The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 20, 1916, Image 2
A MEMORABIJC CAMPAIGN.
Howlw Tells of TIiim* Whm Itlood
oh?*d Swiiwl :\IWM>'N Immiiifol,
Th<? 8fH8 campaign > >f 1S02 W83 one
? ??!?* uml 4M?'ivwHtnc
campaigns ('ViT held In South ritMlitut,
I r?*|N>rt?>?l ll for the Columbia Keglster.
then ( !t?> "organ" of the THIl^tilUcit.'
A campaign rt'iKiiUT in ilioxo < lays
had iio picnic. Ho had to work.
A few yearn ago i vviin talking with
a young in an refuting a state cam
palgn meeting. He was grumbling at
Ills Joh. In IKOJJ, the reporter* who
represented thi- various dailies on the
<*a in | ^11 Iff 11 went the whole route, re
porting all tin* meet 1 1 iff x . Thi! >oung
man I was talking to only had to cover
ahont a doKen meet I iikh. an tin* men
(?n tin* staff of IiIm |wi|H*r were taking
turns lit what they regarded a 'lis
Hgreeable duty. Anil they seldom
"ground out" an much as. two columns
of copy, and frequently got "ft with
n scant column report.
In 1WJ the public seemed unable
to get a surfeit of ctitii|>algii reports.
My rejiort of one meeting ? t start
at lbirnwcll. I think was over twenty
columns. >|?d the average report ran
from four to eight or more. Not only
was this lots of work, hut It wax
dangerous work. Feeling between the
two factious ran high. The cani|>algn
of DM4. when I'ollock and Jennings
were making pcraonal attacks u|miii
It led ho day after day, was regarded as
stormy, hut It was a gentle zephyr
alongside ii hurricane when com pa red
to the campaign of 181)2, Only the
mercy <>f i.'od averted hlodshed that
yinr. Several times It Heeuied that
meetings would hrcftk up In murderous
riots, with the combatants Inextricably
mixed. At Kdgctlehl, the adherents of
. the two ticket* hud become separated
and at one time it seemed that the tw?
forces would engage in a pitched
hat tie.
The reporters of the State and tne
Keglster, the chief uewspaiier cham
pions of the opposing tickets, were
hated ahout as much as the candidates.
Had tighttng ever been started. tliev
would have been shot as quickly as
Tillman, or Sheppard, or McLaurin. ?r
RUB OUT PAIN
with good oil liniment. That'i
the surest way to stop them.
I he best rubbing liniment is
MUSTANG
LINIMENT
Good for the Ailments of
Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc.
Good for your own Aches,
Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains,
Cuts. Bij rn*; Etc.
25c. 50c. $1. At all Dealers.
MONK V TO IAMN.
On Improved famm. Easy turniB.
Apply to B, 13. Clarke,* Camden, S.
C. 50.
Monuments
When in need of Tomb
stones and Monuments see
me before you place your or
der. Representing the Dixie
Marble Co., of Canton, Ga.
Samples of marble shown.
J. D. SINCLAIR,
P. O. Box 35. Camden, S. C.
Tombstones &
MONEY TO IX) AN
ON REAL ESTATE ? EASY
TERMS
K. G. vonTrescltow.
L J
Dr. E. H. KERRISON
Dentist
* over H mice's Store
ltroad ami 1>? KmII> Sts. Phone lSo
COLUMBIA LUMBER &
MANUFACTURING CO.
MILL WORK
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS
AND LUMBER
PLAIN & HUGER STS. Phono 71
COLUMBIA, S. C.
DR. R. E. STEVENSON
DENTIST
OHk? 5? tfc? t C*f??r Br?? 4 *?<! D?K*lfc St?.
Camden. S. C.
Collins Brothers
Undertakers for Colored People
Tilt>ki>i 41 714 W. DtKalk St.
