The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 17, 1917, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
h. n. asm iwi f
R. N. MrDovvell s
P?iIiIImU?mI ??vt.?ry Friday at 11(H) No.
HrunW Sfun't, and timrM at the 4'nm
den poatotiice a* neeond elans mall mat- '
(ir, Prltu per annum 9IM
We ?ire Kind to reeelve counounlca1
(Ioiih of tt reasonable length, but an ,
Importune condition of their puhllcd ,
don in that they shall In alt cane* he
accompanied hy the full limine and
exact addrex# of the Header. Ohltu- j
(tries, reauliitloiiH of rea|HK*t, ami church
notices will not be charged for. Mat
tern of purely a personal nature will
charged for at the rate of five cent*
k line. WhlHkey or patent medicine
?d\oitlaemeitiH v?'.MI upt he accepted At,
any prlee. Half's for display adver-'
tlnloK made known on application.
Camden, 8, Aujcu*t 17, 1917.
?DIFFKRKNCK" OR SHORTAUK?
weeks Chronolle In reference to the va
rious urniul Jui'Les of Kershaw County.
Mr. K. T; Rstridge. Mir present fore
iiiunVeuuests us t" stab* tliat slu<*e he
has been foreman there lias been iio of
ficial audit of any of Hit* county i?f
tices. with t lit' CXCCpt loll of course of
the cilice of si it'riff. ? This we ilo in
Jliistice r<> Mr. Kst,ridge ami his asso
?'inl?'v on tlie grand Jur.v.
We !iti?nded no i.'T. i.i e to any |mr?
tli'iilar Jurors, but were speaking of the
Juries in tbe past. What gave rise to
i?>o ;? commCift M will be foUiid fiiithei oil
in Mils article.
i )n .November 111. Ihlo. \\ hi*u Mr. I!.
.1. I .owls was tin- foreman of tin- urand
Jury, wo luaih' tho following comments:
"It seems to us that the' grand Jury
in their last presentment won* a little
inconsistent. In tin* beginning of the
present men t wc read: "We find the
variolic comity ofliees well kept. and
the hooks in good shape. We. through
niir foreman. cheeked the hooks and
voucher* of the county treasurer, su
perintendent 'of education ami sn|H?r
visor and found same correct. We also
Itey t<> say that the clerk from the
('oinpt roller (lenerar- ottice wax very
<-<>1111?)i 11 m*ut:tt*\ in hi* remarks as to
the hooks of (he various oftiecrs. as
T<> the l>ookkco|tjii<: We through our
foreman witnessed the settlement of
the county otlicers. and everything
seemed. as he-'t we could tell, to he
.correct " < in top of this, the grand
.iur.\ in the latter part of the present
ment recommends that live hundred
dollars rff the county's funds he used
to audit the sumo hooks that they had
already found to ho in such l'oimI shape.
The latter part of the presentment
rends: "We recommend that the hooks
of all the county officers he audited
hy a certified accountant from June
:u?th. mil. to June :u>th. mi.". That
same he given to <\ I. Yann. certi
fied public accountant of Columbia. S.
C.. for the viun of $.~oo. said audit to
he approved hy the grand Jury, before
said accountant snail receive said sum
of As far as we know all of
Nie comity oH'cers have no objection to
their hooks ??,?!:itr audited and have
nodi ie. to fear from this report. It
looks 1 ? us P'ke a useless e\|M>iiditure
?'f the c<ei:i?\ funds."
Mr. Vann. the acwiuitnut. In Id* re
port filed on March -I. mit? made some
comment on our criticism and says;
"It is unfortunate that the county has
never had a thorough investigation be
fore" and recommends miving tile work
done vearlv in the future.
The following extracts from his re
1'ort on flie office of county Treasur
er!
"I submit on pages ."<! and ."7.
.?iatements of State. <'otiiity, ami School
funds ha ml left by tlm Treasurer for the
??nr ended .June .'{<>. 101 J. and similar
Mrtti'inents r?S. ~>0. ami ftO year
? ?mlfil June 1*0. 101.S. 1 >rtjtes 01. 02. and
?Kl. year ended June 30. 1014, and
mitres <>I. ami 0<i. year ended June
.'?0. 101.1. respivt\vely ,iml balances.
