Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

m CAMDEN CHRONICLE II. I). NIIJKK KflHor and IPublfehtr ...? -v-u;:-:. . zz l'uld|?dn*d every Friday at* No. I lift) Ht'O ??l xfr?*oi .'llld ellPU'Wl Hi tl??l Camden, Caroliu.i po<it??ffi<-e iik second. nui ?l mm ci I'rlcf |k i annum : .. ? j (jltiidcn, S. ('., Deveinln I 10, two j ItrilJUNti l HWNf The luorchaijla ?f Camden do not 10** ? ? ? ?*?', ilk** ' the idea of CaiUdcu citizens lut ionizing a groctfrj htore on tho out *!<,! ill* uf ) li?? city oonductfd by a large forelghn corporation. They feel that t h t?\ outs I) I loin- at least given a square deal. everything belpg equal. Many of tin- patrons of tin* sUhurba I .store could S goods ot exactly the sutnc price, or Hi i\Ik>, cheaper If they would trade ' ? . No >ame terms. The.x drive out (;? this store, pay cash and carry ihelr pekago# home. *>n the other hand many of theni have a charge ;l <y*?u t a! the Camden ^tuxus and > a\o I heir goods delivered l>y carrier hoys a iid trucks. And sad to State miiiic of rlicni who patronize lids sub net ?an ?> t |>m> c'asli for what they get ami mpkv rhe home merchants who n-\c lakeri cjre of tlieiu for many . -ars wait ii it j 1 1 it sulK their <vui * I'Uiein e in j ?a > them and some of m cm never pay Then again the liter chant * in < 'aiudcu. pa v, ell > license and i cit.v . tax which all-got** ti? the up V'cp mI" the streets and the city govern lien t. , H iid a - 'we uu del' stand it tlu: ijioratioii store dden ii'd pay a city fax The Chronicle ha* 'io iufe^ejd in thin matter other than we like a >. p.i'aie dcii t and we do nor think ?Ids Is flu orrtjMi \v I V to htiild a rmvn \ I I >on't nioid'o'v willi lie- man who; smiles w tieVi he gel > mad, is Hn* advlec. I.'tko Mclaike gives out. ?The trouble w Mis tills cry of hard i limes is tin- fact Unit many take ad] ? antage of the situation and do not pay fhelr honest debts. Many would, not pay if they didn't have an excuse. This en uses times to he worse tha'f! fhe\ really ougtd to be. I'ay as fat j as yon can go and then the other fel- I tow can do 'the, same. To *to any, other way is lionad to cause business1 stagnation & Charles I'ouzi. promoter of the get I lieh tjuiek scheme in whi?*h thousand* of persons Invested millions oi' dollars before it cotlapscd last August, plead ed guilty to jjsing the mails In a -?'be'Ur to defraud iu the tV'rteraT' dln-i trior i-ouvt iu Itoston Tii" ;rtn.irL. u tfon '??ue?? of five years in the Plymouth etSunty Jail was lui(s>sed l?y Judge llHle The court look Into consider] ;<tlou only the firm count ol' one in dlrtment of -lit counts. In wflfch It was charged that l'oiv/1 had represented ftilfcly that lie was a hie to pay interest at the rate of f>0 ixi wot in to days. W litMt went hetnw $1.50 a bushel on t he Chicago market Friday for the first time >lnce the beginning of the' n?orld war I{? I Miii -i) <'1?.ivls. ii ????*:? I Mrtho ? n ? |K',*.i.,h<" ii.ml fitriuci r?'sidlne N ii* ?rt h?.;i i ni ISciiim'Mm lllf was found ? I i ? I ncui his hoim- Sunday niorninjr with (lie I ip of lils head Mow 11 off with :i snot pun nnd nil ovl .?Imcr poos to ^hi>?\ Hurt it was a case ? ?t' suii'ido l>.-.*:nisi lie oonld not |>tl > ' tiU ? l'ul?li<-;i f i?n .<)' 14 ro\ priphtcil ?t - pttfi-h (?? The ? liic'ji^.i Tri!