The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 30, 1926, Image 7
Old Folk's !
p t Fri d
That's what many call it, for
it puts vim and vigor into old
Ktonmclis; rich, rcn blood Into
old veins; sound flesh on old
bones. Drink a glass of this
delicious digestant with each
meal.
Shivar Ale
Pure DifMtlvt Aromatic* With
bhlvar Mineral Water & linger
Your grocer or druggist will
refund your money on first
<lo/,en if you are not delighted
with results,
If your regular dealer cannot
supply you, telephone
('juwlen Wholesale Grocery Co.
Wholesale Distributors
Operates Ten StoreB?
Mr. Schlosburg of Camden, who
operates ten stores in the South, and
who recently bought the stock of
the Outlet store here is conducting
one of the largest sales in point of
values. He intends to sell at giveway
pricep the entire stock of goods
within the next week.?Newberry.
Herald and News.
A Philadelphia Baptist church,
needing a pastor, advertised. Fifty
applications were received.
Sale of Refused Freight.
We will sell at freight depot of
Northwestern Railroad Company of
South Carolina at Camden, S. C., bn
Friday, May 7th, 1926, at eleven
o'clock in the forenoon, for freight
and charges the following Refused
Freight:
"One car load of hay shipped in car
N. Y. C. 264289. Shipped by H. S.
Cruikshank to - Order notify H. S.
Cruikshank, Camden, S. C."
'Quality and quantity of goods notguaranteed.
Terms of sale, cash,
purchaser to remove goodB from
premises of Railroad within twentyfour
hours.
Northwestern Railroad Company of
South Carolina'.
By John Wilson, President.
Renew Your Health
by Purification
Any physician will tell you that
Purifiewt.inn of the. System
is Nature's Foundation . of Perfect
IIeaith." Why not rid yourself of
chronic ailments that are undermining
your vitality? Purify your entire
system by taking a thorough
course of Calotabs,?once or twice a
week for several weeks?and see how
Nature rewards you with health.?
Calotabs are the greatest of all
system purifiers. Get a family package,
containing full directions. Only
35 cts. At any drug store. (Adv.*
Uncle Sam and His Nephews, the States,
Are Collecting Over a Billion Dollars in
Yearly Tolls on Motor Vehicles and Fuel
M?n.iTh*" MeoU the Nation'. BiUion Dollar Highway Building
Bill?-Jhoma* H. MacDoaald, Chief of the U. S. Bureau
of Public Roads, Tells Striking Details.
By JUD80N C. WCULIVBR
aiiu ^?1er'ra !la8 rcV(>rted to the ancient system of collecting
wherewith to build and maintain highways.
th.A.wi \ th.C8e tolls amounted to $1,094,000,000, collected
gn motor licenses, gasoline taxes, property, corporation,
l)ro(,uct,<>n and other taxes on automobiles, autorpobile
manufactures, the petroleum industry, etc.
? tin' same year $1,003,000,000 was spent on rural roads.
,L,i a(>iU' ? rc?ritury to build $20,000,000,000 worth of railturw
Highway system cost -ig thut much will be created in
twenty years at present rate.
These are some of the high fcolnts
presented by Thomas H. MacDonald,
<*hlef of the Bureau of Public Roads,
Department of Agriculture, in an interview
on highway development.
1 ho equipment of this continent
with modern roads lias been the most
amazing provision of a public utility
that any community over accomplished
in a similar period," said Mr.
MacDonald, "Historians say the
Roman Empire was hold together by
its highway system, radiating from
Rome to the Provinces. But America
has converted a continent into a
neighborhood within a few years.
"This accomplishment really represent
the Inauguration of a new...kyjav
tem of taxation; a system of licenses
and excises levied against particular
privileges or classes of property, the
proceeds being dedicated to highway
development
"For 1925 state taxes on gasoline
aggregated $143,000,000. Add to that
$263,600,000 for automobile registration
and licenses; $150,000,000 as
property taxes on the 20,000,000 automobiles;
$143,430,709 as the Federal
excise tax on automobiles, parts and
accessorial) for 1925; $50,000,000 to
represent ^P^heelage taxes, special
taxes on gasoline or cars, and fines
collected from motor drivers. The
total reaches approximately $749.
930,709.
Nearly! $1,100,000,000 Yearly Totta
"But these figures do not include
Income and corporation taxes derived
from the motor car business. Nor do
they Include state, local, production,
corporation or income taxes of the
petroleum Industry. Yet that Industry
has a capitalization of about
$9,000,000,000. A piodest estimate for
these, added to the preceding figures,
makes a total of $1,094,930,709, which
is considerably more than the entire
amount spent on country roads.
