Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. i. NI1JE8 7 Kdltor and Publisher PubUahcd tftff I'rlday at No. 1109 Broad street nod outerftrt at th* Camden, South (SiroHna poatofflee an aecond ??lass ma > I (batter Prtoe per auoum ?2.0p. _ ? ; ? ; Camden, S. C., April ZSih, 1 9lt Collector* moot many men of pronilno. The town of Wlnnaboro ha h petltlon i(I for an ejection ?m tin* question If Is mi In# $80,<)00 worth of l?ond? for street I ?? v biiK purpurea. The petition wax hlKnoil by practically all of the free* bolder** and there U no r canon In douht the failure f/f the election. If you stand up to receive bouquet* don't complin .it aoavpoire throws ? brick. -> > ? ?' A ? ? 1 "????* 111 Will II lhtye* bond of the Motion Picture Producer*' association, baa is* sued an order cancolliiiK aKl contracts of ftoacoe (Katty) Arbucklc and with drawing from .exhibition the finished tplays of that notorious scrcwi' coijje* dlan. This means that Ai^uckle Is out of business !i t least for the present. Ar buekle, when asked about the matter, declined to talk, declaring that he had nothing to nay until he could see fur ther. lie said. however, that the ac tion of CJenefrtl /Director Ilnyes had cdiuc as a surprise for which lie had riot been looking. Don't try to be clever ? the competi tion Is too keen : there's more money In plain industry. The inheritance tax act |*assed by the legislature at .the last session Is not retroactive aiwl no tax can l>e Im I m>cd upon estates now In the process of settlement where death occurred prior to iihe time of the passage of the act. according to an order of the supreme court handed down Wednes day and signed by all members of the court'. ' . The Prayer of the Unemployed 'Harding is my shepherd hii<1 I am in want; 'lie innkelh ane to lie down on (?i) rk iMUiches. II,. lea doth me hoslile free aoup houses; he renlnreth mv douht in the Republican party. JI? leadeth me in paths of destruc tion fot- hi* party's sak^. Yea, though I walk through the val ley of the tfhadow of starvation, T do fear evil for thou art against me. Thy politicians and profiteers they frighten me. Thou propavost a reductiop In sal aries before me in the presence of mine enemies. Thou iinnoiutest my income with my ox pen sen runneth over. Surely unemployment and poverty will follow me all the days of the Re publican Jidmiiuist ra t ion. And 1 will dwell in a rented house forever. ' Selected. Miss Annie WeUh lilnnlon a sister of C'?in?res.simin Hlai'iton who is now serv ing a second term as state superinten dent of education in Texas, lias an nounced herself as a candidate for con ere** to fill (ml the unexjpired term of 1 1 1 ?? late l.oeian \V I*arri>fl>. Look Out For Frauds AiL-orditu L? Ad 118. Acts of 11C0. the Stall1 Hoard of Public Welfare nnis'i grant iiiiiumI licenses to all charitable and eleemosynary institu tion* and associations before they ran solicit fmids in South Carolina outside of i heir home count ios. Any tj ers >?i or |M'i?< ns v.^'afiui: this provision of law will lie subie< I to a fine or Imprison ment. or both in the discretion of the Court t'. ? refill imesi ilia I i ?: s of li applications for li?tM?*es are made i v the Slate Itoard of I * 1 1 1 ? 1 1 ? - Welfare When - ? ? I i ' j ? > funds sii. h iM i [ ut Ions O! a~'e|i<e? dio.lhi pl> ?? i lie.- ;i rl f ? [ > I >\eit lioeiiv wtii h show <>ii :ls face that t lie lio'<l< ? 1 1 1 ?? ??? f s wnrlliv How ever inativ i ti | ti i li >i i - j?. r?on?i at'e tiaxelil,- o> (In- S! ! * . ? -oliei' i M OP f 1 1 II I Ts for i; sitnlio.is that do not c\M or h.iVi be? -li refused a li?vn?e Thesf j?er-M|v i.inno! | > ? . -i 1 1 1 . . : 1 1 1 ii]' lo .late license In ? . f f 1 1 . - Kind \o lic!p j should I" ,'iv<'n in ] ill.. . -t - . ? >lio,i'..l T>e re; ?'"