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hr '!*_ ? t VOLUME XXVI. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, l#15. NUMBER 37. JAM89 VAUOHAN KILLED' ? joe Bank* H?M in J?il on * Charge of Murder. ?T ' j u inert Vaughan, a young uwfo aged <t:i voura, a member of a prominent ' ; family In this county, wan shot and hiitantly killed Thursday afternoon lust two miles above Camden. The ? jiod v of the young man wa? earrieil to the "undertaking parlors of McJ^orrolck V co where all Chriafca?? <Kv WHH v Mimnnied by a .coroner's Jury In hoar v -tug the testimony and a dolay lit reach - a venliet. The Jury'H verdict was J at Jamea VauKhan came to bin death u pistol ?hot wound in the hands 3 joe.Banka. .Hanks bUnow In Jail !>hn rued with murder, having been fir r0S(t.(l sin >11 after the shooting that af ternoon. . , . Saturday the Jury not being satls rt.'i as to the pistol used, thoy re-as Lnbled and requested the corondr to - order a iM>st-mort?w examination of * ?i... body Dr. Hraslngton made the examination and found that the bullet ?hh'h produced his death was from a ' Ts laHbro rOTOlvef. and tUHt the .but took effort iU the left breuat. golug through the WWy and was found under "rhe^SwS* gentlemen acted with Coroner Irtxon to the taking of the ?, Simony: W. T. Smith, foreman; . Smith W, ltussell, Jr., J. 5rt mite a -a1 Stokes, W. H. Black - V.u A J. Beattie, U C. Shaw, L. Hillings, 8. W. Karker, W. V, Nettles, mill T. O. GJaddeu. There were three witnesses examln f p Vaughan, father of the dead man Kit Ghllders and William ljoy k\n The testimony of Mr. Vaughan ? ,is considered the most Important and we give it below as he gave it to the jury Mr. Vaughan's Testimony. i p Vaughan, sworn, said : "My son,' James Vaughan, rati a beef ma r ' ket in the forks of the road about two i mile" from town. Thursday evening nhout three - O'clock myself and son - were standing in our shop, Somo one . hollered and we went to the door an saw "Kit" Chlldera in his buggy by himself. He pulled his pistol out of his pocket and tjegan to wave It tll,?"t. ? f nines VAughati. went to the buggy and asked Uhilders to put his pistol back in his pocket. At that drove up In a wagon- and got out ami wet straight to Chllder* buggy and V|iin to give him that pistol. Kit rpfused to give it to him, and told, him - he wasn't going to let him have it Joe Banks then caught hold ot mt aud told him he was going. ^kifShiWew^eil then began a scuffle. Kit V-nnaerH wu out of the buggy. Ibuiks then juniped "" out of the buggy on Kit, and took the ,,lt uZ^?utWlSere a..d took Joe Hanks off down the road and asked him to give- the lllatol hack to the toy. SrtssssP?? ciUL father of Kit Chlldera. Job Banks and A S ( ?hildets feot into a scuffle and a . tew llcita pitKfcett- : They all then ga ttw cred hi front of the ?t?re?Joe Bank" lpfinlmr up' against tli# store. Kit * fhllders struck 'Banks in the ttead with . f lirwh. Joe throw hla Load back to t. dodire the lick and the old man l>hll ders hit Joe Banks in the h^md wlth a 4 board. B^nks then left the trow a or 40 feet above the store and Mr. Moore went Jip there where -Joe ^ was r" and they stood there looking and e. arolnlng the platol. I ?eu ?a? ateud ine in the door and James Vaugnan was standing right in front of me on the ground. Banks then came u?und the west side of the store and as he turned the corner he commenced shoot ing? the second Jai^ J? ^ " from where he wa*r standing and I in the door. After James fell. Banks commenced snapping his P said he was going to kill every d ?' readmitted that he was drunk, - but be ana WlUlam Boykto'a tortl mony was Dractlckily the same as M . ^^The "affair happened In a section - which has recently gained ? unenviable reputation for and it is reported that whiskey . ing freely sold in that is accounts for the trouble. J8"*' J? mid to have beeiL-dm;^ ? ?n<* I. u? s*u>ot "somebody, and It mad ^ difference who it was. He. ho^ in cutting scrapes before ami was Kidennl a dangerous character. < James Vaughan was born and ****** 7 in Camden and was well k??wn 1'JJ everyone. He was the only j 3 . . Mr. .1. P. Vaughan, his when he was quite a lad. w services over the remains were ? at the Quaker cemetery ^ ternoon, being conducted by Kev. J A. Davison. . . ... ..V. - A singular coincidence In tion with the death of Vaughan Isthat - alKMit 12 years ago on a Christmas eve Vaughan shot to death a thf streets of Camden. He was . quitted. . '..f.' < 'ii Saturday afternoon lant Jake Crow wa? shot through the shoulder Wth a shot gun, by Will Connell. Jako Crow 1i8d previously shot Shell Connell through the arm with a pistol, the brother took up the flight. All the parties wero white and it is un ifNfood they fell out while returning lioirw? near Westville. None -of the wound* ' Were" considered serious. ? . ? - ? ?' Accidentally Shot. ?John Perry, colored, was shot lij the head by Earl Carlos, Wednesday "fternooRr 4&-thc shoe -shop ot Dan Williams, on Bast DeKalW street Both Vs were working in the shop and irlo* was "pranking" with the pistol, he wouhd was not serious. Carlos Placed to . 3?IL . 0? claims ShJ> "nootlog wua HRTHlNh NKHM NOT ICS. Happenings ?f the Holidays as Told v u ,,ur Coitw|hmi(I?i(. - JtHhum- h. V., l>oc. 30? MN. Mur II. ???ly wKI, htr wr. <? It. ( assady, Is very 111 with PIUMIIIM >11 111, 5 riiore was a Christmas tree at tho vlayy rlaU <luuvh t-bristuiHs eve There wuh very little liquor drluk mg here during tho holidays. Ml** Stella llethune, who is 'teach lug school near Gnstonia, N. C? spent tin holidays at homo. Messrs. Italph McCaskill, Lor In ? Da vis and Fly it ti Kelloy, of tho Clinton < <>l oge, came homo for tho holidays. Miss Katie Holder, of Colter College sm?rtt the holidays at her homo here. Carder J (iHrd,ler Hml A,r- Unvls wftl IS Ut? *!??' Christmas : , Wlfttlvea at Ilartsvllle. 8.? w.a ?l, Kl""' *" r. n V Iiolltluya with his Kruuil Mr I li ""?>?<"?. I? town. W* ??r(lnor and family spent the ( hristuias holidays with Mr. D.1 .Barnes and family on route one. til win! ?U1 CaHMrt1ay- who bas been very to K^Vory<",m0" ' 'V'"' *?? Mr. ltipioy Copeland and family ?l>cnt the holidays at Great Falls, S C Mr. George W. McCoy, who is suf-\ inTll1? W cbe8t- returned to Co lumbia on Monday for treatment. ?,?*? tellers si>ent Sunday with relatives and friends at Patrick. Bov. J. a. Graham, of Itowesvllle is spending this week in town l,. W.nT Cfl8,8tt<ly' of l>??otof Ga., is ?n town for a few days. , ^r >Waiter M. Stevens, of Lancas ter, spent a day or st> here this week ifeSS ?v? who is clerking at UlajrtL oame home for the hoi Mr. A.. K. Belch, of Bellamy, N. C spent Christmas wjth the family of Mr. (,. L. Mays. ' , Messrs. L. W. West and Hugh Gard ner rmdved Christmas presents last \\eek a little daughter arriving at the homo of each. ?r fhe youug folks enjoyed a it iv r>mF,y ?4 the residence of Mr. B. W. Best last Tuesday night. H?bier, who has been suf fering frith a sore foot* is able to be out again. Masonic Officers Elected. At the regular meeting of Lyuch wood Lodge, No, 15)7, A. F. M.. held last Saturday, J>ec. 20th, the following offlcers were elected aud installed : W w ' 2??,Ps?,n' 7- B stow, s. vv. , S I. Gardner, J. W.; N. A. Be thune, treas. ; D. M. Bethune, sec'y ? A- McCankUl, S. IX ; N. K. McKin non, J. I). ; H. W. Nortlicutt and T. M. Uyburn, stewards; W. E. Horton, ti ler. The members 0f tho lodge enjoy ed a fine oyster dinner at King's hotel after IhO election of officers. Lyneh , wood I,odKe is now in a most flourish j ing condition. Crops Taken to Fay Debt. Wagons are being sent out nearly jevery day now to haul in cotton, corn, fodder, peas, cows, mules, vehicles, I etc., from persons who- were unable to pay their fertilizer and supply bills the imst season. A number of men with families will be left without any thing to go on. the next year, unable to get credit -to make