The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 11, 1918, Image 3
tjfatn IMmmm mmI FtuWwiliiry.
The auanctal *t*u?H of the Htate pen
itodtlary Is $20,000 better than one
year ago, aeiortUug to intimate* pro*
pared hr tieadws, auper*
Untendent. <>? tUe b*?i? of tUeaa ea
timatee, the institution baa a grind
total of reeourow. available tor 1918,
io the amount W0.3T9^7. Much of thle
In in <*ott(?n and oottonneed, , not yat
put on the market.
Tfco penitentiary now haa in/the State
t-raaaury $2,488.75. Nearly 200 bale*
nt eotton have uot yot been sold and
nearly 800 tone of rot ton aodd. Of tbeee
fttriu product#, iH'.Suussun) fucm
bq? iHi? bale# of eotton and 101 tone
ot cot tou seed, 11?e cotton valued at
>wnt* a pound/ would bring In $25,
483.76* The eeea have been valued at
$7,5 Mi, On the Iteld farm the 160 balea
*t cotton have been valued at $21,
and the 10R tona of seed at
$7,210. The Lexington farm has but
aEw ' V ' J
on? unsold lwtle of cottou, valued at
|l:i7.75 and 70 toon of cottou (teed, val
ued at $5,110.
Total o)>eraitlug expeum* for the year
1017 <* mounted to- #08,577. IS. The ysar
was begun with resource* to the
amount of 107,583.73, of which more
than |20,000 had heeu lost through a
Lerlugtou bank. ,The exact amouut la
$^0,587^.05, which Is to toe checked off
the books a? a bad account.? Tues
day's State.
Doetor Gets life Henteuee.
(loochtaiMl, Vtt? Jan. 8,-r-Dr. Asu
W. Chamberlain, un aged physician
wa? convicted of tho murder- of his
brother, Albert, a former lawyer of
IK* MoincH, Iowa, aud given a Ufa
sentence.
The contingent of Polish troop* re*
crulted in America to light for the
Allies Iuih arrived lu Franoe.
W;.' it . * -V* y
The Week-End Visit to the Country
By KIN HUBBARD
"Notin' thf Etlqucttii* thv Field Hands a* They Dine al Freeco on th' Back
Porch."
In an article Id tA month's "Hen
in' Home" Miss FavaLipplncut gays :
"With our modes ofcplck transporta
tion now so avallabjft' all has devel
oped a natural av<||on V work, th'
Saturday half-holldi^an' a deep root
ed hatred fer th1 inxirs. Now comes
a happy solution o'jtt unbearable mo
notony o' a week-en th* stuffy city,
with its overcrow? street cars an'
merry-go-round pars A week-end in
th' country! Thlaijustom has been
poplar fer agee wltjjftur English cous
ins. Fer one whttoes not care t'
tango on th' bro? verandas o' th'
road house, er gittgkled at a sticky
table under a fanjther is no diver
sion so thoroughljjflellghtful as* a
week-end la some g$et rural retreat.
jSo, accordla' t* syndications, ther
seems t* be no esc^' fer our country
relatives. n
"But one shouitnot set out on a
.week-end visit t' V&ft John's without
bein' thoroughly qtllfled t' look after
the'r own entertalneut, for th' farm
Is a busy place wb* lulls are few an'
widely scattered, ter th' jaded clerk,
teller stenographAh* crusty business
man ther kin be> more restful en
joyment than a qifcisnoose on a bar
rel stave h&mmo In th' cool shade
o* a taulpby bain tree where th'
rattle o' th' cash filer an* th' clatter
o* th' typewriteJMver penetrate ?
where th' only sod that disturbs our
delirium is th' twi* th' bees or th'i
tattoo o' th'galljfipiaged woodpeck
er as he plugs ajf. on th' tin-capped
cupalo o' the fai iouse.
"Ther ar? mat Ways t' enjoy one's
?elf on th' faJ$frlthout lnterferln'
with th' milkln' er takln' Aunt Lide's
mind off her work. Ther's egg hunt
in' in th' hay mow, drlnkin' butter milk
from a gourd, explorin' th' dark re
cesses o' th' smoke hyuse, reveiin' in
th' mysteries o' th' silo, delvln* int' th'
inner workin's o' th' hen house, th'
charm o* crankin' up th' cream sepa
rator, studyin' th' amusin' contour o'
a new calf, marvelln' at th' graceful
dips o' th' chicken hawk, notfn' th'
etiquette o' th' field hands as they dine
al fresco on th' back porch, an' gath
erin' daisies along th' mossy banks o'
th' crystal stream as it sings its way
through th* velvety meadow. Where
no stream is available one may gather
BOuncln* Betty's as they nod in pro
fusion in th* fence corners.
