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.lli? CAMDEN CHRONICLE II. I>. Mlo Kinl ( mm ... .. .? ?, v l'u!?l!*b#m. K. N. Mf|>?>w*ll.. \ S Published evei y Friday at MOD No. Hroad Street. and outered at tin* Cnui* den i lostoillco as second class mail mat' tor. |K?r annum ?M.oO. ?? ?< i 1 |J." 1 V ... 11 *** We are glad to receive communion - t Ions of a reasonable length, luit an Important condition of their pjibllca Hon Is that' they shall In all cases bel accompanied by the fnlt name audi exact address of the sender. obitu-j arlos, resolutions of respect , and church notlcv# will not ho charged for. Mut ters of purely a personal nature will he charged for at the rate of live cents a Hue. Whiskey or patent medicine Advertisements will not he accepted at any price. Kates for display adver tising made known on Bppllcfttion. fanuJru, S. r?bruai> X, ISM7. ll is very ( ?r< >!?}( I tic that -oiueihin,.' dcfin i t c will I ?*' done iti ttu- inn Iter of streol paving in I lie Ver,\ iiiear future. I'htfliicor Mitcham willi tin' as-sisianve of Mr, l'u^h of l In* i:i.\ < 'oust ruction | < \>. llii -i been milkitiu snliif estimate-! to be presented lo iil.\ Council al Its iter! lucetiliif. Tin* proposp inn U to ftii vo Main street from a jndnt near W. f >. May's Auto Shop mi the south to l.aKayette avenue on the north : thence from tin- Soli! hen: depot on 10a st i leKulb h> < ') 1 1 1 >1 reel on West l?eKalb. allowing a I!' f?*>t parkway in the center from I.> 1 1 leton street to. t ho Sunt hem railway. This will in elude full sidewalk* on Main street with live fuol sidewalks on the other streets. Construct ion to be of ldhilithie. It is estimated that this work will cnst between $s.~.<m>o ami An 1 iitlii'ti ( t it?n of tin- slunk with which official Washington received tin* fJerman note was apparent in an ; i u 1 1 1 < > - rijsed statement 1 ? y Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, chairman of the naval affairs committee of the senate. He said: '?! have not .set read the tier man note, hut I am acquainted with llfi details. There is enl\ one thlmr t<> do in the circumstances. , We should tell the diplomat ic representatives of the Teutonic governments ii. Washing tori to pick ii | > ami u'o ba-k to th.eir fellow barbarians at once \W should protivt the lijrlits of the |HM>pie of the United States on the hiirh sejis with every ship, man ami irun in ?air navy and hack tliat up Willi the army. The* (lorman suugestjon is intolerable to eon femivlate.' I'rfid to Order Karly. The Southern Fertilizer Assoeinthni has sent out the following eiunniunica t ion to all of the cotton -ced oil mills of the South and requests that they !.'fve II publicity: The shortage of freight <ars may seriously delay the fertilizer movement and defeat the "plant early" Idea that is heih;r advocatd by everyone engaged in the anti-boll weevil campaign. As a rule the avenme farmer does not concern himself over the railway prob lems, car shortages. etc.. because rel atively f*nv of them ship in car load quantities, but if the present car short aire exists -?t the time farmers usually order out their fertilize", no matter whether the quantity is. one ton or a car load, if the ears ca faint be had i:i greater numher than the present supply. iiiiiiiv farmers will be disappointed by no? receiving his fer t i 1 i ? : in time to pt.mf hi- ci.tlon and other crop- early and thus fake the lir*: practical -!? p to .'ot ahead of the boll we?>\ i!.. Thv l,%a rin improvement ! ?epa rt ment of the A. It \ A. i- trying in even way it can to induce all fanners to order out their fertilizer immediately in order that they mas : : ? ?t be di-ap poin-ted by delays owing to ear short age, con.re.-t ion at terminal points. and many other reasons which niay ? ?au-e serious loss if (his important part of I he farmers work is nor attended to bofor-? it i. loo lite. \cxt to early plowing and preparation, probahi. there is no more impoii<i i t tui * f >r the cotton nlantei to do than to order his fertilizer out in ad nee of the time he iuhmIs it. From Oth?r P?p?r?. SumUy on NVwNpaper*. Observer# of t ho Hilly XuijUay^t-vhv als have reall'/oO for a long tlinVthat ( lit* hot. Mtntr evaiUWlUt owed a M>f ? to the IU<\VK|NI1M'I*H. hut It VVHM not generally known tliut Hilly .