The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 06, 1921, Image 8
Letter* From The People
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Prompt AgM (My Court*
In theH?Nt Iwiure of "The Meamviffcr"
1 noticed a call by the (Vaindcn liar
Hint we hold un election on the 10th
M May to determine whether or not
vrv shall have a county court, which
Atoll horn the authority to try cite*
*#lthe amount of $300.
In tho first place I should like to
my that tho iMtoplo Jiave had a very
?|iort notice in which to consider tlie
^u??tMon Involved. The oUwtion In
l*feH than a week off, aim) hax Imrdty
fcwett ftmtoun<?ed to |lw? vot^r* to miy
nothing of having thoui to coioddor and
WOlgh the QUOSTtlOQ 111 the )?H 111 lice ill
?rder it* determine which way WO
tArall vote. It ntrlke* iue as lx<iiig a
aphonic gotten up very quickly and
Ifcat the election will t?c pulled off be
t?ro we have ttine to iidjurft ourtelvoH
mn\ determine tvihere we <tuud on tho
proposition.
Next consider the <*>st of such a
?ourt. The officers connected with the
eonrt alone with the deputies and Jury,
win amount to something like .$.'5,000 or
IUIY AT HOMK
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Why .should you Kiiy At Home V
fWhjr should I Ml At Home 7
liWGAU.SK ?
Of our dream of u Oreater ('ant
den and Kershaw (/OUiity,
AH great Inventions and achieve
ment* of the prcMAf age are ififi
result of dreams. Just so with all
large cities and communities. They,
too, arc the result of dreams
dream* that inspired the dreamer
to go forward with a full determi
nation to make the dream a reality.
We, Vou and I, have longed and
dreamed of a <i roller C'aihdcu and
Kershaw ('ounty. This great dream
an ami will heroine a reality when
we get together lu one great organi
zation. (Our ( 'ha niher of (Join
ineroe). and go forward with a
mighty determined effort. We have
already started forward with this'1
effort and we must remember that
to falter, to hesitate, to back down
?n our plans, to glvo up. to weaken
and quit is to destroy the jnnver to
conquer which is within us.
Iluying at llonic will hasten the
reality of our dream for one of the
greatest cities and communities In
tho South. We are now on the first
lap of this effort, and our success
depend * upon You. everyone of
UK.
$4,000 * year, which of course means
more tax iM to ti be overburdened peo
pie who are now laboring under the
unrest and depression that ha* follow
'i*d the war.
' Another quest Um to consider in the
c&m*h tiled in the court. Many will
be Referred to higher court# and thh?
adds an utint^iwAry link in the chain.
Now. consider who will be benefitted?
Lot iik think for a moment who will
be benefitted. .While we believe .that
just i? Mboui(i l"' meted out to an eonf*
Qjlllfd, still 1 <l?? not lxfliMft that the
larger tnana <>f itif people will l ?f bene
fitted. 1 was talking to a farmer of
Kershaw County today who aald that j
be could not poiMdbiy pfcjr his tgxoa and
did not sec how he could do ho. ilia)
poaiMon is only thai of jbuudrcdi of
Ol hel'H.
\\ <? jiif already OYer burdaoedi why ;
a iltl anything to our loud? In ronclu- ?
hIoii I would ad viae that we all turn 1
out und vole the negative, although,
we. as farmer*. it re "particularly busy
t this time.
J. K. West.
A Reply to Mr. Went.
As It la not customary for our gotai
paper. The Camden Chronicle to pub* :
llsh nny article at the laat moment op
posing nn election without giving those
in favor of the matter a cbauce to be;
heard. in reply 1 have been one of
those who has had his Attention called f
to an article appearing in thla pa jwt
by Mr. ,1. F. West opposing a County
Court. . ;
Mr. Weal can not appreciate, as can ,
th& members of the liar, and those who i
closely observe the workings of the j
Court., the particular need with us for
such a Court for the .prompt conduct of j
legal business. In the first place wo ;
have no resident Circuit Judge, in Cam- j
den and It Is extretUely unlikely that;
we will have, as we are In the Circuit :
with Columbia and Uichland County
and ?re under the necessity of making t
the trip to (Columbia or elsewhere for'
all matters requiring immediate ac- '
tlon before a Judge at Chambers.
1 notice Mr. West has In his article
that such Court will have jurisdiction
up to I suppose however that is
just a slip or typographical error for
"t In* Court ,ls to have Jurisdiction up to
$.1,000. and 'will therefore In all proba- 1
hiljty take care of four fifths of the i
Civil business or Kershaw County. It
Is the belief of the* lawyers that it will ,
materially reduce the expenses of the
Circuit Court in that the jury panejs j
arc only half the size, being 18 men ]
summoned instead of thirty six. and 0 j
on a jury instead of twelve. There ,
being no jury trial at all unless re
quested. the Court should he able to
work with leas last motion.
The cases will not be referred from
BASE BALL
Saturday Afternoon at 4:30 P.M.
HERMITAGE MILL
VS.
