The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 26, 1917, Image 4
"Tom Walton" Wfa ft Gtat
Camp Htujurt, NowjKMrt New#, Va..
Oct. 19.? Not until she waa killed by
; falling frohi a motor truck, In a Mb
tfwty frMU i mi l'u do here, ciitt the subtler*
burn that 'Tom Walton", who bad
Ihh*u employed for wore tbun Hiiw
. week* at the camp an a water boy, wan
Mlh.s Plorence Kelly. She was riding
.'oil the truck yewterday when she lost
tier balance and fell under the wheels.
Miss Kelly, wlm wax 20 years old,
bad been living dn tin* workmen's
quarter* in the caiup. None of thoae
who knew her bere su*|iected that she
was any other than 'Tom Walton"
under which name she bad secured
her Job.
l*. Puree! I, of Newberry, sold to
* Cooper and (iriitiii, of Greenville, Tuok
du.v 1 , too bah* of cotton, receiving
a cheek for $10(1,000.
, Notice To The Public.
I wish to any that I am again as
sociated with The Huckeye Cotton Oil
Co. aa their , agent for this and ad
Joining counties and to say I ?> those
Mint have so liberally patronized uh
in the past that we arc using this
method of thanking ihem and also
to say that we are asking a cohtiu
r nance of their confidciice and patron
age and promise you the same liberal
treatment In I he future as we have
given in the past.
And to those that have not as yet
found It convenient to do any busi
ness with us to give us a trial and
we will do our best to make any
business transaction with them both
pleasant and profitable. Try* us one
time.
We also wish to state that after
the first of September our oflice and
scales will be located at the rear of
J5emp & PePnss Drug Store, the store
.room formerly occupied by W. It.
Roberts Meat Market. Please note
this change.
Mv i<rist and feed mills will also
be located at this place, along with
the Studebaker automobile agency.
Any time you have cotton and cot
ton seed or corn to offer for sale,
or you want to buy or trade for a
good automobile we Invite you In to
see us and if you have no business
to transact call on us anyway as we
will he glad to talk with you.
Respectfully,
It. Ii. Moseley, Agency.
HOLSTEIN BULL
Registered
Will be for service at
Wester ham P 1 a n t a t i o n.
Terms $2.00 cash for season.
W. A. RUSH. Manager.
LugofT, S. C.
Collins Brothers
Undertakers for Colored People
Telephone 41 714 W. DtKalb St.
LOANS
Made on approved country
and city real estate. Long
terms, low interest.
M. M. JOHNSON, Atty.,
Camden, S- C.
Dr. E. H. KERRISON
Dentist
( Mice over Bribe's Store
Broad mill PeKnlh Stx. Phone 18f>
COLUMBIA LUMBER &
MANUFACTURING CO.
MILL WORK
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS
AND LUMBER
*
PLAIN & HUGER STS. Phone 71
COLUMBIA, S. C.
DR. R. E. STEVENSON
DENTIST
Crocker Building
pf Camdm, 8. C.
IS CHEAT LEVELER
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Nature Won't Let Geniusee Breed
in Straight Line.
Heredity Doeant Amount to Much If
On* Carries It Back Throuflh
Several Generations.
"A nmn tackled me for a Job the
other du.v," write* "Sid" In the Ameri
can Magazine. "After enumerating his
various accomplishment* he wound up
with a Una! claim that wiw Intended
to impress me with hi* Importance
once and for till, lie aald that he wiih
tt direct ?i?*n<?'M?lanl of UiU|>4e
(imp ? the most learned man of hla
time in Kngland. . 1 asked what time
i hat wan, and ho aald that it wuh
about J<m> year a ago. I told him that
? allowing 25 yeara for each genera
tion ? he must be the alxteenth de
scendant. 'No, not the alxteenth,' he
said, 'hut the fifteenth.' 'All right,' I
Hald, 'call It the fifteenth. Now let'a
lake a sheet of paper and aee what
your credential really are. Let'a aee
? yon had one father and one mother,
two grandfathers and two grandmoth
er, four great grandgrandfathers and
four great-grandmothers, eight great
great-grandfathers and eight great
great-grnndmothera ? and ho ojt?.'
"Carrying the multiplication back to
the fifteenth preceding generation I
showed that at the time the bishop
lived, my friend, the applicant, had ex
actly 82,708 ancestors. In other words,
the bishop was only one of the 82,708
human beings who were his forbears
at that time.
