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I ^iHgCAMDENCHRQNICLE f CAMDEN, SOU III CAROLINA, FRIDAY APRIL 29. 1927 ~ " 11 ? NUMBKK 5 II J.m \ ' ' un /\iu<n icrs?> f<.? \N cckh SfhHioH Came To a (low Last Saturday ,|uiiibi?. April 23.? Worn of body (n<ary of mind from their recording struggle with the financial lenis of the state, members of the ), Carolina legislature voted sine uljournment late this afternoon, gladly turned their hacks upon .eerie of their fifteen weeks' sesihc longest held in many years, iveinor Richartfs' message, vetoitenis ii> the general appropriable to the amount of $(>7,000 and ng untouched $0,030,000 in direct upriations, came up for action in liuuse. After a spurt of debate, K>rters of the chief executive carit motion to vote upon the veto .tlit further debate, and then, in .... almost perfunctory manner, house sustained the veto in every by an overwhelming majority, senate was^hus saved the nec>v of considering the veto. 'h* :i the gavel fell for the last . by the hand of Speaker 11amat I I") and by the hand of LieuiiU Governor Butler five minutes r, there was only a handful of ubers present in either house. In house, a resolution by the ways i means committee to authorize tain improvements in' committee >nv- and at the speaker's stand, to ft not more than $2,000, brought a 1! from Dr. S. T. D. Lancaster of v Spartanburg delegation, for a orum. Realizing that if the roll re called and there were fewer than members present, the house could j nothing but adjourn until Monday I send for a quorum, supporters ! he resolution were quick to drop j nd Dr. Lancaster did not press mint. though knowing they were on the t ... t day of the session, house membc.'s engaged in two lively debate^, j The first was on a bill from the senate to authorize the state superiu- j tendent of education to borrow $175,- i ((00 to meet State obilffrlTtions in the I fund for building schools. Represent- I a ive Dahhs of Sumter sought to at ach a rider which would have re-, pealed the laws providing for school building aid, and also amended th" ?!-()-1 school law to prevent the use j ,uf any of its funds for transporting Ills. His proposal was voted dpwn he house, however, the bill being cd and sent to Governor Richards had not acted upon it tonight. j nother debate took place near the ' of the session when a senate reso- j mi was brought up to instruct the mmission not to apply the irting goods tax, just enacted, to i sales of athletic supplies to col- ; and public schools. The reso- : tiori was rejected, after several ^ embers had declared it had no effect j law, and that if the tax commis- | ju undertook to obey it, none of the orting goods tax could be collected, j -Marking time during much of the '*ing day, members of the senate re forced to wait on house action the vetoed sections of the approation bill before seeing whetherthey would be free to adjourn. No new attempt was made today to introduce any revenue measures, it being indicated last night that the overwhelming rejection of Senator Jefferies' proposed general sales tax had brought the finance committee to the end of its resources in the attempt to make the revenues meet the appropriation bill. Opponents of the house concurrent tosolution to allow the legislature to adjourn for two weeks immediately after the opening of the 1928 session tn give the way3 and means committee a chanee to make up an appropriation bill, managed to have the resolution rejected in the senate today by a 20 to 15 vote after the sen'*te by two earlier votes had shown itself favorable to the measure. In the earlier votes the senate had refund to strike out the resolving w?rd* r,r to continue the proposal until next year. Senators Williams, Mc- j ^0'' and Moore in arguing against I 'be matter, said that it wo^ld tie the f bands of next year's body and would (auso great additional expense on the " at('. while the argument of those avoring the plan was that it would " i :n shortening the session. 