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VOLUME XXXVI. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 23. 1924. NUMBER
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EDITOR W AIXACK, UVwVD
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Had Seen 1.00BM Newspaper Servlee
Than Any Man in State.
Spartauburif, May lO.-WUltam
Henry Wallace, for 33 years* editor of
the Newberry Observer, formerly .a
weekly and at present t\ jieml-woekly
newspaper and a pioneer newspaper
man in South Carolina, died at the
Tome of his son. Dr. D. D. Wallace,
on Woflford campus this afternoon,
after an illness . of a month's dura
tion He would have been 76 years of
aire on his next birthday in Novem
ber Mr. Wallace came to Spartan
burg April 17 to visit his son and
to rest. His strength however, began
to fail and for the last several days
his condition has been hopeless.
Mr. Wallace was born November 4,
1848, and readed in the Belfast sec
tion of Newberry county and attended
a private school nearby and later con
tinued his education at Woflford col
lege, from which institution he was
graduated in 1871 with the degree of
\ B , receiving his A.M. degree in the
year 1873 from the same institu
tion He was a professor in Colum
bia College for Women later changed
to Columbia college from 1873 to
1870, and taught again in the same
institution during the period of lB.Uo
to 1895. He was superintendent oi
the Newberry city schools for five
years, which position he gave up to
become editor of the. Greenville News,
Greenville. After editing this paper
for about a year he. gave up the,
work on account of weak eyesight and
ill health and returned to Newberry, ,
where 'he resumed his work .with the |
Newberry Observer, which he had i
founded in 18*3 he h/u
edited except for the years noted
above. From 1883 to 1901 he con
ducted The Observer as a weekly
newspaper and since then as a semi
weekly. . . !.
He enlisted as a private in the state
militia from the fall of 1864 unt, the
Hurrender of Johnston's armies at the
/.lose of the war, being then 16 years
of age.
He was married in Spartartbuig
December 26, 1872, to Miss Alice
Lomax of Abbeville, she having lived
with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs.
David Duncan of Wofford colle^?*
Mrs. Wallace died September to,
1920, and from that time until is
death with the exception of a .few
weeks, he lived with his brother,
Robert G. Wallace, on College street;
Mr. Wallace was a member of Cen
tral Methodist church of -Newberry.
He was a liberal giver for everything
that was good and was a staunch sup
porter of his churcli. He was a mem
ber of the Newberry Rotary ,club,
having never missed a meeting as
long as he was able to attend. He
was a Democrat, and was a man oi
conservative view, on most
During the summer of 187o ne
traveled over a large portion of Lu
rope in company with ?George Foste
Smith, who, for many years a: for
wards was head of the Greek depart
ment of the University of Wisconsin,
and is now a professor in that insti
tution. During his college days
was a member of the Kappa Alpha
society.
Mr. Wallace. was una of the best
known editorial writes of tho state
and his equal as a newspaper man
can hardly be found. . He was widely
known qmong the newspaper men of
the state, having had many offers to
become editorial writer for the lead
ing daily papers, but his health pre
vented him from so doing, being phy
sically unable to cope with the stren
uous routine of a daily morning
paper. Through his profession he
had served the l>est interests of the
state and community to the best of
his ability and ideals. He was an
inspiration to all who came in con
tact with him and his place will be
hard to fill, and he was a citizen of
whom Newberry county was proud.
His ambition was to dc%*elop the com
munity by the construction of schools
and churches and good roads. He
'7 was a man of wide, cbs?rvation, of
intense loyalty to his friends, a true
friend and a man of most generous
impulses.
The Newberry Observer and the
people of Newberry will feel a dis
tinct personal loss in his death. He
was a man of rare qualities and was
f>f the most humble Christian charac
ter. He was truly a valuable asset
to his city and county. He never had
any aspiration* for public honor# that
are the object of ambition for so
many men ar^l had been exceedingly
modest about his professional career
the real dignity of long continued
u as teacher and editor. vlft
(.RADl ATINi; K\KH( ISKS
Many Diploma* To Be Awarded
Next Friday Kvenin#.
