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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE ?7^"~n7l?^ Kditor ?nd Proprftpr Published sv?ry Friday si Numb*t hum North Broad Htrsst, and e"**^ <l** lh?. ramdo.r south Carolina gjrtofcj* /..rs M ?"NO MkLXt'S. ?*? Kr leas than HI* Month.. In J11 jf'gS!? a: *?ub"d^s is ':ApA.' s. cancslUd wh?n aubacHber ? "**; Kepreaantad In Now York by theA"1*" can Prea# Aaaoolatlon and elaawhere by ill reliable Advertising A*5"?i?.#' , JJ* accept no advertising of a do,ubtful,.5?, euro and try to proteot our patron, from mlarepreaentatlon by Adv.rtl.oc.. No Liquor Advertisements accepted at any price. Fr7day7May 12, 1?3? the load's too heavy I Chairman Walter G. Guery, of the stale tax commission doesn't think either Industry or thd citizenship of South Carolina can pay the six million dollars in taxes to provide the additional state revenue, and ho lacks a |o(^ of being a lone fisherman. In addressing attendants on a chamber of commerce smoker ut Greenville,] Mr. Query concisely summarized .the situation in the following manner, as reported in a news story: "The state will need six million dollars In new revenue If public welfare funds are unlimited, If funds euua\ to the repealed three-mill constitutional tax are raised, if the deficit is to be met. Can tho citizens and the industry of this state pay it? My answer is 'no.' 1 don't see how it Is going to bo done without imposing crushing taxes." Mr Query is thoroughly familiar with the taxation system of the state, as well as with administration of the tax laws and tax loads. His statement should not be lost sight of by the state senate, which Is considering a measure authored by its finance committee seeking to raise nearl) six million dollars additional revenue by Increasing saleB taxes and lowering the income tax bases?Spartanburg Journal. farm guide for may I'lemson. May. 1?To guide busy farmers In essential farm activities In May. extension specialists make these suggestions: Agronomy?Do not ruin a good stand of cotton by chopping it all out. Leave two or three stalks every eight to twelve inches. For a prolltable investment make a side application of nitrogen to cotton soon after chopping Flan to put all grain stubble land into soybeans, cowpeas, or velvet beans for soil-conserving and soilbuilding crops. Horticulture ? Sow tomatoes for July transplanting, collard and cabbage for August transplanting. Mulch tomatoes heavily with straw or leaves to hold moisture and prolong fruiting. l)o not cultivate beans whilo the foliage is wet Apply nitrate of soda to garden crops if not growing well. Do not cut young asparagus too closely; fertilize and manure the bed after cutting season. Insects and Diseases?Spray fruit trees for cureullo. codling moth and diseases Spray pecans with Bordeaux to control scab. Band apple trees for codling moth by May 15. Control Irish potato and tomato diseases and insects with Bordeaux-lead arsenate spray. Arrange to poison ih.' boll weevil early. Get ready to tight the screw worm. Agricultural Knglneering ? Keep working parts of farm machinery greased or oib-d. as this is cheaper than repair- Check the mower, binder, or o* iter bar\ ing machinery for imude.i repair* Bo ?uro that grafu is ii. .id ripe before harvesting with a r. mbine. wlil- h usually is ten ?ia>s to t w,> weeks li ter jt is customary to begin harvesting with the hinder Soil Con-ei vat em - Watch the terrace i hunnels during the planting and ( ni?j\ at ing period A big rain may .sid them up in places and cause breaks later Sow some dose-growing" i n?p on newly constructed terraces Sorghum or sudan Is fine for this Visit your nearest Soil Conservation service demonstration area and study the conditions and results Malvern Htil Four-H Club The Malvern Hill Four-H club met on Friday. April 28. at the home of Virginia Mae Trapp. Tho president. l).,ns Crolley. took charge and the meeting was calltMi to order and opened by singing "My Grandfather's Clock " Devotional by Virginia Mae Trap;- The secretary. Margaret Sin< .an. called the roll, each member