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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. D. NI LBS r Editor and Publbher Published evftry Friday at , Number 1109 Broad- Mr??t and entered at the CWmdeii, South Carolina poetofttce a* eecotid cIhbh mall matter. 1'rice per annum 00, payable in advance. Friday, October 19, 193-1 SCHOOL DAY AT THIS FA lit Kershaw County's biggeat "crop," marched down Broad Street into the Fair grounds on Wednesday morning, when the school children of the county led by t-hair teachers, massed on upper broad, formed in lines and marched to the lower end of the street and the Fair grounds. Several ladies and gentlemen riding horsehack and a number of beautiful lloats from the different schools, of the county lent color to the parade. The B. & B. Shows, presenting the midway attractions here this week, provided a hand which furnished music for the parade. A number of local organizations took part in the spectacle. The streets and windows along the route were crowded with interest"ed spectators. After the school children were dismissed at the Fair grounds they spent a most enjoyable day there. , The" daytime fireworks, the carnival, the exhibits and other attractions were witnessed by the eager eyes of the hundreds of children, large and small. It was a memorable day for the boys and girls of the county and they all went to their homes, tired but happy, Wednesday night. 8 EL F18HN ESS We went to church last Sunday and listened to an able preacher as he delivered a magnificent discourse on Human Selfishness. Few pulpiticlans that we have been privileged to hear have to our mind treated a subject so capably." The sin of selfishness besets, we believe, more people, rich and poor, high and low, old and young, than any other vice, and it is a wholesome sight when a man of the Cloth is willing to deal with it in the pulpit fearlessly and comprehensively. The trouble, though is (and that is another human failing) that we all think that the preacher is talking to the other fellow and we don't let his sermon come home to us. Practically all of us are supremely selfish, caring nothing, or very little, for the well-being of our fellows. H\ by the same token, we were not so .selfcentered it would be so much easier I'hr Us to apply to ourselves and take profit from the words of wisdom and warning that fall from the lips of our teachers. ^ We believe that this same human selfishness- operates as the chief obstacle in the way of the Recovery Program inaugurated by our President. If we people as a whole could for a moment forget Self and catch the vision that he has caught and realize that he is laboring for the greater good to the most people, we might then l>o better able to lend him and his program our aid and encouragement. WHAT ABOUT THE BANKHEAD LAW? So much feeling has been stirred up over the Bankhead bill that it is a highly ticklish subject to tackle. One thing must be admitted. There are flaws that should be remedied. Another confession is easy. It is impossible, in the present condition of human nature, to dis|>ense equal justice so long as consciences are clastic, and the temptation to get the advantage, so common. With these confessions to start with, lot us rt-minisie a little. The old lien merchants busted, and went out <>f business. Next the banks tried cut'.oil advances, and most of them elosod doors. fhe great majority of farmer-, head over heels in debt.) were thus left high and dry. I*. S. Senator "Cotton Kd" Smith then eame to t he rescue by putting "l.'nclc Sam" into the lion business. That being the case the old "Uncle" soon .-aw his plight with a 10-million bale .-urplus on hand, and cotton selling at o and > cents a pound. That brought about the plowing up crusade. There were elastic consciences then, as there are now, but it raised the price of cotton. To avoid any more destruction of cotton the Bankhead bill naturally followed. J>or.'t forget, ;n the meantime, that this pro. e-s cos* many millions of dollars that must be paid somehow. This ( was done for the farmers. More tr.an 9 out of 10 farmers agreed to tie requirements of the bill and -1 g ' d The price of cotton went from and >. to more than If) cents 1 h your. i. We forget another thing Mi'*: : - weiv ;>a;d in cash for rent-! ed land. We heard a farmer -ay | tha* he had already received SO0 dollars ,n ca-h and expecting SOrt more. That represents 1 five hun- ] dred weight bales at "> cents a pound. Vet he was howling and lambasting he Bankhead bill. We o.