The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 21, 1914, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
PublUlictl tCvn'jr Friday.
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C'Hiiuli'ii, S. August '1 1, 1914.
iM.h't fOl'ui'f ( !*?? County Fair. Thf
promluiii llHtK mi' on tin* way.
Canutaii look* likf a real city will)
lu i white wny a im I well' lighted ulrofltH,
( 'niiKiat ulat Ioiih to Mr. Mitri'lnon, of
tin* Tuckor At Laxtou Co., oji tin* s|?H?ji
(IM llulitiiig HyKtciii lie Ihih given us,
A i Wallialla Tneniho W7 C. Irby
took John <?. Itirha nl* to task for hoi
? M-i'loslim his MM- vote, saying : "If
it In uohody'w IuisIjm'ss whole I have
lu't'ii why mIioiiIi) an> one know whi'l'i'
1 am K<>fn?''"
( 'liarlestouV 'first I m h ? of cutton was
sold today by l\ V\\ Wagner A: Co. to
T. <i. S. l.iH'as, 1 1 1 < ? sl it pic bringing l-'l
? ??lit*. 'Ill Ik Ii;i N- Wits ,shlp|ted (<i
CharloMton I i.n' A. 1 1 1? *??, of itamborg, and
whh graded . mm ilrjot middling. Tues
day's < 'hiirieston I'owt.
Ill rd/.lllg up t IlO candidates lifter
Ml'.'Jr addresses nt (iroriiwood this week
the (Jreemvood l>ajl.v Journal says;.
?"Tin ? best speech I ii i| < liv ill OUT opinion
Wax made h,\ Mendel L. Smith and In*
received most heart.\ applause not on- |
ly on act oiint of lils o|o?|nctico .but for
111.' pI'ilM'IplcH illlVOCJltlHl liy llilll."
TlmnUs .Mr. Johnson.
KdHor Cljronlelc Air. II. T. Johnson
did file III"*! patriotic deed of III"* lift;.
Winn lie withdrew from Hi*' nice for
tin- House, turning Ills back on the
?Miormoits vote that awaited him, in
order to sc?' his party succeed. Ker
"hI ui \v .t'oiin I y certainly owes Mr. John
MUi. something, and will undoubtedly
give It lo him in r.iiu.
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. Auu'u-.t pi| 4. . . . ?
'I'm. flic Manajprv,
.'I fiV' ??ij'li ii'-M 'I'uo-ii;^ u ill' ti'VI
Mr. I .. .. : . ... .4 : : t rtoi-- on ?
1 In- "nil a ! 1 . 1 1 j : . ^ ? I ? ! r . I ? i-lii 1 ?
Mi-- < < ;i 1 1 1 1 it - r i- wdj K 1 1 ? 1 1 in thi- ? !
.
city ? hri'i' .-Im* \\ii- i ;ii j ?> ? I ?.??.! - .
soli ;i- >?a if-i;iily ill :i local -}.?;? . I'otli i
n'ro wi ll known :in<l popular jiiiui.- pc. . '
plo :i in) have ii host of friends w h? > will
extend congratulations.
l'Ol.lTICS AMI PAKDONS.
I I reellV Me 1 Mctlmoli t
(Jovernor Blease post s as the friend
of workingnlen, e^| hilly tin1 rut ton
mill operatives. The Uiehey on so,
where clemency was grunted to a mini
who adopted it lit tit* t-ottoO mill girl
Mini thru ruined her is known Here*
is another case. Wo ' make 110 com
ments upon it. WV simply nsk ? '1 1
ami every fotton mill operative who
takes The- Piedmont to read this lot
tor from \\\ a. Mooney. a cotton mill
o|?orativi'. which was published in this
week's Creer Now -.' I .eader.
"I would like io ask you for space
in your paper to give one of the many
instances where (iov. Hlease has used
the piinh>nin? puwt?r v'vlthoiit any just
cause. The case to which I refer Is
the one in w hich Ambrose !Si ruir^s was
pardonetl for the murtler of my son,
Clearonee Mtntney. in the year 1011.
