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Job Printing &'???? Si Camden Chronicle TEN PAGES ? ? - 1 tf/iv jtm v X X M V i ? <--ami>kn. south Carolina, riiiiuv, may a, 1012. NiMHKit a. ?e BE TO YOUR INTEREST ^rcT* READ THE MANY ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE CHRONICLE found with throat cut. Ix'4J County M?n In Columbia HuntUiiuin. Mr. J. A. DuBoae, of Cypress, In Lee county, will probably be releas ed from Jail it no further evidence J# adduced against bliu connecting blm materially with the death of big friend, Mr. J. L>. Stuckey, who v<as found dead, with his throat cut, In a local ganltarum Sunday nght at 8:16 o'clock. From the Information obtained on Sunday night and Monday morning it appeared that Mr. Stuckey had been receiving treatment for the! whiskey habit and Mr. DuBose had called to see him during the even-| lug. Mr. DuBose, said Mr. Stuckey had borrowed a knife from him and went into an adjoining room to pre-| pare a paper of some kind. When Mr. Dulioae later followed his friend I Inio the room he wa? startled to] find Mr. Stuckey dead, with a gap ing wound In his throat. T,he Jug-] ular vein had been severed with the knife which had beet*^ borrow- j |?d from DuBose. Mr. DuBose informed the uttend-] ants at the sanitarium of th? death | of Mr. Stuckey and after a few min-j futes retired from the building to bis room on Lady street. When Bherlff W. H. Coleman and coroner It. L). Walker reached the room of Mr. Stuckey in response to a report [of the death they saw from the cir cumstances that the wound had beei [inflicted with a knife. The knife ; could not be found and DuBose was visited at his room. He' at first de nied knowing anything about the] knife, but when it was found in his coat pocket with bloodstains on thej blade and back he admitted that! the knife was the one he had lent Mr. Stuckey. The, reason he had hidden It, he declared, was to keep from being "mixed up" in the sui-l cide which he had reported. The remains were sent to Bish-I opville Monday afternoon, accompa nied by a number of friends who1 ftad come over from Blshopvllle af ter hearing of the tragic death* of J their fellow townsman. Mr. DuBose is a traveling man, and was a merchant in his home town before going on the road. His I friends were among the BiBhopville [visitors and a number of them left I /1th Cornoer Walker a statement to] the effect that they believed that Mr. Stuckey had died by his own land and that Mr. DuBoBe was a peaceful and inoffensive man with- 1 >ui malice or motive for stabbing] ?is friend. In the room of the dead man and ?ear wjhere the body lay was found note written on a piece of card >oard. The wording was, "I anv fnnocent and God knows it." . It 'as said that Mr. Stuckey suffered [rom hallucinations,^ imaging that] ?e was being sought for by officers |>f the law. It is believed that this >ndltion of mind prompted the Jrief note. ? Columbia Record, Mon ey. Hobkirk Inn Closes. > The Hobkirk Inn, the pioneer ourist hotel of this section of the k>uth closed Wednesday after its lost successful season since it was ipcned in 1882 by the veteran tour hotel manager, Capt. F. W. El (redge. The Kirkwood Hotel and the i ourt Inn, other tourist hotels clos 3 about two weeks ago. There ere many guests in these hotels, ho desired to stay in Camden long r, as it is the prettiest season of le year. They were transferred to le Hobkirk Inn. Several families, members of the Ktage colony still remain here. >nie of them do ncft leave until Jout the first of June. "All of the hotels had a success il season and the prospects for 'other good season next year are lusually bright." said a well ?own hotel manager recently. The Hobkirk Inn has been man? [ed during the past two years by r. H. G. Marvin, who managed the Monia, of Columbia, before coming ire. ? ' ? 11 ' *???-?? . I ; | y . < | . To Leave Camden. jMr. w. D. Starling, the popular Pnager of the Shand Hullders Sup W Co., hew gold his residence on ^apton avenue., to Mr. TwUty, of pt Wateree, and will move to Bumbla about the first of June. ?Mr. Starling has made many |l re grel' Ito ^see" Kim leave. CAMDKN ( LI H MKT. KU-?