THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
II. i>. Nile* . . Kditor and Publisher
Published every Friday at No. 1109
Broad Street and entered a,t the Cam
den, South Carolina, posfcoffice as
second dais mail matter, Price per
annum 92.00. *
Camden, 8. Friday, Aug. 21, 1925
lk7RN~ DKAU BKAT8.
?Every person who has conducted n
business in which the extending of
credit U practiced must be impressed
with t.ho large percentage of people
in the world who appear to be born
<ioad-bcuts.
There are those in every community
who make pretensions to business
and social standing, yet were never
known to pay a bill when it whs due
and seldom pay one at all excepting
as a result of hounding or legal ac
tion.
Morally, there is no difference be
tween one who fails to pay an honest
debt when he can pay it, and one who
robs a till or cracks a safe. In fact,
if there be any decency in either it
appears to be on the side of the com
mon criminal, who at least does aet
abuse confidence and friendship.
Credit bureaus are gradually mak
ing the path of the dead-beat a litle
more thorny, but he still flourishes to
an extent that is a serious handicap
to honest citizens. ? Laurens Adver
tiser. ?
Getting time for Camden business
men to adopt a c rod It association aim
ilur to the one in Chester. There are
many born dead-beats in this com
munity and will continue to exist a*
^ long as merchants fail to* deal fair
with each other and put each other
wise. We have known of instances
utowe new store* hare opened and in
stead of the old merchants puting
their new competitors wise, they let
the dead-beats go on and fleece them,
thereby giving said dead-beats a
larger lease on a community. We are
glad to say, however, they can't last
always, for they eventually got to the
point where they cannot obtain credit
and move on t<> new fields. Several
have played out in Camden in recent
years and have had to leave the city,
but nut until they had lived here a
iong time without paying anybody.
The merchants' have to absorb this
loss in some way and it is passed on
to the honest ones who pay their ac
counts regularly.
Remember when you semi that next
order of printing out of town you are
crippling an industry in Caipden that
is n?>t only turning loose quite a nice
weekly pay roll, but is bringing for
eign money into Camden through its
foreign advertising patronage. All
of this money is spent in Camden
with Camden merchants, paying Cam
den and Kershaw county taxes. The.
Chronicle does high-class printing at
a reasonable price and not like the
mail order printois we ate here cver>
dny in the yertr to make good any
work not satislactoi y. W i- want you
to at ieant give us a chance to meet
the out-of-town man's bid. We can
-?ave expies- charge- and in nearly
? instance uiil gvt you better ail
round service. When ;.'oii send your
an i ue v out < i i"\\ 11 for jn .nting it i*
y. iif ior good. If you give us- a chance
? in the job. you will have a chance of
. . i> that money back s'om da;,.
I v -an unt a r ioir.t>;ti':-en I. ?
??if -\-r. . o ; Mom VVa-sh. actor. '< ?'
? ? \ i f. 1 1 in \ aiue>. ? oinna r ,t;g t he
;o, I ? \ da . \ ;? ji of farm I'l l", wit ? i
? :;a ? 1 li \ ?? > < i ? - a^"- ll j v ? > na '
ic. ; ? in os a hi a v > ' ? ? i ' ? 1 e I' l v ?
vc.'ir- ago ?* a ? m and . . . I ??%??:? Sou: h
('ai<ii:a ^"id 'or m;m- ' . . ? : i \ t qua
? t < in ir. of ? < i 1 ? -tati
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'he c ei nincn! ma '.e* ?. nio'v a>
< nia'.i c - 1 i i n a t a - oi lai m v a lie- than
t did on takir.'-T tne :?>? ? t n>u- iu>
i iod V 1 1 I.. he til I ? l. ? -e ? Uv >
. ! ' i ? ha i*m v. ? 1 ' n si''
\ ? ?- n l>o have r.ot -'?< m "U
\s - urn ; itm rem.it k w ith ica.
?? ? .i a m ? ha: - 1 1 ice the pav ing ha
? v: '"iM'ii ii * h'* town .uok^ dres>
d in T'.h ii i -n't anj doubt aboui
? r.t 'ru'.h hat the- paving
?n.ik' - :!!'? ? ii t l'ert nee atid means a
r?.i'. . 1 1 ii | > r venient than any of u
-.'.-? i u t ? 1 have thought possible. There
- ar...;'c.r t nr,.- idc rat ion which l* very
n\|?or: .?n: -that i.f comfort. With un
; >.? v i * .- 1 ? ? t the duM wouM have
? ? ' : !V f du ! rt >.'< t '? ? <: ! .? ?? of - Jill
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No Hit*. No Kun>>
K ?* ky Mount N. Aul I..
