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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE h7~D. NILE8.Kdltori.ml l'ubli?h*r Published every Friday at No. 1109 Broad Street and entered at the Lamden, South Carolina poatoffice m econd ?la?s mall matter. Prlc? Pwr annum 12.00, payable in adv.\n,?. r- t J" * r m m m * 0 * Friday, AUGUST 0, 1032 k ' THIS BUSINESS OF VOTING ' "The politician first of all Election year will stand, And every passerby he meets He grabs him by the hand; Hut when he ffOts th<F promised, votes. For that is all he cares, He thinks himself some punkin then, And don't he put on airs? The biennial shelling of the woods by candidates is now in progress and at this of all times when the jH-ople need the services of their ablest men us law-makers and office-holders, on account of the state of the public mind, due to present conditions, we fear that the voters ure going t<> *>? more easily than ever taken in by the wily campaigner. This paper is sponsoring no particular candidate for any particular job, but it does see danger ahead unless the tools are given into the hands of those best fitted to use them. It is an easy thing for a candidate for office to agree with those whose votes he seeks, and to make fair promises. We are wondering if the voters are going to weigh the ability of those <V candidates to perform. ' Promises mean nothing unless the person mnk- j ing the promises possesses the ability, the character, and the intestinal j fortitude to carry them into vexeeu- j tion. Many men with the best inten-i tions in the world when seeking of-1 five loudly proclaim what they will j do for the people if they are elected;! and many times, relying upon those promises i which the people themselves know the person will be unablo to perform., if they will only stop to think), semi the fellow to the legislature or elect him to some other office, where he fails utterly in measur-, ing up to the standard he has set for himself; and then the people Yuss." Whereas, if they had given] the matter careful consideration and had not forgotten their duty to carefully weigh each candidate, a better man might have been o&'cted. Right now the country needs the] very best brains we have in its legislative halls and in its offices, and right now it is the patriotic duty of every voter to lay aside all prejudices and personalities and -vote for Kershaw county and South Carolina. People look to your choosing! SHOULD BE STOPPED It lias been reported to this paper that small children are committing acts of vandalism, not only in the public parks of Camden, but also upon i private flower gardens. These children aie said t?? l>e pick- j ing the pretty erepe myrtle blooms; in the parks and other places of. Camden. Tfrry then stand in the lob- i by and on the steps of the post office: and offer them for sale to parties! entering the public building. 1 he j public is asked to frown upon this practice and not encourage these youngsters by buying these flowers.] There are merchants who wonder why some stores have attractive advertisements and how they get results. These merchants do not wait until one hour before a paper goes to press and then hurriedly jot down just anything. They realize advertising is just as important as serving a customer who may happen to drop in. The merchant who does not advertise must depend on customers who accidentally drop into their stores. The wide-awake one gives his advertising real time and thought, seeking the best bargains obtainable for his trade and telling his story through the newspaper. If it is O. K. for Uncle Sam to sell printing, why not extend a good thing and insist 'hat he add to his line and thus -erve a much larger number of I post -.lfne pat l uib ? Why not add a grocer's ap"or. to the printer's apron: Uiu'.e Fam :: V wear.