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SV<>M?*IK XXIV. ('AMI)KN, SOtTfi CAROLINA, Wlll>\Y, Jtxv ft, IVI2. CASES TRIED SUMMER TERM COURT IkK Ml ltlMvJt HKHtl/l i .uvnrr \lh. ? ciHANii nuv i'hkhk.ntment srii uijuuiuer term of general ses "ourf for Kenj??w eous.lv eQO here Monday morning, with _ KrneBt (Jury presiding, A , crowd of witnesses, Jurors and attorneys were in attend LP until Wednesday night follow Iiik cases had beeh dispoB /die end Krnest Moody, charg Htb assault and battery wlthf in to kill, were found guilty. The shot Mr. Boven several Itha ago In West VVateree near Kichland county line. foowas Johnson, a deaf mute, WUM charged wiht smashing a jow, was discharged. r_ Banks plead guilty to assault 'battery with intent to kill and sentenced to six months on the B. Pate, Jr., charged with the^ filer of Jenkins Manning, in the part of the county several ago, was put on trial hnd jltted. The Jury deliberated on few minutes. mel Kush, colored, received a' of nix months oh the gang J jassa,u 1 1 and battery. I [ena Thompson, charged with sel> ?jiJlkkey^ was found guilty and a fine o7"fT0ftFr=" ,j)ii Simons, who attempted to1 jlarize the Blackweil Jewelry fe, was sentenced to serve three HlhK on the gang. [ fomeroy Hilton, charged with; rder and .carrying concealed wea was acquitted on the first rge but found guilty on the sec charge. Hilton wa? charged the killing of C. L. Kirkland Westville several months ago. iarrison Thomas, charged with killing of John IJorrity at the 3ii mill village last Christmas, acquitted. there will ho no session of the next week. r ? ?* rS r j (ii'kikI Jury Presentment '* His Honor, EmeBt Gary, Pre- ( 1 siding Judge at the Summer. \ Term of Court for Kershaw County: ? ye, the Grand Jury, for Kershaw] pty, beg to present to the Court , following, to wit: . ' iVe have passed on all blll? ded us by the Solicitor, and we e visited the varlouH public Idings, and find that the repairs le on the Court House have not n altogether satisfactorily done,1 ?it still leaks, and , is doing con- j Table damage to the building,! we beg to advise that the pro-j authorities look after it at 8. I Ve find that the cook room at j Jail is in such condition that in ,d of the water running to th5 it of the building or room, it, s to the back, and should be at-, led to at once. We further re-1 mend that ice be furnished to' prisoners at the jail during the! weather, and we also recom d that the steel floors be paint in the cells' Our reason for: recommending is, $hat thq bed-! ; used on these floors .rust so| ly, and thereby entailing use expense on the county in buy-! new bedding, and we further bo- J to that It will be more sanitary i ihave the floor painted. We al-| ?Want to call attention to the fail-j ?d crossing mentioned In our. Bentment at the last term of irt. We recommended that a ! tesing about 3 miles south of! roden, across the Southern rail?, Kl is in a very undesirable condi- 1 o. and at this time nothing has'j >n done to relieve this conditio?.] i would be glad that this matter Pild receive immediate attention,' i there is one about 4 miles th of Camden on the same road, j 1 is in the same, or about the fie condition. These crossings] uld be attended to at once, 'he committee appointed on roadB m bridges report that as a general they are in good condition. J * desire to call attention to the ft that the Malvern Hill sclvdol' l Hot been provided with a pUMp, recommended in our last pre tu>tnt. We would ?iketf*lVimend this provision 1 at >Vater be de before the , conveAlftg of the ? session of the sVvfc&bl at that. _ce, as the watefr cf&Ytditions are Ply arrange^ th*r?.. [The comMitf^fe Tor examining the *\tnty books will be in shape to we a fpH import at the next aes w vf u. e court. |v?e desire to thank his Honor and p> Court officials for, courtesies l?