-in't have all candy in this world. We must take \ { a little bitter along with the sweet. I If not. then Uncle Sam should pull |( up stakes and get out. bag and hag- . gage. We have grave doubts about theowisdom of his ever getting in. He is no farmer, but he h?s certainly f boosted (Tie price of cotton. Let us ] be fair.?Calhoun Times. v Idle Lands! Idle Hand*! We use a locality to point a moral. Here in Louisiana, nearly one-fifth the total population will be, this winter, dependent upon "government dole" for its bread and meat. Most of it will be eaten in idleness, or by pretense work, which leaves nothing tangible of value behind it. j Here in Louisiana, thirty per cent of the average cotton acreage was | blanked from cotton. Twenty per cent of the rioe acreage wus blanket! from lice. Not over half the potential 'sugar acieage was in cultivation. I Throughout the old "pine belt" are hundreds of thousands of ucrea of fairly good "bottom lands" on which corn, beans, peas, cabbages, potatoes, all of a sort, and in quantity of a sort, might be produced for producers' consumption, hogs and chickens raised, cows pastured. To say that the workers among the ;i?U,0U0 to 400,000 needy and nonself-supporting population of Louisiana could not, under available tutelage be taught in one season to get their bread ivJ.w' "M-'at ant* greens, out of the soil of Louisiana?is to say that whioh past American "and Louisiana history proves to bo stupid and I foolish. A million perfcons more than those who do, could produce their own shelter and sustenance, out of Louisiana's soil without limiting by one ton of sugar, one pocket of i ice or one pound of cotton the greatest yields of those crops the state has ever witnessed! And demonstrably, here in Louisiana there is enough money wasted in the extravagantly organized and op-, orated state, parochial and municipal governments to finance the establishment of a system of self-support of the idle lands upon the idle acres. Multiply the near half million Louisianians by forty?and you have the present total of the nation s needy. Multiply t'he idle lands of Louisiana by forty, and you have about the number of idle acres available across the fertile distances of America. Multiply Louisiana's money waste by fifty, and you have the sum of the needed moneys. There's no sin in sweat. I There's no more humiliation in digging in the soil to get beans, than in standing in a line to draw a meal ticket. And there's a far better chance that the sweat and the digging by the now work less multitude will bring the day when again there will he jobs a-plenty and profit for the farmers whose business it is to farm. ?Francis liickjnan. New Orleans, La. Tree Belt Meets Obstacles After fending off numerous attacks, President Roosevelt's tree belt plan received a telling blow from Comptroller General McCarl who sliced $14,000,000 off the $15,000,000 allotment. But this is really one of the least of the many obstacles confronted by the scheme. A 100-mile-wide belt of trees running from the Canadian border to the interior of Texas, through" the semi-arid regions of the Middle West, is quite an order and will require vast amounts of money. But the difficulty encountered in raising this money will be nothing when compared to the difficulty which is to bo encountered in trying to make trees grow where nature herself failed. Critics of the venture ask how * trees are expected to grow in the region now with the water tables lowered almost to desert level and the soil stripped of its absorbent mat of grass, when they would not grow under much more favorable conditions. In spite of all the criticism and the claims that it is a wild and impossible scheme, however, forestry experts >ay that it i> not impossible. The pic:iin fcthey paint makes it apparent that the planting of the millions of tree. i> onl\ a small part of tho job. The first step in a successful plan would he to conserve moisture by p-eventing the rapid run-off of the scanty rains falling in that region. In order to accomplish this the er.g neers would have to emulate nature to the fullest extent. Natural streams whose crooked and debris-clogged courses retard the flow of the water and cause more of it to find its way into the ground would be imitated in all streams and draws within the holt. All hillsides would have to be terraced. drained sloughs allowed to recert to their natural state, lakes and ponds fringed with trees, and irriga- < lion practiced wherever possible. Such preparations would bring the water tables within the reach of the tree ro<J^ and greatly decrease the mortal itjWamong the young trees, j Taking previous attempts at the formation of the region as examples ] proves that nothing short of an intel- i gently thorough ?