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1HECAMDEN CHRONICLE ?L p/iftLBfl. Bdttar as* PmbttaW Published every Friday at No. 1109 Broad Street and entered at the Cam* den, South Carolina postoffice as second class mail matter. Prioe per annum |2.00, payable in advance. Camden, 8. C., Friday, August 2. 1929 TUB DKUNKBN DRIVER - " ?*' > ^* -^?J* ' ? ' f , M* ?'??! C q- Despite his millions money could not save, Richard Joshua Reynolds, scion of a wealthy North Carolina family, from a five months* sentence in Brixton prison, following his conviction of manslaughter in a London court. Reynolds struck a Britisher numed iJrahanx while driving his car - in a drunken condition. Besides having to serve the sentence young Reynolds was assessed the cost of the proceedings. In sentencing t^e young man Justice Humphries said: "The offense of driving a car while in a state of drunkenness or neardrunkenness is far too prevalent these days and, so far as the courts can do so, it' must be put down with a firm hand. You had the misfortune, while driving a car in that state, to kill that young man. You must be punished. "I believe you are sincerely sorry for what happened. I cannot take into account the fact thnt you provided out of your great riches for the widow of the man you killed. I have, however, taken into consideration your youth?you are only 23 years old?and the excellent character that has been given to you." , And yet a drunken driver on the streets of Camden can cause the destruction of two cars and the probable fatal injury of several persons and got by with small fines. No bar is put on him as a driver and as soon as is able to purchase another old rattle-trap he gets on the highways again to cause more damage. In talking to a Chronicle man since the wreck of two cars on north Drxffid street residents of that section say thut motorists make a regular speedway of that street, especially afer nightfall. Cars racing past one another without regard to the danger they may place others in. One resident suggested that a motorcycle officer be placed in that section in order to stop these violations of- speed luws. They ev^n tell us that it is -dangerous for children on that street in the day time. At Greenville, Tenn., checks totaling $97,227.90 have been sent to 2,968 farmers by Pet Milk company for milk delivered during one month. This is the largest amount since the opening of the plant sixteen months ago. Receipts now average more than 150,000 pounds daily. D. W. Ruff, prominent Ridgeway bunker and merchant, died at one o'clock Saturday morning. Mr. Ruff had been sick, but was thought to be on the road t<* recovery. Mr. Ruff was head of Ruff and company, well known mercantile concern, was president of the Rank of Ridgeway, and was actively identified with a number of other concerns. Signs of the Times A soventeen-year-old youth of Shelby, N. C., denied use of the family car by his father, became so ent aged that he seized a shotgun and opened fire on his parent, filling his shoulder with bullets, according to n Shelby dispatch. Only recently the press carried a tragic story of an intoxicated youth demanding of his father the use of an automobile, which was refused. The youth in despair and grief committed suicide. These are signs of the tendency of the times. Youth must be served. Youth has strayed from the ancient moorings and landmarks, among the first of which are honor and respect for one's parents. There is missing Hiiy feature of restraint. It rarely crops out to that extent of the instance*. cited, but it exists to a degree anything but insignificant, and if you don't believe it, look about your associations and environment and you will readily discover it.?Spartanburg J<torna1.- ? Barclay MeEadden, Philadelphia polo player, died at Chester, England, Monday from injuries received in a fall from a polo pony. His wife, who was visiting England, witnessed the accident. Victor Bcrger, former Socialist qygressman, from Wisconsin, is reNfvering from the results of an automobile accident of ten days ago. For a time it was feared that the aged man would die as the result of his injuries. Francis Brown, 19, student at Dartmouth college, missing two'weeks from a Deerfield, Mass., inn, walked into his home at Milton on Tuesday and said that he had been working in g~=0Mnbrkige raitareirant and that he did not know that'a search was being made for him. '--e&uSiix , . > ? s'-?..: U v j. Thousands Killed Says Missionary Peiping, China, July 29.