The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 11, 1927, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
M. I). Nile* . Editor Mtui Publisher i
Published every Friday at No. 1109 ,
^ Broad Street and entered a', the Camden.
South Carolina, postofflce as
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Camden, S. <March II, H*27.
19 27 MARCH 1927
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TilK PRKHS COMMUNIS
From the mountains to il^- seaboard
the picas of the state are nearly
all in accord that the enforcement
of the ancient Sunday blue laws will
be, and are ulready, harmful to the
state. The various comments quoted
from many papers, not only in this .
state bqt from outsiders, make in- |
teresting reading. Some are humor- ,
ous and some take the more serious ,
aide of the discussion.
The Barnwell People-Sentinel says:
"If his interpretation is intended to
. put a stop to all work on Sunday, he
is inconsistent, and if he were other- 1
wise, it would mean the paralyzing '
of all manner of industry within the (
state. If it is aimed at pleasure, he
is likewise inconsistent and discrlm- j
natory, in that he allows surf bathing
on the coast and prohibits golfing in '
the state; he prohibits the operation <
of swimming pools, hut allows the |
people to enjoy the pleasure of motorin?"
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The Sumter Item is even more
caustic. It says: "If Governor Rich- 1
ards persists in his arbitrary and 1
illegal exemption of certain violators t
of the Sunday observance laws and
insists that others In* arrested and
punished, what will happen? Will 1
the people stand for it? Why per- '
init the operation of a toll ferry on I
Sunday and close a gasoline filling j
station? If a traveler must have a
permit to purchase gasoline on Sunday,
is is not reasonable to insist that :
he should also be required to obtain
a permit to purchase a ticket to cross i
a toll ferry or bridge? Kershaw
County has a very profitable toll (
bridge, why not close it as well as
the gasoline filling station?"
The Keowee Courier of Walhalla 1
* annot fathom the governor's pur- '
poses but points out that "there is a '
distinct line of demarcation between
religion and secular law that cannot
be crossed without results jnore or
!"ss disastrous through bringing to 1
ih<- surface questions that can never
lw? reconciled through legislative
action." The Sumter Herald thinks
that there are probably other laws
on the statute books which would b.' '
ust as odious as the Sunday huvs if
they were strictly enforced and says:
"We believe that the majority of the
l?eople of this state believe in keeping
the Sabbath, hut each has his
own peculiar ideas regarding it."
In Greenville the News is keeping
up a vigorous attack upon the discriminations
which the governor is
making ami wants to kyovv how many
of those who are calling for "rigid
enforcement of the (Sunday laws"
mean what they say and would tolerate
a literal carrying out' of these
laws. The Horry Herald at the other
end of tho state declares that "the
governor has tackled the impossible."
The Marion Star at first was inclined
to be with the governor, but
now it asks the question: "Is Governor
Richards going far enough oils
lie going too far on the Sunday
1.IWS?" Continuing it says: Does the
ancient statute intend to bar the pur<
base of gasoline and allow the employment
of cooks, butlers, chauffeurs J
and chamber-maids? Does the law
contemplate the use of motor cars,|
on the highways, on the Sabbath, I
where the journey is strictly fori
pleasure, and at the same time tell |
men that they will not be permitted I
to play golf, on private grounds, without
a crowd or excitement? Is it
absolutely necessary for trains to njm
on Sunday, or for newspapers to be
priMMed on that day? We are very
nruen in fear that our chief executive,
while seeking to ojo the right thing,
is going to bring about a feeling that
he is going too far. What about
Charleston's gardens? Myrtle Beach
has long been a week-end resort?
the playground of the whole Pee Dee
what of that development, which is
country ?a Sunday playground, if you
phase? What of \ikon's, Camden's,
Columbia's and Charleston's tourists,
who play golf, and polo on the Sabbath
? There are two sides to every
question, and there are decidedly two
sides to this enforcement of the ani
ient Sunday law. Most newspapers
disagree with the governor, and demand
a m ?dern interpretation of this
an-ient law, which was written at
shi p the same time New England
w: -- hanging or burning witches. Too
nv. v restrictions cause men to break
av:?\ an-i flout, authority. Too rigid
< noverrent of this law will weaken
the law itself and cause men to dis:v--poct
authority. Soft words will go
'urthor with Americans than will the
lash of law. Lot's teach Sabbath observance?aye?let's
live it and Wring
about a different viewpoint through
tho lessons we teach. Let's reform
from impulses of the heart and mind
and not from the threats of the law."
"With all Governor Richards' lobbying
tho solons are ripping up his platform,
plank by plunk. There's certainly
mutiny alxuvrd the g hkI ship
of state, but the captain's to blame in
this case," remarks the Florence
News-Review.
