The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 31, 1914, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
PubllftlKMl Kvi'l'jr I'Vlilay,
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llOU N. Ilroml St. ? Tlidm- 16V
('hiihI<ii, S. July 1914.
And (lie (Jovcrnor hliunulf has said
tlpit Dr. Mcintosh tolls tlx* truth. Dr.
Mcintosh HII ys 1 1 in signature 1h fqrged.
HO I III* qUestloU Jl rises, who fold . I In*
Mil?
I'rof. laiecco < of the Hock
Hill schools, Iiiih been n | >j m ?l i i t <?< I rural
school Inspector to succeed I'rof. \V.
K. 'I'll t <?.
Paroled hy Coventor I iloii m?* on May
,'M)th of this yea r In order that ho
might return to tho bedside <>f IiIk ? I y -
lug mother nl tlu* Carolina mill, Will
tor ItayoK, a while hoy of 2<) yearn, Is
on Co more In (lie tolls of the law. Ho
wiih a r rented Sunday morning together
with Russell Hell lie, charged with high
way rohhery. 'I'he charge wiih brought
hy Will Hrahnm, a \voting white .man,
of Castoiila, N. ('., who states that he
wan held up and rohlwd In the vlelnlty
of ('ripple Creek Saturday night hy
Helhje and Hayes, Hayes wan sent up
from (Jreenvlllo county in HH'2 eharg
ed with stealing a horse mid buggy.
The Honatorial candhlaloH will he
liere next Tuesday and an Ih nearly al
wayn the eane Camden and Kershaw
county will have an Immense crowd to
hear them. It Is hoi>cd that they will
Ih? given a respetful hearing and there
will he no attempt at howling down.
In regard to howling down the Orange
burg TimoH and Democrat refers to the
well known fact that a JaekaHH enn
bray louder than a man enn talk, ho
don't put yournelf In a cIuhh with ttltn
animal next Tuonday.
The llrst hale of cotton for thin sea*
Hon came from Lyford, Toxoh, and
wan sold on the Houston exchange for
$500. or .$1.27 a pound. It. weighed
391! pounds.
The anthadmlnlstration supporters
met In Columbia last Saturday and ap
pointed a committee of three to devise
plans for the concentration of the vote
in tin' approaching primary,
An exchange says that the newspa
per that pleased everybody wiih prob
ably edited by Adam before he lont
one of bin ribH.
CongrcHHiiian Withernam, of Missis
sippi, has turned back .to the United
States, treasury $K2.20, the amount of
bin salary for four days, which time
he HjH'nt away from "Washington re
cently on private business. A tradi
tion says there is a law on the statute
books providing that a iueml>er of con
gress shall not draw pay for the days
he is absent and not attending to pub
lic business, but the oldest Inhabitant
does not remember that the law was
ever anything more than a dead letter.
.1. T. Williams, who lives near the
Cow pons battle ground, in Cherokee
county, found in a Held near where lie
lives a piece of mineral of very pocu-r
liar formation, which had been cut In
the shape of a dagger, and which bad
no doubt been used by some Indian as
a weapon. .Mr.. Williams, although
quite :i geologist, was nimble to deter
mine Just in what class to place tho
mineral. He has quite valuable col
leetlon of minerals and metals which
he has gathered in this vicinity.
The Old Itlue Hack,
The Philadelphia Record confesses
that personally it has no acquaintance
with the nine ltaek Speller, which has
just been ordered restored to the pub
lic schools in the State of (icorgla. The
Record cannot understand why the ac
tion of the Legislature in regard to
tills speller should be bailed with sucll
manifest delight. Having confessed its
ignorance of the book, the surprise of
The Record may be understood. In
the days of Calhoun and other South
ern statesmen who made marks as
scholars. 1 he Blue Rack was the stand
ard authority in all the schools. In
the modernizing of the educational
system It was relegated to the back
ground as old fashioned and therefore
a back number. It soon began to be
observed that the men and women turn
ed out l'rom the colleges were univer
sally poor spellers, and some of the
States which made an investigation
came to the conclusion that the aban
donment of the Rlue Rack was largely
responsible for it. Ry degrees the
Rlllo Rack has been restored in the
public schools, but (icorgla was first
to make it State wide at one fell
swoop. Ill consequence a new r.i. e of
good si?ollers is springing up. They
may make fun of the Rlue Rack advo
cates, but when it comes to the spell
ing bee, their class Is always on top. ?
