Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE -up i ?ri r r r-.< i i rr ~ ~ ~ < m I " B. D. NILK8. .Editor and Publisher SSSSi Notud class mall mutter. Prk>? P*r aaaum M OO, payabU In advativ*. Friday, September 26, 1936 ~~A LITTLE HI8TORY (Monroe Enquirer) There are no redskins lurking behind tree* ready to scalp the first whlteskln that parses Into the western part of the cpunty nowadays but the name Waxhaw Ih ao realistically Indian thut we have been a little aklt?-, tish of that eectloti However, along comes T. W. Becroat lu the Lancaster News who calme all our fears with a history of the pawning of the Waxbaws at the handn of the Cherokees aa told to him by an old Catawba Indian: "The Waxhaw tribe lived between the Catawba river and the Itocky river trull which follows the road still known a* the Itoeky r river road through Lancaster county." *The Waxhaws hunted and fiehed In this territory and It was understood that it was their premises for such purposes. Be- 1 tween the Catawba river and the 1 Broad rlvor the Cntawbas roamed and did their hunting. Neither the Ca-I1 tawbuH nor the Waxhawh trospassod 1 on the lands of the other. However, 11 the Cherokees lived in the mountains of North Carolina and were acous-1, totnod to stay there in the summer, I but move to the South Carolina sea coast during the winter to avoid the J cold weather In the mountains of the Tarheel stato. As they passed through the Waxhaw nation they were accus-1 tomod to tarry on the way and hunt and fish in what Is now Lancaster I county. This was resented by the I Waxhaws and trouble between the I two tribes browed for two or three J seasons as the Cherokees were stop-1 ping In this vicinity. Two or three I skirmishes took place between the I two tribes bofore a crucial battle was fought. Finally both tribes mustered as many warriors as they could and met In a pitched battle between Waxhuw and Cone crook In this county. I The battle raged for a week with the I Waxhaws being reinforced from time I to time by few Catawbas who did not I relish the Idoa of Indians from u foreign territory using the landB of this vicinity. Tomahawks, pine knots and slugs of different kinds were used with telling effort and when the week's lighting terminated the fields between Cane uud Waxhaw creek were lllled with dead Waxhaws. Not I only were the men killed, but women 1 and children were not spared. "Hut few Waxhaws were loft after! the bloody battle which took place a short time before the white man appeared in this country. The white man brought with him instruments I of civilizations, but he also brought 1 disease. On the land in this county known now as the Gibson farm, noar the bend In the Catawba river, was where the few Taxhaws that remained concentrated. Soon smallpox I , broke out among the tribe and none I of the Indians of this tribe survived." I Mr. Secrest also says that the name 'Waxhaws was derived from trees "which abound along Waxhaw crook. These black haw trees were called by I the Indians "waxey haws" and thus I the name of Waxhaws was originated. Schools Of The County Opening I The eight high schools of Kershaw J county have all opened and report ox-1 celleut enrollments. The Mt. Plsgah high school operated a summer ses- J sion, thus, allowing the children some! time to help gather the crops. The I elementary schools of the county are I expected to open their session Octo-1 ber 1st. A teacher's Institute nnd trustees I meeting will be held Thursday, Octo-I ber 1, und enrollment will begin Fri-j day morning. The rental text book system is being worked out In everyl school of the county and the plan Is I proving far more satisfactory than I was expected. The books are rented! from the teachers of the respective I schools and^held as the property of I the pupil during the school term. M. F. Bush, director of the Text I Book Commission has been invited I to explain the system to the Trustees I next Thursday nfternoon. EXTRA COPIE8 Frequently, In fact every week, we I have calls for "extra" copies of The Camden Chronicle, some by mall, and! some personal. A great many people! think because we have a few coptes I left, aftor supplying our regular sub-1 scrtbers. we should h&nd them oat free of charge. Every sheet of paper 1 used costs real money. You would I .not think of walking Into a grocery J store and asking the proprietor if he I fife as an "extra" can of sardines or to-1 matnes; a druggist if he has "extra"! cigar; a hardware store and ask for - an "extra" pound of nails that they! could give you free of charge, so why j ask for an "extra" paper. mother of the President oele-l brated her Bird birthday at Hyde! Park Monday. I ' T- '* ?sp ' i ihmiiii jii"i i1 " 1 TSMlil l ' ' NATIVE OF ETATE