The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 19, 1926, Image 2
*pp',' I- I 1 ?? ggj
|aani'iirr TO BK mikhkd
||r *' ' IC 8crge??t-a*Arm* Urn* lo
Give I p Hi* P??ilion
, By Staff Curtc?po?ui?&i
Columbia, Nov, 15.? ilu&drtd* - '
j|| . /South Carolinian*. looking in upon *.'
|C'" ' senate at it* coming aesaion, wit! m
a figure which for * generation n.^
been familiar there, and lhou?a
throughout the s'att will learn v?
deep regret that on account of /
health Col. John Frederick Schu'
pert, of Newberry, the veteran m
geant at arm*, ha* dec air. 1 to r?ur?
Colonel Schumpert suffered a *en<. illness
during the past summer, awhile
he ha* recovered to a great < >
tent, he doe* not feel that he a hoe :
undertake the duties of the poar, '
at the coming session, ani theref>'
will not seek re-election. The \r
ttor, It IS known of all nu-r. who kr.
trie senate and who know the ?ta
would be hi? for the a.-kihg just .
long as he desired it.
Colonel Schumpert at tne last ?
| Rton roun/itd out hi* twenty-fourth
year a? sergeant at arms, and prior
to #.?* U-tt.g elected to that position
nt had served for several >ear? at
door-kw per. He ?*w seven governor*
' rr> and g<>. Thw year there waa
> " a member of the senate who was
k f.u rnbc when he was first appoint'
; ' *.:t ar.<l on:> two fefnain
: f .>?v who weft members when
m rgear.t a', arms in 1'XKJ.
i,, , f Senator T. B Butler, of
.v f a- ..cott r.a governor of
a '>rt?.-ie oyer . the stria'.'.*
a ' ' g j.o, a/,.i the other,
o 1' /rf Lauren*,
. , - '.t titir.v .*tat which he
4 .1 juaf *cr < f a century ago.
\ '* ' r.owtver, has seen
. >- ?-*. t'ol. Schumpert
i ' a* r. a, r. :t, it ii a long
. r.;t .? - rv. v which Co.onel
- - ?t.]/> rrendered the senate
' He Ku > bet r: not on y
, ? a'. ! ?ff.c.er,t and a conff.but
he ha.s been
- a. friend and the confidante
of every senator who baa aerred in
that body during the put twenty
four years. Secret* of state and of
personal affairs have been safe with
him. He ha? mingled both in thr
joy* and the sorrows of the member"
and the officer* of the senate, many
of whom during (no?r twenty-four
years have been called from life's
activities. Tall, erect, of fine physique,
he lent to the position a fine dignity
which always tarried with it a fine
i-ourtesy. . A*, he walked in front of
the seriate over to the house for a i
Joint session, bearing the sword of ^
state, borne on such occasion* for i
more than 2<i0 year#; a# he presented,
the speaker and clerk of the house
when they came over to the senate;
for the ratification of act*; a* he- '
announced the secretary to the governor
with a message from hi* excellency,
he performed these incidental
duties of h;? position as the sergeant j
at arms of a state senate should per- i
form them, and never once during hi# ;
long term of service wa? the dignity
either of the senate or of his own
position overlooked.
The first secretary to the governor,
A^lh a message from the governor. i
whom he announced to the senate, as '
its sergeant at arm*, was John K.
Aujjl, nearly twenty-four years ago, '
with Governor McSweeney'a last an-1
nual message. The bearer of the me*, j
eage, not yet having attained hi." j
majonty by several years, was pretty
badly frightened, buPGoi. Schumpert !
took care of him, just as he has take j j
care of other secretaries to governor#,
and of others, from pages on up the'
scale, who have turned to him for '
advice and help and guidance. Two!
