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The Camden Chronicle CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 1924. NUMBER 23 THE NKW MASTER . ? < American Legion Pays Tribute to Richmond llobson Hilton. 4 Under tfife caption, "Hilton Fol lows Through/' The American Legion Weekly pays tribute to the record of Richmond Hobson Hilton of Camden, in un article in the issue'of the past week. The article follows: If Father Time had been the top .sergeant of any company in the A, K. F., he would have enjoyed the job of calling the roll and hearing his outfit run the scale of the ages as they answered "yo" and "here." Downy-faced boys scarcely old enough to need the regulation army safety-razor competed with leathery old timers in almost every outfit try. ?ng to win company honors for the hardest boiled rumble or bark echoing ihe top kick's diaposon of the A's to the Z's. And a checkup of birthdays of those between the Adamses and the Zlzeiskys would have revealed a very high percentage of able-bodied lighting men who had never made a crossmark on a ballot because the vote does not come before the age r.f Richard Hobson Hilton never had cast a ballot but on October G, 1913, n the shell-wrecked town of Bran court up beyond St. Quentin he cast bullets from an automatic pistol with Mich precision that he won an ever lasting place in the annals of his country and the highest decoration which is given an American for brav ery in battle. But at the end of his j heroic exploit a bursting shell shat tered his left hand and unpremed itatedly made a lawyer of him. \ Early in this summer of 1924 Rich ..rd Hobson Hilton wearing cap arid town, marched down an aisle, and *ith (lie lone hand which the war had left him received his diploma, the re ward of three years of hard work in Hit- law school of the University of South Carolina. With head erect, Hilton walked] f !owlv back to his seat. Though many in the audience that filled the University chapel did not realize it, the diploma that he held in his hand w,> more than a reward for Hilton's i >vn scholarship. It was also the symbol of the successful striving vvhuh /has enabled thousands of World War soldiers to make up war years in schools and colleges ? the thousands who quit classrooms! serve their country and came back '?? school handicapped by disabilities . !' battle or disease. I'erhaps as he sat waiting for his '.ame to be called so that he might come forward for his diploma. Hilton ived over again the events of that '.lay in October of 1918. Some one .< !>e has told the story of that day ^ the General Orders of the War department. There it is recorded as 'ollows: "Award of Medal of, Honor: Rich ! d Hobson Hilton, Sergeant, Com i any M, J 18th Infantry, JJOth Divi -ion. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call f duty in action with the enemy at Hrancourt, France, October 11, 191S. ?Vhile Sergeant Hilton's company wasj advancing through the village of Brancourt it was held up by intense ?-Tililading fire fmtn a machine gun. Hiscovering that this fire came from a machine gun nest among shell holes the edge of the town, Sergeant Hilton, accompanied by a few other oldiers, but w?U in advance of them, pressed on toward this position, firing With his liflle until his ammunition a as exhausted, and then with his ! ?-tol killing six of the enemy and apturing ten. In the course of this ? aring exploit he received a wound !"<>m a bursting shell which resulted thr loss of his arm." Ihis was the deed of a boy who only 17 years old when he put 1'neie Sam's uniform. Hilton, orn at Westville, South --Carolina, 'id the tenth of a family of 12 chTl ? r. , had abandoned the schoolroom ?vrvc with the South Carolina ? ?;<-nnl (iuard nn the Mexican Bor Ife .six months on the a ? d returned to his homj. ? H S iiitul 1'ltJ W ii S Oti .ri ? ? ? ? . 1 { i ^ guhi ?! o~?rnpnny . MwiUtli Carolina, became - 1 r f t^c llbth Infantry of the ' h Division. and Hilton, seasoned ?' his training on the hnrwr, found ' -elf at the age of 1? rated as an i timer among the hn*t* of ttewly ?fruited men awaiting their tuin to ) to France. 