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. THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE N CK nim, Editor mn4 Propr?*tf I'uMtahed every FrWty ?t Nurnbtr HO* North Broad Btreet. u>4 tnt?r*4 at l ho CMHdtn, South CArollna I'oetufflce u eeoood cltvaa mall matter. Price par Year ft 00. No subscriptions taken tor Lees than Six Months. In all Instance* the subscription price Is due and payable In advance. All eubMsrlptlons are cancelled when subscriber tails to renew. Represented In New York hy the Anierlean Press Association and elsewhere by ell reliable Advertising Agencies. We accept no advertising of a doubtful nature and try to protect our patron* from misrepresentation by Advertise?*. N* (.klttor Advertisements accepted at any Friday, November 25, 1938 MAYORS ENDORSEMENT ('annlca la a community of homos and any campaign which has as Its theme, "Protect the Home," la assured tho wholehearted support of all. To protect homos from the shattering tragedy caused by tuberculosis Is the aim of the Christmas Heal Hale campaign. ^ It, therefore, give* me great pleasure to endorse Christmas Heals as a method of raising funds for the tight! against tuberculosis and 1 urge every one to cooperate In tills campaign. I hope everybody will buy as many I seals as possible and that every greeting card and gift going forth from our community will carry thb double-barred cross Christinas Heal, showing tliat Camden is doing its part to eradicate tuberculosis. GEt8E PREDICT COLD if there Is any uouot that cold weather is fur away or may not come at all the feeling might as well bo discarded More than one observer has informed The Index-Journal that the Infallible sign of cold weather has come. The "wild goese" are flying south. Tho first big flock was noted Friday evening but one observer said they were flying more east than south There may be some particular reason for the detour, but as tho geese were flying "In V formation" there Is no doubt about the nearness of cold weather. When "wild geese" fly in single file cold weather may n*?t be ;tl all near Hut when the big birds take to the "V formation" th'jy mean business. They are trying to get to ti warmer climate in a hurry. They ar?' bellig pushed hard. In footbull language, by Old Man Winter, who is running from behind to get them If he can Already by some weeks tiie Dutch Prophet litis predicted a "killing" frost for November 13 period The "wild geese" may have heard of It.---Greenwood Index-Journal. CROP CONTROL Kdltor Camden Chronicle: Vote against crop control. December 10 and return the farm to the management of its rightful owner The proper way to Judge the future is by the past. Think of the various plans of crop control since 1933 and tell your congressman and your neighbor If the plan Is satisfactory. No land owner of today knows how to trade for next year Under control thousands of good tenants are walking tho roads trying to get on relief rollB Tho acreage--that can now be worked In cotton and tobacco Is too small to sup. port a family even of two persons. A government bulletin says the southeast is trying to make a living on an average of six acres of land. Tho average per person In the northwest is eighteen acres. If wo hope fot a standard of living above that of slaves it Is nei essary to work more land per person 1 hear if we vote for control we will he tax(Ml if we make more than a minimum of food products, such as corn, wheat, oats or rice. I have a stock far in in Georgia and was taxed $4 .00 per acre because it was claimed I lmd too much corn planted 1 came home and was told that I was let off light, because the tax was supposed to be $6.00 per acre for trying to mako a living on my own land I hear that In 1939 If a farmer makes more than fifty per cent more wheat than he made* in 1938, he Is to be taxed fifty cents per bushel on 'the excess. In this land of the free are farmers willing to vote for any plan whereby they pay a tax^ to work their own land? M Secretary Wallace |j^j| ' instructed every paid worker in the extension department to stress our terrible plight if we fall to vote for crop control They never mention that if wo g.