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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE ? i). Nitia .wuor, tfwuSlj PubliU?-<t ?v?y Friday M NftOIW Broad Strowt and entorod at the ca'?<U>n South Carolina ** ftecnmi class niail matter. I n<o IW, lUinuni $2.00, pay?b^ ? jr J day", September 2.1, 1033 PLANNING A HKifFAlK When the local Po?t oT the Am.er- , ican Legion and the Camden Shnn? Ojub took over the management of j the Kershaw County Fair there may ; have hem some who doubted the abiliiy of these two organisations to make it a success; but they have already demonstrated that they can give the people of Kershaw county a groat fair, and there is no doubt but that, with the enthusiasm they have been able to engender this year they are going to make the former fairs look puny in comparison. Never, we believe, have we seen business peo' o pl0 0f Camden more wholeheartedly behind an enterprise. Not a dissents I ing voice has been raised but every- j one, with an eye single to making; the fair this year the greatest ever, has cooperated to the full extent of h?n ability* and the fine response fromft all over the county is most heartonin? Too much praise cannot be given to tfee young fellows who are behind th? fair. They have all been work- ] ing untiringly and the people, of the county will sec the result of theii Unselfish efforts. T. V, Walsh, the j general chairman, has marshaled his forces in a most efficient manner.' Not only has he worked day and * night himself, but ho has been able to get the full cooperation of every single individual here, as well as the j citizens all over Kershaw county. It is apparent that Camden Wants the1 people of the county to have a good time during the week beginning October 9, and we hope that they will j all remember that week and spend as many days as possible in Camden and j at the fair. SEES VIOLATION HERE Editor The Chronicle: Until the beginning of the NRA agitation in j our community, the barbers were j charging 15 cent's for shaves and 25 . cents for hair cuts, etc. The price of 15 cents for shaves was a "war- j time" price established by them and never reduced. Now, their Union or "organization" of some kind is seeking to saddle another boost of prices on the public under cover of the "NRA." I call attention to an answer of Mr. Frederick .1. Haskin in The State of the 20th, made to one j of his enquirers, which seems per-j tinent, as follows:"It should bo clearly understood that the NRA does not authorize a local organization to establish prices. If a business finds that it must raise j prices in order to shorten hours and increase wages, iyTnay do -.?? but or- , gani/.utions rwb>/h fix an increased price regardless ; of necessity arc liable to prosecution." This interpretation is undoubtedly j authoritative, therefore where is. the justification for the apparent profit-j ecring on the part of the barbers i organization? 1 trust the powers j will deal with the situation as seems tit. "B. Fair." CITIES RENAMED Those of us who got our smattering of political geography back in the j nineteenth century have seen much of it repealed by the changes w.hich ; have followed the World War. The map of Europe as we imperfectly, knew it is now something vastly different. The names of several of the world's most famous capitals have ; been changed, some of them twice. St. Petersburg was < hanged to Petrograd early in the World W ar, and after the n>e <>t Lenin l<> power it was culled Leningrad, and so remains. Norway's capital. Christiana, reverted to am .l ilt name of Oslo. Pekin .?r Peking was changed to Peiptng. Tr.e eai favorite spelling test. < i?n-tan.t ir.oplc, has been abolished, and thai Turkish city, no longer the capital. is known as lstambtil, after dis. arding at various times its .oi.i.m n.tincs of Stamboul, Byzaiue, Byzantium, etc. But we needn't worry. There is no likelihood that our own Washington will be changed for a long time to >0me.?Monroe Enquirer. The state highway commission opened bids and will let contracts on them soon, for the first group of roar construction, amounting to abouf $455,900 ar.d including projects " Greenville, Jasper, Chesterfield. New berry, Laurms. Occmrc. Pheroke* GrfenwO"d and Chester counties. Th< road from Smyrna *o Blaek-he-g ? included. and the b?w bid was $54,801 The Buster Boyd hi Itlgr * second group letting whi-h w?L held the la<t of this month. James Bryant Conant, 40, nn Tucs day became the. 23rd president o Harvard, university at t a?nbridg< Maw. a.. jry... 4 U Capital Observations % 1 ">' (Special Correspondence) Wuatyngton, Sept. IP.