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Camden to Celebrate 20Dth Anniversary Camden's, two hundreth birthday will be celebrated in a mammoth and spectacular way on March 19th tc 26th. This. Bi-Centennial Celebra tion WM1 attract thousands of visi tors, for every day during the "week will be events that will be worth traveling hundreds of miles to see The celebration .will . also be a. Home Coming Week and invitations will be sent to every one who has ever lived here. No town has ever been more fortu ' hate in havirig so many State-wide attractions available during such an historic celebration. Mayor R. M Kennedy, Jr., is general chairman of the Bi-Centennial, and he will not leave anything undone to make thir historical event a grand success ir every way. The tentative programme that ir being worked out, calls for a big polr game on Sunday afternoon, March 19th. The name of the visiting teair will be' announced later. Camden now has ?ome very fast polo players here amotig^them being Gerald Balding formerly a member 'of the BritisV International team, and some very fast polo will be witnessed during the week. On Monday will see the planting of memorial trees all over the town and parks. On Monday afternoon the beautiful estates of Camden will throw open wide their gates to visi tors. Camden is famous for itf beautiful estates and gardens. Alsc on Monday afternoon there will be r big golf tournament and some verj fast players from all parts of thf country will enter, and many hand some prizes will be awarded. On Tuesday and Wednesday after noons will be the 28th annual Horse Show. This eyent always attracts vis itors not only froth : all parts,. of Northern States as well. Camden already has many fine horses here and others are expected to arrive aF the tourist season progresses. There will be many horses sent here es pecially for this event from North ern states, and all parts of SoutV Carolina, as well as Charlotte, Ashe ville, Tryon, Augusta, Pinehurst ant1 Atlanta.. On Thursday will be another bir polo match and the name of the vis iting team will be announced later. ? On Friday ^ill witness a spectac ular and beautiful historical pageant under the direction of Mrs. DonaV Morrison. All events in Camden' history will be given, dating bad' from the Indian and log cabin day up to the present moment. A similp pageant was held here about fiv years ago which is still being praise by everv one who saw it. This pa?" eant will take place on the gol course in front of the Kirkwoo<-' hotel. ' On Saturday, the Carolina Cun wV be raced for over the historic Haw thome race course. This race is rur annually in Camdeft and*^fom 20, 00^ to ?fi,000,vistors are, expected to wit ness it this year. Some of the finep' stenole chase horses in America wil' entor this race. The winners of th' last two Carolina Cup races in Cam den have been entered" in the Gram' National Steeple Chase Races on th famous Ain Tree Course near Liver pool. This will be the first bifc Spring Steeplechase event in America and visitors from as far as Canada are expected here for it, and it will be witnessed by the largest crowd ever to see a sports event in South Caro lina. The central committee for hand ling the Bicentennial Celebration will be headed by R. M. Kennedy, Jr. genral chairman, and he will be as sitsed by Harry T). Kirkover, Stan ley Llewellyn, Sam Karesh, H. G Carrlson, Jr., Samuel Russell, John K. de Loach, Dr. John W. Corbett and David R. Williams. . The Music Committee, Clifton Mc Kain, chairman, and he will name his assistants lister. Besides brass bands and orchestras for the celebra tion, there will be the singing of Spiritual^. V'-.vjr. ?; Welcoming and Invitation Com mittee, Dir. John W. Corbett and Stanley Llewellyn, Housing Committee, John K. de Loach, chairman. General Publicity, Thomas An trum, chairman. C. J. Shannon, Sr. Diesjit Age of 87 Camden lost one of its most wor thy and venerable ctizens in the death of Mr. Charles J. Shannon, Sr. which occurred at his home on Mack e? Street at 2 o'clock Friday morn ing after a lingering illness. Mr. Shannon was 87 years of age and the last surviving son of the late Col. William M. Shannon and Hen rietta McWillie Shannon and was one of a family of 18 children. Mr. Shannon was long connected