The Camden High School's class of
nineteen twunty-fouv, ninnU nm;
thirty-five boys and girls, will receive
their medals and diplomas ?t the
school auditorium op next Friday
evening, May 30th, at 8:80 o'clock.
The full program is as follows:
Piano solo, Miss Josephine Alex
ander; Invocation, Dr. Edwin Muller;
Salutatory, Christopher Vaughan;
Double quartet, "A Song of Spring,"
by Stults, Mrs. Ernest Zemp, Mrs.
Clifton McKain, Miss Catherine Wal
lace, Mrs. J. G. Richards Jr., Mr.
Hollis Cobb, Mr. Krnest Zemp Mr.
W. Ci. Wilson, Sr., Mr. W, G. Wilson,
Jr.; Address to Graduates, Mr. J. H.
Hope, State Superintendent of Edu
cation; Vocal solo. Mr. Hotlis Cobb;
Awarding medals, Mr. B. B. Clarke;
Duet, Betty Cureton and Molly Blaek
well; Awarding Diplomat; Double
Quartet, "Bell of Dreamland," Rath
bun; Valedictory, Louise Hirsoh;
Benediction, Rev. W. H. Hodges.
Those who will be awarded diplo
mas are: Miriam Bruce, Lois Elmore,
Mildred Gardner, Sallie Ifinson, Lou
ise Ilirsch, Frances . Hough, Bertha
Jones, Emily Jenkins, Harriet Lips
comb, Louise McCoy, Vashti Joye,
Marie MeNaron, Lilla Mills, Bertha
Moseley, Sern Nettles, Flyrrie Out
law, Marie freed, Louise Rabon,
Madge Seagte, Harriet Steedma-n,
Edna Truesdale, Robol*t Chowning,
Albertus Clarke, Leroy Davidson,
Theodore Hodges, Morris Mogulescu.
Wft Lull is, Arnett Ledford, William
Netties, Alexander Savage, Arthur
Stoke:;, Christopher Vaughan, Victor
Ward, Cecil Wittkowsky, Frank
Wooten. , , . . . -v ? .. ?
Was Former Qimdcn Man.
The body of George H. Bruce,
father of Mrs. R. M. Smith and a
former resident of Lee county, was
brought to Bishopville last week for
burial, he having died in Atlanta, Ga.,
on May 6. Mr. Bryce was 78 years
of age and a- veteran of the Con
federate war. He was born in the
Stokes Bridge section of the county,
where he lived until about 80 years
ago when he moved to Atlanta. The
funeral was held at Hebron church. ?
Bishopville Messenger.
Before moving to Atlanta, Mr.
Bruce made his home in ?amden for
several years and leaves surviving
him here two nephews, Messrs,, G. C.
B.cucsl and T. B. Bruce, ?
Will Make Shipments Free.
The American Railway Express
Company will transport free of
charge shipments of clothing and
other supplies or donations icfr desti
tute sufferers of the Anderson
cyclone, same to be' consigned to Red
Cross Association, -which is in full
charge.
Such shipments must be so marked
and this authority does not include
commercial shipments or those which
usually move by freight. Application
should 1 be made to Mr.- F. N. Mc
Corkle, Agent.
Camden Man Now on Charlotte Job.
H. K. Hallet, who has been connect
ed in an executive capacity with the
Wateree Cotton Mills at Camden, S.
C., has arrived in Charlotte to become
manager of the Thrift Manufacturing
Company.
Mr. Hallet is a native of Boston, a
graduate of Dartmouth and textile
technician of recognized prestige in
the South. He has been in this ter
ritory for ten years in the capacity
of executive of textile manufacturing
establishments.
The Thrift Manufacturing Com
pany was' recently sold for $l,500,p00
by W. C. Wilkinson and associates to
the group of New England textile op
erators who own the Wateree Mills at
Camden.
Mr, Hallet will bring his family to
Charlotte in a few days and they will
make their home at Thrift.- ? Char
lot Ce "News."
service and usefulness jn his home
city and county.
