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tJL- 1 " THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. D. N1LKS. . Editor and Publisher Published avery Friday at No. 1109 Broad StraetAand entered at the Camden, South Carolina poatoffice aa second ?lass mall matter. Price per annum $2.00, payable in adr.tr.ce. Friday, August 19, 1932 In the meeting at Abbeville, Senator Smith referred to Harris as "This man who is pestering you is simply busting his fool head oflf to got into office," and to the charge that he had ! relatives on the government payroll,) said that it was beneath his dignity to reply but exclaimed passionately, I "Good God; I can't stand everything." I Harris said Smith had relatives on the J " payroll at Washington who "do nothing hut feed the chickens in South Carolina and put out the cat at night." Smith's un.swer was -that his predecessors, including Senators Sutler, Tillman and others had also had kin on the government payrolls. It .,..1?was a Smith crow<t-of 1,000 who heard tho candidates in the courthouse yard. AN UNBLEMISHED NAMK About four years ago August Luer, retired meat packor of Illinois, is reported to have purchased . $05,000 worth of securities of a concern in which he was not interested, and to have sponsored the sale of an additional $135,000 worth to his friends. Along came the depression and with it bankruptcy for the concern that issued the securities. But in order to satisfy a sense of obligation und to keep his name unblemished, Luer bought back at par the worthless bonds which he had been instrumental in selling. In these latter days that are so largely given over to paying tribute; to Mammon, it is not often that one i so definitely subscribes to tho teach- J ing that a good name is rather to be ' chosen than great riches. Yfc't Luer," fortunate in being able to salvage! enough of his fortune to be able to. correct an apparently unintentional! error of judgment, no doubt has purchased with his $135,000 a deeper sense of well-being than he could have j found in any of the markets,?'Spar- j tanhurg Journal. FORGOTTEN MATTERS Recently the manager of a -largo J government-owned barge lino stated that last year his system earned; $107,000, and in the first three months of 1932 "earned $200,000. "This," he ; said, "has not cost tho taxpayers of j the nation ono penny." But he forgot to mention that tho barge line has free use of water-J ways that 'have cost the taxpayers tens of millions of dollars to-improve; thut many tax millions are spent yearly to keep the channels in condition; that tho barge line equipment represents an investment, by the taxpayers. of $25,000,000, on which not a cent has been returned; that his line has terminal facilities which cost, hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to maintain. And, perhaps most important, he forgot that his line is tax-free, while all other common carriers must hear extremely heavy tax burdens. During May the earnings of tho railroads?an industry which has not : been able to earn a fair return on Its' investment since the war, and which enjoyed none of the inflated prosperity of 1927-29? fell below one per cent, on an annual basis. Railroad employment is at its lowest point in decades and the roads must compete with tax-free government waterways which are partially maintained by the taxes the railroads pay. That is a tough situation for the railroads but it's harder on the taxpayers because, as railroad taxes dwindle on one hand, Individual taxes climb on the other, to make up the deficit and provide funds for growing government activity.?The Manufac- ^ turcr. Back To The Farm TTlP on!! rrt the soil ami otiicr reus-. ens drew 252.001) more city folks to the farm last year than moved to the city. Stat;-*. 1. s by the Department of Agriculture diow that 1,472,000 por,-dns left the farms for towns and rtttr^ nnri J ,tr79,t)0O moved farm-ward.The farm population on January 1, 19.32. was 31,200,000 as compared with 30,612,000 at the beginning of 1931. Births account for the increase over and above those moving bnek to the country. The department described the increase as tho "largest and most significant" in the 10 years that population changes have been estimated. For seven years of the decade, annual decreases in farm population were reported. Beginning with 1930 the trend has been back toward the farm.?Capper's Weekly. | Fifteen cases and two deaths occurred at Chavies, Ala., among mem-, bers of a religious cult Holy Roller or Holiness sect before they would