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I THE CAMDEN CHRONICLEj H. I). NhTks'. Editor "and Publbhor [ Published every Friday at No. 1109 Broad Sfcfoot ami entered at tho Camilla South Carolina poewtofTice us pooomi class mail matter. Price per annum $2.00, payable in advance. Friday, January 20, 1934 t i llK~TAI K OF A V(>P?AND A HERO! L^, * Criticizing the cop is one of America'# favorite indoor spuria, Wo like | to remind ourselves that cops frequently are dumb, often surly and rude, occasionally downright; crooked. We are apt., to forget that *lho cop also very often is a hero. 'There was a .cop TIT New York, the ' other day, named Ernest F. McCar' run. There wasn't anything unusual aboutphtWu lie was 30 years old, he used to be a professional prize light er, ho had attended the -public schools as a hoy and he spent his days pounding the pavement in a quiet and unexciting section of Brooklyn. illo was just like any other harness bull; you could have duplicated him on any police force in America. * Well, the other night McCarron was walking his beat, along about 4 in the morning, when he saw flames and smoke coming from the fourth floor of an apartment building. He ran into the building, climbed Ptho stairs and roused the occupants of the building, and thon went to the box and pulled a fire alarm. Returning to the building, he found that evdrybody on the fourth , . 'floor, where the fire was raging, had > got out, except a 9-year-old girl, j Somehow she had been overlooked; i i and by now even the first floor corri- ?' dor was so full of black, choking; smoke thfl.t nobody dared go in after , y- .? her. F. r* , i So McCarron went in. lie didn t - _ ? - i come out again, either. Hours later, ; after the fire ha<l been put out, they found him, lying dead in the third-, floor hall, the girl in his arms. Somehow lie had got to the top of the building and got the girl and started down with her. (letting her out had been too much for him. The j cop and the little girl, her arms about his sunburned neck, had died together, j About the only thing to add is that next day a whole flock of youngsters called at the station-to ask when his funeral would be held. One of his jbos had been to handle traffic in ; ' ** J, front of their school; he'd helped' ^ . ,j3 <V them across the street every day for v ?'?*> - months, and he was their friend. That's nil the story. There's not i much to it; so little, indeed, that it's hardly worth telling. A cop tries to I save a kid, fails, dies; what of it? j What of it? Nothing. That's just, the point. ' McCarron simply* did what any cop would do?gave up his life without hesitation when his job pointed that way. That's one of the things you buy when you spend your tax money on a police force. It's a thing to re' member when you cast up the ac__ , count of the average copper.?Sumter Ite m. "Beggar" Found J To Have $5,200 Atlantic City, N. J., Jan. 21.?Arrested while begging on the board | * walk today, K.Vyear-ohi I^ouis Block ; was found to be carrying money and securities totaling $5,200. Searched at city hall, the money and securities were found in various inside pockets. They included $8 in cash; a postal savings certificate to the amount of $2,000; a certificate of deposit on a HttJL.Springs, Ark., bank j for $2,000; and bank books showing ' deposits of $950 and $300 in two Now j York banks. Letters showed that about a month ago he appealed to President Rooj-o- I veil and to Co\ernor Moore for aid. Replies informed him to seek aid at f- local relief agencies. 5 jj Eight Fires In One | Day Is New Record M' i'ci'u . N. C. Jar:. 32. li ght tires I ir. one day :> a lot for one residence and it had not only the family of Jew Ray wondering but almost everybody else. Ray said he found fires, at various intervals, in clo^u, bureau drawers,, clothing hanging on the wall and! other places. He said he found seven ( fires so located. The eighth blaze, ' however, put a stop to his investigat- \ ing for it burned the house to a | Ray denied there was a "Gypsy ' curse" on his family but admitted it j d'd seem bad luck had taken up its ' Bishop William Fletcher McMur-' ray, up, (,f t.he Methodist church, ! Soufh, died in a St. Louis hospital on Wednesday of heart disease, follow- | ing an attack of influenza. He was j one of the foremost preachers of Capital Observations (Special