The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 21, 1919, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
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Publisher ??v?ry Friday at ll<? So.
v Rroad SIMM, ami tuterrd at Uw Oatu
dan |?o*to<?Wi- hk nm>ud ola?^ iuatl mat
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( auuk-n. H. <\. \farth 21, I1)l?
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It r-? ili.it wh?-n ili' t ??>
? takes o\?*r and operate tli?* w?l<?r and
llfht wryte? that they will ha^ betfcfri
than tV retiring con>tuiki?ioii?f*.
Notwithstanding the fact that th?*, roi?\
lUlQi^n* of water uixl tight have be^n
(Miytoi a higher rate than jfTfr known
brfoiv in thU ?it y, w? undrratnnd (hat
th? present ia<Wjt?Hln?~s of th*- plant
ix u round 1 ?10,000 for th?- r?a?i fio
jrrat*, ?'
'IV Horxe Show to be given ueit
weet by thr iovem ?*f hor?e# iu < -amden
uTTt be ? big eveut judging fn?n iW
iiu 'ii>*ivtii s inquiries coming in from all
"kI.-n A large attendants* is <*pected
from nearby towns and it is t<> be hoped
that the fiudfae** hotwe* will i<io*e fur
t he two afternoon* in order lo let their
rWks have the afternoons for a recre
ation We understand /hat thh request
will be made of the mervhanU by the
r<?rnmitte?? in churge of the Horse Show.
Wn art- publishing in another part
of tbi# paper today a large advertise
ment from Oh* Kerwhaw County Cotton
Association to which wo fall the atteo
liun ^of all- wttou idautcrx. We are
?OPry to know that there an* some few
own in the ?s>unty who atgte that they
will not nit their arrelgfe "but intend
to increase-. Hut wh<*n we sa.v few ? :
w?- mean, very few. There are other*,
too, unfortunately who are so narrow
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mintb-d that thev would array ? town
against country ? knocking anything that
might originate in (own. The largest
fanners and business inen and farmers
of the entire South are now giving their
time and' labor to this movement with
no, other aim iu vie'w fsavc that of help
ing the situation ??* a whole for the
entire South.
The situation is like ^his: Prices
are high because of labor <*ost, anil la
bor eaunot rediM'e\ because prices are
high. ' v ?? V
A three year old ?on of W. N. Walker,
of Anderson, was tuii ??ver and killed
Sunday by a. young man named M assey
Tha child ran out fr<?m behind a sta
tionary automobile directly in front of
? be moving ear.
Vou fref pruiiti of yvttr wife Jftdj
] children . doa't you? and if you can do
any thiug to make th? home pleaaanter
I eikifr for theui, you do
jit wilhngi). Why not enlarge the sphere
p.f VMil^ affection* ? little and take th*
i-nt live in on (he snipe foot lug
r.tN .vV'itr family V lie proud of it, do
; ? v ?.*?-> thiuje >ou t an for it. If public iui
1 art* needed, tifge tbeiu andi
fvot'e for them We waut to ???? Camden
kuowu , ft* ou?- of th?* liuMt and m<??t
j?r?'gtvs*iye littJ?? towns in the *tate If
wrrj ? ti^fi will ajipport 1(4 trade, for
ward its ipterCHta aud show a pride Jn
at) i?A condition*. oyr amotion will mk.h
be fnlriHedf.
ITj. profiteer was the one dark >?ot
? ii the ? ouduet trf the wur. While the
?oldW* at the front were giving their
Wood for their itountry the profiteer
? blading the publir. lie deaervc*
n.? iueivy. Where he exploit* ofi u nft?
tionni vcale, he should fwl the force of
national law*; where he eonflnea hla
? iv.ii;. >s to a state he should be prow
iiitvd by the state authorities, while
petty offenders should be ameuable to
municipal ordinances. To properly deal
with the offenders Wg Hud little, iinme
diab' a<-tion should be taken iu every
state to rreate state trade commissi""^
and to authorise muuieipal trade com
mUsions. K? time sltould be lost ? the
->tut<'- should u?-t ut on<sv--W. J, Hryan.
