The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 16, 1915, Image 1
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^ of Interwd In wid
Our Neighbor Town.
Around
ttBW. July Ml?? ??***??
v( Ctiuden, a f? w daysj
gpMction' tl?? i*#t w<*>.
gB(J Mrn. W. K. Nopthciltt, of|
rtlle, a few ?>?y^ 1,1 tmvn
??I. (iti> fMitillv (if Ml*. II.
Kcett *???' ''
Ji?rth?ut(.
ili(|)l quarterly eonferen.e of]
(D). circuit will be Held with Kt.
vg church next Saturday ?lKl
iy, ti?* 17th owl i mi?' Hey, w.
Hwell, of the Hliuiter mission, will
"* it tW? ehurch "" Hunday, tiie
twtrtil of tin* presiding elder.
nr frlentl, Mr. John Hawkins
Bted uh will) the, largest and nfc
; tatemielPli. w Saturday uftermwa,
^ )mve this summer. Air. HflW'
?,](! between I ?5 and $30 worth
i#dou's here last week.
strictly oiio-slded game of .base-]
wan played here last Friday af
on between the home team and
r'n Mill. Tim visitors did not at)
^ta^c of tbe name have the ghost
Klutw. bat becoming sorry for J
the locals allowed them to m#kej
run. The score was 14 to 1 In
of Iktliune. " , > ..
?> flethiine team left Monday morn- ]
[for Mayesville, when' they played
?v, Tuesday and Wednesday. I
will probably play two games at
uWr today and tomorrow. '
r. James Hradley, of Montttfello,
is spending a- few days in town
relatives. He preached at the|
terlnn eiijirch here on Sunday
lr. John \V. Wutklns aud family,
nden, spent Saturday and Suii-i
with the family of the former's
Mr. R K. Wat kins, near Luck-j
, \V. A. McDowell and her niotli
. J. J. H or ton, went to Mid-,|
on Saturday afternoon toJ
a couple of days. j
Kate Lee and Mr. Barrett, of
county, N. ('., spent Saturday
[.today- in town.
. Algie Outlaw and two children,
nied by lier sister, Miss NeTlie
and brother Master Raleigh ;
(tte. of Ixie county, are. In town ]
' or three weeks visit.
J. J. Fuller and two children,
Ianta, Ga., are sending some
with Mrs. Fuller's parents, Mr.
Mrs. a. 15. Shaw. '
'ke Vaughau and Mr. Ben
"?ell have our thanks for vege
?udMr. I >. w. Barnes for some
[watermelons left at our home- on.
?
w' "? Gardner, of Darlington
J. who owns considerable real
i and other property in 4his town
J? lumber this week prepara
f obulldtop some stables and other
diiiKs at his residence in the
of town. Mr. Gardner and
?l*ct to move here in the fall,
the*} can imvn fim * ?
xn . "livttuutges
nes superior sehool facilities.
? ? Baxley, of route 3, a good
?urs' a0(iompanied by Mrs.
;Were 1,1 town on Tuesday]
Robinson, u colored man, who I
?J well known here. died Inst- Sat-1
tejmoniin^ tit the Cnmflen hospital. 1
??*sa&onof Warren Uohlnson, one
Bfc unique colored characters \Of 1
K*cU?n. 4 . "^.'1
tcj11 last Saturday night, Tx>nnlel
B&t-?oung colored hnek, invited!
Graham, another colored mani ,
Hyden's store and asked him
be bad been saying nbout hlro.
tbat be replied that be had
P iK'thlug wrong of him. Willis
^Proceeded to carve np Graham
gkrably with a knife. Willis was
p^-near Cassatt on Monday and
?* before Intendant llrannon, who
P blm |20 or 25 days. The flhe
^r&bani. however, says he
PJ? to indict Willis for assault and
W*1 with intent to kill.
*? M. King. (I'ncle Bill) of our
^^left on Tntvday afternoon for
F* toys pleasure trip to I^ew York,
N. J.. Niagara Falls and
Er Wot*. Before leaving "Uncle
F*?ld he expected to have the time
||ltt
Metric lights were turned on
ftl*ht on Malu street- By the|
the week ?\\ the streets in
^ Probably l>c lighted.
