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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. P. Nltll) Kdltor and Proprlstor Published every Friday at Number 1109 North Broad Street, and entered at the Camden, South Carolina Poatoffloa mm aecond claae mall matter. Price per Year ff.OQ. No subscript loin* taken for less than Six Mentha.. In all instances the subscription price la due and payaable in advance. All eubecrlptlone ure cancelled when subscriber falle to renew. Friday, January 22, 1937 ""kidnaping crop8 up again ln x>no of its most horrible aspects, the kidnaping racket hut* cropped up again. Evidently some orlmlnala don't know when they ure whipped, and with distorted views of criminally Inwane mlifds, hud visions of reaping a harvest of gold, through the kidnapIng of young Charles Mattaou. The subsequent death of the young lad, horribly truglc and diabolically perpetrated, has re-aroused u nation thut wus resting on the misapprehension that kidnapers had learned their lesson. The life of young Charles cannot he brought hack, even though his murderer be upprehended?which ho most assuredly will he. The loss of young Charles in the Mutt son home and in his community will he felt for years to come. There can he no retribution to soften the hearts of those close ones, who have boon made.to suffer during the days of uncertainty full well knowing the consequences. However If the outcome of this kidnaping case will only serve as one last warning to those who might he kldnuping-mlndod, then the life that young Charles luld down for the cause, has not altogether been in vain. A criminal, with one lota of brains, certainly must reulize the futility of it all. One who Is brainless enough to uttempt It, certainly deserves no quarter. The deed Is too atrocious even to suggest proper punishment.-Newberry Observer. UNITED STATES INCOME RI8E OF SEVEN BILLIONS SEEN Washington. Jan. 11.?Commerce department officials estimated today national income would rise to $67,444,0uo,noo this year $7,000,000,000 over the estimated 1936 total and about 8 7 per cent of 1929. I he estimate was based, they said, ! mi the assumption the nation would not lie ln\ol\ed in a war, hut it look! present labor disputes into account. li tlo-se should he quickly ironed! "'it ami no luriher labor trouble de- j velops, officials said, the tlgurc might j reach $7o,no0,OO0.0U0, only $8,000,000,uou under the 1929 level. One important factor increasing national income this year, they said, may be rising prices and wages. Preparing final estimates of Income for last year, commerce department economists said It would be close to $00,000,000,000, or $0,500,000,000 over 1035. Compensation to employees in 1936 is expected to go above $10,000,000,000, or about $ l.UOO.oOO.OOO over 1935. A heavy outflow of dividends, wage increases and bonuses at the end of 1936 had an important influence on the year's national income, officials said, but its specific effects have not yet been appraised The income computations were thosy for "national income paid out,"! or payments by all industry for wages, dividends and interests, rents and t oy alties and tlm like.. For the first time mime 1929, national income produced?the total value of industry's products?Is expect-j ed to balance or exceed income paid out for 1936. lhls means that business as a! whole is ' out of the red," and that any execs,- of income produced over that paid out may be classified as "savings " Mrs. Marie Finland. 45. widow of 11. Kirtland, commercial executive of the Florida Fast Coast railroad, committed suicide In her Now York apartment, by inhaling gas in her kitchen ' QUEENIE, WON BY HARLEY 1 BECOMES NATIONAL MASCOT Washington, Jan. 19.?Queenle, tt sleek, little dark brown donkey from i Vicksburg, Miss., who worked her way up from pr eel net campaigns, became ofTlclal mascot today of the Detnoera tic parly. Let Into the lobby of a downtown hotel, crowded with Inaugural week celebrities, Quecuie was presented to Postmuster General James A. Farley, chairman of the national Democratic (committee, by Lieutenant Governor J. K. Harloy of South Carolina, who