Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. D. Nil* . . MUot PuMMmt FabllilMd vtrr Friday at No. U09 Broad Street and entered at tbe Camden, South Carolina, postofflce aa aocond class mall matter. Prion pw atonum 92.00. a mmmmmrnm?mmmmm?mmmmmm n e mi ?mm4mmm Camden, S. C? Friday, Aug. SO, 1929. Richards For Governor. (Fort MIH Time*.) Always a serious matter, the election of a governor of 'South Carolina thin year seems to this pajper even more serious than it has fceen at any time within the last generation. Before the four , year term for which the governor to 'be named a few weeks hence expires, many matters of vital concern will come up for solution in the conduct of the State's business. The governor will have a large voice in the aolutlon of these matters, it is needless to say. Not Since the election of Gen. Wade Hampton in 1876, has the welfare of the State been wrapped up to as great extent in the exercise of good judgment in choosing the new governor. If we make a mistake, it will he a mistake which must stand for four years. There is no use beating the devil around the bush. There are men In the race for governor it would be a misfortune to elect. Their public service does ^ not stamp them as men who should be entrusted with such important duties. They are seeking the office for the honor there is in it and the salary it pays. They have not given thought to the responsibilities -of the governorship (because their conception of the office does not cafry them so far. Fortunately for the State, there does not appear much likelihood of the election of one of these men, although some think one of the number a factor in the race. On the other hand, there are two or three men in the race either of whom would make the-State a good governor. But in this race, as in every other race where there are a number to select from, one man stands out above the others. In the opinion of' the Times, of the nine candidates now seeking the governorship, Major John G .Richards is the man in whose hunds the welfare of the State can best be entrusted. He has a record of long and faithful public service and we are confident ho would give the State a wise, economical and progresive administration. No one doubts Major Richards' capacity to fill the office. Neither does any one doubt his sincerity when he says he is in favor of reforms and changes in the State government which need to be brought about. His platform as printed in these columns last week is sound and in the interest of good government. If he should be ejected, he will be the servant of the whole people. * No corporation, combination or clique of any kind will be alble to say of him, "He is our man, he will do .our bidding, because we elected him." .During the campaign more than any other candidate Major Richards has stressed law enforcement. He considers the personal and property rights of the people sacred and would insist upon the luws being respected. He advocates a compulsory school attendance law worthy of the name and thus would see to it that the child of every parent have the opportunity to secure a public school education. Major Richards is not extreme or radical in his views. He would not deprive any worthy institution of the State of a dollar it needed to successfully prosecute its work; hut he does know, as other citizens know, that th<;re are leaks in the State government costing the ,taxpayers large sums each year, and he would stop these leaks. He knows^that the government at. Co>lumhia in recent years has been, run to a hurtful extent by boards and commissions that are net essential to the sort of government the constitution calls for and are not responsible to the people. He woulud abolish these boards and commissions outright or have such of their duties as are in the public interest performed by the departments which should have been doing the work all along. Last week The Times printed an interesting article from Henry -Ford's Dearhern Independent. In the article the! writer told of the death of an old ! man, one whose life had run more than four score years. He said the | old man was a "sincere Christian," but added, that, "being a Christian does not always serve as a recommendation." We can imagine that there are people in South Carolina who care nothing about whether the man for whom they vote for governor regards Christianity as worth while. To say that this or that man is a good man in the sense that he makes an honest, sincere effort to live the life of one who recognizes that there is a hereafter tt no recommendation to these people. And among them it Will gain no friends for Major Richards to say that alL through life ha has followed the rule of uprightness and moral conduct taught him in hia youth -Christian horn#. But can you afford not to think of thU when you go to the polls to vote? The news report of McKnight, chain gang guard of York county, charged ,wlih the killing of an unfortunate prisoner who wm temporarily insane