Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE g. P. NILBH BdJtoci^ PublUfaar HublUked ovbry Friday at Nuinbar HOVBrvad and antarad at tlia OanWIaii. South Carol I aa poatofflca aa oacond claaa mail matter. Price par annum $160. payable la advance. Friday, October 18, 1938 MR. TIM MERMAN'S ADDREM It ta a pity that the people all over the elate could not hear the maeterly speech or George Hell Tiniiiieruiau, nietnber of the State Highway Department, delivered at the Kxchange Club at Camden thin week. Mr. Timmermau, in a highly digulfled manner; and without stooping to personalities, reviewed the accomplishments of the State Highway department and completely diaaipated in the mlnda of hia hearera any question aa to the Juatice of the cauae of the State Highway Cuuiiuiaaioji. The State Highway Commission, rom posed aa it ia of fourteen of South Carolina'a moat capable and honorable business men, who are patriotically nerving the atate for the meaaly stipend of $100 u year each, hua done u noteworthy job in building and maintaining the atute'a road ayatetn. The Htutiatica at. Waahington, not made up by the State Highway Department, abow that South Carolina'a roada have been built better and . cheaper ami have been maintained better and cheaper than thoae of any Other atate in the United Statea. The work i? not yet nearly fluiahed. Under the preaeut ayatem every aectlon of the atate haa representation. If the Comniiaaion should, be reduced to six there would be vast areas of South Carolina not represented on the Commission, and when wo ure getting the aervlcea of fourtuen of South Carolina's finest business men at $100 a year, and when they have boeif doing the job aa well as they have, we fail to see the wisdom of kicking these nn?ri out of office und replacing them with six new men appointed by the governor. We do not accuse the governor of attempting to build up a political machine In thiH munnor, but we cannot hoc what other reason he might have. The present fllghwuy Commission and its actings und doings have been very thoroughly gone into and examined a number of times, and no one has yet found anything crooked in their deullngs, and we are satisfied that the people of the state generally who understand the situation would not be willing to htive these servants of the people, who are unselfishly and ably serving them, relired from office to satisfy the whim of any politician. The Department should not be made a political football, and so long as it functions in the highly efficient manner as ii is now functioning and has been functioning for the past several years, the personnel should not he changed, and it should be kept out of politics. WHICH WAY DO WE GO? Willi the State Highway Department spending money in every weekly paper In tlio state advising cur owners to buy their licenses before the end of this month and Coventor .Johnston In a newspaper statement advising car owner,, to wait for license tags the average car owner hanll) knows what to do. We would suggest that you take the advice of (lit; State Highway Depart moilt. HELP YOUR FAVORITE '1 lie Chronicle has employed Mr. C, 11. Kerns to put on a circulation drive m order to increase its subscription list and collect subs* riptious now in arrears. There are a number of men and ladies who have joined in this contest and the prizewinners will be tin ones who turn in the most subscript ion money. Mr. Kerns tins conducted hundreds of these <.initiation drives in ail parts of the country und allies the best ' recount*etidttfiotrstt'om ail publishers. Publishers and onlestaiits alike are always satisfied wim -the outcome or his campaigns which a re conducted upon an ahsolut? ly lair basis in every iustnmc. It >ou hate some favorite in this campaign ami want to pay your subscription, hand it to one of them and they will give you a receipt for saute. Senatoi Hat tie W. Carraway of 'Arkansas, declares that she will never vote "to send our men across the sea to fight.'' T't 1 " ?? GOOD WORK GOING ON Under the dlorction of MIhh Mary I KlinbrclJ. die Kershaw County Tuberculoid* AmiociuUou In making aplenI did progress in our community. Hliico Miss Klin bull began the program about the middle of