Yoiiiigsmaiis. or Farley. tint candidates
who aroused the most violent nutat:
onlsiu,
At Floremv there cm mo peir being
a riot, Tillman used the word "damn,"
A milliliter rebuked him. asking if >*i
would apologize, Hinl ?k-?? rtHilifd. "\i?f
M h <nniviwvii tiit" ? mu m wring'""1
boiling,
.The antl TillmuuitoH of Dorllngton
county were es|?eclnl|y bitte r. A de
tachment ciimo down to the Flor <mv
meeting. <?ih? of thorn Imrv a tanner,
wltll some opprohiotls epithets oil It
referring t?> Tillman's ?ale of hi* h-rd
of .ler*o.\s t?> tilt* statu asylum. The
hearer of the banner wan named Mc
Hrlde. He was a raw-boned Scotch
Irishmau, about six fi^et high. witht ut
an ounce of NU|KM'ttii0UM tloxh ami
weighed about 100 isiuuds. A man
named Uurluy Jacksoji tackled him,
t hi* mi mo who once knifed r^dmuud
l>ea*, the notorbniM negro Republican
I k?| 1 1 It-ln it who wan called by IiIk ad*
iulror? the "Duke of Darlington." in
io.sx time than It taken to write about
It, Jackson had Mcltrldc down ami the
ban nor torn up.
Jackson was a smnlj, man, probably
not over 140 |m>uii(1hJu) weight. I ex
pressed surprise at his feat, espee'ally
when the slscc ami strength <>f the
other man were considered. One who
knew b I in sabl 1 would not have ism
surprised had I known Jackson, ;?s lie
was all light w<mmI knots ami steel
springs and the liest Indian hug wrest
ler In South Carolina regardless of
sl/e or weight.
During the exeitomcnt many woa
|n?iis were drawn and those who did
not draw their pistols put their hands
on t heni, .\ly pistol was In a little
hand satchel and in it were the pistols
of two or three of, the candidates mi
the I 1 1 1 11111 11 ticket. 1 went on writing
with hue hand and o|>ened the satchel
with 1 lie other. Fortunately, no ony
j opened the hall, so there was 110 danc
ing to the tune of pistol shots,.
That afternoon at the hotel ?t
brother rei>orter? tfiul we wire the
best of friends throughout the cam
paign. not sharing in the hatred the
candidates and our pa]N>rs created and
kept burning? said : "tieorge, you
were In a light place this morning.
When yon o|m??um1 your satchel, rf miin
behind you put bis pistol miiMttie with
in two inches of your backbone."
"\es." s|s>ke up a farmer who was
with us. "but I bad that fellow cov
ered." And probably s'ome one on tho
other side had that farmer covered.
No wonder no one pulled a trigger.
Had one been pulled what followed
would have been 11 Inassacre, not a
tight, for partisans of tho two sides
were Inextricably mixed together.
The meeting tho next day wa3
scheduled for Darlington, but it was
postponed because of the tense feeling
and the danger of bloodshed. 1 wrote
?\ savage account of the trouble at the
Florence meeting and put all tho
blame on the hunch of young bloods
from Darlington who had brought Mo
Bride and his banner to Florence.
one of them met me a day or two
later ami tobl me t would be cow
lib led for that rei?ort ? when I came
to I >a rlington. I earnestly entreated
liltn ion If #111 1 ? * lVi-M
...... llllll till A |U A>?lillll*
ton and ho got with his crowd, but ? In*
had his preferences. 1 never saw bin.
again, that T know of. until the I >11
Huston whiskey riot In 1S'.*4. and I did
not introduce myself (?? him then? out
that is another story, as Kinllng says.
When I- got olT the train at Darling
ton In 1X02 to report the deferred cam
paign meeting, a gentleman came up
to me and Introduced himself as I>i
Wilcox. He said lie had bo. ml of tie
t brea-t of h?H*se-w-M-pplng ? *md added:
"1 want to say I have no ise for you
and Jess, for your paper, byt [ wish to
inform you that I !ovo fair play and
respect the good name of Darlington,
and so Inive told those wh ) 1d.t1.no 1
the horse-whipping that I myself will
shoot the lirst man who attempts ty
start it. If he should bo my best
friend.", 1 thanked him, des] iio his
ungraciousness but, because of that
ungraciousness, begged him keep
out of in \ quarrels. However, as Is
almost always the case when trouble
Is expected, everybody was 011 ! 1 1 s host
behavior a' the Davlingto.*. uniting
and it was one of 'lie inosi orderly
<>f t he w ho' > campaign.
