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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE B. D. NILK8..Editor m4 PiMUAw Published rjr Friday at Ne. 1109 Broad Street and entered at the Cam* dan, South Carotlaa poatofflca as aacond claas mall mattar. Prtca par amram 92-00, payable in adranoa. CAMDEN. THE CITY BEAUTIFUL Spring coming as it did late this year made possibly. a riot of color in the yards and parka of Camden. Nature ha* been lavish with her paint j>ot. Wistaria, the vine that swing* so gracefully from trees and trellises has been loaded with its beautiful lilac flowers. Trees in the yards of the homes of C. P. DuBose, K. K. Holland, W. A. Bush and VV. H. Zeinp liave made motorists stop to admire. Green Leaf Villa is especially beautiful at this season with its porches covered with wistaria. The handsome homes of H. G. Harrison, Sr., on Broad street an<l ('. J. Shannon, Jr., on Chesnut, are lovely to behold. The home of Mrs. W. L. Wright on (Ticsnut street has wistaria of white festooned upon the porches. Azaleas of gorgeous hue can be seen in the yards of (lus Hirsch and L. T. Mills. In Holly Hedge, the l>eautiful estate of K. L. Woodward, n riot of colors, azaleas in all their lovely shades are seen and from trees and bushes blaze all colors of the raintx>w. Yellow jasamine sets the keynote of the cclfir scheme of the gardens of Harry I). Kirkovcr. and W. J. May field. A peigola in the yard of W H. Haile is intertwiued with yellow jasamne, the ^weet sine ol ti'.c Southland wood*. Wh'te dogwood trees in all their sprint loveliness in the gardens ot Mrs. l iedeiick Robinson. the grounds of I: id.nk Inn and in the yard >1 Mrs. G. A. Rhame are a delight t ? the eye, with petals of fairy loveliness. John K. Khame lias a lovely pink dogwood <>n the lawn of hihome. In the garden-, of John R. I odd an Crnnn II llHf'k ITrOUIld of evergreen shrubs the flowers of early spring are blossoming out, pink cherokec roses catch the eye on one side and against the house is a perfect glory of graceful wistaria blossoms. Mrs. W. N. Kerr's home on Green street has the lovely Banksia rose trained over the doorway as has also Mrs. G. G. Alexander's home on Isiurens street, where Baivksia and wistaria rival one another in lovo'iness. At Frank F.. Goursen's home in Kirk wood and in R. B. Deljoaehe'* yard the wistaria is lovely where it clambers over pine and oak in festoons. From the porches of Goody Castle droops the wistaria also, an 1 in the yard the lovely dogwood graces the lawns thi.- beautilu! inline Iris of white and various -had of purple bloom in yards and pari." as does also the -pirca which i- al-<? grown to perfection in Court Inn. . Walks and shrubs in these gardenare covered with the yellow jasamine. woodbine, wistaria and Ranksia. The Kirk wood grounds, where thev are terraced have lovely pink azaleauixtofiling anu ' }/nuTv?n^.t crttdainty violet and pansy can be seen. In the parks of the city crab apple trees, dogwood, s-pirea and Judas trees lend their beauty for the beholder to enjoy, the gifts of nature. BEHOLD THE HEN! Did you ever stop to think?that hard times mean nothing to a hen? She just keeps on digging worms and laying eggs regardless of what the newspapers say about conditions. If the ground is tyml she scratches harder. If it's dry .-he digs deeper. If she strikes a r<x*k, she digs around it. But. always she dies up worms and turns them into hard-shelled profits, as well as temper broiler*. ! > :<i you ever see a pessimistic hen? Did y??u e\er know of one starving t.o death waiting foi w. nil- to dig t !u'!iim!\ ?s t< the surface" Dal y i ewr (leal one e.iekie 1h- a.i-c tilUewere hard'.' N ?; or. y.?ut lite! saves hei breath !" ? digging and h ' cackle fo: egg-.--C< ?l ton Blossom Magazine. A 110-year prison sentence Wed nesday was imposed on Haul \Vupper, bigamist-banker, who immigrated front Germany to become president of the Beeiner, Neb., State bank, which collapsed in 1928. He pleaded guilty in district court in West Point, Neb., to ten forgery offenses, each of which contained two counts. For each off ems e he was fined $;">00. For the first offense he was sentonced to 20 years in prison, and for each of the nine others ten years. The state charged Wupper/embezzled approximately a million dollars fromi the bank before he disappeared in September, 1928. He told authorities that money which disappeared from the bank was lost in speculation and that he now was penniless. Legion and Auxiliary To Hold Convention Charientpn, IS. C.