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The Camden Chronicle *??s?=====ael?s=e=ai==========e ?=ae!=====sseaies==s9=5=s?=s=ses==B====aas=es=s====!?!!======a==5HeP*B^ "^BBKB!=s!B!*aa=?mm VOLUME XXXVIII. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1026. NUMBER 24 THE next general assembly W ill Show Many New Faces In Both! House and Senate. (By Jno. K. Aull.) Columbia, Sept. 6.?A member of the house of representatives remarked here today, after studying the report! from the various county elections, that very few of the old members would be in the next house, and that all those who were coming back were candidates either for speaker or for chairman' of the ways and means committee. It is a fact that the house ap yell the Senate, will see a great many new faces?the house considerably more, even in proportion to ?the number of members, than the senate. Some of the members Atf the last house and senate ran for other Of-! fices; eome were not candidates, and ' some were, defeated for re-election. TV> date there are five either aspiring* to the speakership, or whp are being urged . in connection with it, to. succeed Speaker Browp, who is in a second race f<jr the United States senate. These are Messrs. John K. Hamblin, of* Union; Jatrtes H. Sullivan, of Laurens; W. H. Keith, of Greenville! John B. Duffle, of Sumter; and H. Klugh Purdy, of Jasper*. These geiv?j tlemen are well kngwn from past legislative experience . There are four already returned to the house who have their qyes upon the chairmanship of the ways and means committee, and possibly one or may be^more who are in; second7 .races. The four already nominated are Robert L. McCaslan, of Greenwood; Mr. W. W. Smoah, . of. Walterboro: Mr. G. L. Buist Rivers, of Charleston; and Mr. D. L. McLaurin, of Marlboro . Mr. MdCaslan comes back to the j house for the third' .successive time, being renominated at the head of the ticket. In his flfst race.in Greenwood he ran third, andin his two successive races he took the lead. He Is now vice-chalTman of the ways and meads committee, atid his'lfriends ifrge that - he is the logical man for the place. Mr. W. W? Smoak, of Walterboro, returns at the head of the ticket from his county. He has had a long legis-; lative experience, and those who are urging him point to his record as justification for their claims. Mr. Smoak is editor, of the Press-and Standard, and has been, prominent particularly, in tHe Shatter of good ?ro,ads legislation. Mr. Rivers has served in the house one term. He was a lieutenant in the World War, and was assistant U. S. district. attorftey, ,in, 1921. Mr. Mc- J Laurin was a member of the house for three terms, 1915-20, and came to the house again in 1925. He Is a wholesale merchant apd farrper at McColl. Over in the senate, Senator Thos.' B. Butler, of Cherokee, nominated for j lieutenant governor, will succeed Lieut. Governor Jackson as presiding officer of that body. Newspaper men and preachers who were candidates for the general as- j sembly fared badly in the recent primary. Editor DeCamp, of the Gaffney Ledger, was eliminated from the senat.orial race in the first primary?_ Jihfi, second race being between Representative Henry C. Moore and former Senator Richmond P. Stacy. In Marlboro county, Senator R.. L. Freeman, editor of the Pee Dee Advocate, was defeated by Representative D. D. McColl, a . former senator from Marlboro. In Abbeville county Senator J. Howard Moore, who has been in the general assembly since 1911, first as a member of the housdj and for the past eight years as a member of the senate, was re-elected over Mr. F. D. West* editor of the Pries and Banner, RdlWr^Smoah, however, of the Piess and Standard, at Walterboro, came through from his county as the only representative choseif on the flrat balThere were several preachers in the races for the house in Hie varous counties, iuchuMng Richland, Anderson, York, and others, but they ware nearly all eliminated in the first race. Of the two women in tW race for the house in Richland county, one was loft out in the first primary and the other goes into a second race. She is one of eight candidates lo make the run-over. Richland having elected only two members on Hie first bajlot. Not n member of the old house delegation from thle county offered for re-election to the bouse. Two of them ran for the senate, and one, Mr. Jeff B. Bates; is in a second race with .Mr. James H. Hammond, of the CohEnbla bar. Senator Peart* did not offer for re C. Welch preferred the senatorship to the office and defeated 8e*ator L. 0. Funderburk. In Pickens two house members, Messrs. Jubel O Willlwus and W. E, Findley, ran agaiiist Senator Craig. Mr. Williams, a