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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE ?. I). nIlBB . .KdTt^r md Pubiuhcr Published every Friday at Number 1109 Broad Mtreet and entered at the Qnundeu, tiotith CkroJlna poet office * eoond clftae tnall matter. Price per annum 92.00, payable In advance. Friday, April 24, 1936 RE8PECT ~THE LEDGER This sheet la, needless to repeat, in favor of another 4-year term for Roosevelt. A good Democrat recently rmiiftrhyU that another Roosevelt span will throw this country into bankruptcy. Regardless of democracy there Is, wo confess, too mucli Indifference about balancing the ledger. No business la a success where little or no attention la paid to making buckle and tongue meet. Before criticizing, ..however, we uhould sweep before our own doora, For yeara, in the not die taut pant, oiff legislature piled up deflclta like drunken sailors. That would be the ruse now without liquor. The argument wan thut bootleggers were ^paying no taxes. With boozu, the up propria!lon? are mounting, ho where 1h the tax bleuging?' We are told that tho new Federal adtniniHtration tax bill will, It Ih naid, injure the Hinall taxpayer f|ii more than the pluto. That Ih not surprising, aH the weak victim Ih unable tc^ fight for IiIh rights, ' and Ih not organized. But the Federal Democrat* Hhould remember that the vote of the little fellow counts as ? much hh the other. Roosevelt's strength lies mainly with the poor people. Much is being given to that class but there are thousands, not getting It, who believe they deserve it, and resent Increased taxes to help pay the piper. Again wo warn against saddling all the blame upon Roosevelt. He vetoed the bonus bill which will pull several more billions out of the pockets of the taxpayers. It Is not only unfair but pathetic that the congressmen, Including the senators, from fear of tho soldier vote and Influence, saddled this enormous load upon the public, but have put this baby upon the doorsteps of the president and told him to get the money as best be could to feed It. Our doubtful hope Is to see the Democrats display some business sense In saving the people as well us themselves.?Calhoun Times. Drilling For Water; Farmer "Gets Air" (By Thomas Ancrum) Frank Baker has punched a hole in the earth and Is letting the air out of it The deflation is not serious, however, so he expert* no disastrous n suits. * Mr. Baker, who lives near IMsgah Cross Roads, several miles from Hembert was boring a pump recently and when the piping reached below 30 feet considerable air began rushing through two Inch pipe There Is enough atr coming up the pipe to blow buck a box of matches which was dropped down it. He cut a number of cane poles and from them made a series of whistles, which he bus over the pipe and the air blows them loud enough for a neighbor one mile away to hear the noise. No odor of gas can he detected > coming through the pipe. lie has hecp offered $100 for his freak, the would-be purchaser expecting to charge an admission to witness tho phenomenon. The tlrst artesian wells between the coast and uplands of South Carolina commence below Camden, but as far as is known there is no other record of air gushing up through a pipe that has been sunk into the earth in Ibis section. Contrary to unusual discoveries of tin* kind Mr. Baker holds no hopes for natural gas or an oil field.- He has written Clemson college for information about this unusual condition. There lias been no signs of the air flow diminishing since it was first discovered. The condition was called to his attention when he heard a noise of escaping air. -end- searching over his premises found it was coming from tho pipe that lie had recenth put down for his pump. Since this news item was sent out from Camden calls have come to Camden by the associated press for pictures of tills well, as well as mnuy [ prominent newspapers wanting nddl-' tional information on this freak of j nature. 