Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE CAMDEN OBtMKU . 0. Mik. . . MKr u4 p5EEi| PablUtwd r#rr FcMu *t No. Hit] Broad Street an# entered at tSt# Camden, South Carolina, posboffice aa second class mau matter. Price far annum $2.00. *1 "1 " ' * Camden, S. C., Friday, August 27 > ' I ? I HI j Attention is called to the announcement of the county chairman and secretary found on our front page relative to voting next Tuesday. It is going to he hard work for the managers to vote the large enrollment and not a minute can he lost from the time of opening of the polls until ths close. There will be plenty of room with ample seating capacity at the court house, and the women especially are asked to come early and vote. { In our hurry lo get to press each week we quite often overlook things that we intend to mention, and one ot these was an incident of the present j campaign which occurred at the Kerr.tfsw meeting on Wednesday of the first week's Itinerary. Former Senator J. Copeland Massey was presiding and stated at the opening of the meeting that he had a public apology he I wanted to make for his actions at Kershaw two years previous, when he was a candidate for the House. He had used some language unbecoming a gentleman toward another opponent in the,,race in the presence of ladies and gentlemen, and since that time he had learned that he was wrong and the words wore said in a fit of passion. He also stated that ho hoped the candidate referred to was present and would hear what he had to say. t It was a well-timed, well-placed and well-worded apology, and has -had its effect' throughout the campaign. It takes a man to get up and make n public apology when he is wrong, and the people of Kershaw and Kershaw county think a great deal more of Cope Massey for having done so. ? Among the Jivaro Indians of Ecuador, a wife, if neglected . by her husband, often feeds him a peculiar concoction which turns him into a driveling imbecile. Custom permits her to marry another man if her husband becomes a lunatic. The former husband becomes a. servant of the newly weds. ' ( r "ftUW mmi *W There is quit# *\ tendency these dsys to Outlaw the titles ^Ma'arn" end "Sir" in ikaehlng children polite conveyaatlon,'on the theory that such expressions imply servility on the pert of the user. /. So far the United States Army adheres to the strict usage of these words, and poor spirited meekness has pot as yet cropped out in the qualities of the American military man. there is eomething wrong with the moral fibre of a person who dares not address a gentleman with a respectful "Sir" or lady with a chivalrous "Ma'am." The decay he dreads has already set in and It will never be arrested by refuge in rude manners and bearish speech.?Spartanburg Herald. Our Intereat In "The Other Fellow" \ tfo one ever made a baseball team, and no one man ever carried on a successful business by himself. City carpenters and plumbers may think they have little interest in the farmer. The man handling freight on a city delivery truck or the timekeeper paying off a bunch of stevedores on ? seaport dock, may say: "What do wo care about the farmer's problems?" But the majority of carpenters secure employment from individuals or corporations, who, in turn, are dependent for the business they do, upon the salo or manufacture of products derived from some farm crop. A largo part of the business of the city dray man and the waterfront stevedore, will be handling farm crops, either in their fresh state, canned, or in the shape of sugar, flour or cured meats. The man who says he is not interested in agriculture, lacks good sense.41' Lack of tariff protection ^n wops where it is necessary, simply cuts off the jobs of thousands of workmen in other lines of industry besides farming. What good does it do the laboring man if he can buy butter, eggs or sugar for a few cents less each month, if unrestricted foreign competition causes him to lose his job? The sooner we all learn that we have an interest in each other's problems, the sooner will industrial and agricultural stability be assured. It is now possible to buy air tickets in London for fifty-two different European centers. * Rioor Traffic Before Day* of "Iron Hot**" Bafors the civil war, flat boating wm common .Jem* the Ohio river. When autumn came, It wee en everyday oecerraace to ae# boeU loaded with prod* ace passing by. There would he apple* from Lstart end Home on the upper Ohio; cabbage,* potetoee, salt end coal, all going to the cottoq and uger plantation* below Memphis and Red river. Prior to the aril wpr, coal wee boated the earoe ae ether product# to the lower Hver, After that period, coal began to be carried In bargee drawn by towboate. Twenty, thirty, | forty and fifty years ago, Immense tows of coal were brought out from Pittsburgh whenever the Ohio was sufficiently high. Those were the days Of "Second Pool," and "Fourth Pool" Yohogany coal, and millions of bush-J j els were brought down the river by these powerful to whoa ts. After the war, the fletboatlng In-1 terests gradually gave way to the rail-1 *1. More and more the railways opened up ths country until flatboatIng became a losing business and was finally abandoned. The. country