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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1935
NUMBER 32
The Camden Chronicle Campaign
Closes Wednesday, November 6
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Campaign Closes at 3 P. M. at The Commercial
Bank of Camden?Votes, to be Counted at Court
House. Public Invited to Counting. All Prizes
and Commissions to be Delivered to ^Workers at
The Chronicle Office.
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THE JUDGES
Mr. C. J. Outlaw, Camden, representing Mrs. Wiley Sheorn, Camden.
Mr. W. G. Anthony, Kershaw, representing Mr. J. D, Gulledge, Westville.
Mr. Allen B. Murchlson, Camden, representing Miss Maggie Lou McCaskill,
Antioeh
Mr Clarence Hpugh, Camden, representing Miss Janle Hough, Bothune.
Mr. VV. T. Holley, Mt. Pisgah, representing Miss Olive Haley, Mt. Pisgah.
r Mr. George W. Campbell, Camden, representing Mr. Clifton Goff, Antioeh.
Mr D. O. Houser, Camden, representing Mrs. M. H. Deal, Camden.
; Mrs. lOdison Hicks, Camden, representing Miss Nancy Dempster, Camden.
Mrs. Fannie MoLaurin, Bethune, representing Miss Kathryne Truesdale,
I Bethune. "
I Above are the judges who have been chosen by the candidates in The
Chronicle's Campaign. They will count all the votes of all the candidates
[ on Wednesday, November 6, at 3 p. m., at the Court House, Camden. All
[ judges are requested to he at The Chronicle Office not later than 2:30 next
Wednesday, November 6, for the final instructions.
I LIST OF CANDIDATES
[ Names arranged in alphabetical order and does not show relative po
gition in campaign race.
Who's your favorite? Help them. They expect it. Need it. Your one
I subscription may win or lose for them.
Mrs. M. H. Deal, Camden ..
Miss Nancy Dempster, Camden W/T I/^\
L Mr. J. D. Gulledge, Westvillo W llVy
L Mr. Clifton Goff, Antioch
Miss Janie Hough, Bethune "VJf/II T
Miss Maggie Lou McCaskill, Antioch W li jJL-j
- Miss Olive Raley, Mt. Plsgah
Mrs. Wiley Sheorn, Camden ^
; Miss Kathryne Truesdale; Bethune W 11 ^1 i
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A WINNER NEVER QUITS?
A QUITTER NEVER WINS j
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To the Friend? of the Candidates
You have a friend listed above who
I is doing everything'posslble to better
his or her standing in this race?they
have worked hard and have carried
on in the face of refusals and discouragement
and deserve your help?
your one subscription may be the one
i they need to put them in first place.
A small fortune is almost within their
grasp?your withholding your support
may be the means of their los;
Ing it and personally' we wouldn't
want to be in that position. The time
has come for that last minute support?they
expect it?want it?deserve
it and need it. Five-year sub
scriptions help the most?enough of
them from unexpected sources will no
doubt put a new member in the lead
when the contest closes Wednesday
at 3 p. m. Ten five-year subscriptions
mean one million votes.t
I'nder the spur of ambition and the
whip of opportunity members In the
Prosperity campaign are breaking into
a driving wind-up in the few remaining
days of the campaign. All
" records for speed are expected to be
broken during this final period. Every
- available subscription will be turned
in. This race for fortune has emerged
from its slow starting days and is
rapidly reaching a climax of intensity.
.
I In just a few days, yes a few more
hours, the race for the Chevrolet or
the $r>00 or $200 and.?J100 in cash and
- other valuable prizes will be decided.!
prizes and commissions will be ;
available for distribution among can- j
didates who have been active in this
campaign. This last week of battling j
presents a vivid scene that covers the
entire territory where The Chronicle
! circulates.