-* Why not' - -11 11r< akt' i -1 '.umIs, evaporated m 1 k, battel-, -hoe-, drugs, dry goods, clwth'.r.g, ? h o', ei' the post office counter . ?Madeira. Ohio. News. Campaign Promises Co behind the campaign promises of the man you support. How has he measured up as a private citizen in the advancement of your county and your town. What part has he had in the advancement and growth of your county and city. Has ho been a leech?taking all and giving nothing? If -so he hasn't amounted to much as a citizen and he will not amount to much hs an officer. The candidate has an obligation fust as a citizen. If he has been a poor citizen he's sure to be a poor representative.?Abbeville Press and Banner. Mrs. Harold E. Brown gave birth to a g'.rl baby in a New York bospita! last Monday. Three days later a second daughter arrived. COUNT YOUR CHANGE There's no argument in this editorial. It's merely a collection of facts, incontrovertible, eloquent facts that confound t^ose who profess to see America slipping down Into a state of effortless despair. Total bank savings today exceed $21),000,000,000, equal to more than $1,000 for every family in the land. Savings depositors number 62,000,000, nearly two per family. The number of Americans owning stock has increased almost 40 per cent j since 1020. ; A group of 102 companies which 1 had 6,630,030 stockholders at the end of the boom year had 7,076,143pau>ckj holders at the beginning of this year. 1 One company alone today has over 666,000 stockholders, a gain of more than 106,000 since .the boom. This company has assets exceeding $3,200,.-. 000,000. Our total stock of gold is $4,000,000,000. No other country ever possessed wo much Britain, for example, has only $688,000,000. Currency in circulation aggregates $6,464,000,000, or 700,000,000 more than in the boom. Last year $10,600,000,000 worth of new life insurance was written. Total insurance now carried is asr timated at 1$ 100,000,000,000, or not far short of $1,000 for every man, woman and child in the United Estates. Policies in foree^'total 127,800,000. Such safeguard. . . .is enjoyetj by the people of no qther nation in the | world. , 4,? Our total national wealth, estimat' ed at $320,700",000,000, is greater tnan that of a dozen Continental European ' countries combined. oThe income' of the American people comfortably exceeds $1,000,000,000 a week. The per capita income here is far greater than in any other land. There are still six or seven persons : gainfully employed for every person idle. i No fewer than 25,800,000 automobiles am owned by Americans. This total is.-almost three times the number owned by all the rest of the world. Americans possess far more telephones (10,500.000) than all other countries. Radios multiply over 16,! 515,000, uuapproached by any other people. How many new domestic mechanical refrigerators have been bought, would you guess? A grand total of fully 3,750,000, at an estimated expendtiure approaching $2,000,000,000. In no other part of the glotoe do half as many homes enjoy such a luxury Americans are rapidly coming to regard it as a necessity. A recent survey of 21) typical small towns revealed that 71 per cent of the inhabitants owned homes, that 88 per cent had electric light. 72 per cent had baths. 51 per cent had electric washers. 