The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 23, 1938, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
^"^CHANOe AT COkyMfMA I
.. w Leyl??l?tura Will Have Bi? M*
iority of New Hou"* Member? j
Columbia. Sept. 1&?Everybody with'
U>atft observation and experience
ihul the comply*'0" ?' the leg-j
k"?lurt. is infinitely more Important |
*!*? wito governor of this state. j
1 Governors, nowaday#, actually ac
,wl)luli very except by an o?jioaal
veto, add even that may bo |
oJerrulclcn by a legislature which la j
oUKl, determine^ upou lta course of
Action
Much extravagant spending, mount
taxes, silly Pi*"# tor this or that,
bleb will fatten the ego, or the purse
* #ume legislative bosses, these and
?tber important things depend upon
bo are sent to the senate and the
lorn' by the counties.
Bo the wise guys here at the state
eanltal are already studying the legLlaturo
which will meet here next
January to guide South Carolina for
eol or woe, for the next two years.
' vTlir first primary showed that less
J., imif the former members or the
man v
bouse will be 111 it next January, aud
today 11 is known that a large major.
ot tlie house will be rookies,
njshmeu. newcomers, Inexperienced
L legislation and in government. It
ok? 'ike the people bad finally stop^"looked
and listened-and yanked
[he former legislators out of their
legislative seats, for cause.
important now, is what ideas and
tCtions the preponderance of new
members will exhibit for tho next two
ye;,)at will the new members think
8,ul do. as they legislate on pensions,
on the liquor question, on taxation,
wilh ;i general sales tax threatened,
ou the free school textbook question
__on greater economy in government,
on diversion of some of the gasoline
ux revenue to purposes other than
roadbuilding?
Nobody can answer that question
now, nor can anybody tell now who
will l.c the bosses of tho next house,
callt! the leaders, euphemistically.
The aid ones are gone from the next
hous- of representatives.
Nf\;!!o Bennett, of Marlboro, for
eight years an able chairman of the
important committee on ways and
means and an outstanding spender, is
gone He stepped out to run for the
governorship and was defeated.
Gone also is the man who led the
forces of Governor Johnston in the
house. Representative L. C. Wannamaker,
of Chesterfield. Wannamaker
sought the lieutenant governorship,
and. like Bennett, was defeated.
One of the most forceful members
of the house was Representative J. W.
Moorer. of Colleton, long spokesman
for the highway department onslaughts
of Governor Johnston. Moorer
isn't coming back.
Then there is Representative Ben
E Adams of Richland, who until his
break with the governor on the truck
issue. spoke about as often as Wannamaker
in behalf of Johnston measures
Mr. Adams Is out. Like Bennett.
he tried in vain for the governorship.
Representative John Long of Union,
one of the ablest of the Johnston men, ,
was defeated.
Gone also are some of the most
colorful members of the house. SuaYe
witty, and veteran Dr. Olln Sawyei of
Georgetown, was defeated on the first
ballot Sawyer was considered the
quickest thinkeh in the house and his
darts were as humorous as they were
sharp Off and on he had been in the
house about eighteen years.
Then there was aging Represent- ;
alive Li. A. G. Ouzts of Greenwood,
with a ptnehmant for voting "no", and
for criticizing the house. "Brother ,
Ouzts". as many called him, was defeated
on the very first ballot.
An ! catoricaily-inclined Representative
Herbert Bailey of Cherokee, ram- ,
pan; : r a divorce law, won't be back,
br'-ahe passed up the house to run ^
for : i,. senate and encounter defeat.
Beaum also was militant dry Elwood j
McK<y of Florence. )
An.'m2 those of importance who J
survival ?he election last Tuesday are ^
*ueh n.-n as Speaker Solomon Blatt of^
iinfMeoj); , RspfSBfilitatlve Calhoun j
Thox.-,, of Beaufort, chairman of the !
Judiciary committee; Representative
Wiif-.-q Zerbst of Charleston, the (
speak.-r pro tern; Representative F. M. ,
Roddey of Fairfield, one of the vice (
chairmen of the ways and means commi;;.-.
. Representative Winchester ^
Smith of Barnwell, another ways and (
m*ans vice chairmen; youthful but
?hle Representative Thomas Pope of ,
Nk-w ,-rry. and Representative James j
E L-ppard of Chesterfield, \one of the ,
^nd*-rr~or-Johnatonites to escape de- (
Thfse are an In the "leflLer" class, ]
*nd unless same member of the new
class coming In should rlsl1. to seize |
f?ntrol, the next leader of Vhe houso j
h pretty apt to come from mIs group.
