Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE CAMDEN CHROWCU H. U NILRH Editor ?ad PublUher ? \ ? , i i , . Published every Friday at No. 1109! Broad street and entered at the Cam den. South Carolina' post office . a*1 Stroud clasa mafl matter. Price per iDinntn $2.00. #? " ? ? 1 ???!?? .. ? ?',r 1 ? ? t amden, 8. C.. Friday, Ja?. IS. 1925 ButtinetM Optimialk ^ Optimism over the outlook for buainosa in almost every line during the year 1926 ; is the outstanding characteristic of moat of the many forecast's prepared for publication by business and industrial leaden, by bu^inesH and economic experts and trade and industrial organisations. Hardly a single note of peaaimiam is found in all the many reviews and fofecasts that have been flowing Into the newspaper offices.since the latter part of the old year. "Emerging from a period of irregu lar, In moat cases disappointing, trade and industry?a year of only fair volumes as a whole in factr-^ ahd standing out most prominently when the future is under discussion, i; the markedly optimistic feeling bred of the excellent rally .shown from the depression of the mid-year off 1924," says Brad&treet's. "Seldom, if ever at this season, has confidence as to the future been so manifest, and taking things by and large, rarely has the evidently excellent progreas made in the line of recup eration and repair seemed to furnish a better foundation for this confi dence. In fact, considering the al most uniformly favorable feeling at the threshold of 1926, the question naturally presents itself whether there is not in this very optimism a likelihood of things being seen in such a roseate light that some <lis-j appointment is possible* if not in deed probable." "Signs are certainly for better busi ness in this industry and other in dustries," said Dwight W. Morrow, of J. P. Morgan & Co., addressing an audience of 1,050 at the silver an niversary dinrter of the National Au tomobile Chamber of Commerce. "They are good," said the speaker; "how good they are, how long the good times will continue will depend pretty largely upon the prudence and the character and the courage of the men that are . engaged in the busi ness. " "The United States is now enter ing upon a new era of industrial ex pansion that promises prosperity for many years to come," said James Simpson, president of Marshall Field & Co. "We may confidently expect this expansion to be healthy and stable and. to be comparable in its results to the period of prosperity which followed the election of Presi dent McKinley in 1896. "These predictions are based upon" the fact that fundamental renditions are in better balance than for many years past. We have a sane, power ful adminisUation of legislation and finance. Agricultural conditions have greatly improved. And we have a sound banking and mercantile cted't situation with money for all le^iti mate needs. Recovery in agricultural relationship* is of paramount impor tance. When farmers are prosperous -when the> are raising good crops, and receiving mix"! juices foi them, ?hen i* nothing that need w>?ri> the business man. the i,i the publu -ib"' ? ' P! ? i ma i ma n, gi lit flat "'J'.ia t i.W! ' re. i. 11u 11 : ? i. . - . M i ilea11 hfuI stai- mad* inaiwt. by I.J .1!. , v Idr . n- l"h - <>:> <.t the l'e?i?'iai lie>ei\e S_\.s ??in i 'iitir.ji* to tjivr as^uiaiiu1 ol !h< elastic cuir'tic.i ?t .t mla i d - } 11 > > i we ?(??ijUire." ( haflti'te (.'u.Miver Henry Rose, retired me: i hai: and fa* filer and toii-ideicd one 'f t'.i wialthavst nan <>:' 1' loretnv < u: "\ > at .i I'loreiu ? ie>-?p.tal in a u\ ? ?.<nd:t.on from two gunshot .v-ainds tl. head. >aid to have been i f r.t'la ted \t the hospital it was .i;d the of themselve> woull ? ' ???.essai > prove fatal, but ow ^ t< tie health of Mi. Rose, ?Ati'i uffi.'ed .i sligh* attack of pa ! > y .