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i v.. the:?camden chronica ,f, B CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FJUDAY. AUGUST 28, l?3fl ' NUMBER 23 Two Representatives -Named First Ballot With a little over 6,000 votes being \ cut here Tuesday throughout the county the prim*!? was very quiet tod orderly. Congressman Richards bud no opposition, nor did Clerk ot ; Court James H. Clyburn, Mrs. Kathleen B. Watts, for superintendent of education and W. L. DePass, Jr., for master in equity.' In the race for the house of representatives Rev. W. P. Kstrldge, a minuter from B^Mp township apd L. C. - Clyburn. Sr.^^armer of Westvllle, won out in a field of seven candidates. Robert T. Goodale defeated J. T. Lyles for county coroner. W. T. Redfeam was reelected as county director for DeKalb township over C. V. Massebeau. Mr. Redfearn is chairman of the board. L. P. Rose Was reelected as dlrec' tor for Wateree township over John Rabon. E: B. Truesdale, of Buffalo, and J. C. Faulkeiiberry, Of Plat Rock, were unopposed for directors. Clarence M. Hough was reelected as county game warden over W. A. Rush. W. R. Taylor defeated L. C. Threatt at Kershaw for magistrate. Mr. Taylor has berved as magistrate at Kershaw for a long number of years. John A. Young was uhopposed for magistrate at Bethune. There will be a second race for magistrate at Camden probably between C. E. Davis and M. L. Smith. The vote in this race was very close between the three highest with Wade L. Stokes demanding a recount. For magistrate at Blaney a second race will have to bp ordered between H. A. Hawkins and Alton B. Nelson. Frank J. Rabon was unopposed for magistrate in upper Wateree township. t . * ; For magistrate in Plat Rock township o. R. Clements and L. D. Vincent were elected. In the contest for cotton weigher for DeKalb township a second race will be necessary between A. D. Mebeod and Robert 4. Bjuce. The executive committed was called together Thursday at eleven o'clock to recount the ballots hi the magistrate's race in DeKalb township and also to declare the results of the election The Chronica regrets that it is unable to give the tabulation in this issue but it will appear in the next issue. . This paper desires to thank the many friends who helped in compiling the returns. Also to the postoffice force for the use of the tide of the building on which to place the screen and to the Water and Light Department for installing stereoptlcan machine. it was a large and orderly crowd gathered in front of The Chronicle building and wtt& the clt# and county police cooperating there was no disorder of any ktnd. : Complete returns from ?U boxes in the county gave. Senator Jlmmle Byrnes a handsome majority in this county and his Mends are proud of it. The vote was Byrnes 4,261, Harlee 208, StOBCy.816.. Club Held Plonle The Malvern Hill Home Demonstration Club held" their regular meeting on July 24, at the church with their families and a good number of friends present for a picnic. At six o'clock we all gathered in the church. Mrs..Clif Smith, the president, called the meeting to order and Mrs. \y. j. Denton led the devotional. Miss Margaret Fewoll, the county agent, was introduced and made a verT interesting talk about onr national hymn, The Star-Spangled Banner " After singing'the song'led by Mr? C. Zemp, the oeWty farm ^ent. w C. McCarley, was Introduced and be gave a timely talk in which be stressed the need for mere reerea- I j tion in rural Communities. After more singing, which we all enjoyed very much, thamHH^Klna.1 completed^rjjiEjSeh in the grove. Besides Miss Feyrell, . Mrs. Zemp Mr. McCutsy, we wenr glad to to have all of them again soon. When , were ready to leave Just befte* ; J?ak everyone agreed that we kaff had a Rood time and that eomaunity gatherings are worthwhile.?Contri- ] *** -j ~ r-r ? "be Grahams' At Beverly Hills ^Beverly Hills, Oal., Aug. It.?Mr. i* - JO. .. HBet * "" 1 11 1 I'KsesaesRSCBCBHi Camden Lady ; ?? Loses Brother Funeral services for James Cortes ' " *???. 80? who died at his home, 4910 Colonial drive, Friday morning following a heart attack Thuraday night were conducted at B o'clock Saturday afternoon from College Place Methodist church by the Rev. George K. Way, pastor, and the Rev. J. L. Willis, pastor of Eau Claire Baptist church. Interment was In Elmwood cemetery. A native of Blythewood, Mr. Hoffman was a member of College Place Methodist church. He leaves many friends who will Join with his family in mourning his passing. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Car- J rle Moore Hoffman; three daughters, Tena -Hoffman, Sarah Hoffman and Mrs. George Norman Nungeter, Columbia; four sons. 8am V. Hoffman, Jack Hoffman, Columbia; Wade V, Hoffman, Jacksonville, Fla., and. J. C Hoffman, Ridgeway; two brothers, Butler P. Hoffman, Blythewood, and Jack Hoffman, Plnehurst, N. C.; four elsters, Mrs. Sallie H. Rion, Winnsboro; Mrs. R. C. Jones, Liberty Hill; Mrs. H. E. Savage, Walterboro; Miss Todle Hoffman, Camden. Pallbearers will be: Active, Tom 1 Moore, B. B. Ooldson, J. W. Neeley, Jr., John E. Reese, B. B. Lewis and O. M. Barton; honorary, members of the Men's Bible class of the College ' Place Methodist church. The active J pallbearers will meet at the funeral ! home at 4:80 and the honorary at the 1 church at 5 o'clock.-?Saturday's State. Foot Kill Boys Off To Summer Camp Tuesday the "Camden high school 1 football team left by motor for their annual stay at French Broad Camp, 1 near Brevard, N. C. Th? boys were i lu charge of coach Jphn M. Villeplgue i anw; 8* Agriculture teacher i In the city schools. Those making ' the trip were Earner Nolan, Woodrow j Bangers, Edward Holland, Ray Moore, DtokSO Branham, Norman Connell, Wilmot WlQttma, flOug; Lynch,, Jack 1 Richards, Jack Villeplgue, Wiley I Hogue, Jack Marshall, George -West, Jack' Rhame, Douglas' Woo ten, Ellis 1 Rowell, Frank Oliver, Harry Moore, ( Henry Brown, Stanley Watts, Elate Haley, G. T. Hendrix, Hugh Oettys, 1 Fred Huggtns, RufUs Redfearn, W. ' Robin Zemp, Jr., Billy Pitts, Billy 1 Wilson, Hugh Cox, Archie Stein. Accompanying'the boys also was J. -H. i Hammond, Jr., who drove one of the < cars. The boys will be .away until Wednesday, September 2, and while in 1 camp will undergo intensive training 1 and get In shape for the comlhg foot- ; ball season. Final Rites Held For j Kathryn McCreary . i 1 Funeral services for Mary Kathryn J McCreary, 12, who was killed Tues- < day afternoon in an automobile accident near Blaney, where she lived, < were conducted at 11 o'clock Thurs- 1 day morning frpm Mount Olivet Bap- " tist churchv fiv<^ miles below Camden, i by {he Rev. S. K. Phillips, pastor of Arsenal Hill Presbyterian church In i Columbia, assisted by the Rev. A. L. 1 Willis of Ridgeway and the Rev. J. 1 B. Caston, pastor of the First Baptist church of Camden. Interment was I in the churchyard. The child lost her life when the car in which she was riding with her J sister and another companion over- < turned and catapulted her out of the 1 automobile as the three were en route 1 to Kelly's ipill pond for a swim, p 1 The little girt had attended the Blaney schools tor several yegiw and \ had been promoted to the- rseventh < grade last June. She attended Arsenal Hill Presbyterian church in Columbia. Her family moved to, Blaney from , Columbia about tour years ago ?Fri- < ??y'? eut?. Negro Killed When ! Cor Rons Into Bank ? Baad Watson, SS-yeareld negro, < was hilled Saturday afternoon when . Mng Hd* 1 ! ommr -MmntUMi1 UW MS 1 ! tor leat night at this paper was going H ' , - -v.;-: Second Primary Will Tell The Tate (From Thursdays State) The partial ?uece#? of Governor oiln Johnston's personal campaign for legislative support hinged today on the outcolne of house races In the sec. end primary. .. ^ Flection of approximately 11 anttad mi nidation senators Tuesday arrayed a majority of 29, including 18 holdover members, as a block, potena ^ able to defeat Johnston's highway reorganisation program. The governor's adherents won slightly more than half of the 49 house seats Ailed In the first primary, but failed to amass a heavy representation in toe chamber immediately. Johnston termed the outlook "very encouraging however, and persons close to him explained that most of the house posts to be filled in the runoff September 8 were those of counties In the pro-Johnston Piedmont. .. of the first primary drew the highway issue lines sharper in Cherokee, Lexington, Laurens, Orangeburg, Richland and a number of other counties where Johnston and anti-Johnston candidates were pitted almost man-against-man for house posts. . Seventy-five representatives are to be