Mr. Wallace was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Wallace. His parents
wero Scotch-Irish, hi* paternal an
cestor* coming from ? Scotlajjd and
settling in Albemarle county, Vir
ginia, a short time before the Revo
I' lutfon. Members of tho family were
Revolutionary soldiers, some of them
achieving distinction, -r'
- Mr. Wallace is survived by one son,
David Duncan Wallace, professor of
history and economies in Woiford col
lege who married Bliss Sophie Willis
Adams of Sp?rlat^rg. Jg?
HKTHUNB NBWS NOTH8.
Happening* of Internal Ah Told By
Our Correspondent.
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Bethune, S. C.. May 21? A very
enjoyable evening was spent in the
school auditorium Friday evening
when the School Improvement Asso
ciation gave a splendid program of
music, both vocal and instrumental.
Professor O. K. Bell told of some of
the things that had been accomplished
through the association and of some
'that we hoped to do in the future.
Mr. ? C. 0. Seaborn, principal, of the
Marion high school, made a splendid
address on co-operation,
Mrs. A. B. McLaurin entertained
for the Demonstration dub Tuesday
afternoon, On arriving the guests
.were invited to the punch bowl which
was presided over by Mrs. B. W. Best.
Miss Boyd demonstrated the making
of strawberry preserves. Aftor this
an amusing contest was enjoyed.
Mrs. Eva Morgan entertained a
number of little boys and girls Thurs
day afternoon in honor of her son,
Vance, it being the, occasion of his
?twelfth birthday. The time was
pleasantly spent in games and con
tests. Fruited jello, whipped cream,
and cake were served.
Miss Lois Stogner returned Friday
from a visit of several days in Colum
bia with her sister, Miss Blekah, who
is .in training at the Baptist hos
pital.
Mr. M. B. Gunter has returned af
ter spending several days in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Davis of Bel
mont, N. were ill Bethune Tues
day with their little son, Hazel, who
underwent an operation that day.
oDr. McCaskill ttnd daughter, Miss
Kate McCaskill, were here Tuesday
assisting Dr. Truesdale with throat
operations.
Mrs. \V. M. Stevens and daughter,
Harriett, of Lancaster, are visiting
friends here.
M iss Kathleen McCaskill of Marion
spent the week-end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCaskill.
Professor O. R. Bell spent Saturday
'night at the home of his* father in
Lancaster.
Mrs. M. 0. Ward was called to
Edgemoor Thursday on account of
the serious illness of her uncle, Dr.
John Robertson. A message was re
ceived Monday telling of his death.
Mrs. L. 0. Johnson is spending
several days in Darlington with her
mother, Mrs. Blackmon. s
t An interesting game of ball was
played here Tuesday afternoon be
tween Chesterfield and Bethune. The
result of the game was a score of
9 to 10 in favor of Bethune. After
the game ice cream and lemonade
were served the teams.
Splendid Check Given Hospital.
Among the recent donations to the
Camden Hospital is a check for
$300.00, sent by "Hannah's Cabin,"
very much appreciated and to be used
for needed articles in the hospital
kitchen.
Lugoff School To Have Picnic.
The Lugoff School will close Fri
day, May 30, and the teachers and j
patrons will have a basket picnic at!
the home'of Mr. and Mrs J.^L. Gettys. 1
Come and being baskets. - - -J
Mrs. Kathleen B. Watts. |
Baptist Church Services.
Dr. Boldridge of the First Baptist
Church of Camden, who has been
attending the convention in Atlanta
has returned and regular services will
be held morning and evening at the
church next Sunday.
Kershaw's Donations Total $1,353.70.
Donations coming in this week for
the Tornado Relief Fund amount to
$83.00, making a total of $1,353.70.
Contributors are as follows:
Samuel J. Miller, Georgetown,
Conn $50.00
Aunt Hannah's Cabin 10.00
Cash .. 8.00
Mrs. Eugene Zemp 1.00
Miss Etta Zemp .. .. . 1.00
AH following cash donations
were given by colored peo
ple at Boykirv;
Dan Wright 2.00
Sam Cantey 2.00
Senior Boon . . . . . . . . ^_;_1XQQ.
