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I it It Addresses democratic Party rk, Hoy, 18*?r43overnor Al? nith told the country over topight that the principle* imocratie party were u [tfeat at they would have ctory, and that it was the ty "to carry on and vinprinciples for which it had before a microphone in I broadcasting studio, the emocratic presidential canrered what many had called tory. icb, broadcast over a nalookup of stations, urged aort of Herbert Hopver,? e did not "mention him by erting that the man sehe people last Tuesday to >untry was "not the preside Republican party, but f the United States." not do, said Governor let bittprtiea*, raaceir er over the result "blind us landing fact that we are ; to the thousands of letid he had received sinye i and since he had anat he would not again be e? for public office, the ird he had been asked "not crest" in the Democratic . . / ;Ss. k < :\ it the dust und smoke of battle have cleared away, 1 am grate* ful for the privilege extended to me by the Democratic national committee of speaking to million* of my fellowcitizens and of presenting to them some reflections of the campaign just ended. "The Democratic party iH the oldest political organization in the United States. . So well defined aro the doctrines and the principle* upon which it is founded that it ha* survived defeat after defeat. In tho sixty-five years that have passed slpce the civil war, only two presidents were elected on the Democratic ticket. No political organization otherwise founded would have been able during all' these year* to maintain an appeal to the people brought to the polls on last election day. "Fourteen and a half million of voters, subscribed once more to iu platform ?and renewing their relations to the principles which it has upheld throughout its long history. The verdict of the American people last Tuesday was not a crushing defeat of the Democratic party that some of the headlines in the public press would have us believe. On the contrary, let us see what the fact* are. Take the popular votes: "A change of ten per certt of the totjftl number of votes cast would j have changed the popular result. Considering it, from the viewpoint of our electoral college system, a change of less than 600,000 votes i ggaaMHcrspread around the county wujj|ld have altered the result. "We have, therefore, the aaaur ance from the election returns that the Democratic party U a live, vig orous, and a forceful one. Existence j of such a party is necessary under j our system of governmeht. The peo- ( pie rule negatively us Well as affirm 1 atively, and vigorous and intellingenc | minority is a necessary check upon 1 the tyranny of the majority. Experience has always shown even in our small political subdivisions that | when the minority party is weak and hopeless, graVe abuses creep into thc tructure of government and the administration of its affairs. "When the majority party believes that it has everything its own way, it loses its fear of reprisals at the polls for mismanagement or miscon duct of the government. A political party is organised to help the country and not merely to achieve victory. It survives not on the basis of the reward it secures for its followers but on the strength and the soundness of the principles for whichCrit stands. A political party can only justify its existence insofar as it operates for the purpose of promoting the welfare, the well-being and the best interests of the people, "The principles for which the , Democratic party stands are as great in defeat, as they would have been in victory, and it is our duty to carry on and vindicate the principles for which we fought. The Democratic party today Is the great liberal party "f the nation. It leads the progressive thought in all the countries. It holds out the only hopes of return of ihe fundamental principles on which this country* was founded, and it^ breadth of vision, offers the only in j * pi ration, The Democratic '* party ! u?uld nut be in a position four years ] trom now to solicit the confidence! and the support of the American peo I pie, if during that period it neglected to-build up a constructive 'program j and relied entirely upon the failure' "f the opposition party. That can not be done by the minority party j peimining itself to become a party! of destruction and opposition for political purposes only. We have seen too much of that in this country and in many of its civil divisions. It has been particularly noticeable in the state of New York wherft great forward-looking constructive measures were delayed for years by partisan opposition seeking to withhold from the Democratic party credit for their accomplishments. "The party responsibility for such j obstruction tactics has been rebuked by the people at the polls no later than last Tuesday, too often the minority has attempted to rid^ into | power by taking advantage of the failure of the majority that led into an actuality the campaign promises upon which it sought the suffrage of the people. While it is true that every party must adhere to its fundaments I principles, obstruction and blockade foi the sole purpose of embarrassing the party in power are