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? -r - Copy of a letter Federal Home Uan Bank of Winston-Salem. Winston-Salem, North Carolina (o First Federal Savings and Loan Asaodation, Cainden, S. C. December 10, 11134. "Gentlemen: We are glad to see from your statement as of November 30, that you are now acquiring mortgage loans and we will be glad to assist you in handling additional calls upon the Secretary of the Treasury just as rapidly as the local investments in your share* will justify." (Signed) Jos. W. Holt, Federal Savings and I/oan Division. This puts it squarely up to you, thrifty citiaens of Camden. If you can do one fourth of your part in saving and helping your community, your Uncle Sam is ready to do the other three fourths. First Federal Savings and Loan Ass'n. NOTICE On and after February !, 1935 Ihe office of the FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION will 1m* located in the office adjoining that of Henry Savage, Jr., on DeKalb Street, in the Crocker building. FARCE OK OTHERWISE? As the morning ^nd evening daily j new .simpers of the country continue , to give endless columns to the great-! est news story since the Lindbergh kidnaping. the Hauj)tmann trial, thinking people are coming to the conclusion that what started as aj dignified prosecution has been per-1 verted by the press and those identi-! fieri' with the trial into one of the j most sickening of farces. Yet neither! tne press nor the acting attorneys: can he altogether'blamed; the insatia-. bl<- appetite of the American public for glamour and-a failing for hero-1 worship of any person in the limelight have helped bring about the present situation. ? There is little doubt that the defense is being financed by a pool of news services and syndicates, bent on keeping the trial alive as long as possible because of the tremendous demand there is for pictorial and news matter; strictly in their own interest, of course with no feelings what-never a.s to the innocence of the Herman carpenter. Will Rogers in his broadcast of Suniday night made much of the fact that whenever any of the attorneys or witnesses struck an impressive attitude, or whenevor a new grouping of Hauptmann with hi-> counsel crJtild be possibly arranged, all proceedings immediately ceased ?mi pictures were taken by tho ever-ready cameramen. Because of tho needless amplification of the trial and the admittedly tine profile studies of the defendant, scores upon scares of overly sensitive people are now flooding the state's attorneys with pleas for 'Hauptmann, because of his wife, baby and numerous other reasons. The judge at Flemington 'has it within his power to clear "the court once and for all of all disinterested spectators, thus ending the commercialized circus which exists. He also has It within his power to prohibit the taking of any pictures of the trial and as well could set a reasonable limit on the number of reporters allowed in the court. In the cause of an honorable bar of justice it would seem that some of these measures could have been instituted, especially in a case of such importance. The invariable readiness of some group of the American public to capitalize on every prominent incident or situation is becoming more and more .appalling.?Leroy (N. Y.) Ne ws-Gazette. ? SSBBBSSSSS* MARK TWAIN CKNTKNARY j This jji Mark Twain year. Because no American writer ia (better known to the average boy and girl, nor hu(j a better ability to tug at their 'heartstrings than the creator and author of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn,, etc., it is only natural that the nation, the state of Missouri and the town , of Hannibal should celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. A weather-beaten two-story bouse accurately described as the home of Tom Sawyer at Hannibal has been converted into a museum. A memorial lighthouse has been erected on Cardiff Hill and a life-size statue of Huck and Tom stands guard at the foot of the bill. | On the occasion of the opening of the centenary Hannibal swarmed with visitors. Gov. Guy B. Parks spoke to a nation-wide radio audience; President Roosevelt, in Washington, pressed the golden telegraph key which illuminated the lighthouse and the centenary was on. ~ November 30th is the actual anniversary of the famous writer's birth but the celebration has already started. Hannibal was not the writer's birthplace. That 'honor goes to Florida, Mo., not far distant. There Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born and was brought to Hannibal at the age | of four. He left home at an early | age to fulfill his dream of becoming a steamboat 'pilot on the Mississippi river which ran by the town. Later he became u tramp printer, an occupation which led him to most of the cities from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It was not until after the Civil war, in which he took part, that he settled down to a writing career (which brought him fame and fortune under the name of Mark Twain, a cry heard often enough about the river wharves). He maintained homes at various places, living mostly in xthe Last, and died in Redding, Conn., in 1910. He has been declared the "most widely known and the best loved writer that America has ever had." An article by United States Senator Wiuiam J. R?ilev, of North Carolina, in last week's Saturday Evening Post ' strikes us as logical and to the point. Mr. Bailey discusses the huge expenditures of the Federal Government to restore prosperity, and refers to tho fact that the point has just about been reached where the public credit will soon be. exhausted, and the Federal treasury no longer be able to produce the funds to continue the outpouring. Mr. Bailey points to im| piovements that have undoubtedly . conic about in business, many hopeful . -1g'ns that he sees along the horizon, but it should be remembered that