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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE II, I). Nllf* ami / Publisher*. K. N. McDowell... \ Published every Friday ?t into No. ttrnftrt Street, and entered 111 the Cnm 1 vii postollire as second class ma 11 mill' lei- I'riee per itiirmiii $1.50. \Vare jjlad to v?? communion* (Ions of n roilsimijiI'lc* leniith, hut an I mi m >?t it tit cowl i t loii of their publlea t|imi Is that they shall In all ohkw bo hci'oiii | hi tiled I iy live full 11111110 ami axa< I address of tin* sender. <>hltu arles, resolution* tif fcs|iiH'l, and church notices will not bo rliiir^rd for. Mat ters' of purely 11 personal nature will ne eluirKod at tho rate of IIv<* eents 1 line Whiskey or patent medicine :id\ert Iseineiits will not he' a erupted at any prlee. Kutt*. for display adver tising made Known on upplleathm.' (?att|Uet>, S. March Hi, l!M7. The Disc narrow. ('leuison College. S. .M. roll (? Kver> fanner who has u.sed thr d|.?e harrow appreciate. its vnlue for pro durlntf. a hue seed hod. However, .1* .1 i;eneri|l rule farmers I????k upon a harrow lis 1111 Implement to uso after the |>lo\x. mid iieoi' think of v. h it i.'rent \ aluo II is xx lien used before plowing A- vik<u _as the 1.1 nd irots i 11 r?> it.mliii? 11 f ?r plowing in early sprinir. there 1m a rush P> L'el I hroiik'h (ifieii before the land .an all he ploxx oil if has dried ? mi t -?I inueh that It erupts oxer. and Minis Up in e|ods. This Is where the d i so harrow proves ??f meat value. \ 11 the land whirl) eainiol he plowed h >iihl a l lejist he run over b.v the ? lis.- harrow t? ? form a niuleh s.? that il will not eru>l u\er before it ran he plowed It will ulu ii>s le a u'?hmI plan in Use the disc hari'oxv in this manner In the spriou Mini nimnier, as . 11 these seasons the moisture tfOH ?'lit of the land before it ran all he plowed. H\ makiiiL' a 111111< h of loose! earth with the disc hai'i'ow plowing' ra n he eon t In lied with sa t Kl'ai I i. hi. and' the land put into c<>od condition The i 'and sinaiId he allowed in hake .on ? op. If a disc harrow i?. imt avail aide, then ii-m- the ne\l licvt iinple ment. and put a muh It <>x er the soil. I'eneath the niuleh I In 1 St ? il will re main mellow and in turniii? their w ill he .'In ahsetieo of the despised ? lods which make eolton -.lands s.. un ' ertaln hilling the past je;ir lT'.i.L'.'tT ..iille v lleep and lues xxcle l.'ivpri led :? I the < harleshu, abattoir bx the authorities ' ?111. \ I W e U t \ III these annuals XX r! r ' "UII11 pi he unlit for 11 s e, 'I'xx en I \ Iiim lllih Il ro\X \\ ,.|e r 11| 111 ?'J11! 11 'd licit,,; -11 t"l'?? r 1 ? 1 r_r t'r.iin disease ' ' "re- A III. II I a | I j 1,.I III. 1 ; \ ;|S ? ' ea hil l- 1I Ui, \;I| i, I -l Uk 'I ' < ? 1111111 ? | 1 ba^ I.. ? * | j alTrsp.j ha r .*.I w i: h ! 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Neither I nor Itl)I Xtom Wlni killed th?* IUilv "\i.f I," MlId Jiihli Wtil k\ his sohs oj^iiio Injorkv i "It u u ? Klrhv. I If Th:l' cjillsod It to croak who k111?*?i thf r.mv i "Not !." sn hi 1(111 S tmif ! "If ,\ <ni mind ho shown. i I'll ti ll \on \\ 1th pleasuure 1 < 'lllpp hllck-stahhed t ho lllon>ure | Who killed tin* Mill'.' ! " I 1111iik It was Snilt V, i >r .loiifS, or a myth." ' Sn ' I Va r< In 111: i ii : "\ ft I ..i ijf llio :nlit h to explain I'llAKI.KS II ?; ?|{? :m. China for War. Washington, Mart-li | |. China has ; severed diplomatic rotations with tJov in.'iMv ii1111 fnl.i'ii possession of ? i\ iJor i mail >hi|??. interned in Shanghai liar i l.or, a < ortIinix to advices from i.nval i.'Iuti^ iii I'liliii'sf waters. American Mlnistfr Keiiisch, at IV 1 Isinir. reported that China has severed : rclrittoh- with CJerinaiiy ami thf <Si*r Mian minister ha- heen hamlftl his |>ass I ports. As a result of a ^iin shot wound. I inflicted when he tried to escape from I thf Lam-aster county ohaiuifinm Mod r?I a \ afternoon, .loo Cunningham died in the ftuiiiigniiK eamp near the Haile [ihihl .Mine .Monday nlnhf ahout 11 ?