---This city, the seat of the national government, is a paradise for taxpayers, although some here do not realize it, and others ignore or minimize the tremendous benefits received. There are in force here such Federal taxes as apply to the entire country, but in addition there are practically no other or extra taxes, such as are levied to a great extent it), various ways in the different states. There is no local income tax, no inheritance tax antl.no tax upon any form of tobacco or upon rjiny luxury. The license tax is exceedingly low upon all forms of business and upon oeeupatiops. The tax upon real estate and personal property for a number of years has been seventeen mills oij the dollar, and during this fiscal year it has been reduced to fifteen mills, due to the reduction in expenditures under the economy program. There is here of I course no state, county or township I tax, such iis must be borne by poopte in the states, and upon the whole the local tax burden is, it may be said, ridiculously low. The inhabitants counter by saying that they have no stAte government, but they do not | qeed any, and thyy get advantage of the. very lo.w tdx rate. There tire other advanthggS enjoyed, among, wkb-h may be mentioned ,the fact that tirff books are furnished free to pupils in the primary and high schools, and the transit companies are required to transport school children at a greatly reduced rate, about onethird of the regular charge. For u long period Congress appropriated out of the Federal funds an amount to'equal one-half of the taxes necessary, and that practice continued until II >22 when the Bbderal portion was cut to two-fifths. That continued for a few years, since which there has been appropriated a lump sum, tnis year amounting to $7,775,000. That amount is very ? liberal, considering the fact that the city is spreading in extent, the population increasing and property values also increasing at a steady and rupid ratf. Senator William K. Borah, of Idaho, is one of the ablest men in public life. He has trained with the progressives and has never opposed the national nominees of the Republican party; at least he has* not done so openly. In 1D2K he campaigned actively for Hoover, and rendered great service, but it was not many moons before he regretted having done so. Recently he was asked whether he believed the Republican party was down and out for good, or. whether it could come back. He replied that the party ttfbUld come back into po.wer, but that it would have to be purged of the old control, which the people regard with suspicion as the tools of < the "interests." He may be right in both particulars. The party may eventually secure control of the government again, but from the present viewpoint, that contingency would seem to be a long way off. If dissension arises or an open break occurs in the ranks of national Democracy it will in the first instance be due to the question of patronage and failure to recognize duly authorized party leaders. Chairman Farley has publicly said that in making appointments preference will be given to those who supported Roosevelt before the Chicago nominating convention. Take Massachusetts for example, long a rock-ribbed Republican state, but which now has a Democratic governor, and the. two United States senators are of" the same political faith. After Roosevelt was nominated, Senator David Walsh, a power in the state, labored strenuously for the national ticket, although before the convention he had suppo:te?i AI Smith. It now seems that the -emitor and other high officials are practically ignored by the adniini-t latum, and it is said that actually .lame- lb? -e\c!t, a -on ot the pre.-i ier.t and a re.