'I he .state of California last week reaped a golden harvest, or perhaps! it whs -il\er or greenbacks, in the* form of income taxes assessed against niovie actors and actresses in Hollywood, nnd the movie folks complain that the taxes are so high that they] are beginning to tKink of moving the picture center to some, state where ; taxes do not bear down so heavily. J George H. Cannon, Washington state administrator of the WPA, has - be*n dismissed from his office by Harry Hopkins, national administrator, because of alleged collection of campaign funds from his staff. ' ? * '* i* ii .in * i.i h. > a News Of Interest In And Near Bethune Bethune, April 22.- Mrs. Henry King uitd Miss Louise KIdk ?p?ut the week end In Durham, N, C'., visiting relet Ives, Tito tenth grade Is putting on a three a< t comedy Friday evening, April 24, untitled, "High Flyers." The public Is cordially Invited to attend. Admission 10 and 26 cents. Mrs. M. I). Marsh, Miss Kitty Best, W. M. Best and Burred Best, of Columbia, were Monday guests of the B. W. Bests. Miss Lizzie aKte Davis who Is teaching ut DeunettavIIle spent the week end with her sister, Mrs. U M. Members of the eleventh grade of the Bethune school spent last Wednesday In Columbia visiting places of Interest. They enjoyed very much seeing and hearing both the house and senate in session. Among a number of other places visited was I^ake Murray where a picnic dinner was served., . Miss kathorlrui Bird and William Speed Davis were married in Bock Hill on Thursday, April 9. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's grund mother, Mrs. Jenkins. Mrs. Davis Is a teacher In the schools of Uustoniu, but spends her vacations in Bethune with her parents, Mr. awl Mrs. J. L. Bird and her many friends here will read of her marriage with interest. After school Is out the couple will be at home in Warrenton, N. C. Mrs, H. O. Hiers with her small son, James and Gordon Watts, Clomson College have been visiting their mother, Mrs. Maud. Watts. Miss Isabel 1'ursley spent tlje weekend in Charlotte, N. C. Miss Elolse Miller visited her home at Pauline during the week end. Mrs. J. L. Bird has returned from a two week's visit to relatives In Greensboro. Mrs. Ida Cottlngham, of Laurinburg, N. C., is the guest of her grand . daughter, Mrs. C. S. Floyd. Friends will be interested to learn of the marriage Sunday of Miss Annie Gaskins of the Midway section and Lawson Gardner of Bothune. They are spending several days with Mr. Gardner's mother, Mrs. G. H. Haney. Miss Kvelyn Owens and D. E. Mahaffoy visited in Walterboro Sunday. Mr. and Mys. Louis Bird, of Greensboro, visited the former's parents, the J. L. Birds Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Oliver went to Spartanburg Sifmi^y bo visit their son, Harris, who is a student at T. Mrs. E. Z. Truesdalo and Mrs. G. B. McKlnnon were delegates to the Congaree Presbyterlnl which met recently at Arseifal III11 church in Columbia. Miss Sara Gettys spent the weekend at her home in Camden. Silas Bitter, of Hamlet, has been a recent guest of M. C. McCaskill. Jr. Mrs. Itonch of Spartanburg, is visiting the W. A. Outlaw's. Funeral Of W. T. Caston Funeral services Tor W. T. Caston who died Thursday night, Aprtl 6, were held Saturday afternoon at Flat Creek church. Interment was made at the church cemetery. Bev. Best, assisted by Rev. D. W. Rivers of the First Baptist church or Lancaster, Rev. Brodua Broome of Camden and Rev. Bradley of the First Rapt 1st church of Kershaw, officiated. Acting as pallbearers were Messrs: J. B. Byrd, If. J. Robinson, Odelle Baker. Robert Ingram. J. L. Baker and Jake Faile. N'iooes of the deceased acted us flower girls. Mr. Caston was 55 years of age and was born and reared in Lancaster county. He was a highly respected