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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE II. I), N II.KK Kditor and PublUher Published every Kriday at ko. 1100 Broad street and entered at the Cam den, South (Jarolina postofflce a* second e,la??s mail matter. Price per annum $2.00. ; "Camden, 8. ftecembcr 22, 1022. Not because it i? an honored cus tom, hut because of the sincerity of our appreciation, The Chronicle and its force taken this opportunity to thank you for the part you have played in pur iniiifiMA prosperity during the past twelve months, and we Wtah >ou a old Merry Christ inas ami a Happy New War. The Chronicle is reliably informed that quito "an extensive paving pro- J gram, hi addition to that already un ? dor way, will be fuapped/ out early in?the New Year, and one in which V nearly every section of the city will he in close proximity to some paved thoroughfare. And right at the present when the streets are cut to pieces with continuous rains and con stant traffic is an opportune time to agitate such a program. Imme diately after the first of the year the plans and costs both to city and property owners will he worked out and presented to the citizens in a de tailed statement through the city papers, and of course the tax payers will have a say in the matter. It will necessarily increase the taxes to some extent but the improved road ways and the saving in the long run may offset the cost, and we believe we speak for the majority of the property owners that they will wel come an additional paving program. Tell your home-town editor you like his paper or why you don't Ho is doing a job which, left undone, would make your community not much of a community. Every pint of brandy a steady drinker takes shortens his 1 i f *? by 11 hours, and the average drink he con sumes curtails his earthy sojourn by . 25 minutes, according to statistics compiled by scientist* of Denmark. If this rule held true we know of several Camden topers who would have passed to the great beyond many years ngo. I)on't be afraid of what "people will think".- -people don't think about you as often as you think they do. * Hard-surface roads cost a great deal of money, but from the way ma ny counties and States are building them they must In* worth what they cost. Richland and Sumter coun ties are leading the procession in this State, and though both of these counties have been hard hit by the depression we believe when the re action sets in these two progressive counties will get more than their proportionate share by reason of their forwardness and hustle. Sum ter county is busy building a system of hard surface highways that in rludes all of the principal roads of the county, and the work is being done under the direction of the State Highway Commission so as to fit in with the plans of that body for a State system of permanent roads la ter on. Right, now. under existing conditions, it requires a lot of nerve even to suggest a bond issue of the proportions that would be required for an undertaking of this character in this county, but it might.be a wise sU-p.- Chester Reporter. A i'nan smokes t < > qu ct his nerves ?a woman powders her nose. Many times when a man dors his duty ijuirLly and unostrntationusly, but in thr ? 'Yrht way. their is no threat public' demonstration. an I he may think sometimes that hr i un apprer iated ; but it i? not always that way. The publii dors apprr riatr -<urh men, ?-\rn if manifesta tions of thr fact arc oftrn larking. ?Fudifi* .!amc? K. IVurifoy. who tv sipm-d a frw tl.iy a^o. has h? ? n unr ??f South Carolina's ablest jurists, and the fuMowinj* from thr Vork\'i'ilr Kn ijuirrr i> some evident'! < ? f t 1; hold he ha- upon tin heart of South < <ti ? ditia's ? it i7.eo>hip ".ludv I'm: ifny ha> brrn rrt ri\ a -'.?cam ??! .1 t ? trls f rum a!! over Liu State sa,. . :h? rodent annotW?r#-?n?-nt of h..> j > ! ? | ? id retfVcmi-r.t from t I'.e < ; 1 V Vi : t i ?? - r: . h. Thry d'tiii' f?om his colleagues on thr bench, from prominent lawwrs in ? ?vrr> --*?< ! . ? : ? r i from iaytm : all ? ?