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J'HE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. IK NILK$ Editor and Publisher 1^1 l|(l . I III i?.ii IIIWI.IH..I n mJ l*ublisln d cvei y Pri<i^y at No, 1100 Broad street and entered at thw Cam den, South- Carolina postoffifce at second class mail matter. Price. per annum $2.00. Camden, S. April 0, The way to make that had check law effective is to enforce it. The oi l law. might have been more clfective, except there were some people who would enforce it against some people i and not enforce it against others. Most people regarded the enforce ment of the Jaw as a matter of policy; or expediency. If the now law is regarded meiely as a means of col li-ct i mk drltls, il will prow no better than the old one. H\it il' people will, regard the law from high moral grounds, ami enforce il id eVery in j stance regardless of whether they stand to gain or lose the specific amount involved, the had check nui sance will soon become. a thing of the past. York Knquirer. There is only one surviving Ameri can veteran of the Mexican war who j * j entered the' conflict from South Card Una, according to the records of the; United States pension bureau. He is j (Jeorge H. Abney, aged !>r>, and he now lives near ('lay, Mississippi. He was a corporal- in Company I Palmetto Regiment, Soul h Carolina Volunteers. I There, is only one other Mexican war veteran now on the rolls who entered that war from aTty of the Southern x:oast states between Virginia and Texas. 1le was i)avid Irwin, aged 5)0, who went in from Mississippi and now lives at Pilgrim, .Texas. -There are. only ,"?2 veterans left on I he pension rolls for Ihc, Mexican war. and it is'. Sife to say that they are the only veterans of thai eyntest. now living. All of them are '.'0 years of age or mure. LKT ( A VI DKN ADOPT TH IS. Lately the Automobile Merchants' Association of New York has pre pared ten rules for motorists and sub mitted tliem to the police depart ment's bureau of public safety. If adopted, they will be given general distribution ami be pasted on the windshields ol all motor vehicles for at least :!D days. They read a^ fol lows:1 A u to multilist . Attention' Respect the rights of perfect rians. Cheerfully obey the traffic officer. He protects you as well a* t rians*. Keep to the ripht of the road. When turning, hep in bearinp in to ward turn at least a block away, (io slowly around corners. (live pedestrian* plenty of room if in doubt stop. Mutual l'orbeat ante anil courtess make friends. Read the motor vehiele law and 1 1 a flic repulat ions. A child on the hiphwa> is a danpor sipnah Slow up. and if in doubt ? '"p. Reckless drivers are the enemies of ii'l careful motorists. Not all men are anxious to ^ct rich, but ever j honest man wauls to ^ei i it 1 1 < nmiKh to pay his debts, Stau'ey's, for twenty-live years one of the most famous of New York'.;; white llpht district, i losed its dool* Sunday nij^lit. Its proprietor^ stated I hat -u? h a pl?? e eannot be tun at a profit under i>. ->hibit i?.?i eondition M.-.nv *1 le I" !mh theii ;m . Some "di^ t hoi jjrave> witli then teeth"* <>t hi' i ? ! tin rate-! lit automobiles with trains to a radio-id * i o.-.-in^ , >oni?- , mix gasoline and whi?ke\, and others pick ipl.arii !.- wv ile ?roi:n p? ;si?ns, while others* "take '< m otT" -arl> ? in t If >p? iny . OKI I.N I I \(. i (> I I t ?\ SKKI>. ( i ? A| , ,p(i i , , ; 1 1; > - w i i ? * l.? ? < >i mills at ! ?.*??>?? ar.i ~ i r t * ? .< i \v i . wo.' ? ? ? ?? ' ; ? : ?! :i m ! l n c < ? >! t . ? - t i ? i foj 'I ? ? f 1 el i : : ll? i M - pi. ? n ?? o ??????*?? \ r.uit. i " . ? n.i'i - ! ii - ! ? ? ! ? t il v i i ? ? !i . : 1 1 tl !*? > ! a ; u i ? r.iiinl# t ? farnn r- The sc'ii ? \ i 1*1 pu: H i tie k_r I s ? ! I O.i ; ate lot 1 . v e'u li fa ? o i f ,i : i I ' I . - me' I* . ? i 'lie fa r tr.e ?? ;4 - i ? " . ! 1 1 ? I ? i. . . ; . h . * ? ? e 1 1 i ' i i > i > i o 1 1 . t <Ki . Till I e ;;[( ? . \ ( r.i f a-P ;i ; .t-1 - .1 I I. , nT:i'u i ^ -i e.. \\ f.ei. ? It lu te-, 'he -et t) .???It)' Op -e\e'.i lii . - ei'.l l.t'i . a V. I I hi -tat": i ill 1 '.\ deliriVnp tlie f.ii met' i a r -pejd a few more day- in pettinp lo- 'art I we:! prepaied and -.till ^'e'. at: i.ii!> ."