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m CAMDEN CHRONICLE II. I>. Ml. US Alitor mill I'ubl^Wr |>tthll*lt??d '-vt ry Friday At No. 1 100 Broul street and entered ut "the Camden, South Carolina ix?>*t??f f ?<'*? us Koeond ?Muhj" nin'd mutter. per turnout *..vcx?. ?'? ??<)?. . .. i'^w; ? ? ?r Camden. S. C'., 35tli, 10** I ' ; V' ' * ? ' W ?M?A?ir.J ^T.T . ? ? ????v-- >1 . ? ??' ? ? Work on (hi? (turner's I'errx bridge ?will begin sofpi, h h the money to pwy for it heing furnUliuU by the f?'?lcTM I government a ( < ? 1 Kleh la mt itinl Shim ter count h"*. The construct ion of the approaches to tin* bridge and tin; ran sow 1} through till swamp >s un .ci livens endorsed tin.', notion of tin' county eomuiisHloners in deciding to build tlu* Urlltg? Wit)* f^lt i u 1 aid and it wn* enthusiastically agreed to raise by puhlle Mikseription flu* funds needed to build tin* causeway. This mass meeting h is held in flush time* wlit'ii money was plentiful, T?ut us proffered contributions were not collected. there is no money on hand or in sight. to connect the "bridge Willi t lie mainland Souilt-r Wtt|ehmnn Funcra I Service* fur Miss 1'lca.uo; ?lunette Neely , 10, for twefity year*ji leather in the Yorkviile (SrHdetl School who died a!??>ni .*S : 1<? l**r i?l? > afternoon from Injuries received Thursday morn . ing when an nnlnmohile in which she niiil \I i-;- .Miry Williams aqfl f i"V (*' \ .xi-hool children w iMc Vn route to school w jt s* -.struck I ? > a Carolina & North Western railway train, were held from the First l'rc-iby Icrlun < hur? h. Satur du\ aftenoon. .i| !t:.'U> 1 luminals of people, inn 1 1, \ of them lici former pu pi Is crowded into flie church audi torium ii 1 1 < i went to thu cemetery- to pay the | ; I "? I lrihtlle of respect 1?? I'lll' i hey loved. liar i > II Hh'asi*. >v ? ? 1 1 known ?-iti /in of New bet ry, died suddenly at his , home In thai town 1* si I'ridiy night. Hi- I v >m vived by one Prolher. < olc I. i'lcuse, of Collllichlii. one sister. Mrs. I <i. Williams. of Newberry ; two half brother*, .Ma>or F.ugene S. Hit n -e ; 1 1 1 d She *ff I 'Million <1 Itlcase. I <>t Ncwhci r,s . and <uh' half sister. Mrs. .1 K I Mson. > f N?'\\ Pel l' \ r, After ese;i^rini; with a sentence < f vears for the murder o! his wife and :ui niih"rn i hifd, I' ill Wanderer was nteii' fd i<> death hy :i jury in I'liienyo l rida.\. f ? ?r tin' slayim: of the "rawed >1 r.uiu?-r" In* u<ed<iH4? dupe to eover up hi- ^reati-r < rime The defense linun* ?iiate|\ iiio\ ed for ;i m'W trial. The ver dlel wn- H'lM-hed after 2D iniliules (tf deliheratloii and Wanderer, when lie tic, 'i id It. heii i.ved no siijn of emotion i-xeept to fln-h slightly. *'l didn't ea re what the.v did to me," lie said as he left the eourt room. 1 1 i s defense had heell 1 1 1 v 1 1 1 1 1 > and his attorneys usserte'd that thi< plea 'wjmhl '<?? tiie 1 ? i i - of hi> ;i j ?j it - a I \\ I Iidi'ier sliol and killed lii^ wife jiihI the "j'aitui'd stranger la^t .1 une fli- fiiit otury \*iis that the "stranger" hail uLtcin|>ted to hold him ii|? in the ??ntrauei* of his .i pa rt nieiil Mini that hi> wife had J>een killed hv n stra.\ hiillet when lie and the "<tr niger" fought with pistols. The p. -die t in e'd the pistols and found he ? limed t * nt nf the \vea|x>ns and said that the other belonged to the deud man. The pt>liee piovisl that J>oth nt the pistols belonged to Wanderer ft 1 1 1 1 lie hroke i low n and eonfessetl that he had hind the "si i\t ngcr" to imper *M| I.I I I* .'I I ' '1 ll >?' 