The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 05, 1919, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
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\ .Fubllnhed every Friday at 1100 No
firoMti Street, nod entered at tbe Oam
?lao j?c.si otfl< v ax tM*oood claaa mail mat
er. Price p*r unimm fl.flO
<'amde?. H, IN?e. ftth, H?ll>
ACl'TK HIIOHTAOF. IN I'APKK
l.argr .Amount of Advertising lias Cmum>
c?l I'iiumiuI Consumption.
Kaunas City, M'f, N?>v. IX. Maoj of
the smaller daily ????< wetkly p4p<?r?? of
thin section of th<- country fare -ukp? m
h{od of publication*-- unit iu xonie in
baukroptay? 8? a reiult of the
serious news print fhortnice, which u.>w
confronts t !??-tn J
, A rfhUiiu1 of the nitiMition lift*1 develop,
??d t li<* follow! ii k condition*.
!pho smaller newspapers are unable U>
obtain any lots and in many in*
<tnt)(VH those vsIkmm* largest orders UIH
ton lots en n not get them filled.
All jobhfcr* are cutting d^pru th*ir cuj
Kvoicn*' order* to just enough to .keep
the customer supplied for two. nr at
the outside, t h r**<* wwIck,
Carload lots of flat new- print, are
generally fold out, *oin<'ttaw twlct and
ihrt* times *>ver, before the ca r has been
*?t to the jobber'* t ruck, aftih- it? arriv
al hrre.
johlxTk ;ir?' not takiiiR on any pew ac
? uniii.
Where at** nXHAbor* of a string
r?# b<?u?o<v a* are most of those in Kan
sas City, whru h shortage owui* in One
hou?c t Ik <*tbjpt> help Out. sending tl?o
news- print by express.
The jul?ber>,. to a man, contend that
the oau*e of the shortage of news print
for the Mint II dailies ami weeklies is to
V placed entirely *at t lie doors Of the
f.irscr rity dailies.
There j? no possible chance f . *r the
situation to In* changed for the better
in the immediate future, re rtainly none
bp-fore next spring; ami not than, unless
there !?? jhi increase in production and
a decretive in r<iiiMimptiou.
The I .??.rue amount of uation-wid?< ad
vert i.Mujr. pohit'ed out as the niH' jilt
portjiut - factor in the shortage. l'nlens
the dailies can do something to out
dOwp ?'lii- advertising, there is little
no.s ? l)j f i I \ i'f t li ?? '??>??? I i t i*?ji being intprov- |
' - !
1 lie jidibecs hi Kansas City and thia
-eetimi id i lie country, according to re- j
ports re.ee i veil ret the houses here, arc J
not making nny attmnpt to mipply the :
larger papers, but arc devoting nil their
? (Torts to the little fcllowa #ho cannot
K<t their ?haro except from thein.
'I'll,, situation in Oktaboutu, Kansas,
Iowa, MiNKourl mix' Nrti'mska ha* beeu
a^ioUH for aoaiV t i 1 1 1 ?? . Keccnt ly, be
of the shortage, ?vvcr??l newspn
1 1 . ? awh#rt f tfif poMiblUty of -^ii
pension altogether. Appeal* were nude
tr? the joM>*r* for help, bill they were
unable t?> do more than alleviate the
trouble for aevcrul weeka.
< ?in- prominent Ktiinax dnijy> owiied
hy h i <> i vi h i t-oogrcMhniau, gppmlad. to
Ihf Western N?'wk|)H|m i I'nion here. Af
t?*r attempt* to acciire paper from the
\V. \ I ho n. in this territory, itn
appeal wh* aent to the purchasing agent
(It < NdhIik He Informed the Kanaai
t'irv house that while he waa not only
too glad to give aid to a customer, that
ther?? was nothing that <*ould he done
t.? help the situation.
The Chr.ttanooga New a comment* on
t!i< situation as ftilluw*:
"The new?p?p?r bu*iuf#B is /ah ng the
gravest erlxls in the supply of print
pip?r that has ever occurred. The
shortage , during the war period la noth
ing to that which is now existing. While
the production of piper iu the tftiited
tttntes and Canada has increased very
IJttle in the i?nnt two yearn, the eon
vumptfon hnjn groyvn enormously. No
one i* ?blo to predict what the price
will be, or whether any newspaper will
get art adequate, supply of paper. > The
volume of advertising being carried by
the newspapers of the country is un
precedented. The campaigns of nation
al advertising which were put ou by
man) concerna with an idea solely of
creating good will, and with little ex
pectation of profitable returns, have been
km successful that they have been in
creased.