sub- j mit to treatment, and in consequence j the Alabama health department has a real job on hand to control the disease. "CACTUS JACK" GAKNKK Politic*I observers aeem agreed on one point?that Jack Garner, not Roosevelt or JJoover or Curtis, is going to supply the real color to the presidential campaign. ! The (Speaker of the House has his I admirers and critics In both major I parties, but he has the respect and esteem of well-nigh everybody who knows him. This writer was conversing with two political leaders when m\ws came over the radio that "Cactus Jack" had been nominated by the Democrats for vice president. "They have made up their ticket upside down; they have put the ablest man at the bottom," was the sincere comment of a Republican from the North who had served a quarter of a cen? tury with Garner in the House. "He will be' our greatest liability," said a Democrat from the South. "He is too quick on the trigger; he is not cautious enough in 'his utterances; ho never weighs his words, and he will weaken tho ticket by getting us into all kinds of controversies." These opinions are typical. They are perfectly natural, for Jack Garner is a man of many contradictions. He is the kind of man who will be very popular among certain members of his party, while others will follow his campaigning with misgivings, every day expecting his to say something which will upset the applecart. A conservative at heart, a Democrat of the old school, ho frequently makes unexpected forays into the realms of progressivism. One# of the most .common charges against him is that he is too rough. Representative John McDufTie of Alabama, in placing the Texan's name in nomination for the vice presidency, proudly proclaimed him as "a real red-blooded he-man." -> Certainly he is no sissy or yys-yes man. Small in stature, picturesque in appearance, quick of thought and action, he is exceedingly pugnacious and usually exercises his leadership with decision. Men who cross him on tho floor of the House generally get the worst of the fight. Yo?t his friendship with the late Speaker Longworth proved his great capacity for friendships even with men on the other side of the political fence. Rut his enemies, and even some of his more conservative followers, say that he sometimes makes speeches and makes remarks which border very closely on bad taste. His habit of ignoring Harvard etiquette has cpused I him no end of"" trouble^ Cold chills went down the back of some of tho mossbacks early in the spring when I the Speaker, calling at the White | House, paused on the doorstep and | examined a set of brand new chromj ium door bandies. "Why." he exclaimed to newspapermen, "those are , the same kind of handles they have ' <>n casket<. Is anyone around here ' exporting a funeral?say about next March I?" The governor of New ^ i?rk. with his Harvard education and "Pastern manners, may squirm more : than once din ing the campaign be1 cause of things which the Speaker : savs about his Critics. Rut "Cactus ! Jack" talks a language that everybody understands. People may be a bit shocked at times by his caustic , and homely remarks, but they will not have to appoint a commission to determine what he means. . Personally Jack Garner, is one of the most attractive men in public life. Nothing could be more simple than the daily life of the Garners. A great | reader of books on history, biography j and government. Jack requires no | recreation more exciting than fishing or riding over the cattle ranges. In Washington one of his favorite diversions is a visit to the local zoo. Mrs. Garner, who has been her hus| band's secretary during the nearly 30 years that he has been in Congress, gets up with the birds and loves her j work so much that she devotes almost I all her time to it. Her recreation is i knitting, darning socks, sewing on buttons and cooking. This is one vase of a relative on the pay roll where the cry of nepotism cannot he .iu-t 1 y raised. Kverybody ' on Capitol 11... knows that Jack Garner has the ?v>v? efficient and industrious seerc'a v to Washington. "I>?.n ( congratulate m*-. 