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UNCLE JIMMY DeLOACH ENTERS UPON HIS EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR "Uncle Jimmy" IX* Loache, whose eighty-seventh birthday anniversary , whs celebrated here Tuesday, January 15, is. despite his many years, the idol still of every feminine eye, the ' toast of every stag gathering and the . holder of his own unique place as lov- : ing and lovable buddy to all whoso ! privilege it is to claim his friendly I greeting and the ennobling influence which his words always .carry. "Uncle Jimmy," or James I)el.oache, as he is registered on the j church and democratic club rolls of I Camden, was born in Beaufort county, this state, January 15, 1842, the son i of R. C. DeLonche and Esther I)eLoache. Early in life he took up residence in this city, where he at- ' tended Peck's academy and later was a student in the private school of Leslie MeCnndlcss. | At the age of eighteen, and while still under tiic tutelage of Mr. Mc' undless, M Ih'Loaehe volunteered as a member of the Confederate ranks and began service under ('apt. John I.). Kennedy at the Rattle of Fort .Sumter and at Morris Island. Front Morris Island he traveled toward Richmond, and thence to ('ulpeppc Court House, where he later saw and look an active hand in the First Rattle of Manassas. balling sick about this period.of the struggle, the young Confederate waS | sent to the hospital at Richmond and inter ordered to hi- home in Camden' on furlough. While recovering his health, he vt-jted the neighboring \il!age "i Winn hiMo. where he met M -- M.i' in Cockrell. After a brief bu a* d.-nt court -hip, the -old or boy wo'i h:- lady fair and the couple wer uvtto.i marriage n n Ma ret 1, 1 s'ig! after v\, i < i 11: u, Mr. Hi 1 he again .-K.ulden .! bis musket ;i" 1 \ 'urte-r and iv-viitcred tin *c\. e -of iu- I, ..oil t'onfederacy titidor the lo-or- f i oinpanv K. ('ap aV. Poop!.--' Cav.'iv. of Mo dule. 1 Co 'ig tin- m.a 'h- ;m:>H i ate'.y fol"N a.i- J ,u< i i! ?.?; i . k> t dig v : ' twien ( Inn Ic.-ter. and Sauiiaiaa ; "t'a ' Uitnl i v. a .1.1. Pin.: ...an A'..' info; m.oii lum-tis I -I'd 1'" t '.e ( . , . t . . -r . .i ,i,(r:." .. ,.J; .... :. rut-'. !1 *\i * S r 11 ;; - g ! u' i-1 dw.'' , ' : ' .. : ?:..\ ' '* ' Fa- v , ' \ U ' ' - - an i \ i r, more dif1 " ' no i? :-un :? him to stand t'c!" i thi camera, II.> h bines vary with the seasons 1 -i.mmertime he r? the town'* nne-t fisherman, while winter's chillt evening- find him with old-tinv i ronie- at the fireside or with thos< around the "set-back" table. In al most any season "Uncle Jimmy" i apt to be seen in the company o those young "women who, in th vernacular, arc rated as flnpper; He is a frequent visitor to the niovi houses and is never happier tha when playing escori to his favorit "date." "Uncle Jimmy" is an officer in th Camden- Methodist church, to who! vows he subscribed more than sevet ty years ago. He still accepts s i ( nt ( ourtesy The Columbia Record literal all the Biblical accounts and with him nm newfangled suggestions can shake his faith in the good old- I time religion. Mr. IteLoache has followed with interest the development of the steam and electric railway from its embryonic stage to the present luxuriously-appointed Pullman trains, which he calls into service at national Confederate reunion time. Likewum', he has seen man become maste1ofv the an. and possibilities for this mgJ^Je of transportation, he suggests, are withou. limit. The new $50,000 airport now underconstruction for Camden and Kershaw county is the greatest single move ever advanced in this community, according to "Uncle Jimmy." j and is one that is sure to draw | liberal commercial dividends in addition to improving the social life of this section. He has never had a trip aloft, but it has been intimated, the newspapers are likely to picture him in Hying togs and in a Camden-i^wned ship when he follows the next annual gathering of his former comrades-ina rms. When questioned recently as to the secret of his long, active and highly successful life, the grand old gentleman of Camden very modestly declined to comment. Some admirers haw attributed it to his early life is a farmer and outdoor sportsman, -li d "t'lers to his diet, which permits n occasional Scotch highball. But his intimates it :s known t-hat his Vei ilea: pea. e of mind, the consciousness of having done all things well and his never-faltering habit o" lacing ail eards on the table, hav-contributed materially . the happiness r.mi gloriou- lera'of p. maskable career. "Uncle Jimmy" s - his mo w:!h :l! ' M" l: do : M Ken'U,,l-V< Me ,s the "' .iiai i,. i M - K. jy, a- h 1 l': - Jame- ! >. /cmp, < uu : ; !: V-,,::.. Columbia: ; 11/ , ..:ir M, ' >yyrt?e-. Mfhr- near ' he 11 a mg m*ph ' - : w K. Del. a oh-. ' ' he. K. 1! 1 hd. -a " ~ 111 he. Ml -. \\ R. /en T. \ct*!es. Mrs. \N ' *c i ? whom - ( - ;.i,, >,j i .... and W I!. Iu l.oa, he. of < bia. Death of Mr. Hammond. Special to 1 he Chronicle. Athens, Ga., Jan. J.'f M f,-si , Hammond, age 71. formerly >; ,te "g. S. ( diet! at the Hon . , hi ' iatightrr, Mrs. A. S. H>: , ' xj ' Henderson avenue. Ath. r- da Wed ? u'S<Ln>J :Ianuary lb. a: n'Vo'cloc* . He had been in ill health "from hear s trouble for more than a war, bu about a month ago he suffered stroke of paralysis f-,,m %thich h r never fully rallied, j. Funeral services were conducte e ? omc Fnda> morning b n p * Hlll' pastor of the Fin Presbyterian church. Interment wi in the Oconee cemetery. The pal hearers were G. V. Cunningham, 1 G. Oliver Frank C. Ward, Arch le F. D. Alexander and L. 1 ^ f armer, all members of the staff . .. college of agriculture. Mr. Hammond was a member of tl Bryant To Enter Aviation School Frederick M. Bryant, Jr., of this city, has been ordered by the war department to report at Brook* Field, 'I oxen, on March 1, according to recent press dispatches from Washington, to begin training in aviation at the government'* primary Hying school. Young Bryant, who i* a principal stockholder and manager of the Katherine OoLoachc Coal company, Mtated yesterday that hi* enlistment (or the Hying course will not effect the policies or operation of his Camden enterprise as it will continue under hi* ownership und direction. Explaining to The Chronicle that he expected to return to Camden upon completion of his government training Mr. Bryant declared that he had no intention of releasing his Camden holding* ami thut he was in hopes of establishing his permanent residence here where hb stay hud been so successful and pleasant. Mr. Bryant is a native and former resident of Marion but for the past six months has been making his homie here, where he has gained many wurm friends and admirers. A Message to Parentis "In Kama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping und 'great mourning. Rachel sweeping for her children a: d would not be comforted, because triey are. .not."?(Matthew 2:18). 'I he mothers of Israel were weeping for their little sons slain by older of the tyrant, Herod. How much more terrible must their grief have been if these mothers had felc themselves at all to blame for the deaths of then little ones. ^ Yet, even now, with u more complete knowledge of diphtheria than we have of any other communicable disease and better means of preventing ^nd curing it. about 20,000 peopler most of them little children, die every year in the United States from diphtheria: and thousands of others who do not die are left to face life with weakened hearts and kidneys. Because it is possible to wipe out this disease entirely, if people would but use the means we have, every child that dies pf diphtheria in this day and time dies because of somebody's neglect. Do not ignore a sore throat. It may be diphtheria. Hasc your doctor see the child at once. If he has diphtheria the earlier he gets the proper treatment the better are his chances for recovery. But why wait until your little ones become sick of the disease when there is a simple, safe way of protecting them against catching it? It takes some time, from three to six months, to build up this protection in the body of the child, and the time to begin is now. It is too late to start the protective treatment when diphtheria has already broken out in your community. Moire will be said later about what to do if diphtheria is prevalent and immediate protection is needed. Surely, when all the facts' of diphtheria control and prevention are laid before parents, they will not fail to avail themselves of this means of protecting the lives arpl health of their little children. Peru Protects Bird* The guano islands are the gold mines of Peru and a new law is designed to protect the birds that bring : to the state it.- big natural s ?uree of wealth, fishing boats may not now J tp.roach within two miles of th >sc astal islands and stretches of coast - a-h t ::? "gu.araves" have ad >ptvd r their own. and no -hip must bh w ! - fog hoi n i.i ar those place- for ' "o;s: of di-torbing the birds. A tine ' -MO is piescri'*ed .as a penalty. The ; i:\no mines a-<- government proper. . an 1 ; ori'.u ! by g -ve: nm. n \ a , ernie- nt porat on the? ...eld up ! ? KIT." >mi ; . ,r tons a year, ' '.xport- have rc . : $ 1 ..r>lMUUH? an nually. Ibis 11 " , rich in phosphoric ai d n:' . - - deposite i b;. birds tha* teed . '. ?h. The li-h a well as the birds ' .