1 Kl ? t ha t ho Would es - 1 tape viiNpiei?>n of having slain hi- wile W 1 1 1 ia in W <-s| \ irgiuiM. Mareh t I'nlli r ( 'hPd Sid Miitfiehl and l.~? ? >^h< r 'ii ii o Mtilftwin. found not _ 1 1 i P \ I ? I i x i' ' i >ii i ]e< t ion w t!i 1 1 ie 1 1 1 i f h ? ? ' \ "t'1 ' I e'ts. ii pr i \ a I e . ! . r i ? j i \ > -t vt >1 i i . hit for t lieir home r.-wu ? ? i".|;o I : h*v> there is n . ! i.i ii i.f p' i ? h?? w ?? v i i I lie v w 1 1 i he I ! ' i \ \ ? ? I I ? | o 1 1 1 . ? I ! _ 7 "I.I- . I i I I r< ? ? | : .1 M ot 1 ?! < '? I II' fjc?> u?i a ibort i iiiuv Judge k iv Ha lley announced during the afternoon1 that tlii* next ease would 1m- (tilled j April Then- iiiv .still six indict', numls uuutJihl tlii- HI men freed b> a , jury "d* morning. one each in comicc* t Iuii with I h?< deaths o|>i\ llahbwlfi* FoUiu dccteeiixos who fell mortally wounded wllh lilts during Hut street battle lust May A large crowd gather... cd ahout the iourt hoi^st* during the day, in t lit* ho|N' thai the 17 defendants would appear. They were doomed tin* disappointment. howevefr, for the Matt? wanlain remained In the <us Unly of Sheriff A. C. I'ln-on until they left for tin* little mining town at 1 : lo p. in.' State troupers stalked the streets of Williamson nil day, carrying rhrt gnnn. lull the city remained <piiel, and not a single untoward Incident was reported. The defemhditH hid nothing to say re garding the verdict of ,'not guilty.'1 and they received the news of their ac (piittal sisterly. Shortly after the ver dict was announced, Wade Hronsou, prosecuting attorney of Mingo county handed his resignation to Judge It. I>. Tlailey, who accepted It. effective April 1. Mr. Hronsou said that the salary at tached to the position was Insufficient to maintain his family, and that he would devote hitosittf p^lte practice of law. Samuel p. .SlokeK. elty solicitor oT WlTTrfinisfon. was named hy Judge Hailey m succeed Mr. Itronsom MKOKHT 0H01* SINCE HU I South Carolina Came Next In Cotton Produced l,ast?Vear. Washington; March -I The largest c?>t t on crop since 1UII and the sixth i largest crop In history of the eoiintry was grown last year, < .inning slatisr( lies for I lie Mt'jo L'l sea <on. announced ^ lodav In I he census -bureau, show a , ; total of I'l. 7,~> I eoui\ alcnt oOO ! ? i pound bales '-less than the record crop That is a Poll t 'J.7t?n.0OO tspiivalei.il fit Ml pound 'hales less than the record crop; of lull and is s 1 1 *_;h 1 1 \ smaller than the 1JMM crop. The census bureau's figures of col ton actually ginned, which are ac cepted as the final production stali> j tics. show the crop to be .'J7S,7."?I hales: i m o iv than estimated l>s the dt'parfuieiil , of agriculture' last Imcr-mbcr in its final forecast of the e.-i r The average cross weight per hale! for the efop. counting round as half hales and excluding linters. was o(K?. I pounds, compared w il h'rio l.'j for HMPj and .".or. <; for litis dhncrlcs operated ror the l !)'_'< i i crop -numbered 1^ t'jtt compared with; is. Mo f,,r 1P1P. j " ' ?Total gi lining's. in equivalent .".imi j poti fi< I hales l?.\ States follows: A la ha ma- <>7o,7'Jl. Arizona 104. Soo. , Arkansas LI77.01?.">, California 77.