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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. pTSTlKS^. Editor and Publisher Published every Friday at No. 1100 Broad Street and entered at the C-ainden Seuth Carolina powtoffiee as eoond class mail matter. Price per wvum $2.00, payable m advance. Friday, March 2, 1934 HAPPY DAYS? NOT IN CAN AHA Canada for the past several years has been reaping a golden harvest from dry AnTerieans and conventions from "Across the line." Provincial ^Xja-asurjjs of Ontario and Quebec acf'slightly obwte appearance where,the American prohibition lnvy Ivcnt into effect, they had all the/could do to make both mis meet. A different note is being struck now that tho prohibition law has been j repealed. Hotels that a few months ago were "jammed to the guards" on week ends now have plenty of rooms available. Department store sales | and novelty houses report trade fall- [ Ing off daily and the fiimdus njght trains that used to be packed for week end excusions to Montreal are much less crowded?much less.?The Pathfinder. , Thds. E. Miller Says Coleman is Bogus ? Columbia, Fob. 22.?The question of whether Green CoJeman, HR-yoarold Charlotte negro, ever served in the South Carolina Senate today aroused a sharp negative answer from an 8-I-year-old negro ex-senator at Charleston. Thomas K. Miller, former presi-' dent of State College at Orangeburg, I informed the senate today that he I was a memhet of the legislature eonCtiHuoimly from IsT.l to 1SSS and tit at Coleman had "never been connected" with it. Miller, represented Ih-aufort county. Discussing the ce'urn of Coleman : Wednesday froin the Charlotte almshouse to the chamber he claimed to have occupied a .-tale senator in IsT I. Miller wrote Lieut, '(low .lames O. Sheppard: "This will confirm the fact that the negro from the poorhouse at Char- ; . i lotto was never a member of the state senate or in any way connected with that body. "1 entered the South Carolina legislature in 1871 and served eontin-' uously either in the lower house or ( in the senate up to 1SRR, then again from 1 HP 1 to 1896. "Your distinguished father." re-; ferring to the late Gov. John C. Sheppard, was a friend of mine although he upheld the banner of democracy and 1 tried to sustain and defend the lb publican party." Brewer Gives Pointers About Drinking of Boer Detroit. M Julius Siroli, Dooldest brewer. gives the follow IliC t h-erx:11 *iiiii' i:: In it : D.ui't ;:ui|. i< ; - i. ji. I'.i-er sI:oi;| ' .-11>f"* >t I" f' e palate, sight and smi-l! riot ! ? the desire for "k:< k Serve In e.'tier ?,[,, < *r y s t a I goblets or heavy mug-. It you want the t>r??per lunt I. never serve in coiiinim-r used to hold milk or greasy heverages Never serv e at a temper.if lire of i above .r?0 degrees, <>r lower ttiim 12 degrees. Last, hut (ml letsf, he temperate In consumption. a Zoo Elephant Said to Be Subject to Nightmares Rcrnnton. Pa.--Quccnio. an elephant purchased by school children for a mo here some years ago, Is ^object to nightmares. A policeman making his rounds at 2 a m discovered that wtien he found Quernie, her chain broken, doing a dance She tiad gone on a rampage and smashed In a door be fore being -oh toed. I / TT , How Time la Figured on Vessels That Ply Ocean Time is ;i iiim'M in I'M <>n shipboard j 11 y slinking a boll i'mt.v It :i I hour. To ln< :ihh> to toll tlm time of day by i bel Is ni'c prist I;now wli.tt watch it j is. Aemrding to the system used in llit> l'ni!i .I Stales navy tin* 'J 1 hours I uf tin. ilay :in> !i\ into six j \\ :i11-iu's. as fi11h w s ; l'irst w:11? 11. x p. ui to midnight ; i niii I writ rli. midnight to 4 a. tn. ; i morning watch. -1 Mr tnr to S n. in.; forenoon watch. s ti. m. to noon; afternoon watch, noon to 4 p. tn.. and the dog watch. 