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VOMMto XXIII. CAMDBN. SOUTU OABOUKA, HMIMV, A MM I, ? *, juia. Nl'MHKIt 51 HOKKIliUB CiMMK L s?k'" W0? "l |"' *** ? ClUlKlfll. I " 'riromoo?vIUe~ KOUrprlW ot I. T week Wl'? th? fol,0wln? *** II" brutal crime of John **?*" I i e negro *fco Wtt" t,orn *?d fc to t.md?:> ??<! .??" |***j"bn Txwkwoud. U negro about |,? v8arl of age. ran amuck hew I u uduy Si*"1. atter "UllI,? OM ">d wounding two other., end ErtM at -till another. The follow 1^ ,' the reeult ot hU Jealon. rage: [hi. owu inM'X. ln"talltlj' k"'edt: "4 [tie bockwood. miu I John Russell, <>nt across face, Wlen Imeok throw elaehed; John bockr l.ood committed euleide. I ^Tbe crime ot Infant muVder wae I... of the bioodleet that ha? ever ?occurred in Tlmmousville. The ne Uro and his wife had been separat K A for several w*?ks. Monday she KLe to town and t*ckWood sent Itor her to come to h?* Wee. She EtfAnt and was talking to the man, tU' small brother being' present. ?Suddenly, about 10 o'clock, Lock? ?wood got up and went to tyls gun VZ examined it. Finding the gun ?unloaded, the negro reloaded. tt. ac cording to the woman,- and then Laid he was going to kill hie broth Lr whereupon he levelled the gun Et the boy, hut was prevented from Iflrlhg hy hta *>fe. The boy ran lout of the house and Lockwbod [turned the gun on Mattie Lock wood. I She ran from him and Was Jumping lout of the window when he fired? jthe load strllkng Jher in the hand land severing -two fingers. "It seems evident that Lockwood [believed ms wue w 7V" ? ? led by the shot, as he pursued her Eo further. Hearing the shot? Jno, iFloyd, a near neighbor, started for tbckwood'B house, and as, he got hear, he testified he sawi Lockwood Hssue from the house With hls.sev fcn-months-Old baby in his arms, He fwas seen to lay it on the sidewalk land deliberately slash Ub throat. J "Believing his wife to be dead, Lnd after slaying the Infant, the ?erased negro made preparations to ?end his own life. Earlier in the af Iternoon he had asked a white man Wo buy a bottle of carbolic acid. Ui? Ion refusal the negro had himself purchased a small -bottle of the KLeadly drug. ? ? "Leaving the baby on the side Iwat*, where it died Without scarce ly a struggle, the head being al most severed from the body, Lock fcvood started to* the pine fordst In the edge of town; Meeting Ellen Black, she accosted him and asked Elm what was the. matter. For re fcly the negro cut at he* throat with ti razor, making a deep- and almost Jalal wound. He then proceeded-to Ih'e forest and Was overtake^ by ?ohn Russell who attempted to stop lim. In an altercation that follow ed, Russell was severely cut across the eye. leaving Russell Lock? ?rood entered the grove. "When the Officers arrived with a posse the Legro was nowhere to be seen. I Hearing groans from the woods End reaching the place Lockwood was found In /the last throes of leath from drinking carbolic acid. ? "Lockwood was a blacksmith^ em ployed at Mr. Cooper's shop, and L said to have been an exception ally good workman. He was Bteiady ?nd considered a peaceful negro." Grace Church Officers. x I The following officers of Grace fcplsoopal Church of this city haVe |Q elected for the fensuing year: ij. E. B. Cantey, Senior "Warden; I D. Kennedy, Junior Warden; and ie following-vestrymen: Capt. W. r Shannon, C. J. Shannon, Jr., C. | Yates, A. M. .Brailsford, B. H. 5ykln, D. A. Boykin, L. I. Guton, ?Willis Cantey, and C. C WhVtak.er A. Boykin was reelected Treasu *r, with H. G. Carrison, Jr., W. k Young, and John Villefrigue as alstants. MaJ. B. B. Cantor A. Kennedy, Sr% B. H. %ykln, and J. Shannon, Jr., were elected dele fctes to the State Convention, which pttH, at Beaufort. The following n are alternates: D. A. I.^Quion, d. C. Wh C&nt ru cited, \<'mM ey. The ?mM 'or the I>KATU AT 1WTHUKK. | Capt, Jf. N. NUhi lmm Ftuuiw Avtvy ttt Adduced A*?. * ' V-V ' \Vitb sincer ? regret wo aunouuoe the death of Capt. J. N. Nicholson, which occurred' at Bethuue 011 Sat urday last, April 0. 