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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE! H. dTTSTTbS . . Kditor *nd Publisher Published every FVkhry ut No. 1109 Broad Street a/nd entered at (He Camdee South -Carolina peetoilfioe mm s eeoond class mail matter. - Price per emvum $2.00, payable m adraaee. Friday, March 2S, 1934 Ai> The Pausing of a Gentleman During that bleak and bitter weather in February, word came to the Camden hospital that a "tramp" had been picked up on tho highway in a dying condition- and the gentle hands thnt cared for him asked would it bo possible to make ro4m for him in that already crowded institution. "For Humanity's saka" the? made a place for him, a little old weather-beaten man, who had valiantly started out from Florida, hiking, hitch-hiking nnd finally dropping beside the way?exhausted ami ill. Faithfully nursed and cared for, .he got well, and gave his name as Jack Dunn. He was on his way from Florida to New York, because he had a cousin in New York, who was his <^nly kin. But New York is a lorvg \way off for a tired old man in bleak weather, and cousins are far off. kin, at best. When "Jack" ?^s they affectionately called him, got better, he took to his new home as a stray dog does to a warm fireside?and wtijl in > warm bathrobe someone had left just in time for him to fall heir to it, ho seized a broom nnd a mop and started in making himself useful. Not a lazy bone in him, the littlo man started in to help those who had been kind to him. It made it doubly hard for the hospital authorities, because lie was well enough to be dismissed?hut he was half blind, sixty-three years old. and it was so hitter cold, to send a friendless old man on his way. They put it off - maybe it would he warmer soon, and they could get in touch with his'"cousin", and perhaps the! R. F. C. could get him a safe passage to New York. In the meantime, "Jack" was toting trays, sweeping floors, rushing to this one and that who called a nurse, trying to be of help. "They'll never send me away from here," he confided to one little nurse, "I'm so useful." When ho made mistakes and gave the wrong trays, they laughed at him, and teased him---and he would hustle around to right things. When the weather threatened to turn warm, he worked harder than ever, as though he felt that his staying there hung by a slim thread. Then Fate took a hand. Winter once more got on a rampage, and during all that weather when pipes were freezing and bursting everywhere, there were still sick people to he oared for at night, and half frozen young nurses with plenty of work to do. Then Jack proved that he was not just a tramp who knew which side his bread was buttered on. hut a gentleman who wanted to pay his way with all that he had. When sick people would call for the nurse. Jack would hop out of a warm bed and wait on them. When the anxious little nurses .scolded him sternly, he just blinked at them and did it again. This time, t he weal her being so hitter and Jack old and anxious, Jack did not get well, all hough the doctors and nurses did all that ceuld be done for him. Before he went he said, "It was God's mercy I was brought here?" The cousin in New York was probably busy with his own coal bills?or just nn invention of the little man. People have always Rated to admit that they are absolutely "alone in the world." Any way, Jack Dunn lies along with a go.xl many worthier and unworthicr in our own Quaker cemetery. He did what a great many have not done, returned thanks to the hospital that ti.uk him in. and paid in what coin he possessed for his care. Like the woman who dried Christ's feet with her lovely hair, "He hath done what he couel." He came without a friend, but he left quite a blank place u n i.t .\en: away, and whatever all the rest of his life might have ! been that would have made up for it. j If Jaok Dunn, gentleman at large,; hasn't gone to the place where he is young again, can see again, has money jingling in his good warm pants pockets, and travels the high- I ways in a safe and comfortable manner, surrounded by kin much nearer and dearer than phantom cousins in faraway lands, then we have been putting a'l our money on the wrong h'>r-c?R I >. Capital Observations ('Special Corrwpowkeee) Washington, March 20.-?'The compulaory cotton control bill has panscil the Houao of Representatives by a vote.of 261 to 114, and has gone to tho Senate for consideration there. It is likely to become law, with perhaps amendments, as it is understood to have tho hearty approval of the administration. Enactment was urged upon tho ground that it would be of great benefit to pi\l0cers on account of the reduction in tho crop, the proposal being a'limitation to 10,000,000 bales during tho coming crop year. A tax levy is provided of fifty per cent of the market value on staple produced in excess of quotas allocated to producers. Deemed an emergency measure it would have a life of two years and could 'be extended tv a third year by presidential proclamation. Just how it will got through the Senate remains to be seen. Opponents denounced the measure vigorously, as