Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'?iWii - fc'fvwy. . . . '.. 'V. v'^'v ."? ' ; ; '? ^ r ? '? ;, <> v . ^ ^ T ? -w ,,-li J - ilMiiii . CAMDEN, bOUTH OAROWKA, FRIDAY, JUL* JWJ, 1018 VOI.UMK XXV. Nl'MHKlt 18, SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS PUT IN PARAGRAPHS HAFl'KNINUM OF INTJKUK8JT IN "TJ TMK HlAiw %*/% mtvnwft JrttlfM OW KXOHANG^. Wlniibboro ,baa been made u free mail-dollvery; town by tta* postofflce department, Kelly Hazel, a negro convict on tbe Barnwell county chain gang, died on Saturday while at work, hay lug been overcome by the extreme beat, Klghty-tw? of the 121 persons who appealed before the state board of medic*! examiners' for li cense to practice medicine were suc cessful. Ono hundred ?uad fifteen of Win. E. Gonzales' friends tendered him a banquet in Columbia. Tuesday night ill anticipation of his earlyy depart ure as minister to Cuba. J. H\ Long, an employe, obtained a verdict in the circuit court at Greenville on Tuesday for $4,500 against the Monogftan mills, for In juries received while working in the mills. Neal Jenkins, a young man, of Aiderson, is "held in Jail on the charge of - pei*Jury. It is claimed that he misrepresented the*age of the young woman whom be was to > jnarry. 1 "... Larry H. Cunningham obtained a verdict for$?00 against the C? N. & L. road at Laurens on Wednesday for the partial loss of a foot a year ~~ago near the mill <UUaKe. He~~sue^ . lor no, 000.. The body of T. W. Sloan, aged 63, of Columbia We^ found dead in the " canal on Wednesday. lie had been missing from . home since Monday. He had been in bad health, and It - Is thought lie committed suicide. A mortgage of $30,000,000 was filed in Choster county on Wednes day, given by the Southern Utilities company to the Farmers Loan and Trust company. It has to do with some transactions of the Southern Power company. John Oreel trar'giTCtt-tt verdict *6f 'T5j5W"Tn~St. Georges on Wednei day against the Southern Bell Tele phone company. He was knocked off a bale of cotton while driving along the street by a dangling wire ? of the company and badly hurt. Joseph Hane shot and killed his brother, Andrew Hane, and a woman Bertha Caldwell, ?t- Fort Motte, Calhoun county, on Monday- ? all ne groes. The shooter then surrend ered to an officer, ^cle charged that the two had tried to poison him. The commercial bodies of the va rious cities and towns of Carolina have been asked to send representa tives to Columbia July *?V, to lay plans to send a special train to the Central and Middle Western States to advertise the resources of South Carolina. Jas. W. Ogilvie, a veteran print er, died at his home In Lexing ton Sunday, aged about sixty yearn He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Emma Long, of Newberry, and several children. His body was taken to his former home, Conway, for burial. H. J. Cook, a young married man of New Brookland, "is In Lexington jail, having been brought back from Georgia, where he had gone. The charge is hie refUBal to support his wife and twin sons of five years. UP to a few weeks ago he was an employe in the Duck mills, lu Columbia. Irene Goldsmith wife of An gust Kohn, of Columbia, died Wed" aesday at the summer home of the family on Sullivan's island as the re suit of an illness from which she had suffered for a year.'f^She was stricken while lunching With her sh^ ter, Mrs. P. N. Brunson, of Colum bia. The funeral was held in Co lumbia Friday, A benevolent hom^ ror the aged and helpless, the epileptic, children ?f retarded mental development and orphans, located at White Rock, in Lexington county, 17 miles from Co lumbia, and a training school for dtjHTOnesses/- TfWo shall fill th* VR r'ous offices of the home, Is the com Prehensive plan of the Lutheran Church of tho state. Jhe institu tion at White Rock will b^ known as the Lowman Home, in honor of Mrs.Lowmsja pf, thKt community who Presented to the church 1,000 acres of land for the establishment of suo a benevolent enterprise. WKIU'B I . I , I :< "I'll I ( 'A 1 1 HTOHMH HaluttUy and Hunduy After ikhhih WiUl Heavy HeiuH, ?? ?? ,?(! Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week proved record breakers In thin vicinity for heat. The first two named daya caused the thermom to register #8 In the shadows. Sat urday went to 104 and the weather cooled considerably at night with one vof the fiercest electrical storms ever witnessed In Oaniden. For nearly five hours the lightning flushed Incessantly, bitf no damage resulted from Saturday'* storm ex cept the Btreeta apd ready were con Blderuhly washed and some few lights and phones burned out. Sunday afternoon another storm [raged equally as fierce but not of I uo long duration. A bolt of light 'ning struck the Methodist parson age, doing considerable damage to ^the chimney and building. Doth Dr. and Mrs. Browne ,were 10. the building at the time, but aside from a kevere shock, escaped unhurt. An other bolt struck a tree in the Ger ald yard on North Broad street, part of which also hit the house, tearing some of the weather .boarding Ioobo. Still another houBe in the lower part of -the city, belonging to Reuben Benson, was struck and considerably damaged. The hotise was not ocu pled at the time. One of the -three room buildings at the county infirmary, four miles' east of Camden was set afire by! 44ghtning Bumiay aft?m06tt. tthfl pletely destroyed. Three inmates ; were in the building at the time, but, neither were injured. The coun ty carried Insurance on the building^ amounting to $60. Two New Teachers Elected. At the last meeting of- the-true tees of this school district two new teachers were elected for the Cam den High School. The new teach ers are: Miss Annie D. Alexander, stenography and typewriting; Mr. J. B. Wallace, book keeping. Both are well known townspeople and our cit izens are glad they were selected. The new duties will not remove Mr. Wallace from the Bank ?f Camden, as his classes will be called in the afternoon after banking hours. To Give Barbecue. The secrecy of the Kershaw County Live Stock Association has requested us to announce that ther? will he a barbecue given by member* of this association on the third Wed-* nesday in August, being the 20th day. It will be the purpose of the association to ' have several good speakers on agricultural subjects present on this day and .addXttMUthflL gathering. The place for holding the fcue will be announced later. ? * _ _v Attempted Suicide. A white man, giving his name as Cameron, attempted suicide Monday aftemoofe by swallowing tlhe con tents of two bottles of laudanum. When found the man was in a back lot of the city and was Jn a "stupor." Prompt medical assistance waB giv en him by several physicians and after a good deal of treatment he was revived, and was on his way again. Cameroh is an employee of the Seaboard section crew. I:t is not known what caused the man to want to end his life. ?? ? mi wiii im ? ???? To Leave Next Tuesday. The Kershaw Guards will leave next Tuesday for their annual en campment which will be held this year- at Camp Wilie Jones, a few miles out of Columbia on the South ern Railroad. Orders for the en campment have been received by the , company commander and the company will leave Tuesday morning 5YW the Sfi&boaf d . On the same train will be the Darlington, Harts ville and Bennettsvltte companies. The Kershaw Guards have al ways been considered one of the bes companies in the Second Regiment, and the company this year will more than uphold -the reputation they have made for themselves in the the company to assemble at the ar mory at 8 o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, .. "July 20th. Preparatory drills have ti&$n called for today an dn extttonciay. *f~ ? ? jfew