-'and The farmers wanting thi> work ? i ? ? t 1 ? ? were so mimcrou-. that Mr. < ; 'fayhw of t ne l.ani a-tei oil mil: has - et a side I rida\ April n:n. a- a other day fot delint.np for the farm i i*. All farmer.- wanting to pet thi work done should brinp >; iheir seed ? n that das. The seed should be | nroupht in .?ackM to facilitate hand . tip. 7'h'' rndl.s are doinp thN worl. . f ir the lint that comes from the ^ecrl. j No extra charpe lu mp made for tba j rork Lancaster Citizen ?bmm immm*mmmm mm ?- ???? mmmmmmmmm ? j | Lettert From The People j you! l'ar t in Milking Camden. j If our merchant* wore not a mighty good naturad bunch of folks. whose rough edge* have- been worn down by much contact with human nature, they would have reason to get quite grouchy at time*. There are some persons who will go or send to more or less distant point* I to maKeai mportant purchase# ot cloth inK> furniture or l'ood stuffs. I hen when they lind that they want some little article in a hurry and m'U?t have it for some preaalng nt?ed, ^'.v rush to the home store arid demand that it be supplied them instantly. Thay expect these home stores t<> keep stocked up all the time t>n a wifle variety of goods. Yet .they fail to supply their share of the patronage that \vould warrant these stores to keep such a stock . A group of good retail stories link UP a town with a wonderful nation wide system for distributing modern stocks. They hring to our doors com forts and conveniences of advanced civilization from all over the world where you can examine and select the things that you desire and secure | competent advice. an to how to get the results you want. 'On i people can not expect to secure the kind of stores that this .commun ity is entitled to on the basis of its population and wealth if they are con stantly running or sending elsewhere to buy goods before giving, the home merchant a chance to supply them. Unless our people give the patronage to their home town stores, our mer chants can not serve them with maxi mum efficiency. Try to buy everything needed from your home merchant and our home merchants should buy everything they can resell from home manufac i hirers. |?. (1. Sanders, Secretary, ^ j Camden and Kershaw County Cham j her of Commerce. Crooked Politics. Abbeville Press and Hanner. . We notice that the postoffice de partment has ordered an examination to procure applicants for several post offices in the state. The postoffice de partment. as a branuh of the govern ! ment, seeks to* lead aspiring young | men and women to believe that effie } ie.nt help will be in demand and that j merit will he rewarded on these ex ! animations, when there is "no sich | animal." In order to ? carry on its j phU'dce and clistom of decyption the department will announce that it se lects one applicant from the three i making the highest mark on* the ex 1 am ination. Why not select the one ' making the highest mark? Politics ; and lying politics is the answer. : The postoffice department will do I its own grading and it will manage to I have its pet in the three highest at each examination, and the pet will be named for the office regardless of his merit. The same is true now and ; the same would be true under a dem ! 01 rat ic administ ration. There is no honest> in the dispen :ati??n of public of fuse under the so ; , a lied civil service rules, and nobody I nous it bettor thauThose who claim I ? .1 to ertoiYe them. If i he i e are aspiring young men 1 and .women who wish t<> secure posi tioi s fioni the standpoint ot merit, wv i,u\ ise tin m to steer clear of post ofiiie depart nien< s and dispense s ot ntliei - generally. Nobody will be : \ e I*, a -.ijiiare < 1 < *:i 1 by any ?>t them, lit, man with the '"pull gl''K tin- ol ways. Ten houses loi ated m Saluda. Hud .,.,n and 1 r\ in street.-, Chester, six of tr.ein belong mg to .John W . Gladden, and I. >ii ! (o W H Newbold. were de stroyed by tire last night, at about 10 o'ehuk Nine families were rendered I, omelets at the h.? whieh IS . Minia ted at alioii! *10.001'. ?l? I ?.-? mi K.-sokrs <?ti Cum minions ' I I>I ! . .1 . \ |M ! I I < u: IV. I - :< ? !! S ? 1 1 - * ' \ \ S* ' i i . ?!)- i ;i ! ? ? ? a ry ::iU 1 ? : . : ? > .iiiminio' rat :>>i > of (if. ? nd I la ! v ? ?> :..i \ ? !