"You observe that I have not included
the government's expenditures
of nearly $100,000,000 In Federal aid
to road building. In the eight years
from 1918 to 1925 Inclusive, the Government
has contributed $460,000,000
to help the states build roads. That
is considerably less than half of what
the country spent on roads In either
1924 or 1925., Moreover, In the same
eight years, while the Government
was distributing that $460,000,000 to
the states. It collected $873,000,000 In
Internal revenue taxes on motor cars,
parts and accessories. Other hundreds
of millions were collected in income
and corporation taxes from motor
car manufacturers and dealers.
Thus it appears that Federal. contribution
to roads as compared to the
contribution of people who make and
use the cars and the gasoline has
be6n decidedly modest
"But, while Federal contribution is
only about 10 per cent of highway expense,
it has accomplished results altogether
out of proportion to its
amount First, it was an incentive to
the States. Th<_ Government required
them to .Invest as much as it contributed.
Then the Government takes
part in a general supervision of construction
and u share In determining
routes. So we have built roads on
better standards, and have got them
organized into a truly national system
instead of forty-eight state systems.
v
Unifying the Road System
"Some day it will be realized that
this was the most valuable contribution.
Driving-from Boston to New
York, a man may pass through four
states. _ Every one might have a
splendid highway system; but if these
did not articulate at the state lines:
the trip would bo almost impossible.
Thanks to the systematization under
Federal Influence, country roads are
as superior to state boundary lines as
are railroads.
"The Federal highway act of 1921
required that a complete ration-reaching
system of roads be designated
within two years, as the roads to
which Uncle Sam would give assistance.
'"it wtfs found that: thcr?v weYe
2,S66.061 miles of highway itfvthe
country. Of those 7 per cent, or 200,
62* miles, wore to be Included In the
national systopi, eligible tor Federal
aid. Nearly every mile of that 2,868,uoi
was a candidate for designation
us a Federal highway. But In the end
the system was laid out aa a truly national
one.
When the map was published It
showed nearly the 200,000 miles of
designated routes. Since then 46,485
miles of these roads have been Improved,
nearly 13.000 more are under
construction, and over 2,000 hare been
approved for early beginning of work.
?u to that manjr
built, without Federal aid, extensive
sections which are Included within
this national ey#Um. 4n fact, these
state contributions aggregate 56,000
miles, so that approximately twothirds
of the 200.000 mile national
highway system has already been Improved.
Uncle 8am ae Road Supervisor
"Along with all of this, there Is the
.Federal supervision over construction
and maintenance. When Unole Sam
elps build a road he reserves authority
to require Its proper maintenance.
Thqn there Is the business
?f uniform marking along highways,
which makes it possible for motorists
to drive thousands of miles on a des-'i
lgnated route whose markings, become
so familiar that after a few'
m1/?? h? h?ed not ask dlrectlonsT"
- -?*n?lly?Federal hts
-made possible a great number of
bridges at strategic points. Some of
these have been needed for years, yet
state and local authorities have been
unable to provide them, partly because
of the cost, partN .because of
competition between routes. When a
stream separates two counties, or two
states, It Is often Impossible to get
?lgmto agree where to build or how
to d,v,d? the cost of a bridge]?IT
such cases the Federal authority has
repeatedly mediated differences and
secured construction. Lot me mentlon
some instances.
"Missouri has been a state for over
a^ century. Divided east i&d west by
th? Missouri river, communication between
the two sections has been HmIted,
to the state's disadvantage. Four
r dges across the river were required
n the national highway program, and
Federal co-operation wlth the state of
Missouri has made them possible
Two are completed, the others are un4er
coMtrucilcn. The four will 00,t
a little more than 22,000,000, the Federal
contribution being nearly $1,000.Gettlng
Bridges Constructed
Another bridge that has a peculiar
importance, both locally and natlonnlZ:
o fen needed for generations
across Rarltan bay, Now Jersey It U
one of the links in the chain of communlcation
between New York city
and the country at large. m 1924
New Jersey had some $700,000 of Federal
aid allotted to her roads and In
1925 over $1,000,000. So the state
agreed hat this Rarltan bridge should
Fedftrn f C?StIng ftbout *4,000.000.
third nf tH mad? UP ftb0Ut one*
1 ? n ^ amount- Tbe bridge, over
completed' * ^ D?W near*
nn'laU?^,?Uftrat,on8 m,Kbt bd multiplied
indefinitely. National partlcipaion
has repeatedly made possible the
?ccomP?,hmem of .lull/
highway development."
