The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 03, 1917, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
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i'uhllshed every Friday at 11(4) Nt>.
Broad Street, and entered at the <'aiu
deu postofllce aw second class mall mat
ter. 1'rh-e iter annum $1.50. /
We are glad to receive commuuioa
tloim of a reasonable length, but an
important condition of their public*
tlon 1h that they Hball In all case* l>e
accompanied by the full name ami
exact arid re** of the sender. Obitu
aries, resolutions of reapect, ami church
notices will not be charged for. Mat
ters of purely a personal nature will
he charged for at the rate of five cent*
a line. Whiskey or patent medicine
advertisement* will not be accapttnl at
? ny price. Kates for display adver
tising made known on application.
Camden, H. V., Friday, August X, 1!# 17
The milM who pay* liis debts Is l?eV
? "dunned". Pay up.
Sonic one said that f!*?' selling of
drink* on Sum hi y not l>r stop
lied. Well, we saw lots of thirsty
? ?ne^ - htHt?Kunday.
Men's trousers miiv be mailt* -diorler
says an exchange. \Vi*ll. who fares?
No one wan Of*' i<? -?*?' what .trousers
hide, anyway.
W't* don't think much of the sugges
tion to make men'* garments without
pockets. Poor wife wouldn't have any
thing to search.
We know In* has been cussed enough
tn11 we can't refrain from saying I hat
the lee (nan might have wniti'd a few
weeks longer to let the lee run out.
An/ exchange says t hut a bachelor
i* tfie only man capable of giving
ailvlce on how to manage 11 wife. The
married men know it can't be done.
Lillian Itussell advises against kiss
ing if yon would have a beautiful
month. Who would let a little thing
like tbiit stop thcin from kissing. .
An exchange sjjys that summer is.
lightly tapping nt the door. If this
Is tapping we sincerely hope that she
will never give a real hard ?kno?*k.
A question we <hould all a>k our
selves: "Do we. as voters, exercise
as much care in selecting our County
otlhvrs, ,1^ wi> would in hiring a
clerk."
It 111:1 ver\ lilllc difference to
u< whether you borrow your neighbors
'paper or not. but we would like to
remind you to return it to him after
vou have read it.
We feci like starting a subscript ion
to l?uy an automobile or sonic other
little trinket for the Dutch weather
prophet. He lias predicted a cool wave
for the Homing week.
We are now approaching that rea
son of tlit* year that is most trying
011 the hoys. The after effects of eat
ing green apples will soon call out
the old family remedy again.
An exchange has remarked that too
much Penman and ton much (Joethals
was responsible for us having too few
ships. To which we would add that
we have just enough Wilson to uet
the ships promptly now.
< ?ne young man committed suicide
when lie was notified that he was one
who had heen selected for service.
And tluit hearties* paragraphaphone re
marks tlmt lie probably wanted to
fake a short cut to the trenches.
Don't kick on the high prices. (Jet
Tnit and produce something and you too
will iret your share of the profits. Ev
erything l>as advanced in jfrlce and
anything worth' while?including labor
will bring inure now than it ever did
before.
N'earl.x one hundred tickets for Co
llimbla were sold last Sunday night to
Camden people who are working tit the
eantoiieuient at that place. Which
only goes to show that we are already
getting some of the money being spent
by the iJoverninent in its preparations
for war.
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Numbers of wagon loads of wh
have been hauled through Camden
past week to Holland's Mill, north
Camden, formerly known as Vaughn
mill for grinding into flour. We also
learn that the T/etioir inilljienr Ha good
has b**on running night and day for the
past few weeks In order to accomo
date Kershaw and Sumter count}'
growers. The quality of flour turned
out is excellent and there will be
many people in this coutoty this year
who will eat home grown flour in
stead of having it shipped. The Buf
falo Milling Company in the northern
section of the county will be ready
for operation another s(?son, and in
dications jxiint to a steady increase
in the acreage planted In wheat.
SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED
We miv currying in ??*??- now* columns Unlay ,ni tit'tide wlilch will ?ur-.
prist- many pet?!*)? throughout Kershaw County, while to others it^vlli QP?
0??l0U surprise -merely passing It up as the expected has happened.
W'o refer t<? i)i?* announcement of the shortage in flu* (load SheriXTs ??'
count with Kershaw County. Many luivo given vent to expr?fidons
since thf rumors began to float ami we have not hoard a single man
nay but what he thought foruier Sheriff lluekalnv to Ik* absolutely hon
e-d, notwithstanding his other shorteoinlng*. Ami further, tltat it would
have heoji almost out of the question for him to have s|tent mo large au
amount for tho uhort tlmo he held tho office.
