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| -ri-r-rr?: t i .muaif .1 J THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE I!. I). Nile* . . Kditor and Publisher ! Published every Friday at No. 1100 Broad Street at)d entered at the Camden, South Carolina, posioffice as; second class mail matter. Price peri annum $2.00. Camden, H. (\, Friday. Feb. 11, 1027. J 1027 1KBKUAKV IV27 Sl n <t ?n fr? Wrd.T fTut. t C(i. I Ssi. i Us'l"loT 1 2 3* | S ft I 7 ! H 0 10 1112 I I 3 i I 4 I 5 1ft 17 18 10 20 2 1 7 2 23 2 1 2 5 26 27 ' 28 { 'M W U! U: ! 'M I ' 2 | 'M / I I la-re Are No Hard 'l imcn Mel a farmer the olhei day who oaln't have a complaint to make ..houl the low price of cotton, nor did tic have air-, complaint to make al>ou> the atIcgod hard times that are now existing. It was an u.' Usuai ? xjx-ricnce foi Views and Intel views, who lor months past hu< hi en hearing th.s farmer and that farmer and the other one complain of "tmrd times," and when it was suggested to this f aimer he ju.it laughed and said, "No, we are not having any Laid times. Times are good. I move arpynd quite a lot and see lots of people and I haven't seen anybody that is in real need. Kverybody seems t?? have plenty to eat and plenty to wear and plenty to keep thrin warm. Thorp are ntvue people riding the roods in automobiles tl\an there cv< r whs ;n the history of the country, and it looks to me as though let' of these people ju-t , ide all the lime -they n< ver stop. Hard l imes? Shucks, people today d< n't kn ?w anything about hard times and they ought to he ashamed of themselves , for even suggesting surh :\ thing. "I have sold many a hale of cotton for three and a half and four cents a pound, win at f?ft cents a bushel, eggs at ten cents a d<>7.i<n and hogs at six an I seven cents a pound and less. No, we ate not having hard times. We are living easy, mighty easy. People do not work like they used to do when 1 was a young man; they do not take '..re of what they make and they I.) " ' ! tr.v to -ave," the fat nice went on. "When I was young we worked on the am up until dinner time on Saturday and lots of the time until Saturday night. Now farmers work when h"\ please an I they stop wlun they ph ase. 'I !,ey are always going to t'wn or somewhere else for this 'hing, that thing and the other. They ".v. c to g > to every entertainment or n r lig in the ro-mt-y. It is just go. go and go. ( >! 1.use all this costs money, ha* of it, hut then they go uv* the same, and then ta;k about hard time.-.. It makes me tiled. We are not having any hard times and you know it as v. .11 as 1 do."--'Yorki d it Fiiqu .n r, The Hanines I.aw J lite naturally the Hnumos Law L t. * p'pular wi'h New Vork's eiim1t.1l c'cin-nt. I: ,n i, , ? them oft in! fir iaigi s ot their liberty. At..! guile as u.tlt'ia.ly it is not p<>ptil.i" with the s*ta?e s professional sob !? -. male ai' i L male. 'They view " > ' horror any ..ml all attempts to pu* .-h tin- wrongd wr, and making pu i.shinciit maiilatoty pav es almost hi*, .md thcii comprehension. Hut the aw is popular with the people as a w i.11' Lf?Is. mipiiiiti with those 1 barged with protecting life and propcity. It is popular with the highest murts in the state, which have upheld its legality. Clime in New York city, according to the report of the commissioner of police, was cut sixty per cent during 1926! The decrease was attributed directly to the Baumes Law, which was in effect only for six months during that year. The Baumes Law has many commendable features: it decrees high bail; it removes the power of discretionary sentence from politico judges; it makes prison inevitable for perpetual criminals. Urn doubtcdly tt igy harsh; but so, t<n>, is crime harsh, and there is an old truism that fire must be fought with fire. If harshness to the criminal has reduced crime sixty per cent in one state, it might well he tried in others. ?Dearborn Independcut. WAKNIN(7~ Complaint has been made of hoys using air rifles, parlor rifles and sling shots in shooting birds and squirrels in the public parks and private grounds of the city. This is in violation of the city ordinance, and boys are hereby warned to discontinue this practice or arrests and fines will follow. II. I). HILTON, Chief of Ho!