"Indeed a bright tin whistle for
Master John, a sheet o' rag fer Annie,
one er two nickel se-gars fer Uncle
John, er pair o' black lisle raits fer
Aunt Lide, is money well invested
when wo consider th' invigoratin' air,
th' Bootless blue heavens' th' towerin'
biscuits with apple butter, fried Ilhode
Islands an' elderberry pie. It's worth
all th' gasollno er car fare it takes,
believe, me.
"Ther are somo things remember
if yon are plannln' a weekend visit t*
th' country. Don't depend on your
aunt fer talcum. Milady's week-end
travelin' bag should contain (besides
those articles which she would o'
course ,?ake with her on a trip f
Mt Vernon, er any place which would
require her t' be away from her gold
fish two or three nights) a spool o*
white thread No. 60, an', above all, a
pair of wire cutters,"
(CopyrlfM, Adams Newspaper S?rvio#.>
Be S?re of the Number
fore
frequj
berteJ
telephone directory is. issued at
intervals for the information and
f the
ry effort is made to keep this list
and up-to-date. It is expected
jhone-usere will consult it before
calls. A call for an incorrect
:auses delay and possible annoy*
third party.
Ad inconvenience to all con*
y looking up telephone, numbers
tory before calling.
Wbtn you TtUpbomt ? Stmt*
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?? COMPANY
NAAML
ECONOMICS IN THE BIBLE
' '
'IvtHutlng Truth to N Found In Of*
' of th* Injunction* Laid Down
By Christ
There Is a vast deal of sound eco
nomics In the new testament, says a
writer In the American Mugaslne. Be
selfish nobly. MIx>ve Ihy neighbor as
thyself." When Christ said that, he
set It dowu as an everlasting truth
that man must love himself In order
to achieve 'anything at all In this
world, and that the atfempt to love
another as he doe* himself Is to strug
gle toward an Ideal.
Moreover, when he told the rich
young man to give all he had to the
poor, he Issued the command not be
en usu he despised money and tho
things money symbolizes, but because
he saw that this particular young man
was a waster, one who ??couldn't stand
prosperity," and that the use he made
of his money harmed him Instead of
helping him. There were "quarter
horses" 2,000 years ago, Just as there
are "quarter horses" today.
To be selfish in a fine way Is to
carry out qpe*s highest destiny. That
la real philosophy. It Is also real com
mon sense. Why Is a man put. Intp
the world If It Is not to make the best
of himself, to Improve himself, to Im
press himself on his community and
his world? That Is Just what he la
Intended to do.
And he does it In two ways: Tho
first Is by bis acquisitiveness, his pow
er to get things; It matters not wheth
er what he gets is money, or learning,
or power of eloquence, or tho serenity
of lofty thought. The second Is by us
ing properly what he has got whether
It it money, or learning, or power.
And If he does use tt properly he is
on sure ground. To Use It properly ,
means ' that he uses it for- his own
good and, incidentally, for tlje good
of others, that he wastes It neither
in foolish living nor In extravagant liv
ing, and, above all, that he uses It so
that It Increases even while It Is be
ing used* so that. In the end, he atyfcys
grows Id power and self-sOfflclency.
WHEN ONE MAKES MISTAKES
Extenuating Circumstances Are Ulit*
ally Cited aa Excuse for the Ma*
Jorlty of Blunders.
The average fair-minded man ad*
mits that be makes mistakes at times,
but, and there always is the exten-'
unting. "but" when we seek to ex
cuse our failures^ he believes, even It
unconsciously, that the mistakes that
others make are bigger mistakes than
his, says the Charleston News and
Courier. Deep down In our hearts the
rov/ta of Relf-complaeency strike ? so
deep, In fact, that with most of us
it Is useless to try and pull them out.
At those rare times, when we see
ourselves as others see ns, when we
begin to understand that we are at
fault to a larger degree than the other
man, we may make on honest effort
to overcome the disposition to yield
to self-satisfaction, but unless we
work hard and patiently and perse
veringly wo will find ourselves forever
falling back into the old habit It ta
so easy to criticize something that
another person does that falls to meet
our approval, and so entirely natural
to think that we would never be
guilty of a like weakness.
