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Sixteen Pages VOLUME XXXII Section One NUMBER 6. mkxk o cm ocev*m> ?itols iii Control awl Carramw and Party H*v? Kled Washing""- May ?. Coiwlj^ wJrh ^wftriuMtioM tonight In offUiM tlis aK^w of the eapturo (?f Mexico UUty by rvvi>>??tloi?Ul^. the Navy JKimrtnuubt that 'i'4' dwrtroytf fiounia ikh'h ordered from Key Wwt to (ipijiltt), ?h?o III rebd hand*. No dfcsor jer wiis w>iM?rtwl either In Mexico Olty l_ Tamjrfco ujkI fai both pta<<o? uwsur a*,* were jjflVan of protection to for eigun'i'^ y, . , . 1 The finim^y luensige inade no wtniT timi Vti PiwMeufc t'amniKa Qt&er re ports to tbo department ?a*d line had left the <i?1 >Uaa with a group of adhor* ,.nK pre?ninabi.v for Vera Cruz, but pVt> do Information as to bis pmaent *fo?r?rt?outs. . . . Witt) all report)* agreed that tlhe leUnre of the capital and Tampico Juid ticeti without opiKwtttlou and that order Md been ma Ma nned, the presence at Itomphv of at 'least one Mexi<<au fftui it was suid tonTtfht. might luivc fjunpted the m'ihHiik of destroyem to flat jiolnt. No official for tyelr uh>><'11m*111 was ussitfiHHi either i>y the mv.v or the State deiMirtmont. Acvoixl fag (o'llic State department's adtvices, Gw. OroKO. Carnuixas-? coiumainder at T?in|?I<*<?. took refuge on tlie gunboat Jaflkvo when the reWla vnrered tftve city. State department. reports of me?<KngeH to rt"l?ol rtgeutw lion? told of the occu jwtion of several other townA, prompt assumlxv neing given by the reVolu tioiijstw in several <*vsw that i>rot^ct1fm ir?uil<l he givun Americans and <>tlier Awlfci O . Will Ho (.lad To Have You The following special from Iiagood appeared In the Columbia State of 'l&uwday morning a/nd wiM be read with interest in this county: Having voted more than two' to one against the Sumter county bond issue for 121 nriiles of bard surface Toads at u cost of $2,500,000 and thinking that they will not get their share of the benefits of fflhe road, some of the peo pte here have started a movement to -If U- /mil 1^ th" WQ-ftflnTgr <>eek wlioOl dwtriict, of whdeh thte l/laee is a part, to Kuts/toutw county, now touches flbfc* tHstil^t on the ontlre nortli j^ide. "At a meeting this attorning is was decided to get the attorney general's opinion and the law on the subject, and iit favorable then to take up the pro IWforl niwiexatlon with the Kershaw ?onnty officials" Death of Mrs. R?y. Mrs. A Ik-*' liny, aged tfxtty seven,, died in the Wateree Mill Village on April tilic :UHh. The funerail tookk place at her home, a nd was conducted t^y Rev. X. B. Hatfield, after wtoloh the remains wore laid to rest 111 tthe Qufeker^me tery, Sli?' leaves a host of frlendtr and ?rrfative* :t 11<l the following children to mourn her loss: J. H. Ray Of CaSsatt, R. H. Hay of < Gulden, Mrs. M. L. ^rlor of Gilbert. Mns. .1. M.? Anderson of Cas satt, Mrs. Oleave Davis of Bethune, Miss Minnie Kay of CanxJen. ( TWO MEN KILLED One Car Attempted to Pass Another -? and Went In Ditch fcjwirftinburg. May 12.?an automo bile wreck on the National Highway, In Greenville (\>unty, within a, m?Qe **f Chick Spring*, tlvis afternoon between "firs carrying Spartanburg fans to tflie haselia.li ?rame br Greenvllfte, two Spar tanburg men were kWled, one injured fatally. H is void, and four others Sfifeht l.v hurt. . , ? Go^r^o II. Finch, Jr., nineteen