The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 01, 1923, Image 4
i .ii: CAMDEN CHRONICLE,
H. I). Nil l<:s Editor ?nd l'ul?n#hfP
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I'uMi hod I'vi'iy 1' i Kfky at N'o. U00 '
Bi'Oftd street aiijl rnt^ed at the Cam.
den, Sooth Carolina post^tioQ as
? ond clai mi. hi matter. Price pbri
annum $3.00.
C^MDUN, H. {!., J I N K 1. H>23,
A how 1 1 v 1 1 * k record wa* made Sat
urday when Lieutenant Harrifioh (J.
< otfkeJ*, oi Kelly Field, ,Saii Antonio,'
Tt >ar. l!? w from IbjiiMoii, Tex., to the
( 'anad'an bolder and landed at Mt, i
Clcmmen*. Michigan, tito whole, jour
ney having been completed in 11
hours and 61 minute*' from the- time
It. start' d at ,5 : J 1 a. m. The distance
is 1,400 mill's, and K<A) miles was made
at an tyltitude of from 100 to fiOO feet.
The low flying wa* made iiectissary
because of unfavorable .weathuj' con
di'iuns, fit' t ee Vdorms raging over
head. The flyer remained near the
g.ptind so s?s to preserve bin bearings.
A part of the time bo ascended to
?;,ut)U feet or more .so he could see the
? sun. It, is said thai if bis engine had
gone <load at. any time while ho was
ftyintr so low a 1<)0 feet ho would
have crashed' to earth. The trip was
extended a few miles across the
Canadian I order before the landing,
largely for sentimental reasons so
that it could be said that he had*travT
clod from tbe Gulf of Mexico to the
Canadian border in a day.
? Jlusts. of Vbrabam Lincoln, Ualph
?Waldo Kmerson, Henry Ward Beech
cr, Alexander Hamilton* Ulysses S.
Grant, Hubert- E. -l.ee and Frauces K.
Williaril were unveiled in the Hall of
"Fame of New York university Tues
day last, bringing the total number
of busts in the hall to l.'b Elaborate
< cvemonies, culminating in a proces
sion to the Hall of Fame, were held
at the unveraity and were partici
pated m by representatives of many
i'rltullifv* famous in American history
pud of scientific, literary, artistic And
patriotic societies. Each bust except
tl^at of Grant, was unveiled by a di
iCc.t descendant or relative the
honored person while a special pre
Mutation address was made in each
. upse. *' . ?
The fantou> Hippodrome has given
,n> last -how. This giant New Yorkl
playhouse has Ijeen purchased by a
realty corporation with the definite j
pw pose oi' erecting a commercial '
. ivacluii'. lain I values are too great I
n. 'hat -vicinity "for a business that'
n i. only ei^bt months in the year !
profitable. More than.. ?10,000,- j
o(u> m "oplo have pa---e<| tlvroiigh its'
? I'. -I n and i' was considered the na
1 " ' :>l playhouse. It had the largest
i'>. i i 1 or iu in, the highest, widest and
deepest stage of nnv theater in the
wo- Id.
Last May when i he notorious .las.
A Stillman, New York hunl^vr, <wna
trying to flrov* thljt His wife was the
niothi;) of an illegitimate son by a
( iiii.nihth half breed liHlwtn. there was
iDdf^i in t)u- papers one Flu
Leeds. It w<i? alleged fK^tjtho Leeds
I woman was the reason tj^itf* Stillmar*
I wanted to get a divorce from his wife,
! that he had btjflh living with th?
i Leeds girl (for several .years and that
there was a child known us James
Ward Stiilman amf also as Jay Leeds.
