The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 28, 1936, Image 1
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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.
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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- ]
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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
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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- <
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Negro Killed When !
Cor Rons Into Bank
? Baad Watson, SS-yeareld negro, <
was hilled Saturday afternoon when .
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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 "
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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"
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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
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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.
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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.
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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;
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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.
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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
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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.
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