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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. I). NILKS..Editor and Publisher Published every Friday at No. HOtt ' Broad Street and entered at the Camden, South Carolina poatoffica aa second class mail matter. Price per annum 115.00, payable in adran.se. ^ m ~ * mm Friday, July M, IM2 "how havk thk mighty FALLENt It is a far cry to the days whon Pitchfork Ben was abroad in the lund and when ho was followed by his able natalities and no Iohh. al)lo traducera, such as John (laiy Evans, Earl, Irby, Latimer, (Joorge. Johnston?, John J. Hemphill and others of their ilk; and much water has run under the mill oven since Colo Please and Ed Smith came on the scene. The campaigns of 1010, li)l2 and H>14 held much of the fire of the campaigns of the 'PO'a. We attended tho senatorial meeting here last Friday and while two of tho old war-horses, namely: ox-CJovernor and ex-?i>enator Colo L. IMoa.se and Senator Smith, were there campaigning, neither of them was parjpplied as of old, and thore was an absolute luck of the okl fire and virility that so markcxi their pleas to the voters in tho dayX gone by. In these parlous times the people0would be glad to see some Moses who could rise above the crowd and be able to help lead them out of tho wilderness; but those who sought to pick such a man from the four napirnnts who addressed the voters of Kershaw county last Friday, went awuy disappointed. I .con W. Harris, who stumped the slate against Blease two years auo, taking fche role of a criticism-, brought to light many extravagances practiced at Washington that ought to be stopped, but we fear that he failed to impress upon his hearers that he himself was senatorial timber. Ashton Williams, the wet candidate, made a nice sipecch, in which he attempted to lay at the feet of prohibition most of the ills that have befallen us, and predicted othnt n return of legalized liquor would hasten a return of prosperity and greatly lessen our tax burden; hut he, too, failed to measure up to the standard of a United states senator. The speeches of both Smith and Blease were exceedingly tame. Blouse made a very good speech, but nothing to compare with his speeches of 1912, when he had thousands following him from county seat to county seat and yelling themselves hoarse for "Colie." .Smith spoke like a tired man. He talked a lot about the W orld War and touched his record lightly. ITis great ability as a platform speaker seemed to have forsaken him. His efforts in behalf of the fanners in getting the seed ami fertilizer loan for them and his procuring the money with which to pay off the teachers of the state will no ' doubt greatly aid him in his campaign for re-election, ami apparently the i nances now favor him. But thinking of days gone by, and with e-peiia! reference, to both Blease and. Smith, we are led to exclaim: '* . .. . "The old gray mare, She ain't what she used to be!" York Officer Is Shot By Woman Ohir.lotte, N. C., July 17.?Mrs. t Beatrice Snipes, of Columbia, surr .rvdered* to Charlotte police late today, and calmly told them how she had fatally shot a South Carolina officer near here, after he tried to arrest her husband, and then forced his companion at pietoi point to get out of his automobile, in which she drove to this city. Elliott Harris, a York county ruo ral policeman, was the officer who was shot, lie died shortly after be- i ing taken to a Kock Hill hospital. Clyde Snipes, husband of the 35- | year-old woman, escaped after the shooting. He was believed to still * ? . . r. v..* iuiiimv uii iimi _ ,? had -napped when he sought to nrre-* him on a speeding charge. #.\ ct.o:ul tragedy came upon tho heel- . f the shooting, when Lewis B..{! 2 i. of Fort Mill, hearing that v Havre* had been wounded, jumped <>r. h.- motorcycle at Rock Hill and >ta* ted to inform Mrs. Harris of her husband's death. A few minutes after hi- -tart, he collided with an automobile and suffered a fractured skull from which he died tonight. Mrs. Snipes told officers here she and her husband, accompanied by Spencer Melton, of Rock Hill and Etta Milling, of Fort Mill, were on their way to Charlotte for an overnight stop before proceeding to Danville. Va.. where, she said, she and her husband wCrc moving from Columbia. j j Two sisters, one 18, the other 7, | were drowned in a pond at Milton. N\ C., Saturday. The elder girl was drowned when she tried to rescue the younger after she had stepped off into a deep hoj^ while wading in the pond. * s? mn V Stevenson Helped With Loan Bill I Local building" und loan men have thin week received a letter from Morton Brudfield, president of the United States Building\nd Lo?n League, giving especial praise to Congressman j W. F. Stevenson, of this district