!ed l nnnd'a t o. \ : . fi., S t : i T I'.o.i i-.I of I'-rhle W-lfa . . Danger Ahead \ f. iiner. hejni; short a ! ? ? i r i > iii'i'i f(| ;i ntnb in 1 an o\ lo.;. t ? 1 1 ? - 1 : ? w tli tlii } i . imI. ni; W h? :i I In I'-.i :n had fn!H ,i li: !f 1 ,\\ :i flie I ' '.id lhe< \ |>. ? ! i \ . b 'i i r i ' I i . f II -e<l t o _'o f l) ? t b ?? Ti ? f ? iii'M -c a ? ? 1 nothiii2. simply Ti! 1 . i ? ? i i t ' *!;.? t itn.il, returned if to f he s'.i'-'t mide the IViu'i |OiK the ua^oii lie rev of the way That iii^b! (lie ( \ ? J" >ke !o the mule t.'uf <U* fiVt'y W!,a! did y or bos. .ay today':" he n*>kel "Not l.iiur thai I be. 1 1 1 ) " jc]>!ji-d the mule. The next diy the was hilcTi e< 1 with the ninb* njair This tune he Ihv ilown at the end of * half nrile Again the farmer < aim l> unhitched him puf lilm back In the >tnble a :i ? 1 made t) <? mule do the tiaulinjr What did till* srt y lliM l ine''" fl-k. ;| tiie ex thai nigh; -I didn't hear him >j.v anything." replied the mule '"hut he'* leaning over the fen^e or# there talking to n buf'h^r." HBRE AND THlSRR ? i v Hliort News Hioriet* Gathered From All Hourcts. Berlin xtatlMlcs' Miy that the people of Ccrihauy consumed 150,000 horses and l.ftOO dog* n* food during the year n?Jt. Hie top floor of the teu story now W4Uard hotel ^t Washington was hy flte last Hunday morning. Vlco President CoolUlge and Ills W.I to wore among tin- many notables who were a routed from their Ml. There were no casualties. General Pershing Is expected to par ticipate In Charlotte'* Twentieth of May coli4> ru t loft this year, Gougn*** apprujiriuLed $1*000, I 000 with which to fight the Mississippi river flood. Masked nVon hold up a Brooklyn, New York, .druggist !.u hroad daylight Friday and got away with a shipment $10,000 worth of opium that had Just been received. ' Kldgeway. April IM?Tom Code, a well-to do negro fanner, living six miles from Hldgcway, wan Instantly killed hy his son, Lunee, yesterday afternoon. It appear* from tho facts reaching hero that tho father became angry with the son. running him from the house by fir ing at hjm with a double-JbarroUod shot gun. After^-emaliilng away from him several hours the boy returned, when the quarrel wna resumed. He gained possession of the gum and shot his father in the breast, killing him In stantly. Big Fire I^oss Yesterday evening about 0 o'clock, iih the 1k).v was feeding the stock the large barn of II II Olybunn about four miles east of Kershaw caught fire and was quickly a mass of flames. The barn, two fine mules and a horse, all f<?ed, one hundred and forty bales of cotton, sixty sacks of fertilizer, farming implements, wagon liorness, two buggies, r big lot of wood and several small out buildings were nil] destroyed. Only the cotton and barn were partly covered by Insurance and the loss will be heavy. We havo not learned what, the amount/^f fhe loss will be. ? -Kershflw Era. , Wluuzat? "Kliaa," said a friend of the family to the old colored washerwoman, "have you seen MIhs Kdlth's fiances?" Hliza pondered for a moment, then bent over the lanudry ti\J>s once more. "No, ma'am." she an Id, "It an't been in the wash yet." Verbal Barrage "Shall I go over the top?" asked the talkative barl>err pohdng his shear.". " Yes. ax soon as your gas-attaok la over." answered the weary customer. Two Nt?w York girls, scarcely out <>r their teens, have broken a Broadway record a> playwrights. They are I.ella Taylor and Gertrude Putcell. whose play. "Voltaire," is ready for produc tion. They wrote the play in eight weeks aud had It accepted immediate ly bv Arthur Hopkins, who will pro duce it. Weil-Known Artist Entertainer Coming Here at Chautauqua "Wit mid Wisdom of th?