-(?'4l to the County OoHventiun. The Camden Democratic c'lub met on Saturday afternoon at the opera house. The attendance wan the largest in yearn, The following of ficer# were elected: T. J. Klrk land, president; Dr. \V. J. Dunn, vice president; C, VV. Birch more, secretary; M. D. Smith, member of the executive committee. The following delegates were elected to the county convention; T. J. Klrkland, -W. H. Hough, Dr. W, J. Dunn, W. F. Russell, W. U DePass, D. H. Hinson, 1. C. Hough, W. B. deDoach, Dr. A. VV. Burnet, W. L. McDowell, L. A. Wlttkowsky, C. W. Birchmore, M. L. Smith, Dr. 8. P. Braslngton. J. J. Goodale, B. W. Hhame, Jameu DeLoache, W. C. Hough, J. K. Bateman and J. S. Trantham. The delegates were authorized to appoint their own alternates in the event they could not J 'attend. A motion was also adopted requesting the county convention to authorize two sets of managers or two polling places for the Camden precinct. In view of the large number of voters here. At the last election it took the man agers until 1 o'clock at night To" complete the count. The Blease and anti-Blease fac tions were not in evidence, nor were the delegates instructed in refer ence to the Democratic presidential nominee. The meeting was a very quiet one and dispersed with its business as hastily as possible. The Lugoff Democratic Club met Saturday afternoon and elected the following officers: James Teai/i, president; H. A. Rabon, secretary; H. A, Rabon, executive committee man. The following delegates were elected to the County convention: L. I. Guion, H. A. Rabon and W. L. Jones. f The following officers were elect ed by the Swift Creek Democratic Club on Saturday afternoon: B. H. Boykln, President; J. Q. Godman, Secretary; B. H. Boykln, Executive Committeeman. J. Willis Cantey and S. Boykln were elected delegate to the county convention. Blease Quits Club. A special to the State from New berry, dated April 27, says: "Following the election of dele gates to the county convention by the Ward 3 Democratic club here to-night, Gov. Blease instructed the) secretary of the club to take his name from the roll of membership. In the election *the governor had failed of selection as a delegate. Ward 3 is the governor's home club" and he attended, answering the roll call tonight. The delegates elect-] ed received 3 2 to 36 votes each. Blease received 14 votes. ?'After instructing the striking off of his name the governor said he Wiould Join another club and would attend the county convention as a delegate, and that Ward 3 would hear from him there. "In Ward 5, the mill club, Gov. Blease was elected a delegate to the county convention by a stand ing vote. He was formerly a mem ber of this club." Verdicts Returned. The celebrated case of Hettie Richardson, et al., against the G. |-S. & A. Ry. company, a suit for damages in sum of $35,000 growing out of an auto-electric car collision at Belton in 19 09, iif which Rev. J. H. Richardson and M. J. Cobb, their wives and Rev. E. A. McDowell and Mrs. Richardson sustained injuries, ended in the United States district court at Greenville Friday. Mrs. Hettie Richardson, as admin istratrix, will be awarded a verdict of $2,500. This was known as case No. 1. In the case of Mrs. Rich ardson, for herself, which was known as case No. 2, the railway company was awarded a verdict. Rev. E. A, McDowell, ofi Ehrhardt, Bamberg county, was awarded a ver dect for $1,000. . This wasl the third case. In the fourth case, that of Mrs. J. H. Cobb and W. H. Cobb, as administrators of J. H. Cobb, the verdict was lit favor of the defend ant corporation. arti i "} ,t v ? # Tphe case went through three terms of the federal court, twice re sulting In a mistrial. The ijftry this time deliberated tor 15 how*, ? * , | Mr. and Mrs. Henry Boy kin, of rttn .t ' ? * BOY KIN MILL THA<*KI)V lt?-<all?Ml in WliU-li Twenty - l-wur liivctt WVrt' Next Sunday, May 6th., will be fifty-two years since the moat aw ful tragedy ever recorded in the annals of Kershaw county took plac at Homing Fond, eight miles he low Camden, when twenty - four young ladies and young men were drowned. The Bunday schools of Camden and Swift Creek held a union pic nic there on that day, and it was a moat joyous occasion for all who attended .until late In the afternoon someone proponed that they take a ride on an old flat boat then on the pond. In a abort time more than alxty peraona were on the boat, and it atarted off from ahore. It had not gone more than one hundred feet when it atruck a snag and aome one ruined the cry that "the boat wan ainking." ? Some jumped towarda the ahore with othera following rapidly. Even thoae who did not want to go were puahed off by the frightened ones behind them, ao that In less than a minute there waa a writhing mass of human belnga in the water jwhich about 12 feet deep at that point. Muny good swimmers were pulled down by thoae who could not awim while othera managed to get back on the boat and aaalated in pulling to it many of thoae who were in reach, thus aaving the