*n us at this term of the Court. Respectfully submitted, ^ W. C. Seagle, Foreman, 1'l.v of Mr. West to Present*?e*it of (Jnrnd Jury. JMr. M. C. West had read* In open f n on Wednesday afternoon the ?lowing reply to the presentment ?the grand jury: 'I, the undersigned, M. C. Vfrost, ,u?ty Supervisor of Kershaw eoUh as a return to the ptesehtt&eht the gtand Jury* made to this at this present term. aiid in that this court aicjd the pub generally may bo ItifOt-mad as to rtain matters therein. wOUM re jctfuliy state to thU Gtfum J*t. After much difficulty 1 have ^ntly found a waft who wowld un F1V>: MKM KUXK li. ? Wlwii lilK Hag of Dirigible li?l% loon Kx|?i<hH in MM Air. Atlantic City, N. J., July 1 Whll three thousand spectator* aloud, too atartled to uttter a alngle sound, the big dirigible balloon Akron wuh shattered by the explosion of the gasbag and blown to atoms at 0 .38 thin morning, a half mile from the shore over Abaecon inlet. Melvin Vaniman, who had built the airship vltii I'jUitt of Hylnj/ h (* roHH the Atlantic ocean; Calvin Vaniman, hla younger brother;. Fred Elmer, Wal ter (i ut'wi and (leorge Hourtllllon, hla crew, were instantly killed. No trace of their bodlea has been dla covered. # The dirigible was Hailing at a height of 1,000 feot and had been iu the air aluce t>:15 o'clock when the accident occurred. 8he wax a quar ter of a mile Houth of llrigautlne Beach, which la acroaa the inlet from this city. The huge envelope, containing thouaanda of cubic feet of gaar waa rent by the terrific ex ploaion, probably cauaed by expan sion from the aun'a raya. it burat near the middle. A maag1 of flamea hid the ahlp from view. For a apace of poaaibly 10 aeconda the half million dirigible waa invisible, while the air about the apot where ahe had been hov ering aeemed to be all in flamea. The fire diaappeared and then the ahip'a outline agalnat the aunrlae waa seen to fall like a plummet. First - t he underatructure, or car in which were penned the unfortu nate men, held in by a mesh-work put on after the aecond trip of the balloon, three weeka ago, unable to eacape, broke away from the envel ope. It up-ended, the bow turned firat in a slow ape. Then it. revers ed suddenly and plunged downward. Directly above twisting in a long spiral was the gasbag, a smoking mass of rubber and silk with the flames shooting out from* a dozen sectiona as it collapsed. It flutter ed a moment and then streaked af ter the car. ? In the descent something which appeared to be the body of a man aliot out to the left of the wreck- j age and hit the water before the| reat of the descending mass. It was reported that this was the head less body of Calvin Vaniman. * mnmutmmrnt u ? ? ??? ? ? ? VOl'Xd LAD KIliliKl).. !, i ijilx >n Kstridge Meets Death By a' Mailing Tree. V-J i Labon Estridge/.ihe ten year old son of Mr. K. T. Estridge, of near Bethuno, was the victim of a pecu liar accident Wednesday afternoon, when he was killed almost instant ly by a falling tree. The young fellow was helping his father and laborers on the farm in putting up wire fencing. In stretchy ing the wire one end was fastened] to the trunk of a tree not more! than fifteen feet high near which] the boy was standing. The tight ness of the wire caused the tree to fall and in his attempt to get out of the way he stumbled and the tree fell across his back. He, spoke only a few words after being struck and died about thirty minutes af terwards. | The remains of the unfortunate lad were brought to Camden Wed nesday night and carried to Ker shaw for interment Thursday. | [ 1 1 1 _.? Death of a Child, The remains of Eleanor, the one and. a half year old daughter of | Hev. and Mrs. W. H. Mills, of Clem son College, were brought to. Cam i den Tuesday for Interment in the' I Quaker cemetery. ' dertake the stopping of the leaks, 1 in the roof of the Court House and ' the severe and blowing rain of the j first of July shows that these leaks have been effectually closed for thel 1 present atlqastl. ? ... .......... 