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if CAMDEN CHRONICLE1 II. 1). NIUCS Editor ?u d Publisher JHiblished every Friday at No. 1100 HiohiI street and eutereu at the Cam den, South Carolina postoffice as seeond class mail matter. Prico per annum $2.00. Camden, S. (!., February 16, 1923. Someone has well said that "when you . reach the point where vro# re#H offends you, you might an well re sign yourself to getting old." ? It has been oHtimated that the av erage- lot in the residential section U around one hundred foot and that the yearly coat of paving this portion will cost around $20 per year fctrotch ed out over a period of fifteen years. Who can object to this small cost ?>f good permanent roadways in front of their residence? Think it over while this mud and slush is on our streets .everywhere. The police force made a raid last week on tho loafing element anion# the colored population and caused numerous arrests and also caused a good- many to seek employ ment who had been shunning work for some time. They might go a step further and got after some of the same element among the white folk*. We are told that there are half a dozen or more young able bodied men loafing on the streets in Camden with no visible moans of livelihood. Millias Childors, aged twenty-ope years, who resided near l^ockhart, was shot by his brother-in-law in Chester County on Thursday evenihtf I about t> o'clock, and was brought to the Wallace Thompson Hospital here, where he remained until his death .*t 2 o'clock Sunday morning. The trouble, it is understood, was caused by (Jault hitting Childqrs' dog, and when Chijdois resented this, after some w ofa.4, (Jault drew his . pistol, and, it is alleged, shot his brother-in law, the ball entering the shoulder, glancing downward breaking a rib and lodged in the fleshy part of the .shoulder. Bulgaria ha.* a labor army of eon scripted workers. Rvery man be tween the ages of 20 and 50 is liable to obligatory labor. They argue that this is tin* only way that Bulgaria can get hack on Her feet economical ly, and restore the* value of her cur rency. No man, ir> matter what his rank and wealth, is excused from fight months' compulsory service. The laW will apply to women soon. Nut a solitary dyed-in the-wool fish erman d! lover of tlx1 outdoors is over found behind prison bars, according to the Rev. Preston Hradley, pastor of the People's pulpit in 'Chicago. "'Had n?? ? r: have no love for the out doors!" he stated. "They can't stand .'I to be hlo.HL with themselves. Sta t'istics will show that not one of the maj<;r criminals of today like<l to fish or lov ed a dog?" Kx-CJov. \V. (!. Harvey ha accept ?d an appointment a - general mating ' r in South and North Carolina l\>> .1 discount company of Cleveland Ohio, and will make his h??m?? o: ( '? i een ville. (iovttiioi Mt'l.eoo r. revoking the eomnii- ion of a numhe." of i-onsta ijli ; v.i.<? do not .rem to he earning :1m i: I'.iy l ut are loafing on then . 'i t <i i hem a re h?ca I con ' al ;ip: i it I mun ieipal ati t hoi ' i :< . < i ? . ? i i <!>??: ? St ' at ? toil l\ ? . 1 1 i I i mm ? i. Ki?i Yea: ' ! i . 1 1 - : 'i ? t empat ion - ? .f t". K. u ??! i V r ? ; he -m iv.mi I-?;; i ? : i ia i* -popu .i . : ? " . I eat in.; t i * ? . * ? v. eii ' i I -? u i i . ! an j -ug . , i ' .?en.- . e ! . i t ? ? k \ e i i e ' h> i ! ' . i ? i i. i .t .. ah 'W M- > i.. ? - ? - t.n \m iv . .- r. t. . I . M : .i ra fie- <! - ?% ? h> i m.nr g ri ? u ?!?..- * ,\ ! ! : ha' . -d f..r : 1 r:e I -g ' : ;t I'e | e i id jeei i fti.n; tie -m he of f.t. tcrj and gia'< f : i ? .. The .nver *o: <f i.e i,c iu- i ha ' bv..;i;.h: forth -i fe v r ? * gn' hard ?!.< . u ;... :: .gn.t. i iini] , !'. odu e ! : 1 1 ? ? i ? ; ' . ? ! h n : r ; with a <heerfi:i It :?> made by < arb< rii/.ation an 1 j> wde'i ! i ><k;ng ,?n ! : ; ? ? n ci) king coai at .. tempei i turf <-f 'InO 7(M tit e - i ej.tigrade. <)v??r Shortest Route. ( olumhia, fell 1 2 -The Hambi;:i toil requiring a!! foreign corpora- ? 