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rift CAMDEN fCHRONlCLE ^ i . 1 " _ "l 1 ; 11, I), MILES Editor nnd I'ubliHher Published ev cry Kr, day at N'o 1100 lSroad stm t an;! on'eiyvi at the Cam den;- South ? ii\- M . v second class >ii u ; t mutter, Price ..per annuni $2,00. ? > i .??? ... ? ??r1' ??" ?- ? 1 i wn^ni in W < ;nii '? i , $ C\, J r i J .? v . June J ">, 1923. vu?ci<t<al DriwOy. Ij? ?;? utjtjli sUi ?n the l;>>000 futalitiea from higl xay aco<Jfc|it3 in 1U20, there were 1,500,000 non fatal injurie*. In hviriUHr k'ompa nies patd, $1,500,000 death claims for such accidents. Investigations >havv thutv in far too many eases* the motorists themselves wi'ii- i < ".|m r? ? i the accidents. One railroad reports I'.yOdmotor cars Wrecked at grade crossings. In 490 CMQH the automobiles ran intd the trains; in 122 cases the automobiles plunged through closed crossing tea tea; >n hill*' eases creasing flagmen were struck down by motorists; 43 ' cars actually collided with danger sig* nals, anil 2 00 cars stalled on cross ings. / _> , ? Of other highway aceidents, it is found that the majority occur on long open Ht retches of roaxl instead of at dangerous curves or narrow places, showing that real danger can ho over come by carefulness and that careless ' ness can overcome safety. ? Green ville Nt-\V< * 7 - ' ? ; ......J.,".. ? ? " A Uetdkir Not Neglected. '.^uire the/ Ijjird- surfacing of the Two Notch VO^d in Uicblnnd county .began, the dytours have been well maintained. ' Kor a time the detour, betwen Columbia and PontiaV, was about 10 mil**? Now it is shorter, by* the Camden and. I'ercival roads to lk-rrtsville' Some one .is due credit, that, during the period of heavy ti at tic, to and from Florida, and at all times, these detours have not been neglected. So much may not l>e said always of routes made necessary by construction often tlie traveler has bvM n left to gel*' throughputs best he ntrty. Sometimes the allege'd detours h'.'tve bein impassable except in the mo \t favorable conditions of weather. i:;.; 1 1 land county ha.s kept a road be tv n r'ojiimbta and the Kershaw* ci ..i.ty .!'!!?? open i . a n.>t disagreeable 1 1"" >'U^nfair ;ii' I the example set ? 1; :i,'l fnl i ? # w e?| by other coUutiej. Would lla\ ?? "Bring- It ifk Books" l)a>. A ( ! ii'cnu ?>< *< i man who takes pleas ij'c in hooks has proposed ffivvv 'May" to add to the collection of days tha' art* observed for various pur poses. He thinks a "Bring Hack Book'." day ought to he observed in Greenwood by* all persons who read, particularly all persons who ''read hor; owed hooks. A.s this hook lover discusses the weighty problem of how to get hack a hook loaned to an im portunate friend, hi- fumes and fidgets an i ^ rows wroth at times. During one of these attacks, he produced what he wa i pleased to call a .stanza or verse: "Let all those crooks. Who have borrowed my hooks Look into their nook,s, t>r look out for spooks." Hesolemnly Asserts that his de parted spirit, will, haunt tiu><e who persistently keep his books. "Some people just haven't got any conscience about returning borrowed books.'' he ruils. "The\ just take them and lay tliem away to catch dust. If we could only have a 'Bring Back Books', we could all remind our friends without bu.'tng their feelings," he sugge led. I mJex-J"urnal. Ihs \ 'if\% of the Negro Problem. \ ( J. , M ui ph\ , of Barnesville. ( i;rr, waiting in The Atlanta Journal, takes th? view th.it the negro migration ?s no cause f?o goal alarm. In fact he s.i'i- < in it a movement for the benefit of the South. Hi.-? communication has attracted a giea? deal of attention. The ("hronu-le gives it as hii interest ing contribution ??> the negro migra tion discu - sioii I am riot it all alarmed by the exv>dus of ncg:o labor from the south to the north. On the contrary, I can in the movement a ble-sing in dis guise. N'or do I Ix'lieve that the devel of ti -nt of the agricultural interests of tl ? ->?uth i dependent upon negro la!.