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mi: Camden chronicle H. I). NUNS Kditor and PaWtsticr Published every Friday a t No. 1 100 | Hryttd street and entered at the Cum. den, South Carolina postoffiee as second class mai! matt or. Price per annum $2.00. 1* A M DKN , S. c., M A Y 1. 1 923. Jk. .nil HI I ? ?? ? , .I . .I. Ol.'K lit K I'll D A V." f, * rhirty-loAr yeats ?KO ty>da> The* Chronicle w?s launched and our friend) Col. Hilly Hanks, u well known nrw:.pajM|r man of Columbia, who was in <>ur otfi. e la.^t week, told us rhat he remember* the first issue and that the newspaper men of the State made the prediction that the paper \s < ?u I I ii: >t hi-' rrtfire than a year. Hut i he v made, a bad Rue##* .'for Thy Onoiiuir i. till ffowit K" ?d iijnd i. in a healthiei condition than ever in its history, a.s om can judjfe by its jai'ice advertirtintf patronage. The ( 'hionicle during its thirty t'oiu years is a combination of three papers. If first took over, the plant of the old Camden Journal, fitter it took over >he plant of the Camden News, a paper conducted for several years by Captain J. W. Ilamel, of Kershaw. The plant has been added to from year to year until it now has the very latest in labor-saving machinery and the mechanical pait of the plant i . about as near complete as can be found in the State. The Chronicle .was .launched by Mr. W. Ii. MrUoyvelJ, no>v the probate .iudjfe of .this lounty. in the stormy political times, as a chamnion of the Tillman movement -ami ban hard go f?r inan\ years. The present Master of Kershaw County, Mr. H. H. Clarke, wa.s aa.*ociated with Mr. M^ ?|>owell for a numbci of years'. Later the paper v. a- sold to Mr.. \V. I. \' i 1 1 i - , pi Kile, how residing .m Washington, vho i < hdi; led i', .for a while and it i. hi; m o toe po ? ^'cinn of Mi. Mi I >o.\ve!l. V!; ut tvvlvf yeais a^fo it wa. solii in i K, Mc l>owell and I). I >. N ih-s. a:ul v?ith the hard work iiul untvniM isiunce < ! Mr. 'K. N. .?! i- i )o.\* I 1 i. * I ? i.t' ! : built up t\Ji 'l t ! ?? 1 1 !" V ? ' " I ! u ' i-. i>|ie ut the I ! count; > in i hi S'a'e. Three n ' r. Air. Mrl >o\V' .'! d-cid < d to iii'. i r: ?:) rai. . ?,? li Id and. u ' ( I oil I i>- t , V ' '? .l-i iii ',!.??? |?; ,ie' to the j.?r< Si !i ' y.-.'u i. will! h; ?; lit i li j^o n^Tjt -don. . thank to :i lartM. and .riow iij* i i,' na;:" fr<;:n it- pat ions, i'oih it*.. >?<o < and iiiii"iin- of . i^ ..ob ...i I . : * i v . isui.h .-?<?! \ a e the paper ? ' v ii. | . : I; i !.1\ or w : '. h all ? i.i, and t. \ :t t ? look 1 d joj ,\ a t (! with d* :i,'.hr l>\ our J. ?* ? : , ? t'amih |of ^ r. Mo? r> Uc have t.-.voii'i ; I n I !. i. ; . ? ;;ivc the i ?u > ai. curat'' 'y. ''a:;1; and -tpiarely, ? ' nd have ;:!?>. s ,,i !'<..? t |u bi.-tter ut oi { ?i: rouni\ and State, e teel ih:.'l the iarge pa. li nage The t Chronicle enjoy# has* tome to it through a .strict attention to business, lair and honest dealing* with tlu* |?nb Ue ami we wiyvt h<* it' to thank those who have Ho liberally patronized i\s in tho [fast, and i / good .service counts tor anything, we fe.ifT sure that we will hold nil of our old bwitonurr* and . friends and continue to grow' in pop* I ulai l'.ivor. We frankly admit, however, that] the could not have achieved suvh success had it not been for tho ! loyal corps of workers who have, been will The Chronicle for a Ion# tlmo j and who are still Riving valuable aid in all linqp. chi'Hterfu'M county tt few weelu ago shipped a carload of chickens td ; northern market* ami we; see by press i dispatches where Cheater field will j ship another car soon. .Laurens coun- ; ! ty farmer# will also ship a carload J thin week. Go<>d prices have been j realized and this seems to be a good ' Uvay t?? offset the losses from boll \\ ccvil ravages. Forty petitions for clemency have, been presented to the pardon board! an 1 among them is the name of Hut- j lei Gay, a yhite man, sent up-, from! this county for five years for