The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 22, 1927, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
II. I). Niltp Kditor and Publisher
Published every Friday r.t No. 1109
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South Carolina, pos toff Ice aa
second das* mail matter, Price per
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M hat I ht ( hroiix If hopes will
<rve a i a I male to the confusion
which has recently Ix-cn waxing within
t he <111 < ( Lorale of t he rhiuiilx*r of
< * a on n c i- this week 11ri'.si'atoil id a
) -lime u! a j ?*<? nt meeting of thai
body.
At till meeting i at!ei|( a.s The
< hi'oriii !e tated hi-t week, for the
purpose i?t i 1111.salering the residua
tion o| ('resident II <; ( unison, Jr.,!
^lengthy and varying uiguments were |
In art! in regard to diffeielites between
the president ;uid Secretary
If. (i. Sander*.
I'pon opening the meeting Mr.
( arri.Hon instated hm eoiielusioiis
which had led toward resigning and
reiterated that his position was un
hanged which in effect was maintaining
that the chamber ot commerce
should I rm i t ion in moii ways than
simply a - ii tour -t huieau ami real
i s.ate exi hange. Alter making it
dear that he held personal enmity
toward no director nor to any member
of the chamber of commerce. Mi.
( at risen retired.
h 1 i t b'.vit h ciiim i statement if
Mr. Sanders and. \ -il.ly affected,
to secretary then offered his
resignation, pledged his continued
!ovi for r;ini(|eti and desire to help
n > .<%> way toward upbuilding the
town and likewise immediately retired
'' in the meeting.
I hi frankness with which the directs
dta;! with the questions during
en>i.i;ng hour ;u.(I 1 it teen Minutes
an- all deserving of admiration hut
! * in wspupe: did tint wish, as a
1,1 ' i ol policy, to bare publicly an
has-- ut the proceedings. MI*. San'<
n.g : lis ;u t iele m t his paper of
I'tiday, which preceded the un1'i"
i-niei.t that Mr. ( ari'ison would
io.m: lie a - president, dealt fully with
' o't'etary 's qualif it a! loiis, his in
gii'y iind abtitly to serve as unanit's.y
e\pi i sscd I>\ t h.e board of di'|
r* .and wa- a,.j wanting In any
,:,T ' ' e fill fill I he I. end .fsenietM
To .the tv.*r-nr-fmanvrf??*,i heiow
l d which ^bxai's the ftignatutes of
' imes Ii. I'.urnV. N ( Arnctt and
Hi : -y ,\n age. -1 r.. The ( hronule has
no i .inn.cut add cx.ept that it has
' 1 been the policy of this paper
" '"> ' ' discriAlit anyone in the
I '.11dn eye and Impes tlial it will bring
a 'let mite ( lose ;,.i argument and
d : - > t. s 11 o :
A rep:cscntat:. c ot The Chronicle
was present at a itceni meeting of
tin- n: rectors ol the ('aniden and Kershaw
t aunty Chamber of Commerce
held to consider the resignation of
i'.s nresideni. .mr. 11. Carrison, Jr.,
at which meeting, and before Mr.
' r|: resignation was considered,
Mi. It. (i. Sanders, the secretary
handed :n his resignation verbally,
stating Ins rras.in therefor and left
the meeting.
"The directois appreciating the
past Mm k of Mr. Sanders as secretary,
declined to accept his resignation.
and a committee composed of
the signers of this article was appointed
to advise Mr. Sanders of this
action and of the unanimous desire
ef the chamber of coinnioi ^ to retain
him.
h or .some reason your reporter, in
writing up the meeting, made no mention
of the fact that Mr. Sanders had
i ei ei\ ed this unanimous endorsement
and vote of confidence of (he board of
directors, wif'i the desire that lie retain
his present position ami work
w^h and for us as tie has done in the
past.
Mr fed that yuui write-up, by
th s .mission ha* tended to discredit
V .-amiers ,n the public eye, thereby
<: g mm an injustice ami we thorc
11 fairness to Mr. Sunders, ask
at y u g:\c Wilis article prominence
>'< 11! i.ex' sstn
V - \
^ < : ftuna.s, whose guilt is so ap:
'.".at ..ot e\en a handpieked
it" '<n ted by shrewd and ir.flu1
< political la w vers, could not
v 1 P n verdii t of convict!an, have
' ;t 'J ,i new technique to escape
a tfqt;, ,te punishment They go intc
w and leu the solicitor, the judge,
r' A d- the flesh and the dee ii just
wna' verd'.ct they will accept and
what sort of sentence. AiufUhey are
Lgetting away with it. Witnow recent
notorious examples in Conway and
I"
Mr. ('. K Schwar, editor of the
Hock Mill Record, leading newspaper
if the v(iood Town" celebrated his
>7th birthday yesterday. For more
than twenty years Mr. Schwar has
been at tlie editorial helm of the Refold
and indeed a great part of the
time also steering the business keel
us well Taking over The Record at
a time it was indeed a puzzle many u
i week end to know where was coming
! l ne money to pay off the printers and
Jollier help .in Saturday nights; buffed
I and lebuffed at tunes by hostile ill
lere-ts; "cu.-sed and discussed" an all
m-wspapcr men are mole or less, Mr.
