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Chronicle NUMBER U, Fight to Sixteen CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1919 [remember LINCOLN'S WORDS (Kmu the Charlotte ? o Mb*"'* the recent outbreak of ]ttw 0rm and disgraceful mob violence at bai. the Chamber of <\>iumerce < >f * ? ? ... tuv...u ^ m ( Lk til ly I W* ?r>. V -- Omaha right with the world at ?Ttfiiu. A" wHtojr'ttl which appear K, Thf World-Herald^Hepterober 30, Lrio| the lynching oi William Itrown, HgriiiuK of tlif courthouse and the to Jjr?K?h (he Mayo?" ou Sunday s?-pt?i?i)< r 28, tins been scut broad fjn repriut fonrn. It sheds light #y^ul occurrence at Omaha jirw assurance that such an out rill not occur there again. The [erald in the midst of its lengthy J, say* ?' eltiienship of Omaha wilt be ? that the outride world should i wbat it was that happened and (t hai>IMMie<I- there be no mls ilw (Jain fuels. The trouble, is now. It was a tiare-up that died quickly as it wus born. Omaha is |U (he same safe and orderly city skis always been. It will be safer, Lw. hereafter, and more orderly, be br of ihe lesson it ban . so dearly Latd And the oare-up was the work gjji this fact be emphasized ? of a few Kfad rioters, some- of thewi incited by P?trageiius deed, others of them skulk 19 ut the anarchistic underbrush who ipd th?ii ou for their own four pur pa of destroying property and paralyz Iftifirru of the law. If the miserable #io. rown, had bwn removed from iime, as lie should have been ; UuKdj to remove him. the public au |fcitif* had'' taken vigorous measures to jjRttt the ?ongre^a t ion and inflaming j Iftfmob. the riot would never have jiamd. An organized and intclljgent flrtrted effort i^| advance would have ?Bfrred the good name ?tf ( >inalin un-| BiSW. It would have p levari fed *the ; Wait It Mould have saved ourj spiendid new court bouse (vim being of fered up in flames, its defense wi\li the mob- victim in it, a contty sacrifice f ?u the ultarof law and order. There wuivft have been no thought,, even, of tlieama* iiiK attempt to lyuch the mayor of Omaha, bravely and honorably discharging his duty as chief magistrate iu resisting the wolf^ack. The Oinaha paper thinks its commun ity has learned a valuable lemon in the bitter and iswtly school of experience with lawlessness. The leason it has learn ed should prove valuable to other Ameri can citfsens* The World-Herald Hounds a strong note of warning to all other cities aud communities in the country in thew Hnging words, which should im press all law-abiding citizens every where: ?' . f For the first time in niauy years ? and for the last time, let us hope, for many year* to come? Omaha has had an experience with lawlessness. We have seen what it is. We have seen how it woi'kfc. We have felt, however briefly^ that fetid breath of anarchy on our ?checks. W'e have experienced the cold ehlll of fear which it arouses. We have seen, as in a nightmare. ita awful possi bilities.. Wo have learned how frail is the barrier which divides civilization from the primal jungle ? and we have been given to see clearly- what that har rier Ik. It is the law ! It is the might of the law, wisely and fearlessly administered! It is respect for and obedience to the law on the opart of the members of society !. When these fail us all things fail. When th<*se are lost, all will be best. Should the day ever come when the. rule that was in Omaha Sunday night became the dominant rule, the grasses of the jungle would overspread our civilization, its wild denizens, human and brute, would make their foul feast 011 the ruins, and the (lod who rules over uh would turn 1 1 in fact1 in sorrow from a world giveu <wr to bestiality. May the lesson of Sunday night sink deep ! , In Coucl uMon, the Omaha paper quotes i hose wonls of the revered Lin coln, words that have been too nearly forgotten b y the American pe<*plo, but ^yhieh' should be omblatoned ^pon the .nindt- and hearts of all in this tint' of unrest, <?f conflict uud of agitation and radicalism : "Let revereu<*e of the Jaw be breathed by every mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap; let it be taught in wheels, seminaries and colleges; let it be written iu primers, spelling books and almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpits and procluitnod in legislative halls and enforced in courts of justice ; let it bmmie tin* political religion of the Nation/' Indeed should the lesson learned by Omaha be learned by every community in th* land and the words of Lincolu be taken home to our hearts, there to be cherished and mtver foe- ? moment forgotten ! Boll Weevil In Sumter County. Sumter, Oct, 11. ? Following uncon firmed rumors that the boll weevil had been found at different points in Sum ter county County Demonstration Agent Williams set out Saturday with experts from Cleiiisou College tin a tour of in vestigation and it required but a short time to confirm that worst fears for the weevil was found and plenty of it on the farm of S. ,7. White, six miles from the city. This farm is chot far from the Clarendon county lino ami the pest Jtad been previously located right up to the dVue on the Clarendon ?de. It is reported that tbe weevil has also been found On farms in the lMsgah section on the opposite side of the county where it was supposed it lias been abundant and has done an amount of damage to the late cotton. If the hot weather continues an immediate spread over the greater part of the county is feared. j OKKKKKI) THKM THK BlHlNKSS. Jeweler Would Turn (Iver HU Plant To Strikers Mid M Thein Kun It, Now York, N. Y. ? The striking em ploy e.s of Goldsmith, Stern A Co., of New York city, one fo the largvat manufactur ers