Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A ,?v; TV?*! ?" ' ' a Jfc?JJM*UI-. JUUi. -,1'UW JWUUIB CAMDEN. SOUTH CAIiOUNA, FIIIOAV, MAV IW, l?lt?. <feuM> (jOVfllWHr lU?*?*0 u? <ilv<> Out W?nn latwrvUnw. Cojuujbto, 14 When H?k?nl f#f H oomWeii\ upon 4ho F/elder die- 1 [ograph H,or>' <OI"iug ffrfrjR Atlanta rtjt&rdRy Governor Mouse thin Mffmlng ?| irtuled the following: ? 1 jo not see that It Ih nooessury for m? to Kivt> out interview or to have uny thing to say. It in not iuslde of my state and I do not sup p(m). anybody thU knows Tom Fold er would be surprised if ho it* guilty ir if that Is ft scheme worked up by him to got a little cheap notorie ty and advertisement. However I jfesumeithut tho members of tlio Atlanta bur will immediately fur itoh certificates of character for tkeir darling Tommy and show that he Is above suspicion and a gout le aiin of the highest character with t* unblemished reputation as a man ad attorney and if a court of Oeof ju should order his arrest* that fen. Anderson will forthwith call ?*t tbe militia and have him re leased, at; General Anderson, ? his farmer partner and life-Jong friend, knows of his character and reputa tion and will not for a moment al |#w bis Tommy to be interfered with. "And I am satisfied that poor lit tle misled Joe Brown has had his pardon clerk already fixing up a re lease* for his innocent darling in c&ae. of any conviction. And as a Aiatter of course the guttersnipes, who went over to Augusta from South Carolina will hurry to offer their services to go on sweet Tom my's bond and also appear in the Dowriti along with Soaboard Dill and his friend, J.F* Lyon, who have here toforo been his bosom friends In his defense, all save Chairman Carlisle wfco I suppose will be too busy "(noseylng" to leave, his own state just now. ' "Consequently all will be well. Birds of a feather flock together and of course if tho lead buezard rings his bell the congregation will assemble." The story to *which the Governor tefers was one sent out to the morn ilfg papers from Atlanta charging tkat. theMaryPhagan murder case is being used as a factor in the bitter fcffebt against Chief of Police Beaver ?ho has done the clean up work in Atlanta and the local detective force. It relates a dictograph was plac ed so as to catch an interview with ? -Felder and others in which Folder ?ttered the detective force$l,000for cflrtaln papers which he said- were ar Name up against Beavers, which L. would drive him from the city. Colman, the step father of the girl denies that be engaged Folder to in West himself in the case, and t-hat ke raised a fund to get the Burns ? ietective without his authority. l"V>ldcr denies offertng the money for -the papers and says he took part in the case at the instigations- of friends and neighbors. Another affidavit sets forth that Welder ca'led Beavers and his force C*fteh> and said he could have them **un8 to telephone poles. The story is a long one and seems to be concerned chiefly with/this lolice fight In Atlanta. Mn ivied. Mr. I jaw Is J. Spears and M\ss Rush, both of Wcstvllle, ??re married In Camden on Sunday ? ?fternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the resi-] ^nco of Supervisor M. C. West on Hill Street. Probate Judge V?T> I* McDowell performlug the) ceremony. ?VT 1 ? ? 1 1 1 ? ' ' " Syrian Wedding. Mr. Youseph B. Zaaden, of George-j town and MIhb Wadieah A. M*sad, hoth Syrians, were married in Cam den Sunday night at the Catholic . church, Hev. father John J. Hughes,] ?f Columbia, performing the cere mony . ? - ? ? Pulling n up to BurleHon. Washington, May 24. ? 'The race question has been put squarely up to Postmaster Genera* BurleBon, in | * Petition signed by more than eight j thousand railway clerks, urging the ?^?Ration of white and negro em ployees in the eerrice. It was pre dated by Robert A. Prather, of tlft PaaU ? * . MV.i rt. rminer, 01 Rock. Ark. The petitioner asked that the Postmaster General' Issue order putting the nngrfgntin" klonce. Wrrting (loyd. Rev. W. B. Kixer closed a pro tr>cted meeting at the Pine Creek ^?Ptlat church last Sunday ^night *ttb much good accomplished. Sun afternoon Rev. Kiser baptised ? four young ladles and one man. \i ONK ( KNT r()HTA(JK. feyWilHttiri ve# Phvoc Keduetion In I Ilit4*?l NUU'M I*OtiU?ge. Postmaster Ct^nural Albert 8. Bur U'.son, recently appointed by i'r?