Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE i I H D. NILfc8, Editor and Proprlator) Published avory Friday at Number ?m North Broad Straot. aird antarad at the Camden, South Oaroltna Foatoffloa ah aacond clan* mall matter. Prio# P** Year 12 00. No aubacrlptlone taken for leaa than Mil Month*. In all inalanoea the subscription price la due and ble hi advance. All aubacrlptlona are cancelled when aubacrlber (alia to renew. Kapreeented In New York by the' Auierl* can Preaa Aaaoolatlon and elaeWhere by ail reliable Adv*rtl*ln* AaancUa wa accept no advertlaln# of a doubtfpl nature and try to protect our mlarepreaentatlon by AdvertlaWi. hiquor AdverHaumanta accepted at any price, 1 Friday, November 10, 1939 HALLOWE'EN PHANK8 DEEMED NOT FUNNY BY MERCHANTS It would have taken an English diplomat to appease the shop-owners on Wednesday morning, when they guaed upon much soap-streaked windows of the Hallowe'en celebratlou of Yorkvllle youngsters of the night before. A hurried call was put forth for window cleaners, but said window ( Cleaner 8 were about aa scarce aa ( magnollaa In No Man a Laud. Every | window cleaner In town waa hard ut t work on .somebody elae'a window. t So the shop-keepers grabbed a pall j of warm water, rolled up their sleeves ( and did the menial taaka theinaelvea. ^ 10 very where about them they aaw f havoc wrought aa of Tuesday night. A lilliug station operator had to bor- ( row a ladder to tako down a greaay ( banana atalk hanging from the top ^ of one of hia gaaollne signs. "Eye It f ?Try It?Buy It"?a Chevrolet sign? f was hanging In front of the Ford es- ( establishment. The Ford sign was f transferred across tho front door of The Enquirer office. It read: "See llie New Ford Show for 194U. Flower pots were over-turned and ^ their contents of flowers strewn across yards and streets. lx>ng sheets of bathroom paper decorated the streets, telephone poles, yurds, troos, (_ f bushes, front porches, and the like. ^ Persons thoughtless enough'to leave their furniture on porches, found it half-way down the street Wednesday * morning. Doorbells were rung incos- * aantly thruout Hallowe'en night. Kids paraded up and down the streets in make-shift costuming, make-up and masks. Yorkville was turned Into a near-riot with no holds ( i barred. . On Main street, not even one tiny window missed getting an ugly display of soap streaks, except where the thoughtful put on the "black-out" by closing their window blinds. Cars. ' too, caute in for their hearty share of hard-to-erase soap marks. Even the post office?a government building?was soap marked and bathroom paper strewn in front of tho steps. Probably the only building in town ^ to escape lightly from the Halloween fracas was the city hall?the InstltuHon of law and order! ( And so did the Hallowe'en bandits take over the town. ? Yorkville En< <1 uirer. KERSHAW TRIES PEANUTS I Kershaw county farmers this year 1 planted more than six hundred acres 1 in peanuts as a 'sideline to their sta- < plo crops, harvesting nuts to the < value of f30,?00 exclusive of the hay. * Indications are the acreage will bo * increased next season. Peanuts do i well In most South Carolina areas and with increasingly varied uses for tho nuts and their products the crop may well become substantially important to tlii* state. "Goober," a down-stale variant for Hi,, word peanut, coming as it does from . h** Kongo word Nguba, iiitli. ate* that tho peanut was one of the plants Introduced by the slave trade, along with pearl millet. sorghum, bene. , nil p?-.is and perhaps the sweet potato. IVannt- wer-- an important it,*m in the provisioning of the ,-arly >lave ships, i lie < !ii f item ill fact of the slavers to \ .rgiioa Tie- : ravel witter Han- Sloan, reported in 1.07 that he saw in a Jamaican harbor a sh;p coin>' irotn Hunt'a loaded with l>ia. K- to 1! " He was assured that tlx. n.-gtoes feed on Pnulals. or Indian' Mart h-Nn:>. a sort of Pea or Bean, produ, mg its pods under ground. Coming t: < m Guinea hither, they are r.-.i .e, the,-.