or three years before, this same secretary
to the governor had been a
senate page, when Col. Schumpert
was door-keeper, and he made life
pleasant for this page, just as he has
done for other pages. The high and
the lowly have all come in close personal
contact with him, and in his
broad human sympathy and understanding
there has been no distinction '
as to rank. And in times when the
atmosphere in the capitol?the political
atmosphere?was as calm and
pleasant as that of a morning outdoors
in April, and in times of stress
and strain, when the storm cloiifls
gathered, and the lightnings of factionalism
A-ere flashing, and the thunders
of passion were echoing and reechoing
through the corridors and in
the hniis, and almost shaking the
splendid old capitol. he went the even
tenor of his way. in the discharge of
his duties, confident in his knowledge
tnat, after all, political passion is on'y
a fleeting thing, because it can not
lingc-r very long before it is drive*
away by the fine common sense of
the great majority of the masses, who
may be swept away by it for awhile,
but who soon get back t?T their moor-'
mg*.
( olonel Schumpert will l>e very
greatly missed; and, even as they
miss him, thousands of South Carolinians
will wish him mighty well,
and that he may yet be spared many
years among his people.
In addition to Messrs. Robert E.
McCaslan, of Greenwood, G. L. Buist
R-.vers, of Charleston, and \V. W.
Smoak, of Colleton, already mentioned
in previous articles as aspirants
for the position of chairman of the
ways and means committee of the
house, there are two other's?Messrs.
D. L. McLau nn, of Marlboro and I
\V. L. Riley, of Bamberg, who, Lt is
understood, are being put forward for
the place. Xo additional-names have
been mentioned, so far as can be
learned, for the speakership.
With regard to the general appropriation
bill, Mr. j. Wilson Gibbes,
clerk of the house, calls attention to
the fact that under a new rule adopted
in 1925, where the free conference
committee inserts an entirely newitem,
this ne witeni may be rejected
by either house without killing the
whole bill. With thix exception, however,
when the free conference committee
gets through with the appropriation
bill and .^ubmits its report,
the report must be adopted in its entirety,
no matter how greatly it maychange
the bill, or the bill dies and
a new bill must be written and go
through the regular channel. The
new bill is specific to that effect, providing
that "in case of the general
appropriation bill where a new item
is inserted by the committee of free
conference, the right shall be reserved
by both houses to pass on the same,
and the rejection of any such now appropriation
item or items by either or
both houses shall result in the rejection
of such new appropriation
items only. such rejection shall
not affect or impair any othor provision
of the appropriation bill or resuit
in the loss of seid bill."
J no. K. Aull.
TRESPASSING FORBIDDEN
AM parties are hereby warned not
to trespass upon my lands five mile*
south of Camden, for hunting or for
any purpose whatsoever Anyone
fourvl violating this warning will be
prosecuted to the full extent of the
l?w W. C? SEAGIJE.
Nov. \S, tm, 24-37-pd
?. *
WW?N Bf7TP.R AUTOMOBILES APT BUILT. BU'ICK WILL BUILD THEM
(Vw
A-16-15
Buick Thermostatic Control" *
provides smooth Engine Performance
at O?or 90 ?the shade
I hermostatic Cireulat ion Control is a new
reason why the Buick engine is so easy to start
and m> pleasant to drive, in all kinds of weather.
Summer conditions prevail all year, under the
Buick hood. At 90?, or at zero, this valuable
Buick improvement reduces the warming-up
period to less than three minutes!
For this, and many other vital reasons,the 1927
Buick is the Geatest Ever Built. The engine is
vilnrationless beyond belief. Drive it and see
what that means.
THE G REATEST ^ J J CltfEVER BUItr
LITTLE MOTOR COMPANY
T. LEE LITTLE. MANAGER. CAMDEN. S C.
? i i 111 ! ii ii i i wrro~m
TAX NOTICE.
<?fIic i of Treasurer Kershaw County,
< aniden, S. ( ., Sept. 12. 1926.
Nn'ice :< hereby given that the
k> will be opened for the collection
f State county and school taxes from
(' '. her loth, 1926, to March 15th.1
'.927. A penalty of 1 per cent will be
a-idt-d to all taxes unpaid January 1st.
! 927. 2 per cent February 1st, 1927.
ami 7 per cent March 1, 1927.
The rate per centum for Kershaw
. . ur.tv is as follows
Mills. 1
State Taxes 5l4
6-0-1 School 4 >
School Taxes 7
County Taxes . . . 8'2 !
