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Hidden Tax Load Heavy On City Hook Hill. S. O.. Nov. 24.-~Customers buying household furniture to Camden's stores last your paid nut $11,445 In shifted tttXos burled ?n the coat of their purchases, a Naitoual Consumers Ts# Commission survey showed today. ? Tho hidden levlea ure the original taxes on tho inukera and Hellers of ruKH, furniture, radloa und other household articles, according to the study, made public by Mrs. C. 1' Laulence, or Itock Hill, national committee member, who leads the NC 1 C s tax education cainpalgu In South Carolina. "Businesses are unable to absotb all their taxes and must Include at least part of them In operating costs," Mrs. Melville Mucklestone, NCTC president, stated in the report. "When an article reaches a store shelf, the taxes accumulated at each step of Its making and distribution are handed to tho consumer as part of the article's retail cost. The commission, which has nearly ti.UUO study groups In 5,100 cities and towns, found tho shifted taxes last year produced $7,855,000,000 of the nation's total tux burden of $14,178,000,000, the report said. The NCTC estimate of hidden taxes In household equipment sales here was based on computations made from latest available government figures which placed local furnishings sales here at $10o,000. Six Fine Bucks Killed On Hunt A large party of distinguished quests Tuesday enjoyed a day's hunt on the Airy Hall plantation In lower Colleton, as guests of Col Robert G Klbert, the owner. Six fine bucks were killed by the hunters in morning and afternoon drives. At the noun hour the guests assembled for a delightful luncheon and social hour. Among the distinguished guests were Coventor Burnet R. Maybank, Columbia; Governor A. Harry' Moore of New Jersey; V. S. Senator James F Ityrnes. Federal Judges Alva M. Lumpkin and H. H. Watklns. District Attorney Claude N. Snpp, State Highway Commissioner Hen M Sawyer, Collector of Internal Revenue. W P Rowers, Santee-Oooper Chairman, R. M. Cooper, Col K F Hut ton of Laurel Spring Plantation, Mr. Ceballls. Beaufort county, L. S Barrlnger, hotel man, Mayor L. TV Owens, Columbia; James H. Hammond. K. M. Hrlggs. A W Uohlen. A L. Moore. j Dr. Frank Owens and Thomas Burnev, Columbia, and local citizens. S. It Sprott. Anderson Sanders, H. K. Sanders. Floyd Reach. William ^ Woods. Fit kiln Price. P H Dukes. ^ Allie Reach. J K Dodd. H R Black.Campbell Samlets of Charleston I Walt'"-'"f" Press anil Standard Rinn.inl.i L in a hot spot because ol ; her ftusiil to ra ni eoii'e>sions in . ji.uli- >> Germain. and on account ot , demand - being made b> Hungary.-. However, it IS believed that there will , |,r no war before spring i During medieval times, it was the < is' 11*, in lib: arte- and churi lies to , books to shelves with httge t V .lilt ~ . to pi e\ ellt theft . .. ' ' i'I -J LJi-J Senator George "Not Invited" Vienna. (?a , Nov 24 Senator Wal' icr F George (Democrat) of Georgia, mild hi IiIh homo hero tonight thai ho ' won't ho ahlo" to uceouipauy tneui| hci-t (>r tin* Georgia congressional del' cgal ion .win* n t h ?*> pay their reaped a I (o President Kooaevelt tomorrow i Ask'-.I If he intended to Join the delegation In a rail at the "Little While House" at Warm Springs, <?u . the senior Georgia senator asserted j Ik, was neither "Invited by the president not consulted on a dale" for the 1 visit. "There wna no Invitation for me to I no." said George. when the president 'sought to purge In the state's Demo* 'ciutle primary in 1938. j He said he was unable to say whether he would see the chief executive before the presidential party departed for Washington. ' Hunting Club Sets I Huge Award I Charleston, Nov. 24.?Ernest L. Allen, clerk of the United District j court, today was custodian of the award made to the Oakland club by j two or three referees In a condeinna-( Hon suit brought by the South Carolina public service authority for certain lands and hunting rights owned by the club In the Santee-Cooper basins. The award was signed by James E. I'eurlfoy, referee appointed by the authority, and Alfred 0. Halsey, elected by Mr. Peurfoy and P. O. Mead, referee for the club. Mr. Mead did not sign the award, which It is believed will throw the case Into the federal court for trial by Jury. Allies Estimate 43 j Submarines Sunk London, Nov. 28.?Informed French' and British naval sources today esti-j mated a total of 43 German subma-j l ines have been sunk since the begin-, nlng of the war. September 3. Thirty-three of these were attrlb-j uted to British action while a French naval source said the French navyhad sunk about ten more. Winston Chrchill, first lord of the, admlrality, told the house of commons November S Germany had about 60 submarines ready for action when war broke out, but that more were being built. j Japanese authorities in Japan have announced that they would lift the embargo to permit f>0,000 tons of coal to be carried into the British concession at Tientsin. China, beginning on Monday. The Japs have barred coal from that city for several weeks British and French residents of the concessions have suffered much from the ark of coal. 1 iiu inc the last few days Bi itish. in> 1 French air patrols over 'U ' North j <ea, have made matters increasingly j ' lilt unit lor German airplanes living j ,pn mines, in elude tin* enemy and i\nd a spot to drop their deadly ear-j goeS. <,,, -,.