-ident of Massachusetts, i vo-.r.g mar. with pi act icaliy no poiiai -'ar.img, excu se- more intlooncc and weight in the state than ii.% one cl-e. Such a condition is nilfoltur.ale. and indicates a rather small and -pitefu! course of action. Scheduled to take place in New York this week is the trial of James I Davis upon the charge of vio.ation of the Federal law concerning the interstate transportation of lotte:y tickets in connection with a i fraternal organization of which *he ' was the head. Davis is now a United I State- Senator from Pennsylvania, to which position he was elected three year- ago. Prior to that he had been in tne President's cabinet, as isecre'arv i'i Ioibor. having commenced his career in national politics in that poit i ia the Harding cabinet in Pd'Jl lasting through the-Coolidge administration a!?o, and into that ol ......... i .1 auditcin to Davis ther< C . , , , r .... c j.. cve-u-iy been t..ed up n .rim ..... . m. : .? o: ? I the Harding cabinet. Albert B. Fal , | was convicted and served a term ol ja year in the penitentiary for con J ... , | nection with the irtfamous oil .<csn<l:iIs, which originated during his incumbency of the position of Secretary of the Interior. Harry M. I*augherty who was appointed Attorney General b> Maiding escaped conviction by the case against him being dropped at't?r a mistrial. Such a record of three men out of ten members of the cabinet mentioned has probably never been equalled in any country, civii./.ed or uncivilized, ancient or modern, fn high official life. Compliance Board, Has Been Organised Tho local N. K. A.' compliance board ha* been organised for ('??>' den and vicinity. This committee consisU of Dr. John W. Corbett, a* chairman; Mrs. JR. B. Pitts, L. A. Wittkowsky, J. B. Cureton, J. K. Robinson, Sam Kuresh and NV. L. Goodale. secretary. % The duties of the N. K. A. compliance board shall be education, conciliation and mediation in handling Complaint* of noncompliance with the president's agreement Petitions for exceptions under par-, agraph 14 of the president's agreement Petitions for permission to operate on the longer hour schedule of existing union contracts, instead of the maximum hours of the Presidents agreement. All complaints concerning noncompliance with the President's agreement or industrial code should bo in writing, signed and duly mailed to the Chamber* of Commerce. These complaints will be given proper attention by the authorities in Washington after a rOport Of the committee, should the committee not be able to conciliate or mediate the matter complained of. It should be Understood that all future complaints of non-compliance should be submitted to the N. A. compliance board. Anyone wbo is now displaying^he Eagle, is presumed to be complying with the President's agreement, until the -Ragle is taken away from him by competent Federal authorities, Humors injurious to the N. It. A. members should be dispensed with and the proper thing to do is to "bring the complaints with the facts which support the same to the local compliance board and not report a suspicion io neighbors. The N. It. compliance hoard is the local representation, of the National Recovery Administration and it is not afTiliated with any other organization. A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER He manufactures a new product every day. If he prints a poor picture or a bride he has to apologize to nature, the bride, the groom and parents and friends on both sides. If he overlooks printing all tne details of little Jimmie or Mary Doc's party their mothey stops the paper arid accuses him of playing politics. If a new firm moves to town ^he is the first to introduce them to (Sio community and if they go broke, he is first and usually the biggost creditor to lose. If he sides with the Drys, he is dubbed an ally of the spft drink interest by the wets; if he sponsors the cause of the Wets he is accused by the drys of being an ally of the browcr. . , If he is an optimist he is accused of ballyhooing prosperity; if he is a pessimist he is accused of retard.ng progress. After battling for?years for an important project the community finally gets it. he is gracious enough to stop aside and give the glory to some public