The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 05, 1930, Image 8
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ChrintmaH Sealn
Fight Tuberculoma
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Cant Friday marked the opening
of the 24th annual Christmas xea
sale for the ruining of funds to xuoport
the fight against tuberculosis
The Heal thix year ex) pre axes pictorially
"the good will toward men'
idea that hax been its soul through
the yearn. The jolly aaint of Christmax,
drawn from a likenexx of the
greatly beloved Dwight L. Moody,
hails the world with the newx that
he ix bringing the great fight of
"Health to All."
Sout^i Carolina hax distributed for
xale over 4,000,000 of the little xealx.
The State and County committees are
asking that evorybody help by xeeing
that every letter and package
mailed from thix day until .Christmas,
carries thle emblem of good will.
Christmas Heal Sunday was observed
November 20th. On that day
the pastors of practically every
church made an appeal for co-operation
in the seal xale; the proceeds
* of which are used to fight against
tuberculosis in Kershaw county.
Kershaw county has organized for
the sale of tuberculosis Christmas
seals and Health Bonds in various
towns and districts.
Tjio additional chairmen for the
county sale are: Miss Lizzie Richards,
Liberty Hill; Mrs. D, M. Mays,
Bethune; Mrs. Kate Gettys, Lugoff;
Mr. W. A. Mason, superintendent of
Baron DeKalb school, Westville; Miss
May Rush, Boykin.
The following chairmen who will
appoint their own committees for
the canvass in Camden are:
Personal Solicitation?Mr. W. F.
Nettles, .Jr.
The Health Bond Sale?Mrs. Carl
A. West.
The Booth Sale?Mrs. F. M. Zemp.
The first'Christmas seal booth will
be located on Zemp Field. Friday afternoon
at L?:'{(>. Mrs. F. M. Zemp
will he in charge of the group of
workers who will find buyers for the
litlb' holiday emblems.
Card of Thanks
Mrs. K. W. Kahon and family wish
to express their appreciation for the
kindness and sympathy shown them
during the sickness and death of their
?loved one. K. W. Rabun. j
Family.
Seven deaths. 500 injured and a |
property damage of $500,000 is the 1
final return from a tornado that
swept through the delta section of
Louisiana and Mississippi last Saturday
night.
HI ajestic i'royrctm
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 5TH.
Radio Pictures Present- Lowell
Sherman. Marpin Nixon, Hugh Trevor.
W alter McGrail and Robert Mi Wade
in "THE PAY OFF." An exccllent
production with direction, acting
settings and plot of the highest
order. Also the novel Humanettes
and Tobv the Pup.
-SATURDAY, DECEMBER (JTH
Novel comedy drama with suspense.
thrills, action and laughs.
"BIG MONEY," with Eddie Quillan,
Robcit Armstrong, .James Gleuson.
Miriam Segar and Margaret Livingstun.
Riotous satiro on rapid-tire,
wise-cracking gangsters, played by a
trio of comedians, who put over comedy
like nobody's business. Don't
miss it. Also Our Gang in "IA.)YE
BUSINESS."
MONDAY. TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY.
DECEMBER S. <> and 10.
Out of the air onto the screen?'I
he Greatest Attraction in History?
AMOS and ANDY in "CHECK AND
DOUBLE CHECK." Into the hearts
of millions in their first talking pie-,
tore. One hour and thirty minutes
of the most enjoyable fun you've ever
witnessed in all your life.
Till RSI)AY. DECEMBER 11TH
Prosperity night this week will be
Thursday instead of Wednesday.
The feature attraction is "THE
DANCERS." A vivid drama tuned
to the fast rythm of today. With
Kenneth MaeKerma, I>ois Moran, and
Maureen O'Sullivan. Action sweeping
from Ixmdon ballrooms to Argentine
dance halls.
When Your Farm Stock Is
Sick, Look For Rats.
Disease among farm animals don't
just happen. Rats are carriers of dangerous
plagues?hog cholera, foot
and mouth disease and that terrible
of all scourges?Bubonic plague.
Farmers should throw around premises
RAT-SNAP.- It's sure and safe.
Three sizes, 85c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and
guaranteed by Zemp A DePaes,
Druggists, Camden, S. C., and Bo-1
thune Hardware Co., Bethune, S. C. I
!) merry"'christivias"s
C HEALTH TO ALL )
8T BERNARD H08PICE
f lU Monka mid I>okh Have Saved
1'houHaiidH of Liven
I The cliallenge to the riglht of the
monks of the lionpice of the Great St.