Page 117 slum . 1 ?:?laikt< to lip ac
counted for iii .lime 101.". ami
how iKH'iHintoil f.n Thi' ha la nop to
In* ;i??<??>!!nf?m 1 f": imm <???ttlenient sheets
wore $.'57.I .'12 <">. m\ rorreeted figures
*;ift.n-m..aui. different $i.r?n;.r?i. which
difference is made up as follows;
Year ended Jum* .in. 1012.
State funds; No change.
County Funds :
Nov. 1H. 11111. Willi.- Wil
liams fined $100.00 1 ? \ tin'
(Viiirt ivliich-wft" reduced by
the rjovemor to $.%0.00
SKKI.atl was eh:ircred up b\
the Tre a ?nrer Instead <>f
$50Jk> Cr *."io.on
TVT.. mi 2. .T. Tt Wat kins
Medl?-a! Co.. license *100.00
i'(dle<-ted hv Clerk of Court
ai'd turned over. left out of
settlement in error Pi' I'lO.OO
Jan. 17. 1012. payment bv
Treasurer to Sinking Fund
? ommission <?n account Court
House Hond*. $1,000.00. tflk
vn credM for ff*- $2000.00.
which t't-ror f prt**uiuo wh?
caused by tin* fae-i I bat |2,
(nmi.oo whh li?rho pro
vlouM Si&i ('II Ihe same uc
count. u lilrli . oveiert two
ye?ar*. Mini 11 it-" Treamuror re<
uii'iulK-riiUt it simply cu(orv<l
tl|? (he jjiJ.OOOIHt i||M(?*at| Of ,
v i(mh11hi I>r. l.ooo.oo
Not difference County fund f 1,050.00
Si-IiihiI Funds:
Not differemv lit taxes %
t'bu rued against Ttvamiror
li> iIn* County Auditor, Dr. |9.'40
Total ii?*t UlltoivimfH for
ill*' >04)1* 1012 Dr. *1,055.20
Then follows Itemized statements of
"differences" fur the yen I'M 1918, 11114
n Od 1015: v
Hceapltnlatiou of DlttWence*.
state* Fuml:
Your oialwl 0-80 11115 Dr. $1M1.40
Ye?ar cialoil 0 80 ll>1|i Dr. 1050.00
Year ended 0-80-1018 Dr. 9.80
Year ended 0^80-1914 Dr. 24.00
Year ended 0-80-1015 Cr. 02.98
Not difference County Dr. 1020.82
School Fund :
Year oneled 0-80 1012 I>r.. 5.20
Your ended 0 .*10-11)18 Cr. 450.02
Year ended 0-80-11)14 Cr. 10.50
Year ended 0-80-1015 Dr. 801.05
Net difference School Dr. $.890.78
< ? rii i id 'IN >t a I I Mffereiiros Dr. $1510.01
The above Is printed for Ibo Infor
mation of the (nx-puycrs and the gen
leral public. The report shows very
I clearly thnt there Is a shortage of
$1,510.01, whh'h Mr. Vartn calls h
("difference". Whether this shortage or
1 "dlffere?nce" was intentional we do not
know, hnt there has never been any
showing where tills "dlflWi'iieo" Jtian
been made good.
The c ounty paid out $500.00 to have
this audit made, and we believe the
public is entitled to know of his find
ings.
The pnblc would, also like to know
tin* difference between a "difference"
and a shortage*.
A mlsllt?an American flap at tho
masthead of the Charleston Ameri
can.
In one of the count It's a young man
was exempted from military duty be-i
. cause the doctors couldn't find his
heart. An exchange wants to know
if they looked for it in his mouth.
Sumo married men wo know are
not dreading this conscription one tdt.
They will probably prove valuable in
the trenches, too, ns most of them arc
>ea-oiit'd fighters.? Lancaster News.
Some one has suggested the slogan:
"To gi\e until it hurts" to replace
1 the one "do your hit*' and an exchange
1 says that it won't work with some peo
ple. for ihey are too easily hurt.
Anioie.r other thins*, the city council
might pas< an ordinance prohibiting
the sale of .lamacia singer a* a bev
era ire. Since we can't set the genuine
arth-le. we don't' need the substitutes.
