Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. P. NILKS. Kditor and Propriator Published ?v?ry Friday at Number 1109 North ltioad Street, and entered at the Camden, South Carolina PoatQlvC# ae aecond olaae mall matter. Price per Tear 12.00. No euhecrlptlone taken for leea than HI* Month*. In all Inetanoea the subscription price le due and payable hi advance. All eubecrlptlone are oancelled When eubuertber fall* to renew. Repreeeuted In New York by the American Preee Aeeoelatlon and elaewhere by It reliable Advertising Agencies. We accept no advertising of a doubtful nature and try to protect our patrone from ml*repre?ontatlou by Advertlaera. No Liquor Advertleemente accepted at^ any price, Friday, Auquat 12, 1938 FREE SPACE SEEKER8. ?? Not a day koch by that our largo office wastebasket Ih not filled with uil sortrt of propaganda ?ent it* Ih KJ'oat volume In the belief, or with the request that It be given free pub Uclty. What upplles to uh Ih applicable to every newspaper In the United glutcs, both dally and weekly. The greater part of the material come? from government agencies and departments The writers who occupy alr-condlt lotted buildings preparing the copy draw handsome sularlea for ilieir work They take the newspaper men for foola, wo presume, for as as soon uh they complete their asslgnmentH they forward thorn to the newspapers. Should we comply with these free requests It would cost uh several thousand dollars annually to put the copy Into type, and wo would son be put out of business. To add to this over-growing army rtf ft-nti. upace aeeknrs. w? always liftVe political matter sent us during election y??r? from certain candidates with requests that It be given publication. There Is no more reason why a candidate should be given free advertising than a merchant. The merchant has merchandise to sell, the candidate must sell himself to the voters If he gains election. Newspapers have space to sell not to give away. They must gala their livelihood from their advertising Income Just as the merchant or business firm must sell their merchandise to stay In business. To draw a proper line between news and free publicity is one of tho hardest Jobs a publisher must confront. And to make the proper distinction It Is necessary that a handy waste basket be included as a part of tho newspaper office equipment. Clinton Chronicle. HOW FLYING FISH FLY. There Is a division of opinion among writers as to whether or not tho ing tish tiles In the sense that a bird does?that Is. using Its tins as wings with which to beat the air. However, It seems probable that such flight is more properly a glide, after the manner of a motorlesB sail plane Together, there are about tlO varieties of flying fish, and they are found in every temperate sen In the Atlantic Ocean, the flying flsh are small and their flights comparatively short. Off the coast of California they are larger, some attaining a length of 18 Inches, with pectoral fins as much as 9 Inches long; and their flight have been known to cover 200 yards. Flying flsh sometimes rise from the water In flocks (or to be more precise In terminology, In shoals) of thousands when they are disturbed. Their aerial abtllty is probably the result of attempts to escape from sharks and other flnny pursuers too heavy to take to the air The flying flsh launchos Itself Into the air by vigorous strokes of Its powerful tall, and once In the air, Us unusually large pectoral flns serve tho same purpose as do the wings of a gilder. It Is the opinion of some authorities that the fin motions of a flying flsh. upo,a-^mer^fng" from the water for flight, are but a continuance of the motions of swimming under water, where the Impetus for the flight Is obtained. About 95 per cent of the air dlatance covered Is plainly soaring flight. The fln movements may serve ta dislodge superfluous water from tho , flns and to orient the body andwfl?s for soaring, but It Is doubtful that any momentum for flight Is gained by fln flapping. Boy Hurt In Accident Young Johnnie Connell, 10-year-<^d aon of Mr and Mrs J I Connell and popular Columbia Record carrier, was painfully, though not seriously hurt last Thursday afternoon, while riding with a group of boys in a model, T Ford car In some unaccountable manner Johnnie fell from the antique | and a wheel passed over his leg. In-, fllcting severe wounds which necessi-j tated a number of stitches and caus-: ing the buy to have to lie in bed for, several weeks?Kershaw Tfnies Paper