>' i clock The 'lead man was a notfio and I \\ii-. si-rvint,' a sentence' i>f ten ,\ears tor arson. The fatal shot was fired hv ? c'onstahle lfeudar. a uuard mi the chain ! Hutchison Vp|H>inte<l Secretary. Congressman W. 1*'. Stevenson has on nied as hU -ffifta r.\ A !?'. Hutch i-"ii ? >t Kock Dili Mr. Hutchison is roadim; clerk of the hoiise of repre ??nfativi??. and is a former member of 'ha Ito.l* ||e U a uraduate of the <'? ta<icl. Sa I Vera ? k attempted to r. <| ? I'm ' nituro store . t A ?: Kle-dc- \ S..u in i'! >rle-ton o;iil\ Tiicmla \ niorniti:.' ?>l'i la ! \\ ? i k I'iie \ -l.ci'i ?( deil ill h 1 o> v i I rj j ?t'i the . I. <?!' til" -afe J ??11 J he t'oivc | of the e\ph?io|| made *o inn. Ii noise j : ?. 11 t!nv were fi i_'hrenfd auai In-fore J ' m:! 11 ? i re'l to v.- -lire the i ,eit.-: -v ,,f i k.1 it* d- v i .f e-> i(i i M (i .!, i No. 9033. REPORT 01 THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK i OF CAMDEN c\t C'.u.i ' in t???_* Slale of Soutii Carolina, at tin- Closo of j Bubim'Sfi t-M Ma/ch 5ill, 1917. 1 Rci.otircys < >\ ? ? ? i. iit? ::i , :?i".: .. . ?. ..t?? i ' . ? i ?. -?< "< ?> I ! ?? iin |?. i !c|?. .si{. <! i . . in. . : ut:tt. i t i n?r x.iiuri >" """ I it--i' f !i;i ir I -- ?? : f. j . ,i! i \ ? !? | 11 J ? si.!.-- i i i.| i. t. > - I. - k >1' I , . r.i i I. !' \ i .(t-K ! ,r>s A 111. " 1111 i| "| i< I I vi ii i (in I if I'i, 11II l'?? :" t ? ? i !l \ f 111 i \ ii' -i pj'l ??.-?! ! ? ? ? < ? . .!> Ill rk i 1 ' .! _? .i ? ! >r I...ii i I'.! 77 \ ? ; in. ? . . .- ? 11 - mi .. i ? v i-iI \ ? ? j> : I > ? : X ? 1" ^ ' ? -1 ? 7 '?? 7 " I I ' I _'s 7 - \ i: ... i\ ;i i . i ' >.i!. k . > 1 IvU <?111 -.? ? i ?. k> .i i -1 . i in !' i .1 -h it."n--. sr.t? 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M 1 JJ f,i! 1 \ ;i l.li', i >f h?-r f ii i r. . I ? ? ? ' .i U ? \ f 1 Uii.. ? ? ??-tt?.ii?itr *i" nHhiT! ' - r*.%y i!'?--> f i( !is' ? ? ? ? w .? ' -?!,>? i ' 'i i!i !????.hii.t * 1 ? *n ? ? *? ? r.ita: ':77 ::7???v. J.!., lir- : i ; <?-!:-... Ul.t > ? ? W " 1- ! Ii. >.tm- Hi k of South Carolina. Cou:.ty ?.f I. .Idliii T. Maokey, Cashior <.f tho al?ov?'-uani?'<l l?ank, do j?olt'iiiuly mm iir lint il <? a!>r.; r .v-tjUonu'tit Is frtjf to fli" of my knowledge and .JOHN 'I MACKKY, (Vlshlor Sul.x rit.fd iind .s\v?>rn to l.?f..r. m.- u.- l-'.i i m i.\ "f .Man h 1 *.?17 ('.?rrof't Attost Joliu S I.indsay, Notary I'uMlc. (V .1 S!);inn<?n. Jr. I. A Wittkowsk.i I 'Ir.ffor" M 11 II?>Mnan POHTMAHTRKH TO UK KXAMINKp. ? I Mil fji I'll ' \ll Appointment* Hereafter lo lie MimIo On Competitive li;isis. Postmaster Oenerul Hurlesoii ail- I luiiiiufil In si ^Vednewrttiv Hmt uftcri \|>ri| I, tin- op|H>1litinofilx of all post- j masters ?;(* the llrst second ami tlitr?l | would he subject tn competitive examination*. Nominations will bo SCllI to III*' se|l!|tC as In tin* |I|S(. hut In making select lolt*. (lie president will Ih* guided l>,V 11??* results of exam ! Inatl<*ii> ami will send in Hi*' names at Ilie hra I of I li?' lists. Whether the civil service eontmls- i -don, under wlilrli fourth class jhksi masters arc now named, will comluet ' the examination*. has not l????.?t? deter miiicii y* The president'* fort hcvlltiliu order will provide for a form of modified ci\ll service classification under which' ?tll VMcimcies. whether caused by res ignatloiis, removal or death, will be 1 tilled by eom|?etltive examination. ! Those already in the service will eon- i finite w ithout examination until the i evpiratiouii of the four-year terms be* j ginning with their last appointment,! and w ill then, it Is understood have , to undergo the competitive test. A hornet's nest was stirred Up by the announcement at the