CurTe/ Missouri i.00
Dan rogue, Jr ... 1.00
Dan Pogue, 1.00
fsrel Pogue 1.00
Charley Wright 2.00
Sam Johnson .. 1.00
Benjamin Johnson 1. 00
Previously reported 1,270.70
Total .. .. ?. $1,353.70
?This does not includc fifty dollars
given by Mrs. Frederick Robinson and
other Uke donations made at the
seen* of disaster or direct to iltt
Sumter Relief Co*r*l%*
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OFFICERS DESTROY STILL.
| County Constables Capture Car and
I. and Four in Jail.
County Constables Wade Stokes
and S. P. Watkins went into the West
Wateree section Saturday and found
a still near the Fairfield county line
which they destroyed. It had not
been in operation for several days,
but evidence was found where mash
had been buried in the side of a hill
preparatory to making a run. The
outfit was of the gasoline drum
variety. No arrests were made.
When returning to Bethune Satur
day afternoon Constable Watkins
captured a car on \he side of the road
leading to Bethunv and arrested four
young white men and confiscated a
Ford touring car. One half gallon
and a pint bottle was taken from the
car and one of the men was armed
with a Smith & Wesson revolver and
he faces two charges? that of trans
porting whiskey and carrying con
cealed weapons. The men were
placed in jail and given a preliminary
before Magistrate Nicholson Monday
) where they were held for the higher
court. They furnished bail in the
:uim;,of $800 each. Constable Watkins
j was assisted .in this arrest, by Tom
| Batnes.
Kershaw Lodge to Meet.
Special communication of Ker.shaw
i Lodge No. 29, A. F. M.. will be held
j Tuesday evening, May 27th at H p.m.,
1 at which time the Master Mason's
j degree will be conferred upon a class
.of candidates. By order
W. F. Net ties, \V. Mv
j " -H. . Billings1, . Sec.
I 'res by t cr i a n Se r v i ces .
\)v. Edwin Muller has returned
from Aiken where he preached the
j baccalaureate hcrnion of the Aikuji
? Institute and will occupy the pulpit
j of the Presbyterian church of Cam
j den next Sunday* May 25th.
Hospital Auxiliary to Meet.
| The Hospital Auxiliary will hold
their regular monthly meeting on
Monday, May 26th, at the Country
Club, at 5 o'clock. This will be an
important meeting and all members
are urged to be present.
Catholic Church Services.
*
Services at the Catholic cjiurch on
the fifth. Sunday after Easter, May
25th, will be as follows: Sunday
school at 10 a.m.; mass at 11 o'clock',
sermon on "The Necessity of Prayer.''
All are welcome and invited to attend
these services.
Rural Carriers To Hold Convention.
The Lancaster-Kershaw County
rural carriers annual convention will
be held in the court house at Lancas
ter, Ma? 30, at eleven o'clock. All
carriers arc urgently requested to at
tend this meeting as #it will be to
their interest. .Those who find it im
possible to attend are requested to
forward their dues to E. W. Caskey,
Heath Spiings; or J. W. Thompson at
Camden.
South Carolinian Killed in Wreck.
Raleigh, N. C., May 19.? The death
toll of the wreck caused Sunday af
ternoon by the collision of two Sea
board Air Line trains at Apex, 10
miles from Raleigh, remained at six
tonight. However, reports from the
hospital where Engineer W. G. O'
Daniel was being treated indicated
that he was sinking rapidly and was
not expected to live. O'Daniel was
at the throttle of the local train in
the collision and jumped just before
the crash. The five other injured per
sons were reported as getting along
nicely.
Funeral services for Henry Jones,
45, news butcher on the local train,
will be held here tomorrow afternoon.
No arrangements had been made to
night for the disposition of bodies of
three of the five negroes killed in the
wreck. The other two bodies, which
were not identified until this after
noon as those of Emmett Gordon
of Abbeville, S. C 1 and Frank Smith
of Hamlet, N. C.. were sent to their
homtfs today.
Xoung -
Charleston, May 20. ? Archie Web
ster, connected with the Winges farm
hear St. Matthews, was drowned to
night about 8 o'clock in Mims lake
above SummervUle. With a youncj?
