The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 18, 1923, Image 4
I \it CAMDEN CHRONICLE
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II. I). N'lLKS Editor and Publisher
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I'tibliihul every Friday at No. lion
llro^d siif.'i -md i iiii'ii'ii nl the Cain
den, South Carolina pOdtofficQ* as
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CAMUKN. S. C.. MAY IH; 192,1.
The Ford Motor (Company, Inc., lift#
more actual cash in its treasury than
any other corporation in th<* United
Mate-., if not in the entire world, uc
tordinK to flgUres Himounrod in WaJI
Ktro^t last week, which places the to
tal as more than that of the United
States Steel Corporation, despite the
tact thrft the total j&saots of the Ford
conipa ny is less than one-fourth t hV?
total iiHflets of the largest steel or
ganization in the world. The figures
taken from a statement Hied with the
Massachusetts commission at Boston,,
x how that on February ~K, 102M, the'
Ford company had a total of $159,
('?05, (>87 cash on hand. This compares
with lotivl cash holdings of $120,700,
181 reported liy the United States
Steel corpoi ation in its annua) report \
December HI, 192;!.
Dr. jA. T; Jamison* superinteiuittuU.
of Connie Maxwell Orphanage, will
attend the Baptist World Alliance in
Stockholm, Sweden, in July, He will
l?e accompanied by Mrs. Jamison. At
the recent meeting of the board of
trustes of Connie Maxwell orphange,
Dr. Jamison was granted 'two months'
leave to enable him to attend the con
vention Of 't he Baptist World Alliance.
With three lii'es and an attempt to
></t lire to tho school budding at Ivor
*ha\v, all within the past ten day's,
the Kershaw Kra htakes tin* foil-owing ?
< ditorja.l remark's;
"We llnd no delight whatever in
(ailing at veti* ion i editorially to the
j.tteinpt made on Monday tro burn the
graded school buildinu; while . the
Tchool \vas m .->( -ion and the classes j
at study. We do it for one purpose I
alone, and that i - to awaken ( more se- j
rious reflect ion regarding various j
happenings in the (ojnniunits whicn I
< al| for \ igoj otis at'.' ion, it' the com
munity K to be n?i?ieeted from im
pt nding dangers ahead for the young
who have such nttei disrespect and
disregard lot what i- right that they
hesitate at nothing, apparently, that
presents iu-tl! to then' mind:;. Th"
indulgence in profane and obscene
language. im i pit nt gambling, drink
ing and now the attempt at arson, are
riot matters to he liirhtly thought of
when |>ract in d in \outh. and unless
these receive a very positive check
the outcome is horrible to content- \
plate."
Frosts in N'ew Jerses Saturday i
morning, great ly damaged the peach!
and strawberry tTOps throughout the;
state.
TOWN AM) COUNTY.
Thtt following* editorial from |*FHv
State of Columbia contains su Kgea
t U'IU>. that uninioTitionally but none
j (Mc* less emlonm what thi' Cam
<ien Ami Kerithuw County Chamber of
Commerce is now proposing to do,
only on a larger ae?le than hereto
fore undertaken < in South Carolina.
Hvery bu^lnew* man and ov^ry farm
ei should read The States comments
mi this wry important matter of co
operation between city, town and -ru
ral districts.
"In a letter to The State, published
.several day.- ago, Young,
president and general manager of the
South Carolina Swrct I'otato associa
tion, put his tinkers on that which, in
our tula holier, is the weakest link
in the ' chain on which dependence
must be placed if the South Carolina
Farm Industry car is to bo pulled
out of the muddy rut of antiquated
and losing methods on to the high
iou'1 to mral progress, That link can
he reinforced and made unbreakable.
Are we going to do it?
