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WWm ?irr x-L'i ? NUMBER 4 CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. APRIL 28, 1921 VOLUME XXXIII. PKNSION > ION NY NOW RKADY A Total of $8,460.00 Now Heady For IH?tributlon To Soldiers and Widows Judge of Probate McDowell, In terna us that ho has received tlio pen hl#n money ill lotted to Kershaw County ? ail that It Is now roady for dlstrlbu Ills earlier this year by several week* TU? total amount is $8,400.00. Tlere are 141 pensioners in the county - 20 are in Class A and 115 in Class B. Those In Class A will receive $72.00 each and those in Class B will get $07.2T? each. Class A is compose^ of those pensioners who are over 80 years of age. The entire pension list fol lows: Class A. S. J. Hen ton A. if. BralUforU U L. Clyhurn (i. U Dixon J. R. I>elA>ach, < II. It. Easier Lewis Gardner J. A. Grigsby .1. M. Hall I. F. Holland y. W. Hudson v W. J. Jdnes ' w. M. Langley , ^ Alfred Marsh Hiram Nettles Wni. Robertson James Sinclair w. .1. SpnuMey W. J. Young Class B. John It. Haker J, J. Bell Neal J. Bennett ) # ? N. A. JflethuHe ? - ? J. W. Boone A. H. Bo won A. H. Boykln II. F. Boykln William Branbain John S. Brasington R. C. Brown T. W. Brown P. W. Burgess J. F. Connell W. A. Cunningham It. I>. Douglas T. S. Dunlap Nathan Falle Isaac Gardner J times Hayes ' Reuben Hlnson I >. C. Jones It. \t. Jones ' A. I). Kennedy <J. B. King John H. Lewis G. W. Moseley IX P. MurchiKon J. A. MeDowoll William Peach li. M. Pearce i J. W. Rose W. F. Russell C. J. Shannon, Sr. J. M. So well C. J. Stewart T. A. Siewarl J. 11. True 11. Truesdol S B. Turner V. II. Watkins L. W. Watts T. J. Wilson E. N. Yarborough J. Z. Young ? '? Class A Caroline M<r*Mullen Martha Pye Elizabeth Sanders Nancy M. Tfuesdel M H. Williams Ann M. Thome Class II Kosp Emma Alexander Marv Jano Anderson Sarah Bnrfield Mary A Barnes Josephine Bass Mat Mo Bass C. E. Roll ?Sarah Belvln Francis Boone C. S. Bradley ^ Eliza Bi an ha in R. J. Braslngton Annie E. Butler Susan Campbell Martha Cassady Mary E. Catoe Km ma Coats , Amanda Cook Caroline Oorder Mary Jane Cornell M. C. Cnreton K. W. DeLoach Fllzabeth Evans Emma Freeman Victoria CJardner P. A. Oaskin Sally K. Gay ?'ha riot te Gerald E. F. Goff P. M. Goodale Fliza Graham Mary J. Graham Pmtnn Ilinson ?T W. Hyatt Fllen C. Kelley M. M. Klrkland Sarah Ma ha f fey Ella Manning Marsh f-anra J. Moore Fannie E. Moore 1 Delilah Motley Mar^ Munn A. MeCasklll fallen W. McPowpl) S. A. Newman M. A. Xileg B. Mary Outlaw M. A. Robinson Mary A. Boss Flizabeth Bowe Mary E. Schrock fNancy fWf |Ma rtha E. Shiver * IT^mpy Hhoemakc p- 8111 . , rlr7 H Hnyrl ?, TraaUuim ?Urab Wftt tl A AH* SHANNON DKAl) Whs Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. SIihii ? hjii of Columbia. llampden Brooks Shannon, ' sou of Will In in M. Shannon and Kttlhe.rlue Brooks Shannon, died .suddenly yes terday morning, following a few days Illness. "Hammlc," ti 4 he was affectionately called by all who knew him, was a lovable youth and only In his 17th yoar when unexpectedly he was call ed to the great beyond. A pnpll at tin* .Columbia High School iu the tenth grade, he was studious and well behaved. In his vacation he worked for Shannon-Chllds Electric company displaying such industry to give pro mise of a useful manhood. He c::me of a high lineage, descend ing ou his ^father's side from Col. W. M. Shannon, one of tin' greatest law yers of his day. and Joseph B, Ker shaw, soldier and jurist, lie loved and venerated by all South Carolinians ; on his mother's side he descended from GdV. James 11. Adams, orator and statesman, and from Capt. John Hampden Brooks, distinguished con federate soldier. In the spring of 1000. 'bis older brother, Win. M. Shan non, Jr., then in his lltb year was accidentally drowned, and thus bis family are now 'called upon to mourn two untimely deaths. "Haniinle" leave surviving his father, William M. Shannon. ~and his mother, Katherlne Brooks Shannon, two sisters, Kathcrlne Brooks and Jane Adams Shannon, and one brother Joseph Kershaw Shannon, who have the heartfelt sympathy of a host of friends. | Funeral services will be field at till* residence. 1115 Barnwell Street, this -afternoon at 4 o'clock, interment to follow in the family plot in lSlimvood cemetery. Bishop Kirkman G. Fin | - ?9 ? lay will conduct "the services Acting- as pall bearers will be Ber rien M. Brooks, Barry Brooks. Wll-J liam SI. Nelson. A. 1*. Brown, Foster Marshall and R. A. Child*. ?The State, April 21. Shooting in Lee County. mSliopvlVle, April ?5.