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The_Camden Chronica f ' CARC^A. ?,Day, aucust , "M- ? _ _ NUMBER 19 Linden Seeks I Cheaper Rates Bfli hearing was held yesterday beLe the ftate railroad commission on trUle i.-.-ued by the commission to L, Carolina Power and Light' compov to -how cause why it should not ^uce the rates which it is charging the city of Camden for power, The lMring was concluded about 4 o'clock (tiUrday afternoon and the commis,ion announced that it would take the Satter under advisement. The city of Camden ^ttempted to dtr in evidence rates being charged cther cities using about the same a?ount of power and of .about the 0DH- population as Camden but the ruled this evidence out. Camden attorneys sought to .bow thai many other cities of its lixe were enjoying a much cheaper r?t , and that some of these cities were very close to Camden. Attorneys for the power company contended that this compuny operates In what was termed as "thin" territory inasmuch as the number of large industries using power is comparatively small and that therefore the Lity of Camden had to pay its pro Ufa share of the cost of furnishing Lower in such territory, j Several witnesses were placed on fee stand, among them P. A. Tillery, jite president and general manager tfthepower company, Wiliam Wrig-1 of J. E. Sirrine and company, Dr. kb Bauer, expert utility accountant ^economist of New York city, and tytnk W. chapman, manager 'of the liter and electric -light department of the city of Camden. B. H. Barre, rate ttpert of the commission, was -also a witness. After the commission declined to permit the introduction of evidence, tending to shdw that' rates secured by other cities of' Camden's size and character were lower than those enjoyed by Camden, the city of Camden introduced evidence to show' that, the rite enjoyed by the cotton mills in Camden was much cheaper than that enjoyed by the city. The power company contended that the company could fufnish power cheaper to industrial plants than to a municipality, j G. H. Wittkowsky and Henry Savage, Jr., represented the city of Camden and Senator Edgar A. Brown the South Carolina Electric Power Contumers' association, while General Counsel Wither spoon and J. S. McInnes represented the power company.?Friday's 'State. Makes Correction. The State of Friday erroneously reported that the railroad commifc* rion Thursday, in Rearing another ease involving1 fHe"~Carolina Power and Light company, this time, on wholesale rates to the city of Qamden, refused to admit evidence of rates being charged other cities using about 'he same amount of power and of about the same population as Camden. The commission admitted this evidence and also evidence to show that rates secured by cotton mills in Camden were cheaper than that seCQr'd by the city.?Saturday's State. Killed in New Jersey. A The body of Russell Curry, 40, col ted, ex-service man* who was killed * ?r> automobile accident last Tues l *as brought to the home of hit I Dock Curry, who resides on! iff* ^ and was Sunday- at a chorch after services by Rev. I r!lMcCirt and T- J* Williams. I Carry left Camden about fifteen Jear? lf0 t0 ^he amunition ?ant at Hopewell, Va. Later he was I Ja 'nt0 service. He is survived by //8rents and one ct*ild- H'8 "wife I W some time Ago. v I Wanted in Indiana; I Possessed a Still ft" Hampton Bennett, alias Ray AO**'hoin^ in the county 1*111 .y#hin* ?^cer8 from affartins ?rrl*t coun^ Indiana. He was I by o \ ?n a benck warrant signed I *?rr? Allen- clerk'of court, and the l>nr*r! r*R<1, "P088?88**^ > a still." w?8 employed at' a peachI ^ant and was I t t'n assen*M*ng peach crates l into ******* He is,a I *nd*n ?f *bout twenty-nine I* W# ? Wld trailed hy 8 tetter he wrote back State Candidates Spoke Here Monday C andidates for governor and other state offices re-opened their campaign here Monday, after a week's rest. The meeting was presided over by Dr. S. F. Hiasington, county chairman, and despite the intense heat each candidate was given a respectful hearing at which heckling was absent. It. Beverly Herbert stated at the offset that he wanted to deviate from his tax reform issue to that of law enforcement. He came out strong for law enforcement and called upon each candidate in the race to state his stand on this primary issue of th^ campaign. Mr. Herbert referred to the