The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 08, 1932, Image 4
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.
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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
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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 ? Lady Assistant
The world's great coffees
at their freshest and best.Special
Low Prices n, , i J
8 o'Clock 3 * 50c
Mild and Mellow
i cScle "> 23C
BOKAR 07l?< I
COFFEE IjB. 2a I V j .
SUPREME TIN
CHEESE
lavor
i5c n
PRESERVES PA:;, ? 19c J
JELLIES?ANN PAGE 8 02 Jar ? 14c I
N. B. C. FIG JUMBLES ? ? lb. l*c
i Del Monte j 1
FRUIT SALAD Nc?.?' 19c U
Del Monte
Bartlett PEARS & 25c I
DEL MONTE PEACHES 'AT *9c 11
DEL MONTE CHERRIES 21c II
I/?eky Strike, Camel, Chesterfield,,Old Gold ^ j
CIGARETTES f
Tax Extra M
COCOA-QUAKER MAID V?" "lOc II
GUEST IVCRY SOAP 7 cakes 25c 11
Swift's Acorn i.j,b _
SHORTENING ~ iLI |
Fancy Tomatoes .2 lbs. JI
Iceberg Lettuce 3 head* '!
Spaulding Rote New Potatoes 10 lbi? ^
Snowball Cauliflower 2 lbs. 25* II
CELERY 1?C|
Bulk GRAPEFRUIT _ f 3 tot lOj^
A & P MEAT SPECIALS
1; Pot Roast Beef lb. 17c |
I Steak lb. 20c
I Pork Sausage lb. 15c
Pork lirer, 3 lbs. for I
Neck Bones, 4 lbs. for m
Frankfurter* lb. ^ ||
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