^Mra. J. M. Forhia left Mon
* * to Darlington. x M
~ c- King and little gran6?OH*l
of Cstr.?leu, arrived herel
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?I?*1** correctly, once upon
t Chamber of Oo?fc-j
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?/ v- Myburo, Wm. McCasklii Afc?
War"#,, ail(, S||| j,RrtKen ,i4v(i r^>
. bin chased Cars M D
'<< ?00M. Most jjf ||w ?B |,v
"low gentlemeut were Fords K
^ ItalwM train ran over a small
??<* ??v Just across the r.ver /"om
?r?e? rr "n~ >' ???
ed her, We 40 not know who the
matter Is adjusted by the railroad eoro
Cn a n to have
SS. , ' ,"e ,_Jewey. or as a renow de.
J2 11? :t w"1"" wm ?>???
Berkshire." ' W"" " a?W?ghbred
The Mayearllle baseball team shut
put the Bethune team l? ? r, J"
IZ: 5,ajew,ll? <"< M,y?l?y after8
noon. Score 2 to 0,
of Aed,i^t7' Klr<hm0re' KUper,ntendeilt
education, was here Tuesday night
lookup after the Interest of Bethune's
prop??ed new graded school building
The writer and family are especially
idebted to Mr. John H. Hawkins, who
Jives a mile or two below town, for a
us el of fine home ground meal, left
at our home yesterday. Mr. Hawkins
citizens?1 farmer flml one of our best
^u/\F"ihe Hmn11 *on of Mr- nnd Mrg
?7 L' 0,-vl,urn, fen fr0m a lumber
wagon yesterday morning, while on
* way to Bethuiie, one wheel pass
ing over his leg, cutting a severe gash.
r. Truesdell dressed the wound, 12
stitches being required to sew it up !
From a private letter received from
Kichmond this morning, we learn that
Mr U M. Bethune, who Is In a hos
pital there, Is not doing well at all
m brother, Mr. N, A, Bethune Is
with him for a few days.
The Bethune ball team was defeated
in both games at Mayosvllle on -Tuok
day and Wednesday. Tuesday: Be
thvne r>, Mayesvllle 11. Wednesday;
Bethune 1, Mayesvllle' 0. *.
Mr. Raymoin^ Suggs, of Hartsville,
if qu a visit to Bethune.
BETHUNE ROUTE ONE.
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Bethune, S. C? July 12. ? Protracted
meeting commenced a? Sandy drove
Church July 11th. Sandy Grove has
organized a Wesley Adult Bible Class,
which is due to the untiring work of
Mr. P. B. Fields, and it has shown, so
far, a marked success.
The hoys of Sandy Grove have or
ganized a hall team with Mr. II. L.
.\ndrews as manager, and . teams wish
; ing to secure games with Sandy Grove
will communicate with Mr. R. V An
drews, Lucknow, S. C. They have
played only one game so far this sea
son. This was with Concord. Sandy
Grove winning by a score of 13 to 3
in seven innings, and if Uie team had
given their pitcher proper support he
would not have been scored upOn.
Master Archie .Bee Hal V of Snmter,
is visiting relatives in this section.
frCMM kOtry to hear of the illness
of Mr. Luther Barnes, but glad to re
port that the la*; report stated that he
was rapidly improving.
people from this section went
to Camden Monday last to learn who
the Judge would recognise as sheriff,
but they were disappointed a* the
<yirt took a holiday.
The fourth was quiet here with no
disturbances fo report ? 4 ; '?<
ItLKANK VVOriJ) KIN AUAIX.
I ? ? I
Hay* That In All Probability He Will
!*? ? Candidate.
Columbia, July i<? in h ii proba
bility 1 will he ill f||,.
k>hi i
nor n??xt summer," said former Qpv,
| (,^! '<? Mease this morning when ank
ed the question by newspaitcr men,
wiio direct**] his Attention to
In an Atlanta jmiK'i yesterday which
quoted Warehouse Commissioner Mc
Laurin as sm y I i i u that the former gov
ernor would run again ne\t summer.
