The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 20, 1934, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
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' ~ Friday, A^di 20, 1M4
Free Bridges and Smi It-less Statesmen
The state was glad to publish that
group picture composed of Governor
Blackwood and the other distinguished
gentlemen who gathered in his office
on Thursday to give the governor
their moral and pulchritudinous support
when he signed the act which
opens the'^road highway for the immediate
freeing of four toll bridges
in South Carolina.
it was a notable occasion. It was
the culmination of a movement begun
in Columbia away back in the |
last decade when, chafing under the
restriction to free travel imposed by
a toll bridge on Columbia's main
North-South trunk line, Highway No.
1, effort for freeing the bridge over
the Water?? river at Camden was
i n i tiatec^-TAnd
it >Ws,"t'oo, a happy occasion.
That is it should have been happy because
all parties are doubtless quite
satisfied. The builders of the toll
bridges have the satisfaction of knowing
they did their part in time of
neqd and, unlike some others who
hay? done their part in such timtjs,
have lost nothing by so doing. The
traveling, public is pleased. It can
afford to let the original builders
make some profit; the public will now
profit. And the counties and towns
up and down the line which have fretted
at flie idea that harriers had been
raised against their interests are
pleased.
All that being indisputably true,
why were the gentlemen in the governor's
office of .^uch grave and
solemn, demeanor? Did. the photographer
omit the usual injunction.
"Smile, Gentlemen" or "Ix>ok pleasant,
phase"? Only one of the baker's
i . 1 1
dozen met the occasion. We think we
detect the pleeeent light of a amile
on the countenance of "Senator George
K. l?aney of Chesterfield county, and
Oheraw in particular, did so much
toward thia free bridge consummation,
that Chesterfield's senator
should amile, We are glad of it.
The State has never been interested
in splitting hair* over the method
or details of freeing these toll bridges.
Hut we have been firmly of the belief
that a toll bridge on a highway
built at immense expense by the
traveling public ia an anachronism.
It belongs to the time when the tolls
at the turnpike gates paid (at the upkeep
of the road.
Aside from being now wrong in
principle, they tend to impede travel
and to annoy travelers. But? theae
bridges at Camden and Mars Bluff
w'Cre built by counties when there
was Jib other means of building the>n,
&nd\olU had to be imposed to defray
the coats. Conditions havo since
changed and free bridges become imperative.
"
The State has many dear friends
in Camden. Naturally the agitation
for xa "free" bridge when the toll
bridg* was a benefit to their taxpayers,
was unpopular there, but
Camden's citizens have given weight
to arguments supported by reason;.
They have appreciated the position of
"the other side," They have recognized
the justice of reaching a reasonable
solution. And for that attitude
wo take this occasion of expressing
our appreciation, and of hoping
that the freeing of the bridge will
bring Camden and Columbia closer
together, to their mutual spiritual
and material benefit.?Columbia
State.
Kindness Week
Who started Be Kind to Animals
Week and Why? The exact origin
was probably a spontaneous local celebration.
Then Henry T. Lewith, a
resident of Charleston, took up the.;^
idea and it became national. Year in
and year out he promoted the project.
This mhn was a bachelor, owner of
a handsome collie dog and lover of all j
dogs. He believed humans were kind
at heart but needed to be taught to
give expression to their true feelings.
One day in his home town he was
concerned for the safety of a stray
dog wandering aimlessly about the
streets without regard to traffic. An
auto came along and the dog, instead
of keeping to safety, ran in front of
the 'car. The driver put on his
brakes, steered half way on the sidewalk.
The dog ran off and the motorist
resumed his journey.
Next morning an advertisement
appeared in the city paper. The
Kindness Man sought the name and
address of the motorist who had risked
damage to his car to save that
dog. There were eleven replies. Not
one motorist but eleven described the
foolish dog and gave details of what
they had had to do to avoid striking
it! So the Kindness Man wrote letters
of thanks to eleven considerate
motorists.
This true story is evidence of that
better fceiing that' is growing year
bv year under the influence of Kindness
Woek. Motorists everywhere are
being urged To emulate the eleven of
the southern city and to set examples j
of kindly consideration for our dumb
friends.?Contributed.
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Thieves robbed the First Presbyterian
church at Concord, N. C., of ]
window draperies and a rug valued
at $350.
Camden Theatre
Week Beginning April 20th
FRIDAY
j "GEORGE WHITE'S
SCANDALS" |
With Rudy Vallee, Jimmy DuRante,
Alice Fa ye, Adriene Ames
SATURDAY
"THE MAN TRAILER"
With Buck Jonea & Cecelia Parker |
Also Chapter 9, "Gordon of Ghost
City"
Saturday Nite at 10:30
"COMING OUT PARTY"
With Gene Raymond and Frances
Dee
'SIJNDAY NITE" at" 12:01
also
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
"WONDER BAR"
With A1 Jolson. Kay Francis, Dick
Powell and other stars
WEDNESDAY
"THE FRONTIER
MARSHALL"
With George O'Brien und Irene
Bentley j
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
"THE CAT AND THE
FIDDLE" With
Jeanette MacDonald, Ramon
Novarro and Charles Butterworth
Moth Time is Here!
