Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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We people of the south claim at I least a littie common seftsc and like j to he considered as human beings: j not as a bunch of slaves, serfs oxj convicts; and under the existing con-i diiions in sonvc of the southern milts ^ we are regarded by our employer as j little more. Car. the public, whose opinion is ..always regarded as cfuite correct on C every matter, imagine a battery filler lugging 35 to 50 pounds of filling around with them in an apron with only a string around their waist to: support this load? Some of these hands have suffered j the effects of this load to the extent of having their sidejrand back bruised and the skin rubbed raw. Others have been to hospitals for various operations apparently resulting from such loads. These battery hands have to work - .-adi 1 y for eight hours and most of hern have to work through the noon j r our only'" ^nji'.r.g lor.g enougn to -Wit how a to -&' < ar. ou' zing pub.c imagine d A '/ff. d ' ' f ^ *s if * * rk . . . r.v VI r.r^.r.af -A/.h ;-*r*p:ra n. p.u-T.g :* '? a* roomer.*. at a w n* ; . _ ,. > r g. ?i ? A" o e' a r>: ? a .>* a. .* ^ ' tier- a: try a :or. mar. or over-: v.- ' al or :ere-l oa r. to r a of. . - , r v. ? v.'irr ?*- - a r? < ? '. for- ! ' ar.u /* ". a ii'.if. water .:..e-.-. toe.; >?b i* caught up, which .- .. y -eldorr. j Now let our public consider a man) w':tr. h family of five or six trying to! f?-ed and clotne them al: on from 19.00 to $12.00 per week at the present commodity prieex^ vij,. .bacon 10 to 18 cents per pound; flour at $1.10 and a proportionate price for all the other things he has to buy. -*^an he be expected to enjoy any of the luxuries of life that mean so rr.uch to his employers and others of their class, who go to the mountain* and beaches and take their vacations for weeks, while the men and women who make this possible for them work and tail their life away and reap only a bare existence. We workers don't expect to get an e^ua. share of tne profits of our employers. but we do feel that we are entitled to a wage that will enable u- to clothe and feed our families and pi-map* give u* a few of the luxuries that i ir employer* have all of. Pub!: opinion?thin is what we worker* of the south are striking for ; r. i. w .tn a little . onsuleratior. or. the'j ;>.i't of Tie people who criticize so unji-tiy. we think we should be able r. those of you who nave -:;rT -r r.*. ideas tnat our -tr.ke ju? :i< : A >"Jth'-rrj Worker. OI.IN I). JOHNSTON (?:,r. ii .Johnston, the ottor. mil; i, w > # would he governor, f ifilied w:-.r: Tue-lay. relates 'he A-soc:.1' < 1 I' re - s. The youngest of eight candidates, tr.e .'{v.year-old Spartanburg lawyer blocked tr.e comeback of ( ole 1.. Iliea.se to the governorship he vacated 20 year- ago. H- first regular job was in Chiquo.a mill roar his home at Honea Path. Textile operatives hailed his election a> :he;r victory in the* midst of the g.-r.eral -trike cris;?. although his - ipp-.rt came from o-.er the state g r. e r a 11 y . \ -.e.f-.tyieil "cotton null boy.'" he ,?r.: : tr.e gaj) from textile looms t governor's- chair in iess thar. 20 '. farPoli'i ally, r.is accent was even | ir.i.tf meteoric. H? ran for the house ir. Anderson j rour.ty as a college student 12 years age. He received what wa- said to be the largest vote ever piled up in the county. In 1930 Johnston decided to offer for the governorship after six years of intermittent service in the house. To the amazement of old-time politicians, the youthful attorney drove directly toward the state capitol over a field of eight older aspirants but he lost in the run-off primary that year by 906 votes to Governor I. C. Blackwood. A protest of the primary j m i, i i. i i i. ' . [vaa Mom Ut tuu Onncrstk ' euc?U*< coausutUe, bot taxied to I caaag* ifc* rtattlu ? Determined to bo fororaor, Jofc?ttM btfaa building tor the lW4kk<* j tios hft9?db?t?iv7 after too rnem of im < ampaign piaakx, including ?WJ v from tae pobt**l structure on wkicfc k* stood ?n 1930, coil for sweeping \ kighway rtiorm% among oihers. They ; IRC.tide: A $3 Ikoiuo to* to U?o*e ! m44 m Georgia, reduction of tpo state highway C'Xnmiuioo from 14 to si* membefj, refunding of $1,000,000 ? | year in gasoline taxes to the counties s seven-month state financed school term, aod-a --constitutional amendment providing a tax exemption foi small homesteads and farms. Upon the taxation of small bouses snd farms, Johnston is sn authority, He wu born in one November IS, it&e. Described as "a log cabin planked over," Use birthplace of the governordesignate was located near Honea Path in Anderson county. In 191* he was graduated from the Textile institute at Spartanburg. Working as a pressing club manager, newspaper proofreader, and as a clothing store clerk on Saturdays, the next governor caught up with educational opportunities denied him a* a boy. He left WoffortF izi his junior year to join the army in April, 1917. As a seffceanVOi^bropany C. U7th Engineers of the. Forty-second (' Rainbow") division, he saw J8 months of service over seas and received a regimental citation for bravery. Returning to his education, he received three degrees in four years. Wofford graduated him as a bachelor of arts in 1921. The University of South Carolina conferred his master of arts degree and made him a bachelor of law in 1924. He was ejected to the house from Anderson county on a platform calling principally for a longer public school term, one of the things denied h,m as a child. He served in 1923- j 24. In 1920, after practicing law for a year a: Spartanburg, he was elected to the house to represent Spartanburg county and Served actively from 1927 through 1930. Then came the governor's campaign .? *.-a'. *r.i- : a--age of four years, and .. r y. CONFUSION IN THAT VOTING D: - :u n ji now many proh.bi ..or..-* * y ?rror a-t tr e.r *. 0tes for re re-torat.on of the leg.tl traffic in liquor is rather unfruitful; but it affords material for a discussion that j Ls r.ot unfruitful. There can be no doubt that thousand? of prohibitionists did vote contrary to their intention. We leave aside the charge that the ballot was deliberately framed so as to produce this confusion; but that it was so framed cannot be doubted. Nor is it a reflection on the intelligence of the voter that he voted wrong. Voters go to the poll* with the simple desire to register a yes or no to a simple, direct question. It would have been much more direct to have had the ballot merely direct the voter to vote For Prohibition, or For legalized Sale of Liquor. The principle of direct simplicity should always govern in framing a ballot. It rarely does in referendums in South Carolina. How many voters, or those eligible to vote, have any idea of the meaning of the yes or no proposed to them on constitutional amendrnents ? K.en the method of voting for car,: date- ir; -the South Carolina pri.r.a y i- < or.fu-mg. The voter i- .irtected to - r:k-- out those tha* he d-ce not dc-.r< Hut the natural numar. tendeny :* : > a e tie linger I or the p?-r.i or. the r.am.e tr..r, he de-.-ire.si "'That ? my man." the thought. A further confusion arises from the metr.od of striking out the names not de?ired. instead of 'Ticking the r.ame^ desired, as i" generally practiced in other -tate-, in voting for representatives?Newberry Observer. Persistence Little Davul is forever asking questions. The other night his mother got completely out of patience and she cried out: "Don't a-k any more question- to right. David. You know eurio?ity killed a cat." David was deeply impressed and he kept silent for a few moment?. Ther. he b: ignttT.ed up ar.d a-ked: "What a.t? 't tne cat wanted to know, moln *Under New Code Dental Patron?Your sign says "Painle-s Fx* .-action Free" and yet I you now .van*, me to pay you $1 for I pulling my tooth. How do you explain that" Dentist?I do "painless extracting free," just a.s the sign says?but you jumped when I pulled and that snows that it was not painless. Under our new code I have to charge you $1. Immigration authorities at Miami, Fla., are investigating charges that 14 natives of Cuba, Santo Domingo and Puerto Rico, arrested there, are connected with a hand of alleged ammunition smugglers. * ???OPINIONS or iOHNSTWi From editorial* apoa the wmio*! ti?A of Oiii D. Mutos u lk? b*? | (orcnor of South Carolina thnc 1 cerpta are takaa; Charleston New* and Ceerier: ?,.... a prediction. wkid* ia net a promise: Mr. Johnaton wifl prove a distinctly creditable HMtr?r off] South Carolina, an abler and better governor than the average. Having known him pleasantly, not familiarly, wo Kara aeon enough of him to affirm that ha U modest, no swaggerer, no