-? \EJIi j a li ( J i 1 ^ bert. a well known farmer of the Ash land section of this county, was shot and seriously if not fatally wounded by Lucas Horn?!!, a tenant, it is alleged, on his farm this morning. < All parties are white. A shotgun loaded with, buckshot was used. The load took effect in the ab domen. nilbert was rushed to the Florence hospital and was said to be fn a serious coiidltioin. Horrell came to town and gave himself up to Sheriff Scarborough and Is now in jail. The cause of the trouble is said to have been brought ou by Gilbert for bidding Horrell to work his crop. Married. Married by Probate Judge W. L. Mc Dowell on April 22nd, 1921, Mr. James Rodgers and Miss Susie Elliott,- both of Cassett, S. C. On SSuuday, last, April 24tli, 1921, Mr. Norman Branham, of Blaney, S. C. and Miss Daisy Branham, of Ridge way, S. C., were married ?t the home of Probate Judge. McDowell. The Church Sleepers No small problem with the Christian Churches of today is, what to do for the Sleepers in Church. This will be under consider tion at the Baptist Church on next Sunday night and you are asked to come whether you he one of the above mentioned or not. The Mens' Bible Class will decide the matter of a meeting place at the Sunday School session and every man of the Church ought by all means be there to help in the decision for it is absolutely necessary that the men have larger quarters as well as other classes In the school. Remember the time is 10 n. m. promptly. Farmer Cut* Throat. Chester, April 27. ? Will D. Boulware a young farmer, living in the Cross viile section, committed suicide today by cutting his throat with a razor. Despondency because of heavy losses incurred by a recent fire is suppose^} to hare led to the act. New Applications For 1921 ?nm B ?\ Men A. S. MrKenzie Class A Women Margaret Clyburn Class ft L. A. Atkinson Margaret A. Bauks , Mary A. Bethune j D. M. Cay Sarah A. lforton Margaret A. J one** _ Alice F. McCa skill ' Mary Ti ueadel Mary Jim Gillis ? a IttNH KOItBLK AHKKSTKU Requisition For Man Charged With Robbery at lleath Springs. The man who I'oU/becl the Hunk *?#> Heath Springs last September h;is been arrested in Chicago ami is to he brought hack to Lancaster jail. Gover nor Copper Wednesday issued requisi tion on the governor of Illinois for the return to this state of the man charged with the robbery, and 11. T. Gregory, a postofflce. inspector, is to bring the man back to the state. The man charged with the hank rob bery has a ldng list of names, Ambrose Watson Wallace, alias J. W. Brooks, uiias J. W. Matthews, alias J. W. Montague, alias "Monty" Kayler, alias John Kayler. alias John Kohlcr. alias John Coler, alias John Robertson, alias John Gunn, alias ''Big John." "Alias" Is charged with larceny, statutory arson and safe cracking, The warrant for his arrest charges that on September 13, 1020, during the night, he burned open the door on the vault in lleath Springs bank and stole $?,000 worth of Liberty bonds and war sav ing stamps. Mr. Gregory, the postoffice Inspec tor who will bring the man with the aliases back <t<> this state, was former ly stationed in Coldmbia. He now makes <Jreons1>oro his headquarters The requisition has been forwarded him from the- governors of Her.? ? -Wed nesday's Colombia Record. - ? ? - Lugoff Hank to Move Here. Ayii meeting of the shareholders of j (by Bank of Logoff, it was decided to ny>ve the bank from Logoff to Cam den. This, act ioit, wo understand, was takeri^for several reasons, one being that there was no police protection at Lugoff. Twice burglars have at tempted to rob the bauk, one time damaging the, safe to such an extent that a new one had to lie purchased, and the second time the door of the safe was damaged to such an extent that it had to be sent back to the ma nufacturers to be repaired. Another reason that the bank would mater ially increase its -business by coming here. Quite a number have signified their "^i ii lent Ion ~"oT making deposits with this bank after they locate here, and the business they now have is ex pected to continue with them. Lu goff is just across the river in a good farming community, and before the construction of the bridge over the Wateree river and the removal of the Hardaway Construction Company there appeared to lie a real necessity for a bank at that i>oint. but now thr bridge -is in operation and the con struction company has left. Capt J. J. Boll is president of the Bank of Lugoff and Mr. J. B. Wallace is cash ier. Coming from a community of progressive people the bank will be cordially welcomed here where they also ha^e a number of stockholders. It is understood that they