- Nuts, or lndtan-Corn huii^-d whole twice a day." In tho C.u'.f peanuts are to this day , ailed pindars (Webster's New International dt. ttonary prefers tho spelling pin la which is new to The -ttatet t'oiuinbla Slate. W illiam C McDonald of Sail Francjrt. who ntly visited Warsaw in behalf of the Quaker commission for Polish relief, said reliable estimates placed the number of dead in ... i . ^ ? r A AAA Qnno V. me v\ a Vx*l * rtlCfct- ac " ing before 'he American Chanter of Commerce of Germany, in Bodisirir McDonald said he was "sure tho German government has the intention of taking a constructive view toward American relief work fn Poland." Former Governor Roswell K. Colcord, who was one. hundred years old last April 25, died Monday at Carson City, Nov. Colcord. a Republican, aerved as governor of Nevada fron 1R90 to 1894 MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION ! Knrli year American# In every cominunliy are called upon lo take part til a grout nation wide inovomeut to relievo human suffering and rulae health standards In thla country. I refer, to 'he work done by the Kershaw chapter of the American Red Cross and thousands of other chapters throuKhout the country It is not necessary. 1 kuow, for me to remind citizens of our community that the work of the Rod Croaa 1m a vital contribution to our community welfare, both from the utandpolnt of the year-round local program and work on a national ban!#, ?uch aa the relief of victims of disasters, the light against epldemlca, public health nursing for laolated communltlee, or assistance to aervlce men or dlaabled veterans, lied Crgpa aid to thoae ueedItiK help has proved Um worth. For yearn past our community baa had a ahare In thla %vork through contributlona made by local citizens. The annual membership Roll Call >f the lied Croaa. through which audi work la supported, la from Armistice Day through Thanksgiving l>ay. Your uipport during thla period will insure i continuation of Red Cross work tore and In other parts or the counry. The Red Cross asks so Utile, M't does so much, that we cannot aford t odeny an appeal. I. F. N. McCorkle, as Mayor of Camion, am pleased to designate this porod as a time when all members will >e asked to renew their memberships, md those who have not enrolled beore are askd to add thier names to he ranks of Red Cross members in >ur community. F. N. McCORKEE, Mayor TLTAINKSGI VING8 VARY Twenty-Three States Choose November 30 and Twenty-Two November 23 There will be a wide variety of Thanksgiving Days observed In the Tnlted States this year. Twenty-two states will observe the radltlonal day of thanks, Thursday. November 23, In accordance with 'resident Roosevelt's wish to move he day a week ahead, while twentyhree other states will observe the usifil last Thursday of the month. Colorado and Texas will observe both lays, and Mississippi has not yet ofIclally made Its choice. All six New England states, which iave Republican governors, retain November 30. Hut across tho country uarty lines are broken us states with Republican governors choose Novemi,er 23 and some with Democratic nhiof executives have decided upon November 30. The November 23 date is the choice of California. Colorado, Delaware, Illinois. Georgia. Indiana, l^oulslana, Maryland, Michigan. Missouri, Montana. New Jersey. New York, North Dakota, Ohio. Oregon. Pennsylvania, South Carolina. Texas. Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. In the November 30 group are Alabama, Arizona. Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida. Idaho, Iowa, Kansas. Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, S'ew Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma. Rhode Island, South Dakota. Tennessee. Texas, Vermont and Wisconsin. CHRISTMAS SEAL CHAIRMAN IS8UES STATEMENT In response to several Inquiries that have been received at the headquarters of the Christmas Seal Sale Committee in the agricultural building regarding the Rod Cross and tho red Double-Barred Cross, the Christmas Seal Sale Committee of which Mrs. John Mullen is chairman. Issued the Mowing statement: In by mutual agreement, the alliance between the Red Cross and. the National Tuberculosis Association vv.is dissolved. This alliance had been formed in l'HO. Since then, tho doubb t>arred cross has appeared on all the National Tuberculosis Association Seals, which are known as TuI,en-miosis Christmas Seals', and not as Red Cross Seals. It was in 1907 that Christmas S(.als were tlrst sold in the United States, in Wilmington. Delaware, by Miss Emily Hlssell w*io wished to raise funds for a little' open air hospital, where poor victims of tuberculosis were brought back to health. With forty dollars, Miss Hlssell had rm.000 Tuberculosis Christmas Seals printed. Tit at was the basis of the campaign that has done so much to arouse a nation's interest in eradicating the disease?tuberculosis Tuberculosis Christmas Seals will be sold In Kershaw county from December first, through Christmas Eve Day. Simpler Charleston. W. Va ?EUgah Sansom. forty-nine, believes In spelling of names according to your handwriting ability. Held for federal grand Jury on a charge of operating a still, ho was asked by officers If his name were not spelled "Elijah". "Nope", replied^ Sansom. "I spell It with a because It's easier to write. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS1 (Uy Spectator) The department*, commissions, lu * tit ut Ions uud other public services| of our State are now preparing their budget for the fiscal year beginning July I. lU-iU. Every official of tiie State 1* convinced thut hie vVork is worthy of larger support and that his program should be enlarged. That is the proper attitude, of couse No one is worthy of his work who does not lovo it and wish to expand It, And 1 say with pleasure that my association with our officials convinces me that we are well served. It is, iu truth, something for a Just pride that our courts are clean and honorable in Judging between litigants and our administrative officials are men whose official fairness 1b uot questioned. This is true of our institutions, too, moat of whlse executive heads appreciate highly. Bo in speaking for reduced appropriations I am not act-, uatod by wai\t of sympathy for those who spend the public money as our stewards; but I am speaking for those whoso work and investment must provide the means which sustain the public services. A few years ago a trip aloug our highways and through our towns was depressing. Houses looked neglected; barns looked dilapidated; farms looked abandoned. Everything looks bettor today. Houses are being built, old houses are being painted; barns are being Improved in some spots. Hut nearly all the building, all the repairing, all the pajnllug Is done on borrowed money. True It la that, whether earned or borrowed, the money spent pays for labor and materials and -circulates through all the channels of trade, but a state can only prosper permanently through earnings, through production, not through loans. A loan may be used productively in business by increasing the earning power of the borrower; but no lasting prosperity can be built on loans which are merely spent. 1 submit to thoughtful men and women that what we have done Is like covering a big wash-out with a thin bridge instead of filling it in. It deceives the oye?that's all. We are making a show with borrowed money; we have jumped from one creditor to another. But the debt is still there. A few years ago we operated our Slate government for $4,000,000 a year. During that year the Income of our farmers was more than $300,000,000; now we spend about fifty million dollars, which is as much as the cotton crop is bringing. A few years ago a normal cotton crop was worth about $100,000,000 a year. On cotton crops bringing from $75,000,000 to $100,000,000 this State was built as we see it today. During recent years we have multiplied our public services and our public expenditures at the very time when the taxpayers were seeking relief through a half dozen Federal loan agencies. It is, indeed an impreBsiVS'aiiooialy that while wo spend money in an ever increasing amount our public officials are vigorously pursuing every possibility to get a dollar from the Federal Government. Behold a double anomaly; while we seek Federal gvants to relieve our poverty we expand our public services with the lavish hand of a prince; and we extend our public services through greater Impositions on a very poor State. As a very practical matter what should be done? Speaking broadly, two things should be done simultaneously: We should reduce our appropriations and try to bring in new] taxpayers. A considerable saving might be had by a business-like approach to State administration. The first step might be a central purchasing system. I think economies might be effected without changing the offi! cials who do the actual buying. It ; would be sufficient to have a clearing house for prices, based on the known quantities and qualities of supplies used by all State services, including I the'Inst itutions. This would prevent the corruption and graft which seems to obrtcess our minds. Then we might survey and appraise every public service to make sure that It Isn't | carrying a lot of dead wood, nor In* j deed too much green wood. Banks (are examined; merchants report to j commercial rating bodies, factories 'are inspected to determine the condition of tlie machinery and to weed 'out obsolescence which produces at j too high a cost per unit. Yot we ' have institutions spending