The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 24, 1926, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
H. D. Nile# . Publisher
Published ?ver/ Friday at No. 1109
2 Broad Street and entered at tfie Camden,
South Carolina, postofflce as
second class mail matter. Price per
annum $2.00,
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Camden, S. C., Friday, Sept. 24, 192B.
WRITES OF THE STORM.
Former Camden People Partially !>*
scribe Great Calamity.
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The shock of Florida's great storm
was felt in a number of Camden
homes as many former residents of
| this city are now living in Miami
and the territory which during the
past few daye has been the scene of
one of the nation's greatest disasters.
Jack WatkinS, well-known Camden
boy and former assistant cashier of
the First National Bank here, was one
whom the atorm 'held at Stai mercy
ifrom 2:30 until 7 o'clock- Saturday
morning and later/the tame day
witnessed its ragings worse than
ever.
In writing to his mother, Mrs. J. H.
Watkinsi >yho is at present living
with'f&r daughter, Mrs. S. L. Perry,
on North Lyttleton street, Mr. Watkins
tells the following story:
"Your wire came this morning, so
I wired you again this afternoon, but
had -already sent you one Monday
morning, the first chance I had. You
see everything wasr so torn up that
you -cduldn't toll whether it would
got through or not. Well, it certain?
ly was an awful storm and I never
want to go through one again.
Looked any minute for the house to
oOmo down on me, and the wind was
too strong to go outside, so there I
stood from 2:30 in the morning until
: 7, then the storm quieted down a
little and I headed for Coeoanut
Grove to see how Edith was, und got
* ~ about half way there when the storm
broke again. 1 managed to get to
their house und put the ear up agninst
the house to keep it from being
? blown away.
"The second blow was a lot woise
than the first and of course it was
raining all the time, and wc looked
every minute to be blown away, but
their house stood the storm and when
it ceased about 12 o'clock 1 came up
street and went out to see myltouse.
Had no idea it would be loft, nut it
. .. was still -standing. Everything in It
was soaking wet, so I came on down
street for fear of another blow.
"The garage was the first to go
about M o'clock, and then the sleeping
y>orch. The garage was over in a
neighbor's yard, and then later on it
blew back up against the house,
breaking out all the front windows,
breaking in part of the side of the
house in the dining room and all the
roof in that side. Honestly, that
house was?lifted up three or four
times and would then drop back.
Happened that n friend was there, and
he and 1 just waited for daylight or
for the house to go. There was no
use trying to got out. i?? it, for roofs,
pierrs of houses and bricks were flying
everywhere. I really can't describe
how it was, but, it sure was
awful. The Hulls lost the roof of
their house and the front porch, and
I don't think that there are very many
houses that are not damaged some,
and the business section is in the
same fix.
"i am trying to dry out the things
at the house, ami am still staying out
there, but as soon as a hart! rain
comes will have to move. Don't know
yet what 1 will do about it, but don't
you all make any arrangements to
come down here. I suppose I will
still have my job. hut we can't tell
how things are going to turn oUt\
Now don't you worry about me, for
1 can get along. \N ill write you
again us soon as possible.
Another account of the storm comes
from Mrs. W. A. Bull of Miami to
her daughter, Mrs. T. J. Zoigler, who
is now visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis L. Clyburn in this
city:
"None of us were hurt in the storm
but we lost the house and everything
\s ruined. We are going to get the
house patched as soon as we can get
help. Everybody is in the same condition.
We are staying in the garage.
It did not lose the. top but the water
is two inches deep on the floor. No
lives were lost in this section. I went
around as soon as it was daylight to
see how Jack Watkins was standing
it -and he \Cas out ^n his bathrobe, the
house a wreck. .
"We have no water, gas or lights.
Your father got nn oil stove so I let
the neighbors use it too. I can't
write?will send the first papers
printed. There was a hurricane, tornado
and tidal wave Friday and Saturday.
The largo boats are up on
Miami avenue?think of that! It. is
awful. Our driver helped put sixteen
bodies in one church. The
ernment has sent marines to guard
the city. Don't think anything if I
don't write again soon.
"A friend had just moved from her
apartment on the causeway the day
before the storm and the house they
lire living in is the only one standing
in the neighborhood. She says that
two big concrete apartment buildings
behind them just crumpled up. Our
house had no top at all. beds rumed.
It makes me ill but crying doesn't do
any good. Everybody jis ruined.