\prr 1 ' lt '!? | and -<\i 1 ? ? tr : ? * bis lit tri m mat mi. m t : . ? ? matter. Some even sr? far as !o beg him ?o r<*C( 1!) ? :dr r . It Oo--;Mi, notwith . :xtn?ia.^' 1 \w o ? 1 h. ? ? ha* nc-icr.er} fur :h - ? 1 m 1 . ha- t , 1 k ? ? ? H :? hon ? v ha- b km ? i ' \ mu h tourh? d vo mi ? J ;i - . p?:h..p- 'ha* .f he had re al i"i-<) i r '( '? f'..: 1 ?x'ci' ' : . ',>n :*;c!t-ni<- a:d 1 ^ u . uhiih hr is v.?dd. h.- de? i.?.ion n; ')? m t'ti i u njid hav?* Ik ( m r\rn irinrr diffiiu!t * hn n it a a - ( hi ,-t.rr lb port rr r-?- ? . en i - r ' I . .t - ; : if .'.a ? 1 a ? e * ' :?? <4 a V- ad. ' P'ranriA K Mai.-'.,i ..nd L.r'J ?na:it < har'i"1 i \\ i-b nva'nr> i-h' d ? -a pprnn d 1 nr S \ntonio, | Fi-xa-i. r'M fnlly have not yet Ix'cn ^ r^?ttrrthstanrfmr *ho ?v?iwtrv ??? ?\hKh the> were supposed to bo lost : ?< h*' inr soured by airp'nne?. INTKRK8TINC OLD NKW8PAPKR Published in Charlotte Seventy -three Yearn Ago by Kditor Holton. Mrs. W. Li. Houston brings to The Kmjuirep n copy of tho old Charlotte .Journal,, dated May 18, 1849, it be ing addressed to the late H. M. Hous ton. T. J. Holton whs the newspa per's editor and proprietor. Sub'' scription price: "Two Dollars per an num in advance; Two dollars and, Fifty ('t:nts if payment be delayed three months; and Three Dollars If not paid until the close of the year." IVnalty not stated if subscriber nev er paid. An ariirle credited to lluntsville, Alabama, Advocate, sets forth the ad vantages of living at home. "At present the North fattens and gj^ows rich upon the South. We depend upon if for our supplies. We pur chase all our luxuries and necessi ties from the North," etc. Poor old South! H ever was the goat. Under the head Hymeneal is found: "Married in this county, on the 15th inst., by the KeV. Mr. Pharr, Mr, Thonia.s M. Kilpatriek to Miss Mary C:, eldest daughter of Silas AJexan der, Ksq. We acknowledge the re ception of our fee. May happiness attend them." (l "Wt> will remain in Charlotte a short time," appears in an advertise ment of Mr. Smiley, maker of da guerotypes. , ' "Negro stealer caught," is the cap tion to a news item, a heinous crime in slavery days. I Hev. Walter W. Pharr and Miss Amanda V. Pharr advertise Poplar Tent Female Academy. In the days of '49. reading, writing-, arithmetic, grammar, geography, history, astron omy, drawing, painting, music and ornamental needlework were taught young Indies. "Board will be furnish ed at $<> per month, including every thing that is necessary for the com fort of the pupil. "Latin and Greek will also be taught by the subscri ber." Win. A. Ardrcy, administrator, Ad vertises as follows: "Notice ? At the residence of the late William McKin noy, i/i Providence, Mecklenberg County, I will expose to sale on the 22nd day of May next, on a Credit of nine months, Valuable Negroes, one jboy of 18 years of age and two girls, one of them twenty-five and the other about forty. Kdltor Ilolton ealled Charlotte "a town," in the old days. One railroad, the Charlotte and South Carolinia, was soliciting subscriptions to the capital stock. The commissions of the railroad wore B. Oates, W. W. Kims, R. F. Davidson, I.eroy Springs, C. J. Fox and .1. W. Osborne. From the numerous announcements the ubiquitous 'patent medicine ven dors flourished in the old days. One of them setting forth the merits of his preparation, prefaced it with the following couplet: "Though it cannot give the saved one wealth, It gives a treasure far more glorious, Health!" ? Monroe Enquirer. The Joy of (iood Hoads. ? Take a trip over some section of the country now where there is no hard surfaced road, and you will readily see why North Carolinians are such pood roads boosters. Drive over into York County some after noon in your car after one of these cozy damp days, and come back more of an enthusiast than ever for the North Carolina way of building roads. After you have plowed through some red clay and negotiated "a slow and car-wrecking journey over some of the unimproved roads of the country, you will feel a delight when you once again hit the hard surface of Gaston County. No money evei spent in Gaston County has yielded such returns as that spent for roads. ( iaston ia ( Jazet to. Head and Weep. I'd: the benefit ot cur 1 emit i - who may want to know where this paper emulates. the editor herewith de pnses anil says, towit: "<)i| and Motor Reporter cuvu'a'es it; Ameriea. Asia ami Africa. It also Kr,f.v t<> New Zealand. lrnless more vTjhs> ' :pt ions and advertisements are v.'ii \ i'd before the next issue, it will : ? Kahl\ go ill ?!]