wellknown figure in legislative circles, who bad his opinions and ? expressed them on about everything that came up, was left out of the second face, which has been ordered. Another picturesque figure which will not be seen in the house next session is that of th<i "Mountain Lion," Representative Clarence E. Stone, who modestly admitted on the stump during the county campaign that he had more sense than all the rest of the delegation. Up in that section also, Representative Joe H. M. Ashley, a son of the late Joshua Ashley, who had a long service in the house, was defeated for the senate by Mr. G. B. Greene, an attorney of Anderson. Also among 'the defeated is Representative Olin Sawyer, of Georgetown, who always took a prominent part in the debates of the House. In Darlington county, Senator S. Joe Jeffordp was defeated by former Senator Frahk" A. Miller. Coileton's veteran senator, Mr. James G. Padgett, did not offer for re-election, and he will be succeeded by Mr. R. M. Jefferies. Senator Ouzts, of Greenwppd, Who was eliminated in the gubernatorial" campaign, is a hold-over senator, and will have with him the same house delegation as last JaivufiYyT Speaker pro tern of the HouSe, Thos. H. Stukes was elected to the senate from Clarendon, without opposition, succeeding state Treasurer Julian H. Scarborough, who was in the senate at the time he was chosen by the legislature to succeed the late state treasurer Carter. In Leeceoifoty senator R. M. Cooper Jr., was not a candidate for re-election, and will be tmcceeded by Dr. J. B. Lane, who defeated former senator George M. Stuckey. Fbrmer Senator W. P. Maaon comes to the house from Oconee* along with 'Mr. Elijah Timmerman, giving Ocohee an entirely new house delegation. Lancaster will have ftp entirely new delegation, both senate and house, Senator Roach S. Stewart not having been a candidate for reelection, and Messrs. Harry Hines and H. H. Horton being elected to-the house. From Berkeley county, after being away one term, Senator E. J, Dennis returns to the upper body. Senator Allan Johnstone, of Newberry, one of the senate's veterans, and president pro tern, is a hold-over. The soft drinks and other luxury taxes were injected into the county campaigns to a considerable extent, but the attitude of the candidates towards theqe taxes seems not to have been the controlling factor in a great many instances. Just how the new generbl._assembly 'will feel towards this form of taxation can only be told when it comes to a* test. It will 'be gratifying news to his many friends throughout the State to learn that CoL J. Fred Schumpert, of Newberry, sergeant at arms of the senate continuously since 1903, and who has been "seriously ill-" recently, to recovering his health, and expects to PREDICTS RICHARDS ELECTION. Correspondent Kays Hiu Support Will Come From All Section*, t Columbia, Sept. 0.?The splendid vote received by Major John G. Richards in the first primary for governor, giving him a big lead over his nearest opponent, Solicitor Blackwood, is the basis for the prediction by hi* friends that he will be elected by a large majority in the second primary on Sep-1 tember 14th. While carrying MS own* county overwhelmingly against all other candidates, and while carrying some other counties by large votes, Major Richards' strength comes gen-* era} from every section of the State, while Mr Blackwood's, or the majority of it, is bunched. Mr. Blackwood carried his own county handsomely, and it is a big county,' but it accounts lor about twenty-five per cent of his entire vote in the State?or possibly more than twenty-five per cent., as may be shown by the official tabulation. In Spartanburg county also did Major Richards show considerable strength, running second to Mr. Blackwood and receiving a fine vote, j Major Richards has been conspicuous in public life for some, years. Ho, eerved for a considerable while as member of the house of representatives from his J*ome county of Ker? shaw, and during a considerable part tof that service he was chairman of the ways and means committee. He , has served as railroad comttiissioner both by election by the people and by the legislature. His promise to the people is that if, elected he will give them an administration of business economy; that extravagance will be eliminated so far as it may be withinthe power of a governor to eliminate it, and that his endeavors will be with an eye single to the welfare of all the people. There are no interests supporting him, and he would go into office free to serve. [ He is very igrateful for the handjom vote given him in the first'primary, for which he ha^r> extended his thanks; He urges his