The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 21, 1929, Image 2
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LOOKING BACKWARD
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Taken From the File* of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirty Year# Ago
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THIRTY YEARS AGO
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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
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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 $14,000 insurance policy if
he would kill his room mate. Mrs.',
Powers had insured Parks' life a few
weeks prior to his death naming herself
a beneficiary. Opening of he*
! trial on a charge of accessory begin^
next Monday. She is 71 years old.
YELLOW BIRD LANDED ?
. On Spanish Coast After Flying
Thirty-One Hours
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1 The monoplane Yellow Bird,
' French made and manned by three
Frenchmen Friday night landed in
northern Spain within 150 miles oi
French territory after a non-stop
flight from Old Orchard, Maine.
It was the first French air expedition
to cross the north Atlantic in
cither direction and had the added
distinction of carrying the first transAtlantic
airplane stowaway. The addition
of this youth made the number
of persons the same as flew to France
in the plane of Commander Richard
i E. Byrd less than two years ago.
The aviators pushed their plane to
its furtherest limit. 'When they came
I down on a beach a few miles west of
Santander the gasoline tanks were ulmost
dry. Otherwise both men and
plane were in good condition and they
announced their intention to complete
the flight to Paris as soon as the
plane was refueled.
The v: t w were Jean Assolant, Le
Le vre and Aremno Lotto, Jr., the
i backer, and the stowaway was believed
to N- Arthur Schreiber of 1' tland.
Ma >u-.
Out "?:$ 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.
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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
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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
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Every young man who starts a bank account and ,
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his standing in the community?both socially and in
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