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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1913-07-25
THEN AS NOW.

Wanted-rAn army of Christians
capable of experiencing righteous
indignation { Exodus 2:11.)
Whatever criticism Moses de-
serves for the manner in which he
tried to rescue his fellow country
men from injustice and oppression
it can be said to his credit that he
was not content to look on their
Affections and then fail to lift
hand for their relief.
Many evils exist today cursing
the world because church members
have not cultivated the more active
Christian virtues. The time comes
in the life of Christian when his
very blood should boil with right
eous indignation-when, for in.
stance, he sees the morals of young
people imperiled by the saloon,
the gambling den, the socials evil,
etc, and all for the lust of money
Too many are content to let things
go as they are, with perhaps the
remark:
80, yes, we know these evils ex-
list; and the politicians we vote for
uphold them; but you know the
days are evil and politics is cor
rupt."
And they keep On voting For the
same set of unprincipled men to
run the government If Moses
had been a man of such type, God
would have had TO look elsewhere
for a man to deliver Israel from
Egyptian bondage.-H. Fl. Smith
in Sunday School Magazine.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1913-07-25

ton to his live stock, who can see
and appreciate the good and beau
tiful in nature, will never be dis
satisfied with his vocation or want
to change from it to another be-
cause he realizes that he is living
the life of broadcast possibilities of
more real pleasures and the least
artificial substitutes for real pleas
ure. And why should he want to
change?
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1913-07-25

Ads that are effective are the
ads that are simple and filed with
common sense. The common sense
of the advertiser comes into play
in the preparation of every ad, and
the more ads he prepares the more
experienced he becomes.
1t is, the experienced advertiser
after all who appreciates newspa-
per advertising, knows how to ad-
vertise, and writes the ads that
count.
If a merchant is going to adver-
tise there are but three things for
him to put into his ads-name the
article for sale, tell why the article
is good to have, and then say that
he sells it.
An ad should catch the eye of
the reader. This can be done by
so preparing the al as to easily
distinguished from other ads in
the paper. 1t is up to the adver-
tiser or merchant to lay out his
ads, and then he puts his own
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1913-07-25

only differs from the subsoil below
in that the top soil has decayed
vegetable matter in it while the
subsoil has not; when sufficient
vegetable matter is added to the
subsoil and the rain, air and frost
penetrate it, the subsoil becomes
as rich as the top soil ever was.
That being true, we can not afford
to 60 on from year to year plowing
shallow, indiscriminately using
expensive fertilizers of which only
a portion of the available plant
food is used by the crop grown for
want Of moisture during the grow
ing season, but is leached out by
the winter rains and carried away
before another growing season be-
cause the soil is not deep enough
to hold the moisture,
Before we make the headway we
should in farming we have simply
got to make up our minds to culti-
vate fewer acres and do it better.
There is every argument in favor
of doing SO. If you have more
land than you can cultivate right,
better pasture it and prevent it's
washing and only cultivate as much
as you can do justice to. The land
pastured will bring you something
and that portion you cultivate right
will produce more than all would
have produced with the ordinary
slipshod methods. !
Year by year you will be able to
increase youracreage of cultivated
land until you can work out rota-
tion that will include the entire
area with some in corn, some in
wheat or oats, some in peas or soy
beans end some in clover to, go
back into corn again.
The farmer who is g student of
nature, who studies, his soil, who
studies his crops, who gives atten-
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1913-07-25
1.-The Ads That Pay...
Copyright 1917 by George Z. Patterson

taste and ideas into his ads. BY
continually studying this phase Of
his advertising and putting HE
best ideas into practice he will find
that his ads will steadily grow in
attractiyeness.
Ads must interest by appealing
to the intelligence of the people.
For instance let us illustrate good
way to advertise soap. TO make
the soap al interesting and convey
information we might show the
value of cleanliness, use and mis-
use of soap, value of this particu-
lar kind of soap, how it is made
and the ingredients it contains,
and wherein it excels other kinds
of soap. In this way we secure
the attention and interest, and If
the soap can stand the test the ad
will be convincing.
The attractive, interesting and
convincing ads are the ones that
sell the goods. They are the tell
ing ads and those that pay.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1913-07-25
Food for Thought.

Give the devil his dues. But
don't hang around afterwards get
ting points from him how to spend
'em.
Sometimes when duty calls We
can't hear it because pleasure
keeps up such g racket just around
the corner.
Honesty is still the best policy
yet there seems to be lot of
people who are naturally opposed
to playing policy"
IF you can learn to meet today's
trouble with placid soul, tomor-
rows problems will come to you
with their answers in their hands.
Bitter experiences are just un-
derscored life sermons, delivered
without invitation. But they are
as valuable as quinine to the suf-
ferer from malaria.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1913-07-25
TO TENNESSEE FARMERS.
BY CAPT. T. F. PECK
State Commissioner of Agriculture.
Conserving Moisture and Soil
Reclamation.

Abundant opportunity has been
offered this summer to convince
anyone of the importance and the
value of moisture in the soil for
crops while they are growing.
Many people have been made to
realize the value of moisture and
have taken the necessary steps to
provide and conserve it.
Their crops now show the wis
dom of their action. While the
crops of some of their neighbors
have been seriously injured by dry
weather, theirs have grown right
along.
Anyone with ordinary intelli-
gence can do the things necessary
to store up the moisture. Break
the land deep, turn under vegeta-
ble matter, subsoil when breaking
the land in the fall. When pre-
pairing the land in the spring, pull
,verize deep and thorough, keep a
dust mulch on the surface by fire.
,auent thorough shallow cultiva-
ton.
You can do all this as we'll as
,anv other farmer, and when you
do. YOU will find you have taken
very decided step in the direction
of good and profitable farming be-
cause in getting your soil in right
condition to hold moisture you
nave cot rid of your hardpan, you
have stopped your land from wash
ing, you have made it possible for
not only the rain but the air and
frost to penetrate the broken up
subsoil and thereby increase the
available plantfood in yourground.
I wish every farmer in Tennes-
see would give more attention to
his soil and how to increase Its
producing capacity. If he could
he made to understand that his soil
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1913-07-25

Celomel, calomel, you can not
stay, for Liv-ver-lax has en- easier
way. Ask j. G.. Presson.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1913-07-25

Why be constipated, when you
can buy Liv-ver-lax at J. G. Pres
sons?
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28

for years, sud cecilia. "My sister
Hezekiah does not care for the sport.
As you have already seen that my
Aunt Octavia IS an unusual woman,
given to many whims, will not deny
to you that at present my father IL
persona non grata in this house. ! beg
to assure you that nothing to his dis
credit or mine has contributed to that
situation, nor can our meeting here TO-
night be construed as detrimental to
him or to me. In meeting my father
In this way I have in sense broken
faith with my Aunt Octavia, but as
sure you. Mr.. Ames. that it Is only the
natural affection for daughter that
led my father to seek me here in this
clandestine fashion"
Cecilia had spoken steadily, but her
voice broke as she concluded, and she
walked quickly toward the hatchway.
Her father stepped before me to give
her his hand through the opening.
I withdrew to the edge Of the roof
while few words passed between
them that seemed to be on his part an
expostulation and on hers an earnest
denial and plea. He passed her the
foils and masks, and she vanished.
whereupon he addressed himself to me.
II had learned from both my daugh-
tiers Of your presence in my sisters
house, and I had expected to meet you
sooner or later. This is strange bust.
ness, strange business"
He had drawn out a pipe, which he
filed and lighted dexterously. The
fame of his match gave me better &C.
quaif!ance with his face. He leaned
against the serrated roof guard with
the greatest composure and drew his
pipe to a glow. had not forgotten my
encounter with the ghost on the stair.
and as waited for him to speak was
trying to Identify him with the mys-
ferrous agency that had tempered with
the lights and passed so ghostly hand
across my face in the stair we'll.
could hardly say that there had not
been time for either Bassford HOLSTER
or his daughter to have reached the
roof after my experiences on the stair,
and yet they had been engaged so earn
estly at the moment of my appearance
at the hatchway that it was improba-
BILE th:t either cc.:'d hcc::-- GGcvc,. lost
and flown to the roof before reached
1t. And, eliminating the ghost altOgeth-
er, had yet to learn how Bassford
HOLSTER had gained entrance to the
house. 1t seemed best to drop specula-
lions and wait for him to declare him
self.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
huA, Z ,..J,. !. (. .le lAl essen
ton and StCOped to find It.