55-per cent had radios, 41 per cent had vacuum cleaners. There ate more families in America than in any other land that can afford to and du send their children to high school and college. In no other land do >o many average families have the means to enjoy foreign travel. The movie still attracts a weefcly average attendance of 75,000,000. The percentage of our'agricultural population who, despite deflation, aie acquiring domestic comforts, conveniences, labor-saving devices, improved machinery, the use of better roads, is constantly increasing. Today more than 700,000 farms are electrified, representing an increase of 400 per cent in eight years, and the total is being swelled rapidly. In industrial communities hard manual toil .is being steadily abolished by the introduction of machinery. Each American wor"ker now has at his command five horsepower, a record not even remotely approached outside our boundaries. The average working-day a generation ago was ten to twelve hours. The standard in this generation is eight hours. The work-week used to consist of six days. Now it is five and one-half days, with the five-day ......l- omiTur into vogue. Never in the past wn< America so J wi'ii equipped as it i- today to re-j -nmo an epochal forward march. Not j ,n'y have we changed from a debtor, na'ion to the greatest creditor na- j tier, on en th. not only have we vaster! ! r ational wealth, ll.tt only ha\e AO an j ! unprecedented supply of gold, hut we I are richer in experience, richer in j ' inventive brains, richer in scientific (knowledge, richer in machinery, richer in productive facilities, richer in managerial skill, richer in discovered mineral and oil resources, richer in transportation facilities;.... richer in every material wealth-creating product and process, richer in craftsmanship, richer in everything. The country is all right. What we need is less hysteria and more confidence and courage.?Collier's, The National Weekly. ? Fire on yesterday destroyed three large tobacco sheds at Reidsvillc. N. C., with a loss reaching over $100,000. A million and a half pounds of tobacco went up in smoke in a short time. . Damaged Crops The dry weather "has just about ruined the early com crop in most pacts of the country. It has alao cut short the roas'n'ear crop. Try to buy some from the curb market this week. For the next two or three weeks, vegetables and garden truck will be acarce. Furthermore, if this drought keeps up much longer, there will be no talk of an overproduction of corn, and other food stuffs of which we have been hearing so much. The intense heat is causing the cotton to "shpd" badly in many sections, too. - <ia?tonia Gazette. w 'lii -iv*' *4 1 ' " ' ? " ' Happy Days? We wonder if huppy days are really coming again. Some of the mills are tuning up idle machinery, putting more people to work, receiving new orders and shipping more goods. Over the whole country there ia just a little air of optimism that may turn into a strong breeze. Ar\d it is possible yet for the Hoover era to close with a bang.?Greer Citizen. Parched Corn Tho corn crop of Calhoun county is, upon the whole, a dismal failure. The drought and small fertilizer ap*plication did the work. It would have been far better for Calhoun county and the whole cotton belt, had the corn survived and "the blue bale" died. A short crop of cotton would have been a blessing all over the South. The corn failure- will be a calamity, not only to many people, but to many a hungry old mule and hog.?.Calhoun Times. Pitifully Biased * "Governor* B? was scheduled to address the convention at the evening meeting beginning with a barbecue supper at 7 o'clock. He was to be intoxicated by Tom B. P. ? "?.Columbia Record, as quoted by the Literary Digest. And yet both these papers claim to be fair on the liquor question.? N e w'be rry O bs e rv e r. Economy Cries Economy is a great thing, but the political candidate who shouts "Economy" and doesn't accompany his war whoop with some feasible plan for bringing about a more economical way of doing things, if he is elected, is a false alarm, and that is about all that can be said for him. No more potent war-cry has ever been invented by the politician than "Economy," which is widely advocated and discussed in almost every election, but is