The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 19, 1932, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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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
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Man 'hying To Get Cotton Stuffs
Used Learnt* About Human Nature
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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
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I N. B. C. Oreo Sandwich 2 pkgs. 15c... J
SULTANA?BROKEN SLICED --r?'
I PINEAPPLE 2 %.? 29c
I COFFEE SPECIAL |j
BOKAR?27c
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Tbo liargrcHt Selling High Grade Coffee In the World.
8 O'CLOCK 3 k 50c
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IIA J AH Quart y. * j
VINEGAR 15c 49c
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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
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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*, ^