years <>f atfe. was killed inHtantfly. He wa? an employee of the Postal Telegraph. Company here for a number of yeans and has recenty l>een In bushWMs with bin father, a local nkertfliant. Sergt. ?John II. White died tonighit at 410 o'clock, a nd Arthur I Mil is not expect ed to recover from his injuries. The latter two sustained (frtict?re>d wjkI Mr. I>Ml is now a parent *JL CMfck Sjirings Hospital. Sergt. Wain. ha<l tthe distinction of being the ro<*t wounded man In the American ?'Xpelitionary fortxls In France, being ^oujaU-?l sixty-two times. His wound *j?pes were conferred upon him by '?en. Pershing. ... TIiom. rc]K>rted Slightly injured are *? mackweai, W. A. PatiUo etoc Hjotaii wHh tiie Southern Railway; ?weu Abbott an! rover Scruggs. Ttie n** were being driven by Antihur *nul T. (J. Stoke**. a*Ml neither V* injured. Accounts neoctved here J*to tlic effect. thAt floe car was at |nR to paw tbe other 'and .both WfT)t into a ditch. ? -fS - ? r r"i u Mrs. Smith Dea<l.-?. , T ,lrs Gallic Kraith, aged about 80 {?J*. <fied at her home In the We#* ?22?^^ ,M* ww"4*y oifh*?! in ' fnnera! and burial ocourreuat *^TTvZ, r <a>urch Friday e ventage j*!"? n^her of Messrs. Joseph and JP^1"'ate^,a!nd Mi* W. a W?Ui2? * Ntnnmerton swkkt POTATOt:s Noll, Fertilizer,'Setting and Cultivation SiiKKt^iiotis by ClfiiiHOii. X : . There 11 iv few crops so well adapt ed to South Carolina conditions an the sweet potato. This crop offers to the growers eyery ud vantage for micccks ful KlWtU that }s offered by other livid or trwck i'NUw. Soil selection, iiuimrutlou. fertilising, eiyvfiil fitting mid planting, aud cultivating are tile essontlals of success In the growing of >\vect pota Ux*s, says Geo, P. HotYinuiui, Rxteuslon Service JUur.tlciilHirlat. . The sweet potato adapts Itself to a -real diversity of soil, tout It delights in and thrives best oil a >veil dralued sandy or day loam soU with a clay subsoil. Hut ix'gardless of the ap 1 mi rent Ideal physical condition of tlio sell, this erob must he rotated each year;- Hwwt potatoes may follow corn, fdttoll. small Kftln, uml leguminous rover crisis. They may easily anal ef fectively lie worked Into any well l>al< nnccd three-year rotation. The soil may he thoroughly ami iU'i ply prepared* -by til riling twice to a depth of 0 to?8 Inches followed toy cross discing. CiNKiked and irregular roots result froin shallow preparation of the soil. Therefore, deep artd thor ough <preparation Ik very essential 1'n growing marketable (sdatoos. Hotli harny ird and commercial fer tiliser^ are recommended, hut the foiv mer must l?e judiciously used tender the present shortage of potash, that element of plant food most needed In e*cess7'Ti1?era 1, applications of barn yard manure will l?e very effective hoth In supplementing this shortage, and in correcting the physical condi tion of the very heavy ejayey soils.. The fertility and qAiysical condition of the soli should determine the extent of the applications, which should not he in.excess of the needs. Ordinarily lK'ili commercial and baunyard ma nure* are applied In the drill when the soil Ife being fitted for setting the plaids', ami later as yi side dresser. For I lie average clay soils that will produce a tulle of cotton to the acre, ?400 to 000 pounds of an 8-8.