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T?k?| Vtom MIm 9i Tk? dfwkU FtfU?a isd Thirty Ywn A|t
| jfttFTBBN TBARS AGO
I March 29, 1918
r Tenth annual ihoun** *how under
pinff?nwnt of Clarence C. Morgan
held here and brought many visitor*.
Pari* being bombarded by giant
muamn from a distance of eeventy-ftvo
eorpe from Camp Jaekaon
Sireota wireiee* outfit on Camden Kid
ting and Driving Club property.
Fete# Hyena bring* euit' against
Kavdaway Contracting company in
the earn of 125,000.
Miis* Bertie Klkins, 10, (lit** at her
pan on York street.
Dr. tS. F. Braaington defeats Dr.
W. J, Dunn for mayor by a vote of
2oK?pi& ~.
. William Rogers Scarborough, liishppvUlo
high school student, dice from
appeAdix operation and ?ix classmates
Set as pallbearers.
Camden Company "M." take? high
honors in maneuver* at Camp iSevier.
... After eix days of terrific fighting
the German offensive in France is
"dying down. Allied armies preparing
for a counter offensive.
Coker College celebrates "Founder'*
Day," and general education board of
fcfaw York offer* to give $40,000 to
Coker on condition that the trustee*
raiee^gllO.OOO. Of that amount
Major James h. Coker has given
|M00t000.
.Governor Manning issues a stateHsnt
Warning citizens against disloyfty
to'the government.
^Kfcngkhor, French In do China, had
B00,000 inhabitants 700 years a>70
d was the capital of the Orient. It
Hps mysteriously abandoned overEight
by order* of the Kmcr emperor, j
THIRTY YKARS AGO
March 27. 1903
Dr. I. H. Alexander issues invitatiuna
to medical fraternity to meet
his guest, Dr. II. H. Hopkins, of Baltimore.
"The Terraces," Hon re of the Boykiivs,
open for visitors ami picnic parties.
*.?
Assistant General Pasaepvger Agent
C. B. Walworth pays visit to Camden
[and expresses belief that Camden is
destined to be a very popular tourist
resort.
Mt. Moriah Baptist fhurch holds
83.rd birthday celebration for Kev.
j Monro? Boykin, their pastor. Hon.
W. D. Trantham makes very interesting
address.
Small cyclone passes over Westville
and lightning strikes ohimney of residence
of Dr. W. K. Clyburn, badly
damaging the house. Considerable
damage done to premises of Jamea
Young.
Southern railway advertises cheap
rates to Confederate Veterans' reunion
to be held in New Orleans in
May.
City council passes ordinance ugairvst
vagrants which is being" rigidly
enforced.
John Horton, colored, charged with
the murder of an infant in Chesterfield
county; arrested at Homerville,
Ga.
J. P. Morgan buys valuable tobacco
lands in Qiiba for the American Tobacco
company.
James L. Tapp company department
store in Columbia get charter
with capital of .$100,000.
Heavy floods threatening towns on
lowi r Mississippi river. Levees being
strengthened with sand bags.
lA.merican-Owned
J Horse Wins Event!
!L.intreo, Eng., Mar. 24.?Kellsboroj
k, owned by tho rose-cheeked, prey |
red American horse woman, Mrs. F..
broae Claris, of New York and
on, South Carolina, today won the J
i Grand National, one of the finest
most spectacular steeplechases
r run, in the record time of
) minutes and 138 seconds.
Fue to Grand National traditions,
fas an outsider in front when tho
survivors of tho original starting
1 of 34 thundered past the finish
before a crowd of between 250,and
300,000 spectators,
ellsboro Jack, seven years old, a
gelding and Irish-bred, is the
d American-owned horse to win
classic steeplechase, in nearly a
Airy of racing history. He was
ted at 25 to 1 in the betting,
vyer far off the terrific pace that
Nlvs. T. II. Sotncrville's American1
Trouble Maker, far to the rear
srill on his feet, the son of Jack,
and Kellsboro 1 >ass carried 160
ids across the finish line with
e lengths to spare over Really
b, a light weight held at 66 to 1
ridden by his owner, Major Noel
jclFurlong of the English army. Slater,
another outsider recently sold by the
American, John Hay Whitney, to
Ieorge Whitelaw, was third, just a
?k out of the place position.
Again all the English racing exM~b3
were wrong. None of the faned
favorites ever led tho field or
'en finished. Mrs. C. S. Gird, Jr.'s,
eartbreak Hill, tho American-ownl
choice at 8 to 1, fell directly in
front of the huge crowd at the half|
way point. Dorothy Pa get's Golden
| Miller, the -.second choice, was elimj
mated on the second time around the
[course, falling on one of the jumps in
the open country, while Mrs. *M. A.