makes sickening reading to all well-thinking people. From all reports there was no excuse. The man was shackled and at best could not have donb the guard bodily harm. Too often, men in authority over less fortunate*, with only a small degree of intelligence, use the power vested in them to beat or kill and hide behind the cowardly plea of selfdefense. The Yorkvllle Enquirer, investigating the case, finds Chat McKnight had once before been Indicted for unmercifully beating a convict, but the case waa thrown out because the prosecutor failed t<S appear as a witness. Bluffed away, perhaps,* be! cause he had no one of influence to stand back of him. But the case In York is no exception, they happen in most every county, and men selected ' to guard over or handle prisoners should'have some degree of discretion or intelligence. If women would only remember J that the skin on necks should at least partially match the skin on cheeks and foreheads they would look bettor. The peach-bloom cheek hung on a walnut brown neck Is spooky, to say the least, thinks the Marion Star. One would about as soon be held up by a bandit without any excuses as robbed In commercial pursuits under the guise of legality, remarks the South Carolina Gazette. In an address before the Klwanis club in Columbia Tuesday former Judge James E. Peurlfoy, of Walterboro, who has presided at court here many times and is held in high esteem made a ringing address and spoke words of warning to people who are inclined to live beyond their means. The speaker made a strong appeal for the return of Confidence to the entire state. He said that he had always been-impressed with.Columbiu and paid a compliment tuithe beautiful capital city. However, this city, like the state, needs one thing and ; since the Kiwanians' motto is "Wc build" he urged the club to "build for confidence." The whole state, he emphasized, needs a return | of better morale. He said that too many people are trying to make money in^Other ways than through hard work and honest effort. This cannot be done, he said. Wage-earning people should not buy luxuries on credit. There is ' a difference, he pointed out in buying a home and luxuries on credit. More common honesty and a restoration of confidence will mean fewer bank failures and greater prosperity, he said. Judge Peurifoy has been appointed receiver for the defunct American Bank and Trust Company. If all the young girls are going to hell as fast as the preachers would have us believe, we^re inclined to believe that hell isn't, going to be such a bad place after all,-remarks the paragrapher on The Greepville News. Peter F. O'Keefe, of Boston, originator of the universal slogan, "Say It With Flowers," is to be given a gold medal by the Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists at its annual convention which meets in New Orleans for a threeday session. Chinese of Shanghai and in the Pootung district are holding weird ceremonials in their temples to appease the dragon king in an effort to halt the scourge of cholera. Chinese are reported as dying at the rate of 1,000 pef day. The Chinese are especially praying for rain, to relieve a long extended drouth. I John Cooper, an iron worker of Kewanee, 111., will on September 18, his 83 rd birthday, come into possession of a Virginia estate valued at $5,200,000. * > Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin, charges that Senator Lenroot of the same state, is partly responsible forj recent primary scandals in Penh-1 sylvania and Illinois, 'because in vot ing for the seating of Senator New-! berry of Michigan, it was broadcast' to the world that seats in th<> senate of the United States were for sale. ? a - To Blease's Weekly Contestants: Since there has been dissatisfaction with the way the ttfbove named newspaper awarded or failed to award the prizes and commissions offered in their, circulation campaign, I ask that all contestants write me just how they were treated, that justice may be obtained. DR. W. C. R. TURNBULL, Graniteville, S. C. 111 ' ? - l/i 1 ' * J; THIS WEEK \ py iwr ? .... Mr. Brisbane's editorials are published as expressions of opinions of the world's highest-salaried editor and The Chronicle does not necessarily endorse all of his , views and conclusions. .... T T? Paris announces that the waistline of fashionable ladies now definitely starts Just above tbfc hip-bone. From that point up the back is to be entirely uncovered in the evening Also brilliant colors will be worn. A woman thua dressed will look as silly as a bird of paradise with all the feathers plucked off the heck, but she won't know it. , Theatrical people eaeb pay $1,000.44 for a dinner?forty-four cents for the food, one thousand dollars for the Actors' Fund. Forty-four cents for one dinner seems cheap to a prosperous actor. It seems a good deal tp the mother of five children Whose, husband earns $4 a day. At forty-four cents a meal, that family would need .each day $9.24 for food alone, leaving