The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 26, 1917, Image 2
DISCOVERED RIGHT TO THINK
Author Relate* How Young Harvard
Student Broke the Conventional
Trapping* arid Bonds.
Ih thinking ? science, an art or a
prof en Mori ? Henry Hay.lltt. author of
a book on "Thinking." calls It a science
and an art. Ooorgo Dorsey, author of
"Youiw Low" ? that delight ful anthrop
ological novel of u modern, human hoy
? makes one of 1?Ih fascinating scien
tist characters declare that thinking
Ih a profeMslon, as Is Ashing, lying,
preaching banking or engineering.
Very early In his Harvard car oer,
Young Low makes tho dlticovery ttmt
lie ha 8 a right to think and It Is Hnx
ley, it happens, who discover* for j
1dm or helps him to discover his Intel
lectual franchise. Here Is Mr. liorsey's
description of the emergence of his
her<?'s hoy-mind from Its conventional
trappings and bonds:
"That night, high up la Weld (one of
the Harvard dormitories). In front of
my flr?, I tried to puxzle it out. Huxley
darex think such things, nnd a reputa
irte firm dares print them. Hurely, I,
poor, Insignificant I, have a right to
think.
"And I did rtdnk. I hnd never felt
that wiiy before. I hnd never realised
that I dare to think about these things.
"I felt us if a load had been lifted
from me. 1 had no Idea where It would
lead nor for the time did I care ? but
I felt mentally froe for the tlrst time
in my life. Ami deep within me I knew
what Huxley meant when he said that
to him the chlefest good was freedom
to learn, to think, and to say what ho
pleased when he pleased! Until now I
had not dared hope for such freedom
. . . That was a memorable rainy day ;
and I was grateful to Huxley. I might
have to pay a price for doubting, but
it would be paid by a free man, not a
bondman.
\
Blowing Wells.
What are known as blowing wells
are not at all uncommon, although In
some localities they are called "breath
ing," "sucking," "weather" or "barom
eter" wells. The United States geologi
cal survey finds that In nenrly every
well of that kind the blowing and
Micktnfr cccur alternately; that Is, at
certain times the current Is outward,
and at Intervening periods Inward. The
phenomena are caused by difference#
In atmospheric or barometric pressure.
The necessary conditions seem to be'
a porous stratum of soil, such as sand- j
stone, gravel or porous limestone, only j
partly saturated with water, and over- j
laid by some hnper\ lous substance such
shale or rlny. So long as tho at-;
mo-spheric pressure is high* the air Is
jjiivon Into the well, where it collects
In i lie upper part of the porous stra
tum above the water level When the
pressure drops, the air (lows out with
considerable force, and in so tbilug pro
duces what fx known as "blowing."
The blowing usually occur* during
storm periods <>r When t lie wind is in
a certain direction or during certain
periods of the day. In so.ne case*
marsh c is (.r nil or roc!; gas may cause
a similar Mow ing effect.
Ingenuity Misapplied.
Every day <>r so we see where a boy
who used to get licked for drawing
pictures in school is now a famous ar
tist or cartoonist. What were you
whipped in s< hool far. i.,ostly? And
are you putting it to any prae'i?-al pur
pose now? We got licked om-e for re
moving the hairpins from a t a fl'y -col
ored head at the desk in front of us ? ?
but there is no great demand for tal
ents of (.lint sort now. Another time,
we missed a boy wi?h a paper wad,
and hit the teacher ? but there is much
competition in the grenade throwing
business now. and our aim Is no better
than It was then. Again, we had a nail
of twine in our pocket, and we tied
the end of the string to our desk, ami
then walked around the room, unwind
ing twine the while, entangling the
teacher and most of the students. Do
v*JU see any financial or political possi
bilities now for a genius which thus
manifested itself at the age of thir
teen?? Claude Callan in Kansas City
Star.
Ancients Knew of Periscope.
It Is not generally known that the
history of the periscope dates back
to the time of Aristotle and Kucild. Of
course. neither of these erudite an
cients hud tin- actual art i ? 1 1? used to
day. hilt they discovered that part of
the theory of light and optics which Is
present In the working of a periscope.
