Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Mr. .1. It. Clifton I lead. Mr,. ,1. It. CUftoiu a?ed 5S) years, who laid been hero for .several oninth* oil a visit to Id* sister, Mrs. J. II. Wiilhiee, <Il?*iI Ttu??d?y ??t midnight nt the Wallace home oil Hroad ntrwl. After a short funeral m'fvhn at the house conducted 1 ?y Kev. I'\ II. Hard* iiitf, |lit* laxly l?(ft over (In* Southern railway Wednesday afternoon fur (."o iumhttx, (in., where the burial will take place. .\fr. ami Mrs. Wallace accompanied the remain* t?? <ieornla. For a number of years Mr. Clifton holtl the position ??f trallic ins|x?etoi for the Southern railway, lie leave* one brother who holds an lui|?ortaiit position with the Southern railway. Mr. Clifton had never married. An Kmpty Jail. With the release ??f a negro woman ? >ti Mfiuday <>U' a Mii*.?e of lighting, the eounty Jail was free "f prisoners for the Mrst time in many years, and Jailor lioone wax a ucni Ionian <>f leisure. for a short Ume. It * I i fl not remain empty hut f??r a flay however, as II. j W. Harnes. a white man. was plaoed j In Jail by a I'nited States marshall Tuesday to await a hearing. .lohn ('olllns and !.<?<? Madigan of Kaukaiina. Wis., made Insulting re- i marks again*! the American Hag last: week. They were later made to kneel, and kiss the flag ten Hum's In the: presence of an audience ?>f several llioiis.ind people. Wants?For Sale TIMIiKK FOR SALK ? Fst limited feet long leaf pill*': LMMUHJO feet abort l?*tif pine. .1. \V. Wat* kinx. I ..nek now. S. C, ID 22-piLj DON' T IJ1Y tOAL NOW ? We havej not bought our supply of coal yet.' being convinced that as soon as j I he (iovernment fixes the price*. we can buy It a ixmtt deal cheaper tliau,.\v?' ran at present, ami will be able to save our customers mon ey. There will be no trouble In getting it later on. ami we advise you to wait a few weeks before buying. Camden Fuel Co.. J. K. DeKay. Mur. ? 10-21. FOK RKNT -?Storeroom No. 1204 Broad St. Mas two rooms in rear. Apply to IL'lHJ Nth Ami. Broad. FOUND?I ?'he k*'\s on n rliur. (hvner can have same by |?i\in^ 'Joe for tills notice. j ItOAKD ?Two younu men or ymiic couple cjiii secure board in private home. Address "Board" cf. Chron icle. FOK SALK?< Mie Buick touring car in good condition. Tires new. Also one welding outfit. Apply at II. 10. Beard's bicycle shop, one dour south of Crosby's Icc Cream l'arlor. Iti.pd. FOI'ND?Bun ch of four keys, i iwuer can get same b\ applying to !?'. M. CiH'ord at Southern' Fxpress of lice, and paying for this ad Baby Carriage! Baby Carriage! ? We retire baby carriage wheels. Can furnish any size wheel complete. Also do carriage repairing. II. F. Beard's Bicycle Shop, one door south of Crosbv's Ice Cream Bailor. l^ J'M'd FOKD OWNKKS Attention?We have ordered for stock roller hearings for your front wheel*. These are the -utile style used in high priced cars and will relieve your front wheel hearing trouble for all time. Come in and look at the sample. W. (i. Hay's Carafe. 17 IX-IP 'JO TIKKS! TIKKS! ?See us before buying your tires*. We sell Fisk and Fnited States and have a proposition that will interest you. W. <> Hay's <Ja rage. 1!) 20 TIKKS! TIKKS!?See Us before buying your tires. We sell Fisk and I'nited States ami have a proposition .that will interest you, W. O. Hay's (!a ra ire. 19-20 WANTKD?< dd false teeth: don't mat ter if broken. I pay $2 to $1." |>cr set. Send b\ parcel post and re ceive che- k by return mail. F. Terl. lit: N Wolfe St. Baltimore. Mil. Hi 22 jhI. LOST?< in Monday last on the streets of Camden, a brooch with mourn ing frame containing child's picture. Return to Mr- W F. Itusseil. Jr.. ('anideii. S C Iti.pd. WAN TKD?11oiise with s??ven or eight rooms witb modern comeniences. in desirable neighborhood. Will lease for two years with option to buy. (live fill! particulars. Address "For Leas i a re of The Chronicle. Cam den. s. c. LOST? I n .lanuarx 1!M7 from near Bethune one white hound bitch with yellow head and <*ars. with brown .spot on one hip <>r think, rather shaggy. Answers to name of 'Vie. Any information will be liberally rewarded. K C. ?laities. Central. S. i V If* 20 pd. ROOMS TO RKNT?.