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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE Bro?d Street ?nd entered at the C* den, South (I*rolln? P"**}" ? ecend elMl mail ^atUr. Prke P* ' annum ?&A>0, p?y?bl? in Friday. May *2. ,y3:* The~lT<)UHO of Representatives by its v??te to change the term of office of (Jovt-rnor buck from four years to two yours, as it wan preceding tho incumbency of Hon. John (I. Richards, loaves no doubt of the fart that there has lH.an.-a complete reversal of opinmil on tiiis matter, as we believe there has. It was argued that a man svh)t IS living ? two year term as (I..\ernor and who wants to ho ree lee toil will play polities, and that " jrjveil a four-year term and declared ineligible for re-election, he would get down to business, and eschew polities. Sinee the change lion. John (?. Iliehnrds has served ft four-year term, and Hon. Ibra C. Blackwood m well into his four-year term. Very evidently the results have not been satisfactory, though we don't see where the two-year term has tiny special advantage.?'Chester .Reporter, Ol'K STATK LAWMAKKltS The Cibbes legislative Manual for 19311 is tihe beat yet. There is a great deal of valuable information in it. There was some curiosity about the Solons. A few facts may be interesting. In the senate there are. including the Lieutenant-dovornor. twenty-four lawyers. More than a majority.* That probably accounts for the Ion J? sessions and the hard ti_'ht against economy, as they run and Mile the shebang. The lawyers a,.,. pearlv all product* of the UniX,.r <> law school, Beside,. there are ,(lliuho either graduated '>r at: -he < ollegiate de partment "t :, .. . . i.mimi-m. Ti II >' ea-i!y e\ .,. k(if : ;!? '. :u r pi em > : . . ;oM : 1 :r -m , p,,;-, . Three ;i > nu haul.- end Ml PrO'll.O,, ' ' . . "hanker arid v H r. ami one manufacturer. One Km** his U1-cu pal ion as "bank receiver" -a Lit job for the time being. Only ^ one reaches the stage of "planter"?ft sort of piazza and umbrella farmer. There is a lone merchant. One hails as farmer and auto dealer." One as merchant, farmer and editor. Tvleven are graduates of colleges. Sixteen attended college hut did not graduate. TheTotlogo brods are much scarcer in the I/owcr House in proportion to size, but strong: enough to wield a powerful influence. There are 31 full fledged and 4 law students. Why thoso children are sent to the legislature is a mystery. The people, however, are weak and love to bo humbugged. There are 40 farmers. M. reliants and farmers combined 1 < me farmer also hails as a bus dri\ei. Two undertakers. now styled mortiKditors three. Merchants untwo. There are -ix medicos. Auto dialers, teaehers and dentist each. two. Harbor, one. Mechanics and e'.v.l engineers, three. Hanker. ?m.. Manufacturer, one. The Baptists new monopolize all the minister,al provender. There are three. One calls himself a "Free Will Baptist, whatever that may mean. Of course most of the lawyers ta e the University law course, and the M. D.'s attend the medical colleces. Otherwise, the Solons imbidcd mental training as follows: Schools, gram mar and high, 09; graduates of col-; leges U3; non-graduates of colleges, 17; probably a few scattering, not tagged.?4 alhoun Times. A man entered Z Chicago restau- j rant with a gun in c?eh hand. He, was s?o surprised when .a waiter at-1 tacked h.m rival he didn't know what, to do. "How could 1 tight with both hand- full "f guns."" he asked. T:." K ">s?wolt program for bir.M,ng a \ a -1 development of the l?r.-; va '< V around t he governmen. M . ... s-.o.v pr..}K-rt:o-. was |K.,-ed . ; ,. Woitie ':a> a'.-: n* ll|i? * ' ' '' ' ' 1 ' . - 1 ; i! ; i i?? *v ' . . . ; .-i n * " - ' * ' 'j'r.i' ft Cat-. Uma m. A .... .la'. <vn appcal-i *<-> ?b-a?m'anu ' ' !" .,1 .-1 , > t '.at W ?V1 d be r the t * <a n, a n<. a < -> > u-?- of ' v '.ar. airplanes ;r. time o. r.O -u T--P V'r S'.ruait.y the apporrrtnvent o. John ( . y or. A* a?a pubnsher and former -era fr ,m tbsorg.a. for one of the th'-i-,- ;>laCe- on the Tennessee \al.ey boa I'd 'to nave eharg?* of the doveopwh??n and ;f c??ng ? *j, . .-,- ' - tin a', apt ? ?