At a inter date the camera ohsrura
catne to baffle (he world, tin- scientist*-,
"f the fifteenth century having evolved
a Nox i it which an image can lie thrown
and traced by a pencil into tin aetuai
picture. The Idea was quickly seized
upon by showynen. and a camera ob
scura became :i feature of every side
show. an<l exhibition. From tlrst to
last the sh??wmcn made a good deal
of money mr ? ? t tie* idea, until people
came to learn that 'here nothing
magical about the I'.ilng. Roth the
periscope and 'he earner i ot.scura nrs
simplicity it>?'|f. /ill ihjiT needed
are a mirror and a Ten*.
Beginning at Hone.
Little Tobin ? Mamma ? J r* * r yoo
say we should always tr;. !?> make
other people happy?
Mamma ? Yes. dear.
Little Tobin ? We!'. I knov
boy that 1 could make very l.n; ?; if
I had five cents to buy cnnd.v with
Mtimma ? Who is the I i 1 1 !?? hoy?
Little Tobin? It's me.
Paychotogica J Momeni.
"What did t >? -ay when >?*?? ???*?< h!r>
you wa^S'd t-? itjrry rue*"
"Said all ri<;h' aii'J nsk?>d me Icn.l
him $110."
THF RTf,
lilLDlU
The sale of The Twin Brothers Store, Opera House building ui'M l?st only four 01 fivo more weeks as the very large business that the Twins a*
doing in their new store at Columbia, S. C. requires the attention of both the Twins, therefore we have decided in order to get ri^l of this stock I
Camden we have cut down the prices much lower than the beginning of the sale. at
156 Ladies all wool
cloaks 87c
1 lot mens suits . ... $5.97
1 lot boys suits $JL97
Mens blue overalls 87c
1 lot ladies fine tail
ored coat suits $3.87
1 lot ladies tailored
coat suits v... $763
Ladies skirts any sizes 97c
Mens heavy grey half
hose v ...... 10c
Ladies grey hose 10c
Mens all wool hats
worth up to $4 00 95c
Bleaching worth 20e
at per yard 14c
Bed ticking 6c a yard less
than selling price
1 lot mens suits $7.68
Dross ginghams and cot- ^
ton flannels 6c a yard
less than price
Mens tailor made pants
worth $7.50 at $3.67
?
Ladies and childrens
cloaks 73c to $3.47
Mens single coats all
wool guaranteed at $1.95
1 lot pants $1.89.
Mens* and ladies heavy
underwear ; 49c
Middle blouses 47c
$2.50 ladies corsets 97c
Boys wool hats 25c
White ehomespun 12V8c
Mens and ladies rain
coats 3.97
/
. iy 'V -t '
Boys coats. any sizes at 89c
' '? V
1 lot ladies fine quality
high grade shoes guar
anteed solid leather $1.95
1 lot childrens shoes
all solid leather at
one-third its value
Shoes ofr every description
at half price
THE TWIN BROS.
FITZSIMMONN DKAI)
Former Champion Was Victim of
I'mnimonia.
Chhaiio. (><?(. 'J'J. ? Robert ?Klt'/xoin
UioiiK, former champion heavyweight
pugilist of the world, died at a hos
pital here early today, after an Ill
ness of five days > I pneumonia
Funeral services for the dead lighter
will he held at the Moody Taberiuw le
Wednesday. Hnrial will he at (iraec
I ; 1 1 ! < 1 ( 'eiuetery.
The former <*hit iti pi?ti heeanie iii last
Tuesday while appeariiiiT in a van
dex il!e (heater, and his ailment was
tit lir.-t diumioM'd as piomaine polson
in_ Later it was discovered thai he
v. a- Nijlferiii- from lohur pneumonia
r'lei |>h.\ declared that lie eoiild
: i ' ! ii \ e Iii- remarkable vitalit\ sus
^i.inij tii:n iiMil Salurdax. wi'en lie
!a p??e : in!" 1 1 1 1 ? 'i li.-cioU-lU"-:- fl'i/lll
\> 1. ? I in ! ? i in*? i i 1 i \ I'Mvpi a I ra re
ml i-r\ i ; -
I nn in.: : 1 1 ? li.e day- of his i'liev-.