won her on un election wugor from Lieutenant Governor J. JJ. Snider, of Mississippi would poll more Democrat votes than South Carolina, "May this donkey forever^symbollze a united Democratic party, said Hur, w I* arley said he hoped the oc<'usion would be an incentive to the Democrats of Maine and Vermont to vie us to which will poll the most Democratic votes in the next presidential election. Queen le said nothing, but at the command of her original owner, J. M. iluchana, of Vicksburg, she nodded, bowed and shook hands with the party chieftain. Before and after the presentation an orchestra struck up "Iluppy Days Are Here Again." Queenlo appeared unmoved by the music, but showed a keen Interest in sugar lumps which Farley fed her. Vicksburg, Miss., Jan. 19.?Somebody rattled the skeleton in the family closet of Queenie, the Democratic party s now official masoot,. and set the gossips tongues to wagging today. "Quoenie ain't no donkey, she's a pony mule," said her negro attendant. Her mother was a Shetland pony and her father a donkey." With doubt thus raised over Queenfe a ancestors the question arose whether she could properly be the Democratic symbol and not bo alldonkey. The stir developed while Quoenie, all diked out as befits an official par- j ly mascot, was in Washington for the Inaugural ceremonies tomorrow, she was formally accepted today by Postmaster General Farley. Qucciiie broke into the news when the lieutenant governor of Mississippi lost her in an election hot to the lieu-! tenant governor of South Carolina. What M all the hurrah about, anyway." asked one of her admirers here. "Queenie's a better Democrat than any braying donkey in the world." j DeKALB NEWS NOTES Westvill Jan. 21.?On Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Clyburn had as supper guests, He v. and Mrs. J. D. (Jul ledge, children, and Miss Mary Lee Gulledge, who is visiting Hey. and Mrs. J. D. Gulledge. F. L. Thomas and 1). F. Owens made a business trip to Dishopville Monday. Miss Minnie Breedlove spent the week end with her sister, Mrs. Charles Peebles and Mr. Peebles near Pishopvlile. Mrs. J. D. Gulledge and little daughter. Aivet.ie, visited Mrs. J. R. Brant' ley, in Chesterfield. Tuesday. Mr and Mrs. Cyril Busbee and little daughter, Carolyn, spent the week end visiting relatives in Wagner Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clyburn spent 1 uesday in Columbia. Mrs. I). W. Ogburn spent several days with her son. C. R Ogburn and Mrs. Ogburn. Hev. Paul R S. isco, of Columbia, visited Mr. and Mrs. I,. c. Clyburn Saturday. K. C. Liters, Jr., of Lancaster, spent the week end with Ins parents. Mrs. L. C. Clyburn. Mildred Owens and Albertus Thomas accompanied L. C- Clyburn, Sr., to Columbia, Monday. I he Baron DeKalb basketball teams played Blaney on last Friday?girls winning 9-1; boys losing 14-0. Today they are playing Mt. Pisgah at Baron DeKalb. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Clyburn, Jr.. had as dinner guests Suuday: Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Clyburn, Sr., Mrs. J. H. l lyburn and children, Billy and Betty Jean. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Carter are Mrs. Bowen and two children of Easley. Those attending the matinee at the l amden Theatre Tuesday were: Mrs. e Workman and daughters, Dorothy, Margie. Leila and Evelyn, Mrs. Sam rruesdale and Sam, Jr., Mrs. Shelby Truesdalo, Mrs. J. C. Hilton, :Jr., and children, Marguerite and Jackie, Mrs. L. I). Broome, Dottle and Helen Broome, Mrs. C. E. Ogburn and children, Barbara Anno, Sonny and Alice Stacia. The Brookings Institute, private research organization of Washington, this week, issued one of ite periodical reports, in which it warns the nation against what It termed the "mistaken theory" that slashes In working hours are, desirable. Instead of raising standards of living, such cuts would Imperil tho opportunity for a greal industrial expansion, the instltutior Argued in a report on essentials foi further recovery. William Moyers Gets Five Years Atlanta, Ga., Jau. 15.?William Moy* ?rn, prominent Atlanta attorney and forinm chairman of the American Liberty