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t THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H.Ik Nibm' . Kdit St aadPublmEw Published every Friday at No. 1109 f Broad Street end entered at the Camden, South Carolina, pouofflce aa jj? second claaa mail matter. Price per annum $2.00. Camden, 8. C., Fridaj, June 17, 1927. 11927 JUNE 1927 i-.FifrFT- fw?4.|n?{ in riT U % UJ ! 1 2 3 } 4 5 0 7 8 9 10 1 II f 1213141516171)8 19 20 21 22 23 24 ' 25 26 27 28 29 30 Ul UJ ? w|wr. -1.1. ? .., > The Laurel Fark Kstale at Henderaonvjlle, N, C., one of the most beautiful of the mountain development*, was Hold under the hammer a few i days ago for the sum of $60,000, which serve* to accentuate the folly of the method* pursued during the unhappy boom in Western North Carolina. Jn some K.ldorado suddenly discovered such method* might do, but not in a ountry that depend* upon resource* of more or less normal character to carry it along. The Spartanburg Journal thu? philoso- < phizes upon what has come to pass: "The marvelous thing about the sale of these boom lots was the careless way in which the promoters east their bait. Their agents, with rare exceptions, were either "binder-boys" ousted from Florida or fresh youngsters with a patter that would not have matched in quality with that of the humblest book -agent or oil stock vender. These glib ignoramuses were, in particular, ignorant of North Carolina. Not one in ten of them knew remotely anything of the real estate of which he was disposing. If they made misrepresentations, it was by habit and not design, because to misrepresent one lias to twist the truth;! and they knew nothing to twist. In spite of which they sold their stuff by j the acre, at around ten thousand dollars for land that at the best, was dear it' fifty dollars!" -Chester Kc?, N-- ' porter. ' j Jam' -. T. Kors, 'j'j. of Hodges, foiemart in charge, wa- killed when .-truck j by a derrick pub- bi-ir.g used at a b .<!g'' -de or: the new Greenwood and . Augusta railway near F.dgefield la-t | F'iday iiv.rr ir.g Th*--g>ole broke and fell on him \ - "'\ 1 Neighbor linens nrr 1.. < Ib-nder. a farmer living in ar Webster. S. I)., found himself! l.ial up in the hospital with no prospet of ea.il> release, and the spring j tapo!l\ passing, he disconsolately ga.e up all hope >!' getting his crops in. There wasn't a chance in the world. Anticipatn.il of a rtoplc-Near retarded hi.- recovery. Mender, however. ie? koned wilhmpL hi- neighbors. Suddenly one day e.ghteeil of them -vvimpcd down on bi- farm with thirty teams, fifteen se< u-drills and a tractoi, without say ir vg ? word to Mender about it. and plowed and seeded that farm in almo-l no time. I hi y maiie a good job of it. And they left word for Mender that they had done it as a testimonial of their appreciation of a good friend and neighbor. Now Mender wiil have a . rop to harvest, and will probably In able t" hai vest it w in n the time l "IPCS. I There's still c .>n-i.iei able neighboriiio -> left in this haril old world, in the country a d in the city, and the - man who call- ; foith i- the man who himself is a good neighbor.?Sumter lie in. Charles Mirger, gang leader, already under indictment for the murder of Mayor Adams of West City, was on Saturday indicted at Nashville, Illinois, for the murder of Lory L. Price, state highway patrolman, who'with his wife was abducted from, his liome last January'."' Cheraw Attorney Dies Cheraw, June 1.?Funeral services for Charles L. Pri ice, Jr., forty-two, who died Saturday morning following a long illness, were conducted Sunday afternoon at t> o'clock at the cemetery by the Rev. A. 11. McArn, D.D., pastor of the Presbyterian church and the Rev. O. T. Pofcher of Bennettsville. supply rector of St. David's F/piscopal church, Cheraw. Mr. Prince wa- married to Miss Mat mn Hickson, who with four children, Charles L. Prince, third, Wi.liamson Prince, Lawrence Prince and Marion Prince, survive. He is also survived by his parents, Mr. and Mis. C. L. Prince, Sr., of Baltimore. To Our Sulsscribera The Chronicle has mailed cauls this week to all subscribers whose subscriptions have expired. We will begin revising our mailing lists next week and those who have not paid will very likely fail to get next week's paper. Look at the date on your label and see if your subscription is due s? that you -.il not miss a copy. f 8* ttjjfey- ? * ' KmulioM of W antra If Mrs. Kuth Snyder go*? to the electric chair for complicity with ' Henry Judd (it a> in the murder of her husband, she will be the eighth woman to pay the death penalty in New York stale. The women exe- 4 cuted in the pa?t were: ' Mrs. Margaret JMoughtaling, hanged * October 17, 1817. Mra. Elizabeth Van Valkenburgh, ' hanged January 24, 184*>. r Mrs. Kunkle, hanged in 184th Mr#. Ann fioag. hanged July JO, * . 