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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. D. N1UKH. . Editor and PubUahor Published every Friday at No. 1100 Broad Street and entered at the Camden, South Carolina poatoffice " M aecond ttlaas mail matter. Price per annum $2.00, payable in advance. - t Friday, April 8, 1832. Jgj&Frc - * ' " " " ' FACTS, AND NOT HUNK Optimism is good and had, When based on facts, it is line. If permeated with hunk, it is an evil. Rotary speakers, and various other optimistic prophets have been seeing prosperity around the corner for H> years. . In the meantime, "balance the butlget" and "deficits" are everyday singsongs, and more taxes to meet them. What are these propagandists doing to meet them? Are they retrenching and cutting -their own provender to help? Well, not that you can notice it. So far as the South Carolina rank and file go,, there is one thing you can .put in ^our pipe and smoke it, As long pa present starvation prices for cotton prevail, and drooping every day, all this optimistic stuff -is pure bunk. Reduce your expenses, as we dot and unload some robber taxes. That is the optimism we nc.ed. A sick mule floods relief, not the whip. Stop your white-collar optimism an4 put your tender shoulders to the wheel. That will help get us out of the bog. To hold on to all of?'your loot, and then preach to us optimism, that the taxpayers must pay for, ^ windbag nonsense.? Calhoun Times. IS THIS JUSTICE? Governor Blackwood last night announced that he had granted (). E. S. Howell a reprieve until April 2U from death in the electric ehair. Howell was scheduled to die for the I murder of Hart Williams on April K. We, are told the governor gave no, reason for granting the reprieve, To I . those of u- who are familiar with ! this ease there can h(. no legitimate' reason for granting any further delay. If any defendant was ever given every possible chance to escape t he J death penalty for a horrible crime,, " O. E. S. Howell is the man. We are i curious to learn by just what kind, of reasoning the governor reached his decision to delay the execution. A petition signed by more than a hundred people, asking clemency for Howell was presented to the governor. so we are informed. It is always an easy matter to get signatures for a petition, especially when it costs nothing to sign. Even so. we are f, doubtful whether this petition contains names of many Sumter people. Howell has been given two trials. Twice he was found guilty and sentenced to die in the electric ehair. The supreme court, wishing to make certain that justice was done, grant. ed Howell's appeal for a new trial, after the first trial. The second trial Came after everyone had hail opportunity to calm down. Two of the best lawyers in Sumter, or in the state for that matter, defended Howell. The atmosphere of excitement prevailing at the first trial was absent. The case proceeded ih a calm and orderly manner to its conclusion. The jury was out only a few minutes before returning a verdict of guilty. What more can a defendant expect than this? What more does Governor Blackwood need to convince him of Howell's guilt? Has the governor investigated Howell's record as a former convict, as well as his record just prior to and after the brutal and absolutely uncalled for murder of young Hart Williams? Or has the governor allowed a hundred names to sway him from his duty. I- there any wonder that murders continue to be committed in Sumter county and throughout the -tatc? So long a* the criminally-minded are) g'.Vtli examples >Uch as the Howell 1 case to pattern after, murder will| continue ' throw it- ugh shadow j ovrr a!', h 'iir-' and law ah.iiuig A.m. -t all bu-me-s ;w".. . are foui.iii d up' n t.'ie pnys.ca! m i ds . ! the ; a r. f'.od an t clothes and shelter. ami tho-e grow out of the ground. Th?