This nOwspajier tlnd* no pleasure In making thesf (hidings publle, hut
wo lu'llovo it Is a duty we owe tho people of Kershaw County. It is very
likely that tho Itondsmen will put up a pretty stiff legal battle before they
make this shortage good, and In doing so we ho|s* the matter will t>c
sifted to the very bottom and If lite dead Sheriff Is not guilty of mak
ing away with this enormous sum, then his tiHtue should x?e cleared ami
the Maine placed upon the guilty parties. It Is a matter In which every
eifiitcn in Kershaw County, no matter how huutblo, Is vitally interested,
and wo hope that a searching Investigation will Ik> made before tho mat- <
tor is dually ended.
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MAKING THE ISSUE CLEAR
At a meeting held at Puiuarla, South
Carolina, last Frldily attended by "aov*
cr4tI thousand Jieople" and addressed
hy ex-<loveriuu* lilease, he, at the Con
cjusion ?>f his address, according to
the Charleston Auioi'loaii, "took a hand
primary .which reminded one of the
days of the 'MM." "All of you who,"
ho said "If you luiil been members of
coiigres* would ha ve voti'il for this
war, hold up your right hand." Not a
hand was raised. "All of you who
would havi> voted agalnyt this war and
who would now vote for peace hold up
your hands." lOvery hand wont up
The correspondent of The American
Mays that "people from every section
of Newberry eounty and from many
parts of the State were present," that
"It was a State-wide gathering of na
tion wide Import," and .tTint "there is
no doubt that it was-the opening of
the political campaign of 101H so far
South Carolina 1s -
Taking this rejxirt at its face value,
it ran mean nothlng*jnore nor less hut
that the rampaign of the llleasites in
tiUS In South. Carolina will l?e in op
position to the war.
The correspondent quotes Mr, Mease
as saying in another part of his sj>eech :
"I><> not misunderstand me. We arc
now in this war fiurt It must be pushed
to a successful conclusion. The might
of the nation must be thrown towards
bringing it to an end at the- earliest
possible moment. And let us all pray
CJod that it may be wrought to a suc
cessful end before a great number of
our young men are killed upon the bat
rlcticlds of Kuropc. We arc in the
light and we must fight it to a finish
with all' the power of our great na
tion."
Thus we have on the one hand the
people signifying unanimously that the
congress should not have voted for the
recognition of the state of war which
the Hermans created and that they
would now vote for peace, while on
the other the speaker who puts the
question to them asserts that the war
must he pushed to "a successful con
clusion." How these two positions are
to he reconciled Is *(f no concern to
The State. How war can he "pushed
to it successful concruslon" while the
iH'opfe are saying that they would vote
for peace now is one of those puzzles
easy of solution to Hleaseitish minds,
hut hopelessly beyond The State's ken.
The Important fact is that Rleaseites
pitch their campaign on opposition to
the war. on unqualified condemnation
of ihe President and the majority of
the American congress and on a idea
that peace should be made now.
The position assumed seems to he
that while the war. as undertaken hy
the t'nlted States through the Presi
dent and congress is unrighteous and
wicked, it should be pushed to a suc
cessful conclusion because the United
Slates is iu it. That, too. Is a proposi
tion of ethics beyond the fathoming
of The^State. but one with which It is
not concerned.
Had the President and the congress
Since the draft was made. the
County Hoard of exemption lias had
numerous requests for exemption. We
would remind our readers that this
is not only useless, hut very annoying
to tho hoard. Kvery man drawn will
rtfrive due notice of when and where
to ap|tear for examination, and where
application for exemption must he tiled.
He a little patient and give the hoard
a chance.
This paper is one that never in
tentionally lies?although we are ac
cused of doing so very often. Not so
long ago The Chronicle carried an
item of ?ews whi<J? was branded as
ft lie by thf party referred to in the
item. We didn't hear the party say
it was a lie. but some of our friends
did. We paid no attention to it. how
ever. preferring to "let time tell".
It has later develoi>od that The Chron
icle was right?with the exception of
the exact date mentioned.
A citizen of iSouth Carolina has
the right to transj>ort one quart or (
less 'of whiskey for personal use in
his baggage under the terms of the j
Quart-a-Month Act. according to an '
opinion rendered by Assistant Attorney j
General Claud X. Sapit The opinion
is given in answer to a query from
L. D. Beard en. of Westminster.
J. .1. McManus. a railway mail clerk;
running between Charleston ami Ham
let. X. ('., was given a preliminary
htm ring yesterday t>efore United States
Commissioner A. M. linger on a charge
of opening mail and embezzling the
contents. He was bound over to rhe
United States District Court for trial.
