The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 02, 1926, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
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Published every Friday ?t No. Ii0(#
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Camden, 8. C., Friday, April 2, It*26.
Little Charley Ross was kidnapped
from his home in German town,
Pennsylvania, on July 7, 1H71, and
imnied? n.it i>,n-v. ule search
was bcjfun, hut no trace of the lad
was ever found, Since that time
many people have been found who
pretend to believe that they are the
missing bey. A report comer- recently
ftQin Shelby, N. that there
a carpenter residing there who think*
h, is the ntis->ing Charley Ross. Another
jeport comes from Lanmric,
Wis., that Peter Kincel, an entertainer,
claims that he is the missing boy.
A report comes from Mrs, Walter L.
Ross, wife of Charlie's brother, which
.says: "Every time j?omc ono claims
to be Charley the family is annoyed
by many inquiries. We me paying
.no attention whatever to these report*."
Hospital Has No Endowment
1 wish to correct a misapprehension
about the Oamden Hospital. The
abatement that the hospital owns
valuable lands, and other properties,
which has been made probably in
good faith, by several people, is absolutely
untrue. The hospital owns
nothing but the property between
Fair and Mill streets, on which it is
situated. P has no endowment. For
its income to bear the expenses,
has about 000 from the county,
three or fou; hundred dollars from
tbO city, ?!.0t0 which is given to it
by the trusteeu of the Burdell Fund;
pay patients, .and the generosity of
friends, who have to make up about
9&,Q00 annually to keep the hospital
open. -We are now abate *2,000 in
debt. Who will pay this? .
J no. W. C or'oett
( a'.vlen, S. C., March 30, 1026.
The Rewards of Simple Courtesy
In New Voik, u day or two ago, a
man who came across the Atlantic
many years ago as a penniless immigrant
seeking work and a home in n
new country", sat down as host to
morn than fifty 'of his employees
who had been invited to celebrate
with Jvim the good fortune that hud
come to him. This man was I*w:s
Morgcn, pioprietor of the McAlp.n
Hotel Barber chops, nnri accounted
a millionaire. Perhaps there is
nothing remarkable in the story up to
this point. There are many millionaires
in America today, -and doubtless
gome of these may be barbers.
But Mr. Morgen is able to trace the
beginning of his prosperity to particular
circumstances, and to follow
its course through the years that
have intervened. He makes no secret
ef .re matter and there is no reason
why it should not be shared.
It is related that- ftavid Hunter
MiAlpin, years ago, when he went to
Mi. Mo: gen's 'ittle shop, noted the
politeness and deference displaytd
by the bat'lx , an! h:< apparent det<
: rain at; nt>to p.v.ise hi.s customers.
Wnt : the Me A i pi a llote'. wa s el et
d the proprietor gave the little btu b;"
the shop concession and fityancod
him temjs?ra HI j in fitting up and
equipping the ro\.m. T'r.at was the I
beginning of his prosperity. Hut it is
said of him that he has never ec.aseu
to he courteous, considcrnti and
thoughtful of the comfort and welfare
of his patrons.
Success thus achit wd ;s not accidental.
It docs not conic by chance
or by mere favoritism. No doubt
there were thousands of workmen in
the trade as efficient a- Mr. Morgen
whir, the choice fell upon him. Hut
there was a reason \?h> he, among
all '.host others, should bo chosen.
Tin lesson. ;f or.e is sought, is too
_<b*. litis t.) require emphasis. And
the deiighttu. and encouraging thi 'g
to remember ithat the opportunity
waich led on and n to success in
t.ii/ case oxiv.s for all today iti whatever
wulk of l.fc th< y may find themwlvtc.
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the past tv.enty-two years and. say.
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ForH YKAH TBRM I
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For Next Governor end All Other
<'oantitutionul Offieere
The next governor, of South Carolina
will bo elected to a four-year
term instead of a two year term.