~?M???aore by Mohammedan* of 20,000 men and l#ys in Danger City, province of Chinghai, wai reported today by Findlay ^rvdrews," American missionary, with details which read like pages torn from the worst chapters of piedieval persecution and rapine. Mr. Andrews who has just returned from a threemonthh' investigation in the famine areas of northern China for the QfeU}* inland mission, assembled information from magistrates and other Chinese officials reports to the International famine relief commission that Mohammedan raiders in the laps^ of two hours annihilated the male inhabitant* of the unhappy city and then looted the homes. hrom what the missionary, who, speaks Chinese fluently, learned the raiders attacked the mountain town mounted and afoot with shouts of "kill the men, kill every male? from seventeen to seventy." They rushed the city gates in religious frenzy. Only a few women were killed, mostly those who attempted to shield the men, the Chinese men, weakenc 1 by famine conditions and privations, could offer little resistance. So far as Mr. Andrews could ascertain, every able bodied man was killed. Except the aged, the very young and a few who managed to hide in cellar; escaped. Religious fanaticism was given us the motive for the raid by Mr. Andrews. There has been u Moslem rebellion in progress in Kiansu province for some time and it was estimated 200,000 persons were killed between April and October last year. / : i Four Causes of Crime During the lust twenty years 20,000 young men between the ages of IS and 25 years have been admitted to the Indiana Reformatory now at Pepdleton. More than 85 jxrcent of th?-m came from broken.homes where the fathe'and mother had separated and remarried. Only one per cent of Indiana's population cannot read or write but that one per cent furnishes '.Yl per cent of the reformatory inmates. Only 1 college graduate and only fifteen high school graduates'tvere in all that 20,000 youths. Get those figures. Not a single Boy Scout has ever been sent to the reformatory. Only four per cent of the 20,00Q prisoners belonged to*a church. The percentage of negroes and foreigners is very low, most of the criminals being everyday Americans, born and reared in this country. These figures mean something to every good citizen. That broken phonies breed crimes and the person .who breaks up a home should be punished as a criminal. That our compulsory education laws should be strengthened, as education lessens crime. That the Boy Scout movement J should have the moral and financial backing of every good citizen. It sems to be the surest way to keep boys out of the penitentiary. That churCh membership seems to j be 96 per cent effective and should be encouraged. To oppose our churches Is to encourage crime. Hejte are fohr splendid ways to discourage crime? lessen divorce, support education, the Boy ?Scouts and the church.?Newcastle Times. A Gentleman Unafraid. The Georgia press carries a general lament and regret over the recent death of Representative Leslie J. Steele of the fifth Georgia district in congress. Realizing his condition, prior to final dissolution, according to press dispatches, he told those about his bedside of the arrangements he desired for his funeral, all simple and void of any pomp, display or pageantry. He died in Washington* where he j was fatally stricken, modestly but firmly expressing his faith in his religion and disclaiming fear of death. With reference to his funeral, he is quoted as saying: "I want my funeral held in the Decatur Presbyterian church, where I went to Sunday school 50 or 55 years ago. I learned the old catechism there, which I still know." That was a brief, touching tribute to the lasting influences of his childhood which he carried throughout life. In childhood in the Sunday school was implanted in his heart and mind the seeds of undying, unshaken faith in the religion he lived as well as professed, as attested by the tributes of the press of his state.-*?Spartanburg Journal. ?????? I I I v* , More than 1,700 convicts in the Auburn prison at the capital of New York mutinied ffenday ?nd made a j desperate assault upon guards. Two convicts were killed, four guards were shot, eight convicts are believed to have escaped and they set fire to buildings causing a property loss, of approximately $260,000. 1 . > - Mm 1 Young College Man Is , Southwest Wheat King Plainview, Texas, July 29*-<*One year out of the University of Texas, : K. M. Carter, Jr., is undisputed wheat king of the southwest. The 21-year-old farmer has har vested 0,500 acres of wheat, and plans ' to market more than 185,000 bushels. No other farmer in the Texas*panhandle ever has produced a crop of such else. When young Carter finished school last year, his father asked him what he wanted to do. The boy expressed a preference for farming, and ten sections of ranch land were rented so he might "go to it." ^ Hoe Hands and Feather Pillows We have never heard of but one goose that laid golden eggs but a lot of Southern farmers say their geese are pretty nearly worth their weight in gold. They