\v#i* 'imaiv oT llu* fai l. The nature of hi* address I m' fort' the litwtuii I'n'** eluh ?*ho\vH that he U. In frtyt ho admits that it woud he wore to ,4he point to *a.\ that tin* newspa|*'rs conduct Mm I < aiiipalvn*. Ills capaelty helng that of ii me^e assistant The Kov. Mr, NUu< d;Y\ miis inaih' enough Mrst-haml gh v.-) \ niioiis to know also that the Jour nalist h- searchlight Is one of thi' inos^ powerful cuemlo* of misdoing the (h'\ 11 ha* t?> contend with. In the course of t lie Itoston addres^-' the e Miiiyollst said: " \ u'ocd u?'WN|ui|M<r i* irrestlhle when ii takes 11 stand for tin- viuht. It Is it" i-i?s\ to dam Xlatrara Falls with too! |)|?|< ks ll> to stop till! e^ooil ii > llu ? * 1 1 ? ? of ji UoimI sheet. If ha-: tfol some pulpits skinned a hlock ? as well an some theologian*, who hit no lilofo than IiI|k>iK with appendages to their names. "If e\er.\ new -paper wi-re uppresseil t ? > ? 1 1 1 itow" crime wiiuhl' inerease loo! ..Mil in furtv cijjlil hours, and hell . \ ? i ! ? l break I ? h ?-**?, Tho situation w Mill In- mi had that heaven would, le'lifoi for : he ti' ii I ? 1 1 ? 1 1 t of tlu? ? ?;-i pers," Tho |-?n I pi i ami the prc,s> arc not at v i.v- iii ii >111 1 ili't e accord, hut there is .in alliance between tliem that Is clos r tli, i u a superficial study might sug gest ; that i- an alliance not only be tween i lie prt'sih ami tho pulpit, hut between i In- press anil every agency lighting fi?r law* and decency. A con temporal > recall^ the character men tioned b> Mr. I >ooley-? "the malefactor ! 1 1 ? !aughs at laws and lawyers, hut eollapscN from frlitht when a reimrter's card is sent in." Hilly Sunday has found tin- newspapers essential to his .-.c.coes> because of their value as ad ? criising iiicdiuius ; hut he knows that they milvertise to the world the evil as well as i lie good and that the evil doer is ii lover of ila rkness. ? Navan nah Morning News. Tin* idea of m hoy's monument to the Into Huffalo IUll. I till 1 1 with "butt' nlt> nickels." bids fail' to sweep the country. It is one of tin* most uui(|lie Mint appropriate surest ions over made, ami at* Mich ha- caught on. Not that tin' late William I'. Cody had any con uect ioii with the ? "buffalo nickel". or vice vi'i'sn t hut its surest iveness in connection with soubriquet "Ruft'alo Hill" is apparent and ap|M?als to all: l)ijf particularly to the hoys, all of whom were admirer* of the tfreat l>la I Hainan. ? Augusta Chronicle. Hifjuest Ship. 'Hie Index has received no less than thirty-odd inquiries this winter as to "Which i- the hiujjest passenger ship in the world and which is the biirjiest battleship in the world?" This Infor mation ? seems to he desired by "the teacher", though why (Jreenwood land lubber- iiih'iI this information is hard s.?r H- to understand, Certain it will f.e .-talc iii a year or two. The ships ??f today, ! h ? ? ' blKCest" will all be re placed in ;t short time. The fact is brought t ? mind today by notiiur a photograph of the "Rismarek" which ; < 1 1 Hamburg 'American Line is bav in.' built at llambun: and which will the largest passenger vessel atloat when eoiu| leted. larger than either the \ .-norland or t h. Imperator of the --;iinc line. This I > i lt vessel has been ordered to sail "on the day pence is declared." The American school hoy or ::irl who does not know the name of the biuircst battleship in the world toda> ouullt to be bumped, i no. that's too old f'i> h ioned i oujrht to have ten .demerit- ? 4im?nwnn(| Index. Heard at The Capital. It i- reliably reported that botli l-rain.s and eirtfs an- very scarce in ('??Ittmbia .iust now. ? I'fckens Sentinel. Spooks in York. w".. are quite surprised to learn that ti.e \ . rk folks are seeinir irhosts over ??;; -ic !'??< ?'i 1 1 1 v . We thouL'ht that since the ne-chm.' of the South Carolina I'resj* Asm ? i ;i t i. .1 there last summer that the towt. had been extremely dry. Still :t is n<<i far from Klmr's .Mountain, which i- not only noted for it- battic around of the Revolut ioua ry war, but al.-o for its illicit distilleries. ? Rock Mill Record. Newspaper Consistency. < Viii new spa|K'rs be absolutely con .i-fent in overvthinj.' or so much so ?v * ! .1- fo will the approval of readers and contemporaries. It i- very doubtful in our minds because the more we > ?? ? 