2nd. As to the matter of the) two railroad crossings reported to be in undesirable . condition i be? to state: That J, haV*} found it a very hard matter tO.get the Southern railroad to l\i proper road crossings or to kGfep them In good condition. YVie law lays It upon the railroad company to provide and maintain proper crossings and the Company does not allow the county to take Xipj or change those crossings as put in by them or to do any work on tluro. That 1 have repeatedly V&ften up with the railroad company the mat ter of" improving these' crossings in question aAd have reported the con ditions* to the Camden Chamber of Commerce with the "request that the. take the mater up wih he railroad and assist me In inducing them to correct the ^existing conditions. That the railroad company has not compiled with the repeated re quests made for better crossings at the .plates mentioned, and theauu dersighed himself reported the mat ter tO'the foreman of the grand Ju ry at this term and asked him to present the matt,er to this 'Court so that If possible here might Issue 'from this Court some rdle or au thoritative command directed to the said road to correct the condi tions existing, as the undersigned finds himself entirely without pow er, without the aid of this court, to force the said railroad company to carry out Its duty in the premi ses. even after most urgent solicit* tatlons. Respectfully submitted, II. C. We?t, Supervisor Kershaw County. Camden, g. C., July 2, ?3v JSjffOU WOODZOW w/zj-qV HJ^ONTANKOUH COMlHSTlON Farmet'H Cautioned About Storing Hay Not Fully Cured. Spontaneous combustion in hay Is causing a number of fires through out the state, according to Insur ance Commissioner McMaster. He says : A small store was recently burn ed In Columbia, and it has been satisfactorily established that it was due to spontaneous combustion in several bales of hay which the store keeper had purchased the day before. The store keeper on a Sat urday morning had purchased from a country wagon, several bales of hay which had recently gathered. It was piled in the back part of the store and the evening sun beat ing on the rear end of the store caused that part of the store to be considerably heated. This seems to have set the hay on fire, and about 4 o'clock next morning the flames were discovered In that end of the store. The building was consumed. Mr. Boozer, who lives near Cross Hill, hauled in several loads of un cured hay into his barn. A hand who went to feed the stock found , that the hay was heated, but paid no attention to }t. At midday, when there was no one about the barn, which was in a field, the hay burst in^o flames and the barn was con-( sumed. ' * ?< , Mr. Lewis Cook, Who lives near Blshopville, on the tl'a ybefore- his j fire, had hauleti into his barn some, uncured oats In' bundles. The next' morning, at feed time, the oats were foUftd to be quite heated, but no attention was paid to it, and j before 12 o'clock in the day, flames hraA started in the oats and the barii| was consumed, ] The Boys Corn Club. . | There will .be a special feature for the members of the Boys Corn Club of this county during the far mers Institute to be held at the court house, July 9th, and every member is earnestly requested to be present, also the member? of the Tomato Club of this county are cor dially invited to attend a. county In stitute to be held at Camdeti on July 9th. The meetittjg Will be held at the Opera H<oUfce and Xvill begin at 10.30. This Institute is held es-, peoially for the Tomato Club Girls, the^Cforn Club Bays* and those who are interested in better farming and home improvements. Mr. W? L. English, state agent in charge of Demonstration work. Tomato Cttib and Corn Clubs, and Mr. Elliott, district agent, will be her* and will give talks to the demonstrators, and com and tomato club members. Miss ATtee PeCk will talk to the Institute on a very interesting sub ject. There will also be a talk on canning in the home. Civic LeagM to Meet. Tl?e Civic League will bold their regular meeting on Monday, July &th, 