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.'.J. .1.1..*' J ?HSSSB8EESHR mmmmm NUMBER 1! v0LU M E XXXII CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE IS, 1920. r~ '* Se"*tor From ? *n4 Latter Became Prom ? jaent Thru Police Strike. OhlowKO, June 1^. ? HhM Ooolidge U the I topubiUa n i for tho November jresldoutlal i. ? ' far Warren (J. Harding of Ohio I &$oii Bated by the Republicans foap i pipeldeucy In their national con tfoebere this afternoon on the tenth jit; Calvin' OooUdge governor of ptbuaetts. was given second plaoa the ticket on oue ballot, a tremeu H majority of the delegate* looming 0oaly to his support. Ute coa von (Ion which assembled continued five days. Began Life on a Farm fftntn a. Harding lw?s ?Iwa>? been Ifcsideut qf Ohio; which' state he has Lrerfutcd as United states Senator^ be 1914: In private business life I Is publisher of the Mttrlon, Olilo, ?Be horn on a farm. near' the Lge of If looming Grow, Mornw fcunty, OhJo. November 2, 1866, the <>hl K of eight children. IIU father, Ltgo T. Harding, was a country doc. ft whose forebears came from Ocot fed. Before going to Ohio, the Uard-j 1 ? III i l ?*> l, mm mim i I t i i n ??,? >, fa were residents of. INennalyvanla lere eoroe of them wettV massacred ft Indians. Others fought tit the revo jtiooary war. The mother of Warren p Phoebe Dickeraon, was descended M an old-timo Holland Dutch faiai-l I the Van Kirks. ' In Ills youth Watren Ihardiug Mved Ik life of a fanner boy attending the pie school until 14 years of age, Ion he entered Ohio .Obnltral Ool I# of Iberia, from which he was moated. As editor .of the eollge pr he first displayed a talent for lhaiism. He was obliged to stop ?ooi now and then <and eai ?n the Iwy with which to puuraue'bls col leConrfte. At one time he cut corn. l?oothor painted barns and at still lotlfer drove a team mid helped to ftde the roadbed of a now railwn.v. ? 17 he tan^ht a district school apd Ijwl a horn in the village brafeft (Kki tinu^ he worked in the vii Ifc printing office, in time becoming |eij)ert typesetter and later a lino operator. He is a practical press 1? and a Job printer, and as a "make I man i# said to have few equals. P taflk piece he has carried as a i?tor is the old (printer's role he used |?i he was sticking type. In 1884 Dr. Harding moved his fami ly lfarlon- A ?k*t time afterward ? rathel* purchased for Warren I la rd ? The star, then a email paper. Jn the paper Warren Harding pei^ P*d every function from devil to ?jtfng editor. In all the years the ?*t?r has owned it there never has Pa strike or a threatened one. Harding Is closely .iden-tl ?jith many other laige bSiilneaa B^P'toe# in Ma ri oiv and Other ; P* 8tato- He Is director of a 1*ereral large manufacturing plants b a trustee of the Trinity Baptist th. fc. Harding has twice represented 1 13th senatorial district of Ohio pe state legislature and nerved one I u lieutenant governor. At the I election Harding was elected to pd states senate by a Majority qf f than 100,000 running 73,000 ahead P? next highest on the ticket." Ito l*otte he is a member of the com or Foreign Relations. Senator married Miss Florence Kllng I?1 I Calvin O fcelMge |foa CoOhdge of fctlttough in public life in State almost ever since Pwtlon from Amherst CoHf ltl? little known outside^ tit ? ?*tu ttntii the greater tfart of P? force of Boston went' on atrwe ptenber 1919. CkxflMge waa rfov; 1* of the State. He ordered out Ihe Fmrd to patrol the atrcets of U'J |**t night of rioting, anno* |fcw and order would toe preserve? |J*Uted that the strikers WWfc W W* ^ that their place* would te P *T other mm JJ051 fetintatoed ordefr foe * new police force The stand taken hrf hu name to all and in hie ?wa ? -Mnwii1 two HKN BAD1A lll'KT l^ouf llouw at Pllwley's Island (ieocgetoW". Jftue 15.? 