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Judge Smith Speaks To Greenville '* ' i Judge Mendel L. Smith, of this city, was th? speaker at the graduation of aixty-one young1 ladies from the Greenville Woman's -College on luesday, and ,ln, yeporting the address the Greenville News of Wednesday hhym; ; "Calling upon the women to help curb the wave of lawlessness and corruption now eweeping this country, former Judge Mendel L. Smith of Camden, delivered the baccalau~ rente address yesterday before the graduating class of Greenville Wornans college. "Judge Smith spoke on "Construetive Possibilities of Womanhood." The speaker pointed to corruption of public offices, crushing of state's ? rights under the heel of the federal government, concentration of wealth in the hand# of a few, monopoly of land ownership, power ownership of large corporations, combination of business and the greatest crime wave in the history of the country as some of thd outstanding evils of the day. Womanhood cun do much towurds ielieving the work of these evils, Judge Smith stated, for "the intellectual and moral development "of woman ia, the real test of the measure of human progress." The speaker summarized the stutus of women from ancient times until now, stating that "with the gift of Christian faith, mental and moral slavery was sti icken from the hands of woman. It is no longer necessary to address them on sentimental subjects." "Corruption is now regarded as one of the legitimate practices of officials and there ure widespread instances of petty lawlessness on the part of those who govern the land," Judge Smith stated. Branding the Interstate Commerce commission as "a modern octopus, sucking the life out of commerce," i the speaker declared that the l'ederai government has assumed rights j which were never intended by the makers of the Constitution. The time is coming when a state line will mean no more to Aho federal government than does a county line in the state now, he declared. "There is a tendency towards combination in everything," the speaker continued. "The wealth of the county is being concentrated in the hands of a few. Babylon, Persia and Home had their downfalls under just such conditions." The press?the strongest agency in defence of free institutions of the country?is being hampered in its ef.fort to do public service by judicial .confiscation of its resources when attempt is made to correct public evils," 'Mr. Smith declared. "Another injatance of alarming tendencies of the ^rtimes is buying and subsidizing of fewspapers by power interests. Here, j wish to pause to pay tribute to B. | L Peace, editor of The News and The iedmont, m decteriirjr to these interns that nis^piug/iT were not for garter." S'jf v . fy ^ ro 1 ong%d greeted this -Statement. "In closing. Judge Smith stated, you, young women, wish to make this age one bright in achievement. It cannot be made so with the present disregard for law. You must awaken to conditions and make your age one vast monument to wisdom, patriotism, liberty and lawlessness," not to injustice and lawlessness." Death ot K. .1. Sawyer 1*.. .1. Sawyer, To, one of the wealthiest and most prominent as well as one of the most useful and influential negroes in the state, died at his home here Wednesday night following tailing health of some time. During Jlis life time ho was si very useful . jflitizen and had numerous friends, jjmong the white and colored. He ?s survived by his widow, one son and Several daughters. Sawyer was one of the oldest members of his local .Methodist church, active and instrumental in its development, was elected to eight general conferences of Methodist church, North; only negro judiciary committee of that conference; only negro member for many years of general Kpworth League board of control; superintendent of local colored Sunday School for forty years or more, secretary of colored state Sunday School convention, principal of colored schools here over a period of years, later chairman of board of trustees up to the time of health failure, local officer in colored K. of P. FIks and Masons, grand secretary ot colored Masons for thirty-twv years, royai patron of colored K.istern Star over a period ot ten years until health cau.-t-d resignation, graduated from law. admitted to practice before >upreme court ot South Carolina, member <>1 last clu>< at South Caro ina. I nivei sily in reconstruct ion ? ?> ?. active Republican. po>t master Ber.net tsville four years, chairman district Republican convention. 