The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 22, 1918, Image 4

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nil CAMDEN CHRONICLE Publliibed overy Friday at 1109 No. Broad Street, aud entered at tho Caw ton poatottlce an wecood claim wall mat tgr. Frieo iht annual $1.00. Camden, 8. C? Friday, M? nh ft, 11)18 Tho Stato of South Carolina, through lt? financial Inmid Wednesday borrow ed $l,r>00,<)00 through the 1 'al motto National Hank, ixf Columbia, on a 1.7ft per wit Iwisls, This sum In needed t?y t ho State In order to tldo Jt over tho summer montlix until the revenue from taxes cornea in this full, Tho day light saving law liecame* oifeotive on Saturday, March ?'H)th. On Saturday night every household will lie required to sot t clocJts ahead one hour. This will work a hardahlp on Home of tin* guys who are acous. tomcd to lung morning nap*, The Senatorial race this summer will probably attract more attontlon than any race In piwiou* yours. The main Issuo will he whether tin* people of this state uro in sympathy with Pres ident Wilson's | s >11 try or whether they will support a man who has been out spoken in his attitude toward* Ameri can entry into the war. Wo believe that tho groat majority of tho voters of South Carolina can be doj>onded upon t<> do tin* right thing at tho right time, and especially i luting the great crisis now confronting tho people. Senator Tillman's serviOo in the Sen ate with his long years of eXj?orlcneo arid I. Is iulluenco better tits him for the )>osillon than any man In public life in this state today. This taLk of him being too old for service is all hosh, and wo oonlldejitly believe that even if he dmxs not make a sj>eooh during the entire campaign that his friends will send him laiek to the po sition lie has hold so long. rnqueatloned support of the national government in the present crisis will he the only is*ue in tho approaching State campaign, says Robert A. Cooper of l/tiurens, candidate for governor. "There Is only one panimount issue uhtll the win* Is won,' Mr. Cooper si* Id, and that is "tJiat e\>?ry man shall bend every energy In the sui?i>ort of the gov ernment. Hut. we must not overlook the fact, that tho war will end some time and then will come up the real problem. We must prepare now to <-on sorve the. victory which we know our soldiers will win and see .J hat our sae rifiees will not be in vain. I shall en deavor to urge u]x>n our people the adoption of an educational program which will moot the demands of the present ami prepare us to #olvo the problems of the future." American built battle pi an ok will t?e in France by July In suillcjeul -.juan titles to assure adequate 1iir protect ion of the sectors held by American troops. This statement rests on ihe highest authority and was made l"ii day night with full ns-ognization ot all failures and dlsapindnt uiont s Mini tuive liampereil the duvelupmonts of the air program. Seeretary MoAdoo will make a sjieak iiiy tour of the south, middle west mid oast t?ii l>ehnlf of the third lil>erty loan. Ho will l>egin at Philadelphia' om Saturday. ?April d. Sjieoehes will he made at Kaleigh on April !> and at Columbia on April 10. one million tons ot' Dutch shipping, .which will ho UKf^l in mending-supplier to the armies of the allies or in trans porting troops to t ho war zones will he taken over liy the 1'uited States and (Jreat Britain. thus relieving in srreat measure a dire need of the eonntries at war wilih the Teutonie A! hies. Holland's hesitancy to oome niito an agreement with the I'niled States and (Jreat Britain whicJi 'would pettnit of the use of shi|>s Hylntf her ting, 'many of whieh are now lying In Ameri can and allied ports, no longer is to l?e tolerated. and whether she be wiJl-_. ing or not. the vessels will be taken over under the provisions of interna tional law and put into usi?