-1-IJ5, | I'lorida HH%DI. Georgia 1.|4?..177. Lou isiaim .'!SStt?,V?. Mississippi .".it7,7?k"., Missouri 7 I, North ('uroiina 1 W?. r.S'j, < > k I . i h t > 1 1 1 a I . JS7,t;sp, South Caro lina I .IJ'JP. I7U. 'I'e o i lessee !ll!!,7 17, Texa??*| hH'.ti IJI7. Virginia 'Jn.MI All other states i ij.gt::. Veteran Shot to Death I rreeiiwood, March 'Jl Asa .1 Jor dan. km>\\ n as "Ace" Jordan, twenty e'ght years old, and a veteran of the Thirteenth division, was shot to death, it is alleged, by Joe Klugh. aged twenty two. in a brawl at a house near t {recti wood. Saturday ahout midnight Sheriff F.. M. White had been to the house, occupied hy Klugh's brother, I m I ? Klugh. and Jordan, a short linn* tnfore the alleged killing, ami hud warned Jordan against making disturbances for which Jie had been re ported to the officers When Joe Klugh siopjK'd at the Imiisc mi the way to his holm*. ?Ionian a<*cused him of sending the sheriff lo the hoilse. it i s - 1 1 . | .Ac. ording to the letluioiix alj the i ofein'i s' in.pn-st ? . r* I.nke Nance, a negro transfer driver and e>e witness, j .Jordan ? ill's, d Klugh choked and slap ; I > I > Will l.asolll.e f"l tel.ts ,i Cai olina M..loi < '?> . lie tfcftft him until K I ?i ; ; 1 1 JWlkxl his gun and Mltot lUm twice. , lit1 died bifore (mutton 1 attention could reach hint, Tin* dead m ill a iul Jim D. Klugh ?i'iv indicted for alleged violation of the proh-bltiou law. and were duo to In* tried In county court Friday Jordan had served i federal sentence for vtolA' Hon of Hit; prohibition law hIucv hi* discharge front the army, ^lle served overseas with Company H. listh Infan try, Thirtieth division, and wan wcvcrty gassed In action. Jordan is mwvtvcd by his futlicr and mother. Mr. ami Mrs L. II. Jordan, of Anderson, and several brothers and sisters.* Ildler Bread Contest for Kersllaw Co. The (Jlrls' Cooking Clubs of the County are planning to have a con test ?? In the making of biscuit. "t>)nly tlioMe girls who ? are taking cooking under the supervision of the llorno Demonstration Agent are allowed to enter the contest,. Since most of these clubs are In the northern part of the county, the context will he held at Kershaw, on Saturday) April ZtOth. at 10 o'clock, at the school building. Here all necessary equipment will be furnished the girls, and they will make and cook their biscuit before the eyes of the judges. The girl who wins in Kershaw County will be vent to compete at the District It read Con test whieli will be hohl at Florence The Home Demonstration Work i< divided into three districts in this state, so the girl winning out In each of the three districts will compete in the final contest which takes place at the St ite Call- next fall. And of course much honor will be shown the girl who is judged t tie best bread maker of South Carolina. She will icceive a five-burner Detroit Vapor j Stove. When contest iug. all girls use the gallic receipt' ; 11114I make both Baking Powder and Soda 'Biscuit. The recipes are given below. Baking l'owder Biscuit. 'J c flour I t baking powder 1-2 t salt 1 tli lard about c sweet milk. Soda Biscuit. "J c flour 1-3 t soda 1 J t salt 4 II- fat "J-.* J c sour inFIk In mixing biscuit, sift flour, salt, soda. . ( or B. l'.i. Work in fat with knives or fork.