frteftds, however, to be on the alert, that the victory which is within their grasp may not be permitted to be taken from .them. JnoHflT. Aull. Will Nut Give Time. The manager of the Western Union telegraph office at Camden requests us to state that the company has discontinued the practice of giving out the time, as it seriously interferes with the filing of telegrams over the ; phone. The instructions \vere received from the superintendent to positively stop this practice at once. It is not a matter of choice with the manager, as he is always glad to be accommodating in any way*j; but he i must obey instructions. o ? What It Cost Them. > (The candidates for congress from this district on Monday filed their expense accounts, as follows; ? ?? W. F. Stevenson, $1,060; Zeb V^nce Davidson, $749. j be ready, with his usual alertness and efficiency, for the ensuing session. . | un -i1- - - ' . j u'-'TraggaawfrMB*'.. - LIGHT vcrrifi POLL? 8om? Seventy Thousand in State FailTo Vote in First i'rimary. . (By J no. K. Aull.) I * r Columbia, S,ept, 8.?A great deal depends upon the sice of the vote which will he cast in the second primary on September 14. It wasjnot expected, with the enrollment having ,/alley off, that the vote in the flrat .primary would be larger than two years "ago, but with crop condition* improyed and interest aroused, a vote of some two hundred thousand was looked for. That some seventy .thousand of thoseNwho were enrolled did hot take the little time necessary to go to the polls and cast their votes was a matter of surprise. cWith the 'intensive campaign which is being 'waged between primaries, a larger vote is hoped for in the run-off. But with local contests out of the way in fe good many of the counties, and in come of them only one or two magistrates to be elected, It hardly seems probable that the vote will be greater^ With Major John G, Richards, on the face of the incomplete * returns, leading Solicitor Ira C. Blackwood by more than 7,000 votes, and with Speaker Edgar A. Brown only 6,000 ? behind Senator Smith, in both the gubernatorial and senatorial raceB the friends of the candidates are active throughout the State. There has been some talk of this candidate or that candidate throwing his strength to thip candidate or that one; but the truth of the matter is ffcfit not one of thq candidates who was eliminated from. the first race can throw- any appreciable part of his strength to anybody. Of course each one of them, has ; some influence, but there js $o "yjest pocket" vote in South Carplina any jntoxe. - ?? ? ? There were some pretty badly surprised people when^the returns began to come in. The idea had been advanced in some quarters that the cat" ton mill .vote was solidly against the soft drinks tax, and would vote only ' upon this issue. An analysis of the cotton mill vote shows that they voted just as did the other people of the State?for-the men of their choice, : and that their choices differed widely. However, the statisticians can figure it down to a,nicety,and tell just how many votes will be . switched to each of the various candidates?and all that is very satisfactory until the returns^come in. The election of Senator T. Booth Butler, of Cherokee, had been expected, but Mr. Sheppard, of Edgefield made a very pretty race. During the entire campaign these gentlemen never at any time referred one to the other except in the most pleasant' terms. Mr. Shealey's race for commissioner of agriculture, to succeed himself, showed a splendid strength throughout the State. The situation in 'Florence county, which will be settled by the State executive committee this week, is the subject of a great deal of interest and comment. The action of the county executive committee in throwing out the entire vote in the city of Florence . ' ; . ? A *' * ' ' ' because it held that the seventy-seven ^voters enrolled under the order of 'Judge Shipp, after the time for enrollment had expired and before the bopks closed, outlawed the Florence city vote. Judge 'Shipp was acting under the Primary act of the legislature, and the authority given him there. The net result of throwing out these 1,200 votes is the ellmnktlon of one 'mamfrom a second race for the senate and the substitution of another and the" election of two member* of the house on the first ballot who oth-? erwise would not have gone in in the first primary. Should the action of the county committee be allowed to Btand, the. question arises as to whether the voters in Florence city would have the right to cast their ballets in the second primary. The whole tangle, however, will# in all likelihood be settled by the State committee this week. In a number of the counties