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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE II. I). Nil**H . . Kditor and I'tibltahcr Published every Friday at No. 110!) broad Street and entered at the ('am den, South Carolina, post office as second class mail matter. Price per annum $2.(X?. Camden, S. C., Friday, May 15th, 1925 To Serve In New Capacity J. Ferris .McDowell; who has bee*i with The Chronicle as linotype oper ator for the pant year, and who has recently returned from a several months', stay in the West and Florida, has again joined The Chronicle force. This time he will he with us as u utility man -mllciting advert isin^r, job pintihk" and HUbseriptiOns and at the Name time covering the news field thoroughly. The Chronicle hopes wit h hih aid to be able to publish a pa pel Duly worth-whilc| and will make an intensive <>ff<?rt t<> put The Chronicle in every home in the county where we hopo it will hold its place among a largt da-- <>f satisfied readers. Tlif Chronicle has a well eijpipped plant with the most modern machin ery for handling both advertising a ml job printing and the news features and any business entrusted to Mr. McDowell's care will have the same prompt attention as that sent to this office. The 'hitter highway controversy which has been raging in South Car olina for several weeks came t<> an end, appHYently, Tuesday morning, when the South Carolina Highway Commission, in session- at Columbia, ejected Maj. Samuel Mtliowan, of l.auians, to the important post *?f chief highway engineer. This brings ati end a long controversy which h;i> occupied column after culumn of litw>|)aper space n which a uicat many tilings w e -aid that might havi: been left un-aul. - The ( htn'uiclt had ii. pea ted i etjue^t'- tin -pace for long ai tide.*, hut \\v did hot feel <Ji'? po^ed to clog up our n)!uinn>. with thi* u riiie*- i i ah ?? leading. IIcuN'MT, ' d'?i -hed some ; :ght on the workings ?!" th' l;ighua\ dep't:tiiV'.'it' iiisjtl turn ing on the liuht ma\ ic-u!'. in great good fa the future of the roadbuild ?rig program of t-h:> >' ate. The -a i.t on of Mh Mi( h.wan ha< ) ?;'o 11 <; 'i ' abou' raap\ -'.'lit: a- o'" ' \> i, it i ) .-> . .! nothing hut Ui r. - ? ' ^;. * : - f :?????'*. - ? "!< all . t ? hi- ?ei? ct Au> iii<?i. wh.? i an ?handa' three billion dollar- <>f the gtivc. iiiilcjil iiv-nev wr.hout a -hailow of ? u.-|Ht ,"'ir o '!;i ?!.> might to hold down t ht of: i of i hi, i' highua\ * com 1)1 :>??it)neI n, Is ;i'ii < aioaua, ;ii; ! I ili Mho i -'.? . ? I- ' o f, t 1 niotld ? ha ' .v ?'! r ? e I {:-1? Th - .1 ?? < ? ... ? ' ?' ! : < - ' 11 ^ ? t.'lc III. ' .1 ' ' t il< III' .-??< K ,1 t ii- oiI a ? . " 1 am a . ? . :? . .,\a a .?}?.-% ' h- <?.!<!-<?: . -a:d t lie a I in ? a! in il ? a ? i ^ iit? i nia. \ : he 'Haiti i < ? h I t ' g di i!'! i <1 a - t h M - t I I! !? ! ';v ? Ml "I > 1; v. ?' ? ' '?. a . .? : . ' - mi ? I 1" ? . I . . V . . . ; : ha: i - : . . ! ' oY : i > >; III \\ ? Of ? I I ? ? ? ? I ? ' ? < a"' hi;; iw a> - v - * i ??11 i' m ' j ill IV.: - - r! r i . i u ? >u !d ?? a ? ! ; a: jio-. i' ' ? \ i I.. lit.. ? ? ? ? ' ; ? . i ? i ' i ! - V\ . i . ii., ?;.? ? ; \ ( 11* ah a" ?? * ; ? ? ? mi al I'.i ^ ? i n : e- n ".g m, ! u ? . r *htr,k I nivi'ii i. t-. > .\rrk. A . ! Sou t 1 ( i .???;? \ I - ( M. if-,, and we hope it, will 1j\?- forever, a* d fnvo: ijL^ at least ,oncc a year with pageants -u(h a * it ha> ju>t d^light^d U-' With siunda;','> (*o umb ft Record Where to Worship At any of tho Camden Churche* you will f>e a stranger but once. They extend a. cordial Welcome to all. First HapliHt Church?Kev* John (iraham, Pastor.?-Sunday School 10 a. ml"; morning service* 11:15; even-, ing sermon at Prayer services ? \n\ Wednesday (iy^l|)g at X:.'!(? 1$. V. P. U, .meet* every Thursday eve/dug at S o'clock. Walerev flaptChurch,?Kiw J. 1!. Shiver, Pastor.?Sunday School at i;6 a. in.; mowing serifton at n a. tn . ami evening worship at 7:1ft p. m. Littleton Street >1. E. Church.? Ke\. .!. T. IVi-ler, Pastor. Sunday School K> a. m.; morning services 11:15; everting sermon at S o'clock, l'rayet meeting' every Wednesday evening at K o'clock. (irate Kpiscopal Church.? Kev, I di I,. Brayahaw, Rector.' The regular Church school session will he hold at 10 o'clock Sunday morning but owing to the absence of the oaslor there will be no other services for the day. Camden Catholic Church.? Kev. M. J. Keddin, Pastor.? Sunday morning mass at 7:."JO with sermon; Sunday School at 8:lf>. Special services by the pastor will be held in Choraw M 11 o'clock. Hethcsda Presbyterian Church?l>r. Kdwin W. Muller, Pastor.?Sunday St h<>"l 10 a. m.; morning services 11 a. ni.; Christian Kndenvor S p. m. Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening at N o'clock. Services this Sunday will he held with the regular pastor in charge but I*i'. Muller will be absent from the city the'week following. He will be attending- the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church, IJ. Ki, which opens, in Lexington. Ky., Thursday, May Jl. Mr. and Mrs. Muller go to Lexing ton as the especially invited guests of the First Presbyterian church of Hint city whose congregation l)r. Muller served for seventeen years immediately before coming to Cam den as their pastor. Why Not Subscribe.'.' li ha- been t hi ttistom of ' many pi?>ot<>' wlun' they have finished :; ;u'.-.'ng ,-tlu-ir hojm p'apvi to bundle ? u|> and mail it !<> some relative or fraud. S u'-i the new postage rate | r.it .-? ili' ? effect it ha> been found i-iwite the amount of postage.'will bi I i. t,u: n I. Take I he Chronicle, for ' ? I e-1ere! i>f one cent, it rmw ; . iju.-. ? ' .v - c? - t" lemail it. Since j a n- ." J ij-sUC.s "f The ChroIUfll: j aiel the -5\ib<ci i|?tion pt a.e i- only i yea:. u li icadtly be s('>cn that -i: , i> ecor.?uu\ to Mlb-cibe foi Nj?j(| lela j : ,v e ?.i t i a lid. aii'.i let t he publisher j ,\a\' the Unir\ .and lApellse- of \ u of niiik at the Soda loun | I.-'.:'* ? ? i! i \ a d'lOe but when e.l *1; a da>h of chocolate syrup oi ->i -u-'a ninv than miik, meat ! : a two cent !.t\ is imposed at 1 -: i e i .i * ?? ot' one huudted per iCOi. \\ ? . . anyway. we .! have anothei yen !' t: i : !aa !a\ the milk.' \V, .!i*i k: .u mm'h about the rate ?it'.iii"- 'hi' when a k:d gel- b:^ ? . ? ' ' ?? u *??' the hat k ot' a ' i r \\ i ia i t i ' mi-- :t \ i ? . (.f ; i. I ;: > p.uk t'lowt in a ltd su ;>h w UK' I in ^ h:ird!\ .1 \.u*a!it -1??! ':? 11 ' 1 .1 i ni 1 ?: t !)?? <;i nn- t <?n J11 ? ? ? w 1 i ' ? tm.?- hut <!<>>.'' it.'' t*h: ? n 1 ? ? ;> >-u. ' aht .! i v ? .1 ? .i: :? m> ".' t ?: ? . - ? .1' . < I : ? V art!.- ! i * " ? I ; ? K i -????! H t 1 5'1 '? . 1 ?:.i.umb 11J ... i ': ..' ? ? : hs . ? " v. 1 ? ' ? 1 \ I". ni-.fi : ? r.'. > .1 ? 1 .1' I < .? * ' : a ,1 k - ? ? ,. ... ?<? ; f <*.?? ?v. ?? ? ? '.r. ? 1 r 1 ? v' ' ? \V nn u Hu: J - 1 Ji'iv.'irdj of $ ! .OOO.OOo .r. rc.t. > and securities to be used for haritab'o undertakings :r\ Gre-t-nvillt* *n<i Cirt-er and at two point * >n K'.or i<1h. ha* he^n announced THIS WEEK By Arthur Brisbane Mr. IJi isbam.-'s editorials are pub lished as expressions of opinions of the world's highest-salaried editor and The Chronicle does not necessarily. endorse all of his views and conclusions. ' To Kill Huh Service I Ma3#achy$etti? .considers a propo sition interesting to other states. The ifleu' is to oblige railroads killing competition. annoying to them, but useful to the public, by interfen ing with omnibus passenger lines. The scheme is cleverly worked out. First, owners of omnibuses using public roads would be compelled ??> get certificates of public necessity and urgency. That isn't so very dangerous, be cause public opinion which would de mand a convenient omnibus service could bring pressure to bear on the legislature. Hut it Would also be necessary for an omnibus line to get a permit fl-om tin* local authorities of every little town and village through whicr. it might pass. With such a law in folic it would only l>e necessary for the railroad to buy one or two little local bodies -and that wouldn't be: difficult. The railroads need something to \yike them, up, and they ought to be grateful for mild omnibus?eompeti t;on. r?y and by they will have real competition in the airplane routes. And even railroads will hardly sug gest that the people haven't a right j to fly through their own atmosphere without special permission. The omnibus line as a medium oi ! long-distance transportation is an ; established fact. You may ride by j bus all tin way from San Diego to1 St a.tt'e, the whole-.length of our west-! e; n tloast. It' liu-ts wear out the roads, part-} i>l' their earnings <hould be used to J keep the roads in repair. But omni-| bus 1 sn?. - should be enc'?u:aged every-j where. Whose Frozen Wastes Four nations are facing i'i reach the North I'ole. MacMillan tiope^ to arrive first with the American flag and his two airships. Anyhow, whatever happens in this 'lace, tie- l.'nitefl States reacht <1 the Pole fit -t. A : ? "owning" that territory, the e r.t.d 1h no#quarn!. There i. >:!