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GET YOUR EXHIBIT READY FOR THE KERSHAW COUNTY FAIR?NOVEMBER 19 TO 21. ??MSamden ?????? J -ggg"L?L . 1*1 L'l'. g ????'- J1.'! .?III. mm I. """ ?!??< !? ??*? ????? ..???> mummm, i i i ? i ? in i j1 ?J ???" VOLUME XXXVI. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1924. NUMBER 31. PAKKNTS MKKTIN(; ?f Camden Cull Upon Other Towns to Dojnaiul Investigation. \ number of citizens, ' men ami women," parent? of students who have been attending Clemson College, held a meeting In the Chamber of Com merce rootfts Wednesday evening to discuss tho recent trouble at Clem si.u They wear* u11 agieoa as t<> the unfair treatment of the .student,*, and an open letter was. prepared and will be .sent to the daily press of the state if favorably reported! on by the committee appointed. The letter calls upon all citizens throughout the state who had students at the college to call upon the Governor to demand a thorough investigation of affairs at -Glemson* Th^r-letter. appcaiH below will be offered to the following pa ropts for their signature; Mr, and Mrs. J. & Montgomery, - Mr. and MfS7~W. R. DeLoache, Mrs. V. J, Lipscomb, B. B. Clarke, W. Bratton deLoach, J. B. Wallace, F. M. Wooten, and Leroy S. Davidson. Mr, J. B, Wallace acted as chairman of the meeting, with County Agent J. W. Sanders, a former Clemson man, as secretary. Senator L. 0.> Funderburk was present by invitation: To the Citizens of South Carolina: 4 In behalf of ourselves and other parents of students of Clemson Col lege, and of the students themselves, in view of the recent defection in that institution, we desire to state: First: The administration of the college has had its inning through the press of the State, and the full facts Which impelled the students in their action to obtain fair treatment and wholesome food have been large ly ignored or suppressed. We now point out that the fair character and name of our State is necessarily re flected through this large body of young men 'hailing from -all parts of our State, and in defense of that fair name we now ask for our day in the court of public opinion both with in the State and outside its borders. 2. We were willing to return our boys to the college and await an in vestigation of the* matters complain ed of, by the proper authorities hav ing confidence in their ability and de sire to promptly remedy the deplora ble conditions stated by this over whelming number of honorable young men, and receive the relief to which ~ we and they were entitled at their hands in an orderly way. Now that the Trustees have held their long ses sions which appear to have been most ly secret, and have decided that it were better to plunge the administra tion into a barrel of "PillstJOty s Best" in the hope that the public eye would not be able to sec tn rough the snow white coating, ,than to dis miss one or two individuals and award our boys the relief demanded as a ri ghtj now, that they have de cided it were better to protect one or two individuals and blast a thous and, we ask the public to hear us. 3. We call your attention to the fact that the worst feature, of the present Clemsori "fiasco' is not the students' protest, demand for ?dy and subsequent walkout, nor the unsatisfactory conditions which let up to it. r--r ? It is that, in tho face of the fact that there have been former troubles of this kind with Clemson and the further fact that no other institution of the kind in this State or the hun dreds in the United States, has had trouble of this nature and magni tude, the Clemson administration oy its action says to the world m eftec., "there was no fault with our admin istration; the trouble is due entire y to the fact that we had on our hands a body of seven or eight hundred vi cious, lawless sons of South Carolina, such as no college or university ever had to contend with?they are uncon trollable" ? . 4. They thus, in order to white wash themselves, would sacrifice t fair name and character of this and future generations of our citizens y advertising them to the world as vicious and lawless people in lar?. majority, because the outside will take this large body of young men, coming from every part ol ou State, as fairly representative of tne character of our citizens at large, this impression is permitted to stan . 