in local races recounts were demanded J. and protests entered; but in most cases where there were recounts the leader increased his lead and the result was In no wise changed. The entire campangn showed little of the factionalism of old. There were ' some who tried to ring it in, and there * are others who are trying to ring it in (<how, but" the combination will not work. * It was known that the women of the State generally were not very greatly enthused over the Election, but it was thought that they woulif casT a heayi?r..vQtfi_ihftn they did cast. In scattered places in the State there was interest shown by them, and a good many of them voted, but on. the face of the returns their vote appears to have been a.negligible factor Possibly they will go to the polls for the. second primary?but it is doubtful., Having demanded and worked hardj, for and secured the right of suffrage, the majority of them seem to be content. .. Up in the Piedmont, at present, and1, in the counties adjoining the Pib4mont\ counties there seems to he greater interest this time than in the lower and western sections of the State. But there is no telling what a 'week TYiay bring forth in politico In South Carolina, and those who are enrolled and did not vote, apd those who did not enroll and there fore cannot vote, may wake up before September 14th And find out that South Carolina is electing a governor for four years and a United States States senator for six years. Bethune School Opens. Bethune, S. C. Sept, 8.?Bethune school began another session Monday mo?gl8g?with bright prospects for a successful yean Superintendent C. Foster had everything in readiness. A large nuuioer of patrons and j friends attended the opening exercises. The devotional was conducted by Rev. W. V. Jerman, pastor of then Methodist church, followed by a talk J by Rev. M. B. Gunter, pastor? of theL Baptist church, in which he welcomed the teachers to the church and its organisations. State Superintendent J; H. Hope! drove out from Columbia to be pf$s-1 ent at the exercises and made a splendid and encouraging talk. >. ; llld. The football team this year will be coached by C. C. Madden and the indications are that they will have a splendid team. Figure* Were Wrong, j In our report on the total vote fori magistrate in Buffalo township thej figures should have been Copelandl 280 instead of 300. Pate received 219 and McDowell 162. One precinct was! added in wrong column, which caused! the error. } Also in the Camden vote the table gave Mr. S. Wylle Hogue 267 when it should have been 887. The total of course read 1029 when it should have read 1189. | Kindergarten To Ope*. Miss Sarah Wolfe has returned to! Camden and will open the Magnolia! Kindergarten at 9:80 a. m., Sept. 18th. Any one wishing further information about houTs or rates are re-1 quested to telephone Miss Wolfe 1 at 881. j J l La* KBlfd By Aut*. ?--1 i Hey ward Bradford, 13 years old, the only eon of Mr. an* Mrs. Robert D. Bradford, died at the Toomey Hospital shortly before o'clock Tuesday j afternoon from injuries rocctTgd a abort time before when be Was sW#fc by a c*r driven by Mr. Harr* Ptfker ,??t?*t,u^ond i . i 'J i -JJJ LJMIUUW THE ICE 18 AGAIN PERK. Camden IMunt Given Clean Bill By Sanitary Engineer. The plant of the Camden lee Company has been given wide publicity in the past few weeks resulting from some unsanitary conditions, at that * plant. The red tlag had been hupg up, all kinds of things had been found , and a general scare provoked. That conservative people did not take the matter seriously is evidenced by the fact that not many folks quit the use of ice. The following very assuring bit of information cornea to us through the columns of the Columbia tftate of Thursday, and judging from the report all is as clean as a hound's tooth at thw local plant aqdyou can now go ahead with your Ice water dunking: v "The ice plant at Camden to which the production of contaminated ice was traced some djtyys ago by A. E. Legare, state sanitary engineer, is now furnishing a ptir? product according to information frcyn Mr. Legate's office yesterday. Recommendations for the cleaning up of the plant and machinery in which the ice was manufactured were carried out Mr. Legare said, promptly, under the perSohal supervision of Dr. J. W? Wilson, health officer for Camden. Analysis of the ice since the recommendations have been carried out tHdtcat?r~no~ trace of contamination that, according to laboratory examination, was preva- ~ lent several days ago. "Ice manufactured in JSumter, Columbia, and Kershaw, wWch was sold in Camden upon rocent laboratory examinations has been found to be in. pure condition. "Mr* Legare last