The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 03, 1923, Image 4
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H D Nil J S Editor and l'uhh*lur
f*tfbh?hed rvvi > I'tiU&y at. No. llt>Q
Broad sjm-t and entered at the Cam
den, South Carolina jKMUiCfict as
*><h ond dfc&s in.uU matter, Price per
annum $2vQ. .
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S. y*riiiayr Aufjttt 3, 1 923
t'r ? i-i : 'Hat ding had to atop over
itii return from
i '?'?? A . '< .-trip an i since Friday
1\'\ n n ?Oi>n < onflned to M* room suffer'
in% from bronchial pneumonia. He
pie mi d e.^H-r at e 1 y i 1 1 f or a
v> < . but jiil truv Americans ^?ice]
that *au t reports /ruin his bedside
tri'v fhvit the ensix has been passed
i ti he i ? ."'.w.. .-.M-.w.-jed on the road
* d ' vcoYery; . .
' O ? v >
h> C Aioiina Civizen of Spartan*
l . ; ^ } i ' ? he nail on the head when
: i'av.chc. following u say under the
? ."Time To. Beware."
of the >tranger who comes
t: J 'offers >.?u a scheme
. . h he promise* will pay from 20
\ <> wif {?? cent pi Of it. > the first year or
'.??i, \vheit? f' the ^-hejiH' is real estate
or- ou wei's. or gold mint* or .liew fer- 1
\ D'zcr "prt*?-esse*. ' ,'.j
. \ 1? <i iry n|n'H. in .-iK^'cputory has ai !
' i a a> fhv . hv can &e!l .*11 ;
'if. t<>t in it in h hmiie lown, nr
.}<( can.-* in h.' ? off.ee and monied
men fi "rn a" over "he country will j
<-o; ?: to i;.m. 'He '*"-*'?> J*?v have, to go
out hf! } .peddle /.iiu-it. ?
The riu. n wHo promises abnormal
pi $?:*. s Is a H: iJe; . whethei he in
lo inn, arui if you invusi
voi;. money with hie \ ? ?<? vvi-li deserve
I* .'a* epfo i)'.ii-.t{)!v Will. :
.'1. ( . uh.\ ?. was shot and
? -rirMo-M al the home 01
\ M NMV'.n. in ?Jfy-'j'-'iltV View.. t;reen~
? ?? i ! ??. stibut b? a)>?'U? I \ .*<?> o'clock.' Sun-.
morning, 'uijii I.', L. Si.zzimov.,
\V i ?> t (? Mft :-a: Lt*r. wai aru-s'.tJ
;? ?<."?? ,?v; ?".?*?-' ? :-.a rjred \vith t h*
"TlnT* . >:-"7rmore inrtr^ -hehi itt
h< ^uunt,. jail tonight without bond.
A ill an named Bill Brown', who ha*
b ir> (laffnex fox several Weeks, i.
ifj jui'i n 'he charge of burglary, at- ;
.? . ;m:nai assault and carry
' t f. an u awful ?wi.iiHjn. Brown was;
rirr: -'*(?(} ; ji the early huurs Sunday
m vninif, charged with the several of
fer?es an<J committed to jail, where he
u i <ntirt< i without b<?n?i.
A iifr-size faster cast <?f tl?e bronze
sfn?u?- of .John ('. Calhoun, made by
x'? i>tor Rurkstull for Statuary I fall.
u, t he national capitol. i- to be placed
sc-i :> in the siatehouse in Columbia,
Tt ? State >ay-<. . .
Yne a:1 ivloii . city election will
p!:-. r Auu"Jsl- 7'h. The race for
mayor b?'*.weeti Jn1). P. Cirace, incuin
be. af.ii 'ftii ><. (j. Stotfey. is creating
iju-a'. n.tfre-* an i promises to^ be
nbutg Herald of Suilday J
to* ?f :h< finding of $2,318.50 In a
he' :.?! * h?* ground in the outskirts of
tha* ? that had been hidden by the
b< r ? .-per A>it;n (jaines of the First
Na "..viiii: (,'tt !*~ . Af|f-i his conviction
K told th?- detective
vi ' < suu:d tind ? of the
r. ; ! : * ijUild cuVt*i?d op
j ? mob' ? ? t it iti dollar hill**.
I ? . .<:< fitly been buried for sonm
? he hills v. er?*' beginning to
_k
i ? . aii* owobile driver, won
:au- at Hou-ton, TVxa<,
w\i"U. he com pleted
i 'iiih', having driven
: .1 I u J hou: .s. . 1 0 in in
i . r ii ! ^oii miles. H is
> T | ? '? *" v. ~ a \"i ? >IMa II . M i >.