and much loved citizen In the county for a number of years. I he deceased Is survived by. his wi(low and the following children: Mrs. V. F McCarter of Detroit. Michigan; Roscoe Caston of Chester; Mrs. Edward Evans. W. T. Caston, Mrs. Monro Wallace. Minnie Sue and Mollvla Caston. all of this city. He also leaves two sisters: Mrs. J. F. Porrv of Kannapolis. \ r.. and Mrs. J. T. Now(Whn of Chesterfield; two brothers; Amice Caston of Pageland, and Rev. J B. Caston of Camden. Mr Caston was 111 about throe weeks and his death came as a great shock and with much sorrow to friends and relatives in the two Carolinas. The most sincere sympathies or the city and county are with the bereaved family.?Lancaster News Funeral of Mrs, Caughman Sumter, April 14.? Funeral services tor Mrs. The 1 ma Caughman. 37, of Spring Hill section of I^ee county who died at her home Thursday afternoon after an illness of pneumonia, were held at St. John's Methodist church Saturday morning at 11 o'clock by the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Henderson. She is survived by one daughter, Janet Caughman; three sons, J. B. I-em and Charlie Caughman: her father, J. F. Caughman of Cassatt; two sisters, Mrs. J. \V Huggins, Sumter; and Mrs. R. K. Enzor, Fair Bluff, N. three brothers, Clayton and Common .VI <4 1a thorn. Manassas, Gft.. ami Clinton AlcCaLhern of Fair Bluff, N. C. A f.-vv hours after C. C. Lamb, (ashler of the Bank r>; Wingato, was arrested and pi;.i t d ia jail on a t hnrge of embezzling Several thousand dollars of the bank's funds, he sustained all attack of apoplexy and was removed to a hospital at Monroe, N. C.. wIkiu ho diod without recovering consciousness. To hear some fellows describe ft thirty cent dinner you'd think that they had dined like kings. M.1- II?l...lJ4-WI.Ui,imil? I. ? ' General News Notes In an interview at rhoeulx, Ariz., Norman Thomas, twice socialist candidate for president, said "the New Deal in dead, but Roosevelt Isn't." Oscar De Priest, former Republican negro congressman from Chicago, has again been nominated for congress in the first Illinois district. The new British passenger liner, Queen Mary, on her trial runs off the Isle of Arran, made a speed of 30 knots per hour, over 3$ miles. In a ctnah hetwnen Jfvm and Anrtnt at Jaffa, Palestine, six Jews and two Arabs are reported to have been killed and 65 Jews and 15 Arabs wounded. Medical reports from Bangkok, said that 1,400 persons have lost their lives in Siam from attacks of cholera since the beginning of the outbreak in February to mid-April. Belgium has decided to fortify her borders against any German attack, following conferences In London with Great Britain and French army officers. Trial flights looking to regular truns-Atlantic flights from Germany to tlie United -States, are expected to be made next fall, according to announcement of promoters in Berlin. Venice, Italy, famous for (ltfl canals and gondolas, was flooded last week when a high wind pushed the tide two feet higher than usual and put every street in the city under water. Two boys, both in their teens, have been sentenced to life imprisonment by the court at Belfast, Me., after being convicted of beating Augustine Colburn, 86, retired shoe dealer, to death. A court at Columbus, Ohio, has granted a divorce to Mrs. Viola Browp , Lin, clerk in a 10 cents store, who was married last July to James Lin, foster son of the president of China. The divorce was uncontested and the girl's maiden name was restored. The bodies of George Hockousmith, 31, of Stamping Ground, Ky., and Mary Jane Dean, 25, of Frankfort, Ky., were found in an automobile near Lexington. Two empty vials of poison in the bottom of the car Indicated a poison pact. When arraigned in superior court at Welch, W. Va , Mary Johnson, 22, entered a plea of guilty to the charge that she had killed her sweetheart, Ernest Parsons. 