elected in the second primary, Including the entire Spartanburg deleSAoon of eight, seven of Greenville's delegation of eight, five in Richland and five in Orangeburg, r. Charleston voters elected a city administration ticket of seven adherents of Mayor Burnet Maybank, three of Uwm old members. Anderson county filled four of Its five house posts with gWWtonites. It ballots on the fifth in the next primary. Greenville county elevated Ben T pfcppard of Greenville, state Demopratlc chairman and self-styled "personal friend" of the governor, to the state senate on the first ballot over two opponents, one considered "pro'' and the other "anti." r Br. Carl Epps of Sumter, state presldent of the Farmers and Taxpayers* league, won election to tjie house from Sumter county along with two others. Among leaders of the 1986-86 legislature, Chairman S. M. Ward of the senate finance committee. Chairman Neyille Bennett of toe ways and means committee, and Speaker Pro Tem. Sol Blatt, of Barqwell, all went In on the first ballot. Of 49 candidates elected yesterday, an unofficial poll listed 94 as proJohnston, 20 as anti, and five as undeclared or doubtful. , *monK " ? representatives om both asking re-election, 23 got In on tho lint ballet, 24 entered the second race, and 1$ met defeat Thirteen x anti-administration representatives won election, 14 made their way into toe second, rdces, and 11 tost. . ?. Ten of the house minority of JohnBtonites were returned by the first primary, ten entered the second prifttary and five were defeated. In the 24 senate races, 11 candidates considered antagonists of Johnston's highway policies won election along with five Johnston supporters and a non-committal member. Seven senate races remained to be tb6v8econd with he highway ls*ue figuring in at least Pour of them. House members who were reeleoted in the first primary. Representatives Blatt and Smith of Barnwell, Thomas and Elliott of Beaufort, Stevens and Winter of Berkeley, Zerbst, Senseney and Lofton of Charleston. Sawyer and Porter of Georgetown, Bennett of Marlboro and Britton of Sumter, ^antls."?- r Representatives May D( Aiken, of Anderson, 3r?nt of Chester, Motlngo of Darlington. Mime of Bdgefleld. McCaslsn of aroonwood, PJyler of Lancaster hdams ofJUehland end H. K. Davis Y ' Prince of Greenville, "pies " 14^, rJhmagwjQkB ?WW*m getter, J. 8, Thurmond of Bdgefield. Tf n..!^ ?f 8* W<fcrtt Others who entered second race* in reAJ!?leCtk>D ^Pnlgns werer L D. Perr.y" | V.?? * Nicholson, pro-Johnstonlte, and Quatttotanm, uncommitted, oypoMd Johns tjjjMfcihray policies. Burnett mi I r mniy* SSlitor In the second races I > supported Johnston on them. I New senators included: B. H. Henderson of Bamberg, L II. Oressette of palhoScn, Dr. C. A. Cromer of Ue reos, O. P. XJghtSey of Hampton used I M. KIBiins (it New I mi j. UiNiHy I Cromer and Abrams are avowed administration supporters. Ben T. Leppard of Greenville, Mite Democratic chairman and l VMM. - - "-v y? " A. * * * Byrnes Wins fr- Sweeping Victory Columbia, Aug. 26.--Yesterday's primary swept Senator James F. Byrnes, administration adherent, hack Into, office by a 7 to 1 majority over two rigorous New Deal critics. The Democratic nonfclnation in South Carolina is equivalent to election. Virtually complete unofficial returns showed the 57-yearold Senator leading Thomas P. Stoney, former Charleston mayor, and William C. Harllee, retired Marine colonel, by the biggest majority the Palmetto state has given a candidate for major office in recent times. Three members of the lower house ?Repe. H. P. Fulmer, John C. Taylor, and A Hard H. Casque?were renominated over their opponents on the basis of incomplete returns, but a .close race developed in the Fourth district for the late Representative John J. McSwain's toga. Two of the state's congressmen, Reps. Thomas S. McMillan, of the First district, and Rep. J. p. Richards, of the Fifth, had no opposition. Returns from the county legislative races indicated that Governor Olin D. Johnston, who stlimped for candidates favoring his highway program, had failed to gain control of the general assembly although he made gains in the house. V 'Governor Johnston, elected on an anil-highway program, ousted the politically hostile 14-man highway commission with a company of machine gunners last fall, the JohnstonHighway row