He would not make a dellnitc state
meat, as h<? stated that it was too far
ejV. UUt left very little doubt in the
uew>i]>a|ter men's mind about the mat
ter.
Tiie former governor said he had
ictvhcd many letters from people
throughout the state and many had
railed In I wrsoi i urging him to run for
governor. He read part of an answer
he was writing to u friend, In which
he made the statement that he would
probably ruu for governor next sum
mer.
It hart been openly talked around
Columbia for some weeks that former
(?0V. Hleasc would make the race for
governor again next summer. It Is
also understood teat the Blease fac
tion will run u complete State ticket
in the next primary and a legislative
tiekot in each county. No definite in
formation lifts been obtained as to the
plans, but It in known that several
leaders have been in Columbia recent
ly, aild it. Is the genera 1 understanding
i!?at plans aril forming for the next
? tate primary.
With former Gov. Blease at the head
of the ticket '?ginger" would be in
jected into the campaign. While he
has made lib statement, it Is presumed
that Sir. B. Fratik Kelly, of Iilshop
vllle will run for Lieut. , Gov, The
plans of the faction are said to include
a enhdidnte for every State office.
Whether Attorney General Thomas H.
Peoples will stjinfl for re-election or
seek higher honors' is not known, he
having not yet intimated anything.
There has been some talk in political
circles that if Mr. Blease should hap
pen notr to ran fOf - goveWf . that XTrV
Peeples "wonftl enter the race. flfat
their plftns are for a candidate for
secretary of state, comptroller general,
ptate treasurer, commissioner of agri
culture, railroad Commissioner adju
tant general and all other state officers,
so it $$ stated.
Gov. kichard I. Manning and Lieut.
Gov. Andrew J. Bethea will be candi
dates to succeed themselves and the
other state officials will probably seek
re-election. ^
The entrance or a Blease ticket pre?
sages a fight for control of the Demo
cratic clubs and of the next Demo
cratic State convention,. State execu
tive committee ahd the primary rules.
However, the present rules, requiring
personal enrollment and fixing the time
of residence, cannot be changed by the
next convention, for they have been
enacted into law, and it would take
an Act of the legislature to repeal
them. Therefore there is a guarantee
that the next primary election will l>e
held under the same rules and regu
lations as that of 1014.
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A Fine Roadway.
In company with Senator A. J. Beat
tie; County Supervisor West, Mr. ft.
T. Myers nrul Master FerrJs McDowell,
a Chronicle man went to Kershaw
Monday afternoon. The trip was made
in Mr. West's Ford and was mainly
to show his friends over the exaellent
piece of roadway hetweeu Camden and
Kershaw. This road was recently re
built by funds from the Camden Cham
ber of Commerce, the Kershaw Cham
ber of Commerce and the county funds.
The road is smooth and hard and in
excellent shape ? said to be one of the
be&t pieces of roadway leading through
South Carolina. Mr. \<Test has sue*
ceeded in greatly improving the roads
of the county and there will be still
greater improvements in our roads. It
is a pleasure to travel over such roads
and the entire party enjoyed the trip.
While there we met many of Ker
shaw's hospitable people.
The chain gang is now working on
the highway to Cassatt and Bethune
putting it in equally {is good condition.
Mr. West tells us that he intends to
make an excellent road from .Bethnne
to Kershaw which will make a fine
drive from Camden to Kershaw by
way of Bethnne and return.
Veterinarian Here. ?
Mr. Harry L Gregory, of Kershaw,
has moved to Camden where be will
o^en Ta Veterinary office for the prac
tice of hi* profeedion. " 'Mrs. Gregory
and children will join him later.
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PWCS1DKNT WILL ACT I'KOMITLY
Purpose of the G*VMiim?nt "Will Be
Made Known Soon.