Dtt* Observer.
TIME DAN an.
Tliw.iin. thousands of jieople iu
Koutli On roil II It who regard hichhIhiii
IIH tin* predominant Issue Ill IIiIh state
!l?l* summer, Not U few of these would
regard it less <if u iuUf(irti|ii(i for
Ulcuse to |h< elected senator, provided
no 1 1 |<*n kI i ?? licK'ii iiiO governor, iliuu for
Hlcuse to bo defeated for MMiutor, if
his successor itw governor should In* it
niiiii who would fit (lull olllce uso Ids
power along lh?' mime lilies 1 1 1 ii l Hlouite
followiHi 11 k governor.
I'ii those who think this way tin* ne
rloiisiie*^ of tlu* nit tuition Ih beginning
to he a parent./* They tire (Irmly con
vllicod Unit lit the proven! time a ma
jority of thi' voters of the state are
?against Hlease for Henator ami a Ulcus
Ite for governor. Hut, the op|>osltiou
In embarrassed with such ii superfluity,
of good and popular gubernatorial can
didates that it Ih very possible? one
might aliuoNt assert probable- - that the
second rare, ami a second race under
present conditions in a certainty, may
come between two candidates who are
supporters of Ulcuse. Much an out
come would not only make It absolute
ly certain that HletiHe'H successor will
in* a Jileaslto hut' would have no agnail
cfTcct in helping him In the second
.senatorial primary, it now being gejl*
eraily regarded as certain that there
will lie a HiM-ond senatorial primary and
that Hlease will lie one of the two can*
dhlatcH who will have to run over.
The situation in the gubernatorial
campaign this year Is very much like
that which existed Hi the Henatorlal
cainpiilgn lu UM)2, That helng the case,
It will lie profitable to review the facts
an to that campaign. In 11X)2, six men
aspired to succeed McLaurin in the Ken
ate, They were Hemphill, of Chester;
101 Holt, of Heaufort.;- Johnstone, of
No-wherry; Henderson, of Aiken; Lati
mer, of Anderson ; and Evans, of Spar
tanburg. It is generally regarded as
certain that practically none of tlioite
who voted for Hemphill, IClliott, Hen
derson or .lolnistono in the first race
would have voted for either Latimer
or Evans in the first primary had any
one, two or three of those four with
drawn his candldac.y hefore the -ballot
ing began. Hut each of those four was
monj anxious to he Henator than to pre
vent the election of Latimer or Evans,
so none withdrew. The reHult was that
while Johnstone, llcwphiU, ? Elliott and
Henderson, representing one faction,
collectively polled ten or fifteen thou
sand more votes than Latimer and Ev
ans, representing the other faction,
polled together, the majority vote, split
into four nearly even parts, gave each
of the majority candidates a smaller
vote than the minority vote, spilt Into
two uneven parts, gave each of the two
minority candidates, and the conse
quence was. that the second primary
was between the two minority candi
dates, neither of whom was the second
choice of any considerable number of
those who voted for one of thtf other
four candidates in the first race.
Conditions arc ri|>e for practically
the same tiling to happen in the gu
bernatorial campaign this year. There
are eleven candidates: Cllnkscales,
Mullally, ('oojH'r, Irhy, Hrownlng, I)un
ean, Manning, M. 1j. Smith, Uichards,
O. A. Smith and Siniins, Duncan and
Mnlially are generaly regarded as neg
ligible factors, few believing either will
poll a thousand votes. There is a gen
bral idea that the same is practically
true of Slmms. whose vote will bo a
little larger lint loeal in Its character,
lrby and Uichards are regarded as out
and out Websites, while Clinkscalos,
Cooper, Browning, Manning and C. A.
Smith are regarded as objectionable to
the lUeasites. While M. li. Smith lias
stated on the stump that he will not
vote for lUease for the senate, rumors
persist that there Is a possibility of sup
port of him by the lUeasites, if condi
tions warrant it.