'ion- engaged m receiving and trans mitting messages in South Carolina to ?? nd suc h messages over the ?horte?t route*, passed the House of. Representatives tonight hy a unani- j mous vote. The hill is designed to '?ompel telegraph companies to stop ?.he practice of sending messages' be tween points within the State, outside of the S t a I < for relay and thus mak ing th? i interstate messages I GKNKKAL NKWS NOTP8. Item* of Intereat Gathered From Many Sourcea. Gabriel Hatting, .'lf>, full-blooded | Cherokee Indian, and World wjir vet eran, committed suicide in a Now York department store Monday, after declaring vhat jW Wi been mai i i. 'l a week and th?t his "honeymoon had Itwen a flivver." James (i. Sutton, born in 1800, died Monday at the Kanawha, W. Va., poo*' fiM'm. He wa? an habitual amp ker, but never drank whiskey, he said. Joseph 11. Kemp was tried in Lum jberton, N. C., this week on the charge of haiirtg murdered Uaniel McNeill forty years ago. He plead self-de fuijse and was acquitted. The Norwood National bank of Greenville paid last year in city, county and state taxes $.14,000. The bill proposing a million dollar issue of bonds to continue road build ing in Spartanburg county has passed the senate and has been sent to the house. Nineteen persons in Has ley are be ing given the pastuur treatment as a preventive against hydrophobia. They were bitten by two small dogs a few days ago. Examination showed the dogs had rabies. The plant of The Progress news paper in Union was partially destroy ed by fire last Wednesday. Scab Johnson, a negro, convicted last October of the murder of his wife and mother-in-law, was hanged at Swainsboro, Ga., Friday. Robert Beauregard, colored, wan shot and killed Thursday in Florence 'by Policeman Kelley. The negro was raising a row with some of his color when' the policeman went to arrest him. The negro' ran and the police man, shot to scare him ? and hit him, ? Thos. \V. Cothran, a well known architect and builder, died on Thurs day at his home in Greenwood. Modern Turkish girls no longer live secluded lives. They are working in offices, some as bank clerks, some as bookkeepers. Many are studying medicine and electrical engineering and others are going in for agricul [ ture. All are preparing for careers ' of usefulness. The charshaf or veil "has been modified to a mere scarf, ex tremely charming ad attractive in its simplicity. A 13-year-old Ogden, Utah, school boy has trained a wild cat to follow him to school each day. Three of every 10 persons living between Fiftieth and Twenty-cightn streets in New York city are drug addict-s, according to a prominent phy sician formerly attached to the state narcotic division. Women of Los Angeles have insti tuted a movement to lift the standard of daily newspapers in Southern Cali fornia. They urged the elimination of "bannering"' in heavy tyjn- across first-pages stone* of tragedy and i crime. ' Five caterpillar motor cars crossed ! 'he Sahara, traveling the 'J, 000 miles ' from Tugart. Algiero, on the north !. coast* of Africa, to Timbuctoo, in the Soudan, French West Africa, in 21 days. It requires at least three months for camels to make the same journey. Two machines were equip ped with rapid-fire guns- to discoura age roving bandits. The appearance of the machines was the wonderment of natives who }jad never seen aft an lomohilc before. Forty "huskies" or wolf dogs, pass ed through Kdmonton, recently on their way to Banft. A!l>erta, \vhev < In \ will l?e used by an American motion picture producing company in ;|'r filming of a number of northern im i tire An ? \piori r s< nt out to obtain spec . iv'.ic.-, and other fragments of a 1 - ? ci\ di.'.at ion, on the island of l: 4j n: t h.e South Seas, f >und that of n-' ni > had no etlect upon rjl,\e : V. h.e it theY Wife requested to obtain the desired art :> lis. llow i . w !v '! c.iii'i> u:h offered ill e\ , a " , ? ! r ? ; x e i m ? m> were f o r t h - , : i) t a ! T i \ . Wi.cli the call i y ... . . \!...u ' ed bu-.tH - - !agg. d i;n: :i v. ? ? , : the ? \ . >: 1 Made jam .