millions of t dollars with the general sentimental [ acclaim of ail of us, but wituOut competent control of anybody except j those in Immediate operation I do not believe that there is corruption in public office and I do not mean to imply that anything Is not strictly according to Hoyle; but all public service should be what we { need today and the ship State might well go into dry dock occasionally to scrape off the barnacles I urge our people to sot themselves resolutely against any and every new dollar of public expenditures. What can we do to bring In more enterprises? Pennsylvania is sending broadcast a booklet telling the world that during this present year her state administrative costs have been cut 17 percent and that for the next j two years she plans to reduce them j twenty per cent. She further bids for new business by saying that she j has a State Administration sympathetic and co-operative with industry; an efficient State Administration; that there are no general Sales taxes and no ^personal income taxes. Why may we not take matters in hand here? South Carolina might well do the following: Remove the three-mill Property tax which the people voted off. Reduce the capital stock tax to two mills as an act of good faith. Remove the Intangibles tax which seems to stand In the way of bringing in rich citizens whoso income tax | payments would more than take the | place of the Intangibles revenue. jCurb the punitive damage practice by which justice is prostituted to greed, j Have bi ennial sessions of the legislature Congress sits most of the year and our legislature sits about six months. Business operates in a state of the jitters all the time, never knowing what a day may bring forth. This is a good ?{ate. It may be small; it may bo poor; but it is proud ?and we all love it. I>et's work together to develop it; and let us have the courage and intelligence to put things In order. Bountiful Crops On State Farms l)o you kuow that there is one institution in South Carolina that could, without stinting the holiday menu, observe two Thanksgiving days this year? From the standpoint of bountiful harvest the state penitentiary oau not only provide its own inmate population with two bountiful spreads, but ulso feed many more thousands of hungry mortals. The state penitentiary, under the splendid supervision of superintend, ent John Glenn, offers some interesting data in q,ouuection with croija on state farms. Colonel Glenn has been in charge of the state farm at Hoy kin, a few mileB from Camden, since April, 1923. In 1932 he was m^de manager of both of the state farms. When he became superintendent of the state penitentiary this year, his management of the state farms had been of such high efficiency that he was also retained as supervisor of the latter. The record books show some interesting tigures. For Instance, ?the state farms produced 245 bales of cotton on 210 acres; 25,000 bushels of corn, 7,500 gallons of syrup, 400 tous of silage, 5,000 bushels of sweet potatoes; 3,000 bushels of Irish potatoes; 10,000 bushels of oats, and in the livestock line lie has 1,000 hogs and 250 head of cattle. This flue record provides an inkling of the energy and intelligence he has applied to his work. With such yields, the Institution is in a position to care for its population in a large degree. Blaney Man Killed By Automobile Funeral services for Luther T. Brazelle, fifty-one, of near Blaney, who was killed instantly about 11:30 Saturday night of last week when struck by an automobile in the neighborhood of Quinine hill, Forest drive, were conducted at 3 o'clock last Sunday afternoon from the Smyrna Methodist church near Blaney'by the pastor of that church. Interment was in the churchyard. Mr. Brazelle is survived by four brothers, Willie Brazelle of Columbia, Burrell Brazelle of Winnsboro, Jim and Joe Brazelle of Blaney; Ave children, Mtb. Willie Ray of Blaney; Miss Ola Brazelle of Winnsboro. Frank Robert and James Brazelle, all of Blaney. Mrs, Brazelle, who- ^was walking with her husband, suffered numerous bruises in the face. The car which struck Mr. Brazelle was driven by F. B. Reynolds, coordinator of vocational education at Columbia high school. Mr. Reynolds said that Mr. and Mrs. Brazelle were facing toward his automobile and that he swerved, succeeding in missing Mrs. Brazelle but hitting her husband. NEVER WAS A FATHER, REARED 13 CHILDREN Charleston, W. Va., Nov 5.?Fred Davis never was a father, but before his death yesterday, the 84-year-old -negro coal miner had