hl5.e ,..J,-.-',. lie ~ essen
ton and stepped to find 1t.
The stair had narrowed on this
flight, and as sought with futile
eagerness to regain the box lid Icould
have sworn that some one passed me.
Still half STOPPING, ! stretched out my
arms and clasped empty air. and Sd
suddenly had l thrown myself for
ward that ] lost my balance and RON
ed downward the space Of half
dozen treuds before recovered my
self, was badly scared and hardly
less angry ut having missed through
my own clumsiness the Joy Of Crap
pling with the ghost Of one of King
Georges soldiers. But the matches
having been lost in the pitch darkness
of the stair. l could get my bearings
again only by clinging to the stair rail
until l found the second floor switch.
should say that two full minutes had
passed between the loss of the matches
and my flashing on of the lamps.
From top to bottom the lights shone
OrlXuuy. OuC uO OuS WdO VASAUAc, uA0
heard no sound in any part Of the
house.
As I began to analyze my sensations
during the temporary eclipse Of the
lights I was conscious of two things.
The being, human or other, that had
passed me had been light of step and
feet Of motion. There had been some
thing uncanny in the ease and speed
Of that passing. I was without con-
viction as to its direction, whether up
or down, though l inclined to the for
mer notion for the reason that the en-
ployment of a concealed switch above
seemed the more reasonable argument
And faint, an almost imperceptble
scent, as of flower, had seemed to
be a part of the passing. Mine Is a
sensitive nostril, and was confident
that 1t did not betray me in this.
I gathered up my matches and start
ed again for the roof. The trunk room
door opened readily, as on my morn
Ing inspection of the chimney pots,
but as l glanced up saw that the
hatch was open. Through the aper-
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ture shone the heavens, a square of
stars and bright with the moons ra-
dance. Pocketing my matches. ran
nimbly up the ladder.
I had been surprised to find the hatch
open, but it Is not too much to say
that was greatly astonished by what
I saw on the moon flooded roof. There,
midway Of fat area that lay between
the two larger chimney pots, two per-
sons were intently engaged. not in
ghostly promenading or posturing or
even In audible conversation, but In
spirited bout with foils. stood with
head and shoulders thrust through the
opening, staring at this unusual spec
tacle and not sure but that after all my
eyes were tricking me. 5#
"Touche!' ... ...
Il was woman's voice, faint from
oreathlessness. She threw OF her
mask and dropped her foil and with
q most human and feminine gesture
put up her hands to adjust her hair:
1t was Cecilia HOLSTER in short skirt
and fencing coat!
HercFr5nenc was man, and as be.
too, flung of his mask l saw that he
was a gentleman Of years. was about
to withdraw when the stranger swung
round and saw me. His sudden eH
clamation caused the girl to turn. and
as reasonable frankness has always
seemed to me essential to nice discre-
ton l crawled out on the roof.
II beg your pardon, Miss Hollister,
but If I had known you were here
should not have intruded. The vaga-
ries Of the library chimney have been
on my mind, and was about to have
another peep into yonder pot
She stood at her ease, with one hand
resting lightly against the inexplicable
chimney in question and still some
what spent from her exercise.
Father" she said, turning to the
stranger who stood near, this Is Mr..
Ames, who is Aunt Octavia's guest"
The light Of the gibbous moon en-.
abled to discern pretty clearly the form
and features Of Mr.. Bassford Hollis
tor. And find, in looking over my
notes, that I accepted as matter Of
course the singular meeting with my
hostess brother. l had grown 80 used
to the ways Of the HOLSTERS I already
knew that the meeting with another
member Of the family at II o'clock at
night on the roof Of this remarkable
house gave me no great shock Of sur
prise. He was tall, slender and dark,
with fine eyes that suggested Cecilia's.
His close trimmed beard was slightly
gray, but he bore himself erect, and I
had already seen that he was alert Of
arm and eye and nimble Of foot.
Gather and have fenced together
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Continued from Last 1ssue.)

