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Bring Your Cotton to Camden Where You Get Highest Market Price and Trade With Camden Merchants The Camden Chronicle gr-=s?Ty"?rWWgM?^ 1,11! ' 'Hi'.' 1|[ ! -mmmm?m?mmmmmmmmmlmmffmmm in \I\ <<>,.< hii.i i i 1.1 n i n ? ? !? l '.' L. m .1 n I i^? ? w? ? WM? HBW. J .'?? ? 1 . 1 1 - ?-? X'lUmiHUMBB^Wg? VOLUME XXXVII. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1925. h NUMBER 27. \rrKM>Kl> DOING CONTEST County Agent ^ Club Member Were : At Spartanburg On September 14th the local county agent tool; a team of five club boys to Kershaw where a competitive livestock judging contest was held with similar teams from Chesterfield and Lancaster counties. Three mem bers were chosen from the fifteen present at Kershaw to take part in another judging contest at Spartan burg on September 29th; Howard James, a member of the Charlotte Thompson Boys' club was one of the boys who won the trip to Spartan burg and - he, together with his county agent, J. W. Sanders, attended the contest at Spartanburg on Tuesday tf this week where intensive train ing was given all contestants and later a livestock judging contest en tered into between club members from various counties of the Pied mont section, three being selected f:om this number to take pant in an other judging contest at the State fair in competition with teams from tin- Pee Dee and Savannah Valley districts; the final laurels being a loving cup to the team that wins highest scores and a trip to the In ternational Livestock Exposition to the individual that wins the top score. Spartanburg, Greenville and Pick ens counties won the places on the State team but every other contestant present did credit to himself by giv .ng the others a close race, and there by making a splendid success of the effort of the Extension Service to give n largo number of club mem bers annually intensive training in the much neglected livestock interests of the state. . ? \ . ,J For a New Feature The Kershaw County Fair commit- j tee wagts suggestions from the teach- j ? is of Kershaw County that will tend ? to make the school day feature of j the fair attractive and interesting. J At previous fairs the parade of j school children has been the chief : feature. If a better feature than a school parade could be^ swggested J they would like to have it.. The con- ! test is open to white teachcrs of Ker- j ?haw County only and these sugges tions must be sent in not later thah ;ht* fifteenth day of October and should be addressed to Mr. H. <5. Car ri.son, Jr., chairman of the fair com- ( mittee. A prize of $15, will be i awarded the teacher offering the best! suggestion. Lost His Leg. Sam Peach, a~1&d Of about seven-; U?i>n years, who resides near Cassatt, suffered an injury to one of Ms legs Sunday, September which nec essitated amputation below the knee. Hp is the son of Mr. S. J. E. Peach ?-n<l the wound was caused by the accidental discharge of a rhot gun. -Me was carried to the Camden hos pital where the operation was per formed and he is now recuperating from his wound. Cafe Cood Exhibition Christy Bros. Circus gave two exhi- J k> tions here Tuesday to large crowds ?'oth afternoon and evening. The *>how featured their trained animal ex hibition and some of the best features ? f animal acting ever seen here were presented. The menagerie was large and contained a varied collection of 'are animals. There were the usual circus features presenting some artists in their line. Taking it as a * hole the Christy show was about as good as ever presented ii^, ?amden. It was in charge of a clever set of managers whose dealing* in Camden were very pleasant. The circus brought a large crowd to Camden and the behavior was per fect both afternoon and night. Sev eral special policemen were on duty 'or the day but their services seems not to have been needed, as not a -ingle arrest was made. Was a Succenw j Tho fiddler's convention held atj Antioch school house last Friday ?veiling was a successful affair from "very standpoint. Quite a number of Camden people were in attendance as well as patrons and visitors from flsewhere. Two prises were awarded for the best fiddlers. Warren Arnold won first and W. T. Dempster second. The prizes were $5 and $2.50 in cash. Miss Kathleen Watts is principal and *he, with her assistants, is credited with the suoceas of the evening. lee <ream and cake was sold and ground $100 was realised which will go to u? athletic 4av.rta.rat of Or iM. CAM URN TAKBS FIRST CjAMB Hl*h School Football Team to Meet Chester Boy* at Chester Today ? ' 1 The Camden Bull Dogs journeyed into upper state territory for ih<? opening gam'e which thoy took from the fast and heavy Bennettsville team 2 C to 0. The game proved to be a harder fought one than the score in-! dicated. In the first quarter the ball was kept about mTdfield with neither side