The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 21, 1922, Image 1

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Enroll Now For tho Primary '"'V Enroll Now For tho Primary !-l'UU. .. LiX-.U? Ji|- -Mi -Ul-lA^i.,1,1 1 ! VOLUME XXXIV, NUMBER 16 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1&22 THK meeting at mshopvillk State Camimlfu Party Addressed V?? ters of Lee County Tuesday. A Chronicle representative attended the meeting of the >StMe Campaign imrty iu BVsfcopvllIe Tuesday where the speaking was held iu the park near the Woodward mouuiueut. We did not got there early ejuough to bear oil of the speakers, t>ut we are giving 4*1 o\v the report of the meeting in so far as the candidates for governor were concerned as furnished to' the *' News and Courier by W. J. Carina ok, their special representative: One of the largest crowds of the campaign and t>y far one of the most demonstrative (greeted the candidates for (governor and State offices here the home of Thomas (J. McLeod, today. There were' approximately 1,000 per tons present, a large number of whom were women, who took a deep Interest in the discussions. The temper of the crowd reacted on the speakers causing them to put more ginger Into their pleas than yesterday in the 'insuffera ble heat. ? As tills wae the home of Mr. AfcLeod tie was tendered an ovation but (his, two closest opponente, <3eorge K. L? ney and Cole Ij. .HI en so, likewise were c the recipients of much applause. Flowers were given 'Mr. MeLeod and Mrs. Bessie Rogers Drake. Senator CeorgevK. Laney, the first speaker foraGovernor here today, cau tioned the people that if<.they allowed partislap prejudice to becloud their views they .might get the wrong man. The Chesterfield Senator, reviewing his twenty years' service in -Hie State Senate, said that he h(ad been inde pendent of nai) m'env Classes and inter ests and had voted his honest convic tions arid those convictions were inva riably what lie believed iwere for the benefit of .the masses of the people. He spoke to the women of the -State,] abjuring them to exercise their rights of citizenship and told how as a- trus tee of Winthrop College, he had always worked for the best interests of thej institution, believing that the woman hood of the State should be and edu cated womanhood. Mr. -Laney com pared the appropriations of 1912 and 3922 and eudeavored to show* howCou (1 it ions of the times ar? dissimilar and what great advance had been made in education, charity, correction .and ?ther governmental activities during the past eight years, and hazarded Hie opinion that the people would not fttnctiho a backward step, even If ?it does entail sacrifice. He reiterated h:s continued fight for appropriations for public*: schools, elalijiiilg that his ttsj-ord in this t'egatd would have to ) rlished asider If tlve peopljj failed mte for hiin/( In reply. to t/Ole L. '??'?use, without referring to the. cx 0.?? crnor's name, Senator Laney. said ''li.nge had been made Hint the re t|(m. i" Hie <fevy this "year for fooling the IKiOjHfc ftlid ' "icr f lioi*. votes and that there i'i-1'! !?e a definite reflection on as ? v'i a body of public* men as had ever ? "Od a Sout.li Carolina 'legislative lie denied both allegations. - We u&de his usual plea for indirect ineth ? <>f taxation. lie declared that at every campaign meeting had him to keep up his program of rt-fomi and the people wanted to ? I and are Jistenj/itf to hi& words. 1 ^ Terence to law enforcement, he ; 1,4 1110 I K?oplo that they phould elect '"f Executive a man who will yoUl tho laws and see to their en - I' lnviH. This he proposed to do, a Governor of nil .jthe (people, ^'kinjr tojiis own people, Thomas -l"iT.eo?l, the second speaker for ? pernor, rehearsed his life of twen ?t Hishopvilie and what his > ha<l done in this section from ;h* time Jus progen 1 tors "lan ded in this from ^Scotland. He said that ; ?<* tried to do tho right tiling by ' l^eple and his State, and told how . f.tlo lie lacked only a few votes in ?ci"g <*. o. l-Vntherston, of Oreen <>f the second racc with I" ^'b;ase. Ifa. claimed that be ! [( li. 'wns one and a ? him entering Llio proscnt race ' '"vcrnor and thereby nn opportu y -as presented by which ho might a worthy ambitlort.