4 Fvt nine months lltitpn stayed at ' *mp Sevier ?? an instructor on to ? ?file range and i? the bayonet school. BYRNES' MANAGER CONFIDENT Lever Expects Voters to Turn Out and Bring Another Victory. "It is interesting to note that Mi. Blease is further from a majority of the votes in the first primary in this, the senatorial race, than he has ever been in the innumerable contests he has made in the past, except for- the two terms when he was elected gov ernor," says A. F. Lever, who is campaign manager for James F. Byrnes, in a statement issued from Columbia. It is Mr. Lever's opinion that vic tory for Mr. Byrnes depends only up on the people turning out to vote in the second primary next Tuesday. "To my mind," he says, "it is only a question of the voters coming out and votings It is a fight easily won if our people fight." .Mr. Lever has found developments iiin'ce the first primary vory encourag ing. The Byrnes headquarters have been in close touch with every section of the state. "Tfte -people- throughout the? state are becoming thoroughly aroused to their duty and responsibility," Mr. Lever continues. "It is my belief that a large majority of the voters of the other candidates in the first primary will be in the Byrnes column. It is extremely gratifying to find that the people of the state are generally thoroughly alert and alive to the situ ation, and are lining up for the second primary as they have done many times in the past." Catholic Church Servi.ce*. Services at the Catholic church on Sunday, September 7th, will be 7 a.m. Sermon on "The Faith of the Lepers." The public is cordially invited to at tend. a time when the United States was rushing- two divisions to help the sad ly depleted British forces on the old battle fronts of the Somme, Hilton was ready for the work to be done. Hardly more than a year before he had been studying geography and al gebra and physics, and now, a grad uate in the science of warfare, he wa$ to fight through three other engage ments before the B rancour t affair. It is typical of Hilton that after capturing a machine gun nest al most single-handed and with his left hand hanging in shreds he did not allow himself to be marked a casualty until, four hours later, he had per sonally delivered his ten prisoners to the clearing station. Then they had to carry him to the dressing station, where the medical officers amputated i his shattered forearm. After spending a week in a British American hospital at Rouen, , other weeks in hospitals at Portsmouth, England, Staten Island, New York City, and Fort McPhefson, Georgia, Hilton obtained his discharge papers March 21, 1919. Five years have elapsed since that day and they have been years of unremitting study for Hilton. In the autumn of l'Jl'J he began his battle to come back at a preparatory school at Oak Ridge, North Carolina, under the auspices of the vocational train ing agency of the government. In 1920 he entered the 'academic school of the University of South Carolina, and in the following year began the law coui -e which ho completed a few "months ago. He married during the second year of hi^ law course. Hilton was a member of the first class to complete the three year course in latf at the University, and up<?n graduation was admitted to the bar without having to taHe the state bar examination. Foi the three years in the law school, he made an aver age grade in all subjects of <*>5, a t?-n point margin above the average. , He developed unusual ability in de bating and was a leader in one <>; the school'* literary fo^ic'tie*. TV... -t,,rv that here written l.1 ri a <;,,ry tha* might be wri: u-m. wit h % ai ...ti . f man. * h >u? nr'!" of ? h ? - V'H'iK"! i j ; ? ? ? > w!.-i -i-rve j ? ' ? - . .tin-. ' ' i \ n .. . ^ . . ... j r V? >h:.' ? l-???ry has f b t. . ?? v. ii.? h-.r.l Hi.bson j IS i ? - "l ot'.oi- who have j ,u iLl: ?. lv. sacrificed for thpir mun ry a n . *.v appreciation of th" .