shqot? ! inl and killing a lad t>f about foitr- ! teen years. ? The sentence was light to begin with amj (Jay . should be Sat-1 isfied with the -short term. However,! it doesn't make a great deal of idf- > ferenee one way or the other, as we! have been told that Gay ia virtually j at liberty, as he has been hoityu on several occasions since his confine- ? merit. The remarks made by Judge *Memminger published in another] part of this paper is timely when comment is made on the case of Gay. j A boarding keeper of Grcenwad did her banking in a suit ease only to discover a few days ago that her small buy had put, some of her board- ' ers on to her "bank," so they looted the suit case of $i>28, which illus-^j ?rates the fact that a suit case is a very poor banking establishment t even though (he boarding business is good. ^ A cr.se on' of the ordinary in' every : tit the word was a law suit be - fore Ci: < u;t Judtre \ -. < '. Featherstone. of < 1 rveuwood. in the (Orangeburg trim "f >'<utit of eo'/ninon pleas this '.vCi'l\ . *oi - wr.U'h a life insurance com-., pain i itii'.c '< (! .the payment of two ?( ? f M ,0(io caflt on :i negro, ilarvi.-v \v'ha!c>. v?'hn was electrocuted t'MiV: time a;: ' the state peniten uai.K. 'urge I- \ at her ;torio rendered iiii oi?t!'nii in fa*. or of the p'aintitT on tie- u ; eund that tie policy was in i -entc ,t ;b!e under the provision.- of :he ' n "o ? j 1 1 tihle cime<o. and on the iU!'1. i ' ground that the constitution ? it the." .".'.ale of South Carolina pro vides t ha; "no conviction shall woik t. lot to. tuii- of estate,'" the amouni <?t tn<- > u; thistas" being coll sid; rcil m estate. It. is very ? likely that i;li appeal \ ill made by the i lefcndant. Meromiugcr l i Kighf. ? Judge Memminger a few days ago refused to recommend u pardon for tf'j man who *hot another in a quarrel, in doing ho ho took a decided stand against promlscoua pardoning. His ! remarks are worth considering: "1 recommend that the petition bo not granted 1 would, not have sen tenced the prisoner if th^e had been my reasonable doubt of hi* guilt. F think the magistrate who instigated the petition would be better employ ed enforcing the lawn than in <;riti eizihg the sentence of a judge and seeking to set it aside. Any convict, cun get up a petition as strong as thin and that is perfectly well known. We are under the impression that the verdict of Juries and sentences of the courts are to he respected and carried out." i.KHSONS FROM TIIB INDIAN. (Capital News Service.) ? | An Alaskan Indian was arrested for piurdcr. His captor started with him upon a Wearisome juurney over snow, which stretched several hun dred miles of waste between him and jail. During the journey the captor fell ill; so ill' that he .was helpless. Whereupon the Indian dragged him the remaining hundred miles to his sttfety and his own imprisonment; or perhans, death. A short time ago. an American In lian, unde i^entence of death, got a itay of execution that he might ar range his affairs and harvest hia crops for his family. At the end of the reprieve he voluntarily showed up for execution. Nor are these instances unique; there are many such. v. Apparently the untutored savage has a great respect for law. To his mind, the ukase of real authority is made to be respected, and obeyed. If broken, the law enacts a punishment. The Indian mind does not "see" any point to evading that punishment. F.von the fact that the punishment may mean death, does not deter him. There have been instances of white mfn who left jail on parole and re lumed; yet one would hesitate to ? : u.-M any man with fredom. who was under sentence of death! With jfucli examples given by sav ages, ni< n with little or no education, civilization, or training, it is the more reprehensible when we, the. .citizens of a Nation which prides itself upon being governed, deliberately, violate laws berjuise we ttvn't like them, ln stnnees are everywhere; the bootleg ger and his i ustomer .'ire but samples of many, flig business violates the law; s.ee any Federal Trade Commit . '.)Ti report. Automobilists violate the law; .