*? Suitable for light housekeeping. Apply to 12t>0 0th Av enue. Broad Street. Camden. S. O. WANTKD?Fifty plumbers and pij>e titters, wages live dollars and a half (eight hours.) Talce receipt from railroad for transportation which will be returned to you when you rej>ort for worft. Walker Flee trie and Plumbing Co.. United States Cantonment. Columbia. S. C. EUGENIE WAR AID ? ? " n Former French Empress* Active, Though 92 Years Old. Contort of the HbFated Napoleon III 8pending All Her Mc*m and Strength Carina for Wounded at English Home. When German prisoner* of war are marched to u barbed-wire luclosure near Frlmley, Aldershot, England. they i | hi Ms down an avenue below a beautiful mansion standing on a wooden hill. It often happens that iih tlx* (iermans tlie pant the gateway lodge, a sad-eyed, venerable woman Is standing or Kitting there. It 1m doubtful If any of the prisoners know thut slu* Is the surviv ing consort of Napoleon III, who deliv ered his sword to the king of Prusstu at Sedan, September 1, 1870. Empress Eugenie celebrated her ninety-second birthday recently by watching the sight of a new and large detachment of prisoners marching to ward their concentration camp. It was a dramatic contrast to the events of many years a?o which robbed her of her seat on the French Imperial throne, ? Surely there Is not another woman In the world who has lived through such experiences as this one, who forms the link between the riotous past of the French and the glorious present of united democracies. It was her beauty and popularity which aided Napoleon III to estahllMh himself aa monarch. It was the Interest aroused by her marriage with Napoleon III which enabled him to bring about the Crimean war, although that wannark ed the beginning of his fall. Eugenie's Influence over her hus band was well known and It is possible that her Intelligence. 'Went far toward helping him to realize that I'russlan lsm was the real menace of Europe. When the North German Bund was formed Jn 1800 he knew that here was his real rival. From the date of the formation of this bund Prussia has gone steadily forward with plans for world power, and It must be with feel ings of Joy that Kmpress Eugenie sees today the greatest countries on earth allied with France against the old enemies of Napoleon III. Throughout England the name of Empress Eugenie Is revered. Wher ever charity and kindness were to be found it was almost certain that her name would appear In connection therewith. Throughout the years that have elapsed since she went to Eng land with Napoleon III after the de feat at Sedan, she has worked un ceasingly among the poor and the sick. Her wealth has been at the disposal of charitable organizations. Her only son. Prince Louis, who went to Eng land with her, died on the field of battle In Zululand. Her home on Farnborough Hill has been transformed into a hospital for Hritlsh officers. Since early in 1915 she has been using all of her means and what strength she has left In car ing for these men who come to her from the battlefields of France. Taking No Chances. A hlg mnss meeting was being hold In HllmvIIle. T-tu" well-groomed and slick-looking Individual who was try ing to separate the town from its money arose to make a few remarks. "Fellow citizens," he opened up, "ap ropos?" "Jlst a minute, mister," said a small, sandy-whiskered man. A look of annoyance crossed the speaker's face. ! "What can I do for you?" he asked. "I have here a pocket edition of Webster's dictionary, and I want to look up that word 'apropos.* I don't Intend to nit here and let some oily tongued stranger slip one over on us," replied tlm sandy-whiskered man. "You are little suspicious, I see," said the speaker. "Now. that word to which you refer means?" "Never mind what It means," en Joined the little man. "I'm looking It up. I let a smooth talker sell me a unlcycle one time. lie said It was the last word in conveyances, and when I paid the carriage on it from Birming ham I found I had purchased a wheel harrow." Pos?ibilities of Bad Verse. ; No one has yet written any adequate , appreciation of the possibilities of bad verse. The verse, I mean, that is com ' posed at