# April 11.?4>re ii miliary arrangements for th? annual convention of the American legion and legion Auxiliary of South Carolina, to bo hold hote July 27-JW, have boon completed by the convention committee of the legion headed by J. J. A It man, of Charleston, as general chairman. A. Stanley. Jdewellyn, of Camden, department commander, estimate* that 1,600 legionnaires and members of the auxiliary will attend the convention in Charleston representing 75 posts <rf the legion in South Carolina. Each post hua appointed an "On to Charleston" committee the membeis of which are working actively to the ends of having the greatest attendance of any legion convention yet held. The convention hosts in Charleston are jointly Post No. 10, of which A. K. Davis ts commander, and Palmetto Post 112 of which George K. Barton is commander. The general committee arranging the convention consists of seven from each post. The preliminary program us arrnounced by Mr. Altman and his committee calls for the first day, Monday, July 27, to 'begin with registration followed by a great parade in which will be reviewed all of the colors of all legion posts in the state. .Several bands will participate and 'furnish music as the parade swings down the designated line of march through gaily decorated streets. The speaking program for the convention is to be of national significance and the speakers, whose names will be announced later, are men whose names and utterances diaw interna' ional attention. A feature of the first day's prograin will be the selection of the Legion Queen, a contest which will be determined in the evening at the Isle of Palms, adjacent seashore resort where the good fellowship and ' - * C it,. on m U'ill Up MUM I 1 IIIIMI b Wi tilt* l^^iu.i. ..... centered. Beginning in the afternoon and continuing until the early hours of Tuesday the program of entertainment at the Isle of Palms will include various forms of entertainment, among which twill Ik* aquatic sjrorts, surf bathing, novelty entertainment and the Ixtgion 'Ball in the great open dance pavillion. Tuesday will be devoted primarily to business sessions when the election of officers will be bold and the next meeting place selected. On this day also will be sightseeing trips about the historic city and vicinity and fishing trips 'for those anglers among the legionnaires. Mr. Altman in announcing the preliminary plans also announced that all members of the legion must have their I'd"I membership cards to part ici pate Til the con', cut ion prog ra m While Frank Alba, of Glendalc. N. V., was engaged Sunday in rescuing the third victim !'r m under an automobile that had mashed into a post a nil caught the three occupants under it. two of whom he had already gotten out. the first two stole Alba's .car and luaclc their escape. PERSHING'S WAR STORY The memoirs of General Pershing are a graphic record of the \\ orld War. Their chapters, the first of which appear in today's (chronicle, survey the great conflict from a broad viewpoint with an intimate understanding of the influences that led to the major decisions of the Allies in regard to the conduct of the canipaign-i against the enemy. Now that more than a dozen years have passed since the termination of the war. there is an opportunity to review its episodes in the calnuv light of today. Wartime reports and those immediately following the war were coiwiou>!y or Tim Mseiously a fkieii. cii by the pi.v\im.ty of the . flirt atirr did tvt Hi tied a clear pre t.i-i of the event- trat constituted the Ingge-t^ v\ ar in a'., r..-1 ?r> . There - p"ohabl\ m ne i r iiuai;>.i:d '.Iran General IVr-h.r.g * < discuss the military *a?t e- ot t:io conflict. He \\;s m em>e communication at all times with the leaderof the forces co-cq>eraiing with the Americans and knows the details of the formal and informal discussions preceding the determination of the policies to be followed. The general throws a light upon many incidents that lhave been clouded in mystery. He describes the early arguments about the American participation and the squabble over whether our soldiers should fight as a unit or be merged with the French and British troops. The first of the Pershing articles is published. in The Chronicle today. It is well to read them from the start in order to obtain a comprehensive picture of the