Heytcmber ehe has visited every white high school I in the county and has given the tuberculin teat to 600 white high school atudenta. This reyroaeuta u vaat maI Jority of the white high school atudenta in our county schools. Of these 1600 children touted about 8 per cent I or about 48 showed a punitive reaction. The parents of these 48 children have been contacted aud advised. At this writing 18 of these' 48 have beei) taken by Miss Kfmbrell to the State Hanltorlum and given & thoI rough X-ray examination of cheat and lunga. Of apecltil interest la the I fact that ail of theaa children who aho wa positive reaction may be de-! J ttntely insured against ever having tuberculosis in an active form. In I the immediate future the tuberculin test will be given to the students of the colored high schools of the counI ty. in addition to the above Miss Klnibrell has placed one adult in the state Tuberculosis Hanltorlum for treatment. These active' cases have I been discovered by her and treatment is being given to these and to 20 other known active eases in our county Miss Kimbrell is being ably assisted in tliis program by the Kershaw C ounty IJeaith Unit and by the phyI sl< lutiM of the county. Jt is a great work and is made possible by the money iGceived from the sale of Be&is and Health IJouds lust Christmas season by people lii tliiti community. ! THE REPEAL DID THI8 This I found going the rounds, the author unknown and unsung, and concerns what a druiik man told one Ike Uuttonoff: L ! , wa1 Pr6*Pr?kN>itlon stuff, eight bottles of It in my cellar, and my wife ordered me to pour It down the sink. Being obedient, I withdrew the cork from bottle No. 1, poured the contents down the sink, with the exception of one glass which I draek. I then pulled the cork from tho second bottle and poured the whiskey down the sink, except for tho one I glass I drank. \ I extracted the cork from the third bottle, poured the good old hootch down tho bottle with the exception of the glass I Imbibed. I Jerked out the cork from the next I gluss uud let tile bottle flow down the sink as-1 drank Home. I pulled the bottle from the cork of the next and drunk one sink of it, and chucked the remainder down the glass. i puled the sink from the cork and I lot thB ^la.sH trickle down my neck. I pulled the next bottle out of my throat and poured tho cork down the glass, all but the sink, which 1 drank. I pulled the next cork out of .throat and poured the wink down the glass and drank the cork. They were all empty and I steadied the house with one hand and I counted the empty corks, 16 of them, and I counted them again when they come my way and 1 had 82, and us tho house came around I counted them. Houses all uround nie and bottles and houses, and then I washed the house and put all the cellars in the bottle and went up stairs and told little sweetness all about it. Listen, brother! I've got the wifest little nice in the world and she joins >ou iu wishing me "mud in your eye" this glad holiday season. Loss of World Markets I he Collapse of Cotton Tenancy, by Cburies S. Johnson, Edwin R. Embree and VV. VV. Alexander, from the nivcrstty of North Carolina Ureas, is a smull booklet every Union county citizen, especially the farmers, should read. Should our farmers do so they would grow almost every produet except a very .small amount of cotton in the coining years. Here's an extract from the booklet : l'be United States today is one or lilty <otton-growing countries in the world. For years Indian crops have been.--^ieveloping successfully us a J Mibstitut^or American cotton. Egypt ptoduccs tile best cottuu grown in the world. Brazil is well adapted to cot-. Ion cultivation and has an even larger available acreage than the United! states. Creat Britain has been en-' [cuuragLug Llie cultivation of this crop in its colonics, and lias materially in- ! creased this development through j earerul research and stimulation. No-! geria. I ganda, the Sudan, Nyasaland J aud Rhodesia, are now cotton-grow- i iug countries and arc capable of large1 production, as are Persia, Australia,' and Syria. Japan and China are providing increasing amounts for their own consumption, and Japan is promoting cotton culture in countries of ! the East over which it lias hegemony. 