The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 27, 1926, Image 2
Donald Ringer, 10, under fenteace
t death for a murder committed in
1094, has had his sentence commuted
to life imprisonment by the Nebraska
board of pardons. The <boy claimed in
a personal appeal to the pardon board
that Ave confessions he had made
were not true, and plead for a "fair
deal Just once in his life."
NOTICE OF DEMOCRATIC PRL
MARY ELECTION
Notice it* hereby given that a primary
election for the nomination of
Democratic candidates for United
States Senator, Congressman, State
Officers and County Officers for Kershaw
County will be held at the respective
voting places in Kerthaw
County on Tuesday, August 81, 1020.
The polls will be open from Eight
o'clock in the morning until Four
o'clock in the afternoon.
No person will bo allowed to vote
save those who are duly qualified, under
the rulea and regulations governing
the Democratic primaries and
whose names appear upon the club
roll of the precinct at which they present
themselves for voting.
The polling places have been designated
and the managers appointed by
the County Executive Committee and
they appear below:
Abney?L. K. McCaskill, L. S. Williams,
W. C. Gandy, Cleatus Taylor,
Vote at Kirkley's Mill.
Antioch?D. K. Stokes, Boykin McCaskill,
C. W. Shiver, L. A. Shiver.
Vote at Antioch school house.
Bethune?-K. T,. Estridge, Frank
Lee, M. M. Baker, Baron Lee. Vote
at Town Hall.
Blaney?S. E. Ross, F, A. Nelson,
J. G. Kelley, Mrs. A. T. Simpson.
Vote at A. K. Ross store.
Buffalo?B. 8, Catoe, R. F. Sowell,
H. T. Catoe, C, A. Johnson. Vote at
Buffalo school house.
/ Cassatt?-T. A. Spears, Sr., If. M,
Walters, Oscaf Gardner, Henry E.
Gardner. Vote at Henry E. Gardner's
store.
Charlotte Thompson?E. D. Workman,
Eugene Pearce, Charlie Bruce,
J. E. Sowell. Vote at Charlotte
Thompson school house.
DeKalb?S. C. Truesdale, J. J.
Owfngs, Nie Workman, J. E. Horton.
Votb at DcKaWb school house.
Dolby's Mill?W. L. Kinard, A. K.
Brown, Ernest Kirkland, George Arledge.
Vote at Camplbell Store.
Enterprise?R. L. Stokes, L. C.
Marshall, Rufus JMoseley, J, S. Duns.
Vote at the Luther Moseley place.
Gates' Ford?B. A. Brown, S. B.
Horton, Ed Baxley, L. S. Brown. Vote
at school house.
Gumlberry?A B Walker, J M Huggins,
L. T. Bradley, C. J. Baker. Vote
at Gumberry school house.
Hermitage?J. S. West, J. J. Munn,
G, B. DeBruhl, W. J. Hasty. Vote at
G. B. DeBruhl .store .
Kersharw?Marion Jones, J. A.
Whitley, D. K. Hough, Paul Jones.
Vote at W. R. Taylor's store.
Lockhart?J. V. Baker, Jesse
Owens, Lee Horton,. Wesley Boone.
Vote at Jordan's store.
Lugoff?G. E. Watts, J. A. Roseborough,
Luther Jones, H. A. Ralbon.
Vote at Rosdborough store.
Liberty Hill?F. B. Floyd, R. C.
Jones, Jr., W. C. Wardlaw, W. C.
Perry. Vote at Mackey-Joncs store.
Ned's Creek?Enoch Roberts, Earle
Craig, S. R. Johnson, W. A. Johnson.
Vote at School House.
Oakland?L. L. McClaughtln, G. B.
McCoy, J. H. Watkins, Wesley Outlaw.
Vote at Oakland school house.
"Pine Tree?J. E. Brannon, W. W.
Horton, Arthur Hyatt, H. H. West.
Vote at Midway school house.