-- in fact I behove tha' our horo t*?fo- absolute dependent e upon tie g ? a bor h.r- rotaided that devolop iii ? if o u i agricultural resources w h 1 ". w? have hoped for. Negro labor di I develop the agricultural inter * - > < f the i 'i*1 ind w*st, where they f ? i ? ? : no a -> mu< h on one a< re as we do < > f ? ' r. I .a-'. \ 1. 1 I ! i a w'i''l very e\ t. i; - < . \ t ii > ?nig . ' 1 ? ' ?< lies' agr ;< ul - it;*' m'c) iot: ( ? V ; r.^an ar I I did /)? - i r 1 ^ ? f-g'-i >: '!!? farms, y ' ?. t ? : v at ' e i * i . I . ' ?':?>: and |. . r ng ah :?! I >? ? . ? . -? .' he t ruth h.t\ o iep r I I ' i ivj h mi I he j i -K i rid \v ' > 1 : ? ! ' ? ? . ' " ? ???.!???? \ es T :.->oi pi' ? r.< ? - .i ir ! -> havv v. a ? >?<'. awa; and i '*?>? ?<. ? ' I ir; pro <{> 'I - m I\ of the 110 V " ' he r > ? * ? ) - g a ng f.o ,-e t he v. ' . ' > g ?> 'o w >r k and improve j h a- ' r.'xl ? ?: far/iuruf. wi.iill, ha k-j <d "by e< l m a t to: . . wiil redeeih the agri- | < u!* j.'al infero'?s of the -outh from the though* a-?? slipshod methods wl.,( h have characterized the rndns ti y heretofore. ? The t r^e. has come when it re quires trains as well a.V brawn to farm. The old style negro farming is a thing of the pant. The negro in not -equal to the emergency and never v. ill he. Improved machine?y and buai nvss methods under the direction of a higher einss of farmers will -soon nVufce u* bless the day that brought about "'his revolution. "There }s no human agehcy which can jk/op this movement of negro labor from the fields of the south to the /in' dustvies t?i; ihe north, and we had as well forget it and go to work to meet ihe situation and adjust ourselves to the new conditions. There are thous ands of thrifty white farmers in the northwest who are anxious to come south where they can work twelve months in the year, A few thousand of such scattered throughout Georgia would revolutionize the farming in terests of our state and make two blades of grass grow where only one grows now! We need to build up our rural communities by bringing in white farnSers and thereby making country life as attractive and pleas ant as that in the towns. One thrifty, intelligent white family brought into our midst is worth a dozen of a thrift less race that has never developed any section north or south. > Man did not bring the boll weevil here nor can he? stop this exodus of the negro from the south, but he can adjust himself and make this movement a great blessing."? Augusta Chronicle. Knee High and Weevil Free. The experience- of Willie Enoch, colored farmer of Darlington county, is that the calcium arsenate and mo lasses treatment kills" the- weevils, especially when used eayly, before the squares become numerous ? which is the' essential contention of the pro gressive white farmers of Darling* ton county. Willie Enoch's tobacco is looking Weil and he believes that "he can earn a livelihood and make sortie money under present conditions," but he finds that "nothing will take place of good, honest work, He does not believe in migration of the negroes. Why should he?1 An independent man, paying hi$ debts, * earning . a living and sdrile money, he has more property of every kind at the year's end than the Phil adelphia negro working for $()" a day and. paying $1.50 a day. of it for house rent alone. No -there is no reason for Willie. Knoeh to leave South Carolina. If he did leave, he would be a loss to the' ?t)ute. .lie is contented, doing honest wijrk and getting along. The negro j "who can't make a living on the farm, who lacks the intelligence and the will to work in the right way and, there fore, is dissatisfied, would better get out, go north, go anywhere. He is of less than no value to the State.? The State. The Negro in thy North. A Charleston lady, Ion;* residem in New York city, writes lo a friend in Charleston as follows: "The negro exodus does not please nuV I think of the difficulty ri pro curing labor in farm work and the household. Negroes are not welcom# here ? if they do anything wrong, no matter how little the offence, in the streets, or on the cars, they are set upon immediately by the rough class and inhumanly treated. Then tiie cli mate is tfo severe and changeable, "The" tenement houses so dark and rents