The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 26, 1940, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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THE CAMDEN CHRONICA
H. O. NILK6, Bettor and ProprUUr
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Friday, April 26, 1940
LISTEN TO THIS
A recent decision of the United
States supreme conn, lhe opinion being
offered by Justice Murphy, the
sit down hero of Michigan's sit-down
strikes was a knockout to the recent
Alabama law which tnude it u misdemeanor
to "hinder, delay. Interfere
with or injure any htw^itl business by
loitering about the' premises to restrain
others from dealing with or I
being employed by the company."
According to Justice Murphy, the
Alabamu law was unconstitutional. J
The supreme court, as represented by l
Mr Murphy, says so. The ruling ,
Jiolds that people may clutter up the j
premises to hinder, delay, interfere |
with or Injure any lawful business ,
when the purpose Is to "publicize the.
facts in a labor dispute."
In .effect, Mr. Murphy holds that
"the health of the present generation 1
and of those as yet unborn," is in vol v- I
< (1; and the practice known us pick-;
eltlig is "Indispensable with the eftec- .
live and Intelllgnel use of the process
of popular government." Me Is afraid j
that either offense cited in the Ala-!
batna statute by "injuring a lawful bus- j
lness or taking over Its property by j
trespass, comprehends every practical,
method by which the facts of a labor
dispute may bo publicized." I
In other words, the opinion of Mr. I
Murphy, to prevent tho American peo- i
pie from growing up into a race of
sissilied citizens, it ib quite till right
to throw bricks through windows,
pound the daylights out of man on
tin* way to work and take their private
property as a ransom for winning
a labor dispute.
The destruction of property, the
treating up of honest workmen, the
taking over of private property and
the picketing of all businesses which
have incurred the ill-will of labor organizations
are the tilings which the
Alabama law and also a California
TnTTirn placed a ban \ipoti "MY. "Murphy
says these "practical methods"
are constitutional.
Youths Leaving Country
There must be somewhere In the
neighborhood of a half million surveys
of all kinds going on in this
country. Otic of the latest is that tlie
young people are leaving the agricultural
villages lOverybody with a teaspoonful
of brains without tho Investigation
of a high-priced bureau, knew
this There are said to be about
iweno million people holding federal,
state, county, municipal and similar
jobs in this country. The farming
villages haven't the power and null
to land the Heeded jobs, so they go
elsewhere to hunt them Slinging
butt meat and calico over the counter
ha- small (harms. If through high
scion!, pulling the bellcord over a
tunic is anathema. Calhoun Times.
'hit-ili - It'.'s honey crop was the
o r,-i oi i| , u j t )i n a pprox ij>!
I'liii tion of :: t.(ion..mo pounds.
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Business Men Will
Protest Wage Act
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The Camden chamber of commerce
was represented at iho conference
hold in tho bail room of tho (,'olunit?la
ul Columbia Wednesday l?y
Mtfyoru | h u tftlcfctl business men of tho
state to protest against th?i enactment
of I ho so-called wages and houra art
It was pointed out that lite enforceinoni
of the provisions of this act will
bankrupt runny busjueaji concerns and
won hi aln<? result in a heavy loss of
utnpioy ineut.
'I he greatest handicap faced by the
opponent ft of the bill Is tito pressure
that will be levied by lite American
Federation of latbor, which lias so
strongly endorsed tiio measure.
Speakers at the Columbia meeting
brought out that the labor organizution
was the most powerful single
unit in the state and that a majority
of the legislators who will be seeking
re-election In the future would be reluctant
to incur thy ill-will of the laImr
group, which would ,un<|uestlona-1
bly be I he case should I hey vote
aguinst tho bill. I
It was recognised that the business
interests have a battle on their hands
to kill the proposed 'bill. Because of
the fact that the legislature was In
session on other matters until a lale
hour Wednesday, the hearing of the
committee upon the .provisions of the
wages and hour act was postponed for
two weeks.
