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General Sessions Court Ad journs. Banks Kefined New Trial. ? Civil Business Entered Upon Friday. In the court of general sessions, which Concluded its business onThurs day if last week, Judge Moore refused motion for a new trial in the case against M6lton Banks, the young white man convicted of murder, with recom mendation to mercy, in ~ the killing of ( Mr. Oeohfce Gladden, near the works of the Hardav/ay Contracting Company, on September 3, and sentenced Banks to life Imprisonment in the State peni tentiary or on the public works of the county. An appeal will be taken to /the supreme court. In the meantime Banks will be held in custody. Solomon Lee, a negeo, was c ?nvict ed of manslaughter, and sentence to five years' imprisonment. Notice ol I appeal was also given in his case, and he was .eleased-on bond in the sum of ?2,500, pending the appeal. It was | alleged that Lee had. struck Mr. Moody Hilton a blow in the chest with a pair of brass knuckles, following a dispute over who should drive a certain mule on the Raley place, near the Chester field line. Ed Gibson, a young white man, was convicted' of the larceny of a bicycle, and was sentenced to serve 12 montlu or to pay a fine of $15J. Abe Dixon, colored, charged- with murder, who was tried .iuring Ihe first week of eoUrt, a mistrial resul.ing. pleaded guilty to manslaughter, and was sentenced to serve two years and six months. Mr. Sam Roberts was indicted foul obstructing a neighborhood road. Tlu jury failed to agree, and a mistrial was ordered. Johnnie Jones, who pleaded guil'v ^o stealing a bale of cotton from the gin of M?\ E. E. Holland, was given a sentence of nin ! months. Butler Al exander, another negro who was tried for complicity in this case, and who was i convicted of petty larceny, was given a sentence of $50 or thirty days. Frank Thomas and Fred Baker, col ored, were convicted of grand larceny. | in the stealing of $235 from a- Camden ( ne?nj,/Wl*8k Willfhma, and "were seto* 1 teheed to serve three years eaclK They gave, notice of intention to appeal, and were granted bail ,ou thfc sum ol each. - ? The business oythe court of common pleas was entered upon on Friday. The case of Mrs. Callie Coulter against the Hermitage Cotton Mills, suit for damages, resulted in a verdict for tee defendant mills. Mrs. Coulter alleged thai she was struck in the head With a slat by one of the second hands in the mill, and that she was injured thereby. She said that wh n s le com plained to the second hand because certain work ha . been taken away from her, that he cursed, and that when her husband came up, the second hand told her to get out of the way and struck ..er. The .ejtiin.my of the mill I was to the effect that no work hau been taken from.Mrs. Coulter; that she wanted work belonging to other hands, and that her husband came up, and tin second hand said he struck her hus band as he was advancing on him witi. a slat. The witnesses for ihe mill de nied absolutely that Mrs. Coulter had been struck at all. On Monday a verdict of $10'J actual damages and $300 punitive damages! was awarded Mrs. 1). 1) Parrish against tie Po. tal Telogra.>h Company for damages alkged to have been cause* to a lot of the plaintiff in the city oi Ca nden, oy the editing of Some trees The Postal company contended that i p was necessary to cut olf the tops of th< ! trees because the) were grounding their wiros, and fu ther contended that the trees were no. on the land of the plaintiff, but on t.ie cdtje of thr street. ?. -Court may adjourn tomorrow even ing. Practical Economy. r "Wife ever get an economical Streak?" ? "She does. Only this summer she figured out she could nave $H in one ^Week by doing her own housework." "HoV did It work out?" "She got a c<u>k hook. I got dys pepsia and the , doctor got the $8."? Boilton Transcript. " " vr Unavoidable. Hub ? Oh, don't worry about th? cook's crankiness. Don't take any no her. Wife ? I have to; she's Just given It ?"