The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 24, 1926, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHR0N1CIE
. Ii. D. Nile* . . Kditor and l'ubU?h?r I
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Vs". Published every Friday at No. 11091
Broad Street and entered at the Cam-1
den. South Carolina, postoffice atj
eecond class mail matter. Price per t
annum $2.00.
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Camden. S. C? Friday, Dec. 24 1920. (
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To Improve Pont Itoudn.
Congressman Stevenson has introduced
a bill in congress which would
apportion certain Federal road funds
to the betterment of post or cross
country roads, instead of allowing all
this Federal aid fund go into the'state
highway system for the building of
hard roads, us most of it is now used.
Discussing the bill on Saturday in
Washington, Mr. Stevenson is quoted
its follows: "The constitutional warrant
for Federal appropriations to
roads was found in the power to establish
and maintain post offices and
post roads, and the funds in South
Carolina are being largely used on
through highways, while the post
roads, commonly known as cross
country roads, many more miles of
which arc used by mail carriers than
(of the through highways, an riot be^
iJ. _ ing adequately maintained, i propose
Py. ' to have 20 per cent of the Federal
funds expended on them and hope the
South Carolina legislature will act
along the same line. The funds would
be used under the administration of
the state and county road authorities.
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About one milliion dollars a year goes
r. to South Carolina and $200,000 a'year
properly used, would benefit vastly
the mail carrier.-, and people who live
on those erorts-coiintry postal roads."
? Vorkville Knquirer.
Over 40,000 Vehicles Registered
Over forty thousand automobiles,
trucks, motorcycles and dealers were
registered from Novoml>or 1 to November
.'10, according to figures submitted
by officials of the Soulh Carolina
highway department Wednesday.
In addition to automobiles registered,
there were OH dealers registered during
the month. There were 82 trailers
and 2,070 trucks registered. Lancaster
county up to November 20,
showed a regisfr.'ttion of 00b cars
and trucks; Kershaw county, 020;
Chest< rficld, 077; Fairfield. 210;
Chester, Oil, ami Y<>il. county. 1,2.22.
making an actual total from the Nate
I f 20.001.
Neat Half Million tor I'lalcs
- Nearly half a million dollar.-, has
been collected h.. the motor vehicle
division <>f th-> Smith t'aroli-na highway
depart men! for motor licenses
from November I tinough November
||C ;;0t according to figures submitted by
??L-- J. Wes-ev Wilkes, .-ecretai y of the
aC- highway department. t'olumbia, on
W<id nesday. The largest collection
for motor liiriui - during the month
of N ovi mlier w is from Richland
eflunty with a total collected of $50,H.'y,
and the smallest sum eqlloctcd ;
f for motor licenses was from Jasper
uountv with a total of $l,52t>. lTp to
Ey' the above date Lancaster county had
P sent in $(">,027 fe Ideiise tags; Kershaw
county, $8,0.17; (.'hostel field, j
i $8,125; Chester. $8,222; Fairfield,,
J $2,070. and York, $1(1,210. The actual j
' amount recidve I from the entire state
war $177,048.
Hanks To Close
The three hanks of Camden will
be closed Saturday and Monday, December
25th and 27th for the Christ&
ma* holidays.
Loan & Savings Hank.
First National Hank,
. ... Hank of Camden.
The Negro as Financier
About 25 year sago Cen. Julian S.
Carr, Mrs. James B. Duke and sevHpL?Mi2eral
pther Durham "captains of industry"
set up a group of negro eit'terrs
in the insurance business, and
xercised a friendly supervision over
hem until the business was well un,*r
way. That was the beginning of
i^ie North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company, now grown to pru*
portions of $2,000,000 in assets with
insurance policies to the amount of
, $44,000,000 in existence. The sury
cess of this negro venfuriwin business
has encourage I .similar ventures of
the kind in Durhaio. the ;atest enter
J* iniuimif ii i, i^i ipiwii
GENERAL NEWS NOTES I
I C, N. Whitehead, president of the'
M. K, and T. railroad, died in a St J
Louis, Mo,, hospital on Friday, following
a nervous breakdown. Mr.
Whitehead FOse to the presidency of
the railroad from a job as messenger
in ttie oporatinK department.
iJoaeph li. Steinhardt, know i
aiAong produce dealers u? the
"Apple King of America," died at his
home in New York on Friday. lie
came to America 4'J years ago, and
his first job was rolling a bartel of
apples and his pay for tin job wa >
a bag of apples or a swift ki k. Hetook
the apples and ate three of ihcrn
and sold the remainder for 52 cents.
I* lorn this capita he lur.lt h;s fortune.
