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The Camden Chronicle
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VOLUME XXXVI. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1824. ? NUMBER 22.
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TUESDAY'S PRIMARY
Second Primary Ordered To Decide
Several Contests.
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The primary held Tuesday passed
off quietly with quite a heavy vote
polled and n great deal of interest
was manifested in all of the races.
The County Executive Committee met
Thursday: at noon and adopted the
tabulation as compiled by The Chron
icle as correct.
For clerk of Court James H. Cly
burn, for house of representatives
Mendel L. Smith, for master K, H.
Hilton, for coroner W. F. Russell, for
director of DeKalb township H. 0.
( arrison, for Buffalo township I). M.
Kirklev, for Flat Rock township
, Jesse II. Howell, for Wateree town
ship K. If. Bo wen, for magistrate l)e
Ka!b township Samuel N. Nicholson,
for Buffalo eastern J, K. Copeland,
for Flat Rock township T..C. Fletcher
ud h. P. Thompson, for Wateree
township northern C. A. Branham,
for Wateree township southern G. E.
Hinson were declared the nominees.
A second primary was ordered for
Tuesday, September 9th, when W. L.
DePass, Jr., and J. 13. Munn will run
over for the House, J. Team Gettys
and T. M. McCas'kill will make the
second race for superintendent of ed
ucation, S. H. Mickle and J). T. Yar
brough run over for road superin
tendent, in the Western part Trf~Buffa
!o a second race for magistrate will
he necessary between Paul E. Jones
and W. R. Taylor.
The usual large crowd was here
from all sections of the county to
get the returns as they came in, and
The Chronicle wants to thank the
managers and our friends for the
excellent help rendered us in compil
iik the returns. The entire county
had be6'n heard from before . ten
(?'( lock and the results known.
Kngineer Dead; Train Huns On.
Macon, Ga., August 24. ? A South
in Railway freight train ran for
three miles tonight on the main line
between Macon And Atlanta without
an engineer at the throttle.
When the fireman, Gab Adams,
negro, discovered that thb-^ engineer
was not blowing for crossings, he in
vestigated and found the engineer's
^??at vacant.
The fireman brought the train to
stop. The crew went back along
the 'railroad track three miles and
f??und the lifeless body of the en
gineer, Guy N. Hancock,, of Altanta,
? n the ground. The only injury no
?sceable was a broken leg and it is
believed that he died of heart failure
ifxl fell out of the cab while the train
was running .30 miles an hour.
Hancock was the oldest freight en
finer on the Macon- Atlanta division
' the Southern Railway.
POLO PLAYERS KNOWN HERE
World Championship Will Ih? Watched 1
By South Carolina.
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When the United States takes the
Held against Great Britain next
month for the polo championship ojf
the world, 'every member of the big
four will be an Aiken player, though
they fly the Meudowbrook colors.
4*.. Every one of the substitutes ex
cept' one, the brilliant Eric Pedley,
who is from California, is off the
Aiken field.
i One regular?ten goals, to be exact
? Tommy Hitchoek was born in
Aiken and proudly calls South Caro
lina home.
One substitute has a double claifn
011 the Palmetto state; " The dashing,
effective Karl Hopping, who has gone
forward rapidly, was for three years
captain at Camden and has also
played at Aiken.
There was one game in Aiken la**t
winter in which three of the big four
? *Milburn, Webb and Stevenson ? and
two of the American team substitutes
? Strasvbridge and East? bwere play
ing. Hitchcock was away at the time
because of an operation.
So many South Carolinians have
seen these men play that the matches
take on a very personal touch in this
section. ? F riday's State.
Man Was Hydrophobia Victim.
Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 20. ?
Dying from hydrophobia General W.
Irons, 77, escaped from a hospital
today and roamed the streets until
he was retaken by the police and re
moved to the' jail hospital. Physi
cians declared the man could not
litfe more than -18 hours and their
efforts were devoted to prevent self
injury. He was rational at times.
Irons was bitten about two months
ago by a small dog- but paid slight
attention to the scant injury. Last
week he became ill and the case was
diagnosed 41s hydrophobia.
Did Not File Pledge; Ruled Out.
. Gaffney, August 23: Refusal by
one or more of his five opponents to
sign a waiver of his failure to file the
required pledge with the clerk of
court before beginning his campaign
yesterday resulted in 'the elimination
of Richmond Stacy for the race for
the hou^e of representatives. In reply
to a message sent State Chairman
Edgar A. Brown at Barnwell, County
Chairman A. L. Hallman received the
following telegram: "No one who
fails to comply with rule 27 by filing
pledge with clerk of court by 12
o'clock noon on day before campaign"
speaking is scheduled to begin is
qualified to run in primary and have
name put on ballot. This might be
corrected if all candidates running
for same office agree in writing to
waive this; otherwise, don't put name
on ticket." The Cherokee county
campaign began last Monday. Mr.