the crises of life, on the moun tain trt'ps of exultation and in the Joy less valleys, by persons unskilled and ordinarily unpoetlc. The verse that is ? hidden away In vases and bureau draw ers, never to be shown and always pro . dut ed In some moment of vanity. Only a true poet could write a Just appre ciation of bad verse; and from his pen ! the words would come too much taint- , cd with the indication of irony. The i quality of bad verse is not strained. | It is written to suit no magazine's ; policy. It is rewarded with no ( heck, i It Is a brave denying of reality; a i prayer that Is Its own answer. It Is, to use Maeterlinck's phrase, "a mak ing or Invoking of wings by creatures that creep on their bellies."?New Re public. A Bit Mixed. He?!><? hurry, Kate; the train leaves In 'JO minutes. She (absent-mindedly)?Oh, be quiet! You know It's bad form to be on time. No Excuse. Order Is heaven's first law, but that Is no reason why we should want to order everyone around Just to please ourselves.?Exchange. REALTY TRANSFERS At Shown by Books in OAic? of County Auditor. Wv M Fstrtdsp to t/ueon Hough .HVcM $000. I .ydla V. Klllott t<?t Susan Klllutt ? i."? acre* $|0. \uunlc F. Klllolt l<? Nettle Young t iiV'Wk *H>. f.,vaitt V. Klllott to Nannie F. Kl* llotl, 110 acres *10. Nannie F. Flliott to l?ydlu V.i Fl* 111 ? T i 'JlO iirM'H $10. Hat lie Harbor (<? J. F. Copcland HI acres '#r>u. \ < >wen Ciitoe to .!. F. CojH'Inud 10 acre* $30. \V. M. Shannon to Amelia <\ Adam >oji el a I 7oo acres $l,ooo, A hi lie Hlchards ct til to It. II. .Iniics !MI acl'C* $r?. fstorldoii News Notea. Hoykln. S. C.. Aim. 21.?Mr. .loo Wiley of Sumter was the week-end uuext at the homo of Mm. Fll/.ab??th How oil, Mr. mid Mr*. .1. C. Humphries ami son of Sumter spent a few days at the homo.of Mr. H. M. Pearoe here. Mr. Ha I las Mahoney s|tejit Saturday night. with Mr. Herbert Bradley at Homhorts. Mis* Hldll ltush <?f Logoff is visit Iiik Miss Katie Turner this week. Messrs. Herbert Hradley and l>alln* Mahouey from Homhorts sfieiit Sun day iu tills eommunlty. M". and Mrs. Luther Howell spent last week at the homo of their njjother. Miss Lizzie Cole of (Jreer, H. i* visiting friends here. A very successful meeting closed at lleulah Sunday morning. Mrs. Hebecoa Workman of ])cKalh is spending a while with her Hon Mr. 10. M. Workman. Miss Elizabeth Pearoe and brother Alfred have returned home after a few days stay with Mrs. Helton Owens nf JteKalh. Mr. and Mrs. W. It. (iardner and daughters Misses Maude and Fdgiir and Miss Lizzi" Cole motored to West ville last I'tlday night to attend the meeting at. Hethany ehureh Mr. (ieorge Turner spent several (lays this week at the home of his unolo Mr. W. A. Hush at Lugoft". Mrs. Hebeeoa Workman Is very ill. and wo hope her *i speedy recovery. Miss lima Seaeu.1 has returned from ;i visit to relatives in H(?ck Hill. Mrs. l.ou Pear?*o iMr<i .little daugh ter \nn'\v is <p. i.diinr ?t few days at the home ?if Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Pea ro?>. Shark Fishing Season. The best season for catching sharks seems to he during the cooler months from October to March. Fishermen say that sharks are not so plentiful at other times of the year. The flesh, fins, maws, jaws and other hones, livers and skins all enter Into the commerce of Aden, which Is the center <>? the shark-fishing indus try. The fresh mtyit of the smaller I sharks is sold regularly in the fish i bazaar at very reasonable prices to the poorer classes of natives who cannot I afford other sorts of fish. The meat Is strong, hut Is said to be quite palat ' able when one Is accustomed to eat ing It. The principal consumers of i shark meat are the Arabs, although ! the native Jews and Somalia also xise It. The Somali and Arab arc Moham | medans and their religion forbids eat ! ing the flesh of any fish that has not ; scales. However, the working classes I of natives are so poor that shark meat Is the only sort of fish they can afford. Don't Use Rhubarb Leaves. Because rhubarb leaves contain cer ; tain substances which make them poi ? sonous to a great many persons, spe j cialists of the Untml States depart ment of agriculture warn