Bartlett "Tex" Nl. Mriar, li.?eky
Mount hur'.er, p.tclvd the f.rst no
run, no hit game in t-h? Virgin;-,
league this season, when the locals de
feated the league-leading Ports
mouth ctab here thia ?fterno<)n by a
c acorc of 4 to 0. Only 30 men faced
' McMfNfcn. fk' i^ued two banes on
h*Us and two Portsmouth players
"Ttxdhrf- f rrt b#*e errors.
DROCOff PECULIAR THIS YKAR
Orought of Forty Venn Ago R*
culled and ('old Winter Predicted.
' 1 - 1
(W? I*. fiouat-al in Columbia State.)
The -? dru4i|fht whiph has prevailed
in the Palmetto State this year has
nhown some characteristics peculiar
to it si' 11". Unlike the extreme
drought of 1845 and 1 88 1 ? two of
the driest Hummers within 80 years ?
the thought this year did not prevail
during the spring and .summer over
the entire state. This condition was
due to the fact that moisture usually
brought by air currents from the
Gulf of Mexico and distributed over
the Southeastern states were dimln
ished in force in this particular by
the hot winds that came out of Texas
and sapped them of their life. The
extreme drought in Texas can be
traced to the periodical source which
lies in the influence of sun spots and
further in this connection equally to
planetary origin.
While official records show that
July was the driest seventh month of
any year since 1882, it can noncom
pete in this respect with July, 1881,
when ?>ot a drop of rain fell during
that entire month. The year was the
driest (as hus been said) of any year
since 18 I."*, when it did not rain at all
from March until September. Condi
tions of t ho drought of 1845 as des
cribed by persons who lived at thai
time have come down to the writer
from such Arst hand sources. Clouds
were plenty, but they flew high and
did not form the nimbus (rain cloud)
which only can give, precipitation.
The three functionary clouds? cirrus
stratus and cumulus ? were absent,!
without, which there can be no nim
bus, the latter being the rain cloud.
Conditions of weather in 1881
must have been similar to those of
18ir?. Clouds floated about from dif
ferent directions during the entire
summer but their precipitation ?con
stant function of all clouds ? did not
reach terra firm a.
The beginning of the dry period of
ltSHl was April 21. That morning a
cold mi sly rain occurred but by 11
o'clock the mist cleared away and the
sun appeared in all its splendor. Al
ihoiigh spring had far advanced,
there was not a sprig of green any
where. However, so suddenly had the
temporatuie of summer come that
within Ave day.* the trees had burst
forth in buds and three days later
they were in full leaf. It was a
year without the appearance of
spcing.
iN'o ram fell then until June 2(?th?
very slight at that. The next rail)
was about the third Sunday in Au
gust?a downpour ? the last of th*
entire summer as it was November
?'!, when the fall rains set in and pre
cipitation began to be abundant. Pre
cipitation throughout six months
from May to November did not
amount to more than four inches. It
wa-i thus drier than 1886. the year
that some one has described as a
droughty year. Such was not the
case. One of the most destructive
froahcU on Droad and Saluda rivers
nci-iirrcd in Is, sr., when rain began t?
tall in torrents May l<> and continued
until .ltin? I0 at least lh or 20
inehc - falling duiing :i0 day.-, liain
i: ^ a^ain the last week in June it
w i?h. (I i >u t the Southern railway hi -
I turn: Columbia and Alston twice
j within U) da) >. However, a drought
!*???! !"ivai! from the middle of July
U!>' \oV( luher, having had elfec' -
"'?III o ' t lie M'a 'd : JIJJ conditio!.
' wa- producen l>> the exccsMVt
j ' : ? ? ' M i > ;? rd .I u , w h ich ?ud
j ? v < < .t -oil
i ' I . I If ! 1 1 ( I) . ? \ ( ,i ' I I ' J ? > I i : l \ ; 1 1 j
??'*? o : I he -:att li.i- In-en
1 ' ? b\ j*. t !?!{;?'.: ii n w h :? t. or i gi -
i' i < > : :i t In i ? e g ? o ? i ( ; f1(. ( , lv.,t
I ? ' I i ? ^ l.ict v. a ? the ha - : y f the
!oiira>t inaiic by the Hutch Weather
'"??phe! >) .J u I > that the
tstouuh' would he broken in the and
r ' " ' - throughout the -tate. So the
i . t - which h.tce occurred -ince that
? ' i ^ e:?t?*d .it tl? <'Hinr of the
N! 1 ' vi-.-. The Gu.f and the
M?nar I i\ have a \e y -ympathctic
r atio*.. iking nu-ti orv. ogieally,
.i' (i who! ..n? ta;.j to iuppl\ precipi
*?>' ti.i form of rain, the other
u alnio-* nvr.riably come to the
f ? - 1 i . ? II vt r, the region < , f { h,<
c ? I aKe> i:>u:i ,\ the .-ouue of
v. n!i r r;i : - h . in ?*ummer nearly
a , /?? . p * i ' . i i . Iotv area- from the
(-M-!