-t, domestic allotment that we are * llk. ly to get Just as much subsidy and perhaps more than if wo have control. They do not mention the fact that present loan policy, coupled with obntrol, is going to loso us in the near future every pound of export trade In both cotton and tobacco Do you think a handful of picked county committeemen, assisted by a score or more girls can plan your farming operations better than you can? If you do, vote for crop con- j trol. If you wish to be a free man again and regain control of your farm1 and fill every tenant house with happy farmers, vote against control. WADE STACKHOUSE, Dillon, S. C. i ~~ 1 Comments On Men and Thlr?8? (Hy Spectator) A new.day la dawniug for South Carolina. We have begun to aualyxe condition* and the analysis show# not merely certain obstacles to lnvesluieul here but also certain opportunities within easy reach Nothing could be more auspicious than the thought now being given to our economic condition and to our relative position In the great family of states It Is fairly eaay to dlaguoae our trouble#; and the diagnosis usually suggest* the appropriate remedy. j For nearly a year nine of us, known as the Commission of Nine, studied the business problems of our, stale,, by directors of the Governor and the General Assembly. Wp made this study as business men and came to certain conclusions. ' What are the chief obstacles to tho larger development of our state in' matters of business? True it is that we have high Htute taxes, but it is equally true that high taxation is to-1 day tho rule among the stutes and j among the nations. Our difficulty is not primarily exvossive state taxes; rather Is the heavy burden of local taxes in the counties and school districts. Home progress has been made In reducing taxes In somo of the counties, but our program of public service Is a very heavy one on a state as poor us this. We are, In fact, ambitiously demanding everything that richer states enjoy, Just exactly as families with two thousand dollars a year strive to llvo by the scale of those with four thousand dollars. Wo have a factor in South Carolina even inoro serious than that of taxes. It Is the atmosphere uf hostility to business enterprises and the urge to penalize them on all occasions. Tho meeting of our General Assembly every year Is a disturbing Influence. No one knows what may bo done between tho opening of the session In January and the final adjournment in April or May. All sorts of Ideas are floating about and the man with little or no stake In the land is rrultful In suggestions for the betterment of humanity, usually at the expense or his more llirifty neighbors. Some of these Ideas are entirely unsound. but are persuasive when urged by fervant orators. Few people are deeply grounded in any subject, and for the lack of experience, or because of a superficial grasp of a question, they are swayed to extremes under stress of emotion. Capitol is timid. In this day of economic fads and political Isms the introduction of bills in a Legislature, circumscribing business operations, or harshly regulating operations, Is a major deterrent to new investment. In our state most of these bills are defeated, but they produce a harmful effect as indicating a tendency here. Some bills have been passed, howpvor, which might have caused considerable trouble. Now that we have tho National fourty-hour law for industries engaged in interstate commerce, discussion of our state fortyhour law for tho textile industry Is merely academic, though it certainly proves tho uninviting atmosphere which so greatly threatens our development We in South Carolina enacted a forty-hour law for the textiles, although our mills must operate in a highly competitive field, and no competitor has a forty-hour law. North j Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama and Massachusetts have no fortyhour stale law. I must repeat that the annual session of our law-making body inevitably tends to uncertainty. Most states are having biennial sessions; our own people have voted twice for bi-ennial sessions, but both! times tlie legislature has failed to ratify the amendent. Shall We legislate for the Development of South Carolina, or shall we regard our state as a place for L topian experiments, even to the slaying of the renowned goose which lays the golden eggs? tolblnrv r? hoM t f\ \ f. There is uu uac toiaiuf, Acuities In South Carolina unless w? are willing to put our fingers on the sore spots, l^et us deal with some concrete cases. Tyoeal taxes, a Utopian or hostile spirit, and annual sessions, are, then, three of the factors to be dealt with. But what of the possibilities? How can we induce men tQ lgfe?U In South Carolina? We have already within our borders a number of men who knowall about us, who like ua, and would gladly become citizens of the state, bringing Into South Carolina large incomes for taxation I hose men own estates here and are keenly interested in our development. Why, then, dothey not come Into South Carolina as j citizens'' Our Information Is that our. Intangibles Tax law puts tho rates j too high, They would have