- and add enough milk t < ? make soft dough. Kneed enough to make mixture smooth. Boll ohout 1-2 inch thick and cut with biscuit cutter. IMace in slightly greased pan ami bake in hot oven about Ifi minutes. MISS IHjANOHK TARRANT. Home Demonstration Agent. # Wreck Victims Improving. Misses .Mary \Villhrius find Julia IMcxico, who were painfully InjurtHl in the automobile wreck at the Liberty street crossing Thursday morning, as .i result of which Mi*s Klla Necl.v lost lier life, were rcporteil this morning as getting along nicely. Miss Williams is reported very stiff and sore n\a result of the severe cut on her forehead and the injury to her right leg. while Miss IMcxico is con fined tf? her 1m'(| 1km -a use of an injury to her right hip that did not develop fully lentil Thursday night. The other four occupants of the ill nTted car show no bad effects now from their terrible experience. Miss I'lexloo with the other four school children went on to school after the t raged. \ ; but later fainted and had to he carried home She has since been confined to her bed and it is said that she has been unable to walk without assistance. While Miss Wdliauis will \?r.\ likely be confined to her bed for stwcrnl da\s \ el on a cc' >111)1 of her >?? >iulition, it is not regarded as ? i i t i > -,i I . but on the other hand she is reeupera ting AS rapidlv .is .<>n .I I n- ev-pet !? (! York l-!n?iuirer I'.nv \" ? > 1 1 j < i;i s, >1 j He i i , ii'iiis at C:i rol i 1 1 : i \I. >t ? >r I ? I 1 OPTIMISM versus PESSIMISM 1 his institution would endeavor to 11 impress its friends to waste no time over "what might have been," but rather take stock o 1 the many resources which are naturally ours and with these, combine energy and economy, then watch results. THE BANK OF CAMDEN THIRTY THREE YEARS OF SAFE AND SOUND BANKING Ol DES'T AND STRONGEST BANK IN KERSHAW COUNTV JIVANT I'HIHON NKNTENC'K : For Violator* 4>f Prohibition Ijiwh ??? N'orlli XN'iiisi <?ii Salem, .V Mltl'Ch 'JO. llcsolut ions n>klng lor prison ?i?iiicn -os for viol :( (iif ?> nf tln? prohibition I II -* ami calling upon Coventor Morrison to refuse (o pardon men conyMed of (ho offense Were circulated in (Hi; five churches of \Vun-.;htowii. a suburb, this morning. ?ud were widely tdgued. They will he presented to Judge NVehh of the Superioi Court tomorrow morning. A law' and order league |s to ho organized at Wuughtowu to help the officer* <*tt? force the lawn. , ? The resolutions set forth I hit I lore "TTas f>eeu ali i nerea st; ITi the IHegal saU' of liquor and declares that it in a powerful force for evil in this eom miinhy. It pledges the support of citizen#) of NVanuchtown in helping t<? *top the sale of liquor, and urges superior and nm nleiipal court judges to pass road sen*, tenet*. It pledjiiK .signers nol ttt slun peli tions asking for mercy of for the par don of people convicted" of dealing In v\ lilskey. V * ^ The Armour grain elevator, with a capacity of ten million bushels and said to he tile largest in the woixld, was desl royed hy dust explosion last Saturday. The explosion was fell for lulled It is thought that seven or eight people were killed. ?I. W. Ilurriss, one of the hest known and wealtTilcst. manufacturers of High Point, ('., died at his home in thai city last Saturday, of pneumonia, aged 0 1 yen r s. It is reported t-Uat textile companies are to lie called upon