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CANDIDATES SPEAK HEBE [ Come 'fotfctnmg Far aud Against | J T? bn Soft Drink* v . The candidates for goverii&r, lieutenant governor and commissioner of agriculture spoke to one of the,largest crowds of the entire campaign at the , court hoUae here Monday. After the candidates for commissioner of agriculture und the two seeking the office Of lieutenant governor had . finished the crowd was so'large that many could not gain entrance into the court roona and tb? candidates for governor spoke from a truck under the shade of the trees on the . court house lawn. r V In the evening the candidates;were invited io Bethune to a picnic dinner " and there ,fi. a grove .where electrle lights had been strung the candidates K with the exception ' of ' about three F addressed the voters of that section upon practically the same lines as at Camden. One of the candidates made I.: the statement that at Bctliuiie thr crowd wad the largest that had greeted, the party. At both places many .women were in the audience and all candidates received the most earnest attention of the crowd. The Columbia State sent a special * representative to Camden for the day and )Mr. R. E> Grier sent the following report to his paper which appeared in TuesdayV paper: "The question now before- you-iswhether the free untrammelled Demoi, crats of South Carolina shall rule or whether the people shall sit idly by and let -this great corporation, with """jifeadquartcrs in Atlanta, rule in* the Palmetto 1 saU. Shall we turn^the government over to the Coca-Cola trust or shall we rule?"?E. B. Jackson .. "You farmers had better )vatch out. Ycu had better wake up. If you don't, they will run over you roughshod. They are not backing Laney for Government, either. This Coca-Gola organisation is oile of the mort dangerou^ve, * Soath Carolina."?Geo*ge K. Laney. "My friend, I. C. Blackwood, Ice CoM GOcs^o^-Blickwood, seems "to think that the right to drink cocacola is as great as the right of free . sngech, as important as the right of trial by jury. There is one issue in this campaign?rail others are second, to it. It is that of self-rule, selfgovernment or?-government by ?money of the coca-cola manufacturDo we wattt td brlig hack -tto?; disgraceful days of the court of JlchSea" II or the: debauchery that marked the declining days of ,the Roman empire?"?John Jf. MoMah^Ur Vlf elected governor, I ..Will veto any bill 'tliat comes to mo that takes off the tax on soft, drinks and raises \ tm^p^peWy tax even dne-quarter of a mill. Every penny from the soft drink tax goes to the public schools. I put the tax there, so as not to increase the tax on farms."?-Carroll D. Nance. . "IUT?y past of the staiT^the; textile workers are among our best people and thfeyv are the largest cori* sumefs, in proportion to numbers, of ' soft drinks and on thkm falls the burden of the sbft drink tax. This tax is. a discrimination against that class and is .a violation of the spirit of the constitution, in that it is class discrimination."--!. 0. Blackwood. J| ever during the state camp Sign now tn progress there had been any indefiniUnesa as to 'Hssues"?if ever there had been a sort of lack of crystallisation in discussions, that indefiniteness and* that lack was removed, tend removed, with no gentle hand, in the campaign meeting at [ v ^"Are you ap advocate of a tax on soft drinks -or are you opposed to suchVtaxt" of the candidates rather skived ^je rQ^ue"or, touched it Ughtly, but others jumped, squarely into the discussion and gave their, views. Judging from the sentiments" expressed at Camden, today, thA.s?ft_<l?ink tax and the campaign which men opposed to the soft drink tax a<? said to be conducting, will biClthe mt\in iisnes, and the deciding issues/- in the last half of the race. fftcfreal^lj^wo ..weatf' of rqst and stimulated by the presence of A /Iajge^ 'lai^^maiksbly attentive ' audience in wh}ch>weremany women, the. candidates A>F ***** offices spoke . **v.r>r .rtiww and mm *tcorded close attention. Ths court room, in thrap^r [? , - that adjournment was had to the governor speaking from a truck which had been placed in the shade of handsome. magnolias. All of the other candidates sopke in the court room. -^Fhe first speaker for governor was Thon^ar^g Peoplf?