'J^hmi W<*m b?rg of Manuhig, and l>alkis W. |#o JCensr.le, of Olanta were ? injured, the latlec very seriously on Paw ley's |? land yesterday. After BOOO hy tho ?ol lap*> of * lookout house on the wind hill :u'lmv vvhhh *ut?y sat watching tin- surf bather's. Mr. McKenrle, who Is a young civil engineer, was hurled beneath the wreckage and It is be lieved that ho ha? sustained a broken baok, besides other injuries. He was brought from the island last night and takeu this morning to a hospital in Char lent on. Mf. Weonberg, while pain* fully in- ui si -d all over the bead and limbs. Is not thought to be seriously, hurt, lie Is a promineut merchant of Afanning, and his wife, who waa for merly Miss Cornelia Mbrich of tbla city, Is with him at their summer home on the island. Mr, MeKenzie's limbs were paralysed oh the result of hts tnjnrtCC The lookout house stood high up on Hie sand hills about twenty feet above the beach. The young men were out wa*)klhg and sat down< on the sand at the foot of ttye sand hill to watch the m&ny bathers in the sutf, When sud denly and without warning the little house came hurtling down upon them and both men were burled under the debris. ; / Fire JOestroys EUrn * iA large two-story barn on the Carrl son iplantation, known at "Pine Farm" located about four miles east of Cam detn was destroyed by fire (about nine oVlock Sunday evening. The building was well filled with food' stuffs- and many valuable farm implements, all of which were destroyed. Tbe barn was Insured for $600 tfnd $2,500 was' car ried on the contents. The loss on! the building is quite a beavy one, but the contents were fairly well covered. It is not known how the fire originated. Order Cooif&fe." ? Ah the residential camalgu of 1920 apprioataicd lils admirers tried to in duce bim to become an active candi date for the. Uepublicati iioroinatiuh for President. They had gone so far n? to open headquarters for him in Washington and Senator I/odgo had offered to present his naane to the u? tlonal convention if the governor eo desired, when he announced publicly that, be was not a candidate and that be considered that while he was Gov ernor his Jfct) was at the State House. The headquarters was closed. Calvin Coolidge -was born on a farm in the village of 'Plymouth, Vt., on Jlftly 4, 1873. His father, in addition to carrying on the farm, -was the vil lage atoroltoepeif. OooMdlge's (anceff tors, from the time John Coolidge set tled in Watertown, Mass.'i In 1680 wore all farmers.. Young Oalvirf worked on the farm and in the store and attended the til lage school. Then he progressed in fUs education in academies hi the Ver mont towns of Iiudlow ami St, Johns bUiy and bis father sent him to~ Am herst College. Coolidge next studied law in the Of-! flee of a law firm in Northampton and was admitted to the bar. He open ed * tew office in the same city, His first public office was a member of the Northampton city council in 1880. : In 1918 he was nominated by (he Republicans without opposition for GOverjior and was elected by a plu rality of about 17,000. Ho was re nominated fa *1919, was reelected by a' plurality of mofe than 126,000 and re-' celvtd the largest total ever cast for a Governor in Massachusetts. Governor Coolidge was. married in 10O5*o Miss Grace A. Goodhue, of Bur lington, Vt. Their two children are both boys. When bo was chosen Gov ernor be did not abandon his modest residence In half of * 4oxkto house In Northampton, but took up bis quar ters lu a single room in a small Bos ton hotel, id the business district, re turning the bund red -odd miles to bts home for the week-end*. He was awarded the honorary de gree of doctor of tents by Amherst, Tofts and Wiliiams Colleges in 1919. the resolution providing for rati fication of the Federal Suffrage amend ment was defeated in the senate of the general assembly of Ixmialana, TVaea ^ A *ote of 23 to 9. filsai hemp, valued at $1,000,000, was destroyed & WtJbAj to Gal-* rftiw tSbh iftTuT* WARREN Q. HARDING. CALVIN COOLI DO*. OPPOSED. TO WITHDRAWAL Multon Elected Commander and Next Meeting to Be Held at Newberry Special to the News and Courier: Spartanburg, .lunelfl^-The South Carolina department of the American Legion in convention here today went on record as being opposed to -with drawal from Ui<> national organisation and as a cash bonus for ex-service men, Delegates to the national convention were instructed to use every effort to have the national-convention repudiate the activities of the national exccn <?? . tlve committee in regard to the cash bonus. A resolution was passed commend ing the zeal of tlie executive commit* tee in endeavoring to maintain strict udhereuco to the basic principles un deriyixLs; .the JUiceptUm and birth of the American Legion. Tlie sessions of the convention were lively throughout the day. The Ques tion of withdrawal from the natio^at organization, w^ich was taken- up at the morning session, provoked heated discussion at times. The bonus ques tion, which came up during the after noon session* was also .vtery lively. ' Former Gov. D. C. Hey ward delivered an Inspiring address at the morning session. ( > There were about 40 delegates, rep- j resenting nearly, every jwst in South Carolina,, on the floor of the conven tion ball. At 2 o'clock In the after noon the ex-service men gathered at the Chamber of Commerce Building,' where they enjoyed a luncheon ten- ' dered them' by the chamber of com merce. 