[ i \ ,,f Slate Cordell H '11 i , ' ... I spending a few days resting up 111 Augusta. C.n . this week. SS99SS8S!. -- nil ill - " <> i Cotton Quotas Aid In Better Farming i C Cotton marketing quotas, on which fanners will vote December 9, are an Important factor In bringing about hotter fa i' in In K methods In South Cari>1 ilia, county agent W C McCarley believes. i "With the assurances given by marketing quotas that the price of hi-. chief cash crop will not be ruin)M| |?y excessive planting by othoi giow? i s. the Individual cotton farmor can adjust his plantings of soil-depleting crops in line with duinund and carryover, and plant more soilbuilding crops, and grow more food und feed crops", McCarley says. "The record of .southern farmers under the Agricultural Conservation Program bears this out", the county agent asserts. "In cotton-growing areas tho land, labor, tools, and cash that formerly went into the production of surplus cotton, wheat, peanuts, tobacco, and rice have been turned to improving soil fertility, and. on farmB where needed, to the production of food and feeds for home consumption. McCarley explains that the Agricultural Conservation Program encourages practices contributing to the production of food and feed. He points out that establishments of a pasture 1b a soll-bulldlng practice, and that pastures w,ill furnish feed to help produce an adequate supply of milk, butter, and meat for the home; he also explained that legumes planted to Improve tho soil furnish feed for farm livestock. "Another advantago of these better farming practices Is shown In the increasing yields of cotton", ho declares. "The national average yield of cotton per acre for the ten-year period prior to 1932 was 170 pounds. In the 1933-38 period It was 212 pounds, an average Increase over the entire belt of 42 pounds to the acre, or twenty-live per cent." French aviators shot down 11 German planes In three days last week. At least 84 persons In 25 states met death In accidents last Thursday as the nation celebrated the first of her two Thanksgivings. Yeggmen cracked three safes In places of business at Concord, N. C., Friday night and got away with a total of about $1,600, One filling station was robbed of $8;>0. American farmers received an estimated cash income of $6,335,000,000 from marketings and government subsidies during the first ten months of this year. ' Coal mnie owners near KirkBville, Mo., have offered to turn over their mines to CIO unions to be operated by them, to prove whether or not the mines can be profitably operated at the wage scale of $5 for seven hours of work, demanded bv the union. Willlard Shockley. 23. escaped convict. for whom a "kill on sight" order had been issued, was shot to death in a gun battle with two officers, a sheriff and deputy, at Sha wnecstown. | Illinois Convicts at Central prison in Raleigh. N C are lucky. They'll get turkey Thanksgiving Their fellow prisoners serving in prison camps will have i., i- content with pork chops. News of Interest In ; And Near Bethune ' Bothune. Nov 29-- t'nlon 1 hanksI giving services were held In the Presbyterian church Thursday morning at 7:30, sponsored hy the Pioneers with Miss Blanche Edna Brannou I presiding. Despite the early hour, a Koodly crowd wus present. Each, person hrotight, provisions and representatives of the different churches (Us trlhuted them where needed I lie executive board of the Woman s Auxiliary of the ITesbyterian church met with Mrs. F N. Morse. Tuesday afternoon, with the president, Mrs. 11. E. McCaskill. in charge. At the conclusion or the meeting a sweet course with coffee was served. The llethune Chapter U. L). C. held Its regular monthly meeting Monday afternoon In the home of Mrs. D. M. Mays. The usual ritualistic opening was used by the president. Mrs. Maya gavo a report of tho atiito mooting held lu Columbia, to which she was a delegate. -Miss Cella King made a very Interesting report or the general convention that convened In Charleston recently. During the social hour sandwiches and hot tea were served by tho hostess. N. E. Truesdale, of Decatur, Ua., spent tho week-end with his family ^Lester King spent Thursday andc Friday of last week In Walterboro with friends. The following teachers are at Winthrop College this week