6: SO p. m., Episcopal" Sunday *&ool room. ? ? _ Gertrude 2emp, fifcct'y. | CLKAN^' WKKK. rtlrS. / Prizfc* -U> i>f ' Awiwlwl for Olcunwt 1'reiniHCH. Beginning Gn Monday, July 8th, and lasting until Friday, July 12th, | will be clean-up week in Camden. The Civic League will offer seven prizes for the most sanitary prem ises in the city ? one to he given in each ward and one. for Broad street from DeKalb down through the bus- 1 iness section. At the request ofv occupants de-J siring wagons to haul away trash, garbuge and refuse of all kinds, t he j mayor or the . health officer will send wagons, provided the trash is put into boxes or barrels or some receptacle, that maybe handled with out difficulty. The judges to award | these prizes have been selected by the Civic league and will inspect each and every occupied yard in the city and will decide on the wln-| ners of prizes on Friday, July 12. It is to be hoped that everyone will enter into the spirit of clean up week, in the way it is intended, as each and every citizen is the ben eficiary. - - ...... Following clean-up week Dr. J. A. Haynes will addreBs the cltiaenB; of the city, Irrespective of race, On the1"' prevention of typhoid fever, j His adflr?88 will be illustrated^ by] stereoptican views. MNlHNtJ .MARKETS For Produce tUiKcd in Southeastern! Territory. Washington, . D. C., June 29. ? With a View to making the South ern Railway as helpful as possible in the development of markets for commodities produced along its lines, President Finley has inaugu ratd thee policy of having all agents of the Freight Traffic Department of that Company at points outside jjf the Southeastern States submit reports as to the possibilities for developing markets for Southeastern products in the localities in v which they are stationed. While the rep sentatives of the Company cannot ac as selling agents in any wa,y Presi dent Finley will be glad to receive! suggestions as to ways in which thejf; may be of practical aid in the build ing up o^ markets for the agricul tural and industrial products of the products of the territory trvaresed by the lines of the Southern sys tem. Agents of the Freight Traf fic Department of the Company are stationed at tthe following points outside of the Southeastern states: Boston, New York, Buffalo, Roches ter, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Balti more, Washington, Cleveland, Cin cinnati Indianapolis, KvaYisville, Chi cago. East St. Louis, Peoria, Cairo, St. Louts, Kansas City, Detroit, Min neapolis, Omah^, Denver, Little Rock, Dallas, San Francisco, Los An gelea, and Seattle. ~ 7- ? ? ? . ^U<W. 1W at dandy tirwvc. Children's day will be observe^] at Sandy Grove Church on July 2' An interesting program is being at^-l ranged and the public Is cordially] invited to Attend. ' MAN AN J) WOMAN KILLKI). Fell lYtmi \? it?|?|un?- a IliHtMiuv of <>???' illOUHMItfl Ff4*(. Boston, July 1.? MiHh llarrlvde Qulmby of New York the first wo? mau to win an aviator's license in Amerlett and th? first woman to cross the Kugllsh ohannel in an aeroplane, was Instantly killed with her passenger, NV. A. Willard, mali nger of the Boston aviation meet, at Atlantic tonight, when her Ble rlot monoplane fell into Dorchester Hay from a height of a thousand reer. Y'h? \v*wziv&\ %l>?u Miss Qulmby and Willard were re turning from a trip over Boaton har bor to Boston 1 1 k h t , a distance of | 20 miles in all. The f 1 Ik hi wan made in 20 minutes. The Blerlot 'one of the latest modela in milita ry monoplane, circled the aviation field and soared out over the Havln Hill Yacht club, Justt outside the aviation grounds. Heading buck into ho eigh-inile gusy wind MIhs Qulmby surt.ted to | volplane. The angle was too sharp and one of the gusts caught the (tail of the monoplane throwing the machine up perpendicular. For an instant it poised there ! Then, sharpily outlined against the aetting sun, Willard was clear of the chassis, followed almost imme diately by Miss