The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 27, 1929, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
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U. IX NILB8. Editor ndPuMiibw
Published every Friday at No. 1109
Broad Street and entered at the Cam*
den, South Carolina postoffice aa
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. ? Fddl^Decemb^r. 27, 1929
J??' ^ tT - WE
CAN RA1HK IT AT HOME
South Carolina sends much money
outside the state for a large number
s of articles such as automobiles, feed
stuffs, machinery. Most of this money
goes to the manufacturing cities
of' the north ahd wiJJ continue to go
there. We don't objeot to support-*
iivg their manufacturing centers as
there is no great competition in U?is
state with such manufacturers but
when it comes to feed stuffs and
other things that can be raised here
we object to see the farmers in the
northern states being patronized by
the farmers in this state.
We hope the time will come when
. South Carolina will export eggs, hut's
ter, meats and canned goods hut for
the present we would be satisfied if
the demand ut home were supplied.
?Lancaster News.
THE OFFSET
The Yorkville Enquirer quotes from
a talk delivered by W. W. Smoak,
in its town, to the effect that "South
Carolina imports $40,000,000 worth of
canned goods each year." Coming
with The Enquirer in the same mail
was The Columbia Record, with an
offset to this line of talk. It watftelling
of the operations of a cannery
opened at Fairfax, lust March.
Fuirfax is a small town, but its cannery,
operated only a part of the
sesaon, shipped 1,440,000 cans of its
x products, und ha^; not stopped, for it
has turned to canning sweet potatoes
and expects to ship thousands of
cases of this product before it has
used up the crop provided by the
farmers, and it is so much en<*uruged
at the success of its first season,
that it is preparing to enlarge its
capacity for next year. A few more
canneries like that at Fairfax, and
South' Carolina will turn to shipping
canned goods, instead of importing
them. In our own State we have a
particular example of what the cannery
can do for a community in the
extraordinary success that has attended
the cannery at Hendersonville.
The cannery and the dairy barn are
doing their bit toward bringing prosperity
to the front door.?Charlotte
Observer.
Last Roots Cracked.
Last Saturday afternoon a colored
tenant from a fine plantation^
about two miles east of St. Matthews
was starting out of town with a half
ton of coal on the wagon. It was so
unusual as to excite curiosity. "Got
to that," he was asked. "Do you
know." said he, ''there is not a load
of wood left on that place." It was
the first instance of the kind that
had come to my notice and it reminded
of a remark made by a former
owner and splendid farmer about
2.r> years ago. He was asked why he
was clearing all the forest on his
plantation. "I love to hear the roots
crack," he answered. Since the last
roots have snapped, life would now,
probably, be a dull grind, without
such music, were he alive today.
The recklessness with which the
woodlands have been slaughtered is
really deplorable. So much so, that
it is almost impossible to keep the
rogues away when littei ?iiu ?uuu
can be found.?Calhoun Times.
REV. RICHARD CARROLL
One of the ablest "leaders in the
religious and educational advancement
of the Southern Negro was
Richard Carroll who passed away,
October 30, at his home in Columbia,
S. C.
Carroll was widely distinguished as
a preacher and lecturer. In 1911 he
was made a representative of the American
Humane Education Society of
Boston, his work* as an editor, his
cloquen- e ami high character first
having attracted the notice of Mrs.
Geo. T. Angell. Further recognition
quickly followed.
CaiTtdi was honored! by three Presidents.
He was appointed a chaplain
in the army by President* Harding.
With tho late Bookur T. Washington
he was invited to a child welfare confeno
< at Wa-hington, I). C., by President
K<><>se\ elt. President Wilson
tendered him the ministry to Liberia
which had to he declined through ill
health. ^ ,
With an all-absorbing desire to be
of son tee to his race Carroll overcame
many handicaps and rose to a
position of honor and influence. He
leaves a widow, four daughters and
a son, Seymour Carroll, who succeeds
his father as a field representative
of the American Humane Education
Society.?Our Dumb Animals.
