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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE fl. D. NILBH. .Editor aod Pu^bbf Published ev?y Friday at Numbtr 1109 Brand Htract and entered at thf Camden, South Caroltaa poetofNoe aa aacond class mail matter. Price par annum 92 00, payable in advance. Friday, July 17, 1936 THE SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN 1 (Spartanburg Herald, July U) Three candidates for the United States senate were heard by a crowd that tilled the court room in the Spartanburg county courthouse yesterday. Senator Byrnes Is asking to be returned to the senate because he has been a staunch supporter of the Hemocratic administration and the New Deal. Messrs. Stoney and liarllee want to be elected to the senate because they are opposed to the policies of the Democratic administration ontj the New Deal. Senator Ilyrnos In his speech made no reference to the candidates who seek the office he holds. Col. Harlloe was quite considerate of the senator In that there was little In what he said that was personal. Mr. tfloney, the former mayor of Charleston, supplied the excitement for the audience. He was "all het up," as the saylnR is, and paid his respocts to the senator In no complimentary ntunner. It Is all over now, insofar as the speaking Is concerned in this county. The candidates have had their say and the people will have theirs at the ballot box. The Herald doubts whether the opinion of one voter in the court house yesterday was changed by what he heard and saw. This is Senator Byrnes' home county and it was eviden^that he and the Now Deal met the approval of the large majority of those who attended the meeting. The crowd was amused by the footwork and tiro of Mr. Stotyjy when he shook his mane and rushed to the attack of Senator Byrnes. It showed little sympathy or enthusiasm when lie introduced the. race question. It is not easy to understand why Messrs. Stoney and Harlloe are in the race as Democrats. South Carolina, through its Democratic convention has endorsed President Roosevelt It sent a delegation to Philadelphia which voted for his rcnomination It does not take a prophet to foretell that in the primary election Democrats of South Carolina will endorse the national administration and Senator Byrnes. It seems a waste of time, tnonoy ami energy for Messrs. Stoney and Harlh-e to continue the campaign on the same platform, namely, opposition to Mr. Roosevelt and his policies. I hey may do some good, however, by bringing out a larger vote and making the -administration majority in the state greater than It otherwise might have been. If South Carolina had a Republican-"organization of standing Messrs. Stoney and liarllee would be excellent strikers for It. .NO SUBSTITUTE FOR RAILROADS ' 1 here will never come a time when railroads and their equipment are not necessary to the commerce of the nation, said Alfred 10. Smith recently. 1 he growth of other forms of transport has served to emphasize, rather than dim. the service provided by the railroads. The truck .systems perform a valuable service in certain fields, but when it comes to mass hauling, the rails are preeminent. Buses likewise are a transportation asset, but the average traveler has a growing appreciation of the speed, comfort and safety of the railroad train. Airplanes have an Important place In the transportation scheme?but they certainly do not replace rail service. B is an interesting fact that we hear less than we did a few years ago to the effect that the railroads are out of date, and are approaching oblivion. The truth Is that they were never more essential to the public. And they were never more progressive. The Improvement that has been made during the last decade in bettering road bods, adding to the comfort of passenger trains, speeding up both freight and passenger schedules, reducing accidents and damage to freight, and so on. is nothing short of revolutionary. I^is reliably forecast that the railroads will be "fairly prosperous" this \ car, Although the average line is still far from earning a reasonable return on its Investment. The sooner the rails attain substantial prosperity the better for alt oi us.?Industrial News-Review. POOR BOY! Maurice Karglie. who lias been spending several days at home the past week and who lips the scales at 34.> pounds and stands six feet four inches tall says the reason he is at home is because be is a little off in weight, that ids mother felt he was a bit undernourished and she wanted him at home where he could bo properly attended to. Maurice says he doesn't like the idea of being stunted in his youth. He is very anxious to grow up and'be a man some day.? Saluda Standard. THE VOTER'S RESPONSIBILITY Tim people of the United State* ere about to engage iu their moet reHi>oiiHlfol? duty, the selection of a 1'roBldent of the United States for four years. The Chief Executive of a nation the si%e of the United States has a tremendous responsibility and powers that, at times, are staggering. The man who holds the high office should be a great man, u patriot and a wise servant of his people. The two parties have held their conventions, written their platforms and named their candidates. It Is now up to the people of the United States to study tho