not calculated to promote the best interests of the country. It would be regarded a constructive achievement if the Dem" iatic party at Washington were to formulate a program, adapted and offered to the Congress of the natio'i and there defend it but a refusal on the part of the party in power to accept it, or their inability to bring ity unity for the solution of blems would then fix rey and make a record upon succesful campaign can bo ir years from now. her words the Democratic jld not be acting in good i the people of the coungood faith \yith the millose who rallied to its supwere to sit by and adopt >f inaction with a hope of solely by the mistakes or the opposition; his country demands is. conand not destructive critiistructive program embodyl.eclarations of the Demitform should be promptly Above all 'things the a minority party is educacharacter. The American be intensely interested \n and party program Irfr a months before selectipiy'and it that dtf?erest V.dfe out result is announced. Poforms and political promisselfenacting." itical history of the United iriy indicate^ that every 1 aWp, every government s been won only after a ersistent effort and by the 88 of educating the elec, . " cat and indispensable eleucation is information. A mplete presentation of the sier to do today than it ago with the use of the the increasing interest of people in public affaira. J remembered that while *1 party may seriously c thought and public opinhout the country during 1 the campaign, after in people have made their e mail selected is hot the the Republican party but at of the United States, resident of all the people i he is entitled to all the if every citizen in the ; of a program calculated ^he welfare and the beat this country, titled to a fair opportunop such a program only nr~tb accomplirtr-it doer ration bo come the- subject iticism by the opposition nature^cntictamnBKJt onlypurpose but often results advantage of the critic sponsibility is not conhandling of governmental political -par?y_muafc_alao> hie to the people of the es for the management il affairs and no political 'ord to accept the support r which it refuses to acibility. It will not do to mess, rancor or indigna? results blind us to the (ding fact that -above 4s* we are American* With what par|y ws 'elves on election day, our concern should be for the future welfare, happiness, content and prosperity of the American people- , "At this point 1 desire to cxress my gratitude from the bottom of mv heart to the millions who voted for oiy, to the p/rty leaders throughout the United States, who rendered loyal service to the Democratic party and i?> our country. I want this to include the men and women throughout the country not members of the Democratic party who took inspiration rom the progressive platform, adopted at the Democratic convention, an-1 supported by declaration of purpose with respect to those purpose*. 1 housands of letters and telegrams | huve come to me asking that 1 not lose interest in the Democratic purty. "Let me take this modern means of making reply to them, by making the definite statement that I do not regard the defeat of the Democratic party as iniparing in the slightest degree the soundness of the principles for which it stands. I am just as anxious to see them succeed as when the party honored me with the nomination, and with all the vigor that I can command I will not only stand for that?I will battle for it. "It would be unnatural for me not to be disappointed at the result. Tonight, however, as. I address these (jpw remarks to my friends all over the country, I look buck on my twenty-five years of public service. I recall when for the first time tho Democratic party selected me, a struggling youth for an elective office us member of the legislature. I recall my first official visit to the capitol at Albany, and never shall i forget the thoughts that run through1 my mind at that time. Many years later I felt that I had achieved my greatest ambition whpn. tho Democratic party made*me its standardbearer in the state. "To that party and to the pooplo of this state, who have four times elected me as their chief executive, I shall always be profoundly grateful. I have In a measure attempted to express that gratitude in the form of devotion to public service. In re-; turn for the confidence reposed in me by the people of my state, 1 endeavored to administer the affairs of the state with an eye single to the welfare and the interest of her people. "The Democratic party this year conferred upon me the greatest honor it can offer to any of its members? the nomination for the presidency of these United States. Regardless ox'" the outcome, in a spirit of the deep | est appreciation of the opportunities i afforded me and of the loyal support given me by upwards of fourteen and a half millions of my fellow citizens, I ledge my unceasing interest and concern with public affairs and -tho well-being of the American people. "America cannot be unmindful of the blessings that have been showered upon her by an Almighty and a Divine Providence. The history of our country indicated that His sustaining hand has guided us since tho very hour of. our discovery Nobody