find them hardy, thrifty, easy and profitable to raise. No other farm fowl or animal aisles so little. E. L. Huey, of Crisp county, Georgiu, thinks there is more money in geese than -in any other form of livestock. According to his experience, fifty geese will keep fifty acres of I cotton free of crab-grasa, -Which means a saving of $40 for hoe hands. He says he picks at least twenty-five | pounds of feathers from the fifty geese and gets $1 a pound for them. From the 50 geese he counts on raising at least 15, to sell at $1.25 each. The goose population of Van Zandi county, Texas, has doubled in the past three years and the demand exceeds the supply. One farm manager says he has 1,000 geese and would like to have as many . more. The geese are used to keep down grass in the cotton fields and to kill Johnson and Bermuda grass. They save i labor bills and pay extra dividends in young stock and feathers.Governor Dan Moody passed through the county one day when it was raining and saw the geese at work in the fields. He remarked that they were the only farm hands he knew of that would work in the rain. | In Eastern North Carolina geese keep down grass in the strawberry fields. Mr. A. C. McGoogan of Robeson county, N. C., says there is nothing equal to a flock of geees for j keeping grass out of a sweet potato j patch. During the five years that he. has been keeping geese, Mr. R. G. McCafcty of Smith' county, Mississip-j pi, hasn't used a hoe in his cotton except to thin or chop it. The geese take care of the grass for him. Guineas are considered quite a delicacy nowadays and have been bringing good prices for several years. People who know say that if you go at it. in the right way, guineas are' no harder to raise than other fowls. There is room to spare on every Southern farm for a small flock of them. Ducks are as.easy to hatch as chickens and are easier and more cheaply raised. They grow faster than chickens and some are fully maturod by the time they are ten < weeks old. Some breeds will begin ! laying when they are four months < old, and nearly every variety start? laying when five or six months old. j Duck eggs are as ' nutritious afld 1 healthful as hen eggs. The price of duck eggs varies very little through- 1 out the year and as a Tule is highest ^ when the duckVfcre laying the mo&: } H. A. Clark, of Bedford county, Tennessee, beautifies his farm and adds to his revenue by raising j>eafowls. Says he used to eat one every now and then before he found out what they were Worth and that there is nothing to compare with the ' white, tender meat of pen-fowls. Ho gets his own price for all that he can raise. One child is dead and five others wore made sick by eating a green watermelon at Trenton, N\ J., last Friday. Water has beqpme so scarce in Belgium due to drouth that the authorities have forbidden the citizens of Brussels to take baths in their homes. Robert Gordon. 24, taxi driver of Cleveland, Ohio, claims to have been offered $1,000,000 for three acres of Texas land that he won three years in a raffle in which he staked 25 cents, oil has been discovered on the land. i The British admirality has taken such a serious view of the explosion on board the cruiser Devonshire on Friday in which sixteen men lost theic lives, that a rigid inquiry will t>t made into the cause of the explosion which occurred In Mediterranean , waters. The British navy during July lost the submarine H-47 with 28 ' lives, and also there was an explosion I on the submarine X-1* and an air I bomb burst on the Cruitfer Vindictive, which caused the death of a sea man.' ? ? Isfc ' Building and Loan Associations Building and Loan association promoter*#who charge so much a share for teaching the idea of thrift, and through whose predatory effort# numbers of well meaning associations have eventually come to grief will find no place in South Carolina or North Carolina where they can sue-, cessfully operate because of the watchfulness of the Building! and Loan League of the two states. The that the Building and Loan Association is a purely mutual and nonprofit snaking organization, designed for the betterment of the people of the communities in which they function, is one of the outstanding features of the plan which came into being 100 years ago, and has become today one of the greatest factors in the progress of our civilization. " Through the Building and Loan Associations of the country, a better America can be created, a land qf better homes and happier people, and a sturdier and more loyal citizenship. As Colonel Springs said yesterday "The red flag will never fly from the roof of the man who owns his home." He stressed the point that in assist-1 ing the people of the state to own their homes the Building and Loan Associations are doing their part in building