? . h" fainted at the
? i . ? u-i of thf i at e.
i ' > \\ it1 -I, ; t i * T * \ h'akei '-4
? f New hei!**. NY. was on
? ?
i ? i ?? \ iiiiiii ti'd 1:>! the second
I .-.le^tl nvjMlfr "f ('lar
r. f' :: ?' rv i ? ' ? ? ? : i r tjir
? ? ? \ ? 1 1 , i ? ? **. : srht n*
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- i .i r.*"i ? ^ 1 ? ?;> - u to ?
? J M I.akf .Mi'Mim*. of * }.?
>i(.\ f! /( in flit f? ar Saluda
Y A boat whuh thf boys
v ? v' . >u.< overturned. One
? ? ? : .> v. to. a * ? l thf other
t , \v ho i - U 'l " \v i " i
i< ? .n . > i . uri?ii'i ? ? ? f i i i i-:T< ?! ;
t '
\ r.'y*r r. 1 oim supreme rutin
i;.. V., Ijcl::
v., ii ii\* tin* K i. K ! ^\ K.u:: to keep
* u f their a f f"? i * - ?r:.("\v -e h ?? will
!?,? TtrjaJed L.?. . .. < , j..i I I'lcll \\e?e
v, .. d at th?- ?;?in * . Mf a^a:n<r in
to r re with K-?! ^ ?T m i ~ .
1 moter Tex ll:< announced
Sf>*-"day that .JacK I Vrv.pff-y. fham^
pior. heavyweight TTgTi'.eTT will ~ ffiCiCFT"
Lul.s Angel Firpo, Argentine fighter,
in New York, September 14. ftfr a title
bout of fifteenrounds. Tickets will sell
at from S'< to $26.
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?'Savoy ard," Picturesque JournalUt
? i'lwn Awiy.
< Spa rtanburg He raid.)
The death in Waihington Saturday
*.f Col. Fugene W. Xtwnuin, better
k4.t'**il liuir Vtxiuul .Staie*
a a "h-av oyartl," removed f^oiu the
. !il of journalism otic of the most
picturesque character* of t ht- times.
< ol. Newmpn died at his. Home in the
. city, after an illness of sev
| erai weeks, leaving a widow and sev
eral middle-aged *on< ami daughter*.
One of his daughter* spent several
w< i in Spartanburg a fe w'yean# ago
; eventing a leading packing com
pany a* advertising demonstrator.
For several years Thomas H. Kaniel
' t the Dollar Savings Bank, was as
wciated in newspaper work in Wash
ington .v.;h Col. Newman 'and at the
Herald's request Mr. Daniel prepared
the following sketch:
Efcrly in life Col. Nywman .prepared
himself for* the practice of law, and
. .. i {>? make that pi < >fe>?;?m hi*
11,- was an nmiilviTous
rvadfc'i however, and >vHe?i his mind
r>. . .urn- -t -ri d with the matter of his
reading, his natural bant for writing
w?u)d a-sertNtself, and briefs and
clients were forgotten while he indited
articles for the\ press. ...Many of his
productions found their way into the
tfreat papers of New York, and hfs!
reputation soon became nation-wide.
At one time he undertook the con
duct of a newspaper of his own, and
a* He used to tell with gteat glee, he
signalized his entry into the field 01
conducting his own paper by publish
ng a long editorial in defense of the
Roman Catholic church, which he con
ceived to have Wen unjustly criticised
:r, connection with the massacre of
Si. Bartholemew. He. was elated
when the Catholic priest of the com
munity came into ihe office and paid a
year's" subscription in advance as soon
a h<- it a.i the lending editorial. Later,
if the day. however, nearly everybody
*u tuiui canic in aini ordered their
papers discontinued, and the enter.
: prise- v.a' promptly .-void out to -the
tii ?? pf.* .-??!) Who wouM boy, and Col.
Newman made Kjs way to Louisville,
where he secured a position on tlie
C ourier-Journftl.
' For a number of years he was asso
ciated with Henry Watterson on the
Courier-Journal, and later he was
connected with other Louisville pa
iM'ri*. In 1SS0 he went to Washington
in a minor newspaper connection, and
soon beTJTR^e a^i editorial writer on the
Washington Post. This work he con
tinual for a number of. years. at the
same time writing political articles
for a syndicate which published them
in all part# of the country. After the
acquisition of The Post by the late
John R. McLean, the matter written
by Col. Newman was unacceptable,
and while his style and his wonde rfel
fund of information were prized by
the management, he was informed
that he must dull the edge of his
sarcasm and soften the rapier of his
partisanship. This was impossible to
him. He was one of the most inde
pendent oT men, and his pen was not
for sale ^to any man. His opinions
were his own, and could not be pur
chased. The result was, of course,
that fie was relieved of his position,
as editorial waiter for The Post.