1912. II? bad been nick for only a few days and hl? death came aa a great shock to blt? many frltjudw. <Japt. Nicholson was bora in Chap ter ? couuty and bad be lived until Sunday, the day be was buried, be would have been 80 year old. I?e wan a member of the Baptist church He graduated at a school in North Carolina and in I860, be married Mies Nanuie Barat, of Cleveland county, N. C. Prom this union lg children were born, $ of whom sur vive him: Mr. N. A. Nicholson, of Spartanburg; Miss Sallle Nicholson, of Betbune; Mrs. J. Y. Hum rick, of Boiling . Springs, N. C.;' Mr. J. C. Nicholson of Camden; Mrs. Belle Reed, of Lancaster; Miss Kate Nich olson, of Bethune; Mr. W. b. Nlch-? olson, of Darlington, and Mr. C. S. Nicholson, of Bethune. Capt, Nicholson was a man of hlgi character and great worth, and his life stands out as an example io young men showing that It pays to do right. He was a gentleman in the true sense of the word ? always gentle, courteous, respectful and con slderate. Ip. business, he was faith ful to di)ty and honorable, but the greatest' thing that can be said of him is that he loved Qod and bis fellow man- ? in other words, he was a christian. His was an ideal home ? the love and respeqt of the father was re flected In the qharacter of ?Ach niombaflme family. Capt. Nicholson wasTfne ojf the most hos pitable ni%n the writer has ever known. His was a sincere, warm, genuine hospitality, which one who has partaken of it, cherishes and never forgets. He was thoroughly WWlflBh, horoughly patriotic and was a high toned, useful citizen. In him were the traditions and customs of the oW time hospitable', generous Southern gentleraau. j' His Influence will live. He will ' be missed by scores of friends and his children \9fill rise up and call him blessed.< The funeral Services were held at his home at 5.30 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. J. M. of tlie Presbyterian Church, and the body was laid to rest in the old Soojtoh burying ground about 3 milerf* from Bethune, in the pres ence of a flfcge concourse of sor rowing relatives and friends. While attending the funeral of Capt. Nicholson 911 Sunday last the wrltef with his better half was en tertained at the hospitable, christ ian frome oL Mf. and Mrs. QiUlam King. * Their hind and hospitable treatment of us will always be a pleasant memory with us. We at tended service on 8unday morning at the Presbyterian Church. The patftor, Rev. J. M.\ Forbis preached an exceptionally good and appropri ate .Easter sermon. Although Mr. Flprbie has been at Bethune only a short while, he and his excellent wife have already onflearod.lhemr-, selves to the good people of Be thune. j ? I , ? 1? Easter Program at Kirkwood. The following "attractive musical programme was carried out at the Kirkwood Hotel on Easter Sunday evening: Unfold Ye Portals ? "The Redemption" . . .... Gounod Spring, Beautiful Spring Walts \ .. t . Llncke 'Excerpt from "Messiah" .. Handel] (a) Mignonette . . . . Godard Cb) Serenade . Lange Scenes from "Mignon".. . .Thomas Humoreske Dvork Harp of St. Cecelia . . , . Wiegand Fantasia ? "Samson and tfe lilah" Saint-Saems Wiegand Trio. . Mr. M. C. Lumpkin, of Columbia, | was on the program for several bvi tone, sdlos, but at the last moment was forced to cancel his engagement due to sore throat. ;f v y 1. . - . .?!?' i) ? 1 : js Tile Rational Plan For a Vacation. Not idlenessf but change of scene I it with a combination | and profitable study, rational plan, whether or old. Brenau College prob HI liltUKlHNO MVB MTOCK. The UMv?nUge? of Crftjp Breed ing? ArtUlo I^IX. The modern breeds of pure bred live stock are the results of lung , A . ?ard work and study by the beat breeders oft ho world. The youngest of these breeds is now ma ny years old^wbll# the oldest wjere ybolng bredt pure before this country was settled. Live stock breeding is both 9 science and an art, and to develop a new breed is not a matter of a few years* work, but it is the work of several generations. One of the principles upon which live stock breeding is based is "That like tends to beget like." When two pure breds of t^e same breed are mated, we expect the offspring to be like its parents; ^because there la, back of each o these parents,, a long line of purs blood. When ?two pure breds n<A of the same' breed are mated, there at onoe takes place a "battle of breeds," and th# offspring will be like ihat parent whose blood is tye strongest. When therefore, two old breeds, as Tam? worth and Berkshire, or Jersey or Holstein, are mated, there is brou'gh into conflict