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THE CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK Contributions to this "Column"-arc most welcome. Names of contributors will never be printed?unless desired. Just sign "pen name" together with your own name and address, the latter for our information only. Those who are in doubt as to whether to'-follow President Roosevelt's leadership, may be helped -in their decision by what has just been j done by James H. Perkins, Chairman | of the Board, National City Bank, of | New York. . . . The National City is one of the world's great banks, and j James Perkins a man held in dc- ] served esteem by men who know him 1 well. He has announced a plan to reduce the common stock of the bank about forty-six million' dollars and to sell fifty million dollars of preferred stock to the R. F. C. In addition to this, .Mr. Perkins aligned himself and his fellow direct- ! ora'four-square with President Rooso. volt's recovery program. ile says: "Our directors feel that the bank should support the President of the j United States in his program of strengthening' the capital structure of the banks of the country and in his campaign to bring about business and industrial recovery. They feel also that we should accept, the offer which the government has made to purchase preferred stock in national ba nks." It is always interesting to know what books people are reading. The j Corner Book Store says that the fol lowing are the most popular here it: | Camden, at the j rc-i nt time: "Anthony Adverse." Herwy A!.en:! "Little Mae.. What Now ?" Ikuc, . c Fallada; "Master of Jalna," Mazo Do I>a Roche; "Mundoa, Mantloa!" Winnifred Holtby; and "No Second Spring," Janet Beith. * + + + Now for the good news as to the outlook for the season here to which we referred last week. It looks as if it would he a good season, possibly one of the best Camden has had. Fight good steeplechase horses are expected here shortly, *four or five of them racers that are known to the "big tracks." Carroll K. Bassett, who I has become one of the country's Ifad1 ing gentleman riders, is coming soon and will have four or five good horses under his supervision. Mrs. Thomas 5>omerville is coming from Virginia for. the winter, and is bringing If) or 16 cross-country horses. Mrs, Somervillc is the owner of "Trouble Maker," winner of the 11)3/2 Carolina Cup and contestant in the 11)33 CI rand National. Algernon Craven, a Steward of the United Hunts, and Walter West, Secretary of the Middleburg Hunt, are already here. Two other Virginian.*, North Fletcher and Thomas Waller, are due to arrive in a day or two, with 21 horse* ." . . And there's more good news to follow. So it really begins to look as if r" I Hippy Days A<e Here Again!" The Chronicler. Mrs. J. 1Williford and son visited r?-!:i; i\r.x in Woodruff last uo?k. ! 1 V V " ' 1 " ' - - * " * " * ~ * * - KKINDKFK OF NORTH AMERICA Increasing Number# Are Saving the Native TribeH From Starvation The word reindeer, to most of us. call#.up ? vision of Santa Claus driv-s ink' hi# prancing steeds down from the polar regions. The majority of n.s, 1 think, have very little actual knowledge of the North American reindeer. Few know that the first reindeer was .brought into Alaska in 1NP2, hardly forty-one years ago. The introduction of reindeer into America was the work ot a few farsighted government employees, alavmed by the decrease in the Alaskan food supply due to the wholesale slaughter by white men of walrus, whale and caribou. These people, casting about> for some way to prevent the starvation of the native tribes under the guardianship of the government, noted the dependence of the Siberian natives upon their herds | of semi-domesticated reindeer and decided that therein lay tlje solution of their problem. In the ten years following that first importation of 1KP2, a total of 1,2^0 head of deer were transported across Bering Strait from Siberia to Alaska. That- handful of deer has multiplied and spread until now nearly a million head of reindeer graze over hundreds of square miles "of barren, once unproductive. tundra, For this rapid increase,due credit must be given .to wise rules conscientiously enforced by government teachers in their capacity as local reindeer superintendents. According to the terms of the contracts by. which the Eskimos received their deer from the government, they were forbidden to slaughter bearing females and young fawns?a wise provision, wheu one remembers that the Eskimo is by inheritance a hunter, i not a pastoral nomad. | The reindeer is at present so firmly 'established in the<economy of the far ?North that it would be difficult for one to visualize life in the arctic regions without him.. He supplies both whites and natives not only with their chief article of diet but with their footwear, bedding and fur clothing. In addition, he furnishes an important means of transportation. Along the rivers and the borders of the arctic sea