The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 16, 1923, Image 4

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li CAMDEN CHRONICLE: . . ' | H; i) MILKS Kditor and I'ubliHhor published evoiy Friday at No. 1100 - ftroad Htroct nnd entered at tho Cam den, South Carolina postoffiro ng ?<cco.ml cla^H mail matter. Prica per Milium $2,00. wjtn ?, ? .*.?????. ? ' I ? ?>*?' ? ?|i ?, Camden, S. ('., March 16, 192H. Old Thkk Still ia Wr note a good many ran on our street* using 1U22 license ta#a, We *ee no fairness in lotting these car owners trot by while others have to fHty. We do not know whoso duty It is to enforce this law, but they should get busy and collect these unpaid 11 . ' v'OjrtKCf or else make them run their cars under a shed. This money goes on the .roads of the county, -and no car owner has the rltfht to ride over them without paying his', share of tho license fee.. It was a week of convictions 1n tho criminal court. In fact there has been a steady inclination in the past few courts to give the law violators what is coming to them. Many of these convictions are due to tho able way . in which Solicitor Spigner handles the state's interest. In nearly every -case at the term just closed b1' secured j convictions.. It is a healthy sign when j>ctit Jul oi heg in to do their duty. | K. I.. Jacobs, alderman from ward j 10, Chariot on, who was arrested a few day1* ago following a raid at his residence, was given a preliminary hearing this morning before United States .Commissioner A. M. Iluger, and charged with violating the na tional prohibition law, and was re leased under bond of $1 ,000 for. his appearance at the March t<'ini of the United 'State# district court. It is al leged thai,' a cnantity of |i<pior was ! ijiid on tho p. finises n idi I by state and. federal officials. A iJiingorous I 'i mposition. ( ha of the most dangerou*. pro po sition-. in*?ar mind on the roads at night i* tho* "one ??y0,I" ai.to. Lots of people pc t: iat. ih running with but 1 one light and win n you one of th<"-c you cannot tell whether his I light '?> on the right or left and for I that leason make;; it dangerous ! Our Legislature' could have spent onto of thei* spare time in passing :? hill to iequi.e everj car to have; two frrr.t light an-l'one rear and to rc<)0.in* all kor. o d: awn vehicles ' to cr.rry lights, which if th/y had, would. ? r."r man\ lives- -not taking in consideration ihe loss of property. K'k k ?iill Kocord. Dr. \V. I?. Ackeir.ian, for hum* shcr i ({ <??' CYdieton c.-r.inty, who was ie iro'. i .! fr -in ' si vera! month* ago by li.t.Tf nor W i i % i > 1 1 (!. Harvey, uf VV'itli t-i' boi e, ua.i acquitted of a charge <>f ma'.fcjraiu c in office. The ih.wgo grew oat of mm alleged .shortage of around .<-1.000 in county funds received from tax executions of 10-0. The de u nso^was that the apparent .shortage"" wan due to faulty bookkc; oing and that the proper remedy Was a civ'il suit. it also was contend e?l that Hr. Ackerman neecr was short, a> he liad lurried over to a rcprescn ;ative of the comptroller general monej tvf cover I he alleged shortage immediately, that it was calied to his attention. m \(.\(>!,i \ <;arpi;ns open. i ( Iiari? '? l on's Paradise of Floral H.rutv Ktad) for Visitors. (N't 'A.-. :.;.o < 'oui'ier, March 'i. ) With th? .'t i.cn: cf \.a:Mt?r weath ( i ni".f ..tiii jnoi people are begin ning .1 dad; w!v " Magnolia <iai.It!t v.li open ft i the .Mr. < NorwiMH! Ilastu told The Wnf and ('ourict* \ estei day that this i vt n; i laitt p!a< c I'kjioi row. 1: i :i'w t; *. ; i 1 1 ; t * . ? ? ? <>?,' in'.cre.st .s " u b- : ! n i i>.:i i ! i> u:il be ill ' uil t* ? ? \ ? Mi Ma-t.c thinks that ?in u; i b if! 1 it? w. ?k > <>v *.!?. h i . . ? ? ? i " \ - fa i :i > I tan | 'el!. ht :i ul \ i I.-''. i;i;, , "t!i> b ? ? ?? t- I ? ? m< : -t ? ?!'a i : ! I t f i oni ; Ma rcb : 1 1. \ p . i in. a ? ii ? - j u - 1 - nv ( : ? i i ? < ? * ? ! ' !-ul t >f ? > ?u i a. , ' r, ;t f? ?\ ? ;r. > tbt re wdl b. ( r;.v,j,;n ' '?? J,'ive pete '. .' ' > < an'f v. ait a >.;>??> ' ? ? ! ? j, < ! w ! ; a ' . . t b ? t ? . i ! : i ' t : TVi.s i r ' \\ . ; ! I- |>i., ' > i ? > i ; r.. (,.!