Stillmon i >a sed hi* claim fen* divorce
I rom his wife on the alleged intimacy
l|?f hi* wife with the Indian. When
lite counter change 'was made that
lL was the father of an illegitimate
! . fiild by the l.eefly woman thru- com
nTi-nced a search over the country
tor Stillman's alleged paramour, hut
ho managed to k$ep out of tin? way,
by using his private yacht, the Mod- ,
esty, and other means at his com
mand.^ Finally Mrs. Stilljnan won
out invNie court and Stiilman had to I
at least legally admjt the parentage
of Mrs. Stillman's youngest son.
From that time on, so ^Vlrs. Leeds
now claims, *Stillman bus hail nothing
to do With her, doea not nee her and
pays no attention, to her letters. She
has given opt an interview to New
York reporters in which she alleges
Unit she bud been a mother to three
$f Stillman's children, two of whom
{lied in infancy. She is also reported
as having said , that she became ac
quainted with Stiilman in XU1G when
he posed as a single man and that
she did not learn who he was for
several months thereafter. She now
says that if Stiilman does not .pro
vide for his son she will go to wo*rk
for him herself. Mrs. Stiilman is
^uiid to have olWred to provide for
the son of 41rs. Leeds, but the latter
has not accepted the. offer.
Should Prove Warning,
(Bishopville Messenger.)
The ?sympathy of Rishopville and
Lee county, and in fact, everywhere,
goes out to the relatives and friends
of the men, women and children who
lost their lives in the appalling dis
aster near Camden last week. It is
terrible to think upon. 4It is hard to
realize 4 he full horror of it all. Par
ents whose bosoms \yero swelling with
"pride at the performance of their chil
dren In the simple school exercises;
brothers and sisters laughing and
chatting and gay with %ic^pleasure of
it.' all; children themselves, tlushpd
with tho excitement Over the thought
1 of having. done their best in their
( "pieces" and in their beautiful songs,
jail sent to their deaths in a moment
because of the overturning of a lamp
id an obsolete and poorly constructed
building ? a tire trap. The pity of it
I all is that it could have been prevent-'
! cd.
I While.tbis tragedy has been enacted
I .Mini it is now too late for those unfor
I tunatc ones, it should prove a warning
j to others. We cannot help but won
der if the school houses ami other
j public gathering places ill our wwn
| county artv safe.
The people of Lee county have re
I ?p6nded liberally to the calls for as
j >i>tafice in a material way. Several
substantial contribution^ have bt-en
made by individuals, and we under;
stand that the town will also iriqke a
substantial contribution. In the? can
vass |;o be made today by a group of
ladies, we sincerely hope that all Who
can will contribute to this fund/Con
tributions left 'At this office will be
promptly forwarded to the committee
in.chttrge, The organized effort , to
rglise funds in BishopvHle wfll be con*
ducted undo*- the supervision of Coun
ty V. M. C. A. Secretnry ('. A. Wither
spoon. .
DID YOU KNOW
That Columbus, (?a., is raising $10,
ooo with which to advertise that city?
That Dallas, Texas, spends $16,000
A year in wholesale advertising?
That the Richmond, (Va.) City
Council appropriates $6,000 a year to1
advertise Richmond ? 4
That Miami, Florida, taxes one with
which to advertise and this year will
spend $110,000 for advertising?
That Fort Worth, Texas, has' decid
ed to go in to thoroughly advertise
the town and this year is to spend
$45,000 ?
That in Jacksonville, Florida, the
City Council has made appropriations
for $25,00Q for advertising Jackson-'
vllle?
'Hiat Savannah has appropriated
$10,000 for advertising purposes and'
at the coming session of the legisla
laturir Savannah is going to ask for
a bill giving the city authority to ap
propriate as high as $50,000?
That in Tampa, Florida, a special
act was passed by the legislature au
thorising the city to levy up to one
half mill on the assessed property,
thes*v funds to be spent for. publicity
work in the interest of the city. This
year more than $30,000 will be spent
for advertising . in Tampa.
From The Committee. ,
At a meeting of the Permanent
Relief Committee i held on May 80th
?in the office of the Chairman, H. G.