1 Russia lias recently dropped out of j the market as a buyer, being able to! supply her own needs. Later she may j be uble to export a surplus, in 1921, for example, Russian cotton production was a bare 43.000 bales; in 1932II ha?l Jumped to 1.800.000 bales. I he old position of cotton is menaced by factors othor than competing, cotton areas. Rayon is the moat formidable of these new competitors. 1 he industry begun comparatively recently, but is now our third largest textile.? Monroe Enquirer. In tho opening session of the American Federation of I^bor for its 6oth I annual convention at Atlantic City, N. I J.. William Green, its president, flay-, ed Communism and the militarist tac- j tics of Europe, and shouted defiance ' at .-/Moscow; pledged labor anew to aj | stubborn battle for higher wages and! shorter hours; said that lie folt that j government ownership of railroads is ; close iVf hand, and that under no ctr- i cumstances should tho United States become involved in a European conflict. llascom Huff, arrested in Now York, | waived extradition which will take him hack to Harlan county, Kentucky, where he is wanted for alleged homicide iu connection with the recent slaying of County Attorney Elmon C. ARE YOU A GOOD CITIZEN? Judg? Feather?tone Writes Urgently on a Timely Topic in Courts. Judge O. C, Keathenitoiie, admired circuit judge, writes about some of the duties the citizen owes to the courts, lu The Bouthern Christian Advocate, as follows: The Judicial department Is probably the most important part of govern-! ment. The proper functioning of the courts is largely dependent upon having lu the Jury box men of the right type. Look. In on the courts and you will be amazed to discover the number of so-called good men who shirk Jury duty. To begin with, many of them ask the Jury commissioner^ to leave their names out of the box which Is made up lu December of each year. Borne of them refuse to register and thus make themselves Incompetent to be drawn or serve. If their names do get In the box, they ask to be excused, upon various grounds. 1 hoy plead business engagements, all kinds of physical infirmities and ( other excuses almost without number, i And yet they would be insulted if you suggested that they were not good I citizens. And many of them who fall to serve on Juries sit back and criticize the verdicts. Under our system there can be no propor administration of Justice unless the men In tjie Jury box are of the right type. They find what the facts are, and with a propor finding of the facts, it is not so hard to declare the law. As Judge Gage once said: "The facts breed the law." On the criminal side of the court every effort is made to get away from the truth and becloud the issues. Defendants and their relatives and , f|*lends often seek to mislead the Jury. 1 heir prejudices and passions are appealed to. And too often their efforts are successful. On the civil side, where dollurs are at stake, the same tactics are pursued, with the same result. 10very man in the Jury boic is a , Judge, to find the facts and apply them to the law. No better system can be devised than the trial by jury, provided the Jurors are of the right type. If thev ! are not, then a jury trial Is frequentI ly a farce. j ou can't be a good citizen and j shirk jury duty. You can't be a Christian and not a good citizen. 1 Again, you can't be a good citizen and dodge becoming a witness. If you know the facts that will aid . In the administration of justice, it's f your duty to let It be known > and j come forward and testify, j I knew a man who sat in the court room, when a man was on trial for, his life, knowing facts which would have acquitted him beyond doubt; yet he opened not his mouth Fortunately, the young man was acquitted anyhow. But what about the man who remained silent? Can you Imagine what would have been his plight htyl there been a conviction? I confess that 1 get very tired of j hearing so much hue and cry about j the miscarriages of Justice in the j courts, from those who regard theiuselves as belonging to the better class. ; The remedy Is in their own hands. ! If they would bestir themselves, bej