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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE yl Jl J If J H. D. NILKS. Editor and I'ubllaber Published every Friday at No. 1102 Broad Street ana entered at the Cam* den, South Carolina poatoffice a* second alass mail ^natter. Price per annum 92.00, payable in adv.vtoe. Friday, August 26, 1032 A SMIJLK IN THE SICK ROOM Predictions that good times are "just around the corner" <have been cr^pf ten made and ao often hare failed to come true that prophesying! that line has became, a form of mental activity in which few people care to indulge. And yet-^ Good news of returning wood times Continues to pour in from all over the country, particularly the indusr,. trial centers of the lia#l^he Middle West and the South. V Without^ doubt j the past sixty days, and notably.the | past thirty days have witnessed a definite upward trend in business throughout the country with commodity prices higher, postal receipts increased, factories reopening and vast public works programs getting under ' way slated to give steady employment to a quarter of a million' men during the next year. In Kansas 20,000 men will soon bo put to work upon ppblic roads, and activity along similar linos will prevail in nearly all other states in response to the generous appropriations made by Congress for. public construction. A definite industrial pick up in Ohio, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, West Virginia and Missouri as well as in the East, is revealed by commercial 1 surveys. In New England conditions' continue to improve and scores of manufacturing plants, have either reopened or extended their operations. In Pennsylvania two steAl plants | have resumed operations after months of inactivity and other mills also have reopened. And so it comes from every point of the compass. There is no question but that merchants' shelves ev-| erywhere are all hut empty, due to! the fear that prices might go still lower. With the conviction return-j ing that the bottom has been reached, commercial logic will call for purchases this week through fear that prices may be higher next week, consumer buying will be speeded up for the same reason, hence increased orders to manufacturers in all lines. All in all. the outlqo^ for business recovery is better thun it has been for nearly three years and there is a feeling of growing confidence that a turn of the long lane is at last in sight.?LeUoy, N. Y., Gazette-News. Found Books Correct. I As foreman of the Kershaw county' grand jury, I have checked in the presence of the cottnty auditor, treasurer. superintendent of education, and clerk of the county board, all school claims approved by the suj>erintendent of education and ordered paid and all county claims approvedand ordered paid by county board of directors, and find them to be correct.' Vouchers ami books bain net* to the' cent. Respectfully, W. F. Nettles, Foreman Grand Jury. WITHDRAWS FROM RACE On account of pressure of personal business and business interests I am hereby withdrawing my name as a ^candidate for Magistrate for Lower Waterce township. The ballots having already been printed before I decided to withdraw I request my I friends to not consider me in the j race. And I want to heartily thank | those of my friends who have so generously ofTered me their support J in the race. Very respectfully, WARRBN D. SANDERS HINDSIGHTS ANI* FORESIGHTS . . You have frequently heard the remark: "If my foresight had been aa good an my hindsight I wouldn't be in this ftx today." It doesn't hold good any iqore. It really .seems that an 8th grade schoolboy ought to know by this time that debts piled on debts don't help anybody towards recovery. Yet we have the spectacle presented right now of u movement to borrow 10 million more to pave additional roads. Now we hear that pay day has cqjgje, but nobody pays. Mentipn a chance to borrow and there is a ^ The Federal Govern* . ment has gotten down to u stamp on a poor little dollar bank check, 'while donating billion .dollar pork-barrel loans to revive big business and seed loans to keep the farmer out of the poor house. The preacher, the doctor, the candlestick maker, the tax collector and pretty much everybody else go unpaid, and millions of sacks of llour ure sent to the "needy." The question then arises, who ure the needy, when pretty much everybody is paying little or nothing,that can be dodged. On top of all, ^rou can take around almost any kind of petition, with a plausible spiel for pretty much anything that will increase, instead of diminish our troubles, and 9 people out of 10 will sign it. That is, provided it is not a blank check for money we owe. During a long life, with many ups and downs, and with observations of almost every imaginable hue, we have never known such a blind and distressing lack of judgment and sacrifice to meet conditions as thoy are, and will be for some Jtiine to come. And this fatal malady is afflicting all classes, from the President of the United Stales, down to a pinder parcher on a village street