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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE i H. I). !Nilts . Kditor and Publisher > f ' ' ' 1 Published cVery i uday at No. 1100 Broad: Street ana Mktortq it the Cam den, South < "arolina, postofficc as second class mail matter. Price per annum $2.00. Camden, S. (\, Friday, May 22, 1924. The i n< i easing numtwr of youiu white' nun who tiro coming before the bar of justice charged .with lar ceny presents a problem whivh cvi'iy law abiding <* i t i /. t- 1 1 of the state should K ivi*. careful thought, Judge M. !-? lionhjun of the tenth judicial circuit, told the Anderson g rand jury in his charge with the oponlng of (Jeneral Sessions court. "I.arcey is a symp tom of some -disease in this country and it is really alarming. Up until recently 'it was rare to hear of a White man being charged with so base :i crime as larceny.. It was unusual to see K white man come into court charged with su infamous an otK'.nse,' declajlX'd the Judge. "What is the cause of it? 1 confess thljt I am at a loss to understand it. Many theories have been advanced as to the cause. Some say that It is the result of tin* World War's effect upon many youny men -and others advance other the* oritss. 1 am unwilling to believe thai we are a worse people than we have been. I am unwilling to believe that the churches are not doing thelV duty and that our schools ?ate not perform ing theirs. Sometimes I am If <1 to believe that the cause is in the hone -that the parents are responsible." "If a bootlegger is brought int.. this court and it is proved by the te timony of officers and good citizens -that he has s < ? J ? 1 liquor to boys and girl* of Greenwood county f am not ?oing t o give him ,iu>t a ehaingany 1 lenience of a few mouths without the j ;i! 1 1 i native of :i f'nc, but I am g/enu j to g:ve him t.a '.riTul that t ' ? v law allows, " declared indue Henry C. Tdlim.ii in his charge t .*he jrvand jury updn the ( (.nvciiaiK ??!' ( nimby >U: '? fc-r 'lit- t : ia 1 of t i : r.i i : ia I a->e.> "1 have already maeie- pub'. < an i' >ur>-v men'. ." .Iu<i^'? Tillman -aid. ' thai any pe: son Convicted? ?-f? har.d '"ng b.i.uor t\>r profit \\ ? ? II 1< 1 have t > .vo lo the gang, but I want t> an nounce now that th?* sneaking. in b.n?t..?^k> ? wl??? j.iillu;. - liit ,:\e-> * i f on;' bo\ .- and w'th hi iwi-gut litpior will ? v.'-.' ".ia I'm'"" and I wan I to ado (bat i t ant . him i. iiiiu^'h bi ( a'u-e 'he ia ba-o : wiade t he p? i-a'it > b. v, ? vug I here le t Mima different', i : i the in art ?>!' til ? .nan who lies in wait and .shoots h; neighbor in the l?a< k and'.ui ill ' niai *vbo . destroys the character of oui 'utun ? ?' i:r? by *'fc\ :ng up o: the;: i nnoe . r i ? ? ;?!.?' iti we a L ?irs> i ! ?. ?e! 1 ? . ng thi.m i '? s \ >? lajuor. lot ? on , i asc the boM\ L ! ! 1 e< ! : . f i . ,'i t iit ; the cha a,'i i . a ... > p: : <? a I . >1 |ji ,j . i ' ' ? 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Announcement comes through ( )unty Agent J. W, Sandurs that pnupccts are highly favorable for a i ' illy g : < ater" Kci sha.w County Fail whii-h is t.? be held thi-> year Novem ber If. to i! 1 . Premium lists will be issued following an early meeting Of tin fail committee and while there appeal- to' remain an abundance of time il uil! be only through diligent effort and constant co-operation dur ing the ih xt six months that Kershaw count y w ill, have one of those old time gatherings which tin rest of the >tat always find delight in attend ing. J ? : Hilton Ira Jones in lecturing on -c ience and the future says ho can make fii.st-rate hootch out of acetylene gas. He failed however to give the formula so local wedding plants an- continuing on their regular schedule. Slowly but surely these scientists are showing that old King Tut wasn't so much after all. Flying Fords now have the center of the stage but it's nrobably only a question of time be fore l.