The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, November 25, 1919, Image 1
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
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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, . [
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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
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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.