22. The judge had her to withdraw the plea and prepare for trial on April 23, as otherwise he could do nothing else than sentence her to be hanged. An attorney was appointed for her defense. Death Of Mr. Gregory Kershaw, S. C.,fM April 17.?Amos Cook Gregory, 79, of the Sand Hill community, died Wednesday morning, April 8, after a short illness. The many friends of his will be much saddened to learn of his passing. Mr. Gregory was a son of tho late Willis and Mrs. Susan Baskip Gregory of the Flat Creek section, near Taxahaw, In I Lancaster county and was born in that community May 5, TS'57. He married Miss I^aura Jones, of Kershaw county, near ^ershaw, on February 1$. 1880, and immediately settled on the farm In which he lived there the remaining of his days. He was a successful farmer of his community, a good neighbor, and will be greatly missed by all who Knew him. The following children survive him: B. F. Gregory, of Camden; E. K. Gregory. of Kershaw; and Wl R. Gregory, of Atlanta, Ga. Also eighteen grand children and many other relatives survive. Funeral services were, conducted by Rev J. B. Caston of Camden, assisted by Rev. J. T. Dabney. of Kershaw. Interment was in the SaiWWUl cemetery at the side of his wife, who preceded him sixteen years ago. Tho following served as pallbearers: S. A. Jones. F. K. Jones, Charlie Watson, Hazel Williams, Roy Truesdale and Fred Jones. DEPRESSION ANTIDOTES If a hen, as they say, lays an egg every day, And you have of such hens. Just t wenty. There's your feed bill paid , And your nest egg made. And eggs to eat, a plenty. If the cow, old Silk, gives a pail of milk. At each dally curfew's peal You can sell one-half. Feed her and the calf And have butter and cream each meal. If one long row of, beans you'll grow J A ml carrots and spinaeh and dill, You'll daily he able To supply the table And beat the grocery hill And next, in ihv pl< a. is to u"t a tame hee To work on the pinks and the clover. She'll store you much honey Which you may sell for money, And keep sweet on what Is left over. So get you a garden, a hon, a row and a bee To mix with your regular work ! This mixture will pay As you'll find day by day. And give Old Depression a jerk. ?Selected Mrs. Dorothy Waddingham. mother of five children, was hanged In Windsor Green prison, nirmingham, England. Thursday, following her conviction on a charge of poisoning a woman at her nursing home. Sho was the ninth woman to be hanged in England during this century. The ex* excntlon occurred while a crowd ot 3.000. kneeling on the streets outside the prison, prayed and sang hymns. | - Mont St. Mich*! Close your eyes and go hack In memory to the wonderful castles that | you' first saw in your books of fairy, stories, where terrible giants dwelt behind ramparts that seemed to pierce the sklus. Instead of the moat and drawbridge, picture the fortress on a 1 rocky Isle towering nearly 200 feet above the waves of the sea, cut off at high tide from all lund Invaders. Around It cluster a few small houses and shops and on the rock foundations rises an abbey founded In the year 708 A. D., over 1,200 years ago, with cloisters and somber halls about It, and you have a picture of one of the strangest and most Impressive struc' turep In the world?Mont St. Michel, off the coast of Brittany In France. Early Road to W*?t Forty years before California cried "gold I" the glowing reports of Lewis and Clark led settlers Into the great Northwest. Pioneers In pirogues, bullboats, and cottonwood log canoes traveled up the Missouri river at the rate of about nine miles a day. Until the coming of the transcontinental railroad "Big Muddy," as the Missouri la called, and Its branches were the principal highways Into the West Even wagon trains followed Its course. Covered wagons rambled westward at the rate of about 12 to 15 miles a day.? Washington Post. Eight Inches of snow in the northern Adirondack mountains of New York, blocked practically all highway traffic on Friday. The temperature dropped to 20 degrees. ~7 DO YQU KNOW THAT?