a better and sounder citizenship. The greatest value of the association, however, as pointed out by the Honorable Leon Cash in his address last night, is its plan of teaching those of small incomes to save a part of thfir weekly or monthly earnings, reach a man the habit of saving, or thrift, and the matter of a home will take tare of itself.?Florence Morning News. rp ? Announcement was made in Sumter Monthly of the sale?uf the - First National Bank of Sumter to the South Carolina National Bank with headquarters located in Charleston, The First National is the oldest bank in Sumter and is capitalized at $100,000 and the last statement showed total resources at more than $1,500,000. Col. Cephafc P. Quattlebaum, 78, the last survivor of General WadeHampton's staff, died at his home at Conway Saturday afternoon after an affliction of more than two years. He is survived by one brother, C. A. Quattlebaum of Ridge Spring.. Col. Quattlebaum was a leader in the reconstruction period of the state's history and was for more than 56 years a leading lawyer of the state. Funeral services were held from. Kingston Presbyterian church, Con-* way, Sunday afternoon. EDUCATIONAL Confederate Home and School ioL^SnM00' W'" open September 16, Girls are received who wish to attend Memminger High School. A comfortable home, supervision of studies, and attention to the mental and physical welfare of the pupils is provided, under the management of a matron of experience and ability. A number of scholarships,are available, among tTiem one from each of the seven Congressional districts. Business women and young women wishing to take business courses or to study in the art or music studios of the city will be received as residents. Meals will be furnished if desired, bor information apply to MrSS SADIE B. WAGNER, 64 Va Broad Street, Charleston, S. C. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF State of South Carolina County of Kershaw (Court of Common Pleas) Bessie M. Peterson, Geo. D. Murphy, Louise M. Murray, Ruth M. Butler, Charlotte Murphy Hamilton, Plaintiffs against Hester M. Wyehe, Harry S. Murphy, Sarah Martin, Martha de Frease and Albert Murphy, Defendants To The Defendants: Hester M. Wye he, Harry S. Murphy, Sarah Martin, Martha do Frease and Albert Murphy: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which has .been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court for Kershaw County and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office at Camden, S. C., within twenty days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and, if you fail to an* swer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. ' Oated July 24th, A. D. 1988, T. K. TROTTER, Plaintiffs .Attorney. To the defendants above named: You will take notice that the original Summons and Complaint in this action has been filed in the office of K* ^Urt Kerohaw Couft-. ty, this 24th day of July, 1929. T. K. TROTTER, Plaintiffs Attorney, j ... 35 Abnormal Weather Now World Wide 1 WMhinirtonf July ""2??Ab..orm?] ?op curUiilintf he?t w?ve? *>>1 drought conditions, sweeping over many of the world's agricultural regions apparently are spreading into other sections which have been enjoy.-ng more favorable . weather during .the last few weeks. I As the usually hot, d^y month of August appronches, reports receive by government agricultural and weather officials indicate drought eo??ditions and excessively hot weather I predominating in Europe, England, Southern China, Australia, Argentina, Western Canada, and in Northwestern spring wheat, Central and New England States. j The outlook for the United States as weather officials see it is for those abnormal conditions to cover other areas shortly with little relief through local thundershowers indicated. However, the general situation is believed not to have reached a stage where there is cause for great alarm, though it is feared that unless precipitation comes soon much harm may be done. The mean temperature in England for this week is described as "above normal in all districts} rainfall decidedly subnormal." Slightly better conditions existed in European countries where more moisture was received. * The water famine situation at Hongkong has brought' about a serious condition to a vast agricultural, area near that South China seaport, while the grain crop in the Shanghai section is thought n<ft to be up to normal. Australia has received some much needed rain, while heavy precipitations in India have had damaging effects. Argentina is dry in the corn iand wheat zone, with temperature averaging about four per cent, above normal. Somewhat pessimistic reports from the . Canadian Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba say rain] has been "far below normal and soil generally dry, with more than