lives of ma ny who were in the water. The boat did not aink, although one end of it waa forced under the water when the rush was made by the crpwd towarda ahore. Efforts were Immediately made to recover the bodiea of the drown ed persons. Some were taken from the water in a few minutes but np_t one of them who was uncon scious when brought out w&b re suscitated. It was a sad day in and around Cauiden. There was iiloura ing on all sides for relatives afid friends who had been drowned and on Sunday there was a Joint fun eral from the Methodist church when services were conducted at one time over eleven of the bodies. There are several persons still living in Camden who were present and witnessed the tfcene, and, al though more than Jhalf a century has elapsed since the event, the scenes and incidents connected with it are as fresh almost as if. it had occurred only yesterday. Handsome Auto. The Camden Motor Co. received this week one of the handsomest touring cars ever brought to this city. Mr. H. \V. Stradford, repre senting the J. I. Case Co., is here demonstrating the machine, which has been greatly admired by all who have seen it. : It is the latest mod el 4 0-horse machine. Death of an Infant. Agnes, the little sixteen months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dal ton McLeod, died on Tuesday night last about 8:30 o'clock. The bur ial took place at the Camden cem etery on Wednesday afternoon. This is the second child that Mr. and Mrs. McL?eod have lost and the affliction is quite a sad one. Return* Thanks. The President of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Camden Hospital would like to thank, personally, eac and every one that helped in the Mock Court Trial, but finding that inconvenient will they please accept our thanks through the newspapers. We would like to extend our thanks to the newspapers for print ing our advertising free of charge, the judge, the Jurors, the witnesses, the defendant, the plaintiff, court crier, sljeriff, cletk, lawyer, furni ture dealer for the use of his furni ture, the use of dray for hauling it, 8tagevjoianager, ticket sellers, door keeper, ushers, opera house mana gers, and for the reduction in lights. We know they are public spirited enough to be glad io do It for the hospital, but If It had not been for their assistance we ootild not have cleared such a nice sum; . Mrs. Douglas Boykln. B. O. McCrelght, who is connect ed with the railway mall service with headquarters at Washington/ spent a few days wtth relatives. h?re this week. WATKIt AND LIGHTS i'iti/.t'iis Met Monday M^lil (?i I ( USD l*|1?|K>ht't| Isli Ct toll. The business men of Cumden met Monday night to kubk,1'>i a coniDtU sfon composed of three men to tuke charge of the water and ll^ht plant, which the city expect* to own within the coming year. The sub ject of the meeting whh to keep the commission out of politic*. The crowd suggested three men that would he acceptable to a majority of the business men of Camden to serve two, four and six yearn. They are:. C. J. Shannon, Jr., W. H. Eve, Jr., and W, Bratton de Loach. These names will be placed on the ballot when the bond Issue election COineti off at an early date. There may be additional namea added to the 11st. It 1h the Intention of the city council to order an election for $100,000 bond issue and at the same time to order an election for the commissioners to take charge of the bond Issue in oaBe the city la In favor of It. The commission will buy the Camden Water and Light company, if they see fit, and can come to terms with the company, or will erect a new plant. Mr. Lud low, an experienced engineer, of Winston-Salem, N. C., estimated a new plant can be erected for $90, 000. The city ban an option on the Boykln property at the mouth of Dicey's creek, where it enters the factory j>ond, and Mr. Ludlow says this ia the best place for the location of a water plant, that a sufficient quantity could be obtain ed to supply a city of 100,000 In habitants. BIG AUCTION WALK. Of Kirk wood Residence liOtn To Colored People. ~~Mr. W. T.'Mixson, sales manager Of the Wynona Realty Co., of Co lumbia, i* In Camden this week pre paring to put on a big auction sale of residence lota in Kirkwood for colored people. The property to be sold is the Monroe Boykln tract, sit uated near Spalding Junction and is in a healthy locality^. Mr. Mixson is arranging for a big day among the ct^lored people. A brass band will be on hand to fur nish music for the occasion and re freshments will be served. A free lot will be given for Bchool purposes, and In addition to this a free lot will be given to the person holding a lucky ticket. The sale comes off on Tuesday, May 7th. Be sure to read the big ad in another place In this paper. 