Oofpei^Uoiii, ? - ? ? ? ? '4 The secretary of. State Wednes day commissioned the J. R. Kirkley Company, o t Heriot, in Sumter coun ty, with a capital stock of $5,000. The petitioners are J. R. Kirkley, of Smith ville; F. IL Woote* and H. L. Richey, ot -Camden. The compa ny Intends to do a general mercan tile business. * ; AT TJJK A1K DOMIC. | l'n>Kiuiu oh Mw *11 N***t Week In Motion PldWW. > ' ' ?' Don't forget the Air Dome when you are aeeklug a comfortable eve nilug. It's (tool uud pleasant and the pictures are grand. Special sq lections are made consisting of dramas and comedies of different companies, making up the Mutual program which 1b the best, in the world. We have gone to a great expense to make the show beneficial to you us well as comfortable, there foer you will surely be pleased If you will come |to see us. The price is in reach of all aud the pictures good enough for any one. A special program is planned for next week. Don't wait for hand bills, as you are M&tole to miss the best show of the season. We are showing every night the weather will permit. The children under 12 years of age are requeted to attend Tuesday night as they are admitted free if accompanied by their parents. Admission 5c for children Under 12 years; 12 years and over 10c. Op en from 8 to 11 p. m. To-night's program: "The Way of a Mother" in two reels; "A Cruel - Suspicion." Saturday: "Human Kindness," "The Other Girl" and "The Sur veyors." Get up a theatre party And attend I . Douglas <ft Brown. Hon. John G. Richards, chairman of the South Carolina railroad com mission, accompanied by Mr. T. J. Cunningham, a prominent cUlseii uf Chester, was in Camden Friday en route to Liberty Hjn^Vthe home^pt "Mr/ ftichardH, and the formeij|b*>mo of Mr. Cunningham. Mr. Richards was Just back from Washington, where he had been at tending an important meeting 6t the railway commissioners of the United States. Mr. Cunningham was on a visit to relatives in Liberty Hill where he was born and reared, and which place he left in 1876 and went; to Chester where he has beeh identi fied with prominent business Inter* estH of that city. He is a brother of Mr/JVC. CUhttln^hfim oT the Cun-~ ningham dry goods store of Camden. They were making the trip in Mr. Cunnlngham's auto. Picnic at West's Mill. Pjjjfc have been reaiieeted to an nounce that the arinual picnic of the, Horton family will be held at West's Mill, eighteen miles northeast of Camden on Friday, Augunt. 1 at. The: relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend . and all are i-equested to bring well filled ban*, kets. * p Mr. Jones Dead at Kershaw. Mr. Samuel Jopes died at the hos pital, in Columbia last Sunday night, after an illness of several weeks of severe, suffering from a tumor of the brain. Mr. Jones was a son of Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Jones, of Kershaw, and was about 26 years of age. He was a young man>of industrious and temperate habits and by a strict at tention to his own busineess he won the esteem of those with whom hej came in contact in the daily affairs! of life. All who knew him were his friends and they, one and nil, will be grieved to hear of his very sad' death. Besides his wife, Mr. Jones lir survived by his parents; One sTs t*r, Mrs. E. B. Ham, ot Timmmons* ville, and one brother. Barret Jones, Esq., of.Bfctesburg. The remains were interred at Hanging Rook- church Tuesday morn-] ing after funeral services by Rev. Jabee Ferris, pastor of the Kershaw Baptist church. ? Era. - ? ? To Build Another Polo Field. Next season will see another polo field completed and ready for use tkjj 1 overs of the sport who yearly Jrdsit this city. As will be seen by^ m adverllsemcntln another place bids are invited for the making of tMs field. The. new field will ne located on the property: of Mrs. W. B. Schiller, a jwe^tfcy iPlttiburg 1*^ dy, who owiih a handsome