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i ' " - v- . ,i ->-r, v . ?>.? The Camden chronicle A1 IIME MA * - - 1 'I U II L...liX J.-U^.J4JUIM.llMH<mtlL>WU*-Iia^^UM -,.. !. U..... -XJ ! .' l. I'J. .. JL1U . . , J.. . ' - J - -i- - * &y ' camden, south Carolina, Friday, September 2, 1938 number 25 ? 1 1 > * . _ .. -v v, , ., Av< s , ^ ? ^ r . . JiJ> u ?" 'ij?Li?mit* \ ^iiL;.iWJU^LJ>.u>E.AiLijmi 1? E. D. Smith Makes "Victory" Speech Senator Billion !>? (Cotton Ed) Smith rode back into bis senate ?oai last night wearingliterally. a red shirt, the symbdl of Hampton's men, those kradloatora Qf the scalawags ttnd the carpet-bagtfers ot 1876. jt juittjrwhen the veteran senator's margin over his opponent, Gov. Oils p, Johnston, was reaching a point which 1 made victory certain, a band of imdt from Spartanburg, each wearing a red bWrt, swooped down upon the senator ax nia notoi, got him Into a rei^l^t and h&OSf Sgf Veteran's tiiiimph as something, akin tq!vtfiat of Ham? ??d hijj? men. The yells of these men resounded through the trOeiNa^|l against' the mouuinents of theatate-house grounds is they led the senatot'tipom the Columbia hotel to the huge Hampton on' the kcrinadf.? Sinlth made bla "victory" <?decb which was largely an impagglonbd, reverent ifcooUectiaB: W the rout of the federal! of the tiaya Just aftar the war "between the states, federals that were known as, and called last night by genator Smith, "scalawags and carpet-bagggre." Speaking Of liatnptdn'g the senator cried: ' 4iWe *re th? sons of men who hurled defiance at the- federai. govemiyent In the lB608 and the 1870s! Thank God, we have kept the faith." As the crowd, 'suuuling there in the darkness at the Hampton monument, cheered, Smith talked ;*>n. "No man," he ShoUted, "dares come - Into South Carolina gnd attempt to dictate to us?to tell us who we shall choose!" ' This brought the biggest- collective yell of this dramatic speech in the darkness about the. monument, with the senator standing on one of the little terraces leading to It. He called no names, but the 1938 red shirts from Orangeburg and the others who had followed them to the scenfe, knew, of course, that Smith had Juat scored > an overyftw^BgiW Sfc ponent who had the Roosevelt had called Vainly for Eld, I Smith's defeat.; ^ a I "These men," he said last night, I "who believed in,itate1* rights, white supremacy and the chastity of our i southern womarthoo^," as he praised I them for driving the scalawags and carpet-baggers out Of the state. The 1938 red shirts, some fifty of them, came to Columbia under the I leadership of T. R. Smith, of OraflgeI burg, who walked out of the Philadelphia Democratic convention- along I with Senator Smith, in the. celebrated I protest against a negro praying at the I convention. v\:j.rh?,r .w ~ Last night T. R, Smith and the senator, arm i* arm, and wearing the fantastic, shiny red shirts, led the procession to the Hampton monument I and then out through the state house plaza and along GervaJe street back to the senator's hsadQuarters at the Columbia hotel, there to disperse. I Wednesday's Columbia Record. I Pioneer Store I Being Renovated Camdeh'g pioneer drhgdtbre, owned and operated by VP, Robbi Zemp, Is I In the hands of renovators and.. decor ators and when completed will be one I of the outstanding establishments of hs kind In the state. ? ! - I Iron steps. apdt platforms out ftkch I side- of the nuafh-lshow window have I been removed and a sloping concrete I entrance - with?colored cement?arI ranpfci In ^heiPK Installed*. The sOU^Tj^aw window is I to bo enlarged to permit of greater I display space. ^ ?n thft iniprior start., thf I walls and ceilings have beetf painted I in nKht tones, making the store much I lighter and more < B Zoiap con templates additional B r"?ovau?g?iid-wlffM'iBglm'|mfMnd B changes in- the display -arrangements I which will give him more sdvantsg ?oua location hi* fonntatn service, Th{! location has hwen the site of B * dm* store for over**eenttiiyr B ?tores hire been ^**#04 *by fire I aad the present one, about thirty-eight I r?srs old, has been Under the mahageB ?