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Hie CAHOEH CHROKICIE H. D. NILBfl- .Bditor wu? PubUafcw utrTrS^ .VrSK SflSm |?f07 p?y*bb> >o ftdv?nc?. Friday, September 7. 1?34 TIIB 8TKIKK We are happy to number many of the workers in the two mills here, among our 'best friend* and we sympathize with them all greatly at this time. We cannot help but feel that thev are being made tools of for the benefit of others. This is the first time that general strike has oocurred in the textile industry in South Carolina. .looking over the figures we hote that in .Massachusetts, where there are hundred* of cotton mills, operations continue at practically .full t4*st, very few of the operatives having struck. We are sure that conditions among mill workers in SoUth Carolina are just as good, if not better than they aro iri Massachusetts. That state used to be fertile ground for the agitators. Our guess la that it is not fertile ground any longer, and that the workers in Massachusetts have had a stomach full of striking; and we predict that when the operatives in South Carolina have finished with this experience Mr. Gorman and his cohorts will not ,W welcome down this way. We know that the men and women who are striking here are doing so honestly, but we are just as sure that the strike will result in no good to them; on the other hand, that it is going to do them untold harm and that they and their neighbors will 8^orWe are told that there is only enough money in the Union treasury to feod the striking members two or three days. If the strike continued our friends at the mills will have to spend any money they have saved ngainst a rainy day and will then be compolled to join the relief rolls. Conditions may <vjt have been altogether ideal, but everyone has Wen up against it for tt>e past several years and the average mill worker has gotten along just as well, if not bettei than his fellows in other" walks of v life. The strike coming jus', at (Vis time i'? hound to seriously injure the farmer. who v ill n"t he able to sell his ret ton if i' cannot be manufactured, and if it continues for any appreciable length of time it will paralyze bu.-ine.? throughout the South, and, r - before stated, we do not believe that the operatives are going to get any' where bv striking. We haven't anything to say against Labor Oig.ini/.ing, hut we do not think that the workers of South Carolina should be called upon to jeopardize themselves nnd their families and to injure their friends and neighbors at the whim of the big dogs in the organization who, to tell the truth, know nothing about them and care less. Mr. Gorman gets his pay?big pay. The others under him, who have fomented this strike, get theirs and will continue to get it, while the good pedple, whom they are making cats' paws out of, will suffer. We want to say to our friends at the Wateree and Hermitage Mills that we hope they will give this matter further and more serious consideration, and question among themselves if they are helping themselves, if they are helping our President in trying to brit>g prosperity back, if they are fair to their families, their employers and their neighbors. And when the matter has had their sober, -. nous thought, we hope and belies e that the slr'tke will collapse. We don't own a dollar'- *{<-? k in any cotton null. Me are wnt;ng this O.au-t v.i believe that there are } [ (!:< >!.- of operatives here, who are acting against their better judgment, ami with the earnest hope that they Urolled, and that upon reflection we may again hear the whistles blow and in parsing through the villages see happy and contented faces instead ..f despair. NOT IN TUB GOVERNOR'S PROVINCE The voters may well remember that the governor cannot reduce the cost of license plates. This must be done, f done at all, by legislative enactment. The last general assembly rut the cost of plates in half. We do ah* very seriously if another legislature will further reduce the cost, o matter who is governor. There a-e certain obligations of fho State of South Carolina in connection with >,, hu.lding and maintenance of its - .a.'.