Correspondence) Washington, Jan. 23. The admitiititration's hill for the devaluation^ the dollar pasted the house of representatives overwhelmingly smothering opposition to the extent of 3(10 to 40. Only two l>omocrats oppospd, I while sixty-eight Republicans gave [support. There was,-however, some sarcastic criticism, ony member as sorting that he did not believe that there wore twelve representatives out of the 435 who could explain the provisions of the measure to their constituents. It is considered certain that the bill will pass the senate, but in that body there is much opposition and the rules there permit indefinite debate, so a struggle is in progress, senator Carter (llass of Virginia, once secretary of the treasury undo* Woodrow Wilson, is unqualifiedly opposed t^tho main features of the measurer as are several other prominent senators. . * Under the provisions of tho economy act which passed congress last Spring the presujynt was given very bread powers in determining the compensation and allowances for veterans?too much lattitudo in the opinion of many-?but tho administration is anxious to have a free hand in pursuing in general the course outlined without being hampered by further congressional legislation on the subject. Murmurings have been strong among representatives and senators desirous of getting nioro liboral treatment of constituent veterans. On a test vote the margin was close in the house, but it is believed that the president has spiked revolt in the senate by executive orders liberalizing veterans' compensation to the extent of $21,000,000 annually. This is election year and candidates desirous, of the votes of veterans are ready to go a long way in liberal appropriations. The national commander of the American Legion has announced the intention of continuing the campaign for further increases to ox-service men. * ? * During the Republican reign which followed President Wilson there developed the notorious Teapot Dome and other oil scandals resulting^ Mr landing in the penitentiary Albert B. Fall, a member of Harding's cabinet, and other prominent officials. Investigations are now in progress which bid fair to develop scandals originating during the Hoover administration approaching those of tne past. During the administration mentioned the air mail service was conducted at a loss of some ten or twelve million dollars annually, and facts brought out show that favoritism in awarding contracts was rife, and the law ignored which requires acceptance of lowest bids. The files relating to air mail were missing when the* new administration came into power, and subordinate employ- j eos have testified that many papers i were burned upon orders of the Post! master General and the second assis- , t tant. under whose jurisdiction that branch of the postal service is conducted. The destruction of official yapers is a penal offence and criminal prosecutions are in prospect. A few days ago W. P. Brown, who was Hoover's postmaster general, appeared in person at the Post Office De partment with , certain papers, the complete identity of which is not yet complete or at least not yet divulged, with the fantastic tale that they were found among his personal effects, and ho could give no explanation how they got there. Other developments are that Herbert Hoover, Jr., a son of the former president, for some years was employed at a high salary by an air line company seeking government contracts, and that C harles A. Lindbergh, the noted flyer, was ffcven stock the face value amounting to $250,000. In these two cases the purpose instigating the action taken is obvious. * * * * I'uba has another president, (ar.os Me r.diet a. the fifth in as many n<,:.th-. Ti c :? u official is said to !h- safe, etV.cient and popular^ leading to the in?pe that the end may be n a.