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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE II. I>. Nile* ftiid / _ w n M > Publisher*. R. N. McDowell \ Published every Friday h( 1109 No. Hroad Street, and entered at the Cum* dtfii i?ostoHlco an second class mall mat ter. Price |n?r annum $1.50 vv?* are Khol to receive communica tlons of a reasonable length. but an Important condition of their publica tion Is that they shall In all cases be accompanied hy the full name and exact addifss of the sender. Obitu aries, resolutions of respect, and church notices will not he charged for. Mat tern of purely a personal nature will i?e charged for at the rate of five rent* ? line Whiskey or patent medicine advertisements will not he accepted at miy price. Rates for display adver tfsinR made known on application. ?aqB-xrxrr:? C-jmiuIcu, S. March 23, 1917. The construction of the immense water power plant Just north of Cam den will mean a tremendous amount of money turned loose Into the channels <>f trade In thin section. I'nless the merchants and business men of Cain den are alert to have these |>eoph) do their trading here It will go else where and the main obstacle In get ting to Camden Is the fact that we have no direct roadway from the power site. Already many small houses have Imhmi built on the company's territory and several large houses will be erect ed at once. Hundreds of laborers are now engaged In constructing the rail-' way from LugofT to the power site, and we are reliably informed that be fore the work Is completed there will Ik- several thousand men employed In that vicinity. A committee has been named hy the Chamber of Commerce to solicit funds for a roadway north of Camden and we think it worth while that the merchants give' (literally to this proito sltion. A (ieruitin sympathizer in America today is about as itopular as u dog full of tleas.?Marion Star. When Hill Sunday says he i.s going to "clean up" in New York, we know exactly what sort of a "clean up" he exjtects to make-?Columbia Record. Make a haul. The New* & Courier says, "It is hard to keep track of all that is going on. The sensation of one day is lost sight of next day when a new sensa tion bursts upon us from the head lines." Clean 1 p Week. We have been requested b> the ladies of the Civic League to again re mind the eltl/eiis that from April 1 to 7 is Clean Hp Week in Camden. Fly time and mosipiito time will soon be here again. I/Ct everybody clean up premises'and have tilings spotlessly clean in town.. We are sure the city authorities will <l<< their part in clean ing out and ^pairing all drains and ditches and providing kerosene for all place* where mosquitos are apt to hns'd. Now is the time to fix up all screen doors to keep the flies out. Hut the main tiling is to eliminate all sources of tly breeding. which means all filth and rubbish about the house and yards, and in vacant lots, ms well :is in the streets. The annual meeting of the South Carolina Hankers' ass<?ciatlon is to be held at Clemson College, June 117, LIS and The matter <>f co-operating in the light against the boll weevil will be" one of the principal matters for dis cussion at flic annual meeting of the hankers. Ira H. Dunlnp of Itock Hill is president of the association. Notice J. (). I. A. M. The Kershaw District Council J. <> C. A .M. will meet with the Kershaw Council No. r*\ nt Kershaw, S. C., Tues day night April the loth 1P17. All local Councils in Kershaw cqunty will h expected to send delcgates*-one for eafh ten members. .1. K. Campbell. 1? C?. L. W West. R S IIU New# Any l>ay. No one can foretell wliut a day may bring forth now. II in in the ttlr that more big news Im likely Ic break any day. For instance that little fla-h yealer day sot the nerves of i>eoplo t hilling, "A revolution in Merlin!" What an upheave! In the world's history this will mean! And It may eome. No man ean predict It. No man can deny il Is coining. That the Aristocratic IHvlne Klght crowd now ruling In (Jermany will hMe their hold k??n?4? day. Is certain. That this <lay ma> he the day: or tomorrow Is probable. A horrible aaerllbv In hlood and treasure has this war cost. And yet if out of It all there ^merges a demo cratic and ptirfled llussln ; a demo cratle and purlfletl t?cnuany; a demo erg tie and purtled Austria; the testlhle and horrible Turkish Empire is ohllterated, will It not have heen worth It all-?this war? course It will have been a horrible sacrifice for the men who have had to die. But will not their deaths have been in the ,greatest, grandest, most glorious war the world has ever known??