The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 19, 1926, Image 2
T1IK "CAMDBNS" INVITED
To Bridge Celebration Connecting;.
New Jersey and Pennsylvania City
Camden, N. J., Keb. H>. Twenty
OiX* mayors of twenty one Camden*
scattered 4>ver Twenty one static have
)>ecft invited to attend the celebra
tion which will mark the opening: of
the bridge over the Delaware connect
ing Camden, New Jersey, with Phila
delphia.
There are twenty-one cities in the
country bearing tho name "Camden."
There art) many designation* com
roon to various numbers of communi
ties hut this is thy first time the
executive heads of every community
having the same name have been
asked to join a "family gathering."
Invitations to the unique group
were sent out tpday from the office
of Mayor Victor King of Camden,
N. J. They were addressed to Cam -
dens in the following states;
Alabama, Arkanas, Delaware,
(ieorgiu, . Illinois, Indiana, Maine,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Miss
issippi, New York,s North Carolina,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia,
Washington.
New Jersey's Camden with a popu
lation of 180,000 is the largest of the
group of namesakes. Camden, Wash
ington, is the smallest having a popti'
lation of less than three hundred.
The letters from Mayor King ask
the recipients to join Camden, New
Jersey, in the bridge celebration and
suggest that fitting honor be done to
the name which has been so frequent
ly chosen by the founders of the com
munities.
The Camden, New Jersey, mayor
sots forth in the invitations a sug
gestion for placing on tho exposition
grounds a memorial to the name
Camden. He asks each of the twenty
executive heads to present to Camden,
N. J., a young tree from his home
town. Those treen would be planted
on each Hide of one of tho boulevards
which will permanently traverse the
civic center where the exposition will
be held.
This highway would be named the
the Avenue of Camdens and the trees
would be planted in the presence of
the twnty-ono mayors, each sapling
hearing the name of the town from
which it came. With twenty gift
trees and one from Camden, N. .J.,
there will he one in memory of LorJ
Camden.
Records show that Camden, N. .1 ,
was the first of the twenty-one com
munities to adopt the name.
The New Jersey member of the
group had the name bestowed in 177.'l.
Contrary to some claims the name
was not applied after the city of
Camden in England.
All the Camdens in the United1
States take their names from the
Karl of Camden, who had- been |
Charles Pratt and afterward became'
Lord Camden.
The Karl <if Camden wa- a disting
uished Knglish jurist <?!' h:? day.
Many eases came before* him at thai]
time growing out of tin* persecution
bring administered the Whigs. It
was bccauso of his fearless ju?tic??
on the bench that )i< endeared him
self t<? the abject. Whig.; wh . wcr *
fleeing to the new colonics in great
numbers. A large numhe> til' thv- vic
tims of tin* | km ft u ! :tni emigrated t?i
Philadelphia and h?ns acr i>- the
Delaware.
Among the nine pio>perou-> of the
settlers of that time were the mem
bers of tlx- Cooper family who had
settled what still is known as Pyne
Poynt, a spot where a small stream,
Cooper Kiver, enters the Delaware, in
the city of Camden.
i Jacob Cooper was a Whig. He had
prospered, and when additional num
bera of his people kept arriving in
their flight from persecutions, he de
cided to set aside for them a tract
they could call home. Accordingly
Jacob Cooper had a tract of forty
acres laid out on the wooded banks
of the Dataware, one mile below
Pyno Point, so named because of
the pine tracts which studded its
shore lands. *
The new settlement was named by
the donor, as Camden in memory of
[the fairness of the beloved Karl of!
Camden.
Incidentally, search shows that only
two names are used by more separate
(communities in this country than 'thai!
1 of Camden.
Twenty-four communities bear the
name Springfield and an equal num
ber boasts of the appelation Warren,
But there is no record of tin* execu
tive heads of these groups of twenty
four ever having been invited by one
j of their number to join in a family
gathering to honor the joint name. !
An effort is being made to have the;
mayors of the twenty one Camdens
joint in the celebration to mark the j
opening of the Camden-Philadelphia
bridge on the^Fourth of July.
Two new 14-inch rifles are to be
sent to the Panama canal zone to)
supplement (be 16-inch guns already
mounted along the canal. The new
guns are to be mounted on railway
trucks and to bo moveable from one
point to another at will.
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS'
MEETING OF CAMDEN ICE CO.
