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I The Camden chronipi r | CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31. IMS. ?= NUMBER 23. Ileturns to House Race Necessary shuw County Democratic i onunittee, in session at uusc Thursday morning to , u lu of the primury elecluesday, declared Newton ,initiated to the house of ivex over four opponents ty of 173 votes and orderd primary to nominate ar iber to the house. will be between N. S. ho received 1,334 votes U Laurin who waa credited votes. These two names iu- the complete ballot for primary to be held Tues11 her 11, as all other caae nominated over all opwithout opposition on the 1 v i' ' v *, ,< * ^ - ? . ndidates declared nomie committee were: ' 4 hleen B. Watts," superineducation, over 'I. J. Mche vote of 2,489 to 1,000. issell, coroner, over S. /. ie vote of 2,16$ to 1,890. iowen, director Wateree> ver G. E. Hinson-by the to 183. irkley, director Buffalo ver M. G,King by the to 479. . r 1 ?ake, magistrate Upper wnship, over two oppo-| vote being Peake, 160; Id, 74; Ben A. Rabon, 61. peland, magistrate Lower nship, over C. C. Pate by 334 to 309. . aylor, magistrate Upper .nship, over H. Edd Kirkvote of 602 to 241. ? without opposition were minated as follows: burn, clerk of court. Pass, Jr., master in equity, unn, road superintendent, swell, director Flat Rock urrison, Jr., dfrqfteter. 41a*, itson, magistrate Lower a nship.^ mith, magistrate DeKalb mpson, magistrate Upper ownship. tcher, magistrate Lower ownship. United States house of ves Kershaw bounty ) Vance Davidson, 1,079; enson, 2,325. Late unofns throughout the fifth ave Stevenson, 18,810; ing of the committee waa rder by J. F. McDowell, irman, with L. \t Guion creUry. The first motion one calling for # su*pen~ business for a period of sh services to the tiemoid race for|th?|Hrase^ i a second raei for sheriff for Congress Davidsbn f21 votes in Lancaster Stevenson 2692. u-biey defeated O. R. Bell treasurer fey a vote of 54. 3 re defeated L, Rov Black5r* of court'by a vWof "Knight defeated A. N. for auditor fey a vote of UuMrKm ardod Scholarshla *<. . c tf, jZ graduate of the "8 the Camden High heen awarded the acholar1 Citadel from this county competitive examination. M Proved himself an ?xstudent at high his home folks will ?ateh vith interest ? is a so? Mrs. C. Elmer Witts, and / Copelcuid , Claimed.By Death J. Copula ml Massoy, 47-year-old attorney of Kershaw and a beloved citizen of this county, was suddenly claimed by death Wednesday while < visiting in Shelbyville, Ind., according to telegraphic advices reaching here Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Massey in company with Mrs. Massey was visiting with relatives of the latter. Details of his passing were not stated although the cause is supposed to have been failure of the heart. The funeral party will be met in Columbia Thursday afternoon and conveyed by motor to Kershaw where the last rites will probably be held. Copeland Massey was one of Kershaw county's finest citizens and in his sudden passing a regrettable loss is realized which extends throughout the borders*of this county and the ones adjoining. Mr. Massey had long been identified with the Democratic cause of this state and as a nominee of the pa^ty he had at various times served as state senator, from -both Kershaw and Lancaster counties, and as mayor of the town of Kershaw. Mr. Massey was a member of the Kershaw Presbyterian church, a mein'ber of the Kershaw . masonic lodge, a thirty-second jlegree Mason and a Shriner. He had served a number of years as attorney for the town of KershaW. Mr. Massey was a native of Taxahaw township in Lancaster county where * he received his early education. He also attended school at Wingate, N. C., and received his degree in law at the University of South Carolina. Surviving besides his widow, who before marriage was Miss Sallie Smith of Maryland, are Mr. Massey's parents;-Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Massey, and the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. Walter Robinson, Mrs. C. P^K^ht^M^ J. ^Co^,^an of James Massey, Taxahaw; J. B. Massey, Taxahaw, and John Massey of Kershaw. American Legion Meeting The regular monthly meeting of the Lerpy Bene Post American Legion will be held* Monday ^.evening,- September 3,>at 8?jJ?p'clock. The meeting^ will be bperi to 4he public and two distinguished speakers will be here to make addressea-r-the newly elected department commander, George D. Levy, of Sumter; And Hon. Christie Bennett, of (Columbia. The Legion Auxiliary is urged to attend this meeting and the public is also cordially invited. ; * . Killed Large Rattler Mr. H. Pj Oglesby, of Camden, who .operate? a farm in West W^eree on the Wateree river, was exhibiting a monster rattlesnake killed^?: him qjie day l|it Week. Jthe snake measured six feet