Carrison, Jr., t,he following resolution
offered by Mr. C. P. DuBose and sec
onded by Mr. J. VV. Cantey was unan
imously adopted and ordered publish
ed :
Resolved, That this Committee
stands ready to aid and assist those
orphaned children' whenever the com
mittee is needed, but as to placing
the children for adoption, we leave
this to the relatives and guardians of
the children. This committee has no
power in this capacity and can act
only as an advisory committee only
when our adyiy*>--is solicited by the
relatives of t'he children. This com
mittee will of course, extend to every
one needling assistatce everything
within the power of the committee
with the funds at its disposal.
? II. (J. Carrison, Jr.,
Chairman.
~C. P. DuBose,
J. W. Cantey,
M. H. Heyman,
J. H. MeLood,
E. I. Reardon,
Permanent Relief Committee, Cleve
land School Disaster.
' v$lany Extra Copies Sent Away.
So great wad the interest abroad
in the Cleveland school tire that The
Chronicle had demand* for mom thah
seven hundred extra copies of last
week'# issue. The disaster affected
nearly every section of the' state and
many of thp, victim* had relatives
and friends in distant states.
Statement From Ser#etary Weardon
Secretary " K, I. lteardon has re- ,
quested the following statement by
him published relative to the proposed
half holiday in Camden every Thurs
day. . f
"I h#ve been informed that quite n
number of Camden business establish
ments are under the impression that
the secretary of the Camden Chamber
of Commerce initiated the movement
kfor and induced the ladies of the
Camden Civic League to make the
effort to cldse our places of business
every Thursday at 12 o'clock during
the months of .June, July and August. '
I am told that in consequence of this
erroneous impression the aforesaid
secretary has incurred the displea.s- ,
ure of a number of business concerns
in Camden. I just wanted to say that
if Camden has a half holiday like .
many other progressive cities are en- (
joying that the credit for same will be
due entirely to the ladies of tho Cam
den Civic League and their commit
tee of ladies who circulated the clos
ing up agreement. The Camden Civic
League upon its own initiative and ab
solutely without even the knowledge
of the Camden and Kershaw County
Chaniber of Comerce or its commer
cial secretary concoived the Thursday
half holiday idea and went to work
to put it over, although, when the la
'dies requested the approval of this
half holiday by the directors of the
Chamber of Commerce -the directors
did express their approval byt left the
mattec- entirely with the business con
cerns. Any business man frho is hunt
ing a scrap with somebody about this
proposition and who wants a real
good scrap is advised by me to give
the poor little secretary the go by and
jump on the Camden Civic League or
the overwhelming majority of other
business concerns who signed the
agreement taken to them by the en
terprising ladies of the Civic League
committee. No use to make the sec
retary the goat if you are opposed to
closing up ? just tell the Civic League,
ladies what you think about the move
ment?they ace . the ones who started
something, and you are wasting your
time jumping on the poor little 'sec
retary.
If I had started this movement for
a Thursday half holiday I would have
started it through the board of. direc
tors of this chamber of commence and
would have requested the Camden
Civic League* to help put the proposi
tion over. So please, dear Mr. Editor,
tell all of the business men who are
sore on the secretary who. did this
thing (some o? them might want to
make :a personal 'issue of the 'matter
with some oijtt) and 1 am thenl
a few wlien 1 tell them who started I
this half holiday idtju
Soft spots to fafl oirwill \*> provided
by^thc(*t'creta>.v as a matter of ?o
eommooation to any whrf ijtiilre to-ro
consider.
Ah a' secretary and personally,*, this
halt' holiday is absolutely -none of my
business. 1 simply presented the. re
(|Ut'st' of the ladies for the approval
or disapproval of the directors as It
was my bu&inefl? >&8 ? mana^ij of
the Chamber of Commerce to . jlo.
\ WORD I'KRSONAI..
