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fit CAMDEN CHRONICLE H D. NIU5S. .Editor and Publisher Published every Friday a?t No. 1109 liroed Street ami entered at Uve Onm<Ua South Carolina ppe4ofrk? ae seeoml el*ss mail matter. Price per amftun I&.00, tmyable in advance. Friday, October 27, ',1933 The Chamber of Commerce is hopeful that all denomination* and all people '-of Camden will join with the congregation of the Methodist church to make the annual South Carolina Methodist*Conference which has been invited to hold its meeting in Camdon November 1T> to JiO... The Chamber of Commcrrtr }0ined with other civic organizations in C'amden in inviting ihe Conference to Camden and Citizens oC, Camden are urgently re- , quested to do all in their power to make this Conference a success in or?k?r that those who come will carry back with them the pleasantost memories of our city. SIGNS FOR Till? BETTER The 'Chronicle received from a neighbor town this week an advertising order from a livery concern announcing mules for sale. The advertiaement called for the picture of a mule. It has been so long since such an ad has appeared in this paper that all of our cuts of mules have been misplaced or lost. Wo had to call on a neighbor paper for the loan of a cut. In this connection the following from the Spartanburg Herald will be read with interest: "Atlanta, which for many years has been one of the biggest mule markets in the world, announces a revival of the business which has been on t.he decline in recent years. A dispatch from Atlanta says the buying ot mules has increased 1000 per cent in the last year and that 200 mules now ?r? being shipped every day to points in Georgia, Alabama and the t'aro . linuH. "This remarkable increase in the buying of mules indicates that farmers in the four states mentioned are financially able to imprcHCb t.he quality of their farm work animals. Evidently that was not the case in the four years before 19112. One must consider this buying of mules a sign of better agricultural conditions the farmers are enjoying since the new administration took charge in Washington. It may also be taken as a sign that the South is not prepared to join in the foolish farm holiday movement that threatens t& interfere with the program of 'Witt administration." Officials Thank The Public The undersigned officials of the Kershaw County Fair desire to express their keen appreciation to all of those throughout Kershaw County who so generously cooperated in making the fair a success. The enterprise would have failed haul it not been for the fine spirit of cooperation manifested, not only by the people of Camden, but by people in every section of Kershaw County. '1 he folks all over the county realize and know that the fail' belongs to all the ' people of the county and their whole- J hearted desire to make it what it was resulted in giving to the people Kershaw county's greatest fair.?W. V. Walsh, Jr., general chairman; M. M. Johnson, secretary; W. M. Alexander, Ix'gion Commander; A. S, Kalesh, president Camden Shrine Club." Killed Hunting Alone Hartsvillo, Oct. 1#.?-Paui Morrcll, 13, of the Antioch section, accidentally shot and killed himself while hunting alone Tuesday afternoon. He left home at 1 o'clock Tuesday and when he failed to return Tuesday night, the family instituted a search for him. When found at 1 av m. Wednesday morning, he was lying face down in a patch of vine.-, having died "thstantly. it is supposed. > From a report of the matter, it is indicated the boy was dragging his gut) along in an effort to get through a close place in the thickly wooded area an i evidently a vine tripped htm i or snagg. <i the gun trigger tau-ing' 11 or re 11 was -.t.u.it ::: tr.c .-.iuv. ! Poor Cat Accord.ng to "Hardware, two- rival j ommi-reiul traveler- were tiymg to j -ell n me: chant a fireproof safe. The first >;ud to the merchant: "A cat was put in one of our safes, and the safe was put in the middle of a fire for 21 hours, and afterwards the cat came out alive." Said the second: jft|We put a cat in one of our safes. piled a fire around it for a week, and when we opened it the cat was dead." "Ah. I thought so," -aid the merchant. "Yes," replied the traveler, "he was frozen to death." Former Kaiser \V ilhelm. of Ger-( many, in exile at Hoorn, Holland, hagiven his full approval of the withdrawal of Germany by Hitler from the League of Nations "in view of the war she has been treated." I Capital Observations S ,, ' ' Washington, D. C., Oct. 24.?Thia city is showing aome signs of increasing business activity, but aelsewhere the progress is slow. Improvtxl^ conditions have been mostly arnong the laboring classes, on account of extensive building activities on the part of the Federal government. Washington lias never felt the [effects of tho depression as badly as many other places because ol the large amount of money put into ciri culation when paid to government employes, between sixty-five and sov? tnty thousand, varying in number according to circumstances at different times. They are paid twice a month, ("ami receive in the neighborhood of ; $5,000,000 on each pay day. That iinh.unt in a city of half a million population is calculated to stimulate cash business transactions. It iit a strange and unfortunate fact that many high minded and honorable people andtft. considerable proportion of the press resort to miss 1 ending and fallacious arguments concerning public questions, particularly prohibition. The following item appeared in a recent issue of a reputable South Carolina paper: MIf the Christian women? the mothers, wives and sisters?who know the evils of legalized liquor sales, will vote their convictions, then South Carolina will remain in the dry column after November 7th." As a matter of fact South Carolina will remain "in the dry column" after November 7, regardless of the result of the vote in the state on that date on the proposed ropeal of the eighteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States. The repeal amendment specifically provides against the importation of liquor into dry territory and tn addition to national prohibition in Wftee until repealed, South Carolina is dry by state legislative enactment, and will remain so until and unless changed by state law. One can \yith entire consistency favor state prohibition and vote for the repeal of the national prohibition amendment, which has proven unsatisfactory ami ineffective, according to the verdict of tho voters in every stute that has so far passed on the question. * * * * The government of South Carolina, has been referred to as one "by legislative delegations," and to a considerable extent it is correct. A current instance is the provision that the legislative delegations in the various counties should select or approve the candidates on both sides of the question of national prohibition repeal to he voted on at the election on November 7. .Just what justification for the practice there may be is not upapparent, and it has grown up within tho past few years. The people do not have any voice in the matter, and the practice has been tolerated prob- j ably simply because it has not been made an issue at elections. * ? Kver since the establishment of the communistic soviet government in Russia sixteen years ago there hap been no diplomatic relations between that country and the United Slates. President Roosevelt lias now invited the Russian government to send a representative to Washington To discuss with him personally "all quos*-tbms outstanding" between that government and ours, and the invitation has been accepted. This preliminary step does not necessarily mean that there will be an exchange of resident ambassadors, but it is obvious that the recognition of the soviet republic is in view, and if such should be the result there will be no implication of approval. On the contrary it will doubtless be provided that there will bo no spreading in this country of communistic propaganda, such as has given trouble in other countries. However, a salient, feature will be bow to prevent activity of the kind. Recent clamor in this country and the growing disposition for recognitor i- based largely upon the trade id . :\'.'ages w n.ch are said to !*' at til,- !.-po-a! cf Amer.can idu-lry andj agi :> ui' us e when relation- are estab1 i -he i. The fact that the Russian J g < r.r.n at a- now e-'tabll-hed l.ab, el, in e\:-tence for sixteen years, would -rein to settle the score of stability. Some of the rc\ol at ionai v governments set up in South America do not always last over night. The president is at an advantage in the situation, as recognition and diplomatic relations are solely within the province of the executive side of tho government. However, there is hardly any doubt thut congress would approve. t * * + E\er since the close of the world war (iormany has been restive and resentful because of being relegated to a subordinate position among the groat rations