SCARLETT'S EXAMPLE
After reading the book and witnessing.
the screen version of "Gone With
the Wind." one hardly thought It possible
to use the life and work of Scarlett
O'Hara as any kind of exampleexcept
a bad one?'but there may be
a germ of an idea hare. Whatever
her faults?and they were legion?the
little Irish beauty had one quality
thai could have been a great virtue?
her capacity for hard work.
By dint of hard work and skillful
j scheming she made the plantation of
! lata, which the Yankees had destroyj
ed. a going concern once again. The
I Yankees hit Fairfield county, though
! not so hard aja they did some other
sections. But, for the past seventy-1
\ "Ve years, the tariff ami erosion have
.done more damage than was ever
! dreamed of by General Sherman.
However, by dint of hard, intelligent
work, coupled with the cooperation
of a national administration
which at long last is sympathetic,
Fairfield can be made a going concern
ponce again, too. Certainly, it's worth
ja try.?WhinsborotNew and Herald.
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{ Darlinngton Tragedies ......
j luanlta Sanders. Tour year old ne|gro
girl, was drowned late Monday at
j her home in Society Hill, according
| to coroner J. H. Kistler, when she fell
I into a slop barrell.
j Grim tragedy stalked Into the life
of five year old James Franklin Wat|
ford, of Darlington county on Sunday
j afternoon at 3:30 o'clock when he was
I shot and severely wounded in the
I head by I-ouise Carter, of the Black
i Botton section. The tiny boy was
j Bravely wounded while playing in his
j home feel from where the Carter
; woman lived where she aimed the pisj
tol at I.iGlla Mae Watford and Peggy
. V\atford, all whites, w^o were standing
in the doorway of their home.?
-iilaiTsviUe Messenger.
Camden Lady Loses Sister
Miss Kuphomia Whittredge passed
away early Thursday morning. April
3... at tile home of her sister. Miss
; Olive W Whittredge. FunertAJL
vices will ho held Saturday aftep|^^H
-?t five o'clock at the residence^*
.Miss Olive W Whittredge.
Camden Maintain*
Watch On Solon*
The C?mden~andrKershaw County
Chamber of Commerce, a? well ft*
other organizations of a similar, nature
all over the ataie, have their eyea
on the general assembly at Columbia
In reapect to the bill to repeal the
lux on intangibles.
So far the e^uatUm with reapeot to
this bill Is moat favorable. The *??
ate has already passed a bill providing
for repeal and the house haft also
paaeed u bill providing for repeal,
The only difference between the two
hills la that the house btU jtrovldea
that the effective date be December
31, 1940. while the senate bill provides
the effective date as of January 1,
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The chamber of commerce has been
Informed that the annate - bill has
passed the third reading In the house
with an amendment to make the effective
date December 31, 1940. and
that this bill goes to the senate where
it is reported the author of the aenale
bill will move for concurrence in
the house amendment. Thla action
was* expected to take place thla week,
in which case the bill wlU promptly
go to the governor for signature. It
Is stated that the governor is prepared
to sign it promptly. . !
The Judiciary committee of the
house reported out a bill restricting
punitive damages. It Is stated that
seven of the committee were opposed,
while live were in faVor. The bill is
now on the -house calendar and may
bo reached any time. 'I he chamber
has been advised that the time is ,pow
propitious for representatives of
chambers of commerce and other organizations
to urge the members of
the house to support this legislation.
The Camden chamber of commerce
has already taken this action.
The chamber of commerce Is inclined
to tho belief that it is going to be
difficult to secure action on this matter
at this session of the general assembly.
but believes that the chambers
of commerce, of the state can
lay a background which will insure
prompt action at the forthcoming session.
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Paid In Pennies '
There Is a farmer of Orangeburg
county who ought to be sent to the
legislature or congress. He would be
an oddity however, in either camp,
where not only dollars, but millions
of them are considered. This fai met
pnid his considerable fertilize bill
with lf>0 pounds of pennies that he
had saved up.
Maybe he would be better placed
in a museum than In either congtess
or the legislature.?Calhoun Times.
