Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m CAMDEN CHRONICLE M. II. NUm aud - t > I'ublUtova B. N. ) Published overy Friday at UO0 No. Broad Htrcct, and wit?r?d at tbe ('am iatt |KMtofih ?- uh (MM'Oud claaa mall mat or Prlcc i kt annum $1.00. ( HUI<I<<II, S. July a&, mitt. *' Harry Wntxim, of Oreeuwood, ha* been natnod by OaYomior Cooper a* a member of the Mt Ht*- Hoard of Charito and Correction?, to ?uec<ied II. II. Wat* kin-, of A uder>*?n, *Wbo has rei-miiy been named by Prenideut WlUwO a? bulge <?f the Wegtaro South Carolina federal district. Mr. Wataou it? a ;te\VH I'M" 1 mia. Many, many folks wish t.? come to Oainden t<? reHide. Why can't our monled people build tthofa re*ldcno*H? PERSONAL MENTION. MIhh CharM'te Iioykin of Charteatou 1* visiting relativea in Camden. Mr. John' T. M.a<?key was in Atlanta thi?? wecfc attending a cotton meeting. Mr. II. G. Curriftuu, Jr., has gone to New York for a stiy of several day*. Mr. and Mr*. .Initios Burna ban* re turned from a several weeks visit north. Mi.?s J oxyphilic Mtay of Prosperity i* the gue*t of Ml*s Mary Kdna Clyburn. Jdaiy I'ick ford will lie shown at the Opera House toniglvt in "I>addy Long J-.l'g.s". t'lm'k-on Ithame lias returned from a visit of several weeks to relative* in Augusta, (?a. Mrs. Krnost Zemp and little daughter Jtarbara. have returned from a visit to Mr*. Zenip's parents in T.eesvlllc. Mr. and Mrs? Jolui T. Mackey anil Miss Willie Ttojle Mackey are at home again after am extended trip north. Christopher Wve ami his sister Miss Anna Kve of Charleston are vlsitlpic their grandmother Mrs. A C. Aiicrum. Mrs Itobert Lewis has returned froin >i vifit to friends in Virginia. She also visited in Ilaltimore anil Washington. Mr. W I>. Mar.rett left Wednesday for. Atlantic City where lie will he joined by Mrs. Harreft who has Jieeti visiting in the north f >r mmie time. Mr. H. K. Ha Hot t has returned from a business trip t.. Uostou, He and Mrs. llallet't w ill - leave tomorrow for St. Louis to visit Mr. I lalb'tt's parents. '|'h?. Maj.-ti.- Theatre will not re-open intil Wfdn*--.Ja\ night. July XOth. ow ~tg to bd:i.\ in material ll<isl in en * ? ? ?*K ? i.? u thfs theatre, and delay In de . i; v .'r> i i' *???11 1 -. V.o. T.owerv ' .* i r i ( I children of ll.>ck ''ig!i:im. X. (' are visiting Mrs. Hrnest '?'??nip who is M is, I.iiwery's sifter. Miss .Tti'ile Ivoof of 1 .??4rsvi-He, another sister K- a'sf? vlsifinj* at Mrs. Zemp's home. Mi-s Louise Jiiiies. iif N'orfolk, \'a., is v^.-iting nt the home ..f her aunt Mrs. W. .[ J'tncM. She is the- nrettv and attractive daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. Thomas .li>ri'?>. ? > ti <? time residents of ? t-hik- <*i i v . ' ? ? : Mr-. \ ictoria Lipsci?mh ha- returned fi"iii Cidiri'.bla. where -he \\;i- in at triidj.'.i'v 1 1 ; ? > > 1 1 the ill im'ss nf h?*r mother in f! " -mbia hospital The many 'v * V"?. J' rdail wilt be pleased t . '? rn'\v she i ? improving rapidly at'.! h..ti ? ,i > <(>.? her at home again , ? . 'ft;! u re. ?' * I v> !| 1... ?|i..wi| at the 1 ' ? 1 . t : u !i1 in "I ?:tddy I .one Hio UNE A ill til li ON A sailor on one of the battleships now stationed In tin- Hudson r1v?-r, Now York. Initiating h very l[it?>r?'*tivJ 1 1 1 1 i ? > pupil Into the mysteries of a ship's hu?l?? rails. In (his en.. | a<7.y S|K>t on the deck of one of Cm -le Sam's jrreat flRhtlnsr rrnft. this little ohup plays at "sailor" to his heart's rfolifcht. and asks a million childish ?jiio^tlons. nil of which nr?? protnpflv nnd willingly answered by h:s pal, the "gob.'1 SAVE YANK CITY IN MACEDONIA Red CroM Care* for People Made Destitute by Bul garians. UK! KM. AMERICAN HIT Headquarter* of American Oil ?IH| To bacco Interest* Opens After Bui* garlan Occupation? See Awful Ploturc of Misery. Kavalla, Macedonia. ? Few Amerft* cans, except those Id the tobacco In* dtiHtry, have ever heard of thtri little port od the Aegean aea. Yet It has many feature** and actlvltlee