Schwar during the past two decades
and more plugged steadily oiiwaid,
giving to Rock llill on Monday and
I hursday of cwii week* a newnpapei i
of live local new-, free from the filth
tiiat many journals of this day and
demand earry and one ever working
for the building of a bigger and bet'ei
Rock Hill ami a more progressive
. and prosperous York county and
South Carolina. The 07th natal day
"I the veteran Rock Hill puhlishei
\e-tciday lound him hale and hearty
with the exception of a serious defect
in his hearing which has troubled him
for many years. Nevertheless, he is
lull of vim and \ ig??r and long since
of mind to remain at his desk, free,
independent, fearless, unafraid and
detei mined to give Rock Hill a real
newspaper, tinhought and unbossed
until the evening arrives when the
Kdi'oi in-Chief of all the editors and
j publishers shall write "JO" for him.?
1 I m-sday's ^orkville Krujuirer.
rite Next I'hase Political
j I he next chapter in the sordid case
I Mdmund Righam will be written
i'?t later than l'J.dO. thouglj, it may
! !'hen be published. In that year
I i governor will he nominated in the
J I'l maiy. and in the last twenty-five
\iars the matter of the pardoning i f
i m?toi ious e??n\ ict has too often been
; a Iarlur in a content tor governor,
j ' )ne has heard of an instance in
i which a candidate carried a county
I with ttic help of the votes .it the
; ' i lend- of a man in -tripes.
I Seven or eight wars ago the stale
j senate unanimously voted to submit
I a constitutional amendment limiting
| executive clemency. Adopted by the
people, it would have put an end to
j what ha- been niorc than once in the
history nt the -ta'.e a disgraceful
abuse. I he senate's resolution wax
defeated by the house.
It Ji.ghum. the rMiv.it, lives long
cm ugh. ins case will get into politii -.
New - and Courier-.
J An announcement of last week of
j more interest and import than the
; failure of the general assembly to
j shut up shop and go home, was the
I statement that Robert Lathan. son of
the late Dr. Robert Lathan of Yorkjville,
had resigned the editorship of
i the ( harlestor News and Courier to
j become editor of the Asheville Cilij
zen. Mr. Lathan for the past sixteen
years or more has been editor of the
News and Courier and has worked
will for South Carolina. Just why
the decision to move to North Carolina
is not clear. Recently the News
and ( ourier, the oldest newspaper in
the South and one of the oldest in th?
country was purchased by Thomas R.
Waring- and others of Charleston
F>ost, afternoon newspaper of the City
by the Sea. Any two peas of any
kind are more alike than Lathan and
Waring. The former, say those who
know, has brains; the latter thinks
he has. It would be impossible for
them to get along. Waring has
money. Lathan hasn't much. Therefore
the latter decided to get out
while the getting was good. Recently
the editor of the Asheville Citizen
died. The ( itizen is the leading Asheville
newspaper and one of the best
in the Old North State. Lathan,
therefore, when the offer to guide the
Citizen came, grabbed it. He has already
taken up his new duties. W. W.
Ball, former editor of the Columbia
State; but recently director of the
School of Journalism of the University
of South Carolina, which has
never amounted to anything and
which probably never will, has been
named editor of the News and Courier.
That is taken to mean by those
who think they know something about
South Carolina journalism and its
history, that the News and Courier
will become a sort of "me-too' and
second fiddle to t.he Columbia State.?
J. D. Cilist in Yorkville Knquirer.
I he Sunday laws were ignored
peniy in Columbia last Sunday for
the first time since (lovcrnor Richards
set i.ut about two months ago
to enforce them. Soft drinks and
s-eekrrig supplie- were - d.i and one
the ccntia.ty i . aled drug stores
i. a tu.-hit.g busitie--. No a. rest s
wire made in Columbia. .; t- stated,
but State Detective W. W Rogers
-.a.id that he had compelled a groc'
' r> -' >re w hi. h r.< .{
I
The Johnston n5; Mill wa- destroyed
by fire early Saturday morning.