- Hermitage Mill Nf?h,
t "am den. S. t'.. March lit).- ? There was
quite ft nU e party at the (Cottage last '
Kridav uight. Bverybody wan request
ed to iIh'sh iu us taeky a coatume a?
he eould think of. Much fun waa de
riv<"d from this. Barb tiino a new one
arrived there was u burst of nierriknent.
The judges decided- on the two mosl
original cofttuinea towards the middle of
the evening. Thn girl'w priae was giyep
to .Miss Lillian Cornwall who was drew-,
ed sex "Minerva Ann'. Iwnnie Klliott
won the boyV priae. He was dreaned
as Charlie Chaplin aud was certainly
witty and original Ixrfh in his actions
and dress. (Raines of all sorts were
entered- into with a vim. It was voted
by all to be one of the pleasuntcst even
ings ever sjMmt in the Cottage.
Bverytjody* is in'torcKtipd in gardens
now and already many of theiu are be
ing ploughed nnd many more planted.
We think every house will have a garden
this year,
.Mrs. < \ 1*. Itaggotl has returned to
the village bringing with her her sis
ter "who will intake a visit here.
Mrs. Martlkd Thonrpson spent the week
end with her daughter Mrs. ,J. Tunstall.
in Darlington. She brought Mr*. Tun
stall and children back with her.
Mi'. Yarns' Phillips "pent. a few days
th'i* wwfc irilb h? -ifcifr Mm. W. Wfl
Haw*.
Thr will i? now operating und?r short
i'l w orfcjng time ut??l tb?- folk# are en
joyiug flu- rxtr* "forty winks,' of -deep
I hey i -an now get each morning.
MTIUTK OK SOU A? I h?v^o? N'?'
V. y stock irt attractive prlOe*. I.r
b .|-. Mvseley. 4 'amden. 49 1
Viniuii's Hody Kound.
? Fayettevili.'. N C., Maivh 1 I'lk
b?*dy ?*f Ser*i Walter Fleming,
acju adron ^7?Jf wbo with Lieut. II H
of t hv hjmiii* Mtuadron, w tin drown
? if on the night of January 7 after their
airplane fell into t'ai?e Fear Hivei near
here, was rwwfoml today
i.i<ut I Vtpc'a body ha* out b?en
found. Sergt. Fleming's boma was in
I'poTldraee, H. I., and Lieut. l*ope \va* ?
train HMIauL lud. The avlatoi^ were
.?u a. cro?4H-ouutry flight from (Jfemp
Jackson where they went stationed
when the aerident oncurmi.
Husband Abo t'onvkted.
Marietta, <?a.? March M. <\ r. lump
bell, who, together with his wife, Mrs.
Nconi <\uupbell, was on trial on charges
of cruelty to little inmate* oA/th. Un
denominational School for Children^ con
ducted by Mrs. (!auvpb<4) ue*r jfcf**. to
day was found guilty of assault and
battery on May Ho?ey, aged thirteen,
and sentemnnl to one year on the State
l inn. His wit*', also convicted on tvfro
iudk'taiientM charging cruelty t late yes
terday watt sentenced to two years. .
The former Herman RroperOr, it is
learned from competent sourcea, recently
appealed to the Herman revolutionary
government for money. It was said in
hi* behalf ,it was impossible for bim to
continue living upon the bounty and
good will of the Dutch nobleman, in
whofle cax|Ie he now resides. Hqrr
IloheuKollern, it is said, declare<l he al
ready hud been forced to borrow 40, -000
guilders from his host and could not1
<<ontinue as a debtor. He asked he bo
allowed at least a i?ortion of his pri
vate fort una,
Fire I>estroyed House.
* A live nMHn residence belonging to Till
man .Funics on North Campbell Street
was totally destroyed by fire yesterday
a 1* ? n r noon. Some _*?f the fiirnitu re w a s
saved, and the house was insored for
$irx>. It was valued at around $1X)0.
About live other houses in the neigh
borhood caught from falling embers,
hut a bucket % brigade stationed on the
houses prevented the fine from spread
ing.
