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J 4'.W 'P ' fME CAMDEN CHRONICLE J|. I). Nllrs iu.il . m M M ~ .. , ) I'ldillefcw B. N. MrUon mII S funilMhed ev**r,v Krl<1ti> ut UoU N<> <tro??l Street, a ikI entered at thr Cam ion (HMtOflk* MH seCOUd Ha** luull Hl*t, ?>,r Prlff per annum 91.80. Camden, S. C., June 18, 1920 (lovernor Ooo)>ef Saturday offered a reward of for the apprehension, delivery and conviction of (ho party or partlo* who nearly thr<*e month# ago killed Rdwln White, prominent clti ken of the Cehtonary section of Ma rion county , and weighted the Iwwly 1n Mie water of Little Pee I>cc river. May 20, nine weeks after the crime had tieeiy committed, the body wa? foiuid hy a fishing party. \ at rung wire bad been wound arouud the body and to the wire had t*ccn attached about rM> or ?H) pound* of scrap Iron, (hie bullet had beeu fired Into the, ?tomach. Mr. Will to had starffcd to the MChool house, which Is about one mile from his hoino, to assist hi* brother In the erection of a tombstone. He never nhowed up that afternoon, and noth ing further was hoard of him until the body was taken from the river, Jktcldcd linpotUM 1o enforcement of prohibition law* will foe 4ho Immediate! effect of 4ho supremo court decision de claring the 18th amendment to the oon atltutlon aixl the prohibition enforce meat act constitutional, (V*mmlssl?Mier oX Internal Revenue William*,' dec hires In a statement given out to the press. The American people, OofmmtsMstonor , 'Williams said, will demand oto?evanoe of tbe prohibition law as of all other laws. He added that citizens who have heretofore passively anpilesccd In the prohibitum <tV?t, pending the courts do i ? i ?> i i ?i i ?. "Now may be deixndod u|wn to become active In cooperating with federal, state and muuicipil autborl-j ties In Its enforcement." The commls- j sloner exprossod the belief that file . method of l?*uLny a nd handling liquor j l*?rmlts -which Is now being perfected "will do away with forged pcrmH* and Mogul use of i Hermit x legally granted." ( ( pun Ills arrival in San IfrauejHCQ to attottd the Democratic National (Jon writ Ion Vice ^President Thou. II,' MJarslm II Is quoted as suyiiivc ' "Tho Republican* an* not so well pleas<*d now ?k I hey were on Saturday night. Personally, I have high regard for Sou ator Harding. * I would do anything for iilm oxeeht vote lor j 111 ii). Tho ? Bepub Means are making tin* mistake of their I Ives In thinking of tin* Novemlier eloc r t?Mt as a forgone ctaichuslon and of tho Pomoorata as a disorpinlaod, defeat is! party. They aw* going l<? find \i? very much alive In November." There aro two vacant scholarships to Oxford University, Knglamd o{M*n to South Carolina lw>ys this year. Tlio scholarships arc optfnu t<> any man be tween the ages of ID and '2f? who has completed satisfactorily ill least tho Sopln more class of ndy In nn ilcrre dMo.d college atul who 'has other nee ossary qualifications. The scholar ships arc worth $1,500 oach. More t huii five 'thousand signatures were obtained to a i>etlllon ciwmhtted ijt Oregon Tuesday asking United States Senator lllrani \V. Johnson, to repndla te the platform adopted hy tho rcpntdeaii national convention at Chi cago. and t ? ? annmimv himself as an Independent candidate for the presi dency, according lo a telegram senl to Senator Johnson hy VV. !', Adams, Portland attornex Major ( leu I Wood. in a siiTii-. ? ? I statement Tile-day elm r:?elcriy.ed as a "v - i .u- and ma llc!oiis - falsehood," a declaration hy Nieledas Murray Hut* ler, l!a! a "nioilev group <?f stts'k camlders <>i and tuSi.iu:: promoters, munition- makers 1 1 1 < I oilier Pk" per soils'' I ..