- that must be met." no matter who is in authority and whether they k. k Hen Sawyer out or not. A SUGGESTION Wo want to suggest to the Kershaw County Democratic Executive Committee and to the officers and members of the Camden Club that this precinct be divided. There is no reason why there should not be two polling precincts in (amden, and the congestion at the boxes and the^iaftg delay necessary in counting theNfctfcs make the need for the change obvious. "Page Roy Stone" "Page E. Roy Stone, political propnostigator," ww the cry on the streets of Greenville Wednesday morning,' the cry coming from hundreds of Democratic voters who had read the prediction o^ the results, in detail, of the primary held the day before, Mr. Stone, endowed with a master mind (?) made his prediction niter having toured the state, county by county, the week before the election, "meeting and mingling with the leading men in all the counties." Mr. StOne, posing as the original political prognostigator of South Carolina, went into all the courttfes of the state advising with leading men in each county, being able, through his convincing story, to get several newspaper men ijn different sections of the state to carry articles with prominent headlines, boosting him (Stone) as *% political-sure-shotprognostigator." After having completed his campaign, gathering information relative to his scheme, Mr. Stone rides back to Greenville in his high powered auto, procures a printer and gets "sureshot-dope" out and distributes his valuable literature on Saturday before the election on Tuesday. The joke is not only on Mr. Stone, but all who had anything to do with his scheme, feel that part of the joke falls upon their shoulderB. This gentleman, E. Roy Stone, is the same man who bolted the Democratic party several years ago and announced for office in the general election against a man who had been nominated in the summer primary. But he did not stay in the race for many days. At first he went to those who he thought were his best friends and asked for their support. All of 'Ihem saw the ridiculous sido of the joke and laughed him out of the running and Prognostigator Stone has hud a rough road to travel in politics from tha^day until now.' Mr. Stone had not been "paged" Wednesday afternoon. He will come nut of his hull as soon as he has had time to rest and dream another story, hut he will not make any more count y-to-county prognostigating campaigns fur many years to come. If he does venture out on another wild-cat trip he will avoid those | gentlemen who were "suckers" on his i:i|? a few days ago. For weeks to come voters here will try to "page K. Roy Stone, the official prognostigator."?Greenville j (>hscrver. j Power Plants Near Camden | The Catawba is a stream of power from its source away up in the Blue Ridge until it becomes the Wateree down near the fall line in South Carolina. As you travel U. S. 1 between Camden and Columbia you will cross the Wateree just south of Camden. If you are interested in seeing hydroelectric plants, drive up Route 07 as far as Nitrolee Dam. Above Wateree Dam for twentyfive miles are six plants with a potential horse-power of 373,000. On the way to Nitrolee you'll pass roads leading to Cedar Creek and Rocky Creek stations. At Nitrolee you may cross the river just below the dam on the new bridge?interesting in itself. Originally the power company, built it for a railroad bridge while constructing the dam, and the South Carolina Highway Department converted it into a highway bridge by decking it with concrete. I * Park your car in the space pro' v:de?l and walk out to the end of the j .lam. Then ask one of the operators i to >how you the great turbo-generaI tors -.pinning with a deep resonant hum like giant tops. Ask to go heiow the water line to feel the quiver of the turbines as thousands of liquid horse-power surge through them. As you come out again, look up at the high tension lines strung on steel towers as far as the eye can reach. Power and light is carried by them over a gigantic hook-up to all of Piedmont Carolina.?Esso Tours. As the result of a fierce running fight between Japanese and Manchuko blue jackets and a force of 150 bandits Sunday in Manchuko, resulted in the release of an American, a Dane and 73 other victims of the bandits. A trainload of the nations most de.