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1 HE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. I) NILKS Kditnr. and Publisher Pmmd every Friday at No. 1100 Broad and entered at the Cam den, Sou'.h Cjjru1jjia ^'postoffice as second clu?? Ijfitui inatUvr. Price per .n^H'ni. jfeiOPi ? - Camden, S. I'ridax, Aug.* 10, 1921 The nation Harrow today al t tit* io** of u^nSuTeTrr inHi iwntwnrwttt pay i t tribute while he is bein& butifcd .n his native to>yn at Mario!), Ohio, In spite of aU the political tliunUi i <Mfulnst him by hi* oppononts, , not Or.-- Word lias been u 1 1 atfa-m-v liitn, pc: :.onally^?ri|J the nation sUf* t*ers t he jo ?; q| a Mian <>f big)) * .. ; ? , * ' W - I'Jy t). will of Mix/ Nellie Fowler MtCornrick, widow of Cyrus H. Mc cormick. millionaire harvester man, of rhje-'i, . o, the TnornweH Pre*byte 'TWjl 'triiimiinnf at Clinton# S. CM h;i>: )> -<-n ..bequeathed. the >um of $50,000, i.'lfcbo.r- ynwrche* iwi.l school# shu?v in t: u will to the extent of more than a n ' i r<r? r , ? !? ?! la i s, A writer, in tin- Pre> I), s rian standard says <?f her: "K'ven if jih-e' h:< i l)p.t btjfcli p.o --.r^setl of wre*r lithe-., If } i < ? had bet n a woman in tie ? 1 ? i ? rj.n ; e. Iks of lit.', she would yet live nn;. !??; a place f >r herself in the : hearts of " the people who had ionic ' within b<?r influence^-. f??* she was a \ . ma" n fjicat ni'fi ! an ! ?a ? good t.'.-t: -ti ? ha') beeu the medium of wjdv-j- p:'? .ui blesMnv - throughout the .a f'- a_n:i her l??ne!h'eiice^ are to W i* Kcly extended through e.vecution of will. ?' . . ~2:. ?vj ?d Li iuil ini-.. t no . a:ul ho\. I -at the boil ?ii '??. -v-.Oy ,-vo-callud tx i* .! been our painful priv.i ?t iii to hear fee-en* iy, we would boy ? ?%??;'. 1 farm nnd f? < omr ri? h within .. x.-ixi. .:i.iiead of making ncar-conK ? iy-.-ft.pl i at. h !r"rniiri- salary from p.;h:it fund*. <>, least we would l . . e the "o'her fellow" credit for r having a crtain debtee of intclli^enci; i not ( lainj it all. Krom lutest rclurns from the Chnr t:S~ Jhon Thomas P. Stoney has a lead .John P. (?race, mayor of i'hi.rlv-' i. of nearly six hundred votes. U was iiiic of flu- most bitterly fought <ampaignk in the history of ( T.ai lesr"n. (.ioverhor tUcLeod order ed four companies of militia to the <it^ h- a precautionary measure, v-ha-h h.'id a good effect i n preserving order at the The final result v. !! not be announced until the meet ing of ? \;.*cuii\e committee today v. ! ? i> If.* vo?e.> wdl -he canvassed. In t!.' nit miv the boxes are under ttuad ? -f 'I"' militia. Mr. Stoney is to i f ?? ? The Ninth Judicial Cir ( ^ \ompiv-'e?? . Charleston '??wiily. IT?- Kiaduated fioin Porter M; ;tarv Ara n my. attended- the Uni versity i f I'-nnesset* at Suwaneo and Kraduati* } r: taw from the University of South C:tiolma. Along with Mr. St.. ..y \\a.- elected a Stoney- aider man ic ticket. Mrs. II. A. Moorer was elei'ted in Ward 11 o\er M. Hornik. In Ward ! Mrs. Cleha P. MHinwn't, j a!-- on ?})?? Stoney ticket. w??n over l?a'ie: I . ^ nkler for Alderman al la v- '! -ntire State was decpi> iii" t .-:? 1 in the result of the election ;>!? '* <\ . i i 'i Carolinians welconv j < 1 i ? it k a> ;i "part of South ? lYI/er Manufacturing ,.!.?% at Pulier to I_ock ?V Co., of Boston. Mas-., ??! Wednesday through' i o , of Spartanburg. ' ' ? i I J ! : -<>n Symt h of ? I tla^lV!/.er family of i. ? i..' : he 1 V 1 ze r mill. . ..,?ro\ mately $ 1 o, I i : ^ -*t tevt lie deal .it >;.?'?? in nian\ "he ~ <r the i a : are being ? M ??.I'.'.nn hat tle .i.' i m.JlU. M .?(;* - 1 eared to ' ' ? .. >f t!i! e . .?: ? fa! ha 1 1 ! ? : ;'a e:l 1 1 . >ilMu:- and sou - ? . . .n i ?? J iiik' t ?> !c: t ers for V ? ? . ? .. . ' i Co'. ,o noi Me I .cod, \ . . .i - ? if 1 1 ?? i it \ . 1 .. P. A ber ? ? . . N C . UTitinj; t e? ? - ? V !><?? na ? !>\ , under date . . i. rhat the conditions are ? i .h i :*? I he hat t lefje'al has grown u. .. ?' _'?? ?!* bru-h and the site o! . n. ? . n> ? : ! ! i- tie- tamping plac* ;.- ? -o:'v , ?' in . ua hiding boot ? i ..;?u . . -ay.- M . A her ? | ... ;.s for \va rded to v. a: pa? "*.'i ' a ? U aching ton _ ig I 1 ?a \ ? - a- .