The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 08, 1940, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
SOUTH CAROLINA'S
ORDINANCE OF SECESSION
'Where is the original of 1,10 Houth
Carolina Ordinance of Swootwlon?'
wan recently asked of Congressman
j p Richards, Democrat, Fifth Dintrice
of South Carolina, by Representatlve
Charles A. Halleck, Republican
Member of Congress from (he Second
District of Indiana. (Richards grandfatber
fought on the Confederate sldo
and Mullock's in the Northern Army).
Quickly Representative Hlcbarda replied
: '^'VVby In our State Capital, Columbia,
South Carolina." "No," Bald
llallock, "1 think I saw It In Indiana."
And ao therein hangs a very intereating
Htory:
It aeeina that during the recent adjournment
of Congress last fall Congressman
Halleck waa with a parly
enjoying a c)ita 11 hunt which Indiana
la noted for. among many other tine
thlnga?and waa approached by a
gentleman who asked the Congressman
to go by a nearby farmhouse to
look at some very old, and bellevod
to be valuablo, papers in the possession
of an Indiana housewife.
Iu looking over the packages of
yellowed documents, tied with a bit
of discolored cloth string, Representative
Halleck came across "South
Carolina's Ordinance of Secession,'
which the lady's father, an officer in
the Union Army under Sherman, had
secured when Columbia, the Capital
of South Carolina, was burned on
February 17, 1805 by Shorman's men
in their destructive inarch to the sea.
Congressman Richards Immediately
contacted Secretary A. J. Salley, Jr.,
to get first-hand historical Information
as to this copy of the Ordinance
of Secession. Mr. Salley wrote Congressman
Richards, as follows. Ihe
Ordinance of Secession is here in my
office. Shortly after It was adopted
the Secretary of State took charge of
it and made a certificate on the back
reciting what it was and signed his
name thereto. 13y order of the Convention
lithograph copies were made
by the Evans & Cogswell Company.
Charleston, and one copy presented to
each member of the Convention.
"1 have one of those In my private
collection. It belonged to one of the
signers from Orangeburg. I have
bought two In the North and two 1n
South Carolina in recent years. All
four of them are now In Southern collections,
three In South Carolina (two
of them In Canulen) and one In Georgia.
"I had a letter a day or two ago
from the Kansas State Historical Society
asking the same question you
have asked, with the Information that
a woman In that state had one which
she supposed was the original."
So. it seems that Representative
Halleck and the lady from Indiana
are mistaken. Evidently, the Indiana
copy is one of those made by Evans
A- Cogswell. Charleston. South Carolina.
It. is interesting to recall thai the
Signer* of the Ordinance of Secession
from Die Fifth District of South Carolina
were;
Chester District: 1 Inn. MeKee
1 \v hit w .1* S.I 111 to Slave been the oldi-?
man at '.he convention): 2.
Thorn.i- W Moore; Richard
Woo.ls; I A Q Dunovant.
York District: 1 William Blackburn
Wilson: J Rol'i i : T Allison; 3. Sammi
R.iino>. t A Baxter Springs; 5.
A. I. Barron.
Lancaster District: 1 R. L. Crawford,
2 W U t'autheii; D P. Robinson.
Kershaw District: 1 T J Withers;
2 Janoxs Chesnut. ,1 r ; 3 Joseph Brevard
Kershaw
Fairfield District: 1 John Hugh
Means. 2 William S':oih-r Uyies; 3
IIeii!> Campbell Ham-. ? J no Buchanan.
Chesterfield District. ' Jo!in A Inglis;
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fathers night
hiiss Jennie vcovn smith, our hue
h< boll principle, hoi I "fathers night
at her scholl housu last frlday evening.
It was attended by all addntlrfng
fathers, and no mothers wore allowed
to be on hands, she Is a good*
looking woman and knows how to entertain
men.