The same thing will apply to other
constitutional officers of the state ?
the attorney general, the secretary
of state, the comptroller general, the
state treasurer, the adjutant general
and the state superintendent of. education,
and, by special dispensation,
to the commissioner of agriculture!
which is not a constitutional,>.l>ul an
elective, office,
In other words, politics in South j
Carolina will absorb leSX of the time 1
j and attention of. the people of the
stato after this year. To give a govt
ernoi tw6 terms in office, as has
been the custom in the past, will
mean That he will, serve for eight
years. The biennial circusscs as the
state campaign ^parties swinging
'round, the state froui county seat to
county seat have been more or Icsb
rightfully called, will be a thing of
the past. If continued at all these
swlngs-round-the-state will not come
so near together.
Ratification by the general assembly
at the session ending last week
of the constitutional amendments to
chuugc Ore terms ?f office of the
goviM'mdNPccd other state officers,
those amendments having been voted
by the people at the last general
election, makes the change effective
after this year, and thus is settled an
'issue which has been prominent ? : j
South Carolina for . a number of J
year a pa.?t.
Hut South Carolina will continue,
fo. the present at east, to be nfflitted
with annual legislative sessions
at the same time they expresses!
themselves in favor of four-year ;
terms for state officers. The house j'
this year tatified the biennial ses-j
sions amehdmcnt, l>u* th? senate j
faded to act upon it and it goes oyer!
until next year.
The contention has been made in j
legislative circles ^tbat the biennial |
sessions amendment was frought (
with difficulties too great to be ovei-',
come at this, time, but constitutional
lawyers in the house took the view
thsi the difficulty arising over the
levying of an annual tax biennially
could bo .obviated by another section
of the'constiiution, 'and the amendment
was ratified.
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Mother of 20 at Thirty-Six
Fitchburg, Mass., March HO.?Mrs.
Louis Gross, 36-years-old, today is
the mother of '20 chiidron. She gave
birth to the 20th child, a 12-pound
I girl, "here last night. She was marnod^when
she was 15. All the children
are living.
Association to Meet in Camden
Bethune, March 29.?The second
quarterly meeting of the Kershaw
B. V. 1'. U. nssociational convention
will be held in the First. Baptist
church of Camden Sunday afternoon,
April 11, at 3 o'clock, unnounced L.
F.Ugene Flowers, president. An interesting
program is being arranged.
Attendance and excellence banners'
will be awarded. All B. Y. P. U.'s in i
the association are expected to be j
well represented.
An address by Rev. J. L. Baggott,
superintendent of the B. Y. P. V.
work in South Carolina, will probably
be the most outstanding feature of
the meeting Rev. Mr. Baggott is a
very enthusiastic worker among
young people and has a record of
making his instructive lectures also
interesting.
\Y. K. Salter, president of the B. Y.
P. U. federation of Columbia, and
Mi*.-, Pcarle Gunter, president of the
union at Timrod Baptist church will]
also take part on the program.
The attendance banner, which was
won by the B. Y. Pi U. of the First
Baptist church of Camden nt the last
quarterly meeting, will be awarded to
the union making the'highest score. ]
This score will be determined by mul- i
tiplying the number of miles between
the First Baptist church of Camden
and the church represented by the
number of delegates registered.
The excellence banner, which was
won by the Timrod B. Y. P. U. last
quarter, will bo awarded to the unionmaking
the best reportMor the quarter.
One hundred ar.d fifteen delegates
representing sever, unions registered
i\\ tV Inst quarterly meeting of this
yea". A larger crowd representing
more ur.tonx an expected to attend
j '.1 ? second uuaiteHy meeting.
J I'.m. band:'., l.C.fi up . To pro pi:,
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I widow < : Phi.r. delpV.n. w-.s \vorr;g
i S !tV).'H>0 w~~:h < her
I i B, f ?e thv bandits g-*'. :.cr
J s'r- irv>ag.' l to hnlo $2001)00 w - tn
Jo* 1 ? - w .> r . ' : > kir.g-. art*.!