Since that time Col. Newman has
devoted his time to writing three let
ters each week, dealing with current'
overits and political history as reflec
ted in current eventV These letters
we i e published hy a string of news
papers throughout the country, from
Duiuth to ( ialveston^and from Macon
t>?- f ,mii.<\ ille. It was in this connec
tion that 1 was associated with him.
Tins work r\ever failed to attract a
great deal of attention in every city
[where hi>- articles appeared. Letters
of all so; fs were received by him fropi
; admit or and critics who read his
a'ticiev every other day. Not infre
quently a communication thus receiv
ed would be used by him as text for
an article, and whatever subject he
touched was immediately interesting.
His style was peculiarly his own. He
was a mAster of invective ami of ridi
cule. Hi"* -mvMsm was of the keenest.
H ? c!"' iecl i ri hi- partisanship, and
h. !d n-.'t groat respect for the man J
cetlid -be al! i nde | >e n<le n t in pdi-j
; ?< - He u a.- a democrat of the"* most
miii'an: t>pe He could never abide!
\ v , ' ; am i Mryan and "fret sdver.'-l
li chief pn'itit a! creed, however, w is i
'."??t h tariff. an<l whi n a nt w\- j
h:< article, v.sygeMe.i
tfsa' h?- ?!-?? ! h?* s"t' p?mih! <o> iwi-iiufi
:? '.v r:\? :?!. he \*ou!d write]
.eir.i i th.un ever. or. that
t.i. ? . :? i"ur>e ;n tn?* dis
??mim ?)<?? 'he service b\ ;h< pa
Hut he took pride j
.ii.oft .; t \at-*-h. p . . s v. t i t* nut !
t ? ? t < n m.;:. a'ed the ;>? ...... > ? he
? et p<*i : o w.'- i h he \s r 1 1 ; n >j .
<>..<? e* my pi,/?*d \ofime- i? ?n
autographed *?';'> of a ht>ok pub. . - hed
hy rol. New man* -ovci'al year? ajr~?
.".Men. Th;r*^s ar d Kver.t.*." !? r?
col!ect:or. i>; th( best of r.is newspaper
let lei
Personally. Col wk* a typ
ical Somh*?m jrent o*m?n T?J*. fm>?,
he always wore a broad brimmed hat,
and carried a large home-made walk
ing cane. He was a familiar figure
on the street* at Washington, and in
the rapitol and the officii of senators
and r?prrs<jHUlK^. He wm acarce
ly rvt?r ,to be M?n without a book ui?>
der his arm, and nearly every da> he
itn'ured one or rrortr volumes from the
libra rjC~Qi fiUUMUU.:JI)V? pr*j?arej,
he Would make his *way% homeward,
and spend hour* reading.^ - H if letters
Were prepared after he tifed of read
mi? the daily papers and the classics. 1
He used to say that he rwvtr read j
an after noon paper because II de
stroyed #*>; much of the iuterest iin j
reading the morning papers.**"*^.*. I
, Col, Newman. wan the soul of hon
or. He was as artless as a child, and
his hatred for sham ami pretense, was i
iiitt n; that it amounted almost toj
a fetich., fie wa^ entirely without os- ,
Untatan Qf ar.y sort. A 'ffcyoritoj
idea, frequently expressed ?.)& him,;
was that a real soldier never 'boast* j
of his valor, and a pure, woman neve tr !
heralds he;- vjktue. * Those qualities:
an taken for granted. With him.
honor and uprightness were a matter
of course, and oply their violation afv
folded occasion for comment.
Senator A. O. Stanley, of KenTOHy,
once stated to me that he beluvt.i
Col. Newman was the best read man
in the United States in political his
tory^ His wonderful store of informs- r
tion, coupled with his inimitable style;
of writing, made him p force in Am- !
erican journalism which will not
easily replaced.
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Money May Bring Him Back.
(irover Cleveland Bergdoll'a convic
tion of draft-dodging took place in
March, 1920, and he was. sentenced to !
imprisonment for. five years. That j
punishment was well deserved, for the
yoiing map's refusal to. serve thy ]
country of his birth had none of the !
ordinary excuses or explanations.