I I ". ?? i 1 1 1 n 1 ? n- .? i~ I ! m ? r'-eipient of man;
, i*: t . 'mii v. 1 j 4 . 1 1 : In- had for
;n r I \ iik ; in tut- i i : i . i 1 1 ? - 1 1 1 d i n -j: Janie
; , | ff-rii whom he wt ?t t I he
.in., ?" ?- ?:;> : i i < ? 1 .I.Miic- .1 .lelTrie-,
l.i' ! i ? 1 ? i < ' ? ? .'"in him. ? M I < > r
? 1 1 J ! i ' 1 ?. . > , ? ? . x\ ? ? I ~ ? >! i ):? ? s[.nr!
t > ?_ i , , in ' ? :ii' ! . _? 1 . : i-r aii'! his
w if-- i \ i i . . :i..pe . -i' . - re.' . . i
? U I'l'l .
i 1 1 /.- 1 1.; II. Ml, - . ml; . ?*? -ai:k i 1 1 1 - ? iii?
iij.i: -ii.poi, foil, hi lor In- iii'c as he
: i ? t foti^lu lor \ ieiory in ihe ring.
I'h.v -i< ian-? dee'ared life wa- pfo
foimei! -exeral 'hi* - I > \ tin- _'rini de
.erminatioii of the man.
"l-'iuhtinu I ?> livi d up I" Jii- 1 1 i ? k
uanie ami rim: repnta l ion , alnio-l i < >
tin1 end M<' refused to admit defeat
? '\ en i ft i physician- had niven np
hope I i r/.-ii in nioii - alwav- wa- re
ferred to ayan Australian lirraus' it
w a- I iiere thai lie started hi- ring
i .1 1'eer Itlil he wa- horn ill llel-leii.
Cornwall, l-'mrlaud .lime I. l^U'J lli
parents however. -ocii moved l" New
/.e a la lid
I * i l ?/ v 1 1 1 1 1 : 'ii- started v. ? rk iu his
1 ?. ! 1 1 ? : ? hlaik-mith -hop and ai the
? i_e .<!' 1 n : i i 1 1 e d fame for hi- dexterity
in -win.'!!iir a heav\ hammer. and
f.l-hi"ll't ' i'f ; I'iM'vlloev. || \\;|<n <;li(|
i ? ? ' ? " 'd - ! ? . ; t \ while of h< i'x made
one
Naturally .iih.eii.- I -i t /-ininnMi- ??n
,*a?'e>l in I kind- .'f -pi 'i t- I '.e fore
taking up l?'\ :iii.' hi' wa- a hamiiier
flm-wer and dl-tanee r u 1 1 1 it r Hi"
-peed and < : j - 1 1 ! i ! ne were -<> marvel
? ?ii- "ha* 1 ? \\ i - i \ ei i :o limiting kali
_'.a r ?- f< i ?' T! 1 1 ? fornn r < h iinpioii'
r.ii.; .liver heL'aii a- t ; .? ? winner of
> omi>et it ion promoted hy
James ?Mace, of Now Zealand, In 1SS0
Ilo defeated four men, "knocking out
throe them, and thus became the
amateur champion of the country. The
next year he defended his honors, de
I feating five opponents in one night.
' fHtzsimmons continued at the forge
for the next six or seven years, hut
j was always ready to light. After
' fighting three battles with Jim Hall.
! then regarded as the middleweight
j champion of Australia. Fltzsimmons j
j came to America in 1S!H>. 1 1*? was one j
j of the lightest men i<> win the heavy-;
[weight championship. He rarely
[ Weighed more/than Itlo pounds when
j in condition and gave away as much
j as fifty pounds t ? i some oppt.n n!
I-'it/,>immous won the world's hea\ >
? weigh r title "ii March 17. 1NP7. wle-n
he defeated James J. Porbett In I ??
j fourteenth round of their memorable
'battle :it Parson Pity. Nevada. lie
; -t-pped Pol-bet I with his famous solar
"h-xus puueh. of which he was the
, ' .riginn tor.
For two \i?arv l-'itx-dinmoiis clung
i to i he !ioin?r, losing it to James .1.
.ietViies w In ii lie wa? knocked out jn
. * ! .i ? eleventh round. Juno s. 1 .*<! Ml. :it
< '.?nc\ I ? J . r I , . I . New York. In l!?t>2 he
!
? JoltrW'- ngfiio. liopini; to regain
I the t-row ii. hut after having the better,
j ??!' fh-1 California giant -m points, Fitz
| I in tin 1 1 ? wi'i:t d o\\ i i h-ft-a t ill the
i eight It i-i until
? Md timers of the ring <a.\ tlie last
knockout at the hands of JetTries
started l-'itz>*inimon> <>n tin- down
grade path.