Not 11 few of the candidates cirrled
pistols in that campaign, of 1*02. it
had been many a long voir sice I
was fool enough to tot>- a pistol . 1 1 1 * I
I am bitterly op|s>sod to the pr.utico.
However, there was some ex use for
it in 1SPJ. If ever there Is excuse, 't'iu
other side ^jot proof as to Some thr
I {? *f or 111 candidates going armed and it
was hurting them in nubile estima
lion The anti-Tilluui'i pape;- bad
some -?.\ero tutorials about it The
diveusxinii stop| k'<1 suddciilv If wis
stopped because of a "rs; page letter
in The Ueglstor. a |e?M?r wl>i'b .i<
sorted positively that 1 W. Youna i,s.
the a u; i Tilluian candidate !'o;* ;.tvrn..
ta ry ot state, had a pistol in his ooeket
at tfie Kingstree meeting. What made
the charge elTeetive was that e
wry one wh.. bad attended t lie
Klngstreo nieclim; ..r read a roptn t ot
it knew that Vi. nutans in his spo.*?h
had unsue 1- < f . 1 . 1 \ done almos! every
thing in his |M>wer to provoke a 1 or
sonal ditllculty with Tillm'a 1. The
writer of the i*-tter in the ltegNter
knew Yolimaiis, for be said he would
give Ills name an! a.*oligi/e If > ..n
n.ans denied ?h:it he had a pistol in
his |MH'ket at the Klngstrw meeting.
1 was the author of the letter, 'he
only anonymous communication 1 have
ever published. I knew that You
mans would rather die than tell a lh\
and I knew he had a pistol at the
Klngstrce meeting because by the
merest chance I saw him take it out
of his i>ocket. and put it In ills valise.
I hated to pull that stunt at his ex
pense, because he and I were friends.
I liked him. The friendship t>egan in
that campaign.
In 1802 there was no railroad to
Chesterfield and none frotn Chora w to
Honnottsvllle. Tho meeting at Cites
tertlebl was on Saturday and that at
Hennettsvllle 011 the following Mon
day. The cam|Milgn partj* camp back
from Chesterfield to Cheraw and spent
Sunday there. Youmans and Shej>
pard asked ine to come to their room.
They paid me the compliment of say
ing that, my cami?a!gn ro|>orta were
singularly effective and offered roe >1
position on another paper at a much
higher salary nnd with a three-year
contract. Sheppard appealed to roe on
the score that he as well as I had
attended Furman University. You
mail - put it to wo that 1 wAh a young
in. in will uiy future to work out and
that I was on what wa* bound to Ik*
ultlmatch I In* losing side. Ho
a |H>u?""al loat h, I'uviuiM' he wtu a
|uo*4?Joil f*le?d tbr fatntty tn ht?
. 'Utu tt'M';*1 1 iiriUfc?
marry. ujuI urged tue for the sake of
that fatally, ou?* of tla*' oldest In Harn
W t* 1 1 county, not I ? ? tie myself up with
the 'HUmanlte*
In those tla.vM 1 (ltd not have any
H|H'rial |H?l)tlfnl convictions, though I
ecqulred sonic l>efore that caiu|>ulgu
wan over, for that memorable cam
l*ti Ikii, tarry I uk me all over South
Carolina, wan tho greatest university
1 ever attended. I felt at Its start
tow art I my profession very much as
the lawyer does r<> Ids, when he takes
a ease without conviction as to Its
merits, tint IttiCause. lu? Is offeml a
fee on one side, Having taken (hat
foe, he fights for that able with all
that Is In lit in, that 1h ho tloes If he
haa any tlnhtliiK blood In liiui and Is
worth his salt.