Tho facts briefly stated, are these:
Scruggs ami two other men Induced
my boy to go with them on a fishing
trip. They foully murdered him. ac
cording to the evidence given at the
trial and Scruggs was found guilty of
manslaughter and sentenced to r> years
in the pen. lie appealed but lost his
ease. After I moved to Victor Mill I
heard of an effort being made to so
? tir* .1 I .nil. .11 for hint, ; 1 1 m I hit. I Mi I J
J. I 11m M t ?>it. who yvii* at that time a
rlo>t' f I of <>'overiinr itle'ase, to mil
Idiii up over the phone, mat a*k what
step* we should take to keep Herutfg*
from helm* pardoned, The governor
told Mr. fllfilltoi) to ifi't up a |?etlth.ii
In opposition t<> I luili'M and u.*t tho
Jury to nIj_'ii It. I <lhl this aial not only
secured f Im* nana- of every Juror, hut
the name of hi* wife, aial many *ald
It \\ a h the .largest iH'tition they had
OViT neeii, The governor assured Mr.
Itlautoii Unit If lie woiihl get this klml
of a |M'tltluh that Hertlgg* wouhl never
he pa I't h a tet I ||?"|nng iim hi' wax |(OV.ffr*
nor.
"I accepted his Assurance* aial went
haek to work iii the mill. After a lapse
of 'J or M week* I wjjh approached iri
tile iiilll by a representative of St riiyys
offering a uh*e *wm of money to sIkii
III* | H*t Itjoii to the governor for the
release of Hinmffti, I replied to him
III angered tone* thai my sol)'* hloixl
wii* liot for sule. Mill illll*. to the dis
gNp-e of South ('arollna ami the hon
or of | he present tfoverilor, HI ease,
Kenigjr* wa* turned out In a very short
I line, after having served only 11
month* of ii .*? year seirtenee and an
other criminal ehcnuraupd in hi* liivv
Jesslfesw, < ieutleinen and friends those
lire the actual facts and I am at home
at Victor Mill, 'ireer, S, to sub
stantia te them."
In the Kmersnit case, Iii AndersoTT
when- l/inersoh ruined a mini's daugh
ter and killed Idm when he resented
n
It. thousands signed a petition against
pnrdmi. thousands of the signers being
IlleUsltes.
DISGUSTED BLEASITE
Writes What He Calls "An
.Honest Confession."
A. M. Leuthenvood, who describes
himself ms "it dis^usled Blcasite" writes
to tin* Vbifl'ijey Ledger "an honest con
fession" MS follows :
tHea*ites. J fool HKe Trutk
liiir ; i . < ?? ? m fossloii, mill appealing to your
}*ood reason concerning our liolitiOftl
(Mtiutil ton. and the responsibility which
now rests upon us.
I'Viur years ngp our hero came out
J M I ? I linked the pOitpli' to hill! with
i ho highest o||ie?? of lh<; Slity-ii^ wjdeh
? ?it !???- w i 1 1 1 it ii ^rt.-Jii r?'>uoHsi\iMfy.
\vc)l .'is | m iv\ < ? r, .? r\iVl diitliorj^; -ind
;.ii-l(...) itrlj ;iud uUr
'"?! '.f V ' J ? ? 1 .1' . ? >? i- ' i ? i.-.> iiii'
h ! i J- < i ? -in Im; " >:! :;i;t
i.,.. it-fifi'ri ? f ?. i-'ji ;it>> ii;
? Oh .1 1 ? ?'
It." ?:? - 1 . - ! !ii:it he !'oV IN poor
1 '.li he 1 ;;i ? i i ' I ? I ? <1 i? ? : it ? \ till! foV
<?. <? only \i !:c'i ) i ' ' lent In l i s.piie s? >nn'
? - .1 1 : ? r ! i ? ! Ii .\v It ?1n??.n'i <?h?mi to me.
> : 1 1 I ? ? i- t\.r : i u > 1 ?? m I \ evopt "< "oU-y."
II.- -;i\^ ihii'iu.s it i us in ?-\i iie our iVel
inu'? a | ii I ra use us to insult oiir host
nifinK. :i in 1 into trouble with our
< in|i!^\ l'l -, :ill for the sclli>h purpose
ft . uu'ltiiiu our vutf, hihI ?|o?*stt'i care
what 1 M ?? -i i s i u nj' u- till tin- next ? ?!????
lion cmiii's around.