He was not a "conscientious objec- \
tor" to war, his health was excellent, j
hi.s physique was Sturdy: and he was !
n<>; 5 wai l, for h" hud engaged nab^t
ituaily in sports that involved danger ,
to life and evidently enjoyed them. j
What he would not do was to figh*
Germans; he thought the "Germans!
right and the "allied and asssoclate.l i
powers" wrong? especially the asso
ciated one ? simply because of his
German descent and the training he
had received from a father and moth
er who. though they had lived Ion;;
in this country and prospered in it,
were Americans only while their love
for what they still caiied their father
land was not involved.
This explains the Bergdoll sons, but
it condemns rather than justifies their
course when the United States enter
ed thf war. G rover Cleveland Berg- 1
doll's oescape from prison W'as but" a
new demonstration of his complete
disregard for his country's laws, and
it is characteristic of him and of the
whole family that it now is planned
for him to return and serve out his
sentence, not because he or they
repent <rf his crime, but because his
ami -the family's money is running
short, and. only in this way can his
large fortune be rescued from the
hands of the Alien Property CUsfc
dian, who very properly holds it.
This may bring young Bergdolj
back from his Swiss retreat. That
for some time past he has been spend
ing his money there instead of in his
beloved Germany also is characteris
tic, not of his Teutonism, but of his
particular variety of patriotism..,
Switzerland is a comfortable country
in which to live, and Germany, just
now, is not. ? New York Times.
Allen Gaines, a young man who was
^?nofcrkFCrpcr nrr+vcr First Nnttmrnl bank
<#f Spartanburg, was found guilty Fri
<hiy of stealiriK money of the bank,
and .was sentenced to fine year on the
chaingang or in the penitentiary. Gus
Pappas, a merchant, convicted of be
inv: in a conspiracy with Gaines, was
also convicted, ami received similar
sentence.
Three-fourths interest in Tracery,
a famous English race horse, was re
cently sold to an Fn^lish syndicate
for S 1 T.j.UUU? Ills owner, an Argen
tinian. reserved one-fourth interest in
the animal,
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HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS
PAMSON* 'LOW "DE t>ES1L
'{SWINE GIT T>AT MAN
1 WHUT ROB MAH CHtCKE*
RooS' BUT AM AlN' KEER
NOTH1N' BOUT PE D.E_B1L
^3WJNE 6 IT 'IM--AH WANTS
DE VO- LICE T' GIT IM !!
Our Waste of Pencils.
(Prom th Oklahoman. )
| Thuv jfybea of e\'ery pencil it
! thrown away, two inches is whittled
away ntkl only the lenwininK two
| fftdh ,t ? ' lead actually used. Stjch
I is the estimate made T>y one of the
(large pencil manufacturing com
;?:?nn- ? . Hut many a pen. i! is .li^ ai.i
[ed in offices before it is worn down
[even to 3-inch length. Such is \he
'.indication fPiiftt the experience: of
: those who. buy and sell them.
The usual drama k'v
I like this: Man takes new pencil from
box 1U"* 'l through a pointer, breaks
lead. *ha? |x ns it again, lets it roll o!F
desk., sharpennu it ag<:in, leaves it on
'somebody else's desk, can't find it,
; goes back to ptnei! Im>x for another,
new owner uses it half an hour,
j breaks lead, shoots it into waste baa
? ket. '
Pencils fire cheap in America, an
| Englishman or Frenchman, would
treasure that s?me pencil and \iea f
it down to a stub too short for his
lingers to grip before he would let
it-go.
Some offices have adopted the pen
cil lertgthener as part of their regu
lar supplies. The lengthener screws
or clasps on a pencil stub of any
length. In this way the last few
inches are used.
Pencil manufacturers say the na
m ) J
tion's annual pencil bill is more than
$KO,OOO,O0O, representing more than
30,000,000,000 wooden pencils.
How ^ Bird Flies.
(Klraer Whitaker in Dumb Animals.)
Howmany people can answer this
question: "How doe* a bird fly?"
It seems simple enough, and yet it is
a problem that the wisest in such
matters have made a study.
The most prominent fact about a
bird, in which it differs from all other
creatures, except, the bat and insects,
is its power of flying. ~For this pur
nose the bird's arm ends in one long
sk-nder finger instead of a full hand.
To this are attached the quills and
small feathers or. the upper side,
which make up the wing.
Observe how light all. this is; in the
first place, the bones are hollow, then
the shafts of the feathers are hollow,
and, finally.. Jhe/ feathers themselves
are made of the most delicate fila
ments, interlocking and clinging to
one another with ^ little grasping
hooks of microscopic fineness. An
open wing forms a hollow on its un
der side like an inverted saucer, wjien
the wing is forced down, the upward
pressure of the air, caught under the
cavity, lifts the bird up, much the
same as you hoist yourself up between
the parallel bars in a gymnasium.
