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SOKTT. -.rS-ZMm* 111L CAPEN CHRONICLE H. 1). nTTeS Editor and PnbllBhfjr Published every Friday # at ^ Nuu.m)\?!" 1109 Broad Street end entered**, the (Vukden, South Carolina poe toff Ice * Jeloiul cleae mall matter. Prloa l>er men Mill 11.00, payable hi advance. Friday, September 14, 1034 " GOVKRNOH JOHNSTON The curtain cornea down on the 1034 South Carolina campaign, with ' the elevation of the 38-year-old Olin D. Johnston to the governorship of th# state. He i? one of the youngest men ever to-be elected governor of South Carolina. Four years ago he made a vigorous campaign and was barely defeated by the (present governor Ibra C. Blackwood, many people believing that he had actually received a majority of the votes cast, serious questions having been rjilaed as to the vote at Charleston. However, the state Democratic Executive Committee gave the nomination to Blackwood and thia tended to populism Johnston in his campaign this year. IBs attacks on the State Highway Apartment and his promise of a thr#5 dollat license plate likewise made him thousands of votes over the stato.We do not know whether those in charge of our iState Highway Department ought to be kicked out or not, but in justice to the members of that board and the others in authority there, as well as in the interest of the taxpayers, a most thorough and searching investigation should bo made, and if it develops that the Department is being operated economically, honestly* and efficiently, the people should know it. If on the other hand there should be anything that smacks of graft, inefficiency and waste, the white light of publicity should be thrown on that. There has been so much talk that the people over the state want to know, and ought to know just what the situation is. The members of the Commission should welcome the investigation. If they have been wrongly maligned they should have vindication. We are very doubtful if Mr. Johnston can give the people three dollar license plates. We don t know enough about the financial condition of the -late and the highway department to say that the state could afford to further reduce the automobile*licence tax. Too. many people believe that the person who owns and operates a large car should bear a larger portion of the burden, than the small man ip and the small car. Whatever relief that may he afforded must be done 1 v the general assembly in cooperation with the governor. We h*>po and believe that wo can look to them confidently for appropriate action. Mr. Johnston has the opportunity to make the state one of its best governors. The State Highway Department is not the only branch of our . state government that has come in for criticism. All of our offices, bureaus and commissions should be housecleaned, and those found to be unnecessary should be abolished. Those, thftt are serving efficiently, economically, honestly and faithfully should be continued. Wherever possible without impairment to the orderly administration of our affairs, expenses should be cut. The tax burden should, if possible, be still further reduced, and certainly not made heavier. The government of a state has grown to be a complex thing. It will challenge the ability, the integrity, the industry and the statesmanship of Mr. Johnston however able he may be. He is the people's choice and the ; people of'South Carolina, those who j voted for him and those who voted j against him, should fall in behind ; him ahd give him their unqualified support in his efforts; and we believe that ho will have < be good wishes and cooperation of the people of* the state i so long as he has an eye single to troir welfare. CRTS BE FRIENDS The primary is over. It resulted i in the defeat of good men and in the '; election of good men. In the heat of the campaign things were said and done by partisans and perhaps by the candidates themselves, that might have been better left unsaid or undone, but one of our saving graces is that while our temperaments are to some extent volatile, they easily rev.ime placidity. Animosities engendered will soon be forgotten (the sooner the better) and as we all go about, our daily*tanks and in our daily intercourse with our neighbors we will find that the -ante strong bonds of friendship still hind us and that petty po i. a 1 rivalries cannot lessen our good) will oi;e for another. The very Rev. N. A. Murphy, pas-j tor of St,. Peters Catholic church in i Columbia, died in