To Meet With Cassatt Church
t Luther A. Moore, president of the
Lee county singing convention) announces
its 175th session on Sunday,
April 28, at 2:15 p. m., at Cassatt
Baptist church, situated about eight
miles west of Bethune on Lnited
States highway number one. A special
invitation to all fingers and a
warm welcome to all.
Bethesda Presbyterian Church
Sunday. April 28. the services at
Bethesda Presbyterian church will be
as follows, with A. Douglas McArn.
as pastor: Church school with a
bible class for every age at 1? a. m.
Morning worship with prayer, anthem
and sermon at 11:15. The public Is
cordially invited to attend these services.? ?
"FAT-BACK" HALL
CAPTURED BY OF.FICER8
AftttfcflJ^ong chase of ten miles
ithrough thtofc woods and swiropa
Pariington colinty officers on Monday
captured James Hall, negro, alias
Fat-Back" Hall, wanted by authorities
in Philadelphia. Penn.. for the
slaying of l^eRov McDaniel. The' man
was killed on March 31. 1340. in.the
city of Philadelphia in a street fight
by Hall. Jimmy Johnson was -xalso
wounded in the brawl.
Hall was arrested at Doveavllle
while walking in a field after officers
had pursued him from the Auburn
npntlnn f>? iliC COUnt}' 1G DoVrS Viiio.
The prisoner told officers here on
Monday afternoon that he will not
fight extradition and it is expected
that Philadelphia officers will come to
Darlington for Hall at once.---Hartsvllle
Messenger.
General News Notej
Reliable sources from Bucharaet
state that Itumania and Russia have
reached a tentative agreement to retire
their armies 10 kilometers (6 1-4
miles) fcpm their common frontier.
President Roosevelt Is "spring vacationing"
at his winter home. Warm
Springs. Ga. He plans to cut his vacation
short. however, "if another
country is invaded."
A British warship, believed to be
the 4,850-ton cruiser Dispatch, UTO
ported to be in the Carribean ya?:
the Panama canal, escorting' New#?*
gian and Danish ships bound for the
West Indies.
Amos Charles, 100-year-ald Ada, Oklahoma,
resident, Haw fljed suit for a
divorce and says he plans to mprry
again. His petition charges his wife,
Charity, 80, abandoned him three
years ago. ^
Ivord Wool ton, British food minister.
states thai the German invasion
of Norway and Denmark, has made a
considerable alteration necessarf in
Britain's food supply arrangements,
but adds "at any rate for the time. being
It will not affect our rations."
Palmetto League
Starts Play Soon
Camden, the father of the Palmetto
state baseball league will be watch*
ing the newspapers to read about the
games played In that oiroult this season.
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The amateur loop which originated
In the office of the Camden bureau of
publicity and which saw the light of
day last yepr when teams of Qamden,
Sumter, Kershaw, Lancaster, Chester
uiid Hartsvllle played through a hectic
season. Is in the Held again this
year, but with several team changes.
" The 1940 edition has Sumter, Florence,
Orangeburg, Klngstree and
liartsville. with a sixth team yet to
be n^med. Play will be started next
month.
S. Fred Rlchey, Vho led a Harte?
ville teatn to the pennant In the 1989
season of the Palmetto loop, has been
named as president of the league. A*
0. Rurnb, of Sumter, Is vice-president}
W .A. Thompson, of Surater,
acting secretary and, treasurer, while
the directors are J. C.-^pce, Orangeburg;
Karl B, Harris, Florence; T. U
King, Klngstree; (Hugh T. Stoddard,
Sumter; and B. Fred Richer, Hartsvllle.
Four games will be played each
week?two at home and two away
from home. Players may be drawn
from a 30 mile radius of any town.
Each team is permitted ie carry 18
players including a player-manager.
