The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, July 08, 1930, Image 1
TERMS
CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTY 80t
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???? Mr, D. S.Tranpi _
recently went to New Jersey expect
ing to make that their home for a
while, returned last week. Mr.
Trapp came- hack to beting hi? family
as they preferred their old hK>me? but
Mr. Trapp has returned to New Jer
sey and will make trips bask home
aa often as his engagemerjts will per
n(it. Camden will still- be Some to
them. |
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^^4r. an-di T'rs. B. G. Sanders return- j
ed -home last week after spending
several wee !cs in Florida, I
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Mir. E. O. DePass, prominent Co
lumbia atbciraey, waa in Camden yes
terday on professional business. Mr.
DePass is a candidate for the legis
lature in Richland county, ? and his
host of friendb in Camden wish^him
success. >
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Mrs. W. J. Mayfield left Saturday,
ftox Long Beach, Cal. to be present 1
Saturday, 12th inst., at the marriage
of her ?on, Lieut. Dam Miller, to -Miss
Dorothy Hartt. Her many friends at
home wish her a pleasant trip. j
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Mr. and Mrs. Victor Myers and son,"
Victor, Jr., who have been in Miami,
Fla., are visiting relatives here. They
leave in a few days for Notfth Caro
lina where Mr. Myers will reconstruct ,
his j&rehestra. His many f riends wel- '
come him back to his old home town.
' *** Cawison, Sr., has gone'
to Chicago, Illy to visit ber daughter,
MJrs. Summer Waite. She will be a: j
way several weeks.
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Mrs. Cora Anterum ar.d two .^MMiren
are visiting at the home of the f at m- j
er'a (parents, Mr. and Mrs. H> G. Car
rtson, Sr. Their many friends in
Camden aire glad; to see them again. / >
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^'?'Mr.-H. L. Schlosburg Wor.t to Hen-1
rsonviile ea&y Sunday morning to
home.
Rev. (}. P. Watson, who attended
the Pastoo's School in .Columbia, re
sumed home last week and ?illejl his
pulpit as usual Stinday morning and
^?Veninr.
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I;..- Mr. Dewey McCaskill, who is with
the A & P store in the meat market
substituted the past 'wo weeks for ft
meat cutter in Columbia during his
vacation. He returned ho>me Satur
H. C. Hardy, whose woeklv let
tef?flv in The Me?se, rigor have became
quite an interesting feature, ha* re
turned home from a visit to Walter
|jb?
Mr. Jack Watkins, who for nome
time was with the Firat National
of Camden, but who left here
to go With a bank in Miami, Fla.
came home last week.
New Law Firm
^ Atinou,ncem^nt hr?. Vx?en made
'Thitanas J. Klrk^r/.l, L. A. Kirklav.d
and John K. d? T **ch ihavo formed a
partnership fo- the general practice
'of law, to be 1? own as Kirkland and
>ti? Loach. Each cf the members of
Jaw firm aro w*M known and
'popular attorney#, their friordk
:pien orally will wish them success.
Making fir'eftiWc Improvements
The Home Fu* nishinpf Company are
Shaving extc.nsive improvements made
to theif store. The back of the sure
ts being extended a consider a!>l>) dis
tance, and the front Is to bo made
very aWrnotive. This company ha#
. been) in biwtams In Camden for some
time, and have enjoyed a liberal pa
tronage, ^nd witH their increased fUxxr
?pace will be enabled to carry even a
larger at ock than heretofore. Mr.,
Lewis Gardner has the contract for
the work.
i v TO Be Let Thin Month I
A rood nany of u* are ifttereatcd i
In the dlotfrt'* up of the gtff) c. t road |
between Camden " ar?d the Sumter 1
county Ithe, whfrh he*
for some time tfwlng to a dieafftca
rriewt, but that ha- beftn ?ettM aw!
(the <*ld *<*>& bed ia to be ttfed. *W?
hive it 01* #ood authority that the
contract for thi# wftl be let during tfol* ??
ith, wMih w? Ukc H.
id will te completed be- .