5. With this view, before us, and having the fair reputation of ou State and her citizens at heart, are not disposed to allow the in - dent to be "closed" as the ^]en?. administration (and apparently press) would have it, and thereJ? call upon all citizens pf like m join us in withdrawing our 8UPP and patronage from Clemson colleg* to the end that it may be cl?se<* u - til such time as it,may be Pr?P*.r'y organized so as to insure operation on a par with the other colleges our State. - _ 6. Being aware of the ease a p - son expert in such practice and na - ing the knavery to do so, could jug r!e food-stuffs and facts so as to ef fectually deceive a committee or spector on a casual or periodical in vestigation, by keeping a smallI an< varied stock of the aforesaid * ?,s* bury'fl Best" and other high grade foods on hand for show purposes, and perhaps supply for the faculty, meanwhile, at elected pe riods, serving the mess hall wlUT in ferior "seconds" of worse, we place little weight or credence upon the re cently published reports of tw?n and investigation ?, where -*** Jwfrht of tMtlmont at.wwjw tebuK? tl? weight of Urtimony of me>H who, pljba.Se bear Ln mind, wore daily olMjeryers. Shall these young men stand before the world brooded as perjurers, in addition to suffering irreparable injtny to their education? No! A thousand times, no! ; 7. Wb call on tho Governor of the State to take such action as may bo lawful, by commission or othenyta}, to obtain a thorough probe into the mautfgoment, books, invoices ai)d all soir.il':; of supply for information bearing on cost, kind and grades of food supplied to the mess hall dur ing the past two years, also for in formation'as to the compensation al lowed the muss hall officer during the time ho has been employed, to gether with astatemeivt showing" TiT* present financial worth in money and property, showing whence it was de rtved. Also to appoint a committee of three leading citizens in each County seat of the State as soon as, possible, to take testimony under oath from all students or other per sons having knowledge of material facts of maladministration, inferior or insufficient food supplies at Clem son college during the past two months or prior thereto, luid publish the testimony so obtained in condens ed form in at least three of the lead ing daily newspapers of this State by January first 1925 or sOoner if possible. 8. The present recurrence of trou ble with Clem son, in the light of former instances of this nature there, would indicate a possibility of mis management intentionally for ulterior motives; possibly to force some finan cial move on the part of the state which would benefit certain interested individuals. We therefore call on all legislators within the state to inform themselves fully on the ^status of Clemson college and its relation to the state; to take the subject in hand energetically at -the next session of legislature and obtain such action as will protect the finances of? the state and the good name of her citizens. 9. With reference to the implied charges of lawlessness, insurrection, etc., against these young men from all parts of South Carolina, we desire in their behalf to call attention force ably to the fact that they broke n? law of this state by their action: They had a legal right to leave col lege when they found they were de nied the sympathetic, even friendly, consideration they asked for andj rightfully expected The question then became one entirely between each student and his parent or guard isria ? We ask that you bear in mind that | they acted in the self-same spirit that actuated their forefathers when they took up arms in defense of 'famous document from which the following extracts are taken: "When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one neople to dissolve the . . ? bands which have connected them with a no the ^ experience hath shown that mankind arc more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing th. forms (bonds) to which they are ac customed. But when a long Uam of abuses . . ? pursuing invariably the nbiect . . it is their right, It is their duty to throw off such gov ernment, and to provide new guards fnr their future security . ? ? This Declaration of Independence was born of the same spirit of rebel lion to oppression and Injustice w ic actuated the young men studentsi of Clemson on the unfortunate occasions To that spirit we are indebted for th.s great land of liberty of ours, and to it we nope ""We <demandUthatnan students ^ CAfpafd ZfiSZt and ?PP ies for and board and incidentals nnid for but unearned by the college. pawe submit the foregoing to your lh (EdUor's ?? Note?The' committee sSSsaws they deem necessary.J Catholic Church Services. Services at the Catholic church on Saturday, November 1st, will be at | 6:30 a. m. "Feast of All Saints." Sunday, November 2nd?Sunday j School will be at 10 a. m., mass at 11 a. m., sermon: "Is There After Death a Place or State Besides Hea ven and Hell?" All are' cordially invited to these services. Last Sunday Rev. M. J. Reddin held special services in Cheraw. High Mass was sung at 11 a. m., the choir from Sumter rendering the music. Sermons were delivered by Rev. M. J. Reddin and Rev. J. D. Quinn, of \ Sumter.' A delegation of 45 came people from Florence, Sumter, Ben nettsville and Bishopville was well represented. Several accompanied j the pastor from Camden. Seventy-four were present at a din ner at the Hotel Covington. Speeches were made by Rev. M. J. Reddin, who acted as loaatmaiter. - Rer. Qttiim, Mr. Brennrfn, Mr. Daugherty, Mr. K. Q, Whistler, Mr. McKeever, Sr., and Mr. McKeerer, Jr., Mr. Sbeheen. (Mrs. Boltman, of Sumter, spoke ia [behalf of the lady visitors; Miss Ma J ric Lynch, of Cheraw, | rmm UKl lf>l'S IN \- ,\VOR OF DhTASS I ctition of J. 1). .Munii and Others Kol'u .