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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE! q. P. NILB8. Editor and FuWUhwr Published ?v?ry Friday at" Nuinbar 110? Broad St>??t and entorad at tha <'?tiad?n, South Carolina ppatoffloa as aacand class mall mattar. Brloa par annum |!Q0, payable In advanca. Friday, July 24, 1W6 BETTER THINK IT OVER In a. recent Issue of The Chronicle we invited the self-styled "Hotter Government Club" to furnish to m for publication the purported'* H?t of the questions they were propounding to the candidates summoned before them, a copy of the pledge they were demanding that the candidates sign, and a copy of the pledge they were presenting to the Voters for their signatures; but to this good hour the invitation has not boon accepted. We stated then that If their cause was entirely righteous we could sec no good reason why these things should not bo made public, The government of this county and state Is in the hands of the Democratic party, and will remain so, wo believe, for many years "io come, and If the organization is in possession of soifie?Torinula that will Insure bettor government, It ? should, if its membership is composed, of good Democrats, und we assume that it is, bring out the panacea and make it available in Its entirety to the whole Democracy of Kershaw county and South Carolina that It qiay imbibe freely und the ills that beset our body politic be thereby cured. If the organization is dedicated to the proposition that all of the policies of the present governor of the Btate should be carried out. and if the pledges and questtonalres above referred to were designed to aid in bringing about that end, what earthly reason could there be for not letting the public generally know Just what they stand for, what they hope to do and Just what these documents contain. though for the life of us we cannot see where there is any connection or relationship between the duties of a clerk of court, a superintendent of education, a coroner, or a legislature, and how a man stands with Governor Johnston or the state highway department. The simple truth is that there is no place in the Democratic party in ibis stale for any such organization, but if there is to be one it surely should not be afraid to have the white light of publicity turned tipon It. Up to now it has not taken the public into its confidence, but. if we are informed correctly, it has soif^Trt; ajpd sought vigorously, to make coat tail swingers out of the candidates for office In this county, and w?? are informed that the woods were shelled for candidates to oppose those who refused to sign on tho lino. In our judgment it is a bad thing for members of the general assembly to go into office definitely committed to tbe policies of a governor, no matter who he may be. Ours la a government of checks and balances. No matter who sits In the governor's chair the legislature should not be the tool of the chief executive any more than he should be the puppet of the general assembly. Hut granting for the sake of argument that there might be some possible oxcuse for questioning the candidates for the legislature, why should the candidates for the other county offices be required to subscribe to the alliance unless it be for the purpose of fostering a political dictatorship? Who said "ring rule?" Under the rules promulgated by the Democratic party of South Carolina every candidate In the primary must sign and file a pledge, of which the following is a part: "I declare that 1 am a Democrat and that I am not, nor will I become, tho candidate of any faction, either privately or publicly suggested, other than the regular Democratic nomination." No matter how much in secret the "Hotter Government Club" may have conducted its deliberations, nor how secretly they may guard their records and documents, we all know that . there Is such an organization functioning, that it has demanded of the candidates that they subscribe to certain "principles" and that it has caused to be circulated petitions or pledges throughout the county whereby it seeks to bind tho Democratic electors to support only candidates standing for certain things. We leave it to any unbiased person to say whether or not that makes the organization a "faction" in the meaning of the rule above referred to. Then docs not the candidate who has clambered aboard their wagon in this manner becoiuo their candidate and thereby made himself Ineligible a? a candidate in the Democratic primary! In another column we publish an editorial in this connection appearing In the Columbia Record In its Issue of July 16. The Cbronlcltbshrdlushrdlushrdlu z The Chronicle has no desire to suggest to any Democrat how he or she should vote. We realize that there a re some fst people In T^ershaw county, ill-advised though we believe them to be who are or have been In sympathy with this organisation, but o. . fj . - : - -W wm r . we feel that they have not given the matter the