. Bernard to aid afflicted persona
cauRht in the unowy pass in the Alpe
where their hospice stands that was
made when Italian Fascist guards
fired on them recently, is the first in
the ancient history of their 'institu,
tion. The hoapice -was founded in
l>2ft- a thousand years ago?by Bt,
Bernard de Menthon, and thousands
have been saved from death in the
drifts by the monks and their dogs.
Originally the hoapice was merely
a chapel and a dormitory for the
monks, but developed roads in the
pass (have brought new duties for the
members of the order and now there
are two buildings which gre connected
'by the covered passage. Assisting
the monks are seven lay members,
as marroniers, and, of course,
the famous dogs. ?
The hospice is situated about seventeen
miles from the Italiun border.
Today it is church, museum, library
and hotel. It stands (beside a lake
HI20 feet above sea level in the pass
that connects the vuliey of the Rhone
with the valley of Doro Balboa and
is much traveled. Tourists use it as
a stopping 'place, Its doors are always
open, but only for persons unable
to get shelter elsewhere. Motorists,
as a rule, are not udmitted.
The church, built in the seventeenth
century, the monastery and a
dormitory with rooms for forty-five
guests constitute one structure. The
other, which is used as an inn, has
eighty beds and was built about- 22
years ago. The monastery is surrounded
by an iron grille as a bar
against women.
A traveler rings a bell in the porch
of the old building, if he desires lodg- |
ing, and the father almoner appears j
to let him in. Meals are served at
noon and at 6:30 p. m., the father
almoner presiding, and through the
rest of the day only coffee is available.
Wayfarers ure lodged gratuitously,
but there is tacit understanding that
those who have money may leave in
the alms bo* in the church a sum ;
equal to what they would have had
t<> pay at any ordinary inn. The box j
hangs on the fu;st pillar to the left
just inside the door of the church. If ,
the traveler wishes, he may leave the :
money with father almoner. Kven
tips are accepted and are added to.
tin* general fund.
It has been estimated that in these
times t hi* hospice shelters from 20.-!
000 to .'50,000 guests every yea:, yet
the income front this source is said
to he far less than is needed to support
the institution. Gifts from various
parts of the world help to keep
. it going. j
\ ;sitors to the hospice always dis|
play a great interest in the St. Berl
nard dug" These?patien-t?animals I
I stand three l'eet high at the Should-!
| ers and are admirably suited to the
I work for which they were bred by the j
monks. They have a reddish-white,"
heavy fur that protects them from ;
the cold and* are noted for their re-j
markably keen sense of rmell which [
leads them to persons 'buried out of
ight in deep snow.
IMunrp, sleepy-looking puppies breill
in the hospice are sold to visitors
nowadays. They make ideal pets, especially
for families that have children.
At one time they were very
much in vogue and were scon almost
everywhere, but the fad for the breed
has died down. Twice the monks'
dogs were almost exterminated, once
by an avalanche, another time by pestilence;
but enough were saved each
time to perpetuate the breed. .
After every storm?ami there are
many in that region?thr dogs arc
released front the hospice to search
for wayfarers caught in the snow
1 ;od by their sense of smell, the animals
find the victims, dumbly offer
the food and drink they carry in tiny
containers bound to their collars, and
either guide the travelers to the hospice
or go back for monks to help the
traveler in.
The pass has echoed again and
again to the steady tread of marching
feet. Roman legions passed that
way and the armies of France, of
Austria ami of Italy have trod its
length in various Alpine campaigns.
Napoleon made history when he led
his legions, with their artillery and
other heavy equipment, through in
May of 1800, though with much difficulty
and suffering to the troops.
The road is hown out of solid rock.
Gonstantine improved the road, the
Lombards frequently used it, Frederick
Barbarossa and Bernard, the uncle
of the mighty Charlemagne, trekked
its length.
In the hospice libary, on the upper
floor, are kept the votive brass tablets
offered ip tribute centuries ago
by -worshiping Romans to Jupiter
Poeninus in re-ward for escape from
danger. And at one time a temple
built in honor of Jupiter Poeninus
stood upon the apot.
On the hillside is a email botanic
garden, carefully tended by the
monks.?New York Time*
i i in i ii?ip?>?w mi II iii.BTf
Drug Xffervhant
Fleeced by Phone
'
' A stranger representing us
a guest at one of the city'# boarding
houses, fleeted a local drug firm for
$10 and a small bill of drug* here
this week. A phone call requested
that $1.80 worth of medicine be cent
to the address with change for $10.