* < ? <? . rang. ? a ; h gr- a .11 ? i ? I e <? !! th? . ...n.i : and w 1. - n the ...? ? ; ?!? ?? . v a 1 a J>ie t han ? - e . i : i i '-c vain- ? ' ' t' w: - .. .i \in.ig - }..? pa P't i "i ' ? re. - to,.-, m I ' . : : . - Maryland an i V rginia. as .1 u .4. '. a.iU.ef. fi v v: "? er t ht I'.HIIl i'i . . ., i. K .!.g' ? A: m- Inn at Jiltham. ! ir.g an i. npu'ed to be TOO ?. , a : ..id, at. I m pa-t times a favor -:<>j p.t.g p'.aee < I >a'k Tn: p,:i and o )'< r loghw.w m< n wa- < ! >sed recen! v to make wav fi>r a modern inn ..i same name Hot by. Herr ng fishermen at sea off the Swedish coast are told the exact lo , at ion of the herring schools by w ire less from the Gothenburg radio sta tion. This eliminates wasteful wait ing on the part of the fishermen. Amlx-rgris, used in the manufacture of fine perfumery, is found in the intestines of the sperm whale. It apparently forms because of some trouble with the whale's digestion. It is also used in making oil for the bearings of watches. AFFKCT8 AMKRICA. In Kcgard to American Securities Held Against Germany. nii m ti ' Washington, Fob. 'It- ?uegu 1 ad viser* of the department of justice were said today to bf ' puzzled over recent representation* of the French government to Washington regard - | ing the status of American securi ties confiscated from German na tionals during and after the World War by France. The French gov eminent, according to investigating officials, has asked that this gov ernment recognize the legality of the French liquidator, who has the trans fers of such stock in c*fso France can sell them. . , Just what securities are hold, by same official status as the alien property custodian in this country, officials here profess not to know, explaining that the French govern ment has not listed them nor their values in submitting its inquiry. It is be.'iocd, however, that millions of dolbj'ra are involved. , The investigation has not progres sed far enough f^r officials to fore cast their decision as to the right of Franco to sell the seized stocks. The question arose from a difference be* tween American ai^d French law re garding the status of such certifi cates. which in this country are rec ognized only as evidence of title re quiring re-registration of ownership in a transfer of sale. In France the certificates arq held to be the prop erty itself and therefore negotiable., I- .. The American officials are said to. be of the opinion thnt this govern ment can have nothing to do with /Uift: transfer of seized stock held by France; that it is a question between 1 ranee and. the original German own ers of the securities. In its decision the American gov ernment is expected to stress its de sire to protect the investments of foreign capital and to encourage fur ther investment. However, an agree ment was entered into with Great Britain under which the Londoh gov ernment was free to sell AmtfAcan securities it had seized from German nationals during the war and which the American alien property custo dian had not laid claim to or actu ally taken possession of through re issue of certificates and registration on company books. In return Eng land sent back to this government the seized certificates which repre sented stock taken over by the alien property custodian. An t agreement similar to one existing with Great Britain, however, has been suggested by France. Millions of dollars' worth of Amer ican securities were held by German and Austrian nationals prior to the war, a considerable portion of which | evaded the alien property custodian when he seized the holdings of alien enemies through the tactics of their. i owners, who had sought to avoid German taxation by registering the certificates in France and England ! under name's of friendly citizens. | Consequently when the American con I cerns were directed to Report the amounts held J>y enemy aliens the securities were not listed and the American