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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. P. Nil >:s Ktlitor and Publisher rui?ltsti<-(i every Friday at N'p. 1 1 < >?. ? Itrotiri Htrwt uiul eut^rwl hi th? raiwlen, South Carolina poalofftc? hh ntoond <*)at>s uiijii matter. priyw- por aunum ?2.00. vf'M ~~n$, ?"*?- yefir *f'y *i i JQj> V . - ? ' '.w?* ?v> < ,un(lrii. S. October 28tli, 1981. * ? c. . v ' Holiness men who from month t o i) i on 1 1 1 mail out statements to their custouda >rs mul get no rWiiinN aud not ?'Vi' ii tt.U ttCkUQWlediCfWDUL of tlie stalemefrt for money due them <vr. 1 ii i ii ly get dishea rtcued and are <?ll ? n times tempted to go to the courts in lift effort to roll cot what is d'Uft? The ? ? ? ? ' ? majority of men doit)# hudness lit ? nnden are I i hern I minded and where they see that conditions tire such that to 'proas ..collection* would lie unwise. ' '? . V iVqy refrain, HUt what do you tiilnk of thv follow who \h owing you a bun ili't'd dollars or more on a fair rind square deal, dollar for dollar and makes no effort to pay or oven men tloii the mailer to you? You iiave a very ]x?or estimate of him and you know that ho Is "using you" with your motley to further his o\vn busi ness Interpfufs No honest man will do 'lids, mid that is all there is to il. IVopIe who owe and will not pay are not. only standing in their own light, hut they are standing in the way of progress. Ii takes a lot of money to run an enterprise like The Chronicle. We have men and women employed aiTrt we ha\e to pay them regularly as the wpyek rolls around. They do not have tn\ stand around on Saturday afternoons and ask for It, It is paid ipromplfly. If any member of 'Hie rhroniole foixio owe# you anything prysept your bill to them and It will promptly paid, On the other hand If you owe us we are exporting you to ! i ay. us. If you can't pny nil. pay a pa^t. Pay your debts and he a man. The Ohroniele is this week carrying a list of Jurors for the first week of the coming term of court n<f general sessions. Without fq>enklng dilspar agingly of the former Juries we believe that Ibis is a representative body of good staunch citizens from Which it I* our opinion a Jury could" be selected who could Ih? counte<l up on to render righteous verdicts and could not bo aippcalcd t<j' from a pre jndicial stand indnt. II is a pretty healthy sign whan good men get to serving on Juries. l>id you ever try to talk to 'a man who did not read the newspapers? If yon have yon had jioor luck. Jake wasted energy you fell like you were killing time. There are many people in this county wholi do not take the daily papers and a great many more who do not (tike their county j wilder s, and there are a still greater number ? who Iwtrrow their neighbors paper. This should not be. Your neighbor floe* not want to loan his paper. He does not want to tell you so. He may be keeping a .file from year to year, t Yon ought to sifltsorlihe to. your home paper and U abreast of the times. The rost is snmli and you will have the satisfaction of knowing yon are reading your own. IVrhnp* nt'Viy la fore did |>eople owe so much. or ilid we hear so inueh about dehr paying a^ lit t.lie present time. Heard in rlie homes. in 1 1 1 ? > stores, in l he business offices. on I lit* streets, and we ?ee ii di?'Mivsed in lite neuspa |mi>. I?e!i: paying campaigns 1 1 ;) \ < ? la-en .vaged in -otiH low 1 1 and counties I' -'?e!!t ? ? ? \ t ? ! v ! ?? ?? I _\ i- nt dele a ltd there o\ < oliic> the Ilaiti tinie'? I ? wdio arc out debt J : ? \ ? little [o wori> ? ?\ei ... !' , r ;i ? iIumi ..-.vn affairs are t 'o!n t?r ne< I Ih>Ih-\>- in religion belie.ve ii i i the i .digitals In it we I >e 1ie\e 1 1 n ?- 1 ii ;!i.i! i el ;ion 'tail prompts a man t" p a< ? hi- Iioji> ?.? ? ( ? !?*? : i ) \ ? c\ t r "t her ? > - ji h i a t it?n I lie ^ > I k \ i i it ? I", i ii 1 1 1 , 1 1 ? l n ? ? i * ; i ; 1 1 \ r< mark % Almost anybody except a l;i? \ cr I- able to ^-ee the rnii'Miton of a prot edore whit'lt tii inc^ iilniil' a -i Mia t ion under whieh onis the id;i ? leinneil man himself ean lawful!.* sa> whet her lie W II l>e f 0 e? *t I'm '1 1 1 ed 0:1 llie day previously fixtsl b\ rlie court I.bit under our -yxfem there are many -%itu .i t i ? ? 