I'm- p fat :oi. or:gii.at;r.g .-?> ? arlv j
tne -ummer t.hi* year in the
i' Lake- region ha- blazed the
ua\ a . ?!.<, r r than Ix^i
i > ?
I
A ? .i -uru'w.r, George flgton
[?i:agg?*d his ehain aior.i; the surface
? f rh?- gi\?und, up ar.d <iown hill*,
without making any a!low\ancc in hi,?
calculation^ for the hilts. Conse
quently, motlern sjrveyors are hav
i-'iu; trouble ohe? kitvg up his oid *ur
nVw in what is now Maryland.
"Srxt*i lyimit Thnoujfh Nazareth 10
Miles p?rr Hotir." So r?Nad? ? oisrn <tn
M?ry V W?4J fcuuawth.. .
THIS WEEK
If ArtW Brwkw
Mr. Brisbane's editorial* are pub
lished as expressions of opinions
of the world's highest^saforied
editor and The Chronicle doe* not
necessarily endorse all of his
views and conclusions.
Sov??n crops of alfalfa in a year,
tons of potatoes to an acre, great
are the wonder crops of this rich
land. But the greatest crop is the
human crop. Without that, others
would amount to nothing.
Mr. Jones's Star, of Rigby, Idaho,
tells of a family gathering of the Call
family. It included Anson V. Call, 70
years old, of Afton, Wyoming, father
of 20 sons and 10 daughters, all alive,
healthy and strong. Mr. Call Is the
grandfather of 90 children, and they
are nil well. Tell that to your friend
who thinks birth control will solve our
problems.
Where ignorance, disease, poverty
and drink, in. the slums, combine to
force large families upon weak wo
men that cannot take care of thorn,
birth control may be all that its ad
vocates say.
Thoy don't need it in Idaho or Wy
oming. What they ? need there is
children.
Dancing and religion have long
been united. Samuel teWs you "David
danced before the Lord." He well
might, for his rise was rapid from
lightweight champion, conqueror of
Goliath, to ruler over Israel.
Dancing has its proper place, see
Ecclcsiastes, -third chapter, fourth
verse, "time to weep, and a time to
laugh, a time to mourn and a time to
dance."
The next verse says there is also
"a time to embrace, and a time to
refrain from embracing." That
?hou!d be remembered in these wild
dancing days.
When you get a piece of this earth,
keep it. It cannot be stolen; doesn't
rust; you are your own board of di
rectors; unlike watered stocks, there
is only just so much of it, and it goes
u pin price.
The Indians sold Manhattan Iesand
for $24. The land in Central Park
alone is now worth a thousand mil
lions. *"
Mr. Hatch got 000 acres at Far
Iiockaway, New York, under fore
closure* for $40,000, tried to get rid
of it but jcouldn't on account of liti
gation. When he did sell he got $3,
000,000. At today's boom prices, if
his son had it, <it would be worth
$7(52.000,000. Keep your real estate.
In Indianapolis, punishment is to
lit the crime, when one man with his
automobile kills another. The killer
is to spend one hour locked in a room
with the corpse of the person killed.
The theory is that it will make the
killer think, although it won't bring
the dead back to life.
"Voltaire had the idea reversed. In
"Zadig" a traveling philosopher
causes the young widows of India to
discontinue burning themselves alive
with the corpses of their own hus
bands. He didn't forbid it, only made
a law that before being burned alive
the young widow should pass a couple
of hours with the handsomest young
man in the village.
After that for some strange reason
; the widow usually lo.-t interest in be
I ing burned up with her aged spouse.
Often she disappeared before tht1 fun
1 eral.
What a nuisance the human body is.
Through life it worries with aches
and pains and needs. The spirit is so
| easily taken care of. It has no rheu
matism, no teeth to ache, no gout, no
hair to fall out, needs no clothing,
eat - nothing, supplies what little real
happiness we have. And we soon
learn to suppress that part of it call
ed "conscience."