corner. Hindsight don't seem to be worih a picayune any more, and there is no such animal as foresight.?'Calhoun Times. South Carolina ginnors, at the close of a meeting Friday, in Columbia, issued a statement that it was the concensus oT those present that "under no condition is it possible for a bale of short staple cotton to be ginned i at a cost to the ginner of less than) 50 cents per 100 pounds, not includ- j ing bagging and ties." The cost of ginning long staple cotton was said to he from 50 cents tg $1 a bale more than short staple. Ginners from practically every county in the state attended the meeting, called by the Ginners' Association of 'South Carolina. A Card To the Voters of Kershaw County: In 1908 P offered for Coroner for the county. Mr. G. I.. Dixon, dr., was elected. I supported him afterwards and after his unfortunate death in the Cleveland school house fire, and the appointment of Judge \V. F. Russell to the place made vacant, I did not oppose him, hut always intended to offer ago in when conditions seemed proper. When Judge Russell died I asked the Governor for the appointment to serve the balance of the term. With tho aid of a few friends I was appointed. I did not know who else was applying. So now I appeal to the people?to whom the office belongs?to support me for a full,term. Am not opposing any one, not trying to take anybody's job, acting strictly in self defense. I ask you to let me serve you while I am physically and mentally able to serve. I am <>8 years old and feel that my period of waiting is nearing its close. The election by the people of my county with whom I have lived and labored for the most of my life means more to me than I can express to you. Help me? I thank you. G. R. Clements. + '" ?}???-?? 1 * OUR CANDIDATE. The following appeared in the Lancaster News of August 16, 1982, as their leading editorial: "It is with pleasure and pride, that we present to the voters of the Fifth Congressional District Lancaster's candidate for Congress, J. P. Richards. Esq. "Such indorsement i> not necessary for the information of the voters of Lancaster county,where he is so well and favorably known, but is intended, more especially, for those in the District living outside of the county, where he may not be so well known. "Mr. Richards comes of an honored family long resident of our neighbor Kershaw county, where he was reared^ to manhood. His literary and legal education was acquired at the University of Sooth Carolina, mainly through his own efTorts. "Locating, after being admitted to practice law, at Dancaster. he soon became identified with our people and one of our leading attorneys. Elected for three successive terms Judge of Probate of the county, over strong opposition. He has never been defeated for public office. "A high-toned Christian gentleman he is, and would be faithful to any trust committed to him. "By education, training and experience, he is eminently fitted for Congressional honors. Always ready when duty calls, he volunteered for service at the beginning of the World War and served at home and abroad with distinction in the 118th Infantry, 80th Division. He entered the army as a private and after several promotions earned a commission as a second Lieutenant just after the Armistice. "If elected, we guarantee he will be faithful, amjr give ef ficient service, and do honor to the District-" (Paid Political Advertisement) Personal Statement . > i . r . I TO THB PUBLIC: Criticism has been made of me publicly in a political race with which I have nothing to do. I am not a candidate for office and therefore cannot speak from the stump. I am forced to take this method to TDrreot these unwarranted ? criticism* made of me, und of my connection with the Board of County Directors. This ia published for my own vindioatlon, without the f&Neitatlon of anyone, at my own ^xpense, and certuinly not in behalf of any candidate, all of wHom 1 believe are abundantly able To take csare of them selves I have bSen, jia attorney for the Board, reaponaihlo to a large degro* for the course of County expenditures , and, as Clerk, I have kept the records. The expenditures have, I think, be n soundty planned. The books are properly kqpt. -? It would he easy, I believe, to afoow to any man honestly wanting to get. , the facts that there is cuuso for congratulation and satis/faction at the condition of the County affawn, and not for dissatisfaction or criticism. The records of my office are open to the public. I would bo glad at any time to show every item; " But it is so oa^y for an office seeker to shout, 'extravagance', 'warte', and arouse suspicion and distru t. Personally, I think the Board of Directors and the County Legislative Delegation have done well in handling the County affairs, and I am quite proud to have had a part >o it. The County lias gotten about 70 miles of hard surfaced roads at a cost of less than 2 miles of paving. The total cost was $35,874.07 and that was paid without a tax being levied. The Board of Directors has tried to put a good County road to every "Community from the hard surfaced roads, There are now about 700 miles of County roads?