The lire department got there in very
? piick time after a long run. but as
usual wai handicapped by want of water
pn^sstm*;
mm; MKKI IM. IN (POU VIBIA
(J?vrmr llardlac and Mobrri K. Mttiklox
^ To VddrjM Cotton Rally,;'
(^ttlipblA, March 10. -tSovernor W.
J* ?J llardiug of the Kederal lte?ervp
Hoard. Hon Robert F <?f At
l.tntO. ptvwtopnt mwfcan Httnk
? ? Mud other speuker* of
nutioual .reputation will ' prohablj <i<
liver addrcttiw* ut th?* big it?(hw|d?
uulton rally ti? be bold in Craven Hal),
(hi* ?*it>. on April' 8 beginning at uoOU.
1 1 had been planned to bold this meet
ins iu ,h?* ball, of the House of Re^
n*??-iitativ<*? but the indications point
to *ucb a law attendant that it has
bCcu decided to hold it in a larger ball.
Ooveruor Harding is expected to apeak
ou the <\ porting uud marketing of cpt
tou. Mr. Moddox's address wHl be on
haulriug. financing and stabilizing the
of ?*v>tton.
it was stated at the officer of the
South Carolina Cotton Association in
this tit.v today that definite steps are
now Mug taken In every section of the
?vt ton belt booking to the formation of
plana that will result in a banking sys
tem for |ho|ht)> tiuaucing and stabilis
ing the price of cotio n, oorporatlon for
the' exporting and marketing of cotton
along th<' Unea suggested by governor
Harding.
Pefinite plans arp also being formed,
it was said. for the organization of a
Southern CoNon Association, the mem
bership to be composed of farmers,
hankers, merchants and- business men.
The idea is to have this association
represent practically nil of the business
interests ?>f the South, absolutely con
trolled by the Cptton interest*. This
Would i 11 no wise 4-.?ntti?-t with tne
banker* associations. the farmers' union
rind other organisations, bnt will have
their to-oi*1 ration . Special charters will
b<? secured for the association.
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SECONDHAND OROANS WANTED?
%\* i] 1 buy any make. Address Walter
Parker. Camden, S. C. Box 228. \ tf
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The Spring Rise In Cotton Prices.
You. Mr. Jones or Mr. Brown, /who
plant <-otton and k^ep Informed of the
<*otton market, reading the letters of the
cotton merchants reviewing the range of
pricey observe ^frequent mention of the
rains.~fBe" floods. ,fhtf high and lrrwr tem
peratures. the strikes ' and many other
factors as influencing them, but you do
not observe thnt the eotton merchants
have their eyes on an organization of
.Southern farmers to curtail acreage, and
the use of fertilizers. If tKey take these
factors iuto consideration they are care
ful to say nothing about it creating
the impression that they assume that the
farmers never mean what they *>ay. that
fOTC? '*?? ? -?%'<? MB* ,fl * .? " ?*? f, ; ? \" , . ^v:V 1 ?'? .?
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
MERCHANTS & FARMERS BANK
.oca t ot I at Bethune, S. C., ?t tho Clo?e of fiusineti
iuia n,t|*
Rctourcc*
l ?.iU. ami IHmcouuCh
f urniture aud FiUurr* ? ; , 3 * ; " *
itaukm* Homw Sh. AHttt
I>tu? Front Hunks and Hanker* T-r'n--fcr J ' -?v-- |tj?