1 : 0 ? ? r over the word "consistency" she it'iTf inclined we are to believe Ask Anyone That is Us ing One of The New CHEVROLET "FOUR-NINETY ' With Built-in Starting and Lighting System. Hav ing bought a large quantity of these Cars just before the advance we are quoting at the old price $540.00 deliv ered at Camden. Also "OVERLAND," and "WILLYS KNIGHT." All models immediate delivery. GEO. T. LITTLE, Camden, S. C. that consist onc,\ 1> more a matter of opinion than anything HmV, t >ne of our esteemed ront'em|?oirtries IploU'H MM CXChaUtfC Mul eoinmcUifs it Its refusal to urrrpt rltfnrette aUvt'i ti in;r. ? a,\ Imk that H had turned down a similar offer some l ii??f before. I Walt these papers refused cigarette ad vcrtislng because they held such as de bft*lii? to the morals of the urowljiK hoys. Vet those same |M)|x?rs carry ad 1 ve'rtlsiiiK of patent nostrum* called medicines that are of Incalculably more harm than cljca rettes Many pa|>ers refuse whiskey adver tising because they are opposed t?? whiskey In all forms, yet they will earry all the medicine advertising for whleh they ran net their price others will refuse all kinds of med? h Ine advertising and Indlumtntly turn down otters ? ?f whiskey contracts in their efforts to proteet the morals of that |mrt of t lit* dear puhlle tln\t leads their paper and then deliberately pub lish stories and pictures that are more than merely .surest i\o- Some wtll T??H?st the home merchant to beat the hand and then offer a e|u)? of niaua/lnes on subscription that are nothing hut mail order advertlslnu schemes, while others will uo to the nearby cities and sell the hulk of their spare to merchants who are only too tflad to build up their own rity at the oxiwhse of the little place where the publisher lives. So. a^ we view the mattiy. we are imiie so eousisteid as we are prejudic ed. Abbeville Medium, Avhi'll the congressional delegation from Washington visited Wlnthrop Col lege Sunday afternoon the YorkvUle I'ilKpilrrr sa.\.s Senator I'Vrnahl of Maine quickly. raptured his hearers. He heuan by saying that he was initrh pleaded with South Carolina's climate? that a elimnti that would produce a tii e'sand unls like ?!u?se before him was wonderful. 11" told of trip he once inadf from hi} home to Chleavj-'. I On the way Ids train had to pass through a tunnel and Just before reach ln>; {h<* tunnel the elertrlc lights in the car failed. There was a very pretlv Kill sitting in front of him. and present ly a K?w)d lookimr younu fellow came in and sat down beside her. "lie looked like your Congressman Hays dale. Now. I didn't say It was Kaj;s dnle." said the senator. The train passed into the tunnel and out. The you nj; lady's hair was slightly dlshea veled. and the youn^ man had a little powder on his fare. Presently in his embarrassment the youn;,' man remark ed : "Mary, that tunnel cost millions of dollars." After an awkward pause the younjj lady remarked: "Well. John It was worth it." In tho pre.-enoe of yiic of | ho larg est cnnvds that ever attended a fun oral in Cherokee county, tho remains of tho la to It. S. S|HMioor ami his w ifo. .Mis. Sal lie I,eAIayfor Sp?MHvr. woro laid . to rest Sunday at 11 :.*?(? a. in. in ono douldo grave at Corinth Itaptist church. The hodie" were in separate eottins. I *? ?1 1? i\vi j tin* (loath of hor husband on Monday afternoon of last wook. Min. S|>eneer 1 i \ ??? 1 until early Friday morning when >ho passed away. It had !n*en known that Mrs. Spencer was -.uflfcriuj; from an illness almost certain to prove fatal, and the burial service-, ft n* her husband had been postponed until there should be some chance in Iter condition. ? <iaffm?y I jedgcr. Press Comments on The Situation. New York World ? There fan be only one answer _on the part of the I nited States to new Cerman subma rine proclamation and that answer should he made today. The German Ambassador must receive bis passports orthwith and diplomatic relations mu-st cease at once. We have made every concession to (Jonuauy that self- res [>oor will permit and nil those concessions have proved to be in vain. If (ierruany wants war with the I'nited States, let (Jonnany have war with tho United States, our Now York American ? It i- a time to walk warily, to decide cnoiy, to Ih? very sure of each step and very con fident of each decision. And certainly i we nuisf assure tho President that whatever tho issue may be. the Nation is loyally behind him. Springfield Republican ? This means impo>s?dblo conditions for tho United States, and no American in his senses would consider for a moment anpie osce.il ee in tiermany's action San Francisco ( 'hroniele? Looked at in a practical way Germany is simply cutting' loose from all restraints. * * * It is a uespcrate move, but Ainoriea can and should do nothing until she is sjKMilisally injured. Macon (<Ja.i Telegraph ? Wood row WiUon's | M?a ee moves wore what they purported to be ? ? ? the last at tempt to Jkeep America out of war. Seemingly 'the attempt has fallAd. .New Wiyir*Siin ? Th?' note e|<>ses for tin* present tli?' chapter of altruistic enden vi.rs and tentative* of parley into which President Wilson lias written hK idealistic hojx's. it creates an en tirely !;t'\v situation, serious in the extreme in its possibilites of untoward incidents which may put to the test the steadfastness of Washington in its attitude I'.altimore Sun ? The Government is facing the nio^t critical situation of t he whole war We cannot tempor ize. I.vnchhuri: (Va.t News.? The ra tionale of fJermany's jKultion is hrutai, insanely hrutai. tn its utter disregard of the rights of neutral nations and in it* hrazen contempt for the demands of humanity and of cMllation. t K3y8S!8E32E Washington lyst- <;e,riunny's note Will full ujk**4 the Amcrirtru pnt>NC with nupcfyliijc effect * ??? It Is iui possible for this Ooveruiucut tol erate Mil- how rule which tJeruiany swks to Umxwi. lilriuliitfltam Age Herald If this note Is a bluff 'If la Lertululv 44 tmmf aifdaoloUs 0110 and will not terrorise neutral n?tl?u?Muto taking the tier innii view of the situation In Furo|>e. RKFI'CSICES FOIJvOW \K.MY. IVrsliiii^S Command On Tlte March ^^^^JToivird Border, l-'l Paso. Jan. ?Jb.-r~-Moro than l.r?oo refuses followed tin' American omm> dltlMiary forcc when tho troops be gan the march out of Mexico, it wan hut* I today by a rattle man arriving from fin* Interior. NJ retched out for moii- than the miles behind <?en. Per shing's column, enveloped in a ureal cloud of dust, many are proceeding on foot . Some are' In prairie schoon ers and automobile)i. Following t Im1 American refugivs, most of whom are Mormon colonists in vehicles, are walking hundreds nf Chinese and native*. ? Many are driv-> lug milk cows in their tlitfht from the hoaut Iful Casas (i ramies valley. whh*h they fear will ho ravaged by bandits win it the American troops arc out of the w.i\, j The liead of the Iroop column was exiK'ciul to reach Ojo Federleo tonight. From < >,jo Federleo to Ti es I'apelotes is cMsidcfed tho worst part of the Journey. There is no water in this ?ill etch of twenty miles. National tSuard encampments here, wlib-h have been abandoned since the troops Went homo, will be used to house tlie refugees. l?o> Angeles city is rich, holding in the treasury money, -bonds and securi ties of a total value of AMIS RICA AGAIN FACES BREAK WITH THE GERMAN EMPIRE (j. Continued Froth First I'ago. > was divided upon at a recent confer ence at' the hoa<\?|Uiii'tors of tin1 < ?<?r mnn general start* and that Hold Mar -ha I v??n Ilindonburg played a most i ! 1 1 1 >or t <i u t part in Its formation. ? Jt i- expected that Austrl- Hungary will take action similar to that of Germany with mgard to tho opera tions of its submarines in the Modi terraucan. Kvt ry public intimation from Gor many in tho last few months has boon that an unrestricted submarine war fan*. ^ilrtTost certain to briny in tho United States, would bo adopted only as a la aot of desiieration. Gorman ] mi iters havo said Germany would not dare oppose neutral opinion unless she were willing to havo the rest of the neutral world added to her en emies. Two opposing views of American hostility have been idiowed to pass the Gorman censors. The first was that the harm the United States could do Germany as an active en emy was no creator thuu as a tioutial supplying munitions and loans to the enemies and that the crippling of al lied shipping would he the turning point of the war. This apparently is the view ii"\v adopted. 