- ;.es?erdaj, it was feared he : >t re. over Hi?th bullets were i ? ??.; ? -jgh * he m.uth, one i merg ing ,!Uvt be low the cy?* and the other t'-., eye. COLUMBIA LUMBER & :.UNUFAC ill RING CO. MILL 1 VORrv i \SH, DGr ;:5. BLINDS AND LUMBER PI Aii\ t HL . LR STS. Phonr 7 1 COLUMBIA, S.C. GENERAL NEWS NOTES A lone bandit held up the m?U clerk on a Long Island railroad train at Bellmore, L. I., Tuesday evening and got away with a package con* taininfc $10,000. * . The British dread naught Monarch built in 1911, was sunk at sea Wed nesday as a part of the program un der the Washington arms treaty. The destruction of the Madison Square Garden, New York, is slated to begin on May 0. The site of the famous structure is to be occupied by a 32-story office building, to bo the home of the New York Life In surance company. The wealth of each citizen of the United States is estimated by the cen sus department to be $2,804. Thq estimated wealth of the United States is placed at $320,800,000,000. ? The trials of Gaston B. Mean?, Thomas B. Felder and others charged I with using the mails to defraud, are in progress in New York. E. S. Hutchison, rich lumberman, was Uhot to death <^> the streets of Tulsa, Okla., by Charles E. Purdy, who eharged that Hutchison broke up his home. C. Bascomb Slemp of Virginia, has resigned as private se^ctary1 to the "president and Fverett Sanders, mem ber of the house from Indiana has been appointed as his successor. President Coolidge is to make an address before the American Society of Newspaper Editors at its annual dinner in St. Louis January 17. Edward M. Morgan, for many years postmaster of New York, died Fri day following an operation for ap pendicitis. He has been in the New York mail service for a total of 47 $e.ai>, and was considered one of the most efficient postal men ,in the count!y. He has been succeeded tem porarily by John J. Kiely. Fourteen persons were saved from h burning building at Yo'ungstown, Ohio, early Friday morning by jump ing from the second "floor of the building into improvised life nets. By a vote of 4.17 congregations to 77, Methodist, Presbyterian and Con gregationalists of Canada have voted for union of the churches. Air mail has been inaugurated be tween Rio Janeiro and Argentina. Motor bus competition has put the electric line between Atlanta and Marietta, Ga., out of business* Angus \V. McLean was inaugurat ed as governor of North Carolina on Woduesday to succeed Cameron Mor rison. Fresh eggs sold at 80 cents a dozen in Chicago Wednesday, as the result of extreme cold weather. It was the highest retail price that has been attained in four years. ? Spot wheat has reached $2 a bush el on the Chicago exchange. Hymen Xathanson, 13, is under arrest in Boston, charged with trying to blackmail citizens of Boston and surrounding towns. He is said to have confessed that he had seen the thing done in the movies and he thought it would be easy to put over the real stuff. j Two hank thieves looted a hank j at Mloomington, 111., Tuesday after j winking' in the hank for three hours j posing as hunk inspeetors. They got : awav with $75,000. A John Kmilito and .John Rys, mur deiets, were electrocuted at Sing Sing1 j prison, New York, Thursday night.*] Th-.'y were tin- first t?? he electro-1 ?/? i :n prison during the past seve'i it' 'ti !;?>. \ ? ? mail pilot ha*, established ;?< < ! ?. i ?! foi air mail plane* '.'X from Me!!i*font. I'a., to' \ I' ll ?!, N u .1< ; sey, a distance ? 1 ? i r.i::e - ;n ? >'.? minutes. .m:-. ( at.'ie .John-on, (rippled tele-' ? . teiatoi. was burned to death1, ,< i p..st :n Mrouks, Me.. Friday ?? ' it. a- si;.' summoned help to ' ' | : .? liii* ,il uhteh the telephone i\iha:.j;e u a - deslmyed along with' ?*.other buildings. Tl.? -'grature 'if Muttm; (iumnett, i> .1. I dated October lh. 177-1, j \\. :icenti\ s.>Id in Philadelphia for *!iooo Mutton (iuinnett, "planter' "if province of <ieorgia," and one | i >ar!