so high. They do not understand all that ? they think only of the increase in wages." This of course, is one side of the picture which is~ never exhibited by the agents and spokesmen of the Northern manufacturing interests *vhich are urging Southern negroes ti> to the north. ? News and C ou r?e? . ' Vttention, Newlyweds. June brides and June grooms are receiving all sorts of advice at pres ent. but none of it is more sensible or more important than that given by a well known banker, who says to them: Open a savings account on your way home from the church or the par sonage. Plan just how you tan save a week before you plan the honeymoon. The fiist year is a wonderful time t > In gin saving, as both parties usual !\ haw little to buy in the way ot* clothing and other necessities. If n s'arf is made before the fam i^' begin* t 1 > g'ow. the chance of eventually ha\ing a comfortable savings account is mm h enhanced, because when once -'a: ted ways usually are found to con ;<? i>f a program of >avings. The " ai i \ ice " .< be.r-g printed in al' *r ? new-pape;-: and all of them are >!e< 'ai ing it to t >e ? i >u .'i< i I'dunsel, say "j i- the Tampa pap< 1 ;>ut> "The ? ? ? ' .>??! ! : !"< '!a' '?'iir'- u;th a good ? \ i g ? a ? . ? a. ' * Tir 1 k ? ps i' up i much more apt to !>e a happy mar* I bie * ?..i : . ' h " ? ? ? \v } .< h (I'm- not 'id' : ??'? a ' ? of ,;.i\ ing . ? ^ i- T?* f . rainy da\ " Augu.-ta < "hr- rale. rr?*m t M..' oghai . ex p< ? j : ? ?* man. i ?! t rial a* I >< * ' ? '. Mn h . ? ?.*! the i .v ? ? k: . lii.ji a ma: u h : ;e drur.k. M"ti >ghan claims he wa- drunk "in ti e line of duty." in tha' he drank li quor in a "h.;nd pig to see if the st :iff was intoxicating, and the killing th* rvault of his becoming intox icated. TO FILL THE PAPER. Home of the Thin** Ihut Conn lu Help the Editor Out. ' In every newspaper of tU<* there come dull days In the matter of new* of importance. Some day# there is nothing much happening and the newspaper man knows ih.itf belt r than the reader of the paper, who soon throws the sheet aside with the exclamation: "Nothing in Jit." With this thought in view and also with the mistaken idea that newspa pers sometimes have a hard time to find something "to fill up" the paper, kind friends sometimes sit down and dash otf^umething and without read ing'^t over themselves submit it to the newspaper man to, help him out of his troubles. While newt of importance some days runs very , light, still there is, never any want of material to "fill up a paper." such as it is Sometimes. To holp out the newspaper man, there are hundreds of press agents all over the country, who get their pay from some concern interested in getting its advertising in the papers without paying for it, in the shape of news. These stories are usually cleverly written, but there is always an adver tising or publicity feature in them worth something to the persons send ing it out, or these press agents would have no job. To give an idea of the mass of this stuff that comes to every newspaper office, the following came to $he Daily Mail office in just one mail: Methodist Temperance glip sheet. National Democratic committee . A -New Message from Couie. National Bank of Commerce. World Associates. Sixth Naval District Headquarters. American Child Health* Association. National Hiphw'ay board. Four different motion picture con cerns. Three automobile companies - Music industries. Guarantee Trust company. American Automobile association. Non-partisan association league of Nations. National Retail Hardware associa tion. Federal Prohibition Enforcement Agent. - i Six stories r from different depart ments of tbe national government, containing some good matter, but all too long and not in shape to be avail able. ? K . \ Three cotton letters* from brokers. ? Anderson Daily Mail. Seattle, Wash., police have picked up a clew to -the murderer or murder ers 6f William Desmond Taylor, slain i.U, Los Angeles, ("a., in February of last year, in the shape of a diamond i iifg and a bond which were offered a Seattle lawyer as a retainer- iee by two men in a criminal case. The Story