1 he customary amount of time was devoted to mock sessions today, dur,nK the final one of which the speak( r and clerk of the house of representatives, attending the senate chamto ratify enrolled acts, .were esa house delegation armed ? airy swords from the a<f jut general's office, as well as a col" - ^ ~ - c - 9K . , C - lection of brooms. Arriving at the senate chamber, the speaker and clerk were required to pass under a ceremonial arch made of the broom handles and swords. "I^ter while waiting on the message from the governor releasing the legislature from further service-, members of the senate were regaled with fruit punch sent up from a local cahdy store. .7 ' v HI SINKSS I.EACl K TO UK HOST I Next Meeting To Honor Mo*( Popular High School lk>>* ol ( ou )( \ The Young Men's Business League hfltl its regular monthly meeting Monday night at the Ik-tiy Thomas Coffee Shop. There was un attend ance of twenty to enjoy the smokes and carry out the routine of business. Delegates to the state convention of the .Junior Chambers of Commerce held in Columbfct Tuesday were elected. The organization also assumed sponsorship of the kedpath < hautauqua to begin here May 11. At its next regular meeting which will be held May (J, a banquet is to be given in honor of the high school students of Kershaw county. At this time twenty-one high school hoys, three from each school in the county, typifying the best of the student body, will be the guests of the Young Men's Business League. Entertain* ing speakers will appear on the program and will follow the serving of a course dinner at the Thomas Coffee Shop. Tickets will be placed on sale immediately ami sold to members for only one dollar . As this program will be for the purpose of showing the League's interest in the future citizenship of our county it is hoped that all the members of the organization will attend. An interesting report of what has been accomplished since the founding of the body less than three months ago was read by the president and provides much food for thought on the part of Camden's citizenry who are interested in her welfare. The Young Men's Business League of Camden has been busy and the results follow: It has advertised extensively by publishing timely leaflets descriptive of the unsurpassed advantages possessed by Camden and vicinity for the home and pleasure seeker, stressed the wonderful possibilities opened up here, to the industrial world when the Wateree river was harnessed and cheap nearby power placed at its disposal. It is running advertisements in The Manufacturers Record. It has caused to be burned numerous catalogs if mail order houses in a huge bonfire. It is sponsoring the chautauqua. It inaugurated the movement which resulted in legislation exempting infant industries from taxation for the period of five years. It is preparing fp? display .in- two windows products of Camden's manufactures, among them being outputs of the Camden Brick company, paint and oil from the Southern Cotton Oil company, print cloths from the Hermitage mills and gauze from the Wateree mills, grates and plow shares from the Camden Iron and Brass Works, rollers from the Camden Roller Shops and mirrors from the Hoffer company. It has taken over the Camden Coun try club gold course until next .lan-' uary and is offering this pastime to the*public at very moderate rates. It has organized a band and got an appropriation from the city for the Instruments. It has put on a forest fire prevention program, one of the features of which is to post signs over Kershaw county to prevent the destruction of its fine timbertends. The Young Men's Business League is now formulating plans for a mammoth home-coming week to be staged in connection with the Kershaw ' County fair. The names of every former resident of Camden and Kor-^ shaw County are being listed and a concerted effort will be made to get together the finest crowd Camden has ever had the opportunity to entertain. j Associated Charities Report Mr. A. C. McKain, treasurer of the Associated Charities of Camden, has compiled a report of the finances of this organization covering the period of July 15, 1926, to April 15, 1927, which shows the following: Total receipts during above period, $231.00. Disbursements: groceries, $97.2o; dtfugs, $26.70; clothing, $25.04; coal and wood, $16,00; .poodfellows baskets, $15.00; Miscellaneous items, $49.06. Total disbursements, $329.05. Balance on hand at present, $1.95. Services at St. Mary's Services at St. Mary's church are as follows: Celebration of Mass on Sundays at 10 a.m.; week days at 7 a.m.';'Holy days at 6:15 a.m.; night services on Sunday at 8 o'clock. NonCaitholics are always welcome. The church is open daily