The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 25, 1927, Image 4
i THE CAMDEN CHRONICLJE
II. D. Nllca . Editor and Publisher
Published every Friday at No. 1109
Broad Street and entered at tUe Cam
den, South Carolina, potitofflee as
second class mail matter. Price per
annum $2.00.
Camden, 8. Friday, Feb. 23, 1927.
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(Jovcrnor Richards' announced intention
of enforcing the Sunday laws
has ciealed a great deal of discussion
throughout the state and has brought
forth many expressions from the
press outside of the state. Most of
the expressions of tin press think
that the law should he modified so ar
to conform to present day living, but
in the towns where the orders have
been received tin officers will most
undoubtedly carry out the governor's
wishes in the matter.
Up to yesterday She) iff McLcod
had received no instructions from the
governor, but he stated that should
he receive instructions lie would notify
all places of business to cease
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operations on Sunday. However, as
far us this city is concerned, it will
affect nothing except cafes, drug
stores and filling stations. The drug
stores observe only Sunday holt's.
The filling stations of their own accord
had an agreement to remain
closed during pi caching hours.
Of course if the order is carried
out it will effect Sunday golf on the
numerous courses around Cauulijii..
Mayor DuHose, speuking for the city
government, says that he will carry
out the governor's orders.
Along this line The Sumter Hails
Item thinks "the enforcement of the
ancient 'blue laws' to the very letter
may piove extremely uncomfortable
for a great many people but it will
probably be productive of better conditions
in tin- <nd. Unquestionably
there is too great disregard of the
Sabbath and the day is needlessly
desecrated, but the old laws are obsolete
and not applicable to present conditions,
manners and customs ih humorous
particulars. The serious- -attempt
to enforce tile laws to tile letter
will, or should, result in the etfacfment
of a law suited to existing conditions'
that can be enforced. If the
legislature has the -backbone to meet
the issue a reasonable law can be
adopted and the situation clarified."
The Spartanburg Herald takes the
strict legal viewpoint that "it is the
duty of the authorities to enforce the
laws as they are wiittcn, but where
public opinion has cease/I to sustain
them,they should be amended to cotiturm
to modern methods of life."
1 he Asheville Citizen spoofs the
whole idea. "If Ciovernor Richards
needs our assistance let him call on
lis freely, and if necessary wc will
< heei fully go dow n there and help
him tar and feather the guilty wretch
who dares to so much as turn over
in bed Sunday without the permission
of the law," says The Citizen.
i he Montgomery Advertiser does
not know what the governor's motive
is, but says that "if it is his purpose
to show how odious government can
be made when administered by a
tyrannical hypocrite, then for a
moment we la> down the burden,
stand erect and come to a full salute
in honor of a champion." If, however,
the governor is trying to induce
a repeal or modification of the
ancient laws?the Alabama newspaper
sees little reason for "serious
protest,"
I'av Days Changed
At a recent nnv'ing of city council
the city clerk was direeted^to make
payment to all city employees on the
lirst and fifteenth of each month, instead
of having only one pay day on
the first of the month. The new
arrangement is*laid to be much more
satisfactory to all employees and they
are glad of the change.
Bronze thimbles, open at the top,
were in use 2,000 years ago.
Notice of Application for Charter
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
will on February 28, 1027,
apply to the Secretary of State for
Charter for the American Legion
Club. The proposed corporation will
have a capital stock of ten thousand
dollars ($10,000.00) divided into
twenty-five shares preferred stock of
a par value of One hundred dollars
($100.00) each, one hundred fifty
shares common stock at a par value
of fifty dollars ($50.00) each and will
he empowered to buy,, own, hold, rent,
lease, sell and improve real estate,
, and to buy, sell and own stocks and
bonds in other corporations. <?
HUOHEY TIN DAI*,
K. H. HTLTON,
JOHN WHITAKER, JR.
Board of Corporators.
81X TO HANG 8AMK DAY
Illinois Will Kxccute Half Dozen to
Avenge Slaying
For one murder, the killing of
Dtipuiy Warden Peter Klein, of Jol- .
iet Prison, at, Joliet, 111., when he
stood between them and the outside
world in a?^ attempted prison break,
six men will be handed in Illinois'
biggest "rope party."
An expert hangman, whose identity
is kept secret, will conduct the six
execution. He will be paid $.'500 $f>0
a man.
The men who must die are Charles ,
Shader, Charles Duehswski, Walter
Stulesky, Bernardo itoa, Robert Torrex,
and Cregorio Kizo. All had been
serving long terms, some for previous
murders, when they made their break.