rarely-ever, tried out.? Chester Reporter. Cholera, epidemic in China, is spreading to many sections df Manchuria, with serious outbreaks being reported in many cities. The worst is at Tungliao, where 500 cases and 130 deaths have been recorded. Notice of Democratic Primary Election Notice i- hereby given that a primary election for the nomination of the following State and County officers: One United Suites Senator. O'ne United States Congressman, Fifth District. One Clerk of Court. One Superintendent of Education. One Master in Equity. Two members House of Representatives. One Director DeKalb Township. One Director Wateree Township. One Director Flat Rock Township. One Director Buffalo Township. One Magistrate Ivower Wateree Township. One Magistrate Upper Wateree Township. Two Magistrates in Flat Rock Township. One Magistrate at Kershaw. One Magistrate at Bethune. One Magistrate DeKalb Township. One Coroner. Will be held at the respective voting places in Kershaw county on Tuesday, August 30, 1932. The polls will be open from eight o'clock in the morning until four o'clock in the afternoon. No person will be allowed to vote save those who are duly qualified, under the rules and regulations governthe Democratic "rimtiric.: zr.d whose names appear upon the club roll of the precinct at which t),.-y p:r>cnt themselves for voting. The pollmg places have been dc-.gnaied and Tfu- managers appointed ~>y the County Executive Committee ...ud thev appear below: Abnry~'L. K McCaski!!. L< >tS Deas, (I. R. Crow. Vote at Kirki, y's Mill. Ant-.och J. D. Davis, W. Louis Cook, ('. W. ?Shiver, secretary. Vote at Antioch school house. Bethune?J. N. McLaurin, James Copeland, I^eonard Brannon. Vote at Town Hall. Blaney?J. G. Kelly. J. M. Porter, Mrs. A. T. Simpson. Vote at A. K. Rose's store. Buffalo?W. T. Stroud, J. L. Holley, I-ouis Hilton. Vote at Buffalo school house. Camden?-John T. Nettles, G. T. Little, Jr., E. L. Moseley, Wiley Sheorn, D. V. Dixon, O. R. Villepigue. Vote at -County -Court Hou?e. Cassatt?T. A. Sears. C. L McCaakill, L. J. Walters. Vote at H. E. Gardner's store. Charlotte Thompson ? Eugene Pearce, E. M. Workman, Alien B. Murchison. Vote at Charlotte Thompson school house. DeKalb?J. J. Owens, G. C. Rush, W. T. Young. Vote at DeKalb school Do by'* Mills?J. V. Mile*, Alfred MoPherson, Douglas Arledge. Vote at Oampbotf's store. Enterprise?-W. L. Stoke*, William Brannon, Je??e Brannon. u* W. M. Brannon'* filling atatioh. Gate*' Ford?A. B. Whitaker, H. R. Horton, Nick Kay. Vote at School house. Harmony?John Paschal, J. M. Butler, Talmadge Branham. Vote at school house, . i Hermitage J. L. l>eBruhl, Hoyt Knight, Joe Boyd, Vote at Harrison's store. , Kershaw?j. A. Whitley, T. C. Jones, John iS. Truesdale. Vote at W. K. Taylor's store. Liberty Hill?-JF. B. Floyd, W. C. Wardlaw, N. ,S. Richards. Vote at Mackey-Jones store. Lugoff?Victor Ward, Luther Jones, Av V. iSmith. Vote at Rabon's .store. Lockhart ? Will Owens, J. J. Brown. Lee llorton. Vote at school house. Ned's (Creek?V. A. Humphries, Paul Gregory, Odis Broom. Vote ht* school house. Oakland-1-J. H. Watkins, L. L. McLauehlin, Willie K. 'Price. Vo'te at Oakland school house. Pine Tree?rW. W. Horton, W. N. West, W. A. Hyatt. Vote at Midway school house. Kabon's Cross Road?J, E, Jafckson, secretary; J. L.- Ford, Arthur Dowey. Vote at Rabon's store. J Raley's Mill?J. E. Davis, J. E. Mangum, C. P. Rogers. Vote at MiU 1 house. Roland?Lewis Spears, Lem Bowers, Otis West. Vote at West mill. Salt Pond?A. D. Boykin, H. E. Moore, B. B. Moore. Vote at Dink- ] ins' Gin House. (Sandy Grove?W. H. RadelifFe, Jr.,H. R. Hall, Clemspn Cobb. Vote at ? Sandy Grove church. Shamrock?J. F. Baker', C. ''P. Blackmon, I. B. Horton. Vote at Shamrock school house. Shepard?L. H. Catoe, F. J. Tidwell, W. C. West. Vote at Langley's | store. Shaylor's?R. A. McDowell, R. M. Drakeford, C. E. Hornsby. Vote at school house. Swift 'Creek?B. C. Truesdale, J. W. O. Boykin, W. A. Boykin. Vote ^ at Truesdale's store. Three C's ?T. 11. Young, J. H. Barfield, J. M. Croxton. Vote at Three ( "s school house. Twenty Creek?Frank J. Rabon, J. G. Gardner, R. T. Jackson. Vote at Hinson's store. Wateree:?J. C. 