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The Wateree Messenger SOCIAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. Margaret Mikell, of Charles ton, who has been the house guest of Mrs. Julia Long Knapp, has re turned home. Mr. L. L. Block has returned from I a visit to his daughter, Mrs. Marks,! at Richmond, Vn. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Schlosburg and j Mrs. Leon Schlosburg and children left Tuesday afternoon for Hender- ! sonville, N. C., where they expect tc j spend the summer months. I Dr. W. L. DePass attended the I meeting of druggists in Columbia iro- 'nv and I)r. Frank M. Zemp attended the meeting Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cureton visit ed the letter's parents in Bishopville last week. Rev. J. B. Caston, of Banibvg, who recently accepted a call to the' pas torate of the Camden Baptist church, arrived here Thursday afternoon, and he and his wife and children, a boy and a ?rirl, were guests Thursday I night at the home of Dr. and Mrs. S. f. Brasington. They were guests Friday at dinner at the home of Dr I and Mrs. \\\ R. Clyburn. Mr. David R. Williams, 3rd, who purchased the lovely, estate, Mulber ry, some time ago, and who is mak ing his home there, has just returned from Birmingham, Aal. Mr. and Mrs. William Searcy, of Athens, Ga., were guests last week of Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Shannon. Dr. Josiah Morse, of the Univer- ' sity of South Carolina, was the speak- I er at the Camden Rotary club at their weekly meeting Thursday. He de- j livered a very interesting address to, the rotarians. i Mrs. Julia Long Knapp has gone tc 1 White Plains, N. Y., to spend some time. Preparations are going forward foJ a big day at Colonial Lake, four and a half miles north of Camden, Thurs-" day, July 4th. This is a new resoi*. where swimming has become popular Prof. A. L. Geisenheimer's man' friends are glad to see him at homr again. He came up from Charlesto? I last week. I Mrs. L. M. Wes'. of the Beulav section, was a visitor to Columbi Friday. Mr. T. J. McNir-h, of Columb'r was a visitor to Camden Friday. W' were glad to meet him again. Mr. F. D. Hyatt, of Cnssatt. war a pelasant visitor to our office Satur day. Supt. J. G. Richards, Jr. of the Camden City schools, was operate.' on in the Camden hospital a few day? reo ft r appendicitis. He re getting ri'-n?r vrrv nicely and expects to be able to return home soon. Mr. I. J. Holland and wife, accom panied by their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Kohlas, and daughter, Miss Joyce and son, Mr. Vatighan Holland ,of Sunburst, Montana, are visiting rela tives in this county. Mr. Holland i a son of Judge I. F. Holland of oip city. Miss Carolyn Heyman has returner' from a pleasant trip to Myrtle BencV Miss Miriam Harmon, of Clover. I a guest at the home of her aunt, Mrs R. W. Mitcham. Mr. George H. Wittkowsky, promin ent young p'torney of Columbia, wa ft week end visitor to his parents ir Camden, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Wittkow skv. Mrs. R. B. Williams left Hst week for a visit to New Jersey. She will be the guest of her nephew, Mr. Brooks Parker and family. Loral Post Well Represented at Anderson LeRoy Belk Post No. 17, American Legion, was well represented at the State meeting in Anderson. Among those who attended from the local post were A Stanley Llewellyn, post commander*; W. A. Clark, Adjutant; Karl Roseborough, Vice-Commander; Mr. and Mrs. Hughey Tindal, Mr. and M rs. M. M. Roasonover, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Whitaker, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Al bert Hinson, Sam Karesh, Marion Baxley, M. L. Hancock, M. B. Wil liams, l/ouifl Lee Clyburn, Kugene lyonolr, W. J. Hasty, John Cantey Villepigue, R. II. Hilton, and' M. L. Smith, Jr. Commander Llewellyn was elected District Committeeman from the Fifth District. l,oRoy Bolk Post received the honor citation for having passed its quota, which was 117 men and they have on their roll 122. All of the fellows had a fine trip and wore chaV-r^od with the re ception accorded them In Anderson. BETHUNE NEWS. Bethune, July 1. ? Coach Walter Johnson of P. C. spent Wednesday in town in the interest of the College. Mrs. C. L. Mays has returned from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Lillian Davis, in Birmingham, Ala. Dr. Foxworth, of Bishopville, is re lieving Dr. Truesdell, who is in the mountains taking a much needed rest.. Dr. Foxworth while here is the guest of his daugh'.er, Mrs. D. J. Clyburn, j Jr. Miss Emily Hester, of Easley, is a I guest in the home of her brother, Mr. P. M. Hester. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. McLaurin spent Tuesday in Clinton. They were ac companied home by Misses Ruth Es tridge, Mary King and Kathryne Truesdell, who were delegates to the) Young People's Conference then in ! session at that place. Rev T. E. Derrick at'ended the Methodist pastor's school at Columbia College last week. Mrs. Derrick and children visited relatives in Columbia and Irmo during the session. Deaths Sara, youngest daughter of Mr. G. E. Parrott died at the Columbia hos pital Saturday night, where she was taken about three weeks ago to un dergo an opeartion for infection of the leg. All that medical science and skill could do was done for the little sufferer but all to no avail. She was ten years of age and was a sweet and unusually bright child. Her work was of the highest type and her name was announced from the platform in the recent school commencement as being the only one distinguished in her grade. Sara was a member of the Methodist church and the funerai services were held Monday morning in the Methodist church here conducted by her pastor, Rev. T. E. Derrick. In terment was made in the fanvly cem etery at Mt. Elan near Hartsville where the little mound was covered with a costly and b^utiful a >ray <?' flowers. The pall bearers were Paschal McLaurin, James King, J. M Clyburn and W. E. Davis. She Iv, survived by "her father, Mr. G. E. Par-J rott and three sisters, Misses Doro thy, Margie and Effie Mae Parrott cf Bethune, a grandmother, Mrs. C. C Best, of Hartsville, and a number of aunts and uncles of Hartsville and elsewhere and a host of other rela tives. Mr. R. L. Jones, a life long resi dent and prominent citizen of this place, passed away at his home just north of here early Sunday morning. He was taken to Johns Hopkins a bout three months ago to underg an operation for tumor of the braiv and had been confined to his bed ever since. Mr. Jones was fifty-five years of age and was a quiet and unassum ing man, loved by all who knew him. He is survived by his wife, who before Wrrfage was Miss Joan Hall, from near Camden, and one son, Mr. Leslh Tones, of this place, and two sisters. Mrs. Luther Hall, of Camden, an1 Mrs. Jlaley of Jefferson. Funeral services were held in old Bethel Cem etery Sunday afternoon at five o'clocl. and were attended by one of the lat est assemblages ever seen in this community, attesting the hitch esteem in which Mr. Jones was held. In the large number present at the funeral many could have testified to the kind ly acts done for them by him. Few if any in his immediate neighborhood had not been shown friendship and assistance by Mr. Jones. He had been very successful in the management of his own business, and rendered assist ance to many of his friends and neigh bors. A really useful ai*rl good citi zen has fallen on sleep, and many are sincerely grieved ns a result, of his passing. Mrs. Robert Douglas, wife of an old Confederate veteran, died Satur day night at her home just beyond Lynches' Creek about two miles east of here. Mrs. Douglas was eighty four years jof age and before marri age was a iMiss Waters, of Chester field. She |is survivH by her hus band and folur sons and four daught ers. Funeral services were held at Pleasant Hi(l Church Monday morn ing at ten o'clock. Shipping (!ar Lots Peaches Mr. L. I. Guion, of Lugoff, who has for several yoars past been gorwing peaches on an extensive scale, is no.v shipping car lots. Two car loads wer? shipped Saturday, and additional ar' now going forward. He will soon be shipping as much as six car loads daily. Peaches from Mr. Guion's or chards have been on the local market for the past week or so. QUICK WORK AT COURT Many Casejf Disposed of First Day. ? Court Adjourns Until Friday. 1 ho summer term of court convened Monday monring with Judge W. H. Townsend presiding. There was a rush of work for the first day, and as a result many recruits for the chain gang. Court adjourned Monday af ternoon until Friday morning1 at "?hich time the case ap^inst Richard Odom, negro, charged with burglary and larceny and criminal assault will be heard. L. T. Mills and I. C. . niro were anpointed by the court to represent him. The cases disposed of Monday were as follows: John Morton Nell, the negro mute, plead guitly to grand larceny and was given two years on the gang or in penitentiary. . V. C. Hall was convicted of viola tion of the prohibition law and given a sentence of six months, three months suspended. The case of Walt er Hill and John Missouri were nol prossed. Clyde Cunningham plead nuilty to burglary and" larceny and was given a sentence of five years on the gang. Sam Cunningham and David Caoell, two boys sixteen years of age, who were with Clyde Cunningham and sup posedly influenced by him, were given a sentence of three months. The case of these two boys excited not only in terest bit' also sympathy because it was thought that the acts they were charged with were not committed up on their initiative and >ad they been left alone they would not have yielded 'j temptation. Clyde Cunningham, Harold Taub John Johnson, Willie Burgess, McKin ley Mills, Robert Lawson, John Pat terson and Lec Brown, charged with ?njury and destroying jail property, vc re heard. Lawson, Patterson and Turgess plead guilty. The others went to trial and were convictf-d. nhey weie each