Capitol, j where scores of members were in their j oillees preparing to leave for home. The order was romidh denounced by ! some of the Denmcrutic leaders, and; several members construed it as a< move to get continued I >cniocratic and! Republican support in a politically un certain house. Kepresen tat Ives Carlln and Class, of | Virginia, were in a group of Demo crat who called in the postmaster general W ednesday and w ho were told j about the plan. Democratic Leader j Kif<-liin of the hi>11 a*, delayed his de* i pa if u re for North Carolina to go to; the ]>ontoHiee department to register bis protest. .Mo>i of the congressmen who saw Mr Hurlcsoti. went on the lalter's In vitation to discuss the new plan for systeniati/.lng postal accounting by es tablishing central auditing postolllees in county or district groups. (>ne Southern meiiiber asked if the postmaster general had called them there to ask their views or to tell them what had been done. "1 aili tell ing you what is going to happen," lie replied. The postmaster general is quoted as having fold them it was too late to protest, as the order hfhl been determined upon and would be ? ?arried out. He intimated that he was not the author of it. but that it was ;i measure of efficiency and economy. Another member suggested that the order would pill many Republicans in ofliee. and -still another wanted ? to know what would happen if the out man oeri itie.j from the examination was a neg: '. The postmaster general. ? a d i in.' f" llios,. present. replied thai tie- examinations would have t" fake p!a<"e. and in re vv o u b I be "no ? i >? < 1. i ' | fi V i lege 11? *a li.V olie." A I'll !- I C col I'elCT'.re. there were I ? oaip: i ints s)i;11 the order would lake j poiiiieai life sonic <?!' the most. ?? ? - i t ci -. t" : be rejireseiit i - I . C. 1 ij ..|!'_ros: Art's t E:.ce!s in Making Splints. H'Mv" ;.n artist who attained fame ! \ deserting her art. She is Mis#3 tii.u'i' < layette <> 1 ('hic.igo, an.I <o-n- : < r.tl .fi'!l ha ? just received her at his . ! < .:iIi|ua!'ters, thf lir.vi aii'l only Auur- j it .i11 woman he has so distinguished. | .M:>? (ias-cite is known as tin* } ninter ? ?'.* portraits line enough t<? he hung \ in i!i.' Paris Solon, hut it v.a> i >t fori th;it shut 'Icneral .loffre receive 1 her. j it \ :i* because, leaving 1.<t art. she) ? 1? \.ir.1 iicrs. If to inventing Jcvic?s ! to ? wounded soldiers mui't? cum- . ft riabi ?. .So iuany ingenious splints ilid 1 i?? i-oturive to make war victims j ca-ifr tliat I-'itm h surgeons asked her j to write a textbook on the subject. Not byig ago sir.' went to the front ! to introduce a new surgical bandage, j and (ictieral Jofl're, hearing of it, j pressed a wisji to .s,>e the cle\er young Anaruan woman. Caressed the Wrong Hand. The lJroad ltipple car was crowded and she and her young man were stand ing just inside the rear door. She leaned against the voting man and he held to the door which served as a support for the conductor also. She reached over and patted a hand the conductor's hand. Passengers on the rear platfhrm smiled. The con ductor winked and squeezed her hand. Mock after hlock the caresses con tinued. She looked contentedly up at her young man?and he didn'J ktu?\v what he was missing nor what the rear platform passengers were laughing about. Neither did she.?Indianapolis News, Asks for "Movie" Censor. The Madrid Society for the Study of Penitentiaries and Upbuilding of De linquents has petitioned the Spanish government to create a censorship of moving picture films, as it declares that a number of the criminal offen ses committed nowadays by the youth of the Spanish capital are directly frac'-able to the portrayal of crime In moving picture dramas. The Difference. "Politician. Isn't he?" "Oh. no. h**'s a statesman.