President Hoover on^Tuesdny sign*
. ed the bill providing for a reduction
of,$110,000,000 in income
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M)HT ills CHARACTER
Robert L. Meares, ousted from the
office of superintendent of education
in Greenville county, pleaded guilty
in sessions court Tuesday to a
charge^ of official misconduct, and
wm sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000
and-to serve six months at hard labor
in tha state penitentiary. Judge
Henry, in sentencing Mean*, according
to the Greenville News, gave him
something to keep his mind occupied
while he is doing time. He said,
speaking to the defendant, a young
man of 30:
"I know of nothing which gives me
the pain that it does to sentence a
man of your social standing for h
thing of this kind.M?
"I was reading in the paper last
tiigbt where a Bishop in Iyjndon had
said there was no such thing as souls
roasting in Hell. I do not know
about that. I do know, however,
there is such a thing as eternal damnation
on earth, and by your own
acts you are damned. You have lost
a fine thing when you lost the confidence
of those who trusted you. You
have lost your reputation, and you
cannot get away from that fact. 'It
must bo sad to realize that one has
lost, his character. You must always
suffer here on earth, although you
can retrieve yourself.
"You did the right thing in coming
here and entering a plea of guilty.
Your attorney did the right thing
in advising this* It was the proper
thing to do. I knew a young man
once who tried to run away, but
; such things do no good. When you
lose anything, it can only he found
where you lost it. You can retrieve
yourself, you can come back here in
Greenville, but it will be hard. You
can redeem yourself by proving that;
you Wish, so far as you can, to make
amends. ' Hut? the record Is made,
and can never be wiped out, I mean
not on this earth."
Judge Henry spoke slowly through
out, and apparently with much feeling.
Ho then concluded with the
sentence.
"And the sentence of the court is
that you serve six months at hard
labor in the state penitentiary and
pay a fine of $1,000."
The city of Charleston has seized
the hull by the horns and adopted an
ordinance requiring all automobile
owners in the city to carry liability
insurance or file indemnity bonds.
Charleston has a city automobile license
and will decline to issue such
licenses to any motorist unless he
complies with the terms of the new
ordinance.
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Year's Football Toll One Dozen
Football casualties for the 11)29
season were the lowest since 1926,
with 12 players meeting death. With
the exception of 1926, when nine
contestants were killed, this year's
toll is the smallest since 1921, "when
the total was 12.?The nvtmgo <Tgir
of players who lost their lives was
slightly less than 17 years. Last
year the average was close to 19, so
there has been a marked change in
this respect, which indicates that
more high school than college players
were killed.
"Live at Home."
Governor Gardner's dinner to the
newspaper men of the State at the
Executive Mansion last night focuses
popular interest upon the objective
of this unique social affair, namely,
the necessity for the people of North
Carolina to begin to realize their assets
and advantages in potential food
and feed production. It was a "liveat-home"
affair at which only foods
grown in North Carolina were served
;and it was, undoubtedly, a practical
demonstration of the versatility of
our natural* resources int the matter
of producing those foods and feeds
which are basic.?Exchange.
Twenty-five bankers of the counties
of Aiken, Edgefield, Saluda,
Barnwell and Ix>xington, held a meeting
at Batosburg Wednesday night,
with B. W. Crouch, president of the
South Carolinia Bankers association,'
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presiding at the meeting. A report
read to the meeting among other
things said: "That the farmers are
not enjoying success, that the boll
weeyil is not the farmers' biggest
problem and that a one-crop system
must be abolished." Among other
things the bankers decided that "An
all-cotton farmer who has not been
successful will not bo loaned money
by the banks represented at the
meeting unless the bankers are convinced
that the borrower will adopt
some form of diversification as set
forth in the report." "It is our policy
to help those who are trying
to help themselves," the report read,
and unless a farmer practices some
form of diversified farming sufficient
to feed his family and livestock and
grows at least one cash crop in addition
to his cotton and betters his
lands by growing legumes, he is not
trying to help himself, it -was said
, iij the "Port. v./
Ih There * Santa CIsum?
