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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. O. NiLftft, Kditor ?nd HroprUtor Published every Friday at Number 1109 North liroud Ntreet, and entered at the Cuinden. Houth Carolina Poatofflce hs second clues mull matter Price per Year \2 00 No aubacrlpttona taken for less than HI* Months In all Instances the subscription price Is due and payable hi advance All subscriptions *rs cancelled when subscriber falls to renew. Represented In New York by the American Press Association and elsewhere by all reliable Advertising Agencies. We accept no advertising of a doubtful nature and try to protect our patrons from nilsrepi esentat Ion by Advertisers No Liquor Advertisements accepted at any price Friday, April 21, 1939 STRATEGIC MATERIALS The proposition by Honator Junius F Byrnes to exchange American cotton and wheat to Great Britain, BelKMim and (ho Netherlands for military reserve# of rubber and tin Is profoundly sensiblo and should by ull means be carried through. It is good to see that the undertaking has the Indorsement of the State Department and Department of Agriculture. It Is to ho hoped the negotiations will bogin at once. For a long time it has been apparent that wisdom would counsel the storing up of reserves In the United States of certain raw materials which military men count us strategic and of crucial Importance in war, but which are not extensively produced in the United Slates. Tin and rubber are among the most consequential of these There Is, however, a considerable list besides, such as mercury, chromium, tungsten, mica and manganese Tile list, in fact, is of sufficient length to raise the question how the stockpiling should be extended rather than to warrant any criticism of the present proposal. The barter with Britain. Belgium and Holland may be considered supplementary to the trade agreements the United States already has with those countries, rather than weakening the reciprocal trade policy. S11111,< have recommended that material. he accepted in payment on war debts. Cotton itself has been sugg'-sted as a strategic reserve, hut the government's supplies would still be ample after much more than the proposed 'J,Oi)e,nno bales had been e.v i ported. Manganese and scrap Iron are twoj in.net i.lis i <iai enter importantly mio ste--: manufacture. Brazil is an tin-, port.mt source of manganese; some at: aiigenient with her could be mu-j tii.ii 1 v helpful As for scrap iron, the' I att'-ii States is a large exporter of j that commodity, particularly to Ja jm:i Why would it not he judicious, as an internal policy, to impound iiu.iht it ies of that material as an! American reset"ve'.'?Christian Science .Monitor. NO QUARANTINE, BUT When a ship comes Into port she files a yellow ting that speaks an international language. Until otherwise proven, the ship is suspected of harboring contagious disease. She cannot proceed until she Is given clearance by port doctors who go aboard and examine passengers as well as crew. That's quarantine a maritime lawi strictly observed. Ashore we know quarantine under less uniform reguJrfUTAns. but familiar enough with its pl,e .Vila in red or yellow, posted at! the doors of homes where contagious! * I*.-' i - e i> known to exist. There is' > one among us who does not respect ;!u- friendly warning lliey con ! \i, ! y . fhe oiu- d!-?*.i>o that has Uni'ii in no lives ihati any other is jj.c. quarantined That is tuhercuioN.::ti why Chiefly because tu! . , ulosis a disease, w hich in the ;11 i j '; . ' v of eases, is not d 1 seUSsed :: is la advanced stage Tuber ? ill .-1 - otteii takes it.-, victims Willi p.tt.e warning, so unobtrusively that we rirely know we ouglit to run up the yellow tlag tins is no tune to pl.-a for legislation requiring that tuberculosis cases be iiiaraniined. but a reminder that lie. .nisi* tuberculosis is not quarantined It requires all the more vigt amon our part. To this end. tho Ke--haw county tuberculosis association is conducting this month its an:. i.i. Fatly Diagnosis Campaign, the slogan of which is ' help find early t uherculosis If 'lu re has been a cast* of tuberculosis in your family, be vigilant Go t > , phy sician for the; tuberculin test. If y.ui know friends similarly etidange . q etu out age them to do likewise. Do your part in helping to find eany tuberculosis. Help tlnd the spreaders of this disease who may be hidden within your family circle yvr among your friends. Like the captains of shijwc ?run up the yellow", flag for yourself until you have