Gemmell's Gregalach, 19*29 winner,
crashed into the fence at Bother's
Brook and broke a blood vessel.
Mule Dealer Meets
Waterloo In Trade
Laurinburg, N. C., Mar. 25.?I^ee
Howell, 35-year-old cattle and mule
dealer here who prides 'himself on
, his cleverness as a trader, met his
j Waterloo today.
He failed to sell a farmer with
j whom he was dickering, and the far|
mer finally sold the trader a nice
j lookiugs mule at a bargain price,
i Pressing the deal, Howell added his
usual "without guarantee?if he die?
ion the spot, he's my mule."
j No sooner was the deal completed
than the mule made a curious noise
and dropped dead.
j "Mister, he's your mule," said the
, farmer.
I
| Howell stared, gulped and answeriwl:
j " l ou ro d? right, he's my mule."
Steel Tonnage Increases
Chicago, March 22.?Iron Age reports
steel tonnage booked for the
Chicago area for the week ended today
was tihe highest since 1930. The
?*teel industry, the magazine said, had
not yet recovered from effects of th?
bank and market holiday but it
"looked for visible gains beginning
this week or next."
*
Mary Layne To
Appear In Camden
9
Mar3* I/iyne, the cha: nr. n k y<>unj?
acrobatic darwer, who won national
fame as the Ripley Itelievo It or Not
,GirI, because of h<w feat >f walking
upside down farther than any other
person in the world, will bring her
t < it!f>:tiiy to the (tamd'-n Theatre for
a two days en^a^ement r.ox: Monday
'iiR<i Tuesday. S<?nir-, dancer and
>viil make up this performance,
featuring the wonderful dances and
arrob.t.c feats of M;-* Layr.e.
This act has been played':r. vnri .us
theat.r? s ihr-iii^'v-u' the country and
has pleased thonsurwl*. There will bo
n ? advance in price of admission.
Capital Observations
( Special Correspondence)
Washington, March 28.?A bill for
the alleviation of agricultural dbtreas,
the fourth measure proposed and advocated
by the administration, passed
tihe house of representatives with
only a small show of opposition, and
is now before the senate. It Is very
complicated, embracing Sena tor
Smith's cotton proposition, the domestic
allotment plan, a scheme for reducing
acreage by the government s
holding out by lease a proportion of
arable land, and other features. Antagonism
to some provisions has developed,
and progvryss in the senate
may be slow, where full discussion is
expected. Tremendous power Would
be vested in the secretary of agriculture?too
much in the opinion of
many. The president frankly stated
that an experiment is undertaken,
that the result of such legislation
might not be all that is hoped for,
and that if it did mot work out satisfactorily
it might be revised or withdrawn.
There is at least a realization
of the necessity for action, the
prospect of accomplishment, ai>d the
hope of substantial improvement in
the prices of agricultural products.
Prognosticators, other than extreme
ists on both the wet ami dry sides,
aro slow in making definite predictions
regarding the repeal of the
eighteenth amendment, especially as
to the date when it might become effective.
This is due largely to the
rapidity of the change of sentiment
on prohibition, which began to assume
formidable proportions as a national
question only last year, and the opinion
exists that the public may experience
a flare-hack on the subject.
' Nearly one-half of the states have so
far provided for conventions, and the
question is ponding in several others,
action being expected in many of them
within a short time. It will require!
favorable consideration by thirty-six j
; states to bring about repeal, and seven
years are allowed, but doubtless
a much shorter time will be sufficient
for determination. The legislature of
Kansas has refused to call a convention
and that state is about the only
one conceded by the opponents of prohibition
as pretty certain to continue
to oppose repeal. It is thought
though that in a number of states the
decision will be close.
Heretofore in American history it
has been the practice for the secretary
of state to be selected because
of eminence in the field of international
law, of high literary or educational
attainment, or of outstanding
ability in some national arena. In
designating Gordell Hull, a senator
from the state of Tennessee, President
Roosevelt departed from this
custom. Secretary Hull's reputation
rests upon his connection with legislation
relating to economic problems.
In the house of representatives,
where he served for many years
I before entering the senate, he played
a-n important part in the enactment
! of legislation providing for Federal;
income taxes, sponsored the Federal
estate or inheritance tax law ,and was
the author of several bills dealing
with financial matters. He entered
the senate during Republican times,'
ami his opportunities there have been
limited. His selection is believed to
disclose the president's intention to
associate in international dealings
more intimately financial and economic
questions. This is foreshadowed
by the intimation that any readjustment
of debts owed by foreign nations
must be dependent upon concessions
of some kind, reduced tariff
rates on imports from America being
the most promising field.