Youumns wjih a most lovahle map
a ml ' one of the tilings that made him
lovable was his gental recognition ? of
his own vanity. 'He ,vus honestly the
vainest man 1 e,ver knew. In the cor
ner of that room In the hotel at (^he
raw waa a lar?*i lo >klug kIhss Yo''
mans was as restless as Mcl/cndon is
when he gets into a weaving way In
one of his sermons. .While he was
talking or while Sbeppard waa talk ,
lug, he was walking hark and forth
acroas that room. 1 noticed that in
walking to the side where the looklnu
glass was, he always kept In line with
it, lokiug at his reflection, thiowlnc
his chest out, lioldln/ up hia shoulders
ami stroking his hig moustache. Turn
lug suddenly, lie tra light me with a
smile in my eyes, Some vain men
would have shown anger at helii-.*
ca tight in such a )>erforoiauce, hut lie
smiled with me. He came over, put
his hand on my shoulder and naked
my decision. 1 said i "1 would have
heeit glad to have accepted such an
offer had It come before I got started
in this campaign, hut '.he offer comlnu
now, with such a salary attached an I
a three-year contract, makes it impos
slide for me to lielleve It other than an
! attempt to bribe hie." ""Knowing that
Youmans was the soifFTJ honor, I
adtled : "You probably have not
thought of this offer from njy stand
point, but now, If YOf' can toll ??io 1
can honorably accept that offer. I will
do so." 1 knew my man. Nor another
word was said about th-? offer, and nls
real friendship for mo datei from that
day.-? (too, H, Kooster In Greenville
, piedmont,
At Orangeburg the, jury returned a
verdict for live thousand dollars and
costs in the case of A. T. Carter vs. the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad company.
The case lasted several days, and In
volved the question as to whether or
not the railroad company had been neg
llgent in not lighting up Its premises
sufficiently. Carter. It will l?e remem
bered, was attacked by a robber and
severely wounded last January while
he win working as night agent.at that
depot,
.1. N, |.l|?scomh Is head of ai com
pany to erect a $r?o.(HK) hotel at CJaffney.
TAX NOTICE.
Ollice of Treasurer. Kershaw Co.,
Camden, S. C., Sept. 20, 1910.
Notice is hereby given that the hooka
will ho open for collecting State, Coun
ty and School taxes from October 15th,
11)1(5, to March 15th, 15)17. A penalty
of 1 per cent., will he added to all
taxes unpaid Jan. 1st, 11)17; 2 per cent.
Feb. 1, 11)17 ; 3 per cent. March 1, 11)17.
The rate i>er . centum for Kershaw
county Is as follows:
.Si Ills
State taxos <5 Yj
County taxes )
Special taxes ) 11
Koad taxes )
School taxes 3
Total 20%
The following school districts have
special levies :
Special school tax District No. 1 5
Special school tax District No. 2 .4
Sj>eclal school tax District No. 4.... 4
Sj>eclal school tax District No. 0 4
Special school tax District No. 7 4
Special school tax District No. 8 .4
Special school tax District No. 1) ?.4
Spccial school tax District No. 10 .7.5"
Sj>eclal school tax District No. 11 5
SiKKla) school tax District No. 12 7
Special school tax District No. 13 4
Special school tax District No. 14 3
Si>ecial school tax District No. 1!? 3
Special school tax District No. 17 .8
Special school tax District No. IS 4
Special school tax District No. 11) 4
Special school tax District No. 20 4
Special school tax District No. 21 J2\
Spccfnl school tax District No. 22 7
Special school tax District No. 23 .8
Special school tax District No. 24 4
Special school tax District No. 25 4
Special school tax District No. 2G 4
Social school tax District No. 27.... 0
Sj>ecial school tax District No. *28... .6
Special school tax District No. 20....4
SjKH'ial school tax District No.
Sixx-lal school tax District No. .31.. ..6
S|njcial school tax District No. 32 4
SjKKial school tax District No. 33 4
S|>eclal school tax District No. :*4....4
Special school tax District No. 3.1 4
Special school tax District No. 30....4
Si>cclal school tax District No. 37... .2
Special school tax District No 40.J.1
S[iecial school tax District No. 16....8
S|>eoial school tax District No. 47.? 4
The poll tax is $1.00.
