The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 16, 1917, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
II. I). Nl)?? Mid f
I'uhltHhers.
K. N. Mfl)?vvfll \
|*til>l ImImmI ovary Friday at 11<H) No.
Broad Street, and entered at the Cam
fivn poNtofllce an second cluna mall mat
ter. Price jM-r annum $l.f>0.
We it r<* glad to receive communica
tions of a reasonable lentctli. hut an
lmiK?rtant condition of their publlea
(Ion I* that they Khali In all <???<>? 1h?
accompanied hy the full name ami
exact address of the Hondor, Obitu
aries, resolutions of reapect, and church
notices will not he charged for. Mat
ters of purely a personal nature will
i>e charged for at the rate of five cents
u line. Whlakey or patent medicine
advertisement* will not be aeeapted at
any price. Itatvn for display ad ver
fixing made known on applleatlon.
funden, S. C.? February 16, 1917.
Senator Tillman In sjtcaklng of the
probability of war with (Jeriuany, had
the following lo nay: "We will do
the best we can, and I have no doubt
that we will live up to our past re
cord li? taking care of our rights and
ourselves. We don't take passes from
anybody to go anywhere we damn
please on I In* seas."
John h. McLanrln is the candidate
for (governor of the State Warehouse
Association. <). K. Mauldin, of (Jreen
vllle, will be his running mate
The greatest joke appearing In the
uewH columns the past week Is "Car
ranza as Peacemaker."
Watson Hell, formerly with the York
N:'ws, is now editor of the Lancaster
News, and his work is beginning to
show.
The Classified .Advertisement.
"The classified ad. Is the pure bred
id It is the race horse of advertise
mcnt#. ('leaned of all surplus, with
a saddle of fact, a bridle of honesty
and a rider of intelligence, nothing can
boa t it.
"It is the hair trigger rllle of ad
vertislng firearms. It will hit the
lniir.f eye every time if you hold it
' rile. It has only one bullet, and you
ire always agreeably surprised at
how far if carries. No one. peasant
or prince, pauper or plutocrat, is out
?f lis reach. Always load if with an
honest bullet, be careful to aim at
what you want, touch the trigger and
lon'f fear the result
"The classified ad. is more read l>\
tuisy |M>ople than all other ails. In
i( they are not afraid of being ar
gued into trying something they don't
vant. It goes with them for a safe ad.
It has heen less abused than any other
? d. It t tie charaet,.r of the paper car
-ying it is high the integrity of the ad.
Ih instantly a<*eepted.
"The classMed u?l Iiuh more worth
for what It cost, It Is like the street
car ride, one Idvck or a hundred, it
carrion to destination nml without
transfer. Like the kinlak It focusds
<it any point* (ind no one hits ever
reached the horlaon of the classified
nd.
"It has the llrst essentials of the
best advertising ? headline 'and fact.
Knowing headline and fact, and a high
class pajs'i" Is the safety tlrst In ad
vertising.
"It Is easy to make the classified
nd. lit your pocket hook and tit your
business. If you arc getting ready for
a heavy campaign, it Is preparedness
without a fault." .Manufacturers' He
cord
The I ? 1 1 1 providing for the enti^i
llshment of n home for the feeble
minded passed the House last night,
7o to MO.
Trains Met Head Oil.
La('ros>ie, Va., Feb. 12. ? Sea boa rd
Air Line passenger trains No. ,'t South
hound, and No. II. Northbound, met
In a head-on collision just south of
llagood siding, six mries south of La
crosse, ?t X o'clock tonight and one
man, the baggageman, name unlearn
ed. was slightly Injured, and eompara
lively slight damage was done to each
At ten o'clock tonight the track had
not heen cleared of the blockade. The
accident, it was said, was the result
of overlooking telegraphic train or
ders to meet at llagood on the part
of train No. 3.
The fruit cultivation of this coun
try is largely engaged in by women.
California has a number of success
ful growers.
CITATION.
sJtate of South Carolina,
Count \ of Kershaw.
p.\ \V I,. McDowell, Ksipilre. Pro
' ate .) udge.