'Conyers, J. WBoyce, B. F. Robinson, E. L. Moore, secretary. Vote at club house. Westville?Lee Horton, Will Owens, J. J. Brown. Vote at R. L. j Bell's store. At Glubs having more than Fifty names the Australian Ballot System will be observed. The especial attention of the Managers is called to j the rules and regulations governing the conduct of the primary which rules are sent to the managers along with the ballots and boxes. . ] At Precincts where voters from more than one Township casV= their ballot the voters will give the managers the name of the Township in which they reside arid the managers ] will write the name of such Township on the poll list next to the voter's name. % One of the Managers or some | member of each club will call for the boxes, tickets, etc., which will be ready on Monday. August 29, at the office of The Camden (nronicle. S. F. BRASINGTON, County Chairman. II. D. NILES, Secretary. " IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CANDIDATES Many of the candidates believing that one week for the speaking dates would crowd too much into one single week duAng this hot weather thereby making it too strenuous for some, and at the request of many I have ordered the date for the filing of pledges and paying of assessments to close on" Saturday, August 13, at midnight, instead of Saturday, August 20, and the following itinerary will be followed for the campaign dates: Blaney, Monday, August 15, at 10 a. m. Rabon's Cross Roads, Wednesday, August 17, at 10 a. m.? Antioch,-Friday, August 19, at 10 a. m. Bethune, Monday, August 22, at 10 a. m. Mt. Pisgah, Tuesday, August 23, 10 a. m. Kershaw, Wednesday, August 24, 10 a. in. Camden, Thursday, August 25, 3 p. m. Westville, Friday, August 26, 10 a. m. Camden Cotton Mills, Saturday, August 27. 8 p. m. TKn prvmmittor. V.. " - "ft ? ? "J C ounty Democratic Executive Committee. composed of W. T. Holley, I). M. Kirkley and X. P. Gottys, have fixed the assessments of candidates as follows: Clerk of Court, $75.00. Superintendent of Education $50.00. Muster in Equity, $100.00. House of Representatives, $20.00. Township Directors, $5.00. Magistrate at Camden, $25.00. Magistrate at Bethune, $15.00. Magistrate at Kershaw, $15.00. Magistrate at Blaney, $15.00. All other Magistrates, $5.00. Coroner, $5.00. S. F. BR Ai SING TON, Chairman. II. D. NILES, Secretary. Wants?For Sale FOR SALE?One Model T Ford truck. In fair condition. For sale cheap. Apply to Henry Savage, Jr., Camden, S. C. l&sb FOR SALE?Several good milch cows. Apply J. H. Burns, Camden, S. C. 18-20sb I,OST?On Wdenesday afternoon one . small suitcase ? containing baby clothes and ladle* wearing apparel, lost somewhere on highway leading to Adam's pond. Reward if finder r % 1 -g S- - T vv?w:-:# returns to Mrs. T. L.. Myers, DeKalb street, or telephone 99, at Langston's garage, Camden, S. C. 18sb FOR SALE?My Chevrolet convertible cabriolet, at 'half coat price. Car almost as good as new. Will also sell my Buick coach cheap, or trade for land, building lot or almost anything of sufficient value. The Buick is in good shape. See J. G. Richards, Jr., Camden, iS. C. 18sb FOR RENT?iSix-room house on west side Highland Avenue. Good sized lot and parage. House in excellent condition; Price $15.00 per month, i iSee Wm. L. Goodale, Phone 193, Camden, S. C. 18-20sb NOTICE?Knife1 blade making and gun repairs. See C. W. Shiver, Rte. 1, Camden, <S. C. On Camden-1 Bishopville Highway. 