<iheie, within the Arctic. The Kot keft lleis have actually proved it and produced >t, although they do n->t on an : i> bring it out. And a- the Pole shifts. the dif ft sent stars ???.? after another become >tu Norther:; .-tar, which is not at a'! "\? i ..n< 1 a:i. hanging." Today's P ? 1 a? !atui? w . 1 lost their car pet ol ??, nuiti wil. live tkeie. on fertile ?f<!d- .An I "P-.'.a! night" will be lo . alt 1 c!m w ':.i !c. P.r what. I>> thai * me. will have j .. i e, . ?" ? ht- nation- n??w t aiming j P >*.u "aij'l-" The> will h ;< \ ? van-j ii'-'i < ?mpletel\ t nan the 'J2 | -i :>.i .;?< k. v.gii or.s that mi ? tht <"? ?n- j uh?n h? landed in IJr;ta A1.! what a va.i i iv; 1 za t.?? wi.H ?ti;. n be pa. t ??:* .? d.-agreeable past, \ -"; i ? 1 ??? d. .i~ we ?. .w s'.ud\ the Push- ! n::.r:, African p>gir. ar.d the "head J i 'I fs Sir, Kather Fiyht '?l-ei bs i o;d'-i-ghts .strug . vl- At Columbia. S..u'h < .ii 'lina.j le-.'ii tit : a.. road tr.ok. f > i; r b. b' \ - from f ft? i i- to \ ? .i ? ' .. _ ? i .i ? : ''it. " I :'ow i i ? a : i .v. ' ght j ' i - in. ?_ \t: -i b . ? ? b .i- ? ? ? f. ? ! . x; i i ( >1 > p: oig X' ? - t he A I A IJ .i ir. a' \ - a. .i \ . r > >. v . ^ t . ? M indenbury's Flection I K n ? - h d? t a: ( the e . t ?. r. < f V >r M r ienS,:-k' to h. (b rniar.) \ "h;i..i".k'e " i tht A'.t-.i ar.! to France e- pe> a.i>. Pat the hie run ?hould be the ia*t to criticize the (iermans in' th.- eiet ? ion. When Napoleon wa- shamefully < beaten and ran home from the Ger-! man* to save his skin, as the Kaiser! ran away from Germany to save his ' skin, the French elected as president Marshal MacMahon, the beat lmrta-j1 ?it>n of a military hero within reach.' NEIGHBOR COUNTY FURNISHES WORLD MUCH-FAMED GRANITE Iii a fertile* rolling section of Fair field county, ami within a short dis tance of Winnaboro, the county seat, is located an industry unique in char, acter and of far greater proportions than most persons are able to con trive. Merc at Kion, to be exact i.^ the postoffice, the hillside community of well-kept homes and flower gardens and, but a little farther on, the gen eral offices of the Winnaboro Ciran <ite Corporation from which skilled operatives. are daily directed in the use of their precision machinery. Pan 1 ley ward, former noted South Carolina athlete and sportsman. is cdnnocted with his father's company and as superintendent of quarries places annually many tons of blast, ing powder which releases from its age-old refuge immeasurable quan tities', of stone. The single product of this corporation is granite hut the beauty and texture of this makes it a building and ornamental stone without a superior. The range of practical uses of : granite from these quarries is almost j unlimited and varies from memorial | shafts and rubble fences to brick and; building block of every description.) Throughout the country it? has re ceived enthusiastic favor and even European builders on their most elab orate designs have specified Fairfield granite. More recently however the Hey wards are bending their efforts to wards the general adoption of a granite road building material which they claim will be as near everlast ing as can be produced. In a recent interview Mr. Hey ward cited the long j existent cobblestone roadways of Bel- ; gium and France. "That is America's greatest need,"' Mi'. I ley ward said, "and here we! have a paving material just'as last-J ing, and it is as smooth as solid con- ; crete. No one will argue against j good roads but people are gradually! coming to realize the seriousness of' building roads that, in frequent in-j stances, show complete degeneracy jj many years before their bonds mature. "Of course the method of applying small blocks of stone is the most expensive known .to road construction engineers, varying from 30 to 50 per cent higher than other types, hut," enthusiastically continued Mr, Hey wM.i'd, "when the taxpayer