The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 06, 1917, Image 2
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Washington. March, ,'M vi'lu* final
act of inoio i luiii llfty year*' effort to
lirlntf tin* 1 ?anisli \V??st Inillo* under
I lit' American llaK tt'ttn with
formal ?vn'inoiilc.v at 11??* Stale l>e
iMirtiiM'Mt <<nlay, when l?anl;.h Minister
Itrmi with I>aii<I a irttaxtii-.t warrant
for $'.?'{VK)<WHK>, the puivha.se |?i ice, ami
wireless i?t'>saf;e.s w or?* s??nl tlit*
AincHmn mm! Ihtni.sh aiilhorit h"- at
rlie i-liiii'ls (?? lower tin- IhmMi lla.u
ami riiiM- ih?* Stars ami Stripes
t'lillVM. ? I'lliT.'M )olll|^ AIIMTit ;|M.
wh<> 11??= ? ?lo\\ ii i he Aiiicrirau lliiy
flollt II I ll.ll. I >ILi 1(1 i l>K in .Norwich. .\
\ , ' I' 11< ?->? I: t >, w:t?. rr< | ii I I'd I W'fHiu'stla.v
in parch i " ji new May ami linn;; ii
ami also 'o ji|h)|.?^I/c piihlh !,\ l?i>f.?iv
U.uixi re>Mi n|.s of fh<? town j
1'{*( it Inns ;irr hclnu rlr< uhitnl in
A in h'l'Nou l 'i ii pa nh >ii for .1 Tow in**
il<>lU'iit.?u. loiiiii'i' i-M-hicf of th?? leink
i?f Aiiih s'.ou now si'i'N Iiik I'wo \>-iir? in
iIn* Stan* I Vnitcutiary.
Wood's Seeds
100-Bav Velvet Beans.
9
This new Velvet Dean Is rapidly
forging (<? iho front, both as a for
? age ami soil-improver. At the low
price at which these, can b- secured
they are really the cheapest of
Hummer forage and f?oll-in?provin?
crops, ami their use In likely to in
crease to a very considerable ex
tent in the place of cow peas and
soja beans. We strongly recom
mend their more extensive use.
We are headquurters for
Velvet Beans, Cow Peas.
Soia Beans, Millet Seed,
ilnd all forage and soil-Im
proving crops.
Write for
"Wood's Crop Special**
gives prices and full Information.
Mailed free on request.
T.W.WOOD & SONS.
SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va.
We offer all the most productive
varieties of SEED CORN. Wood's
Crop Special gives full Information.
FARM LOANS
We are prepared to nego
tiate loans on improved farm
lands in Kershaw county at
;i low rate of interest. Loans
to run for five years.
J. C. MASS ICY
I. C. HOUGH
Collins Brothers
Undertakers for Colored People
i. t ohonr ??! V 11 W. DcKulb Si.
-RUB OUT FAIN
with r.cood oil liniment. That's
the surr'ft way to stop them.
I he t t'.-t iuhhing liniment is
STANG
LINIMENT
Good for the Ailments of
Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc.
Go^J for your own A ches.
Fains, Rheumatism, Sprains,
Cuts, Burns, Etc.
25c. 50c. $1. At all Dealers.
MOM-:* TO i/OlN
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A ;>n' *j tii 11 I! <k?*. ? i H"t
mom:\ to i.o.w
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TI5I{.MS
??:. < . voiiTro<'k<nt.
Dr. E. H. KERRISON
Dentist
< >Mi< c i?\ cr I'.i ikv's Sti? r'?
Ilroail and 1>cK;iII> St* Pli 'iie IVi
COLUMBIA LUMBER &
MANUFACTURING CO.
MILL WORK
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS
AND LUMBER
PLAIN & HUGER STS. Phonr 71
COLUMBIA, S C.
DR. R. E. STEVENSON
DENTIST
OHttt StriWui C?ra*r Br*>d aa<4 DtKtli Stt.
Camden, S. C.
IN GLORIOUS YOUTH
THE BOY AT AN AGE HE LOOKS
BACK TO WITH REGRET.
