
accompanied liy the full name am)
exact address of tho sender. Obltu*
"arles, resolutions of res|>ect, and ehnrch
notices will not In* charged for.
ters of purely a personal nature will
ne charged for at the rate of Ave cents
m Hue. Whiskey or patent medicine
advertisements will not lie accepted at
Hiiy price. Hate* Air display ndver
italng made known on application.
Camden, S. C., January 20, 1017. 1
? The l^ancaNter News was sold at
public auction on Monday to Mr. <\ I'-,
Jones and Ids assts'lab's for gO.ftftfl. It
is cx | kh'I <?< I that the News will resume,
publication at an early date. ,
J ? *.
Whether it will ever amount t*? much
<*r not tin1 continued slush and mud <?n
our street* has at least not the public ?
to talkluu paving. Other towns have'
submitted the question of paving
llie voters and we think (he | tropic nf _
< Vt ui< lei i should he ulveu u chance to
nii\ whether they want it or' not
An exchange reports that an In
diana preacher went to sleo.p while
a collection was helng taken up. but
adds that the collection was for tlic
singer and not for the preacher (Jreen
wood lournal.
A vvVanan with u secret Ik lust about
as eycer to keep It to herself as a
man with a plugged dime ('hiirlotie
( Hiservcr. i
'Mir idea of total depravitv in laan
is one who will stoop so lew as to
steal a Kuril a utomohle. Yet a man
did that very tiling recently over in
Newberry. according to the Observer,
says the l'ickcns Sentinel.
York cou u t \ has awarded the con
tract for building i> bridge between
Kheiie/.er and Fort MilJ to tho Virgin
ia IJirdge and iron (!o.. of Itoauoktu to
he huilt nt .-I cost of $12,-1' Ml.
Interesting.
The news item that Kvangellst .Vic
London "will not run for governor
two years liencc" is interesting to
most folks for the reason that they
had no idea he had ever considered
such < tiling. Mr. Mcl.cinloii 1 a t ? I
last summer that he voted for Mr.
Mlease for a Ihiril term as <?ovcrnor
and that he would give Ids reasoi .<
after the prjmary. He also said these
reasons would shake the state. Not
uaving observed a shake, it is t< he
presumed they " crj- never given
' I reel i win >< I index
Zanzibar** Exit*.
The dethroned sultan of Kanztbar,
A iti h i i >i inn.. n< I, who now llvaa in
Parla, la a pensioner of the French
government. He claims to be a deaceod*1
tint of Mahomet. but he has, it la
feared. In hla new environment, ceusod
to be a truly good Mohammedan. I(r
In called by Mm Intimates Kaschld,
which Is Intended to hint that llk?* Ilur
ottn-al-]<HK? hid, of the
Nights," he Im not uverae to nocturnal
ad Venturis among the infldelM of Tarla,
i hat Ih, to what Is known In plaiuer
Kngllsh aw "slumming." In order to
Krallfy his personal taste while In some
wort paying homage to the tenets of
the prophet, It Ik said that when he
seals filinNcI f at table, he Ih careful to
place the koran beside hlK plate and
with eyea turned skyward he murmur*
to Arabic: mO holy prophet, may thy
koran protect me!" after which he !??
ilulffeH to IiIh heart's content la wine
and |>ork chops. I
Original Home of Welshman.
} Jutland whs probably the original 4
home of oiir Kymrlc ancestors as well
as (at a latef period) of Home so- ?
called Huxon Invaders. It was peo
pled In classical times by the Gimbrl,
Identified by ethnologists with the 1
Gymry, or modern Welshmen. The
Germans magnanimously declined to
annex Jutland with Sehlegwlg-llolstein. '
It wan j hen considered a worthless
waste of moors, snn I dunes an'' J
marshes. Rut the industrious Danes
?
have transformed what one Kngllsh
traveler styled "a Godforsaken wilder- ,
ness" Into the most prosper him pas
toral country of western Europe. ?
Westminster Ga/.c) te.
German Women Workers.
Women workers In Germany are
proving ,ji success as substitutes for
men at the front. !t Is helloed that
the t ruining now being obtained by a
large body of women la work ordinar
ily done by men In factories, oftlces, j
banks, etc.. will be valuable when j
peace is restored in bridging over the
effects of the war on various German i
industries, enabling them to reach nor
mal conditions more rapidly.
Promises. j
. "Of course, you try to remember '
your proMises?" !
"Yes." replied Senator Sorghum. "I
try to kce|$ttrack of them pretty close- j
ly In order to avoid promising the i
same thing to people who are liable
to compare notes." I
Counsel Disdained.