and seniors of that school are exchanging work as follows: First grade,. Miss Lois Braulett with Miss Virginia Holloway of Greenville; Second grade, Miss Velnia Cprbett, with Miss Louise Coward, I>ak? City; third grade, Miss Stella Bethune with Mlas Carolyn Severance, Tlmmonsville; J0"1!1*1 grade, Miss Ann Redmon with Miss Mildred Laurence, Effinghum; nitn grade, Miss Helen Snell with Miss Alva McLellau of Hamer; 8lxtt* and seventh grades. Miss Eula Caston with Miss Mary Folk, Denmark; music Miss Elizabeth Beach with Miss Mildred McKelthan. Florence; high school. Miss Emily McEachern with Miss Ruth Dixon, Ridge way Superintendent W. M. Walk on was called to the bedside of his father, who underwent a major operation in the Columbia hospital. Tuesday. Mrs A B. Mcl^aurjn had as her guests during the Thanksgiving season. Miss Kay gently of Columbia College, MUlP Lorena McDonald, who has just 'completed a three-months course at State Appalachian College, Boone, N. C.; and Bethune McLaurln o? Clemson. , m Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Fields of Charlotte were week-end guests In the home of E. L. Fields. ? . Mvrtls Mungo and Alvin Kelt}, students ot T. I. I.. Spartanburg, spent the Thanksgiving holidays with their parents here. Miss Jerry Davis returned to Columbia College Monday after spending the holidays with her mother, Mrs. Clara Davis. * Mr. and Mrs. Mark King and family and Miss Ixtis Hooker or Neeses, were visitors here Thursday. Mrs Ixmise Etheredge of Columbia and Miss Hetty Hough of Darlington were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Mays. Mr and Mrs. Alvin Clyburn, or Alcolu. speiit Sunday with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Clyburn. Mr and Mrs. Lamar Jerman, of Virginia spent Thanksgiving with Rev. and Mrs. W. V. Jerman. Miss Mary King, who teaches at Ninetv-Slx. spent the holidays with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. K'.Misses Sara and Elsie Mae Hammand. teachers in the Lodge and Kelton schools, respectively. were at home for the holidays. Miss Mary Alice Helms of the Monoure. N. C., school facu t\ an j Miss, Kate Helms and roommate. Miss Madeline Parks of Flora McDonald. Red Springs. N C.. observed this Week as Thanksgiving and spent the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. M. *. Helms. Baptists Lead Student Body Columbia. Nov. 29,-Baptists lead all other denominations in number of students enrolled at tho I niversity of South Carolina in the first semester of the current year. John A. Chase, Jr. dean of administration, announced] |11 only fifty-eight of the 1.946 students who registered for the first semester expressed no religious pref t>i enee Dean Chase revealed Methodists followed Baptists closelv in the denominational list with 4<m students. Next in line were Presbyterians with 31o students and episcopalians with 242. Other denominations claimed students as follows. Lutheran. 120. Catholic. 6T>. Hebrew. 64. Associate Reformed Presbyterian. 21; Christian Science, six; Christian, five; Greek Orthodox, four; Congregational, two; Holiness. two; Protestant. two; Church of Christ, one; English, one. Morman. one; Russian Orthodox, one U. S. Probe of Santee ProjectUrged byMay Washington, D. C.,Nov. 21.?A congressional Investigation of the Bantee Cooper power and navigation project was proposed today by Representative Andrew J. May of Kentucky, chairman of the House military affairs committee, hard on the heals of the launching, of the project yesterday. i In urging a congressional lnveatiga-. tlon, Representative May declared that the dam probably would cost 110,000,000 more than the originally estimated $40,000,000; that the dam and the reservoir would "flood the finest stand of hardwood timber on the eastern seaboard," and would remove 250 Bquare miles of South Carolina land from the public tax rolls. I Mr. May, whose committee handles legislation affecting the Tennes-| see Valley Authority, raked fore and aft the speech delivered by Federal Works Administrator John M. Carmody to "read the first law ever written: 'Thou shalt not steal' and 'thou shalt not covet they neighbor's house * * nor anything that is thy neigh--: bors'." i Characterizing the Santee-Cooper project as "this fantastic power scheme". Representative May, in whose district many coal mines are located, asserted that Mr. Carmody "strangely omitted" from the list of, opponents to the project, "the millions of American coal miners and , other workers now dependent upon a dwindling and stranded coal and . railroad Industry for their bread." I In the scathing attack upon the en-., tire project, Representative May fur- , ther declared: | "The project was launched in the days when Harold Ickes could spend money like a drunken sailor on all ( the olds cats-and-dogs that private' enterprise had rejected years ago.1 Congress