of jewelry in tho I'nited States, have refused to accept t.h?? gift of the factory in which they worked. August Goldsmith, the head of the tirm, is the man who presented this proposition to the surprised union worker* when 800 of the 34)0 he efploys-decided to walk out. The employes who xtriwk receive salar ies of from $25 to for for a 44-hour week, with yearly boDUMt and overtime thai ofteu make* the warary of expert* a? high as $145 for a week's work. They , wwf grante<l a 20 per cent increase iu July. The union members reeeutly struck for a ten per cent increase and a 39 hour week. ' The demand was refused. As a compromise Mr. Goldsmith told the men that, as he was only making a ten ]>er cent prottt himself, he would let thorn take over Ikeplgut iBfllioe If they could make a better success of it than he did. They refused. "I told them,'* said Mr. (Joldstnith, "that all they had to do was to buy the tools, dies and machinery at its apprais ed value, I accepting their notes and a mortgage on a third, and assumiup all debts and liabilities myself, and wy>uld give them a bill of sale and see what they could do with it. I also said I would come in and manage the plant for them for six months at no salary, and after that would retire and agree not to re-enter the jewelry trade to compete with them. They refused to aceept the , offer." ? " if 'r Fire in one- section of the big ware house of the John T. Roddey . Cotton Company at Rock' Hill late Sunday night partially- destroyed <150 hales of cotton. The total loss is estimated at approxi mately $100, 000. Several hundred bale^ of cotton were stored in other sections of the building, but the fire was pre vented from wpreading to these. ( ? AI-.DKRMAN is kx-convkt. Member of (ir*?r'? CharlMton Faction SrntMicfd For Fraud. < \>lwnd>ia, S. (Vt. 0. ? Kruest Ja cob*. nominated from Ward 10 iu the Charleston municipal primary election on August 10 us ward alderman, oaunot bo scaled if elected in the general election on Oeoonvber 4, if an opinion handed down by the office of the attorney gen cral, written by 4'apt. Morris O, Lump kin, the assistant, is held to be correct. Jacobs is a metniber of the John P. CJraee faction of Charleston politico. The opinion* take the position that, if tho al? legations brongkl against Jacobs ara cor* reet, be cannot nveive a registration cer tificate, without which he cannot be a qualified ele<ctor and therefore is prohib ited from holding office under the con atitution. - ? I According to an affidavit sworn to by W. L. Itodriguez, court stenographer of the 14th jiMlirial circuit, K. F. Jacoba was Convicted of -obtaining money aatn fcurance' premiums, misrepresenting him self to be an agent of the Woodmen of thi' World. He was triftjf averred the affidavit, before Judge Jgme* F3. Pueri foy, aty Kidgelaud, Jasper county, July 11. 1017, and was sentenced to jaid for three month* or to pay a fine of $ifK). Mr. Rodriguez further avers that Ernest L. Jacobi, then running for alderman in Ward 10 of tho city of Charleston, wus identified by J. K. Gill* supervisor of Jasjier <-ounty, as K. F. Jacobs, who was turned over to him after conviction for fraudulently obtaining insurance money. George I). Kirkland, John Dunbar and E. C. Lewis, ehnrgwl with the killing of II. I). Marley, at. the Marley home. Matthew's Bluff, Allendale county, Mny 21) last, aftejr Marley had shot to death James W. Hogg, a prominent Allendale county farmer, were declared 'not guiltj' last Friday by n jury eni<panne11ed for their trial. The rase consumed about th^ee days and attracted wide atten-4 tioa. ?( IK(ITSI OH JOVI" John Robinson With life Immense Show WUt KnUfUin ThouHMMh Here. With three tin ins of extra length mil road cur*, 147U employee, 3'iO of the world's famoutf arenic arilNtw, f?00 horse**, 100 cut? little high atffwJng ponies, tents that comfortably aeat 10,000 peo ple and a mile king parade, the John Itobinsou Hncfts will visit Camden on Thursday, Oct. 28wL Hundreds of resident* of the surround iug territory an* preparing lor the gala day and win journey to Gantdtfn by train, auto and behind their o*yu driv ing horeea. John liotftmam is ft .JfrOtfftft-. .. hold word here. The thow ie about the oldest in the Iluited States, having been organised in 1'tica, New York, In the spring of 1824, It haa exhibited contiu _ uoual v si nee that time and haa growu from a "how hauled lu five wagenb to a. monster aggregation second to none. The third generation of Robinsons iw now in charge and next afe&aon. John Robinson - the Fourth will take active charge. Tbia young man, twenty-five years old, has Just returned from France and the bat tlefields. The menagerie with the John Robin son circus has been groatly augmented during the winter. There are forty cages of rare wild a?>inals including "Congo.-" the only baby Hippopotamus in captivity* Fifteen- of t.he largest, and best trained elephant* in the couutry are also Jolm Robinson's.1 The performance in the tlire^ riugs, on the two stages, in the areial enclave and around the wide hippodrome' racing track is said to be the best the John Roblnwoo folks have ever presented to a discriminating pub lic. r THE BATHING BEAUTIES ' ARE COMING! Cedar Grove Farm, 745 Acres, with 25 Tenant Houses and about 901 under cultivation and well watered ; , North of Lancaster, S. C., will be sub-divided into small tracts | Located on Landsford Public Road, Th ba|ance in l, 2, 3 and 4 years w.th [Tuesday, October 21st, at Eleven O'clock ladies ESPECIALLY INVITED MUSIC BY BAND i FREE barbecue ? LAU ? I Sale conducted for W. L. Steele and B. Cunningham by Wagener Real Estate & Guaranty Fillip p. toale WAGENER, S. C. ? _ * ?? rrzr^tr.'^ . ? ' ' A. . /?