where fish and seal may bo obtained for dog feed, the reindeer's importance for transportation purposes is not great. But in the interior, where the deer rustles his own food, grazing on succulent willow, grass and lichen in summer, pawing beneath the snow for moss in winter, lie is invaluablp as a beast of burden, i Under the direction of government ' employees and other white men interested in the industry, however, enormous improvement has been made in the general care and.treatmeDt of the reindeer. Modern Abattoirs, such as the five belonging to the Lomen Reindeer Corporation, have been built, where deer are slaughtered in as humane and sanitary a manner as in most up-to-date ones in the United States. Sleds and harnesses designed ; to give the greatest possible effi' dency, are now in general use. Eskimo herders are taking a genuine interest in the care^and condition of their herds, and are developing a rea. affectihn for, and pride in. their sled j deer, with the result that the deer ! are increasing in size and speed and proving docile and obedient pets as well as servants. Elizabeth Chab.it : Fori i >*'. ir. "Our Dumb Animals." i Negroes Pay Penalty. In The Electric Chair Columbia, Dec. 4.~^James "I>onnie" Holmes. Sumter negro, was electroleutfed ut the state penitentiary this morning for the murder of his aunt, Nora Franklin, Holmes went to his death without sign of fear. He sang and prayed almost to the instant the current wus sejDt through his body. Tom Wardlayv, Abbeville county nogro, was electrocuted at six o clock for. the murder of a white farmer named Ferguson. Wardlaw, like Holme?, went to his death singing and praying. Four charges of electricity were sent through his body before he was pronounced dead. At'biiJO Holmes walked from his cell unassisted and marched into the death chamber praying and singing. Ho mounted to the death chair immediately upon entrance to the chamber and assisted the guards in adjusting the straps and headpiece. "I'm ready to leave. Hurry up and let me go," he said soon after ( taking his seat in the chair. He conI tinuod praying, but just before -the ' current was turned on became quiet ! afiti sut calmly waiting for death. Three times the current was sent coursing through his body. He was , then examined by two physicians anc pronounced dead. Reverend S. Tinsley, pastor of the Bethlehem Baptist church ot Sumter, and Hump Johnson, a friend of Holmes, remained in the cell with the condemned man from three o'clock this morning until he was taken to the death chamber. Eleven other negroes and several white men from Sumter also came to the penitentiary for the electrocution. Only eight of the negroes, however, witnessed the electrocution. . . Johnson said Holmes confessed the murder of Nora Franklin, for which he was tried, and also admitted poisoning his uncle, Robert Franklin. He denied, however, several other murders of which he was suspected. Holmes was baptized into the Baptist church in a tank in the penitentiary yard Sunday afternoon. He had formerly been a Methodist. Holmes told Johnson this morning that he held no hard feelings towards anyone jn Sumter. He expressed his I appreciation for the kindnesses extended him by Solicitor F. A. McLeod, both during and after- his trial. He asked that Mr. Julian I). Chandler, who had been a friend of his for many years and who helped work up the evidence against him in the murder of Nora Franklin, be requested to attend his funeral. "God bless Mr. Chandler;" he told Johnson shortly before he began his march to the chair. Negro Receives Death Sentence Decatur. Ala., Dec. 6?Clarence Norris, the .second of seven negro defendants in the "Scottsboro case," retried on a charge of attacking a white woman, was convicted today by a Morgan county jury. The sentence automatically carries the death penalty. ROTARY CIA B NOTES Moultrie Burns was in charge of Thursday's Rotary meeting and had las the guest orator James Y. Berry, of Columbia. Mr. Berry in his talk said that many citizens are tak.ng ad. an!age of conditions by acting selfish ami this -eifishne-s has spread i in local, county, slate and national ' gove : mm n" He -aid that the R. 1* ic? C. \V. A. and other relief organ1 i/.at ions are In ir.g impo.-ed upon by :hi-h per.-ons wmi h-.k the government to support them instead ot l'U-tling for themselves. Mr. I'orrv ; thinks that utile.-s them is a change of liea? i h\ the majority ot people that conditions will become worse. 1 lie.. J. Ik Ciistoii asked the < lub ; ... Vuy a health bond which will be done. .1. i;. Zemp told of the championship foot Via'.', game that is to bo piayk,i on F: .day aft- mo..n and said that he hoped a., hu-ine.-s hoii-r- woii.d that their employees may See tile game. Tmeet :r.g ; e \ * Week wi.l be in .marge ot >tanley I.lew ellyn and the , , f./lo ,v ;:.g week in charge of Rev. J. l; t a.-ton. The v'- 'i>:? foi" the day wore Ko| tar an J??hn \V:l.