another crop, rhe outlook is indeed gloomv. Much Thieving Going On. . < There has been considerable steal ing In this section during the past few weeks. Recently several negroes broke j into the cotton house of Mr. D. W. Barnes on route one and stole about half a bale of cotton. On Christmus eve thieves broke into a negro house on Mr. D. M. Bethune's place and stole all the rations In the house. Other cases of roguery have been reported also. One fellow losing a suit case of | unristmas oooze aud a pair of shoes. I - Many People Moving. - During the next few days there will be considerable moving in this section. Mr. Lee Vaughan and fftmlly,fof route one, have moved to the Smith "place, near town. Dr. Norwood and family expect to move to McBee; Mr. Bob Stokes and family h^ve moved 3o Hr. Simeon Stokes^place near Sandy Grove church, and several. other persons have changed locations the past few days. ' Income Taxes for The State. Columbia, S. G., Dec. 30. ? The state of South Carolina <k)lleeted $15,303.31 from the Income, tax this year as against $17,820.25 last year, according to figures complle<i apd - made public today by Comptroller General A. W. Jones. Klchland county Is first with $5,342.63, Charleston second with $1, 190.99, Spartanburg third with $JL108. 23, Anderson fourth with $1,024.81. Greenville county only paid $516.14. Eleven counties paid no income tax. Figures for ICefshd# for 71913* Werte $174.49; for 1914, $257.35. g Mrs. Munn Dead. Jefferson, S. C., Dec. 80.^-Mrs. Ma haley Munn, aged 79 years, died at Jefferson on December 15, 1914, Tftff burial took place at Mt Pisgah church the following day, funeral services be ing conducted by the Rev. T. A. Dab ney, of White HluiT. Mrs. MunnVr maiden name was Mahaley Randolph, and her first husband wa* Jessie de Itruhl, who was killed In the War Be tween the Sections. After the war she was married to Mr. John Munn, who preceded her to the grave several year*. _ She had long been a sufferer, and had be^n frisking her home wlfb her only llvlnfe child, Mr. T. J,k dn Rrnhl, at Jefferson. Her Husband at the Front. ~J Among the tourists in . Camden Is Mrs. Maclyer,. who with b?r mother Is 'spending some time at the Court Inn. Mrs. Maclvefs husband was a volunteer in the English army when the KunMirt war broke out and Is now in Belgium with the tttopo. IfKKMBKKTH NEWS NO'l'KS. ('ormpoiidMit Comment w on Thing a \ji a Owieral Way. - ' . "V Koiubert, S <5., 1>*m\ 20, ? Christmas passed *>IT very quietly lit tbl? sec tion, A few I ho crackers ^ war? shot. A lot of vye'' was drank. It whh mo rainy that nearly all had to stay In doors. Trade wiih dull owing to scarcity t?f nu^ey. Two of our mer chants have had to clone their doors, owing to poor > I'll.-, i ion Others around will follow suit for same cau,Hes. Wheat and oats look wall consider Iiik 11 has beeu ho cold:' Soma hogs hava been killed. <>u.r people still have enough to oat and wear and wo all should be thankful. The la'st icon have not 1)661) able to pay all their debts, owing* to low price of , cotton. Miss lOdua Hoss, one of our popu lar young ladles surprised her friends hy marrying ? last weak. Mr. John Mclivod Is the happy man. Their many friends wish theiu much happiness In this world of trouble. More, we un derstand, will follow so let the i^ood work go on. t Missies I la and lAila Baker and broth er, l^em, sj>ent /'hrlstmaa with Key* ll? B. Hatfield's family at Cassatt. They had a fine time. Miss Bessie Hatfield, one of the pret ty young ladles of Cassatt, is visiting relatives and friends here. Some moving is going on, mostly among the colored people. They all seem as happy as usual ? a good ex ample for all to follow, for when trou ble can't be helped it is useless to pine over it. ' . T*~ ? ? ? ? SMOTHERED TO DEATH. Tom Bowen Met Death in Peculiar Manner at Oil MU1. While working at the Southern Cot tou Oil Co's. plant In this city Tues day morning, Tom Bowen, ? negro was