> Chalk and < May" Is f lip " subject of an unusual en tertainment by Franklin Oaveny, clever artist who appears here on the opening night of ?he coining Itedpath I ' 'hautauqua. * Mr Caveny in an artist In crayons ; and clay and in the telling of count- i less anecdotes, which form an amuaing accompaniment to his rapid .sketching ? With lightning skill Mr. Caveny's ' crayons - reproduce many fatulliar J. FRANKLIN CAVENY 8<ene* tut'! faces; or a lump of clay, to&aed i arelewly od his boards lenpa In to the llkenesn of a beloved patriot. But among the moxt entertaining feat ures of the entire program are the | crfeyon portraits which he mukrti of va rious members of the audience. Mr Cerent will undoubtedly t>e one Of the mf*t popolar attractions on tb* Chautauqua p <>v;rllm. lutrnyt Air It l'|?. Tin* loading HCgroO* Of 4k Georgia town Kta rted o bank and invited t*r?ou? of their r?ce to become depositors. One tlwy a darky, with shoes cut down at | the heels, a ga l l us over one shoulder and u cotton shirt, showed up at th? cashier'* window. "See here," he said, "i w ti m t inurt $10." "Who 1m fon?" asked the cashier. "My name U Jim John&on, an' ( want dat $10." "Yuh ain't got no money |u dls here hank,'* said tho ra*htejr^aipter looking over the book*. *?Yes, I has," Insisted the visitor. MJ put $10 in here six months ago. Why. man, yuh sure la foolish. He lut list done et dat up long ago." The Pension Law . Vetera*)* and Widows of Veterans whose net annual JWtwin.e Is In excess of ouo thousand doi'artf'NvlMsjnot l<hr tlclpate in the distribution of the pen sion fund. H F Jackson, chief clerk in the iH'iislon department has sent the following circular letter to the Pro* bate Judges of the .State: "The legislature has appropriated $300,000.00 for potions with the fol lowing proviso. "Provided. That no pensioner having a net income of $1,000.00 or more shall participate in the distribution of the pension fund, but thds proviso shall not be construed to remove from the honor roll any pensioner now eutltled under the general pension law to re main thereon." "The Attorney General has 'ruled as fol lows : "Replying to your inquiry of this, date relative to a construction of the ipriviso effecting the appropriation for pcivsloiw for the year 1922, I advise that the effect of this proviso Is to el iminate from participation in the ap propriation such members of the Honor Roll of Confederate pensioners as have a net annual income of $1000.00 or more. Hence tho appro priation for tho purpose of distribu tion is to be tfrorated In each Instance upon basis of those members of the Honor Roll who have a net annual In come of less .than $100(100."' ? Pension Money lias Come. The money for Confederate Veterans and widows of Veterans has been re ceived. Seven thousand and seven hun dred ($7,700.00) dollars Is the amount for distribution is this county as against eight thousand, four hundred and sixty ($8,400.00) dollars last year. There arc 140 pensioners?^ 04 Veterans and 70 widows. The Board of Honor composed of Messrs. W. F. Russell, J. J. Bell and N\ A. Bethnne has divided tho pensioners Into two Classes. Class A -(those who are over 80 years of ago) and Class B (those under 80.) There are HI In Class A a tut 100 in ClaA B; Those In Class A will got $70lOO and those in Class B will get $60.75. It Is desired that Pensioners call In person and recefpt for their checks unless pre vents! by the infirmities of age ; irn this case responsible parties personally I known to me can receipt for the cheek. W. L. McDOWKM,, Clerk Kershaw County. Board of Honor. NOTICE Attention Ls en Hod to the