>i)nf l'roin I {?? r I i n -i.iriiiu iii.it tji.ni> I Imusniiil >|o)bn - \uii Hi of ufiiis >li?lfti in Anii'r i? ;i u I'lc i" iu_' wi)itiu'trl< ?f to (Jormnny M !"? M Srhwa''. 'm-ioi ? i i in- | tot |i 1 1 -I ?? *i ii S'tM'i t'o iii puny. !li:i! I _T? ?l ? I j?*wol i'H si* pti'sontod to linn i i l!M\ tin- <?:(> .if lialtinioro ' 1 1 a |fphniM* I rotn ! ?-> homo in Sf.nt:, HtMlil-l mi IVi i >\ I \ ;\ >? i:i Mr. i '?m*! w . ; ' ? <:i*i| "Win M 1 1 1 ??:? T' 1 .if tin 1 1? - r T : > > ; .-pi'i t I iuv? nI - i? : ? 1 ??? I .uut ilis ? 'i\ ? tli.?? tin* l?i\ vx.is tnis-dm; I lit . m> on!iiliitn I" ntti'i m - f ? how or' ? hi'ti it ? 1 ? - . 1 1 ? | ii ? I ? ?< 1 I \v - '??pi! ? 'I u ' I j - , ? I* It I . i I , _ ? . I . I I io\ . i i . ? 1 1 ?? <? ? i , .i i - i \1 ^ I . ,i. | ???< - . 1 1 1 1 1. 1 :*? ? .* ?: ii. . i ? i i : 1 1 ? . i ?o it** t Ihm ? \\ .i t.-'i Ik. !?' ? ? I ? ? r_ * 1 1 1 ?_ .? ni-k i,i p:.*\. :c t ? ?1 ? ? j > ? . , x ? ' >| | . *.|| I ! 1 * T ? I* ill : *..* 1 1 1 . i ? ? ? ii %?*vi*i;<l mi t ! I ' < ! i ? ! . i * :...*?* v .1 - ... . , ? ? ? l i ? \ ? t ? :i* : *.' c . lu ll..: i : i . . . ' I i i >| . ,1 II I 111 J l ? ? V . * : i ? I ? li t i i ruiin.i .*? 1 I V r ^ 1 : ? t * 1 ? I ^ I I , .1.1 I ? t i ? ;??. i - v\ l; i ii < Mice upon a time there wan h mo vine I iir( it re u i ul i i'Ih *?' without iiiijImhI.v In (l i'.ii read tin- eaptlons aloud ho every i?hU el >!? could hear; but, as l.ukr M? I .UkC. KJU'H. Ull fairy UlU with e ?? i "ov." Initial flKUie# ,oi? army casualties in the world ai* contained .in the annual r?jp$H of surgeon ccncrai lre h.ml m$* public Tuesduy night giving killed and 0J& wounded. The proportion of killed to wmiml.Nl 4g a?K)iit the stinic as in ,tjkj$;j ,|vll war, although mortality from gunahot wound* la the world war whs only 8/JO per eent as compared with 13.0 per cent in Hie civil war. The ro part W)l4 this indicated that ini l . .N ? H MiiKical and sanitary methods in the roecnt war lutd waved the lives of ."31 per cent of nil American sol diers wounded. ,0jf ftlfjfj 1,<>00 men hint to France 1 10 wore admitted to hospitals lis the result of lmttlo cas ualties, the rei?ort ?ayn. and nearly scyeu men out o t ovary 4,000 died ac the results of wounds. Infantry losses wore 'heavier* ~ir>.<i nut of evory 1,000 men In the army bohix wounded and rj.77 killed. Tin- signal corps was aie^t with fi'J.'J'J wounded and .'113 kill ed per 1,000. Deaths from wounds to taled 13.001, or slightly more than 0 1 1 h ' r eent while loS,NS7. of the wound ed or Tu.7 j?er rent were returned to duty the. remainder helng Invalided home for tveaMlieut or discharged, shell wounds were hy far Uie most deadly, the report said adding that no American soldier lost lK>th arms and holli legs in the world war. or lioth leys or hoth arms and one other .extremity. Kh veil lost hoth h'^s at Ihe thigh, one' hoth leys at the knee, iii'ie liotlf legs IrtdoW the knee,' one hoth feel . and three one arm abo\*e the etfiOw with on- leg at (he thigh. More Mii'i I. loo soldiers lost part of ope ..i more i \ i remit ies. Sixty -six lost Ilie sight Of hoth eves. II lost the par [ tint sight of hoth eyes and rtll lost one I eye or the sight of one eye. [ '? .11. I,. .MeC'olt and K. T\ Miller have. I 'iej-n :i. pointed receivers for the Mu j tii it savings hank of Ilenncttsville are [ mow rheekiug up -tile accounts. Last i reports show that the Uink was short [about Sl00,0<)0. Ihmkruptey