-much more fluffseveT Before?and they have been j built and kept in good condition, and no additional tax has been levied for that. The Board has rebuilt the upper portion of the river bridge, put in an additional pier, and laid an asphalt flooring at $\fJotal cost of about $35,000.00. The people have not been able to pay taxes in full. There are now about $50,000 sti.ll unpaid of funds that were levied to meet the appropriations from year to year, and vet the County hasr met its current obligations every month and every year. The County tax for 1931 and 1032 is S mills?the lowest it has been it: tw e rut y -t h ree yea rs. How have these things been done without increasing the taxes for County purposes? Your common sense answers?why. from the bridge of course?and ye<t , a man running for office yells, "What has been <ione with the' bridge money ?" The bridge money is deporsited by the keepers daily in the Camden banks to Kershaw County Special', Bridge Fund, careful record of col-, lections is kept; the checks arc drawn [ on thisffund by the County Treasurer and put to the County account. I am charged on the stump with having on the County books an account called "Miscellaneous Cnntinir- ] ont." The account is provided under , that name in the County Supply Bill, j .It covers, as common sens*, would in- ; dicete, miscellaneous things that the Legislative Delegation knew must bp , paid, but that did not come under any \ other head. 1 Kver'y sensible man knows that f ] he wanted to find out what was paid \ under the Miscellaneous Contingent account he could look at the books and see just as easily as he could what was paid on any other account. Last year, under this account, wera paid (all approved in every item by tho Board of Directors): Bonds of officers $ 562.00 Telephone service 311.00 Rent cotton platform __ 450.00 ,, Expenses borrowing money 209.75 Bank exchange 35.00 Opening No. 1 Highway 278.56 Entertainment of Gen. Summerall 40.00 Advertising 25.00 Repairs, adding machine and safe, locks, etc. 25.00 Flowers, funeral J. M. Moseley 10.00 Children to Reformatory 10.00 Recording papers 9.00 Liability insurance on County truck 4.15 Freight and express 4.'.<2 And other items, which I cannot ask indulgence to enumerate here, of 98.50 A total of $2,132.88 Where should thow, thin?r< <rr? ,.v. cept in the miscellaneous contingent account provided in the Supply Bill for that purpose? Any insinuation that this account, or any other on tho books, is intended or used to cover or conceal any xpenditures is gratuitously false. Exception whs made on the stu-rsp to the fact that I drew a paym< nt from IhK Sinking Fund, in addition to the rotate?r paid under the Apprn--iat;on Bill and my salary as Clerk of the Board. I wouM say that the money received by me for services was fixed by another Board than the ; present one when I first became Clerk and County Attorney, ami it has remained on the same basis until some items were cut with my approval bythe Legislative Delegation this year. And attention was drawn to the fact that I have a loan in the Sinking Fund and that my law library is pledged for it. The loan was made in good faith, the interest is jrnid on it and nearly half the principal, and I am expecting to pay it all by th<> ,,nd of the year. In these hard times I feel that will be doing very well. And the Board and myself are charges! with negligence in not collecting on the loans in the Sinking Fund. Most of the loans were made before any on? of the preeen* Board waa in office. Tha property covered by thwn is aiill here. It would be uasy to foreclose them. Some of the honest owners, worried by the debt, have asked to turn the lands in; but, personally, I Utinik the property is better in the haixb of the owners where it can be used for family support and be looked after, than to be in possession of the County, unsalable or idle, to deteriorate and run down, unoccupied *n constant danger of fire and depredation. This Board of Directors did not make moat of these loans, did not cause the hard time* which have made values fall and repayment so difficult; they cannot collect interest when even taxes cannot in- paid. They might collect by sale of the properties to a great extent; but the Grand Jury and the legislative Delegation have asked that that step be not taken at this time?