> governors of that prov-? :r. ? v a- > ! of the Mgnei s of t>-??? 1 1 >??. ..?<.or. Independence. r .ink l> Kellogg, American Am-,1 b.i i !. t? > "he court of St. .fames,' ^?.1 i t??-. 1 ("hailes Kvuris Hughes j . tar> <?!' ^tat. the cabinet ? M- <\.o!idk'< i 1 ..t - of : h? I.ullwatei Mann - 1 ? i "ir ng i t mpar.y Atlanta, owners ? ?* . 'exti'.e piant m (ireenville, for ?i ?. . known .i- the Heaver Duck mill,! inn ur.red plans for doubling ' I the plant at <t coat of - "oo i.i i'?ii hundred additional op- ? . v. - w.'.he employed. Mr. \Va! 1 t '< mar. a*.! \ ' '.an* a, n? riK mpar . ? J fa?. ' a k .? v.. . > !!>'. ;->^Ue r) po>tagr ^mnp I'n.ted States wa.? in I15}.'. th< f the grpat k"Id rii'h t th? T .1 goldficM* The Laat "Take" The State prints today, with a feeling of sadness?a sense of loss? the last letter it will ever print from Frank' G. Carpenter, world-traveler, who died-^-pen 'in hand?at Nanking, China, seven months ago. For a generation?sa^e for inter missions while the sailor Wan ''home ifrom the sea,M and the hunter "home from the hill"?The State's readers have adventured with this tireless, inquisitive traveler, this human inter rogation point, as he sailed the Seven Seas, crossed barren steppes and fer tile plains, and burning, desert wastes; or looked with keen apprais ing eyes on lofty Andean peaks, on towering Himalayan ranges, shoul dering the sky. All he saw, he told; simply, clearly, graphically, and through the telling, tens of thousands in South Carolina ?millions elsewhere?have grown in knowledge of the world. Gradually, almost imperceptibly, geography and history came to those who journeyed with him, in a fascinating way, for threads of history ran through the rich descriptive tapestries he wove of many peoples and of many lands, under polar, temperate, and tropic suns. To lands and peoples many changes 'came within the span of Carpenter's letters to The State. Within these pregnant years, were swept the world from hemisphere to hemisphere?on every continent. China and Japan, Great Britain and the Boers,. the stormy Balkan States, among them selves and with the Turk. Russia and Japan, our war with Spain, and "such small deer," and then the cataclysm that shook the world! And Germany's kaleidoscope, from week to week has shown the Changes wrought by war in many lands. Fair cities swept by fire and sword, sown with salt and ashes and laid waste. Forests uprooted, <and smiling fields torn and furrowed by shot and shell. Ghastly scenes made glorious by the heroism of those who, ruined and desolate, breathed and came to life again?-indomitable?to build anew upon the ruins of all they had lost, hope in their hearts, and faces to1 the morning. So much for man. Within the span, "what hath God wrought!" For man has learned to fly; to whispej^to the air and send a message or a song across the world; to live and move be neath the bosom of the deep. . The story of these changes, of the swift movement of the world, Car penter has told to men now old, to whom he told, when young, stories of the simple world of thirty years ago --so simple, so old-fashioned now I How fast the world will move, none may foretell. A generation hence, the thirty years now past may seem a placid pool upon whose unvexed waters halcyons brood, when meas ured by the storms, mayhap, to come. Perhaps of days of stress, or calm, another chronicler will tell, but Frank Carptenter's copy is all in, the last "take" is on the hook, and so, good night.!?A. K. Gonzales, in. Sunday's State. Your Income Tax The exemptions under the revenue act of 11)24 are $1,000 for single persons and $2,500 for married per sons living1 together, and heads of families. In addition a $100 credit is allowed for each person depend ent upon and receiving his chief sup port fr< m the taxpayer, if such per son is under IS years