-i>n. of Sumter; \V. K. M Na:r. of Wilmington, and R. M Kennedy. Jr . hrd. command v Christmas tree by R. M. Kennedy. Jr.. were turned over to the communiiv -ervice committee wno wil. appoint various committees to work out all details. Char lot to* Thompson News ] The Boys' Basket Ball Team defeated the Blaney boys Tuesday afternoon on the latter'? court Jo to J 21. while the girl? tied up the score of 12-12. Both games were thrillers. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Bruce and children spent Sunday with relatives at Snlley. j Mrs. E, M. Mellette, Mrs. Hoyt McMillan and son, M. S. McMillan, of Conway, Mrs. E. W. Nettles and son, Kobert Nettles, of Wedgefleld, and Mr. and Mrs. W. IX McCoy and children, of Oswego, were Thanksgiving guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Mellette. Miss Irma Seagle spent the Thanksgiving holiday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. ^ Seagle. Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Workman had as their Thanksgiving guests Mr, and Mrs. L. A. Barnes and son, Ladson Barnes, of Hock Hill. Miss Frances Dennis, of Draughon's Business College,* Columbia, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs J. T. Dennis,during the holidays. Cadet F. M. Mellette, Jr., of Clamson College, spent tho week end at homo. <r Messrs. Marion and James Shiver, of ithe University of South Carolina, were Thanksgiving guests of thenparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Shiver. Mrs. Moody, Mr. Bethea find Mr. Norton Sterrett were guests Sunday of *Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Baker. Mr. Sterrett, a native of Persia, plans to go soon to Africa as a missionary. Miss Sallie Pearce, of Bishopvilio, Mrs. Laney and children, of Chesterhold, were holiday guests of Mrs. Ella Pearce. Mr. and Mrs, S. H, Callahan and children, of Marion,, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Mellette. Mrs. W. E. Bethea, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. F. M. Mellette, for a fortnight, has returned to her home* in Marion. New Low Price 'AMOUS Lynhaven Oysters I SELECTS ? 59c quart STANDARDS ? 49c quart Also we offer yoq for Friday and Saturday <? "Flounders, Mackerel, Pan Trout, Salmon Trout, Fresh Water Trout, Pompano, Black Fish, Mullets, Fresh Crab Meat, Shrimp, Fish Roe, Home-Made Deviled Crabs, Haddock. ALL FISH DRESSED FREE OF CHARGE QUALITY SEA FOOD MARKET ll ? ? The Stunning Gift a Diamond Ring We Carry a Full Line of Elgin, Hamilton and Tavannes Wrist Watches, . * f" ' Sheaffer Pens and Pen Sets, Seth Thomas Clocks, Fostoria Glassware, Gorham Silverware, Meeker Leather Goods, Ladies Week End Bags, Diamond Rings. Gents Rings THE HOFFER COMPANY Jewelers and Optometrists IEichel's Christmas Sale j Give useful gilts this year. Make your money serve the double purpose of 1 making others happy as well as prov iding a sane, needed artic le o! clothing or other furnishing ? ??????? MEN'S WEAR H line Ihm.i.I. i'?! h ; i"i f.tnrv hirt\\ !iite e !(?] > a i:?i pal 1 enied a: 98c and up Special ('!< - i I;^ Mip all nil r li no 1 >? l'<?' e < 'fii'iT ma- at $17.45 aiiicn m re. M A \\ai?' variety ill lies, b ? 1 i s. hand kerehii fs. .-("'l-. O'C.. It-aSMHI \\ t i >l! i f a special \ a ! tic in a selection of Men's 1 1-',^. lline Serjro Suits tf? lie sm 1 (1 before Chrisi$12.95 Yankiboy. Indian ;tn: 1 Cowboy 111;i\" Miit- nia ke w onderful yifts f>r the youngsters. an a--"r: men! in sixes I to 1 2 al $1.39, $1.98 and $2.25 TOYS A lary? >?* 11 i*t i? n a 1 < 1??! i -. yame>. w heel toys, trains, and ot her l'cat uros at $1.00 or leSvS II. dp keep the Kiddies warm with ylovcs. sweaters. coats ami other weariny aj)parei ? everything in tin* house marked special for Christmas. 1.it tie yirls' fancy leat'herettc hand bays. while they last? Only 25c WOMEN'S WEAR Slips. bloomers. shorts an.I | i! iu*r undent hin^s, B iery. senrt dr.. mnkr practical. useful yrit'ts. I A wide variety at at. \11 ' i; i r I at J if" I)rrs-rs I au?! ('oat < inu-1 la* s?>l.i I before Ciii'iMina<. We I (ilftT 2 special lots : All S.You iMitiiuTs now $2.98 A!: >7.")" numbers now $3.95 and $4.95 An attractive as.-- >r< nunt <> hou-t'ho i yoo(Js in yift packayo-s including Q Tow els. Ibidye a n <i I l.unchoiii Sots, Linen R Scarfs Table (' 1 o t h> I and many otiu-r item.-. B Lome in and see them. I EICHEL'S Camden's Newest Department Store Holiday Ideas Always "0. K." , with a a--" Man . . . GIVE "Him" Haberdashery . . his idea of a sensible Christmas Gift. SHIRTS New Patterns by Wilson and other good makes? $1.00 to $2.50 TIES ? All Silk, Hand Made Neat all over patterns and stripes? 55c to $1.50 SOX ? By Interwoven? Silks and Wools? 50c and $1.00 PAJAMAS ? Coat and Pullover styles ? 9 $1.50 to $3.00 GLOVES ? A large assortment of leathers? - $1.25 to $3.95 HANDKERCHIEFS ? Initials and plain linens? 25c and 50c BELT SETS ? By Hickok with Cigarette boxes, the two in one gift? $1.95 and $2.95 MILITARY SETS ? With zippers? $4.50 to $9.50 W. Sheorn & Son Headquarters for Men'? Gifts