will locale on the corner of Broad and Arthur streets, using a portion of The Mes senger Book Store, which will be fit ted up for them, ? Wateree Messenger. Woman Found Guilty. Spartanburg, Aprtr- 27.? Frances j Schmartz, young white woman, was convicted by a Jury in the Court of General Sessions this morning on the charge of being accessory to the. as sault and robbery of her uncle, W. E. Acree, at Wellford last January and was given a sentence of seven years' imprisonment: W. F. Oates and T.'M. Fisher, who la to yesterday pleaded guilty as principals to the crime, were also each given a aoven years' sen tence this morning by Judge W. P. Greene, who declared the crime to be one of the foulest that had come under j his observation during a quarter of a century. Fire At Great Falls. Chester, April 27. ? North Great Falls, known more generally as "Flop eye," was destroyed by fire between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning. The fire originated in a store belonging to W.^ B. Gladden, * of Richburg, and soonj spread to adjoining buildings. Tito Gladden store, Low ranee Brothers' furniture store and three or four small er stores and shops were destroyed, with all contents. The loss will be he*vy. The presence of fresh wagon tracks in the rear of the Gladden store has led to the supposition that the fire might have been of incendiary ori gin. preceded by robbery. Cemetery To Be Cleaned The City Council has consented to send the City cArts to the cemetery to clean up o>n the 5th and 6th of May. All parties owning lots are asked to ate that their lota are cleaned on these two dayp . KKAROAR1) CONDUCTOR DKAD Captain Shannonhonse Had Heen 1/ong In The Service Now* of the death of' Capt C- G. Shannonhonse, veteran Seaboard coiv dUt'lov, formerly running between Richmond and Columbia, was received in Columbia Saturday Details con cerning Captain Shannonhouse's death were meagre. f?ut according to information reeeivoQ in Columbia he died after a brief illness in a hospital ^ln Qnltijuare Saturday morning. The funeral will bo conducted lu Rocking hum. N. <\. Sunday afternoon. Captain Shannonhouse was a well known personage In railroad circle*, having been a member of the Twin Italia Brotherhood since a boy. Mr. Shannonliouse had boon a conductor on tho Seaboard for many yearn and was at least 70 years old. I lev had been on t he inactive list about a year prior to his death, on account of falling health. During hi* slays in Columbia Cap tain Shannonhouse stepped at the Jcf ferson hotel and was well known to many Columbia eltl/.ens, and was also known throughout tho traveling fin tornity. ?Sunday's Columbia Record. MKKTlNfi AT COLUMBIA Secretary of Agriculture Expected to Make an Address to Farmers. Columbia. April 25 ? lion Henry C. Wallace, secretary of ' i&rlculturc. lip ? been invited to deliver an address at the semi annual meeting of tho South Carolina Division of the American Cotton Association, which will be held Ill Columbia at Craven Hall on Wednes day. May 4 at noon. Senators Dial and Smith are urging his acceptance of the Invitation and definite answer is ex pected within the next few days. The meeting on May I wiil bo de voted to co-operative marketing and on that day plans for the forma ti oil. of a state- wide co-operative marketing as gociation will bo outlined. Prelimi nary meetings have been held in dif ferent sections of the state and offi cials of the association believe that | the people ore ready for the cam paign. * On -Tuesday, May II a central com mittee composed of 21 representative farmers will moot and formulate plans for the formation of the association. These plans will.be announced' at tin meeting oi? Wednesday. Every farmer in South Carolina ls. invited to tin' meeting on May 1 and it is expected to be the biggest meeting of farmers ever held in South Carolina Fifty delegates .have been named from every county in the state, but every body is welcome to the meeting whether they are members of the cot ton association or not. Pensioners Required to Give Receipt. ; To the Judge of Probate- of Kerchaw j County, Camden.. S. C. My dear Sir: I direct your atteu | tion to that part of Section fi, of. the Pension act of 1921. which reads as ! follows with regard to the duty <>f the Judge of Probate: j "He shall keep a complete list of jail enrolled, the amount" imid, or pay able to each, AND A RECEIPT FROM THE PENSIONER for all such pay ments." Yours very truly, Walter E. Duncan, Comptroller General. Columbia, S. CI The attention of pensioners is call ed to the above letter from which it will he seen