being "tyranicnal, socialistic, vicious and brutal", and setting a precedent for similar legislation regulating all crops. Chairman Jones of the Agriculture Committee, a Texas Democrat, held that the people-of tho South almost unanimously wanted such a law in Wder to stablize [ values, contending that since we have planned industry we must have planned agriculture, as they go hand in hand. ? The cotton measure is known as the "Bankhead bifl", so designated because of being sponsored by two Bank head brothers, 'William B. in the House and John 11. in the Senate. The situation of two close relatives in Congress, such as this, is unique, made more so in view of the fact that the two are sons of the late Senator from Alabama, John H. Bankhead, Sr. jfc ? As was Expected the St. Lawrence waterway treaty with Canada failed of ratification in the Senate, receiving a majority of votes but not the necessary two-thirds. Senators Smith and Byrnes each supported the measure. Construction of the seaway would involve a 27-foot channel from I>ake Ontario to tidewater at Montreal, with numerous locks. An abundance of cheap power would be provided, which however could have been used to advantage principally in the United States only in the part of New York State adjoining Canada. Tho main benefit would have been cheap transportation of products to the sea from tho upper Mississippi valley and from tho entire upper north-eastern part of the country. * The vote in the Senate just referred to Ls the first departure of that body from the support of the President in a matter particularly urged ! by him. However, it was not a party question, and a majority went along j with the administration, but not the i necessary two-thirds. It is believed that the President will renew his j recommendation of the treaty at a ' later date, but it is probable that . Canada will proceed with the construction of the canal, in which event ! American shippers will not enjoy the benefits of rates which would have been secured if the work had been undertaken as an international project. In a radio address shortly after his inauguration Franklin I). Roosevelt stated that Theodore Roosevelt, his distinguished relative and prel deeessor in the White House, once said to him that he would be satisfied I if he could get the approval of seventy five per cent of his recommen; dations. Franklin I). Roosevelt has thus far been upheld in far more than three-fourths of his proposals ? in fact in nearly all. , , , Or.i* of the greatest mistakes in American history was the taking over |, f the Philippine Islands after the of the Spanish-American War, thu* involving the United States in j ' 'if affair* oh the other side of the v. ..rid. F eedom was promi-ed* durthe ad m i :i: trat ion <-f Woo,! o\v W i-ov. bit '.va* not accorded then : t ' y b?..'u;-o prarti a! arrange < . r.' * : ' "t he made, and the \\ -rid W.r ante on making further delay neoessa-y. During the twehe : years that followed Republican ad1 ministrations were loath to give up i the islands for selfish reasons, as great property holdings might be lessened in value to supporters of the "(Irand Old Party". During tho last Congress an act was passed for the relinquishment of American control, I after ten years, and after compliance i with certain condition?. Approval of the Philippine tagUlfttufb .^Va? required, but ww not given a* the conditions wore not considered acceptable, so the proposition lapsed for the time being. The matter is now before Oongresa again, with more liberal terms proposed, and it appears that favorable action will be accord ?r ? South Carolina has not gotten around to the point of holding biennial sessions of the legislature, and lately there has not seemed to be much disposition in that direction. It is one of only five statya where sessions are held annually, the others Massachusetts, Now Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. In one state, Alabama, the legislature is scheduled to meot only quadronially. Of course in those states where the sessions are not provided for annually the governor may issuo special calls, and that is frequently done, whon occasion requires. * * ; . > Following is a brief extract from 1 a biographical sketch recently pulished in a Washington newspaper regarding Danial Calhoun Roper, a former 'South Carolinian, now Secretary of Commerce in the President's cabinet: "Roper is, by common consent, the slickest politician in the Cabinet and probably in the entire country, Roosevelt alone excepted. He hns spent i his life in the political milieu, held I political office for 80 years, knows | the ins and outs, the old political ; tricks, and has an ingenious mind al- \ Ways ready to meet new difficulties, j He is not a patronage dispenser (although some dozen of his relatives are on the public payroll) but a real political strategist, coming from the! region which gave us Walter Mine Page arwl Josephus Daniels in recent times and which a century ago supplied some of our leading statesmen. As his middle name suggests, he was bdrn in South Carolina ? in Marlboro -County, on April Fool's Day, ISC,7. He went to college at WinstonSalem. N. and later got his LL.B. from National University at Washington, I). ('., in ll?01, while he was working in the Census Bureau. His career symbolizes the .i, old South's recovery from the Civil War and reconstruction to a 'position of assurance and power in National politics". <?