never knew about it for a' couple of years after 'Honest Harold' j had donated the O. P. M. (other peo- , pie's money) to start 'it. It is time , for a searching congressional inves-1 tigation of the entire project as well as the proceedings by which it hapfj*. pened ever to get started. , "This Santee-Cooper project will , have an installed capacity of 132,- j 000 kilowatts. It will cost, PWA wistfully hopes, $40,OOO.OOQ ? actually nearer $.">0,000,000 or more. For $10,000,000 the finest and most efficient < steam plant in the country producing electricity at eight tenths of a pound of coal per killowatt hour could have been constructed. Such a steam plant would not drown out and" remove from the tax rolls 250 square j miles of South Carolina lands, nor subject the enterprise to the uncertainties of drought and water supply. "South Carolina already produces and exports 25 per cent more power than It consumes. The Santee project would?if its proponents' claims are accepted, produce 50 per cent as , much power as is now consumed in the State, To be constructed where there is now no scarcity but a surplus of power in this $40,000,000 project with the avowed purpose of competing with and destroying millions of dollars of investments of thrifty , American citizens and remove from taxation other millions oT taxable property. "Mr. Carmody has most likely made a valuable contribution to the public welfare by coming out in the open lnadvance of the next session of Con- .j gresR and frankly exposing his pent up hatred and enmity toward our system of private enterprise. He not only exhibits a ruthless and brutal attitudo toward private investments but he actually issues a ringing call to the people of South Carolina to join with the Federal government in a primitive campaign against those whom he compels to become competitors of both Federal and State government. "He has found that^the American people are whole-heartedly and almost unanimous for our program of national defense and like Esau he climbs on that horse and rides it to promote the Federal power program It is fortunate that the Congress has learned not Indirectly but firsthand from the Public Works Administrator himself what is to be his desirac-'1 tive policy before more taxpayers' money is handed over to him. N. C. Executes Negro Murderer Ralelgb, N. C., Nov. 24.?Ray m and Williams, 23-year-old negro, paid with his life today for a murder commit ted axactly one year ago. The Sampson county youth, whose alleged confession saved the life of his brother, entered the lethal gas chamber at 10 o'clock this morning. He was pronounced dead after he had inhaled the fumes for 16 minutes. Williams, his brother, Henry, and their brother-in-law, Lee Simpson, were convicted of slaying Nathan Reif, described in court records as a Jewish peddler. The brothers were sentenced to death, and Simpson was sentenced to thirty years in prison. Raymond Williams, took "full responsibility for the slaying," in a recent confession, Governor Hoey said Consequently, the governor commuted Henry Williams' sentence to life imprisonment. The condemned man said goodbye to his brother this morning as be passed his cell while making the last mile to the death chamber. The Rev. L. A. Watts, prison chaplain, said the youth admits and assumes full responsibility for the crime which was committed. Five U. S. army bomber planes are in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, to participate In Brazil's 50th anniversary as a republic celebration. Former Kaiser Wilhelm, a resident of Doom, Holland since the World war, is now said to be negotiating for a residence in Spain. 1940 CHRISTMAS SMICS CLUB j j T o d a y we are mailing out checks to our many Christmas Club members in settlement of their Christmas Club funds. We congratulate them for their foresight and thrift in putting aside funds for a time when money is so much needed, and hope they and many more will join our 1940 Christmas Club which begins December 4, 1 1939, THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CAMDEN CAMDEN, S. C. RESOURCES OVER A MILLION DOLLARS I MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE 8VSTEM j MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION | $5,000.00 MAXIMUM INSURANCE FOR EACH DEPOSITOR I ? , r ' ' ' ' ' - ??1' ^ > LOOK AT YOUR LABEL! Kershaw County raised a bumper crop of cotton this year and it is bringing a good price on the local markets.. Both bankers and merchants state that collections are fine, so we are reminding you it Is time to pay for your paper. We have been lenient In pulling subscriber's names from our mailing list all through the lean years, but now that times are better, how about sanding in tha cash, chack or post office money order and i pay up to data for The Camden Chronicle. 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