* open* up. We hApe j
fe'i
: .J^itkana, Jttly 7.--^T>e Jujnior A- |
merican Legkm baseball U>a?m eooach
Vd by Neil Truesdell played Wateree
.Mills at Camden Monday afternoon
scoring 14-0 iw, the fifth inning in fa
jvor of Bethune. - , 1
Again the teams- pdayed Thuradayv
afternoon on-' the local diamond to de- j
cide the county championship sparing ]
15-0 in favdr of the locals. Jones
i pitched a no hit game on both occas
ions. i
I Rev.* J. T. Keels spent the Fourth j
in Columbia* with his paTefnta. j
Mrs. R. E. McCaskill was the
guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. j
McChesney at Waterloo laist week. '
' MftV G. Sedley King, of Atlanta and: 1
Miss Louise Kin^ of Neeses were fche
week end guests of their sister, Mrsv
1). M. Mayes. \
' Mrs. M. L. Kelly is spending some
jtime in Johnson City, Tenn. with her
son, Fly.n Kelly.
[?. Miss Eunice Severance was the re
cent-guest of Relatives at Lamar.
Mess Kitty B-tot of- Columbia visit
ed friends and : Natives here last
week. . "
j ( Master Robert King returned to his
home at Neeses Tuesday. He was ac- ,
cornpanied _by his s\unt, Miss
Stella Befrhune and Miss Kathryne
Truesdale who spent .several days as ,
guests of Mrs. Mark King. i
; Mrs. J. G. Richards of Asheville is
spending some' time with her parents, ,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCaskill.
Miss Beth Norwood of MoBee was
the- 'guest of Misa Margaret Trues
dale last week.
| Mrs. Ratcliffe and son, MrN V. C.
Ratcliffe, of WadeBborough, . N. C.
were recent guests of Mrs. Ratcliffe's
daughter, Mrs. C. E. Brazwell. k
| Mis? Julia Lee is spending some
time with her sister, Mrs. Eva Mor
gan.
| Mrs. T. R. Bethupe and! little son,
| Thomas Reese, Jr. were recent guests
of Mr?. Bethune's parents, Mr, and;
Mrs. B. B. Blakeloy in Clinton,
i Friandtf.pf-M^aa '
,'C^i^tt w4U be interested tn th? . clip
ping from Akron, Ohio 'stating, that
in company with Mr. a<nd Mrs. L. D.
Hall of Akron, she is making an edu
! catronal tour of the States and Can
ada. ? ? : : . ..v
Miss 1 Lilian Laittimer of Bishop
ville was a guest in the home of Mrs i
Eva Mo/gan Sunday.
Mis? Effie Brabham of Bamberg is
the guest of Miss-' Kathryne Trues
.dale. \ ' -
Mlra. t/orin^ Davis spent last week
in Kershaw with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. B. Clyburn.
Mn?. John) McSween of Darlington
wr s a recent guest of her <Jaughter;
Mis. W. B. Davis. *
Dr. C. E. BTazwell, the genial (phar
macist of the TrueMlale drug store,
with Mrs. Brazwell and little daugh
ter, Mtargaret, are spending this
week in Atlanta with relatives.
Mir. and Mrs. Letcmarxi Brannon of
Wiinnsboro wem guests of relatives
herer Sunday.
Dusting Machine Demonstrations
The Pd&niers Produce & Storage
Co., of Florence, broupvht a number
of dusting machines to Oamden
Thms.'Jiay and gave, a public demon
stration of what the machine? can do
i in the field of cotton of Mr. John E,
Rhame in the lower section of the
roity. Quite a number of Kershaw
county's progressive farmers were in
attendance. Several types of ma
chines weire seen in operation and ap
peared to work perfectly. If there is
tony virtue in dusting cotton to get
rid of the boll weevil,, and we have
| not the slightest doubt but theft there
I Is, every farmer should own fate of
.these dusting machines. In watch -
l&ng the opeatkmu of the* machines the
thought came to us that if a number
of fattnerS in a community w<iuld
cooperate and buy one of these ma
chines ajnd systematically dust their
, cotton, they would find it a fine in
jVestnjsftt.