"I>e*pitc almost universal increase in
advertising rates the patronage has con
tinued fo grow. Many newspaper* hfcvo
heen compelled to put a limit \>U their
ni/,e. Th? Washington Star now limits
its edition to .TJ pages, and daily leaves
? ?tit many columns of advertising. Hut
seven 1 of the Xi"w York newspapers are
running over this number of. pages.
"The Detroit News prints from .'Ifl
to M> .pages, and of this W? per cent Is
advertising.
"(Jiving as its reason that regulation
hv the government has made it impoft
?- ?l>le for it to earn a- profit, the Inter
na ti^ruil Paper <\?ivpany, which makes
H) per cent of the news print usc<P*fcy ]
Ami rican papers, recently cut off urhi
trarily over a dozen Southern n"W*pn
pei> and ninn.v Others over the United
States.
"It luis . Miiioiinced that MO, 000 tons
? ?f p.* per formerly manufactured as news'
prints would ho changed to kraft and ;
wrapping paper. There is a much l>et -
ter profit in t.liese lines. ,
. "Tbl* Mt^|? oif the part of the Inter
national rreuted oumternation in the
ii(<\vH|>K.|H'r profe*?lon. Many publUhera
ho UK tit in vain elsewhere to supply th?ir
II. ???(Jn.
"Oilier manufacturer* have pursued o
xiiuilur policy. UM ??f tin* largest WW**
paper* in the South ban been unable to
nVntravt f< ??? it? 11)20 hupply.
"Ah repiehenUtlonn were made to the
International by a committee <?f South*
cin publisher*, it baa ?k? ?-?*l that iu
Mead of cutting >>ff hoiiic new*paj>er? ar
bitrarily ,lt will prorata it? supply to
;>ll further cutftoniein. Hut thin will no.
roHsitaUvllll newspaper# reducing
their >-i*e.
/' That South Carolina has no petroltifar
in itM rock bed* au<l prospector* who
are inviting their- money digging oil
well* in the Htyt?? are throwing their
money to the w in. I- , it. the oplnfou of
Stephen 'Pafoer, atate geologist and beat!
of the department of geology at the
I'nlverwity of Mouth Carolina.
HI'OK DIAMOND IN FOUND.
Second Urgent Stone In World To He
Chipped I p.
1 ? 1 *m
Chicago, Nov. 22? A tiny fragroeut of
the second largest diamond in the world
eventually may sparkle on the tinger of
your stenographer or telephone girl or
the pretty waitress who takes your order
for hanr ami eggs in your favorite ros
tuuraiit.
The second largest diamond recently
was fouud in the Premier Mine In tyoutb
Afrlea, according . dispatches from
London. It is said to be flawless and
to weigh t.fiOO carats in the rough. Its
estimated value in placed at $f?00,000.
The largest diamond ever found was iu
Culliiian, which in the rough weighed
:y \ oa/ at*. It also cauiA from Uie
l'remier Mine.
Since then* arc un'ly a limited number
of people who can afford to invest half
;< million dollar* in a diamond, it is ex
pected the great stone will he cut up into
iMtUiero.UK, sm (til gems. In this day of
high wages ami a craze . for diamonds,
the working people have 'become the
world's . greatest diamond buyers. So t.
X' in cut from tin- second largest diamond
i< reasonably not beyond the dreams of
tin- "poor working girl.'N
Shows Start af N O'clock. >j
'On iHvnDnt of 'the 'order of the fuel J
ndniinUl ration re<piiring that theatres
? ?: * i 1 . < ????*?? at 10:.'{() p. m. aP shows at
I'iif <"ii" I'M; ' hM'i a House will star*
,*t-? ; it* ; it I ;? " o'clock, during the en
t'r>r<TiniMit i he fuel regulations. Theatre
^r-ti'ofis it !?Mpie>ted to hear this iu
mind.
Miina^eineut Camdfm Oj>era Hou>e.
CHEVOLETS
FRANKLINS
and
CHALMERS
AUTOMOBILES
For Immediate Delivery
GEO. T. LITTLE
Mr (V?rt De?A
Mr. Willie U. Croft, u younjt tnau of
ubout .'50 years of ago, died lust Thurs
day nu I ho farm of. Mr. George T. little
uear C'auiden. He hud iwu iu had health
fur jt pumber of year*.
Ingram-f authen.
MU* /n|n K. I (iterant ,of Kershaw,
and Mr. Walter >S. Oauthen, of Lancas
ter, were married midday Tuesday at the
ltaptist parsonage. the IJev., M. M. Hen
soy officiating.
Notice.
""??Mrrrnwrc <?f our < 'hriHtnraf: - Banking
Club may draw their deposit* Dee. 10
and 11. Members whose names begin,
with h*i i <? i s from A to M may draw
theirs hoc. lot h. and members whose
nam?<> h> gin w-ith- letters fiou> ,\ l<t Z
m:i v ilr; w theirs De?', lit!).