We might have made a mistake, we
argue, but we would have discovered
the errpr In time to correct It, and
certainly we never would have blun
dered to the extent of our neighbor.
How do we know whqt we would have
done in similar circumstances, how
ever, and why should we assume a po
sition of superiority which in truth
we are not entitled to assume? It la
enough for us to concern ourselves
with out own failures, our own mis
takes, our own shortcomings, and to
leave to others the readjustment of
their own lives. ' 1
Canaries' Musi? Leseona."
There are a large number of vane
ties of the domestic canary. Many of
them are bred primarily for their song,
and their training makes an Interesting
story. The aim is to product males
with clear, soft, pleasing songs with
long rolls or trills, and no attention Is
given to other characters, writes a bird
raiser. These birds are usually non
descript aa to color and appearance.
The young birds when fledged are put
In roomalwlth birds noted for their
soft and line song, and here, through
Initiation, they develop 4heir own vocal
accompllahments. Any bird develop
Ing harsh notes la removed so that ha
may not endanger the vocal success of
his brothers. It Is said that a 'me
chanical instrument known aa a "bird
organ,** which produces liquid trills,
la, frequently used in training the birda.
The musical course for a canary covers
about *aix months' tuition and practices
j
Potatoes a Modem Food.
Only within the last century haa the
potato become a staple of our dinner
tablea, says the Journal of Heredity.
It Was first discovered by the Span
lards In Ecuador and first mentioned
in 1660. By 1686 it had been brought
to North America, whence Sir Walter
Raleigh took It to England a year
later. Until about a hundred years ago
It waa 'despised ** a food for human
beings, except as an emergency ration
III times of fkmine, but was widely
need aa food for animals.
Me Had Faith.
"Count, ay father baa loat all kfta
money."
"I win marry yon, anyhow."
*l>o yon realty mean It!"
"Tat; -a man like your father cam
r easily make another fortune."
Keisurrtt by HUte Cvnittabk.
lUchtand County maintained the lead
by u wide urn r kIu during 1P17 in the
volume of liquors aelEcd under T. J,
Nuiyrl. chief State constable. More than
media If of the total number of gal
Ions seised under this officer wew cap
tured in lilchlaud county. During the
vear 1,205 gallons wore captured ami
)t this 721 gallons Avere taken lu Illch
land. Forty-owe stills were destroyed
ind 10,(X>0 gallons of still beer twrc
also destroyed along with the feriuen
tera containing the same. Sliipjiers
received HO, 0(X) gallons of elder that
were\turucd buck und 075 gallons (,f
wine were couAh'aN. The number
if eonvlotlons wan 1110, from which
lines to the amount of $10,42-1 were col
eeted, and sentences of ?S40 months im
oosed. Cannes pending are 52 In the
federal ami circuit court a, There arc
il?o 120 from the old gallon' a month
*'aw on the court calendars. The to
a I amount of expenses for the year
was $10,547,02, with the captured whl*.
\ey, under prices now obtaining. val
icd at $42,700.
TAX KKTl'KNS
4 ? ? . ?
Notice is hereby given that the Au
ditor's oil Ice will be ojien for receiving
Tax Returns from January 1st, 1018
tx> February 20th, 1018. All jiersonF
owning Heal Estate or Personal Prop
erty must make returns of the same
within said period, us required by law.
or be subject to a penalty of 50 jkm
cent
Tlie Auditor will attend In person or
by deputy at the following places in
the County on the dates indicated for
receiving returns :
Dethune January 14 and 15.
Haley's Mill, January 16.
Bower's Kchool House, Jan. 17.
' Klrkley's Htftre, January 18.
Kershaw, January 22 and 2".
Wcstvllle, January 24.
Liberty Hill. January 25.
Stoneboro, January 20.
Blancy, January 20.
AH persons between the ages of 21
and 00 years Inclusive are roquired to
pay Poll and Iload Tax, unless ex
cused by > law. All Trustees, Guar
dians, Kxe^utors, Administrators ol*
Agents holding property In oliargc,
lpust return same. I'nrtles sending
fax returns by mall must make oath to
bamc l>efore ?some otHcer and till oui
same in proper manner or they will be
rejected.