>t ? ?' ? k ' 1 ! \ ' 'n>\ i-' I'.o!' l.cml, h ? MM < 'I * r >- 1 ? ( i l ? V 1 1 !,I . i I : . ' ? ?i ;? h ? y ? ^ . '.'a- nana ?.t" t h (?!'.< ?? i ? ! w h ? " r . Ik 1 > ? ? fi ? ?? i < tv r.| - . f. ? ( invt i Mi '??i.Jv pijttf y< <' ? "( I' I . ? - . | . i ? . ? ? t la < i >m m:? * ii.n ~ if ".t'f mim a Jar hark a- I'.'Iih it was >.i i' M'liii' of tlu-m hail altvady ? ? \ j - i i ??<] while olhi'ix uric i.?sut'd to ?ta!ni uiiti! i * * v 1 1 k * ** i Man, ft the ? onstahW*- n^iny thru i ommi.^ions ucic MTving without pay I r. a to oarh of th<- ? r>ns ta t - : i - . (Jovffnor M> I. rod explained that th<- im oration of the roni mission - \s,?-> u; raj sC'psc a reflection upon the of^iccj s and that th<*y migrht ro> appointed, r Thr LcgitffKturr at it.-< reeent session pa*s<vf an Aft giving the Ciovrrhftr the r i grh t to appoint any, numlH't ol coji.^ta bios w for .i'VC01*'1, ' i mont of the !aw> of the *tat? ~ ? " ? : WAS it A tTRSjfC? Death Of^rroMifl Mun Who Opened Kim/, "Tut V Tomb. Cairo* Apiil f). The Kail of Car mown diy.l peacefully at 2 o'clock thin morning. lie watt conscious al most to the end. His death was due to blood poisoning through the bite of an insect with tho later development of pneumonia. The death <(f the Karl of Carnar von conies soon after the culmination of the exploit that brought him chiefly irrto public notice ? the discovery of the rich tomb of the Pharaoh Tutan khamen in the Valley of the Kings in Kgypt by the urchaclogical expedi tion which he headed. While the press of the world wa-e still devoting no small amount of its space to the notable contributions to the world art and history which Lord Carnarvon and his fellow explorers had uncovered came the news that he. had been suddenly stricken down and was lying seriously ill in Cairo from the bite of an insect. By the public at large the misfor tune which the Karl had met was re garded as a lamentable incident of what might happen in a tropical clime such as that of Kgypt, but to the cred ulous students of Egyptian mysticism the news did n^>t come as a surprise, Kven before Lord Carnarvon was stricken with blood poisoning, an nounced aa due to an insect bite, there had been talk of the curses laid by the ancient Kgyptians, with mystic in cantations, on any who dare disturb the sleep of^a Pharaoh. After he was stricken the old. legends spread and ?hundreds were to be found, not before superstitious, who were ready to be^ lieve that the old Kgyptian curse had fallen <>n the rich and famous English-* man. There were some who even ques jtioned whether it was an insect that had dealt him the poisonous stroke. It was suggested that he might tyave touched some poisonous object in tbAY tomb itself, set thirty centuries ago to revenge the dead King on any who might 'disturb his rest. The Stone Mountain memorial, says an Atlanta dispatch is soon to bo a reality. The colossal (inures of Lee; 'Jackson, Cordon and other heroes of the Confederacy will, within a short time, begin to emerge from the stojie face of the mountain under th? chisel of (Jutson Horglum and march their deathless way along- the mountain side into the myriad years of the future. This much has now been practically assured with the announcement of the formation of the Stone Mountain Me morial Association, whose primary purpose is to be a raising of the funds necessary to complete the gigantic un dertaking. A campaign will begin at I once to raise $250,000 in Georgia. As j soon as Georgia has responded the 1 campaign will be carried to the rest of J the nation. Governors of thirteen j southern states, senators and repre ! sentatives from these states, the pros I idents of all universities and patriotic societies in the south have been in vited to be present at the launching of ; the campaign on April 10. President I Harding and former Presidents Wil ' son and T;? f t have been extended I special invitation. I . _ South; hi Railway train number <1 7 . I running between Rlackville and Sa vannah, Georgia, collided with train ! number running from Savannah to I ('olumbia, at Yenome, l.'l miles south : of iilaekvillc. Saturday morning a' ! )l :"() o'clock and the engines of hot\ | trains wi re derailed. G. K. (tickling, j fireman, of Columbia, was the only I one injured and not seriously. The : mam line was blocked as the result. ( of the collision and a wrecking crew | was ordered to the scene. No passer. - ! cers were hurt, acc -ording to th-? : Southein oflii ev in ('olunihia. Afiei removing valuable plunder f I'oin a cap factory at Hamilton. ( >n - '.alio. the thieves >et a time fuse bomb 1 that destroyed the building, settiny :t aliir. with a i?ropcrt\ !