and had nineteen rattles. The reptile had been driven to the high landa by the high .waters in the rfveifg Severarybari C|f0 brought ft to town tat wchii Lightntag $trlkSp OiHfereu J. C. Jenkins Of Kershaw, who was 1a the cjty Monday, retried that three- children of Mr. and Mrs. Burrell Gardner of nest Kershaw were knocked down by -the concession from a bolt of "lightning that struck near the home about 6 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The children soon regained consciousness and are doing all right again,' It is believed. A chicken In the yard of the Gardner home was killed by the boiWdeufrcaster News. ? SrSij " Kershaw County Fair Dates Announced ^ " **"' 1 ' ' ** iWweeifbf October 29 to November 8 has been named as the date i for holding the Kershaw County Pair. I ? Secretary J. W. Sanders is getting buSy requesting farmers and house\ wives to get their exhibits together so that this ihsy be onerof the bag fairs in the history of the si sedation. ! ~The ehtertalnment features wfll as usual be of the very best. The fame carnival attraction with added fed* t tares will play the entire week of ; thy fair*. Theft will be three free features Qtt . Wednesday, Thurf^ ! ?ins display of ftrewbrka. 1 1 ^ Death and Injury InHuilding Collapse ?_?__ ^ ' Shelby, N. C.. Auk. 28.?Si* bodies had been recovered early tonight and rescue workers were continuing theic efforts to locate.others they believed might have been buried in the debris of three buildings that collapsed in the business center of town here this morning. \ While construction gangs tore at the tangle of wreckage, hospital attaches made preparations to cate for a dozen others believed to have been killed or injured in the collapse. Twelve victims already had received treatment. Some of these were seriously hurt. ' The known dead are: Mrs. Ora Eckridge, Guy Green and< Alex Hoyle, clerka in the First National bank, one of the collapsed f struci^res; Zeb Blanton and his son, Oarf, farmers who were customers at the band and Clyde Carpenter. ^ The injured are George Blanton, acting vice-president of > the bank, lacerations on the .head and bruisesi aibout the upper part of the body; Everett Dellinger, cuts and bruiseB; Forest Eckeridge, cuts and bruises about the head; Clarence Mull, broken nose and broken left arm and leg;5 Margaret Callahan, legs Crushed and extent of injuries undetermined and three negroes who were not seriously hurt. The buildings all of two story brick construction were the First National v<banjt, the Goode Grocerjr compan/l'and the Hadley Tailor shopr, Excavatjons in the basement of th4 tailor shop were thought to have weakened the walls of that structure and precipitated the collapse. Several members of the excavating crew were thought to be still entombed in the elevator shaft of the Hadley place tonight. It was thought that seventeen men comprised thfc crew. Five were brought out alive and two of these were uninjured. H_ The collapse came with startling ^ud3annaas^[nd without any" pre-' vious warning. The fact that most of those killed or injured were in the bank building, a temporary structure, was laid to the fact that the grocery and tailor shop were occupied by only a few persons. Blanton and Eskridge, vice-president and cashier respectively, were seated at their desks near the wall opposite the collapse and were struck by failing bricks and timbers. Green, Holye and Miss Eskridge, who was killed, and Mull, who was seriously hurt; however, were directly under the <W*11 that gave wayy Two other employes who normally took their place beside those killed were on their vacations. 0 t Zeb Blanton and his son had just left the* bank and were about two feet from the door when the wallf gave way, witnesses said. They were killed 'instantly by the falling brtcfc *pfefi^demolished an autosndpjjj' ijtf&d at the curb. workmen insisted that they aaw the bodies of an unidentified Better Equipment; f Means More Economy ( lvmson College, Aug. 27.-?Among the umit instructive and suggestive offerings at Farmers' Week here this year were the many outstanding ex| hi hit#. In tne hall of the Main Building jva.s a most excellent display of model farm buildings and equipment, which were sources of new ideas for greates efficiency. Among these things were models of good and poor type chicken laying houses, a Clemson brooder house, a reel mash hopper, a water stand, and a shell hopper, all for the poultry yard. There was a model of an excellent shed-type ibovalble htf|f house and a pig creep. ! Of interest to dalrythen were models of a shedtype convertible dairy barn, la bull shed with breeding stall, a I home-made cow Btanchion, a homemade calf stanchion, and a section of a dairy barn showing details of construction of a gamfbrel roof on a two-story -bam. Bowman Field was lined along the road for 200 