The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 12, 1940, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
Idachc, Bad Breath '
r<ll of Mara to Come
'
ib Paul Revere's famous ride
id of the Redcoats' coming, ao
*'s messengers ? headaches,
Bneas, bad breath?often warn
ilty elimination,
ctlng these signs may cause a
of constipation's discomforts:
itomach, belching; no appetite
prgy; mental dullness.
0 easy to wake up your lasy
s. Just take spicy, all vegeBLACK-DRAUGHT,
Its unhelp
comes from its principal
lient~-an intestinal tonic-laxwhich
imparts tone to lasy ?
muscles.
ns of packages ueed testify to i
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body's Business
for 'We Chronicle by Gee
icOee, Copyright, 19U.
.. ii^riii, 11i fit' '"I*"'*" *
uid Have Been'Muoh Worse
ivill waite, our local minister,
get back on the radio with a
ly morning sermonts, but he
d so loud the last time he
1 the et^er, ho blowed out seven
in the mikyfoam: it could
id his tonsoTial voice, he has
d preeching in a low voloe ocly,
but his wife says befoar
v? It, he is bellowing as ioud
,1. some of his former memthe
ohuroh were deef, hud he
he h#bit of uslng a loud voice
s newer recovered from it
ve turned down flat at station
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little moore, a uiuiunt Drohon.
holsum moore, who went
yr. ago'after a certain robbery
nmltted in our midst, has reback
to flat rock for a short
he did "not hear of the said
'till he returned back to our
ity. he is hall and harty, and
nd peddles beef for a livving.
ts that nearly gil of the poorit
west is stnoillg for a third
pres. rooeyvelt Ihey are a>f
a new man. also the real
a change hi the middle of
im mought cut off the flow of
id parrity checks ansoforth.
ileosman had the miss-fortune
bis heels frostrblt one night
ith. he -was weak and heavy
om the hard work incident to
idays and be went to sleep on
t, and that's when the frost
ihn. he set down on a banch
>wn pump and took his shoes
his dogs get a rest, and that
hey arenrao easily bit. fe.
hubert green Is treating him ou creddick,
but makes him i>ay cash for the
salve that he rubs on It. he is drawing
his reggular pay while limping around
on crutches, he would, be a
pretty sight arresting anyboddy in
that fix.
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no new blzzinesses have opened Up
In flat rock except a garrago on the
outskirts, he says he cannot run a
shop in flat rqjck, onner count of the
high privilege license, he- caters to
' wrecks and' has a nice wrecker to pull
1 them in with, he allao carries 2 flrstald'klts
to all axcldents. he took
training in the world war in wropping
up wounds and he has been verry
handy in sawing lives, so he says, he
charges only for the time and cloth
used, as he is not a doctor, he mout
do well where he is as his wife Is rail
good looking and she will sell sandwitches
at her hot-dog stand nearby,
yores trulle,
' mike lark, rfd.
corry spondent
My New Year's Resolutions
RESOLVED, That I will not blame
all of my failures and short-comings
on the government.
Resolved, That I will pay my taxes
with a smile as long as my money
lasts, and will look forward with deep
concern to more and more taxes from
year to year.
RESOLVED, That I will not undertake
to influence a legislator or a
senator; I will leave him entirely in
the hands of the lobbyists who get
good pay to sway.
RESOLVED, That I will look for*
ward with, hope that better conditions
will obtain in my line, but i will not
fmii to look backward and analyze my
many mistakes, and use my. experience
as a guide Into future chasms.
RESOLVED, That I will not put
forth any special effort to discern the
weaknesses and frailties of my fellow
man: ?l-shall-trw*him . not to diaect
me and mine to a point where the few
good traits we might have within us
will be covered with rubbish that
won't blow away.