*nd complete job i ar. even hope for success. There is almost general admission that once i the trees were planted and growing 1 they would hi- of incalculable value in t preventing drought by controlling and \ distributing the rainfall. No one contends that the Ik* 11 would increase , he annual precipitation, but rather , that it would cause it to he put to setter use.?-Pathfinder. The death toll as the result of a ' ire in a chemical plant near Lyons, 1 France, is reported as totaling 24, vith 10 others missing. General News Notes - T" Nine prisoners sawed their way out of the jail at Knoxville, Tenn., Sunday night. Mrs. Franklin L>. Roosevelt celebrated her 50th birthday anniversary on October 11. A 200-pound baby elephant was last week shipped from New York to a St. louis zoo by airplane. The NRA board in Washington is reported to have sent President Roosevelt its approval of a 10 per cent cut in the work week of the cotton garments industry. All t?*iephone service between England and &pain was cut off Friday. There was no explanation of the why of the sudden shutting off of the service. By a most delicate operation the eyesight of Daphene Muir, English novelist, has been restored by a Welsh surgeon. She had been blind eight yeurs. The ninth biennial convention of the United Lutheran church in America convened in Atlanta, (Ja., Sunday, with moro than 400 delegates and notables in attendance, i Pastor Hans Gollwitzern, 38, a volunteer on the western front during j the World war, has been appointed to the controversy - ridden bishopric of Bavaria, Germany. The annual meeting of the American College of Physicians and Surgeons was convened in Boston Monday with about 3,000 delegates in attendance. . In a run of the Union Pacific's sixcar Diesel powered stream lined train from Los Angeles, Cal., to Omaha, Neb., 1,813 miles, the distance was covered in 1,850 minutes. jv North Carolina tobacco growers are so well pleased with the results of the temporary flue-cured tobacco control, j thut they now want the AAA to ex- ( tend the plan for five years. Plans are being made by the treas- ( ury department~fof the exchange by j April 15 next of $1,870,000,000. of fed- 1 eral bonds drawing interest at 4 1-4 < per cent for bonds at a less interest i rate. , Commander Cuniberti, one of the ] best known naval technicians ol the Italian navy and inventor of a diving \ apparatus, was drowned Saturday while testing a diving helmet in .* ( swimming pool at Turin. A huge tract of land in Palestine, said to be more valuable for Jewish colonization than the fertile Emek, 1 has been acquired by the national ( Jewish fund, it has been announced , in London. More than a million persons jam- j med the confines of Palermo park, | Argentina Sunday, the last day ot the I Eueharistic congress, and listened to a radio address from the Pope at i Rome. The American Federation of Labor convention, in session at San Francisco, has re-elected William Green president of the organization and increased its executive committee 11 to | 18 members. \ The marriage Monday at the Vat- ; ican in Rome of Count Franco Ratti, 1 nephew of the pope, and Signorita < Angela Maria Grespi, was one of the most brilliant affairs of mapy years. A dispatch from Berlin says that ] when a 50-pound gorilla attacked his 1 keeper, Toto, a chimpanzee, seized a 1 whip and beat the gorilla with such ( violence that it was glad to cease its ] attack on the keeper. f Sidney, H. Kemp, 62, of Otisfiesgo, Me., notified his relatives of his in- * tention to commit suicide, then sharp- ^ ened his razor to aid his shuffling \ off. Then he died of a heart attack I due to excitement. Kotic acid, a derivative of sugar, is now considered a A a possible cause {l of convulsions. I Dr. James M. Hutton, of Chicago, 1 believes that high blood pressure can ? be reduced by lessening the activity of the pituitary and the adrenal glands by exposing them to X-rays, c In an effort to find a method for p long range forecasting to aid tke farmer the Weather Bureau is now ( studying the positions of planets to t determine if they have any relation t to weather conditions. 