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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.
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PRECINCT e I 2 | K ^ J *1 ' 1 1 ^
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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