The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 07, 1927, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
H. D. Nil*. . . Kditor and Publisher
Published every Friday at No. 1109
Broad Streot and entered at the Camden,
South Carolina, posioffice as
second class mail matter. Price per
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The Chronicle i/? thin week currying
the Ktiitcmentb of the* five hankH of
the county und a study of thcae stutcmenU
will ?how that the finance* of
these institutions arc in good shape.
With the cry of "hard times" and
business depression heard on all sides
it is refreshing to read of sonic concrete
example that disputes this popular
hue and cry. Many people get
the habit of"crying hard times and it
becomes chronic with a great many.
There seems to be plenty of money
in this county yet, and if a certain
class would only pay a part of what
they owe it would lessen the business
depression. WV refuse to (relieve
many of the hard luck stories we
hear.
In the death of Editor Freeman of
the f'ee Dee Advocate the stale loses
one of its best newspaper men and
. good citizens. To our way of thinking
Mr. Freeman published the best
weekly paper m South Carolina. It
was out of the ordinal y in many rexpt'CtH
always filled with live news
of county-wide interest. He was the
only publisher of a weekly newspaper
in South Carolina who had the nerve
to charge $2.f>0 per year for his paper
but he got it ?and it was worth it.
Kill It
At the IP'2'I session of the South
(Carolina legislature an appropriation
' of sonic $25,000 was made to "advertise"
th?' state in other sections of
the Country, the "advertising" to be
done, as we recall it, by a committee
to be selected by the governor. But
for some reason the committee, already
appointed, deferred the trip to
next year. We therefore presume
that the money will revert to the
state treasury and if the trip is made
the money must he rcappropriated.
Here's an opportunity to prevent an
entirely inexcusable waste of a considerable
sum of public funds. If the
money- is still available for the use
of the committee, the legislature, at
its lt>27 session, should immediately
repeal the act providing for the
junket. We have had entirely too
much <>f this unseasoned legislation
in Columbia in recent years. It gets
the people nothing, hut costs a lot of
money. South Carolina is one of the
original thirteen "tat*.-* and the glorie
and advantages of this state are
of common knowledge over the whole
country. Away with thi> "advortis
ing" ti'in, planned only to provide
pleasure for a b>i of favored people
at the expense of the taxpayers. Also
away with a number of other useless
things for which the legislature is
responsible, and about which Govet'noi
John G. Kichaids will tell it before
long; Km'. Mill Times.
. KESOLl HONS OF KESI'ECT
The foil owing resolutions of respect
adopted by the John P. Kennel)
Chapter United Daughtci - on th"
death of Minn Louise Nettles, has
been "handed to the press with the n (pies',
that t hex be published. The
resolution we:* signed by Mis. K.
Leslie /e!:ip. M: W. J. Dunn and
Mts. W. F. Nettles a committee:
"In the dia'h of Mi-s I.ou the
Chapter has -uPaine.'. an irrepaiahle
lo>.-.. There ate few orga./.ation> that
have been hles-ed with a member
whoso soul has kept loyal, and
whose example wa- su, .. a benediction.
We who Live*! he and shall
miss her bow reverent 1> to the will
of God, nor do we doubt his wisdom.
Therefore be it resolved
First?That we record .<u; deen
sense of love to our Chapter and to
the community.
Second?That we shall miss her direeling
and inspiring ability, her wise
counsel, her generous and unfailing
gifts.
Third?That we try t > emulate her
beautiful Christian life.
Fourth?That we express our
heartfelt sympathy to ho family in
their sad bereavement.
Fifth?That a copy of these resolutions
be sent to her family, and published
in our local papers, and a page
in our minute book be inscribed to
her memory.
A soapy dishrag, slapped across the
fare of an Indianapolis burglar by a
housewife, put him to flight hall
blinded. r
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H Cliff of U. O. C. OupCf
Tha elegant home of Dr. and Mrs.
John W. Gorbett presented an appearance
of warm welcome but it
was greatly surpassed by the delight*
ful manner in which the John D.
