The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 19, 1925, Image 1
VOLUME XXXVII.
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 1?, 1928
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NUMBER 12
honors for this county
Won by Women at Recent Short
Cour?e lit Winthrop
liitst Friday fourteen happy pas
lenger'a arrived In Camden and Ker
sdiaw on the Southern train from
Rock Hill. These were the Kershaw
county delegates to, the State Short
Course at Wjnthrop College. Be
sides the Home Demonstration agent
there were seven women and six girls
appointed from the Home Demonstra-,
tion Clvfo of the county to the Short
ourse. They left Camden on Thurs
: .1 y the 4th and returned on Friday
thi* 12th? having spent a whole week
tin guests, of Win'throp College.
The State Short Course is alwaySL
a groat event in South Carolina, but
everybody agreed that this year it
was oven t>e'tter than usual. There
were between five and six hundred
delegates present, and they had the
privilege of hearing a number of "ad
dresses by very distinguished men
and women. Among these were Dr.
D. B. Johnson of Winthrop College,
Dr. Bohn of the New York Times,
Mr. Fitzhugh McMaster of Columbia,
and Governor Thomas JMcLeod. It
would be difficult to say just what
was the best feature of the Short
Course, and perhaps would be well'
:o tell what interested each delegate
?' most. AU -of them felt very proud
when Mrs. Moody Hough, the If^r*
shaw County Market Secretary j^nd
Council representative gave her . re
:?orl, for it was one of the very best,
and the entire state depends on Ker
shaw county as a leader in Club Mar
keting. Mrs. Hough took a promi
nent \art in all marketing discus
sions atad lias come home planning
to niakeVur market even fetter than
t is. Mrs. R. j fi.' Rembert of the"
Charlotte Thompson Club, who has
been one of the staunch supporters
of our market attended the Short
Course by special request from Wirf
throp, and took a course in cake mak
ing. Those who know Mrs. Retybert's
fakes will wonder tilery is room
for improvement, but just Wait and
gee. ' ? ,J
Mrs. J amesWestrjFrom the Midway i
Club and Mrs. Thomas Waters from]
M t. Zion Club look a course in judg
ing breads, cakes, etc., -^n fair ex
Tibits and it is well to know whoni
we can call on when out" neighbor
ing counties ask us to " send them
judges. Mrs. J. A. Bell of the <Lllgoff
Ciub took this same judging work
in relation to canned - products, and
the logoff Club will no doubt add
new honors to its already famous
name. Mrs. C. O. Stogner of the
Tim rod Club took a poultry course
and Mrs. B. F. Bolton of the Bethune
Club is now an expert judge of sew
ing.
, Those who have been to Winthrop
Jo not need to be told that these
women enjoyed the Short Course. In
'act they came very near forgetting
that they had chickens and flowers
and husbands at horpe. They did not
forget their children, however, but
?hey might have been taken for s a
ounch of college <gfrls. But if pos*j
Mble the girls had eveif a better time
-ban the women.',, vOn
lad their tivnt Jr I / life
and such, fun at / / have
when 250 of thl / ^r for
work and pla
be one of th&
* hoi r club sop
auditorium wi
ompaniment,
?wn number,
club yells in ^
Realize that i
biggest and
girls and boys'
girls from each <6.
?n the club worl
Governor McLeod s
girls keep on as ti. ey have started
out, South Carolina will have to atop
talking about being a backward stale.
In fact it is now said that South
Carolina has* the best Home Demon
stration Department in the United
States*.
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The girls had a great time in the
JfymnaRium and the swimming pool,
and on thrf last night gave an exhi
bition that would have done credit
to college girW -J**16 STirl? w^re re
quired to \ Health Contest,
ing to
y sang
inthrop
organ ac
1e of their
:ave their ,
mj and to
part of the
ation for
world. The
gave reports.|
y are doing,
that if these
and Corvt
'eprefc.
contes
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m
.ritioch Club |
y in this
if all news
rla wrote
100-Per
irah Bruce'
T* to COI
S Health
Cent Health
of the Cbarlotte^^&Tpson Club won I
first place, and Etta Rabon of Pine'
Grove Club won thihi in this eon
test. Remember, this was opejjgj
the
BETH UN 13 NKWS NOTRS
Items of Interest ?s>ttathere<l by Our
Regular CurfreNpondent.