The lUeasites are better organized
than their opponents and it seems to be
a fact that they have much better po
litical generalship. They know It is an
impossibility for them by concentrating
their strength upon one candidate, to
elect him in the tlrst primary. Two
reasons guarantee this:
1. Their full strength, even If ???".?
cent rated, would be Insutlieient.
?. it cannot be concentrated, be
cause- all votes cannot be taken from
the other lUeasite candidates and be
cause not a few lUeasites. through lo
cal conditions or friendships, will vote
ill (he 11 1 race for xouit' of the oppo
sition candidates,
That JwlliK (lie case, flu* wise thing
|x>lltl?nliy f??r the Uleasltcs to da ami
it Ih reasonable to cxjiect t)l(*lUi to (to
the patently wise thing |?olll It/ally in
to play for ah nearly mii oven division
of their wt rcngth as possible between
two cumlldatcs they regard aw favora
lila to their cause. If till* Ih* done, it
Ih not certain, but tt |m highly proha
lila, that the MKOIWl race will come be
twwtn tone two.
Im 1IMHJ, the majority senatorial can
didates each had mora ambition than
l?at rlotism, mo none wonl<i withdraw.
Ih the an me thiiiK true of tha antl
lUcase gubernatorial candidate* in
11)1 1? If ko, tha oddH are that the ex
(terienee of 1002 will ho raj>aatad. Two
of them may safely stay in tha race Jxit
not all five or six of thain, according
as M. I j. Smith Ik classed. Of course,
the trouble would be to determine
which of them should withdraw. If all
stay in tha race there Ih great danger
that all of them will la> defeated, de
Hplta the fact that they will cojjectlve
ly poll mora vote# than their opponantn.
The trouble Ih hh to how to dctarmim'
which Hhotild withdraw. That must be
laft to their Indlvidutl patriotism. If
any of them are more anxioiiH to de
feat J) I cantata than to hwome gover
nor, they will take careful stwk of
their prohahla strength in the tlrst pri
mary and act accordingly. The man
or man among them who says- he will
withdraw rathar than Indirectly con
tribute to a triumph of HleaHlsm in the
gubernatorial race will not by elected
governor this. year, but he will ho win
the heartH of antl-lllcasitcs that he will
be certain of their nnita<l support Of
his political aspirations at a more pro
pltnons Hcason. There will be election
yearn othar than ,11*14. If selfishly all
the nntl-IUeaselte gubernatorial Candi
da las stick In 'the race thlH year ami
tha outcome of their conduct shal be
a second race between two IMeasites,
all of them should he burled so deep
politically that they will never again
ha. heard of as real factors In South
Carolina politics,? Greenville Piedmont.
Rewards For Assassin.
Columbia, July 23.-? -A reward of
$5,000 for the arrest and conviction of ,
the man who ertrly today shot Dr.
James II. Mcintosh, well known phy- !
slclan of Columbia, was offered late.'
today by ,T. W. Norwood, a Greenville
banker. Citizens of Columbia launched
a campaign to raise $1,000 for the ar- i
rest of the assailant, who is supposed |
to have escaped In an automobile.
The shooting was the Immediate sub- j
ject for attacks on lawlessness in South
Carolina by candidates for the United i
States Senate speaking here. Governor {
niease In his si>eech today expressed (
regret that Doctor Mcintosh had been :
the victim of such an attack. Doctor
Mcintosh was recently drawn into the
senatorial situation because of his opin
ion in a well known parole case.
rOMl'l 1SOKY EDUCATION
What State Superintendent of Teiinen
Sftyh About I -aw.
Editor ('hr<i)i|cU); TIipw Ik an lion*
??Mf man who down 't want to be satls
lltM I . Hi* wants to go to ilMVi'll main
ly IttM'iifiKH lu* I lilnkH he i'ii n't get there,
hut if St. IVtor should suddenly open
the door mill say "Walk In, I've found
m neat fur you nt hint," thin same fel
low would tin iik around the gate and
argue that the seat in Iff tit not la* good
enough.
