Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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rrtHO ruv* HIE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. I). NILRS Editor and PublUbrt Pubit-heU every Friday >*t UN Broad Hlrect and l.? louden. Mouth Carolina poaeofflca aa *c?mu1 claaa mall matter Prtc? par ?uum >2 (K>, "l><9abl* In advanca Frid?y. Aa<??( 3. 1934 yol'thhood and crime At 6.01 o'clock on the morning of Friday, the thirteenth, at Columbia, the law wa* vindicated. A young man, in hia twenties, fine in physique, paid with hia life for the murder of hia wife. The law was vindicated, but was society absolved? Young people are constantly going wrong. News of banditry, robbings, bootlegging, killings are almost daily being recounted. So many of the crimes are being committed by young men and young women?oftentimes by youths in their teens. The public hears?the public reads. A moment's attention is given the sordid head-liners?and the majority goes on aboutdt* business. Such expressions us "How terrible , "How horrible," "How awful," then the officers of the law are left to hold the bag. Young Brown it is .said has lived the wild life and plied his trade of bootlegging for six years. How many high-ups I wonder gave him the wink ?patronized him in his illicit practices. Certainly somebody knew of hs trafficing whiskey? There are thousands upon thousands of the Peyton Brown stamp plying their trades in the United States. There are thousands of young people developing into Dillingers. Is society doing its part? ?day in atul day out to check and suppress the ever growing peril of young people turning from the paths of rectitude. How many are putting themselves out to save the souls of the boys and girls who are sipping? Is not life worth mor than gold and silver that can be amassed? Certainly aj.l who sincerely believe in the teachings of Christ must answer this que.-tion in the affirmative. Net how many are exerting them>cl\es to save from the electric chair and trio gal;'*ws?a Peyton Brown or .John L):!Iif-g.-r ? ' ei tainly wcannot wad un'.i our b'.\> and girl- arc ;n the -hado'.c *;" the < ?:a.i ,?t n?? ><* I**f?\e we Ix'g ii tr\ r.g '.?? r.-f-u in them. ertamly ge.ng to be '."rough Sur.d.iy a-l.iu'at : .precept * and example-, abac, that w;.. get us anyw'.'.'e m *>V?- reform-. 1" is not go.r.g to he by th.e nig.u colaied. >*.itf nn-K a". ;t .i-ie if ' aie '<> '>< w n i .imp.a ei.t, arv':tied look?. ,i?.. i -tai' li-bo-<?rneit .-hurt front.- of -hum and hypocrisy are soon discovered for their true worth by discerning eyes and impulses of youth. They are no fools?they are quick to discern the duplicity in their elders. The hope of America Ls in the boys and girls of today. The quicker we appreciate and realize this the far better for us. Just so long will we see things going the real cause of conditions as relates to our young people, just so long will we see things going from bad to worse. If we preach goodness on Sunday and do nothing to put down hypocrisy, sham and crookedness* the other six days of the week then our Sunday efforts are more than throwp away. ?Thos. H. Coker, Hartsville, S. C. SEASONAL ACCIDENT HAZARDS The National Safety Council observes that the accident rate keeps, wr.h the linoin? 'cr. With the ? n.ir.g of -ummt"'. all '.\pe- of a< :< rr. , tai.g :.g f: m 1. b-'oiy ng a iP-nii-b I- . u - a f -an ". *. i '. - a \ c.m.n w.l. e pr ' lo'ii W !. > ... go ampu.g. ga : a\e?. k'ami .> ' r. : ni,n - w . * the a^po : '.my do* -em < ...r : .ca -< \ a a: ? a* or ai ; a" end :" it at or.ee. Ninny a p, r.-? :.a - i 1 :ieei.e.--iy fr-.m "to. I .,> - :e-ult.r:g fr'-m m .r.; ?r;c- An I remember that -unburn ca*. a -o :?< a kille*. and that over?\or. ;-e a'her a year spent m an offce chair amounts to hoid.ng eu*. an invitation to the doctor -and possib y the morti 'ian. Tr.cre are ob*>. >u.v precautions that mu-t in* 'aken when ome- to .swimming and tier * ]mrr.er l.ver-. r.- ami .-;?