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Itu_ ' ' " 1 ll1""11" ' ^ 1 'J .i ? i i'ii ^ ?... r i in VOLUME XXXVIII. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 30, l?2?. _ NUMBER ta. RICHARDS IN THE LEAD ii ] t frn<m Kershaw Cdunty MaU to be in Second H*ce With Blackwood or Jackson ? w~- r (Lancaster News) Although the campaign for the governorship of South Carolina has been under way for more thhn a month -and meetings have been held at more than half the court houses in the ttate, even in Columbia, from which the. political news of the state generally radiates, one finds it exceedingly hard to get a lino on the comparative strength of the candidates. Ordinarily around the atate hpuse and in the various .departments of the state government in Columbia there are to be found during every campaign those who claim to know all about what the result of the voting ip the Hemocrtrtic primary will be. Sometimes the guesses of these people pan out, but not infrequently they are (based upon the guesser's desire ? for the success of his favorite candidate. For some reason, the corps of gues^ers this year is not a's large as' it usually is. Not a great many seem to care to risk their reputations as political prophets by saying that this or that candidate will be the next governor." - *' But there t Is one point on which even the few in Columbia who seem inetrested enough in the race for governor to talk about jt are agreed* and that is that Major John G. Richards will fe in . the second primary, perhaps with Ira C. Blackwood of Spartanburg or Lieutenant Governor Jackson. - Up to the. time "that Mr.' Blackwood' definitely announced his candidacy several weeks ago, it did] not seem to 1be the opinion of many that he- would make much he&dway in the race; J^ut since the canvass began he has: made a gooc|. impression on the stump and now there are those who are ready to say-that he Will^j* in the run-off primary. Others say that th?L htory which is going the rouhdfii to the effect that, his candidacy is receiving the.active support of the bottlers' association pf the state I, has done him considerable harm.' It is( pointed out i nthis connection that if he has his way about repealing the , special tax on soft drinks, cigars, cigarettes, chewing tobacco and various other commodities and the legislature continues to run up the appropriation bills as it hap in the last few years, it will be absolutelynecessary to increase th$_lesy on farm lands and other real estate. Of bourse such a prospect is -not pleasing to the farmers and" realv estate ownere of the state generally. " Even, before the bounty-to-county canvass opened, Lieutenant Governor Jaekson'a friends figured pn his affable personality and his handshake ing ability to get him lots of votes. In this thby apparently guessed gorrectly. He has made a pleasing campaign and is generally consider^ one of the leaders in the race. Hi's speeches, like most of the. speeches of other can#dates,- have not been above the TMirmry, but he hasn't done or said anything to offend the people,, and whether he goes into the: second primary or not he will coUi?\ out. of the campaign with the god& ; will of thousands of 'even t^^ wh^ I didn't thirCk it b^$tsion is abroad tl^t ^ is certain to -iMende governor.; ship m ^ipalgn Major th^necesslty of cypoiny in the conduct of the State's ' beard throughout the winter, saying, that it means increased taxes for the farmer. He Also has voiced objection to a constitutional convention and has 'anhounced his intention to do everything ko can to promote the agricultural intereOta uf tlre htatfe If he js elected. Thgre are six other candidates in the race for governor. . . ' v-, ' , v Mr. Smyri Suggested J Editor Capiden, Chronicle:?Feeling that Mr. Oscar J. Smyrl is well qual"jed-iohold the position Of Treasurer of Kershaw Couhty, his friends would be glad to see him enter .the race'and believe thet should he be elected he would fill the position most acceptably to.all.'of