proceedings i have heeu hcgun in the United States [ < ou-rt ;t t C'harhston again"! T. Tt. Mc f.aurin. . JLi.? -M'ouhle with a iuan who ehew* i tohacCo'is that he looks as If he had I u dookl. edged mouth. says an rt '?aange .1. K? in' m i' (,'ooU. known as the i^lvio'; wood -man"' of Horry county, is making -.speeches to the farmer* iu [Which lie is Scolding them for their extremely impudent and unwise ImikI no^jpollclps, ojjpecially criticizing the of raising large crops of cot ton on credit and thereby putting themselves in a position where they have hut tittle sav-sn in the marketing of crops. which can he forced on the nni rlcet in snoh manner ii< to demoral ize prices. What tie sjivs is generally iTTTeeded hy his audiences to tie the w hole truth especially :is to the con ! <? ipiences nt' trying to yet ahoad of flio regular proee.^s going on credit. Mc :i d\ I I lie p;vi<dng of eat tie apd hogs ?tnd the planting of grain, potatoes and very little cotton, and sjirs~ also thai they should u>e little or no commercial, te-t ili/.e! s Wtiio 1 >r. T. W. X|.?an nu<l witV of j ? Ii vc-mille. wnv out \ i 00 I worth of hou?.ehod gov'ts, including j rhtlhiiiK : i : i r. Shmn il pa*?(or of ilii> Kir*?t I'reshs terian ? !i .if i !r?M'in i 1 1 ? ? I Tin- i 1 1 1 1' ;i I ? m i.i I ,?f the l'.apti->t general hoard Iuk vot^d to ? iki' int'i l.iinestoiie eolleye :i Hup- j ik' liistiliitii.n lh? eollou'e will set i sjikiooo .if -In .. ? v i ? j 1 1 \ t" i \ . ? iniPi^ni i'm ? ,. ! I " .! ; i : II i ??. 1 ' Ml ?ou.ll xv )in fur : in. iii- than t w ? ? v>-;ir? I ?????? ? ;i u i ? ? : i ? - j I r >t tin- ini-diiM' r >i p- in ill.- t'niti'd n'I . 1 1 *?? . ! II i \ ; i ' i ? I x\ *1 . ? f..i tin ' \\ i ? . MI'Ull ll" 1 1 : ? - '.Ill 1 , ? I I i . " i * I i ! / - ' 'ii mi. ii. - i r . ' ? pi i m I i > I 1 1 \ i?r. ? ??I \\ i I : ? I in ii ? ? "i ? >1 k > ? \\ i 1 1 1 i t > i i \\ w . . ? !? -i 1 1 1 ? ? - ? r :????? I' : ? ? ? : i ?* i . ? lit I '? i 1 1 1 ? ? \ ? 1 ? ' 1 1 ? ? . 1 1 ; 1 1 1 : i < . ? ?I i vv in i.'N.i 1. i ? ? i,. I . i ? ? ?? l"'~h S'nn I ? : ? 1 * i - ' . - ? 1 ? i ( .i v \ . tin- a : ? 't \ VI ! I II I < ;? Iffi'h I ? ? ui-Wm- ? f the ? . '.I. . r |. ?:? I M . i \ ? I Ml. i i: r I 1 ; ^ ^ I I S i ' I J- . ! ? i ; ? 1 1 1 1 .;i r! ! ;| I i ' . ' .i : . ? ! i ?: I , ? ? ' ? I \\ i - *< .* m i di ? ! : : i ' ? : i .... I- ? i-'-i ? ; '-lit .? ? i i i j i s ? ' ? ? ? ? . i I j . .j i had .. t r . :ilh'i;i'd re ? ' di ? ?: !.. icii, ?.: ? 1 1 ? h ? 1 : 1 1 ii .. '?????' I ; vv it'll * ? *i\ i i _ ? f :ii.) ! >\ i-i*r i I : ?! . . . ? .. |I|I..I I .0" I - ,, I NIM c 1 1 i:? . I ? ! ! . i i-. - i iki i <>?- ' h:i ' *7 v '7 ,".,'*i .t ill "fipiiri'd I 1 I'll- V\ -IK II,- ' ilild v| ?? ii h mum i (,.? I'!: irl'^fdll TlIK ITKNIPKi POINT Ho. ml Thiiikn Difficultly* of Trunni 1 1 < ? 1 1 I'erlod About Ovrr. WUfchlngloU. l'ce ?' The elose of the business year of 10VJ0 la Hewrlbod l>\ I lie federal n'M'i'Vr bOtrd i" ? limit tonight at the turning l><?*nt In tho transition from war produced con dition* to the nornml economic basis of international and Industrial life. , Tho h#0f>rve hoard'* statement. which reviews the OOOUQWIO and financial situation, confronting tho uat'oii during i he yeftr, treats of present condition# generally in an optltulfti^ manner. de glaring that the difficulty of tran-d tiun will not he much further aggravat ed. ft (Mfto averts that owing to the nation's strong situation will he restor ed with fur less than the usual distress usually attendant on period* of. read justments. Tho hoard deelaroa that proviou? period* of marked readjustment have been accompanied hy sharp reductions in prices, heavy decreases In produc tion, extensive unemployment uud business reaction ?