Issues, understand the situation and select the best man. it Is our faith In democracy that makes us believe they will be equal to the task and we say this regurdless of Whether tho people of tho nation select Mr. Koosovolt or Mr, London. There will be subtle efforts during tint campaign to divert the public from some issues and strenuous efforts to appeal to blind partisanship,, selfishness and sectional prejudices. Some of these attempts will come from each side, it is up to the uveragc voter to see through subterfuges, look behind curtains and understand what is going on. The success of the American system, of government 1b predicted upon tho belief thut the voters, as a mass, are able to comprehend the issues in a campaign and that, unswayed by greed but moved by lofty patriotism, they will bo able to select the best man for the presidency. Let us hope tiufl the year 1936 will demonstrate the truth of this assumption.?Orangeburg . Times-Democrat. HAVE YOU ENROLLED? Have you enrolled for, tho first primary election to be held on Tuesday, August 25th? Did you vote in the state and county election two years ago? If you did and have not moved Into another precinct your name is on the book. Hut if you huve moved into another precinct you will have to enroll again to vote tiiis year. To he on' the safe side you had better go to file book of your precinct and see If your name |s there. If you become 21 before November you will lie permitted to enroll and vote for first time ill August. Here 'are the requirements: Two years' residence in file state; six months residence in the county prior: to Novemb'-r 3 and tit) days residence in the precinct prior to August 25. The hooks (lose on duly 28. lb-re's a suggestion to candidates for I lie J .legislature by the (Ireenwood Index .Journal .that tboy would do well to consider: "Candidates who wish to advertise the fact that they are "one hundred per cent for Governor Johnston" should remember that this includes that most inexcrtkablg use of soldiers last fall, a stunt which cost the state- barrels of money and was absolutely without purpose. Use of soldiers to run things regardless of laws was a feature of Radical days. To revive it in this day and time and that by the use of one of these same old Radical laws, as Governor JohnsRm boasted, is one of the tilings that Just does not seem possible. But it 'was tried. Candidates should not fail to include that first in their "support of the Governor." The big tiling in picking legislators this summer is not whether they are for Johnston. Smitlu Jones, or Brown, but whether they have made a success of their own affairs, or not, and if elected, will vote to lower taxes, stand for biennial, forty-day sessions of tho General Assembly, and be content with the wages that the State says they arc to receive.?Chester Reporter. Lawsuit Lasted 260 Years A lawsuit which began in Poland 250 years ago is still in progress, notes Pearson's Weekly. A cavalry leader in the Polish army named Colonel Ivenk died in the charge which routed the Turkish army before the gates of Vienna .and his estate went to the Carmelite monks. Then his family produced a. document written by him cancelling the legacy, and the suit was begun. Later it was continued against the Russian government when Poland was absorbed by that country. Now tbat Poland is an independent country, the suit continues, this time against the Polish government. One of tbe longest lawsuits on roc-1 ord extended over live centuries. It was a claim for the staggering amount of ?207,000.000 made by the heirs of an Italian aristocrat whose possessions were confiscated. The claimants declared the confi?-< cation illegal, but ultimately an appeal court at Naples decided against thorn. Ed Veal, convict, will face trial for his life after being declared sane, for the killing of a prison guard at Richmond, Va., at the time of an attempted prison break. CROWDS < 'undented from The American Legion Monthly. Wo think wo know something about sporting crowds in the United States. Ho wo do, too. A World Series openor iu Now York pulls In <15,000; a game in the Hose Howl is aeon by 80,000. Hut evou our exceptional 100,000 crowds, UK at the Dempsey-Ttmney tight lu Chicago, are regularly topped by the HrltUb attendance at a big uoccer match, a Derby, a boat race or au International football claah. One of the largest crowds In the annals of athletics?128,047 paying guests?-assisted at the 1023 Cup Tjie, the knockout competition of the leading professional soccer football clubs of England, a league which corresponds closely to our baseball leagues. That Is, 126,047 were lawfully present, but au hour before the kick-off a great horde rushed the gates, pushed thousands of legitimate ticketholders from their aeuts and had a free view of the match. Estimates of actual attendance were us high as 160,000. 