of age or in capable of self-support because men tally or physically defective. The normal tax rate under the-rev enue act of 1021 is 2 per cent on the f:t\t $1,000 of net income in excess of the 'personal exemptions, credit for dependents, etc., I per cent on the next $4,000, and ii per cent on the bal ance. I'nder the preceding act the norma! tax rate was 1 per cent on tne first $1,000 of ret income above thr exemptions and credits, and H per rent on the remaining net income. The revenue act of 1924 contains a special provision for reduced taxes which did not appear in previous laws. All net income up to $5,000 is consid ered "earned income." On this amount the taxpayer is entitled to a ?redit of 25 per cent of the amoxint of the tax. For example, a taxpayer, single and without dependents, may have re ceived in 102-1 a salary of $2,000 and from a real estate transaction a prof't of $.'i,000. His total net income was $5,000. Without the benefit of the 25 per cent reduction hi> tax would be $*0. Mi" actual tax is $?0. From his net .ncom? cf $.">,000 he is allowed a persona; ? n *?f $1,000; the tax of 2 pe: ,ir,t oi. th? *1,000 is $*11. one f< t; -1: ; . h. < r ?J0 may ! <'.? .iu :? '?' ' t< ; i -.-J "x this ? irre'l net in "mr , r.jiilered to b. .r. ex.e^s of $1o,oimi \ taxpayir may have re v, d f .r th? year 1021 a net* incorn^ from salary of $20,000. bu^ flfl^25 p? r cent credit ran h*.t<Vonly one half oU ' 1 I The Wrong Attitude The people of South Carolina have as little to complain of as any peo pie under the shining sun, yet there is a veritable deluge of whining and carping and complaining being turned loose in Columbia this week aa the Ije4&)atu?e convenes* A program of destruction seems to be the idea* rather than a program of construe tion and progress. One might think from much of the lugubrious talk going the rounds that the state of{ South Carolina is ready for the junk pile, and that the sooner all its in stitutions are destroyed, all its schools abandoned and all its high ways plowed up the better it would be for the commonwealth. Perhaps it has been a. bad year agriculturally, in plates and a diffi cult year industrially for the mills, but such circumstances do ftot war rant a disintegration of the morals of the whole state. It is true that a very large percentage of the mem bers of the Legislature are new men. "green troops," never under fire, so to speak, but that is no excuse for panic. There is no reason why they should bolt and rvn away frcm Very definite duties upon which the ad vancement of the state rests. ' From the standpoint of legislature morale, things have not been worse *in Columbia in a good many year?, but often matters become much bet ter for the reason that they cannot get worse. It may be the Legisla ture will develop real leadership and that out of the circumstances whicn necessitate meeting issues squarely there will come a new courage and a refreshing point of view born of service springing from necessity. This legislature may fret all it pleases but it has to face conditions and it will. But this is the point of view for South Carolinians back home. The lugubrious point of view reflected in Columbia is but a concentration of the attitude of the constituents of the representatives. South Caro linians have come too much to com plain of trifles and ignore the-con structive things accomplished. It is a bad point of view and an unworthy spirit.?Florence News-Review. The American idea is to earn more, not to save more. Nobody ever seems to grumble about the price of luxuries. A girl with pretty teeth will smile on the least provocation. The advice of the person who tells us what we want to hear always makes the strongest appeal. Gratitude, of all elements, seems to be in greatest demand, yet there is the smallest supply. ' V If you arc not doing your best on your present job, you