* wjilch are highly essential to the success of the allied cause. Holland yet has tiiue to acquiesce in the demands of the United States and Great Britain and sanction the use of her shipping, but her plea of Germany's monace no long er will avail, and there is to be no modification in tihe decision of the United States and the allies to seize all Dutch vessels in their respective ports throughout the world and use them. .Libera) compensation is to be awarded owners of the vesself.and all their rights will l>e safeguarded. In addition the export of foodstuffs to Holland will be permitted and coal by which Holland may resume her interrupted trade wiNi her colonies will be guarantee!. THK NKW RO.il> LAW Through Uie courtwy- <>t Thomey Walter, a former Camden ls?y, who is now connected with llie ntate print ing committee, wo an* enabled to give i >ii r readers the new act rcs-ently jnish fii fur working- the roads <?f Keridmw (kiunty. It will he seen by roading (lie act below that the Httpervlnor ami ( *ou j in 1 s>d oners are authorised and re quired to work tho road* ?h|Uii Uy in each township and our interpretation of the act is that It will Ih> at least ulna mouth* after leaving one township before any work will ls? done in the township last worked. Kven In ordi nary weather sometimes the insula in certain secrtlons will be??oiuo almost Iniv passable within a month or wlx weeks and without any work on them In nine inouthH the traveling public can ex mvt some fearful roads iu this comity under the working of the new law* Then too, a few tlgures furnished from the auditor's Itook-s are interest ing. For Instance: IVKalb township pays taxes: Buffalo $11, UOi.NO ; Hat Jtoek f8.Q0A.lN and Wat eroe f 10,0 lojoo ? ma king a total of $07,610,88 for the county. Accordjng to tho now a<-t Flat Hock township with the smallest taxable values will receive the same amount of road work as DeKalb with the largest taxable values. It will Is* interesting to note how the new act will work out and in the meantime it will !*? to the interest of the entire county to have this act rci staled at the next session ??f I he general assembly. Following is the new u<t us intro duced by Mr. Richards: "He it enacted by the General As setnbly of the State of South Curo lina : / "Section 1. That the County Super visor and County Hoard of Commis sioners of Kershaw county be, and they arc hereby, i-equired and directed to use and work the county chain gang equally and' successively among the four townships of Kershaw county; that is to say, |o begbi work upon such one of the roads of the townships as the said Suiwrvisor and County Hoard of Commissioners may. in their Judg ment, t?e in most urgenr need of re-' jiairs when this Act goes- into effect and continue work on the roads In' Said townships for three successive months, and then continue work upon tihe roads of the remaining threo town ships for t bits1 smvessive months each iu such order as said Supervisor and County Hoard of Commissioners deem for the best interest of the county. "S?m\ l!. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith be, and the same are herebyt repealed. <4Spc. :t. _ This Act shall become ef fective immediately upon its approval by tho Governor..." Approved Feb. 14, 101 N. American troops in the liiineville sector have occupied and are holding enemy trenches northeast of Hadou viliers. which they forced the Ger mans to abandon Mi rough recent raids, and concentrated artillery tin*. The trenches havo l>een consolidated with ours. This, though a small forward movement, marks the tirst |ierinunent advance by the American ariuy in France. The consolidation >f i In trenches enables the Americans and French to operate from higher ground than heretofore. The Germans mad.1' only treble attempts to retake the position. but- each time were repulsed. Tin- Fencing of Secretary linker. ! ?r. 1. ingle is getting some letters through from France to Dnvidso#) whirl) carry broad intimations. For instance. In* says that the United States i* landing nintv troops and supplies in Franco ihuu might ha vt? Imhmi imagined and that, in fart, accomplishments in that dln?et1on are ahead of what Sec retary Baker had Indicated in the pub lic information which was forced from him hy the discontented in Congress. After what he has seen along the hat tie lines. Doctor J, ingle has come to the conclusion that "Baker makes ex cessively modest statements of what has been done. He Is a marvel in under-statement." A few days ago The Observer summarized the observations of an Knglish correspondent at an American landing port in France. The account given by that correspondent of the unloading operations by the Unit?<d States Army and Navy goes to sustain what Doctor I .Ingle has in timated this country has been doing in the way of getting an Army that will be felt over there. The skillful fenc ing which -Secretary Baker accomplish ed against the designs of the enemies of the Administration In Congress is not yet of full appreciation by the American public, but it Is going to have ample vindication in the light of com ing developments. The United States is far better "prepared" in France Vhan even our own people know. ? Charlotte Observer. Mrs. Helen T. Convert, wife of tiie late D. K. Converse, founder of Converse College died at her home in her KOth year. WE WRITE ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE IN MOST RELIABLE COMPANIES When You Want Insurance, See Us Camden Loan & Realty Company OFFKKS FOR COMMI&llON'KK .... ..... : Candidate Olvw Sww Information on Water mid LJjgtit Situation. ? ???'