| eked tile genera!* campaign for lilt J(e|M|hj ic.l || I ' le? I ? le 1 1 ( i :| ! : ('Illi mi t i'Mi , Made it Too High. In .'Hi i }i s | weeks |)ji|)er we mention ed tho fact that tho Hank of Logoff had increased it- capital from $lio,(M)0 to ?o.ih>p Through mm error the fig n res read fr??m KM) to ftfo.uon Letters From I he People Thanhs Ills Krirnds. IMitoi* Chronicle I desire i?> u.**** this op|H <rt nni t \ 1 1 > 1 1 i.i nk my friends throughout the count* ivh<? have pul> lich :j 1 1 ? I privaleU urged me lo stand for the House i?f Ke)>resoiitati\ c< this Ml miner. In 'view of the mali\ re quests that are ctmiing to me urging this course, I wish to .-ay that 1 shall give the matter a thorough oonsidera fion arid nnnoti!i?<e m> decision n HMle la to:" on Mendel I.. Smith Coming, toinoro* at the MaJ^nUc Charlie Chaplin in "A JITNKY BIX^PR vent " ? - THE NOMINATION OF HARDING ( From Tfc# Ni'W York Time* . > I iM?n a Platform that has prodmv.i Kuueral aisMitHfm-toii. ?ii*- Chc*go cow U'jil Ji'n IU-4 *vut* u ? untiulat*! ***** nomination will Ih. received wRU as tonishment and dismay to tU0fl*?ty whoae Miffragc* l"' luvtte*, . ) V/.V.' Hauling I- a very table Ohio iMiiUfcltii* of W?v ^1^-claiu. }? 'w* 1 11 ? \ t* r U vll% a -leader of lllM? Of H director of I mMcIcs. For years n l*>r tege 01 Fotaker, he h?a? to " ,?W*' diuate offlOC by fav. or ? 1U*? ivX, of Cincinnati. Ben ten by JU^OU Har mon in the contest for Uw Uovernoi ^i.io in ltnu. ho hit* wver ?itow? urn SSUSi $*m ?* h,H r11^ ?i; when how an named for Senator la 1U14, having a Majority of a Utile ?o?V tliun 100, OW) over his I>emomtlo corn iH-tltor ; a 1)4 outside of Ohio hob an only *weta strength as ho now dorlvfeg from his pluoe at the head of tfce ReputiM C?it ticket. Senator Harding s record at Washington ha* boon Paint and t(>1 orhv4i Ho was an umM stingu Ished ujmI Indistinguishable unit lu ^the ruck of Republican Bona torn who olHjdlentl> followed Mr. I/odge lu tfoe twisting* and turning* <*f that itateeman a foray upon tho -treaty and the .?ovoiiant. Tho nomination of Harding, for whoso counterpart w? must go hack to Franklin Pierce if W? would seek a President w ho metwnreiKl own to hlaj political stature, in the fine and PWJJJJ flower of the cowardice and imbecility of til? Senatorial ca^l that charged Itself with the management of the He publican convention, against whose Control (Jovernor Beockmau ho vehe? mently protested. Rejecting ix.*onard NVood, probably the strongest , date with the people the (party could have chosen, because they knew he would never be dictated lo by tbern, they favored (loveruor I^wden until Itorah served upon them hta notice <rf a veto of that nomination. Borah wus coinandlug and truculent because he knew that he had tod ?at with a group of white-livered hind lncompotend poli ticians. if Republican leadership had not fajlen Into the hands of pigmies thee thief men at Chicago would have told Borah to bolt find bo Jianged, Just as upon the Issue of tho league they would have defied John* oil to do his worst. But thoy ran like a frightened mlock. surrendered everything. Mr. Ixidge finally throwing oft! all dlB guLscs and st'andlug out as tho open foe of the covenant of the league of na tions, even with hLs own reservations. What has befallen the Republican party of the caTyi days, the party of slxtyy ears ugo, when was iKJssossed of moral purposes, or of forty and thirty years ago. when It .couM still profes'l to hlivc them and flinl be ll vers V When* are Its leaders that can be conii|>aj*od to