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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE if. D. n7l?B. . Kdltor iiud PuMlahw PubJiuhcJ every Friday at No. 1109 Broad Street and entered at the (3am' den, South Carolina poatofflce aa Bttcoiui clean mall matter. Price per annum $H.00, paynble In advance. FrTdayT May 23, 1W0 Tribulations in Calhoun. "Uncle Sim" llildebrand, one of our very beat and moat industrious citizen*, discourses rather discouraging! y over the deal* that fate i# handing him of late. He in 7f> year* old and still on the job. Not long ago lie lost a line milk cow. Soon, his best mule keeled over. The other duy a .second Balaam'* ?ass turned up its toes. He brings a good l>eef to St. Matthews every Saturday, lie was unable to find one last week. His consolation is that the darkest hour is just before dawn and everybody hopes he is right. Too good a man to have a constant stream of evil currents. He thinks that if he could have reached his cow and mules in time the result would have been different. He has an infallible remedy for colic and bloat in sick animals and it is no secret. .lust a half cocacola bottle of kerosene oil. That beef business is said to be acute, j Other butchers are often going to Columbia for supplies. It is mysterious that, come what may, they can always arrange, some how,-to plant cotton and they can work it with I some mighty feeble old mules but j corn and bay are equally Scarce. No , cows hardly and, if you ask about aj country ham, 11A out of "."> will tell j you, either that the cholera killed all the hogs, or they were -old "on the foot." I It's their business, but certainly a 1 (M'culiar way of growing prosperous j and independent. Calhoun Time-. j Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does.?Anon. The Small Town Passing Are wo all going to be "city slickers" within the next 40 years? The small towf*s ore growing smaller and -the large towns larger, as we suspected, even Irefore the census takers began to reveal their findings. Even around about us this trend is indicated in the figures announced and sine? returns from Middle Western states nro showing a decisive shift of population from the villages, it is evident the movement is a national symptom of a change that will be revealed when the census is sub jected to final analysis. The first institution to fall before the motor car and the highway was the "Country store " Then came the littlh "one-teacher" school- arid the country church is following. .lust ' . how il is to work out for the l>est, is not so clear, but certainly we n re on our way to a new order of things ?Spartanburg Herald. Hiram P. Housel of l.owistown, Mont., was shot to death by his 17-j year-old son Wednesday morning af-| ter the father had indulged in a round of bad acting in which he slapped his daughter and hit his wife with a stool. A coroner's jury exonerated the son after three minutes' deliberation. 1 Gallant Fox Winner In Kentucky Derby Churchill Down*, I/ouiaville, Ky., May 17. ?Champion* every inch of them and every foot of the way, Karl Sonde and Gallant Fox proved an undatable combination today by galloping through the rain to victory in the bOth running of the classic Kentucky Derby. "Come on, Sarxde!" they shouted again as Sonde and Gallant Fox swerved into the home atret h, spraying the closest contenders with mud. And come on he did, with a finish so magnificently convincing as to leave not the slightest doubt that the highly favored eastern combination outclassed the field of crack threeyear-olds. A Gallant Fox successfully fought off the early challenge of the Kentucky pride, Tannery, then beat buck the last surging rushes of (iallant Knight, ( rack Brigade and Ned (). The heavily pbtyed favorite, daring the colors of William Woodward's Belair stud of New York, won by two good lengths from (iallant Knight of the A utile y Farm. <i. W. Foreman's Ned ()., finishing with a rush, was third, a length and a half behind (>a Hunt Knight with Cone Away fourth, the last money pobition, ami Crack Brigade fifth. Tannery, a dismal disappointment finished eighth and for the first time in years the highly regarded K. K. Biadlfy entries were nowhere. Seldom, if ever, in the history of the Kentucky Derby has so great and spontaneous of popular acclaim greeted a victory as the mud.spattered, but smiling and frecklefa ^ ii veteran, Karle Sande, came ha-k to the stands on Gallant Fox. While