Hospital hik |
Constitutional School Tax 3
Deficiency School Tax \
Total 29 Vi
fcr**'*"*' DeKalb Township Road Bonds,
for DeKalb Township only 2 V4
Dog tax $1.25. All dog owners are
required to make a return of their
dogs to the County Treasurer, who is
required to furnish a lincense tag.All
<i"gs caught without the license tag1
the owners will be subject to a fine of
Twenty ($26.00) Dollars.
I
The following School Districts have
special levies
S ho- 1 District No. 1 181-*
School District No. 2 16M? :
School District No. 3 19
School District No. 1 13 S
School District No. 5 1 1
School District No. 6 25
School Distru' Nu. 7 ... 10 ?
School District No. x 1 1
School District N p 1
School District No. 10 1
School D;st r 1 t N . 11 .... 8 ;
School Distrut N v 12 19 "
School Distri. t N . 1
School District No. 15 1
School District No. 16 1
School District No. 1.? 1
School District No. 20 1 1
School District No. 22 19 ;
School District No. 23 1
School District No. 25 1 j
",J. School District No. 27 1 1
School DistrkT No. 28 1 \
School District No. 29 7
School District No. 30 1
w*4M??ol District No. 31 8
School District No. 33 11
School DTtrict No. 37 *1
School District IK ? j
1 ' HI UHU'
School District No. .'{'J 5
So hot )1 District No. 10 18
- h ,oi District Nr 11 1
S no! District N .. 42 1
- t.< ?< '. Distr.it No. 48 '. . . 1
S?. houi Distr.ct No 46 1
S ho<?. District No. 4i 1
The Poll Tax is $1.00.
Ah able bodied male persons from
:n age of twenty-one (21) to fifty
<' "? years, both inclusive, except re?.dent<
ir. incorporated towns, shall
;.d\ $3.00 as a road tax except ministers
of the Gospel actually in charge
f a congregation teachers employed
. . public schools .school trustees, and
pernors permanently disabled in the
m.litary erviv* of the State and per?"r<
who served in the War Between
the States .and a!! quarantine service
of this State and all residents whb
may be attending school or college at
the time when said road tax shall become
due. Persons claiming disabilities
must present certificate from two
reputable physicians of this county.
A!! information with reference to
taxes will be furnished upon application.
o. j. smyrl,
County Treasurer.
FINAL DISCHARGE
Notice is hereby given that one
month from this date, on Monday,
November 15, 1926, I will make to
the Probate Court of Kershaw County
my final return as Administrator of
tni estate of .1 A. McDowell, deceased,
and the same date I will
apply to the said Court for a finr.1
i;-charge as <aid Administrator.
p. a. Mcdowell.
? am den. S. C.. Oct. 13. 1926.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
A. patties indebted to the estate
f P.m.elope Harris are hereby notit
it- i make payment to the uudcr-tgntd
and all parties, if any, having
aim.- against the said estate will
present them likewise duly attMted
it once. w. l. Mcdowell, j p..
And Admr. Est. Ponelopo Harris
Camden, S. C.. Oct. 14, 11*26.
TRESPASS NOTICE.
Trespassing, hunting or shooting,
lay or night, cutting or hauling wood
<r straw, cattle or hogs running at
arge, on lands owned and posted by
Mr Ralph Ellis, will be dealt with to
the full extent of the law.
L A. K inland, Attorney.
R. Storey, Agent. - 27-37-pd
^Ab fatten
Written for The Chronicle
-Copyright,
"*i am supporting a wife ar.d three
cmldren on two pounds ' and th/e:fehdlrngs
<$1U.50) a week," volunteered
the eortduclot on the bus tnat carried
mt from m> London hotel to the
Liverpool Street Station where I took
a train for Harwich. London'*
streets are so narrow and crocked
that busses are used in the place of j
trolley cars, although Ix>ndon use- ,
trolleys in a limited way. many of i
them being a part of one of the fiiu-*: .
subway systems in the w\jrld. The ,
bus conductor was a man of intelh-|
gt.net: axai evidently a man of some J
education and ability. England ha-;
had rigid compulsory edu ation law.-'
for more than half a century and the
standard of intelligence is high, evc.i 1
among the laboring classes. There j
was a tone of bitteme.-.s in the man'* ]
voice. In America his potential earn-,
ir.g capacity would have been around j
$200 per month. "Bread is 1 cents a
loaf and an ordinary cut of meat sells t
for 30 cents a pound," he continued. '
"I am finding it hard to make both j
er.ds meet. What is the trouble, you j
h>k ? The meat and bread trusts are J
responsible. Trusts originated in
jour country, then spread over to!