Shader appears a mere boy.
.Judge Frederick A. Hill, the "kindest
man in the county," sent the half
dozen to the gallows. Up to the day
he sentenced them he had never been
called upon to doom a man to death,
lb said that wh' ii he pronounced the
six sentences he thought the parade
ol doomed men would never end. Hut
he thinks the verdict and sentences
were deserved.
Fill up your gas buggy on Saturday
night and buy your bottled drinks for
Sunday should be the cry Saturday.
Sunday fishermen are also admonished
to seek a secluded spot or else you
will get i*n trouble.
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Quite a number of the tourists who
are spending the winter months in
Caiqden have found out about the
hard sulfated roads in Sumter county
and are enjoying trips from Cumden
to Sumter and return. They should
be made acquainted with the fact that
there are more hard surfaced roads
leaning from Sumter than from Camden,
hence more enjoyment in autoing
- Sumter Herald.
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.
Interesting Notes Gathered From
Many Sources.
I he almost unknown phenomenon
of snow for Christmas was experienced
by the people of Lisbon, Portugal,
last Chiistmas.
A Philadelphia policeman asked
that lie he demoted when he learned
that his promotion to a lieutenancy
would mean parting with his horse,
Dick. He had lidden the horse for
nine years and he would rather ve11)8in
a sergeant and keep, the horse
than have all the honors of the force.
The origin of Talking Rock, in
Pickens county, (la., was as follows:
A rock was found with the words,
I urn me over" painted on one side
and on the other side was painted,
"Now tui n me back and let me fool
somebody else."
In Hohemia the willow is said to
l>o the tree on which Judas hanged
himself, and it is supposed to have
a special attraction for suicides.
In Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming
bears climbing poles in search
ol honey or for the purpose of a
view, arc a continual cause of trouble
on electric transmission lines.
The Hindus think it brings a person
ill luck to be openly admired or
praised, and a child admired too
openly will ho hastily* withdrawn, the
mother often beating it to counteract
the ill-omened admiration.
It is the belief along certain parts
of the New England coast that a sick
man cannot die until the ebb tide begins
to flow.
Primitive Russians place a certifi
cate of character in a dead person's
hand, to be given to Saint Peter at
the gates of'Heaven. When
Robert Lockhart of Dunfermline,
Scotland, tried to pla} golf in
Central Park, New York, in 1888, he
was arrested.
The nickname "Quakers" was originally
applied to the Friends by Justice
Bennett, a Derby, England, magistrate,
in derision of George Fox, the
founder, because he admonished the
magistrate to "quake at the word of
the Lord."
The name midshipmen for cadets
originated in the British navy about
200 years ago. The men who were
going through a course of training
to become officers were assigned
quarters amidships on the lower deck.
Hence they came to bo called midshipmen.
Mussolini's private barber, who has
done tonsorial work for the Duce for
fcur years, has never talked to him
during that entire period.
The famous West India Regiment,
the oldest negro fighting unit in the
British Empire, has been disbanded
at Kingston, Jamaica.
A cypress tiee growing in a churchyard
near Milta, in Oaraca, Mexico,
is thought by some authorities to he
the oldest living thing in the world.
Its age is estimated at more than
8,000 years.
The "lung" of the gas meter that
breathes in and out and measures the
use of gas is made from sheepskin
1 that has been especially treated to
make it impervious to the corrosive
elements in gas.
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HANK FOR GEORGETOWN
li<*rnurd Harwich Goer* To Kencue of
Financial Hituutiuu
(Jeorgetown, Feb. 19,?Georgetown,
a little city of 5,000 on the count of
South Carolina, trot along for three
week* without a local bank.
When the Hank of Georgetown, i
with <h poaita of more than $1,000,000
cloned January 2 J;j it left the town
without a financial Institution. The
People's First National Hank of
Charleston, however, stepped into the
broach by opening an office here and
continuing its operation until Georgetown's
bank was reorganized.
A native South Caroliniarf, Bernard
M. Baruch, New York capitalist, who
still speftda part of his time in the
Palmetto state, is credited with a
large part in making the reorganization
possible, it being understood that
he contributed approximately onethird
of the amount necessary for the
financing.
The Charleston office in Georgetown
leceived deposits urxi cashed
checks, enabling the merchants to
"carry on" and Georgetown weathered
the storm with all its business establishments
intact.
VS^hile business was carried on as
usual, the closing of the city's lone
hank was not without financial embarrassment
to some who ha<j^ only
a small amount of money on hand.