|||hp was introduced by the county chairman, R. H. Hilton, World war veteran and a congressional medal of honor man. After* revie wlb/ succinctly his tkc? ord as a public official and a mender stressed the l^d of efficiency and economy in state goveiSfthent and spoke of the possibility of consolidating various departments of government. te discussed the Importance of exercislngr care in the election Of nhembers of TBgieneral assembly, the limited power*? :the governor and said thai there was mo auditing tect the people from lax banking methods and decried the making of promises prior to the eleCtioA. 21^< >2 John G. Richards, inext candidate for governor to speak, declared that he was on his native heath* among, the friends of his boyhood, Jj. After speakingpcdf^hia public service, sayIny^thaths ha<T afoaye; regard^ ^phh{lic office as.a public trust,*'-he political hrovement and affairs the next governor would be from Kershaw, at which the crowd cheered; 1 ^. "Are yotr satisfied with condition as they are at present or do you 'hb asked "*0?"W yeats the state has been governed and controlled by comml?sione?faaid I appeal ?o? a clearing out of the State House in Co'iWbat are conditions in Columbia! You have conditions there that have never before' been in eafls'tanei^^lhe -total tax?state levy, 6-0-1 law and! constitutional levy?is 1ft 1-4 mills on every borne, mule, farm and cow; an<J despito that levy, they have now ^WILJ, I, AST FOUR DAYS ,, 'usffl?? < f - '- > County Fair, Which Ope em n?v. 10, WiU Have Extra Day This Fall Q ,ii .-U-- T. At a recent mooting ot, the Kershaw County Fair committee the dates for the fair wore set for November 10, 11, 12 and 18, and it will bo seen by the dates that the fair-this year will run for four;d*y?, winding up on Saturday, instead of tho usual Friday week-end. ... " " '' A main exhibit hall, built of galvanised iron, will be erected to House the main exhibits. Last year a tent was used for this purpose and tKte proposed building wlil measure 40 by 100 feet and will give ample room. . The midway attraction will be the Bernard! Greater Shows, which are now showing at the'New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania state fairs. It is said to be one of the best attraCitor\8 now on the road. , -- The premiums h*?A been increased this year and the fair booklets will#be ready for distribution in September. Thursday* November 11, will- be known as school day at the fair, featured (by a mammoth school parade. An added feature for "this year will he Saturday, November 13, which has been set a hurt as negro school day, when the negro schools of the county and their teachers will be admitted to the fair grounds free of charge. The exhibits wilt remain in place oh this day until 4 o'clock fii tW afternoon, giving every one ample time to yiew them. The white -sehool children and teachers, will of course, also be admitted free on Thursday. .? kjThese annual fairs commenced in 111922, after a long lapse, with a very smdll capital and 'during the three years the fair association has paid out something over $1.800 in premiuma throughout the county, the association owes nothing and ?ow has in cash on hand something over $1,00(1. The fair committee this year Is composed of H. G. Carrison, Jr., chairman; J. B. Zemp, vice-chairman; J. Wa Zanders, secretary,* and- Mrs. B. R Truegdale, assistant secretary. The committee urges the citizens of the county to begin how in preparing exhibits for the fair. -,1^1 1 i. t;, ?