? \ T? t ho voters of O^mdon; For several months punt, the !)n?u> t*iii I condition and the viiry unwitis factory acrvto# of the Camden Water mul Light Commission Huh Ihvii thfc *<ibjt??t of much discussion- among our citizens. Numerous complaints have Ihvii made during the past few week* on account of the light plant being ruji about half time, and the princi pal sufferers flout this have been some of the moat essential enterprises In our clty?thosft who use the current for operating motors?a rnoug thorn l?e Ing manufacturing enterprises, drug stores, markets, bottling works, tourist hotels and. our two newsiwptu-s. Those complaints were not made during the actual coiil shortage, for the commis sioner* stated that the suspension was only for a f??w w?M?kn, and we all realized I he uivesfdty of conserving the coal sirftdy at that time, but we have protested against thv plant be ing ojH? rated on part time after sultl* feient ttyne hail elapsed for the manage juent to st?x*k vup on coal, after the hcatlcKH days hud been abandoned, and after It1 was" learned that plants, in surrounding cities were running <ui full time, and the manufacturing plants In Camden that use coal were secur* | J,nu a su the lent amount to supply their . needs. When these complaints were made to the members of the commis sion about the only satisfaction which j touhl 1h* obtained was the statement that "we can't set the coal." Now when everyone else could get coal and tin* Camden Water and Light Plant could got none, there must.un-j doubtedly have been some reason for it, and thh thought very naturally oc* J currwl t<? those of us who were Inter ested that it was probably due to a lack of funds. And, if this was the case why was not the public made aware of it? The plant does not be ?Ion# to the Commission, but to the citizens .of Camden who elected the j Commissioners to oj>erate it for them, and if tho plant is losing money, and cannot be made self-sustaining, the people 'of Camden ? the real owners of the plant should know it. It is very obvious that the plant has boon run at a loss for some time, I for it is an undisputed fact that num- ' erous obligations huve not been paid? < not little insignificant items, but the salaries of some of the employees ?havc been held up for months, so I have l>een told by one of the employees who knows. The Commission has never paid the interest on the coupon bonds* which were issued to build the plant, nor on the bonds which were Issued to ex tend the system, but this has been paid but of the city funds. This item makes ..the city pay more for lights and for lire protection than they ever did to a private corporation operat- j ing under a franchise. A great part of the J?li5,(KX).CH> bond issue of lftld was used for paying oft' the indebtedness of the plant which bad accumulated up to that time, and i it now develops that the Commission | is in debt, again. I Frankly. tfio Camden Water ami Light Plant is In such condition now. J that if more attention is not j>aid to ' it. I predict that it will not he long j liefore we are called u|m?ii to vote j on I lie question of issuing more bonds ; for paying oft' more indebtedness or ; else t l*o legislature will be a pealed ! ro to nholish the Public Works Coiu lulssion of the City of Oamden, and tile property will revert to the City, and the crippled plant provided for In the annual ajiproprintions by the City Council. Now, if this state of affairs exist**, I believe that the Commissioners should make it public in order that the patrons could co-oi>erato with them in devising some plan whereby the plant could be made at least self-sus taining. or if this be impossible the voters should he told so. I If these conditions do not exist, and the Commissioners care to go to that trouble, The Chronicle will gladly Pub lish a statement from them at ;tny time, in order to set at rest the num erous rumors which are current. It is not my intention or desire to intimate by insinuation or other wise that this condition has been brought about willfully, by either the