clearance paIH?rs. \ ' -? ? ,< Fuginoers are now experimenting with a "frozen' gasoline for use In fighting planes The invention claims that after the gas has been ooolod with dry ice and alcohol it cannot be tgttltod by bullets. [a blunt statement from a good friend of south carolina | | The Statu recommend8 to thoughtfill South Carolinians a letter from Mr. II. IV Kendall, printed In another | place thin morning Mr. Kendall 1? la business man of national and good reputation. Me Iium extensive IntereHla In South Carolina, ami Ih, an IiIh personal frlenda know, devoted to t)iih Htate. lie has a home In Camden. In the course of his dlacuaalon of the Induatriul outlook fpr South Carolina, Mr. Kendall aaya thia: "An InduatrlatlHt cannot even kuohh, with much confidence, what hla tuxea may he next your or In later yearn. All hb knows concerning taxoa la that they are heavy thia year, have been heavy for aeveral fears, and he hears I constant talk of increasing them. The I Instability in your leviea la disturbing to investors. Your local units of government appear to be financially autonomous, free to do anything they wish to do to Industry within their borders. That, too, la disturbing One of our mills in South Carolina, la, on a per splmllo basis, taxed higher than any other mill we have anywhere In the I'niled States. ... I like South Carolina genuinely . . . but under existing conditions and threatened conditions I must, to be honest, tell you that If the Kendall company had expansions to make, It would not make them In South Carolina. ..." Now that Is something to think about! Here Is a friendly Industrialist. personally attached to South Carolina, eager to see the state develop, but afraid It may not unless there are changes in attitudes and perhaps in laws. Because he is In a sense a South Carolinian. Mr. Kendall cut I loose and told the truth as he sees It. The State wishes more men would ' do the same thing The way to starve a community Is to tell the truth, good ami bad alike. Flattery Is pleasant, but likely to be ineffective by Itself. It might even become a mild, or a not so mild narcotic. Blunt statements are much more stimulating than flattery Thursday's Columbia State. Mr Kendall's Letter To the Fditor of The State: In a sense 1 am an outsider, and perhaps an outsider should stay out.1.1. m<- /t iaen ssion s of inside South Carolina problems But, in another sense, I am not an outsider. The Kendall company, of which I am head, has larger investments in South Carolina than in any other state. Our six cotton mills are located in Caiiuien, Kdgclleld, Newberry mid ' Politer. I it in an honorary alumnus j of your university, and 1 have a home ( hero in Camdou. a home I love. Possibly* that kind of identltlcatlon with ( your state endows me wltli the prlvt-1 Ioko of talkliiK things over without I presumptuouanosri. 1 have Just returned from visits to all the Kendall company's South Carolina plants, and from other motoring around your delightful state. You have, 1 think, a better road system than we have In Mussachuselta. No other state in which we do business seems to me to have such roads as you have, if my contacts with It have been normal, you also have a grand climate. Your location with reference to the largest consumer markets is highly favorable. And you have plenty of labor of splendid kind -?more than you can employ. Why is it. with such advantages, you do not have more industrial plants, which would mean more Jobs for your people? Why is It that some of the plants you do have are not in good economic health? The answers, of course, are complicated, containing many factors; one of which Is your tux system, or lack of system. An industrialist cannot even guess, wltli much confidence, what his taxes may bo next year, or in later years. All he knows concerning taxes Is that they are heavy this year, have been heavy for several years, and he hears constant talk of increasing ihein. The Instability in your levies is disturbing tft investors. Your local units of government appear to be financially autonomous, free to do uiiytblng they wish to do to industry within their borders. That, too ,is disturbing One of our mills In South Carolina Is. on u per spindle basis, taxed higher than any other mill wo have anywhere In the United States. The taxes of all our mills in South Carolina are the highest wo pay. 1 like South Carolina genuinely, and. if all other things were equal, the Kendall company, would, if it had expansions* to make, make them in South Carolina. Hut under existing