* i"<i t)) k man's and -atesi friend. And we can't get away from it. Blessed is the man ow ning a few j acres of ground, who loves .t, and j ' who is out of debt. Stick to your farm; improve it; give it your attention; you will find it the surest and safest friend in times of stress. ?Winder News. Ezra Clark and Miss Irene Morris, of Anderson and Clinton, are being held in Anderson in connection with the death of William C. Davis, who was killed in a hit-and-run accident. They are charged with murder. John D. Thompson, Columbia suburb, attempted to capture intruders whom he suspected of trying to enter a garage at the funeral home with which he is connected His weapon accidentally discharged, the bullet finding lodgment in his leg. | Building And Loan | Men To Meet Here j The South uirolina Building and | Loan League will hold their annual meeting 'in Camden on May 20 and 27. It has a membership of seventyrtve and they will tome from all pavta of South Carolina. Tentative arrangements call for the meeting* to he held in the American Legion building on DeKalb street. The following prominent men are officors of this league: J. 11. Woodson, of Anderson, president; W. It. Zemp, of Camden, first Vice president; U. CL Childs, of Columbia, sec ond vice president; P. W. Spencer, qf Book Hill ?? the secretary and treasurer. The League will be entertained by all of the four building and loan as: sociations of Camden. First Baptist Church Services The following services arc announced at the First Baptist church. Sunday school at 10 o'clock, Mr. C. O. Stogner, superintendent. Public worship conducted by the pastor at 11:16 a. m. and 8 p. m. Morning subject, "Power To Overcome." Evening subject, "The Dying Thief." Prayer and i praise service Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Senior B. Y. P..U. Thursday evening at 8, and Junior B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 7. The public is cordially invited t<> attend all the services of this church. Association Enforces Fire Law Five negroes, Dave Adumson, Mima Dye, John Smith, Horace English and | Pink English, were arrested for violation of the Forest Fire Law. These cases were tried by Magistrate B. M. Smith in Camden Monday. April 4th. Judge Smith imposed a fine ol one hundred dollars each and JO days imprisonment. Both the fines and sentences were suspended, however, at thy request of officials of the l'oicstry Association. Magistrate Smith advised the defendants that in the event of any future violation both the finesand sentences would go into effect.; It is hoped that this will be a lesson | to any others who might carelessly or maliciously set fires in Kershaw I county. General News Notes "Dish" Wilson, night policeman at' Eastover, was kidnaped early Tuesday morning. He was handcuffed to a tree in a negro churchyard. The | three armed men then robbed a store of between $500 and $700 in cash and i checks. Three hours later the men J returned and released the ofTicer. | They directed him to a church a mile, I and a half from the Richland county j line telling him he would find on the; steps of the -church his pistol and hisT flashlight. They came on Wilson, he j said, as he was making his rounds. j j governor Blackwood has appoint-; ed Walter It. Wilbur, of Charleston, to! the state hoard of public welfare, to j serve the unexpired time of the late : C. W. Birchmore. The tenure of of| lice is to May 0, 10JJ. The 7.000 children of the Spartanburg city schools are enjoying ten days spring holiday. The welcome. i vacation period began with the close of the schools Friday. The institu-i tions will resume work April 11. King George's new six-months-old t terrier refuses to recognize anyone at Buckingham palace except the king. The supreme court on Monday stamped valid one of the most important acts of the li>32 general assembly, providing for issuance of serial bonds to care for the state's j $5,000,000 deficit. Paul W. Fuller, educational director of the Federation of Labor, before a mass meeting of I^angley cot-! ton mill strikers, Tuesday, told the strikers that the federation had of-; ficially sanctioned the strike. Influenza made greatly increased j inroads among the populace of South Carolina last week. The state health, department reported 1.447 new cases compared with the previous week.' This was a record for a week s cases ,n r.'.'t'J. the largest number of cases n a >ingle previous week, being U'lO. Pneumonia increased from 1 l'.' to l.?0 ,..A . -i-e <>:' :h?- 1 ".<> , a-es. So were b.iv pr.eumon.a ar.d 0'j bror.-hiu:. :>n< umi n.a I r? we e M new ea-es ' rv. a-ie- , oo-.par < ! w if;. 'h- w? ek .. f, , . wr "'igr. .1. ompare.l i: ".7: pt-1'.agva c,.;i.pared with ;_> - -1, compare,1, w ith v h ok w. rm 11. compared with I'd T' ,a-? - <>.' dengue :?