The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 30, 1917, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
H. I). Nllea Mid (
> Publlahera.
K. N. McDewelL. \
Published every Friday m( 1HH) No.
Hroad Street, and entered at the ('am
dvii poMtotllc?? an second class mall mat
tor. Price per annum $1.50,
We are glad to receive communica
tions of a reasonable length, but an
!ii11?ortiint condition of their puhllca
don Is that they shall In all eases he
Hccoinpanled by the full name and
exact address of the sender. Obitu
aries, resolutions of respect, and church
notices will not be charged for Mat
ters of purely u personal nature will
be charged for at the rate of live cent*
a line. Whiskey or patent medicine
advertisement!* will n<?t be accepted nt
any price. ltatea for display adver
ttnlng made known on annllcation
Camden, S. C., Mareh HO, 1917.
KKKI) VOI'KHKIJK.
( Froi/i Country (h*ntleiunu > ,
Klslnu costs (?r fo<n|. tufTs make a bin
wprinjf drain on ttio roHOUurcet. ??f the
AvcrtiKO household. The kee|(cr of I ho
family pur;*' doesn't lyed to la* told
that farm prices In January averaged
more than fifty i>er <N-nt tilRlicr than1
In th?? pa.-t nine years. Frlciu to con-!
winners have been ?? v??n higher, due to
delayed tran.??i>ortatlon. The consumer
fries boycott^ or tnrnr. to the (Jovern
ment for relief. Invi'Htlratlon.i and
new laws arc advocated, hut results
conn' slowly In th??se channels and a J
more reliable remedy is needed ?one
more nearly within the control of the
Individual.
For thousands of families the answer
lies In this home garden. Fven on;
farms the Importance of tin* garden.,
ICven on farms the lmi>ortance of the;
garden, con pled with Rood canning and '
proHorvinn, is not fully appreciated.
The self-supporting farm table Is still,
too rarely found. The farm pantry;
that cannot furnish plenty of fruits and >
vegetables to supply the table with a ,
variety of dishes throughout the win j
ter Is an evidence of .shortsighted man- j
a gemenf.
Many city and suburban fa ml lien can j
also find In the garden protection from .
excessive food prli*?s. They may riot
<rwn desirable garden land, but every j
town or elty Is surrounded by thous
ands of acres of vacant land that may j
fie utilized. The vacant-lot garden has
been promoted with surprising results
in Home places, and the idea needs
to be spread "broadcast. This is a
perfectly legitimate work for chambers
? ?f commerce, boards of trade, city gar-?
den clubs, ev?;n city eouncils.
Owners of vacant land should he urq- '
ed to offer it for garden purposes.
I'nlfortn rules must be made t<> safe-'
guard Individual rights, to protect grow
ing crops and to compel the gardeners
to leave the land in as neat and clean
condition as it was found. The news
papers can help by printing local gar
den plans ami advice by successful gar
deners, and by developing u local sen
timent Uiat will foster the idea.
Our Fvcry man's i.'nrden is not mere
!y a striking title. It represents ..nr
?onvietion that even family flint can
in any way arrange it should have its
own source of fruits and vegetables,
fo be j (reserved for the winter in the
pantry. Such a garden may begin wltli
the staples and develop the delicacies
:is the gardener arrows in skill m 11 ? 1
experience.
"Feed yourself" is good farm econ
omy am! a first principle for ;t family
is well .is for a nation.
Senator .1 K Vnnlaman of Mississ
ippi, one of the twelve senators who
' i 111 ? u s t?I a ua i n s t tjie armed?neu
tralify t?iIi, has i.s.siicd signed *tate
ment in which lie promises that if
impress should vt?fe to declare war
on ?Jermany he would "vote to gi\e
the ((resident men and money to the
ast -? <'Til and dwindling farthing inv
essjirv to uphold my country's cause"
I'btn.s have lus>n completed fur a
?lew dornrt ? r\ building at the South
Carolina Industrial .school at Florence.
The proposed new building is t.) pro
vide room at the .school f.,r si boys
and will cost approximately $10,000.
Major < Jetieral Wood is exjHvteii to
move his headipiarter*. to (Charleston
at omv
APRIL
..PAYMENT..
For The Camden
Building & Loan
Association will be
due Mon., April
2nd, payable at
the Loan & Sav
ings Bank
JOHN S. LINDSAY, Sec'ty.
HK.VS.VHON8 IN KATTLK
Described !iy l4miN K. Krmiuui in
A|?ril Popular Mechanics,
*
It was rrci'iitly my privilege to *???',
in a *sln;;ie jierlod of .'iU hours,'all the
stages through which a wounded sol
rller of the Hritlsh army pusses from
the time he Is hrouuht hack lo tin*
most advanced dresstiij* station on the
Homme until he is put aboard tin* hos
pital steamer for ICntfland or sent to
u convalescent depot to recu|>erato his
strength in l-Ynrice. I Miring this short
time I saw several thousand wounded
men with Injuries all the way from
two hours' old to as many week . --and
the one thin# that Impressed nie most
(asldo, of course, t'i??/ii their magnlfl
font iDur.mc and fortitude) was the
apparent absence among them "f p<>ig
nant i liv.slral suffering
One or tin* most painfully wounded
ntt'ii I saw was alno one of the most
slightly wounded. A (lorman shell
penetrating deep Into tin* noft earth
before exploding I11"' driven him- un
scathed h.v tho explosion 11f. straight
through a ImtImmI who entanglement.
Faring bolter In one respcct than tin*
man who Jumped Into th<' bramble bmu
In the nursery rhyme, In; did iu>t
"scratch out both hi* eyes." Protect
? hI, as they were, by a rather beetling
brow. those escajH'd Injury; and they
wen1 about the only part of his un
fortunate anatomy that did escajH*.
While there wan not a ?'Ut on hlin
over half an Inch deep. neither were
there more than a few Inches of cuticle
at any plaee on his body that had
la-en spared t>y the cruel barbs. Some
of the furrows on tils back and logs
were over two feet long.
"He brought up like a snared par
tridge." said one of the doctors who
attended him, "In a tangle of the wire,
and they had to cut him away before he
could be taken out. Although the cuts
were not deep, the germ laden earth
of the Sonune was so thoroughly rub
bed into them that only re|>ented In
Jeetlons of antitoxin saved him from i
blood poisonng. 1 have never known
H human body to 'neutralize' so much
antitoxin. During the first two weeks
he was here he was constantly In |
greater pain than any one of the |
many hundreds of far worse wounded |
men that passed through our hands In j
that time.
One cannot talk long with a Tom- j
my on the Somme without hearing j
some weird tale or another of what j
he has seen hapjH'ii to one of his
comrades as a result of shell explosions |
in the trenches. For obvious reasons !
these tales are almost Invariably told j
about some one else; in fact, the one j
lirst-hand recital of such an accident j
that I heard was a far less illumina
tive account of what hapi>ened than
might well have been told by one
of the chief actor's comrades. 1 talked
with the man in a hospital where he i
had boon for a mouth recovering from
crushed jtolvic bones and internal in- i
juries caused by impact with the limb,
?JO feet from the ground of a tree
against which he had boon thrown by
a (ieiinan shell exploding in his trench.
"1 was sitting on a sandbag." he
said, "when the blighter that done
the business p|um|>ed right into the hot- 1
toin of the trench and buried itself
deep in I lie mud before exploding. 1'p
tlew me and sandbag together, and the i
tlrst thing 1 knew was a 'ell of a crack
a>-ro-s the 'Ips. and there 1 was 'ang
ill:.' ill t he bloottl i U g tree like l.'C t week's
wash. l>idn't "nve to 'ang on a all.
It Ju-t plastered me nand the 1 im' like
a piece/of soft meat. 1 couldn't climb
down, and as they 'ad no ladders, there
was nothing to ? 1?> but for one of the
boys to -.bin up and let tlie remains,
-of?hh*?rlirtt-ti at" t*rn end of~"7T TTife.
? 'otirse if 'tirr like 'e!l, getting rue'
down: but I'm -lire I didn't go "fT .
in a faint at that stage of the - how.
cause I can remember cursing, with the,
ilttle breath I 'ad left, ? oinc bloke 'on
ad mooched along and wits trying to
-nap un* with a bit of a catnr'y 'e'd
smuggled up to the trencho?;. Camrys
in the trenches are strictly forbid, and
>on can Jolly well believe 1 told Im
wot 1 thought of 'itii f.-r "aving it "
Negroes in New York.
The migration of 150,000 negroes to
New York since the beginning of the
war abroad has brought a problem.
The Commissioner of ('harltles, Mr.
Doherty. Is authority for the num- ;
U?r of thex' immigrants and for some
details of the problem which they
create. lie recently pointed out, '
these |wople came hen- ns workers,
lured t>y high wages and the eases
with which employment could be.
Tound. They have learned that ox
penses as well as wages run high ,
hen', while certain hardships unknown ]
In the South must be accepted! Hons- j
lng for these people Is scarce and'
sometimes wretched. As for money, j
there an' so many more Inducements to ;
spend It hero that the earner is tempt-j
?sl to curtail comforts.
