The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 12, 1937, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
h7 o. niles, Editor ?nd Proprlotor
Published overy Friday *t Number
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the Camden. South Caroline I'oatofflc#
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able In advance. All aubactIptloiia are
cancelled when aubacrlber fall# to renew.
Friday, March 12, 1937
A MOST WORTHY INSTITUTION
In another part of this week's Issue
of thin paper Is found a modest statement
with respect to the Camden Hoapltal.
We aay modest because It la
most mod oh t. it would bo well nigh
impossible to describe or recount the
service that Institution has been to
suffering humanity In Kershaw county.
Given at the outset by that great
philanthropist und friend of Camden,
I tern ar< I M Munich, and endowed by
him and by the late John Murdell and
thu Duke endowment, It Iihh Krown
to he one of the greatest hospltalH
of the atuto. though J(h work has been
confined almost entirely to Kershaw
county. The hospital plant Ih worth
conservatively, we ure told, not less ^
than $2r?0,00i). During the yours of ,
Ith existence literally thousands of
mon. women and children of this cOun- ,
ty have received treutment then), und
none, no matter how poor, have ever (
been turned away from It's doors. It
has been the vehicle that has made
possible the great work that hus been (
done, and is being done, by the phy- ^
siclans und surgeons of this county ,
who are unselfishly giving their lives ,
to help others t
The Income received from the Duke
Kndowment, the Murdell Fund, and ,
the half-mill levy from the county, ,
supplemented by what Is received j
from the pay patients, Is not quite ^
enough to keep the Institution going |
and efficient for he continuance of its v
great service to our people. Our leg- ^
Islutlye delegation Is being asked to \
place a small additional levy to rnlse j
the Income to the point where the t
hospital's high efficiency may he i
maintained The exceedingly small <
additional tax could not possibly hurt
anyone. The institution Is for the ,
use of. and iused by, all of the ,
people of the county. No one can s
deny its great usefulness. The high t
(haiacter of those in charge guaran- j
tees the correctness of their state- j
tileiit as to its needs N
It seems to us that it Is as little ^
as iw i on l < I do to help this ins! it lit ion J t
in its hour ol need, so that it may j }
continue to help us. We hope that ,
tile good people over the eOUIIty will j (
not hesitate to express themselves to j
our legislative delegation If is an |
honest call from a great institution ,
lor just a little help from us, the |
people whom It Itas helped so IlllM !i j
NEW RESEARCH STATION
Edisto Experiment Station Establish-';
ed Chiefly for Study of Melon, Cu-1 t
cumber and Asparagus Problems. f
Cletnson. March ti.?A new branch .
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of the South Carolina experiment Sta- j
tion has been established In Marnwoll L
county to carry on research with as-1 v.
paragus. cucumbers, cantaloupes, wu- j
tennelons and other crops. Director:(
II M Cooper announces. This station r
will he known as the Kdisto Fx peri- |
ment Station and is one of live branch |
siH'itMis operated as units of the j
South Carolina experiment Station at. >
('lelilSoli College. The new unit fe-' j
suited from an act of the general as ' j
s'-1111>I> last year appropriating funds
tor its establishment i
I'wo hundred acres of land have
been acquired on Highway 7k between s
MhuKiille and Wtllislon, which provider
an excellent site tor the pro- l
puse.j experimental work A largo
untie bam is Hearing lompletion, and N.
hi'1 other ii'-t essary buildings >vill be ,
ei ei ted us rooti as funds a re avail- t
able. | I
"t 'o us id ei aid-- experimental work '
with uudoiis, .cucumbers and canta-'|
loupes will be slatted this spring." < i
says Vice Director K A. McGiOty.