following section of City Ordinance governing city commutation trt* ! Section 2; Thnt all atdeftodled mate persons* between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, residing withlm -the corporate limits of the City limits the City of Camden, S. C.. not exempt from road duty under the laws of the State shall, work streets, ways an<T ?bride's under tho direction of such overseers as mhy he appointed for such space of time, not exceeding six (0>) days in otic year. Providing thnt at the time of receiving such notice any person may pay to the person giving such notice Five (!">.) Hollars Com mutation. which shall tie received In lieu of the work and that person re fusing to work on said streets or to pay >-aid commutation shaft hi* fined not less than Ten ($10.) Dollars nor in<>re than Fifty (r?0. ) Dollars hi he imprisoned not less than ten days 1 1 ? ' r more than 2<>days, in the discretion ii f the City Recorder. All persons who have not paid this commutation t;i\ for the year liVJl are notified that the al"?ve ordinance will Im- enforced. II t" SINUU'TON City Recorder < a lie le! i . s C . April "JO, 10112. HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS Hit Don' TAKE. LON6 FUM A "CHIP" ON Y O' SMOULDER V TURN V K "KNOT" ON Y O' HAibf rv- ? ^ POSTAL IMPROVEMENT WEEK IS OBSERVED May 1 See* Inaugurated .First General Campaign of Kin^l In Ser . Ice. Without the Postal Service, business would languish la a day, and be at a standstill la a week. Public opinion would die of dry rot. Sectional hutted or prejudice only would flourish, and narrow-mindedness thrive. It la the biggest distinctive business In the world and It conies nearer to the Iniuuuuwt Interests of a greater nmn her of men snd women thuu uuy other Institution on earth. No private busi ness, however widespread, touches so tunny lives so often or ahnrpl.v; no church reaches Into so many soqls, flutters so many pulses, has so many human beings dependent on its min istrations. "Postal Improvement Week" has been set for May 1, by the Postmaster General, This Is the first general cam palgn of Its kind In the Postal Service1 fur several decades. Business men snd their organizations, large users of., the mall, newspapers, motion pictures, 1 advertisers, nud the entire organiza tion of 826.000 postal workers are to be enlisted in this count ry-whle campaign of interest In postal Improvements. Your help is vital. Address your let ters plainly with pen or typewriter Give street address. 8peil out name of State, don't abbreviate. Put your return address In the upper left hand corner of envelope (not on the back) and always look at your letter before dropping In the mail to see if it is properly addresse/1 This care in the use of the malls is for your benefit and speeds up the dispatch and delivery of mail matter. If you have any complalnte of poor service make them to your postmaster. He hae instructions to Investigate them and report to the department. COURTESY It sticks In human relations Ilka postage stamps on letters. The POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT ex pects it to be used by its postmasters and employees in dealing with the public. Help them in itn use beginning with POSTAL IMPROVEMENT WHBK, May 1-6, 1022. f: . THANK YOU WITHOUT STREET ADDRESS YOUR MAIL IS DELAYED < AT OFFICE OF DELIVERY The Dead Letter Office has been In existence ever since Ben Franklin started our postnl service. Even then people addressed mail to Mr. Eiseklel Smlthers, "Atlantic Coast," and ex pected Ben to' know Just where Zeke lived. Perhaps they had Zeke's address In letters up In the garret, maybe a chest full of 'em, but then It was easier to let Ben hunt Zeke. Today