bloods or Influence* that bare taken ^enturles to reach their present state of perfection. In the hands of experienced breed ers crow breeding was sometimes used to advatage in the formation of new breeds; but in the hands of Inexperienced breeders if is a most dangerous practice. The flrs{. cross sometimes is good; but . after that euch breeding is very uncertain be cause the offspring will depend upt on. whichever of its bloods gets the mastery. Then, too, it sometimes occurs that the good blood will bal ance each other, and there w^lll out crop some bad character that has been held In check^ver since the breed began. / Because of *Ws uncertainty of this breeding, a "cross-bred" sire shduld never be used nor any croBs bred females kept for breeding, ex cept where a pure bred is at the head of the herd. For this reason a "cross-bred" can never bring more ort | the market than its worth tor meat;, and the ''farmer who breeds such loses the Chance of selling his best animals at "pure-bred" prices. If, for no other reason than this, th farmer should hesitate to cross breed. But cross breeding must not be confused with '^grading." By grad ing is meant ihematlng of a pure bred wlthascrub or with an animal with no Or very little pure blood. This can be done with perfect safety, because the power is all on one side and the reauU fs sure. A pure-bred Angus bull mated with scrub cot>rB will get over 80 per.1 GcnL of bis calves pure, black and hornless ? so much power~fiaa the pure blood over the mixed blood. There is no better way for the young breeder to begin than with a grade herd and a pure bred sire. As his experience grows, so the purity of the blood of his herd Increases, and in a few years he *111 find him ?elf in possession of a herd that, for all practical purposes, Is as pro fitable as a pure bred, and more over he has learned I how ibo care for a pure bral. * J. M. Burgess, Assistant Professor of Ahimal Hus bandry <and Dairying. SCHEDULES CHANGED. \rd Inaugurate** Change Patrons Do Not Like. All train' schedules on the Sea Air Une Railway, with the 66, the morning train from Columbia, were changed Tuesday last, effective 12:01 a. m. ? , Southbound. No. 81 . . 4:60 a. W. No.. '57 . . . . . . 10:06 a. m. No. 43 I*-? P- m ^^^^o^hbound.^^k^ 11:40 p. m. No. 84 10:?r!S3H No. 66 .... . . 6:47 a. m. ? The^ above schedule is very in convenient for citizens aloifg the line adjacent to Columbia. It be ing almost impossible to go to the capital city and' return the sa^e KOUNU UEAI* IN HKI>. . (*ud?i<ii l>eatti of John it. Cureton, Formerly of I'wndW. |Hfevaunab, Qa., April 6.? John B. Cui<iun. of Camden, 8. O.. was found dead in bed this afternoon iq hi* room at the home of Mrs. I. it. Wotkuu, wheu Miss Besalo Jones, ?' gourde r, went to th'e room to lu uujr? If he wanted anything. Cure ton had been complaining for sever al days. Two young men who occu pied the room with him did not know anything waa Wrong when they left the houae thla morning. Cureton had evidently arisen thla ^morning and partly dressed, 'and then decided to return 4o beck again. : A ^letter on his person waa post ^Wirked "Camden," and waa signed "Your nephew;, J. 0. C." A Bible wa? discovered in hla auit case, on the fly leaf of which waa written "li> papa, with love from Carrie.* v{ |y little ia known of Cureton JKre. He had been living in Savan nah for several weeks. The man Wis apparently 00 years old. l^Mr. Cureton referred to In the jifjjpve dlapatch left Camden several years ago. He haa mauy relativea M this county and leaves two chil ijpin-? Mrs. Prank G. Parker, for? rly of Columbia, but now of lladelphia, and Mr. R. Lee Cure , of the Atlanta Georgian ataff. Kwoati H61d Track Meet. '? \The Boy Scout'e club held Its first &ntck meet of a series to be held, Mil Wednesday afternoon on the Mlo field. A large crowd was oU| l&nd, especially many school chil jjpe?. The club is divided in*o & patrols; the blues, reds and yellow* The yellow were victorious, and won the handsome cup, which will be come the property of the patrol that Wins It three times. Shannon for |be yellow team stored 15 points. ||jne-tenthB of the members of the |pt>ut club are pupils of the gram Hr . and high schools. A track team will be picked at an early date frm* represent the high school in Co jjjjmbla at the inter - high school itrjack meet, which will be held In MW. The following hoy?