The atranger met the delivery boy
near the houae and took the medicine
and gave him a check on a local bank
for the caah. Of courae the check waa
no good and the alicker went on hia
way to fleece unother.
Tegion 1'oat Held Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of
the Jamea Leroy Belk Post of the
American Legion waa held Tuesday
night at the Ixtgion Hall with quite'
a large attendance?around thirty of
the number in attendance were outof-town
members. Viacomte Charles
Benoi^t D'Azy, of the French Legion,
was present and made a talk to the
Ix'gionnaires. He desirea to have a
tablet placed on the Ba *on DcKalb
monument from the French lxjgion.
and a committee from the legion and
other organizations of the city will
confer over the matter.
Forester Arrives.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Nuitc
arrived in Camden this week and Mr.
Nuite will have charge of the forestry
work in this county", lie comes
here from VVaycross, Georgia, where
he has been in the Georgia Forestry
Service. He is originally from Blairsville,
(la., and has had a long experience
in this line of work.
General News Notes
Thomas A. Edison is turning his
inventive ability toward developing
I mechanisms for defeating the aviator's
greatest foe?fogs. The ? Inventor
has declared that he believed
the solution of the "problem is much
simpler" than it may seem to many
students of the problem.
I More than half a million unionist
workers of Moscow paraded before
"the house of columns" Tuesday night
at Moscow, demanding execution of
eight leaders of "the industrial party"
who went on trial that day charged
with treason and plotting foreign
intervention in Russia.
The .New Jersey state asylum at ;
Morristown was damaged to the extent
of $500,000 by fire on Wednes-.
day. I he fire is believed to have !
been of incendiary origin. None of
the 3,000 patients were endangered.
Five of the major railway brotherhoods,
after conferences lasting two j
weeks in Chicago, agreed to support i
proposals for a six-hour day as a j
means of relieving unemployment in '
the rank of railroad workers. A I
meeting is to he held in Cleveland, 1
().. on Dec. 1. to work out details.
Alfred K. Smith announced Saturday
that beginning Monday he
would establish a free woodpile to
keep the home fires burning for the
city's unemployed. The wood is to [
be replenished daily by six truek i
loads of wood from construction work
on the 8f>-story empire building.
A time dynamite bomb containing
40 sticks of dynamite, was delivered
at the offices of the Associated
Press at Spokane, Wash t Snrurday.
The manager opened it before
the clock had time to operate
the deadly machine.
Five men and one woman were rescued
off the coast of England Saturday
when three barges became
waterelogged during n heavy gale.
The woman was first mate to her
husband who was in command of one
of the barges.
Two women were killed near RaxK
boro. N. ('., -Friday when a bus struck
them as they were walking along ?.
highway. The victims. Mrs. B. T.
Robertson and a Mrs. Moorefield. are
believed to have l>c*n blinded by the
vehicle's lights and to have stepped
directly into its path.
Mary Ix>e Williamson, 19-year-old
farm girl of Wilson, N. C., was dragged
frmo her bed early Friday,
choked and smothered into unconsciousness,
bruised and lacerated by
an unidentified man whom officers
believe to be a nocturnal prowler who
has terrorized the community in
which the girl lives for several
months.
Banks of the south have resources
of approximately ten billion dollras
according to E. R. Black, governor of
the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
Friday. The tangible wealth of the
south is estimated at more than
eighty billions of dollars, he stated,
i A refund of $72,735, to Secretary
j Mellon for over-assessment in mi
come tax in 1926 was announced by (
jthe internal revenue bureau. The bu-j
cau allowed the secretary an addi- ,
lional deduction of 525.26 for con-'
tributions made during the year to j
two associations.
J. R. Wilkerson, of Greenville, S. C., i
37 years old, will become United
States consul in Havana, Cuba, as
successor to W. L. Jackson, of Madison,
111., who was drowned early in
the month.
Cotton frmo the growth of 1930
ginned priro to November 14 was announced
to have aggregated 1,962,364
running bales, including 403,622
round bales counted as half bales.
Letters Should Have
Return Address
\
Th? following article by Frank C.
