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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. I).' NU.Eirrkditor and Publisher i Published every Friday at No. 1101) Hl'oatl Sheet arid entered at the Camden, South Carolina poatoffice as second class mail matter. Price per annum $2.00, payable in advance. 1928 JANUARY 1928 N<iii MtHi (>>? | Vt t4 ' Tim fri "XT" ll 2"T 3 ] 4 ; 5 6'( 7 1 H V 1 10 I I 12 13 14 1 IS . 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 * 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ! 31 | I i ? i < ( amdrn, S. ('., Friday, Jan. lb. 1H2K Has Wide Circulation. 1'he Chronicle piobabiy govs into the homes of more people from a distance than any other newspaper in ;hi^ state. We say this because of the fact that Camden is a nalionaliv known tourist town arid people come here every winter from every part of the States and many hotei regis tern show guests from Canada, F.ngland, France and other countries. A well known gentleman from <i distant city came into our office one day last week and requested that hi-> paper he changed from his home town to that of u local tourist hotel where he is stopping. He told us that he had been u regular subscriber for '? long time and before leaving f<>r his northern home Vie would call and, pay up for another year. He made the whole force feel good when he told us that the paper reached him regularly every Monday morning without fail and that he und his good wife enjoyed the paper each week, and found things of interest that he could not get by any other means. He reads (ice McGee regularly and enjoys his rare humor. This man is not only a Chronicle booster but is Camden booster. We are forbidden to use his name, but we learn with delight that he has purchased a must desirable building lot in the tourist section and will very likefy begin building this year. Thus another good family will be added to Camden's growing tourist colony. Columbia has depended on busses for street transportation since the street railway stopped operation some time ago, and at New Years the 23 busses used were attached and driven away by a creditor of the bus company. F,verybody in Columbia who does not have a private automobile, or a friend with one going his way, has had to walk, except those who could get room in a jitney cab at regular taxi rates. Law les.sness. Lawlessness in the United States has increased to such a point as rightly to be considered a national menace. Tnis does n<?t mean merely violations of the Vol.stcud A? hut it applies to crartcs of ah kind- Many explanations have been bt ought forward to . account for the growth of lawlessness, and many cur*-* r tve been proposed. The greatest deterrent, at least in tin case of cold-blooded and carefully planned crimes, would doubtless be the knowledge that punishment would be swift and certain. Today punishment is neither'swift nor certain, e\n a few instances in which the' n.nullity is aroused. I/Cgnl processes need to be speeded up a hit and more intelligent juries < n isen. There have been too many c tM's recently in which guilty pai ties have gone free. Justice may be blind but there's not good reason for jurors being both blind and brainless. Statistics show that l'J'JT wa> a record year for statistics. Oklahoma is almost as peaceful as ' hina these days. Anyway, those New Year'- icsolutions didn't do any ha-"in. When a man's pockets are 'empty hi can Usually til! them by pocket irg his pride. A blue serge coat collar t- one of the hest things in the w >r'd. it seems, to stop dnndtuff. A news dispatch -ays that "slingless mosquitjes are being propagated in k ranee,' and it leads nnr to wonder if they sting, too, over there. I: would !>? interesting to know what Mrs. Huriyard Kipling said when she read that line of her husband s that gin's, "A young man married iv a young man marred." A scientist has rigged up a device to expose the real thoughts of persons and it would he a good thing tc try it out on the defendant's lawyer in almost any big criminal "Drys fart Away Helen's Nigh! Chib." sa>> a headline in a New Y#rk newspaper, and in the old day* t*3f couldn't havr done It without lirWfrig Hector or AcMlles ot -som: otbef champion. MB ' I)H.()A.(HK IS HONOR GUEST 1 Chamber of Commerce Sponaors Banquet For Young Singer Benjamin 1', Del/oarm , 22-yearold baritone of tin* city. wai Thursday evening honored by citizens of Jus hometown as few returning idols have been revived when he was g peat of honor at a banquet stage*) by the Camden and Kershaw 'County Chamber of Commerce at the liobkirk Inn. The affair was given an a testiI niouiai of good wijl and appreciation 1 upon the part, of all Camde.n for the notable success won by Mr. Del/oache in the t< ent Atwater Kent radio auditions which he was awarded state and district championships and natical prizes which will mean a thou-.? I dollars cash and a years tuitioi -o a musiea! eonservIatory. Presiding .