The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 17, 1936, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
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Friday, July 17, 1936
THE SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN
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(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
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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. I
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FREE ROAD SERVICE?Creeds Fill
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CHOICEST BUILDING LOTS ? In | j
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neighborhood, quiet, near business, ; j
churches, schools, theatre. Car coBt i I
saved In five years will repay for j j
lot. For sale, prices and terms I J
reasonable. See J. B. Wallace, H
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SELL YOUR HOGS?July 28th begin- j |
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mond prices. Weighed, traded and I j
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