--the first thing on the program was
u song by miss Jennie veeve smith,entitled
? "two cigarettes in the
dark." she played her own aocompanytnents
on the scholl planno. the
socont Item was a song and planno
duet by miss Jennie veeve smith, the
third thing on the program was a
reading by miss Jennie veeve smith, i
?another fine piece on the list was a
combination rumba and skirt dance
on the rostrum by miss Jennie veeve
smith, uftor that, she gave 3 retttUjjgs
and u nice recitation, then she shotted
how she teoched flssical culture,
and the fathers wore all supprlsed to
find her so supple and so capable of
bending her figger around on the
stage without hurting her spine or
annythlng.
? after theso performances, miss Jennie
veeve smith gavo a example of
rope-skipping, she turned it herself
I and skipped 125 times without getting
it kotched around her nako or
betwixt her feet, she then swung a
few dumb-bells, one of them flew
out of her hand and almost struck
yore corry spondent. about 10:30 p.
m., she served a Ice-cream comb and
a sweet cracker to all fathers pressent.
tbe trustees were both there
and add-mired everything she done,
she Is assured of being re-eleckted
next year, she has aired thy torched
16 yr. her place can't be filled in the
harts of her pupils and their fathers,
yores trulie,
miko lark, rfd,
trustee
flat rock proposes some
drastic changes
?this citty of flat rock has benn figgering
on hiring a citty niannager to
run its bizness and take it out of politicks.
we are doing no good as she is
now run. whatever the taxes amount
to. much or little, goes to pay the
mayer and the policesman arid nothing
is evver left for street and sidewalk
work, nor is annythlng evver
done towardB improving the status
qUo of the community, a city mannager
would not let our place go
down like it has.
? the only progress flat rock has
made In the past 10 years is 6 filling
stations and 2 licker stoars. no other
indusstries have darkened our door,
with a citty mannager, according to
slifn chance, Jr.. a canddvdate for the
job. we could get 2 or 3 cotton mills
and a hose mill and possibly a ford
agency the first year of his encumbrance.
a town must be advertised
by doing good things and we should
stop the practise of telling only about
I the bad things that take place ill our
in idst.
-cellar lane got a cannery last year,
what did fiat rock get? ans: nothing,
cedar lane got a lumber plant a few
weeks ago. what lias flat rock got?
ans: nothing mr. chance, jr.. says
he could put us on the road maps and
that ho could possibly get the cannon
hall train to run 4 times a week
instill of 2 times a week as at present.
and mebbe with his pull he could
make them put the depot agent hack
on the job. as It looks now. the only
thing flat rock is doing is holding her
own (nearly) and letting everything
els.* locate elsewhere. a citty man
nager would overcome that situation.
the poleeaman is fighting it he is
a; a red of his Job lev says his brother
uste.r live in a citty with a citty
mannager and if went broke and still
.iwt-s all of its bonds and past indebt
-'!:e--s and now it is known as a nice
place w? stay away from but he is
jn-r talking with his mouth ansoa
strong sentiment is in favor
of the titty mannager. slim chance,
jr. mought suit o k he has a fair
education hut nothing else except his
w jfe and 7 children !
yores trulie.
mike lark. rfd.
corry spondent
ENTERTAINMENT AT
HILLCREST AUDITORIUM
At eight o'clock Tuesday evening.
M tr< h 12 Varieties on Review" will
bo presented in the Hillerost auditorium
Tlits entertainment features
mo-ii by th" Gamecock orchestra, the
Broadway dancers. I tot Bradford and
Harry Fowler, minstrel aits. Kay Ky"T.
.Ir. and his school of knowledge,
the Swing Trio, dances and many other
attractions.
I he junior < lass of Hlllcrest is
sponsoring this program, which is giv,
en by Sumter talent. The admission
I is 15c and 25c.
A plover flew from Toronto to Barbados.
a distance of about 3,000 miles,
in It) days.
The swordflsh Is the unofficial
speed champion of all fishes, but no
one has succeeded In timing it.
PORTRAIT OF GEN ERAL KERSHAW
PLACED IN RICHMOND MUSEUM
MAJOR GENERAL JOSEPH BREVARD KERSHAW, C. 8. A.