When He Balks at Cutting Grass and
Takes Himself and Hi? Future
in the Most Serious
Fashion.
lie has just arrived at that ago when
nobody understand* III in. ills father
wants Ittin to learn a good trade, like
carpentry or automobile repairing. hut
he has f u 11 > derided that he is going to
he either a corporation lawyer or an
actor. preferably a moving picture ac
tur. 11?* understands vugtn-ly that a
corporalion Is a business organization,
and lie Is nut much Interested in law,
hut he has heard his father speak ad
miringly of a corporation lawyer and
praise Ills Keenness, and he thinks It
would he rather nice to he spoken of
in that way. Also he has heard It
said that a corporation lawyer must
possess a quick Intellect' and a pro
found understanding of humali nature,
and lie believes he possesses both. For
similar reasons In- inclines toward the
actors' profession. An actor does not
litise much work to do, and ho has
heard of some who oarn a thousand
dollars tt week. Moreover, actors are
much admired- t??* admires one or two
that he has seen at the corner theater
himself?-and there are other attrac
tions which secretly Influence him,
such us beautiful actresses, although
he would never admit this even to him
self.
lie has supreme confidence in Ids en
tire fitness for either profession and
cannot understand why his father does
not encourage his ambitions, says a
writer In the Indianapolis News. He
secretly believes that his parent is of
rather inferior intellect, else he would
have a better job and would be able
to understand his son and properly
gauge his abilities. Of late he has be
gun to balk at cutting the grass. He
says the sun makes him sick, but the
real reason Is that he thinks cutting
the grass incompatible with the dig
nity of a future man of fame. His
mother found him one day in the attic
waving an old sword and charging an
imaginary enemy, then straightening
his naturally stooped shoulders and
falling backward with his hand on his
heart shouting all the while In his
queer voire, wliich at the present time
is wavering between a coarse, bull-I Ike
bass and a tYiln squeak.
He seldom loses sight of the fart
that he is going to be either a cor
poration lawyer or tin actor, and is
continuity r?'hear--ing for one profes
sion or the other. When lie Walks he
?. ;\..r^ ii> mutate the debonair
graee <>!' his favorite motion-picture
hero and be o eonManily testing his
powers ??f < r.ix'N-examination on his
boy ? oiii; anions They, lor tin* tnost
part, take lii::i at liiv own valuation
and lis?, n i. 'fully when In- orate*
.It) :,i;y baseball t.? poll
.lic* of both or which lie think- helms
a th"|\.i,-!> '"I 1 vv,,,,r> ,!i> ,l;,ir
h ni: ol. j.M ts s' fi?!itioi]>ly and soine
1111 u learfuP' when ordered to have
)i imp. and i> in 11 fe\ i r of um ertainty
as (n wln'ther it iv more becoming to
p:.|i it i :? the middle or on the side,
lis., I ,es and >? ?ek* sire very loud and
i?. -? t roiwr-* w\i reniely narrow and
short lie talks loudly and with the
lit nil >M assurance on all questions
when anybody will listen to him. I he
only thing in the world he cannot un
derstand is why his father, and, occa
sionally even his mother, smile at him
when he is talking most seriously.
But he fully understands that he Is
misunderstood.
Electric Fact .?nd Fancy.
The radioactive mind of Charles P.
Steln-.net/ does not lead him into ro
mantic excursions dealing in a 1-lain
innr'oii <ir u Te?dn vein with the flitut*e
ot "elect rieit y. He see?. ahead of the
present development <>i lighting sys
tems and power plants an evolution
sufl'iciently wonderful without a
startling innovation. Here, lor in
stance. is a lamp whirh will give light
hy power made a-> It is held in the
ban i. and here iv a thishlight which
will meditate the autophorogrnphy of
shy forest deni/en* Many ure the
devices' for destroying the monopoly
that tdght has le d in the absence of
tie sun. The moving picture is to
gain from improved ways of produc
ing and projecting the illumination.
The uiororear and the railway train
tui\e much to gain from intensive ex
penmen*. In th? constructive era
that must come after the "devil's
carnival of demolition' electricity will
take n leading role. This is no time
for man to plume himself, that he has
?harnessed the lightning." He has
merely negun to apprehend the poten
tiality of the twentieth century magi
cian.? I'll i lade I phi a Ledger.
Opposed Decimal System.