-3 fertilizer i< recommended. For the sandy soils producing a bale of cot toir per acre, ' 000 ]rounds of au K-3-U fertiliser Is rxH-ommonded. Preparatoryfo setting tiie plants, which should l>e from May 1st to daily 15th, lay off rows 3 to 3 1-2 feet part and apply the JMmiyard manure (8-10j tons |Kir acre) or commerical fertillVj zor made of two-thirds 10 i>er cent aeld and one-third <?otton seed uieai aifilled In Hie drill, and thoroughly mix with the rfoil. Planting beds of) medium height, deluding upon drain age. should lie thrown up and dragged down, and the i>lants or vine-cuttings set 12 to IS Inches apart. To correct the packed condition :/>f the soil torouglit about through the transplant ing ipVoeess. the water fuyrows should be harrowed or Otherwise cultivated Immediately following the "setting of| the plants. Vtrf late planting#, the one-leaf, 8 to 10-inch vine "cuttings are more de sirable than are the slips or '"draws," especially, for the growing of seed stock. Nancy Hall. Porto Hieo and Triumph, a re the leading and most popular va rieties grown 111 tills iState. Triumph Is one of the, earliest varieties, and should he planted when itptatoes are grown for early market. Frequent shallow cultivation should be practiced until the vines have cov ered the ground, during which period the greatest care must - be used in .turning the vines. At the first cultiva tion, which consists of u careful hoe ing ami siding with a liroad furrow, a :*Tde dressing of one?thlrd cotton seed meal and two-thirds 10 i?er <vnt acid phosphate should 1>e applied. 400 to 1500 pounds per acre, and thoroughly mixed .with the soil. The Orangeburg sweep or heel Iwnv and shovel is very effective in cultivating this crop. Special Convention W. O. W. Live Oiik Camp, No. 40, W/O, W., will hU/ve a special convention Friday nitfht, May 2Jet. Business of import ance wttl be brought np at ttofcr meet ing for disposition. now] it in espcHally desired that tlierc lwa full attendance of the member!*. Icc cream anil cakc %MiW lie aorvcd. J. (J. Mt:Cla.skil3, C.C. M. Or Ilnckaleen, Clerk. Camden Commander}- to Receive * Charter. iTVimden Com?roan?k*?y No. 12, Knight* Templar, * -win be constituted by the Gnand fV>mmamlery of 8outt> Carol ion, Thursday Evening, Xftty, 20th, 1020. at seven O'clock. Tito Knight* wi* a? wnnhlc at the MksonAc Temple, to ft* nmU^rm, and march to the Baptist (liureih, here ti>e serclves will be heM Th+ {fcibUc la' cordla*y invited to at ttod. III.INI) TKiKKS FALL OUT Aim! I'olire Make Several Arrests C*|? tilling Quantity of liuoxe . . ? KoMowiny t?V?se u|kc> I In* arrest of the tlmv S;i \ it una h negroes (Hlu tlw rapture ?f thirty-five nations <?X liquor ami 0 CndlMac car hist week, JttlUOtt MWtrt, the tiki offender, was arretted hite Saturday uffc(t>t and |4aeed lit jail eharged with transporting 1tqtn*r. MViilrt hail been out to tlio inidndght Seaboard passenger ami offieer 1>. T. llhi<-kin<M jwias there too. The ?