*d dont Wilson to take charge of the Postal affairs of the United States, is heartily, in tyivor of ono qqq| letter poatago. n?< s<> (knnov&OMl himself ttf a delegat ion represent ing tiio National Ono Coot Letter ) 'outage ABHOciation which waited on him in Washington a few dnys HgO. "I am heartily in favor of ono cent lottor pontage", declared Post master General Burleson, who went on to explain that he hoped to bring it about just as hooh at* revenues of the department could be adjusted. riio potmastser told the advocates of one cent letter postage that ho ! had long believed that' their con tention whs right. He stated, how ever, that as head of the depart ment 14. was his business to , see that sufficient revenue was raised to meet all expenses and while ho admitted that there was a big sur plus received from first class mall each year he added that It would be necessary to make such an ad justment of rates as would pu-t the department on a business basis. Postmaster General Burleson is strongly in favor of putting the postal department on an .efficient basis. lie also favors adequate compensation for postal employees, and such a readjustment of rates as will permit the operation of the department In a business like man ner. It is the purpose of the -present yOnlufflCe aa ministration to estab llsh civil service rules thruout the department, applying eventually even to first' class postmasters. Senator Theodore E. Burton, of Ohio, and Representative Bartlett, of Georgia, have re-introduced one cent letter postage bills in the senate and house of representa tives. These bills call for the In auguration of one cent letter post age by July 1 of this year. I Senator Burton has long ctaam I ploned the battle for ono cent let i ter postage, while Representative J ! Bartlett hus favored the cheaper | rate for many years. A strong advocate for the lower i rate has appeared Iti the person of Hon. James J. Britt, of Ashe vi He, N. C. Mr. Brltt recently retired ? from the position of third assistant postmaster general. Upon being asked for his opinion of one cent 1 letter postage, ho expressed It in no uncertain tone. ^'1 am heartily in favor." declar ed Mr. Britt, "of the immediate re duction of letter postage from two cents an ounce to one cent per ounce for these reasons: "It will promote general intelli gence, and will improve the social relations of the people; "It will advance- the business in terests of the country, by lowering the cost of communication; "The rate of one cent an ounce for letters, with the Increase of the mall matter which' the reduction ! will Induce,. will defray the cost /of handling and transportation. "But few public questions are of | such vast concern to the great body of the American people, and I ear nestly hope It may receive the ear- , ly and serious attention of the. con- j gress." ' * A Timely Suggestion. Tho following communication was received .this week from a good lady friend and well-wisher of the paper: "I^ast year I noticed that n north ern paper had . started a "Bird Club" among the children, the ob ject being to interest them in watch ing and learning about the birds. I suppose J.he real object was thei pre servation of tho birds. "Little interesting things or a letter from a child wero printed from time to time and sometime^ contests were held .and the best let ters oh some subject selected by the editor, as the habits of some bird or ks use to farmers or id pro tecting trees, were printed. "I was wondering if a children's column ? a half or third column per haps ? with something of this sort as one of its features could not be paper, and be managed with profit to the children and the paper too. for the parents will become interest-] ed in anything that interests tfefc' children." ? I Tomorrow may