-<1 hy Supreme Court. (Fn-:n Wednesday's .State) Kndenvor* of Representatives J. B. ? ''?'.inn, defoaitd in the iVnuu i a!to primary, and others to exclude the 0* W. L. 1 It'l'ass, Jr., from the democratic ticket for .the house of representatives in Kershaw , county tame to nought in the handing down yesterday morning by ihe .supremo cou>t of Soutlv Carolina of an opinion lulling Mr, iDePass to be legally qualitk'd to hold the position .sought. ? The cause brought In the original jurisdiction of the supreme court by J. B. Munn, W. J. Mangum and others "a. taxpayers anil qualified electors of said county and state/ was a peti tion to enjoin the authorities of the Democratic party from placing on its ticket for the November election tho name of Mr. DePass as a candidate of the party for a seat in the house of representatives from Kershaw county, the nomination to which hu had wem in the primary. As ground for the injunction sought it was alleged that Mr. De-j Pass was not qualified to fill the office by reason of the fact that he had not paid his poll tax. "This," theJ supreme court held, however, 'does not disqualify him. ? "In the case of the state vs. Mittle, 120 S. C. pages 535 and 536, we find: " 'A qualified elector is a citizen, male or female, of the state, 21 years of age and upwards, not labbring un der the disabilities named in the con stitution and possessing the qualifica tions required by it, among which, as this court has held. . .is registra tion; so that in short a qualified elec j tor is a registered elector. . .It will be noted that the requirements for registration do not include the pay ment of taxes; that is specifically made a condition for voting. The elector is a qualified elector when he shall have registered. He, as a quali fied elector, may exercise the righ^ to vote upon compliance with the re quirement as to payment of taxes. ." /'Several other questions," an the jqourt pointed out, were raised in the returns, but these were "not necesr sary to a demonstration of the case" and "need not ?e considered." The petition for injunction was ac cordingly refused and the proceedings dismissed. The decision was unanimous. As sociate Justices R. C. Watts, T. P. Cothran and J. H. Marion concurring" in the opinion as written by Asso ciate Justice T. B. Fraser. A new trial was refused Jobe Wood convicted in Barnwell county of man slaughter and the decision of the:; lower court upheld, so making ef fective the sentence of five years im- j prisonment passed against Wood. In the appeal it was set out that the names in the "five mile or 'tales' box" having been .exhausted the cir cuit judge ordered that names for an j extra venire be drawn from the "general box." Of these jurors be yond the five mile limit several satj on the case and the jury was, it was contended, an "illegal jury" and its decision "null and void." In this contention, however, the court did not agree. "There is no showing," it pointed out, "that the appellant did not know before trial ?the facts upon which he based his ap peal. There is no showing that the appellant exhausted his challenges orl any prejudice on account of the ir-1 regularities complained of." The opinion was by Associate Justice T. B. Fraser and con curred in by Associate Justices R. C. Watts, T. P. Cothran and J. H. Marion. To Be Married at Hagood. Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Wheeler of Hagood, S. C., announce the marriage of their sister, Minna R. Wheeler, to Charles Percival Myers, j the marriage to take place Wedne3 day, November 5th. Marriage. Mr. Kager Smith, of Kershaw, and Miss Naomi Idelle Baker, of West ville, were married on Sunday morn ing last, October 26th, at the home of Probate Judge W. L. McDowell. The marriage was witnessed by sevetfll relatives and friends of the contract ing parties. Banks to ( lose. All the banks of Camden will ob serve Election Day, November 4th, a* m legal holiday. nf wyfap First National Bank nrf&oa" and Savings Bank Peoples VIEWS or i.otwi. boy ? ? , I Clemaon Senior Tells ol' Conditions; As Seen By Him. Mi. I!ilitor: Believing as 1 do thftt your paper is free and un trammeled, anil possessed of sufficient courage to hold up the white light of publicity oh facts as they are, and ngt as they should be, I desire you to publish the exact .truth as 1 know it in regard to the recent walkout of the Olemson Cadets. 