The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 21, 1916, Image 3
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One ioiiUI sniitrly be blamed for
lumping tiw .onrUikioii untl wgr
..,??<? < I is( I itcUsI holl.sCWlfo lllfH
lost hot* shoplng list," upon tliukiiijf on
,|M. sUlDWHlk a scrap of |Ki|HT Oil w lllrll
VVHM suIwciUhhI,* ^blankets, felt, iclyver*
in. rubber blanket. Hp ami Ink.
muslin." Nevertheless the Under might
Ixi altogether wrong- iHMrhapH the shop
ping lUt In-longed to Uie boss buyer*
for tlte iioM'lurtiloHl department of a
now * paper.
Most newsj?ai>er reader* um.v wou*
,ter what blanket*, muslin, felt, ruly,
her shoots and other items that aiv
iutndy things to have about tiio house
Jruvo ti> do with tlu> mechanical end
,.f a iu>WtfpftR?r? UiK ,iu?t at thin time
I lie i ' 1 1 \ or Who dfOppod his Shopping
list hOH more serious things to* won
. 1,-1 about. As the cost of the arti
cles listed aiul other iteiUs too mauy
to mention continues to ellmp day
hy day be is devoting what little time
lie has for subjective exercise* to won
derlng when tho boosting of news
|ta|K>r expenses is going to stop.
Ever since tho momentous August
of i!M4 ? especially during the i*ast six
months?the skyrocketing of tho prices
of necessities around a newspui>er
plant has gone on with a beauty of
consistency which arouses absolutely
no enthusiasm among publishers tbru
out the country who have to f<?ot tho
hills. Product# essential to tho publi
cation of newspapers have jumped In
price all the way from 10 or tft to
A1 A ? .
7t,(W) and more per cent.
rrices Oobig Still Higher.
War, directly or lrtdlrgtfo; 1? given
as the vreason for th? enormous in
crease in the pubJW*?rV bills. And
as war seems , likely to. continue for
some time, so too the marlfot sky
rocketing promises to go to heights
even beyond the present; astounding
prices. Nowadays It is next to im
possible to obtain market quotations
for even so short a time ahead as
"next week."
It should be remembered also that
concrete instances of the high cost of
-publishing given here are. th<j lowest
prices obtainable, because' the publish
er buys in large built. He cannot cut
in quantity ? in fact, war and rumors
of more war mean the printing of
lwipers far in excess of the output of
normal times, which is one, merely
one. item of war-time increase in ex
penses that the thoughtless and unin
formed overlook when uttering the fal
laejr wo often lieard, "the newspapers
want And the publisher does
not cut in quality of material.
Before the war. to begin with, the
important item of tons uiH>n tons oi
uivtul Ui wd by the sterotyplng'aud
liuotyplug detriments in h g^|| met
ropolitan dally newspaper plant, the
fW^Uf which is a composition or load,
tin and antimony, cost 8 1*4 'cents a
pound. a welt ago today it cott r_' l *.'
cents during the forenoon. In the af
ternoon the (tqgj win 19 ceii til, A few
days later last week it was boosted
t O 18 s m pounil And so m
kit Ii?k goes on, the increase in cost
alone amounted to thousand^ of doj
tars a vear.
?, 't lw \ailtniM edition* of n??ws|miH?rs
cannot, to us*' a shop expression, he
"put to bed" without blanket any more
than humans can. And the new#
pa|>er press** must have the blankets
In au miner, as well as winter ? rubber
blankets that are \v rapped around the
press rollers first, felt blankets wound
around on top of the rublier blankets
and clean muslin bandaging covering
rublaa1 and felt, this padding .being
necessary directly under the fast mov
ing pajH'i- If clean-cut printing l? to
be obtained. Also quantities of the
ordinary anuy blankets must l>e bought
and eu| Into given sisses for tin? stereo
typers' use.
Rubber Blanket n oil the Jump.''
The Increase In the cost of mus
lin, which the newspapers buy by the
pound, has been comparatively slight
?only about half a cent a i>ound more
since the ante-bellum day* of 1914.
The rubber and heavy felt blanket
lug, however/ has been jumped at
least lf? i>er cent. The cost of thfc
army blanket^? fyis gone up 20 pe#
cent, the (quality of the army blanket*
at the same time, going down.