Purile New York. Aug S ? Kvnn Porrlgan . minded readers of the New York Post,; glancing at the eight column headline on the front page, today, blinked hard and wondered If their eyes had gone wrong. Then they grinned. "!nagirroc yaw gnorw ot llah." it gaid. General News Notes At least 42 deaths are credited to high temperatures over the 1'nltod States last week. Some citlen are considering a pluu to round of all all eel corners aa a traffic safety measure. U. s Senator Frederick liale. Deinoctal, of Maine, will retire from the aenuto In 1940, after serving 24 years He has constantly worked for a big navy The.death of eight persons, including four children, is reported from tile tireat Smoky mountains of Tennessee when a swollen inountaiu stream swept away the home of Alfred Hall. Three persons were klllyd and fourteen others were knocked, and thousands badly shaken, when a holt of lightning raced three hundred feet along the Jacob Itlls park beach on Long Island on Sunday afternoon. At Hlueiltdd, W Va , Charles and Anthony Kondinell, brothers, married sisters, Margaret and Hose Mallolo, and within twenty-four hours un Saturday the two women gave birth to babies, one a sou, the other a daughter. the Public Works AdinlnstratIon in Washington has given approval to a total of 4,448 projects, with a construction value totuling $1,223,280,893 Approved on Saturday last were 98 non-federal projects. The American Bureau of Shipping Zports tliat they are now building in merlcan shipyards a total of 124 commercial vessels with a total tonnage tons, -att inrreaHO'TJf 2S fllilps and 197,336 tons over last year at ^he same period, August 1. Judge Harry H. Porter, of Kvanton, 111 , told the W. C. T. U. convention at San Francisco. Cal., that "60 per cent or more" of the 39,700 deaths and 1,400,000 Injuries in 1937 auto accidents were "traceable to the use of alcohol at the wrong time and place." Senator Barkley, New Dealer, with the active endorsement of President Roosevelt, rati away with Governor Chandler In Kentucky's primary on Saturday for the Democratic nomination. The day passed off with unusual quietness for a Kentucky election. Senator Bob Reynolds, of North Carolina, Is credited with killing a 3,0(10 pound hull walrus with two shots at twenty yards in Bering sea waters, where coast guard boats are engaged in killing the beasts to be used for feeding natives during the coining winter. Restoration of the famous "twothirds" rule is heitig proposed for the 1940 Democratic natfbnal convention,* and this may become a rallying point for anti-administration political t? fees. Through this rule the "Solid South" once had an effective vote power In party councils. Abuse of the absentee ballot being much talked about In some parts of South Carolina, caused Lane L. Bouner, secretary of the State Democratic executive committee, to issue a warning to printers not to print any absentee ballot materials, under penalty of the law of the state. The state executive committee will supply these printed forms, and all other election supplies, to the county chairman, soon. The welcome given to Douglas Corrigan. Irish transatlantic flyer, by New York and Brooklyn on Friday, was about the biggest thing of the kind ever staged In either of the cities. In New York It is said more than a million people lined Broadway from the Buttery to the City Hall, and that the volume of ticker tape, torn telephone directories and other paper showered down would total 1,800 tons. Through it all Corrlgun was the life of the party and kept hose near him In a continuous rout^J of laughter by his witticisms. Never once did his famous grin leave his face or did he lose his poise. His reception was perhaps bigger than that of Lindberghs eleven years ago. I I ^ ? * - ????A HOW THE EXPRESSION " IfUfMBS DOWN" WAS ORIQINATED.? * 'Thumbs down" denotes disapproval and "thumbs up" approval. These phrases are survivals of the gladiatorial combats - bjs the ancient Romans for entertainment. The spectators were permitted to decide whether a vanquished gladiator should* to; put to death. If they held tnW thumbs down, it was a sign that the gladiator should be slain; if they held their thumbs up (or inclosed them in their fists, as some writers say), it was a sign that his life should be spared. Jean Leon Gerome, the French artist, painted a picture of the gladiators. The victor in the contest is shown standing over his victim and looking toward the spectators for their verdict. They are represented with their thumbs down, which means that the defeateH gladiator must die. An eminent philologist says on this subject: "The thumb symbolize^ the short Roman sword, and the gesture which meant death to the vanquished gladiator was given by turning the hand over into an unnatural position, with the thumb pointing at the defeated man." HOW??