the crbwd madly yelled itself hoarse, the traditional wreath of red loses was draped around the colt's Meek and the Karl of Derby, after witnessing hi sfirst American race, stepped out to bestow the coveted trophy upon William Woodward, vice chairman of the New York Jockey club and the owner of Gallant Fox. Sande won his first derby in 1923, astride the noted Rancocas stabld money winner Zev and repeated in 1925 with Flying Kbony, carrying the colors of Gifford Ji.. -Cochran. Several times since then the great rider had sought the elusive third triumph. He had come close but today made sure of the honor and thereby equalled the record of Ike Murphy, negro 'jockey, who rode winners in 18K4, 1800 and 1801. It was a dramatic comeback for the litttle horseman who, since his last derby victory, had been almost killed in an accident, recovered and fought his way back to leadership. The derby today carried a gross value of $01.25(1 and $50,725 went to the winner, with $<5,000 to Gallant Knight, $3,ooo to Ned (>., and $1,000 j t<> Gone Away. Reports by way of Hankow, China, say that "Reds" recently attacked the city of Simakow and killed 200 persons and carried u^'ay loot totaling $000,(MM). YesterdU the Reds had surrounded the city of Hanchwan, across the river from Simakow, and being well equipped with macYiine guns, it wa- expected that they would also do the same thing to the former city. j ASSA1I< JUDGE'S CHARGE Attorney For Kafir Kin* Allege IM?h ?In Columbia Saturday Columbia, May IK.?Judge J. K. Henry's charge to the jury in the trial of Hafe F. Kin* at Cheater was vigorously assailed by King's attorneys in their appeal yesterday before the supreme court for a new trial. "Hereafter," Thomas F. McDow, of York, shouted, "when judges want to search for a perfect model of all to avoid in charging a jury, they will go to this case." King was found guilty of murder of his wife, Faye Wilson King, and was sentenced to die in the electric chair. He is being held now pe nding decision on the appeal. Mr. McDow was not the only attorney for King to attack the trial judge's charge. John M. Hemphill, of Chester, said: "Unintentionally, 1 know, his Honor was swayed by the mob spirit in the courthouse." At another point in his argument, after^reminding the supreme court that Judge Henry formerly was solicitor, Mr. Hemphill declared that "I think His Honor forgot he was not arguing the case us solicitor. Four attorneys argued the case for King and three represented the State. While the defense attorneys attacked the charge, Solicitor Harry, Hines, of Lancaster, A. L. Gaston, of Chester, and W. G. Finley, of York, the prosecution staff, all warmly defended it. "It was a case of circumstantial evidence and because of this Judge Henry took the illustrations the attorneys are attacking." Solicitor Hmes said. Not only win Judge Henry's charge the subject of criticism by King's attorneys. but they argued the adverse feeling in the community and in the court room, and the newspaper publicity which, according to Attorney James H. Glenn, of Chester, had "helped engender feeling against the defendant." The court room crowd was characterised by Mr. Glenn as a "mob," and at another time he declared that with testimony adverse to King, "you could hear the silent amens." Mr. McDow went a step further, insisting the crowd was not adverse to King, but that it was an "audience throbbing and quivering with hate." Among Judge Henry's most criticized illustrations was the one lti which he compared the trial to a tug of war, with opposing attorneys at either end and "the truth somewhere between." The '^jay bird" illustration, in which he showed that he deduced a wire had been started swinging by a jaybird also caused comment. Clyde R. Hoey, uf Shelby, N\ C., who took a leading part in the case, declared King was convicted on "insufficient testimony." He -said there had l*'cn an intense desire at Sharon to find evidence to convict King. Mr. Gaston pointed out what he said were discrepancies in King's statements and declared there was a clear-cut motive for killing *he woman. Mr. Finley traced the history of, the slain womp from childhood to the time of her death. Solicitor Hines said the crucial point in the trial, and one that the defense had not denied, was the discovery of human blood on the clothing. Fighty-one exceptions are cited in the appeal for the new trial. Deputy Sheriff Hoke B. Smith is dead at Lumberton, N. C., the result <>f wounds inflicted four months ago \\ hen he was attacked during a raid on a whisky still. Three men are being held in jail because < f the attack. Coast guardsmen of Plum Island, \\ is., on Wednesday afternoon capj tured the . amp steamer Ansterberg | :n Lake \! rr.g.an with a cargo of ; Canad;;?. qu,.rs aboard valued at $?'