housewives ' against using this portion of the plant 1 for food. A number of letters have I been received by the department call i lng attention to the fart that certain newspapers and magazines are advo cating the use of rhubarb leaves for greens, and that disastrous results have followed the acceptance of the advice. HOOVKK TELLS OF FOOD SITUATION' (Continued From Another .Page.) nearest markets, the United States and the West Indies. This field has since the war increased its production by 1,000,000 tons per annum. How far this demand will Interfere with the American supply of 4,000,000 tons Is difficult to forecast, first, because some increased supplies may be obtained by the allies from the East Indies, and, se<?ond, because the allies have re duced fheir consumption to some ex tent. t In any event, if all the enemies of Germany are to be supplied, there must be economy In consumption everywhere. The normal American consumption is about 90 pounds per person per annum and is Just double the French consumption. Vegetables. We have this year a most abundant crop of vegetables for our use as a re sult of n patriotic endeavor almost universal throughout the country. Our potato harvest alone promises an in crease from 285,000,000 bushels last year to over 400,000,000 bushels this yenr. The other vegetables are like wise enormously increased through the planting and extension of millions of gardens. The sweet potato crop promises to be from 10 to 20 per cent above what it was last year, and the commercial crop of sweet corn for canning purposes is estimated to be from 1J0 to ?'U) per cettt above that of la*t year, The commercial crop of toma toes tor canning purpose# will probably be somewhere Awtveen 10 and 20 per above what It was last year. There Ik "increase In the acre age of luje oniohs of about 54 per Cent over the area harvested In IOlfl. , Fi*h and 8ea Foods. The waters of our coasts and lakes are enormously rleh In food fish aud shell llnh. Our stromas, too, contribute u great quantity of fish. ManJ varie ties are now not used for human food, hut are thrown away or used for ferti lizer. I In lit t has confined our use of fish to h few varieties, and Inadequate methods of commercial haudllitK have llmltvd our use of these largely to only certain days In the week. With better marketing facilities, with better under standing of how to use the most varie ties. with proper preservation by smoking and salting and by establish ing plant** for frozen fish, we can In crease greatly our supply and thus re lieve largely the pressure due to the Inadequate supply of meat. We only have to harvest our own flub supply. It feeds Itself. Kvery ffsh eaten la that much gained in solving the pres ent problem of living. The products of fhe land are conserved by eating those of the sea. Our Duty. I have endeavored to show In previ ous articles that the world Is short of food; that Europe Is confronted with the nrlm specter of starvation unless from our abundance and our waste we keep the wolf from the door. Not only must we have a proper use of our food supply in order that we may furnish our allies with the sinews with which they may tight our battles, but it is an act of humaulty towards fellow men, women and children. By the diversion of millions of men from production to war, by the occu pation of land by armies, by the Iso lation of markets, by belligerent lines, und by the destruction of shipping by submarines, not only has the home pro duction of our allies fallen by over 500,000,000 bushels of grain* but they are thrown upon us for a much larger proportion of their normal Imports for merly obtained from other markets. They have reduced consumption at every point, but men In the trenches, men in the shops, and the millions of women placed at physical labor re quire more food than during peace times, and the Incidence of their saving and any shortage which they may suf fer, falls first upon women and chil dren. If fhls privation becomes too great, thek, peoples cannot be main tained constant In the war, and we will be left alone to fight the battle of democracy with Germany. The problem of food conservation Is one of many complexions. We cannot, and we do not \vish, with our free In stitutions and our large resources of food", to Imitate Europe In Its policed rationing, but we must voluntarily and i Intelligently assume the responsibility before us as one In which everyone has a direct and inescapable Interest. We must increase our export of foods to tb?' allies, and in the circumstances of our shipping situation, these exports I must be of the most concentrated foods. These are wheat, flour, beef, pork and dairy products. We have oth er foods in great abundance which we can u*?