The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 01, 1918, Image 7
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Mr. and Mrn. Rkhurd McOreary of
Columbia sjxnit Huuday with Mr. ami
Mrn. John Dixon.
MU*oh Laura Modarlty, KUhIu West
and Ml** Zl*er of 1 '-assart speut Kat?
unlay ami Suiulay with Mrs. Q B.
Thomiwon.
Miss flernlce Dunn was a visitor
lu our neighborhood last week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Humphries ami
family spent Sunday with Dr. ami
MrN. L. Humphries at Uethune.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
WHICN the Norn- Mother ?aw tli?
whirlwind hour.
Oieatening and~arkening am
it hurried on.
8he bent the strerittouv heaven*
and came down
To make a man to meet the mortal need.
|])4 took the tried clujy of the common
road
day warm yet with tho venial heat of
earth. \
Dashed through tt all a strain of prophecy;
Then mixed In laughter with the serious
?tuff.
Jt was h stuff to wear for centuries,
A man that matched tht> mountains and
compelled
The stars to look our way and honor us.
The color of the ground was in him. the
red earth;
The tang and odor of the primal things?
The reotitude and patience of the rocky.
The gladness of tho wind that shakes tho
oorn,
The courage of the bird that dares the
sen ;
The Justice of the rain thru loves all
leaves;
The pity of the snow that hides all scars;
The loving kindness of the wa/sido well;
The tolerance and equity of light
That gives as freely to tho shrinking weed
As to tho groat oak flaring to tho wind
To the gravo's low hill as to the?Matt?iv
horn
That shoulders out (he rky
And ko ho came
From prairie cabin up lo capitol.
One fair Ideal led our chieftain on.
Forevermore ho burned to do his deed
With tho line stroke and gesturo of a
king. .
He built the roll pile as he built the state.
Pouring his splendid strength through
every blow;
The consclenco of him Jesting every
atroko . *
To make his deed the mensure of a man.
Bo came the captain, with the mighty
heart;
And when the step of earthquake shook
the house.
Wrenching the rafters from their ancient
hold. .
He held the ridgo polo up and spiked hgaiu
The rafters of the home. He held his
place
Held the long purpose like a growing
. tree?
Held on through blame and faltered not
at praise.
And when he fell In Whirlwind he went
down
As when u kingly cedar, grcon with
boughs.
Goes down with a great shout upon the
hills
And loaves a lonesome place against the
sky.
?Edwin Markham.
Mr. H. J. We?t npwR Thursday lu
Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wiley of Suiutei
hjh*u t Suuilay at tUo homo of Mrs.
Elisabeth Howell.
Mr ami Mrs. l^ouls Spears have re
eently moved Into our neighborhood
Stotktou News Notes.
ltoyklu, S. C. Jan. iK). ? Mr. ami Mr??,
Joe Wiley of Sumter spent the week
eml with Mrs. Wiley's mother Mrs.
KM /.a both Sow ell.
My. Kelly of Columbia spent a t'ew
days lust week with his daughter Mrs.
C. V. Galloway.
Mr. Ixuu Raker of Pisgah visited
in this section Sunihiy.
Mr. ami Mrs. David (Hills and child*
ren spout the week eud with Mrs. Gll
lis..' parents Mr. and Mrs. Iiandy
Young of Wcstvllle.
Mr. B. M. Workman spent a few
daya this week In Laurens.
The many friends of Mrs. Mattle
Shiver a iv glad to know she Is im
proving.
Mr. Paul Uijlls spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. John Glllla.
Mr. Lanoe Kelley who wat? called to
the army about a month ago has re
turned home.
Mr. Ilaney Calloway spent Saturday
uml Sunday in Greenville.
Waioree Mill Village Notes.
on last Saturday "night thd young
folks enjoyed an Informal reception
at the Club House. < Sanies were play
ed and music from Vletrola tulded
greatly to amusement Of the evening.
Messrs. Herble and Ed Llsenhy of
Chesterfield are vlsLting their aunt'
Mrs. I). T. Hancock.
Miss Roll Toppilis of Columbia Is
visiting friends here.
Mr. Ilruce IMayer has returned from
a f^w days stay in Columbia.
Miss Ajmls Martin has returned
from visiting his brother near Colum
bia.
Rev. J. L. Moore and family of Co
lumbia spent the week end with Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Player.
Mr. Tom Slclalr and wife of Autloch
spent la/d Thursday with Mr. W. T.
IMayer.
Married in Chesterfield.
Lieut. Frank B. Sanders, Medical
Reserve Corps, of Ilagood, and Miss
Willie Douglas, of Chesterfield, were
married at Chesterfield on January
20tli. The grooin is a sou of Hon. A.