"Kese&n h with these i rops and also ,
asparagus has been badly neglected]
and many problems connected with '
their culture badly need investigat-| ?
ing The work of the Kdisto Station
should then-fore be of much value to
the ? r< w< i s nf there crops In the
i'
lu addition to the experiments
with the it. ps mentioned, it Is likely
that a good deal of work will bo
carried on with cotton, tobacco, and
sweet potatoes because of the favorable
soil and climatic conditions pre-]
vailing there. The conditions are such I
that the Kdisto Station may well do-j
8?nator Smith Beginning 29th Year
With tho fall of the vice president'*
gavel convening the senate on March
4, Senator Ellison l> Smith began his
i!9th year as senator from the state of
Koulh Carolina There Ih but one perhum
now ulttlng to the senate, Senator
William K. itorab, who was l/fesent
on March 4, 1909 when Smith, on
the arm of the late Senator Jien Till'
man, whm sworn Into the senate. Today
he Is the dean of the Democrats;
from baby senator to dean, a record
attained by no other senator. Of the
1 senators that have served during
tho history of the United States,
only twelve have served longer than
Smith.
Senator Smith was horn on the farm
of his futher, the llov. William H.
Smith, at Lynchburg, South Carolina,
on August 1, 1H64. After preparation
at Stewart's school, Charleston, he entered
Wofford College, Spartanburg,
from which lustItution he graduuted
In 18X9. After two terms In the South
Carolina legislature from Sumter
county, Smith helped ?organize the
Southern Cotton Association, serving
as their general organizer front 1905
to 190S. It wuh during this period
that he became so popularly known as
Cotton Kd," throughout the south.
Interviewed last week, Benutor
Smith outlined some of the political
philosophy which has guided him during
his long political career.
"The cardinal principles upon which
rest my political life of the past, present.
and futuro are In keeping with
what I consider true Southern Donocracy,"
ho suld. "They are first,
dates' rights, second, white supremicy,
and third, tariff for revenue."
Asked how it felt after twentydght
years of service to see those
principles which have been his guldng
sturs discarded by his party and
government, Smith replied, "I think It
ias been inoro of u temporary dopartlre
because of the stress of clrcuin- ,
itances. The constitution of the
"nlted States Is our Bible of civil and
political liberty arid 1 would as soon
hink of abolishing the ten commandnents
and the Bible as I would the
onstltutiou."
'1 he vim and vitality which have
narked his four pervious campaigns
'em a ins with him, the spring in his
tep and Ills Intense vigor, belying his i
iearly seventy years of age. Asked [
or a statement which reflect Ills feeing
upon rounding out twenty-eight j
ears' service in the senate, Smith I ,
ays. "American democracy faces Its j
greatest crisis! Hut I have not the '
slightest d??uht that despite the ma-J
,liine age with its rapid transport;!ion
and the development of eommuncution
that the country will gradualy
gravitate bark to local self government
which is the only hope of a
tetnocracy."
Entertain At Buffet Supper
Congressman and Mrs. J. 1*. Rich- j
li tis of the Fifth South Carolina I)is-I
riit were boats to u small group of;
riends at a buffet supper itnmediatey
before the South Carolina Society
fall Friday night. The Richards'
loine was beautifully decorated .with
onijuils which were sent up from
iouth Carolina for the occasion, and
neluded in the menu were such South <
'nrolina dolirasles as native wild <
ice and partridges. Mr. and Mrs. 1
th-hards' guests included: Mrs. El- '
i-u>ii 1> Smith, Senator and Mrs. .
allies F. I!> nies, Representative and
dis. Thomas McMillan, Mr. and Mrs. 1
Miller Foster and Mr and Mrs. John !
V McMillan.
Exchange Club Notes
Indue C 1! (Ireetie, of Anderson,
vim i- holding the common pleas '
"iirt In-ie this week, and Court Stelogiaphcr.
W. I. Marshall, wore:
.uests of Clerk of Court .Mm Clyburn. j
iri'l Sheriff .1 H Mcl.eod at this
vcck's I'.'.xi hauge club luncheon Rev.
' din T. I.itt lejohti, formerly pastor of
lie \\ nteree baptist < hurch, now pasid
the First Baptist church at
hshopv ille. was the guest speaker.
!e delivered a very able and stirring
pitch on "Hovs.'' which was
horoughly enjoyed by the Hxchangtes
and visitors.
Km hangiii Barnwell Caston adIressed
tht> Rotary C!ul> at Bishop
ille Tuesday night.
I'elop into one of the most important
enters in thf state for agricultural
work."