half of wheat acreage varying from the' rather poor to only fair; remainder divided between very poor and quite good." ' Tho week ending Wednesday, the: Bureau announced, "was the driest of the season so far" in this country. It said "precipitation was light with, many stations reporting no rain for | the entire week." States West of the Mississippi withstood new high minimum temperatures, ranging from the previous high records." "Rain is needed," the Bureau went on, "especially in the northern and more northwestern sections where continued dryness and high temperatures were very unfavorable to crops. Moisture is needed also in the interior of the Pacific Northwest." The persistently hot, dry weather in the northern spring wheat area, it reported, caused further crop deterioration "and many fields have been abandoned or cut for hay." ] "Over the eastern half of the coun try," it Continued, "while * III; spread^ damaging drought h* 2?!' oped, moisture is needed in 5 ifS places, with the need of rtj? ||H general ^n tj>4 upper lake rttioa J? ^ in to^TOrthwofjt from ||]J^j?ff! Northern.Virginia and WeitvS I rortheastward." ' |?|: Some of the Mississippi v.ijjf ' States, particularly in the cor* yP also are reported in need ?r 3 while too much precipitation jtt 3f!lf of - the Southern cotton gro2ft States has tended to reduce pr?3! $lQh Prpspectjb Wants?For SaleB * ^ 1M | ?OR SALE OR EXCHANnT^J registered sable collie, grown. Wiufl sell or exchange for one hog. further information write p. <iH Box 267, Camden, S. C. lfl-i&SH THE GENERAL, ELRCTRlC|fl frigerator may be purchased forB percent down with two year* kB pay the balance. Camden Furl tare <3o, NOTICE TO PUBUC^ThrSSj Cannery will be ojpen for the caX ning of vegetables and fruits Motfl <luy, July 22. Bring in your sufl plus products and have ti*K canned for the winter. c&mdB Cannery, Camden, S, C. 17-199 FOR SALE?We have large stock Pumps, Well Points and CylintaS Automatic Water Systems for gtjjfl urbs and farm homos. (Jet ot>H prices first. Columbia Supply Cokfl pany, 823 West Gervats Street, cfl lumbia, S. C. 17-20fl CARPENT^RING-ljohn , phone 268, 812 Church Stmfl Camden, S. C., will give satisH factory service to all for all of carpenter work. Buildi^fl general repairs, screening, cabia9 making and repairing furnitijB My workmanship is my referqjB I solicit your patronage. ing you in advance. 50fl GENERAL ELECTRIC Refrigerafl monthly payments, in many fl ?stances, are-iess than what jS would actually spend for ice. Cafl den Furniture Co. 2^| THE ^'GENERAL ELECTRIc iB frigerator is easy to clean andl keep clean. Rounded corners leifl A no place for dust or dirt to lodfl Camden Furniture Co. tfl THE GENERAL ELECTRIC El frigerator automatically maintifl a temperature that is always belfl 50 degrees, scientifically confl for the preservation 61 food, ftl den Furniture #. 2 tl FOR KENT?Four room cottagsB Broad Street. Apply to L. A. Wi kowsky, Camden, S. C. 4$ THE GENERAL ELECTRIC Re frigerator requires no oillng?JBvei moving part runs in a WWW" 'bath of oil. Camden Furniture C 4 ' 1 2t PASTURAGE?Cattle will WFi cepted .for pasturage at Guig&a Farm. Excellent river pasturt For rates apply to W, R. McCis Ranger, phone 148, Camden, S. C. 52 WANTED?No. 1 pine logs. Highi cash prices paid; year round < mand. Sumter Planing Mills i Lumber Co., Attention E. S. Bool Sumter, S. C. 1-tf DOMESTIC SCIENCE EXPER women well-verBed in the pro| arrangement of food in a refrigei tor, worked with engineers to boi the General Electric Refrigerab Cnmden Furniture Co. 2t Half Gallon Fruit Jars 50c Per Dozen Fruits, Vegetables, Chickens, Eggs _ S. S. HENSLEY, 920 Broad St ' *"L? ^ * ? : Opening New Cooper River Bridge CHARLESTON, S.C., AUGUST 8, 9,10 EXCURSION: Good for 4 Days, Thursday, August 8. I Very low round trip fares as follows: (Tamden . . . ... $3.00 Heath Springs . -. 3.75 ' Kershaw 3.50 Lancaster . . . . 4.00 Proportions: e Excursion fares from all South Carolina points. EXCURSION TICKETS: Goingtrip Ebold for all trains (except | Crescent Limited) Thursday, August 8th. Returning: Tickets good on all regular trains (except Crescent Limited). jBO. as to^ reach original starting point prior to midnight August 12th, 1929*?* | THREE DAYS CELEBRATION of the completion and formal opening of this now famous engineering accomplishment spanning ^ the Cooper river at a coat of six million dollars. Military parades. Music by Army, NaVy and Marine hands. Speeches by national i public men. Mot* than aixty gorgeous floats. Boat races. Dane in? ' fl and fireworks at night. I SATURDAY. Official opening of Charleston'* Air Port. ! ' Spend Sunday at Charleston's Famous Beaches. I Excellent train service and comfortable equipment. For further information, consult Ticket Agents. H ^ SOUTHEDV RA1LWA Y SYSTEM^