[ l'y ' ohb, I> -! i ?11, \1 n r; , naseha.,
| piayer, a naL.e of (iioigia. has ann.alined
that In- and his lain .y wi 1
m i in have I or I* r a m e
Janus iirandt and W < . .Vlobray,
pi ohih;ti< a ager.t , \v< re h ?' to death
m< .ir I'erry. Fin., la.-.; I'liur-day after
tio. n while 1hey wen- .-eaiihing the
home of J. \Y. Rwhanan for illicit
liquor. Iliuhanan surrendered to the
si.? r'ff of the c. cut y.
The farmer.- of ( i.t -u-l field last
week shipped three cailottds of pou!II
\, ira uding chickens, g.-e.se, tu key-,
duck and gunn a to tin- markets.
The car- averaged 15,000
pounds ouch in weight, and totaled
over .$15,000 to tin- sellers.
< hinose newspapeis declare that
scores of people have heel) frozen to
death :i and around tin- city of Pekin
during the cold wiatlu-i prevailing
th.- pas', few days.
I nve ligation of a "h >pel? ss erippl
" beggar, a:n.-Ud by the police of
Philadelphia last week, developed the
fact that the bcggai is the owner ol
a limousine tar and -ix houses in his
home city, Syimuse. N. Y.. and that
in Philadelphia he was living in a $4
a day h?>tel room.
,P i- (- t.mated that the life insurance
comp,'Hires ??! the l ured Sfhtes
have this year written and i sued approximately
$ 1 >,ion.000.000 <if new
irisu: a rice, a gam f about $('00,000,j
000 ovt-r the new hu-inc-- written in
IOl'5.
The n o department. which
handles p.- n funds, i- asking con-I
g-n - i .)' a tota' of $222.70S,000 for'
pen .."ii- foi t he next current fiscal!
year. Mm*. <.f this -un for pension
on aceotint of the <".\ 11 War |
j nr 1 Snanish-A met i.aii war-.
'.'he I' i res! one Tin at:.! Rubber
company have begun operations to J
ide.rlop 1.000,000 m e.s of land a- aj
rubber growing farm n Liberia. Africa.
ami the proposition has bean ratI
ifn-d by the l.iberian congress. The j
co-t of cleaning up and planting themillion
aires will be around $100,-'
000.000 and it i- estimated that when
the robber trees get in full bearing!
they will produce 200,000 ton- of rub-j
bei per war.
(Iovertu.r Vic Donahey. of Ohio, is!
being boomed for the democratic
nonai at ion for the presidency ir.
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| M:-. Suiiu- Rayanka, of luiiker<,j
j N. "t .. wa- on Monday awarded a
vet.i.c' of $ ldi.000 again.-t tile Pee.n- !
syhaaia railroad a! White Plains, foci
thi death of he! nushand in a wreck,
just a few minutes after she had
given nirt. i to a child in a Whit;*'
Plains hospital.
Harmon Hay. S|n * and S.:n. n P.)
Hay . 7.'!. brothers are dead at Con-j
ne!l-\:l!e. Pa., as the result of being;
stria k by an automobile Sunday at - j
ter: oom A son of Harmon Hay, was j
als injured at the same time, the <
automobile skidding on a hill.
Tr.e I'rated States navy now has
12-1 submarine boats, SO of which are j
ready for immediate use in case of i
nee '.
Phil ipe Worth, one of ..he most I
fan-ou- producers of women's <iothes I
in Paris, died Tuesday, aged 70 years.
During the last year of his life ho'
established a home for wounded and
blip I soldiers of France and saw to it
that :hey received every consolation
and nifort which was their due.
S- v.-n while prisoner.- made their
i sea; frmu the jail at Rii mingham,
Ala.. < arly Saturday morning, aftor
overpowering two jail guards and
taking their key.-. They seriously
wounded a garage r 1 gh -v ;chman at
a garage where thi y went for a car
! to further the::' g< ' away.
! The Larking T ve: building is he;
ir:g --.r-ned f<W "cn 'i--n In New
Yoik at a co-; ,.f S1 - .UOU.iHhh The
pre;?-eri 1 i- llo -;.. r. v ,
. a c. .o ., !.-?*. .>.a .
I he > in: wo: -*a? n ?.? ? value !
t- i Ol" ?i >
i a ca ( < it-r . ? 5. At a: ta.
CI a.. a i .n.iii'iid ..: . i '"v i' r- r . i f
j 2-- \ i . IS of whom hi* i:\-i: *.
j was i? v.? i v i by President t "vdaigr in
I Wasmr.g'.o.. m, Frid o, .-- ! wnrrt
*^ M is
, HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL !
Pupil* Making Average of Ninety or
Above During 'third Month
j Grade 8?Elizabeth Zeinp. Fmil> j
Pitte, \Villit Hailv, Leitorn Rhnme,'
IVarley Welch.