Bethune, S* C., June 17.~Mr. John
rolvom, a Confederate veteran who
lives several miles south of here, died
at his home Saturday after several
weeks illness. Mr. Folsom was v79
years of age and is survived Iby his
wife and several children. Funeral
services were held at Bethel Metho
dist church Sunday morning conduct
ed by Rev.tW. V. Jerman.
Miss Mary Belle Smith, her mo
ther and father of Chesterfield and
Mr. *Hursey of Miami, Fla., were
guests of Mrs. A. B. McLaurin Wed
nesday.
Mrs. Hattie Heustiss and children
of Society Hill have moved here. Mrs.
.Heustiss before marriage was Miss
Hattie Gardner of this place.
Miss Ruth Estridge,.a recent grau
ate of Sumter High school is at home
for the summer. 1
Misses Gussie Hough, Mabel Watts
and Mrs. Margaret Marion left Mon
day to attend suirrfher school at Win
throp. *
M*s. C. L. Mays has returned to
her home here after a weeks stay
with her daughter, Mrs. Steve Lane
in Cartersville. 0 '
Miss Ruth Watts left Tuesday to
attend summer school at the Uni
versity of South Carolina.
Messrs. J. M? Forbis, D. E. Par- ;
rott, June Truesdell and t. E. Z.
Truesdell spent Monday at Davidson
College.
Mrs. T. R. Bethune ha.\ returned
from a ten days visit' with her par
ents in Laur?ns.
Misses Kffle Mae and Margie Par
rott are visiting relatives in Harts
ville. I ,
Mrs. Loring Davis was the guest
of her parents in Kershaw last week.
Mr. and Mrs. E; S. Copeland of
Batesburg spent Sundky at the homo
of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Copeland.
Mr.., D. T. Yarbouough and family
were the guests of' Mr. and Mrs. L,
(M. Yar borough in Hartsville Sunday.
The June meeting of ,the School
Improvement Association was held
Friday afternoon in the grammar
school building. Vocal and instru
mental solos were, given by Misses
(Mary Louise McLaurin and Kath
'erine Truesdell. Mr. Robert Bradley
of Los Angeles made a splendid 'and
instructive address to the association.
Mrs, Lpyda.Seegars and children of
Columbia are visiting Mrs. SeegarV
parents Mr. .and Mrs. Z. Brannon. I
Mr. Hugh4 Oliver- has moved his
ystock of merchandise' int?> the new
brick building recently^ put up by Mr.,
D. T. Yarbrough and Dr. E. Z. Trues
dell.
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' To Pass Zoning Ordinance
We are reliably informed that atj
the next meeting of City Council]
the matter of passing1 an ordinance
prohibiting the erection of gasoline
filling stations in certain sections of |
the city' will very likel^ bev passed.
This has been brought about by the
erection of fjlling. stations in the'
residence sections of tl>e city and
if the zoning ordinance is passed itl
'will mean the erfd of filling stations
in the residence paction; This will
be a good move on the part of the
city and will m^et" with hearty ap
proval of all -property" cfWners.
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Do You Hold These Numbers?
At the drying at . the various
stores and business houses who are
to give away Ford automobile and
$5 in fcold, the following numbers
have been drawn and are awaiting I
the 'call of the bblder: 114286,
151926, 210633, 198846, <197101,
193999, 110832, 168858, 204542,
178368. Anyone holdirfg these num
bers can call at the Carolina Wfotorj
Company and the money will be turn
ed over to them.
State's First Watermelon.
The first watermelon growft in the
state this year has been, located:
on the farm of Hugh ReeVes, whoj
lives abouP three miles/ from Allen
dale. This first melon was picked
Sunday, May 31. Indications are that
this year's watermelon season will be
an unusually good one, judging
from reports from Alleridale, and j
other CQJintie* in the Watermelon belt
of the state. Melons are Formiftg
rapidly. .
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ment was made on the closing night
in the gymnasium, the Kershaw coun
ty delegates feit even ' hapjfier than
usual.