with the postoffice here. He first served as assistant postmaster to Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw, and then filled out his unexpired term by ap pointment through President Grove Cleveland. He also served as post- ' master during the Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson administrations. He re signed the postmastership May 16 1920. Mr. Shannon was descended from a long line of distinguished ancestor? and was greatly beloved by everyone for his kind, courteous and gentle manner. He had many warm friends who are deeply saddened a* his passing. At the early age of 16 he enlisted in the Confederate army in Apri1 1863 and served until April 1866 af a member of Company A, Second South Carolina cavalry. He is survived by his widow, who was Miss Mary Kershaw, daughter of Gen. Joseph Br Kershaw, and thr following sons / and daughters: J Kershaw Shannon, W. M. Shannon Camden j Mrs. A. S. Heyward, Yem assee; Mts.f Harriet S. Steedman Camden;, Randolph Shannon, Jeffer son; Mrs. J. S. Blackwpll, Camden r Mrs. C. Guy Gunter, Greenville; Mrs F. W. Lachicotte, Charlotte, anc' Charles J. Shannon, 3rd, Savannah Ga. Sisters surviving are Mrs. Wil liam^ Johnaon a^4 Mrs. Ida Heath Carttf<sv and Mrt. W. T>. mykln Sumter. . Funeral services were held at r o'clock Friday afternoon from Grac Episcopal church, with six grand sons, Charles H. Zemp, James De Loache, Shannon Blackwell, David Blackwell, Joe Shannon and William E. DeLoache, as active pallbearers. Band Boys ? Attention! Because the most of the members of the band live In Wateree, we shall meet there all the time from now on. We shall have a rehearsal on Thurs day night at 7:30 P. M. Let all the members and prospect members take notice and be on hand. F. Newell Wimberly, Director. Chicago police have arrested three youths who confessed a series of ]jur ^laries, using a baby buggy to cart Hway their loot, which included ba lanas, radios, women's clothing and Mnned herring. Special Publicity, John Lyman chairman. Horse Show, Watson Pomeroy and Carroll Bassett. Pageant, Mrs. Donald Morrison chairman. Racos, Harry D. Kirkover, chair man. Balls and Dances, Mrs. W. L Wright, chairman. Street Dance, H. B. Kennedy chairman. Garden and Tree Planting, ' Mrs. Fannie Fletcher, chairman. ' Finances, S. W. VanLandingham chairman. Transportation, W. R. DeLoache Decorations, Sam Karesh, chair man. Resides the events already listed at night time there will be Colonial Ralls, Street francea, boxing and wrestling matches, and a large re ception will be held on Friday night perhaps at the Kirkwood hotel. ? Attractive invitations are being designed and they will bq mailed tc every person who has ever lived ir Camden. Everyone is asked to mai' or phone in names of former citizens to Mrs. Corbett Roykin at the City Clerk's office. Camden and Charleston are thr two most historic towns in South Carolina, and Camden is the oldest inland town. Besides enjoying ft national repu tation as a historical center, Gam den is also nationally known as o most delightful tourist town. Miami, Feb. 20 ? Guiseppe Zangara today was sentenced to, 80 years in prison for his attack ^February 15 on President-elect Roosevelt, Miss Margaret Kruise of Newark, N. J., Russell Caldwell of Coconut ' Grove, Fla., and William S!nnott,"N?W York policeman. \ He was sentenced to-20 years on each of the four charges which were attempts to murder, getlng the maximum sentence In each cacse. Zangara may yet be tried fof mur der. His pleas today did note cover the cases of Mayor Anton Cextnak of Chicago and Mrs. Joe H. Gill of Miami, who are fighting for their lives in a hospital here. After the sentence was pronounced . Zangara said: ; "Judge, how much you give me?" Zangara held up his fingers-t-eight i of them. s "Yes," said the judge. j "Oh, judge, don't be stingy^i Four times twenty is eighty. Give1 me e hundred years. He laughed as he was hastily let1 from the court by two deputies. FAMILY ROW LEADS TO TRIPLE TRAGEDY Sumter County Farmer Murders Aged Father and Young Cousin, and Commits Suicide to Avoid Arrest. Sumter, S. C.f Feb. 18. ? A family row near here last night resulted in e double slaying, and today the killer committed suicide to avoid arrest. After fatally wounding Tom C Connell, his 70-year-old