*? > - . Th<- f "f the tire part nu r. t...o. ' ;i:'; by a ' l" . : mously." | TO MttiiHLATOKH 1 Gentlemen of th? General bly, in the immo of all that la reas? enable and right, ituit your interminNable bickering about nothing and savo | the people of South (Carolina. You were chosen l>y the people for .' one duty and one duty only. I N<Vbody asked you to <io anything about a thousand ami ono ma Iter a that have engaged your attention. You were entruste<l with the job of reducing taxes. < Nine in every tetjt of you promised, directly or indirectly, to reduce the burden of taxation. You know us you campaigned for election that the (H-oplc desired and needed that relief more than anything else. You ; gave them every reason to believe , that you would faithfully obey their v\i)l. Have you forgotten that? It appears that you have. Living well in Columbia hotels at tip* exI pense of tin; people, you have lost touch with reality. You are thinkytg in terms of 1028, when times i were good. The opportunity of lobbyists, the ! nagging of selfish groups bent on winfting some special advantage, and constant 'bickering over unimportant details of legislation have clouded your, minds and caused you to lose sight of the one important job >ou were trusted to do. Your job is to reduce taxes. It isn't a task beyond your povyors. Any group of sensible men could have finished it within a week. The I way to reduce taxes is to reduce ; them. J Instead of doing that, you have spent your time trying .to find new source-, of revenue-?new ways to tax the people who trusted you. You haw spent more than one hundied days m-thing to redeem your ph dge. Y ii haw tried , o-.civa.-o income ':i\, - a t-d i'' A : :' e \ e !) I! >! ; 11 n s li> !Va tl pimr. Now \ e l a < ' i \ i."a- ' . r. y a las n! per . ..? < \ < .-\ ' ing tin- people I'll;. . I ha' keeping t;i .i h ? FYen yon had made no pledge, would :t be fair or decent to inrn a-e I fie tax burden of people who are destitute? Back in boom times the tax burden was all that people could bear. If tin* burden were reduced to a fourth, it would still bear as heavily as it did then. Yet you would in' crease it to punish the people for ' their poverty. Do you require more work of your plow mules ji.s you decrease their jfood? If a team can't pull the load you have on a wagon, do you solve 'the problem by increasing the load? 1 If a cow is going dry for want of feed, can you mend matters by milking her twice as often? If the people are too poor to pay existing taxes, can you mend matters by taxing them in new ways? ; Are you blind to the present plight <>f the people? Nobody is making any money. Merchant- are bankrupt or near it juni their credit is gone. Not one home in ten i- free of mortgage.! Farmers .are without money or ered-j it. The one-horse farmer could not' j make a crop without a Federal loan, and he must live on^Tat pork, corn! | meal and molasses until the crop is j made. The big farmer is insolvent, j mortgaged to the limit and without I hojH' of making a profit this year. For three years he hasn't made enough to pay his taxes or allow his hands a ration generous enough to prevent pellagra. The Red Cross is feeding destitute thousands. Without this help there are innumerable families that would j literally starve to death. Thva is _noi an exaggeration, but (jod's clean truth. You know it is true if you know anything nb'Ut your State. Then how can people pay m<?re la xe- ? Y".i are told by the mentally blind tl.at the school- ami college- and g- u a . mu-' !?e maintained? as' ; - ;;? a i .1 ' -"ate"- i u -1 m - ' a . ' .r-i-i u.th at: r I 1 . i . ' * t - . g ' a e: e " \\ Si f,-e[ g- - a- . *' ad rig t : 1 . .. a\ : - -a u d ?u-ual | ., e r.i.f.ued .f some plague | . a-.:.. : everybody's life? You k:.??w !> !'? ! Schools are closed a .: h.o-.it profe-t to check an epidemic of rneasie-. What ?io :he starving Care about schools and highways? Why should the state'.- servants rest secure in iha.1 pay $2000 and $*000 a war when thousands of citizens never see .as much as $100 from one year'- end to another? The school bus provided at the taxpayer's i-xpen.-e runs oOf?f concrete highways r.<n yet paid for to ;..ng in. eh:hirer. t-o.> a ? ak and dull a- the result of malt ilri' u-' j '..an - n - * , ii g ! What - v. a y a 1 y e si r - c . r i the man who has no* money to buy gnsoiftre or- a tag for his worn-out c.-i r. The state is proud of its schools, but first things must come first. Is not the hotly more important than raiment?" Is arithmetic necessary to the business of starving? <"]?