Portrait placed In Confederate Museum. (Engraving by courtesy of Richmond
News-Leader. Cut by courtesy Columbia State.)
A portrait of Maj. Oen. Joseph Brevard
Kershaw, C. S. A., has been placed
in the Confederate Museum in
Richmond, its execution and placement
having been authorized by Mrs.
Joseph R. Foard, of Columbia, regent
of the South Carolina room, The
painting is by David Silvetty. Richmond
artist and was made from a
small photograph of General Kershaw
found in Cooke's collection in Richmond.
The presentation was made at
the annual meeting of the Confedarate
Memorial Literary Society recently.
Mrs. Henry Riely, vice regent of
the South Carolina room, represented
the givers, and it was received on behalf
of the society by Miss Sally Archer
Anderson, president.
The Richmond News-Leader said of
General Kershaw;
General Kershaw was born in Camden,
S. C., on January 5, 1822. He
was educated for the legal profession,
prectlced in Camden and served one
year in the Mexican^ war as Heuteiv
ant of Company C. Palmetto regiment.
He was a member of the legislature
from 1852 to 1856, and in 1860 participated
in the convention which enacted
the ordinance of secession.
In February, 1861, he was commissioned
colonel of the Second South
Carolina regiment, and in April he
went to Richmond with it.
He commanded his regiment in the
brigade of General Bonham at Blackburn's
Ford. and later in the Battle
of First Manassas. In February, 1862,
ho was promoted brigadier general to
succeed General Bonham. He took
part In the Yorktown campaign, the
Seven Days' campaign before Richmond
and In the fighting at Sharpsburg.
At Fredericksburg he was
placed In command after General
Cobb was wounded. He also commanded
his troops at Chancellorsvllle,
at Gettysburg, at Chlckamauga, at
Chattanooga, at Knoxville, In the Wilderness,
at Spotsylvania Court house
and at Cold Harbor.
He was promoted to major general
and after taking part In the Petersburg^
bat ties, was ordered to the support
"of Early In the Shenandoah Valley.
Later he was ordered back to
Richmond, and, until the fall of the
city, served before it north of the
James. His last battle was Sailor's
Creek, where he was captured with
General Ewell and the greater part of
the remnant of his command. He was
held as a prisoner of war at Fort Warren,
Boston, until August 12, 1863.
On his return to South Carolina he
again took up the practice of law, and
in the same year was elected to the
state senate and made president of
that body. In 1874 he was the Democratic
candidate for congress in his
district, and three years later was
elected to the position of judge of!
the Fifth circuit. He served on the ;
bench until 1893, when he resigned
due to ill health and resumed the
practice of law in Camden. He was
commissioned postmaster of that city
in February. 1894, but died on the
12th of the following April.
COMMISSIONER JONES ADVISES
FARMERS TO TEST THEIR SEED
With the approach of the planting
season, the attention of South Carolina's
farmers is called to the importance
of quality seed to be sown this
year.
The state department of agriculture
reports that up to the present
time over two thousand samples of
cotton seed from every section of the
state, has been tested. About forty
per cent show germination of 1 per
cent to 50 per cent and are unfit for
planting. Twenty per cent of samples
submitted averaged 50 per cent to 65
per cent and are not recommended for
planting.
Majority of low percentage germinating
samples are from the southern
part of the state and the highest quality
from the Piedmont section.
In urging that seed bo tested, Commissioner
J. Roy Jones states: "I
hope every farmer will have his planting
seed tested. This service is fret:
and it is a fallacy to prepare land, use
fertilizer and not know the value of
seed being planted."
The Commissioner advises that due
to limited help and facilities it will
j be impossible to test all samples if
held until the last several weeks.
Farmers are advised to forward samples
immediately and in case of an in
ferior sample, provisions can be made
to secure good seed before planting
time.
The department advises that in response
to many inquiries as to Federal
seed law that became effective
February 5, 1940, governing the sale
of all agricultural seed, that requirements
under Federal regulations are
much stricter than the present South
Carolina law.
