The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 30, 1919, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
H. I>. Nllaa w?4
Publtefcm.
B. N. McDowell
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l'ubllsbed every Friday at im? No.
Hroad Street, tod entered at the (Vim
<ieo pontotOce an second clana nail mat
* r Trice per > annum ?l ."?<)
< ,?widep^|j^ Sf, It A ft.
Never wan a greater opportunity a (*
forded a ouauuiunitjr to get good road*
at a Hut all <?mt thau that how confront
ing every county io the I'nited Htate*.
The cotiwtiatdonera have ordered aw elec
tiou on tin* question of voting bonda for
road improveuicnta In I>cKalb township
It will fee h.-l.l next Tuesday and while
we have no doidbt that the election
will go favorably for txmd*. the vote
should be orerwheln?i?fl|fc?fwr the Usue.
The government offera dollar for dollar
iu erecting permanent highway* and the
people of thin townabip abould^take care
of this offer which will give u? good
roada all orer the towoabfp. j
The whole rx?untry wa* gladdened
Monday when it wan lea rued that Ilawker
and QHtri, the daring aviator* who at
tempted a trans-Atlautic flight had been
picked up near uiidocean and were aafe. ,
While all Europe and America were
piHiniuK ''I* daring and brivery, Ilawker
made a wpeoch at a luncheon yeeterday
In London in wbirh he belittled the huc
c.-Mt of the Americans in making a sue- j
????>? ful trans-Atlantic flight. He de- ,
clared that it waa not a serious attempt j
with a ship stationed lit "every twenty
yards." While there may be. many who
think the same way, Ilawker should not
have been the man to make the state-'
rnentt
1
?lay Lynch* a white man. was taken
from a court house at l-#mar. .Missouri,
Wednesday and lynched in the court
holme yard in the presence of a er^wd
of pernm*. Lynch had killed a
sheriff and his son in a jail escape. J
Capital punishment is not permiasable
under the law of Missouri aud an effort
was made to have the law repealed on ,
account of the Lynch murder. Failing ;
in this the mob took the Inw into their
own ha fids and put him to death.
The Road Bonds
Mr. Kershaw County Land Owner;
I )???* r Sir:
We all will agru that wln-n a. propo
siti. m to raise taxes is put to us, we
naturally want to know the whys and
the wherefore* of it all, ill i4bw Word*
ws want t<> know what we ar? going
to get f<t?r our money ,wTi*t g?>od the ex?
tir?* i* g?ing to th? u*. Vou li?Vf
uo tUotbt been the advertUemt-oU Cb?t
o?rv county paper* have beei4 runniug
ly.Jiilt-, ,rW which relate to II
golden opj&t unity t liitt *f have to se*
our* ? governiu?-iit; appnAprlgtloo of
$68000.00 to tn- eifiended on thr road*
of IMvsIb township. ^Tbis fund can be
bad. the work done u u?l?r government
supervision, the roads put in i condi
tion which Avili make travel 70 per cent
easier. t*a*lfr on you, ou your stock,
on your vehicles, easier to market your
produce and naturally add value to your
land*.
\W have only to match the govern
ment appropriation, in other words raise
a shnWar amount ourwelvew. eight tbou
aahd of which ban been raised already
which ><411 leave a balance of sixty
thousand yet to be bad. To do this
we propose to float a bond iasue for
thm amount which will only entail about
a two mill extra levy on this -Town
ship, certainly little enough^Tot ' the
am. .nut of benefit which we are to re*
j reive, therefore gentlemen we ask that
you go to your voting precinct on Tues
day next and vote for this $00,000.00
i bond issue of whk'h w)ll mean so much
to us all. Hemerober, this is our only
chance, we are to accept thin offer of
the Government or reject it, 'tis now or
never, ho mnember the date, next Tues
day June 3rd be sure and vote FOR
the U>ii?( Trailed we tjao^t aftWd to
miss it.
Yours for goo<l road*,
The t'smden Chamber of Commerce.
TIMK I'F TiintHDW
Allied Armies Heady in Case Germany
Refuse* To Sign Peace Terms.
(Hy The Associated Press)
Germany's counter proposal* to the
peace treaty of the Allied and associated
powers, eujivprlsiug w -volume of goodly
proportions are- in readiness for presen
tation to the peace congress at Versailles,
No official announcement has as yet been
made of the time when Count von Itrock
dorfT-Kantzau will appear before the rep
r resent a tives of the victors in the war to
make Germany's tinal plea for the amel
ioration of s<Mne of the conditions of
the treaty which are declared to be too
severe for fulfillment, but the time can
not be extended beyond noon of Thurs
day. when the limit for reply expires.