for his efforts in behalf of thp home loan bank bill. Mr, Bodfi?h is known personally to state building and loan men, for he delivered an achlress before their unfttml convention in Camden a few week? ago. He writes the following complimentary letter regarding Mr, Stevenson: "Building und loan has apparently won its greatest fight in securing the passage of the Home Loan Bunk hill, which gives to our institutions a Federal Reserve System to which they can go for funds in time of nood. It has. been a struggle against the concerted opposition of the big commercial bankers and the big Rasters. insurance companies. "A good share of the crodit^for our part of the success must go to those men in Congress who carried on the fight for us, particularly a little group who aro on the House Banking and Currency Committee, and I am writing a fcrw of the boys and asking that, if they feel as appreciative | as I do, they write their man and express their appreciation for his work in behalf of our building and loan associations. "Congressman Stevenson, from your District, has great influence among the Democrats with* regard to this type of legislation and I can unhesitatingly say that he helped us in every proper manner and that the Satisfactory form in which the legislation was finally passed was duo ! largely to his work and cooperation . with us. { "Regardless of any political coni siderations, 1 would appreciate your joining me in conveying to the Con; gressman our appreciation of his ef: forts and assistance on this matter. I which means so much to our insti: tut ions." Confidence Need In Business Now In every country there is a widespread desire to stem the depression and to restore prosperity. Perhaps that new psychology which deals in the contradictions between the human acts and the aims-or wishes towards which they are directed may find new material for their philosophy in the contrast between the consistency with which all mankind desires relief from the present depression, and the ( persistency with which the actions of I each nation are directed toward the I frustration of that attainment. Are I these acts the expression of sublimI inal fears, the manifestations of subj concious rivalry, or is it true that I they must be considered the result of incapaeiay to understand what it is all about? Admirably fitted to the present situation is John' Bunyan's description of the experience that the pilgrim had to face in order to get over tho Hill of Difficulty and gain access to tho celestial city. On the way up he was greeted two men running down the hill in great alarm. He stopped them to get any information they could give him. He found that their names were Timorous and Mistrust. They told him there were fierce lions ahead, and warned him against tho dangeT of going any further. But ho was ipersi stent., and kopt on despite the roars of tho lions, by which he was much terrified* As he drew nearer to the lions he saw that they were chained and could not hurt him. In the business world there are millions of people who seem to be seared to death, but they are gradually recovering their poijie, and when they iret back to normal in their nnr. I chases, the talk of overproduction and j underconsumption will probably end. [ t'ntil then no one can bo hurt and many m?y. l>e helped by Bun yards \\ >nde-fu! stoty.?-Commerce mid Finance. Judiciary Savings The statement has been made that Chief Justice Blease has saved the taxpayers considerable money by [shifting judges from one circuit to I another, instead of appointing special I judges. Up to this time only $J50 | has been paid out for special judges j this year. The head of the departj mervt of justice of South (Carolina is I to be commended for thus exercising | practical economy in the interest of j the taxpayers. Kvery little saved tends to lighten the tax load which has reached crushing proportions. Justice Blease's alertness in the matter of economy should be practiced by other heads of departments.? I" -h?efield Advertiser. Riohard Oobden, an Rngiish statesman and economist, was known as the Apostle of Free Trade. r V-'/ - -r_/ Young Man Held For Auto Theft Louis Watt#, a young white man in in the county jail charged with the theft of Jamea Heckham'a Ohevrolet automobile on last Wednesday. While 'young Watts has confessed to the theft of the machine and Uken the blame himself officers suspect that someone else was with him when the machine was taken. Young Watts acted in a most peculiar manner following the theft of, this machine. He had left the auto ut the bridge on the Camp Qreek road about two ihiles from Lancaster and had walked to .town. Col. R. S. Stewart had reported to the officers that the machine was at this ^oint as ho passed It early on Wed- j nesday