OEFENDE OUTH CAROLINIAN? IN "TIME" Charles Edward Thomas, native of South Carolina, alumnus of Porter Military Academy and one of 'Time'* moat accomplished letter contributors, rises to the defense of the South Carolinians lu a recent communication to the news magazine, says The Charleston News and Courier. Referring to the news andplcture layout carried iu Time as tlie South Carolina senatorial campaign, Mr. Thomas, whose home is Rldgeway, and who uow is national secretary of the Sigma Nu fraternity writes , to Time as follows: Your splendid coverage of politics in South Carolina . . . will delight many a native son and provoke many another. Your statement "the most overwhelmingly Deirtncratlc State in the (Jnlon" is interesting in light of the fact that your very story of the j despond of politics in the state proves the contention of recent years that i South Carolina has becomg "a too l numerous democracy," which was the very thing that its founders would not haye it, and which it was not In i the hey day of its great statesmen I and loaders. ' Hut 1 must call you on one point in your story and that is the refer- 1 unco, "this (South Carolina) once arls- ' tocratlc state." Why once. Although the state is full of riff-raffs from the North Carolina mountains, poor white trash from Georgia's Tobacco Roads, and its own degenerate pff-sprlng of former plantation overseers and Yankee carpet buggers, there is still plenty of Palmetto aristocracy not only in he ixiw-country, but in the 1 sand hills and Up-country as well. True, much of the state's aristocracy is run down, but not all by a long shot. . . Wo have not had Wade Hampton's equal in the executive mansion recently, though wo did have Richard I. Manning for our World War governor. Just visit the campus of the University in Columbia, the College of Charleston, or The Citadel, If you want to see the present aristocracy of a great little state. Charles Edward Thomas. Indianapolis, Ind. SUDDEN DEATH TO ?300 According to preliminary reports, close to 300 people met "sudden death" through accidents over the Labor Day week end. About 245 of them were victims of recklessly or incompetently driven automobiles. It would be bad enough If such a shambles only followed a holiday week end and could be put down to too much merry-making. Hut every week end shows totals, almost as great. Every day sees lives unnecessarily snuffed out. Mere is something worth remembering: Today, if the average holds, 100 people will be killed by motor cars. A hundred more will be killed tomorrow, and 100 more on the day after that. Friends of yours, your loved ones, yourself, may be among them. And, in addition to the deaths, thousands more will be grievously Injured?some made into imbeciles, some destined to spend the rest of their lives in unrelieved pain, some confined to wheel chairs and hospital beds. Think of that when you step into the car that the salesman proudly told you will "hit her up to 90 so easy you'll think you're only doing 40." It Is true that modern cars traveling at extreme speeds ride more easily and comfortably than did the cars of years ago traveling at low speeds. Hut that illusion of "slow speeding" won't help you in a crash. The result will be Just as horrible no matter how luxurious the car, no matter how effortlessly it clicks off its mlle-a-minute and better. A hundred persons killed yesterday ?another hundred today?another hundred tomorrow. That is the ghastly record of the dangerous automobile driver. Miss Ins Outlaw Dies Cassatt. S. C., Sept. 23.?After an illness of about eleven weeks Miss Ina Outlaw, thirteen years of age died at her home early last Saturday morning. Funeral service^^re^e beld last Sunday morning atlen* o'clock at the Antioch Haptist church. Her body was laid to rest by the side of her mother, who died when she was an Infant. She loft behind to mourn her death?her father, step mother and two haK brothors, and numbers of other relatives and friends. . She was a little girl of a very attractive personality, her gentle disposition won her many friends who are left behind to mourn her. Hut her sweet influence will always remain in the community in which she lived. A Friend. N -y \ Hey, waiter, called the peeved customer, I've *n t^is doughnot. Why. th*<tf?iMftSonrf Utile thing, replied the waiter, It must think It's a tire. ' ' ..." [ fchrta*-w ?. ure-TH ^ " . . - - '* General News Notes Government agents are Investigating at Cape May, N. J., and along the Jersey coast, an alleged plot to smuggle arms and war munitions out of the United States to Spain. l>elegates from nine tobacco pro* duciug states, mooting in Washington, drew up plans for securing the passage of a model tobacco production bill through the several state IftSApl*lures. ' France, threateulng complete closure of the Moroccan Frontier, is demanding that Spauish facist insurgents offer apologies at once for the execution of a French cltlxea...