" 'You 1 ave mentioned the bishop,
but what about the other 32,707 V I
asked. 'It seems to me that I ought
to hear something about them If I
am to judge you by the good blood
which you say Is In you. The bishop
was all right. You aro lucky to have
aa much of him In you as you have. j
But the bishop's stock haa been con
siderably watered. I don't believe he
would- recognize you.' -What about the
rest ?'
"That Is the trouble with this heredi
ty game ? If you carry It back very far.
Old Mother Nature Is a wonderful
leveler. She won't let geniuses or
boijeheads breed in a straight line. To
the weak she frequently gives u child
of incredible talent ? to keep the neigh
bors from getting abusive. To the
brilliant and favored of the earth she
often presents a choice piece of ivory
In the shape of a dull son. Apparent
ly the iden Is to carry the race for
ward together and not to piny favor
ites.
"Another feature of the scheme Is
that It keeps us all Interested. Sur
prise# abound on all sides. There is
no telllnir where the next giant is
I doming from."
? Unsound Feet and Legs.
America's physical foundation ? the
feet unci legs of her citizens? is un
8<>ui)(l, if wo nro to believe P. A. Vuile.
\vh(? h:is made a study of feet, says
Popular Science Monthly, If we do not
discard the present monstrosities In
footgear and pet into the habit of walk
ing, using oui" legs and feet instead of'
the automobile and street car, he says
we will become human penguins, lie
enlN attention t<> the fact that I)r.
I.Iovd lirown, the examining physician
of Harvard, found that ?r?00 of 74(1 mem
bers of the lPltl freshmen class stood
In a manner that indicated "a poten
tiality for sickness," and that -ITd of
the r>DO students had feet and legs so
Imperfect that they were ineligible for
military duty! Lack of leg exercise is
supposed to be the cause of this con
dition. Mr. Vaile says that the Ameri
can woman has neglected herself so
Jong that her legs and feet are suffer
ing malformations. There is no longer
in her leg the beauty of the classic
line.
The Boy's Example.
In a certain school a teacher asked
?his class tile meaning of "oratorio," a
word which occurred in their lesson.
As no one could give an intelligent
answer, he proceeded to an explana
tion. He told them that it was a kind
of musical drama usually founded on !
some Scripture story, and he instanced
the "Messiah" and "Israel In Egypt" as
example*. He then appealed to the j
class to give him other examples.
One boy, who was manifesting u
growing impatience at not being al- I
lowed to show that he knew all about i
oratorios, was at length asked, and
fairly nonplussed the master by his j
answer: "Aaron on the Rhine." ? Lon- j
don Tit-Bits.
Why He Was Mad.
"I haven't been able to sleep nights
lately," declared Number One.
"What's on your mind?" asked Num- 1
ber Two sympathetically.
"I'm thinking about the draft all the
time."
"What for? You are too old to be
drafted."
"I know it. but you're not."
"What's that got to do with it?"
"Why, you owe' me $100."
He thought he was leading up 'to it
gently and tactfully, but the other fel*
low flew up and got mad, In spite of
all his care. ? Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Dobbins W?4 Particular.
"Dobbins Is too fastidious for any
reasonable use. I heard he was to be
mairl^d."
"He was. Rut It's all off. Lovely
girl, too. Dobbins would certainly have
married her if he hadn't seen her when
she looked at her very worst."
"What was she doing?"
"Eating corn oft the cob."
EVERY Q9LFER IS CHAMPION
? - 1 , ? ? -
I# Me Do? n't * Like the Ordinary
Clarification* Hi Can Make New
OfMM dull HlOIMtf.
It long. has bren a myatery to thw
man who doesn't play golf to under
stand wl. t there la about the game to
make otherwise dignified and rational
persona to go nutty over It. Should a
non-golfer caMiially confide to his fam
ily doctor that all |h not well, and that
he finds that he can't got away with
three square meals a day and a light
lunch before rwtlrlng quite ko happily
ax he uxed to, the medical man prob
ahly will tell him to play golf. And If
the non-golfer asks If the doctor plays
the game, the physician proceeds to
give him words on how he mado
the seventeenth hole in three, and'that
he cm 11 Hwing his mushle like Chick
Wvau?, Ami It Ih the aame with other
acquaintances ; they all prescribe their
fad aa a meana of battling old age.