NOTICE TO VOTER8
The Attention of fche cltteen*
thr?urty>ut Kershaw county La called
to tho irtiptortance of loloolnxr their
n?me? on the Deatoeratle Club Roll.
Tho book? are conveniently located in
each preelpct *r*l each voter i* to
quftfed to ehroll thto. yt>ar or he <dt ?he
will rot be able to vote in th?r Print
*h(:'elect!orK.t'J>o (i
%>*> filtAftmOTOiK.
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LIBERTY HILL
vening
0..vful
caaions. Conunun.^
feeW alto* the morhin* ?
third Sunday in July.
the force of men engaged in pi
ting in the culvers on the new p<
t'ktt of highway 07 north of the "Hall'!
will soon complete their work, ami
hear that the grading is toing ac
vanced very satisfactorily but muc
Ja yet to be done.
Mr. A, P. Brown a native son of
Liberty Hill but later a prominent
merchant of Heath Spripp*3 ? ard
?other town ? but now, and for several
years past in business in Lexington,'
Ky. was. here last week for a short
yidit 'to his old tfcne home. We axe
sorry we. did not get to see him. .
Dr. and Mjs. T. G. Hall and two
children, and Masses Bes? and Annie
Hall all of Westminister, and Mes*i
Theima A&hmore of Greenville werto
visitors in the home 6f Mir. and Mrs.
JR. C. Jones lastweek.
Dr. Hall a,Tid) the Misses Hall and
Ashmore, . accompanied by Miae Jen| ?
nie. Jones, left c<n Thursday momint?
for a motor trip to Washington, D. Ct
and other points of interest.
will be away for a* number of days.
Mt3. Hall and the children remained
to speraA-the time with her parent# s
and relatives here where her girl
hood' friends bre always gladl to se?,
hen J j
K^r. F. A. Drennan was in Chair- '
lotte a couple of days last week wher<b
his daughter, Mis?- Carolyn is. undeir
go'rxy treatment at a sanatorium f<?2ir ?
a slight nasal affection.
Magistrate L. P. Thompson made i
business trip to Gaston ia, Hickor t
and other towns, in North Carol it i ,
last week. - ' )i
; Mass Mannie Waidlaw has returne
I heme after an extended visit to rela :>
Itives at Tabor, N. C. ar<3 a visit t
URfXJ&e Peach. ' _> A ji
[ Mr. E. L. Jones made a visit raj
Charlotte on July 4th.
Mr. A, W. Cunningham a former
popular citizenn of thia place, but for
a number of years livimg in: Charlotte,
| is on a visit to his brother, Postmas
ter C. D. Cunningham.
M.i&ses Lizzie and Lai Richards
were shopping visitors to Lancaster
on Saturday last. - "r I
.Mr. and Mirs. P. ?r. Richards are
visitors in the hicime of the former's .
parents, Hon. and Mrs. N. S. Rich
ards. V >-*"!??!
Mr. J. B. Qxnwton wa p here on Sun
day. He came up to take' his moth- .
er, Mrs. M. Gt Cure-ton down to spend J
a while at his home in Camdien.
Mr. J. B. Anderson of Camden is
spending r\ few da^'jUW the home of
Mr. and Mm W. Z. Hilton where Mrs. (
Ahderson and the baby have been
with hrr parents for some time. I
Magistrate L. P. Thom.psoi^ Hon. 1
N. S. Richards a,nd Mr. R. C. Jones.,
are attending court in Camden today
(Monday). fWe enjoyed a ride down
with Mir; Thompson.
Mr. W. C. Perry is attending court i
this week, a member of pny panel.
Little Miss Margaret Perry isv
spending a .few days with relatives j
in Camden.
BLANRY NEWS
Blaney? Mta? OUie Rose of Blane^
and Flrrley Griggs of L/Ugoff wore
married in Camden Saturday, June
28. They left immediately for n
short horeymoon and- will make their
home in Florence.