' The damage is estimated at $80,000,
partially covcreu hv ; isuranco.
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Highain'ti Money Talk*
Al last the courts, the people, and
the newspapers aie rid of the tiighutn
incubus. A directed verdict of
murder with a recommendation of
rmicy was agreed to in the Horry
cou/t Monday. That was the best
way out. The chain of circumstantial
evidence was complete. There is
hardly a shadow of doubt about Kd
Bigham'* guilt, hut the supreme
court had long since determined that
he should not hang. A poor man
would have swung into eternity years
ago. The Highani* have borae a
highly unsavory reputation for genera
lions hut it took Ed's case to ie
fleet most unfortunately upon our
criminal court procedures.
1 he tail end of the farce will come
in a few years. The doctor* will pronounce
his health in jeopardy. The
lawyers will scare up all sorts of
cock and hull stories about the trials,
afflictions and misfortunes of the
few, unkilled, at home, and afterdiscovered
evidence. Petitions will
ii < ulate which, of course, thousands*-?
will sign, a.s they do with all when
not begging for contributions. A
weak, maudlin and sympathetic g ?\
ernor will pull the final curtain ->ri
the scene, by u pardon. -Calhoun
Times.
Governor AI Smith of New Yoik, 1
has written a letter to the Atlantic
Monthly of Boston, in reply to one
written by ("has. ('. Marshall, Esq., of
New York, in which the latter asked
Governor Smith certain questions rel
ative to his position as a Catholic and
the government of the United States,
its constitution and laws. The governor,
in part, replies as follows.
"Taking your letter a.s a whole and
ieducing it to commonplace English,
you imply that there is conflict between'
religious loyalty to the Catholic
faith and patriotic loyalty to the
I nited States.' The governor declared
that "everything that has happened
to me during my long public
career leads me 10 know that no such
hing as that is true." Governor
Smith .jammed up his creed as "an
American ( atholic" as follows: "I believe
in the worship of God according
to the faith and practice of the
Koman ( atholic church. I recognize
no power in the institution of my
church to interfere with the operation
of the constitution of the
United States or the enforcement of
the law of the land. I believe in absolute
freedom of conscience for all
men and in equality of all churches,
all sects, and all beliefs before the
law as a matter of right and not as
a matter of favor. I believe in the
th-olute separation of church and
state and in the strict enforcement
ot the provision- of the constitution
that congress shall make no laws respecting
an establishment of religion
ot piohibiting the free exercise thereof.
1 believe that no tribunal of any
church has any power to make any
decree of any force in the law of the
land, other than to establish the
status of its own communicants
within its own church. I believe in
the support of the public schools as
one of the cornerstones of American
liberty. I believe in the right of
every parent to choose whether his
child shall be educated in the public
school or in a religious school supported
by thosfe of his own faith. I
believe in the principle of none-inter1
e re nee by this country in the internal
affairs of other nations and that we
should stand steadfastly against any
such interference by. whomsoever it
may be urged. And I believe in the
common brotherhood of man under
the common fatherhood of God."
1 his paper cannot refrain from expieasing
surprise at the complacency
of the South Carolnia press at the
outcome of the famous Bigham trials.
How we raved at the Aiken lynchfcig!
That affair was a lawless outburst
of the passions of men; the Big&m
fiasco was a deliberate compromise
with a brutal murderer, and this
paper rejoices in the fact that it^had
the temerity to express itself in no
uncertain words, and -thereby went on
record as condemning the sort of
legal procedure which, in a way,
breeds such outbreaks as came at
Aiken and shocked the country. The
Aiken affair was committed "under
sudden healt and passion" while the
Bigham trial followed six years of
pi emed i ta t ion and aforethought."
If the Bigham case deserves no more
consideration than has been sltown
it by the newspapers of the ?tate
within recent weeks we admit our inability
to know what matters d^ dcM'i\e
the attention of thinking pien.
In oui opinion this case brings to
hgh., most forcibly, the weakness of
?ur laws and courts and offersibetexcuse
for criticism and correction
than the outburst of a dozen or
two lawless men in Aiken, or elsewhere
Marion Star
| '
j George W. Young, one of Clinton's
most prominent litizens, died suddenly
Friday, following a heart attack.
Mr. > oung was one of I^aurens county's
largest and most successful farmers.
