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<tro??l Street, a ikI entered at thr Cam
ion (HMtOflk* MH seCOUd Ha** luull Hl*t,
?>,r Prlff per annum 91.80.
Camden, S. C., June 18, 1920
(lovernor Ooo)>ef Saturday offered a
reward of for the apprehension,
delivery and conviction of (ho party
or partlo* who nearly thr<*e month# ago
killed Rdwln White, prominent clti
ken of the Cehtonary section of Ma
rion county , and weighted the Iwwly
1n Mie water of Little Pee I>cc river.
May 20, nine weeks after the crime
had tieeiy committed, the body wa?
foiuid hy a fishing party. \ at rung
wire bad been wound arouud the body
and to the wire had t*ccn attached
about rM> or ?H) pound* of scrap Iron,
(hie bullet had beeu fired Into the,
?tomach. Mr. Will to had starffcd to the
MChool house, which Is about one mile
from his hoino, to assist hi* brother In
the erection of a tombstone. He never
nhowed up that afternoon, and noth
ing further was hoard of him until
the body was taken from the river,
Jktcldcd linpotUM 1o enforcement of
prohibition law* will foe 4ho Immediate!
effect of 4ho supremo court decision de
claring the 18th amendment to the oon
atltutlon aixl the prohibition enforce
meat act constitutional, (V*mmlssl?Mier
oX Internal Revenue William*,' dec hires
In a statement given out to the press.
The American people, OofmmtsMstonor ,
'Williams said, will demand oto?evanoe
of tbe prohibition law as of all other
laws. He added that citizens who have
heretofore passively anpilesccd In the
prohibitum <tV?t, pending the courts do
i ? i ?> i i ?i i ?. "Now may be deixndod u|wn
to become active In cooperating with
federal, state and muuicipil autborl-j
ties In Its enforcement." The commls- j
sloner exprossod the belief that file .
method of l?*uLny a nd handling liquor j
l*?rmlts -which Is now being perfected
"will do away with forged pcrmH* and
Mogul use of i Hermit x legally granted." (
( pun Ills arrival in San IfrauejHCQ
to attottd the Democratic National
(Jon writ Ion Vice ^President Thou. II,'
MJarslm II Is quoted as suyiiivc ' "Tho
Republican* an* not so well pleas<*d
now ?k I hey were on Saturday night.
Personally, I have high regard for Sou
ator Harding. * I would do anything for
iilm oxeeht vote lor j 111 ii). Tho ? Bepub
Means are making tin* mistake of their
I Ives In thinking of tin* Novemlier eloc
r t?Mt as a forgone ctaichuslon and of tho
Pomoorata as a disorpinlaod, defeat
is! party. They aw* going l<? find \i?
very much alive In November."
There aro two vacant scholarships
to Oxford University, Knglamd o{M*n to
South Carolina lw>ys this year. Tlio
scholarships arc optfnu t<> any man be
tween the ages of ID and '2f? who has
completed satisfactorily ill least tho
Sopln more class of ndy In nn ilcrre
dMo.d college atul who 'has other nee
ossary qualifications. The scholar
ships arc worth $1,500 oach.
More t huii five 'thousand signatures
were obtained to a i>etlllon ciwmhtted
ijt Oregon Tuesday asking United
States Senator lllrani \V. Johnson, to
repndla te the platform adopted hy tho
rcpntdeaii national convention at Chi
cago. and t ? ? annmimv himself as an
Independent candidate for the presi
dency, according lo a telegram senl
to Senator Johnson hy VV. !', Adams,
Portland attornex
Major ( leu I Wood. in a siiTii-.
? ? I statement Tile-day elm r:?elcriy.ed as
a "v - i .u- and ma llc!oiis - falsehood,"
a declaration hy Nieledas Murray Hut*
ler, l!a! a "nioilev group <?f stts'k
camlders <>i and tuSi.iu:: promoters,
munition- makers 1 1 1 < I oilier Pk" per
soils'' I ..| eked tile genera!* campaign
for lilt J(e|M|hj ic.l || I ' le? I ? le 1 1 ( i :| ! : ('Illi
mi t i'Mi ,
Made it Too High.
In .'Hi i }i s | weeks |)ji|)er we mention
ed tho fact that tho Hank of Logoff
had increased it- capital from $lio,(M)0
to ?o.ih>p Through mm error the fig
n res read fr??m KM) to ftfo.uon
Letters From I he People
Thanhs Ills Krirnds.
