The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 23, 1919, Image 4
rfit CAMDEN CHRONICLE
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R. N. McDowell {
Published every Friday at 1100 No.
Kroad street, and entered at the Oa?
?tan pontoffW-e as secood da*? mall mat
>w. Price ver annum I1.SO.
Camden, 8. <\, May ?. i?l?.
Two important matter* will come be
fore the voters of tills township on June
3rd ? -thst of the bond iuue for the im
provement of the township highways sud
the b?>u<l issue for schpol Improvement
iu this school district Nothing 1* more
conducive to prosperity thau education
and guod roads and it Is the duty of
! those favoring these projects to go to
the poHs and vote and also see to It
that hla neighbor votM. Thei% is hard
ly any doubt but that both bond issues
will carry, but the idea is to make them
carry by overwhelming majorities.
'IV South Carolina grand lodge of
Odd Fellows has paused a resolution cull
ing upon (Joverpor Cooper, to hsve an
Investigation ?awe into thr meutal con
dition of T. t\ Yaughan. former head
of the Orphan* limine at Greenville, con
victed several years ago and sentenced
(o be electrocuted for crirniual assault
upon one of the girl inmates. They urge
; that if. he is found to be of sound mind
that tin* mandate of the court be car
ried out. '
"Nothing in tinal" Maid Napoleon after
J ??iia. In, days of prosperity insure
against emergencies. Buy financial nafety
with War Savings Stamps.
lleur.v J. Heiux, president of the
Heine pickle' und preserving corporation,
<li?>d tit lMtt.dmrg Wednesday last. He
was we !1 known us a philanthropist and
Sunday School worker.
A Very Peculiar 1j?w
Magistrate Iv. H. Paruell issued war
runts for <the arrest of llethel Cotiaar
<tn two Counts, one for assault of high
and aggravated' nature and one for petit
larceny, which he jturned over to Shefiff
Hcarbo rough. The sheriff located Cou
gar at Dunn. V. C., and wired the chief
of isdice of that 'town to arrest him?
He soon got a r<i?ly that he had arrest
ed Cousar and to come for him. When
Sheriff Scarborough gi?t there, Hc'/ound
that the negro had -employed a lawyer
who refuged to allow the prisoner to
return without- requisition papers being
ct'rvwl on him. Sheriff Scarborough came
|?aek and took the matter up with So
IWitor Mrl^xi aid they went U\ Co
lumbia Monday. Solicitor McLeod ?p
pUed Utr ?JUm<Jilioa pape** before Guv.
tt. A. Couper. but ttov. Oooper stated
thai A* tbe charge* cuur under the
jurisdiction of tbe ?uagn>t rstr court aud
not >A the hMier (Mint, be did not cart
to y ary from the nrtabliahed <*ustQU of
extradition, so refused to Uaue requisi
tion papan* for the return of said Cou*ar
t<> South 4 'a roll na. There wa* but one
(bins for Sheriff Scarborough to do and
that was to win* the chief of polk* at
l>unn to turn fbe prisoner loose.
TV a layman, thU aeema like a rery.
strange proceeding. Here ia the caaa of
h uefro charged with amaolt of a high
aud aggravated nature upon a respec
table white vouau, an weM a a petit
larceny, aud he is allowed to go scot
free because the case* come under the
jurisdiction of a n?agi*trate and not for
the higher ?>urt, and becauae be ba?
tied ?o a nearby state remain* free Just
vver the line to commit other outrageous
crimea. ? _ . , .
tlor. tlonprr may know that the law
a? it ii on (be statute book, would not
allow the governor of North Carolina
to accept extradition papers for pria
?me* t?? South Carolina, but aeeroa aa
if he should have issued them any way,
custom or no cuatocq ! There is lame
?e** in the law somewhere and it should
bfOqurffftCted. ? ItiabopvMe Vindicator.
?VANQILINS BOOTH TKtXs
HOME 8ERVICE FUND'S NEEDS.
Evangeline Booth, commander of th?
Salvation Army In the United statea,
explaining the puritoae of the cam
paign for 913,000,000 which will bo
conducted from May 10 to May 26 for
the Salvation Army Home Servleo
Fund. said : ^
"The Salvation Army has been toll
lng on the upward trend for trior*
than half a century, doing Just what It
did In France, all In the same spirit
and mariuer, hut you did not happen
id hear oFl t, perhaps.
"The war depleted our forcea and
our finance# at home. There must bo
not only a rehabilitation now, but wo ?
must rise, to the new hl^h-tlde mark
and equip ourselves to niaintuln here in
<he United States the contracts wo
were privileged to make on both sides
of the sea because of the war."
The Salvation Army Home Servlco ?
Fund campaign for $13,000,000 will be
conducted daring tho week of Mny 19
26. Its success will enable the Salva
tion Army to practically double ita
efforts among the poor.
The Salvation Army returns from
the trenches of France to take up Its
half century, old battle in the trenches
of poverty in the United Slates. Re
member the Salvation Army Home
Service Fund campaign for $13,000,0(X?