to pay a, premium to become citizens of South Carolina. One gentleman of largo interests here made a calculation in 1 and found that citizenship in South Carolina would cost him thirtyfive thousand dollars a year more than In the state of New "\ork It is hardly likely that anyone would feel disposed to pay a premium of that sort to become a citizen of our State It is equally true that our intangibles I law la driving some of our own cltl-j zena froiu 8outh Carolina. I kuow of, a well-to-do man. a native of one of j uur Piedmont couulien, who haa uiov-' ed hla cltiieiuhly to Florida and auyaj he can live there on hla savings We find, then, that the Intangible* Tax law might profitably he amended HO that It would attract a great many , men of large wealth who are alraady I li<loroale?l lu us If theae men should become cltlMuv of South Carolina It la aald that they alone would pay Into our State Treauury lu the form of ( Income taxea about aa much aa we are now receiving from present sources | In order to encourage In vestments in, our atate we might exempt dividends ( from South Carolina investments from the Intangibles fax This la being done In some other places. Another proposal la that we lower the higher brackets of the Inheritance! Tax law We have very few people' of large wealth in our atate, so we should lose very little. In any case, j Suppose a man of twenty-five million dollars were to die In our state, a citizen of the State. There are many such men owning eslutes here; but; when they die other slates w4ll receive millions of dollars from their inheritance. p A few mouths ago a man of large wealth died in Charleston. He was a citizen of New York, but he had several largo estates In coastal Carolina. He loved this state so much that when ho was stricken in New York he took an airplane for Charleston. Among his bequests are several to instiutlons in our state. But a very large sum will bo paid to Now York State as an inheritance tax. This 1 think we might have had. Another unhappy distinction of our state is the damage suit Industry which thrives among us. Most industrial enterprises escape that through our Workmen's Compensation law, but any one not an employee, may j sue a concern or an individual accord-j tng to the wealth of the concern or individual, not according to the merit of the case. No business can be safe if constantly threatened with heavy contingent liabilities entirely at the whim of a jury under the spell of Impassioned eloquence. I have Indicated what wo have found In the path of new Investments; | most of these Impediments can be readily removed. What we need is a definite policy of economic develop-j metit; an aroused spirit among our people to enlarge the scope of our ef-. fort. We need to change our emphasis from spending to production. As 1 rido about the state and look over the great fields I sometimes admire the crops that I see growing, but I never fail to think of the herculean labors of the early settlers, and of our fathers and grandfathers. The first settlers came to a virgin territory, a new climate, to new conditions. The small farmer might have been appalled at the immensity of the undertaking Not only had ho to hew his way through the forests, but he lived in daily and nightly peril of Indian massacres. Here he was In a new country with everything different, but >ve left a heritage not merely of practical accomplishment but of high resolution and invincible spirit. More recently, our fathers and grandfathers felled trees and stumped ili.-.r fields; they survived the hardships of the Civil war. only to face economic devastation, social dislocation and upheaval and political spoil-j alien. Surely nothing before us is comparable to their task. Nothing we have before us Is equal to what they undertook with strong hearts. They wrestled with nature and hostile men; but our great task is to overcome some of the things we ourselves have done, and to renew a right spirit with-, \Ve have as intelligent men and| women as any other state; we have rich resources awaiting the day of development; the opportunity calls for nothing but sober thinking and a steady reaclvc to build our state To summarize, we have a state of rich undeveloped resources, a potential wealth far beyond the knowledge of all but a few; but standing In the road are legal measures and a spirit which we might correct in one year and still fall short of the heroic measure of those earlier Carolinians who did not quail before danger. Ours, In comparison, should be a simple undert&K in?