*:? ri i v v. ater a . we:! ., b> r.!'?bi i The > : 1 1 I : t "St ? 're" *,v '? It a. t the ('hi-olm'^ Mill ? f . trie foot of Tradd street, ( ? : .i' I ! ir . a:*. ! <>n > iay at ' I I rt I. be ><m ib.le t : i p take-, a boa! !;ui t> five or fret, minuter. ' The road ha., Kc*i,\ciy greatly im- | pro\ cd. Tn k.-t ;t i c purtha>t d at j :Jic entraiae t<; t!..- (iardeir-. It h expe< (etl that more people I : nan ever will \ i.-ui Magnolia this ' ear, as the fame of this beautiful i ?pot grows >teadily. Two or three bandit.s who held up ?he bank at F/iirmount, (Ja., Tuesday ?t noon, were captured in h swamp near Fairmount in the afternoon ahd th? money rorovered. On? man ?>? cap^i ir nn automobile. .^11 th? trio n-ore i ? army uniforms. N K(J KO * DESl'KRA DO KILLED Had sKiii.ncd to Within 100 Yards of \\\ Hi, ? He Shot Five. Nu?hville, Tenn., Mar. 1Q. .Lewis Dougla*, negro desperado, who ahpt and rerlouiily wounded five persons Who* wore attending a death watch at \ an ft u von <<>unty, Thurs-. titty morning, >vas shot to. death at the home of a tenant on the property of ?Sh hi Huston, one of the victims, by Htmsd deputies t h i . ;if'< rn!?<>n at 5 iBO o'clock. The negro's death ended a two-day chase yvith bloodhounds, whieh wound up within 100 yards of the place where he attempted to wipo out an on i i re tamily because he had been caught stealing fiohi a corn crib. Last night Douglas entered the home of a white man named Manus,, when* hi' was later ' killed, and de manded food. He was still armed with the shotgun with whieh the five persons were shot. Mantis fed him. Douglas askud Manu't to tlx it up with the Maston*. Me said that he would Come back again tonight to find out the answer. ' Deputies were notified and secret ed themselves in the house. The no gro knocked at the door at 5:30 o'elo.ek. He ('ujtercd the room still carrying the shotgun. He was rid dled with bullets before he could move the gun to his shoulder. HKKK AND TIIKRK Five boys lost their lives in New York city Tuesday as the result of automobile accident**, Town elections in Maine towns Tuesday showed up Democratic gains ? with but few exceptions. Two naval aviators lost their lives when their plane fell into a river near Philadelphia, Wednesday. Mrs. Nora Mellon, 44, divorced w.'ft of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, on Wednesday was married in New York *o Arthur Lee, 7!0, an art denier.. The bustle is to, come back in style this .spring, according to a Chicago women's : .yle authority. It is to be more graceful than the bustle of grandmother's day# so it is said. lla.''y Wnilenstcin, World war vet e: an, who was attacked on the streets ul Washington a few days by Svna or Caraway <>i Arkansas, has t iled u t for $UO,OtM) against the sen ator. The Story of Our States By JONATHAN BRACE XLV. ? OKLAHOMA OK Ij A HO MA holds the record for rupi <1 g r <? w t 1). It whs in the first term of President Ilenjamin Harrison Dial ( >Ji ln liotua was opened nj j. Uood farm land available under the Home stead Act was difficult to find the United States bought from I ho Indians, w ho had boon segre gated in Indian territory, a large tract of some 40,001) square ml lew that had been used largely by the Indians as pasture for their cattle and horses. This was culled Oklahoma, a word mean ing "lino country." and was ar ranged to be ready for sale to l.wi?e?>U'aders at 12 o'ebwk noon ? ?I April ~L\ ISS'J. Troops were placed on guard to prevent any ttters entering before that tiuie tor more than loo, (MR) "boomers" as 1 1 fey were called, came from ad over the country to obtain t arms or places for business. On the stroke of the hour, bugles sounded and the mad rush by men, women and children to lo cate claims began. The govern ment had arrangt-d land officers : i many places .it which claims could be tiled for the farms or i ily li>!?. and ail that day these were besieged b.v ('..hting mobs l<> re_i?ter their M-lecl Ions. Ite i'ore nightfall hundreds uf farms were slaked out and <>klaln>ma i' ty and Outline wi re we. I on ih'-jr way to become cities. Thus was developed this re u.i?'a which ca me into tin' |w?s >essi,?n of the United States as ;i p.