a deficit-Of $5.24 a day, to say nothing of rent and clothing. Those., that call $5 a day high wages should try living and keeping a family on that sum. .. Engineers suggest filling in nine square miles of upper New York Bay, half to belong to New Jersey, half to New York. The. work WdUld " cost $400,000,000, and the land wpuld be worth five thousand million dollars. The idea would t?e to plan a new modern city, sidewalks on the sides of buildings, playgrounds and roads above buildings, landing places for airplanes, etc. :pi There are thousands of chances to spend public money for improvements that would pay for themselves ten times over, but it is hard for us to i appropriate large sUims, unless other 1 nations start .cutting- each other's throats. Then we become generous, "easy marks," pour out our billions | and buy foreign hatred with them. ^?t Gland grafting may not help foolish old mepi to become as young and silly as they used to be, but such grafting may be useful to farmers. Dr. Voronoff, scientist, experimenting on a flock of 3,000 sheep in Algiers, proved* to French scientists , that grafting an additional gland on each young ram increased the average weight of the animal by 19 pounds, and added half a pound to the weight of the fleece. * . c ^7 ri y "No man a hero to his valet/* did not apply to Theodore Roosevelt. His valet writes for Collier's Weekly about the last days of his master aa a convinced hero worshiper. -Atone with Roosevelt at the moment of his death, the valet says Roosevelt's last words were, "Please put out} the light." Theodore Roosevelt was tired, his heart was broken by the death of his son, Quentin. Goethe's last words were, "Morfc light." They were appropriate, for few men have corttributed more light to the humap race than Goethe- contributed. . . The question for us all is this: Does death mean only "putting out the light," or does it mean for us all "More^iight" ? French births are diminishing, and French population is increasing, which is the right idea. Inste^df of having many new babies, half or twothirds of them dying, the French, who understand -health, keep alive those that are born. Wages are up, taxes are down, gov: eminent receipts are up, the cost of living is down. President Coolidgc doesnt claim the credit. He, sayrft "No government can make prosperity" J . One thing is certain. President Coolidge haS not prevented rising prosperity from rising. And that is something these days. # -IT About 1,000 tons of old newspapers are shipped each year to Central American countries, where thoy are used by small stores in wraping bundles. TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are hereby warned not to trespass upon the J. B. Crocker place, at Lakieview Terrace, or^ tW property of Henry Sav*ge in thq[)city limits. Persons have been committing acts of vandalism on these premises and after this warning, if caught, will be dealt with to the fullest extent of the law. . HENRY SAVAGE Augiiftt 19, 1929. j A p ? t ? ' - "jjjfc* nffir : . ..... . X- " - Claimed To Bo tko Meat Widely Girard in Philadelphia Knquirer: The moat widely known sign In the world, argue* Dr. Ivor Griffith, It the skull and cross-bones. Whenever seen it U known to 4esignate poison. And it is the oldest sign in the world, but who first used it nobody knows. America is now worried about the poison in bootleg liquor. Hundreds have been killed by it. But there is no mystery behiud the skull and crosrf bones in wood alcohol. Very hard %o describe poison, but the Pennsylvania legislature did not shrink from the task. This is our state's legal definition ,pf a poison:' * ''A substance deleterious to life in doses of sitty grams or less." $till, what is poison in. one form is excellent food in another. Three eggs for breakfast kedp the human engine going smoothly until luncheon. But, says Dr. Griffith, the albumen from those eggs injected hypodprmically into your veins would cause speedy death. Distilled water may be drunk by gallon's when required to quench thirst. ' A very little pumped into a vein is a quick summons to the undertaker. Strychnine ip a deadly poison if taken in one amount, but absorbed in smaller doses Is often a beneficient. tonic. . v ' \ We all eat salt, some more, some less, and find it healthful. But a favorite method of suicide in China is to swallow a cupful of salt. >Cof<ee and tea contain a definite poison, yet both are daily enjoy^ .j$y millions. . ~ There is no skull and cross-bones on a package of cigarettes, yet the Nicotine in tobacco taken alone is a deadly drug. Nearly every race in the world, and that includes untutored savages, hayif their pet poisons. Not for nothing Was Cupid display-" ed aiming an arrow. The poisoned arrow has figured in humarf history for thousands of years. Different races use different poisons. Pliny wrot^ that the Gauls, used a mixture of decayed animal matter and toadstools topyt death at the point of their arrows. ? In some places in Africa todays