people are addressing letters to John Smith, New York, N. Y., or Chicago, III., thinking Uncle Sam can locate him, which la Just as incomplete as was Zeke's ad dress of yore. The Postoffles Depart ment asks you to put the number andl street in the address. It helps you. How do you expect the Postal Clerk to know whether you mean Trinidad, California, or Trinidad, Colorado? ALWAYS SPBIJ. OUT THE NAME OF THE STATE 1.N KCLL IN THE ADDRESS. "MORE BU9INESS -IN GOVERNMENT" This apt phrase was used In Presi dent Harding's Hrat message to Con gress and applies particularly In postal management where pout masters are being Impressed with the fact that they are managers of local branches of fix? biggest business In tlio world Let's nniko <>ur prist office lo< k neat, Mr. I'ost 1 1 ; : i si ??r Straighten up the rural li?!ter h>\. Mr Farmer. Tidy up some, Mr KmthI <'?rr!er PNrst Impressions mo lasting Mayhe Mr Stranger, taking notice of those im provements, will come lock, bringing you benefits Sr;?rt these with '?POS TAL !MIM10VI:MKNT WI'KK" May 1 0. HUMANIZING THE POSTAL SERVICE "There Is no unimportant person or part of our serr'oe It Is n total of human unit* and their no operation la the key to Its success. In Its last analysis, postal duties are accommo dations performed for our neighbors and friends snd should b? go regarded, rather thnn as^ a hired service per f?ron?d for alT*^ absentee amplojer." ? %>ttma*ter 0#?neral Hubert Work. HERE COMES A STRANGER! . - - - V. - Public Courtajr. ' . A crowd of giggling- achoolglrl* and their callow cavort a Invaded a Chicago theatre the other night and dlaturt)? od a performance of Walter Hampden*# "ltoAueo and Juliet" with their giggles, guffaws ?nd conversation. m Mr Hampden stood it aa long as he could, then rung down the curtain in the middle of tho act, atejf>ed to the footlights and told those Hilly klflfr what ho thought of them, fcu blunt, modem prove. He added that any ol thorn who didn't like the ahow or couldn't behave themselves properly might go to the box office, get their .money and go homo- that what he wanted, yas not th(elr money but their attention* . ti ' 1": .1: I.'.f.: I'l" Hi X<>t It. t<K>, with a routing cheer. The tu t whi, Parted over again, ami there w?? no more disturbance. Which aeema to Indicate that there la hope oven for flapper?, iua1e arnd female, and that there nityht too a gtmerai Improve ment in the manner* of audtenoea if ( actor* and speakers were more Insist ent on crowd courtesy ? Sumter Wateh uinu. ? - A M.' . , " " , <t '? ' 1 Mi., mm V Van Winkle, the ouly woman holding the rank of lleutauaat in the Waahin(gton ? I*t>lice r>oi>artment, haa jbeeo ordered before the trial coart for refusing to obey orders. Big Automobile Contest STARTING at The Majestic Theatre Saturday, April 29th We Are Going to Give Away a Brand New 5-Passenger CHEVROLET TOURING CAR? Value $625 With each paid admission you will be given a coupon ticket. The corresponding ticket bearing a duplicate num ber will be deposited in a seated box. At the ejfid of the contest a number will be drawn from the box Which will win the car. COME OFTEN AND SAVE YOUR COUPONS THE COAL STRIKE ' ' .-*.?* ' .1 ? <r / .. . .. C - -? ? w?| ? is still on, but we can sup ply you with coal now at very attractive prices. John M. Villepigue & Company coal and Wood Telephone 14 ^Camdei^ S. C. ?' KILN DRIED LUMBER iWe have installed a jnodern Dry Kiln and are prepared to give our cus tomers best of Kiln Dried Lumber at lowest prices. J. L. GUY LUMBER COMPANY CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA VOTE FOR C AMUEL 117YL1E UOGUE UERVICE f ? ITH vOoNESTY CANDIDATE FOR Treasurer of Kershaw County "WORK WILL WIN"