. So now when it is clear that an av
erage of six tnorc pupils in each school
in South Carolina would take care of
the 40,000 ehlldrci) that a compulsory
attendance law would put into the
schools, everybody will admit that our
schools are ready for them now, unless
perhaps it Ih> the man who would stop
outside the |s>arly Kates In the rain to
iilttke sure that the seats wer^ Just
right and there was no leak in the
roof of heaven.
Those parents who love their chil
dren most are 'the kind who would
rather see them sit on dry goods lioxes
or nail kegs, learning something, until ;
benches or desks could he made, than
to think of their children sitting at the
rock pile later on, through Ignorance,
or at host sweating for a lifetime as
tin? laborer of the playmate who got ,
more education. Ihit, Mr, Editor, why j
argue when narly all our people are '
now agreeing that we must have com- J
pulsory education?
Our Southern neighbors in Tennessee !
passed a state wide law last year and
hptre Is what State Superintendent S.
.IT. Thompson says , about it in a letter :
of July 10th.;
"1 do believe that education in Ten
nessee has made greater progress un- ?
der the compulsory education law. j
However, this has been In effeet only j
one year. Many of our County Super- J
intendents have reported to this office
that their average dally attendance
was increased during the year about
20 |>er cent.
"I am unable to say, at this time, i
about the attendance of the Negroes, j
but I am inclined to think that the in- '
crease in average dally attendance was '
greater proportionately among the
whites than it was among the Negroew.
"Our people, In general, seem very j
well pleased with the compulsory law ,
and arc not trying to get it repealed." I
E. H. IJlake.
Greenwood, S^ C., July 20.
State Campaign Dates.
Charleston ? Friday, July 24.
St. George? -Tuesday, July 28.
Orangeburg ? Wednesday, July 20. !
St. Matthews ? Thursday, July 30. j
Winnsboro ? Monday, August 3.
Chester ? Tuesday, August 4.
l>aneaster ? Wednesday, August 5.
Yorkville ? Thursday, August 6.
GafTney ? Friday, August 7.
Spartanburg? Saturday, August 8.
Union ? Tuesday, August 11.
Newberry ? Wednesday, August 12.
Laurens? Thursday, August 14.
Abbeville ? Saturday, August 15.
Anderson ? Monday, August 17.
Walhalla ? Tuesday, August 18.
l'ickens ? Wednesday, August 19.
Greenville ? Thursday, August 20.
<)pfii Cotton I toll
\W w4*io shown this week the Urwt
OJM'II cottoll boll of tbu KOHHOll. U W?s
from tint Itcilshaw Dairy Farm and Hp
|M>ur?Hl on .Inly 211b. Tbo field from
which It ?nuie wart tin unusually fine
oue.
Notlee.
This I* to notify tbo public I bat af
tor Saturday, August 1st, 1 will dls
continue my bakery. Thanking you
for past patronage, and soliciting a con
tUjuance <?r same for my grocery bus
liu*ss, which I exp<ict to enlarge and
im|U'ovo, 1 bi'K to remain,
You I'M very truly,
W. % SMITH.
Assessments Kittid.
Tbo subcommittee appointed by tbo
County Executive Committee to fix uh
scssments for candidates for County
offices, met at eleven o'clock, July 18tb,
11)14, in the ollice of L. A. Wlttkowsky,
County cbalrman.. I
i This committee llxed tbe assessments
as follows !
I louse of Hcprosen tut Ives, $12.00
eacb.
Senate, $25.00 each.
Judge of l'robate $25.00 each.
Treasurer $25.00 each.
' Auditor, $25.00 each.
Magistrate DeKalb Township, $7.50
! each ; the rest of the county, $2.50 each.
Township Commissioners, $2.50 each. '
This assessment must be paid to the
County ( liuirman on or before twelve
| o'clock, August Kith, 11)14.
Any candidate failing to make pay
ment by the time above stated will not
be allowed to run In the Primary. i
L. . A. WITTKOW8KY,
I'lutirman Co. Dem, Ex. Com.
Laurens T. Mills,
Sec'y Co. Dem. Ex, Com.