1 1 - thai are ful'v a^ l itlienlon-".' ?' Quito it complaint ttiul protest in I he form of u <petUl0)* to rlly eouuelt Iihh arisen among tin- morcKauU of Camden ugaluat m Mowing huckster# to come td^lCamden from another city and j^ell their wares licit' at lower prices than tlio town merchants can buy them at wholesale. Fir Mrcrftl (Weeks truck* have been driven in here and tlie market Ih flooded with eht-ap fruit and vegetables ami the merchant's who curry this class of goods from week to week are almost forced I*' abandon the salo of such goods. We understand that only a very ?mall lh?en*e Is chawed and the Camden merchants rightfully fool It mii imposition on them inasmuch as they pay taxes as wfcll as a license anil spend their nmne.v line year in and year out, wlille tlio inoaey these Itinerant hucksters take away in gone for nil time. A small oblong jaokige, wrapjied In plain white paper, tied with a strong oorit and marked, "Perfume." lay on a table in the vVinerican enihawwy. in I .Paris. all Wednesday. Ik was ad drissi'd i>i't>(>nij| iiy !<> tin' American euibaasador, Myron T. llerrk'k. and had been delivered hy registered post. Thinking it was u gift, t'lio ambassa dor's secretary. Lawrence Norton, car ried it to tlio ambassador's residence. Ivirly in the evening, the ambassador's valet, Itlancluird. saw the package on j a desk anil following custom started to oikui it. The removal of the paper revealed a wna|i pasteboard box such as might be used for holding soap. Almost Immediately a spring was re leasee! and as Blanchftrd lifted the lid lie'heurd a fanillitir noise which brought back the days whenjie was a bomber in the British army, lie hurled the box. through the open 1 mt broom door and ran from the room. The l>omb exploded in the door way, two ftvigments hitting the valet In the back. He was not .seriously injunxl. The ambassador, hl? daugh tcrMn-law, Mrs. Parmely Herrlek, and her seven year old soiv were just, at this time as'cending the stairway, pre paratory to entering Mr. Merrick's suite. Tllanchard came running out ns the ambassador reached the top. "A tomb has expiloded and I ipn hit," th*1 valet shouted. "Thank Oml you weren't In the room." Blanchard then collapsed and was carried down stairs. The umlWi ssador motored i nvnie<l lately to the Hotel Crillon to ask General Pershing the best thing to do and the prefect of police was summoned. The bomb is believed to have been sent by French Communists as a protest against the conviction of two Com munists in the Culted States charged With murder: it contained the deadliest ol explosives, according to the prefect ami his staff of bomb evj>erts. Prodf of the .strength of I he "explosives is shown by the fact that the -bath room was wrecked, that much damage was ?lone in the bedroom and that seven fragments went through a thick steel wardrobe, while others mnde (J^ep dents in the metal doors of a cabinet. A negro nnmcd Pal Kirkintid was burned to rieath at Applctoa in Allen dab- county yesterday for the killing <?t I'Jiigcno Walker a farmer in a dis purr arising out of a rent settlement. The dispute began last Saturday. Walker met Yvlrklaird ou the &tveets of Applctoa yesterday morning and de 111a nded 41 settlement, Klrkland fired "it Walker, killing him immediately. The negro tried to make his escape but w:i? <-,*11 it 11 red by the sheriff A mob wn* aln*ad.\ forming The negro iumjM'd off a train on which In- was !>? lug ? irri?sl to Columbia and shot to death i ?? I i* 1. in The hody \\ as- Init lied 'I' ' ? Treavnr\ dopa i ' ineiit on Mon ? ii\ i > ? u in I fruit la J ion*. providing for : !o niauiifai-l u; 1- anil >ale of herr and wiiif on tlir |>n vi-ript !on? (.f pin <i 1 1 ; 1 1 1 The Proper Spirit. t tli .1:1 Mil", I.el'i'J Kl-Ik J K ?> I 1 ? f I III' \iiii'iiian Legion. I < "rinuleii i . has una nlnioii > psi-?eil tin* following re ?! Ill Mill "The .laun-v I.eio.\ 111' lk |in?l of 1 in* American Ijegion at Camden, S <" ito hereby offer I la ir .serviees to till- go\ernur of South Carolina should tin- * oiiM ipit'tit'os of the railway strike of OotolMT .".o h?. s..rioo? enough in his judgement to rail on t hem This i? tile spirit that won the war against Crrmnny. and the spirit rluit wilt 'run the trains" In the event of a strike jis projwtscd l.a in aster News J T. Harris, former Uhlge Crest in. ? 