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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. I UKfrT, Editor and Publlahcr I'ubll bed every Friday M Number 110!) Itruuil St reot and ei?t?r*a ?t W?? Camden, Ron i It Carolina po*tom<? ?? second <1hhh mall mallei 1 r.l.co l'?r _ juuuua ISLiHL 1'imyUUr . HL.g-'j.y ? Friday, June 22, 1034 A HEADER PA88B8 Mendel Smith is dead: During the past four ncore year* no man haa influenced the lives of the people of K<*rshaw county as he. He was our first citizen. Endowed us few men are, his great talents were used freely (perhaps too freely) by his people. The older of us rememfber him when, fresh from the University of Virginia, he hung out his shingle here and began tho practice of his profession. He watched his practice grow and his fame spread until his name became a household word from the mountains to the sea. We saw him, when ho was only about thirty years of age, elected to the General Assembly of South ( arolina hy the most nearly unanimous popular vote ever given a candidate with no opposition in Kershaw county before or since. We watched his career in the House of Representatives, where, after only two years' service on the floor, he was elevated to the Speakership, over a brilliant opponent, by an voverwhelming majority, We witnessed his many years' service in that high position. ' We saw him in the court room, in the trial of many of the most famous cases tried in the courts during the past forty years. Wo saw him elevated to the judgeship, only to resign after a few short years of service, in obedience to the call of his country, to become a Uieutenant Colonel in the Judge Advocate's department, upon the entry of America into the world conflict. We havo seen him since, when, time after time, he has been called to sit as acting Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of our state, and we have pondered in what eaparity his brilliance shown most bright: Whether, us he trod the lloor in front of the countless juries before whom ho appeared, the words of eloquence pouring from his lips, whihythe jury, judge ami spectators sat spellbou.'.JI I whether, when standing erect and manly, he >o superbly directed tho deliberations of the state's lawmaking body; ' whether. as presiding , Judge, when he thrilled and uplifted tin- people of South Carolina by his magnificent charges to the grand juries of the state, h.e outlined to t lie ill their duties as t lie keepers of law and order; whether, as Judge! Advocate in tho American Expeditionary Forces, his learned review and disposition of eases ap|H>aled to him,! became a model for officers of his rank and place to follow; whether, when called to sit with the highest court of our state, his masterly opinions challenged at once the admiration and despair of the bench nt.d bar; whether, in the discharge of his church duties, in his lectures before the Men's Bible Class, as he displayed a comprehensive knowledge of Holy Writ, surpassed by few clergymen; whether, in his many public addresses where he displayed, in addition to his great eloquence, a profound knowledge of mer., events and affairs; and it is difficult for us to say in which he most excelled. He was a past master wherever he labored; and the wonder to us has been why the great State of South Carolina did not make more use of his wonderful intellect. The -people among whom he moved and whom he loved and served know he was great, and he held their love, admiration and respect until the last. N<> more will h;> county and state be able to use him; no more will tho-e needing his aid stop him on the street for a word of counsel; no more will the weak and oppressed able to go to him for help; no more will :hi' town folk lay aside their work and hurry to the court house when he is trying a case; no more will the face- of the. young and the old, the low and the high, tho rich and the poor, light with gladness as he passes along the street. A hush has fallen; a great sadness is in our hearts. Mendel Smith is dead. For Township Director At the request . f v< *rr- Corn the i'!r. -ections of Buffalo town-J vV.p j .,.;,.py announce myself a .an-' didate for the office of Director of Bufra'o Tow'i-hip. subject to the rules -' wining ho Dcmot vatic primary. r. \V. T HOT J,FY. For Came Warden !' i. og a i. nated and worked for .! 'hive year- f.?r Came Warden' h" put into the primary, which 1 rot.- hci-n done, and at tie -olicitaions f m\ many friends. I hereby an: ,>unee m>-clf for Came Warden, sub c* * > 'he rules of the Democratic' par'y. ^oi'- -uppoi t will be greatly a port a ted. FRED K. WATTS. Tor Magistrate Upper Wateree j To the IX-mocratie Voters of Upper Wateree Township: I hereby an nounce myself as a candidate for the office of Magistrate for Upper Wa- < teree Township, subject to the rules 1 and regulatians of the Democratic i primary. JHRRY BRA.NHAM 1 tc The Lovely Tree* of Camden It may be we were in the mood for it, but the tree* in Camden, when we drove over there a few evening!) ago, held a peculiar spell. The ouks and cedars, the mimosas, Carolina laurel and scores of others! Not une "but had 1 La charm, though each, its hue peculiar." How the inhabitants there must love their old hereditary "green-robed senators"! In their