At present the work at the station
is being supervised by \V. H. Rogers,
issociate agronomist, from Clemson
ollege, 1 hiring the coming season
l>r C J. Nusbaum, assistant plant
pathologist, will be located at the Edisto
Station and will conduct experiments
on the control of vino crop diseases
As circumstances permit,
both the Staff and the facilities will
be enlarged.
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UNION BUS TERMINAL
Phone 249?E. DeKalb St.^g
Prohibition Will Be
Back Shortly
Ht Petersburg, Fla., Feb. 28.?Blsho|^H
H Fout. of Indianapolis, keynoted
the annual convention of the
Anti-Saloon league of America today
with the prediction "that prohibition
will return "probably In a Bhortur
time than we are prone to realize."
Ah chalrinan of the league executive
committee, ho Mpoku In place of
Bishop W. N. AiiiHWorth of Macou,
(Ja., league preHldent, who 1h HJ, '
"llepeal," the bishop told the league
"wuh a rebuke to the complacency of
the belief that the battle wa? over
with prohibition ami the victory wou
?but the enemy's nlgnature wan never
afTlxod to any truce."v,
Reporting a growing sentiment
against alcohol and liquor traffic, he
said "the awful spectacle Is doing
more for our cause than the most
eloquent voice that has been lifted in
our behalf."
"Sentiment against the traffic has
been growing and it will continue to
do so as things grow worse."
All the promises made for repeal
have fulled, continued Bishop Fout.
"Has it solved the economic question?
No. ^Ihh it solved the unemployment
problem? No, Has It balanced
the budget? No. Has it ended
bootlegging? No.
"In the United States crime has Increased
100 per cent more than when
repeal went Into effect. The prison
population has boon growing at the
rate of 25,000 a year since repeal. Reliable
reports never place at less than
50 per cent the number of deaths In
automobile accidents attributable to
drunken drivers," he said.
"The drunken driving situation la
such today that the sober driver and
pedestrian Is In constant dread of
what may happen to him from thd
drunken driver or the driver who has
been drinking.
"The liquor traffic Is more of a
menace and a daiiger to the United
States today than it ever was.
"Prohibition must come back If
civilization Is to be maintained?and '
it must come to stay. The time is
here for a new crusade.
'if we can organize the sentiment
that's coining up now within the next
three years we'll win," he concluded.
Delegates applauded loudly when
Dr A. ('. Miller, of Little Rock, Ark.,
said Bishop James Cannon, Jr., of Los
Angeles, has been "the worst perse-1
cutcd preacher In America since co-i
lonial days."
Bishop Cannon, militant dry leader
who faced several inquiries in connection
with his activities in 1928 presidential
campaign, sat in the front
row. He is to speak tomorrow on
the topic "Prohibition, Presidents and!
Politics."
Colored Youth
Is Electrocuted
\V. I. Wade, 12 year old negro boy
met sudden death Friday afternoon
when he climbed a tower of the Duke
Power Company and struck a 100.000
volt wire with a corn stalk. This lad
\ identic was unaware of the danger
if his act as evidence gathered at the
oroner's inquest indicated that he
:iud climbed this tower several times
luring tiie day.
At the inquest. Gene McCoy, col>red
man, said that while he was
working in the West Side cemetery
lie heard an explosive noise and lookI'd
down In the direction from where
noise came and saw the burning
body of the boy. Then he said he
-aw the hoy fall.
A little negro hoy named Wilson
-aid that he had talked to W I Wade
i short time before the fatal accident
iind the Wade boy had told him that
he had been up on the tower twice
before that day Herbert McMullin.
another negro, testified that ho had
seen the Wade boy on the tower a
short while before the accident and
that he had climbed down and went
out into the nearby field McMullin
said he thought the hoy was a workman.
Sallie McMullen. a necrnss who was
looking for a cow. testified that she
saw the hoy fall and that he shouted
something after he struck the ground."
Others testified that screams were
heard following the boys fall but that
they came from someone else.
The boys' body was horribly burned
in the electrocution His clothes
had been almost burned completely
from his body. One shoe was on one
of his feet but the shock had evidently
knocked the other shoe off as
it was found some distance from the
body.