Iiond was fixed in the sum of $'2,000,
which .was furnished.
refused to reeogiiUe the state of war
with. Germany the refusal would have
expressed thoir Approbation of the de
struction of American pasenger ship*
and American men, women and chil
dren >?y German submarine* without
warning. It would have Ma Id in sub
stance that assassination oil the hitfh
seas of Americans by order of the Ger
man government was defensible and
proper and decent ?and, just and holy
conduct. It wonld have said that the
Zimmerman plot to incite Japan and
Mexico (a plot formed before the rup
ture tif relations with Germany
against the United States with the aim
of delivering Texas and two other
States to Mexico ought not to Ik? re
sented. It would have corriinltted the
United Stntes to approval of Germany's
invasion of Belgium and of whatever
the German government ban done in
the course of thin \yar.
IT Is well that we "know in advance
what the Issue in South Carolina shall
he next year. If the people of South
Carolina are In favor of ^oting for
peace now and pushing the war to a
successful conclusion at the same time
the sooner the other people of the
United States know where South Caro- [
Una stands, or lags, the better.
The State is of the opinion that the j
hand primary taken at Pomariu does I
not represent the sentiment of our j
people or of all the people who arc Y
reported to have participated in it. The
State lias not the faintest, idea that
seveal thousand people can be gotten
together anywhere in South Carolina
who would ask congress or the United ;
States to hack down by voting for 1
peace at this time. The socalled. "hand j
primary" Is at best a poor sign of the
.sentiment of an assembly. A part of
the crowd always votes as the speaker
wishes and the other part often doe
not vote at all.
With complete confidence The State
predicts that the Hleaseite leaders will
abandon the program outlined at
Poniaria. They will not dare to" per:
severe in a campaign In South Caro
lina In op|>osition to the Democratic
administration, in Washington and the
people of the Unted States. They can
not couple a demand for i>enoe and suc
cessful prosecution of the war and
fool one-tifth of the |>eople who have
sometimes voted for them. They will
silently repudiate the ptan that they
have announced and later, noisily |>a
radim: their patriotism, seek ejection
to the otlices on the ??td and empty is
sues in State alT-iirs with which they
are fa in liar and which are of nhout
their size.
South Carolinians, believing that they
as Americans are engaged in the war
for liberty and security of their coun
try and of the" jieace of the world, are
ready and eager to meet the HIcaseLtes
or any other faction on the issue of
the justice of the war and they will
maintain not only thar the war should
be pressed to a successful, conclusion,
but that no true American will cry
"Peace" until that conclusion is in
sight.?Columbia State.
The jM-oplo <>f Leo county have In
vited Senator John Sharp Williams
to make an address in that county
soon. It is to be hoped that lie will
accept the invitation and that the
audience will he worthy of the *<|>eak
er. Senator Williams is flr^t of all
a true American of true patriotism.
In point of intellect lie is seeond to
none in the United States. An ad^
dress by Senator Williams would be
worth traveling two hundred miles to
bear. ' He would charm and inform
Ms audience. No onew with a thimble
full of l>rains could listen to him with
out Ixdng" thrilled with a love of his
country and a desire to do bis "and
her ftil 1 duty in this world war, It
is unfortunate that Senator Williams
on account of his official duties in
Washington, can nor make ;i great
many s]>eeehes in all parts of the
South. He would explain the vital
issues in this war as few other men
could, ami would arouse our ]>eople;
to the necessity of a supreme effort
He would present a striking and de
lightful contrast to some of the feath
er weights in Congress and to the 'Hit-;
tie group of willfnl men" whose
asininlty has made them so conspic
uous and 'so-contemptible. Hut there
is no jNi*>nnhiiR for taste, some pre
fer to hear and see the weeping lady
from Montana, and other statesmen
whose only claim to face is due en
tirely to voice.?<York News.
Miss Ruby Brooks, of Nevvmni, fia.,
employed in the clothing factory at
the Navy Yard, was killed and Mr.
J,eon Adams, of Jacksonville, a ship
builder at the Navy Yard, injured
when they were struck by a tar of the
Consolidated company on the upper
trestle near North Charleston about
o'clock Saturday night.
HI KASf; s CONDUCT 8COWJ>
IHtvid ?. C<*?f
of former 0?ven?#r.