Grade 'J? Duncan Lang, Kochelle :
Slieoin, Marlhu Benson, (!arolyn Bur- ;
net, Batty Curcton, Nell Goodalc,'
, Maud>' MeTeer, Caroline Rii hardhon. i
Grade 10 Kvelyn Bruce, Virginia,
Haile, Mary Boykin, 'Molly Bluekweil.j
Klien Stewart, Dotty Zemp, Kvelyn
I Mo-eley, Mary Brown.
Grade II Kobert Davis, frains
B's.scll, ThomuAia Guthrie, Carolyn j
Heyman, Louise Jennings, Louis,
i Lang, Willie I'orler, Margaret Kast, |
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; John Kichardsop, Faith deLoarh,'
Loin a Gladden, Cora Williams.
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Clemson Student Killed
Slaninore Watson, young Clemsoii .
i cadet, from Columbia, was killed
I Wednesday while returning to his
1 home in Columbia. The accident hap
j petted near Chapiii while y oung Wa
j son was riding on the running boai It
j of an automobile. The auto atteinp*
I td to dodge another car that had jtiC
come into the road and side-swiped
an embankment causing the fatal injury
to Watson. The lad was the yi
of the late Dr. J. J. Watson of Columbia
and is survived by his mother an 1
three brothers.
KI UK WOOD GIFT SHOP OPEN
! We are pleased to announce the
! opening of the Kirkvvood Gift Shop
'at The Kirkvvood for the 11126-27 season.
K very one is cordially invited to
visit this little shop and see the worj
derful assortment of new and attrac1
live gifts and novelties in domestic
'and imported leather, silver and jew-I
ielry. We have added to our stock
| an unusual selection of children/s novelties
which include items for the
! baby from Krueger; the famous
! Horsman Hebee-Shebee Dolls; Borg|
feldt's distinct imports and Margaret !
i Steiff importations. We also have a |
! very large assortment of new and '
! practical place-cards. You will al- |
| ways find at The Kirkvvood Gift Shop
I your favorite candies, papers, period'
icals, new books and a complete line
| of smoker's accessories.?>\dv.
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Supply Minister Killed
Georgetown, Dec. IS,?The Rev. j
W. A. Youngblood, a supply minister I
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of the Methodist church, who was}
( employed about a month ago as a
' vvachrnan by the Atlantic Coast Line
I Lumber corporation, was killed almost
instantly at 5:40 o'clock Wed-j
nesday" afternoon, when hit by a lum-J
her train <>n the trestle between the
corporation'- wharf and the main
plant.
Commissioner Kennesavv M. Lan?<!is,
baseball's highest priced star, has
"been signed up to continue as czar
of the baseball world for a period of
seven years at a salary of $65,000 a
year.
Representative Reed, Republican, of
New York, has introduced a bill for
the appropriation of $100,000,000 as
a public building fund for construction
throughout the country. This is
in addition to a like sum provided for
by congress in the session of last
winter. ,
Four couples, whose aggregated
wedding life is 400 years, celebrated
their golden wedding anniversaries
at Hilton, N. Y., last Friday night, i
The whole town turned out to pay
tribute to the four aged groomsmen
and brides.
John W. Langlcy, ex-congressman j
of Kentucky, sent to the Atlanta fed- |
eral prison following conviction #f j
conspiracy 'to violate the Volstead
law, for a period of two years, has
been paroled after serving one year
of his term.
A bofler explosion, in a lumber
plant at Rocky Mount, N. Saturday,
did considerable damage to suri
rounding property; killed an uniden:
tified negro, and injured several other
persons, including the owner and the
manager of the plant. The damage
is estimated at $100,000.
Mt. Airy, N. C., was visited by a ,
fire which did $200,000 damage Sat- '
: unlay night. The origin of the fire j
i< unknown, but is ascribed to an
unexplained dynamite explosion in a'
hardware store at 7:20 Saturday*!
night.
The Iowa Loan and Trust company,;
one of the largest banking institu- ;
tions of Des Moines, fa led to open i
its doors yesterday.
Courtney (i 1 i->? " ;:;g bank
:t 1 . r of Merr.ph -. 1 . . v\ h*? disappeared
several <?k- . when a
shortage <>f n? a . .. m d ar
1m i'V art? -:? t |
Kitzahe*- W u; J
K ' a rv.'f - K v.. r. -ah , j
vecen - a cr.r' ' ha-ki * 1....'. . ..nv
Ff>H SAI.F? R xwa.id shrubbery,
1 hunP. re?! year* eld, eas'lv rv..ved.