Among the most determined oppo
nents of tie- decimal system was, of
ctiurv, Herbert Spencer. Some of his
iiio-i eloipietit pamphlets were written
againM it. So di'termined, indeed, was
he that nothing lie eould do to prevent
its introduction should be left undone,
that be made a permanent provision
for renewing the opposition whenever
it might be necessary. He left instrue
tiou> th*t his famous pamphlets should
he at on<?- reprinted, whenever there
)yas any seriou> possibility of the au
thorities being so far 'Med astray" as
t<> eont einphi t e t he adoption of the
system His e{feutors "re. no doubt,
taking note of ihe present renewed
agitation
ALL A MATTER OF HEARSAY
Negro Prisoner Was Most Careful to J
Refrain From Making Any In
criminating Admission*.
Having had "advice of counsel" be
foro taking the witness stand, a negro, i
defendant in Justico Caslmlr Welch's |
court ut Kansas City was n model of
caution when tried on a charge of j
drawing a knife In a tight.
"Kvor arrested before?" nokctl the
defendant prosecutor.
"Ah boon Jugged a few times," the
defendant admitted.
"Kvor been in the penitentiary?"
A pausio.
"Ah don't uuro knew whether Ah
have been In the penitentiary or not?" '
he demanded The ncKro cast an
pealing gtanco at his lawyer.
"Well, they Hay Ah have."
Justico Welch grinned and fell Into
the humor.
"When do they ?ay you went down
the rlvor?" ho uBked.
"They all say It be about 12 years
ago."
"And how long did they say you
stayed there?"
"Five year, that's what they say."
"And according to this rumor, or
neighborhood gossip; why wore you
Bent down?"
"Well, Judge, they done say there be
a pocketbook, one too many wives and
other thinga as Ah couldn't zackly
count for. but 'member. Judge, Ah
ain't 'mittln' nothin.' "
The defendant will spend six months
In the county Jail, but ho did hla host
to hood the warning about "Incriminat
ing admissions."
SERGEANTS AIM WAS TRUE
When Ho Bowled Over the Mexican
Leader the "Greasers" Lost All
Deaire to Continue Conflict.
"Dad" Miller, the old one-legged
shoemaker of Columbus, llkeB to talk
about what the soldiers did, wrltos
Gregory Mason In thoOutlook. Mo tells
how they came In from the eastern end
of the town, each man dropping on his
knee and covering an enemy with a
cool, unhurried precision, qulto differ
ent from the blind, quick shooting of
the already weakening Mexicans
Gradually the invaders were swept
across the plaza and out to the rising
ground southwest of the town by the
handful of disciplined American regu-J
lars.
"Ono o' the three Lopez brothers,"
says the venerable leathor worker
"stood on that leotle rise to tho west I
o' tho station wavln' a big sword an"
tryin' to rally his cowardly compan- ?
ioDB. Major Tompkins an' Sergeant
Folov were right in front o' my store'
watchln" 'em.
"'Can you git that feller sergeant?'
asked tho major.
"'I've never missod. sir.' says the",
servant, an' ho gits off his horse.;
draws a slow bead an' drops the big ?
feller with tho sword. That took the ?
heart out o' them."
The Argonauts of 1854.
On account of a very foolish address,
carried over by the lord mayor and
merchants <>f London to Louis Na
poleon, after tho coup d'etat which
made him emperor, and a mischfevous.
as well as ludicrous, deputation of
Quakers, who, under pretense of being .
peacomongers. went to pay homage to
tho Emperor Nicholas at St. Peters
burgh. and to persuado him that he
might do what ho liked with Turkey, i
without any danger of English inter-:
forence, 1 laid a bill on the table of the
house of lords to prohibit tho subjects
of this country from having any inter
course with foreign governments in
public affairs, unless with tho sanc
tion of tho crown. I had as a precedent
an act of tho American congress, and
for the principle I had the high author
ity of Mr. Hurke. in denouncing as
treasonable the mission by Mr. Fox of
Mr Adair, to tho Empress Catherine,
at the time of tho Russian armament.
? From Campbell's "Lives of the Lord
Chancellors."
Thoroughly Disinfected.
In the diiys when the Manchu dy
nasty was tottering, two students cut
off some of their fingers as a protest
to the government's delay In granting
a parliament. Such forms of protests
are to tho Chinese what writing a let
tor to the paper is to the Englishman.