WATEREE MILL
Fair Grounds Admission 35c
the County Court to the CHroutt Court,
but appeelw will toe taken dirwt to U*e
Supreme Court. There I* therefore no
dupllcntioo, a* I gathered iwme people
thought.
In conclusion 1 would my thut 1 awl
one who bellevcH a County Court In
much needed in thU Oouuty and that in
wilt much assist in handling legal nit
ters as it haw undoubtedly done in
Illohland and other counties, thai it
will reduce the Mine couaumed In dla- ?
IKMting of uny Oivll matters iu Courts
in the majority <?f instances l?y many
DonuW W ?>>e might almost any by a
year, and Miat after It ha* l>oen estnli
liaiifMi and gotten -to worlrtgg it will)
Ju>ilfy Itself tin a matter of dollars
ami cents to our County* I <itt not
help hilt think in would be a great
pity if out' County should not give a
favorable vote for the establishment
of the Court. 1*114' extra expense# ?>f
the Court should amount um high
as Mr. West huH enUmnted. with u
Judge at $1 ,200, and a stenographer at
?100. TheuA ^UI, an already called at
tention to, ne a considerable .Having
over what tne Jury costs would ho lu
the Circuit 'Court which ?houhl go a i
good ways t<? off set the above two
items ?and the costs of any bailiffs. I
T. K. Trotter.
Camden, S. C., May ttth. 1021. j
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III the Middle of a Knd Fix.
It is easy to write news when there
is any news, but if you live in a town
where the dogs won't fight, and the
eats agree, and roosters don't crow,
and the women refuse to talk about
each other, and the old cranks havo
lost their luuunft rs and eau't knock,
what ure you going to do, Mr. Editor,
eh? Your subscribers expect you t"
write something breezy, anyhow, and
you are certainly In the middle of a
bad fix. The shows have come and
gone, the bailies are things of the
lonesome past. ? The sun does shine a
part of the time, and (lie wind still
blows most of the time. Spring is due
yet winter lingers, m> we are in a
rather doubtful mood us to whether
we iKhould buy more coal and more
heavyweight clothes or try to shiver
through a few more days and then
hunt up our lee-cream freezers a#il
lightweight stuff. This is a wonder
ful, doubtful world anyhow, even if
we do have these calm, unlet days in
Wllliard. ? WllUard ( N. M.) Record.
Mendel Smith to Speak.
Mendel L. Smith will he the si>eakt i
of the day at the Memorial services
which will be held on the 10th .of May
at the lObenezer Presbyterian "Church.
Mr. Smith is a speaker of State-wide
reputation, and the Daughters of the
Confederacy feel that they are fortu
nate to have secured his services for
this occasion. ? Hock Hill Record.
For the Old Soldiers.
The proprietor of the Eureka Bar
ber Shop, I. It. English, r<Hj nests us
to announce that during the reunion
of the Confederate Veterans in Cam
den, he will extend the courtesies of
his shop to the old soldiers and will
give free shoe shines to them.
They further announce that they
have attractive offers to the members
of the newly organized Camden base
ball team in the matter of free service
for a stated time to the players mak
ing home runs during games played.
Walla ? Roafcoroucti
L/ugoff, H. O., May 2. ? On Thursday
evening at ?ix o'clock, April 28, 1921.
u beautiful wedding wan sohnnulised
at Kbeoezer Methodist Church, when
MIkh bailie Ia?e Watts became the bride
Of Mr. James ^lexuiuler ltotfH>roUgh,
Tfyo church wuH artistically decorated
In flower* of t lit* season.
* M Um Watt's only attendant, a*
maid of honor, was M4hn I ,u<'lle Robert*
of Fairfax*. H, C., who entered first
Next en me the bride on the arm of
her youthful looking father, by whom
she waif given It) marriage.
At the altar they wore met l?y the
groom and his b?'"ft nmn, .Mi. Karl ltos
hor?ngh. Acting as ushers were Mes
sis, Leslie J*. Habon and William Sal
Vers. The officiating inlniKtetV was
Rev, Hook, pastor of the church, Mrs.
ticorge Moore of ltldgeway rendered
the wedding march.
The popularity of the bride and ;
grootu tvas shown by the lovely and f
numerous gifts, which they received
and the large crowd that attended their
wedding.
Immediately following the ceremony
Mr. and Airs. Kosborough were motor
?Hi over to Columbia by Mr. H. Y. j
Hinnant, of Kidgeway, S. O., and Mi?nj
Bstedl ltal>on, of Lugoff. From there
they took tin* train for Charleston to
visit Mr. RoSborough's mother.
The bride is the eldret and most at
tractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.
II. Watta, of Iiongtown, S. C., and has
won many friends in North Carolina
as well as in her own state by her
sweet disposition and slnverity. The '
groom is one of the most promising,
young business men of Lugorf.