gaining until HaynCs circled the end for thirty-five yards only to be down ed a fow feet from tho goal. After two piays failed Haynes bucked the ball over for the first counter, while Clyburn added the extra point. The second quarter opened with Camden kicking to Bennettsville. It was in this quarter that Haynes in returning a punt made a sensational run of sixty-five yards for a touch down. Clyburn again added the extra point. In the Becond half llaynes again made a beautiful run around end for a touchdown. The kick failed. The last quarter Camden registered six more poits when Clyburn bucked the line. The whole Bennettsville aggregation proved to be a scrappy bunch of ball players who continued to fight until the final whistle. Captain Brown's ability to snatch passes featured as did C. Khame's work in hitting and backing up the line. Clyburn's passing and kicking was exceptionally good. Sowell at end played wonderful bit 11 as did Flowers, Russell, McLaughlin and the Hough brothers. Campbell playing his first prame showed up remarkably well. o Today again the boys invade foreign territory when they m2et the strong Chester team in Chester. i It's No Use Wu ale in receipt of a small read ing notice announcing a chicken sup per for Fiday night at a certain home in the county, ;the proceeds to go to a church. The writer did not sign his or her name and we cannot publish it. . The name should always accom pany an item for publication, not that the name will appear in print, but as an assurance that we will know who to look to for the accuracy of the notice. Sign your name or save your stamps. v\>; Annual Meeting Held The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Wateree Building and lx>an association was held at five o'clock Thursday afternoon. The showing made by this association for the past year wa? exceptionally fine. During the twenty-one years that it has been in operation it has had no losses, but its volume of business has steadily increased. The following board of directors was elected: Dr. W. J. Dunn, C. W. Birchmore, D. Wolfe, L. A. Wittkow sky, F. M. Woo ten John T. Nettles, C. J. Shannon, Jr., J. P. Lewis and S. W. van Landingham. Upon the adjournment of the stockholders the directors held a business session and elected the following officers: Dr. W. J. Dunn, president; D. Wolfe, vice-president; J. T. Mackey, secre tary and treasurer; L. A. Wittkowsky, solicitor. Drinking Fountains Installed Two modern, sanitary drinking fountains have been placed on two of the most important corners of the business section of Camden ? one at the corner of Broad and Rutledge street* and? the other at the corner of Broad and DeKalb streets. The work was done under the supervfsldh of Mr. W. B. Aired and his force, the eity council furnishing the foun tains which will be of great con venience to the public. Coils have been placed in a cement box near the base of the fountains and the box is large enough to hold one hundred pounds of ice. In hot weather these boxes will have ice placed in them, insuring coo! water during the sum mer time. Will (Jo To Honolulu Mr. and Mrs. David R. Williams will leave about the first of Novem ber for Honolulu wher? tfycy will be away for about two years to spend the time with their daughter and son-in-law, Lieutenant and Mrs. Catoe Glover. Mr. Williams has leased his large farming lands ? both Mulberry and Gravel Hill plantations, to Mr. H. G. Carrison, Jr? wjgi will operate these (?raw another year. Mulberry house wffl very likely be ranted by tourists fer tXe * ON RICANlY CHARGE White Man Brought Rack Here For (laving Two Wive# I I Wayne W. Brown, North Caro* linian, wanted in Kershaw County on a charge of bigamy, is now in the Camden jail, hi* fight to prevent Ex tradition from North Carolina having: in the end been of no avail, it was announced yesterday by John M. Daniel, attorney general of South Carolina. Mr. Daniel represented the state at the fc two hearings in North Carolina in connection with the case, one be foie the governor, as the result of which extradition was allowed and ih? other the habeas corpus hearing: Saturday. Brown, 26 years old, his attorneys' contend* d at the habeas corpus hear ing, was not of sound mind during his stay in South Carolina and at the time of his second marriage and was therefore, they argued, never legally in .South Carolina and accordingly n&t now a fugitive. Some hours of argument, however, j brought front the North Carolina judge only the announcement that he j would hold Brown sane. The. defense attorneys asked for a further delay in which to submit authorities, but Brown, seeing no hope for success in the delay, abandoned the fight and was brought to South Carolina in Kershaw County to await trial. ? Thursday's State. ' Brown was brought to Camden and placed in jail by Constable W. L. Munnicutt who made several trifls to North