200 Rifea Binned.
Ilock Hill. SeptL 20.^-Fire at an
early hour this morning destroyed or
bidly damanged 200 bales of cotton in
the Warehouse of Williams A Cornhere.
The loss, unofficially estimated
at 510.000, was said by oHE-iaD
big joh iikfokk huhardh.
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I.&rge Proportion House and Senate
WilPBo n#w Member*.
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(By Juo. K. AuJI.) t ' .
Columbia, Sept. 20.?With a large
proportion of the house membership
composed of new representatives,
most of them without previous legislative
experience, with 22 new senators
out of a'tolal /if 40; with new'
presiding officers in both hoqses, and
with a new chairman of the wuys and 1
means committee, the administration
of the incoming governor, Major John
G. Richards, will start out with a
clean slate, and with a wonderful opportunity
for constructive legislation.
With a majority in the State at large
of between 26,000 and .'10,000 votes,
und having carried 27 out Of the 46
counties, the new governor will begin
his administration wijh the people of
the State behind him, and- it is predicted
that the new legislature will
work in harmony with him along all
progressive lines, reflecting the sentimentexpressed
by the vote on
Tuesday of last week. Major Richards
pitched his campaign upon a platform
of tax reform, economy, law enforcement
and gcting back to constitutional
government. "I anl in favor of
strtct economy in each and every department
of our government/' he said,
"and the saving of every dollar pos- J
sible to the taxpayers of the state, I
and if elected governor I shall use the I
vpto power this end whenever nee- J
canary, and when this can be done
without impairing the efficiency of
the government."
&is platform, as announced, to the J
Democratic party of South Carolina,
bef6re the campaign opened, also contained
this paragraph: "In the campaign
of 11)18 I advocated, and shall
advocate in the coming campaign, the
consolidation of offices wherever pos-1
sible, and the. abolition of those that I
are unnecessary. Our State has gotten
away from constitutional government,
and is actually suffering from bureaucracy
and government by commis-l
sions." During the progress of the
campaign, ho was specific, and advo-1
cated, among other things, the abolition
of the State Tax Commission, and I
devolving its duties upon the consti-1
tutional office of comptroller general, I
aiftl urged equalization of the tax
values, contending that the local machinery
which was already in existence
for that purpose should be put I
into operation.
The so ft drinks tax will expire by
its own limitation on April 1, 1927,
and if the tax is to continue the act
levying it must be re-enacted."" The!
governor-elect has declared that he J
will not stand for any increase in the
taxes on the homes and farms of the
State, and that r a tiler than to increase
the tax upon real property he
would prefer a luxury taxr of the proper
kind, if it should be necessary "foTi
the purpose of preventing the imposition
of an additional tax on real prop-J
erty." Hut he has reiterated throughthe
State his belief that present J
conditions have been brought about by
extravagance, which should be eliminated.
r<-\' 'h?' c v.*:If be another fight in
g.s .iturc over the re-enactment I
',1(i soft drinks tax is predicted!
with almost certainty, hut exactly
what will he evolved from all the va-1
inus tax reform and tax expediency I
and emergency tax measures which
wiil he piled into the legislative hopper
does not yet appear, and will not
appear until it has been sanctioned by
a majority of both houses?because,
With so many new members in either
branch, predictions so early in the
game as to legislation are not worth
the paper they are written on.
Those who know him hnve no doubt
that the new governor will hew to the
mark with all the vigor that is in
him; but they realize that in his efforts
for tax equalization, for tax reform
and for the return of the state
to constitutional government, he will
not walk in Elysian fields by day, nor
at night will he lay himself down to
sleep upon any bed of roses, during
the four years of hard, very hard,
work which is before him.
Of the 23 members of the State
senate whose terms expire this November,
only two returned?Senators
Moore of Abbeville, and Rogers, of
Dillon. Two senators died during the
summer?Messrs. Rogers of Spartanburg,
a hold-over, and Graham, of
Williamsburg, who was not a candidate
for re-election. Of the new senators,
however, Messrs. E. J. Dennis,
of Berkeley*, E. R. Ginn, of Hampton;
1* rank A. Miller of Darlington; and
Richmond P. Stacey, of Cherokee,
have formerly served in the senate,
and of the new senators? Messrs.
Kind ley, of Pickens; I.egare. of Charleston;
MeColl, of BenncttsviHe;
Odom, of Spartanburg; Perry, of
Chesterfield, and Stukds, of Clarcnr'on.
are members of the present
house.
