THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
H. D. NILm. BMUr mi fuhUwkm
Published rrsrr Yndmf st No. llii
Brood Stmt im MUm ?t tfcf Cootdon,
South Carolina p?to#ico
second (Um mail matte*. Pries 9**
annum ^00, poyobU 1*^ odr**oo.
(amdrm. 8. C, rrtdor. North ?
Writs* AhtHoT The Bird*
Editor Coaoden ChrooicU:
Your orttf-i* i* >oor loot newspapeabout
(ooadfcb't harmless helpless,
ciUiect, our fur rod *nd feathered
brother*. delighted many of your
roadr.ro, oho hope you will follow it
op h> * campaign to #?ve the ?on*
bird*. j
If you < snoot persuade parents to
rortrom lawlessness in their children,!
(}> ? could > 00 not moke ochool teachersj
reahz* that pert of their work? per-(
he pi the most important?U training;
to*;r pupil* in kindness, fair ploy ond
obeo.enca to Low.
Ktxently o C'ornden lody bow two
boy* shooting and killing birds ond
told them she would tell the police. {
They answered "We don't mind the
police." Who then, /.on enforce the
law? The power d the press?
Is there not a law against killing'
our song birds? The mocking bird,'
that charming symbol of the South,}
is being destroyed or driven out of,
(Jauiden by slingshot, air rifle or the
cruel robbing if its nest. Visitors
notice how f.-w there are now. And
where can you find a prettier town
for the mocking bird's home?
I wijih you aucceaa ih befriending'
the birds and continued prosperity for
your sxeellent newsDaper.?An Old
? Reader.
Definition of Electricity
At last a satisfactory definition
for electricity! It is given by the
New York .State Committee on Public
Utility Information in its Utility
Bulletin of January 28th, which says:
"Electricity 'is something that
starts the l,?prd knows where and
ends in the same place. It is 1-.T6 of
a second faster on its feet than its
nearest competitor, backyard gossip,
and when turned loose in Europe will
get to the Lbaited States five hours
before it starts Nobody knows exactly
what it is because it has never
< '? stood "stttT long enough.
"Electricity is sometimes known
as science gone crazy with the heat,
and if you can understand its
. manoeuvres you can do anything with
it except open a can of peanut butter
at; a picnic.
' ' Electricity was locked up In
ignorance for centuries until Ben
Franklin let it out With a pass key,
and since then it has been pulling off
more new stunts than a pet monkey.
"With it you can start a conversation
or stop one permanently, cook
dinner, curl your hair, press your
trousers, blow up a battleship, run an
automobile or signal Mars, and many
more things are being invented."
Thousands of families along the1
hanks of the Danube river have lost
their homes as the result of the worst
flood m th:?t stream since 1H72.
Hundreds of illicit stills have been
swept away b\ the floods in the rivers
of south (.j- o-gia. says a Macon dispatch.
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Fraudulent Operator
No Son of Hilton
H. D. Hilton, chief of the Camden
police department, in a statement
issued yesterday, warns all interested
persons that a youthful magazine
subscription solicitor, posing as the
chief's son, is in no manner related
to him.
Numerous complaints have been
lodged against the boy whose fraudulent
proposals have been worked apparently
with a high degree of sue.cess.
His pica for magazine and
newspaper subscriptions, it is stated,
based upon his chances to win a
bicycle.
f*rom advices reaching Mr. Hilton
appears that the boy, twice the age
the chief's son. has operated prin?
:pa!iy among members of the winter
where he obtained cash riepo?ii>
and disappeared without making
good in- promise to deliver the
public atmri.-.
! UreJ^jr* Reuses j |
DITUCAHD/ I
Why Worry?
when we can duplicate
your broken lenses to
your complete satisfaction?
Just bring in the
pieces. The expense is
slight.
THE HOFFER COMPANY
I Jewelers and Optometrists
L.
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Mammoth Cave Site
For New National Park
LoubvilW, Ky -Conclusion of ne
goti^tion* for the purchase of Mammoth
c?ve, with it* gifantic galaxy
of underground tplendofi, b** hi*
vanced th# movement for creating *
national park in the Mammoth cave
grca to a point where the iuccms of
the project U virtually aaaurfd.