Results Will Be Close
Candidates are hurling themselves
into the fray" with all their might, .
r ^Ker that success shall crown their
efforts. Friends of candidates are
throwing their support into the race
^ In order that their favorite may be
p1 dinner. The car or cash is the goal
f?r everyone, with the other prizes
running close behind. The race is
. l?o close to hank on possiblitles and
there are too many candidates in the
r^mpaign to make victory an easy
jitter for anyone.. ?
The Pride of Winning
A factor of growing importance in
e campaign, particularly In the outdistricts,
la that of civic pride.
I 0r a high place among the final winI
w? W*11 certainiy result in much
>*8ttge and* publicity for-the com
0n?ty represented.
I Chronicle ft proud of this rep|v?*ntauve
corps of workers. They
i??v fought * **ir fight. Brery one
m wfll ^ * food winner, and
likewise a good loser. The winner I
will be entitled to the congratulations |
of the entire crew when her name is
called by the Judges on Wednesday.
To Our Subscribers
It may be that in the excitement of
the next few days your favorite may
not find time to get to you. They are
doing everything possible to win that
first prize, and in their haste you may
be overlooked. If you are, be sure
to make It a point to get in touch
with your Z&vorite somehow. Your
renewal subscription may be the very
one they need to put them over the
top, for the prize they desire. You
want them to be successful?they are
doing every thing possible to realize
their ambition. Are you helping them
or putting obstacles in their way?
The Best Way to Help
The best way to help your favorite
to win this car or cash is to give a
subscription for more than one year.
Your favorite will receive fifteen times
j as many votes for a five-year sub|
scription as she will get for one year's
subscription. Qf course the way to
^ give the most help to one of those
j hard workers is to give them
a subscription for five years.?You
j see the subscription votes given on
I a five year subscription are equal to
i those given on fifteen one-year subj
scriptions. You can see that a few
such subscriptions will help to win,
and enough are sure to put your favorite
over the top. You know you
[would feel very sorry if your favorite
did not win the automobile because
[ of the lack of a few votes that your
own subscription would give. Remember
it is much better to give votes
now than to offer sympathy after the
votes are counted on Wednesday.
8ealed Ballot Box
The sealed ballot box to hold the
Becret as to who will win the grand
prizes has been placed in the office
of the Commercial Bank of Camden
i where it will remain until it is opened
by the Judges to make the final
' count at the Court House. Candidates
. jeill use the secret ballot the last
week, depositing their reports in the
sealed box. No one connected with
The Chronicle or the campaign department
has access to the box. That
gives the workers full protection.
Under the rules of the campaign,
each member has the privilege of selecting
the man who is to act as her
judge. It will be this man's duty to
come to The Chronicle office in Camden,
at 2:3a p. m., on Wednesday,
Ndvember 6th. .The contest will come
to a close at the office of the Commercial
Bank of Camden, at 3 o'clock*
at which time the Judges will take
possession of the sealed ballot box.
The votes will be counted at the
Court House.
" IIJL.. BM gj USSS
Governor Calls Out
Machine Gunners
Columbia, Oet. 28.?Governor Olln
1). Johnston grasped full control of
state highway affairs today by declaring
an antagonistic road administration
in a "statu of insurrection"
and ordering out national guard machine
gunners.
The governor, with a battery of machine
guns planted opposite the state
highway offices, announced he had removed
the entire road board of fourteen
and its chief commissioner, lien
M. Sawyer.
Ho suspended habeas corpus under
his proclamation that the highway executives
were in a state of "rebelhon
and insurgency;" set up a special
board to administer highway business
and prepared through it to put his $3
auto tug promise into effect.
Joe Cuius, Spartanburg accountant,
whom the governor designated as
"executive manager" of highway matters,
went aheud with-.. plans for a
"house cleaning" of the road bureau
in line with the executive wishes.
Calus ordered all state highway patrolmen
to turn in their sidearms
with a statement: "there will bo no
patrol on the highway today, tomorrow,
or the day after that?"
Summoning the several hundred office
employees to a meeting, he announced
they had been automatically
discharged under the proclamation,
were now re-hlred, but were expected
to submit their resignations individually
effective November 15.