The Wilmington Star ?'cms to
think that Governor Richards is goin?
into -- metbing that mar be hard*
Stur: "Attempt* to move back toward
I'ui Itanium may effect u coat of piety
in the uurface, hut in the long n? i it
Urikeu haideut at the Institution it
pretends to perpetuate." u
The Auguuta Chronicle think* that a
"South Carolina has stepped in and a
usurped the position that the wtote t
of Kansas ha* heretofore been trying ?j
to maintain, tiiat of keeping in tiu*
limelight. Sock less Jerry Simpson,
Mary Ellen Lease and a few other "
celebrities can now give way '.o the i
.a'cst from South ( arolina Covernor e
Richa rd*. It South ( arolina i? going
in make itself ridi.-ulou* why not go
the whole length? Why, not enforce
I he law literally and completely, or '
i!-? forget it in Ms entirety?" b
I nder tin- caption, "A State does t
Wild Again," the Atlanta Constitution t.
says in part: "The invoking of tiie
old colonial "blue laws" in South
' aiolinu js seriously damaging tiiat ^
state economically, and in the end, if "
persisted in, will do injury to the v
morals of tin- people, rather than .
strengthen them. This is a new age
and a bettor age?except for the ?
few sumptuary laws that still remain n
as relics of intolerance." n
James I). Grist, writing to The ^
Yorkville Enquirer, from Columbia
says: "The consensus of opinion **
among the politicians here is that con- *
siderahle rumpus will be kicked up I:
about Sunday blue laws for two or ri
three Sabbaths perhaps, and then o
everything will get hack to normalcy."
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GENERAL NEWS NOTES
Alexander Kercnsky, who headed n
he Russian government after the b
jverthrow of c/.ar, is in America to c
ieliver a series of lectures. ?
1 he North Carolina legislature v
nas passed a bill to third reading pro- v
iding for u tax of four cents a gallon k
>n gasoline used by .gasoline com- e
sanies as well as private individuals.
Net operating revenues of the At- d
antic Coast Line railway for>Janu- c
>ry of this year were nearl/a mil- c
ion dollars less than they were in ?
January of 1920. tl
( harles A. Lindbcrck, St. Louis, L
mail flyer, has entered the lists as a ti
ontestant for the $25,000 that is P
Doing offered for t#e first non-stop v
I'light across the Atlantic from New C
York to Puris, Lindberck is the a
second entry. c
Lady Purdue, holder of the world's
i'gg laying championship, aged 11 >'
years, is dead at Lafayette, Ind. In >'
pleven years the hen laid 1,421 eggs.
A mine explosion buried 135 miners r
in a Welsh coal mine in Wales on s
Tuesday morning. At 1:05 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon 22 dead had been v
taken fiom the mine, three were ser- y
iously injured and 71 were unaccount- a
I'd for. j
Touy G ilete, alias Paul K. Hoi lis, 'I
alleged to have confessed to the slay- (
ing of Bert Donaldson, Atlanta, Ga., ^
iletective, in the Georgia Terrace
hotel, Atlanta, last summer, was recently
found on a ship at Rotterdam,
Holland, and is now en route to Mobile,
Ala. j
Babe Ruth, "King of Swat," is re- 5
ported to have signed up with the (
New York Americans for three years p
at $70,000 per year salary. s
l4orty-six men were reported adrift f
Tuesday off the Virginia and North t
Carolina coasts, in two helpless 1:
barges, two light ships and the steam- t
er City of St. Louis, as the result 1
ol a fierce northeaster which swept t
the mast Wednesday. i
Bigham Trial March 16
Hi the Horry County court of general
sessions today Judge M. L. Bon- i
ham refused a motion made by attoi
neys for the defense for a change 1
of venue in the third trial of Edmund
D. Bigham on charges of the murder
of his brother, L. Smiley Bigham, in
January, 1921, and set Wednesday,
March 16, at Conway, as the date for
the trial.
A. L. King and Mendel L. Smith,
Bigham's attorneys, were seeking to
have him brought .back to Florence
for trial. Their motion for a change
of venue was vigorously opposed by
Solicitor L. M. Gasque. Senator P. H.
Arrowsmith who has been assisting
the state in the prosecution Joined
with the attorneys for the defense in
agreeing that it would be more expedient
and would cost less to have
the trial in Florence than in Horry
county.
In refusing the motion for a change
of venue Judge -Bonharn declared that
the question before him was purely
a legal one; that while affidavits may
have been presented in previous motions
setting forth that the defendant
could .not procure a fair trial, there
now and he therefore held that Bigham
should be tried in the Horry
were no such affidavits before him
county court.?Wednesday's Florence
News-Review.
C amden To Issue Gasoline Permits
| In realization of South Carolina's
I duty to the traveling public, the Camden
Chamber of Commerce has no'ified
tourist points both north and
south that gasoline will he obtainable
i ''i ( Hindcn on Sunday to all transient
I cars by permits from police officers,
i and the permits will hp granted without
quest ion.