Washington, July J 8. ?The tlrst ottt
<?1*1 announcement of I'rwldvnt Wil
son's Immediate plans for dealing with
the situation that has arisen between
Ueruiany ?nd the United State* chiu<>
t?>iiiiiht in m Utlegram from i'or?tnh,
N. H., to Secretary Tumulty, stating
that t lu* President would return to
Washington soon to lay the entire sub
ject before the Cabinet! Tlu* message
indicated (hat the President had ar
rived at no decision as to the American
policy. A White llouao statement said :
"Referring to stateYueuta appearing
i(i eertaln morning newspapers with
reference to the attitude of the Presi
dent toward the reply of the fire
man Government, Secretary Tumulty
this evening gave out the following
telegram which' lie had received from
the President :
" 'Please say that from the moment
of the arrival of the official text of
the German note, I have given the
matter the closest attention, keeping
constantly in touch With the Secretary
of State, and with every source that
Would throw light on the situation;
that so soon as the Secretary of state
?md I have hoth maturely . eonshlered
the situation, I shall go to Washing
ton to get into i)crsonal Conference
with him .and with the Cghluiat and
that there will he its prompt an an
nouncenient as possible of the pur
1 toses <?f the Government.'/'
The. statement, set at first reports
tftat the President already had made
ill- his mind on the German replj'
and that he did not . view the situation
as seriously as did high officiate, in
Washington. Word from the Presi
dent was sought hy otllelals here, It.
is understood, as a result of the spread
of varying Interpretations of rcp<^rfs
fronr Cornish of the Executive's tnten
Hon.
.Official opinion here continued to re
gard the situation as grave. Secre
tary Lansing and other member^T'of
the5 Cabinet who are here hold this
vie#- but Att! giving no Intimations of
how -fhey think the problem should be
dealt with.
Mr. Lansing and his assistants have
beetiT canvassing the entire field of law
.and policy presented by the German
note and the President already -lias
received some of the memoranda bear
ing on important points.
Tonight's statement from the White
House made it apparent that the Pretw
Ident has definitely abandoned the Idea
of summoning Mr. Lansing' to the
.summer Capital. This program con
forms' ?to the Secretary's desire ' to
study the problem carefully and form
his own conclusions before exchanging
views with the ? President. It Is as
sured, however, that Mr. Wilson will
returfi here the. last of the, week, and
that tlje subject will be laid before the
Cabinet next Tuesday.
'Emphasis has been laid In official
( i uni-tors on the fact that the issues
involved are of such seriousness and
iiui>ortanc6 that consideration for a
week or more of the kind of reply
that should be made ought not to be
construed as meaning that the neces
sity for a firm definition of American
policy was underestimated.
As far as can be gathered here, th?
President will find his adviserti prac
tically unanimous lfi the belief that
the crucial point in the correspondence
with Germany over submarine war
fare has arrived, and that if the,
American Government is not to recede
from its previously announced position
on the principles Involved the next
note must convoy more or loss pointed
ly the purpose of the United States in
the event of further violations of
American rights in the war zone. Just
what the- United States should say
with reference to Germany's refusal
to disavow the intention to destroy
American lives on the Lusltania has
net crystalieed definitely In the In
formal discussions In official quarters.
Suggestions are heard that the Ger
mnn Government might be Informed
that the United States Intended to
continue to press for a settlement of
the case and would keep It c<fnstantly
to the front as a diplomatic issue of
?prime lmportahce between the two
"countries.
The general view in official quarters
is tliat irr?i^>ecti^e of what course
should be followed In the Lusltania
c:\se, a statement of the purpose of
the United States to asgert ftp rights
notwithstanding Germany's inhibitions
on tbe use of belligerent ships by
Americans seems most likely to to
msd? next In the ftota, That such ae-j
tion would not necessarily lead to a]
rupture lii relations Ih generally recog
ufoed, unless hii overt act o^ flagrant
violation of the principles fgr which
the Untied States has Ihhmi contending
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should ensue. Officials |H?lut put thai
wbtlf the (h'riuan reply docs not give!