Qulmby. Hurdling over and over the two figures shot downward, striking the water 20 feet from shore. They splashed out of sight a second before the mono plane plunged down 1 ft feet awily. It was lovr tide and the water was only five feet deep. Men from the yacht club In mo tor boats were on the spot quickly and leaping overboard, drugged the bodies out of the mud into which they had sunk deeply. Several of Miss Quimby's bones were broken and there were many large brulseH. Willard, who weighed 190 pounds, hit the wat6r face first and over one eye there was u gash from which the blood was flowing. He too sustained several fractures and birulses. The monoplane, painted a pure white, darted at great speed over the harbor. The motors develoepd a speed at times of from 7 5 to 100 miles an hour. An examination of Ing pilot had darted to a height of the aneroid barometer after the fall showed that at times the dar ing pilot had darted to a height of 5,000 feet. On the return the great machine was seen to wobble In the gusty breeze. The setting of the last act of the disaster could not have been more spectacular. It wa^ sunset. The great white Wings ofthe ma chine swept directly into the West and dipped toward the earth. There was an upward flash of the tall and outlined In their red light of the West, the man and woman were seen to plunge from the seats to [ the bay ? 1,000 feet below ? to death Castor for < J race Church. Rev. F. H. Harding, of the Holy Communion Church of Charleston, lias accepted a call to Grace Kpls- , copal Church, 'of this city. Mr. Harding waH In Camden last week conferring with the vestrymen and; looking over the ground. He will come here on September 1st. The Episcopal .Rectory at Ker shaw Park will he torn down and a modern two story rectory will he' erected In Its place. This Is one of the prettiest locations In Camden. I Grace church has been without a minister since the venerable Dr. W. B. Gordon resigned in April. Rev. A. S. Thomas, of Cheraw, filled the pulpit on Suhday. ! Painful Accident to Hoy. In a friendly tussle with Mortl- ' mer Boykin at the Boy Scouts' camp, near Adams Pond last Wednesday, George Brown, Jr., of Darlington,1 was thrown violently to the ground,-' his head striking a stump, inflicting! a severe scalp wound. Medical aid was summoned and at last accounts hi8 condition was not thought se rious. His parents came over from Darlington as soon as they learned J of the accident. At Montreal, The Chronicle Is In receipt of aj letter from Dr. T. H. Alexander, who left last week with Mr. VVooten on j an auto trip to Canada. The let ter was dated June 29th, and says: "I am at Montreal after a 1,600 mile ride in an auto. "The States" beats this section and I think that 1 ought to be able to Judge, at least, a small portkm. Will start back today by way of New York." DECISION AWARDED TO JACK JOHNSON i Telegraphic reports received in] Camden yesterday afternoon of the Flynn-Johnson< fight held at Las Ve gas, N. M. ,* state that the decision was given to Johnson and he still retains the title of heavy - weight champion. The fight went nine rounds and by agreement the offi cial decision was awarded the black man on account of interference on the part of the police and mem berg' of the governor's staff. Wa gers on Johnson win. Those who bet, on a knockout lose. ' Marring? IjMt Sunday. < Married on Sunday last, June 30, 1912, by and at the home of Vrobatt Judge W. L. McDpweil, Mr. J. E. Sowell and Miss Cyntlna J. Og burn, both of near tf\e town of Ker "i' '? Tfmf CITY AND COUNTY NEWS PUT IN CONDENSED FORM M.vriKKs ok uknkiuIi ?sti:k KHT HKCl HKI> IIY Ol'H >K I | ;us, MIND Homo LoVine, of Atlanta. is the k uest of M Ihh Sara Wolfo. MIhh Khetta Wilson left Tuesday '.(> visit t riv Li'.ls. lit LHlUiU, ui.iii I** i u i ence. MIhh Minueite Hoy Km hun i:?tu .1 ed from an extended vUdt to ret Uvea in Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. 