father/ and Mrs. Annie Dixon Grooms, e cousin, ?? GoimelV Sumter county farmer, fled fi'om his father's home where the shott ing took place, and fir*d_ a bullet through his own head. * , ,> The wound, however, was not fa tal, and the younger Connell drip ped a trail of blood to his home, four miles away, where he crawled into bed. When officers, following the bloody trail, arrived to arrest him early today, he refused to obey '?veir command to surrender and shot himself through the stomach with a shotgun, dying instantly. J. L. Dollard and T. E. Kinney, officers who investigated the case, '-ere advised by neighbors last night that Connell had killed his father and cousin. They hurried to the scene and foxmd the elder Connell's body slumps ed behind a bam, where he had fled with a bullet through his mouth and head. Mrs. Grooms was found in the blood-streaked room where the shoot ing occurred. Dollard said she apparently ran up and down the tiny room before bleeding to death from wounds through her face and hand. Five shots were fired, Dollard said and three of them took ^effect. ' Neighbors told the officers that shortly after the first shooting, they heard another pistol shot in a wood nearby. Investigating, the officer? found part of the younger Connell's clothing, badly blood-stained, on a railroad track. Handicapped by the dark In their search for the slayer, they made slow progress until dawn, when the trail of blood left by Connell led them to the house where he lived with his mother who ha<i been sep arated from the elder Connell for some time. They called to the slayer to conte out. He refused and invited the of ficers in. They ordered him a second time to surrender, and his respond# was the discharge of the shot gun Rushing in they found Connell with a gaping wound in his stomach. H< gasped twice and died. ( Dollard said the Connell family had been at odds for several years. The elder Connell lived with his sit ter and her two daughters, one of whom was Mrs. Grooms. Two year# ago, the policeman said, Ben Connel' struck his father with a stick of wood and broke the elder man's arm. Before entering his father's home on his fatal mission yesterday neighbors said, Ben Connell called te the older man to "come out", that he wanted to "whip" him. He was taken back to the Dade county jail. . Zangara was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to the four charge? and after he had reiterated to the judge he was sorry his attempt on the life of President-elect Roosevelt was unsuccessful. The most cheering news since they were shot came from the bedsides of both Mayor Cermak and Mrs. Gill Dr. Fredrick Tice, Chicago heart specialist, who arrived only this morning and went immediately into consultation with the attending phy sicians, said: "I believe we may look forward to the full recovery of the mayor." Mrs. Gill's husband said her recovery "is just as rapid as we could expect. Today's condition is j very encouraging." "The man is unquestionably sane," Judge Collins said as he left the bench when court recessed. Disdaining any attempt to plead that he was insane when he walked j up to the president-elect's car last ' Wednesday night and wounding five persons when his aim at Mr. Roose velt was diverted by spectatQrs, Zan gara proudly insisted he was sanr and told Judge Collins he could do what he wished in the case. Taking the stand to relate how hr conceived the idea to kill the Presi dent-elect, Zangara told the court "T suffer all time from my stomach. T no like the way capitalists take al' money. When I read in paper th' president come here I, decide to kil* him." The assassion however, said he did not wish to shoot Mayor Cermak and the others. He said he decided to kill. Mr ^ooseive1t >,^d inake Aim suflfer." 