answering with their favorite wild flow er The meeting was then turned over to Mis I Few ell, who introduced to us our district agent. Miss Neeley. who gave a very Interesting talk. "Th? Little Things That Count." Following her talk. Miss Fewoll discussed oui regular month's lesson. Dlshwaah Ing" She brought out some very iu terestlng facts and stressed very much the use of a soap shaker We wer* then served delicious refreshments, consisting of sandwiches, strawberr) shortcacke and iced tea. The meet ing then adjourned to meet later In for the purpose of All low out rec ord oards.?Contributed J ? r COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS (By Spectator) We are ?till u farm-minded people in South Carolina. We think of our business condition In tonne of cotton. Moat of us don't think about bank clearing*; perhupu we think we have already been cleared out or cleaned out. We don't become eloquent about fruitful car loading*, nor atool tonnage. No, air; we think about cotton becauae our business life liaa been built on cotton. Well, now, what about it? 1 am about to divulge a secret. Very few men In public life have been told ubout thia yet, so I'm going to let the cat out of the bag. We are'not a proaperoua people today; in fact, we are even lea* prosperous than we were In 1933. It ..Is too bad to disturb the aweet dreams of tho^e who thrive on public fund*, but the truth is mighty ami will prevail. Strict truthfulness compel* me to aay that truth 1* a bit *low sometime* and doesn't put up us btout a tight as error; but I'm told that eventuully truth will prevail. That is why I'm so hopeful of this legislature. Beginning In January and struggling with error through January, February, March and April, 1 am optimistic enough to hope that truth will have a look in ubout the middle of May. Then It may penetrate the legislative mind, percolate therein and pervade thereabout until in the early days of June It will effloresce, you know, scintillate to a steady Incandescence and show error sneaking out of the corners. By way of luminous exposition lets take a few countloa for consideration. Anderson, a majestic cotton county, in 1937 it ginned 74,819 bales of cotton; In 1938 the total fell to 43,684. More than thirty thousand bales "off." But, worse still, Anderson farmers received twelve cents a pound for 74,816 bales and eight cents a pound for 43,684. Those farmers and merchants lost nearly three million dollars. The taxes of Anderson county should come down, shouldn't they? Let's take another county at random. How about the good old lordly county of Chesterfield? More than twelve thousand bales short. Twelve thousand bales out of pocket. In 1937 It ginned 32,794 bales for twelve cents and more?but only 20,820 bales In 1938. And that sold for around eight cents. How about Chesterfield? And the broad acres of Florence fell off in production more than seventeen thousand bales. In 1937 Florence ginned 31,806 'bales and sold all that at twelve cents and better; but in 1938 only 14.786 bales were ginned and they were sold at about eight cents. Any prosperity in Florence? Greenville, queen of the textile Industry. Well the queen ginned 01,791 bales in 1937. selling a lot of It above twelve cents, but 1938 saw only 32,670, a shortage of nearly 19,000 bales and at an additional loss of four cents a pound. Any farmers in Greenville buying bank stock? The great county of Laurens was eleven thousand bales short, and so was little Lee. Marlboro was only 8,000 short, due, perhaps, to using baking powder as a filler. But even 8,000 bales at eight cents is more money than anybody can just throw about unless he be a legislator or a congressman. Newberry lost 3,000 bales. If they haven't felt the strain yet it is because those steady burghers are still eating their 1936 hams and haven't sold their cotton.yet. Just wait until ihev do find out about the loss for 193S and see if Senator Abrams does"' n't get a lot of letters from back home Orangeburg, great land of the Ldisto. was out of form by nearly 20.U00 bales I'erhaps some of those good