The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 05, 1915, Image 9
:E OF THE LAW
WILL BRING DISASTER
Southern Journal
at Length on
Jen plan's Charge To
jetton Grand Jury,
?,l Ut Alaiiufii? tii??'iK Record!
g |. Smith. of Churl.- ttMH,
w- rwalcivd n"' '"n,v >So"fi'
( Kvery word of the
friuu lil? 'hargv WliU'b we pub
i?* jiwrtlt >?> N ,,nd ,'4".
, (.v,.ry Jwige Hlul 0VlM'>' lawyer
vr) otiwr ?>'>'? *>> ,jie Houth WlUJ
fdstfl 1,1 svt,|fHl^ t,[ ,ln>
and iii it* advance In clvlllza
on the roHJWCt f# law
\ , i . ns Judga SmlMi snys,
.^toiiii , shot nM shell will
UJj (lesiK-y Ilic civilization of
l,ul Hie' disregard of laws
:tllliy may build a now ?md
,hijiz.i?t Ion on the wreck of |
gIMj tin' ruin of inilUHl rios ; It
lid where Htonns or earthquakes
destroytnl and r?|ftr ij great Ht rue
but If cannot but 1(1 . except it
un (in- mire foundnH6n of a re
li4 obeditMice to law: any other
lti?M win pfov? us unstable a.s
kinK ??<'?
u from "in- end of tho South to|
her ? liidlHvl, when from one end
land to the other? every judge]
t?te thi' ruse as elearly as did
Smith, of Charleston, and whenj
gran^ Jury will he as faithful
oatli of ollice as wuh this grand
then we will have made ? ?tart'
bulldlug on a true foundation,
manufacturer cannot bring the!
class of laborers Into a coyn
Vbere law ami order do not pre
The capitalists of other sections
keitflte long before pitting their
ir. into a state or a community
law iiml order are not rigidly
pkerever i.Hilitlcal rottenness weUk
thi1 enforcement Of law ; wherever
W* and other crimes go unpunish
able of a disregard of the sa
pmw of human life or of laxity
w enforcement or because of po
1 pull, and an unwillingness of
5 and Juries to convict,, is to be
El; wherever men <">? hi^h or low
f wink at the violation of law :
ever men of standing In a commu
-jittderhiko secretly to violate the
liiw (it tht) title I n ?? u i i ,<? 1 1 n* \ ill. UOt;
I II n h:i uce. licMeve iit tin- particular
law. which they violate, there Is a do
ftii- ?*| lollciiiios \\ li I ? ? 1 1 MOOIIOr or
later will prove disastrous to a eoin
Ifllinity or l<i a Si ;i 1 1
hi the particular before JuUgtt
Smith".-. (Mini the hum ninlcr indict
men! .yvre violators of a prohibition
law, ami, an The News' and Courier
HUggcst*;' such violation* ha^n been
winked ai because people did not he
Hove In this la\y. TJium' who wink at
MIK'U \lolatlppn are aiding and abet
ting (he violators, and In doing so they
are, to the extent of their ability, how*
Iiik tin1 c? "i for every other ^rliue, and
sooner or later will he, directly or in
directly, r< - i t ? i ? - to? ?tHo murder*
and oihyr violations of law which dls
;:r:ii <? this entire count i y.
l.t Ik one of the lamentable facts of
the ape That It eaii he said, ami prob
11 l?ly trulyj that (hero are more homi
cides in the United States than in amy
Other country on earth, 'except Russia,
and Russia's population is much great
er than ours and a large pro|K?rtlon of
It Is scaltered over wild and undevel
oped regions, where the enforcement
of lliw Is ulmoxt Impossible.
Industrial development, agricultural
progress, the iidvuficc In education, ill
religion, In wealth are all absolutely
decadent UJmhi the rigid enforcement
of law, whether the violator be the,
millionaire at his club or the degraden
negro*: whose murderous proclivities or
unbridled passion* bring ruin and
death to the /innocent.
May the followers of Judge Mendel
Ii. Smith and the grand Jury to whom
his charge whh mace soon he known
throughout the land and their name
be "legion." Tlu? closing paragraphs
of Jjls charge were as follows:
"Mr. Foreman, no people have ever
yet prospered In the history of t|ie
world who have disregarded the sane*
tlty of private rights or Ignored the
necessity for a uniform public justice.