- instead of these commodities, and we can prevent wastes in a thou sand directions. We must guard the drainage of exports from the United States, that we retain a proper supply for our own country, and we must adopt such measures as. will amelior ate, so far as may be, the price condi tions of our less fortunate. We might so drain the supplies from the country to Europe as by the high prices that would follow to force our people to l shorten their consumption. This oper ation of "normal economic forces" would starve that element of the com munity to whom we owe the most pro tection. We must try to impose the burden equally upon all. Action Must Be Voluntary. There is no royal road to food con servation. We can only accomplish this by the voluntary action of our whole people," each element in propor tion to Its means. It is a matter of equality of burden; a matter of min ute saving and substitution at every point in the 20,000,000 kitchens, on the 20,000,000 dlnnef tables and In the 2, 000,000 manufacturing, wholesale and retail establishments of the country. The task 5s thus In its essence the dplly individual service of all the people. Every group can substitute and even the gr<*at majority of thrifty people can save a little?and the more luxuri ous elements of the population can by reduction to simple living save much. The final result of substituting oth&r products and saving one pound of wheat flour, two ounces of fats, seve^. ounces of sugar and seven ounces of meat weekly, by each person, will, when we have multiplied this by one hundred million, have Increased our exports to the amounts absolutely re quired by our allies. This means no more than that we should eat plenty, but eat wisely and without waste. Food conservation has otlu?r aspects of utmost Importance. Wars must be paid for by savings. We must save in the consumption In commodities and the consumption of unproductive la bor In order that we may divert out manhood to the army and to the shops. If by the reduction in consumption of labor and the commodities that it pro duces and the diversion of this saving to that labor and those commodities demanded by the war, we shall be able to f^ght to eternity. We can mortgage our future savings for a little while, but a piling up of mortgages Is but a short step toward bankruptcy. Every atom that we ssve is available for sub scription to Liberty bonds. The whole of Kurope has been en gaged over since the war began In the elimination of waste, the simplification of life, and the increase of Its ludus: trlal capacity. When the war Is over the consuming power of the world will bf reduced by the loss of prosperity and mini power, and we shaUenter a perl lid of competition without parallel In ferocity. After the war, we must niaintatn our foreign markets if our working people are to be employed. We ahall he in uo position to compete If we continue to live on the same basis of waste and extravagance on which we huve lived hitherto. Simple, temperate living Is a moral issue of the first order ut any time, and any other basis of conduct during the war be comes a wrtdig against the Interest of the country and the Interest of democracy. The impact of the food shortage of ICurope has knocked at every door of the United States during the past three years. Tl# prices of foodstuffs have nearly doubled, and the reverberations of Kurope's increasing shortage would have thundered twice as loudly dur ing tiie coming year even had we not entered the war, and it can now only be mitigated if we can exert a strong control and this in many directions. . We ate today in an