K. Sanders, and the bride is a pop
ular young lady of Chesterfield and
a Wlnthrop graduate.
Quality, Style and Price ? the three great essentials
in worth-while clothing ? are found in every gar
ment that leaves our store.
I'eople who care ? who value the world's good opin
ion?demand these three qualities in their wearing
-apparel:
We never sacrifice efficiency to profit. All our cloth
ing must bear the most rigid inspection and the most
searching criticism.
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For men's, youths' and boys' clothing that meets
these tests come' ti this store.
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Baruch-Nettles Co.
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA
WAR DARE DEVILS
First of the Amerioan Heroes to
Storm No Man's land.
News of United State#' Declaration ef
War on Oermany Signal for Bound
Over tho Top.
It Was night In the trenches of
France, and the Canadian contingent
lay watchful for the foe, on duty at
the listening posts, and night patrols
crept stealthily about !n No Mau's
Land. Their bayonets were rubl>ed
with lump black so that tho tmddeu
bursting of a star bomb would not be
tray their presence.
In this partTcular Canadian section,
writer Henry James Buxton, were one
hundred or more stalwurts from the
United States ? men who went over the
International boundary Into Canada
so they could enlist. These Americans
were together In one section of the
trench.
One of these was Private "Scotty"
Anderson, farmer, telegraph operator,
who had tapped the key from Boa, ton
to 'Frisco.
Scotty was loug, lean and lank,
with arms like bean poles. But his
muscles were steel, and his courage
without a blemish. Said Scotty to his
pal, Jack Murdocl; : ?
"This Is too slow for me ; why can't
we go over the top once In a while,
and take a slatu at the Boches?"
"Time apparently ain't ripe," replied
Murdock.
"Ripe," snorted Scotty disgusted
ly; "we'd soon make the Boches ripe
If we got at 'em with our bayonets."
Just then a sergeant hurried Into
the trench from a communicating pas
?aige.
"Boy's," he cried excitedly, "the
United States has declared war with
Germany."
Scotty was on his feet with a
whoop. He grabbed the sergeant and
said : "Say that again." The ser
geant repeated the message.
Scotty grabbed an American flag
with one band and seized his gun with
the other,
"Come on, Yanks," he yelled, "over
the top for us; we've got to celebrate
this r
With a whoop 100 Americans fol
lowed Scotty over the top. The ser
geant yelled something about orders,
but he was brushed aside.
Yelling, the Americans rushed over
No Man's Land, and leaped Into the
German first line trehch. The on
slaught was so sudden that the Ger
mans were taken by surprise. A score
or more were shot down before they
were aware what had happened, and
nearly a score more surrendered. The
Americans returned to their own
trench with their prisoners and they
were greeted as heroes by* their Cana
dian comrades.
? "We had to do something to cele
brate the entrance of Uncle Sam on
the Job," Scotty explained to a su
perior.
Lodging In the Northwest.
Id some of the high altitudes In the
lumbering districts of the Northwest,
logging trains are employed to bring
big loads of cut timber from the for
e?i? to the mill.. The snow, 4m <* way,
helps this situation, for It permits the
use of an Ingenious caterpillar tractor
steam engine of great power It is,
practically speaking, a locomotive of
the cog-wheel type and the front
trucks are sleigh runners, which are
steered by a man sitting In front, tils
hands on the steering wheel. The "en
gineer" concerns himself with the same
duties as though he were running on a
track, while the fireman has to keep
steam up. Specially devised sleighs,
as wide as the locomotive Itself, are
used to carry the logs, and the track- <
less engine Is of such power that It can
drag eight and more truckloads of this
character at a time.
Why He Quit
f A new confectionery store opened
Its doors in the north part of the city
recently, states the Indianapolis News.
The proprietor hired a skilled Candy
maker. His troubles started early.
The candy maker went on a big
-spree, and In a few days the stock In
the store ran low. The proprietor went
ont on a hunt for the candy maker and
finally found him and straightened
?him up so he could work again.
But when he was ready for woak the
sugar famine was on with all of Its
terrors, and no sugar was obtainable.
This condition continued for several
days, and when he finally got a sugar
supply the candy maker was absent
again.
t? The proprietor closed the doors, sold
the remaining stock and store fixtures
at auction and retired from the candy
business.
Popularity for the 8unflower.
The svJ^ttuis probably destined
to pljr aecidentally^S&tapart in ***?
econumlly did not hJS?1,ted SUt,f*
their &?? rrx:
a ' and Varn1sh
a tieneroua , a nport
Camden cultivation of
sived a generj^ithia purpose can be
mfci^H.New Yorh gross return to the
fanner of from $30 to $96 an acre.