^ Rnt be he finally onaade bis deciidon he consumed his homo and they had to xn<^ effort. He ' ' that today', was the eighteenth t ' ng' and **?? every reason to triniuTllne0t mi00^? faring t:!iU 19 ?opowibla to do away wlh The however, an,? ta*t th? twrden on real i P?r?onal property can be lifted ?y r?gtd economy la expending without ?ffecthjg efficiency Jn government and KKKSIIAW NEWS NOTES. Interesting Happenings as Told By Tti? Rra of Ttoat Place. <4 ? ? ' ' Mrs AV W Ilorton had as visitors' during lout wcok her 7rttfcrr^MraJ~T.r Moscley and children; her nle<v, Mrs L A Sowoll, and little daughter; Miss KMssailketh Moselcy, and Misses Gene* vicvt' and Rvelyu Moscley, uli of Oam don. Sunday evening, July 2nd, during the progress of the storm, lightning Struck the kitchen atove flue at the home of. '8, MieNich, ran down the flue, and tore up tho stove pipe, jumped ifrom that to a can of mea), burned two small holes in the can, leaped to the door and tore off part of. the fac ing burned three small holes la the wire of the screen door in passing out, aud then jumped to the water spigot, ran down tho piping and grounded. , ?A wedding of unusual beauty was that solemnized in the Kershaw Meth odist church on July ftth at fi o'clock, when Miss Eunice Klizuboth Cauthen, daughter of the late Mrs T A Cauth* en, became the bride of Wllllani Tiiojnas Stover, the Rev F V Buddln, pastor of the bride, officiating. The store room formerly occupied by C R Blackmou & Company was s$ld the first Monday in ,^July* at pub lic auction by Probate Judge II H Hopton and jw as bought by C It Blaek mon for $5,600. While Dr 8 J Blackmon was mak ing a professional visit at a home in the country several days ago, he was bitten on the leg by a dog. As a pre cautionary method he has been taking the Pasteur treatment. Prof a*vd Mrs J -Gardiner Richards and children are spending a portion of their vacation at Mon treat, N C V* *' - ? ? ? ? '? '? ?' ' ? ? ?> . . v. ?" by the ndoptlou of other* methods of taxation, such as the gasoline tax, three-fourths of which tax is paid by those people i\vho pay no money Into the government from tangible proper ty. .He likewise urged the assessment of negotiable instruments now escap ing taxation. He made his usual dec laration that economy Should begin in the county, just as the people are mak ing the most rigid curtailment in their homes and businesses, reciting that 70 per cent of all the taxes paid in Lee County Is used in the county and the other 30 per cent is for the main tenance of the Staee government. Mr. McLeod said that the Inst Leg islature had done a wise thing when it made a beginning in changing the methods of taxation, and ho hazarded the prophecy that if continued South Carolina; like North " "Carolina, * SOOii would have no taxes on real and per sonal property. He made bis usual inference to the crime wave and reit erated his contention that tho para mount, the vital issue before the peo ple, more fundamental than either tjrrxntioii or cduefltlon, was the uphold ing of the law for the protection of lives and property. Cole. L. IJ.'ease, the next speaker for Governor, commenced Ills speech hy referring to his initial attack on Judge Jones, his 1012 opponent for Chief Executive, which he declared, put. Bishopvllle on the map. lie said ho was glad to see that his two oppo nents', MeLcod and Laney, were not afraid of little office holders who are running a roirtul the State fighting HIcase. but had climbed on his plat Jforni'for the abolition of \iseless of fices. He attacked extravagances in rhe Stntp government, claiming that they with the accumulation of useless ^offiees^ and positions are responsible1 for the great increase of taxation from the . time he left the Governor's offiee in 1010, until the present day. II said that there was -much talk of the appropriation for education, but the major portion of it was from special levies and the people them selves should be the ones praised, net office holders. lie told of his various recoommendatlons when Governor " In the cause of education. He made hl> usual attack on the State Tax Com mission, the School for the Feeble