knows he is investing in a road that will with stand the heaviest traffic for fifty and even seventy-five years, we reach the ultimate conclusion that our product, known to the trade as Durex, ?will before many years bo accepted as the universal road building Ma terial/' Throughout the north and east these small cubes of medium-grained granite have been laid with repeated success and in many parts of the South, notably at Asheville and Salis- ? bury, North Carolina, they are show ing most satisfactory results. On the Morriato.wn Turnpike form ing the boundary between Short Hills and Summit, New Jersey, it became necessary to adopt some form ot block pavement that would not be slippery at a 7 per cent grade, im possible to reduce without consider able injury to adjoining property. Investigation led to adoption of the small granite blocks for this pur pose. 11. A. Meeker, engineer of the New Jersey Department of I'ublie lioads, has described the stretch as hein^ twelve hundred feet in length and twenty-four feet wide. The roadway was prepared by grading the ^sub foundation to a depth of ten and one half inches below the established finished grade and crown. This sub grade was thoroughly consolidated by rolling with a three-wheel roller. On the prepared foundation there was spread six inches of concrete ?which was allowed t<> set for six days. Upon the concrete foundation a bt (I of clean sand was spread to such a depth as to bring the pave ment to the proper grade and crown when rammed. On this layer of sharp sand the granite cubes were laid close to and in contact "with each other, so that there was no joint of over one half inch. These cubes were laid so as to ?break all joints and in concentric arcs. After the cubes were laid as specified there was spread over the! surface one-fourth inch screenings to i fill all joints flush to the surface of1 the cubes. The cubes were then thoroughly rolled- with a tandem Mother of Former Camden Man Dit, Mr. and Mrs*. H. I;. Bradford an.j children of Hopkins were visjtbra *t the home of Mr?. Bradford's patent* Mr. und Mrs. W. L. McDowell, ^y' oral day* this week. They were her* following the sudden passing of Mr Bradford's mother, Mrs. Andrew* which occurred Saturday at her coun try home near Oswego in Sumter county* before her first marriage Mrs Andrews was Miss Kate China and has always been a highly respected and estimable resident of the neigh bor county. She had reached qUjte an advanced age and leave* beside Mr. Bradford a number of other children aw} an unusually large fam. ilv connection to survive. Camden Represented at Abbeville Camden and Kershaw county veter ans of the Confederacy who this year charged upon Abbeville for their an nual convention and reunion were seven in number and included A. s. McKenzio, James K, DeLoaehe, W. F. Husseil, I. H. Peebles, of Camden, N. A. Uethune, G. B. King, D. I). McCoy, of Uethune. The young ladies accompanying for the', frolic wore Miss Emmie Alexan der as sponsor and Miss Sara Steed man who served as maid of honor. The citizens of the up-state city, the delegation claims, made a proud name for themselves by the manner in which they feasted and entertained the visitors. Greenville will be the scene of the next annual reunion the convention has announced. Texas has the first all-woman Supreme Court in the world. roller weighing five tons until they Were brought to the established grade and crown at all points. The granite was such as . Would give at least 20,000 pounds per .square inch crush ing strength combined with a uni form 'structure and toughness. After the pavement had been brought to a uniform surface grout was poured into the joints. Imme diately afterward the entire pave ?nient was broomed to a surface, and sufficient grout applied to bring the surface even with the highest part of any of the blocks. This process is typical of many such developments throughout the land and should prove, Mr. Hcyward confident, a road still good for the generations to come. A. alTOM The Right Kind of Friends The right kind of friends are not always the friend! you like, nor those that flatter you. The best friends are those that ^re loyal, dependable and honest. It is the constant aim of this bank to make all of its officers worthy and desirable friends to its patrons. The First National Bank