IMitoi* Chronicle I desire i?> u.****
this op|H <rt nni t \ 1 1 > 1 1 i.i nk my friends
throughout the count* ivh<? have pul>
lich :j 1 1 ? I privaleU urged me lo stand
for the House i?f Ke)>resoiitati\ c< this
Ml miner. In 'view of the mali\ re
quests that are ctmiing to me urging
this course, I wish to .-ay that 1 shall
give the matter a thorough oonsidera
fion arid nnnoti!i?<e m> decision n HMle
la to:" on
Mendel I.. Smith
Coming, toinoro* at the MaJ^nUc
Charlie Chaplin in "A JITNKY BIX^PR
vent " ? -
THE NOMINATION OF HARDING
( From Tfc# Ni'W York Time* . >
I iM?n a Platform that has prodmv.i
Kuueral aisMitHfm-toii. ?ii*- Chc*go cow
U'jil Ji'n IU-4 *vut* u ? untiulat*! *****
nomination will Ih. received wRU as
tonishment and dismay to tU0fl*?ty
whoae Miffragc* l"' luvtte*, . ) V/.V.'
Hauling I- a very table Ohio
iMiiUfcltii* of W?v ^1^-claiu. }? 'w*
1 11 ? \ t* r U vll% a -leader of lllM? Of H
director of I mMcIcs. For years n l*>r
tege 01 Fotaker, he h?a? to " ,?W*'
diuate offlOC by fav. or ? 1U*? ivX,
of Cincinnati. Ben ten by JU^OU Har
mon in the contest for Uw Uovernoi
^i.io in ltnu. ho hit* wver ?itow? urn
SSUSi $*m ?* h,H r11^ ?i;
when how an named for Senator la
1U14, having a Majority of a Utile ?o?V
tliun 100, OW) over his I>emomtlo corn
iH-tltor ; a 1)4 outside of Ohio hob an only
*weta strength as ho now dorlvfeg from
his pluoe at the head of tfce ReputiM
C?it ticket. Senator Harding s record
at Washington ha* boon Paint and t(>1
orhv4i Ho was an umM stingu Ished
ujmI Indistinguishable unit lu ^the ruck
of Republican Bona torn who olHjdlentl>
followed Mr. I/odge lu tfoe twisting*
and turning* <*f that itateeman a foray
upon tho -treaty and the .?ovoiiant.
Tho nomination of Harding, for
whoso counterpart w? must go hack
to Franklin Pierce if W? would seek
a President w ho metwnreiKl own to hlaj
political stature, in the fine and PWJJJJ
flower of the cowardice and imbecility
of til? Senatorial ca^l that charged
Itself with the management of the He
publican convention, against whose
Control (Jovernor Beockmau ho vehe?
mently protested. Rejecting ix.*onard
NVood, probably the strongest ,
date with the people the (party could
have chosen, because they knew he
would never be dictated lo by tbern,
they favored (loveruor I^wden until
Itorah served upon them hta notice <rf
a veto of that nomination. Borah wus
coinandlug and truculent because he
knew that he had tod ?at with a group
of white-livered hind lncompotend poli
ticians. if Republican leadership had
not fajlen Into the hands of pigmies
thee thief men at Chicago would have
told Borah to bolt find bo Jianged, Just
as upon the Issue of tho league they
would have defied John* oil to do his
worst. But thoy ran like a frightened
mlock. surrendered everything. Mr.
Ixidge finally throwing oft! all dlB
guLscs and st'andlug out as tho open foe
of the covenant of the league of na
tions, even with hLs own reservations.
What has befallen the Republican
party of the caTyi days, the party of
slxtyy ears ugo, when was iKJssossed
of moral purposes, or of forty and
thirty years ago. when It .couM still
profes'l to hlivc them and flinl be
ll vers V
When* are Its leaders that can be
conii|>aj*od to Morrill. Seward, Hale,
Piatt, of Connecticut ; Oliver l\ Mor
ton, Sumner, Blaine, Conkllng and a
down others who rose to high places j
lu the luirty councils? And, If <tbe
question be not too. unfeeling, where
and what are its principles, if any it,
have? Party control, exercised by a ,
group of Sen'utors, is divided between |
Ijodgc on tiie one bund and Borah and
Johnson on the other. None of them,
nutation would InTve couie wlthbn
hailing distance of the foremost rank
[of arty chiefs in the brilliant, days
of Republicanism, And for principles,
they have only hatred of Mr. Wilson
and n ravening hunger for the office.