= I MU8KHAT HAPPENED TO BT AT HOME IN THE MARSH.? According to an old Indian legem!, tire muskrut gyve great service to the Sun-god during the flood. So the Sun god said: "You may have any part of the country to live in that your heart desires." The muskrat chose the lakes. The next day he came back and said: "I made a mistake. I would rather live in the grassy meadows, where there is something to eat." He was told that choice was satisfactory. The following dijy he was back ngain. "I made a mistake," he j said. "There is no deep wuter for swimming in the meadows, und I like to swim." The Sun-god replied: "One day you want water. The next day you want land. You don't know what you want. I will decide for you. From now on you will live in the marsh, which is neither land nor water, where there is green grass to eat and plenty of water to swim in." And the hivi hvcd in me marsh ever since. How to Carve Turkey, Beef, or Leg of Mutton When carving turkey, as many slices as possible should be taken from the breast. Insert the fork into the breast, then cut away the legs and place to one side for luAUEfi. use Remove the wings, taking care to remove as little of the meat as possible, then slice the breast neatly and cleanly. The stuffing should be cut across in thin slices, according to a writer in the Montreal Herald. A Joint or sirloin of beef may be cut from either end. The inside loin should be cut lengthwise, and the outside loin down to the bone. Insert the knife at the bottom just above the bone, and run it sharply down between the bone and the meat. In the case of a leg of mutton, the knife is carried right down to the bone, slices being taken, alternately from each side. When dealing with a shoulder of mutton cut from the outer edge of the shoulder towards the bone, carving as many slices in this manner as possible. Next cut the meat on either side of the blade bone, then turn the joint over and slice across the entire length of the shoulder. How to Hang Pictures Prof. Mary L. Matthews says: "A few pictures well selected and arranged look much better than a I number of pictures crowded together. A larger picture should be hung alone on a wall space; smaller pictures grouped together. Small pic- ! tures that cannot be readily seen 1 across the room should be grouped j together above a desk or placed in j such a position that one may ob- j serve them when sitting near the wall on which they are hung. One small picture hung alone on a large wall space is ineffective. Groups of pictures should not emphasize a diagonal line in their arrangement. Pictures hung on the same wall space should be alike in character. For example, color prints look best together, landscape pictures look best alone and should not be grouped with those of figures or of interiors." How Vacuum Cleaner Saved Life To a vacuum cleaner a carpenter's apprentice in Copenhagen, Denmark, may pay homage for saving his life. The man had fallen into a wind tunnel used for sucking up sawdust, and when he was rescued 20 minutes later his lungs had become choked with sawdust and splinters. His condition became desperate. Then a doctor thought of using the vacuum cleaner. Every day for a week he scoured the man's lungs by means of a sterilized rubber tube connected to the cleaner. More than 250 splinters, some an inch long, were removed. How to Use Ladder Safely Don't permit more than one person to be on a ladder at one time. Never place a ladder in front of a door without locking it. Always face the ladder while climbing up or down. Ladders should be placed so that the distance from the base to the wail is not over one-fourth the length of the ladder. Do not climb a ladder until all the dirt has been removed from your shoes. Always inspect a ladder before using it to see that the rails and rungs are solid and there are no splinters. How Starved Rock Got Its Name The story runs that the Illini Indians starved to death on Starved Rock when besieged there by the Iroquois. The rock is a cylindrical mass of sandstone about 160 feet high, with about a half-acre of wooded land on its summit. How to Create Ivory Finish To