Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE M. I). N'TiTrH^ Editor and Publisher Published ?v?ry Friday at Numb?r 1109 Broad UtreD and antarod at the Camden, Houth Carolina poatoffloa a? ie< ond < la?M mall inattar Price per annura $2 00. payable In advance Friday, July 3, 1936 . TURN ON THE LIGHT .In our hist week's Issue w?? published a copy of a letter bolliK M?dt out by the ho called "Hotter GoverniiH.ni Club" to ail the candidate* for a political office in Kershaw County, inviting them to appear at Htated times for the purpose of "Qualifying" under the principles of that organlzatjoii and at the name time saying to the candidate that bin failure to uppear would be, considered sufficient proof that he did not deniro its support We have hIiicc been informed that this organization is circulating in the different precincts of this county ;in UKrcoimtut it desires to lie signed by tin- Democratic Voters whereby the voters pledge themselves Unvote for candidates favoring certain things. We are also advised that when candidates appear before the executive of lifers of the club they are asked a set of questions. We are informed too, that the candidates lire asked to slgll hoiih* pledge. We have not seen the pledge or agreement the voters are asked to sign, tin- list of questions being asked the candidates or the pledge the candidates are requested to sign. The organization Iihh not so tyr elected to turn the light of day on its manipulations. We have heard that among the questions being asked the candidates is one desiring to know if they favor the election of supreme court and circuit Judges by a direct vote of the people. The counts and all the legal organizations throughout the nation recognize the judiciary of our state as being composed of among the ablest and highest minded judges in this nation We understand that governor Johnston and some of his followers are peeved because our supreme court did not decide that lie had a right to take over the State Highway Department by military force and that they are angry with some of our circuit judges because t bey did not find that the governor had cause for removal of the highway commissioners whom lie was attempting to oust from office. All of tlit? better lawyers in South Carolina. whether tlioy be political :idlor?-nts of governor Johnston or me know that be had no. legal right i" take possession of the state high-, way commission by force of arms and I they know too, that when the governor was unable to produce o-vidence ot wrongdoing on the part of the highway commissioners, ho had no authority to remove theiu from office. I In- supreme court of this state and v the several circuit judges who acted in these matters did nothing more than they were required to do under the law and under their oaths of of lice No matter how anyone may feel with respect to the righteousness or unrighteousness of the governor's < ause in his light against tile highway commissioners, every intelligent, fairminded man and w'otnau must know - * hat the courjs of l.hi? state must hear ; and determine litigated mat letin..accordance with law ami it is a sad day in South Carolina w In n people who, ought to know better, should ^sloqp to villify the courts of our state '.tor doing their sworn duty. Tin- question abuse referred to is [ oiTTy one ot tl^?- many. w?- understand ! being asked the candidates. We in J vite tin- so-calh-d "Metier (ioverument j Club" to furnish us with a list of the! questions they are asking the candidate?*. a i op> of the pledge I ln-y are requiring them to sign, and a copy of the agreement or pledge they are ask inj 'In- voter* to sign It their < anse i* wholly righteous, we can See no reason tor secrecy They are certain H attempting to dominate and control i he Demncrtic primary Why not < onie out in theiopeii? And when giving the other information, how about tarnishing a list of the members ot tin- executive committee of ihis organ i zat ion? Life Insurance Estates Secure The depression has taken its toll, i' it has not weakened the estates ; . esetited by life insurance l.ifo| insurance represents one of the simi'e ami safest methods of est at ' r. ?: ioi, i:? popularity is attested by ta-t Dial none than t,J.UOO.UuO. or ?!> uit pi ; < i ut ot the country's popula'; ui carries lit, insurance." Nt. TiV.77,* r CI regwi y . Ill !!w New York Herald 1': i hi lie I he pot ofl iee department ha* *.-ttied five of IT, suits against the government growing out of the cancellation of mail contents by Mr Farl-v til 19.) 