Even when you are dead, the spirit
take^ care of itself, goes off some
where ar.d the body remains a nui
sance. The simplest thing is to burr\J
it up. instead of leaving the work of
destruction to slow worms, but many
<io not like that cremation idea.
Death and what we call its "horror"
ought to be most useful. Every time
k man thinks of death be should say
to himself, "merciful Heaven! I had
better stop thinking and get out and
do something worth while, for I
shall >oon be gone, and they will be
asking, 'what shall we do with the
remain-?' and 'what did he amount
to?' "
Bo> Scout News
The Mo\ Scout > ?>f Troop No. I
| he'd their titular mating on Friday
: r.itrhf :i tht Sc. ui h<-u?e. Th? mot*?
j i i . v. ,i - i.p? p< <1 h\ th^ Prayer
j and tl.< due* v. i re collect* ? I . During
the nir.-tinjr the advancement record
was checked tip. -howir.fr hou much
each s c out had advanci J during our
cant*'. The principa part ? ? f the
meet.njr wak a ta k h\ Kag!?* Scout
Goudin Kershaw of Augusta, (?a., on
what scouting ha? meant to him. Thi*
talk was enjoyed very much by our
ftcouts. At this meeting the Ragle
patrol presented a new form of initia
tion and we hope it will ho adopted.
John Richardson, Scrtt*.
CAROLINA OFFICER KILLED.
(.ieul. Wiiwlon J, Kaddy, of H?m*|
minRway, Lone? Life.
Hemingway* Aug. 16. ? Q, B, Eaddy '
received Friduy, August 13th, the
startling intelligence that his -on,
Lieut. Winston J. Eaddy, stationed
ut Camp Clark, Texas, was killed at
D a. m. of that day. Death, which
was instantaneous, was duo to un
avoidable accident, his horse. falling:
on him while drilling.
Liout. Bradley of the dead ofllcer's
command, the Fifth cavalry, is now
en route with the body. The funeral
will take place on their arrival, Which
will probably be Tuesday, August 18.
Lieutenant Eaddy was a fino spec
imen of young manhod, the pride of
his parents and sisters, and one of
whom the whole community was
proud. As a student of Hemingway
high school, ho led his class, after at
tending the Citadel one year, where
ho was adjudged the bent in deport
ment in his class, he received the
West Point .appointment. . In 1928, at
the age of 22 he was graduated -and,
was assigned to duty on the Mexican
border.
Two Killed at Columbia.
Columbia, August H.? An effort to
stop a touring car at* the Pinckney
street railroad crossing (just off west
Elmwood avenue) proved futile at
1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon and
John Adams, 1531 Lincoln street, and
Mrs. Marie Butler, Kansas City, Mo.,
met death when passenger train No.
53 of the Columbia, Newberry and
Laurens railroad plunged into the
machine in which they were riding.
Tally Eisenhauer and John Kim
brell, both of Columbia, also received
injuries in the wreck. They are now in
the Columbia hospital. Eisenhauer is
suffering from a. badly lacerated
hand and bodily hurts. Kimbrell has
severe lacerations about the face and
hands. Neither of the two young
men is thought to be in a serious
condition.
STUDENTS ENTERING
the Atlanta-Soutihern Dental College
in October should matriculate at once.
This is the Last year it \yill be possi
ble to enter a dental college with
only high school education, and in
creased enrollment must be provided
for in the new building now under
construction. ? Adv. 21 pd
Wants? For Sale
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FOB SALE? Pedigreed Collie pupa,
nine weeks okL Already wormed.
Males 116.00; Females $10.00 Reg
istratlon papers A. K. C. $2.00 ex
tra. Pure-bred Collies 37.60 and
$10.00. Mrs, R. V<. Rembert, Rom
berg S. 21 -pd
FOR J0USNT ? Furnished rooms, near J
.school and Main 'street. Apply to
1214 Fair street, ' 21-23pd
FOR HALE ? Two good milch cows
at a bargain. Address R. S. Trues, j
dale, Westville, S. C. 21-22pd
FOR RENT ? New 5 -room .house with
bath, on W. Hampton Avenue. Ai*
ply to Mrs. A. G. Hug-gins, P. O.
Box 826. 20tiif
WANTED ? Am offering $2.50 to haul
and put on train pulp wood by the:
cord. Haul three miles. Dr. S. F.