-and I think they are wir>e in that view. An Act of the legislature says such a step at this time would be disastrous. Can we not afford to wait a hoped-for better time in the near fuUlCtii without forcing the.coUections to a mat TsMie just now,?and merely because sojne one who wants office cries, "negligence"? . And now as to the charges th^t the County Board has exceeded the appropriatlons. The Legislative Delegation, in these Supply Bilks made their appropriations with full knowledge and . intention that the bridge fund in addition was to be used unfter tine hiw for road purposes. Tljey particularly dad not want to flaunt the bridge income in the face of an envious and hostile sentiment in the Legislature, and very properly left it out of the' Supply Bill entirely,* as it was riot an appropriation of money to be raise I by taxes. which is all t"he Legislature had to do with.. The Appropriation Bill covers only what was to he paid out of the taxes and funds designated, and leaven the bridge fund entirely out of consideration. And finally, while men may differ as to the best methods of handling affairs, any insinuation from any man that any public money has been diverted from public use is unqualifiedly and maliciously false. I know vetiy well that many people would rather believe harm than good of a man. I know that it is very natural * t hat many should feel that the hard times are produced by bad government and that the evils can be corrected by a change in officers*?to the man who shouts "mis-mangement ami promises relief. I ant not writing to these. They ought to know better, but they cannot change. They will always be that way. But there are many fine people who are not familiar with the facts and are concerned about the rumors and statements going about. To them I have written.?Advt. LAURENS T. MILLS,. Two white men yesterday held up several employes in the offices of the AtlAnta Journal circulation department and escaped with about $1,500. The robbery occurred shortly after noon while R. L. Butler, a cashier, and assistant were checking in receipts frofn route carriers and news-^ boys. BIDS INVITED Notice?is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the undersigned for contracts for hauling pupils to and fro for the Antioch High School for school term of 19.32 and 1933. There will be threo routes and complete specifications will be filed in the county Auditor's office for the benefit of those interested. Bids to be filed not later than G p. m. of Saturday, September 10, 1932. School will commence about October 1. D. G. JOYE J. T. SINCLAIR L. A. SHIVER Trustees District Number Six Wants?For Sale WANTED?A good cook. House and furniture for one room. Rent free. Apply County Health Office, Court House, Monday morndngr, Aug. 29, 9 o'clock, or write Mrs. L. I. Guion, Lugoff, S. C. 21sl> FOR SALE?One used baby carriage. In perfect condition. Telephone 311, Camden, S. C. 21pd FOR SALE?My Chevrolet convertible cabriolet, at half cost price. Car almost as good as new. "Will also sell iny Buick coach cheap, or trade for land, building lot or almost nnything of sufficient value. The Buick is in good shape. See J. G. Richards, Jr., Camden, S. C. 20 sb NOTICE?Our Ginnery has been completely overhauled and we will appreciate your patronage. We v.:.. guarar.t<.c efficient work and courteous service. The Southern Cotton Oil Company, Camden, S. C. 20-21sb FOR SALE?Hay, 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 MONUMENTS?I handle only the beat grades of marble and granite Come tr> *ee or write to T. J. McNinch, Camden, S. C. l&tf CARPENTKKiini*?J onn 5. Myers, phone 268, 812 Church Stffcet Camden, S. C., will give aatia factory service to all for all kind> of carpenter work. Buildtng general repaira, screening, cabinet making and repairing furniture My workmanship is nay reference I solicit yjur patronage. Thank Ing you in advance. 50 tf r i Awnings, Tents, Truck Covers All Styles in Awnings and All Weights and Sires in Covers and Tents W. G. TREVATHAN Phone 29, Camden, or 9523 Columbia, 8. C. Some Things Mr. Stevenson I Has Done in Congress I (Political Advertisement) Mr. James P. Richards, candidate for Cong ress to represent the Fifth South Carolina District, in a speech to an audience at the Ar- I cade Mill, in Rock llill, on Saturday evening last, stated in effect; "Mr. Stevenson has never introduced and successfully fought g bill through Congress for the good of his people," and " "Mr. iStevenson has never introduced' and successfully fought a bill through Congress against the Republican party." I Mr. Richards is a young man and evidently has not kept up with the work of Congress in general and my work and efforts in particular, during the past sixteen years that I have been a member' of that body, quite evidently, he is talking without "being entirely familiar with the FACTS OF THE CASE?provable facts. For his own information and also for tho information of the voters of the Fifth District who may be interested directly and indirectly, I takt pleasure in citing a few of the Bills passed by Congress which beat the name of "W. F. STEVENSON" as their a^bpr, and other bills which were personally handled and put thfougff the House of. Rep. I resentatives by myself, and for which I am given due credit by both , Democratic and Republican members of the H^uae. ' I 1 would incidentally call to the attention of the reader that the House has been overwhelmingly 'REPUBLICAN since my FIRST term as a member of that body and up until last December, and further that during that time with the Republicans in charge k> and heading all House Committees, it was the exception that a j Bill, no matter by whom introduced, either Republican or Democrat, when