May 10-26.
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V?'ue of Government Crof. ReporU
? t'd hi'
M B Hare. Houth Carolina Fi? i.l
I Agent of the Bureau of Cni> Katiuiatrw.
I tilted Stair* l>eparUneart of A|ricul>
tur? ba? tb? foiiowiug to say lu i<t< <
ruvf to iiafiurtancv of |ur?rount crop
report*,'
"The on* great industry of Houth Caro
lina If agrlctrittore, Ha annual output ItorJ
iof laiftr ihao that of all other Indus
trie* tvtnfciued. Much bait bmi aocom
pludied during the laat decant in
xitkation, increased product^ ami fanu
organisation la fact, th# Industry is
being ot^oiaed aa oevtr before and 1?
pawdog to what may be termed a bu?i
DfM basin, aa dixtlniuhM from the
traditional, routine, bit or naim met bod
of the paxt, lu the transition ita prob
terns ?nu?t be solved in th4 main iu as-,
actly the same wajr aa are Lbr problem*
??f other industries. bjr the study of rec
ords of paat perfbrmanrea in connection
with present prospects and future poasi
bill tie?. Yet It la singular 1 ww. little
the freat majority of us know of theag
friouHural renounce* of the Htate from
a buaineaa or eoomaaic *t?ndpoiut> - It
la surprising to leara how little we know
about the production, or auftdy ami de
mand of any particular crop. The ob
ject, therefore, or tbia article ia to call
attention to the importance and eoco
nomlc value of reliable' agricultural ata
ctics ami pomdMy stimulate an inquir
ing interest in government crop report*.
ft might be stated at the outaet that
no large industry, buaineaa or enterprise
can be Jong and aucceasifully conducted
without recorda of paat perform ancea and
a knowledge of exiating conditions upon
which to bane present activities tof fu
ture derelo|wnent. For example: no map
with experience and buaineaa ability
would engage in any buaineaa enterprise
requiring all of bis capital without first
studying "th^ paat records of {he ipdus
j? '
try and acquainting himself of its rela
tion to other industries and the demand
of the public generally. Ho the great
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industry of agriculture can not be prop
erly and successfully conducted as auch
without records showing thip informa
tion. Statistics of acreage and produc
tion in past years, of existing acreage
and condition, of growing crops. of sup
plies and prevailing prices of such crops,
jrawt and present qnd . fundamentally, es
sential for intelligent and successful
handling of the business end of"*mir ag
ricultural problem. As a matter of fact
agricultural statistics, consisting of data
pertaining to acreage, condition', prospect
ive yields and total production at stated
intervals, are of vital importance not
only to the fartner a? a class, but men
in other lines of business, as manufac
turers. dealers, jobbers, bankers and In
. v?-*t or*, having ? pnr*?mt or pn*pectivt
iuterr 1 iu a county ??r state, must, for
i be projxT conduct of their bu*in<^s, have
knowledge t the fact* td?*t affect the
pi?.<qx>rit\ ..f ? !?*? ?*ctioii or section# iu
wllidi t h j*> are interested,:
It in J tl>uUn+hle fact that some fartu
*r? okjv t?* government report*. Mil
iar tint if the report* weir uot Iwued
specultaor* aud bu*ine?s* ta*n of finan
cial eenter> ? ?uW uot know of the sup
l?ly of any crop awl a high price to tb?
pivdocer could tlwayi be maintained.
That ia only one of hU tousl news 'del u?ion?,
bora largely of ignorance and indiffer
ence to buiinftw method*, for he should
kuuw that the speculator. manufacturer
or buaincta man ia foltowiug a par lieu -
lar Hue of bu*i?ie*? and it la a rare thing
to find him deceived at aaj time as to
the actual or ynM^etir* supply of aay !
crop. The only other man who object*
to government report* ia the Interested
*l>eettlator, who oppoae* them bacauaa ha
bellow that the crop raporta are made
entirely lar the benefit of the fanner and
he realiass that tbsy contain the moat '
reliable information aa to condition and j
production of the tfpectAative crop* and
that the light of truth in Regard to aame
prevent* him frotn spreading false re*
porta in order to bull or bear the mar
ket and thereby make hia profit* from
the un?u?pecting and ignorant. It may
be true that the speculator does take
advantage of the crop report at times
in hia buying or selling of futures but if
he is enabled thereby to tray or sell at
| a profit it ia an advantage gaiued by)
his wi*er uae of these statistics and not,
an advantage inherent in the crop report
it. self, f I
A knowledge of agricultural statistic*
or familiarity with government crop re
l>ortK ou the part of the public prevent*
interested ? peculator* from.^ma^nifying
or minimizing the actual or prospective
supply of any croqp and the relation there
of to a known demand whereby they are J
able to successfully rolse or lower prices
for their own benefit with a resulting
loss to the producing and consuming pub- )
lie. This i* usually done by issuing in
accurate. misleading or unreliable re
l>orts as to supply condition or prospec
tive yield of some particular crop. The
farmer, of bourse, ia the -greater sufferer
for the reason that he is not so well
organized as men in other lines of busi
ness and can not. therefore, take advan
tage of sudden fluctuations * in market I
prices. On the other hand, the farmer i
may be materially benefitted by having
dependable and reliable data pertaining
'to crop conditions and crop yields made
public, such as are furnished by the!