> : The streets of Charleston were jammed, the last of the week, at the azalea festival, including parades of floats, and the presence of the South Carolina legislature on vacation. The navy yard won first prize for n float which was the gunboat Charleston made in flowers with a real whistle and cracking radio antenna. The town of Kingstree won second prize with one of its beautiful girls aboard its float. For Re-Election as Auditor To the I>emocratie Voters of Kershaw County: Having served you faithfully several terms as County Auditor, I beg to announce that I will be a candidate in the coming i primary and will appreciate the votes [and support of my friends throughlout the county. Very respectfully, "B: E. SPARROW. Has Race Under Consideration ! Editor Chronicle: My attention has been called to the card in your paper of last week from some of my friends suggesting my name as a candidate for the office of .Judge of Probate. For this suggestion, as well as for the many requests that ! have been made to me personally, to | run for this office I feel deeply grateful, but right now I have no desire to re-enter politics, preferring hy far ;i quiet private life. However, I shall take the matter under consideration and should I decide later on to comply with their requests, duq announcement will be made. . * ? Res-pectfully, W. L. McDOWEDL Raving l?plW> W[ and liquor, tho legislature pf Virginia rvow has before Tt a bilP'to legalise pari-mutuel horae racing1 in the state, . For County Treasure* To the Democratic Voter# of Kershaw County: I hereby urmounce myaelf as a candidate for re-election to the office of County Treasurer, subject to the rules ami regulations of the Democratic primary. You have honored me with, ihie office for two terms. I appreciate your loyalty and support in the past and hope you will continue this support by re-electing me in the coming primary. Very respectfully yours, S. WYDIE HOG UK Announces* For Re-Election I hereby announce myself a? a candidate for re-election to tho office of Judge of Probate for Kershaw^ County in the approaching County Primary election subioct to the rules of the Democratic Party. Will ap8reflate the support of the voters Of [ershaw County and if elected will render unprejudiced advice and services as heretofore. L. REX JONES FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that on the twenty-third day or April, 1034, at eleven o'clock A. M., we will make to the Probate Judge of Kershaw County our final return as Administratrix and Administrator, respectively, of the estafe of James Kirkland Olyburn, deceased, and on the same date will apply to the said court for a final discnarge as said Administratrix and Administrator, respectively. MARY H. OLYBURN, W. R. OLYiBURN, Administratrix ami Administrator, respectively, of the estate of James Kirkland Clyburn, deceased. Camden, S. C., March 22, 1034 NOf^E ctOEDEBTORS AND All parties indebted to the estate of Bur well H. Boykin, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all parties, if any, having chlims against the said estate will present them likewise, duly attested, within the time prescribed by law. MARY DF.AS BOYKIN, Executrix of the Estate of Burwell H. Boykin Boykin, S. C. Camden, S. C\, March 14, 1034. Announces For Re-Election To the Democratic Voters of Kerjshaw county: ! Upon my record as Sheriff of Ker, shaw county for the past two terms, 'and upon my record as Deputy SherifT for seven years prior thereto, I here! by announce myself as a candidate I for re-election to the office of SherifT. I am grateful for the loyal support given me in my previous campaigns, as well as in the administration of i the duties of my office, and I ask a continuation of that loyalty and support. J. H. McLEOD. SPBCIAL TAX NOTICE j An Act was passed at last session of Legislature allowing taxpayers in this county ten (10) years, to pay their 1032 and baek;fcntey inMnstallments of one-tenth .eaShy^ar provided they pay current year s taxes each year before books close March 15 of each year. This applies to real estate and personal property only when | listed with ?Teal estate. -Personal property-taxes are in hands of Sheriff for collection as heretofore. < * Yours respectfully, S. W. HCXjUE, Treasurer Kershaw County. 4<3-50sb | NOTicEcKrAND All parties indebted to the estate I of Mrs. Ann E. McDougald, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment I to the undersigned and all parties,, i if any, having claims against the said estate will present them likewise, duly attested, within the time prescribed by law. LEWIS LEE CLYBURN, Executor of the Estate of M rs. Ann E. McDougald. I Camden, S. C? February 27, 1934. 