Everything in these days seems to be
working out to the profit of Kansas.
Cannot something be done with the
Jlmson weed, so ss to please Missouri?
Casting Finest Statuary,
The world's finest bronze statuary
is cast is sand found In France that
contains about 80 per cent silica and
20 per cent alumina.
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My Secret
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By WARNER MILLER
(Copyrlftbt. l?lf, VNUrn N??iHP?r Ualoa)
Annie Clark was fifteen years old
when 1 first saw her, u rosy -cheeked,
laughing girl who hail never known
mlsfortuue. We were fisher folk, and
Bailor* and lived under the canopy
of heaven ; used to the breaking of the
wiivea on the beach, which at titnes
lulled ua to aluiuher and at times
merged with the roar of the tempest.
1 was thirty years old then and
when 1 saw Annie racing over the
aanda or climbing the dunca, her hair
streaming behind her, in the wind, I
felt then iu comparison with her 1
waa a hundred. At any rate 1 knew
that to her 1 was an old man while to
me she was a child. The day would
soon come when some youngster would
carry her oft aud 1 left in u world
that would be dreary without he*v
Hut still she 'romped and pulled
about, when the water was caliu, In
Iter boat, aud with bare feet ran ou
the sand of a windy day like a bird.
"Of tempest-loving kind
TIiuh beating up againal the wind)*
and no wooer came. The only claim
1 had on her was when she would
sit beside me on the end of the dock
under which the waves were rolling
and I would tell her stories.
Then came u sailor lad still in his
teens aud he and Annie came together
with a snap like two magnetised met
als. How I envied that boy. lie waa
a handsome fellow, aud in Ills sailor
togs, u unique costume, unlike any
other, I thought it no wonder that An
nie should find a mate In him. An
nie's father und 1 were chums, he
being but a few yenrs older than I
and one day he said to me:
"Tom, d'y'e mind this young Crocker
boy, maken up to my Annie?"
The devil tempted me to say he's
no good. 'Twould be a pity for Annie
to throw herself away on such us he.
If I had Bald that Jim Clark would
have sent him away without Annie.
But I braced myself and said, "He's
a likely chap, and I believe would go
aloft to furl a sail in a hurrlcune aa
quick as any man."
That settled It. The next day Ned
Crocker asked Clark for Annie's ht'nd,
and got it.
I was menden nets on the sand in
the mornen when I felt a pair of anns
around my neck und turnln' saw An
nie's happy face near to mine. She
had come to tell mo that she was to
marry the sailor boy.
(?- "Papa says you think well of him,M
she said, "and papa will take yonr
opinion of anyone in preference to hla
own." . , ^
"I'm glad you're so happy, my uear,"
I said, but the words choked me.
Annie's happiness did not last long.
She married Crocker, but he sailed
away from her and never returned, I
my words about him to her father
were proved. When his ship came In
we were told that In a hurricane he
went aloft to furl a sail, when no
other man dared go, and losing his
hold was blown overboard.
Annie mourned him but she had
youth on her side and though she was
never the romp she had been was In
time herself again. She turned to me
for comfort and sometimes I dared hope
that we might In time be something
more than friends, but a few years
after Crocker's taking off, she mar
ried again, this time the mate of a
ship that sailed between New York
and Japan. He wasn't the handsome
sailor lad Crocker was, and he didn't
sail with the wind. His ship was a
steamer.
Simmons, this was Annie's husband*
didn't Mve much longer than the first.
He cctme home sick from his first voy?
age after their marriage, and though.
Annie nursed him tenderly she couldn't
save him. He died In her arms and
we burled him In the little plot of
ground on the hillside, a mile back
from the village.
A big storm raged on the coast. Sev
eral miles out was a reef, covered
with water at high tide. In the after
noon a ship was seen to founder on
the ledge and within a few minutes
she was broken to pieces. In time
wreckage and bodies began to come in
and the beach was soon covered with
both. We did what we cduld to take
in and bury the dead, but night cam*
on before we could clean the beach.
? The next day I went with several
others to hunt for bodies that had
drafted northward. We found them
scattered along the beech and burled
them as we found them. I jgot sep
arated from the rest and came upon
the body of a young man. I started
the moment I saw him for I recog
nised Ned Crocker.