YoA pi.ay build and equip school liotfHes,
you may rear church spires heaven
w.ardv you may advance in material
-growth, but unless there exists in the
body politic a profound respect for law
and a firm belief in the necessity for
its enforcement, that civilization Is
sooner or later doomed to take Its place I
with others that have been wrecked'
! in the pursuit of false ideas.
A citation of riiiniuttl ytltUUii 1#
vvo Interest hue. ami. ut time*. bring# ?
i>> j|h much biitntllailon in this ntnto,
hut unless local Condition* are under
stood they sometime* do an injustice.'
The observation o t ili' court . however.'
U that there Is growing upon I he peo
pie <?f this slate today a res pert for j
the law ami a firm demand fur Its i'li'l
' 1 i 1 ? ? 1 1 1 ? ? 1 1 1 everywhere h i<h Wun.
t\ir?'< ly l i en (N|Q|i)|od in our history
AdiitlijIslTn 1 1 ve uie.i-uies of a liK'dl
slgrtlfhauce nitty he adopted, a com
III U nil y may ha\e lis hum) Issues ami
Its local taxes am) enterprises, hut the
administration of Justice ami the jou- I
forevment of law Is a matter of state
wide i inporl ii lire mftl < uiu eri.. II III I the!
fU n en f'op enient of ll Is a reflection j
UOt ou)y upon the community which,
permit* Jt. hut t||k>M I he' sovereignty
of tin* whole slate.
The court > appeals to you, south'- .'
men, to discharge , a - simple duty. If!
it leads to the finding of no hljl on'
these indict inent*. let it he from a{
sense of duty us becoming the dignity [
of. the grand Jury.; If your duty leads!
you to i lie liiiilinu of ii true hill, have!
I hi* manhood ami Codraite to nay ho,
Karthquuko, storms, shot anjl shell (
which have eome uj)o?i your city huve
never yet wrecked your Industries, pa
ra ly/.ed your energies, Impaired your
resources, thwarted your ambition or
crushed your hopes. The accompllsh
ment of your |?eoplc has added much
to the true glory of this state; you
have given Jurists, statesmen, soldiers,
authors, and scholars, and from your
midst linfe emanated htgl) ideals, ex
cellent culture and true patriotism ;
therefore, you cannot fit this day and
time tifford to disregard the law.
Take these hills, give tlufm a care- 1
ful consideration, and if there Is a j
prohahle case made out' against the
defendants, let your (hiding he of such:
character that the petit jury may be
come the arbiters of the guilt or In
nocence of the parties charged in the
trial Of the cases, where both sides
Wftl have an opportunity to present
their case. When you have passed
U|)0n two or thrw>, make ti report to
the court. You may retire." '
Following the charge - from which
thisx extract Is taken, the grand jury
returned a number of indictments, of
blind* tigers, and from the Baptist
Courier we have the following:
"One day hist week the grand Jury
in Charleston brought lii true bills
against twenty-two blind tigers. Here
tofore prosecution Of this lawless ele
ment has- failed at this initial i?oint.
ami lln'M' liitlirt int'ii t h div hallo*! hh
llu* of it m-w ?Ih> In our I
I'lllof 'Its I'lOtMilig .lliilp' Mtlith'l I.
Smith w :i i iii?> congratulati'd Hit mn
upon its good work, lie 1* (|UoUhJ as
suylhK : "M?. Foreman ami uieuilH'i's
t?f the grand Jury, I wmii to (vitiir^lu
Into ytMl "it tlu> manh ami 'faithful
?tlwt ha ivr <>f your duty, Your u?tlou
will take phici* us (>|U> of thr grandest
ill the history nf South Cai'ojlUJt"
"i 'OIIIIUI Htlnu oil (hortC lull' liliu III'
\i'?f nn<l ('mirier sm
"'It Is not simply that iwonly-lwo
pornous atf to ln> placed oh trial ell a rg
.??I with vloltithig i)io ll.pior laws whW li
iiiaj^*' what UapptMied yesterday no
ih^jily. ?tmiiliraift. The Htgulllcnuco
Hon ill lite fact flirt t lit last a smash
In^ 1>1??ns h.t- been tU-a It to tiii- danger
on* View , l oi tj; v-tlultaiNly encouraged
ill I Ills i oiii limit it y , that a da* tif
hiwhiealw t? ought to he shielded he
(.'0 URO tin* I ;i \\ which I ln\V defied was
not what da1 community a* a whole
OllfVMJht '? We believe that the new
attitude of tia' CharloMtou county grand
jury 1* fairly. representative of the
changed nit it titU* of thf community to
waul tills class of la whreakerH.*
"Much of the credit for I hi* K?'ioil
work must ha given to Judge Mendel
L. Smith, whose charge to the grand
jury* we are told, made a profound
ImproKwlon oji all who hoard It.