4 p. tn. u? S P-$h. Tho hells are struck as follows: 12 o'clock noon, eight bells; 12:30 p. 111., tine hell: 1 p. tn.. two bells; 1:30 p. in., three bells; 2 p. in., four bells; 2:30 p. m.. live bells; 3 p. m.. six bells; .3:30 p. in., seven bells; 4 p. ni., eight bells; 4:30 p. in., one boll; f> p rii., two bells; r.;30 p. in., throe bells, and so on through all of the six .watches of fifur hours each. How Old Bible May Be It Is Impossible to ascertain tho precise ago of U'O Bible. ThoT)ld Testament Is. according to tradition aiid belief, a record <>f the history of the Jewish race, who its laws, regulations, prophecies and :nueh of it* early literature. It also contains the Jewish account "t creation It is supposed til have bee", compiled arid eam<nized about Phi p, (\ The New Testament Is a record of the coining to earth of Jesus Christ, the son of Coil Mis sacrifice and of.er of redemption, and n program of life looking to salvation, by tho Apostles and followers. This was canonized about 32." A. 1>. at the Council of Nicaea. How American* Like Bermuda An American consul at Hamilton. Bermuda, says that 42.SG7 first class passengers frotn the United States visited Bermuda during the calendar year 1932 on the regular liners. In addition there were 29.324 passengers on cruise ships visiting Bermuda last year, so that the total number of 1 American visitors can safely he said to he more than 7?,990. While the con! sulate could not^give a figure about the expenditures, other estimates place the amount from $S,000,900 to $10,| 000,900. How Sponge* Grow The common sponge of commerce Is the skeletal structure of what was once a living animal. When you sop up water with a sponge and squeeze it out von are performing almost ttie v.tmo j,;^?. rbe la :ng sponge "ocs : \ it g- -u 1. - in v. per As canal s'.^'en; u food p.irt.cles ci.i.ta tied 'n tie wa'er are Jibsorbed T!:e surplus 'I.I'M is then ex pel lei. How Reflector* Are Polithed Igiuip retlecf ors stiould not he . cleaned except when absolutely neces ' sary, as they are ofteji silver plated and easily spoiled To clean reflectors use a very soft, clean cloth or [iow dored dry rouge and a chamois skin, without using pressure and rub In a ! circular motion. If a reflector become* tarnished or scratched take It to a all | ver plater and have it buffed. It can ' not he properly polished tn any othei way } How Funeral Flower* Started The funeral wreath Is believed tc Pe a survival of ttie belief thnt de parted spirits must he provided wltf comforts, rim custom of using flowers at funerals is very ancient TIm Kgyptians ! -rued their mimutiie! with (lower- ami the mourners car ried thein. iWMaaac J fa 1 V u m Ci t'c S a wa.et m-yit, ^ :7> (T^ -r iV/i "* '' i '< *( t: \<J i J :Vv u B i,/. fui) >' !./ f'V.r FFBRUARY 26 Henry \V Longfellow, great U S poet, born I tt07, 27? England sees its first game of baseball, 1874. ?Great comet visible by day over United States, 184J. MARCH 1?Napoleon return! t? France from Elba exile, 1814. , 2?Texas declares independV enoe of Mexico, 1835. 3?U. S. Navy is founded with 13 active ships, 1801, :/^pn 4- Chicago, with population - of 4.1 TO, made c.ty, lai7. "*=*_ <?NU HOW COlJNTKItKKIT HANK NoTICS A1110 CI.KV KHI/Y IHCTKr'PKUThe ?>!<I fashioned stereoscope, which before the <Iii.vh ?Vi the motion pictures adorned the fiiMc In the pnrlor of nearly every modi inn class American tmnie. Is still used In the detection of counterfell hank ami federal reserve notes, accord inn to M I Julian, director of the Heller Vision Institute of New York city The stereoscope, tie explained. Is an optica) instrument In which two photographs of tin; same object, or ot the same scene taken from a few feel apart are viewed, Knelt eye sees one picture in the stereoscope. The slight dissimilarity of pictures causes an Illusion of dApth. mvjmlhllty. hi the resultant picture seet\Ahrough the stereo,scope. v When f.v(n hrvtkonf os printed from 'fie witae plate are vlewslul through a stereoscope, oacl eye sees a tlgnre Identical to that seen by the other eye. This combination of figures Is perfect, ami the plane of the combined Images Is Hat. Hut If one ol the tintiknotes under .examination Is bogus. the | (Inures seen by both eyes do not coincide, and slight variations are j apparent. Such dl(Terences show up as wavy Hues or spots. In this ' way even the most skillfully conn- { forfeited hill may he detected at a i glance. Besides detection of bogus money, the stereoscope has other Important uses, one of which Is In aerial military photography, li two pictures are taken in an airplane at points about f>0 feet apart, and after developing the photographs- are placed In a stereoscope, the depth Is magnified so greatlv that many works of the enemy can lie del eel ed. Capital Observations; (Special Correspondence) Washington; Fob. 27,-Kro.u the earliest ilnyo "P0" the settlement or the colonies l?tor ? constituting the j United StaCea the American people have had an abhorronc? of royalty and nob!Uty us existing in somo foreign countries. This came about nat; mally, as emigrants left their homo lands largely to escape royal obpros! sion. Still we imitate nobility to a i great extent, as is evidenced by the] ! exceedingly' extravagant titles be-i j stowed by fraternal organisations ! upon their officers. Again, the general run of people are horo-worshlpers and go out of their way to constitute a hero, whether he has proven to be one or not. A most notable cas?