3 ille slllls Were sellied at about 10 cents oji the dollar, vvitli payments of $001,000. plus return of performance bonds. The government of Poland has announced the suspension ot foreign payments due to extreme financial c onditions at home. BETTER LEFT UNSAID The governor of our stato is oed ited with two remarkh within the pa*t ten <Ihvh, that In our opinion, do not lend credit to either him nor tho high office ho hold*. When Senator K. D. Smith arrived at tiie Democratic convention In I'hlludojphiu late he found that hit* adinls*ion card and budge hail been given someone else. He and governor Johnston, who is national committeeman | from thin state, are reported to have had some words over the incident and governor Johnston is alleged to have remarked thut Senator Smith was hp ky to be In the convention at all (meaning InforenHully thut he was lucky to have been sent aa a delegute.) Governor Johnston knew thut the reason Senator Smith did not get to the convention earlier was that he had been sent in a delegation to Florida to attend the funeral of I'nfted States Senator Fletcher and ordinary courtesy would have demanded that his credentials he kept for him. He had a perfect right to feel aggrieved and the governor was taking in a lot of territory when he said what lie was reported to have said The farmers of South Carolina arc- grateful to Senator Smith and unless wo miss outguess. they are going to keep him in the I lilted States Senate as long as he wanfs to stay there The other, untimely remurk by the governor is one he is credited with making on Tuesday, when he learned of the decision of the supreme court, holding valid the recent highway legislation. lie is reported to have said that he wasn't surprised at anything the supreme court of this state might do. The people of South Carolina respect the supreme court of this state. None of its members have, and none of them would make such a public remark gratuitously about the governor of South Carolina. It would appear that the governor is attempting to hrlng the supreme court Into disrepute. in this, he will rightly und certainly. fail. "DON'T' FOR A HAPPY FOURTH Fourth of July is a safer holiday nowadays than it used to be -but it still results in a great number of deaths and accidents. The tragedy is that all those accidents and deaths at- preventable You can have a "sale and sane Fourth that is also an enjoyable Fourth ?if you'll remembei the following list of "don'ts".: Don t torget that the proof of Fourth of I uly pat riot i>m home protect ion Don t .-hut \onr eyes to the great Fourth of July hazards- Fireworks, automobiles, drownings, fires, hrea rins. faffs, poisons. If \ou must have home fireworks, see that I hey are the safest procurable 1l he children why home lireworks ate alwa\s dangerous. Don t neglect to clear your premises of all rubbish. Don t discharge hreworks m ar buildings. (?e| out in the open, ,)(?n t let children play with matches. Keep matches out of their roach. Don't let - children throw sparklers. I hey remain hot some time and are da ngerous. Dou t let children discharge fireworks unattended Don t let children stand too close to fireworks that are being discharged. Don t let children pick up undischarged fireworks. They might explode keep fireworks in the home uncovered Keep j? (f? h()x untj, llSed Don i forget, above all. that most fourth of .1 uly accidents can he presented. NEARLY TEN BILLION CONGRESS ADJOURNS Appropriations approaching the *1 ".mti..ooo.ooo mark were made by this session of Congress for rnan\ things, from paying the soldier's bon us to buying animals for the National y.ot) Although tiie House Appropriations < 'oiniijittee trimmed virtually every regular supply Dill low budget estimates. emergency demands such as the bonus and the new agricultural program added about $4,000,000,000 to tin- regular total I he Senate also Increased some of tho measures' totals Resides regular supply bills which included about f 1 .not) .000.On." torn rrc ord peacetime national defense bud ~?-t. Congress authorized the following spending: il.72U.UOG.U0U to pay World War t a lis t heir bonus. $4 40,000,000 to finance the AAA soil i < m-er\ation program $1 42.