11 The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science is beginning an in- u tensive study of the air and its contents in an effort to learn more about hay fever. Scientists gathered at Venice re- "" rently learned that the common onion radiates ultra-violet rays and cures many human ills. E It has been learned that some of the vitamins are stored in the body against periods of dietary shortage. Sweet corn can be preserved for months by freezing. The change of V the sugar into starch is arrested by the process and the quality preserved. German scientists have perfected a method of extracting the cellulose ibers from wood in such a condition V hat they form a satisfactory substitute for cotton, woo! and silk. President Albert Ix*burn of France will be among those attending the funeral obsequies of the late King Alexander I at Belgrade Thursday. The comptroller of the currency has announced plans for reorganization ind reopening of 16 hanks over the 'ountry and that $9,587,000 will be -eleased to depositors. ... y O j*" Bight-Y**r-0 Ida Get Army Training 11 Uuce, has announced that everyItalian citizen will be given army training?from the agea of 8 to 33! Children of 8 will be enlisted in juvenile battalions, will be subject to the influence of martial spirit. As they grow older, they will be given intensive training in the arts of war. That announcement caused many European headaches?Mussplini, for all his apeeches concerning peace, is dangerous. Italy is now overpopulated, cannot produce enough to adequately support her people. A et Mussolini offers prizes for large families, heavily taxed bachelors, Is a relentless enemy of birth control. . Jle wants more Italians whfcn their country can't take care of them. The answer can only be conquest. Walter L. Lyle, New York city gas station operator, has made formal claim to the $25,000 reward offered by the state of New Jersey- for information leading to the arrest of the Lindbergh kidnaper. The reward is also clt mod by William R. Strong, teller of , Mount Morris branch of the Corn Exchange ibanh, New York, who claims that he was the one who identified the gold certificate that led . to the detection of Hauptmann. FORECLOSURE SALE Notice is hereby given that in accordance with the terms and provisions of the decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Kershaw County, South Carolina, in the case of The] Wateree Building and Loan Association, Plaintiff, vs. N._ C. Arnett, Arthur Smith, H. Savage, Jr., Atlantic Life Insurance Company and R. E. Stovenson, Receiver of The Loan and Savings Rank, Defendants, I will sell to the highest bidder for cash, before the Court House Door inx Camden, South Carolina, during the legal hours of sale on the first Monday in November, 1934, being the 5th day thereof, the following described property: "All that piece, parcel or lot of [and, situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, and in the City of Camden, fronting eighty-five (85) feet-East i>n Fair Street of the said City -and running back Westward therefrom ,vith a uniform width of two hundred (2()o) feet. Bounded on the North t>y property of Reynolds; Easfc> by Fair Street; South and - West by property now or formerly of Bertha R. Wolfe. The lot herein conveyed is the same conveyed to ?K. D. .Sehorn by Lizzie j A. Sal ley by deed of date August 15, 1918, recorded in th.e office of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw County in Book "Av" at page 470." I will also sell at the same time and place to the highest bidder foT cash Nine (9) shares of stock, in the 11th. Series of The Wateree Building and Loan Association, held as collateral to plaintiff's mortgage. All bidders after the*public sale except the plaintiff herein must deposit three (3) per cent of the mortgage indebtedness to bid. W. L. DePass, Jr., Master for Kershaw County. FORECLOSURE SALE Notice is hereby given -that in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Kershaw .County, South Carolina, in the case of The Enterprise Building and Loan Association of Camden, South Carolina, Plaintiff, vs. W. . L. DePass, G. H. Baum, M". H. Heyman," Aline