-he i to the tut ni-.ii and revolution rampant for several months. It is believed, that he will be recognized by our government, and such action would be calculated to give much support and stability to his administration. ? The Federal government has called ;n all gold coins for exchange for paper money, and under the national prohibition law, which became null and void upon the repeal of the eighteenth amendment, it was a penal offence to have in one's possession an :imount of whiskey unlea-s procured in a lawful manner. The other day a distinguished foreign visitor in Washington was asked what is the biggest difference between conditions in the United States now and when , he was here a few years ngo. His reply was "Well, when I was hero before if I had walked down street 4 - r with a bottle of whiskey and a $10 gold piece, I'd have been arrested for carrying the whiskey. TotLay I'd be arrested for having the gold piece." * * * This being election year there will soon commence a favorite sport of ridiculing and belittling candidates, particularly prospective legislators. It is not a good way to prevail upon the best citizens to offer for offices, nor is it advisable to criticise too much the salary paid. Instances are rare when desirable citizens are willing to serve for less than the work in the office is worth. * Readers of The Chronicle are doubtless interested1 in anything worth-while concerning Itarney Baruch. The following is recently from the pen of Frank R. Kent, a veteran political obersever and writer on the statf of the Baltimore Sun: r'Tx>ok at Bernard M. Baruch, with his tremendous fortune, no personal ax to grind and no ambition to hold an office, yet up to his neck in politics. active in every party campaign," concerned with every public question. Though a private citizen, politics is ! a> much Mi Barueh's career a > that J of any public official, and he is renj, Times ms influential as most of them. I < Fake politics away from him and Ba- {, rurh would languish miserably." J, - HOW MUCH WHI8KKY TAX? The houso of representatives debated five hours before it decided to place a $2 tax on each gallon of American-made whiskey, and the> had all facts before them, because they ha.I been for some time inte rrogating brewers and distillers who were supposed to have first-hand information. From the beginning <of tho debate, it was evident the Congress would place a tax oh each gallon, but the problem was how much the tax should he. Kvery suggestion showed that it had tho ^ootlegger in mind, The more the tax levied against legitimate whiskey the more likely .would be the fcootlefftfer*' chan.es to undersell the legal dealers. The country is tired of tho bootlegger and his syndicates, declared the" spcaKevs/ and that is why the eighteenth amendment .was set aside so' readily. In the old days the United States government imposed the only gallonage tax on whiskey, but this time each state is bent on getting as much revenue as possible. Pennsylvania counlts on getting 55 million dollars, New York talks ubout 15 million. No,thing is said about gallonage tax in the reports that come from tho Associated Press, and it is supposed that some of the states will have their own stores and make their profits as dealers; but eveiy time a dollar is added to the tax burden that the whiskey must carry the bootlegger broadens his grin. His chance grows better. He will never be run out of business as long as he can make as good whiskey and sell it rpore cheaply that the legalized dealers. And he has already been given a big advertisement through the official statements that he made and sold better whiskey than the legalized dealers have so far offered t^e pub) i^. ^The people in the smaller communities have little understanding of the way the bootlegger has handled his business. The revelations in the House debate showed that manufacturers would give a bootlegger credit running as high as a million dollars; and tho bootleggers formed a syndicate and paid-for protection, going so far as to have a burden on their whiskey of $1.20 a gallon before it left their hands. .lust who receive the protection money is not stated, but the syndicate was considered a powerful v underworld organization that wis a deadly menace to organized society, find the little bootlegger who tried to operate independently was "pot on the spot." Gunmen were plentiful and cheap. The legalizing of the traffic may run out the bootlegger syndicates, because the legal whiskey will not be taxed so heavily as $4.20. It costs $1 to make a gallon of the best whiskey, it was shown, and in pre-prohibition days distillers were glad to make 5 cents to 10 cents profit on a gallon. And one speaker declared he had neg?r heard of a distiller that was not a millionaire. Efforts were made to fix the taxes so the distiller can get 80 cents a #allon profit, and still leave the traffic in position to compete fairly