<r the banquet tables which were tiowdcd to capacity by friends and admirers of the young singer was M. H. Heyiimn, (president of the thamher of comment*, who ailed on P. B. Pitts to express the >tganlzation's pleasure at entertaining Mr. DeLoache. Itev. I. deL. . Br.ivahaw, rector of Grace Episcopal church, paid high tribute to the h< nor guest and in closing presented him with a handsome watch as a gift of Camden citizens. 0 Prof. Charles K. Burnham of Asheville. X. under whom Mr. DeLoa< he has stu<lied voice during recent months; ( K. Kwbleton,' state distributor for Atwafcer Kent, and Mrs. hmbleton of Columbia, were among out-of-town guests. After leaving local private tutors DeLoache entered Wofford Fitting school in Spartanburg where as a member of the glee club he discovered his voice which is now described us a full rich baritone of tremendous possibilities. He represented the city of Asheville in the initial radio contest and was in turn awarded first plade in both the North ^Car^lina audition arid in the Southeastern states contest staged in Atlanta. SMITH DENIES CLEMENCY Last Hope Of Ruth And Judd Seems Last To Them. New ^ ork, Jan. 10.?Governor Smith today denied the pleas of Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray for executive clemency. Both are sche duled to die in the electric ehaiThursday night for the murder of the Woman's husband. 1 he execution ot this judgment on a woman is so distressing that 1 had hopes that the appeal would disclose some fact which would justify ; my interference with the process of | law." the governor said, in announcing his decision, i I have searched in vain for any basis which my conscience in the light ol my oath of office will approve, on which I might temper the law with mercy," he continued. "Up to this writing, the hp K no extenuation shown for what the seven judges '.he court of appeals, in agreement ?vith the 12 jurors and the trial justice. have found to be a deliberate and premeditated murder committed by these detendnnts." I W ith the guvernoi s decision, it seemed almost certain that the condemned pair would die in the dec trie chair Thursday. While Mrs. Snyder's attorneys were in disagreement a- to whether they should appeal to the federal courts for a writ of habeas corpus, there wus no indication that any further effort vvcuhl be made to save Grav. 1 he governor said the case had reco.\ed his anxious consideration, not mere'i since the hearing upon the ' 14PP -?tion for executive clemency, : but since their conviction was unani| nmusly affirmed by the Court of anj pea!-. November 22. , Passe Kills Double .Murderer Teffei >on. Ga, Jan. 8.?Members of I a nosse early today fatally wounded . West \\ eir, -lay ear-old Jackson coun jty farmer, whom .they sought to arrest on charges of -laying a neighbor. R. L. McDougal, Sr.. and his 17 year-old son. R. I.. Jr., near his home late yesterday. Weir died late today, i Weir a as surrounded in his home j-??t night by Sheriff R. M. Culber I son and a posse of lf>, and early to; when he tame out was accosted | in one of 'he -T-rff's party. After ? ning f.-r m mrnt to the posse-?n, a Mr. UiJ :uay ,#Weir grabbed hi-'lotgun and -tarted after him. Hol. day in his fi ght before Weir passed i ravine where six members of the posse were hidden. Weir, on seeing them, tiled, wounding all six slightly. The possemen then returned f'.re. and Weir fel! mortally wound' , ed. McDougal was slain early last ; night when he went to Weir's home searching for his son. who had gone huntiyg with Weir yesterday. A .-loiMrr-Uw who 'accompanied Mcl>ougaf in the search for thr boy', t aaid that Weir denied knowledge of r the boy'a whereabout* and after H ' f** words killed McDougal. i ? Mp&K homoriats take Hhemseives loo seriously. ? ??? Chamlxrr of Com mere# Faragraph? Exchanged tell us that Laurens ha* recently secured a large silk industry. Abbeville a $(>(>0,000 woolen goods mill, both through 8. M. EdeUtein, who seems to he able to deliver the goods. What's the matter with Camden ?. Other good towns in South Carolina art! securing industries. What will Camden do in 11)28 ? Santa ( la us failed to bring uh a new industry Christmas. Shall we wait h not her year and try it again?. Roger W. 1'abson, noted authority on financial matters, says "The Greatest industry is the tourist industry" ( amden is already capitalizing on this, and will do even better when our