And what about the sffltisatlonal. ,
Picturesque, furious factional battles j
1? the new legislature? That is still a |
location unanswered, but sonio trends j
he seen, even this early ' i
There will no longer be tie Johns- ]
km faction, but there may develop one l
*hich would resemble it. <
may rlie out of (hs Johnston i
legislative ashes a racuon wmuu **?i
fight the highway department and
jeek to divert some of Its funds to
3ther purposes.
This group would probably favor
higher pensions for the aged.
It would have to consent to a sales'
ax If It should insist upon and get
ligher pensions.
But the real and marked line of
cleavage between factions in this new
legislature is most apt to be between
:hose who would spend the money of
the taxpayers like drunken sailors,
and take it by forced taxes, on the one
band, and those others who would
Dave much less spending to make out*
go be no larger than income, with no
aew, or larger taxes.
News Of Interest In
And Near Bethune
lU-lhunc, Sept 21 Centering the inteiem
of friends and relalivoa In the
Carolptaa ami Pwnnsy Ivatna was the
wedding of Mlsa Margaret Ilea roil. ot
this plait* ami Carl Harrison, of KclInborn,
I'onn , which was solemnized
with a simple, (nil impressive ceremoil)
on August H>, ul 12 o'clock al
Duke unlvorsliy cathedral The prenuptial
lOUSle was rendered by Mr
Robinson university organist, who also
played the wedding march. The
marriage ceremony was performed by
tho Rev. Mr Yales, Episcopal minister.
The bride and bridegroom entered
together and were unattended. The
bride was charming In a becoming
fall costume of navy blue and dubonet,
French model hat with veil and blue
accessories, Her corsago was sweetheart
roses anil lilies of tho valley.
Immediately after the ceremony the
young couple left fur a wuildlug trip
tb Myrtle Beach, and after spending
a few days In Bethune and a short
visit with friends In Baltimore, they
have gone to Warrentou. l'enn., to
make their home, where Mr. Harrison
Ih engaged in the teaching profession.
Mrs Harrison is the attractive
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. K. llearon,
of Bethune. She graduated from the
Bethune high school and the Franklin
Square training school, Baltimore, later
working at I'nion Memorial In that
eity. For the past year and a half
she has had charge of the medical
dispensary at Duke university hospital.
Her host of frlelldB here regret
that her marriage is taking her so
far from home. Mrs. Harrison, the
son of Mi and Mrs Don Harrison, of
Pennsylvania, received his B. S. d?
gree from State Teacher's college in
Edlnboro, Penn., and his M. A. degroe
from Duke university.
Among the out-of-town guests at the
wedding were: Mrs. T. E. Hearon,
the bride's mother, Mrs. 1. ' J
Burley. Camden, sister of the j>riae.
Miss Madeline Davis. Plymouth, N. C ,
Dr. Ivan Brown. Jr.. New York, and
Jim Geron. Raleigh, N. C.
Mrs. W. E. Orr, of Chicago, 111., Is
tho house guest of her niece, Mrs.
F. R. Morse.
Mrs Johnny Burton, of Roanoke
Rapids, Va., is spending awhile with
her mother. Mrs. F. H. Beard.
The "Pioneers." directed by then
leader. Mrs. F. R Morse, will present
a medical missionary plav, the scenes
having been laid in India?Sunday evening.
September 2;>, 7 o clock, at the
Presbvterlan church. 1 he play is en
titled "The Pill Bottle," and the cast
follows: Margaret McLaurin,
Frances Bethune. Sara Kuth McKlnnon.
Louise Ortman, Mrs. E Z. I ruesdale
C. L. McKlnnon, 1 roy Pate, Otis
Linton, Boyd McKlnnon, Jr., Mary
Linton. E. W. Tolbert, Mary Nancy
McLaurin, Blanche Edna Bran nonSara
Rebecca McKlnnon Betty Best
Mary McKlnnon, Sue Hilton, Marj
Elizabeth Josey, Johnsle Bethune, Do is
Lane. Mrs. Margaret Marlon. Frances
Helms.
MrB. J. M. Clyburn has gone for
several day's visit to friends in Florence
and Effingham.
Mrs. D. B. Clure, Homestead, Fla.,
I, the guest ot her staters Mrs. D. M.
Mays and Miss Cecelia King.