? -Governor Oootidge for Vice President
really shines by comparison with the
head achievement, 'be is known to the
party and to the nation. When tho
police force of Boston went on strike
| he showed himself to l>o atn an. He
met tliut menace to the public safety
I with courage and determination, and
I the nation rang with praise of him.
lit is fortiithfcite that not a word Is to
1h? said against the character of cither
candidate. They arc 'irreproachable
But that <hn's not coini>cusnto for tho
link of achievement,, for the color
I lessness of the candidate for fH-st
place. * or for Mm manner In wliic his
nomination was brought- about. It
will l?e felt and said everywhere that
the Democrats at San Francisco have
received from their opponents at Chi
cago the gift of ^a splendid oppor
t unity.
THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
i ? :
(Charleston News iiikI ( 'on riot*. i
Tin* Republicans have nominated' an
luttorly uninspiring candidate. a man
aWut whom four-fifths of :ihi' Ameri
nui people know practically nothing,
a man of whom mlllious of voters lmvo
I novel* hen rd . ' all I In? men who
. snnvrhi the nomination. Soniilor Hard
? lug of < ihio is, wil h t ho possible ex
ception of Sproul of I Ynn?y1 vaniu,
furl hct from being a national figure.
The | h'o| i|e knew \V?k>iI. they know
Low den. they knew Johnson, they
knew Hoover, they knew something
at lea>l- about i>olidge. They did not
know Harding or any tiling of any
consequence about him ; and when the
new-* of his nomination was flushed
over tie ?-oiintry the first question
asked b\ the crowd-* about the bullet
in -boards wiis, "Who is I larding. any
way Y'
| A man without magnet i?ui. a man
| without the precious gift of |?erson
alitv. a man with no nford of positive
a?hie\ ement to his eredit. a man who
i is ; i loial stranger t?? four fifths of
the American people, a man whose
(opinion* reirardini: the great ques
tion- of the times are known t>> >carce
1 lv an.vtiody. a man who*e miml has
i lilt herto made no impress whatsoever
ii(hhi the pnl 'lie ml ml and who has
[exerted no influence u|?oii the national
! life? it is with a candidate of this sort
I -.tandiiik' upon a platform as color
t less ftthl uninspiring as the candidate
himself that the Republican party g<>e^
J Itcfore the ipeople in this momentous
election year of IP'JO
I .The nomination of Senator Harding
is. primarily, the sad product of the
j predicament in which the Republican
| party had Imm-ii placed by the folly and
! narr.rwness oC iH| active leadership j
durbui tlm past year and a balf. There |
is no n?se in eolng over that lcwg
story. Suffice it t<> say that the Wll
sonph<?bla which has obsesaed the
party leadership and completely domi
nated its policy created a situation
at the convention which made it Im
possible for the party to adopt a plat
form or name a Candidate worthy of
its traditions. It was forced to com
promise with and in large measure
^urromler to for<s?* within itself which
\WH{ ? J, Y^u ariHwwl by
tagonlsUl* that UttU vHhVM i(f
tbo 1^**4,1 ii it 'i i atuoug
iwMltrrn . ?tt ,^rJSE?M. on.
the I'iJudWiityf meant a pirty
??' ,i:"ntro .wv?u
MJfllt Abe l**l > |4.>1M.,,Uy of
,o uoW 4k. I'fa nt* sa ta la that he
the l.e*t l,l?l , |*?f li? i t ?? to WO?*? u,,v
done nothing 4efl? with him
"X w .-"?P7
Ywl H w w ? i.i in
ink* thlH *1IW?U J w ? ' ? m
lu -purposes. to tU(.