assassination of Senator E. J. Dennis of Berkeley and Uj the crime. He denounced lynching and said just so long as leaders failed to stand for law observance so lortg would crime continue. The speaker said that utterances as "to hell with the constitution" if carried out would mean "to hell with the churches and schools." He stated emphatically that no criminals or bootleggers were supporting him. Olin D. Johnston followed along his usual lines, attacking on the bond issue and giving an account of his record in the general assembly both for Anderson and Spartanburg counties. Ool. W. H. Keith of Greenville continued his attack of the bond issue and paid his usual respects to Solicitor Blackwood and what he referred to as hi# "convenient" platform and his silence on the 'bond issue. He also charged that C. E. Jones had killed Senator Smoak's chances of election. When he was siVorrf in its a member of the general assembly he took an oath for la*w and order and decency and honesty in government, he said. Former Congressman A. F. Lever pointed out that the next four years would see the, need of the best and wisest statesman in the nation, that "we were now passing through what might well be termed the "tragic era." He spoke of his 18 years of service.as congressman during which hp served 16 years as a member of the Agricultural committee. He expressed himself as favoring bi-ennial sessions of the legislature and a tax of intangible property. Mr. Lever read an editorial from The State, saying it was rumored that bootleggers and others were concentrating on one candidate and read a telegram to The State asking that the paper name the candidate to which it referred. He paid high compliment to The State. He declared he stood four square for law and order. Mr. McMahan spoke along his usual lines, calling names of persons he said had indulged in a liquor party in a Columbia hotel, paid his respects tc the Richards administration Wj W. Smoak of Waltepboro favored the statewide bond issue and saic Keith and Johnson's attitude in this matter was that since Spartnnburf and Greenville ' counties had beei paved, was to the effect, "I've go1 mine, you can't get yours." He cited facts and figures to shov why he favored prohibition. Ashton H. Wilinms favored repea of the prohibition law in this stat< and substitute the Volstead law whereby those using liquor for medic inal purposes could get it on a physi cian's .prescription. Ibra C. Blackwood closed the pro gram and said he did not feel it in cumbent upon him to go around th< state talking law enforcement whei during his 14 years as solicitor he hat presented more than 6,000 cases ant secured nearly 92 per cent, in convic tions. He favored a vigorous and fearles: enforcement of the law and had neve sought by showing favor the suppor of a bootlegger or criminal,' he said He stated that a governor was only i pilot of public sentiment and must b a leader obligated to no interests o individuals. He confidently predictei his nomination in the coming pri mories. Clybum Freed on Bond. Henry Clyburo, charged with th killing oj^ Steven Owens and wound ing his brother, James Owens, wa released under $6,000 bail here S*1 urday by Judge W- H. Townsend. Former Judge ?f. L. Smith repw sen ted the defendant. James Owen patient in the Camden hospital. Phj atcUns said they eapected him to n : n i pi i???i???? ww????? 1 1 NEW LEGION COMMANDER i ? a ! A. Stanley Llewellyn who was unanimously chosen to head the Am.' encan Legion of South Carolina for 3 the coming year at the convention held in Columbia last Tuesday, was 24,"! 887 Arlin8rton' Mass., ' February , His parents were both Scotch. He is one of four children/ His three sisters are Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart Goodwin, of Arlington, Mass., Mrs. Mary Louise Winham, of Lebanon, / r?nani ^1S8 Edith A- Llewellyn, of Delta, Colorado. Mr Llewellyn attended the public ffife+i!8 .? Al|Nngton through the eighth grade, leaving school in 1904 and learned the trade of piano makLng", JJf returned to school September 1907 at the age of twenty, entering Colby academy at New London, / *11 l , academy he played football, baseball and ran on the track team. He was active in Y. M. : A* work and became the president I of his class the first year in prepar-! atory school and served as president wl-?g ^ four years at the academy. While at Colby he organized a boy's club which is still in existence. He 1 ' e athletic association , m ly08 and ran on this team for four Xf aii8Ark 8ett*n$ up some records in the 100-yard dash, competing in Can' v* a? ^ United States at many . championship games. He entered Dartmouth college in the fall of 1911 and still kept up his athletic work but specialized in track s work. His desire to help the boys 1 have a better chance than he had still ^ existed as it did at preparatory school and he became the head of the Stockbridge boy s club of Hanover, N.