- ., FOR TREASURER I Hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of Treasurer of Kershaw County, subject to the rules and Regulations of - the Democratic jSitrty.' OSCA& J. SMYRL. 7? ' - FIVE GIRLS KILLED And One Injured When Train Cranh^ Into Truck Near Caston I? gastonia, N. C? Aug. 1.?Five girls were killed and one seriously injured at a grade crossing between Gastonla and Bessemer City late this afternoon when a light truck in which they were riding was struck and demolished by Southern passenger ttlin No. 46 of the new Crescent Limited gireen locomotives. The dead are; Bertha Wright, Iff, wnd Laura Wright, 20, sisters; Inea arid Wiliard Jenkins, sisters, about the same afce; and Annie Gertrude Cloninger, who was driving tha vehicle, her father's grocery delivery truck. Ida Bets/ 16, U lb " a local hospital with both legs broken. The girls were all from Besserfier jjity,...-1 Wllh both legs broken, with bruiaea and possible internal injuries, Miss Ida Bess, 16, also of Bessemer City, I sixth occupant of the truck, lies in a hospital here tonight. Her condition was regarded as serious, but medical attendants said that hope,, was held' for her recovery. The tragedy occurred at six o'clock at Gamble's^crossing, about three miles from this city, and, on the Bessemer City road. The light truck driven by Miss Cloninger was completely demolished when the heavy I engine, one of the new locomotives placed in tier'dr* Hr.au/ the Crescent Limited between Atlanta and Sails-' bury, plunged into it. Death wflM thought to _have-4>???"inet^t?Haeeii|i fl H&at leasty^our of the victims. I r Witnesses of the wreck described the scene as one of horribly mangled bodies and much blood. The motof?: B car, reduced to splinters, was scattered along the railway right of way Band the torn ?nd bleeding bodies of the five girls \ffew3 strewn aTong the track from the tremendous impscW_l The girls, all employes of thVfl Jfcagan mills at Bessemer City, were Berr route to their homes from C?asBtonia. Approaching the railway (crossing, Miss Cloninger was said to have driven around another afttomoB-bUe, stopped ""beside the track to Bgwait the passing of the train. The truck was described as crossing the north bound and onto the south bound track, to be dashed to pieces by Oprushing train. ? 1 ~. Traffic Signal To Be IwstaUed J City council at its last meeting de? (oVdrrl to install electric traffic signals at the intersection of Broad and DeKalk streets, and an order has been placed for same. It will measure four feet at the base and stand twelve feet high over aU, equipped with the usual red and green "stop'*: and "go" Signals on all fop~ sides. This will allow one left tu^ that iVI tlie .city will try this out ^ofr the present, knd if found; unfcatisfa^fcory the left turn will be abandoned and not allow ariy but right turns. There will be no *U" turns. A?]W ^ , also be necessary - to install traffic sigtolds'at the cbrner of Broad and Rutledg* at;re*ts if jt c?J?W traffic to be.tpo heavy at this pbint, I Mr. Frank C. Jones, who has been serving as extra policeman in the place ofiMr. H. D. Hilton, who was recently elected chief, was elected i? regular policeman to?Jake|the place of ML CUF: Cooley who has^ peen promoted as aeVgeant. 7 FUh_Supp?r at Wsttree fieb supper will be given at We?t W6^^^Acbool.v,liy^the School Improvement Association on Thursday evening, Angustl?th, . we pro<#eds to go to the benefit of tlie to attend. The supper^wM?be served, beginning ht?~SlX o'cloakr^ near the 17atarM Tower Company station. IS?feSSc ijjii ~i i ' J Letter To Candidates , ' > CvmiyChairman R. H. Hiljop ha? mailed the foffowlng latter to c*mhdates so there ttfll be no mistake i about filing thair pledges^^.^^ J vfihto call to your attention the fact that the time: for candidate* to and wfjTbpen at Bethuno on Monday, bat ^ ThT"^^ while RWRy*,k*o? k?