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1? i ? 1 LOOKING BACKWARD . " ' Taken From the File* of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirty Year# Ago ' ' : ir * ,y;: 1: THIRTY YEARS AGO . f- . I June 19, 1898 Long dry spoil broken by copious showers. Dr. M. J. Wittkowsky died in North Carolina and buried in Camden. Hon W. I). Trantham met with painful injuries in fall from stops. Mr. W. K, Brayton, of Massachusetts, married to Miss Marie J. Walker. Ceremony in Columbia by Rev, S. H. Zimmerman. Engineer H. C, Brickmah badly scalded in collision on Southern railway near Columbia. J. A. Armstrong, long time op- i erator of livery and feed stable found J dead in his b^d. He was a native of i Kentucky. Rev. J; Thomas Pate goes to Johns Hopkins hospital to undergo an op- j eration. Measles and whooping cough prev- J alent in Camden. | Camden beats Columbia in a game of base ball by score of 20 to 2. Mrs. Henry Boykin died at her residence in West Wateree and was j buried at Smyrna church. Announcement of the death""t)f infant child of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. 1 Gerald in Augusta, Ga. | R. Y. Steedman purchases Wolfe cottage on Fair street. J. E. Davis and Walter Lowery re- | turn from Furman University for vacation period. J FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Juoe ID, 1914 Miss Ellen Whitaker, 70 year old resident of Camden, died at home of her brother, John Whitaker. I W, Jti. Gardner and T. V. Gardner I purchase Papal Cola plant from W. A. Hinson. Invitations issued to wedding of Mr. H. O. Strohecker, of Charleston to Miss Clara Wallace, of Camden. Mr, and Mrs. C. C. Whitaker I chapcrones to camp of Camden young people at J^enoir's mill. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Carrison, Sr., leave for a tour of several months in Europe. ' Mrs. W. D. Barrett and Chap Barrett on trip to New York and Niagara Falls. Jim Pegues, driver of hose wagon No. 1 dies. Residence of Mrs. A. M. McNaul at Bethune struck by lightning and partially wrecked. C. B. McCaskill, L. L. Young and Richard Haile report cotton blooms trom their farms. " Bethune McCaskill, of , Bethune dead at Columbia hospital from operation for appendicitis. Rev. J. G. Richards, for fifty years a Presbyterian pastor, died at Blenheim and was buried at Liberty Hill. Major James Jonathan Lucas, native of Tiller's Ferry, in this county died at Society Hill, aged 83 years. Adlia E. Stevenson, vice-president with Grover Cleveland dead at Chicago aged 7(J years. Can They Get Him to Run? The South Carolinu Gazette acknowledges the suggestion of a correspondent that in considering possibilities for the gubernatorial i race next year, the name of Roach S. Stewart of Lancaster, should by ho Means be overlooked. tri its eoWftteht Oh the subject, the Gaiette apparently believes there is a possibility of Mr. Stewart offering for the office, and it speaks in high terms of his legislative record, his statesmanship, his political and personal integrity and his ability to handle the duties of this office. All that the Gazette says of Mr. Stewart is true. The News itself cati think of no man in public life better qualified to hold the office of governor of South Carolina than the I * former senator from Lancaster. Thousand^ of South Carolina citizens havt* boon deeply impressed with his clear vision of state problems, his sti aight-forwurd and earnest desire to see them settled on the basis of the welfare of the whole state, and his political and personal courage in fighting for the things which he believed to be right and just. Roach Stewart, is a. man of high ideals sound sense?and withal one who possesses personality of the type that makes for successful leadership. The News does not know whether or not Mr. Stewart is considering the race for governor, or whether he would consider it. But it has no hesitancy in f expressing its belief that if any citizens or group of citizens can persuade him to enter the race fcr this office, they will be doing a great service to the state of fiouth Carolina.?Greenville News. Small Mill Town h. Facing Extinction Kewmarket, N. H., Jun# 10.?This little textile town is today fighting a strange and apparently losing bat tie for ite existence. It ie a battle which involves jthe town's single industry, the great mljl of the Newmarket Manufacture*, company, which was founded here 101' year# ago, and which entirely supports the town. It is a battle ;between the operators of that mill MB the workers. Five months ago, workers at the mill went on strike as a result of a wage disagreement. a They are stUl out^?more than 1,000 of them?and the mill is entirely inactive, lave for a handful of craftsmen who failed to join the strikers' movement. Thete were approximately 6,000 persons in Newmarket when strike began. Ihere are less than 2,000 here today. Residents are mow ing daily to other cities. Two of t?