W 1 1 Kit FA S, Mrs. Halsv (Irlggs made
<11 1 r to riM* to grant her Letters of Ad
ministration of the Instate of and effects
of C. R (irlggs.
These are. Therefore, to cite and ad
monish all and singular the kindred
?ml creditors of the said C. H. (irlggs
deceased, that they be and appear be
fore me. In the Court of Probate, to be
held at Camden. -S. on March 1st.
?:c\t after publication thereof, at 11
o'clock In the forenoon to show cause
if any they have, why the said Ad
ministration should not be granted.
(iiven under my Hand, this lfith day
of February Anno Immini 1017.
W*. L. McDowell,
Judge of 1'robate for Kershaw County.
Published on the Kith day of Febru
ary 1!?17. in the Camden Chronicle and
?tuhlisbcd :it the Court House door for
ti . time prescribed by law.
OKKMAN KOOI> PROBLEM.
Kirh Have Plenty While Poor C'liwwee
Buffer.
Stockholm, Jan, 20.-- ('Stuff corre
spondence of the AsHoeluted Preen), ?
Food condition)* In (Jermany havo
changed greutly for tho worse in tho
lust five month*. The eorreni oudent
of tin* Associated I'rens, who had Imhmi*
away from (icrmaiiy since the tlrst
week In August, ha? Just returned
from a stay of three weeks in Merlin,
lie found that muny'stapleH of food
had altogether disappeared from the
markets, others had grown so (fear
that they were beyond the reach of
hut the well-to-do, and the daily al
lowance of potatoes had been reduced
to ten ouueos, and that either a short
age of Mour or a disordered distribu
tion of It among bakers ha?LfJl-j
suited in long rows of buyers stfl'nd- '
Ing for hours in front of the buk- ;
erles. j
Minimum prices of the foodstuffs!
controlled by the (Jovernment are still
very low for potat<H>s and broad, ami
comparatively low for meats. Pota*
toes cost only 72 cents, the standard
bushel of ($0 pounds, and bread little
less than II 12 cents a pound. Hut
the potato allowance is liiHuftlcient for
I h' rsoiis who.have little but bread
and |>otatoes nto cat, and has to be
eked out with turnips.
It had been hoped to allow ouc
egg ii person each two weeks In (J renter
Berlin, but the last one-epg allowance
was made some five weeks airo, and
another is not promised until February
Since the end of August, there has been
no cheese on the market.
Another serious reduction af avail
able foodstuffs has been the expro
proprlatlon for control by the (Jov >rn
inent of all canned vegetables, Four
<>r Mve weeks ago, the dealers were
permitted to sell a fractional part of
their stock, but only two cans on
eaeh bread card. Dealers are to be
compelled to open each can before.
se'Mng 't. so as to force the buyers to
consume It at once and not hoard it.
The weekly allowance of meat of
all kinds In the (Ireater Herlln mil |
nh-ipalitics runs from r> 1-1 to K 1
oi i ices. The cheapest varieties cost!
about HO cents a pound : the (Jenrer.f |
72 cents.
The weekly allowance of butter and
margarine together Is a little less than
three oiinccs a person. OH is ho ex
pensive that it is out of the reach of
the great majority. The Asso in ted'
Press correspondent paid $.*{.12 for
about two-thirds of a pint of haze'
nut oil to be used for frying. (Iook*
fat costs $-I.S0 a can of 17 '{-.r> ounces,
and it the only fat, except vegetable'
oils, that can be houuht without n
card. This insufficiency of fats in
dfiilv rations shows itself in an ul
ino>t continuous feeliner of hunfltyr
The most bitter compfalnts came from
soldiers af home.
When the writer last visited the
front In July, the men's rations were
aiuple In every respect and there to
no reason to hollevo the same Is not
true today.
There Is n deadly monotony about
meals in the nvorugo household.
Hrcakfast generally consists of rolls,
inarmalado (often umde of pumpkins;
and a decoction of roasted acorns, rye, I
chicory and what not that goes by the
name of co/Tee. There Is no real coffee
left Some tea at high prices Is still
to he had, but the poorer people drink
m brew of linden blossoms, raspberry
leaves or leaves of other shrubs or
trees. For the second "breakfast" there
Is dry bread.