any explicit assurance on the subject
the actual practice of (iorman sub
marine coQMnattders In the last two
months has l^?n ??? V.lplt UCUtr&l sUftWi
ami to give warning to belligerent mer
chantmen, thus cnahliiiK crews to he
traflnferred to boats In ease dost rue
tlon of a vessel as a prl/.e Is deter
mined upon. Consnj (ieneral Wash
ington at Llverpooil.- today report wl
H?eh an lmitaiice. The American ship
Normandy was approached hy a <Jcr
man submarine, whose commander ex
amined the ship's paiicr* ami allowed
her to proceed, notwithstanding that
the' vessel carried a cargo of lumber,
which is on the (Jerinau contraband
list. The Normandy's crew later res
cued three Americana Who wore aboard
the Russian ship IjCo, which was sunk,
(tttlclals here <*ould not determine from
the meager advices whether the Ameri
cans had been almard the Leo when
she was first attacked and took to
their small Imais or whether they were
first removed to the Normandy before
the belligerent ship was .destroyed.
In any event this and other Instances
in the last two weeks are regarded
here as evidence of the fact that the
German submarine commanders prob
ably have instructions to torpedo 110
styijDp without warning and to save
passengers and crews before destroy
ing the vessels.
There are some officials who regard
the present situation as merely a
ttuce during the pendency of. the ne
gotiations and who are not so con
fident that' Germany -has entirely aban
doned her previous practices to which
the United States objects.
CHILDREN'S DAY AT BUFFALO.
Children of Baptist Church Held In
teresting Exercises
(Reported for The Chronicle.
An interest lug ami liiHtructive pro
gramme cmHlfltlflg of recitations, so
los, <Juets and choruses was beautifully
rendered at the Child rens Day exer
cises at Buffalo Baptist Church near
Kershaw last. Sunday*' It was impossi
ble to decide which was best as 'all
were of the highest order. A duet by
two young girls was worthy of espe
cial mention. It was very fine, a? was
also a solo "Jesus Loves Me" by a small
girl not over four years old. As her
sweet birdlike voice floated out, with
every note perfect, we could not help
!>tjt think that "out of Mie uiouihs of
babes and sucklings He shall have per
fect praise."
After tWe programme. Mr. C. W.
Birch mo re in a short talk voiced thcj
wish 'that he could carry back with
htm the enthusiasm and perfection of
theexerclses, and spoke of what edu
cation, and especially Christian edu(;a
rloh was doing. ' /
Mrs. 8. B. fjoodale followed and Also
voiced Mr. Blrehmorc's wish of taking
Iwck to their Sunday Schools not only
the enthusiasm but the talent display
ed. Spoke of patience, perseverance
and pr4f$cability of Mrs. Chesnut
Jones * who had displayed an abund
ance of these virtues In working tip
such a splendid program. Also spoke
of the assistance of the young ladles,
girls and young men who had given
their best on this occasion. Too much
cannot he said in praise of these chil
dren's day exercises.
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Writ Issued for Isenhower.
* Columbia, JHly 9. ? Superintendent
Griffith of the State penitentiary hero
was today served Hith a writ citing
him to produce Ernest Isenhower, al
leged mob leader of Wlnnsboro, be
fore Associate Justice Watts, at Lau
rens, Jhly 15, when hal>eai^\ corpus
proceedings will bo argued. The writ
says Isenhower was committed to the
penitentiary :?by persons unknown for
causes unknown," but presumably for
murder.
? Isenhower Ls alleged to l>e a lea<ler
of the \yinnsl>oro njiob which on June
i4 killed Sheriff Hood and his negro
prisoner and fatally wounded a white
deputy. Clyde Isenhower, brother of
Ernest, also 4as fatally shot. Jesse
Morrison and James Kawls are also)
prisoners with Ernest Isenhower, held
on charges not known. Former Gov
ernor Cols L. Blessed -Ixenhower's
chief counsel/ .
MKLKtTION OF KIMSON IIKKD.
Army and Navy Ottbiuls Kiidoriw
('hulrc of SfrMary Daniels.