servant; then he goes gunning tfT something else. If he prints a picture of the Smijfli Brothers exhibiting their neweat cough-drop delivery-truck, he is immediately pegged by othar advertisers as playing favorites; if he doeiaJ^ print the picture he is in bad with the Smiths. * If he prints the truth, he loses friends and advertising; tf he doesn't print the truth he loses prestige and distinction. If he gets rich he's just plain lucky.?Kernel Cobb in The Chattanooga News. Two escaped killers who disappeared at the North Carolina state prison Inst Saturday with two <>fi?t convict* wWe recaputred Tuesday | | wher. they crawled out of c or. r;U: pipes in the pri-on yard where t. ey had been hiding. They came out for water and -uri er.derod ,C> g ...e la without resistance. H.iuy Agar. .">7. farmer of .V * our., wir.t razy <oet religion an on Sundae killed two farmer mgr.no s. M>l wounded a third an-i en committed >uicide. C G KOPNTGAY SAiUOA 0 KOPNf' ' ' - PROP ' IAOY AVatYT*" fcORNEG/Tv j funeral flOi^L: r Juneml Directors ^Cmtkii'ffiers PHONE 103# CAMDEN,S C * - i... .. . . j ?-j Bethune Schools To Open Monday \ ?" ') The next session of the Bethune , public schools will begin on Monday, , September 25, at 8:30 a. in.', and the regular work of tha^y/tat; will tym-l. mence on the opening day. It is of' j great importance that pupils should j enter promptly. A delay of a days may result in loss. Parent? are! ( warned that pupils who hold promotion cards may enter the new grades only at the beginning of the session, , and not after the year has well advanced. Since we are to have only an eight months term, it will be neces- . sary for all children to attend regularly if they cover the required: amount of work necessary for pro-1 motion. All children of the Shamrock and Timrod communities that are in grades above the fourth will be transported to the Bethune grammar school and the first four grades will be taught in the local schools. School children residing in Cedar Creek and Yarbrough school districts will be transported to the Bethune grammar school as has been done for the past year^v The trustees^ J/ M. Clyburn, chairman; Coring Davis, secretary; L. J. Baker, Wade Horton and B. W. Best, foci that they have secured the services of well qualified teachers for the schools and are looking forward to one of the best and most succ<A|ful years in the school history. Superintendent J. C. Foster announces the-following teachers fori the H>33-lb34 session. High school: J. M. McDaniel, Blackstock, S. C.; Miss Thelma Stroman, Orangeburg, 8. ('.; Miss Kloise Miller, Pauline, 8.. Miss Isabel Pursley, Filbert, S. C.; B. 10. Keisler, Gilbert, 8. C.J' Grammar school: It. li. Burns, Gray Court, 8. C.; Miss Mildred Bradford, Abbeville, 8. C.; Miss Sara Gettys, Camden, 8. C.;>. Miss Louise' Tiller, Bethune, 8. C.; Miss Stella Bethune, Bethune, 8. C.; Miss Lucile Brown, Rock Hill, S. C.; Miss Mildred Manning, Clio, 8. C. Timrod grammar school: Miss Margie Brock, Ware Shoals, S. C. Shamrock grammar school: Miss Thelma Burnside, (Chester, S. C. The list of books necessary for this .session may be secured at the high i school building and the books will be on sale at Mr. C. C. Pate's home in Bethune. Tarn Manion, assistant jailer at Dallas, Texas, has been arrested and is charged with aiding the escape of Harvey (Bailey, notorious criminal, from the Dallas jail on September C. B. Bcvili is also alleged to have aided the desperado in his escape and is now under arrest. PLAYING i ll ! ; GAME Many rules for the government of Ionian conduct have been laid down, ^ mid nil of them have been brpken. Still, it isn't a bad idea to think about Bomy of them occasionally, and if possible give the ainsible ones a trial. An exchange prints a few, attributed to Walter JohiiHon, famed base- j ball pitcher and manager, and while they particularly apply to the game are equally applicable to the game of life in general. Johnson says: I "Play fair; be on tjie level. "Have respect for 'discipline. "Never alibi fpil^bil'dre; accept the breaks of the game as they come. j "Grit your teeth and bear down when things look toughest. "Don't criticize fellow players. "Live cleanly. "Never quit!" ^ ; 4 The navy department on Wednesday ordered four coast gUard cutters to Cuban waters because of the insurrection ,in Cuba. I Wants^-For Sale LOST?