afternoon. Young Watts also reported the automobile as being at this place and went with the^officers to the scene whore tho car was parked by the roadside and his ac- j tions aroused the suspicions of Officer Gardner who was investigating the case. Watts told Mr. Gardner that he had walked to town from a point about two miles beyond the place where the car was parked. Mr, Gardner becoming more- suspicious asked the boy to shew him where he left the automoile in which he claimed to have been riding and started to walk. There were no footprints at any place along the road beyond where the Chevrolet car was parked and young Watts grew very nervous. Mr. Gardner told the boy he was not tolling the .truth so that he finally | broke down and confessed that he i rode in the car, but that two other j boys were the ones that stole it. 1 When asked for the names of the ; other young men he was unable to i give them. Mr. Gardner told the ' boy he was not telling the truth and l tho youth broke down, started to cry ! and said that it was ho and he alone , that took the machine. While Watts finally confessed it ! was he that took the machine, the I officers have witnesses to prove that I two other persons were in the car I when he drove from town and that I one other person was with him when j he made the return trip. The machine was taken from the street near Beckham Brothers grocery and was 1 driven to the Flat- Creek vicinity and ; left on- tho Camp Creek road, the same route being followed on both ! trips. Young Watts is being held at the I county ^ail on a charge of grand | larceny. He has been in this vicinity J for the past week or two and is orig inallv from the Kershaw vicinity.? * j Lancaster News. Making Pastures Important Job i Clcmson College, July 1H.?Nature lias endowed- the South with grass, ! and a great, many pastures ckn be ; made during the summer season with} out ever sowing a seed, says C. G. j Cushman, extension dairy specialist, j urging the midsummer clearing of | natural pasture areas. It is true, he I says, that results will come more quickly if desirable pasture grasses) ! are sown in the early spring, but i folks are more particularly interest-) ed in "hard times" pastures which can be built with the expenditure of time and labor and little or no cash. "The greatest enemy of grass is weeds and suoh small undergrowth as briars and other brush common to idle lands, particularly bottom lands iying along rivers, creeks, and small branches?the most dependable lands for summer grazing," he states. "In such places, if the sun is allowed access to the ground, a pasture will develop prompted by nature alone. "Observation will prove that on areas where this small undergrowth will flourish, grass will likewise flourish if given an opportunity. Dur! able time to cut over these areas that ! are desirable pasture lands and worth j little for anything else. "The mi-'.ike i- often made of cut, tir.g ovvr no-re acres than the amour." of stock on the farm can graze over i and as a consequence this undergrowth springs up again quickly." { Mt. Cushman continues. "But ;f ra t i more than two acres to the mature animal is cut over and kept down, the stock will graze these areas close enough to corvtrol the reappearance of these pasture enemies. Bitterweed and dog fennell are two common varieties of obnoxious weeds that yield readily to frequent mow - j ing. They smother out desirable! grasses if allowed to grow unrinter-! rupted and produce undesirable tastes and odors in milk." Weather Note One comforting thought about the very warm weather is the fact that; the boll weevil will have his ranks; severely depleted. A few days, such1 as today and several days before today should put this pest almost ! out of business.?Union Timea. CHESTER EXCHANGE WRECKED o Wtuvfji Telephone Operators Show Heroism When Jfcaement Explodes An explosion of the gas filled basement of tho telephone building in Chester wrooked the building and equipment, put the entire telephone system of the city out of commission; filled the street and alley with broken glass and window frames, broke windows in the A. R. P. Sunday school building, and fatally injured Dan Bell, who was in the act of lighting the hot water heater in the basement to take a bath, at 8:10 I o'clock Thursday evening. Ho died Saturday in a hospital and his funeral was Sunday evening at 0:30 o'clock at the A. R. P. church of which he was a member. He was a | graduate of Erskine college and is survived by his father, J. M. Bell, tho telephone manager, two brothers and a stepmother. The first floor of the building, including the offices and chief equipment of the station was lifted a foot and wrecked, a#l the operators on the | second floor were not dangerously injured, but