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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. D. NILKH. . Kditor ?nd Publisher Published every Friday at No. 1109 Broad Street and entered at the Camden, South Carolina poetoffice as second class mail matter. Price per annum $2.00, payable in advance. Friday, April 29, 1932 At the precinct Democratic club meetings Saturday, wet resolutions were adopted by two Orangeburg county clubs, aiul several (Jreenville county meetings registered opposition . to any change in the prohibition laws, while one there endorsed for United States senutof A. H. Williams, wet candidate for governor the last time, The club at the west precinct at Dillon adopted unanimously a resolution favoring repeal of the prohibition laws and asking a county referendum on |he question at the August primary. Most pre inet meetings ignored prohibition as an issue this year. Tom Mooney Cots Another Dose i. Sixteen years ago Tom Mooney, a bolshevist, if not anarchist, was convicted of blowing up property and people with a bomb in California. Four governors l ave refused to pardon. Jim Walker, the mayoralty clown, joke, and underworld leader of New York City, raced across the country to tell Governor Kolph what to do, A congressman, Sabath, of Illinois, of alien descent, and bossed by an alien district, piped his dream of innocence. Another congressman, La (Jitardia, typical Dago, ami bright as a silver dollar, from tin Harlem, N. Y.. district of mixed breed--, rushed in with hi- wisdom and advice. Hordes of the smaller types ranted, roared and threatened. Somehow, it i- hard f<> conceive of four governors and pardon boards in South Carolina withstanding such a siege, during all these years of weak justice and lender mercies.- -( alhoun Times. A suit case containing $112,000 in ( ash ami $10,000 mi jewelry was left in front of a (Jreenville fruit stand by Miss Bessie Angel, a tourist from Rhode Island, for an hour, and found intact when she remembered it and went back after it. She bought some fruit, then got her coat from her car, donned' it, and drove off, forgetting the hand baggage. She had an obsession against banks, carried her money with her, found H-inconvenient to get a safety deposit box in each town where she stayed all night, and finally put the money in the' suitcase with some of her clothing. She recovcrod her money and jewels, because nobody who saw it suspected that the baggage left so carelessly on the sidewalk contained anything of much value. Alexander Takes It On The Chin Grover Cleveland Alexander, one of the greatest pitchers of all time, is the main attraction with the House of David team, or one of them. The "Barber Cheaters" lost a game to the Charlotte Hornet.-. 1 t<? 0. Friday but this is about Alex the Great. He has taken his fall from the major leagues philosophically and is not moping. Jake Wade, of t hcT Charlotte Observer, quoted him: "I had my day. I've heard tho crowds roar. I've seen human nature in all its phases. I've lived. Boy, I mean I've lived. If my private life dkin't suit others, that's all right. Of course I have made mistakes. So has everyone. But it's all in a lifetime. I'm making a living now, a pretty good living in these hard times, I guess. What the h !" No Tear-Shedding This newspaper is not an advocate of lynching as a substitute for the procc-ses i f the law. But when the confessed u.->a;lant and slayer of a litt'.e i :ghl-\ear "Id girl falls into the hand' < '" i ni"l> and ,is summarily Strang a;1, a- happened 'out in Kansas j n ' *k", i < an manage to, huhi !m. k . u r tear- w:tfi<>u! the least! .htF i ' \ K am M T.mel 11 : - . <t - : < n?S , \v- n t" km ft :< ar .n ".e- ; !<>r.g ir.g'-ij int<> her art. on aj hi?K"; ->oaki i in-.!, Tht hu.?bat;?i <a.d he was ab-cr.t w her. -he d.ed, and the c?ro!H'! s yury called it -uicide. I^ater .m.? -!,gatior. b> ofT.cers caused the man's arrest. The drive to sec ure jobs for the un-' t employed of the country, launched several weeks ago and sponsored by the American Ix-gion and other organizations, reported that up to Wednesday a total of 48,859 people had ? been put to work 0 John N. Garner may possibly be the Democratic nominee for the presidency, but he is not missing any bets on that He has had his name enrolled .is a candidate' for congress in the primary ballot in the Fifteenth district in Texas. _ - SAtJCE FOB THE GOOSE j Ono extremely Important phase of ; the railroad problem?that of conipe' tition arising from new carriers which have been mainly developed since the war?is fundamentally as simple as the alphabet. The pioblem as this: If one common carrier is regulated by the Federal Government, through the Interstate Commerce Commission, why