>oheney will have their plaudits. The best part of the highway to Columbia was really in Kershaw count y? - before the i e*( nVVains. We can't help wondering if the in crca.se.d rates will permit the local poatofficc doors to remain open past firsf-dark (luring the coming months. ?. f .? A young merchant of Camden showed us the latest advertising ide?? as carried in his old-home town paper. It wfcs one for Old Comber ? the Cream of antique Irish liquors! Uelgium is boasting because of her record in going for more than thirty five days without a cabinet. It's a good bet that we could go for thirty five years without a Congi'es? and not wof-ry much. M i >. Ingram has been given a year to serve in a case quite un usual. If she had just arranged fiu* a gemral sessions trial? but this <!??-. pat inn nt of justice, as well has been doing itself? proud in recent months. W. 1.. ( nrey, a newspaper writer c?f Anderson, was haled into court by*' Judge M. I.. Bnoham on a contempt eljarge growing out of the criticism of the court in convicting and sen tencing I.. H. Headwiler, a chiroprac tor, for practicing without a state 'licCTJs'l. Former (JuVerhor Jonathan l>avis, of Kan^a>. wa< i'hi Wednesday acquit ted in court at Topeka on a charge of acce pting bribes in relation to par j ? i r l - ; while governnr. I'lii- ( als and the Monkey '1' :T-m Mctiut'vey'? Header. 1. A Kahir a story, in which an i iv;*a ! - nv o!ln" objects air <uppo.<rd . ??. 'a'k. .t they ni vi r do s?>. i 'J file Mi'!, 1 1 i ' I a fahic is the in j -t nation In-, drawn from it. 1 1 * n. j i ? the tab'- ?>' the < at* and the nviji ! key. ; Tu> hur;^r\ having >!?dv) ! ? ???llld not ilUK'C h<?\v {<? j tli v d> ' ' . S" i he\ called in a ' in- >n I. > . ' ? vii c idc t he i a>i'. . J. "Let ill" -ec," says the monkey. \\ I'ii an aivh look. "this s I it-t- we:i;h ir" !<? than thr othi'i." With tha', In- hit ofl a a " jjo pircr, in onie'. ;. he st'ii. :<? make them balance, v The. n'hc: sf;ilr was now too Thi- CiU'c tin- upright judj^e a !' '.ni pic'fX' '?? take :i ^ fu i month II -Id ' hold ! " i i ir<l the t w ? ? ? a i - " _ . > ? ? a< n of n- in > <ha i e ot' t ha : . and vm- \v . ! I la.- content." "J; \ "ii ;ti. -on li ii!," >ay? t in i '"k- \ , " ui-; ii i ? n.it. The !a\v. : - :i nil.-, mil-: ha\e it< roui \c." i nihhli-d first Din* piece. ' !ii ot ::n . The pom ? ,;t ! : ii'.tTM ii a fa l ! w a \ ; . in.--' numbly hi'^-^id tin I ? :i 'V. - .-' I' In ! t hi < t ? . u J ' . : : . I hi -i i i h \ . ,i , in \ : . v ? ? . n i ; k ? ? ; " u . . . u ( | ? - 1 1 1 1 1 . ? ? ! ' in..kr a. . i ? i . i i \ ' \ : I >o N on h iiiih 1 1 1| ,i i ui >1 1 . ? ? , \\ . r * : . . i - * > . ? . . r " ' o , . ? . .I .1 " I III ? . . ? .^r, - ? , , \ ; i m m \ ( inn ? i? * ? *.f r ? >. < 1 ? ;j {' ' t s ? ; ? ? i i . : ? ' < : u! i . ! ^ . v . j . M ?< I ('?? i ? -,;v !? ? ? 11 r. of I lir.ui ? ' : off . ? , 7\ . < ? - l*r ? S.iin > 1 .7 jo. (MM) \ i \* ? 'os ii > addr?-s?i - ' ? m** ' . ' ? ' . . . r.a . . V I . . ji mi iiixi in mi i ? ? i ? \ * n i - on oo ?; ... \ ; A ! i.? sou Km a That tli - va-t j nir: i" -aid b< ?avt*d and the dead let - J tf-r c f it- ahoii?h(d >f each piece of j ma. cin Vd a n-turn address, and if ea<*h : ? . ? r * ?