-elves and then i eggs are protect" . "he government. ! The guav.o lord- . r millions, an i are *ot ten _ along the e ain great cloud- a: . - in extent.?The ^ Pathfinder. JACK MINOR (Continued from First Page) to 4,000 bushel* of ears of corn each year; and this little bit only gave them a sweet taste to come bach. Thousands of people come to see them. I have seen as high as seven" ty-five auto* here at once, from the little serviceable Tin Lizzie to th'j big glittering Limousine, but these so-called wild birds knew they were safe and sat within fifty feet of the visitors. Yes, they appear to know that I am a converted Jesse James to their kin. They return about the middle of March, but the ducks only stay about three weeks?the geese stay from six to eight weeks then I they all go north to breed. Some of the ducks breed in this vicinity and bring their little toildHu's ti$re~ tuft fully 'JO per cent, of them do not return until ubout October 20th; strange to say, however, very few geese come in the fall. In the spring 1 have more guests than I can feed, the result is they scour the country for mile* around for a few kernels of corn, thus giving the gunners a chance, and when one gets wounded, he comes here and stays until he is able to go back into the trenches again. In the spring of .101 I one got wounded about five miles away, but its strength held out just long enough to carry it back to the safety zone and it lit and died within ten feet of my house. I had one wil 1 mallard duek^-batehed and raised by a domestic fowl in 1012; she migrated and returned to me for six springs and raised tivu families in six summer>?two eights, two nines and a twelve. Just think what it means to the sportsmen of America to have one duck escape our deadly air. I tell you, brother the public can call me strong in the hack and weak in the mind, all they wish, but to see on? of my pets return, to me year after yea* for food and protection aftec she has evidently shied out around and outwitted thousands of hunters who are hidden in the am busty" "for her. and to see the wild geese com* home bleeding and with legs broken, yes. and even to see them die in nr.* presence, really it gives me a personal taste of His feeling when He said: "How oft would I have gathered you as a hen gathereth her chicks under her wings." Our government has given me permission to put up nets. The birds are either coaxed or driven in. tagged and liberated- at once. Now. there is an old, saying, "Th" poorer a man the more dogs he will keep," and if you were here during1 the months of March and April just to see me carting out hundreds and hundreds of bushels of corn to fee l my pets, I know you would surely believe in the above statement. k So many ask the question?Where isKingsville and what can you raise in ( anada ? and dozens of such questions. In reply I will say that Kimgsville is a neat little beauty spot, nestled on the north shore of Lake Erie: due north of Sandusky, Ohio, and twenty-eight miles south east of Detroit, Mich. Its population is a little over 2,000, with thre? well attended churches and two firstclass hotels, and as for the class of people, there is only one spot on earth where they are any better, and that is in the neighborhood of two juiles north, right where I live. ' As proof of this statement, I call your attention to the accompanying photograph, which was secured without government protection. I stood on 'he public highway and took this picture. Just think of the temptation my friends turn down?the privilege <>f taking a bang into this bunch, just to please me. Yes, of course, we rave our undersirables, but they are - ) much in the minority that I firmly relieve they hate themselves. Now, we can raise most anything iniv troni a flag pole to a boiling hot political quarrel, but our chief cron :s corn. \\Y condense it into hogs ..ml ship them as they run; then we ank the nn>ney to buy more land to ?r<nv m ie torn to feed more hog-. 