come actively Interested, not shirk jury duty, come forward and testifjp to what they know, and actfveTjr~am|' earnestly assist the officers^ there would be little if any cause for complaint. WHAT SANCTIONS ARE Meaning of Much Used Term Is Explained by Associated Press. What are sanctions? A good many people aro asking that question as the League of Nations Council considers their use in an offort to halt the Italo-Ethlopian conHere is the- way the British Royal Institute of International Affairs defines the word: A 'sanction' is the name which legal writers give to measuros for securing obedience to law. Sanctions tan take the form of the Infliction of penalties for a breach of law that has been committed, or they may consist in measures taken for the actual pre^ntion of throatenod breach. "Sanctions operate ln two waysnegatively. ln that knowledge of ihe vi ill and power to apply them may deter a would-be wrong-doer from transgressing the law; positively. In that their application checks a wrongdoer I J, ??Ct transgression or compels him. after a transgression has been tirivpH h? t0, 8},bmlt t0 ?'* gre88fon. ? frUl,S ?* h,s tra,ls FLORIDA CANAL PLAX LAUNCHED What in said to on the greatest water shipping project undertaken by the ('nited States government since the construction of the I'aiiumu Canal hue been launched in Florida. Approval by the President of an allotment of $6,000,000 to the Army corps of Knglneera for preliminary construction work on the controversial sea level canal across the Everglade state has served to take away some of the horrors and heartaches from destruction left In the wake of the receut hurricane which swept Actions of this " Land of Flowers." This canal to accommodate oceangoing vessels aud connecting the Atlantic ocean with the Gulf of Mexico will extend across Florida by way of the Ht. Johns river from its mouth tQ Pnlatka, then by way of the Oklawaha and Withlacoochee rivers to the Gulf. The Oulf terminal will be near J'ort Inglls. Resides providing a short er.and safer route between New York and New Orleans, it is expected to result in annual transportation savings estimated at over $7,600,000. Supporters of the project claim that if it had been in operation the steamer Dixie would not have been blown on the rocks in the storm that brought havoc to the Florida Keys. They contend It will cut two and a half days from shipping time between eastern seaports and those along the Gulf. On the other hand, opponents of the project are fearful that It will he ruinous to the state's fresh water supply and thus endanger thousands of acres of valuable citrus frlut lands In the southern part of the Btate. More than 80 chambers of commerce in Southern Florida cities have vigorously opposed construction of the canal until a careful study was made of the possibilities of infiltration of salt into the subterranean fresh water supplies. As stipulated^ in the allotment, work is to begin on the project immediately, and the total cost of the completed canal has been estimated at from $99,000,000 to $146,000,00. Revival At 8wlft Church A series of revival services will be conducted in the Swift Creek Baptist church from Monday through Friday of next week, the services beginning at 7:30 p. ra. Rev George B. Bobo, the supply pastor will be In charge of these five services. All the memInns and friends of this church are urged to attend. 1JC> The service next Sunday morning j will be conducted by two members of the Camden Evangelistic Club, lu | the absence of the pastor. I Every member of the Sunday school is urged to bo present promptly at 10:16 und to hear these men at the 11:16. preaching service.?George B. Bobo. ' y ? | H. Dent Minor, prominent Memphis, j Tenn., attorney, will build a $12,500 church as Poplar Corners, Miss., as a memorial to his wife who died in 1903. " Sumter Men Named Surgical Fellows Dr. J. Ralph Dunn and Dr. O. It. F. Baker have boon nodded by Dr. George Crlle, chairman of the board | of regents of the American College of Surgeons, of their election to fellowships In the American College of Surgeons, and that the fellowships would be conferred at the annual meeting of the organisation In San Francisco November 1. Doctor Dunn plans to attend the meeting to recede In persou this distinguished honor.? Suinter Item. The Federal government/haa Hied a claim of $8,600,000 against the estate of the late Smith Reynolds of Wiastou-Salem, N. G., for taxes. . Wants-For Sale LOST?Black and white setter with collar, "8. D. Fobes." Finder return to iiigleslde Plantation, Logoff. S. C., and receive reward. 