49-62sb Hal P. CaHow is held by a coroner's jury at Augusta, Ga., on a charge of killing Ralph O. McCall with a billiard cuo. Wants?For Sale WANTED?Two or three room apartment, furnished or unfurnished. Telephone 301-J Camden, S. C. 52pd. 1 LOST?German police dog, male, col| lar ^vith New York license. Reward offered for his return. Telephone 553, Camden, S. C. 52 pd. FOR'SALE?A used baby carriage in good condition. Call at Rowell's Shoe Shop, next door to Chronicle Office, Camden, S. C. 52 pd. FREE SHINE, GIVEN?With every half Rowell's Shoe Shop, Broad Street, Camdern S. C. 52 pd. FINE GLADIOLUS BULBS?$2.00 per 100?4 kinds*?Dahlia Tubers, Spic Prulss, Thrift Blooming? size Pansy, 25c per doz. Two-year old scuppernongs, 2#c each. At Club Market or address Mrs. Robert Rembert, Rembert, S. C. 52pd. ilJY YOUR FERTILIZERS?From The Southern Cotton Oil Company. The best farmers have been using SCOCO brands for many years and will tell you that there are no abetter fertilizers on the market. 51-lsb YOU WILL FIND?All grades of mixed fertilizers, and Kainit, Acid, Manure Salts, Cottonseed Meal and iSoda at The (Southern' Cotton Oil Company. See us before buying, Phone 54. , 51-j?J> NO MATTER?-If you want a sack, ton, truckload or carlot of fertilizer you can pet same from The South-' ern Cotton Oil Qompany. Our warehouses are at the foot of DeKalh Street near the Northwest' > ern and Southern Railway depots. Phone 54. 51-lsb FOR SAFE ? NinetyDay Speckled Velvet1 Beans, also Osceola Velvet Beans, also cotton patch peas, speckled peas. Pigs, all sizes; mixed Hampshire and Poland Chinas. Yellow Dent seed corn. Beans ninety-eight per cent germination. Apply to Joseph, Sheheen, Camden, S. C.- 5d?lsb ANTIQUES FOR SALE Two straight Colonial chairs, mahogany unusual pattern; two settees; six chairs, rosewood, with carved design. Write Box 36, Dalzell, S. C 50-52pd COTTON SEED?Coker Farm Relief Cleveland No. 5; first year from Coker; private gin. 85 cent3 per bushel. D. M. Davis, at Redfeam Motor Company, Camden, S. C. 50-52pd RADIO REPAIRING?Expert nidi* repairing, any make. Other electrical repairing done, all work guaranteed. Creed's Filling Station, telephone 486, Camden, S. C. BOtf "r . . "Mjtty brmg tfytr ck't'yf to church truti'JiJ cf thfrnsdm." MARCH 19?William Jennings Bryan, political leader,born 1860. 20?"Uncle Tom'i Cabin" appears in book form, 1852. !21 ? New Orleans practically destroyed by fiire, 1788. 22?Germans fire on ParU with 75-mile guns, 1918. 23?Philippine Aguinaldo surrenders to Funston, 1901. 24?Indians sell Rhode Island for 80 lbs. of lead, 1638. 25?"Full Dinner Pall" becomes Republican tjntabol. 1900. LOOKING BACKWARD Taken From the Files of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirty Years Ago FIFTEEN YEARS AGO March 21, 1919 Thirtieth Division, composed of companies from Car?\den and other South Carolina towns, expected to arrive at Charleston Sunday from overseas. V D. Kirhy. 75. died at Watoree M il village. He was a native of the Ha do'..To null section of the county. l ieutenant Hazel Plyler arrives at Kt-rshaw home from overseas after a service in aviation in France. He was captured and held prisoner when his plane fell behind German linos. .1. Horace Thomas, colored physician, planning to build residence on we.st DeKalb street, to cosft $3,000. Record books in Clerk Olyburn's office being rebound and re-indexod by bindery experts. Fred Fl. Stone. Sr., Fred Stone, Jr. and Bonnie Smith have rough experience driving Cole car from Charleston to Camden on account of ra:ny weather and bad roads in the low country. C. N. Humphries has Maxwell automobile destroyed by fire at corner of Laurens and Xyttlelon streets. Five room house of Tillman James, colored carpenter, on north Campbell street destroyed by fire. Mrs. II. 1^ Schlosburg leaves for shay at White Springs, F!a., but do THIRTY YEARS AGO March 25, 1904 Electric lights to be installed in Camden Baptist church. Beer dispensary to be located in old post office building on Rutledge street. .Jackson graded school for colored children completed by (). M. Fort. Special Seaboard car leaves Camden three days each week accommodating tourist travel. Spring gowls for P. T. Yillepigue's sto:e known us the Gilt Edge Store arriving daily. Mrs. David R. Williams hostess to Polo Club at Country Club House. John J. Goodale appointed auditor to succeed the late W. R. McCreight. Dr. A. A. Moore and G. H. Lenoir elected delegates to Presbytery in Bishopville. Lugoff honor roll shows Karl Rosborough on honor roll in third grade with average of 95.3. D. G. Fletcher had ad forbidding the harboring or hiring of one Alex Carter, who was under contract for 1904. Salary of rural carriers to be increased from $*>00 to $750 per year after first of July. tained in Jacksonville quite a while on account of heavy rains in that section. J. K. DeKay, former citizen,, on a visit to Cam<k'n from Georgetown. Old "Uncle Billy," familiar character on our streets, extremely ill in lirrtr shack on south Fair street. r THISISmZABETH ARDEN WEEK T| A fresh shipment today I | The Aristocrat of Toilet Preparations | R DePASS' drug store B j I I'll ONE 10 WB DELIVER PROMPTLY ! 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