Morrill. Seward, Hale, Piatt, of Connecticut ; Oliver l\ Mor ton, Sumner, Blaine, Conkllng and a down others who rose to high places j lu the luirty councils? And, If <tbe question be not too. unfeeling, where and what are its principles, if any it, have? Party control, exercised by a , group of Sen'utors, is divided between | Ijodgc on tiie one bund and Borah and Johnson on the other. None of them, nutation would InTve couie wlthbn hailing distance of the foremost rank [of arty chiefs in the brilliant, days of Republicanism, And for principles, they have only hatred of Mr. Wilson and n ravening hunger for the office. ? -Governor Oootidge for Vice President really shines by comparison with the head achievement, 'be is known to the party and to the nation. When tho police force of Boston went on strike | he showed himself to l>o atn an. He met tliut menace to the public safety I with courage and determination, and I the nation rang with praise of him. lit is fortiithfcite that not a word Is to 1h? said against the character of cither candidate. They arc 'irreproachable But that <hn's not coini>cusnto for tho link of achievement,, for the color I lessness of the candidate for fH-st place. * or for Mm manner In wliic his nomination was brought- about. It will l?e felt and said everywhere that the Democrats at San Francisco have received from their opponents at Chi cago the gift of ^a splendid oppor t unity. THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE i ? : (Charleston News iiikI ( 'on riot*. i Tin* Republicans have nominated' an luttorly uninspiring candidate. a man aWut whom four-fifths of :ihi' Ameri nui people know practically nothing, a man of whom mlllious of voters lmvo I novel* hen rd . ' all I In? men who . snnvrhi the nomination. Soniilor Hard ? lug of < ihio is, wil h t ho possible ex ception of Sproul of I Ynn?y1 vaniu, furl hct from being a national figure. The | h'o| i|e knew \V?k>iI. they know Low den. they knew Johnson, they knew Hoover, they knew something at lea>l- about i>olidge. They did not know Harding or any tiling of any consequence about him ; and when the new-* of his nomination was flushed over tie ?-oiintry the first question asked b\ the crowd-* about the bullet in -boards wiis, "Who is I larding. any way Y' | A man without magnet i?ui. a man | without the precious gift of |?erson alitv. a man with no nford of positive a?hie\ ement to his eredit. a man who i is ; i loial stranger t?? four fifths of the American people, a man whose (opinion* reirardini: the great ques tion- of the times are known t>> >carce 1 lv an.vtiody. a man who*e miml has i lilt herto made no impress whatsoever ii(hhi the pnl 'lie ml ml and who has [exerted no influence u|?oii the national ! life? it is with a candidate of this sort I -.tandiiik' upon a platform as color t less ftthl uninspiring as the candidate himself that the Republican party g<>e^ J Itcfore the ipeople in this momentous election year of IP'JO I .The nomination of Senator Harding is. primarily, the sad product of the j predicament in which the Republican | party had Imm-ii placed by the folly and ! narr.rwness oC iH| active leadership j durbui tlm past year and a balf. There | is no n?se in eolng over that lcwg story. Suffice it t<> say that the Wll sonph<?bla which has obsesaed the party leadership and completely domi nated its policy created a situation at the convention which made it Im possible for the party to adopt a plat form or name a Candidate worthy of its traditions. It was forced to com promise with and in large measure ^urromler to for<s?