create a finishing having the nppcr.rar.ce of oid ivory, tint light j ivory paint with a little raw sienna ! and fc^urnt umber Over this ground ! finish, a glaze coating of raw sienna ' mixed with burnt umber may be ap- i plied. How "Sheet Music" Started Did you ever hear about the great musician who composed mus.c while lying in bed" That was the start of what Is now called "sheet music." Orangeburg Sells Its! First 1938 Cotton Orangeburg, Aug. 5.?Orangeburg county's first bale of the 1938 cotton crop was sold here this morning. It was auctioned off on the public square after being hauled through the city's streets on a fire truck, the siren of which heralded the event. The auctioneer was M. K. JefTords, manager of the Orangeburg Cotton I Manufacturing association. The sale was made through the association. The cotton came from the farm of .1 Chester Tyler, of the Pine Hill section. M K. JefTords. Jr., bought the bale for nineteen cents a pound. It weighed 340 pounds and graded strict low middling. The staple was one inch | The cotton was ginned by the N. A. Wilkes ginnery, of this city. The bale arrived at the local cotton platform at 13"' Thursday afternoon. This is the earliest a new bale has ev.-r reached this city. | WHAT THE JUNK YARD SAYS. Traveling the highways toward almost any destination one passes a junk yard here and there filled to capacity with automobiles which have left their accustomed place In the arteries of transportation and fill a more emphatic place in the realm of complaint which people make against such alleged insults to natural scenery. Such an aggregation of worn and broken machines does not, of course, serve as a stimulus or inspiration to the poet or dreamer of dreams. It Is easy to Imagine, however, that such a collection of the halt and the maimed and the blind of the motor world did not reach the end of the Journey without leaving In the past some colorful bits of history. They are discarded emblems of prideful. days, which were oftentimes a pleasure to the rich and a burden to the poor. They are evidences of many ah empty pocketbook, or they carry the record of many a deed of service in an age when speed is a foremost requirement. Some are connected with bits of faded romance and others with deeds of sin. darkness and crime. Change and time, wear and service, hop? and fear, pleasure and pain have wrought their work upon these battered cars. They rest from their labors, ugly and discarded as they are, amid the peace of the Junk yard, and yet they leave a history as varied as the ideals of men and women.?Clinton Chronicle. Graduates In Medicine Isaac English, Jr.. has completed a four-rear course In medicine and surgery At the Meharry Medical college at Nashville, Tenn. He successfully passed the Tennessee Medical board and Fb now an Interne in the Homer Phillips hospital, one of the largest negro hospitals in St. Louis, Mo. * " Always Losing Spectacles. A lecturer had been describing some of the sights abroad. "There are soma spectacles," he said, "that one nev^r forgets." "I wish you would tell me where I can get-a pair" exclaimed an old lad/ in the audience "I'm always forgetttng mine." One la Only 81 Hackett's Cove. N. S?The four Fralick brothers of this Halifax county village have, reached a total of 355 years of age. John 1s the oldest. 94; George is 91; Charles 89; and the youngest. Albert, only 81. Three bandits, two of them armed | with machine guns, held up a bank at Wood river. 111., and got away with 1140.00# Friday. Tim McCoy's wild west show was stJitf at aactlOti Tafet "week ^F its receivers in bankruptcy, at Washington, I). C.. and totaled $29,412. The horses of the show brought f24,390. Wants?For Sale FOR RENT?Small cottage 1208 1 Fair Street after August 10. Four rooms and bath. See Shannon Realty Company, Phone 7, Crocker Building," Camden, S. C. 22tf. LOCAL MAN WANTED ? Manufao turer, well rated, wants reliable man to conduct business establishing in Camden. No canvassing. $100.00 monthly income to start. $1,000.00 investment required, which Is protected by agreement furnished. References given and demanded. Write Box 267, care of The Camden Chronicle, Camden, S. C., giving address, and phone number. 