Carolina before lie could secure the prisoner. It is alleged that Brown married Mws Jennie V. Mat thews, of near Lugoff, while acting as telegraph operator at Blariey. His first wife was Pauline Futrcll, of Winton, N. C\, and ho has two child ren by her. His second marriage to Miss Matthews occurred in 1923. He had gone back to his first wife where she later prosecuted him for non support of her and her children and j he was sentenced to serve eighteen months on the chain gang. He had I served eleven months of the sentence j and had been released when the bigamy charge was lodged against him in Kershaw County. Now You Tell One! Miami Beach detectives, we, are in formed by one of our set-ret agents, are investigating a case of grand lar ceny. A pebble is missing from one. of those ocean-front lots over there. ? Miami Tribune. The soil is so rich hereabouts, that a peg leg man cannot stand still five minutes, without the wooden leg tak ing root. ? Fort Meade Leader. So many cars are coming to Tampa that when one stopped yesterday for five minutes for a .train to cross Franklin street, it held up a string of automobiles all the way to Val dosta, (5a. ? Tampa Tribune. There are so many people stopping in Sanford now that the hotels have to paint beds on the walls of the hall ways in order to meet the extra de mands. ? Sanford Herald. 4 Yeah, we slept in one of those San ford beds not long since; it was in one of those sky-scraper hotels, but the rate was so blame much higher than the hotel that it was like going down into a dungeon to fleep. ? Brad enton News. For Beating His Wife Tom I>awson, a negro employed on the farm of Mr. J. L. Williams, near Camden, was arrested Wednesday on a warrant charging assault and bat tery. The negro had used a stick to beat his wife while she was in the field. Officer Hunnicutt and Chief Whitaker made the arrest and Law son was fined $2?> in Magistrate's court. Ben Hall Arretted Bishopville, Sept. 29. ? Ben Hall, a white man, was arrested on the! streets of Bishopville this afternoon, charged with having shot and wound ed Chief of Police Jones about a week ago, while the latter was chas ing an automobile alleged to have been loaded with liquor. Hall is said to have arranged bond and will prob ably be freed from the county jail tomorrow. Hall, it is said, served a term in -the state prison for having participated in the general mi*up in Darlington county some time ago, during which Federal Officer You mans was killed. The authorities say they haee no information for publica | tion at this time but are confident they have t he right man. rad I BETHI NK NBW8 NOTES Items of Interest as Gathered by Our KeicuUr Correspondent. Bethune, S. C? Sept, 30. ? A receu tion whs given the members of the faculty of the Both urn.' Schools Friday evening in the auditorium of the high school building. The halls and stage were tastefully decorated with ferns potted plants anil cut flowers. On ar riving the guests were ' greeted by Mesdumes J. M. Forbis and M. O. Ward and presented to Mrs. A. B. Mcl^aurin, president of the School Im provement association, who with Superintendent J. ?. JFostcr, headed the receiving liho of twenty teachers comprising the Bethune schools. The punch bowl was prettily arranged at the entrance to (he auditorium and was in charge of Mcsdames Morgan, Olive/ and Stokefe. Music both vocal ami instrumental was furnished by Mrs. Hester, Misses Lizzie Kiley, Malloy llearon and others. When the receiving line disbanded, amusing stunts were carried out on th<* stage, dif eeted by Miss Ruth Watts, prin cipal of the high school. Members of the audience responded happily and many mirth provoking contests were held. These receptions are held an nually and given by the members of the School Improvement association, Neil Truesdell was host to a nunv bcr of his boy and girl friends Su4.-j urday evening from 7:30 to 10:30 in celebration of his sixteenth birth day. Music was furnished by Misses | Stella Bethune and Kathryne Trues-1 dell. Contests and progressive con- j vcrsation were features of the even- j ing. Refreshments consisted of ice cream and cake. Mr. and Mrs. Bright Williamson of Partington were guests of Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Forbis Thursday. Mrs. II. C. Wall returned to hei home in Andrews Tuesday after spending several weeks with her parents here. ' Mr. G. B. McKinnon, of Lancaster, was the guest of relatives here Sun day. He was accompanied home by ?Mrs, McKinnon, who has been spend ing some time with her parents, Mr. ?and Mrs. \y. A. McDowell. Mrs. D. T. Yarbrough returned Sunday from a visit to her son, Mr. L. K. Yarborough in Hartsville. Mrs. L. M. -Yarborough of Ellorejj has returned to her home after a j visit to her father, Mr. K. T. Estridge. j Mr. R. K. MeCaskill spent the) week-end at Waterloo. He was ac- 1 companicd homo by Mrs. MeCaskill,] who spent several week in North i Carolina artd with her parents, Mr.! and Mrs. McChesney, in Waterloo. Mrs. E. D. Vaughn has gone jtj^ Hemmingway on an extended visit to hev brother, Mr. Stuckey. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Best, Miss Kitty Best, Mesdames Naney King and M. O. Ward were visitors at Coker College Sunday. * Two cars were wrecked early Mon day evening in the lower part of town. A Chevrolet, occupied by Mrs. i Charles Noland and children, in bear- 1 ing to the light to turn a corner, were crashed into by a Ford going in the! direction from which they had come, i Mrs. Noland sustained two broken; ribs. The occupants of both cars were considerably shaken up. In the Ford were Karl Mahaffey and Henry Bradley. Bradley was hurled through the windshield and suffered a gash on his head with other minor injuries. Empty-, -Jittle son of Mr. and Mrs. LjjC. Parker, underwent an operation Monday in a hospital in Florence. Dr. G. R. Durham, a dentist oX Columbia, is practicing his profession here. Former Teacher Convicted Laurens, Sept. 29. ? W. P. Wingo, former teacher of agriculture in the Laurens city school and now a resi dent of Gaffney, was late today found guilty of grand larceny by a jury in Kcncral sessions court now sitting in Laurens. Counsel for the defense gave notice of intention to argue a motion for a new trial. The defendant was charged with the theft of an automobile in this city July 23, 1925. The defendant claimcd that he bought the car from a negro, carried it to Asheville and was trying to sell it when he dis covered that the machine was stolen property. Wingo admitted that he gave an assumed name. He did not buy tho car from the owner, but from another negro, he testified. He bought the machine for speculative purposes he said. A crowded court room heard the trial, tho case being of unusual interest because of the prominence of^he defendant. FIRST WKKK JURORS Court of ( ? <' lui it I Sessions Optus Oct. 1# With Judge Sease Presiding Court of general sessions for Ker shaw County will convene on the third Monday in October with Judge Thomas S, Sense presiding. Jurors drawn Tuesday morning to serve for the first week are named as follows: W. F. Bradley, Cassatt; L. W. Peach, WestvlUe; James Hunter, Ker shaw; J. M,. West, Kershaw;. C. E. Webster, Camden; Harrison B, Hall, Lucknow; W, C. Clyburn, Camden; S. M. Sowell, Jefferson; J. E. Rons, 'Camden; J. F. Baker, Bcthunuj T. C Gladden, Camden; C. B. Raley, Be thune; J. B. Catoe, Camden; J. L. Ford, Lugoff; H. C. K repps, Camden; Landy Bowers, Cassatt; J. E. Christ mas, Caiuden; Lewis Rabon, Lugoff; L. II. Bi own, Camden; 11. E. Munn, Camden; Douglas Arledge,, lAigoff, Nick Watts, Blaney; C. W. Shiver, Camden; Ci. B. Gardner, Camden; L. W. Black well, Camden; A. C. Moseley, Camden; R. S, Mrtrsh, Cam den; 1>. Eubanks, Jefferson; W. R. Gregory, Kershaw; T. R. Richardson, i English; T. T. Truesdale, Camden; N. B, Workman, Westville; W. 1>. Whitaker, Camden; Fred Moseley, Camden; R. B. PcLoaehe, Camden; I W. I,. Horton, Jefferson. Cutholie Church ServiccM j. Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, ! Sunday School at 8:80 a.m.; mass at i V) a.m. All are cordially invited. Real Estate Assessments Real estate abstracts in the Audi tor's office of Kershaw County show j a total assessed valuation at j $3,084,010. 'Hie property is listed j under the following heads: 479,480 j atins land at $1,893,700; 2,603 lots ; at $311,315; 7,802 buildings at j $1,478,905. '?*. 1 ^ -- Camden Made Products j Lang's Grocery has a unique dis ; play of goods in its show window, j It shows a Creditable display from [the Electrik Maid Bake Shop, who I this week is directing attention to ! their bakery in a display advertise ment which* drives home a great truth. The other display is from Baum's Cannery, and consists of j canned vegetables of every variety. Amid the display is a placard carry ing this inscription: "Live in Camden and eat Camden products." Death of Mr. Raymond After a lingering illness Mr. Charles A. Raymond passed away on Thursday, September 17th, at his late home, "The Homestead," near Rtdgefield, Connecticut. The above announcement will brin,j sorrow, to many Camden people where Mr. and Mrs. Raymond aro known. They spent the past two winters with their daughter, Mrs. D. Henry Miller, who occupied the Guy residence on North Lyttleton street. The deceased leaves a widow, Nancy Ucnman Raymond, one son and three daughters. Mistrial Ordered Union. Sept. 27. ? A mistrial was declared in the case of the State against Oliver Harrison, charged with the murder of Rural Policeman J. R. Snoddy, of Spartanburg County, nearj Cross Anchor on June 5, shortly after noon here today when the jury re ported to Judge Calhoun Mays that it was hopelewjjy deadlocked. The ease wa? transferred to Union C-ounty on motion of the