* within itself which \WH{ ? J, Y^u ariHwwl by tagonlsUl* that UttU vHhVM i(f tbo 1^**4,1 ii it 'i i atuoug iwMltrrn . ?tt ,^rJSE?M. on. the I'iJudWiityf meant a pirty ??' ,i:"ntro .wv?u MJfllt Abe l**l > |4.>1M.,,Uy of ,o uoW 4k. I'fa nt* sa ta la that he the l.e*t l,l?l , |*?f li? i t ?? to WO?*? u,,v done nothing 4efl? with him "X w .-"?P7 Ywl H w w ? i.i in ink* thlH *1IW?U J w ? ' ? m lu -purposes. to tU(. Harding t? ^ l.ut In connection people. ?so be *a : , exists in W11' :r t?k?s. ^.tsr 52s the .prc-convcntlon t i ^ fuvor """"""nS'onS <>)<! <!???'. ?ml M? candidate <?' , tU? contention tbo course of ovonw ai "? t jjv would aoeui to heai rt.y negative srassJ sws ?on win not vote for the ^hl? with aucb a candidate as M , a ^SS^SS*' i?i I.SSS III: itei>ublloa??H? 900^ tOv boUl tuo A/wi tov bowS. people *?? turn ".f"" MTeory to. .Wtttaf ??W iH'tter than what wo now hav? . l n . > trlVnl oiuch tibia same game In 1910. making Hughes onmo^t^ tbo issues, suppresKbig b K ^r^wj. metamorphosing hi in Into a bearuon ladv" as Roosevelt la ?aW to hjye described blm In disgust. And they failed In 1916, aUho?j* ^ST?W?* vaHtly stronger, a vastly aoier, a tleground then, as ( HOW^ ^ "^uSnTa^l? <?? !-<>??"? ?< tr ?mC&? *$??& ^"""auSr15' r;?'" " S&JSSto victory in N^;"' ^V^rTht'lt^ra.'S tlmcj ?i..r war* I.KO Our Hopes, however,1 nnst ?? held tn leash. until wo have heard from San Franclaoo mmu, Democrats - luivo thou ^rea i ch.m?; their care mnatjjo Mj^! (i<i not fling It away as tbo utpuuin L w,.,.M mh'hi to have Jhm? away n.oirn To win. or to deserve to win, there 'arc two things which the ltert w-rts must do. Let thorn adopt a pos tlve courageous platform, dodging no U^ue but during plainly the party a position on every great question and. above all, <>b?mplwing wh?le^earted iv" the izroat project of a society ui nntlwiH n aming together of the world's' free iieoples In a c<?-oiH?riithe undertaking for the ?"J"tcnfU,i^8tl^ world peace ui>oii a basis of Jua lc and reason. That, is the fl^t thlnKn Then let them nominate, a known to the wbolo .?onntr^ a rnun known a? a dtier, a man of for? ami of proved ability, a man whoso charac ter perwnalHy and achievements have made an Impress upon the iintlon a man of positive conVletlons regatxl In- the Kreat questions Is-foro us--a man. In short., like WHIIan, <1. MeAdoo r^sneh'a' platfoiai antl such a nomlna will !??? sou,,. VOLS, for the party whioh It might otherwise have, birt the contrast with ihe alternatives of fered h.v the Uepubllcans would be j*> meat that the Democracy would be hound to gather to Itself the ^l^'M ,.f the nation and in the end It will juit onlv"*xain many more votes tnan will Ik- 'lost, but It will l?c strenu'tbencd :ui,l fortified and Imiit up and re n??wed. from within and from witlvmt. a,.d in all rosjfccts made more fit and more ready f<>r the tasks that lb ahead. ! \Y Lilian^- .l?'i?nln^ Itryan <ir.?ngly nrtrtsl the Itepnldicans t?> lnir?Mluee a Llank in ibelr plat form imbu-slng t'be 1Sti? ainemUueiit a> intcrpr'-lcd by the Volstead a-t in address before a mass meeting of tlie "drys of the lie publican party in Chicago. Tuesday. Today at the Majestic see William Fa mum in The Adventurer. Wants-For Sale UAR PIN irfOST? Sot with Sap phires. Pearls and Diamond. Return to -Ctyonlrfr oftiop and rweivo re ward Itip FOl'Nl) ? < >110 pin. Owner < an have snme by describing property, falling at ? hi*- ??ffiee and 1 ?? y f n c for tlliM notii*'. It IH)K SALK ? White' Wjlmdot and white Iveirhorn chickens. The lot ??f f ? ? rcH 1 at 'Ck' {H>r i>ound. .lamon I). Zt'mit a J 7/4'nip and l>e Pas-? I)ruR Store 11 pj FOK SALK ? (>ih* i *odjfp touring '-ar1 in a - 1 shape. Will sell at a bargain.! Call 210 at <*? rollna Motor Co.. Cam don, S. ('. . 