Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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S*"BS55S^SK8i4J ?555- ?i?J- - -a? * THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. O. NILKS, Editor and Proprietor Published every KrldaJ at Number 1109 North Broad Htreet, and entered at the Camden. South Carolina Poatofflce an aecotul clues mall matter. I'rloa per Year 12 00 No subscriptions taken for less than 81? Months. In all Instancss the subscription price Is due and payable In advance. All subscriptions ais cancelled when subscriber falls to renew. Represented In New York by the American Press Association and eleewnecg fry ail reliable Advert Islns Agencies. we accept no advertising of a doubtful nature ami try to protect our patrons from misrepresentation by Advertisers* Laquor Advertisements accepted at any price. Friday, November 17, 1939 80UTHERN PAPER INDUSTRY Predictions are freely made of the possible ,benefits to the Southern paper industry that will come from Kuropeait war conditions. Increased demand Is forecast for newsprint, pulp, paper, and ground woods and It Is In the South that these commodities, with the exception ofv newsprint, are being manufactured hV growing quantities. Newsprint will soon bo added to the list with a large plant In Texas Hearing completion and other mills nf the kind likely to follow A heavy volume of wood jnilp has been imported annually from Sweden, Finland. Norway, Germany, and Canada. along with newsprint and other paper products, but Interruption of this commerce is regarded as a foregone conclusion, In fact has already set In as an effect t?f the war and according to the William F. Allen Foundation at Savannah, "there is no question but that the South can and will absorb a large part of the present importations and In so doing create a greater Independence on the part of the Failed States publishers." It Is Mr. Allen's opinion that further developments in newsprint production In the South should be hastened. He sees investment In such enterprise most promising for the idle money resting in the Soulh's many banks The opportunity appears to bo here to make the nation solf-sufficlent as to Us pulp and paper supply. To the South where this Industry has In recent years made rapid gains through the utilization of Its vast forests of pind for the manufacture of pulp and kraft papers, there comes the call for meeting an expected new requirements. ? Aiken Standard and Review. UNITY MYTH BOMBED No news more far-reaching in Its. Implications nor more potential significance lias come out of Germany since the war began than that of the explosion in the Munich beer garden, which unquestionably was an attempt to assassinate Adolph Hitler. The bomb in the beer Cellar exploded that Nazi loO-per-cent-nnity myth, j The explosion of planted bombs in I a place where only supposedly faithful Nasis one-hundred per cent loyal to Hitler had been able to gain admittance shouted In thunderous tones to the world that the people or German> are not one-hundred per cent loyal to the Fuehrer, as for months and years he has tried so desperately to make the world bollove. It indicates thut among the German people in Germany there are those who are desperate in their bitterness toward Hitler and his regime. It gives the lie to the oft-repeated claims o? (he Nazi dictator and his mouthpieces and his government-controlled press The immediately expressed opinion of some well-informed persons was that the explosion marked tile beginning of the end of Hitler, that it was the inauguration of a series of outbreak. of disorder in Germany that tinalA would develop into revolt and !?. , .f the Hitler regime. Perhaps that i- too much to as' M,ti? . btp woi id startling incident ,., i ,ii.- , in umstan. es surrounding it , ]. ar'.x null, ate that all it not unity ,i n ! ha tn- >:,y in t ;.-rnian> . Nobod\ more painfully cognizant the tau than Hitler and his co hor- , hi-'r aides and lieutenants, at tho .g'u ihe> Seek to . OVfl Up tile Ug !> fa. t by charging that the gttempt ed assassination was of 'foreign in . itetneiit" and the culmination of "f , 11 > originating abroad"?more spe i :tie.i.iy tn Kngland of course Aside from the attempt at assassin a: ion itself, consider us evidonct these tar's One o; the greatest forces of poliCi ,. vasset-; :?: ! m Munich was oi hand, according to the .censored re port of The Associated Press fron lie rim. Why such an extraordinary polic< force, even In war time, In a city am nlf)1 ,4 . 