1 he above i> reproduced from the , last issue of the Bennettsvillo Advocate. Gertrude Sawyer Bievard. wife of Dr. C. ('. Brevard, only negro r-. dentist in Camden, is a daughter o thu deceased. Many prominent white men of Marlboro, as well as the most prominent negroes of South Carolina were in attendance upon the funeral and paid fine tributes to the worth of ,r.' , this colored man. Bp.. ' , The United States gunboat Tulsa L I*** been sent to Swatow, Kvvang ^ - tung province, China, for the protection of American lives and property Farmer* Week, August 5-10 Clemson College, May 18.?Farmer* Week will be held at Clemson College this year August 5 to 10, nay* Dr. W. W. Long, director ef the Exten?ion Service and chairman <>f the Farmer* Week committee- Thi* will be glad new* to the scores of people who have already inquired if Clemson will again hold this event and to hundred* of other* interested. Plans are being made to make this educational und recreational Chautauqua for farm families even batter than those of 1027 and 1028. Notable* are being secured for special addresses, schedules of departmental discussions and demonstration* are being framed, and entertainment features are being planned. The Parris Island Marine Band, which so greatly pleased last year, has already been engaged again. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. . All parties indebted to the estate of Columbus M. Mahaflfey, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned and all'parties, if any, having claims against the said estate will present them likewise duly attested within the time prescribed by law. GEORGE F. MAHAFFEY, Admiuistra tor Lancaster, S. C. Camden, S. C., May 27, 1929. One Leg, One Pitches No-Hit Game H ^ _ if l.umberton, N. C., May 24th.? Nineteen-year-old Nick Norment, ont-Mmtxi and one-legged Lumber ton pitcher, twirled a no-hit, no-run game against Rowland High school this afternoon , striking out 15 men. Hit club won, 0 to 0. Norment some weeks ago shutout Clarkton high school, allowing only two hits. Hib feat then received nution-wide publicity and he received many congratulatory messages following publication of an Associated Press news photo picture. The youth was run over by a locomotive when he was eight years old and lost his arm and leg. His father, T. A. Norment, . ofx Lumberton, a pitcher of note in the old Carolina league years ago, started the lad on his way to baseball skill. Young Nort ment is six feet one and has placed first base as well as pitching, He catches the ball, slips his mitt under the nub of his right arm, draws it off with his teeth and makes the throw. His father, proud of the boy, laughJ ingly complains that he is kept busy buying cork legs to replace thpse Pick breaks playing baseball. - ? ' Begin Fight Now On Weevils Advises Agent "Have you thought of the existing conditions facing cotton farmers of this state? Have you made any preparation to fight the boll weevil, which infestation counts show is present in large numbers?" asks W. H. Fressley, the new county agent. "Here are the conditions and the best possible solution available at present. Probably eighty to eightyfive per cent of the cotton has been planted over, the other fifteen to twenty per cent is largely in protected places and as,a rule is near woods* Weevils hibernate principally in the woods and consequently they are plentiful in most, if not all, the old cotton. "This situation presents a wonderful opportunity and at the same time it is the source of a great danger. Hy way of illustration, suppose that one*has from five to ten acres of old cotton and thirty to forty acres of young cotton. The chances are that the majority of the weevils that would have normally been scattered over his entire crop are now concentrated on his five to ten acres of old cotton, and if this is mopped with a 1-1-1 mixture when the first square is found they can be eliminated. On the other hand if the weevil* are allowed to remain the chance* are thef will puncture all of the equaree on the old cotton and their jflrBt brood will be ready for work by the time the young cotton begin* to squar*. "On the whole the youirg cotton i* three to four week* late, and that period of time correspond* very closely with the length of time for a boll weevil egg to hatch and develop into ah active weevil. "I ^ope that you will' discuss it with your neighbors and point out to them the seriousness of the situation and urge them to fight lor the protection of their cotton. 