- 1 were \vrapp(?d in stout paper and tieil with ?troTT|f cord? M oral Flvcry man knows his own I addr< ?s if not that of hi* correspond ent Pot .t :n th* Irft hand corrv": THIS WEEK By Arthur BrUbtn< Mr. ilrisbanc's editorials are pub lished as expressions of opinions of the world's highest-salaried editor and The Chronicle does not ttyces*arily endorse all of his yiews and conylusrons. Okeecholx'e and Catfish Okeechobee City is the newest, Florida city. Two years ago men were catching; catfish. Now it is a boom town, thanks to S. Davies War field, president of the Seaboard Air Line, who ran his new straight-as-an iiiiow railroad across Florida to Palm Ueach with a station at this point. Now Lake Okeechobee yields one million dollars worth of catfish a year, most of it shipped to Kansas Oily and St. Lou'?*, where catfish .are appreciated as they should be. Tourists come honking by the thou sands and VV.* .J. Cbnners,/ who owns, the Buffalo Courier and most of the land around here, is getting richer, than ever. You will be interested in this latest boom land even out of season. Also in the poor young Seminole Indian wife buried beside the railroad track and in (). I\ Lamorson the ferryman leaving Florida with his two ions for Columbus, South America, be cause land here is too dear. When you come to Florida see the western part of the state as well as the north and south and the east const. Travel over the high back bone of the' peninsula, which travelers usually miss, with its wonderful lake region. Also you save many miles by the airline road and help to jus tify the optimistic courage of Mv. Warfield, who has tendered the great t.s'. possible service to the state. Whore ( doners (Jets Rich .Murihants ami others complain that M Ooolidge's preaching and practic ing <>f economy have hurt business. They say. "If President Coolidge says he is having hixstjaw hat of 1922 pressed once moie, instead ot buying a new one, nobody else will buy a I | new one. Lverybody knows that prosperity | for all classes depends on circulation ! of money. If nature decided to save I up water and keep it all in the ocean, j instead of scattering it around in | rain, crops wouldn't be good. Money I spent i - to business what rain is t."> j crops. One angry merchant suggests: "T.? set an example in economy the best plan is not to have an old straw hat deblocked and advertise that. It would he better to lap up the- May- , Howe..-, the expensive pleasure boat >uch as neither Washington nor Lin- 1 <o'n r\cr had, ;iml ?ave enough on) i eoa! to bu\ 1 1)0,000 new straw hats." | | Falttc Economy ! ' if < i?i c ? i ? t Coolidge doe* not reeom-i mend* foolish economy, but w.se econ- j ? omy. A< for the Mayflower, the ron> ? i- i :? h em.'Ugh to let the! Mit- i'icf." < njo\ the fresh air, and is t ' . . ? . . , . f v, .ao !?? ? iialcU'i' ne i an ; W -e'.\ U-e. A- i ega i ?) - -p? nti.ng. tin wis-.; j mai;'? p!an - t<< buy what iu- needs, w h?n he need- remembering that' a ), i"-i a pp -a : t ; < :> a. w:<e invest- | nn i.:, an. I that thete ,s nothing more j e?>-ll\ liian economy. j I . nc K > .Japanese Main Pi I In '? Regent, Hlt< H i t ? ? , | * : I nip.'e that hi* w.fe < \ Meets ! a: iif ?? !'. Th< Princess ram t ^ all! ? m?-? : -. She will d< vote her | ! '>>? . bel'ui i .1 ::d at t( : , l<> tha' nee. r (iau^htc: "1* lb a'.en . : iv -el f \s t ? . ii >\ a ? tied ? i a ? w hen t baby :r :!e?? \ . .ci!! -uad ? h? : hat j ? : i . .< ; < w r heal J h, and ?" :v. . ? .i . . ..i mu-l a d ! Y;nk i :h bab;>." And ^ne wm * be -Mink ? . ^ ? l^'al I1' 1 (" Ml bed t M ! I ? - bi.t ?. I -J .1 I ..( j !' "11 I a . -e > oU I llh J - i . tt i Id. " -vrit-.g, and thrca' i 'i . < h:'d a lauik'h. kn??w:ng o tend No ore ihc?- ever <; ? kt .t < I ?! That'- one rea-en \* ')?.