Staley in The United States Daily
Hays the failure to use a return ad'
dress is responsible for the loss of a
great deal of mail:
Why the Dead letter Office? Why
the Dead Parcel Post Service 7 As a
matter of fact there would be comparatively
little reason for either to
exist if patrons of the postal service
would merely follow the instructions
of the Post Office Department when
mailing letters or parcels. But they
do not and so the dead letter and
dead parcel post service continues to
thrive as an expensive commentary
on the carelessness of the American
people.
If every one who mails a letter
would put his or her return address
on the envelope, not one would go
to the dead letter office, but those
that could not be delivered would be
returned to the mailers, except in
the few instances wherein the writer
had moved in the meantime and
left no forwarding addresses. Unfortunately,
however, not every one
heeds the advice of the Post Office
Department in the matter of proper
methods of mailing; in fact, millions
upon millions fail apparently to pay
a particle of attention to this simplest
of suggestions to help reduce the
risk of loss or delay in delivery of a
letter, and as a result over 28,000,000
letters went to the dead letter office
last year for the lack of return addresses
on the envelopes when found
to be undeliverable to the addresses.
Likewise in mailing parcels, regardless
of the value of the contents
many persons neglect to write their
own names and addresses on the covi-.
ers and numberless others fail to respond
to notices of nondelivery and
requesting return postage. Others
fail to properly prepare their parcels
for mailihg, using insufficient and
poor paper and twine, resulting in
thousands upon thousands of articles
breaking out of the wrappers. The
failure of patrons of the service to
heed the instructions of the. Department
last year resulted in some 482,U00
parcels reaching the dead letter
office, of which more than one-third
could be attributed to improper wrapping.
And so year after year, in spite of
the Post Office Department's constant
efforts to educate the public to
better mailing, this enormous and entirely
unnecessary waste goes on. The
total pay roll of the dead letter and
dead parcel post srevice last year
was approximately $270,000, while
the loss to the mailers represented by
the contents of lost letters and parcels,
although it can only be estimat-'
ed, probably reached twice that amou
nt.
On the other hand it is a pleasure
to acknowledge the wonderful co-operation
which the postal service receives
from the great majority of its
patrons, as illustrated in the following
instance in which the dead letter
office is a direct beneficiary together
with "the mailer. For the past two
years the Department has been carrying
on an intensive campaign by
correspondence and personal interviews
to persuade direct-mail advertisers
to use return addresses on a0mailings.
Thus far nearly 83 per
cent of all advertisers approached on
the subject, among whom are some of
the largest mailers in the country,
have agreed to follow the Department's
suggestions, with the result
that during each of the las}, two fiscal
years, in spite of increases in
general postal receipts indicating
larger mailings, there has been a decrease
in the number of dead letters,
the carelessness of mailers, it mav
Re verting again to the subject of
bo surprising to know that the dead
; letter service receives each year approximately
100,000 letters in perfectly
blank envelopes, some stamped
and some unstamped. A very conI
ciderable portion of these are letters
J of business houses, indicating a large
percentage of error on the part of
the typists and mailing clerks. Often
such letters are found to contain
large remittances ip checks, drafts
and securities. Just now as I am i
| i
writing,, an envelope, entirely blank I
except for the stamp, was laid on my
desk. It contained a check for $30,000
for credit on a bank loan. It
was forwarded at once to the bank
but its trip to t*ie dead letter office
will entail a delay of at least 10 days,
which will cost the mailer something
like $30 in interest, figured at six
per cent, as the price of some one's
carelessness.
Stripped of technicalities, the function
of the dead letter office is, in
brief, to open and examine the contents
of letters and parcels and to
return them to the mailers if information
enabling that to be done is
found. Involved in this are various
operations depending upon the nature
of the piece of mail matte.- under
treatment.
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Now that the Chri )tmas season it on and you are P
puzzling over that gift that ypu are going to ]
to a friend, we would suggest', a year's subscription (
to The Camden Chronicle?your home paper. It wai f
be a pleasant reminder Fifty-Two Times ^ a Year, fl
Several of our tourist friends had The Chronicle fob 1
low them abroad the past summer, and in all their j
wanderings in the old country The Chronicle kept (I
them posted as to the doings the old home toW?^ fI
Uncle Sam's mail service is a^nosf perfect at home 1
and abroad. Let us send it to a friend away from J
home or a shut-in at home. The cost is $2 per yeaiv9
cfhe Camden Chronicle I
To Hold Meetings
For County Teachers
The South Carolina Teachers' Association
has tried out a new experiment
this year. They have secured
Miss Abigail Bristow, an outstanding
educator, nnd a woman that is
fully capable of supervising due to
her varied experiences, to visit in
most of the counties of South Carolina,
meet with the teachers in their
school room and help them with their
problems.