officials did not find the true situation until it was too late to seize them. ; 1* rom time to time during apd aft er the war actual ownership was established, the certificates were seized by France or England, leav ing the alien property custodian without prior claims in many in stances. England has disposed of many of the certificates in American markets and has returned those claimed by this government. Regular shipments of Florida grapefruit reach lieorge Clemenceau , who Itrciimc fond of the fruit when ;n this country. He instructed a fruit niiiiTi n to send him a box every two Weeks. * The Mabr> Marriage License Hill. ( ( I recti'. iile New s. ) \Vh? n the hoiiM ,>:* r? presi n* .itivt s >>:: >i'(i : i.e Mahv\ marriage license !> : i ;.<:?!> t! p> < -t to that hudy an 1 ? d again that 'Ji.s year South i ..iniir.a ha a ho-j>e which i's not :* i. ! taci;:e any ijue.?ti n which alleits the w el! a re ot the people, and ! <'t r ivn.M ii :i; u-uslv and cour 1 He house .sends the bill ! 1 1 the senate and the people await v. : h iii'.iiist };i> m nate's decision upon it. j Tiie purpose of the Mabry bill is to prcw-n* ! n th:s >tate the marriage of men with certain infectuous diseases.! If the hill Iteeome* law, ;n order to; obtain a marriage license in this state | it wi'i be necessary for the male ap phcan* to furnish a certificate, signed by a u putable physician, to the ef- 1 feet that fhe applicant is free from all venereal disease. The bill also j provides for severe punishment of! violators of the proposed law. To some, at first glance, it may ap- ' pear that such a law is unnecessary and will bo. a needless inconvenience , to those who exp?ct U> get married. Rut if thought be given the matter and any investigations at all be made, an almost unanimous conclusion is bound to bo reached^ at it would not oflly be a (rood law but is a necessary, one for the protection of a very large number of innocent and helpless peo ple. The inconvenience caused by the law would sink into insignificane be side the great good it would do. Any f man who would marry a pure woman with the expectation of raising & family while he was Infected with a loathsome disease of the kind the bill refer# to is not better than a beast and gentlemen should not object to a very slight inconvenience in order to prevent such marriages. it the bill becomes law, within a generation it will cause a large de crease in the number of blind, feeble minded and otherwise deformed chil dren in this state. If there is any think worse than deliberately bringing into the World a child which, through no fault of its own, is disgraced fro.) I its birth and forced to spend a mib euible existence as a burden upon so ciety, we do not know what it is. And, so far as possible, the law should pre vent such occurrences at any cost. It would also preserve the self-respect, .if not happiness itself, of many in nocent and trusting wo;mcn, and, as one member of the legislature ex pressed it, "keep their lives free from being transformed from an, expected heaven into a living hell." The pub lic had no idea of ihe prevalence of repugnant diseases until the war de partment made public a record of its physical examination of young men who offered themeselves for service in during the war. The per cent of men with venereal disease was found to be astounding and it was in evitable that legislators take cogni zance of the fact and try to devise some wise plan for protection against* its increase. The MabVy bill goes to the very root of our civilization? the home. And it is a good bill because it will give protection to the home and ward off an assault upon the sacred rites of marriage. ? WANTED ? Hardwood logs. We pay highest oa?h price for Choiee Asli, Poplar, Cypress and White Oak log* of ptandarxl sped ficat ton, delivered to Sumter by rail or truck. We buy Iorn twelve months in the year and give preference to loggers equlpiped to brin# in a steady sunoly. WTvat have you to offer? Sumter Hard wood Co-, Sumter, S. C. 33 tf ? ? : ? ? ? 