MA HSTRATKT* *' . HETHUNB NEWS NOTBS Items of Interest as gathered By Our Regular Corespondent Bethune, JS. C., July 28.?Superintended J. 0. Foster of the -school here, arid family returned from Peabody, Nashville, Tenn., where he and Mrs. roster have been specialising in the-study of the supervision of tv hr an<' ^ v0^ music r,espectMr. J. D. Lafitte returned from a trip to relatives in Orangeburg and Charleston las.t week. ife was accompanied home by his niece, Miss Lafitte Kay, of Charleston, who spent some time here. Mrs. A. T. Bethune and daughter, Miss t ranees Bethune, of Belmont, N. C., are the guests of relatives here Neil Truesdell is spending some time with relatives at Lugoff. ..^JMisa Reba Smith of Bishopville was a recent guest of her mother, Mrs. Manly Smith. Mrs. A. K. MoLaurin and Misses Pope Ward and Mary McLaurin are on an extended trip to Niagara-Falls. New York, Atlantic City and other places of interest. Mr. and Mrs. Jofoji Rozier and Mr. Jim Rozier of West Palm Beach are on ati extended visit to relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. J.,E. Severance and son. Clifton; were guefets of relatiyes in Lamar last week. Circle Number One of the Presbyterian Auxiliary was entertained by Mesdames D. T. Yarbrough and Margaret Marion Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. E. Z. Truesdell was hostess to Circle Number Two. Mrs. M. G. King conducted the study class. Refreshments consisting, of ice cream and assorted wafers were served. Dr. and Mrs. "A. W. Humphries of Camden were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lafitip Sunday, afternoon. '_The gubernatorial candidates will speak here -Monday evening, August 2 This invitation was extended them by Mr. D. T. Yarbrough. A .number of picnics have been given at Big Springs and Watts' rftad by different organizations here, representing . the juvenile Sunday? School'Classes, the-Girls' Finger cfaff and the"Boys Hi-Y&jjfob. W * : Raymond Clyburh of . Claremont, Fl?.; is the guest of Relatives here. -Little Miss Sara Parrott is spending some time with her aunt, Mrs. Paulipe King in Bishopville. Mrs. W. R. Rosier has returned from Winthrop where she lias been attending summer: school. ; Mrs. L. M. Yarbrough and aunt, Miss Gua.ieHough, of Kershaw spent Sunday at the home of Mr. K. T. Estridge. ' $ ' 4MisS Sara Lee Heustiss is tlie> guest of friends and relatives in Society Hill. ?- - ?=? Dr. R. E. Severance of Columbia spent last week here on business. OL considerable interest here was the announcement of the marriage of Mi^s Margaret B Turner of Winnsboro to Mr. William McCanta of Asheville July 22. * Mrs. McCants taught iii the- schools here and is pleasantly rempmbered by a host of friends, whom she has frequently visited." A marriage -of interest here was that qf Mr. Joe Newton Estridge, now of Weldott, N, C., July 26, JfcQ Miss Mattie Jones- of Weldon. ..Jo? groom'-was born and reared here and1 n the eldest son of Mr. K. T. Estr Gulgnard's Will Filed. I.exin?lot^df C., July 28.?The last will and^Stament of the late G. A. \vho died.;at his horn# near Brookland in Sunday, July 18, was died at the judge of probate's Office here late yesterday-*^ A The will simply provide, that ''I de^sijre that my estate tedivided^ after. thy debts are pirtdrtti accordance withJ the laws of South Carolina.-? The will also provided that the executors have Ave year a -4n which to settle the estate. The value of the estate is not given pending an appraisal that is to be made. C. q.-Guignard, m brother, t>f Columbia, Miss Susan R. Guignard, a sister,' of Lexington coupty and L. Is Guion, a brother-in-law, of Lugoff, Kershaw County, are named as executors. -'-fry L. jiidi - .'