*you should desire to Qualify on either Ot thOse days, comatOtse him fcnd l^ will accept any information necesamj^^^p MANY NEW FACES IN HOUSE. Issue of Indirect Taxation Hu Enterad Couny Canpaifiu. (By John K. Aull, Special Correspondent of The Chronicle.') ??$ - <iolumbia, 8. C.. August 2.?The next general assembly will see a ihajority of new members. Within the pant few days, the issue of indirect taxation has been injtjcted into the vaiious county campaigns, dhd there, is no telling where the votes will lie. Speaker Brown will not be returned to the house, for the reason that he is a Candidate for the United States Sei*at*' . jfe ?tnfc?L at Clarendon county, speaker pro tern., is a candidate without opposition for the State Senate, from his county. That means that My. Stukes, who had been prominently mentioned for the speakership of the house, will of course not be .a candidate for tfiat office. Over in the senate, Senator Alan ident, pro tern. The presiding officer of the- senate will lie chosen by the people in the election this H Summer. Either Senator Butler of CheroWe, or Representative Sheppard of Edgefield will preside during the next session. 0: During the past two weeks, which have been regarded and so stated by the newspapers as being a "rest period", the candidat'ea have been active,, especially in the Piedmont section of the State. There has been considerable comment in Columbia, as the capital of the State,?and this talk has radiated down here for the reason that Columbia is center , geographically and otherwise?as to the, transportation systems here. .1 r ^ I Mr. John J. McMahan, who is a candidate for governor, Trad who is also state insurance commissioner, wrote Dr. jBV F. Killings worth, a member of between the state insurance commisftJ&aer and the member of city counoiI is interesting?to say the least. On June 30, 102d, Mr. McMahan, insurance commissioner, and candidate for governor, wrote Dr. S. F. KillingsWdrth, a member of city council, as follows: "It has been brought to the attention of this department that you are offering insurance to jitnay Vdrivers andFbur yecords dolnot show that you art licensed as an insurance agent, or that you are connected with iri^ifiaurance company* Please let me hear from you in regard to this." ' Dr. KillingBWorth, then and now a member of the city council, replied' as follows: "I aim not offering, nor writing bonds for the jitneys. They Sre try |ng to get in afaapg- tO'term a Mqtual bonding company and I am helping them to get it up .but there has been .no policies issued and will not be until the law, is Complied with In evertjtftitaiH Ashley Tobias is the aitotnepF W. D* Barnett will be the president; A. B. Langley, chairman finance committee. The law will not be violated, I am sure." Mr. McMahan, .candidate for governor, approached. this correspondent in regard to the matters referred to, and it was stated to Mr. McMahan that this correspondent would be glad to have lunation of why h*had endorsed a note for Mr. John T. Duncan, to enable Mr. Duncan to enter the race&or Governo: ui';L .9^1 Mr, McMahan said that anybody ought to know, fhpt ft. j?a attatter of sportsmanship. However, Mr. McMahan, ^candidate for governor and endorser of a note along with adjutant general Doxicr, said: "Last yeaqv when bonds upre required ?