people don't agree tbAt the moon Is always smiling on a land of milk and honey Some one tells me that the bill for unpaid taxes over there amounts to more than $ <00,000, not counting all the back taxes assumed by the Federal I^and Bank. Insurance companies and others. Are we to believe that the burghers of Orangeburg just won't pay their taxes? Or are taxes a wee bit high? The imperial county of Spartanburg went Greenville one better, or worse, as might have been expected, and fell off more than 21,000 bales. Any outpouring of milk and honey there? And Sumter lost noarly sixteen thousand bales. In spite of the brave front of her handsome senator the only Jam 1 see In Sumter Is In the 10-cent store, for that's the only place I can go myself. 1 And York, which I had, In my lgnor' auce, never regarded as a cotton pro' ducer, lost nearly eleven thousand ' bales. When you add it all you find that South Carolina lost 354,684 bales of ' cotton In 1938, and the difference be1 tween the lint cotton income to the ' farmers and" morchants between 1937 ' and 1938 was thlrty-slx million dollars; the farmers lost $30,000,000 on cotton alone. Doesn't that cry aloud ' for reduction in public spending? People a3k me "what sort of men aro In the legislature?" My reply has been?and la?that both hquse and senate aro abovo the average. "Well, then," they continue, "Why are they ho wasteful with the money of a poor state?" x There i? a misunderstanding .here; this legislature has not beeri* wasteful?up to this moment. The whole trouble is that this legislature and this governor Inherited a bad condition brought about by the extravagance of other legislatures. The real shortcoming of this legislature is the lack of courage and initiative to put our affairs in good order. To do this we must forget our partnership which thrives on special championship of certain interests. It must be evident that a wee bit of commonsense indicates that we reduce our public spending in proportion to the reduction of the income of the people. But straightway we find some Goliath in full armor fighting tu prevent a dollar being taken from the schools. Are the schools sacred? I who write this spent more years as a teacher than any member of the General Assembly, barring my old friend, Hogan, and 1 neither advocate nor admit the Idea that school funds are too sacred to bo reduced. Neither salaries^ nor any other school expense Is?or should be?beyond the level of the general community ability to pay. Granted that some teachers are underpaid. Some teachers can never be paid adequately in dollars and cents. It Is equally true that some teachers are very considerably overpaid. True it is that a teacher expends more nervous energy in one school day than the average office worker; equally true it is that a teacher worthy of the uame devotes hours at home to preparations. All that I concede?and how well I know It?but that doesn't mean that when farmers are in debt; merchants In the red; mills shutting down, thousands upon thousands unemployed?that we have any service that is too sacred to be touched. I slpglo out the school service because most people are afraid to criticize It. But have we ever really studied our educational work to appraise what is being done and to stop the leaks? What I say about the schools applies with even greater force to every other public service. I mean Winthrop, Clemson, tho University, The Citadel, the Hospital for the Insane, the Medical college?and every other Institution, barring none. When the taxpayers of the state are hampered in their work by onerous taxes who has the effrontery to talk about sacred public expenditures? What has surprised me about legislators has been their feeble fussing over trifles while letting dead hands govern the state. Most of the members of this House are new; many of the senators are new. They thought they were coming to Columbia to govern the state. What did they flqd? 11 wonder if all of them have found out. yet.) Well, hef-e's the condition: The legislature last year passed the so-called annual appropriation hill. It said to the world. In effect, "We are authorizing not quite eleven million dollars." Now the truth is that our state is spending nearly forty-nine million dollars! What a farce! And the senate refuses to put it in one bill sc that the people might know what Is going on Now the new men came to Co lumbla. 