has been the paramount issue In state politics. The 1936 legislature stripped Johnston of all control overbroad affairs, and in reorganising the State Highway commission, elected a board predominantly anti-Johnston. , Both victories and defeats were re-, ported for the governor's candidates in the early returns, but reelection of enough anti-Johnston senators to | keep senate anti-administration seem-j ed assured. Johnston appeared to have gained at least six seats In the house. Byrnes swept even -Stoney's home countjrof Charleston. The Junior senator drew 8,776 votes in the county to Stoney's 2,838. In a formal statement issued from his home in Spartanburg Byrnes balled his vote as a. token of approval for the policies of the Roosevelt administration. Later the senator's office said President Roosevelt, in a telephone conversation, had expressed great pleasure at-the outcome of the primary <> "My happiness is complete/' the chief executive was quoted as telling Byrnes. With returns 1,284 of the 1,474 precincts reported, the vote for senator wad : Byrnes, 199,961; Stoney, 18,789; Harllee, 9,860. Stoney Reports Big Expense Account Columbia, Aug. 24.?Thomas P. Stoney of Charleston, filed a statement today saying his U. S. senatorial campaign expenses amounted to 14,896, more than both his opponents reported. United States senator James F. Byrnes, asking renominatlon, said previously he spent $2,283, and Col. W. C. Harllee of Dillon reported $1,886. Both figures Included fees of $1,000. Stoney said he paid hlB $1,000 fee, $1,263 for printing and advertising, $1,453 for office expenses, including his office here, and the remainder for lesser campaign costs. The state department at Washington has indirectly notified American monition makers, that shipments of munitions to Spain, directly or indirectly, would be a violation of onr neutrality policy. - J .??1?i^__?______ DeKalb Club Held Its Annual Picnic The DeKalb Home Demonstration cIulT held its annual plcnlo at the Four-H Club camp Tuesday. Begin* nlng at Ave o'clock we toured the grounds Including the four shacks? then the main building and dining raonii ? , 1 he nutrition camp being in session Mr. Small, camp director, very kindly explained the many phases of camp life to us. We enjoyed listening. The children seemed very happy playing their outdoor games of base ball and boxing. At seyen o'clock a picnic lunch was spread. Oh, what a feast it wast Fried chicken, potato salad, pickles, pies, cakes and the like. The table waB in a very beautiful setting of pine trees, green grass and the last rays of sunset slanting through the. trees, casting grotesque shadows on everyone. We had lots of folks on hand for the occasion?there being Mrs. Bam Truesdale and guests, Miss Roberts, of Hartsvllle. and little Miss Marion Talley, of Rock Hill; Mrs. L. D. Broome and Misses Dottle and Helen; Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Busbee and daughter, Carolyn; Mrs. B. L. Barfleld, with Jean, Ernest, Jr., and Dan; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Watts and children, Clyatt and Bobby Jean, and Mr. and Mr*. Curtis Ogburn and children, Barbara Anne, Sonny and Alice Stacia. Flight o'clock found us packing up to return home, tired but happy .... full. At the kind invitation of Dewey Creed, chairman of the nutrition camp committee, some remained for the interesting program put on by the camp boys and girls at eight-flfteen. Singing, reciting and domedy featured this program and was most heartily enjoyed. The new club year begins in Ftp. tember. The meeting to be held wit Mrs. Jake SOwell. All members are expected and urged to be there. Secretary of War Hies in Washington Washington, Aug. 27?George Henry Dern, Secretary of war in the Roosevelt cabinet, died in Walter Reed hospital here today from heart and complications resulting from past Influenza attacks. He was 64 years of age. He died at 10:5fc a. m., Eastern Standard Tfme. Dr. Frits Meyer, noted German heart specialist called here frofn Boston^at the direction of President Roosevelt, was in consultation with army doctors Just before the war secretary died. + During the night,, it was disclosed, Dern had been placed under an oiygen-teat in, an effort to prolong hii life. \ Dern's death, friends said, followed a general physical breakdown originating in a