well with the independent bootlegger, who will be with us always, as was the moonshiner of past years. When the cities and the state govornmeats finish "loading" the legalized whiskey the local bootleggera will still have a chance, but the government hopes the legalized dealMl I will have so much interest in getting rid of the bootlegger that the government can drive him out. That 8 just a hope.?Macon Telegraph. Joseph B. Keenan, assistant Federal attorney general at Buffalo, N. Y., announced last week that a solution of the Lindbergh kidnaping case is near at hand. He is "very hopeful something will break in the near future. j Dr. Ethan Colton To Lecture On Tuesday Over 150 tickets have already 1?een sold for tho ledture to be given by Ethan Colton, A. D., OUL. P., in the music room of the Hotel Kirkwood on Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock. A program of concert music by the Kjrkwood orchestra will precede the lecture beginning at 7:30 to which all ticket-holders uro invited. I I aaaHMmn l>r. Colton, a professor at Ruitgors University, world traveler, author and lecturer in international affairs, will speak on Hitler and conditions in Germany at the present time. Having spent much time in Germany during the past thirteen years,. Dr. Colton is well qualified to give an interesting and authentic talk. The Richmond, Va., Times-Dispatch says of his lecture: "A hard, common'Wnso presentation of facts." A partial list of patronesses for this benefit ai'e: Mrs. ?irl P. Abbott, Mrs. A. Rea Ball, Mrs. Carroll P. Bassett, Mrs. Ward C. Belcher, Mrs. Douglas A. Boykin, Mrs. Newton C. Boykin, Mrs. George R. Cook, Mrs. | John K. deLoach, Mrs. J. Thornwell Hay, Mrs. Warren . H. Harris, Mrs.. Thomas J. Kirkland, Mrs. Harry D. Kirkover, Mrs. H. G. Marvin, Mrs. .William J. May field, Mrs. Ro^ert Marye, Mrs. J. Dodge Peters, Mrs. Samuel Russell, Miss Ruth Richards, Mrs. Henry Savage, Jr., Mrs. Leon Schlosburg, Miss Olive Whittredge, Mrs. F. H. Craighill, Jr., Mrs. W. N. Kerr, Mrs. Robert W. Pomeroy, Mrs. David R. Williams and Mrs. H. L. Schlosburg, Br. News of Interest In And Near Bethune | Bethune, Jan. 23-?MT; Neil Truesdale, Miss Kathenne Truesdale and J. M. Clyburn, Jr., spent the week end at Presbyterian college, ClMisses Elsie Mae Hammond, Ruth Jones and Mary B. Ratcliff. stndents at Winthrop college, spent Lees birthday anniversary ive homes here. Mis? Ratchn had^as her guest. Miss Ruth Bryant, also a student at Winthrop. i,110'h Mrs. Grady Smith and little daughter, of Bishopville, have >een ing several days with Mrs. Smiths mother, Mrs. Bessie Seegars. The Methodist Woman's Missionary Society met at the home of Mrs. C. Bra swell Tuesday afternoon. _ Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Best spent the week end with friends in Castonia^ Mr. and Mrs. Charlie McKmnon have moved into town and are occupying the Lafttte house. Mr. and Mrs. Norwood Thomas, of Winnsboro, have been spending a day or two with Mrs. L. D. Robertson. Mac Davis has gone on a. trip to Florida. ~ , Miss Cecelia King has a posiUon in Camden doing government work. Mrs. G. E. Brant, of Bamberg, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. 0. Ward. J. E, Saverance has been spending several days with his son and daughter-in-law, Eh*, and Mrs. Eldon Saverance, at Andrews. He was accompanied by Clifton Saverance, who remained for an extended stay with his brother. Mr. and Mrs. Rembert Jones, of Bishopville, have been the recent guests of relatives here. Mrs. A. K. Mc.Laurin and Miss Edith Clyburn have been visiting in Columbia. The Iveonard Players gave three performances at the high school auditorium la?t week, the school receiving a percentage of the proceeds. The W. M. S. of the Baptist church held the January meeting last Wed- i nesday afternoon. The following officers have been elected to serve for the new year: President, Mrs. W. R. Rozler; vice-president, Mrs. M. O. Ward; secretary, Miss Rosa Lee Fields; treasurer, Mrs. Maud Copeland; chairman personal service, Mrs. L. D. Robertson; chairman mission study, Miss Eloise Miller; circle leaders. Mrs. J. E. Williams and Mrs. W. W. Mungo; G. A. leader, M rs. I>argan Clyburn; Sunbeam lead- I er. Mrs. Lee Hilton. Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau estimates that the profits to the nation from devaluation of gold will total $2,660,000,000. An earlier white house estimate placed the profit by :ho process at $.'1,600,000,000. It is stated from Detroit that hunIreds of mental defectives have been *trrjl:zcd in MLhican institution* unler a state law enacted four years *go. ? | ? -TTiJOsSSSB . 1.1?. i ? Many police chiefs in South Carolina aro warning parents against allowing their children to roller skate and bicycle in the streets, a dangerous fun consequent on 'Santa Claus- bringing a large stock of tm two kinds of presents. v * Hon. Winston Churchill of England T^lieves President Roosevelt should be honored for the way he is attacking American problems, JKe does not undertake to say tha^ the president is on the right track in all of bis recovery moves. The Bank of Anderson, Ala., was robbed by yeggs of $8,j000, after they cut their way into the vault with an acetylene torch. They left no clues. MEETING OF VOTERS A meeting of the voters of the City of Camden is called for next Friday night, February 2, at 8 o'clock, at the City Clerk's office, Rutledge Street. This meeting is to organize Ward1 Cluhs. and transact other necessary business pertaining to an election. J. E. ROSS, Secretary, Municipal Election Board. Wants?Far Safe FOR SALE?Choice Barred Reck fryers at 20 cents per pound. Telephone Allan Norris, No. 490, Camden, S. C. 44-46sb CARS FOR RENT?By week or more. Call Creed's Filling Station, Telephone 486, Camden, S. C. 42-44sb SIGN PAINTING ? Estimates furnished on all kinds of sign work. Camden Sign Shop, 1107 Lyttleton iStreet, rear of Standard Oil Filling Station, Camden, S. C. 44-46pd , - ? - . ^ I ~ g ? 1 'u1 -l*... ' ?-? 41 FOR SALE?One 75-foot lot in Sarxfield, facing East, nice location, easy terms. Address T. W. Lenoir, T. V. A., LaFollotte, Tenn. 44xb WANTED?Options on land where gold is known to be, wanted. We are in a position to develop gold properties. Reply to Box 267. Give full particulars at once. First options given immediate consideration. ' ' . 43-46pii DRESSMAKING?-iPbiin and^ancy. * Altering and tailoring. Pribba reasonable. Address Mrs, W. A. Rush, 1(218 Fair- street, Camden, S. C. Telephone '546-J. 43-46pd MEN - WOMEN?Good health. Not under 18 or over 5d. Wanting to prepare for coming Government . Examinations this district. Particulars covering qualifications needed furnished by writing Box 36, care Camden Chronicle. CARS FOR RENT?By week or more. Call Creed's Filling Station, Telephone 406, Camden, S. C. 42-44sb WANTED?"Pbas; we pre in the market for all varieties and any quan- . tities from '10 bushels to a car load. Send small sample, stating quantity and price asked. We are prepared to take truck lots at your farm or warehouse. H. 'B. & Olin Salley, ' . /Salley, S. C. 42-46pd RADIO RBPA1RING?Expert radio repairing, any make. Other electrical repairing done, all work guaranteed. Creed's Fill pig Station, telephone 486, Camden, S. C. 60tf CAftPENTEKixxu?Jonn S. Myer.. phone 268, 812 Church Street., Camden, S. C., will give sativ factory service- to all for all kiniof carpenter work. Building, general repairs, screening, cabins .making and repairing furnitut* My workmanship is my reference 1 solicit yjur patronage. Thank, ing you in advance. IELENE We are Exclusive Agents I I |l ?f DePASS'DRUG STORE I I VIENNA The Rexall Drug Store |j i Vienna woods Pine Product*, Bath Suits and ??!! IS ^ |j T J BtjJ T^J SUN SET ? SALMON STLYE . MACKEREL, 3?TaJl Cans . 19c JERGEN'S SOAP, 3 Cakes 10c AMERICAN .* ' , DILL PICKLES, 25-oz, Jar ....... 15c ;j ARMOUR'S POTTED MEAT, 2 Cans for .. .. 5c P. & G. SOAP, 5 Cakes for .. 17c 1 Cake Medium Ivory Soap FREE CHASE & SANBORN'S DATED coffee, lb. . : ;; :.., 29c ROYAJL I GELATIN, All Flavors, pkg. ....., 5c FILLSBUiRY IS BEST FLOUR, 24-lb. Bag $1.19 PREMIUM KiRISPY ^ k".M ? " ~ FLAKE or CRAX, lb. Pkg . 15c t CHIPSO, Package 6c 1 LIFEBUOY SOAP, 3 Cakes 19c . CAMPBELL'S - , BAKED BEANS, Can f7T... 5c ROGERS' i SANTOS COFFEE, lb 19c WILD ROSE SYRUP, No. 5 Can 23c WILD ROSE SYRUP, No. 10 Can 45c MARKET SPECIALS ,7~ 7 i ! Pot Roast, lb 15c Steak, lb 20c Sausage, 2 lbs 25c Pork Chops, lb 15c a Bacon, lb 20c FRESH FISH and OYSTERS I produce . u ? - Iceberg Lettuce, 2 for 15c Carrot*, 2 bunches ....15c Green Cabbage, lb 4c Green Beans, lb. 10c ] 1 i 6 , < " -fT' J~~ ^ . * ' -.W-/v *. .1 -M * Banana*, 2 lbs 15c Lemons, doz?ix, 20c New Potatoes, 2 lbs. ..15c ,OJd Potatoes, 7 lbs... 25c 1 < ^ '-'gt*