living state the only things money cannot buy. In thinking of them as we returned to Columbia, we wondered whose hands planted these trees. These charming, seductive, little and big avenues leading up to comfy and palatial homes. What kind of hands were these? Mayibe young and beautiful ones. Maybe gnarled and knotty ones. Where are these hands now? Where are the thoughts that were made real, and that live ^here in such freshness and beauty to this day ? There to speak to us about benignity and beneficence? If trees have, tongues, as wo are told they Have, why shouldn't they tell us? We believe" they do, only most of us are too dull to hear. *-To understand. We are pot attuned to their language. They "do not speak gruffly and roughly as we do, rudely calling people by their nambs. They speak through the emotions, and our feelings are not sufficiently delicate to hear them. If we could only feel as Shelley felt! We wandered to the Pine Forest That skirts the Ocean's foam * The lightest wind was in its nest, The tempest in its home. ' < Of course, many people thinly, it the height of folly that trees should talk. These are the same people who years ago would have said the same thing if told that an individual in Camden, or Columbia would some day be able to hear people in New York and San Francisco talk. At least, in admiring these Camden trees, we wore glad that Aristotle and Plutarch gave to trees a language to speak to the wind apd the birds, and possessed them with the passions of love and anger and beauty. It holds a certain peace to regard them as things that think and reason about us and life and the clouds and the stars, and all these strange phenomena. "All foolishness again!" exclaim these same unbelieving people. We wonder if they over heard the story of Faraday who after performing an experiment and explaining it, was a-ked by a woman in the audience, ' Itut what's the I'SK .??f :t. Protes?oi .'" Hi^ reply was: "Madam, will \ ou tell me of what use is a newborn babe?" What a reply that was! Infinite possibilities!" exclaims Doctor M iHikan. "Possibilities which may indeed not be realized, but at any rate, I .something altogether new . . . I he | man who has got lvis mind fixed i merely on utilities is simply the man who kill.s the hen to get the golden egg. The thing that is important is that the human mind should grow. That is the sine qua non of progress." It is this spirit that holds some people aloof from any desire to injure a tree. Not even by breaking its branches or pulling off its leaves or cutting its bark. We recall the thrill we had when we first came upon I the Greek poem about the tree nymph being hurt when the tree was hurt, and if the tree fell the nymph died. In a casual search for such sentiments we have found that propitiation is made by the natives in India before tbey cut down trees. If cut indiscriminately they fear they will lose their possessions or that sickness will -befall them. Or drought or Hoods or earthquakes. About this there is a poetic and significant j beauty. A strengthening that divin-l ity dwells with its creation. This feeling of a mysterious sym-l pa thy between human and tree life is no foolish, useless fancy. It is an intensification of that same spirit *vhich today exhibits itself in the regret of certain citizens to see village trees destroyed to make way for i electric wires. Some one has remarked: "You nev-J er see a Greek scholar in the penitent tiary." By something of the same analogy ar.d spirit we must ^a\: "Only worthy people could possibly bask in the beauty of such trees as grow in Camden!"?'Columbia State. A Tribute From a Friend F.ditor Camden Chronicle: One of the most impressive sights of my childhood was on one dark winter r.ight I saw a meteor cross the sky and all about in the blackness of the n.ght this natural phenomenon shod a glorious and golden glow. The heavens wore literally lit up w:tlfa its radiance and brilliancy. And almost as suddenly as it came it disappeared. How mush like this meteor was the !:fe of my late an.i lamented friend, Mendel I,. Smith! For a br.ef time only the .sky of jur.^pruden.-e was illuminated by his h* .liiar.ee and while we yet looked in wonder, startled, it wa? g"H,. info the Ya. ey >:' -re M.aoow , f Death. H: - legal career ;s well know n, to a.l but there were certain great per>or..il qualit.e- which appealed to me j - rongl\ and which I would I ke to j emir.'--- about as h.:s friend. In ad i to the law he was well ;nfoi me.i .n almost every other field and i..