for additional f ixes because it has been decided thai expenditures for the building of com in 11 11 i t y houses and other 'purposes dur ing tJie past two years V.i ii not he alloweif as exempt. The church people in and around Winston Su'tern, N. C., are simiing peti 1 ions . to (Sovernor Morrison asking that ho m int no pardons to defendants con victed of \ iolujini; the liquor laws. in a .speech at IMttshurg, I *a . . last Saturday. Secretary of the Treasury Weeks said that the ('lilted States would he under the necessity of rais ing approximately nineteen biilion dol lars within (lie next thirty months, the largest sum Mint any nation has ever been culled uipon to raise under peace J conditions in the same Ion ct h of time. | liny your Casoline for -7 eenls at Carolina .Motor Co.. Inc. Tin- ?in*t Winuti-rfiil jiMhiv ??? < il DOM W ,u It. Our CUairitier of Cowmen* 1m bdMbf N ,.n ln l|> * u?-in s?v .,7J Mh Jv?t|c uxlay. FfeSta^ifoid (?. Apparel Every Convenience For Palmafe&ta Visitors Palmafesta COLUMBIA MARCH 28th To APRIL 2nd Ha* been provided at the Shackle-ford .store and at our booth in the i'alnai frst -I ? building ut the Fair (irounds l>r?*p in at our l?ooth and use the phone or wuite yo\ir friend* on Hptviai I'aliunfesta fllatioiier.v. furnished gratis. Note ili ' ( ha rarter of., the distinctive Suit \\'rap>-. I >resseM, etx\ exhibited l>y us in the hVishion Show. Call at the Shaekleford Store and s huqwet the lartfc and cXi'llisivc storks of Sprinji a ad Summer apparel' for women and misses. "THE STORE OF COURTEOUS ATTENTION" 1513 Main Street Columbia, S. C. AUTO PAINTING : ? . . . . _ . : . ? - r ? - ; . ? F .... '? ? If you are going to keep your old car let us repaint it for you and make it look as good as ne\V. Workmanship , guaranteed and prices reasonable. S. F. LOGAN Rutledge Street, opposite Camden Ice Company OF NEW YORK Income, 1920 Premiums 1 Interest and Rents $142,672,244 Other Income ' 44,335,004 6,782,885 Total Income * $193,790,133 Paid Policy-holders, 1920 Death Claims ... Endowments $35,036,558 Dividends * 24,399,171 Surrender Values, etc. 31,981,555 .7 23,432,313 / 9 Total to Policy-holders , $114,849,597 New Paid Insurance . . . ... $693,979,400 Insurance in force January, 1, 1921 . $3,537,298,756 BALANCE SHEET, JANUARY 1, 1921. A SSI I > I C ? t - r ;<? v, | ? 1 7 ivj . . I. en M'-rttfaRf- U?4 7!??. _jr. ?... i?h P-'IW'M's 1 (7 I !?!?.*_' 1 7 ? ?T I . ? ? : ? ? i ? mii ' "| (;? i ??r?i I , r> r?i kV -~i m i < m i I.IIm-i i > ami \'i. tor> \Mt?- iif.i t_-_ .7 ? Hit ? ? r 1 1 If ? ? ? 1 1 t . Sl.lii- ( Mil 1 1 1\ J? 1 1 ? t MlU.i. \ 1 .cilliU Ml i_'..?m Ix il'i'-ad I >? ? 1 1 < I > ..4.: M7 .;(? M i ??> fl l;? lif ItnmK .? 1 1 < 1 S!<? k v ; } i ^ ? ]n <*n-h I".."i7 t "jrVv" I I "iii'mI Iii -f ?i| miiiI I ?? - f ? ?! ? r?*?| I 'riMtil it in?- ' ? 7 1 1 7 1 < > _' ( In' I iitnl lit'ii t ?? (Inr . 1 1 1 ? I ;i ? ? i" 1 1 * *< I ! J.i is7 J.', < ?; In i A -"?*?< ?? 1 1 <T, 7 ?HV| ::!?7 i*i UAP.IUTIKS > 1 Ic-iT V (? >' li- r I'-ili. \ I.uiMlit irv. 'rt-niminv. Imprest ami ItanuiU prepaid S:iiarip<. Kcnuls. Accounts, ctc. Vllitii.iia 1 p.ivablo m I'.VJl f?tr I f ?? rr ? *1 Dividends li'M'rvi'V, ?pi-viul <>v surplus funds not i;n <? (tl 7.7(VJ "? ?l.&'iS.oJO-**1 7 270,00^.^* 0.733.1*83-?" .?57.410.ft>4 87 7tU7G.Otf?? ^ 1 1 * *'*'2, L. C. SHAW, Agent, Camden, S. C.