_ ;; ? Over' 1,060 Turned Down Rock Hill, July 27.?More than 1,000 young women applying for ad* mittance to Winthrop College for the 1916-17 ees.ion have already been rofused^dmltUnee, owingjtpjack of a^ommoditipnft, it .eras,announced by President D. B. Johnson. Reservations have only been made for thirty\ three girls wH# are to be awarded tcholtnhipi from wlou. couBtie*. *_- *, I * v * . V, ' v # J ' " V ' - +m- ?;? . ~ . - i THE PONT!AC FARM ^ ? Work Soon To Begin orf Newly Acquired Land For Station (From Wednesday*8 State) "We expect to make it our principal substation In the course of time." \ This for the sand hill experiment station of Clemson college and the United States department of agriculture at Pontiac?the speaker being H. W. J Sum-, director of experiment stations for 'South Carolina, in Columbia yesterday to discuss phases of the work at the station and the pending agricultural survey of the Columbia trade area. This is one of the seasons, Mr? Barre explained, that things have moved slowly at Pontiac since its selection as the experiment station rfite several weeks ago. The program for the sand hill plots must be worCdd out slowly. Things are soon to begin,, however, and Dr. Barre yesterday authorised J. Rhett Clark, county agent, t\> take bids for the clearing of land on the site. These two, with J. B. Uoddey, president of the Columbia chamber of commerce and R. C. Jensen and F H. Robinson of the research division at Clemson, visited the station site during the afternoon. ?, ^ Only about 40 or 60 acr?r'<HMhe 500 acre tract are now cleared, Dr. Barre said; and it vtfjpPbe necessary to clear some 80 or 00 acres, in that enough land be made available for plot development with the beginning of the calendar year. It is hoped that as many as 100 acres wfll be bleared this fall and winter. Meanwhile pats and vetclj as field crops ancl oats arid rye as soil building crops are to; sown this fall' fcnd I , . V '71 V V? }>.'""? > I iwinter.: . v ! Erection oF a superintendent's home; selection of a personnel fPr the camp, provision oiTTOta for expert- I mentationy wjll.follow in. short orders* j The station, will t>e especially useful; ^i&mnection with the 8tirvoy*odc.tb?f Columbia trade area; for vegetables j hW grown in the area may be exper- j imented with at the station, to; type of soil, Dr. Barre explained. ! State Meeting To Be Held Here The State ~Qr$nd Lodge of the In-r dependent Order, of Good Samaritans and Daughters <g|Samarla wilt meet in Camden on Monday, August 9, with ^ the' Ib'cal lodge. No. 226. An open meeting ufill be held at the opera house on. Monday at 8 p.m., when the grand lodge numbering around five hundred colored people will i>e : wel-^ corned to the city by Mayor C. P. DuBpse and .other members of city councilWe are authorized to state jUiot white friends will be cordially, welcomed^ at this meeting^ , Durkin Sentenced Chicago, July 27.?Martin J. Dur-kin, sjiiek. gunman, who killed Edwin Shanahan, a federal agent,-today was sentenced to 36 years in Joliet penitentiary after a motion fpr a new trial had been overruled. A jury had fixed the punishment,Durkin's face, bruised and scratchy ed as. a result of beatings he received recently, at the hands qf other pris-onenr~tir the ?Cook " couhiy iaTt, was was pronounced. His two sisters weredn court but his mother was absent. ^ Sailed From Norfolk "te^folk, Va., July 25.?Mr. and Mrs. Henry Savage of (Damden, S. C., sailed Saturday,'July 24, on the S. S. Chatham of the Merchants and Miners Line from Norfolk tn Knttftm. t Ttifci-,-BaaI'jTT^SiiiSTai' ~ Death of Mrs. Davis - Mrs. Dora Davis, wife of W. C. Davie of 114 Huger street, died *t her residence last night at 9 o'clock. Mrs. Davis had been if! for about 13 months. She was 43 years of agd." Mrs. Davis had only been living in Columbia for about 20 months, havipg moved here from Lancaster. She baa^koweyer during, her stay here made many ffiends who vtiljl learn with regret of her death. ~T I ""She fa "survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Jordan of Logoff; her husband, W. C. .Davis; five *daughtorsr Mrs C L Beckham, Misses Ada, Minnie, Ruth 4MM?ora Davis, ail of Cohnribia; ope ^son, L. L. Davis of Columbia; four brothers, Fletcher Jordan of Lugoff, Silas JoMan of Charlotte, N. C., Bennie Jordan