1 never saw anything like it, and hope never to again, for mauy people were seriously injured. But the soccer crowds are not the largest to watch sporting events In the British isles. They have several free shows over there?why don't we liuve them In tills country??that are bigger. Fewer than a hundred thousand see our own Kentucky Derby, whereas a million, if estimates of the conservative London Times can be relied on, watch the English Derby. Of course, the Derby is a classic. It is more than a horse race, it's a great spectacle. Yoir will notlco at the Derby one important thing that differentiates British sport from our own and which goes through all their other sports: whereas the vast majority of onlookers at Churchill Downs are seated, at Epsom only a minority, the King, the Agu Khan, the nobs and a few rich horse-owners get Beats under cover. , The rest stand. # Or ait on the roofs of automobiles, amid several thousand big red London buses which have been hired by private parties who see the race from t lie tops. Maybe they get a goad view; but the majority of the vast standing throng has just a glimpse and nothing more. You hear hoofs pounding toward you; suddenly the horses swing around Tottenham Corner? foam-Hecked mouths, a clump of gaycolored jockeys with strained faces, a swirl of dust, and they're gone. You ; can't sec the finish; you don't know; who's won until it's announced over! the loudspeaker. But >ou don't come for thy race, 'i oil come for the spectacle. The Downs are u camping place for gypsies and touts for days beforehand. On the morning of the race, the infield is alive with Derby bookmakers, noisy roundabouts, swing boats, eocoanutshoes, evangelists predicting the end of the world, card shai pa, stajls tfelling fried eels, gin and bitters, or anything you like. Hundreds of people, thousands of people from all over the British Isles, Jostle and tramp all over your feet as you mill about. England's greatest sporting show, in my opinion, and like the Derby another huge democratic festival, is the Oxford-Cambridge crew race, popularly callod the Boat Race, which takes place in March on the Thames. Along the four mile stretch, Cockr.ey crowds who have never seen either Oxford or Cambridge, and never will, densely pack the sides of the river, wearing the colors of one or the other of the universities. At the race I saw, the crowd was more interesting than the race. There was a man harauguing a gathering on the horrors of Dartmoor prison, from personal experience, I gathered. There were Punch and Judy shows on each bank; coffee stalls, peanut and fruit vendors. Fiddlers, bands, pipers, hurdygurdies and concertinas elbowed up and down. Imperial Airways had sold places on half a dozen big liners which seated 80 passengers and gave an excellent view of the race from above. A quarter of u million persons were said to have seen this event. The goofiest crowd in England, In fact the goofiest crowd I've ever seen is the Wimbledon tennis crowd. I have left Wimbledon at eight o'clock the evening before a finals when Bill Tilden or Helen Wills Moody were to play, and seen a long line already waiting to get one of the 1,200 standing places to be put on sale at noon the next day! Before the match starts probably two or three thousand nuts will have paid three shillings just to enter the grounds, watch the electric scoreboard synchronized with the one inside on the Center Court, and listen to the cheers for a match they cannot even soe. Seats for Jjte .Center and Number One Courts are in such demand that a ballot Is held every y#ar and the lucky winners, about half of those who apply annually, are graciously permitted to buy a book of tickets for the 12 days at a cost of four pounds. The total gate at our championships at Forest Hills, j General News Notes Benator Gore of Oklahoma, admits his defeat for the nomination of the Democratic party in the primary of Tuesday, being led by both Representative Josh Lee, public speaking professor, and Governor E. W. Marland, who outdistanced Corner Smith, vice president of thfe National Townsend plan. Sergt. R. W. Hubbard, staff officer at Bowman Field, Ky., a native of Seneca, S. C., was found shot to death In his room at the barracks ou Wednesday, having been shot through the head and neck with a shotgun. The post commander refused to release information pending investigation. Accidental deaths from all causes, 441, over the last Fourth of July holiday, were the largest in several years. Motor cur deaths totaled 254; as compared with 216 In 1935. Drownings to* tuled 103, and fireworks fatalities totaled 7. A $500,000 fire was started at Renisen, Iowa, by fireworks. Governor Hoffman of New Jersey, has flatly refused to grant extradition of Kills Parker, Sr., rural detective chief, to New York, where he is wanted on charges of having kidnaped Paul H, Wendel, carrying him from New Jersey to New York. It Is a case growing out of the Lindbergh kidnaping. Seventeen leaders of Japan's military rebellion last ..February, have been court martlaied and condemned to death before a firing squad. The Judgment of the courr'contalns 10,000 words. Three elder statesmen of Japan lost their lives as .the result of the rebellion. G-men this week rounded up Ave more men wanted in connection with two big bank robberies in New York in December and January, totaling $2,000,000, and recovered $200,000 of government notes. The secret service men have captured 16 of the gang and recovered nearly a million dollars of the securities. In order to determine whether or not he was poisoned, the body of Henry Iwers, who died May 30, last- In Cedar county, Iowa, Is to be exhumed for. examination. Iwers Is the