Mr. Rickcnbacker of St. Matthew^
he had been fishing in the fresh water
lake. Their boat odve?t?tmed and
'both held tot* About eight feet Xrom
| the bank. Webster let go ?tnd tros
drowned m about 16 fe?t of - water.
\\ eb*t it wasfvin his early nt
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VICTORY FOR McADOO.
Judge Smith Makes Keynote Address
At State Convention.
Columbia, May 22. l-'inal fietniy
for WUlam Gibbea McAdoo in South
Carolina was won yesterday in th?
state Democratic convention, South
Carolina's 18 votes in the natlona
Democratic convention being placed
definitely in the McAdoo column with
the adoption by the convention ot fx
resolution instructing the state s
delegates to vote as a unit in supppri
of the candidacy of the former sec
retarv of the treasury "as long as his
name shall he before the conven
Hon." ?
The instruction resolution witn
which was also incorporated a provi
sion for the adoption of the socalled
"unit rule," was int/oduced by Claud
N. Sapp of Richland ami coming at
the very outset of the session -begun
yesterday at noon and ended this
morning at 12:24 oVIucH? provoked
the one major contest of the day an*,
served at once as a test of the tempoi
and intention of the convention. It
was in the end agreed by a majority
of to 128 after some hours of de
bate and parliamentary skirVnishing.
Opponents of. instruction opened
their buttle with an effort to secure
the reference of the resolution to
some appropriate committee and fail
ing in tjiis endeavor by a vote of
j 2 1 to 208 H projHjsed that the con
vention, in lieu of instructing its del
egation, should merely indorse Will
iam Gibbs" McAdoo, leaving the dele-,
gates to vote in the convention in
accord with their- own wishes. This
suggestion, embodied in. a1 resolution
proposed by Robert I.athan of Char
I lest on, as a substitute for the Sapp
resolution, was rejected by the con
vention by a majority of 203 Jo 1?M.
Roll calls by counties were demand
ed on two of these motions and upon
the final vote on the passage of the
resolution Uion McKissick of
Greenville, opposed t!o instruction,
asked and secured a call of the roll
of all delegates. "The people of the
State," He declared, "ought to know
how all stand on this question."
Upon motion of Cyrus L. Shealy of
Lexington, it was agreed to double
J the number of delegates at large and
to elect four men and four women,
each with one-half vote instoad of the
four usual delegates with one vote
each. The number of women dele
gates at large was subsequently in
creased to five, each with two-fifths
j of a vote. Fourteen delegates each
with one vote, were named, two from
I each congressional district nominated
J by the delegates oij the district..
Fifth district delegates to the na
1 tional convention to be held in New
York wfcre elected as follows: John
T. Stevens, Kershaw, and R. B. Cald
well, Chester. Alternates: S. R. Mc
Master, Fairfiejd, and J. A. Spruill,
Chesterfield.
On motion of Mrs. W. D.. Melton,
speaking in behalf of the four women
selected as delegates at large, Mrs.
Leroy Springs of Lancaster, who
like A. F. Lever of Columbia, had
J been nominated as a candidate for
delegate at large and had withdrawn
her name, was selected as a fifth wo
man delegate, each of the women ac
cordingly to possess two-fifths of a
vote. \ k
Former Governor John Gary Evans
of Spartanburg and Mrs. Leroy
Springs of Lancaster were reelected
national executive committeeman and
committeewoman, respectively, with- ,
out opposition just before final ad- ^
journment. The name of T. Frank
Watkins of Anderson was proposed in
opposition to Mr. Evans, but he re
quested its withdrawal.
Edgar A. Brown of Barnwell, unop
posed, was reelected as chairman of
the state executive committee.
Mendel L. Smith of Camden was
also unopposed for the temporary
presidency, as was Senator S. II. Mc- .
Ghee of Greenwood for tlte perma
nent prcsIcTency of the convention.
Roth were elected by acclamation.
Important Reorganization Meeting.
Members of the American Legion
Auxiliary who HTfco any~ifilerc.st Ifj
the reorganization of this association
are urged to come ou to the meeting,
Monday afternoon, May 2<>th, at 6:15
o'clock at tho residence of Mrs. W. B.
