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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. I). NIU'h . . F.ditor and PublUher Published every Friday at No. 1100 Broad Street and entered at the Cam 'den, South Carolina, postoffice as . second elaa# mail matter. Price pur annum $2.00. Camden, S. C., Friday, June I i?, I #25. If I have done ought for you, oh friend, I do not ask that you return the favor, but do for Cod's sake pass it on. James Howard Kehler. Watch Your Postage Numerous* people in Camden have apparently forgotten (if they ever knew) that the increased postal rate* are in effect. If you want to' mail a paper, average size, the cost is two K^nts, instead of one cent, as here tofore. Picture postcards- also re* ?juii'v a two- cent stamp. You are wasting time and stamps if you fail to follow the above rules. Hew are of the Agents A Monroe citizen a few weeks an '? was picked up by a book agent to the tune of $12 in good hard cash. Our citizens subscribed for a couple of popular magazines and a set of hooks from one C. \V. Lewis, who pu rported himself- to be representing a New York concern. The hooks and magazines have never been received,' and letters to. the company are re turned, no such company being at 1 he place addressed. Well, my advice to all and sundry, who would subscribe to slick book and magazine agents is to take Vih ?on the extortion plan pay for 'em after von get Viii. Also Ik- wary tlU'M- latter and deg.ute.rale day.** in parting with good coin of the realm w'fii ii '.(mi giiOi! and nttraet.ive offers .ji" made. "Introductory Price," "Fo. \ Ivertij.lng I'll' poses," and "Prom; .mi n' Ci^zen" ??tuff- ate a ? old gags, hit', the otic hii.ii of us ?' a ! i mi put cb. t i t; h a. 'i - b . o\v g? ?.nil's. thing to i ein. mbi i' : '"Yini v la't-get some! hiijg foj h>! h>ng." ami : ii'.i u';bi i t*i! Ifiii; afte! ?' Mo- ??? Knipnr- 1 .. T.u: '..'uluntb .i i .ty g i t m- lit has ! i?.'|h I a p'an tailing fur the is*u ? ot' JMOO.OOO in additional bonds 1 1 . i r \ | M-iii 1 i f u ; e <>f "'7 additional '?i.m !, ,t i a ( ot' about 1 ,200,000. V linn ol ffi-i'bo'.di-i s 4i ro being pre ,eil ; o that the work of cilculat ( ; ? ? i -he petit. oiis railing tot the olec . .j ii.a> t m i i'iiimtiH i't!. Tiie Methnui.st church ;i t Jordan in ('.at enditn cou.it> was -.truck by light Mini; Sundax afternoon and burned down. All equipment was burned with tlie exception of the organ which a a - rescued. The -Trinity section in the s.iiiie i "in I) ua.-? \!sitod rtt the ??inn' time hy a severe hail and elec tric >toim. a:,! crops were badly dam aged. II, 'K i v -oim'UiiiiK from Thi' Manu ? f;n:tlM?T \i t > t t h \ of pur loiT.fcr: ."TheVe seem- to In a I'iiti' en Intuit: Mi. Mllfi?'i,.\ <>f New York, and Mi. ("ntliv <T Philadelphia. to >i'r who e/cn bin the lai^eM number of I > i metro politan ilailii.-. It ma> be that in a few ,\rar> foil i or f i v t ? men will own ami intro! all the lar^e i ! a !!.?.? - in ? Mi! roil n t ry . Tin- 11 i; n t r \ weeklies and -m.il! da i In* > ii in; . . ? '.hi1 bin in dep?v:nh -at K'oup ? i . \i -papers. There ale "("Pie f ?> i? ? : ? ? ' r 'i U -.ill. I of th< -e pubislu d and . ? . t < ! . In- homes | of Ho people and rva ' * ,4 ? 1 1 : ? > ? ? - | ' y "! i he popuia* ion ." I' I ed I .1 ! t .1 . Is \ ( ;i ' < i i in 'i ? > W | a I., ?> f. , ' ' ? ? ... ... ,j:. . : ? i""i' ' ?? ?> '? U'y I ? " - : . .? e- u . . .in . aj \ ,r':Y : j ? d .\ 1 ?* :< 1 da > v\ h ? r I; - *.. . i .. . , I ? i ii- ..'. | h?-t < h 1 ? c r i ; ;i i'i.; | ? : ? I ? ? ? : 1 ' '? .v WEEK-END TRIPS CAMDEN . i , ? ir.it,-- (u I ? . nt - 1 to W r i !? ht sv . I It* Beach - $8.20 Charleston .... 