." < > i i and Motor R-p..rter. I he Magic (Gateway. 1 tu:ti"d the covet of a hook And found it was a gate Into a field wh'-ro one might i < < ? k . ( Unwearied. >oon av.d 'ate The dream - of ? \ ? t > land and sea Were all ab??ut me then*. K'nd spirits came and talked with me ' Ar t f 1 ? \\i r > bloomed > vi r;, where 1 -aft '.he \ear.< T f . . ? T e<t g had -pel. ^ The Wi'iltlroie ?>! etie< of yore- x Tbe might V gnv* nr *** ".rn". They lived and spoke once more. The greatest mind-- that ever though'. A r. ! heart - t hat e\ < r bea* . ( a me, and the;t ? ' ? ? ? 'i : ? > brought T > lay t hem a' m \ fei t f'larenre K I'lyrr. .? N N \ ! r ate. The t'jii > va ' hem:, tl ? "tr. t : . > ha*- established a r.' \v plant fu. n.^.k-i m? fer* iliztl? ill Columbia.. It w?Ul hav. u I'apailly of H30 Ions a day,, nnd ha-' a enptfa! ^Ock of $100,000. j I / v w ? , - - I I mmmmmrn CONSERVATION OF FORESTS GROWING mm ?? ?? i?i ? i m dm Lumber Producer, Once Most Notorious Waster, Is Becom ing Provident and Canny. FEAR PERIL OF WOOD FAMINE Methods of Lumbermen Radically Change- ? Remnant* pf the Virgin Stands of Pino in the South Will Bo Cut in Ton Years. WttshinKtou.-riu no great American iuduatry, not eVen meat packing, In which by common repute everything Is utilized hut the hug's squeal, la con servation today receiving greater at tention than In the lumber industry. The lumber producer, once of all our industrial giants the greatest and most notorious wastrel, has begun to be provident and canny. ? The Indus try has been forced to It. Its alterna tive la to cliauge methods or prepare for the end of greatness. And what In now being done to change methods constitutes one of the most Interest ing stories In modern industrial science. The fact Is that America Is nearlng the end of her timber resources. Even ten year* ago the prediction that the end was nigh was scouted as the out cry of the professional alarmist. But, expanding population, the enormous demand of the war for lumber, the ceaseless forest tires, all have done their work. America faces the un pleasant fact that her once seemingly lnexhaustthle forests, which stretched across 8,000 miles with only a break for the Great Plaint, are nearlng ex ha est ion. ? Already the pinch Is being felt, es pecially In the Kawt. The rising prices tell part of the story. The consump tion of lumber has dipped from an average per capita use of 500 board fee t In 11)00 to 816 board feet In 1920 ? a drop of 87 per cent la 14 years. Carry this out to the end, and the consumption yo t lumber wonld cease altogether about the year 1940; - The remnants of the virgin stands of Vine In the Sonthern states* will be cut out In another ten years. That will teave the Pacific Northwest as the sole re maining chief source of lumber and lumber prices In the East will he be (red upon Oregon and Washington prices pins the freight rate across the con^ tlnent, s rate that is a greater sum per 1,000 board feet ttoan Easterners had to pay for lumlter Itself, includ ing Ihe hauling churge, a few years ago. , ?(! . ' Government First Conservator4. The government was first to realize the Impending (loom of the American forests, and to combat It established the United States forest service* to protect und maintain the timbered areas of the public domain, set aside In perpetuity as national forests. Certain states followed the govern ment's example, establishing state for est services. A little over ten years ago the foi-est service established at Madison. Wis., the forest products laboratory to study the problems of the Industry scientifically, devoting special atlentlon to. .the conservation of wood after It Is cut. The Industry nt thst time may have looked askance at this