Attorney* repreaenting both the
heir* to the Mammoth cave estate
4nd Mammoth Cave National Park
ewociation recently concluded a deal
by which the Mammoth cave property
pa**** into control of the a?*ociation.
I Thi* move eliminated the necessity of
continuing condemnation proceeding*
commenced early in 1928 in the atate
court* with th* object of acquiring
Mammoth cave proper a* the key to
the whole national park proportion.
An act of Congreaa, paaaed in May,
1928, authorized the creation of a
national park in the Mammoth cave
region and Specified that the cave itself
be acquired- ?i? a condition precedent
to the establishment of the park.
Within the park area are a number
of smaller cave*. The?e includ-r
Great Onyx, New Entrance, Great
Crystal, Salts, Cave of the Hundred
Domes, Colossal, Diamond and approximately
20 others.
Hep. Maurice 11, Thatcher of Kentucky
introduced the cave park act,
whkb authorized the Federal government
to accent, develop and maintain
as a national park 70,16# acres in the
designated area. The minimum number
of acres that the government
would accept was set at 46,000, including
Mammoth cave, the world's
largest cavern.
After the passage of the enabling
act it devolved upon the people of
Kentucky to raise approximately
$2,000,000 to buy the required lands,
which in turn would be deeded to the
United States government. This task
was undertaken by the Mammoth
Cave National Park * asocistiav a
voluntary organization, including
many well known Kentuckians in its
membership.
Campaigns for funds were launchj
ed in the fall of 1927 and the spring
of 1928, as a result of which more
than $800,000 of the required $2,000,000
has been subscribed.
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad
company donated approximate^
3,400 acres toward the park, including
a number of well known caverns.
This gift, together with the 2,208
acres comprising the Mammoth cave
trait acquired by , the association
January 4 and other lands that have
been purchased or are now under
option, constitutes a substantial percentage
of the cave park area.
Trial of Kay Coleman and Paul
Johnson, alleged killers of Karle
} Belue. mill pay clerk, in Spartanburg
! several months ago, will be held dur'
ing the week beginning April 22 in
! the Spartanburg county court of
general -fusions.
Mrs. N ellie G. Kidout, 47. is on trial
at Memphis, Tenn., on a charge of
having murdered her husband, 61.
When on the stand she claimed selfdefense.
NOTICE
Please note that no fishing will be
allowed in the pond or stream* of the
Hermitage Cotton Mills before June
1st.
V R. B. PITTS,
President.
notice to junk dealers
Sealed bids will be publicly opened
at 1.1:00 a.m., April ljb, 1929, at the
office of th*- Division Engineer, Central
Division, State Highway Department,
Columbia, S. C., for the |iurpose
of miscellaneous unserviceable
material located in counties of Aiken,
Edgefield. Saluda. Lexington, Richland.
Fairtnid, Keraha.s, Chester,
Cht- crfield. Lancaster, York.
P.-:- mu.-l be submitted on form*
fuini- ed by th. Division Engineer.
'1 ..i. i Lams ar.d :r.: -rmation concerning
e bids war.lcwill be furnished
u st to tiu undersigned. The
| gr.' > reserved ' -eject any and all
I WILLIAM." Division Engineer,
CITATION
State of South t arolina,
l^mnty of Kershaw.
W. L. McDowell. Esquire, Probat.
Judge.
1 Whereas, T. M. Clybum made sui
I to me to grant him letters of admin
1 istration of the estate of and effect
I of A. B. Shaw.
I These are, therefore, to cite and ad
I monish all and singular the kindreI
and creditors of the said A. B. Shav
.1 deceased, thai they be and appea
II before me, in the Court of Probat<
I to be held at i ainden, South Carr
| hna. on Thursday, April 11th, ne>
I after publication thereof, *t 1
II o'clock in the forenoon, to sho'
j J "iiuse, if any they have, why the sai
11 Administration should not be grantoi
! ' Given under my Hand, this 2Ht
11 dnv of March. Anno Domini 1929.
ii w. l. Mcdowell,
II Judge of Probate for Kershaw Count
j Published on the 29th day of Marc
|| and the 3th day of April, 1929, i
11 The Camden Chronicle, and posted i
|| th.- court house door for the tin
M pt escribed by law.