He explained that the resignation
requirement was "a measure taken
for our own protection, and added
that it would not necessarily be carried
out..
\V. M. Smoak, of Aiken, a member
of the board of managers read the
insurrection proclamation to the employes
while newspapermen were excluded.
After suspending automobile license
sales temporarily the board authorized
the motor vehicle division of the
road department to sell tags to persons
who applied for them.
Plans were being formulated by the
board meanwhile to issue $3 tags for
all privately-owned cars and trucks
of not more than one and one-1ialf
tons for the 1936 license year, beginning
November 1st.
Present fees for automobile and
truck licenses range from $5.10 to
$400.60 on a scale graduated according
to the weight and type of vehicles.
The average automobile tag
price, highway officials said, is between
$6 and $8.
Calus, conferring with the board appointed
by the governor while throngs
gathered about the troop-guarded office
building, established himself in
the office of O. P. Bourke, secretarytreasurer
out of road department,
when the office of Chief Commissioner
Sawyer proved to be locked.
The executive action ousted Sawyer
and all 14 commissioners, 13 of them
appointed by former Governor I. C.
Blackwood, Johnston's predecessor,
for four-year terms with the confirmation
Of the state senate.
Only W. A. Stilley, Jr., of Conway,
the sole Johnston appointee accepted
by the commission, remained in an
executive capacity. He was one of
five "consulting managers" named as
a board to aid Calus.
Stilley, accepted by the commission
last summer when appointed to the
vacancy caused by death, was named
to the board of managers under the
order this morning.
The governor cited in a statement
-accompanying his proclamation the
refusal of other commissioners to
seat four appointees he named early
last month under a legal opinion saying
four commissionerships were vacant
because the terms had been extended
contrary to the law.
He also referred to testimony of
three other commissioners who replied
last week to his rule for them
to show cause why they should not be
removed as indicating the department
was "run by one man, Ben Sawyer,"
and as admitting they had little control
over its affairs.
The governor has been at odds with
the highway department since taking
office ikst January. In his campaign
he denounced Chief highway commissioner
JBen Sawder for_.allegedly political
use of the department and promised
if elected to throw Sawyer ont
of office. A $3 license tag was another
plank in his platform.
Johnston vetoed an item for Sawyer's
salary in the appropriation bill
passed by the legislature last winter,
but the highway commission voted
Sawyer a salary from highway funds,
claiming the authority under a continuing
statute.
Later Johnston appointed four now
members of the commission, basing
the appointments upon a ruling by
Attorney General Daniel that termB
of commissioners, they were named
to succeed, were extended illegally,
j The commission refused to Beat the
Johnston appointees.
Last week Johnston called on the
commission to withhold sales of automobile
tags for the 1936 tag year un-j
til the legislature had opportunity to
vote $3 tags and urged the public not
to buy tags. Sawyer issued a statement
saying the commission had no
authority to withhold sales of tags
and warned that persons operating
automobiles after November 1, the beginning
of the new tag year, would
! be prosecuted if they did not have
1936 tags.
There followed Johnston's ruling
for Commissioners C. Q. Hearon, of
Spartanburg, E. L. Culler, or Orangeburg
and John C. Bethea of Dillon to
show cause why they should not be
removed from office. The ruling was
based on their refusal to seat John-;
8ton's appointees and their vote for!
a salary for Sawyer. |
No comment was immediately forthcoming
from any of the 14 highway
commissioners.
The governor, while handing down
no formal order concluding removal
proceedings heard by him last week,
cited them in his statement explaining
why he declared the entire com-j
mission ousted from office suspended
habeas corpus, and seized all road
and highway property.