Pitzsimnmns made a fortune in the
ring, his earnings soon vanishing. He j
hail a varied ma t rinioiia 1 career, hav
ing been htarried four tines.
Chesterfield Has llig l ire.
Chestertield. net. a iu,? which!
at one time Threatened almost the en-j
tire business section of the town1
1
started about 1 o'clock this morning.
in the store of the Phestertiehl Drug'
Company. The town being without.
waterworks ami no organized methods.
of tire fighting was d1sma\ed in the
presence, of a tire which tpiickly de- i
stroyed three stores ami a residence;
and badly damaged another store. ?
The Total foss is estimated at ""tOO !
4 i
with only $1..">00 insurance. I'he losers!
i utile tire are: The Chestci lield Drug;
c..nipnn>. IV P. Moore. Neil Punder- j
!'iirg._ Miss SalUe f'haniii. residence;
I'c.i! A; Jones. A. F. 1 >a vis and Man- 1
gum and Fuuderhurg owners of the!
tores occupied by trie drug company,
Te.ai A Jones, totarly destroyed and
A 1' Mav is slightly damaged. A move
ment is on f?H?t to install u complete
system of waterworks.
Some Politics.
hooking at the* situation from one
standpoint, Tillman has the whiplmnd.
lie can force support of himself hy
many who would much prefer that he
should not he his own successor in
the rutted States senate. And your
Ijn-h' Benjamin is not the kind of
nut n 'to overlook any bets when it
comes to playing the game of poll-,
tics. The fact can neither he denied
ii. <r ignored Hint if he enters the pri
mary tfiere arc many thousands of
\ iters win. will cast their ballots for
lu'ii iji preference to any other eandi
are. Those of whom he is the tlrst)
Ice arc net a majority of the voters
, South ?'.;rolina. l?ut the prolmbil
? i- that tht \ are a majority of those
!: ? wan; t?lca.*?e defeated at any
rrM / At an.\ rfite. they are so large
a proportion ..f that latter class that
Mint h respect nuist be. paid t ? ? their
i he- by those who will engineer the
.: snpa L n I > dct I'll i niea-e.
!: i iiii;ir?>|i;j|ile. fur instance, that
, ,i . i ? -.?!<{ !?<? induced to run for the
-?i ? it '! ilim.'iii a Hewed himself to
i ? n-. rioted'* t-> taake that cain
i ui j : : 1 " r ha*. >x real regard f??r
liltma... .M reover he would have to
draw wat r ;* t ? ? ? . i i the same well as
Til'nii'ii. -i niati.N of his strongest!
rli a:-- ardent admirers of the'
-??! i i <? fii.it":'. There are others in J
, ]??? I r J . ? bna t with I.ever.
Ili'i.ning iu a South Carolina pri - ]
niarv is ;a> joke. It costs considerable j
.iioncv I'm. in addition, ir is hard!
work. To l'o all over this State in j
summer. e*.poeiallv into the lower
' t
count ies. is a real task. A man has
to sacrifice hi*- ouu business interests
for months in order to make a cam
paign. There are few politicians wil
ling to do what Jennings and Pollock
did in 1S>1 4 make' a race for certain
defeat meivlv to help out their own
side. No one likes to he defeated, and
a defeat, no matter what the circum
stances. is n handicap of a politician's
future aspirations.
So. "Some candidates who could put
up a mighty gtxwl ra<-V against B lease
if Tillman were out of the running
will not be candidates if Tillman as
serts that he has been "conscripted"
and shies his campaign castor into
the political ring. That's the situa
tion ? and it b giving those who are
nw-st anxious for the defeat of l?lease
a great deal of concern. i
It reminds the writer of 1912.
I ?lenwe had made such an unusual gov
ernor and a majority of the newspa
pers had made such a hue and cry
Against the administration that there
seemed a general l>elief among those
oppte-vd to him that any good man
running against him could defeat him.
What added strchigth to this feeling
was tlu> prevalent idea among those
opposed to B lease that his election as
governor in 1010 was a political acci
dent, due rather to a i>eculiar and ac
cidental concatenation of fortuitous
cir-euBtHtttiiceK than to his o wit- inher
ent strength among {he Democratic'
voters. ^
Late -in 1012 Chief .hrstice Irn B.