be too late. Insur your cotton crop nowv Ut The Chronicle sell yon your carbon paper ail legal blanks. CANNING <IX'I?K Of Mouth 4 'ttroliiiM Held gession in 1(4 ?Ok Hill liUAt Wwl?. The second annual conference of the S(dto uml county orgauizers of the Girls' Canning Clubs of South ('Uiollim, which wiia in sotuiloii ut WlnthiHJp College on Tuesday, Wed nesday and Thursday, was no doubt 0110 of tho most notuble of its kind ever hold in the South. Mr. it. b\ Ornbel, of Charlotte, N. C., demonstration agent for the Southern Railway, wuh present and made a very interesting address. lie stated to thoHc present that his company wuh doing everything ft.] could to encourage the canning i-l ubs that u plan waa under wpy now to have the goods canned by tho clubs used on the dining cars of the Southern Hallway in North Carolina, and ho urged thut all call for , these goods on the dining cars and In their local stores so as to croate a demand for them in pref erence to imported stuff. He call ed attention to the fact of his com pany using sweet potatoes, and sta ted that since they had been using quantities on the dirfing cars that thousands of bushols of southern grown sweet potatoes* were being us ed now where a few yoars ago there' wns no demand fdr them. Ho also urged on the organizers the impor tance of trying to produce quality goods instead of winning prizes. He paid a special' tribute to Misa Par rott, State organizer, for the great work she was doing, 'helping to teach the farming people home econ omics and to produce pure food not only for themselves but to supply the trade with. Mr. Grabel was followed by Mr. E. J. Watson, commissioner of Ag riculture of this State, who was to have addressed the meeting Thurs day, but on account of being called to Washington on business was put on Wednesday's program. He call ed attention to the recent examina tions made In his department of the [canned gootfs sold by the grocery stores of this 8tate and the- enor mous adulteration^ of the same, the majority of them containing more or less ingredients that were poison ous and most injurious to*heaiih. I Ho also called attention -to the fact that his department had been fully empowered by the recent leg- 1 islature to* handle this matter and ! that he was going to see that the I goods sold in -this State were put up in the proper manner' or they would be seized and destroyed. That already he had seized great quanti ties of meal and burned it, and ; that all other impure goods would ' come under the same heading in I the future; if they were not up to ! standard they would be seized and ! destroyed, and the sellers, packers and all connected be prosecuted to ?the full extent of the law. He thought In this connection that -the canning clubs should not fear of not betrtg able to dispose of their products, for he thought that with 1 a few dealers and packers of im- \ pure canned goods (and stated, prac tically all canned fruits and vegeta- ! bles sold op the market today, were impure) being prosecuted and made examples of, that the merchant* would be only too glad to got home products which he knew were 'pure and ran no risk of th? law in offer ing to his trade. He called atten tion to the enormous amount of can ned goods consumed and said that one reason that people in the south bought so much canned goods and and eatables was that lots i>f them were too ignorant and many too lazy to raise things to efct. He also spoke in the highest of the great work being done by Miss Parrott In this state.? Rock Hill Re cord. I Damage Suit ... Messrs. A. B. McLaurln ami Z. V. Morgan were In Camden Tuesday morning returning *o their homos at Bethune In the county after a trip to Savannah, Ga. The gentle men did not intend to stop at Cam den and had tickets to their desti nation, purchased in Savannah. The train upon which they were riding was a through train and did not stop at Bethune. Messrs. Mcl?aur in and Morgan claim however, that as their tickets called for one cou* tinuous passage the conductor had no authority to put them off at Cam den. They