Business League Banquet Postponed
On ^ account of : ,u. American
'Legions showing of "T,.ll |t j0 Tho
Marines" at the Majestic Tncntro on
> Monday, M..r\h 11. ;he banquet sohedi.l?
d to b,. In Id nti this date hv the
, i oung Mens JJntir.esK League, has
been postponed. It is probable that
i. e League w.I. late the banquet
i to tagu place" later during the week
i arvi in thi* event every member will
I ft. ci\ e pi .?pt i notice.
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THE NEED OF A GYMNASIUM g*
Editor Chronicle;? Although we I *
re living in modern times and are n
dopting modern ways of living there I
re at ill among ua a few of Ihoae who I
re either in d^erent or openly an. 11 I
agonistic to the physical oduealiou I
rogram now being stressed all over I
he country. Youth must develop and I
ruddle age must exercise in order to
it itself and keep itaolf fit for the t
ver-inereasing strain of modern
uuincas life. The objectors maintain
hat too much emphasis is being
laced on football, basketball, and
aseball. Their fathers and they
hcmselves got along without it, why
a n't we?
The answer is exceeding ximph;.
'ifty years ago there were no autotobiles,
folks bad to walk; servants
.'ere not so easily procured, boys had
o work'; business was not so highly
rganized, folks were out in the open
nore. Exercise was necessary and
nore plentiful. Today young people
;o where they will in ears, work little,
ml stuy indoors much. The nee<l for
ystematic, organized games is imlerative.
Fair-minded people offer
10 objection to a moderate amount
f athletics. Only those who natur11
y are "agin everything" make i?
Teat howl against progress.
Our own town, Camden, is kadly in
eed of a place where the young
oys, young men, and older ones, too, !
an go and engage in systematic exrcise,
and develop their bodies along
nth their minds. Other towns have
r. M. C. A.'s, or clubs, or high school,
ymnasiums. We have none at pres- '
nt. That is our need. ,,
To construct a gymnasium in Cam- J
en which will house a basketball j :
ourt, volley ball court, and be
quipped with a moderate amount of i j
pparatus for present needs is one of
tie aims of the Young Men's Business
league, and one which their commitDe
is going to make every effort to
ut across. The plans and all details
nil be explained to the people of 1
'amdun in the near future and you,
re going to be invited to lend your
o-operation in this venture. i
Are you citizens of our town willig
to provide some institution where .
our children can spend a part of
heir spare time engaged in healthful
eereation and be kept off the
treets? Are you men who are still
nterested in keeping your bodies fit
.'illing to provide some place where
ou can go after your work is over
ind again experience the joy of com etition
in sport/with your friends?
There is a great'opportunity to help
Tamden and yourself. Think it over,
fou will hear more of it soon.
A Member of the Committee. j
Beyond Our Memory
The Yorkville Enquirer furnishes a
ittle history relative to the origin of
Sunday observance laws in South
Carolina, which may be> of more than
lassing interest right now. Records
ihow, says The Enquirer, that the
irst act to make people, or rather
ry to make them, observe the Sab)ath
was passed in Charleston, then
:alled Charlestowne, December 8,'
L691. The act passed then included
,wo sections relating to Sunday which
ire not in the code at the present
;ime, these sections reading?
"And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, that no planter, I
butcher or heigler or any of their
servants or slaves, or any other person
or persons whatsoever, shall use,
employ or travel upon the Sabbath
Day with any boate, wherry, canoe or
perieugaw, (except it be some case of
necessity or publick worship) . upon
paine that every person soe offending
shall forfeit the summe of five shillings
for every such offense; or if any
tavern, publick house-keeper shall sell
any wine, beere, punch or other lie- !
quor whatsoever (unless it be for necessary
occasions for lodgers or so- j
journers), upon paine that every such
person at the time soe offending shall
forfeit the summe of five shillings.
"And'be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid that if any master,
mistress or overseer shall cause
or encourage any slave or slaves to
work on the Sabbath Day, shall forfeit
for every slavirThe summe of five
shillings."
KIRKWOOD 01 FT SHOP OPEN
Everyone is cordially invited to
visit the Kirkwood Gift Shop and see
the wonderful assortment of new arid '
attractive gifts and novelties in domestic
and imported leather, silver
and jewelry. \\ e have added to our
stock an unusual selection of children's
novelties which include items
for the baby from Krueger; the
famous Horsntan Heboe-Shebee Dolls;
Borgfeldt's distinct imports and Margaret
Steiff importations. Wo also
have a very large assortment of new
and practical plaee-cardR. You will i
always find at The Kirkwood Gift
Shop your favorite candies, papers,
periodicals, new books and a complete
l.nc of smoker's accessories.?Adv.
? KERSHAW LODGE No. 2$
tfyy A. F. M.
j Regular communication of
I lodge is held on the
first Tuesday in each month
? p.m. Visiting Brethren are welcomed.
T. V. WALSH,
J. E. ROSS, Worshipful Master.
Secretary. 1-14-27-ti
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