0 .. M|l, JiTi* dred per cent loyal to those partic paling in the big annua1. Nazi event? The building wrecked by the explc slon had tx*en one of the most "earc fully guarded spots 111 Munich fo days?not merely houra?According t the same Associated Pross ropori Why" And only the most loyal part members had been In charge of al the measures taken to assure perfeo safety for the visiting Htiler and hi chief lieutenants. Of course no one was able to eJ plain how a rt>ret?ner or an untrusi i worthy person could have smuggled a bomb into the place, one of Nazidom's most sacred spots. The security measures were not confined to Munich and the beer cellar. but the Berlin report says they "extended over the nation". Why? The railway line over which Hitler travelled to and from Munich was guarded, according to the censored report, every yard of the way between Munich and Berlin. Why? And the train, according to the censored reports from Berlin. Is one ofj the safest It Is possible for human ingenuity to construct, the Interior padded and the windows guarded with steel shutters, the coaches so strong that technical experts pronounce them able to withstand the force of a mine under the tracks. Why? And it was not a new train, but the same in which Hitler has been riding for more than a year, perhaps several years. He was using it in September last > t*ar All of uhiih would seem to give the lie to the frequent shouts of perfect unity, solidarity and loyalty among the people of Germany. Remember that no American Brest dent since Washington has had tin . I umt-hundrcd per cent loyalty of tht people, as Hitler and his reginu . claim. Certainly neither of tin . Roosevelts nor Wilson nor Harding k nor Coolidge. nor Hoover could clalrr . any such loyalty But not one <> them nor any of their predecessor! . ever travelled about the country It 9 armored, bomb-proof trains, even ii war times e Such measures so far us knowi 1 here, have been taken only for tin !- protection of tlie only ruler of a grea ti modern nation who seeks to maki the world believe his people are oue a J hundred per runt loyal to him am JI approve one-hundred i>er < ent all hi l- actions and sr)d nrofrrnms i- The evidence Is overwhelming tha there is bitterness and hatred of Hit >- ler in Germany and that is the ex i- planutlon for the attempt at assassin r ation The circumstances point to i 0 plot hatched in Germany among Nazi t. who, p+rhap like host of others, shotl "Hell Hitler!" and make a pretens >' of one-hundred per cent loyalty onl 11 beoap** >bchoose to continue IB it lug-1?and outside of a concentratio s camp. That explosion was a terrific bio1 l- to Hlllar and his fallow gangsters L Charlotte Observer. AN EDITOR LAMENTS The edlto^y following |h from The Wiiliumshm^l^ Ohio. T lino a Mild J spouks fpr nwlf j "Mlssused and abused are tome pe wnpapoiH, chiefly hiiiuII town v pukllos, Some schemers work them for free publicity that costs the publishers money to produce. Some who get that free publicity yea. seemingly legitimate thereby becoming obligated to the paper, yet they forget that obligation when needing aotnething elae obtainable from the news* paper and send away for or obtain It from some chlaellng printer ,Qr publisher Others are eternally belittling the paper, many of them from dlagruntlemeut at being unable to control the paper or dictate what Hltall be published amT-twhat shall not be published What a game It is, tills publishing of a newspaper!" What editor or publisher has not been through Himllar experiences? Unfortunately a newspaper cannot be issued to satisfy the demands or! whims of Individual subscribers. There! must be some rules or the property would go Into bankruptcy. Not every*| LU.'"K 'bat comes Into a newspaper' office can he published. Not every I favor that is asked can be granted.? News and Courier. Yes. there are trials and tribulations in the newspaper business. There are calls every day for the use! of the newspaper corumns for the use! of various organizations In selling, (heir quite worthy causes to the public. Hut would one of these organizations suggest to the merchants with whom they do business that thoy should advertise If thoy want that' business. No, the newspaper man must be of a persuasive sort who can Induce the business firms to use his advertising columns In order that he may furnish his nows columns for uplift and for community advancement. He must forever be an optimist, and must know that his merchants will use his columns, regardless of the fact that as a regular thing, they do not. We believe every country newspaper publisher can sincerely and do-' v on 11 y sympathize with this sadly misused Ohio publisher. Reading Paper Many Years Among the valued subscribers of j The Press and Standard is Sara Robinson, well known colored woman of J the White Hall section She says she| has been reading the paper for twenty-five years, and that when the paper conies along Friday mornings It j "looks like some one coming in the! gate". If Sarah has not the money! she brings peanuts or something else! to keep her "paper comln'."?Walter-1 boro Proas and Standard. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS (By Spectator) "Thankafllvlng" ^ I am an American, a cltlzei? the United Svitcu That is en^J tor real thanksgiving Thanksgiving is. ?f course, purely au American holiday, And the circumstances prompting the flint feast of thanks gave a religious flavor to our own celebration which I do not know of elsewhere. The early settlers England felt that there had been A gracloua1 Intervention by Jehovah to, *Pare them through the cold and dreary' winter and until the autuiun tshould yield a harveat of simple grain. Their pious gratitude to the Almighty came from simple and trusting devotion I, fear lt baa been Imitated by ua, rather than emulated. We are observant of forma but wo are too well-fed to feel dependent. | America la i 11 tho land of liberty, | of free speech, of religious liberty. This la at 111 tho land where no caste system ties a man forever to any place or any work. Her? wo earn a livelihood ai)d have the bounty of a rich market to supply ua. lt la pleasant and comforting toi think of our great nation at peace j and with plenty In a time of conflicting ambitions and sordid grasp-j Ing. but our thankfulness for the, goodly heritage we enjoy and the bounty of Providence should make us resolvo that this country pf our fathers shall be transmitted by us to posterity ua free as when we In our turn received it. No one llkea to be a pessimist; It is so much more pleasant to bo cheery and optimistic, at least In speech. It would be so much more agreeable to be able to say, as the professional and clubby glad-banders do, "fine, splendid, marvelous" In re-j spouse to everything that Is said and done. Such felicity of expression, however, Is usually entirely superficial or insincere, and not Inspiring. Like the surgeon, we may sometimes use the knife in order to help the patient. Our patient is this happy little State of ours, the home of ourselves and of our people, a land beloved for all its history and traditions. Taxpayers are the stockholders of the state and should take an Interest In the routine of administration. It Is said that wo could not do without tho services we now have. That may be true, but it is worth a bit of investigation. At first blush I question the accuracy of the statement. At any rate we can agree that whatever service may be charged* to the public should be worth the cost or should not cost more than the service Is reasonably worth. All of us must agreo that there should be no hocuspocus about the administration of public affairs. What do you think about this? It is very commonly said that a certain public service, bought from twelve to thirteen thousand dollars in stamps in June?$12,000 to 513,000?in order to spend all Its money before the close of the fiscal year, and, furthermore. lt Is said to have given evidence of Its fastidiousness by spending more than a hundred dollars for seat covers for the "comfort station . | An Interested citizen came to spectator, boiling with Indignation. He urged that the State should have postal meters to curb the stamp abuse. Some of our public offices are operated on modern plans and some j are too modern?btfT the spending of | balances so as not to return the mom I ey to the treasury is not a practice I which will impress the taxpayers ; favorably j They. all. want more money. Ol | course, it is the satne old story The i >p,'Oilers arc riding their horses and they think the fodder hangs low ii the rack The first institution to call foi 'j more money is the State Sanitarium !Jthat is the hospital for tuberculai 'j treatment. The State is now^givini ' it $220,000 this year, but it asks foi $423.4^3 for the next fiscal year 1 This is not a free afTair. as some on< f told me recently. Then comes Win *i throp College. It receives for thi ' year $261,875. but asks for $3S8.25 1 for next year. And so on. More I more, more! The i>tate itself is no t growing in wealth or numbers vei, - impressively, but it is growing It t public expenditures enorinouslj L' There is one wa> in which to sto !* this that is to stop it. 1' The State is just all of us, take; s together Well, all of us, even nilxe ' ,,?% Olrn a mota nf doneh are UOt abl I - * t; to pay for more What we need is ? >'onslaught, a veritable avalanche c an efTort to cut what we have. i-! a | Some years ago, while I was beloi si the pquator, my brother opened a t account for me In a Charleston ban e I had never heard of ; It was Th y Citizens and Southern Bank I^ate; r-j when conditions looked so unpronib n i ing. a branch of that bank was opet ! ed in Columbia, then another In Spa; w | tanburg. I came to know the offlcere and a I Laches pleasantly, later was aatocia V * . , /' . ;* V.' ? | ed very pleasantly with the President I of the South Carolina chain, Mr. Angus E. Bird, when he was Chairman of the Commission of Nine, to study the condition of the state. Later I became closely associated with the Vice-President here, Mr. Horace H. Morgan. All the gentlemen of the bank.?and ladies, too?have been so j progressive and