*.,uon..too f,,r telief ?3nv,rv,n.." 0 f"' rout inning civilian conservation camps at nearly full s' i ngtli. $200.000,0">o for paying AAA bonofits contracted for before the Supremo court invalidated the AAA \ ast swarms of grasshoppers are dejng much damage to the crops in Nebraska and other mid-western states. A FINE FIELD FOR PEANUT POLITICS Htattt politl<H Ih (or are) in a worse mean than aiuce 1876. One of the moht discouraging features la that even many intelligent people nation, either on the surface, or from Interested motives. The Calhoun Tlrr.es, over and over again, advocated the election of highway cominlaaionera by the people. Not to pleaae Governor Johnston, or the legislature, but to take at least one demagogic stick out of the hands of the governor. It is Hellish peanut politics on both sides, with the advantage in favor of Johnston, because of his capacity to n^ake much capital out of the wretched judgment of the other side. Many of us know, and all should see, that Johnston is playing his cards for the I". S. Senate, and to bolster his cause, ln> is using the highway commission as a footmat and stepping stone. Thorn are a few tilings that cannot he denied, lie was elected governor because ho preached prohibition, which lie promptly dropped later, and because Mease is now an easy man to heat in a second race. Let us take his own appointments. Do you want Calus, a Helgtan. who can barely speak l^ngllsh? Or Longi of Charleston? In other words, as far | as he was allowed to go, Ills appointments \Vere enough to make the opposition fight, und the head Of a machine for his own purposes. He engineered iiis brother into a fat Job. He was responsible, It Is said, for another soft berth to a son of one of his henchmen, Now, with all its faults, let us look ut the other side of the picture. Has any rascality been unearthed? Zack Wright, of Newberry, is one of the old and new commissioners. Do you know of any better man in that district? Can you rake up any objections to Edgar Culler? George Hell Timmerman is one of the state's ablest citizens. Do you know of any unfitness in him for the position? We understand that the others are clean men. Then why kick them out? Haven't they as much right to fight for themselves and their friends, as Johnston for his? We hear of men who have been drinking pap indefinitely, and good servants, howling for the execution of these officials. How would they j enjoy walking the plank themselves? ! What is sauce for the goose Is sauce i'oi\t he gander. To avoid all this, ' marlK you. we advocated the election ! of tln\je officials by the people. Ltut, they thfnking otherwise, had as much ' right to fight as Johnston. It is pitij aide to think of litis mess being made 'an issue ima campaign, when neither I side is a whit guiltier than the other. ' If you will study the situation carefully. you will, when you dig your J grave for the solons, put the governor i in among the first. He started it all. t brought out machine guns, fought the courts and aroused the legislature by his overbearing methods. A grand opening, however, for playing peanut politics, and coat-tail swinging. The truth is. and nobody knows it better than Governor Johnston, that, so far as the state highway comtnis-. sion goes, he is whipped to a frazzle. Let us suppose that he can get out and defeat every opponent for the lower House of the Legislature and half the Senate. The hold-overs in the latter body, with their influence, can smash any scheme that may arise and will do It. In the meantime, the governor will he happy if lie can ride into the lT. S. Senate on his hobby horse. In that case, he will drop thehighway commission, as ho did prohibition. with never another word about it -Calhoun Times. Where Town Got Its Name in the early days when stage roaches made regular trips ft out j Charleston to Greenville and over tin| mountains to Asheville. one of the stopping places for the stages was an old Inn about IS miles south of tintown of Greenville. In the yard of this hostelry was a bold spring gushing up a spout two feet high. Travelers called this inn "The Inn With a Fountain',' and thus the town which later grew up near the site of the <dd inn on McGee branch was called "Fountain Inn." Fountain Inn ITi i bulie. Fifty planes left Roosevelt Field. X V., Saturday for a good wlH flight t.> Montn-al in a sudden storm and fug in the vicinity of Lake Chatnplaiti j 'lit' - of the planes collided in mid.i-ir j Four persons were reported killed at. ; six injured a> a result of the cr.i-'h i (.ho- ?>i tlii.- planes fell in Lake ('ham ; plain i? - ? - ??- l i Largt numbers of women, sotn. oil j them wheeling babies in then- < ,r-j I l iag.-s. took i barge of tin- York town j ship reli.-t oiling Toronto. Canada.; lo? keif th>> doors, and demanded res-i toration of (tie relief cuts, issue ?