>. Let me suggest a program which might contribute to our Industrial expansion ; Reduce local taxes. Change the I'topian or hostial atmosphere to one of cooperation. Have bl-ennlal sessions of the legislature. l?wer the Intangible tax Kxempt from the Intagibles tax income from investments in South Carolina. V Reduce the upper brackets of the Inheritance tax rates. Curb the damage suit industry by which suits are brought for enormous sums, even though the Injury be comparatively small. Think In terms of' production, rather than In terms of spending. Put our minds to the upbuilding of a v ~ [ the state. ... . * * ; - a -*? ? *<* *- ! * *> ??? ??> T'f" ?+ ?*? ? Make Travel Safe For Thanksgiving ' This week wo celebrate Thanksgiving. One of the things wo can be thankful for, la the sharp reduction j we have had thla your in our traffic i slaughter. The first nine months of this year have brought reductions In traffic deaths averaging HI per cent below the same months last year. This j means thut in these past nine months 5,820 lives have been saved. We may be thankful on this Thanksgiving that III this hurricane of traffic, automobile accidents are no longer taken for granted. rfoo many were falsely convinced that these wholesale tragedies of our streets and highways, leavtng families destitute and heartbroken, was (he price we paid for necessary, Increased and faster transportation. 1 Nearly 0.000 living, that otherwise would have swelled the roll of auto fatalities, may offer thanks that something was clone to curb the American tragedy of the highways and thousands may be thankful that they or some members of the family have not | been converted from healthy beings Into helpless Invalids.. Accidents are down more than 20 per cent so far this year and if we can keep this reduction through the remainder of this year 8,000 lives will be savecJV ? The traffic bugaboo months of November and December loom ahead and our motorists might well be reminded that these are the tougheBt and most heurtbreaklng mouths of I the year for traffic. Our winter racr?c^r<r mcati early darkness, bad weather with poor vision, slippery pavements, and the Chlrstmas holiday rush with attendant hazards. These bad conditions are accident makers and in past^years have piled up our traffic fatalities. (A. These winter months denubpd that the motorist drive with redoubled caution and good judgment remembering thai the different seasons call for driving to fit conditions. As for the pedestrian crossing our streets or walking the highways In the rain, sleet, or chilling wind, with heads down or sight hindered by hats pulllI ed low and collars high, remember "heads down means danger up" and inattention invites disaster. Last November 3,750 persons were [killed by traffic in America. Last December 3,730 persons were killed. Onlv in one year, 1932, has the traffic death toll failed to rise steadily thruout the United States, year by year, since 190G. This year, with a 20 per cent reduction so far, it is hoped tho results will be more cheering. If this rate of reduction can be maintained until January 1, our traffic death toll can be cut by a fifth. There is a place for every human being in this campaign of daily safety touching the home of every person. Let us clima^ this year of war on accidents with a resolution to drive with more caution and walk with better Judgment. These are the things which spell the differ-J ence between a healthy life and one crippled or cut short by the auto accident. cident? South Carolina Highway Patrol, Fourth District. Eighth Victim of Plane Crash Dead LaGrange. Ga? Nov. 22? Second Lieutenant John Madre died at a hospital here today, the eighth army flier lost in the wreck of a new army bomber in a pine thicket near here last Friday night. Six other fliers were killed instantly in the crash and the seventh died a few hours after rescuers carried him to a hospital. Hog Shipment Monday The Kershaw County Farmers' Exchange will ship hogs on Monday, November 28, beginning at 1 o'clock from the Seaboard freight depot. Please tell everyone with hogs to sell about this shipment, says W. C. McCarley, county agent. 8enator 8mith Better. v Florence, Nov. 22.?United States Senator E. D. Smith, who has been suffering from a kidney ailment for several weeks, Is steadily improving, relatives said today. An ignorant colored youngster in Darlington county, gagged and outraged a reputable white girl. He will die in the electric chair. Ho ought to "die. Shoddy and delayed Justice In such cases is the cause of most lynchlngs. At the same time, ja White brute was convicted of the same crime. Ho should have died along with the negro, for he knew bettef. He was given a long sentence which will amount to little or nothing. A thousand will sign a petition and a spineless governor will turn him loose. Not even a fool can call this "even-handed Justice."