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MATTHKWK FAY8 FINK
Will Not Have To Serve Time For
B'K Hank Defalcation
< ol^mbia, April 20.?J. Hope Matthews
former chairman of the board
of the now defunct American Hank A
1 rust company, who pleaded guilty
Monday in Kichland court of general
sessions to certain misdemeanor
charges growing out of the failure of
the financial institution, was yesterday-sentenced
by Judge John 8, Wilson
to pay a fine of $f>,000 or to serve j
from five in ten years in the peni I
t?Hilary or upon the public works of
the county. The defendant was released
for the night in the custody of '
bis counsel. U is understood that the!
fine will be paid today.
Other charges against Matthews
under the agreement by which he
pleaded guilty to counts alleging borrowing
and lending of the funds of
the bank in excess of the limits fixed
by law and without authority from
the directors, were quashed. Ivy M.
Mauldin, president of .the bank, intended
to enter a pica similar to that
of Matthews, but died April J, arid
therefore, of course, cases against
him have been nolle prossed. The
solicitor, when asked yesterday aboiu
charges against W. W. Bradley, former
state bahk examiner, who was als >
indicted because of the failure of the
American Bank & Trust company,
said he had no announcement to make.
I he judge announced his sentence
in three parts, giving two to four
years or a fine of $2,000 each on two
indictments, and one to two years or
a fine of $1,000 on a third indictment.
Aftei sentence had been pronounced i
the defendant sat down, manifestly I
relaxing, hut whether with relief or
not, at the terms prescribed, observers
could not judge. Senator Blease
patted him reassuringly on the
shoulder. Others engaged him in
low-toned conversation. Mr. Sapo
went to the bench, to arrange with
the court a parole in custody of counsel
until today, when it was expected
the fines would be paid. At an intimation
from Mr. Sapp the indulgencedesired
had beon granted. Senator
Blease waved his hand, Mr. Matthews
got up and several friends nearby
shook hands with him, as he move 1
with his counsel down the main aisle
toward the Washington street doorway.
No Hill In Thomas Case
Columbia, April 2<?.?A no bill was
returned by the Richland county
grand jury today in the case for alleged
embezzlement against L. H.
Thomas, former ^ secretary-treasurer
for the State Highway Department,
who Governor Richards had arrested
and brought back to South Carolina
to face charges.
Great Victories For The Lawyers
Senator Cole L. Blease won a great
legal victory in Columbia Tuesday,
when he got his client, Pope Matthews,
off with a small fine. He was
on the opposite side from the state
and only did his duty according to'
the modern conception, but what
about the judge and solicitor sworn
to treat all criminals alike. If Mr.
Matthews was guilty at all he ' was
guilty of breaking a tremendous trust
and should have been punished accordingly.
Former Judge Mendel I,. Smith won
a great legal victory recently in the
Bt^ham case. His towering intellect
and dramatic power saved the life of
the "Last of the Bighams." This compromise
business will only stop when
we get judges and solicitors the equal
or supciior of the astute lawyers, who
now control our courts. Unless we
do this the scales of justice w.ill never
get in balance again.?Florence News-1
Review.
We imagine that many of the very!
best and most 'valuable* members of
the present legislature are so disgusted
that they are going to wash
their hands of the whole mess and
quit when their time is out. That's
the serious part of the whole business,
as matters have been drifting
from bad to worse for several years,
and in many of the counties it has
been an increasingly hard task to induce
men of fitness to offer for legislative
jobs. Nobody with any business
of his own wants to go to Columbia
and be tied up for three
months and over on a job that should
be easily got rid of in the prescribed
forty days. It is too much of a sacrifice
to Hsk of any except the man of
means and leisure, and that class we
imagine, unless they have a special
fondness -for Columbia or friends ir.
iho legislature of who^e company,
they are fond, would far rrdher be
somewhere else?Chester Reporter, j
Karl ( arroj. \ow York Iheatrioal
man, sentenced to serve a year and a!
>ia> m the Atlanta Federal prison, and
who has been in a Greenville hospital,
the past week or more, due to a phy-'
sica! collapse while en route to prison,!
is slowly improving, but it will be'
some days before, he is finally taken'
to the Atlanta prison. j
i A gas war is on in California be-'1
twien tin- Standard Oil company and:
I tin* Pan-American Petroleum com- j
pany and as a resu't gas is being sold
at Hi 1-2 cents per gallon.
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| Wants--For Sale
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FOR REN'l 1?Five room house conveniently
located on Laurens Street,
next.to Mr. .J. L. MoseleyV home;
occupancy May 1st. Address M. H.