>rts The automoh,lo. of our-e. remain4 "he greatest ha/.a-d >f a Ir. summer ro.HiU are dry. the weather i? -ne- and the -peed 1 k- ly take command. Trie p-i'cr. tial a-ger :rvo!visi m thus ar.no' be r emphav.zed- Kxcossive spied ? ' .*. n ear. be ?.mpl\ define i a- g > g faster thar. traffic and highway r iit.on- of the moment justify ? <tx.- more i.ves and does more e. norm damage than, ar.y other driv;rg er-or. Don't forget th.it the ' me-?avirg a few minute- of oxcess e ?pee<j may effect, is not vital ? ami 'hat it may bring summer *o ar. end for you and J^>ur family for all time. There are six candidates for sheriff in Pickens county, to succeed the sheriff who resigned after shooting his ow-n son in a drunken spree. What is considered a real buftineas man, is to ruin the other fellow. Capital Observations (Special Correspondence) | Washington, July 31.-The naval, veaavl bearing I'reaident Koowvelt beck to continental Pnited State# i# scheduled to reach Cortland, Oregon, next Friday, and thence the trip will continue by eaay atages through the upper part of the country back to I Washington within eight or ten day*. | A few addresses wil!%e made on the way, and while the entire journey was intended to be non-political, atill great interest will be evinced in what the chief magistrate has to say just prior to the opening of the Fall campaign. a The national issues to be fought out during the coming campaign must soon be made evident. Dv?" ocrau will stand actively behind the President in his program of recovery and reform, concerning which he has never wavered, and in which he and his counselors have supreme faith. They welcome the issue of the N. R. A. in industrial , centers and farm relief in agricultural sections. T)ie Republicans are apparently afraid to make a bold attack along these lines, and seem to be figuring on stressing the tremendous expenditures in connection with the new deal. It is doubtful whether the electorate will as yet bother much about expenditures so long as satisfactory results are being attained. There may be another phase when a halt must be called and repayment begun on a large scale. The hope of the party in power is that with the return of normal prosperity receipts, especially income tax payments of the wealthy, will be so great that any material incrase in taxes may not be nece.ssary. As a general rule the country has supported an administration so long as times are good, or improving if bad. There is nothing in sight at the present time to indicate that there is in prospect any diminution of the hearty and enthusiastic support accorded the Roosevelt administration. * * * President Roosevelt has not had unanimous support that might ha\e^ been hoped for on the part of leadeis of the party in the past. Months'ago Al Smith, the presidential candidate m P.'2*. denounced many of the expr-inter's of the administration, and iv, er.tlv .lohr. W. D.ivis. candid,ate of! n. party for pi odder. An li'tM. unt'ook to give the new deal a ter- ( <;!i dabbing.''charging in effect that p soiignt to vet up a -o, ,al state con-, tioibd entirely by the government. Trie nio-t otTecti\e observation is that botn Smith and Davis were disastrously defeated, while Roosevelt was overwhelmingly elected and still has the confidence and support of the country at largo. A statement issued by W illiam .Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, is to the effect that conditions of employment are still deplorable, asserting that 10,312,000 workers are still without jobs in industry and agriculture. It Is to be noted that he includes agriculture in his estimates, although that is beyond his province. Neither is it apparent how many are included of those who do not work more than a day or so a week because they, as skilled mechanics, hold out for a dollar to a dollar and a half an hour, | and refuse to do any work at all for le.