The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 15, 1925, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
II. I). Nil**H . . Kditor and I'tibltahcr
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den, South Carolina, post office as
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Camden, S. C., Friday, May 15th, 1925
To Serve In New Capacity
J. Ferris .McDowell; who has bee*i
with The Chronicle as linotype oper
ator for the pant year, and who has
recently returned from a several
months', stay in the West and Florida,
has again joined The Chronicle force.
This time he will he with us as u
utility man -mllciting advert isin^r,
job pintihk" and HUbseriptiOns and at
the Name time covering the news field
thoroughly. The Chronicle hopes
wit h hih aid to be able to publish a
pa pel Duly worth-whilc| and will
make an intensive <>ff<?rt t<> put The
Chronicle in every home in the county
where we hopo it will hold its place
among a largt da-- <>f satisfied
readers.
Tlif Chronicle has a well eijpipped
plant with the most modern machin
ery for handling both advertising a ml
job printing and the news features
and any business entrusted to Mr.
McDowell's care will have the same
prompt attention as that sent to this
office.
The 'hitter highway controversy
which has been raging in South Car
olina for several weeks came t<> an
end, appHYently, Tuesday morning,
when the South Carolina Highway
Commission, in session- at Columbia,
ejected Maj. Samuel Mtliowan, of
l.auians, to the important post *?f
chief highway engineer. This brings
ati end a long controversy which
h;i> occupied column after culumn of
litw>|)aper space n which a uicat
many tilings w e -aid that might
havi: been left un-aul. - The ( htn'uiclt
had ii. pea ted i etjue^t'- tin -pace for
long ai tide.*, hut \\v did hot feel
<Ji'? po^ed to clog up our n)!uinn>. with
thi* u riiie*- i i ah ?? leading. IIcuN'MT,
' d'?i -hed some ; :ght on the workings
?!" th' l;ighua\ dep't:tiiV'.'it' iiisjtl turn
ing on the liuht ma\ ic-u!'. in great
good fa the future of the roadbuild
?rig program of t-h:> >' ate. The -a
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Where to Worship
At any of tho Camden Churche* you
will f>e a stranger but once. They
extend a. cordial Welcome to all.
First HapliHt Church?Kev* John
(iraham, Pastor.?-Sunday School 10
a. ml"; morning service* 11:15; even-,
ing sermon at Prayer services
? \n\ Wednesday (iy^l|)g at X:.'!(?
1$. V. P. U, .meet* every Thursday
eve/dug at S o'clock.
Walerev flaptChurch,?Kiw J.
1!. Shiver, Pastor.?Sunday School at
i;6 a. in.; mowing serifton at n a. tn .
ami evening worship at 7:1ft p. m.
Littleton Street >1. E. Church.?
Ke\. .!. T. IVi-ler, Pastor. Sunday
School K> a. m.; morning services
11:15; everting sermon at S o'clock,
l'rayet meeting' every Wednesday
evening at K o'clock.
(irate Kpiscopal Church.? Kev, I
di I,. Brayahaw, Rector.' The regular
Church school session will he hold at
10 o'clock Sunday morning but owing
to the absence of the oaslor there will
be no other services for the day.
Camden Catholic Church.? Kev. M.
J. Keddin, Pastor.? Sunday morning
mass at 7:."JO with sermon; Sunday
School at 8:lf>. Special services by
the pastor will be held in Choraw
M 11 o'clock.
Hethcsda Presbyterian Church?l>r.
Kdwin W. Muller, Pastor.?Sunday
St h<>"l 10 a. m.; morning services 11
a. ni.; Christian Kndenvor S p. m.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening at N o'clock.
Services this Sunday will he held
with the regular pastor in charge but
I*i'. Muller will be absent from the
city the'week following. He will be
attending- the General Assembly of
the Presbyterian church, IJ. Ki, which
opens, in Lexington. Ky., Thursday,
May Jl.
Mr. and Mrs. Muller go to Lexing
ton as the especially invited guests
of the First Presbyterian church of
Hint city whose congregation l)r.
Muller served for seventeen years
immediately before coming to Cam
den as their pastor.
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THIS WEEK
By Arthur Brisbane
Mr. IJi isbam.-'s editorials are pub
lished as expressions of opinions
of the world's highest-salaried
editor and The Chronicle does not
necessarily. endorse all of his
views and conclusions.
' To Kill Huh Service I
Ma3#achy$etti? .considers a propo
sition interesting to other states. The
ifleu' is to oblige railroads killing
competition. annoying to them, but
useful to the public, by interfen ing
with omnibus passenger lines. The
scheme is cleverly worked out.