winter home and large grounds just north -of Camden. ~ Mr. N. C. Boykln, the agent of Mrs. Schiller, will have, the letting of the contract for the work. It Is said this field will be used by lady polo ptayara. & i-L Anyway, a marrlei man never has to waste any Urn* In making up his j mind? 4? . .... ..... .... > ? - 1 * ? - u t ft * . * *l' 'mPT** j*i|lJl'lT ifw *11 ^ I "/ I r -? ' ??ts-r <;a<jki> convkth buhnmu. Thirty-five ParlM Mliwmbly at Mh? itMppl K*n?. jTaokson, Mtbb., July 22 Trupped by flames la the a^ccjnd Ht'Ory of an AllUquiiUd convict cage, the first floor of - which wa? used to store hay, grain and molasses, 35 negro prisoners were burned to death at the Oakley convict farm, 20 miles ironi here late last night. With the flamet* rapidly eating away the only stairway leading to the second floor the entrapped prisoners frantlcallv tore at the heavy bars -that covered the win dow# but to no avail. Their screams brought the two night guards to the been? before they had seen the flames and soon other prison attache hurried to the "cage." Their ef forts were futile, however, as the flames drove them bock each time they attempted to liberate the men. At lust they stood aghast when slow ly frantic Bcreams of the burning convicts died away as one after an other succumbed to the flames, F>in ully all was quiet and the smell of burned human fieBh permeated the air as the flames burned the lust of the building. Everything wj&s in the flames' fa vor. The building was constructed 10 yeare-a-go of lumber taken from a discarded penitentiary, tbere is no fire fighting apparatus at the form* and the first floor of the buili^* lug was filled with inflamable ma teFfai;"""-" ?? ? Farmers living nearby hurried to the scene to help the two guads -all that are on duty at night? and other prison attaches, but they were of no assistance as the fire turned too rabidly. It was only a <W minntes from the time ^he fire utarted until it -had claimed Us aw ful toll. The convicts were all worked in the cotton fields of the State farm and were housed in the "'cage*' at nighU. Among them were some des perate. criminals serving long sen tences. The Oakley farm is one of the moBt Important in the State, the State prison liospltal being Vocated there. No other building was in danger, however, as the destroyed "pAgft" was some ? distance ? f ?em other buildings. The fire started in the stairway on the first floor. ; The origin, has not been determined. - - . ... . TUB PANAMA CANAL. - Illustrated Feature Storlew Soon to Begin-In The Ohirbnlcle. The Chronicle Ws made, arrange ments with the Western Newspaper Union whereby It will begin at an early date the publication of a series of twelve articles of "Pan ama Canal and the Isthmus in His tory and Romance." The stories are illustrated and were wittan by 15. W. Plckard on a recent visit to this interesting place. Mr. Plckard in. his. first article says: "I am going to take you thru the completed canal \ on the first vessel to pass across the Isth mus from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. True, the canal is not yet completed apd will, not be for a year 'or so, but that shall not pre vent*;our making the trip now ? on paper." . Besides carryfc^ the reader thu the canal* Mr. Plckard writes inter estingly of the histoic associations of the territory tlfru which it passes, also of the oddities of the native villages. Altogether the series will 'prove intensely interesting and we .are stirejQnr-xaaders will enjoy this feature. Watch for the first soon tn tinnaap . ' ''''v ? 7 ~~ , -? < ' ? f ? . V To compete In Ndm York. Mr. Geo. T. Little and son, Mr. Charlie Little, will leave next week for New York, where they Will en ter their celebrated mare "Princess Pj^yfe^lSFln h j" Great eit^Sfew York fi)orso> Show and Exposition to begin the first week in August. There will be some famous horses entered in this .show and Mr. Little realises plat if hlfi maro tnke| .aj>y Of the money she will have to go some; ,v *?' sffvv'" i' . ?