< .Iap.i:.? -i fight s ? well, when t r. ? f;gh* The .lar.ane-e p.r:t ? - oil * h ' V <? ' ti . !v d >? 'd . Th? p ? e - . ? i ? ? ' hope-, and fiete' - n, t.. . u:. ?..00.t>00,O0<J rn w? re off t ne na! on'- tax bill. That comforts ; the "I*-: rrr (dement". At present, our vcy bo?t (demerit feels toward the j tax gatherer a.? the faithful dominick hen feels toward the farmer, gather- ' ing her eggs as fast as she lays them,, and giving her n door knob when she 1 wants to THE PLIGHT OF THE SOUTH A ft^r *more thH" a century of use ful service, the News and Courier, ol' Charleston, ha? won distinctive ?in,i] additional honor*, this last being national in scope and influence, The annual Pulitzer prize in journalism has been awarded to the News and Courier, and to its ablo editor, Robert La than, for the prize awarded for the l>e?t editorial for It'lM. Tin- editorial Is as follows: "This article is being written on election day but before the result of the voting can possibly be known. No matte* . The suggestion it<*con tains will be pertinent whatever 'the story told by the first page this morning. It makes very lit tie differ ence what any of ,us think about the outcome of yesterday's balloting, it makes a considerable difference whe ther <,r not the people of the South real'ize, the precarious situation witn this section has come to occupy po litically. "As yet we doubt if very many of them do realize this and yet it is, we think, the outstanding political devel opment of the time so far as we are concorned. Look at the facts. They are not pleasant to contemplate but ?they cannot bo ignored longer. We are in a sad fix politically in this part of the country and if we are to find a remedy for our troubles we must .. / first of all determine what they are. That will take considerable discussion and all we can hope to do now is to help start the ball of discussion roll ing. If that can be accomplished wo may achieve the new program and the new leadership which we so much i need. "For at the root of the South's pros | ?*:it plight lies the fact that it has today virtually no national program | and virually no national leadership. it strange that it should be treatel i by the rest of the country as t uch a | negligible factor? What is it con j trihuting today in the way of political ! thought ? What political leaders has ! it who possess weight - or authority beyond their own states? What con ! ! struct i\le policies are its people ready! to fight for with the brains and zeal \ that made them a power in th" old ! days ? "The plight of the South in these respect-* would be perilous jit any time. In a period when political cur | rent- are deeper and swifter than evet (before, with more violent whirlpool *, j more dangerous rocks and shoals, ' ours is truly a perilous, position. Change# which used to be decades In the making now sweep oyer us "almost before wo know they are in contem plation. It is true everywhere. In all the countries uf Europe the pen dulum is swinging, now far to the , left, now far to the right. Center j parties have lost their power. They i are in a very bad way. And the 1 South has belonged to the school politically which sought as a rule the middle of the road, eschewing ultra- 1 conservatism on the one hand and radicalism on the other. With labor ' organized and militant, deadly ear nest, with conservatism organized and drawing the lines sharply, what is the South to do, what course dhall she take, where do her 'interests He, what is due to happen to her? 