Not many years ago Washington
contained the largest negro population
of any city in the world, and at
this time has upward of 125,000.1
During and subsequent to the world j
war the colored people drifted north
in great r.umbe-> because of the high'
wages prevail.r._\ and now there are J
more of them .r. N\a York. Phiia iei-1
! phi a ar. i ' hi. ;.g -. In the lav. named;
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. ? 11* *;s; * ? lT f i' : : ?pft y, ?. ~ !
j v
irg? re-a'.-,.' g fr m fighting am..;.g
{ * hem-e'vos
j An interest:r.g no-*.-, item f: m
South ' ap.ima would mf-'.rni.v .r.
: to wnat ha* i**?-?>me of the II..mbr.glrt
Republican faction .-.r. e In-.r.g
relieved from disj>ensir.g Federal pat
or.a go.
S.r,. the roast Guard t.?-?k o\er iaternational
? e patrol duties f >w:rg
the Titanic disaster, not a single
. l.fe has Ix-or. iost through the coil..-ion
of a ship w?th an iceberg.
I
ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
At the moment *11 news has neceattrfly
been obscured by the bank situation.
A brief resume aeenw to be
in order at this time.
Holidays started with the closing
of all Michigan banks by order of
ihe governor, in order to prevent e
]Krtor*tial collap.se of Detroit a larger
banking institutions. Reverberations
from tiiis took the form of unusually
heavy withdrawals in other states.
A bank holiday was declared in Maryland,
then in California, Oregon and
Washington. Within a few days the
holiday took in a heavy percentage of
the states. Restrictions varied in
stringency. In most instances banks
met payrolls, permitted withdrawals
of sizeable sums when good cause
could be shown, and the withdrawal
of small sums to meet current needs.
In a few instances percentage withdrawals?usually
5 per cent of the
total on deposit?were permitted.
The Presidential proclamation came
I as no surprise. Rumor was that it
had been foreseen weeks ahead, and
had been delayed until the new administration
could take charge, in the
belief that this would have a stabilising
' effect on the public morale.
That seems to have been the case.
The'federal proclamation was extremely
stringent, providing that all
banks should be closed during the
holiday; that all transactions except
those specifically ordered by the Secretary
of the Treasury, should be
suspended; that no bank could accept
deposits, make loans, transfer credits
abroad or deal in foreign exchange;
that the Secretary of the Treasury
might take control of the issuance of
clearing house certificates during the
holiday, etc. Heavy penalties were]
provided?maximum of $10,000 fine,
ami ten years in prison?for violation. I
I Talk of Federally backed scrip be-1
came widespread, and at one time the
I Administration stated that some move
in this direction would be made.
Ixbter, it was announced that no Fed-,
J eral scrip would be issued. Ranks j
continued to meet necessary with-1
drawals. In a few instances local'
scrip, good among local merchants,
was issued.
Culminating event was the Presi-1
dential announcement that all sound j
banks would be opened for business
as usual on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, March ld-15?'those in
the twelve Federal Reserve cities on
the first day, those in cities with
Federal Reserve branches on the second,
those elsewhere on the third.
The problem thus resolves itself into
finding a solution for unsound hanks,
minimizing so far as possible losses
to depositors. Strioter banking regulatory
laws are inevitable.
During the first week of the holiday,
money in circulation rose to more
than $0,700,000,000, the greatest expansion
in history and a new high.
Monetary gold stocks of the country
declined $116,000,000.
Fxcellc-nt sign was the public attitude.
It was, on the whole, serene
land confident. The holidays were ac[cepted
casually ? even humorously.
| There was no panic, no disturbance,
j Practically universal support of Administration
policies was heard.
The belief is expressed on every
hand that the holidays were the final
event in preparing the way for recovery.
Sentiment is that the bottom
has actually been reached, that
the up-climb, slow as it will be, is
at least in sight.
Interesting and important phase of
the situation is the Administration's
drive against gold hoarding. The amount
of gold thus held i3 unknown,
but those in a position to estimate
believe it to reach almost unbelievable
heights. \arious means for eliminating
this condition are suggested.
One would be publicity which would,
in effect, characterize gold hoarders
as "public enemies." Another is a
stiff tax on hoarded gold. It is possible
that a law making the hoarding
of gold a crime may eventually be'
passed. This has been done in crucial
t:n;es ::: other countries. Ur.i-I
. . . 1
' - ' . this drive I
m ... a!-,, \"(i.