M''. Young is not theormntf. He is
a worker, and an alert business man,
who has achieved results, In his
.work he has come in contact with all
ihe problems. He is qualified to
know wheW there should be coopera
tion and "punch" ami where the
needed punch for progress is lacking,
and with such knowledge, acquired
thnuat'Ji experience, he says:
' Having Clowely studied the situa
tion in this state for many years and
almost constantly for the taut two
and a half years, I am convinced
(hat what we most need is that vital
co-operative interuNt of the business
men working with the agricultural
forces of the state to put over the
program which' has made Turner
I county famous That was the fun
| dahiental reason of success . in Turner
CeUHty. The county farm agent no
doubt played *u most important part,
and likely what was accomplished
coul<J not have been done without, a
good agent, but the agent atone
would haw been helpless unless the
husincv* interests of that county
had gotten behind him.
, "That is absolutely true. Had there
not hem one man in Turner county,
Cioorgia, who as. head of a small coun
ty bank had a heart in which patriot
ism and public spirit predominated,
! and a vision that contemplated some
thing more than certain 8 per cent,
returns on money loaned, Turner
county, (ieotgia, would not have ap
peared in the public prints except
| through the advertisements by the
shoriir. The spirit of that one busi
ness man. diffused itself through the
little town too small for chambers
of commerce, boards of trade or other
clubs and organizations of business
men the town fully, earnestly land
intelligently cooperated with the
i country, and both -were safely pulled
out of g*c ditch where they had been
thrown when the boll weevil struck
: them.
"In any agricultural section, th??
, town that assists the country to pros
perity. is doing no more than fortify
ing its own prosperity. Active co
operation in self-preservation. Vet
this newspaper has, within a year,
bdeh impelled a dozen times to vote*#
.surprise at the seeming dormancy of
the business . interest* in' mo many
qaarterH to the vital problems of ag
riculture. There is need in ! every
j county 'iot wholehearted, active co
| operation of the business and agri
? cultural forcet and the business
forces should lead in organizing to
that end.
- "Gathering* of business men and
tlte exchange officers ofWl|"have their
pfcace and value, but in a time like
this, when there is big constrictive
work to he done, much work is need
ed. To Achieve something worth
while there must be a definite objee
tive, a purpose to be accomplished
I that should be; worked for with per*
j sistence and, punch. There ixrb units
| of business forces in every town Ih
i Ins state. In cooperation with the
i county forces great and lasting mu
tual benefits can be .obtained. In
t every one of those communities there
Are those capable of the needed lead
ership and successful di rectioh'. of the
: dormant forces.
There should be action. Will the
' plea of Mr. young for this coopera
tion ma in unheeded ? "
: Sic I lee, which is in the sandy sec
! tion of the state, is going in for farm
ing other than a cottqn crop,, for Mo
Bee boasts of what is said to/Nbe the
largest dewberry farm in the world.
CJ. S. King has a farm of 35 acres in
.dewberries and about 75 in peaches.
The dewberries have only been plant
ed a short while and have not' Ji yet
reached their full bearing capacity*
I Throughout the McBee section are
I many farms of peaches .and dew-.
! berries. At the present time the Sea
board Railroad is conducting a grape
; farm at McBoe. Thirty-seven varie
j ties are bejng grown to ascertain
(which is best suited to the climate
j and the soil.
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M. I.. Bonham, of Anderson, and
; Wadu C. Hughes, of Walhalla, are
j spoken of as probable candidates for
I the judgeship of the tenth judicial
circuit .to succeed the late Judge '
j (ieorge K. I'rince, deceased.
During the month of March there
weie 4 01 indictments returned in
j Federal courts of the country against
I narcotic sellers and a conviction in
everv case.
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j Four children of Mrs. Mary Ltstoti
' of Bridgeport, Conn., died Monday
1 night from fumes of gas leaking from
a defective stove. Mrs. Liston's condi
I tion is critical.
j The Standard Oil Company of New ;
1 Jersey and the Texas Oil Company on
Saturday reduced the price of tank 1
I wagon gasoline in South Carolina one
cent, making the new price 10 to 2! j
'cents, exclusive of the 'J cents tax.
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Sixteen persons are reported dead
and 100 injured as the result of a
tornado that swept Mitchell county,
Texas, yesterday morning.