1 Mr#. Itoxalana 1 Jruae, hanged Feb- 11 ruary 28, 1887. r< Mr#. Martha Place, electrocuted '' March 20. 1009. * The fir#t woman victim, Mra. Houghtalmg, who wa> hanged nearly 110 year# ago for the murder of her child, was afterward# found to be in- ^ nocent, when another woman on her ceath bed confessed to the crime, per- ^ petrated for revenge. ^ Mrs. Kunkle, Mrs. Van Yalkenburg and Mrs. Hoag, convicted of poisoning ^ their husbands, on wholly circumstan- ^ tlal evidence, all declared their inno- ^ cence to the end. Mrs. Druse shot ^ her husband after suffering abuse and ^ neglect at his hand# forr.ceveral years. n The guilt of Mrs. Place, who murderud her step-daughter, and Mrs. a 1* armer, w ho killed a woman who had befriended her, was never in doubt. Of all eight women convicted, Mrs. Snyder, now under sentence of death, probably has aroused the least sym- 8 pathy. She was convicted of aiding ^ her lover, Gray, in killing her husband ^ while he slept, and no extenuating circumstances of any kind were shown a at the trial. At present it appears ^ that there is little likeJihood that she '' will escape the electric chair, in which both she and Gray are sentenced to ' die .?Lancaster News. h I he Peddler Nuisance s 1 he L'nited States supreme court a .ately has ruled that a municipal corporation cannot restrict the right >{ a salesman to solicit business for ? a firm outside the state because it is f an unreasonable restraint upon interstate commerce. s This in effect throws down the bars ' to the itinerant peddler and the un- F ethical and irresponsible salesman and 1 places upon the people the responsibility for deciding whether they shall ' b" swindled and humbugged. v Praeti. ally every city and town of % any size ha* an ordinance requiring I that peddlers and others soliciting business at homes shall have a license. 1 This requirement is not for the reve- < rue derived, hut to discourage the 1 it.iterant for the protection of the people agait:?t the sharp practices of 1 the stranger. Moreover, such a pol- i icy on the pait of any community is just because the peddler pays no 1 taxes, does nothing for the welfare of the community and assumes none ' of the responsibilities of an establish- > ed business with u reputation to l>e I upheld. ] I he itinerant makes glittering promises and his interests are wholly j selfish. As a general thing, he is j annoying and refuses to take no for I an answer. Me expects the prospect: v e customei to believe him, but it is j the other way around when the sale [ .s closed. Me requires a down payment and sends the goods C. O. D. or v~ol it'v. ts when lit- delivers. He doesn't tiust the buyer, but the buyer is ex, pec.e l to trust him? a person wholly | unknown and without recommenda tion. I he buyer takes all the chances, j It the merchandise is not sis represented, there is no recourse. I ( ontrast this treatment with what the local merchant offers?goods of standard quality, immediate delivery, return privileges. attractive and money-saving prices, a neighborly interest in serving you conscientiously and readiness and willingness to make good on every representation he makes. ( lose tjie door on the irresponsible itinerant salesman and trade with dependable home merchants whose word is their bond. Shop in New Quarters The Sanitary Barber Shop, formerly located in the American Legion building has been moved to the building formerly occupied by Bruce's grocery.' Mr. J. D. Byrd, the proprietor, has had the building put j in first class shape and it is an at| tiactive shop, with five chairs, and also a pony chair for children. I Shower baths are being added and in | n short while the shop will be com; plete in every detail. I o I'ut On Truck Delivery ! E. H. Goodrick. supenntondciit of i the Southeastern Express Company, has notified Secretary B. CI. Sanders >f the chamber of commerce, that effective at once they have put on a truck in Camden to replace their | horse-drawn vehicle formerly used. I he change was made to comply with a request from the chamber of com' merce. 