The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 30, 1925, Image 6
GIFT or MEMORY
Hie. Kepi Man) Politician* I n Office
For l.ong 'IVrins
A man doc* not have to be old
enough to have one foot In the grave
and the other on a banana peelln.f
u> realize that a* the years pans it
harder t<? reiuomber recent no
eu.F?WW?w or the face* of newly met
people, while the occurrences of
yottnge: days and the faces known
t ! : i < m- out. more and i.aoe . dea ???
iy n the nu?mory. ' In it a failing of
t.h?? nu nory, or a Rowing i tuHf f* r
en e? IV used to ou^rrn:* me till one
-! ' t a'k ing t<? D.P. jji y~. I >i II. of
tlis* t : 7pt i -t Courier. A young man
cairn u|r and greeted Dr. Dill most
efliiftivt'ly and asked after Mrs; Dill.;
A- Mr. Dili did not introduY. him ?<>
me, 1 knew he had forgotten the
young man's name. %e was bluffing
gamely, tyut finally the - y? ung man
9 "You don't. rememU-i me, Dr.
DU1, You have fOi gotten my name."
' "Yes" naid Dr. Dill. "I have -and
1 have quit lying about such things."
Lots of others have not, especially if
they arc in politics.
I have been walking on a street in j
Columbia with Frank I. ever, when he
was congressman and had a reputa
tion for knowing almost everybody
in his district, the seventh congres
sional, when f.ever would nudge me
in the .side and say: "Quick! Who'l
that coming. I know him but cart'c
remember his name." Then, after I
had told him, with all the heartiness
imaginable he'd greet the man by
name as if he wore a lorvg lost
brother. And the man would go home
that < night and say: i "That Frank
Lever in a wonder. I nvet him only
once, years ago, and lie called me by
name right off-hand, just as easy,
when I met him in Columbia today.''
There a;e tricks in all trades- ? and
politics is sometimes a trade.
D. K. Finley, who long represeritc I
the fifth distrhl congress, really
knew practically every man, woman
and child in his district by name?
the voters by first name. ITe had ft
massive head and I think most of it
was occupied by memory. He could
quote aft fcnnts- ofnrbrtT'S and figu res.
I guess he would quote them correct
ly. 1 ii vcr toek the trouble to look
them up. And I never, heard any
body contradict bin'.. Hut, there was
no mistake about his knowing the
faccs and name* "f- the men in his
? listiii t who bad the power to keep
him in Washing'":; nor his know
ing the name's arid faces of all the
members* of their families. A number
0 ? ' 4 ,
of men who tried, to replace him in
Washington found >ut that fact to
their cost.
I have uendeied at times if th?it
power br a K"- <!| ?<* i'- van be cu!
tivated. I arn s a pic ions of memory
props. \ youn> l.idy u.yd to board
in my home who was notorious for
^ottinK names wton^> A Mr. Warner
came around . several limes to my
house tn supper. Knch time the
yountr lad> had forgotten his name.
One night when be was lea\*ing, h"
said: "Mi ss ( 'a rric, my name is War
ner. W- A ? It- W-F.-K Warner. Now,
I" bet you a | ?; ?. i v of giovi.s ' > a cigar
when I come next Friday you will
have forgotti n it."
She took t no be'. \rte< he left, I
said: ( an e, > nu ueio f? olish
tn bei. \ ou ii re M.ie to tv, >e."
"No," -aid -he, ( won'' lose. fo?*
I'll tiling of Wa?fer'? Sale h.i<ine>
< ure (a eom? v m proprietary remody
of those days} ;mij that \s.'l give mo
!i is i a nu "
So, on the f .'ovimg F: Jay *ne:i
he came in, sh< s!e|ijni! ir? Miiilinglv,
shook hi- Iu.im! and .-aid. "You to.se
your bet. Vm tnnk I ha . < forgotten
your n;r..i M : . ? . ! havt nr. i, Mr.
I food."
Ho> d S.i, - iij ;i:: a v.. about as
well knuwi. a | > i ??pri< : a rj . -edicinc as
WariM r - Saf" Kui"e\ ?ure. Her
ysten.. m mi ?i > "Vi.et ?. would haw
'H-t'n a ? i fi * . bad il wo-krd.