?Calhoun Times. 1 1 y ?? Grace Church To Have Annual Meet The annual meeting of the Grace] Episcopal church pariah will be held. at the pariah houae on the evening | of Friday, December tl*e bualueaa session to be preceded by a parlsj* aupper, ticket* for which are now being dlapuaed of by member* of the veatry. lie port a of the varloua unita of J||e. church organisation will be aubmlttWT and Dr. Maurice Clarke, rector, WfTT. submit his annual report. 'ibis will bo followed by election of warden* and veatry members for the euaulug year. There will be a Thanksgiving day service In the church Thursday morning at 10;30, with a sermon by the rector. On Sunday the services will bo aa usual, with holy communion at( 8 o'clock in" the moruiug. Church school at 9:-to. Morning prayer und sermon at 11:15 and Y. P. 8. h7:00 p. m. Dr. Clarke will take for his sermon thouie, "Re-Dedication. Ihu choir will sing the anthem, "O For a Closer Walk With Uod," with solo parts by Mrs. Joseph Urunson. Schedule of Services Following is a schedule of services for the Mission of Our I>ady of Perpetual Help, Father Burke, pastor: Holy Sacrifice of the Mass?Sunday morning at 6:15 and 11:00 o'clock. Week day Mass at 8:00 a. m. First Friday and Holy Days of Obligation at 6:15 a. m. Confessions?Saturday afternoon, from 5:00 to 6.00 o'clock, and agaiu at 7:30. Confessions for Holy Days of Obligation and First Friday; on I the nreoedinar dav^ the ?5LOie h-OlLl'S. Hi [Saturday. ' Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament?Sunday evening at 5:30. Religious Instruction for Children? Thursday afternoon at 3:30. Baptist Church 8ervlces The following services are announced for week beginning November 27, at the Camden Baptist church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock, with V. J. Rector, superintendent in charge. Public worship conducted by the pastor, J. B. Caston, at 11:15 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject, "World Peace," evening subject: "Sin, a Detective." B. T. U. with picture at 6:30. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30. The public Is cordially Invited to attend all services of this church. Union Thanksgiving Service The Union Thanksgiving' service will be held this year at Bethesda Presbyterian church on Thanksgiving morning at 7 o'clock. In view of the suffering of the Jewish people in Germany this union service will be one of thanksgiving and intercession and it is hoped that a large body of Gentiles and Jewish people of Camden will attend. Beth&sda Presbyterian Church Sunday, November 27, A. Douglas McArn, pastor. Church school with a Bible class for every age. Morning worship with anthem and sermon at 11:15. The public-is cordially Invited to these services. Preaching At Mt. Zion The Rev. Bruce, of Wateree church, will preach at Mt. Zion Sunday evening, November 27, at 3 o'clock. 1 he public is invited. Call For Boycott Spartanbur, Nov. 22?A resolution adopted by the Spartanburg Central Uabor last night called for a boycott of German goods in protest against Nazi treatment of Jews. General News Notes Mrs. Richard B. Melton, one of the| country's wealthiest women and a' friend of the needy, died Tuesday of pneumonia at Pittsburg, Pa. Her only last request was that her age be not revealed. The international Rotary clubs of lialy are to be dissolved on December 31, on orders of the government, as it Is considered that the Rotary clubs have an important Masonic infiltration and therefore anti-fascist In character. The British government's secretary of colonies, Malcolm M&cftonald, told the . house of commons EJngland "did not cqii),emplate the transfer of any territory under British administration to Germany intense anxiety has been aroused In Tanganyika over the possibility of return to Germany In an effort to meet Adolf Hitler's [colonial demands. | Oeneral Jan Christian Smuts, comI mander of the Union of South AfriI ca's World war forces, declares the | Union will fight, If necessary, to re1 tain her mandate over Southwest [Africa, former German colony. "We are going to defend South Africa anh its vital interests, including Southwest Africa, to the uttermost," he said. Smut was chief of the forces | which ousted Germany from Africa as , a colonial power during the World war. Then he went to England and served as'member of the empire's war council and later became premior of the South African Union. Now he Is the dominion's minister of justice. ? * * * * r tTli*" I'ITI I^" ^ "* Home-Coming Dance At The