6.20 T> bee 8.30 Beaufort 7.55 Ticket-, nil >nle t nd.i>v and Satur day. I i n i? I limit midnight of fol io* mjj I nr-da* Uoiind tri^> Summer F.\iiir?ion Ticket- on -ale d ;i ? 1 > to rr xurt>? in (an.wla and the l'nit*?d State.-* u<m?<I until October 31 \S*r arc ijropured to R?rve you PHONE 128 ATLANTIC COAST LINE DON'T CONFUSE WRI0IJSV8 A f lu it t it- City Wrigley Im N <>t Chewinjf Cum Wrigky of .Spearmint Fain* The Chronicle is in receipt of tt letter from Wrigley Pharmaceutical Company of Atlantic City, N. J., of fering to vicH us as one of a number of highly representative people the opportunity to become a stockholder on the ground floor basis, For $10 they offer us ten aha res of atock and two dozen tubes of Spearmint tooth paste of regular 2f> cent size, They will not permit us to buy more than |$J.O worth of stock. The letter is signed by W. W. Wrigley, I'r 'esident. ljut wo find on inquiry that we were not (he only one to whom the offer was made, as the letters were sent out promiscuously. The matter has been taken up by our New York representatives, the American Tress Association and the following i.s reproduced from their trade publication, 'issued in the inter est of newspaper men; "Neither Win. Wrigley Jr., Com pany or any of its officers has uny connection in any shape, manner or form with the Wrigley Pharmaeou tical Company of Atlantic City, N. .1., or Philadelphia. ?'The trade mark l??. the Wrigley riiarmaceUI ica.l Company might lead you lo believe that there was a eon ncclion, because it is very similar to the Spearmint ad of the Win, Wrigley .1 . Company. Furthermore, the sin nit lire of \V. \V. Wrigley might he m taken fen that of Wm. Wrigley, Jr. I toweviM ?, the similarity in the two ends with the similarity in the trade marks. '"We understand that \V. \V. Wriif !*-y . thi; president of Vhrr Wrigley Piiariu.ii out ieal (Company, was for ,4 t , Wirriy n mrchnntr unci for t It** rH.M 1 yiMi: . at N asi, has Trot been t lie a<h mi in s.,1 1 t ? ' i <f the business which a p:'< -uiont is ordinarily assumed. lo he. (tf i >u: r tin .? ;>ic undoubtedly uth h pi iv : il s. * i ; I of companies who. da not a ! \ e'.y .manage' them and per haps so mh ? of them, too, have a name -> nn'ar !<> one which ha- bei-n ex ' ? ? . > ' i ? ! j i I vo.rt : m i ' I<> a hi^h ^radi' i ' o 1 1 1 p 1 1 1 1 \ :n another line of I ui - 1 m ? < 11; t in. m if people want to assume t 1 1 f ? t Win. Wn^ey Jr. Conipaiiy, the man til ' uu i ? of mvn thi' W i ?U ? INi.i' m.? eulii al Company, which in ?? 1 1 ii f .t i t u re'? toot h paste, merely !?;? ? ui the hitter company uses a ?o. iai t : ad? mark and because til j- 1>- ? -nt? at oj the lattet company si^n. j !ii>- mink, in a.\e:\ -.iniilai manner ji; | pie-\hl't of .the gum eo?npan> . j ifi'i'ir i *- ptol ahiy n>tlling to he done ah: ui . " 1* : i ? ? -mk ? f the W in. Wriy-le> .li. < nipany rank- as a high y;rade com 1110:1 ' 1 in lv irvc-lir.ent. The stock of ihe W . ;;:!e\ 1'hai macellt ieal Cojnpany mu ; he legarded as highly specula tive. even though it only costs $1 a soare. , 1* urt her more, several people !ia . ti_ t umplaitied that they haven't ?ven received. the tooth paste, whicn Ho ?> with the stock. -Chicago Journal ot Commerce and I. a Salle Strict .Ion lua!." f To Mori nl WiiUtco Church T'*ir quant rly W'onjan's Missionary | uurtin^: -if t hv Kershaw Association v.:!! mot t at Watfift* rhurch on Sat ui(ia>. .1 (i lit- L'Tth. at lo o'tTork. All > air urjrril to send dolo^att^. GENERAL NEWS NOTES l< ->i* l.tf 1'rake, ayid L'L\ wa 8 >hol J in Columbia Tuesday nijrh'. ! \\ !! (ampin!!, a^ ca rpent <t i* ;a:' rhar^'i.l witli the >hco't ^ A i fa ua> u<od. IVakr con ii< ..