11 j?d I VTANTKD ? To" rent either an Cnder- j wood or llrniinfrtatf typewriter for' a ahort time. S. J. Walter*. Cas ittttrX C- - * lti LOOT GOLD PIN? 4*et with Sapphires Peart*. and a IJiajnoruU . Reward if return to Chronicle ^>ffi<f\ 1tpj D U Y satisfaction when you buy tires. Fisk Tires meet any comparison, any competition. Then there is the assurance of the Fisk Ideal. ? ?' ' ? ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' / v : : ?" ' _ ' MTo be the beat concern in the world to work lor and the aquarcst concern in existence to do bntines* with, " Next Timm? BUY FISK W. O. HAY Camden, S. C. FOR SALE? Two tons Nitrate Soda on bund now. $80.00 iffcr ton. J.B, 1 Zemp. 1 1 tp. SODA FOR SALE ? Two or three cars arriving next week. See John Whi taker, Camden S. C., lOtf j FOR SALE? 1910 -Ford Sedan -five passenger, in good condition will be sold cheap. Apply to II. $3. Porter, at Moseley 'Mercantile Co., Camden ?. C. 11 pd AtT^OmTKrTRlXK AND TRAC TOR OWNERS ATTENTION? We are in a better position than ever be fore to attend to your repairs, etc. j All of our mechanics arc <men of sev eral years experience and work un der Mr. Ernest Frietag. iVe are adding daily to our equipment of modern tools and machinery. Your huslneas "Will be nppreqla ted. \V. (). Hay'HtSarago, South Ilroad Street, Camden, S. C 10-13p IX)ST ? One black Shetland pony. Strayed from home la?t Thursday night. Notify S, H| ChewnUig, Cam den, -S. C., and reward and expenses will be paid. lpd. FOR SALE ? One blue Ford Speedster ear for sale. See W. (i. Fundeburk. 411 Ikdviilb !S?treet, on Hermitage Cotton Mill. Camden, S. C. 1l-l2pd. FOB Pigs of all agon. Apply' to Henry Sirtyrl, Cautey, 8. C, 0-1 FOR SALE? tfweet Potato Plants, I $1,50 per 1000, express collect. $1.75 10{)0, (postpaid. All varieties prompt shipment Porrls-Konsey Plant Co., VWRokU, Oa. lOKlpd. FOR RENT? Two front offices over the Mep's Shop. Apply to J. H. Bums; Camden, S. C? 9 tit FOR SAUB ? .Mill Ion Porto Itilco, and Nancy 1 La 11 potato plants. We ate Shipping varletaid a day. Hush your orders. Nu?- Is thie time to put otit plants for ourt.v eating. Oculy %'l per' 1000 )j.v express. J. K. CWllis, Item hert, S. C. 7tf FOR SALft ? Five room house on Ihimpton Avenue. Price on applica tion. L. A. MsDowell, Agent. FOR $ALK ? Laths for sale. Apply Ilciry Savage, Camden S. C. rf. PAINT ? Save money on your iiaint hill. Ask about .the Southern -Cot ton. Oil Oo\? line. AVm. King, at Oil Mill, Camden, ?. C. 2if. LOANS? ou improved real estate, easy terms. E. C. vonTresekaw, Camden, S. C ? 45 gj..1 TJTOJt L I JL. tJ- Ol U.JI J ? ..I LI .-LI U j KIRNTTIRK REPAIRING-And* holsfcery ?bop Is bow located at 820 i Market. Street, JHBSl teed. Dibble I lull tor, proprietor, r Camden.^#., C. lO-lSpd YELY?T BEANSL-~lfcr ?*le at *? ;i ?j. per bushel. Fine as stock food mi ?wonderf ul soil renovator. W. B Heudrlx at Ptue Farm, Oaeadec, S, o! ?""P '' ? ?' "V1'1. T. ? ] WANTED ? Sow ml hand otftiw. .Mtji d it'. sis tk>x 228. Walter Parker, Ota den, S. C. Mtf ? . ? ? 1 " " ??' III I VOHNf WANJED **- For WortkMW (lair Preparation. See or off ? Madam K. 10. Belton, 1713 Gorfct Street, Camden, 8. C. 20t? WANTED? A double entry Bookkeeper, Camden, 9. C, man or woman. Apply i? own handwriting. Drawer ? 262, Camden, S. C. 8tf FQR SALE? Farm of B, It. TroeedeH, lmtated on Liberty HIM road, contact Lng four hundred eighty nine acre, a boh t three hundred acres cleared, balance In wood and pasture land. 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