78 YKAIW OF AGE Forty-Five of Which H?ve Been Spent in the Ministry . On May 3rd, Rev. W. B. Gordon, the beloved Rector of Grace Episco pal church, will be 73 yeanrfv of age, 4 6 of which have been spent In the active ministry. Mr. Gordon has sent out to all of his parishon ers the following invitation: "My Dear Parishioners: "Sunday, May 6th, being my sev enty-third birthday and also the for ty-fifth anniversary of my Ordina tion, I will be glad if all of you will y Communion with "Faithfully yours, "W. B. Gordon.' Camden Will be Represented . With the horse show only a few weeks off interest in the annual spring event is being manifested. The Indications are that a record breaking crowd will attend the show,. Letters have been received from prominent people in Atlanta, Camden, Spartanburg Aiken and Co lumbia, and other towns and citieH stating that they will attend the show.- ? Greenville Piedmont. Bethnne lloard of Trade. Board of Trade has been organiz ed at Bethune with a membership of about forty. The first work that will be taken up by the Board win be to build a road from Be? thune to Big Springs, that will to (luce the distance about one and a half miles. The following gentlemen were elected as officers: J. A. Stone, president; H* H. rflolder, vice pres ident; Joe Hough# secretary; 8. T. IX>M1*.\ X V iNHl'KtTKD. 1 'onipany aiwl Klrlt' l(ang?* ? >1 Kcl* hliaw <iuait|s Is Adjutant Inspector (leneral Jain?s \V. Moyre and Cayi. McMasler, I', rt. A., inspected th? rifle range' of t Kershaw guard*, Company A, Sec ond reKiuient, N. (I. S. C,, Monday afternoon, and the compait) and Its equipment Monday night at their armory on Main street, The company paHsed a very cred itable inKpection. The inspecting offlcera said that the company has tl?e heat rifle range in the State, with the exception of Charleston. The range is situated in the meadow between liateman's ditch and the Watereo river. They said that the. anus were In the best condition of any company that they had Inspect ed this year, and that the company was well up in Its drilling. The inspecting officers gave the local company a very flattering report in their annual report last lear. Several years ago, the members of the company purchased thelrarm, ory at a nominal sum. Hince then, the property in that locality has greatly Increased in value. The proposed $50,000 poatofflce build ing will bo built within 100 feet of the armory, which will enhance val ue of the property Htill more. Went Down on Titanic. New? has been received here that Mr. Perclval \Yhlu? and son, Richard White, who are well known In Camden, were among the passen gers who went down with the ill fated Titanic. Mr, White Is a regular winter vis Itor in Camden. Thin year he and his wife came to Camden at the be ginning of the tourist senson and stayed at the Hobklrk Inn an us ual. Mr. White's son, wan to have finished in June at BowMen college, at New UrunRwtek, Maine., and he came to Camden to join his father. His father had promised him a sea trip for standing high in his clans, so they left 'Camden for New ^York In time to catch the Olympic, hound for Kurope. They reached Kurope Just In tim% to catch the Titanic for the return trip to Anfbrlca. Mrs. White left here two days before the Titanic was due to dock at New York to meet her husband and son. The White's are prominent and popular people and their tragic end came as a great shock to the guests of this hotel who so pleasantly re membered them. I Krglo? Hlnsoii. Announcement!* have been receiv ed In Camden of the marriage of Mr. Charles William HinsoYi, form erly of Camden, to MIbb Cora Alona Ergle, which occurred on April 28, at the home of the bride at Grnn iteville, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. IJinBon will reside at Tlmmonsville, wliere Mr. Hinson - is connected with the Enterprise of that city. Hcliool Closing. On Saturday, Apr. 20th, Trinity School, of which Mr. N. P. Qettys is principal, closed with a very en joyable picnic. In Bpite of the In clemency of the weather, a large crowd attended, and everyone seem ed to spend a pleasant day. Some of the ladies in the community sold Ice cream and candy for the bene fit of the Camden Hospital, and In this way quite a nice little sum was realized. Mr. Pawl in Married. On Wednesday, April 2 4th, Mr. J. A. Pardln and MIbb Willlngham, were married at the bride's home In Harlem, Oa. Mr. Pardln is no stranger here, having been