conditions, and threatened conditions,} I must be honest, tell you that If thoj Kendall company had expansions to make, it would not make them in South Carolina. I say this not as an industrialist forever seeking more unneeded dollars for himself. I say it as a friend. My long association with people of South Carolina, and my close association with the New l>eal, which I have tried to serve as a member and once chairman of the business advisory council, may convince those of you who do not know me personally that I am not a crusty reactionary, detesting change. Finally, your ptand liberal Governor Maybank 1 count as one oi good friends. Thank you. Mr. Kditor, for this space. H. P. Kendall. C a mil en. j fcj?????? 1 "THE LOST LEGION OF 108" South Carolina's "Ixist Legion of ins." the pedestrians struck down during the past year by the rolling wheels of our modern Jehu, should convince our driver that ho has a responsibility Tor greater pedestrian safety, and should further convince our walkers that they must adopt new foot-travel habits to tit those present' day hazards of a nation on wheels. i The problem of the pedestrian in j traffic is age-old. with the first and^ earliest report of an automobile fatality in this country involving a person who made the mistake of crossing in front of an approaching vehicle. It is interesting to note what a leading New York newspaper printed on December -7. 11*00. concerning this' first automobile death which occurred on Christmas of that year -"A young woman was knocked down and fatally injured by an automobile vehicle while crossing Broadway on Christ-, mas afternoon She was a trained tiurs", and presumed to be intelligent.' prude.nl and active The vehicle was moving tapidly jus' how rapidly js not reported The engineer in v lun ge it. the young woman crossing the street and rang his gong in warning Apparently, however, he did not abate the speed of the machine nor 'attempt to steer it out of the way lie I considered his responsibility fully . discharged by ringing the gong."?So I related the tragedy of this tirst re-' 'corded automobile death in December,' | lhOd. | ' ThD !* >' hooouiw of an automobile, fatality does not differ greatly from' the daily news item of today, and vhsiixing "He rang his gong' to modernize it Into "lie sounded his horn" the age-old defense is noted of the pedestrian k ll h-r throughout the past l hi: : v eight v ears ' i ' I Pedes! ricide which began in 11*00 'appears to be holding true to form .as one-third of South Carolina's traffic deaths for 193^ were pedestrians 'No one can feel any complacency . about last year's street and highway traffic record which say 13.340 pedestrians kitled in this country by the automobile Over thirteen thousand I livtss sacrificed t>n the altar of carelessness and 295,420 escaped with in: juries This escape with injuries too j.nften marking the victim with perm!, anent disabilities and coutinued suf, [ferlng or llmitng the escape to the refuge of a cushioned wheel-chair 1 Records disclose that more than 20 ( por cent of our pedestrians cut down | by thMft rolling wheels, wore kffled while walking on rural highways. The miir-use of the motor ear contributed to this tragedy of course, but too of-1 ten some walking mistake or carelessness of the person on foot resulted in the smash of steel and flesh. Care exercised by walkers can eliminate almost as many fatal accidents as can be eliminated by safer driving but it is evident that the pedestrian's brakes don't always work very well, nor does his mind. The present day automobile is a marvel of speed, power, and safety, but the 1939 pedestrian is the same . plodding individual that he was one hundred years ago. He hasn't any all-steel body nor has nature streamlined him so he can move any faster in this day of speed. He has one advantage however, if he will use it. He can make up for his slow feet by his quick wits and he can avoid making the same mistake which brought death to ION South Carolinians last year. I'mil. however, the man on foot < hanges his walking habits and realizes that he cannot be old fashioned in walking, our* drivers must grant misiaiii right-of-way to tin- walker! and double th'-ir caution for 'pedestrian safety. A ft or all, you are never right except w h? ii j on don't have the accident. So don't permit the unexpected and carel?