consideration It deserve* and that when they have pondered the Hituation seriously they will realize that they have been playing with fire and that they will withdraw their allegiance. The hecrecy of the ballot ha* beeu guaranteed to us. Kvery man and woman has the inalienable right to vote as he or ?ie see* lit, and any Democrat .has the right by conforming to the rule* of the party to become a candidate for any office Id the gift of the people wl^h^ut being hampered by any clique, faction or organization. We cannot believe that t be Democrat* of Ker*haw conty a* a whole, no matter how they may feel with respect to the present state administration, are willing to allow this fungus growth to fasten itself upon us and wind its tentacles about us and so Intrench Itself that It will be able to suy who shall or shall not hold office und to have the power to cast Into outer durkness those who are not willing to swallow It and Its so-called "principles" hoof, hide and hair. For the good of the party, and for the good of the county and state, We believe it should be stamped out. Democrats of Kershaw county, what say you? I' BUT THE RULES REQUIRE The Camden Chronicle reported a week or so ago the formation In Kershaw county of a "Better Government club" which is sending out letters to all candidates for political office In the county inviting them to "qualify" by subscribing to the organizations' "principles." The club, The Chronicle now Is Informed, s^eks In still more Important particulars^to ^establish itself as a potent political party within the Demoj cratlc ..primary. C v "We have since been Informed," The Chronicle reports, "that this organization Is circulating In the different precincts of this county an agreement it desires to be signed by tho Democratic voters whereby the voters pledge themselves to vote for candidates favoring certain things. We are also advised.that when candidates appear before the executive officers of the club they are asked a set of | questions. We are informed too. that the candidates are asked to sign seme pledge." . This Is however a dangerous business under the existing rules pf the Democratic party, designed, however unwisely, to prevent the growth of organized factions within the party. Rule 26 for example requires of every candidate in the primary that he subscribe to an oath affirming "that I am not nor will 1 become the candidate of any faction, either privately or publicly suggested, other than the regular Democratic nomination." Kershaw candidates will therefore he well advised 'tq look a hit before they leap.?Columbia Record. FORGOTTEN NAMES Through an article in the Washington Post somo time back, David Rankin Harbee, newspaperman and author, now public relations counsel for the Federal Alcohol Administration, Informed tho world that Robert MHIb, designer of the Washington Monument, the classic Treasury building and the old Patent Office at the Nation's Capital, the wings of Independence Hall at Philadelphia, the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston, the subTreasury at New York, the Washington Monument In Baltimore and the DeKalb Monument at Camden (which Mills saw Lafayette dedicate), lay In an unmarked grave In historic Congressional Cemetery here. As a result. local architects marked the spot. Just recently, architects of the nation as a whole put up a lasting monument at Mills' eternal bivouac and the exercises attracted a letter from President Roosevelt In which he said: "Of all the monuments In our National Capital, the one outstanding in silent, solemn grandeur is that which Mills designed and which the nation erected in memory of Washington. None but a very great genius could have evolved In his mind such a lofty conception of the greatness of a man and of a great nation's lqve for that man." Barhee explains that his Post story was read by a great-granddaughter of Robert Mills and thus prompted a complete biography of an architect little known in comparison with his works.-r-Goldflsh Bowl, Washirigton, D. C. Lad Injured By Bat Floronce, July 22.?Struck on the head by a flying baseball bat which fractured his skyllj^lendel Smith, 13, remained In a settoua condition at a hospital here tonight. Young Smith was watching a sjandlot baseball game. It was drizzling rain as Clinton Galloway, 16, swung at a pitched ball. The bat flew out of his wet hands and struck Smith, telling him to the ground. The boy was rushed to the hospital where an operation was performed. Physicians said he might not survive the' night PI8QAH NEWS NOTES . # I'lsgah, July 21.'