haye consulted an at torney and it is likely that a dam age suit will be the outcome of the Incident. A. negro woman of 8aluda county has been lodged" In Jail on the charg of tmrftlng n com. KATAl KNOOKOUT 1UX>W. liUllici* Mdltuliiy Kilhtl in With I'olky in CtMiMiu, Calgary, Alhortu, May 24,? Luther McCarthy . claimant of the whit# heavyweight chumpiouHhip of the world, today took the count from ltoforoo Hm i t It of Chicago, which marked HI in the loser In the ton round fight with Arthur I'olky, and eight minutes later died. Death wus caused hy a chance blow delivered eo mow hero in the region of the solar plexus after one mlnuto and 45 Sec ond B of fighting time had clupuod. Arthur 1'elky toulght wan arrest - ed on the charge of manslaughter w the Northwestern mounted police j and released lator on bail. There had been one or two inlx , ups or an inconsequential nature, then came a clinch. Roforou Smith ; separated the men. Hoth squared neither aoeming to bo the worst for the clinch. McCarthy doubled up in a crouching attitude. To the spec tatora.lt looked aa though he wub taking another fighting position. He dropped lower artd lower, how ever. Iliu eyes rolled.' Then he oollapaed and fell full length pn the floor of the ring . The referee, assuming that' Mc Carthy had been knocked out, .stood over him to count off the seconds. It was the final count for the young fighter. 'Two Whiskey Htills Captured. Early Wednesday morning of lkst week rural policeman J. T. Grant, of Chesterfield Court House, accompa nied by Deput/ J. Maxcy King, P, K. Kerr. E. W. Clarke, M. M, Johnson, Watkins captured two il licit whiskey stills on Black Creek, near Alf. Johnson's place. The stills had been located the day be fore by one of the partyland the raid w^nrld have been made then, but the officers deairod to wait till the ones who were engaged in the stilling Were actually at work. However, the moonshiners became alarmed and the distillery was unguarded. Five barrels of "mash" just ready to Mm?d, was found attd de stroyed. Tho stills were brought to McBee, and then taken to Chester field. ... This is considered a very impor tant capture, as it is very evident illicit whisky stilling has been go ing on in this section for. the past several years. Our county and town are determined to break up the traffic in this vicinity, and their ef forts in that direction are receiving the encouragement of all right thinking citizens.? -McBee Courier; Mrs. Joe. S, Garfnev. Mrs. Joe. Gardner died at her home at this place Tuesday night May 1 3jth, o,bout 9:30 o'clock after an illnee of several weeks. "Aunt Beck" as she was familiarly known, was one of Kershaw's most highly respected and honored chris tian ladles. By her khidly disposi tion and strong womanly character she-made for herself a host of friends throughput Lancaster- and Kershaw counties who will bo shock ed and grieved <to hear of her death. She had been a sufferer for sppie ninths and had recently returned irom the hospital wfaere she had been In the hope of recuperating her health, but falling in the effort she returned to her home to spend her last days among those who lov-^ ed - her b est , an d were In turn loved bv her. Mrs. Gardner was 74 years of age, and is 8urvlved by her h?eband,-Mr. Jes. 8. Gardner, one brother, Mr. T. A. Cauthen, of Westville; and six sisters: Mrs. Martha E. Kirkley ,of Kershaw; Mrs. W.E> Russell, .of Cam den and Mesdames Katie Bell. *>? G. Fletcher, Nancy Truesdale und J. A. McDowell, of WCfttville. ? Tho remains were interred at Da mascus churchyard, of which church she was a life-long, consistent mem ber, on Wednesday afternoon After funeral services by the pastor, Rev. S. D. Bailey. A host - of friends from Kershaw and surrounding country assembled at the fjraya to pay their last respects to their de parted friend and neighbor.-- Ker I shaw Era. | oidMt Uca V*? Theodosia Roosevelt, so named be -cadse-oMiBr-ISVWBfft antagonism to ward race suicide, said to have been the oldest hea. in America, has just died at the home of her owner, says a Pasadena,' Cal.? dlspaich to the New York American. She was 25 years old. The aged hen laid approx imately la her kmg, and useful life, besides mothering many broods of Incubator hatched chick* 1>KH1?ICIU!