can read our history and be unmindful of the proclamation of the President of the United States asking that on Thanksgiving Day, in grateful appreciation for the many blessings. "Nor shall we eVer fail, upon each recurring anniversary of Thanksgiving, to invoke the aid of the Ruler of the Universe?that we may never lose our faith in the fundamental principles upon which this country was founded, and that . must have, been born of,, divine Inspiration," ' - Death of J. M. DesChampe __ John ftadison DesOhamps, of Itfnewood, Sumter county, died in Cowmbia Friday morning and his body warbrought back for burial services at Calvary church Saturday afternoon. Mr. DeaChamps gained the public attention several years ago when ho was a candidate for governor, of South Carolina. He has been in had health for some time and his death was not unexpected. The' body of an unidentified young tvoman was found in a com field near Norxistown, Pa., Sunday "~by^Iarm" bands. 'There was a bullet in her head and indications were that the Tx>dy had been dragged~ipp the field from a roadway 200 yards away. . George W. Allison, who died in ^an Francisco lately, was a native Lancaster county, who wont to California 30 years ago to take a railroad position. The funeral was at i sncsitti'. Ho WM? years old, the ?on of Col. K. b. Allison, and is survived by his brother, R, b. Allison and Uvo sisters, Aliases belle and Mattie Allison, all of Lancaster., Renewal caixls huvo been mailed t<> all automobile owners in this state, to be returned to the state highway department with the fee for a new license plate for 1929, which plate must be on the car on January 1, next. The new plates for 1929 will he mailed to applicants beginning next Monday, and haVe black letters on a white background next year. , Fire did damage to the extent of $250,000 at Mitchell Field, N. Y, I Sunday. A hangar and the engineering building at the army llylng field were destroyed by the blaze of unknown origin. DISTRESS SALE ' Under and by virtue of the lew made under distress warrant issued in I behalf of John L. Kirkland Jr afWmihliL' B\iBrahham' 1 will'offer at public auction at Blanoy, S. C . I?v thl i W hour? r?* sale on Monday, the 3rd day of December 1928. nronertv n i ,folLowin* described v, ack mnro mule, onewai J*2P waKon- one-one horse wagon, two cows, one yearling, three hogs, three hundred bundles of fodtwVnfSUh?*Vndrad Pound* seed cotton, . twenty bushels of corn in shuck J. D. WATSON, For Landlord. FORECLOSURE SALE >>t; to of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. (Court of Common Pleas) The' Enterprise building and Loan Association of Camden, S. C plaintiff, ' ' n n ? . ^Kainst Camilla benjamin and Scott Benjamin, defendants. Under and by virtue of a Decree of his Honor, Judge J. Henry Johnson presiding in the Fifth Circuit, of date November 14, 1928, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash ' cHy'of thrLCrfUrt V?^e door in the I city of Camden, during the legal hours of sale, on the first Monday in December (being December 3, 1928), ?AU JuT* descr5bed real estate: All that parcel or lot of land in | the village of Kirkwootf iust north of ! the City of Camden, in the County of Kershaw and State of South Carolina, ' ??{'fOl!il0tiln*of :lot Number five j(o) of the properly" 'foriiieKy-Ttn'owB"""^ , as the estate of Warren Moore doi foof I"*1 fron'3 one hundred (100) I or lane which separates it from lands I of James Ballard, then of Ella Adams j and now of Ed Merant, and emends ' death ?of t?f ai unjform width to a ! ?epth of (jwo hundred sixty (260) ieet, more or less. ^Xnd fpr a fullerdescription of said lot reference U ' S,deJ? a ldftt of survey made by R, SO' Sh ? .Surveyor, on October, 80, 1911. Said parcel of* lant} ? W onf n?rth by lot number a,x (6) of the said Warren Moore property, east by land formerly ot ChesX CE? unow, ot James H. ?. 4bu.th by lot number four *V said Warr?n Moore properS'rSEE the property of E. C. SasporftSed tn Kue"?r *trwt nbove referred to which separates this proper* ' ty from that formerly of Ella Adams now of Ed Merant." Aoams, I -r n T il : ?j t ' i ;'jV- " r \ 'A^T FISH AMD ' OYSTERS J' ' EVERY DAY All TMietie. Fr?.h Fi.h _ ?...: ii:.; i^w??i;iJPnc?? ; r ' J ~? ? ,r Free Dressing CAMDEN FISH MARKET ~ "?r- K~ ? Telephone 252-J ? ? r ree Uclivery j ^ 1 . r' ri . L WE ARE AGENTS FOR THE FAMOUS "FIGARO" A liquid smoke for prfservibg meats. We hare FORMALDEHYDE for preventing rust in Oats, Phone 10 ZEMP & DePASS [BEST FRIEND OF CHARLESTON" REBUILT ^ FOR TOUR OVER LINES OF THE SOUTHERN 31 FSET, UITNCNEJ f' Ninety-tight Year# of Progress?The "Best Friend of Charleston," Which Made History In 1830, and One^ of the Southern's Modern Engines, which Pull the "Crescent/Limited." T^j : Charleston, 8. C.-^The "Best Friend I ^Charleston," first locomotive built in America to bemused in regular railroad ^transportation service, 10 riding the mils again, a reproduction ot this pi h. ,heer engine, together with its toy-like I bain having been constructed by the 8outhern Hallway Company to be ferried under its own steam, over to? South for exhibition. ."Jga I The "Best Friend of Charleston** was Sfesigned by C. E. Detmold and built J the West Point Foundry in New tork city for the South Carolina Caifet and Railroad Company, now the Charleston division of the Southern, tod brought to Charleston by ship on October 23, 1830.. After several totals, hinade its first scheduled regular run Christmas day of that year. Its gto^er was brief as well as historic for June 17? 