B. Wooten and T. Jefferson Newbold, Defendants, I will sell to the highest bidder for cash, before the Court Mouse door in Camden, South Caroina, during the legal hours of sale >n the first Monday in November, 1934, being the 5th day thereof, the 'ollowing described property: "All that piece or parcel of land in he City of Camden, County of Ker;haw, and State of South Carolina, >eing two adjoining lots, each frontng one hundred (100) feet south on Jnion Street of the said City and exending back north of a uniform width o a depth of two hundred (200) feet ind together hounded on the north j md west by other property of W. L. DePass, of which these lots were | ieretofore a part; east by property if Hughey Tindal; and south by said! Jnion Street." Also Ten (10) shares of the Capital , >tock in Series No. 18 of The Enter rise Building and Loan Association, ,s evidenced by Certificate No. 169, a ted February 25, 1928. Terms of sale: Cash; requiring of he successful bidder a deposit of hree (3) per cent of the mortgage i ndebtedness. Deficiency judgment being waived he purchaser will be allowed immedite possession of the same. W. L. DePASS, JR., Master for Kershaw County. Wants?For Sale EMPLOYMENT WANTED?By respectable colored man, from New York. Have had experience as porter, houseman or clubman. Inquire 1305 Campbell Street, Camden. S. C. 30-33 pd. V'ANTED TO GIN YOUR COTTON SEED?Get in touch with me before you gin yotir cotton seed. R. E. Stevenson at Swift & Company's Gin, West DeKalb Street, Camden. S. C. 30 sb. f ANTED?Representative to look after our magazine subscription in- j terests in Camden and vicinity.; Our plan enables you to secure a good part of the hundreds of dollars spent in this vicinity each fall i and winter for magazines. Oldest: agency in U. S. Guaranteed lowest rates on all periodicals, domes- ] tic an^P^tqjeign. -Instructions and | equipment!???. Start a growing and permanent business in whole or spare time. Address Moore-Cottrell, Inc., Wayland Road, North Cohocton, N. Y. 28-30 pd. x "?JJ .? - i MAN WANTED?'For Rawleigh route of 800 families. Write immediately. Kawleigh, Dept. SCJr7A-SA, Richmond, Va. 28-81pd RADIO TUBES?Have your radio tubes tested free. Call Telephone 486, Creed's Filling .Station, Camden, S. C. 28-80sb FOR SALE?An office desk and chair in good condition, at reasonable price. Address Chronicle Office, Camden, S. C. 28-30 sb. . FOR SALE?.Big King Alfred Narcicci bulbs, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1,000; Dutch Iris, Imperator, 50 cents per dozen; Swiss Giant Pansy, English Daisy, dwarf ForGet-Me-Nots, strong plants, 90 cents per 100; Green Myrtle, Vinca Minor, grpund Cover, strong field- ' grown plants, $5.00 per 100; 'Stocks, Wall Flowers, bulbs. At Club Market or address EVergreen Nursery, Mrs. Robert Rembert, proprietor;, Rembert, iS. C. 30-33 pd. tU FOR RENT?A six-room, stefl heated house with two bath rofl House located on North LyttlA street and can be rented futniA or unfurnished. Address Mrs. Sheheen, 1514 Mill street, CamA S, C. :u>3l'A FOR RENT? F*TWinter season <fl completely furnished home, t^| bed rooms, two baths, electric? frlgerator and range, Areola open living room fireplace, all fl viences. H ALSO winter season only, a A; brick bungalow, furnished, tA bed rpoms, bath Heatrola, open? ing room fireplace. BOTH HOMES are in fine neighA hood, ready for occupancy. Si FOR S A LEI?A number of desirfl Homes and Farms we would I to sdiow you at your conveniens Address Shannon Realty Compfl Crocker Building, Camden, sA Phone 7. ^30 A I ANNOUNCEMENT | i shannon realty company! I I Announce* the opening of a Real Estate office in the Crock I Building, J>e Kalb Street, lat door weat of Broad, where a general I I * Keal Katate buaineaa will be conducted. >, We aim to give prompt and satiafactory' service in the hand. I I ling of Sales, Rentals and Exchange of Homes, inen? and jn" | dun trial Properties. Farms and Subdivisions, also in the Care I H * and Management of Properties. .1 | We solicit your Real Estate business and pledge our M I j efforts to serve you satisfactorily. N . / I SHANNON REALTY COMPANY I j j np vW. M. SHANNON, Manager Crocker Building Camden, S. C. Phone No. 7 I BEST AMERICAN Cheese, lb 16i HEINZ FRESH CUCUMBER . Pickle, large jar 251 I HEINZ TOMATOE j Catsup, large bottle 19? 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