Press rollers, which are made larger
ly of glue, glycerine and molasses*
liave gone up, so manufacturer* no
ticed the consumers Inst week, 18 per
cent Olycerine ? and the quality used
In newspaper plant# is not the pure
white glycerine one buys In drug stores,
but a quality less refined ? has. taken
one flying leap from ante-bellum price
of 19 cents a pound to 54 cents,
Only last week also the paper such
as is used in the rotogravure, section
of the Sunday Sun, which then was
8 per cent higher than it was a year
or so ago, was jumped to a 10 per
cent increase. No pulp is coming into
the manufacturers. Mills that not so
long ago Were selling by the tons are
now filling orders- for pounds. Rags,
which are being bought up by the
powder manufacturers eagerly and are
needed *l*o hy paper a?*tro?BrtnreT*
In i cleaned Mini more or less sterilis
ed form, are a ueewHlty In the me
chanical detriments o f newspaper
The prUyg of nuw Uuh Jumped
tftO ikt cent. or fr<*?n 8 cents a ikmiiuI
to (l <vnts. Writing |u?iH?r Is an lilt
portent lUw in a lyttitehw'ti paper hill,
and it is worth Opting that this Iteu*
has gone up ~f? |?er tvnt
| Hut it | ? when the consumer of
hii,v tiling having to do w ith dyes or
| any other deportment ??f the chemical
section of printing ami photographic
reproduction goes out with his shop
ping list that his hair turns - 1 ; ? %
Metal, which tin* art department of u
pa|*>r emmot got along without, cost
a jKiUiid before he war JKow it
costs a pound. Increase* of 1,000
t<? Jl.tKK) per cent ami more loom up
all oyer the chemical !<??? of the
printing plant.
KnormouN Increase in Ink.
As an Ink manufacturer explained
a day or two ago, the nobis ami dyes
?aitrt everything else used in the col
ored inks cis|>eclully have exploded
from ;UMi to per cent in a jiil'y, '
once tho imi>ortS from (Jermany had j
been blocked. lllues tluit e<>st oN cent* ;
before the war now cost $14 and $1,5
a pound, with Increases iu yellows at
HO all the way up to 3,000 per cent.
And, what is more of moment, the man
ufactunus of Inks fear that prospect*
of tilling demands In tho future look
doubtful.
Inks for Sunday lithograph sections
have more than doubled In price, with
an iucreaae on every Rotation for tu?
tagllo section inks are affected because
the rubber manufacturers aro corral
ling as much of the carbon as they can
and using It in pla<>e of *lne and lead,
a detail which wilt -account for the
preponderance of rubber gooda luivlng
a, black cast, which shoppers soon will
find on the market In place of the
white-cast rubber they've been accus
tomed to see in the sliops.
Type founders have increased prices
20 per cent, and no let up on the
boosting in sight. Gum arable, nec
essary. iu the making of matrices In
printing plants, has jumped 100 per
cent. And wrapping |>aper, used iu
the circulation departments by the
tons, costs twice a? much as it did
before the war, with wrapping roi>e
or sisal from Yucatan, and Jute, wrap
ping ropes and twines from Calcutta,
now, selling at an increase almost as
great.? -New York Sun.
Augusta suffffered a ^100,000 fire in
the 700 block Sunday night in the Har
rison building.
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I I \( KI? ON THIAI
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Kdwfcrd Teiper U ClwrfMl With KIU
> iiik lib Motiwr^ ;; .. j;
huiralu, \ v., April 17 J. Kdwurd
T^ht, prominent young business manV;
of Orchard r?rk, w :i h pHt<*d on trial
U'fore 3\)>ttlc0 lVl\)Wl) t?t I ho opening
??f the criminal term of the Huprewo
.iH?urt Ivere today, charged with . tho
murder of Mm mother, a wcalth.v \Vld
ow.' u
Tim crime \v?s committed at mid
night January while the mother,
Mix. A (flu* M. Wpor, her sou, Fred
erick, and daughter, tJraee, were re
turning to IhilYalo In their aiUomohllo
after a \lslt to the a<vused man's homo
in Orchard Park.
Bd Toll hi- accompanied tlio party a
few miles down tho country road to
a | k >1 1 1 1 whole his own a utomohUe had
Uvn stalled and nl>audoned lato that
day.
Whllo wprklnjt on his own machine
under the glare of the IvcadllghtM of
the el,t,y-houml motor car. Twlper claims,
a negro haiullt appeared and knocked
him senseless with a hlow on the head.
Wheu he recovered consciousness. Teip
er swears. he found Ids UK?ther and
Inother dead, their skulls crushed.
Teller's sister (J pace was still alive,
although suffering from tlve separate
fractures of the skull.
Miss Tel|H?r has recovered ami luis
been pronounced surgically cured. Hhe
Is under $15,000 bond to api>ewr as a
witness against her brother, hut phy
sicians believe she will neVer bo able
to recall any of the Incidents connect
ed with the tragedy.
However, . much iutere??t centers on i
her nppearattce In court. If her inem
ory should suddenly liecome clear to j
the. o<*curronees of the mid night -auto
mobile ride the destiny of her brother
probably 1? In her iKxwmprion.