U. 15. Ka; (t i ling, a piominent fai
' mer and sawmill owner of Harnwell,
wa*. killed Saturday. night when his
automobiltf^rftAhed down an embank
ment about two miles front Barnwell,
.pinning him under the wreckage), with
his head in th?* waters of a sniuU
stream, death evidently resulting
from drowning. i
Southern textile interests have
learned that Henry Ford intends t >
devote considerable attention to cot
ton manufacturing in the South.
Greenville Out To Learn.
More than a hundred of the leading
citizens of Greenville passed through
[ Spartanburg early yesterday morn
ing on their annual trip through ad
! jaeent territory. This year, the trip is
over the C., O. & O. into Tennessee
and out to Chattanooga and back
through Georgia. They are not out
to boost Greenville, primarily, bul to
J earn something of the things other1 ,
progressive cities and sections of th'>
South are doing.
It is important to know your own
town and ypour own immediate coun
try, but the way to that knowledge is
through knowing the towns that have
been built by others. A trip througn
any part of the South these days is
an inspiration, even to Southerners
themselves and the citizens of Green
ville, who have gone out to see will
return with a new conception of their
own possibilities and their own re- ,
sources. ? j
Another feature of the Greenville .
idea is the contact it will establish ;
between Greenville citizens them
selves. They will know each other
better for the week's association and
upon this acquaintance will work
witjh each other more readily and
more willingly in the building of
Greenville and the Piedmont country. |
?Spartanburg Herald.
STATEMENT.
It is rumored, by whom and fos>,
what ; purpose we do not know, ex
cept to mislead, that no one but the
Camden Ico Company can sell ice
made in Camden, Hut to the contra
ry, we took the matter up with both
parties recently in Ice business, and
asked their co-operation in the use of
CAMDKN-made ICE.
As explained to them the price
here was some higher.? but with
freight and leakage added, ice made
here would prove very much cheaper,
than ice shipped and stored in poorly
insulated houses.
We* further -stated that the only
reason we "were continuing in the Ice
business, was our heavy investment
and if any one would relieve us to the
extent of 8.'$ 1-3 per cent of the in
vestment in cash, and* guarantee the
standard of service we would turn
over to said party or parties all un
derstanding with our connection,. Pro
vided, of course, these connections
would accept them in our stead.
So if any one thinks there is a for
tune and easy sailing in the Ice busi
ness, l?'t him come forward. Our offer
stands and if anyone wants to seil
Ice made in Camden, we publicly in
Columbia Mills
-f-*V?.r
Wateree Mills
At Wateree FtelcL
Admission 25 Cent*
I have on hand an ample
stock of Nitrate of Soda at an
?J ? ttvtj ' *' 1 .
attractive price, .
F. M. WOOTEN
vitt* * thorn to co-operate with* us and
do so, and unless they are bettor buy
ors than we have ever been, we assure
them that it will cost loss.
IJut by all moans, citizens, bo patri*
otic enough to use CAM DION GOODS
even if you do not like the personol ot'
the Camden Ice Company, and if you
prefer trading with some one else,
require them to give you ICE made
in CAMDEN, for they can trot it . and
at a price that will prove cheaper
than bought elsewhere.
Respectfully,
CAMDEN ICE COMPANY.
Flood and fire descended upon Hot
.Springs la.^t night with undetermined
loss of life and heavy property dam
age, according to brief reports from
commercial wires, which wore receiv
ed here early this morning. Com
munication was broken after being
maintained but a moment and the
stricken city again beclime complete
ly isolated. The Hood followed a
cloudburst and the waters' rushed
down from the hills in torrents, ac
cording to the meager reports which
added that lire broke out in the busi
ness district and wiped out nearly a
block. A Hot1 Springs man, who teU
ephoned the Arkansas Gazette from
Uenton, said railway repair crews
meeting on opposite sides of a wash
out had related to him the story of
the deaths in the storm and had re
ported that at 6 o'clock there was
four feet of water In the railway sta
tion at Hot Springs. Telegraph and
telephone and. railway wires were
down last night. One telegram, a
railroad roesehger, sent by the Asso
ciated t'ress correspondent, giving th^
bare fact that both flood and fire had
worked havoc in the resort city was
tJta only wire communication between
o'clock this morning. No trains had
Hot Springs and Little Rock up to 1
arrived from Hot Springs since the
flood.,/ Several trains for that city are
held at Benton. Hot Springs lies at
the foot of and between two moun
tains in such a way that its princi
pal streets form a natural stream
bed for any torrent originating on
either slope/ Heavy rains always re-,
suit in water entering lower flors of
dwellings and stores, in the central
part of the city.