*ht of W. Robin Zenfp duiidg that Tbe store has enjoyed a steady I Patronage on the part of the pobllo B *ttrlng thle. period, due to- the fact *ast only the finest grade of merohan djse is carried. The same Is tVne of | 8^v,ce' *dmlJtedIJr 006 Cotton Festival Scheduled October 5 Owing to the fact that October 5 is a Jewish lu^iday, the date for the first annual Camden Cotton Festival has been chauged to Thursday*) October 6. Chairman William Nettles, Sr., of the General Arrangements committee, is enthusiastic over the response that is being made to the plans for the festival. "It will be the biggest affair ever held in Camden," he satd, "ami there is no question that it will attract a groater crowd than has ever witnessed an event fn this city." Chairman Nettles has announced I the appointment of a special commit-1 tee to arrange for the public pavement dance, his committee being headed by Elihu Schlosburg, Mr. and Mrs. Don Morrison, Mrs. John Duvidson. and Mi'% Grainger Kornagay as committee members. The pavement dance will be. a big ?"?ir ana tentative planB call for it being staged on I^aurens street between Broad and Lyttleton streets. The orchestra will be on a platform and the music will be carried out over the area through a public address system. There Will be two orchestras, one being for round dances and the. other a hHl-billy affair to play for Square dances. Prises will be awarded winners in the waltz and "little apple" contests. A committee from the colored group has been named and is headed by Isaac English. English has named Rev. J. W. Boykin as his co-chairman and plans are being made to have a (big celebration with contests, stunts and a big spiritual sing in the evening. Arrangements will be made to, have the mass singing held at a time when all interested people in the city may hear the singers. Advices from the rural districts indicate a lively interest in the program 'and already promises of some attractive floats have been made. tf." HenrySayggeJaeads flora; Commission In line with the rapid progress Camden is making toward becoming a metropolitan . community the cityj council at a meeting Tuesday mdde the first step In a comprehensive zoning program ae provided for in the State statutes. A zoning commission conflating of Henry Savage, Jr., as chairman and W. F. Nettles, Jack Whitaker, Jr., has been named to study the city and divide it into zones. This .commission will also specify property uses, types of "* construction, spacing of buildings and the like in each zone. * When the study has been completed the commission yriit" make a prelfmb nary report of (is recommendations and set a date for public hearings on its recommendatidlftr.'^* Following the filing of the final report to the city council that body will then proceed to enact what will be known aB & zoning ordinance. It Is a matter of much gratification that Camden, despite the lack of zoning regulations has built Itself along progressive lines with* wide! streets, property useage with zone-| like resemblance, fire limits and other features only found where honing regulations are in force. JLady M^c's Shop . ?.Js. Name Selected James Frietag won the prize offered by Mrs R. L. McCaskill for offer-iag-4he^ winning - umnu for the new McCaskt& ShoP^ fon&eily. thfl?MWU. Dress shop;V The shop will in the future be known As LAdy Mac1! Shc^p, this being the name offered by James TrttttAr nnd hF Wfdf FTN. XcCorkle' and "Wrs. Carl Llghtfoot to be the best of over one .hundred submitted. * ' x' 1 ?Ji?i- .all .1 a'U? m m ? t Librarian Gave PleMp L. The Kershaw County Librarian, Winre ?fae Teioh, oTUTs Baron DeKalb schools, gave a picnic tot her glory Hour and TWDOTT club at UlearahdM^t plus a delightful picnic lunph, pras enjoyed by the twen^three members present j Betheeda Pw^yiirfli cSureh On Sunday, September it, all services will be resumed in Betbepda oralsc worship at tlrU. At this service the Lord'* tapper will bo observed. The pebttc is oordiaBy Senator Smith Wins Over Governor Johnston Ct "VJ " - -? fv " ' ' ! ' 1 "? ' Columbia, Aug. 