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Columbia Record
HaeNew Owner*
Negotiation# initiated sever*!
months ago culminated today in the
purchase of the Columbia Record
by William LaVarre and Harold Hail.
K. Charlton Wright, who* has been
at the head of the paper since 1916,
relinquishes his connection with 'the
institution that he has built into one
of the best known journals of the
South. He first became connected
with the paper when he was private
secretary to the late Edwin W.
Robertson, Columbia banker, who at
one time owned the newspaper. lu
1911 ,Mr. Wright became treasurer of
the paper. April 1, 1916, he assumed
the management and October 1, 1917,
took the title of publisher. October
1, 1919, he became principal owner.
The Record's new publishers, who
are publishers also of the August:*
Chronicle, the South'# oldest newsSaper,
believe that in the close ties
bat bind these two sister cities, Columbia
and Auguata,/thera' is an unusual
opportunity fol; newspaper and
territorial development!'
has not taken us lortg," says a
tatement issued by the new publisher*,
realize that there is a very derided
tie between the people of
Augusta and Columbia. They are
I in me midst of the same opportuniI
-it'Sj they are confronted by the same
| problems. Separated by less than
j three hours of automobile travel, the
t two cities, in the foothills of the
I 1'iodmont, are fast becoming imporj-lsnt
and co-ordinated hubs on what
j .A undoubtedly to be the main artery
of Northern and Southern travel and
j transportation. While each of the
papers now under our ownership will
J concentrate its attention on its own
; particular city and problems, there
j are unlimited opportunities for them
J to join hands in promoting the general
welfare of all the people and the
general development of the entire
area. No city can grow faster than
the communities which it fosters and
just as in territorial unity there is
greater strength so in newspaper
unison there comes an increased opportunity
for greater achievement.
Too mMny ?oi''herti cities, testing the
first fruit of commercial or industrial
expansion, are tempted to mark off
their political boundaries and spend
their energies in selfishly trying to
obtain the biggest slice of each wave
of prosperity. This is not the case
with Columbia or Augusta. Both are
ancient cities. Both have sown arid
reaped with the communities around
them, helping in times of need, sharing
in times of plenty. Their strength
lies deep in the hearts of hundreds
of small communities that we now
extend the benefits which will
certainly accrue from the energies <?f
co-operating journalism."
Mr. LaVarre is a native of Richmond,
\ a., a grandson of Wellington
j (??ddin of Richmond and Kent couni
ty. He was educated at Harvard uni{
versity, Cambridge, and has had a
j varied experience in many parts of
i the world. During the last seven
I years Mr. LaVarre has spent mucn
j of his time in New York City, where
j he has been associated in au advis?ry
capacity with the administration
of many important businesses. His
j close association with the manageI
ment of several metropolitan newspapers
impressed upon him more than
ever the place a daily newspaper ca i
build for itself in the life of a community
and hfs return to the South,
I first with the purchase of the Augusta
j Chronicle and now with the Columbia
Record, marks the culmination of a
long cherished desire to concentrate
J the assets of a wide and unusual ex.
penance upon the opportunities of
Southern journalism.
Mr.. Hall has had an unusually
varied and brilliant newspaper exj>erience.
He was managing editor
of the SL Joseph (Mo.) Gazette, one
of that state's oldest dailies, at the
1 age of 17. After a variety of edil
torial corfnections, he moved Lo the
administrative side of the publishing
! business and was publisher and
j manager of papers in the West, Middle
West and South. For the last five
: years he ha* been on the general
j staff of the Scripps - Howard newsI
papers, his uurk taking him to all
| parts of the country. He was appointed
business manager of the New
York Ti Ingram in May, 1927. from
( which po-ition he resigned last fall.
L ^and Mr. LaVarie came
j South .n November when they reach ed
the contusion that in this area
j were to h,. found greater newspaper
opportunities.