Mrs. E. Miller Boykin, the Home
Demonstration Agent, says that al
though she spent four years At Win
throp, she never had a better time
than she did* at the 1925 Short Course I
and thai in the future she will con
sider it a privilege to ehaperone the!
following girls on any trip they wUh j
to taker Sarah Bruce, of the Char
lotte Thompson clpb; Cornelia John
don, of the Antloch Club; Etta Rabon,
of the Pine Grove eJttb; Mar^erite
Trueadale c* the Logoff Club; Clatodft
of tA Mtdwmz otafcj EmHy
CAMDEN WINS AGAIN
City Team Give* Best Ixxal Exhibi
tion Seen in Years
It was beyond a doubt one of the
"snappiest games ever staged in the
history of local baseball when the
clockworking tfrew from Lamar was
forced to take the count of two to
one from the Camden Bull Dogs at
ithe city ball park Wednesday after
Ton.
On a perfectly conditioned field
and encouraged by the best crowd
yet to turn out the newly organised
city team, with Benny Smith on the
pitcher's mound held the visitors hit
less up until the sixth inning. Here
Camdun stepped out with their two
runs when Jack Nettles and Skinner
Moore made the circuit and safely
crossed the plate, Lamar made a
single run during the seventh and
the score remained unchanged aft<?r
this although up until the last it
appeared an extra inning would be
necessary,
Gus Smith gave a professional of
fering and Dodgin as his catcher was
never iij better form. Working with
them was an entire line-up that
showed real ability and virtually bub
bled over "with the old Bull Dog
spirit. ?
This game marked Camden's fifth
engagement and also the fifth con
secutive victory for our bqy?? Twico-j
Bethune has bowed in defeat and
both the Wateree and Hermitage mill'
teams have been unable to make a
deciding score Qver the lofcfrls.
Camden has a number of ? open
dates and is anxious to take on any
South Carolina team. Managers
throughout the > state are being in
vited to correspond with Frank
Haynes or Buck Smith of this citj^j
who, as members of the local club,
will be glad to arrange a series of
games.
In Wednesday's game the score by
innings was as follows:
Lamar .v 000 000 100 ? 1
Camden .. ... r , ... 000 002 00x-r? 2j
Acting as umpires wer? John Good
ale and Jack Watkins.
Crops In Good Condition
A* a general thing crops in Ker
shaw county are from fair to good.
Cultivation has beep .kept right up;
to date, the attitude of farmers is
generally optimistic says County
Agent J. W. Sanders.
Farmers^ however^ should not let
this condition lure them info *falsc
feeling of security as to possible-J
weevil injury this year.
Boll weevils are already in many
of our cq?ton fields in sufficient num
bers to destroy the crop. The situa
tion demands attention.
It is good judgment to insure your
crop by being prepared to fight. ^lave
suitable, dusting machines veady.
Procure in7 advance 20 pounds of
calcium arsenate for each acre of
cotton that will <probably jneed to be
dusted. This ifi an emergency sup
ply. More will bp needed if weevils
are bad. It will keep if not used.
Start poisoning early where twenty
or mcjre weevils appear to <the acre.
Start dusting as soon as iO per
cent of squares show weevil punc
ture.
Use proper dusting machinery and
do it right or 'Dot at all.
A good cotton crop means . pros
perity for South Carolina.
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A Surprise Marriage
Coming as a surprise to many
friends was the marriage in- Sumter
Wednesday afternoon of Mr. Edward
?Burrell Tindal, Jr., of Camden, to
Miss Esther Saint Clair Lee of
?Sumter, S. C, The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. W. E. Thayer,
pastor Of the First Baptist church
et the home of the bride's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Lee. It was a
quiet home wedding. Mr. Hugheyj
Tindal, brother of the groom acted
as best man and Miss Christine Lee,!
sister of the bride was maid of
honor. Immediately after the cere
mony the young couple left for Wash- 1
ington' and other points north on a j
wedding- trip. Upon their return to
Camden they will reside in the Tindal j
residence #on Union street.
Witt^flough, who lives at Atlan,
in Buford township, has lost a num
ber 'of his' young turkeys this spring.]