braggart. Oh. yea, a man may smile and ba a rillian, hot modesty. restraint, we set down as at least one of the first marks of a gentleman to ba observed. That any man instantly sees in Mr. Johnatpn." The State: "The stage was all sat for Olin D. Johnston. And the amusing part of the performance is that those most vehemently opposed to his success took active part in setting the stage for Mr. Johnston's best advantage. They <ooldn't have performed better for him had they been his moat ardent advocates-" Greenwood Index-Journal: "Mr. Johnston has aJfirmed his intention to respect the ve/diets of juries and the sentences of judges, to uphold law and order and to be the governor of all the people of the state. The IndevJournal accepts these assurances at full t*te value." Columbia Record: "Few men as candidates see things exactly as they see them as governors; they should not. And there is in the character and make-up of Olin D. Johnston things that indicate that he is able to take advantage' of the opportunities that will be his.. .His 'radicalism' boils down to little more than his willingness to break with some of the outworn legislative precedents in South Carolina and his championship of the cause of those who could- and still can use a wise champion." Anderson Mail: 'The next four years will be important years in South Carolina's history. " While a great j step in the right direction haf been I made ip electing Johnston he cannot ! carry out his program single handed, j He must have and we are certain he i will have, the full cooperation of the j people and the legislators." Spartanburg Herald: 'The cam! paign between Messrs. Blease ar.d I Jobn-tor. wa* conducted ?r. a rnar.r..-r i tnat was creditable to both." Rock H.II Herali: "Some pec;. I.I have accused Oi,r. Johnston oi ?rs:rg radical. \\ e are of tne opir.or. that much f this radicalism was . eloped In the mind- of the. oppo?.-ng forces r-ither than in the rr.ind of the successful candidate ileavy responsibilities have a sobering effect or. men." Charlotte News: "Mr. Johnston strikes us as nothing more te-rifying than a typical politician." Charlotte Observer: ."The Observer has been impressed with frankness of Olin I). Johnston in dealing with the people The Observer believes the people of the neighbor state stand to profit by reason of what was done on primary day."?Greenville Piedmont. ABOUT VAMPIRES In current slang, as is well known, the term "vamp," a contraction of "vampire," is used to designate a seductive female. In olden times, and even in recent years in parts of eastern Europe, the vampire was a more sinister and fearsome entity. In the original meaning, a vamj pi re wa- - apposed to be the soul of i a dead person which leaves the buried ! body at night to suck the bloo<: of ; hv.r.g p..r^ons, usually causing "heir deatn. Hence, it was believed that u:or. opening the g-ave of a ? umpire tr.e body would be found still ar/i rc?y from the blood hus , a '--or In ad persons rr.o-t likely to ':> jmt* I vampire- were supposed to be tnose , w r.o had committed suicide or had j orr.e to their death by \ icier.: means, ) also wizards, witches and those who j had been cursed by their parents or j by the church. A cat crossing a grave might transform the occupant into a vampire. To stop the depredations of a supposed vampire, it was thought necessary to drive a .stake through the corpse, sever the head, remove the heart, burn the body, or pour boiling wate- and vinegar on the grave. I^ater the term vampire was applied to certain species of blood-su-udng bit- of Central and South America, i cc>nox*rr.ing which many popular superstitions have also arisen. Finally, we have the alluring vampire. or "vamp." of the movie *c-een ' and Main Street. But there .sn't much superstition about her ?Exchange. Philip Junjo Geira, described before the senate munitions investigat.ons committee as an "international spy," declared at Monticello, N. Y.. that if he "told all it would bring war to five countries, including the United States." William Lorimer, immigration boy who rose from the city streets to be a United States senator from Illinois, died suddenly in a Chicago railroad station following a heart attack. He was 73. . ITS ALL OVBB NOW. (GrMtTiUf Observer.) Many thousands of people South Carolina f??l that the w$i?hj of Tuesday's raa-otf primary rectify two