wore badly shocked by the explosion, They were Mrs. Charles Ferguson, Mrs. John I/a timer and Miss Janie Grant. A large crowd quickly filled the street after the explosion was felt over the whole business district in other parts of town. Dan Bell, seriously injured was carried to a hospital at once. He was cut by flying debris and burned over a considerable area, but not deeply. He was nude, and the fact that he had no clothing to ignite probably kept him alive. He was found 6n the first floor, evidently trying to get up to rescue the switchboard ! operators on the second floor. lie ! is the Riohburg school teabhevaind a 1 son of the telephone manager, John | M. Bell. ' The three Operators at the switch ; board on the second floor were hurlod j from their seats and had near shell shock. After the first, excitement was over, all returned to their places to help restore telephone service fo ! the town. One was taken to the hospital next day for treatment for her shattered nerves. The hot water heater in the baset ment had a pilot light which had j gone out and, filled the basement with ' gas. When he found it extinguished* young Bell lit it with a match and set off the whole cellar full of gas. The manager and his other sons j were attending Masonic lodge when the explosion occurred and as soon as they heard it hurried to the scene. During the night the repair crew put all the telephones back into commission but 25 or 30, and these were in use before the next day emkxi. Supreme Court Rules On Motor Tax Suit Columbia, July 10.?D. Gordor\ Baker, of Florence, will have to buy 1932 license plates for his automobile. Mr. Baker had been driving along without them until the state supreme court ruled yesterday that a public officer may accept only money in payment,of a fee or license and vacated.the injunction under which Mr. Baker was operating his machine without molestation. - The injunction was granted by tbe Florence civil court when Mr. Baker convinced it the highway department had accepted a cashier's check in payment of license fees but had refused to deliver the plates when the People's State Bank, on which the check was drawn, failed before the transaction had been completed. The highway department appealed to the supreme court. "The department has no power to accept cashier's checks . . .," Associate Justice M. L. Bonham said in the court's opinion. "A public of: ** "cr t.z r.utm UIH'JJI, anyj thin;; but money." The I'nemploved Vote i The eight million men out of employment ir. tho I'nited States will be a big factor in the presidential election. A largo percentage of these . men. whether they Republicans or I Democrats, are holding tho admini: stration responsible for the distressi ing plight in which they find themselves, and will no doubt express their resentment at the ballot box. MultiI ply this eight million by three?the ! extra votes representing wives, mothI ers, sisters and sons and daughters? and you have twenty-four million dis[ satisfied voters or n grand total that j Represents half the votes cast in a presidential election.?Dillon Herald. Arthur Cook, 31, white farmer of Mississippi, was sentenced at Ooffeeville on Saturday to serve the balance of his days in prison for having murdered two negroes by burning them to death ten days ago, in an effort with an accomplice to make a negro and his 15-year-old son reveal the hiding place of their life-time savings. * v er> - Mm xt V - Although the winters are long mul very gevere in (Siberia the short summers are intensely hot. Car? of Thanks We wish to thank our many friends ami relatives Who so willingly helped during the illness and death ?f our husband and father, We appreciate very much tho beautiful floral ?f?er- j infrf . ? Mta, 8. D. Hammond and Family, j NOTICE OF SALE { | Notice is hereby given, that under ! aiul by virtue of the Decree of the i Court of Common Pleas for Kershaw [ County, State of South Carolina, dat-. cd the 6th day of July, 1932, in the <|uuho of Oustav Hirsch and L. L. Slock against Cora Ouzts Stevens, et I ! a!, 1 will sell to the highest bidder 1 or bidders before, the Court House door in the Town of Camden, (State of South Carolina, during the legal hours of sale, on the first Monday in August, 1932,Hh? samo being the 1st day of said month, the following described property: "All. that piece, parcel or lot of land situated in the City of Camden, County of Kershaw, and .Stat? of South Carolina, fronting Seventy-live (75) feet on Mill (Street and extending back Westward with a uniform width, to a depth of Three Hundred Twenty-three (323) feet and bounded North by property of Freitag and others; East by (Mill Street of the City of Camden; iSouth by property of Gustav Hirsch and L. L. Block and West .by property of Isaac