-'ant scire ' v. .. re p ?r* - that tr. federal i i .. i. me:.! t elm p.. -he d i.intrd e.w- the Laf'.lclieH v hen the rnono ii.' . w - turned ./.i i tii the I\in^ j Mv-:.:a.n Eattle^r .'j!. ! A H':a* : :r. of v.l. ali Mi? Leslie I> V.'stha r-p > .r. was piv-ident on July 1. It'll), when she irfl vc the complete<l monument, huilt at a cost of $.'j?),tx>') under act of con gress llKW. The corresjwmlenee whh fox-warded to Governor Mclveod, hut he has no appropriations with which to protect the battleground, it was _ said todf.y. '' ?r " ' \ : ! ! : ' It - .:<? i! 0U\' !IM) a i I)!. - '.I I)> : ' vc:> Letters From The People Liability To Self? Appointed Benefac tor*. Suppose the rule .of law were to be reversed, and we were made liable for e.ery unauthorized a'nd unknowti act done for us under the belief that it was done for <'ur beat interest. What a picnic it would be for the phftVisees and self-styled philanthropists. Some *mnrrth spoken j*entlemr?n might ron ifive it to our bent interest to own M ock in a projected t ail road in the moon, and we would be liable, for hi* services in procuring us such stock; ? ?:ii' . widened -piaster might nnucuv it to be to the best interest of a blue eyed rosy:cheeked maiden that her roguish glances be concealed bennath gi ec-n goggle*, and the bloom of her cheeks covered by a crepe veil, supply this paraphernalia, and receive cum j edsation for such service; the butch er might provide us with muut, the ? : :<? .:i with milk, the vegetable man with vegetables, and every clas&, kind and condition of trader- with his ;>.i i ; icvilar waits, all for our benefit, and the services of every man who had nothing better to do would be rendered us for our benefit, if we had ?she ability to discharge the liability incurred. Therefore, it is eminently just and proper that wo ai'e not liable for bene tWijons obtained bv uh from others without our knowledge and consen', and yet these self-appointed benefac tors of the human race sometimes meet with collossal rewards* We have seen palatial residences i. v.ned and occupied by patent medi cine vendors or other self-styled fcrnrfr.ctnr^ of rhp htimnn racer- White ih? law, iho essence of human wisdom, does not tnakc the public liable under such circumstances, yet a large part <>f the public makes itself liable. Is jI 1'vi'iiuM' ut <?fi Httr xplicaoly credulity implanted in the human breast or was Mr. liRrnum tcorrecl when he said in effect that nothing succeeds like humbug.? . Anon. THIN ORATORY ' Somebody ought itu tell this man Winters, of the boll weevil control station at Florence, that It isn't nec essary to "talk down" to a Spartan burg audience. Mrs Winters spoke tor one hour at the farmers' picnic here last Friday, and people never listened to thinner oratory. Nearly every sentence was emphasized with the wold, "Darn." and the whole talk abounded in semi-profanity and near vulgarity. Oratorical tricks of this kind always indicate mental poverty on the part of a speaker or his be lief in the mental poverty of his hear ers, and intelligent people resent treatment of that kind. All that Mr. Winters had to say could have been said in five or six minutes. It. amounted to this: The experts at the Florence station have been experimenting with various .urthod.s of controlling boll weevil and, so far, 'none of them have proven to be of any value. The alleged ex perts hope to find something worth while in the course of time but arc not certain that they will ever do so. ? Carolina Citizen. Prohibition Address in West Wateree. Rev. K. M. l.ightfoot, president of the Anti-Saloon League in South* ('atoiina, made a very instructive and interesting address before a com pan;. of p:cnicers at Wateree Power Station the 7th of August. The pic n:c. which was a very informal af fair. was part of a movement in this -!>ai t ul the i innity to mouse senti f-. n! in favor of enforcing the prohi bit . r. law.; ... they apply to the li-' ouor traffic. Mr. Light foot's address was timely m i i : ; i ?-r 1 1 y to the point. He has a fund of information on the whiskey problem and how to cope with it that should pro\e profitable and in spirational to all those who are inter i - ; ? ?