~H;, which he conducted for three years. , He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilom fraternity and a member of ' the Casque and Gauntlet Senior S0j ciety. 1 graduating from Dartmouth in 1916 he went into Y. M. C. A. boys work in Virginia and when the Vir-1 gima troops were called to the border , in 1916 he was sent to Brownsville, Texqs, as athletic officer. He returned home and associated himself with 1 Mr. Alexander Steinert, president of B M. Steinert & Sons company of Boston, a gentleman who was very much ? interested in hia education. Finally he became manager of a piano ware - house for this concern at Manchester, N. H. In June 1917 he enlisted at Fort Constitution, N. H., where he stayed - until December 1917. He was sent B from this post to different camps throughout the United States as a sergeant in charge of receiving bari racks. From Camp Pike, Little j Rock, Arkansas, in October, 1918, he _ w^s commissioned to Lieutenant and sent to the adjutant general's office at Washington. He was detailed to s assist in putting in a new accountr *ng system in all the army ware^ houses here and across. Before the new system was entirely completed ' the war ended. a He was discharged in February, e 1919, and came to Camden to the r Wateree Mills and worked in every department, becoming service mnna ager. In November, 1920, he was - transferred to Clinton, Mass., to the Lancaster mills as personnel manager. Mr. Llewellyn, when asked by the Chronicle reporter why he came back to Camden in 1924 to mArifcge the Kendall mills, he said there were e two reasons. First, he had made j_ many good friends here and liked Camden very much. Second, having worked for Mr. Henry P. Kendall, of -? Boston and knowing his ideals of life, his interest in the improvements of working conditions in textiles and his clear cut business judgment, he felt that it was an opportunity un? der such leadership to help in achievr ing a high purpoae in life. ^ Mr. Llewellyn married Miss Lucy Or.? Andoraon. of Mehnood, Vir. flnia, in June, 1919. He ie a men?e > >.. * her of the Masonic bodies and "was formerly president of the Camden Shrine Club, and is past Pr?lld^ of the Camden Rotary Club. Ha was commander of the James Leroy Bel Post No. 17, American Legion, for two years, and is at present executive committeeman of the American Legion for the Fifth Congressional District, his term expiring Ortober 1st, when he takes up the new duties of department commander. Mr. Llewellyn is a member of the Waterfce Baptist church and takes an active interest in its work. He was chairman of the building committee of this church which has recently been completed. Nomination Spdech of Mr. Lumpkin Mr. Commander and Men of the Legion: A high honor and privilege if Sine. I desire to place in nomination for department commander a man who i* not a South Caro^tan by birth. But since his mojourn a niong us I believe there is no member of the Legion that has surpassed him in devotion to the Legion and to the- ideals end principles that gave our Legion-birth. Few have equalled and none have exceeded his re cord of accomplishment in thehigh, mission of service to which this Le irion is dedicated. And this is nut only true of his work in this organization but in his^ommumty wherever there has been a call to the community and the state, the has been found this splendid citizen and legionnaire, A. Stanley Llewellyn, of Camden. I He enlisted in the army ol the United States in June, 1917, and I served throughout the war until his discharge in February, 1919.. Hw re cord of service during the bostihties | was the same as has characterized hw life since his discharge from the I armed forces of our country. I Hp has been podt commander ,ol James Leroy Belk Post No. 17 and during his