yards with la/bor-saving f&rui machinery being shown by several makers. This was a popular Attraction at Farmer's- Week both J^ears, and, in the opinio^ of D. W. Catkins, assistant director of the {Extension Service offers some of the state's most needed suggestions? namely, that they must seek to reduce cost of production with laborhaving machinery. There were tractors, a combine for reaping and threshing small grains in a single operation, and there were many horse-drawn implements. An interesting and instructive exhibit of running water in the kitchen and of various other labor-saving h6me conveniences held the interest of scores of men as well as women; and the same was true of the exhibit and demonstration of laborsaving |$nen implements made by the horticulturists. Wegro Man Killerr By Falling House Bob White, aged about 70 years, a negro, residing on W. M. Kirkland's place in West Wateree met instant death in a peculiar accident Tuesday afternoon -when a portion of a house feH upon him. The man was engaged in tearing down a house when he knocked some of the supports dffwn and * the building collapsed, burying him beneath it. Nearly every bone was -broken in his body and death dfaa instantaneous. Coroner W. F. Russell was called to wiew the body but found an inquest unnecessary. Mrs. L. S. Fleniken and children left Wednesday for a visit to her parents in Graniteville. white man and a negro in the basement of a building, those in charge of-.clearing sway the debris discounted the discovery and directed rescue crews to otherportions of wreckage. : Hoard of Directors Issue Statement! The Chronicle is in receipt of the following statement signed by the Kc rshuvv County Board of Directors composed of, H. (!. Carrison, Jr., chairman; E. H. K< wen, 1). M Kirkley and J. H. Sow ell, und is directed to the citizens of Kershaw county. "In \ lew of an> person or persons who may be misinformed to the past or future attitude of the County Board of Directors relative to the construction of hard surface roads in Kershaw County as jht our re-imbu rsement agreement with the {State Highway Department, and as to the attitude of this Board on any matters appertaining to h progressive spirit, we would respectfully set forth the following statement: "first, that the members of this Board realise that we are but representatives of the people, elected by the vote of the majority to Berve the interest of the County as a whole, and-that personal feelings arc subservient to the public good, no matter what they may be. That the Board believes that we have the confidence of the people of the county by virtue of all of its members being returned to office?two un-opposed and two by substantial majorities. That the Board has co-operated with the County Delegation and with the State Highway Department, and will pursue the same course in the future to the very beat of our ability. That among ourselves there is nothing other than co-operation and good will. That we are absolutely in favor of hard surfaced highways and believe that this work should be pushed, and that we have performed and will continue to perform our dutieB in this respect, viz to sell bondB at the best prites possible, (as we have demonstrated) and secure rights of way as directed by the Highway Department. That so far as the rights of way secured on route No. 26 near Boykin, thnt this was secured in good faith and tinder instructions from the Highway Department, and that if the old road is paved as per the. ruling of the Supreme Court, the. same property owners own la on this present -location which will naturally have to be straightened out in many instances and a fair exchange can be effected for the rights of way that we have already purchased with np appreciable loss to the County. That the County Board has opened more new country roads for neighborhoods that had no roads than any | other previous Board and at a less cost. . That such funds as we cofitrol | are deposited equally in the banks of the city, That county "supplies are | purchased , on a competitive basis from various merchants in the counI ty. - That gasoline and oil purchases | are rotated each month among the different oil. companies, doing business in the county. And that finally, we haVe endeavored to carry out our duties fairly and honestly and have not knowingly wasted the, County fundi! in any way whatsoever.'* Charlotte Thompson To Open The Charlotte Thompson High School will open it* sixth session at nine o'clock, Monday, September! 8* All pupils are urged to be present the first day in order., that no time will be lost in getting the year's work started. .'Parents and patrons are invited to -attend the opening. ' Camden Methodist Church i Lyttleton Street, near'f Hampton Park. George Pieree Watson, pastor. Sunday, September 2nd~Pible8chool at 10:00 a. m., with, classes for all ages and gradefe. Mr^ L. S. Shaw, superintendent and Mr. C.