<1 .1:1 aututuoliilr ?hi>p where the . ! ? I I 111 li ; I > I :i mdrll fol k. . ... V:t - i U n .md thivi' month ? ' .1 r . I , ? ? > -.tlil - !li >ot 1 11 t; : i n't a i i ; u i k i i ; i'\v. ( - i iU-Ar!'. uv^!" M-fMchcr | a . t .mi - ' 1 U ?. - K . ?d : it ? !?:;??! \\ a - \\ ? ! h M I HI ; ? ** jti ?????! T?i? -<i t ?lji.rnir.vr ? ! ? '.i.* ' ? *-.r^r \ i n , ? ? ; , r. : : ; ? r w.r : ??: ? ? i- h - k ? up ?' ? , . I. . |: : .... r.'.o ... ? r. < li< s il ?A ?. ? p!i... .1 M <1.1 I ;? ? ?. ? .:! .1 anif .? \. ' ? k ? "a >UI> - ' \v? : t a : t : ,iv !?- 1 ' u ' nc <. i. a it ' i tih ' < . ;f c v ? ? ?! ? -aw- .1 ? ? ? . is a r.'l > ? ? . \i t a ?> ;. . - ? i ? !'? \ ? : ; h ? .1 K ? _ ! !1C h:? ' - A !? .? :. -< pa I a ted ?' mi f ? <?< lit'Pi. ..<??. r?: ? ?? t?. the ' - \ :? J- -k*\s. >? '"K AI..U wan, . !?? >)?',. rday was hold hy a coro .. . f k.lltntf h.? father, Sam K. k 1 the K?kew homo :r. the M.?d !i i.\ ^eotjon of Lauron* county i?t:> S??(urda> morning. Younjf K k< a wmt to tht aid of h:s mother u hf n the father attacked her,' secur ed h and fired at hi* father a? cIoao rangr. THIS WEEK By Arthur Brisbane Mr. Brisbane's editorials are pub linhod a* expressions of opinions Of the world's highest-salaried editor and The Chronicle does not necessarily e ndorse all of his views and conclusions. Something Wrong Judge Gary says there is sonic thing wrong with business conditions, and the something is lack of confi-. dencc "the abnormal, unnecessary and timid, ill poised mental attitude of managers* including ourselves," That's as sound as a steel ingot. Our troubles are mental. Put a plank six inches wide on the ground, and of a hundred people, every one will walk the length of it without fear, of falling. Hut the same plank fifty feet in . the air, and two in a hundred, perhaps, w'il' uW" hundred feet, and not one in a thou saml will* trv to cross it. Vet, leaving out fear, it is as easy t<> walk such a plank a thousand feet up as it is flat on the ground. The height of our national prosper ity makes some citizens dizzy. This is a new age, and the things we do would Have surprised not only (>u: grandfathers, but ourselves a few years . back. l iving, Diving,, a New Era Young gentlemen, studying at An napolis are told- that hereafter an ol'fit or and a gentleman "fnust know how to fly. And out in the' Pacific Ocean, down among the coral lanes, near the Gala pagos Islands, scientists, with diving helmets on their heads, their other wise, naked bodies well oiled, aiv fitting -under the water, studying the fr-h that come, wide-eyed to study the men. For the first, linn- in his several hundred thousaifd years of existence on t h : -? planet, man can tiuly say tlu earth is his and tlu- fullness thereof. Me j4<>es up into the clouds and down into the ocean. With such wonders happening ?0 rapidly, who knows but men^, -may -u.ldenly- find a way to live on th?.v cai tb without cutting each others' throats in war. President Coolidge. it is said, will cut twenty-five millions a year from the lost of the United States army ?a ffood idea. Soldiers marching over the ground in future war frdni the air 'will be about as' useful as so many rabbits when eagles attack them. walk it. Put your Ford's New Plan The president's economy will be twin' .u.-> valuable if he will Arm n go to spend the twenty-five millions cut from the army on the huiding of more flying machines. llenrv Ford will use United States ships, if he gets them, to take cars South and around into the Gulf of Mexico and bring fruit and vege tables back to the north. That programme would be welcom ed by millions. It would help to solve one problem of distribution and develop the great producing regions of the ij'HJth as they should be de vcloptd. Messrs. Fall. Doheny and Sinclair ha' v- beer. re-indicted for conspiracy by a grand jury in the District of Columbia. If yourf-ind anybody anx ? i< >ii ? f?. bel that Mr. Fall will go to j.iii fur celling the people's oil lands taking siviv'. payment for the <-,1.. rak?