Harding t? ^ l.ut In connection
people. ?so be *a : , exists in W11'
:r t?k?s. ^.tsr 52s
the .prc-convcntlon t i ^ fuvor
""""""nS'onS <>)<! <!???'. ?ml
M? candidate <?' , tU? contention
tbo course of ovonw ai "? t jjv
would aoeui to heai rt.y negative
srassJ sws
?on win not vote for the ^hl?
with aucb a candidate as M , a
^SS^SS*' i?i
I.SSS III:
itei>ublloa??H? 900^ tOv boUl tuo A/wi
tov bowS. people *?? turn ".f""
MTeory to. .Wtttaf ??W
iH'tter than what wo now hav? . l n . >
trlVnl oiuch tibia same game In 1910.
making Hughes onmo^t^
tbo issues, suppresKbig b K ^r^wj.
metamorphosing hi in Into a bearuon
ladv" as Roosevelt la ?aW to hjye
described blm In disgust. And they
failed In 1916, aUho?j* ^ST?W?*
vaHtly stronger, a vastly aoier, a
tleground then, as ( HOW^ ^
"^uSnTa^l? <?? !-<>??"? ?< tr
?mC&? *$??&
^"""auSr15' r;?'" "
S&JSSto victory in N^;"'
^V^rTht'lt^ra.'S tlmcj
?i..r war* I.KO Our Hopes, however,1
nnst ?? held tn leash. until wo have
heard from San Franclaoo
mmu, Democrats - luivo thou ^rea i
ch.m?; their care mnatjjo Mj^!
(i<i not fling It away as tbo utpuuin
L w,.,.M mh'hi to have Jhm? away
n.oirn To win. or to deserve to win,
there 'arc two things which the ltert
w-rts must do. Let thorn adopt a pos
tlve courageous platform, dodging no
U^ue but during plainly the party a
position on every great question and.
above all, <>b?mplwing wh?le^earted
iv" the izroat project of a society ui
nntlwiH n aming together of the
world's' free iieoples In a c<?-oiH?riithe
undertaking for the ?"J"tcnfU,i^8tl^
world peace ui>oii a basis of Jua lc
and reason. That, is the fl^t thlnKn
Then let them nominate, a
known to the wbolo .?onntr^ a rnun
known a? a dtier, a man of for? ami
of proved ability, a man whoso charac
ter perwnalHy and achievements have
made an Impress upon the iintlon a
man of positive conVletlons regatxl
In- the Kreat questions Is-foro us--a
man. In short., like WHIIan, <1. MeAdoo
r^sneh'a' platfoiai antl such a nomlna
will !??? sou,,. VOLS, for the party
whioh It might otherwise have, birt
the contrast with ihe alternatives of
fered h.v the Uepubllcans would be j*>
meat that the Democracy would be
hound to gather to Itself the ^l^'M
,.f the nation and in the end It will
juit onlv"*xain many more votes tnan
will Ik- 'lost, but It will l?c strenu'tbencd
:ui,l fortified and Imiit up and re
n??wed. from within and from witlvmt.
a,.d in all rosjfccts made more fit
and more ready f<>r the tasks that lb
ahead.
! \Y Lilian^- .l?'i?nln^ Itryan <ir.?ngly
nrtrtsl the Itepnldicans t?> lnir?Mluee a
Llank in ibelr plat form imbu-slng t'be
1Sti? ainemUueiit a> intcrpr'-lcd by the
Volstead a-t in address before a
mass meeting of tlie "drys of the lie
publican party in Chicago. Tuesday.
Today at the Majestic see William
Fa mum in The Adventurer.
Wants-For Sale
UAR PIN irfOST? Sot with Sap
phires. Pearls and Diamond. Return
to -Ctyonlrfr oftiop and rweivo re
ward Itip
FOl'Nl) ? < >110 pin. Owner < an
have snme by describing property,
falling at ? hi*- ??ffiee and 1 ?? y f n c for
tlliM notii*'. It
IH)K SALK ? White' Wjlmdot and
white Iveirhorn chickens. The lot ??f
f ? ? rcH 1 at 'Ck' {H>r i>ound. .lamon I).
Zt'mit a J 7/4'nip and l>e Pas-? I)ruR
Store 11 pj
FOK SALK ? (>ih* i *odjfp touring '-ar1
in a - 1 shape. Will sell at a bargain.!
Call 210 at <*? rollna Motor Co.. Cam
don, S. ('. . 11 j?d I
VTANTKD ? To" rent either an Cnder- j
wood or llrniinfrtatf typewriter for'
a ahort time. S. J. Walter*. Cas
ittttrX C- - * lti
LOOT GOLD PIN? 4*et with Sapphires
Peart*. and a IJiajnoruU . Reward if
return to Chronicle ^>ffi<f\ 1tpj
D U Y satisfaction when you buy tires.
Fisk Tires meet any comparison,
any competition. Then there is the
assurance of the Fisk Ideal.