leadership this post has grown into lull stature not only a to membership but also in its re cord of service to Camden and tc our State?more particularly has viio^harired in full measure that fjr8', doty w^dch each post and individua /tf thp legion is charged?the car? of our unfortunate and disabled com rades. ' . a R executive committeeman fro the Sixth District his qualities of expcutive and administrative abilltj have been commended and comment cdwUC ST Department of the Le gion^iall have called him to .ts lead nXn Jat ^orth.?rer:mainf: ^d^fcX Has' become the out : bouvn ... Qf Massachusetts I Albert Stanley Llewellyn, of Camden ! Speech of Judge Smith I uMr. Commander and Fellow Legion | "ItTas not been my privilege no inclination to consume any of th I t?md of this, invention since honore; i rtK Rf hs t tyou will ^ar irith me ! IX by a feeling of genuine pleaw; but impelled by a high sense of dut in seconding .the nomination has just been presented with su& force and eloquence by my dUUh Igulshed comrade and * L^S^inorgani*ation, m real ?tren?tl arid influence, is fast booming th sswsfiSS -~r-; r State Senator Victim of Load of Buck Shot Moncks Corner, July 24.?State' Sea tor Kdward J. Dennis, long a storm center in "bloody" Berkeley county s politics, wax shot down and seriously wounded us he stood before the postofftce here toil ay. The load of buckshot which struck Dennis came from an automobite parked nearby. W. L. Thornley, of Monck's Corner, was arrested and charirod with the shooting. J. W. Hill, state officer who made the arrest, was ordered by Governor Richards to have Thornley taken to Columbia for safe keeping. An escort of Charleston officers was on the way here this forenoon to take Thornley to Columbia. Thornley made no effort to resist arrest and was taken to the Berkeley jail pending the transfer to Columbia. Senator -Dennis was conversing I with two friends at the time the shot wus fired. Senator Dennis, wbo is in his 54th year, has been a practicing attorney and active in Berkeley county politics for many years. He is up for re-election this year He was taken to Baker sanatorium at Charleston. Thornley, a native of Monek'B Corner, is about 35 years of age. He had been unemployed recently and returned home from a hospital not long ago. He is married and the head of a family, and so far as is known has never been active in local affairs. . Senator Dennis Dies. Charleston, July 25.?State Senator E. J. Dennis, political boss of Berkeley county, died here late today from shotgun wounds received* at Monck's Corner yesterday, another victim of political and liquor wars that had come to the front in that section frequently in recent years. ^ Funeral of Senator Dennis. Pinopolis, July 27.?With a prayex asking, "0 God, what has happened that human life should become so cheap in this county," and how lonp "God would stay his vengeance?" the body of State Senator E. J. Dennis fatally shot at Monck's Corner, nea? here, Thursday, was buried in the little Methodist churchyard here today. J. E. Edwards, called upon at the grave by the Rev. Julius Clarke of St. Matthews to pray, began by asking that "passion leave us" and thai "the devil may cease to triumph ir our midst." "Forgive the sins, O God," Mr. Edwards continued, "of the man wh< stands knee-deep in his brother'i blood." "O God," he said, "what has hap pened that human life should beconrn so cheap in this county? 0 God, hov i long will such things go on ? O God how long will thy vengeance stay?" More thab 1,000 persons, from al ( classes of life, from the plantatioi i negroes to high state officials, at ' tended the funeral services at th r senator's home and then followed th i hearse to the little village church ? yard, set on the edge of a wood be 1 tween here and Monck's Corner. I t was within two miles of the plac t where Senator Dennis was assassins t t^d. 1 Methodist Church Service. , Services announced for Sunday - August 3, Rev. George Pierce Watsor f pastor of the Lyttleton Street Methc dist church, will be as follows: Bib! _ School at 10 a. m., with Mr. L. ( - Shaw, superintendent; the Epwort 5 League at 7:15 p. m.; public worshi ^ at 11:15 a. m., conducted by the paf e tor. The sermon will be followed b c the Holy Communion. The evenin; " service is recalled. The public is mos cordially invited to worship at thi ij church. Visitors are especially we] i. come. Come and bring your friends. . Assistant Agent Kershaw County e 1 y Arrangements have just been com i pleted for Kershaw county to hav n an assistant county agent. 