constructive in their j outlook that the bank in Columbia j has quickly made a place?and a big , one?in this territory. That is equal| ly true of the Charleston and Spartanburg banks, also. What interests me particularly as a citizen is that our State now has such strong banking groups-t^hat It finances Its needs at the lowest interest rates in its history. >> Strong banks reflect sound condi-| tions. Spectator salutes Messrs. Bird, Morgan, and their associates and congratulates them on their splendid growth. Dignity of expression is sadly laek| ing among our people, at time^, but it J is like gall and wormwood to hear the Postmaster General of the I'nited i States say "We've got 'em in the i bag". He was left with the bag. it : is true, but the bag was empty. And f'now comes the Ambassador of the > I'nited States to Japan. Joseph C. 1-Grew. and delivers a speech or a i message expressing President Roose| velt's ideas and says?in Japan? "This is straight Troni the horse's .! mouth", meaning the President. Of ; course Mr Roosevelt does get pretty horsey sometimes, but we needn't call I'jhitn a horse, when talking to the Japanese. Figure this out. i' His excellency the Ambassador of -!the I'nited States of America, the s personal representative of the Presl4 dent of the United States, accredited !, I to the Imperial Court of the Son ol tithe Sun, utters words which he saya >'j came "Straight from the horse's a I mouth"! Considering that the Japanese are P| dignified and ceremonious I wonder il j some of them who have read the Bi n;ble think Balaam's famous steed had arrived in their midst e I nJ On November 7 the Secretary ol if; Agriculture announced a loan plan I for cotton of the 1939 crop But or I November 1 at least three-fourths ol wjall the cotton had left the hands ol d> the small producers, the very men tc k whom five or ten dollars is real mon e ey. When men become accustomed r. to Alnk or deal In big figures thej ? sometimes forget that a few mlllionj i- of our people seldom (if ever) have s r- spare five dollar bill. If Uncle San: wants to help the poor farmer h< t- should make plana for his cotton ti t- July, not November. i I OCALlTEB LIKE RECENT DROP [ IN AUTOMOBILE TIRE PRICE Ik { Mi) aouixvvw'Mit by the Goodyear/ ,;ld,>ad HiVklAi-7 Company of drattic '/idaiciiourt la the consumer but price or tiros and tubes has been enthusiastically received by residents of this urea, according to the Carolina Motor Company, Goodyear dealer. "The public seems upproclutlve of the fact Iljut Goodyear has made this contribution toward price stabilisation in the face of the current general upward trend," 8. C. Clyburn declared. "We have received many calls of commendation, but real proof of the way local motor.lsts feel about the reductions is seen In the Increase In sales since the new prices became effective on November 1. "Coining at this time of the year, when highways la many sectious of the country are wet and slippery, the price reductions are especially Important to car owners who realise that uew tires, with sharp gripping treads, are the beat possible protection against skids," Mr. Clyburn said. In the original announcement, president P. W. Litchfield, of Goodyear, explained that the reductions were mudo possible by savings In manufacturing costs resulting from modernization of the company's factories in Akron, lx>s Angeles, Jackson, Mich., and Gadsden, Ala., and by establishment of bulk plants at strategic points throughout the United States that have brought about a more simplified system of distribution. He also emphasized the company's belief that "this principle of immediately passing a legitimate share of such savings along to the public is consistent with enlightened economic policy and Indispensable to the continuance of national recovery." "It is the opinion of Goodyear executives that In addition to stabilizing prices to a degree unknown during the past year, the new arrangement will correct the evils of fictitious price lists from which long discounts have been offered, and re-establish consumer lists on a valid basis," Mr. Clyburn concluded. James Whitwirth, twenty-nine, negro of Gastonia, N. C., is being held in jail there on a charge of first degree burglary, having been arrested as the result of an attempted robbery of a residence there. The gas chamber will be his portion if convicted. Christmas Seal Sale j Drive Starts Dec. 1 I , Campaign material for use in the thirty-third annual Christmas Seal j Safe has been received by the Kershaw County Tuberculosis Association, It has been announced by Mrs.) John Mullen, chairman of the 1939 Christmas Seal Sale. There are enough seals to put two dollars worth In each letter that will be mailed on November 30. This Is the first time, Kershaw county has attempted the plan long advocated by the state and j national tuberculosis associations? mailing two dollars worth of