I w i " . sm ii/.n^ c ompartment
: a i..'. :i h om i f t e t, ? -on many
'?a:-: a? ; J ?. ? , i * :< - . I ? 1 .^btful com
??any a- n po - - : I e i in' ;n in
' io ( ... I v. a-> <?:? trig bet wee .1
lesx < ?? \ joker of the Metho
I !>t - '. . : ? . *i. | r ( ' lirowi:, v?h>
' eld a miv . ? !. ,?m .-lT Baptist
1 ti i n i .i t r -
The i., ? ; t. ?-?i : door of
? ? ? ?' ?' ' ? '*? " ? ? > ; a'f >? m. :r.c pass
1 i: ?? ?r<! :! ? - .rr.o the
?at r > ?n ?>, up.
. t uv (?? ' ' '.i : a man
m: .. ? ? ' .. ' I *^.i. puries
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then onv ? . , %,? thoni.
'X^. n Tdlma?' wa- an^th -.' : < :ti
wlut ? r.r:.f t./ n.i'morj f r vime*
terwL_I^ . . 1 b<:er? y\jih him
FALSE Al>8 BARRKD
I'oatoffice Official L'Uerit Warning!
Xv'.un ,i Objertionuble Matter
Philadelphia, Oct. W. A warning
against unscrupulous advertising and j
aolicitatioiu of business by mail was
given in au address here today by
Robert S. Hunger, third assistant
postmaster-general, before the nation*
al direct' .selling conference.
The conference, hel?l under the auv
pice* of the incorporate*!. ???> <iiation
of direct M'llii.;; eomj^ui le.%, was to' 1
that public complaint 10 the po-4
office department .of the failure of
bu'.uc.o concerns to live up to th ir
advei tUi'ments occasional!) develops
evident c i.ndicatiuK what m:.<jh*. bit
trrmi'il "fijululent use of the mails."!
Knla- <>i unlawful promises in ad
vei?' ng must stop, Mr. Jteager .said,
to; the firm or individual involved
"must get out of the mail order busi
ness." .
Solicitations by mail and the verbal
I ' tate.ments of salesmen, he continued,
may be equally objectionable as the
published advertisements along the
same lines.
The postoffice department also had
found in some instances, Mr. Itegar
declared, an objectionable feature in
shipments of merchandise in advance
of the receipt of orders. He added,
however,, that this phase had largely
been regulated by the prohibition of
semking any* matter by mail collet1',
on delivery unless the shipments were
based 6n bona fide orders or in con
foimity with ngreemonts between the
fccHdevs and addressees.
' An Unusual Incident
The Journal office had a rather ex
citing visit yesterday from a gentle- J
man of Hartsville, S. ('., Mr. R. -C. j
Rouse. Mr. Rouse is suffering with]
a mental trouble and left, home yes-;
tetday driving his big Hudson car be
eau.se his friends were preparing to
take him to the hospital for treat
ment. It is learned that he has been
an influential cotton buyer of- thi?t
town and has a family, ono married
daughter living in Spartanburg. When
h:s condition w a ?? ob-ei ved here the
poluc found out, where he was from
and communicated with Hartsville.
They had supposed he had gone to
Spartanbuig. He was held until
about nine o'clock last night' when
fr:oml> from I lai t-ville arrived an l
took him home. Mr. Rouse parked
hi-j car on. the Laney-tiordon lot i:i
fiont of The Journal office in th>'
morning and was several times ob
served hanging about the front door
of the office as if waiting for some
one. No one asked his business. Sev
eral times during the day he dashed,
in and out of the office as if looking
for some one. Finally about l o'clock
while the office was vacant, he rush
ed into the rear and tore a hundred |
or so book* from a case on, the wall,]
>aying that he had heard the voice
of a man he knew, that the man was
somewhere in the building and had
told him to come through the book
ca*e. Mr. Rouse had every appear
ance of a gentleman and a well to do
man, and *romed sane orf every sub- ;
ject except tin- one obsession that a
man he wanted to see was concealed
somewhcie in the building. ? Monroe
Jou rr.a'.