>0 t'AITUItlCl*. Shot iUMl I bully Woumled by Tui^luy AfU'riunni, itlchurd Hoary Austin, eolorod, murderer of Dr. s. C. Moore, Mag istrate Kdenflehl uiul Victor Bow ers, three prominent citizens of Allendale, wuk shot and captured by u po?ae from which he wan tryltiK to escape in the swamps near An gusta, (la., Tuesday afternoon. The crime for which Austin was wanted was committed several weeks ago in Hampton county, this state. j Eluding arrest at thai time cilpod to Ueorgia where wince the killing he had iivod in the itwamps In company with several escaped convicts. He had been uupplied with food by colored sympathizers along the Savannah river and was living quite comfortably until hiw presence there wa? discovered by Georgia officials Pursuit becoming warm he abandoned his base of sup plies in an effort to reach a place of safety, but was intercepted and taken before he could make good his escape. Rewards aggregating $2,600 were offered for his capture, but because of the large number of men who were engaged in the search it has been impossible to determine to whom the money will be paid. The alleged murderer driven to desperation from hunger visited the Jarrell home and begged for food. Sheriff Morrlss who was in front of ?the home at the time was told of Austin's presence by Mrs. Jarrell. He went through the houBe and found the negro standing in the gar den armea Wjkh a shotgun In eacH" hand. Giving him no opportunity to offer resistence the sheriff fired two loads of buckshot into Austin's abdomen causing him to drop both weapons. As soon as the negro re alized that capture seemed inevi table he seized a gun and attempted to shoot sheriff hut was frustrated by a timely shot from a rifle in tho hands of a deputy. ? Austin has been carried to jail in tho county in which the crime he is accused pf was committed. He. denlef most emphatically that he is the ma who did the killing and alleges that the two men who were *hot while pursuing him in the Georgia swampu arc victims of the posses' excitement- ? that they were shot by those vim v.vi'c shooting at him. He j says his gun has been fired only once during the search that has last ed a month, and that was by acci dent. p l*ater ? Austin died on a boat be fore reaching ' South Carolina soil. ' The corpse of the negro was met by a mob of lnfuf|pted citizens and horribly mutilated when the officers reached Hampton. FACTORY SCHOOL (JIX)HKN. 1 Int?rri?ting Entertainment GWrai on Saturday Afternoon. The Factor* School, "fcohdbcrecT by ; Minuet* Mary Whitaker and Annette Jones, hold its closing exercises on Saturday, afternoon, after -a - very successful -term. A very interest ing program, in which the Mother (loose operetta was featured, m was | rendered. [ The exercises were attended by -i* large' nurtber of- the mothers and | fathers of the students, and by oth i ers who arr interested In ^^he I schools work. 1 1 Those participating in'the^exer \ cJ?e? performed their par tir well, ev? idencing the fact that their r train ing has not been lacking In thoscy essentials which tend to fft the young mind for the battles of life. Their efficiency reflects credit up on their tutors and shows the school to be one of which the dis trict may. be justly proud. Prises were presented to three of ?the pupils, Mr. Birch more having this pleasant duty to perform. Bldredge Moo re, who has not missed a day ?this term, won first prize; , Butler Moore, who only missed one day ? the dap the mill dam broke ? won second prize; and Miss Bessie Moore who hadn't missed a day* since Christmas, captured the third prise. Program Tonight. [ V^TTrn.' Dnnilftn ft Brmra twill present at the Opera .House In | motion piotures: I "An Honent Young Man" Than hausor film. "The Reprobate," ? Reliable film. "Strong Revenge." -Keystone. For Saturday: Sins of the UVther"? m t?x> M Bftmoho film. " y;j^ "Life in India; Chasing Son -in - Law"? e Mutual filta. , * ' * vVf *? * ?