(New York Sun. Originally printed
September 21, 1897.)
We take pleasure in answering at
once and thus prominently the communication
below, expressing at the
same time our great gratification
thai its faithful author is numbered
among the friends ot The Sun;
"Dear Editor?I am 8 years old. 4
"Home of my little friends say
there is no Santa Claus.
"Papa says 'If you see it in The
Sun it's so.'
"Please tell me the truth, is there
< w
a Santa Claus?
"Virginia O'Hanlon.
"115 West Ninety-fifth street,"
Virginia, your little friends are
wrong.. They have been affected by
thy- skepticism of a skeptical age.
They do not believe except they see.
Th#y think that nothing can be
which is not comprehensible by their
little minds. All minds, Virginia,
whether they be men's or children's,
are little, In this great universe of
ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in
this intellect, as compared with th;boundless
world ubout him, as
measured by the intelligence capabh
of grjqydng the whole of truth' ami
knowledge.
Ycsf Virginia, there is a Hants
Claus. He exists as certainly as love
and generosity and devotion exist,
and you know that they abound and
give to your life its highest beauty
and^joy. Alas! how dreary would be
the world if there were no Santa
(5tyuis! It would be as dreary as if
there wefe no Virginias. There would
be no childlike faith then, no poetry,
no romance to make tolerable this existence,
We should have no enjoyment,
except in sense and sight. The
eternal light with which childhood
fills the world be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You
might as well not believe in fairies'
You might get your papa to hire mer
to, watch in all the chimneys or
Christmas eve to catch Santa. Claucoming
down, what would that prove'.'
Nobody sees Santa Claus, hut that
is no sign that ttypre is no Santa
Claus. The most real things in the
; world are those that neither children
nor men can see. Did you ever see
fairies dancing on the lawn?* of
course not, but that's no proof that
they are not there. Nobody can
conceive or imagine all the wonders
there are unseen and unseeable iti
the world. M,?
You tear apart the baby's rattle
and see what makes the noise Inside,
but there is a veil cohering the
unseen world which not the strongest
man, nor even the united strength
of all the strongest men that ever
lived, could tear apart. Only faith,
fancy, poetry, love, romance, can
push* aside that curtain and view and
picture the supernal beauty and glory
beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia,
>dn all tis world there is nothing else
real "and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! he
lives, and he lives forever. A
thousand years from now, Virginia,
nay ten times ten thousand years
from now, he will continue to make
glad the heart of childhood.
A Classic and Its Author
At this season The Sun receives
many inquiries like the subjoined:
"To The Editor of The Sun ?'
Sir: Are you going to reprint that
famous editorial article on Santa
Glaus which appeared in The Sun
about thirty years ago in Charles A.
Dana's time? I have heard and
read innumerable comments on the
piece, on the beauty of the thought
behind it and on its lasting fame as
a 'Christmas story.' But I have yet
to sea it in print, and of the author
of the article and its history I have
not the slighest notion. Undoubtedly
I am not alone in this respect. This
-simple a?Ki old fashioned thought on
Christmas would offer a fine relief
from the commercialism and unsentimental
greed which so unfortunately
characterize the holiday we
know.
William M. Lans.
"New York, December 20."
! Fallowing its custom, The Sun
tomorrow will reprint "Is There a
Santa Claus?" Mr. I.aas ask> regarding
the author of the article
and its history. It was written by
Francis Pharcellus Church. who
was horn in Rochester, New York,
on February 22, 1839, and died in
this city on April 11, 1906. He was
graduated with honor from Columbia
College in 1859 and began the
study of law, but put it aside to
write. He was the editor of the Galaxy
Magazine and was associated
with his brother, Colonel William C.