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in.:: V> spoitdcc and captured the
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'"ti> ft.i Brjrrrm'.. broke > v.r.r-iage
' j engagement' because hi- he . . c hi
' sifted <jv. ontinc enbbagf.
| BIG HALF NOW ON
Btrneh NctUM Co. UancltM Out it
Great Bid ?orjffadc
The known firm of BuruchNettles
Company, dry goods mer
[ chants, on Wednesday inaugurated a
great sale of merchandise with prico
cuts on their entire stock. The sale
had been well advertised, the entire
[county having been circularised and
the results have been good,
i' The stock has been turned over to
Mr. C, W. Chandler, an advertiaing
specialist of long experience. Monday
and Tuesday their store remained
I closed in ordpr to re-arrange the
stock and price tags had been placed
which makes trading eaBy.
Wednesday, the opening day,
proved bad on account of the weather,
but many made tbeir way to Hhe
store, and were satisfied with the
bargains offered.' The sale is just
now getting under way good, and
they have engaged plenty of sales
help to take care of the crowds.
This firm has another page advertisement
in today's paper in addition
to the double page spread carried last
week and many will no doubt take
advantage of the. bargains offered
during this sale.
Cat Halts Industrie*
Fall River, Mass., March 2d.?A
stray cat was Responsible this morning
for the suspension of the activities
of Fall River's U mills, all its
stores, factories and business places.
The caChad had no breakfast and
when it saw a fine fat sparrow light
on a transformer, it made a flying
leap for the bird. The animal oauscd
a short circuit in the huge * transformer,
suspending electric service in
:he entire city for nearly half un
hour. The cat will, recover. .
Chapman -Plea Denied
Hartford, Conn., March 31.?Governor
John II. Trumbull refused today
to interfere, with the execution of
Gerald Chapman, mail robber, who
is sentenced to go to the gallows
Monday for the murder of* a New
Britain policeman. Appealed to in
person by Frederick J. Groehl, Chap
man's senior counsel, to grant a reprieve
of at least one week, the governor
replied: 1
"No. not for an hour;"
The governor told Mr. Groehl he
had granted three reprieves to Chapman
to allow time for completion of
court action which already had been
i instituted when the applications for
reprieve were made. J
A full-blooded Sioux Indian is a
member of the capitol police force In j
Washington. I
FIRK WRRCK8 LANDMARK
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Hone of Wrn. Julia Long Knapp
Badly Damaged Sunday
The large 'three-story resides? of
Mrs. Julia I>ong Knapp, situated on
North Mill street, was badly damaged
by fir? and water Sunday morning.
The fire was first discovered from
smoke on the roof and it was thought"
that it had been put out. It prpved
however, that the trouble started
from the furnace and the whole top
of the house seemed to bo smouldering.
The firemen fought hard, but
the blaze being concealed it was hard
to reuch the source, It had been
burning slowly for nearly two hours
when it broke, through the top and
before it could be checked had almost
completely wrecked the top and
badly damaged the aides of the build
ing.
Moat of the furniture, some of
which was very handsome, was saved
from the first two floors. Insurance
on the building was said to amount
to $10,000 with $5,000 on the furniture.
Mrs. Knapp conducted a tourist,
bourding house and had quite a num- '
l*?r of guests, but all ?scaped without
injury.
... The old building formerly stood at I
the corner of Fair and King atreeta
in the extreme lower section of the
city and is said to have been the 1
house in which George Washington 1
was entertained on his^ Visit to Camden.
