The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 02, 1920, Image 9
NUMBER 13
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 2,1920
yOLUME XXXU
j IBW KNUOK8KK LKAOUK f
I IM Stood For International
P^V mih! Will Not Change. j
American Frdoratiou of I
..Lnrtj-d lu annual cop volition kit
Canada, Saturday night,'
fior eadoralug the league of nations ,
JStfUtrcserviitiona " ' I
Tbo closing session of the two week's
^uMfjHon was a tffcoroip ouo, Irish,,
??>i?port?wl by the pro, .
JptsAve wing ot the federation, oppos-j
5fbe awmunent to endorse Uiu league*
?id throughout the debate on tbo que*
jZ president Uoropers had difficulty
u maintaining order. Ills gavel- was
l??h*d in lil? offoiis to <pilot -Wi?
Codings.
Br. Gompers ami tlie exoeutivo coun
cil left immediately for Washington to
&into operate* tbo program me
ud by the convention. mo first
aire it was sgld, wlil bo launched
gainst the Democratic national con
rtotioo to obtain incorporation of tho
teterttfon'H progmm in the |ia rty
ittfarm. They will urge also tlvat the
Mention's non-partisan political poll
<j, irhloh was mmnlmourty ai>proved
w tbo convention, to carried out.
labor's programme as outlined by
te contention, demands:
Ratification of bbe peace treaty.' s
Government ownership with I>em<?
eratio operation of railroads. .
Oirboa profiteering and high cost of
? . A ? ; ** i1
of food and clothing profi
Rkbt to strike and abolitlou of com
'Mtoory v arbitration and antl strike
legislation.
Hands off In Mexico by the United
jglrtee government.
Endorsement of the Irish republic.
[ flkbt of <?< mecMTO " iiargaHKliig.
Adduces in wages , wherever noe
Lurr to maintain the American
tiuxlftid of llvIiiK. ^-.. . .. ~ a?..,*.- ....
porter work day, if nccessary, to
prevent unemployment.
| The league of nations issue arose
rikortly before adjournment. Its op
ponents were unable to gatiher suffi
cient votes for a roll call and ?. mim
ber of Irish syiojjatbizers jumped to
tbo floor and demanded! that 'their
v^tes be recorded ad no" on the ret
wrds.
President Gompers was compelled to.
Uke tbe floor in support of the league*
when It became apparent tibat the dele- 1
ptw were swinging to the opposition. '
Members of fche .executive council
aide emphatic appeals in behalf of
ite covenant.
lto? report of the committee on in
teruatlonal i.iai i,mis. will eh h?. adopt- 1
??i, declared 1 1 ;i t to reject lite l.
would be "indorsing live polftry of
^grecd. hatred and hrutpl war as the
rule that guides In the suUleuient of
relations between nations.
"It Is not ? perfect doouiuout, awl
J>erfectlon Is not claimed for It," the
report added, it dt?es, however, nwrk
the nearest appr??aeh to perfection thai
ever hau heeu devised tor the report
added. ^Jt does, 'however, with the un
qualified approval and support of the
Aiuoriean working pcNophfcV
s. "When has the American Federation
Of Labor failed to iplaee Itself on re
cord for luteiHKa.t lona l peilcef" a*ked
Mr. Hlompeia *l can't recall It, The
{federation, has endeavored to wag Its
Jnfluome and power to prevent war.
Who has not fitrugglod for such peace Y
Shall we now reverse ithe uninterrupted
policy wihloh we have supported?" \
^IH'aklUK of dtaarmamont. Mr. (Join
per* said;
"Kven If the United States should
ratify the league of nation^ the world
will not ?ee disarmament the first year,
or maybe for ? decade.
'?But,'' he added, "we are not deter*
mining these questions for the imme
diate day for which we live, We lay
the foundation for the structure of
peaco and good will for our children
and our children's children."
Dan McKlHop, of Seattle, led the op
UUsltlon to the covenant bemuse, he
said, it guarantees the territorial in
tegrity of the British empire. He also
declared timt the American working
mail doe? not understand the "full
meaning of this league."
Thd rei>orfc of the committeo on In
ternational relation** was characterized
as '<an outrage" In that It recommend
e<! the adoption of a league, with the
provisions of article 10.
A Frenchman claims to have tuade
writing pacer ftfpm
wnicn he says contain 40 per cent of
oottnloee.
One-home In every two In the rural
districts of Ontario lias a tele])hone
anil about ono farm out of every four
has an automobile.