^.won^#t the meet on Wednesday: One hundred yard dash, i'Jack Watkins, , red ; baseball throw, Ralph Shannon^ Vellow; phot put, Hugging, yellow; 220-yd dash. Jack Watkins, red; running broad Jump, Ralph Shannon, yellow; 880 - yard dash, Ralph Shannon, yellow; 8 - legged race, Rolllings and Hugglns, yellpw; hammer throw, Hugglns, yellowy 440-yard dash, Stoney, blue; high jump, Shannon, yellow; pole vault, VJllepigue, red; sack race, trotter, red; potato race, Shannon, yellow; standing broad jump, Port, red; one mile relay race, yellow; greased pig chase, Taylor, blue. Pield fudge, CAptr MTX. Smith? starter, H. O. Strohecker; time keeper, J. S. Halsall and Dr. W. J. Burdell ; scorer, T. D. Ancrum. Dedication Services. , . - ?? The dedication of the large Hub bard Hall, the addition to Browning Home {in<l Mather Academy, will be held on Wednesday and Thursday of next week. The following pro gram of exercises has been furnish ed us: Wednesday, April 17, 8 p. m. ? School entertainment. Thursday, 10:30 a. m.? Dedica tory Service. Thursday, 2:30 p. m. ? Address' by Pres. Herbert Welsh, Ohio Wesley an tfhlversity, Trinity Church. Thursday, 5 p.. m'.? Vesper Ser? j vice on Campus. Industrial Exhib it, Hubbard Hall. A cordial invitation Is o*tendedj to the public to attend. To Rbi Special Conch. The State Teachers' Association' will ^meet in Charleston on April 25 and 26. Preparations are being made to run a special coach over the Coast Line Railway to accomo date those who wish to attends The graded schools will be closed on Thursday and Friday, April 25 and 20, in order to allow teachers- to attend. ' Returning the party wilj " > Charleston Sunday afternoon, thus giving two whole ty by/ the Sea, Aay tke advantage of coach ahould ,calt oh O. Strohecker, principal of 1ST" ? minhtkkl mhow Ur|e Orwwd on iiiut Ti|(w> day Kvening, The bent amateur minstrel ever given In Camden wae "pulled off" at the opera house Tuesday night by fifteen young men. They took the citizen* completely by surprise in their witty jokes am) catohy songs. Bverysong huw* during the evening wum encored one or more times. The work of Messrs. Rivers Alexander, W. D. Starling/ Jr., Le Orand Dixon, Bob Driver and Lee Little deserves considerable coin men Mr. Dixon was connected with Co burn's minstrels for part of a sea son. Lee Little entertained the audience for h^lf an bosr wjth slight of hand tricks. v Home o t them would compare favorably with the trloks of Herman. He has been studying this work for several years The audience was so. well pleased wRh the show, that they want it repeated at an early date. The company will likely give perform ances at Kershaw and Blshopvllle next week. The proceeds, $166.00 to to the Camdsn Hospital. The two end men were certainly 4< peaches." They kept the audlenoe In an uproar of laughter during the evening. Solos by George Wilson, Charlie Shannon, Smyri Halsall and LeGrand Dixon were repeatedly en cored; The comic songs of Vernon Dixon, Starling, Driver and Alexan der, accompanied by chorus were re peatedly applauded. one act comedy In which "Jeff Shannon, "Slimmy" Dixon, "Crip" Halsall "Mut" Lewis, ably assisted by Bob Driver and Rlyeri Alexander and Beveral boys disguised as "qtiUtid .ladies" In, a "break down" camp meeting scene was more than amus Ing. * The credit of the evening mostly goes to "Chief" H. L. Watklns* who managed the show and kept things moving. Except for him, the show might have fallen through sometime ft&0? but he^ urgedthe boys on and came down^every night to superin tend their work. Miss Mildred ,<!*>odalo is not to be forgottei^ She worked faithfully night after night at the rehersals and as an apprecia tion of her services, she was pre sented with a handsome pin by the members of the troupe, a. T. Lit; tie, Jr., won the fountain pen given by the Camden Drug Company for the* boys' prize for selling the most tickets, ? and Miss Rhetta Wilson woh the ladles' v prize given by Q. L. Blackwell. Rev. M. ? L. Lawson made the presentation speech, V - ' , ?' ' ? Mr. Bdwln Lawson, who is attends ing the Atlanta School of Medicine is at home for his vacation. ? . MKING" PEHKINS DKAD. ? ? Probably Oldest Xegro IdSoutlr Pled Yesterday. r " ' if * >11 1 . Ill 1 1 v/.