smothered to death under a huge pile of cotton Heed. . The man had been warned to watch out for the cave-in, and a few minutes after, the operator In- the Hnter room noticed that the sup ply of seed was running abort and go ing to the need room to Investigate, found that the seeu had caved in. : . Bowen was missing and suspecting that ho had been burled, a search was made and his l>ody was found about eighteen inches under the seed. The accident h appended about 6.00 a. m., and hi* body - was recovered twenty minutes later. The coroner held an inquest and ren dered a verdict that the man 90bb to hit* deatlr through his own carol ees ness. Manager Eve_ eudeavored to find .the relatives of TTbe dead man, but it 1b said that he had non living relativtw and the botly-^ was turned, over to Un dertaker C. W. Evans, wtyo gave it a proper burial in the colored cemetery at the company's expense. Bowen came to Camden from Hagoods. Meeting of Chamber of Commerce. The regular monthly meeting of the Camden Chamber of Commerce will be hold at Recorder's Court Room, Wed nesday, 5 p. m., January Oth. ? C. P. DuBose, Secretary. Mr. Meares Dead. ^ - Mr. tu 8. Meares, betted known to h& intimate friends as "Buck" Meares, died at his home on East York street Saturday morning after a long illness. For ji number of years he had been a "shut-in" and had not been seen in the streets or at bis trade ? -that of a carpenter. He was sixty-two years of age and . leaves a wife arid several children. Mr. Meares was-tfell liked by those who knew him and had many friends. The funeral wag held from his residence Sunday afternoop con* ducted by Iiev C. B. Smith, pastor of the Lyttleton Street Methodist church, and the burial was in the Quaker cem etery. To Have Portrait, of Former-Captain. The Kershaw Guards, desiring to perpetuate -the memory of former cap tains of the re-organized Company, have requested Hon. Mendel L. Smith to present the organization with his portrnit- for tfce arcio^y as he -to a m the first captain of the Company from to lftOO. Captain Smith, &t the Com pany's suggestion, will "give a very fine liken efts of his pow owned by the Zemp photograph studio* and has accepted the invitation to be with {he Kershaw Guards at tlje presentation ceremony on January 6th. ?' ' " Church Conference at Antioch. ? A < ? 1 1 1 1 r< ? 1 1 conference has been called to meet at Antioch Baptist church on the first Sunday in January, 1018, at eleven o'clock, for the purpose of call ing a pastor. - Alt member^ jeflFe re quested to be present G, W. Shiver, Church Clerk. . v m "mvume" 14 the Baby County. - McCormick, S. C., Dec. 29. ? By an overwhelming vote, 619 to 97, the pro motors of j the "McDuffle" county move ment won out in the -election held to day in the portions of Abbeville, Edge field and Greenwood counties affe< tedv The proposed pew county territory In each old county gave more ' than the two-thirds in favor of "Msfruffle" coun ty, which, after expected' favorable ac tion3 by tho General Assembly, will be' -South Carolina's forty-fifth county, the Palmetto staters "baby." McCormick will be the county seatl r- ?<* ' VP' **""''** Vd. 1 1 ' ^IVoli^ual Banquet. LiveOak Ompp No. 49. Woodmen of ; the will ,bold their annual ban-, qnet Friday night, January IsUln tl? lodge room in the opera house build inc. All visiting Woodmen cordially invfted to attend. /fcy.-Di fitWS fti ? - - : m ? ? iv . ?ci c. " . Ktmf'FIVK MOKE PAKIH>NN, HIohno (|nui(H Pardons, r?roloK ami Commutations. Trirr . OoluKihtH, s. C., Dee. .'id. ? Fifty-five more convicts in tho |s?nltenttary and scut term I oil chain gangs throughout, the utate wero recipients of clemency froiu till) bauds of Governor Mease late this afternoon, bringing the total uuinber of cases In which the Governor ban exorcised tin; pardoning and parol lug power up t * ? 