>e. January 27, 1927. NOT1CK The regular annual meeting of r.no stockholders of the Hermitage Cotton Mills will be held at the office of the corporation, Camden, S. C., on Wednesday, February Ift, at 12 o'clock. All stockholders pleaae take notice. H. R. LANC., Secty. Camden, S. C., Jan. 2ft, 1927. ^ i' J i. .1. jl'? THIS WEEK I By Arthur BrUUnu Mr. Brisbane's editorials are published a* expressions of opinions of the world's highest salaried editor and The Chronicle does not necessarily endorse all of his views and conclusions. I his, as \\ ill Roger* would any, is written on the train traveling from Washington to New York. Millions of Ami i .cans will be glad to hear that the president, seen two hours ago, seemed in perfect health-, lull ot energy, and, amid all the Nieaui aguarMexiro excitement, calm as a \ crtnont elm. What appea/s to interest the president just now in internal improvement, projects f<?r canals from the fa.' ms and facilities to the sea, and development of unused waters for power and irrigation, in particular development of the Colorado River. 1'resjdent Coolidge speaks just so tasL, and no faster. He knows every word that he is going to say before he says it. Words do not come out and surprise him, as happens with othei >. You can't hurry him, or ofcoose his subject for him. And as for holding him hat k, when he means to go in a certain direction, why, to "draw up ihe Leviathan with a hook" would be child's play, compared with it. Chinese mobs are looting Christian ehuI'chc.s. Too hud, and i: fills us with horror. Americans, British, 1 tench and other travelers brought home all sorts of loot from Chinese temple.1- after the Boxer uprising. But that was different, the Chinese are only heathens. Charles Chaplin, never very heavy, has lost 1* pounds since his latest worries began. The worst illness is mental illness. Chaplin who has made millions happy and never made an\body unhappy, would sei m to have a just complaint against fate. 1 lu* -1 nate rejects the Lausanne treaty, so this country remains cut otf from official acquaintance with iurkey and that energetic dictator, Kemal Pasha. The treaty is rejected because it doesn't provide adequate protection for Christians, or any solution ot the eternal Armenian question. The rejection of the treaty is IargeA " triumph for Christian missionaries. luenty was the average age at which men died in the yepr 1G50. In IKoO the average age was forty. In lHio it was forty-five, and now it is fifty-eight. I h" able hr. Mayo supplies those figures. With the right kind of living. ten year.--. can be added to present HVtiagr, and we begin wise living at the right age. The famous Luigi Cornar.., however, given up to die after forty, lived wisely and passed 1(10.. American business men, Dr. Mayo says, "lack girth control." Too much t.it means shorter life. The dangerous age for woman is sixteen to I'iKhioen. The diuigeious rrgr frrr man is from fifty to fifty-five. At that age he becomes foolish. Little things are important in big things. Mr. Blume. president of the Western Electric company, tells you that telephoning across the Atlantic Ocean is made possible by a small object manufactured from Rochelle salts. And now the British manual for Royal A>c Force pilots orders them to chew gum as they come down from high altitudes. Chewing gum creates saliva, and that keeps the flier swallowinti-. Tho nifr nf rn_ lieves pressurejon the ear drums. "Fearfully and wonderfully made" is correct. \ ( ats near Bakersfield, California, can sympathize with Midas, who changed into gold everything he touched, and nearly starved. California'.-, cats were cheered, then horrif-.ed. by rolling waves of migrating mice. First they ate some; then ran from them ii> horror. Too much, even of mice, is too much. h ingerprints as a means of identifi* at ion were used by the Chinese as ta:ly as 100 B. (\ Qt "KERSHAW LODGE NoTw A. F. M. ^G^Re>rular communication of /^x^Vhis lodge is held on the first Tuesday in each month o p.m. \ isiting Brethron are welCi?T>edA . T" V WALSH, J. E. ROSS, Worshipful Master Secretary. 1-14-27-tf ~ -r lAlgu, i, J !-. jJ ILl'JJ-... '-JliiJii .11.I1 U. m IMULj WOULD NOT FREE BRIDGE 1 Kcrtthuw Delegation in Houae Anku Repeal of Free Act . ' .1 (Thursday's State) > , Repeal of the act of 1925 making provision for the abolition of all toll charges at the Wateree bridge in , Kershaw county in proposed in a bill 1 introduced by the house Kershaw delegation. The bill, awaiting its second real- . ing, i.s beirlfiThold up on the calendar ^ by the objectioij of Representative' .VJ. Ligbtaey of Richland county. The act of 1925, which the bill aeeks to repeal, provided, that "if at the * end of . . . three "year* from the date j' of the approval of this act the state; highway commission has completed the construction of a hard-surfaced iuud from the Richland county line j to said bridge then the said board of directors of Kershaw county7 are au-i thorized and directed to turn the said bridge over to the state highway , commission . . . and to cease to collect J 1 any tolls for the use of the same.". ( The road ha? not been constructed J and, according