Innovation as being another one of "those governmental bureaus." Ho that as it may, when the labora tory celebrated its tenth birthday re cently, lumbermen traveled thousands of miles to be there and assist with their presence. The laboratory has already saved millions to the Industry, and It bus only Just begun to show what It can do. Finally, the lumber industry Itself took up the campaign of conservation. Through Its own organization, the Na tional Lumber Manufacturers' asso ciation, It is co-operating with the various official bodies as well as pur suing its own lines of research. A Two-Fold Problem. There Is room here only to outline a few of the methods whereby the timber supply of the United States U to he saved. The problem Is two-fold, although both halves are Interknlt ? the conservation In forests themselves and. secondly, conservation in the mills and In the use of lumber. In the woods the greatest problem Is Are. Kven with today's diminished per capita use of lumber we are cut ting down tre*s four times us fast as nature can grow new wood; but In spite of all the systems of protection, the forest fire continues to he even more destructive than the woodsman's ax. The solution of the f! r?? problem seems to tie a more elaborate system ?if Are protection and greater coopera tion with Mate and national lire pro feotion ser\ Ires ? n the part of pri vate owners of timber land Of the more than 32, (Mi forest tires nntiually. lightning Marts about i ne fifth of thctn and human care'^sness th" rest The tohn <-o smoker N the ? M?*f ? A ?: rr.n g eJT-.i ! i? be ing r;.;i le to induce tot a<co m. n'if.ic forers to print fire ?ari,,n.'s <>:i nil packages of . -Ignr*. l^.i.-ette* .md pipe t * ?! ?<* ? *. o T' e hief damage n 1,\ t ,r j e>: tires ',?* n-t in t! <? \ gin timber I t ? 1 1 : .n the eijf O'.er an 1> '.U .vhb'h the ;.g ireis I n\e u ?' V i-m 'i ! ,er i c'mi. ?..!?!>? <? i 7> it j* Kiivn.ng the w e,i 1 cf the "7 :ha of a!! ? i -\ er f ?r M. binds w?;j| j p? fo; ; il.i v i s. If it >><. -r* fnr fires The rtre t<-o. I? the Td?.* defe-rent to prlratr o^nrr* f cut >ver !-?n<!s |o reforest tbCMi,. Men iiexllntf In l< K'i> ui> a cui?Hidon>ble in w*imeul wbleh Is always subje?'l to lestru<-i|ou from ait* ani>r?'\ s*nthble i'HUM1. A lx*l lot' control of II r*vs twould undoubtedly result in ??? lu< reuse in {'OiniiuMvlul reforestation. f "Kike, l.onj to Realise. Vet it in a forward-looking man who will Invest in' m business flu* prof It* *?t which will act rue only to his grandchildren. Tbe slow growth of trees does not recommend forestry a* a business for an Impatient. man. Helen <?<?. therefore,, is romlng to the ul?l of th*osi\ who would ilke quicker ^profits. It l# doing thU through what is known n> lamluuicd construction. laminated wood construction was greatl.v devciojH'd during the war b> the forest products laboratory. In plain language, It consists of glulq# small pieces of wood together to form a largo piece and then turning or oth erwise working or using the large piece as if It were a piece of clear timber, (ilues have been developed that are practically as strong as the wood Itself, and tney are now prac tically waterproof and bacteria^ roof. Already such objects as gunstoeks, air plane propellers, axietrecs, bowling pins and the like are being ma<le of laminated wood) and the development Is expected to produce beams, girders and stringers that will be as strong j and durable as clear timber. Using Laminated Wood. The extension of the use of laminat ed wood will have a profound effect upon the lumber industry In more ways than one. It will encourage the commercial planting of forests by en abling the use of trees much smaller than those now usually cut, and thus shorten the period of rotation in for est culture. Furthermore, by making salable small pieces of wood hereto fore held valueless, lamlnatloh will ; extinguish the. burning slab piles ; which have been as perpetual an ad junct of the modern sawmill as the altar Are was In the ancient temple j of Vesta. lamination will have another ef fect. Heretofore the practice In the woods hs? been to reject those