The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 02, 1923, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
II. I). MM s Bditor and Publisher
I'uMi lud every Friday at No. H00
Mrond street und entered at th1P Cam
den, South Carolina postoffice aH
second class mail matter. Price per
annum $-2.00.
Camden, 8. C., February 2, 192.1.
Representative John L. Lancaster,
of .Spartanburg, has evidently become
dliguated with the practice of the
legislature in previous yearn in elect
ing its own members to positions- to
be filled by that body. Ho has in
troduced a resolution providing for
a constitutional amendment making
it unlawful for any member of the
general assembly to be oleeUtd to any
office created by the general assem
bly. The resolution has bepn referred
to the judiciary committee,
Farmers of northeastern Arkansas
and southeastern Missouri are utilis
ing- scores of caves in the O'/ark
mountains us cold storage plants,
with the result that practically no
ice is needed for storage purposes.
A cave at Zack, Ark., known as the
"Mowing Cave" because of the cold
breeze blowing through it, has been
fitted with pipes so that, the flow of
air may be regulated. The part of it
Used for cold storage purposos is
? more than a quarter of a mile long
and 126 feet wide. Croat quantities
of fruit were stored in caves during
a recent cat shortage.
The legislative committee charged
with the investigation of the state
_Dt ni tcntiar y ia proceeding with its
work, former (1'otfernor lilen.se and
James M. Hammond representing
Col. Sandors, the superintendent and
<ither officers. So far it is beginning
to develop that all is nut harmony
between the superintendent and the
hoard of directum. The superinten
dent and the. hoard both being elected,
by the general assembly, which has
never defined the authority of each,
(here lo he conflict in manage
ment, the hoard doing things without
regard to the superintendent and the
superintendent doing things without
regard to the bfrard. Director Scar
borough said that in 11)10 Col. San
ders void some (otton at MO cents a
pound tbal on tin* same, day Director
Hawkins sold *.?nie other cotton at
"0 cent?. It was also testified that
Col. Sanders Mold at 'JU! cents cot
ton In- hfcid been authorized and 'di
rected to sell at 10 cents. Also cat- ,
tie that the superintendent had been'
instructed to sell at $H() a head were
finally sold at $11. fit) a head,
vectors admitted that they had made
mo investigation of a visit in the pen
itentiary last summer in which a pris
oner was killed. Directors testified!
that in their opinion t hi' legislature!
should elect responsible men as di -i
rectors and leave the directors to !
elect the superintendent, who would j
he responsible to the directors.
The Mer Itou^e Affair.
Whatever one may think of the Ku
Klux Kb1", one is bound to admit that
the information given in the press ac-i
iounts shows plainly that there wa s j
rued of some sort of law and order
leagtie at Mer Rouge, r.a.. long before '
it is alleged (<? bav?? begun to f?per* '
ate. . i
The place bail long been under the J
c ntrol of bootleggers and other I
v i anion Deceit of the com- |
mjnity had .?-ought in \ain for relief.
The oftieevs >! the law knew eon- I
. ! and had <i< >i > r< . > : h imr
I' ?na; !"? li.-il iImm who wanted
: v> and ? ? > be ? '.ihii-d'.i- I. and
.?ik the 1;. < ?!.< : e \ m hand--, ?>r
? ni:, 1 ' 'In \\?* 1 1 ? ? ! i ..uble g:-ew
' 1 ??
, : ? ? mat -
i * ...? i.
? : . 11- M a
? I i w ' i : !
? ? '? ? :'f i'. ..f th* ??: ! S.Mjrh C.K
"f'a J' ? ? ? i: ?b'
< ! h\ i ? i ? !:.? .1, r ;> \!
??.-.i . . ? ! .... . J ; K
. i < . ? ' ' . u m b ia.
\l i r ?- i.w
? a ? . . . f f i i.ij ' i. I : . ?
'?i a ;? : : i a a ? ? i V ; :.i H.?
> ' a t ? ?> . .1 e i k J>' ' .
. i ,r;i i : ; - ' ? i 1 1 1 i i v I. . . ; ;i i a .v< . . a > . i
: : i < : . < i . . t ; ' <ii : ; ha:, a ?
..n orgar. /atn?i ' 'i i ;;-|>ii.u> t < ?
,ii u rde . All hut I ? "t t la* j r ! . \ iiinaU
vdl be rharg.d v. i*h nuidcf If thej
i r? -e;,t v.'-1 and < '?nu)o.- e?j of nine.