-s. That the forgotten man of former days ha* been immeasurably benefited by the new deal is so evident 1 .ha*, nothing more is needed than uierr'y to mention the fact. Greens r-tin.a'e of the total number on* of .t,- i : * include nearly two mi!. v ;.;r , h, < n g. \ en w < r K o, -..nit- k.r.'i b\ 'he government nor in the ' ' C. ,atup-. IVop.e urvbr th-'-e r.dition- r.eed not cor.- ' : V. a t tt.eV life ,U t.!'e,\ o'Jt o! I I * * * * Dm ('. Roper, or.ee a South Caro11.ar. ar i now -evretaiy >: cutnme-.e.'ha* just -returned after about - \ w.-ek- in Ala-ka and the Pacific r.orthweit. making inspections of fisheries developments, seal preserves and the lighthouse service, all of which are under the jurisdiction of his department. It is little trips ;ike t nat which somewhat compensate for the arduous life of a man in the public service. especially a man who :* entirely in control of some particular branch of the service. * AP*rt1ugh several Southern states, -u h as Alabama. Arkansas and Teiir.es-ee. helped to repeal the eit?h eer.'h amendment la*t year, there ,r,. few indications that there is any ger.t-'a! trend towards legalizing the - a. e hard liquors in the South. M; - -i -.-ippi. a typically dry state of no "-oh! S"Uth." has decided by a large majority to remain dry. having defeated a proposal to repeal its prohibition law. How South Carolina will vote or. the advisory referendum n August 2xtb. will he a matter of considerable interest. Those opposing prohibition hold that the fact that the StAte refused to endorse the repeal of th A eighteenth amendment was not a fair test, as the voting on the question as handled wa.s not participated in by the rank and file of the electorate. On the other hand, many who voted for repeal of national prohibition may now without inconstancy vote for South Carolina to remain dry within her own -border.. It i* principally a question nether if the state remain, legally dry. the prohibition law can and will be enforced to a reasonable extent. The death of John L- McLaurin at Bennettsville on Sunday removes ! from life a unique and able man who, however, did not succeed in putting his talents to the use that he migat have. While a member of the Houaa of Representatives he was appointed to succeed Joseph 11 Earle in the Senate upon the death of the latter and wm elected to fill the ^remainder of the term. Upon its expiation he declined in 1902 to run again, probably because he had had irreconcilable disagreements with Ben Tillman, then exercising great political oower in the state, although Earle was elected over Tillman'e^pposition. McLaurin was an ardent follower of Tillman in the beginning, and attained prominence as such and with Tillman's help. I After their feud he referred to Tillman as "a destructive genius," and the latter, after the use of expletives of which he was maater, remarked, "Well, I constructed him." McLaurin during his closing days in the Senate frequently voted with the Republicans. and Theodore Roosevelt, then President, offered him a life position on the bench in the District of Columbia,'' Sift the- offer was declined, doubtless with a realization of the implication that would ensue. The Civil Service Commission has not yet completed the rating of the papers of the applicants for postmaster at Camden and at Westville, and it may be some little time yet before the registers are established. PRINTING TRADE CODE South Carolina Region Code Authority Sets Up Organization - .k Columbia, July 28.?Plans for enforcing the graphic arts code in South Carolina were made at a meeting of the South Carolina Regional (ode Authority for sections A-2 and A-5 at the Jefferson hotel yesterday and a fair trades compliance committee named to begin immediate tearing of all complaints. This a tion u as taken under the self-gove ning plan recently approved by the national recovery administration at Nta.