entire situation. Twenty Houm? In One Tree California redwood occaaionally reaches a di#met*r of fcW*rto<y fa*tabout 5 feet from the swelling near, er the ground. Import* of >yen larger tinea are common, but too frequently their dimeneione ehrink when large butteneaee, femg* or{root swelling* are discounted. it is of particular Inteanet, writes Emanuel KriU in American Forests (Washington) to look over the dimensions of what is actually a twentyfoot tree, and to learn what an Inconceivably large amount of lumber such a tree might yield. We read: "Recently, Capt. A. W. Klam, a forest engineer of Humboldt county, California, came across ? large and particularly fine tree while cruising on the company's holdings. This report created so much interest among his employers that he was instructed to make careful measurements of the tree, oven though it w^as in a remote portion of the property. "He found this tree to be 30H feet high and to have a diameter of twenty feet, measured five feet above the ground. The bark measured eleven inches in thickness, leaving the diameter of the wroody portion eighteen feet, two inches. "Captain Flam's tree is not unusual us to height', a number of individual trees have been measured by foresters and lumbermen that greatly exceeded IKK) feet, but they lack the diameter and gentle taper of the-tree here described. For example,' one tree recently measured by engineers of the Pacific Lumber company, was found to have a height of 3i64 feet, but its diameter was only twelve feet.! ''Particularly remarkable is the fullness of the trunk of the Humboldt county tree. The taper from the ground is so slight, that at a point 230 feet from the ground (the diameter is still over twelve feet. Up to this point the -tree would give fourteen logs, each of the standard sixteen-foot length. "If the tree is jwrfectly sound throughout, these fourteen logs should yield the astounding total of over 3f>0,000 hoard feet of merchantable lumber?sufficient for the lumber requirements o? twenty-two average homes. Captain Elam made n)lowance for some breakage in falling, and for the heavy bark. "Many years ago a large church was built in Santa Rosa, California, every stick of which is s&id to ha\e bee.n cut from the same tree. Not long ago, a scaler, measuring the logs on a recently felled track, found portions of it to contain as much as 1,000,000 board feet an acre. "This figure may mean very little to one not accustomed to estimating timber, but, when it is recalled that very little timber in the eastern United States and many portions of the West will average 25,000 board feet an acre over large areas, it is easy to visualize such an acre of redwond n- equivalent t" forty good acres elsewhere, or to see in < ap; tain Flam's one tree the equivalent of | nearly fifteen acres of rather good ' eastern timber. ! j SMALLEST CHURCH IN AMERICA It Seats Only Eight Persons and Still Has Services Held In It What is probably the smallest church in America has been discovered in a corner of Iowa by a newspaper writer who says: Our place off interest takes us to the northeastern part of Iowa. Take the map and locate Winneshiek county. Now notice a amall town named Fesftina in the southern part of the county, only a few miles from the south lino ami not far from t^sian. Near the little town of Festina we will find a tiny chapel, said to be the smallest of churches in existence. It has all the appearances of a big church?a church yard, church steeple, entry way. pulpit, pews, an aisle, reg! ular church windows, and in fact ev! ory mark .?f a church of much larger dimensions. 1' ?s a little churt h. It by 20 feet, It >tand> on the bank' ?.f the Tu l. y river and \r. the tvuds* , of rum. nes. in the "pen c.un'.m near t'r- m-mes of the peopU who attend ami the '.ami upon which *t stand- part ot the farm <>l .-r'.gina! founder and builder. I" i this- ample church yard are row up> n i row ot the graves of pioneers, vhi beyond its fence acres of corn and grassland stretch away to the hilL that border the ri\er. John Gartner, a soldier under Na;h>leon. led a troupe of settlers front Indiana to this southern Winneshiek county land in the spring of 184D. F. J. Huber, Jacoib Rausch. Anton Stattle, Andrew Meyer, George Rec.tel and Joseph Spielman with their families made up this band. They bought their larrd from Indian agents and began their task of settlement. Their great worry, however, was the lack of a church. Finally, a rude log Church was constructed and a priest came now and then to ,?ay mass Tor i these pioneers. In ISM the church | burned, and the settlers began at tending other churches In v nearby towns and neighborhood*. Out in in 18ti? John Gartner and Frank Ifuber built ^another churoh, the little stone church or cbapel near Feetina, j called ?