^-^- . Approximately $1,000,000 will be distributed to the Osage Indians in Oklahoma, as a quarterly payment of funds accruing from oil and gag royalties and sale of leases is paid them. The wife of the newly nominated governor of Georgia, Mrs. E. D. Hirers is teacher of the sixth grade in the schools ut Lakeland, Ga., and has began her class for the fall session. Irving Thalberg, woll known movie producer, and husband of Norma Shearer, died suddenly at Santa Monica. Cat., Monday, aged 37 years, following an attack of prieumonla. The labor department reports ibat the cost of liviug for wage earners and Jow salaried workers, advanced 1.7 per cent, from April 15 to .July 15i in 32 of the larger cities. Governor James M. Curley won the Democratic nomination for U. S. senator for Massachusetts in Tuesday's election ovey Robert E. Greenwood, by 103,355 to 42,998. Secretary of State Hull told an audience of the Good Neighbor League In New York, that a revival of international trade would go far to dissipate the causes of war. The cashier of the Standard Oil company, W. G. Noe, was slugged and robbed of $1,525 at Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, after being held up on the edge of the city's business district. Two trainmen were killed twenty miles from JackBon, Tenn., when an Illinois Central freight train, Including the engine and nineteen cars, were derailed. The engineer and firemen lost their lives in the wreck. The Chicago park board has refused the use of Soldier field on September 26 or 27, to a Townsend organization, at which time Dr. Francis E. Townsend, of old-age pension fund fame, was to be a speaker. From Harvard university comes word that vaccine is bolng developed in American and English medical institutes that will bring an end to widespread flu epidemics. Captain Jean Charcot, the "Admiral Byr<l of France," was drowned with all except one member of the crew of the French exploration ship, PourquoiPas, when the ship foundered In a gale off Iceland on Wednesday. An iclplent revolution in Honduras was this week crushed by federal troops near the Nicaraguan border. The rebel army was led by three generals. Four rebels were killed ami a number taken prisoners. H. W. Taylor, extension swine specialist of North Carolina J3tate college, reports having brought v 9,842 pigs from drouth areas of Nebraska for North Carolina farmers. The pigs cost $42,842, plus the freight. j Department of justice agents are investigating alleged sabotage at An-' napolis, Md., In Bancroft hall at the naval academy. Very recently fifty electric wires In two wings of the dormitory were cut by unknown parties. World diplomats accredited to Madrid, have virtually decided to refuse the demand of the Spanish government that they return to Madrid. Most of them are now at Saint Jean de Luz, to stay until the civil war Is ended. The grand Jury of Pulaski county, Arkansas, makes the charge that prisoners in the North Little Rock city Jail, are permitted to accept WPA Jobs, and return to their chain gang after the relief work was finished. The grand Jury describes this tys "extreme laxity." Mrs. Dorothy Sherwood, formdr burlesque dancer and Salvation Army lassie, has been sentenced at Newburgh, N. Y., to serve six to fifteen years at the state farm, for the drowning of her son. aged 2. She pleaded guilty to a first-degree manslaughter charge. George McM&hon. a cripple, was sentenced In the Old Bailey court In London, to serve one year at hurd labor, after he had testified to a fantastic foreign plot to assassinate King Edward VIII, had caused him to throw a pistol at the monarch's feet during the Constitution hill parade July 16. A temporary European sqtmdron of the United States navy, has been created and placed . under command of Rear Admiral Arthur P. Fairfield and will be on duty in water* adjacent to Spain. The squadron ificTudes the cruiser Raleigh, two destroyers and a coast guard cutter. Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania, has been cleared of charge* that he had mailed political matter in Detroit in franked envelopes. ||f * if v'. . X*'.'. . .WVwiSVv.i''- .1' ' \ ' . V _ t J Hipper* -. jl j.... 