will do still worse on a better job. A man's heart may be in the right place but that doesn't help if his head is a wooden block. The paradox of business: To keep from losing money you must con stantly strive to make more money. Wants?For Sale BRAKES?Three million cars ha,ye faulty brakes. Yours may be one of them. Let us test yours and reline same if necessary. S. B. Beard's Garagt?, Camden, S. C. 43-44-pd WHITTON GENUINE PARTS CO., Columbia, S. C., The largest Part3 Distributors in the entire South. A complete stock of genuine and replacement parts for all cars and trucks. aug. 7-sb WANTED? Tract pine timber, swamp or hill timber. Let us know what you have to offer. Address Box 55, Camden, S. C. 42-45-pd BARGAIN FOR SPORTSMAN AND INVESTOR ? First clas game pre serve on Pee Dee river, near Georgetown, 000 acres, more or less, fine for ducks. 40 acres in best variety paper shell pecans, 650 young bearing trees. Woodlands NOTICE?After this date the Rock Spring Creamery will be located at Iiock Springs Farm, near Lugoff. Milk sold will be from tubercular tested Guernsey cows. Send orders to N. P. Gettys, Lugoff, S. C. This milk can also be obtained at Stand ard Grocery Co., in Camden, S. C. 43 pd LOST?One stirrup and sttap, be tween Mr. Robert Pomeroy's and Miss Whittredge's residence. Finder please return to Miss Whittredge Camden, S. C. 43 pd covered with young second growth puies. Deer, turkey, quail, snipe, woodcock, Excellent fishing. Jus', the placo for two to four men. Profitable investment from start, ("an furnish shooting reservations for several days to interested par ties. Must art quickly. Address If. L. Oliver. Georgetown, S. C. 42 43 pd FOR SALE?Nine white leghorn hens and one leghorn rooster. Five Barred Rock hens and one rbodtor. All hens now laying. Apply to 1212 F?ir street, Camden, S. C. 43 pd AGENT WANTED We will place with ft re?gp?ausib|le fin# or pemo the exclude, agency Jtor tfre M?le of our J^Qi\wmeut8 ftiid Cemetery work m this county. , In our Iftrge sftles orgftflljation, oowing the Southern SUtes, we hftve employed Merchant^ Bankers,K Inaurpuce Men, Un<fcr takers *tid Farmers, who ttakiog ft hftOdfomp profit. We cen arrange for y6u to devote full or only vportJon of your time. We furnUh without cost complete end haridttbmest line of design*. ??? ?? # VW- ? , W * Having the largest plant in South, and one of the ire able to furnish our cus materials and workmanship *???...? we are ftble to furnish our cus as s&TAttSfc* P ' at moiit attractive prices. |p2s s a ffir ~ * ~ THE McNEEL MARBLE COMPANY 33 YEARS UNDE* ON* MANAGEMENT MARIETTA, GEORGIA .?ryi , FOR SALE?One 1923 model Ford roadster; one Buick 5 paaengetv Terms to responsible buyei\v PJioixe.,. 448, TJ. N. Myers, Camden, Hi C. i 43 ?b BETTER FILL that low place in yttir yard and garage NOW, Guarantee you won't get stuck again if you'll give us the job. J. B. Zemp, Cam* den, S. C. ? ' 43 pd ? r" "'i FOR SALE?Two good mules, sound and kind and will work anywhere. Can jt>e seen at my yard. Henry Savage, Camden, S. C. 42 tf FOR RENT?Cottage on Broad St., Apply to L. A. Wittkowsky; Cam den, S. C. /?; 43. ab FOR FORD SERVICE bring ^ouV car to Broad Street Filling Station and Garage. Mr. Pettigrew will administer to its troubles. U. N. Myers, Prop., Phone 443. 43 slfc WANTED?No. 1 pine logs. Higher cash prices paid; year round' de mand. Sumter Planing Mills and Lumber Co., .Attention E. S. Booth, Sumter, 8. C. IHMf FOR HIGH CLA88 Electric Wiring call Will E. Johnson. Stockroom at H. E. Beard's Service Station, phone 486. 42-4$-pcl .. HEMSTITCHING and Picoting; neat and proajppt service, 8 cents per yard for cotton goods. Miss Rebecca Jones, Kershaw, S. C. FOR SALE?Medium size paper shell pecans in ten pound lots or large'r at 30 cents per pound, in smaller lots at 40 cents per pound, deliv ered. Address L. W. Boykin, Jr., Boykin, S. C. 38-45 FOR SALE?Wood of oak and pine, dry or green, cut any length for stove or fire place, at reasonable prices. Delivered. Phone 275-J, Joseph Sheheen, Camden, S. C. ? 