<??<? any police court docket. Cranio;! that misparking and mis labeling are not crimes to be mention ed with murder; granted that buying or selling a drink is not to be classed with ? robbery. Nevertheless, a viola tion of the law is a wrong; it is un A.ie iuan, unpatriotic, cowardly. Indians are said to be men with ?cnildron's minds. With the above in 1R, 3k 30-DAY OFFER vywJ c cu 03 Cl> ? *>. V ->*? fitp^ i^'\ wO ;aJ cvX v'^3 VU-Ai '.n C5Q 3 1 <: t"?' ,v*-V' n ,.?-*> ? 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If Camden ever had nay temporary ; or relatively permanent pessimists, J they have Took since resigned from the crepe-hanger# union and banish ed their groucheft to Jonah land. f, "?"? 1 ? . V . We don't think it has ever happen* ed in Camden, but ? if there was ever any one who doubted that Camden is "The Little City of Big Doings" and they hap)H-ned to attend the 'May Day exercises last Tuesday all douhts dis appeared Immediately. No city or tO ton in the Nvorld could possibly do better and it is a fact that Camden's city N schools are equal to the very best and second to none. You can take off your hat, if y<H! are a man, and if you are a lady you can nod your head to the principal, superin tendent of education, teachers, ai)d to I the hundreds Of boys aud girls' wfro participated s?j creditably, in the spec tacular-, inspiring, beautiful and civic pride producing program pulled off last Tuesday, We know it is wast ing time to try to write about it as. everybody in Camden was there;? but this was an ocasion when "v?e -havo to get it out of our system,'' so wCt are loosening up with a few kind words of gratitude anil commendation through the press Just to let every body know that we were there. We know that, with so many hundreds of little and big stars on the stage and so many beautiful women and eirj? looking on that we weren't seen. Hut we just ckn't help telling that we we/e there. The ( amden Civic League and Camden School teachers, pupils and School patrons are due some public acknowledgement and here goes. We are getting gradually climatiz ed and feel like stepping on the gas and turning her loose as a Camden booster. We have so much to write about that it is going t^o take a long t ime to tell all about it. Camden is a delightfully conserv- j atively progressive city. She keeps | within her income and <ljjesnot tax j | her citizen* beyond profit, making: | possibilities. Nevertheless ,f there is another community anywh-re of five | | thousand population wit)* as many j worth while things,* publit utilities of uvory kind, schools, churches, parks, J electric power facilities, and many [ other things we would like to re ceive -a few postal card pictures of | that hurtling burg. The Chamber of Commerce is' out! for pictures hf Camden's magnificent J school buildings, churches, homes.' hospital, .street scenes, parks. and j every kind of -picture for the art gal- ; lery started by Miss Wilbur McCal- ! lum. assistant managing secretary ; at Chamber of Commerce. Former Secretary B. (J, Sanders nnd the new secretary tried to get their pictures in this art gallery but the "boss" said that one was too baldhcaded and | he would haw to put a hard oil fin-! ish on his top knot -and the other j had to stop talking too nun h. and , squinted too milch. and that both looked too old any bow for an up-to- j date picture show. Poor hoys. Sot send in your pictures. \Vr?r? enton. Ore., is said to Ik* the i fi ist city to select a woman mapa ger. She is Mrs. IJ. 1). Barrett, aj prominent business woman. ( itation lor Letters of Administration! ! ( Uy W'. L. \1 e Dowel I, Ksq.. Probate! ?Judge.) ( State of Soui-h Carolina County of Kershaw (Court Probate) Win'iv;i.