the death penalty in inflicted via a bowl of deadly liquid. They* go further. If the victim survives the draught, he is declared innocent, which is a cheap form of criminal court procedure. jyIn aijg event there is never the burdensome cost of a retrial. Hemlock juice was the prize poison of the cultured Greeks. The death Socrates by that'route is embalmed in classic literature. ' Kentucky is a noble state where once the rifle of Daniel Boone was ruler. The death penalty * in that state is poison, not. the gallows or electric chair. # Dr. Griffith suggests that hydrocyanic acid is cheaper than either~~STSd fully as definite. North American Indians used the poison from rattlesnakes on their ar" rdW-heads. Choco Indians,found that by burning' a certain species of tree lizards there exttded a deadly poison which they put upon their arrows. But who taught them that, or hew did t)rey find it out? Dr. Daniel Livingstone wrote that a mere scratch from an African, poisoned weapon caused horrible death! What was the poison?' A caterpillar. And the strange thing in that instance was that the antidote for that poison was found in the same caterpillar. ^-When and how did the dweller of Darkest Africa make that discovery ? The juice of a''certain bean mixed with the secretion found in a red-ant is Ihe prize death-dealer of the Ovambos tribe in South West' Africa. I thought when I saw the bronzecolored Malays they were the most picturesque men on earth. Past masters in the art of peisona^ " One deadepSXhe voice for eight qr ten days, but appears to do no other harm. Dr. Griffith intifnates that secret might with profit be imported into the United States for .special occasions. ----- ^ The Malays have a time-clock poL son?death in exactly one month, or three months. Lockjaw bacillus was used by natives of. the New Hebrides as a weapon poisoner. Perhaps the refinement among all known poisons is that employed by the elect in India. Venom of the cobra, saturated with incense, and put in a volatile state would penetrate all the rooms in a house and produce swift death under the guise of a pleasant odor. Italy, however, has beep regarded as the home of the moat noted of all poisoners. Borgia it the synonym for FFlBiliiiSlSS I ' ' j that art L A woman Invents th* famou* Toffan. water, ft distillate of iriepk, I which vu used. as ft beautlfier, but had a kick incomparably greater than I wood alcohol. What wait the favorite poleon of the Borglfts? ' J1( Dr. Griffith says the receipt indiI rated a combination of arsenic with the fetid remains of a pig. I Scotland haa led the world in many things besides golf. It was the first In the world to ouWi lew the sale of poisons, and that was before America was found by ColumI kul1, '' \ Antidotes are even more romantic I than poisons. And the same article Wfllch yields a beneficent compound! may also produce, the deadliest poison. I Thus the castor beau. Castor oil tft bad enough, as all the children know, I yet it is regularly ordered by physicians. \ I; But the chemist Extracts from the I castor bean a poison Which is a tlhy I dose will kill an elephant. Elisha, says Dr. Griffith, was the (first recorded chemist. Why? cause when at Gilgal they aaid nhtfW Is death in the pot," the prophet threw In some ppwder which provftdi the perfect antidote, j An opal will turn pale beside cer-i tain poisons. | The peacock has a nose for detect- j | ing certain deadly elements and will scheech loudly when near them. Our state and others in this country have gone far along the road to | outlaw poison in foods. A little trick of warming milk to a (certain temperature and then cooling (it eliminated- death for thousands of (babies. I "" Pasteur found that secret and 80 ye | | has in Pennsylvania alone several million little white monuments showing | each morning in as many milk bot| ties; I And the law has removed from I many another food product necessary j for haying upon it the label of -a (skull and cross-bones. j , THINGS .WORTH KNOWING. j Interesting Notes < Gathered iFrom Many Source?. ( A South American explorer found a diet of ants and monkeys very edible. Ants taste like crisp bacon, he ( said and monkeys like a blend of pork | and chicken. Many claimants demanded a valuaIble pearl recently discovered ii) Engjlaud, the fisherman who got the oyster, from the bed, the, fishmonger who brought it, the merchant ^ho sold it* rand the servant who finally opened it I and found the peart. The judge awarIded the gem to the man who finally I bought the oyster. I It is estimated that more^than one I thousand homes a day are being fi| nanced in the United States by legit| imate building "and loan associations. Before a Japanese child can read 1 every woTd In the dictionary, lie must ] learn a quarter of a. million letters. The Queen of Spain haglhegun a | campaign to bring back long sleeves ( and the ankle skirt in women's fashI ions, ; A, fire extinguisher, falling from a | plank flying over Seattle, exploded