However, with payrolls being dispensed
with Saturday night regularly,
they suffered no serious inconveniences
und the crisis passed without
any of the grim forebodings experienced
by a Georgetown lawyer and
business man, the day after the bank
closed having come to pass.
The bank was closed following the
alleged discovery that -three trusted
employes, one a woman, were short
.$15,000 in their accounts.
The woman has been released on
$15,000 bond but the two men are
still in jail.
Confidence in banks, however, was |
not shaken. Instead reorganization
plans were started immediately and
on February 14 the Bank of Georgetown
opened with a paid in capital
of $50,000 and $10,000 surplus. W. D.
Morgan, who for- many years has been
an influential citizen and who was
president of the defunct institution,
was made head of the new bank as
evidence of the community's confidence
in his integrity. The old bank's
officers are serving in a similar
ca pacity.
Mr. Baruch owns a large hunting
preserve and maintains a winter home
near Georgetown, and there he has
been host to many notables, including
the late President Cleveland
who used to shoot ducks on the vast
piesurve.
Storm Takes Human Toll
New Orleans, beb. 18.?Thirty-two
persons were known dead, ninety injured,
several fatally, and an unestimated
amount of property damage today
lay in the wake of a tornado i
which struck at three widely separated
sections of Louisiana and M ssissippi
late yesterday.
Many of the dead were negroes residing
in plantation shacks.
Eleven persons were killed and 25
injured, several fatally at Pleasant
Hill, La.
Eight were killed and four hurt a.t
Rose Hill, Miss. >
Thirteen were killed and six iujured,
several fatally, at Newellton, La ,
on the Mississippi river.
A cold wave moved upon the storm
stricken sections today as rescue
workers searched the ruins of farm
homes for other fatalities.
Another Sumter Bank Closed
Sumter, Feb. 17.?The Sumter
Trust company failed to open its
doors today. A notice posted on the
door stated that due to an unusual
run and heavy withdrawals from the
bank the last two days the institution
would not be able to withstand further
withdrawals and the directors
had turned over its affairs to the
State Bank Examiner. The hank was
capitalized at $100,000. On December
31, it had deposits of nearly $000,000
on hand.
I. C. Strauss is president and R. L.
Edmundsorr, treasurer.
The Peoples Bank with capital of
$100,000 and deposits of $320,000 was
fclosed here Tuesday morning.
Masons to Confer Degrees
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The regular monthly meeting of
Kershaw Lodge No. 29, A. F. M., will
bo held on Tuesday evening, March 1.
In addition to regular business the
lodge will at this time confer the
Fellowcraft degree upon a class of
candidates. Visiting Masons are invited
to be present at this communication.'
KKRSHAW LODGE No. 29
A. F. M.
Regular communication of
/xN^^^^this lodge is held on Ihe
nt first Tuesday in each month
at 8 p.m. Visiting Brethren are welcomed.
T. V. WALSH,
J. JE. ROSS, Worshipful Master,
Secretary. 1-14-27-tf
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CHARLOTTE THOMPSON W1NH
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Make Brilliant Showing Tuesday
The girls of Charlotte Thompson
high school, playing brilliant basket-1
ball, Tuesday afternoon became girl
champions of the Klfth district of the
South Carolina high school league
when Camden was defeated 18 to 16.
The g ume was played on the Columbia
college eouit at Columbia.
The girls of Charlotte Thompson
took the lead a few secorxls after the
game started and held it all the way,
though in the final moments a rally
by Camden seriously threatened the
leaders.
The Buntarns were in good form.
The work of the two forwards, Workman
and Sowell, was as pretty as
hud been shown in Columbiu this
season by high school players. The
couple worked beuutifully together,
passed accurately, and shot well.
Workman, diminutive in size but a
brilliant, basketball player, led the
afternoon's scoring with 11 joints.
Howell rang seven.
Kvery girl on the winning team
played good ball. Charlotte Thomn-1
son is one of the smallest high schools
in the state to put out an athletic ,
team, both boys and girls basketball
teams being sponsored by the school
which has a total enrollment of- 38,
24 being girls and 14 boys.
For the Bulldogs the work of G.
M oseley, Myers and Nicholson was
best. Meyers was sent in the game
in the second half as a substitute
and her presence seemed to inspire
the Camden sextet. The Bantams
were leading 18 to 8 at the end of
the third period. In short order in
the first minutes of the last period
Meyers rang jt^o baskets and then
G. Moseley got two and with a minute
to play the gap had closed to two
points. With close guarding the
Charlotte Thompson girls \ept their
lead and the contest ended 18 to 16.