-ss move of some pedestrian to tnakei \ ou regn-t or remember a tragedy.? George K. Hurteau. Jr.. Patrolman. Highway Patrol Office. Florence. S. C., Fourth District. LIBERTY AND FREEDOM Freedom Is something most Americans accept with little thought of how it was obtained, and with indifference to seeing that it is maintained. Last week a man who is a refugee from Germany was admitted to the I'nited States He fell upon his knees and kissed the soil of a free country He appreciated being where one may enjoy freedom. A few days ago we heard a man.i reared in another country, but who has been in the United States for thirty four years say that he thanked God every night that he lived in the! United States of America. This is the best country on earth and we want to keep It that way. Therefore, every true American should be constantly on guard against lnfluencea that are striving to destroy individual liberty in the United States and regiment everyone into the same mold ?Carolina Free Press, Maroh 31, 1939. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS (tly Hpprtntor> Vice President Garner seems to be lu iho lead for the Democratic nomlnation for the president* South Carolina will probably not be strongly New Deal. Judging by the Slate Democratic contention of lb38 Politicians may not know it. but the New fteal tie-up with negroes and Catholics, and and its lukewarmness to the farmer a* compared with U? exuberant enthusiasm for the W. P- A. and various other pel extravagances, will not make the New Deul platform a strong one to stand on uext year. So Congress grants a hundred million more for W. P. A. and thluks it has saved the country fifty millions! 1 think the hundred million of new money was every cent of it too much. The Congressmen in Washington are too timid to put up a real fight. Senator Smith deserves recognition for telling the Senators that the whole thing is a vote-getting affair. Is the liquor revenue of any real benefit? When the question of liquor revenue was under consideration so much was expected that T had a sort of sneaking notion that all taxes would be wiped off and that the sheriffs would pay a cash dividend to each citizen. Well, well, I haven't seen my dividend yet. In fact, instead of relief. we are spending more and more and more, all liquor revenue notwithstanding To men with faith in rightnousness the question is: "is It right to sell liquor?" If not. then the state should not dignify it or degrade itself by legalizing a bad thing Now. then, even if revenue should accrue from the sale of liquors will it finally be helpful? Just consider our state. All the liquor money has not brought relief. Of course there is the so-called practical man who says a dollar is a dollar. regardless of the source. But the Apostle Paul says with a larger spiritual horizon: "Get not your taith stand In the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.' \ea, vet lly. The greatest event in the history of mankind was Easter. It lifted the veil and revealed the new path after this road is blocked. The great worry of all the ages was that of dissolution. The dark and gloomy grave fills us with horror. Then came the Sou ot uoa. iignitng uie w immortality. All our faith, all our hope rest 011 the resurrection of Jesus. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you that God should raise the dead?" asks Paul. If God be the source of life, the rekindling of that spark or the transfer of the vital current is no problem for Him. If we deny this we challenge the power of God; and If we doubt that we reject the very idea of a God. A few days ago I looked out upon the stark, naked trees. How dead they seemed! Nature stripped them for the cold of winter; but now the trees are revived and clothed again, redolent of spring, but somewhat typifying the new life and new body, the celestial body, assured us by the resurrection of the Savior. N. A. Coward, editor of the Belton Times, left us recently for the life everlasting. I first knew Mr. Coward when he came to Columbia as a member of the famous Economy House. Ho was a serious-minded, purposeful man, one whom I esteemed and cherished as a friend. The same day of the passing of my brother Coward 1 lost two other friends, one in the city of Anderson and the other in the town of Manning. My old friend of long ago. Godfrey H Geiger. affectionately remembered as "Chancellor Geiger." one of the brothers whom I have long valued as frb-nds, even from the time when the Me mory of man runneth not to the contrary, as the lawyers say. The Chancellor was a fine man, as steady as a clock, steadfast. Immovable. yet with a dry wit that was captivating. The third friend was my neighbor, Joseph E. Davis, a genial, likeable spirit, friendly with