When these students were taken to the
Cnion Medical college the doctors re
monstrated with them for misusing
their bodies and running tho danger of
infection as well.
"Oh, you needn't (ear on that point,"
said theso students, "we boilod the
knife first."?World Outlook.
Dyo of a Thousand Years.
Now that the difficulty of procuring
dyofl is growing so acuto, American
manufacturers are looking about for
now methods of coloring. A return to
the ancient earth dyes has been sug- ,
gosted, and to this end a collection of
Peruvian fabrics, the designs of
which are said to be a thousand years
old, are being examined and analyzed. ;
One fragment Is of green and brown
stripes, and tho colors are as vivid as
if they had been set yesterday.
Women Urged to Raise Chickens.
Householders throughout England
are being urged to keep a few chick
ens to increase the home production
of eggs Each year in normal tlmos
England imports 258,000,000 eggs.
The women's section of tho National
Poultry society, which Is bohind the
movement, declares that much waste
could b? avoided if householders had
a few chickens to which to throw
scraps from the table.
. ' '1 ? ?
KYK.S OPEN FOB HP IKS
(iovmimcnt Invoke# the A ill of All
of lis Employees.
Virtually- llu? !i?lir?* font* of the* l?VI
oral government's civilian employoOn,
QPI'WSiUUltt'iy 5lHt,lKHi UK-ii und vv?4tt?ui
f <*iiKiiK<>(i in every branch of ser?'l<v,
l I hi* l>cxui nuiiiiuoikmI (<? aid the lw?u
of investigation and the : oeret servhv
in the dotet lion uf splcN and ti;?* up*
prehcMiwinn of jktn.?ms engaged in
plots, in!rigucs and other activities
against tin* interest* of the I'nltwl
State>, >:\y- a Washington dispatch.
In ii(!!:ii>ii 11 it? government lias
sought tin' active cooperation of the
' Im>1 i<x% aii>l ?!*?!?.*? *1 i\?? forces *? f cvvry
town a IK I < ity of consequence throUglu
I out (he '-oiMiirv, Ilumircds of loiters
rt?qucst iiig such ri'-o|n'raiion have boon
mixiIUmI broadcast b\ the department
of"* justice, and roplle> pledging m??
stinted aid arc coming hack in great
number- by telogrnpn and mall
Tito largest single force which the
government lias onrolhsl in Its Na
tion-wldo sjiy hum, with the possible
oxcoptl?>n of the municipal |H>lice and
jdotipctlve fi-rcos, is the aliny of po: t
nuiMt<T>. all of whom have Immmi In
structed to ihtiiiit no clue as to the
idoiit11> of suspected individuals and
their activities to go unreported. I'll
dor the po.-.tmasters are working the
W'tter carrier* in (lie cities and the
rural free delivery carriers in die
count i \. a force all t?>io? or about .'loo,
4KH> men >
Instructions l>> the Federal employes
mil f<>r the prompt reporting to dos
limited authorities of all information,
no inaiti-r how minor it a p| tears which
might voeni t<? furnish clues In fontM
ing out agents of foreign governments.
1'nder this liead eoines letters pass
ing through the mails, telegrams, and
oven overhead scraps of conversation
Indicating activity against tno govern
ment.
Such Information promptly will he
forwarded to the proper investigating
Ixxly at Washington. the name of the
Informant held secret, and an inquiry
quietly Itogun wheivver, in the opinion
of ollieials entrusted. with such work,
InventigatIon is warranted.
Although no request for eo-upera
tion has boon addressed to live general
public, ollieials wvlcome and hold in
Nitride.*-' confidence co-oi?eratlcu on
the part of all private citizens looking
to Ihtt preventing Jii*tivlt?v% harmful
to tho National interest. A numlter
of private citizens, ImiH'lled by pa
triotic motives. uiroady have furnlsb
o<| much private information of this
character, it was shid, nnd havo a hits)
materially in the work of the two bu
reaus heretofore engaged in enforc
ing I ho maintenance of American neu
trulit,v. (Mtlelais want to encourage
citizens to couunuuleate such ijiforma
iion through fulled States attorneys
<>r direct to ttic* department of justice
in Washington.