>>sv ()f SUJ.">.oo0 M..,nda> Notice ot \|>phcation nif C harter. ) .Not Ht- i- he i eb\ g in i that t h. . ? iin di" signed \\ i f i applj to Hon \V. I'.arAs Dove. Secreta; of State of South < 'andica. on Tuesday. April * he ter.th. foi ji charter according to th" 1 1 ro\ i.- ion v f,;' |j,w for The Standard W holt-sale Gnnery ' om pa'.y. hit < >i pot a t eii . with its p!!i:<ipal place of I >u - iiicn^ in the above named j ' uir.t > and State, the t apital --toek J !<? h? T went \ five Thousand Dollars, t" he div ule<i into Two Hundred and I I'jftv Shale- of the pai value of Our Hundieti Dollars each. The nature of the bu>iness t<> t>e that of a general whole.-, ile u'lot eiN with all powers in t ident and neecssarv to said purpose, with the power to buy, sell, own and hold real estate in the conduct of the -a id business. Notice i- furt he i given that at three o'clock in the afternoon of fhe date above mentioned a meeting of the stockholders will be held in the office of .J. L. Moseley on DeKalb .street in the-iity of Camden for the purpose of perfecting the organiza tion of the said corporation. J. L. MOSELEY. .f. V LEWIS. Corporators. Camden, S C . April f>. I92.r{ The World <iet? lii'ttftr. The man who says the world is get ting vs>??e instead of bettor i$ merely advertising the kind of life he liven und the kind of company he keeps. are good people and bud peopL in the world, of course, just as there have always been; but the percentage of good people today is greater t,han ever before. 1 ? If you don't believe thin take a look at the Sunday schools. Twenty years ago the Sunday schools were at* a rule poor and struggling affair*. H*w men thought it worth while or oven good form to attend them. At the average Sunday school the only men attendants were the superintendent, one .or two teachers and ?ome old geezer whose lovb of handling money ma die him willing to act as treasurer. The Sunday schools were made up 01 women and children, mostly young children. -*V Today every church has an active Sunday school, and there are about as many adults as there are children. Kvery Sunday school has a ltyerivt Bible class, and it is made up of the leading men* of the community, the men who ryally count. There may be hypocrites among them, of course, but most of them are real, earnest Chris tians, and the fact that so many men now attend Sunday School shows that public sentiment now recognizes that it is the thing to do. This -change in spirit is not confined to any one denomination or to any one section. It covers the entire coun try. The world is getting betttr. ? Carolina Citizen # AN ORDINANCE. An Ordinance To Amend An Ordi nance to Levy and Enforce, an As sessment upon Property Owners of the City of Camden for the Pur pose of Paying for Certain Im provements on the Streets and Side walks of the City of Camden, Ap prfe\ed op 3rd of July, 1922. STATK OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF KERSHAW, CITY OF CAMDEN. Be It Ordained by the Mayor and Al dermen of the City of CjthMlen, and by authority of same: That said Ordinance entitled ."An Ordinance to Levy and Enforce an Assessment upon Property Owners of the City of Camden, for the Purpose of Paying for Permanent Improve ment upon tin* Streets and Sidewalks of the City of Camden," approved 3rd of July, 192?, be the same and is here by amended by inserting the following in lieu thereof, so that when amended said Ordinance shall read as follows: 'AN ORDINANCE"' "An Ordinance to Levy and finforce an Assessment upon Property Own ers of the City oi Camden, for the Purpose of Paying for Perma ? nent Improvements on the Streets and Sidewalks of the Cit) of Cam-' den. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF KERSHAW, CITY OF CAMDEN. P?e It Ordained by the Mayor and Al dermen of the City of Camden, South Carolina, and by authority of the same: Section I. That to provide1 for the payment of the costs of permanent improvements on the Streets and Sidewalks cj f the City of Camden ilure i?