?Boston Transcript. Earthquake Plant. J In Cuba the earthquake plant grows Wild. It la said to forecast cyclones, atorms, and specially earthquakes by changes of <Solor. 70 YEARS OLD, DRIVES 22,000 MILES. , Mrs. Wm. Upton on Cress Country r Tour, Makes Own Adjustments. On her return trip, Mrs. William Upton, . the seventy year old woman, who alone drove a Ford runabout from San Francisco to New York City,- visi ted the Foid Motor Company's main office. She was introduced to the of ficials of the Company, was photo graphed, held in her hand a Ford check worth two figures of millions, recounted the experience^ she had en countered on her trip, and before leav ing made arrangements for securing a new Ford car immediately upon her return to her home in Bakerfield, Cal ifornia. Mrs. Upton has already driven her present Ford more than 22,000 miles, 7,000 of which were driven since she left San Francisco May 11th, the long ?st day's drive being 160 miles. At ipringfield, Illinois, Mrs. Upton's birth olnce, she plans to dispose of the car and after visiting her many friends there, will return home via rail. When commenting on her trip, she said that in maki ig the drive from the Atlantic to the Pacific, it had not been her purpose to follow a direct line of travel, but to visit the most cities and places of interest. She visited the Petrified Forest, spent several days in <h? National Capitol, drove to Mount Vernon, visited the site of the Battle Gettysburg, and then after touring to some of the Atluntic Coast Cities, made her way to New York. She experienced practically mo trou hie with her ear, although she pointed out the fact that she understands the Ford motor and made her own adjust ments. Before leaving the Ford Com pany Mrs. Upton expressed t ;e hope that her next Ford, probably a run.i l)>ut. will be equipped with a Ford starter. ? Advt. PERSONALS. Mr. W. J. Brasington, of Westville, was n pleasant visitor to our office Satiyday. v ...? Mrs. Norman O. Mead, of Charlotte is spending a few days with her pa "ents in Camden. Mr. Head spen, Sunday here. Miss Ethel Birchmore, who has been in quite an Extended trip north, is expected hdma tomorrow night. Mrs. W. W. Daniel is visith'g in ..Vilmington. Dr. Daniel leaves this morning for the unnuarconference. Mr. G. S. King, of Bethunc, was here yesterday and maie us a pleasant visit. lie has sold out his interests at dethune and he and his family wih .novo to Florida in January. We are .ndeed sorry these good people are going t(>? leave our county. M \ T. D. VfcLcod, of Re nbert, was in Ca.n len o lay. Union Services. U.iion Thanksgiving services will be >eld i i the Baptist church Thursday at jleven o'clock. Dr. Edwin Muller will speak. The public is invited to attend. Coal Seized. Five car I >ads of coal shipped to the :ity of Camden, and which arrived a /ew days ag >, wa : seized by the rail roa Is. E^oi.s were srt on foot at once iO have it reicvise I, i. * there is ot.ly About enough coal on hand to keep the water and light plant running about a week. It is vitally important that the j <:onl be released. ? Hard to Get. The school book publishers are up against it widi their primers in fashion ?on a strike ? and u pnpor shortage to contend with. We havo been unable to 4et some bodks which we ordered as f,?r back as Septotnber. The domand for books this year has been heavy tud fortunately we ordered lost .July much larger quantities than usual and got them in and have therefore boen short of very few and are getting them I in gradually. To add to the other dif ficulties the freights are very slow. Fllat Seldom Craw! Downward. A fly on a wlndowpane will crawl o the top, fly hack to the htttom and crawl up oRalri. This order la seldom reversed. It Is on record tKat a fly crawled up a wlndowpnnejhirty* two times, returning aaoh tlma to tb? tame placa. Valuable Lots for Sale. As will be seen by their advertls^ ment elsewhere in The Messenger, thfc School trustees of this district are R$< vertising the high school property foi? sale. They reseritly;. purchased the Reynolds property and the lots adver?l tised for sale will no longer be needed for school purposes. The lots %re wqU located and will make attractive -buljfljp ing lota for residences. .