1 1 'I in n t a i m I ^brother Inlaw of the late {Tailed States Judge Jeter C. Prltvhard; was olectrqciitcd (it the Mate prison In Kalcigh last Thursday iih. niin- i| 10:30 for Ihn kllliny ?'l' l\ W.' Monnlxh, philanthropist of tnni Oa loose, Ala., at ltldge C'Mt on Sup t ember 3, lDliO Two gtioctnr tvptit quired t<> pnuiiic*- iiriith. Harris left no statement, regarding the Kill in-. I<e?I by his spiritual adviser, the Kev. <> It. M 1 1 ? * I M * 1 1 of the Ita ptist I'luurli of Cn moron, Harris, a man ?hout ft5 years <if ago, walked without faltering front hU death chamber. He declined tlu> assistance of two prison guards to u><ist hltn, telling them li<> prefer- ' red to walk alone. Ah he passed the ???l|s ,?r oilier nu n under death gi'il tenco Harris looked in, but s^ld noth lug merely waving his hand as a fare I well to them.. When Harris took hi* 1 stmt In the chair, lie calmly watched the prison attaclu Hi strap him In. showing no sign of emotion. Accord ing t<? Mr: Mtfcchell, the prisoner ate a hearty breakfast and told him he had slept well. Notwithstanding the wealth and Influence of the condemn ed tuau and the fact thut tt doluge of telegrams and personal appeals. C.ev ernor Morrison declined to commute the sentence of Harris, stating that he could find no reason why he should Interfere with the verdict of the jury. The case attracted moro attention in North Oarollua than any in recent yeara. Former Kmperor Charles of Austria, who luitl Invaded Hungary in an air plane. was capturCd near Budapest yes tar (fay, together with his support ing troops after a battle in which Several hundred men were killed. He, In now at the disposition of the League of Nations, and the probability is that he will not be a source of further jv>litical trouble. j The South Carolina railroad 'com mission, convinced that all necessary train* must be run In South Caro* Una despite tho threatened strike call ed by the four railroad brotherhoods, has been making a survey of the situa tion in the state with the idea of mak ing preparations for the safe opera tion of the roads should the walkout he put. Into effect by the unions. Sixty-two and eight tenths of the (population of South Carolina of school [age attend school, according to census | figures received in Columbia TnTrri j Washington. Sixty-two i?er cent of | the white population of the state of 'nehool ages, Ji to 20 and, 00 per cent of | the negro population between 5 and i'l'O are in school. There are 123,740 children in the schools* of the stale. according to the census. _ . Mrs. George Custis of Kellar, Va.. has announced herself as a candidate for governor of the state on the Iu dependent Socialist ticket and so far as the record** show Is the first woman to have offered for that office In Virginia. I <i. I/. Dixon. Someone ii:i s expressed himself to the effect that each human life is a history, ca<*h human life is a mystery wortlvy of >i "poet's pi>n. lit- this as ir may some lives, 'when ended, do serve more than passing comment. Such a life wns that of l.ewis Dixon, who died in the Brulah section of Kershaw County in the 77th your of his age on the StUt day of October. 1021. in early life he bought on a credit a tract of land in the Heulah section, ;i nd \\ illi his young wife settled there on. and hy honest toil and frugal liv ing lie paid for his land, lie lived on the farm all of his life ??close to nature and to Nature's (iod " fie iva* >t ricf !\ honest in nil his dealings. His word w ;i ns good a- his hond 1 1 ? ? took a ? I ? ?< p interest in the ;iff lir- of his coin* i"iiiiit\ hfintr f ? i r 1 1 1 : i n \ ,o';i r? an ef fi? i< nt i >a i n*i :i K i ng Trustee of -?-hool ? I i -? r ? ??! No .in. I no I n-iiioi-i a t in Ker -hau loiini.v < 1 1 1 e\? r forget the valu able -cr\ i ? In- ha- t i-mlen d I ? the I >? 1 1 1 ? >. *l'JI t : ? * 1','llht In 'In- u'l.-m -ii ng-U In tw i cil the North and South in 1^'il U.*> h?' answer ml to lyiM'v roll e l II. and in tin* try ing day- of 7 1 "? In- re-ponded to every ? ?ail of duty I !vcr\ hoi| > i rn- 1 i*d I .?-w i- l>i\on. and h< ;ihui,vs -i.mnI firmly and manfully !>?]- what In- believed to he right He \va? independent w hell he walked iiinniii: men for he owed in ?t any man, and vet. ?',?upled wich flu-' independ oiH-p was a bl.vtlu* and merry disposi tion Who doe- not remember his ; incrrj laughter when something hap l>ened w liiHi ap|)eitled to his keen sense of humor? tie had the courage of lils conviction- and fearlessly expressed them on any and all occasions. Hy his unremitting la hoi Uo made goo<i crops and thereby added to the great store house of the world some of tne neces siti?