Roland?L. L. Barnes, D. C. West,
Ousie West, L. S. Spears. Vote at
West Mill.
Raley's Mill?J. E. Mangum, J. E.
Davis, Carson Rodgers,, Amos West.
Vote at Raley's Mill.
Raibon'B Cross Roads?J. C. Ford,
Cary Branham,. Latham Gettys, Dannie
Rabon. Vote at Rabon's store.
Salt Pond?N. P. Gettys, H. E.
Moore, W. L. Branham, H. R. Boykin.
Vote at school house.
Sandy Grove?S. B. Hall, H. C.
Stokes, W. H. Ratcliffe, W. S. Stokes.
Vote at Sandy Grove church.
Shamrock?I. L. Williams, A. J.
Elliott, C. P. Blackmon, T. J. Baker.
Vote at Shamrock school house.
.Sheppard?G. S. Rodgers, F. J. Tidwell,
Sidney Moseley, J. B. Langlcy.
Vote at Langley's store.
Three C's?Rdbert McGill, T. H.
Your>g, Claude Bell, T. B. Fletcher.
Vote at Three C's school house.
Twenty Creek?A. D. Dowey, William
Bass, G. S. Ray, B. T. Rabon.
Vote at Hinson's store.
Wateree?Frank Murphy, W. W.
Davis, B. T. Davis, D. F. Barnes.
Vote at club house.
Westville?L. C. Clybum, W. F.
McDowell, R. Cox, R. H/Young. Vote
at Westville school house.
Shaylor's Hill?L. D. Holland, R. M.
Drakeford, J. R. Horn^by, R. L.
Smyrl. Vote at school house.
Swift Creek?B. C. Truesdale, Willis
Boykon, W. A. Boykin, H. D. Boykin.
Vote at Truesdale's store.
Harmony?G. A. Dowey, F. M.
Maddox, J. E. Abbott, J. L. Paschal.
Vote at school house.
Camden?W, A. Clarke, Smyrl Halsail,
Eugene Moseley, M. L. Smith, Jr.
Vote at court house.
At Clubs having more than Fifty
names the Australian Ballot system
will be observed. The especial attention
of the Managers is called to the
rules and regulations governing the
conduct of the primary which rules
will be found printed on the inside
cover pages of tho,.enrollment book.
At Precincts where voters from
more than one Township cast their
ballot the voters will give the managers
the name of the Township in
which they reside and the managers
will write the name of such Township
on the poll list next to the voter's
name.
One of the Managers or some member
of each club will call for the
boxes, tickets, etc., which will be
ready on Monday, August 30th, at the
offices of-the Chairman.
fL H. HkLTON, Chairman.
Mendel L. Sfoith, Jr., ^acretary.
HOW lVjislatueb may look
Horn# Observations In U? CmmUm
CaMMstw Have TmvrrM.
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(By John K. Aull, Special Chronicle
Correspondent.)
Greenwood, Aug, 22v?Getting away
from Columbia on a trip through different
sections of the state, almost,
on the eve of the first primary on
August 81, just to take a glance at
the general situation, it appears that
the people of the Piedmont are taking
more interest in the election than
are those in other sections; but that
even up here, in Newberry, and
Greenwood, and Greenville, and Anderson,
and Oconee, and Pickens, and
Spartanburg and other heavy voting
counties, there is a considerable lack
of interest in election of members of
the general assembly, as compared
with the choice of a governor or
United States senator. The people,
cry "reform"?as to what kind they
want they are divided?and then forget
all about electing' members of
the general assembly. 4 * One would
think that a governor or a United
States senator could give a tax on
Coca-cola, or keep it off. This is not
true of all the counties, or all the
people in these counties; but it is
true of enough of them to wonder if
a majority of the people have as yet
given any .serious choice to the members
of the next two houses of the
genreal assembly.
And there will of necessity be a
legislature composed largely of new
members. Some of the strongest
members of thd(T^st general assembly
are not candidates for re-election.