You will have to hand it to the
Columbia Heeord for putting at least
one "scoop" over the newspapers. As
.arl\ a< la*t- week it's readers were
; advised to "do your (^hristmas shop
' iiil' early."
Ii i? said 'Coventor Manning has
lieen offered a place on t'he Inter-State
Commerce Commission. If he accept
Andrew Jackson Methea will succeed
him as (iovernor. Sparc u* good Lord!
York News.
< >ue way to heat the high cost of,
, living, is to huv your summer clothing
about the tirst of September. <>f
' 'oursf it may he out of style next
reason but that will make little dif I
fereuce -with the married men.
Several of our county friends have
mailed us the names of visitors at
?hcii te me within the past few weeks.
We appreciate this thought fulness and
hope that others will let us know of
their visitors.
A citizen was heard to remark the
other day that this was becoming a
county of "stops". The law-makers
have stopped the sale of whiskey, the
new Sheriff has stopped the Sunday j
-ales, and the city officials have stop
ped the faithful old town clock.
F.?r twenfv vear* or more we have
plead with the |?eoplc of this county |
to patronize the merchants in this
town, but if the merchants don't show
more appreciation of our efforts along
thi* line we will he tempted to ipiit
boosting for them, and go to work i
for the mail order houses. i
The seventeen countries now in the i
war on the side of the Kntente are |
Croat Britain, France. Russia. United,
States. Belgium. Italy. Japan. Human-j
ia. Serbia. Montenegro. Creece. Cuba. I
Portugal San Marino. Siam, I.Iberia ;
and China. China Is the la*t to de-!
dare war agaiu*t Cermanv and the |
Central Powers. She has a pnpula- J
tion estimated at around five hundred,
million.
There will be more money sjtent In 1
?ii- count) the coining season than
'H r before, and our home merchant*:
* an keep all of if at home if thc.v
in. We want to continue to work for
the home merchant?, but advertising
*| ?ce it! these columns Is for *ale,
and we a re going to sell if. If the
II merchant* don't want if w e wilt
have no difficulty in securing contract*
with the mail order houses in the larg
er place*. Come in and let u* talk
the pro|K?sltion over with you. Mr.
Camden Merchant.
Tin* ninety-ninth wonder of the world
-^-Ihe woman wfoo refuse* to talk.
_ lt'ji.iuu uncommon *lglu net* - a
unui with a Murk eye how- or ml
one* either,
! > ( ^ , ?'"**>
I 'Tls sail, hill the little Kljlh ineet
[ hc?'s which we I overt so well, have
j lost 1 heir "punch".
As*
And what has iveconie of Hie t?l?l*
fashioned uutorooblte horn which was
1 Unrated with a bulb?
Jf a Jong face was cause fur re
jection we know one young u?an who
wouldn't go to France^
An automobile has to "play second
llddle to ft long-tongued woiimHiu lien
it comes to running i?eopl? doh n.
One of the food ways of getting even
with a |K?rson Is to pay him what you
owe him, says the (irej'nwood Index.
No. we don't have to print the
'sfuv' that appears Ip this column each
week. We do It because we want to.
"The fellow who stopi>ed on third
hase to congratulate himself never
made a home run" says an exchange.
Keep your eye on the man who say*
advertising doesn't pay. The chances
are he's scheming to get sotue free.
We want someone who knows to
tell us If Palm Itcach suits were in
tended to lit. We have not neen one
that did.
We are told that there was very
little enthusiasm for Itleasy at Filbert.
The day dawns, the night Is breaking.
?York News.
"Drive to the right" applies to driv
ing a nail as well' as. an automobile.
If you don't believe It try injsslng a
nail on the left.
< >f course we know the weather is
hot and these are strenous times. hut
isn't it abort time for the county polit
ical pot to begin boiling.
Some day Camden will be a real
city, but it won't be until we have
more residences and fewer "farms"
within the corporate limits.
An cieclrician states that it takes
times as nuich power to produce
llgnt as it does to make noise. The
same can be said of some of our poli
tic! a ns.
I'M l?e('amp can say more in throe
lines than anyone we know: Here's
hi* latest: "When you take fhjnirs
easy be sure that they do not follong
to other j>eoplp."