The Federal law will prohibit interstate
sales by local parties unless a
complete analysis on seed shipped beyond
borders are furnished by shipper.
Laboratory facilities are now
furnishing such analysis to cover present
South Carolina laws, however,
unless the legislature provides additional
help the department will be
unable to furnish free service to shippers
to comply, with Federal regulations.
In commenting on the federal iaws.
Commissioner Jones says, "I hope
that additional help will be provided
by the legislature that our shippers
not be penalized in shipping their
seed to out-of'State buyers."
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INCORPORATED
Early Spring Guide
on Care of Livestock !
Providing for ample feeds and pro- (
per feeding are the most Important :
matters In attention to livestock in ,
March, says County Agent W. C. McCarley,
In making spring livestock
suggestions.
Animal husbandry ? Give brood
sows special attention at farrowing
(time. Large litters mean greater pro*flts.
Place sows and young pigs on
territory uninfested with parasites.
Cull out the unproductive sows. Plan
to plant some Biloxi soybeans for hoggrazing.
Use barley, rye and oats for
grazing with beef cattle and hogs. 1
Give the ewes special care at lambing
time. "Lambing time is the shepherd's
harvest." Prefer oats to corn
when mules start heavy work. Sow
lespedeza in permanent pastures.
Dairying ? Remove milking cows
from lightly onion-infested onion pastures.
Clean up lots and haul off litter
to destroy breeding places for
flies. Use some acreage cut from coton
for more feed crops. Silage and
legume hay make ideal roughage feed
for next winter. Plant one-half acre
per cow in pearl millet for summer
grazing. Clear brush and apply 200
I>ounds of superphosphate and one ton
of ground limestone per acre to premanent
pastures. Sow lespedeza on
permanent pasture sod if none is present.*
Poultry?Raise baby chicks on new
ground. Provide feed for chicks in
clean troughs or hoppers. Get chicks
into sunshine early. Clean brooder
houses regularly. Plant green feed
for summer. Arrange to procure the
stock for flock improvement next season.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
The second Municipal Democratic
Primary for the^-purpose of nominating
an Alderman for Ward Three in
the City of Camden, S. C., will be
held on Tuesday, March 19, 1940. The
polls will open at 8 a. m. and remain
open until 6 p. m.
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
L. H. JONES, Secretary
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Senator Hiram Johnson of California
was offered the vice presidential
nomination on the Republican ticket
with Warren G. Harding, but refused.
Calvin Cooledge accepted and became
president when Harding died.
FINAL DISCHARGE
Notice is hereby given that one
month from this date, on March 16,
1940, A. W. Humphries wyi make to^
the Probate Court of Kershftw County
his final return as Administrator of
the estate of James G. Thompson, deceased,
and on the same date he will *
apply to the said Court for a final die- \
charge as said Administrator.
N. C. ARNBTT
Judge of Probate
Camden, S. C., February 16, 1940
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
All persons indebted to t>he estate
of Mrs. Julia T. Truesdale are hereby
notified to make payment to the undersigned
and all parties, if any, hating
claims against the said estate
will present them likewise duly attested
within the time prescribed by
1st w
SHELBY C. TRUESDALE
Administrator
Westville, S. C.', Feb 12, 1940
CITATION
The State of South Carolina, -
County of Kershaw.
By N. C. Arnett, Probate Judge -j
Whereas, H. B. Stokes made suit
to me to grant him I^etters of Admin-istratlon
de bonis non of the Estateand
Effects of Rosa Ratcliff. *
These are, Therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the Kindred
and Creditors of the said Rosaj
Iiatcliff, deceased, that they be and
appear before me in the Court of Probate,
to be held at Camden, S. C., on
March 11 next, after publication hereof,
at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to.;
show cause, if any they have, why
the said Administration should not be
granted.
Given under my hand this 24th day
of February, Anno Domini, 1940
N. C. ARNETT,
Judge of Probate for Kershaw County i
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