1'orter left Sunday for a weeks visit to ivlah.t in Bessemer, Ala. Mrs. NV. F. Malond has returned from a visit to relatives in Char leston and Beaufort. Mr. and . Mrs. A. 10. Gerald and .Miss .NJlriaiii (J era Id ,of AuKUStu, are on a visit to relatives here. little Miss Charlotte Boykin, who has been (attending school In Char leston, Ih at home for the holidays. M i hh Halite Hoggins in at home for the summer holidays. Her friends are always pleuHed to her. Allison 1'. DuBoso, who has been in the I'hlllipine Islands for the past three years, Ih at home 'on a vaca tion. Little Miss Gladys Latham, of Co lumbia, is spending; a couple of tveeks with her cousin, Miss LQl>s Wllllams. Mrs. James Clyburn and children are spending a while with Mrs. Cly burn'H father, ('apt.. L. L. Clyhurn, o f DeKalh. Mr. \V. I). Seegars, ot near '.lef ferson, was here Monday In aucifd ance upon the county honrd of coim mlssloners. "ranciH Boykin $pent laat weetc' wun Mrs. ltobt. Johnson, who Is now at her summer home, (J range Hall, Liberty Hill. Mrs. Harry Thames, who has, been visiting her mother, Mrs. Benson, on Pair street has returned to her homo in (Charleston. H. M. Kennedy, superintendent of the Camden Graded Schools, has been elected Librarian at the I'nl j verslty "of South Carolina. Mrs. Juo. W. Corbett. is at home again after spending some time at Beaufort, with her .daughter, Mrs. Douglas , Richardson, who Is spend ing a while tligre. MIsh Sadie Davis, of Maryland, Is the guest of Mrs. H. E. Halsall. Miss Davis spends part of every sea son here among friends who always give her a warm welcome. Misses Virginia and Minnie Craig Taylor leave next Tuesday to attend a house party near Augusta, at "Gracewood," the beautiful Georgia home of Miss Virginia JoneB, who has been an admired visitor in Cam den. A valued subscribed living In a neighboring city writeH: "Enclosed find $1.00, my annual subscription to your paper, which I could not get along without." We return thanks also to many of our subscri bers who have come In this' week and renewed their subscriptions. We call your attention to, the ad in another place of Messrs.' De- ' Loache & Co. This firm is located near the Hermitage Mill. Their trade Is not confined to the mill * village alone, but extends into the >t city,- where they, have many custo mers. Head their ad and take ad vantage of the goods offered. Mrs. Dayid Wltherspoon and daughter, Miss Madge, left Tuesday to Join the other members of the family in Columbia, in which city they will make their home In the future. Mr. and Mrs. Wltherspoon are both "native to the soil," have reared their children here, and have a host of life-long friends, who are sorry to see them "Bfcek fresh fields < and pastures new." They have pur chased a home in the midst of a Camden settlement in the Capital * city, and next to Camden, we know of no delightful and charming place than Columbia. V Kilhnl by Lightning. On Monday af'ernoon about six o'clock, on the de Saussure State Farm while a number of convicts were hoeing cotton one of the num ber was struck and instantly killed by lightning and. five others wei;e severely shocked. John Henry An derson is the name of the man killed. Drainage in Thin State. Mr. Fi G. Eason, United States drainage engineer, stationed at Charleston, has prepared tor Com missioner K. J. Watson, a statement showing the drainage work now planned or under way In tills state. An extract from the report says: "Kershaw county ? Wateree River Levee district, near Camden. ? A large levee district Is about to be^ formed on this river by the land owners along the river near C&m-* den.". Last Thursday afternoon light ning struck the barn of Mr. C. W. Molley In the Buffalo section of the.. ? county,; killing , two horses and slightly Injuring one of the laborers on his platfe. Mr. Holley, two chil I dren and seven laborers had taken | shelter, in . the barn from a storm ' when the building was struck. For tunately no other damage was done. Horses Killed l>y Lightning. -J