1,514 since ho has been In office. The list to-night was made up of 'JP manslaytjrs, four for violation of the dlspensmy law, two for broach of trust, four for larceny, three for assault and battery and riot, throe for assault and battery, four for hlKhway robbery, three for criminal assault, one for ear break lug, two for resisting an olllcer. 'There are still I IP state convicts In the l>ohltontlary, on state farms and chain gangs. The three white men convicted of having attempted to storm the jail In Spartanburg when Sheriff \V. J. White held at bay a mob which t rled to lynch a negro, were all paYdoned. The three were, convicted In Spartanburg last Novemlwr and sentenced to throe years 011 the chain gang by Judge Moore. They a re Horace Finch, Robert Wilson and W. K. Helcher. Included in the list was one Greek, Augustus Corosus, of Abbeville, who was serving a ten-months' sentence for larceny. He >yas paroled during good behavior. John Masslngale of Pickens County, who was serving a term for man slaughter, was paroled on condition thut he leave the state by January 5 and never return. AT THE HOTELS. Names of Those Stopping at This Pop ular Winter Resort. Owing to the bad weather for the past few days the arrival of tourists at the various hotels has fallen off con siderably. The past few days of bright suuny weather will doubtless see many coming sou^h. The golf season will open shortly and jnany will enjoy this outdoor sport. Already a goodly num ber of the' cottages have been occupied by members of the cottage colony, and the sunny days bring out parties enjoy ing the recreation of walking and rid ing. A number of social affairs have been given in Klrjtwood during the past week. At The Court Inn. Arrivals at the ("onrtlmT for the' week are: Mr,' and Mrs. K. Forster, New Vork ; Mrs. Davidge, Win. H. Davidgo, Mrs; Randal! Maclver, New York; Edwin DC Farr, Edwin D?Farr, J r.N Camden, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Titus, New Yurk;Mrs, Jane K. Da vis, "Miss Pa VIS, "New- York. .... ^At The Hobkirk Inn. Arrivals at the nobklrk Inn for the past week are: Mr. Crapo C. Smith, Detroit, Mlcli. ; Mrs. A. K. Muller, Mr. Frederick Muller, New York City ; Miss E. E. McCllntock, Mrs. Fisher, Colum bia, S. C. ; Airs. J. Hall Dow, New York City; Mrs. Jane E. Davis, Wor cester, Mass. ; Miss/ Lilla Whltcomb Davis, New York City. Married. Married, on Decembfif_ 24th, In the probate office, Judge McDowell pfflcla tlng, Mr. Aster Threat and Miss* Irene Stewart, both of Camden. Married, on December 24th, at the probate olllce, Judge McDowell officia ting, Mr. J. E. Thornton and Miss Su sie Watson, both of Blaney. Married,jln December 20th, at the probate oftfee, Judge McDowell officia ting, Mr. Otis Graham irud Miss 'Daisy Moseley, both of Camden, rfd 2.' Married ? on December. 30th, at the residence of Probate .Tmlge McDowell, the . Judge of Probate officiating, Mr. Robert Lee McCasklll to Miss Kate Lee Brown, both of nejj/*" Camden. FRANK GRANTED AN APPEAL From Habeas Corpus Decision in the <foorgia Federal Court. Washington, D. C? De6. 28. ? Justice I^ainar of the Supreme Court today granted an appeal from the decision of the Georgia Federal Court, which refused to telea.se L <eo M. Frank, on a habeas corpus proceedings. Frank is tinder death sentence for the murder of Mary Phagan an Atlanta factory girl. The celebrated case now comes be fore the highest court in the land, a goal for which Frank's attorneys have been fighting for weeks and which wos once previously denied him, although on another phase of the proceed! ng. In , the present proceeding, Rank's attorneys argued to the Federal court of Georgia- that State courts in which Frank had been convicted of murder, has lost Jurisdiction over their "client because, he had not had a fair trial and had been . convicted in an atmos phere of violence. ' They asked the Georgia Federal court to release-Frank on a habeas corpus writ Judge New man refused and declined to grant an' ippeal to* the $,upreme Court The appeal to Justice Lamar, granted Jjfb day. permits ?them to briqg their case up for hearing in Washington. Meanwhile Frank's execution is atayed. -ixr^ ? ? iVr". " p y Local Committee on Cotton Loan. " f Kcrsli^w Couutyf? local committee Cor the hitgffilfiff of the $t00(<KX),000 cotton loan fund has been approved and announced as follows: C. iJ. Shannon, Jr.