>OU.ooo The Graf Zeppelin, giant German dirigible, -.tiird front Friedrichshafen Sunday afternoon on an 18,000 mile journey which will take it twice across the Atlantic and for the first, time south >>f the equator. The airship has 22 passengers, and a crew of 42 on board. Included in the 35 tons of cargo are 1,200 pounds of letters and postcards. Nature Thought of Everything Nature thought of everything when the human body was made. When th? body is about to become ill, nature planned danger signal* to warn u*. Thus, if our children grind their teeth when they sleep, or lack appetite, o* suffer from abdominal pains, or itch about the nose and finders, we should know that they may have contracted worms. Then, if we are wise, we buy a bottle of White's Cream Vermifuge and safely and surely expel the worms. Thus we avoid the danger of very serious trouble. White's Cream Vermifuge costs only 35c a bottle, and can be bought from DeKalh ' Pharmacy, Camden, S. C t Much Rain Aids Crops' Progress Columbia, S. C., May 17.?Copious ram in moat of the counties of the northwestern section of the state has caused great improvement in the general crop conditions there, Richard H. Sullivan, meteorologist of the Columbia weather bureau, has announced in bin synopsis of weather and crop conditions in South Carolina for the week which ended May Id. (termination of cotton, corn and late spring truck has been accelerated. Winter cereals have taken on renewed vigor generally, although v.heat and oats have been heading on -hort straw duo to previous dry weather. I Some cotton chopping is going on 11 early fields and corn planting con,'niues. However, more rain Is needed, Mr. Sullivan said, in the upper coastal plain and in the How country. Growth of white potatoes, field * truck, garden and lesser crops is re- ^ fleeted in the distribution of rain- , fall. 1 Temperatures have been near the ( seasonable average and considerable ' cloudiness has reduced evaporation ! to a great extent. More rain is need- 1 ed^ for satisfactory transplanting in ' the tobacco districts. Sweet potato transplanting has bceome active in * the pprthwestern counties since the 1 rains. Commercial cucun\bers are developing fairly well and pastures and ' meadows upstate have improved. I ree fruits are in fair growing condition and native strawberries continue on the market. CHAIN STORES SCARED \\ hile the figures show that over one-seventh of all the retail business in tliis country is now being done by the "chains' it begins to look as if the long-expected turning point may soon be reached. The hostility to the chain stores has been increasing so rapidly of late that it has assumed the importance of a nation-wide issue. Bug business looks only at figures I ?it judges everything solely by the profits shown by the balance sheets and it never stops to consider the human element unless it has to. So, while rolling up, each month, bigger and bigger sales and more and more profits, the chain store systems have ridden rough-shod over the local sentiment and community interests and have made things so that it is wellj nigh impossible for an independent dealer to continue in business. Owing to the acknowledged efficiency of the chain system, a great many people who formerly earned a fair living are now thrown out of jobs. This is one of the causes that I have produced the present widespread unemployment. The chain stores deal on a "cash-and-carry" basis and this leaves the less desirable class of customers to be takiMi care of by the independent merchants. Then when j funds or help are needed for some local improvement the chain store managers say they can do nothing? while the local people have to carry the burden. In an article on this subject Printer's Ink reminds the chain store magnates that "There is sentiment in business after all, and 'sentiment has to be considered because people feel as well as think." As an outgrowth of the hostility, some of the big business concerns, such as the tire manufacturers for instance, are returning to the old policy and are cultivating the good-will of the local dealers and local patrons as far as possible. A nation-wide combine of local dealers?the Independent Merchant's Association?is now taking an aggressive stand and ' is summoning recruits to repel the ' chain-store "invasion."