given sentences of one year, the sentences to run con ?urrently with the other sentences im posed at this trm of court. Eddie Thomas and Willie Thoma3, who had three cases each, plead guilty and were given one year on the gang in each case, the sentences to run concurrently. John Patterson plead guilty to house breaking and larceny and was given a sentence of one year. Willie Furpierson alias William Bur gess, plead guilty to larceny, and drew a sentence of one year, to run concurrently with other sentence im posed.. v ^-Wr Jack Johnson plektf guilty to lar ceny and goes to the ganf" one year. Sam Hall, 63 year old white man. olead guilty to violating the prohibi tion law and was given a sentence of three months, two to be suspended. John Pat Williams, plead guilty to, violation of the prohibition Taw, and was given a sentence of seven months, former sentences to be enforced ano to run concurrrntly with sentence of seven months. , Raford Brazell, a young white man. charped with non-support, became re conciled with his wife, and his case was put on the continued docket. George Peay, John Peay, Melvin Green and Grud Dennis, house break ing and larceny, guilty as to Green; other cases nol prossed. William Massey and Karl Brown guilty of violation of the prohibition law. Massey was not in court and was tried in his absence. He was found guilty. Brown was given a sentence of three months, 2 suspended. Charlie Jones was tried in his ab sence for violation of the prohibition law and convicted. Cash bond for feited. ? Phelps Newman entered a plea of guilty to the charge of assault and battery and was given a sentence of hree months. Cap White plead guilty of assault and battery and drew a sentence of ix months. C. R. and W. C. Gay were tried in their absence for the viola/tion of the prohibition law, and weer founn guilty A cash bond was forfeited. M. A. Cahill. who was captured with perhaps the largest car load of whiskey ever taken in Camden, was tried in his absence and found guilty, j A cash bond of $500 was forfeited. Leo Brewer, and McKinley Mills, larceny charge. Not guilty as to Brewer, Mills guilty; sentence one year. Harold Taub, plead guilty to using a car without the owner's consent and was sentenced to serve one year, sen tence to run concurrently with anoth er sentence of one year imposed at th:s term of court. Damon Lawson plead guilty of as sault and battery and matriculates on the chain gang for one year. There are a number of cases to be heard, but the defendanls are at. lib erty on bond, and their cases were continued until the next term of court. The machinery of the court worked | rapidly and smoothely Monday. The grand jury made their report which | included the report of the sheriff as | to his activities sinco the first of I January up to the first of July. ( The presentment of the grand jury I was about, as brief as such documents I usually get to be. The report of the sheriff, coverinr his work and the work of his deputy, and the rural policemen, were com | mended by the grand jury. The re : ports are given in full herewith and are as follows: , Presentment of Grnnd Jury. I To His Honor, Judge W. H. Town send, presiding Judge Summer term of Court for Kershaw County: We havo passed on all bills handed Family Poisoned With Calcium Ar senate. ? Thirteen members of the family of I Sam Hall, who reside a few miles east of Camden had a close call a day or so ago as a result of getting some calcium arsenate mixed in some flour and eating it. There was a small a 1 mount of the arsenate in a flour sack and it was dusted into the flour ' through mistake, and when it was ! made up to cook the family ate somo ) cf it and in a short while thirteen of i them became very ill. Some of the mi cad made up with the arsenate in it was thrown out in the yard and i' killed some of the chickens and the yard dog. Mr. Hall has a large fam ! ily of children. There are nin.? boys and several girls. Mr. Hall was ar rested recently and placed in iail charged with violat:~n of the prohi bition law, and he therefore, escaped | getting any of the poisoned bread. It is alleged that the old man bought a quart of bootleg whiskey for his nvn ] use and was caught with it taking it home. He is, however, not woli but j could not be with his family in their | sickness. They are all out of danger now. He bears the reputation of be- 1 ing an industrious and hard working j man. I Attractions at Colonial Lake July -4th Special attrac'ions arc being ar ranged for July 1th at Colonial Lake, four and a half miles north "of Cam-' den on the Camden-Rershaw paved I road. This is the newest resort for I this community and is being run by responsible parties. Beginning at 3:30 on the 4th there will be a numb er of exci'. ing swimming races. Ir all there are ten events on the pro gram. Hand bills have been distri buted giving a full list of the events. If you wish to spend the entire day there, take your lunch along and en joy getting close to nature for