Tho prosecution will make every ef
fort to fasten the crime of matricide
upon the jiecuned. It has woven a
chain of evidence, mostly circumstiui
tlal, ? round Tel|?er and expect to prove
the murders were planned and execut
ed by liSm. ^ I
District Attorney Dudley claims
Teiper was in lluanclal straits; that
mortgage* and notes held against him
totaled over $10,000.
Telper's mother held $150,000 loft
by. the father to l?e divided upon her
death among the remaining children.
TCiper today a pi wared cheerful ami
confident of acquittal. He is 28 years
old, a college graduate and a man of
intelligence. Up to tho time of fit}
arrest, he lived with his wife and three
VIKLKN II0LMK8 the Pea rims Film Star In tHo Great Knllroad Film Novel,
"The Girl and the Games" Ht The MiHjwtlc every Thurmhiy , Stiirtlnff
?Thurwtay, April 27th,
small children In a handsome home at
Orchard lNirk.
Troy Brown Dead.
Blnney. April IS.?' Troy Hrown, hoii
of Mrs. Kunlew Brown and tho Uit? Wil
liam II. Browu. o t Marlon county, <11 (Hi
1 April 8th, In his 22ml year. Never
having been of a robust nature, ho con
tracted tuberculosis ?lH>ut a your ago
anil had been confined to his room ever
since. Mr. Brown wuh a young man of
exceptionally good habits and a sweet
tinsvlflsh disposition, ho WOH hold 111
tho highest esteem by his associates
and his devotion and thonghtf illness
towards M? whtowed mother wis his
most on via bio characteristic.
Ho is survived by his mothor and
two sisters, Miss Lavlnla and Eva
Brown and and grand parent, Dr. A.
H. Bo wen. His remains wore interred
In Smyrna Methodist Church cemetery.
% CAMDEN DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
In accordance with the party rule*,
the member* of the Camden Democrat
ic Club are hereby not tfled to meet art.
the 0|?era lloiiHe In Camden. ?< S Jk
in., on Haturdny. April 22nd, for pur
]kwc of re-ortfamaliiK ami electing del*
ciffttes to the Ooiinty Convention.
Tho?. J. Klrkland,
<\ Wv ltlrchmore, . Prealdent
Secretary.
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Belk HUl Club to Meet.
All members of Itelk HUl Demo
cratic Clnb nro Ivereby notttlcd to
mfcet at Trapp'H Mill on the 4tli Satur
day ivvt?fil fig In Afc>rll at four o'clock
the 22nd lnat, for the pujAoho of re
organising and electing mHegatea to
tlie County-Convention, which will meet
at the Court House on tlio Hr?t Mon
day in May next 0, W. Shiver,
President.
AS THE TIME HAS COME WHENNfiACH AND EVERY
ONE HAS THE GREATEST DESIRE OF BEING NEATLY
DRESSED FOR EASTER SUNDAY, WITH SUCH AS A NEW
SUIT, A STRAW HAT, A NEW PAIR OF OXFORDS, OR
A REAL DRESS SHIRT, A FANCY TIE. ' IN FACT EV
ERY THING THAT IS NEEDED FOR A NEAT AND
DRESSY APPEARANCE vnn MAN, - LADY OR ^HILD,
THEREFORE, WE OFFER TO ALL EASTER BUYERS THE
GREATEST FIELD ,C)F BARGAINS IN EVERY LINE OF
THE NEWEST AND MOST UP-TO-DATE MERCHANDISE.
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WE HE?^^gg|gj
TO ECONOMIZE
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We have just received ten
dozen of Ladies' ' Panama Hate
in many different shapes, all
. $2.00 sellers. We will sell
tijeto now at ohly
98c I
each, s
' - Get' them while they are here."
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REMEMBER. THE PLACE *.
a L. SCHtOSBURG
The Unders?iSns Merchant
WE WOULD LIKE FOE YOU TO CALL AT OUR STORE i
AND SEE WITH YOUR OWN BYES THE INCOMPARA
BLE BARGAINS WE ARE OFFERING TO OUR EASTER
TRADE.
YOU WILL FIND HUNDREDS OF ARTICLES, WHICH
AND SEE FOR YOURSELF.
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JUST A FEW OF OUR SPECIALS, AS THE SPACE
DOES NOT ALLOW US TO STATE THEM ALL.
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WE STRIVE TO
PLEASE YOU
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In addition to our complete
Spring line, we. have just- re
ceived two cases of Ladies'
White Canvas Leather Trim
med Oxfords, regular $2.00
values. We will offer them
now at only
98c
per pair.
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REMEMBER. tHE PLACE
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CAMDEN, & C.
THE UNDERSELLING MERCHANT