last of three bachelor brothers to die, leaving a large fortune to two relatives. Other relatives, a flock of them, are now trying to get in on the divide. Mrs. Florence Thompson, 42, sheriff of Davies county, Kentucky, the mother of four children, has announced that she will spring the gallows trap on July 31, when Rainey llathea, negro, 22, will be executed following conviction as a rapist-slayer. His victim was a white woman, 70 years old, I on June 7. I Yesterday the strike among tenant farmers and share croppers in east Arkansas was officially ended by the strikers, hut employing farmers laughed at that and said it was only a publicity stunt, for there had never been strike enough to attract notice. They said labor had always been plentiful at 75 cents a day. State relief In Pennsylvania is at a standstill, with state funds <exhausted and the legislature deadlocked over the amount to be appropriated for care of 500,000 unemployed. The Democratic administration insists on appropriations of $55,000,000, while the Republican senate counters with an estimate of $35,000,000 for relief until January 1. Heber L. Hicks, chauffeur, has confessed to state police of Indiana, that he killed Harry R. Miller, retired flre captain of Cincinnati, Ohio, and later took his body over to' Kentucky and there decapitated him and lopped off his hands. Miller's 66-year-old sister had been held by the police for several days on suspicion of having killed her brother at New Trenton, Ind. Delbert Green, three times a killer, due to face a firing squad in the yard of the Utah state prison today, whefi five riflemen will be paid $25 each for firing the death shots, refused to accept the funds offered by fellow convicts to finance an appeal to the federal supreme court. "It Is no use wasting any more money on me," he declared, as he Is prepared to "take It like a man." Italian military planes have been sent out in Ethiopia to make "mass reprisals" against an Ethiopian district In which at least four Italian fliers were slain June 28. The victims had been making observation flights over the Wallegra district, and when they landed in a district frequented by fierce and hostile tribesmen, at least four of the fliers were slaughtered. An Italian priest in the flying party, made his escape and took the news of the disaster to Addis Ababa. The famous sisters; quadruplets, of Durant, Okla.?Mary, Lona, Roberta, and- Leota?went to th^? polls on Tuesday and voted for their first time. They were Identically dressed In navy blue sports suits, and probably all voted alike. lx>ng Island, will never run much over 50.000. During the Wimbledon fortnight?the last week of June and the first week of July each year?650,000 spectators watch the tennis stars of the world. That's crowds, that is. THBWT DW1WKW TOO M7ANV Remember Harry Lauder'? tonga* twisting test for tipsituess?"If ye can say 'tis k braw, brlcht. moonlletat nidi), yc'iv not right, ye ken." In Philadelphia, they tell drinking drivers to say "Suzie and Sally Sampson sat In the soup." If this goes all right, the suspect is usually de~ clared sober. If there is still doubt, he is made to walk around a given circle, or blindfolded and told to And his ears and mouth with his fingers, or Kid to stand at attention with hie eyes closed to see If his body sways. Ihit the significant thing about these tests is that they show beyond doubt that even three highballs slow up. the faculties by 9.7 per cettt. One physician goes so far at to say that a person with only one drink is worse than the plain drunk because he thinks he Is not afTected and Is lh condition to drive. Similar results were shown by a test conducted by the Illinois State Society of Optometrists, using a new instrument called a "telebrinocular" resembling the old fashioned sterescope. Three tWo-ounce- helpings of whiskey, it was found, make a person unfit to drive.?The Rochester (N. V.) Times. President Roosevelt this week has notified all department heads and | independent agencies to apportion congressional appropriations so as not only to affect savings, but to set up "substantial reserves." An all-star team of the National league defeated an all-star team of the American league in a ball game at Boston on Tuesday by a score of 4 to 3. Though ike Statue of Liberty has I stood in New York harbor tor halt a century It fcaa Just been discovered that the deed of gift, intended to come i with the gift to America from France, was never received on this side. Twenty-five Norfolk, Va., tyrem** were overcome while fighting fire la i a.chemical plant, by escaping chlorine gas. None of them were seriously at- j fected. ; AH American residents of Kwangsl province, China, except two, have i evacuated to Nanking, in feur of the > ! operation of bandits in the province. ' Wants-For Sale I L08T?On street from Kendall Mills I j to Camden Ice Plant, one roll ot I | tin, 18 inches wide. Finder notify { > Chief of Police or call Camden les j plant. ltpd ! FOR 8ALE?A desirable five room ' ' ] bungalow, with bath, for $2,260, ; ! easy terms. For further Informs tion apply Enterprise Building 4 I j ! Loan Aseooiatlon* Camden, 8. C. 3sb FOR 8ALE?One 1932 V-8 Ford Coach I in good condition. Will sell cheap. 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