21 WANTED?In city of Camden, one building lot 60x150 feet or larger. Must be in good residential section and near schools. Name very lowest price for cash. Address P. O. Box 511. Sumter, $. C. 20-22pd HOMES FOR RENT The Wallace property, Broad street, i one block north of postofH?e. Three' floors freshly renovated inside and I out. An opportunity for some one. I A five room cottage, 114 Union1 street. Very desirable in all respects., Available now. See SHANNON REALTY COMPANY j Phone 7 Crocker Building BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE?Some1 very choice lots for sale in excellent neighborhoods and very reasonably priced. See Shannon Realty Company, Camden, S. C. 16sb FOR RENT?Three room apartment, furnished or unfurnished. Apply Mrs. H. A. Small, Camden, S. C. 21-23 pd APARTMENTS FOR RENT ? We have several apartments of various sizes. See us. Shannon Realty Company, Phone 7, Camden, S. C. 16sb WANTED?To buy cattle, veals, hogs, goats and sheep. Highest market prices paid. Mail card to 1406 Fair Street, or call Phone 646-J for what you want to soli. E. K. Plyler. 8HOE8?For shoe rebuilding and repairing call at the Red Boot Shop, next door Express Office, 619 Rutledge street, Abram M. Jones, Proprietor, Camden. S. C. 9sb HAVE YOU HOU8ES TO RENT? We have many desirable tenants applying for homes daily.. We save you trouble and may Increase your Income considerably. Let's talk it over. Phone No. 7, or write and we will call on you. Shannon Realty Company, Camden, S. C. 21 sb j H0ME8 FOR HALE?Many desirable j homes in all seetloai of town. Get 1 our prices and terms. Be wise and buy now while prices are low. See Shannon Realty Company, Phone 7, Camden, S. C. 49sb FARMS FOR SALE?We hare ralua- j hie farm lands In all sections of the connty at most reasonable , prices. Some real bargains among them. See Shannon Realty Company, Phone 7, Camden, S. C. 4%mb Vy.ATCH .VOUR LABEL * The Chronicle will next week revise its mailing list, and we would advise those In arrears on subscription to look at the date on your label. If you are In arrears please let us have payment at once, or we will be forced to discontinue your paper. High Dice Philadelphia ? "Shoot," ordered Magistrate Jacob Dogole, handing dice to Ike Thomas, charged with gambling. Thomas rolled a five and a three. "Eight days In the hoosegow," said the magistrate. "Glad it wasn't box cars," said Thomas. Russia has completed a trade agreement with the United States by which the Soviets are to buy $40,000,000 worth of goods in this country during the next year. T^he total will probably run far over the stated amount. Mrs. Blanche Sand way at Mason, Mich., asked Policeman James Ray Hinkley to escort her home, as she feared her husband would injure her, and was shot to death by the woman's husband, using a shot gun. After being shot Hinkley drew his pistol and fired twice at Sandway and killed him. r i Camden Theatre FRIDAY, AUGUST 12 Warner Baxter?'Freddie Bartholomew In "KIDNAPPED" SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 Bob Livingston^Jtosalind Keith In 'ARSON RACKET SQUAD' Also Mickey Mouse and "Flaming Frontiers" SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 10:30 Show June Dang?Dick Baldwin "ONE WILD NIGHT" MONDAY and TUESDAY AUGUST 15 and 16 Bing Crosby?Mary Carlisle Beatrice Lilly?Andy Devine "DOCTOR RHYTHM" >??0??C'00??0<^0?0?000000< WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17 Melvln Douglas?Florence Rice "FAST COMPANY" >oo???oooooooeoo^ooo0oo< THURSDAY and FRIDAY AUGUST 18 and 19 Wallace Berry?Maureen O'Sulllratx in "PORT OF SEVEN SEAS" COTTON TO AID EDGAR A BROWN'S CAMPAIGN ' . 1/ ..-g$ . Farmer friends of Edgar A. Brown, candidate for tlie U. S. Senate, got together m Aiken County, where ho was born, and Barnwell County, his present home and contributed a dozen bales of cotton to his campaign against "Cotton Ed" Smith and Gov. Olln L>. Johnston. The above photo shows Senator Brown (fourth from left) beside the truckloud of cotton, which was presented at the campaign meeting at Aiken. ?Political Advertisement ? I MANNING'S THE MAN 1?Only dirt farmer in race?knows and is sympathetic with farmer's problems. 2?Militantly for law enforcement and will courageously enforce laws of the state. 3?Outspoken friend of the laboring man, ? 4?Impartial advocate of rights of labor and business. 5?Lower and equitable ta?es. 6?Will encourage influx of new enterprises and {_ . , new capital. (Notice: Special request broadcast by Mr. Manning, 8:00 p. m?, Monday, August 15, over Radio Station WIS) VOTE FOR MANNING FOR GOVERNOR Compliments of Kershaw County Friends of Manning 1 *l*iei"ieiiaeieei eeeeBei^? - iee?eeeee eieeileeeeeeilll*iee*|*ie**weee**eee^ii8iei*llil^j^ , - ~-P*?iticat Advertisement . f t \