Late- di<o*utcheK from Berlin indicate
that the German document is to contain
in inifold representations and argument*
for a lessening of the severity of the
terms, not alone from the financial pud
.?XtHLUUiic standpoints but ?l*o with regard
to disarmament, both on land and sen,
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but a pi en f??r mutualising wider the
Uagm* ??f nation* war craft and mtrckiut
program of the world'* nation*. l>rp
torial reqiriretneuU al*o are to l>e ar
K ucd agal?wt.
, Friday i? to wltoemi tb*? receipt by
the Austrian* of tbe term* of tb*- peace
trvaty that ba? be*-n formulated for th?*
former Km pi re of the llapxbnrg*. Tb?y
plea <?f the chief of the A upfrifiu. dele
gation for hafltr by the Alliea in wak
ing known the term# probably i* respon
sible for F?fld*y having beeu chuaen
a? the day for tbe Au?triana to appear
before tbe |?eace congreaa, it previouidy
having be^n believed that tbe ceremony
would not take place untit next week.
Iu anticipation of the possibility of
a declination on the pgrt of tbe Ger
mans to Migit the in-ace treaty Mar
*hal Koch, tbe coiumauder-fu-cbief of the
Allied and associated armies, has made
a further inKpection of tbe occupied area
iu tbe went aod its general vicinity, and
r?|>orted Win observation* to Minister
of War Clemeoceau. Tbe landing of
American and Britiah marine* at Daatig
probably indicate# that auother atep to
meet auy eventuality hai been taken.
The question whether tbe German
plenipotentiaries will a ttx their signs
tures to tbe document ia atill a (pool
one in Germany.
Confirmation has been received of the
report that the Allied and associated
powera are to lend aid in auppliea and
money to Admiral Kolchak tbe anti
Bolsbevist leader. iu liuasia, conditional
upon the establishment of a constituent
assembly and a lawful government in
hi* <*ounJry.
A report, from Viborg ia to Hie effect
that the Soviet authorities in Petrograd
have boon overthrown. Thiers la no
confirmation of the report.1
PERSONAL MENTION.
Friends in Camden were pleaded to
see Mrs. W. 1). Trantham who made
a short stay here last week. She wa.s
accompanied by her H>n Frank, and they
were un their way to Washington, hav
ing wpent the winter in Alabama.
M1ss Henriette Johnson has returned
from a six weeks visit North. While
away she -visited tor ''New York, Masfca
olmssetts, Connecticut and mainy other
pVfteeit of interest. The trip going was
made by automobile with friendp and
the picturesque scenery wnK at its love
liest in the spring-time.
Mrs. Robert Moore ISlanchard and her
interesting family who have been living
in .Camden during her husband's, Col.
ltlanrhard's serviee overseas leave today
for Iturlington, Vt., and will later go
to Washington. 1). C. They were quite
an addition to Camden's ' social circles
and will be greatly missed by a number
of friends here.
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Uiwp Km?ptiB? KiUvntin apfnt the
week rod in (^mdeo with her |NircsU
Sir. atd Mm. J. V. liatruau Hbe ban
returned tn CV>k*r College.
Mt?prn ElUa belli CltiT and flare
Ktaffoni of (irwiitwM, North CartHua,
are the gu?r*>t* ??f MIm Katherinv ll)ake
nry Who h44 r?*ntl]f returned /rout
<Qu<eu? College, Charlotte. N. C.
Uim KuU Matthews and Dr. Mc
?'a?li>. Wth ?# (MwnWa spent Sunday
afternoon with Miss Matthew's ulster,
Mrs. J. 0. Kirkland on UFayetU Av
enue. ' :
Mine Producea Coal and Sand.
A mining plant that la decidedly
unique I* located In Ohio. Roth coal
and Kit rid are token from the oh?
i property which consistf of IflO acres
The aurfaco strata I* high grade mold
ing sand and haa an average depth
of at>oiit nine feet. It la deposited on
a hed <>f Mhnle about five feet in thick'
nens diwl under thla la a aeara of ex*
cellent coal averaging from 4 to 5
feet. Shipment a of an ml already hare
blen mode to foundrlea throughout the
?country, A cuiis'derahle tonnage ol
coal alao ha* been mined. Aa th?
*h:ile atratn is uncovered by the re
moval of the aand, ateam shovels will
; be utilised to atrip the ahale, thereby
exposing the seam of coal which will
he mined In the open. -In compara
tively few localities Is the coal aeara
Mitth-fmtly near the surface to permit
of stripping. The sand Is mined by
ateam shovel and is conveyed by mine
ears to a Blockhouse* from which II
Is loaded Into cars by a belt con
veyor. A force of nine men can load
400 tons of sand a day. ? Scientific
American.
t Bishop Refuses to Dwell in Castle.