<*. Anthony's Chapel. Only | eight persons can be seated in It. The altar is in miniature. Through the year* that have followed, the relative* of John Gartner and Frank Huber have kept up the chapel. #r.ery year on Jimq. 13, the Feast of St. Anthony, mass is said on its alI tar. Thougn divorced, Charles B. Woodring and Florence I^awrence of Holly- \ wood, Calif., remained partners in a cosmetic manufacturing business. For Alderman 1 hereby announce.myself as a candidate to serve as Alderman from Ward Two for the City of Camden! in the approaching municipal pri- ' mary ana will appreciate the support of the voters in my Ward. Respectfully, J. Cooley Gillis. Notice of Lost Certificate Notice is hereby given that Certificate of Stock in the Tlamden Building and Loan Association Number 703, dated October 24, 11*28, issued to D. N. Collins has been lost. After due publication the undersigned will apply to the secretary of said Association for a duplicate certificate. D, N. COLLI NlS, Camden, S. C., Mch. 19, 1931. Wants?For Sale LOST?On Tuesday, April 7th, in the neighborhood of Knights Hill, one Long-haired black dog, blind in one , eye, is about the size of a water! spaniel. Finder please telephone | 481, Miss Olive Whittredge, Gamden, S. C., and receive reward of $20.00. 3pd FOR SALE?Tomato plants for sale, rustproof, 35 cents per hundred. Apply Mrs. Joseph Shebeen, North j Mill street Camden, S. C. 3sb TO RENT? F or summer nicely furnished, beautifully * located eightroom home in Camden, -S. C. Address H. Z. T., care Chronicle. Camden, S. C. 3sb WANTED AT ONCE?One used ice box in good .condition. Address P. O. Box 362, Camden. S. C. 3pd FOR SALE?Tomato plants Early and Greater Baltimore. 16 cents per dozen, 75 cents per hundred. Calendula, gaillardia. Shasta, Michaelmas and Arctic daisies, 15 cents per dozen. Post ipaid on all orders. Address Mrs. R. E. Rembert, Remlbert, S. C. 3pd FOR SALE?One oil range in first class condition. Apply Mrs. Joseph Sheheen, North Mill street, Camden, S. C. 3sb FOR SALE?Shelled corn and corn in the shuck. Address B. H. Boykin, Boykin, S. C. 2-4pd THRIFTLETS with us mean repairs tfthat are a saving to you, making useful again things that have been useful and at a cost that really makes the wojjk profitable to you. Light repairs^are so numerous and vary so much it is impossible iO specify all items, but if yours is worth repairing we will tell you. Jenkins Repair Shop, Camden, S. C., 926 Lower Broad Street. WANTED?You to know that if you have anything to sell an advertisement placed in this column will more than likeiy sell it for you. BABY CHICKS ?Oherryvale Poultry Farm and Hatchery, located at 1340 Haile street, baby' chicks for sale at all times. Week-old chicks or any age desired. Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks and White Leghorns. All from blood-tested stock. We do custom hatching. Come to us. Prices right. Oherryvale Poultry Farm and Hatchery, Joe B. Gaskin, Propriej tor, Caxodeii, S. <X" 49-4 j>d WANTED?No. 1 pine logs. Hixwl cash prices paid: year roundel mand. Sumter Planing Mills ufl Lumber Co., Attention E. S. Boot? Sumter. S. C. l.tfjB CARPENTERING?Jonn S. Mrt9 phone 2C8, 812 Church Camden, S. C., wills give uifl factory service to all for all kiofl of carpenter work. BuildiajB general repairs, screening, eabioS making and repairing furniturfl My workmanship is my referetK?: I solicit ypur patronage. Ttaiifl ing you in Advance. ~ 50tfl INFLUENZA I SPREADING Check Colds at once with 66S.I Take it as a preventive. I Use 666 Salre for Babies I -..y ? Grocery to Continuel At Same Stand I I The Grocery Store formerly conducted by Mr. R. S. William* will continue operation at the taia* 1 stand under the management of Mr. J. Q. Godwin. -! >Ve make a specialty of telephone orders and o?r |1 truck makes prompt deliveries. We carry a complete 1 -line of GROCERIES, FRUITS and VEGETABLES, fl| and if we don't have what you want in stock will get B| it for you quickly.. ; ||| Telephone 47 I Mrs. R. S. 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