(JreenwooU Index. Senator William A. Stone of Mis souri, was hung in elllgy at Camden, N. J.. Monday on the occasion of a Mat; raising over a new srhool blind ing. The elllgy ls>ro a placard with the senator's name and the word "traitor" printed on It. Thomas II. l'ojie has heen conllrined as iswtinaster at tJreenvlllc. He will mitifed David IV Traxler. Our l'?rt In The War. Perhaps the tlrst proceeding on part of this country made necessary by the sinking of American shipping, will be the dispatching of a part of the Navy to the blockaded zone for the purpose of o|>eiilng the trade channel and keep ing it open. There Is no other pnuw tlcal manner of going Into a war with (Germany. The (ierinan Navy Is bot tled up and lield prisoner; the (Jer inan armies are |>enncd in by the Itrltlsh, the French, the Italians, the Russians and other Allied forces. It would he as impossible for them to break through and get at America as It would he for the United States to break through and get at the (icrmans. Where Is the fjerman army which could be spared for the "invasion" of America we hear talk about? (Jer tnany has not so much as a regiment of soldiers that could be spared from the job In which the whole of the <icrman acuty Is now engaged, and! e en If It had, there would he the Im- I possible task of sending an army over here and landing it. Her Navy is1 absolutely powerless to make a move, j so tills country Is not menaced by eith-| cr (icrman soldiers or itcrman ships. The war problem, so far as (Jnlted Stativs participation is concerned, is narrowed down to a single proposition! of the submarine. IVrhafw some of these highwaymen of the seas may find their way over to these shores, but they would have no resting phut*, ' no base of defense, and would Is* en tirely at the mercy of the United States torpedo fleets and coast de fenses. They might come, but they would never return. So much for the ; "Invasion" feature. There is nothing left but th?? contract for keeping open the lanes of commerce and establish-1 ing and maintaining the freedom of the seas. For that purpose the United States may send warships to js>lice j these lanes. It may send some of its merchant vesels under convoy of 1 armed ships. If It comes to a forcible! opening of the ocean lane of commerce ' It is to be ex|H.'cted that tin? United! States will pay its toll in lost ves-j ^els -that It will feel the sting of the torp<?do and the bite of the sub marine?but in the end it will till Ik contract. It will clear the barred j zone of these agencies of doHatioe and 1 open the way for its ships of com-' inercf. We cannot ^eo where there will j be a chance for any active partici pation on part of the United States! Army. Itcyoml purely domestic ser- j vh-e it is likely to see none. I'erhaf* ( It would Im* better, to the end that It would serve to bring the war to an I The Car With More Miles At Less Cost Upkeep Cost Reduced To A Minimum All the Convenience of The Higher Priced Cars without the Greater Cost. If You Want a Good Car, Buy a Saxon Six?5 Passenger, 6 Cylinder, 1917 Model $925.00 DELIVERED FOR Dr.VION.STRA ! ION SF.t W. C. PERRY, or S L. PERRY, Kcrnhaw, S. C C?m'irn, S C. ??arllor coitclusifyi, thut the particlpa tIon of this country In the war could hike on (i more active form than 1h probable, Tho changing events of the cast ft' v wcckx "have Indicated that thoro will ho no call for American as sistance In tho trenches of tho Kurchj l>oau battlefields. our work Is to bo confined to iho guarding of our hojue shored, to tho dls|>crslug of the sub marine fleet and to lending every llnanelul aid and moral support of which tho country may he capable to Great Mr 11 ti I ii and tho Alllea. Tho submarines have so far had a helpless enemy?If unarmed ships may he so regarded?1<? play with. As a mat ter of course iininx of those subma rines have he ?u weld. to the hottoui by lUltlsh gunner!-, :?uf of that we have had small account Wo believe that when the rrilted . States begins opera tions In the barred xoue a different sfrtry from that which has Immmi ho Inng carried In the news|iapers will be told. That the l'ulte<l States Is going to begin these ofierutioiiM can no longer be doubted. It Is tho only course left to this Government.?Char lotto Observer. NAVAL RKCKl irt) WANTED. Officer I'rges Parents Not To Dissuade Youths From Joining. The Chronicle Is In receipt of the following letter from O. F. Cooj>or, U. S. Recruiting oil I cor for South Oaro llna, with headquarters at 209 Meeting street, Oharh>ston : "At this critical time In our national life It is of supreme importance that tho Navy-?"Our First Line of De fense"?lie recruited up to full strength. Twenty thousand men are needed linme dlately to p'rojierly man the ships al ready built or noarlng completion. "I regret to have to state that tho most serious ohstacje we have to over come In securing recruits in this state is tho objection of tho parents. Some parents not only use their Influence to prevent their sons from enlisting hut in many cases refuse to sign the age ! certificates required, even when the up j pllcant is of proper age. i "The need of our eouiitry for more men for the Navy is urgent and should Im; given, first consideration by all Amor leans worthy of tho name. "Furthermore, the safety of the country demands that the present high morals of our Navy be maintained. In other words we not only need more men but these should be of tho high est typo. To accomplish this, all par ents, teachers, ministers and other leaders of community thought should bo urged to Inculcate In every young man the love ?