|W. Birchmore teacher ojf the Men's Bible school with Mrs. N. C. Arnett teacher of the Ladies Bible class/ EpWorth League at 7:18 p. m. which all the young people are urged to attend. l^fibUc y or ship at 11:15 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. conducted by the pastor. Morning theme, < "Witnesses for Christ.'* The sermon will be followed by the Holy Communion.- The evening theme, "Majestic Words." Midweek prayer service, Wednesday at 0:00 p. m. The pdblie is cordUV ly tnvtted/rto all services of this church. Seats free, come itnd bring ybur friends. I Banks Gsm Monday i ---= closed on that dsy. Subway Accident Coat Many Liven New York, Aug. 24.?Twenty per>ona were killed during the height of the ruhh hour tonight and 200 NNere injured when the ninth ear of a ten-ear west side Inteiborough Rapid Transit subway express, speeding downtown, jumped the tracks just south of the Times Square station, crushed into u concrete pillar, broke in two, hit the third rail and then caught fire, In a few moments, shrieks of the injured were heard in the streets above, while hundreds of panic-stricked passengers fought and clawed eack other in a mad effort tp escape the Htyiflah darkness the*, filled the tuni^l after a blinding electric explo|Flames and smoke added to the horror and when those survivors who could make their own way to the street reached the open air, another panic ensued as thousands gathered about the exits CHUgty sight of the smoke-blackened figures. ' The accident was caused by a defective twitch, investigation disclos- * ed later, The sWitch had Keen reported out of working order, bait repairmen had not reached the spot before it threw the crushed car and two othefs off the tracks. While hospitals were receiving a stream of deadend injured (Mayor Walker anfiotthced at* the 'West 30th street polios station that Hehad been told brah^l. K. T. switchman named King, that thef fdnKy condition of the switch had been reported to the maintenance department of the subway line at about 5.02. The accident occurred about 6:18 o'clock. i Search for the maintenance man who jreMjtSjd Vthe report W*fb?frun. j One train passed safely over the Switch. It. was , the second which provided the eWy * with ono . of its Jvorst subway accidents, j The tra\h, with sftxrot 200 rush hour patrons jammed in each car, was justidttinjg. up speed after. leaving thd Station, when the" rear""?rucki ofUfiT " *" ninth car jumped the tracks ?t a switch which connects the downtown tracks with a spur. The car, loaded with its human freight, swung side* ways through the opening between the tracks, struck the concrete pillar find cracked in two, spilHng the dead and injured onto the tracks, -i * The front portion of the car. still coupled to the speeding lraijj,Jwent careening down theexpress side-ol the tube until it hit a steel pillar and tore loose, derailing the eighth car Which toppled over against the retaining wall. The rear part of the mashed' car. tumbled and rolled along the tracks of the Spur after it had draggadvtke tenth and,last car off the..track's, ? ... The eighth and hlrtth cars immediately caught fire and ^be 1,500 eri more uninjured, passengers joined their yells of hort-or awt fright with the moans dnd screajfijjrdf the maimed and dying. The utmost confusion reigned in the three derailed can the lights of ^Meb'linlbe<tti^r went out, leaving the d*rkne*t of the tuhnel broken ?n-1 ly by spurts of bhie flame from the short circuited third rait'and the dull cars. Passenger* 'of a northbound ixpiesa' ' which happened to be passing at the moment of the accident saw the ninth , car break into tern pieces and a* soon as the train came to a sUndstill at the station, liUraTfyfiondreds ran to the street to ~ mon aid while many men jumped to the southbound tracks and rendered first aid. Interborough employes apd police stationed in the vicinity rushed into the subway by dozens. While audW t fe on their way to the semdU? from', practically. everyn. hospltAaij Manhattan, doors of the care remain* ing on the track were smashed opstr - and passengers were helped from the cars. iMany women, who had fainted, were* carried oht. , ' '?:-. <? > r- - - ...i: Dr. Joseph Henderson Caldwell, *neidber of the Nafle clinic end prominent physician df Ch^iett^ i died at Ms home last Friday nlgft after a lonjt illness due to wounds be imcebrud tojm^Vorld serving to the famous First dlvialen.^ aV^Si:Winni!ft>oro' leW I KJB4 Oficial Tabulation Tuesday'! Democratic Primary Election 1 .ifiiVV fr. , ? ' ' a c a .? ? ** t? 4' *! m ; s:'r -? ?& ? 1 2-11 I I 1 * a! * ?'\ w.i PRECINCTS j Q ^ o ? * 2 *5 M -8 ? . j ' a; g * 3 h" ? "SB 3 fc o>i-I fg z |3 y ag 4 Lj _^2 jL &x 1 fr) Ji.. 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