- rt of ihe I.ouisiana Purchase iii ls<>.! and which wa> set aside ; ? >r so many years as Indian a uiitry. Previous to the forma tion oi Oklahoma territory, con :*rc>s l.ad forbidden' white set tiers in this parf of the country, And this edict was enforced by federal troops. As the demand tor more l??nd was felt Jind as the Indians decreased in numbers, Indian territory was added to Oklahoma territory, and In 11K>7 It was admitted to the Union as the State of Oklahoma, adding another Htar to our flag, which for eleven years had contained forty-flve. The state has flour ished to tuch on extent that It has ten presidential electors, which la more than double that of many of tbo older stftte* of larjrer slse. _(?fcr M?CI?r? N*wa?*p?r ) STRINGING THK SUCKKK8. Thy American People I. ike to be Tooled. Ktich 'year, writes Frederick J, Ihiskiti, tin- gullible American public is mute ted to the extent of appfoxir mutely half a billion doHara through lio^yk fwittdfci This amazing otfcte ment \yas made at the recent co? vention pt Life insurance Kx^Iym; and it is said to be conservative. Half a billion dollaru-- that in a lua;i tfiX of almost $.r>,00 on every man, woman and child in the United StaUs. A sum equal to the annual earnings of half a million laboring men gone to the maintenance of an army of par? i ten who, contribute no useful service to organized society. An amount that would cover a $500 bonus to each of a million of the boys who went to Fiance to mike the world safe for democracy! And every dollar of it wasted ? thrown away a carnival of confetti throw ing in which the confetti is made of Uncle Sam's good green and yel low currency. > Where does it ajl come from. O. Henry answered this question in part when he said, "there are people whom the Lord made to bo buncoed ? the sports and the ^rounders, smart Alecks, street crowds who always have a few dollars to throw away, and tho farmer who wouldn't be hap py if the grafter did not come around and play with him when he sold his crops." Hut the great bulk of this money does not come from these sources. It comes ? astounding as it may seem ? from those who are wise enough and thrifty enough to save, since it is obvious that people cannot invest even in bogus securities unless they have surpluses with which U>v make the investments. Figures from the United States Treasury, prfrve this when they toll the story that in one short period more than $100,000,000 in liberty bonds wore pirated from unsuspecting citizen.*. These bonds represented savings ? most of them of the "buy until it hurts" kind. - The truth of the matter i*,' accord ing to the experts, that there is scarcely one person in ten who is not a possible easy mark for some one or other of the . sky propositions: Quick money and easy money are the lures that toll victims from every class of our citizenship. Business i men, doctors, lawyers ? even bankers ? will fail at times just as readily as the veriest financial boobs. Of course the "investment" must be "safe," but the bigger the returns that are promised the less the .vic tims think about safety. In the Wellington when the bright young man brings all his money to the promoter and begs him to invest it for him, the promoter says: I "Let me get this straight. What you want is something absolutely j safe that will pay at least 10 per cent I a month ? is that right?" "Well," answer^- the bright young man, "1 want to make all I can." A veteran blue sky salesman ? one of the kind that can sell raincoats in the Sahara desert, ice to Eskimos, or snowshoes to Filipinos ? who was in Washington recently related an ex-: ample of his operations that is at once illuminating and instructive. Mr. j Lane, as he may be called, for he '?says he has used so many names J that a new one makes no difference ! to him if it is not his right one, claims to be ail artist in his line, and his story makes good his claim. An industrial plant was established j m a middle west statu und6r unusual ly suspicious circumstances. Its capitalization was low, it was well managed, and it found an immediate market for all it could produce at extraordinary high prices. The result was that' it earned and paid a divi dend of '.