1 am sure that you realize that with the handicap already experienced this spring thatf we must leave no stone unturned If we expect to make a cotton crop in this country. "Immediate plans and action are necessary if we hope to control this pest. I will appreciate it very much if you call on me at any time for help. "I/et's fight it out in this year's cotton fields with this pest." Charles W. Chick, a sailor, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of having seven wives, when arraigned in the court at Salem, Mass., Wednesday. He was sentenced to serve a year in the house of correction. ...... P CONSOLIDATION SALE 2 BIG STOCKS==:2 PLACED ON SALE in the LARGE COOL STORE of BARUCH-NETTLES CO. 4/ /P I have bought the stock and fixtures of Baruch-Nettles Company and have consolidated my own stock, consisting of $15,000.00 worth of good staple merchandise, with $18,000.00 of Baruch-Nettles Company's stock, thereby placing on the market. $33,000 Worth of Merchandise at Rock Bottom Prices! / have this large store room of Baruch-Nettles Company for only 20 ddys. Time compels me to reduce this large stock. To make this sale a success and make it effective I positively will not reserve one single item in the two stocks. SALE STARTS FRIDAY, MAY~^I Prices will remain at ROCK BOTTOM until stock is cut down to my size. I haven't space enough to quote prices on all items. Below I give you an idea how merchandise will be sold at this sale: \ ) White Crotchet Bed Spreads, full size, each 98c Lot Crotchet Bed Spreads, sold for $2.50. Sale Price... $1.48 Lot of Crinkle Colored Bed Spreads. Rig Sale Value. Each, 98c Lot Fancy Colored Spreads, sold $2.00. Sale Price: Eaoh, $1.19 SlxOO Good Quality Bed Sheets, value $2.00 ( Sale Price $1.39 Pepperill 9-4 and 10-4 Bleach's ed and Unbleached Sheeting, sold f>5c to 75c, as long as it lasts. Price Per Yard 48c j _ * j Lot Plain Turkish Towels extra I size. Sale Price 33c I ? Lot Colored Bordered Turkish Towels. Sale Price 39c -r IvOt Colored Bordered, Pink, Blue and Yellow table Linen Sale Price 59c Full 72-inch Table Cloth, sold $1.00 yard. Sale Price ....79c Lot All Wool Pi ess Goods, sold $1.00 to $2.50 per yard Sale Price 48c Lot Fast Colored Gingham Apron and Dress Patterns Per Yard 5c Bale of 36-inch Homespun, Good Grade, Sale Price Per Yard 7 THE DOOR OF LOW PRICES IS OPEN WIDE MY IDEA OF VALUE I. WOLFE,Mgr. REMARKS ON VALUES I.WOLFE, Mgr. You have read a lot about merchandise sales the past year, but here is my idea of value and I want to know if its your idea too? The word value from the use to which it has been put in the last few years must be made of rubber?it has been stretched to the limit. But every man and woman has a right ! to their own opinion and they are welcome to what they think. I have mine, and every merchant can have his. In the end, however, it is your opinion that ! counts, and the store whose idea is the nearest to yours will enjoy a big business and phenomenal sale, and after the sale ! hold your friendship, confidence and pa| tronage. j Honestly Priced Merchandise and courteous treatment. That is my idea of I value giving and you will find that abso! lutely proven during this sale. i i (Signed) I. WOLFE, Manager.* Large Assortment Men's Check Union Suits (B V D's) Big Special 39c Men's 65c B V D's, j Sale Price 48c r Men's $1.00 B V D's j Sale Price, 79c Boy's Kay nee $1.25 Shirts ! Sale Price, 79c Men's Shirts Without Collars, sold from $1.50 to $3.00, j Sale Price 95c Lot Men's Shirts With Collars attached. Sale Price 95c Lot Boy's Waalh Suits, value $1.50 Sale Price . 95c M en's Sun Fast Hats, sell I everywhere $5.00 Sale Price $2.98 M en's Best Grade Work Shirts, I I sold $1.25. Sale Price 89c Men's $2.00 Khaki Pants $1.39 | Entire Shoe Stock must be sold regardless of cost. Lot Boy's $1.00 Caps Sale Price 48c Lot Men's $1.50 Caps, Sale Price 95c All Fixtures Must Be Sold Men's Good Work Socks 3 Pair 25c I Men's Best Grade Heavy Weight Denim Overalls, sold $2.00. Sale Price, $1.48 REMEMBER THE PLACE: BARUCH-NETTLES COMPANY'S STORE ' I. WOLFE, Manager Value of a Libraru To The Citizenship I (By Frances M. B. Wooten, LibreiW. 1 Few people realize I suspect, ^ 1 an economical expedient ? publJ I library la for supplying the book I need* of a community and what UtZ returns the public get from money expended. If each family u I the city would pledge themselves om ^ dollar per year towards the ud of the library, the library 1 flourish. Every dollar expended f0. I library purposes if mttrued to the -1 community tenfold, not nc.