defense alleging that Harrison could not n fair trial in Spartanburg County. Submarine and Crew Ust Providence, R. I., Sept. 25. ? The submarine S-51 was sunk twenty miles east of Block Island tonight] after collision with the steamship City of Rome. Thirty-seven men of I the submarine's crew were drowned. Three of the crew were picked up by] the City of Rome, which sent a radio message to the submarine base at New London telling of the accident. The steamship City of Rome was en route from Savannah to Boston and waR due in that city Friday. A mistrial was ordered by Judge Mauldin at I^exington Saturday morn ing in the cases of the state against three men of Swansea, charged with the murder of Charles D. Furtick last December 24. The case was started in court of general sessions on Wed nesday afternoon. The jury was out all night. The defendants were Jesse Flake, Legon Jeff coat and John Fur* | tick, the latter being a cousin of the man wjio was killed.. RKV. RKDDIN TO ORANtiKlilHMj ' Rector of Camden Catholic Church Sent to New Charge In the list of clergy changes, more than h dosen in number, made by Bishop William T, Russell of the Catholic* Diocese of Charleston at the conclusion of the yearly retreat in ?that city on Friday several appoint ments are of intorest locally. Rev. Ji, .1. Reddin who has been for some years rector of St, Mary's church of Camden, will become roctor of Holy Trinity Parish of this city, succeeding Rev. T, J. Mack in. Father MiU-kln has been in Orangeburg a comparatively short time but made himself popular with a largo number of people of this city. The now rector has been very pop ular in Camden where he completed a.handome new rectory about three yeas ago and since that has built and equipped a splendid parish hall as well. Very lie v. T. J. Hegarly, known to many in Orangeburg, who has been ?for nearly a decade rector of St. ?Peter's church at Columbia has re tired because of ago and ill health. Only a few years ago ho was honored with the title of dean. Rev. Nicholas Murphy of St. Joseph's church, Charleston, goes to Columbia to suc ceed De&n Hegarty. Orangeburg welcomes another jiew pastor to the city and wishes him a happy and successful stay here.-? Orangeburg Times-Democrat. Invitation to FarmcrN The directors of the Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Com mcrce, representing the business in teresfs of this town and county, here by extend a most cordial invitation to the farmers of this trade territory to bring their cotton and other -produce to this town to sell and to store, and to do they shopping here. B. (i. SANDERS, Secretary, Chamber of Commerce Drunk and Disorderly Thomas McLendon, a white man, said to hail from Bishopville, was arrested Monday, on a warrant charging disorderly conduct and was fined forty dollars In Magistrate Nicholson's court Tuesday. The man was driving an automobile while drunk and had made some remarks to a young lady. The latter charge was not included in the indictment. YOlTN<; LADY ACQUITTED Walterboro Teacher Charged With Death of School Boy Walterboro, Sept. iStf.? A flei' being * out nbout fifteen minutes the jury this afternoon brought in a verdict of acquittal for Miss Ida Folk, charged with murder for having run - down and killed little Grover Drawdy, October 2, 1924. This has been one of the most largely attended trials ever held in Walterboro. It lasted two days and the court house was packed both days. Many of the spectators were ladies of Walterboro and the county. Miss Folk in company with the Misses Ruth Brown and Annie Prickett, 'teacherR of the Walterboro school, were out for an afternoon ride in a Ford coupe. Five miles front Walter boro they came up with a number of pupils from the Mashawville school going home. Just as the car got op posite the children the boy darted from the left side of ttw? road ***2 ran in front of the car which kndcked him down and ran over him, injuries received causing death in a (ttw mln- _ utes. Miss Folk and companions stopped immediately and picked up the boy with the aid of his brother and rushed him home, Miss Folk going for a physician and returning with him. The contention of the State was that the defendant did not exercise due caution in pausing the group of chil dren. The defendant contended that she was not negligent and that tk^e cause of the death of the boy was his own actions in jumping out in front i of the car which was going only at a mofierste rate of sp^ed, less than I twenty miles an hour. Applause '^rrceted the verdict. ? Solicitor Mur. daugh was assisted in prosecution by Claude Aman, of Beaufort. Senator Padgett and K. L. Fishburne con ducted the defense. ^ ^ Miss Folk is teaching in Columbia this year. She is a* daughter of E. H. Folk, of Edgefield, a prominent at torney of that bar. She taught m v Walterboro iou*rf*at* and tn crad^* sate of Winthmp -