Hobkirk Inn Camden High school's first Wnu#J homecoming promise* to he a banner event, featured by the big gild tj,rln er between Camden and Raleigh thi? afternoon and closing Friday night with a homecoming; dance at the Hot,, kirk Inu. Indications are that a record crowd will be on hand for the dance, which 1s sponsored by the Trl Oauinm gir|'8 "Club of the high school. Among the colleges and universities that will be represented by the old grads Wh0 plan to turn out to greet classmates of yesterday urp: Clerosou, South Carolina, Ersklne, The Citadel, Converse, Georgia Tech, Wluthrop aud many others. ,? Tickets for the affair may be purchased from members of the Trl Gamma club. GETtACQUAINTED MEETING HELD AT COURT INN An informal reception at the Court Inn, Monday evening, November 21, took the place of the regular November nleetlng of the Kershaw County Education Association. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Richards met the guests at the door and presented them to the receiving line, which was composed of the officers and the executive committee of the association. ' The guests were identified by means of artistic tags made by the art classes In the Camden high school. The guests enJoyed several minutes of Informal chatting before being invited Into the dining room, where a short and Informal program was rendered. Several rtu /V# If Jr.. W.. . * T -? w v. ??a 4VSCV4 0ca* ere CA?aa TTrf^ presented In uovel dance numbers. Mrs. Kathleen Watts, county superintendent of education, Introduced ftie speaker of the evening, the Rev. J. B. Caston, pastor of the Baptist church and a member of the county board of education, made a very enthusiastic talk 011 the "Need For Adult Education and the Marvelous Opportunity for Service Given to the Teachers of our State." C. T. Baldwin, president of the association, conducted a qulzz contest. A prize was presented to each successful contestant. At the conclusion of the program, punch and sandwiches were served. This reception was held for the purpose of getting acquainted with our fellow teachers in the county, members of the bounty board of education and of the county delegation, it is hoped that we shall have other informal meetings to become better acquainted. If the charging rate of automobile generator is set too high, it overloads the battery, reducing Its life. Wants?For Sale LOST OR STRAYED?On Saturday, November 19, one cream colored Jersey milch cow, wearing long chain. Reward if returned to Joe Chavig, 705 West 19th street, Camden, S. C. 37pd TAKEN UP?One milch cow. Has been at my place three weeks. The Owner can get same by proving ownership, paying for thils ad, keep, and applying to Richard Wood, on Route 1, Lugoff, S. C. 37pd WANTED? Carrier boys, fourteen years or over, for Charlotte dally newspaper routes. See H. A. Brown, Camden, S. C., immediately. 37pd FOR SALE?Living room suite, sofa and two arm chair*, in good comH* tion. Also, Dr. Elliott's Harvard Classics, fifty volumes, good as new. address XYZ, care of Chronicle, Camden, S. C. 34tf FOR SALE?Two good building lots, in fine residential section. Can be converted into one large resident ' lot on a corner. Will dell separately or both at a sacrifice. Apply at The Chronicle office, Camden, S. C. 36tf CURTAIN8 STRETCHED?At reasonable price, all work guaranteed. Address 904 Campbell street, Camden, S. C. 36 tf. 8HOES?For shoe rebuilding and re* pairing call at the Red Boot Shop, next door Espress Office, 61? Rot* ledge street, Abram 14. Jones, Proprietor. Camden. S. C. ??b . ' WANT TO BUY?From 6 to 20 acrei of land, cheap, within 8 miles of Capaden. ABO, care of the Chronicle>R08PECTIVE HOMEOWNERS?For sale at reasonable prices: One twoatory house and lot, 11T>1 Lyttleton street; one small bona# Ahd lot, 116$ Lyttleton street. Both in good con* dition. Property faoing Hampton Park. Call L. H. Jones, telephone 340 or write Box 106, Camden, 8. C. 33 tf. GINNING?The Southern Cotton Oil Ginnery is operating each day end we will appreciate your business. - ' 32tf FOR LAWN GRASSES* sure to some cotton seed meal under your lawn grass. Yon caufget same st The Southern Cotton Oil Company32tf FOR SALE?701 Lafayette avenna Close to business section. Sacrifice for quick sale. Make offer. Fl*e ; room house on lot 60 ft. ?by 217 ftFor Information write Mrs. James L. Griggs, 1331 Park Road, NWWashington, D. C. " 36 FERTILIZERS ? You can get your Fall fertilizers from The Southern Cotton Oil Company, Camden^S^L. GINNING EVgftY PAY?Lot as fO J yoSr cotton. Our ginnery urlHJR -J tlnue to operate every day, ana ~1 have a fine outfit and competent fjjj I orewv?The 8 oath era Cotton I