>-e our schools and colleges if; n?c< - sir\. I.et our n ign \\ ay ? lemain tr ! epa . red. Stop every -'ate t iv .' \ ' : a ' * t e - - < r .i a 1 t.. tie- life <1 -aft t y the pt'op'.e < .' the -a.ar.t - f state emp; vie-; . *he J??<i ?.!(?(( a \ear that other : eo-! ale much somehow find adequate for' lh,;r:.v^. / j The extravagant luxuries of }:os-| perou- times seem idiotic in times! like these. The -'ate is r.ot more important than the people. Why ,-hould it be supported in luxury by1 taxpayers who live in want? Because the people do not take up at"ma" ?r? rebellion or *wntiow their' pride ar.d plead for mercy, you do ] not realize how oosporate their conid:?:or. i-. They are broke. I People who are broke and mort-! gaged to the limit and living on: | can': pay tax<V > an .??}. I'-'ar 1 'aht. 1 > i .' -'and -urely you i 1 a - u" ! ' '.?r. 1 that > our first! ' ah ? , f y nt - ' In c Ir.c tax burden re- ^ rrwiiBWT i?mrr Big-Three Needs In Growing Livestock Clemaon College, May 6.?'Better breeding, better feeding and better ! parasite control are three big neceaI ait tea in profitable livestock produetion, according to Prof. I* V. Siarkey, ; chief animal husbandman, comraend! mg the progress beihg made by South Carolina farmers in these j matters. He says in substance: Large numbers of scrubs are still to be found in most every community. The moat economical road to better breed in it is by the use of purebred sires. Though this doctrine has been advocated for the past 50 years, still we have scrubs, but it must be admitted that great progress has been "Itrode. To make profits livestock produ its must use a ration which will make .economical, and usually rapid, gams.! This means that with hogs liberal use must be made of forages for both winter and summer, and with sheep and cattle an abundant use of permanent summer and fall pasture and] j cheap feeds to carry the animals through the winter. The most satisfactory method of controlling livestock parasites is to provide frequent change of pastures. Fortunately this does not take more land but simply takes a little more, fence. Experiment station records: show that the carrying capacity of the land will be increased rather than decreased by changing pastures. ' Parasite control is exceedingly imJ portant with all classes of livestock in South Carolina, particularly with, j sheep and swine. THE (tl'KEK WAYS OF TRICKS' Drivers Claim Right to Hog Roads' <ltwl Knock Down Monuments The Herald ol that city >ays Spar-1 . .(r. jjp ; 11 U -1 T":r * or: ot the !-;i:h 'hat t(U' llll.k is 111 u e J-vet .1. ban l/'.e cannon when a tins puslu ' a big -'tr: .at the Morgan m>.?num? nt fp.ni 1>o,|i -'a! la -1 week. 1 '.e truck w*a ii t to blame. It probabty \\a> merely following custom of "trucks to cut corners as. closely as ' possible and to hog the roads. The point may be illustrated by this incident in a newspaper office: An enthusiastic reporter rushed to the | city editor's desk with the statement] that at last he had a piece of Teal news?a~lruck driver got stuck in the mud ?m the side of the road. "And #hatr is so unusual about that?" asked the editor. "Well, you see." was the reply, "the, ; truck driver pulled over to let an, [automobile pass." j The automobilist will appreciate the j story. No matter whether he trawls! ion the highways of South Carolina or [ I those of other states he knows that j trucks have a way of making him. (take 4,'ne siding. Therefore, when a truck comes "into j [town, fresh from the highways w hero i it has had its .own sweet will, it i- but natural that it should expect cannons, i monuments and other things t<> get i .out of its way. It is not unusual to see great metalcovered trucks parked on .the streets of this city, while the drivers are enjoying a cup of coffee and a piece of pie in a nearby restaurant, their armored bodies extending far irvto the street, leaving barely enough space for cautious drivers to pilot their cars around it. It is merely the custom of trucks and the drivers hold it to be a right. I Wednesday bust marked the ?