and required to assume i responsibility for the great catas^ phe Under the leadership of the fire-brand Hitler notice has been served f withdrawal from _Uh o T.oague of Nations, and of declination to na'-' icinate further in the dis FORM Bit GOVBRNOR URGES TEMPERANCE ^ ~ *ff-T" ' "> To the Editor of the Chronicle: November the 7th is rapidly ap- ! proaching and upor^ this day the 1 We are to determine by our votes ' that day whether or not we will sur render our county and s^e to the people of South Carolina are to face 1 a grave responsibility, liquor interests. We are to determine whether or not we will put our stamp of personal approval upon the sale of intoxicating liquors with .the evils that we ' know are sure to follow. It is true that our prohibition laws are not proporly enforced, nor jire they properly observed; but no fair man will deny that conditions have been greatly improved since the adoption of the 18th Amendment and that there is Jess liquor consumed.and less drunkenness than under the bar-room or dispensary systems. While this question has its political phases, it is chiefly a moral question and the individual responsibility to our fellowman and to God cannot be evaded or escaped. Although conditions are bad today, those of us who voted for prohibition and have observed the law are in.no way responsible. 'But if we place the stamp of approval* upon the effort tQ legalize the sale of intoxicating liquors and the effort succeeds, then wo share the responsibility for every evil that follows and we cannot wash our hands and escape that responsibility. Those who favor the legal salo use as one of their chief arguments the necessity for the revenipj to assist in the support of the government. In ans*w$f to that let me say that all revenue derived from the sale ot intoxicating liquors, a traffic in souls, is blood money, no matter whether derive^ by the nation, the state or the individual. The 18th amendment and our prohibition laws have wiped the stamp of respectability from the liquor traffic and have driven the distiller into the swamp* and the bootlegger to cover. A vote for the repeal of these laws is a vote to make respectable the liquor traffic and place the dealers ip the stuff in prominent places in our towns and cities and in competition with legitimate business. Gladstone, the great English Statesman, is on record as having said t;,ai intoxicating liquors have caused more suffering to the human race than all wars and pestilences combined. Certainly, Mr. Editor, intoxicating liquor is the greatest curse to the church, the home and to the individual that is known to man. Shall we on November 7th surrender. to this man's greatest enemy or shall we stand for righteousness and fight and to the end upon the side of God and for humanity? ? Respectfully, John G. Richards. STILL ABOUT THE SAME There were murmurs of protest among the Israelites when Moses inI troduced his code of fair practice | which has become commonly known as the Ten Commandments, but the Hebrews signed up with their tongue in their cheek and set about to devise ways and means to beat the game. Thirty-five hundred years have passed with the net result that we still have other-gods before us; we take the name of the Lord in vain; we do not keep the Sabbath holy; we commit adultery; we steal, we bear false witness; and not a few of us covet our neighbor's wife. So-o-o, as a certain radio * comedian says: why should we be discouraged if President Roosevelt's codes do not immediately cure all the ills of an overbilious social order. The codes of Moses and Roosevelt are more or less gentlemen's agreements, but the heck of it is that so few of us are gentlemen.?Gnffney I/edger. Roy Builder Of the 1,055 youths admitted t.? the state reformatory in Hutchinson, Kan., in two years not one was or had j been a Roy Scout. Records quite or j nearly as good are reported from every reformatory or correctional in- j .-vf.iti?-n for youth. That is a fact ?v> remember whenever an opportunity present- .i.