-fr V-f. Horse Sense. . -fl ? If you work for a man, in heaven's; name work for him. If he pays wages that supply you your brend and butter, work for him, speak well of him, thinkj well of him. stand by him, and staud hy the institution he represents. $ think if I worked for a man, I Would-N work for him. I .would not work fdtfr him a part of his time, but all of Iris'j time. I would give an undivided ser-;f vice or none. If put to a pinch, an )unce of loyalty is worth a pound of J cleverness. If you must villify, conjy demo and eternally disparage, why r$& sign your position, and when you outside, damn to your heart's content?; Hut, I pray you, so long as you are a part of an institution, do not condemn it. Not that you will injure the in.ti tution ? not that ? but when you dljs^ mirage the concern of which you are a part, you disparage yourself. ? IClbert Hubbard. In Use Again. The old Souf.iern depot, which had been abandoned for ;t n miner of vi h-$, - aas been repaired and brought into use again as a freight depot W Wanted, The motoring public to know thai; we have the exclusive agency for tha ; Dayton Airleas Tires. All orders fillefk promptly. Any information furnishmT ree. Shiver & Holland. Tf For Sale. A" Jersey heifer calf one year old. t Apply to C. W. Birch more, . [ ' The regular. conmunLcaUmvwfc* Kershaw Lodge, No. 29, A. F. M., is held on the first Tuesday lightof each month at 8:30 P. M. Visiting brothers cordially welcomed. W. R. ZEMP, C. J. Shannon, 3rd, Suc'y. y Live Oak Camp, No. 49, W. O. W. , meets the first Thursday night in ' ?nonth at 8 p.m:30 p. m. All visiting sovereigns welcome. C. H. Yates. C. C. ? M. G. Huckabee, Clerk. Eialta Msde of 8kln? of Snakes. In Madras the tnnnlng of snakc sk'ns for I ho innnufneture of women's holts hns become quite a profitable In rlust I V. Deal. :6 ft big deal has recently been Je here in real estate. The lands Sarsfield Golf Club have recent Son sold to Mr. C. P. DuBose and (-R. E. Stevenson, the purchase [wtt Understand being 131,600. lOolf Club will not be interfered I for the next four years as the S* pn the property will not expire tfeS. * After that the property be out up into building lots. Honor Roll. 'I tie following is the honor roll for the Uugoff Graded School for the seo ond mouth : l 1 it Grade ? Evelyn Gettys, Helen Roseborough. Jemel Habon, Nick Raboti. Sandy Hey ward, John Lee, Doll* In Literature. ^ London writer linn recently ln s trrtrhlced the subject of dolls in lit orrpun*. Almost anyone, who will treble to search his memory*. can dis color a doll somewhere between tho covers of many a hook which he hac vrejyl. Beginning with a "slighting ref ererce to thorn under the name of batyos.'' In Sydney's "Arcadia." and noting tho mention of n doll by Char lotto Pronto, this writer eon ol tides that, until tho nineteenth century, dolls wore" neglected by English au thovs and ihnt they apponr more fre quently In French thnn in English fle tion. Dickons seems to have had more to -?!i.v about dolls that) any other Eng lish author; hut the doll Xohh.v Is an Important porsonnsre In Mr. Wells' "Tlitter nrit! Joan." and the dolls' house hi >TTonn-Bungny" oontivnod S.' dolls. , although with none of them does the render become personally acquainted Jerry and Rosa. In "Tho Golden Age." ;nre also remembered. German Farming Methods. Germany may have led the world "n Some branches of - tor-hub si 1H but her fa ruling metW'dx left miirii to ho desired If the hitler c??nte-upt poured upon them hy n Runyip s Idler can serve as a standard. Rtinyip, Victoria, Australia, Is proud of lis knowledge of JI. n prisoner flv wni- at threepence n day on u farm in Silesia, fiermany. uiade one of its finest citizens more convinced than over that Runylp Is nl* ways' best. When, he returned to Australia and applied for a farm he was asked, as a Joke, If he could give a reference from