Charlotte Thompson will meet the
winners of the Seventh district either
Friday or Saturday. The line-up:
C.T.H.S.(IH) Camden (16)
Workman (ll)..f.... (8) Mosley, G.
Sowell (7) . . ..f (8) Zemp
Lby c Lang
Wheeler c Nettles
Pcarce g E. Bruce
Bruce, S g Nicholson
Score by periods:
Charlotte Thompson 5 5 8 0?18
Camden 2 4 2 8?16
Substitutions: Charlotte Thompson,
none; Camden, L. Moseley for Lang,
Meyers for Zemp, Shaw for E. Bruce.
Referee: L. Godbold (Winthrop).
Time of periods, eight-minuto quarters.
I)r. Condole To Address Class
Dr. R. T. Goodale has accepted an I
invitation to address the Men's Bible
Class Sunday morning at 10:30 at
Watcrec Baptist church upon the subject,
"Stewardship." This is a livewire
class and their regular teacher
and the officers of the class are doing
all within their power to make it
one of the greatest in the state. Dr.
Goodale is an attractive speaker and
the class is looking forward to a
good time. T. L. Willingham,
Teacher.
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When a child dies in some parts of
Greenland, the natives bury a live:
dog with it to guide the child in the
other world, as it is claimed dogs can
find their way anywhere.
TO Ol'KN GRAVE
lIoidH Secret of Man or Goat Bones
in Seneca Cemetery
Anderson, Feb. 22.?The now
famous Sligh grave in the Moun-!
tain View cemetery in Seneca, Oconee ;
county, will soon give up its secrets. |
With the ussurance this morning
of an order in court here providing
that the proper authorities of Georgia
and South Carolina open the grave,
whi?h was thought to have been the
final resting place of Ilarry K. Sligh,
it was indicated that the doubt as to
the contents of the grave would soon
be swept aside and that it would be
definitely known very soon whether
the remains are those of an animal
or a human being.
The order was issued by Judge
C. C. Featherstone in general sessions
court here in response to a petition
submitted to the court by Solicitor
General R. S. Foy of the Tifton circuit
of Georgia, who set forth in the
petition that Sligh was arrested on
charges of arson and intent to defraud
and that it was important that
the state of Georgia in the prosecution
of the case against Sligh be accurately
informed of the contents of
the Oconee county grave.
Not Near So Dangerous
"Girls were harder to kiss in your
day, \yeren't they, grandpa?" asked
the bright young college freshman.
"Mebbe,' was the response. "But
it wasn't so blame dangerous in them
days?the old parlor sofa wouldn't
smash into a treer. just about that
time."
Lightning Strikes Three
Spartanburg, Feb. 23.?During ;i
thunder storm here this morning
lightning.struck the residence of J. (j,
Lowe, at Beaumont badly injuring
Lowe and his wife and their five-year- .7
old son, Cecil. All three were render- >
ed unconscious by the force of the '%
bolt. Mrs. Lowe suffered front a 1$
number of burns. The youth was un- i
conscious for almost an hour when
'efforts to resuscitate him resulted
successfully. Lowe was only slightly
hurt. The badly injured are expected "
to recover. The bolt struck an elec- 4j
trie light pole in the street, entered
the house, passed through the build- 7
ing and emerged through the- back ^
wall. Two windows were wrecked und
"the rear wall of the building torn
out?!
What was believed to be the oldest
horse in the world died in ltushville, I
Illinois, recently at the age of forty
years.
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KIRKWOOD GIFT SHOP OPEN
.Everyone is cordially invited to j
visit the Kirkwood Gift Shop and set ^
the wonderful assortment of new and j
attractive gifts and novelties in do- j
mestic and imported leather, silver j
and jewelry. We have added to our 1
stock an unusual selection of children's
ndVelties which include items j
for the baby from Krueger; the i
famous Horsman Hebee-Shebee Dolls; j
Borgfeldt's distinct imports and Ma*- I
garet Steiff importations. We also 1
have a very large assortment of new .1
and practical place-cards. You will
always find at The Kirkwood Gift >1
Shop your favorite candies, papers, -7
periodicals, new bobks and a complete ^3
line of smoker's accessories.?Adv. { 1
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Other mixtures ordered as needed
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Bandages, Cotton, Gauze, Plasters, Applicators,
' Germicides, (Mercurochfome is a good one)
Lotions, Liniments, Salves or what not
j and want immediate service call
W. Robin Zemp's Drug Store 41
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