In order to provide well-balanced
competition the league has adopted a
rule whereby prior to June 86 if a
team is weak, the manager of that,
team may petition the other teams
to allot one. two or three players from
other teams to the weak sister of the
loop. ' ^
Harstvllle will play home games on
Tuesdays and Saturdays; Klngstree,
Thursdays and some other day excepting
Saturday; Orangeburg, the same
and Florence Wednesdays dnd one
other day excepting Saturday. Sumter
will play night ball and can play
any two nights of the week, but not
on Saturdays.
Rapist Sentenced
To Electric Chair
York,* April 19.?'A general sessions
court Jury convicted Will Lowry, 18,
a negro, yesterday on a charge of
raping a young white woman. Special
Judge C. E. Daniel sentenced
him to die June 14. The jury deliberated
an hour and 20 minutes. _
During 1937 England consumed
500,000,000 British-caught herring, gt
a cost of $20,000,000.
Thursday Holidays
To Start Next Week
The following merchant** will Inaugurate
the mid-week half holiday#
for the months of May. June, July and
August on Thursday, tfa/ Bud. All
stores will closo avsty Thursday at
1 o'clock to remain closed, the re-'
m&luder of the day.
C. V. Massaheau, Lewis ft Christmas,
A. Bheheen. Grocery and Market,
<H. F. Evans of the Home Bteres.
0. L. Shealy, Bhealy's Market; '
Lee; Camden Food Shop;'both Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Company Stores;
Dallas Lee. of Rogers, Inc.; R. <L. Mo
Cask 111; both of the S. H. Rosa
Stores; F. Slveheen; S. ,"N. Nloholsou;
{Rutledge Street Grocery; Boykln MoCask
111; Luke Raley; Burns ft Barrett
Hardware Co.; Barrlnger Hardware
Co.; Economy Auto Supply;
Carolina Furniture Store; Camden
Furnlturek Company; W. F. Nettles ft
Son; Western Auto Store; Goodale
Jewelry Shop, Heyrakn's Jewelry
8toity?,:and The Hoffsr Company.
It Is expected the Barber Shops
will arrange their schedule before the
end of the week.
A11, dry good stores, 6 and 10 cents
stores and specialty shops will not inaugurate
the, half day closings until
the first Thursday In June. "?
11. hw. min in. i i,i iff*
TO HOLD-ANNUAL 8E8BION
rim
The- thirty-eighth annual session of
the Baptist Woman's Missionary Union,
of South Carplk&?'*wtll convene
at the Citadel Square Baptist ohurch,
Charleston, April 30, through May 2.
The opening sessions will be held
Tuesday evening and the closing
Thursday morning. 1 Among the list
oL speakers, will be J>r. J. B. Lawrenoo,
of Atlanta; Miss Iua Bell
Graves, of Richmond, Va.; Mrs. Irene
Harley, of East St. 'Louis; Mrs. C. D.
Creshman, of Hermitage, Tenn.; Mrs.
W. W. Lawton, a Chinese missionary;
Dr. Charles A. Jones, of Columbia.,
,
Officials To Observe Holiday*
Clerk of Court James H. XNyburn,
announces that the various county officials
will observe the Thursday half
holidays during the months of May,
June, July and August. All those
who have business with court house
officials please bear this half holiday
In mind.
German authorities say they know
nothing, concerning rumors circulating
in Amsterdam that, the German
liner Brenien has beerf^ sunk. Such
reports, they said, whre "tenaciously
spread by the enemy to bring a reaction
from us."
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Reserve Officers Hold Modi
The Camden chapter of Org
Reserve Officer* held their H
weekly meeting last Thursdoj
nlng in the Camden high school
o'clock. Capt. F. N. Culler, hd
Reserve C. A. S. <C. Jackson, In
tor for the evening, had for his
Ject "The Regiment and Batttll
Attack." All reserve officers |
vited to attend the meeting (
Thursday night. First Lieut, ft
Stanton, is chapter preside^
Captain F. N. Culler, is chgjfef
. r^tdyjr. ?-r" *
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Tungsten makes up 18 per e
l the weight of- popular highspeed
steel.
COMING ATTRACT*
At Th, "*
Camden rheati?l
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FRIDAY, APRIL?*
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