everybodj, neighborly. warm-hearted. What's wrong with our state government? The answer is: "Dreamers" ! At bottom our greatest difficulty is to find men who recognize in private business that two and two equal four, but who In the legislature either forget to add or forget how to add. The state is committed to every scheme which some dreamers muse over in their somnolent hours. When they wake they mistake their dreams for visions and regard themselves as crusaders of righteousness. In private life we have gumption enough to recognize that we cannot do all the good thing* that may occur to us; we know that we cannot buy Packard cara with Ford income; we cannot buy $100 suits of clothes with $15 incomes; wo are even wise enough in private life to know that if we have a Ford income we can't afford a Cadillac sixteen cylinder lim I ousine even if we coulil get it by matching for it fifty-ilfty. But in public life our people don't recognize these facts. We act as though the state were entirely apart from the taxpayers. Even hard-headed successful farmers, when elected to the legislature, fall under the spell of Columbia and plunge the state riotously in debt as the most prodigal of the Golden Spenders. The problem is to carry the homely virtues' and commonscnso from the farms and small towns to the legislature. I had hoped that Governor Maybank would say to the legislature and people something like this: "Gentlemen, I don't know all the details of each public service; I don't know where you can trim with the least fraction, but I know one thing clearly, and it stands out like a sore thumb, we are spending about forty-nine million dollars and that Is too much. Cut where you please, but reduce this enormous total. If you live long enough you will learn many things. All my life I have fought shy of calomel, quinine?and all such, but recently a man came to see me about my pecan trees. Guess what he proposed? Well, if he had recommended cottonseed meal I could have followed his reasoning; if he had Indicated a need for applications of potash or acid?well, as a fanner I could have grasped that. In fact, if he had told me of the virtues of nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia?all well and good. Hut say, what do you suppose this man wanted to put Into or around or about my nut trees? Calomel and quinine! I expected him every minute to call the drug store for a little ipecac or even nux vomica. 1 held a box of aspirin tablets so as to revive the trees if they should devetftp< a headache and I kept a bottle of ammonia near at hand for a swoon on the part of the trees. I hope the tree doctor doesn't require me to give a cold "dope" to each tree every day during warm weather Ih there any danger. I wonder, of trees requiring hamburgers, hot-dogs or ham sandwtche3? A monument should be erected to Representative L. W. Busbee. He had the bravery to stand up in the House and declare himself In favor of reducing the expenditures of the state. So far the House has seemed to be under a spell.' lltf. Mo*', ratlus at the bridge, stood Against, tlje rush of the foe. Spectator will gladly contribute a dollar toward the fund for the monumei^ of unexampled he* rolam. Strength to hfm! May hla .rib. A VOTEGETTINQ MACHINE WW Senator K. 11. y mi 111 told hlg colleagues In the annate several duya ago that tlielr so-called humanitarian-i lain and phllanlhrophy on relief problems witH buaod on vole gettiug he wua only expreaBln# the (tpi|i|)on 1 many Americana who have Watched the workings of such relief measures us WI'A and other New Deal schemeB. One has only to compare the amount of money BDent in dtAiblful sections of the country with that doled out In the "Solid Som?"vU> bo ,convinced that vote getting waA prlntarlly the object of theao so-called relief measures. The "Solid South" will vote the Democratic ticket regardless of how little It is considered when the plums are ready for distribution; but the New York and Pennsylvania negroes and erstwhile Republicans attracted to the New Deal by the amount of spoils must be nursed and given the lion's share, or they will desert the old Democratic ship and crawl back on the Republican baud wagon. It Is rather refreshing to have a member of that greatest "deliberating body in the world," .composed of aatuto and self-sufficient gentlemen, shock his colleagues by tolling them a truth now and then?a truth they had rather not hear. However, It Is not the sonatora that ure using the so-called relief measures for political purposes, but the New Deal big wigs, who are