' u<:e
l: '";l A ? '.itres,-. I:
a:* - in. ,'A,.r c vi r .
' "i ?>' ? ? : i... president- in
n.::... , {.roJlTcr than!
W. ....... ..
v. ar. Manv
o; ;r.e of :h,. ;a-t admini-trat.on
are t-a . , ar
.. I,.; and r"
" ( -or.gross.
I no new adrr r
1 *"-iu have
none of these. The Premier,* -peaks,
jfongress a, t ,r..j the public gener1
r?.;v. enrv (. ' t
. -r.a, inent;verA-hf.:m.
Nearly fcuu ;..ll4.r, arr. T~~(l ,r lhe
ma.lH every ..'ay wv.hout any address
; on tr?em.
I
Six Week Honor Roll
Bethune City Schools
II IW J
Grade 11.--John Edwin William*,'
Gladys Joyner, Alma Newman, William
Esfcridge, The] ma Davis, Ida,
Outlaw, Juauita Watklne, Cloora Eatridg*.
w y pfjy **& - Jm
Grade 10.?Mary EUen McLaurin,
Mary Alice Baker, Sara Ruth McKinnon,
Marguerite Poster.
Grade 0.?sZula Horton, Nannie
Ruth Hilton, Annie Ruth Rwtcliffr
Sara Bra anon, Evelyn Elliott, Mary
Alice Helms. "j-v ,^'J
Grade 8.?Rachel Williams, Grace
Horton, Richard McLaurin, Bethune
McLaurin, Annie Mae Marah. o"|
Grade 7.? Robbie Newton Marion,
11^ B. Mangum, JBryce Joyner, Ralph
Hall, Edwin Ks bridge, Frankie Beard.
Grade 6.?Margaret Moljaurm, Lorene
Black mon, Jerry I>aviie, K^iherino
Foster, Eunice McGaskill, Iris
McGaakill, John Dan McLaurin, Eva
Norton, Nellie Margaret Whitley, i
Grade 5 ? Clarene Hilton, Alene
Hilton, Mytrtis Mungo, Ixniise Belch,
Loutee Hinson, Margie Jones, Alvin1
Kelley, (ieneva Parker, Irene Man-'
Rum.
Grade 4.?Frances Helms, Grace
Jackson, Blanche Edna Braivnon,
Nellie Horton, Jofiiio ilorton, Earl
Jones, Osgar Jordan, Alvo McCaskill,'
Grace Mungo, Drucilla Ratcliff, Dor-I
othy Watkins. ? . I
Grade 3.?.Betty Best, Doris Lane,
Mary Nancy McLaurin, Vera Horton,
Louise Watford, E. W. Tolbent, Sue
Hilton, Janette H'inson.
Grade 2.?Sara Margaret King,*
Sara Gordon, Betty Hammond, Tom
Bethune, Carnell Baker, Bertha Man
gum, Evelyn Mangum, Blvin Jones, I
Walter Bak^r Mungo, Geneva Man-j
gum, Irene Jones, Roscoe Bakor, Eula'
Mosely. I
Grade 1.?Eva Josie Ratcliff, Ralph1
McCaskill, John Watts Smith, Bob1
Smith Gardner, Floyd Gardner, Dora,
Marsh. j
Bramlett Acquitted
In Drawn-Out Trial!
Greenville, March 25.?One of the'
longest drawn-out eases in Green-1
ville's history was brought to a close)
here with acquittal of Cliff R. Braftiiett,
former sheriff, charged with official
misconduct.
Bramlett was alleged to have failed
to turn in to the county funds received
from confiscation sales.
Chief witness against him waa
Carl P. Hunt, his former bookkeeper,
who returned bo testify alter absenting
himself from the state for a year, j
j Hunt swore Bramlett dismissed him
and forced him to flee when irregu-'
laribies were found, and that the'
former sheriff attempted to make him 1
"the goat."
Furniture Strike Collapses
Martinsville. Va., March 22. The
president of the American Furniture'
company here announced today that
a strike started yesterday in protest
against the piece-work system of payment
had coilapsed and that the company
today "operated on a 100 per'
cent basis, all workers back on their
jobs."
Hebrews To Fast As Proteat
New York, March 22._Three orthodox
rabbinical associations of America
today proclaimed a day of fasting'
and prayer for all orthodox Jews on'
W? aSna 1>rate*t agrair>9t ?*iSemitism
m Germany.