highways north-south are complete and the link between Kershaw and Richland Counties is completed, which will be 1928? provided always that our advertising program is continued and enlarged. Why not try to carry the Christmas spirit on through the New Year with us seeking to muke others bapps, promoting peace and good vsill among our fellow men? How about a general setting up at this season of the year? Nothing better for a man who values his credit than to make prompt settlements. Certainly at the end of the year all unpaid bills should be paid as far as possible. The New Year is now on its way. What are we going to do with it? How about your obligations to your Chamber of Commerce? SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS R. B. McDaniel, a baggage agent of the Southern railroad at Spartanburg, was sentenced to a year in the penitentiary for stealing a pocket book, some clothes, and mesh bags from luggage ?>f passengers, in November 1926. Farmers near Elloree have contracted to raise 234 acres of tobacco this year, with a tobacco expert for adviser who is now assisting in sowing plant beds. Orangeburg bankers started last year a movement for tobacco raising in that county, as the Flloree Chamber of Commerce did there and 1,500 acres of tobacco in 1928, has been promised for a -new warehouse in Orangeburg. Richland county will also have several hundred acres in tobacco this year, the crop to go to warehouses in Sumter. The supreme court has decided tliat a directed verdict of not guilty should have been granted S. P. Bolyn, a Marion banker, convicted of violating the state banking laws whil^ cashier and director of the Planters bank there. He had been sentenced to six months in the penitentiary and a tine of $1,000. The supreme court found that the lower court erred in admitting bank records without showing that the defendant made the entries. The state gasoline tax brought over $5,000,000 into the coffers of South Carolina last year, $3,000,000 going to the state and $2,000,000 to the counties. The motorists of the state used 100,000,000 gallons of gasoline and paid five cents a gallon tax- on it. The amount last d3 slightly more than in 1926. Soujth Carolina used 15.000,000 gallons of kerosene Ipst year. * T. M. Glenn died Tuesday at his home in Greer, aged 88 years, and t+TP mayor and city council were pallbearers at his iuneral. He was a member ot Company A, Karle's battery, in the Confederate army, a devoted MethoFhe North Carolina penitentiary in 1921, received 778 convicts which is more than its population in 1921, and the superintendent says he does not know why. Five-eights of the accessions last year were white. Buncombe county sent in the most convicts, 74, with Wake county second with 65. When Governor Smith finished his third term as governor of New York last Saturday night, he was drawing a salary of $10,000 a year. When he began his fourth term on Monday he was to draw a salary of $25.uOO per annum. Bci nard Moss, the 14 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Moss, of Blacksburg. died in a hospital at Columbia an hour after his arrival theie, Thursday. He was unpopular high school pupil and lived with his grandfather. Rev. F. G. Whitlock, in ( olumbia, when he was taken sick. The potato eyes and corn ears will 1h* turned toward Washington one of I these da>s when Congress gets busy J on the farm relief question. NOTICE. January is the last month to j>ay ur dog license tax for 1928. with "( penalty. Ten per cent penalty 'cs on the first of February. S. W. HOC, UK, Treasurer for Kershaw County. FIN A I. DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given thai oi|e month from this date, on Mond** February 18tfc,,1928, I will make fo ; the Probata "Court of Kershaw County ?n> final Return as Administrator #f i the estate of Sam Belton. deceased and on the same date I will applv fo the said Court for a final discharge as said Administrator. ' ? JOHNNIE..BELTOi^ ( amdon, S. C., January 12th, 1928. E I 1 ^ I* K K M CRIPTI0N8 , IH) t III. E-CH BCK EP Before Delivery liv ( tnn|H'U'M( i*tuirmaci?t? ZEMP & DePASS I'hone 10 New Year* Greeting*. Here's wishing that every member of the Camden and Kershuw County Chamber of Commerce, and its friends, will enjoy a most prosperous New Yeur. My h >pe is that many personal I blessings will be the lot of every director and every official and member of this organization. My h ope is that the officials of I this organization and the members thereof, will in an unusual way, rally to the call for greater service for our county and city's good. Fledging the best that is in me, and with every good wish for one and all. B. G. SANDERS, Secretary. This