minded, the State Welfare Board, the budget commission am! the joint legis lative committee mi printing and the creating of jobs for political pets. He said that ho was one Governor who had the nerve to put the pruning knife to appropriation's, <rren tf the- Legisla ture did not agree with him. How ever, he continued, one yenr be had saved 190,000 t brought executive ob Jectionv event tl the smaH amount la being ridiculed. Large results bar# smaH bginnlngse, he tNiita. M John T. Duncan, the last guberna torial speaker, In referring to Belaa*, taid that on a hfaortft oocasion a KIRKWOOD HOTEL DAMAGED. | MKhtiiiiig Caused Two Flrw In CmtH)?n UH Friday Afternoon, i Camden bad the unusual expedience last Friday afternoon about four oVloufc of two firei raging at the same time, caused from lightning during a violent electrical storm. A holt struck the north wlug of the InrgeKlrkvrood tourist hotel and It was soon In flames^aud while the firemen ?were fighting this blaze another bolt atruck a bam to the rear ofiythe resi dence of Mr. Henry Savage,' and the barn was a complete low. By the moat excellent work ou the part of the Camden fire departing, helped by a heavy downpour of rain, fho fire at the Kirkwood wa* 'confined to the north wing and in a couple of hour* It was under control. The kitchen and servant* quarters and also the laundry machine wl'U be a complete loss, as what was not damaged by fire was water soaked. The fire- '? men put two linee of hose on the burn ing part, and had to be reached from the ledge of the -roof of the main part of the hotel. A part of the fire fighting apparatus bad to be removed to the Savage resi dence, but the fire had gained such-" headway that it wae Impossible to save the building.' It was one of the finest bams In Oaijiden. and was only partially covered by insurance. ' The mains leading to the Kirkwood have only recently fbeen made larger by replacement and it was only tftls fact that saved the building as the water pressure to now ample. ? The large Kirkwood Hotel Is <one of the .show places of the South and it will be good news to tourists who come ( here every year from all over, the union -to, know that the beauty of the building hasjiot been marred.1 f. [ Mr. T. E. Krumbhota, the manager, who was at Kenneytmnkport, Maine, was notified immediately ahd he ar? ( rived in Camden Mionday to make plans for the replacement of the burned part. Mir. Krumbkol/, states that the burned wing contained forty rooms, -and was erected at a cost of $60,000 ami that he ! carried $20,000 Insurance on this por tion of the building. He was loud in his praise of the work done by the fire- | men and thinks he is lucky to get off with so small a loss. Married. , On Sunday lAst at the home of Pro bate Judge W. L. McDowell Mr. Jam s Early Anderson, of Cassett, and Miss Ethel Irene Baker, of ^Westville, were united in tho holy bonds of matrimony; These highly esteemed ?young people havo. tho hearty good wishes of' many friends for a long and happy life. Quiet Hpme Marriage. Mis* Sarah Edna Bailey arid Mr Claud E F<amoy we-pe quietly married at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs A J- Bti+ley, on Lyttfeton street Sn+ar-~ day evening last, the Itev W II Hodges, of the Methodist church officiating. Miss Bailey is a native of Lancaster hut has been makng her home in Cam den for a number of years. Mr. Lamoy is a native of New York state and came here some time ago where he is manager of the Rook Springs dream ery. Both have numbers of friends In Camden where they will make their home on Chestnut street. Will Meet Next Tuesday. The Women's -Missionary Society ? ? of the Methodist church will hold a general meeting of the circles on Tues day afternoon, July 25th, Qt 6:15 o'clock. The weather permitting this will he an outdoor meeting. All the members are ur&ed to attend. certain South Carolina politician had gone to Washngton to pick out his seat in the United States Senate, which ho had not yet occupied, and ho had Just nbogt as much chance of again being seated in the "Governor's eba ir #> CAMPAIGN NEAJW CLOSK. Tobacco Karnwrn Hav? Until Augusl 1st To Sign Up. Kateigh, N. P., July 18.