1 ___ ' ( The h*??'ing apparatus of an ipscct | is often located in the legs. " I il?M i i iTl n THINGS WOHTH KNOWING aterratiux Item* Gathered From Many and Varied Source* The *hark industry has been devel>ped to a point where little of the lab )? wasted. The liver, which is rti per cent oil, |s used in aoap mixng, the flesh and the dorsal and tail ins are used as food, and the hide ia rade into leather. * ' An experiment has been undertaken t the cemetery of San Jose in Spain or the installation of tiny telephone* n each casket. These are to be con* ected to an alarm bell in the porter's >dge, thus providing against the posibility of anyone being buried alive. A workman engaged in tearing own the Southern Pacific Station a: lakland, California, discovered, when e attempted to kick an old tin can, rut it contained 400 five-dollar gold ieces. The most recent date on any Din was 1HH6. The Phantom Pool of Keufig, the irgest fresh-water lake in South Vales, has moved nearly half a mile uward Kenfig Hill in the last ten ears. At this rate it will take less ban forty years for it to reach the earest village. The Shwe Dagon Pagoda, located t Rangoon and gold-plated from top ) bottom, is the largest in Burma, t cost $5,000,000 and covers ten to ifteen acres. Because of the prevailing supertition regarding the number 13, all lo. 13 berths on sleeping cars of an English railway will Ik* No. 14-A. If a human being could jump with gility in proportion to a grasshopper e could clear the Flatiron Building, "> New York City. In Sakal, Japan, "the city of the ttle birds," two-thirds of all the ouseholders keep canaries, finches, ava sparrows, sky-larks, and other ingers. Some of the feathered pets re valued as high as $2,500 a pair. A Chicago department store has stablished a silence room, fitted with teamer chairs and chaises longues, or its exhausted women patrons. Because of the inequality of their trides lost persons invariably walk n circles; a straight course is im ossible to anyone without guiding andmarks. Chinese soldiers, looting an Amercan mission, found some interesting vhite chests which they smashed open 1 vith their rifle butts. The chests iroved to Ik- hives of honey bees. Chemicals may be manufactured i rom peach stones if the experiments >f a Pennsylvania scientist prove successful. An acre farm on the ocean front ear the Boardwalk at Atlantic City s valued at more than $1,000,000. Truck produce is grown on the acre ach year. Finland so dislikes Bolshevism that 'orty red automobiles contained in an issignment from an American manu"acturer had to be repainted before Finnish buyers would consider them.' F. I). Howe of Weedsport, New Vork, believes that a man married fifty years should be rewarded by the government. According, he has asked a New York congressman to secure passage of a bill granting him a pension. There are today approximately five million radio receiving sets in use in the United States, which means about twenty million potential listeners-in each night. President Coolidge has no telephone an his desk. Whenever it is necessary for him to make or answer a telephone call, he goes into a booth in a small room adjoining his office. The crater of Mount Vesuvius was once the hiding place for escaped' slaves, brigands and outlaws, but that was before the eruption which destroyed Pompeii. The average expenditure of Yale undergraduates is estimated at $1,800 for each of the four years in college. Colored Parson Convicted I .aureus, June 15.?John VVeslev Brown, 24, whose credentials show that he is a licensed minister of the Free Will Baptist church, was yesterday convicted of housebreaking and larceny and sentenced by Judge Featherstone to serve a term of 18 months on the Laurens county chaingang. Two of the defendant's younger brothers, Ansel and Ossie Brown, had pleaded guilty in connection with the same case and were given one year each. Without counsel, J. W. Brown essayed to conduct his own trial, and after testifying, with the permission talk before the jur.y, making a very of the court, he made a 15-minutC good plea in his own behalf for acquittal. The jury was not long in bringing in a verdict of guilty. Notice to Debtors and Creditors AH parties indebted to the estate of (?illum Raley, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all parties, if any, having claims against the said estate will present them duly attested within the time prescribed- trv law LOMA H. RALEY, Administratrix. | Camden, S. C., June 16, 1927. THIS WEEK I Bf Artbr Briab?