* -president of the First National Bank ; John S. Lindsay, of ftMLLoau A MvtBga Junkro. h. tlfefc of the Hank of Camdan.? - ? The State commit too for South Car olina is as follow*: R. G. Rhett, chairman ; John M. Kinard, Henry Schaehte, <V CI Rowland aed B. H. Prinfie, Jr. teentoiy. SIIOI IJ) TAliK NOTK KHIKNDLV ? I British Papers Agrwi llmt Amicable . Spirit Should Govern Acceptance. London, 1 Hhv, 30. Morning uewspa pern comment at length ?>n the Ameri can government's note to (treat Brl ta In concerning treatment accorded American commerce l?,v the British Hw(, a tid agree that the' American pro test should he met by the British gov ernment in the spirit of friendly good : will shown hy the 'note. Generally, however, the newspapers are inclined to await tiic actual text of the note before indulging III detailed discussion. In tiie meant line they point out how inevitably serious dltllcult les arise whenever questions of neutrality art* Involved. Moreover they dispute the theory that Great Britain alone is re s|M>nlsblo for the dislocation of the world's trade, arguing that-, even had she remalmnl neutral, the fact that a number of other nations were Involved must have had u detrimental effect on the world's commerce, in any case, they say, Great Hritaln was not re sponsible for the war. The Times says : "The note Is dated December -4 and, although the idea may seem fan ciful, we can not help Imagining that it wos hy no accident that the eve of the great festival of i>eace and good will was chosen for the dispatch of this friendly communication from one of the great branches of the English speaking communities to the other. "If anything in the telegraphic num mary of the note as received here should seem iwremptory we feel as sured that this api>enrunce is entirely due to the necessities of compression and will vanish when the text of the document is before us. We fully real ize the Inconvenience and the loss the conduct of the war must occasion to America and other neutrals. We also are confident that when the note is published we shall find that President Wilson and his colleagues are not In sensible to the imperious requirements of our military situation. "We do not suppose the United States disputes our right as belligerents . to, practice such Interference with com merce between neutrals as is manifest ly necessary for >f!f! protection of our natioual safety. What they do ques tion, as we gather It, Is whether the action of our ships does not in some cases exceed that manifest necessity." Declaring there are many j>eculiHr conditions arising from the war which Justify Great Britain's policy, the edi torial continues : ' y "The note deals throughout with un shaken faith in our sense of Justice. That faith we shall assuredly do our best to preserve. It is quite inconeeiv ubU* that two sensible peoples on the friendliest of terms with each other shoi^d not succeed In devtsTngli modus vlveiull In accordance With the gen ernT principles of International law which -will at the same time meet the l?ecullur facts ahd 'clrCuiruftanees or this unprecedented war." AT PAPTI8T GHllRCH. ' V"* ' , ' --- ' ' 1 1 . ? ? Consecration Day, Sunday, January 3rd, 1915. Mr. T. J. Watts, the South Carotin# Baptist Sunday School secretary will be the special speaker at the morning hour at the new year's CJonsecratlon Service at the Baptist Church, Sunday morning, January 3rd, 1015. His sub ject will be "The Sunday School* En terprise in the Extension of the King dom." Mr. Watts is one of the great est Sunday School exi>erts of our day and the opportunity to hear this ad dress Is indeed a