-, Ribald llaile made sirt i i to me to grant him Letters of Admin i<tratiofT of the P!st-ate ? ? t" and effects ? >f (tibhs C. ('alter. These 'i !'e : her fore to i i!c and ad monish all and singular the kindred . and creditors of ?>>?? -aid (tibhs ( ( art< de? eased. that t het\' he and; a; pejii h. fore me, in the Court of Probate, to b< held at Camden, South i < ':ii oi itia, on Thursday, Ma> IT', h r.( n ' , ' after publieat ion there a' I! 1 ?oYloek .11 the forenoon, to > i: \\ Vause. if an;, they have. \vh\ the .i d Administration should n??! he ?rrant ed. ill' i :: i my liar 1 '? o.?' da\ of Mae A -'no 'l>om I n. l!'J!. \v. \j. M' Don r:i,i. ,fudjr< Probate. )\(isj>aw Ceui.t\ | Publish, d on th?- 1th and 11th da> I of Ma> 1 in the Camden Chrom- i ! vie. and po'-ted at the C<u*."t Hou-e door for the time p:? m i ibc d hv i:i v. HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS WMlTe Foi K.~> VAH^OM SAY I> \ MAN WHUTi' 'L I O i 0 11 $ lb A V r' 3E HAPPY But am spec' EF HE whjt DEY CALLS $A C LIG'OUS Hfc 5MO DO R,? vJoYF-Ut! ?Of ? . . ... u muim ? Appreciates Our Comriunt. \ Camden Chronicle, ? j Camden, K. ('. Dear Mr. Nile-s; Wi*U to thank you for your recent editorial comment concerning' the Y. M. ('. A, organism* t ion for Camden. If the 'same *et?ti* 5 ment pj^yalla ffl this community a.* ex |)| <?:- -ft 1 ill your editorial there ran be little doubt as to the success of Ofgfsniging ? Y. M. CN A. in Camden^1 (>iu ComtnilUee {# gathering tuch data as would seem important before presenting the matter to the public. However, we expect at an early date to be able to furnish buch mfurina timi as will bo noCGasnry "to promot" tin* best interests of such AO in.-oitu-' tlon. Yours very truly, 0. IV Duliose, Chaiiman V. .M. C, A. ( 'ommil ice. r-? ? . ; A .Newspaper Fraud. (Orangeburg Ti*nes*Pcmocrat.) Mr.ny people imagine they could i run a newspuper very easily. There is- an attraction in it for a lot of peo ple, and. as a rule, a new paper is an easy thing to launch. However, very few papers make money a living is usually the only reeompenec, espec ially in sma'l cities and. towns? ryet a stranger can usually find some who ? wNnild ltf<f to ".Jtrafe" the journals j ' r and furnish money or SUp> port to anybody starting such a v*? 4ure. . n ; The Bamberg HerafH tells r ub^t such rv happening at JSowh^rry. jk follows: ? ' J ? A Newberry newspaper. iKcordlat jo a recent pre 8 a dispatch, ha* vlot3 down j^ftcr a f*w months ^Kiateae* a a daily publication. Th< has loft for parts unknown carry!*,' Avith hbn the proceed* of a KubsciS. tion content. In addition to fteecE hnv>subserJbers out of the pftpep thev had pain for for one or more year?M advance,* hu neglected before K-avi^ to settle with the contestant* and award tho prUey, supposed to be v?l ucd at $d,500. A $15,000 |iUnt was loft behind, hut, unfortunately, -it bought on credit and is wot;hlesafc the paper's credk#r8*?i8 it i oovcifd ?with nJiltitudihous mortgages. n \vo\ild seem that /oiks would was? to be ''taken in" by these schemes, fjj. :,t aiicr < arc; mimmjus in tin state of new papers opening up> and t o ml m t ing (?ontests to get subscribes, be l auHC. frequently, the papci has not rmftloient merit to got them other wise. Three or four similar schemes have been successfully worked in a radius of fifty milon of bamberg, about two, we believe, having oc curred within the bounds of the county, nv recent years. Now Handled in This Territory by SMITHS GARAGE 1 Sj i >e rior 4,im> (;knv relet 5- Passenger Touring ^ sr, 25.00 ]?'. j). B. JFnctory i ; ? J : : Siinvi' Lino Chcvrulot 2-lJaxsengcr Roadster, $."> 1 0.00 V. O. B. Factory. '/( i .o !. ('lu'Vpiic; 2- 1 'asA'ntfor Coup** !?'. O. ft. Factor}. ! ? < "h ? : .>ict r?-|,a8M( njjor Srdan vmOihi J . i). H. Factor*. New ModH ( hevroiets Now on Display A i... ? |. . . . . i- to demonstrate this sturdy ii" v i - . >-y \ j j ' ' nVf'V1" '"tercstcd parties. There's r"u - ;""l if V iih 'm T A?'>ncan market than the ChtfV - n-n, <ipm*mis ?( todav M Smith's Garage 405 East DeKalb Street