31.?The most sol* idly Democratic etate was about back to normalcy tonight as votes and statements trickled in to top off on? of the most history-making Democratic primaries in South Carolina. Senator Ellison D. Smith said that President Roosevelt's intervention In! behalf of Governor Olin D. Johnston j would change his attitude toward New! Deal legislation "not one iota." ; tafth?v?ged chairman of .the Senate agricultural committee, made the statement in an Interview as returns j from yesterday's primary election' gave him a lead of nearly 35,0ft0 votes.! Returns from 1,400 precincts of j 1,607 gave the 74-year-old dean of the. Democratic senators 177,743 totes and ' Johnston, 144,495. "The issue in this state/ Smith said "was clear-cut and simple/ The ques-: tion was whether the people should | exercise their own judgment, in respect to ability, character and all that goes to make up a representative." .. At . Washington, -President Roosevelt announced that he predicted yesterday that Smith would wih the nomination by 40,000 vote*. "It is often true that It takes a long, long time to bring the past up to thei present," the Chief . Executive sai<T. j He previously characterised Smith as "one who thinks in terms of the past-" Governor Johnston, defeated in his NeW Deal-indorsed effort to unseat Senator Smith, pledged himself tonight to "abide by thrf wishes of the majority" and "work for, the best ln-i terests of South Carolina." As votes mounted for Smith, they also heaped high on the name of Mayor Burnet R. Maybank and Wyndbam M. Manning, Sumter county farmer and representative. Total votes for the candidates ? ? ' 4 ; * m \ i *. . were f '' Ben Adams of_ Columbia, 25,156; Neville feennett of Bennettsville, 45,949; Cole L. Blease, former governor and United States senator, 56,954; John Hughes Cooper, of Columbia, 1,-ei-it HF. #1/ BwterHnrtyf gpartanburg; 6,679; Wyndham Manning, 70,710 a?d Maybank. 110,986. D. T. Blaokmon, of Columbia, 998. : agaemg orgagajwMMaa-i as renominated for MOUtensht goternor. . .Y? Returns from MM precincts gate tewr 140,478; Represen^aflve L. C. Wannamaker of Chesterfield, 99,884; and H. SL Huns, also of Chesterfield, ^Trraonrer JC. K HBrefToS tt.T*^ 'of returns from 1.412 precincts, receftsd^l%MW Vbtes to submerge ?. Roy Stone, Greenville insurance official, who received 106.8ft votes. Congratulatory messages poorqj in for 9BKb.'^One member of ike family. asserted, "This Is- the largest bunch of telegrams we've ever gob .1: ? Rmlling over aooonats of bttvtstery speech to a red-shlrted group at the foot of Otkeral Wade Hampton'g statue In lbs early morning bom Smith. t vt *' ; ;r--s Presidcnt'B opposition to hiifi would not b^. reflected in his motions In future Senate sessions. "I have never considered the source of any proposed legislation." he said. "I have simply considered the legislation." " I '4Afte.- thirty years of service to the people. 1 had no doubt from the very J beginning of the outcome. There is no' doubt as to their gratitude for whatever beneficial' legislation this admin*-. titralkfr hw s sponsored"iadT there Is no doubt of their resentment that there should be an intimation that' they could be bought for a price." Smith prefaced his yemarkq by paying that "I feel grateful .beyobd description for this expression of confidence of the people of South Carolina in me. To them and them alone Is the glory and honor of this election." Almost complete returns in the congressional races indicated that two of the state's representatives were renominated. one was defeated and another faced a second race,^ it appeared that Representative O. Heywjtrdl Mahon or Greenville, end-' ing hfn first term, lost in the Fourth district to jdBeph R. Bryaon, of Greeiivflle, a former legislator, whet was defeated by Mahon two years ago. Representatives Thomas' 8. McMillan, in the First district, and Representative Hampton P. Fulmer, in the Second, had large majorities over their opponents. ' Representative John C. Taylor in Third'district led a field of four but failed to get a majority. He will meet Butler B. Hare of