RESOLVED, That I will endeavor
always to have enough spare time on
my hands to do something dally or
weekly for my church, for my city,)
for my county, for my state, not for-)
getting my duty to our schools and
our colleges, and thus try to make our
country and community a better place
in which to live. .. \
I
"Resolved, That i win seek out
the occasion often to speak a good
word for my friends, and not wait till
the occasion is forced upon me, and
that I will lock arms (and not horns)
with my competitor, and "help him
when I can so that he will help me
when I need help. ,
RESOLVED, TJiat I. will not question
a persons motives when I know
he is trying to do good: That I will
I continue to listen more and talk less;
That I will strive to help to make our
homes real homes rather than Just a
place to-live: And^ that from this
day on, I shall yearn'to walk a little
closer (if not in) the narrow path,
shoot stralghter, and bear by part of
humanity's burdens with less murmur
and more willingness.
RfeSOLVHD, That T now realize
that very few of the things enumerated
above can be accomplished without
the help and support and good
wishes of my friends and associates;
therefore I hope that I shall so live
jp,d to act to deserve these things of
Tmy jx*>pl?.
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Judge Order* Railroad Sold
Charleston?'A deere? of foreclosure
ami sale on tile In Federal Court ordered
the sale on January 84 In Cheraw
of the Chesterfield and Lam-aster
railroad company, operating between
Olu>raw and Pageland, all in Chesterfield
county^
The property, operating 31.75 miles,
has an UPML price of $31,700. Judge
A. M. Lumpkin signed the decree. Issued
in a cross-complaint, brought by
theVlrving Trust company, as trustee,!
against the railroad company and Us
receivers.
Jane Bryan, piovle actreeo, and Justin
\v Dart, general tnanag^r of the
Walgreeli drug chain, are honeymooning
after a surprise marriage In Chicago
Monday night.
The Royal Air force announces that
437 members of the air force have
been killed since the European war
opened.
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The Thirties Made
History For State
(By William Klug, Associated Press ^
Writer)
Politics, crime ami disasters made
the big news In South Carolina in the
decude of the 80's. t '
News from this little state won the,
national spotlight more than once'
during that period. The slaying ofi
Guard Captain Olln Sanders in t?ur
spectacular attempt of six convicts to
escape from the state penitentiary!
vied with the sinking of the Pansy
for top play in papers of December,
13, 1937..
And the nation watched with Interest
as President Roosevelt came to
South Carolina to purge Cotton Ed
Smith -and failed.
The ten-year roll of presses sawj<
stories of Charleston shaken by a hurricane,
the state sickened by the
scourge of Infantile paralysis, bloody
clashes in labor's struggle and the bo-(
ginning of the gigantic power development
In the swamps of the Cooper
and the Santee.
J". The presidential train was pulling
lowly from the tightly Jammed railway
station at Greenville at the
j height of South Carolina's 1938 poltt!
leal campaign when President Franklin
Roosevelt raised his voice above
the noise of releasing air brakes:
"And I don't believe a man can
live on 50 cents a day.". ?,
The preaident hadn't mentioned
colorful, bombastic old Ellison Durant
Smith by name but the reference he
made to the statement attributed to
"Cotton Ed" mad? It clear he wanted
him defeated. for re-election to the
senate. Smith's opponent, Olln Johnston,
stood on the rear platform with
MTf? Roosevelt. It was clear whero
the presidential favor lay.
The crowd cheered hysterically as
| the president moved away, but whei^
I they went to tbe polls they elected
Smith for his sixth term because they
liked jhia platform?the same he had
used in 1908?states' rights, white supremacy
and tariff for revenue only.
Smith celebrated his victory by donning
a red shirt and making a typlI
cally florid speech at the foot of Wade
Hampton's statue.
, Six desperate criminals who were
willing to take a wild gamble for freei
dom from the penitentiary seized CapI
tain Olin Sanders the morning of
December 12, 1937, and declared thru
the windows of the barricaded office
that the guard's life was forfeit unless
they were given a car and an
opportunity to drive it through the
prison gates. t
They got no car. TOhy ignored the
i pleading of Governor Johnston, Adjutant
General James C. Dosier and prison
officials that they spare Sanders'
life. When they were driven from
the office by gas shellB they left the
veteran' officer bleeding to death on
the floor.
