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The Camden Chronicle - - ' ? - --- -'! !-!'-JSl.' _ '.' 1 if . * .' i hi ?? | __ iii < . i <$ i mi i .in. VOLUME 44. > CAMDEN. SO UTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1932 NUMBER 24 Smith Again Named IJnited State& Senator OoJumbin, Sept. 18.*?'Ellison D. gmjth, veteran South Carolina senator, won a decisive victory over Cole I. 'please, former senator, in today's rUn-off democratic primary for the United States senate nomination, on the face of nearly complete unofficial returns tabulated tonight. Reports from 1,395 of the state's 1,444 precincts gave Smith 147;001 votes against 112,071 for Blease, a Majority of more than 8(2,000. * The unreported precincts were widely scattered, many of them were anall, rural boxes in more or less isolated regions, which accounted for the failure to hear from them. The unofficial returns , showed please, twice governor and for six years a colleague of Smith in the senate, to be trailing his opponent by the largest margin of bis political career. He had never been beaten . by more than 'a few thousand votes in his previous races, although he h?a been either an office holder or a candidate in every election year for 44 years. Since nomination in this state is equivalent to election, Senator Smith, will, on the basis of the returns, return to Washington, for his fifth sixye^r term. He has already seryed longer than any other South Carolinian in the senate. Smith is rounding out 24 years of service now. The late Ben Tillman served 23 years, for the former record. ' Thirty-eight of the 4d counties | were carried by Sihith, on the available returns. Blease had a lead in Anderson, Cherokee, Greenwood, Horry, Laurens, Newberry, Spartanburg and York. Charlotte Thompson Opened Last Monday A larire number of patrons attended the opening exercises of Charlotte i Thompson High School last Monday, morning. The devotional exercises j were conducted by Rev. H. W. Shealy j and Rev. J. T. Littlejohn, after which; a splendid address was delivered by. Dr.. Humphries, hend of the Kershaw j county health department. Short talks followed by the visiting ministers, Mr. E. T. Pearce of the board of trustees, Mrs. Shell West, president of the parent-teachers association and superintendent F. M. Mellette. The new session; began with a good enrollment and everyone is looking forward to making this the best year in ine history of the school. Marriage Announced Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Goodale announce the marriage of their daugh- < tor, Ruth Eleanor, to Mr. Lewis Lee Truesdale, of Kershaw. The marriage took place in. -Kershaw on Sun- ; September 11th. Watts and Rush Win In Second Primary Another large crowd congregated in front of the Chronicle office Tuesday afternoon and evening: to get the returns* from the eecond primary. Had it not been for two boxes from We'it Wateree and one from easterilf Kershaw we could have announced the results much earlier, -but as it wae, the final result was in shortly after seven o'clock. Chief interest, of course, centered in the run-off race for superintendent of education and coroner. The race for coroner was not long in doubt, Mr. Hush taking a substantial lead over Mr. Clements from the first box reported, which swelled with every succeeding report. In the race for superintendent of education Rev. Estridge took a long lead over Mrs, Watts and held a majority of 800 or more votes until the last precincts were heard from. Belated reports from West Wateree brought the lady candidate's" count up considerably, but it was not until the heavy Camden box, that did not begin counting until after six O'clock, brought in a vote of 910 to 197 that itp was definitely settled, and Mrs. Watts had won. Cole L. Blease in all of his 44 years of campaigning failed for the first time, so it is said, to carry Kershaw county. The vote was 2,662 to 2,188. " ' . John Rabon was the winner in the race for Director for Wateree Township against W. M. Peake and Adolphus Dowey appears as winner over M. B. Rabon as Magistrate for Upper Wateree township. The primaries this year show many changes?with the exception of J. H. j Sowell from Plat Rock, there will be i an entire new board of directors. W. T. Redfeam replaces H. G. Carri- j son, Jr., for DeKalb