a large part of the pick-up is ; tfom public money, and with those ; huge sums cut off. as fhey will have j to be in the early future, will business ' be aide to go forward unaided? What I proving such a potent help now I Will, of course, be a millstone around tlie neck then. The best that can be I hoped is that the withdrawal process shall be as gradual as possible, and in the meantime that business shall have caught up, and be hitting on all six or eight cylinders.?Chester I Reporter. Notice To Roller Skaters! M * * j? No Roller Skating will be allowed on the streets I I of Camden, except on Laurens Street, opposite the j Public Library, between the hours of 3 and 6 P. M., j each evening, except Friday. On Friday skating will be allowed until 9 P. M., on this street. Parents | I j are requested to coopel^te with the Authorities in IH this matter, before some serious accident happens to ; i :H children skating on streets, not closed to traffic. i { I W. D. WHITAKER, I I Chief of Police. Ij Nobody's Business Written for The Chronicle by Cee MoGee, Copyright, 1928. THE CLARK FAMILY BOAT HAS COME IN ..it looks like the Clark genneration it* in for better times, the govverninent is going to pass the old age pension law; that will give us 600$ to start on; granpaw Clark is 72, and grammaw Clark is 78, and my wife's grampaw is 77, and we will get 20$ each on their old ages. ..the bonnus will be paid in foil, and that fetches our wealth up to 1400$ onner count of yore corry spoivdent's 2 sons, scudd and dudd Clark, who went acrost and fetched germanny and europe to her senses; they will get 684$ apiece. (the fords they bought with their last bonnus is wore out). ..and grampaw's civvil war pension has benn dubbled by the govvernment, and that gives us 214$ more cash, and grammaw is allso getting a bigger civvil war pension' and that adds 256$ additional to our treasurer; my wife's grampaw's civvil was pension is only 167$, but she was cut onner count of getting 1?5$'on her cotton crop for plowing saifleu up which she rents out. 7* V ..yore corry apondent, mr. mike Clark, rfd. is night watchman for the n. r. a. and is paid 60$ per month, and he has rented 10 akers of his farm to uncle sam for 2 years, and his rent check and his parrity check and his plow-up check comes to 176$, and he allso gets his childrens hailed to the scholl house at the county seat by the govvernment for nothing. ..mr. mike Clark, rfd, will allso borryl25$ from the govvernment seed loan to get guanner and inner tubes and hoss feed and tires and gassoleen and radio tubes and plow gears ijnd winshield wipers to work his 1935 crop with, and he will be supplied with food from the f. e. r. a. till the said crop comes in. ..yore corry spondent's fifth son, mudd Clark, got lame in his back the' week after he took put some group. insurrance and ho sued thom and got | a verdick at the county seut for 5u0$ j for his illness and he was so bad off . j in the coart house enduring, his trial,! j he had to be hell up by the sheriff while ho was cofTing and snoozing' j and givving his testimony to the jury.! j he got well the week after his cheek come in. the Clanks is all set now1 ! and the govverment has done it. all : of the above Clarks now live with! yore corry spondent, and "sallio's gone to georgy." three cheers for the govverment! yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd, financcer. WEATHER REPORT FROM FLAT ROCK ..we have enjoyed some verry bad weather here of late onner count of it turning cold and trying mighty haru to snow. what rain fell enduring the past few days seemed to of wet the ground a right smart and that made the roads muddy where the highway department has not benn spending anny of our bond monney. ..it lpoks like febber-werry will be a worses month than janu-werry, but ma i tch has always turned out to J be the windiest month of all concern| ed. if it stays cold all the way thru : may, we wont have much spring, this took place while hoover was pressijilt-nt, but under the dimmorcrats. we | look for better on the whole. ..the long-distance weather proffit of flat rock, holsum moore by name, says he counts on 2 big drowths eni during 1935 anil it will be caused by no rainfall in the north and south and west, but plenty will fall in new york and canady. he says he notised that all of the droves of wild gooses which have benn ilying south towards floridy have their heads poked under their left wing, and he made his forecasts from that, as he has benn judging on this basis for 26 yr. . .more showers will take place in the middle west this summer than last summer onner count of the 100-mile row of trees the govverment planted thru the r. f. c. which will reach from milwaukee nearly to cuby. this row of trees will stop the clouds from flying over without letting loose anny .moisture and it will drop on both sides of the timber, so look for lower wheat and cranberries. ..holsum moore predicts no snow at all in texass, alabamma. georgy., and floridy in june, july and august of this yr. but he says th<> fcemper-ture will vary up and down all "thru the summer and it mought be hotter some night in luzie-nnna than than it is in the day-time in south carlina. he suggests that this will he the right yr. to plant potatoes and onions on the . light of the moqn and everthing else on the dark of the moon. I ..the weather will control the biting i of fish and the ketching of other game, and none of either one ought to be sought while the wind is com1 . ing from the east; their instincks <. teeches them to lay low. otherwise, I everthing will be ok., so mr. moore says. # yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd, flnanccer. . Williams Awarded Twin City Contract Bidding $86,363.'JO to construct a waterplant for Batesburg on Duncan's creek and lay a pipe line from the plant to the town, Williams Brothers, Inc., of