Kennedy chapter was' entertained on
January 3, by Mrs. Corbett with Mrs.
Ar VV. Humphries as assistaitl hosU
ess.
After the opening prayer the roll
call disclosed a representative number
of about forty present, several
visitors being among them.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved. "Echoes
of tin: Convention" read by Mrs. N. ('.
Arnctt included many statements that
would cause the hearts of the members
of the chapter and citizen* of
Camden as well to beat with pride.
The universal sentiment expressed by
delegates in attendance from other
sections was that Camden and vicinity
can justly maintain the claim for unexcelled
beauty and hospitality.
Next was read a tribute to the
memory of Miss Louise Nettles which
item of praise was heartily endorsed
by all present. A committee coinposed
of Mrs. W. J. Dunn, Mrs. Leslie
Zemp, and Mrs. W. F. Nettles wus
appointed to formulate memorial resolutions
on the passing of Miss Nettles.
A page in the minute hook is
to be inscribed' to her memory.
The names of Mrs. Edward Moblcy,
Mrs. It. M. Kennedy, Jr., and Mrs.
T. L. Willingham were proposed ^ind
accepted for membership
With profound regret was the
resignation of Mrs. W. Bratton deLoache,
the popular and efficient
historian, accepted. The vacancy was
filled by the election of Mrs. John T.
Mackey.
During the historical program interesting
excerpts were read on the
lives of (Jen. Robert E. Lee, J. B.
Kershaw and John D. Kennedy by
Mrs. E. C. von Tresckow. A tribute
to (Jen. Leu, written by the famous
Englishman, Phillip Stanhope Woraley,
was both instructive and entertaining
to all. In order that the rising
generation may learn to Jove and
honor the memory of our Confederate
heroes u committee composed of Mrs.
E. C. von Tresckow, C. L. Winkler
and A. W. Humphries, was appointed
to arrange for appropriate exercises
at the school auditorium on Lee's
birthday, January 19.
Several very enjoyable piano selections
were rendered by Misses Carolyn
Richardson and Katherine Boykin.
Refreshments consisting of sandwiches,
cake and tea .were then
served by Mrs. Alice Ma rye and Mrs.
John T. Mackey assisting the hostess.
The chapter adjourned accepting
the cordial invitation extended by
Mrs. T. L. Willingham to meet ut
her home on February 7.
Mrs. A. W. Humphries,
Secty., U. 1). C.
Circle To Meet
Circle No. Three of the Baptist
Missionary Union of the Camden
Baptist church will meet with Mrs.
Carl A. West on Tuesday afternoon
January 11, at 1 o'clock. All members
are urged to attend.
13iI'd at Bethune
Miss Katie Mahaffey, who resided
with her nephew, W. 1). Mahaffey,
about two miles above Bethune, died
Tuesday afternoon, December 21, at
o'clock after a biief illness. Miss
Mahaffey was one of the oldest persons
in the Bethune section, having
reached the great old age of 93 years.
Up to the time of her death she perfoiiucd
her household duties, besides
rilwavs being bright and cheerful,
i'ho funeral was held Wednesday
| .iltei noon.
Moving to Sand Hills
B. i.. Parker and family, who have
iixtd for many yeais at the Antioch
Crossroads, about six miles east of
; Lancaster, will move next week to
) Kershaw county and locate in the
j sand hill country about six miles this
, side of Bethune on a farm known as
\ the Hough place and formerly owned
by Van D. Est ridge of Rock Hill,
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Parker will
I regret to lose them and their good
i family as residents of Lancaster, but
i -,,ey (airy \,ith them the esteem of a
i v. de circle of our citizens and best
; wmhes for their success.?Lancastei
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i Gold is being taken from a mine
1 .i u Cairo, Wales, which was worked
bv the Romans nearly 1.700 years
| ago.
, Miles Harden, bom in North Carolina
in. 1798, was one of the world'?
largest men. according to available
' records. Tie was seven feet aix inches
t tall
and weighed mnre than a thous
and pounds.
