The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 15, 1924, Image 7
UN S I \ I K KNKOIXMBNT.
figure* Sliow An Increase of 30,000
Over 1922.
Columbia
Afc'lUV*
Ifliiiy
by
August 10t~The enroll
to r the Democratic pri
counties, as announced by
Kdmunds, of the State ex
show an increase
unlive i committee,
ll^xfmawly 80, 0? over.Vo" of
The total enrollment two years
227,370; now it is 257,7 DO.
table" follows:
W22.
ggO Wit
The
County
Abbeville
Aiken . ? ? ?
Alleiulalo .
Af^erson ?
Bttnibt'i g ? .
JJarinvfll
hkaufoit ? ?
Berkeley . .
Calhoun . ?
Charleston
Cherokee . .
Chester ? ? "
Chesterfield
Clarendon
Colleton . -
Darlington
Dillon . . ? ?
Dorchester
Edgefield
Fairfield ? .
Florence . .
(feorgetowii 2,393
Greenville 16,132
jfiyeenwootl ? 6,934
Hampton 2,704
Horry 6,695
1922
3,264
5,412
1,587
11,250
2,080
2,766
1,172
2,279
1,469
12,841
5,545
3,472
.5,383
2,906
3,806
5,421
3,256
2,746
2,043
2,225
7,087
Jasper
715
Kershaw 4,130
Lancaster . . . ? . . ? ? 4,526
Laurens . . 7,106
Lee .. .. 2,932
Lvxhigton 5,517
McCormiek 1,303
Marion 3,230
Marlboro 3,807
Newberry 5,874
Oconee . . ...... .. .. 3,790
Orangeburg-. . . . . . ? . 7,079
Pickens " 5,641
Richland ...... . . 12,669
Saluda 3,201
Spartanburg 14,787
Sumter 3,331
Union 5,554
Williamsburg 3,648
York. .. .'. 6,772
Totals
227,370 257,796
Hermitage Community News.
On Saturday evening the S. 0. D.
H. Club girls entertained the Hermit
age Baseball Club at a social at the
Community Jlouse. Various games
were played and the evening enjoyed
by all present. Delicious refresh
ments were served.
The Hermitage 'Baseball team
played the Wateree Mills Team on
the Wateree field Saturday afternoon
in the first game of a series to be
played between these "two teams.
Watwte was victorious by a score of
7 to fi.
vMr. Andrew H. Pearson left Satur
day t'oi his former home in Salt Lake
City, I'tah. Mrs. Pearson and sister,
Miss Carrie Crolley accompanied him
to C olumbia and remained there sev
eral days with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Robinson and
family of Lancaster were week end
guesls at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. Mattox.
Mi - Edna Kennedy of Darlington
has Keen visiting at the home of her
aunt. Mrs. Rosa \yelch.
Mis. Rebecca Watts of Heath
Spring-; is visiting at the home of her
*v?n, H. F. Watts this week.
Mioses Nova and Alice Tolbert of
Bethur.c were guests this week of
Mi?;.? - Kunice and Myrtle Gardner.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Grayson had as
their guests the past week end
M(-*i-. Elmore Barrineau and Paul
^ iggins of Charleston.
Mr ? r * . H .B. Pitts"and S. L. Crolley
lper.: Tuesday in Rock Hill on busi
Mrs. Pitts and children accom
them on the trip.
Mr. ,s. Dyer has returned from a
v-'u n spent at Wrightsville Beach,
! ; Carolina.
< harles II. Zump spent the
M ? :.d in Charlotte.
A. welcome into our midst Mr. W.
1-arnette as card room overseer.
Mi. Harnette comes to us from Clif
'* ' >1:^. Company near Spartanburg.
M . - s Maud Botts leaves Saturday
mountains of western North
' a i : i a where she will spend some
1 " before going to her home in
? ?!<? to spend her vacation.
Tribute T 6 a Child.
1 ' friends of Mr. and Mrs. L. S.