privilege. It is to he hoped that every Baptist in Camden will l>e present at both the services of the day. The subject at the evening hour will Ik> "Dividing the Time with On?i " t j**t mm come prepared to think about our obligation to God for the coming year. Not only Baptists but all who, are Interested in concerted Christian effort are invited to these services. J. A. D. Hagcnbarks Killed. I Bt. Ix>ul?,~i)ec. 28.? Word that Imt euz and Henry Hagenlmok, menagerie owners of Germany have been killed In battle has been received today by George Dleckman, president of the St. Louis Zoological Society. The news originally^ came in .a letter to Peter Bohnemn* a native Hollander, from a friend in Germany. . ?? ' ? i ? i ? ?n ? .. J. L McCALLUM FOUND DEAD. Sumter Cashier Was Probably Victim of Apeplexy. Sumter, _8._ C., Dgc. 28.? Tho people of Shmter were shocked this afternoon . when it became known that Julius L. McCallum, cashier of the First Nation al Bank, and a prominent business man of the city, had been found dead in bjs residence on I) road street. The body was discovered about 2 o'clock by the cook when ?he went to prepare din ner for Mr. "McCallum. He was lying in the kitchen, with his fflcfi..d0wnward wherehe had evidently fallen. It tn thought that he suffered ai?4ittack of appoplexy as he went to light the gas this morning to heat water for the bath room. Mr. McCJallum was alone in the bouse last night, his wife having gone to Columbia to spend Christmas with her parents. As he had slept in his bed it is probable that it -was some time early this morning that death -?* curred. The deceased had been * cashier of the First National Bank for nearly ten years and was a jjopular business man of the city. He had been actively en gaged in the real estate business for a number of years and Was president of the Reel Kstate Holding Company and of the McCallum ileal Hstate Com pany^ He was married about five years ago to Mrs. Lucy Quattlebapm. o f iVtlumbta. who, with dike cMltf, sur > vlves him. I FROM THE COMMISSIONERS Mr. deLoach Telia of Troubles With The Old Company. j To I ho Kdltor of The Chronicle: We promised you last week that we would give to t !??? citizens of Camden | some of tho facts kit regard to the mat ters jieiHllng between John T, Harrlng ton, who acquired by purchasing at the -receiver sale of the former Cam den Water. I.lght \ lee Company, the water mains in the t'it.v of Camden which the t 'ommtMstoncrs of 1'uhlle Works of the Clt> of Camden agreed to purehase. Tills agreement to purchase was , tlrst based upon a contract enter ed In between .lylui T Harrington and Commissioners for an agreed prlee, provided the water mains would stand pressure before linn I acceptance by the Commissioners of 150 pounds per square inch continuously for h period of two hours, ami as a further lest when subjected to standplpe pressure the Hues shall show a total leakage not to exceed forty gallons per hour lier mile of pipe. We proceeded, with our engineers at a time agreed upon to put this ir>0 pounds pressure known as the high pressure tent, as required by the agreement, but the pljie line en tirely foiled to stand this test. Wo then allowed, as we had agreed to do. tho representatives of John T. Har rington to put the i?1|m? line in a con dition to stand another test and the citizens perhaps rememlier the length of time In which the streets were be ing dug up and this work of repair* lug was being carried on. When the representatives of John T. Harrington ; concluded that the pljie line was ready for another test of 150 pounds pres sure, we put the pressure on the pipe lines but the test was again a failure, the pipe Hive" not standing the test of 150 jhiunds, Again the - representa tives of John T. Harrington endeavor ed, as they claim, to again put the pipe lines In a condition for the test of 100 pounds. The people will again, rtjinenibor how patiently we waited up on said parties to do