members of the Commission, or the employees, but I believe that it is due to the fact that the Commission ers are busy men, absorbed in thtir private affairs, have not the time to devote to the affairs of the Water and Light Commission, and consequent ly much has been left undone which should have been done and probably things have been done which had boat been left undone. Neither the efficient ?Secretary, nor the faithful Superin tendant have the power to act upon any matter without first securing in structions from the Commission, and when n question arises, there the mat ter rests until the Commissioners can tind the time to act upon it, ami in this way matters which should be attended to at once are delayed, and delays are dangerous. \ Many reasons can be assigned for the plant not being able to pay operat ing expenses, and one of them is that too much free water Is being supplied. There are too few water meters In use in Camden. Too many of us afe puj'log ? SjLt.r&t# <jC fifty c?ecus month when we should be paying t^D or thrive dollars. I am paying ilfty cents j>er month for water ? on a fl^t rate ? while a neighbor who uses lio more water fhan 1 but lias a iqetif on his line is paying from one to three dollars per month. One of the largest farms on the outskirts of the city is l>eing snppliQd with water, using it for tJie home and for watering all of the live stock on tl?e farm, of which there at lea ft thirty and thi* party is only paying I tifty cent* a month for water, whereas If h meter was placed on bis llpe bo would in all probability pay from live to ton dollars por month, and he would be getting cheap water at that, for It would cost h i in wore jthau that sum to pay a negro to draw water for the live stock alone. Another ease In mind 1h where a resident of Kirk wood Ik being supplied with water on a flat rate of tifty cent* per luotith, and before* he could l>e *u|?plled It was necessary to run a line of ohe-inch pipe aoout three hun dred feet long to the nearest umlu at a cost of about one hundred dol lar* to the Commission. The Commis sion payed out about $100.00 In money to supply this one customer, and they are getting It buek at the rate of fifty cents per rnooWi. At tills rat^ it will take more than sixteen years to 8**1 back what has beeil spent on this Item and di\ripg this time the Com mission will have supplied this paj'ty \*ith water without deriving any rev enue from It. I low will a plant run In this, way ever get ?ut of debt? ^ Some time ago a tiro occurred in Kirk wood. There was a hydrant near the burning home, but when the mem hers of the Fire Department arrived It was found that the water had never been turned on this line. For some reason ? a lack of material or a lack <>f money ? I d? ?ot know, this line had not been completed. 1 do know that the home was destroyed. The owner of this home was paying tuxes for fire protection and had no pro tection Thousands of dollars were lost which could have l>een prevent ed Ivy the timely expenditure of a few hundred dollars. IH> you believe that these conditions ? ?ould exist in your business? I know that they could not exist in mine. The Camden Water and Light Plant is \0t:u business, as much yours as It is any other citizens, and I believe that you will agree with me that the time hfl.^ eouie when a change of some kind must be made. These matters which 1 have called to your attention are merely the ob servations of one on the outside., facts which you are probably already fam iliar with, but 1 believe that there are other matters connected with this, plant which you should know. I do not profess to have any great amount of executive ability, neither do l believe that I could revolutionize the operating of tho Camden Water and Light Plant, but in order that I may be placed in a position where t can obtain the information <ts to the cause of its present condition, and u here I can lend my feeble assistance toward the betterment of the plant, I hereby announce myself a candidate for the ofllce of Commissioner of Pub lie Works of the City of Camden in the coming election, and 1 assure you ^that if favored witli your support, 1 *h?tt spend much time as pos sible in the Interest of the plant, and I belle\e that 1 can spend more time than either of the members of the present Commission inasmuch as my present employment does not r<>quire the constant attendance to my busi ness affairs as Js required of a pro fessional man or capitalist. If elected 1 shall stand at all times in