>7th anniversary of the first Confederate Memorial day exercises held at Columbus, Ga. Chilean Soda In Heavy Demand According to local fertilizer dealera, deliveries of 'Chilean soda are exceeding all exudations. Trade reports indicate that deliveries to date are more than double the total for 1<j32. Ports had ample stocks the first of the year, but these stocks have been so reduced that several cargoes of soda are now on their way from Chile to take care of May atwl June requirements. Dealers explain the heavy Chilean nitrate movement on the ground that farmers generally have lost interest^ tp the synthetic nitrogen materials, which have recently appeared on the market and are returning to the natural product they have used successfull) for so many years. "This year above all others," reports one observ't-r, "fertilizer investments are being made on the basis of lowest risk and maximum economy. Prices on Chilean soda are by far the lowest on record." he advises, and it is only natural that farmers are finding it an attractive and profitable invest| ment." With some degree of inflation assures!, the outlook is for rather materially higher cotton prices in the fall. Dealers generally, "therefore, are looking for the heaviest soda | side-dressing business' in several years. A TIME TO ADVERTISE \ With the embarsw on the export of gold, which meail* that , the United States, so fi^r as international settlements are concerned, is off the gold standard; with the American dollar depreciated abroad along ^.with the. other depreciated currencies of the woi Id. American commodity prices arc moving upward and at this time A meri'an farmer* a- a c:a.-s are het.t., ,.fv i,,. t' 1 u'oirC'i million d >1(>-; \ ;. v: 1 'jo May w a ' w a- selling j ( k: ..g > for *' ;? icr.t- a !c?~belv !r>, tit- i?i?ice the Apr.. 1 i>t e; May coir, at 36 cent * was 1 1-J cents above the April 1 price, and. May oats at 24 1-2 cents was I cents above the April 1 price. Not where they should be. and not where they will be, but the trend is upward, and every indication is that it will continue that direction. Predictions around the Chicago Board are for $1.00 wheat by July 1. And the farmers are reaping the benefit of this increase on a considerable portion of last year's crop. On April 1 the farmers still owned 178,354,000 bushels of wheat. 1,126,616,000 bushels of corn and 467,048,000 bushels of oats. The increase since April first on these farmer-owned grains amounted to well over $200,000,000.00 and such an amount, though not large when divided between 6.000,000 farms, is still enough to make the farmers smile. That represents the increase on hut three items of the American farm crop. Along with these, cotton, the great Maple oi the south, shows a healthy increase:- It is also true of hog.-, cattle, of dairy products, and the total on all means a tidy,sum for each individual farmer who still owns any considerable portion of his last crop. These things are of moment not alone to the fanners, but to tihe .merchants from whom the farmer buys. To the merchants it means increasing opportunities for business, not only because the farmer has more money, but also because he has greater confidence in the future. The wise, live merchant will improve the opportunity by going after the increasing business that is now possible through some intelligent advertising.? By Wright A. Patterson. The Louis K. Liggett company, operating a chain of more than 400 drug stores, on March, 81 filed a petition in bankruptcy, with liabilities of $8,- i 616.355 and a--et< of Sx.iVJi.181. < ienera! W.lliam II. Allaire. 76. I", b. A . retired, the commander <>f the tin-* Amet.car. t,-o,,p- entering Paris during the World war. died Monday r.ight at Santa Monica. ("a:. Under .-u.-pended rub? the North Car>.l.r.a legislature ha- passed a bill by Ib pre-entative Neal. providing for pari-mutuel betting on horse racing in Mo.iV> well county, N. C. Spencer Buford. 12, died at Mount H-diy. N. Wednesday, hi.-, death being ascribed to drinking poisoned liquor. Two men are in the Gaston county jaii charged with giving the liquor to the child. Clarence Darrow. noted Ghioag". lawyer, will defend the 100 or m-?re Iowa farmers who are charged with mobbing and abduction of a district court judge in an attempt to hilt west Iowa last week. NO I H E l > ir A ami -:s - . .m ha- en r r.:2rr. .*r. * '? -c plant - r. West Igjurer. = St > ?