< i :n saving our people from the in >se of alcoholism. During the course of his address, Mr. l.ightfoot brought ?xjt Momv of the difficulties that the officers of taw experience in their ef forts t<> enfurie the law. Anionic them he stressed tin* prevailing habit ;iMin!:g otherwise good citizens of try ng to i fiiuilj pi t. >i tu eonditions with , '.it ojter.'.y identifying t he m sel ve * with the force" of law and order. It . - \ el \ nt'i e^aiT, the speaker said. li'.i' .men and women who are oppo-e.j j " : ' i ' ? ft ! w ho i ea ::?.?? ' it -. 1". law enforcement , >,!..{ , . .J i ? ag?>Al]siy t,.r ; he : i i. i ? nt <?'' 'hi- and I .i v - .i p- .;.t to t r e j . ? j ? ' : . '.i ? . . . p< .ii i a" i m i-ur;:\ of on ? '? <'? ar t - . ;r. r.Uo\.: \ . . r\ . Mr. Lijrr.t f a..i e- wa- (<>? ed with 'Y ? !?? p -* :r - ??*-???? hy a:; who heard - - "f * ' are r. :t4d.-; in:: to ri<i th:> on of W e ? v.,.-. .. . f '? .? ' ,u .1 *!.?!' ri Th"?i who heard t ht- aiMn - < M . I.. L. Itirr, of A nde!*" on . n* It- "v ;? .? In>* I* rulav "v?*mng. ?m ?hc it 'i-rc<' coop-, rat i'. e marke* r ' </. r " ?. ou :d not help hut note the Varr.t -t ness ot his plea for this plan of selling <(>t (on. M r. "Rice TiifiisoTr ?* grower of cotton and has the interests of the entire state at heart in securing a better price for the staple. His ad dress was short and to the point and he did not tire his hearers. BURDEN BEYOND ENIH'RANCE. ! Presidency Almost Sure to Break Any Man'* Health. ffty K. Foster Murray,") Washington, August 2.-*- The aim- ; pic ant). soWmn fact which has foe some time improved thought tfut oh- j servers among Washington newspaper men is that the Presidency of the United States, aa it has come to be ttUliliJii?U*t?d iu the?e J?Ue? days, t* a burden too heavy fpr human endu- , ranee. I That is really the lesson of the illness of Mr. Harding. It was also the lesson of the illness of his pve detefsor, President Wilson. Presi dent Taft, who? antedated both, had '> a tremendous physique and was a ! marvel at throwing off worry. He did not break down under the tor- i rifle strain of the White House rou- j tine ? but that ip very far from say- 1 ing that he could have held his own if he had encountered that routine : as it Was increased in the days of his j successors. j Possibly a man of the Roosevelt type might get through two Presi dential terms nowadays without im pairment of his constitution. It does not necessarily follow that because j such a man has done it such a man could now do it. There is a limit be yond which the human system can not function. The fundamental responsi- i bility may have^>een as great in' the days of Andrew JiMtkson or Abraham Lincoln, or Grov'er Cleveland, as it is now, when the nation is so much lar ger, but the number of details person ally handled by a President now, as Presidents have involuntarily or Vol- j .untarily. ..pertuiUcd the* system to be., built up around them, vastly exceed- , the number . that u;ied to bv regarded . as ;:!1 that one man could undertake, i To say that the business of the Pros- i idmts of the United States increases ' at 100 per cent with each new gener ation is to put it mildly. Every intelligent person who has been in a position to watch the rou tine the" White House during re cent administrations has wondered how the President can keep himself mentally keyed up to the require ments of t serious duties of the office when he has to speifti, or does spend, so large a portion of his time in receiving visitors not on public business. 4 Much of the sb-called public busi ness which is inflicted upon Presi dents is of a petty political nature and ought not to exist at all. Presi dent Wilson used to say that the squabbles over postmasterships had so affected him he could not look at a map of the various states as other people could, because the names of cities so often suggested primarily to his consciousness these contests which *ere so often bitter and dis tasteful. In normal imes at the White House the President shakes hands with hun dreds and often thousands of persons every day or so, and sometimes" fw numbers of days in succession ? schools and lodges and orders and guilds and excursions that come to the Capital City and nuturally want to see the White House and the Pres ident. Mr. Wilson did a great deal