of Spencer, N. C., and Leonard Jordan Of WoatvUla^? ^Tuesday'r CoilrMU THRIFT TKAM WINS Two Mill Teams Furnished High Class G?iu? of Baseball Wateree lost a close and exciting game to the Thrift Mills of Paw Creek,. N. C., last Saturday by the score of 4 to 3 on the Watereo diamond. It was a pitcher's battle between Brown and Culp, two g*ado twirlers. Brown wafe with Charlotte in the Sally League when Charlotte was winning pennants and is now attached t <y the Spartanburg club, Culp is from Charlotte and recently received a try-out with the New York Yankees. . Until the seventh it looked like Wateree's game but in this inning Thrift suddenly took a liking to Brown's offerings and bunchdd four hits including a three-bagger by Lockbridge, pinch-hitting for Johnson, which netted-the-visitors three runs and the game. v _ fc^Wateree had marfy chances to score, getting men on bases in every inning except the eighth but the necessary hit to win was not forthcoming. Wateree was first to score, With one down in the second, Jordan hit pafe and stele second. Simpson struck out but Mills shot a safe one over gecond and Jordan scored. Thrift went out in order until the fourth. Then Hutz lifted a high fly that -Mima -dropped, - Campbell went out, Taylor to Dority, but Prim hit safe through Jordan for Thrift's firat run. . Wateree came back in the fifth with two. Benriie Snrtith who had replaced Mims got a pass, EJd Barnes hit safe. "Feagin; fanned but Taylor hit-to. right for two bases, scoring Smith and Barnes. - ? Thrift won- the. game m the seventh. Munity started off with a scratch hit, Sumiriey followed with another. Lockbridge, batting; for Johnson .hit one for three bftses,. scoring Maimeyand Summey. Hawkins hit to center scoring LOcJfibridge. Jlawkine?-died stealing. Ctilp struck out and Hutz filed out to Smith. This ended the scoring but Wateree threatened again ih The-rihith when Smith hit hard $$7. center with one down, went to second on Barnes' outv Feagin had a chance to tie it up but his effort was a pop-up to HawWwu-wrr?-\ Bennie Smith made the best play the day when he robbed Hutz of a bit to right^ Hutz pulled Thrift out of a hole when he grabbed Mills' liner arid. stepped on third doubling Jordan. - r jV E^ch pitcher gave up eight hits. Thrift bunching four of theirs to the seventh. Culp struck out eleven and Brown nine. Culp issued four pasftgt ttjrBtown's norie. , . \ Saturday WpU^e goes to Thrift with a strong team,. the mill hand an<J a large delegation of rooters. They hope to brig back the victcgy. ;?On August 7 Wateree plays Aragon Mills of Hook Hill on the home field. Aragon is reputed to have one of the fastest mill teams in the state. This, ought to be a great game also. Here Neat Monday The candidates for governor and; ofHOT-wili-bB in Capiden next Monday, August 2, and will address the yoters of " Kershaw county at the court houpe beginning at 10 o'clock in the morning. The candidates are also invited to Bethune the afternoon of the same day where a picnic dinner will be arranged. _ " ' At Hpme of Bis Sister Mr. Hehry B. Cfesktn, the taxtcrfb drive* who was severely Injured fri an^automobile accident Hiar Columbia op^Jirie 9, has been brought to the home of his sister, Mr*. J.. E. L. Brannon, on route No. 2, in the Mount Zion section, where he is being cared for. The case of Mr-Gasklns is considered a most" remarkable one. Jle remained in an unconscious -condition for more than twenty days and has only recently been able to get about. He is steadily Improving though his mind is not clear yet and he has never been able to give any ie^lanation pf how the accident happened. It. is the generally accepted theory that his car turned over when he momentarily fell a sleep while driving. Mt. Gaskins is a brother of Mr. &.B. Gaskin, the photographer, and hps other relatives and numerous fFteftd* 1ft the county vfto will hops for hie complete recovery Mr. Geekin left Camden as a member of Company M and paw service on the bordei " J . * V