- nil .u< 1 t > . i ? ? n-.n-membcrs. rr J
fuses t<> i:.di*t th^ (M-rsons accused!
! a!) hi prosecuted for minor of
frnfe". Ordinarily the criminal cou^t
-Its twice a year at Hastrop. each
>eseir n ' ng a . roooth.
Letters From The People
One of Many.
Mayor H. 0. Garrison is in- receipt
of the following letter from Mr. B.
01. Sanders, secretary of the Canjden
and Kershaw County Chamber of
Commerce. ThU is only one of the
many expressions of confidence that
ho has received from various .sources.
The letter reads:
"As Secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce, and as a citizen of Cam
(Icq, I want to commend you most
heartily for the stand you have taken
as per your recent article in the Cam
den Chronicle, and as a citizen want
to promise you my unqualified sup
port in every effort made for the bet
terment of our beautiful little city."
I'raiscH Tourist Hotel.
The Fi^d Editor Jor the New York
Lift* Insurance Company who held
their annual meet in# at .the* Kirk wood
Hotel in thin city h?? recently serit
a letter of appreciation to Marnier T.
Kdmund Kr.umbhoU in praise of The
Kirk wood. We have been permitted
' to see a copy of this letter and we are
taking the- liberty of reproducing tho
i letter in part. It says:
"Our folks are still talking about
the good time we had at your hospi
table hostelry, the courtesy of your
people behind the desk, the good ser
vice, as far as I have been able
to ascertain, in the dining room, and
the excellent things we had to eat.
"I think it all comes about through
the personality of an owning proprie
tor, nwhich makes the institution a
little more intimate in its relation
ship 'perhaps with the individuals
than in a hotel in whith the head of
it or nftlnager is.a salaried man paid
by the railroad company or by a ho
tel corporation. In our two annual'
meetings, one fri September and one in
January, we gd principally, I imagine,
pi aces that are owned more or, less
in an impersonal way and have an
impersonal management. So that the
difference in your case may be what
impressed us,"
TAXKS.
Speaking of taxes, the- following
appeared recently in an insurance
bulletin and is credited to Benjamin
Franklin, considered one of the great
est men of his day:
"The taxes are indeed very heavy,
but if those laid on by the Govern
ment were the only ones we had 10
pay we might more easily discharge
them; we have many others and
much more grievous to some of us.
We ate taxed twice as much by our
idleness, three times as much by our
pride, and four times as much by our
folly; and from these taxes the com
missioners cannot ease or deliver us
by allowing an abatement. However,
let u.> barken to good advice and
something may be done for us; God
helps them that help themselves.
"It would be though a hard Gov
ernment that should tax its people
wiie-tetith part of their time to be
employed in its service, but idleness
taxes many o? ,u.s much more; sloth
by bringing en diseases' absolutely
shortens life. Dost thou love life,
then do not squander time, for that is
ihe stuff life is made of. How much
more than is necessary do we spend
! in .sleep, ''orgetting that the sleeping
t\>\ catches no poultry, ami that
i :heio will be sleeping enough in the
K i i\ e.
'Sloth makes ^11 .things difficult,
but industry makes all things nisv; :
?and he t hut riscth late must trot all
'day. and hall scarce o\ertake hisj
business at night; while laziness;
U -i> slowly that Poverty soon i
. ?vei i :.k? ^ him i
"if time I m ? (>!' .1!! t i '!!), - the lllo.?t 1
wasting time must be the)
.?? prodigality. Miue time lost is (
:? ' ' ii'id .ngai*, .???!: i what a ' tall'
? . ? r. : alua* ?* pro\ ? s httle
I I v ?! ? ?? i! > and 1 >< do- i
, pu v ??
- ] mi. ? "Ml. " ! >. IV i
C !? ?' b'S . i v?
i ' V ' .1
. ? V :
l? .
. . The
d ! i.
? "A a
? ? 1 .1 t
; - : \ w : v,
t / . . , ? .., it r -1 1 "?? ? <? ; f-, ; r j; ?
! 1 1 *v: n, ; ..r.d Jw>.? ;.n ?
? ' . . r. 1 , V II' j ' - I d * 1 V. v , thl ? ! fll -
t J.. \nier:c.?n
' -f >n r; < ; at haw | a->id a r? '
.iti?>n 1 < 1 "ir.rr.i ndinvr that ; h?
j ; ;n'?i voluntary iiip.iida
t The rcsolu'i n set-* forth th.v
i
. ir.ee it* organization tn- < erp*.rat'?
handled ,?>.">?. *50 rth < :
iotto rt ; that thr : r : t : n i lo*s of *?> rrr 1
' |
rent on subscript ion i was paid March!
ir*2'2; that if the stockholders vote
to liquidate the president and v:rt
president will wind up tho business
free of charge for thctr services.