All able-bodied male persons from
the age of twenty -one (21) to sixty
it>0) years, both inclusive, except reei
dents of the incorporated towns of the
county shall pay $2.00 as a road tax,
except ministers of the gospel actually
in charge of a Congregation, teachers
employed in public scfoools, school trus
tees and persons permanently disabled
in the military service of this State,
and j>ersons who ?erve<l in the late
war Iwtween the States, and all per
sons actually employed in the quaran
tine service of this State and all resi
dents who may be attending school or
college at the time when said road
tax shall become due. Persons claim
ing disabilities must present certificates
from two reputable physicians of this
county.
All Information as to taxes will be
furnished upon application.
D. M. McCASKILU
County Treasurer.
Emmy Wehlen in New I'hotoplaj
Emmy Wehlen, one of the most beau
t rot i fill and gifted uctreKM* of the
stage or screen, Is the star of the 1*1}?
Metro feature attraction, "The I'ro
tender*." which will In* presented iiere
at Majestic next Thursday. This five
I >a rt production is the latW In which
tills |H)(iuihr III f lo star has h?vn noon
on i ho sirteji. Mjss Wehlen, ?vlip
Is considered one of the beat gown
i'd women in pictures, Is seen at her
best in "The Pretenders." The story
??f the picture play was written es
IK'clall.v for her hy two of America's
bent younger playwrights, ('banning
IN.ll.Kk and Kennold Wolf, and Miss
WYhlon was directed In the production
by Ocorit? 1>. Baker.
Miss Wehlen is supported by an ex
ceptionally strong cast which lnclud**s
I'aul (lonlon, Ilean Hume, William
l^vidson, Howard Truesdell, Kate
Itlaucke, (Charles Est ridge, Edwin
Holt, Joroiuo Wilson, Hugh Jeffrey,
Harry Neville and other artists of
the stage and .screen.
IftlKl) PROTECTION.
Observer Huggtvtts lllrd .Study Mtuie
Compulsory In the SilmoK
* '"j .I',, i ? i **" * ?
- UikV* NH^VWl Hie following tiiro
munh-ation from Helle William*, Hw
retary oC the Audulaaj Society, wUh
the mpiest that we publish in the in
terest of bird protection ;
Our useful l>i i'i. without which It
WOOhl Ih> llUjMMHllll^ to CroJW SUC
<t?Hsfully, are rapidly decreasing jtli
iuiiiiIkth. Mhii In Ills varluUN ftdtiyt
tlen is the main niuw of this decrease.
These facts ami many other** Just as
i. nihil.', are strikingly brought out tu
a bulletin entitled, "Decrease of Birds
Iii South CVirollna," Issued receutly hy
the State Uiilvertilty. ThU very val
uable report which should be widely
read and discussed, In a result of an
Imiulvy Into the subject made hy the
State Audubon Society. The evidence
which forma its basis was furnished
hy competent, unprejudiced ohaervera
In eveNMpfert of the State.
|t In the opinion of many of tlieqo
observers that the alarming decrease
In our valuable wild hlrd life 1h due
In a large measure to the carelessness,
ignorance and greed of mail. It Is
stated that he has turned loose on
birds such destructive natural enemies
as the Kngllsh sparrow, dogs and cats;
and that he lias brought to his aid In
his direct destruction, Improved tlre
anns, smokeless* powder, etc.
In addition to a statement of the
causes of decrease and n discussion of
each, many suggestions' are given for
the Is'tter protection of birds. Most
of the observers rejiortlng from those
counties which have the resident li
cense law, are enthusiastic In Its sup
IKUt, Many express themselves as
anxious to see the law made state-wide
with no exemptions.