Richland county will be represented i
in the next senate by Col. James H.
Hammond, a member of the Columbia
bar. On the fate of the returns Mr.
Governor Richard* in Reply.
In u letter of reply to the Camden
Chamber of Commerce, Governorelect
John Q, Richard# has sent the]
following1 to the Chamber of Commerce
from his home at Liberty Hill,
under date of September 18:
"With all my heart I wish to ex* j
press my gratitude for the very kind
resolutions adopted by your body and
forwarded to me by your Secretary,
Mr. B, G. Sanders.
"I wish to assure you that this ex-1
pression of your confidence will
strengthen me in my determination to
serve to the best of my ability the j
country und state we all so dearly |
love.
"Throughout the trying campaign
that lias just come to a close, I was
inspired by the fact that I was a representative
of the great county of
Kershaw, u county whose ideals, traditions
and history furnished a page
of our State's most glorious records
and determined that by neither word
nor action would I reflect discredit,
upon her great namo and people, and
I only trust that I kept the faith.
"Gentlemen of the Chamber of
Commerce of Camdon, I most earnestly
solicit and feel sure that I Will enjoy
your cooperation in giving to our
state an administration of her affairs
in a manner that she so richly
deserves and that will reflect credit
j not only upon our county, but upon
our entire state and people.'
"You may rely on me to serve you
at any time, and in any way that I
may."
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James Hammond, Columbia attorney,
was declared the nominee for the
State Senate in Richland coUrvty Friday,
after a recount of the vote by
the Richland County Democratic Executive
committee. The vote was:
Hammond, 5,154; Jeff Bates, 5,148.
Prior to the recpunt Bates had the
lead.
JOHN G. RICHARDS.
John G. Richards has been nominated
by the voters of the state for governor.
He is well qualified to fill thb
place and no doubt will make a good
chief executive. The reins of government
will be safe in his hands and the
people need have no fear.
The Kershaw man stressed tax reform
in making his race and also flaying
extravagance, but The Piedmont
predicts taxes wiH be higher when he
goes out of office than when he went
in. It has always been the case and
no doubt will always be so.
Taken as a whole the voters have
done very well, so now lets all -get
down to business again and try to put
the state near the top of the ladder in
education, good roads, religion and
other matters.?Greenville Piedmont.
Jeff B. Bates, a member of the present
house, had a majority of 20 votes,
but a recount gave Mr. Hammond a
majority of six.
Recounts in this county have developed
startling errors in counts at
some of the bo.ves. When it is realized
that a change of two votes at each
precinct in the state could have
changed the result of the race for the
United States senate, the importance
of an accurate count is emphasized
and the need for greater care is seen
to be imperative.
TEACHERS' EXAMINATION.
The next regular State teachers'
examination will be held at every
county seat h) the State on Friday,
October 8, and Saturday, ^October 9th.
At this examination questions will be
offered for Primary certificates and
General Elementary certificates. At
this time, questions will not be offered
for High School certificates.
Nf third grade certificates will be
issued. To earn a second grade cer|
tificnte an applicant will be required
to make a general average of 75 with
not less than 55 on any subject.
[ Examinations will begin at. 9 o'clock
A. M. each day, at the County Court
House.
J. Team Gettys,
Supt. Education Kershaw County.
25-27-sb .
TRESPASS NOTICE.
Trespassing, hunting or shooting,
day or night, cutting or hauling wood
or straw, cattle or hogs running at
large, on lands owned and posted by
Mr Ralph Ellis, will be dealt with to
the full extent of the law.
L. A. Kirkland, Attorney.
R. Storey, Agent.
25-27-pd
TRESPASS NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the H.
P. Oglesby place, on the -western sttB
of the Wateroe river, known aa tha
I Betty Neck section, has been posted,
and that hunting or otherwise trespassing
on these lands is positively
forbidden under penalty of the law>.
Coon Hunters Club.
1 Sept. 15, 1925?25-27-pd
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At least three vessels have been
known to go over Niagara Falls.
| Want*- For Sale
WANTKI) ?To communicate with
party answering advertisement,
ANTIQUE PARLOR FURNITURE
in The State of last February, Hox
770, Augusta, Qa. Mail answers to
P. O. Box 267, Camdyn, S. C.
26-28-pd.