shouldn't the others be taxed on the same basis? Simple justice dictates that all important forms of transport, railroads, buses, trucks and waterways, be placed under an identical type of regulation. This would make for fair competition and the effects of tlw^t would he felt, beneficially, throughout the nation. Unfair competition has brought the railroads to the verge of ruin. What is sauce for the goose is tauce for the gander. And what is considered good for the railroads, I should likewise be good for their competitors. TAY CI* WEEK" The Columbia Chamber of Commerce, et ah- are talking about a "pay up" wc-k-?or two weeks or two months. Good thinf:In times past The State has told the story of the travels of a live dollar bill, turned loose in a community and watched for. ft-week. That "Bill" gives out hut ;ho often comes back home, but not as a prodigal son for he has been a joy spreader in his honorable rounds. Out in Kansas they know a lot ahout wheat, and we shall here let the Topeka Cap tal put into verse something about the benefits of "paying up." The Fanner sells a load of wheat And all the world grows fair and .sweet; He starts off humming cheerful tuneAmi pays the Grocer for his prunes; The Grocer who lias had the blues Now buys lu.s wife and children shoes; That top the s??hocman thinks Godsent And runs and pays it on his rent; Next day the Landlord hands the bill To Ooctor Bolus for his pill; The happy I>octor tells his frau That business is improving now And adds: "My dear, you need a rest, You'd better take a trip out West." So in a week or so the wife Is on the farm enjoying life. She pays her hoard to Farmer Howe Who takes the ten and says: "I swow! Here's something that just can't be bent. This bill's the one I got for wheat." With it he buys more prunes?and then It starts, a-going round again. - -?~ Moral: Oh. well, it's obvious! Many hold on to money in a miserly sort of way when they owe debts which they can pay. It is honest to pay and this honesty would certainly he good policy, for it would help every line of business in the whole community.?The State. Small Bonds To Be Offered. Although the governor has not yet signed the act. y is anVl almost certainly that South Carolina will have "baby bonds" in the'near future, according to Julian H. Scarborough, state treasurer. These bonds are to be issued in small denominations by the banks .tof South Carolina to be sold on the installment plan. For example, a fiian may want to buy a hundred dollar bond but doesn't feel able to pay that much for it at one time. He can pay, say, ten dollars down and ten dollars a month until he has paid the entire one hundred dollars. Mr. Scarborough stated that although the Governor has not signgd the bill he was pretty sure he wfiuld in the next few days, after which a meeting will be called and plans further formulated towards agreeing on the time at which they would be is ucd and the conditions. It :s thought by many that if this; plan works out much will be done toj ward putt.tig into c;r. :?! ?' ". hoarded ; v. nrtd to nrna-r rr.ojv ir.'ercT' a-ti\;:.t - .r. South Carolina i;. ; : ? -? r-.tat W ( II. .lone-. w ho ::a. . d t1,. -u> - 'hat th.- ; lan v . | !ii.i. .. " -war : :iv u-ltlg .r.'.t-r. - r. .- a < a: i the :-e.-p.e , -i , a : . .1 at the - ame t: me . g l-H! ! - of hoa! drd dul.ars. Tr.c -t.g.e trea-ur. r. although he ! p-a.'tt.a.ly >ure Co-vernor Black wood w.ll -.gn the hill. has staged the Governor would l.ke to th:nk the matter iso a little while before s: gn: n it. These bonds or notes which are he:r.g looked for eagerly by many will be in such small denominations that almost anybody with just a httfe money will be able to buy one or more. S Senator Morrison of North Carolina. warned the seftate in a speech on Tuesday that unless appropriations ore reduced and immediate relief from burdensome taxes is had. neither business nor the government can survive Chinese Communists of Havana, Cuba. late Sunday afternoon stoned the Japanese legation there. JUDGK TALKS ON KIDNAPING Say# We Are In The Grasp of the Underworld and Criminal Klement In a talk to the court room audience at Anderson, addressed to the grand jury, Judge Featheistone said: "We are in the grasp of the underworld and tho criminal element. Law breakers are in control of things and we ure largely responsible because we have reached a state of mind where we are too good to our criminals, There is always public sympathy for the criminal and a hue and cry is set up when he is dealt with properly by the courts. People are always afraid that the criminal is being persecuted, and there is too much tendency to make heroes of our chief lawbreakers." Speaking of general conditions in