of handshaking before the war came on -more than is generally supposed. Of course, the normal routine in this respect been um? LmpmsiMi' w:n- for several reasons, either of them suffic ient. Mr. Taft was a famous hand shaker, and so was Col. Roosevelt. They set a terrible pace in this par ticular. Hut it is perhaps true that President Harding has shaken hands with mure people since his inaugura tion than anj two of the three did in the sann period, and possfbly more than ail three of them. The first President. (?eorge Washington, felt lie could not stand the fatigue of shaking hands with all of hi* callers, so h?' refrained from this ceremony HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS WE K A MAN FALL OUT W?D ME KIN-POLKS , EP DEY 5 Po', MIT5 GfNALLY FUH 5 U m p'n DEV5 ?>J_D , BuT EF &E.YS RICH , HIT5* Fuh whut'dey aim' did! ' 1 Farmers, Attention ! : f , ' ' ' , ^ ' ' 4 V * ~ , 9 \ ') t 4 ,v Reports are coming to us daily from every section of the county to the effect that the boll weevil is very much alive and beginning to do great damage. Please allow us to urge on you. whether a customer of this bank or not, the AB SOLUTE NECESSITY of using Calcium Arse nate during the month of August. ^ We have a good crop in prospect. Our belief is that high , prices will prevail, therefore DON'T stand by and let the weevil get the best of you. # Commence TONIGHT and use POISON on your cotton! <. C. _? ? T-: ?. 1. ' .' * '? - - v .V.- . f.. - ? - ? . A" .. .... ' ' ' ? . ?? ?? * The Bank of Camden when receiving. It would be well for his' successors of the present day if they followed his example. President Wilson stood the White i louse strain longer than President llardirtg without serious illness. Both entered the office physically big and Strong. Mr, Wilson probably had a better idea of taking exercise than Mr. Harding has had. The latter has played less golf than he should have played, instead of more. He has been sensitive to criticism of the Execu tive for taking recreation pf this kind. Wilson antf Taft properly ignored this sort of carping and Roosevelt fairly gloried in playing all the out door games he could. The wives of Presidents seem to collapse under the strain of the White House in these terrific days even faster than their spouses. Mrs. Taft's health soon broke (k>wn. The first Mrs. Wilson died. Nlrs. Hard ing has had a desperate and pro longed illness. Neither the President nor the Pres ident wife can stand the Presidency at the pace which is now being set. Unless a way of slowing up this pace is found and applied, election .to the Presidency will be a sentence to death. Six Have Died in Office. W arren G. Harding was the sixth president of the United States to die in office. Two other chief executives died natural deaths while president ? William Henry Harrison, who passed away one month after Assuming of fice, and Zachary Taylor, wht\- had served one year, four months, and five days. Three presidents were assassi nated. ? Abraham Lincoin. James Abram Garfield and William McKin ley. Uf the six presidents dying in of fice, three, were from Ohio ? Garfield, McKinley and Harding. Mr. Harding was the first president to die west of the Mississippi river. - Calvin Cool id ge is the first native New Knglander since Arthur to be come president and the first man since Tierce to go to the White House from a New Kngland state. He is the ninth vice-president to become presi dent, six succeeding because of death and three being elected president. The six were: John Tyler. Millard Fill more, Andrew Johnson, Chester A. Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, and Cal vin Coolidge. The three were: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Martin Van Huren. Mr Coolidge, horn at Plymouth. Yt., in 1 872 j is the second sun of Vor mont to become president, the other being Arthur, who was horn at Fair field, Franklin county, in 1K.30. Mr. Coolidge is younger than the average president, 1H having been older at the time of assuming office. Tyler and Taft were each f>l, which is Mr. Coolidge's age. The youngest president was Theodore Roosevelt who took office at 42, and the <>lde>t was William Henry Harrison, who was f.X. He is the first president from Mas sachusetts since John Quincy Adams, who took office in 1825. A large part of York county, Penn sylvania, was laid waste by a cloud Th?r? no loss of life, bat property damage runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Bridges were washed away and many cottages and bungalows were washed from foundation*, . . 