LOST?On Sunday, Sept. 19, pair of
two-tone skqll fit eye glasses. Reward
for return to Jno. T. Nettles,
Camden, S. C. 2fl-sb
OYSTER SHELL LIME.?The very
best for agricultural purposes, is
now on sale in Camden by The Rush
Lumber Company. ^ 26tf
NOTICE?Have your hemstitching
and picoting done by me, 10 cents
per yard. I will appreciate your
orders. Address Mrs. Florence Laney,
East Haile Street, Camden,
S. C. I 26-28-pd
FOR RENT?Most desirable store j
room, 27x90 feet, located Broad |
Street, in midst of best stores here.!
Good location and suitable any kind
of business. Write or wire owner,
Camden Loan and Realty Company,
Camden, S. C. 26-27
MOVING, WRECKING, STORING*
If you have any buildings to . be
moved or raised, let me give you an
estimate. Leo. E. Byrum, Camden,
S. C., and Greensboro, N. C. 26pd
FARMERS AND MERCHANTS!?
Notice?Ropp'ji Commercial Calculator
shows price on everything instantly.
More information on "figures"
than a college man remembers.
Durable cloth binding, handy
pocket size postpaid 60c. Circular
free. Agents wanted. R. E. Willis,
Greenville, S. C. 26-pd
FOR SALE-?House and lot 112 feet
on Walton street, 315 feet on National
Highway. J. L. King, Bethune,
S. C. 24-26-pd
FOR SALE.?Self' player piano. Bargain
for quick sale. Apply Chronicle
Office, Camden, S. C.
25-27-pd
FARM FOR SALE?By owner, 65
acres in tract, 40 acres in cultivation,
balance in wood. One good
tenant house. Plenty of outbuildings.
Close to graded school and
church. "Apply to Mrs. Annie E.
Parker, Cassatt, S. C. 23-26-pd
WANTED?No. 1 pine logs. Highest
tashr prices paid; 'year round demand.
Sumter Planing Mills and
Lumber Co.,-Attention E. S. Booth,
Sumter, S. C. - 1-tf-sb
PHOTOGRAPHY?I have recently
rebuilt my home at 1340 Haile
street and built an up-to-date home
studio where I am prepared to do
any kind or style of photograph
and ^t a reasonable price. I have
some of the latest equipment and
can make pictures regardless of
weather conditions. Joe B. Gaskins,
Camden, S. C. 14-tf
NOTICE?I hereby notify all persons
no? to credit any member of my
. family. If they do so, I will not be
responsible for said debts. H.x Arthur
Davis, Camden, S. C. 26?27p
FOR SHOE REPAIRING?call at the
Red Boot Shop next, door to Express
office. A. M. JONES, Prop.
24tf . v '
FOR SALE?2000 bushels of Fulr
ghum andt(Appler Oats for seed pur- ,
pose. One year from Coker. See B.
D. Boykin forr-pricfc&.VHB. D. BOYKin,
Boykin, S. C. 25-2&-pd
SECOND VOLUME OF HISTORIC
CAMDEN?About November 1st
Second and concluding part of "Historic
Camden" will be ready for delivery
to all who may^wish to purchase
a copy. This volume covers
that interesting period of Camden's*
annals subsequent to the year 1800,
with portraits, illustrations and
sketches of numerous families. The
price will be six dollars delivered. !
The undersigned authors will ap-.j
preciate any orders placed with j
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them or either of them.
Thos. J. Kirkland,
R. M. Kennedy.
25-26-sb
FOR SALE?100 acres sandhill land,
about three miles, from Blaney on
eld Wire Road. - Price-xeaaonabler?
John K. DeLoach, Camden, S. C.
24-26-sb
J'Olt HALE?My residence at 1411
Fair street. This house contains
three'bed rooms, sitting room, dining
room, large kitchen, one ffcrnished
and one unfurnished bathroom,
two closets, and a china
closet. This house is in one-of the
nicest neighborhoods in Camden,
and the lot has a flower yard, trees,
chicken yard, vegetable garden,
servant's house and garage. Phone
or write Thomas Ancrum, Chester,
S. C. ^ 1
MAPLE LOGS?12 inches and up in?diameter.
We pay the highest
market prices the year round. The
Zickgraf Co., Denmark, S. O.
1 . 23-28-sb ..
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Open# Monday, Oct. 4, 1926
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131! CAMPBELL STREET
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Touring . $380 i
Coupe . $485
Tudor Sedan . . $495 $ I
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