Starting with the Officers, there will
be a new speaker and a new president
of the senate, Speaker Brown being
in the race for the United States
Ben Ate and Lieut. Gov. Jackson being
in the race for governor. Either
Senator T. B. Butler of Cherokee wilk
be the senate's presiding officer, or
^Representative James O. Sheppard,
of Edgefield, will wield j-he gavel in
the upper body, these being in the
race to succeed Lieut. Gov. Jackson.
There will be a new chairman of
the ways and means committee of
the hous^, Chairman Carroll D. Nance
being in the race for governor. It
is understood that Representative
W. W. Smoak of Colleton and Mr.
G. L. Buist Rivers of Charleston will
be candidates for this position. Representative
Smoak is a newspaper
publisher. He was a member of the
house 1917-18, and from 1923 until
the present. He was the author of
the "pay-as-ypu-go" road act of 1924.
Representative Rivers, who was in the
world war, and has served only one
term, is a lawyer at Charleston. The
race may narrow to these two. For
the speakership there loom up the
candidacies of Representative John K.
Hamblin, of Union, whd formerly
served on the judiciary committee and
as speaker pro tern., and is the oldesi
member in continuous service; and of
Representative James H. Sullivan of
Laurens, who has served in several
public offices, including superintendent
of education of his county and
postmaster at Laurens.
In Richland county there will be a
clean sweep, so far as the offices now
held by the members is concerned.
Senator Pearce stated that he could
not longer afford to give time from
his private business interests to his
legislative duties. Representative
Jeff D. Bates and J. C. Covington
and Mr. J. H. Hammond are seeking
the senatorial toga. None of the
other members of the house is seeking
election. There are two women
in the race?Miss -Tressie Pierce and
Mrs. S. Evelyn Lester, who have been
in prior county ra^s. They are
bringing them out on the soft drinks
tax down there?when they can?for
some of them, like some of the state
candidates are pretty much gun-shy.
In at least one county?Calhoun?
there is no opposition. The senator
is a hold-over, and the lone member
of the house, Mr. Gressette, has no
opposition.
Over in Cherokee they have a race
that is a surprise to the natives?the |
surprise being in the entry of Editor
Ed H. DeCamp in the race for the
contest, after thirty years or more
of quiet newspaper life. His opponents
are Mr. Henry C. Moore, of
Gaffney, now a member of the house,
and Mr. Richmond Stacy of Gaffney.
There have been some lively flings
at the county campaign meetings, and
there promise to be some more that
are livelier.
In Chester it should be noted also
that there is no opposition in either
the race for the house or the senate.
Senator David Hamilton is not a candidate
for re-election, and Representatives
YVestbrook and Abell have no
opposition.
Up in Greenville county they have
injected a "Greenville ring," as well
as our old friend and stand-by, "the
Columbia ring." One member proved
by another member thai he was not
a member of "the Columbia ring,"
and the war waged among fouT as to
whether they were members of the
J "Greenville ring." Your correspond
? ^ ? V .. - nt
is not axacUy cltwr u to the
meaning of either "ring," haring
beard ao many definition# that tbay
have all become conflicting, and not
having been asked to join either.
Representative C. E. Sloan, "the
Mountain Lion," was in the battle,
however, and there Is the proof that
it was a lively battle. The aenator
holds over, and tnere are eleven candidate#
for the six places to be filled
?five being for re-election, and Col.
A. Foster McKiasick having declined
to enter the race.
Over in Spartanburg they have
three in 4he race to fill the vacancy
caused by -the death of the late
lamented Senator W. S. Rogers.
These three candidates are Messrs/
L. A. Odom, S. T. Lanham and J. B.
Grey. There are fifteen candidates
for the house to fill seven places
Only two are for re-election?Mr.
Dewey D. Foster and Mr. Walter S.
Wingo. Mr. Jesse W. Boyd, who has
taken a prominent part in the legislative
proceedings, is not a candidate
for re-election. >
Crossing the Piedmont section over
into Pickens, they are pitching some
vigorous jstuff there. Pickens* only
two representatives?'Messrs. W. E.