'What did they do? The house passed to tho senate a bill for >10,271,000. Where are the new men! Are they asleep? If they?the pnsenl legislature, authorizes $10,271,001) then how does the state spend nearly Ave times as much? Because other leg islatures tied up money. Then why not let the dead legislature run al the business? , Is is not perfectly plain that each legislature should control the state! Are theae member* in control? They are not. The money of the taxpajrferi of our stato is being spent by ordei of dead legislatures. And these gen tJemen haven't the courage to take the thing in hand. That is what puz zles me about the legislature. It con trols only about one-flfth of the retro nues of the state, dead hands spend fonf-flftha. HIGHWAY 8IUN8 PROVED TO HAVE REAL EFFECT Ah un example of the effectiveness of tho highway signs placed on lT. 8. No. 1. U. 8. No. 621 and U. 8. 15-A luHt wiiitor, tho chamber of commerce poluth to a letter of Inquiry received from Fresno, California. The writer of ttye letter, In t^yring the east and south laat Winter passed through Camden, but the. effort to maJntaln a pre-arranged itinerary, was not able to apend much time here. Hence the letter requesting bookleta and. Information about. "Hunny Oa|<^r ' Heavy ralna In the Argentine, are satd to be roeponstble for a drop in the estimate of the cotton crop of 1088 of 18,000 tons, under the eatlmuto of the 85,000-ton forecast ou March 8. AT TAXPAYERS EXPENSE Arrest of more than one hundred persons in Aiken county last Saturday and Sunday, police attributing the drunkenness and other disorders to the payment of Wl'A workers of their wages Saturday, instead of the middle of the week, is "food for thought," Why should taxpayers pay wages to persons if they are to use them to go on a spree? Is any person who can afford to "go on a drunk" so destitute that he should be maintained by the public? , If any substantial proportion of VVPA workers lu South Carolina get , drunk on their wages, does it not increase the expenses of coujntles and towns to provide police who will arrest them and also to feed and shel? < ter thoi\? After all, is it not as well for a citizen to go hungry us to go drunk? ] Not all WPA workers get drunk, < not a majority of them, but if in one ' county so many of them do that they ure a problem to the police is it not j evidence that something is wrong with the WPA? ! It is' said that when the construe- 1 tlon of the Santee-Cooper project begins thousands of the unemployed , will be brought from other parts of 1 the stato to engage in the work. Is 1 that the kind of population that the people of Berkeley, Clarendon, Or- j angoburg, Sumter, Calhoun are dosir ous of having? Will they be useful and productive j citizens in the Santee-Cooper counties J after the project shall have been com- t pleted? Are they immigrants of the character these counties would have I added to their population? When a private corporation has ^ built a cotton mill or a dam any* ; where in South Carolina has It crea- ? ted a social problem??-Charleston 1 News and Courier. There certainly is "food for t thought" In connection with incidents ] like that in Aiken county! And the 1 tragic part of the whole business is tliis group is being rapidly welded into a unit, which already has power j politically, and feels more and more every day country owes them a living, and if they choose to spend the money for liquor or other un righteous purposes, it is their own af fair, and nobody else's. The News and Courier raises some questions that are far-reaching. Are our poll ticians so In love with power and swayed by votes tOat they are blind to the facts??Chester Reporter. MAY GARDENING HINTS Clemsoii, May 6.?"Garden work foi May should consist of careful culti vation, making