1 he othei view, known to havo been hold by sonic high officials here, was that Germany might in <h>si K-ration seek t < > involve the United States as an actual enemy on the ground that her influence at the peace conference would be a generous one. < >tliela)s here stunned^ at the sud denness of the German action, do not hesitate to conceal their disquietude over the mental unpreparadnoss of the American public for what may be coining. The recent flood of peace discussions started by the Gorman of ficer. Increased by the president's note and again by the entente reply, are thought to have turned public opinion. Jftvay from the possi bility of war and to have focused at tention on the terms of a near jhuco. A revulsion is expected to take place in the entente countries, with the re sult that the world war will enter a period of frightfuljiess unimagined heretofore. With the massing for huge offensives by land and the an nouncement of ruthlessness by sea. ! officials look forward *to at least a slaughter. The German note sweeps away all the issues that have previously loomed so large, such as what armament a merchant ship can ? carry, where it must be located, how it may bo used, whether the ship is chartered, requi sitioned or still private, and replaces them with one clear issue which can not be broken or Ignored. In this sit uation President Wilson's previous pol icies are tho intimation of the future. When the channel liner Sussex was torpedoed the president, threatening a severance of relations, wrote: "If it Is still the puriM>se of the. im perial government to prosecute? roleiub 4v*H-mtrHmi1srrtTCdnaTewarfare against vessels of .commerce by the use of sub marine* without regard to what the government of the United States must consider tho sacred and* Indisputable rules of international law and the uni versaly recognized dictates of human ity. the government of the United States is at last forced to the conclu sion that there is but one course it can pursue. "Unless the imperial German gov ernment show now Immediately de clare and effect an abandonment of its present methods of submarine war far*' against passenger and freight car rying vessels, the government of the United St/itos can have no choice but to sever diplomatic reltttorti* with the German empire altogether. This ac tion the government of the United States contemplates with the greatest reluctance but feels constrained to Kershaw Lumber Co. f TELEPHONE 340 WF HAVE OPENED A LUMBER YARD AT THE run* DAVIDSON LUMBER CO, PLANT ^AND WILL CARRY a complete stock of rough and dressed lumber, doors AND sash, mould: INGS> AND A GENERAL LINE OF BUILDERS MA TERIAL. LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES BEFORE YOU BUY. take in behrttf of humanity uml the rights of neutral nations." To tli is note tin' (ierinan government acceded in Its reply of May 4, 1010, in what lias become known as the Kus'^ sex pledge, as follows: *>' .? "The German government. guided by this idea, notifies the government of the United States that the German naval forces have received the follow ing orders: ??In accordance with the general principles of visit and search and de st Miction of merchant vessels recog nized by international law, such ves sels. both within and without the zone declared as a naval war zone, shAll not be sunk without warning arid with out saving human lives, unless these ships attempt to escape or offer resis tance." " 1 This was followed by the tpiallti cation the United States declined to recognize. The pledge has been bind ing on Germany up to today when her new orders were Issued denying the light of visit and search to vessels within a wide area. This follows closely an extension of the Held of iiritlsh naval operations announced from the American embas sy in I yondoti on Saturday In which an irt-ea ruuniiyr out fr<nn Jutland and enclosing part of the North jjea was declared dangerous because of bellig erent operations. Preparations for a wide tea war have been fey some time indicated in many scattered dispatches but no such extreme