( hj.rle.v Larry, for the past three
month* an employee of the Centra! ,
f.'linu station of Hartsville and a
n vdi . t of Chesterfield county, died
'?? 'In* Florence infirmary Monday
rig hi at o'clock from effects of
.i;.; ...? - sustained when he was struck
b> .. i . automobile driven by Walter
Klu U of Hartsville, on the Parling
:r i) H.'i?t -svillt* highway at 11 o'clock'
Fi ,<!.i ? i tr h t
AiiiciKiiii postnva.-ters had the'
frai.k riy |u ;vi!egt> in the early days. I
mai:.! time.* and in many part.- ofj
?South Carolina and never knew him,
a* a moment's loss to call the name I
of at.vbody who came up and greeted'
h.:t, a- having nut him before. That
fa?.uit.\ .1 < .11 no small decree re
sp< >??.-. b!e t ? ? i the hoid he had <>n the
v-.tti-t if South Carolina who. after
I
puf.n^ < " h:m the harness of publu
.M-rv.iT, l-.i-rt him r. that harm-.-- t?'l:
t I . . I ( i
H.i' I -tarted v t?> -a\ wa? that I
'!. - i-' i.t f.i.-t <>; (), tobi-' .in. I *.h.?t
: . r.< I . i > < t ()>'! .iIa-: , a nd h e : . I i i ?
m. n hi ,..j I n -i H forgotten what \i.it.
' t . ; \ > f Ortoln- ? i- > i ji .
\ i . - . ? '.!.?( < it f ' u r ? ? ma \ b
I .? ,i k<--! ?>?!? in the i-.'o m-ru
; .1- i . .If,, k Fi-,.! r.a !
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if*- a' . ?\um;>". I* .va? tr.i- ear
r frost I !.a<i i \ or ?-.cn in
. h . - \o\i, that fro-t had
h i. ? I -.t> < " fifty \i-m: ac. I'd
h ;i . ? . r> njomlxred th? 'f.Vi W h. ?>
r. ? ir. y* ',k? t h a " *
A i; - d memory - a wniderfu g.f'
I arr> Miaded it i ?? a g.ft, though
ran t7? rnprovM by exerciM- (if-,.
R. K<H**tcrj Sr., in Spartanburg- Sun.
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A SaW of D?a<l Hop**
There ix pathos an well ax humor
in the announcement that the Unite J
States Patent Office shortly will se>V
at auction 165,000 models of useless
inventions, All these whimsical fail
ures were born before 1880, when the
l*atent Office stopped requiring ??
model of each invention registered
and the government can no longer
give them storage room. Dealers in
curios and junkmen will claim them
now, for in most instances, alas!
Their (fond creators have passed be
yond the call of any mortal auction
oer.
What a tale of futility it is, this
collection; what a litany c? f struggles
come to naught, of denials and sac*
rifices without grace of achievement.
Consider the absurd roll-call -a self*
tipping hat, a plan to lay a railroad
across the ice on Lake Superior, a
hookworm trap, spectacles to give
chickens the power of si^ht after
dark, a device for holding a cow's tail,
a hundred weird schemes of perpetual
motion. The debris of dreams.
Yet there is concrete evidence of
labor typically American. The United
States is the greatest inventive na
tion in the world, having produced
one-half of all the patents ever grant*
e<k It is but an irony of fate that
for every Edison, Whitney or Bo!l
there must be a thousand less gifted
workers whose schemes end in that
cemetery of dead and buried hopes at
the Patent Office. And yet a survey
of the useless models reveals here
and there the germ of a sound idea
which has been developed by some
more practical inventor years after
ward.- ? St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
A Snooper's Law
The Insurance Age-Journal, of
Marblehead, Mass., is opposed to the
publication of incomj? taxes. "It ia
securing information, which whiie
legal according to out courts,- 'savors
of the surreptitious."
The Boston Herald considers such
publication an "exploitation of the
intimate details of our fellow citizen's
business, merely for tho gratification
of idle or malignant curiosity. Such
publication breeds suspicion and dis
trust, jealousy and animosity. It ex
poses business men to sinister or dem
agogic attacks. It yields huge
amounts of misinformation, for in
numerous cases the bare figures re
vealed are not artywhere near an
exact revelation of the taxpayer's in
come. The average American does
not like to have folks .snooping around
to find out what they can about his
private affairs. His resentment is
! just."
XotKing will do more to drive large
i irscom.es and capital out of productive
i industry into hiding, or tax-exempt
; bonds, so long as they are permitted
by law, than the publication of in
[ come, tax returns. Millions .of Amer
icans feel that the amount they make,
so long as it is acquired honestly, is
no one's business but their own and
they will not .submit to having their
affairs talked over by the town gos
sips.
Losses of K nt h
New York, Oct. 26. ? Babe Ruth in
quoted in an interview with Joe Wink
worth, published in the current issua
of Collier's Weekly, as saying he had
! lost $250,000.
"I have been a babe and a fool,
I I'm through," the home run king is
j quoted as saying.