^LuJy and hard work. In communities throughout the country these men, overcoming the bandicAp of belated Starts in the com petitive everyday world, aro hcadmjr toward leadership and conspicuous BI.KASKS FORMER RACKS Record ot Contests Often Cited in OiscuKHiunH. Analyses of tesult.s of stut?* voices in which former Gov?rno? Cole L. Blease has figured in times past are being made on all sides in view .of the approaching, second primary be tween Mr. Rlease and Congressman James F. Byrnes for the junior] United States senatorship of South Carolina. Mr, Byrnes has been in congress fourteen years but has never before been a candidate in a state-wide contest. Mr. Rlease has been a can didate several times. The votes each contestant received and the totAl votes cast in each contest in 1910 and since that time, follow: Governor, 1916 ? First primary: HI ease, .63,679; Manning, 10,013; Cooper, 30,690. Total, 134,388. Second primary: Manning, 71,456; BleuM\ <50,791. Total 138,260. Senate, 1918 ? Dial, 65,064; Rlease, 40,450; Rice, 5,317. Governor, 1922 ? - First primary: Rlease, 76,855; Cantey, 1,509; Cole man, 3,822; Duncan, 1.810; Laney, 22,988; 'Mcl.eod, 65,928. Total, 172, ? 912. Second primary: Rlease, 86,591; Mi l.eod, 99,049. Total. 186,240. Senate, 1924 ? First primary: Rlease, 83,738; Byrnes, 07,727; Dial, 44.425; McMahan, 4,530. Total, 200, 420. Votes by Races. United States senator: Cole L. Blease, of Columbia, 83,738; .J. F. Byrnes, of" Aiken, 07,727; N. B. Dial, of Lagrens, 4 1,-125, and .John J. 11c Mahan,. of Columbia, 1,530. Blea.se and Byrnes were declared in the second race as neither had a majority. Total .vote, 200,847. Governor: Thomas G. McLeod, of Bishopville, incumbent, 125,364, and John T. Duncan, of Columbia, 78,043. Governor McLeod was declared nomi nated for a seCtmd term. Total vote 203,007. Lieutenant governor, E. B. .lack son, incumbent, unopposed, 202,000. Secretary of Mtate, W. P. Black well, of Columbia, 108,043; C. C. Brown, of Spartanburg, 45,400, and .la UK's Cansler, of Columbia, 47,000. Mr. Blackwell was declared the nom inee. Attorney general, John Al. Daniel, of Greenville, 88,035; J. Monroe Spears?, of Darlington'# 83,250, and D. McK. Winter," o"f Columbia, 33,202. Daniel and Spears wit re declared eligible for the run. off. Comptroller general, A. J. Beat tie, of Camden, 110,407 and W. V. Suther land, of Colupibia, 87,821. Mr. Beattie was declared nominated. State treasurer, S. T. Carter, of Columbia, incumbent, 148,778, and W. J. Scruggs, also of Columbia, 40, * 400. Mr. farter was declared nomi nated. Superintendent of education, J. H. Hope, of Columbia, unopposed, 203, 355. Adjutant general, Robert E. Craig, of Columbia, incumbent, 136,279, and John 1>. Frost, of Spartanburg, 07, 141. General Craig was declared the nominee. Commissioner of agriculture, com merce and industries, E. W. Dabbs, of Mayesville, 50,270; B. Harris, in cumbent, of Columbia, 86,060, and ?J. \V. Shealy, of Lexington, 60,260. Han is :iud Shealy were lined up for the run off. Mr. Arm-It Joins DuBose Company. Mr. \. < Arnett, well known citizen of Camden, has purchased an inteie.-t m the real estate and in surance firm of C. P. DuBose d: Com* pan\. and is now actively engaged in th<* selling of real estate and in >urance. Thi> cumpany has an ad vcr? i^rmcpf in 'hi* of The ( h roni< le. ;i < i rt-t'. U-Jlmg. ' n. i> men r.a\ e : ;"r..m tit-.. .? mimI ramp on ti i' ?-dg?* of t h '? ll'-rmi'ai,'!1 Mill pond. I f-y sp'-Ji* 2s ? that is I h ? ? v \%' i:t i . a t;> ... 'or bu.<in ?s i - ? .,?? ? *V- part. :.nd . .. x" r.i u.^'A il i i . to. ???,.. * ,i . . (in a.-M-jr' >,i the ?? > ' '? ?? i 'kh: f.i;r?c v.- a ; ? ' r. f 'r, t ?f' >?