west of the Mlsslselppl became settled. The produce raised there was delivered to the railway by the Southern markets more quickly and more cheaply than It could be delivered by the boatmen. The lower Mississippi, which was once known as a paradise both for the steamboat man and the flatboat man, has almost lost its reputation of old days. The days of the big cotton and passenger steamboats, and of the brpadhorn and Its Jolly crew haVe gone forever, as huve the red man and the buffalo.?Indianapolis Star. St. John99 Day kites \ Observed in Mexico June 24 Is universal bath day In Mexico. Throughout the republic men, women and children, by going down to the streams or swimming pools and bathing, commemorate the day on which St. John the Baptist baptized Jesus Christ. This custom of S observing '.'St. John's day" was originated by the Spanish In the Sbtiteenth century, when all recent converts among the natives were taken to a stream of running water and baptized The custom Is believed to be peculiar In Mexico. As the tradition began to lose Its hold on the people, following the gaining of independence, the ceremony began to take on a more festive aspect nnd tost somewhat of Its -religious significance. In the Nineteenth century, therefore, the day began. to be celebrated toy dquntlc fiestas, held In streams where available or In pools in the larger cities. Inspiration From Nuts* s Man's early Inclination toward art frequently found expression through examination of vnetnus forms of nuts, and his drinking- vessels were fashioned In Imitation of the halved coconut or some other hard shell protecting the kernel. In India ancient dippers were made of nutshells, and specimens of antiquity are now on exhibition at the Indian museum, South Kensington, London, ffing Henqy^-yi possessed a silver vessel made like a nut In 1428. Chinese carvers still ta>rk artistic devlyes on nutshells. In Tibet; Buddhist prlssts often possess rosaries comprising more than 100 beads all diade from carved nuts. Flowers , ; I have often wondered at the custom of sending flowers when somebody has died. It Is a beautiful custom of course, and the blossoms help to relieve the sadness of the occasion but It seems to me that similar a?te of kindness" during the dead person's life would have been even more helnful. t> * Every day you have an opportunity to be kind and helpful to somebody. We all have these opportunities. And If we take advantage of them ahd help people while they are still alive wo wfll have less cause for regret when It is time for them to die.?Boston Transcript. ' \ . C' V: v ' ^V" Mercury Destroys Fungus . Mercury, which in one form or another Is a specific for various human ' Ills, Is the last word In fungicides for nursery stock. Treatment with or{fltnlc compounds of mercury during the operation of grafting apple nursery trees has been found by DepaVtment of Agriculture experts to reduce materially subsequent infection of the stock with crown gall. Formaldehyde has been used In the past for this purpose. but the more recently developed mercury compounds have proved much nioi c efficacious In checking the spread of the fungus growth. Double Meaning A man had a slight difference of opinion with his wife. But- he n<v knowled^ed his error quite generously by saying: \ oti are right, nnd I am- wrong, as you generally are. Oood-by, dear." pnd he hurried off to catch his train. "So nice of htm to put It like that,"' his wife said to herself. And then she began to think about ft.?'TitHits. ^ I Three Fiah Stories . "After three hours and a half we landed him, and he tipped thelitis at Just 275 pounds." "Anyone fishing off this property will he severely prosecuted.A "l tell you It was the finest filet of sole I ever tnsted, and for the threw wg us It, came to only 90 cents*" r^rrnn-FTrr First of all, glvo him the newt; he wants It. Ghro it to him, eves thought it doesn't got in the paper. Ho hasn't time always to tell you why some piece of news is not used; but tea to one he had a perfectly good and impersonal season. Give him the news, even though you may not he especially interested in it. | Gome folks never think to give the editor news except when they are concerned in it one way or another. Second. Don't give him a piece of news and tell him yon want it printed just as it is written. There's a right and a wrong way to do even a simple little thing as writing an article for a country paper. One editor had to leave town because he printed every piece of news just as it was handed in?spelling, punctuation and all-rand printed it with the liame of the person who gave it to him. Third. Don't try to play a joke through the paper unless* you explain it to the editor. A, thing in cold type looks a lot different from a thing repeated by the word of mouth, when the voice, the facial expression and e gesture, perhaps, help to show Its meaning. Fourth. Don't worry for fear the editor is making too much money; you should want him to be prosperous. He can and will giveryou a better paper. He will be less likely to have to compromise with his conscience over certain kinds of advertising. And, anyway, he can't make a big fortune out of the paper;, ho will be lucky if he can keep