First, owners of omnibuses using
public roads would be compelled ??>
get certificates of public necessity
and urgency.
That isn't so very dangerous, be
cause public opinion which would de
mand a convenient omnibus service
could bring pressure to bear on the
legislature.
Hut it Would also be necessary
for an omnibus line to get a permit
fl-om tin* local authorities of every
little town and village through whicr.
it might pass. With such a law in
folic it would only l>e necessary for
the railroad to buy one or two little
local bodies -and that wouldn't be:
difficult.
The railroads need something to
\yike them, up, and they ought to be
grateful for mild omnibus?eompeti
t;on. r?y and by they will have real
competition in the airplane routes.
And even railroads will hardly sug
gest that the people haven't a right j
to fly through their own atmosphere
without special permission.
The omnibus line as a medium oi !
long-distance transportation is an ;
established fact. You may ride by j
bus all tin way from San Diego to1
St a.tt'e, the whole-.length of our west-!
e; n tloast.
It' liu-ts wear out the roads, part-}
i>l' their earnings <hould be used to J
keep the roads in repair. But omni-|
bus 1 sn?. - should be enc'?u:aged every-j
where.
Whose Frozen Wastes
Four nations are facing i'i reach
the North I'ole. MacMillan tiope^ to
arrive first with the American flag
and his two airships.
Anyhow, whatever happens in this
'lace, tie- l.'nitefl States reacht <1 the
Pole fit -t.
A : ? "owning" that territory,
the e r.t.d 1h no#quarn!. There i.
>:!<iheie, within the Arctic. The
Kot keft lleis have actually proved it
and produced >t, although they do
n->t on an : i> bring it out.
And a- the Pole shifts. the dif
ft sent stars ???.? after another become
>tu Norther:; .-tar, which is not at
a'! "\? i ..n< 1 a:i. hanging." Today's
P ? 1 a? !atui? w . 1 lost their car pet ol
??, nuiti wil. live tkeie. on fertile
?f<!d- .An I "P-.'.a! night" will be lo
. alt 1 c!m w ':.i !c.
P.r what. I>> thai * me. will have j
.. i e, . ?" ? ht- nation- n??w t aiming j
P >*.u "aij'l-" The> will h ;< \ ? van-j
ii'-'i < ?mpletel\ t nan the 'J2 |
-i :>.i .;?< k. v.gii or.s that mi ? tht <"? ?n- j
uh?n h? landed in IJr;ta
A1.! what a va.i i iv; 1 za t.?? wi.H
?ti;. n be pa. t ??:* .? d.-agreeable past, \
-"; i ? 1 ??? d. .i~ we ?. .w s'.ud\ the Push- !
n::.r:, African p>gir. ar.d the "head J
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'?l-ei bs i o;d'-i-ghts .strug .
vl- At Columbia. S..u'h < .ii 'lina.j
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"h;i..i".k'e " i tht A'.t-.i ar.! to France
e- pe> a.i>. Pat the hie run ?hould be
the ia*t to criticize the (iermans in'
th.- eiet ? ion.
When Napoleon wa- shamefully <
beaten and ran home from the Ger-!
man* to save his skin, as the Kaiser!
ran away from Germany to save his '
skin, the French elected as president
Marshal MacMahon, the beat lmrta-j1
?it>n of a military hero within reach.'
NEIGHBOR COUNTY FURNISHES
WORLD MUCH-FAMED GRANITE
Iii a fertile* rolling section of Fair
field county, ami within a short dis
tance of Winnaboro, the county seat,
is located an industry unique in char,
acter and of far greater proportions
than most persons are able to con
trive.
Merc at Kion, to be exact i.^ the
postoffice, the hillside community of
well-kept homes and flower gardens
and, but a little farther on, the gen
eral offices of the Winnaboro Ciran
<ite Corporation from which skilled
operatives. are daily directed in the
use of their precision machinery.
Pan 1 ley ward, former noted South
Carolina athlete and sportsman. is
cdnnocted with his father's company
and as superintendent of quarries
places annually many tons of blast,
ing powder which releases from its
age-old refuge immeasurable quan
tities', of stone. The single product
of this corporation is granite hut
the beauty and texture of this makes
it a building and ornamental stone
without a superior.
The range of practical uses of :
granite from these quarries is almost j
unlimited and varies from memorial |
shafts and rubble fences to brick and;
building block of every description.)
Throughout the country it? has re
ceived enthusiastic favor and even
European builders on their most elab
orate designs have specified Fairfield
granite.
More recently however the Hey
wards are bending their efforts to
wards the general adoption of a
granite road building material which
they claim will be as near everlast
ing as can be produced. In a recent
interview Mr. Hey ward cited the long j
existent cobblestone roadways of Bel- ;
gium and France.