- More than a Uiooaiiui South Carolina farmers have joined the Tobacco Growers' Ov operative Ass<*lation as a result of the campaign which 62 to^ns of the belt. Four towns have Just ?oiW solidly cooperative and Aynor, King streo, Florence aud Timmonsvllle have closed all ojh'u floors. Florence, the headquarters town of. the Association, after closing all auc tion warehouses last week, Is putting on tho most Intensive drive yet at tempts by any city of the state. Tho number of contracts reaching headquarters has increased week by week, ae committees of business men and hankers from Mullins, Tlinmons vlllo, Kingstree, Florence and other centers have toured the country for new members. ?;? Tobacco farmers are now thoroughly roused to the need of organisation for marketing and leaders of the Associa tion prophesy that another thousand growers will Join with the big Coopera tive in the few days that remain to August 1st, when the Association will ?*e#use to-aeeept any contracts for the Crcfl> of 1922. T. C. Watkias, Jr., Director of Ware houses for the .Association, has ex pressed his satisfaction with the ware house situation. He now has. over OS warehouses ready for operation in the ?South Carolina belt. Dr. J. Y. Joyner, Chairman of the Warehouse Committee, Senator J. A. Brown, Director from North Carolina, W. D. Hilland B. T. Bondurant from Virginia, and John Blanks of Kentucky are leading and speaking in the drive which reaches Lake'" City, Conway, Cades, Cowards, T^amar, < ?Pamplico, Marion, Midline, Nichols, Orlanta, Loris, Lake View, Fairmont, White ville, Dillon and I/umbertou this week. Soil Survey Maps. Congressman Stevenson has ad vised- a friend here that the soil sur vey map of Kershaw County, made by the Government, will soon be com pleted and in about ten days. he will be ?ble to sen'd them out. He further states, "If you have any friends who would -also like to have one, tell- them -to write me/' ? " ' Were Married In Augusta. Mr. Henry -Carl -Watts, " formerly of Camden, but now of Charlotte, N. C., was the guest last week-end of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Waitts, in this "city, Mr. Wattsr wvas eftroute from Augusta, Gt?? with his bride, Who was M-igs Willie Taxi Hook*, who is pleasantly remembered in Camden wliefo she was with the Postal com pany in this city for some time. Tho marriage occurred in Augusta, Ga., on .J iily 11. -They have returned to Chhr lotfo where Mr. Watts is associated -\vilh- the Postal telegraph eompany-4? that city where lie Is numbered among the popular aiul^ competent members of the forco^jfltyie young couple have numbers <3P*?Viends not only in Cam don but in many other places who will be interested in this announce ment aud will extend best wishes. Boy Scouts Pass Here. Five boy scouts from Columbia making, their way from Columbia to Washington, D. Q., by bicyclc reached Cain den Monday evening ? about 9 o'clock on tfieir journey. The five seottt,s in the party were* Caldwell Withers, Kdmund Joyner, William Otis, Kmmett Wingfield 'and Italpli Barrow. ' "Chhrlie" Jackson J? the scout master in charge. They are carrying a message from Governor Harvey, to President Harding. * They carry touts with them and are camp ing by the way and do most of0thclr riding in the earl^y morning and late afternoons. 1 Mr T.j Clyburn is spending several weeks in Ashevilie, N C. ? 1 90 Vo ihe Democracy, of Kershaw County; The time tot placing your name* upon tho enrollment books /or participation Tu the arlproachlrig primary v\ 111 end on next Tuesday, J nly 25th. Wont has reached mo that in so** sections of the eounty the voter*, and especially the ladiea, are Try hadrtrptrd in euroll!iiC7" All question A t Id Hie right of a woman" to vote was settled when (he Suffragette Amendment became a part of ' oar Constitution. It la the plain duty of every democrat be they mnn or (woman, to qualify for this election. I "Ore that the committees of the different precinct* will see that an bara an opportunity to ?nro*t and that the Atigoac election be an eupreasion of the wMiea of t be whole people of Kershaw County. M. M. JOHNSON, Chairman r~ Kerabaw County Democratic Ezecntire Committee.