this holiday. Mrs. West Loses Her Father. Dr. Carl A. West's wife and -hildrcn left Camden ? recently for France where Mrs. West was go?i^g to., visit... her father, Dr. Georges Voirin, a prominent physician of France. After she was out on the ?vatcr a couple of days her father died. Mrs. West was expecting him to meet her in Paris, but instead one of her sisters met her there and in formed her of her father's death some days prior to her arrival at her olrl home. Quite a coincidence was the "pet that while Mrs. West was en route to her former home in France that her father died, and then after getting to France she learned that Dr. West's father, Mr. J. Frank West, had died, each within a short time I of each other. I Mrs. Watts Assumes Her New Duties Mrs. Kathleen B. Watts, who was elected last November county super- 1 intendent of education, has assumed the duties of the office, succeeding Mr. J. Team Gettys, who did not of fer for re-election. Mr. Gettys made a splendid official. Mrs. Watts has been identified with the schools of ?he county as teacher for a number of years and was considered among the very best, and the prediction is con fidentially made that her administra tion will be a successful one. lis by the Solicitor. We have received the report of the 'hrriff showing his activities for the last six months. We want to com mend him and his force for the very "fficient work that they have done. The report is herewith attached. We have examined the jail and find it ifi much better condition, same having had a coat of paint and other conditions very much improved. We thank the Judge, Solicitor, and all court officials f( ?? the courtesies extended us, all of which we submit. W. B. PORTER, Foreman. Report of Sheriff. The Sheriff made the following re port to the Grand Jury: I beg to submit the following roport law enforcement activities of the Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff and Rural po licemen of Kershaw County from the 1st day of January, 1929 to the 1st 'lav of July 1929: Eleven (11) stills destroyed. 4200 gallons beer or mash destroy ed. 1083 gallons whiskey captured and destroyed. Forty-one Ml) nrrests for viola tion of prohibition law. 203 arres's for other violations. Six (0) cars confiscated. Very respectfully submitted, J. If. Mcl/EOD. Sheriff Kershaw County. Poult.rymen who wish to know their eggs become members of the South Carolina poultry improvement associ ation. CHAJNGANG HEAI) FACES CHARGES Mobley Accused of Violently Beating Prisoner. I ^ ork, June 2(5. ? Prosecution in the criminal courts on the charge of as sault and battery of a high ainl ag gravated nature and also n civil ac jtion for damage face Hazel Mobley j ?f R?ck Hill, superintendent of the ) ork county chaining, as the result j of an alleged severe whipping he ad I ministered to J. Pelzer Kurr. white convict, in connection with the -es cape last week of two white prison ers. Furr alleges that despite his pro testations that the escape of the two convicts was due neither to his con nivance nor negligence and his plead ing for mercy, that Mobley beat him | with a leather strap on the bare | skin until he suffered agonies. Me I says Mobley forced him to take d.iwn his trousers in order that no cloth ing might intervene between the i strap ami the bare skin. Mobley s version of the whipping is *"id to be that he gave Furr only n few licks and that there was nothing cruel about the punishment. Since the whipping Furr has been examined by physicians and by Solic itor Harry Mines of Lancaster for physical effects of the allege,] thrash ing. T. F. McDow, York attorney, has been retained by Furr to look aft'er his interests and Mr. Me Dow said th>s afternoon that action against Mobley would l>e begun shortly. ^ When he received the whipping. Furr, who is HO years nf age, and a resident of Rock Mill, had four more days to serve on a sentence of .*{() days for driving a car while drunk. Me immediately got in touch with relatives, who paid his fine and se cured his release. Furr was in charge of a truck near Rock Mill when two white convicts. John D. Bradley and Peter Ransom escaped from the chaingang by jump ing in the truck while Furr was away from it and driving away. Furr says he left the truck to get a drink of water. The dead body of Bradley was afterward found in the Catawba river where he was drowned in an effort to cross. Mazel Mobley has been superin- i tendent of the York county chain- 1 gang since the beginning of the pres ent year. Looming up as a big issue at the trial will be the right of the chaingang superintendent and guards to inflict ,*$?gyporal punichment, a' point about which there has often been controversy. Because of this question, the Outcome of the Furr case is expected to attract) statewide interest. ? The sufl. / 1 \ Death of Mr. W. R 'Arl&ge. | William E. Arledge, one of tHe old- ] est citizens of Camden, died Friday morning while being taken to th' Camden hospital. Mr. Arledge sp"i.' his entire life in this county. Me was 71 years of age. Me was a ?mc cessful farmer, giving his entire time to his farming interests. He was never married. Me had a .