from 1 a.m. to nightfall. Services at Wateree Services at the Wateree Baptist church on Sunday, May 1, will be as follows: Sunday school at 10:30 a.m.; morning services at 11:30, sermon by the pastor, "The Burning Bush." Evening service, subject will be, "The Young Men Who Went Away From Jesus." * ; ? H ARDS IHSAIMMH VI ftp 1 Ami S.i> h |j4. |.w, , , " ? I. I K V | fop If \jMutf Art- Disappointed ( "luinbia. A dmI i 1 r 11 - ? Ui*ap|)??niU'.l ?" lh,'? f?'lur'' h'" .,r KiOinib una "iuilkoluiiitiont,M ! -? ? atu/- ... ,..?? ???! by G(,v.r; i-.r Rwh.rd. in Ins fan-well rnc-saae.. ' buth '".">> ? just before sine' <iie adjournment VNhile I am disappointed, and f?.f| "at the people uf the s(uU. rtft ])k >_ wise disappointed," the chief execu-! ""'at ??-\ era I of the reforms ^hi.h I reromrnended and the con-' , sohdation.s which I urged, have hot ! adopt (,i. yt.. lfl behalf of the I P^ple of our .state, I wish to con-i k'ratuiatc you for the otherwise splendid work ol the present session, with! lh? hope and confident expectation! that >ou will continue this work uii-i til South Carolina is restored to con-! stitutional government, and has been ! given a reorganize and thoroughly! worked out tax system thut will meet! the demands of our people, and will' p ace South Carolina in her rightful place as a progressive and prosperous state." The message follows: "Gentlemen of the General Assembly: In transmitting to your honorable body this final message, permit me to express to you my sincere thanks add appreciation for the courtesies And consideration shown me, and commend you for the zeal you have (shown in your efforts to deal with a difficult task. While the present legislature has been of unusual length, it must not be forgotten that this general assembly and administration have been confronted with a most unusual condition. We have inherited from the last legislature a deficit of over two million dollars, and a shortage of prospective revenue of around two million dollars more, an amount equal to the entire appropriation bill of just a few years ago. "You have had to grapple with this [ unpsual situation and at the same time make appropriations and private revenue to protect the state and her institutions. You have not only accomplished this, but have done far more, for you have the great distinction of being the first legislature in the past five years that has actually passed a bill that appropriates les < money_ t han the preceding legislatures. "The prac tice in recent years haeen to increase the appropriations around a million dollars each, ami the expenses of the state government have increased by leaps and bounds, and out of all proportions to the increased wealth of the state." The comment upon the failure of his program followed then, in conclusion: ... * "Now thut you are about to conclude ypur labors for the present session and return to your respective homes, I take this opportunity to extend to each of you my best wishes for the health, happiness and prosperity of yourselves and your families. "I have no further message or com munications for the general assembly." On motion of Representative Sam B. King of Greenwood the message was received as information and ordered printed in the journal of the house. Among recommendations of the governor that failed of approval were: > Abolition of the state tax commission; consolidation of the office of warehouse commission with the 'State department of agriculture; abolition of the office of county game wardens, and legislation for the distribution of motor vehicle licenses it county seats. Failing also to pass in the general assembly were proposed laws, recom mended by the governor, to aboli,svi the state board of public welfare and the budget commission, but the chief executive achieved his goal in these particulars by vetoing appropriation' made for these activities. Attending Convention at Jackson Mr. Frank W. Chapman, superintendent of the Camden Water and Light Department, is in attendance upon the Southeastern Convention ol Water and Light associations at Jackson, Miss. Delegates are there from Camden, Charleston, Orangeburg, Columbia, Newberry Abbeville, Winns boro, Bennettsvillc and Greenwood The members of the association pass ed up all social features on account of the distress in the Mississippi val ley section caused by the floods. In stead of the social features the asao ciation Appropriated $800 for the re lief of the flood sufferers. 