township; Ernest Truesdale replaces D. M. Kirk-! ley for .director in Buffalo township; j John Rabon replaces E. T. Bowen who j did not offer for re-election but who] will be a colleague of James R. Belkj in the house of representatives, by! virtue of his election to replace J.: Team Gettys who did not offer for j re-election. No changes were made in the magistrates of the county with the exception of Dowey in West Wateree, who , succeeds W. M. Feake, who offered for director and lost. B. M. Smith, magistrate at Camden for DeKalb township made a clean-up of his two opponents?J. R. Blyther and the veteran politician, D. Murdock McCaskill, who served for nearly twenty years as county treasurer. C. Q. Pate, according tp press advices will prdbably have to go to the courts to save his election?it being contested by John A. Young on certain grounds. , The Chronicle wants to again thank the managers who helped us to get the returns so quickly. It was real , ?lj ^,... , ?^r Young To Appeal From Committee i Yesterday C. T, Graydon, attorney fo* John A. Young1 of Kershaw, served notice of appeal and a writ of certiorari on Claude Sapp, state chairman and J. Wilson Gibbes, secretary q^ths. state Democratic committee, appealing from the decision of the state Democratic committee declaring C. C- Pate the nominee of the party for magistrate in the Eastern district of Buffalo township in Kershaw county. Young had been declared the nominee by the county executive committee and the state committee reversed the decision of the county committee and declared C. C. Pate the nominee. Young now appeals from this decision and the case will be heard by the supreme court October 10. The orden was signed by Chief Justice Eugene S. B lease. Mr. Sapp and Secretary Gibbes are ordered to produce certified copies of the . proceedings of the state executive committee.?Wednesday's State. " " 1 Market Farm Produce Kershaw county farmers who have surplus farm products for sale, whether crops or livestock, are requested to list these products with the county agent, as a special effort is going to be made to assist in selling these surplus products to advantage, advises Henry D. Green, county agent. The unemployed ai;my of Great Britain reached its peak on August 22, when it totaled 2,825,772, according to figures published in London. service they rendered. And "Barney" Sparrow was again on the job with his fast work. The tabulated vote will be found in ahothor place in this paper. In the tabulation shown in anotherplace Swift Creek was the only precinct to show a "goose egg" for any candidate. Mr. Clements did not j:et a vote in his race for coroner. Surely, some one at iSwift Creek promised the venerable old gentleman that he would get a vote. But on the other hand at Liberty Hill precinci, home of Mr. Clements, Mr. Rush got one vote. Surely out of 05 votes more than one promised to vote for Mr. Rush. This is only cited as an example. People get these tables and study them after thev battle of ballots and they can check up on you if you have made any promises. It seems that" Mrs. Kathleen B. Watts, who was re-elected over her opponent, Rev. W. F. Estridge. in Tuesday's run-off primary, is about the only woman office holder in the state to survive this year's contests. What makes this all the more remarkable ist that? Mrs. Watts is the first superintended of education of Kersljaw county to succeed himself or herself in the past thirty-five years on more. All things considered, Mrs. Watts' renominetion is a wonderful tribute to her administration and her personality. Especially is this true in view of the Very strong opposition in the person of her opponent. Rev. Mr. Estridge is a man of marked ability andi made a remarkable showing in the campaign. The executive committee met at the court house Thursday morning and declared the result of the election according to the figures tabulated in The Chronicle office Tuesday evening. Tf?