Following Mr. Wright's resignation
I from the Record Publishing company,
i the npw publishers have announced
^1 that Fitzllugh McMaster of Columbia
j has been appointed editor of the Cotj
lumhia Record. Mr. McMaster is
_ well known to Columbians and South
a ( ar"liftians. He was born in Winnshoro
22, 1867. He was educated
at M ?jon academy there, and at
d: the S<,uth Carolina college, being
'.I graduated with the deg ree of Ai B
r; and LL. B. in 1888 and 1889. Ha be
?.,kan his newspaper experience while
>-t at roMege and was editor or The Col
b gian for two years.
! assuming editorial charge ol
Z\ rolumbia record. Mr. McMastei
j ! ls returning to the newspaper wher<
d'l his first taste of "Printer's
. wU^.'.nfoe while a law Mudrnr at thi
; ur,-v<-sity he acted as reporter 4n<
y tty editor of The JRecord. At ,tt latei
:nj ,ia^ he became the business man
in1 a*cr of Tha Evening Post in Charles
it | ' -r>. from which paper h. signet
j Li become the city editor of Tr.e Stat<
| 'n Columbia. Recently he has beei
FAIR NOTIC B
Parties found treipaiinf ?
iiermiU|? lands will positively fs?S
prosecution without failH.
G. GARRISON, SR.
March 26, 192?.
Louis M. Auger, 27, youngest mem- 1
ber of the Canadian parliament, haa
been aentenced to serve nine years in
prison following his conviction on a
charge of assaulting , a young girl
who had gone to his office in the
parliament building seeking his advice
in applying for a civil service
position. He was elected to parliament
when 24.
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with the Carolina Life Insurance
company. He is a Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity member, a PhiBeta
Kappa and a member of the *
Kosmos club of Columbia. * He was
a member of the legislature of South
Carolina from Charleston county,;
and is the present chairman oJ tn? '
board of commissioners of the Confederate
home. ' In VJQtfh#, was elected
the first insurance commissioner
for South CiuroiiM And held that office
for ten years, resigning' to return
to journalism as the city editor
of The State, Columbia. Mr. McManter
is a member of the First
Presbyterian church of this city and
one of its ruling elders and clerk of
its session.
The new owners contemplate no
other changes in the organization
which is now functjgping successfully
to provide Columbia and the people
of South Carolina with an important
and interesting newspaper, but th?y
will make many additions to the news
and feature services and to its country
correspondence, which will greatly
assist that organization to produce
even a better newspaper. The policy
of the paper will be to distribute all
the news that can be of interest to
the people of South Carolina, to promote
economic development and hap-:
piness and to stamp out discontent.?
Columbia Record, March 15.
Wants?For Sale j
SAFE FOR BALE?One safe size 21
x 24 x 36. Walls and combination
in good condition, will sell cheap.
- Apply at (Chronicle Office. l-sb.
FOR SALE?Several mules cheap for
? eash. Apply to J. Br Zemp, Canr^
den, S. C. 1 sb.
FOR SALE?Wilt resistant tomato
plants and other varieties. Two
dozen at 26c; fifty at 36c; 100 at
50c. Pepper and egg plants 25c
per dozen. Variety of flower
plants? marigolds, asters, calendulas,
holly-hocks, scarlet sage,
and others. T. E. Goodale, 1213
Lyttleton street, Camden, S. C.,
phone 56-J. 1-pd
FOR RENT?Five-room cottage on
Hampton avenue. Telephone 563-J,
Camden, S. C. l-sb
WANTED?At once, position of companion,
either at home or for traveling.
Address "Willing," general
delivery, Ridgeway, S. C. l-2pd.'
FOR SALE?Jersey Black Giant
hatching eggs. From prize-winning
stock. A. -J. Kelly, 406 DeKalb,
Street, Camden, S. C. lpd.