1 Mr. and Mra. GHlend! Ro?e and
children >of Spartafiburg spent several
days with their parents, Mr. arid Mrs/,
S. W. Hose. . V
t Mrs. C. P. Chewning of Pampiioo
are vl?iti*vjaf her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
T. C. Sessions.
Mr. and Mr*. E. H. Ro?s arxl child
ren of New Brookland spent the week
and with relatives. '
Mr. and* More. J. D, Bron, their
daughter and sow, Cremer and Har
ry, of Spartanburg, spent the fourth
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BiH Kiker of North CanoJina was
a visitor hete recently.
Mm. W. B. Evans, and son Wade,
? left Sunday to viait relatives in dlff-,
erent parts of Georgia.
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Mr. tfewia Moore it spervKdfe a few
?(Jays in Camden, hia former home. He
attended the Men's Bible class at the
Methodist ohurch Sunday nvor^imr,
and played the piano at the opening
services of the cfaaft. 1
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voters to enroll lor the ap?
pnoaching democratic primary. It is
the p^tf of every good citizen who is
otherwise ' qualified to vote in the
democrats .primary to see that his or
her name is enrolled. Bach one must
attend to this for himself or herself.
, The approaching: el cotton is an im
portant one, for the voters are to
name a United States senator, Gov
ernor and on down to the smaller of
fices. July 22nd is the last day for
^enrolling, so attend to this at once
and avoid being disfranchised. In
<this connection we are requested to
announce that the (roll book wall be at
T. b. Blyther's store for enrolling
voters of the Airttioch club on Satur
day, July 12th, at which time all vot
ers in that club are urged to come
that day and enroll so as to save
.trouble an<d possiblo failure to get
your name on the club rolL Enroll
ment committees for each of the
clubs of the county have been publish
ed in each of the county papers. En
roll! Enroll!
Slightly Mixed
The business houses in Camden
have been taking a half hoMday on
Thursday afternoons for seme time,
but as July 4th came on Friday, some
of them thought that the half holi
day could be cut out so as not to be i
closed; far a day and a half, conse- I
quaintly sorpe stores remained open j
while others closed. Just got slight
ly mixed*.
Hail Damages Crop
This community, was visited again
Wednesday aftemnoon and night with
cojntsidcrable ? wind and rain. In the
afternoon there was a considerable
fall of haiK Mr. Joseph Shebeen,
who farms quite extensively a few
miles southeast of Camden, suffered
from hail perhaps mofe than, his
neighbors. Mir. Sheheora for several
years past has boon cultivating to-,
bacco along with his other cmpe, and
the hail greatly injured. his tobacco
He also was doing somevroclwii
pecially pi anting tomatoes for the
local cannery. His loss from the hail
is ripht heavy.
Death of a Good Colored Citizen
Re>v. Hampton Sutton, whose seri
ous illness, was mentioned) in The
Messenger last week, died befotre the
paper corvtainirvj the announcement
had reached many of our reader?, for
hev died Tuesday evenvrng. We had
known him f!or many years; and re
garded him as one of the most indus
trious, upright and dependable mem
bers; of his race. Through his indus
trf -he accumulated a sight good bit
of (property, but reverses came to him
as to many others and he found it a
struggle to keep intact Ms hard-earn
ed gains. He had) good cr^it and
could always get what he needed. He
was held in hi.r^h esteem by both white
and colored. We do not recall a more
tireless worker. To be busy, to work
seemed to be his delight. Hte could
always find something to do whether
| at work f<xr himself or for some one
;who engaged his services. With all
the activities of his farm he found
time on Sundays to go among his
! people end preach to them. A godd
many years ago he was in our employ
tindi later when) he launched out for
himself, he always rtwporndei to ev
ery request we made of him for hi"
'services even when it was to his ad
vantage wot to leave his own work. Ho
had the kindliest feelings for him, for
he waa faithful arJd withal a Christ
ian man. He is survived by his wid
ow, but had no chi' V en. FuneiV
services far him. were, held Sund?
iiftemoon at three o'clock. We shal'
cherish- the memory of Hiampton Rut
ton as ofie of our vory best colored
frienda.