1 | ' The four 20-year sentences metet1 out to Zangara are to run consecu tively, giving him a total of 80 yearr in state's prison. Cheap Crops Produced By Home Mixing Of Fertilizers \ It is necessary this year that we >s as cheaply as pos big yields as possible per acre. Farm ers can save considerable by home mixing their fertilizers and at the same time probably make larger yields because they will be able tr mix into fertilizer the proper ingred ients and with proper amounts as re quired by the individual soil needr and individual crop needs. In general, it may be reccmmended that much less acid be used on light or sandy soils than has been custo mary. In fact, where fair applica tlons of acid were used |ast year or light sandy soil most of the acid may be omitted this year. However, ir most cases it will be wise to reduce the acid to about 4 per cent instead of the customary 8 per cent. Or light sandy type soils the potash con tent of the fertilizer should be ma terially increased, and it will proba bly be found beneficial to use as high as 6 per cent potash or even more on soft lighter soils. same time make as The situation is reversed in casr of red or Piedmont typo of soil? where the acid should be maintained at about 7 per cent and tho potash reduced possibly by one-half of thf usual 4 per cent. These are blanket recommendations and should br fulctuated up or down according to the individual cane. For detailed in formation on home mixing of ferti lizers for various soils and crept it Is suggested that our farmer securr a copy of Extension Circular No- 126 "Home-Mixing of Fertilizer" or get In touch with the county agent. RELIEF COUNCIL OFFICE NOW AT COURT HOUSE The office of the Kershaw County Relief Council which has been in the City Building on Rutledge Street hap been moved to the second floor of the Court House. The R. F. C. Monday made a new loan to South Carolina of $2,101 ,018 to be uned in relief work during March and April. Kerahaw County haa been allotted $80,000 for March and $85,000 for April, making a total of $55,000 for the next two montha. Jurors Drawn For Common Pleas Court The ifolowing jurors have been drawn for the March term of Civil Court, which will convene March 18tb Judge E. C. Dennis, presiding: L. Lawrence Whitaker, City E..P. Truesdale, City T. B. Bruce, City J. M. Little, City Mendel L. Smith, Jr., City B. W. Marshall, City W. A. Marshall, City C. T. Swann, Camden Rt. J. A. Watts Camden N. C. Boykin, City M. L. Raley, Camden, Rt. J. J. Tolbert, Camden B. W. Horton, Kershaw, Rt. T. L. Catoe, Kershaw, Rt. J. S. Vincent, Kershaw, Rt. Z. A. Catoe, Kershaw, Rt. N. C. Jones, Kershaw Boyd West, Kershaw, Rt. E. W. Croxton, Kershaw, Rt. Wm. Arthur Cauthem, Kershaw Rt. A. W. Willis, Kershaw, Rt. S. A. Jones, Kershaw G. C. Stover, Kershaw Walter Hunter, Kershaw H. C. Stokes, Cassatt, Rt. John Anderson, Cassatt S. D. Hilton, Bethune J. E. Davis, Bethune, Rt. J. R. Gordon, Westville D. D. Truesdale, Westville J. Wesley Boone, Westville L. B. Nelson, Blanqy C. V. Hammond, Stoneboro John A. Ward, Lugoff L. I. Guion, Lugoff J. B. Smith, Liberty Hill. CAMDEN HOSPITAL NEEDS AID TO PAY CURRENT EXPENSES In a statement to the Messengei yesterday, Dr. Jno. W. Corbett, Pres ident Jfbard o t Tsfistees of the Cam den Hospital, said: "It was reputed at the February meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Camden Hospital, there was at that time $2,100 fiue in bills, with $612.00 on hand to ?ay same. No re ceipts of an large amount is expected before April, and the receipts of cur rent pay patients are very small." The hospital has always been one of Camden's most valuable assets and during the present period of fi> nancial depression, it is more than ever necessary to maintain this in stitution. CAMDEN TURNS OUT TO GREET TOBY COOK / Seven-year-old Toby Cook, the Georgia boy who is riding his four Georgia ponies from his home in Chula, Ga., to Washington, D. C., to see his friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugurated as President, was p luncheon guest here Saturday. City officials and a large crowd of people greeted the young horsemar. and wished him good luck on his 800 mile trip. The party left Camden at 1 o'clock, and hoped to bake Rock ingham, N. C. by night, but due to rain, their progress was slow. K. ? 1 ' ????"