1 was a member of the Senior Class composed of young men who were full blooded Americans with no Bol shevistic or radical proclivities; some of them were descendants of the signers o'f the Declaration of Inde pendence- and ~srotdteirS~H5^o~folio wed Washington and other Revolutionary leaders and made possible the exist' ence of the United States of America. Most of them had close relatives who had made the supreme sacrifice either in the War of Secession, or on the sacred fields of France, and I verily bejievc that among the members, of the class were young men of tthe same fibre as the relatives ajid an cestors alluded to. If what has been said is correct, then why an act of insubordination or rebellion? The following questions suggest the answer; what made the thirteen colonies throw off the yoko. of Britain; what,made tho people of England cut .off'.the head of Charles I ? It was tyranny. In?,the first1 instance taxation Without representation could noT be submitted to by freemen. In the second,instance the Divine Right of Kings .to rule could not be recog nized by the liberty loving people England. If tyranny existed at Clem son then the descendants of English men and Americans familiar with the history of their race c$pld not submit to it. ? fo In an institution where wrongs are committed and,no redress can be had without sacrifice, tyranny exists, and that was exactly what was thought to be the condition at Clemson. I was commandant of one of the cables in the mess hall, clothed with as little power to redress any griev ances of the young men at my table as some waxen figure adorned Mth the uniform of a Senior Cadet. At my table vile smelling stuff was served as scrambled eggs. Those eggs were So ancient, that I pointed ?out to the waiter a' young chicken, which from the nauseous odor emitted, must have been long dead before the shell was broken. Maca roni was served with worms in it and weinfe ? sausages perforated with' Tiolea, * . tv I was informed ttiat" a- like or worse condition obtained at other tables in the mess hall. I asked the head waiter for a blank that ^wsed to be furnished us to make my com plaint to the proper authority. He informed me that the institution had ceased to furnish such blanks.) I learned that verbal complaints had been made the proper authority by the Seniors which hpd been., met with the remark that if the fare did not please the cadets they Could walk out. I was then heartily in favor of the Seniors making a complaint which would be heard. We then sent the Cadet President of our class to. the proper authority for permission to meet. Permission was granted to the man who was afterwards go quickly tried and expelled and complaint was made. The officer who claims to have smelt the whiskey allowed a meeting to assemble and progress at the in stance of a cadet who he claims to have known merited expulsion (???) and the Senior Class up to this time had acted within the letter-and spirit of the law. The olfactory nerves of the Colonel seem to have been greatly invigorated when our spokesman ap proached him and for the first time! ho had been witoh us he detected, or thought he detected at about nine o'clock in the morning* the odor of whiskey on the breath of our Cadet President. In an unprecedented mari ner in regard to time as far as I know (complaint made in the morning about nine o'clock, tried about three pm. of the same day with practically no time for the defendant to prepare to meet the charge) this spokesman of ours was tried and convicted, as we thought, not so much because of the odor .on his breath, as because he had the temerity to let that breath formu late words the result of which con veyed a complaint of conditions at Clemson in the mess hpll. We knew that the word of our Cadet President had not been taken bbt his room ig nominiously searched and no whiskey found therein. We felt * that our Cadet President had thus been so quickly expelled because we had asked him to represent us in a right eous plea, and that no wrong that we might have was assured of even a hearing without condign punishment being meted out to our spokesman. Then came hasty and ill considered action in which we pledged each other to walk out if oar grievances were not corrected within a certain time. Some of us stuck to our pledges, feeling in honor bound to do so. Some of us did not get back within forty eight hours. Nearly all of us re belled, and. nearly all of us repented of our hasty action in regard to the time limit which we had given. Irre spective of what time this repentance came, or what-- obstacle# -prevented our getting back in forty-eight hours, the forty-eight hoar limit waa arbi trarily prescribed by the Board of Trustee* to determine the measure of our gVttthPTV These trustees have been so kind as to express sympathy for as aflff sympathy in their blind groping after a way t>> |>tv^r\o distiphiu> and yn Sot ?