\V. F.KUSSKLL,
Auditor Kershaw County.
tax noVice
oittec id' Treasuser Kershaw Co.
CnirxUm. K. C., Sept. 24, 1017. .
Notice Ik hereby given that the books
will bo open for the collecting of State
County, and Scliool Taxes from Octo
ber listh, 1917, to March 15th, 1018. A I
jtonalty of 1 per cent, will be added to J
all taxes unpaid Jauuary 1st, 1018 ;
2 i>er cent. February 1st, 1018. and 5
per cent. March 15th, .1018.
The rate per centum . for Kershaw
County is as follows :
Mills
State Taxes
County Tnxes
S])ecial Taxes
Road Taxes
School tnx?>N
Total ??
The following School Districts have
special levies :
School District No. 1 ??? 5
School District No. 2 y- 4
School District No. 3 2
School District No. 1 ? -.. 4
School District No. 5 2
School District No. 6 ? ? 8
School -District No. 7 4
School District No. 8 ? 4
School District No. 0 4
School IMstrlct No. 10 - 5
School District No. 11 .... 5
School District No. 12 ? ? 7
School District No. 18 - 4
School District No. 14 ? 8
School District No. 15 ? ...... 8
School District No. 10 A--? 4
School .District No. 17 ? ? 8
School Distri# No. 18 ? ? . 4
School District No. 10 . - 4
School District No. 20 .. 4
School District No. 21 ? ... 2
School District No. 22 7
School District No. 28 ? ...1- 8
School District No. 24 - 4
School District No. 25 4
School District No. 26 .. 4
School District No. 27 0
School District No. 28 - 5
School District No. 20 4
School District No. 30 4
School District No. 81 - 6
School District No. 32 v. ? 4
School District No. 33 ? ...... .4
School District No. 34 ...... 8
School District No. 35 8
School District tfo. 36 ? ? - 4
School Distflct No. 87 ...._ ? 2
School District No. 38 5
School District No. 30 ...... ? ? .. 5
School District No. 40 ? 11
School District No. 41 ? ; 4
School District No. 42 ? 8
School District .No. 46 ? ...... 8
8*4*ol District 'No. 47 - 4
The poll tax is #1.00.
All able-bodied male persons from
the age of twenty-one (21) to sixty
<60) years, both inclusive, except res
idents of Incorporated towns of the
county shall pay |2.00 as a road tax,
except ministers of the gospel actual
ly In charge of a congregation, teach-;
era employed In public schools, school
trustees, and persons permanently dis
abled in the military service of this
State, and persons who served in the
late war between the States, and all
persons actually employed In the quar
antine service of this State and all
residents who m*y be attending school
or college at the time when said road
tax shall become doe. Persons claim
ing disabilities most present certifi
cates from two reputable physician* of
this county.
, All information as to taxes will be
furnUhed upon application.
D. M. McOABKim
- r County Trt+tmrtt.
10 1-2
fttatth mi Hftth Springs.
Heath Spring*. Jan. 7. ? F. M. llell
here liit Friday morning about
11 q'okm^ at tip home of hiH brother
in-law, IV T. Twltty, after a short 111
iuvH.s of pneumonia," Mr. Hell' was 7#
ynir.s old and hail Mpent most of his
How No Slept at the Fori.
Kd Jackson, secretary of state, who
U ouo of the students at the United
States army officer*' re#wvt? training
camp at Ft Benjamin Harrison, had
to speud one of the cool nights In the
trenches, as that In a part of the train
ing given to the embryo officer*, note*
the Indianapolis News, As ho emerged
from his "bunk" the next morning he
was met by one of his tyllow students.
' MWell, tio\y did you sleep last night T"
Inquired Jackson's friend.
?lu sections," gruffly replied the
state official.
"How's that?*'
; "Well, first my right ft>ot was asleep
and then my left ono ; theu one arm
and then another and ho on. Hut I
guess If 1 mlded tlrein all up I got in
a pretty good night's rest."
Leopard 8hlp of the 8ea.
Fooling the enemy In a remunera
tive and Interesting pastime with the
allies, nays Popular Science Monthly.
They have their camouflage on land ;
now comi'H the camouflage of the sea.
A H|hlp 1h painted with spots which
fado out into u glittering nnd shim
mering haze In tho sunlight. A sub
marine commander one or two miles
distant might look straight at tho ship
and never see l?er.