-is that of Charles A. Lindbergh, later dubbed a colonel, who some'- 'seven 'years ago Hew in an airplane from New York to Paris, the first time the feat had been achieved between 4hose cities. Actually, there was nothing very .remarkable about the perfoi mance, as it was not the first time the Atlantic had been crossed in an air; plane, and nothing was added to the ! knowledge of aviation. Still, Lindbergh became a great national hero, and with his Scandinavian shrewdness he has turned his notoriety into great financial gain. Capitalizing his popularity aviation companies have paid ! him tremendous salaries for "ser-^ vices," whereas-he is merely a good mechanic, and have presented him with extras and bonuses until he is now exceedingly rich. IIis employers recently required him to overstep his prerogatives, having had him telegraph the President in protest of the cancellation of air mail contracts which had been found to be tainted with fraud. His action was given no. undue attention by.the administration and has met with general condemnation. The matter is admirably covi rod by a bar association in New, York, which in a.resolution accuses ! certain aviation interests of exploit-I jing Lindbergh "for publicity purposes in an undignified, disrespectful, [absurd and presumptuous attempt to j ! discredit the President of the United , [States, and to turn public opinion ! against the President, the Pastmaster j ! General and the Federal Government I iii general because of the cancella' tion of airmail contracts." 1 * * * | An existing law requires that the , appointee as governor of the terri- j toty of Hawaii be a resident of the islands, and President Roosevelt requested Congress to make a change ' so that an outsider might be designated, the selection still to be left to the executive. Favorable consideration was not accorded, and it is about the only instance in which a request from him has not been granted. However the matter was not of much con-^ | sequence, a contest was not made and j | a resident has been appointed, * ;ideet Roosevelt has been grant-j mi !". poY.c: than any other < x, uti e in history of the nation. !. eu dur.t'g the World War, when lio e it ire _ ( "tint t y w as supporting President Wilson, there was not so gieat yielding of authority on the part of Congress. However, it would be an exaggeration to indicate that Roosevelt could secure anything that he desires. An explanation of his | success is in part that he knows 1 what to ask for, and when to light, j lie realizes what the country needs ! and expects, and w hat the national I legislative body cannot afford to re[ fuse. * | legislative bodies are generally hopeful of short sessions. Tlrat is i true at the present sessions of ConI gross and the Legislature of South {Carolina, but it appears that neither ! will meet with anticipated early adjournment'. In Congress delay will tve caused by new issues arising and slowness in disposing of the program a- foreseen at the beginning. Among ' matters requiring disposition are regulation of stock and commodity cxr.anges, reduction of cotton acreage :, y compulsion. vyteranC benefits, ava' :., enn rgen y airmail and e 1 ' n. It a i< m the I b-u ..t\ - that It 1 'k- Ike .lur.e to h m, . .. ' , .