4 HIE ADVERTISING I ( M) i'?i?dfn i.i-is Wide PubliciD Through' Man) Publications -V < Ariutt, chairman of thpublmty crunmHtee of the Camden v'Hamber of Commerce, has furnished lh; l"1'** with the following report , rtlatiw to the advertising fund: ul '*>? informations of the on-i tr hutora to tho Chamber of (<?m- 1 rm-rve Advertising fund, and also for . pohJic at large, we are listing below the periodicals and mugaxjru-.H in ' which the advertising' was placed, and giving the names of the contributors! to this fund. It will doubtless U- of! interest to state that this fund amounted to $2,(142.80. u|i of w\\iv\\ has been paid except $lf?O.Oli, and is made up of eontributions entirely inde pendent of the membership dues. Such publicity in the large number of newspapers and periodicals with nation-wide circulation, has undoubtedly netted Camden results which are hard to calculate in dollars and cents, i his advertising program has been carried on for three years und it would seem that Camden's ever-increasing; popularity as a winter hayett proves conclusively that advertising pays. The money bus been used in idvertisement placed in The Spur, New |York American, Boston Transcript, i New York Sun, New York Evening | Post, Philadelphia Public Ledger, New jYo*k World, Baltimore News and American, New York Herald-Tribune, New ^ ork Times, Brooklyn Kagle, i Boston Herald-Traveller, Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Tribune, Pittsburgh Press, Boston Transcript, W here-to-Go Bureau in Harpers, Review of Reviews, World's Work, Gold en B< ok, Atlantic Monthly, Scribner's land Travel; Springfield ' Republican; Union,^ Mixer's Road Guide, and to Mrs. S. K. Winkler for special pub licity work. j The contributors to this fund are as follows: T. L. Little, E. E. Mando ville, G. T. Little, Arthur Smith, Home Furnishing Co., Eleetrik Maid I Bake Shop, Redfearn Motor Co., John , T. Stevens, DeKalb Grocery, Zemp & DePass, L. Schenk, Majestic Theatre, Fashion Shop, M. H. Heymaft, G. C. Welsh, Park View Inn, J. T. Nettles, Wolfe-Eichel Co., Hoffer Co., W. h! Dabbs, L. Lamonsky, Kirkwood Hotel, Court Inn. Hohkirk Inn, R. M. Ken; nedy, Jr., Burns & Barrett, J. B. ! Zemp, B. G. Sanders, J. M. Villy{pigue, L. J. Whitaker, R. E. Steven'son, Carolina Motor Co., Ivy Lodge King Haiglar Inn, J. R. Todd, Camden Floral Co., W. II.. Harris, Dr. W J Dunn, Dr. C. A. Dunn, N. C. Boykin,' McLeod-Hush Co., H. Savage, .Sr., Land's Grocery, P. I). Stokes, City Filling Station, Buddin's Book Store, N. C. Arnett, C. C. Whitaker, H. G. Cafrison, Sr., H. G. Carrison, Jr., Bassett. W. R. Zemp, C. J. Shannon, Jr., The Camden Chronicle. Hall-Owens Taking many of their friends bv surprise Mr. Henry-Cleatus Owens of Camden and Miss Juanita Hall of Sumter were quietly married at the home of Rev. J. P. Graham, pastor of the Camden Baptist church on Saturday, April 23. Miss Hall was formerly of Camden, but lately her family moved to Sumter. She was at one time connected with the county treasurer's office and has lately beer engaged in school teaching. Mr Owens is connected with the CocaCola plant in this city. Both are pop. ular and have many friends' throughout the county who will extend congratulations and best wishes, ( lass Play at Midway "Tom Thumb Wedding" is the title of a class play to be given by the pupils of Midway grammar school on the evening of Wednesday, May 4 , to which the public is cordially invited to attend. "RINGS IN THE SAWDUST" Biggest Show On Earth Offers Single Performance Here Next Friday j' The Camden High School Glee Clul will present on F'riday evening, May j6, the snappy operetta, "Rings in-the "Sawdust," which consists of two acti packed full of fun and frolic, j The action takes place in a smal i town on circus day and the first acl takes place before the afternoon performance of the same day. The plo: is extremely clever and interesting. Under the direction of Miss Bunk I ley and Miss Betty Haile the cast anc , choruses have been at work for sev ej-al weeks and the choruses, it ii 11 said, are peppy and particularly at I; tractive in costumes of the circus. ; The curtain will open at 8:30 p.m , *on the minute?and it is expected that there will be a packed houae t< i; greet this splendid