to Ben M. Sawyer, chief highway commission;* cannot be j constructed by the state highway commission within the time limit set, ' unless the money for this purpose be advanced to the highway department by Kershaw county. The paving, Mr. Kawyer said, would cost approximately $500,000 and no such sum of highway commission funds is available for the purpose. The act of 1925 made provision for this contingency, however, declaring: "If, however, at the end of the said j three years the state highway commission has not completed the con-1 struction of the said hard-surfaced road from the Richland county line o the bridge, then the said county 1 hoard of directors of Kershaw eounty are hereby authorized and directed to continue to collect toll fees for the.-? < / use of said bridge, as now directed by law, and after paying the expense, _ of collecting the same, and keeping J the said bridge in reasonable repair, to apply the remainder thereof to the construction of said road from the Richland county line to said bridge, under such contract and in such man- ] ner as they may deem most advantageous to the county of Kershaw." The passage of the pendng bill and the repeal of the act would permit the county to continue the toll charges ' indefinitely and to put the money col- j lected to such uses as it may desire. I i The house and senate on Saturday adopted u resolution to permit the war department to loan tents and other camp equipment for the Confederate veterans reunion at Tampa, Fla., next April. K1RKWOOI) GIFT SHOP OPEN Everyone is cordially invited to visit the Kirkwood Gift Shop and see the wonderful assortment of new and attractive gifts and novelties in do- ' mestic and imported leather, silver and jewelry. We have added to our stock an unusual selection of chil- 1 (Iron's novelties which include items for the baby from Krueger; the famous Horsman Hebee-Shebee Dolls; 1 Borgfeldt's distinct imports and Mar- ( garet Stciff importations. We also have a very large assortment of new ( and practical place-cards. You will ( always find at The Kirkwood Gift | Shop your favorite candies, papers,! 1 periodicals, new books and a complete I line of smoker's accessories.?Adv. j Wants-For Sale FOR SAKE CHeTvP? Old-fashioned" bedroom suite of furniture, book i shelves and extension and other tables. Phone 263-W. 46-sb FOR SALE?Three or four good mules. Several hundred bushels of good corn. Fulghum Oat seed. Apply to S. F. Brasington, M. D., Camden, S. C. 46pd HORSE' F'()RESALE '()R ^RENTH State-raised, spirited young bay horse. Not afraid of automobile, train or gun. "Good saddler, five gaited; easily worth $175.00. Will allow trial by responsible party or will rent by the week or month. Phone 280-W or write 1815 Fair Street. 46-pdC A PONS?Orders will be taken for dressed capons between 9 and 10:30 o'clock at the Community Market held in the Redfearn Motor Co., Saturday morning, by Mrs. B. J. Truesdale. 46-sb FOR RENT?One room to gentleman. Telephone 304-J or address 1205 Lyttleton street, Camden, S. C. ^ ^ 46-pd WHITE MEN?Come, go in business on our capital in Kershaw County.. Sell the finest of Spices, Flavors, Toilet Goods, Remedies and Stock Specialties to farmers. You can! make good money, we can make1 food money and we'll both be \ appy. Write quick for full infor- j mation. State age and whether! have team and wagon or auto. The H. C. Whitmer Company, Dept. 30,! Columbus. Indiana. 46-48-pdi FOR SALE Wood's cabbage an.1 Iceberg lettuce plants, 30 cents per , hundred. Day old eggs 40 cents i per dozen. Apply 1613 N. Mam street, or Telephone 309-W, Cam-1 den, S. C. 46-p4 j VOTlCB~*If you want to plant aoroel good river land this year sec lue. 8. y, B rasing ton, M. D., Camden, 8? 0. 4epd. MCOTINO AND'HEMSTITCHING^ / Try the Singer Store, 943 Main treet, Camden, 8. C. Sewing machine* ?old, rented and repaired. 44?46pd. nV ANTED?To hear from owner of good farm for sale. State cash price, full particulars. D. F. Bush, Minneapolis Minn. 51-ab iVOOD Von 'HAC^rwolfUt wool four-foot wood and stove wood, delivered anywhere in Camden. Address W. F. Russell, Jr., Camden, Ji- C. 46-47-pd 'BAN UTHKED^Whl^a'nrar for sale; good and sound; this year's crop. Prices under market. Address L, Schenk Co., Camden, S. C. 46-pd TO 'WANTED 'AS 'COOK? By experienced colored man, good references furnished. Address M. L. Lewis, 702 York Street, Camden, S. C. 40-48-pd LOST-?A gold Klgin watch with enamel monogram and bird on back of case. Liberal reward for information leading to recovery re-1 turn to Camden Chronicle, Camden, S. C. 45-46-sb , FURNITL RE FOR SALE?The j household furniture, pictures and 1 such formerly belonging to Frank ' Hopkins, which also includes a com-1 plete office suite of roll top desk, ; chairs, filing cabinet, etc., will be] sold from their recent residence, 1609 Lyttleton street, on Monday, February 14th, between the hours' of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. This is not! an auction sale but each piece will I be plainly marked. 