?The Pathfinder. ( ENSIS OF SEMINOI.ES Florida Indian Tril>e Increased in NuihIhtn During Decade Jacksonville. Fla., May 19.?T-.. mighty tribe of Seminole Indians, vhioh twice engaged the United States in war, not only continue ?o withstand the rigors of the Florida Everglades but census figures show a slight increase in population. The tribe in Florida now numbers j , 4(>8 persons, an increase of 14 or .03 j per cent since a count made in 1020 by a special commissioner. History records that the Seminole f tribe originated along the shores of i the Chattahoochee river in Georgia, ! where its members were known as * the Creeks. In 1750 several hundred left the Creek nation and migrated to ! lorida as the result of a Quarrel. This number grew until in 1858, ! i the Seminole population in Florida i was estimated at more than 4,000. These figures were based on the number of warriors participating in bat ; ties of the Seminole wars previous to that time. Mrs. Reynolds Hurt in Accident Mrs. Wade Reynolds, who resides n the country, was injured in an au;omobile wreck Wednesday of last veek. She was driving her car vh(:n it collided with u ear being lriven by O. Leon Seymour, of North Carolina. A truck was in the road it the time and Mr. Seymour at:empted to pass and in doing so ran nto the car being driven by Mrs. Reynolds, turning it completely over. Mrs. Reynolds was brought to the Camden hospital where it was found that her injuries were not serious and after receiving treatment re>-w turned home. Mr. Seymour rendered what assistance he could and paid all damages including the hospital bill. I ( 'linden Still lA*ads League ( amden retained the leadership in the L. I'. K. C. Textile league by defeating Kershaw in a hard fought 12 inning game here Saturday by the! score of 4 to 3. Lyles pitched a won- ' derful game for the locals, allowing 6nly five scattered hits and sitting 12 men down by the strikeout routes. Blankes for Kershaw also pitched a good game, although the locals touched him for 14 hits, they could not bunch them enough to win until the last of the twelfth, when with the score tied, Munn singled and Hatfield hit a long one over the Center Fielder's head and broke up a good ball game. Score by innings: Kershaw 0 0 0 3 0 0 D 0 0 0 0 0-3 Camden 01 000002000 1-4 Summary:?Two base hits, Weldon, J . Lynch, Munn, Gregory. Three base hits, Hatfield, Weldon. Sacrifices, James, Sullivan. Stolen bases, Hatfield, Weldon. Base on balls, off blanks 2. Struck out by Lyles 12. Blankes 11. Umpires, Loyd, Harris. Time of garpe, 2 hrs. 50 min. W hile Camden was winning this game Port Mill defeated Lancaster 13 to 7 at Lancaster. This 'eaves the standing of the L. F. K. C. Textile League as follows: W I. Pet. Canulen 3 U 1000 Ft- Mil1 2 l 60? Lancaster 1 > 333 Kershaw 0 3 000 Lancaster plays at Camden next Saturday and Fort Mill play* at Kershaw. Didn't Happen 'in Camden Darling, cried a young wife as "theirs C??me h?mu fr0m the office> there s going to be a new grocery e ^ffhborhood." Well, well," he exclaimed. "We certainly are prospering. We haven't ont^yet ?Ur W'th the other A' (apone, notorious Chicago gangster, was arrested at Miami, Ha Tuesday evening and spent the night m jail. It is the policy of the Honda police to arrest Capone at every opportunity. Announcement is made that Wil<loS()i)aM0rh He"rSt ha* donated l MUHH) to the two million dollar cn'or 'oglethoml that is raised (ia ^ thorpc university. Atlanta. ' ^ I 1 While talking to his mother Raid I in?T before a window, seven-year ?u I William Lloyd Brooks, of-^aruj fl" burg, fell over suddenly and died 8% I afterwards in a hospital. It Ww I first thought the lad had fainted^* struck his head on a baseboard froaf which he died. Later it was believed ^1' that he was a victim of a stray bullet v on account of the fact that I hole was punctured in the screen wire setr'^HL where the child was standing ujtj,e Hi back of his head was in line witkthe ' path of the bullet. * .^H ' Wants?Fo^Sale^ fl BOARDERS?Boarders can secure* excellent table service, with or I without rooms at reduced rates for fl the summer. Large,' cool rooms ] Park View Inn. Lyttleton Street I Camden, S. C. . 