18pd V1EN WANTED?To conduct and operate Rawleigh city business in cities of Lancaster, Eau Clair? and Bishopville. Reliable hustler can start earning $35 weekly and increase rapidly. Write immediately. Rawleigh Co., Dept. SC-76-V, Richmond, Va. 18pd LOST?One savings department book of Leonard H. iSchenk, Jr., on Bank of "Camden has been lost. Finder please return to L. H. Sehenk, Camden, S. C. 17-18pd REPAIRS?On electric ranges, stoves, irons, fans, toasters, etc., at reasonable prices. Shannon Electric Company, Camden, 'S. C. 18-20sb FOR SALE?One ice refrigerator, reconditioned. Come in and see it at 1049 Broad street, Shannon Eleotric 'Company, Camden, iS. C. 18-20sb FOR SALE OR TRADE?A 1929 Model Hudson 'Coach in good con dition, for sale or trade on a tract of either city or country property/or what have you? Address "X." P- ?. 1 Box!m, Camden, S. C. I8pd FOR RENT?My shack at Lake shamokiii that is electrically lighted and partly furnished, for week or week ends. This -Will also include swimming, boats and canoes. Apply J. B. Zemp, Camden, S. C, 16-18sb ? FOR SALE?One fiber Wakefield baby stroller, at sacrifice price. In perfect condition., Ajpply at 1307 Mill street, 'Camden, iS. C. 16-18sb FOR SALE?Bay, Fodder and DouthIt Seed Oorn, for sale or consider exchange for Cattle or Peas. W. P. McGuirt, Manager, Guignard's Plantation. Telephone 148, Camden. S. C. 7tf j MONUMENTS?I handle only the best grades of marble and granite. Come to see or write to T, J. Mc- : Ninch, Camden, S. C. l&ti CARPENTEltixxii?jonn S. Myers, phone 268, 812 Church Street, j Camden, S. C., will give satisfactory service to all for all kinds of carpenter work. Building, general repairs, screening, cabinet making and repairing furniture. My workmanship is my reference. I solicit yjur patronage. Thank- ^ ing you in^ advance. 50 tf. J Stockholders' Meeting There will be a meeting of the j stockholders of t'he Fashion Shop Friday, August 22, 1932, at noon at the office of said corporation, comer of DeKalb and Broad streets, Camden, S. C., for the purpose of considering the reduction of capital stock from $20,000 tx> $10,000. A. S. KARESH, Secretary and Treasurer. | PENNEY's 49c EVENtII LOOK! Yon can bay Real Values here for 49c 1 1 In the dhya of *49 our forefathers searched for nug- , gets of gold. Today, if you will come to Penney'h, you will find nuggets of real worth in the values being offered. j D?mon?tr?tin. the Purchasing Power of 49c 52x52 all linqn Colored Table Covers 49c "Wizard'' Sheets?Extra good value at 49c "Wizard" Cases?A good buy at 5 for 49c Rayon Undies-*-Beautifully made, each 49c ' Roys' Fast Color "True Blue" Shirts, each 49c < Men's "Dobby" Broadcloth Union Suits 49c Here's one that's not 49c but you don't want to miss it! , Real Values in Silk Dresses at <J?*j yy Everybody Shops at Penney'*?Everybody Save* J.CPENNEYGO. DEPARTMENT' STORE J (ikv} / Grandmother's PAN ROLLS Round Pan / 2 doz. 9c ? ...? SULTANA PEANUT BUTTER 2 t 25c CAMPBELL'S BEANS can 5c h. Kajah SALAD DRESSING f-ox. Jar Pint Jap 10c 14c Rajah * ; SANDWICH SPREAD 8^-oz. Jar . Pint Ja* 10c 15c | PEACHES Una 2 iz 25c 1 special BEER 3 bottles 25c Ji Small Bottle PeggSlj .rf q PlflARFTTFQ Favorite 0 nlim 9Fl? 4?j UlCAn!!! !?w Brands " H"6?- fcW" . tax extra j Del Monte Food Products PEACHES 2 large cans " 29c PINEAPPLE No. 2 can ' iSc? ' BARTLETT PEARS ? large can Z5c ROYAL ANNE CHERRIES No. 1 can 19c ASPARAGUS TIPS No. 1 round can 19c ]? ^ FRUIT SALAD No. 1 can 2?f ~ EAGLE MILK can 18c jj GOLD DUST 8 pkgs. -? 25c j, jj Green Cabbage, 5 lbs 25c Okra, 3 lbs 25c Ri|ta Tomatoes, 5 lbs. 25c Pot Roast Beef, lb 17c Hamburger, lb 15c Veal Chops, lb 15c Cooking Apples, 4 lbs 25c I Bananas, 4 lbs 26c | 1 Lettuce, 2 heads 25c 1 Smoke Sausage, 2 lbs 25c Neck Bones, 3 lbs? 25c Spare.Ribs, 2 Hm. .... 25c 9 I JSr Atlantic & Pacific % j1