*m Mr. Brisbane's editorials are published as expressions of opinions of the world's highest-salaried editor and The Chronicle does not necessarily endorse all of his views and conclusions. The hope of the farmer is in better machinery and more intelligent use of it. It is not alone the celling price of a bushel of wheat that counts but the amount of farm time and labor used to produce the bushel. "A man working with pick and shovel could not afford to dig up and sort out gold bearing gravel^if it paid him but five dollars a ton average. But giant dredging machines in the Sacremento Valley are making millions working gravel that pays le'ss than twenty cents a ton. Kxiwin J. Clapp shows what machinery is doing and will do to help solve fa^m problems, and why United States farms can compete with European cheap labor, and even survive high railroad freight rates. On American farms, one worker on the average produces twelve tons of cereal. In Europe one worker produces one and one-half tons. From 1910 to 1920, American farm population increased only four per cent, while production of wheat increased fifty-eight per cent, corn 47 per cent, cattle 37 percent, hogs 03 percent. The farm problem is not to be solved, according to Mr. Clapp, by keeping the boys on the farm, but by letting the boys go to the factories, using more machinery on farms and thus reducing cost of production. "Light automobiles and trucks are being produced in greater volume than ever before." Such is the official report. There is only one cloud on the automobile horizon, and that'1* the oil cloud. Reckless production and reckless price cutting in the oil industry mean trouble ahead for motor owners. Oil is being wasted, poured out and squandered on sandy roads, wherever public officials can be persuaded to buy it at public expense. Oil production is wastefully managed, prices are low?but today's low prices will be paid for with high prices later. The country needs a continuous oil and gasoline supply, at fair prices, which the government should regulate. The nation now is acting like a drunken youth, squandering a rich inheritance. Lindbergh has good ideas. An enthusiastic French lady intended to spend 150,000 francs for a cup to celebrate his flight. He accepted gratefully and asked that the 150,000 francs be spent instead on children of French aviators who lost 'heir lives promoting aviation. Lindbergh is a good representative of this country in Europe. When Count Witte was in this country, representing Russia in the peace arrangements with Japan, .he told this writer the national monopoly of vodka, the Russian drink, forty per cent alcohol and sixty per cent water, which he originated, gave a profit just big enough to pay the cost fof the Russian army. # v It would interest Witte to know that the United States tax on cigarettes just about pays the cost of our army. Uncle Sam collected $227,000,000 in ten months this year from cigarette smokers. A full fiscal year's cigarette tax will about pay all army costs. 1 If government could collect the tax that the public pays to bootleggers it might pay for all government expenses. Henry Ford last week watched hia machinery grind out Ford car No. 16,000,000, and celebrated by taking a ride in the first car he ever built. Old : car No. 1 with ita two cylinder* was taken out of the Ford museum and driven by Henry Ford with ear> No. 15,000,000 driving beside it. . V?A new Ford car, with a different gear shift, double the old Ford power , and a speed of sixty miles an hour ' *nd >re, will* be seen in the late " 8Um er or early fall. That wiU "bei g?n a new Ford family, j How much have 15,000,000 Ford cars meant in happiness to this counthrough freedom of movement? - -How many billion miles have thev traveled ? ' r Shakespeare Club Being Formed I The National Junior Shakespeare Story Telling Club, through the assisUnce of a local teacher, will \ shortly form a branch or association here. 1 he club is educational in purpose and is designed to acquaint every grade school child with the works of the famous bard and in such a way that it will appear like play to them. At the same time it prepares them for high school English studies, while those who are unfortunate enough not to advance beyond' the * grades will have a working knowledge of the classics. The plan consists of story hours for the children when groups will meet ? and tell Shakespeare stories in simplified form. Clubs for each grade will be formed. Then the grade clubs Z will compete for the honor to represent their school, then school champions will contest with those of other schools for the town honors. | Prizes will be offered at various stages of the competitions and diplomas will be awarded