1 (invitations for the next convention were extended by Greenville aim! New berfry. A^niovement to make Colombia the permanent meeting pine of the convention was defeated. ^ I O. H. A?ahan, of Greenville, was' elected commander- of the South Caro-1 liiia department, and Newberry was j selected as the next convention eily. I J. Lyles Glenp, of Chester, was- fleet- 1 cd vice commander; Prof; Frank W. j Bindley, of tbr University of South; Carolina, Stab historian Dr. J: W. Fra?er, Spartanburg, chaplain.' z 4W ftnowiafi "WjbrS named on the gxefcutiye conimlttek First district, j; <&. Dlnklns, ?Ittnning; Second dis trict, H. & K#, Atken Tbdrd dis trict, , Harry- Ity ? Fourth district,-^ ff-. F. Robertson, Qreenville: Fifth district, H. L. Hjttiott, Wlnnsboro ; 8txth d A Kamin skl, Georgetown ; Seventh district, E. P. Hodges, Celui&rU. The tw? ?iem bers at large ate Wbry C. THlmaa*. of Greenwood, and R- B- . Fnlton, FIon following Were elected delegates to the optional convention of the Ameri <An Legion, metis in Clevel land, Otiio, September 27-29: Thomas # 4ft*att, Fort WXl; J. Mnnroj Jcfco. grm .Marion J Mjpndrt It. StfSlth, Camden, a W. Shep pard, Edgefield; Ben H Sawyer, Co lumbia ; Befrna^d frying, Spartan la. >%?i*ei*<??>, Greenwood; I*enry O, ICoore* Gaffney. The following reaotation wae adopt ed: ? T "Whereas, the South Carolina, de p,rtmrat of m AmeMu I*tfm did not deem wfcalr to amexxr in the reo commtmTn-**-^ of its executive com I uxltti? looking Withdraw a I of our branch from the national or ganisation, and? '*>'2: "Whereaa, the State wcoutlvo com mHteo waa actuated by the hlgbeat IdMla and impelled bynlnccreat mo th?Wlu>reus, their goal in eiuhuvorlng to maintain the honor and of Mm? legion was hoth patriotic ai commendable, he it mow therefore re solved, by the South Carolina Branch of the American VfstfW in convention duly assembled: "First, that itbe South Carolina State Executive committee be commended for their zeal in endeavoring to main tain strict adherence to the basic prin ciples underlying tbe Inchon land birth of the American I/efloo* _ ?'Second, that the thanka oftbec^ ventlon be extended them for their faithful sertico and floor Which they have made in their service to the legion. ??Whereas, the American legion founded wxm Uhs principle* selftabncnrt and patriotism fulfill Wa -mlaaion. in this county . by remaining t?>? ?<> ??? P>>rl,,rtple? "Whereas, the American Its first annual convention Us adherence to -those b> . daring tlmt it would nat oak -to* latWii in *t? self lsh ^ Whereat the ntttlcbel executive committee ba?, contrary ??? mental principle# <*tbe legion a ref lation of tbo national convention and to tbo comparative neglect of wounded and dlaubfed ^y. a^ ly. and aggreaatwly agitated ^ an _ manded a caah bonus for all ?a-aer vice men. **ardU*a ofdiMblHtyn^ therefore, be It resolved by the Sooth Carolina department of the America Legion in convention assembled. ??first, that we condemn in tfce Htrongost term, such ae?vtU? of national exoeutlvo (x.mnfltWe oB In co tie latent wttbtbe principle). andW?)? upon wblcb tha American I>eglon to (..funded and to flagrant disregard ?f Cor able-bodied ex-aervtoe men, 1 " " 'mZm&m Ob Ptattt 8m ? . Mr nwnattatto. w*o ?*? "me plant of the ^doTwater Mgbt * Ice Oo.aM S^Tit &??% bo begin tbo erection of a mottm , plant to Camden baa rttarD*?,I^narT rtty and la vfrm making tbepreUmAn"^ arJ-nxementa to begin work. A tot near fee tfofttwreatem *?11 property neat be run to road and a apor trac* wul ^ the proposed bniVMng. / He expect# to begin wok in ,Joly i wM ?