* town a scores of stores have gone ottt of business. Three others are re* ported in serious financial conditio^ which may necessitate their closing. Gradually as the strike goes on without sight of a let-up, tne toWn of Newmarket?one of the . oldest towns in the United StateB?is disap* pearing before the very eyes of iw populace. The trouble struck the ordinarily peaceful town last January, when mill managers and a handful of girl employes clashed over wages. .. A short time ago the mill corporation served notice on more than 100 families, who were living in houses owned by the corporation that they must quit the property. That precipitated an added reason for exodus. Many families, living in mill-owned housesz took their former employers at their word and left town. Others remained and prepared to battle. v~T?e union heads, anxious to aid those who would stay and fight it out, erected the nucleus of a "tent city" on property,on the Durham side of the town. The tents are there now ready for occupany, but apparently not needed. The eviction came to a head Friday at a hearing held in the town hall, at which the twtftity-two families who still are fighting the eviction notices defied the owners and arranged to post bonds. The bond matter will be threshed out this week. Insurance Plot ^ Slayer To Die Macon, Ga., June 17.?Earl Man* cheater, 19 year old slayer of James Parks, his roommate, in an "insurance murder plot" was found guilty tonight of murder and the jury made no recommendation which automatically fixes the penalty at death fn~thG electric chair, v The trial lasted- one day. The verdict came with startling suddenness half an hour after ths jury had taken the case. The defense relied solely on an unsworn unchallenged statement by the accused youth. The statement was completed wiftiin a few minutes and the jury given the case at 7:45 p. m. Judge Matthews of Bibb circuit court, set the date for the electrocution on August 14. The state's case was built chiefly upon a, signed confession in which Manchester said Mrs. J. C. Powers, his and Parks' landlady, offered him $1,000 of a $14,000 insurance policy if he would kill his room mate. Mrs.', Powers had insured Parks' life a few weeks prior to his death naming herself a beneficiary. Opening of he* ! trial on a charge of accessory begin^ next Monday. She is 71 years old. YELLOW BIRD LANDED ? . On Spanish Coast After Flying Thirty-One Hours i ' 4 1 The monoplane Yellow Bird, ' French made and manned by three Frenchmen Friday night landed in northern Spain within 150 miles oi French territory after a non-stop flight from Old Orchard, Maine. It was the first French air expedition to cross the north Atlantic in cither direction and had the added distinction of carrying the first transAtlantic airplane stowaway. The addition of this youth made the number of persons the same as flew to France in the plane of Commander Richard i E. Byrd less than two years ago. The aviators pushed their plane to its furtherest limit. 'When they came I down on a beach a few miles west of Santander the gasoline tanks were ulmost dry. Otherwise both men and plane were in good condition and they announced their intention to complete the flight to Paris as soon as the plane was refueled. The v: t w were Jean Assolant, Le Le vre and Aremno Lotto, Jr., the i backer, and the stowaway was believed to N- Arthur Schreiber of 1' tland. Ma >u-. Out "?:$ cases disposed of in he session urt fb'r" Richland c<?;;> ty ending Wi-unesday morning there was (only or. iequittal by a jury, tin- ,eing in : - ase against John T. (J.t-.fs 80, trial for the killing of Buffer Wage- dates claimed seTf-dt ' .