The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 17, 1927, Image 4
t THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
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Published every Friday at No. 1109
f Broad Street end entered at the Camden,
South Carolina, pouofflce aa
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annum $2.00.
Camden, 8. C., Fridaj, June 17, 1927.
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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 \
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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
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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.
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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, *
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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.
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' ( The h*??'ing apparatus of an ipscct
| is often located in the legs.
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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 ?
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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.
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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.
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; 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.
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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
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Sanitary Barber Shop!
J. D. BYRD, PROP. 1
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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
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