- p.e-o.ng intelligent grasp of J problems, wither in the natural or i n the supernatural realm, and his] clear explanation of any subject -howed a Wonderful knowledge of it and a wonderful ability to convey this to others. As an orator he %*asj unexcelled. I know of r.o one that I j would rather listen to, .standing with tha' ma-veious physique, that wonderful personality all crowned with a fine intellect given (by God and nour.shed and cultivated by his ceaseless toil and reading. He was gentle al . ' . ' moat to a fault ahd I have often thought that one reaaon -why he did not.ascend the great heights in the political Aeld was on account of this very gentleness. He lacked that ruthless disposition, that killer instinct which is so necessary in the complex and treacherous civilisation of today. I Have known him often to retire from the Aeld of contest to allow others to ha advanced and through it all, uever assuming the spirit of self-sacriAce, which by its own self-righteousness destroys the true thought of sacrifice. There was no man in the state whose legal opinion was more highly valued than his. As a Judge he impressed the force of his learning and his personality upon the state and we can look back with pride upon his career in the Judiciary. When the "bugle sounded for battle he girded on his armor and went forth to fight the enemies of his [country, resigning his exalted Judiciary position and making it necessary that he go back into private practice. It would not 'be amiss to call attention to one decision as an Acting Justice of the iSupreme Court of South Carolina which was far-reaching in its effect throughout the United States. This was tne case of Ford vs. Atlantic Coast Line Kailway "Company, 1(58 S. E.. 143, IAD, S. C.; 41, where the railroads* had challenged the validity and constitutionality of the railroad crossing statutes in South Carolina. The majority opinion of the court, written by Judge (Smith, is a classic showing great research and learning and a clarity of expression which not only appealed to the Judiciary of this state but which also appealed to our highest court. The United States Supreme Court. During the latter part of his life he was still in the thick of the fray and though financial reverses came to him he manfully faced the tasks of the day with surprising eouragtJ. He was a great lover of the manly sports, in which ho excelled, and enjoyed a clean contest of any kind. foUght the battle of life even as he enjoyed the contest and now that he is gone he will be sorely missed by those who relied upon his judgment and his sympathy throughout life. There can 'be no higher tributo paid to him by me than to say that I look hack upon his career and realize that he was a true and loyal friend and he will bo missed by me and by others who had the opportunity to know him and to realize his great qualities as a man ami as a scholar. "Requiescat in jpaoe." Clint T. Graydon, A brother Lawyer. THE OF ICE DOG WRITES "30" Wee Xee. the office dog. is dead. He lived a long and useful life, although many predicted, because of his diminutive size, that he would get run over in early youth. But he lived to old age. In his youth he came regularly to office each day and at one time ran a sprightly column. His days were full because he thought it his duty to keep the court square free from dogs of any size and so the first thing on arriving in the morning and again after the lunch hour, would be to clear the streets of officious dogs. To his death he carried a scar made by a German police, a stranger to the town who did not know the rules and regulations which surrounded this part of town and so resented the attacks of a dog that weighed less than an ordinary house cat. His resentment made deep scats in the flesh of the office dog but after some weeks he recovered and was ready again for the fray. He should have been named "Great-heart" instead of Wee Nee but the name "Wee Nee" was no reflection on his size as some thought but was given him because it is the Indian name for black and in his youth he was so black that in company with larger folk he was sometimes hard to locale. He died as he lived, brave soul, with oars erect, ready for the next big adventure.?Walterboro Press and Standard. For Sheriff To the Democratic Voters of Kershaw County: I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Sheriff of vershaw County subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary. Yours respectfulIv. E. T. BOW EX. For Congress We are authorizes! to announce J. E. Beamguard, of York coun ty, as a candidate for Congress from the Fifth District subject to the results of the primary election. Summons For Relief State of South Carolina County of Kershaw (Court of Common P;ea<) J. E. Christmas, Petitioner against Charles L. Willcox, Surviving member of the former co-partnership of Willcox. ives & Co.. George E. Cope. Savannah Guano Corn cany, a corporation. Savannah Bark and Trust Co . Citizens and Southern Bank ar.d Exchange Bark. Respondents. To the Respondents above amcd: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the petit;, n and rule to -h'.w cause in this action which has this the '20th day of Jure. ITU. been filed ir. the otTi e of Clerk of Court for Kershaw County. S. ar.d to tile a copy of your reply to -an! petition and rule to -how cause, on the subscriber at his office. Broad street. Camden, S. C., within fourteen days, after the service there- f, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the said petition within the time aforesaid, the petitioner in this action will apply to the Court for the reiief demanded in said petition. I. C. HOUGH, Petitioner's Attorney. Dated at Camden, S. C., thus the 18th day of June, 1034. . Want Pasture* \* Those having pasture lands or lands that can bo converted into pas* turcs are urged to got in touch with A. G. Clarkaon, of the Kershaw County Production Credit Corporation. Several hunured heads of cattle are to be shipped into South Carolina at an