-perate criminals, including George (Machine Gun) Kelly, Harvey Bailey i and Albert Bates, reached the new Alcatraz prison in San Francisco bay or. Sunday from Ix?avenworth, Kansas. J. A. Worthen. flyer of Patterson, Fa., on Sunday nt Cleveland, Ohio, flew over a measured course at a speed of 325. Uk miles an hour, but failed to brea world sj^ajd record for land planes. A much guarded train from San Francisco carried $70,000,000 in gold from the San Francisco'mint to the mint in Denver. All of the 750 employes of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber company's fabric mill nt Gadsden, Ala., voted against the proposed strike. Young Lady Dies j In Bethune Tuesday; 1 Bethune, Sept. 4.?The entire community was shocked and ^^dened by the dJath of Miss Rosa Lee Fi#M* daughter of Mr. and Mr*. E. L. Held? which occurred about 1 oilock l uc day, August 28th after a very illness. ? Miss Fields was a lovely Christian girl. She was an untiring worker in the Baptist church, of which she was a member, being active in B. Y. P. U., Sunday school, missions, and other phases of church work, J?vln* time and talents to herMwter. Not only in her own church, but in others. She was greatly interested in young people's work. She lived a beautiful, consecrated life and her nha? cast a pall of gloom over the town. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church Wednesday ^oxning at 11 o'clock, conducted by her pastor, the Rev. J. E. WilHams, assisted 'by the Rev. M. B. Gunter, oT m monsville, a former pastor, and he Rev. W. V. Jerman, pastor of the Bethune Methodist church. Interment followed in tin? Barnes ceme tery. k, ' . , The floral offering was beautiiui. Pall bearers were: Vance Morgan, Milton Elmore, Forbis Morgan, Lester King, John Edwin Williams and Dal ton McLeod. She is survived by her parents,^Mr. and Mrs. K. U Fields. one sisler Miss Margaret Fields, two brothers, Homer and Lewis Fields, all of Bethune and other relatives and* many friends. News of Interest In and Near Bethune Bethune, Sept. 4.?goring Davis and W. E.' Davis have gone to Chicago to visit the Century of Progress exposition. Mrs. J. M. Clyburn and son. Alym Clyburn, went to Myrtle Beach during the weekend. Mrs. Clyburn also visited Mrs. Derrick at Conway while away. Friends of Mrs. D. L. McLeod will be glad to know that she has returned home after being a patient in the [Camden hospital for some time. Mrs L 1>. Robertson spent last week ip Winnsboro the guest of her son and daughter-in-law, Mi. ma Mrs. Norwood Thomas. Mr and Mrs. J. C. Foster and family were called to Pauline last week on account of the death of Mrs. hosMr Emery Parker and his bride, who was Miss Ruth Jones before her recent marriage, have returned from a trip to Florida and will be at hone with the former's mother, Mrs. L:/?.ie Parker. . .. i \t; ? The Truesdell family and M ^ Stella Bethune visited the beach ui>t Misses Lorena McDonald and 1 helium Davis left Monday for Appalachian State college. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lec Hu.on Friday, August the 31st n daughter John Edwin Williams has been \isiting friends in McBee. Mr. Cy Mitchell of Greenville was the weekend guest of Miss Mary Louise MoLaurin. Mr G.' E. Brant who has been spending part of the summer in Bethune left Sunday for Holly Hill where he will be superintendent of the schools. Mrs. Brtfnt and infant son will remain for a longer stay at her former home here. E. L. Copeland and family had as their guests last Sunday, at their home near Bethune, the following. Mr. and Mrs. Brewer Copeland and daughter Miss Mary Copeland; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Moody and children; Mrs. Annie Haygood, of Florence; Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Copeland, and children, of Batesburg. To The People Of South Carolina Under the modernization credit plan of the Federal Housing Administration of South Carolina has a wonderful opportunity to put a large amount of private capital into circulation. The result of which will be: Create employment for thousands of our people who are now on relief rolls. Create a market for all kind of materials and supplies that enter into the repair, improvement or remodeling of real estate. Aid every line of business, through the money put into circulation, which increases purchasing power. J Convert unsightly city and farm buildings into attractive modern | properties. I Loans can be obtained from $100.00 to $2,000.00, from 12 months to GO months. I Loans are repaid in equal monthly installments except that farmers can pay in installments