"For severai weeks The Chronicle
has been publishing a notice in a eon-'
spicuous place calling attention to the
fact that we have discontinued mail
ing statement of subscriptions due,
but instead are now putting the dates
on the label so that all can.be aware j
i of when their subscript ion > <xpl*|^
but ?pmo have \old u? that they have ?
,DOt read this nfctice.' Wo do not want ;
atiy of our inlbscribora to think that
wt ? Iihv4- .singled out any one to trtk*
his name from the Uat*a? gomettwS
ht or ato may be amon^ forty or fiftv
taken off at the name time. This ,uje
lias ln-t'ii adopts ?s a busim ?u.a.
frure. Heretofore we have mailofl out
atatvmentH and while many who ap.
predate the paper .call *and p?y
promptly, ojhtfrs pay no attention and
we now' have hundreds of dollars on
our bookn in unpaid account*. upon
which wt! may totver realize ?m cent.
So if you fail to get your paper do
not embaraas ua or the bo >k keeper
by telljng Ua that you have not read
the nottce* ; - N
Very respectfully,
m ' H. P. Nil* ?,
The Good Old Reliable
Honest household service for twenty years has earned
for Red Devil Lye the name, "the good old tellable." It is reliable
for 8o many tasks about the house. It frees the housewife from all
sorts of drudgery. Buy it by tlie case; It's cheaper that way. And
always remember the name you, can rely on ^ "Red Devil Lye."
Wm. Schield Mfg. Co, 3t. Louis, Mo*.
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE WEEKLY
Beginning June 1st, all accounts at this store will be
run on a strictly weekly payment plan..^- Positively
there will be no account carried over for more than a
i ? ' ,'r .. ; ./a',-", - * ? -,0 . ~ .*?. .. , : ?' V.. \ J
week. This method has been adopted in the interest
of good business and we hope that no on#\vill ask us
to deviate from this rule.
PARLOR MEAT MARKET
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W. R. W ATKINS, Proprietor.
June the 1st
TO
July the 1st
Starts June 1
LAST
30 Days
DRY GOODS
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We buy Dry Goods in tremendous quantities, direct
from the mills in car-load lots.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of new
It
staple Dry Goods go in this sale at half their value.
Now i& the time to stock up for months to come, for
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we doubt if these goods will ever be offered for any
thing lika the price again.
Hundreds of Thousands
Of Dollars Worth of
SEASONABLE
MERCHANDISE
To be Thrown Out to the Public at
Slaughter Prices!
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SILK, VOILES, ORGANDY
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Pretty new flesh pattern^, ^ and in all the leading
C- ~
shades. .j. V- ' , '
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Every piece of these fine goods will be thrown Out
on our counters in big lots^ai lftllfc4 jitrices that will
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create a genuine sensation*} A. : . <>v.':r.
It all must ^(>-iu>ihing't?served.
MEN'S AND BOYS' SUIT PRICES
WRECKED !
Rack after rack of Men's and Young Men's Suits,
Kool Kloth, Palm Beach, Mohair, Serge, Worsted Wool
and Wool Mixed Suits that formerly sold for twice the
price, some nationally advertised makes.
BUT ALL MUST GO !
WOMAN'S SILK STOCKINGS "
At about half their actual value.
Thousands of Pairs in the New Shades to choose
from. You will be glad to lay in your summer supply.
SHOES FOR ALL THE FAMILY
Thousands of pairs of low and Mgh Shoes piled out
on our counters. We are setting a new low price re
cord in the South on Shoes.
You Never Saw Such Bargains.
Columbia, S. C. EFIRDS ' Columbia, SI C.
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LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR
PRICES SMASHED !
Thousands of New Silk Dresses. Here is where the
women and girls of the Carolinas anH Virginia get a
"real live thrill.*' They will only have to glance at
these extra-ordinary frocks which we offer at about
half their regular price, to know that this sale "means
the greatest Dress opportunity in the South in year?.