iiSF^- ' :;'^f " * ' * ***- " ^ ?*&??**?'> >- ? ^"",'.'-3';*; 1ft$8
*?H? > --?- Y - ? ? ' ?"T-ty.. ''."OOL
W-W
? . Liabilities r "' "*:"
< -..pituKSuH* ?'aid lu
Individ*! IVofita, lea* Current Kxpens ?* and Ta*e* I**?d"T ' r" *
Individual Itapoaft* Hubiect to Ctwct .'W.521*0l)
|W*?K* <J*|H?itft VHti.OO
Time OrufifatcH of IVpo?it . OO&Q0
Htnte ??f Mouth Carolina, <V?unty of
IW?r.. ,n.? mmo J. 1> Laffltf . Cashi,, of Uk? above ,1 bluk j
Wo? <!n!.\ sworn. say* that the a how and for*?o?k Ma U-inei.1 i H
K.mlition of *aid hank, an shown by the, b,H?kH of said hank ' "
' v ? v. J, |>? 1 <A KKITTK
Hworn k? and suUst-t ibid before tn>1 this 11th day of MnMffTiairt 9
,v""' Av m ? . ; **??.* ; st
the farm era are not lu nirmM, in plftta
language, that- the farmers are trying
dfci'jvf. On th?' cotton exchanges. ap
parently. it is never admitted that the
growers of cotton intend to exercise their
powers,' of limiting production with the
aim t.f elevating prices. The cotton buy
ers do uot discus# the acreage Until af
ter jt has been planted. ,
Nevertheless, in the last few days cot
ton prices hav<^ notably risen. The pro*
j*>M'd curtailment by the planters will
uot be offered as an explanation, but
it i? significant and interesting that the
rise comes at the moment that this "far
mers' movement" begins to be ho im
pressive in its size ami in its sincerity
that it can no longer be ignored. It is
observed ll? the cotton buying and ? con
suming communities. ?
.Manifestly. * a sharp improvement in
juices about the- middle of .March is a
temptation to the farmer to plant hea
vily. If the buyers of cottou are eager
that" the-- crop b? 4arge. .theie tactics
would be to offer prices at the time wheu
the crop is about to .be put in the ground
that would shatter the gooi) resolutions
of the farmehi to reduce* acreage. Iu
a word, if the upward tendi*cy of the
prices at this moment is not a part of
the campaign to defeat the farmers' cam
paign of curtailment, the time at which
the improvement begiuA iJ^none the less
interesting to contemplate as a matter
<>f 'coincidence. Why not <lau^!<? v
for.- the ?y? ?.f "the fool farmer*" j
priw that will set thein cra*y. w> h
next Novmber #*> much cotton will
offering that buyers may pick au<l
at their own convenience uud pie?
naming prices then without fe?r of qj
farmers' protest V
Tin' State does not ^dvitte any farJ
i.. ndiMH- his acreage in erop*. It |jj
vises cotton fanners to redue*
acreage in the cotton crop If notki
e\<*ept cotton would grow on t|
lands, it would be dangerou* to sun
thut they or their luuds remain N
It is more certain thut hijfh prim t
provuli next year for the thing* tk
men cut than for the things that ay
wear and. inasmuch us Southern lu
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and labor 'are as capable of produri;
f>xxU ;ts fibre, why, should not SoutlwJ
industry be turned to food, when
in;; seems more certain in advance thtl
that R small cotton crop will wll (J
a* milch mottty as ji big erop would ;
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The nt'xt thirty days tire the aid
cal {period in the answer t<? the <<otta|
question. In them the farmer* will
foo};>d or* not fooled^ in them tbeyi
Veil one another Out /or will stand ib?i|
puns. ?
If the farmers do not take tire
themselves, no one else will
their guardian. The Stafft.
THE OUALITY T
to be found in our store when we open, which will
Easter Furnishings. It will pay you to
THE MOST STYLISH AND COMPLETE LINE OF MENS AND $OYS MERCHANDISE
TO CAMDEN. THIS STOCK WAS CAREFULLY SELECTED WITH THE VIEW OF
MAN AND BOY WHO CARES. Our Slogan: "Everything for the Man" will be lived
terms. Our terms are strictly cash to all; our prices are one. Courtesy will be our big
nothing. In our store will be found goods of such quality as :
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"The Society Brand" Clothing. "Emery" Shirts. "Manhattan" Shirts. "Arrow" Collars. I^rol
& Knapp"Hats. "Heid" Caps. "Jno. B. Stetson" Hats. "Knothe" Belts and
Neckwear. "Onyx" Hosiery. "Manhattan" Underwear. "Faultless" Pajamas a
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