According to the American Petroleum
Institute, the gasoline tax w?
first Imposed In 1919 in Oregon
has now been adopted by~alT-the
states except New York, IUinols, New
Jersey and Massachusetts. The tendency
has been continually to Ins-r
rteux A.
late as 1921 gasoline taxes for the entire
country were only about $5 000.;
000: in 1922, $12,000,000; In 1923 al"
most $37,000,000; In 1924, $79,000 000
and In 1925, $142:987,749. uuo oo?.
ta^V1inig?K0d P,;ORpecta that tbe "gas"
* be adopted soon by states
whlcv do not have it now and w t2
the gallonage --tea being Increased In
ta^Il811116*! ,S caIculate<* that thla
HA25! 11 BOOn ra,8e **00,000,009
a yehr. qultu rosslbly during 1926. ?~
1 CAMDEN HIGH SCHOOL NEWS f
Edited by the Student*
L?- - ,.?>
On U>t Thursday and Friday Cam
den high school struck its stride when
Miss Carolyn Wooten went over to
Columbia to show the other high j
schools how Cicero and Caesar really!
| wrote and spoke. Miss Alberta Team i
| and Carolyn both deserve much praise
for the honor won?best Latin ,
student in South Carolina.
* * *
On Friday afternoon the Bulldogs j
J defeated the Mayesville nine 6-4,. in
a fine game of baseball.
?
Friday night the seniors were entertained
by the juniors at a banquet
that was enjoyed immensely by all
who attended. The main hall of ]the
school building was decorated by a
committee in articles from spring's
wardrobe, a delightful menu was provided
and at each plate were favors
which were unusually artistic in design.
Leighton Hardy, president of
the junior class, was toastmaster and
he deserves credit for the manner in
which he handled the role. Others
from the classes made appropriate re-marks.
"Congratulations juniors, you
and your advisers succeeded admirably.
* *
The glee club is to bq. JhankjecL fou.
the excellent song bo o R
These books were giyqn by this club*
Let's show our appreciation by using
them all right.
Camden High
Camden Hi! Camden Hil
Dear old school, we all love you;
Here's to yoU, good and true,
We'll keep your love the ages
through;
We will always sing your praise,
In the golden coming days,
Best old High School anywhere,
~ TKere's to youl ~
'* "]
Mary and John had been married
only a few months. In order to economize
in labor, they U3ed paper plates
and canned goods.
One day while Mary was setting
the dinner table, John was in the adjoining
room opening a can of
peaches. '
"John," came Mary's voice, "What
are you opening that can with?"
. i.
"Why, with a can opener of
course; what did you think 1 was
opening it with?"
"By your remarks I thought you
were opening it with a prayer."
?W, E. Porter.
* ?
Judges "What are you doing here?"
Prisoner: "Just u case of mistaken
identity, your honor."
.Judge: "How's that?"
Prisoner: "I took?a prohibition officer
for a customer."
*
Teacher: "Abbott, what does C.O.D,
stand for."
Abbott Goodale: "Er-ftJC.O.P: ?
Call on Dad."
* * *
Miss Thurmond: "All right, Saruh,
ten demerits."
Sarah Mills: "Thank you."
Mary Cureton: "Where's our lesson
for tomorrow."
Mr. Pittman: "Take the rest of the
chapter,"
Mary: "Oh, wherq's it begin?"
B. Rhame: "Where it ended for to^y-"
4
Miss Thurmond: "J. R., name the
yfoftka**- of the moon. J
g ^^rucsdale: "I didn't knowr it
Lee.County Citizen Dead
Hastings J. Boykin, one of tho
county's oldest and most highly respected
citizens, died Saturday night
at his home in the Iona section of the
county, at the age of 76 years. Mr.
'Boykin had been in feeble health for
some time because of the infirmities
of advanced age but his death was
not expected.
The funeral services were held Sundary
* art- Mispah Baptist church, of
which he had been amember fur
many years, conducted by his pastor,
Rev. Walter Kennedy. Mr. Boykin
was married twice and his second
wife and several small children "survive
him. He is also survived by the
following children by his first marriage:
Sam Boykin, Willie Boykin,
Hall Boykin, and Miller Boykin, and
Mrs. Frierson Trimnal.?BishOpville
Messenger. - - yrr
Antiorh Teams Meet Today
Antioch High school held its preliminary
contests last Friday in tho
declamation and recitation departments.
The winners in this try-out
are to compete for prizes on class
night, Muy 21st. Mrs. Clyde Floy J
and Mrs. Wiley Sheorn of Camden
gave their assistance to the teachers
in this contest.
The boys then engaged in a warm
battle of baseball with the Lucknow
team and although they were defeated
it was a well played game and
although this is the first season of
ball for Antioch the boys aro showing
good foam and certainly plenty
of enthusiasm.
Probably the best game of the seasop
will bo played Friday, April 30,
when the sohool team -will play tho
men ' of the. community. Bonnie
Smith has been secured to umpire
and the batteries will be: For tho
men, Murdock Blyther, C. A. Johnson^and
1^. A. Shiver; High school,
Aniofej ribd P^ate, -fojjo|ej P^vis.