Find ley and Jubal O. Williams?are
both pitted against Senator John E.
Craig for re-election. And they are
Jn a general wrangle over many
things?roads particularly. And incidentally
an invitation to compare
his moral conduct with his opponents
while in office has been sent forth
even into the mountains by Representative
iFindlej^;' and his hearers
were left to wonder what he meant.
At one of the campaign meetings in
Pickens county one of the candidates
for magistrate told his hearers, it is
reported, that if he were elected he
would rise to greater attainments,
rivalling the achievements of Ben
Tillman and Cole Blease. There are
several candidates for the house, who
seem to have been pursuing the even
tenor of their way. ,
One of the outstanding figures
which will be missed from the house
will be that of Representative. Mendel
L. Smith. Judge Smith told this correspondent
that he had given the matter
serious thought; and had decided
that, with his private practice, he
could not give his legislative duties
the attention they commanded, Judge
Smith was a former speaker of the
house. Then he was elected circuit
itiAarsi which hd mimid to mUv
World war, where he held the repk
of lieutenant colonel. He was with
the forM in France, and crossed the
Rhine with the army of occupation.
Returning, he entered the practice of
hit profession, and was elected r^o
the legislature. He says that he may
not be through with politics?that he
may again aspire to public office.
Vn Darlington Senator S. Joe Jef*
fords is being opposed by Former
Senator Frank A. Miller. For the
house there are a number of announced
candidates.
Up in Abbeville Senator J. Howard
Moore has opposition for re-election
in Mr. F. D. West, of the Abbeville
Press and Banner. There are several
candidates for the house.
In , Marlboro, county Senator R. L.
Vreeman, editor of the Pee Dee Advocate,
who was in the house for one
term, and is rounding out four years
in the senate, will be opposed for reelection
by Mr. D. D. McColI, now a
member of the house, and a former
member of the senate.
'\ Across over in Dillon, Hon. Ji H.
Manning* Dillon's first senator, who
served for eight years, is a candidate
against Senator R. S. Rogers and for
the house Mr. Joe P. Dane, encumbent,
is in the - race with Mr. L. M.
Rodgers, a former member, and Mr.
Frank Roger^ Ellerbe, of baseball
fame, and a sfm of the late Governor
Ellerbe and brother of Mr. Earle R.
Ellerbe, state railroad commissioner.
In Marion Senator Maxcy . Harrelson
holds over, and there are several
aspirants for the house.
Up in Anderson Senator Fant is
not a candidate for re-election and
Representative Joe M. H. Ashley and
Mr. G, B. Greene, of the Anderson
bar, are candidates to succeed him.
For the house there are a number of
candidates, including three preachers.
Several of the present members of
the house are candidates for re-election.
It would be well-nigh impossible to
go into an eptire list of the candidates,
or what is going oil in the
county campaigns. In some counties
there is considerable interest; in
others there is a general apathy.
And yet the people fight over which
candidate for govW^or favors a certain
legislative measure?or which
one is for a Coca-cola tax or against
it.
The people may wake up before the
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voting comes. Afterwards it will be
too late. The members of the i general
assembly who are to be elected
on August 31 and two weeks thereafter
will make the laws under which.
South Carolina must live.
Pleasures of Spall Towns
There is more than one privilege
and pleasure about living in a small
town. One of them is in going in
your shirt sleeves; another is in sitting
on the shady side of a business
house in' the summer time, and the
sunny side in winter. If you want
to speak to a friend three blocks
awayv you can yell and squall at him
and you can carry on a loud, hollering
conversation, you can always
find a place to park; you can turn
ground in .the middle of the block;
"you" Tiave lots of friends and when
you are with one of them, you can
talk about all the balance; you can
keep up with everybody else's business
except your own, and a many,
many others but they are too numerous
to mention.
But you can't enjoy these things
in Caffney because it has passed the
smalb town stage.?Caffpey Ledger.