Miss Sara Rector, of the Col"mbbJ
schools, and Miss Ethel T^v lle o
the Greenville schools, both former
teachers here, spent the week e
with friends at the King-Dav_ls d
Other former teachers who visited
here during the week end were. J. "
Sn ot the Anttoch schols an.I Mr..
Konn who were dinnei guests Fr "
"vZlng of Miss Stella Bethune Dupre
Sassard and wife, of Pagelana,
were also guests of friends.
Miss Willie Rose Copeland of Blsh
opville, has been visiting Miss Gean.
B?Among the young feop,?be?fleachnlace
who are engaged in the teacn
Big profession and have gbne to take
UPndheLdg?erkMi8s Lorena McDonald,
rd-'Mu/B.',zaMbeth BaKer AnUoch;
Miss Carrie Yarbrough. MayeevHIe,
Miss Mary King. Oakley Hall, Miss
l,uclle Hilton. rro^dence^MUB M y
Ellen McLaurin, . paschai
Helms, Irmo. phpmw and
{fpri son.
[lay guests of friends at the
Davis ho^ek Florence, spent the
week end with ^ ?? Ha,
rle^ May^vURed In North during the
Lioned, girls anu / vioreuerlte Fosvarious
colleges are ' d Har.
ter, Robbie Newt Marion
riet Mays, L'? . j sparan?
Gravis M?ci^ri. University of
3o'uh'i Carolina; Richard McLaurin.
Tennessee. charles Rivers and
Mr B Vathprine Ward, of Chesterlaughter.
Katherine d
Held, were guests ot Mrs. M.
luring the week end.
John Ihunter. English anatomist,
3nee transplanted a rooster, spur to
Its comb.
ELK, DISON ROAMED
EAST CENTURY AGO
Ftmthers Still Survive in the
AUeghaniea.
Washington, D. C.?It is barely a
century since elk and bison became
extinct ih the Alleghanies. < Both
were ubundunt in George Washington's
day, according to Dr. Remington
Kellogg, Smithsonian institution
mammalogist, whose report on
the present-day mammals of West
Virginia, together with a report on
the birds of the stute by Dr. Alexander
Wetmore, has just been made
public by the United States museum.
It had become apparent in the
course of recent ntudies that the
birds and small mammals of West
Virginia were poorly represented in
the national museum 'and other museums,
and that knowledge of the
ranges and habits of the birds and
animals was based largely on assumption
or on scattered records
casually obtained.
The national museum, therefore,
undertook in 1036 a definite program
I of field work to obtain more complete
and definite information on the
West Virginia fauna. The work on
birds added much data on distribution
of the various forms and led
to the discovery of a new race of
song sparrow. The study of the
mammals led to the publication of
the present report, which is a complete
list of the mammals known to
be present either now or formerly
in West Virginia.
County Histories Studied.
The animals are the opossum,
three species of moles, six of
shrews, ten of bats, black bear, raccoon,
eastern fisher, two species of
weasels, two of minks, otter, three
species of skunk, two of foxes, gray
wolf, cougar, bobcat, woodchuck,
chipmunk, six species of squirrel,
beaver, thirteen species of mice,
three of rats, rock vole, muskrat,
porcupine, varying hare, two species
of cottontail rabbits, white-tail deer,
elk and bison.
Besides seeking for the living
fauna Dr. Kellogg searched county
histories and old diaries for the most
recent references to the larger creatures
who were unable to hold their
ground against man. The last record
of bison, he found, was in 1825,
when settlers chased a mother and
her calf with dogs. Both were shot.
The last elk of which there is any
record was killed in 1867, although, it
is claimed, elk tracks were seen as
late as 1873. A few of these animals
are still at large in the state, but
they escaped from a private park a
few years ago.
Bison Were Abundant.
Bison were abundant in this part
of the Alleghany region, Dr. Kellogg
says, up to the time of the Revolution.
In 1770 George Washington
found these animals in great abundance
near the mouth of the Great
Kanawha river; other travelers told
of meeting great migrating herds,
and settlers complained that the bison
were destroying their crops.
Although long hunted by the Indians,
both the elk and bison apparently
had little fear of man before
the coming of the white settlers.
Woman Is Building Town c
in Middle of the Desert
Salome, Ariz.?Mrs. Addie Lee
Van Orsdel probably is the only
woman in the United States who
controls the destiny of an entire
community.
Mrs. Van Orsdel is president of
her own improvement company,
founded several years ago to carry
out plans originated by Salome's
founder, Dick Wick Hall, to build a
modern community and tourist resort
in the middle of the desert.