- the bet. We don't jail the; ? i ? ? i * i \ big crimir.ai> in thi> c<*tntry. I. 'tlli iiim.naN, ye*. It'* a danger j? f-"- t hem. if they're lia.n and the I'rice ol Corn . 1 ..a be i : i .i : ! i : i in ' h< orti { ! : . ? .i h i - eheere>i t hr fa i liers. | ! !. : -i '? ' i! f. .1 kv <?t J ' ; ? i ti ? t . fi ..it < . y tin rr.rc if fid! j ? ;':.a". .. bu*he!. I >? mber i dioppiog t,v 1 ? 2 to e'-llts. | T > v < athi-r <1 ? > - ^nethin^r ;<> < beer up ;r fa mer. and then thr ^rain .-.n.u.atois t j I'hce:- h:m down again. A t Yu ? pa, Calif irn.a, a>. m, -rubers of the F:r>t Method:--' rhunh wit nt*v?t>d ?he end of a Bible-reading ma rathon. It \va-< a nob ?? icada.j;, a'.', out loud, eveiy word distinct 1> pronounc ed. Thi pastor, tht Ucv. K. l>. liuley, stayed awake and read !.<tened :h:cugh ut the 6^? 1 1 hour*. More deliberate rending. e?]K-ciaily of .lob and I?aaih, would prefer able. But any B.blc reading is bet ter than none. In Thibet you can give a few cop per* to a pagan priest with hi* prayer mill. You go your way com He I? "IT" John T. Scopes, professor of biology at Dayton, Tenn. high school, on trial there for violating the "monkey-law" or, charged with teaching the theory of evolu tion. It is a test case watched with a great deal of interest throughout the country. Ten lessee's battle over the light to teach the theory of evolution in the public schools has now engaged the serious ! attention of all civllezeJ thinking peoples, it is contended in some qTinrtrrrs-that the whole que* tion of human freedom and develop ment ' is wrapped up in the issue. I The question is of importance not only in Tennessee or Florida or Oklahoma or any other state. It is regarded even* as more than a national issue. Of course it is accepted tljat no ? legislative body ,can alter natural, j law by statute. It is. just as im* j possible to prove by legislative en j actment the truth or falsity of evo j theory of evolution necessarily, runs I counter to the (Jenesis story of the | creation. KJudge John Randolph X-eal, of Knoxville, Tenn., states his position ' in the controversy in this way: "We u' i<>n as it woukl be to pass a law that would definitely establish tin; truth <>r falsity of gravitaion. What i is, i>. and no legal pronouncements for ted, he. grinds out 10.000 prayers fur you on his little mill. Those j prayers are believed to do good, al I though verbal praying from the hear: ] may be better. i ? can m.ftke otherwise. The question' rained involves the right of the hu nuiM being to try to learn the truth regarding the origin of life. Of course in so far as inquiry presup pose* doubt, the- issue embraces the question of agnosticism, in that the regard it as equally un-American and therefore unconstitutional, whetlfer . it is kingly or ecclesiastical author ity or legislative- power that would attempt to limit the human mind in its enquiry after truth." On the other side of the fence j j stands (he statement of William Jen- ! i nings Uryan, areh foe of the evolu ! tionaiy theory. "This," says Mr. J ! Bryan "is one of the greatest ques-j tions ever raised ? the question of the light of the people who created ami support the schools, to contrql them. If not they, then who? The Fun- ! damentalists are trying to establish ( the doctrine that the taxpayer has n rjght to say what shall be taught ? ! the taxpayers and not the scientists r? Can a handful of scientists rob your children of religion