* ! f r ; mrrvr rn^r.n ^. THH i \ M 1 >K N LLOR AL company j | Youth Badly Clawed; Jumps Into Bear Pen Milwaukee, Wis., May 4.?William Kokhardt, IP, was severely clawed by A polar bear at the Washington Park '/too here late yesterday when he leaped into a bear den. Two zoo attendants rescued Kokhardt, one turning a water hose on the polar bear and a wolf, which occupies the same .den, while his companion lowered a ladder upon which the youth climbed to safety. Kokhardt was taken to a hospital and hold for observation. Physicians said ho suffered lacerations to the face, hip and one hand. His only explanation, authorities said, was: "I just felt like it." W. J. Wenreich, former employe of the Southern Public Utilities company, pleaded guilty to charges of embezzling $10,058 from 1927 ,to 1032 at Greensboro, N. C. He was sentenced to 10 to 15 years in state prison. Notice to Debtors and Creditors Ali parties indebted to the estate of J. E. Rush, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the urw dersigued, and all parties, if any, having clairii^ against the said estate will present them likewise, duly at-1 tested, within the 'time prescribed by i law. MAGGIE W. RUSH, Executrix of the Estate of J. E. Rush Camden, S. C., May 4, 1033 I Wants?For Sale FOR RENT?Several desirable residences freshly painted and repaired. Enterprise Building and Loan Association, or W. R. Zemp. FOR RENT ? Apartment of four rooms, with private bath, kitchenette and large piazza. Apply Mrs. \Y. .Hratton deLoach, 1305 Lyttle:.m strict, Camden, S. C. 7-S-<sb LOST?One ladies brown Lather -e. Thought t" have heen lost c . r.,-' D. Kalb street. Contained | inn of mora y. Finder please re-I turn to tie rtre A. C'Ted, Camden, J >. t .. v. : te eive rew ard. Tpd I SALESMAN WANTED?Mm Wane! i I for Rawietgh City Route? of SOU Consumers in Cities of Camden, j Columbia. Winn>bor.i and Bi.-hop-, vide. Reliable 'hustler van start earning $25 weekly and increase rapidly. Write immediately. Rawleigh Co.. Richmond, Va. Dept. SC-E-76-V. " 7pd Some one, somewhere, has something you want; some one, somewhere, wants something you have. FOR RENT?'Five room house on East Walnut street. Nice size lot with garage. Price $15.00 per month. Call Wm. L. Goodale's phone 193, Camden, S. C. 6-8sb BABY CHICKS?Giants, Rocks/foll White Wyandotte.*, White En^M* and Brpwn Leghorns. Write 9 special low May prices. 'DucktyS for June delivery. Graves Ha3 cry, Pageland, S. C. W ANTED?'lo exchange several scriptions to The Camden Chronical for several loads of dry pine stcn^H 1 wood cut eighteen inches in lengtw ELECTRICAL REPAIRS- Repaiijl renewals and adjustments made oil Electric Rapges and other house* hold appliances. Phojje 381 W.M M. Shannon, 210 Mackey Street* F()It"SALE OIt ItENT-Fivf^rooM residence on Monument ParV- ??-* room residence un North Mill * I street; five-room residence on DeI Kalb street; six-room resides <?* 1 South Fair street. Apply ' prise Building & Loan Associatig* 'Camden, S. C. SltpH RADIO REPAIRING?Expert radio repairing, any make. Other ekrti* cal repairing done, all work gui>* anteed. Creed's Filling Station, tdfl I ?phone 48*6, Camden, S. C. 50t(* CARFXN'IISKiinu?j odd S. Mytntfl phone 268, 812 Ofaurch Street, H Camden, S. C., will give ut*fl factory service to all for all kinde* of carpenter work. BuikHn^fl general repairs, screening, cabinet* makiiig and repairing furnftuii* My workmanship is my reference.* CI solicit yj?r patronage. Think* ** | ^%* rr|*** -:# -i r icnic 1 ime 9 is here for MOTHS |l I sub Don't take a chance? * I Let ua-Vry Clean and| Protect your out-o(-1 season garments. PHONE 567 'I DesChamps, >* * a ' K j 403 DeKalb St. m ??in 15*31 SPECIAL LOW PRICES I Iftam this week on THE I fe^ll FAMOUS A&P COFFEE TRIO II I EIGHT O'CLOCK "K2C ? 1Tc| I BED CIRCLE F3fV?. "> 19c I BOKAR and Winey 23c M A COFFEE TO SUIT YOUR TASTE | I CHUM SALMON 2 cans 15c I " ? ??I I IONA PEAS 13 23c IONA CORN | 4 25c 11 I GRANDMOTHER'S t Square ROLLS Pte 5c J WALDORF TISSUE 6 Roils 25c (,?l \KI.K I OATS s,r" 5c ; BUFFET FRUITS 4 Cans 25c I SKULDDloO Wheat, pkg. 10c H PICNIC HAMS 10j I S?ofrED BEER Bottle 20c 1 IQNA PEACHES, 21 Size, loH MARKET Frankfurters, 2 lbs. .. 25c Pot Roast Be?f, lb. 12VjiC Veal Roast, lb. ...f... 15c Lamb Stew, 3 lbs. ..... 25c Neck Bones, 4 lbs 25c Pig Tails, 3 lbs 25c PRODUCE Green Corn, 5 ears ^Se I Large Lettuce, 2 for .. If I Bananas, 6 lbs for .... Wl Yellow Squash, lb Large Celery, 2 stalks lj* Fancy Carrots, bunch.. ^11