early date, from the" drought section of the West and the government will pay u nominal rent for pasture lands, furnishing wire fencing where needed. This is an opportunity for farmers to get their pasturo lands fenced, so they are requested to see Mr. Clarksou at once, if interested. Wants?For Sale WANTED?One used wicker settee and one used electric fan. Address Quality Sea Food Market, Camden, S. C. 13pd WANTED?To rent for three months,1 good milch cow getting two* to three gallons daily. State rent desired in ftrst letter. Address P. 1). < Stpkes, Kt. 2, Camden, S. C. l3pd FOUND?On Camden-Sumter highway, one spare wheel and tire. Owner can get same bv describing property and paying for this ad Address Jim Gownes, Mulberry Plantation, Camten, S. C. 13-lbpd FOR SALE---100 Bushels of Sound Mixed Peas at $1.50 per bushel. Dr. A. W. 1 Humphries, Camden, S. . 13-15sb WANTED?A lady of good personality to represent the Spencer Corset Company in Kershaw County. Address District Manager, Mrs. E. Chapman, 106 1-2 Guthrey Apt., Charlotte, N. C. <al2-14pd FOR 'RENT?One nice bed rqom in private home, with or without meals. Apply 418 Hampton Avenue, Phone 311, Camden, S. C. 12-14pd HOUSE WANTED? Five-room house with lights and bath at $12 to $15 monthly rental. Must be convenient to business section. Address "House," care of Camden Chronicle, Camden, S. C. lltf | LOST?White and yellow spotted cow. Weighs about 800 pounds. Was last seen in John Reynold's pasture on Twenty Creek Tuesday, May 29. Reward if returned to George Ray. ll-13pd DANCING?Announcing the opening of a School of Dance, beginning on Monday, June 11. For details call Miss Gertrude Zemp, telephone No. 5, Camden, S. C. ll-13pd SALESMAN WAN TED?Man wanted for Itawleigh Route of 800 families. Write immediately. Raw- c leigh Co., Dept. SC-76-SA, Richmond, Va. 10-15pd Live at HOTEL CAMDEN Attractively Low Rates - ? ^ looking backward .. C11.. of The Chronicle Fifteen ?ml Thirty Ve.t, A|, Taken From the r?e? Wl I... _ FIFTKKN YKAKS AGO ? X,.. June 30. 1919 K. B. Williams purchases Park View Inn from Savage and Crocker. W. C. Cureton and C. B. McCeakill bring first cotton blooms to Chronicle office. K. T. Estridgo elected intendant at Bethune, with A. B. MoLaurio, W. A. McDowell, J. M. Clyburn and J. L."King as wardens. C. J. JMcKenrie, of Florence, married to Miss Bates Mary Creed, of Cantey. Governor Cooper appoints John Cantey Villepigxie as assistant state game .warden. ?<.?. James Ralph Dunn to graduate at Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore, T. Lee Little announces remodeling and enlargement of Majestic Theatre building. Capt. John Alcock and Lieut. Arthur W. Brown, British airmen, make first non-stop flight from Newfoundland to Clifden Island, a distance of J,1>00 miles. Hoy Jordan and Chalmers Young, of Westville, send Kershaw Kra first cotton blooms of the season. D. W. Ogtburn, of the Hanging Rock section, dies at age of 53. Miller Little returns from service in France. F. Dess Goodale goes to Sumter with the Folsom Jewelry Company. iSam Karesh arrives from overseas where he was in the air service. A. Stanley Llewellyn, who married THIRTY YKAK8 AGO June 24, 1904 J, E. Creed announces excursion be run from Heath Springs to Ch/ leston over Southern railway. John Mickle, 66, dies at his w near DeKalb and burial in CanwU cemetery. Members of Camdep ftre dw*n ment practicing: for tournament ? hi* held in Charlotte. Aaron Williams, negro, fchartt with attempted assault upon whs woman near Boykin carried by Shu iff Trantham to Columbia for ^ keeping, accompanied by escort froi Kershaw Guards headed by Caoui S. C. Zemp. Thomas McLaurin elected as u liceman at Bethune in place of Ale Shaw resigned. John Langley, of the Boykin s? tion dies and body carried to Unen ter for burial. N. P. Gettys returns to his ho? in West Watere? after graduating, The Citadel. Executive committee fixes ments of candidates as follows: p( congress $20, house $7.50, clerk c court $20, sheriff $20, auditor Jn treasurer $10, supervisor $7.50, ? superintendent of education $7,51 magistrates in county $2.00?in tow $5.00. Theodore " Roosevelt, of New Yorl and Charles W. Fairbanks, named I* the Republicans in convention at Chi cago to head the national ticket. Miss Anderson, of Richmond, Vi brings his bride to Camden. They u boarding in the home of Mrs. D. I Parrish. Near Camden, S. C., on or about June 12, 1934, I one Ladies^, Double Circle Brooch with thirty-six Dia- I monds. Reward of $50.00 to finder on delivery of I Brooch. Please communicate any information to the I ; undersigned. SLOAN & SLOAN, Attorneys I 912 Central Union Building ] i Telephone 6295 Columbia I yLtAUfa -J ?????. Hudson and Terraplane PRICES REDUCED UP TO $^00 | NOTHING CHANGED BUT THE PRICES THE identical Terraplane and Hudson models that have swept ahead of the automobile industry in sales gains this year can be bought today at sharply reduced prices. At these new reduced Terraplane prices you get the BIGGEST car in the lowest price field, 15 ft. 10 in., bumper to bumper . . . the only fully advanced styling in the lowest price field . . . the most famous performance record of ANY stock car, backed by official A.A.A. certificates. 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