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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE A. 0. Nile* Kdilyr and PaMiaher Published every Friday at No. 1109 Broad Street and entered at the Cam den, South, Carolina, postoffice at second cla^ mail matter. Price per annum |2.<>t. CUmdcn, S. C.t Friday, Jan. 15, 15*26. The K?vf n bjtnb of Kershaw Coun ty, including the bunk at Kershaw, located in this county show by their statements published on call last week that they have on deposit more than three million dollar*? -to bo exa< : tho figure* are $:{,104,2a0.0K The^ statement* also show that none , of these banks owe any money. This is further anfj, ?ifb.<*taritia< proof that WO have one of the best towns and one of the best counties lh the state. If Kveryone Nought Here What would bo the diva/lends pay able to Camden if every citizen on December 31, 1926, could truthfully nay he or she had not violated a com munity resolution for 1926 to "buy at homo?" The increased business which Would obtain for home-town 'merchants, from Kuch a community resolution might neem inconsiderable to those who buy seldom if ever through the mails, but to that person acquainted with postal money order statistics and the num bers of mail order catalogs annually Iiouring into the resulting Ipsa to the community is staggering. Ai this time, when community co operation and loyalty are doing so much for community growth and prosperity, it seems that an intensive and concerted campaign for one solid year for 100 per cent inculcation of the 'buying at home" habit would dis cover for every community the hidden ; JF . * j fountain of prosperity. Presupposing that the mail ordei f catalog cover has been clamped dow:vj tightly for one* year by the whole com munity the probable benefits which would accrue to the community are ! amazing. Firstly, thousands of dot Jars annual 1> shipped out of town would pour "? n'o honte. l.iwr. stores. ; The increased hu-sh e?> wjulii en- ' courage the rrorchan' -> t<> > t < ? r?* im provements, the purchase "f large"' stocks, the lowering of pvces and to otherwise ;mnrov:n??' service. The benefit to :he ; ? il>! i ? ?! b-ttei store.-, , larger stork-, twer ;> .? i. and better Sex vice i-. <'bvi,.i. . IJu ?.r;e.;s beget- i bus:ne*s. I ?. i > ?he bn-y town which ; atv acts r %v ':idu-".i ? new hu sines.-, ! new ( tizons, and v< >v buildings. Pop- j uia if n im-ieases building im I?.o\ements distribute the tax burden ovrr a ln*"c*rr nr?*n. ^jfhtening it for; tiie individual. . s iheie anyone who doubt* that. (\.rr .en would be a bigger and better town to live in in 1027 if everybody bought at home in 1020? Think Little of Obligation* A tew days a^u The News was talking to a local man who has had cons.derab'.e, business experience a. org the mercantile line and also the b ng lire. In fart, he is in close t i. with both and i.-< therefore in pon on ? ?? talk with authority about obligations made by people of the 8< ,i n. News ? ?.d sMme'hinij About; j n >: taking " h ?? i . obligations, f 1;. :? '.tv.- .i :: i as a lesuit! bw rv s.- in< *1 ard I 't'ilci's were find- ' it necessary It considerably re-1 s credit these .lays. "You are J r ' said the man. "A few years' a;: j a man would n:\e the payment o . note h;s closest attention. If h unil that lie couid no', pay t ht* n < . you could look for him on the c was due to come in aud make ? k.nd of satisfactory arrange- I n i about it. Hut now, there are n people who do not seem to r c ! note a matter of import- ( i. It e \ cann ?' pav it some* . t wr ?v.ii.y have ,i 'hard time in g - k 'hr-ir ti- < i !v- around and (?11- .? matter. I'h"> ju>t pass ni; u <? nave write them i t iga.n : j - around and " kn.c.v u -.a' t he> want to do. .. ( '.'i ' <: e x I s 1 1 ng y ou ' " i ' ' . - ab.so!ute.\ r ?>' ?(' .*? k,-, j, ? t gh: hand , ' ! ?!! in irh: \ >n\ to ,>ee I t t , ... .gai;on? >o i " .1 ? ? N.-.v - ? V ' i ' ? ' - .1.1 A n a t < ? . ? - .... tepor-l j ' i . k ' 1 - h < i w 1 > r. . he . i i '? " .r. t, .ti the Ire-* i ? ^ ' ? c. \ g s deposits ^ r. ;m in a ? . -> ? . -ry hank " C' ^ ' ? g * ? ? h . .' . * i r. I . ?? risky, i ' ? .ater > u t '? bound to run .i . :.u h o\ T! i: M Kn qu . er. - ,\Uu r..n. born .r. N^w l.'e.^nd, j ace ( r Quebec, in l.MPJ, oele t I h .> lllth birthday at St. Jt hii.