/ Thia irf taio of the moat tdgnlflcant
ii nd Important statements which >ve
have ever U>on privileged to publish
in regard to the South, The NAvh and
Courier is correct when It says : "The
HtfiCniflcanco lias in the fact that at
Last a hashing blow has 1?ck?ii dealt
to the dangerous view, long sedulous
ly encouraged In this community, that
a class of lawbreakers 'ought to la*
' shielded because the law whlclf they
| defied was not \*imt the coinmuuity
\n'* ri whole thought best."
m&E ? ? ? ? - ?
Mr. J. H. Pate Dead.
HLshnpvillc. Nov. l.-r'-.John II. Pate,
of Htokes 1 1 i*i< I ixi*. .Ono of l/oo county's
most substantial farmer citizens, died
this afternoon at I'J'.ItO o'clock. Tllfl
l^urlal will he tn-mbVfow noon at He
bron Methodist cffureh. -
The (Joveruor has received a lot tor
from M. A. Hlackwell, of Summerton,
strongly indorsing tlu? present admin
istration and advising that he Is send
ing for the governor's Thanksgiving
dinner n large fat turkey. The gov
ernor has replied to Mr. Hlackwell ex
v
pressing his appreelatlon. Mr. Black
well -1* o fa niter and- school teu<4teiv
THE GREKK ISLANDS.
| Clastic Seats Coming Into First
Importance in the War.
With ilu> shifting of tho ?>t
tin* Duiopcan vtOflU and (In ?a I la- in*
hi )ht(>UKl(y toward t !?*? lialkatis. Tur
Ut?y ami Iho Notti' F.aal.j
lllust' Island* vv liirli dot llu* t'olti'M; he
I ween mat A?ftit, hntlh>urouud*
lit tli*" ?J.r.tH) >?'arK of Htrujfuio l h *1 vN|M*u
Hu' Orlont and Oirldfid for Mjpivma
i>. i|iv forming oiav * inoiv a part of
'tin* aiva where (Uu future of the Willi
Is tit l)u dei-hled. There art- no lauds
In 1 1 1* v . w orld whose HtOFtes arc more
nh-ui'htiiK than those of tlu'M* Inland*.
A 1 1 it 1 1t* tin jjjat issued h\ (lie National
tJeouiaplde SiK'ifly . glv i's a sketeh. of
the islands as piVM-fited In it rominu
niiiiiion to tin* Norloty by lOrmud J,ioyd
I lui rh. It Ih ?ia follow s :
Where a hrokoit fringe 'd tslaads
parallels tin' coast of Aula .Minor. he-,
gt.unlijg Svlth fa Hied llhodew. ? In the
south; runnljig northward. narrowly
separated from tlio. mainland, piitd the
peninsula <>f (iiillipoll. and ending near
(In present AfltldOII itiitsi of finl(_'arla.
Is tin* dlvitliiig Hue between tin* Occi
dent and Orient, TIicho islands are
the Kumpean marches, whore Asia and
iCutt?|K> liav?> clashed throughout all
history.
Hero we find Persian pitted against
< J reek, Itoman a j^a Inst Pont Ian, Ity
tmiitiue ; i ; ? ; i i 1 1 i Moslem. Crusader
against Saracen, Turk against Mogul
and today ICnrope divided against it
self, and apuinst the lOast.
Not only has Asia Minor and the
Islands facing Hk shores boon the stage
upon which have been enacted ' some
of the most gigantic events in human
history, hut Jt, is at the present time
one of the most interesting and pic
turesque regions- In the world. It lias
been termed the <iuintessenee of the
Kast. For nowhere else will yon find,
thrown together in close association, so.
many things of the Must? tln> eamel
caravan, the g roves of cypress* olive,
plane and valonia trees; tiie mosque
and lowering tulnaret; latticed win
*
dows anil veiled women and a back
ground made up of the remnants of
an ancient civilisation.