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Penalty for Stealing
Over in China where a civilization
was established and maintained many
a century before Columbus discovered
America, the sentimentalists, uplifters
and sob-sisters have not found a
permanent perch in society when it
corned to dealing with the criminals.
A news story in the New York papers
tells of the way they handle thieves
in the Celestial Empire. Stealing is
one of the crimes that calls for the
death v penalty. A naval recruiting
officer just back from the Orient, in
a recent interview says that he witnesscd
the execution of 14 Chinese.
They were executed 4p four minutes^
and four seconds in Pekin?all charged
with stealing. This drastic punishment
foir stealing if adopted in
America would pftt A.Atop, to so many
holdups and burglaries, and at the
same <time force a-large idle population
to go to^.work. Giving the
death penaltu|yMj?&i end to thoso
who wreck seem crude
and barbaric to bfflOlKer-day civilization,
but in some ;_tespects the
Chinese civilization that has weathered
thousands of years has the edge
on ours.?Spartanburg Journal.
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Finding a Fortune I
The beat way to find a fortune is to follow
the example of the great majority of
those who have created fortunes by their
own endeavors and save systematically,
deposit Regularly and invest wisely.
CAPITAL $mW0JD
Loan & Savings Bank
4 Per Cent Paid on Savings deposits
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NANCE IS THE MAN
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Who Has Stood Between the People and Higher Taxea t
a .S&isr.i .''#&
CARROLL D. NANCE
Of Laurens
Candidate for Governor?
READ THE RECORD:
NANCE is the man who stood upon the floor of the House of Representatives and
said: "Not another mill shall be put on farm lands and the homes of the people." "*
No additional tax went on. Instead the state property levy was reduced, .--rip- ' :
NANCE is the man who, as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, found
the means of adequately financing the state government and supporting its hiiman- ~
itarian and educational institutions, at the same time providing the ways through
which the necessary revenues could be raised without placing aiKadditional burden
on property. 1 . ***
NANCE is the man who led the fight for a fair distribution of the tax burden.THE
LUXURY TAX f
is a tax burden which no man need pay unless he chooses. It is not a compulsory tax.
The revenue it produces Relieves the burden on farm lands and the hopi^ bi The
people. There is no choice about the property tax. It is compulsory, Nanee W-4ieves
that~essentials"3hould receive primary consideration and protection, and realizing
the unprofitable condition of agriculture and that the farms and homes have
been bearing a disproportionate share of the tax burden,, took the lead 3ft the legislature
for the enactment of the luxury tax now in force and effect in Sou^h CarOlina.-7~ |"
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-Nance is the man who last winter introduced a resolution calling for an investigation of the State Bank Ekaminer. The
need of such an investigation has been strikingly revealed in the light of subsequent developments* t
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NANCE HAS ISSUED A CHALLENGE
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To the critics of the Appropriation Bill which he as Chairman of the Ways and Means Committed engineered V.'i 1
through the 1926 Legislature, Nance has flung the gauntlet, chailenging these critics who, speaking :&i generalities,
denounce the appropriations as extravagant and assert that large sums of money could have been saved to the taxpayers
by cutting down the amounts appropriated, to specify where tfcey would have applied the priming knife and
to state for the information of the people what specific items they would cut. <}
THIS CHALLENGE REMAINS UNANSWERED i j
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It is easy enough to criticize, but only constructive criticism is of any value to the people: The challenge is renewed.
Those who denounce should be willing to specify.
As Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of'the House and as such Charged with the responsibility of providing
for the support of the state's institutions and for adequate maintenance of the state government, Carroll D.
Nance discharged his responsibility fearlessly and impartially, at the same time standing flatfootedly for a distribution
of the tax burden which, instead of working hardship upon the farms and homes of the people, made possible kh
actual reduction of the state property tax.
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Such is the record of the man. If his critics have any constructive criticism to offer Let Thrm
Nance Is The Man For Govern<^j^g|j| |