1 haven't been nominated," Mrs. Gamer said graciously to this writer after Chicago had made its decision. The fact is that morally she too has been nominated. The Garners have worked tojgether so long that their teamwork [has become the admiration of the j country. j As the telegrams and letters of cong-atulation poured into the office in the Capitol in torrents, Mrs. Garner was worried about only one thing. A flood had swept over Uvalde and Ann, their son Tully's wife, had not written whether the chickens had been saved! Then. too. the Speaker's wife wanted to get back home to give littlo Genevieve, her only grandchild, a good big hug. The Trophy Tower Sales company has begun a suit against the Gillette Safety Razor company for damages aggregating $30,000,000 and costs. Letter Postage Is Three Cents Now that our generoua government haa raised to three cents the price of mailing a detter, a farmer has to hand over a half pound of cotton In order to get a stamp. Tho government has millions to spend for unnecesaary poatoffica buildings but raises the postage to the point that it takes a half pound of cotton to defray the cost of mailing a letter. Currying the mails ia a business and should be considered upon the basis of its returns or profits. We do not expend money for fine cotton mill buildings when the mills are not showing profits, but in spite of the fact that millions are lost handling the mails we must spend other millions for fine buildings in which the business is to be conducted.?Southern Textile Bulletin. The Railroads You will now seo delegations racing up to the railroad commission to protest the removal of two southern passenger trains between Columbia and Charleston. On one of these runs there was just a lone pay passenger. Freight trains have already gone. More will follow. What did it? Trucks and automobiles over your paved roads, that pay no taxes to your towns and counties. To stop trains, they say, increases the army of unemployed. Why don't the trucks and passenger buses that killed t^e I railroads and get* the swill, employ ! them ? Ah, there is the rub. They know that they have the politicians by the neck. The greatest business and tax crime of the last 20 years is the cowardly manner in which railroads have been treated.?Calhoun , Times. Ziegfeld Speaking of the late Florenz Ziegfeld, Will Rogers is quoted in a Los ! Angeles dispatch as saying, "I ex| poet I worked for him longer than ; anyone else?ten years is a long time 1 but I never signed a contract, nor | was thi-re ever a mark of a pen in | our business dealings." The idea I Rogers seeks to get across is that Ziegfeld's word was as good as an iron-clad contract, that he lived up scrupulously to any agree men^_:he made; that those who had business dealings with him could rely absolutely on any statement he uttered. That is one of the finest tributes that can be paid to one business man by another, for it speaks volumes of the I pure gold of character that makes ' such a tribute possible. "His word is as good as hwr bond"?how often | we hear that said of someone, but how seldom it is literally and actually true!?Roanoke (Ya.) Times. I,FT CO A HIT TOO SOON ! If one's foresight in business as well :ts in battle were only as g< od j as one's hindsight, many a victory 'would be won in the marts of trade - r ! in the counting rooms or on the street. ! There is the case of Albert Strelow, I 78-year-old retired contractor of Detroit, who died a few days ago. At i its incipiency bo was one of the original investors in the stock of the Foid Motor Company, and his passing recalls as an A. P. dispatch states, "one of the most sensational episodes of modern industrialism. Some 29 years ago Mr. Strelow timidly chanced $5,000 for fifty shares of stock in Henry Ford's plan to turn out cheap automobiles. Just three years thereafter he sold out to James Couzens, now a senator from Michigan, taking $45,000 for his $5,000 investment. That must have seemed a neat profit to him at the time, when motor cars were a rarity and highway building had not struck its stride in any state of the Union. Rut Mr. Strelow lived to see others who had risked l^ss than himself in this venture become multi-millionaires. The A. P. story nnmt*!* uu* <?wu*r uu> *???%?*$ *. * ' the original stock as follows; John i F. Dodge. Horace E. Dodge and Ilor| a?-e If. Rov.khain. and recalls that n ! ipju w hen *,he h.?rd family took o..?r | a'.: the stock, each of these $5. >0 ! investments had grown to $12,500.. 