Tracing the details of the commission's
refusal to accept his appointees,
he said:
"After listening to the testimony introduced
at the hearing recently held
before me in which Commissioners
C. O. Hearon, E. L. Culler and John
C. Bethea, under oath testified as to
their lack of knowledge of the work
of the highway department and their
admission in effect that the highway
department was run by one man, Ben
Sawyer, together with the uncontradicted
testimony of the policy of the
highway department of changing bids
behind closed doors in order to favor
certain gasoline companies, together
with actions or the highway department
in paying fabulous sums for the
mere renting of a truck from a friend
of the department and the attitude as
expressed by the commissioners on
the stand of their intention that they
did not and would not recognize constituted
authority, together with other
matters too lengthy to enumerate,
convinced me beyond any doubt that
thts department had not only set itself
up a* a government of its own
I but was an unlawful assemblage to
obstruct the legitimate enforcement of
the laws of this state."
Negro Cut To Death
By Six Assailants
That "Leroy Wright tame to his
death at the banda of Willie Wise"
was the verdict of a coroner's Jury
Tuesday night, and they alao added
that Jameu Herbert, Woodr0w Abney,
Joseph Collins, Marion Brown and
Richard Sinclair be held as accessories
to the act.
Coroner Julian II. Hush, assisted by
Sheriff J. H. McLeod, conducted the
inquest with J. W. Trotter, as foreman,
and J. 11. Hurgess, J. K. Lewis,
M. B. Baxloy, 11. M. Rosborough and
C. M. Laney sitting as jurors.
Several of the accused negroes testiiled,
while others used their legal
right and refused to talk. Art Williams
and Henrietta Robinson, both
negro women, also testified, but very
little was brought out at the inquest,
except the fact that tlie tragedy occurred
in Arthur's Lnne on lower
Alain street. Wright suffered some
eight wounds?three of which, it is
said, would have proven deadly. He
ran out of the lane to a point near
the "Haiglar Theatre building und
sunk to the pavement and expired
wlille a physician was trying to stop
the flow of blood from a fatal lieek
wound. It happened in the early part
of Saturday evening while the street
was crowded with Bhoppers and created
quite a commotion in that section
of town.
Ills six assailants were members of
the negro CCC camp stationed near
Cassatt. They were promptly rounded
up and placed in Jail, where it is
said, Wise, who is a Columbia negro,
j confessed to officers.
Wright was an employe of the sanitary
department of the city and
Chief W. D. Whitaker speaks in the!
highest terms of the man.
To Meet With Bethany?St. Charles
The quarterly meeting of the W. M.I
S. will be held with the Bethany St.1
diaries church, Friday, November 8,
at 10:30. All churches are requested
to send delegates.
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Honor Roll For
Camden Schools
Grade J A?Eugene Banner, Stoney
Campbell, Thomas Dempster, Leonard
Hammond, Bobby Langston. Paul MeDowel),
Bobby Russell, Alfred Sinyil,
Edward Thompson, Kattna Bel cos,
Murgaret Brazil, Carolyn Campbell,
Mary Sue Copeland, Elizabeth Auu
Graham, Margaret VanLandingham.
Grade IB -Cuifi Uuinn, Gilbert
Guinn, Charlea Eichel, Jack Harper,
Jack Kareab, Alva Polsou, Alex Priester,
Eugene Rush, Billy 'Lfirower, Carrio
Belle Elliott, Mary lklico Gettys,
Elizabeth Kelly, Doris Parker.
Grade 1C? Floyd Threatt, Bay
Watts. Doris Thigpen.
Grade 2 A'?-Tommy Ancruit), Donald
Campbell, John delxjach, Harry Gaudy,
Chapman Graham, Sum Nicholson,
Henry McKay Norrls, Gary Ogburn,
Betty Bobo, Caroline McFadden, Mary
Jot) McManus, Lillia Peebles, Katherine
Sheorn, Virginia Stokes.
Grade 2B?Harold Matbis, William
Sinclair, Edward Thigpen, Ernestine
1 looser, Elizabeth Hay, Donnell
Brown, Ida Scarborough, Laura Mackay.
Grade 2A?Trlppett Boineau, Glynn
Lamoy, William Heasonover, Harold
Hodgei^, Wiley Sheorn, Ben Smith,
Bobby Wilson, Charles Zemp, Betty
Burnett, Mary Nell Campbell, Betty
Godwin, Doris HouBcr, Hutli LuiilQy,!