The most dangerous age of public
playground users is five years.
Be Neighborly!
s.jrp -yoiTarc one of thoee who
JL heve written forThe Cherlee
William 8tores* Catalog of big
bargains and b ave not received
it we are sorry. The reason U, I
an amazing demand for this
book has exhausted our sup*
ply. We earnestly ask you to ?
borrow a catalog from one
of our customers?there are
many in your community?
and we are sure-they will
oblige you . . and us.
- Of our old customers weaik please
hchmiahd your leas fortunate nelahJiora
by loaning them your catalog
or awhile.
We could not {breach liow great the
dgnuad would bo for thU catalog
and aa our Special Midsummer Sale
" Catalog will be published so soon? ? ?
May 15th, it Kama hardly practicable
to print a fresh supply of the big book
before the special sale catalog Is our.
We haye all the big bargains that
have made our catalog so popular
and created the huge demand, but
unfortunately we nave no more
books. However, if our old custom^
era and new ones will co-operate with
us they will render a real service to
us and to their neighbors.
We thank you. v #
The
- ?Charles William stokes
New York City Inc*
Ambulance Service Day or Night
Motor Equipment of the Beet
C.W. EVANS
MORTICIAN
Telephones 535 DeKalb St
91 and 283 Camden, S. C.
i*
COLUMBIA LUMBER & |
MANUFACTURING CO. I
MILL WORK ;
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS
AND LUMBER
PLAIN & HULER 3TS. Ph.n. 71
COLUMBIA, S.C.
T. B. BRUCE
Veterinarian
Day Phone 30?Night Phone 114
CAMDEN, S. C.
, ?
J. P. PICKETT. M.D.
PHYSIOIAtfvAND SUBGEON
Physiotherapeutic Treatment with
Alpine Sunlight and Medical
and Stfrgical Diathermy.
949 Broad St. Camden, S. C.
NO-MO-KORN
? - I
for CORNS AND CALLOUSES
Made in Camden and For Sale By
^DeKalb Pharmacy?Phone 05^
666
is a prescription for
Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue,
BiliouA Fever and Meleria
It KiAi Um Germs. ,
GASOLINE TAXES BY STATES
Gas TAX
States pe' r.al. Collations
1925 1925
i|n 2 5 3f.l4u.SOl
4 2.66*. 995
v_t, 3 8 IS.275 .
A; 2 13.KC^.91:2
2 1.86 I.'.21
2 1.&0RS0S
p,'" 4 7.024.30S
1 4 4.421.SI 4
Ll.ho ? ??? ?'>
Hi Non?
nd 3 6 792.481
2 3.215.404
2 2.376.994
v, t S,040,000
, 2 2.339.542
Lrr 2 2.000.OCO
uS 2 2.022.985
s,Ju Nons
Sfna 2 2.363.940
M oh * 9.000.000
vi li 3 2 439.681
So 3 4.894.260
Mont 3 725.000
* t. 200,000
Sft ? ?" ?'?
c. . Oa? Tax
otatoa p#r Qa|# Coltec7?ona
kj 1925
N. J Nona 9 ,U) 00?
K V." Non?
* 2- K" J 6.272.093
Ahl? I 657.202
ot 2
Or? fH 6.141,517
pln?? I 2,881.532
^ J 10.200,000
o r* J
s n 5 ?.l>6.75?
i illilil
r?* 7 >,103,453
V UJl \r. *'744 007
Vt. o* 875.568
vL I 619.206
Wash I J 515.876
W V? * >.000.000
5& * K?S:
out. of oo. , 4S?;|Zi
ToU> 8142.987,749
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Lo oking ahead
The souths need for greater railroad service in
the next few years is a problem which the manage*
ment of the Southern Railway System must solve now.
Planning years ahead is a prime requisite of adequate
railroad service.
The heavy freight movement throughout the South has
naturally increased our total revenues. We have been
able to effect many economies in operation which have
correspondingly increased our net income and permitted
us to pay dividends to our stockholders. < . ? ^
- \v** . i .V..VA . |
But traffic in the South win continue to grow. We must v1 ^
continue to expand our facilities in order that our service
may keep pace with the demands upon it. Good earnings
wiU make it possible to attract additional capital as needed^;
to make necessary improvements.
. {V ^ f .* : -;r'' "
The business interests ofthe South have a definite interest '
in the prosperity of their largest railway system. Con- ??
tinued good earnings by the Southern will insure the
continuation of adequate transportation service to the
South.
S O U T M. E R.N
railwa y( (CD)j5y5r?A/
~ The Southern senx^^?the South