the state, Judge Feutherstone declared that the pace set in the past decade is too fast. * "We have put on speed, but we [ have been like the frog in the well: we have jumped up one foot and slipped back two. "1 can remember the time when 08 per cent of the farmers of Anderson county owned their own land, free of debt, and were good for their accounts. Hut look at the difference now. Too many of us are spending more than we make, and that will always bring trouble." In somewhat lighter vein the jurist recalled that he often attended court in Anderson when he was a mere lad. "1 well rrmembe^ that ginger cakes anil apple cider were sold every court week?a big glass of cider and a stack of ginger cakes, all for a nickle. "Courting, njso, was much cheaper in those days. Why, when 1 was a young man the cost of courting was never more than 2."> cents per week. Now a young feflow isn't in it unless he has a big car and can blow in five I t?r ten dollars a week for entertainment." Newspaper Costs. The 12,000 weekly newspapers in the United States have figured out ,he actual cost in cash per line of every line of editorial, local and news matter that goes into a newspaper, no matter how large or how small | the paper, and that cost varies from i 7-8 cents-te-2 1-2 cents per line. So when you feel like cussing the editor for not publishing your spring poetry just stop and think that it is going to cost him 2 cents per line in cdsh to put it in type, and make it up(in the newspayer forms, run the papqj$ through the press, fold them, aijil l-then tark** ttre'-forms off thtrpi'ess "arf& distribute the article or poem/baei^ into the ease again. And it has hap# pened many times that the author ,'ofj the poem became quite peeved whe4 the editor hesitated on handing out a dozen free copies of the papen, This newspaper game is a great game?yet there are scads of both men and women (who were never a print shop in their lives, and wouldn't know a- newspaper press when the> saw it) could?or think they could?run the newspapers letter than they are being run.?Bowie (Ariz.) Tribune. General News Notej^ Democrats of Porto Kieo will send six uninstructed delegates to the national convention in Chicago. Thousands of Porto Rico women are registering to cast their first votes in the elections of next November. The Ford assembling plant at New Orleans will take on a thousand men' within the next left- days. They have been idle for several 'months. Four men were killed Saturday in; the Ypres war sector of Belgiuni, whcoi an old Gdrtaan shell exploded while they wfcre handling it. John Henry,IJ^ujer, HT, under death sentence for tie* piurder of his son-J in-law irf DftWe' county, is criticall^H ill in the cuuntv jail at Mocksville, i N. C. Nearly 20,000 people were forced to evacuate tho Drina district of Jugoslavia because of the floods over a< v... , mt-rt. They drove ?>o,UUU r.oatl ??f out. a-hwul ??f them Milk i* being retailed at one cent i quart at Blair. Neb., as the r< -ult < !' a pr.?v war between independent and cha r, groctuy durrs I" n.- M.i't.gan .-tale .-etiate has 7?. t ??- 1 a : - > I li ::' n favoring the irn'tn o.atr ;>av nii l'.t of the veterans' a - h b-ij.u H d -; ngu'i r-. h n'.and. police report a -itght falling ofT in the number of .iquor cases since that country abolished prohibition ten days ago. The I/ondon Daily Mail of Wednesday. reports that some of the bills used in paying the Lindbergh ransom 1 money, had shown up in Ix>ndon. New York city detectives on Tuesday got hold of the first authentic bill from the large number that was used in the Lindbergh kidnapirfg ransom case. The National Association of Manufacturers recommends to the senatei finance committee a tax on non-intoxicating beer and estimates the rev^ enue would total $27ft,Q00 a year. The house agricultural committed has indefinitely postponed consideration of the bill to appropriate $5,500,000 for relief tn storm areas in tW<! South. D. W. Miller, of Dooms Station, Va , has a young cow that recently gave birth to two calves 19 days a pa rt. If The Railroad* Should Stop Should the railroad* of our great country fail to function, what would happen ? The railroad i? one of the chief industries of the United State*. It has followed the trail blazer; it has played its part in building empires. It has brought closer together the east and the west, the north and the south. It has spent billions of dollars in building lines, terminals, yards and various other improvements. It has given employment to many of our people in it:; construction, maintenance and operation. Each year it pays hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes. This great industry is now in distress and will cease to function