'ji " * ? High School Paper Begins Seventh Year The Camden high school paper la beginning its seventh year of publication. Hack in 1929 It waa known aa "The Question Mark"; later the name waa changed to "The Spirit'of Camden HI"; still later back to "The Question Mark"; and last year the student body voted to change again to "The Bull Dog." At a recent meeting the following staff was e/lected: Editors?Pgujette West, Bill I>eLouche, Anne Clarkaon and Bill Bates; reporters?Alleen Belk, Jack Vlllepigue; ColumnistsMargaret Osborne, Ray Moore, Elsie Redfearn; advertising artists?Wylle Hogue, Doug Woo ten; sports editorJolly Pitts; Joke editor?Bill Sheorn; poet?Maggie Tranthain; exchange editor, Mary Zemp; treasurer, August Kohn; supply manager?John C. West; typists?Beulah Graham, Kat Myers; subscription manager?Dot Creed; a contributing nuisance?Ned Beard. t,.a This unusually large staff should guarantee an excellent paper for the year 1936-1937. During the present week a new Royal typewriter has been purchased by the paper.- This is an up-to-date machine with many new gadget*, and the staff is hoping to be able greatly * to improve the make-up of the paper. The Bull Dog takes this opportdnity of thanking the merchants of Cam- < den for their loyal support. DAMAGE 8UIT BROUGHT AGAINST 8TATE OFFICIAL Six actions, seeking total damages of $200,000, were brought at noon yes- j' terday against J. Roy Jones, state commissioner of agriculture, commerce and industries, and the Nation- al Surety corporation by the South Carolina Cotton Co-operative assocl- I atlon with the filing of papers in the office of the Richland county clork of court. The complaints charged libel per se and action per se in statements attributed to Mr. Jones, published |n the Anderson Dally Mail ' and South Carolina Market Bulletin and uttered over radio stations WAIM at Anderson and WBT at Charlotte N. C. Aj The actions are as follows: One, for $30,000 for a publication In the South Carolina Market Bulla-* l' tin, July 2, 1936. 0/ ( Two, for $30,000 for a publication in the South Carolina Market Bulletin, July 16, 1936. Three, for $30,000 for a publication in the South Carolina Market Bulletin, July 23. 1 k our, for $60,000 for a radio speech over WBT at Charlotte July 10. ^ive, for $30,000 for a radio speech over WAIM at Anderson, July 22 1936. Six, for $30,000 for a publication in the Anderson Daily Mail, July 22 1936. The actions were filed in the Richland common pleas court. The Columbia law firms of Sloan and Sloan &nd Robinson and Robinson represent the plaintiff association. Photostat copies of the Anderson Daily Mail and the South Carolina Market Bulietlh, carrying the alleged libelous publications, were attached to the complaints. The actions allege that Jones, in the Market Bulletin, published by Mm as commissioner, charged the South Carolina Cotton Co-operative association with "knowingly and deliberately deceiving the producer as to grade and staple so that the agents of the co-operative association might buy ( the said cotton at a price below the actual market value of the cotton. It is alleged .further in the actions that the commissioner of agriculture charged that the co-operatives attempted to defraud one producer with a lot of 35 cotton bales of an average of $3.96 per bale, or a total of $138.76. It was further alleged In the ao Jtidns yesterday that the statements bP Jones were widely circulated in the Market Bulletin and that they [were libelous per se. Jones' alleged radio speech over jwBT it was charged in the complaint ?t the commissioner further attackted the South Carolina Cotton Co-operative association and that his words on this matter were malicious and actionable per se. It was also charged in the complaint yesterday that the radio speech of Jones over WAIM charged that the cooperatives was a "racket" and I'Cbeated" the farmers of South Carolina.?Friday's State. ! jOrace Mooore, the singer, became ^hairman of the Musicians' committee Of..the National Democratic committee. Senator Nathan L. Bachman. said he received a telegram from Miss Moore, who is in Hollywood, acceptto* the place. Ten-months-old Barbara Ann BIU?f Covington, Tenn., died at Ktibaphia from injuries reoetved wksa 4510-pound bale of ootton fell oa bar. fM baby waa climbing about tbo bale in the trout lawn of bar borne aad It' Willi* over. " Wants-For Sale 2HOICE8T BUILDING I.OT8 ?In 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 j reasonable. See J. B. Wallace, Camden, S. C. 14 tf. WALL PAPERING and Painting at reasonable prices. Before having your work done write me for prices. C. O. Bradwell, Edgewold Postofflce, Columbia, S. C., or Telephone 9318. 27-29pd. DO NOT WAIT all day to have your cotton ginned. We have the largest outfit in this section and the most modern. Time is worth lot to you during the harvest season. iGin at The Southern Cotton Oil Company, Camden, S. C. 24tf L08T?On Friday, September 11, one Llewellyn female setter, wearing collar bearing address "F. G. Sullivan, Hermitage Mill." Finder please return to above address. 