This explains hoW the bird keeps
itself in the air, but how does it sail
forward at such terrific speed ? It
'never in this wav ccfuld get ahead, and
the hardest question is now to be an
swered. Now the front edge of the
wing, formed of the bones and mus
cles# of the forearm, is rigid and un
yielding, while the hinder margin is
merely the softi flexible ends of the
feathers; so wheit the wing is forced
down, the air under it, finding this^
margin yielding, the easier will rush
out here, and, in so doing, wi41 bend
up the ends of the quills, pushing
them forward out of the way, whicn
of c6urse, tends to force the bird
.ahead, This process quickly repeated
by the^flapping of*1 the wings, results
in the bird moving forward in its
flight. <
[ Stop "VwitinK" on Telephone.
A Greenville mother reported to"
The News recently that she sat by
the telephone 45 minutes before her
neighbor on the party line ceased n
useless conversation. Her child was
ill, not so ill as she suspected for
tunately^ but ill just the same and in
need of a physician. For three-quar
ters of an hour the loquacious ngigh
bor discussed everything from cab
bage to chiffon, causing the mother
to undergo an ordeal of mental an
guish. And this mother declares it is
the. habit of her neighbor to "visit"
j her friends every day by telephone,
' indulging in long conversations and
?' making ?t impossible for her to use
' the telephone which she pays for with
j any degree oT satisfaction.
i There are not so many inconsid
1 erate women of *his type, The New*
j suspects, as there are "courting
I rouples" who employ th6 telephone
j on off-nights to keep the love flam*
. burning. They have long been a sub
ject of complaint by' the telephone
companies. All the billing and cooing
that belongs to the front porch j*
transmitted tediously over the tele
j phone wires. Very often it chokes ofT
i important messages and brings ire
upon the telephone companies. It
usually takes a lightning storm to
j shake them off the wi*"e.
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No matter whether it u the chat
: tering mothers or their courting sons
' and daughters, they have no right to
! trespass upon the rights of neighbor*
who share with them a party line.
And in any case it is an unwise habit
because lelfcphone " visiting." fre
quently delays and annuls messages
worth something. Common eourt??sy
should be sufficient to dispel such a
practice, but if not it may come to- a
point where th? telephone companies
uf thia Hd^QJlwII) l>e forced to do *?
they have done in New Prig! and and
limit "uVeleJn*'' fconveraallon to five
miuuUsV A- Mkord kept by the New
England compann * >h?>wed that 2*
minute* w?w? ho; -unuaualiy ktfig for
?women to converse, while J5 minutes
was u daily occurence on many line*.
With *om?* w?mt*n it vrmn discover |
that an hour'* talk on tlu* telephoi*
wan merely a 4,*to? littW vhat." When .
the telephone companies put the fty*
minute rule into effect the "visitor*'
made a mfjehty protest, hut t, hi- com. '
panics merely replied: ?
"Say it in five minutes or not at
a!'.'' ()re?. nville News.
JUST ARRIVED? ONE CAR LOAD OF SUPERIOR
CHEVROLETS
Prices F. O. B. Factory:
Superior Roadster $510.00
Superior Touring $525.90
Superior Utility Coupe. . < * $680.00
Superior Sedanette . . ; . $850.Qp
Superior Sedan ' $860.00
Superior Commercial Chassis $125.00
Superior Light Delivery. $510.00
Utility Expret#, Chassis. . . ...... $575.00 *
SMITH'S GARAGE
405 Eait DeKalb Street*
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NINETY-FIVE of our students placed in good paying _
positions since March 10. .Ten calls for stenographers
and bookkeepers received first four days of week end
ing July 21. You, too, can train for a position. Our
facilities and equipment finest in the State." Draughon
trained is well trained." Write now for information.
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Draughon's Business College
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,Wm. LYKES, JR., Pres. / - Columbia, S. C.
F. W. LYKP'S, Sec'y. ' Main a> Lady.
The real reason
for buying Columbias
? they last longer
- lauuiaivi^j ucy wivu
dry cell research, experiments contin
uously to make them "last longer."
Columbia Hot Shot or Columbia
Ignitors are "right" fyr your needs.
That's why people have the habit of
asking for Columbias.
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Columbia Dry Batteries for all purpose* arc ?old
by hardware and general stores, electrical and auto
supply shops, garages and implement dealers.
Di y Batteries
"they last longer
FthMttnrl Spring Clip Rinrlinf PoaU
on Igmtari ?i no ntrt ch*r|t
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