that by an Art of the last Legislature pensioners are required to receipt for their money, but in rases where it is IMPOSSIBLE for the i>en sioner to come in person on account of the infirmities of old age, responsible parties personally known to me, may receipt for them, but in ALL cases where POSSIBLE it is earnestly re quested that pensioners will CALL IN PERSON and receipt for their money in order that -the law mny be fully com plied with. The, money i* now ready for distribu tion." Very respectfully, W. L. McDowell, Clerk Kershavy, Co. Pension fid. Has Mind Like Child. G a itfney, April 20. ? Col. T. B. Butler attorney for Roy Henderson who was sent to the State Hospital for the Insane for observation, received a re port today which declare* that the boy has Intelligence equal only to that of, a child of seven or eight years of age, Henderson la ctarg^l with the murder of the two little 90s* of Wbf ford Kirby of tbU county. . ktlVB or UUKKTV III! J. Itohert I.. Ctinttiiigliiuii I Hod Smhlwi* ly at Chester. ( "hesler, April lid. -Hohtirt I.. Cun uingham, one of Chester county's best known ami most successful planters, while dismounting from Ills horse this afternoon on his farm near Chester suddenly dropped dead. Ho was 07 years of ago. The funeral services will be hold tomorrow aftor noon at -I :IU> o'clock at Ills homo near Chester and burial will he made at Bvenrreoii cemetery. Ills pastor. the Her. l>r; ShoppersoU of Purity Pres byterian elnireh, will conduct the ser vices. A native of l.lborty llill, Kershaw county, he had lived in Cheater coun ty :<0 years, lie was a devoted mem ber of Purity Presbyterian church. Mr. Cunningham is .survived by his second wife, who was Mia* Wagtier of Charleston, and one small daugh ter, and from his first marriage to Miss Dagraffenroid of Chester eouilty four children survive. Three brothers and four sisters also survive. MOTIIKK ANI) SON Bl'RIKD In Sftme (irave in York County Ceme tery Sunday Afternoon York, S. C.j April 25. ? *A?tor simple, lnit Impressive services conducted 1 11 Hie First f'resbyterlan church by Jji>' KevT TT K. ? Gillespie, U. 1)., the body <>f Mccth Stewart,. York hoy killed in action in France, Oetobev 8, jJ918< ami f h m t of his mother Mrs. Rebecca Me-' (.' innis Stewart. who died Wednesday at the home of her daughter in Char lotte. were laid to rest Sunday af ternoon In Hose Hill cemetery. Pres ent was such an outpouring of people from York and the surrounding com munity that only a small portion Could he seated in the large church audi torium. The funeral of the young soldier, whose herloc sacrifice for freedom has been fittingly commemorated by nam ing the local post of the "jCmerieun 1? gion in his 'honor, was With military honors. A delegation from the Meoch JSUnvurt -po*t-^ot4?# h-h- j*h IHttnt rem, more than three score members of the post attending in body and a sqtoad of soldiers from Camp Jackson firing the last volley over his grave. The eulogy was delivered by Joseph 10. Hart and a fetf remarks appropriate to the oc casion were made by James I). Grist, both of the American legion. Mr. Hart narrated his m Hilary career und <piol cd his words to a comrade a short time before he fell to show his eager ness to lie where tlmrfighting was thick est. The the body of the young soldier reached York from far away France at virtual]}' the sumo time that hi* mother passed away, making it pos sible to lay both to rest at the same time and place, was a singular and sad coincidence that caused much com ment and lent additional solemnity to the occasion. She had borne the news of his sacrifice with Christian forti tude and patriotic spirit and had since looked forward to tin* day when his body should bo returned for final in* termcnt In his home sod. Meech Stewart was a member of the 118th infantry, 30th division, par ticipating in the furious fighting that marked the breaking of the Hinden burg line. He was 20 years of ago when killed Instantly by a shell from the enemys lines, October 8, 1918. Ills comrades In arms testify to his gallant ry as a soldier and the people of his home town to his sincerity as a friend and worth as a man. Columbia Comes For Game. The Columbia High School team will come to Camden on Friday, May Oth, for a samp with the Camden High School team. Thcae teams are pretty well matched? Coltfmbia has lost one game and won three this season. Cam den has won four gamos and lost two. Columbia played Camden on April 8th and was a winner by a seore of 8 to 2. The Camden team is expecting to get it bark on Columbia in Jhe coming game. The game will be played at the fair grounds ball park. The game played Wednesday after noon between the Camden High School and the Wateree Mill team resulted in a victory for Wateree by a seore of 0 to 4. Sixth Infantry Band To Be Here Brigadir General Hines. of Camp Jackson, has notified the entertain ment committee of the Oonfedefate Veterans that be has designated the Band of the Sixth Infantry to attend the Confederate Veteran's Reunion to be hdd at Camden on . May 18th and I9tb. ?