iajwtim of the ?uu contest four yriri ago, whoa Johnston ?u tho inner, hut <M aot got the nomination, and Ha/ley did not get the nomination, tho be should have won bands down, la the legislature, Harley bad fought, really fought, for economy, when the people were not at economy-nuaded aa they became later and when the high spenders were in the saddle, riding ruthlessly over those who sought smaller appropriations and lower taxes. Several thiaga iconbtned to bead Harley when he sought the post of lieutenant governor in the primary of 1934k One was that the power of the high spenders had not been broken and they stood solidly for the nomination of Sheppard, one of their number. Another wna that Sheppard bad himself narrowly massed the nomination for lieutenant governor in 1926. In South Carolina politics, it is becoming more and more the case that a defeat of a candidate for a state office, unless too inglorious a defeat, gives the defeated candidate an advantage if in a succeeding election he again offer for the place for which be was defeated. This year, Harley had that [ advantage, coupled with the fact that I the state has become economy1 1 minded. His nomination is a belated i recognition of his outstanding services in helping to make the state economy-minded. As presiding officer of the senate, his votes in case of ties will be for economy. And when he appoints members of free conference committees, they will not .be men who will rewrite the appropriation bills to | carry larger appropriations as has often been the case in recent years. ! Bryson, the Greenville county candidate for this place, made a strong | race in his first appearance as a candidate for a state office. He did not S carry many counties, but those he carried were mainly in his ?own section and he carried them by large majorities. Johnston's nomination this year was almost a foregone conclusion as a result of the feeling so many held that he really won out four years ago and was deprived of the nomination then by typical "Charleston politics. There was nothing in his campaign this year that warranted the fears with which many viewed the possibility of his election, fears which led many who thought him personally superior to his opponent in the second primary to vote for that opponent, thousands of them casting for that opponent the first 'ballots he had received from them tho he had been a candidate so many times. Johnston has many admirable qualities, in addition to his youth and aggressiveness. He has never made use of personalities in his two state campaigns and so did not have the personal enemies his opponent had made in the hectic younger days of his political campaigning, personal enemies who could never forget such things as hia calling David R. Coker, one of the best and most useful citizens in South Carolina, "a mangy dog", apparently for no reason but that Coker did not see fit to support him. It is true that Blease has sobered down and in his last three campaigns did not employ the personalities of previous political fights, but the stings of barbs he cast in his hotter-headed days remained and caused many men to work and vote against him this year. What the Observer wishes to most emphatically cali to the attention of those who feel sorest over the nomination of Johnston Tuesday is that they felt exactly the same way over | the nomination of Blease in 1010 and n:s rer.omination in 1012. They have i exactly the same fear of Johnston as governor that they had of Blease as governor, and for the same reason that Johnston made class appeals to 1 the huge mill vote to line it up for him. It is true that he made no such appeals in the stated state campaign meetings this year, but he was known to have made such appeals four years (ago and at mill meetings this year, and that is why so many people fearj ed that his election will have a harmful effect upon the industrial development of this state. Such people should remember that Blease's course in office did not justify the fears with which they viewed his nomination in 1910, just exactly | the same fears with which they view the election of Johnston; they should remember, on the contrary, that Blease's course in office was so fair t to industry that thousands who viewed with alarm his election in 1910, because of his actual record in office j turned to him this year to save industry from