Saluda In the second primary. Possession of the Sixth district seat will be decided between G. Lloyd Ford of Conway and John L. McMillan, who W&s secretary to the late Representative f A. H. Gasquc of Florence for fourteen years. Six candidates were in thmfflnldr^ z:~- : /.? Representative J. P. Richards, of Lancaster in the Fifth district was unopposed. * "' - * 7 V "v-. Camden Highway Is Being Widened H. ttfltinard, maintenance superintended of the State Highway department fdr Sumter county, said today |hat wjjfrt: had been started on the urfaepfrof,t.be shoulders on the Camden highway from Myer's store to tha^ershaw county line. Four feet Of suAdng is being jdded_Jo_each shoulder,.- making the width of the road %4 -feet, The Job will be comptsged^sometime during the late fail.? Bum teg Daily Item, _ . cjub Picnlo "JL '.iZ.L' IhQlhfrHill club held the!rcmeet-tog ttfhe form of a plonk snppsr, at the bdme of Mrs. I. H. Htnson. Many rarwwS^pr Ar^jSmphrieSfoennty heafth^dtrector, attended and made a few remarks. The next meeting wflt [be wife Mrs. J. B. Catoe. Date will Polo Player, Well Known Here, Dead E. Styles Tuttle, well known polo alar, who was in Camdon for several games last December, was found shot to death In a wood near Wastry, England laat Thursday afternoon, Tuttle. a graduate of Yale, where ho wan captain and atar player of the Yale polo club la the son of C. B. Tuttle, prealdent of the Rustless Iron and Steel company of Baltimore. Ho came to Camden upon the invitation of Captalu Dick Floyd of the Camden polo club and was here for several games la the Dovlne cup aeries. Tuttlo went to England with his father two months ago on a business trip, t>AHt Tuesday he' purchased a gun and a package of shells from a store In lxmdon. The salesman in* formed Scotland Yard that at the thno Tuttle appeared to be quite normal. When his body was found the new shotgun and the caso in which It came, together with th? box of shells was lying nearby. All lndenttf|catton marks had been, removed from hla clothing and belongings and It was only through a tax card found In a trouser pocket and Identified by a London tailor did his Identity becomo known, Tutle mude many friends during his stay In Camden. He was a young man tyut 27 years of age, of charming personality and was a splendid horseman. Several pictures for which he posed In company with Miss Barbara Ann Boldt, a five year old Milwaukee miss, wore broadcast by the Camden News Bervlce and appeared in many papers. Sheheen Opens Fine Modern Market Time marches on. And so does Camden. In this particular Instance Camden Is to have a strictly up to date{ meat market which, in season will also offer the finest fish obtainable either from fresh or salt waters. - The^ Shebeen* store, one?-' of---fee ranking grocery establishments of the city and community, has leased the property just south of the grocery establishment and opened an exclusive market which will feature the very finest In western and native meats. An experienced meat cutter has been engaged to handle the market contracts have been made 'whereby the very finest brands of meat will be available to a discriminating public. While the new market is open for business, extensive remodeling will be done within the next two weeks to make the shop attractive. A modern Ice plant for keeping meats at the proper temperature, a white euamel finished Interior to the stot'e, ' with suitable display counters will be among some of the new effects. Within the past several weeks Camden has be?n undergoing a decided rejuvenation process. The new Nettles furniture store, also the fine new home of the Barrlnger hardware store, the equipping of a modern bowling alley, new fronts at the W. Robin Zemp drug store, the Wilson store, the renovating of what was known as the Town Tavern 4nto an Ideal sOft drink and lunch quarters, the building of new filling stations at Market and DeKalb streets and other renovating items are but a few of the improvements that have been noted. Building operations throughout the city have shoWn a deeldetf revival with a number of