An opalized dogfish was fount
thirty-five feet below the surface it
1 the famous opal fields at \Vhit<
' Cliffs, New Seuith Wales. The deepb
1 indented eye sockets showed plainly
i and yhjn .veins of purple opal en
circled the fish from tip to tip.
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PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
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Annual Report of Public Health Nurse
for Kerahaw County
Following is the annual report of
Mr*, Louise M. Brown, public health
nurae for Kerahaw County for the
year I92A:
"Under the head of ma|ernity-infancy-preachool
cornea the following:
prenatal viaita, 118, poatnatal mother a
52; infanta under one month, 86;
young children I month to 2 years,
104; children from 2 yeara to 7 yeara,
108; number of colored rnidwivea rogiatered
in Kerahaw County and ina
pec ted, 42; claaaea of inatruction for
theao colored women, 10.
"Visits to diagnosed tuberculosU
caaea, 120; to suspected caaea, 48;
apecial examinationa, 5; patients sent
to campa, 4; to government hospital,
1. Other communicable diacuae viaita,
48; anti-typhoid aerum given, 124;
vaccinationa, 18.
"School room a visited, 72; pupila
inspected, 2,100; number defective,
2,020, most of thin number having bad
teeth and tonsils. Follow-up home
visits to .school children, 100; talka to
school children, 32; nutrition groups,
j 2; Little Mothers League claaaea, 1;
home nursing groups, 1; number enrolled,
25.
"Number of orthopedic caaoa enrolled
and having follow-up visits, 48;
new caaea treated in 1020 or waiting
to he treated, 12; number of trips to
Columbia with crippled children, 30,
"Talks at club meetinga, fy exhibits
at fair, 1; number piecea of
literature distributed, 850; conferences,
42; social service viaita, 180;
total number of Viaita for 1926, 1,250."
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SUICIDE BY FIRE.
Spartanburg Man Adopts Horrible
Method of Ending Life.
Spartanburg, Dec. 29?Ruasell Aubrey
Lancaster, 44, prominent farmer
of this county, committed suicide here
about 12*:30 o'clock today by lashing
himself to a tree and setting fire to
his oil-soaked clothing. He had been
in ill health for several years.
The body was found by Wilson McCracken,
12-year-old lad, who was
passing through Cleveland park,
where the tragedy was enacted, gbout
an hour afterward. He immediately
summoned friends and the police to
the scene.
A coroner's jury convening over1
the body this afternoon, pronounced
it n case of suicide, for a man answering
the description of Lancaster was
seen with a milk can, which is supposed
to have cotained the oil or gasoline
used to ignite his clothing, in
the vicinity a short while before finding
his body.
Lancaster had seated himself astride
a tree, and first saturating his
clothes with inflamable material,
bound his feet together with a wire
and ignited his clothing. When
found,'-the torso was badly burned
and the left leg had been completely
severed by the flames.
No evidence of foul play was manifest.
His hat, which had been turned
crown down, contained his watch and
$9.50. It was located about 20 feet
from the body. The empty one gallon
can, which had contained the oil
with which he had saturated his
clothing, was nearby. A box of
matches lay close by his side.
Lancaster had left his home early
in the morning and relatives who had
conducted a search for him had been
unable to find him.
Funeral services will bo belt! at 11
o'clock Friday morning. He. is survived
by a widow and three children,
' as well as two brothers and a sister
I who reside in this section.
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Card of Thanks
| The Chronicle has received the folI
lowing signed by Mr. and Mrs. John
j Lewis and family: "We wish, through
1 die columns of this paper, to thank
: all the kind friends who so generously
! ministered to the care and comfort
j of our daughter and sister, Mrs.
, 1 Blandina Lewis Parlin, during her
i sickness and death. May God bless
and reward them all."
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How Doctors Treat
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Colds and the Flu
To break up a cold ovorrijht or
. to cut short an attack of grippe, in.
fluenza, sore throat or tonsillitis, phy!
j sicians and druggists are now recommending
Calotaivi, the .purified and
refined cnlomyl compound tablet tha
gives you tho effects of calomel I'.rr1
salts combined, without the unploas
? t ant e/fects^tif either.