*ffleor followed the negro ai|<i halted his ear iu*yr the postoff'Uv. M*<Ur?t ,|umi>ed i out and ran imt wiim anight after he had Unvnvn several pints of the lH>oa!e to the ground. Several bottles WW W|V tured oil hlai however, and his oar won taken HI eharge hy the poJlee. was jifltieed In jail but was released UOis week upon Me jmyuient of a bond of |a00. Jle has been nefore the qourte otic Mils charge at nearly every term, but always manages to evade a sen tence. Ho luwhfcfe sth*ikmided sentence of two years hanging over him nmv and will doubtless servo * his time on the gang for this hist offense. BO) KeUl.v, another old offender, was mug!! it at Ills home near the Seaboard freight deinrt Monday by Constable Stokes and Chief Whltaker and the of flmywlxeil ^toTi'gnltaire frmrr Kerry. The activity o{ the offWers is linking it unprofitable for the tigers as the lo?s of ttheir ears is quite a heavy blow. We learn that the trouble among tliem started when MWJirt "squealed" on the Su Manilah crowd. and some onetmr tovnn 'Squealed" on M?<?lrt, so the poldee are now having tlieir inning,. The (MMHiifiorlo tfis <v*rrying an. ladver ti>-einent lit another* pla<*e of (this iKii>4?r today giving notiee of the sale of tlie confiscated ears to take ]flaee on tlie first Monday in June. They will go to trtie (highest bidder for cash. Southern Bridge Burned. , f ?? The Southern Kail way's splendid bridge over the Catawba river be tween (iastonia and - .Ohartotitc, com pleted hvo yours ago nlAi cost of about $500,000, was jwrtfafl.v destroyed last ttmiday by *ire Miat 4k supposed to have rfolghHitod lraiii*bumtng coal (trapping from a fMssing loeoanotive. Tll>e ftre win* -first discovered nt about 2:30 p.m.. I>y some iKH>j)fIe wluo were crossing the highway bridge a short distance below fan an automobile. The automobtlifcts gave the tiJnnn a? soon as they 6oukl; hut it we? full fifteen minute* before help l?ej5an to arrive ai.d In the mean time tffoe fire had progressed to a point,wiiere crowing by a train wos out of the question, tile damage Is very eon-' sfderalVle. Through trains between Charlotte and Atlanta wore detoured by Columbia, during Sunday, yesterday and today; but officials announced yester day that they hoped ro haw one of fiho tracks across five bridge ojxm for traf fic by tomorrow.?Tuesday's York ICfl quirer. MACON WOMAN MLKDKBKI) Was Formerly Miss Bacot, of Society Hill, in This State. C ? - | Macun, May , 10.?With wix knife wounda in her left arm ami six sim ilar wounds in her neck, the Inxly of Mrs. W. M.?Balrman. <W), widow of a former assistant <H]foor of T\he Ma con Telegraph, was found wear a well traveled country road, three and a half miles from Macon, thl* morning. A -coroner's Jitry investigating tho cahe tlds afternoon held that she came {o her death a6 tihe hands of an un known assailant and tliat the same fa murder, Sheriff Hicks believes that tl>e woman was slain by a neyro. The entire .Sheriffs force of depu ties is at work on the da*?. Rewards have l>een'offered for Information tihat may lead to tlie capture of the guilty j>ers<>n. Numerous raids have been made during tho day and again tonight of negro quarters in various partx of the city tn an effort to fiml nwiie trace of the gnHty person. Feeling 1m running lilgh. Mrs. BairuKin's husband came fr<un F^ancaster. Pa., settling In Savannalh, when 20 years of age. He had contin ued his residence' in f.eorgiA until Ills death se**en years ago. Mrs. Bairman wan Miss Annie Qkrland Simons Baoot, of Society Him. S. C.t liefWre^ier mar rftige in Savannah In April, lfl?0. lMrs. Balmnau had l>een in the hal4t of tak+ng nn eight mifle w?