new residences going up. Other homes have been remodeled Camden appears to have awakened aru? loInetT the parade* of progress! Two FirOa Summon Fighters To Plant The fire department wae called out ftunday morning to nXtlngujali a fire that hAd started in the boiler room of the Powe and McLeod veneer pleat The loss was trifling. Sunday evening a plter OT~jreeRfngs near the toneer plant caught fire, neceasltattng another ran of the fire apparatus. . Singing Convention The Kershaw County Singing Convention will meet wUh tfand Hill Baptist church Jwo mile# south of Kershaw on the Kershaw-Bethune Htgfatote J. Henry McLeod Re-Elected Sheriff One of the largest crowds ever to ussemlde In Cantden whs in front of The Chronicle office Tuesday night to see and hear of the returns as they came In from various precincts. The returns were not only shown on the screen but were also announced over a loud-speaker furnished by Klrkluud and Team?Christopher C. Vaughan operating the stereoptipan machine. So well did the managers and officials cooperate with this newspaper .that the entire results of the polling were lu by eleven o'clock. The unofficial results are published in tabular form In another place. The executive oow? ^ mlttee was in seSsioh Thursday and there will hardly he any change as the * figures wore accurately checked. He* low Is^a brief summary of tho results: Solicitor A. P. Sptgner led his opponent. William P. Done Ian, In both Kershaw ?r?rt lUnhlnnA COUUtlOS SlUd Is undoubtedly ro-olecteiL In the race for state senator there will bo a second contest between Murdoch ~ M. Johnson and drover C-. Welsh. ! L. C. Clyburn, Sr., and W. P. Kb- trlde were re-elected to the house. Sheriff J. Henry McLeod WaB re- , elected sheriff over Chief of Police Q. P. Cooley. County auditor B. E. Sparrow was defeated by Fred Ogburn In hie first entry into politics. Mr. Sparrow has served sixteen years as auditor, having succeeded the late Judge W. P. Russell. i--:1 C. Joe Outlaw was ret.urnod to the post of county treasurer with a majority over Mrs. Kate B. Qettys. This will be Mr. Outlaw's second term in this office. N. C. Arnett tid'd no opposition as a .. candidate for Judge of probate?heitheir did C. M. Hough for game warden. For coroner there will be a second race between J. Ed Lee and John A. Rabon. * E. B. Truosdale was re-elected director YOF Wfcg P. SowellW. T. Redfearn was re-elected director without opposition for DeKalb township. ... ; j J. C, Faulkenberry- war re-elected director over H. 8. Hlgglns for director in Flat Rook township. For magistrate at Camden C. B. Davis will enter a second primary with Wade L. Stokes, former magls- > trate. """" J. A, Young was re-elected as istrate at Bethune without oppoaitWB^.-W. R. Taylor was re-elected tttrate " at Kershaw without opposi*;^ Hon L. D. Vincent ahd T. H. Young, Sr., wore elected as magistrates in Flat Rock township" A peculiar situation developed ti|*jc| the magistrates race for upper Wljl&Jj teree township. Barfleld -lead ticket while Branham and Rabon tledf^, with votes OTT20 each. There will no ? doubt be a re-count requested. A. B. Nelson was elected aa magls* " trate In Lower Wateree. -v":V New Courts Will Revive Tennis Here When work now underway on four tennis courts.in Camden Is completed this city will be able to take care of any tennis qvepts tho Bureau of Recreation may" schedule for next season. to There are a number of district OVtntA that will be looking for a tournament . location next season, and Camden , will bxteturan invitation lor a iiumI ber of them^v -The cement court on. Broa<l Laurens streets have been compla$fl4 and is now fenced in so that' is no delay in match events by baRt going onLof the playing araa. WhsaL ^ the benches are in place . . will be completed/ Another court la beigg provided oa ~ the grammar school property on Lyrtleton street. TWs wfllbq one Of \ the best in the city. 4he court waa used for several yaarg as an out^ornr?' basketball court and the sUrfaoe is Baldwin hu'lLnfl mucb tot?r?at *T?HablC"wlH ??' b.?w?? .tetjr and savanty pliers taking part tn