= hereby levied an assessment or ta.\ upon abutting property for the purpose of making permanent im provements on streets and sidewalks, or streets or sidewalks, immediately abutting such property in the City of Camden, such assessment to include cost of all taps and connections from the sewer anu water mains abutting such property in the City of Camden, and such assessment, levy or tax shall constitute' a lien upon such property next in priority to the lien for Coun ty, State and municipal taxes, and is enforceable and collectible in the same way as other taxes, fines and as sessments: Provided. That said im provements be ordered only upon th<* written consent of two-thirds of the owners of the property abutting upon the streets or sidewalks, and upon condition that t lif corporate authori ties shall pa \ at least one-half of the cost of such improvements, except that the ahut'ing property is to bear all the cost of the sewer and water taps and connections, o: sewerage and water taps. Section That such asse?smen. on the property immediately abutting HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS ? n HIT 5 HO DO, BE SAD T' 5 EE A MAN WORRYIN' Bou.\whut Folks thinks Boor '?M , WEN DE Y Ain' stuimn' Bout 'iia, 'tall! , , ^ J 19 21 kf >Hws?e??f V Oli HUi h streets |H4 sidewalks, or puru Of either. *0 improved W p^y abte as follows: To the City Treas-j un t <?t" th? City <am<len, South Carolina, ono?fi ft e*iuth on the 1st day of , April, 11>24, and one-fifteenth annually thereafter for fourteen con secutive yearn from the said first day of April/ l#24? together with interest from the fir#t date of such assessment ut the rati- ot' six per cent (t> pt-r Cent. ) per annum, Section 4. That the amounts of money raised- by such assessments, together with the amounts of money added thereto by the City authorities from I he City treasury, ahull consti tute and be kept as a separate fund, to be used only for the pifrpose for which it was raised and appropriated. , Section r>. \ That the assessment as laid shall constitute arid be a lien up on the property so assessed, and pay ment thereof may be enforced as the payment of City or town taxes is en forced: Provided, That such assess ments be entered in a book kept by the City Clerk, to be entitled "Assess ment Liens", stating" the name of the owners and location of the property, and the amount of the assessment and time or times of payment: Pro vided, further, That such lien shall continue from date of entry on such book until the expiration of five years from the date, when final payment is due and payable, unless sooner paid. Upon default in the payment of any installment or deferred portion of any assessment, at th# time and in accor dance with the terms and conditions fixed by ordinance, the total amount of any such assessment then unpaid (including deferred installments or payments arid interest)- shall immedi ately become due and collectible as pity taxes are collected, and with such penalties and costs as. are now provid ed for the payment of such taxes. That it shall be the duty of the City Clerk to make an entry of satis faction on such assessment lien as soon as full payment is made and the lien shall be thereby extinguished. Section (j. That the City Council of the City of Camden is authorized ana em powered to issue a certificate of. indebtedness, showing the amounts of money due to "Suc h City by property owners as deferred payments or in stallments upon such assessments, and to sell any of such indebtedness certificates of to borrow money by pledging any of them as collateral security for the payment of such debt or debts, and in either event of sale or collateral pledge of such cer tificates or any of them, to pledge the faith and credit of the City of Camden for the payment thereof, and to guar antee the payment of samy for and in the name of the said City. That .the grantor or grantee or grantors and grantees of any proper ty. or part of same, sold >>r transferr ed after such assessment has been laid thereon, and before such assess ment lien has been extinguished, as provided herein, shall file in writing, with the City Clerk within ten (10) days after every sale or transfer the name' of such grantor or grantee, or grantors or grantees, an accurate description of the property sold Or transferred and the date of such sale or transfer. That all ordinances or parts of or dinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. ( Ratified in Council assembled, this 2nd dav of April, 1923. H. G. CARRISON. JR.. Mavor. Attest : If. C. SINGLETON. Clerk. NOTICE Rules and Regulations Governing Au tomobiles and Other Vehicles on Streets *?f Camden. S. ('. SPEED. ? Lr> miles an hourr with ?"