of Our States By JONATHAN BRACE XXXVIII. ? COLORADO COI.OKADO Is the most precious of our states, for In the in I n 1 n g of Kold and sil ver It BUT passes all other States*, produc ing about one-third of the total output of the entire country. In fact, Its real history starts In 18M, when gold was first dis covered. Prior to that time there had been hut little settling In this region. Spanish explorers had traversed the country In the lat ter part of the Eighteenth cen tury, and laid claim to It. As a part of the Louisiana Purchase It came Into the .possesion of the United States In 1803. Offi cers of the United States army were sent out to explore this wilderness among whom were Lieutenant Pike In 1806, and It was after him that Pikes Peak was named. In 1810 Colonel Ix>ng made extensive explora tions and he was followed In 1842 by Fremont, whose activi ties in tiie Mexican war brought him Into much prominence. At the close of the Mexican war, Mexico ceded her rights to this territory to the United States, but it was considered a barren waste and unattractive for set tlers. Then in 1858 came the dis covery of gold in the bed of l>ry ('reek, a few miles south of where l>enver now stands. The lollowlng spring tens of thou sands of men ljocked into what was then called the I'lkes Peak country. In 18">0 I>en\er been me h town of one thousand in! ahl tants, and by the next year hud grown into a big city with news papers, theater*, mid a govern ment mint. Tn l^MJl .the Territory <>( Col orado u?is created and :n !S7?J l '(dorado was adtiiittcd ,ts the t h i r r n eighth < < : the I nl?>n. Its arou Is ltXi,'.<48 square miles it ! ? ? I it s poptjl;.! .. . ; i ; ? ; he state to six presidential elec tors. i he ? , a li .e is ? :t k en f r ? . i h. ? ("oi'-ra !o rlw r. ? I >; ,t; ad )e?-t ! \ ?? " . ? # ? . j Colorado Is often < :i ed the Centennial State. ?> it was aii niitted to the Unl?<n just oi.p hundred years after the Declara tion of Indejienden.e. f? Ky MeOtur* N?w?p?p?r Syndic*!*) THE SOfTll FIRST. (Greenville Piedmont.) ? In Miis Mildred Rutherford's latest valuable ''Her*}) Book" in which are periodically collated and preserved facts of Southern history are given .some of the South'* first claims in uKiuultuio, development of re nounces, invention and in other fields, as follows: First to suggest conservation of natural resources- William Tatum, Virginia. ? First plantation in tlu- I'nited states ? Jamestown, Virginia. First to introduce Irish potatoes and tobacco to Great Britain ? North Carolina. ; . . First cotton plant mentioned in the United States (seed came stuffed in dolls) ? Natchez, Mississippi, 1722. First cotton cultivated? Georgia. . < First to introduce Bermuda grass - Mississippi, 1806. \ First to introduce "rice ? Thomas Smith, South Carolina, 1693. First to plant indigo ? Elizabeth Lucas, South Carolina, H4l. First to cultivate the tea plant South Carolina. v First to-have an oil mill ? South Carolina', 1826. "> ... >, ? ? . V First to make corn bread ? Mary land, First to have a botanical garden Thomas Walter, South Carolina, 1777. First street cars run by electricity ?Baltimore, Maryland, or Montgom ery, Alabama. Invention of reaping machine ? Cy rus McCormick, Virginia. Invention of threshing machine ? Christopher Ho*ie, Missouri, 1880. Invention of Sewing machine ? Francis Robert Goulding, , Georgia, 1844. First to suggest the transcontinen tal railroad ? Jefferson Davis, Missis sippi. Invention of Gatling gun ? Richard Catling, North Carolina. Founder of weather bureau ? Mat thew Fontaine Maury, Virginia. First to chart course of Gulf Stream? Mathew Fontaine Maury, Virgina. Inventor of first floating mine ? Thos: Weldon, Virginia. In ven tor ''of first iron screw cotton press ? Sir '\Villiam Dunbar, Missis sippi^ Inventor of first computing cloth measuring machine? Eugene Albert Luster, Georgia; patent, July, 1911. First to suggest extracting oil from cotton seed ? Sir William Dunbar, Mississipi, 1799.. First signal service ? Virginia. First national observatory ? Vir ginia, First incorporated town ? Virginia. First water works in America ? Baltimore, Maryland. First to make steel pens, 1816? Maryland. First to have gas plant. ? Baltimore. First to make straw hats ? Balti more. This, of course, is only a partial list of the things in which the South has had first place. After a successful trip from Augus ta, Ga., to New Bedford, Mass., with two bales of cbtton to be made into Masonic aprons and a basket of Geor gia peaches for President Harding, a big airplane was wrecked at Aber deen, Md., Tuesday evening. The plan wa's to get the cotton to New Bed ford, have them madu into aprons, and to shower the aprons over Washing ton. The peaches were to be landed at Aberdeen, Maryland, and to be taken to the president from there. Everything went smoothly to Aber deen, the aprons having been manu factured in the meantime but in the effort to take off from Aberdeen the wreck came. Lieutenant Wendell K. Phillips of New York was killed, Capt. F. J. Wilder was seriously injured and Sergeants C. J. Lunt, Carl John son and Privates C. L. Helton and W. Heldt were less seriously hurt. In attempting to rise at Aberdeen, the landing gear of the airplane crumpled the plane went on and crashed into a sand bank. Demanded. Her hat obscured his view at the theatre and he leaned forward and asked if it would be possible to re move it. A stiffening <>f the head was her only answer. After a few moments he repeated his request. Then she f u i ned on him. "Th? re is !i>> demand for my doing <n." <aid. "No demand?" he echoed-!? Iff rolled hi- overcoat, placed it on M-ii' and sat on it. Then he put h - <'n h - head. T I ! n ? ? m? * * there were cries of "T;t -?? ? :r ' " and "Take that hat \> i ? A.rh a swift movement, ?<> uiifa-tened her hatpins . ? i ? m ' r?T hat. Chicago News. K.'e.ieruk C. Arnold, former treas ,.<r of a loan society of Newark, N. I . committed suicide Friday by swal ii.wing poison just after he had read a warrant charging him with embez zlement. His defalcation will approx imate $100,000, it is said. ?s?w. ft 5S3l ?Ktt? iffW LOST.? One female) three-quarter hound, black bark, tan legs, four white feet, tip end of -tail whito. Answers, to name of "Nellie." \ViH j my $5 reward if returned to T. L. Boy kin, 90(5 Lyttletori Strei^t, Cain den, S. C. Upd. WANTED ? Sewing, First-class work done for children and grown-ups. v Reasonable prices. Mrs. B. L. Bar mer, North Broad Street 1202Vj. ltpd. FOR SALE ? Porto Rico potato plants ' $1.25 per thousand. Apply to W. M. Lollis, telephone 155-J, Camden, South Carolina. llsb FOR SALE. ? Two shares Camden Country Club stock; 8L C. Reports and other law books;* tiling case, safe, etc. Telephone 263 W., E. C. vonTresckow, Camden, S. C, 10-12 sb. WANTED ? You to know we are pre pared to install your Mantels, Tiles, Grates and hang your Wall Paper. We have good workmen and will be pleased to give you estimates. Phone 207 or address Vogel Mantel Co., Sumter, S. C. 10-12pd FOR SALE.-~-25 bushels speckled peas, pure sound and clean, $2.25 per bushel. T. B. Bruce, Camden, . S. C. 10-12pd AGENTS WANTED? The J. R. Wat kins Company will employ a lady i or gentleman agent in Camden. A few other nearby cities also open. , Watkins products are known every where and our sales-people make big incomes. Investigate this oppor tunity. Full particulars and valua ble' ' samples sent free to hustlers who mean busines. Write today. The J. It. Watkins Company, Depart ment 8S), New York, N. Y. 9-lJpd.. SWEET ' POTATO PLANTS from Government inspected seed beds, Pure stock Porto Rico Yams, Nancy Halts, Triumphs, Prepaid mail 500, $1.25; 1000, $2.00.# By express, $1.50 per thousand. Send for free price list sweet and hot pepper, egg plants, celery. Georgia, Whitehead and Buncombe collards, late large ?' heading cabbage, and other plants suitable for making a fine fall gar den. Parker Farms, Atlanta, Ga. WANTED ? Jewelry, -watches and clocks of all "kinds to repair* All work guaranteed. F. I). Goodale, Jeweler, East DeKalb Street, op posite postoftice. 