-bui y, Vt., on Jan. 1st. He says | he is ldoking forward to work in the potato ftrld* next tanner. A New Year Wiah The other day a Savannah man re ceived the following- original ?N?w Year "wish." * sentiment full of wis dom and the finer thought that apellt a j*ort of noble pergonal individuality which in it?elf speaks strength .anti vigor: The sun is just . rising on another New Year's day, What can 1 wiah you that thin day, this year, may" hi in# to you and to me? Nothing that shall make the world poorer, nothing at the expense of other men; but just those few things whieh in their coming do not stop with you and me, bu'. touch us rather as they pas* tlgh and gather strength: "A few friends who understand us, yet re mil in our friends. "A work to do which has real value, without which the world would feel the poorer. ? ? MA return for such work small enough not to tax unduly anyorii who pays. "A mind unafraid to travel, even .though the trail be not brazed. "An understanding heart. MA sight of the eternal hills, and the unresting sea, and of something beautiful the hand of man has made. "A sense of humor and tho power to laugh. * "A little leisure wjth nothing to do. -t/MA few moments of quiet, silent meditation. I "A sense of the presence of God. "And the patience to wait for the; coming of these things, with the wis dom to know when they come." The finest of the items of this com-, posite wish for the New Year is prob ably to be found in that one which says, with a sort 0/ unusual flavor of noble unselfishness and content ment in work, "a return for that work .small enough not to tax unduly anyone who pays." The principle in volved in that wish is not only in trinsically of value to the wisher but of inestimable worth to the world; for it means sharing the blessings of re >ultful effort with all those who mijrht not ?>thei wise rett ive a portion of the- profit from .unselfish invest ment.- -Savannah Morning News. Could Tell the State** Story The death of Commissioner of Agriculture Harris ha- < tiled fortn a number of suggest i' r/.^ as to the office which he hejjdlywjuwtc of these suggestions are pew^flVntaMnd some of them are not. For example, the proposal that the office be abolished and its duties transferred to Clemson College evidently is based on thevim pression that the main business of the office is to aid and advise farm ers. In view of the name, that is a reasonable assumption, but" the fact is that t hi* main work of this office m reconi years has had to do. with the enforcement of the laws relating to foodstuffs and feedstuffs, the inspec tion of cotton .seed and of gasoline, and matters of that kind. These are important duties and must be con tinued. They cannot be put under Clemson to advantage, nor under any ??thei- vx.*ung agency. It ddos not follow that the Com m:: sit ner holding this office could not render great service in addition to the maintenance of the inspection activities which devolve upon him. The intention of the Legislature was that this office could be an agenci es the collection and the dissemina ic.n of information looking to the ad vancement of the State. In other words, it could be a bureau of pub licity in the general interest. Twenty years ago the late K. J. Watson did notable work on this lino and the handbook of South Carolina which .Major Marty Hammond compiled away back in the eighties under the auspices of this department ha? been and remains of great value t ?"? all students "of our affairs. There is art opportunity toda> in thi? direction beyond anything thai r. as ex.sted .n the past. Col. Watson was ahead of h:s time but if the work wh.ch he did could b<> taken up again ' ? vv and ; om', uted vigorously we <h ml-i b?'g r to hear from it imme : .1'' . >:at< '? g:rat benefit. \>ar.\ e\er\ one w.l! admit that - j ? < a na needs to busy herself i.r . t . ? .! >ne :s t?> b: . ng in "i. ' ? y an ; the new peop e . ? ;> ? ; ? r . Here the ? ? ? ? A C. m ?v k. 7 han. e rcuH ?j . < a . . . n .? , e ;her h.rtM ! :? by . .<? W 1 i 'Mil . ,t. V \ ? .. r. ? : i jr.er W .t nt Ads I'opular I i .. . s..i .i h.s \s--ek v arrj ? g t : 1: -t ? " want ;?.1> This ' i ? V( : r.g - the cheapest ?i- iniiii' jH?ople read the ass fled ads*, an 1 the results are far icachinfj. The cost is small ? only one ccnt per word ? but no ad Is taken for less than 25 (fents, and cash muht accompany the ord?r. THIS WEEK By Arthur Brisbane Mr. Brisbane's editorials are pub lished as expressions of opinions of the world's highest-salaried editor and The Chronicle doe* not nece*$*rily endorse all of hi* views and conclusions, The Jfc G. White Engineering Corp oration undertakes a s $30,000,000 irri gation scheme for Mexico. Anything that helps Mexico pleases us, but what about the waters of?the Colorado River that wander, wasted, through the United States and then down into Mexico? As fasi as she Ujses water for irri gation, Mexico establishes an inter national right with which this country must not interfere. While Western states are fighting as to which shall have the water that goes to waste through the deep can yon, while private power companies block any us?