-.ec and t he .;,.ft.nse of bis home. I jury i. tu ned a verdict of ac*, . after del.berating 24 minutes. The solicit' - r.ellc prossed__24 case-. A special term of court will begin a rk | July 15 to try murder cases against Harold L. Mims and A. B. MoGraw, and two men dn a charge of -.tfe cracking. I - ?, The sheriff of Pinellas county, Florida. has been indicted by'the grand jury on a charge of failure to enforce the laws against gambling at the kennel club trade at St. Petersburg last wilder.' Eight officers and directors of the kennel Hib have been indicted on chargai of operating a gambling house. Hoover Offends South liy White House Party Washington, June 1#.?rTbe special recognition of the Negro wife of Gpcar DePriest, the Negro representative from the First Illinois district, at the White House, has dimmed the Hoover popularity in the South and made it most embarrassing for such public men as Senator SWmons of North Carolina, Senator IleAin of Alabama, Bishop James Cannon, Jr.. of Virginia and others who bolted Governor Alfred E. Smith In the last campaign. Southern congressmen generally, Republicans as well as Democrats, think that the president and Mrs. Hoover have made a great and irreparable mistake. They see in the incident the question of social equality, one issue that will alwayB unite the white people of * the South. / Asked today if the president would comment on the outburst of antagonism in the South, the White House answered in the negative. "The reception of the wife of Congresman DePriest," said Senator Simmons, one of the irreconcilable antiSmith Democrats, "was exceedingly unfortunate and much to be regretted." "It was a great blow to the social stability of the South," said Senator I.ee S. Overman of North Carolina. "I regret the incident beyond measure", declared Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas. "It is recognition of social equality between the white and black races and is fraught with infinite danger to our white civilization." "I deplore it very much; it was a mistake," Senator Heflin said. Congressional social circles are stirred up over the prominence given DePriest s wife by the Hoovers. Many women of that set are quietly announcing that they will have no further part in Hoover social functions. "Why, I do not know what to expect. If I attend the Hoover receptions, I may be asked to go to the 1 table with Representative DePriest. I The easiest way is to play safe and remain away. That is what we will have to do." Already there is a DePriest set and an anti-DePriest set in Washington society. DePriest has felt the lash of racial criticism and resents it. Last fall, soon after he was elected, it became known that Mrs. Vestal, wife of i Representative Albert H. Vestal (Re-j publican) of Indiana, had introduced i a resolution to^change the eonstitu- I tion of the Congressional club, composed of wives and daughters of congressmen, so as to enable the members to bar. undesirable persons. This, it was asserted at the time, was aimed at DePriest's wife. Representative George M. Pritchard (Republican) of North Carolina refused to have a room in the house office [building alongside DePriest's room. DePriest will give a reception June 21, at the Washington auditorium, for the benefit of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. All Republican mem bers of congress, except Vestal and Pritchard, are invited. Leonard Kip Rhinelander of New Rochelle, N. Y., is to make another try for a divorce from Alice Jones Rhinelander, daughter of a New Ro~? chelle negro. This time his try will be made under the laws of Nevard?B Jtttoi Bfcfcehrie Moss of. the! United States court of claims,"died fl suddenly in Washington on Weeklies-J day. He was a native of Bowlinrfl Green, Ky- and was appointed to tlufl bench by President Coolidge in 192f* ; The News Editor turned to the telephone 3fr ' ** When floods isolated southern Alabama, and press time approached with little definite news of the disaster or the extent of the damage, the news editors of the Birmingham, Alabama, Age-Herald naturally turned to the long distance ' operators. They knew from experience that the telephone service would not fail if loyalty, courage and human ingenuity could maintain it. The story of what happened is told in this letter from Harry C. Frye, assistant managing editor of the paper: "May I express the appreciation of the Birmingham AgeHerald for the ohe hundred per cent cooperation and effectiveness of the long distance service during the southern Alabama flood disaster. ... In twenty-five years' experience in the newspaper business I haVe found that I can meet and overcome most any difficulty in gathering news beyond the local borders simply by turning the responsibility over to the telephone operators. They have never failed me, and in the flood crisis your operators performed not only true to form, but met and overcame new problems with an ingenuity that is beyond all understanding of a humble* newspaper man." w The telephone organization appreciates this tribute which encourages them in tfedr determination that service shall not fail. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE and Telegraph Company laaatftvalad Star MrOoTmlrkSCmnpaay.lMi ^ KI LliN ? 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