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Capital Observations
(Special Correspondence)
Washing-ton, April 17.?The post
office department has revoked, effective
May Arat, the order curtailing
service at classified poet offices which
had been intended to continue during
the remainder of the current Aacal
year if found necessary. There had
been considerable complaint, but that
was not the instigating motive in rescinding
the order. In the first instant?
it was stated officially that the
action taken became necessary in order
to keep expenditures within budget
allotments, but if there should b?
a marked increase Jn postal business
such action would be taken as found
warranted regarding the restoration
of the limited curtailment of service.
It has been found happily that improved
business conditions throughout
the country now justify the revocation
of the curtailment. The postmaster
general has expressed his appreciation
of sympathetic co-operation
which h^d largely been extended
in efforts to meet a trying and difficult
situation. The enormous (postal
deficit run up under previous administrations.
has been gradually and
steadily decreased.
Agreement was duly reached between
the confereees of the two
houses of congress on the Bankhead
cotton bill. The senate has approved
the report, and it seems to be a certainty
that the further necessary
step** will be taken within a very few
days so that the measure will become
a law. Under the provisions as finally
agreed upon state quotas will
be based upon the average production
for the last five years, and the law j
will apply to the crop of the current I
year with the provision that it may
be extended by president for an-1
other year should he find it imperative
to meet an economic emergency.
A forbidding tiwc is provided, a levy
of half the current market price,
or a minimum of five cents a pound,
ugainst all cotton produced in ex- j
cess of the 10,000,000 bale limit. A
proposal was defeated whereby there
would be an exemption of six bales
on each farm from limitation.
* *
While it is probable after the elections
this year that the Democrats
will retain their present heavy majority
in the senate, and possibly increase
it, in the ^f|tion&l house of
representatives it is not to be expected
that they will next year control
to the extent that they do at
present, there now being a clear (plurality
of 200. Such a huge majority
is unwieldy, and is in fact a handicap,
as members feel at times that
they may stray from the fold on
measures in which they are particularly
interested. When the margin is
close party lines are drawn more
strictly. In 1932 a lUrge number of
representatives came in with the
Roosevelt landslide, independent voters
accepting the entire Democratic
ticket. There was another reason,
however, as illustrated in several
states. Take Kentucky for instance,
where two or three Republicans have
generally been elected. After the
census of 1930 the state lost in representation,
but failed in time to pass
a reapportionment law. All the representatives
had to run at large in a
bunch so to speak, and the Democrat
ic slate was elected. The same
thing occurred elsewhere, Missouri
being another instance. There the
Republicans had previously been carrying
several districts, but lost out
entirely under the procedure indicated.
Matters of the kind have been
atraigthened out, and in general it la
to be expected that there will be a
considerable return to former political
alignments. The most hopeful
Republicans however, do not expect
to carry the house, not even being
hopeful of regaining more than some
fifty of the seats that they lost.
A new book by President R,ose
?|
veK, "On Our Way," U out. ?nd H*JJ
met virHh vwy favorable criUclara in
general. HU main purpose seems to
have been to disprove the application
to his recovery program of swh designations
communism, fascism, socialism
or revolution. He show* that
all powers exercised emanated from
the people voluntarily, through their
chosen representatives in congress.
He says "it it is a revolution, it is a
peaceful one, achieved^ without violence,
wthout the overthrow of the
purposes of established law and
without the denial of just treatment
to any individual or class."
It seems to be merely human nature
to go to extremes. Most people
seem to think that to validate their
argument they must 'bolster it with
assertions that they consider more
than prove their case. That has been
particularly so in discussions regarding
prohibition. After the adpotion
of the eighteenth amendment to the
constitution of the United States its
opponents claimed that $11 kinds of
unfair tactics had been pursued,
"while the soldiers were in Europe,"
and the like, but the amendment
stayed until legally repealed. Now
comes the president of the Women a
National Committee for Law Enforcement
with a book she calls "Kidnaping
the Constitution," holding that
all kinds of illegal practices were followed
in securing the adoption of the
21st amendment, repealing the 18th.
She closes with a reprint of the constitution,
saying that "believing the
21st amendment to be illegal, we do
not give it place here." That reminds
us of the story about the man who was
jailed and remarked to his cell-mate,
'They , can't keep me in here." The
other culprit replied: "They can't
eh? Well, you're here, ain't you?"
The 21st .amendment will remain in
the constitution unless or until repealed.
* *
The Republicans continue to look
around for some live, effective issue
upon which to make the campaign
this year for the election of members
of congress. Thus far the re-'
suit has not been very satisfactory.