Monday Inspected the Ice plants at Sumter and also took IsampleB of ice for analysis. He said yesterday that laboratory exam-1' ination shows the ice to be pure and : hi hiB inspection he found the plants and equipment to be in good condition." Advantages Shown in New Signalg. Both right and left hand turns^ as Well as straight line traffic, are potmRted-tmder * the llfei CUkr~ signal Hirg-" tern recently installed at the inter section of Brbad and DeKalb streets, according to an order issued yesterday by Chief of Police Hilton. Traffic is to move according to the signal shown and in no case is & car or other vehicle to attempt a right hand turn unless the signal within the driver's view indicates that such will be permitted,^ No Upturns are allowed at the corner r which, during the past several days has shown clearly that city council made no mistake M inaugurating tho new system at a seemingly early date. Bargain Day at Wateree. Wateree winds up its baseball season'Saturday, September 11th, with a double-header, the opposing teams being Lockhart and Lugoff. Lockhart is coming with a strong team managed by Oavitte Jordan a well known and popular ball player from the Westville section. He has a fast aggregation of ball players, comprised mainly of members of the Sand Hill League teams; This game will start promptly at ""2:00 P. M. --Th? Idtieha game Will follow the first immediately. This game Will be the third of the series between Wateree and Lugoff; the former gamp# resulting in victories for ^jVateree by the scores of 10-4 and 0-4 respectively. Lugoff U out to win this tafrt ode and will present her strongest line-up In an effort jt? do so. It is hoped that a large attendance will be out to see these games Which wind up the present season. Only. *ge admission fee will be charged. 2?c~> for both games. - Stokes Gets Parole. ^$v?p 1 Walter Stokes, convicted in Kershaw county of violation of the prohibition law, Is to he given his freedom Governor Thosmas G. M'cLeod having acted yesterday to suspend "during good behavior" the unserved remain- , der of Stokes' one-year sentence, Clemency was recommended by A. F. Splgner, solicitor. - Stokes, according to records in thegovernor's office, was convicted in Kershaw county July 1924, on charges of violating the proWWtkft K# was sentenced to one year's Imprisonment. Ha began the service of his sentence, the records show, February 1924.?Friday's OFFICIAL TABULATION OF STATE OFFICES ' Senate . Governor* Lt. Gov. Com. Ayr. * i -V-^TT ]? -2 ? % a PRECINCT e I 2 | K ^ J *1 ' 1 1 ^ , , \t11ififiiifii fifi Abney .. fl 0 18 0 0 11 3 0 21 OJllj 12 17 12 81 8 ~~"l8 Antioch .. s.71 2 r 81 2 4 14} 6 0 0 0 1 79 78 84 110 16 88 Betfcune 60 87 247 3 18 741 44 0 12 2 2 198 222 124 44 68 246 Blaney i .... n ^ o-cr. 97 48 180 ?8 9 24 41 3 10 1 4 188 $27 60 44 10 282 Buffalo .. 110 % 66 0 6 30 14 0 16 0 0 108 180 37 27 19 188 Camden 296 201 477 116 14 86 61 4 78 8 14 617 461 626 149 128 692 Charl'te Thomp 21 , 9 64 1 3 6 20 2 , 8 0 1 64 42 66 21 6 67 ^ Cassatt 86 22 64 2 8 11 12 0 2 0 2 98 66 64 32 3. 88 DeKalb 21 18 27 3 6 1 9 1 1 0 0 49 89 80 1 4 62 Doby's Mill 22 18 36 0 4 12 14 3 2 0 6 86 2$ 49 6 1 72 Enterprise 32 7 10 1 0 6 6 0 4 0 0 88 26 24 2 0 47 Gates Ford 18 1 44 5 2 16 10 0 fl) 0 1 81 88 26 14 12 87 Gumberry 30 0 28 6 0 2 0 0 6 0 2 48 84 82 14 8 89 Harmony 28 0 14 0 2 11 <0 0 9 4 2 27 SO 12 0 0 42 Hermitage 182 12 88 20 9 4 7 1 0 14 1 128 98 79 24 80 126 / Kershaw . . 186 28 102 6 3 87 23 2 22 6 2 162 169 89 16 118 184 ' Liberty Hill 1 16 60 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 76 60 26 80 18 29 Lockhart 61 6 51i 4 0 3 71 0 0 0 0 38 106 11 6 7 107 Logoff 61 18 47 2 0 16 9 1 18 1 0 86 86 41 12 22 98 Neds Creek .41 16 . 43 3 11 6 11 0 9 0 4 $6 69 28 18 6 81 Oakland 8 8 11 0 0 0 2 0 O 0 0 26 16 11 8 6 14 Pine Tree . v 68 2 14 2 2 16 8 0 3 49-^46 28 61 82 2 48 " Rabon's Cross Roads 44 12 86 8 0 17 10 2 01 67 42 48 12 41 76 Raley's Mill 74 12 48 0 1 17 4 0 0 1 1 117 121 8 84 81 66 Roland .. ..12 6 16 1 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 26 80 8 20 0 13 Salt Pond .. T.u.. . ^ '46 18 ^ 87 6^ 0 26 0 0 10 0 9 68 78 40 4 0 109 Sandy Grore 29 6 11 7 0 10 2 0 0 0 8 18 82 18 6 2 88 ?baw;rock ' 27 8 42 1 029 70 900 27 88 83 744 22 ShaylerV Hffl 26 61 U , 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 39 18 21 0 1 40 Sbeppard .. ... 82 10) 20 1 4 12 1 0 0 0 9 24 21 21 6 8 26 Swift Creek .. 111 I7| J6 0. 0 2 1 0 19 1 8 17 18 30 12 0 81 Pre*x v *V 91 41 2 o n 4 o 8 o e ii4) m ? 20 11 107 i rjwenly Creek .. 1641 01*. 10 6 - 0 . 51-. 0 0^0 0 2 60 40 28 26 6 ^84 120} 16) 66 18 81 8| 11 1 1 0 8 162 120 84 88 14 168 WfitYUlf -yr , ~ IQoljifailiSlloM 1 ^ ^ 9 70' 69 69