Mayor* were greatly shocked and
^' " ?"i Wednesday morning to hear
'h;- death of little Ruby, their only
' er. She was ill only one week
r : < erything that loving hands
" do was done, but God willed It
.n*lsc and sent Death, His mei
r, to bring little Ruby to Him.
Hiiby was a beautiful, loveable
y-iM. In her short life she had en
ured herself to family and friends
She was the joy and pride of
n*r home.
Her bright smiling face and loving
will be sadly missed by every
' r"- that knew bar. Our lUirtfca
? bereaved
rS?d. t
DIAL AND McMAHAN CLASH.
Citizen* Intervene To Prevent
Between Candidates.
Greenwood, Augj^ J). A fight be
tween Senator N. 15, Dial and Insu
rance Commissioner John J. MeMn
han was averted today when five or
?six citizens at the Senatorial cam
paign' meeting here, including former
Governor Cole L, Hlease, interposed
themselves between the two men and
kept them from getting together.
Mr. McMahan had been accusing
Senator Dial of placing members of
his family on the federal pay roll in
his Washington office, charging that,
none of them rendered the services
for which they were getting paid. He
read excerpts ? from a New York
newspaper published two y?? is ago
in which it was charged that the
members of the Senator's family were
his daughters. Mr. McMahan said
the Senator had one of them on the
pay roll as a messenger. The commis
sioner protested that this was a vio
lation of Southern chivalry, this plac
ing a cultured young woman in such
a position.
At this the Senator came to his
feet, shouting "that is none of your
business," at the same time making
his way to the judge's dias, from
which the commissioner was speak
ing. As he reached the foot of the
dia?, Mr. Blease grasped 'the Sena
tor's arm and held him back, but In
proved too much for the former Gov
ernor and the assistance of several
others was necesary to hold him. At
that the Senator gained some dis
tance, until finally he was overpow
ered and retired to his seat.
After the difficulty and Senator
| Dial had taken his seat, the court
room was in an uproar. County
! Chairman D. A. G. Ouzts, who pre
sided, declared the commissioner's
,time had expired, but Mr. McMahan
desired to say something more and
he shouted for the crowd to keep
quiet. But the crowd kept up its din
and above it Mr. McMahan shouted,
"I could have hit him" ? but did not
finish his sentence when the chairman
ruled his time had expired. . J
' Fairfield Sheriff Shot by Negroes.
Columbia, August 10. ? James Mac
Fie, sheriff of Fairfield county, today
lay painfully wounded in a local hos
pital as the result of an interchange
of shots last night between officers
and four negro moonshiners about
sixteen miles south of Winnsboro.
One of the negroes, Dan Gill, 45,
was shot and killed. Later a posse
effected th^ arrest of "Eleven" Jen
kins, who is believed to have wounded
the sheriff, and Sydnor _ Booker, of
Orangeburg.? Sylvester Gill, the
fourth negro, was still at large to
night, according to word f^om Winns
boro.
Sheriff Macfie's wound was caused
by a rifle shot through the upper left
arm. The sheriff yesterday visited
a spot near the boundary line be
tween Fairfield and Richland counties,
known as Wyattstown, where he had
been notified whiskey was being
made.
He found three stills which appa
rently had been in operation a short
while before. The sheriff stated that
he decided to return after dark and
capture the moonshiners. Returning
to Winnsboro during the afternoon,
he deputized Bob and Lee Beckham,
who accompanied him on the raid,
reaching the vicinity about 11 o'clock.
As they neared the still, the moon
shiners reached for their firearms,
and a fusilade of shots passed over
head. The officers returned the fire,
one of the men at the still receiving
a charge of buckshot. It was learned
later that he had been pierced three
times through the body. Another
negro fired at the officer, sending a
bullet through his arm and took
flight.
Revival Meeting at Bethany.
A revival meeting will begin at
Bethany Baptist church, Westville,
next Sunday night at 8:00 o'clock.
The public cordially invited to attend
all of these services. Come all and
come praying for a blessing.