and turn them out atheists?" Rebuttal then advances this argu menti FJven though the theory of evo lution be true and be finally accepted bv the. people as against the Story ot the Genesis those who might ac cept the truth Could not be consid ered atheists. They point, too, to the j wide divergence between atheism and agnosticism. Anotne r vie w point : there does not appear to be any particular quarrel j .with Mr. Aryan's basic theory that , the taxpayers have a right to set j up schools, and to govern the school I curriculum. It is only when this is coupled wifrh legislation making edi^ cation compulsory th.it the right of ! the individual to seek truth becomes abridged. On the one hand it -is . said compulsory education does not j necessarily involve study only in ! public schools. Parochial and see - j itarian and private -.schools are still; ' left as the unhampered media through ' ; which evolution or any other theory of life <ir cohdict may be taught; Other controV'ersalists say this is not a piacticable answer in that it would create a monetary standard of i education. WVre evolution demon sti atcd or accepted as the true print j cip.le of life, then such knowledge ? would he barred to the poor: indee'l | they would be compelled to learn only ' the story of Genesis, correct or ih ; correct. ; The crux of the argument appears to hung on the natural right of th? human species to seek the truth, to be informed pn the thought of Uu world and be given the liberty then to exereUe their own judgment in th? forming of opinions, and whether the Tennessee atutute allows that right This applies to economics, to relig, ion, to history, indeed, to all bases of human knowledge, including the theory of evolution." . Some Intereuting Opinions The New York "World say.s: If the Oregon law stands, any ma jority of a legislature may compel all children to attend the schools it establishes: if the Tennessee law stands, any majority of a legislature may determine that the world was created out of nothing in 144 hours, or t)mt Bacon wrote -Shakespeare, 01 that blank verse is blasphemy." , The Louisville Courier says: The truth or falsity of the Dar winian theory does not enter into this ease. The eonstitutionality of the Tennessee law should be tried at once. It ^ intolerable that such a prohi bition should be on the statute books of any American commonwealth, p, smacks altogether too much vof the | edict# of governments where church ! and state are not dissevered." [?$ The Norfolk Virginian Pilot says: There is no more reason for regu lating the right to, teach evolution than there is for regulating the right to teach bee culture or political econ omy. Any effort to throw legal safe guards around the teaching of spe cially selected studies is an unwar ranted lay intrusion and a step in the direction of obscurantism and in tolerance. The Philadelphia North American sayfc : The issue is not whether the BibU - <>r Darwin is right, or whether the teaching of the latter's theory en J dangers young minds, but whether i the people of a state are entitled t> ' say -how their money is -to be spent for education. Sdvlong as they make public schooling compulsive for all c: in Id r en; so' long as they .permit in dividuals and private schools to teach what they please, and deny, no one the privilege of writing or speaking on evolution, it does- not appear they , are interferring with' "freedom of ' thought" as some maintain. * Finally, George Bernard Shaw says: "What William Jennings Bryan rails Fundamentalism, I call Infantal ism." . \ 3? The Greatest Foe ?> As worry is the greatest foe, so contentment is the greatest friend. 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