? The wheels of Justice turned slowly
but inexorably and March 24, 1939,
approximately a year and half after
I the slaying, the six convicts?William
B. Woods, J. V. Bair, Herbert Moorman,
Roy Suttles, Clayton Crans and
George Wingard?were electrocuted
in the largest mass execution for a
single crime in thp. state's history.
On the chill, grey morning of October
28, 1935, a company of National
Guardsmen, acting under orders from
Governor Olln D. Johnson, set up
machine guns on the lawn of the state
office building and took control of the
highway -department. It was a dramatic
climax to the colorful governor's
quarrel with the road department
and Ben Sawyer, its chief.
' Johnston brought the troops into
play after the highway commission
ignored his inaugural demand that
they resign "forthwith." The military
occupation "was necessary to bring
the dictatorial policies of the road
department to an end," he said."
Use of the militia was but one
phase of Johnston's unsuccessful battle
with what he called the "domineering
political ring.". The fight
raged through-courts, special hearings
and In the legislature, and the
-governor never missed an opportunity
to denounce and berate the "political
octopus." When Johnaton relinquished
the chief executive reins to Burnet
R. Maybank in January, 1939, however,
portly Ben Sawyer still carried
On as chief highway commissioner. South
Carolina's unionized textile
workers Joined the call of national
leaders by going out on the Dabor
day strike September 3, 1934, and
Governor Ibra Blackwood, fearing violence,
ordered troops to,trouble spots.
The first "flying squadron" ?strikers
leaving their home territory to
Visit other plants with a vlew^pf forcing
them to close ?swarmed over
Greenville September 5. These ?25
Spartanburg unionists l^tt five Injured
persons in clashes which were
checked by militia.
Biasing guns deajth death to seven
picketing strikers and left upward of
er between workers and a 'Hying
squadron" at a Honea Path^mill on
Othtf desdhBP^ occurred at ottttsas,
Fear gripped Ihe hearts of parents
tn South Carolina us the weather
turned warm In 1939 unit report# of
spreading Infantile parulysls (poliomyelitis)
were heard on every hand.
First reported in Charleston in the
spring, the disease was soon appearing
in every county.
The state hoalth department stepped
In with drastic regulation *of assemblages
and the disease abated. By full
the danger was over but, tl\ere had
been 448 cases reported over the state.
About thirty of these- a comparatively
small number?were fatal.
About 80 per cent, of those taken
ill were disabled at first but a great
many responded to treatment and
were spared permanent paralysis.
A trio of raging tornadoes, forming
in the dark and sinister cloud mass
over James Island, ripped into Char'
lesioh early in the morning of September
29. 1938, and left grim death
and terrific destruction in their wake.
Thirty-two persons were killed and
more than 10Q were Injured- Damage
estimated at more than $2,000,000 was
caused by the twisters, which struck I
in the very heart of the old city and 11
failed to spare many historic Und-h
marks. It was the city's worst disss-11
ter since the earthquako of August 31,1
I88d, killed 1Q0 and caused $5,600,000
damage. ? I
For decades engineers had dreamed I
of damming the muddy Santee river 1
to generate power and aid in naylga-1
tlon by dumping its heavy flow Into
Cooper river. The dream began tol
take shape in 1934 when the legislature
set up the South Carolina Public 1
Service authority to administer the
huge $40,000,000 project. The dream
nearod reality in the early fall of 19391
when construction work began. I
Where 150 years ago a canal financed
by rich planters ran, today inod-1
ern engineers are clearing a huge reservoir
and are building two earthen
dams which will take most ofti^e tur-1
gid Santee'B water across a watershed
divide and dump -H into the pmaller
Cooper river, the dumping to create
electric power and locks to provide!
transportation. ' |
Throughout most of the '30s the!