Stacy signed the pledge before the
Clerk of Court jf- Caldwell the
following Wednesday.
TO OBSERVE SPECIAL DAY
f'
Company M of Camden Sponsors Day
of Mobilization.
Since its return from Camp John
ston at -Jacksonville old Company M
has boon busy preparing for Septem
ber 12, which the War Department
designates as a great occasion, and
will be known as a general <lay of
mobilization all over the country.
The keynote of this meeting is pre
paredness. The government wants
every man who would be ready to
enlist to be present on this day and
fall in line to show that our company
is well backed by recruits if nec
essary.
A prominent speaker whose name
will be stated later will deliver an
address and a committee of which the
mayor is to be chairman will officiate.
! Our local concert band will render
patriotic music and take a part In
the parade. Company M will be out
in full force. We want the American
Legion who once showed they were
ready to make the supreme sacrifice
to be with us and inspire those ideals
which they fostered in the most
gigantic war of all time. Many of
them were right with Company M in
those most trying 4a>'s and their
hearts could not help being with that
organization which did such, noble
lighting in northern France. The boy
scouts will also take a part in this
parade.
We want not only those who are
taking an active part in the exercises
to "be present, but men, women and
children all over Kershaw county wlio
feel the company near and dear to
you, are askbd to come out and help
.make the occasion a great success.
Bees Sting Farmer.
Chester, Nr. Y., Aug. 207? Edward
F. Green, a farmer, was in a serious
condition today from bee stings.
With his team of horses he was at
tacked by a colony of btjes when his
mowing machine struck a bqe hive.
Physicians who treated him stated
ihere was poison. enough in the man's
body to cause h i ft death, but hope whs
held out for recovery. j
A veterinary said one of the horses
had become deranged and probably
would die.' The angered bee colony
covered the body of the man with
! stings. . 1 1 I
Backed Off Hridfre.
, ??Jim White, operative in Buffalo j
mills of Union, and his daughter, 14 i
years old, and the son of Jeff Sum- J
mer, aged 15, were overturned in a !
one-horse wagon when the horse got
excited and backed off an old wooden
bridge on the Appalachian highway
a few miles beyond Buffalo Friday
morning about 10:30 o'clock. The
occupants fell to the ground just at
the water's edge on Union side. All
three are considerably bruised and
skinned up, but none are thought to
be fatally hurt.
j i w;k bowman ukad
Expired Suddenly Early Sunday
Morning at Orangeburg.
Orangeburg, Aug. -1. Hde.ton
Wesley Bowman, judge of the First
Judicial Cireuif; "died here suddenly
thjs morning about 0 o'clock at his
hojne on East* Amelia street. Judge
Bowman had not been in the best of
houlth since last. Christmas, hut hail
improved each month' and his many
friends here thought he could soon
assUme hi* duties again on the
bench.
Judge Bowtuan was born in this
county sixty-seven years ago, on Sep
tember 20, 1857, ar>d married Miss
Mary Ellen ('rum on November 11,
! 1883. His boyhood days wore spent
, on the farm, but he loved to read
! when young and early entered Wof.r
ford College, from which he was
graduated in June, 1871). lie was od
I mitted to the South Carolina bar in
! 185'2, was a member of the State
' Legislature from 18D1 to 1S5M5, mem.
| bur of the South Carolina Constitu
, tional Convention in 18'JG and author
, of the provision 'in the constitution
which prohibits divorce in South
! Carolina. Judge Bowman practiced
law in this city actively until he was
elevated to the bench in 11)13-.
Judge Bowman took an .active in- 1
terest in church affairs and was a
j man of unfailing integrity. He was
a member as well as a steward in
the Methodist Episcopal church, as
sistant superintendent of the Sunday
school and four times represented his
church as a delegate to the annual
conference of the state. He was a
member of the Business Men's Chris
tian League and had been actively
attending its meetings each day this
week and intended being present this
morning. He was u past worshipful
master of Shibboleth ?odge A. F. M.,
a member of the Woodmen of World
and at college was a member of the
Chi Phi fraternity.
The death of Judge Bowman has
? cast a sad feeling over this city, as
he* was a friend to everybody and c
man that always stood for that which
was for the best interests of his peo- i
pie. |
Judge Bowman is survived by his
wife and the following children: John
YV. Bowman, of La Feria, Texas:
Mrs. C. T. Easterling, of Cope; Mrs*
\V. -C. Terry,-of Hamlet, N. C.; Ham
mond C. Bowman, of Charleston;
Orin and Reddick Bowman and the
Mjsses Lois May and Elizabeth Bow
man, all of this city. Two brothers,
John S. Bowman arui George R. Bow
nuwi, of this city, and a sister, Mrs.