He suspected black snakes as the
marftuderg. He killed two large black
shakes that had killed two of his
birds. Several days ago at one time
Mr. Hough killed two more 5-foot
blaak snakes Mid these had swallowed
IS of his week-old Uukeys. ? Monroe
X MAY 1IUILD NEW ROAD
High* My May Come Through New
Territory To Camden
Chester, Juno JU.r-r-Mr. Ha una of
Cheraw, president of the Calhoun
Highway association, was in Chester
to confer with member of the high
way association on some matters of
interest.
Mr. Hanna statei) that a meeting
of the highway association had been
arranged for July 14 qnd that he was
hoping to have delegates attend from
Fort Lawn, Bascomville, Richburg,
Oakley Hall, Chester and the Halsell
ville section to attend this meeting.
Mr, Hanpa stated in regard to the
bridge over Catawba river at Fort
Lawn that the association is using its
efforts to get work; started as soon
as possible on this structui'e. THe
Duke bridge at Nitrolee .has already
been erected across the river. *
% A road is to bo constructed f\*om
Nitrolee to Camden on the Lancaster
side of the river and when this is
completed it will give parties from
?the eastern section of the stu'te a di
rect route to the mountains of North
?Carolina through Chester and Lock
hart.
The bridge over Catawba river at
Fowt Lawn is scheduled to be corn*
pie ted this year and it is hoped to
get a bridge over Broad river on the
"Fish Dam road iwyjt year, and when
this bridge- is completed Chester coun
ty will then be complete in so fAr as
bridges are concerned and the Cal
houn highway Will open up through,
out the entire county, with the ex
ceptions of about three miles on the
Fish Dam road, which it is hoped to
get in shape in the near future.
First Cotton Bl^m
The first cotton bloojp of the sea
son was ' brought to The Chronicle
office Monday, being picked* on the
15th of, June. The bloom -came from
fcfie farm of C. P. DuBose in the
| Stockton section of the county, the
farm being* under the supervision of
C. Broadus Thompson. The cotton
was of the Cleveland big boll variety.
C. B. McCaskill, who operates the
farm of W. H. Kirfcbrido ? fnw miles
north of Camden, also brought' in
bloomeT ? one picked on the 15th and
another on the. 16th.
H. C. Krepps, who operates a farm
four ! miles east of Camden, -also
brought in a bloom on June 16th.
D. B. Huggins, 'is overseer on th'is
farm and the bloom came from a
stalk of Cleveland big boll variety.
Philip^ Shields, a , colored farmer,
brought in the first bloom last year,
picked on the 23rd of June.
For the crofj of 1923 the earliest
bloom was reported found on, June
Wateree Plans Big Celebration
Under the direction of Hollis Cobb
plans are now under way for a mam
moth celebration at the Wateree mill
village for ^fche Fourth of July. On
this date the Wateree baseball team
will take on the undefeated Camden
Bull Dogs . for a double-header and
while no further arrangements have
been announced it is planned to have
an old-fashioned barbecue * dinner,
band concerts and a gorgeous display
of fireworks at the close of the dayT
Following an early meeting o|>the
general committee a full program will
be' announced for this event when
Camden and Kershaw county will be
invited to unite with Wateree.
First Week Jurors
Court of general sessions will con
vene on th$ first Monday in July
with Judge W. H. Townsend pre
siding. Following is a list of jurors
drawn Tuesday to feerve for the first
week : - .v
W. A. Marshall, Camden; E. D.
Robertson, Camden; D. C. West, Ker
shaw; E. B. Ray, Lugoff; J. N. Gay,
Kershaw; Y a ncey, T^reatt, Camden ;
L. S. Brown, Kershaw; J. C. Gaynor,
Kershaw; J. B. Cureton, Camden; D.
G. Clyburn, Bethune; J. M. King,
Bethune; A. J. Boheler, Longtown;
H. L. Smyrl, Camden; J. A. Brannon,
Bethune; ? T. M. Mattox, Blaney; J.
T. Haley, Bethune; L. G. Young,
Weatville; C. C, Joyner, Bethune;
Lewis Branham, Lugoff; I. J. Jack
son, Lugoff; Fletcher Kelley, Lugoff;
J. E. L. Branham, Camden; D. A.
Gof^ Lugoff; J. W. Jones, Bethune;
"John" A. McCaskill, Bethune; J. E,
McCaskill, Bethune; C. A, Johnson,
Kershaw; J. D. Sinclair, Camden; D.