A pneumatic boxing glove l?as been
ifiYenfSd,wIth the Idea of protecting
both wearer aqd opponent from harm,
i ? -S;
Women of Kentucky have been as
sured of_the right to vote for Presi
dential Candidates this* year, independ
ent of iatifioatioii of the federal suf
frage amendment by the requisite num
ber ot States. ' ':?>
Tho IM?h I'irtuiYN
l Manufacturer* Kecord.)
Moving picture houses throughout
the country are* exhibiting tho scene
at Atlanta Prison that took /wplAoe
when Eugene V. lK'ba was formally
notified that the Socialist Party hnd
made lilih Us candidate for President.
It is not a genuine scent ; It ftu a
l>er forma nee carefully planned and re
hearsed with a view lo creating sym
pathy iyuonj; the unthinking. Mr.
JJcbs embraces the emissaries of bis
l?arty ? actually klxstw thciu. Wlmti tho
hollow sham is thus coldly described,
few can escapo a shiver of repugnance
Many will revolt at the idea that a
man legally and justly convicted of
a crime against his ^country, committ
ed at a time when tho lives of lite fcl
: Jow citlsens were at sUko and the fu
ture df civilization, Jji the Imlunce,
should be permlttod by tho nut ion's
j servants to take (part in such num
nicry. But in the theatre, as the au
j thors of the little drama well knew
j no touch of the "faking" Uf'obvioue
Pew who are responsive to the appeal
of the dramatic, or wtoooe JLiearts are
sensitive to the pathos of old* afto in
distress, cau stifle a responsive emo
tion. Under tho influcnc? of this un
! reasoning mob psychology, the ackuow
bulged criminal Is nightly applaud^
? as loudly as many of tho candidates
for the Presidency who have won their
honorable eminence by great and un
j flagging serriee to the Ainprlcaifpeo*
pie. In brief an outrage is commltt
.'agalnut itstrgrolc dofenflSfsT
It is 'probably too late to prevent
the .exhibition of the pictures ; but it Is
not too, late to provide that, together
( with so much deliberate mawklshneas
and premeditated falsification* the
jbaslo truth shall be made known to
all, In a public -speech dclivci'ed in
June, 1918, tho present candidate of
the Socialist Party applauded Its plat
form of 1917, wliich called for "con*
i in nous action and public opposition"
against our conduct of tho war; de
clared that the war was caused by and
1 carried on fo^ the sake of "capital,"
and exhorted wage earners not to sub-'
mlt to thcd rwfr or hi any way uid their
COUtttry. S?Veakln&,' of the trovoromont
and tfce fourth, t*e said, "With every
drop ill ni.\ \ rlns 1 ilt>splm? Iholr laws
ami defy i ln'in ! ' All tliU lu- admitted
undor oath In . court ;?ml tuid nt-vrr
recall ted 4i word of It.. With these f-?w
UjUCS flashed Upon the screen^ lllih'
would be loft of the Wftb |?i? \ Hiology
npon wihieh the authors of the IK*tn?
.scenario have so astutely played. The
underlying falsity of the appeal for
sympathy would ho obv lous, and the
flagant Impropriety on {f^bHilh|, on
an equal fooling with lh o wllu have
been loyal to the American people, the
man who Is lyiyal onl\ tgtiUUui,
with the li'iic woixls of }>cbs Inscribed
upon It, tht little drama would haw
V~l0gical U^lnnliiK and middle . >r<??? 1
ahly also a logical end. I
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Truckm Tike Forward Step j
ClcmsOu College, June 24, -Truck
growers In several counties in western!
Produce Exchange, with headquarters
at will is ton for tho purpose of sys
tematic atfad successful marketing of
the various truck crops now grown in
that section. For several years the
farmers of Allendale( Aiketi, Barnwell,
HamlxTK and I lampion Counties have
been growing cucumber* cantaloupes
and watermelons. One hundred caw
or more of cucumbers move from this
section during a normal season.
Around two hundred cars or more \>f
cantaloupes and as ninny as four thou
sand cars of watermelons Wave been
shippsd in otio ooooou, ?
Uj? to this tinio little progress has
4mw - made- in the grading of THese
erops.a-tntttter so Important In market
ing* All interested parties Have reali
zed t4ie need of a uniform system of
grading and handling of these crops.
To make jiny greet improvement along
these llntos with individual shippers
is necessarily a slow process, and with
no system of uniform grading the shlf>
pers i,haf& been handicapped L*lii the
marketing and distribution and have
paid dearly for the tiaudicap. Before
much progress could be made in this
(ttractlon ?n; assodjjation of grower^
was. necessary for what the groww
fails to do for himself it seldom hap
pens that the other party doe* for him.