?On last Weduesday \V. F. Maker with W. H. Hatfield, I of Borden, were hosts at a fish fry at Kuggs l-ake. Those present besides the famillea of the hoat were: Rev,j S, M. Hatfield, of Langley; Representatlve A, J. Hatfield and family, C, L. Maker and family, Mrs. J. R. Lackey and aona, all of Humter; Mrs. J. W. Kennedy and little son, of Bishopvllle; Mr. and Mrs. John K. McLeod and daughter, Irene, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McT^eod, of Rembert; and Thomas Watts, of Florence, Mrs. J. T. McLeod. of Rembert, Is spending sometime with her mother, Mrs. J. T- Dennies, while Mr. McLeod is attending summer school. Mrs. Alex Livingston and family have returned to North .after haying visited Mrs. Leon Stuckey and daughter a fetv days. They were ?accom panied home by Mra. Blanche Rog | ore, and Mrs. C. L. Maker and children, of Rembert. Mra. W. F. Maker spent a few days In Miahopvllle last week with relatives and friends. James Shiver, of Columbia, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs C. M. Shiver. Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Kenne.dy and R0TV' or Miahopvllle, C. Ij. Baiter and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McLeod. of Rembert, were dinner guesta of W F. Maker and family on Sunday. Canada's Notorious Moron Lvery time we hear and read about Jhat Canadian backwoodsman, Dlonne, we are reminded of an author's famous and truthful line which runs as follows: "The pride of science is j humble when compared to the pride of Ignorance'." His poor wife, by the ^ latest birth the other day, Is the mother of thirteen children. If the daddy moron Is not sterilized, as he should be, there will be more than thirteen more. She is not quite twenty-five.. As all of our readers remember, she went on a rampage about two years ago and brought Ave Into the world In one clip, known as the "Dionnd quints." it is estimated that If these ?ve girls live, each will be worth a million dollars when 21 years of age. Hie Canadian government took charge and saved them all. In addition to that the parents are re-' celving a monthly stipend. Yet that1 Igndramus is trying to fight the gov-1 eminent. He has discharged his faith-' fill old family physician, DaFoe from l>ls home. Still he thinks he knows more than a kind government, a loyal and sensible neighbors. The pride* of science is truly humble against such crass Ignorance.?Qalnoun Times. '* ' A- Work in Kershaw County Since the beginning of the National Youth Administration program In Kershaw county in January of this year, 70 young people in the age group of 16 to 25, eligible for the work, have been given gainful and educational ~ employment. These aro working under adult supervision and guidance and have been employed on the following projects: Thirteen on the nursery project under the supervision of agriculture teachers; six on library assignment; four as office assistants; four in sewing rooms as aides; five In the nursery school;' nineteen on recreational projects;' three on beautlflcatlon projects; six employed on community gardens; two as nurses' assistants and eight as home and farm agents' assistants. During the year 143 in the county received school aid. Miss Mary Hayes is the'county supervisor. The N. Y. A. county committee is composed of the following: Harold Funderburk, Rev. Douglas McArn, Moultrie Burns, Miss Margaret Fewell, Miss Mary Emma Hough, Jennie Lee Carter and Rev. P. B. Mdodana. A QOOD platform . ^ candidate for the house of representatives in an adjoining county, has the following planks in his platform : I advocate transacting the state's business in forty days and going home. "I advocate making up the county supply bill early in the session. I will oppose voting members of the legislature fcuo salaried positions which they themselves have created." Here are three good planks that should be demanded this summer of all legislative candidates by the voters of every county in the state ? Clinton Chronicle. The Good Old Days And Now It may be the ascending footsteps of citizens can be traced by the additional financial burdens thai men and women are now able to bear There was a time when we did not include in our expense account such services as are rendered by telephones, picture shows, automobiles, radios, beauty parlors, and so on. We have moved a long way from the simple life of the old days, and life may be wider and happier and shah' lower, but it Is very much to be I doubted whether the standard of clti- J senship has been Improved.?Clinton Chronicle. PERSON'S ACTIVITY SHOULD GUIDE BREAFAST MENU Not a day goes by that somebody doesn't ask questions about breakfast. As you know, breakfasts are divided Into three types: The light, medium and heavy. \ The very light breakfajl consists of fruit, some sort of breadstuff-such a# rolls, or toast, and a beveragemilk, cocoa or coffee. This type of meal Is suitable for adults whose habits are sedentary. and who eat adequate noon meaiii. The person who o(n|ts luncheon should eat a heartier breakfast, however, because the very light type of meal provides too little fuel to take one through the day. The light breakfast adds cereal to the-very light menu. This ineal Is a convenient type to serve because it provides the essentials of the ohii* dren's breakfast and takes care of adults who are moderately active physically. The medium breakfast consists of fruit, eggs or their equivalent, breadstuff and beverage. School children, adults who are active physically and those who take very little luncheon at noontime require this type of morning meal. The heavy breakfast adds an extra hoi-dish -to the medium breakfast menu. Persons who engaged in strenuous muscular work and those whose total food requirements for the day are high, need this type of meal. With these various types of meals in mind, it is quite simple to plan one breakfast menu which will meet the needs of all the members of a family, no matter how diversified their interests may be. The Inactive persons can refuse the extra dishes and limit themselves to the light or medium breakfast, the heavy type being unsuited for their needs. The children's breakfast should furnish every necessary element for proper nourishment. In the morning his stomach has been without food for the long peridd of his twelve hours and he is ready for a meal which will supply food for growth as well as energy. An active child uses up a vast amount of both nervous and muscular energy during the1 day. Fruit or fruit juice, hot or cold cereal with cream jf possible, milk or a ' glass of cocoa made with milk, toast and a soft cooked egg?there is a ; well-balanced breakfast for a growing child, i ODD ACCIDENTS i An unusual operation occurred in Maryland when Robert Bryant wap wounded in the abdomen by an accidental bullet from a playmate's rifle. Doc tor's found the lad's appendix had j been severed completely from the other organs by the bullet. ! During the cold weather last spiing a sister took little Joseph Chlnnici out for some fresh air in New York. A jagged chunk of ice thrown by the rear wheel of a passing truck hit the I youngster's head, fatally injuring him. While auto tires often toss small pebbles and other object through the air such missiles are seldoih as large as the seven and a half pound rock which a passing car hurled through the windshield of another on an Indianapolis highway, instantly killing -R. R. Elliott, a passenger. > Haven Mowry firmly believed lightning would not strike twice in the same place. Recalling that it had once struck his tractor he failed to dismount from the machine during a Pennsylvania thunderstorm. But it did strike again, knocking him to the ground and inflicting painful burns. A Kansas motorist, Dang Fullinger, was shocked into unconsciousness when a child ran in front of his car. A resultant nervous collapse left him blind. The child was uninjured. When Adolph Spreckels, a wealthy motorboat racer, lost control of his craft in a race near Seattle, it hurtled through a crowd of spectators and landed atop a truck. Spreckels was thrown high in the air against a- telephone pole where, his arm impaled On a spike, he hung suspended until rescued. An icicle was responsible for a recent act of Congress. Because the icicle happened to fall from a federal building Congress awarded an Iowa woman $225 for injuries sustained when it struck her on the head. While climbing with playmates, 17; year-old Lloyd Beebe, of Michigan, fell from a tree onto a high-tension power line. Instantly electrocuted, the shock toosed his body back into the tree with such force as to wedge it tightly between two limbs.?The Pathfinder. Infantile paralysis victims In Alabama total about 159, and in Tennessee 15 and four in Mississippi. There have been eight deaths from the disease in Alabama. Federal, state and local medical authorities are cooperating in efforts to check "the spread of the malady. 4 _______________ \ Virginia's tobacco acreage was in* creased 8 per cent this year, but it is now estimated that the yield of ike year will be 14,408,000 pounds less than that of 1985. 8NAKB8 CANNOT AS FAR AS OWN LRNQTH How far can . poisonous snakes strike? About one-balf to threefourths their length, s^ys. the United States Bureau of Biological Survey. The greater distance is rarely reached evon.dqrlng times of extreme excitement, and the longer strokes have little accuracy. It Is commonly belivedo that they strike their full length or greater distances. In striking at an object a snake simply straightens out the S-shaped curves in Its body with great speed. When coiled |t uncoils about half of the front part of its body and hurls that paHforwardfrona a looped position. Snakes can strike short distances from almost any position.? The Western diamond back rattlesnake, when 'excited, frequently raises its head 10 to 15 Inches above the ground. From this position it strikes sideways and downward. Poisonous snakes often,, misjudge distance in striking at objects. Venom flying from their fangs, when they strike at objects beyond their reach, accounts for stories of American snakes spitting poison. An African species really does this. Reports of persons bitten by venomous snakes Indicate that in most cases the victims were bitten on the legs or feet. High topped boots or he^vy leggins therefore are an efficient safeguard against most