He was several jrefu*s older than
when I had last seen him and had
some beard on his face, but he was
Crocker all the same, Before any of
the others reached me I had carried
Mm back to where there was earth
Instead of sand and burled him. I
found out In time why Crocker was
pllve the day before I found the body/
He had found another mate and the
account of his death had been made
up to screen his wife from a worse
blight. I have continued the decep
tion never having told her that I found
his body. She has long been my wife,
but the difference (n our ages seems
much less than when she was a girl.
Hon? t
**t know he's honest."
"What ma ices you think so?"
"He's slways willing to give his note
tor any money that he borrows."
OM-Hdw Darkey I'www.
"I\?lle<loH Wlthorapoon, tho oldest
negro l? Yorkvillo, died Sunday even
ing, after a long period of falling
health, duo to extreme old a*?. Pol
led <>' had lived in Yorkvillo practical*
ly a 11 of Uts. Hfo of about UK) your 6.
Ills father was brought to this conn*
try direct from Africa, and belong
t o the Withorspoon family of I^anca#
tor, dying when ho wan 10- years old.
Polledo was a slave of tho la to Colon*
ol Donnom Wltherwpoon. who died in
1 s,V>. lio was an old time proaohor
and was a member of one of tlio negro
Methodist c<|nferouoos and annually
received u small pension from that
iKMly, Ho was Instrumental in or
ganising live negro ehnrehew in York*
vlllo and vicinity and years ago was
a iK^vorful influence among the color*
*hI race. Ills funeral took place Mou
thy afternoon, being uttoudod by sev
eral white |hh?i>U?.? Knquircr.
Tho .Jackson (aradetl Nfliool.
To the patrons and friends of the
Jackson griuhsl sohool : I desire to re
port to you that our school Is doing
well ami currying lis enrollment and
a vera go daily attendance in large mini
liotM. The years onrollmont is (100,
while our fourth month which ended
Friday. January is showed an attend
j anoe of 110 which Is 7i? to tho loaoher.
other children iir*' out and wo want
them to come in at once. \W want
to help all tho children who ran crowd
in wilh us. Prof. S. ,1. Mcl>onalil. of
Sumter. made a nioo address to the
school Friday, Thanks t ?.? him. Wo
aro grateful to tho su|>or!ntondoui and
trustees for keeping us supplied with
gt>od wood which enables us to keep
our work going, <\ C. Lowory.
Principal.
Fire at York Saturday morning de
stroyed the warehouse of tho Maokor
all-Hart wholesale grocer* entailing a
loss of $'2,soo.
FINAL DISCHARGE
Notice In hereby given that one
month from this date, on Monday Feb
ruary nth, 11)18, 1 will make to tho
Probate Court my ttnal return as
Guardian of the estate of Iloyt llelk,
atnl on tho same day I will apply to
the said ( Vmrt for a tlnal discharge
from my trust as said Guardian.
J. H. BULK,
Camden. S. O., iJan. 7, 1018.
DR. R. E. STEVENSON
DENTIST
Crocker Building
Camden, 8. C.
WE WANT
? YOUR?
Barber Business
Shave ......
Hair Cut 15c
Electrical Massage ? 25c
Hand Massage 25c
tilerer'fl and all
OQ Shampoos ..... ? 59c
Plain Shampoo 35c
EUREKA BARBER SHOP
I. B. ENGLISH, Prop.
DR. J. W. SHARP
Veterinary Hurgwu ami Dwlht
I make a ifMiaUy of Surgwy and
lH'iital Nurgery.
Offike I'hoiM 1#
CAMDNN, H. V.
A "Lciiky Shoe
on t*
"Leaky" Day
Wtu*t ciui he mor*
And it 'n dangrrou*, too.
Hut, oh! So wwdly nuunttod
Jutri Ntep into my shop and Iwvo
them made wat?r4ight, ami ho on
your way rejoicing.
C. C. WH1TAKER
COLUMBIA LUMBER &
MANUFACTURING CO.
MILL WORK
SASH. DOORS, BLINDS
AND LUMBER
PLAIN & I4UGER STS. Phono 71
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Collins Brothers
Undertakers for Colored People
T?U?Um41 714 W. D.K.lb St.
HOLSTEIN BULL
Registered
Will be for service , at
Westerham Plantation.
Terms $2.00 cash far aetuson.
W. A. RUSH, Manager,
LugofY, S. C.
Phone 2
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Your Horse s
"Bit"
His "bit" is to help you with your "bit".
Are you fair with him in the division of labor?
Don't force him to labor with poor equipment. Bring*
him to us and fit him with a pair of our splendid
double-strength
HARNESS
Every strap fits in its place likeyour glove fits your
hand. Your horse will give you all that's in him of
service if you give him an equipment from our stock.
Let us help you to realize on your horse power.
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