Wawliillgtoii, July i;i ion
of the country's Inventive genius to
aid In working out naval problems
m s proposed by Secretary Daniels was
discussed widely I < ii la v hy ottlclnlw ,.r
l>oth the Army and NaVy, and the
hp lot* t ion ??f Thomas A. Kdison as head
of the civilian advisory hoard met with
unanimous approval. Secretary Dan
iels now is preparing t?> invito Oth* r
noted Inventors and technical exjieris
to Join in the work. Ho would not
say yes or no to a doe/.n names sug
k'cst??d to Ii i in, dwlarlng he wo\ild make
known tlio othor members of the ad
visory board only after tholr areept
anees IiikI been resolved.
"Ax I stated in jriy letter to Mr.
Kdison," said tho Secretary tonight,
"1 am not prepared to announce full
details of the plan. An Informal con
fereiMv was held tslay with the chiefs
of the bureau* of orduanee, steam
engineering and construction and re*
jmir and 1 expert to announce the or
ganization In a more definite way in a
short time.
"The country dofs not yet know the
far-reaching and Imporfaijt experi
mental work done by Admirals Griflin,
Strauss and Taylor. They and their
assistants for months have been study*
inn every new development brought
out by th$ War In Kuroi*rand already
they luive cont rlbuted. to Increased
naval ethclcncy. They will be given
?additional experts Jo carry on tills de
velopment work 'they have been doing
with ability 'and Kurce|Wf '
"The selection of the members of
the advisory committee requires care
ful thought but I hope to apnounce
them shortly. With Mr. Kdison t so,
willingly ifnd cheerfully responding, I
feel sur^ that the advisory council,
when the names are aU .selected, will
he composed of m?n of suck prom
inence as ; to make the country feel
that what it Is possible for the human
mind to devise will he devised for our
Navy."
Among the names suggested to Mr.
Daniels as possible members of the
new hoard were those of Charles P?
Htpnlmetz, one of the world's authori
ties on electrical engineering ; Hudson
Maxim, Investor and maker of guns
and explosives; Orvllle. Wright, one of
two brothers, who led the world ltt
aeroplane flight; Hlmon Lake, subma
rine inventor ; Lewis Nixon, shipbuild
er and former naval otflcer; Alexander
Graham Bell, Inventor of the tele
phone; John Hays Hammond, Jr., and
Ki A. Fessenden, radio coinmunleat
tlon experts ; J. It. Walker, editor of
a scientific magazine and an inventor *
of note,, and a score of others. ?/,' 7' ' '
attention was called today to an
act of -Congress prohibiting the ac
ceptance ^by the Government of voK
untar^v services. As there is no pro
vision for remuneration for the pro
posal board, it was suggested that the
law might prove an olwtacle and re
quire a specific authorization by. Con
gress. Mr. Daniels said he had not
examined the law, but he thought it"
would be possible to avoid conflict
with :lt. The hulk of the work in
testing new devices and reviewing sug
gestions . will fall on the Department
Itself, the Secretary, explained and for
that reason, he contemplates creating
a bureau of iihventlon arid development
to which the civilian expert will be
an advisory hoard.
Mr. Daniels Indicated that, he had'
not yet developed anything like a com
plete working plan for the bureau.
He has in view, however, eoneeiftra
tlon of Such Navy experimental sta
tions ns the coal testlng piahT at Aii
na polls, the tank for testing hull mod
els at the Navy Yard here and an aero
drome, where studies In air currents
are madij, in one great experimental
laboratory.
At the War Department, It was
pointed out that a*, bureau similar to
tTO~ contemplated for the Navy bad
been In operation for many years and*
achieved notable results. It Is known
as the Bureau of Ordnance and forti
fications and to It go suggestions for'
new devices from the army personnel
or from .civilians. It was from this
l>oard that Professor Langley obtained .
the money with which, he built his
heavier-than-alr flying machine.
Beport* como from Ix)wn<leHvllle in
Abbeville county of the lynching of
Will foaler Momiay nftprnoon. ?se
negro 1* Mid to hate gotten into ft
difficulty an<l ahot art mortally wound
ed Lucius Crittenden. hosier's body
?was riddled with bullets and then
thrown Into a river, C il