<* Npw nirw^nr .The newly nominated Director from Wateree Township is notsa new man in official circles in Kershaw eounty For six years he was Magistrate of Upper Wateree Township, ?nd later served two terms as County !k>mmissioner from Wateree Township, serving' as such several years. For six years he was Cleric of the toard. Mr. Rabon is forty-six years old. , Jis wife was Miss Ida Scott Kelly, rhcy have ten children (and people;, vornfer why there are so many Rabons , n West Wateree). Mr. Rabon has j ince early manhood been prominent- < y identified in the civic and public j ffairs of his community and of his \ ounty. He succeeds Mr. E. T. Bow- ] n, who was ili the first primary nom- ] noted to the House of Represents- < ives. T Mr. Sowell, of Flat Rock Township, ? the only member of the Board of t >irectors to succeed himself. The c ew board will be composed of Mr. a ledfearn, Mr. SoweH, Mr. Truesdale t ad Mr. Rabon, a& of whom are men fgood business judgment, and the 1 ffairs of the county will most surely j e well administered by them. ~ X . . ;.v ' ' i 1 . . ~ ~ Republican Maine Goes Democratic Portland, Me., Sept. 18.?Democrats overturned a Republican stronghold of many years standing and upset tradition today by electing a governor and two congressmen. A third congressional post went to the Republican inoujmbent but by a very scant piargin. Louis J. Brann, Democratic candfc date for governor, had a lead of 1,367 over Burleigh Martin, Republican, as but 18 of the state's 632 predicts were unreported. Congressman Carroll L. Beedy, lone Republican to come through to victory, led Joseph P. Connolly by 2,077 votes when the district tabulation was completed. . The 18 districts missing in the second and third congressional districts where the Democrats were ahead, were so small that they could not alter the final outcome of the offtdal tally. E. Carl Moran, Jr., Democrat, had an advantage of 2,420 over John E. Nelson with only four of the 213 precincts in the second massing, and John G. Utterbnck held a lead of 1,147 over former Governor Ralph O. Brewster. - j. - : But one issue came out of the wefeks of intense campaigning preceding the flection?prohibition. ^ _ All the Democratic candidates were for out-and-out repeal. The Republican congressional aspirants maintained that the voters of the state had not yet expressed themselves as favoring any change in the three-quarter century prohibition regime in the state. Martin did not commit himself although he was understood to favor the party's state platform which luuded prohibition and called for strict law enforcement. - a Beedy 'has always been an ardent supporter of prohibition and defeated a "repealist'Lin the primary in June. Connolly, the only Democrat to lose a major place, stressed the prohibition situation throughout his campaign. Services at Wateree 'Services at Wateree Baptist church for Sunday, September 18th, will bo Sunday schbol at 10:15 o'clock with superintendent J. W. Boyce in charge. , Morning service at 11:30 arid evening service at 7:30. At the evening hour the ordinance of Baptism will be administered. The public is cordially invited to attend all services of this church. ' v Precedent Broken In Second Primary , In the renomination of Mrs. Kathleen B. Watts as superintendent of education, the voters of Kershaw county broke a precedent of at least thirty-five years standing, ** no superintendent of education had been reelected over that period. It is true that in one or two instances superintendents have served twice,-but not in succession. Mrs. Watts victory, in view of this precedent, and in the face of the apparent inclination of the voters to turn those in office out, is a remarkable tribute to her handling of the educational affairs of Kershaw county and to her fine personality. Especially is this true when ft isremembered that Reverend Mr. E5S-" tridge is a gentleman of such high standing and marked ability. He made hundreds of warm friends over one county during the campaign. The practically Solid vote he received in the section of the county from which he hails is a fine tribute to him and constitute3 a certificate of his worth and ability. It would appear also that Mrs. Watts is about the only woman officeholder who was able to stem th^.tido which swept so many out of affice < this year. The woman Senator from i Jasper went down before her^male opponent. and Mrs. Milly Douglas San- ' rlers, present superintendent of eduction of Chesterfield county,(a (laugh- , ter of the late Sheriff Douglass and 1 uster of the present Sheriff Jack 1 Douglass, was defeated for re-elec- < tion by a native of Kershaw county, Reverend D. A. Brown, son of the 1 ate Alex Brown of the Abney section^ j >f the county. 