B. S. ('rum, of Rovvesville, also sur
vive.
The Post Office department has"
equipped more than five thousand
rViail clerks with gas masks supplied
by the army's chemical warfare ser
vice because of the recent mail-car
robberies in which bombs of poison
gas were used to force the guards to
desert their posts.
Official Tabulation For County
Officers in Tuesday's Primary Election
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SCHOOL DAYS NBA K.
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list (?t Hooks to hj? I '.sod in Camden,
Graded Schools.
Patrons of school district number
one hiv ivmimled that the schools'
will open on Thursday, September l,j
nt nine o'clock in tho morning. Ex- j
ereises will bo held in the auditorium
of tho grammar school after which
a full days work will be done. All
pupils #re expected to conic to school
with a supply of books, the names of
which arc being published. A day
missed at tho beginning will be count
ed just as any day's absence during
the year, ami each absent pupil will
be held responsible enrolling late for.
tho day or days he misses.
. Examinations throughout all grades
from the second through the eleventh
will be given to all pupils who were
promoted on trial unless such pupils
attended the summer session under |
our regular teachers and passed on
the work taken. All pupils who wore]
promoted on condition and who did
not attend the summer session must
pass a satisfactory examination on
subjects failed on before they can
enter the grade above. These exami
nations will be given Thursday; Sep
tember 1th only.
Below is published the three curric
ula open to the students of the high
school. Each pupil entering the
eighth grade must select a course to
be carried on through the high school.
Any one expecting to enter college
after graduation from high school
is advised to select the College' Pre
paratory Course. Those who would
enter college and are sure they do not
wish an A. B. degree may solect the
General Course. The General With '
Voeationals Course is placed in the
high school primarily for those pupils
who do not intend taking a higher
education, though graduates in this
course can enter certain colleges
which teach vocational subjects.
College Preparatory ? Eighth grade
? ? English, Algebra, Latin, and Goner- j
a I Science. Ninth grade ? English,
Algebra, Latin and Biology. Tenth
grade ? English, French, Geometry,
and Latin. Eleventh grade ? English,
French, History, Physics, or Latin.
General. ? Eighth grade ? English.
Algebra, History and General Sci
ence. Ninth grade ? English, Alge
bra, History, and Biology. Tenth
grade ? English, French, Geometry,
and Chemistry. Eleventh grade
English, French, History and Physics
or Geometry.
Vocational ? Eighth
Arithmetic ''2 year, (last half).
Cooking and Sewing, (Girls) and
Book-keeping (Boys). Ninth grade ?
! English, Algebra, Hist., Biol., Cook'
[ ing and Sewing. (Girls) Tenth grade:
English, French, Geometry and Chem
istry. Eleventh grade ? English,
French, History and Physic's.
Students desirnig aid in selecting |
vc.ourse and subjects may call the
superintendent on phone 2 for an i
appointment. Office hours at the
grarfiniar -school building are from j
9:00 a. m. to 10:00 and 3:00 p. m. to j
5:00 p. m. The superintendent will ?
be glad to help you in this matter. ' '
Do not buy books for use in the!
high school until you are absolutely j
sure of your course.
Algebra, year,
The following is a list of texts to
be used in the Camden ihgh School
for the year l'J24-25.
In selecting text books be sure that
you know what course of study you
will pursue. Texts that are used in
one course are sometimes different
from those used in another. All
pupils must take four subjects. By
special permission a pupil may take
five.
* ( From grade 1 through grade ?
the list of books to be used is the
same as those used by the Charlotte
Thompson school to be found in an
olher place in this paper.)
Eighth Grade ? Ward's Sentence
and Theme, Punctuation Leaves;
West's Ancient World, West's Short
History of Karly Peoples, Wells' Al
gebra for Secondary Schools, Part 1;
Caldwell & Eikenberry's Elements of
General Science Revised, Smith's Ele
mentary Latin, Greer's School ? and
Home Cooking.
Ninth Grade ? Ward's Sentence and
Theme, Ix*wis & Hosic's Practical
English for High Schools, West's
Modern World (With West's War and
The New Age free), Wells' Algebra
for Secondary Schools, Part 1; Small
wood, Beverly and Bailey's Biology
for High Schools, Smith's Elementary
Latin, Bennett's Caesar's Gallic War,
Greer's School and Home Cooking.
Tenth Grades-Lewis A Hosic's
Practical English, Wells' Plane!
Geometry, Black & Conant's Practi
cal Chemistry, Bennett's Caesar's
Q*J He War, Chardenal, Complete
French Course.