$3 BUi at" : -T Big Springs, near Bethune#,--!* planning for a Wg day on Wednes day, July 80tb. Hon. R. I. Man ning. of Sumter, w|H make an, ad dress at 11 o'clock, and there will also be baseball** an<t music. Tho public is Invited to- attend and all are requested to bring well filled baskets and enjoy the picnic* 'J MItH. HUltMT NOT OUU/JY. l.iiiMi Tijpw Wl'IWi It'Ml IH?diug Tried W?Uu?*il?y. Tue C'iHu of 4 ho city against Mrs, Kllen Uur?t, charged witU Violatiug tb? dispensary law was tried In Ueoorder's court Wednesday mora<{ lug aud Recorder (Joodale held that th? woman was not guilty. k Attorney Wlttkownky appeared for the city aud attorney Smith for the defendaut. It was proven by the testimony that a sale had been made aud the whiskey wan produced aa evidence, but attorney for the defendaut held that the bargain for the sale of the whisky had been made with 'the husband of tho de fendant, and that his wife only act ed as an agent in delivering the package. TJ*e trial brought out Quite a crowd of witnesses and spectators, and after hearing the evidence Of Chief Whitaker, who made the ar rest, and the two white women wjio did the purchasing the Recorder decided that the woman could hot be held in that she bad not made the sale direct. Immediately, after the acquittal of Mrs. Hurst, her husband, Mr. Sldny Hurst, was served with a warrant, charging him with violation of the dispensary law. He immediately gave bond for his appearance at Re corder's court .to be held next Mon day morning. Hurst employed the wife and the outcome of the case will be watched with interest to* see what line of defense his attorney will pursue. V ? ? t "" . ...J. . Back From Germany. jjt* $ Mr. Henry Michel returned this week from a several weeks ^tay at his oilSThome in Germany. It had been fifteen years since he had been back tb tho old country and after spending some time with his parents, he visited many places of intefest, and says it was Indeed an enjoyable trip. Since his return Mr. Jfllchel. has been bus'Uy engaged taking stock in the David Wolfe store, where lie will soon put on a sale, and later the firm will stock up on the. most seasonable and up todate merchandise. V~~ ^ v ,v Another HaJ^i^jpHNder. The Chronicle is in receipt of another handsome, folder from Mr. T. Edmund Krttmbholz, the wide awake manager of "The Sagamore" on Lake George, a summer hotel for tourists. This hostelry is loca ted in the Adirondack mountains* and has long been noted for its scenic-grandeur, which is beshttf hi* ly described and illustrated In this little booklet ? a work of art from the Troy Times press. As is well known Mr. Krumbholz >is also the genial manager of The Klrkwood, on Camden Heights, who has al ways taken a keen Interest In any advertising project, and as usual ? In th is lUHtance, he li6i mentioned "The Kirkwood" and Camden In his latest booklet. Camden owes lots to Mr. Krumbholz for the great good he has done her in the way of bringing her to the front as a fa mous winter resort, and ne is num bered among dW ittdst '~l regressive citizens. ' . .. .* ? -?fy "i r ? I*. I ?>? I I '? ..I. n .vjr.v, Visiting State Farms. A committee of 'state officers from Florida has been visiting the Co lumbia penitentiary and also the State Farms in Kershaw and Sum ter counties with a view to estab lishing a state farm in Florida^|^ the working of part, of its convicts on a tract of 17,000 acres. - v-Oo this eeminHtee were J. ?: tu ning, -state treasurer; W. A. McRae, commissioner of agriculture, and 1>, W. Purvis, director of the prison hospital at Ocala. They were well pleased with conditions as they were found In this state, and were ex ceedingly commplimentary to Capt. Griffith and the work, he is doing in superintending the penitentiary and the state farms. The mnmbors of the party lef^jfelT; Raleigh Tuesday morning and their [ttaerary. calls 1 for. yisita to Missis* sippl, Louisiana and Texas. J - r SmOi T*?