his previous em ployvr. His reply would have been gall and wormwood to the Slleslan. United States Sex Statistics. The census of 1910 showed 2.001.078 more males than females In the United States. Hi all but Massachusetts, Rhode Iffland, Maryland, North Caro lina, Sotith Carolina and the District of Columbia, the males are In excess. In nil the world *e males are u little In excess. The reverse In America Is evidently due to the excess in male Im migration. Camden Is On The Map! And The Chamber of Commerce Is Helping to Keep Her There Don?t lose sight of this fact Mr. Merchant, Mr. Profess ional Man, Mr. Banker. We answer hundreds oi lettsrs every month all of interest to this community, we have 'mailed Camden Literature to every . important city in the United States and we are still on the job However no organiza tl n can run without funds, therefore we a*k thit i U3*day, Doc. 2nd be known as "Donation Day" to the Chamber of Com merce and that when one of the several comifcftteea wait on you, why come across and help a good cause. The Camden Chamber of Commerce LIBERTY HILL NEWS. Mr. Editor: This section was visi ted Friday and Saturday by the first frost heavy enough to kill vegetation Ice also formed on water in exposed places. Hill tops and high places were not affected much by the frost. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Jones and their son, Mr. E. L.Jones, motered to Charlotte for a day last week. They returned in the euenlng. Maj. J. G. Richards made a business trip to Camden last Monday. Messrs. H F. Haile and N. S. Rich ards were in attendance on court last week. Mr. R. B. Jones spent a couple ot 'ays in Camden last week. Nil s. Watson, wife of Prof. Watson, >f Clemson College, spent a few day' visiting her cousin, Mrs. T. W. Do Vane, here last week. She was 01 her way to Cheraw to attend the meet ?ng of the I). A. R. at that place. Mr. W%K. Thompson, who is th< energetic repr.-sentatiue of a Charles on hardware firm, is a visitor quite often to our town of late. We sus ,>ect that he is doing a thriving busi ness (?)? on the side? here. ihe following announcement ha< oi'en received: "Mr. Arthur Willian u.imngham nocounccs the marriau. ?? his daughter. Mary Caroline, to Mi. luntton Wise Pressley, on Wedne lay, Nov. twelfth, nineteen hUndrc* uid nineteen, Liberty Hill. South Car olina." The bride is one of our mos* oopular young ladies and (lie groom i> -\ell and favorably known here too, In laving for some time held a responsi )lc position with the Southern Powc ^o. here. They will make their hom n Gastonia, N. C. We extend on )est wishes for a long and pleasant journey through life. The above was intended for las week, out failed to get in the mails. W ater has been reached in the we' '?eing drilled at the Presbyterian Mn: si The men in charge of the work thu.k they have a sufficient flow and neeu to go deeper for storage capacity. Quite a lot of building and repairing of tenant houses is under way or in contemplation in thia,scction. v. ' "Mr. frC. -totibley, \lfrg* h<a* living here for a number of years, wii, soon remove with his family to ti e rleath Sp. ing section to reside. Mi Mobley and his family are well likei. ?iere and we are sorry to lose them u* citiz^ps of our community. Mrs. J. B. Johnston has retun.^u from a visit to her daughter, Mist> Louise, who is teaching at (jreenville. Messrs. L. A. and W. P. Perry, oi Kershaw, have each been visiting rel atives it the "Hill" this week. Mr. 1 . (j. Richards, who has been tuking a business course in Columbia, is at home for "a while. a telegram was received here on Tuesday announcing tlu death ^ t hi. home in Fairfield county of Mr. J. C. l ickett. Messrs. J. G. and N. S. Richards were named as pall bearers, out owing to their inability to cross me Power Co's. big lake safely they weu unable to attend the funeral. M , Pickett at one time resided for a nuiu oer of years here, and made r aiij iriends by their kinuiy interest uik. neighborly acts, lie was a good iiiciu. to the writer and we in common witi. his other friends here, wish to extern, to the bereaved family our sinc.