Ten bodies have been removed from j
the debris of tin? little town of Bras*' !
ton. Miss., which was struck by a tot- j
undo late Tuesday, and searchers be <
' i
lieve that a number of additional dead
will be found. More than thirty were
injured and several of those in the hos
pital x t D'Lo are expected to die. The
storm >t ruck first near Wesson, forty
miles south of Braxton. At" that place
two were injured and property damage
amounting to $75, 0(H) was done, it is re-- j
ported. Several boiues and it negro .
church were wrecked near Wesson and
seven mLlcs west of that place a saw
mill and six houses were destroyed. At i
t'clahatchle seven homes were wreck- 1
cd and two ikmsoiis injured. At Crys:
tal Springs the lightning struck a der- '
rick, slightly Injuring two men. At '
(Jloster, in Wilkinson county property
and crop damage is reported lieavy.
Additional doctors and uurscs Were
sent from Jacksonville to relieve those
who have been on duty there and relief
work i1-- now well under way.
WATEREE MILL NEWS
Fully -eight hundred people attend
ed NVateree's May Festival at Wnteree
Field untl enjoyed one of the finest
May programs ever presented in Cam
den. The program included a May .
Pole dance, relay races for hoys,
Spring Pageant, Ilahy I'arndo and
baseball game.
The prizes in the different event*
went to the following:
Ma j' Pole Dance; 1st prize, 10mni><
Stevens; L'nd prize, Willie Gardiner;
Ilrd prize, Fffle Sanders.
Hciay race; 1st prize, Clifford
COME
SEE
YOUR
STATE i
GCARO
SOUTHTCAROL1NA
HISTORY Wmthrop College
? 2 0 c lock ?? May 0
Rock Hill. S.C. (Admission A150) 1021'
More Than 1,000 Young Women in 13 Acts.
Large Orchestra and Chorus.
Grand Stand Seating 3,000 Spectators.
Tickets $1.50.
Performance May 6tb, at 2 P. M.
For Reservations, write
Pageant, Winthrop College
Lloyd's' team: 2nd prize, Skinner]
Moore's team.
Baby parade ; G months to 1 1-2
year class, 1st prize, Zenip Brown;
2iid prize, Eugene Player.
One "and one-half to 3 Years. 1st
prize. Paulino Baker ; 2nd prize, l>oro*
try Lewis.
General Prize- J. I'. Johnson.
rot plant was given to Mrs. I>ra\ydy,
mother of the twins.
Spring Pageant? IsF prize. Marga- I
ret Barnes; 2nd prize, (Jraeio llobln
son ; ;{ r<l prize, Grace Shaw.
?In the baseball game which follow
ed these events, Wateree was sound
ly beaten by Wiunsboro 8 to 3.
Baker's wildness. battery errors, and
slow work in the outfield are responsi
ble for Wateree's defqut. Plays by
Klchards and Villlpigne featured the
came for the home team, while a
sensational catch by Pierson featured
for Winnsboro. Louis Anderson with
his cannon furnished a great deal of
noise during the afternoon, while Net
tles Lindsay and Teddy deLoache dress
ed as mother and baby in the Baby
Parade supplied the comedy.
A delegation of two hundred from
Wateree Baptist Sunday School jour- 1
neyed to Mispab Sunday afternoon j
where they enjoyed a song service witi
the Mlspah Sunday School. Tbej
were carried out iu trucks supplied
by Dr. Bra&lngton, Ooeo-Cola BottliflT
Co., Chero-Oolo Bottling Co., Hoot'
Furnishing Co., Farmer's Mercantile
Co., and W. R; DeLoache.to whofc
the Wateree Sunday School are rerj
grateful and wish to extend their'
thanks.
The Mill Store has taken on a nef!
lease of life -since the advent of Wal
ter G. Barbour, its. new manager. Mi.
Harbour has had a wealth of expend
once in store work and at present Is
also manager of the Winnsboro Mllh
store. Mrs? Barbour and daughter,
Lois, are also in Camden and will rf
side at the Service Manager's house. :
Mr. Roberts, formerly of LockwooJ,
Greene & Company, Engineers. Is work
ing in the mill storey. .1
Wateree and ? Hermitage will cli?l
again Saturday in the second game of
their series and a hotly contested b*t
tic is looked for. The first game wii
a thriller and ended 5 to 4 in farot
of Wateree. Wateree will be gretUr
strengthened for the game Saturdij
by the acquisition of some new ro?
and will do her l>est to take the not
game. ,
HAIL INSURANCE
\
From now on, hail storms will be frequent; already, some places have suffered. Just a
few minutes of hail will so destroy your growing crops that your investment and labor will be
wiped out. Almost every year - some section is so devastated that it is necessary to send out
side aid to the sufferers. You can prevent some disasters, but you have absolutely no control
over hail; you can neither prevent it nor lessen its damage. The one safeguard is insurance.
We have written this class of insurance for the past several years for The Home Insurance -
Company of New York. They have in every instance paid their losses cheerfully and to the
entire satisfaction of the assured. The rates are very reasonable.
EVERY FORM OF INSURANCE
THE WILLIAMS INSURANCE AGENCY
ESTABLISHED 1871
R. M. KENNEDY, Jr., President Telephone 52 J. K. SHANNON, Manager ? ;