7tf FOR SALE OR RENT ? Seven room house on 'Lyttleton street, facing Kershaw Park ? known as the Tran tham or Boykin House. House wired for lights and water in kitch en and bath. Very desirable loca tion. Three~Tooms in basement that can be utilized. Will sell for $5,000. . One-fourth cash. Enterprise Build ing and Loan Association, Camden, S. C. CASH ? for your automobile. ? V. M. STEIN, 29 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, N. C. 4-15pd The trial of T. W. Higginbotham for the murder of of Martin Tabert, the convict who was whipped to death in Florida convict camp, has been postponed until .June 25. SendH Sympathy. Mrs. Walburg Nolan, of Baltimore, Md., in writing to The Chronicle under date of June 4th, says: "Having read of the terrible fire at the Cleve land school in our papers, kindly extend to your patrons and citizens my deepest sympathy. Having winter ed many years in Camden, I feel very close to any one from there. With very deepest sympathy, I remain a devoted lover of Camden." "CHICKEN MONEY." ? ' Poultry Industry Will Be Important in Palmetto Agriculture. ? . ? ?= . .. - Clemson College, June 8.? "As I . travel about th6 State it is a great pleasure to' nOte the . great advance ment being mad<!j In poultry hus bandyy,'\says N. R. Mohrhof, Exten sion Poultry Husbandman, who re ports for May decided progress in hatching of chicks, growing out of young stock, profitable meetings of poultry asOclfetions, successful mar keting of carlots of poultry, etc., as illustrating the growth , of a real poultry industry in South Carolina. During Ma^V the report says, em phasis was placed by most poultry raisers on developing young stock, fattening fryers, and the protection of the birds from poultry pests and diseases, though no small number of people were still hatching out chicks. Commercial poultry plants are be coming numerous and several of these were visited during the month by the specialist, who is working with them to help establish them as permanent concerns. Regarding poultry meetings and carlot marketing the report has the following statements: "Meetings were attended in various parts of the State. A meeting was held at Garnett by the Brighton Agri cultural Society, and "Poultry on the Farm" was the subject of discussion. At a meeting of the Columbia Poultry Association carlot shipment of poul try was discussed. At the- Florence Poultry Short Course great interest was shown in poultry. At the New berry County Poultry Association meeting arrangements were made to ship a car of poultry. . "During the month carldads of chickens were shipped cooperatively from Chesterfield, Laurens, Darling ton, Greenwood and Abbeville, and the hundreds of cooperating shippers were, well pleased with the receipts, prices averaging 21 to 22 cents per pound for hens, 35 cents for fryers, 10 cents for roosters. Prices well above the local markets; Plans are under way to ship several more cars in June." An interesting and encouraging feature of the movement for more and better poultry is the organization " of numerous poultry clubs among the Club Boys, and Club Girls of the State, whose members will grow up with the growing poultry industry. The Very One. A 'certain automobile manufacturer claimed to have put a car together in seven minutes. A few weeks after this event was heralded .in the newspapers, a voice on the telephone asked: "Is it true that your factory put a car together in seven minutes?" "Yes, Why?" "Oh, nothing. I believe I have the car.'.' ? Southern Telephone News. Klugi Lozaade, a Filipino, on Sat urday confessed to the New York po lice to strangling Blossom Marshall, his sweetheart, on Friday night, in a jealous rage because she would not marry him on the ground that he was not financially able to support her. In trying to dispose of the body the Filipino carried it in his arms and in taxies something like fifteen or eigh teen miles but was finally given away by a chauffer, to whom he appealed for help. V _ Peaceful and restful; refreshing and comfortable, is assured whei> you slumber on a soft and buoy ant COTTON DOWN Mattress. A satisfactory mattress at a reasonable price. GhoUtin Spring & Mattress Co. Manufacturer* ? ? ? Atlanta (2) For Sale By ( \MDKN I I RNIT1 RE CO., Camden, S. C.