fac tions of logo which by reason of Im perfections would not saw up into clear timber. The section rejected might contain much usable wood, but : If It was not entirely sound It was left on the floor of the forest to rot and ?dd to the Are hasard. If the mill .can market small pieces of wood, 4t can cut up these hitherto discarded logs and save what good timber they contain. To the same end the forest prod ucts laboratory Is urging chalrmakers and other users of wood In small pieces to order their lumber cut to site at the mills, abandoning their present practice of buying large pieces and sawing thetn up themselves. This will further enconrage the more com plete utilization of the logs cut In the j forest. Endl?M Lln? of By-Products. An to the nse of by-products, the ramifications r?f the conservation crusade are almost endless. The Chi cago packing house has not yet fonnd a use for the pig's squeal, hut the lum bermen have discovered they can use the tree's hark. Good tarpaper can be made of the bark which accrues at the wood-pulp mills. Bark, after the tannin has been extracted, can also be so used. Waste wood at the veneer factories makes excellent paper, the scientists have discovered. Newspa pers c?n be de-inked and marie up Into new paper. Even sawdust, into which 13 per cent of all timber coming to the mill fa converted, has not escaped atten tion. It can be used as human food, with n cow acting as Intermediary between tbe sawmill and the diner. In other words. It Is possible by a simple chemicnl process to turn much of the cellulose of sawdust Into sugar which ts digestible by cattle. Grain alcohol can also be made of sawdust and of the small branches and twigs of tn?es. The scientist fore sees the day when a large part of the automobiles of the United States will be driven by fuel derived from this sou rev. 560 "THOMASITES" NOW 34 School Teachers Who Wont to Phil ippine# Twenty-Ons Ysars Ago Hold Retwlon. Manila, I*. I. ? Out of a tot 1 of .VjD American teachers who came to the Philippine Islands ?>n the United States transport Thomas, 'J1 years ago, only 154 remain In the Philip pines. nnd only eltfht are still engaged In educational work. While the men outnumbered the women more than two to Mne, there being 400 men and only 1 <?? ? w<?m?*n. the proportion has been radically changed until now vir tually the entire Vrnerlcan teaching e??rp? It. the l>lands Is made up of women The ''I "Th'-mushes." as th?*> < all thenjs-l \ es, recently held ft rofmlnn, the t >? (-nt> -flr*t anniversary of their nrrlvnl !ri the Nl.inl Mnkcs Auto Into Fire Eng-ns. (Nipet.hagen ? bn l\!l?'l. unriM-r, a D:?nl-b ??'. e t ri?*:i I > r, _* nt-cr, bus lnvent e<l a flevlcc wh'cb w ill turn m motor car Into n fire ci.g:n?* nt a m'nut?*'s ; notice T!.?- attachment. which Is1 n<>f iniii'1' b'u'-er 'I. in an ordinary J jilnr'ii ? I" rk, wiM throw w;ifi-r to k j l?c <:( t i . f i i , . , i ? Brother'? Parted 40 Vf^rs Meet in JaiI. 1 Lit Mr K'"< k, Ari. John ^;<-r?r oft I 'up*' ? -Mints ?>:? : Ham S;>?n. er of [ Cnnw.?> Ark trr^.TT.f-rs, i r-n? y T--f t "H' :n forty years' when f e\ ?\ ere b> Ih placed lr? the vHiiic ?-ii it 1 li?- u'\iiU) jail here. Poth ?* ere irre>t?-?| <>n liquor charge*. ' ???? i .? i. . . Exact Copy of Wrapper. For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always , ? / . Bears the /jOT Signature //jT Tho United States supreme coup on last Monday handod down a d* cision in which it held that the state and Federal courts can punish for the same offenso in cases where both have jurisdiction. The decision was in a prohibition case. The defendant .had been convicfefhrin both the state and Federal courts, and he' sought to avoid double penalty by pleading the provision of the Federal consti tution declaring that no man should be punished twice for the same of; fense. The court held among othor things that since the eighteenth amendment of the constitution pro hibits the manufacture, sale or con sumption Of liquor in the United States, it is incumbent on both state and Federal governments to do all they can to make effective the consti- j tution; but it does