Fox Hickman. What a pitiable thing this Hickman is, after all, this kidnaper, this killer, this "fox." He is just a scared young man who thought he was bad, who thought he had the makings of a crook. See him on his back on his cell floor, his knees up, hysterical, shaking, frightened, like a dog that has torn up a book and knows it is going to get a whipping. Nobody is sorry for him, but everybody, along with anger against him for his crime, has a supreme contempt for him. The foxy, bold, determined, terrible criminal has been deflated into a thing without spirit, without courage, a skin stuffed with fright. No remorse, no sorrow, no manliness, just scared, peering here and there for some way to get out of the trap he is in. The sooner he is hanged the better it will be. The sight and thought of him are unpleasant.?Savannah Morning News. MISS MARY KING Incorporated I 21 E. 56 St., New York City Now Open AT 1714 Fair Street CAMDEN, S. C. Scotch and English Tweed Suits Bandannas and Scarfs ji I ' ' ' * rv ';vv ' $f| Subscribe for Stock Now i - i EIGHTEENTH SERIES NOW BEING ORGANIZED Payable $1.00 Per Share Pet Month. Fifteenth Series Stock, having runVix years, now being Retired at $94.00 per share. ?' . ' ' % r - WE WANT YOU WITH.US. H i " ' - * Enterprise Building & Loan Association i W. R. ZEMP, W. E. JOHNSON,] President Secty.-Treaa. 1 REGARDING YOUR DIET -r fo enjoy good health, maintain a sufficient and uniform weight and always feel fit, it is neca*. ' sary to make'a study r of diet' Since good bread is essential i and first to be considered you can safely decide now . to eat our brand of bread to the ex* elusion of all other kind#. Yojl |j| get it fresh every day and wt JW assure you that it is the best lr Ask Your Grocer For^Krean Krust Bread Electrik Maid Bake Shop Hanks To Have Holiday. All banks of Camden will be closed on January 19th, for Lee's birthday. Wants?For Sale PUBLIC STEmKfRA PH ER^Dicta^ tion taken any afternoon or evening, Telephone .328 before 2:00 o'clock and 648 J after 2:0d o'clock, Camden, ?43. C. 42 sb. WANTED??To rent a typewriter for several months, must be in good condition, Underwood preferred. Address Mrs. J. T. Hay, Jr., Camden, S. C. 42 sb. WANTED?Old square tiled eight inch brick. Please notify at once Aliss Olive Wittredge, Telephone 481, Camden, S. C. 42 sb. STRAYED?One small grey kitten. Finder please return to Billy Clyburn, 1617 Broad Street, Camden, S. C. 42 sb. TAKEN UP?One pig taken up at my home. Owner can get same by paying all expenses. Address Grayson Shaw, East Hampton Avenue, Camden, S. C. 42 sb. FOR RENT?Well located six room cottage with sleeping porch. Possession given at once. Apply to B. G. Sanders, Camden, S. C. 41tf. FOR SALE? Some pure blood Polap China sows that are bred, also1 pigs and shoats that are pure bred. A lot of good corn and hay. Mules for sale. Apply Dr. S. F. Brasington, Camden, S. C. 41-43 pd. WANTED?No. 1 pine logs. Highest cash prices paid; year round demand. Sumter Planing Mills and Lumber Co., Attention E. S. Booth, Sumter. -S. C. 1-tf-ab ! CURTAINS STRETCH ED?A ny one wishing curtains stretched please apply at 994 Campbell Street, i Prices reasonable. 8-tf FOR SHOE REPAIRING?call at the j Red Boot Shop next door to Ex- j press office. A. M. JONES, Prof>. 24tf FOR RENT?Office in Loan & Savings Bank Building, rates very reasonable; no heat, lights or janitor's bills to pay. Apply N. C. Arnett,! Agent, Camden, S. C. 18-tf j MONEY TO LOAN?At six an3 I half cent interest on imjyl I > city real estate. Apply . SB . Savage, Jr., Camden, S. C. IB FOR SALE?-Five room. houf&B bath, on East Walnut double floored, stprm shnB built to last. Will sell belof-^B Telephone 70, Camden, S fM- ; FOR RENT?Seven room houstifl all modern conveniences, cortfl ? Fair Street and Hamptoi? pB Ready for occupancy January fit^H I Apply G. C. Bruce, Camden, S.B WANTED?Renters, white or colot^H land good and level, located Kershaw and Richland Countifl Address D. A?-* ?off, EnglishB E. L. Propst, P; O. Box 444, Chfl lotto, N. C. 38-45 ; FOR RENT?Farms for rent*~ liifl or small with houses and batfl Apply to Robert Storey, Sr,,jQ)fl WANTED?Four or five room fifl nished house. Telephone 217 lfl Camden, S. C., 41 B LOST?One slender built black rotl^H Finder please notify H. D. Wtqfl 122 Union Street, Camden, Olhr I v I ANTIQUES AND GIFTS' I ! i '! V *' 1806 FAIR STREET, Hours 10:00 A. M. To l$<i&B 3:00 P. M. To 5:00 P. MirS ?? i i ? i Big Business - ^ I y *523$* \ f WwOOt.B mkz iDwu i^rrwii aoi i Twitf YJTAi* | 0RWER5 'l i' ^orK I gVgggg J sam, you that ? he n|s profcas>ly meant th? n^s olmky business of printing ?nvs1.0pes,tbo-* dont you yh'mk. ? r