AIR PRESSURE?Greasing and mo-,
tor cleaning is the best. Real ser- '
vice at the Red Star Service Station,
opposite the court house in
Camden. Telephone 7. 52sb i
FOR SALE?-Beautiful mahogany ;
antique sofa and rocker for sale at
1611 north Broad street, Camden,
S. C. 52-2pd j
FOR SALE?Tomato plants, ready
at any time. Wilt resistant and
early tomatoes. Apply to Mrs.
Joseph Sheheen, north Mill Street,
Camden, S. C. 52-3 pd.
HOOD TIRES AND TUBES?Get
them at the Red Star Service Station,
opposite the court house ta
Camden. Telephone 7. 52sb
DEWEY J. CREED. Radiotrician.
Kolster and Philco radio sets.
Telephones 210 and 304-J.; Camden,
S. C. ... 47 tf.
FOR SALE?Number one and number
two pine sJzingles for sale. Apply
to McCaskiU & Lollis, Camden,
S. C. - 47 tf.
ICE NOTICE?Mr. L. A. Haynes haB
reopened his ice house, corner
Market and DeKalb streets. Will
appreciate a part of your business.
Look for the sign?Camden Ice
Company,.Camden, S. C. 1-3 pd.
ANTIQUES in Sumter, S. ?. A
short drive over good roads. . Inlaid
sideboards; pair of inlaid card
tables; dining tables; chests of
drawers; portraits; glass; china;
brass; conterpanes; hooked rugs;
bottles. Mrs. Frank A. McLeod,
j#S Hampton^ Avenue, Sumter,
S. C. Phone 138. 49-1 ab.
FOR SALE?Atwater Kent and other
trade in radio sets. Sacrifice
prices. Dewey J. Creed, Radiotrician,
Telephone 210 or 304-J.,
Camden, S. C. 47 tf.
FOR RENT?Four room cottage on
Broad Street. Apply to L. A. Wittkowsky,
Camden, S. C. 40-tf
FOR RENT?Two farms in Kershaw
County. Apply to L. A. Wittkowsky,
Camden, S. C. 40 tf
CARPENTERING?John S. Myers,
phone 268, 812 Church Street,
Camden, S. C., will give satisfactory
service to all for all kinds
of carpenter work. Building,
general repairs, screening, cabinet
making and repairing furniture.
My workmanship is my reference.
I solicit your patronage. Thanking
you in advance. 50 tf.
KARL Bl'ERLE, chief engineer oi
the great German Graf Zeppelin,
chooses the Majestic Radio.?-Camden
Furniture Company. 35 sb.
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-si
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PASTURAGE?Cattle will |
cepted for pasturage at
Farm. Excellent river pB
Foy rates apply to W. PjH
Ranger, phone 148, CamdoBl
MONEY TO i.OAN?At sUB
half cent interest on iB
city real estate. Apply |
Savage, Jr., Camden, S. C.V
THAT Super-Dynamic Speifl
built in every New UajettitH
the Radio everybody-inetB
?Camden Furniture ComjB
CURTAINS STRRTCRKMB
wishing curtains stretchedB
apply at 904 CaapUB
Prices reasonable. ? M;
FOR RENT OR 8ALE-1B
residence facing high
grounds. Splendid coaditioc^H
and garden. Terms if deX;
sale. Enterprise Buildj'^fl
Loan Association, Csmderi, $M
I THE FAMOUS |
CAROLINA-MADE I
CANE SUGAR SYRljl
It now on sale in Camden by the following Mercbunl
McLEOD-RUSH COMPANY
W. T. SMITH
LANG'S QROCERY |
MASSABEAU'S GROCERY {
M c. w. BILLINGS fl
Carolina-made Cane Sugar Syrup is manufutj
Sin Darlington County under the higheet sanitary^H
d it ion*. Packed in five-pound atandard conUi3|
and sells for 65 centa per can. ,|
Order a can from your grocer today and^on J
^ use no other.
Manufactured by
i Howie & Savely I
i DARLINGTON, S. C. !
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J PLAIN & HULER STS. PVmI
2 COLUMBIA, S.C I
The Leonard Custom Tailors Ccl
Cincinnati, Ohio |I
?& SUMMER GOODS yd
Represented by GEORGE R. COLEMAN, C-den, S. |
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