.Jones announced that he would op
pose Blease for re-elwtioif as govern
or. lie was an early bird, but he
di<] not get the worm, the proverb to
the contrary notwithstanding. Wheth
er or not ho thought he had a sui'e
thing of it. with an oi?en road tlirough j
the governor's mansion to a plaeeljn
the t'nited States senate, he pre- j
empted the field by his early announce-!
- i
inent. There were those opposed to
Blease .who thought that a man to
run against him should have been I
picked by those upon whom would'
fall t hi' butV.cn of the fight to elect
li i in. iiia it was the talk around Co
lumbia at the time of the May con
centum i ? f i:rn.? that .Jones would not
hear to* that kind of talk but planted
himsi If firmly muai the position that:
!; i - priority of anoouijeeineDt entitled
him to a Hear Held far as enntii*
daP's from I he anti- Blease si<le was
concerned.
There were not a few who thought
that .'ones was uot. the man to make
that race, bur his insistence on stay
ing in regardless of who else might
run forced acceptance of situation.'
lie was accepted as the candidate of,
the anti-Bleasoites and the effort
made to elect him. with what results j
we all know.
If Tillinan insists v that there are.
enough people asking him to run to j
justify belief en his |Kirt that he is j
being conscripted and announce forj
re-election, he may force those op-i
posed to Blease to do what they can!
to clear the track for him of all can-,
didates from that side of the housed'
And yet. judging, by the utterances of.
newspapers adhering to that faction,
he not generally regarded as really
representative of it nor as the strong
est man if can back to beat Blease.
'Hut in the way pointed out above, he!
has the ? whiphand and probably can
force support of his .candidacy by
many who would rather -have another i
make the rac e for the senate as its |
representative.
If i? very pretty politics and The
Piedmont, which is tied to neither fac
tion iv watching developments wth
much interest. ? Greenville Piedmont.
FOB SALE ? Abru/zi rye for sale. Ap
ply to Henry Savage, Camden, S. C.,
or \V. I.. Bush, Lugoff, S. C.
A CHURCH LOSES PASTOR
The Rev. Mr. Benson Moves Fn
Bishopville To Camden.
Bishopville. Oct. IS. ? BUboprf
Is to lose or Noveml?er 1 the Ri
AL. M. Benson,' who has for the pi
seven years been pastor of the Ba
tist church of thin place, aud w]
has accepted a call to the paston
of the First Baptist church of C?
den. where he enters upon his wo
In that Held, thk first of next raont
The following Inures taken from ti
record of the church here for tl
Hint- seven years shows some of tl
fruits of Mr. Bnsnon's labors hei
When he came to Bishopville in 19
the Baptist Church here had 90 mo
hers ; today it has L'OO inemliers.
was a- small frame church with ani
dehtedness of $1,000. It has b?
replaced with a neat brick build
more commodious and convenient"
every way and costing with the d?
njjnlnst the old building ."<1 0,000. whi
is not a debt against the property h
has been liquidated. These two iiw
attest that Mr. Benson is a (,'ood
naneler and a man of deep spirili
power. He has been for some yft
a trustee of Coker College and h
given niuclr time to the upbuilding
the college. Mr. Benson's most elM
iv'e work in this connection was
grudnOting summer campaigns for st
dpnts*. He is a fine Sunday Scbo
worker and leaves in the Church be
a flourishing Sunday School.
Cotton Money Buys Liberty Boo*
The folliwing telegram, indlcatt
the reception <the Lloerty bond is 1
cehing jit the hands of farmers, ?
received yesterdAy at the office of!
food administration :
"We beg to advise that McCamM
Brothers of Chester Country recul
sold 200 bales of cotton and took (
000 in Liberty bonds. These yd
men are just above the draft Age I
felt ' thai 1f they did not 'go ?cf
they should come across>'
"This subscription 'tyuie dirt*
from tlie farmer and I Jfeel that I
information may l>e of value to yoo
helping others taking similar #<1
? Tuesday's State.
I-'ranif-Larmond, engineer, and
L. Johnson, his negro flrenian .*?
killed In a Southern railway wrti
a t ' Clmrl^fiMpie, Vu. Si^pday. Jjj
ioond a of tl^tty-fll0 -ve?l
serviofc ylVn She* road and the *tat*
at which he met death was named 1
his honor, Hq tohl Oils wife Wj
he died that ^ ibis troln, the liinflj
had. been given the Signal 40-fttJM
4 ?