We attedwed the funeral Bervlcea
in company with M'r. I >eon Sehloa
burpf, vfhleh were ocwcluctedi by I>r. B,
F. Bradford, tM#trict Superintendent
aaslated by Rev. Paul Reddish, the
pnfltor 0# St. Pawl church, alonpj with
a number of other n^ifetter* There
I Wan one of the largest crowd* ever In
attendance upon a funeral ftervtce
{present. The church, although a
large building; could not nearly) ac
commodate the crowvJi. many having
I to remain on the outalde of the build
in*.
The 4th of July death toll Irt the
United; State* wfw-178. But for the
many plea* f^r a ?afe- and *fme 4th,
. the toll might have been even tniioh
>l?Tf?1r.
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AN APPEAL TO GOOD CITIZENS
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.Our . Public Library Needs Your
Support
The citizen has his duly towaixte
the Lihrary. First of all he should
enourage larger appropriations of
'funds. TOp result of my own study
, of the question, What is the best gift
whiph can be given to a community ?
Is that Library occupies the first
place, provided the community will
accept and maintain it as a public i~
istitution, as much a part of the city
property as it? public schools, and, in
deed, and adjunct to these. Every
dollar expended for Library purposes
ts reumed to the community tonfold,
net necessarily In dollar and cents,
but ir.' the more permanent, more val
uable assets of greater happiness,
comfort and prog.?<ess of the people.
The same reasons which justify thei[
j support X)f free public Libraries.^
i They, like the school?, are necessary
to the securement cf an intelligent 1
citizenship. The selection of litera
ture anrJi the making of it available to
| boys and girls at the right time is
much more important than is a sys
tematic attempt to t^ach it.
Every boy and girl in our commun
ity is entitled to a chance. The wny
to pive them that chanice is to ??t
them have access to the best books
in the country. If every family in
the city would pledge themselves
$1.00 per year towards the upkeep of
the IVbrary, the Library would/ flour
is. '
Library work with children is the |
promotion of human welfare by f i **- '
thoring through ' books the develop- .
ment of ideals amdi the growth of i
knowledege of those who are later to
cari*y the full responsibility of citi
zenship. Suoh a return from an ex
penditure of $1.00 by no means is a
bati Investment.
The librarian wishes to .announce
that it is n?c>w time to ipa-y annual
dues. It is hoped that those who so
willingly grave last year will again ?
ji>iir the association.
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"To the friends of the Camden Pub
lic Library: k
"In oiSder to maintain the Camden
Public Library, it is necessary to raise
about one thousand) dlollars. annually, i
The only fixed! income is five hundred
dollars fnom the City of Camden, 1
therefore, five hundred dollars has to ;
be raised by voluntary subscriptions '
and (donations. The funds are getting
low andi any contributions^ would be
appreciated."
Facts About The Library
Thinpts, you ought to know about
your library are: The total circula- 4
tlon of books during the fiscal year
ending June first was 11,095 accord
ing, to the report madie by the libra
rian, Mrs. Prances M. B. Wooten.
This same report shows that wf the
total 5,, 8 50 books read were fiction;
5,000 juvtftvile and 245 non-fiction. At
this date the library, has a stock of
4,330 volumes. v
There are 668 borrowers' einds in
circulation, 187 of these are for child
ren under twelve years of Pgr, 101
are between the ages of twelve an''
sixteen and 380 anre adults' cards.
New books added to the shelves
are: "E^ile", by Warwick Deeping*;
"The Door", by Mlary Roberts Rine
hart; "T/oyal Lovers", by Margaret
Widdemer; ''Young Man of Manhat
tan", by K. Brush.
| FRANCES B. WOOTEN,
! LibraTia/n.
IBO pcopje were killed in Automo
bile accidents In South Carolina. for
the flrnt five months of this year.
V/hat a record!
A Hint to Merchant*
We would suggest to mefohant*
who aro filing Chesterfield rlgar
ettes that they otlve .Rperial attention
to <a dlwpJ^y. of thenrv at thto time. -The
Messenger is bogioTilivg this week
with an ' intensive advertising cam*
palrwi for this i?K>pfol*r cigarette and
Merchant* who show them attractive
ly will find their tales increasing.
ftoldiern Go On Encampment
Company M, 118th Infa.t*try, Cam
dfn'M splendid Hilary company, left
Monday Waning over the Seaboard
for Tarhp Jack?on, where they go far
a fifteen diays training. About fifty
enisled men ad n three office form
ed the oonf*n?*m<k Their' ir\#r\A* rt
home are Interred in 'them and
We that they will have a fine trip.
CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mt. 1'isgah Baptist Church
?Rev. M. B. Gv nter, Pastor
Sunday School Sunday morning at
,10 o'clock. Preaching at 11 o'clock.
Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 7:30.
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First Baptist Church
B. Caston, Pastor
The following services are announ
ced for the week at the First Baptist
Church: Sunday School at 10 o'clock,
Mr. W. G. "Wilson, superintendent.
Preaching by the pastor at 11:15 on
the subject: Witnessing For Christ,
evening service at 8:30, preaching by
the pastor on the subjec-t: The Pro
dinal Son. Prayer meeting Wednes
day evening at 8:30. B. Y. P. U. will
meetiA Thursday evening. The pub
coijdially invited to attend all
Vwe - services.
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mmerVkrm of court
/ 0QNYENES
! Court of general sessions for Ker
shaw county convened Monday morn
ing, with Judge W. H. To wr.se nd pre
siding. Tho court lasted onJy one
day when an adjournment was tak
en* until Mc/nday of next week, the in
tense heat doubtless having some
thing to do with the postponement.
A number of cases/ were disposed
of Monday. Earl Pearce, a negro,
was. acquitted of the murder of Rich
ard Odoms r.egrov an escaped convict
who was serving a sentence on the
chaing ganp* for a criminal assault.
C. H. Beckham was tried) in his ab
sence for vdolaiton of the prohibition
law, and a sealed sentence awaits him
Eli Isenhoward connected1 with thei
same case was convicted and given
a sentence of six nvooitKs, five months
suspended. ... ' .
?Press Gray and Chalmers Johnson,
' kroft It inpr<uul 1 ? roan v. . Johnson
plead guilty. TKe case against
was nol prossed. Se.n/tence not yet
passed in Johnson's case.
II. L. Richardson, violation of the
prohibition law, fivo months, with two
months susperndled.
Boots iSalmond, violation of the
prohibition law, guilty7 five months, jj
three nuspended.
James Smith, who plead' guilty of
the violation of the prohibition law,
was given a sentence of one year.
Chalmers James and Claud Bailey,
house hreakiJVfe' and lar-eny, James
pleadd guilty and was Hven a sen
tence of one year in the Reformatory
for Negro Boys. He is 15 years of
age. Case against Bailey nol pross^
ed.
| Press Johnson was given a sentence
of one year for house breaking and
larceny.
George Harris, a minor, was given
a sentence of three years in the Re
formatory for Negn- Boys for tho
theft of an automobile.
Dor* Dees and Mary Jane Sutton
| were charged with house breaking
and larceny. Dees was convicted and
riven a sentence of two years-. Case
, against Jane Sutton nol pressed.
| James Thomas, plead guilty of non'
support, and was given a sentence of
six months, but upon giving bond for
$200 andi paying $8.00 per month for
support sentence will b<> suspended.,
j L. J. Dun-can plead guilty of the
violation of the prohibition law and
received a sentence of one year.
John White had two cases checked
Up against him for house breaking
and larceny and received i
n each case of one year.
I When court convenes next Monday
? the case of Tom Whitley, a young
white man charge!) with waylaying
and> killing Wya't Patterson, a norrro,
and robbing him will be called.
'MessVs. I. C. Hough and J. K. de
Loach have been appointed to defend
.him. At a forme" *e-m of court a
1 mistrial was made in this case.
j The ease oif Arthur Small, charged
with the murder of Prko Johnson, is
set for W<vliwsi'Say of next week. As
Small is without? an attorney to re
present him the court Han ."^pointed
B. M. Smith and W. L. DePass, Jr.,
to represent h^m.
T&e gyand jury is expected to mako
Its report at the convening *ot <f0nrt
next Mo+kfay.
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A g'od f^erde^' is one room in na
ture's great health laboratory.
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A Number^^aWk Disposed of First
Day. ? AdjourV^Until Next
Monday