I He tabulates his losses a* follows:
I Gambling, $125,000; business fail
lures, $100,000, and fees to lawyers
i and detectives, $25,000.
However, he has a paid up endow
! ment policy, which will provide him
with $500^ month, starting when he
is 45 years old, he said.
Victim of Motor Accident
Columbia, Oct. 22. ? William K."
Campbell, aged 32, employee of the
Whitton Auto Wrecking company in
the 2100 block of Main street, who
was injured early yesterday morning
when he was struck by an automobile
while at work preparing to tow in a
car, died at the Columbia hospital at
10:15 o'clock yesterday mnrnii.p.
France has given permission for
36,000 Jewish families to ^ett.?- in
that country. One Jcw.-h famil\ per
village is the rule t<> !>r followed.
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Just Received
CAR LOAD
Fulgrum Seed Oats
Red Rust Proof Seed Oats
Winter Rye
Abruzzi Rye
Plant Oats and Rye Early this Fall
SPRINGS & SHANNON, Inc.
CAMDEN, S. C.
ORMOND TO SUE COLE
Preacher Seeking Damages Against
Slayer of His. Son
Nashville, Oct. 26. ? .Rev. A. L. Or
mond, Methodist minister of this
place, will bring suit for damages
rtgainst W. -B. Cole, of Rockingham,
for the killing of hi? son, W. W, Or
mond, according to The Nashville
Graphic, local newspaper.
? The suit will bp brought in Wake
county and will be brought by the
local minister in his capacity as ad
ministrator of his son whom Cole
shot to death early in August, beinj,
later acquitted by a Union county
jury.
Just when the summons will be
issued against Cole has not been de
termined, but it is quite probable that
this will be done immediately upon
Cole's return from a distant state
where, it is stated, Cole has gone to
recuperate.
There has been no intimatiin of the
amount of damages that will b??
asked by Rev. Mr. Ormond, and this
question will proba>bly be determined
when there is a conference of the at
torneys who are to represent him in
the contest against Cole. During the
? past week Mr. Ormond has been
busily engaged perfecting his array
of legal counsel, who are to press the
suit against the slayer of young Or
i mond. . "...
j The Graphic learns, it states, from
a most reliable source that Douglass
and Douglass of Raleigh; Larry J.
Moore, of New Dern; W. R. J6nes, of
Rockingham, and Harold D. Cooley,
1 of Nashville, have been retained as
counsel for Mr. Ormond, and possibly
j others may be added to the array.
Negro Shoots Four
Monroe, Ga., Oct. 25. ? Four per
' sons were shot, two of them seriously,
when Jim Ellis, a negro desperado,
ran amuck here Saturday night. De
tails of the shootings became known
today.
Cal Doster, David Sorrels and
James Sims were motoring from
Monroe to Campton when they were
hailed by Ellis, who asked for a ride.
The men passed without heeding the
negro's request,
A short while later they were com
pelled to stop on account of a punc
ture and while they weTe repairing
the tire, the negro overtook them.
According to their stories, Ellis
whipped out a pistol and began firing.
One bullet ontered Sorrell's abdomen
and another siruck Doster in the
thigh. The negro fled and the wound
ed men were brought here and placed
in the hospital. Two officers were
wounded in a vain attempt to .cap
ture him.
Long Horseback Trip.
Buenos Aires, Oct. 21. ? A former
English schoolmaster is making the
long ride by horseback from Buerio*
Aires to New York in order to demon
strate the endurance and hardihood
of the Argentine type of horses.
T. A. Eschoffely left here April 21
and four months later had reached
Bolivia. Writing to friends here, he
said the animals- were in better condi
tion than at leaving Buenos Aires.
More than 100,000 Ford T ouring Cars W ill be Produced
for Delivery to Retail Purchasers During October
If you haven't already done so, go to the nearest Authorized Ford Dealer
and see the car that is meeting with this unusual sales response.
See how recent improvements have added new beauty and
finer riding comforts. Note the close-fitting curtains that open
with the four doors ? thus making the car comfortable and conveni
Touring
*290
"Runabout *260
Coupe ' - 520
Tudor Sedan 580
Fordor Sedan 660
C1oa?d cart in color. Dr
mnunrable rims and atari er
extra oa opf n cart.
AH pHcft f.m.b. Dttrtu
ent for all kinds of weather.
As you check over the many
improvements, bear in mind
that there has been no in*
crease in prices.