(XloLoach. Anyone who wishea to join
^hp 'organization will be cordially wel
comed. A large attendance is earn
estly desired to dTscusflpTans. DeW.
gate* will be ele^ed' to r?prese/>t tie
auxiliary at the State Convention
-which mrc*s in Suntter, Jvljf 3rd and;
Jth
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PHOTOS 1*Y WIKK
Transmit Pictures From ? Cleveland to
New York With Success.
New York, May ilh? Transmission
of photographs from Cleveland to
New York City over long distance
telephone lines was accomplished to
day in a demonstration l>y labora
tory expert a of the American Tele-r
phone and Telegraph Company,
The method achieved after several
yea rs' work was described by offi
cials of the company as a "simple,
rapid and ^accurate picture transmit
ting system."
It will be installed on the com
pany's various long distance linos, it
was announced, in accordance with
the demand which arises for this type
of service,
Clyveland was selected as the place
for the transmitting ? station so that
pictures taken at. the Republican Na
tional convention might be trans
mitted tfl New York in a few minutes.
Actual transmissions today showed
that photographs could be. trans
mitted to New York and made ready
for producing newspaper plates with
in ten minutes from the time the
original photograph was placed on
the transmitting machine. A photo
graph was placed on the transmitting
machine. A photograph of a group
of newspapermen taken in the Cleve
t land laboratory today was transmit*
: ted to Nvw York in four and one- half'
j minutes, excluding the time required
in developing the original in . Cleve*,^
I land and the few minutes required
! in developing the print in New York.
The pictures transmitted today
i were five inches by Seven inches in
I skde. Messages in handwrit ing also
| were transmitted, the copy received
! being a fac simile of the original
i message. ? .
In. sending a picture, the ? orjgial
? is placet! around a cylinder winthin
which there is a photo-electric cell.
On another cylinder in the receiving
office an unused film is placed. The
cylinders revolve in synchronism.
During the operation a very small,
but intense beam of light is thrown
on the original photograph passing
through the film to the photoelectric
cell with an intensity proportionate
to the lights and shades of the orig
inal picture. By the* aid of a new
device known as a light valve, a
beam of light, varying in intensity in
exact correspondence with th(f origi
nal beam received by the photo- '
electric cell, is thrown on the film
onto which the picture is being trans
mitted. As the receiving cylinder
revolves, the ray of light moves
gradually from one end of the cylin
der to the other. When the end is
reached the film is ready for devel
opment.
Officials of the telephone company
said the method could not be used on
cables because, it is necessary to am
plify at various stations the current
used in transmitting the photographs.
Tests have demonstrated, it was an
nounced that photographs can be
transmitted by radio by the same
method when atmospheric conditions
are favorable. ?
The method was worked out by the
telephone company experts in coop
eration with laboratory experts of
the Western Electric Company.?
I
Ascension' Day Service.
Bishop Finlay will hold a service
at Grace Episcopal church on Ascen
sion Day, Thursday morning, May
29th, at 11 o'clock. The united thanks
offering will be taken up at this ser
vice. As this is also a corporate
communion service all members of
the church arc especially invited to
be present.
I Pensions For Colored Not Yet Ready.
The pensions for the colored peo
ple who actually were connected
with field work during the war will
not bo paid out until on and after
the first week in June, Judge Bel- -:
linger said, as the pension depart.-.
jiicnt had' r<u}uwded- that the bua?ne?* ? ?
of paying the white pensioners b?
completed, as far as possible, before ~ ,
the other distribution was ..undertaken . .
in order to simplify the records. The
listof colored pensioners, while .41- "T,
ways small under the provisions
the original act, is now more re
stricted t&an ever, sine*; tho recent
legislature amtfrtrfed th<? previous act
that only cook,* afcd body aemnts
Who vjc "re aVta* Uy in amp of Conv
fc<terstn atmfes arti vntrtied lo t
? xrivfaauk
group of darkle? Who wen; rnga|
during the w*r in wrrting bi
works and igatintf