0. i Senator Couzens possessed 2.180 >f I these <hitre< in 1010. for which he -e| ceived $20,308,857.00. ? Spartanburg ) Journal. j The Missouri Pacific railroad Is a 'icing the Interstate Commerce comrr.ssion to authorize a loan to it of $3,000,000 by the Reconstruction Finance corporation, the money to be used by the railroad in paying interest on loans due September 1st. The recent floods along the Sungari river over an area of 180 miles alung that stream, virtually destroying the Han district in Manchuria, causer! the death of from 20,000 to 30,000 people, says a Mukden dispatch. Money in circulation in the Unit >d States at the end of July totaled $5,726,394,20V e<jui?lrtent to $ 15.85 for every man, woman and child in continental United States, according C, a treasury statement, s WIIY FOLKS BUY WHAT THEY UU * i i . . hi / . Man 'hying To Get Cotton Stuffs Used Learnt* About Human Nature i _____ The secretary of the association for the increased use of cotton, Harold C. Booker, with headquarters in Columbia, has been making some discoveries in human nature?especially thut economic principles do not cause people to buy things, A dozen things are reasons for people buying what they do where they i do, but one of the dozen is not the good of the Nution, help for the state, nor aid for the home town. This is a permanent condition, as old as civilization and as strong as fashion or prejudice. Mr. Booker, who has just found it out, writes about it to The Charlotte Observer and says: "I have been following with a great deal of interest the comment in your columns on the use of cotton bagging for wrapping cotton bales and have noted particularly the comment of those who argue that its use is not 'practical.' The association for the Increased Use of Cotton has been lighting for over a year for the increased consumption of cotton, having been organized for that specific purpose. "I^ast summer we had a State-wide meeting in Atlanta, Ga., at which the matter of using cotton bagging came up. A cotton merchant in Atlanta got up and spoke for 20 minutes against it, saying^that he favored using cotton where it was 'practical' to use it but that it was not 'practical' to uso it for wrapping cotton. "We had a meeting in Birmingham attended by prominent women. One of the leaders of the women got up and said that the women would wear cotton dresses but that it would be impossible to 'get them to wear cotton hosiery or negligee because they were not 'practical.' "Recently we wrote a very large concern asking that they specify that I their flour should come in cotton sacks. The company replied that it was in favor of using cotton where its use was 'practical' but did not : think it was 'practical' to buy some I quantities of tlouv in cotton sacks, j "The cottonseed oil mill people say I that cotton sacks are not 'practical' ! for cottonseed meal; the fertilizer ! people say they are not 'practical' for fertilizer; many building supply dealers say they are not 'practical' for cement; and so on. ^ "This summer we urged all men to wear cotton suits. While many, many thousands did we have heard so many say they cost too much?'why, I could | buy a linen or Palm Reach suit for {that' was the comment many made as if a cotton suit was not just as attractive, just as economical and just las serviceable as any suit on earth. Yet many sny they are not 'practical.' "We asked a big hotel Jo substitute (cotton napkins, etc., for linen. It (thought that this would cheapen the (hotel notwithstanding there are cotj ton napkins just as pretty and just as I serviceable as any linen. We did convince this hotel of its error and it is jnow using cotton throughout, we are gltyd to say. But at first it thought , cotton napkins not 'practical' for its j use. "Yesterday I had on as pretty pair , of socks as I have ever seen. They were of cotton. Several men who happened to note them during the day commented that they were pretty socks. I replied in each instance that 'they are of cotton.' Almost invariably the question would come: 'What did they cost?' On being told, the reply in almost every instance was: 'Why you can buy other socks for that.' "If the use of cotton is not 'practical' anywhere, then there is no need to continue growing it. If cotton is not good enough for us to use, how in ! Heaven's nama can we ask or expect the people of other sections and other countries to use it? If the Drice of cotton products must always be made i so low that the mills cannot pay the , farmer enough for his cotton to en! able him to at least meet the cost of production and cannot make their 'own cost of operation, then let's ban * 1 rorn thp n? n ? j Dr. J. II. Hay no, srhte health offiicer, is obtaining enough typhoid vaccine for inoculating 2.000 persons I against the disease, from the federal government. It will be used where there is real danger of an epidemic. The request of the state health board for reports from all nhysicians in the state on the number of typhoid cases in their practice