- * IIASK BALL Mm CAMDNN Fast Independent Team T? He Organ bed Here Soon. The ('a.iii.ileit Base Ball Club has been organised and this city is soon to have some fast baseball. At a meeting V held Thursday morning the following well known eltlnous wore named as officers of the clul> J. L> 'Mosoiey, president ; U. B? Pitta, vice president : L. C Shaw, secretary; I.. A. Klrkland, treasurer, and II. K. Moyer, manager and coach. The idea originated through the Her mitage Cotton Mills and was couiplct rd by Mr. Moyor, the coach of the mill team. The Camden team will l?c com posed of the pick of tho local team and of the mill team. Then they will get the best that can be employed to fill out with. Mr. J. L. Moseley is the promoier of the project and ho and his associates will ask the patronage of the ball loviug public at all of the games. It will depend greatly on tho patronage accorded as to whether the Caniden team will bo one of the host 411 the stale. Mr. Moyor, the coach and manager, Is a native of Darlington, S. C\, and has played professional hall for a num ber of years, holng at one tliue with the New York <J louts. lie Is a gradu ate ??f Newberry College, ami while there he pitched two years and lost -oitly- two games and established a strike out record for Cpllege pitcher*. Ho has also bad experience in the Southern League. Among some of the local boys who will try out will be Bennle Smith, M. L. Smith, Jr., l>ority, Watklns, do I/oache, Lindsay. MoCurry and several others. Announcements of dales of games will,, be made through the local press from time to time. An Interesting Photo. Mr. William M, Young, formerly of Camden* but now with the Y. M. C. A. in Europe, has mailed a kodak pic ture to Mr. James It. llolk of Camden, which Mr. Hoik highly prizes. It is a picture of Mr. Yo?ug standing at rhe Head of the marker to Hie grave of Lieut. James, Leltoy Belk, for whom the local post of the American Legion is named. Mr. Young located the grave in the American cemetery at Montfaucon, Franco, near the Argonne where some yf the severest, fighting of the ^vnr look place. Lieut. Belk was popular with his comrades and fell from u machine gun bullet. lit* left here witli the Thirtieth Division, but later was attachm! to another section. The Inscription on the serosa at the " bead of ltis grave reads: "James L. Belk, 2nd ..Lieut. Co. CL 7th Infantry. Telephone Subscribers Organize The Telephone Subscribers Associa- ? tion of South Carolina was organized at a meeting in Columbia Tuesday, at tended by seventy-five representative South Carolina men, the purpose of the association toeing to fight the increas ed telephone rates. The meeting was held at the Jefferson hotel. A. L. M. Wiggins of Hartavillc, was elected president of the 'association. Mr. Wiggins has headed the telephone fight and his election was unanimous. Those attending from Camden were Major W. J. Dunn, Attorneys E. |). Blakeney and L. A. Wittkowsk.v and Mr. H. K, Ilallett. Not Known Here. The Washington, I). C. Post 'of April 27th, carries the following news article from that city. 'Hie woman is not known in Camden : '"Mrs. Frances Hona Chlnault, 19 years old. Riving her address as Cam den. S. C., was sentenced to six months in jail and fined $50 yesterday by Police Judge McMahon on charges of carrying a revolver and shoplifting. She was arrested by Policewoman Irene lliibbs in a department store. When searched at the house of detention, police allege a 22-caliber revolver was found In the young woman's handbag. In defense the girl declared that she was taking the wea pon to a repair shop. The court sus pended the Jail sentence and placed the defendant on probation." His Sister Dead Mr. WllnVhi Rice, of The Cirruxritne force, was called to AUanta last Sun day to attend the funeral of his sis ter. Mrs. Kmma Allen, who died In that city early Saturday morning, fol- . lowing an operation. Mrs. Allen was about forty years of age and la aurviv ed by Tier husband and three children ? two sods and one daughter. ? '' Miss Kathfirino Hague, of H*rt?ville sprat several days here this week - with her sister. O , . , -v.