league in Georgia, tonight waa convicted of one of the most am aging robberies in Atlanta history and wuh sentenced to serve live yearn. The former Liberty League official wan convicted of robbing Erneet Woodruff, Atlanta financier und one of the founders of the hugp Coca-Cola corporation, anil T. K. Glenn, bank president, of $30,000 at pistol-point. Moyers, who In the late 1920's waa u prominent attorney at Colorado Springs, Colo., was expected to appeal to u higher court. The defendant, who severed his connection with the Liberty Leugue following the campaign, offered no witnesses* in his behalf, basing his defense on a statement in which he claimed the $30,000 represented commissions due him on $200,000 ho asserted wus collected froAi Georgia ' business men to defeat President Roosevelt. The robbery, perhaps one of the most sensational staged In Atlanta, was executed In the sumptuous ofllces of Woodruff in a downtown of-' lice building while 20,000 persons stood outside wutching an office building flrp which claimed three lives. Moyers as?ertodly forced his way j into Woodruff's olTico, covered the capitalist with a pistol and instructed him to telephone Glenn, president of! the Trust Company of Georgia. Wheu Glenn arrived, Moyers compelled Uim to procure $30,000 in bills of small denominations. With the money in his possession, the former Liberty League official sought to force the two financiers to leuve the building with him. Woodruff flatly refused. 'Tin an old man, I've lived well and 1 won't live much longer anyway," he told Moyers. "You'll have to shoot me before I leave." Glenn finally accompanied Moyers to the street where the attorney lost himself in the crowd. He was captured four days later? oil November 23?by G-men on a street only a few yards away from the office where the robbery was staged. Virtually all of the $30,000 was found in his possession. Woodruff and Glenn denied Moyers' claim that* the $30,000 was due him in commissions for collections of antiRoosevelt funds. Woodruff said he did not believe that large a fund had been collected in Georgia. LMt Rlttt For Charlie Tldwell A Had death which occurred In (he Cedar Creek community was that of Charlie Tldwell, who died Sunday morning about 4 o'clock. ! Mr. Tldwell wuh 40 years of age. ' He had been In declining health for ?ome time. Funeral services were conducted by his pastor, Kev. P. 10. Hlackmon, on the following day In the Cedar Creek church yard of which he had been a life long member, and led a beautiful Christian life und wan a moat devoted huebaud. He will be greatly missed in the community by all who knew him. He 1h survived by pis widow, Mra. ICula Hrowu Tldwell, one daughter, Millie, hla mother, Mra. Callle Tldwell, one brother, Sam Tldwell, and niuny other relativea. The following acted aa pallbearers: Roland Wutaon, Johnnie Brown, Eugene Boykln, Troy Wataon, Marlon Wataou and EUle Farmer. Interment was in the Cedar Creek cemetery. * Wlnthrop W. AldrlCh, chairman of the Chase National bank, New York, gives warning that unless adequate controls are applied "our recovery can all too easily degenerate Into a dangerous boom culminating In disaster'' James H. Perkins, head of the National City bank, New York, warns "It is the duty of the banks to do all in their power to avoid the pitfalls which Increased prosperity creates." Here's Where t You Get ! i Service... : \ DINE AT !; Holland's Grill AH Home-cooked foods, each dish as tasty as 1 the next, and . . . No Waiting to be served. Next to Postoffice fc - Wants-For Sale WANTED?To buy rotted cow manure. Telephone 467, Camden, S. C. 44 pd. FOR SALE?Oak and pine wood cut sixteen and twenty-four inch length. Address J. L. Guy, Camden, S. C. 44-49 pd. LOST?On Tuesday, a brown and white fox terrier. Was wearing red harness when last seen. Reward if returned to John Stevenson, 1717 Fair street, Camden, S. C. 44pd LOST?A white fox hound dog, with nick in right ear, two black spots on left side. Reward if returned to Mrs. Dwight Partridge, Telephone .762. Camden, S. C. 44-46 sb. WANTED?You to know that for $4.49 per month, with from eighteen to twenty-four