9 u, J fl FOR SALE -Fresh milk cows fS H sale or will trade for dry cattle I Apply George T. Little, Camden! H 9 xA I LOST?On Sut;day, May 18th, a white I male colli* <log, wearing collar. ^H Reward if returned to E. P. Trues-1 dale, 1505 Broad street, < :tmden, S C. ( H FOR SALE? One 13Va foot row boat with two oars. In good con- I dition. Suitable for motor boat ^H Apply to Tell Brown, 702 Hampton Street, Camden, S. C. frxj 'fl GEN ERA I. ELECTRIC REFRIGBR A TOR?'Mrs. N. C. Arnett says I "My General Electric Refrigerator has given perfect satisfaction, and we are very much pleased with it." I ?Camden Furniture Company. FOR SALE?Templar (red), Colum- I bia (pink), rose bushes, three years I old. Three for $1.00. Hydrangea i I plants for the yard, two years old fl 75 cents each. Apply The Camden [ Floral Company, Telephone 193, H Camden, S. C. ftjh fl GENERAL ELECTRIC REFldGW- fl ATOR?IMr. H. G. Carrison, St., fl president of the Bank of Cms- ! den, says: "My General Electric j Refrigerator works perfectly, is H pleasingly quiet, throughly effi- fl cient, and its ice making feature makes the investment good busi- fl nes.s as well as a luxury."?Cam- H den Furniture Company. H FREE to boys and girls. Send me names of five boys and girls, twelve to eighteen years of age, fl and receive beautiful gift. T..J. fl Croghan, 1322 Avon Ave., S. W., fl Atlanta, Ga. 7-21pd GENERAL ELECTRIC REFRIGER j ATOR?No wonder every owner is fl a booster. NOT ONE has ever fl spent lc for service or repairs.? I The Camden Furniture Company. FOR SALE^-Petunias, holly n^peka. four o'clocks, cosmos, bachelor but tons, marigolds, flowering lavender plants, 60 cerlts per dozen. Apply, The Camden Floral Company, Tel^ ephone 193, Camden, S. C. 8sb FOR SALE?-One Deering reaper and binder in running order for sale cheap. Also a few second hand mules, for sale. Apply J. H. Burns. Camden, S. C. 8-lOsb PASTURAGE?Cattle accepted for pasturage at Gulgnard plantation for the summer. For information see W. P. McGuirt, Camden, S. C. Telephone 148. 6?b ^ CARPENTERING?John S. Myers, phone 268, 812 Church Street, j Camden, S. C., will give satis- . factory service to all for all ktndi of carpenter work. Building general repairs, screening, cabins making and repairing furnituri My workmanship is my referenceI solicit your patronage. Thanking you in advance. 50 tf 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-M ~ Loans to Members . % IF you wi>-h to repair, remodel, buy or build a home in this City, and must borrow to finance the proposition, why md do t.'his through our Association. If you k are not a member you can become one at any time? any month. Simply come in and subscribe tor the number oi shares you wish and pay on same one dollar on each share each month thereafter. No hark laments required When >haiv reaches a vain-' of one hundred dollar- same will be paid to you in eash or if pledged fro secure a loan, thi - amount will be credited on your mortgage. The easiest, most helpful and safest plan ever devised to accumulate a definite sum of money or to., finance the purchase of a home is the Building and Loan plan used by us and by most other similar associations. Busy, regular monthly installments. convenient to average salaries. Call on us for any information. Our chief object is to serve this community in a safe yet progressive way. The Enterprise Building and Loan Association Established IKS.'i (The Oldest in South Carolina) Our Officers are: President, W. H. Zemp; Vice-President. C. H. Yates. Other Directors: . ? David Wolfe, W. E. Johnson, W. CI. Wilson, J. B. Zemp, S. N. Nicholson, Jno. T. Nettles, R. M. Kennedy, Jr. Attorney: Laurens T. Mills. Socretary-Trea surer: J. R. Wallace. ? HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN! K Camden High School Commencement will be Held ' JUNE 1st, 2nd and 3rd. . We all want to remember the graduates on this occa- M sion. Let us suggest that you can add tp> their joy IH N by sen ing ^ Gibson's Dainty Graduation Cards, IHju W hitman's Candies, IH Sheaffer Lifetime Pens, and Pen Sets, H?,s Vanities, Toilet Goods, Noveltie* 1 W. ROBIN ZEMP'S DRUG STORE I Phone 30 Delivery Hf? * H WARNING! ALL PERSONS ARE WARNED NOT TO TRESPASS UPON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OF HOLLY HEDGE, CAMDEN, S. C., FOR THE PURPOSE OF SIGHT SEEING, FISHING, PICKING FLOWERS OR FOR ANY PURPOSE WHATSOEVER* THOSE CAUGHT VIOLATING THIS NOTICE WILL ^E PROSECUTED. ROBERT STOREY, Jr. Superintendent Camden, S. C., May 20,^930. 1 < ?"ij*.