- .mber of relatives, however. Me w<. < ?n the streets only a day or so before hi? death. While he was in feeble health, his death came rather unexpectedly. Me was taken quite sick during the night and a physician was summoned, and he was ordered to the hospital at once, but died in the ambulance on hi< way there as stated above. Me had a number of friends who regret his death. The body was taken to Flint Mill Baptist church, fourteen miles north of Camden, Sunday, for interment, the funeral services being conducted by Rev. C. L. Norman. Revival Services at Hermitage The Rev. W. M. Howell of Biltmore, N. C. is doing the preaching. Our services begin at X P. M. Everyone is cordially invited to attend these ser | vices. rr Services at Mr. Henry Ray's Resi dence July 4th The Lord's work in West Wateree section is still going forward, and souls are being saved through Jesus On July 4th we are going to have ser vices at the home of Mr. Henry Ray. and expect to have a big crowd. There will be two services, II A. M., and 4 P. M. Dinner will be served on the grounds, and every body is ex pected to bring a well-filled basket. W. T. HUG-GINS. A gully on a farm is a costly doc oration; dam it. SOCIAL AM) PERSONAL | Mrs. Thomas l.awtnn \\ iliingham j Sorrow is -the sunsci sh-i.low upon ; the golden stairway that leads to C? o?!. Mrs. Thomas Willingham. I Our hearts go out ti< the many who at present have love i ones in the j Camden hospital. ! Mrs. (ieorge Brunson. of Chicago, ; and Mrs. Nettles Lindsay. of Camden. have taken a cottage at Myrtle i Bench for an indefinite time. Mr. Lindsay will no down next week. j Mis. Bi lton Beard ard family arc I spending some time with Mrs. Beard's j mother in Eastovcr, S. C. j The piano pupils of Annabelle j Watts pave a recital at her home on I Fair strict Friday evening. I Those playing were: Eleanor Brown "11 u: iotv?ke". "O'er the Waves." Nancy Watts "In China" iwn." Ruby Oliver-- -"Rose Waltz." .Julia Braey ? "March Mili'.aire." Ruby Marshall? "l>i?llie's Awaken ing." Essie Watts ? ,'l>or< thy." Henrietta Irhy "Waltz of the l'air Frank Riggins ? Dutt, "Sunshine Waltz." Elmo Brown "Minuet in (?", "On the Lake." Miss Walts lias taught piano suc cessfully for the past two terms at Antioch school, besides having an in teresting and talented class in Cam den. Miss Wilma Bowen. of (in., an 1 Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mackey, of Charlotte, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Mackey, Miss Mary Jane Mackey. Mr. Dan Mackey have returned from a delightful visit to Myrtle Beach where the party oc cupied a very attractive cottage. Lyttleton Street Methodist Church Sunday, July 7: Bible school, 10:00 A. M. with classes for all who will attend. Public worship a'. 11:1') A. M., conducted by the pastor, (Ieorge Pierce Watson. Theme, The Right Response to the Divine Appeal. a special study for all Christian work ers. The sermon will be followed by the Holy Communion. As a courtesy to the Rev. Mr. Caston, who on this Sunday begins his pastorate at th ? Baptist church, the evening sermice is recalled. Midweek service for July 3rd is also recalled as the pastor > < pects to be otu of town. The puhli.1 is most cordially invited to all th' services of this church. Come and bring your friends. Bitten By Rattlesnake Jesse Hinson, 2fi. son of Mr. and Mrs. H. (1. Hinson of the Cleveland neighborhood, while at work near Rembert in Sumter county, was bitten Thursday by a rattlesnake. He wasr rushed to a doctor who gave him medical treatment and he was then taken back to Rembert where he has since been under the care of a focal physician. Mr. Hinson, who is un married, was working with his uncle, Mr. Frank Baker, at the time he was bitten by the reptile. His condition is considered serious although some hopes are now held out for his recov ery. CROW INC VOl NO FINES Option Exercised and Permanency of Enterprise Assured The South Carolina State Forest i\' Commission, through the chamber of commerce, were interested in secur ing a location near Camden in Cl early spring. Five acres of land was leased from Ceorge T. Little for > period of len years, which is locate,! on Highway No. I An opt ion win secured f"r the ten acres, and recent ly the option to purchase is being eon sumated, thus securing permanency for this enterprise. Many thousands of young pines are already growing, and orders for far more than <^an at present be supplied are in hand. J. W. Trotter is resident superintendent under direction of resident forest eV L. E. Staley. An irrigation system lias been installed. The prospect for a great growth is very bright. Many who have parsed along the highway and policed the work being done, been amazed at the character and magnitude of th" undertaking, and great and lasting good is expected to result from this beginning.