P. E. Blackmon, Pastor.
Warrants wre issued Saturday at
Edgefield for five white men implica
ted by a coroner's jury in. the death
of Louis Moore, a negro, who was
shot and fatally wounded, July 20,
near- Cooper Springs school house.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed bids will be received until
11 o'clock Friday morning, August
16th, 1924, by the Trustees for the
erection of Bethune High School
Building:, Bethune, S. C.
Plans and specifications on appli
cations accompanied by a deposit of
|10.00 -which will be returned on re
ceipt of plans and a bid with a cer
tifled_ check. Each bid must be ac
companied with a certified check in
the amount of $200.00 made payable
to G. E. Parrott, Chairman of Board.
A surety bead by an approved bond
ing company in the amount of 'the
contract sum will be required. ;
The Trustee* reeerre the right te
reject any or all hide. BMe to be
niMiiil IUnV +4
BYRNES AND DAVIS.
Presidential and Sanatoria I t andi
dates Sworn in S:tinc Day.
Aiken, Aug. 7.- James F. Byrnes,
who has represented the Second Con
giessional District in Congios* CTM^!
the past I I yea ft, was first sworn in 1
OJj the same,*Jtvy that John \V. Davis,
the Democratic nominei? for president
became a member of that body. Mr.
Byrnes referred to this fact, on the
occasion of the senatorial campaign
meeting held in Aiken, Jiis borne town
recently. The Democratic nominee
ami Mr, Byrnes served together in
th house, and are personal friend.i.
From reports reaching Mr, Byrnes'
headquarters* from throughout the
state, it appears that the two, Mr.
Davis and Mr. Byrnes, will, on the
4th day of next March take the oath
required of them ^o fill higher offices,
the one becoming president of the
United States and the other United
States Senator.
In offering for the Senate, Mr.
Byrnes' is merely asking promotion
at the hands of the people after' 14
years of faithful and valuable service
to the state, the nation and the Dem
ocratic party. In the lower branch
of Congress he has made an envfable
record, which for brilliancy and.|
achievement is unassailable. It
stands for itself. In a material way
lie has achieved great, big things. To
prove the truth of this assertion, only
one item need be mentioned. Initiat
ing the movement in Congress for
federal aid for roadbuilding, he se
cured the first $10,000 that came into
South Carolina for this purpose, and
since that initial appropriation, South
Carolina has received approximately
$7,800,000 from the federal govern
ment to aid in the construction of
highways in the state. In addition,
it was Mr. Byrnes who piloted
through the House the bill, enacted
in war time^, to appropriate $10,
000,000 with which to purchase ni
trate of soda to sell to the farmers
at cost.
Mr. Byrnes seeks promotion to the
senate for the reason that theriLjiis
opportunities for service will be en
larged. The senate has but 9G mem
bers, whereas there are 435 members
of the house. The senate has ex
clusive control over foreign affairs.
In the senate are many men who, like
John W. Davis, have served in the
house with him. These men have
been promoted for faithful service,
their people back home believing that
promotion should be the reward, in
politics as in ^usiness, for <>the man
who makes good on the job.
Volcano To Be Tapped for Power.
Plans are under way to make use
of the steam from nature's boiler
shop by piercing the llanks of Mount
Tatio, on the boundary between Bo
livia and Chile. Mount Tatio is a live
volcano, from whose crest rises a per
petual cloud of steam. This energy, or
some of it, will be used in making
electricity. \
A recent engineering report on the\
possibilities- of power ? generation
from the volcanic steam estimates
that not less than five hundred mil
lion kilowatt hours a year can pro
duced from this source. This means
an amount of current ^that would re
quire half a million tons 6f coal in an
ordinary steam plant, and in Chile
and Bolivia most of the coal would
have to be imported.
It is further stated that the steam
from Mount Tatio is so pure that it
can be run directly into the turbines
without the usual costly cleansing
processes.
The use of steam from volcanoes to
drive electric generators has been
introduced in Italy and in California.
In Italy thousands of horsepower are
developed in this way, and in Califor
nia steam from boiling springs has
been put to work for the same pur
pose.
(ins Tax Revenue Heavy in State.