has not been responded to as well as was hoped, and ionly 20 of the 46 counties had replied by the end of the week. Col. J. Bates Gerald, of Summerton. World war veteran and former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, has announced his withdrawal from the Democratic party and affiliation with the Hambright Republican party. He said he is "disgusted with the platform adopted Jby the Democratic party." Renewed activity in business in both Carolinas seemed to bo reaching a peak over the week-end. During the past several months numbers of manufacturing plants in both North and South Carolina have resdmed operations and additional wheels were turning following revivals of work as the week-gnd drew near. In Greenville, Spartanburg and Laurens counties of iSouth Carolina $200,000 has been or will be distributed shortly among commercial peach growers with the peach season a little more than a week old. iSmaller but considerable amounts are being received by other peach growing sections in South Carolina. . .... Wants?For Sale NOTICE?The Southern Cotton Oil Company Gin will start running on Monday morning, August 22. The, first bale o/ cotton to reach us will be ginned free of charge. The Southern Cotton Oil Company, C-anulen, S. C. 20sb FOR RENT?-Furnished apartment or furnished rooms. Address C.-O. Stogner, 1215 Broad Street, Cam._ dep. S. C. 20pd ? FOR'"SALE?My Chevrolet convertible cabriolet', at half cost price. Car almost good as new.>vWill: 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, S. C. 20 sb FOR SALE?Several good milch cows. Apply J. H. Burns, Camden, S. C. | 18-20sb? NOTICE?'Our Ginnery - has been completely overhauled and w^'will appreciate your patronage. We will guarantee you efficient work and courteous service. The Southern Cotton Oil Company, Camden, S. C. . 20-21sb FOR RENT?^Six-room house on west side Highland Avenue. Good sized lot and parage. House in excellent condition. Price $16.00 per month. See Wm. L. Goodale, Phone 193 Camden, S. iO." > 18-20sb RBPAIRS>?On electric ranges, stoves, irons, fans, toasters, etc., at reasable prices. Shannon Electric Company, Camden, IS. C. 18-20&b FOR SALE?One ice refrigerator, reconditioned. Price very low for quick sale. Come in and see it at 1049 Broad Street, Shannon Electric Company, Camden, S. . IK 20sb FOR SALE?Hay, Fodder and Dputhit Seed Oorn, for sale or consider exchange. for Cattle or Peas. W. P. McGuirt, Manager, Guignard's Plantati^. Telephone 148, Camden, S. C, 7tf MONUMENTS?I handle only thabest grades of marble and granite. Come t*> see or write to T. J. McNinch, Camden, S. C. l&tf CARPEN|TEKiiNDi?Jonn S. Myers, phone 268, 812 Church Street, Camden, S. C., will give (Satisfactory service to all for'all kinds of carpepter work. Building, - general repairs, screening, cabinet making and repairiug furniture. My workmanship is ray reference. <& I solicit yj?r patronage. Thanking you in advance. 50 tf.. * Card of Thanks We wish to thank everyone whw was so kind to us during the illness and death of our mother and grMflftv mother, Mrs. Martha Parker,-and hoftf, . that in the future years your kindness may be repaid. Children and grandchildren of Mrs. Martha Parker. Awnings, Tents, Truck Covers All Styles in Awnings and All ? Weights and Sizes in Covers and Tents W. G. TREVATHAN Phone 29;-Camden, or~" ~ 9523 Columbia, S. C. I ^BaB^IIB*^lll|MlaB,aB*VHto OUR GINNERY Has been Qompletely overhauled and we will appreciate your business. It' la necessary that you gin oh an up-to-date outfit under the supervision of experts in order to obtain the very best sample. .U will mean more to your pocket book* Our ginnery wijl give continuous sevice during the gin season and you will not experience long delays which are very costly. The Southern Cotton Oil Company Telephone 54 ROLLS "ET Paz- 5C : | SULTANA j PEANUT BUTTER 2 lb. jar 23c I N. B. C. Oreo Sandwich 2 pkgs. 15c... J SULTANA?BROKEN SLICED --r?' I PINEAPPLE 2 %.? 29c I COFFEE SPECIAL |j BOKAR?27c Z * 23c 1 Tbo liargrcHt Selling High Grade Coffee In the World. 8 O'CLOCK 3 k 50c f IIA J AH Quart y. * j VINEGAR 15c 49c FAVORITE BRANDS CIGARETTES ? 2 m 25c | "TAX JBXTKA" ?. i PEACHES S 2 ST 27c 1 LIFEBUOY SOAP 3 cakes 19c _ J LUX FLAKES ? 2 pkg*. ? 19c 4 Bananas, 4 lbs 19c Ripe Tomatoes, 4 lbs. 25c, Tender Com, 4 for .... 10c i ' Pot Roast Beef, lb 17c Veal Roast, lb 17c Regular Hams, lb. ".... 15c Celery, Stalk 10c Lettuce, per head .... 10c Calif. Orange*, dozen 35c Spare Ribk, 2 lb* for ..25c Pig Liver, 3 lb*.5 for ..2^4 Neck Bone^, 3 lb*, ^