~~^=I 9 The 115,000,000 life Insurance poll. 9 cies outstanding in the United State* today represent a liability of close'to "9 $100,006,000,000. King Edward VIII inherited along I with his crown a gold dinner service 9 (intimated to be worth $10,000,000. Paris, France, has more auto acci- 9 dents than any other city in the 9 world. .',J9 Over 4,600 people have been lynch- I ed in the United States in the last 50 9 years. :? Grant was the only president who 9 was "graduated from West Point. The United States senate recently 9 passed an appropriation bill calling 9 for $2,889,751,900?after only 30 mln- i utes deliberation. 9 People of the United States pay , more in federal, state, and local taxes than they do for living expenses, that 9 Is, food, rent and clothing. There are over 6,871,000 people in 9 the United States over 65 years of 9 ago who are eligible for old age pensions. 9 In tile last six years criminals have 9 robbed armories and other places where government arms and ammuni- 9 tlon are kept of 2,000 guns and 300,- 1 000- rounds of ammunition. Senator Norris, Republican of Ne- 9 braska, is quoted as saying oa Sun- 9 day: "The future welfare of Ameri- I can institutions and American ideals 9 demands the reelection" of the Chief 9 Executive. j Wants-For Sale LOST?On Mouday morning somewhere on Main street In Cwildfljl one tan coin eaao containing ??"?!? amount of inoney. Reward If ftuder will notify Mra. J. K. Mosler, Route 3. Box 40, Camden, H. C. 6ab. WANTED?By a country church, a good aecond-haud piano, hlwltw lu amount able to pay for It, Addreaa "Piano," care of The Chronicle, Camden, H. C.. 8-6pd L08T?On Wedneaday a bunch of keya. Finder pleaae return to Haaty's Battery Station. 6 P?FOR RENT?Five room cottage In fine neighborhood. Ha* been recently painted inside unity out. Addieep Shannon Realty Company, telephone 7, Camden, S, C,~ FOR 8ALE?G.000 Baby Chicks. Standard breeda. Popular prices. Liability guaranteed. Mall orders glv- ( en special attention. Custom hatch- , lng. The Gamecock Poultry Farm and Hatchery, Mra. rf. M. Parker, owner. Office 8 West Calhoun street, Sumter, S. C. Telephone 403. 3-7 sb. WANTED?For the University ot South Carolina Y. M. C. A. light used station wagon In good condition. Notify It. O. Bell, University of South Carolina, Columbia, 8. C. ^ ' 4-5sb. FOR RENT -Wight room two-story house In flue neighborhood. Adaptable to two families. Very moderate rental. Shannon Realty Company, Phone 7, Camden, S. C. 5-7 sb. L08Tr?In Camden, South Carolina, a pair of platinum and diamond clips with brooch combination. Reward of $100.00 for return of same and no questions asked. Finder communicate with T. M. S., care Camden Chronicle or Phone 8943 Columbia, S. C. 3-9sb. FOR RENT?Small furnished apartment. Desirable location, to couple. Apply to 407 Chesnut Street, after 6 p. m. 5 pd. FOR 8ALE?-Plumber's tools, fittings and pipe. Can be seen by appointment. Address P. O. Box 96, Camden, S. C. Itf DEMAND?Lanco Feeds for your chicks In Starting Mash, Growing Mash, Baby Scratch feed and Laying Mash. Sold by your local merchants or H. N. Estridge, Lancaster, S. C. 2-9sb. WE HAVE FULL supply of Philip Carey Composition Shingles of all kinds, alBO roll roofing and builders paper at the old price. You can obtain from your local merchants, or H. N. Estridge, Lancaster, S. C. ?2-9-sb. CLEVEWILT COTTON 8EED?For Sale. Limited quantity Clevewilt Cotton Seed for sale one year from Coker at $1.25 per bushel. Made 550 lbs. lint per acre last season with this cotton. Address W. P. Guirt, Manager Buckton Farm, Camden, S. C. 2-5sb. FOR RENT?Nice apartment, with live rooms ami bath. Location 1219 Fair street. Apply to Arthur Smith, at Camden Furniture Company, Camden, S. C. . 