adopted and j reared thirteen children. His wife, who co-operated wholeheartedly with the adoptions, died several years ago. I Many of the children were those of friends who had died. Sand Hill Club Maota Sand HU1 home demonstration club1 held the regular monthly meeting, Friday, November 3r^ at the home of Mrs. H. E. Kirkley, with fourteen members aud threp visitors present. The meeting was called to order by tl\o president. The project song, "Joy to th& World" was sung. Devotional was conducted by Mrs. E. B. Truesdale. Roll was called by the secretary, Miss Nancy Rutledge, minutes of pre-i vlous meeting were read and approved. Milk was the subject of the moQth. In the absence of Miss Fewell our local leaders were In charge of this part of the program, ably discussing its many uses and benefits. During the social hour riddles were asked and Mrs. Phinehart gave an Interesting description of her new trailer house with Its many conveniences. The hostess served a salad and sweet course with hot coffee. The meeting then adjourned, to meet at the club house next month. i Wants?For Sale SEWING ? Experienced seamstress will do sewing for the public at the home of S. P. West, at "Dusty Bend". Reasonable prices. 33sb FOR SALE ? One 1938 Chevrolet Standard Coach for sale. In good condition with low mileage. Cash or terms to responsible parties. Can be seen at Skips Filling Station, Blaney, S. C. 33pd ATTENTION? Dealers, Contractors. Old reliable Paint Manufacturer wants dealer In Camden. Write Atlantic Paint & Varnish Co., 1612 River Drive, Columbia, S. C. 33-35pd. APARTMENT FOR RENT?Dec. 1st., to a settled couple. Apply to Mrs. B. G. Sanders, 1507 Fair St., Camden. S. C. 31-33ab WANTED?Colored man with small family to move on my place and help gather corn and peas. Will furnish good house, wood and water free. Will pay regular price and give steady work. P. I),"st?]J Route 2, Cassatt, 8. C. 32-33^ FOR SALE?Farm Land, and timber ' Land. I-arge and small tracts. D* slrable Location situated near Ker. shaw, Bethune, McBee and Liberty Hill. Cheap. Easy terms. Write or see Carl A. Horton, Kershaw, a C. Phone 140. 29-3*Sab FOR 8ALE?Several desirable farm? within short dlstauces of Camden ?at bargain prices and terms If desired. Address "Farina", cjo The Chronicle. LOST?A reddish and black hound dog, wearing collar. Answers to name of "Dash". Lost on Wednejday, East of Camden. Reward It returned to Luke Newman, Hermltake Mill, Camden, S. C. 33pd FOR SALE?Shade Trees. Seventy, five Chinese Elms, 8 to 10 feet. The fastest growing shade tree. Redlunds, Ix>mbardy Poplars, Magnolias, etc. See them at my nursery or address Mrs. Robert Rembert, Rembert, 8. C. 31-33pd. CURTAINS STRETCHED?At reasonable price, all work guaranteed. Address 904 Campbell street, Camden, 8. C. 36 a INVESTIGATE?Duo-Therm oil heatere. No asjaes, no soot, no Area to build on cold mornings. Made li sizes for one or si* rooms. H. R Beard, Camden, 8. C. 44tf 8HOES?For snoe reDullding and repairing call at the Red Boot 8hop, next door Express Office, 019 Rutledge street. Abr&m M. Jones, Pre prietor, Camden, S. C. 9?b GA8 FOR COOKING?and water heating, available everywhere with Essotane gas service. Phone 487 H. E. Beard, Standard OH Company, Camden, 8. C. 44tf i Fans Crowd Parks / Durham, N. C., Nov. 4.?Attendant* record* were shattered In baseball's organized minor leagues this year by a turnout of 18,6000,000 fans, j>rea|. deut W. G. Bramham of the National association disclosed today. ,{1T^ls figure, an Increase of 3,000.000 . qy^er the previous year, was for actual paid admissions and did not iu. elude attendance at various post-sea. sou playoffs. Nprris' exquisite Candies?-fresh?just received. New shipment Solon Perfumes, Bath Powders, Ley. I j Electric Goods, Flash Lights, Clocks. ! Prescriptions Filled Day or Night | ! I DePASS* DRUG STOrITUI Reasonable Prices THE CAMDEN BRANCH I The Major Conservatory of Music I South Carolina's Only Certified Conservatory ? * " ' * I invites all persons interested in the study of music to the FORMAL OPENING I Wednesday, November 15, 4 P. M. I AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING, f . I ; CAMDEN, S. C. * The following teachers will be present to give further information in the music subject you wish to study: ... ) E. T. Gavin Voice > ? . J Kathleen Major-Gavin 11 I , v. j Violin \ j I Cello r Welter Krueger H Accordion, f j Guitar --1 I - ! i ' i ' * I Trumpet ' \ j ! ??r ? - 9 Saxaphone ) - |9 W)fl ' V * I j r- I Pieno ' Kathleen Mejor-C**n? 7 s ... . v: