Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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F' ?."-VL'?"?"?"?!? 1 ^ 1 "*" - 1 ? ^Jhis b:% ; y.'-* ;' ' '. , ' , ' . . ?r> . ' Dtriai the Democratic National Con rent lou at Madison Hquare Garden In York la Iff4. William Jen-' nlngs Bryan aat and listened Intently to an earnest speech being dellrered before the Platform Committee on the qneetlon of states' rights and the lm portent part the Soutb. play* In. the Democratic party by a vigorous young man. Who. parrying the thrusts which ] had been made against this section by Jadge John Hi McCann of Pennsylvania and Patrick H. -Qulnn of Rhode Island, drove >Jbftfi pplnte .. home with telling effect and uncompromisingly upheld the principle ofstate sovereignty, defending the South ' and Ite Institutions and traditions agaln'at the aspersions of the Pennsylvania and Rhode Island delegates. The speaker was Col. Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell, chairman of the Democratic party of South Carolina and speaker of ^ the House of Representatives. Turning to another leader In the South Carolina delegation, the Great Commoner, who was deeply Impressed, refc:" marked; - ? -? ""ST "This man Brown w*fll be heard from later. He Is made of the right kind of stuff, and South Carotins ? ought to be proud of him." - The same night a dramatic incident took place in the committee room where the members chosen to frame the party platform wrestled throughout the weary hours with their problems and responsibility until long after the morning sun came streaming into the windows of the convention hall. In these deliberations Col. Brown was destined to take prominent part because of his determined stand for the recognition of the ijobth and of the principle of states' rights. For a while he fought almost single * handed against the Northern apd Eastern members, and when, at one junctum. the clash between the young Soucn ^ Carolinian and his opponents from bevond tho Mason ana Dlgon's Line became so sharp that it appeared 4'"per. sonal encounter would be precipitated,, Col. Brown and Judge McCann standing a tew feet apart, their eyes flashing fire, Mr.'Bryan arose and stepping forward placed one arm about the shoulder of each of the antagonists and said: "Let us pray." The man who was three times the standard - bearer of Democracy then offered up a prayer to Almighty Qod that the group of men who had been selected by the great national party to frame Its platform might be divinely guided In order that no mistake would be made, but that wisdom would prevail in the party councils, i While the Great Commoner lifted up his voice to Heaven the committeemen stood with bowed heads. With Mr. Bryan's heartfelt " Amen " they resumed their deliberations, and in the end the fundamental principles for which the young South Carolina mem.ber had oontended with such telling effect as to make a deep impression upon the old Democratic war-horse were written Into the report of the platform committee. "This man Brown." as William J. Bryan spoke of the country lawyer from Barnwell who made his voice he?rd at the national convention in Madison Square Garden, what of him? Is he deserving of the consideration of his fellow cltlsens in his candidacy for the United States 8enate? Mr Bryan's comment, that "He Is mdfco of the right kind of stuff." Is a notable recognition of unusual ability coming Impartially from one who did not know him. But those who have known him from his boyhood, who know of his struggles against almost Insurmountable odds and obstacles, and are familiar with his successes and achievements ? not for himself alone, but for the^ state-are prepgrpd to agree with Mr. Bryan'a observation that "South Carolina ought to ha proud of him." Twenty -six years ago this summer a barefoot country lad with a touseled head of hair, strands of which protruded rebellUmsly through the crerloee in the battered old straw hat that adorned his head, walked Into the cotton mill at Oranltevllle In Horsecreek Valley and demanded to be glren work. The little country boy had up to that time worked on the farm where he was born In the section of Aiken County known as Shllnh Springs. Edgar Brown was then twelve years old and had not enjoyed the privilege of going to school. Such schooling as he had received had been at the kpeee of his mother, where he was taught to love God and fear nothing but evil. Apparently It was only an ordinary country boy yrho sought work at the Oranltevllle mill, but ambition waa even then stirring within the youthful bregst, for although reared In poverty, young Edgar Brown had been dreaming dreams and seeing visions. He was determined to get an education?free schools were not so common a quarter of a century ago as they are today'?and segurlng employment In the mill, he worked through the summer months and earned money with which to attend school at Oranltevllle Academy In the winter. Today Edgar Brown can "doff" a sot of frajnea in the spinning-room or run a.set of Draper looms. He has not forgotten' how. Nof has he forgotten the-, people with whom he worked then. Edgar Brown's parents ? Augustus A., and Elisabeth Howard Brown? were poor but highly honorable Christian people. They had nothing to give him beyond the splendid traits of character that were Inherently his. And the boy's struggle to get an education. fighting unaided, was a hard one. He owes much to Col. D. S. Henderson of Aiken, at whose feet he sat. having entered the Henderson law office as a stenographer while still In his teens. There In the Aiken law office he was trained in law and politics, and upon competitive examination In 1908 was appointed official court stenographer of the Second Judicial Circuit bv Judge Robert Aidrich of Barnwe* and moved to that place. Admitted to practice law in 1910, he formsid a partnership with James Jullen Bush and has .been, singularly successful in law as well as in business life. - - Edgar Allen Brown Is only St years old-rhe waa born July 11, 1888?but these have been active years and his life has been richly lived so far. It has been largely a life of service. Not only has he served the people of his county and state In public posjtlons of honor and trust ? and he has been many times honored In this way ? and notonly la he a public - spirited cltlien, giving liberally of his time and means to movements for the betterment of humanity, but as Indicative of the truly noble character of the man. the writer personally knows what Brown will not tell, but Is really a beautiful little story. As the years went on and the little farmer boy who tramped to the cotton mill to earn money to defray his expenses at school began to climb the ladder ?f success and to accumulatp some money by dint of hard work and economy, he did not forget his aging parents upon whom fortune had not smiled in a material way; but as soon as he was able to do so, the boy. who wanted them to enjoy the sunset years of life In ease and comfort, bought a home and Installed them In this cosv place in Aiken, personally caring for them and finding a real joy In making # them feel se<mpp after loaf fMP el unremitting toil , such m many of thd older feneration* hare known. Just as he knew the needs of these* his own people, never forgetting Edgar Brown knows through observe-* Uon and experience the needs of thd various classes of people making np the- population of South Carolina. HI Was bom and roared on a farm, he had worked In a cotton mill, he has met with snccess In professional and business Ufa, and, like most men who hark back to' farm-house -birthplaces, lov ing the soil, he Is again a farmer and a successful one. To this rich program of life with Its varied croes-currenta1 there has been crowded Into hie career, which has so far been little short of brilliant, several years of legislative experience, during which he has had the opportunity of studying the needs of the state as a whole. A member of the House of Representatives since 1920, recognition of his unusual ability came to him there as In the New York convention, and In I9S4 he was overwhelmingly elected speaker of that body. But Edgar Brown la so" constituted that he can "walk with kings nor lose the common touch." Coming from the plain people, living always close to the people, he is naturally the champion of the rights of the people*and-because he understands them and feels one of them, although he has become a laader among the business and professional men of the state,, he probably knows more factory boys, farmers and laboring people by their first names than any living man in South ' Carolina with the possible exception of Cole Blease. He is at home alike With prince and pauper and, what Is even better, prince and pauper are both alike with him. The purpose of this sketch is not to detail Col. Brown's various political ' successes, hut rather to picture the success of a life. There is an atmosphere of romance about it which is appealing as the career.of any self-made man has Its strong appeal. It Is only in a democracy like America that such romances are possible. That is one of the great things about America. Those who have followed bU fortunes as 1 have, find them not unlike the reading of a good book. Wbeivfor instance, I picture him in Washington, before the finance committee of the United States Senate where he went last wltttsr a* the representative aJ*d spokesman of the various state legislatures, sleeted for this Important piece of work by the speakers of the several houses of representatives throughout the United States, to oppose the in^ herttance tax section of the federal revenue bill then pending before cotf? Kress because these encroached upon the rights of the states to levy and collect their own taxes without inter, ference from the central government ?a fight In which he was eminently successful?ahbther picture looms up before The. that of a touseled-hesded barefoot countrv boy trudging bravely to the cotton mill just a quarter of ft centurv. ago because he had 'dreamed dreams and seen visions and was bent upon preparing himself for' a life of service. While ' Edgar Brown is known among his friends throughout the state ? and few men have more of them?as a "regular fellow," which he is, "a good sport" if you will, vet is he a leader in the Methodist church at Barnwell, serving on the board of stewards, and at present is chairman of a building committee engaged in financing the construction of a new house of worship. He is s Shriner. a Pythian Knight, a Woodman, an Elk and a member of other fraternal organisations. * BROWN'S RECORD Author, In bouth Carolina Legislature, of the Absentee Voters Bill, Author of the Indeterminate Sentence Law. Supported and helped put through the 55-Hour Law for ootton mill operatives and industrial workers. Supported and helped put through law requiring South Carolina hanks to buy Federal and Joint 9tock Land Bank Bonds to bring money into the state to be ? loaned to the farmers at 6 per cent. One of the orlginaV promoters of the "Pay - as You Go" road building law of the state. Under this plan a magnificent highway system is now being built without a bond issue. Led the fight year after year that killed the call for .< Constitutional Convention, the purpose of which was to require revaluation and reassessment of farm property, and which would have cost the taxpayers of the state probably half a million dollars. fa absolutely opposed to revaluation of farm property In South Carolina. As Speaker of the House favored and voted for a thorough Investigation of the State Banking Department, the great need of which has been revealed by lubeequent dvelopments. and the failure of which reaol jtlon has cost bank depositors hundreds of thousands ef dollars. Always voted for adequate support of the state's edu cstional lumanltaHon and penal Institutions. NATIONAL ISSUES Opposes FedaiNfr Inheritance or Death Tax. Opposes Federal Child Labor Law (now pending) whloh would put 111 children under 1S yea re of age, so far ae their work and aohoollnp la concerned, under aupervlalon and control of the Federal Government vs-jt*^ . rjk-?(L-r ?? ?. - ^ . | r . < . I; * f . ' ^ ? Opposes proposed national divorce law. Favors farm relief. If the Federal Government can guarantee profits to the railroads, as Is now done, the same degree of Federal support should be afforded the farmers. Favors reduction of the tariff. Favors collection of the 11 thousand million dollars owed us by European countries, some of which the United States Senate has compromised at from 2fl to 40 cents on the dollar Favors a cash bonus for World War veterans to redeem the 20-year Insurance certificates issued them. Favors a complete readjustment of freight rates. Favors withdrawal from the World Court, believing that with only one out of 14 judges on the World Court (three of whom are negroeal the balance of power Is against America and that the United States would b? placed In the position of being required, at the behest of European powers, with their Jealousies and territorial aspirations, to fight for and finance the balance of th? world. The World Court Is controlled 12 or 13 to 1 by European nations which owe us. How would these nations vote if the United States and one of them should appeal to the World Court on a question to shut out immigration from America, or on a commercial treaty, or on enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine which tht United States has successfully maintained for a hundred years? Favors strict enforcement of the prohibition law. Brown has no corporate Interests to back him and form clubs to promote and finance hla campaign. Brown is making hla fight on hla man, and upon his record In private and public life, which he askp the people to ln-i vestlgate. He believes that brains and eharaoter, afeMIty, aggressiveness and couraoe. and not seniority and hobby-horses, ought to be the vardotick bv which the people should measure the candidates. MAN KtUS MIS MOTHER PhM By Her SMe la Fit of MeeaNr M sfcfwitiwg (|r - 11 - 1 - 9 .Springfield, Mas?? Allg. 0.?Mr*. Etta 8. Peerce, divorced wife of a county treasurer, Fred A. Bearse, was murdered and her body mutilated in her borne here early today. Richard C. Bearse, 20*year-old son of Mr. and If re. Bearse, found by the police at his mother^ aide, was arrested and charged with murder. He told a rambling and incoherent story which indicated he was mentally unbalanced. Mrs. Bourse's death was due apparently to strangulation. A neighbor telej/honed the police reporting sounds of violence in the Bearse home. Officers found young Bearse seated on the floor by his mother's body moaning and shouting incoherently. He safd his mother "had died twice in the night" and that ha had revived her both times. After the second time he said her eyes "looked queer" and he removed them. Other mutilations, he explained, as having been made "to cleanse her soul from si*." Mr. and Mrs. Bearse were divorced 14 years ago, but Mrs. Bearse and aer son had continued to occupy the house owned by Mr. Bearse, Mussolini, dictator of Italy, has is* sued a dictum foiibidding the use of wheat flour in the making of bread and pastries. ' Dan Zandano, a convict trusty of Auburn prison, New York, left the prison githout leave on Monday, and carried his saxophone with htm. The Florida Cities Finance company of Miami and the Southern States Realty corporation of Miami, have been barred from use of the mails by a fraud order issued by the postmaster general. . The bodies of John Bogar, 60; his daughter, Agnes, 25, and the latter's daughter, 5, were found hanging in their farm house near Blissfield, Mich.! Monday. The mystery of their deaths has not boon solved. T'~" Plans are rapidly maturing for the attempt to be mpde by Captain Rene Fonck to fly from America to Paris, France, the latter part of this month, in one hop. _ " The General Electric company at Schenectady, N. Y., this week distributed a bonus of $1,396,000 to its employes who have been in its service for five years or more. NOTICE OF SALE. Under and by authority pf executions directed to nte by W. H. Halle, City Clerk and Treasurer, r have levied upon and will sell at public outcry oh the first Monday in September next, being Sept. 7tfi, 1926, the following listed propeMy for non-payment of the street paving assessment levied upon the said property, and was not paid on or before April 15th, 1926. All that lot in City of Camden, bounded on the north by lot formerly of Dr. W. J. Dunn: on the east by Broad street; on the south and west by property now or formerly of estate of John Meeks. Levied upon and to be sold as property of Posteli T. Brown for delinquent payment of street paving past due April 16th, 1926. <f v ALSO ;?f-rr,: 'All that lot in City of Camden, bounded on the north by lot of Jas. A. Bates; on the east by lot now or* formerly of Joe Harrison; on the south by lot of E. H. Dibble; on the west by Broad street. Levied upon and to be sold as property of Maceo Lodge No. 114 for delinquent street paving past due on April 15th, 1926. ALSO All that lot in City of. Camden, bounded on the north by lot of Richard Haile; on the east by lot of estate of Thos. J. Boykin; on the south by lot of J. W. Bennett: on the west by Broad street. Levied upon and to be -sold as the property of Everett Kirkland for delinquent paving past due on. April 15th, 1926. ALSO AlMhat lot in the City of Camden, bounded on the north by Rntledge street; pn the east by Lyttleton street; op the south by lot of B. D. Trapp; on the west by lot of estate. Mittie Gladden. Levied upon and to be sold ss property of Jane McKain for delinquent street paving past due April 15th, 1926. . r y ' ALSO _ All that lot in the City of Camden, bounded on the north by Monument Square of City of Camden; on " the east by Broad street; on the south and west by lot of B. H. Baum. Levied upon and to be sold as property of Mrs. Hattie Moore for delinquent street paving past due April 15th, 1926. * ALSO All that lot in the City of Camden, bounded on the north by Rutledge street; on the east by Market street; or\, the south by lot now or formerly of H. G. Carrison, on the west by property formerly L. Schenk A Co. Levied upon and to be sold as property of Estate of Henrietta ?cott, et al., for delinquent street paving past due cApril 15th, 1926. ALSO All that lot in the City of Camden, bounded on the north by lot of Schlosburg; on the east by Broad street: on the south by lot of Alen Powell; on the west by lot of John Myers; Levied upon and to be sold as property of Margaret Wylie for delinquent street paving past due on April 15, 1928. Terms of Sale, CASH. ^^' ff"ryffifrrl L . .v . *"*% 6 w. -k - "kkY _ . A A. I *1 rAL. ? . - u ,1 ? >" """" Clemson College, Aug. lO.-An inUresOug aide-Hue * the pig?>n ^ bm> conducted lv OUee, PP* ^ num, of Daneastw. Wlt|i ? about 800 pairs <4 Wrdi, he proflU 18 pair and clear* enough eaeh eMP , year to make the hobby interesting. IIr. Giles started into the pigeon business in 1W1 with ten Eaclng Homers that cost $8 a pair, and a shed provided with a fiy P?n. In 1022 80 pairs of Belgian Plymouth Hock Homers were added and a pigeon house, 60 by 11 feet in dimensions, was added. The following year he bought 60 pairs of Cameaux and 60 pairs of White Kings and built a monitor-type house large enough for 240 pairs. He now has increased to 800 paira. "The squab business is very profitable," stated Mr. Giles, in talking with D. H. Hall, extension poultry husbandman. "It costs about 40 cents to raise a pound of squabs and the market usually runs from 60 cents to a dollar. Hew York and Asheville are good markets. The heavier breeds, like the White King and Carneaux, produce pigeons Weighing a little over a pound at four weeks old. The Homers produce more pair* in a ye*r but of a lighter weight. I have all three breeds and they , have all paid me well." The method of culling and its ac-. i curacy were quite a ijpW wrinkle on Mr. Hall's brain, even though he helps many a farmer cull his chicken flock. A pair of pigeons usually keeps the same nest and a card will accurately, record the