Camden, S. C., July 18, 1014.
County Campaign Dates.
August 17 ? Uethune
August 18 ? Kershaw
August 19 ? Westvillo
' August 20 ? Ita boa's CrOss Koads
August 21 ? Hlaiiey
August 22 ? Camden
August 22 ? Night at School House '
between Mills.
ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Hank of Camden will
be held at the Ilank ollice on Monday,
August 3rd, 1914, at 5 o'clock p. m.
C. H. Yates, Cashier. '
BIG CUT PRICE SALE.
All Low Shoes, and Summer
Goods must go. We are offer
ing big values.
McCaskill Bros.
MONEY TO LOAN
ON REAL ESTATE ? EA8Y
TERMS
E. C. vonTreackow.
MKWKltAUK IN TIIK COUNTER*
On? great problem peculiar to ^
rural district* lit that or tin- \>
jKwal, of poisonous organic refill tud*
similar waaUi matter. In the
such matter completely ami a?ti*S
torlly taken care of In the modern sew
orage systems, and thus the city Ih en
aided to preserved cleanliness which
la its greatest aid to fighting dU^
When such matter la aitywcd to stand
In th?! open, hh every rural roalHS
known, it inn-onies a swarming pjaoe
for files and a hot-bed for dlafaat
ger;na; It pollutes the aoll and drink,
ing water, und la always an unsightly
and emharraaaing nuisance. Such e^.
dltlona are generally the cause of wick*
nt'KM and disease.
The Sanitary Heptic Tank, especial)*
designed along approved linea for u*e
in the rural diatrleta, and manufactur
ed by Weaton & Jtrooker, Goluinhia, s
Q., completely (lolvee the problem of
sowftge disposal for the rural home. It
Ih of small alze; made of reinforced
concrete; alraple, eaay to lnatall, never
gots out of order or needs attention,
Placed Just beneath the aurface, and
connected with the houae by a short
pipe line, it aecurely keeps the poUon
ouh organic matter enclosed untfl, by
natural processes, It disintegrates, and
then aeepa out luto the ground, harm
leaa mineral matter und water. There
la no odor, no aoll pollution. Approved
by health authorities.
Ita coat la auiall. It affords all the "
conveniences and the full protection of
the city sewerage system. It is well
worth your while to know all about
this Sanitary Septic Tank, and you *
can do so by simply writing to Weaton >
& Hooker, Columbia, S. C. ? Adv.
FINAL DISCHARGE.
Notice Is hereby given that one
month from tills date on Saturday,
the first day of August, 1014, I will
render a final account of my acting*
and doings as Administratrix of the
estate of F. It. Alexander, deceased,
to the Probate Court of Kershaw coun
ty, and on the same day will apply for
a final discharge from my trust as such
Admlnstratrix.
All persons having demands against
said estate will present them for pay
ment on or before that day, proven
and authenticated, or be forever barr
ed. Mrs. Belle Alexander,
Administratrix.
Camden, S. C., July 1, 1014.
i '
Vocal Music Teacher.
Miss Vivian McCutcheon will be hi
Camden during the summer and will
be glad to take a few pupils In voice.
Anyone Interested can phone her
No. 40, or call at Dr. Sawyer's resi
dence on Lyttleton street.
The York News tells In Its last issue
of six prisoners being carried to the
penitentiary,, and public works of that
county. What's the use?
Here's A Monument We Built
A generation hence it will still be the same beauti
ful tribute of love and remembrance thatit is today.
We are experts in selecting first-class, tline-endur
ingstonoi we have skilled, experienced workmen and
modern, Improved machinery for faultless, artistic
work: honesty and conscientiousness are the founda*
tions of our business. That is why oar monnm?n(i
plmaam and satiify, not only for tho present, but for alt
tint*.
Write to us. We are prepared to help you with de
signs, estimates and suggestions to got the greatest
value for your money.
OWEN BROS. MARBLE & GRANITE CO.,
Greenwood, S. C.
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When You Roll In From A Run.
Cools? Refreshes? Stimulates
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ANYWHERE
LOOK FOR THE
LABEL
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CAMDEN, S. C.
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