Notice is hetreby given that there
will be a special meeting of tho stock
holders of the Camden Ice company,
incorporated, to be held at Twelve
o'clock on Monday, March 8th, 1920,
at the office of Messrs. Kirkland and
Kirkland, Camden, S. C., for the pur
pose of considering resolutions of the
board of directors of the said com
pany, to increase the capital stock of
the ? said company to Twenty-five
thousand dollars ($25,000.00), to au
thorize tho execution of a mortgage
or deed of trust, covering property of
the company, to secure proposed issue
of bonds of the said company and to
consider any other business that may
j properly come before said meeting.
J. H. OSBORNE, !
President,
JVO. M. VILLEPIGUE, I
Secy, and Treasurer]
| Camden. S. Feb. 5?, 1920.
CHAPMAN AGAIN LOSBS
Federal Judge Denies Him Writ of
Habeas Corpus
New York, Feb. 15. ? Gerald Chap*
mail, convicted bafidit and murderer,
tb'day lost his appeal to the United
States Circuit Court of Appeal* for a
writ of habeas corpus. The appellate
court sustained the order of Federal
Judge Thomas, of Connecticut, in dia- 1
missing Chapman's application fori
the writ.
Chapman is under sentence to hang(
on March 23 for the murder of a New
Hritain, Conn., policeman, nought by
the habeas corpus proceedings to be
returned to Atlanta penitentiary from
which he escaped after serving only
a short part of his twenty-five-year
sentence for the million-dolldir mail]
robbery in New York City.
The opinion handed down today,
written by Fderal Judge Manton, de
clined to go into tho question of the
validity of the president's commuta
tion of Chapman's * sentence. The j
court held that only the United States
government would have the r.ight to
enter an objection in this connection
and pointed out that the government
through Assistant United States At
torney Cohen had urged thrit the ^sen
tence of the Connecticut state court
be carried out.
"A prisoner may not with impu
nity commit another and more serious
crime and srty he is protected from
trial and punishment.
"The alleged disability of his first
sentence will mark no such handicap
to law enforcement. Convicts like
others are amenable to the law and
its penalties," the court ruled. "Pun
ishment for crime is general and ap
plies to all.
"The prisoner has no right to de
mand which sentence shall be satis
! fied first. The law will not recognize
any such interests as this. It is the
United States Government only which
may object. It makes no objection
to the carrying out of the sentence of
the state court here. ?
"It urges that the sentence of the
state be carried out.
"And execution of the sentence is
the representation made to society to
Idoter others from such crime. A con
vict has no greater interest in its en
forcement than any other citizen.
"It appears that there was juris !
diction in the state of Connecticut and
that the prisoner submitted to the
jurisdiction and has been found guilty
and sentenced within that state,
hence the sentence of the court of
' that state may be legally carried out
with due regard for any an'd all con
stitutional rights the prisoner may
have."
Card of Thanks
We take this method of thanking
our many friends for their kindness
shown during the recent- illness and
death of our wife and mother. Also
for the many floral offerings. Our
sympathizing friends have offered as
sistance in every way. May God's
richest blessings rest with you all.
S. F. Bradley and Family.
Too Great a Risk!
The laruuT, depending on the results of his crops must plan in such a way that they
will be as large as possible. He risks his all every season when he plants his crops ?
his means of living during' the year, his ability to plant again next year, everything
he owns and the happiness and welfare of his family.
He chooses his seed with care before planting, making sure th#t it' other conditions
are agreeable, his crop will be sure to make a profit. But, often, he overlooks the
most important essential in the success of his crops ? FERTILIZER. In an effort to
save a few dollars on the season's purchase of fertilizers, he often overlooks quality ?
the verv thing that produces bigger crops earlier. He overlooks one of the most im
portant things. HE MUST USE THE BEST FERTILIZERS. He must me fertilizer^
that will produce a big crop at the earliest date.
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:rf?*rior fertili'/rr-. iui' r 'aim p r- >? i u ** *? la/gi-r crops with the use of less per pound.
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Wilmington, N. C.
Tarboro, N. C.
Scotland Neck, N. C.
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Sunday School Workers Meeting.
A meeting of the Sunday School
workers and pastors of Kershaw As
sociation was held at the First Hap
tist church of Camden, February 10th.,
loan, for the purpose of building up
the Sunday Schools. J. L. Corzine,
Supt. of Rural Sunday Schdols and
Daily Vacation Bible Schools, was
present and made a very impressive
address on the work. Some definite
work was laid out for Kershaw As
sociation.
1st. Our Aim ? To increase the en
rollment 25 per cent, of the present
membership.
2nd. Methods.^ ? (a) Take census.
(,b) Graded.
(c) Interesting programs.