30 pd. FOR 8ALS?Farms of al^ sizes. Some very fine lands. Prices lower, probably, than will ever prevail again. I Shannon Reality Co., Phone 7, CamI den, S. C. 30 sb. WI8E AND THRIfTY PEOPLE are investing in shares in First Federal Savings & Ixiau Association. Are you onq of them? Safe and Insured. 29tf FOR SALE?Homes, 3 to 16 rooms, j In all parts of town. Reasonably priced. Some at sacrifice prices. Shannon Rejrtty Co., Phone 7, Camden, S. C. ' 30 sb. FOR 8ALE CHEAP?One three burner Hotpoint range, with oven. In good condition. Telephone 304-W or 419, Camden, S. C. 29-31pd FOR 8ALE?Lots. Many fine building lots in all sections of city and suburbs. Shannon Realty Co., Phone 7, Camden, S. C. 30 sb. ;ALL CREED'S FILLING 8TATION? For Free Road Service. Only equipped free air service truck In the city. Telephone 486. < FOR 8ALE?Business property. One of the choicest business properties here. A good, safe, sound Investment. Shannon Realty Co., Phone 7, Camden, S. C. 30 sb. CALL CREED'8 FILLING STATION? For Free Road Service. Only equipped free air service truck In the city. Telephone 486. WANTED?More homes to rept. We have many requests for medium-size and small homes. List yours with us. Shannon Realty Co., Phone 7, Camden, S. C. 30 sb. MALE HELP WANTED?Man wantI ed for Rawlelgh Route of 800 famHies. Write today. Rawlelgh, Department SCJ-20-SA, Richmond, Va. 28-31 pd. FOR SLIP COVERS?And draperies, [ call Mrs. W. A. Rush, Telephone 545-.J, Prices reasonable. Satisfac- j tlon guaranteed. 30-32 pd. I f OH RENT Two uiifurulahed All convenience*. Apply to l>?n Moaeley, 619 Walnut street, Cam den, 8. C. 3032 pd STRAYED OFF?One pair mule*, H bay horse mule about three years did and a black mare mule about Ave years old. Finder please notify R. B. Klltott, Rt. I, Caaaatt. 8. C. SO pd. STRAYED From my place, 12 miles north of Camdep, one dark red horse mule on Monday. Any information please notify Frank Jordou, Kershaw, 8. C., Route 1. 80 pd FREE ROAD SERVICE?Creed's Filling Station Fifty-Mile Free Road Service. Call Telephone 486, Cainden, 8. C. LOST?Drivers license and bunch of keys. Please return to Johnnie Williams, P. O. Box 88, or leave at Chronicle office. 80 pd. HOG TAKEN UP A white hog with black spots on back took up at iny farm three weeks ago. Owner can get tame by paying expenses. Address George Reeves, Route 1, n<, thune, 8. C. ' 80 pd. FREE ROAD SERVICE?Creed's Filling Station Fifty-Mile Free Road Service. Call Telephone 486, Camden. 8. C. FOR SALE?Number 1 narcissi bulbs, per hundred, King Alfred $4.60 and $4.00; Emperor $3.50 and $8.00. Ask price: Henry Ford, Glory of Sassenhelm, Golden Spun, Treaserve, Kinpress, Robert Sydenham, Van Wav eren's Giant, etc. Dutch Iris; yellow white, blue, named varieties, $3.00; Darwiji tulips, pink, red, yellow, named varieties $4.00; Paper white, $8.60 or $3.00. Pansy plant* 90c per hundred. At Club Market Saturdays. Address Mrs. Robert Rembert, Rembert, 8. C. 28-30sb TAKEN UP?One Jersey dry milch cow. Owner oan obtain same on IdentlAcattofc and payment of costs. Apply Dr. A. W. Humphries, Camden, 8. C. 29-30 pd. CARPENTER AND BUILDER?Before you decide who should do your work, telephone John 8. Myers, for any class of carpentry work?outside or Inside. All work guaran- ] teed. Specialize In cabinets and screening. Any kind of furniture repaired. I solicit your patronage. Telephone 268. John 8. Myers, 812 Church street, Camden. S. C. 16 tf. FALL AND WINTER I Suits For Men I $14.95 to $24.50 f I W. Sheorn & Son ??s?? ?? : Colonial Boxwood Company BIG TREE MOVERS j Camden, S. C. SPECIALTIES ... j i English Boxwood Tree Box Flowering Trees I Flowering Shrubs ] Rare Evergreens No place it too large or too small to be land- j scaped by us. ' - : ; V - =*i - i 1LET US FIT YOU WITH A 9 TRUSS! 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