>2 per cent the first year of its operation. There was no fake ! about tli at. Hlue ?d?y promoters were quick to ( sec thrir opportunity. They organ j ized a company to build a similar plant at a different' place, but j n the same <;cn.'-al territory. The first plant was a bona fide proposition, ! cIom ly capitalized, and conducted 1 solely to make its profits out of the 1 !i {Miniate manufacturing' and ? mar , l<?-ting of its product. The second v. as purely and simply a promotion j scheme. gros>|y over-capitalized, and ? intended primarily to yield large prof ? it .s in the members through the sale of the capital stock. The first step j of the promoters^ after the prelimi i naiies of organization had been at tended to, was t o send out a crev | of stock salesmen to bring in the dol iars of the innoccnt investors. Lane was a member of that crew. These salesmen worked on a com : mission basis, the usual rate being per cent. Lane, being somewhat closer to the insiders than the others, receiving HO per cent. That is, out of every hundred dollars which he se cured t or a share of stock he got thir ty dollars. After the insiders "got theirs" it is QU^J? Arident there would not be a great deal left to go into the actual construction and equipment of the plant, but the in vonton it>t supposed to Inquire too closely into that. | ? Kxpeiience hud taviicht Lane that he could, work most successfully in a ru- 1 rni community. According^ he picked out a small town in u rich farming district, satisfield himself that tbero was plenty of money there, and mapped out a careful campaign. Pursuant to this plan he went to the town, registered at the one and only hotel and two days iti driving about the adjacent country. He made no acquaintances outside of the hotel proprietor ami tln> man who drove hini and hft g?Yf them iu? information about his busi iipm:. Then lit- won away. A few days later he returned una repeated the performance except that this time he made some carefully guarded inquiries about farm values -in that station. My the time he made hi* tlm\t visit to the town Lane whk something of a man of myrii'iy to the people there - he had whetted their curios ity. On this occasion he went to the town banker and said that he sought advice in a very confidential matter^, He had some little money to invest in farm lands, he said, and would not have anything to do with real estate agents, prefeping to transact all bis business thorough the bank. Naturally the banker was interested and Lane was soon on good terms with him, discussing land prices, in vestments, polities, and what not, but chiefly investments. In the course of this talk Lane told the banker oC a fortunate investment he had made in the stock of the original industrial plant mentioned which had paid hini 92 per cent the first year. He had documentary proof of this. T he ban ker's mouth fairly watered. Hp would like to get hold of some of that, stoc)<! Lane said he didn't blame him ?he'd like to get more of it himself, but of course there wasn't any more. However, another company was being organized and he had. been promised as a very great LvVor that he would have, a small block of that stock, which probably would be even more profitable than that of the first Company. Lane went away again and when ho -tame back a week later the banker did not want to talk about farjn lands? all lie wanted to know about was the stock in the new company, and couldn't Lane get him in on that deal? Lane said that inasmuch as the banker was going to do him a fa vor he would see what ho could do for him, but it would haye to be a dead secret, and he knew that at best the banker could only get a few shares, and all that sort of thing. After keeping the banker on tentei hooks for several days Lane finaiiy "secured" a small block of the stock for him. Later he had "good news" they