*?' 5? IP I <;itv wuiooiiH vumu. \*y i|OMf Meudel L Mm it* Yowt^rday Afternoon. I'he plosfng exercises of" the Pri mary Department of the <lamdea Graded ?school took f place <>? W?d Ujwlay, the 28 th iiSta?vt, from t* <> clock a. in. till n ;3o u. IU. While tho smull assembly room <>l the graded Hchooi was ovi>r-crow<1 ?d and many of tho audience and pupils had to stand thruout (tho per formance the parents and frionds of the little ones were amply reward ed by tho sweet songs and 'Very clev ?r rocltfttlom of the department. The primary department constat* of the first, second and third grade* taught respectively by Missee Annie Workirtan, Nan Hough nnd Koukv Shannon. Much praise is due them young lad let* for the progress .by their classes. In addition to the work of har grade Miss Nan Hough has taught drawing in these classes and la the 4th grade, and the visitor* wer* surprised and gratified at tho a* cellent display of drawings from ?ra ture done by these children. The musical feature of the exer cises was conducted by Mia* Seluu Parrish, who with the assistance of the grade teachers has drilled the children of this department in ma ny beautiful choruses from the cel ebrated songs of the chlldworld by Jessie Clay nor. Altogether the entertainment was creditable as welj as enjoyable ? the only handicap, for the children fc? >ng l*ck of apace, and thia waa so jhoroly emphasised that th* (lence waa fully oonvinced and the *' school officers determined that the I Camden City Schools must have their own auditorium itf the near future. The exercises of the TImrod Ut- ~ ?rary Society of the Oamden High School took place at the Graded School on the 28th instant from 12 o'clock m. till 2 p. m. Again the capacity of the little uasembly room was taxed to the ut [most to accomodate the frienda of the atudenta, a very attractive pro I gram, already published, was Mr. He* out, The reading of ^beth Wallace being specially commenda ble. Mtwi Wallace gave admirable oxprosalon to Sidney Lanier'a charm ing dialect poem, "The Power of Prayer" or "The First Steamboat Up the Alabama." When weUxea*--. the lrresistable combination of hu mor and pathos ' in /this poem we wonder that mbfe.time is not given in the High Schools to the poems "nd prose of our gifted? Souther* authors. The music of Misses Lois Wil liams and Mildred Goodale gave a great deal of pleaaure to the aud-, lence, and the duetto by Miss Selma Parrish and- her little pupil, Ida Me gulescu was very creditable. The debate on the querry. Resolv ed, "That tho i'resa is the Great est Public Benefactor" gave th# Judges much thought and the eon - taat was very clone. Finally the Judges, the Kevv J. C. Rowan' and Me&srs. David Wolfe and James Blakeney decided in favor of the negative, and Mr. Rowan presented the trustees medal for debate te BVed Williams in a few choice words. The clafis of 1913 was e'njoyably entertained on the~evonlng of the 28th at the beautiful residence of Miss Etta Zemp. The rooms were decorated moat artistically ? tho col or scheme "pink amr g r ee n , thooli*a~~ colors, waa carried out in everything eyen in the dainty refreshmenta. The evening passed all too awftft* jy In relating claas reminiscences, in game* .nd enlivened .by Bwfeet Those receiving diplomat*: *J?m? -.ii Laura Jean* Lindsay. ?' Sarah MHling Mickle. William Shannon Btoney. Win. I*ennox Klrkland Trotter, Calla Bllsa Hthel Caroline Yate?. Those receiving cetiticates Minnie Lucile Lewis. * Minnie Craig Taylor, Owing to -the nearness of tine hour of our coins to press the Su perintendent's report could not be juhllihftd this weekt-hat-4^ -will ap ? pear next week. ggggw amopsss. : ? & retaking no allusion to ..polUlosi V^ matters Hon. Mendel Lv fimith, of thla city, addressed an immense gathering in the opera houss} yester day afternoon during the exerctajjjfep held i| celebration the closing : . ' of the graded, school. ?. Taking education for his theme. I <" ?' ???? ? ( Contlfrtwtf. 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