Columbia, Aug. 10. ? Gasoline and
license taxes collected by the State
Highway Department for last month
amounted to $178,831.46, which, divid
ed into three equal shares of $59,
610.49 each, went to the State, the
highway department and the counties.
A total of $59,362.19 was distributed
to the counties, which with the bal
ance left over from June, left a bal
ance to be carried forward to Septem
ber of $379.12.
Kershaw county's share in the
amount distributed to the counties is
$1,058.48.
W. Fleet Sessoms for more than 20
years clerk of the Sampson County,
N. C., court is at liberty on $5,000
bond for his appearance at the Octo
ber term of court on the charge of
misappropriating funds intended for
pensions for Confederate veterans.
He pleaded guilty to the charge at
Clinton Tuesday.
British fountain Climbers having
failed in their effort to scale Mount
- '* A? will
DEATHS on the highway.
IV n Persons Killed in Statf During
Month of July.
A IT* VK*' percentage of 1 1*0 uutoino
bilo accidents on tlu> highways could
be avoided with a 1 ? 1 1 1 ?.? care and con
sideration, the tvporis of the stato
highway department show. The re
port for July is just issued* by the
department and shows the terrible
harvest of tragedies* from careless
ness, speeding, recklessness and
drunkenness of auto drivers.
Of the 94 accidents reported for
July, as occurring on the publie high
ways of the state 67 are due to fare
less, reckless and fast driving and the
influence of whiskey. Careless driv
ing caused of these; speeding 17;
thirteen by recklessness due to liquor,
four by dazzling headlights, eight by
absence of lights or poor lights; three
by defects in the toads and five by
defects of automobiles. This shows
that the driver, not the road or the
car, is usually to blame for motor ac
cidents and tragedies.
In the 94 accidents in July, ten per
sons were killed, i!8 were .seriously
injured and sixty-six received minor
injuries.
Twenty-seven collisions took place
between cars, one with a parked car
and ten with- other vehicles. Five were
with other objects. Thirty-three cars
were overturned, nineteen were driven
off the road, Cll wore seriously dam
aged and 36 were slightly damaged.
Nine, horse-drawn vehicles were dam
aged and two horses were killed.
One of the accidents occurred at a
railway grade crossing. Five Occurred
at public road crossings, and six at
bridges. Fifty-seven took place in
day time and IJ7 after dark. Sixty
seven were on straight roads, twenty
one on curves, sixteen on paved
roads, and 78 on unpaved roads.
Stray Wolfe, an Oklahoma Indian,
had gotten rich in oil. He bought an
expensive automobile and soon had an
accident on the public highway.
Limping, and somewhat bruised, he
came into the local salesroom, carry
ing a pocketful of money. He want
ed another car and explained the loss
of his original purchase in this way:
"Drive out big red car. Buy moon
shine. Take drink. Step on gas. Trees
and fence go by. Pretty soon big
bridge come down road. Turn out to
let bridge go by. Bang! Car gone.
Gimme 'nother."
General Butler, head of the Phila^
delphia police department, proposes
to form an infantry regiment, to be
composed of firemen and policemen of
the city and to have them properly
trained for emergencies.
United States Wants Pro-Rata Share
Washington, D. C., Aug 9. ? Pro
rata division and no priorities will be
the poliey of the United States in -the
forthcoming Paris conference to dis
cuss the allocation of reparations
payment made by Germany under
the Dawes plan, it was learned'offic
ially here today.
The government is interested in
the German payments to the extent
of $225,000,000 ? the cost of main
taining the American army of occu
pation on the Rhine ? and will insist
that the first and all subsequent pay
ments made by Berlin be divided in
such a way that the United Statqs
will receive a share on a pro-rata
basis.
Any efforts to grant priorities to
any of the allied nations will be stren
uously opposed.
Kills Himself and Woman.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 7. ? W. R. L.
Morgan, 40, of Atlanta, walked into a
downtown store here late today, shot
and fatally wounded Mrs. Fannie
Briscoe, a clerk, and sent a bullet
through his brain, dying before med
ical aid could reach him.