( : h- p?rty, ar.d '??.?! *hry r.v.:gh! ' ? <'? Tish. pound?. Seven hundred hnd sixty Weals were served to the camper1-' and their visitors ujring the 28 days. There were ten in tho party including C. II. Yates, Harrington .Yates. W. O. Hay. D. Wllliarot, 'M. H Hey man, L T. Mill*, J. LAarens Mill*, George McCutchectx, Jsrmn R, ? I BYRNES GRATEFUL FOR VOTK Expresses Gratitude (or Confidence Shown in Him by People. ( (Thursday's State) Grateful for the "splendid" vote accorded him in the first primary Representative James F. Byrnes, of Aiken, yesterday turned to the task of working Out for himself victory in the second primary and so nomi nation and election to the Unttyl States senate. "I ask the privilege of expressing my gratitude for the splendid vote I received in the primary Tuesday," My. Byrnes said in a statement is sued from his headquarters in Co i lumbia yesterday aftornoon.- "The confidence shown in me by the peo ple of the state is very gratifying and espec ially - so is the evidence of 'renewed confidence as shown by the people of the nine counties compris ing the second congressional district, which 1 have represented in Congress for the past 1 1 years, who gave me a ! majority of approximately 1,500 votes over my three opponents." Mr. Byrnes at his headquarteis yesterday was literally beseiged with telegrams and telephone messages of congratulation and many others, among them calls from divers prom inent supporters of Senator Nat. B, Dial in the first primary, telling him i of efforts in his behalf for the second primary." Mr. Byrnes will remain in Colum bia a short while and leave soon for tjhe Piedmont, which will be the scene of his greatest endeavor between primaries. With him in Columbia is Mrs. Byrnes, who accompanied h" r husband in the campaign tour of the state. The two traveled in their automobile, Mrs. Byrnes doing the greater part of the driving. The ex perience, she says, has taught her the geography of the state, if not . its politics. To Open New Pharmacy.. The DeKalb Pharmacy will hi' the name of a new drug store to bo opened about- the middle of Septem ber in the Dibble building on the corner of Broad and DeKalb streets. An entire new equipment of show cases, fixtures and stork toave been ordered and as soon as received and placed in position the store will be ready for occupancy. Mr. James D. Zemp, a registered pharmacist, will have charge and he will specialize in drugs, sundries and stationery. There will be no soda fount in connection. He will have Mr. Alva Rush as a member of the sales force. . The new store will be a branch of the Zemp & DePass company "and is located in the heart of the business section. Mr. Hough Loses His Dog. "Snowball," the jet black, shaggy haired dog belonging to Mr. J. A. Hough of the Bell Telephone Co., of this c ity was lost' Monday 'night and Mr. Hough is very anxious to know of his whereabouts. It is a very valu able dog ? a water spaniel ? and has helped Mr. Hough bag many a wild turkey in the swamps around here. "Snowball" was a privileged charac ter and has caused many a town and county person to walk around him while he slept peacefully on the cor ner of Broad and DeKalb street near the Crocker building. He also caused the paving folks lots of trouble by tracking up the paving before it "set." .Mr. Hough had been on the West Wateree side of the county on line repair work, and in returning to Cam den In* stopped to pay toll fare at the bridge and it is thought the dog jumped on the running board of an other car and was carried towards < olumbia. Hi* offers a substantial reward t?> the finder. To Our Subscribers. We will revise our subscrip' ion h-t | next week and jf you r label shows j that your subscription expires in August your name will ho taken from! the li- . Look at your label and send i u s a i < m ';i n <? if you: subscription i ha - c i :,<?<! that y<ju will not i ? r.-xt of the paper. .New Kertor t<# J'arif*h. .. J. tit-j*. i J : *i;. .-./iU , 1'j! I"t'; ... !>-i? k, b it y. h#> wa?? recently < .'i I ? ? ? 1 ?'i : - i ^ '?! .re Ilpiscop.i! ??h-j-i h :* 'h.