Another queer thing about the game
Ih the ready conceit acquired by tfce?
club, says the Seattle I'ost-Intelllgen
cer. Give a near-golfer tw'o or three
lessons and h* la ready to bet money
on himself. Ami he will go to a lot of
trouble to round up a bunch of other
duba and take them out to the lltika
to trim them out of 40 cent a. Any
player may be a champion in his class.
He may be the best 240-pound, aide
whiskered and bald-beaded player In
the world. If he doesn't like the ordi
nary claSHlflcatlon he can make new
ones to suit him. There Is no reason
why any man should noWio champion
In his class. '
Also it Is exasperating for a man
who must stay In the office or store
all day to have somebody come in and
clank his golf sticks on the floor and
talk about niblicks and brassies and
the "drive through stroke," whatever
that la. And Just when the. conversa
tion gets around to thq point where
one could happily expatiate on thd
Joys of back-yard garden, n motor
boat or a flivver, the bounder usually
rises and leaves hurriedly.
Living on Calories.
The cheapest eating in the world la
rice and peanuts, measured by the
calories, which constitute the only real
test. The former costs five cents per
1,000 calories and the latter seven
cents. So that if a person would eat a
good helping of rice nnd wind up by a
plentiful dessert of peanuts, he would
get more muscle, brain, nerve and bone
out of it than he would out of a diet
of roast beef and potatoes. There is
no attention paid to the value of food
in practical living. Our sole guide la
what hits our appetite, says the Ohio
State Journal. We want what 'Ve'd
ruther," as the poor woman told Jane
Addains. It is going in nnd buying
potatoes by the pile, without regard
to the bushels or necks. There is
twice as much living in some kinds of
foods as in others and yet we pass up
our plate perfectly, unconcerned
whether It comes back with f>00 or
l.iMH) calories. This Is one reason we
are poor.
Gases Used in Warfare.
A recent scientific report from Eu
rope treats of tho principal gases used
for attack. These Include chlorine,
bromine, sulphur dioxide nnd formal
dehyde. Chlorine and bromine have
proved most effective, because of their
grtnit weight. They roll over the
ground like water. These gases are
released from compression tanks. The
sulphur dioxide and formaldehyde are
produced by burning the appropriate
chemicals. There are many gases
more deadly than those named, but
in order to be effective for trench
work the poison gas must have, suffi
cient weight to stick to the ground.
oTtoe gas mask has practically done
away with the actual effectiveness of
the gas attacks, but they are said to
have considerable psychological effect
still, many soldiers thinking they are
"gassed" when they are only smelling
the harmless vapors set up inside the
gas masks.
Measuring Your Pace.
IIow many steps do you take to the
mile? Even If your considered reply
be "1,760," I shall take leave to doubt
it. Should you be a British infantry
man your pace will be the longest of
any Infantryman.' The Russian pace
Is the shortest, being but 27*? Inches;
: the French, Italian and Austrian pace
is 29 inches, the Germans do 39 Inches,
while British soldiers stride an extra
1 half Inch. But your own pace, what
of It? It depends upon your height.
Take your eyebrow height, halve It,
and that represents your pace. Yon
; will find It tb be somewhere between
j 30 Inches and 32 Inches, so that you
will need between 2,000 and 2,100
paces to the mile. ? London Chronicle.
No Chance for Him.
They were sitting In a secluded cor
ner of the veranda. For a long time
neither of them had spoken. Sudden
! ly he took her little hand In his. His
i voice was choked with emotion as he
; said :
"Do you think you could ever learn
to love a man ? "
i "Yes," she Interrupted In a soft
' whisper. "Bring on your man." ? St.
j Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Need of Caution.
Guide ? Here you see the waistcoat
worn by Captain Snoot when he wan
shot by the assassin. The bullet that
J ended his life went through that hole
there.
Mother ? Do you remember, children,
how I have warned jrou against care
I lessness. If the hole had been mend
; ed at tlv? proper time toe bullet could
| not have gone through it and he would
1 still be alive.
10,000
VELVET BEANS IN POD
List with us what? you will have and name
date can ship. Also in market for com.
'+- \ ' \
Will pay highest market price.
ADLUH MILLING CO.
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Kembert News Notes.
Itemhert i>cf. 124. ? Today is <*<>1(1 sure.
, If this is a sample of the coining win
tor \vc nrr going to have a cold one.
Several people have gone to the State
Fair mostly in automobiles. They will
have a eold ride.