Standing by the rail that guarded the
we'll, peered upward, thinking that
some one above me was manipulating
another switch, but the silence was as
complete as the blackness. was
about to turn from the rail to the wall
to find the switch, but at this moment,
as my face was still lifted in the in
tentness with which I was listening,
something brushed my cheek some
thing soft Of touch and swift of move
ment. AS gripped the rail felt this
touch once, twice, thrice. Then my
hand sought the wall madly, and with
80 bad an aim that it was quite a min
ute before I found the switch plate
and snapped all the keys. The stair
and the halls above and below me
sprang into being again, and l stood
blinking stupidity upward.
Though was in a modern house
thoroughly lighted by electricity can
not deny that this incident, following
50 quickly upon the buffers story, oc-
easioned moments acute hair raising,
accompanied by an uncomfortable
tremor of the legs. AS already limited
I lay no claim to great valor. AS for
ghosts / am half persuaded of their
existence, and, after witnessing pres
entation of Hamlet, always feel that
Shakespeare is as safe guide In such
matters as the destructive scientific
critics.
There were various plausible expla-
nations of the failure of the lights.
Some switch that I did not know Of,
perhaps in the third floor hall, might
have been turned, or the power house
In the village might have been shift
Ing dynamos. Either solution Of the
riddle was credible. But the ghostly
touch on my face could not be &C.
counted for SO readily. Leaving the
lights on, continued to the third
floor and examined the switch and
sought in other ways to explain these
phenomena. Ny composure returned
more slowly than l care to confess,
and I think it was probably In my
mind that the ghost Of King Georges
dead soldier might be lying in wait for
me, but I saw and heard nothing. The
doors Of tho unused chambers on the
third floor were closed, and l did not
feel justified in trying them. The
servants were housed on this floor at
the rear OF the house, and door that
cut off their quarters proved on ex-
animation to be tightly locked.
The fourth floor was only half sto-
~, used for storage purposes. The
roof was gained, ! recalled, by an iron
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
"They say in the village, cir, that the
'ouse 10 'auntsd."
P>~~<A%

iadier- ar< 4 waterway d trunk
room. ran down to my room and
found a candle, to be armed against
any further flckleness Of the lights,
and set out for the fourth floor. had
changed my coat and with a couple Of
candles and box of matches started
for the roof. My courage had risen
now, and was ready for any further
adventure that the night might hold
for me. Miss Hollister and Cecilia
were both In their rooms, presumably
asleep. The servants doubtless had
their doors barred against ghostly Wis
itors, and the house was mine to ex-
plore as pleased.
think was humming slightly az I
mounted the stair, which, in keeping
with the general righteousness that
characterized the furnishing Of the
house, was thickly carpeted even to
the fourth floor. I was slipping my
hand along the rail and mounting, !
dare say, a little jauntily as screwed
my courage to an unfamiliar notch
when suddenly, midway Of the first
half and just before l reached the
turn where the stair broke, the lights
failed again with startling abruptness.
This was carrying the Joke pretty far,
and instantly clapped my hand to
my pocket for the box Of safety
matches, dug it out and then in my
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-28
CHAPTER XII.
1 Play 1ruant.