The Judge who sentenced a Cana
dian i???lyjr?imi^t to service ?t I? the
frout line when 'his regiment next
goes into action evidently wanted tt^
give the poor devil a rest.
j There is much more 'happiness In
ihi- world thun most of us suspect.
I hut if we gel our share of it. avo
I must eontrive to contribute some hap
j pluess to others.?(iaflfney T/edger.
We heard a man say last week that
( lie had three quarts of whiskey at
j his home. No. Hud. he doesn't live
i in Camden, hut we ex|wet to have, oc
casion to visit his home pretty soon.
\}"e can't yet sick enough to go he
fore the Probate Judge, hut the law
'allows us to make a little wine. and.
j 'i\ golly, we're going to do our level
I liest to corner the seuppemong market
I this season.
One of the most pathetic eases among
the young men who were drafted Is
the fellow who practically starved
himself for about three weeks in or
der to reduce his weight, only to find
when he appeared for examination that
his weight bad increased.
A hee. once having lost its temper
and used Its stinger, becomes useless
nnd soon dies. So it is wit.h human
beings. Once they are no longer able
to control their temper and l>e cool
aim! calm under trying circumstances*
ju-t so soon they begin to slip and
los?> their grip and usefulness.?Select
ed.
"What has l>ecome of the <.'d-fash
loned fellow who used t<i wear his
Itearri so long that he could tuck the
end of it under the wal*' 1 and ' of
hl< trousers ?fJaffney Ledger. His
eugenic grand-children have probably
convliMtil the obi fellow that this
method of conveying germs was too
old-fashioned, and persuaded him to
<-Ut It off.
We saw a couple of passenger^ oars
go through CJaffney on the Southern
the ortier day from Texas that were
ladened with recruits for the army
and navv. On the side of both ears
was written In large letters the Inele
gant hut expressive sentiment r "To
hell with the Kaiser."?Oaffnev ledg
er. A little rough perhaps, but which
expresses our xentlment* exactly.
And He Was Drawn on Friday.
"Talk about a harfj luck combinn-i
Hon." says the Brunswick News, "In
the draft li?t Mr. Will T>le was X. .
l"l.t at Marshall. Texas.
Pests.
??f all pests we |iellerc the worst
i* the religious crank who will stop
a man in the broiling sun to prattle
about his hobby.?Camden Chronicle.
And the fellow who atops you when'
you are very busy, and proceeds to
tell yon about all toe great deed he
has done, when you know he Is lyincJ
faster than an^automotdlr can speed.
?<"5reenwood Index.
w
Treason.
Article !J. section 3, of flic* emistfiU'
t Ion of tlx- United Slab's read* : 'Tiva
won against the I'nttrd State* ?h?H
consist only In levying war against
them. or In adhcrlug to their eucuiiC*,
2T\ lug them at hi and comfort. No per |
mid filial I be convicted of (fva*on un
less on tln? testimony of two witnesses
to the Mttiue overt act. or on cuuftata
ton iii eourl." We would wonder
If-the kuiser In reading saute t?f the
stuff reproduced in certain American
l>a|H'is or spoken hy certain Individ
mils in this nation. State and County,
If lie would not thick it comforting
ti? have such staunch friends. To
look with friendliness toward the ner
mann Is to say you approve of the
savage method yf warfare of the
Kaiser a ml his ally, the unspeakable
Turk
? 1? ? ?r
Some Ijnvyer and Some Jury.
In mentioning an arrest made hy
Sheriff I. C. Hough of a merchant near
Boy kin, whom lie caught In the act
? f selling merchandise on Sunday the
Camden Chronicle makes' the follow
ing comment following the irial and
acquittal of the accused:
"Barnes admitted me sale of the I
H#ur and the evidence printed hy.
the Sheriff wax uncontradicted. A
Jury, however, brought it a verdict
of not guilty. Barnes was represent-1
ed by Attorney G, G. Alexaiuler."
It's some la wye, sure enough, who ,
? in make a jury refuse to beMeve his;
client's udmissi m of ^,1111 *, notwith-!
standing his'confession is corroborated j
by tin* Sheriff's ? esUmony that lie was 1
jan eye witness to the fuct. We can*
iiot help wo.nlenng if the tiial inagls
lu.te forgot to p?: th.it Jury under
0:1 tii??Kershaw Era.