>t | clothing and distribution of summerfuel A nail lodged In the lung of Kelvin Rogers for 18 months, was removed at a Philadelphia hospital after the child and his mother had traveled o.ooo miles from Australia to reach the hospital "TO WHOM IT MAV CONCERN" Here follow* what was said by O. E. Sparks, father of Forest Sparks, when his boy was lyliiK broken and in agr ony in Clinton Memorial hospital, St. Johns, Michigan: "I wish every boy and girl who drives recklessly could suffer us Forest is suffering for JUST ONE HOUR. Forest will suffer for days, weeks and months. If he lives, he will be crippled foy life, "No, I am not bitter at youngvfolks. I don't want you to JJtUflk. .I'm cru??J? but, if they could suffer the torture Forest is going through for JUST ONE HOUR never again would they endanger their own lives und the lives of others. ' "For nineteen years his mother and I have looked after him, hoped for hint -did everything we could to help him prepare himself for manhood. "Now look. There he lies with both l?*gs broken and splintered. _()ne unkb* is literally crushed. There's a great cut on his head. The nurse says he is deuf in one ear?probably due to concussiou," (We stepped to' room No. 812. The I^MRPMn bis fourth day moaned and mumbled. A nurse was at his side. His face was discolored and a bandage covered partrTif his head. The father clenched his teeth and swallowed hard. We Htepped out.) "Four of the boys who were in that car are dead?DEAD, I tell you. They can't talk. They can't tell what happened. They are gone. I knew all of them?know their folks. It's terrible. "One of the two boys who were not hurt told me that Forest kept warning the driver to stop racing. Forest has never been reckless. He told his grandmother that morning that he did not want to make that trip to East Lansing. He seemed to have a dread that something might happen. "Vou can tell the fathers and mothers who read your newspaper for me that they, too, have a responsibility in letting their boys and girls drive cars recklessly. "Yes, and another thing?when the faculty of a school starts a bunch of young boys out on the highway in a ear together to attend some school J project. THEY HAVE A SHARE IN I THE RESPONSIBILITY. "I don't believe they have a RIGHT io take that chance. "I don't want to be unfair.' I want to think sanely about this thing, but I tell you when I see MY boy lying there all broken and crushed. I cannot help but think, THINK?AND PRAY." P. S. I he boy died the next day. In a Canadian mine 1">0 miners bat-' tied desperately for many days, and put their own lives in jeopardy, striving to save three entombed men. And while they battled tens of millions of men and women all over the world, anxiously watched, and many prayed The lives of two of the three imprisoned men were saved. And yet-when the pondering for five minutes by* all whose attention is drawn to this warning by Mr. Sparks, with a following determination to act in behalf of safety and sense, would surely save thousands of lives?the lives of thousands of men, women and children that consideration and sane action cannot be commanded! Speed, useless, reckless speed, is the direct or indirect cause of thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of broken bodies every year. , Thousands "take a chance" in South Carolina every day. when it is not only purposeless but stupid to take a chance. And the law. "or its alleged enforcers, which does not permit a person to fire a gun on the streets because some one might be hurt, permits men and women to take a chance at e\ery street intersection where the lives and limbs of others are thereby) ' put in jeopardy. It' reckless users' of firearms killed or wounded, they would at least be prosecuted, but reckless users of automobiles seem to bo safe from molestation.?Columbia State. Van Llngle Mungo, pitcher for the Brooklyn baseball team, last Thursday struck out seven players of the ( incinnati Reds in a row and then lost the game 5 to 4. This equals the best record in baseball history of striking out players one after another. Mungo struck out 11 batters during the game. The Brooklyn hatters couldn t hit the halls of their opposing pitcher Governor White of Mississippi, in his seconding speech of the nomination <?f President Roosevelt, declared Hie latter had done more for Mississippi. during his three years as president. than all the parties and all the pi esidents 'had done in To years Ten sticks of dynamite and two fuses wore found under the hood of the automobile of Attorney I) I), i?anich. h\ a garagt mean at Fort Scott Ark . last Monday United States naval academy midshipmen nre making a tour of European ports on board the battleships Arkansas. Wyoming and Oklahoma and arc now at Gothenbourg. Sweden. Wants-For Sale " FOR SALE?A desirable five room bungalow, with bath, for 8&260, eaay terme. For further Information apply Enterprise Building A Loan Association, Camden, 8. C. 8sb FOR