severe attack of inffnensa when he Whs governor of Utah five years ago, and from which he never fully recovered. Since then he had suffered from recurrent influenza attacks and severe colds which gradually weakened him and placed an extremely heavy strain on his heart. v. ? , Midway Begins Its Session September 3 The Midway high school will begin the 1936-1937 session at 9 o'clock on Thursday morning, September 8. Appropriate exercises will mark the opening. The patrons as well as the students are Invited to be present The first two days will be spent In getting the rental textbook system established; >'i t-Hf The tforOliinent in high school should exceed sixty and the grammar school one hundred and fifty. All of last year* teachers are returning , except" Miss Willie Poster who feigned. Miss Wagner Dye* Of Kershaw, a recent graduate of Wte* thtop college, has been elected to take the English vacancy. Maeene Te MnI The next regular communication of Kershaw Lodge No. 29, A. P. M., wtO be held te new masonic temple, formerly the old oonrt house, Tuesday aight, 8eptsmlurT. it t o'tWil oar ly regular business wm be trMoeetel ?J. B, .Roes, Woiu^qd Master. Negro Must Die For Murder at Asheviile * Ashevllle, N. 0., Aug. 22.?Martin Moore, gaunt young negro, was convicted today of slaying Miss Helen Clevenger with a pletol In her hotel room here July 16 and was sentenced to die October 2 In the state gas chamber. Judge Don Phillips asked the ne*gro: At "Martin, have you anything to ?ayT" *'V>^'A\1sVV^v His huge arms. folded across his chest, the six-foot-three former hallboy shook his head i^if then murmured almost Inaudibl?! 'i "I want to thank the Jury." Turning to the Jury, sludge Phillips said: '/fc" T' "He says he wants- ttf thank the Jury." Then the Judge asked Moore: "Heye you anything else to say, Martin?" The defendant shook his head. Joseph F. Clevenger, 61-yeaisold father of the *!*/***# York unlver sity student, rubbed his pale cheek briskly with his hand as Foreman John 8. Hersey read the verdict in the hot packed courtroom. | A slender, yellow Bister of the defendant, garbed in -blue, broke Into tears, but If the verdict stunned Moore, he failed to show It. As thruout the trial, he maintained an appearance of apathy. Ordered to his feet for the veidict h? slowly raised his lank figure from his seat, balancing himself with one . ham-like hand on a chair In front of him, his head drooping slightly, The Jury was out almost an hour, although one member said only one ballot was necessary to decide the case. The defense filed notice of an appeal to the state supreme court aftar Judge Phillips denied a motion the Verdict he set aside. Many Helped Thru Government Loans Columbia, Ai^g. 19.?Payments totalfng"188,057.62 were made in Kershaw county by the Resettlement Administration from July 1, 1985 to June 86, 1936, according to Information received from Washington today by Law i-ence M. Plnckney, state director for the National Emergency Council. Of these payment# loans totaling $82,584.62 were made to 188 persons $478 of grants to 25 persons were disbursed. An additional activity of the Resettlement Administration, that1 of " farm debt adjustments, showed that in Kershaw county five cases had beOn adjusted through May, 1986, involving an Paginal Indebtedness of f* Mt with resultant savings of $600.09. la addition to the saving through adjust5*?nt wer* ^ PMfft wheie loans had been extended or where a reduction of interest rate bad been effected. Further benefit from this activity was noted in the taxes paid as a result Pf'adjustments- which In Kershaw county amounted to $47.00. I- _ - '\ A'/ 1 * -> Highway Deaths Are Investigated In two' inquest. bold'hers tonight Into the deaths oft W.'' B. Brunstm of Columbia, and Ell,ha Parte, of Camden, by Coroner JuM? a Rub. with Sheriff 3. ft'Wgfp'.aaalstiV?o one was hold to Maidw la either tree edy. tv.y; * ?# comJTTwhtS^ffil car from SpartaBbarg', was .trunk ae was also the car of Thomas R. Parrr of HartaTDle. Both appeared atZ by W. j. Jackson of lbs Vetamae' hospital at Columbia, was alsTtood unavoidable. t-.~. * HsUand had diod sadfHBf" * ? <a tha BaW" ehaola aad tha family about two miles eel ef town. f%* ^2*^ "J1* by ks parents, two brothers and ens sister. The fenaeal and burial waa bald Thursday nais. -a__ . evra> at - ^ oWIOek. ^