not lie in the power of any state to pass laws of j modifying effect. If it were so that i both the state and Federal govern ments could not punish for the same offenses then a state which was so inclined, might provide a light pen a'ty so insignificant that no one would mind, and the offender having submitted to that light penalty could claim immunity from real punish ment. There is an exceedingly tense sit uation around Marion, Illinois, in connection with the trial of the Union miners accused of participation in the Herrin massacre. While the Union miners were the only active partici pants in the affair, the people around ? farmers and business men ? were cognizant of all the facts before, dur ing and after the wholesale killings and they are being used as witness es. It is understood that the miners on trial and others in sympathy have put out the word that they will as sassinate any witness who shall giv*? damaging testimony against them, and it is stated that the farmers and others have formed a secret organi zation through which they have put out word that for every witness who is harmed they will get ten miners. Most of the witnesses who have been i on the stand so far have been testi fying: with extreme reluctance and ; some have shown terror. One man claimed Saturday that he did not care so much for himself; hrut he was con cerned as to what would become of his family in ease anything should happen to nim. Fire, starting 121 the cook room nf the ^ . \V . ('. A. cafeteria on north Main street, Spartanburg, at mid night Monday night caused damages amounting to $100,00(1 to several stores including Ffird's Hohbs-Hen dt-rson company and two 10c stores. The mo*! of the damage was by wa ter. Tho sensational damage case of Miss Frances Cleveland Birkhead, stenographer, against Governor Lee M. Russell, which h*ti been stirring fcfre stpte of Mississippi for several months, caijne to a close, in v the. United States district court at Ox ford- last Mtmday. wjth a Verdict for the defendant. Miss Birkhead was sui ri?( jfar $100,000 damages, charg ing seduction and injury to health because of an alleged illegal opera* tior?v for which she charged respon sibility to the defendant. The gov ernor denied, all charges, and intro duced many witnesses to show that the defendant's reputation had had nothing* to. lose all along. Also he charged that the suit was brought for political purposes, mainly in order to ruin his own career, and introduced many Witnesses to prove the allega tion. All of the jurors were married ' men, some -of them quite elderly;. The jury remained out only 28 min-*' utcs before returning with its verdict. Quite a sensation was stirred up among the negroes of Atlanta a few . days ago by the discovery that a ne gro undertaker named L. F. Ware, had been engaged in the business of, digging up and stealing back the -cas kets he was selling to his customers. Suspicion had been aroused in various ways and detectives caught the grave robbers in the act. The practice was to go to tho cemetery the nght of the burial, or the next night, take up the casket, remove the body and put it back in the box and then take the casket back to the undertaking establishment. Investigation of the undertaking establishment disclosed several caskets that had been sold at from $100 to $500 each, with earth stains on them, showing that they had been previously used. Ware and two negroes he had been using to - dig up the coffins were arrested and committed to jail. Ware denied all knowledge of the affair; but his al leged employes confessed to all de- , tails. W. R. Kennington, coroner of I/ce County, died at his home, six miles from BishopvUle, in the Cedar Creek section, at 4 o'clock Saturday after noon. Two V'olumbians, giving their names as Robinson and Driggers, were captured at Great Falls, Ches ter county, Tuesday in a Ford coupe with 36 quarts of liquor. The men gave bond and the liquor was stored in the magistrate's office from which it was stolen that night. _ r Wanted: To Exchange Farmers or others haying young Cattle to exchange for good Hay see me L. I. GUION Lugoff, S. C.