IMnner generally consists of boiled
potatoes with salt, some kind of hollcd
vegetables,, and. on perhaps two days
of the week, a tiny piece of meat. Fish
tnkes the place of meat oil other days,
unless one can buy a goose at $1.41
a pound, a urkcy at $l..'t2 a pyund, or
a hen at $1.08 to $1.20 a pound at that.
Sup|H?r Is the problem In the aver
age household, (iunerally there are
potatoes left over from noon, and If
there are there Is no fat in which
to fry them The usual German supper
before the war consisted of cold meats,
sausage, cheese, bread and butter and
heer. and no sausage, no butter on four
or live days of the week, no more bot
tled Imht and many saloon keoj>ers re
fuse to sell beer to be consumed off
the premises. The beer, moreover. Is
all but undrlnkablo.
There remain, then only bread and j
fish, fresh smoked, dried or canned.
And here the problem of cost is add
ed to that of monotony. The writor
paid in Berlin, $1.20 a pound for or
dinary lake trout and cents a pound
for small fresh water bass. Dried salt
ed llsh costs .'Id cents a pound and
smoked eel $1,012 to $2.40. Smoked
??oose breast costs $.'{ to $.1.50 a pound,
and boiled shrimps are 72 cents. I'ep
fcr costs $0 a pound, and small raisins
*1 ON. Saccharine dissolevd In water
has taken the place of sugar for sweet
ening coffee and feu in private homes
?is well as restaurants. Milk Is ordi
?tiirily available in limited ipiantlMes
<>nlv for invalids, the very aged and
^iinill children.
WON T OPPOSE TILLMAN.
Kagsdale to Support Him if lie Kuns
for Re-Election.
Washington, Feb. 12. ? Representative
Kagsdale today gave out the following
statement relative to running for the
senate in 191S:
"A number of my friends have urged
me to enter the race for the United
States senate in 101K, and many gentle
men from my ' district have recently
?i^kc<; me whether or not it is my Inten
tion to be a candidate next year to suc
ceed Senator Tillman.
"A while back when Senator Till
man's health was very much impaired
American Express Checks
WHICH CAN BE NEGOTIATED IN THE PRm
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ESPECIAL CONVENIENCE TO OUR NORTHER
TOURIST FRIENDS.
The Bank of Camden
KHTAHLISIIKU 1888.
ho made a speech in which ho touted
that because of his physical comlltlo.u
he did not intend becoming a candi
date for the senate to succeed him
self.
"Many <>?* Senator Tillman's friends
and supi>orters wore very much dis
tressed to learn this and I am sure
that they will be very much pleased
to know that Senator Tillman's health
l,s now hotter and that he is stronger
than he has been for several years. I
inn iplite sure that if Senator Till
man had heen in the physical and
mental condition that he now is when
he made the speech saying that he
would not he a candidate to succeed
himself: that statement would never
have heen made, and I am equally
sure that the people of South Caro
lina will welcome the news of his pres
ent condition of health and will in
sist on him serving them again. All
who know of the present friendly re
lations between Senator Tillman and
myself will not need any statement
from me that In the event of his he
ing in the race, as I confidently pre
dict. that 1 not only will liot he in the
race against him hut I expect to he
one of his warm friends and support
ers. Senator Tillman's long service
here in Washington has made for him !
a wide circle of friends and acquaint
ances, and this with his powerful po
sition as chnirpian of the senate com
in it tee on naval affairs at this pw
tieular time when the navy ui(?qs|
much to our country gives hi? t|
jfreat?r influence than we could a
pecfc any new senator to attain in i
long period of service. What he <?
do for our country and the State k
represents in this crisis would Justlt
his re-election aside from the debt d
gratitude that is duo him for all th*i
he has done for South Carolina au
tho Democratic party in the past."
For Congress.
I am a candidate for Congress t<
fill unexpired term of the late I). ?
Klnley. subject to the rules of the up*,
clal primary .
Jno. W. Hamel.
I. R. Swartzel
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