The cotnpany purchased Hall's estate,
the Salome townsite and several
sections of land surrounding the
desert spot, and started a planned
"business boom." .
The first unit of her enterprise?
a $50,000 modern adobe structure?now
is open. A program under way
provides for construction of thirtyeight
homes, to cost nearly $85,000,
on the original townsite.
A "municipal" airport is being
laid out on property near the city.
A storage tank provides water under
pressure, and workmen already
have installed a power plant.
She plans to spend more than
$250,000 in the community.
The money with which the community
is being built was gathered
when Mrs. Van Orsdel and her husband
"struck it rich" in the Arctic
regions north of Mount McKinley,
after the 1899 gold rush.
1S37 "Best Health Year,"
Statistics Now Indicate
New York.?On the basis of mortality
statistics for the first ten
months of this year, 1937 promises
to be the best "health year" ever
experienced in this country, the
Metropolitan Life Insurance company
announces.
The statistics, compiled from records
of the 17,500,000 industrial policy
holders of the company, show a
cumulative death rate of 8.3 for
each 1,000 for the period from all
causes combined?a lower rate than
that for any previous similar period.
New low mortality rates were
registered for seven specific diseases:
typhoid fever, scarlet fever,
diphtheria, tuberculosis, syphilis
(including locomotor ataxia and general
paralysis of the insane), chronic
nephritic and diseases incidental
to pregnancy **vi childbirth.
?rr 4
FATALITIES DUE TO
FIREARMS REDUCE!
Educational Campaigns
in Big Drop.
Washington.?Firearm fatalities
have been materially reduced by
educational campaigns, but the need
for even greater caution on the part
of sportsmen wus emphasised in a
special message sent out by the
American Wildlife institute.
"Firearm fatulities in the United
States decreased from 3,120 in 1930
to 2,854 in 1935?the last year figures
were available from the vital statistics
division of the census bureau."
Henry P. Davis, secretary of
the institute declared.
"The sharpest decreases came
about in the hunting months of October,
November and December,"
Davis continued, "indicating that
sportsmen as a whole are becoming
more careful. For instance, in October,
1930, there were 347 deaths
from gunshot wounds. In the same
month in 1935, there'were only 304,
or 45 less. In November, 1935, firearm
fatalities decreased from 404
to 414, or seventy-four less, and the
December, 1935, fatalities were 338,
or exactly 100 less than for the same
month five years earlier,"
While the latest reports indicate a
sharp drop in firearm futalities in
the past year, "there is no reason
why hunting accidents should not
be completely wiped out," Davis
declared.
Hunting accidents seldom happen
to "experienced sportsmen," Davis
said, declaring, "they know exactly
how to handle guns. Every sportsman
should know as much about
his firearms."
Young Offenders Lead in
Arrests in United States
Washington.?Out of 400,000 arrests
in the first nine months of this
year throughout the country, the
largest number of prisoners in any
age group were aged twenty-two.
Prior to 1935 the arrested persons
aged nineteen outnumbered other
age groups. The federal bureau of
investigation, revealing the results
of an examination of records, adds
that for age twenty, this year, arrests
were substantially lower than
for ages twenty-one and nineteen.
More than half the total arrests
were of persons under thirty years
of age.
Youths predominated in arrests
for offenses against property, such
as robbery, larceny, automobile
theft and burglary. Persons under
twenty-five numbered 53 per cent of
those charged with robbery, 61 per
cent of those charged with burglary,
48 per cent pf those charged with
larceny and nearly 73 per cent of
those charged with automobile theft.
Over 40 per cent of those arrested
between January and the end of
September were represented in the
fingerprint file of the identification
division of the F. B. I. Many had
been convicted previously of one or
more offenses. About 4,600 fugitives
were identified during this period
by the division's fingerprint records.
More than 10,600 police departments,
peace officers and law-enforcement
agencies are now voluntarily
contributing fingerprints to
the F. B. I.
Murder and aggravated assault
occur most frequently during the
third quarter of the year, according
to the records. Offenses against
property?robbery, burglary, larceny
and automobile theft?reach
their peak in the first quarter.
Students Favor Ending
Home Study "Nightmare"
Cleveland.?The average high
school student prefers longer school
periods and shorter home assignments,
according to a "surVey-atrandom"
made at East Technical,
East and Lincolri high schools here.
Although home work is decreasing
in grade schools, it still is the nightmare
haunting the upper gradesmen.