^ ( amden on Stateburg road: al-o
, I antiques for sale. . Address Mr.,.
i V^wl F 8ACk?n' B X 361 !U?' ^
an oi l) printer dead
Captain Neutherr) Die* ut Confederulc
11 oiiu- in Columbia
(<" / am hi a Si alt*, Dot". 17)
i api \ K. I'. Neatheiiy, who M?-t
liic h.?t -'or, of l>|'f nn The Stall-,
,)ii-<i at * U'" la ' iw^ht at the Confederate
home, w iii'M' in* hud Lved
rnoi e t han a > t ar.
So far as i* kiiuv. i., < aotain Neathcrry
via.*, the of hn? nana, ami
had no n< nr relat i ve-. II> had, how
evi l*, an abundance <>t friend.* ami to
t)ii*irt hi- death c au.-e- <lc*t*|> sorrow,
lit- will In laid away in Klin wood
i? iiicti'ry, toilownig si*rvn i'.- at the
Chui'eh of the (iood Shl'phl'ifI, ol
which if Wit- i o i, j.' a delated nam
he i.
In hi* i,w 11 qua nl way. ' aptaiu
Ni*at he i i \ . b\ request, told ill- llie
story in the South < ai dina ^ )ii<l Fei
low, of wiih h he wa- then edtloi and
proprietor. Idle *.!;. !. i. wa- ore-elite.1
It. the thiid person.
"He wa* ho Mi :ear!;. life in
Franklin county. North < aroiina.
Graduated in a log cabin tnl't^e and
t< >k post-gi aduutc i.tuiM n the University
of Hani Knocks. Kntercd a
-pt intin^ office av 'devil' at the age ol
l:; years; enlisted n. Company C,
Kighth North Carolina troops, ('onfederate
States ai my, in I Mi I, at the
age of is years ai d <"> months, ;tn?l
became known a.- the smallest in the
company and the higgi -t devil in the
regiment. Filled all the appointive
offices and at the . lose of the war in
hi i was in command of his company.
Saw service in North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia aim Virginia. Furnished
passage for a nunnie ball
through his earca-. ami tried to stop
a few other.-, but failed. Was 'stung
by a hum' hut still lives to tell the
tale. Twice married, hut i- now the
last of the family and name, with
but one relative in the world. An
Odd Fellow for mote than 00 years
and a member of the typographical
union for OS years. Loves God. fellow-man.
women, ehi'dren. poetry,
flowers and dogs, a.nl keeps happy
on the way. His Initial- -ta'nd for
James Knox Folk, and Neatherry ispplled
with two R' . He i- row 7*
years of age. Thats all.
'"It was four >ea:- ago that l.'ie
captain printed Lhl_ unique autor
>
)>*''M'raphy. bringing date, he ?
wa- *2 years of age month before
la-*., he was an Odd Fellow for 54
y?ir- and n member of the Internaj*.
ional Typographical union for G2
yea i s.
i Until very recently tile captain had
j la en ip. excellent health despite his
j advanced years. It was hard for his
] frie ds to persuade him to make his jiiu
at the Confederate home, but I
me i .-tahlishcd there with the com|
rades of the GO-, he was happy, like
his whole life, wa- -pent in contentment.
Captain Neatherry came u> Columbia
in November. 1890, in company
with ("apt. John J. Cormack, the. veteran
foreman of The State's composing
room. Together they worked in
a printing plant operated by Dr.
James Woodrow, and when The State
was established in February, 1891,
the two became members of its composing
room. One of Captain N'eathj
erry's treasured possessions was the
i imposing stick with which he set
the first type on The State. i
An accident, in which he suffered
a broken arm. took Captain Neathes
r\ from his trade for several years,
and consequently he established the
South Carolina Odd Fellow, which he
published until very recently.
A man of rich memory, a delightful
conversationalist with fine flow
of descriptive language and keen wit;
a person of merry disposition, big
heart, and gentleness, he was a wplcomed
visitor wherever he went, and
his friends were legion.
John Aikman Stewart, 104, Wall
street financier and once secretary of
the United States treasury, died in
New \ ork early Friday morning from
an attack of pneumonia.
This organization has
been extending Christmas
Greetings to the good citizens
of Camden and Kershaw
County for twenty
years?but never more
heartily or sincerely than
now?to you.
BARUCH-NETTLES CO.
A sincere pronation of
your pr.t. n.i.-re, p?.9t,
present ; nh: t'u'ure?so a
hearty good viato?Merry
Christmas.
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On improved city real estatc^^T J
Apply to Henry Savage, Jr Camden,
S. C.
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We have enjoyed a boun* g||
tiful Christmas trade
we know to whom^ve are I
indebted. Our friends,
we thank you!
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