Reaping Wher? They Sowed.
Those who remember what happen
?>d following the % Franco-Prussian
\v4r 0 1 1870, when th? French peas
antry sweated blood to pay Germany
a war indemnity of five billion; and
ajain, what happened in 1914, when
Belgium was over-run; also, what
was done during the following three
years, when everything in the in
vaded portions ' of France that Ger
many did not intend to keep for it*
self wax ruthlessly destroyed, even
to the extent of cutting down fruit
trees and poisoning wells- -these will
feel no sympathy for Germany now
that France and Belgium have found
it necessary to collect their war in
demnity by means of armed force.
Rather, will they wish them well, and
A speedy collection. '
France js showing marvelous for
bearance. -Its armies did not march
into* the Ruhr valley until years of
procrastination had demonstrated that
Germany would make no effort to
pay. Once its armies were in Ger
man territory the situation was han
dled with consideration and leniency,
German miners said they would not J
work unless they were paid; the j
French agreed ' to pay them. Then
the German Coal Commission refused i
to deliver, the French marched deep
er into German territory. One shud
ders to think what would have hap
pened in 1914 had miners or crafts
men in invaded France refused to
work. Some of them did--~but they
are not alive today.
It is characteristic of the bully to
whine and cry when he knows* he is
beaten. France did not whine and
plead in 1871; it paid because it knew J
it had to pay. The way in which
Germany, once self-elected bully of;
the world,, is playing the baby act
is not making many friends for that J
country ? -except among those who
vef{e its potential friends already, ?
Tiftfrn Gazette.
The death of Wallace Reid, the
motion picture actor, is one to be re
gretted. Reid's pictures were clean,
compared to the average, and always'
brought out the great principle of all
good fiction, cither on the stage or in
literature ? the triumph of right over
wrong. His pwn conquest of the
drug habit was in itself a good les
son and a high example. Not only
the movie fans but the entire coun
try will miss Wallace Reid.
The inability to cough up one dol
lar nearly cost the* life of Paul San
ders, 91-year-old colored patriarch of
this county whose strange story of
swallowing a silver dollar and "get
ting religion" at one and the same
time, came to light in Greenwood
Monday, following a visit to physi
cians hero who extracted the coin
l'rom the negro's oesophagus. While
Sanders was changing his clothes he
shouting, his relatives say. He had
suddenly "got religion" and fell to
put the silver dollnr in his mouth
to keep from losing it from his
trousers pocket, and in the fervor of
his shouting, swallowed. Efforts at
recovery proved futile rfind the dollar
was not recovered until nearly 12
hours later, when physicians removed
it with forceps. Although 94 years
of age, the old negro suffered no ill
effects from the experience, and ex
pect.*. to move to a new farm in a few
? days to begin work. He says he
usually gets up at 12 o'clock in the
morning to start to work.
"Fatty" Cannot Come Hack.
Will H. Hays, big mogul of the mo
vies, has reversed his recent decision
allowing Fatty Arhuckle to appear in
moving picture* again in this ( oun- i
try, and the picture in which he is
mm working will he available only
for foreign distribution. Arbuekle
w.il. upon i o m s ?!*',: ioji of this pi. tare, |
beeoiv.e a movie iii>vet? I, in which ca- |
it I-. f.id that he i-; not oh- I
? et :o?iul t ?' t '? " p-ibi; . A . lo > 1
> ? *ii i - from pri ..(!.?? i>, m : merrf j
.ml mnv n- brought bow: the
! . :r? -i !\\ M > . Ha\
.v;i holai ->Ilip Wariitd.
: ! ;tr J* < i . " Jen
? :i ..f hi. a : i .Mr.-. ! li.
?" ? ? !'i.. . - le. i : \ i I a ? ,-.>ual
: 1 1 J ? : 'riii r : ; > I'e I * r; ! t ? ? t Suites
Na .i .ii ad? "i y. ;,t Annapoh ? I he
,i ? ?:?? men: \? made l>\ .-.a tor
\ 1 h.a! ' I of: i- \ pee t s to starvi
'f t j ? i > .t.e > \anunation as n iuired |
a:. ' :v.e -o.in. a r. U then complete ,
r..:- i hoo! u;,rk 1:1 Bi.shopviiie before;
,
being : 1 1 1 u i lei ! :< M-port at Annapolis.;
lb- h a number . > f the senior class
sht- y.nr and v.'j'.l finish in June.!