were going" to double the ca pacity of the plant, and there was more stock for those already in. Lane Was trebbling his own investment and he'd "take care" of the banker and such of his friends as he would vouch for. "My work was done by that time,' said Lane, in telling the story. "Of course Mr. Banker had told all his relatives and friends about the good thing and I didn't, have to sell them a share <>f the stock. They fell over ! he m selves to take it away from me. 1 was doing them a favor in letting them have it, and when I loft that town if 1 had left a dollar in loose change there- it was because the man who had it -had forgotten where he had hidden it." That, it may be said, is rolling blue sky! No Court Next Week. The -jurors ; * n f i wi\ nes:-es tor the ihini and fourth week of court for this county have hern excused and will not have to appear. An extra tvrm of court for civ il cases has been set to begin on Monday, May 7th. Further notice will be given through j the press. I HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS j GOTSHO TALKED UP ^ j T' DE OLE 'OMAN LAS' ' NI6HT--SHB POUHED HOT AXLE-GREASE ON N\AH CAWMS T' C YORE 'EM en neah Bout sot me a - f- 1 ah!! f ? - ? j President McKinJey, ro/^ic kei up a live electric wire on the streets) of Union Sunday afternoon* int ending to put it out of the way of pagaerby. He died instantly. '? He was 65 years old. Federal indictments that havp been hungtng over former United States Senator Lorimer and Chas. B. Mun day, president and vice president, of the defunct LaSelle Street Trust ami Savings bank of Chicago since 1014, have been dropped by the* government. PROBATE COURT SALE., State of South Carolina, ' County of Kershaw, (In the Probate Court) Robert Roynolds and Perry D. Stokes, Su?*viving Exocutors of the Last Will and Tostament of R. R. Rol lins, deceased, Plaintiffs, gainst Effie Stokes (formerly Effie Rollins), F? A. Baker, R. H. Baker, Hank of Bethune, Pank of Camden, Camden Wholesale Grocery, 10. M. Mat thews Co., Hickory Overall Co., Frank K. Block Co., J. I^eopole & Co., J, M. Hcaron, Germany-Roy Brown Co., Armour & Co., South ern Dry Goods & Notions Co., Lor ick & Lowrance, Inc., Geo. E. Ben nle Manufacturing Co., Coleman-, Drew Co., Gray & Dudloy Co,, L. NitchoH & Sons, H. J. Silberman & Co., M. W. Duvall and Add Pate, Burwell & Dunn Co., Crown Mil linery Co., and United States Waste House, Defendants. By virtue of an order of the Pro bate Court in the above entitled pro ceedings bearing date the 14th day of March, A. P., 1923, I will offer -for sale before the Court House door in Camden, South Carolina, within the legal hours of sale on the first Mon day in April, 1923, being the second day thereof, the following described tracts of land belonging to the. estate of R. B. Rollins, deceased, th? said land being sold in aid of assets to pay the debts of the said estate: 1st. All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and be in? in the County of Kershaw, State of South Carolina, containing one hundred and 'thirty-nine (139) acres, more or less, bounded North by lands of M. C. West; East by lands of Fred Waiers; South by lands of Frank El liott and West by lands of J. S. Hy att. The said tract of land is that which was conveyed to R. P. Rollins by ,J. S, Hyatt, with the exception of about eleven acres lying on the North side of Beaver Dam ('reek, which is, claimed by M. C. West, and which is apparently owned by him, and is not included in the portion to be sold. 2nd. All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and be ing in Kershaw County, South Caro lina, at Cassatt station on the Sea hoard Air Line Railway, containing one acre, more or less, bounded North by Main Street, East by right of way of Seaboard Air Lino Railway ; South by lands formerly owned by J. D. McCaskill and We^t by Wash-' ington-Atlanta Highway, and being the same land conveyed to said R. B.1 Rollins by J, D. McCaskill by deed of date June 28th, 1904. 