>f ttMi Involving ^ank failures. While pecetisnrlly uncomfor table the transition through which the country now Is passing the board as serts, lias thus far been attended with only a minimum of those \mfa vorahle symptoms. The fiscal .situation both ftt home and abroad, however. Is still uncer tain, the hoard declares. This is held to Ih* due to the late date at which the war was oVer in. the financial sense and to uncertainty as. to the la>si me thods of taxation. ! in international trade a ? return tu | normal conditions is now is progress, the board says. With the exception ??f agriculture, in which the output was the largest on record, production has been decreasing jdhec the spring of the year, the board stated. Textiles ship building and very recently the iron and steel industries arc said to have exhibited, tendencies of this nature. The board describes the tendency in the retail, trades as downward the lessened activity occurring for the mo>t part considerably later than the turn; ing point In production. The slowing down of tho oxiHirt trade of the 1'nited States during the your is attributed hv the board in some measure , M the exchange situa tion. whieh its assorts JjV?s steadily de teriorated. American exports s?em to l.e closely conditioned upon the volume of imports, the bonrd asserts and war rant the Inference that there should [ !ie a larger movement of goods into the rnitevj St ites "as a f?>sult of the cx fet.slv:* e red Its granted foreign enun f 1 i? s. World War Kctaoes. fader the new war basis u company in the regnluv Tutted States army will total 'JOO men. The former tioraiun Kaiser is com piled to pay the Dutch (.overnment t-axes on an Income of l.oOO.OOO guilders -per year. N'early all of the Amei-ienn colleges and universities have made provisions t<> establish war memorials in honor of thj?ir dead. Since the beginning of the world war the surplus female population of the world has risen from about 3.000, iOOO to 1 .">.000.000. lairing the war with Germany there were fifty-two John J. O'ltriens in thl\ rnltcHl States army, fourteen of who-m made allotments to wives named Mary. Tlx- French Government has placed (lie llotol do Sans, in Paris at tlie dis posal of Marshal Foch as a residence. Yhis is one hloek from the French war office Since (hi* ariMistier it has h?i*u found th.it iln r<> are 'J.tXMt American army de ?.'iter> in Paris and Ji.000 in France, | s -n>?? without "papers," some without Iiionet Mori- 1 1 1;? i rjood women an* mem i iici's of i In- fnternatlonaT Machinist I nioii t li?- I'liilij lnr Islands have tileir I \\ 0111:1 1 1 mayor llauxuntran Inuk, ;in i^ii'.r.ui! o. ! M.'i.i wman. having ' ? ? 1 1 I ?ii\ ? ? ? 1 the lilt''" villa CP . ?!' I "'I' 11:1 ! M- i - than > 1 .1 .? x 1 1 .1 ? 1 w ni t li ot nar ** ? h 1 1 1 win i\ailahle use in I .-pitals t 0 .11' the e -nnti \ as the 1 ? -1 1 1 r of -ei/iii _ o\ era ipi-ii r agents i \i w \ . i, .'.iii : ii< pa -t two | " | l;|l|i|\ " 'I'l Mi | 1 'il wii | I ? > ! > > >t 1 I Pa rrii'i"* ? iu" ! fret I . ],i ! u ill ? \ ? 