In one of three notes found in his
pocket directing disposition *of his
body, and property, Morgan declared
"P'annie Briscoe is the cause of it all.
I can't stand the way she has done
me."
Mrs. Briscoe, the wife of a Georgia
convict warden, was reported to have
been receiving Morgan's attentions
for several months. Recently, it was
stated, they quarrelled.
Mrs. Briscoe died in a hospital sev
eral hours later,
Hoy Drowned at Columbia.
Columbia, August. 0. Swimming
by bis muster until bis body disup<
poured under t ho surface of- the Con
garee river, a collie dog , wan picked
up by t be rescue party which rovve I
out to recover the body of Robert
Dailey, lti year old sou of Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Dailey- of Columbia, who
was drowned yesterday.
In the opinion of a physician who
was called to examine the body, death
by drowning was brought on by n
crump >" the muscles of the left leg
which prevented the hoy from swim
ming. Coroner II, Scott stated that
he considered no inquest necessary.
Young Daifc/y and a companion,
Talley lsenhour, had gone, in swim
ming at Hig Kddy, said to he an lib'
usually dangerous place in the river,
lsenhour swam across and Dailey
followed, hut was seized with crumps
when ubout half way across.
Sixteen race horses were burned to
death early Monday morning when
(ire destroyed the stables at the Hu
ron county fair grounds at Noi'walk,
Ohio.
Malaria
Leaves A
Heavy Mark
Malaria, unfortunately, dot's not end with
(ho breaking of Chills and reducing of
Fever. Kven after tho patient ia free from
actualillnoh*, the marka on bUrRyatem are
plain to aee. Vitality i* wo?k,ai>peiito |>oor,
weight fallen off, aniiits low, In ?uch con
ditions Winteramith'a Chill Tonic. a reliable
unU-nmlaria proscription is invaluable.
Wintorandth'a Cldll Tonic build* yp and
r eat or 08 what tho malarial fovor ban taken
away. It enrlche* and purities tho blood, w
aids tho appetite, tone*. up tho system,
hastens the return of health aud ntrcngth.
Taken as you feol Chills and Fever coming
on, Wintoramlth'a Chill Tonic uivoa uroiupl
and certain relief; und a Ipng siege ot Mala
ria can often be avoided. Its beneficial
offocta havo been proved in thouaamla of
casos, over yearn of continued use. At
your drug storo. Popular sine, 60c: mam
moth alio, $1. Made only by the Winter
muith Chemical Co,, luc, Louisville, Ky.
John Lueey of Northampton, Mass.,
69, personal friend of President Coo
lidge, as well as his shoemaker, in
to make tho race for a seat in tho
Massachusetts legislature.
?Adv.
Closed Car Comforts
At Open Car Cost
ESSEX Six Coach""
HUDSON Super-Six Coach
With Balloon Tires Standard Equipment
Only Hudson and Essex Have the
Coach and both are of One Quality
WHY BUY AN OPEN CAR ?
You see the Coach everywhere in increasing num
bers. Its popularity is but a forerunner of what the
future holds. For all admit the closed car will be the
only acceptable type. Buyers today must consider how
that effects resale values, when choosing between open
and closed cars. The Coach as the wanted type main
tains highest resale value against the waning desirabil -
ity of the open car.
ESSEX Six Coach $1,000 J Freight and
HUDSON Super-Six Coach $1,500 ^ Tax Extra
LITTLE MOTOR COMPANY
DISTRIBUTORS
T. LEE LITTLE, Manager
PURE PAINT will cover (hide)
and protect more surface per gallon,
because it contains 20% to 40% more
pure lead. .There is not even a sus
picion of adulterant in it. Let us
show you how little it takes to paint
your house right.
MACKEY MERCANTILE COMPANY
Again Draughon's finds it necessary to expand. The
new building, designed especially for us, and now
under construction, more than doubles our floor
space. The business men of South Carolina realize
that "Draughon Trained Is Well-Trained." Insure
" your success in the business world by arranging for
your reservation.
Write Today For Full Particular*.
Draughon's Business College
Mm?onic Te mple Block.
COLUMBIA, S. C.