'These are questions which already begin to presjs for answer. Who is to speak for the South? How many of her citizens aro prepared to help formulate her replies?" WHERE TO WORSHIP At any of th? Camden Churches you will be a stranger but once. Thev extend a cordial welcome tt> ^ll. First Baptist Church ? Rev. John A. Craham, Pastor. ? Sunday School 10 a. m.; morning services 11:15; even ing sermon at 8:30. Prayer services every Wednesday evening atl 8:30. 15. V. P. IT. meets every Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Waterec Baptist Church. ? Rev.' J. I?. Shiver, Pastor. ? Sfunday School at 10 a. m.; morning sermon at 11 a, m f and .evening worship at 7:15 p. m. {.yttleton Street M.'E. Church. ? Rev. J. T. Peeler, Pastor. ? Sunday School 10 a. m.; morning services 11:15; evening sermon at 8 o'clock. Prayer meeting every Wednesday ovi-ning at 8 o'clock. Bcthesdu Presbyterian Church ? Rev. Edwin Muller,.. pastor? Sunday School 10 a.m.; Christian Endeavor at 8 p.m. In the absence of the pas tor there wNl no sermon at. this church this Sunday. (irace Episcopal Church ? Ri;v. I. deL. Brayshaw, pastor ? Early com munion 8 o'clock; Sunday School and Men's Bible class at 10 a.m.; morn ing worship and sermon by the pas toi 11:15; Y. P. S. L. at 7 p.m.' Catholic Church Services Services; at the Catholic church on Sunday, May 24th will be at 7:30 o'clock. No other services -will be held on account of the pastor offi ciating in Columbia at 10:30 a. m. All are cordially invited to attend. MKMOltlAL COINS i r ???_,, ? ? *?^7 ?!%. i To (^mneiMritl Stone Mountain! IW- Sold Through Hank-, ? ? Thut their glory may for, ever," the United States government is joining hands with the South, j' authorising the coinage ?.?* :{,ooo'toou Confederate Memorial half dollars ! to be sold at $1 each, the piroc^j,' to be applied to the Stone Mountain memorial. ^ Salo of the souvenir coins i? now going on through hanks in the tfotith although actual delivery y\\[ not be made until July 8. it Wai pointed out in the circular to banks that apart from the patriotic elt. inert of the purchase, the value of. these coins will enhance each it being considered by Chairman JUuddox, that the premium of only 50 eenU for coins of so limited an fcsue, is very low, .so the investment feat*4*e is regarded as considerable. V Any one desiring a memorial .-piece t-hould go to this bunker and ask to sign a certificate of purchase paying $1 at the time, and receiving a receipt. If the local bankeV does not plan to place in circulation any of the coins, he can tell the applj, cant the nearest institution that can sorve him. July 3, the customer can obtain the souvenir, on presentation of his subscription certificate. After that date there will bo committees in all the principal ?tovVns of the south, who will be en trusted with the sale of the half dollars, though it is the belief of many that their work will be short, so great has been the interest shown in advance of the distribution. Old Negro Woman Dead . ' ? ?' ? ? Aunt Cornelia Charles, aKed about GO years, died at her home on Jumelle Hill, just north of Camden, on Wed nesday, May 6th, after an illness last ing for some time. She was the wife of Wesley Charles,* who survives her. The old couple left no children- For many years she was a nurse in many of the homes of Camden and was well and favorably known. The funeral was held from Macedonia church near her home, services being conducted by her pastor, Rey. Ely, assisted by Rev. B. F. Bradford. PROFESSIONAL NOTK'K -- Dr. T. B. Bruce will be out of the city for ten days. Saving With a Purpose if your purpose is to build a home, to have a Christmas fund, to enjoy a vacation, or to do anything else that takes money, you can accomplish that purpose best by starting a savings account. The First National Jank .