Rhodes, whose history is 01)0 /chlU>"
I *?i- after another of fascinating ro
mance from days of remote antiquity,
through its reign, as a cultural center
.during the age of Roman occupation,
and Its golden itei'lpd as the strong
hold of chivalry during the occupation
of the island by the order of t>ho
Knights of St.". John, oner dominated
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH
The Most Sensational Selling Event Ever Held
in Columbia Will Be In Progress
A. G. Douglas Company Entire $1 2.000.00 Stock of High. Grade Merchandise
Consisting of Dry Goods, Millinery, Furs, Notions, Furnishings, Etc. Must be
Liquidated, Within 13 Days and will be Offered to the Public at th? Most* As
tounding Reductions This Section Has Ever Known. This is Not ^Ordinary
Clearance Sale But a Genuine Going Out of Business Sale. All Store Fixtures
For Sale. It Will Pay You, to Travel 100 Miles to Attend This Selling Event.
Sale Lasts Only Thirteen Days
'*5*;' * ?^1-S ' 7~ - '' * ' '
Railroad Fare Refunded Within a Radius of 25 Miles to Those Purchasing frov^r
1524 Main
Street
V ? \
Columbia ?
S. C.
tin* eastern Mtilllorruiicuii, as a vch!
|Hwr|cf?t Knirfottd '*tf tho court of A?1n
M)ii(u
01<vih> iiikI ('tiexrtr tlnlslicd t)u4r *?d
nrattous ><< HIumIiw. hut ltoinp
uilil Kygiinlluiii llnitlly absorbed the
m bools i >l' Itbodcs. NV*t I he Knights
of Hi John. founded III the I lilt I'i'i)
Du x ni .Jerusalem, after many .hunt
?hip*. brlnhlened again the rUllhtl* of
the b lands by ma k I mi 'lb theli Ii> >m?*
Tin.) h ? - u 1 1 n 'i I tin* ilium- ?'f ili<' Khltfhtx
of l(lti>ilf-<. uihI ?* r I ?- c Innumerable
win*. Were at hint. forced to r**t 1 ?*'. Ill
I r.'J'J l.i-r..ri^M,a.- 'I'ii I-'. i. ' \ ! : i 1 1 ?. . At
flic 1 1 *i 1 1 IUVjc I ))?? Ih li? ? ?? I vf# being
belli by 1 1 o 4 v w I) it 1 1 took pit In
U)l ' i l !ii I ..III c ,,f M'C vdlr w ith
Tripoli ? '
I 'lib'*, J5U Ill.lll> I ? ? I !>?? IttX't ll> OI:<?
oiie of the i b lie a members of flic (on
Iiiii Union, snbjeci In ( inn to Aiiiem
Iiiii, Itoiiuiii, It nl In n ami TmkUh dou?l
ini ( Inn has I ? ? * i tc been a 1 ??iii?? of ciinton
lion between tlu? Turk mid tlry^k, ami
\vi)H Hi'hI reunited t ?? Hi* pin fill t.'uuii
try, (ii'mii'oi In UHli. after a srpii rii
tloii of more thfltl ii.ttOO years
Tin' fliiatis jolnod their brother
CirwkH III the Will's of liberation, ulilrh
bpKfin In tlio tlrst yon rs of the hint oop
lury. In ls'j'j the Turks slaughtered
.'{?J.IMMI Cllllllis ill the slNM-e of tw?>
months, Mini noil) .tj.immi others into
shivery, innl (ho In ixl whh thoroughly
devastated.
Hnmos at the mouth of the hay ujhmi
which kPmmI ancient I'.pliesus, tho Miik
nlfi<vent, formed oho of the oldest not
tluiiicnts of' tlio lohbius In tho Mi < I i
torranenn. Knmos was flic birth place
of the phlloHOpher. 1'ythngovnn, and
here, too. wn? the wonderful Temple
Of Hern, n hoftHt of the (2 recta ii world.