to com mend It to the Interest of the people of the United States. Here the finest tobacco In the world ? the bulk of ?whlcli Is consumed In America ? Is grown. Here the great American tobacco companies have ex port headquarters. Here the biggest oil company of the United 8tates and America's greatest relief organisation, the American lied Cross, have dlstrlb utlng centers.' Indeed, Kavalla has come to ha*e some of the aspects of a real Ameri can city. There are so many Ameri cans here that one feels himself only a few hundred miles from home, In stead of In the heart of a remote re gion whose beginnings antedate the birth of Christ. Bulgaria Wanta Harbor, For years Bulgaria has looked upon Kavalla with a covetous eye. Al though defeated and subdued, she looked hopefully tQ the peace con gress at Paris to give her Kavalla as a port. Yet Kavalla Is not a harbor. It Is merely a roadstead affording good anchorage for coastwise steamers. Millions of dollars and endle?*fl de velopment would be required to con vert the city Into a first-elans port. But Bulgaria, which now has only the shallow port of Dedeagatch at the mouth of the Gulf of Knos, was and Is anxious to get an outlet through Macedonia and the sea for her large output of tobacco, wheat, live stock, silk and attar of Voses, and would be quite ready fco spend any sum in de veloping and deepening the harbor. Kavalla is situated on a rocky pe ninsula and is dominated by the ruins of an old Venetian fort. It lu protect ed from the south by the Greek island of Thasos. Back from the sen coast is a mountainous district known In Mace donia as the I'nngalon. Coursing through the vaHey, on rangalon's eastern slope, Is the placid Anghlsta river, which some historical writers believe to be the stream where I'aul baptized Lydia. On all sides of the mountains in this region is rich arable land peculiarly adapted to the growth of tobacco. The best leaf In the world Is grown here, and so valu able are the fields for tobacco culture that very little else Is cultivated. During the War the Bulgarians adopted In Kavalla the same ruthless practices they followed In all occu pied territory. They pillaged and de stroyed. They made every effort to make the land uninhabitable. They cut down the trees and carried off fur niture and everything made of wood. They sacked the homes und drove the Greek Inhabitants out. As n result of all this, when the Creek commission of the American Bed Cross established relief posts here, n few days after the armistice, their representatives found living conditions almost unsupportable. v' First Red Cross Base. Kavalla was the first city In Mace donia to become a base for Red Cross operations. The natives speak' with unbounded gratitude of the help given then) by the Ainerleans. They say the food furnished by the American Red Cross was the first substantial nourishment they had in four years. No section of the Balkans ever presented a, more depressing picture uf misery and squalor. When the Americans came in they found the Inhabitants (lying bv the do/en from famine, exposure and t>phus. They immedlab ly established soup kitchens . und dispensaries and gave out tens of thousands of American made garments. They sent in doe tors, nurses and medical supplies. They distributed hundreds of thoti ??:ii.ds <if Inaves of bread made of American Hour. They established ^!v iters for the homeless women and children. They cared for the hordes "f broken ami dispirited (ireek at ' Serbian soldiers who had been re leased from vile prison camp* in Hub ? aria. In their devotion to the ta^k of ??'?seulng the typhus-stricken popula 1 -n two of their nu\nher lost their ':\es and three nurses contracted the dread disease. Remarkable Restraint. I>allas. Tex. ? S. ft. Scott, civil war veteran, disputes the world's chatn p'otiship claim of a Pennsylvania!! v ho ate 4'.' eggs at one sitting. Scott -nji > s during the war he ate 47 and stopped while still hungry "because he didn't want to make u hog of him self." Cupid Ib Married. Belleville. 