With these before us every Sunday
we hope to improve our schools. A
general discussion was heard from
pastors and visitors.' All enjoyed this
enthusiastic meeting.
M rs. Geo. Creed,
For Pres. of S. S. Convention.
Bigham to Florence
Columbia, Feb. 15. ? Edmund D.
Bighain, who was recently granted
a new trial by the supreme court
will shortly "be moved from the death
house at the penitentiary to the Flor
ence county jail to await his third
trial in connection with the alleged
murder of five members of the Big
ham household in 1921.
The Illogical Mr. Harrow
Clarence Darrow tells a Congres
sional committee that the death pen
alty does not deter men from crime,
but only makes them more crafty in
seeking to avoid detection. To admit
that is to give up the whole case
against capital punishment. The
argument has been that the criminal
is impelled by such forces of heredity
or other powers beyond the control of
his own will that he kills just as a
fish swims. But if he has the volition
to employ more craft with the view of
avoiding execution, he is capable of |
employing self-control in another
way, that is not committing the crime
at all.
The materialistic interpretation of
cyme, which is the theory always
presented by Mr. Darrow, destruc
tive of all character. 2 he idea of a
man's eainestly struggling against
wicked impulses and conquering them
is foreign to his philosophy. He even
goes so far as to say:
" We're all killers at heart. Of
course, I have never taken anybody's
life, but 1 have often read obituary
notices with considerable satisfaction.
It just happens that circumstances
have favored me."
He lays no claim to character and ,
seems not to consider that such a
thing either exists or is to be sought,
cultivated or desired.
Mr. Darrow cites tlu- example of
England's haiharous pra tice of past
centuries of hanging pickpockets. |
But he does not cite the example of {
England today. No who denies J
the efficacy < f capital punishment for ?
causing nil n t > restrain ;hrir angry
pass ion -i ha> > ?*t explain^ 1 why F.ng
land, wn?? hang- aimos: it. assassins,
ha.i tew. k;!.:ng-'. whiie America, who
hang- \c:> U\y has m-rt n propor
tion ? p :> ipu'a ' than any other civ
ilized count r> ' 'he w r .d. New
her > ()b?? ?! v < "
A.tn.'jg-. uj\.:ig the mayo: -
office hikfdiy > \ weeks, Mayor W a.k
? r <>f New Yo:k City, is facing a com
plete r.??rv breakdown and the nee-1
ess it y of tak.i.g a Complett reU in
..rder to ega:\ hi ?? health.
President Coondge had a nar- {
row escape from being rur. down by
a truck on the streets of Washington,:
Tuesday. Only the quickness of a
secret .service man who was his es
cort, saved th?* prewiont from serious
injury.
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Woman Found Frozen in Cake of Ice
Paulboro, N. J., Feb. 11. ? County
authorities were trying today to es-,
tablish the identity of a young woman
clad in a union suit, and one stocking,
was found encased in a cake of ice in
the Delaware river yesterday. A
post morem examination, CV>roner
Adams said, showed that the young
woman, who was between 25 and 35
years old, was murdered". Her fore
head was gashed and her skull frac
tured. Other evidence tended to show
that the woman was dead before the
body was thrown into the water.
The coroner suggested that perhaps
she had been thrown overboard from
a vessel, after a severe beating.
? It was necessary ta.use axes to free
the body from the ice. A religious
emblem hung around the neck but no
other mark of ^identification \^as
found.
Coroner Adams said it was diffi
cult to tell how long the body had
been in the water, particularly siftce
it had been well preserved in the ic?.
He believed, however, that the woman
had been dead from two to four
weeks.
? Mrs. Stevens Improving
The friends of Mrs. Anna Stevens,
of Cheraw will be glad to learn that
this beloved lady is very much im
, proved, after a very severe attack of
pneumonia, and is now considered as
having passed the danger point. Dr.
W G. Stevens, of this city, went to
Cheraw Monday to be with his
mother. He returned here yesterday
with the cheerful news of this mother'e
improvement. ? Rock Hill Record.
OATMEAL COOKIES? Thirty cents
a dozen at The Martha Washington.
Wishing and Working
/
People do not lack strength , they lack
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ing. If you want to learn the difference
between wishing and working stop wish -
ing for money and work harder to save
some of it.
CAPITAL $100,000.00
Loan & Savings Bank
. 4 Per Cent. Paid on Savings Deposits
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ICE WOOD COAL
On the "SQUARE" we want j'our
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Service is prompt and courteous.
Good Ice, Cal and Wood at all
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Respectfully,
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R. L. Moseley, Jr., Pfei, uid Treats.
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