1 -tc.. Etc. Now, my brother sportsman. please don't think that I am .jppu.st.tl >hm>ting a few ducks p-iee.se, but will you please help us rovide lor :a\t year's crop by tuning down ar.v opportunity to slaugh r. \ e>. T know you will agree with ie at the present day we should be ie that at the present day We should o very considerate of what we are uoing with the gun, when this one : ;rd, whose Ways are as old and a> ( ;;ew as the world, gives millions ol . people thrilling enjoyment and re creation to see it alive, when its fal out of the air from your or my dead, ly aim can only ^ive enjoyment tt \ one. Don't let us loose sight 6f this ? fact that these birds were created bj the only perfect Manager this worl< has ever known. Then after Hi created them and bless them, Hi i. created us and gavt- us dominion ove e tham- Now, are we going to ex terminate them, the eante ?aa ou t fathers did the passenger pigeon or ars we going to take tketr mlstak i'i- 4&rL'.?i- ?1 ^TfiMon1'YnWtw'i 'vpwraa'wrwf towards their protection, so that the rising and unborn generations may be able to se? what God saw was good. Did you ever stop to think of the many-things you and I have to be thankful for, through the fact that we are citizens of North America? and when we see Miss Canada and Uncle Sam working heart and hand together, not only for the protection of the remnant of our wild life, but for the protection arid freedom of the whole world's mass of humanity, I tell you, it seems to me that we have more reason* today than ever before to sing from the bottom of our hearts, "Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow." The number on the Jijg indicates the year I put it on, but the verse of Scripture is just an idea of my own of passing the good word along. Possibly you, were cramped in the "blind" with your mind reaching out in all directions when you saw the bird coming, but little did you think it was carrying a message to you, and although you may forget Jack Miner, I trust you will always remember the message and the peculiar way in which God delivered-it to you. The only requestI have i($will you straighten the tag out and wrap it in a little cotton to prevent it from Cutting the envelope and mail it back to me as a souvenir to remember you by. In closing, I wish to ask pardon for my lack of scholarship, but I really believe you will enjoy this letter, written by the same awkward hand that placed the tag on your bird, far better than if I had a professional to polish all the . .. _ . * . , F~ H ? I l truth out of it. 7;" ' "Should you care to know more about my enjoyable life with the birds, read my book, entitled "JackMiner and the Bird," published by<| Reilly and Lee Co., 53<5 Lake Shore I Drive, Chicago. This book will in-Jj terest you, as it contains facts no other nnture lover has ever secured, ? especially on the nature and wander- | j ings of our wild geese." j HAVt YOUB I I ?Y?S EXAMINED / | I The new instruments for JB eye examination make a 1 perfect diagnosis possible j ?come here by all means j for a FREE examination 1 to make sure of your eye- I sight. Don't neglect your 1 eyes?no instrument is I more delicate or precious I than the human eye. 1 THE HOFFER COMPANY | Jewelers and Optometrists j ~ $1,000 REWARD | ' r3 NO QUESTIONS ASKED ' For the return of three-stone ring. Center stone , square-cut emerald, very ddep green color, on either side /of which is a round diamond; claw setting of platinum. Finder communicate with Camden Chronicle, Camden, S, C. Or Chief of Police H. D. Hilton, / -. Camden, S. C. | -' . I s Presbyteriar . n. He was a roll tired StntiVu-... South Carolina - farmer, but !' > -overal years ha<; i. been making - home in Georgia t About two w ago he came t it make his no with his daughter h Mrs. Buss? \ He was well known ii ,e the centra! : art of South Carolina? Sumter, t'nmden aTicT Columbia?am d his death w..; bring regret to man; iy in these sort.oiis. He was a membe st of one of South Carolina's mo? is prominent old families. Survivinj 1- him are r.:> wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Mr J. I>eod Hammond, his daughter, Mrie A. S. Bussey, of Athens, and thre E. sons, J. H Hammond, Stateburg, S of C., J. A. 11 ammond, Cleveland, Ohi< and Captain C. G. Hammond, of For fie Moultrie, Charlaatoft* S. C. tv =5 a a?i?Mg:; Friday, Saturday and Monday fg Afford Great Savings in Our I" 45 LADIES' FINE COATS I Luxuriously Fur-Trimmed and Values to $21.50 I SPECIAL $7*95 : J Smartly tailored from fine fabrics and luxuri- ously fur-trimmed with j ' i beautiful furs. Brown, Blue and Black are all here in a wide choice of models, the sizes ranging i from 16s to 48s and the the Values to $21.60. ' J 1. 1' ' j 1/ i ; Ladies9 Silk Dresses ' j Real Values to $15.00- | 1 j This price represents a com- ggH / plete clearance all fall and M AC- * t ^ I II winter dresses. The values M MJJ IV ran^e to $15.00 and includes a fl j uk wide assortment of both styles B j f\l- and colors. m r '. I Wool Crepes 1' and Serges : /.'v | J 36 and -10-ineh widths*. ^ f > brown, tan, gray, navy and black. The Value3 5 I range to $1.60. But 1 . ^vejneari^o^eiren^ ? 6<jx80 Wool Mixed Blankets $148 A wonderful value in a gray Double Blanlce' for ^double bed, roes or blue borders, $8.95 value. "