-hington fur the graphic arts cone. The fair trades practice comn .t;t*e a> named is composed of: L. B. Blackwell, Laurens; B. I'. Davi- of] Barnwell; F. W. Sossaman, Gaffr.i-y; j (\ (\ Berry. Orangeburg; F.. R. Baxter. Darlington; H. G. Osteon, -urnIter; O. K. Williams, Spartanburg, i The labor compliance committee named yesterday is composed of D. W. I Hiott, Greenville; C. E. Prescott, of Hartsville, and A. M. Grist, of York. To the fair trades practice committee will be referred all complaints of violation of the price determination schedule and of all other features of the code except the labor provisions. Complaints regarding the labor provisions will be referred to the labor committee. j Under the self-governing plah approved by the NRA authorities at Washington these committees will have the authority to sit in judgment on all complaints and pronounce the verdict.- The verdict is subject to review by the regional code authority j and there is a right of appeal from the decision by either the complainant or the resident to the joint national code authority. The code authority announced af1 tor the meeting that the fa r trades practice committee would prc-.i-ed at j once to handle vigorous.v a., com: p!a:nt> regarding violation. f the J e . r. this state. A b u n w i 11 v < -on", all m< rubers of t.'te iustry | immediately informing them :* this fu,t Ar;n--ur..-enient- was a.-1 > made that the price determine -ched] ales aie sti.l m effect. 1 The authority decided to -quest that all complaints alleging v.elation of code sections be made or. . rguiar NRA forms which may bo secured in i each town and city from the post1 master and that they be h.ed with the secretary of the authority ;n Columbia. Five copies of the complaint must be filed. The view that very little trouble will be had with violations in South Carolina was expressed yesterday at the meeting. There has beer some confusion in the state regarding jurisdictional and other matter- and these promise to be cleared up immediately and with the code authority now having definite authority *o act promptly on complaints it is believed that the code will be rigid.y adhered to in this state. The coast of Texas was swept by shrieking gales Wednesday morning that left much property damage in its wake. The gulf storm included territory from Morgan City, I a., to Brownsville, Texas. The death lis* ha? not yet been completed, but will include 15 or more. Unless rain in abundance comes within the next week or ten days, not less than 100.000 head of cattle in western Oklahoma will perish. All pasturage is gone, burned up, and *11 other feed supplies is all but exhausted. The water supply is hardly sufficient for another week. i PAROLED CRIMINALS ARE BACK IN TOILS More Then 7,000 Arretted for New Crimes* More then wv*Q thousaud paroled crimluals were arrested for new offenaea agalnat .society during the first quarter of 103A. the department of Justice revealed recently. In the three-month period alone, according to figures complied by the United States bureau of investigation, T.2T4 persona previously released from prison under preeent liberal parole laws were appTehended by police throughout the country for the commission of new crimes. The figures were Issued without comment by the federal crime detection agency, but they were widely interpreted as a tacit condemnation of the parole system as It operates to free hardened criminals before they hare paid tha full penalty for earlier offenses. Analyse 7,274 Arrests. More startling even than the disclosure that upwards af seven thousand paroied convicts were caught at new crimes in the short space of three months, however, was the bureau of Investigation's breakdown of the 7,274 arrests. In 5.202 casque U ltras revealed, the criminal was arrested either once or twice during the period of his parole, and In 3,306 cases, before the expiration of the sentence given him for his earlier crime. In only 2,072 cases, the bureau stated, the records did not how* an arrest within the parole period. Arrested once for new crimes during the parole period were 873 convicts, according to the rei?ort, while 1,023 criminalsv were found to have been previously arrested while still on parole. In 2,070 cases the new offenses took place even before the prison terms