* of tweatyflvetone and will ? ?nHt to?ebaw.r^ the dH*dfcy ****** f^^ea ? Tbo ri^atxsg will apead <toe summa# miff"" IANCASTKR 001' NT Y NBW8 As Told Ity The Semi- Weekly News at tli* County 8e?t. ?Mr* W. T. Stovur, of Heath Spring, was takoji to the FV'iiucU Infirmary, Jtock I nil, Monday In tin muousv 1.MIS condlton rcvsultfug fru?u uii mvldent at a grade crossing about 100 yards below tho llouth Spring* dopol Sun duy afternoon when the up-going tralu, duo ul the plnro at 5:80 struck the iiMtoiUut^'V iu which *lbe and oftirUt others wers ruling and demolished It. Mrs. Stover lmd licr right thigh and t*wcral rlb^ fractured liesldes other euts and bruises. Mr. i Stover was driving tho our, a ltulck, and view of the track at this crossing being entirely cut off by oot tonseed warehouses, he did not know of the. approach of tho train until it WHS almost on him. Iu the oar, be* sides Mr. and Mis. Stover, were Mrs. Kate Clark, Mrs. Ora Stover and five small dhlktron but .all, ewvpt Mrs. stover, sustained omy slight Injury, Sirs. Stover had the immediate at tention of physicians but wan still un cousclousw hen takeu to the hospital. Plans mv being made to sell the herd of .Teruoy oattle brnl by the late J. A. Shall kin, ob Camden. This herd of cattle in one of tho bpst herds of Jerseys ever bredf l;i tho Sontb, and Its disposal will be the opportunity for persons wanting Jerseys with known merit to get same. It Is also u source of regret that a herd that baft required snclr BCfehllfic care ami patience In breeding should bo broken up, as Mr. Shanklin has spent praotl <ully all til ? life in building up this herd. ? ' ./ iMias Margaret I/oniWoiuL...AVl)Q bos been Quite ill for tlie pest week at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Robinson, 1s Improving. Miss Georgia Plyler, of the /permell Infirmary Rook Hill, has ,been nursing her. Little Lenora Hilton, two-year-old daughter of Mir. and Mm T. L. Mil ton, has been critically ill for several dayd at tho imton home on batawtm street Tlie two-months old daughter of MY. and Mr* A. K. Harrington, of Rod Springs, Nw O., died Sunday morning at the home of Mr M. B. Terry In thin city. Mrs. Harrington, a sister, of Mrs. Terry, and her daughter, were visiting here when the child was taken ill. The remftlns ~tf?2iL<i&](en.~to Red Springs Sunday for Interment. ; David .T. Whltaker and Miss Virgie Hunter, uf the Ohariesbono section o<f the County, were married May 80, It. B, Gregory, Notary Public officiating. A irti&ber of friends and relatives of the bride and groom were .present to celebrate the occasion. The death occurred last night nt 10 o'clock at his bonne In this city of Capt T.cjjJ. Craig, aged 81 year*. Captain Craig was a Confederate soldier and a man widely known and esteemed. He Is survived by one son, John M. Craig, of Washington, and one daugh ter, Miss Bllio Craig, of Lancaster. The burial took place at Tlrzah church cemetery. The services being coducted by Rev. W. W. Katchford. Samuel M. Wolfe, attorney general, will likely make a trip to Dallas, Tex as, and the capital of several other shouthern states this summer to> make Certain Investigations as to tfho status of a large number of oil companies attempting tp flood South Carolina With stock'! He will likely IcaVe about August 1. Team ttrtled to Shew Up ' We wish to express our great re gret at the failure of the Kershaw Base Ball Team to show up Saturday a|tern (*>n, thereby disappointing the good crowd who had assembled to see tbo game. We were informed by tele phone that; the Kershaw team bad left there for Oamdn, and It was only later on in the afternoon that we foond they had' abandoned their trip after starting here. We attempted to return the money to these who bad paid to see the Ker shaw game. A number of these we could not reach, and those' can get their money rturned upon applica tion, or the aame tickets can be used for the game with Pacific MB la tomor> raw, Saturday afternoon, at 4 o'clock. We are aw red by Ftedlflc Mills team thai they win eettamy be en hand, and we feel sure that they will hot dlsepolnt as. This is a goad strong team, aod a close interesting game Is f*oml?e<t r * - r K^nsjsr - Ilw mijign lftUq Be?s Bali Team I reel riot icoaady, ? Jitney ?opeuwnt. COMRADE FROM MAINE TELLS OF BELK'S DEATH f v ,y. / \\*i Sg ??'vVj.V, - S *\ :j , ? :v? ^ ' After Long Search Father Hu Found Man Who W?i in Same Shell Hole. Mr. J. It. IMk, of this city, Is in re ceipt of a letter from Walter I). Wood kuui, of 1ft K hitter si root, Woodforda, Mai