? ?' ' ? ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' / v : : ?" ' _ '
MTo be the beat concern in the world
to work lor and the aquarcst concern
in existence to do bntines* with, "
Next Timm? BUY FISK
W. O. HAY
Camden, S. C.
FOR SALE? Two tons Nitrate Soda
on bund now. $80.00 iffcr ton. J.B, 1
Zemp. 1 1 tp.
SODA FOR SALE ? Two or three cars
arriving next week. See John Whi
taker, Camden S. C., lOtf j
FOR SALE? 1910 -Ford Sedan -five
passenger, in good condition will be
sold cheap. Apply to II. $3. Porter,
at Moseley 'Mercantile Co., Camden
?. C. 11 pd
AtT^OmTKrTRlXK AND TRAC
TOR OWNERS ATTENTION? We
are in a better position than ever be
fore to attend to your repairs, etc. j
All of our mechanics arc <men of sev
eral years experience and work un
der Mr. Ernest Frietag. iVe are
adding daily to our equipment of
modern tools and machinery. Your
huslneas "Will be nppreqla ted. \V. ().
Hay'HtSarago, South Ilroad Street,
Camden, S. C 10-13p
IX)ST ? One black Shetland pony.
Strayed from home la?t Thursday
night. Notify S, H| ChewnUig, Cam
den, -S. C., and reward and expenses
will be paid. lpd.
FOR SALE ? One blue Ford Speedster
ear for sale. See W. (i. Fundeburk.
411 Ikdviilb !S?treet, on Hermitage
Cotton Mill. Camden, S. C. 1l-l2pd.
FOB Pigs of all agon. Apply'
to Henry Sirtyrl, Cautey, 8. C, 0-1
FOR SALE? tfweet Potato Plants, I
$1,50 per 1000, express collect. $1.75
10{)0, (postpaid. All varieties prompt
shipment Porrls-Konsey Plant Co.,
VWRokU, Oa. lOKlpd.
FOR RENT? Two front offices over
the Mep's Shop. Apply to J. H.
Bums; Camden, S. C? 9 tit
FOR SAUB ? .Mill Ion Porto Itilco, and
Nancy 1 La 11 potato plants. We ate
Shipping varletaid a day. Hush your
orders. Nu?- Is thie time to put otit
plants for ourt.v eating. Oculy %'l per'
1000 )j.v express. J. K. CWllis, Item
hert, S. C. 7tf
FOR SALft ? Five room house on
Ihimpton Avenue. Price on applica
tion. L. A. MsDowell, Agent.
FOR $ALK ? Laths for sale. Apply
Ilciry Savage, Camden S. C. rf.
PAINT ? Save money on your iiaint
hill. Ask about .the Southern -Cot
ton. Oil Oo\? line. AVm. King, at
Oil Mill, Camden, ?. C. 2if.
LOANS? ou improved real estate, easy
terms. E. C. vonTresekaw, Camden,
S. C ? 45
gj..1 TJTOJt L I JL. tJ- Ol U.JI J ? ..I LI .-LI U j
KIRNTTIRK REPAIRING-And*
holsfcery ?bop Is bow located at 820
i Market. Street, JHBSl
teed. Dibble I lull tor, proprietor, r
Camden.^#., C. lO-lSpd
YELY?T BEANSL-~lfcr ?*le at *? ;i
?j. per bushel. Fine as stock food mi
?wonderf ul soil renovator. W. B
Heudrlx at Ptue Farm, Oaeadec, S, o!
?""P '' ? ?' "V1'1. T. ? ]
WANTED ? Sow ml hand otftiw. .Mtji
d it'. sis tk>x 228. Walter Parker, Ota
den, S. C. Mtf
? . ? ? 1 " " ??' III I
VOHNf WANJED **- For WortkMW
(lair Preparation. See or off ?
Madam K. 10. Belton, 1713 Gorfct
Street, Camden, 8. C. 20t?
WANTED? A double entry
Bookkeeper, Camden, 9. C,
man or woman. Apply i?
own handwriting. Drawer ?
262, Camden, S. C. 8tf
FQR SALE? Farm of B, It. TroeedeH,
lmtated on Liberty HIM road, contact
Lng four hundred eighty nine acre,
a boh t three hundred acres cleared,
balance In wood and pasture land.
This is one of the best farms in Ker ;
f?hn w OoUnty, and can be bought dar
ing the next-ttilrty days at an at
tract! ve^-flgi! re. L. A. McDowell,
Agent I <
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