The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 22, 1934, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
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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
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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
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