each child who finishes the prescribed course. J The grand finale in each town is a Shakespeare pageant or Shakespeare program having the children portray the Shakespeare characters. ( The national association now reaches into practically every state and has been immensely succWkful. Aside from the fact that members of the club are improving their education and mastery of English, there is a social feature. Parents and teachi ers have endorsed the plan with enthusiasm. i Card of Thanks James H. Cooke, Beanie F. Cooke Lottie Cooke Tyler, Rachel Brown and . Carrie Brown wish to thank their 1 friends, both white and colored, for the kindness shown them in the death of their mother and sister, Janie Cooke, who passed away June 9. Some men work for power, Some men work for fame, i Some men keep on working i Because they like the game; ! Some men work for health-sake, Some to show their grit? ! Most men work because they'd J starve if they should quit. I i ? 1 ????mmmm____ ; Wajits-For Sale i big PIANO BARGAIN?The 'purchaser of this piano, on account of financial reverses, has been unable to keep up payments and has turned it back on us. Instrument is h'?h grade and in good condition. Can sell at sacrifice price and on most liberal terms. A rare barF?rJu11 Particulars address Ludden & Bates, Atlanta, Ga. 12-dj-sbWANTED?To rent, two or three unfurnished rooms, close in business section. T. P. Christmas, Sanitary Barber -Shop, CamdenJ F?R ^k^Mixed peas at $1.60 bushel. Apply to McLeod-Rush Co., Camden, S. C. 12-18-sb am now ina position to do painting of all kinds. Can " c?ntractsfor any interior or IwI k if9 at may ** desired. Have had years o* experience in this line of work and guarantee satisfaction in every respect. For any orders for painting see me. Me?t Market*." ?OR BALE?One cow, fresh in nd Address E. B. Lorick, Rt. 3 nOM den, S. .0. "OR S ME?Concrete ga'rden^'faJ ture, bird bath founts, sun rii.il lawn benches, flower boxi^ lj nieres, lily and fish pond's, Specialties m?de to order. I qg3 to be in Camden Friday and S?t3 day of this week. Calls lefts The Chronicle office will reeS prompt attention. A. K. house manufacturer of cooetS garden furniture, 38 West Calh3 street, Sumter. S. C. f$\ ioW PEA^-An<5 ' mixed" leefM sale. $1.50 per bushel for cow an < Apply MoCaskill & Lollis, CanB OR RENT?T wo ^furnished 9 for light housekeeping, hot B cold water; telephone 244-J, cB den, S. C. y.jB WRTAINs' STRETCHEIK-Aoi M wishing curtains stretched pfhS apply at 804 Campbell Strafl Prices reasonable. ?tja ''OR SHOE REPAIRING?cad at the Red Boot Shop next doorxtoJh* press office. A. M. J0NE$ Prop. 24tf 'OR SALE?-Fresh honey in comb. Twenty cents per pound.-" Just robbed. Mrs. Joseph Sheheen, Camden, S. C. , 10-14-pd A REENTERING?For any kind ot carpenter work see John S. Myers, at 812 Church Street, or pnone 268. I will be glad to serve the public. -"All work will be done promptly and guaranteed as to workmanship. I specialize in house building. First class finishing, cabinet making, mantles and screeniaf. I solicit your patronage and eu furnish best of references. tf-tj i'OR RENT OR SALE?One house I Laurens Street. Also two house for rent on Broad Street. Applm L. A. Wittkowsky, Camden, S. WANTED?-No. 1 nine logs. Biflifl cash pricee paid; year round mand. Sumter Planing MiSi-lfl Lumber Co., Attention E. S. Bow Sumter, S. C. PAST UK AG E? Ample pasturage J horses and cattle. Plenty of fj and water. Stock will be tmB care of and brought up evenr niyiitl W. D. Trantham, Phone W A NTED?=20,000 sawed ** ties, 6x8x7 feet; price 35c, loaded Also 50,000 or> more mixed ou standard ties, good inspection s* cash when loaded. BurweD Th wj Stovall, N. C. 'ir^SSSH ,'.WM 1 m * _ Removal Notice We have moved our shop from the American Lemon building to the building formerly occupied by Bruce's (Grocery. We have made a good many changes for the I better wlfih more room for our patron* and are now H operating a five-chair shop with a pony chair for the I kiddies. Shower baths are being added and we solicit a your patronage, promising the very best service, m ! Sanitary Barber Shop! J. D. BYRD, PROP. 1 (W| j Cleaner clothes are always Impetus to cleaner living. iilxSx ?Mr. Before and After. There's comfort and apeurance ai well as character in clothes and ours is a spotless yicee "For Your Appearance's Sake" CAMDEN DRY CLEANEtf Phone 17 -'TSB ^ ' i i . ^ i i' 1^ Why not smile when you walk a I Use ijj ? _ 'aW NO-MO-KORN J I FOR CORNS AND CALLOUSES I II DeKalb Pharmacy and all good druggisi^ s < J