The most promising field, and one in
which they secretly rejoice, is the reciprocity
tariff treaty program, advanced
by the administration, which
will give them the opportunity to revive
the issue of protection. A bill
covering the matter has passed the
house and is awaiting action in the
senate, where there will be extensive
discussion and numerous speeches
made for campaign purposes.
Mobley To Graduate
Clemson College, S. C., A,pril 16.?
Garrett Mobley, a graduate of Kershaw
High School in the clas? of 1930
will be graduated from Clemson College
in June. He is now a senior in
Agricultural Education at the ,State
Agricultural and Mechanical College.
CatJet Mobley has participated
quite actively in student affairs. He
holds memberships in the Alpha Tau
Alpha Fraternity, a National honorary
organization among Vocational Agricultural
Education workers. He is
active in the program of the 4*H
Club. In the military organizations
he ranks the gTade of Second Lieutenant,
and is a member of Company
A. He has been faithful in his work
with the Baptist Church and the
Young Mens Christian Association.
Highway Death Toll
Columbia, April 11.?Eighteen
persons were killed and 111 injured
in accidents on the highways of
South Carolina during March, a
statement issued from the highway
department shows. This compares
with seven killed and 91 injured in
March of last year.
In the three months of 1934, the report
shows, G5 persons died in accidents
on the highways and 3335 were
injured. In the same three months
of last year there were 339 accidents,
45 deaths and 276 persons were injured.
"Recklessness due to liquor" resulted
in 17 of last month's accidents,
"careless" driving 23. Three were the
result of speeding. The other wrecks
were attributed to various causes, including
dazzling headlights, driver
asleep, defect in motor vehicle, skidding,
etc.
Fifty-six of the wrecks occurred in
the daw?-time and 01 after dark.
Kight^?ight happened on paved road
and 13 on unpaved road.
Collisions between motor vehicles,
such as one car striking another, resulted
in the largest number of accidents
of any one classification, 52.
There were 36 non-collision accidents.
Dr. Stewart McKee, physician of
Leaven worth, Kan., has announced
that for the balance of his life he will
give his services free of charge to
anyone in Leavenworth in need of
medical attention. Thus he would repay
what he terms his debt to the
city and county of Leavenworth.
The finding of a hoard of pirate
gold, estimated at $45,000,000, is reported
from Papette, Tihiti, on a
South Sea island. Tho French government
is said to .place such credence
in the report as to have placed
guards on the island and wiUclaim
half the find. %v
Only One Bald President
j Washington, April 18.?Any boy
bom in this country may some day
be President, but his chances appear
to be better if he doesn't grow up to
be bald. Of the 31 Presidents officially
limned by the bureau of engraving
and printing to be used for ppsi
tage stamps, only one, John Quincy
Adams, woi^d really get into the
bald-headed row. ?
Wants?For Sale
PLANTS FOR SALE?Don't have a
depression garden this year* plant
my high grade flower and tomato
plants, a broad variety to select
from and at very reasonable prices?
Telephone 325-W," B. H, BauWV,
South Highland Ave., Camden, S C.
3-5 pd.
FOR SALE?Dixie 14 Wilt Resistant
a
Cotton Seed, George T. LitttM
Camden, \S. C. yfl
FOR RENT?Six room house at 18M
Fair street, Camden, S. C. AnSfl
Mrs. J. C. Williams, BoX 2fcfl
Winns/boro, <S. C..
FOR RENT?Five room v-inri J
and out buildings, at 1613
Street, after May first. ApTkl
Jeff W. Boyd, Camden, S. C. iSM
FOR SALE?One tricycle and oSfl
email two wheel scooter biki, |9
reasonable prices. Telephone 5m
Camden,' S. C.
FOR SALE?'Dixie 14 Wilt ResistijS
Cotton Seed. George T. T.itnJ
Camden, S. C. ,.
WANTED?To pasture ten to fiftetifl
cows for the summer at 50 cerifl
each per month. Address F.
Moseley, Camden, S. C. v
Card of Thanks \
We wish to thank our many frieojjfl
fUM|??relativea for their kindness sail
sympathy shown us in our recent b*fl
reavement; also for the beautiftffl
floral offerings.
Mrs. L. B. Gardner and daugbtenfl
JHEMM !
"If you uvuld earn fame, let not the sun
fnd you in bed."
APRIL j
16?Charlie Chaplin. greatest
^ screen comedian, born
1880.
17?Sunbonnets worn with
new style bathing suit*.
1005.
18?Great earthquake and fire
N at San Francisco. 1906.
^ 18?Shower of snails covers
^ town of Tiffin. Ohio, 1889.
20?First Russian troops arrive
on Western Front.
" 1916.
21 ?McGuffey starts his series
of famous "readers." 18,16.
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22?Poison gas is first ui#d in
? .-J" World war. 19IS.
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