depending on income from seasonal crops. The maximum cost of the borrower cannot exceed a discount of $5.00 per $100.00 -of loan per annum. j Even if your property is mortgaged you can borrow to repair or improve it. . ... i I Banks and financial institutions in the state are ready to make these loans on unsecured note of property owner. This is a wonderful opportunity for jail property owners to repair, im-j prove or remodel their buildings. The time to act is now while the money is available to you on easy terms. See any Bank, Building and Loan ^ Association or other financial instiI tution in the State, or write to IawI rence M. Pinckney, State Director, 1712 Peoples Building, Charleston, S. C., who will give you full information. Farm Product Prices Trend Toward Parity Better than parity price* were received by cooperating ^producer* on their domestic allotment br other designated portion of the production of two major adjusted farm product* on July i, 1934, and distinct gains toward parity had been made in the case of three other major products i siftce the Agricultural Adjustment Act went into effect. The exchange value of farm price* plus benefit payment* on cotton and corn on that date were well above t|?e exchange value of these product* during the parity years 1910-14. The farm price plus benefit payments on wheat and cotton were about two and one-third times the price farmers were receiving for these products just before the Act went into effect, while the farm price plus benefit payment* on corn was nearly four and one-half the farm price on March 15, 19:$, ^ Benefit payments added to the farm price for hogs nearly doubled the farm price of hogs on March 15, 1933. On July 1 of this year farmers were receiving approximately Z0 per cent of parity on their allotted hog production. . Benefit payments constituted about one-third of the price farmers were receiving on their allotted production of wheat, cotton, corn, and ho^s. While the increase for the pibducts on which adjustment programs are in effect varied from 100 to about 450 per cent during the period covered in the chart, the prices farmers paid for the products they buy for use in production and living increased an average of only 22 per cent. Farmers' Calendar For September Jobs Clemson College, Sept. 3.?'Busy farmers are reminded that they cannot afford to neglect the many important jobs needing attention this month, say extension specialists, making these suggestions: Use vetch and Austrian peas to grow your next year's^ fertilizer. Quality in ginned cotton will pay; pick clean, store dry, gin carefully, and top your market. There is phosphorus and potash left over in your cotton fields; plant oats and majve use of it. Keep strawberry beds free of weeds and grass. Set some selected new plants. Plant spinach seed in late September for winter and spring use. Sow turnips up to September 20, Japanese foilage and Seventop for greens, and White Egg for roots. Keep full garden crops well cultivated and fertilized. Study varities and arrange for trees for the home orchard for late fall setting. Sow seed late in iSeptember for "frost-proof" cabbage plants. JU is not too late to Duild a trench silo. Clean, oil, and store cultivating machinery. Get hay mower and rake in good condition. Special mower attachments will help 'handle heavy growth. Plan to build ratproof grain storage buildings, tight enough to fumigate for weevils. Clean out grain bins before harvest and be prepared to fumigate to kill grain insects. - Plow under tobacco stalks and other crop refuse to destroy food and immature stages of insects. Remove dead and dying orchard trees and limbs and burn them to control insects. Knock off all diseased fruits after harvest to aid in disease control. Prepare to treat small grains for smut control. Requeen bees. End Of Ferguson Regime In Texas The Fergusons have had a remarkable run in Texas. Their control of state politics for a score of years is now brought to a close by the election of James V. Allred, the 35-yearold attorney general, who made Fergusonism his issue. But that the Fergusons have not suffered an entire collapse in popular favor is shown by the very substantial vote given their candidate. When Jim Ferguson was governor of Texas scandals developed. Despite his strength in the state the legislature could not