The cornstalk which he is said to
have had in his hand was burned at
one end and the middle. It appeared
as though the corn stalk had been
doubled up when he hit the wire with
it
The In,Veen volts carried by this |
wire and which went into his body
caused the skin to be broken in a '
hundred or more places. But l.M'O |
volts are used to put a man to death I
in the electric chair.
This Utile negro hov who was 12
years of age and who was the son of j
Jessie Wade oi this city, was buried I
Sundax. Lancaster News
Two demonstrators wore killed and
six. Including two women, wounded
in a clash with police at Pecs. Hungary
at a mine near there where the
miners are staying underground in a'
hunger strike
. 'Hie Norwegian ship Vaga is load-|
ing N00 tons of canned foodstuffs at
Boston thin to br takon to Vi <
Kiors j
Old Map Spreading j
Erroneous Belief,
Charleston, March 9?A map, which 1
for two hundred and slxty-flve years |
has been the means of spreading the I
erroneous belief that Carolina obtain-J
od its name from Charles IX of
France instead of Charles I of Eng-1
land, is included in the Henry P. Kendall
map collections which will be exhibited
at the Gibbes Art gallery in
Charleston, S. C., from March 10 to
April 11.
If Arnaldi^s Montanus had been an
honest man Instead of a petty thief,
the collection would be minus one of
its most interesting items. Hut Montanus
was not above small pilfering
and he pirated a drawing of Jacques
LeMoyne's ... without, as far as is
known, a qualm.
According to A. S. Salley, secretary
of the South Carolina Historical Commission,
the original drawing was of
a French fort on the banks of the St.
John's river In Florida. It was settled
in 1">64 during the reign of
Charles IX of France and was called
Fort Caroline. The drawing appeared
in a volume by DeHry in lf?91 under
the title "Drawing of Fort Carolina."
In 1671?the year after the first English
settlement had been effected in
South Carolina?Montanus published
a book in Amsterdam on the new, unknown
world with a description of the
southern part of America. He includ-j
ed a map entitled "Fort Carolina"!
which was a dressed up version of t
LeMoyne's drawing. Instead of the I
crude fort, he represented a finished j
fortification with extensive barracks j
within and busy scenes of transportation
and shipping without.
In the same year, there appeared
in London a volume called "America"
containing, according to its author.
John Agilby, a description of everything
under the sun Including "cities,
fortresses, towns, temples, mountains
and rivers" in America. Among the
things included was Montanus' map
of LeMoyne's drawing.
In the Library of Congress catalog
of this work this plate was listed as
"Arx Carolina, or Charleston, S. C.,"i
and it is likewise so given in "The!
South in the Building of tho Nation."!
It is not surprising that early writers1
thought that the "Carolina" on the
map applied to the country instead or
to the little fort in Florida.
Mr. Kendall's collection of maps of
Carolina and the adjoining regions is I
tho most valuable of its kind in ex-i
istence. It has ouly been exhibited!
once before and that was at the Uni-j
versity of South Carolina in Columbia!
in 19J0. Since then, the number of;
items has been nearly doubled.
PISGAH NEWS NOTES
Plsgah. March 9.?Mrs. LeRoy
Rogers spent last Wednesday with
Mrs. W. H. Shiver.
Mrs. Carl Baker and children, Carl,
Jr., and Betty, of Rembert. spent last !
Wednesday with Mrs. \V. F. Baker,1
going on to Spring Hill to spend the'!
night and Thursday with her sister
Mrs. L A White.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dennis and
son, of Cameron spent the week end
with Mr and Mrs. J. T. Dennis.
Miss Aurelia Stuekey, a student at
Columbia College, spent the week end
with her parents. Mr and Mrs Leon'
Stuekey. (
Mr. and Mrs Roy Baker spent Sat-'
urdny night with Mr and Mrs j t
Watson.
W. T. Hawkins. Herman McManus, I
Charlie Morris and Miss Blanche Morris
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs
S. W. Hawkins, at Bishopville.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Baker had as'
their guests on Sunday: Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Lackey and children. Mrs. J. J.!