Eleventh Grade ? Ward's Theme
Building, Wells' Solid Geometry,
Black & "Davis' Practical Physics and
La bora t o r jr ?- Manual, - _ Bennett's
Cicero's Orations, New Latin Co?po- j
sttion, Stspheroott's Antrksn^ Hist- 1
HI KASK/ AM) BYRNES
To Make Second Kaco Opnden Man
Klccted Comptroller Uenortfl.
(From Thursday's State)
The tabulation of belated returns
from Tuesdays primary brought no
signitleant ehanges in tho relative
standing of randidates for nomina
tions to the major offices and James
F. Hyrnes of Aiken and C. L, Hloase
of Columbia will accordingly bo pitted <
against each other in tho run off in
the senatorial eontest.
The total vote counted mounted
this morning to 78,(502 with 1,180 of
the 1,354 boxes in tho state reported.
There remain unaccounted for, ac
j cording to estimates, hurdly more
than . I ft, 000 votes, and their tabula
tion will have little, if any, efVect
upon the day's races.
Blease continues to load in the sen
atorial race by a margin of approxi
mately 14,000 votes over Byrnes, his
.nearest opponent, who in turn tops
Senator Nat B. Dial of Laurens by
near 20,000 votes!
The standing of the four candidates
with onlv 168 boxes missing showed:
Blease, 74,152; Byrnes, 60,2?0; Dial,
31), 929, and John .1. MeMahan of Co
lumbia, 4,271','
Thomas (i. McLeod of Bishopville,
in like manner, tightened his hold on
the nomination for governor, the final
eoupt giving him a total of 107,071
votes to OS, 327 for his opponent, John
T. Duncan of Columbia.
Second primaries, to Ik- held Sep
tember 0, will be necessary to name
nominees for attorney general and
^commissioner of agriculture, all other
races for state office having, however,
apparently been decided in Tuesday's
balloting.
For attorney general, John M. Dan
iel of Greenville, at present assistant
attorney general, topped the ticket
with 76,432 votes; J. Monroe Spears
I of Darlington, for many , years a
I solicitor, being second' with 67,505
I votes-, and D. McK. .Winter of Col urn -
I bia third with 28,229. Mr. Daniel and
I Mr. Spears will make the second race.
B. Harris, incumbent, led in the
race for nomination as commissioner
of agriculture, commerce and indus
tries with a vote of 75,223. James
W. Shealy of Richland county, who
will oppose Mr. Harris in the second
race, was second with 50,271 votes
and 10. W. Dabhs of Mayesville third
with 43,374.
YV. V. Black well of Columbia, secre
tary. of state, has a lead of near 10,
000 vote? over his two opponents in
the first primary. The vote stood:
Black well, 95,081; James Cansler of
Columbia, 30,703, and C. C. Brown of
Spartanburg, 30,178.
S. T. Carter of Columbia, seeking:
renomination as state treasurer,
topped his opponent and was an easy
victor, as was also Robert K. Craig;
of Columbia, candidate for renomina
tion as adjutant general. A. J. Beattio
of Camden won the nomination for
comptroller general, defeating VV. C.
Sutherland of Columbia, chief clerk
in the comptroller general's office.
The vote in these several races
stood this morning at:
For treasurer: S. T. Carter of Co
lumbia, 129,498, and Warren . I .
Scruggs of Columbia, 12,258.
For adjutant general: Robert E. ?
Craig of Columbia, 117, <>81. and John
I). Frost of Spartanburg, 59,758.
For comptroller general: A. J.
Beattie of Camden, 96,591 , and W. V.
Sutherland of Columbia, 77,129.
For congress from the Second dis
trict B. B. Hare and R. L. CJunter
will enter a second race, it was indi
cated with only four small boxes
missing.
W. Turner Logan of Charleston in
the First district will also be forced
to make a second race pitted against
Thomas S. McMillan, also of Charles
ton.
All representatives contesting in
congressional races were victorious in
the first primary.
Death of Former Citizen.
James Doak, native of Scotland
hut for fifteen years past a well
known plumbing contractor of this
city, died early Thursday morning at
i his home 22 Grove street, after a
i
long illness.
Mr. Doak was 11 years of age. He
| is survived by his wife.
J lie was a member of the First
I Presbyterian church of this city.
Funeral services were held at 5
o'clock Friday afternoon from the
chapel of James F. Mackey and Sons,
East Washington street, the inter
ment following in Springwood ceme
tery. ? Friday's Greenville News.
Mr. Doak formerly resided in Cam
den for a good many years where ho
vtas employed in the plumbing busi
ness. He will be remembered by a
good many citizens.
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