< | One or two Calotnbs at bed-timr
; w*ith a swallow of water,-?tHtd.1-. sin
j No salts, no nausea nor the slights
! interference with your eating, wort
1 i or pleasure. Next morning yoc.-ccF"
^ has vanished, your system is thor
cughly nurifiod and you nre Gvlir.f
L* i fine with a hearty appetite fr- > y 1:
; [ fast. Eat what you please, ?no dan
, ffor.
! Get a family rackago, ccnta:r.ing
full directions, only 35 cenu. At any
; drug store. (adv)
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Get* Cheek For One Ce?t
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Perhaps one of the largest finau|
c ittl transactions held during the closing
days of the year was recorded
last week when Mrs. H. K. Thomas
received a check for one cent from j
the receiver for the defunct Farmers i
Bank of St. George. Several years
ago Mrs. Thomas was in St. George (
and had an account with this bank.j
When she left she thought she had j
jclO?ed the account, but an error was
made and she left 10 cents on deposit.
The bank failed and the officials
who are closing the bank found
they could pay 10 per cent to the depositors,
and Mrs. Thomas consequently
received her dividend of 1
cent. It took a two-cent envelope to
bring it, and with the envelope and
time taken to make out the check,
there was doubtless on expense account
of not less than B cents to
bring her the one cent.
It is understood that Mrs. Thomas
hus been studying the bond market
and advising with the financial heads
to see if might find a safe investment
for her money. She has about
decided to await the action of the
legislature and possibly to invest in
some good road bond* possibly those
of the Coastal highway.?Walterbor'o
Press and Standard.
Bus Has Mishap
The Churlotte-Columbia Hayes line
bus which passes through Lancaster
at about 12 o'clock came near having
a serious wreck Friday afternoon
when about four miles this side of
Kershaw on its way to Columbia.
While going at a moderate rate of i
speed something went wrong with the ;
steering gear, causing the big bus
to take to the field, throwing the passengers
pell mell over the car. The
passengers were considerably shocked
and Miss Lalladge Cauthen of LanI
caster, one of the number, sustained
a badly sprained ankle. .Miss Cauthen
was on her way to Columbia to
spend the week-end with friends, but
following the accident she was taken
to Kershaw and returned to Lancaster
on the 3:35 Southern train. It
may be several days before she "will
be able to return to her school at
Mebane, N. C., where she is teaching.
Arrangements were made to carry the
passengers on to Columbia and other
points.?Lancaster News.
A 400-year-old medical treatise lists
witch-hazel nuts as brain food.
Kotiee of Stockholders Meeting
The stockholders of the Bank of
Camden will hold their annual meeting
on Tuesday next, January U, at
11 o'cloek in the offices of the bank.
H. G. GARRISON, JR., Cashier.
- - NOTH3B ??There
will be a meeting of Camp
Richard Kirkland U. C. V. at the
county court house at 11 o'clock Wednesday,
January 18. AH members a re
urged to attend. W. F. RU<SHELL,
Commander.
Notice of Election of Librarian.
All paying members of the Camden
Public Library are hereby called to
meet in the office of I^aurens T. Mills,
Camden, S. C., at five o'clock Friday
afternoon, January the 7th, for the
purpose of electing a Librarian and
reorganising by the election of new .
officers, and for such other business
us may come before the meeting.
Laurens T. Mills, President !
L. A. Wittkowsky, Treasurer
Camden Public Library
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TIME EXTENDED.
City Council gives notice that the
time for the payment of city taxes
without penalty bus been extended to
January 31st.
CAMDEN CITY COUNCIL
January 6, 1P27. ]
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
The Board of Directors of Kershaw
County at its first meeting on Jan-I
uary 4, 1027, instructed the Clerk
to give notice to the public that the
Board will not pass for payment any
claim against the County for purchases
for the county unless the same
be approved in writing by the County
officer or representative responsible
for the purchase charged therein.