England and now the capital of the j
trusts is British and American. In
America where wages aro high and 1
employment is steady your laboring j
classes do not feel the heavy hand
of the monopolies, but over here we
feel keenly the pinch of poverty. I
do not know where it will end." HerjE
again I sensed a feeling of resent- '
ment toward America. There was an
element of truth in what he said. I
America is on the highest piane of
living the world has ever known. The:
wants of the people are stupendous,
and industry is working to capacity
to.supply those wants. The worke-<
are sharing in the returns from industry
and thus consumption is main- j
lained on a level equal to production.
It is a never ending cycle of pros- ;
perity.
Alcohol is King
Our economic condition contrast- ,
so sharply with England's that it cu* deeply
into the English soul. There
is no share-crop system in England j
and land tenancy is confined to a few
large estates. Agricultural depres- ;
sion?has?dealt the English field '
laborer a heavy blow. For ten hours j
work he receives 30 shillings of $7.50 j
per week. Out of this meager wage
he pays from $1.25 to $1.50 per week j
for the little four-room, thatched-roof
stone-flagged cottage he occupies. His '
noon-day meal consists of barley !
bread, a slice of cold mutton or beef. 1
potatoes and a half and half mixture !
of milk and coffee. His lunch usually
is eaten in the field. His appare! j
consists of a blue cap, a blouse that j
hangs loosely around his waist, coarse J
trousers, heavy boots and sometimes ;
wooden shoes. His only diversion is
the bottle of ale he drinks with hi? j
evening meal. He does not move with ;
the energy and spirit of the American
field laborer, and herein perhaps lies
one of England's most serious agricultural,
or maybe in a general sense,
economic ills. The nation's annual
drink bill is three million dollars more
than the interest on its public debt.
It is a nation of steady drinkers. The
most prominent and expensive spaces
are used for ale and whiskey advertisements.
Alcohol is king?it has its
seat at the head of the table. In
small town inns I have seen skilled
artisans assemble night after night
and drink themselves into a stupor.
I have *een laborers leave the fields
at 10 o'clock in the morning, gulp
down a bottle of ale or beer and return
to their work. Efficiency and
alcohol mix as well as oil and water.
America may be wet but the excessive
drinker doesn't last long at the work
bench.
A Sign of Social I nrest
Near the center of London facing
the hotel at which I stopped is a
ten-acre park. Its grounds are private.
Surrounding it in half circles
pre rows of middle-class apartment
houses. The park and houses belong
to an English nobleman and the park
is for the exclusive use of the apartment
dwellers, each of whom has a
private key to the mass.vc iron gates.
As I surveyed the grounds and
thought of the thousands of poor
children within a mi> radius who
were denied adm,.-s or. to the premises
a typical Englishman of the middle
or laboring classes approached and
stopped at a respectful distance.
"Yes." he said in cockney English in
which there was an Unmistakable tone
of resentment, it belongs to old Lord
" and here followed a aea thing
denunciation of a nobleman who
wa? enjoying the proceeds from prop*
erty valued at several million pounds
which had come down to him through
sixteen generation*. My voluir.ij.oa>
trlkcr \v.4* remnant of tne rapidly
disappearing tribe of Londod cab
driser s of the mid-Victorian period, j
Tne ?a*.-cab had sent )u? old landau
the way thi* locomotive had sent the
stage coach. His reminiscences were
mixed with a bitterness that in a
measure robbed them of their flavor |
'
it *? Wtkf now. lofty yesr?|
ago old Lord , father of the!