on ( a main thoroughfare. A small panic j ensued, some people thinking a bomb I had beeh dropped. | Groves of small tnees in the Swat j region of northwestern India are flaid J to-be" derived from trees originally ( propagated from the stones of olives j which were flung away on the line of 1 mairch by the men of Alexander's arj'my. They are poor in quality, but the | natives bury their dead among them, (considering them sacred groves, j The toll on the word 'please', in I telegrams sent in this country, | Amounts \o $10,000,000 a year. | A scale , so delicate that it will I weigh a dot over an eye was recently 1 tested at tho Marquitte ,University ] School of Medicine. | A new style of typewriter has been J invented by a Washington man who ( claims it is capafole of being operated J at an average of 150 words a minujtc. jfflyi machine has 1,100 key*. ' i1" v!?,,% T#t Busy Fisfeing; Quit* PoiltUn. I ? ) ?W ? ? Mr. C. L. ttlmpson, who amyjynetxi himself a~ candidate*, for coroner l*it week, called at thia eUUtt Motfay morning and withdrew his card, stating that he would not quality to make, the raee. Upon being aaked hU reasons for withdrawing Mr. Aimpson : replied "well, it's Juet this way. The dead people must be looked after promptly and ?t the same time the Ash in Little Pee Pee must not fee neglected. I cannot Jiqld inquests and fish '' at the same time and 1 am goin' to Ash. Let some man who is too lazy to Adh have the coroner's job?maybo when I am too old to Aah and am not able to do anything else except hang around dead people 1 may want to be coroner. I am o live-wire and as a live-wire 1 purpose to go after the game Ash and let the dead folks alone. Holding inquests is en unpleasant and unprofitable job?Ashing is a gentleman's sport. When I am throwing my line in the coves of Little Pee Dee river f can commune with myself and view life from a quiet, peaceful angle and I do not care to exchange that sort of life for the task of squatting on my haunches over the dead bodies of unfortunate people. Me for my lead and line; the Aashing aides of a Aghting trout as he arches into my boat?no politics and dead men for me."?Marion Star. s Killed By Lightning i . Asheville, N. <J., Aug. 10.?William Frederick Reuther, 62, of Louisville, Ky? was instantly killed,at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon .on Graybeard mountain when struck by a bolt of .lightning. At the time of his death Mr. Reuther was ascending the Mount Mitchell road on foot accompanied by a daughter and a. small son. The daughter was shocked, /but only? slightly hurt, while the son escaped injury. ? Sinclair For Magistrate I "^"announcing myself a candidate for the office of magistrate for DeKalh Township I want to let the voters of the township know whit I stand for: First?I stand for enforcement of all the laws. 1 stand for the protection of our law-aibiding citizens. I stand for investigation of all cases before they arepuiincourt.1 think guilt to some exent should be reasonably sure before one- should be pnt~ ~ to so much trouble atid thereby incurring unnecessary expense. ? . ^ As to the prohibition law I stand for its enforcement, and will do all in- my power to enfbrte it. I think every man should JSf given l a fair trial when he comes before (he court. Lastly, I stand for equal rights to all and special privileges to none. I the people see fit to give me then* support I will return to theni the very best service possible. Very respectfully, Ji p. SINCLAIR, , -j. 1 Jl1/1 I":1" I 1 1 1 ' < Wants-For Sale FOR RENT?.Six-room cottage with Zrill Modern conveniences. Furnished. Conveniently located. Possession (riven. September 15th. Write, to A , ~X.YX," Care of Chronicle. ^ ^ HONEY TO LOAN?On improved real estate. deLoache A deLoache, Attorneys, Camden, S. C. 20-tf NOTICE?I ^expect to open 'M new class in shorthand ana typewriting early in September^; Bates reason-, able. If interested call to, see or telephone me at Cmmnffrriai Hotak_t 7~Mrs. Arthur Clarkii-Gamden. S. ^-^ .. cr.?- 20-21-90 NOTICE?I wish 'to announce my canning: season is now on and any d one having fruit or vegetables they wish canned will please see or phone me. Phone 825-W. Winter - Green CanBery. R H, street and'built an up-to-date home studio wheye I am prepared to do any kind or style of photograph and at a reasonable priee. I have some of the latest equipment and " can make picture^ regardless of weather conditions. Joe B. Gas. klrts, Camden, S. C. WANTED?No. 1 pine logs. Higbeft cash prices paid: year round demand. Sumter Planing Mills and ?Lumber-Co*, Attention E. $.? Booth, Sumter, S. C. - 1-tf-so Even inexperienced buyers can tell I our prices are fair, because .we have I t an unerring method by Which they ' themselves can determine the age and ^;;; ?'/ value of any Dodge Brothers Used Car in our stock* Pacts are/better than guesses. DeLOACHE MOTOR COMPANY I ( Camden, South Carolina I x A useo CAR IS ONLY AS DePeNDABLe AS me QSALSR WHO , SBLLS IT C 1