- city, ws;l begin h.'s p.i-t'.ratc here a:th the. day morTijf, September' 7th, t at 11 ! oVWIc. Farmer Senator Hoke Smith of] Georgia, aged 69, married Mis# Mjtzla Cr* wford, 2X, hi? former ?MT?uury, at Jpelham Manor, N\ Y.t Wednesday ifltfttjcn, FREE MOTION PICTl KKS To Ho Shown by riiited States l>e partment of Agriculture., The Chronicle has been requested to announce that free motion pictures and sljdes will Ih> put on at various places throughout the county begin ning Friday, September [>. The pro gram will consist of educational films furnished by the United States Department of Agriculture entitled "Layers and Liars," "Culling the Farm Flock," and lantern slides known as "Green Manures for the South." The dates are given below: Lugoff School, Friday, September 5, S p.m.; Bethune, town hall, Satur day, September (>, N p.m.; Kershaw, Monday, September 8, S p. m.; Tim rod School, Tuesday, September (J, 8 p.m.; Charlotte Thompson, Wednes day, September 10, 8 p.m.; Liberty Hill, Thursday, September 11, 8 p.m.; Antioch "School, Friday, September 12, 8 p,m.; Ulaney School, Saturday, September 13, at 8 p.m. SNAKE STOHIKS Klloree Mhii Wakes To Find Strange Iledfello w. A most unusual und disquieting, if Jpbt terrifying experience was recent ly had by Bernice Kickenbaeker, in dustrious and hard working young countryman who lives with his father, Sidney Kickenbaeker, some few miles from Elloree. In the early hours of the morning, so the story goes, as young Kickenbaeker was sweetly snoozing in an upstairs room in his home and dreaming of love and the capricious antics of Wan Cupid and his inroads upon his willing heart, no doubt at that very moment feeling the piercing of the darts from the arrows of the god of love, he felt something soft inclosing his feet and lower limbs. At first the young dreamer paid but little attention to j the soft embraces but these eontinu I irig and tending in rapid strides J toward the upper parts of his body, he suddenly aroused himself from his dreams and love making and, jump ' ing up hastily, made a light, when he discovered, to his utter amazement and terrible shock, that a huge snake had coiled itself around his lower limbs and* was rapidly making its ex cursions upwards. The screams of the young man and his announcement of the unwelcome and beastly in truder's presence and trespassing were more like a fire alarm than any thing else and aroused in sudden fright the entire household and many nearby neighbors. His father soon reached the scene of the distressing disturbance and with a well directed blow from his club dispatched the reptile?, known as a rat or chicken snake. Young Kickenbaeker solemn ly declares that he never wants a repitition of that night's experience. As Leland Alexander, a negro liv ing on the farm of DeWitt Hoggs, reached out to grasp a nice cool buck et of water which lie was drawing from the well a few days ago a hi;,' moccasin snake struck his hand and caused a very painful gash. The snake was securely coiled about I lie chain and apparently was ti>iiiK make his escape to mother earth '3 Surface once more. Needless to say both the snake and the bin k< : of water made a quick descent to tin bottom of the well. The man was quickly given medical attention and is not suffering very much from the bite. Mr. / . I). Chamber?, who i.\< - :it N 2-1 Center street, Charle-- ton. was horrified when he gazed from hi window late Tuesday afternoon and saw a huge diamond-back -rattlesnake crawling across the vrrv spot where his fittle baby tfirls had only a few seconds before been play.nk. A:med w.th his wife's icepick. Mr. 1 .'.amber* mi bed into the yard .: vme !?> s> e 1.1.1- > eak' di'-apiH :?i jf'ii o'-i 1'. .ir?.\e th<- pi< k thro iiT, * ' < ? ?n.'. *h'J? jArr'.'.-.t r m ?- ' ? . -und ? ?Tt: "i r -1 T - ? wi-r f.V.ut thr . quirm:r.;r vp*. ? ? . . M \ dr. W ?? >pen und k>!!"d it u.ih 1 re- >1 a neighbor. Th' W m/:'J ^e p a' m..e ..2 hi- fhildr.T. measured ?"> feet ?"