Camden and Tujga, Okla., were awarded the contract. In competition with Williams Brothers were 12 other construction companies, whose bid ranged from a small amount above the low bid up to as high as $115,850.57, some $16,000 higher than the low bid. Labor to be used on the project will be taken from the unemployed of Lexington county, in so far as possible. Of course, certain skilled labor may have to be taken outside the limits of the unemployed and of the county. The rate of pay for all labor is Axed by the government, it ie understood. The letting of the contract begun some two years ago to get a loan from the federal government to construct a water system for Batesburg, the present system being utterly inadequate for the needs of the town, and has been for a number of years. The present water supply of Batesburg, it is understood, is less than a hundred gallons a minute, while the new source will deliver over 200 gallons a minute, it is said, and will afford a large storage area, where water can be impounded during freshets for use during dry periods. While the supply is not what many citizens wanted to secure, it is the best that could be done for the amount that will be invested. It was possible to have gone to Lightwood Knot creek, some seven miles out, where an unlimited supply could have been had, but this project, according to the engineers, would have cost some $240,000, which made it prohibitive.?Twin-City News. ODD ACCIDENTS Maybe it was a result of the drought but Minnesota fish seem to have become ferocious. As Alvin Mickelson (two companions vouch for this) was fishing through a hole in the ice a 5-pound pickerel jumped out and bit Alvin on the nose. He got even later?he bit the fish. Kisses in public are sometimes permissible and sometimes otherwise. Evelyn Wright of Missouri lost control of her car when her pet bulldog decided to thus show his affection. As a result she paid $74?for car repairs and the town asked $150 for a new lamp post. Few people have ever been more surprised than Thomas Campbell when he suddenly became aware of the fact that he was minus an arm. Campbell, in a dazed condition, could give no information other than that he had been strolling along the tracks of a New England railroad when a train passed by. A search revealed the missing member by the track. Mrs. Charles Montgomery believed she had lost a valuable diamond for good but when an Ohio high school girl removed her shoe one evening she found the gem tirmiy imbedded in the rubber heel and uninjured. In Baltimore, Officer Barnes, ace gunner of the starling extermination squad, bagged three city resident^ when his shotgun went off as he reloaded it. The bird-shot struck the sidewalk and ricocheted. But a Texas hunter managed to shoot himself. He was bitten on the foot by an insect and so he began scratching the spot with the barrel of his shotgun. A forgotten shell exploded and shattered his foot. STORY WITH A MORAL A man in a neighboring state, on returning from a hunting trip, the other day. found his neighbor just leaving the house, and being of a jealous nature, d!rew his gun and filled the man's legs with fine shot. A lawsuit followed, and it was learned that the man was there to borrow the local paper. The lawsuit cost $75. and the doctor bill was $25; $1.50, the price of the local paper for a whole year, would have saved the trouble.?Hopkin-s (Mo.) Journal. The Depression Is Over Gentlemen: "I say, old chap what's the idea of begging with two hats?" Beggar: "Well, business picked up and I had to expand." Costly Fire At Greenville Greenville, Feb. 6.?Fire destroyed the Finlay building on North Main street here today, doing damage between $125,000 and $150,000. Colds That Hang On Don't let them get started. Fight them quickly. Creomulsion combines 7 helps in one Powerful but harmless. Pleasant to take No narcotics. Your druggist is author-' irrd to refund your money on the spot if your cough or cold is not relieved by Creomuisiun. (adv.) Two Sentenced To Six' Years Chesterfield, S. C\, Feb. 5.?The second day of criminal court convened here this morning with Judge G. Dewey Oxner of Greenville on the bench. The case that attracted most attention was that of Atuth and Ruben Gainey of near McBee, charged with conspiracy to murder. Testimony showed that they wired up a truck belonging to Gee Gainey, husband of Ruth, with three sticks of dynamite. The truck was so wired that when Lee Gainey switched on the vehicle to crank it the dynamite was supposed to explode. However the conspirators made an error in their wiring and the dynamite failed to explode. Upon investigation, Lee Gainey discovered the dynamite and after further investigation found his wife and Ruben Gainey to 'be involved. They both pleaded guilty to the charge and were sentenced to six years in the penitentiary, The defendants are not related. City Would Regnli3 Advertising SehemS I At the meeting of the City c0tt|1 on Monday night the city attor^l were requested to draw up *n unco that would regulate aoliciUrJ of advertising within the city, fl was the concenaua of the city couad men that if such an ordinance is ifl al to require a permit to he by city authorltiea for ftutaiderj j solicit and work advertising hchej Williams & iStewart are now logj ing into the matter and will dray] an ordinance which will protect J chants against fraudulent adver(jj3 schemes. If the city can jpaag aii J dinancc requiring advertising &ni J tors to secure a permit this wtyl done. It was also suggested that might be possible to require adyl tiding solicitors to post bond fafS undertaking auch work and that bJ be returned to them when completed provided that iSj^l fulfilled their agreement in mly ^1 tail.?'Lancaster News. * A General Motor* Product Fld?? I COME IN AND SEE THE CAR WITH MORE! 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