Saniee-Cooper struggled through court
battles and against a thousand ene-l
mies who sought t6 forestall the de-j
velopment. More battles appear like-V
ly in the '40s before the distribution!
of power begins over a potential field!
from Raleigh, N. C., to Athens, Ga., J
under the small scale TV A program.!
State Senator Edward J. Dennis, aj
political power in bloody, Berkeley J
county, wae%tanding before a fruit 1
stand at Moncka Corner, July.^24, 1930,1
when a figure, crouched behind an au-1
tomoblle with a shotgun resting onl
the radiator for better aim blasted al
hole in the senator's head with buckshot
The slaying, which followed closely!
on the heels of a request from Dennis
to Governor Richkrds that troops
be sent to Berkeley to prevent disorders
at the approaching election, stir-J
red the fear tHalT' general OrfldNT
would follow. Special officers were
rushed to the scone by the governor,].
W. L. ("Sporty") ^hornley confess-!
ed the shooting?though he blamed
others for persuading him?and was!
sent to the penitentiary for life. His
sentence was commuted in 1938 by 1
Governor Olln Johnston.
When the federal government under
President Roosevelt permitted the
return of beer after almost twenty I
arid years of prohibition, South Car-J
olina was quick to follow suit. Ihel
legislature In 1933 legalized 3.2 beer!
and the next year increased the permissible
volume of alcohol to five per
cent.
In the summer of 1934 the question
of overthrowing the state's prohibition
statutes was put to a vote In the
Democratic primary and the wets
won, 157,669 to 133.028,
Taking the advice of tlie primary
referendum the general assembly of
1935 voted a state licensing system
which with a few administrative
changes_waa still in effect at the end
of the decade.
One otherwise quiet Indian summer
Sunday afternoon in. October, 1931, a
crazed farmer, obsessed with a persecution
complex ran amok In the
Betfccar section of Aiken county and
killed a half-dozen close relatives
with his shotgun.
George Jackson got two uncles, an
aunt by marriage and two' male first
cousins at the family homestead and
then potted another cousin through
the window of bis home a short distanoe
away;1 A third uncle and the
wife of one of the cousins escaped with
their lives only because they hid
in a closet when the firing began..,.
Brought to trkU Mid sentenced 1
die despite a *ple?*?f insanity, Jackson
was committed to the State hospital
for an examination. When the
man wis adjudged a victim of dementia
praecox, Governor Blackwood
commuted his death sentence to life
imprisonment. ?
There were other big wtoriee In the
>Wrt.M ?<** ? ?tarte Joeing
one of its seven congressional
seats In'19SO. Or James r. Byrnes'
defeat of Cole L. Blasae In dM man
year to his. place of Importance
in the Washington scene.
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Or the repeal of Democratic role
32, ". 3 ~ /
Wonder what'll happen In the '40a!
Son Kills Father J
Near Lancaster
Oscar Horton, Sr.,.a negro about 45
years of age living about two and
one-half miles south of Lancaster,
was shot and almost Instantly killed
last Monday morning by his sdn. Oscar
Horton, Jr. A shotgun was used
by the son and it took effect about
three inches below the heart, making
only a comparatively small hole in the
body as the shot was flred at close
range.
The negro was arrested soon .after
the killing by Sheriff R. A. Blackman
and Is now In the oounty Jail.
Prom the evidence gathered by the
sheriff It appears as though the elder
Horton engaged in a family quarrel
with his wife and that when the
son took up the matter the shooting
followed.
Acoordlng to both the defendant
and his mother the father engaged
in a bitter quarrel with his wife and
threw a stick of wood at her. The
son sought to defend his mother And
the father then ran out into the yard
where he secured a pick; then made
his way toward the house with evident
intention of creating further
disturbance. The eon then used
the shotgun with deadly effect.
It was said that the son was Just
Inside the door of the hnnte and that
Oscar Horton, Sr., was on the porch
when the fatal shot was fired.