Church, in the management of the
Army and Navy Journal. His finest
work, however, was done for The
Sun. The origin of the Santa Claus
article is best described by Edward
P. Mitchell, who was in charge of
The Sui)!s editorial page when the
article was written, Mr. Dana being
in hit last illness. Mr: Mitchell says
in hi* "Memoir* of aft Editor":
"For thirty-five year* and until hi*
death in 1906 Frank Church waa ft
regular contributor to The Sun'* editorial
page. Hi* lifetime lasted for
four year* beyond the date when 1
became editor-in-chief ami for that
period he waa my alternate. There
was never a more delightful associate.
Quick of perception of the interesting
in every phase of human
activity except politics (for which he
cared little, bless his soul!), there
was in his features something of the
gentlemanly pugnacity seen in the
faces of the type of Itichard Olney's
and Thomas Nelson Page's a latent
aggressiveness that marred neither
the delicacy of his fancy nor the
warmth of his sympathies.
"One day in 1897 I handed to him
a letter that had come in the mail
from a child of 8, saying: 'Please
tell me the truth, is there a Santa
Claus?' Her little friends had told
her no. Church bristled and poohpoohed
at the subject when I suggested
that he write a reply to Virginia
O'Hanlou; but he took the letter
and turned with an air of resignation
to his desk. In a short time
he had produced the article which
has probably been reprinted during
the last quarter of a-century, as the
classic expression of Christmas sentiment,
more millions of times than
any other newspaper article ever
written by any newspaper writer in
any language. Even yet no holiday
season approaches without bringing
to the newspaper requests from all
over the land for the exact text for
repeated use on Christmas Day."
The article originally appeared on
September 21, 1897, but the author's
identity was not made public until
April 12, 1906, the day after Mr.
j Church's death. ,
General News Notes
The United States mails were closed
ty more than 300 persons and firms
during this year because of frauds.
Mont Pclee, famous volcano of
Martinque, is threatening to burst
! into eruption again. It was 25 years
or more ago that Mont Pelee destroyed
the town of St. Pierre and took
many lives.
Hugh Moriarty, 19, of Perry Station,
Ontario, was swept over Niagara
Falls last Friday when his row
boat was swamped by a wave in the
Niagara river while attempting to
row across the stream.
It is the plan of congressional leaders
to push the program for reduction
of income taxes as rapidly as possible
in order to get the necessary bills
through and to President Hoover at
the earliest possible moment. The
proposed tax slash will total $160,000.000.
The bodies of 75 American soldiers,
who lost their lives during the
World war in the province of Archangel
rrftrhet i -New York la^t?F^ridavfor
interment in their native soil.
It has been announced that the
Southern Bell Telephone company
will expend around $35,000,000 during
the next year in the southeastern
states in enlarging and improving
telephone service.
, On the return of Dwight F. Morrow
now United States ambassador to
Mexico, from the naval disarmament
parley in London, he will be appointed
to the senate to represent New
Jersey, taking the seat recently vacated
by Senator Edge and now temporarily
held by David Baird, Jr.
i he French tri-color, which ~ has
been flying over the German fortress
of Ehrenbreitstein since that post was
evacuated by American troops, was
lowered Saturday and the French
troops evacuated the second Rhineland
zone
Dewey Scroggins, 24, was shot to
death by a city marshall at Sledge,
Miss Saturday after Scroggins, who
was drunk, had parked his car on a
highway and began shooting at passing
motorists, and finally shot a negro
preacher to death.
Ten buildings were destroyed at
Parkerburg, W. Va., Saturday night
by a fir ' which is supposed to have
started in the boiler room of a theatre
that was not in use at the time.
Richard Gale Brophy, once second
in command to Commander Byrd in
his Arctic exploration, and believed a
suicide since last August, came to
"life* again in an Omaha, Neb., news- J
paper office Sunday when he learned
of the success of Commander Byrd in
his Antarctic explorations. Brophy
sufTered a mental and physical breakdown
while with Byrd and resigned
his post and disappeared.