-eL" to aid this I >ys' organ ./.at ion. armament conference. The German government seems to be content with isolation which will he brought about, and with the disapproval of nearly all of the rest of the world. It would seem that the nation fails to realize, or refuses to admit entire military defeat, and possibly harbors th^ thought of regaining prominence through military means. At the close of the Franco-Prussian war in 1871 the victorious army marched into Paris and there dictated terms of peace to prostrate France. At the close of the late war many authorities thought it best to enter Berlin ami there enforce the terms of the allies, but the world was weary of carnage and fighting, and the Germans were not sufficiently forcefully 1 made aware of their crushing and 1 overwhelming defeat. SALUTING A SOUTHERNER We rejoice when the South has oc asion to be proud of a son. We would prefer him to be an outstanding reformer of morals and methods Dr a statesman-leader, but in these years *o lean in such products we are grateful for an opportunity to acclaim a professional baseball player and to claim him for the South. And so do wo acclaim "Memphis Bill" Terry, manager of the Giants, which recently attained M world fame. But we are proud of "Memphis Bill" (he, his wife and child are on their way home to the town on tho banks of the Mississippi) not because he managed the team that won the world's championship; not because he is a star in his profession, but because his character and personality have elevated his profession. The other day in Now York Charlie Stoneham, owner of the Giants, and Terry had a conference and agroed to tear up the contract which had another year to run. Then they signed a new one for five years, during which Terry, ras player-njanager will have a salary of $40,00Q a year. That is incidental. What tyft are proud of is that "Memphis Bill," greeted by the president of the United States, welcomed at the City Hall in New York by the mayor, and acclaimed as onlg a hero in the field of sports or adventure can be acclaimed in this country, maintained a perfect poise, and passed through all the ordeals of victory like a gentleman. "Big money" offers flowed in to him. One was to appear in vaudeville for $5,000 a week. Terry turned it down. "I'm not an actor," he said, "I'm a ball player. My stage is the ball field. It's not worth $5,000 a week to me to make a fool of myself." How ntany, perhaps with higher "background." than Bill Terry, would sell themselves for half? And what a world of misgovernment and general inefficiency would be prevented if those who contemplated offering for important public office, where only men of ability, mental training and educated fpreefulness can achieve success, would take honest stock of themselves as did Terry when offered $5,000 a week to exhibit himself on the stage in the role of an actor! Incompetents rush in where men ,of ability hesitate?and the people suffer. But let us turn again to the highly, pleasing character of Memphis Bill, and lift our hats in appreciation-.? The State. Henry Miller, 65, vice president of the (Southern railway in charge of operations, died in Bermuda on Friday. Wants?For Sale FOR SALE?Three milch cows at reasonable price. Address I). D. Truesdale, Wostville, S. C.' 31 pd LOST?Leather legging in either the Hermitage or Wateree Mill village, Thursday, October 19. Finder will be rewarded if article is returned to Postal Telegraph Company, Camden, S. C. 31 pd. PERENNIAL PLANTS of all kinds can be gotten on short notice. The Camden Floral Company. 31 -32sb ? LOST?On Wednesday a gold third year Presbyterian Sunday school pin. Finder t please return to Chronicle office, Camden, S. C. 31sb FOR SALE?Four burner New Perfection oil stove, with oven, at $15. Apply Mrs. J. R. Caston, C-hesnut street, Camden, S. C. 31pd SNAPDRAGON AND DOUBLE STOCK PLANTS in small pots 75c per dozen?now is the time to plant for spring blooming. The Camden Floral Company, Phone 193. 31-32?b FOR RENT?Five room house on Laurens street, west of Monument Park. Apply to M. H. Heyman, Camden, S. C. 30-32sb PANSY PLANTS (Large Flowering) and ENGLISH DAISIES ? Best quality*?$1.00 per 100. The Cam. den Floral Company, Phone 193. 31-32sb PLANT S FOR SALE?-Swiss Giant Pansy Plants; English Daisies, pink; 15 cents per dozen; 50 ceuts per fiftyj 90 cents per hundred. Strong.- well-rooted plants. Include 10 cents postage with order. Address, Mrs. Robert Rembert, i Kembert, S. C., or call at comniu- I nity Market Saturday. 29-31 p! FOR RENT?Six-room house on West 1 side Highland avenue. House in : good condition, nice size lot with ?'? *?; TPricc $15 l)er month..' Call W. L. Goodale, Telephone 193 or 136, Camden, S. C. 29-31 sb FOR RENT?House at 1807 North hair Street. Apply Mrs. J C Williams, Box 292, Winnsboro, C. -2Xtf WANTED TO Bl.V?All kinds of Hardwood Logs, suitable for sawmill purposes. Also tracts standing Hardwood Timber. Hoffman i Cumber Company, Columbia, S. C. WANTED?Cash paid fof ! elry, whole or broken gold teeth, j gold watches, gold chains, eye I glasses, also plated and sterling i silver, at Frierson Drug Store, 261 ! King Street, Charleston, S. C. i Drop us a card for full information. ! 