Even in good times like tho present j
t hex> new arrivals from tho sunny;
South are frequently within a stone-,
throw of booming dependent on out-1
side aid Should aporlod of severe
economic stress come on tho heol.s of ,
the present prosperity the now float- j
lng jK)pulatlon would be hard to keep ,
afloat. At present ami for somo time1
to come Southern fields must suffer
for the lack of the hands drawn away
from the section. Most of the 150,000 j
would in the long run be better off
and more useful in the part* they
have forsaken. That most of them 1
should return thither after a taste of i
sophistication In clothes, food and sur- '
roundings is doubtful.
The tendency of the Southern negro 1
population, left to its own derices, is
thus to spread its surplus along the'
Northern Atlantic soahoanl which
may eventually as a result hare Its
own color problem?New York Son.
KcjoUIng of the Jewa.
It is to Lm' noted that wider the new
dhjsMisatlon in Husrtla (ho Jewn iiw
lo he given ahout tlt?> same dogrqyof
freedom that an American enjoys in
i tlu? i:i?lt?ul Statu*. With this fact III!
hi 11mI( o|ie ciiii understand Mil* Joy niuli-1
! ifCHte<J Iiy till' l>lHt Side Jews in New I
j York. When uew:i ?>f what had hap- i
j pened in Hussia was involved in the
I Jewish section of tin* big city, the men
? kissed each other and shook iiands,
while the women danced ami went for
Joy, and the whole erowd sang the
"Murselliiise." in a Jewish theater
the word was given out, and the whole
crowd rushed Into the streets to Join
In (he rejoicing. leaving the theater
I entirely deserted. The Jewish news
ImIm? r proclaimed it as the happiest
i news --"the only really happy nova
humanity has had In the course of
! the last two years." The revolution
in Hussia I i taken hy these New York
?Jews to mean an early ending of the
war. while some of them predict a
similar uprising in (iermany..?Char
lot to Observer.
Hand Writing ou the Wall.
As a matter of fact, a man acqualut
ed with political conditions in South
Carolina, regardless of what candi
date .ho may i>ersonnUy favor, knows
right now who will he the next United
States senator and who will he the
next governor. If ii. K. Tillman
chooses to offer for reelection then
the aged senator will go hack to
Washington, hut If he doe.s not care
to nerve another term, Ashury F. j
I.ever, at present congressman from
this State, will he elected senator,
and Robert A. Cooper of I^iurens, de
feated in the last primary for gov- j
eiiior, will Ik nominated hy an over
whelming vote. We do not pledge our
support to any one of the three candi
dates we have mentioned and we know
that we would not support one of the
three, hut common sense says that the
way we have written It is the way it
will he.? Lancaster News.
The Coming Battle.
While claims from Berlin are fro
quently to he taken with a grain of
salt, recent German statements to the!
effect that the British and French'
armies oj>erating on the Wsetern front
will have their tasks set out for
them within the next few weeks, ?n-1
well worth consideration. It appear*
at the present time that the allies in :
Frat i- are rapidly approaching the
lines <?f Von Illndenberg and that the
big battle of the war will Ih? fought
when the meeting takes place. It
will he recalled that this is the same
Hindenherg who conducted a strate .
gical retreat from Warsaw in the
early stages of tlx1 war, *and then
turned to neatly entrap the Russian-.
It will he remembered, too, that the,
Germans employed t h?? same tactics
in Galida Inst year, when they feil ?
back before the supposedly victorious
Russian, Brussiloflf to new and thor-'
oughly pre pa iv? I positions. Yet we
scarcely believe that the present re-j
treat of the Germans in France is a
matter of choice; It has every appear
ance >>f being a jjennanent move.
The fact that the German forces are
poisoning the well* as they go cer
tainly indicates that they do not ex
IH?ct to come back. Hut (ierman strat
egy i> of the deepest character. It
is quite possible that by selected re
tirement the (Germans hope to break
up and knock away the carefully laid
plans of the allies for their big "drive."
While we have but little knowledge
.?f the battleground as it lie*, we may
assume that the British and French
armies had planted their heavy guns
for spring operations on an extensive
scale, and the speed with which the
German* arc now retiring on the West
ern front should make it practically
impossible to follow at the same s[?eed
with artillery of the monster tyIk?.
Naturally, too, the German movement
should a fleet the range of the>e guns,
which cannot be moved as an army
moves when it makes a retreat in quick*
step time.
So we may look for a certain change
of tactics on the part of Von Ilinden*
berg. But one thing is certain : when
ever he elects to halt and give bat
tle to his pursuers he will find a gen
uine surprise awaiting him in the new
man |K>wer of Great Britain and
France. He will also tind something
new in the way of .stored munitions.?
Ashevllle Citizen.
J. B. Maddox has l>een arrested at
Greenwood charged with enticing negro
labor to northern points. Much feel
ing is aroused among employers, who
claim that several hundred negroes
left during the past few months.