Falls River, Mass., from a cerebral hemorrhage. By yesterday morning there were 21 National Guard companies ir. act .ve scr\ ice in this state and 17 of them were in the Greenville .section of the state. Robert Mais, second member of the tri-state gang to stand trial at Richmond, Va., for a holdup murder there, was convicted and has been sentenced to die in the electric "chair November 1. Mais was one of the gang that held up a Reserve bank truck and killed the driver. PROTECTION OF OUR FORESTS NOT ENTIRELY HOMELESS Many members of the Kikuyu Tribe in the Kenyu Colony of the British territory in Fast Africa were once known as ''Forest Destroyers." Due to skillful organising of these savages by an English official, Mi. Bt. Barbe Baker, who appreciates trees and understands these natives, they have become forest builders. Mr. Baker brought them together under an organisation called tho "Watu wa Mlti," or "Men of the Trees." During an initiation ceremony, like the Boy Scoi^ta and the Girl Guides, they make the following promise: "I promise before N'Gui (The High God) to do at least one good deed each day?to plant at least ten trees egch year?and to take care of trees' everywhere." Each member is provided with a beaded badge showing a* green tree on a beaded hackground. When the badge is tied on tho left*'wrist, each is given the secret sign and password. He is then told that, the tre is to r?mind hlm of his aim hnd the white that his "heart must be safl, or clean." Though we are regarded as over[ organized in this coi^try, some may feel that there is some room for one | mor? organization in which ruthless destroyers of our trees, and cigarette smokers who carelessly toss aside their lighted stubs, may learn a lesson in social similar to that taught the savages of British East Africa. The killing of six strikers at Honea Path when the other faction was deputized as officers and given guns with which they shot at unarmed men picketing the Chiquola mill, has become nationally interesting news. Secretary Perkins denounced caustically the action of the sheriff in arming one side against the other as sure to cause rioting and deaths. The, funeral of six of the victims on Saturday was attended by 10,000 people, and .speeches were made lauding the dead as martyrs by really prominent men, including the head of the Fedcrated Churches of Christ in America, Rev. James Myers, of New York, representatives of the national labor organization, state leaders from tlie two Carolina*, six ministers and others. "Here at Honea Path shall al-^ ways be a shrine for the future uplifting of labor," was the keynote of tlie speeches. The crowd was quiet throughout the services. Raymond Stevens of Dillon county frightened when a tire blew out on a truck on which he was riding, jumped from a trailer and the back of his head struck the pavement, causing his death. J. Moore Mars, who has been mayor of Abbeville for 15 years, will resign at the end of the year. Mr. Mars was recently elected state senator from that county and cannot hold both jobs under the law. Betty Joan Phillips, 13-months-old child of Greenville, was drowned in a lily pool at the home of her parents. An enrollment of S50 is expected at the Citadel this session. About 240 freshmen are expected. THE TOWN BULLY Who pays your wages or salary? Business and industry. Who pays the politicians and office holders? Business and industry. Who pays tho doles now handed out by government? Business and industry. Who improves property that pays taxes? Business and industry. Where does permanent employment for the masses come from? Business and industry. Who i ? injured by government going into business? Business and inilustry. Who suffers most from such a program? Millions of wage earners .-?n 11 inve.-tors. What will replace the taxes destroyed by tax-exempt government business competition with private citizens? Higher taxes on remaining private property. What is the difference between the town bully and the politician who uses the force of government to take what he wants from helpless private citizens? None. The people make the government. The people make the politicians. Industry and business create in-(, comes and property which politicians tax. If the politicians destroy private business, where will they get taxes? Where will people get jobs? Can we all get jobs with the government? No. If politicians can't g%t taxes, then what happens? Government is bankrupt . Will business and employment