this repair work, and how patient the town authorities were in allowing excavations, to l>e' made in the. streets in order that the said parties m)ght do the work requir ed to put the mains In condition for the test.' The citizens will afso remem ber the length of time in which It took the parties to do this work. Again we gave to the pii>e lines the pressure of 100 pounds, aftd while under this lust test the pressure remained 150 pounds for the greater part of the time dur 4?g -tlMk test -yet leakage In the streets wfts great and from some sees tlons of the City the water was pour ing out of the said pipe lines In some- , thing of a stream. When this last test was hiding, made and Just at its com pletion Mr. C. S. Campbell requested nt that time our putting on a stand pl|>e test to show the leakage. . Our en gineer did not deem this necessary As ha calculated that under the standplpe test the leakage \ypuld bp. far In ex cess of fhe 40 gallons per mile per hour as required In the contract fonder the sjandpli>e test. Our engineer sug gested to the Commissioners that ow ing to the conditions In the City at the time, our contracts with the hotels In the City lielng made, and owing to the fact tlmt It would take quite a while to repair the said lines aqfl put them in -shaiw? for the said standplpe test, or leakage test, that* they would ad vise us to }H>stpone the name until Spring, and he also advised that from the agreed price that we deduct $2,500 for the rejuilri which It. might he ne .cos.->:t ry to put the lines In condition so that they would stand the tests as re nul red by the <*ontracts. Sometime af ter this," Mr. John T. Harrington, of the State of Ohio, came before the Commissioners with his attorney and other representatives anil insisted ujion our settling with them for the pipe lines, or in, lieu thereof to Immediate ly give them a standplpe test for leak age, or to turn over to them the pipe lines which . hail been given into our I>osspssion under a supplemental con tract. This we refused to do. We were not gojng to settle with them un-. til they had performed their part of the contract. We were to pay them a certain1 price provided the mains stood a certain test, which they, did not stand and we refused to give them that test at this time as we concluded: that we lia'd been inost patient with them, giv ing them three tests which the mains had failed to stand, and after the third test, as we are informed, tty?y had not put the mains in a conditio!) to stand any qther test. Mr. Harrington, then in his- own right and as trustee tgr the bondholders of the old Camden Water. Ivlght-ft lee- Oarr had ft hot ice served upon ns that he would apply for . a .prcllniln^ry Injunction to pre vent our using the,?ald pipe lines or in any way Interfering with them, and he also served i?? With Summons to nnswer a Complaint. .'which he had filed against us. At thd-hearlng before tho Judge he ^ obtained un order re quiring the Commissioners to give to John .T^Ifarrimrtoti the standplpe -test ? for leakage provided In the contract within ten days from the date of the said order on 48 > hours notice from John Jv. Harrington to ttye said Com missioners. John T. Harrington gavfc. its 48 hoflf* notice and on Dec. 22nd, 1014, we;* pursuant to the said order ot the Cqiirt. had our engineer present Hhd we tinder the snid order subjected t htP. mains to the standplpe pressure ? teafc^fbr leakage. In connection with tfiUT'fioflce which was to be given us, to wit : 48 hours in which to get to gether our working force for cutting off the wafer supply from the citizens r* the representative* of John T, ^ tort gave ns notbv Saturday evening S,, late, ami the 48 hours Included Sim lay, which of course the said John T. Harrington had a right to do, but which deprived us of a part ot tbe*~^ time which we should hara.lmd in j)? readyr nevertheless the test * 5? (Continued on Page Two) ? ? v-7r~ ' ;?e ? ; - <? -- ?_ ?*