ignore the evidence when he was impeached. He made a desperate filght, however. When he was forced from office, and debarred by impeachment from again becoming a candidate, it was assumed that Jim had gone into the political discards. Such assumption proved to be quite erroneous, for .Tim's wife, "Ma" Ferguson, became Jim's candidate for governor in "a vindication" campaign, and was elected. It was a curious situation. Mrs. Ferguson made her husband her spokesman in most instances, and he, the impeached governor, spent much of his time in the executive offices, dealing the political cards. Again Texas seethed, but "M^" was elected for a second term. Therefore "Jim" Ferguson has "twice been "vindicated" at the polls. Yet the record on which the legislature acted when he was tried has not been expunged. We wonder what the majority of Texan* really think of the record.?The State. Want#?Ftr Sale | GIRL'S BICYCLR?For sale. Bicycle ' in good condition. Apply to M)*i 1 R. A. Carpenter, West DeKalb Street, Camaen, S. C. 23-25sb. KKNIVES?of good steel, made by me. Give me a trial; Meat knife, , fruit knife or a pocket knife, satisfaction guaranteed. Address C. W. Shiver, Rt. I, Camden, S. C. MAN WANTED?for Raw lei gh Route of 800 families. Write immediately. Rawleigh Co., -Dept. SCI-70-SA, Richmond* Va, 24 pd. FOR SALE?20 pit game hens at three dollars each and 15 pit game cocks at Ave dollars each. All well bred by me for sixty years. In tine condition. Gameness guaranteed. Am going out of the business. P. IB. Hodge, Pinwood, ?, C,, 24-2bpd. WANTED?Reliable, reputable business man, with approximately '$750 to invest in an established and going business. Address "Business Opportunity," O. Box 267, Camden, IS. C. 24-20 pd. STRAYED?One medium sized blue colored, milk cow. Missing since Sunday. Please notify Camden Chronicle, Camden, S. C. 2tpd. FOR SALE?Two lots in residential section of the town of Bethune. Address Mrs. W. P. McGuirt, Camden, S. C. 24-20 pd. Norman Thomas, Socialist candi- j date for president in 1932, predicts' failure for Upton Sinclair's "epic"i program for abolishing poverty in I California, in the event he is elected governor of that state. X, Mrs. Mary Mooney, 85, widely known because of her constant efforts to have her son, Thos. J. Moon* ey, serving a lify term in prison for the San Francisco preparedness day 'bombing, pardoned, died Sunday at her horiie in California. The United (States is preparing J negotiate a reciprocal trade trttl with Brazil and Haiti to the end t9 this country may grain secure J3 lions of dollars in trade from thol republics built on the coffee trada| Camden Theatre Week Beginning Sept 7th, FRIDAY "HANDY ANDY",, With Will Rogers and Peen Wood Also Comedy and News SATURDAY "FRONTIER MARSHALL" With George O'Brien and Irene Bentley. Also Chapter 5 "The Lost Jungle" and Comedy. Saturday Night at 10:30 "HOLLYWOOD v PARTY" With Jimmie DuRante, Oliver Hardy and Stanley Laurel MONDAY and TUESDAY "GRAND canary" With Warner Baxter and Madge ! Evans. r? ^lso Comedy and News. " WEDNESDAY ~ "TWENTIETH CENTURY" With John Barry more, Carok Lombard and Roscoe Karns. i th ursdaSTan d'friday "i give my love" With Wynne Gibson and Paul Lucas. Also Comedy and News. drink: *i Crazy Crystal Mineral Water I For Your Health's Sake I 4 FOB 8AI.K BY DbKALB pharmacy i Telephone 95 J. D. Zf&MP, Ph. O. yy? Dttjjv I % | I i I ) j r i ] j FULL PACK * 1 11 ^Tomatoes, No. 2 can 2 for .. 15c STANDARD Green Beans, 3 No. 2 cans 25c STANDARD , Sweet Corn, 3 No. 2 cans 25c CLOVER BLOOM OR BROOKFIELD Butter, lb. 31c American Sardines, 4 cans 15c New Pack Prunes, 2 lbs .. 15c SEMINOLE Toilet Tissue, 4 rolls 25c Lux Toilet Soap, 3 cakes 19c Maxwell House Coffee, lb 29c STOKELY'S FINEST Tomatoe Juice, can 5c Doggie Dinner, 3 cans 15c Ovaltine, medium can 35c Jersey Corn Flakes, 2 packages 13c Sugar, 10 lb. bag 55c VAN CAMPS LARGE CAN Pork & Beans, 3 for. 25c ROGERS Best Flour, 24 lb- bag $1.05^ TinN SHELL Butter Cookies, lb. box 15c EARLY JUNE Peas, No. 2 can, 2 for 25c X. Y. Z. Salad Dressing, qt. jar 25c_ DEL MONTR Fresh Prunes, No. 2V2 ' cans 17c ROGERS-' PRODUCE Fancy Lemons, doz. .. 20c Iceberg Lettuce, head 10c Grapefruit, 3 for 25c Sweet Potatoes, 5 lbs. 15c Irish Potatoes, 5 lbs. .. 15c Cabbage, lb Jj fl Rutabagas, lb 1 Oranges, dozen ? JJ ] Fancy Carrots, banco JJJ I Spinach^b^^^^^^JB