46-ab J FOUND?Woolen blanket. Owner j may have same by proving property I and paying costs. Apply Amelia i Blanding, 1702 Campbell street, j Camden, S. C. 46-pd FOR SALE?Five mules at Kershaw ' county chaingang, in good work or- j der4 prices reasonable. For further information apply to H. E. Munn, ' road superintendent or C. A. Johnson, superintendent chaingang, .Qamden, S. C. 46-48-sb STRAIGHT S AI . A R Y?$ 3 g'ST' per week and expenses. Man or woman with rig to introduce Poultry Mixture. Eureka Mfg. Co., East St. Louis, 111. 46-pd hOR SALE?Coker's pedigreed 3upev seven wilt resistant) Cotton Seed. A real resistalit cotton. These seed were ginned by my own gin; all hulls are removed and 100 percent pure. $1.00 per bushel. Lumbers of all kinds and grades. Apply to C. B. McCaskill, route 3, j Camden, S. C. 43-46sb ] FOR RENT?For rent for year 1927 I a two horse farm near Antioch j church. L. A. Wittkowsky, Cam-1 6en, S. C. 34-sb | FOR SHOE REPAIRING^rn^riTel Red Boot Shop next door to Ex-j press office. A. M. JONES, Prop. 24tf 1 J _ ^ ^ ^ ^ | ] 1'OR SALE?Good clean oat straw; for sale, suitable for stable bodding. ! Apply to McCaskill & Lollis, Cam- j, den, S. C. 4.5-sb j FINAL DISCHARGE , Notice is hereby given that one; month from this date, on Thursdav, i March 17. 1927, I will make to the] Pro ha te Court of Kershaw County, my final return as Guardian of the!] ?state of John M. Brewer, the said : John M. Brewer now being twenty- I me years of age, and on the same ' late I will apply to the said Court For a final discharge as said Guafrdan. MARIE BREWER RICHEY. ] Camden, S. C., Feb. 10, 1927. i WE CLEAN?Anything from neck-' ties to art squares. Camden Dry Cleanery, Phone 17 or {>56. FOR SALE?Two Barred Rock cockerels, thoroughbreds. Telephone 478-W. Miss Jennie C. Whitaker, Cafnden, S. C. 46-pd ] LOST?'Somewhere on Main street Monday, a gold pin with seven pearls in center. Reward if returned to the Chronicle office, Camden, S. C. 46-pd i FOR SALE?Good clean oat straw for sale, suitable for stable bedding. Apply to McCaskill & Loll is, Camden, S. C. 45-sb AUTOMOBILES?Washed, great*] "1 and doped. Goodyear tires, tubtt,rl and accessories. DeKalb and I Lyttleton Streets. U. N. Meyers, I Telephone B61, Camden, S. C. 9 -T^.* .r^X-H a ^ M FOR RENT?Furnished rooms- for | light housekeeping or meals if de- I _ sif%d. All modern conveniences. I centrally located. For terms apply Mrs. T. W. Lan?, Camden, S. C. 44'60-piM r r f r r- r i? <? n? <? ^? r- .r - *r--r WANTED?No. 1 pine logs. Highest I cash prices paid: year round dt*S mand. Sumter Planing Mills aad fl Lumber Co., Attention E. S. Booth,ig Sumter, S. C. l-tf-s? At Your Service 1,950 New Teie|>hu I1C8 I More than 1,950 new telephones were added to the Bell Telephone System in South Carolina last year. This was a substantial gain, and is a reflection of the continued growth and progress of the State. To keep pace with South Carolina last year required telephone additions and replacements costing more than $1,000,000. There are now 41,000 Bell telephones in South ^ Carolina, and your service is more efficient and more valuable than ever before. MORGAN B. SPEIR, Carolina* Manager "BELL SYSTEM" ~ SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE/rX\ " ] AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY%^J incorporated ' "3 One Policy, One Syrtem, UnkwrsoJ Service' ' " ' ..... - mmmmmmmammmmmmmmmrmmwmmmm?mmmmmmmmmmmam?mmmmm?mmmmmm ' * ' tm VALENTINE'S DAY?Monday, Febru- I I ary 14th, is Potato-Planting' Time. : We have selected Seed Potatoes?Bliss and Irish Cobbler. Also Valentines and Valentine Candies. ; W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store .Cv ? M Prescriptions Called for and Delivered I If Cotton was 30c. to 40c. I I per pound you could clear expenses I I making a half crop . . . . |l j | BUT?at present prices anything less than a full crop IjH I will show a big loss. You cannot make a full crop |H i f 'H | Congaree Company Soil Builder Fertilizers are a sure i< I i thing. They are carefully made, all plant food, and V ! have stood the test of years. Ask the hundreds of.sat- \\ I I. isfied farmers who have used them. Every one of them will tell you that they are superior | I to other fertilizers and will make a crop when most i I I other .fertilizers fail. See us before buying. I Springs & Shannon, Inc. I I ? I Representing I j Congaree^Fertilizer CompanyB