The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 23, 1926, Image 2
1,000 STEVKN80NS,
Hon. W, V. Stevenson, from the
fifth South Carolnia district, has ho
far kept quiet on the question of Andrew
Jackson's birthplace and Congressman
Hammer, of North Carolina
is resting easily on his laurels. Hut
Congressman Stevenson has been engaged
in literary pursuit of another
kind, for he has just published a book
of 1,000 Stevensons all descendants of
William Stevenson, who came from
Antrim county, Ireland, to Pennsylvania
in 1748, migrating thence to
Iredell county, North Carolina, in
1762. Adlai E. Stevenson's name is
among the number and there is inclusion
of large numbers of prominent
people scattered all over tho United
States. Quite u colony of Statesville
people are named in the book.?Charlotte
Observer.
80 Year Old Man Hung.
Columbia, Miss., July 16.?Jeff
Wallace, 80 year old white man, was
banged in the Marion county jail here
today for the murder of his wife. The
trap was sprung at 12 o'clock and he
was pronounced dead ten minutes
later.
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On* View of Prohibition.
Mr. J. B. Crocker of Camden and
Boston, writing to the editor of The
Boston Herald under recent date,
aaya: . ..
"Some of us felt at one time that
there was a spontaneous moral crusade
for prohibition, and that the majority
of our people were behind it.
We, therefore, supported the movement,
and, although we did not believe
in the principle, we were willing
to give up the use of wines and liquors
in the interest of tho common
good, and because of what wo believed
to -be the will of tho majroity,
"Now what a revelation is made to
us! Circumstances have made us suspicious
for u long tim<^, but we were
not quite prepared lot the statement
of Mr. Wayne Wheeler that thirtyfive
millions of dollars were spent to
put the thing over, and that since the
law went into effect as much us two
and a half millions per year have been
spent by one organization in trying to
make people think that the law was a
good tiling. *
"This money was not spent on education.
We remember how quietly it
was done, with very little discussion
eral public. This is why some of us
jn the Legislature or among the genthought
that the movement was spontaneous.
"Our memory is also to the effect
that there was no general canvass for
this vast sum of money, as has been
the case in other great drives.
"It is now reasonably .obvious that
the gossip which we have been hearing
for the past six years to the effect
that a comparatively few persons,
principally so-called 'Captains
of Industry,' furnished this money on
grounds of expediency, is true.
"Instead of a great moral uprising,
it now appears pretty clearly that
these men wanted to get more work
out of their employes by trying to
prevent them from having alcoholic
drink, while they themselves could
have their own private stocks.
"They took thirty-five millions or
more, earned in large part by the
laboring man, and 'put it over' not
only on hint,' but on the rest of us
'Kasy Mark*.'"
Georgia Banker Suicides'
? Atlanta, July 16.?J. R. Smith,
president of the Atlanta Real Estate
Board and director of the Bankers
Trust Company, for which a receivership
was designated in Federal District
Court yesterday, shot hmiself
at his home in Morningside, a subdivision
here early today. Mr. Smith
was reported dead when found.
The body was found by a servant,
attracted to the scene by the sound of
the shot. The door of Mr. Smith's
room Was locked ai^d the servant
broke it down with an axe. His
daughter, Mrs. Julia Lipsey, was
among the first to reach the body.
Mr. Smith was dead when found,
the entire load of a srfotgun having
entered his abdomen. Belief was expressed
that he fired the shot with
his toe.
Several letters were found beside
the body. They were turned over to
the coroner, who announced an inquest
probably would be held later in
the day.
Mr. Smith was a former member
of the realty firm of J. R. Smith nnd
\V. S. Rankin company. Lately he
had been connected with the Sylvan
Hills and Morningside development
projects. In addition to having been
a director of the Bankers' Trust company,
he also was a director of the
Farmers and Traders bank ot Atlanta
which closed early this week.
One Killed; Five Injured
Miss Faye Chandler. 19-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
Chandler, of C.oer avenue, Judson
mill, Greenville, was killed and five
other persons were injured about
9:J0 o'clock Sunday night when a
Nash touring car, driven by W illiam
\V. Smith, Jr., turned turtle at the
junction <.t' the Laurens and Washington
roads, just at the corporate
limits line. Those injured are, J.
Sullivan and Albert Smith, brothers
of the driver; Miss Ellen Smith, a
sister, and Miss Eula Edwards, of
Charleston, who was the sixth member
of the party. Syllivan Smith and
Miss Edwards were seriously injured,
the former suffering a compound
fracture at the base of the skull.
Miss Edwards suffered severe bruises
and lacerations about the hip and
arms. The driver of the car was only
slightly injured.
Georgia Banks CloSV Doors.
Atlanta, July 15.?Forty-eight Georgia
banks anil the Bankers' Trust
company of Atlanta, operating company
for 12t> banks in the state have
. h.sed their doors since Monday morning,
the state department of banks
..nnounced tonight. Total capitalization
of the banks was ovey $1,000,000
and total resources more than $10, ldp.120.
Numerous hanks were capitalized
as low as $15,000 and ranged
upward to S500,000 for the Georgia
State bank. Liabilities ranged from
$JS,275.58 upward to $4,471 The
dosing largely was attributed to tho
appointment of a receiver for the
Bankers' Trust company. By a tempo;
ar;. injunction officers of the company
were restrained from altering
in any way tho status of the 120
hanks in the chain. ,,,r *
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Columbia Baalu. ?