^of that water, fearful that the people may get the benefit, Mexico will establish a claim, and our states through which the great river passes will be informed that they must not draw off enough water to interfere with Mexico's established irrigation rights. President Coolidge might interest himself in that. It may become a serious problem for himself or his successors. ? Three of the largest, richest Luth eran churches in New York are con sidering" a merger, the combination to build a skyscraper with a church tucked away in it, according to- mod ern ideas. How would that impress Martin Luther, who ftays in. his 'Table Talks":-. For where God built a church, there the devil would also build i\ chapel." If the Lutherans build a skyscraper church, would the devil find it nec essary alsO to build a skyscraper chapel ? Reverend James S. Montgomery, chaplain of thy house of representa tives, puts the modernist and funda mentalist problem in few words: "Modernists say, 'There ain't no hell.' 'Fundamentalists say, The hell there ain't.'" The average man says^r'There may or there may not be, such a super heated resort. But to avoid running risks I shall behave decently." You may add that he doesn't amount to much who refrains from sin only because he fears that he may go to hell. Great Britain with her rubber monopoly takes from this country about $700,000,000 a year, more than enough to pay her debt to us. By way of reprisal the Massachu setts Legislature is asked to drive out British insurance companies. Such talk is foolis<h. Uncle Sanfr, his pock ets bulging with gold, and playing the part of a "cry baby," makes himself unnecessarily ridiculous. Besides, in the California fire Eng lish insurance companies paid what they owed in full, which is more than can be said for some American com panies. Good-bye to the horse. Los Angele.s is the first city to have "no-horse" streets. Washington forbids horse drawn vehicles on four important | thoroughfares. That will spread. The horse is happier in the coun 1 try, away from hard streets. He is no longer necessary in the city, no excuse for h:m. Even if he were a kittle cheaper for some work, which doubtful, he should vanish. Get a truck. Eight men and nine women tried t > k:l! themselves in Venice on one da\ la>t week. "General misery" is the explanation. Gas was the favor ite exit, revolvers are so expensive. Hun-. ping from a height is even cheap er and surer than gas. There is no turning back once you start down. Mu' those tiled of ife are usually At ak in will, and it takex will to jump r.'.o space, men since 'heir al i-geri ear.y free days having had bred them an inter"*- aversion '<> falling iff thi limb. i That, evolutionists sa>, j a h y we! dream .so often of falling And it !exr>.a;n-i women's horror i>t" -nakes. ! f The snakes could crawl ou" along the i limb, and steal the sleeping baby from; its mother. Any good anli -"volu* ion- \ ist, of course, could prove tr> nmi ,hat| j that's nonsense. I Make a good mousetrap and, as I you know, the 'world will w?ar ou* THE GOVERNOR'S MKSSAGK. Make* Annual Recomtnendattona At Opralni of General Awembly. Columbia, Jan. 12.-r-Governor Mc leod struck out at critic of the State's tax system who fail to offer constructive remedies, in his annual address today to the South Carolina] General Assembly, and outlined a tax ation program of his own. Provision for abolition of the gen eral property levy for state purpose-i, through the segregation of some class or classes of taxes to provide sufficient revenues for the state, was an astounding suggestion of the chief executive's program, which included retention of indirect taxes, revaluation fofr purposes of equalization but not for revenue raising, revision of the in come tax law, retention of the inher itance tax, and submission of a Con stitutional amendment to make possi ble the classification of property for taxing purposes. The Governor's other' recommenda tions included: Reorganization of the State high way department on a basis of five highway districts, in place of the present basis of judicial circuits, of the former basis of Congressional dis tricts. Amendment of the "6-0-i:\ school law to provide for employment of teachers upon the ba>sis of average attendance instead of number enrolled Knactment of an act to provide for a statewide school survey. Provisions for enforcement of the compulsory school attendance law. Abolition of free scholarships in .^tate institutions of higher learning, and subsitution for them a revolving loan fund. Retention by institutions of higher learning of rent charges, tuition and incidental fees, to be applied, insofar a 3 possible, to provide facilities for meeting the .demands made upon (*he respective institutions. Reduction of the /jumber of magis trates of the state by a large number. Knactment of a forest preservation measure. Several subjects, .including the state penitentiary and the recommended school survey, will be discussed ih special message later, the Governor said. It was disclosed for the f)rst time in the message that Governor McLeod has had an audit and investigation of the state highway started with special reference to certain matters called to my attention and made public through the press." Although he did not go into details it is understood one of the matters to which