*k evory <l?y and stie always chose the road loading to Ilolton. on w<hk1) she met. her death. Hhe left her home, downtown, Sonday afternoon at 1 o'clock* after attending service at Christ Eplsnopftl dhnreh. FaiHng to return at sumknrn tfse family .conducted an all-nftgnt March In vain. Scan* of peimmw joined in the search today and tbe body wan foond Jusoff the matn road near the waterworks tsin?|Hnir station. tiBORGK VANDKKHII.TS l>l(?: Wl \ anishes With lite Sale of the .Model Town of Itiltinore, L ; ?' j \ . ~y ffiv; ? ' ?:^l j. ' Kauris < Ml,\ Slur, TIm? iikmI.j (own of niitni<Mf, <\, built by the Into (Jeorge \V. YandeiiriU in eouuectton \\JL(U. his magnifhvnt '?imni i) estate near Ashevillo, has h?vn kohl to the Stmt horn IhiiMway and two liidlvliltial {MirvtiAMNv. On the site olios I'll by Mr. Vnndorbllt f t an advoutuiv in I'topia. I ho railway eomim'ny wtH build a two million dollar lmssonger stathui. S<i mimble ilu> difams ?>f men. How vast a Nclioiui' VamtorhHt-eon ??olvod for devouring Mti North l*aro Ina ?\stu<o, no ano wtl ovor know. From IfcJOS nntll hi.^ death in 1014, ho made It his life's wwk to Wook togoHhor 120, <HK> ftoivs of mountain tend, grub out the forentn, iriant trees, p4t>o water, bn!?!d road* and level off a mountain peak for his iwdatinil homo, Hi'ltmore house. The project cost Mm more than ton million dollairs. Two your* after his death his wid ow transferred to the govoa-nmont fifty thonxind a<M>?? of the estate for a uh Monad forest -reserve. Now the model town of BHtmare Is **olxl, aiul the mil lionaire's plan of rnrnl eiinMiv IhmtIhb to disintegrate. IMd Vandorblflt dream a fool's parudise ?>n those North Caro ling hlllls? He is (load ; the dream is dust and ashes. r On a rainy day thirty years ago, VatMlortitf.lt.'& private <nr was on a side traek at Ashevi'lle woltimg to take tlio young miiMionairo bacK to New Yorky After a whorl Way he had liecoihe diW gusled' wilih the wcallior, the skjfllno, the hotoil, with everything, lie was <o twv on tiie morfow. Poring tlie night the skies oleated and the next morning young Vamlorbibt, rising early, watched a North Canxribm Nunrlso. Standing <xn the pia55J&a <*f -the Hat tory Park hotel ho looked away to the north (and saw. tJu> peak of the Roan moimtaiin In Tennessee, t^lxity jnllo's a w*iy. Southward was the grim outline of Oeasar's Head, a mountain in South C4vroMim. fifty miles nwoy. To the Southwest, dim in that blue haze which give# to this rumuitirin tM aimnr, was the (jeorgia (lhie, nrtndty mile** mviiy, To the ett?t, standing 1*iro and bleak, and rcfll<\;ting tho sun's roys from itd snow crowned summit, was Mount 'MUtdirtl, the highest. peak of the Rocky Moun tains. Remodeled a Mountain. iieorge VanderlrilH looked again and witobM the Mm collie up over the fteakjs of the HI no Ilidge mouirtakm witH R aeeniod to net tlie wlfcfle dome of the sky on fire. ccflttrlng every cloud to a bright copi>er'ilvue and kindling live heavens with. Song shafts of golden*, light. His liewildered eyes took in this brttMoint. Aoene, at*) when 2md his ffSl of it, lie cancelled the order for Mm" private ear and began to look n row Ml for n home site. lie fltost came npon the estate of <1 weathy ttoutlierner and offered to buy J-t. The SoutJierner refused all off<*ns. Then VandorbOt sea relied the ooiiutry alde until he found tlie a*l'to he wanted and liegnn to negotiate for the (land. SO1110 ho got fur five hundrd duUara an acre; other tracts cawt Mm iuvkIi more. for, when it. wa? teamed tnat a Vanderl?!