'So muc * work was developing due to the eve a P increasing cooperation on the part c k the people that County Agent Gree li called on Clemson for assistance. Mr. J. T. Beaton is being sent b 8 Dr. Long. Dr. Long has given him \i very strong recommendation. He wa B graduated in 1928 from Clemson Co 1 fife and comes hare from Greenwoc [ county, where he hat been doir county agent work. - ... _ ... % * T ^ * M Legion Members Tender Banquet y ?? . Quite an elaborate banquet was give* last night in the Masonic Hull by members of the Leroy Belk Post of American legion, and the citizens of Camden in honor <if the newly elected state commander, A. Stanley Llewellyn. . < o\6H Were laid for about 170 guests and the excellent dinner was prepared by Mrs. John Clarke of the Commercial Hotel. i The chief speaker of the evening j was Judge Mendel L. Smith, (if Caiu: den. Other speakers on the program were Hon. Roach Stewart, of Lancas tor, and Colonel Monroe Johnson, of Marion. Some of the out-of-town guests who'accepted the invitation to be present were: Oscar Doyle, Anderson, S. C., state commander of the American Legion. Dr. Felix Ooudelock, Union, S. C., state udjutant, American legion. (colonel J. Monroe Johnson, Marion, S. C., vice-commander-elect of the American legion, and executive committeeman ofir.the Fourth District. Walter Edens, Bennettsville, S. C., vice-commander-elect of the American legion. Honorable George I>. Levy, Sumter, S. C., past state commander of the American Legion, and executive committeeman. 'Solomon Blatt, Barnwell, S. .CL^Executive committeeman, American Legion. r Dr. W. C. Mnrett, Seneca, S. C., ex- ' ecutive committeeman, American Legion. Russell Wolfe, Orangeburg, S. C., executive committeeman, American Legion. Robert K. Wise,* Columbia, <S. C., Judge Advocate American Legion. R. H. Hilton, Congressional medal man, pafct commander of the James Leroy Belk Post No. 17, and assistant service officer, Columbia, S. C. Dr. Howard Anthony, Anderson, S. 1 C., chairman of the hospital commit* tee. Honorable Roach Stewart, Lancas1 ter, S. C. Quay I Iced, adjutant of Stafford Graham Post, American Legion, Lancaster, S. C. | Crawford Billings, commander of the Stafford Graham Post, American ' Legion, Lancaster, S. C. General James C. Dozier, Colum1 bia, S, ., congressional medal man, chairman of the child welfare of the American Legion. } Dr. Lane Boner, editor, Columbia, 3 S. C., Richland Post, American Legion. Sidney -S. Paine, President of the e Textile Development Co., Boston, 9 Mass. _ ^ * Invitations were sent to all state j officers of the American Legion, and the James Leroy Belk Post regrets 1 the inability of the other officers of the state to be present. They were e unable to get here because of previe ous engagements or being absent on vacations. Some Fine Cotton. e Mr. iS. L. Rush, who farms on the plantation of Dr. Carl A. West in the Beulah section brought some fine k talks of cotton to Camden last Saturday. The cotton came from Clever land "b" seed and was planted April j 16. One of the stalks had forty-Jive healthy bolls with twelve blooms in e the top. The other stalk did not have near so many bolls but was equally ^ as good. His crop is practically free from boll weevil, he having gone over k it three times with sweetened poison. He is now using a dusting machine ^ for poisoning. * * Young Lady Suffers Hurts ' Friends of Miss Olive Nettles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Nettles, of this city will regret to know that she suffered severe hurts at Edgemont, N. C> Monday, July 21, , in which bones in both artps were bro' ken and in one arm the bone was broken in two places. The accident happened when the young lady fell * from an automobile. She is now at the home of her parents in Camden. ir _. _ 'f Big Crop of Kittens, n (Mr. Frank (H. Arrants was in Camden Monday to hear the candidates y and stopped in The ^Chronicle office * for a chat. Said he wanted to tell us * of the birth of ten kittens to a mother 1- cat on the farm of Sam Rabon, near d his home. Mr. Arrants thinks tills is g ft record breaker. All tftn HHim alive and doing fine at last reports.