Crtifi ... popular a large;
of frauds who will enngrat
aiatt h.m upon h;> appointment. H2 |
.s t!.!- \v.ir editor ! n < h ? ? 1* of the high
s< hoo. annua!, manager of the bas
k ? ' ha team, treasurer of the hi-Y .
< lab. j re-ah nt of his class, was a
m? miii i c f the football team, and is
ident ,f.e; with every activity of the
high svhon! work With his natural''
ability and determination all who
know him tufted that he will!
take every advantage of his oppor
tunity. and success will crown his ef- ?
forta. J
GHNKRAL NKW8 NOTES.
Items of Interest Gathered From
Many Source*.
Hiitlon * Curtis, a well known citi
/.t n, and formor magistrate, of Ches*
ter, died in that city Saturday after
noon, aged 64 years.
The house of representatives has
killed a bill that provided for the is
suance of permits to carry pistols.
Damage eatimated at more than
$60,000 was caused by a fire in Gaff*
ney last Friday morning that de
stroyed two buildings owned jpintly
by l)r. J. (J. Pittman and Ell Surratt.
Work iH well under way on the
tabernacle that is to be used for the
Billy Sunday meeting in Columbia for
the month beginning February 18.
The tabernacle is to seat 6,000 people.
The contract is to be let for a 1,000
loom cotton mill at Great Falls to
morrow. ' The new mill is to be known
as No. 3, and it will be one of the
largest in the country.
Samuel McKeown's rural residence
nine miles from Chester on Ashford
Ferry highway was burned last
Thursday night by a fire of undeter
mined origin. None of the house fur
nishings were saved and there was
no insurance on them. The residence
was u splendid one, owned by W. E.
Cornwell, of Chester, und was par
tially insured.
According to the annual report- of
the attorney general for 1922, 2*532
persons were convicted in the South
Carolina courts during the year. A
total of 3,761 crimes were committed,
a total of 506 persons were found
"not guilty" of crimes they had been
charged with committing. ~
Mrs*. Lucia Reid Quinn of Columbia
is suing the Yorkville Cotton Oil com
pany for $25,000 for the death of her
husband, Robert Erwirt Quinn, whoso
death was due to an electrical current
while. he was acting as foreman,
i A Laurens legislator offers a bill
that new manufacturirfs enterprises
be exempted from state taxes for five
years froin their establishment.
Greenville county paid more than
one- fourth of the entire income tax
paid the past year in South Carolina.
Warning him to sell his little farm
and move out in six months, a small
coffin, a sack of ashes and a note
bearing a skull and crossbones, were
left on the front porch of Arch Adams
a respected young farmer of the Mt.
Moriah section of Greenwood coun
ty, Saturday night.
FOR SALE N
v %i . * ... .
DELTATYPE Long Staple Cotton Seed? pure and
'
sound; heavy yield, extra long in ttaple and beat va
riety for boll weevil condition*. Price, $1.90 a bushel;
. ' '
25 bushels or more, $1.50.
B H. BAUM, Camden, S. C.
FOK SALE ? Eggs for hatching,
whit?, brown and buff Leghorn.
Address J. B. . Zemp, Camden, S.
C. . 44 Bb
LOST ? One black bill folder. Reward
if returned to J. B, Zemp, Camden,
S. C. 44 ?b
LOST ? One dark brown walrus bag,
containing one brown leather coat,
one kit containing comb and toilet
articles, one pair of breeches. All
marked "O. E. H." Mark on all
laundry "603". Reward if returned
to Camden police department, Cam
den, S. C. 44 pd
WANTEI)? r-To buy small business or
partnership (white) must be a pay;
in*? proposition, give particulars
first letter. Write "C. B." care of
the Chronicle. ' 44 pd
, _?
FOR SALE ? Early Jersey and Char
leston Wakefield cabbage plants.
Immediate shipment. Dollar ten
per thousand by express collect.
Parcel post pain, dollar fifty per
thousand. G. J. DERRICK, Lan
caster, S. C. ???*? 48-44 pd
WE WANT YOU to try our "Golden
Rod" butter. Made from pure
cream. Price 50c per pound, in ten
pound lots or more. SUMTER
CREAMERY, Sumter, S. C. 43tf
FOR SALE ? One used Republic
truck, three quarter ton, in running
condition. Will trade or sell very
cheap for cash. Address Burns &
Barrett, Camden, S. C.