** "Well, what's the difference?" "A statesman, my dear chap. Is one who is in polities because he has money. A politician is one who has money because he is In politics."? Rovton Transcrit One on Him. Author?My rich uncle Jack never read i K>ok in his life! Friend?Then he may remember you handsomely in his will?what!" Never within the memory of any man ha# the weal or woe of the world been so dependent upon food. Now, somehow, (and rather strange to relate) a Urge part of the rural population of the United States makes no attempt to raise all or even the greater part of its own food and feed supplies, THIS IS PROBA BLY MORE TRUE OF THE SOUTH THAN ANY OTHER PART OF THE COUNTRY. Read the below mentioned program of preparations for the Boll Wevil and diversifying crops by David R. Coker, of Hartsville, S. C. Numbers of bankers, merchants and farmers of the State are aroused to the dancer of the advancing boll weevil, but many of them have no definite and easily followed program which will prove effective in making the situation livable when the weevil arrives. Any crop rotation proposed must take into account renters and share crop, pers who are a majority of our farmers, and it must at the same time appeal to the large landholder whose active co-operation will be absolutely necessary. Every au thority on the subject agrees, first, that the cotton crop should be reduceci; second, that food crops should be increased ; third, that the soil should be enriched, before ttie'wee vil arrives. The increased food crops should, of course, be readily marketable, and should afford the maximum improvement to the soil. I believe we have one crop the 90 or 100 day velvet bean?which is admirably suitedlo this purpose, and 1 propose the following recipe for the one horse tenant farmer which may be readily adapted to use by farmers of any size. The average one-horse farmer now plants say twenty acres of cotton and four of grain (corn and oats). Let his merchant and landlord insist on his planting this year six acres or more of corn and eighteen acres or less of cotton. In the six acres of corn insist that he plants early velvet beans Next year (1918) have him plant nine acres of corn with velvet beans and fifteen acres of cotton. Six acres of these fifteen will be behind the previous year's velvet bean crop and will require no fertilizing except Acid Phosphate or Ground Phos phate^ Rock, costing $2.00 to $3.00 per acre. In 1919 the corn and velvet bean crop should be increased to twelve acres and the cotton reduced to twelve, nine of which will be behind the previous year's velvet beans and require but a small outlay for fertilizer. In 1920 the cotton acreage may remain at twelve acres and the other twelve should again be put into corn and beans and each year thereafter the cotton will fol low the bean crop and the beans follow the cotton crop. A cover crop of Abruzzi !ye (or in some case Crimson clover) should each year be put in the cotton. While the boll weevil may be expected to arrive within two years, it is probable that his maximum damage will not come before 1920. If this scheme is followed, our cotton acreage will by then all be upon land which has the previous year produced ? lie finest of humus and nitrogen crops?velvet beans?the fertilizer requirement being less than 50 per cent, of that now considered necessary. Upon such land and with such fertilizing we may, by following the government recipe for the production of cot con under boll weevil conditions, expect to make at le ist as much cotton per aero as is now being made. With moderate fertilizing the corn may be expected to make not 'ess than ten bushels per acre and the beans not less than fifteen bushels. Three hundred bushels of grain is now more than half the value of the product of the av erage twenty four acres rented or share cropped, and is quite equal in value to the average cotton