J Whether a bishop should be com
pelled to live In a custle regardless ol
1 his own desire for u more modes!
f and less expensive home -is a question
| which is agitating the clerical author!
, ties of the diocese of Worcester, Eng
i land. Dr. Ernest Harold Pentfce ,re
j cently was consecrated bishop ol
i Worcester. In the course of a ser
! moil It was declared that no hishoi
i really wanted to live In a castle an<!
that, If the people of hl^ diocese re
i quired him to do so. t lie financial re
j sponajbilities should he borne by them
j not by him.
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Radium Found In England.
, The discovery of a considerable bodj
; of pitchblende ? the ore of radium-^
is reported from the village of Hump
| stead, on the borders of Dartmoor
I England. Samples were submitted t<
the mineral resources development de
; partment of the ministry of munitions
| whose experts said it was pitchblendi
| with e T. oxide content of 20 per cent
somewhat licher than the ort loo
' ported from America.
DO NOT WAIT FOR THIS
f-. 1 . ? ?? ?? ? ..
LET OUR HAIL
POLICY ISSUED
BY A COMPANY
BACKED BY
MILLIONS
INSURE
YOUR
CROPS
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STORM AT HODGES
DOES MUCH DAMAGE
?
Fifty Thon*aud lk>Jlar? IbtlnuM Log*
To rimon Kfom Hall ftuaday
' Kminf. |
(ireenwood, M ay 20. ? Official estimate
of demonatraiion agent aud county of
lw-iala place dMUfP from a wiew bail
? torus la?t eveniug iu tUU county at
$30,000. A atrip nine mile* long aiul
five miles wide around 1 !o<lge? wait made
bare of all growing crops by the mora*.
All ttottdn will bave to be planted over.
Fruit trees bad bark beaten off by force
of ball.
Williams Fire Insurance Aeencv
R. M. KENNEDY, Jr.. P?. J
PHONE 62 ' ' ciiunr- -
CAMDEN, S. C.
Off On a Vacat Ion
Mian Aunk-e Ateiauder, the efficient
manager of the Western Union .office
at Camden ha* cone to spend ?? weeks
vacation at her former home at 8tatea
ville, N. C. Duriug her absence the
office will be in charge of Mr. F. O.
Spender, of Oxford, N. C., relief man
fur this district of tbe Western Union.
Mr. and Mrs. L, A. Kirkland, Misses
Ellen Hi ?>? kin and Nan DeLoach and Mr.
Kufus Thurxnan have returned from ; a
trip to New York, Washington. Rich
mond and other points'. The trip was
made by auto.
Corporal VUIeplgue Honors State.
Corporal John Gautey Villepigue by
his "gallantry and intrepidity above and
beyond the call of dirty", has not only
won distinguished honor** for himself ?
he ha* honored bin State.
In war, certainly in war as Ameri
cans wage it, it is no distinction to
be brave. This t^riffic war, by calling
OPOB men to exert themselves as sol*
diers had nove'r before been summoned
to do in equal measure, has revealed
to us that very few men are really
cowards when confronted by peril and
urged to duty?' "So night is grandeur
to our dust." ftut the true moral hero
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is still rare enough to be chosen out
of the multitude for special honor.
It is for thij* reason ? knowing that
all American fighters arc brave artd
strong to the end ? that the order uses
the well-known and inspiring clause,
"above and beyond the call of duty."
"Euglaud" ? and every country expect*
every man to do his duty." If that
were *11, . we should, -have hosts of good,
honeat, clean, vaOtant fighters, but no
true heroes. .
Corporal Villepiguc did more than his
duty. And South Carolina, mother of
heroes, is proud of the honor that is
being conferred upon him today? proud
of the res(>ect and honor he has already
won throughout his country and wherever
his name and his deed of sacrifice and
pure valor are known.
the Corporal comes of fighting stock,
the courageous strain in his veins flow
ing ou both sides of his family from
the heroic blood of General Richard*
son of Revolutionary fame. Four of
the Hix generals that Camden, his own
home, gave to the Confederacy, were
his ancestors. He could hardly be oth
erwise than "courageous. And sheer,
clean courage was his starting point
His goal was duty and sacrifice ? the
true guerdon of . heroes.
The Congressional Medal, which Gen
eral Read will award him today, Wll
devised to mark such heroic services ?s
Corporal Villepigue performed. No hero
of the war deserved it more or has
won it by .more daring and self-sacrific
ing devotion to duty. ? Monday's State.
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DR. It E. STEVENSON
DENTIST
Crocker Building
Camden. 8. C.
TUESDAY,
Where Do You Stand, Mr. Voter?
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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
tion, the Federal Government supplies us with Tractors, Scrapes, Picks, Shovels and other Road Build
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ing machinery and utensils FREE OF COST. How can we afford to neglect so great an opportunity?