Mary Lungston,-Janet Lewis, Kay Lo*|
mansky, Molly ltuth Hedfearn, Betty
Hhame, Wllmu Rogers, Dorothy
Rhodes, Joyce Smith, OUie Mao
Stokes.
Grade I A ?John Corbett Boykln, Jr.,1
Francis McCorkle. Robert Thompson,
Jacquline Davis, Doris Lake, Betty
Muller, Virginia Rogers, Doris Rush,
Frances West.
Grade f?A?Jimmy Gaudy, Billy
Smith, Hughey Tindul, Mary Cameron,
Hollie Hancock, Ethel Ann Mauldin.
Grade GA,?Charles Boineau, Thomas
Turner, Artie Dixon, Cary Guthrie,
Jane Hoffer, Mary Pitts, Gwendolyn
Shirley, Patsy Trantham.
I Grade 7A?Charles McCaBklll, Joe
i Uhame, Leonard Schenck, Carolyn I
Cooley, Rhetta McDowell, Prances
Hhame.
Grade 8A?Betty Boineau, Marjorio
Creed, Phyllis Karesh, Lois Rhame,
Mary Lee Bradford, Voncile Cohyers, I
Minnie Belle Cunningham, Betty Gettys,
Beatrice Kirkland, Theresa Reed.l
Betty Sowell. I
Grade 8B?Jerry Hancock, Herbert
Moore, William Brown, Jack Marshall,
Wesley Pitts, Follin Watts, Billy
Wilson. -7- 1
Grade 8C?Lee Mims, Billy Pitts,
Ida Mae McManus, Helen Stogner,
Ruth Walker, Anne Wbitaker,... .1
Grade 9A?James Case, Frank Hammond,
John Carl West, Elsie Redfearn,
Jean Bell, Lottie Smyrl, Myrtle
Williams.
Grade 9B?David Wallnau, Aileen
Belk, Lorena VanLandingham, William
Christmas, Dally Jackson, Lula
Mae Nelson, Maggie Trantham. |
Grade 10A?Beulah Graham, Louise
Mickle, Bill Bates, Jane Clarkson,
Betty Holland, Alva Lee, Paulette
West, Anne J. Clarkson. !
Grade iOD?Bill DoLoache, William
West, Ruih Poole, Wllhelmina Strak.
Grade IOC?Jack Villeplgue, Jack
Richards, Douglas Wooten.
Grade 11A?McKain Richards, Minnie
Sue Bruce, Carolyn Cantey, Eleanor
Klrschner, Virglna Davis, Jean
VanLandingham, Caroline Nelson,
Mary Elizabeth Pitts. I
Grade 11B?Florence Savage, Harold
McCallum.
Miss Peggy Holland and Junior Holland
accompanied their mother, Mrs.
Anna Mae Holland on a business trip
to St. Augustine, Florida last week.
Mt. Pisgah home Demonstration Club
The October meeting of the Home
Demonstration club was held at the
home of Mrs. Wade C. Holley, October
28. After the devotional period,
the business of the club was dispensed
of. During the meeting Miss Fewell
gave the requirements for the certificate
and the diploma in Home Demonstration
work. In connection with
the study of home management we
were given suggestions for the health
of the homemakers. One of them had
to do with the wise spending of time
given to household duties. The importance
of rest and relaxation was
stressed. Miss Fewell told of the work
I spaces being adjusted to each individual.
Practical suggestions wore
given for making these adjustments.
The hostess served delicious refreshments.
The meeting was greatly
enjoyed by all the members. There
was eighty-five per cent present with
two visitors. The November meeting
will be at the home of Mrs. B. 8. Catoe.?Mrs.
Ira Ellis, Publicity Chairman.