O. Houief, Camden ;T; ? JT?Peaehr
Weatville; W. M. Elliott, Cssfcatt;- J,
L. Guy, Camden; F. C. Humphreys,
Lucknow; J. I>. Gerald, Blaney; 8.
N. Horton, Jefferson; T. C. Hfnsort,
hVestvtHe.
TAMl'A DAILY SOLD
Morning Tribune Changes Hund? at
Cost of Small Fortune
Tampa, Fit., June 17. ? 'The 'Tampa
Morning Tribune, founded 82 years
ago by Col. W. F. Stovall was pur
chased this noon by a syndicate of
12 Tampa men. The consideration!
was aaid to bo $1,200,000.
XV. M. Lloyd, secretary of t\j? new
operating- company, gave Mr. Stovall
a check for $900,000 as first payment.
The purchase does not include the
building oecupiod b,\ the plant or the
new addition recently erected.
The new officers are: Dr. L. A.
Bite, president; L. B. Skinner, vice
president j II. H. Tarr, treasurer, and
M. W. Lloyd, secretary.
Under the new ownership the news
department will be in charge of K. D.
Lambright, present associate editor,
ami the business department under .J.
S. Mims, present cashier.
Contingent upon the sale came defi
nite announcement that a .group of
Tribune employes from all depart
ments would organize a new morning
daily here and plans have been made
for a six story building to house this
plant.
Former Camden Man on New Paper
The Tampa Tribune of June 9th
contains a list of the incorporators
of tfie Gulf City Publishing Com
pany, and among them is found the
name of L. A. Mcl)bwell7~a" native
of Camden and a former member of
ffte Camden Chronicle force. ^lr.
McDowell left here about four years
agQ_*fi_Work. with The Tribune and
had gradually Hsen to an important
position on that " paper Practically
the entire staff of the old Tribune
will be associated with the new pa
per, headed by Wallat'e O. Stovall,
one of the wealthiest men of Tampa
and South Florida, and the success
of the new paper is almost assured
from the start. Friends in Camden
of Mr. McDowell will be glad. t?
know that he is doing well in Flor
ida's largest city. Plans have been
drawn for the erection of a six story
modern building to house the new
plant at the corner of Tampa and
Fortune atreets.
Helped Him On His Way
cvH. S. Young and his Wife and four
children' traveling to their home at
330 North Madison street, Allentown,
I 'it., ran into hard luck and good
iuck here Wednesday afternoon when
his automobile parked in fronts Of
the Carolina Motor Company crash
ed into ttie plate gla?s front of that
garage and caused damage amount
ing to around $60. Mr. Young was
<one of those unfortunates Who had
wended his way to Florida by allur
ing tales ofc, untold wealth to be
made. He was also one of the many
hundreds who (ame aWay with barely
enough to get back to his native jtown
with. You always hear of the big
lucky deals in Florida, but * seldom
hear of -those who are plpcked cledn,
so here was a striking example
brought home to many. He had at
tempted to crank up his car in gear
and, it got away, from him and caus
ed the damage. Purely an accident.
As a result of spontaneous sympathy
-among the few who gathered around
?following the accident, Mr.. ))$f. R.
?DeLoache, who is always equal to
any occasion, passed around a hat
and soon the amount of damages
was raised and Mr. Young and his
family moved on North expressing
'his appreciation and saying at the
same time that he was going to tell
'all along the line what a good town
he wa? in when his hard luck over
took him. He waB a stranger hut
not without friends.
Were Married Here
Mi'as Vermelle Winkles of Sumter
and Mr. Gdmond Stokes of Bishop
vilje were quietly married at the
Baptist parsonage at Canflen af 5
o'clock Wednesday afternoon by Dr.
Graham. The couple will spend the
remaining month of June in Char
leston. They will make their future
home in Bishopville.'1.
Tax on Cosmetics Reduced
Columbia, June 12. ? The state tax
on cosmetics was reduced to four
per cent di the retail selling price in
stead of twenty per cent as impos
ed by the last legislature by the spe
cial tax reli^" commission, wectlng
here today. The tax on ice crejun
?<wiA fountains or other retail estab
lishments. Ice cream in balk for
homes, restaurants and the like will
be tax free. "No other taxes were
charged.