27pd WANTED?To sell paint and roofing material. No down payment. No mortgage or security required. Two years to pay. Only 5 per cent, interest. Camden Furniture Com* pany, Inc., Camden, S. C. 27-28sb. HOU8ES FOR SALE?We have some very desirable homes in all sections of the city at very moderate prices. See us. Shannon Realty Company, Telephone 7, Crocker Building, Camden, S. C. 19tf GIN YOUR COTTON at the Southern Cotton Oil Company. They have installed a modern outfit and you will receive a fine sample. A good sample means a better price. You will receive prompt and courteous service. Southern Cotton Oil Company, Camden, S. C. 24tf WE HAVE?In Btock Mascot Lime Stone for your land. McLeod and Mcl^auchlin, Phone 53, Camden, S. C. 27-tf. FOR SALE?Filling station, store, lunch room, home, all under one roof. Corner lot on Number One Highway. Fine opportunity. Shannon Realty Co., Camden, S. C., telephone 7. 27-29 sb. FOR 8ALE?A desirable five room bungalow, with bath, for $2,260, easy terms. For further Information apply Enterprise Building A Loan Association, Camdsn, 8. C. 8sb BUILDING LOTS?Are increasing in prices. Buy now and save. We have five fine lots 62x136, close in; three choice lots 75x150 fn center of residential section; three more near Brevard Place. Other beautiful lots. No advance in prices on, _ these. Address Shannon Realty Company, Telephone 7, Camden, S. 0. 24tf. FARMS FOR SALE?We have many good farms listed, all sizes and at favorable prices and terms. Shannon Realty Company, Phone 7, in Crocker Building, Camden, S. C. 24tf No two persons alike. After mak- j Ing each, the pattern was throw* away. . - Wants-For Sale WANTED?You to paint jmd put new root on your bouse now. No down payment. No mortgage or security required. Two years to pay. Only 5 per cent, interest. Camden Furniture Company, Camden, 8. C. 27-28sb FREE ROAD SERVICE?Creed's Fill, ing Station Fifty-Mils Frae Road Service. Call Telephone 486, Cam- j den, S. C. 8ALE8MEN WANTED?Men Wanted for nearby Rawleigh Routes of 800 families. Write Rawlelgh's, Dept. SCI-20-SB, Richmond, Va. 26-27pd i FOR RENT?Furnshed rooms. Apply to Mrs. J. B. Wallace, 1110 Broad Street, Camden, SN C. 26-27pd FOR RENT?Cottage at 1904 .Broad Street. Furnished or unfurnished. Apply on premises or to J. E. Robinson, Camden, S. C. 26tf FOR RENT?Six room cottage In one of best sections of city. Available now. Shannon Realty Company, Crocker Building, Phone 7, Camden, S. C. 26-28 tf. WANTED?You to take advantage of our Paint and Roofing plan. No down payment. No mortgage or security required. Two years to pay. Only 5 per cent. Interest Camden Furniture Company, Inc., Camden, S. C. 27-28sb. NOTICE OF L08T 8TOCK CERTIFICATE j Notice Is hereby given, that certificate No. 115 for 5 shares of the Capii \ tal Stock of the Enterprise Building and Loan Association of Camden, 8.. C., the same being In series July, 1930, j thereof, and standing In the name of Mrs. Gonzola Beleos has been lost or destroyed, and that the undersigned | will on the 12th day of October, 1936, j at 11 a. m. apply to the said association at its office for the issuance of a new certificate for the said shares of stock. MRS. GONZOLA BELEOS Camden, S. C., September 21, 1936. 27-29 sb. ; FINAL DI8CHARQE * . - 7 7 /f / f'A Notice Is hereby given that one month from this date, en October IS, 1936, I will make to the Probate Court , of Kershaw County my final return in each case as Administrator of each of the respective estates of Susan Baker, J. Van Baker, Sr., J. Van B?r ker, Jr., Mvfrdock Baker, Steve Baker, Annie Baker and Sam Baker deceased, and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge In each case as said Administrator of each of said respective estates. WILLIAM STOKES, Administrator. Camden, S. C., September 23, 1936. _ JUST ARRIVED! 1 carload of fine 1 Tennessee Mutes & Horses 1 Froth Carload Erorjr Two Waolu tJ | Also m mnr Wagons aid Harness MAX TRAUB & SON BISHOPVILLE, S. C. fRemovaiTotice| ^I On October first we will be located sf tfce Burni' Hf , 9 I store, west Broad street, opposite J. C. Penney store. I We invite everyone to visit ou^v up-to-date and i | neat drug store. SflfeA' I I I beg to ftcJcnpwledge the fitWid patronage jroo I I j have extended us^ oyer a period of years, at our old I I location and solicit a continuance of same in our new quarters. The best of service and most complete I stock will be available for all your needs in our new store. ?* "irT7f * ' i A modern sanitary fountain has beep installed* I I j Our prescription department will be complete in eW 1 I detail. Two experienced Pharmacists in charge. I I Long distance and local phone sere Ice. Please make our new i^je your headquarters. I DePass' Drug Store I I '-.m Proprietor The Rexall Store Telephone 10 We Delhrer