Many of the suggestions given arfc of
vital importance and deserve most se
rious consideration oh the part of the
public. I>ogs roaming at large durlug
the birds' breeding season are consid
ered a great curse to all ground-nest
tug birds. Many consider ih.
unaporttfoiauliko and vvUb ?oV
prwtbM by l?w. South ivJMI
adxUrd to follow the k<k*1.mJS
hx In thin n^iku
lilorabU fii"* tUu
Uc U wofuHy ignorant of . tl*
birds, the K?Uie laws and tUeU?a
incut . one olHwrvttr jB
Ctttt* tUw public ?s to th?- v?iu?*
birds. Tney will then th-un^S
lHWrt UlUl their t'lifiinvuiHit. u*
?>l?lnl??n of many the state k1wi21
to It that bar citi/iMis si,1MI|,| ijy|
remain ignorant of tin* vaiu??9
of Ut moat valuable ;i ssi't^ ^
study should l>c made compittfl
tllO HCllOOl*.
Kvery |x?raon Interested in ^
terlal welfare of (he MtaU* slu,^
thin report. Single copies uwv t?
free by Heutflng to either the stai
dobon Society. or the Kxtet?fe|
partment of tho state rnl;er*ltj
at Columbia.
Wj O. Williams. a young white I
who plead guilty In tlu? hoshImw j
of Suiuter county last week Jk
charge of oar breaking ami i.trJ
Iuih lieen granted a pardon u < J
nor Manning, tho ls'tltlou fort jjJ
having beeu atoned hy JuOgv p3
Solicitor Stoll and praotloajly ail<J
court ottlclalx and attendant* ob3T
an well an others, who were pd
when the case was called. it l?|
to l?e the young mail's ih?t otlvmi
the theft was committed when '
Hants, who in little wore than ||
wa? hungry and without mone/a
stole, according to his statement
aer to get aomethlng to oat.
lA>ng Known,
"Father," said tho mlutofrri
"my teacher says that 'colletf 3
?congregate' mean tho same thin,
they?" :
"FerhtttM they do. lay son," s&Uj
venerable clergyman; "hut y<*,
toll your teacher that ther*-im
difference itetween a eouKre^mij
a collection." ? Christian IU*li??
We
I .
Want a Business Man
A business man who has selling ability. The man we
want may be in the automobile business now ; he may
be in some other business; he may be a farmer; he may
be retired. . . *
Whoever he is or whatever may be his occupation, we
want him if he can fulfill the conditions of our proposal.
We are in search of a real, live, wide-awake man, who has had
business training, who has some capital., who can sell Maxwell
Motor Cars.
We are represented in almost 3000 of the leading cities and
towns of the United States, and our dealers are prosperous and
? happy.
They should be. and will continue to be. for the Maxwell Car is
the unquestioned leader of its class.
It isaxar for which there is a nation^wTderrnd growing demand
? because it represents more real value, dollar for dollar, than
any other car in the world.
We have no dealer in this locality. We want one immediately.
Our representative will call and explain the details of a very
attractive proposition.
Anyone interested should inquire at once.
Maxwell Motor Sales Corporation I
Detroit, Mich. , Roadgter
Touring Car
$595
F. O. B. Detroit
One Chassis *580
Five Body Styles O. B. Detroit
11
?ii
All Models Completely Equipped ? No Extras to
f~3.
FARM LAND FOR
jU ||
2 IX) acres, 8 mi lew south of Camden, one-half mile to station, one-half mile to church, one ^
school, 225 acre* in cultivation, 150 acres in peas this year, gray land with clay subsoil. Fir* * *
houses. This land is known to be the best farming land in the County. Worth $100 per ?cre? rtD
bought for $60 per acre. ~ ^ --
200 acres, six miles south of Camden, graded school on place, two churches within one ^
acres In cultivation, balance in woods, three dwellings, one tenant house, two barns.- Terms easy. <
70 acres, eight miles southeast of Camden, belonging to Mr. J. P. Wilson, 25 acre? open, w ^
room dwelling, two barns, close to school and church. Tills is a bargain for some one ~ 1
terms.
C. P. DuBOSE & COMPANY]
REAL ESTATE, RENTS, INSURANCE