Sheriff BlAckmon said M/onday
morning that the stories as told by
the mother and sen were practically
identical. Another son also witnessed
the tragedy but Sheriff Blackmon
said Monday morning that he had not
as yet had opportunity to examine the
hoy.
None but members of the family
were, present. wMn. the jfelMj&S&HfiC.
took place.
The Hortons all lived in the same
house on the Bailey place which is
about ene-half a mile west of Highway
521 and about two miles south
of the city.
The elder Horton was a well known
negro of this county and was regarded
as a very religious man.?I^ancaster
News.
Officers Return
Empty Handed
Deputy Sheriff Russell Saunders
and State Officer Hydrick returned
from Virginia where they went last
week for Mr. and Mrs. John Smith,
charged with having defrauded an
aged whito woman of the county out
of $1,000 on a promise to locate burled
treasure near her home. Smith
was being held in Jail, but his wife
had not been apprehended. He had
employed three attorneys and was
fighting extradition. = Through the aid
of commonwealth attorney ball was
raised from $f>0d to $3,000 and a hearing
fixed ^or an early date. It was
reported That Smith offered to return
the $1,000 and pay expenses but the
officers had no authority to accept.
It is understood that Hon. J. M. Moorer
has been retained to represent
Smith here and he le making enquiries
Into the case.?Walterboro Press
and Standard.
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Poultry and Eggs J
Outlook Favorable
ClomBon, Jan. 8.?The price outlook
for poultry and eggs appear# to be 1
le88 favorable in the early part of
1940 but perhaps more favorable during
the last half of the year as compared
with 1989, according to fore- .
caets made by O. M. Clark, Clemson
extension eoonomlst.
"Poultry prices are expected to be
less favorable than a year earlier for
the early months of 1940^" say* Mr.
Clark. "In the spring of 1940 the ,
stronger demand may offset the effects
of the expected larger marketings
as compared with the year earlier,
and the prices for poultry during
the spring of 1040 may be as
good as those during the spring of *
1939. '
"The hhtoh during 1940 is expected
to be smaller than that of 1939. Consequently,
the marketings of poultry
will be less during the last half of
1940 than during the corresponding
period of the year before. Therefore,
poultry prifcea are expected to Increase
during the last half of 1940 as
compared with 1939.
"because of the larger storage .
stocks of eggs of all kinds and larger
current production, prices of eggg^arg
expected to average lower duraS^the
early months of 1940 than during the
i corresponding month# of a year ear--*-iter,"
Mr. Clark continues. "During ~
the remainder of 1^40, however, th#
larger consumer Income is expected
to more than offset the effect# of the
larger supplies of egg# and egg prices
will average somewhat higher than
during the corresponding period of a
year earlier. r< / V '
"The laying flocks are expected to
be somewhat larger during the great^iail.gJU^LthlaJigL
egg production somewhat larger, and
the number of eggs -marketed somewhat
greater.-"?1"" -----FOR
39 YEAR8 THEY,HAVE
EXCHANGED YULE CARDS
? " 'r&zjg.
For thirty-nine consecutive years,
James E. Steere, Bpy Scout executive,
has received a Chrietmae card from
Jim Leonard, artist and engraver, of
Lancaster, Pa. And for the same per;
iod Mr. Steere has sent Yuletide greeti
ings to Mr. Leonard. *
Thirty-nine years ago two' youths
we^ swimming in the Conestoga river,
and during those days a friendship
ripened that continued through
the years. That was in 1900. When
Christmas arrived that year Mr.
Steere had' left Lancaster, but he sent?
his friend a.ChrlstmaB card, and be
received one from Mr. Leonard.
No letters may be exchanged be- ^
tween them for twelve months, but 'Jwhen
the holiday period arrive# they
never fail to exchange Yultide greet- .-1'
Ing8, .
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will be added after January 31.
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LOUISE W. BOYKIN,
City Clerk and Treasurer
City of Camden, Camden, S. C.
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