111. ? Well, that's done. '"ujldV married. David E. Odell of Portsmouth. O.. and Miss Cupid Car ?iiou of Chicago were married her?. SCHEME DIDN'T WORK RIGHT Buelneae Man'# Pleaeant Ivenlnf Nothing at All Like What Ha Planned It Should Bo, "Goah," exclaimed the business roan, **I had the disappointment of my life last night Even this sunny morning can't take away the atlng. For the past month I don't believe I have had' one nice; quiet, peaceful night at home? an evening of perfect relaxation. It aeemed longer than that. "Yesterday morning, with the thought that at the end of the day I would be free* my step to the office was more springy than usual. Not a business nor social engagement did I have. If anybody had attempted to start anything in either line I would have said, 'Nothing doing, I am go ing to be busy,' und I would have finished the sentence to myself with *at home.' "I felt like a lark all day. ^Nothing to do tonight,' I kept repeating to my aelf, 'nothing at all; absolute free dom. I will catch up on the magazines that have been accumulating. I will take op the book that I haven't looked Into for so long that I have forgotten who the characters are. X will sit In my favorite aoft, easy, sunk-down deep chair under the reading lamp. I will don my dressing gown and slip pers. I will luxuriate all evening ? a nice, quiet, long evening.' "I could hardly wait for dinner to be over. When It was, I Immediately set about doing all that I had planned. I relaxed, groaning with comfort Into my" choir. My dog curled up at my feet, something he had not done for a month, too. I wjent to my reading, 1 read for an hour. And then, darn It all I got so blamed aleepy that I couldn't hold my eyes open. I Just had to go to bed. I hated to do it and I was thoroughly disgusted. Hut there was no help, for it. And there you are; my glorious evening com pletely ruined because I was too sleepy to enjoy It." ? Providence Jour nal. WATCH CREATION OF FLORA Botanists Intensely Interested In Na ture's "Work on Volcano Island In Bombon Lake, Luzon. The destruction of vegetation in is olated regions is a matter of great interest to botanists, who are making increasing efforts to observe the cre ation of the new flora taking the place of the old. Volcano Island, In Bombon lake, Luzon, was chiefly covered by grasses and small trees before tho eruption of the Tnal volcano in 1911, but the eruption destroyed all plant life except some clumps of bamboos nnd a few bananas in the northern part of the island. In a report on the revegetatlon W. II. Brown, E. D. Ver rill and II. S. Yates note that In six years 20 vascular plants had been re corded, the chief species being a few grasses. Of the total, 54 per cent were probably Introduced by birds, about 20 per cent by the wind and abont 10 per cent by the water ? a dif ferent showing fr?>m that of the more exposed Island of Krakatoa, In the Sfrak of Sunda, where the chief work of birds was small. The growth of vegetation In Volcano Island Is still sparse? a condition attributed to lack of proper soli and the ground's small amount of water and high proportion of sulphates. Wideawake Mexicans. A Mexican citizen of Mnzatlan re cently hns been granted a concession of HK) hectares (about 247 acres), and so much more as may be necessary, at the railway station of Oso. state of Sinaloa. for the purpose of establish ing an experimental farm to demon strate the economic value which would result from the proper use of modern American agricultural machinery In the production of crops. It is the in tention of the concessionaire to rent portions of the lands at a nominal cost to American manufacturers of agricul tural machinery and implements, who may send exports to demonstrate the machinery with the view boih to pro moting sales of the American goods and to* educating the people In the more