Mrs. osteon, the blind lady was at
Pisgah Church last evening in the in
terest of the !{<m| Cross work. She
| gam:. rend and recited some interest
ing pieces. Also ono on the Boykin
'Mill tragedy of 1 >(?fl which touched
the heart* < >f those present for it was
near here the tragedy happened. A
coiler i ion was taken for her work.
The Ker.vhaw Association held an
interest i 1 1 tr meeting hist week at Mt.
Most Fragrant Wild Flower.
Readers of the American botanist
have been trying to decide which Is the
most fragrant American wild llower,
and their opinions on the subject ex
hibit remarkable diversity. In New
England the majority give first choice
to the pink azalea, with the white wa
ter lily second. There are many votes
for the trailing arbutus, but, as the
editor suggests, Its fragrance Is doubt
less overestimated, owing to the fact
that it is the earliest fragrant wild
llower of spring. Other candidates for
first place are the partridge berry, the
common locust, horned bladderwort
(of which John Burroughs says: "In
a warm, moist ntmosphere the odor is
almost too strong"), yellow Jessamine,
spotted wlntergreen, and some of the
magnolias. The same Journal Is col
lecting opinions us to which wild flow
er is the most beautiful. ? Scientific
American.
Secret of Beautiful World.
Someone was wondering why a cer
tain small town was so much more at
tractive than most of Its kind. "There
are no fine buildings," she said, "no
beautiful scenery, no parks." "No,"
said another, who also was familiar
with the town, "but everybody has a
little garden, and takes such good care
of it." That is the secret of making
this world beautiful, for each of us to
take good care of our own little garden
plot,? Girls' Companion.
Costly Caloric.
"Doesn't it strike you that the tem
perature in this room is rather high?"
"There's no doubt about It, with
coal at the present price."
Pisgah church ten miles oast of Ker
shaw. The association organized by
electing J. E. DuPre moderator, L. H.
('a t??c. Clerk, and M. C. West Treasur
er. The Churches were fairly repre
sented. Dr. Watts of the State Sun
day School Hoard was present. Sev
eral new ministers who had come in
since las-t session were present. The
reports on the different objects were
interesting and discussed on u high
plane. Many Interesting addresses were
made on different things. A large col
lection was taken up for the aged min
isters and forwarded to Dr. C. C.
Ttrown in charge of that work. Each
day the ladles had a fine and bounti
ful diner an the grounds, enough to
feed as many more. The hospitality of
the people was flue. Mrs. Osteon wag
present in the Ihterest of the Red "
Cross work. The association listened
to her with pleasure and gave her a
good collection. The association ad
journed its wo^k Thursday evening to
meet next year at DeKalb church near
Camden, &fter one of the most harmon
ious meetings in its history. The
writer is under great obligations to
his many friends for courtesies shown.
All had a pleasant time and hope to
go again to that flne cdmmunity.
Of The Better Sort
"Cheap" jewelry is a disappointment to both the
buyer and the seller.
All jewelry to be of any worth as ornaments must
possess intrinsic value.
We sell the better sort.**
When you buy an article that we have recommend
ed, you may know you are getting something that will
give satisfaction/ ~ i- - _ ri
G. L. BLACKWELL
Jeweler and Optician Camden# S.
ADEQUATE PROTECTION ?$
Against loss by fire is the first thought of the successful business man.
THE COST is insignificant when compared with loss. Assets aggregating more than one bond
million dollars is the security we offer the insuring public for insurance placed with Ull* ^
\yE BUY ANI) SELL HEAL K ST ATE and have the following attractive farms for quick sale: "
170 ficres. inilos east of Camden on public road, one mile from Church and school, three h
ings, tworhorne fann open. $12.50 r>er acre. ? * .> ? ^
?40 acihes .'I miles east of Camden on Adams Mill road, good buildings, good water, plenty of v>
A nice little farm in n good community. Price e$3,000. ' , ? m-> *
? ^ferracea .
115 acres known . as the Willis Boykln place 7 miles south- of Camden,
acres o"pen land. Price $30.00 per acre. % /W > ^
85 acres 9 miles south of Camden on Spring Hill road, 50 acres *open, good IjulVMngs,
ture, good land. Price $40.00 per acre. t t i -j^SNand,
112 acres on Wire Road between Camden and Cassatt, 3 miles from^Cassatt. SO ' _ -
balance well \vo<xled. all sandy loam, good stream running through. Good buildings. PriC# \v-rjj
I>et us figure with you, either to buy or sell.
CAMDEN LOAN & REALTY
Office Man Bldg. A. J. Beattie, Manager *