It was first owned by the
Chestnuts. Later years jt was known
as the Mathis and Barfield house and 1
a good number of years ago was pur- 1
chased by Mr. Henry Savage, who i
conceived the idea of rolling it to its 1
present location?the job requiring
many weeks to complete. i
It was one of ?jth? few remaining i
land marks of the city and is the third
old landmark to be destroyed 1
in the past month. Mr. George T. i
Little's home was destroyed and the "
old Ellerbe place, now the residence 1
of C. M. Taintor was also badly dam- <
aged. I
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L gion Auxiliary To Meet j
The American Legion Auxiliary i
will meet at the home of Mrs. S. C. <
Zcmp on Friday, April 9th, at four
o'clock. All members are urged to
attend this meeting and come prepared
to pay annual dues: All ladies <
desiring to join with the auxiliary 1
are invited to*conrte out to this meet- 1
ing. Those eligible for membership i
are the mothers, wives, daughters or <
Lsistera of ex-service men, who arc <
members of some Legion post. :
Only 125 Indians remain in Indiana,
where LaSalle found W,000. 1
For Jewish Relief
Mr. Marion H. Heyman, of Camden,
has been made local chairman
to raise a portion of the $15,000,000
throughout the nation for the relief
of stricken Jews in the Old World?
many of whom are described as being
in destitute and Starving circumstances.
The campaign in this state is under
the direction of Mr. Montague
Triest of Charleston and he has associated
with him some of the most
prominent Jews in South Carolina.
The drive will be put on next week
in this city and the public is called
upon to make a liberal contribution
to help these stricken people.
Heavy Death Toll For Traffic
Eleven Southern states yielded a
total of 508 dead and 3,316 injured
for the first three months of 1926
a consolidation of weekly surveys by
the Associated Press revealed today.
This consolidation left out the remaining
three days of March, winding
up the period with last night.
Accident by train, automobiles, trolley
cars and motorcycles were taken
,nto account in the compilation of the
survey. Florida and North Carolina
led, chalking up a large number of
lead. Florida's total was 120 for the
three months, while North Carolina
registered 115. South Carolina reported
39 dead and 68 injured. Florida
also led the injured column wiin |
566. *
Safe Crackers at Mt. Croghan
Cheraw,? March 30.?Safe crackers
i?arly this morning blew the safe of
the Bank of Mount Croghan, Chesterfield
county, and escaped with $3,000
in cash and valuable papers. No
definite clue has been found by offi:crs..
The bank was entered about
2 o'clock this morning.
Flying while intoxicated brought a
fine of $50 to a San Francisco aviator.
, Charlotte Sensation
The probable fatal wounding of
A. A, Tarrant by Chariots police
officers one night last week hah
caused quite a shake-up in police
circles in that city and a rigid investigation
of the matter is now in
progress. Young Tarrant was fired
upon by several policemen while running
from his car suspected of having
whiskey in it. He was shot in
the back, the btillet penetrating his
lung and pneumonia baa developed.
He comes of a most respectable South
Carolina family?his sister being well
known in this county. Newspaper
reporters of Charlotte, getting' at the
bottom of the story which the <poHee
were trying to keep secret, started
the investigation.
Celebatee Sixth Birthday
On Monday/ March 14th, from 4 to
6 M rs. Luther So well entertained
about" 30 little boys and girls in honor
of h?V little daughter, Ben. Mildred,
the occasion being her sixth birthday
anniversary.
The living room was decorated in
pink and white, and there the children
enjoyed many games and stories.
Miss Sara Wolfe held a contest which
they all enjoyed. Mary Ellen MeCaskill
was the winner and received
a box of candy.
They wcre^ then invited into the
dining room, where the motif of pink
and white was carried out in detail.
The snowy birthday cake touched
with pink, was aglow with six pink
candles. Ice cream, cake and mints
were served and each child was presented
with a basket of candy.' T!?e
hostess was assisted in serving by
Mrs. Charles Sowell, Mrs. >jyiley
Sheorn and Mrs. D. M. McCaskill.
NOTICE OF PRIQE ADVANCE IN
RESIDENCE LOTS
We still have a few lots on Broad,
Chestnut and Hampton streets available
.at the original figures. After
April 15th the remaining lots will be
advanced in price.
N. C. ARNETT.
'ft. E. STEVENSON,
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