*ver. uio ,>! un.iular.t fever and one of tetanus broke Mil for the fir?t time, none of these had been reported for the week pre vious. Willie Shaw, four-year-old negro, was fatally injured when struck by an automobile near Ware Shoals, Monday. Officers stated the boy ran in front of the car which was driven by a Greenville white man. National cotton week Will be featured throughout the United States , May 15-21. The event was held last spring and was observed in Greenville and other textile centers of the state. Merchants, during the event, feature cotton goods through attractive displays and prices Nine persons were killed Saturday when an avalanche roared down the tides of Mount Zigana. near Trehisond, Turkey. The victims, including two women and two children, were passengers in a motor bus. TELLING THE DATE ?T EASTER School Children Learn a Rhyme About It Which In Timely Now While theologian* and astronomer* are just now giving the newspapers dry and scientific and historical explanations about the movable date of Easter, which was last Sunday this year, the sixth grade pupils under Miss Gray in the Yorkvtlle schools, learned about it in rhyme. Longer and more complex?-as indued the mathematics are?the rhyme is reminiscent of the other*.one telling which months have 81 days. The one about Easter, committed to memory by Miss Gray'* pupils here, is as follows: Thirty days has Septemboj;, Every person can remember; Hut to know when Easter'll come Puzzles even scholars some. ,v . i When the twenty-first is past, Just watch the silver moon, And when you ?ee it full and round, Know Euster'll be here' soon. After the moon has reached its full, Then Easter will be here On the Sunday after, In each,and every year. And if it hap on Sunday, The moon should reach its height. The Sunday following this event Will be the Easter bright. If a bill that has been introduced in the national house of representatives by- Congressman McSwain, of South Carolina, is passed, the secretary of war would be authorised to place suitable markers at Camp Sevier and at other points to indicate the places where military organizn-j tions were trained during the World war. The bill has been referred to the committee on military affairs, of which Mr. McSwain is chairman. Newton L). Baker in an address at Denver, Col., Sunday, declared that! he believed George Washington would have defeated for president any J man who has ever held office since his dirty.Envy Don't envy a man because he oc-1 cupies a commanding position in the worid of finance and industry. The higher a man is 'the heavier his burdens. The world doesn't envy the man who makes a modest living and the pack doesn't yelp at his heels like hungry wolves.?Dillon Herald, j REFRIGERATOR GREAT FEATURES^ FLAT TOP ALL STEEL 84 ICE CUBES VIBRATIONLESS GLIDER-BAR SHELVES ECONOMICAL COME IN NOW for DEMONSTRATION CAMDEN FURNITURE CO. 1036 Broad Street Telephone 156 * - * Legion Club Pays Dividertd 4 Stockholders of the American Legion Club, Inc., are today receiving checks for the fifth consecutive annual dividend on their preferred stock. It is somewhat heartening to know that this local concern is still paying regular dividends at a time when thousands of larger Corporations all over the country are finding it necessary to pass dividends. the American Legion Club is composed of enterprising local Legionnaire# and their friends, who own and maintain the splendid American Lqgion Hall on HeKalb street, which is widely known as one of the host Legion headquarters in the State. The ground lloor of their building is occupied by the Sowell Drug Company. ' 5 To Trade Pigs Realizing the shortage of money at this time arrangements have been made to trade a number of 4-11 hogs and pigs to people of the county. Ihe owners of the pigs have consented to exchange them for peas or corn, all to be valued at present market prices. A load of pigs, shouts, etc., is to bo in Cassatt from 9 to 11 o'clock luesday, April 12th, and in Bethune from 11:30 a. m. to 4 p. m the same day. These animals will al?o be sold for cash whero desired. Please notify your neighbors, requests Henry D. Green, the county agent. New Electrical Shop W. M. Shannon, of Clumbia, a former Camden man, has returned to this city and has leased the store; room on Main street used> for many ; years as a Chinese laundry and- about j April 15 will open an electrical goods store. The firm name will be the Shannon Electric company. Mr. Shannon is having the building thoroughly renovated preparatory to its opening. The new company will handle all of the General Electric lines. Rev. Caston New Member The State Board of Education last, week announced the name of the Rev. J. B. Caston, as the new member pf the County Board of Education. Mr. Caston succeeds the late A. B. McLaurin, who served in this capacity lor many years. /, Mt. Pisgah News Kershaw, S. C., R. E. D. G, March 30.?The Mt. Pisgah home demonstration club held an nil day meeting at the home of Mrs. R. M. Foster on Friday, March 25th. There were twenty ladies present and a very profitable day was spent making old hats into new. Fourteen old hats were made into attractive "Easter Bonnets." Much valuable information was given in cleaning, dying and re-coloring hats. The social value of such meetings cannot be over-emphasized. The meetings also aid in the growth of a community cooperative spirit. At twelve o'clock a very delicious and appetizing lunch was served by the ladies of the club. The ladies expressed their appreciation to Miss Craig, their efficient agent, for her many helpful suggestions. Grass fires have been doing damage near Eolkstone, England, a time when snow drifts are common. NOTICE OF INCORPORATION Notice is hereby given that on the third day after publication of this notice, the undersigned incorporators will apply to the Secretary of State of South Carolina for a charter of incorporation to be known as Shannon Electric Company, a proposed corporation with its principal place j of business in Camden, S. C., which shall engage in buying, selling and in otherwise dealing in electrical fixtures, appliances, goods and merchandise, owning, operating and maintaining a general electric store and doing all things necessary and incident thereto. WILLIAM M. SHANNON, Incorporator JANIE S. deLOACH. Incorporator April 7, 1932. TRESPASS NOTICE ah cutting of v.'ccd, rc.!: ing and hauling of straw or any trespassing whatsoever is forbidden on my place of one hundred acres, nine 'miles north of the City of Camden, S. ('. The lands formerly known as the York Alexander place. Anyone I disobeying this notice will be dealt 1 with according to law. ESTELLE FAULKS. It. F. I)., Camden. S. C. March 23, 1932. 51-53sb Wants?For Sale WANTED?To rent a typewriter for about GO days. Light use and good care taken. Answer stating make and where can be seen; also rent wanted. Box 73, Camden, S. C. WE HAVE IT ON HAND?For sale, kiln dried flooring, ceiling, siding, roofers, shingles and brick. Rough and dried framing. Prices in keeping with the times. Wateree Lumber Company, Camden, S. C. f>3-54 sb FOR SALE?Dixie 14 blight-proof cotton seed, recleaned. Apply G. T. Little, Camden, S. C. 52-S4pd FOR SALE?Coker's Farm Relief Cotton Seed 50c per bushel. Coker's Ellis Prize Winning one ear seed corn p*r bushel. Pure bred Hampshire pigs 2 months old at S3.50 each. Mrs. I^ee West, Rt. 1, Camden, S. C. 52-2pd HUNTING PRESERVE?Very desirable hunting preserve of 2,000 acres for lease for next season. Would con&ider taking good light used car V ? - as consideration for rental of property. T. K. Trotter, Phone 107, Camden, S. C. 52-1 pa FOB KENT?The R. W. Coleman residence on North Broad Street. Apply to VV. R, Zemp, Camden, S. C, 52-54pd LOST?Bank of Camden savings department book No. 3038 belonging to August Kohn, III, has been lost and finder will please return to him at 1211 Broad Street, Camden, S. C. 51-lab FOR SALE?Cabbage, tomato and Bermuda onion plants, $1.0Q per 1,000. Pepper, sweet potato and egg plants, $1.50 per 1,000. Prompt shipment. Dorris Plant Co., Valdosta, Ga. 49-1 pd FOR SALE?Flock of sheep, about 25 ewes, 11 lambs, 2 >pure bred rains. Would consider exchange for cattle. T. K. Trotter, Phone 197, Camden, $ 52.1^1 MONUMENTS?-I handle ow* iufl best grades of marble and grufl Come .to see or write to T. JCB Ninch, Camden, s. C. ijjfl FOR SALE?Fulgnum seed oats Z9 crop corn and hay for sale or c^B aider exchange for cattle or hoal Will exchange corn for peas five bushels corn for four buiSl cow peas. W, P. McGuirt, MtUfJ er at Guignard's Plantation. f3 phone 148. Camden, S. C. ^B CARPENTEKiixu?Jonn & tfdfl phone 268, 812 Church Strttfl Camden, S. C., will give ?% factory service to all for all of ivcarpenter work. BuildjTB general repairs, screening, cabir^fl making and repairing furnituj My Workmanship^ la_my referssaB I solicit yjur patronage. Thask* ing you in advance. 50 ttfl COMING! hp,5 REXALL ONE CENT SALgi where THE PENNY is king J?i. D. Zemp, PK. G. Z>eKalb Pharmacy Telephone 95 i j! KORNEGAY FUNERAL HOMEI (The Home of Silent Service) : PHONE 103 "M AMBULANCE SERVICE ANY WHERE ANY TIME I C. G. KORNEGAY, Saluda D. Korncgay, II Proprietor ? 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