"You shouldn't allow the lit tie things
of life to disturb you."
"I don't know about that. A gcrui is .
fjiout the littlest thing 1 know .;f."
Give Them Their Due.
A great many men are blamed for
idleness when they should be praised
for not getting in the way.
' ' WTBiOTiWii fMMTTlgBjgMin^
disreputable |iu?Uicm*. I have atiftlclent
evidence to show that nothing Iohh than
l?w will regulate tbeui. Thin charge
Includes the Kdltor of a prominent
fraternal publication ami a "Ucvcr
end" itcntlemau who is Interested In
this business tiuamiaiiy. Thf. last
iiauifii sajTH he would not gf^ti the
??^mp of my linger" for the l/(v?**tlgu^
tb ?ns c^f ill! honest physicians and *U
peiinbJndeuis of tulMrouloidM sauitor
i it ut -? i{|f?atod In this country and <kwi
adu " '.ii. in. ? the ||K#Ull<)p^ of tint
??cure" above referred to.
It is no exaggeration to ntufe tbat
If all tin* mouey sj>eiit within the punt
y? ni for t hose "toil left'' wan now in ttio
Si, tic treasury there would lie sutliclent
fin* !*t to establish a State Sanitarium
for the Helen t Ilk* can* and euro of tuber
culoids and perbapH pay o| derating ex
penses for some time. It is the crying
>hamo of our State that such mi in
stitution is woefully lacking, tho, lie It
r.i.il to her credit, there is a sane
Hlort how being mudc in this direc
tion
What States lead In the death rate
of tubcrculo&is? Not In the fvufctui
state's of the north and northwest but
South 4 'n roll n a ; ca lifted not |>>vllmate,
but principally from ignorauce, poverty
uml neglect.
It Is the privilege and duty of every
citizen to urge the passage of this
measure recommended by Mr. Watson.
W, F. 2MU?tU.
llalhvay Po?tal Clerk.'
HAM BRIGHT PROSPKCTS
I npm-rdrnted lYosperlty Is the Prom
ise According to Forecast.
The following is rejiorted from The
.Manufacturer's Record :
The New Year opens with the pros
l?cct for h long period of unprccedent
?m| prosperity tibroughout the South
With over 000.000, 000 coming In
to this section from cotton and eot
r > *n products, with the assurance of
oi'diitable pricey for this year's crop,
with diversified agriculture' making
splendid i?rogress as typltled in tho
many mcat-pucking house^.- going up
ill over this section? a new Industry
? ?I incalculable importance- ? there is
the assurance of great agricultural
prosjM'iity.'
To this may he added the amazingly
rapid growth of early vegetable and
citrus and other fruit culture which
now tnxi^s the railroads as tomatoes
and strawberries and oranges and
u'rapefruit move northward in ever
expanding volume ro l>e followed day
l>.\ day by vegetable shipments from
Texas. Louisiana and Arkansas, and
then the < 'arollnas and other States
as spring weather moves northward.
Industrial activities And expression
in cotton mills ii iid iron and steel
work, and in coal mines and coke
'ivms, all of which are more fully
i ni ployed at prolitahle prices than ever
I H'fore.
Kailroads are overcrowded, as in
ill other sections, and great railroad
expansion is inevitable.
i pon good roads the South is si>end
iug $."10,000,000 a year, and still larger
sums are going into street building and
i 'i her munieipaKioaju-ovements.
Shipbuilding is bef^iuiiog " recog
nized Industry, and while one Virginia
PATK.Vf MKDICIK'R FAKKK8
?
ltftrk up C'?mmt*?ion?r W?4?un (? (M
Rid of Them.
-f* ' -if*" ? ?
To Hie, Kditor : I deslr* to Htrttfa
th? attention o f (liO people of thl*
Statu on the Importance of hacking
mi c< >01111 Ksinucr rl 4. W^ttfon U? Mh
recommendation to the Cleucra) As
seinbl.v regarding flu* fraudulent
'ittTre-uUrt thai have for uiany years
flooded t<H* State. but have rjs-ently
engnlfod it. > Siuee prohibition has
mndc some bea?hvay these fraud* have
taken up the liquor trail In disguise
and we Hud a lot of glowing testimon
ials t ?? their wonderful healing quali
ties given by a number *?f nou-suiqavt
in# prohibitionists. It in a well known
fHOt that1 the hum* <?f most of tb<*He
patent medicine* In alcohol : many of
them containing fr<?ii? sevent?Vn to nlue
t?s>n jx-r cent. A drinking man will
"tank up" on aouie of these "tonhV
whpti he Is unable to swuro the gen
nine article. .