Tim idea of enlisting virtually all
government employes In this work
originated with ttic department of
justice and was promptb approved
Ii.s the In ails of the va*toui? govern
incut departments. Instructions iutve
lict'ii sent to most of I In* employes
concerned. ii 1h understood tluit other
employe* will he Instructed within tlm
lieM few duys,
In calling upon its civilian em
ployes to aid in 111?* work of Die bu
reau of inventIgniion tlic government
w ill rely chiefly upon I lie Held force
of ail its varied activities, men whose
daily work brings them lit constant
touch with the imbllc. This includes j
in addition to postmasters and letter {
curriers, the Held forces of the do- j
partmenl of the interior, the Federal
trade commission, the deimrtmcnt of
agriculture, the interstate commerce
commission. Die iifeernal revenue and
customs bureau of i!h? treasury de
partuieiit, department of commerce
workers and Invotlgators and oilier
4>lliclals of the department of lahor.
The co-opera tIon of trained detec
tlvcs and otlur employes of municipal
police forces will result, olllclals Ih?
lleve In obtaining a vast amount of
Information of great value to the gov
ernment. Under the deimrtmenl's
program, virtually every ix#U<x>,!uun1
plain clothes men and ileteetlves?
other than private detectives?in the
country will l?e assisting indirectly in j
the work of the government's Investl
gatiiig beivaus. The total of this vast
force has not been estimated.
Columbia has subscribed $10,(KM) to
wards the $50,000 expected of her In
the Methodist lOducational campaign.
Assistant Secretary- of Agriculture,
Carl Vrooman. will make a tour of the
Southern States in an effort to stimu
late the production of food crops.
KKillT HOI KS \ |)\Y
For Western I'nioii OlHrnUur* \n<|
Gitiifc lKpartiiuius.
( ?<? i ^ '?
The Camden' employee?) of utt) w^j,,
??r?i llnion Telegraph Company will
Included iu tne eight-hour workday
which i>eeoines effective Ma> 1, us uu.
result of an order issued l.y the
olllces of the <*ompt|i?y Tuesday. 'j|?.
official ofder Is;
Effective May I, 1017, truttu* ml(j
commercial department employ ??<>* n\
functional mili 11 and functional branch
otlhvs will l>e paid on u ha?ls or hour*
for a day's work, effective as <.f HUIm,
date, operators and such other nn
ployees as such nnn-fuuctionhl oftht*
as may he arranged will l?<? paid on
an eight-hour basis. Effective as
*ume date |?lMnt department Kang ?*in
ployees and such others, \vlu?s<? work
admits of definite hour of duty, will i*.
paid on an eight-hour basis."
Thin order, however, does not in
elude messenger boys, as his work i*
done on the commission basis.
The annual report of the bushiest
of the company was given out at the
same time that the eight-hour order
was issued and shows the largem
volume of business in the history of
the company, gross eperutlng revenues
aggregating $01,1)111,110, an Increase of
$10,747,045 or 21 per cent. This i>
partially effect, however by an inrreuf*
of $7,7r?r?..,{K0, or 1K.J> jkm- ccut in ope
rating expenses. Net Income of the
year, before paying divhkiiuls, w?<>
$2,227,814, an Increase of 21.0, the sur
plus after transferring $1,000,000 tv
reserve for maintenance and allowing
for regular and extra dividends of fi
j>er cent Increasing .'10.1 per cent to
?i,<185,100.
The body of Percy Dantzler, whe
was killed In a planing mill accident
at Karberton, 'Ohio, Monday of last
week, was burled at Jericho M. E.
church, near Cameron Thursday. Tin'
young man was 21 years of age.
Eugene lloykin, son of S. P. Hoykhi
of Anderson, is said to be in the hand*
of the (Jermans as a prisoner of war,
having been taken off the Esmeralda*,
when that vessel was recently sunk bjr
the Oermttn raider Moewe.
"When you pay more than
Fisk prices you pay for some
thing that does not exist."
DON'T forget that, when you
buy your new tires. Subject
Fisk Non-Skids to a comparative
road test and learn why you can't
buy more real dollar
for-dollar tire value.
w&'w dies, usarjr
JKf Jit,
Non-Skids
Standard of Tire Value
have the quality to
give you genuine tire
satisfaction.
Ftsk Tires For Sale By
W. O. Hay
Camden
THE FOE OF
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