How You Can Get a Continental Range
OR FORTY DOLLARS IN CASH FREE
Mo Contest, No Extra Money to be Spent, No Work Required^ and No Drawing for Prizes
The merchants whose names appea^ at the bottom of this advertisement ha ve combined to give the people of Camden
i.nd Kershaw County one of t\ie most uriisual opportunities to save money and at the same time get valuable prizes that
has ever been, offered them.
Without spending one cent extra money; without having to take chances on "lucky numbers" or drawing for prizes,
rliey have the opportunity of winning a number of worthwhile prizes, IN ADDITION TO THE MAIN PRIZE. * ? ./?.
Not only this, but EVERYBODY IS ABSOLUTELY SURE TO WIN. This feature alone marks the opportunity as
unusual one. and one that will appeal to every citizen in Kershaw County.
The firms named below give with each cash purchase made from them small, round checks, with various amounts
printed on them. With these checks is given a card upon which as they are accumulated the checks are pasted. If a cus
lomer at ether one of these stores purchases five cents, he gets a ticket representing five cents, if his purchase is one dol-"
!ar, lie, gets a one dollar check: or if it is five dollars, he gets a five dollar check, and so on. ^
To (ill Ins card, the customer need only purchase -S27.60 worth of merchandise. And an entrant may place checks
: ANY or A LI, of the -tores listed on the same card. For instance, should he have his car repaired at the garage,
< ?. ) i :<_'*} ! l a shirt at another place, a bottle of medicine at the drug store, and somi* groceries or feed, etc., from the other
phict-s he would 1 >e allowed to* place the checks from these different stores on one card .
Th? on! y condition is that the firs! card must be filled before the second is issued; the second before the third is
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This i.? done ??. |ii'..U'tt Ix.th tin' company and those udui enter foe the prizes. ( ertilicates will he issued for each
? muieted card sent in. and this will he the customer's record or receipt, and \v;ll tally with records 'kept on the book.-*
,/t'h7-Y..nt inenta! Aluminum Company, of Chatt anoo.ua. It is necessary to remember*that while tin* cards must be
in order. that anyone mav start ai any time he chooses. _ _
( uvo is I'l'i'd. it i> sent withS2.X9 to the Continental Aluminum Conipany. of Chattanooga. Tenn., which firm
: .n-,:>l.- the ori'/.e a-ked I'm . and credits that card toward that person's account on the main prize._ After all twelve
'? the card.-, have heeii idled in and the t welve prizes given to the person sending them he is GIVEN* CHOICE OF A
?:?<>. \'l' I NEXT A L CAST 1 10 ) X RANGE i >R FOR'l^Y DOLLARS IN CASH AL.M'U I EM I- REE.
This means that it' a per-on sends in all Hi of these cards with the sum of ?>->!? with each card, that will amount
will not onlv he in possession o-f the twelve prizes, which alone are worth tar more than ?e amount of
in. but will then be given ABSOEITKEY FREE, without spending another cent a Continental Cast Iron
Ranee ,,V Forty Dollar- in cash. Should he take the forty dollars in cash, he w:!l have made So.44 clear money on the
transaction, and will still he in possession of the twelve monthly prizes.
These ranstes are now on displayat all of the places of business named below, one range at each place, and those
who desire to see the real quality and desirability of them may do so by calling at either of these stores.
STOKES & EVANS GROCERY CO. HOME^FI ff /W '
ENTERPRISE MERCANTILE CO. . HOME FURNISHING COMPANY _ ,