present duke, owned a big estate, the j
most of w hich is covered by these j
houses. It was enclosed by a high<
picket fence and several gate keepers j
had r. in charge. The gates were |
c)K?.ed at 'J o'clock at night and if
you happened to be on the outside you'
had : . make a wide detour to get j
into the city. Many a night I have !
shivered out there in the cold trying;
t, get through the gates and then had |
t j drive several miles out of the way |
to reach the city. The duke nor his]
f?.*her i.or his father's fathers ever
*t.<xkcd a day ,n their lives, but have !
lived off the labor of the people. The
young duke has a 25,000 acre hun'-(
ing preserve which should be take.i j
over by the government, cut into
-mall farms and given to the heads
of families whose ancestors for many
generations have tilled the duke';
lands and added to the family fortune."
These radical expressions mav
or may not reflect the sentiments of
the laboring classes. They are passed
on to my readers for what they are
worth. Rut there is n-j doubting the '
fact that a strong current of unrest !
n running with the force/"if a mill- .
race through the erstwhile placid life
of .-octal and industrial England,
There are more ban four million bi- !
cycles in use in Japan.
Fort Montgomery, * United sttUt I
military post in Northern NtVv York 1
was partially constructed before u
was discovered it was on Canadilg
soil. The British obligingly moved
the boundary line, taking in exchange
a portion of Aroostook County, Maine.
FINAL DISCHARGE. """* I
Notice is hereby given that one
month from this date, on Monday
December 6th, 1920, I will make to the
Probate Court of Kershaw County my I
final return as Administrator of the
estate of Charlotte Caldwell, deceased
and on the same date 1 will apply to fl
the said court for a j?j^al dikcharge ag
said Administrator.
W. J. PORTER, I
Administrator. I
Camden, 8. C., Nov. 4, 11126.
TRESPASS NOTICEI I
All persons are hereby warned not I
to trespass upon the J. B. Crocker I
place, at Lakeview Terrace, or the I
property of Henry Savage in the city
limits. Persons have been committing
acta of vandaliam on these prem- I
ises and after this warning, if caught,
will be dealt with to the fullest ex- I
tent of the law. 1
HENRY SAVAGE
August IP, 1920.
MONEY TO LOAN?Cin city real es J
tate. Apply to Henry Savage, Jr.,
Camden, 8. C. J2sh
T. B. BRUCE
Veterinarian
Day Photie 30?Night Phone 114 J
CAMDEN, S. C.
a KERSHAW LODGE No. 29
* A. F. M.
Regular communication of
yT&~>^^this lodgp is held on the
first Tuesday in each month
at 8 p.m. Visiting Brethren are welcomed.
FRANK D. CAMPBELL,
M. BILLINGS, Worshipful Master
Secretary. 3-5-26-tf
The Reduced Rate is for tym
Why not Use it ?
TELEPHONE users frequently wait until 8:30
o'clock at night to make a long distance call at the
reduced rat*, and then make a person-to-peroon
call at the higher rate.
^ ' JV- - 3
The reduced rate, both day and night, applies only
to calls for a number, but it is not necessary for yo? to
know the number. To make such a call, fife the^opf
ator the number of the distant' telephone if you know '
it, or if you do not know the number; tell her -tfci *
name and address under which iCte-listed.
This is a "station-to-station" call. If you cannot 3
remember this term, tell the operator yOU
make a call at the lowest rate, and do not wish to
peak to a particular person. "
It is a simple matter and you can make a big savins
on your toll calls if you will let the long distance oper*
ator help you.
morgan 8. speir, Carolina# Manager' \ v~ '
"Bell System"
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
Omc Policy, Ou* Syrtrm, Unrr*r?*l
-?'?
IGOOD ADVICE I
It is remarkable with what unanimity p?|
such men as Rockefeller, Carnegie, Hili, "I i|j
Wanamaker and Field say that they got |:
their start by saving money. And every fg
one of them has advised young men to go I
Loan & Savings Bank I
CAPITAL $100,000.00 I
4 Per Cent, Paid on Savings Deposits j '