5-7 pd. WE HAVE IN STOCK?Nitrate of Soda, Muriate of Potash. 16% Acid, Cotton seed meal, Manure Salts, and all grades of mixed fertilizers. Send us your orders. The Southern Cotton Oil Company, Camden, S. C. 47 sb SALESMAN WANTED?Men wanted for Rawlelgh Routes of 800 families. Reliable hustler should start earning $25 weekly and increase rapidly. Write today. Rawlelgh, Dept. SCD-20-S, Richmond, Va. 2-5pd. NOW IS THE TIME?To plant your garden. We recommend 7-5-5, which Is a well balanced fertilizer for all vegetables. Southern Cotton Oil Co., Camden, S. C. 47 sb FOR SALE?Slightly used gas stove. Uses Rulane gas. Four burners, one oven and broiler. 'Fully equipped with cabinet with two cylinders. Can be bought at a bargain. For sale for cash. Apply at Chronicle office. FOR SALE?Good residence lot on Kirkwood Commons. Lot measures " 110 by 214 feet and has lots of shrubbery growing. Can be purchased at a reasonable figure. Apply at The Chronicle Office, Camden, S. C. 52sb WANTED?To keep horse for summer months, for his feed. Will take good care of animal. Telephone 2102, B. R. Truesdale, Camden, S. C. 3-5 sb REAL ESTATE?For sale, rent, or trade?homes, farms, estates and hunting preserves. Shannon Realty Company, Telephone 7, Camden, S. C. 4sb FOR SALE?A desirable five room bungalow, with bath, for 82,250, easy terms. For further Information apply Enterprise Building & Loan Assooiation, Camden, 8. C. 3sb WHEN YOU BUY?Fertilizers insist on the famous Southern Cotton Oil Company fertilizers, which have been popular on this market for thirty years. Any dealer in Camdon can supply you with our goods. We will carry a stock of all grades of fertilizers and raw materials In our warehouse. The Southern Cottoh Oil Company, Camden, S. C. 47 sb CARPENTER AND BUILDER?Before you decide who should do your work, telephone John S. Myers, for any class of carpentry work?outside or inside.' All work guaranteed. Specialize In cabinets and screening. Any kind of furniture repaired. I solicit your patronage. Telephone 268, John S. Myers, 812 Church street, Camden. S. C: 16 tf. FREE ROAD SERVICE?Creed's Filling Station Fifty-Mile Free Road t Service. Call Telephone 486. Cam-1 doo^2,..C. I Greatly Improved Service > 1 Between 1 Charleston-Columbia-Atlanta Effective, Tuesday, April 7, 1036 Noe. 11-17-36 NOe. 136-18-12 head down , . head ud ^ 0:20 i'm Lv. Charleston Ar. 10:30 All' - ;i 7:16 I'M '? Branchvllle " 8:36 AM 0:60 PM " Columbia " 6:lo am 12:26 am '? greenwood 3:20 am 2:26 am " Anderson " 1:16 am ,x 6:60 am Ar. Atlanta hv. 7:30 i'm ... A BeipaJn la rullman imLU..Xiao..AK ?-. _ ? Air-6oudltioned . Pullman cars between Charleston-Columbia- ? Atlanta. ^? " rrrr?:??? i Air-conditioned dining car trains 11 aud 12 between Columbia and Charleston. Modern day coaches. Passenger fares are now lowest in history. Consult ticket agents. w. E. McGee, Asst. General Passenger Agent Southern Railway System . '. ft.'i J : ' ' Apple Sauce, 3 No. 2 cans 20c I Early June Peas, 3 No. 2 cans .:... 20c | Lux Soap, 3 bars ... 20c 1 Armour's Potted Meat, 3 cans 10c I Red Devil Lye, 3 cans V. . 25c *1 Pink Salmon, 2 tall cans 19c 1 Nu-Treat Margarine, lb. .. 15c | Hi-Lan Tea, half pound pkg. 17c j Gold Label Coffeee, lb. pkg. 21c j Best American Cheese, lb. ... 19c 1 WINES, One-Fifth Gallon .. 49c I CAMPBELL'S 1 TOMATO JUICE, 3 No. 1 cans 19c 1 STOKELEY'S - ? Lye Hominy, 3 No. 2lA cans 20c; 1 Waldorf Tissue, 3 Rolls 13c I Rogers Sandwich Bread . .K 9c 1 Peanut Butter, 30 oz. jar 25c 1 Rogerg Coffee, 2 lbs 25c :J HOT CUP A# SOUTHERN MANOR JI Choice Catsup, two 14 oz. bottles .. 25c j Rogers 37 FLOUR, 12 lb. bag 7. . 47c] 1 Rogers 37 FLOUR, 24 lb. bag 85c I FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 1 Bananas, 4 lbs 18c I Texas Carrots, bunch ... 5c a Green Beans, 2 lbs.... . 25c J English Peas, (S. C.) 3 lbs. 25cj |