38:tf FOR SALE?At an attractive price if taken by February 1st, my farm, three miles north of Camden, on Liberty Hill road. Also several de sirable residences and some busi ness property. T. B. Bruce, Cam den, S. C. 42-44-pd MONEY TO LOAN?I am prepared to negotiate loans on approved Real Estate Mortgages. F.. D. Blake ney. Attorney. Camden, S. C. 45tf FOR SALE?My residence fronting east on Fair street, in Camden, ad joining premises of DuBose and Hay. Dimensions 100x274 feet. Apply to Mrs. Leroy Davidson, Camden, S. C. 41-43-pd WANTED TO RENT?Four-wheeled cut-under carriage for Shetland pony. Reply Drawer 267, Camden, S. C. 42 pd LOST-^Two red hoifnd dogs, both TtfUh white feet, ena of tails whtti, one with ring of white half way around neck, white spot on back | of neck; other with small white spot on back of neck and small White streak in face. Also oar* black and tan hound dog with white feet and end of tail white,. small White streak in face. Reward it returned to Luke Newman, Wat rrw Mills, Canx)en? S. C. 43 pd FO& SALE?One twelve year old black horse, sound and reliable tn every way. Will sell at a bargain or trade for good milk cow or beef cattle. Apply 406 East DeKalb st,, Camden, S. C. 43 M FOR RENT?Two furnished toous well situated on ground floor. Telephone 194, or call 1118 Lyttle ton Street, Camden, S< C. 44 pd I ?" i.r '? ?? FOR SALE OR RENT ?Attractive \) bungalow, five rooms and large sleeping porch.. This house is on paved street and the price is right. |]' Camden Loan & Realty Company, Phone 62, Camden, S. C. 43 sb BEGINNING NEXT MONDAY?We will be ready to take care of your I battery troubles, sales, repairs, re charging. Mr. Frank Oliver will . be in charge of battery work. We yrill appreciate a share of your gatr/>nage. Broad Street Filling tation, Phone 443. \j FOR RENT?Furnished 8 room house in best residence section of Colum bia. " Southern exposure, wide ' sunny verandas, furnace heat, two baths, newly decorated. Address: the owner, "Parks," l&UWNfain St, Colombia, S. G-. 42-45-pd HELP WANTED ? No experience ' necessary to earn $10.00 daily sell ing "Chic Knit" dresses. An en tirely different, low priced gar ment, which sells on sight. Nogar Clothing Mfg. Co., Greensboro, N. O.' 43 pd ' SHOE REPAIRING ? Call at the i Red Boot Shop, 619 Rutledge-Strr i . Camden, S. C., for shoe repairing. A. M. Jones, proprietor. 42-45-sb FOR SALE?At Mr. Savage's plan tation in West Wateree, three good plow mules. Price $25, $50 aad $75 each. Apply to Mannie White at the plantation. * 42-43-sb ! FOR SALE?One 1924 Ford truck, with sliding gear transmission. In ! good shape. Price right. Apply ta S. B. Beard's Garage, Camden, 5. C. 43-44-pd ! KEEP YOUR CELLAR DRY by in stalling a cellar drain. Phone N. R. Goodale, 49-W, Camden, S. C. ?^r 43 sb FOR SALE?One Ford car with sub urban type body, can be used for passengef or trufck; also one sedaa and roadster, all in good condition. Beard's Filling Station, Phone 486, Camden, S. C. 43-45-pil WALKING PLOWS \ No matter what kind of soil you have?or under what conditions you must do your plowing?there is an Oliver plow that wijl answer your purpose/ The thousands of Oliver plows that are now in use are proof "of their wide range of suit- - ability, of their deportable service and of th? satisfaction they give to their owners. Easily handled, light in draft and strong and durable, Oliver walking plows do the kind of work which you like for the start of a good seed bed. For better plowing, easier done, ask for an Oliver plow. We have one suited to the kind , of plowing on your farm. ? Rhnme Bro?.. Camden, S. C. Bfthune Hdw Co., Bethune, S. C. E. B. 8. C. horick & fcowrtincey Inc., Columbia, S. (\. Distributor*