1831? its boiler was deployed by an explosion. A negro helpful during the temporary absence of t(engineer, had tied down the safety no, being annoyed by the sound escaping steam. The Engineer who orned Just in time tor the exploit don and two other men were injured -fc the acctftefo. Bttbteouentir. the ruu"^rparta otthe "BestFriend" were ,^d in the construction of the "Phoej~*toy years. v jr . Weighs Only Four Tone.' ^LUto its prototype, the "Best Friend" tM 1928, weighs only approximately tor tons and has an upright boiler, Jfeoabling a bottle. Coal is used as [??* rich pitch pine which was fed taw the boiler ot the original. It has tor driving wheels, titty-elx inches ?. J,a??ter. Two inclined cylinders six-inch bore and sixteen-lncb Br*** work down inside the frame to double crank shaft, Which servei as ft,.**1* i?r the rear pair of drivers, rffttotlng rods, Working, outside. osmit power to the forward pair of SrT*' The cyUndAr# ato At the tor^*5 locomotive U^ly^flt 10 1/2 inches long, but in height it Ties with modern engine*, measuring 14 feet 10 1/2 inches from' the surface of the rail to the top of itr smokestack. The original was even wider than .engines of the present day, having been built on the fire foot gauge which prevailed in the South up to the eighties, but it Was necessary to build the reproduc-. tlon on the standard gauge of 4 feet 8 1/2 inches in order to operate it on tracks now in Servian, The reproduction has also been- provided with a steam gauge, water ?laai and other safety appliances which were unknown in 1880. Like the original, It has neither Whistle, bell nor light. Hand brakes ?hav? been installed on the service car, forerunner and of the modern engine tender, and the two coaches which make up the train, whereas there were no brakes of any description on the original "Best Friend," or any Of the cars of its train. Locomotive butlders of those days were evidently so jhuch interested in getting their engines to rtm that they gave no thought to the problem of stopping them. The valve gear works automatically' when moving for ward, hut has tp be manipulated hy hand for back-up movement. Ju ~~ ? Cesehtt of 1820 Model. The service car is 12 feet four inches long. The two coaches which look .like omnibuses oh flanged wheals are faithful reproductions of those drawn by the original "Best Friend" on its first run. They are 14 feet long, each being equipped with a double ben^h, running the length of the coach. Passengers on the two sides of the bench sit back to back. Doori wra ?n-the aide, midway the length of each coach. There la no way for passengers to get from one side to the other or to pass between coaches without getting outside the train, The South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company was. chartered DecemConstruction work began in Chartevtoftjnfti&BfiSr '? six miles of track, built on trestle work and laid with strap rill were completed iswl,. -iLl1 that year. The road was opened to Branch ville, 62 miles, in November, 1832, and to Hamburg, S. C., on the Savannah River, opposite Augusta, Ga., October 1, 1833. It was then the longest continuous railroad in the world, being 186 miles In length. It was also the first railway to carry the United States mail. Subsequently a branch was built to Columbia from Branchviiio, which thus became the first railway junction in the world. A branch* from this branch was built froth Kingvllle to Camden. .The original line and the branohes. are now parts of the Southern Railway System. The reproduction of this JUstorlc locomotive and its train by the Southern serves to -call attention to the extraordinary part Which the business men of Charleston played In tl\e' develop-1 ment of the early railroads of the Southern, Ihe construction of the lfae to Hamburg firfed other communities with the ambition to build railroads and many of them turned to Charleston for capital to carry out their, pjans. Horatio Allen, one of the leading engineers of hls^time and one otthe 1 earliest advocates. oLjcallroadf,.,to be operated by steam power, was employed as chief engineer "by the South Carolina Canal and RaJroad 'Company and supervised the construction of both roadway and machinery. Nicholas W. Darrell helped to set up the "Best Friend" after its arrival In Charleston and was the first man to open its throttle, thereby having good title to being the first locomotive engineer in America. He ran ait engine r tor many years and was then promoted to master machinist fa which position. he served until his death taiW.r The reproduction of the "Bes^ Friehd" was manufactured in the Fin-, ley shop of the Southern at Birmingham, Ala., and assembled fa the Charleston shop. The coaches were, built fa the Southern's shop at Hayne. 8. C* incidentally named for a Oarolinlan who was among the most prom- I (neat of early advocates oC TSUway^