Columbia, July :il. -Loyally to
goveJ'UUU'Ut to tltu polut of personal
sacriHce of a high 0*d?r Vf
?h1 In every liauilel and school district
of the Hint*.' T)m> Ht?te Council of
Defense ?t h meeting here today
decided that the tlr*t step lu putting
South <Vrolina oil a war wwa w*?
a thorough caiuimlgn to, artuise the
.latent patriotism of the people, to
educate them to the danger of a slug
gish I lite rent In the war and the di"*
aKtrotiM results to the country of fall
tiro to give a full measure of uUPPOrt
to all governmental measures.
Ilv the same tokeu the eradloatloii
'of Mention and treason in their li?
dpteut stages, the eatoppel?by the
kl?l glove method, If possible, and If
'not, by the .Iron hand?of the utteriug
or fostering of seiitlipent deslgjpd and
calculated to hamper the nation h?
the prosecution of the war; thin In
one of the dual linen whleh the cam
paign will pursue.
Cole. I?. It lea hc, Esq., recognised as
the most consplelous example of the
latter group hy virtue of his conduct
since ?the war, which characterization
of him has l>ccn accentuated by ids
recent speech at 1'omarla, was hehl
up'to the scorn of the JUH) or more
men and women who tilled the hall
room of the Jefferson Hotel. Chair
man David K. Coker rend a short'clip
ping from the account of the speech
of Mr. Illease and blistered Its author
in phra ses which smote with the power
of truth. ' "lj understand that even
more treasonable things than these
were said," said Mr. Coker. "We must
not i\Jlow such treason to grow up un
checked."', j
Mr. Coker put the former Governor
in the class with Tom Watsou, of
Georgia. and the "long. haired Vttrda
umur of Mississippi^11 as ti trio "who
are deluding themselves Into tlhpking
they out ride into oftlce over th*"^il^tftg
pitrjotlsm of the South." f f
Dr. George It. Cromer; of Ntwea')'.
roused his hearers to a high oPgree
of enthusiasm as he .challenged some
t the utterances made by Mr. Blease
in his romarla sis^ech, though lie did
not mention the name of their author.
"I hear that-Vome men say that Con
gress and the President plunged this
nation Into war." said Dr. Cromer.
?That is ah untruth. Congress and the
President wer'e forced hy the acts of
the Imperial Herman Government to
recognize that a state of war existed.
When our property whs ruthlessly de
stroyed and when our men. wlinen and
children were ruthlessly drowned on
the high seas without warning being
given. Congress and the Prejjldent
were without alternative in recogniz
ing that steps must he taken to pro
tect the rights of a sovereign people."
"Some men tell us that we are fight
ing the'"battles of France and Eng
land." continued Dr. Cromer. "It is a
lie. Let uk tefl jour people that France
and Enghutd for three years have
been fighting our battles?France un
til she has been bled white and Eng
land until she is exhausted."
Speaking further with reference to
that class which has opposed the draft
and which i> s<*eking to frustrate other
measures for the prosecution of the
war. Mr. Cromer said: "The man who
Is trying now to shackle this govern
ment and render its efforts futile by
preaching the doctrine of "No cause
for our going into war" is an effort
attempting to shoot my boy and your
boy in the back as he inarches to the
front."
Mr. Cromer's speech was-followed
by an oration which lasted for many
minutes.
Governor Manning In a short ad
dress struck the same note , which
Mr. Coker sounded in .opening the
meeting and which later was to l>e
repeated in the .striking utterance
of Dr. Cromer. "The hour has struck
in South Carolina when there can be
no divided allegiance?no difference of
opinion. There is no time for disloyal
words and deeds." The Governor urged
that men or women having knowledge
of quasi-treasonable acts report same
to agents of the Department of Jus
tice and swear out warrants for the
olTortders."
V
How many pounds to a
ton?2000 or 1500?
HOW many pound* of real roughage are you gettina
to a ton? If you are buying old style hull# you
are getting about 1500 pound* because they are
about one-fourth lint which hat no fppd value. .
If you are buying
RUC^EYF
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V HULLS V
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you are getting 2000 full pounds because they are free
from lint and are practically 100 percent roughage. Try
them and see how much farther they go.
Other Advantages ?
Coet much lets per ton than old No trash or dust.
style hulls. 8acked?easy to handle.
Allow better assimilation of other They mb^ well with other for.
food. M*
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Air. W. C. Own*. Charlotta, N.C.,
feeds thirty cows. He consider* Buckeye Hulls the
cheapest feed and gets the best results.