> inches heud 'lull and U rattles and a bu'lon. Several hour* after Hiiake had been killed, weird and unnatural movement" were noticed About it* middle and when it* was cut Open, ftve little frogs jumped out of Tiko Jonah from tht (av?dou9 whale, and ioyfnUy hopped tn i him Another day. BKTHl/NN NEWS NOTES, i ' llttppritinK" <>f Intercut As Told By Our CorrcMpondrnt. Bcthune, Sept. 3. Miss Kathleen M?Oa?kill gave a swimming party at. Big' Springs Saturday evening com plimenting her house guests, Misses Golden Brooks and Mary MeNaull, of Columbia. Prof. O. H. Bell has returned with his family to resume his work as superintendent of the Bethuno high school which will open Monday, Sep tember 8th. Messrs, .luck Smith and Emmitt Jones left Monday morning for Clem son College. '"Miss Chappel, of Newberry, is th? guest of hor uncle, Mr. 11. W. Hearon. Miss Berlie Outlaw left Wednesday for Campobello where she will teach. Mrs. H. C. Wull of Anderson is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. o. Ward. Mr. Klynn Kelly and family who have been spending the summer "with Kelly's parents in Koan Mountain. Tenn., returned Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. W. T. Oliver and daughter, of Quitman, (in., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Oliver. Kev. M. B. Ciunter, pastor of tl\e Baptist chureh is being assited in a series Of meetings by Kev. Mr. Sims, of Liberty. Mr. Basil Bruce of Camden arrived Monday morning to take up his duties here as cotton buyer. Miss Nacny Best is visiting Miss Gladys Tisdale in Bishopville. Mr. and Mrs. I,.wC. Martin of An derson returned Monday after spend ing several /lays as the guests of Mi. and Mrs. J. A. Smith. Mamie, the four, year oJd daughter of Mrs. .John Steen, died last Wed nesday after a brief illness of dip theria. The father of this child was killed in an automobile accident near Camden last fall, leaving the widow and three children. Funeral services were held Thursday morning, con ducted by Hev. M. H. Ounter. ?Meeting Closes Sunday Night. The Browning campaign will come to a close Sunday with the evening services. There will be three services on Sunday at eleven in the morning, 3:30 in the afternoon and at fight in the evening. The churches of Camden have agreed to unite witji Mr: Browning at the eleven o'clock hour on Sunday and it is expected the big tent will be well filled. The attendance for the past week has been all that could be expected and the meeting has grown in interest. Just three more days remain of the services ai\d it is expected large crowds will attend the remainder o? the meetings. An especial invitation is extended to county people and also to the neighboring towns. Our people will regret to see these great workers leave here for they have accomplished gicjit good by their meeting. Han Narrow Kscape. I Jot- Ik Hill, Aug1. .'10. ? ("apt. KlliotL .Springs, cotton mill owner of Fort Mill. who maintains several airplanes at his horn*', recently escaped i serious accident when hi< plane i:> said to have caught tire as he dropped fiK.n t he sky to his landing field. He v, as able to perfect the landing and smother the blaze before great damage was done to the plane, how e\ ?? r. *' ? Cotton Being (iinned. '1'he Southern Cotton Oil company'-' gmnrry is busy now with the new crop of cotton. I'p to noon Thurs day th?*> had ginned 122 bales: The tir.-.t bale brought here was on August 2-5rd by M*r. George Bell, of Weftt Waterec. It \va- one week later than the tii>t bale ginned la?t year by Mr. N'l d I 'ea ri c. ('otton wan quoted on the local maikft Thursday at 2 1 1-2 cents, wjtn quite a good bit of it being sold. TO M AN A ( . K K S OF KITXTIO.N The second primary uill Ih? held in* \ t I u!'sda3 and The ChronicKt i-. airam a-kincr the managers to heln u? in getting a quick count of the \ i( to this office. We will agai.i tabulate the returns and ?hotv the figure- ,n front ol I he Chronicle office. to which l he pah be i- cordial J e in. i* ed to see. \\r \*dl ha*. e to ask, howc\fr. that thov(> nj.t helping, com Pile the ret writ* r?ffrt?n I r??m ( ttwinj; into the hack part of the office for it hinder* the wo rk ot tahulatiu'^. It i* our in4ent??'?? fo ha*e a printed bulletin carrying the complete fe furn.H a few minutes after the retfuti f* knr>*n whieh will he distributed to the crou d Tuesday evening. The - manager* ean he of jrrett help ? U lh*y will -m hrim4t 4*+ ? r*furn? in m #HMieMHsiely attar ih& g