Fir.- 1 National Hank of Camden.
i' ? ?t.v. latm- eig.ry eve
m i- tint are alfeeted ou the left side.
i imi.vI;1 i- nearly a- livrge in area as
the whole i.r Fnroprv ..
?JnV.mnesburg Now Metropolis.
Johannesburg, with a population of
283,274. is the largest and most cos
mopolitan city In South Africa. The
tastes of the people are varied, rang
ing front the simplest requirement* on
the part of the natives to the most
ctil'ti ?> .1 ;.?<! wants. Music of some form
lp one of the means of snrl^^lng those
wants. ^
? How Old Was Methuselah?
The I-adics* Home Journal says: Men
who love to dig into what ordinary mor*
tals accept as fact* and wonder at them
now and Hay that the ancients of Bibli
cal day* reckoued time, not by solstices
aud equiuoxe#, or by the sun or the move
ment of the earth, but by the mo?n.
Thus k year with, them was -a lunar year,
or every time the moou came around they
called it a year. Roughly speaklug, there
ave a little .more 'than 12 1-2 lunar months
t'f oppi'?xim utely 20 days each in a
year This makes it easier to under*
stand how Adam lived OttO years; ae?
cording to our present reckoning he real
ly lived t?> ho 71. Noah's WW) years be
entne 7<l ycKTN : and the daddy of them
all. .Methuselah, with his JMll) lunar years,
turn* ?ut really to have been. 77 yours,
uroordiiiK to our way of figuring. Later,
of conrsc, the equinox was* considered,
ft i ? ' ; '
jtnd six moons, or approximately, six
months, became a ''year." Hence Abra
ham'* I7f? years becomes about 87 years
of our time. All of which sounds more
plausible about these supposed tdng-lived
patriarchs. v ?
New .Machine For Ilay's Garage.
Mr. W. O. Hay of Hay's Oarage has
in trar>it by express an electric VLlve
grinding machine and will be installed
in his place soim and will be a great
time aud lal>or caver.
The ?ftdphin .s believed to be the fast
:'st swimmer in the seas.
The High Sckol Hropeil,
for'sale
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Campbell Street
I The Trustee* of School District N?.
I 1 iuvite bids for the punftase of tbe
' High School property in Camden, for
| ancrly the Doitoer residence, f routing
three hundred and three (303) feet cm
|%Monument Square and extending back
r'Wwit ctghtr^hundred and forty-nine (840)
f? ot to Carropbell Street. Bids may be
for yie property as a whole, or for on*
or more of the 6ight lots into which it
hnp tteen divided, an shown in the abate
diagram. Dots A and B have a front
lige on Public Square of one hundred
and fifty -One (151) and one hundred tad
fifty-two (152) feet respectively. Lot
A include# the school building. Lots C,
I), E, F. Q and, H each front one hun
dred. (100) feet oh Laurens Street witb
a depth of three hundred and three (303)
feet. A plat of the property and sub
divisions may be seen at the office of
Thomas J. Kh'kland in Camden.
Bids to be sealed and accompanied^
a certified chock for five per cent of the
amount of the bid, and to be delivered
to any one of the undersigned Triu$ee?.
Checks will be returned to unsuccessful
bidricv.
? KidT will be openedat twclvft^'ctGtk ~
M. on Monday, December 8th, 191fc
Bight reserved to reject any or all bids.
Terms cash.
* THOS. J. KIBKLANP.
J NO. T. MAOKBY,
H. K. IIALLETT,
Trustees School District No. 1.
CAMDEN OPERA HOUSE, SATURDAY DECEMBER 6th
HARVEY D. ORR Presents
His Latest Musical Comedy
n
Dircct from One Solid Year
37th Street Theatre,
Ne*v York.
40
40
Broadway's Prettiest
Chorus.
FEATURING THE
Honeysuckle
Trio
The Show With a
1000 Laughs.
Gentes Jenson
rn?
Belgian Prima Donna
.BOBBY JACKSON and some of the "High Steppers"? one of the big Dancing Features with Miss Bloe Eyes
Mail Orders NOW ? Prices $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 ? Seats on Sale Thursday
Booked by
V, HOBART
authofof
"EXPERIENCE"
Lyrics by
SILVIO HEJN
and
EDWARD PAULTON
Composers of
Flo Flo
Ziegfield Follies
30
Musical Numbers
Gorgeous Gowni
Special Scenic -
and
Lighting Effects
' "t
3 Ads? 3 Scenes
Numbers That Please
-<-4 ? (grit That Teat*