^^ in dollars and cents, but in the more | permanent, more valuable assets of I greater happiness, comfort and prog. 1 ress of the people. Through the 1 library every citizen for his one dob I lar not only may draw novels *11 I through the year, but may take home 1 i any reasonable number of other book? 1 chosen from hundreds of volumse I more costly than novfels. He also finds I good periodicals. He is furnished I with comfortable quarters, lighted I and heated In which to read and I study. In addition he finds at his ser- I vice h librarian with catalogues, and! indexes to help find the books or I formation for whioh he seeks. Not?: all the people, it is true, avail them selves of tl^ese privileges but an as- I tonishing# large number do. Besibetfl the books taken home, so many I volumes are consulted in the library 1 building that no uttempt is made to lr count them. Library work with children is the 1 promotion of human welfare by 1 furthering through books the develop- I ment of ideals and the growth of I knowledge of those who are later to I carry the full responsibility of citizen- I ship. Such a return from an ex penditure of one dollar by no means I is a ba<(f investment. j The Wedding is Now Over ? Englewood, N. J., May 27.?TBJlong heralded wedding of Miss Ana l Spencer Morrow and Colonel Charkt Lindbergh materialized unexpectedly 1 today in a simple ceremony at the I home of the bride's parents, Ambas- I sador and Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow. The ceremony was performed in the drawing room of the Morrow home in the presence of only seven guests, all members of the two families. The bride, dressed in simple white chiffon, carried a bouquet of blue larkspur picked by the bridegroom in the Morrow garden. There were no bridesmaids, no best man, no music ?none of the embelishments which would have gone even with a j moderately simple public wedding. ~ Cop Kilters In Chicago - Chicago; 'May 23.?"'Cop-^ldllers," most despised of murderers under the policeman's code, have -Within a week struck two aces ' from the Chicago force; an unusual circumstance in a city where gunmen haii been cautious heretofore about pulk ing the trigger against men wearing stars. The killing yesterday of Detective Joseph Sullivan was looked upon as a particularly severe blow, not only because Sullivan was .one of the aces of the squad which has loeen working on the St. Valentine's Day gang massacre but because he also was on the trail of men who killed Detective Lawrence Martin last week. Deputy Commissioner John Stcge, driving ahead to find the killers, was nevertheless openly despondent. Asked what he thought would develop as a result of the Sullivan killing, Stege said; f "Oh, nothing, I suppose. The public doesn't care any more when a policeman is killed." Five Years For Selling Pint Anderson, May 28.?W. E. Sisson, 50, of near Pickens, was given five years in the Atlanta federal penitentiary and fined $200 for selling a pint of apple brandy to a federal prohibition agent, by Federal Judge I H. H. Watkins here today. Sisson I pleaded guilty. ' When Sisson came up before the a judge once before, charged with sell* I ing a pint of liquor, he was given a I light fine and told that next time I he would get the limit. Negro Gets Verdict I j For Loss of One Hand I Last fall when the Kershaw County Fair Association was holding it*? annual exhibit, the Ohio Display Fireworks Company, put.on an ex*? hi%ition in which bombs were used? An unettploded bomb fell into theB yard of Luke Jennings, and his son Luke Jennings, Jr., picked it up a^dm the bomb exploded causing him tb*H loss of all fingers on his.right hand. The Fair association, through its at*? torftey, John W. deLoach, Jr., brougfr I suit against the fireworks company I ' and this week the company CO?*? promised the case by ordering thetf I representative in Camden to pay *** I boy the sum of $1,500. The. lad I not on the premises of the fair ai" sociation when the accident happened-? - ? ** ? Helping v? Make ? Hewspep* ? The Chronicle has several 1<>3^| friends throughout Camden who thoughtful enough to tip U? S j' (news Items, thereby helping e^Jj? make a better newspaper .* I certainly appreciate the though**"? nets of these frtendl. Ifaaj * I item escapee the aWeBflf *77 J 1 nawspapefr man stzeply heeeefl?->jL-? pte are not thoughtful enough *^!? him off. . i ????