modern farming methods. Victor Hugo for Japanese Readers. The works of Victor lln;'o have been translated into Japanese, to be pub lished in a monthly series of 12 vol umes beginning with June. "The trans lators," snys the Herald of Asia, "In clude literary mun of known standing, whose names are a guarantee of Con scientious work. Many of the great French author's works have already been translated Into Japanese, one of these, "Les Miserables." having heeh drnma'ized by the late (iepicl.lro Fu kuchl ; but nils is the t:rst time a trans lation of Hugo's complete works has been attempted. The appearance of the new publications will confer a great boon upon the public, who evince a strong hunger for inspirations of the sorr supplied by the illustrious French author. No Jazz There. A dance given at Albert hall recent ly In London and patronised by all the nobility, including Queen Mary and Queen Alexandra, had upon Its pr?v gram fox-trots and other dances of the kind so popular before the war, but no "Jazz." England Is said to be dancing mad, but that the dancers do not fake kindly to this latest Amer ican dance, although American dancefl are as a general thing very popular. The "Peace Valse" is the newest Rng llah daore and Is said to hare been applauded for fhrep minutes when th# first notes of the waltz were played. V v . ? Trftttlc Truck you don't have to wait several days for parts. When you uy ^ w))j B8aure you that you will keep your Truck on ' r r .? .?"? ?? ?? ?Ktk "~k ??a Hbe " t SggiS. W *? ?* y-1- J* ' leas cost tjian teams. CAMDEN MOTOR COMPANy ] ( ONGKK88M A N 1>IKI> 8CPDKNIA . J. Wllllard Ragsdale Was Representative From Sixth South Carolina District. Special to News and Courier. Washington, July 98. ? Washington was shocked this afternon to lear/i of the sudden death of Representative J, Willard Ragsdale, of the Sixth South Carolina District, who had become well known aud popular hero during his six year* of congressional service.' None of the ( 1ongresMinanvs fitiourts at the -Capitol know anything about his being in precarious health, as he had been at tending, to business actively as usual mid was the picture of robust manhood. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate adjourned this afternoon out nf respect to the South Carolinian's memory, the resolution in the House be ing offered by Representative James !?'. My rnes and that in the Senate by Sen ator K. I). Smith. The death ??f Mr. Ragsdale occurred at the offices of Dr. Dorniaii, a prominent Washington physician. He had gone to Dr. Dorman's ofliyys to keep an appoint* inent with I>r. Arthur B. Hooe, whom he had consulted several days ago in regard to the condition of his heart. I>r. I >oimian. an<x Dr. Hooe hastily sum moned a third physician when they found ' that Congressman Ragsdale was in a condition of collapse. The three doc tors worked with all their might to resuscitate, him, using the most power ful emergency measures but without avail: Dr. Hooe said that death was due to acute dilation of the heart. Several weeks ago .Mr. Iiagsdale com plained of nasal trouble, and decide! t<> consult a nose specialist. He had received several treatments and shortly before going to the doctor today he told Representative Byrnes of South Caro lina that he had been greatly benefited by the treatment. Dr. Dormau requested, because of the fact that Mr. Ragsdale had died in his 'office; that tlie coroner have an au topsy held on the body. This was done nnrl the report showed that acute dila tion of the heart, complicated with se rious affection of the kidneys had been the cau*e of death. No anesthetic was administered to Mr. Ilagsdule and there was no connection between his visit to Dr. Dorman's office today and the pre vious treatment which he had undergone from another physician for the slight na<:il trouble which had been mentioned to hi'< friends. There was an unfor tunate rumor this afternoon that the South Carolinian