months to pay, you can reroof or paint your home. 6ta-Rite Shingles, DuPont Paint. Address Camden Furniture Company, C&mden, S. C. - 43-45 sb. WANTED?The public to know that our truck is in Camden once a week for the purpose of collecting old mattresses to renovate. Leave your name at The Chronicle office In Camden and we will call. Dantzler Mattress Works, 808 Wright street, Sumter, S. C., Phone 504-L. 37 tf. FRESH EGGS?Day old. From mashfed hens. Twenty-five cents per dozen. Nicholson's Seed Store, 934 Main Street, Camden, S. C. 44pd FOR SALE?100 acres, near town, on two good roads. Plenty of wood and water. Priced to sell quickly. Many other farms for sale. See us. Shannon Realty Company, Crocker Building, Phone 7, Camden, S. C. FOR RENT?Two, very desirable houses. One 7 room house uud one eight room house with furnace heat, air conditioned. Shannon Realty Company, Crocker Building, Phone 7, Camden, S. C. WANTED?You to know you can paint or reroof your home, for only $4.49 per month. From eighteen to twenty-four months to pay. DuPont * CJuality Paints, Sta-Itlte Shingles. Address Camden Furniture Company, Camden, S. C. 43-46 sb. CARPENTER AND BUILDER?Before you decide who should do yourany class of carpentry work?outwork, telephone John S. Myers, for side or Inside. All work guaranteed. specialize In. cabinets and screening. Any kind of furniture repaired. I solicit your patronage. Telephone 268, John S. Myers, 81* I Church street, Camden, S. C. 29lf. j FREE ROAD SERVICE?Creed's Filling Station Fifty-Mile Free Road j Service. Call Telephone 486, Cam| den. S. C. : BARGAINS?For quick sale. Five ! room cottage with bath, water, electricity, outbuildings, about six acres good land, fenced, five miles out, near paved road, school, good neighbors and store. Shannon Realty Company. Crocker Building, Phone 7, Camden S. C. REPORT OF CONDITION OF MERCHANTS AND FARMERS BANK LOCATED AT BETHUNE, S. C.f AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON DECEMBER 31, 1936 ASSET8 Cash, balances with other banks, and cash items in process of collection $ 53,314.46 United States Government obligations, direct and fully . guaranteed : 4,950.00 Corporate Stocks 1,376.00 Loans and discounts 11,406.18 Overdrafts and Shortages, guaranteed by John T. Stevens and deposit made '. 19,310.95 Hanking house owned $1,068.75, furniture and fixtures $2,069.47 .. 3,138.22 Other real estate owned, including $12,223.33 of farm land .... 14,361.83. TOTAL $107,746.64 LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL Deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations: Demand deposits i $ 62,853.11 Time deposits evidenced by savings pass books 3,059.89 Other timo deposits 9,136.06 State, county and municipal deposits 4,186.82 Certified and officers' checks, letters of. credit and travelers checks sold for cash, and amounts due to Federal Reserve bank (transit account) 1,173.20 Total Deposits 80,408.08 Capital account: Capital stock and capital notes and debentures ....$20,000.00 Surplus 6,000.00 Undivided profits 1,338.66 Total capital account 27,338.56 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL $107,746.64 I, O. W. Knight, Assistant Cashier, of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, and that the schedules on the back of this report fully and correctly represent the true state of the several matters herein contained and set forh, to the best of my knowledge and belief. ; ^ . O. W. KNIGHT. Correct.?Attest: R W. Best John T. Stevens, * T. E. Hearon Loring Davis, l Directors, i Jas. W. Baker M. G. NJcGougan j State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19th day of January, 1937, and I hereby certify that I am not an officer or director of this bank. * F. E. KBRR., Notary Public My commission expires at pleasure of Governor. NOTICE of Taxes Due .. ' , . -r i i i n i 1. 1 An .extra penalty will be added to all 1936 taxes not paid by February 1, 1937. i j i J. C. BOYKIN, City Clerk of Camden, S. C. _ J? ^ Jl* -I. .11 [IB in a :8 NOW IS THE TIME TO I ; ROOF With Asphalt or Asbestos^ | VENEER with A.be.io. 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