favor of sufilcicnt water for lire protection, for an extension of our water mains to those jwirts of tho city where the residents are now i>ayhig for tire protection without getting it. I shall do all in. my power to supj>ort any plan which would reduce our water and light rate, but I shall favor having current all day and all night even if it is necessary to raise the rates in order to have it. 1 shall favor the publishing at regular, .stated in ter* a is of an itemized statement of receipts and disbursements, in order that Cecil citizen may know what is being done with his money. If elect ed to tlds office the very lirst act of mine will be to secure a correct state ment of the condition of the plant at this time, showing in detail all of the items of indebtedness, and will pub lish the same in our newspapers at my own expense. I am Hot announcing for this office at the solicitation of any one, for the salary attached to It (which I will donate to the Red Cross Chapter if there Is no Improvement In conditions within twelve months from this date) nor for any other reason except that I believe that I can be of service to the citieens of Camden Dy making pub lic the present condition of our water and light plant, and let you see for yourselves why it has not paid oi>erat ing expends. If after reading this article you be lieve that In making these matters public, and iir spending that part of my time which Che duties of the office may demand, toward placing the plant on a business like basis, that I can be Instrumental in relieving the taxpay ers of the burden which the Camden Water and IJght Plant has grown to be, I will heartily appreciate your sup port. Of one thing you may be sure, if lam eject ed to this office and accom plish absolutely nothing during my | term, I*will not have done le*s than I the present members of the Commis sion. . Yours very respectfully, I/. A. McDowell. Meeting of Stockholders. ^ 1 _ Nottce V? )ierc*>y g^ven Yliat n special meeting of the Stockholders of C. P. Duitose and- Company will l>e held on the 8th day of April, *A. I). 3018 at 11 o'clock A. M., at the office of the Company in Camden, S. C., under a resolution of a part of the Directors of the said company to call a meet ing of the said Stockholders for the purpose of considering the proposition to increase the capital stock of the said companv to $4,0fl0.00. C. P. DuBOSE, Secretary and Treasurer. Will you wet down your roughage and I** , several dollars on every ton ? SOME farmer* are still paying top prices for old style cottonseed hulls because they prefer a bulky filter Others are paying much less for * * - COTTON? K CO HULLS unHiss and are making them as bulky as old style hulls by wetting them down a half hour or so before using. By adding an equal part of water to Buckeye Hulls and stirring thoroughly they will swell and give you as bulky a roughage as you want. 'Most important* the bulki ness will be due to water which is of value to your cattle ?not to lint which has no food value whatever. Other Advantage 9 Buckeye Hulls go farther. They allow better assimilation of other food. / No trash or dust. r . Sacked ? easy to handle. They mix Well with other forage. Take half as much space In the barn. Mr. Bertfamln Thompson , Baldknob, Ark., is feeding Buckeye Hulls to stock cattle. He says that he gets more food value per ton with less waste. He has bought five tons and has them stored in barn. He says that they occupy less space than old style hulls. To secure ike best results and to develop the ensilsge odor, wet the hulls thoroughly twelve hour* before feeding. It is ni; to do this by wetting them down night and morning tor the next feeding.' If at any time this cannot be done, wet down at least thirty minutes. If you prefer to feed the hulls dry, use only half as much by bulk as of old style hulls. Book of Mixed Feeds Free GiVes the right formula for every combination of feeds used in the South. Tells how much to feed for maintenance, for milk, for fat tening, for work. Describes Buckeye Hulls and gives directions for using them properly! Send for your copy to the nearest mill. Dmpt. k The Buckeye Cotton Oil Co ? . d**. x Atlanta Birmingham Greenwood Little Rock Mamphit Augaata Charlotte Jachton Macon |mm The Wealth of the Ukraine. The states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin have a combined area about equal to that of the now Ukrainian Republic.. Put. ting it i4i another way Ukrainla, ac cording to a .native writer, is as large as