> HEYWARD REYNOLDS KILLED BY NEGRO SATURDA YNIGHT Heyward Reynolds, 80 year old farmer residing near Lugoff war shot and instantly killed ^ by Albert (Dad) Carlos at a In Lugoff Saturday night. It in said that Ihe negro was noisy and cursing loudly in the store when he was ordered by Reynolds to be quiet. An argument followed and Carlos fired four shot* at Reynolds from an automatic piste* one bullet striking and fatally wound ing Reynolds. A Coroner's jury ordered Carlos held for the killing and he is at pre* sent in the County jail. Reynolds was a member of * well known West WateVee family and Is survived by his wife and several children. Within five minutes after G. F Francis of Duluth, Minn., had as saulted an opposing witness he was arrested, tried and sentenced to f month in jail. Two shoes for the same foot, left over after a sale at Wymore, Neb. were bought by a one-legged man. While J. F. Hudgel of Muncie, Ind. was engaged in investigating r murder <uuie some one stole Jkir pocketbook. .. Jk.' *0 ^ *? * * :'j> # ' . . i ? ... ? ' > Former Camden Man I Dies in Charlotte! From The Charlotte Observer. j-jSl ; W. T. McCoy, for many years axtl outstanding merchant of this cityl and prominent in philanthropic and! community activities, died in the ] Memorial hospital in Richmond, Vir ginia, last night, (Friday) at 8:15 o'clock. ' ,j| Mr. McCoy was 57 years old. He$ had been ill for several months and ' seriously ill for the last two weeks.i| He underwent an operation at thei| Richmond hospital about two weeks, a ago and his condition had grown Q constantly worse since that time. Mrs. McCoy and their two daughters,*^ Mrs. J. J. Prause and Mrs. Richard-^ Cannon, Jr., were with him when he died. Funeral artangements had not been completed at a late hour last night. Mr. McCoy came to Charlotte in 1895. Four years later he formed the W. T. McCoy company, which was for many years one of the lead ing furniture stores of the city. He was head of this company until it went out of business about two years ago. Mr. McCoy was at one time pres 1 ident of the Charlotte Merchants association. He was a member of the Charlotte Country Club, the Myers Park club, and of various oth er organizations. He was also a member of the Myers Park Presby terian church. Mr. McCoy came to Charlotte from Camden, S. C. He is survived by Mrs. McCoy; two daughters, Mrs. Prause of this city, and Mrs. Cannon of Atlanta, Ga.; three brothers, J. B. McCoy and Henry McCoy of Char lotte; and one sister, Mrs. Jennie Brannon of Camden. . Although Mr. McCoy was quiet about-his tiharity work and never told of the many philanthropies in which he was interested, he was known as one of the most generous men in the city and as a m^n who could be depended upon to do hJa' part or more in community activi ties planned for the betterment of the city. THEODORE ROSS Theodore Rosa, 57, retired business man of New York City, died suddenly at his home here yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock. He was stricken with a heart attack and died before medical assistance could reach him. Mr. Ros was a native of Camden, Maine, and is survived by his widow and one daughter, Miss Retsy Ross. The funeral party will leave here at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon for New York City. ? The State. Convicted of stealing a cat, Frank J. Nunes, of Plymouth, Mass., was given a three-month jail sentence. MRS. GrtXIS DIED MONDAY. Mrs. Mary Gillis, 77 year of ago. Widow of the lat John Gillis, died at the 'Camden hospital at 4:80 Mon day morning of last week after an iUneta of three weeks. Mrs. Gillis la survived by one daughter, Mrs. Larry Smith, of St. Charles, and three sons, C. P. Gillis, W. A. Gillis and Ebby Gillis, of the Hoykfn sec tion of -this county. Funeral services wore held at the Kornegay Funeral Homo Monday evening and the burial was in the Quaker cemetery in th??? city. Pall bearers were: L. "E. Rarens, Alva Rush, Jim Raley, Wade Htykui. J. D. Gillis and Irby Turner. { ^ He was a contributor of funds for Westminster Presbyterian church, the Alexander Home, Barium Springs orphanage, Queens-Chicora college' the Myers Park Presbyte rian church and other organizations. In his business connections, he be came Ijnown as one of the leading furniture men of the south as well as of Charlotte. He built up his bus iness so that people came to his store from a radius of many miler to purchase furnishings for their homes. In his patriotic feeling for this section, he took active part in patronizing home industries and his store often featured the products of Carolina furniture manufacturers. Mr. McCoy's home had been at 1125 Queens road for many years Mrs. McCoy was, before her marri age, Miss Willie Beckton of this city.