Ta secure the best results and ta develop the ensilsfe odor, wt the hulk
thoroughly twelve hours before feeding. It U s*,, u j0 this by
wetting Ihejp dawn night and merninf fer the nest feeding. If at any tim
this canaat be dens, wet dewa at W >Mitjp wiaiitas. If yeu prsfsr Is
feed the hulls dry, use anly half ss much by bulk as ef eld style hulls.
Book of Mixed Feede Free
Gives the right formula for every combination of feeds used in the
South. Tells how much to feed for maintenance, for milk, for fat
tening. for work. Describee Buckeye Hulls and gives directions for
using them properly. Send for your copy to the nearest mill.
Dept. K The Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. Dept. z
Atlanta Birmingham Greenwood " LUtle Rock MemphU
Aufueta . Charlotte' ? Macor* Silma
The Governor also appealed for the
support of all classes of people in
carrying the war to a successful con
clusion, and *ahl,t aiuitl applause: "We
must give to the negro who will allied
his blood for our flag a guarantee that
Ins rights nlmll he respected,"
Mr. Coker in opening the meeting
stated that he thought thfi. proper way
to bring the war home to the people
was not by an army of figures show
ing Its cost in money or lives?not
by a picturing of the barbarity of
Germany in the mass, but '>y the pre
sentation of brief hun^in Interest sto
ries of unquestioned authenticity, that
set forth the war methods of the ifli
periai Government. He then related
several gathered from his own expe^
rience. ' . ?
The conscription of all German wo
men by the government for the pur
pose of restoring the population, en
tirely abrogating the marriage rela
tion. was declared to be one of the
u-iir policies of the powers that rule
at Berlin. *
$500.00 REWARD
Five Hundred Dollars reward will
be paid by the Southern Railway Sys
tem for the arrest and conviction of
the i>erson or i>ersoii8 who removed
spikes, bolts and angle bar# resulting
in the derailment of passenger tspin
No. 20 near Hendersonville, N. C., Tues
day morning June 17, 1017.
All communications pertaining to this
subject should be addressed to Mr. J.
W. Connelly, Chief Special Agent,
Southern Hallway System, Charlotte,
N. C.
If arrested, wire him or Sheriff N.
W. Wallace, Charlotte, N. C.
"W. N. Foreocre,
General Manager.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
The *? Hamburg - American line
steamship Valeria ml, sei&tt t>y thi
American go very men t after Jt hij
been damaged by .Its crow, upon tbe
deolaration of war, bus been repaired
-by the navy department and lg not
ready for service. This is the large*
passenger vessel In the world. Whei
the vessel wan taken over by the got
eminent the shipping hoard asked for
authority to take charge and the au
thority was granted. The s^ippioc
board did nothing and the navy depart
incut, took tjhp job on Its hauds. Th#
repairs on the vessel cost more thai
$1,000,000. The government ha* not
yet announced the seivice to which the
big ship will be assigned.
Addle Hames, 41 negro womaiM
York'county, was killed under pecntiai
fl itu in Stances Saturday night. HA
husband. Dan Haines, says that art
eral white men came to his house ani
forcibly carrying him away onto
threat of death, and that when t*
returned to bis home he found Hi
wife lying upon the bed with^'bol
let wound through her body, and
sliut gun lying beside her on the lw
Tlifc negro has been placed In jal
but an investigation Is being ma<K
as to the truthfulness of <hU story.
Claude Carroll, aged. 19, was
and - instantly killed by his cousin, B
mer Carroll, at Anderson Safurda
The shooting occu red in the ear
morning. > Claude' Carroll was a sl?(
walker and his cousin mistook hli
for a burglar, firing the fatal shot
Degpondei)t because he poeeeaw
ticket 258 in the selective draft li?
John Wilon, a negro of York count
attempted suicide by hnnging himsq
He was found in time to save "
from self destruction. He Is
watched closely.
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356 acres of land near Boykin, S. C., known as the Ancrum Hill tract. nc
$12.00 per acre. ; f
472 acres of land 4 miles fro Lugoff, S. C. on National Highway, one 4 rob^
dwelling, 2 barns, 4 tenant houses. Premises now* occupied by W. W. Price, i
per acre $17.50. ?
68 acres of land 3 miles fromXJassatt, S. C., 30 acres' under cultivation, on
4 room dwelling, one barn. Pric e$1,600.00
165 acres 7 miles South of Camden of Charleston, public road. v T\*o t?
houses, rents this year $375.00. Price per acre $30.00.
C. P. DuBOSE &
SWF,
REAL ESTATE? INSURANCE
CROCKER BUILDING PHONE