seals to everybody. Those receiving seals are at liberty to buy all or any part of the seals. They may even return all of them If they prefer not to be a contributor to the program, which is meaning so much to those suffering from tuberculosis and the ones unfortunate enough to be contacts of tuberculosis cases. Wide use of Christmas Seals on letters, cards and packages mailed during December and even after Christmas will make it possible to improve the already fine service being rendered. Rockwell Kent, American artist, writer and lecturer, is designer of the 1939 Christmas Seal. As a sym-, bol of protecting the home from tuberculosis, Mr. Kent has used an angel with out-stretched arm. Against a brilliant dark blue background, the double-barred cross, international symbol of the fight against tuberculosis. featured larger than usual, Is prominently displayed. Rockwell Kent was born in Tarryi town Heights, N. Y., in 1888 and has lived in Newfoundland, Greenland, and Alaska. Many of his pictures portray life among the Eskimos and northern Indians. As a hobby Mr. Kent raises pure-bred Jersey cattle and Great Dane dogs at his farm in upper New York state. "Give your dollars wings by letting them serve as a protecting force in the tuberculosis program." An air corps board from I^angley Field, Va., plans to visit southern universities between now and January 15. to seek enlistment of cadets for the army's flying schools. Wall street sources are envisioning the development with four years of a two billion dollars trade between the United States and Latin America. Wants?For Sale I ATTENTION? Dealers, Contractor I Old reliable Paint Manufacturer I wants dealer In Camden. Write I Atlantic Paint & Varnish Co., 16121 River Drive, Columbia, S. C. i 33-35pd. I SEWING ? Experienced seamstress I will do sewing for the public at the I home of S. P. West, at "Dusty I Bend." Rea&nable prices. 33-35pd I FOR SALE?Circulating heater, used I only short time. Price $15. Algol one Home Comfort cooking stove ln| good condition. Will sell cheap!; address Mrs. W. It. Clyburn, I4ii| Broad Street, Camden, S. C. i ! 34-36pd FOR RENT?Unfurnished apartment? consisting of two rooms and kitchl enette at 1301 Lyttleton Street. a| very desirable location. 34pd | FOR SALE?1939 Ford Tudor. 8.000 1 miles. Has not been abused. Paid | $630.18 and will sell my equity fori $390. Apply at Chronicle Office. | Camden, S. C. 34pd FLOWERS?'Flowers for funerals at H all times. See Mrs. J. Thomas | Raley, Bethune, S. C. 34-36pd I FOR SALE?100 bushels Coker's full | grain Oats. First year from Coker. | One ton Ford truck. Very low| price. Apply W. A. Edwards, at | Westville, S. C. 34-36pd WANTED?Typing of any kind. 9m Honable rates. Address P. 0. Box 69, Camden, S. C. 34-Hgb W TREE SURGERY?Kaiser tree aurje-'M ry service. Let us take care ot^H ? your valuable shade trees. Free V Inspection. Phone 325-J., Camd&J or write C. R. Kaiser, Rt. 1, Colum-tB bia, S. C. 34-36pd FOR SALE?Farm Land, and timber! ' Land. Large and small tracts. D*| slrable Location situated near Ker- H shaw, Bethune, McBee and Liberty Hill. Cheap. Easy terms. WrltaB or see Carl A. Horton, Kershaw, 8. C. Phone 140. 29-35?b* FOR 8ALE?Several desirable farmim within short distances of Camden I ?at bargain prices and terms ifde-H sired. Address "Farms", c|o TheB Chronicle. v CURTAINS 8TRETCHED?At reason-1 able price, all work guaranteed. Ad drAss 904 Campbell street, Camdea, 8. C. 38 tl | INVESTIGATE?Duo-Therm oil bsatl ers. No ashes, no soot, no Are* to build on cold mornings. Made i? sires for one or six rooms. H. E. Beard, Camden, S. C. 4itf* &HOE8?For shoe reDUllding and re I pairing call at the Red Boot 8bo& next door Express Office. 619 Rot ledge street, Abram M. Jonea, ptMetor, Camden, S. C. ""I GAS FOR COOKING?and water heating, available everywhere with Essotane gas eervlce. Phone I H. fe. Beard, Standard Oil Company,* Camden. S. C. _ I In time for the HOLIDAY SEASON I FOB MC-MII If you Yike to -age" your fruit cake over a period of week*? orvler Your ClauaMfi'a Fruit Cake in TINS available in 2 and 4 lb aizea Baked on C|*AU88KN'S (am out old-time recipe, made of choke ingredient*, and'literally crammed full of nuts and fruit*. CLAUSSBN'S famous Fruit Cake is ready, as always, to add the crowning touch t9 the Holiday season. You 11 find it incomparable I Your grocer has it I S3 I Cakes and Cookies... fl AND OTHER GOOD THINGS II For Thanksgiving (I > 1 We have all kinds of ( wonderful Cakes and Pies / and Cookies; and Tarts i'i I that will make a glorious , event of yc^ur Thanksgiv> ing Dinner. BAWXD COQP^ || : Everything that comes Out of our oven is delicious. : , ! Our Bread is not just ordinary Broad?it is veil' II 1 made j^J^e finest ingredients?healthful and tasteful*. II ' '*M. j Ifl i j All our a rices are very reasonable. 1 wmx " r|?i ELECTRIK MAID BAKE SHOP j j I j , TELEPHONE <420 1 '' "1 LB '