The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 17, 1926, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
H. D. Nile* . , Editor and Publisher
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Published every Friday at No. 1109
Hroad Street and eoterud at the Camden,
South Carolina, postoffice a*
second claas mail matter. Price per
annum :?2.00.
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| Camden. 8. C? Friday, Sept. 17, 1926.
JOHN (i. RICHARD#.
First, co represent Kershuw (bounty
as the Stute's chief executive, Major
John G. Richards will also be the first
governor to enter upon the lengthened
term of foyr years when he assume*
leadership at the meeting of the general
assembly next January.
Major Richards has long been an
uble and worthy representative of his
people and, beginning us magistrate
in the little village of Liberty Hill
more than thirty-five years ago, he
has set for himself and maintained
throughout his upward travel a degree
of love and confidence by his
home people almost without equal in
recent political life. ?
Among the roek-Abbed hills of his
nativity, and the very atmosphere
that breathes of things worthwhile
and fight, the name of John G. Richards
is today the one that means most
of all. Liberty Hill's pride in its possession
is joined with that of Camden
and of all Kershaw County. To South
Carolina it means a forward movement
toward greater and larger
things.
And that Camden is more grateful,
and will ever watch with keenest interest
the ndw opportunity afforded
v Major Richards to. serve, is best expressed
in the words of an appreciation
issued to the voters of $outh Oar-|
olina by the Camden an*d Kershaw
County Chumber of Commerce:
"We have known John G. Richards
as a brave and high-toned boy, as a
young man with faith in God and an
ambition to serve his fellow man, as
an .older man with this faith grown
stronger and this ambition intensified.
He has worthily borne himself as
father, husband, brother and friend.
His church, country, Btate and her
Bchools are better for his service.
"Not because he is one of us, born
amidst rock-ribbed hills and descended
frrjm honorable ancestry do we
tender oyr thanks to the voters of
South Carolina. We thank them because
they have chosen a man ' of
honor and worth to be their governor
in this critical era of the history of a
state whose sons are now and in times
gone by'have been statesmen, heroes
and orators challenging the admiration
and .wonder of the world. We congratulate
th^ voters upon their choice
of one who lovPahis state and would
make any sacrifice to serve her?one
who with ivipe/CJcporieneo and daunt v
loss courage*?a man who can rule
- ?nd will ndt lie."
The Chronicle again this year in the
first primary as well as the second!
primary, had its usual large crowd in
front of the building to watch the
ejection returns as they came in. And,
the service rendered by the managers
of election and our many good friends,
including the telephone and telegraph |
operators, Enabled us to he one of the I
first counties in the State to announce!
complete returns. The Chronicle |
deeply appreciates its many loyal
friends and wants to thank most,
heart:ly everyone who so generously
offered their aid. The campaign is i
over and .we hope there has been no I
bitterness - engendered. For The I
Chronicle's part, we are satisfied. We
have made more friends for the paper
and hqve no hitter feelings towards
anyone.'
We heartily endorse the action at
the Democratic executive committee
in presenting the left-over funds to
Mr. R. H. Hilton, the chairman of
the committee. Looking after the affairs
of an election is a man's size
jab. It took a lot of valuable time
and hard work and Mr. Hilton measured
up fully to the requirements 'of
the position.
Mr. Stevenson Returns Thanks.
To the Voters of the Fifth Congressional
District: As the reports of the
vte for Congress were so fragmentary
and conflicting in most cases, I give
the official vote as follows:
David- Stevson
enson
i Cherokee County 1948 3436
Chester County' 1878 876
Chesterfield County.... 363 3012
Fairfield County 979 1003
Kershaw County 1303 3226
Lancaster County 1062 3379
York County 1021 3741
Total ............ 8664 18672
Majority of 10,118.
I desire to thank the voters for the
splendid vote given which as an expression
of approval is very gratifying
and as an expresion of confidence
will urge me on to render the very
best service to you which 1 am capable
K. Stevenson.
Cheraw, S. C., Sept. 10.
When an automobile driver saw a
snake wriggling across the road at
Folsom, N. J., on Monday. tw.? women
in the car screamed, causing the driver
to -wcrve the car on to the raii'road
track. A train hit the car and
... three persons, a man and two women
were killed and a ?nr.n and a woman
seriously injured.
BOXES FOE MAIL ONLY.
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Circular* Must llav? Addreaa and
Pontage Fixed on Them.
The placing of unauthorized matter
in rural mail boxea in subject to the
rules governing the mails, including
proper addressing and the payment of
postage at regular rates, acording to
a statement issued by the postoffice
department.
The statement warns all persons
concerned that the boxes on the routes
are for the reception exclusively of
mails and not advertising and other
similar matter.
Carriers finding advertising matter,
such as circulars, sale bills, etc., in the
boxes urfi to take such matter to the
distributing postoffice and hold ittfor
postage under postal/laws and regulations.
The full text follows: '
"The frequent finding by the carriers
of advertising and other similar
matter in the boxes of patrons on rural
delivery routes makes it necessary
to remind all persons concerned that
those boxes on these routes are exclusively
for the reception of matter
regularly in the-mails, and that any
mailable matter as circulars, sale bills
I
etcotc., deposited in them is subject
to the rules governing the mails, including
propef addressing and the
payment of postage *t regular rates.
"The regulations (Section 778, Postal
Laws and Regulations of 1924)
provide that when a rural carrier finds
deposited in a box mailable matter on
which postage has not been paid, addressed
to or intended for the person
in whose box it'is deposited, he shall
take such matter to the distributing
postoffice to be held for postage and
treated as prescribed by Section 529.
Persistent Hell Ringers.
An illuminating expose of the
methods of house-to-house peddlers
was recently made by the Oklahoma
City Times, which detailed one of its
best reporters to take employment
with a "direct-selling" house and afterwards
write up his experiences.
The reporter told of the tricks to
j which he was taught to resort in
order to gain the interest of the
housewives; how positive rudeness
was encouraged when necessary to
get into the house; how persistence
enabled salesmen to force women to
make purchases again.<ft their will.
He told of the trick of giving some
tjifiing article,as a means of "breaking
the ice" and securing a second opportunity
to guin admission to the
home. Most important of all, he
showed that in most cnsc.s the articles
sold by order-take.rs could be
bought for less in regular stores.
It was also shown that housewives
j are geting tired of the bell-ringers,
| who disturb them at all hours of the
day and make their lives a burden.
Still, a persistent peddler makes
manv sales, because a good-natured
| CJ ,
| lady is too considerate to turn him
; down flat, as she ought to do.?Lee
| County Messenger.
Stills in Ex-Governor's House.
Spartanburg, Sept. 8.?Two stills,
I one in operation, were captured by
1 city, county and state law enforcei
liient officers in the home of .John
Gary Evans, ex-governor of South
Carolina, shortly after noon - today,
when they raided the premises. A
negro, Randolph Harrison, caretaker,
was taken into custody on a charge of
violating the prohibition law. The raid
was organized and headed by Sheriff
' Sam K. Miller, when he received information
that 100 gallons of whiskey
had been unloaded at the house early
in the day. . One of the stills was
found in a garage and the other in
the pantry of the home. The latter
whs in operation. A small quantity of
mash was destroyed. Ex-Governor
and Mrs. Evans had been out of the
city several months at the time of the
raid. They only recently landed in the
country from a visit abroad and are
expected to return to Spartanburg
within the next few days.
Neosha Falls,, Kan., a town of 800
population, was completely submerged
Sunday morning, following a 14
inch rain which fell in seven hours.
The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
with delegates from many states, are
holding their third biennial convocation
in Washington this week.
Tennyson's house at Somersby near
London and two miles of the stream
he immortalized in 'The Brook', are
to be sold at auction.
( KINDERGARTEN
SCHOOL
Opens Monday, Oct. 4, 1926
MABEL J. StOVER
1314 CAMPBELL STREET
Terms Reasonable
TOOLS HAVE STOOD
TEST OF CENTURIES
Workeri ol Long Ago Not
So Unscientific.
m Modern civillzutlou U very proud of
| Itself for Km uchittvuiueiit* in technology.
Everything, from the modern
{.steam shovel to the tool that fuxhI
Ions iiialiiHprlngM for wutche* I* hulled
as proving how fur fdvunced we are
over the benighted, unscientific workera
centuries jigo. Hut uu English sol
enlist recently sutnmed up the things
wherein we use the satue old method*
employed hundreds and even thou
sands of year ago, and the list Is a
revelation.
Bricks furnish perhaps the most
striking example. About 8,000 years
ago a certain method was found for
making bricks?the best method avall/atye
then. We use practically the
same composition today. An Egyptian !
brlckmaker'a mold of the Nineteenth
dynasty is precisely the same In Shape
and construction as those which are
used today in fields where bricks are
still made by hand.
' 'lw modem square and plummet
are also exactly like ancient Bgyp-'
i tian specimens, and the stone mason's
mallet still retains the ahape It had
| In 2860 B. G. Even the composition
of the radrtar has not changed for ?t
least 2,000 years?lime and sand, with
the addition of, hair as a binding material,
were used by Roman builders,
Consider the bide tanner. The
chemist has made many changes, but
oak bark Is still the best?as It was
almost the earliest tanning substance.
Even linen has the first stage In its
manufacture the same as It was in
primitive times?the "retting" of the
flax, either by steeping it In water
or by simply exposing It to the dew,
?In order to remove the softer tissues
and leave the fine libers.
* A humble thlstlp Is still the best tool
with which to raise the nap on woolen
cloth, the nap being the external toverlng
Of fine short fibers that lie
smoothly all In one direction. Jjt is so
expensive, however, that the machine
process Is usually preferred.
The origin of the potter's wheel Is
lost In antiquity, but those used today,
although driven by electricity, differ
practically not at all In pattern frem
those of ancient times.
From w*ll paintings found In Europe,
It seems almost certain that the
pipe of the modern glass blower has
a direct descent of at least 4,500 years
without essential change.
Machinery is all right for producing
second-quality gold-leaf, but the finest
English gold leaf Is still beaten by
hand. The small pellet of gold' Is
pluoed between layers of goldbeaters'
skin (the prepared outside raembrone
of the large intestine pf the
ox) and hammered -and reharnmered
with a wooden mallet, Just ns the best
method has always been. .
There are many more examples to
this unending list of things where the
tools of a irant era are still supreme
today?the snowshoe, the pestle and
mortar of the chemist, the carpenter's
nail, the navvy's pick and?add your
own observations.
Swinging Basket* Puzzle
For several months scientists have
bpen puzzled by swinging baskets
brought from Borneo and set up lit
the I'eabody museum, Cambridge,*
Mass. As soon as they were in place/,
reports Popular Science Monthly, they
began their peculiar swinging, which
suggested perpetual motion. Many explanations
for this phenomenon were
offered, but none Reemed to cover if
satisfactorily. Some thought there
was something supernatural about the
baskets, since they were-originally
"grave offerings." Finally two young
scientists succeeded in stopping them
by putting a kink In thp wire from
which they hung.
Useful Organization
The organization known as P. E. O. '
was founded January 21, 1869, atp
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, by seven girls. I.
At first it was simply a secret society
of aNocal school, but spread untlf It
the present 'time It Is reported to
have 80,000 members scattered
through the different states. Its priesent
object is the acquisition and disposition
of an educational loan fund
whereby, young girls past high school,
who have not the means to secuf^.
higher education, may make a loon
for one or two years to carry them
through the preparatory * college
classes.
ff \y
One Possible Place Left T_
Tn one household In the city a favorite
expression used by one membelr ts
under the circumstances.' But the
user didn't know she was overworking
It until recently. She was looking
the house over for a portfolio, w$|t?
everybody In the family assisting, fhcludtng
a three-year-old niece. Finally
she sank down on a chair In desperation.
/ *
"We've looked everywhere," the
groaned. "Can nnyone think of anfr
place we haven't looked?"
"Oh, nuntle," said Janle, suddenly
struck with a thought, "have yoii
looked under the 'circumstances'?" V
Inherit Color Blindness
Color blindness, recent studies seem
to Indicate, Is hereditary and Is the result
of a defect In the ^central nervous
system snys the Popular Science
, Monthly. It occurs oftener among
hoys nnt) men tlu\n among girls and
women, hut In hoys It Is frequently,
only color Ignorance, rather than an
Inherept defect.
As n corrective, special attention
now Is being given In the public
schools to, developing color sense
among all the pupils.
Resolutions on New Governor.
The Camden and Kershaw County
Chamber of Commerce through a
committee composed of David Wolfe,
J. Jt. Zftity and K. E. Stevenson in
the following resolution mighty near,
ly speaks- the sentiment of the most
of our citizens relative to the election
ol John G. Richards as the governor
of South Carolina for the next four
years:
"Resolved, That we sincerely thunk
the voters of South Carolina for honoring
a distinguished son of Kershaw
County.
"We have known John G. Richards
as a brave and high-toned boy, as a
young man with faith in God and an
ambition to Serve his fellow man, as
an older man with this faith grown
stronger and this ambition intensified.
He has worthily borne himself as
father, husband, brother, and friend.
Jf/s church, country, state and her
schools are better for his service.
"Not because he is one of us, born
amidst rock ribbed hills and descended
from honorable ancestry do .we
tender our thanks to the voters of
South Carolina* We thank them because
they have chosen a man of
honor and worth to be their governor
in this critical era of the history of a
state whose sons are now, and yi times
go?.e by have been staflesrJfen) heroes
apd orators challenging the admiration
and wonder of the world. We congratulate
the voters upon their choice
of one who loves his state and would
make any sacrifice to serve her?one
who with ripe experience and dauntless
courage?a man who can rule
and will-not lie."
The jail at Yellowstone National
Park, not having had a prisoner in
thirty-two years of its existence, has
been torn down.
"teachers' examination.
The next regular State teachers'
examination will h? held at every
county seat in the State on Friday,
October 8, and Saturday, October 9tn.
At this examination questions will he
offered for Primary certificates and
General .Elementary certificates. At
this time, questions will not be offered
for High School certificates.
No third grade certificates will be
issued. To earn a second grade certificate
an applicant will be required
to make a general average of 76 with
not less than 66 on any subject. *
Examinations will begirt at 9 o'clock
A. M. each day, at the County Court
House.
J. Team Gettys,
?Supt. Education Kershaw County.
1 25-27-sb
t Fifty persons lost their liven in ft
moving picture theatre at Drumcpllogher,
Ireland, Monday, when the
moving picture machine caught Are.
The theatre was on the second floor of
a frame building from which there
I was but one exit. Many of the victims
were trampled to death in the
stampede following the discovery of
the ft re. ;
TRESPASS NOTICE.
Trespassing, hunting or shooting,
day or night, cutting or hauling wood
or straw, cattle or hogs running at
large, on lands owned and posted by
Mr Ralph Ellis, will be dealt with'to
the full extent of the law.
L. A. Kirkland, Attorney.
R. Storey, Agent.
25-27-pd
TRESPASS NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the H.
P. Oglesby place, on the western side
of the Wateree river, known M the
Hetty Neck section, has been posted,
and that hunting or otherwise trespassing
on these, lands is positively
forbidden under penalty of the law.
v . Coon Hunters Club.
Sept. 15, 1920?25-27-pd
Wants-For Sale
FOR SALE-~House and lot 112 feet
on Walton street, 815 feet on National
Highway. J. L. King, Btfthune,
S. C. 24-26-pd
FOR SALE?Sunnyside Cottage. Apply
Mrs. W. S. Alexander, 610
Hampton st., Camden, S. C. pd*
HELP WANTED?Ladies, who can
do plain sewing at home and want
profitable spare time work. No
canvassing. Write (enclose stamp)
to Amsterdam Dress Co., Amsterdam,
N. Y., Dept. D.
A REVELATION?in musical production,
the new Gradeon turns
your present phonograph and radio
set into the most wonderful musi.
*cal instrument. No extra batteries
required, can be attached in less
than a minute?volume regulation
from a whisper to music to fill an
auditorium. Have your own broad- j
casting station and be free of static.
Change back to radio reception
= at any time within a few seconds, i
Also NEW MODEL Atwater-Kent
radio sets just received and full j
line of radio tubes, batteries, etc. j
., W. O. HAY, Camden,'S. C.-Tele'
phone 138 or 337 for a demonstration
or drop us a postcard.
25-29 sb
FOR SALE.?Self player piafio. Bargain
for quick sale. Apply Chronicle
Office, Camden, S. C.
A 25-27-pd
FOR SHOE REPAIRING?call at the
Red Boot Shop next door to Express
office. A. M. JONES, Prop.
24tf
FOR BALK?2000 bushels of vM"''
ghum and Appier OttU for ?e?d puM? i
pose. One year from Coker. 8<w
'' J>. Boykin for prices. B. D. BOY-'1 '
Kin, Boykin, 6. . g6-28-pd^H
SECOND VOLUME OF HISTORIC ?
CAMDEN?-About November r^i
* Second and concluding part of "HU. J
toxic Camden" will be ready for dr. I
livery to all who may wish to pur- 1
chase a copy. This volume cover*
that interesting period of Canute ' I
annals subsequent to the year 1800, I
with portraits, illustrations and I I
sketches of numerous families. The I
price will be six dollars delivered. I
The undersigned authors. will ap! I
predate any orders plased with I
them or either o<> them. I
Thos. J. Kirkland,
R. M. Kenpedy.
26-26-sb \
LOST?Tuesday night near Canty I
.Hill, one female hound, 18 mopths, I
white and black spots and some tan. B
She has a tan head and a fresh cut 1
in one. Hank. Answer to the name fl
of Minnie. Reward of $5.00 if 1
turned to*B. M. Hall, Camden* S. C. ?
FOR'SALE?100 acres sandhill land, |
about three miles from Blaney on
. old Wire Road. Price reasonable. 1
John K. DeLoach, Camdpn, S. C.
24-20-si)
ENROLL NOW!?Now is the time to?
begin your course in Shorthand and?
Typewriting bo as to finish before?
the Bret of the year. Rates reason? I
able. Mrs. Arthur Clarke, Commer?
cial Hotel, Camden, S. C. 24-25b1?
FOR SALE?My residence at 141?
Fair street. This house contain?
three bed rooms, sitting room, din? ?
ing room, large kitchen, one fur?
dished and one unfurnished bath? B
room, two closets, and a chin?
closet. This house is in one of th? B
nicest neighborhoods in Camden? (
and the lot has a flower yard, trcesB
chicken yard, vegetable garden!
servant's house and garage. Phon^^H
or write Thomas Ancrum, Chester?
s, c. B
MAPLE LOGS?12 inches and up it?
diameter. We pay the highest!
market prices the year round. The?
Zickgraf Co., Denmark; S. C.
23-28-sb ?
FARM FOR SALE?By owner. 65
I - acres in tract, 40 acres fn cultiva- I
tion, balance in wood* One good fl j.
I tenant house. Plenty of^ outbuild- B
ings. Close to graded school and I
church. Apply to Mors. Annie E. ?
Parker, Cassait. S. XL-??23-26-pd?
PHOTOGRAPHY?I have recently
rebuilt my home at 1340 Hailc B
street and built an up-to-date home ?
studio where I am prqparpd to do B
any.- kind or style of photograph I
and at a reasonable price. 1 have B
some of the latest equipment and ?
can make pictures regardless of
weather conditions. Joe B. Gas- B
kins, Camden,. C. 14-tf ?
WANTED?No. 1 nine logs. Highest
cash prices paid; year round demand.
Sumter Planing Mills and
Lumber Co., Attention E. S. Booth,
Sumter, S. C. 1-tf-sb B
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I More People Are Realizing I
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Satisfy yourself by asking the man who - 1 I
has bought one of the new late im- I I
proved Fords during the last few months I I
Redfearn Motor Co.
Authorized Dealers 1*1
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