*lt wim haying prl<*?s went ffcy high. -- . . In the center of hi* biddings way a Irfgh mountain. Tim jjeak of thia cart li ly pile was not Intended (to heftd the kind of building George wanted: So he eft alswt correct!ng the error of Nature. He stlced off the top an<l added the earth and rook of the removed portion# to that which was left, making a twoiad plateau. On this plateau he built Uillt more house. r 1 Aiid what a "house" It. was J To say that it cost more than two million dofl inft-s and contained ninety rooms, gives only <1 sketchy outline.of It. It was? himI 4s?tlie fittest country matted 01 in all America, ft paradise ill the moun tains. a "Chateau'of tlie Skylaffka." ' if stajnds upon an esplanade 700x300 feet, bound retailing walls of k*rild masonry and crnwnod by a coping of finely dres sed atone. The outnode walla of the ]>a9 aee are 375x192 feet. In a rchdteetun it sugge#jta some of the famous cha teaux of the r>olTe; yet It to no la vMi copy. It has an individuality, a per sonality ail its own. It Is considered by nifl^ty to be the crowning .work of Ithlxird M. Hunt, one of America's foremost architects. $25.00 For A Name. Mcwsrs. W. R. DeLoarb ami L. A. Rtrfcland are offering $28 for beat and moot appropriate name for Camden's. New Hotel. Ma* aM tug|<to The tfeeoden Hotel Co., and fign yonr name. The board of director* of the Hotel Company wfW dectfc the contest. MKKT NKXT AT CAMDRN Confederate Keiiuioii Closed ut Sumter laist Thursday. TU*1 UUiO Ucunlou of the (Vuifeder ah- Ytlcraii^ of South i'aro|l:ui came to an end with Hie rcceytlou and dance iu the IVoplcs' tVltueeo Watv hon?i* ki*.t night,'which wa-s attemhM by the vet?MtiMs ami approximately two Sumter people. The dance Wl|* opened with (ho gruiul inuivli which was led hy <Jen. Olark aiul MUa Henrietta lloykln. the sponsor of the division. A latye number of the veterans par thipa'ied In tivw tlaiuv and apiHsuix'd to derive as in licit pleasure from It as any of (he younger folks. This morning the veterans deiwirtvd for their homes wiili Hie <iod ^hm^I of hosts who IMi*l thoroughly onjoycd the honor and privilege of entertaining tlicm. At the afton*on .***?lon the election of offhviv was held. tJen. C.Wirk de* eMncd iv election, but as a t >k>*n of es teem ho was elected honorary eoin iiMinder for life of the South CaroMna I >1 vision. H?on. A.-C. IUmmI, of Anderwon, hith erto eiuntnauder of the Sis-ond brli/ ad.' was elected, without opposltion. commander of tlm. South Carolina dl vtlon. Ills place was fllih^l by the oAeetton of C<fl. 1*, A. Mel>avhl, of (Jr?H?nvllJ<'. Cod. XV*. 11. (Yly was noinl iMt(*d but declined to triul. Oeti, J, 'Fuller Lyon, of Columbia, wain unani mously re-ol*?oteit to Kuoeeedi ihtuv*4f as ronvmnntter of Hie Mr+d tutlgjudo. The <H>nwiviltee e'Uvted b? rtC*rve with Col. \V. I). McLauiln, state |?enslon commissioner, was FH,rst district, <ien. C. 1. Walker: second, .7.. JO. Murray; ttiflrd, W. Y. Tallr; fourth, <?. M. llau sm ; fifth. James \V. L.Mles;.