Tho IhIiiiuIh of the AcKenn taken to-'
gether constitute oho of the most his-'
torlc and Interesting limula i* region**
In tlie world. Ilonldeii the 20 princi
pal ones which have lent inueli to his
tory, there are Innumerable smaller
ones. The larger Islands have a num
ber of fertile and well watered valleys
and plains) the principal products of
which arc wheat, wine, oil, mastic cot
ton silk, raisins, -honey and wax. Coral
u ml sponge fisheries are numerous and
In most of the Islnnds tho auclpt^
(Jyeok type persevere#^ anions the |>oo
ple.
Mrs. Josey Dead at St. Charles
Mrs. F. I >. .losey, wife of Mr. 1).
VV. Josey, who arc old r<*ddcnts bf the
St. Charles section, < I I?m1 at Hn* homo
of her daughter, Mix. K. . McCoy lust
Friday morning' at ten o'clock. The
fin torn I services wore held ami the, In
torment made. In the Bethany Baptist
church yard near Mumiville Saturday
morning at eleven. The deoetiAed wns
In hey- 7SU,^ .Vnrir, for the past j. ten
years lias IrtVn an Invalid. Hor hus
hnnd survives her, also two daugh
ters and throe sons.: Mrs. 10. P. Me
C-ov and Mrs. A. I >?' MeC-oy, and Mos
ses. C. WM 1 and II. !?. .Josey. all of
whom live In the St. Charles Section :
Mr, F. W. Josey, of Smnuiortou, and
Mr. "Ylenry B." ? Josey, <rf Brunswick,
tJa.-V* ? '' ?? ' ? >.?.'&*?
A merchant in Anderson last week
sont-u pair, of shoes to Shanghai, China
hy panel post, the charge being only
thirty-six cents.
Supervisor's Monthly Repcyrt.
The following is a list of clatma
passed upon and ordered paid by the
Commissioners of Kershaw County In
nession Monday, Nov. A, 11)15:1
J. D. Sinclair, salary $ 55.00
W. T<. McDowell, salary 28.00 i
1). M. McCosklll, salary 17.50
C. L. Dixon, salary , 21. <14
W. F? Russell, salary 37.50
Calvin Bool* 1 mm. salary .. 25.0()
M. C. Wosl, salary 120.00
A. M. Deal, salary 8.88
C. W. Bi reh more, salary 100.88
W, W, Huckabeo, jail foes 122.40
Camden Hospital. . .'100.00
<1. W. Dabney. supt. Infirmary 10.50
Springs Banking and Merean- *
tile Co,, supplies 0.00
W. T. Smith, supplies : 20.25
Kershaw Mercantile & Banking
Co.. supplies 110.68
The Blhckmon Co., supplies ....... 12.23
Beth m ?o Supply Co^ KhpplteM-^.. 7.25
Salisbury Metal Co,, MtipplieK .... 48,<K)
(J. B. King, supplies 58.75
Springs & Shannon, supplier .... 127.70
Rethunc Drug Co., supplied 3.50
C. B. Spradley^, suppllCH y\. ........ 14.15
J. M. Carson Co.. supplied 50.10
Austin Western Co., suppli<*s ... 192.00
Scliloshurg & Karesh, supplies- .... 8,00
J. B. Munn, supplies 30.00
Clyburn ft Davis, supplies 10.00
Ithumc Bros., supplies ... 59.01
Jos. Shehoen, . supplies 22J73
II. I a Scliloshurg, supplies ... 100.25
It. I*. Bell, supplies 0.30
L. H. Hall, supplies ? : 0.38
F. It. Ilall, supplies 12.00
Olty Croeery Co., supplies 4.25
T. \V. Wilson, lumber ...... 0.25
W. S. Dovyey, road work a. 0.00
W.fB. Brnnham. road work 0.50
.T. L. Hlnsou. road work 17.50
W. ?. Hill, road work ,1.50
O. P. Jones', roail wori: 0.75 1
John S; Rabon, roa<l work ........ 2.00
Wiley Jackson, road work 5.00
William Kelley. road work : 4.70
W. R. Bnllev, road work 8.00 <
W. I.. Casklus. smith Work . 7.20
(}. W. Mobley, supt, litreU ping.. 93;.IO
II. R Munn, supt. chain gang . ..203.EB
Shanks ft Monroe, plumbing 25.00
L. A. Hasty, supplies ^ 8.50
Tbos. J! Kirklaml, attorney
. foes ~ 053.80
Sam Newman, supt. hired gang.. 81.07
Total i. $2,083.02
: 1C. 0. WKST,
^ * County Supervisor, ijS