Information cotplng to the Yorkville
Enquiror, and coming straight
from bankers who know what they
are talking about, is that there la s|
most unsatisfactory, a shameful
hanking situation^'in the capital city!
of Columbia. From authentic infer-1
mation it appears that the banking
business there is a "dog-eat-dog" |
sort of a game?a cut-throat proce-1
dure, if you will.
It i? really serious and shameful
from all information available. A former
Columbia'banker who got out of
the business there ami got out largely
because i.e was disgusted with the
business as carried on, is authority I
f?r the statement that all of the
Imnks there?that is, the remaining
banks aro constantly lighting each
other and have come to the place
where some of them are. willing ami
do resort to almost any means to put
their fellow bankers out of business
or to seriously cripple them.
A bank director is authority for the |
statement that no bank under the sun
could prosper under the difficulties I
and handicaps that confronted the
Columbia banking institution which
closed its doors last Saturday^ tarrying
along its two branches in Aiken
and Bcnnettsville. His story is that
it has been the custom for some other
competitors to hold the checks of this
bank in clearance for a day or two, I
let th^m pyramid and then go to the J
defunct bank and demand cash for
the lot.
If that is the c&Be and the story
rings true, it would appear to The
Yorkville Enquirer it is time fori
criminal prosecution against some-1
body. There are good people in Columbia?people,
honest and true and I
above board, who love their God and 1
who have been trained to play fair
with their fellows. The majority of
them .are that kind. On the other
hand, there are some of the meanest, I
most contemptible business pups in
the state resident of that town. We
should know!
We could say more; but we won't
just now. We are aware of the fact
that there is a statute on the books
which Would penalize any person or 1
persons who would make false statements
or spread false rumors about
oanks?state banks in particular.
That does not frighten u^. If anybody
cares to take exception to this I
editorial and cares to conduct a prosecution,
it will be welcomed by The 1
Yorkville Enquirer.
We repeat there should be a thorough
investigation of the state bank- J
ing business in' South Carolina?not
pnly in Columbia, but over% the state. 1
It should be done at once. And that I
thorough investigation and examina-1
tion should be conducted by expert ac-1
countants and examiners who have no
pecuniary interest in those banks.
It should be conducted by men who
have no bum notes in "busted" banks
which are not secured by collateral
worth several tunes the amounts of
those notes.
When will our' people wake up. to
what is going on politically in South
Carolina ? "
We wonder rfThere is a single candate
among the nine running for governor
in South Carolina who has the
courage and the nerve to discuss this
subject and to advocate a thorough
banking house cleaning such as The
Enquirer and the great majority of
the people of South Carolina want to
see and which should begin right now.
?Yorkville Enquirer.
Diversification Delivers the Dough.
Does farm diversification pay?
I). B. Anderson, farmer of Reidvilie,
Spartanburg county, says that
it does and it is hard to dispute him
when he flashes a book full of facts
and figures, covering a three-year
period, into one's face.
"It takes about four sources of
farm income to insure success, year in
and year out," declared Mr. Anderson,
| when <liscu--dng diversification hefore
the annua! conference of the Kxtensnion
Service in Rock Hill recently.
"A thorough investigation made
in Georgia lor several years indicated
that three main money crops were
haruly enough to overcome seasonal
fluctuations. The same figures showed
that farmers with five or six big
enterprises had too many irons in the
tire to do any one thoroughly." In the
| face of the facts like these, and posted
as was Mr. Anderson, no farmer
should make a mistake.
Three years ago this farmer started
out with three cows. Today he has
eight. He sells sweet cream in Spartanburg
and feeds skim milk to the
calves, pigs and chickens. The cows
returned profits during the three
years of $977, $019 and $550 respectively,
not considering calves and manure
produced.
During three years, two brood sows
produced pigs that sold for an average
of $531 a year.
This year a peach orchard is coming
into hearing, with a promise of 1200
to 1500 bushels of Elbertas.
Mrs. Anderson who bosses the
chicken flock of about 100 hens, has
averaged slightly less than $500 a
year. The fust year the hens brought
a gross income of $593.38, while the
expenses amounted to $117. The second
year saw gross returns increase
to $098, with expenses, $194. The
third year boosted income to $2,055,
while cost of production amounted to
$1,499.
Cow-hog-peach-hen diversification
is a money-getter and I). B. Anderson
has proven that.
A Cincinnati man has sued the
local street car company for $5,000.
alleging he was bitten by a sp>dcr
while riding on one of the trolleys.
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Says Negro*-* Beaten to iDeatn.
Albermarle, N. C., July 14.?The
first witness in the trial of N. C.
Cranford, former convict boss, charged
with the murder of two negro convicts,
testified here today that Cranford
beat the negroes until they were
unconscious and that they died without
regaining consciousness.
S. P. Thompson, the witness, a
f' ?m6r convict, stated furthermore
when he left the chain gang
Cranford "advised" him to tell nothing.
The witness said the two negroes,
James Terry and James Howell,
claimed they were sick and they
were given medicine and forced to
go into the hot sun to work. They
said they wanted to stay in the shade,
whereupon Cranford rushed toward
them saying tihat he would'give them
shade, Thompson testified.
Then, the witness said, Cranford
began beating the negroes and continued
until they were unconscious.
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