-<?bcth I). Montgomery;' seventh, (ion. \V. A. Clark. Tlie cordial Invitation from Camden for.the lDiil reunion to 1k? held in that city wits unanimously Accepted, amidst t milch enthusiasm.?'Friday'*! Sumter Item. NEW RACE OF MEN . m W- >, . /..'i ? / .??. -*\ tylfaUZiCVbfaZ V -J. (>lant Cmmlbalg Clash %Vitt? Exploring: Party Now York, Mjay 11.?The exploring pa/rty, headed by I>r. Alexander Ham ilton Rice, which tilastoed lust Febru ary near the bank* of the Orlooow with giant cannibals, returned 1m*re today from I^ira on the ?t earner A1ban. Arriving-with Dr. Rice werev Um Rice, formerly Mrs. Oeorge D. AVidcnr er.. of Philadelphia, w^ho \?M*onipaitied lu*r IhikIuuhI on ?*>me of h^* ?South American! explorations; Chester H. Ober. g<*?girttpher of tifoe expedition; A. W. Swan son. J. E. Ma won anwl l*r. <j. E. Byera. z: White oXpnortug an rulauuuod Irllm ta?ry of the Oriudo, Dr. Rice's party wart attacked' by wild . Indian*. * Thte discharge of ffiivarius failed to sctt/re off these savages who were described an 1k?1?k large anti very fierce. The erpttorers only eectoped, it wa# aahl^ by firing into the savages killing ?? i i bat two or tibrec. TJ?e party, on the advice of the guides then/ turned buck. Mrs. Rico was not wflth her husband on thh particular occastffoHi. "TIm? Wlwi ii-ftiU'Vml flw> pni' ty were almost white in <*olcr, IT(i(ffw eaor Rice said. "In alfl my yearn in tho tropical Jungles I have never seen such feroolbus looking savages. Nearly aill were armed with bows and arrows and carried Kpearn and Wow guns. Those men wore more than six feet twill and I recognized them as eanirkbata of the Guanil>os tribe, a mountain legion eon ^ridere* 1 ttbe most tferoCl^us of all tile savages iii either Ven^zuffln. Colombia <rr ISraaM." ^ ' Jf / The prof^or dcola red he believed it wan the fist time that the cannibals were met by white men since 1763 wIkmi a Spanish exploring expedition discov ere<l them. Twenty minutes after tite filteo party met tllie savages, ho added everything was packed up and the re turn trip to Etmerakla tiegtm. Camden <?etn State Aid > State ukl to 132 hSjjh ?oboo9s in 46 counties* Jma lM?on sent to' fche f*?veral county treasurer*. Payment was made In tl?e sum of $175,000. Of tMs al>ove amount <!amden get* the *nm of $1. rm. ? :?r //*.;. Had His Arm Broken. Mr. A. F. Hrhc&i. ?M|K?rtuiendetit <*f tlio HoriMta^e (Cotton MM 1m, bad the mhrfourt-une to get fete arm broken Wed nrtwlay evening. He was oranklng up a Ford oar preparatory to ie&ving tdie Chautauqua tent. wfren <#k? acokfont happened. He wa? carffel to the Cam don faMgrltal where the Injured memlber was drewfed,; and later taken to hW Itome i? 4t?e s MR. JOHN H. A BRANTS DEA1X Old Citinen of Camden Passed Awa> In Columbia Hospital. .Nfr. John H Aerant*. a lift) ion# read* ilent of <'a union died Wednesday in a Polnmhln hospital and Ids ivmalus weee brought here yesterday afternoon for hUoriuont. Mr. AuthuIm was atKmc 7$ y?am of aire and had btttttk In declining Itealth for a number of y?*ars. Several week's ;\ro ho suffored n lurokeu arm and o severe Hhakeup mh fho reanlt of an au tomobile aoeldeut and owing to hlfc ad vaJ*W<l age he never fully Hv had .many friends In Camden ortd haa a large family eonuoHlon. i|? was a brave Confodennito soldier, entering and serving, tiit^igiUout tSio war as a inenrt?er of ConvjkunyC, Oth South Caro lina Wihuiteem. and was wounded In an engagement. Ho Is yurvly<m1 l\v three daughter*. Wdnn Hayorw. of MempUvts, Teun., Mivs. Ulllo Kohnls, of St.l/ai'ls. and MV*. Job Shiver, of Charle^on, IIAI> AUTOMOIULK A<4lI)KNT .loim llracey Suffer** Loss