(HK Dr. gfi: .fefc^SUlingsv/orth of this city Jhterj*ted himself, to organise the Vnio" a mutttfil casualty and surety association to provide their bonds a lotver cost than the panies. It was currently understood that th4:>tocl^.Companies might l*tt even3onscnt topjjjjjpii:: bondijtf or the jitney drivers, not desiring the busir nWs7 ~ The fi^ ^requived-l^i^ieast two hundred separate risks (cars) and twenty persons insured (owners). During the session of the legislature, Mr. A. C. Tobias, an attorney of this city came to me as the representative of Dr. Killingsworth and the persons for whom, he was acting, and asked ?ny approval of a proposed amendment to the law reducing' the requirement of separate risks by one-half, making it 100 cars, ijt was stated that l tV organization of a. - -mutual aaaociatlon waa ve^y difficult unless the number of risks waa reduced. With mv SDDTQvaL the amendment passed by Ofeigeneref ttMWfc* rtfr it--i V<0 t&v-a-UWj . fcS1 igf i risks and to start the Mutual Assoc!I atiou; but o^defimte "information wai i given me. On account of an oral in qniry or complaint it my office, chief clerk wrote, on Jane SO, 19M s 'to Bt. wnftentorth. > iff' V -*m K 1 JWfrP"";- ' B*3BT<e5? J - -* u > H MAN WAJ$, KIDNAPPED* ^ "lv' r-r^iii I iiiiui-iy ?v~" - -:rr~ Bethune Had Mild \ Kxcitement Last Saturday Night. ;\\>q?p| Dr. L. O. Johnson, a pharmacist, connected with the Bethune Drug Company, of Bethune, is said to have been kidnapped from thd* rear of his drug store Saturday night and carried away hurriedly in an automobile. '-First news of the kidnapping reached Camden by telephone call to the sheriffs office late Saturday night. Deputy Sheriff McLeod responded and when.he reached Bethune the man had returned to his home and he was able to learn very little albout the occurrence. A Chronicle man was at Bethune Monday night when the ^Agndidategspoke there and tried to get some light on the affair, but if there were any who know they, were keeping quiet. ' It is said, however, the trouble seems to have been brewing since last March, when picric acid was found in the automobile of Mr. A. K. McLaurin. An investigation showed that tracks leading from the MeLaurin car parked near a church, lead "to the home of Johnson, who war accused; Johnson denied the charge, but when a detective was sent there frdtn the governor's office, ho was confronted with the testimony and Johnson came to CaAden and pleaded guilty before a magistrate (And was fined $25 for malicious mischief; . ?hce thAt time, it ii said, Johnson had incurred the enmity Of nearly the entire populace, and Saturday night's affair is thought to have been a result of this ill feel; ing toward Johnson.'- :.U JFrora what is talked around Bethune one or hiore car*" drove heat" to the drug store operated by John^. son and while Johnson was at a pump a> the rear of the store hfi. WAS.caught by several men variously estimated from four to eight, and whisked away in an automobile . His wife heard his cry for help and inuhediatdly sunt* moried help from neighbors and phoned the governor's i>fflee aq, well ?s to Camden. The kidnapping occurred around nine o'clock and by eleven Johnson returned to his home. Whether he was whipped or passed Up with A parsing to leave town was not i known. But it is said hat he and his wife renpiifhed in. Bethune until Sunday afternoon whm they- departed. Whether it was the work of Ku Klux, local citizens or out of town people, it is not known, for if anyone knows around Bethune they are not talking. It was stated by some that Johnson recognized three -men in the party but this could nbt be verified. MANY TO VOTB THI8 YBAB Enrollment Shows Decided Increase "Ote'Pswfldus Yeai? 77-7-: / ?? . ~-'rr? \yith all ef . the enrollment books returned to. his office R. Hilton, county chairman, announces th&t 5,862 voters'will be privileged to take ^art In this yilW primaries^ compared with 4,647 enrolled in 1924 and 4,088 in 1922, x This figure sets $ .new high mark for Kershaw county hnd represents nraetteaBv 'every AVhlte"*dult cit)*f$;jwther are Very TOWy;jf any, who failed ipgffrott; tffce figures for thd three years Are shoWn (below: 'belowli^BSW 1922 1 1924 r- 192& Abney 64 68 32 Antiodi ..... 67 73 . 141 Belk Hill . . 89 101 . ? Bethune . 366 403 , 403 Blaney ... . .188 292 388 Buffalb ^^^?; 182 - 268 :; 220 Camden * 889 ~ 1,148 Charltte Thompson 6^4 8g-;^ 103 'Cassatt V?v * ,7 . -7:78'-1 .99 - . .J89 DeKalb ..... 