1 FOUND ? A stone set bar pin. Own er may get same by applying to Miss Elizabeth S. Boykin, or Mr. M. II. Heyman, Camden, S. C. 44-46 pd Wants-For Sale AGENTS WANTED? Straight salary $35.00 per weqk and expenses to man or woman with riff to intro* tiuce Poultry Mixture. Eureka Mfg. Co., East St. Louis, 111. 46 pd . WANTED? By middle aged couplo rooms for light housekeeping. Must be reasonable. Address ABC, caro of Chronicle Office, Camden, S. C. 46 pd WANTED- ? Purchasing Agent to buy Barrels for us for shipment to Sa vannah. McGillicuddy Company, 618 Oglethorpe Building, Savannah, Ga. 46 sb. FOR SALE ? Three small farms near Camden at a roal bargain and easy] payments, or will rent any of the places. Apply to Thomas Ancrum,j Camden, S. C. 46 ti WANTED? 500 Cedar posts. One second-hand one-horse wagon in good condition. R. M. Kennedy, Jr., ! Camden, S. C. 45 tf 1 FOR RENT ? A cottage on Broad \ street opposite Baptist church, i Apply to L. A. Wittkowsky, Cam-) den, S. C. 45 tf ? ? ? - , 1 r- " 1 LOST ? 34x4 ti>-c and rim between Columbia and Camden, Sunday 11th, Columbia Reo Company name on same. Reward if return ed to Chronicle Office, Camden, S. C. 46 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 Notice to Stockholder*. The regular annual meeting of the stockholders of Hermitage Cotton Mills will be held at Camden. S. C., Wednesday, February 21st, 1923, at 12 o'clock, noon. N. C. ARNETT, Secretary. SPARKING? > Arc your spark plug* sparking true ? s If not, they probably need ? leaning. Have you tried our Spark Plug Cleaner? Leaves your spark plugs <;luan as a whistle and makes them give out big. bright sparks and produce strong explo sive propulsions in the cylinders. Try this cleaner today. Burrier's Garage Hroad Street Phone 26 FOB SALE ? Kggs for hutching, white, brown and bull Leghorn. Address J. B. Zemp, Camden, S, C. / 44 ?b T A K K NlJ I* ? Threo pigs v Owner nil have name tyy prpvin# property und paying fqr keep and dances. Apply to I)Avid Keys, near ?rac? trac;t property, Camden, 8. O; ? 45-4 ti pd i?'Ok SALEr-.One second hand Vn<W wood typc.writer will be cold cheap. Apply to The Chronicle office, Cam den, S. Ck * ? ilUt + v - ? ?..,??? . ? . ? 1 ; ? ? . , WANTED ? *To buy, FopUiv White Oak, Ash, Cypress, Walnut, Soft Maple, Soft Elm and RedG^dar lo^s. All of these Except the Ash and ; Cedar to be 14 inches anfi larger In diametei' and 10 to 16 feet long. I The Ash if> be 12 inches *q<| larger -in diameter and 10 to 10 fe^t long. The Cedai4 6 inches and larger in ? diameter and 8 to 10 feet long. ? We are in the market^for this ma i teria] every month in the year, and will De glad to figure with you on ahy or all of these kind of logs. Wfe pay cash on bpard cars or de livered at Cayce arid can send rep resentative at any time to go into this matter with you. HOFFMAN LUMBER COMPANY, Columbia, S. C. 43-6? eb AGENTS WANTED The J. R. Wat kins Company will ertlploy a lady or gentleman agent in Camden. Watkins Products arc known ev-' erywh?rc, and our salespeople make big incomes. Investigate this opportunity! Full particulars and valuable samples sent, free to hustlers who mean business. Write today. The J. R. Watkins Co., Dept. 85, New York, N. Y. 45-47 pd FOR SALE ? Two fine blooded .colts, three and five years old. Just right to train, can be bought cheap. Also fat beef cattlc at 4 cents per pound. Apply to J. C, HILTON, Wcstville, S. C. 45-46 sb FOR SALE ? Wood, cut any length, oak and pine. Prompt delivery. Phone 275 J., Joseph Shebeen, Cam den, 8. C. 22 tf MIXED GOODS Bear in mind I'm selling genuine Fish Scrap Goods and the price is as cheap as or cheaper than the inferior brands. KAINI T o Can offer you German Kainit in car lots at $9.75 f. o. b. Charleston. ACID Offer 16 percent Acid at $11.00 f. o. b. Charleston. NITRATE OF SODA See me before you buy. Can sell you as cheap as the cheapest. Can give you the contract of Wessel, Duval & Co., Im porters. J. L. MOSELEY CAMDEN, S. C.