RENT-Six rodm house op west side Highland Avenue. House in good condition. Good size lot. Price 817.50 per month. Rent payable in advance. Call Wm. L. Ooodale, Phone 193, Camden, 8. C. 13-15 pd. | FOUND ? On the Little plantation near Camden, about Ave weeks ago, one light yellow Jersey cow with horns. Apply to Henry Savage, Jr., Camden, 8. C. 14-15sb WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED?Three carloads of Arcadian, Old Style and Champion Brand Nitrate of Soda. Your business will be appreciated. The Southern Cotton Oil Company, Camden, S. C. llt-tf 8END US YOUft ORDER8?For Nitrate of Soda, Sulphate of Ammonia, Kalpit, Manure Salts, Acid, Cottonseed Meal, Muriate of Potash, and all grades of mixed fertilizer. The Southern Cotton Oil Company, Camden, S. C. 11-tf. FREE ROAD SERVICE?Creed's Filling Station Fifty-Mile Free Road Service. Call Telephone 486. Camden. S. C. WANTED?To do sewing for children. Telephone 110, Mrs. Joe Mlckle, Highland avenue, Camden, 8. C. 14-15 pd. CHOICE8T BUILDING LOT8 ? In city, on East Walnut street. Fine, neighborhood, quiet, near business, churches, schools, theatre. Car cost saved in five years will repay for lot. For sale, prices and terms reasonable. See J. B. Wallace, Camden, S. C. 14 tf. TOWERMAN WANTED?There is a vacancy on the Camden Fire Tower and anyone wishing to apply for the job of towerman, please make application at once to District Forester It. W. Rleger, or County Ranger W. C. Perry, Camden, S. C. 15sb SUBSCRIBE FOR THE CHRONICLE. | Further investigation proved that the package of Ilrltish bonds delivered to Hoy W. Ford, druggist of Mtze, Miss., last week, containing $142,625, Hhould have been delivered to a second Hoy Ford, a fanner of that sec- I tioh. The bonds represented the pro- I ceeds of a ticket in the Irish sweep. I stakes. for which the second Vurd I paid $2.60. The bonds were gejji to Ford from British Columbia. I Freaident Roosevelt has Sighed u I law setting 3.2 per cent by weight and I 4 per cent by volume aa the amount I of alcohol a state may permit .in bev- | erage8 sold within ita borders ami still j receive Federal protection aa a "dry" | atatjj under the 21at amendment | | NOTICE OF INCORPORATION j I State of South Carolina i County of Kershaw H Notice ia hereby given that the un- fl deraigned propose to form a corpora- j ; tlon to be known aa Camden Trans- j port Company under the laws of South Carolina, with its domicile at I Camden, Kershaw County, South Car- I olina, with an authorized capital of i Five Thousand ($6,000.00) Dollars, to J i be divided into fifty (60) equal shares j of common stock of the par value of I One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars p^r I share. Said corporation being formed j for the purpose of engaging ip the j business of transporting freight for I ; private purposes only. I Notice is further given that there i j will be a meeting of the incorpora | tors dn the offices of Johnson & Mont- ! ; gomery, at four (4) o'clock P. M., on H Tuesday, July 7, 1936, for the purpose I of attending to details of the forma- | j tlon of the corporation, the election | of officers, application for charter ! j and for such other and further busi- H ness as may properly come before the meeting. | J. C. GILLIS i W. G. DesCHAMPS MISS GERTRUDE GILLIS Incorporators j j Dated Camden, S. C., July 2, 1936 j j J. c. cox I Sanitary Plumbing and Heating I TELEPHONE 433-J I Estimates Furnished on Short Notice | ELECTROL OIL BURNERS I I J 11 M 1 SPECIALS FOR THE FOURTH THINSHELL Butter Cookies, 42 pieces, 2 boxes .. 25c LIBBY'S No. 1 can ^ Corned Beef 17c LIBBY'8 14-ox. Jar Queen Olives 23c UBBY'S 22-oz. jar Pill Pickles, 2 for 25c TETLEY'8 TEA, 1-4 lb. pkg .... 21c NEW LOW PRICES ON FLOUR * MUUtHS' i No. 37, 12 lb. bag .... 43c ROGERS' | Circus, 12 lb. bag .... 39c j ROGERS' No. 37, 24 lb. bag 80c ROGER8' Circus, 24 lb. bag 75c ARGO Bartlett Pears, No. 2 Cans, 2 for ... 25c j i 1 V/??MLItK Butter Bits, pkg. 15c WAXTEX J Lunch Paper, 2 rolls 15c X. Y. Z. I Salad Dressing, pt ^jar 15c MERITA 9 Soda Crackers, lb box 10c PAPER Napkins, pkg. of 80 . 10c DIXIE Drinking Cups, pkg. ..10c SOU. MANOR TEA, 1-4 lb. pkg 15c ARMOUR'S Sandwich Spread can 10c I SOUTHERN MANOR Sliced Pineapple, 1XA Cans, 2 Cans . 25c | BEE CEE I Mustard, qt jar 15c PHILLIP'S No. 1 CAN j Tomato Juice, 3 for.. 11c j One-Fifth Gallon WINES, 49c BUNGALOW Vienna Sausage, can .,5c .ECHO-DRY Plus depoaJt and tax (finger Ale, 12 oz. bottle . 5c FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES NICE JUICY LEMONS, dozen 25c ICEBERG Lettuce, head 10c GOLDEN RIPE Banana*, 2 lb* 11c 8MALL TENDER OKRA, 2 ?k 2Se