A majority of students at the
three schools surveyed said they
would be willing to stay longer at
school and there complete their
home work if long week-end assignments
and nightly work were eliminated.
A National Youth administration
survey of 800 parents showed that
the average student studies 1.39
hours at home.
Polo-Playing Indians
Ride Ponies Bareback
Yakima, Wash.?Where once Indians
pursued the buffalo, they now
chase a little white ball. The Indian
has taken up polo.
The young braves?as well as the
old?appear to get great fun out of
the game. Although not so expert
at striking the pellet with their mallets,
the Indians are daring riders.
They ride bareback.
I4 Pastor Invites Lazy
to Sleep at Services
Perry, Okla.?The pastor of a
Perry church invited those who
wanted to sleep on Sunday mornI
ing "to come to church and
sleep." i
I He scid that if persons in sir. t ,
on sleeping through the church
hour on Sunday, they might rs
well do It In church. Attendance
at his church, he said, has ir.
creased since he extended the in
vitatlc^.
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What Election Disclosed
The situation In South Carolina Is
still further clarified, as the Inner
Circle of the administration doubtless
realizes now.
President Roosevelt said to newspaper
men, it will bo recalled, that
tlio withdrawal of State Senator lidgar
A. Brown from the senatorial race
in South Carolina "clarified the situation."
The result of the recent Democratic
primary may be analyzed briefly and
simply.
It showed the people of South Car-n
olina do not take dictation even when
sugar coated and from the President
of the United States himself.
It showed the people of South Carolina
are not In favor of a federal
anti-lynchlng bill which would turn
over to federal officers the full police i
power of the state.
It showed the people of South Car- j
ollna are not In favor of packing the
supreme court of the United States |
so that It too might become a rubber |
stamp outfit of executive domination, j
It showed the people of South Car- J
ollna are not in favor of a plan of reorganization
of the federal government
so that the executive branch of
that government might have such
power as no one such individual
should be granted In a government of j
free people.
IC showed finally, that the people of 1!
South Carolina are in no mood to endorse
even remotely a boomlet for
smashing the long established thirdterm
precedent for a President of the.
United States.?Greenwood Index-;
Journal. ? ^
Thirty-three children- were injuredwhen
the roUf collapsed upon 100
students In the second-story study
auditorium of a school at Clarksdale,
Arizona.
Singing Convention Postponed
There will bp no meeting of tho
Lee County Singing Convention at
the Free Will Baptist church on Sunday,
September 2f>. as tho North Carolina
ami South Carolina Convention
will meet on that date at Corinth
Baptist church situated two and 0110half
miles west of Monroe, N, C.?L.
A. Moore, President Leo County Singing
Convention.
STATE THEATRE
KERSHAW, S. C.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
; "JUDGE HARDY'S
CHILDREN"
With Lewis Stone?Mickey Rooney
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24
OUTLAWS OF
THE PRAIRIE"
With Charles Starrett-Irls Meredith
LATE SHOW?10:30 P. M.
"BREAKFAST FOR TWO"
With Barbara Stanwyck?
Herbert Marshall
MONDAY and TUESDAY
SEPTEMBER 26?27
"THE ADVENTURES
OF ROBIN HOOD
With Brrol Flynn
Olivia DeHavllland
WEDNESDAY
and
THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 28?29
"VOGUES OF 1938
. With Warner Baater^Joan Bennett
ADM I8SION:
Matinee, 20e; Night, 25c.
Children 10c any time.
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TO OPEN DANCE SCHOOL HERE
Margaret and Lannoau Foster um they appeared la exhibition ut
Jack Stone's Hr6adway Studios In New York City this summer.
Mr and Mrs. Foster have returned to Columbia, South Carolina,
where they operate the Foster School of Dance which Is opening
a branch studio hero.
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HERE is a much-needed modern
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burning Superfex Heater with a
low flue, made especially foi use
where the most convenient flue
connection i* through the fireplace.
It's one of the famous
Hett-Dlrectot models, with
patented shutters on front and
sides. With shutters fully open
you get RADIATING heat; with
shutters closed, the heat is
CIRCULATED, and you ceo open
the shutters on either side or
front to DIRECT the beat to
warm the floor and to assure
Comfort in "the living zone."
Superfex burnt a wide variety
of inexpensive fuel oils, without
wicka,lighting rings,or machinery.
Hat an automatic draft regulator.
Come in and see this "fireplace"
heater, and the other Superfex /
modela that use ordinary chimney
connections.
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Company
Camden South Carolina
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