3rd. All those certain pieces, par cels or lots of land situate, lying and being in t^ie County of Kershaw, State of South Carolina, ut Cassatt station on the Seaboard Air Line Rail way, and distinguished as lots 11 and 12 of Block 2-A, on a plat of East Cassatt, found of record in the of fice of Clerk of Court for Kershaw County, South Carolina, fronting West on Main Street of Cassatt one hundred (100) feet, and extending back Eastwardly, of a uniform width to a depth of one hundred and fifty (l.r)0) feet, bounded North by Cross Street, East by lot now or formerly by L. M. Lowman; South by Ix>t No. 13 on said plat and West by Main Street, of Cassatt, and being the same lots conveyed to R. B. Rollins by Julia Hyatt bv deed dated July 14th, 1911. Terms of sale ? cash. w. l. Mcdowell, Judge of Probate Kershaw County. Camden, S. March 15, 1923. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that one ! month from this date, <n Wednesday, April ISth, 1923, I w 1 make to Ihe Probate Judge of Kershaw County I my final return as Administratrix of the estate of S. M. Hough, deceased, and on the same date 1 will* apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Administratrix. ? M. A. HOUGH. Camden, S. C\. March 15, 1923. Kodakers Send your films to us ? and get the best results from your snap shots. Write for price list. Lollar's Studio 1423 Main St. Columbia, S. ('. r > I am always looking for TROUBLE in AUTOMOBILES J. B. BALDWIN B. A. B. Motor Co. DeKalb Street , After Every Meal Chew your food welly then use WRIGLEVS to aid digestion. It also keeps tlie teeth clean, breath sweet, appetite lceen? .t ' ' "? & Thm Crmat American Sw0*tm*at D-9, Smtfc* Wrapper* When Judge Guy B. Park of the Platte county, Qo., circuit court ar- vJ rived late Tuesday, he immediately arraigned himself and imposed a fine of $1 por minute. He paid a fine of Activities of Women. Ohio has a woman game warden who does not hesitate to use a gun when it is necessary. Women in Japan will be prohib ited from working at nights by a law enacted by the Diet. Because lace-making by hand is be coming an extinct industry in France, , a sum of money is being provided by the government for the relief of destitute lace-makers. MASTER'! SALE. State of South Carolina County of Kershaw (Court of Common Pleas) Rena Meek, Plaintiff against Jennie E. Meek, Mimnaugh Meek, Glascow S. Meek, Denwith Meek, Jimmie L. Meek, Hilda M. Meek, flattie E. Meek, W. S. Nelson, Ex* ecutor of the estate of W. M. Shan non, deceased, and H. (J. Carrison, Sr., Defendants. Under and by virtue of an Order of His Honor, W. H. Tpwnsend, Judge of the Fifth- Judicial Circuit, of date; the 27th of February, 1923, I will sell before the Court House door iu Camden, S. C., duriftg the legal hours of sale, on the 1st Monday in April, 1923, same being the 2nd day thereof, the 'following described property: All that lot or parcel of land known as olie-half of lot described as City Lot number One Thousand and Four (1004) fronting East on Broad Street in the City of Camden thirtyrthree . (33) ,feet, bounded on' the West by premises formerly of Robert Mann, East by Broad Street, South by prop erty Of A. J. Frietag, same being that conveyed to John E. Meek by John Hinson, by deed of date July 13, 1905 which deed is recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County in Book M. M. M. at page 442. Terms of Sale: One-third cash, balance in two (2) and Four (4) years with interest at eight (8) per cent. B. B. CLARKE, Master for Kershaw County. Dated at Camden, S. C., March 15, 1923. KEEPS CHBMEN WELL AND STRONG TIIIN, pale, impoverished blood makes children frail, backward and dclicate. Gudc's Pepto-Mangan creates a bountiful supply of pure, red blood, restores bodily strength, brings back color to the cheeks and builds firm, well-rounded flesh. For over 30 years Gude's Pepto Mangan has been recommended by leading physicians as a tonic and blood enricher. Your druggist has it liquid or tablets, as you prefer. Glide's pepto -j^angan Tonic and Blood Enricher MOW IS THE TIME TO SPRA Y YOUR FRUIT TREES We have just re ceived a line of Lime, Sulphur and Spray Pumps. Call and let us show- you. Mackey Mercantile Company, , Camden, 8. C. .L