successive plantings and fighting insects and diseases,' says A. E. Schilletter, extension lior tlculturlst. Cultural hints for the home garden include: Do not cultivate beans while the foliage is wet. Set tomatoes deep ly to enable them to stand drough better. When the strawberry crop is off, remove the mulch and cultivate If more plants#are needed allow the first runners to take root. Do not cut young asparagus too close. Fer tllize and manure the bed when cut ting is completed. In cultivating take care not to break the roots of shallow-rooted vegetables. "Insects most prevalent in home gardens during May are the Mexican bean beetle, the Colorado potato beetle, and the harlequin cabbage bug," says Mr. Schilletter, listing the controls for the three insects. Spray with five level teaspoonfuls ' of magh6sTum arsenate In one'gallon of water, or dust with one part of magnesium arsenate and three parts of hydrated lime to control the Mexican bean beetle. For the potato beetle dust with one part of calcium arsenate and four parts of hydrated lime, or spray with nine teaspoonfuls of lead arsenate in one gallon of water. To check blight 4-4-50 Bordeaux mixture can be sub stituted for water. Hand-pick .and burn adult cabbage bugs. Spray the young with a solution of three ounces of white soap to 1 one gallon of water. Death Stops Payment? 1 There is no provision in the'unem1 ployment compensation law whereby the unemployment compensation com' mission may pay benefits to the es* tate of a claimant who died before receiving all compensation shown on ' the "Initial determination" statement - previously mailed him by the benefit 1 section. The law says that a claim1 ant, In qualifying for benefits, must be physically and mentally able to r work, and available for work. Weekly ' payments are discontinued as soon as the claimant falls to meet this re' qulrement. r One of the volunteer speakers a , the business men's meeting in Colum bia suggested a general strike of tax. payers if the legislature persisted in j unusual, extraordinary and oppressive . taxes on property, business and lndus. try. That sort of talk is the forerun-^ . ner of a real crisis in the fiscal afI falra of the stats.?Sumter Item. Java has complete religious liberty. News Of Interest In And Near Bethune Bethune, May 10.-?D. M. Maya entertained a group of his frienda Frijay evening with a delightful flah aup[>er at the Maya Friendly Cabin. The Rev. W, V. Jeriuan and family tiave moved to hla newly built home jn hia farm a few, miles out from town. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hunter are [low occupying the recently vacated lome of Rev. W. V. Jerman. Misses Marguerite Foster and Elizabeth Baker spent the week end at Limestone college. ' , Flynu Kelley, of Ellzabethtou, Ten[lessee, visited relatives hero over the week end. He was accompanied by lis mother, Mrs. M. L. Kelley, his nother, who will remain for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. H. j3. Catoe announce the birth of a daughter on Tuesday, Vfay 2. The W. W. Mungo family attended the funeral of Mrs. Muugo's sister, Mrs. Y. T. Byrd. at Mt. Plsgah church Sunday morning. The entire commulity sympathizes with Mrs. Mungo in he death of her sister. Miss Mary Ellen McLaurln, who has jeen teaching at Ropef, N. C., is at lome for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Ixiuie Brown, Mrs. N. 3. Jones and children, of Columbia; Mr. and Mrs. Tedder and Mrs. R. H. Jones, of Timmonsvllle, were the Suniay guests ,of Mr. and Mrs. Cramer Jones. ? Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Mason attended x delightful barbecue In Camden on Monday, celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the extension service In South Carolina. Miss Gladys Baker and brothers, James Baker and Harvey Baker, are attending the world's fair in New York tills week. Mrs. A. B. McLaurin and Bethune McLaurln visited Appalachian State College in Boone, N. C., last week. Mrs. Reese Marshall, of Heath Springs, spent Saturday with her daughter, Miss Mary Marshall. Mrs. Charles V. Rivers and daughter, Katherine Ward, or Chesterfield, are spending several days with the former's mother. Mrs. M. O. Ward, having come down on account of her illness. Not only human beings are subjected to snow blizzards; animals are afflicted with the same malady. Wants?For Sale FOR SALE?Double Ragged Robins. > Pink and blue. Three dozen for 25 cents. Flower plants, pimento plants for sale cheap. Apply Miss Jennie Whltaker, 441 Hampton Avenue, Camden, S. C. 7pd HOU8E DECORATING 8ERVICE Freshen your home with new draperies, curtains and slip covers, Coker's 'Decorating Service, under the direction of Luclle Kupfer, New York trained expert, offers individual designing and custom paade work for homes anywhere in the Pee Dee section. Large range cd fabrics and newest color combinations. Mail inquiries on problems of furniture and furnishings invited. Personal calls can be arranged. Address J. L. Coker & Company, Department Store, Hartsville, S. C. 4-7sb FOR RENT?One four room apartment with private bath, furnished or unfurnished. Will rent very reasonably. Telephone 290, Mrs. S A. Sellars, 1309 Broad street, Cainden, S. C. 7pd FURNISHED APARTMENT?Of three rooms for rent during summer months. Apply Mrs. M. H. Deal Camden, S. C. 7.9 8b' FOR SALE?Six room houso on Mill street. $3 ,o00; five room house on York street, $1,500; six room house on Lyttleton street, $5,500; ten room house on Lyttleton street, $8,000; five room house on Chesnut street. $1,500.?Shannon Realty Co , Camden. S. C. 7sb FOR RENT?On May 1, small three room house. Inquire Mrs. R A Carpenter, Camden, S. C. 5-7pd FOR RENT?Five room house Hampton street: five room house Broad street.?Shannon Realty Co., Camden. S. C. , 7ab CURTA1N8 8TRETCHED?At reasonable price, all work guaranteed. Address 904 Campbell street, Camden, 36 tf. FOR SALE?Factory Built Trailer. First class condition. Accommodates four. Sacrifice for cash. Apply at Sinclair Station, Dusty Bend, near Camden, S. C. 7pd FURNISHED Efi6ltOOM-For m Private bath, private entrance i ra?e. Pouts Inn, DeKalb gtr* Camden, 8. 0. WANTED?Three or four room iM meat, completely fiftuUhed & Manger Rose'e Five and Ten ft Store, Camden, S. C. ?s,kf BABY CHICKS JSPECIAL.?For |hS Barred, Wl|Ite^fnd Buff Rocke, 77, dottee, New Hampshire*}, U. p hZT |5.95 per 100. KncUsh White h horns and heavy assorted, 15.45 B 100. Black and White Giants, K per 100. Chicks on hand, im^ late delivery, bargain priceB. g^y, Hatchery, Pageland, 8. c., Ph01u 2242. >. 741 L08T?On April 2 a white male I terrier, black ears, short black u Answers to name of "Skippy," found telephone 281 and reward* be given 5.7. QA8 FOR COOKING?and w heatink, available everywhere wii Bssotane gas service. Phone 0 H, HI, Beard, Standard Oil Compu Camden, S. C. ? flj; SHOES?For snoe reDuliding and j pairing esll Hit the Red Boot Ami next door BJxprees Office, Ci|?Jti ledge street, Abram M. Jones, ft* p;Metor, Camden. S. C. HI FOR RENTrr-Two aparunents, fa* ished or unfurnished. Apply m Fair street, Camden. S. C. 44 tt INVESTIGATE?Duo-Therm oil h*| ers. No ashes, no soot, no flrei | build on cold mornings. Made I sizee for one or six rooms, H. I Beard, Camden, 8. C. (4 tn j V^OWNBLINDsl Installed in your home at low m I $4.00 per window, complete with I Facia bonr^J to hide mechanism, I JENKINS SHOP North Broad St. Camden, S,C, I *..<ii. ! GO AHEAD.., 1 GET TOUGH! I THE TOUGHER YOU GET * THE MORE YOU'LL LIKE? 1 PATH FI KOMI I 1*648 [*?71 I H 4-40?a? 4.71?11 1 I 4.ai?tl 9.WMI fl | $855 W I Ym, sir! Yob gtf a big, tosgk, j smart-looking PATHFINDIK J tiro ? the bost ovor made by [1 Goodyear of these low pried. I Ckectr these flu# polih: dNfil bob-skid blocks for caster* 9 traction safety;basky>hosldirjH blocks; low strotch Super* twist cord Ib ovory ply: m l wide troad wltb mntttple rib-H lag ribs; Una-car appearand 1H from all anglesi. /. flu "Ub l time Guarantee." Act today! 1 You'll Agree? J "A NEW HIGH IN I LOW-COST VALUE* I SAVE AT THE SIQH <* J THE QOOOYEAH JpAlW* I Carolina Motor Col Phone 210 I Camden, s. c. J IR O TOB A cl I Bean Beetles, Potato Bugs, Cabbage WoftW I I DeKALB PHARMACY '""l