-- of life He was unostentatious nir*l nnpret cn*Mou?. and i>erforn?ed eve i \ duty that developed upon him. We ma\ w pU dispense mtli the deeds done ut many a flashy, selfish and fn^hm-irrMe Irfe hut we ran ill nfford to lo-?' in the live* of our jx**"?j?le the manly virtue* tiowso'd by Tjrwl* Dix '??. Th?-*e virtue* practiced Tvr rttff Hopkins Tailor Shop SAMUEL HOPKINS, Managrr Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing, Alter ing and Repairing BRING US YOUR WORK ALL WORK GUARANTEED We Call For and D?liv?r All Work 531 DeKaib Street (up stairs) Camden, S. C. ) Camden & Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce G. B. SANDERS, Secretary arid Treasurer ommerce ANNOUNCEMENT ' * / # ' _ . _ ? - The Camden and Kershaw County . Chamber of Commerce Has for its oljjTJct the "growth and development, the progress and s prosperity, of Camden and Kershaw County. It is an organization of the business and profes sional men of Camden, with business men, farmers and others of the surrounding country co-operating as Associate Members. "In union there is strength." .What we need nvoro than anything else in a material way is the closer co-operation of the people of Camden with one another, and also between the citizens ol' Camden and the citizens of the country surround ing, whose prosperity is inseparably linked together. v The Chamber of Commerce is a medium through which this may be accom plished'. One of its chief endeavors is to promote the interest of the farmers, realiz ing that as they prosper, we all do well. Therefore, this appeal is made to all, in town and country, to lend their support to this organization and thus make it a better day for us all. Everywhere an organization of this kind lias been promoted better results have always followed, in which the farmers have shared no less than the dwellers in the town. FALL IN LINK with every movement which this Chamber champions. Let us have no slackers nor shirkers. HELP EACH OTHER This is good policy. It is good business. It is good religion. It is simply self defense. As one of our Revolutionary fathers said when the Colonies declared their independence of the Mother Country, "If we do not all hang together, we shall each hang separately." ? The business men of Camden and Kershaw county, the active members of this Chamber of Commerce are the men who have provided for us one of the best, markets in the whole country. They are the men who have paid a large share of our taxes, who have, and are supporting our schools and churches, and who have been the regular purchasers of produce grown in this territory all these many years. They are our neighbors and our friends. AND LASTLY Do your trading at home, for when trading here, you are not only helping yourself, but your friend ? your home town. Advertise in your home papers. Stand behind your Chamber of Commerce. Roost and work for a greater Camden, City and County. And before leaving your city limits, get an auto tag, which can be secured" from?your secretary of Chamber of Commerce, ? he will be glad to seeyou. citizens, make our country truly great. It was, the writer's good fortune to haw known him long and well, and wo only knew him to esteem him more highly us tihe years passed by. <jod give us men with qualities like those . of our departed friend' ? men who ire honest, brave and true. ?" A Frle?l Camden, S. O., Octdbe.r 22, 1021. . " l Applications will be received for LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN CONDUCTORS, TRAINMEN, YARDMEN, TELEGRAPH OPERATORS ON Seaboard Air Line Railway To take places made vacant by such men as may leave the service. Apply in person or by U. S. Mail (giving experience, if any) to any of these addresses: M. H. CAHILL, General Manager, Room 400, poyster Building, Norfolk, Va. C. S. PATTON, Superintendent, Motive Power, at shops, Portsmouth, Va. O. R. TEAGUE, Superintendent, Raleigh, N. C. L. T. FOSTER, Trainmaster, Main Street Passenger Station, Richmond, Va. G. V. PEYTON, Superintendent, Hamlet, N. C. ? E. T. GIBSON, Superintendent, Charleston, S. C. E. C. BAGWELL, Superintendent, Savannah, Ga. G. R. CARLTON, Superintendent, Atlanta, Ga. G. L. HURLEY, Superintendent, Jacksonville, Fla. L. B. BURNS, Superintendent, Tampa, Fla. R. B. COLEMAN, Agent, Birmingham, Ala. J. N. MOSES, Agent, Montgomery, Ala. W. S. BRADLEY, Agent, Charlotte, N. C. C. S. SPARKMAN, Agent, Columbus, Ga. C. N. ENGLISH, Agent, Columbia, S. C. i OR ANY OTHER OFFICER OR AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE COMPANY.