TREASURER REMOVED. (Joverno/ McI.eod Appoints Oscar J. I Siuyrl in McCaakW's I'lace, (Friday's Columbia State) ' 1 1). M. McCaskill, for more than 181 years treasurer of Kershaw county,! in whose accounts as of June 30, 1926, a shortage of approximately'$10,000 is charged, is suspended from office | pending his trial by executive order! sffcued yesterday by Governor Thom- J as G. McLeod. The order is issued under the man*| date of Section 22 of Article 4 of the! State constitution. The suspension ends in the event of I Mr. McCaskill's acquittal.by a petitI jury; in the event of his convictionl the office must be declared vacant. A j For the period of Mr, MoOaskill's I suspension the governor named asl treasurer for the county G. J. Smyrll of Camden*, formerly connected with] -Swift & ^tompany of Columbia. The suspension grder is issued, asl the constitution ftguires, on the basis I of certified'copies"'of two of the sev-l eral true hills returned by the Ker-| shaw grand jury against jM^5lcCas-1 kill. Charges against Mr. McCaskill I wore first fcr&ght to the governor's attention in January, at which time,! acting upon art affidavit presented to! him, he 'directed the treasurer's prose-1 cut ion by Solicitor A. F. Spigner. Mr. McCAskill,, however, deposited in a- Camden bank moneys sufficient' to 1 meet the shortage charged and aBked | permission to bfcve a second audit 1 made, the first audit, out of which the charges grew, having ^beeVr made at! j the instigation of the .legislative dele-1 ivation. Pending-this second audit it I was requested that prosecution be de-1 j layed in the hope that a settlement j might .be reached and the governorl accordingly .asked -the solicitor to J postpone indictment for^the time being. The bwo certified public account-1 "ants "disagreed and the -.settlement! came to naught. Jhe governor June 1 $?h issued, a rule requiring Mr. Mc?! Caskill to shqw cause why- he should j not be suspended; on this rule a hearing1 was had July 1 artd. the governor I thereafter ordered the resumption of the prosecution of the charges in the | Kershaw courts, reserving his decis- J ion upon the question of the suspen-j sion of the officer. The grand Jury I of Kershaw July 12 returned twG.trnfiiJ bills on indictments charging breach of trust with fraudulent intent against the treasurer and July 13 swelled the- list to six in bringing in four other true bills. Of the six ln-| dictments copies of two were certified! to the governor and on these the chief .! executive acted yesterday. S^On motion of the defense the trial I of the cases was continued from the! July term of court and it is pot nowl known when the trial may be had. j . The governor's order of suspension J which today will be served' upon Mr. McCaskill, follows: "It having been 'brought to my no-1 tice by affidavit that D. M.'McCaskill, | county treasurer of Kershaw .county, J who had in custody public or trust funds? was probably guilty of embez-1 zlement ot appropriation of .public ot j trdst funds to private use., I directed! an immediate prosecution by A. F,1 Bplgncri sollcitor of the Fifth judicial circuit, and two true bills: having been found by the grand jury of Kershaw conuty, and certified to me, charging the said D. M. McCaskill with breach oftiru.9# withJBraudulent intent in that de did unlawfully and feloniously take and appropriate certain money held in trust by him belonging to the said county for his own qse and purpose. . "Now, th(cr?<or%-JrThomas G. McLeod, governor of the State of South Carolina, by direction and authority" contained in Articled, Secthrfr 22 of the constitution of 1896, do hereby suspend the said D. M, McCaskill from, the office of couhty treasurer of Kershaw county, as provided in said section." ?John J. Cooley Dead Rembert, July 28.?Aftfcr a lingering illness of several month John J.j Cooley **of Rejwberf died at the hornet of his daughter, Mrs. J. L. Gillis, Tuesday, July 27. He was 76 years of ag?." In the death of Mr Cooley the community his lost a good cttixen. v He is survived by tbree daughters, Mrs. J. L. Gillis, of Rembert, Mrs. | ItB. Mendenhall of Greer and Mrf, , W. E. Garrison of Florence. He > . also survived by several brothers and . sisters. p., . The body wee ieke? to Wilhanri ston for burial at Big Croefc'-jfrbfiyiM ! church. ' K MA FKRGI)SON1 BEATEN M ? ? 