as l sat at the table absorbed IN
"a my plans for the day my
"a nerves received sudden
- 4. shock. had heard no one en-
ter, yet a voice at my shoulder MUIR
INJURED casually:
Hast thou seen ghosts: Hast thou at mid
night heard
It was the voice Of Hezekiah, l
knew before ]. faced her. She wore
blue sailor waist, with a broad red
ribbon tied under the collar, and
blue tam-o' -shanter capped her head.
She bore a tray that contained my
omelet. a plate of toast and other
sundries incidental 70 a Substantial
breakfast, which she distributed deft-
~ upon the table. - -
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both Of them. are very dear
to me-" said Bassford Hollis
ter. 1T Is the great grief of my life
that, owing to matters beyond my con-
troll, have been unable to care for
them as should like to do. This be-
ing the case, l have been obliged to al
low them to accept many favors from
my only sister Octavia This, in Ordi.
nary circumstances, would not be re-
pugnant to my pride. but my sister is
very unusual person. She must do
for my children in her own way. and
while was prepared, in agreeing that
they should accept her bounty. for
some whimsical manifestation Of her
eccentric character, did not imagine
that she would go SO far as to shut me
out from all knowledge Of her plans
for them. That, Mr. Ames, Is what
has happened"
His voice rose and fell mournfully.
He pulled his pipe for a moment and
continued:
''There is now something forward
here which I do not understand. ]
have an idea that Octavia has contriv'
ed some preposterous scheme for
choosing husband for Cecilia that IL
in keeping with her odd fashion Of
transacung all her business. do not
know its nature, and by the terms Of
her agreement Cecilia is not to dis
close the method to be employed to
me-not even to me, her own father.
You must agree, Ames, that that 10
rather rubbing 1t in"
"But you don't assume that your
daughter is not to be a free agent in
the matter? You don't believe that
some unworthy and improper man Is
to be forced upon her?'
"That, sir, is exactly what I fear"
"You will pardon me, but ! cannot
for a moment believe that Miss Hol-
lister would risk her niece's h:e,piness
even to satisfy her own peculiar hui
NOR. Your sister Is shrewd woman,
and her heart, am convinced, Is the
kindest. Among the suitors now
camped at the Prescott Arms there
must be some one whom your daugh-
ter approves, and l see no reason why
he should not ultimately be her choice
Now that you have broached the mat
ter. I make free to say that one OF
these suitors Is an old friend of mine,
Hartley Virgins by name. and that
he Is a man Of the highest character
and gentleman in the str1ctest sense"
He had been listening to me with
the greatest composure. but at the
mention Of Virgins name he started
and nervously clutched my arm.
THAT man may be all that you say"
he cried chokingly, but he has acted
UNANIMOUSLY toward both my daugh-
ters. He is q rogue and most despic-
able fellow. He has firted outrage
ously with Hezekiah while at the same
time pretending to be deeply inter"
ested In Cecilia" n
"But, MT dear sir, is it not possible
that you do him great wrong? May
It not be the other way round that
Hezekiah Is trifling with Virgins at
fections? He's splendid fellow, Hart
ley Virgins, but he's little slow,
that's all. And between two superb
young women like your daughters
man may be pardoned for doubts and
hesitation. The thing IS bound to
straighten itself out"
He tossed his head impatiently.
HAS it occurred to you that Oc-
tavia's interest in this Hartley Virgins
may be due to triaing and inmate
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while was intent upon this my silence
must have been prolonged. felt
obliged to make an answer Of some
sort and yet l did not relish the
thought Of conveying information that
might distress and embarrass noble
girl like Cecilia HOLSTER. Something
in my face must have conveyed hint
Of this inner conflict to Miss Hollister.
for she rose suddenly. holding up her
hand as though to silence me. She
seemed deeply moved and cried in agi-
tation:
""Do not answer me! The question
was quite unfair-Quite unfair-and yet
I assure you that at the moment I
made the inquiry felt justified"
She retreated toward the door as I
rose, and then, with her composure
fully restored, she courtesied grace
fully. 1''!'''#
Luncheon here will be buffet AZ
fair today, as shall be engaged with
matters Of pastry: I'm sure, however.
i'll find employment until
when my house will BE-
ragain."
that this should be q busy
day, so without making explanations
l went to the stable, told the coach
man l wished to be driven to the sta
ton and was soon whizzing over the
hills toward Katonah.
1 wondered how Virgins and the 9TH
er gentlemen at the Prescott Arms
were faring. My question was par
Continued on Page 12)
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trunk room, waited for me courteously
and walked by my side to the stair
way, both Of US maintaining silence.
I was deeply curious to know how he
had entered and whether he expected
to go down the front way and out the
main door. We kept together to the
third floor hall. l could have sworn
to that. Then suddenly, just as we
reached the stairway, out went the
lights, and we were in utter darkness.
I smothered an exclamation, clutched
my matches and struck light, and
as the stick famed slowly l looked
about for Bassford Hollister. But he
had vanished as suddenly and COM
pletely % though trap had yawned
beneath Us and swallowed him. l
found the third floor switch, and 1t
responded Immediately, flooding the
stair well to the lower hall, but I nei-
Their saw nor heard anything more Of
Hollister.
Astounded by this performance, I con.
tinued on to the lower floor to have q
look around, and there, calmly reading
by the library table. sat Miss Octavia!
Late hours, Mr.. Ames" she cried.
II supposed you had retired long ago."
Pardon my troubling you, but may
I inquire, Miss Hollister, how long you
have been sitting here?" u
The clock on the stair began to strike
II, and she listened composedly to a
now, as 1t is necessary for me to do the
pastry cooks work this morning, that
individual having fed with the rest,
and it being incumbent on me to main