no, dated June lit, telling of the circumstances surrounding the <leath of Lieutenant James LeRoy Ilelk, of tills city, who mot death on the Ivattle fields of France. How Mr. Belk found out the addro&a of 4 his comrade >vould make a loug story. He has been re lentless In hia effort# to team some thing of tho way* In which his son met 'death and ui? to thi? letter had been uuHueoes*ful. It will l>e ronioinbored that it was many months after Lieut enant ltelk wan killed tK>fero tho fami ly was notified* and then he was re j>ortod as being among tho mlaplng. There* was hot a more poi>ular young man among the boys wlio left 'here than l ltelk, ami t h?? fact that tlie local po?t of the American I<cglen was named In tola honor shows that he was held In high esteem. Ilia fiends will .read the following letter, which Mr. Belk has kindly consented for us to publish, with Interest: ?'In answer to your letter of June TUi, m reignls to w <Mtm ar your ?wr ~ I trust that what I am going to write to our oompauy. in ??mhh two <?jb following wo moved near Mhdelelne Farm and It ffM then- that I came 1)6 know who lieutenant Belk wn?. As we bad lost our officers he was In com* mand of tho company. The morning o t the latih we moved out to take up new positions and aa the . shell fire was heavy, we got sei>a rated front the other platoon, ami liero Is whery your son showed that he hud the (j unlit lew of a man. He gained the UKwltlon, but the com* p*ay withdrew to the old position*. That night we moved north of the Au- > nol-Nantellolg rood. The company laid i at ibo edge of the wodde this night As the morning oaifte the oi>en field WSULWiiere the company was to advance. The weather wax damp and a heavy mist hung over the field, Junt before our advance vamo u heavy barrage was 'thrown* over on our forees that we were about to at tack. When thla let up Lieutenant Belk went forward and the 'Germans aaw the comiNiny coming and they open ed upon <uh. Aa the machine gun fire l - . won heavy we were obliged to seek slielter k* shell holes. Lieutenant ltalk with the re?t of the company took cover.' The heavy firing continued. Your sou looked out of tho shell hole and a* toe did one of these bulleta struck him In the forehead, and wo knew that be had dojje his bit and did it gamely, and that i s saying something. For his fuddles that knew 'him; you oould hcdr them say; "Well he was game." - I knew that hie men under him spoke words that would do you good it you oould hear them. When times were dark and It looked bad for us all toe would have some word of Cheer and the moral of his platoon was good. ' I am enclosing a diagram of the ground over which he fought. No doubt thlb information la vague but as men are falling around you It hard to distinguish who is who. But / I assure you that he did not suffer. It was too bad that he could not con tinue for I know be would have made a name for himself. I hope that you will excuse my bold* nesa in writing so much, but if there is anything that I can do to help some of my "Buddie's" family, I stand ready. Some of our "Buddies" will always go where We go, for the things that the? did. It probable was a drink of water, a helping hand, a kind word, but he had aH of these qualities. His men when they hear bis name mentioned will say be was vame. Ho the whole of the Third Division stand repdy to be not only your friend but your ser vant and any time that I can be of , any help don't flail to write. Though we are many miles apart I grasp your hand in saying "Good Luck." Attended Meeting of I*glon. ,,v Messrs. M. L. Smith, a M. Km nedy, Jr., m<I Jules Campbell attend ed the meeting of the American Leftoo in Spartarftmrg Tuesday. Messrs. Q, G. Alexander and A. M. McLeod who were also delegates could <jiot attend, the former being unwell and the latter being detained by business. SMb of the three delegates from here took, a prominent part In the proceeding*. Judge Smith waa the author of the res- \ elation carried in another part of this paper, and w*a also made ehalnaaa of the committee oa resolutions. He waa also nkmed as a delegate to the National Convention io he held in Cleveland, Ohio, September 27 to 2$. 'Z Mrs Frank L. Zemp and little daugh ter Doralfcjr are visiting in (Jtl&V from there they win go to Asharllit to spend the imnnur with lira. Kemp's father, Mr Johnson.