entertainment, j Billy Lindsay, as Toby Dunn, playi as owner of the circus and the par of Sally Squeeze , in love with Toby (has found the final big-tent triumpl in Molly Blackwell. Other member I of the cast include Esca Myers ai | Mary Belle Jaybird; Frances Mont gomery as Willie Jaybird; Esther De ilx)ache as Eliza Skimmer; Stanlei ' | Babin as Inky Snow; Donald Barnes jas Dinky Moore, and Virginia I)e Loache as Irish Mary. ,<^even young gallants compose th chorus of helpers in the circus am among the chorus girls is lister ; thirty-four distinct examples of th j beauty, grace and charm traditions ?f u Bn<1 i* *ure to de j light-and fascinate in the Glee Club' 1 operetta next Friday evening. issi y.s arri \i \ <u< \id < ainden Called Oil I ?? Rat*c JJaO.lMI For Flood Sullcrcr.s s The Aim rii at Kt-il ('i???..? iiatiomil hi-atlqua >. lers, is culling mi the couri try til nimc tci the help of the suf 1 feivr? in the greatest flood vvei 1 known in the Mississippi Valley, the most widespread and > oMl> disu.ster froni lint lira) forces that has ever 1 visited tins country. The appeal for 1 this county is signed by Hughey Tin da), commander of Amerieun Legion Post; II. (i. ("arrison Jr., president nf the t hamber of ('oiniucrce j and the officers of tin* Camden chapter of led ( loss at th?"i last organization, who were Mrs. Margaret Mayfield, ci.oilman; Laurens T. Mills, vicechairman; J\ K. Trotter, treasurer. 1 he following telegrams from Washington explain themselves: "I'residi nt f'ooliilgiv has issued }> <ielamat loll, ealling upon jn-ople to give quickly and generously to Red < ross M tssisaippi Flood Relief Fund. Emergency situation extremely grave \v>th seventy-five thousand homeless needing emergency care. Relief problem acute as number flood refugees increase every hour. Imperative large relief fund be raised immediately t.) meet mounting need. Every Red Cross chapter must do its part in this national appeal. Wire me probable amount we can exjH'ct from your territory." This telcgrum bears date of April 22, and is signed by J. Arthur Jeffers. Another wire to the local committee i is dated April 23 and is signed by .James L. Fieser, aeting chairman: "Central committee in joint conference with cabinet officers numcd by President Coolidge to assist Red Cross estimates five million dollars , required Red Cross Relief in Mi8?issippi floods. National campaign being launched immediately. Your quota $2.">0.00. Need most urgent as hundred thousand refugees look to us for emergency care in greatest flood ibis country's history. Confident your I phoplc will respondTjuickly and generously. Suggest special campaign with widest possible publicity. Use ladio appeal if possible. Impractical accept local donations clothing or supplies. Cftrv we count on you raise your quota. Wire reply." This community is called on for a .contribution of $250.00 at once. That seems very small in view of the homeless thousands, and in view of the immediate response that was made throughout the nation to our Cleveland fire sufferers and to the cyclone losses of three years ago. , Will an organized canvass have to be made in this community to secure | i the amount asked? More than that amount ought to be made up at once ( by voluntary subscription. The Camden Red Cross chapter bus ..boon allowed to fall into disorganiza Ition, but the generous feeling of the j i people of the community is still alive and ready to respond-to the call of i suffeVing and need. I The local post of the American i; Legion, and the Camden and Kershaw > | County Chamber of Commerce join in 1 j this appeal of the Rod Cross and , | pledge their aid. I Subscriptions or contributions may be made at the office of The Wateree Messenger, or The Camden Chronicle, the Camden and Kershaw County ; Chamber of Commerce, or to Hughey i Tindal, commander local post American Legion, or to T. K. Trotter, last > treasurer of the1 Camden Red Cross. r All contributions will be acknowledge ? ed through the press. Llfit of Contributors 1 American Legion Post $10.00 t Hughey Tindal .... .... 5.00 W. T. Redfearn 5.00 t J. H. Clyburn 5.00 E. D. Blakeney 5.00 - Henry Savage, Jr 2.00 I T. L. Little 5.00 - E. M. Boykin, Jr 3.00 A. M. McLeod 1.00 - J. M. Villepigue & Co 5.00 Camden Ice Co 5.00 . Drue McLaughlin 1.00 i W. H?. Ashcraft 5.00 ) J. C. Gillis . .. . 