"That is America's greatest need,"'
Mi'. I ley ward said, "and here we!
have a paving material just'as last-J
ing, and it is as smooth as solid con- ;
crete. No one will argue against j
good roads but people are gradually!
coming to realize the seriousness of'
building roads that, in frequent in-j
stances, show complete degeneracy jj
many years before their bonds
mature.
"Of course the method of applying
small blocks of stone is the most
expensive known .to road construction
engineers, varying from 30 to 50 per
cent higher than other types, hut,"
enthusiastically continued Mr, Hey
wM.i'd, "when the taxpayer knows he
is investing in a road that will with
stand the heaviest traffic for fifty
and even seventy-five years, we reach
the ultimate conclusion that our
product, known to the trade as Durex,
?will before many years bo accepted
as the universal road building Ma
terial/'
Throughout the north and east
these small cubes of medium-grained
granite have been laid with repeated
success and in many parts of the
South, notably at Asheville and Salis- ?
bury, North Carolina, they are show
ing most satisfactory results.
On the Morriato.wn Turnpike form
ing the boundary between Short Hills
and Summit, New Jersey, it became
necessary to adopt some form ot
block pavement that would not be
slippery at a 7 per cent grade, im
possible to reduce without consider
able injury to adjoining property.
Investigation led to adoption of the
small granite blocks for this pur
pose.
11. A. Meeker, engineer of the New
Jersey Department of I'ublie lioads,
has described the stretch as hein^
twelve hundred feet in length and
twenty-four feet wide. The roadway
was prepared by grading the ^sub
foundation to a depth of ten and one
half inches below the established
finished grade and crown. This sub
grade was thoroughly consolidated by
rolling with a three-wheel roller.
On the prepared foundation there
was spread six inches of concrete
?which was allowed t<> set for six
days. Upon the concrete foundation
a bt (I of clean sand was spread to
such a depth as to bring the pave
ment to the proper grade and crown
when rammed. On this layer of sharp
sand the granite cubes were laid close
to and in contact "with each other, so
that there was no joint of over one
half inch.
These cubes were laid so as to
?break all joints and in concentric
arcs. After the cubes were laid as
specified there was spread over the!
surface one-fourth inch screenings to i
fill all joints flush to the surface of1
the cubes. The cubes were then
thoroughly rolled- with a tandem
Mother of Former Camden Man Dit,
Mr. and Mrs*. H. I;. Bradford an.j
children of Hopkins were visjtbra *t
the home of Mr?. Bradford's patent*
Mr. und Mrs. W. L. McDowell, ^y'
oral day* this week. They were her*
following the sudden passing of Mr
Bradford's mother, Mrs. Andrew*
which occurred Saturday at her coun
try home near Oswego in Sumter
county*
before her first marriage Mrs
Andrews was Miss Kate China and
has always been a highly respected
and estimable resident of the neigh
bor county. She had reached qUjte
an advanced age and leave* beside
Mr. Bradford a number of other
children aw} an unusually large fam.
ilv connection to survive.
Camden Represented at Abbeville
Camden and Kershaw county veter
ans of the Confederacy who this year
charged upon Abbeville for their an
nual convention and reunion were
seven in number and included A. s.
McKenzio, James K, DeLoaehe, W. F.
Husseil, I. H. Peebles, of Camden,
N. A. Uethune, G. B. King, D. I).
McCoy, of Uethune.
The young ladies accompanying for
the', frolic wore Miss Emmie Alexan
der as sponsor and Miss Sara Steed
man who served as maid of honor.
The citizens of the up-state city, the
delegation claims, made a proud name
for themselves by the manner in
which they feasted and entertained
the visitors.
Greenville will be the scene of the
next annual reunion the convention
has announced.
Texas has the first all-woman
Supreme Court in the world.
roller weighing five tons until they
Were brought to the established grade
and crown at all points. The granite
was such as . Would give at least
20,000 pounds per .square inch crush
ing strength combined with a uni
form 'structure and toughness.
After the pavement had been
brought to a uniform surface grout
was poured into the joints. Imme
diately afterward the entire pave
?nient was broomed to a surface, and
sufficient grout applied to bring the
surface even with the highest part
of any of the blocks.
This process is typical of many
such developments throughout the
land and should prove, Mr. Hcyward
confident, a road still good for the
generations to come.
A.
alTOM
The Right Kind of Friends
The right kind of friends are not always the friend!
you like, nor those that flatter you. The best friends
are those that ^re loyal, dependable and honest. It
is the constant aim of this bank to make all of its
officers worthy and desirable friends to its patrons.
The First National Bank