using the people's money to' buy up votes with the hope of keeping themselves In positions of power, the senators being partlceps crlmlnls only in being bamfoozled into currying out the wishes of the men who are in the saddle of the I^emocratic party.?Lexington Dispatch-News. Jack Cecil Glasgow, formerly of Greenwood, died in the Navy hospital in Annapolis, Md., from Injuries received in an automobile accident. G. E. A. Conck-Mason, British consul at Mosul, was assassinated at noon Tuesday by a mob which rushed on the consulate and burned It. Martial law was declared and order* was restored four hours later. The reason for the outbreak was not at once made clear. It occurred during frenzied mourning for young King Ghazi, who was killed in an automobile accident a few hours earlier. National Safety Couatif B Geared to wartime speed, the IJI? Is ready to start factories prodJ3 the 3,000 new airplanos and ot? munitions authorized in the $3580^1 000 expansion bill Just signed by p? ident Roosevelt. Aaaiataut SecreJ? lx>ttia Johnson aaya thut coatrtH with numerous manufacturers wo? bo completed Just aa aoon as the (J fund a become available. Dr. Paul Rogers Lipscomb, form? ly of Clio, haa recently been award? a fellowship in orthopaedic surgery? the Mayo Clinic of Rocheater, Mini MIDWAY CLUB MEET8 The Midway high school po?? club met Wednesday on the m? date in the Midway auditorium ?? one hundred per cent attendance jj? sent. The meeting was opened by t? president in charge of the devotioa? followed by the Lord's prayer. 1? minutes \vere read and roll called 9 our secretary. As there was no otk? buslnoBs to come before the club t? meeting was turned over to the ago? Mlsp Fewell^ First, she discussed gift-den wot? and urged ub to plant vegetables. Si? then gave a very interesting disci? slon on the month's unromantfc so? ject, entitled "Daily Dishwashtai? Everyone enjoyed tho lesson rg? much. Miss Fcwell then told aba? the Amior Council meeting to be he? soon ahd urged everyone to attei? The meeting then adjourned. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that ov? mouth from this date, cui May ft? 1939, 1 will make to the Probate Cos? of Kershaw County my final renr? as Administrator of the estate oil? E. Elliott, deceased, and on the nit? date I will apply to the said Courts? a final discharge as said Admiliiwfl IUI Ut OUiU VUlMkV, V'*#?H L. E. ELLIOTT, ? Administrator ? Camden, S. C., April 20, 1939. H Wants?Fet Sate. I FOR RENT?On May 1, small thr? room house. Inquire Mrs. R. Carpenter, Camden, 8. C. 5-lj? PHOTOS?Your photo made and ? ished in three minutes 3 tor 1? Kodak films developed 35c per f^H ?127 (V. P.) 25c. Twenty-four h? service. Let us do your devdi^H ing, printing and enlargirifc. h? arch Brothers Studio. Next M? of Commercial Bank of Cu(? Building. 4? LOST?On/April 2^V-white mak? terrier,/olack ears, short black I? Answers to name of "Sktopy*? found telephone 281 and reward? be given tf? FOR RENT?Five room hotw? Highland avenue. House in condition. Price $22.50 per m? in advance. Call W. L. OooJ? Phono 193, Camden, S. C. Jjm FOR RENT?Five room hot^B Highland avenue. House lnl? condition. Price $22.60 per a? in advance. Call W. L. Goo? Phone 193, Camden, S. C. 4? FOR SALE?One Becond band P? Call telephone 28, OamdenrA? FOR RENT? Furnished bod ? with private bath on ground IV Apply to Miss Mae Burgess, j? den, S. C. FOR RENT?One apartment, fa? ed or unfurnished. Available!? 15. Apply to Mrs. H. A. S? Camden. S. C. 4-4j? HOUSE DECORATING SERVIC? Freshen your home with n peries, curtains and &Hp Coker's Decorating Service, the direction of Lucile Kupteh^B York trained expert, offers la? ual designing and custom ^ work for homes anywhere Pee Dee section. Large rMjF? fabrics and newest color con? tions. Mail Inquiries on P?? of furniture and furnishing* Personal calls can be arrange*? dress J. L. Cokart ft CoroP^5'-? partment Store,. HartBvill^^V? CURTAIN8 8TRETCHED?At J? able price, all work guaranty? dress 904 Campbell street, 8 C. ^? LOST?Saturday, April 15, a*?? ger's store, blue leather containing gold-rimmed 8P? property oX Maude Carting? ward if returned to ThdTGW^B office, Camden, S. C. J? GAS FOR COOKING? heating, available everywn ? Kssotane g&a service. PJ^? H. E. Board, Standard Oil Camden, d. C. JA?i? SHOES?For snoe reDulW?$r? pairing call at the RjdJ*^? next door Express Offk*> ? ledge street, Abram M. ? ? . prtetor. Camden, S. C. ^ ? FOR RENT?Two aparLn^J? IN VE*TIQATE?Doo-Theneg? Ota. No aahea, no sooj. 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