1 The commerce department reports ( he death of 27 persons in 67 aed- , lents on regular air transport set- ] ribes during the first six months of he year. SpofTord Mills, Inc., at Wilmington, X 4. C., now working full time and em- s Joying 296, has given notice of a 1Q t >er cent increase in wages. I fesfc* jffjjjGearr-f% : j fcywawgil.*.-., 7? j&wirf- ~ ~~~" .f f?"' l&-* Forestry Meeting On Friday, September 16 A county-wide poultry meeting is to be hekl in the county agent's office in the court house, Friday morning, September 16, 10:30 o'clock. P. H. Gboding, extension poultry specialist from Clemson college, is to assist us in an effort to get a better and more definite poultry program started in Kershaw county. This meeting is important and will bo vary valuablo to those who ar? now producing poultry and to those who expect to develop a bigger poultry business. t Every poultry producer in the county is urged to attend this meeting. Be prepared to contribute something for the betterment and development of our poultry industry and come prepared to ask any questions which you may have in mind. Some important new facts have been recently found out regarding poultry and turkey proration which will be of interest and value to our people. Kershaw county can become a poultry producing and exporting county thereby increasing our farm incomes if we will study the business thoroughly. Please notify your neighbors. " If you have nny kick chickens at present you are requested to bring one or two of them and the trouble will be diagnosed and the remedy explained by Mr. Gooding. We will expect to have demonstrations on postmortem examinations, culling end ca^mdfcing, says Henry D. Green, the county agent. Girl Baby Left A t Hospital Door About 2 o'clock Saturday morning a blue-eyed girl baby, presumably about four weeks old, was left at the front door qfi-^he Camden hospital, where it is now vbeing cared for by the Superintendent hnd nurses. One large auto followed by a smaller car wan seen to pass the hospital a couple of times and then stop. The door hell was rung and the parties h waited evidently to see that the outcast was safely inside then they drove off at great speed. . The infant was clothed in plain garments and was in a hospital bassinett when placed on the porch. The child was in a stupor, its little thigh showing where it had been given a hypodermic injection. A note scrawled 1n~ disguised handwriting read: "Please take care of her. We are not able tc do so now." . rr; ?? ? Baron DeKalb Opened Thursday The board of trustees of the Baron DeKalb school announces that the school began work on Thursday. September 15, *at eight o'clock. This will be the third year of the school's operation and an increased enrollment over the other two years is expected. The board also announced the teachers in the school as follows: In the primary department, Misses Sophie Richards, Jessie Gilchrist, Jeati Starnes anil Estelle Gramling; in the intermediate department, Misses Lora Chapman, Viva McLeod, Carrie Ysrborough and Ellen Thomas} in the high school, Miss Inez Bell, J. K. Lee, Jr., and W. A. Mason, Jr., superintendent. a'.pprvpr.wvC iAuiviovo ivi MW oyviring day were held and many patrons of the school attended. Former Camden Lady Dies In The Far West A message was received , . den this week announcing the death of Mrs. William H. Zemp Which occurred in Ixys Angeles on September 3rd. The burial occurred in Englewood cemetery in that city. Before her marriage she was Miss Alice -Brunson, of Sumter. The family left here many years ago to make their home in the west. Mr. Zemp preieceased her a good many years ago. The family resided in Camden for a long time where they were popular md had a host of friends and a large _ ramTTjT connectin. Surviving. Mrs. Zemp are four children?Mrs. Claudia Jones, Mrs. Er- \ vest Weatherly, Miss Rebie Zemp and rlarvey Zemp. The receiver of the First National ! >ank of Spartanburg has called on Ra < toekholders for an assessment eqpal \ o their stock holdings and totalling 1 1600,000. :7. . - - 6r. 1 ' " Large Farmer Tells of Value*Austrian Peas Henry 1). Green has written to sevoral of the farmers of the county, asking for an expression on the us? Of Austrian peas ami Vetch as a cgver crop, Boliver D. Boykin, one of the largo planters. fron\ the Boykin section writes as follows: "In reply, to your letter concerning cover crops, I would pay that there is nothing as essential to successful farming as a good cove* crop of Austrian peas or Vetch. I have planted my lands for ^ie past four years in cover crops which has brought the production of my lands up 40 per cent. v "In the spring of 1032 I plowed under a beautiful Austrian pea cover crop. I have part of this in corn and part in cotton. The corn crop was soverely hurt by the July drought but owing to the humus in the land it held up better than the average in the community. The cotton was plantod the first week in April, somo with no fertilizer and some with 200 lbs. of acid, meal, and, potash mixture. During the summer I used 70 lbs. of sulphate of ammonia, on certain parts of my cotton and as yet have been, unable to tell by tho growth where I did not. During the drought in July my cotton did not stop growing and kept its color and the sheddipg was at a minimum. "At a cost of $2.25 per acre including seed and tabor, I figure that I will receive $10.00 to $15.00 in return. At the present price of cotton I have come to tho conclusion that it is tho best and safest fertilizer a man can use." . i Woman Senator Defeated. Hidgeland, Sept. 13.?Mrs. Mary G. Ellis, South Carolina's first and only v woman senator, was retired to private life by tho voters of Jasper county in today's primary and H. Klugh Purdy, veteran political leader, nominated for her .seat. Agricultural Division Largest In School The vocational agricultural department of tho Bethune public schools has the* largest enrollment this session than it has had since the department was added under tho SmithHughes act of 1017. The enrollment ~ by sessions is: 1920-27, 18; 1927-28, 20; 1928-29, 20; 1920-30, 19; 1930^31, 21; 1931-32, 26. The enrollment reached twenty-six the first day wiihseveral of the second -year boys not enrolled. Those of last year who have not at yet reported are: Trueedell Bolton, Charles S. Nicholson, Jr., and Olin Watkins. As the picking of cotton progresses it is expected that the class will pass the thirty mark. The class this year is composed of the following young boys: Price Baker, Harry Brannon, Bozie Davis, Elmore Elliott, Hardsell Elliott, Otis Elliott, Barr Gardner, Ray Gardner, Odes Holland, Richard Horton, Bruce Jones, Billy King, Carroll King, Josh King, Robert MdCaskill, Wv A. Mc- % Caskill, W. A. McDowell, Jr., Bethune McLaurin, Richard McLaurin, Hazel Munn, Rowland Outlaw, S. B. Padgett, Jr., Emory Parker, Vander Lee ~ Smith, Henry Therrell and W. C. Watkins. f ' .? B. E. Keisler, of Bethune, is the vocational agricultural teacher, hav-' ing filled this position in the*achool system for the last two years. Annual Meeting The annual' meeting of the Kershaw B. Y. P. U. Association will be held with Timrod Baptist church on Friday afternoon and night, September 23. An excellent program is being arranged and all churches of the Association arc urged to send gations of their young people.?A. D, Gaskin, President. Assassin Guillotined Paris, Sept. 14.?Dr. Paul GorgulofT, Russian physician who shot and killed former president Paul Doumer last summer, was executed on the guillotine at 5:52 a. m. today. GorgulofT died just as dawn was breaking. The execution was carried cut swiftly and just 40 seconds elapse^ from the time he descended the steps of the van which brought him from the prison until his head rolled into the basket. i?7= Caasatt Baptist Church Services Sunday, September IS? Sunday school at 19 a. m., with Carson Gordon, superintendent, in charge. Preaching at 11 a. m. by Rev. R. D. Phillips frpm the Buffalo section, rha public cordially invited* / ; - Official Tabulation Second Primary i ~ " Director U. W ate re Senate Supt. Coroner Water ee Magistri j ? | , g ? Ie ?m ^ 11 g || a i| II | B II a Kg, | w ~ __ _ I * a g 8_X.3]-g-!JL^Mney 29 . . 21 .. 88 .. 17 . . 201. . 29 h Antioeh 1. 113 .. 40 .. 52 . 101 .. 22 131 | - jkthune I . 105 . 149 . 204 . . 51 . . 87). 102 . . ... {*laJlLV .it' 110 . 176 .. 77]. 203 . . 53j. 239 . 147). 140) jSBo if. . 06 . 128' . 165 . .59 . 125,.. 98 .. . .[. . ( ??; 827*7 786* .-167). MWv?Wp 90g}"-'- .-.j** 'r r|j'> *"* ' !!. . 35 .. 52 .. 6m:. 28f . . 12;.. 76! .. ., gjlotu.. 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