Typical of Southern Kent intent.
Last Sunday the i?eople of Spartan
burg took the members of Company
1 >. Twenty-Second New York Engi
neers. into Mielr homes, and the Her
ald says of the experiment that "tin*
pleasure was mutual." The Herald
sa.vs tills was done "not only for the
sake of extending an appropriate wel
come to the young men as our guests.
!>ut as an expression of the friendly
feeling the whole community has for
the entire New York (luard." If It
were possible to have *tlit' entire 40.
ihh? td dinner, says The Herald, '.'that
would be done" This is typical of
the sentiment of Southern towns to
ward the troops which are soon to
come. They are going to lie looked
upon largely the nature of the guests
of these Southern communities.?Char
lotte Observer.
II. S. Hyrd. a well known citizen
? if Darlington County whose home was
(about three utiles from Darlington.
! was instivntly killed at Mars Bluff.
| Florence County. Saturday morning
i when a freight train on the Atlantic
Coast Line ran'into the automobile
in which he was riding.
Wright Brown, a negro, was put in
jail in Augusta. Ga.. Tuesday charged
by Cnited States officers with having
offered money to a member of the
Burke county. Ga.. exemption board-to
b i*111 ir about his disqualification for
tin- army on the ground of physical
defect.
"I'm a full blooded German, but I
want to help lick the kaiser. I don't
like 'his way of doing business." With
tlii-. Henry C. Gemsjager a prosper
?hi* young German farmer, applied
f<>r enlistment in the army at Clarks
burg. W. Vrt.. Monday. He will be ac
cepted.
Kev. ,J. A. Sliglt. SI, u well known
Lutheran minister died at his home
near Columbia, early Tuesday morning.
Kev. Sligh served three terms a a rep
resentative in the legislature /-from
Newberry county 'and later served as
railroad commissioner. He was close
ly associated with the Farmers' Al
liance and the Reform movement led
by B. U. Tillman.
Alexander Quick...a marlboro <-ounty \
negro asked exemption from army ser
vice last week on the ground that he
belongs to 11 church opposed to war.
Mrs Mattle Adams, acquitted of
killing Cap J. Edgar Spratling of the
Fifth Georgia Infantry at Macon, sev
eral months ago. has been adjudged
Insane.
BUCKEYK
Hulls have
*>??n fed by
farmers, dairy.
men and stock
rocn through'
out the South
.for the p,?
m ?year. Kcporu
from these feeders indicate that these Unties* hulla when
properly fed, are a great improvement over the old style
By actual use, these feeders have found the following
advantages of using
V?AN
RlJC^tYF
W ? COTTONSKKO ? ?
V HULLS V
LINTIIAI ,
Every pound of the Buckeye Hull* contains much more food vshie
because the lint on the old style hulls has no food value.
The price per pound of real roughage in the form of Buckeye Hulk
is very much lets than in the form of the old ttyle hull*. Buckeye
Hulls do not clog or flux the digestive tract. Other foods mixed with
them are readily assimilated. # /
They are free of trash and dust.
They are sacked and easy to handle.
They tal$e half as much space in the barn.
If you have not tried Buckeye Hulls, please remember that thousand*
of feeders are using them and will use no other roughage. If you
have not given Buckeye Hulla a fair trial, let the experience of thtise -
successful feeders guide you in using them as they fchould be used.
Mr. Oiwmy Yarber, BoonaviB*, Ark.,
has fad a carload of Buckeye Hulls to cows and calm
to gat them ready for tha ranqe. He had been feed
ing hay and ha find* that theu dld much hatter on Buck
/ ?ye Hulls as roughage. He has another car of Buckeye
Hulls bought.
Ta secure tha hast rssuhs and ta devalep the ensilage edar, wet the Mb
thoroughly twelve hours before feeding. It laeasy to da this by
waiting than dawn night and marnia* far tha Part faadtog. lt at say tfw
this cannot ha don., wet down at laast ttorty minutas. If yau prefer ts |
faad tha hulla dry, use anly half** much by hulk as af eld sty la hugs. ? )
Book of Mixetf Feeds Free
Gives the right formula for 'every, combination of feeds used In the
South. Tells how much to feed fqr pnaintenance, for milk, for fat.
tening, for work. Def$ribea Buckeye Hulla and glvea directions for
using them properly. Send for y?|T copy to the nearest mill.
tups, i The Buckmye Cotton Oil Co. o*#.