era of high prices. We must maintain prices at such a level as will stimulate produc tion, for we are faced by u starving world and the value of a commodity to the hungry is greater than its price. As a result of the world shortage of supplies, our consumers have suffered from speculation and extortion. While wages for some kinds of labor have increased with the rise In food prices, in others, it has been difficult to main tain our high standard of nutrition. By the elimination of waste In all classes, by the reduction in the con sumption of foodstuffs by the more for tunate, we shall Increase our supplies not T>nly for export but for home, and by Increased supplies we can help in the amelioration of prices. For Better Distribution. Beyond this the duty has been laid upon the food administration to co-op erate with the patriotic men in trades and commerce, that we may eliminate the evils which have grown Into our system of distribution, that the bur den may fall equitably upon all by res toration, so far as may be, of the nor mal course of trade. It Is the purpoMt of the food administration to use its utmost power and the utmost ability that patriotism can assemble to ameli orate this situation to such a degree a* may be possible. The food administration Is assem bling the best expert advice In the country on home economics, on food utilization, on trade practices and trade wastes, and on the conduct of public eating plnces, and we shall out line from time to time detailed surges ' (louts, which If honestly cmrrt?J?2| such Individuals In the country * J II.-ve will effect the result whUil 1 must attalu. We are asking ?] home, every public eating ^ 1 luauy tru(JUw, to mru u yjBjl to accept these direction^, 10 their circumstances permit, ami 1 organising various iBJUlwaeSSS ameliorate speculation. \v? Hre J tug the men of the country who | not actually engaged In the h?n(iJ of food to sign similar pledge J they shall see to It, so far as th?l able, that these directions are follojl We are asking all who wish us J and who undertake our servU* to| come actual member* of the food! ministration, Just us much voluotJ In national service as we ourselvn J so that thus the food Hclinint?tr*tl Way *>? composed of a smalt bl of tuejk lQ Washington ami a representation in each state, but j become a body of fto.oop.ooo i*oJ devoted absolutely to the serrlc^l democracy. We hope to see the | slgnlu of membership In every p?| otic window In the country. 1 Autocracy finds Its strength In I ability tov Impose organltatlon I force from the top. The extendi democracy consists in the appllcati of the Initiative In Its own peopled Individualism cannot he so orguJ as to defend Itself, then democracy^ faith which cannot stand. We 1 seeking to Impose no organisation^ the top. We are asking the Arnold people to organize from the bottom i and this Is the essenee of deroocq Itself. The call of patriotism, of hurnu and of daty lings clear und ioSSi We must heed It If we are to M our Ida*!*, maintain our forai of j ernment, and safeguard our futures fare To The Farmers of shaw & Adjoining CoobIm I have severed my connection 1 the Buckeye Cotton Oil Co, \ this season buy seed for 8\ CO., one of the largest cotton oil companies in the South. Wiles and warehouse will be i, behind the store of L. Schenk 11 right at the cotton platform all cotton must be weighed bj Sworn Weigher. I expect at times to pay the highest i price for cotton seed and will ly apreclate a share of your ness. ..My phone is No. 117. me anytime you want to know market. Yours respectfully, HERBERT A. CAMPBELL. V notice! WE HAVE THOROUGHLY OVER-HAULED OUR GINNERY AND ARE FULLY PREPARED TO DO YOUR GINNING WITH PROMPTNESS AND SATIS FACTION. WE ARE ALWAYS IN THE MARKET FOR YOUR SEED, EITHER IN EXCHANGE OR FOR CASH WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATRONAGE. Camden Oil Mill WM. KING, Manager Do Not Worry This About The Child r * W ? Ti"~* ren's School i Clothes PATTERNS ABE ? delightful in dE^7. ECONOMICAL IN EASY TO USE? McCallPatterw for septehbe* Now On Safe 79M-Miwi Dreu 7906- Ctrl'* Military D?et? THE McCALL COMPANY CHICAGO ~ NEW YORK ATLANTA SAN FRANCISCO