*rt smypathy. (j MICKIE SAYS fOV-VCS hAOME TVAVnGrS"^ -tv4^i oon'-t Htto mo ^ VJV> \NTO "\W P^TTvC T' OM'VAtk ] OOlt - ?uf -XWW NNXSt OVitS VtA \MfO OOU_?V?.?b ?*Hj I ?L\V>P?m' OS * jrVNt^S j gs^rcu A U'tV. VslfVMT NO x \f* N/ou b (tor l-v/er*/ *l(r N/vloflLD YoC> WAi\|f ? 'fWLftf VJ00 /*M V Want &&S Methodists Save Belgian and Serbian Orphans Kouthern Church Buys Homti In Brw Mis and Belgrade and Sup port* (ferblan Refuges* In England. W?rtnrl!K Tenn. ? Ths Centenary Commission of the Methodist Episco pal Church, South, will specialise lu caring for the children of Belgium, Serbia and other stricken countries o t Europe, according to an announce ment made by Dr. W. B. Beauchamp, the dirsctor-generaL Dr. Beauchamp and a Church Commission hare just returned from Europe. For this purpose s large home, for merly a famous boys' school, has been purchased at Uccie, a suburb of Brus sels. Several hundred children can be accommodated In this building, and the Methodists will assume entire re sponsibility for them and their futurs. Another homo has been bought at Belgrade, Servla, and here the under fed orphans of the Southern Slavs will bo given medical attention and cared for. A staff of women physicians, secured from Scotland, will be In charge of this home. Still another orphanage has been taken over at Fa verf-ham, England. This home already eo'ntains more than a hundred Serbian children, orphanod refugees who were taken from thoir homes during the Austrian Invasion. Flight of Children Deplorable. "One can scarcely tmngine the plight of the Belgian and Sor ilan chil dren," declared Dr. Beauchamp. "The mines of Northern France have been flooded or filled with concrete by the Germans, and thousands of children will literally freeze to death this win ter. "I have seen them living in the old troncies and dug-outa left by the en wniy, with )itt;e to eat save what Is gathered from the passers-by." Relief stations will bo established as quickly as workers can be obtalnod and supplies sent. These will be at Brussels, Ypres, St. Quentin. Montdl ing for two young physicians, eight nurses, a doren women social work ers. snd a number of superintendents and directors to reinforcs the relief Btaff. These will be sent abroad at once. The Church has a fund of *5, 000, 000 for this purpose. It Is a part of ths $53 000,000 fund which was ralssd in the recent Centenary Drive. Christians Invade The Jloly Land Southern Methodists Send First Work ers to Palestine for Bible and Literature Distribution. (Special Correspondence) Nashville, Tenn. ? The Methodist fUpiscopal Church, South, has the dls .taction of being the first Christian denomination to send workers to Pales tine since the froe regime Inaugurated > under the occupancy of General Al lenby. The Centenary European Commission ? of the Church, headed by Bishop James Atklna and Dr. W. B. Beauchamp, have already dispatched five colporteurs to the Holy Land. T teso will be followed by five more In the next few weoks. These workers will establish no sta tions, but will follow the early Metho dist custom of itinerating over the country distributing Bibles, tracts and Christian literature. This literature will be printed In the native dialects, and will be secured through an arrangement with the Nile Press In FVypt. Under the rule of th* Turk such a movement would have been prohibited, but under Allenby there lu perfect free dom of religions The action of the Southern Methodists Is the beginning of a vast scheme of missionary activ ity which will be carried on In the Holy I<*nd. Cotton Report. The governments cotton report of ?otton ginned, issued November 0th, for the state is as follows: 1919, I, )T>r>, 130 against 974,030 for 1918? an in crease for this year over last year of SI, 094. For Kershaw county, 1819, 23,8p6 against 21,439 Inst year up to the same date, nn increase for this year of 306 hales. This in fnce of unfavora ble weather conditions and the general complaint of a short crop.