1 1 ? 1 i . ? r h 1 ? [iiiMie f 1 ? i?4? 1 t. . >\ S * r* ? t iini adjacent ? S'ri-i-- will, i-wi-h iii tion that ' ? ? I ' ? niil 1 ntinuril until it ? ?" pi* ' ? ? t I' ? :!, -tiict^ ii ml from w 1 f Premier I ? > ? <1 A n 1 : r a lUn.ar I .aw. '!.? _ , ;iui? *1 Pvirder in r!n- house of !.??.? P ? '? t r 1 i.'i N .1 r? to he of a ?' ? t 1 1 ? . 1 f ??iiid.i'io::-s hav hi:.- ! .????.VI- t 'ii-m | 1' .1 :no-t 1 hrillinc >?n?l ahsn'ihiim II i\ < tiii- ?Mien liisjurv "The River'* I ' .1 \ 1 1 i e ?. t ; I . m I ? 1 \ And m?k$ preparations for the coming yea r that will usher in buiineti problems upon which your future may de pend. ? ' v ' ?? V ? ; '."I. ?' . We stand ready to back any laudable enterprise, to help individuals who are willing to help themselves, to co-operate where you reciprocate ? in other words "to do our bit," Think it over. Would it not be to your advantage to make a banking connection with us for the coming year? THE BANK OF CAMDEN RESOURCES MORE THAN A MILLION our 102.1- calauders which ?c helioVo to bo th<F pvcttioKt wlootlon we Unvo cvor offend n utty for fiistrihutlon and (Uin t>o had u|>ox) application. "*** nr,u In the Bible mention Is made of 10 dilfeivnt stones, si\ metals, 101 trees and plants. 85 animals, 'JO birds, 0 fishes 11 reptiles. 'JO insect^ and other j mall orcHtnrcs, V <iood Friend. I'm have a good friend is one of the] <! ighest delights of life; In be ;i good friend is one of the noblest undcrtnk-j inks. 'Friendship depends not upon | fancy imagination or sentiment, but up on character. There is no man so poor Mm t lie is .not rich it he lias a friend ; there is no ruau that is so rich that he Is not poor without u friend. Rut friendship is h word made to cover J many kindly, impermanent relation ships^ Real friendship is abiding. Like charity, it suffervth loug aud is kind, llk^ love, it vaunteth not itself, but pursues the oven tenor of Its way, un nffrljilitedly by ill report. loyal in ad versity, the solvent of infelicity, the shining jewed of happy days. Friend- j ship has not the irridesent joys of life, though it is closer than Is often known to thf> highest, truest love. Its heights arc even serine, its val ues know few clouds. To aspire to friendship one. must cultivate a capa city for faithful affection, a beautiful j 1 disinterestedness, a clear discernment. | Friendship is it Ljift, but it Is also an acquirement. It Is like the rope with whlrh climber* In the mountains bind themselves for safety, and only a cow ard cuts the rope when a comrade is in danger. Fr,oni Cipero, and forever after Fmersott. the praise for friend ship has been set forth. Even frag ments of friendship are previous and to Ik* treasured. Rut to have a whole, real friend i< the greatest of earth's shifts save < >i)f\ To lx? whole, real friend is worthy of endeavor for faith, trust, courage and loyalty bring one. close to the Kingdom of Heaven, j (Quarrels arise, in mi immense major* tty of Instances from letting thdngs go too fur. Do you not say this is obvi ous, and turn away. Try and culti vate your faculty of foresight. How many a tn in who will give hirajelf. the trouble to think to stave off a miser-, abb' outburst of uneharitableness, by .watching I he turns of conversation, and handling suggestions of the mo ment dexteriously. so as to make a ro? deeming diversion in talk? IVoplc arc sadly afraid of think ing too much about each other, and scatter pain right and left by little neglects and thoughtlessness, which the smallest, amount of reflection wotild prevent.