-Sunday between north Mill street and the colored Mehodist church, a pin from Dixie Hospital |or Nurses. Anyone finding this pin please return to The Chronicle office and receive reward. FURNISHED APARTMENT-# Centrally located, for rent to couple or two business girls. Telephone 244, Camden, S. C., 26.28pd LOST?From out of a car between Camde'h and McBee, Saturday, ; September 10th, a black suitcase, containing man's clothing, sack peanuts, three piectffc sugar cane. Reward if returned tb J. A. Lett, Wadefcboro, N. C. -o> 26pd WANTED-r-Man for Tea and Cotfee Route through Canulen and Kershaw County. Apply by letter immediately. Kennedy Coffee Company. Kokomo, Ind. 26pd TEACHERS' NOTES?Wanted 1034 Sou^h Carolina Teachers' Notes. Will pay $1)8 per one hundred. Address Miss Gertrude Strother, 1215 Itroad street, -Camden, S. C. 26pd FOR RENT ? Apartment of four rooms, with private bath, kitchenette and large piazza. Can be rented furnished or unfurnished. Apply Mrs. W. B. deLoach, 1305. Lyttleton street, Camden, South Carolina. 26-27sb FOR RENT?Five room residence, with bath and lights on Rutledge street, t Recently repaired and. painted. In perfect condition. Address W. R. Zemp, Camden, S. C. 24tf. FOR RENT?'Five rooms and bath, 1410 Lyttleton street, just painted and remodeled. Apply to Arthur Smith at Camden Furniture Company. : ' - ~24-26pd FOR RENT?Furnished rooms, private bath. Centrally located. Can furnish meals if desired. Address c C. O. Stogner, Camden, S. C. 24-25pd. REPAIR YOUR SHOES?And save J the difference. We can make them look like new. Years o fexperience. All work guaranteed. Rowell's Shoe R*P?ir Shoo, next door <W I icle Office, Camden, S. C. 23-^1 IV ANTED?Cash paid for old fi* I elry, whole or broken gold tith I gold, watches, gold chains, e?e I glasses, also plated and MerlinI silver, at r rierson Drug Store <M\ I King Street, Charleston, S r i Drop us a card for full information! I FOR RENT?Flvo room hou'o, Jo,, I renovated inside and out. Loea-1 tion, Hampton street. Low rent I Telephone 246, Camden, S. (\ I 23-25*6 ? FOR RENT Residence on Fail street I below DoKalb; six roohis, bah and | lights. Kntoi prise Building and L?uarf Association, Camden, s. C. | itADIO REPAIRING?Expert -radio I repairing, any make. Other electrj. | cal repairing done, all work guar. I anteed. Creed's Filling Station, tel. I ephone 486, Ganiden, S. C.- &OtfB ELECTRICAL REPAIRS? Repairs I renewals and adjustments made oil | Electric Ranges and other house- I hold appliances. Phone 381. w M. Shannon, 210 Mackey Street I Camden, S. C. 53^ ' | CARI'ENTEKtmi?Jonn S. .vlyeri I phone 26b, 812 Church Street! I dttmdcii, 0., will* give satis' | factory service to all for all klndt I of carpenter work. Building, I general repairs, screening, cabinet | making and repairing furniture I My workmanship is my reference. I 1 solicit your patronage. Thank- I CAMDEN THEATRE PROGRAMME Week Beginning Sept. 22nd FRIDAY ^ Last Time TODAY "CAPTURED" With Leslie Howard SATURDAY Rex. Bell in . t> "CRASHING BROADWAY" Plus Last Chapter of "Devil Horse" and Comedies MONDAY AND TUESDAY ' Buddy Rogers Returns in "BEST OF ENEMIES" Plus Comedies ? WEDNESDAY . Loretta Young in "ZOO IN BUDAPEST" % \ J 1 bp^ BEGINNING OUR M R A H l ^W P'O P Sale^ir fl HP^S^l 10 Weeks of Values 1 B"b?bb,i?b>" An Event of Importance to Thrifty Shoppers K^l GR/^ULATED SUGAR 5 BULK Q I 1 __LMM?i?I j?? 9WHITEHOUSE EVAPORATED MILK | 3 I6? FANCY BLUE ROSE Q RICE I S - 2gc [| | |p|l ION A PLAIN Oft SELF-RISING . |M| j |I|flour e 89c $i75ll | n N.B.C. PREMIUM y Flakes pkg. I ','^Soap?:..I9c g| |S3 CONTINUING OUR NO PROFIT SALE ON m^m 1 LD BUTTER 2 * 53? II H Quaker Maid Beans 5 - 2SCH ! PRODUCE STRING BEANS, 5 lbs 25c Fresh TOMATOES, 2 lbs .. 15c Large Stalk CELERY 10c Seedless GRAPES, 3 lbs 25c Fresh BEETS, bunch 10c Fresh CABBAGE, 3 lbs ... 10c MARKET R POT ROAST BEEF, lb 20c VEAL ROAST, lb. 15c H PORK ROAST, lb 15c Lfl NECK BONES, lb ,~r Be H-. ~ PIG TAILS, 3 lb. 25c PIG LIVER, 3 lb. .. .25c ^ - > ; - . ^ .. .. ^ v