-'Jf Yesterday morning in a little hut ion Knight's Hill, five miles north of Camden, passed away probably the oldest negro In this county, if not in the . South. "King" Perkins was his name, and he has been lingering between life and death for many weeks, having literally died of old age. He had the perfect manner of an old-time slave and was well liked and highly respected by white and '? ir'.i- ?. .< : Y ? A j- 'i'ti'j : ' v-5 colored??? leaves many descendant ? having been the father "of twenty three child reniS Hl? exAct age U nc known, but th&ite In authority sa he to near th# extreme age of 11 years. Owing to the lateneae of th testis ?SS?Stu W a full account mf I'KHHONAL MENTION. Kumun of lntorMt Oou<??mlng City Mud i'ouuty People. Dr, and Mm. W. t>, Urlgaby were In Camden' 'Tuesday. ? '.1 L. 8. Davidson spent last week In Charlotte on business. Dr. I. W. Plttmau, of Turbevllle, v^ih in Camden Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Dellaportes, of Hli|ne beck, N. Y., are visiting In Camden. Wylle Homie and Walter Clarke were visitors at Kershaw hu,t week. Miss Helen Kohn, of Columbia, spent laat week wltb Mrs. Qus. Hlrsch. Mr. Button Johnson, of North aro~ Una, visited his sister, Mrs. C. C. Vaughan last week. Mr. Swnrts, a landscape gardener Is at the "Terraoee," where he will do extensive work. C. B. Watts, formerly of Cantey Hill, who resides at Pageland, spent V last woek Mi Camden. Miss Mabel Lollls, who Is chief telephone operator at jWUBon, N. ' 0., is vlslttng relatives here. Prof. Lexle Gelsenhelmer, who is teaching in the Charleston schools, was a visitor here last week. Gene Lenoir, who has been at tending school in Norh-t Carolina, spent the Baster holidays at home. Mr. L. T. Mills has opened a law office in the Watklns building. wt.i handle real estate and loans ulso. The post office receipts for the month of March were $1,276.70, a gain of $58.29 over the same month last year. Raymond Williams, who is con? nected with the Bell Telephone Co., of Columbia, spent the week end with his parents hfere. Sidney Cohen, who is teaching at the University of South Carolina, spent a #ew) days of last week with Mr. Lexle Oelsenhelmer. llobert Kennedy. Jr., who has bee . residing at Savannah for the past year has returned to Camden. His many-friends are' glad to see him. ' Messrs. George Norwjood, Lester anf Dave Pferklns and Hub -Lang? v, ston, students at the University of South Carolina? -spent Sunday here with friends. v Mr. R. M. Qlftord and family have moved In^o the Hallo house /on, the corner of Pair and Halle street. Tho ? citizens of Camden are glad to have this family with them again. The Bethune Telephone Company, Of Bethune, has, been chartered. The Company will have a capital stock of $16 00M with the right to increase to $5000. The petitioners are Mes sers Holder! Terry, Stone, and NOrth cutt. ' ? ' " '* <? '*t ? ? - BThi^evkoff-Zemp Mercantile com* | pany of HArt?Ule? JjAfiltftL ... stock of $10,000, to do a general new has been commissioned by the Secretary of State. The petitioners are Lazarus Levkoff, George Levkoff and Frank M. Zemp, all of Camden. ? Ppst office Inspector Holliday ( i here last week finishing the tiyipect ton of Camden, relative to in augurating free mail delivery. Mr Siolliday was here a month ago, but did not flnlfth his work, due to In clement weather. He was very muc pleased with the city, and will, no - doubt make a favorable report. J - - V';- ? - > - V;* ? r Since the Easter holidays are over, the tourists are leaving Camden \n large numbers. The Seaboard train northbound, was at the station for ?twenty two minutes on Saturday night, in order to load the numerous trunks of the the passengers getting on here. On Mondty/ night, it w6s again delayed for about fifteen min 'tea for the same reason^ I v *Flre This Morning. . '$$$0. ? l' ? ' ' ' I V) * */ '? N ? ^ About?: 12:80 o'clock this morning I fire destroyed three barn# between Lyttleton and Fair streets, belong ing to Messrs. W* R. Eve, Jr., W. R. Watkins and Mrs. E. D. Boykln. The fire originated In the barn 6f Mrs. Boykln and quickly spread to I the others which were nearby. Sev eral outhouses also caught, but vflere quickly extinguished. The loss of all three barns Is es Umated to be about Mr.