crop upon the same acreage. ft will in most cases be necessary to plant for horse feed about two acres in oats fol lowed by peas or beans to *?nch twenty-four acre crop. This will come out of the corn and velvet bean acreage and will not interfere with the efficiency of the scheme. If tobacco is planted, it should come out of the cotton acreage. The worst infY-ted boll wee m1 areas in south Georgia. Alabama, and Mississippi are now u>ing t h i > velvet bean profitably. The farmers claim that they -fan raise from : went.v to thirty bushels per acre of beans besides an average corn crop. Wherever they are being raised in any quantity oil mills and merchants have prepared them selves to grind them for 'eel and the farmers, I understand, are receiving about $20. per ton for them in the hull. We, ourselves, this year planted fifty-nine acres of these bean in corn, or poor sandy soil. We made from ten to sixteen bushels of corn and from fifteen to tYventy-sevwi bushels of beans per acre, the average yield of beans be ing twenty ami one-half bushels per acre (figuring ninety pounds per bushel). We had seven acre? of these beans on better land which produced thirty-three and one third bushels per acre. They are a magnificent feed, suitable for feeding to mules and c attle without grinding. Hogs will also do well on beans, though it is better to feed Mi em ground. In order to grow velvet beans successfully it is necessary to get them in early. We recommend the planting of corn in seven-foot rows and the planting of velvet beans in an op< ?i shovel furrow in the middles from April 20th to May 1st. On poor land plant one bean every eighteen to twenty-four inches, on rich land one or two beans every three or four feet. If preferred, the beans may be planted between the hills of corp.. It is absolutely necessary, however, to get them in very early if a full crop is to be made It will be impossible to get the co-operation of the tenant class in carrying out this program unless they are assured a reasonable tenure of the land. The land owner should assure his tenant that he will not be required to move as long as he carries out this rotation and properly cultivates his crop. One of the most attractive features of the program outlined above is that it is safe and practicable even if the boll weevil should delay or entirely cease his progress (a theory for which there is no warrant). If adopted, it will result in the enrichment of the .soils, the increase of live stock, big reduction in farm expense, and an all round sane farming system. Another most compelling reason for greatly increasing the production of grains and live stock is the world war iif which it seems this nation will be forced to become a participant. A food famine threatens half the world and even this great food pro* ducing nation has no adequate surplus with which to relieve the necessity of other peoples, and is itself fejt of the necessaries of life. Both self-interest and patriotism should at this juncture induce every farmer in this country to produce all the foodstuff possible. I hope very much that every landowner, banker and merchant in the State will re alize the absolute necessity of using his most earnest efforts to secure the adoption o this or some closely similar program this very year by all our farmers, both larg and small, white and black. It is not mainly a question of philanthropy; it is one o actual bread and butter, in which the banker, merchant and professional man is ju as much interested as is the farmer. Let us then all wake up before it is too lat and do the obviously necessary thing for our own and the State's safety and pros perity. Hartsville, S. C. Feb. 5, 1917. DAVID R. COKER. Hog and Hominy?Then King Cotton. Depend on Us to Help Any Way We Can Bank of Camden Bank of Bethune First National Bank Loan & Savings Bank