23tf KRRHHAW CODGK No. "y/NV A. F. M. v* Regular communication e# this lodge is held on ibe first Tuesday in each ftiontb at 8 p.ouw Visiting Brethren are web fomed. N. R. GOODALE, JR., 7. W. WIT^SON, Worshipful Master. Secretary. 1-14-27-tf i . The Texas cotton crop of this y??v U reported as being better than usual. . NOTICE OFSALK Sheriff's Sale of Contraband Goods Forfeited Under Section 886 of Volume 2, Code of Laws, 1922. Please take notice that I will sell at public auction, for cash, to the highest bidder, iii front of the Court j House door at Camden, S. C., on the first Monday in November, 14)33* bqing the sixth day thereof, during the legal hours of sale, one Pontine light delivery truck; thirty dozen fruit jars; ten 10-gatlon charred kegs; one force pump; said goods having been confiscated by me under Section 885 of Volume 2, Code of U>22, providing for the forfeiture of goods used in illegal transportation of alcoholic liquors. J. 11. MoLdOOl), Sheriff of Kershaw County. " NOTICE To All Persons Having Deposits With The Conservator of The HanJk of Camden, Camden, S. Ct Notice is hereby given to all persons having deposit accounts with the Conservator of T^e iBank of Camden, Camden, S. C., that the deposit functions of the Conservator nave been suspended, and that all depositors having such deposits are urged to close their accounts with the said Conservator ?? soon as possible. D. A. BOYKIN, Conservator, The Bank of Camden. Camden, -S. C. Camden, S. C., October 23, 1D33, i ~ NOTICE W\ Please take notice that one William Brewington, of the County of Kershaw, State of South Carolina, in- ( tends to make application to his ex-. cellency the Governor, I. C. Black- i wood, for a parole from the service? of a sentence on the County Chain Gang, 31pd NOTICE 1 Please take notice that one Jack oScott, of the County of Kershaw, State of South Carolina, intends to make application to his excellency, Governor I. C. Blackwood for a parole from the service of a sentence on the County Chain Gang. f&lpd | "" \ " 'I *' I CAMDEN" THEATRE frogrImme Week Beginning October 27 n-Rnsyv Lillian Harvey Lew Ayrea in 4,MY WEAKNESS" 4 { Also Comedy and News SATURDAY'i Buck Jones in . "FORBIDDEN TRAIL" Also Comedy and Serial MON6AY~AND~ TUESDAY ; "THIS DAY AND AGE" Cecil B. DeMille's The First Great Spectacle of Modern ,Times Also Comedy^and News i wednesdayvT^ "TO THE LAST MAN" With Randolph Scott and Esther Ralston Also Selected Shorts 'toursday andTrtyT Janet Gay nor i 4 Warner Baxter in "PADDY" FOR SALE?One Coalihurning Hot Water Heater, together with large size Storage Tank, both in excellent condition,?ol)eap. Telephone 34S-J, Camdonr S. C. Sl-Scteb RADIO REPAIRING?Expert radio *. repairing, any make. Other eloetrical repairing done, all work guaranteed. Creed's Filling Station, telephone 486, O^mden.S. C. ? 50tt ELECTRICAL REPAIRS? Repair#, renewals and adjustments made on Electric Ranges and other household appliances. Phone 884. W. M. Shannon, 210 " Mackey Street, Cnmdeh, S. C. 53if<. CARi'ENTEKuxti?Jonn S. Myers, phone 268, 812 Church Street, Camden, S. C., will give sstiv factory service to all for ul! kinds of carpenter - work. building, general repairs, screening, cabinet making and repairing furniture, My workmanship is my reference 1 solicit your, patronaga. Thanking you in advance. cv - - _ I JOIN U8 IN CELEBRATING OUR i 74th ANNIVERSARY I5f^ nowSALE-w I by sharing in fl 1 IB H E EXCEPTIONAL ?'mSrn, P OFFERED FOR THIS EVENT DURING THE 11 HIGH SPOT OF OUR W. D. O. P. SALE [ ; [potatoesj~Wj I \u. S. NO. 1 yjy b?t POPULAR BRAND i CIGARETTES ?r-*10S Tax Extra 30c II r lONA TENDER FINE FLAVOR j CORN CHEESE 12"-'15c < | - 17ci I MONTE PINEAPPLE 2 27c I 1 I FINEST 1 J FANCY Si GRANULATED BLUE ROSE SUGAR RICE I * 5c 23c I DELiaOUS APPLES 10?- 25c I | | FIELD BACON IbdleM 19c ||| ill GRANDMOTHER'S SLICED OR UNSLICED A jj 'PULLMAN BREAD Zr ?C I . ' 'v3eSfl PRODUCE Carrots, 3 bunches for 25c Spring Onions, bunch 5c Eggplant, lb/ 10c Brussell Sprouts, lb. .. 29c Large Bananas, 2 lbs. 15c Jumbo Celery, stalk .. 10c MARKET fU Veal Chops Ib. 15c j j Lamb Stew 8 l-3c 11 Pot Roast Beef .... lb. 20c< I Pig Tails 3 lbs. 25c JJ Pork Liver ....... Beef Stew ^ ~ . 3 lbs. 25c ^j i J ilSi