number of squabs each pair produces, so that the best breeders are kept. The lighter birds' eat about 100 poundB of grain a year, while larger breeds require 120. The feed costs about $3,40 a hundred pounds?? Squab# are starved about 18 hours before killing. ' Then the vein in the roof of the mouth is cut and the young birds are bled to death. They are picked dry, boxed in ice and , marketed through the National Squab Breeders' Association. Two Dentists Drowned Petersburg, Va., Aug. 0.?Dr. John Michalko, dentist, -and Dr. W, S. Moody, both of Hopewell, were drowned early this morning in the swimming pool of the Depont Club j of Virginia at City Point. Ted Clark,, also of Hopewell, nearly lost his life , in an attempt to save the two men J Dr. Moody was drowned when he went to the assistance of Dr. Michalko, being grabbed by the drowning man and pulled under. These two with Clark were the only ones in the^ pool at the early hour today. Cries of the men* aroused persons, i living nearby, but when help arrived the doctors had sunk to the bottom and Clark was exhausted. The bodies were recovered nearly an hour later. An inquest into the double drowning will be held today by the Hopewell. coroner. ,r . j H jji m , MijjJHS liilliwfwppppwpr-* er? of theDeclaration of Impend ? * in IN THE DISTRICT COURT Of THE UNITED HHTATEIMBast REN DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, * ' " In IU J. 6. CttRola|lun, Bankrupt. In pursuance oI ah order of H. N Bdmunds, Referee, of date, August 2 1926. I will offer for sale to the hi|rh' est bidders, for cash, at the storehouse recently conducted by J, c Cunningham of the Ctty of Camden, ~ County of Kershaw, and State Qj South Carolina, the stock of goods fixtures, accounts, and other assets of the above named bankrupt, at eleven o'clock, a.m., Wednesday August 18, 1926. Said stock of gboJs * i and fixtures will be sold in such parcels or lots as may aeem to me beat, and thereafter said stock of goods, fixtures, accounts and other- assets " I will be offered for sale as a whole, such bid or bids to be accepted from which the largest amount will be realized for the bankrupt estate. The property of said bankrupt to be sold free of Hens. The appraised value of the property to be sold amounting to Twenty-seven Hundred Sixty-seven and 80-100 Dollars ($#767.80). L. A. WrrakoWEKY, Trustee of J. G. Cunningham, Bankrupt. 19-20-sb .i m, .. ?.... ,r _ CONFEDERATE HOME Al? SCHOOL This institution stll continues . its career of useful service in the education of women# It is prepared to receive girls who wisn to attend Mmnminger High School and the College ef Charleston. A comfortable heme* supervision of studies, careful chaperonage, and attention to' the mental and physical welfare of the' pupils is provided under the management ef a matron of experience and ability. A number of scholarship are available, among them one from each of the seven Congressional Districts. I For information as to the very moderate terms, apply to?ttffe- ~r~~rr George S. Holmes, Corresponding. Secretary, Confederate Home and T School, 64 1-2 Broad St., Charleston, South Carolina. ? COLUMBIA LUMBER & I MANUFACTURING CO. I mill work ; SASH, DOORS, BLINDS V AND LUMBER i PLAIN dk HULCR STS. Phon? 71 I COLUMBIA, S. C. I |pna??immmrnmmmJ I " I I i HMM | d*?P?w V - ' I'" ' i ' "ij'.U'i M i r>% ; NO-MO-KORN FOR CORNS AND CAIjpffilMi Made In C*m4<a ul fn S.l? Br I ?rjl' iI1, "i". m'"l samamamasmamm } A COMPLAINT by one of our customers about charge for ' m long distance oall m?y help yoa sav? money on your N . toll calls. Thlo subscriber hoe two beys away from homo, and ha eaHo thorn on tho long dlotonoo telephone ohoo a WdOk tor ifHMftjf i llttla chat. . Rocantly ho waited until after HBO p. m? to plaoa hlo coll In ardor to eeeure tho roduodd night rata. Naturally he WOO surprised whan ha WOO billed at the poraon-to-par-eon rata. Inquiry daveloped the fact that ho jrieeed tho call by noma, asking tor either ana of hlo aona. Thla woo, of oouree, a poraon* to*poraon oofl, for which the rata la the came, both day and night, If thlo ouetomer hod told the operator ho wlohod to make a atatlon -to - station oalL or If ho hod told hpnr)?t>?tOho?h .to b# oonnootod with tho distant talaphono# It wduld hovo boon n station-to-station call at tha reduced rota, Wo find that many who wait until 8:30 o'clock at night to. got reduced r?tea are making perton-to-poraon oalla at tha ragtuar To mako a station-to-atatlon call you tall tho operator tho totophono number at tho distant point. If you do not know tha number, tall bar tho name or addrooa under whloh k ie llotod. Do not aak to apeak to a particular poraon* ?. * ? ? t~r . -<r 1".Wo are anxious for our customers to hovo tho benefit of tho low rota for atatlon-to-station oalla and tha further radusttsh at night. ' ' ' " ; "* Mr. * ' 'W? .r,V >*,-' " Remember that the reduced night rata opptloo Mly ta station*T ; ta-atatlon ?all" ; Jl: MORGAN S. SPEIR, Carolines Manager ^ . i* - SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE fAl ' '