1 " Texas Woman Governor Concede# Defeat Hi Primary The political fortunes which raised Mrs. Miriam Amanda Ferguson from *| a quiet horn? in Temple, T$xas? i? the governorship soon are to turn her footsteps back to domestic lite, ?< lates an Associated Press dispatch of yesterday from Austin, Tex. .J| Governor Fesguson announced laic today she would resign as a result of Saturday*! primary 4n which Attorney General Dan Moody led her by more ./igM than 100,000 votes. She. had promised to resign if Moody beat her one, 9 vote, and he had promised to resign 9 if she led him by 26,000 votes. Moody will be the next governor or Texas, nomination on the Democrat ticket being equivolen't to election. 9 Simultaneously with her resignstldo announcement, which aleo carried 9 with it withdrawal from any possible primary run-off with Moody, Governor Ferguson called a special see-, ston of the legWaturo to meet Sep- 1 timber 13.* to Validate Texas district 9 uuu\ bonds and to-investigate any de partment of the slat# governing 49 thaVthe legislature hmy see fit to | resignation will bo effective as soon as thin special session hue -4.? - 9 posed of these matters, the governor announced. She ..id ahe hoped to ?tl?-from..-<rf?ce ? * tour than,November 1. ... J ^iT-have determined that the leaa or . the opposition is bo decisive that I gjg Vould- -be doing-^riolewr*? my .ovl? I interests as well as to> the interests of the people were I to further insist upon my candidacy," said her state- -9 ment. "And I have no desire to fur- . J jjtjier .embroil the people in another campaign." -*|H If the legislaturQ_acts With dispatch M Mrs. Ferguson will step out of office about 21 months after vthe people raised her to that position with an Overwhelming vote. The usual custerm in this state is to be denied the first woman governor. ^ The governor's announcement came H as Moody's totals continued to creep up with e^ch ti^iation of election returns and as it became, evident that the "back country" vote; dually conceded to favor, the Fergusans^ AWrtd not wipe out his majority. Wn0 Mrs. Ferguson announced her forthcoming' resignation, Mdody had a . majority over all gubernatorial, can-. didates of 2,183. His vote then was more than 116,000 over Mrs. *erP| Enrollment Shows Inereaae -With eleven of the enrollment | books returned up to yesterday noon | the total enrollment for that number of precincts was 2,808 -for this year ^ as against 1,966 for the same hum- J ber of clubs last year and 1,842 for the year 1922. The enrollment for J the Camden clUb is as near complete ks could be gotten and there were i very few, if any, who failed to enroll. The indications are that thero Will be a decided increase all over tho f| county though some of the smaller ^|jl precincts 'show a decrease. The ' fiKUWS forthrTbfee'years are shown belowt 192* 1924 1926 ' | Camden 934 889 I | Cassatt ..... 7B 99 139 Enterprise . 41 62 Harpiony ^:,:r . 80 ,.48 S Hermitage Mill . . 11?' 150 204 Lugoff 08 147 120 Ralcy's Mill .. . .124 143 101 Salt Pond ... 70 110 123 Sandy Grove . , 43 OB 57 .3 Shaylor'a Hill - ?1Total ..... 1342 1.900 2,308 ' % TB Hold Annual Picnic | JVAVe have beep requested to .an- -J nounce that the annual picnic of tfce I Kelly Klan will be held at Big Springs on Friday, August 20, and the public if Uivitqd. This has been on annual affair and- each yea* the attendance tsAdrge. Charlotte Minister To Trench "r^fln the absence of Dr. Edwin Muller, pastor Of Bethesda Presbyterian J church,., services at this drurch will 1 be hold as usual otr Sunday .morning at 11:16 o'clock when Rev. S. B. McLean i? Charlotte will address the f - ^ i i r1 ? ja tmr^prtlon. ?