originally Imposed had expired, and In 1,230 cases an earlier crime was committed before expiration of the original prison sentence. I Majority Originally Convicted. "The majority of those who were paroled were originally convicted of serious crimes." said the bureau's report. "and were arrested during the lirst quarter of 1034 on charges of a similarly serious nature. There were 1 ? individuals paroled, subsequent to convictions for criminal homicide." Paroled convicts were by no means the only "repeaters" in the ranks of crime, according to the bureau's figures. Out of ST.017 arrested In the three-month period, 33,Til cases were found In which the arrested person had a previous criminal history." "Thirty-five per cent of the Individuals whose arrest records were exnmined (luring the first three months of 1034 had previous fingerprint records on file In the bureau of investigation." the report declared. "The proportion having such previous fingerprint records varies with the offense from 59.1 per cent for those charged with violation of the narcotic drug laws to 19.2 per cent for those charged with criminal homicide." ^ ' Young Women Are Best Drivers, Say Policemen Philadelphia.?In aplte of "dlaconcerting traits," women are good drivers, in the opinion of Philadelphia traffic policemen. However, they should be taught young. Od? policeman reported that women who learn to drive when they are forty or fifty "are limply awful." They become rattled, he said, and "go haywire, stalling the car, flooding the carburetor, and then bursting Into tears." A policeman In a downtown section said that his troubles would be fewer If drivers were all women. "They try to abide by the law, but [ they sometimes lack confidence," he said. "1 fV ish I could take some of the confidence away from young male drivers ami give It to the women." A handsome six-footer found women "a little difficult to deal with." "Sometimes when I point out a fire plug to a woman who Is parking she , looks as If I had Just put It there, i We have to follow orders, and I try j to be polite but firm. Sometimes the firmer I get ttie less they seem to care. They Just sit and look, and It makes me feel kind of goofy." Ancient Chinese Process of Coloring Discovered Cincinnati, Ohio.?Rediscovery of an ancient Chinese pottery coloring process, lost to ceramists for nearly 250 years, was announced at the thirty- j sixth annual American Ceramic socl- j ety meeting h?ye by Edmund F. Curtis. . Instructor in the school of industrial j art of Pennsylvania museum. J J The process concerned the placing of an oxblood type coloring on pottery i pieces. Only a few pieces of such work, known as I.angao. are at pres- j ent known to connoisseurs in the ' United States. 50-Year-Old Locomotives to End Service as Scrap t Rureka, Calif?Two locomotives which were puffing from Humboldt ; county's redwood forests 50 years ago, | hauling logs from which early Call ; fornlans hewed a great western em- ; pfre, are about to fall before the march of progress. The locomotives, : constructed In 1880 by the Baldwin j Iyocomotive works, will end their periods of service as scrap ateel to be used in reinforcing the mammoth San Francisco bay bridge, wrecking company officials announced. I ODD ACCIDENTS A tiny Georgia tot, <Roland Clarke, aged three, *as fatally injured when he ventured too near the revolving wheel of a jacked-up auto. The little fellyw was whirled around aeveral times before being thrown clear.' Even the proverbial worm occasionally turns on his oppressor. A striking example of this occurred recently when a pet rabbit saw a Missouri copperhead (snake) crawling into his cage. When the reptile was part way through the wire and couldn't defend himself the bunny leaped on bis enemy and kicked him to death. Seven-year-old George Faplomatas is gl*4 he swallowed the glass tube through which he was fed because of paralysed throat and vocal muscled. Some miraculous cure was performed by. the glass and George is now learning to talk. Tonsilitis was the diagnosis of the family physican when Minnie Lois ,West, a tiny Tennessee tot, complained of a very sore throat, imagine his surprise a few days, later when the point of a three-inch duck feather made its appearance outside her throat and had to be extracted. 