The Extension Service of Olemson
t'oliogo. Tho I nlivil ^latos lliiivan
of Markets. a id others havo u Khod to
assist lu tho | >tv| titration o those
for murkoi. i >n t ha \ ?? ii.-fii iiaijdUup
jiod iu -not holug able, to ludtnuH i<ttch
grower, ?o, hoi loving ( ha I I ho time l,md
i omo' wlion tho growers i^uhl no no
further without aiiclf an oiya nl.it lop,
:i meeting was called tho liinor part ol
Maj at Wllltstou, S. t\, to .collider an
organisation. At this mooting there
wore thirty Or more truck growth who,
after hoarlug souio talk* uu ' advan
tages toh og allied by an association, by
F. 11. Ilarkoy, l?x tension Maikop
Agent, Clomsoti College, S, and II.
U. Koylston, County Agent. ItlackvlMe.
S. 0.. and other*. decided to organise
lor the pnriH>No of improving tho jferad
lug, <paoklng and markoting of their
trnok crops, inolndlng cucumbers, etin
J fcaioiriH'H and watermelon#. Officer*
wore el eo tod as follow*: A. M". Ken
lunly,, \Villl?ton, President; M. C. Hitch
ing* Vice- President ; am! I*an Quattle
hauiu, SecertAry-Treasuror. Provision
I w as made for a-ny number of whipping
,!K>lntH lu tho trucking section. At
present locals are being organised at
BJackvllle, lVurnwell, and other points,
1 Tho incumber season iH about over,
but aroimdf two hundred grower# havo
.-liipiMMi cucumbers through the a&?>oln
| Hon. and their grading lias beeu won
derfuMy improved, not to mention the
?fact that (hoy have received around
' $2.50 ]*?r crate for their cucumbers
while many other growers sold to
t rack side buyers from AO cents to $'2.00
I?er crate.
With a strong- eentrnl orgnniltHUon
at WHIM on trml goon! local* gt various
sKlppTng points, the association 4? dcfi
titled to jmrfomi n groat service for
that soot ion ,
Number of Autos.
of Interest to the average car owner
Is tho total number of %*?o?or, driven
voh i i 'los in the United States and tho
oomjxiratlvo number of passenger oars
and motor Ihiclf. Out of approximate'
iy 7,000,000 motor vehicles, 050,000 aro
usod for eomiuercial purposes ? ^passen
ger cars outnumbering motor trucks toy
more than ten to one. About 875,000
trucks are equipped with pneumatic
tiros, showing the tremendous strides
made l?y the pueuiuaU" lit U?o few
years siu*M> tis development That 275,
(KM) fJ'Ueks ttlV'ruunlUg ?Ul. solid tires
iudlva tea tint thin attd ilu> .cushion
t.viH* will always luiVO u <vnuiii Hold
whore superior traction and cushioning
power* are nut tii-nsMiiy
A i ha In of Auu-rUau drug kIOTM
W'Ul lie established Mirtmghoot China
a? r?t i?l?l ly us arrangements. run be
mavhv
A two-wlMH>lctl curt, which automat I- '
0*1 1 1> hmuU Mh) eornstatfcs, Ik
the Invention of a ww Jersey fa ruler.
I nlversity of South Carolina
The examination for the award of
vaeaut scholarships In the University
of South Carolina ami fivr athuislou of
now students will ho 'hold at the coun
ty court house on Friday, July 9, at 9
A. M. Applicant m must not bo lose than
sixteen years of ago. When scholar
ships arc vacant after July 0, they win
be awarded to those making tho highest
average at examination provided they
meet the _ conditions governing the
award. Applicants for 'scholarships
should write to President Currell for
xcholarship examination blanks. These
blanks properly filled out hy tho ap-'
l>llcant should to fklod with President
Currell by July 2. Scholarships are
wortfti $100, free tuition and fees, total
JlfiR. The next session will opon Sept.
5. 1020. For further information and
catalog, address. President W. S. Our
rell, (Columbia, Hi C
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TfHrlestoii, B. C.
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Historic Institution- situated hi a
lu'ultby fcvation.
Advantage* of GRy life, with largo
Col lego yard for outdoor sports. -i
A WMLL PLANNED COURSIO of
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BUSINESS COURSE open to Sen
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TWO DOMESTIC SCIENCE COUR
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A well equipped library.
For ??taJog and further Information
[apply to Oie College.
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