After tive weeks en route, the body
of Noah McAllster, of Pelzer, who
died in the Philippine Islands live
weeks ago was burled at Pelzer Metho
dist Church Tuesday. Mr. McAllster,
who is of a prominent family who lives
about eight miles from Pelzer, Joined
the United States navy some time ago
and was In the Philippine Islands at
the time of his death. The family were
immediately notified and they asked
that the body be shipped for burlaL
Accordingly the body was shipped from
the Philippines across the Pacific to
this country and then across this coun
try to Pelzer.
A dispatch from Orangeburg says
that the furmers of Orangeburg coun
ty will thl* year plant from 6,000 to
8,000 acres in velvet beans.
Over l.'JOO bales of cotton were sold
In Sumter at 19 cents a pound fiat,
bringing a total of about $60,000.
R. Berekely Bryan vice president of
of the R. I>. Bryan Company, of Colum
bia, died Monday night.
Lieut Cooper of Charlecton states
that the Navy wants 1,000 volunteers
from Sonth Carolina.
Twenty-one Columbia doctors have
stated they are willing to nerve In the
event of war
Kershaw County
ARE DEEPLY IN EARNEST AS NEVER BEFORE, WE BELIEVE, ABOUT
Thi? ALL-IMPQRTANT QUESTION OF RAISING OUR OWN FOOD AND FEED
AT HOME.
WE ARE LIVING IN A YEAR OF RAPID CHANGES AND NEW CONDI
TIONS THAT ARE CALLING FOR DEEP THOUGHT AND WISE COUNCIL FOR
EVERY MAN TO WORK OUT HIS OWN SALVATION.
PRICES OF FOODS ARE ALREADY AT A POINT NEVER SEEN IN THIS
GENERATION, AND NOW WITH THE UNITED STATES A PARTY IN THE
GREAT WORLD WAR NO MAN KNOWS THE FOOD CONDITIONS AND FOOD
PRICES THAT AWAIT US FOR ANOTHER WINTER.
REALLY NOW, HAVE YOU EVER GIVEN IT THE THOUGHT, ATTEN.
TION, AND CARE THAT YOU KNOW IT SHOULD HAVE? HAVEN'T YOU
GENERALLY LEFT IT TO THE WIFE AND CHILDREN TO LOOK AFTER? YES
IT'S ALL RIGHT POSSIBLY TILL ABOUT JULY 1ST, AFTER WHICH IT GROWS
THE FINEST GRASS ON THAT PLACE.
THE WISE FARMER IN KERSHAW THIS YEAR WILL MAKE HIS GARDEN
FURNISH HIS TABLE WITH FRESH VEGETABLES ALL SUMMER AND CAN
NED VEGETABLES NEXT WINTER.
Would You Be Independent
of Those Conditions?
Then Now is the Time to Get Ready
*
How About Your Garden?
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS HAVE GONE OUT OF KERSHAW COUNTY
THIS WINTER FOR IRIST POTATOES, TOMATOES, BEANS, ONIONS, TURN
IPS, CABBAGE, CANNED CORN, ETC., ALL OF WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN
KEPT HERE IF OUR GARDENS HAD RECEIVED PROPER CARE AND ATTEN
TION.
WILL THIS BE REPEATED NEXT WINTER? IT WILL LIKELY TAKE
MORE COTTON MONEY TO BUY THEM NEXT WINTER THAN IT DID THIS.
THE FOLLOWING FIGURES FURNISHED BY COMMISSIONER OF AGRI
CULTURE SHOW WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE SPENT LAST YEAR
FOR FOODSTUFFS WHICH COULD EASILY BE PRODUCED ON THE FARMS
OF KERSHAW COUNTY. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW ITEMS IN THE
FOLLOWING LIST, IF WE BEGIN NOW, WE CAN HAVE ALL OF THESE AR
TICLES FOR THIS YEARS USE:
Bacon $10,761,891 Hay 2,362,000
Fliur 10,802,756 Lard 8,302,125
Corn Meal 10,165,700 Cheese , 2,014.000
Beef 9,100,000 Eggs 612,000
Canned Goods 13,898,600 Cabbage 506,000
Butter r? 6,565,000 Potatoes 456,000
Milk 1,168,000 Turunips 226,000
Mulues and horses .. 10,000,000 Onions 250,000
Com 6,136,000 Seeds 200,000
Commercial feed Candies * 150,000
stuffs 1,929,416
Oats 3,162,000 Total ... $98,767,488
SET YOUR OWN TABLES, FILL OUR OWN BARNS?THEN ALL THE COT
TON WE CAN RAISE.
ASK CLEMSON COLLEGE AND THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE FOR BULLETINS ON GARDEN WORK.
Depend On Us to Help Any Way We Can.
Bank of Camden
Bank of Bethune
First National Bank
Loan & Savings Bank