of One Arm and Otherwise Injured ?Oraeey, a wefr-kmnw- e<?lored^ man who for jSworall yeuJ* has Ikhmi a driver on the Ice wagon of the Caftwten leo Co., suffered the lost* of one of his arms In a had auto smhtth Sunday *if teffiooii. lie also suffered other never? Injuries and it Ik sadd has only partial ly tvtfn'l-nts^^YattM'hnw'no*** slnoo Mwv Mi-'*? eident- ? Jit' and 'his- wife wore i<fcHn|g In a car drlvon by ltaum Perry, jiikI were on the m?r Perry and 1 tax-tor Oary were driving nt a fast rate, Gary being in anoMier <vi?r, when the ear driven l?y IVury crashed Into a telephone pole. ' None of Wte other ooeupants of the ear were Injured except llfaqey't* wlf^, who aifcso suffered a broken arm. iiraeey la a -worthy and ivttiaWe <-olored man ami wu<4h piympnthy Is oppressed for htm <hl? "trouble. He seem* to ha ve been u victim of tl?e wivckflewa jud* of another. GIKRNSKY NAJLK SICCK8S Twenty-one Cows Sold at Average Priee of $454.10 OktniMoii Ckfllege, May tt.?'iHie dairy industry la South Carolina lkaa to- , <xilved nnotliei- boost through "the MiJM wood Guernsey ?a1e IwtW hy Cboper & lOkMott, WlmK-ky, S. C? at the Olies* <Uv <Vninfc? ftt'i'i* grounds on Wodtmw day, May 'PwfcVnXy-one (I'lvemscy COWS wore sold at an average of 454.10, the higflxost average ever iveelYed at a sa'le of <latry lids State, ? Tlu? top pi-he im1<l in the sale wan for Hude Awe of ,Mura Alva, who wiih purchased tiy Mr. I'aul lhrnlon, of DH'siVr. for $960.' In addition :io the twenty-ope cOwa a special feafurip o# lih<> <KK-4i?fcon wois the sale of a three ? day-ohl heifer eaflf for |1B8 to Mr. 10. I-. Slevtsison, of WllHMfboro, S. 0. , lllie walewas wUlely adVftTtltoed and uttrtietod buyer** from various jxarts of thin State and several adjodtnltog Stare*, but it is gratifying to know that sixteen of tibe tw<*nity-on? aalnrtHi f*4d ww Iwmght hy South Carolina [pnrolmscrs. many of tbem from Qbos ter County. Thh n?e?ins tihat Cheater iCounty and South -Carolina farmer** konw t lie value of good da/try cattle pHud are wWHfaig to pay good price# for good Untiling stock. Extension Ser vice Dairy Huslxnndman 1*. .T. IiiMaster wln> gave assistance and advice ill co?i ncctlon with' the sale, 1* WfjF much gratified at tiie outeom, and say tlmt it is fua-tJier proof of rajfld development in South Carolina. , .JOK T(;RNKK TO DIE IN CHAIR 4 Lynchburg, Va., Mayfl.?John Wtl Hams, tft'Tias Joe Turner. aMas'SHni, the negro who t* also wan-fed 4u Creen vlUo, S. C., for the murder of . two poHoemcn late last year, will t>e ?le<itroouted at ' RMunond, .1 id> 7, for tihe murder of . POMce Detpcttro I>. A. Mann her^ MjarOh 25. That was the Judgement of Judge Frank P. Chrtetktn in the corporation court today, the court leaving heard the oawo yperterday under tfhe plea of guilty aisl w?ver of the Jury. Hh? negro was ex porting .Lighter judgement but; showed no emotion wWji fclve court pronounced Ids dooni. . Sentence \ras immediately pronounced and. the negro wit t>e ce moTW"al ^*tsyilld^ Pcttw pe* tcctftveo Marni and E. C. Wittanw In the attempt to arrest WttW/uns In the heart of fthe city for ea<riryltog a conceal ed weapon artd as a" ?ras|**t for the Oreeuvtte murdem, lait he "managed to Away con! wtjocft Mamiin thehwtd and R..O. Whe?#er In the feck. Mami dfled ti?e next morning; t>nt WHe?4er has nvoverejd. ?TV?? "*ru' _