The famous non-magnetic yacht
Carnegie, for the past twenty years
used in scientific exploration work on
the five seas, was destroyed by an explosion
and fire in the harbor of Asia
last Saturday. Five other ships were
destroyed by the fire, and the captain
of the Carnegie lost his life.
Seven coal miners were killed and
fifteen others escaped injury in a localised
explosion in a coal mine near
West Frankfort, I1L, Sunday. .
I
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Thoxine and is available to everyone.
Having Thoxine on hand is a safety
measure against a)/ coughs and
throat irritations.
Thoxine contains no harmful drugs,
is pleasant tasting and safe for the
whole family. Sold on a money back
guarantee to give better and quicker
relief for coughs or sore throats than
anything you have ever tried. Ask
for Thoxine, put up ready for use in
36c., 60c., and $1.00 bottles. Sold by
Zemp's and all other got>d drug
stores.
George Bray, former postmaster
at Rockton, three miles south of
WinnBboro, was instantly killed Monday
night in his home town when his
automobile collided with u Southern
freight engine.
The Windsor Consolidated school
building' in Aiken county Was destroyed
by fire early -Monday morning.
Built in 1025; the structure cost
approximately $40,000.
Greenwood's rainfall this year from
Jan. 1 to Nov. 27, has totaled 77.11
inches, about 30 inches above the average
for a year, the annual average
being 48 inches.
Federal prohibition agents attended
the Clemson-Furman foot ball
game'on Thanksgiving day. They
seized several flasks from fans, but
so far as reported made no arrests.
A temporary stopping for a leak
in either a gas or water-pipe may be
produced by working powdered whitening
and yellow soap into a paste.
Press it into the leaking part of the
pipe, and put on sufficient to make
the hole airtight.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of The First National Bank
will be held in the - directors' room
Tuesday afternoon, January 14, 1930,
at four o'clock. ,
S. W. VanLAN DI'NGHA'M,
Secretary,
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of. the Camden Loan, and
Realty Company will be held In the:
directors' room at the First National
Bank Tuesday afternoon, January 14,
1930, at five o'clock.
S. W. VanLANiDINGH AM,
Secretary.
NOTICE .
The annual meeting of the policyholders^
of the Abbeville?Greenwood
Mutual Insurance Association will be
hold in the-offices of the company at
Greenwood. S. C., at 11 a. m., Tues'1
?Yi TP"v u-y 7, 193ft, '
ARTHUR LEE,
Secretary
TAX NOTICE
w All State, County and SchooTtaxes
assessed for year 1929, not paid by
December 31st, 1929, according to
law, the County Auditor will add one
per cent penalty for January.
S W. HOGUE, Treasurer,
Kershaw County, S. C.
FINAL DISCHARGE '
Notice is hereby given that one
month from this date, on Monday,
January 20th, 1930, I Will make to
the Probate Court of Kershaw County
my final return as Administratrix of
th? estate of David R. Williams, deceased,
and on the same date I will
apply to the said Court for a final
discharge as said Administratrix.
ELLEN M. WILLIAMS,
Camden, S. C., Dec. 13th, 1929. 4ti.
' i "in ji agas?BBBBigBaaHaegga^^^
To go from Boston to New Yori V'
in F77$ by stage required ? weriSlI
in 1886 by boat and rail pi
hours; In li>20 by auto, nine hoZH
and in 1928 by air, two and one-hi?j!
It requires almost as much effce^l
to mark time as to march ahead. ||f
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State Fair, Applyto Ernest FrSS"?
tag, Camden., 3. C. 40sb : >
F01/NI>?4)ne white and brown
ted bird dog. Owner can h??,
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w. R. Watkins, Camden, 8. C ^B
40-1 tab ';;ii
BTRAIpHT i3A^ARY^35.oT^*i
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