43-44 pd
FOR SALE ? One good combination
ladies saddle and driving horse.
Sound and gentle. Will sell at bar-'
gain. Apply to Burns & Barrett,
Camden, S. C. 43-44 pd
FOR SALE ? Peavine hay number 1
at $25 per ton. Baled oat straw.
Apply W. D. McDowall, Route 3.
Camden, S. C. * 42-44
FOUND ? A stone set bar pin. Own
er may get same by applying to
M iss Elizabeth S. Boykin, or Mr.
M. II. Hevman, Camden, S. C.
44-46 pd
FOR 8 A LB? Registered big type,
big bone, Poland China pigs ready
to ship from my mature sows.
Prices "that farmers con rffford to
'pay. Got my price before you buy.
Fair View Farm, Route 1, Kershaw,
S. ('? , 44 pd
WANTED? -To buy, Poplar, White
Oak, Ash, Cypress, Walnut,' Soft
Maple, Soft Elm and Red Cedar h>ga. v
All of those except the Ash and
Cedar to be 14 inches and larger in
? diameter and 10 to 16 feet long.
The . Ash to be 12 inches and larger
in diameter and 10 to 16 feet long.
The Cedar 6 inches and larger in
diameter and 8 to 16 feet long.
We are in the market for this ma
, terial cvory month in the year, and
will be glad to figure with you on
any or all of these kind of logs.
We pay <?ash on board cprs or de
I tivered at Ca^ce and can' send rep
? ; rescntative at any time to go into
this matter with you. HOFFMAN
| LUMBER COMPANY,, Columbia.
. . C. 43-52 sb
WANTEI> ? riiHrdwood We pay
highest price for Choice Ash.
Poplar, Cypress ond WhHo Oak I
of etundnrd specification, tfelivored
1 to Huroter by rail or truck. W? buy
logy* twdvto months in the year ami
p?ivo preference to logfjers equipped
to brlitj; lira steady supply. .What
ha%*e you to offer? Sumter ilarfl
Wood Co-, Sumter, 8- C. 33 tf
FOR HALE ? Wood, cut any length .
oak and pine. Prompt delivery.
Photic 275 ?!.. Joseph Sheheen, Cam
don. S. C. 23 tf
WANTED^-To hear from owner of
good Farm for sale. State cash
prico, full particulars. I). F. Bush,
Minneapolis, Minn. 40-45 pd
Wants~For Sale
REWARD ? $5.00 reward will be paid
to the finder of one gold thimble
lost Sunday last between the resi
dence of Mrs. Dalton Kennedy,
1721 Fair Street and 1409 Mill
Street. Please leave at The Chron
icle Office. 42-43 sb
STRAYEI) ? One small white female
dog, with long hair and one black
ear, black spot over eye. Reward
if returned to J. Q. Godwin, 703
La Fayette Avenue, Camden, S. C.
44 sb
FOR SALE ? One second hand Under
wood typewriter will be sold cheap.
Apply to The Chronicle office, Cam
den, S. C.
LOST ? On Friday, January 2f>, one
open face, medium size gold watch,
Elgin movement, with silver fob
and name of John S. Myers on fob
and watch. Finder will return to
John S. Myers or to this office and
be rewarded. 44 pd
Don't Forget
I'm selling- Genuine Fish Scrap 8-3-3
at $27.00 delivered in quantity lots. See
me before buying* your Soda, Acid and
Kainit. Can save you money.
J. L. MOSELEY, Camden, S. C.
To Anyone Under 99 Years of Age V/hcm
ED and GRACE McCONNELL
"The South's Cleverest Entertainers" Cannct make iaugh at
The Camden High School Auditorium
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd. 8 P. M,
Presenting* their famous Humorous Offering*
" L E T ' S II A V E F I N "
A riot of music' and hilarious nonsense. The Mc
Connells are drawing record crowds. Don't fail to
hear them here.
7 he Columbia Record, January 1 ith. saul: "Fid win .WcConnell's advance hilling as
"the funniest man on the platform" was verified Friday evening at the High School
Auditorium where he and his talented young wife presented their tumorous and'muHi
ca I program Let's Have Fun.' A capacity audience greeted the fun makers and from
the very beginning of the program to the end the crowd was either roaring with
laughter or lustily applauding the songs ?nd music offered. Mr. McConnell is a nat
ural humorist."
Admission: Adults 50c Students 25c
Auspices Camden High School