attempts of snakes to bite. Waist-high rubber wading boots with Inserted canvas shank gives good protection in the swamps and lowlands. OLD WORLDiTIS In one London district black coal being delivered from a white-phinted cart by a man in white overalls. Lmepror Selassie, dethroned by Italy, serving visitors at the Ethiopian Legation in London Italian Vermouth. German courts sentencing a young Jewish salesman to a year in Jail for accosting an "Aryon" woman. Russian telephone subscribers going nuts while phone inspectors in efforts to speed up service go from one exchange to another calling numbers at random and checking the time it takes the operator to complete the call. Turkey's dictator Mustapha Kemal Ataturk ordering the Mayor of Istanbul to, build a city by the sea with all resort facilities within three months and the Mayor's accomplishing it to the day. Three Yugoslavs being killed as the members of two families who had had a blood feud for generations met with a lawyer to determine the ownership of a well.-?The Pathfinder. LUCKY j- If you think you have all the hard luck in the world, or too big a share of it, consider the situation of those who live in the northwest. After enduring a long, hard winter that brought blizzards, snow and cold from early fall until spring, that section is now being baked by record heat and made desolate by a thought that threatens to make it another Sahara desert. That makes South Carolina look like a heaven on earth by comparison. We should appreciate It more.?Anderson Daily Mail. George N. Peek, the first administrator of the New Deal AAA, and later foreign trade adviser to President Roosevelt, has given his approval of the farm and foreign trade planks of the Republican party platform. . ' ii mLjm Lee County Negroes Die This Afternoon Two negroes, Wash Desseseau, 2S and James Mlxon, 20, sentenced to death for the murder of a Lee county elderly storekeeper, are to be electrocuted at 6 o'clock Friday afternoon at the state penitentiary. The Rev. g K. Phillips, prison chaplain, has been seeing them regularly since they were placed in the death house, and will be with the two negroes tomorrow before their deaths. The pentence Was passed by Judge 1 hillip H( Stoll at Blshopvllle June 9 for Friday, July 24, between the hour. ~ot o a. m. and 6p. m. A third negro, James Franklin^ 16, was sentenced jto life imprisonment upon recommendation of mercy by the Jury, after he had turned state's evidence at the trial. The murdered storekeeper was R. J. Kelley. Franklin testified in court that he saw Desseseau strike Kelley with a wrench the night of February 28, after Desseseau and Mixon had told him they pianned to rob the storekeeper.?Thursday's State. Funeral services for Rev. S.,Parke. Cadman, D. D., noted radio preacher, were held at the Central Congregational church of which Dr. Cadinau was pastor, in Brooklyn, N. Y., Wed- j nesday, with the fuheral service conducted by Bishop Francis J. McConneil'of the Methodist church. Seventeen persons were injured when a bus hit a threshing machine on national highway No. 16, near Brighton, Mich. 3HIRT8 A traveling retail salesman came In the other day and tried to sell us a made-to-order shirt. When we explained to him that we never bought articles from out-of-town firms If like articles were available in Monroe, he did not seem a bit disappointed. "I rather expected that answer," l^e said. "In my whole territory I do not have but one newspaper man for a customer and that is Billy Arthur, the famous little man of New Bern, and he has to have his shirts made: to-order. I don't know why, but men pf your craft are the most loyal to home-town merchants." Which is indeed a compliment. Bat newspaper men usually have an additional reason for not buying shirts. And that is lack of funds.?Monroe 1 Enquirer. __ <3.; Wants-For Sale FOR 8ALE?A desirable Ave room bungalow, with bath, for ' $2,260, oaay terms. For further Information apply Enterprise Building A Loan Aasoclatlon, Camden, 8. C. 8sb i FOR 8ALE?One 1932 V-8 Ford Coach in good condition. Will sell cheap. Apply at The Chronicle office, Camden, S. C. FREE ROAD SERVICE?Creed's Filling Station Fifty-Mile 'Free Road Service. Call Telephone 480. Camden, S. C. CHOICEST BUILDING LOTS ? to city, on Bast 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. O. ?t? 14 tf. . 8ELL YOUR HOGS?July 28th beginning 6:00 a. m. $1.00 under Richmond prices. Weighed, traded and cash payment while you wait. vise how many you expect to bring. Farmers' Bxchange, Inc., Sumter, 8. a f *T'1$ Pd J.C. cox I Sanitary Plumbing and Heating I TELEPHONE 433-J Estimates Furnished on Short Notice ELECTROL OIL BURNERS GODSHALL'S MARKET] I IN THE HOME STORE J Mr. Farmer: Bring your Cattle, Hogs and Calves to us for best prices. m Choice Round Steaks lb. 20c 1 Armour's Star Breakfast Bacon, lb. 33c 1 Pure Pork Sausage, lb. ... 20c I Beef Roast, lb. .. .* ....; 15c I Stew Meat, lb. 10c I Hamburger, lb. 15c I Veal Chops, lb. 15r |