Hoy man, Camden, S. O. 4-sb
LOST DOC? Big male pointer, white
and liver color. Answers to name
of lack. Reasonable reward for
any information as to his whereabouts.
Address J. K. Goff, Rte.
2, Camden, S. C. 4-pd
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FOR SALE?We are ready to receive
orders for Porto Rico potato plants
in any quantity. The plants are
government inspected. McCaskill
& Lollis, Camden, S. C. 4-7-sb
BARGAIN AT $800.00?Packard sixcylinder
touring car, 1924 model, in
excellent condition. Phone 553-W,
or write Box 242, Camden, S. C.
4-tf
FOR SALE OR RENT?Unfurnished
eight-room house in desirable location.
Address J. C. Gillis, City
Filling Station, Camden, S. C.
/ 4-5-sb
FOR SALE?150 bushels ninety day
Velvet beans $1.85 per bushel, 5 or
more bushel lots freight paid. Porto
Rico Potato plants $1.80 per thousand,
express collect. W. A. Shuler,
Rembert, S. C. 4^5-sb
FOR SALE?Old fashioned bureau of
mahogany, in good condition. Telephone
8412, Columbia, S. C.
4-6pd.
WE CLEAN?Anything from neckties
to art squares. Camden Dry
Cleanery, Phone 17 or 555. i
FOR SHOE REPAIRING?call at the
Red Boot Shop next door to Express
office. A. M. JONES, Prop.
24 tf
j FOR RENT?Nicely furnished eightroom
house on Chesnut street,
known as the Burrier home, is for j
rent and possession can be given
immediately. For further information
address Drawer 267, Camden,
S. C.
GIRL?Has sole Support 0//nv&(?
mother, wishes subscribers lot t^J
State Newspaper, to enter ufl
contest. Make payments to?
State Company." Insured s|fl
Address: C. C., Care 1300
Street, Columbia, S. C. 2-i?
NOTICE TO ICE'USERS^CmJH
Ice Company Service Station!
Main street, just below W. J
Hay's. Garage is in charge of
Haynes. He will greatly ap]H
jiiate a part of your patron^J
Open all day. "Look tor \.W. sig?
WANTED?No. 1 pine iTgTlSM
cash prices paid; year round ?
mand. Sumter Planing Mills ?
Lumber Co., Attention E. S. Bo?
Sumter, S. C. 14?
C11 RTa1>Ts^ ST RETCH ED-AnyB
wishing curtains stretched p?
apply at ,'aOA Campbell Sf?'^
Prices reasonable.
FOR SALE?One'1925 Ford
with starter. Has just t>een^H
hauled. Good cab and body. H'
tires all around. Will sell a?
sonable price to quick buyer.
or terms to responsible fl <
Apply to N. Snyder, Laurens?
Camden, S. C.
CARPENTERING-*For any
carpenter work see John .S.?
at 812 Church Street, dy?
268. ^ I will be glad to wflf J
, public. All work will ITT?
promptly and guaranteed
workmanship. I specialised wj
building. First class finiik?!?
inet making, mantles and jcw^?
I solicit your patronage id! J
furnish best of references. ?
Hair Cutting!
25c a
Beginning the first
May and continuing thfoifl
the first week in
montfi until September H
the Palace Barber Sb^l
offer hair-cutting dfl;
PALACE BARBER SH?
Telephone Service
improves- while
Calls increase
THE adding of thousands of new subscrlbers
to t he Bell telephone system In
South Carolina last year has greatly Increased
the value and scope of the service.
This growth is reflected In the increas- i
Ing number of calls handled daily by ths
operators, who are responding cheerfully to
your needs and maintaining quick and courteous
service.
In South Carolina, atone, it Is estimated
that the operating forces handled more than
103,627,100 originating local calls and 2,066,600
long distance messages last year. This
was an average of 313,700 local calls and
6,220 toil calls per day; an increase of mors
than four per cent over the previous year.
That such an enormous volume of calls
18 handled, day in and day out, so efficiently
as to win general public commendation, Is
due U the loyal efforts of 600 highly trained
operating room employes who serve you.
Your considerate co-operation encourages
the telephone workers In their determination
to continue the high grade service
to which you are accustomed.
MORGAN B. SPEIR, Carolines Manager
i SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE I
i AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY I
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DRAPERIES I
AND RUGS M
SHOULD RE CLEANED BEFORE
STORING FOR SUMMER I
We can clean any kind?Cotton, Silk
Camden Dry Cleanery Camden Steam LaunwH
e. n. Mcdowell, Mgr.