The spots are of light gray and navy
blue, which, even on a sunless day,
blend with the waves of the ocean.
The Indistinct outline which thin gives
makes tho ship a poor target.
Chart for New York Harbor.
A revised chart of New York har
bor, on a scale of 1-40,000. has been
Issued by the United States coast and
geodetic survey. Tho labor Involved
In bringing such a chart tip to datp
Is Illustrated by the fact that In otto
year there havo been for this chart
253 different items of change, which
required 288 working days to compile
and engravG. Marked changes in the
contour of tho bottom, disclosed by
recent surveys, are shown at the en
trance between ' Sandy Hook and
Conoy island.
Pay for Harmful Butterflies.
Butterfly catching was converted
from a schoolboy's amusement Into a
serious business at Sollngen nnd Dus
seldorf, In western Germany. The com
munal authorities offered a premium
of one pfennig apiece for every but
terfly of the harmful varieties caught
with the result that the school children
have already handed In 60,000 at Solln
gen and 150,000 at Dusseldorf. The
method was adopted to combat the con
sequent caterpillar plague.
lift- In tho State of Alabama, having
gone there when a young man. lie
returned to thh* state about 12 yearn
ago and had since made hid home
wlfh relatives tn this community, serv
ing a good deal of the tliue as assist
ant po?tina>itor here. Mr. lleU was one
of the bent men that has ever lived
Iti this community and wan universally
liked and resisted l>y all who knew
htiu, being a man of the hlgheNt Ideal*
of Christian living and of J-rrcpjroaeh? ?
able character. He was a consistent
and loyal member of the Methodist
CUuivfe ami always a faithful and ret
ilar attemlaut at all Its services. He
Is survival by one sister, Mrs. J, 0.
Milliard of Stonenoro, and three hroth
ers, L, M I tell and J. I?. Hell of this
place ami Hubert Hell of Mississippi.
He was burled lu Salem CVmetery here
Saturday afternoon after funeral scr
vlcos conducted, from the Methodist.
Church by tin* Ifcev. Samuel 1/ong, pas
tor Of the Baptist Church.
lJquor Fight in Florida.
Jacksonville Trade Body Working For
Dry County.
Jacksonville, Fla., .Tan. 7. ? So many
complaints have been made hero of
liquor being sold to soldiers contrary
to United States Government require
ments that the lx>ard of governors of
he .Jacksonville Chamt>er of 80111
mcrce have undertaken to solvo the
problem. At a meeting tills afternoou
resolutions were adopted pledging Im
mediate action In getting up a petltlou
aider the local option law calling
Upon the county commissioners to or
der a wet or dry election at an early
date. The Chamber of Commerce will
throw its full strength to carry the
county dry. Immediately following
this meeting the Liquor Dealers' As
s*oolrition met and adopted resolutions
pledging its 111 em tiers not to 8011 11-,
quor to soldiers or to anyone for the
purjiose of selling to soldiers.
J. Y. Floyd, a citizen of Newberry
county, had $200 stolen from a trunk
In his residence Saturday night.
A Club Plan
Resort near
the Sarsfield
Coif Course.
She joined
our
CHRISTMAS.
OUR CHRISTMAS BANKING CLUB IS FOR EVERYONE ;GTRl?
AND WOMEN, MEN AW BOYS, THE CHILDREN AND THEBABY.
YOU CAN START WITH 10 CENTS, JS CENTS* t CENTS, OR
1 CENT AND INCREASE YOUR DEPOSIT THE SAME- AMOUNT
EACH WEEK. A
IN 50 WEEKS! -?
10-CENT CLUB PAYS $1*7.50
5 CENT CLUB PAYS 68.75 , ?
fc-CENT CLUB PAYS Z5M /< _ \
1CENT CLUB PAYS^ 1*.75 ^ ^ - .
YOU CAN BEGIN WITH THE LARGEST PAYMENT FIR8T
AND DECREASE YOUR PAYMENT EACH WEEK.
WE ALSO HAVE CLUBS WHERE YOU PAY IN M CENTS $L06
OR $5.00 WEEKLY AND IN 50 WEEKS HAVE $25.00. $59.00 OR
Mf ft ?
_JOIN YOURSELF AND HAVE EVERY MEMBER OF YOUR
FAMILY DO SO, TOO.
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