\\" ? ? have heaped honor- upon him,
ii lid ho has thrust disgraee upon us.
Now 1 wiint to I'onfosx that I helped
to sha?Klo the state with llleasism.
and inn uow ready t ? ? help to set her
froo. This tiling i- churned up to us
laboring people. hut lets demonstrate
to the people thnt we don't want a
mint to hold :i high otliee. that will he
something quest iotiahle for his 'friends.'
We are ns ^ood as any hody. and we
are the onl.v in>ople that can lift This
curse from the State. Now lets he men
and show tti the world that we do not
stand for anything crooked whether it
is for or against us. Let us quit cast
I our little seltish ballots, whleh are
east for the purj?ose of bringing jht
sonal favors, and vote a great big hon
est vote for the goi?d of all humanity.
Sometimes we hear a fellow say, "I
was going to vote for Mr. So and So.
hut the papers have said so much
against 'Coley' they are going to make
me vote for hltu," When we do some
thing that we know i? wrong, and are
ashamed of it, we want to lay it on
some one else. You can't shift the re
sponsibility, so no ahead and vote to
suit yourself. I am a disgusted Hleas
ite. A. M. JxMitherwood.
COUNTY TICKET
KERSHAW COUNTS
Democratic Primary Election
August 25, 1914.
( Vu(?< for oiu' for cH'-h office and
i he MttuTK, for llmiM'
of and MiiKtNtrHto In
rial l(o<k TowiwHIjii w)yu?rfe vol m lor
two, i
I OK I . S. ( ON(iRKStv-5tb IMhtrid.
j). i:. fjm.fy.
\V i STI-:VKNSON.
FOK STATE SENATE,
A. J, liFATTII.
W. H.lloi'tiH
< i. W. MOSKLEY.
I OK HOI SE OF REPRESENTA
TIVES.
n i :\vr< i.\ kki.i.y.
.1. M. M AKTIN.
1., T. Mil, IS.
N, S, ltHHAItJJS.
FOK AUDITOR.
.1. (J. MH'ASKILL.
W. V. ftUKSEEE.
L. W. WEST.
FOK JFIM.F OF PRORATE.
w. U m<i>owi;u..
.J AS. W. Mi'KAlN.
FOR TREASURER.
j. K. /
I). M. Met 'ASK I I.I,,
It. J), WILLIAMS.
FOK TOWNSHIP COMMISSIONER.
|)<KAUt TOWNSHIP.
.1. N'. Mel. Ho] ).
J. K. IieKAY.
I FAT KOCH TOWNSHIP.
J. <*. FA t M ,K E NBEK BY.
I,. B. ooiiFKN.
J. BOUEl tT- MAO 1 1 J,. ...
K. HAMMOND.
,1 X* ). \Y. TltFESI >ELi*
IH'FFAFO TOWNSHIP.
W; B. KI.I.IoTT.
T. F. HoltTuN;
AMOS \vi:st.
AMOS M. troUToN.
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WATEKEE TOWNSHIP.
I' M IN I { A It< ?N. .Ml.
s. i;. lioss.
T? '.VI.. W. W \ 1,S< >V. '
FOR A!.\<? r- i A Fi-:.
\h u \iyrH ov. \ .-lisp. .
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rot: Aj.u-jv i v n:. .
I'U f. jtiWH 'T 0\V^*!jjfc
RfaSiJKYtUfi OftJttl ;\l liri I?!!.;
Vr. ' Jf.V tSTilATi.'.
v?'A ii'.iii;;; to\ynshhv.
; i }>'," (? \\ .Ut ivr.'Y
i- I ? i>! KFi i-i.-i ?.
i.y'ii.isi! i:::.'vN!K\M.
i": \V. STAKNES.
( f .f>v, ?t \\nt?'x c<>.)
r 5!!NSitN.
W. II. AVf iOT>.
i I uvo you seen the Emerson Stand
ard Mower. The l?est mower on live
market. I.ot us slir.w v,?u the now im
proved feature*. sal. I ?.y Springs
shannon. Cauiden.