Brasington, Camden, S. C. lOtfj
FOR SALE ? Honey in comb 1& cents
per pound, in five pound lots. I
Bring container. Address Mrs.
William D. Trantham, Chesnut
StwfcM, Camden, S. C. ? 19pd
FOR SALB? ^Several good stock bird
puppies six Weeks old and will be
ready for fall training. Apply to
L. M. Truesdale, rte 1, Westville,
S. C. 19-18-pd
LOST ? One pair tortoise shell glasses
in soft leather case. Reward if
returned to Chronicle office. 18-pd
POULTRY AND EGGS WANTED?
Any quantity any time. Don't
write. Ship us your poultry and
eggs, hens 19c, fryers 26c, roos
ters 7c, eggs 83c, delivered at Clin
ton. Clinton Produce Co., Clinton.
S. C. Cash by return mail. 18-tr
FOR RENT ? Three connecting rooms
unfurnished. Telephone 262-J, Cam
den, S. C. J7-18-19-pd
WANTED? No. 1 pine logs. Highest
cash prices paid; year round der
mand. Sumter Planing Mills and
Lumber Co., Attention E. S. Booth,
Sumter, S. C. >. 29-tf !
BATTERIES? If it's a battery you
need see us before you buy, our
prices are right. Batteries recharg
ed and repaired. Broad Street Fill
ing Station, Phone 443, U. N.
Myers, Prop. 15-sbj
WHITTON GENUINE PARTS Ca,
Columbia, S. C., The largest Parts
Distributors in the entire South.
A complete stock of genuine and
replacement parts for all cars and
trucks. aug. 7-sb
FORD SERVICE? We handle genu
ine Ford parts. Let us do your
repair work. Experienced Ford me
chanics. Mr. Joe Pettigrew in
charge of repair shop. Broad Street
Filling Station, Phone 443, U. N.
Myers, Prop. "-lS-sb
FOR RENT ? Two houses on Broad
street. Apply to L. A. Wittkowsky,
Camden, S. C. 60 sb
CITATION
Stat* of South OaroHna,
CoUHty of Ktvivhaw.
By W. L. McDowell, Kisq.,
Judge. . ^ ,
Whereas, Pauline Gary mad*} suit
to me to grant her Letters of Ad
ministration of the Eaitate of and
effect* of Joseph Brooks.
These are, therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kin
dred and creditors of tne said Joseph
Brooks, deceased, that they be and
appear before meif in the Court of
probate, to be held at Camden, South
Carolina on Monday, August 8Ht,
next after publication thereof, at U
o'clock in the forenoon, to show
cause, if any they have, why the said
Administration should not be grant
ed.
Given under my hand, this 10th
day of August, Anno Domini 1925.
w. l. Mcdowell,
Judge of Probate for Kenahaw County
Published on the 14th and 21st
days of Augusit, 1925, in the Camden
Chronicle and posted at the pourt
House door for the time prescribed
by law.
< CITATION
State of South Carolina,
County of Kershaw.
By W. L. McDowell, Esq., Prortwt*
Judge.
Whereas, L. A. Kirkland made suit
to me to grant him Letters of Admin
istration of the Estate of and ef
fects of Lula B. Croft
These ere, therefore, to cite and
admonish ail and singular the kin
dred and creditors of the said Lula
B. Croft, deceased, -that they be and
appear before me, in the Court of
Probate, to be held at Camden, South
Carolina on Saturday, August 22nd,
next after publication thereof, at 11
o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause,
if any they ha^re, why the aaid Ad
ministration should not be granted.
Given under my hand, this 7th day
of August, Anno Domini 1925.
w. L. Mcdowell,
Judge of Probate for Kershaw County
Published on the 14th and 21st
days of August, 1925, in the Camden
Chronicle and posrtied at the Court
House door for the time prescribed
by law.
WHY WAIT until winter to
arrange for your milk sup
ply when milk is scarce9
Give us a trial now or ask
some of our customers.
Quality and service is our
motto. Call Lee's Market
and ask for our driver to
call. ' Milk, cream, fresh
eggs and poultry at the mar
ket. Lugoff Dairy, LugofT.
S. C. 20-32pd
FOR SALE ? Lot best quality red six
inch floor tile. See N. C. Arnett,
Camden, S. C. 21-<sb
Living To One's Self
Ft is written ''No man liveth unto him
self."
It is just as true that no institution, cor
poration or business can permanently
prosper that is utterly selfish. We real
ize that we can prosper only as we are of
service and real helpfulness to the inter
ests of the community.
The First National Bank
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