> fl< <' <"? tho management of Clemson. Thoyo have (6 bo scapo goav* ^-palliate what is pronounced an offense. . Perhaps I am not wise enough or oUl enough to understand tin- wisdom Which m'tuatod tiio August Body which made a scape goat of mo because I dfdn't get back to Clemson within l'orty.-eight hours when 1 was necessarily ignorant of any such requirement after wo had walked out. It looks to mo that if 1 rebelled from unworthy motives or Bolshevistic tendencies I. merited dis missal. That ilcmeiay might have been extended if 1 believed that tyranny existed and had .reasonable grounds for such belief. It sqems to fg prepoaToroua and ridiculous to base my dismissal on a technical time limit, but what more can be expected from a self perpetuating board hold ing for life beyond the reach of the state authorities that finds conditions as complained of by nearly all mem bers of the Senior (Mass untrue, pre sumably upon thfc testimony of mess hall employees whose jobs depended on what they said. In simple language 1 thought I was being tyrannized over and re sisted it. I pledged my fellow cadets to walk out. Some of them no, doubt depended on me to keep the faith. I felt in honor bound to do so. While I know now that I must bear the consequences of my rash act, ?yet I would not submit to what I consid ered tyranny or violate my pledge to my fellow cadets and thereby lose all self respect which I have been taught to believe is priceless. It is to be hoped that this magnifi cent school shadowed by lofty moun tains may be controlled by those who will command the confidence of the cadets, and instill into them ideals higher that the tall cliffs surrounding it, and worthy of the traditions of a state which has been the prolific Mother of statesmen, heroes and orators. T. H. Clarke. PREMIUM LISTS READY Substantial Prizes Offered Exhibitors In Kershaw County Fair. Arrangemelits have been made by the fair, committee for the exhibition of Kershaw county sheep at the fair. Pens will be provided for all sheep brought to the fair and prizes will be awarded as follows: 1st, $15.00; 2nd, $10.00; 3rd, $5.00. As a money proposition the raising of sheep can not be too strongly stressed and these prizes are offered to stimulate inter est in sheep in this county. One hundred poultry pens have been ordered for the accommodation of these exhibits at the fair, and this fc w number will be increased if found necessary. The poultry exhibit prom ises to be splendid, and all raisers are urged to arrange for their ex hibits ,at once. Mr. H. C. Singleton is chairman of this department, and he will be glad to give information j to all interested. The prizes for the pony and horse races have been doubled, namely, from $2.50 to $5.00, and -entries in all the events should be larger than last year. Mr. L. W. Boykin, Jr. will receive entries and give infor mation. The premium lists are now ready for distribution, and can be had on request at~ the ?> office of the county algent and at the chamber of com merce. The fair is only three weeks off now and it is high time that every worker should be doing his or her part. Every school in the county has been furnished with premium lists and instructions as to the school participatif>?_in the fair, and a great many schools have already started active work for their exhibits, prepar ation for the athletic events and the school parade. The fair association wishes to as sure all exhibitors that the articles exhibited will be secure as the tents will be guarded day and night, and all precautions taken to see that nothine is lost. While this has been a bad agricul tural year, and all over the county complaint is made that it will be hard to get up exhibits, there will be found plenty to make a creditable showing if everyone will help. This will be the best fair we have had and the credit for it will be due to the work of the whole county. Don't forget that the fair will not ?Be aTI work, for there will be plenty of amusements?races, midway, pic ture shows, athletic events and other diversions. Get the fair spirit now and keep it through the last day and the 1924 fair will be a Mary, MartJui and Mario*. There being many interested in the triplets who recently^lAine into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Iteftrin Truea dale it w4U b? JMgMatfag to know Um|t hare bj^n christened Mary, TWy are not BETH UNB NKWS NOTES. Happenings of Interest Ah Tu14 By Our Correspondent. Ilei hune, S.Oft. Kittle Miss Margaret Trueadell was hostess to a few of her little friends Friday af?; terijoon. After a round of games and o" contests the 1 ittU* guests vyero invited into the dining1 room whciy a caku gleaming with ten candles in a hal loWeeen setting disclosed the occa sion of the party. Lighted halloween lanterns marked the placO of oaeh.