>f country and the sub lime beauty of service to that coun try and the personal nature, of this service. Such service cannot bo uelo gated to. our neighbor. No man ha il right to sit hack and bemoan the unprepared state of our country wltli i out first doing his utmost to help pre pare. If disaster overtakes us the in dividual and more especially to the leaders of public thought will go the lions share of the blame. Arouse pub lic sent linen t to the necessity and the battle is half won. "This duty should be cheerfully in formed by each on* without thought I of reward. Fortunately, however, in i the ease of our Navy, the reward Is fully commensurate with the servioo. i This feature should bo given careful consideration by all parents truly in terested in the welfare and advance ! merit of their sons. ! "In addition, it is the patriotic priv ilege of every mother and father to teach their boy that his first duty is to his country, for by enlisting now Ik* may help to safeguard his jw>s torlty for all time. In addition lie l honors himself and tlicm by offering his service whether it be accepted or | not. It is therefore epparent at this time, that whoever, from any cause, | attempts to dlsuado any young man from offering to serve his country as | suines a grave responsibility, for en listments now. may prevent invasion and ruthless destruction of pro[>erty and lives. Quick action now may pre vent war and in case of war being I unavoidable, would put our lir-t lino of defense, the Navy, in a position to use its full potential strength against any possible enemy. "It is urged and requested that you publish at least part of this letter. Its imi>ortance can scarcely be over estimated as the fountain head of pa triotism a pilars to be threatened by the action of thoughtless parents, friends and guardians." j Even as Judas Did. Thirty business and professional men ! <>f Jonesboro. Arkansas, this w<?ek sent I .10 pieces of silver to Senator \V. F. Kirbv. in rebuke to his stand in the j senate, opposing President Wilson, and | fteeompanfed the coins with the follow ing letter: "Herr Kirby: Feeilnc that if .Tmlas I sen riot cjirni'il his, so have you, we In the Kaiser's name herewith enclose .'50 ji?f silver, and have added your ! n:iine to the heroic list, uf those who I have worked for der Faterland?von ! I?rel. Von Horn. l>ernber>r. Herr Stone. Herr LaKollette. Herr Oronnn. Her von Vardaman. von i)er Works. Herr Cum .mill's. Hi-rr von Klapp and Herr von < ?)'(i.u in.i is. nnd her rest. I'tif Weider i en -r was signed t>\ citizens. little hi>fori? al sidelight is from l.rtittje Noah made the zebra . th<* liurnejino deck of the ark. ? rij*e- lie explained t<? Ham. ? \e j;? fr. in the Herman suhma l)ead hasy for Kion. ?? nn?ler>t.n.il thnt r<?l.. McKi suk. ' < New* )?.( -? decided . hei.-wr wants in order a ' ,-iffiT * 'a iau into of (?* ? ?? v > :nn .* walk iiil" .lnd;'e S ' <???-... ar ! -'..?\lv ar.noiinoc his ? ?? M? Ki3-i> k .fudtre Sniff will ii ! l. r ? ind liiin [?> >a\ "Mack U ?dck", at. I <? i f >rfhuith furnish him with the :>? e>.>;irv affidavit.? Spartanburg T '; r::?! Stop, and Listen JUST A MINUTE The problem of making our farms self-sustaining of raising Food for Man and Feed for Stock at home is so important, so far-reaching that we frankly don't see much chance of making farms in Kershaw Coun ty permanently profitable unless it is properly solved. Your cotton money is going out of the county in enormous quantities right now because we have not learned that profitable farming hinges on this one thing probably more than any other. The best test of your farming ability is: Do you make your farm Self-Sustaining? To stand the test requires forethought, well laid plans, business sense. It requires that we shall make Past Mistakes into Present Helps. There are two classes of farmers in Kershaw County this Spring, classified by reason of their thinking and planning for this year? The First one thinks to himself: "Cotton s going to be mighty high jnext Fall, at least 18 cents per pound. Every Bale Possible This Year if ever in our lives. Let's put that field where the oats A t were killed in cotton. We can work a little harder ana handle it all right, if it doesn't rain too much." - The other one says: "Boys, our stomachs first this year, then our pocket books. Guess- if this farm can make Its Own Living this year we can use our cotton money next fall to Pay Debts or Start Saving Accounts as the occasion demands. Which class is the biggest in this county and to which do you belong? Let's measure the price of cotton not in cents per pound but in terms of what necessities it will pur chase. Look over these figures and see if its high measured that way. The purchasing power of a bale of cotton at $60 Spring of 1914 is here compared with a bale at $90 now: 1914 1917 Hay 4 tons at $15.00 3 Vi tons at Corn 80 bushels at 75 62 bushels at ... Oats 92 bushels at 65 106 bushels at .. Flour 12 barrels at 5.00 8 barrels at Lard 600 lbs. at 10 409 lbs. at Salt Pork . .. 500 lbs. at ~ 12 450 lbs at ,S\veet Potatoes 92 bushels at . 65 64 bushels at ... Irish Potatoes .66 bushels at 90 221/2 bushels at $27.00 1.45 .. 1.45 . 11.00 ... .22 ?. .20 .. 1.40 4.00, Depend On Us to Help Any Way We Can. Bank of Camden Bank of Bethune First National Bank Loan & Savings Bank