? miles at crossings and turves on cor ners. TURN INC. ? All turns to !?? made ai intersections of -streets and not in middle of block. PARKING AND STOPS. ? All cars to be parked at curb at an angle of lr> degrees with driver's RIGHT hand towards side walk. I, HAYING CARS. Cars must not be left with engine running with n<> one capable of running .same. DRIVERS.? -No * ?rie to drive a car under fifteen years of age. and then the\ must be able to interpret the rub"- of the road. LIGHTS. Car.- rrui.-t earry two head '\gh; > and on< reai iight: must l>. "able in dim !ij.:h's whi n meeting other vehicles, and not run on spot light a* any time. HORN'S. Driver- mu.-t -ound their horns at crossing-' and turn.-, when passing other tar.- and not as a means to call people from houses ?.i an* noun. <? their arrivaj. Dill \ INC. All diiver.- are expeet ci ! i > d r i \ ? to the right, c.\'i ept when l?i?s>lnif a i :n tioin the rear, when the\ pas> to the left. RIGHT < if W AN . < ar.- runniug up and down the avenues, (or North and South ) holding right of way over cars runing on streets, (or East and West.) Cars backing out from the curbs must wait on cars running or in motion, to avoid accident. LEAKING.--- All car.- leaking gaso line in oil mu.-t carry ?at>h pan- un der < ngine to protec* the street-. At! parties violating al>o\i riile. uill he -ubjef to line- or iinpii-oli men'. A. C. WH1TAKER. Chief of Polne. Caniden. S. C., March 27. 1 Kodakers Send your films to us And get the best results from your ?nap shot*. Write for price list. Lollar's Studio 1423 Mai* St Columbia. S. ( . Reliable "Drugs ?' ???>*?. t _ When yoUr prescrip tion is compounded by us you are. assured of absolute protection. We use only drugs <>t' the highest grade and oaph prescription Ms checked oyer careful ly after it is filled. Your doctor will recom mend ifs. Ask him. . /? ?' W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store , ... .??*. ... - Plu>ne 30 Delivery. Facts About South Carolina, ? ; ? ? ? . -? v - ( fly the Associated Press.) Thomas G. McLeod of Bishopville is Governor of South Carolina. He took- office on Jahuary 16, 1023, and will servo until January, 1025. The Charleston Museum is the old est museum in America, having been founded tn 177.'?. South Carolina has seventeen daily newspapers. Fifteen of these- are members of The Associated Press. There were 194,005 mules listed for taxation in South Carolina in 1022, They were valued at $0,734,720. The South Carolina Sjate Teachers' Association will hold its annual con vention in Columbia, April 12, 13 and 14, 1023. There arc 13X Catawba Indians liv ing. Most of them reside on the Ca tawba reservation near Jtock Hill. Industrial investments in Richland County during 1022 totalled $12,370,-. 841. The products of the various in dustries were valued at $15,334,700. Your Money. When you spend a dollar at home it stays in the community. It keeps circulating:, benefitting many people here at homo, and sooner or later it may gej. back to you. But when you send youd money away from home it is gone, so far as you are concerned. It will keep cir culating, but it will not benefit you or your friends - or neighbors. The money you send away from home does not benefit anybody at home; it do?s not fnake business bet ter nor enhance the value of property. What are you doing with your mon ey? ? Carolina Citizen. Fisherman's Luck quilt1 often depends up on; the tackle he uses. Good tackle in a joy in the handling. Whether you fish in < Northern lakes or toss your line in Hermitage Mill Pond, we can fill all of yoirr needs and at lowest prices. And, fellas ! ! , They're Biting Right Now. ; Mackcy ?> Mercantile Company ? . !