unless the people awaken to their duty and responsibility apd enuct^measures which will put it on a basis of equality in taxation and regulation with competing fonns of transportation. We find thcNfreight truck, the passenger bus and government subsidized waterways in operation, in competition with the railroads. Is it fair competition? Who pays for the building of roads and waterways? Ditl the freight truck, passenger buses, barge and steamship lines build them? How much taxes do they- piy toward building and maintaining them? What share do j the property owners pay? What share do the railroad companies pa^? Should the lailroads cease to operate, and they must unless we throw our Iryal support to them, what will become of many of the various inI dustries? Wi ich will it affect most? What will happen to the farmer; the merchant; the stockman; the manufacturer* and various others? Should they fail, every individual will feel the lasting and far reaching effect. It is time that we become alarmed. Is it not time for us to wage a campaign for, and patriotically stand by, our railroads? The Seaboard Air Line Railway, through its receivers L. K. Powell, Jr., and E. W. Smith, has tiled application with the Corporation Commission at Raleigh to operate trucks between Hamlet and Monroe. The Hamlet News, because of its dislike for trucks;, has practically all of its paper and supplies shipped by rail. The highways have been built with taxpayers' money and in our opinion should not be monopolized by huge freight cars (trucks) which are clumsy and dangerous to pass. The Seaboard taxes last year were $6,024.59 to the City of Hamlet and ;$24,460.47 to the county. PaTt of this money will be used to- retire 'bonds and part of it will go to the schools. What has ^any truck or bus line paid the city or county? The News-Messenger will be glad to hear from any one either for the trucks or against them. In the meantime those opposed would do well to register their protests to the corporation commissioner at Raleigh and feel out candidates now running for 'state offices.?Hamlet News-Messenger. x I When Morgan Morrison started to drive his two horse wagon carrying himself, his wife and three children across the White river near Mundell, ,Ark., the team sunk in a bed of quicksand. Morrison grabbed his wife with one arm, a daughter crawled on his back, a son grabbed his feet, and another caught hold of his mother. Thus handicapped he managed to swim out of the river a distance of 75 yards to the bank. The horses and wagon were lost. , The government of Sweden has set up a special "Kreuger department of police." including four lawyers and six detectives to make an international .inquiry into the affairs of the late !lvar Kreuger, recent Paris suicide, who for years was considered the greatest industrialist of Sweden and known as the "Match King." It begins to appear that Kreuirnr was a very successful racketeer. The senate manufactures committee on Tuesday returned an adverse report on the Bingham bill to legalize I per vent beer. The vote against the bill was 7 to 1 with two members of the committee not voting. Those voting in favor of the bill were Senators Barbour, Mrtcaff and L.i Toilette. "Republicans . and Senator Bulkley. Democrat. Fat Men Mr. W. R. Daniels, of Richmond Hill, N. Y., wTites: "Have finished my second bottle of Kruschen Salts ?results?removed 3 inches from the Waistline?Jim 25 per cent more active?mind is clear?skin eruptions have disappeared?am 46 years old? feel 20 years younger." _ . To lose fat surely and SAFELY, take one-half teaspoonful of Kruschen Salts in a glass of hot water in ' the morning. But be sure to get Kruschen?your health comes first?a bottle that will last you 4 weeks costs but n few i cents at any drugstore fn the world? if not satisfied?money back. I U . 1; | John Mobley, of Houston, Texas, general counsel for the Missouri Pacific railroad, jumped or fell from a ninth story window of the Pennsyl-, vania hotel in New York on Tuesday I and was killed. Announcements C* FOR CONGRESS To the Democratic voters of the Fifth Congressional District of South Carolina: I desire to thank you for [ the splendid vote you have heretofore given me at each, election and) I to announce that I am a candidate j for Congress for the 73rd Congress j , in the Democratic Primary to be held in August and hereby solicit your votes in said primary and pledge my 'continued loyalty to your best interest and faithful devotion to the needs of the District. W. F. STIC YEN SON. For Clerk of Court I hereby announce myself as a condidate for re-election to the office of Clerk of Court for Kershaw County subject to rules of the Democratic primary. JAMES H. CLYBURN. FOR