had died while under I lit* influence of an anesthetic 'luring an I < peratlou uii his none. Representative Kagsflale came to the Si xty-thri ixl CongreHs. He married the daughter of the late Dr. W. 8. Joynea, long a member of the faculty of the University of South Carolina. liefore entering Congress he practiced law In . Florence, 8. C., his liome city, and wa? president of a bank there. Besides his , wife Mr. Itagsdale in survived by two I Children.' a boy aud a girl. Mr. Itagsdale was born In Tiuunons I vllle. S. (X forty-heven years ago. He , was educated at the University of South Carolina and was a imunber of the South Carolina legislature and Senate before ??.vjuhjg to Congress. The funeral party will leave here f >r i Florence at 0 o'clock tonw>rw?w. The " House <*ounnfttee to attend the funeral will be Composed cf the six South Carv> , Una nnmbers of the House and nine j I others yet to be designated and the Sen- j I ate Committee will include Senators Smith and I > i :i l (vf South Carolina, Ash I burst of Arizona. Heokham of Kentucky, | Harrison of Mississippi. Fern aid of ? Maine. Sterling of South Dakota, Spencer of Missouri. Sutherland of West , Virginia, and Miliary of Oregon. PERSONAL MENTION^ Dorothy flish in "I'll Get Him Ye at the Opera House Mouday nijht. Mia* Corinne Lewis was * visitor the homo of I)r. and Mrs.. Ertieat Bri iugton In Kershaw! "TTrT John W. Corbett has retorafl from a visit to his family who i spending the summer uortb + Mrs. Rratton deLoaiii ami ehildn Lou 18 and Faith are visiting at Ear Brunch in Hampton County. Billy Lindsay xpent last weefc at t home of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Boyk its the guest ?>f DoYuut Bostick. Little Miss Cert rude %e:np has bt for the past several weeks visitiof ?the mountains of North Carolina. Miss Dolly Singleton leaves this for a mountain trip and will spend m tLme at Camp Libtle Switzerland. The Majestic Theatre will not reop until Wednesday night, so see Mi Pi ok ford in "Dadtly Long Lege" at t ( \pera House tonight. Miss Lillian Yates who for the pa rear has held a business position Charleston is at home on a visit to h< parents Mr. and Mi's. C. H. Yate*. . Marn Pick ford m Daddu Loner Legs At The Opera House Ton ight, Friday, July -?5th. AT ALL THE YEAR ROUND Tlu* unusual generally appeals to the public. We desire to say to our fne ? patrons and to the public at large that we truly appreciate the patronage they given, us in the past, and ii is our desire to so cater to their wants at all times tna may retain their good will and patronage? continually. It is the custom, as we all know, for all or the majority of the meat markets in our city to close down or suspend handling fresh meats during the summer mon ? Due to this custom on their part our patronage is' greatly increased, as we ar ways at your service, Spring. Summer, Autumn, Winter ? the year round. Now, here's where the unusual comes in ? Instead of taking advantage of a practical monopoly and making higher Pr'cV we desire and propose (in view of the increased bulk of business) to give , Pjve lie the benefit of reduced prices which appear below. And it is my inte ?n<?eirular such satisfactory service and reasonable prices as will enable me to retain my ^ored line of customers and to merit the continued patronag3 of those who have a me with their patronage during the summer. Look at the prices quoted below: v ? BeefSteak, formerly sold for 35 and 40c, now selling at $0 ancj Roast Beef, formerly sold for 30 and 35c, now selling at 28 and o Stew Beef, formerly sold for 15 and 22 l-2c, now selling at 12 1-2 and Hamburger Steak, formerly sold for 30c, now selling at Rifcht PHcies on Staple and Fancy Groc?rie* ^ Yours to serve at all times ? Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter ? ^iej^ea!!rr0 pat Reasonable prices, best quality, courteous treatment, prompt service, and >o ronage appreciated. THE PARLOR MEAT MARKET!