5.00 C. W. Evans 2.00 r William King 1.00 t J. Whitaker/%r 5,00 , Electrik Maid Bake Shop .... 5.00 i DeKalb Grocery 5.00 s NJ. DeLoache, Jr 2.00 s Jnmes H. Burns 5.00 - W. I). Barrett 5.06 - W. R. Zemp 2.00 f M. H. Heyman 5.00 s P. M. Wooten 5.00 - Zemp & DePass 5.00 C. J. Shannon, Jr 10.00 e L. 0. Funderburk l.OO I John K. deLoach 1.0C d Mackey Mercantile Co 5.0C e R. S. Williams 5.0C .1 Camden Clothing Co 5.0( - Gun Bolcos * 2.0( s T. R. Thomas 1.0( M. B. Williams 1.<X < < > I \ M \ N IN I )| S(. I | <K N,ll,s 1 ' "K "is s |? I ca\ inn \\ ar-Tm n ( tun., ^ I'Iimiu r Mills, > M < \ r*'tft' > at Nanking, < hum, u h . t. iiih.iusI at his |?ik(, ,,jh,-r f,,, _ rigttera (iihI t'V.irunl irt. m hi.in- of saving the prO|H*rt> m his , arc, c> aped in ( hine.sc . ..sniim.. hatit'iis and With no baggage hut a handbag, according to a postcard from his niter, Mi.s,s Mary N Mills, to th. u brother, the Rev W ||. Mills oi < I c in so 11 lolloge, I'luin, t Mills, h wife and t v\ o children, a it.6 Mi.s> Mills, an now presumably m Japan, having he. n assigned temporarily r., I okyo. Miss Mills, who was a teacher in Nanking university, wrote from Shanghia, cnroutc to Japan. "1 can write only a postal card at present," she said. "I wrote an amount of what was happening while i was on the boat (that is, escaping from Nanking to Shanghai, March 2(5). This I will tiy (.. g,-t copied on a typewriter some t Line ami em boli copies made, for J cannot write it all to each one by hand .... J, has been a dreadful experience, but we are thankful t<* be all together again safe and sound. Cor* , nelia (Mis. VV. |?. Mills) and the children got here Thursday, I came Saturday and Plumer Monday. Cornelia got out with three trunks, I with a suitcase and a little bed covering and Plumer with a handbag containing only six collars and a few odds and ends. He had to leave his overcoat and hat, for he had to escape in Chinese clothes. We have been more fortunate than many others. We want to get out of this place as quickly as possible. We may stop in Japan for a while. . Nanking foreign homes were completely looted, some burned. Nobody expected the kind of thing that hap' pened." Plumer Mill? was the first salaried ^( - A- executive at the University of South Carolinu after Flinn had was made the student activities tenter.?-Monday's Columbia State. Story of Flood at a Glance Memphis, Tenn., April 26.?Flood waters have over-run at least six more towns in Arkansas and Misslssippi. Additional thousands of acres of farm lands also have been inundated. Phe homeless now number mora than one hundred and fifty thousand with the Red Cross preparing to care for more than two hundred thousand j before the floods have run their course. Fears are entertained by officials that the known death list of a little moie than one hunt.'red had h. en greatly augmented by the rush of. waters down the Mississippi delta. Cotton factors and "mercahtile experts of Memphis variously' estimate the flood damage to date ai from one hundred million dollars to half a billion dollars. With Arkansas Ckty already under back water and a deserted town, Helena, Ark., higher up the river, was threatened by levee seepage. Breaks in small levees on streams in both north and south Louisiana ^ are leported with refugees streaming into nearby towns. The Mississippi river is rising steadily between Natchez and New Orleans with army engineers grjfrely concerned about the safety of the "< South's largest city. Full resources of the government for flood relief work are pledged by Secretary Hoover as he begins personal survey of the situation so as to coordinate and expand rtapue work and relief facilitiea. Evacuation of refugees to large com ehti ntion camps goes forward steadily while hundreds of small ' craft dart here and there in the flood, rescuing those who seek refuge on levees, house tops, mounds and 1n trees. To Meet With JVlrs. Smyrl Circle No. Three of the Baptist Missionary Society will meet with Mrs. Oscar Smyrl next Tuesday, Mav 3, at 4 p.m. The Camden Chronicle ..; . . . 5 00 J. H. McLeod 2.00 W. L. Hunnicutt [ ' i 'oo G. F. Cooley 100 1 G. H. Powell ' i'oo 1 R. M. Fard ... ] i.qo 1 L. A. Sowell 1^00 ' E. B. Tindal, Jr. 3.00 I Henry Savage V< 10.00 R. M. Kennedy, Jr 10.00 I C. W. Birchmore . 2.50 ) E. E. Mandeville 25.00 ) Mr*. E. E. Mandeville 16.00 > Total c.?* - ..$176.00