in charg of this division of the Postal Tele graph Line for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Pardln are at home to their friends In the Steedman cottage on Laurens street. Home 'Possum Hunter. The following clipping is taken from a recent issue of the Carolina Sun, in reference io . Bob Driver. His fame as a 'possum hunter has spread. /Mr. Driver led the agents of the state last year In the amount of Insurance wrltleriby one agent: ' * ' ? ' ' i * ** " ? * *" " **** * 'ffVf* ( rfi * '^Driver, the Camdeh beauty, Who Is Johnny on the spot. The man who has become famous, By running his ankles hot, Since the Carolina has adopted him, And pointed* ou& the light, He can write ten applications dally, And 'possum hunt at night." v. ----- ? ??H M?v. ? -J ;>.<? ?. s": I'KHSONA li MENTION. Item* of liiUU'cst Conroi'iiiiiK City ami County People. Mr?. Matthew Singleton, of Co lumbia, its vlsltiiiK Mr? U. C, John SOIIV Mr. and Mt'ki. Alix. Clarkson, 01' Eastover, in v t hi 1 1 1 1 k Mite. ( ' lav Usoa mother here. Dr. MeCaskiil has tnovjjd into lit new house on the coi ner of Fair an I Hallo streets. II Ik an attractive cottage. M r . Thompson, Of Baltimore, wh > hat) been visiting . MIhh Charlotte M. Thompson, rotnrneii home Mon day night. Mrs, Beverly Mlkell, of Charles tou, 1h here to attend the Johnson Jones wedding and to visit her fa i ther, Capt. Eldredgo. Mr. . H E. Sparrow, consul com mander of Poplar ('amp, and candi date for superintendent of Educa tion of Lee county, wan In Camdi" on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. \V. C. Syagle, of tb?? Stockton neighborhood, lout their thirteen months old daughter luaL week. The infant wan hurled at Camden on Friday. Mr.J.D. Dean, of Suinmerton, who formerly realded hero, and who wan one of the heat known men in the county, spent Tuesday and Wednea day with Mrs. E. J). Boy kin. Mrs. Blandlng DoSausBuro, of At lanta, la vlalting her sister, Mrs. U. C. Johnaon. She w?as In attend ance at the marriage of MIhh Mary DoukIuh Johnson to Mr. Dan M, Jones. H. D. Tichnor and family liavo returned to Great Barrlngton, Mass.. their summer home, after spending the winter here. Mr. Tichnor had I a very successful seuson at the Court Inn. Mr. C. Stokes has returned from Knowlton's Infirmary lti Columbia, wfliero ho underwent an operation on one of bis eyes. For some time Mr. Stokes has suffered with his right eye and a few weeks ago ho went to Columbia and had the eye ball taken out Henry B. Kennedy, hoii of Mr. A. D. Kennedy, Sr., of our city, who Is now cashier of one of the large At lanta banks, spent a few days hero this week with bin parents. Mr. Kennedy 1h one of the Camden boys who has made good in the banking circleH of Atlanta. ->-> Mr. G. \V. Crosby baa ordered .booths which be will place in his 'ice cream parlor. This addition to his store will give it quite a hand some appearance. He will also re place* all old mirrors with now and have the interior of his store re painted and culsotnined. Kershaw Shannon, of Jefferson, was in Camden part of the week to attend the annual inspection of the Kershaw Guards, which compa ny he is a member of. ' Mr. Shan non is an old Camden boy. He graduated at the Citadel In June, and has been teaching in the Jef ferson school since September. Admiral Uoss, U. S. Navy, retir ed, and his daughter, MIsb Alice, who have been vlBltlng Miss Thomp son at the "Terraces," . left on Wed nesday for San Francisco, where he will sail for HonoHUu. After spend ing about, a month there he will sail for Now Zealand to spend several months. He recently returned front i Panama where he spent the winter. A special to -the State from Flor ence, dated April 29, says.: "Men del L. Smith, past grand chancellor .of the Knights of Pythias, and speaker of the, house of representa tives, delivered the memorial addres for the order at M&uiMrHope ceme tery 8unday afternooon. The at tendance was large, and the aud ience was dellgfvted with the address of this excellent speaker. Harmo ny lodge Is one of the strongest and one of the llves.t lodges in the state." Spereo Beleos Is having extensive repairs made on the Camden Candy Kitchen. The front la beign ro-mod eled and the plate glass windows moved back about three feet for the display of his fruits, etc., and a space partitioned off for an ice cream parlor. He will manufacture his own cream. 'Mr. Beleos owns a branch store in Lancaster. He has recently completed a fruit house for the storing of perishable fruits, which he will handle In wholesale i lots. Capt. W. G. Adams has the contract for the work.