'Bad %im of a West Virginia paper delivery boy was held responsible for severe .head injuries to Robert A. Miller who was passing by in a car. The paper, tossed toward the house,, missed the porch and shattered the windshield of the car. It got too hot in New York for little Arthur and Catherine van Loon, three and four, so they climbed into the big refrigerator. Tiny sister Viola, one and a half, closed the door and when their mother found them half an hour later she had to call the police emergency squad to revive theni. Reaching for a soap bubb^ had a tragic result for 12-year-old Herman Stockes. The effort resulted in a broken neck. From now on the Rev. Ebenezer Malachi Johnson Will not preach so furiously to his Mississippi congregation. Enthused gestures recently threw a shoulder out of place.?The Pathfinder. ESTATE NOTICE All persons having claims, against the estate of John E. Gaskin, deceased, are hereby notified to file the same, duly verified, with the under-) signed, and those indebted to said ! estate will please make payment likewise .. THOMAS P. GASKIN GROVE R C. GASKIN ^ Executors New Brook land. S. C. August 2, 1934 The citrus Iruit crop, of KiorJ/J this year is estimated at 33q!!9 boxes, an increase over that^S year of 4,000,000 boxes. Orsn^fl estimated at 10,000,000 bow^l grapefruit at 12,000,000. The btkfl includes other citrus fruits. Wants^FoTSaJ LOST?One pair of 'horn-rim^ glasses in black case. j''? near Camden. Reward if >^? M to Chronicle office, Camden, & FOR SALB?Six room residJl^B Laurens street, facing .^!l school. In good condition ;M freshly painted Terms reasosJl See John T. Nettles or W. H z3 Camden. S. C. lftJiiH USED PIANO WANTKI^JJJ*] in good condition and priced J sonably. Apply to "L. M. L.?J of The Camden Chronicle, (vj s. C-. \CSM FOR SALB?-House and fortyTH acres of land in good state sTS tivation. House in good condi3 Also house with three hu*9 front foot located in tewn ofH thune, S. C. Address Mrs > ilough, Camden, S. 0. is. * JUST RECEIVED?A shipment |1.49 electric fans at Mackey J ware Company, Camden, a t| WANTED?To rent a smsinJjB unfurnished, in good sectiosH Camden. Give location, numb?B rooms and price when anssefl ad. Address "House," care of jfl Camden Chronicle. igjS FOR RENT?Store room buiifl now occupied by G1 addon's Cr J on DeKaib street. Possession |B en September 1. Apply to C.H DuBose and Son, Agents, Cairjfl S. C. * 18-204"] RINK ?1 ( I Do yei Sit* Rheum * lie AcIimT j Dackaehee? StlS, painful Jelauf j IndlgMllia? Ex team a Nerreee- II I bmi? Loae Sleep ? lniNli)iu I CraaJ Water Cryetale. Ten Million I I Americana hare u*e<l them. Atk j | ! one of them. Learn the truth, I rNEiK$| STATION WBT, CHARL0TM EVERY AFTERNOON AT 12d(] Except Sundays H DeKalb Pharmacy I ARMOUR'S ? - fl CORNED BEEF, No. 1 Can 15i ARMOUR'S _ SLICED BEEF, 2-oz. Jar M ARMOUR'S _ I BRAINS, No. Vz Can 5t| I ARMOUR'S .A BRAINS, No. 1 Can 10fl ARMOUR'S POTTED MEAT, 3 Cans m ARMOUR'S STAR TRIPE, No. 2 Can 15| ARMOUR'S ' ^-1 LUNCH TONGUE, Can tffl WESSON OIL, Pint Can m SNOWDRIFT, 6-lh. Can 63f OLD DUTCH _A I CLEANSER, 3 Cans 20? Best American Cheese lb. ticl PILLSBURY'S _ <a| FLOUR, 24-lb. Bag $U1 DHL MONTE GOLDEN BANTAM CORN, 2 Cans 25? ARMOUR'S .A| PICKLED PIG FEET, 7-oz. Jar .... N| BLUE RIBBON 4 1 MALT, 3-lb. Can (Tax Paid) j | BRILLO, 2 Packages ARMOUR'S CLOVER BLOOM BUTTER, lb 2Jfl ROGERS' BEST A*fl FLOUR, 24-lb. Bag $1?1 ARMOUR'S DAINTY 4aJ SANDWICH SPREAD, Can l?fl VEGETOLF OR JEWEL SHORTENING, 8-lb. Carton .jj ROGERS' PRODUCE 1 Seed leas Grapes, lb. .. lOc Irish Potatoes, 5 lbs. H Tomatoes, 4 lbs. 25c Iceberg Lettuce, head I Large Lemons, dozen 23c Caxxots, bunch L 1 Georgia Yams, 4 lbs. 2ftc Green Beans, lb I Calif. Oranges, dozen 20c Fresh Okra, 3 lbs.