Miss Bristow, accompanied by Miss
Mattie Thomas, rural supervisor of
schools, will be in Kershaw county
Monday and Tuesday of next week.
In order that all the teachers may
have theTopporturiity of meeting Miss
Bristow, group meetings are being
planned and the teachers are asked
to meet with the most convenient
groups. The plans for the groups
are as follows:
Monday, December 8 at 9:30 a. m.
?Blaney, with teachers from Crescent
attending.
11:30 a. m.?Baron DeKalb, with
teachers from Three C's, Thorn Hill,
Oak Jtidge and Providence attending.
2:30 p. m.?Camden, with teachers
from Liberty Hill, Stoneboro, Anti-I
oeh, Charlotte Thompson, Lugoff, j
Wateree, Pine Grove, Oakland and
the Mill School.
Tuesday December 9 at 9:30 a. m.
-?Midway.
11:30 a. m.?Mt. Pisgah.
2:30 p. m.?Bethune, with teachers
from Gates Ford, Central, Pleasant
Grove, Shamrock, iimrod and Ned's
Creek attending.
Trustees will please have means of
I
To Present Bible I
A ml Flag Schoo?
DeKalb Council No. 88, Junior 0r?>
der United American Mechanics will!
present a Bible and flag to the Mi|?j!
School, of Camden, on Sunday after? noon,
December 7, at 3 o'clock. Th?^
public is cordially invited to attend*;
the service and the program will b^H
as_follPW&i ; ?????^^?
Song, "America," by congregation??;;
Devotion, Rev. John 1\ Littlejohn^H
Address of Welcome, J. G, Richards;^?
Superintendent of Camden city^?
schools; Response, Councillor Dr. A?':!
W. Humphries; Address, "Principle*^?
of Order," Ben E. Adams; Present*? J
tion of Bible, Judge M. L. Smith?^
Acceptance, Miss Ernestine Batemanj? j
Flag Presentation and Raising, Dr? !
A. W. Humphries; Sorig, Nations? j
Anthem; Benediction. 1
Best Wishes
"Sorry to hear you've got to go to?'
the hospital. Operation?" ;]
"Well, I hope everything comes out?|
M iss Myra Outlaw, 38, member of^?
the school faculty of Charlotte, was??
killed, and Miss Louise Chalk, also^?
of the Gharlotte schools, was injured^?
Wednesday evening when their car^?
collided with a car occupied by J. J}.^?
Faulkner and Perry C. Williams,^?
near the Mecklenburg-Rowan county^?
line. I
transportation provided for the^?
teachers and if necessary let some^?
person in the community substitute^?
that all the teachers may have the ^?
opportunity of attending these meet-^?
ings. H
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Iodine Products Store I
549 DeKALB STREET
Specials Friday and Saturday I
DECEMBER 5, 6 I
RICE, "Blue Rose", 5 pounds for 25c~^ I ''
; SUGAR, per pound 5c ' , |
MEAL, Fresh Water Ground, per pock 7. 35c I ^
BACON, Fat Back, per pound 12Vic. I .:
LARD," Compound, 8-pound Pail, each 95c
SNOWDRIFT, 6-pound Pail, each 99c I
| SNOWpRlFT, 3-pound Pai^^ach 57c I
BUTTER, Best Creamery, pound 40c I
CHEESE, Full Cream, per pound a 25c~M- Ijl
WESSON OIL, pints ... 25c
WESSON OIL, quarts "... 49c I
| TOMATOES, No. 2 Cans, 3 for 25c B
COFFEE, "Lord Calvert" /'Columbia Maid", lb 39c ? I
SELOX, Large Size, 2 pkgs. for ...? 25c B<
FRESH STRING BEANS, per pounM 12 l?2c^ 1
FRESH SPINACH, per pound 15c II
FRESH CAULIFLOWER, per pound 15c
LETTUCE, Hard Head, 2 for 25c J
CELERY, Large Stalks, each 10c p
TANGERINES, per dozen , 20c | |
ORANGES, Large and Juicy, per dozen ...? s 30c J
Complete Lints Fruit Cake Ingredient* I J
DreKer'ft Pure Pork Sausage, Always Freeh | I
CALL US, WE DELIVER?PHONE 282 I
IODINE PRODUCTS STORE I
549 DeKalb Street f. C. Gladden, Manager
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