GRADUATES HKAK BARUCH
South Carolina University Ob?erv?.i
Commencement Period
Columbia, June, KV- The bright out
look for South Carolina and her pos
sibilities were the keynote ringing
through the prograrti of the com
mencement exercises held in the Co
lumbia Theater this morning. The
address of Dr. Rcrnard Mannds
Baruch, New ;Yoik financier, empha
sized the future of the Palmetto state,
which ho said was iUst i iutl to bo on*
of grgat possibilities; The student
speakers also stressed the opportuni
ties of the state, as did l>r. W. D. n
Melton, president of the university
and David It. Coker, ol' llartsville, :i
number ol' the board "ttf trustees.
Diplomas were presented to 150
graduates. The degree of doctor of
Hli vinity was conferred on the Rev.
R. 0. Cranberry, .president of Lime
stone College. The degree of doc
tor of laws was conferred on Ber
nard M, Baruch, who is at once . u ; '
South Carolinian and a Now Yorker*,
and on William C. Coker, a son of
H ar.tsy.il le, now professor in the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
Medals presented at* the everciscH
to students were: V
The M. Goode Homes memorial"
medal, for highest mark in the school
of engineering, to Rt- V. Gamble; the
medal of Daughters of 1812, for best
?stray on Andrew Jackson, to Trevor _
Abel; the Thomas 0. Peeples medal,
for best argument by a law student
to George H. Wittkowsky; the Dr. .
Robert W. CJibbes medal for best
ptfiy to Miss Eri$ Kohn; the \V
C. Rates Price medal, ' for the best"
literary production, to John LawreHco
Mills, and the John S. Reynolds med
al, for the beRt essay on a World
war subject to Wade Hampton Gra
.ham, Jr. ? i
Mr. Bnruch first spoke of the in*
dustrial progress as being a leading1
factor in the development of the gov
ernment This was shown during the
World war and has since been dem
onstrated forcefully? He spoke of the /
relationship of the individual to the
$6\$irnment. He said that "the people
should guard against the thought that
legislative enactment can do more
for the individual than he can' for ^
himself. He said , the individual
should be jealous of his personal
liberty, but he should not allow thia
spirit to be taken too far to inter
fere with the liberties given him by
his country. . Mr. Baruch said that
the nation and her people should not
be bound down by tfre ball and chain
of oppression. ,*?
The speaker said thaE South Caro
lina , has come out of more trying
periods than the present, and he pre*
dieted that the same spirit would be
manifested at this time. South, Car
olina, lie said, has ryiver been found
wanting when the state was called
to take its stand. "In the distance
of the future the sun shines on South
Carolina," he said, predicting that
South Carolina would take its place
among those foremost in the country.
Alfred Scarborough, of Sumter,
was the commencement speaker from
the senior law class. ? Donald Stuart
Russell, of Columbia, was the speaker
for the- senior academic class, Wil
liam Adney McSwain, of Columbia,
was the valedictorian of the class.
David R. Coker, of Hartsville, an
alumnus of the university ahd mem
ber of the board^ of trustee^, deliv
ered the address to the graduating ^
class.
Dr. Meltbn, in presenting the dip
lomas and certificates to the gradu
ating class, said that happiness is a
by-product of right living. - With each
diploma was given a Bible, in ac
cordance with a resolution passed by
the board of trustees.
Rally at Presbyterian Sunday School
Taking the place of regular morn
iii# Worship a Sunday School rally
will be held ait thej Presbyterian
church at 11 o'clock Sunday morn
ing. A program of prayer, song
and instrumental selections will be
observed and to this service the pub
lic will receive a cordial welcome.
Mnst Include Postage
Owing to the increase in the post
age rates, parties desiring extra or
back numbers of The Chronicle
should include 2 cents in stamps for
"fcachpaper wanted. The former rate
vu one cent on each copy but now
it haiu doubled, and where"#* have
so many calls for extra copies . on
account of change^ in address the
coat of postage funs up ?onlideraMy.;
Whetf writing for a oopy of the
paper be sure to inc^e postage.
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