warfare was expected by of ficials here. Report.? have frequently come from South American 'i>orts of German ships, preparing for a dash to s<*a. Likewise German naval rei>ort# have intimated probability of another big- naval battle like the Jutland Iwit tle last spring, 'while a recent, confer ence of allied naval authorities fore cast much closer entente cooperation <>u the sea*. When Associated -Press dispatches telling of the German note began ar riving at the White H?;>u.se today, Pres ident Wilson was in his office talking with a friend. - Secretary Tumulty hur ried to him with the news. The president eon Id not believe It until assured that the information was contained in a formal note already before the state department. Cabinet members likewise received the uvws with expressions of amaze ment. on every hand in official cir cles the first opinion formed without detailed consideration was that diplo matic relations with Germany would be broken If the terms of the decree a iv carried out. Throw l'epper hi Kyes of Deputy, b After Winding the deputy sheriff with a (louhie handful of red peppw J ?a desppado charged with a serious of " %?& in North Carolina snatched the officer's pistol away from the repre seutati^'of the law, ran the conduct** < nt of the ear, and held all ittssenger* terrified until he could jump from ?; the train, according to the story toM Thursday by people who were on a Southern railway train between Spar tanburg and Asheville, N. 0. (Jeter Davis, alias .Toe Bennett, alias Joe Hen son. was tried in Buneon\be county, N. | O. about two months ago. and sentW - ed to wn'e two years iji the chaingang. As officers were taking hhu to jail he made a break for liberty and succeed ed in reaching South Carolina. Here htt chrneed to run against an officer and when searched, a pistol was found on his person. For carrying unlawful weapons . he was sentenced to serve thirty days on the Spartanburg chain gang, and that sentence was 'completed. Wednesday. When the North Carollnat authorities were notified they dispatch ed Deputy Sheriff Bell to Spartan burg to rtneure the prisoner und bring hlni back.' first warning the officer that tlin offender was a dangerous man. Officer Bell secured. his tlman aboj^t 10 o'clock Thursday morning and took' passage on . a Southern train for Ashevllle? first seeing to it that Davis had heavy handcuffs on his wrists. When Melrose was reached - where the heavy grade begins bn the railroad .the prisoner nsked i>ermisslon to visit the toilet and the officer re moved the handcuffs- from the left hand. Deputy Bell meanwhile station- ~ ed himself outside the door and as the train ' lurched around a curve on the mountain side, running approximately, five miles per hour, the prisoner stepp ed from the toilet and flung the red jjcpper-in the officer's face. Before Mr. Bell could see or get his breath Parte had snatched the officer's pistol from the bolster and notified every man in the cor that one move meant instant t'eatb. As the conductor entered the car bis life*was also threatened and the railroad official wa?_ forced to x?- ? treut in. haste from .that coach. A few minutes later Davis swung from the train and U now supposed to be at liberty in ; the North Carolina moun fains. South of the- Platte river, opposite; North Bnd, Neb., the bluffs are con splciouiT and consist of loess and glacial drift, overlaying the Benton^ abate; This bdiale was formed when Nebraska was at the bottom of a sea. '** ' T 'The Tire to Tie to 1 Look These Prices Over 30 x 3 Plain $10.00 30 x 3H N. S. $1S.OO 30 x 3!4 Plain $13.00 31 x 4 Plain $20.00 31 x 4 N. S. $23-00 32 x 3? Plain $18.00^2 x W N. S. $17.00 ~'~n ~tP? >! . Worthy Considering: In the Vanderbil t Cup Race the cars winning first, second third and fourth were e quipped with Braender Tire# and Tubes. ? Think of This: A Stutz roadster equipped with Braender Tires and Tubei went from New York City to San Francisco without a tire change. A Hand Made High Grade Tire Braender Tires and Tubes are lujgher in price than other tires and tubes w . BUT We bought in large quantities before the recent ad vance, and are therefore quoting for the present at the old prices. ; ?xz C.RO. T. LITTLE. Camden, S. C.