it going. Fifth. Be rea4y to tell your editor when something - in the paper pleases you. Once in a while you 1 tell your preacher he has a good sermon; so tell the editor the same about his paper. Sixth. Get your "copy" to him early. Take -it in for the next week day after the previous publication day if you can. It takes time lo set type and to make a paper. Did you ever wonder what the editor did all the time between publication days? You wouldn't if you >vere a country publisher yourself. * . Lastly. Go in some day when the paper is being printed. Go in several times during the day and you will have more of a realization of what a job it is to make a country newspaper.?Cornwall (Ont.) Freeholder. , < , A 450-pound inmate of a Florida county farm had to be temporarily left behind when the quarters were moved. The man had been confined to the house for years because he was unable to squeeze through either door or window. Gas cartridges to be fired at thieves through keyholes, are now part of the Cleveland police equipment. The gas has a temporary blinding effect but does not result in permanent injury. Planes of United States Air Mail flew .a total distance Of 2,500;000 miles during the last fiscal year, with only two fatalities. South Carolina Millionaires . --* . Twenty years ago one could count South Carolina's millionaires on the fingers of one hand, Today you could not count them on the fingers of a half dozen hands. Ten years from today you will not Ibe able, to count the state's multi-millionaires on tho fingers of a dozen hands. Young men, -tfake up! The next twenty years of the South's industrial history will read like a page from a boohof fiction.?Dillon s Herald. * r v. . ' France ha? raised the salary of Marshal Foqh to $8,000 a year. Station-to-Station Calls Are Quick And Cheap TATION-TO-STATION long distance tele- i V phone service is becoming more popular as i M telephone users understand how simple it is ' I to make calls of this kind. To make a station-to-station call yon do Hot ask , for a particular person. You merely tell the oper- ? ator that you wish to be connected with a certain telephone at 'the distant point. The call can be completed even It you do not ' ! know the number of the;telephone,.ybu are calling. . , You can ask to be connected with the telephone in t ? Mr. Blank's residence or with the telephone* In the T * office of Jones & Company1.; t Try this service when making social or business calls. The speed with which you get your party and the small cost will please you. ! MORGAN B. SPBIR, Carolines Manager : ' ' A i "BILL SvrrKM" i SOUTHERN 'BELL TELEPHONE 1 AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY i One Policy, One System. Universal Service j ' Gen. Walker Voting For Richards Charleston, S. C., August 8, 1926. Mr. J. G. Richards, Liberty Hill, S. C. My dear Sir: | I want to let you know that I propose voting for you j in the approaching Primary. First, Because I believe you are eminently qualified to fill the office for the good, of our people and the honor of" South Carolina. Second, Such being the case, because of your efforts some years since to secure a mopuipent to the Women of the Confederacy, which movement 1 started and always has been near to my heart. ? Third, Because you are the son of my dear old Confederate Army comrade, whom I loved and most highly respected. 1 shall endeavor to get my friends to do likewise, but I am so much out of public life, that 1 cannot hope to influence many. Your old friend and your father's, , (Signed) - C. Irvine Walker. SEE "Cupid Up-to-Date" ? Musical Comedy Triumph I Peppy Music Beautiful Girls Over 200 Costumes 9 Chorus of Charleston Babies, Cupids, Fairies, Stars, Moons, Monkeys and Cats A LAUGH IN EVERY LINE! Auspices American Legion SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, SEPT. 1,8:30 P. M. I Admission: 50c, 75c. $1.00 I -J. \ |5 BIG DAYS 51 BEGINNING THURSDAY, AUG. 26 HIRSGH BROS. & CO. Now is the time to take care of the family needs, and especially II the Boys and Girls that are soon leaving for school. || 72x90 Bill] Dog Sheets . 98c 81x90 Bull-Dog Sheets . $1.19 ' 81x90 Pepperell Sheets . $1.39 63x90 Mohawk Sheets . - $1.29 72x90 Mohawk Sheets $1.39 81x90 Mohawk Sheets . $1.48 9-4 Pepperell Sheeting . ' unbleached, / . . 44c 9-4 Mohawk Sheeting . unbleached -. . . 49c 9-4 Mohawk Sheeting bleached . . ; . 59c 80x90 Hemmed Colored Bed Spreads . . . $1.98 63x90 White Crinkle Spreads . . . $1.69 72x90 White Crinkle Spreads $1.98 81x90 Balmor Crinkle II Spreads . y \. . $2.48 II Cannon Face ToWelsf\good IIquality, each . 19c Linen Face Towels, colored ! j borders, eaech ... . 48c I Bath Towels, heavy duality, each . . . . 39c 42x36 Billow-Cases . '. 29c. | 45x36 Pillow Cases, Mo - I hawk . . . . . 49c Ladies' Hat Boxes*?r~$2.95, up ||~ SuitCases." . . . $1.00, up || Hand Bags . $1.19, up II trunks in both regular' and 11 steamer sizes, and all sizes in Wardrobe Trunks, will goat especially attractive prices. 11 I New Silk Dresses just arrived for this Sale from $7.48 up. ' Young Men's 2-Pants Suits $17J98 5SSSSSSS^^S555SSSBSS53S5SSS^t I We will cut the price mid sell the goods. Ask for any items not I I listed. The Price is RIGHT. 1