! t'nited States Government. lie is bene
fitted dlreetly by b?lug kept informal
*? to the acreage, condition and proapec*
tfye yield* aii well a? prices of various*
?wq?* oouide of hi* WiMM?diate "locality,
t-uttbiios buu to kuow when to buy or
:.rll to the bent ad vantage He !? Indi
rectly benetttted^bcoaiwe the disiuterest
ot r-*|K>rt? of tb? govt- rn incut prevent
tlljft circulation of fla)*' ami tnitfI? M<li|lg
iqport* by npecUTators who ace ooly. lit
tested in manipulating prices to their
mlvMtar alone. rr^tt-T * '
Government ?-r*H? rf|x?rU are a further
advantage to farm era in that ? knowledge
trap prospect* enables lai*e ntanufae
turlug firm* and agricultural implement
dealer* to diatribute their ararea more
??ouMttnlcaUy, sending a larger quantity
of articles to sections where crops are
good and the demand large and a leaaer
quantity where crops are poor and the
decuand thai ted. Kail road companies are
enabled to furaieh and distribute oars
in a way to meet the demaada for trans
portarfloa ot eropa when a delay or con
gestion in transportation facilities would
mean a severe ioea to the producer. It
is difficult to estimate just how much is
aaved by au area distribution of manu
factured article* according to crop p roe
pec ta, for if msnuAactures can avo<d
heavy ioaaee from improper distribution
they can a ford to aall au better terms
with a reauking benefit to the farmer.
Large corporations, flams and specula
tors |>rocure information as to crop proa
pacta through their business associate*
and private crop reporting agencies,
many pf Which are maintained at a, heavy
expense. Of course, they study and rdy
to a large extent upon government re
ports but are not absolutely dependent
U|M?U them. 0? th? olhwr h?t*f,
fanner Mm iww bem au?cl*utly WfU
orfanlaed to collect aucb iuformatiou epj
without; the fOTfrwnetH report* W0uW
hmJmP.- wr uotWof of # or
probable aupply of any *rop and could,
tbecafora. ***? *> Idea aa to the priw^
that would prevail aa determined by
the h?w of avpply and 'it'Uiaad ?ud
be abaollHaty at the flawy of iutorrKUxl
Morula to re wtw eould bear or bull the
marte* to ant t thecuaelvV
It weuld ajipear. therefore, to be to
tbe beat interest of U?e fanner, a* w?U
aa - other ctaaaea of tnudneaa men, t()
carefUHy atudy fovernweut crop reports
and aaei*t whenever in opportunity af.
forda in uraMuf them aa accurate and
(loiHwiaUe aa
Cal AMHefc Dead.
Ool. Alfred Aldrit-h, need 76, a well
known Ci tinea of Hputh <?arollna died iu .
a boapitel at Andetwm laat Saturday ]
afternoon. ' He wan a native of Barn
welt county and ?peot tbe moat of hU
lif?* ou- Ilia t*rw in tba*. county. He
waa a (Amfoderate veteran.
,
B K. Tolllstpn, an electrician oj SiMu,
tauburg waa badly mangled by a South
ern Balfcwsy train at tbe uuiuu atatioo
in that city Thuraday. One leg had
to be amputated and the other lef wm
badly Injured.
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DR. R. E. STEVENSON
DENTIST
Cracker MWtnc
Wanted to buy or, exchange from 25 to 30 tons
good sound cotton seed provided I can get this tonnage.
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See me before bringing these seed, at which time,
I will tell when to deliver themr
R. L. MOSELEY
Camden, S. C. *
Suppose, Mr. Kershaw County Farmer, that any banker in Camden should say. to you: "Improve
your farm. For every dollar you spend in permanent improvements, I will absolutely jrive you another
one to put in said improvements." Y ou would certainly accept this liberal proposition. The United
States Government says this to DeKalb Township, and to any other county or township for that matter.
The progressive citizens of the county, those who favor advancement in Road Building, are in favor of
accepting this offer. The issue is to be determined by ballot on
Where Do You Stand, Mr. Voter? j|g
THE ISSUE IN A NUTSHELL IS THIS: If DeKalb Township votes an issue of Bonds for $60,000 ; ~
for the purpose of building permanent highways, then Uncle Sam donates us $68,000 more. In addi--^
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tion, the Federal Government supplies us with Tractors, Scrapes, Picks, Shovels and other Road Build
ing machinery and utensils FREE OF COST. How can we afford to neglect so great an opportunity^
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The Camden Chamber of Commerce