- -Selected. Th?< (inind rfury If asked the question as to which is the most Important officer undei . the ^tate government, nine avcra<5<? citizens out of ten will say the governor, and the other is apt as? not to say the cheif Justice of the supreme court whije the same question asked as to the county government will show up a di version of optnion as to whether it is the sheriff or the clerk of the court. Ask all the supreme court Justices ami t'he circuit judges the same ques tion. and without exception they will t?-!l you that the foundation of our whole scheme of self government rests u]K>n the grand juryman : that he is bigger than tin* governor, the judge or anybody else. ( And theoretically the judges arc ex actly right about tho matter. The :;r?ind juryman i< really a bigger man than !hr> jit'lgc. provided only one thing n?ul Dint is that lu> lie endowed with the Intelligence. oourascCfJtnd character ? ue^-ssary for the proper dMiarsc of his duties. . , '? ' i ' . ??. \ "*ne grand juryman is drawn from the people to stand for and represent tbc people in all that pertain* to their general well-being, Including liberty, security and good behavior. : In nettiAl practice, the grand Jurj iuat? i.s" often a pretty insignificant p$t son, principally because he lacks the fufor&ation and intelligence to rcallie< hlsf -t^ifidhsibiMties and the character' and courage to live up to those respoo slhlli tics' if he did realize them. ! " TW -governor is usually the creatart of a partly and so 1?< a representative bf~ the legislature, and while theoretical each hem the same relation to tltOfe people actually tbeyare nwet intereat ed in pleasing, the majorltlea to dp#".'"1 t'hey owe . their selection and froa whom thoy got their support. \ 'But the intelligent grand juryman ta u6t so much a representative of aft? '4 individual or set of individuals aa be b an exponent of right, reason and JW tlce as they are inseparable from the common Welfare. And 'just tti'tbeei tent that all the people realiee the real olfice of the grand juror and the Intel ligence and sincerity .with which be difcehftrfces'that office, all of the people will' back him up to the limit, for lnsa doing they will only further their ow* interest. ? 1/et it be remembered that there U Da ,tyranlcal power Inherent ib the grand juryman. It is not in him to be unjust lo anybody Jf he wants to, hecaaoolf present the things that ought to be presented, and leave it to the pedplc ta decide through a petit jury what far there should be done.? York Enquirer. SPENDING for Christmas, Money You Expect to Make in January, Robs You of Your Holiday Happiness. OUR NEW XMAS SAVINGS CLUB Now Forming 1. Resolve now to save something each week. 2. Decide how much you can save by cutting out ex travagance. 3. Join the throng of Happy C hristmas Club Members now enrolling at this ba nk. 4. DO I I I OD A\ . A Plan for Every Purse. The First National Bank CAMDEN, S. C. CHRISTMAS Shopping i* ? Pleasure when, Instead of ' Having to Say, "Please Charge It." You Can Lay Down the Cash.

Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 10, 1920, Image 6