^ MR. A. I). |U5NNK1>Y DRAD Had Suffered Several Strokes of Appo plexy aiid Death Was Not Inexpwtfd. Alex ander 1>h1u>i> -Kennedy. one of Oa mtlo it's best citizens and on ardent Confederate veteran, died here Sunday afternoon at 1 $0 o'clock, after a lin gering Illness. Mr. I^ennedy was for many years one of the moat prominent merchants of Camden but had recently retired, and was devoting his time Of lute to his large farming Interests. He was three times mayor of Oamden and prominent in building and loan circles. Mr, Kennedy was it member of .the Sev. eutih Soutli Carollua Calvary in tho War Between the States and was a visitor at the^st reunion at Parting ton. lie came ouo of I l?o first fami lies of this county, heiug a son of the late Anthony M. Kennedy and Sarah Doby Kennedy, lie was seventy-five years of age and was twice married, first to Miss Ma t tie Blssell and second to Miss Bessie Blssell, both of Alaba ma. To the first union 'five children ?were born, all of whom survive him. They are: A I> Kennedy, Jr, Mrs Ker si m w Shannon, of Oamden ; Henry B Kennedy ainl Alfred D Kennedy? of At lanta, and Mrs Sadie K Von Tresckow, now with her husband who Is stationed at Arlca, Chill, as a member of the American consulate. Mr. Kennedy was a brother of the late Gon. John D. Ken uedy, former consul general to China. He is also survived by three adopted sons who ntade thler home with Mr. Kennedy since boyhood to manhpod, and who were his nephews ? Major Bolton O. Kennedy, the ? United States Army; Bobert M. Kennedy, Jr., and Henry Blssell Kennedy ; and a de voted sister, Mrs. Edward Burruss, of Sumter, the last living \ mbor of his father's family. . The funeral services were held from Grace church, Oamden, at 6 o'clock Mon day afternoon,, Bishop K. G. Flnlay, of Columbia, conducting the serv'ces. The active pallbearers were : William Bur rows, Stanley Burrows, Alex Burrows, Alfred E ^kennetly, Douglas A Boykln, T Woodward Starnes, Beverly M Eng lish and iH G Garrison, Jr. Honorary: H G Garrison, Sr, C H Yates, w H Johnson, J B Wallace, B H Boyldn, W Bratton DeLoacb, O J Shannon, Sr, L W Boykln, Leo Sohenk, W L DePass, George T Little, Jobn-W Oortjett, W B Pearce, W E Johnson, Jr, W H Halle, C J Shnhnou, Jr, and O P pu Bose, also the officers and directors of the Enterprise Building and Loan As sociation and members of Camp Rich ard Kirk Hand, United Confederate Vet erans, of which. camp Mi'- Kcnnedy-tvaa ^djntnnt. -The fturcrtitr was lurgely uTtGndod" and as a mark *>f respect to a beloved eititfei t M-a yo r Garrison requested that the business houses of the <il.v renin in closed <Hi ring^tho funeral, and the mer chants of Camden were among the honorary pallbearers. The flor il of fciriji#* come frotn-aH parts'mtd' won* beautiful tokens of the esteem in which he was held. Nearly all of his children were with him at the time of his death with the exception of. Mrs. Voif Tresekow who was in South America. 1 A devoted friend pays the following tribute to the memory of. this good Entered Into Paradise at 2 o'clock, Sunday, July 10th, 1022, in his home at Oamdenf South Carolina, Alexan der Dalton KCnndy, second son of the late Anthony McMillan and Sarah Doby Kennedy. lie loaves a devoted wife and five loving children. We record this simple tribute to the pure life which he lived when with us. Ho was a christian of rare type. hN love and devotion to the Ohnrch of England was a constant inspiration to all who knew htm, and in leaving this world he Ifcis left a wonderful iio fluence for good 'over all whom his life "touched. Those of us who knew and loved him in his home life, saw his sterling qualities of heart and character, knew his warm, affection ate 'nature, bis loving and deep sym pathy for all who fieedod it, his mod* osty ami unselfishness, as ho walked humbly Jn the jfootslcpn of his Xord _ahd Ma<&ey. Tor years he had Ikhmi in failing health and for several years half suf fered intense i*iin, all of which he bore patiently and .submissively. To -Ma--4oved--e?te*-"??d many <riend? we; extend our warmest, deepest sympa thy, ipraying for the presence of the HoJy Comforter in their great need. 1 :-?* - * Meeting at High HOI Outtck. There wUI fia> three dtjf meeting At High Hill church beginning August 4 th. There wlH be t m6 aerrleea each day. PiiWIe cordially In*!