<<**y little Miss. Light refreshments were 'v served. Mrs. B. W. Best entertained the hoys and girls of her Sunday School, class of the Methodist church Friday evening* with an old fashioned candy pulling. Circle Number One of the Presby terian Church met with Mrs, II. \V. West Wednesday afternoon. After putting aside tho study books refresh ments were served. Circle Nwnbor Two was entertain ed by Miss Stella Bethune Wednesday afternoon. The meeting was a social one. The members were asked to write a wish to the Circle using the letters given in the word. Theso were read aloud and the time was spent in contests and conversation. Fruited jello and wafers were served. Harris Oliver entertained about twenty of his littlo friends Friday af ternoon celebrating his seventh birth day. The time was pleasantly spent with merry games. Just before the little guests departed ambrosia and cake were served. Mr. Lionel Best," of Sumter, spent the Week end wilh his father, Mr. B. W. Best. A holiday was given Friday in or der that the faculty and pupils might attend the State Fair. Mr. June Truesdell spent several days last week in Columbia as the guest of Mr. Aughtry McNaull. Mrs. M. O. Ward and daughters, * Misses Helen Pope and Katherine, spent several days last week with relatives in Columbia. The following attended the races * in Charlotte Saturday: Messrs. T. K. Bethune, Mayo Davis, P. M. Mays, T. M. Clyburn and Frank Lee. Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Robertson and family were the guests of Mrs. Hey ward Smith in Columbia last week. . Messrs. N. A. Bethune and G. B. King attended the fair Thursday and Friday. They^^ere the guests of Mrs. Mark Hrrnri Thursday? night. v* ?\'* Congaree Presbytery convened at the Presbyterian church here Monday evening. The opening sermon was preached by the retiring moderator, Rev. Mr. Henderson, pastor of tho Aiken churcji. Dr. Currell of Co-" lumbia was then elected moderator and Mr. Laurens Mills, of Camden, assistant clerk. On Tuesday morning Dr. Lapsley, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Columbia, de livered a forceful sermon, b&mtifiil _ in itff eloquence; after which the Lord's supper was administered. An intermission was given, when dinner was served on the church grounds. Presbytery closed during, the after noon to meet in Aiken next spring. ?number -ef? the -dylegateir~aiy/l~""" ministers remained over for the dedi cation of the new brick church. The sermon was delivered by the iiev. ... W. H. Boggs of the Arsenal Hill Presbyterian church, Columbia, who is well known and liked by all denomi nations here. Dr. Muller of Camden offered the dedicatory prayer. Lew Dcfckstader Dies. New York, Oct. 26.?Lew Dock stader, famous minstrel and black face comedian, died here today at tho home of his daughter, Mrs. Warren Palmer. Death resulted from a bone tumor in tho left leg, suffered in a fall two years ago. He was 68 years old. Confederate Commander Dead. Louisville, Oct. 27,?-Gen. William B. Haldeman, commander-in-chief of the Confederate Veterans, died late . today at a hospital at Churchill Downs, where he was taken imme diately after being stricken while watching the races. Oen. Haldeman was 78 years old and at one time part v owner of the Courier-Journal and Louisville Times. ,,Tho School Improvement Associa tion of the Mill School will give a Halloween festival at the school house Saturday evening at 6 o'clock. The ghosts, goblins and witches will be prowling around. Lucky numbers will win cakes and a beautiful baby doll. There \yill be special fortune telling and fishing. Ice cream, cold drinks, peanuts and home-made candy will be for sale. The Wateree Band will furnish music for the occasion, Fed Nile* Dead. News has been received in Camden thAt Fed JNiles, a former well known colored citizen of Camden, died in a Brooklyn, New York, hospital on Sunday, October 18th. The old negro left Camden about three yenra ago to make hi* homo with his three daugh ter* who are residing at Jamaica, Long Island.He was about seventy lyears of age and for many yearft^ife sided on the *W race track property near Camdtji. He waa a well behaved old man and had numerous friends among both racea fvho will regret to