- j?atvey admits that "if o:.:: i?wr-i.i'. ! g. datum cntir.ucs to pup up. we may be here all Summer." t>ne reason for the failure of national prohibition, and the main reason, was that its proponents concluded i that their duty had been discharged when the eighteenth amendment was adopted, and supinely expected that en force ment would be efficacious 1 without active cooperation. The advocates in South Carolina of a dry State should beware of a similar altitude. especially since the national prohibition amendment has been repealed. It will continue to be a dif) ficult proposition to enforce local prohibition. t ? From time to time discussion is 1 ; indulged in as to the passage of a ' rational law regulating marriages land divorce*, so that uniformity may ;h<* secured throughout tie different states. The main objection raised i* the old question of etatea' rights, the disinclination to delegate to Congress' a matter that may 'be handled by the various state legislature^. Kmt>odied in the constitution of South Carolina is a prohibition against divorce, a matter of pride and gratification which doubtlosa it would bp very difficult to eradicate. The state igi the only one in the Union where dfiyorce is not permitted for any 'camrtv whatsoever, and one of the few localities oh the civilized part of tho globe where this condition prevails. When Blense( was goverhqr of South Carolina twenty years ago, a main contention against him was that ho exercised the pardon power too .freely, and the same objection exists against the present executive. There has been discussion in tho Legislature looking towards curbing the prerogative in that respect, but'it is hardly likely that anything could bo accomplished as long as Blackwood is in of- j ftce, If please should get in again \ it is to be hoped that he will not be disposed to empty tho penitentiary, or come near doing so. The showing of mercy where deserved is commendable, but a governor,'importuned by spineless ami weak-minded individuals, a law unto himself, should not bo permitted promiscuously to overrule juries and judges by pardoning criminals and turning them loose upon helpless communities. Former Vice President Charles G. Dawes is quoted as saying that he saw "continued better conditions" ahead for business and industry of the nation, and based his feeling on a belief that President Roosevelt ..will carry through. Individual checks to the number of 1.042,000 were mailed to farmers for plowing up their cotton of the 1933 crop, and it is estimated that the yield was reduced by. 4,000,000 bales, i An Oklahoma farmer lost his property through mortgage foreclosure proceedings. lie was then placed in jail for trespassing on the property. Governor Murray pardoned him. Ten million Florida oranges are to be distributed free in New York per month to the unemployed by the sur* plus division of the federal relief administration. Former Kaiser Wilhelm, of Germany, now in exile at Doorn, Holland, was not represented at the funeral of the late King. ALbert, of Belgium. -1 1 ' ' . . " ^ 1 . "'".f" '* T T*- "* . " " 'V- 7 ' ' ' ?W.C'fU IP ... \ r. Alfred Austin, of New Orleans, | died in a Hattiesburg, Miss., hospital from gunshot wounds received in a battle with officers after he and three other bandits had attempted to rob a bank at New Augusta, Miss. Francis-Vigneau, 23, is in jail in Boston after making a confession to the police that he murdered a v14year-tald,. daughter of a Boston carpenter a'nd his wife. The girl was criminnlly attacked. Former Postmaster General Brown appeared before the senate committee on Monday an<^ made a flat denial of any collusion between his department and the big aviation companies in the matter of carrying the air mails. " .'.1.. '."ii1.. ? jj Japanese officials are charging thutl China is using part of the $r>0,000,Q(#B loan made by the United State* (tfl buy cotton ami wheat, in building air.I dromes at Fooehow and Amoy. ""notice"" Notice is hereby given that the boot? of registration for the City of Cara-fl den will be open for the registratioxB of t^e names of'the qualified elector* therein, on the 17th day of March, 1934, and shall remain open continu-M ously for a period of ten days ex-1 elusive of such to the 27th day otfl March, 1934, LOUWSE W. BOYKIN, Supervisor of Registration,* City of Camden Fever^EQUISTTEI I For the Sick Room II I i Every care in filling your order I DePASS' DRUG STORE I ^Telephone 10 We Deliver Promptly j SODA FOUNTAIN DRINKS I ^9 REFRESHING AND HEALTHFUL 1 ' S? . FRESH DELICIOUS SANDWICHES I BUTTERCUP ICE CREAM 9 I A Special Assortment of Delightful Candy, packed for us in half pound, one pound and two pounds, at 49 cents per pound. Try this under our guarantee. 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