** to Attend. PAVING CONTRACT I4CT FRIDAY. Southern Paving Company, of Clurtti* uooga, Will Commence Work Noon. Twolva goutraotlng XUwh- from <4x? Southern states had representatives !W'() Prklay la?t. to bid on $100, 000 of tUo $20Q,000 worth of streot improve ments' ' recently made possible by a bond Ififauo lu I hl? city. The award went to the Southern Paving Company, of Chattanooga, 1'enn. o , There were pfobably a half (Ibsen dddors on tho bonds, but dty coun cil thought the bids all too low, and rejected all bids. The bonds will very l>rolmhly he sold at private sale. In they are not sold at private sale, the hanks of Camden stand ready to buy them at or above par. ? The leaving company will furnish their own chemist, but as a safeguard to the city's interest, Dow & Smith, chemical engineers, have been employ ed by city couucll. The successful bidders have recently completed a similar class of work at Newberry, 8. <0.? and ate now engagot lu an immense contract in the city of Florence,. Other contractors bidding on the work were: ,"Tr' *" Prichand, Haines & Haaelhurst, Sa vannah, Ga. ; Adams, Evans A Con? pany, Jacksonville, Fla. ; William F. Howl, Augusta, Ga.; Palmetto Paying Company, Columbia. 8. C. ; Dawklns Construction Corporation, Norfo k, Va.j Itedmon Construction Company, Mon. roe, N. O, ; Atlantic Bltullthic Com pany, Richmond, Va. ; Southern Paring Construction Company, -Chattanooga, Tenn. ; PqwcII Paving & Contracting Company, Columbia, 8. C. ; Carolina Contracting Comlpany, <Ctheeter, 8. 0. ; Chitwood' A Palmer, Florence, 8. O. ; Greenville Paving Company, Greenville, 8. Q. Taking into consideration all inci dental items necessary In connection ?with the pavement construction, such as grading, storm drainage, curib and gutter wo rtt, etc., there was practically a negligible, difference between Powell Paving Company and Southern Paving Company, on the basis of the total quantity of work to be done, the bal ance being In favor of Southern Pav ing Company by about $500.00. The Carolina Engineering Company, who are engineers for the city,, to su pervise the construction, were repre sented at the letting by their chief en gineer, <1. IT. Bishop, and engineers It. P. Bishop and T. L. Wolfe. The successful contractors agree to -move- their nhiHoil forces iwi equip' innii ^Camden immediately upon com pletion of preliminary details of exe eution of the contract and filing of surety bond. and it is , expected that work will be well under way .within Hiii-iy days. Hooks to Close Soon. Th c enrolTnTOiil ^ooTis tlirou gin >u"t the county will close on Tuesday, July 25th, and after that date no more -names can he added. Candidates havo until August 13 Hi to fllo their pledges and enter the race for county offices. A pledge will havo to bo filed with the county chairman and also with , the clerk of court, Tho campaign opens at Blaney on Monday, August 14tli, and closes at the Cotton Mills bore on the night of August ggfh. The dates for the other /meetings are follow*: Blaney, August 14th. Ttabon's Cross Roads, August 15th. Cleveland School House, August 16th. Cassatt, August 17th. Bethuno, August 21st. Haley's Mill, August 22nd. Kershaw, August 2.3rd. Westvillo, August 2-Ith Camdon, August 28th, 11 d. ^ Oottoii Mills, August. 28th, 8 p.. in. Run Over By Automobile. Eugene Cameron, the four year old poll of Mr. John Cameron, the keeper of the Wntereo river blrdgo jjpas ruli over and right badly hurt by art au tomobile driven by a Mr. Ucard and fi party of friend^ all of Columbia. Monday afternoon. The little follow u :is fitting in a chair near the railing when the oar approached from tl?o west side of the bridge at a rapid rate. The litte fellow . waa right badly broiled ?nd bad his collar l>one broken, but in getting alortg welf now. Air. Beard and the father brought the old Id to Camden for medical treatment, and the owner of the car did every thing he could for the eomfoit o t the. child, regretting the anrident exceed ingly. - Mitt Ida Black roon who la spending \ the mmmer with her mother, Mm. W. S. BUckmon, of Stoneboco, apent Wed nesday in Caadejn. ? taneaater Heirs. - ? Jfc