reported "out" by the Committee to which it was referred, did not carry tjie name of the Chairman of the reporting committee, rather tlian that of the author of the bill. There haVe been ** ' some exceptions, but the RULE has been and is the other way. BILLS BEARING THE NAME OF W. F. STEVENSON AS AUTHOR No. 1. I passed** Bill making it a Criminal Offense to Sell i Public Offices. This Bill was designed for the specific purpose of putting an end to a practice commonly alleged to be in force ih South Carolina. Among its first effects was the conviction of a Republican Committeeman in this State and the convicted man has served his sentence. In a more notable case, perhaps, a Republican Congress- j man was convicted in Indiana on a charge of selling a postmastership and sentenced to serve a term in a Federal penitentiary. 2. I passed a Bill under the terms of which the United States treasury was authorized to pay James Jenkins of Gaffney, S. C., the sum of $21,000.00 in cash, for cotton linters taken from Mr. Jenkins by the government during the World war, and for which the government refused to pay and didn t pay until I got a Bill through the House and which was later passed by the 'Senate apd signed by a Republican president, and by the terms of which Mr. __ Jenkins was paid the full $21,000 claimed by him ftr the CottonLinters. ? * * 3. I passed a Bill appropriating $26,000 for the erection of a a Monpment commemorating the Battle of Cowpens in Cherokee county. This monument has been erected and dedicated and.is? _ there to be seen by all who pass that way. 4. I passed a resolution through the <H<J0se recognizing the celebration of the Kings Mountain Battleground Sesqui-Gentennial. This resolution was adopted by a Republican House and Senate and then was signed by a Republican President, thus giving the celebration the full sanction of the United (States government. 5. I passed Bills?separate?granting to the Highway Department of South Carolina the right to build certain bridges over the Pee-Dee, the Catawba and Broad Rivers. 6. I secured from the REPUBLICAN Appropriation Committee of the House the sum of $300,000.00 for the building of a Post-- 2 office and Courthouse in the city of Rock Hill, and secured this in spite of the fact that the REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT had re- ^ commended that the appropriation be held down to $150,000 for the building of a Postoffice alone. The Postoffice and Courthouse, __ soon to be completed, stands on the Main street of Rock Hill to f show for itself. MEASURES OF WHICH I WAS AUTHOR AND CO-AUTHOR The following measures, briefly mentioned here, are all of national scope and import and are of importance to the people of the iFifth South Carolina Congressional District, just as they are of importance to every other District of the United State*, in which I? ? had a part in preparing as AUTHOR and CO-AfUTHOR and putting through the Committees and later on the floor of the House: I was Co-Author and led the flght to pass (a) The Intermediate , ^ Credit Bank Bill, giving credit facilities to FARMERS for crops. . , (b) The Bill adding one hundred and twenty-five million dollars to the Land Bank Bill, and personally drew and had adopted the Amendment requiring that, twenty-five millions of it should be used to extend FARMERS' installment payments. <c) Co-.,,,,. r? author of the bill to GUARANTEE IBANK DEPOSITS and LEAD- L, ER of the flght which passed it through the House, (d) Handled f ; on the floor of the House and in the "Committee the Reconstruction , Finance Corporation Bill and in conference insisted that the provision, as passed, to give two hundred millions for crop loans to farmers, who were otherwise without credit, (e) "Largely rewrote the Home Loan Bank Bill in Committee, and led the fight which PASSED it, and was personally thanked along with Mr. Stegall, the Chairman of the Banking Committee, by the President for the good shape in which this measure passed the HouseAny citizen of the Fifth Congressional District of South Carolina, who has kept the record in mind during my service in Congress, will testify to all of the statements made above. Those who haven't kept up with the record, and care to verify the above statements, can easily do so by looking over the official records of the Congress during my term of service. In addition to the above matters of public ahd gCTTfiTkl service > to the Fifth Congressional District and the country as a whole, it has been my especial pleasure to serve thousands of individuals in every way that I have been called upon to serve them, as hundreds of private individuals as well as ex-<Service men of the .SpanishAmerican and World wars can and will testify. If te"-elected a* your Representative in the next Congress'it will be my special pleasure to continue to serve you in every way that a Congressman can serve his constituency. ^ j I thank you for your support in the past, and respectfully j solicit your support on August 30th in the Democratic Primary election. Respectfully, W. F. STEVENSON ? ? ?