MAGISTRATE. We hereby announce M. B. Rabon for Magistrate of Upper Division of West Wateree. The Voters. For Magistrate, Upper Wateree I hereby announce myself a candidate for Magistrate for Wateree Township, upper division, in the approaching primary and pledge myself to abide by the' rules and regulations of the Democratic party. NIOK RAY, JR. FOR CORONER At the solicitation of friends throughout the county I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of Coroner for Kershaw County, subject to- the rules of the Democratic primary. Will appreciate your support. FRED C. MOSELEY. NOTICE The City Council of Camden, S. C., will receive up and to May 2nd, 1932, at 5 p. m., applications for the following officers and employees: 1 Street Commissioner; 1 Chief of Police; 4 Policemen; 1 Fire Truck Driver; Clock Repairer. All officers and positions to be elected at the will and pleasure of City Council. The said officers and employees to receive the following salaries, subject to change by City Council: Street Commissioner, $130.00Chief of Police, $115.00; Policeman, $90.00; Fire Truck Driver, $90.00; Clock repairer to submit bids. J. C. BOYKIN, - City Clerk and Treasurer. Wants?For Sale WANTED?To buy peanuts, advia quantity and price. Write W. 8 Reid, Hock Hill, S. C. 4^1 FOR SALE?iHay, Fodder and Doutk it Seed Corn, for sale or consider exchange for Cattle or Peas, ty P. MoGuirt, Manager, (iuignarft Plantation, Telephone 148, Camdtn. s. c. v... APARTMENT FOR RENT-0? Highland Avenue. Call Wm. L Goodale, Phone 193 or Night Phone 130, Camden, S. C. 3-5jh FOR SALE?Marglobe wilt-resistaat tomato plants; also' (lower plants. Address B. H. Baum, Camden, S, C 4-fcb, FOR RENT?.High class fumuhd apartment, until fall, at $25 per month, to desirable party withoot, children or dogs. Address P. 0. Box 390, Camden, S. C. 2-4sb LOST?A pair of white gold frame eyeglasses, somewhere in Camda on Saturday, April 23rd. Findo please return to Hoffer Company, Camden, S. C. 4pd1 FOR RENT?Five-room house witl bath on North side of LaureM street. Good sized lot with garage. Call Wm. L. Goodale, Phont 193 or Night Phone, 136, Camdev S. C. 3-fab ' LOST?On Saturday night, Apri 23rd, a small brown pocket book containing about $23. Reward I returned to J. B. Zemp, Carode^ S. C. 4sb WE HAVE IT ON HAND?For ala, kiln dried flooring,, ceiling, skiing roofers, shirifcles arid , .brievev Routf and dried fwtfnihg. Ptice? if : keeping with the titties.'"Wmdll Lumber Company, Camden, & & 53-?4sk'~ FOR SALE?Dixie 14 blight-prod I cotton seed, recleaned. Apply G.t Little, Camden, S. C. 52-G4pd FOR SALE? Coker's Farm ReM Cotton Seed 69c per busheL Coker's Ellis Prize Winning one e*f seed corn $1.26 per bushel, Pure bred Hampshire pigs 2 months oM at $3.50 each. Mrs. Lee West, Stj 1. Camden, S. C. 62-2pd i FOR RENT?The R. W. Coleman residence on North Brqad Street. Ap. ply to W. R. Zemp, Camden, S. u 52-64pd MONUMENTS?I handle only the best grades of marble and granite. Come to see or write to T. J. Ninch, Camdenr .S. C. FOR SALE?Euignum seed oaU,w* crop corn and nay for sale or consider exchange for cittle or ?o|* Will exchange corn for peas DM" five bushels corn for four hu??( cow peas. W. P. McGuirt, er at Guignard'a Plantation,phone 148. Camden, S. C. -Jaw CARPENTKKiiNU?John S.jJgPl phone 268, Church Camdet|> ,S. C., wm." factory"Serrice to aH (of Alt WW of. general repairs, aereenlng, caw making and repairing furawpMy workmanship iC Jtty I solicit- yiur patronage. Thttg ing you i* adrkncO. . /fir MAKE EVERY CENT COUNTTA This is not the time to use unbalanced Fertilizers, pi'. Every cent of your fertilizer dollar must give you the 11 largest possible return, especially in a year like this. A complete, well-balanced fertilizer is always the best' fl Meal and Acid is not a well-balanced fertilizer! Your crops need Nitrogen, Phosphoric Acid and f Potash?all three. Each helps the others. jr. : See that each ton of your cotton fertilizer contains ; ;U)0 pounds of Muriate of Potash, or its equivalent in fl high grade Kainit; Sweet* Potatoes?600 pounds; Corn I ?200 pounds, Potash mixed with Nitrogen and used as top-dresser gives good results. !| II N. V. Potash Export My., Inc. i -..V,. V; . . i Of Amsterdam, Holland^ |r Hurt Building, Atlanta, Georgia | 1 ' ? *--* ' ' * 1 ' 1 * * * I II NOTICE! I I | | On or about May 5th we will move our place of 19 j business from present location to building ^ North |1 | side of DeKalb Street formerly occupied by bowling 9 j, alley, where we will be glad to have our friends and M visit US. This move will enable ua to carry t jl i mUCH m?re C?mp,ete of higb i^ ^erchandiK. || or our advertisement in next "wei^s Cbronicld. ||| j GLADDEN'S FANCY GROCERY I |i Telephone 282