I, EE COUNTY KND0R8IC8
manning FOR 60VIBN0R.
( ui AdvertlMtiueut. ?
IlftfhoiivlUe, H. (I, Aug. 13. I!'I i.
To t lit* Democratic Voters of South
< 'arollna
It In ii |M?>r |Mtlicy to wpllt up our
Vote* Dlllong II gloat JL4IK liy candidates;
l?y doing >a> *olUO man that the majority
(lo4*M not want Is apt to get a plurality
in the tlrst race it ni| ho Ik* the raiiili
?lata In tin* second iiu'o, when iih a
unit tor of fact a hlg majority of peo
ple are (ip|H)Kt*<l to him. Wi?, farmer*
ami business iiii'ii of I Av County, wish
to eoinuicnd to all our follow South
Carolinians our neighbor ami a man
we know well, Hon. Klehard I. Man
itltig, ah their cholc? f"? governor, Mr
j Manning in first of all a successful
< farmer, nad next, is a successful hus
i iiii'ss man. II<* Ik a man whoso pri
i vato lifo is ahovo reproach, whoso puh
j lie lifo is always open, who taken a
land to wMl ho thinks Is right ami
I does not put his honest convictions
aside for a staml that ho docs not he
lh<ve in hut which will hrlng him in
j vote#. If elected he will make South
| Caroling an ahlc governor, conducting
i the affairs of the stati* alohg kouimI
hut progress I VO lines
?Tutted we staml; divided wo fall,"
j \Ve urge every good South Carolinian
w h?? wants to Hi*** our state w*rtl gov?
erned for the next two year* t<? vote
for' k i ? hii i -i i Manning.
j, II, stuckey J. W. Boykin, Dr. A.
II. Hrowil, NV. J. Jos?.y, J. C. McDuf
lie, li. W Segars, I. F. Bennett, 10.
Alexander, A. F, Fowler, K, A. llan?
cock, F. It, Sea thorough, J. P. Wll
iou, Jfr.
Negro Shoots Three.
At a negro hase hull game last Sat
unla>' a few miles froju jX'Kalh, Hainp
ton Stradford shot Manning Belton in
the aide with a pistol. In shooting at
Helton, stray bullet* stru?k,t,wo other
negroes whose names we could not
learn. None of the wounded were ?e
liously Injured. Stradford was cap
tured hy Sheriff Muckahce and Is now
In jail.
Iteiuember, we handle Cotton Si*>d
Meal, Hulls, Bran. Don't forget the
Cow Feed. Springs & Shannon.
Mrs. Parry Mall atld children, and
Miss Blaudlna l^nvls are visiting their
uncle, Mr. .Tana's c. McDowell, of Sa
vannah. <;a.
Woman Man.
Maml*? Shannon, a uegrcHs, livluf ?>u
tllH farm of.Jolni Uny, .h , h) W*|
\V alert*. wAk placed hi Jail last w<**
liy Mr. Uay, charged with haying sU^
aiiii s4-i l?nisl> woiintU <1 Charlie lieltuu,
4iii August -1th. The negrcss . i
tli* shooting wuh accidental. The n?.
tOPO** condition is serious, though ii i?
thouglH he Will r?<-over.
Mr. V. Ki llenfroe *|?ent aeverwl iiajH
in Berkeley county ia*t week visiting
frlcmls. WhUf there he JolUMil II |IM
ty on a deer hunt in that fMM'tloi).
The total enrollment of York county
shown 4,M5 with IW7 lllit# rates. Aij,
other plea for compulsory education,
FOH BALK 2-horso |h?wci- gasoline
engine for wale at a bargain. Apply
to 0. M. Coleman, Camden, s. C.
For Sale- -Eight horae I. 11. 0, gttno
llne Engine ai??l one -JO inch Mutters
grlnt mill. Comparatively new. For
wale at a bargain. Apply to L. T. Ste
wart, 407 HuUoclge stret, Camden, S.
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For catalogue ami particulars, addreaa
Rev. J. Henry Harms, D. D.?
PtesUUnl,
Newberry, S. C?
Coltijrabia, South Carolina.
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