Fletcher and Jennie Douglass." Terms: The Master shall require any bidder, other than the plaintiffs herein, to denposit with him, cash, or certified check on some responsible Bank, the sum of $60.00 as a guarantee of good faith; And to require a like deposit from any other person or persons entering a higher bid on said property within thirty days from the date of sale; that upon default of the successful bidder to comply with the terms of sale, said property be resold 011 some subsequent sales day thereafter at the risk of the former purchaser; that all checks from unsuccessful bidders be at once returned to them. W, L. DePASS, JR., Master for Kershaw County. July 15th, 1932. Wants?For Sale SALESMEN WANTED ?No unemployment, wage cuts, lay-offs 01* hhrd. times for Rawleigh men. Sounds -unbelievable but Rawleigh Dealers sold more products during 1931 than ever before. Giving utmost quality, quantity, price on 250 Household necessities the Rawleigh Way gave thousands - steady work at good pay. More industrious men wanted with cars to conduct ^Rawleigh Home Service Routes Tn counties of West Kershaw, East Fairfield, Richland and c parts of Lee. If satisfied with $35 weekly to start address Rawleigh Co., Dept. 8C-TO-Z, Richmond y4 ] KOR 8ALB?Two hundred bu.hT?, I peas at 60 cents per bushel. tvI* rn are free from weevils. aJJ! B H. Burns, Oawden, S, C. 15.?S I the streets of Camden ,J I cfntly, a gentlemarnNi pocket w*tcT I gold, open face, with initial? C P I D., Jr., on back. Reward if returns to Chronicle office, Cani I ?* I6ab ' I WATERMELONS COOLED - iNVi cents per melon. Bring them tl the Camden Ice Plant, Camd? I 1 >H. C, 14-16?h ' I 1 FOUND?One black and white bull 1 calf, weight about one hundred and Afty pounds. Owner can have I name by paying for this ad ana feed bill. L. T. Dixon, K. F. D. 4 Camden, S. C. 16p<J fl 1 LOST?One male collie, tan and fl. White. Answers to name of "Wig. B ger." Finder please call telephone I 884, Oamden, S. C. 15-l7?h STRAYED??Dark bay mare mule I branded on left shoulder. Weight I albout 1,000 pounds. Notify K. S I Newsom, Bishopville, S. C. ifirjd ' 1 FINEST VARIETIES Water Lilies deep. cerise pink, chrome yellow' I blood red and pure white. Get your plants now in bloom and your B pool will be full next spring. Price I ' $1.60. iSwan Lake (Gardens, Sum. B tefr, S. C. ; 16sb FOR SALE?-On? jacket stove with B ' fixtures, four ?yes; one heating I stove; one cooking stove; two kem- fl 1 sene stoves; two kerosene heaters. I Ajpply Mrs. W. B. deLoach, Cam^ I den, S. C. 16sb FOR RENT?My shack at Lake I iShamokin that is electrically light- I ed and partly furnished, for week B ends. This will also include swim- I ming, boats and capotes. Apply-fl J 4ft. Zemp, Oamden, iS. C. lfisb fl POK SALE?One Aber 1 Wakefield I baby stroller, at sacriAce price. In I: perfect condition. Apply at 1307 fl i Mill street, Camden, S. C. 16sb j FOR SALE?Hay, Fodder and Doutb- I i it Seed Oorn, for sale or consider I ! exchange for Cattle or Peas. W. fl P. McGuirt, Manager, Guignard'i fl Plantation. Telephone 148, Camden, I 1 S. C. 7tf MONUMENTS?I handle only the fl best grades of marble and granite, fl Come to see or write to T. J. Me. I Ninch, Caniden, .S. C. lOtf ! CARPENTEKiiNii-r-Jonn S. Myer.t, fl phone 268, 812 Church Street, "j Qamden, S. C., will give satis- 1 ! j factory service to all for all khids I of carpenter work. building, fl general repairs, screening, cabinet I making and repairing furniture. I My workmanship is my reference. 1 I solicit yjur patronage. Thank- I ing you in advance. 50 tf. Stockholders' Meeting j There will be a meeting, of the H 1 stockholders of the Fashion Shop Fri-^j I day. August 22, 1932, at noon it "1 ! office of said corporation, corner of j DeKalb and Broad streets, Camden, j S. C., for the purpose of considering;j the reduction of capital stock from >1 $20,000 to $*>.000. s -karbSHi j. (Secretary and Treasurer. Grandmother's BREAD 21-oz. Pullman Loaf 2 for 15c j ANN PAGE?PURE FRUIT PRESERVES ft 15c ; Blue Ribbon MALT can 47c TAX B1TBA Del Monte PEACHES 2 '3 35c : Orange Pekoe?India Ceylon I NECTAR TEA .tjf 2'/4 lb. OCr V? n>. OCr , J pkgs. pkg. i ?? mm+mmmm????? j WHITE HOUSE o I MILK ? A 22c "W H w M ? cans ? ? ^ I'OSI TOASTUES OIL KKI.UOGG'S * ? CORN FLAKES ? 2 pkgs. 15c -] g* ASSORTMENT DELUXE pkg. 23c r : C. MARSHMALLOW MOUNDS lb. 20c ] *' '' LUX FLAKES ? 2 pkgs. 19c LIFEBUOY SOAP 3 cake. 19c '3 BRILLO 3 pkgs. 25c STAR WASHING POWDER 2 pkgs. 5c j String Beans, 4 lbs. .. 25c Cucumbers, lb 5c Squash, per lb. 5c Pot Roast Beef, lb. .. 17c Pork ^hops, lb 17c Hambvhrifer^ lb 15c Cantaloupes, each 8? Nice Celery, stalk 10? rl Large Lettuce, 2 for ..25c Veal Chops, lb 1*?^ | Spare Ri^s, 2 lbs* ...... 25c Pig Lirer, lb ... 10? | | |?5r Atlantic & Pacific s 11