68 6.8 74 Doby's Mill .... 75 89 84 Enterprise .... 41 62 48 Gates Ford .... 62 46 78 Gumberry .... ? ? 70 Harmony ..... 38 6 0 43 hermitage Mill ,*18'$ 180 / 204 Kershaw V j V jg 262 276 * vjWE Liberty'Kill''^^69*gv 71 -94 Lockhart \r* 71 182Lugoff . |||gS 98 127. Ned's Creek, 187 t?0 ? life Oakland . . -.77. 77 22 pfee? Tret v - -42 ' Rabont Crossr'ds , 86 88 168 feelers Salt Fbhf ,> .j?. "76 1161^123 Bendy Grove |^r57 Shaylor's Hill . . 68 61 51 twin Creeii 7 36 ? 45 Three Ca .. ,, ..118 792 182 Twenty. Creek ?6lfe^60 2^ - OP Wateree Mills . . 265^ 244 269 7^<H : ' ; - . ... ?. ? r> _ i I ,a OPENS AT BBTHUNS. County Cttitdidattm Off In Their ftace -*% -r-tT* Bfflnnln* Monday. ' ' Next-Monday, August Otb, has been set as the opening date for the county candidates, when they will address the'voters at Bethune, whero people of the. entire eastern section of the county generally ' greet them. The change in the date for opening was made.at a meeting of the Democratic executive committee held last Friday. Chief interest centers in the nomination of a treasurer, road superintendent, senator^ two representatives in the house, judge of probate, auditor, sheriff and the nomination of magistrates and directors from various townships. In the race for senator, L. O. Fundeirburk is being opposed for re-eiec- * : Hon b?$buriff Grover C^Welsh, who has declined to make the race for sheriff again. In the race for treasurer, D. M. Mc- v r, Caskill is being opposed by S. Wylie /vs???Hogue.J, Willis Cantey, John S. Trousdale, and Oscar J. Smyrl who is the lates entrant. Since: the, withdrawal A of; forttler -\%J| Judge'Mendel L .Smith, the race for the House Witt beibetweeh " Murchison, Loring Davis, T. K. Trotter, and Newton Kelley. Judge of Probate W. L. McDowell Is being opposed for re-election by S. N. Nicholson, ^preseut magistral;* " ; "" j"". gf of DeKalb township, and K H. ArAuditor B. "fi. Sparrow is being opposed for re-election by /Cavltte W. Jordan and Lee M. West. The;face'.for'sheriff will be between the present deputy, J. Henry McLeod, - 3 D. T. Yanbrough and J. E. Glitis. For road superintendent, S. H. Mic- : 4flb-is-bdlttg oppbsed by- Henry Muim and C. P. Loriek. .Fo^i^ - . - jS township the race is between H. G. Oarrison, Jr., and B. P. DeLoache. In Plat Rock township J .H. Sow?ll has no opposition as county, director, neither has D. M. Kirkley in Buffalo For magistrate with office at Be , thune Jp^.Copelandfa being opposed ^ ; rrw&jM by. W .A. McDowell and Clarence C. Other announced candidates are J. DgJIfftsor^ for magistrate for lower, * ' ij||? Wateree; R. J. Branham for upper Wateree; J. VanLandingham for j upper" fyateree;' John D, Nelson .for y - y;y lower Wateree; Thomas Wfc, y jeffersi ;|nagistratoSat B|ahey^ gtd Eddie Bar^S1-. field for upper Wateree. . . j | Th* lists have not closed yet and / final datd^pl filing .pledges will be Saturday night, August 7th. 'Other s fc^ campaign'7 fpeaktag -.have been arranged as the schedule below: ... Kershaw, Wednesday, August 11. Blaney, ^ Monday^ A^^us^28^ Dr. Muilcr H-. R^frned. y-Rey. R B. MoU.n.^ pf Calotte, ' ,serm?n in morning from the text, "God Is Love.N the guest Mr. arid Mrs, D O. Immediately after the sermon a church conference was h^ld and a let,if* was read from Dr.-: Edwin Muller, ' "fc affray on'sick"leave, resigning" as pastor of the chutch.^ Dr. Muller ;*offerod a frhyiicarbg^kdo^ ^ ^ time ago and it was on this account jmSSe^sent in hit resignation. TMs sjHffbring genuine regret to his friends, n6t only cf^is own denotnK nation but from p^ier denominations > Dr. Muller,; always preached with great earnestness, is a consecrated . Christian gentleman whose influence > fur good was a " "n| munity and thgijrholc community grill 2 join in wishing that he may yet be ? spared many more^y^rs of useful