*u>u?li? ^ ? A decided ftarthqnakw felt by the citizens of Camden on Wednesday afternoon at'iVsOThe quake was accompanied by a rumb ling noise and lasted for Several se conds. Reports from Boykin, Rem tjWt^jftd other places state T^jthat shock placet. No Wa. done, and no other towns foil tho disturbance. ? . .n>, . H ? CITY AND COUNTY NEWS PUT IN CONDENSED FORM MAteBBfl OF 2U0NHML 1NTKU- t KHV MKUUllKD 1SY OUll ^ KKl'OHTlSIta. <r MIbh Mary Nicholson in visiting re latlves In North ( iiix>Uiiu. Mr. Milton Phillips Is spending hit* vacation In Charleston. Mr. Tom H, Shiver visited friend* In Camden during the past week. Mra. Aiken llull and children, of Cheraw, are visiting' Mra. H. L. Wafr klha. Mrs. KUa T witty waft a gueat of I)r. ' IS. Z. Trueadale two daya thla week. Mr. George Aahe, of Yorkville, apeht a few daya In . Camden thla week. ? :7- -;v-. -i-- ???? ? Mr. Walter Schrook, of Charlotte, N, O , waa In Camden Sunday and Monday. Mlaa Treaaa Hpugh baa returned from a visit to frlenda and relatives at McBee. v " MUaa Annie Blanch Clyburn, of Clyburn'b, la vlaUlng frlenda at Blackatook. Mlaa Kleanor Kadollffe, of Colum bia, la visiting Mlaa Idelle Myeaa, of Camden. Mr. A. L. Gelaenhelmer haa re .turned f>onli a atay-?ofHM?v^l' Ugjs 1 at Charleeton. Mr. and Mra. Qua Hlrach and lit tle daughter left Tuesday evening for New York, Mra. M. A. Nil68~ia spending a few weeks with Mt# Spe?oei? MoF*e at, Brevard, N. C MIhb Nan Young left on Monday for a two weeks visit to her broth er In Savannah, Ga. Mr. and Mra. Arthur Gerald and daughter, Miriam, <k Augusta, ui^o on a vlalt to Camden. Mra. J. F. Smith and Mrs. A. J. Bpattle and children "are spending a While at GlCnn Springe. Mra. fs; W. McCutcheon, of ' Co lumbia,, is spending a white at the home of Mr. C.. S. McKagen. ? Messrs.- Kershaw deLomm ???- mm Adlokea Klrkland have returned af ter a month's atay In. Columbia. Mrs. S. A. Parker, and llttfct grandson, John Brooks McKenzie, Ot Columbia, hre- vlaltlng relatives iere.- .. -L-i-LLI , . Miss Lottie Bell Clyburn, of Gran ny's Quarter, has been the guest of " Dr. W. R. Clyburn's family this weekr ? ' ? ------- ? ?^r Llttle Miss Elizabeth Ledford. left Saturday for Wrlghtsvlllrw Ga., to visit her cousin, Miss Loma Bras ington. Mrs. Lewis Clyburn has returned to her home at Clyburn's after a visit "to friends at Lancaster, Black- 2 stock and Chester. Mrs. David Wolf? and daughter, Misg Sara, and Mies Rosa JacObfcOn\ have gone to Ren wick, Va., t^pend the remaining summer months. Mrs. P. E. Brooks and son spent Sunday in Cjamden with her parents* Mr. aa4 Mr* Ha^le, ylfe"" Miss Bdna Kelly, of .Kershftw, .turned Tuesday to Dr. W. R. CTy burn's after ten days spent mnut do lightfully with a camping party at ;Blg Springs. Mr. Jim Ray, who lives soveral miles east of Camden, had tb" fortuneto get i last Tuesday. hiirhand* cut * shingle mi|t * MittiB! .1. r--'. C. S, Holmes and daubers, "Iwei Ruth, Mary and Janeifevtao we been visiting .^rotative* '? >re, have returned, to thelrhome Rte Springs, Texas. Miss Bessie Lenoir returns on Tueeday from a trip to Nev ^rk and other northern cities. T ? oir stopped in Charles toft ? * it to relatives. v A Sunday School basket pici ?c witt mm MX fen Sprlngvale Baptist- 'M church on Saturday, August f-nt*-, to which the phblic is invited prnvidedxS ws&ism* Wen linear Li Mis# .liOttie ;:jfc Tyburn, or-. Cly-:: burn's, will entertain at a hou -^ par ty' next week, having as her. gue6t: Misses Est ridge, of Bothunf^^. and - :li; Miss fcthel Humphries, of Ekiykln. Mrs. John E. Rhamo* nnd ltt?'o son have, returned from a several weeke sfilJ5iiii3>arllngton with Mrs. hj|j^^ecn quit Klrven's friends Will lie