the (lorman empire with the State of Illinois arinexed. Mere area in itself signifies little, Jnit Lhc_ extent of land surface com? prised within the^ limits of the new Republic of Ukralnia contains the most fertile ports, of the old Russian Empire. It is known as the "Black Earth Belt." , and has l>eon not only the granary of Russia but the greatest granary of Eastern Europe. In 1014 one-third of Russia's tonl farm pro duets came from this "Black Earth Belt" which is really Russia's wheat 1 lx*lt. Ukrainia produces 80 per cent of Russia's crude sugar and 50 per cent, of her refined sugar. The to bacco production of the region is rel atively as large as that of sugar. The Ukranian supplies about 50 per cent, of the Russian live-stock output. !S,ot only is the Ukraine a great source of agricultural wealth, but in ' mineral resources it has l?een to Rus- 1 sia what the northern provinces of France, now overrun by the Hermans, have been to that Republic. Of coal, it has produced 70 per cent, of the to tal Rpssian product, an equivalent proix>rtion of pig iron, aud of steel nearly as much. Maganese, mercury, j petroleum, peat, phosphorite, and kaolin are other important mineral products of the Ukraine, ? From "The I j Ukranian Republic", in the American j Review of Reviews for March, 1018. j This Daylight Saving. lx>ts of folks are puzzling their heads over tbe "daylight saving" law which we are about to have as a fur ther regulation of our habits and as a | "war measure." At first they do riot, sec the wisdom of it. It is practical ly going back to the "sun time" rule of our fathers and means getting up ear lier and going to bed earlier, that's all there is to it. 'phis will be accomplished by set-' ting clocks ahead one hour from April the first, or the last day of March to the latft day of September, thus substi tuting an hour of sunlight at one end of the day for an hour of artificial light at the other. That great Ametl oan, Benjamin Franklin, first suggest ed the idea, but the modem evangel of it was William WiJlet, an English man, wtyo published some, ten years ago a pamphlet on Waste of Day light in which he strongly presented his case, Germany adopted the plan in 1016. She was followed by Holland, Austria, Turkey, England, France, Norway*. Sweden, Denmark, Italy Swit zerland, Spain Portugal, parts of Can ada and even some cities in the United States. The bill providing for it for the whole country was introduced in the United States Senate by Sen. Oalder, of New York. Detroit has bad J t in effect for some time and" there is gen eral approval. I>obnr men are strong for it. v So get ready for if. You will find it is just about what you were raised on and If will do .you 'good to get back to the liabit ?f getting up sooner and going to l?ed sooner. ? Greenwood Index Tonight at The Majestic Artcraft's jnnpular star DOIXiDAS FAIRBANKS in "Reaching for The Meen* *- One ? oiitinnmis stream of laughter. W. C. Stewart preached at Chester J hist Sunday the 17th, and he willl preach next Sunday the 24th at OofrJ cord Baptist Church at 11 A. M. audi 7 F? M. * ! NOTICE OF ELECTION , 4 Council Chamber March 6, 1918, By order of the City Council tf Camden, S. ?L, an election wllLte held In the City ' of Camden, S. C, on Tuesday April 2nd, 1018, for Mayor ami six Akiermert and one (1) eitben of the City of Oamden, S. C., as Con* uiissioner of Public Works. The polls' will be open from ?^80 a? m. to 4 p. in., in each Ward. The following managers have been appointed to conduct said election: ! Ward 1. Opera House ? T. J. Wilson, ! W. A. Schrock, J. F. Parrel. I Ward 2. G. C. Bruce'e Store? S. H. : Johnsdn, W. F. Russell, Jr., R. D. * Williams. .a Ward 3, A rotary ? H. Truesdell, W. i C. Brown, W. W* King. -j Ward 4, Sch]oriburg*S piazza ? J. $ - ! Arrants, E. I j. Phelps, A, M. Brails* ; ford. j ! Ward 5, Kirkwood Grocery ? Jus. Rj j DeLoache, T. L. BOykin, T. C. Hoge. j ! ward 6, Reer House No. 2? Bfig Ilnile, W. C. Moore, G. E. Taylor. j Ballots and ballot boxes can be ob-J tallied at the City Clerk's office C. H, YATES, Mayor. J. J. Goodale, City Clerk. J ? ? ? j GOODRICH ; TIRES AND TUBES i "The Boot In The Long Run" land no higher than the ones yoo hro now using. Let us tell yoo jcooro about them. Compete stock Of sizes. , ' ;7j | CEO. T. LITTLE we want to *?U you a baby bond v. end some Thrift SUunpi. ' YOll CANNOT ?UY ANOTHER PAIR OF EYES But can buy glasses that will preserve the pair you have. Get fitted at ft H. HEVMAN i CO. Jewelers mad Optician*