the Governor had reference was the alleged shortage of some $17,000 in the accounts of former Secretary L. H. Thomas, as secretary-treasurer of the Savannah river bridge commis sion. rThis requires an exhaustive ex amination and is not complete," he said. "The auditors at an early date will report to me, and I will then sub mit to you their finding, together with any recommendation Suggested by re port. In the meantime, I respectfully ask that any contemplated action in this regard by any member of the General Assembly be withheld until I have had an opportunity, within a reasonable time, to submit this re port." Recommendations with regard to the state penitentiary, the chief exec utive explained, will be submitted af ter the special committee appointed by the legislature at its last session has made its report. Taking notice of a campaign under way since the tax was imposed last year for repeal of the levy on soft drinks, Governor McLeod told the legislature that, in his opinion, the tax should not be done away with, unless it could be shown that the tax is "destructive of the industry." "No facts, I am frank to say," the Governor asserted, "have been pre sented that would cause me to reach thrs conclusion." He recommended that the state in come tax law be rewritten leaving out all references to the Federal law, upon which the present tax is based, and suggested a study and reference of the North Carolina laws on income. The Governor suggested that vacant town /jtnd city real estate should re a path to your door. Run a railroad well and your path across the conti nent will also be well used. The Twentieth Century, New York Cen tral train between New York and Chicago, ran in seven sections one way and six the other recently. Its managers proudly announce that they took in on that ono train $10,000,000 last year. It costs more to go from New York to Chicago now comfortably, than it did to go from New York to Liver pool on the fine old steamship Spain, first class, ^ears ago. The flying machine will correct that. Men now of middle age will live to read this: "Chicago to New York in three hours. round trip ctive special Attention from th? law* maker# in their work, on t^ t** question, yith a view to making such property bear a larger parV of the general tax burden than it now does. With reference \o revaluation the governor laid: ? "I therefore . .recommend that the General Assembly provide for a sys tem whereby all of the properties qf the state will be valued at their mar ket value, Inasmuch a* the constitu tional three mill tax still obtains, it is impossible to tax on the market value, but the same percentage can be applied to all property and thereby equalize, I said before that I would not favor this proposition as a reve nue raising measure. Let it be dis tinctly understood that it is solely for the purpose of equalization. It is therefore, recommended that in the act providing for thfc System of re valuation as herein outlined there be further provisions that the actual amount of taxes levied in each of the counties shall not be Increased by this revaluation. The plan is entirely workable and would bring about t^at which is most desirable, namely, the equalization of the burden among those who are bearing it." Attention was called to the report of the "Committee of 17" appointed by the statewide tax conference, and the legislators were commended to study It. The governor said the prohibition law was being better enforced in the territory north of Columbia and es pecially in the Piedmont mountain regions, but the "Great Swamps of the low country "have been found to bo a better place of operation for liquot enterprises than even the fast nesses of the mountains. " 'Coffee pot' stills and similar operators," the chief executive Con tinued, "have largely been eliminated but big stills, backed by somebody's capital, and thoroughly organized, are still operating. Many of them have been destroyed but they spring up again easily in another place. Boot leg running on a small scale has de creased, but has increased as to larger proportions." . Declaring, "It is impossible with forces maintained, either local or state-wide, to thoroughly stamp out this great- evil," he appealed for a thoroughly groused public sentiment against the liquor traffic. Summarizing development in the state in 1925, Governor McLeod said that while the Piedmont and adjacent counties had been severely hit by the drought, the remainder of the state had made normal or increased crops. The state as a whole, he continued, had shown improvement in the finan cial condition of the people, but agri culture is not in a flourishing condi tion and financial conditions in our state are always a reflection of agri cultural prosperity. He advocated advertising the state's resources in order that it might bene fit "from the great Southward move ment." Shealy Succeeds Harris Columbia, Jan. 13. ? James B. Shealey, a "dirt farmer" of the Dutch Fork' section of Ricfcland County, was named by Governor McLeod today as commissioner of agriculture commerce and industries, to fill out the unexpir ed term of B. Harris, who died at ?Pendleton, December 31. Mr. Shealey will take office as soon as he quali fies and will serve until the commis sioner elected in the November elec tions is installed early next year. Mr. Shealey was a candidate against Mr. Harris in the primaries of 1925 and received 85,000 votes in the second primary. He is a middle aged man, owning and operating his own farm near Ballentine. Fatal Florida Wreck St. Augustine, Fla., Jan. 10. ? W. C. Durant, automobile manufacturer, was slightly injured in a train crash at Frontenac, Fla., early today when a trainman and two negro attendants on Mr. Durant's private car were killed. The crash occurred when train No. 86, of the Florida East Coast rail way, collided with train 'No. 36 on a curve. Both trains were going north. The fireman of No. 36 jumped from the enginr when he saw the crash was inevitable and was killed instant ly. A Greenland conjurer against evil spirits onci> advised Kaj Birket Smith, a Danish explorer, to sew his boots to the back of his mother's dress !>? . be worn there the rest of her life. ; Napoleon traveled from near Vilna j to Paris in 312 hours. An ordinaiy traveler ' could not have done this distance in twice the time. Railways ' have reduced the jnyrney to ic?* than 48 hours. As soon as a Moorish boy is horn , his head is shaved and usually it M j kept shaved until death. In Tangier, Morocco, water pcd- 1 dlers go from house to house selling | water that has been dipped np out ? the streams near the $ity. " ? -?"?*-??-- i fcfs1 - J ' > - ? * .. i i ? A Million Enough J. S. Donovan of Boston when poor boy vowed ho would quit work ifuhs ever accumulated a million dollars He made his million in autom. dies and on New Year's* Day retired to take life easy. He U jujst 45. Camden's Advertising Campaign - The project of advertising Camden to the rest of the country, whieh wa started Jast year, proved ao beneficial that the Chamber of Commerce ha* decided to do more ffiong that line thi> season, to tell the world of Camden'* industrial opportunities, and also in the hope of bringing tourists here. A committee is out for the purpose of raising $3,000.00 for this purpose. Every citizen of Camden is urged to contribute to this fund as liberally as possible, as it will benefit every citi zen of this good old town. A strong list of the leading papers of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, together with several high class magazines are carrying the message of Camden's attractions. The large Eastern and Northern papers are giving us splen did write-ups, copies of which can be seen at the Chamber of Commerce office, which just now is a busy place. This office is being deluged-i with in quiries as to Camden's hotels; climate and possibilities for business ; enter prises," and its officers, feel confident that if the business men of Camden will give hearty support to this move ment that much will have been ac complished toward placing our city on the map as a wide-awake and pro gressive town. B. G. S. Charged With Stealing Auto Lancaster, Jan. 12.? -Clarence Ham lin, Cecil Crabtree and Bruce Ellis, white, were captured today by Sheriff John P. Hunter and hie deputy, H. A. Montgomery at Osceola, fifteen miles above LancasteV where they had abandoned a Buick sedan, which was, it was alleged, stolen in Durham, N. C., Monday. They were brought to Lancaster and placed in .jail charged with the larceny of an automobile. Officers in Durham were notified and the thre'? waived extradition. From papers found in the car it is thought to be the property of Mtss Mary L. -Gohen, troasurer of the Durham Circle of Jewish Women. No liquor was found in the car, although there were twelve bullet holes in the back. It is an error to say that Franklin'* kite experiment led to the construc tion of lightning rods. We have Franklin's own words that the kite experiment followed the rods. Figures given out by the rural economics department of the Ohio State University show that the aver age Ohio farm horse works only two hours a day at a cost of a little more than 16 cents an hour. c The Bakarganj cyclone of 1876 from the Bay of Bengal brought so much rain that the loss of life from drowning was 100,000 in six hours. Few toilet accessories receive as hard usage as the hair brush. It is therefore >?ood judgment to buy A Good Hair Brush Hand-drawn bristles the best service. That's the kind you will find in all our best hair brushes. The bristles in our brushes are selected for quality and there is a wide variety of styles to select f mm. It will pay you to come in and inspect this stock. The g-oods are made especially for ..us. We guar antee them to jrive .satisfaction. DeKalb Pharmacy ,TAe fb&KGJLIL Start CAMDEN, C. A