increase under a town bully policy? It i.s our businesses, our jobs and our taxes that are at stake. Private business cannot compete with tax-exempt government business. Try it if'you think it can. What is the answer? Keep government out of business and confine it to the function of governing a free people, for which it was established. What has government in business done for other nations of the world? Bankrupted them In moat cases and made tax slaves out of the people. The meeting of the weU at Columbia to arrange a policy for action in the next legislature was attended by few members elect. It decided to make a study of liquor control in other states and counties and to meet after the second primary, when it hoped to have more solons present, and would know who would be governor and how much he woulij use the veto power. * T r~ NOTICE John S. Myers, carpenter and builder, who has just completed a Ave months' building project in the north, is back to serve his customers and friends as before, in all kinds of carpentry work. Wishing to solicit your patronage. If needed phone 308, 812 Church street, Camden, S. C.?'Adv. NOTICE TO DEBTORS ANl> CREDITORS All parties indebted to the estate of Rosa Lillian Yates, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment to the undersigned, and all parties, if any having claims against the said estate will present them likewise, duly attested, within the time prescribed by law. ^ John M. Villepigue ExecUtor of the Estate of Rosa Lillian Yates. (ft .... Camden, S. C., September 12, 1934. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF ?r? State of South Carolina County of Kershaw In the Court of Common Pleas The First Carolines Joint Stock Land Bank of Columbia, Plaintiff, -vs.A. Dalton Kennedy, S. D. Forbes, Ingleside Plantation, Inc., Henry B. Kennedy, Alfred D. Kennedy, individually and as trustees, Marie K. Shannon, and Sadie K. VonTresckow, Belton O. Kennedy, Robert M. Kennedy, Jr., and H. B. Kennedy, Jr., Defendants. To thq defendants above named, Sadie K. VonTresckow, Henry ' B. Kennedy, Alfred D. Kennedy and S. I). Forbes: You are hereby summoned and- required to answer the complaint in ihis action, of which a copy is herewith .served upon you, and to Serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint, upon the subscribers at their offices No. 305-309 National Loan and Exchange Bank Building. Columbia. S. (*., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aioresaid, tho plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. MELTON & BELSE R, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Columbia, S. C. ? I September 12, 1984. j To the defendants aforesaid: Take notice that the complaint in this action, together with the summons, of which the foregoing L a copy, was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions, for the County X)f' Kershaw, at Camden, S. C., this *3th day of September, 1934. . MELTON & BELSER, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Columbia, S. C. September 12, 1934. | FORECLOSURE SALE j Notice is hereby given that in; arcordance with the terms and provisions of the Decree of the Court of Common Pleas, for Kershaw County, South Carolina, dated the 11th of August, 1934, in the case of The First Carolinas Joint Stock Land Bank of Columbia, plaintiff, vs. L. J. Whitaker, Loan & Savings Bank and R. E. Stevenson, as Receiver of Loan & Savings Bank, Postal Telegraph Cable Company, Carolina Light & Power Company, The Federal Land Bank of Columbia and Laura V. Thurmond, defendants, 1 will sell to the highest bidder for cash, requiring of the successful bidder a deposit of $ 1 50.00 immediately upon the 'conclusion of the bidding, as a guaranty of good faith, and upon such bidder's failure to make said "deposit the Master shall immediately resell said property on the terms above provided. In case of any subsequent raised bid, as provided by law, each such bidder shall make a like deposit. The amount* of such final deposit shall be forfeited and applied to the judgment and costs in the event of non-compliance by such last bidder within forty days from the date of public sale as herein provided, before the Court House door at Camden, South Carolina, during the legal hours of sale on the first Monday in October, 1934, being the 1st day thereof, the following described property: "All of that piece, parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw and in DeKalb Township, about eight (8) miles south of the City of Camden, containing two hundred forty-three (243) acres, more or less, and being bounded on the north by lands formerly of Boykin, later of Sorrel!, now of L. J. Whitaker, east by Camden and Sumter public road known as the Charleston road, separating same from lands of Cantey, south by Pine Grove Plantation of L. W. Boykin. west by right-of-way of Southern Railway Company. The said tract of land has such shapes, metes and distances as will more fully appear by reference to a plat made by S. W. I^aughlin, Surveyor, dated December 24. 1918, and is the same tract of land conveyed to L. J. Whitaker by deed of Camden Realty and Security Company dated the 16th day of April, 1926. Said premises shall be sold subject to the easement granted by L. J. Whitaker to Carolina Power & Light Company by Instrument dated 23 July, 1929, recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County in book of deeds "BX" at page 210, which is hereby confirmed and preserved." W. L. DePass, Jr., Master for Kershaw County. ft RELIEF ENCOURAGING DEPENDENCE . < T " The public has known for some time that the KooBevelt Administration, through section 7A of the National Recovery Act, has encouraged strikes against industry. Only in the past week has the revealing light of publicity been thrown on the fact that the government was also in a measure financing these strikers. Revlation came with the statement of Harry L, Hopkins, Federal Relief Administrator, that his relief agencies would do their best to take care of the striking textile workers. He further stated that the Relief Administration did not inquire in the causes of a person's destitution, but slmplfr made certain that he wks without any means of support. make% no distinction betweeh those voluntarily and those involuntarily out of work. It is about time that the taxpaying portion of the public, who in the end" must pay for all relief, be it municipal, state or federal, understood the full implication of the Administration's attitude towards relief, as expressed in the words of the Relief Ad- | ministrator. According to Mr. Hopkins, those who do not want to work, for one reason or another, are equally sure of being supported by the taxpayers' as those who honestly attempt to get jobs and who are unable due , to the scarcity of them. Through some means or other the upright and honorable citizens of this nation must find the money to support all the lazy and incompetent who are without funds and who will not lift a hand, beyond going to Mr. Hopkins' relief agencies, to get any. The appalling, effect of such an attitude, if continued, on the' morale 6f the nation is obvious. Strikers, making any number of inordinate demands, have no fear, for the Administration will take care of them while they are not working. Those lazy by nature will see no use in attempting , to support"' themselves, when they know that the Administration will support them, those who are wOrking and who are self-respecting and wish to earn their sail will feel the futility, of their efforts when they see their neighbor getting along comfortably on the Administration dole, and the heads of industry, smarting under the injustice of a system that use the money they pay in taxes to finance strikes against them, will give up the ghost in disgust and cease all efforts to create employment and stimulate business. Eventually, the government will be called on to support everybody. As to the problem of where the Administration will get the necessary funds for this gigantic- undertaking, we will not attempt to solv'e it, but will leave it to the wizards in Washington. If this logical development of the present system of doling out relief funds is to be avoided, it becomes apparent that sharp and drastic changes in the policy of handling relief must be made. The answer is not difficult. None who are voluntarily out of work should receive one cent, and strikers should be included in this category. The Administration should do everything in its power to stimulate business and not hamstring it. In so doing it will the sooner endj the necessity for relief. The powers that be in Washington should immediately drop the fanciful idea that half of the people will be willing to support the other half for ever and a day. They i should concentrate on encouraging the fine ideal of INDEPENDENCE, which growth of this nation, and cease to had so much to do. with b|rth and growth of this nation, and cease the miserable