Johnston. History may repeat itself. Taking the oath of office as governor and assuming the high duties of that office must have a most sobering effect upon any man. Faced with the responsibility of exercising the powers of that office it is not always possible to exercise them as one in the heat of a campaign may have promised to exercise them. In conclusion, the Observer hopes that Johnston will make as good a governor oo hia friend* hetieva ho will oikf aad na ?fVWtMr t gwrin 1910 feared he would he. The aw puign is over. people hove spoken and spoken with no Uncertain voice. That settles it If John stow he wise, he will seek to be governor of the whole state and not merely the governor of his friends and supporte?. ft is the dotjr of those who opposed his election to forget the' post and judge bias, not by nay phblic or private campaign spsschsa of |ho past but by the record he makdi in the office to which the people have called him. His opponents should join his supporters In helping him to ho the heat possible governor of Sooth Carolina. . # Louis A. Deborr, n fanner, drove eight miles at n fast clip to Coronna, Mich., and slowed down to exchange greetings with n friend, i Glancing at the running board of the car he fonad bis 2-year-old son fast asleep oa it [ v NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHARTER Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, September 25, 1924, the undersigned will file srith the Secretary of State of South Carolina, at Columbia, South Carolina, a declaration of incorporation of Camden Realty and Holding Corporation, a proposed corporation with an authorized Capital stock of Five Thousand ($5,0<HX* .00) Dollars, to be divided into one hundred shares of the per value of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars each; and Notice is further given that there will be a meeting of the subscribers in the office of Murdoch M. Johnson, Attorney, in the Crocker Building, Camden, South Carolina, on Monday, September 24, 1954, for the purpose of electing directors and officers of the corporation, for doing all other things necessary and incident to the formation of a corporation, and such i other further business as may properly come before the meeting. ARTHUR G. OLMSTED WARREN F. OLMSTED MURDOCH M. JOHNSON Corporators 'September 20, 1934. 26 sb. Wants?For Sale WANTED?A couple, to board in comfortable home. Apply to 1507 Fair street, Camden. S. C. 26-28 pd. I ' C\ '' ' ' None* TO "????> rV 1 tli-fcn, C?fm oB73U,;5*1 ?2fS^- w^va a-julu E*Vt or.c. tAMO TllH tested fre^JT3 cut of iwb* tmkU ^ ?SeLt( weak or bed tub* 'A t ? I J ly t??t iMr ta^ toW* frUl *Tfj bi# m n?ck ?t?j ?t|k o# A- tub**. TW Camden Pwijl C^, Iv. ggS FOB 8AIJB?Two Wu ut rm^L section of the Uwn of wZg AAtay^blr*. W. P. Mc^J^o5 KKNIVBS?of gioi >tM!, bm/V mo. Giv* mo a trial. Me*tbi? frail knife or a pocket kaif. J isfucilon guaranteed. Aodr**. * w SU*ot. *t i. om<???V RADIO WO**?Take n*.\ p*ir work to TV, <5-*|? two Company, Inc. They know W* ?mry style R. C. A. tokm h stock. 25-21* FOR 8ALB?(Seed rye, Abnuti- m wheat at *1.60 per bushel; w, at 75 cents per bushel C. Hilton, W estlie, & C. FOR RENT?A. furnished apartnm centrally located, at .reasons* rate. Address "Apart mkat" p f Box 267, CaadeaTsTc. y'^ LOOT?One brown Irish setter kit* Answers to name of -Met." Q ward if returned, no questions ait ed. Thomas Ancrum, CannU . C. Telephone 313. 26 * If AN WANTED?For RawU? route of 800 families. Write is meditely. Rewlcigh, Dept. SCI.74 SA, Richmond, Vs. 26 pi WHEN YOU HAVfe your radio ?. paired at The Camden Furnitwi Co., Inc., it always works. Itknow how, and they also cam ?. ery style of R. C. A. radio tabs k r stdCk. 24-27* WANTED?Reliable, reputable bust ness man, with approximately 979 to invest in an eetablksbed and p ing business. Address "Basis* Opportunity/' P. O. Box 307, Oik den, S. C. 24-26 pi LISTEN?The Camden Purnitm Company, Inc., has every style il R. C. A. radio tubes in ?tock--t* know how. 24-27* IF YOUR RADIO won t work, ttf it to The Camden Furaitn Company, Inc., for good repair work. ITiey know how?comply stock R. C. A. tubes. 24-27* WANTED?The friends of Jad sloore to know that he is now e? ployed at Burns A Barrett and *3 be glad to have them call to m him. s26 pd. ^1 A. m. J. I I ^ H ' c c^.z^.j Mother's Cocoa, 2 lb. 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