Missionary ."Ami do you know
nothing about religion'"
Cannibal-"Well, we had a taste
m w n tho last missionary visitedj
.News of Interests
and Near Bethjfl
social affair of it/he pa* iwLr'AM
saris
te the tJac^jB
arickVl grfeit aoKt
were arranged f<>r t? **?(
favors wore shamrock* ??J 5* W
were green and white,
Prleea were given MW Wa.
ler, Mies Mildred Maimfe* y*MH
MolMniel and Mr. R.
i, A aalad course, which toXj
centuaited the color sehemaiSH
ed at the oopclusion of the' o?*11?
live March meeting of ttu tl^ !
chapter U. D. , was heldliwflB
J. ? Williams last W<d?Lk?J
noon with the. president m! ?l.
Bethune, presiding. ^
program was in Charge^? M?9
garet Marion, historiilfl SkJJH
John C. Calhoun's life by Mwtff!
King; vocal duet, "BomteiBku il
by Mrs. T. R. Bothuno and Mu afl
Bethune; "Wwde HanmtaToJM
Leader/' by Mrs. MargaiS^M^jH
Refreshments werb serveJ^Sa
the social ,hour by the J\oah*i^B
Mies Kathryn Truesdah's J
pupils gave a &t. Patrick's nuti
on Thursday afternoon at the ill
studio. The attractive decortffl
carried out the color motif in dS
Mrs. T. R. Bethune contributed Zfl
program, an Irish solo. ,
The guests on this pleasant J
sion were mothers of the puoik^S
During the afternoon refoaha^!
were served by Miss TrueS^!
The iShirley A. ClemowlSi*
was opened last Wednesday i$3
noon. The library was named fall
email daughter of Mr. T.HOhifl
of Philadelphia, vyho oontrlb3?
laTge number of bobke-^*bwt? wfl
dred and seventy-five volumes, h!
Clemons Is a son-in-law of Mr, trifl
Mrs. F. M. Arthur, of Bethune. ^1
Mrs. J. M, Clyburn, Mrs. J. CL f?!
tre, Mrs. C. O. Pate, Mrs. C. L.
Mrs. D. M. Mays, Miss Stella Bethta!
and Mr. G. E. Parrott, of the tail
O. E. S., were selected to take pa^S
in the work of the district meeti*!
held at Camden last Thursday > I
ing. Others from here.also attended!
the meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Munnerlyn ail
little daughter, Frances, of Columbk!
spent the week end in the homed!
Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Ward. '
Mrs. W. R. Rozicr has been sped!
ing severa 1 days with her hushulfl
at Oteen, N.'C.
Mrs. Wallace King and chiMra!
spent the week end. with Mis. Oka I
Vaughn at Oayce. Miss Anhie M
Ratcliffe was -"also a visitor th lb!
Vaughn duririg the week end. W
Dr. Brooke, of Columbia, spoke ?
"Financing the Churcfh" at the pay*!
service hour Thursday evening is mm
'Baptist church.
Miss Helen Garland, of Columbia
is spending some time with Mis. G. K
McKinnoTL *
Mrs. Janie Vaughn, of Batesburt
has been the recent gu&4 Ma
J. E. $tave<rance.
Mrs. B. W. Brannon spent the vtafl
end in Columbia with Mrt. Wede At*
The Bethune chapter U. D. C. gi*l
a Wade Hiampton program* at tfeB
high school auditorium Tuesday nx*?B
ing. Those contributing <to thejwB
gram were: Mrs. E. J.
Miss Eloise Miller and Mias SW4-B
Bethune.
Miss Inez McManus, of Columbu,
has been visiting Mrs. Robert ^Watffl. .1
Gates Ford Club Met
The Gates Ford Home DemoMtnj|
tion .Club met Friday, March 17, Mi
the school house. The subject of*M
meeting was gardening. Our cow*
home agent, Miss Sadie Otajg*
our president Mrs. TontpkHBTW^
on the importance of a
garden and gfcve us many
ideas along this line. The c
planned to. have, a chicken WPP#-1
an early date for the benefit ? * J
Bakers in Greece must sell <*? !
of currant bread for oatfMjfllJgM
loaves. This is to force the
tion of cunramts, which ,IJ^|
| CAMPBELL WATER WHEELS)!
? "?ta ITS I
FOR COUNTRY |
AND FARMS 1
c ELECTRIC LIGHT J
AND POWER J
| PHILADELPHIA PUMP WATEK j |
1 Beginning the First of H
I April a 4 per cent penaltJLl
B will be added to all unpaiiJ
I 1932 City Taxes.
I J. C. Boykin^C^^^^
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