Hatfield and Mrs. Mattle Roams, of
Sumter; Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Kennedy1
and son, of Bishopville.
Mrs. Annie Hatfield, of Cassatt is!
visiting relatives here.
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The 107 persons employed by the
Pennsylvania Association for the j
Blind at Pittsburgh, are on a sit-down,
strike, now in its second week.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8
Rev. W. H. McCuen, a retired Baptist
minister of Willtamston. died in a
Columbia hospital, during the week
end, aged 71 years. He leaves a widow,
two daughters and two sons.
Henry S. Bolton, engineer for the
Clinchfleld Fuel company at Spartanburg
for the past 23 years, died Sunday
night at a local hospital. He is
survived by one son, Whitney Bolton,
New York newspaperman.
An Orangeburg county man Is wearing
an overcoat which he purchased
twenty-four years ago. For the last
twenty-three years he wore it only
on Sundays, but now he is wearing
it every day, when the weather requires.
J. Larry Sutton, clerk of the county
board of control and former commander
of the Spartanburg post of the
American Legion, died there of pneumonia.
on Sunday, lie leaves his widow,
two sisters and three brothers.
The stamp with the portrait of General
Sherman is selling fast in Columbia
and Charleston, and the postmaster
at Columbia had to tuake a
second order of the issue. CurioBity
and the advertising given the stamps
by the legislature are believed to account
for the heavy sales.
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, candidate
for governor in North Carolina last
summer, is now a patient at a tubercular
sanatorium in Forsyth county,
where he will remain at least six
months.
Governor Rivers of Georgia, has
signed the bill providing for a death
penalty or life imprisonment in cases
of kidnaping for ransom in that state.
The penalty for ordinary kidnaping
remains at four to 20 years in prison.
About 400 girl students at the Normal
and Teachers college at AsheVille.
N. C., staged a sitdown strike,
demanding Easter holidays, after
such vacation had been denied by the
school management.
The North Carolina Press association
will hold its 1937 convention in
the form of a cruise to Bermuda next
June. The party vaill include 150 or
more.
Taxieab drivers of Chicago are on
a strike, with the police giving special
protection to the few taxis that
are being operated by independent
drivers not on strike. I
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I The senate finance committee Is
studying to see if it is necessary for J
the social security system to accumulate
a reserve fund of 147,000,000,000
by 1980, as it will, unless there are\
changes in the present law. -J
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The North Carolina appropriation
carrying $76,0000,000 in general fund
taxes for two years, has been passed
to second reading by thg senate. To- .
tal appropriations for the two year
period will run close to $146,000,000.
Mrs. Truman E. Keller of Birmingham,
Ala., who gave birth to her first';
son when she was 11 years of age,
gave birth to a second son a few day*?
ago, at the age of 13 years. Mrs- Keller's
mother is 29.
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DINE AT
i Holland's Grill j
TRY OUR ....
Sugar Cured
HAM
WITH EGGS?IT'S FINE
WE SPECIALIZE IN
STEAKS
Next to Postoffice
The Farmer Who is Wise.....
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?Considers hit* bank a (friend to be trusted.
?Knows that his bank is eager to help him in every
way possible. .
?Comes to his bank for advice.
Special Attention Paid
To Farmer Clients
Liberal loans made to responsible farmers.
The Commercial Bank of Camden
Resources More Than $600,000.00
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
MULE CLASSES
r 1 *
Added to Camden Horse Show
(NoEntry Fee)
The management of the Camden Horse Show has
decided to add Mule Classe* to their Horse Show to
be held
Friday and Saturday, March 19 and 20
CLASS 17?Single Mules to be shown in Harness,
conformation and manners only to count will carry }?
prizes?first, $5; second, $3; t/hird, $1; fourth, ribbon.
CLASS 18?Team of Mules, to be shown in harnesa,conformatdon
and manners only to count, will carry
prizes?first, $5; second, $3; third,. $1; fourth, ribbon. ,
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Farmers invited to enter their mules
Mail Entries to Mrs. Carroll K. Bassett, Secretary