21. * * HAIL EXEMPTION. Resolution Exempting Taxes from Certain Hail Sufferers. As there lias been some misunder standing relative to the amount of hail exemption allowed those who suffered loss by the hail storm of 1922 we have been requested to publish the resolution in full, which is as fol lows: A JOINT RESOLUTION To exempt citizens of Cherokee, Lan caster, Union ^and YoVk counties who suffered damage by reason ot" hailstorm from county taxes for the year 1922, and from any penalty from non-payment of taxes. Be it resolved, by the General As sembly of the State of South Caro lina : That any citizen of Cherokee, Ker shaw, Lancaster, Union, and Lee coun ties who suffered from a hailstorm in said counties during the year 1922, who upon affidavit of two disinterest ed witnesses filed with County Treas urer of his county^ that such citizen was in a storm-stricken district, and lost at least fifty per cent of his crop by reason of said hailstorm shall be, exempt from the payment of all county taxes on the land where the crops were destroyed for the year 1922, except constitutional and special and commutation road taxes. The said Treasurer shall take a re ceipt therefor and such receipt shall state only the purpose for which it was given, which shall constitute his proper voucher and the Comptroller General is hereby authorized and re quired to approve and allow same in his annual statement. This act shall go into effect imme diately upon its approval by the Gov ernor. Approved the 17th day of February, 1 923. Nevada is the "banner" state in the matter of divorces with one divorce for every marriage and a half. Paul the Apostle, the greatest, preacher the world ha* ever known > was but a man, tempted in all points as other men. . . Everybody makes mistakes, even church. >officials who are full of wis dom and the Holy Ghost, have been knoton to overstep their bounds. Notice of Final Discharge Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Monday, September 10th, 1923, I will make to thex Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as Adminis trator of the estate of Dr. L. W. Net tles, deceased, and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as - said Administra tor; W. F. NEETLES. Camden, S. C., August 6, 1923. NOTICE. Paving Assessment for street pav ing, abutting property on DeKalb street, .from Southern Railroad to Sea!k>ard Railroad, and on Broad street from York street to LaFayette avenue, are now due and payable at the office of City Clerk. All assessments paid prior to August 15th, 1923, will be accepted without interest. H. C. SINGLETON, ? ' - A City Clerk. , ? ? I r I :* "j Notice of Dissolution of Psrtnership. State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. Notice is herby given that the part nership heretofore existing between ? -i us at Camden, S. VJider the firm name and style of MdLeod & Rusn, has been by mutual consent dissolved as of this date. The undersigned W. L. Rush receiving all of the assets of - ~ the firm and assuming all of it's lia bilities. J. H. McLEOD, W. L. RUSH. Jan. 5th, 1923. J PIANO TUNING Lewis L. Moore 242W PHONE or 156 CAMDEN, S. C. Special Offer lien's an opportunity to put your V'HEVROLET CAR in shape at a big >aving in price. Special equipment and ex perienced men enable us t f ? quote low "prices. GRINI) Y A I A KS and remove carbon; ( loan and adjust carburetor; Clean spark plugs adjust tappets; ? ? and supply ai] necessary gaskets. Tighten up ail bolts on car, elimi nating squeaks and rattles, nil. and GREASK CAR thoroughly, take off the wheels and give the whole car thorough oiling i. nti greasing, washing out nil old grease, fur nishing all < > i i and grease, KXCEPT MOTOR Oil Leave y..u:- ? ar in the morning, get i' ? he evening. ALL FOR $6.5# Free Inspection Service at All Times SMITHS GARAGJL? Authorized Chevrolet Dealer 405 EAST DeKALB STREET. ' *