The most ulnrndnahle cold-blooded
filature about this business Is it utrikejt
the man already down. Iustrad of
going to a reputable physician for k
careful diagnosis and getting proper
adviee and living up to it, he In told
to take the wonderful remedy that has]
cured thousands that have suffered as
he und have been miraculously cured.
He heglhs the remedy : gradually in- '
creasing the dose, and when the seven- 1
t < h *i i to nineteen per cent, alcohol
speaks we have another wonderful ten- j
tlmoijlal added to the long list. After,
s|vndiug quite a sum of his ncanty
cash, he probably discovers his latter ,
condition worse than the former. (
and then hunts up the real physician
and helps the physician financially a
hundred-fold i?erhaps over and above
what would have been required had he
ncgleepsl so great a "??ure" In the be
ginning.
There has been hundreds of "Con
sumption I'nrcv" -if t)ds t y | h ? exploit
ed In this iMMintr* with'n icctait yearn
There is an old ?<?.*? ?r. In r* i remedy, thu'
has recently .had Its day In.eoprt ami
has been eonvicted of fraud and lying.
Thi> i" the usual record of many of
these remedies after they have filched
i he i M?ek<'f - of the poor ignorant,., sick
many years. This company has ap
I >ea led the ease to ffhe Supreme Oouft
oil f he grounds that they did not violate
f he law I iy lying on the wrapjn'r with
In the paekaifc and around the bottle,
but compiled with the law hv not ly
ing on the label pasted to the liottle.
The trurfl is tlicy lleil within flie-bot
fie. They are today plying their blood
sucking t rathe in hundreds of thousand
of fraternal, religious, daily, weekly
and other jieriodlcal publications
throughout tlie length and breadth of
this country. They are reaping the
coin from the very hopeful, but noiic
the less, doomed consumpt ive. W>
should here inters cue with the drastic
law recommended by Mr. Wafson an<l
forever free our sick from the cold
blooded grasp of these damnable
w r?*f chcs of hades.
For four years I have tii'ade it';:
kiml of bohhy to keep in touch with
rhese frauds and I' find fraternity,
conscience, character and (' iristlanlty
have ver\ little effeci on the moral
of the men directly concerned ill t li 5 -
OF ALL. KINDS
WE HAVE OPENED A LUMBER YARD AT THE
OLD DAVIDSON LUMBER CO. PLANT AND WILL
CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF ROUGH AND
DRESSED LUMBER. DOORS AND SASH, MOULD.
1NGS AND A GENERAL LINE Of BUILDERS MA.
TERIAL. LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES BEFORE
YOU BUY.
1 ' 1 " 1 ?'
yard leads with over $50.000, OCX) of
work under contract, other yard*, all
the way down the coast to Texas, are
finding that work pours In upon them
more rapidly than , they . ran provide
facilities to handle it. .
Hank vaults are bulging with money
as never before. The spirit of thrift,
as voiced in savings deposits is stead
ily growing.
The eurse of the liquor traffic with
its fearful toll of sin and doatth and fi
nancial loss, i.s being gradually lessen*
ed.
Such, in brief, is the splendbj busier
ness outlook as the South enters up
on the New Year.
Stockton News Notes.
iioykln, 8. C. Jan. 23. ? Miss Ethel
Humphries and brother, William, of
Sumter spent the week end with rel
ative^ here. ?
Mr and Mrs. Holland Hammond and
children, s|>en Sunday at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Sowell.
Messrs. 11. M. and E. C\ Pea ice, O.
V. Galloway and Henry Pearce of Cam
den sjKMit Sunday in Hartsville.
Miss i thane Galloway spent the week
end with Miss Jezebel Shirley of Cam
den
Mr. and^tlrs. David (Jillis and daugh
ter, Elizabeth. si>ent Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Cameron
of Hoykins.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly of Harts
ville haye moved, in this, section.
Cefftred Tettehertt Meeting.
All colored teachers of Ke*?l
OOiinty are urged to attend our1 moi
ly meeting, Saturday, February 1<
T017, at 12 oVfloek In the jack
School building. During this rneel
we hope to put forth ...our plana
county field day to be held in Man
O. O. lx>wery, Pres.,
<'ob>Ved Omuity Tenchers Assochtt
Colored Jubilee Singers.
The Hampton Jubilee Singers- 4
give one of their high grade eona
in tlfe Jackson school auditorium J
.Mm rt ii 2nd, 191*7. This lyill be a gi
treat to our people. (\ O. Txnvtr
l?r. K. K. Qilleaple. pastor of 1
Presbyterian church at York. 1ms |J
called to Florence. / %\
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