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Col. Fulp Comments
On Hermitage Lake
lu a report of Kit A activities submitted
i?y Col. J. D. Fulp, Adralnlstrator,
to Washington, Hermitage Lake
was one of U^e projects selected by
tbt> South Carolina relief organisation
to illustrate work accomplished
alucu April I, lit it 4
'Die report which watt submitted in
book form, contains, HtntlHtical infor*
inution of physical accomplishments
of the relief administration together
wltti a description of one project in
each category of work. A description
of Hermitage Uik<> follows:
, For more tliau 100 yearn, Hermitage
Lake in Kcrahaw county, located Just
outside tlie city limit* of Cauulen, was
used for water powejr -purposes. It
furnished water for a saw mill and
a wheat flour mill which were located
near the site, on which the Hermitage
Cotton Mill now stands. Water was
conveyed to the mill through a canal
which paralleled the Greene llrldgo
road, a thoroughfare used by General
Greene during the Revolution in his
retreat from Camden.
About 1803 the poud bod was purchased
by the Camden Cotton Mill,
and a dam was erected to furnish
power to the industry. later, however,
after the Hermitage Mill absorbed
the Camden Mill, other sources of
generating current were ,found, and
the lake site was no longer needed
for power purposes.
When the 1CHA started the restoration
of this sheet of water to Its former
usefulness, there was much enthusiasm
on the part of Kershaw
county residents. The stream that
had furnished the water supply to
the Mill was known as the lhg Piuetreu
creek and was one of "the best
tishlng streams In the state. The completion
of a dam would make a most
beautiful lake, which could bo used
for boating, bathing, picnics, Ashing
and camping.
The Hermitage lake was given to
Kershaw county by the Hermitage
Cotton Mill, and, therefore, those who
participate in various forms of recreation
In the lake tmd on Its banks receive
privileges without cost.
James E. Dixon
Dies At Shamokin
James Edward Dixon, 68, member
of a large and influential family, died
at Shamokin, north of Camden, where
he was conducting a store and filling
station. His death occurred on September
30, and the funeral and burial
was held the following day from Mt. ^
Olivet Baptist church, with Rev.
George B. Bobo, in charge.
Mr. Dixon *fhs a native of the
Cleveland school community and came
of a large family. Surviving children
are: George Edward Dixon, of Camiden;
J. A. Dixon, of Westville; Mrs.
Virge Twitty, of Kershaw; W. O. Dixon
and Miss Rosa Lee Dixon, of near
I.ugofT.
Brothers and sisters surviving are: 1
W. B. Dfxon, ~0. L. Dixon, Hardy
Dixon, of Camden; Ivennel Dixon, of
Barnwell; Mrs. James McCaskill, of
Hethune; Mrs. Barney Stokes, or near
Camden; Mrs. Tom Josey, of Hartsville.
Mr. Dixon was a brother of the
late Coroner Dixon, who together with
ten other close relatives, lost their
lives in the Cleveland school house
Are a good many years ago.
Baptist Church Services
The following services are announced
for week beginning November
3, at the First Baptist church:
Sunday school at 10 o'clock, with
T. C. Baldwin, superintendent in
charge. Public worship conducted by
the pastor, J. B. Caston, at ll.15.jS. m.
and 8 p. m. Morning subject: "Small
Christians." Evening subject: "The
Value Of A Great Faith." B. T. U.
Sunday evening at 7, with an address
by Rev. A. D. McArn, of the Presbyterian
church. It is hoped that all
our young people may be present for
the B. T. U. Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening, at 8 o'clock. > A training
school for teachers and Sunday school
officers will be conducted at this
church next week, with classes each
evening from Monday tfrroj|ghJBT*d*yIt
is hoped thatT all officers and teachers
may find it possible to attend. The
public is cordially Invited to attend
all the services of this church.
Beaver Dam Baptist Church
I There will be cervices at Beaver
Dam Baptist Church on next Lord's
day as folium: Sunday school at
2:30 p. m.; punching service st 3 p.
m. The public la oordlslly invited to
attend these services.?Rev. James D. - Gulledge,
Pastor. Z -