LAURENS T. MILLS, ,
Clerk Board County Directors.
Want8--For Sale j
WATCH REPAIRING?I am .prepared
to do your watch and clock
repairing of all kinds at reasonable
prices. First-class work guaranteed.
I make a specialty of repairing
Swiss watches. M. T. Yates,
rfd No. 5, Camden, S. C. 41-pd
FOR RENT?After January first the
Snyder store, next to Hoffer Jewelry
Company. This building will
be repaired to suit the prospective
renter. Apply H9nry Savage, Camden,
S. C. ' * 40-hk
FOR RENT?Six Room house with
bath, located on Laurens street.
Apply N. R. Goodale, Camden, S. C.
41-pd
WANTED TO BL'Y ~A good one ton 1
or an* And one-half ion truck. Ad. j
dress N. Snyder, Laurens Street,
Camden, B. C. 41-pd
WANTKD'TO BUY?AM ilnds "of
junk and autoa; will pay good
price for your junk. Address N.
Snyder, Laurens Street, Camden.
S- C. 41-pd
FOR SALE One International brae- 7 "
tor in good order, price $4200, terms.
Apply Henry Savage, Camdttfr
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FOR RENT?To tourist for season
five room brifck bungalow. Price
reasonable. Apply to J. W. Lenoir
1111 Loan and Exchange Rank
Bldg., Columbia, S. C. i0 4l^
FOR SALE? Boxwood ehxsubbedV,
eight feet wide and eight feet high,
hundred years old, easily moved,
located fourteen miles South of . .
Camden on Stateburg road; alee
antiques for sale. Address hfrs.
Mary F. Alston, Box 86, Rte. 8,
Camden, S. C. 89*41?pd
NOTICE To the owners of Gulbransen
pianos.?This is to inform you
that I have recently been selected *
by the manufacturer of your
piano as their tuner?technician
and registered mechanic No. 704.
Insist on all tuners 'desiring work
on your piano to show you credentials
from the GuJbransen company
that they are registered mechanics.
This is the only way by Which you
arc protected from the fake tuner.
. I shall be pleased to service your
piano at any time. L. L. Moore,
Telephone 242-w, Camdfciv, 8. C.
; 39-41-sb
COAiTfor'sALE?Apply to Camdes
Lumber Company, Telephone 346,
Camden, s. Or" * fl8-45-el|rFOR
RENT?For rent for year 192f
a two horse farm neat Antioch
church. L. A. Wittkowsky, Caraden,
S. C. 84-sb
PHOTC^R AP H Y?I ha^ recwitly
rebuilt my home at 1840 Hailc
street and built an up-to-date home
studio where 1 am prepared to do
any kind or style of photograph
and at a reasonable price. I have "
some of the latest equipment and V
can make pictures regardless of
weather conditions. Joe B. Gas- ,
kins, Camden, S. C. 14-lf
WAiJiiS^No'Tipine Togs." Highest
cash prices paid; year round demand.
Sumter Planing Mills aid
' Lumber Co., Attention E. 8. Booth,
Sumter, S. C. ^1-tf-efo
WE CLEAN?Anything from neckties
to art squares. Camden Dry
Cleanery, Phone 17 or 655.
FOR SHOE REPAIRING^aTlTfthe |
Red Boot Shop next - door to Ex- f
press office. A. M. JONES, Prop.
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They Had To Be Economical
in Everything but Car
"No evidences of prosperity around their home?no
spare money to spend on furniture, clothes, books,_
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pictures?'always worried when the bills came in'?^
because, in a moment of weakness, they bought a more r
expensive car than they could really afford.'
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How much wiser you are to have the
extra warmth and comfort of a closed v
Ford?with its balloon tires, too?for less
than the cost oF even an open car of any
other make. 9 \
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We have a few desirable used Fords of all models 48
that have been reconditioned and repainted .S
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and are wonderful values for the money"
Redfearn Motor Company ?
Camden, S. C.