folly of trying to make people believe that they will be taken care of indefinitely regardless of what efforts they themselves make in that direction.?LeRoy Gazette News. The fulton Bag and Cotton Mill company, Atlanta, Ga., posted notices Friday afternoon that the mill was closed "owing to forces beyond our control." Wants?For Sale FOR SALE?'Seed rye, Abruzzi; seed wheat at $1.50 per bushel; pears at 55 cents per bushel. Address J. C. Hilton, Westville. S. C. 25-27sb. GIRL'S BICYCLE?For sale. Bicycle in good condition. Apply to Mrs. R. A. Carpenter, West DeKalb Street, Camden, S. C. 23-25sb. FOR SALE?20 pit game hens at three dollars each and 15 pit game cocks at five dollars each. All well bred by me for sixty years. In fine condition. Gameness guaranteed. Am going out of the business. P. B. Hodge, Pinwood, S. C. 24-25pd. NOTICE TO FARMERS?Call at Southern Cotton Oil -office and receive cotton picker's book and pencil, free of charge. Every farmer should have one. 25 sb. FOR SALE?Two lots in residential section of the town of Bethune. Address Mrs. W. P. McGuirt, Camden, S. C. 24-26 pd. 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. 1, Camden, S. C. RADIO WORK?-Take your radio repair work to The Camden Fumi-1 ture Company, Inc. They know how ?every style R. C. A. tubes In stock. 25-27s b. MAN WANTED?for Rawleigh Route of 800 families. Write immediately. Rawleigh Co., Dept. . SCT-76-SA, Richmond, Va. 2-4 pd. FOR RENT?One Remington typewriter, in. good condition. Telephone 248, Camden, S. C. 25 sb. FOR SALE--One cook stove, bujrna either wood or coal. For sale cheap. Telephone 29, Camden, S. C. 25 sb. RADIO TUBES tested free?90 per cent of radio trouble is caused by weak or bad tubes. We will gladly test your radio tubes free. Wd have in stock every style of R. C. A. tubes. The Camden Furniture Co- Inc. 24-27sb LOST?One brown Irish setter bitch. Answers to name of "Meg." Reward if returned, no questions asked. Thomas Ancrum, Camden, S. C. Telephone 813. 25 sb. LOST?A green gold Elgin wrist watch, with leather band. Lost somewhere on the streets of Camden Last Friday. Reward if returned to Mrs. Henry Norris, Norris' Garage, DoKalb street, Camden, S. C. 25pd. ?ti sggagacg WHEN YOt/ HAVE your radio rt paired At The Camden Furoitu Co., Inc., it always works, <n,f knoyr how, and they also carry u ery style of R, C. A. rpdio tube i stock. 34.27. WANTED?'Reliable, reputable bus ness man, with approximately |7| to invest in a,n established and.* ing business. Address "Bu?in? Opportunity," P. 0, Box 267, Can den, IS. C. 24-26 > LISTEN?The Camden Fumitui Company, Inc., has every style i R. C. A. radio tubes in stock?tk . know how. 24-2fy STRAYED?One medium sired bli colored, milk cow. Missing si? Sunday. Please notify Gamd< Chronicle, Camden, S. C. 2t& IF YOUR RADIO woh't work, tj it to The Camden Furnitw Company, Inc., for good 1 repa work. They know how?comply stock R, C. A. tubes. 24-27i n^5afe BaniT "^ I Made Safer! I | j Since January let our deposit* have shown I a big increase. I People are banking their money with a confidence they have not shown in years. ! They know we hare Qualified for memberI | ship in the Federal Deposit Insurance Fund and j ! that deposits oris insured up to $6,000.00 lor | j each depositors account. They know?hi safe I bank has been made eren safer. I THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF CAMDEN I G. Camden, South Carolina B y Canned Meat Uale ARMOUR'S Corned Beef, 2 cans 29c ARDOUR'S Cooked Brains, No. 1 can .... 10c Potted Meat, 3 cans 10c Dried Meat, jar 10c Tripe, No,. 2 can 15c! Chili Con Carna, can : 10c | New Crop Prunes, lb 10c . 1 1 "y. " Palm Olive Soap, 5 cakes 23c PULL PACK Tomatoes, 2 No. 2 cans 15c ARMOUR'S 15c I Lunch Tongue, can > Jello, 3 packages 19c NORTHERN Toilet Tissue, 4 rolls 25c OCTAGON Soap or Powder, 5 pcks 11c. - - 1 I ROSED ALE ! Pineapple, large can .21c TELLAM'S 'J Peanut Butter, lb. jar 1m "SUNISWBET ] Prune Juice, qt. jar 25tj Jewel Salad Oil, qt. can . .t^.. Navy Beans, 4 lbs k .. > ^ Baby Lima Beans, 41bs Sugar, 10 lb. bag , ^ ROGERS'PRODUCE | Grape Fruit, 3 for .... 25c Limes, 2 dozen 25c Lemons, dozen 20c Oranges, dozen 20c Irish Potatoes, 5 lbs... 15? I Itfeburs Lettuce, head.. 10c I Fresh Beets, bunch .... 10? I Green Bean*, lb 10? I ROGERS' MARKET Round Steak* lb 20c I Pot Rout, Id. 15c I Beef Stew, lb 10c I Veal Roast, lb. 15c I Veal Chops, lb. ........ 20c| i inn - O Lamb RoMt? lb. ^ I Forte Chope, lb ^ j Weiner**, lb.^, j* I