Atlanta Wnshgtow , - ~
Chariot*s v
WILL HONOR I)K. BARUCH
Exercise to Mark Naming of The Riv
ington Street Bath.
A civic celebration will be held in
August at the Klvington street pub
lic bath to commemorate the official
naming of Hie building its the I>r.
Simon llaruch Public Hath. As a trib
ute to l?r. Baruch's persistency in
working for public bath facilities, the
hoard of Aldermen a few days ago
passed a resolution to give his name
to the Hivington street structure the
first of the series of municipal bath
houses to be opened.
The Itivington street building was
opened in 1910. The hath demonstrated
its usefulness at once, and of the thir
teen1 ha Mi houses now maintainel by
the city on Manhattan Island it is one
of the most crowded.
J>r. Haruch began his campaign for
public baths in New York city in 1880.
shortly after his investigation of the
public baths in (Jermany. He was
ehairman at the time of the committee
of hygiene of the New York County
Medical Society.?New York Times.
The number of deaths caused by
flic heat wave for the week ending
August 4th. is estimated at 055 by the
department health bulletin.
* *
NOTICE.
A meeting of the Stock-holders of
Kershaw Motor Company will be held
at the office of D. C,. Shaw in the Ctfy
of Sumter. S. on September' tins
14th. 1017 at eleven o'clock in. the fore^
noon, for the purpose of considering
a resolution to decrease the capital
stock of said corporation. . >V
The minimum amount to which ?!?>
is proposed that the capital shall
reduced is two thousand dollars,.
I>. C. SfiAW,
18-21 President...
? j Major Julius J. Wagetter, 11
known citizen of Charleston, died
his home In that city :fburwlaj\ n
71 years. He served throughout
War Between the .section* and
Major of the First Infantry, 8ra
M- (luring the Spanish American i
Lost Certificate.
This is to certify that Certificate)
i 96, three shares of Series No. 9 of 1
' terprlse Building & Loan Associitl
of Camden. S. C., dated January
1011, has been lost and that after j*
llcntlou of this notice required na
her of tlipes I will apply for aootii
certificate of said shares. Said ert
Urate was transferred from Tayi
Ifywell to (Mrs.) T. J. Boykbt
(Mrs.) T. .T. Boykln.
Camden, C., Aug. 9, 1917.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
?A pet it ion having been filed ?rl
the County Board of Education dpi
l>y one-third or faore of the reside!
electors and a like proportion of ti
resident freeholders of the *#e of!
years of Gumbei;ry Sohool District H
'I; asking for an election to be M
to determine whether or aot ? 8p?*
lfejkry of 4 mills shall , be made^P1
the property in the District for acf"*
purposes and the County Board
Education having granted salfl I
t)^n, notice is hereby given that
elation for said purpose will be
Gumberry School House, on ?
gust 24th laat. At said
>h elector must before he ean w
feibit his tax receipts and ?f
.tion certificate and reside in '
itrict. Polls will opea at 8 ?? 1
close at 4 p. m.
H. C. McLendon,
I. J. Sinclair
. t . 8. B. Kelvin.
Bdard of Trustees 'or School Bwn
. 15o. 3. m8-*
FARM
i ' ' teisatitt < V ??, i
??*-.-<.?? ?-???? V f ? t
356 acres of land near Boykin, S. C., known as the Ancrum Hill tract-, ?J
,$12.00 per acre.
472 acres of land 4 miles fro Lugoff, S. C. on National Highway, one 4 room
dwelling, 2 barns, 4 tenant houses. Premises now occupied by W. W, Fnce. ,
per acre $17.50. %
68 acres of land 3 miles from Cassatt, S. C., 30 acres under - cultivation
4 room dwelling, one barn. Pric e$l,600.00 *
-o? :
165 acres 7 miles South of Camden of Charleston public road. Two ? ? ;
houses, rents this year $1>75.00. Price per acre $30.00r~
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