Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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C'AMDKN. SOUTH CAROLINA, WUIHV, - ? .Ill PHW m I J "W?IM Wl.Jl.IIB I. .1. AHiVHT I, 1**18. \ I MIH.lt II. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS PUT IN PARAGRAPHS HAITKNI.NUS OF INTHJIKht in " TIllv 0TATK <iATHKIUKI> FROM OUIl EXCHANGES. Typhoid fever 1b raising in por tionB Lexington county. The six-cylinder, 96-horse powen auto fire truck bought by Spartan burg has arrived. It co?t $9,000. Thursday wan big tobacco day in Kiogstree; 85,000 pounds was sold at hi; average of 14 cents a pound. The police of Greenwood have or ders from the mayor to kill every dog found In that city without a muzzle on. Florence county 1b going to vote on a proportion to iuBUe $100,000 in bonds every year for five yearn for good roads. The Second Baptist church at HartBviile wan struck by lightning Saturday night and damaged to the extent of $500. A large new barn on the Mathew boii plantation, near Cheraw, wan struck by lightning on Saturday and ??t on fire and burned down. John J. iMcKenzio, car inspector of the Southern railroad, was crushed to death between two cars at the Spartanburg Junction on Saturday. Chester .ChavJe* aged %8r wag killed by a Seaboard train near Dix lana, Richland county, Saturday af ternoon, He was asleep on the 4 rack. Onpr; ? Jacob ? B: ? Hferlong, of Co lumbia, has been appointed to a po sition with the sepgeapit^at-arraB of ?the United States senate thru the influence of Senator Smith. Latham Brothers, - of Hoodtown, York county, tharshed 928 bushels of oats from nine acres. ...It is esti mated that several acres of tho nine averaged as much as 125 bushels. A contract has been let for the >- building of a - ten-room professor's house at the Lutheran Theological , seminary in Columbia. It will cost about $5,50.0 and will be completed in four months. The Aiken county liquor board of directors have deecided to extend their liquor selling business and will open a dispensary at Ellenton, mak ing the eighth dispensary in that county. I The seven year old son of Mr., and I Mrs, "Hub" Hite, near Lexington, was kicked on the head Saturday by a horse. The skull was crushed. The child was sent to a Columbia hospital and may live. A negro boy eight years old was arrested at Lancaster on Wednesday on the charge of trying to wreck a Southern train. He was seen put ting a railroad spike and several rocks on the track. Sixy - five postmaster^ attended the South Carolina Postmasters con vention at Glenn Springs last week. L. G. Young of Union was elected president and A. W. Knight of Bam berg secretary. J. J. Seibels of Columbia, made the trip from Columbia to Hender sonvilie a few days ago in seven hours and a half in his motor car- ? about two hours longeer than it takes the "Carolina Special," the Southern's fastest train. Henry Samuels, colored, of Salley, Aiken county, was committed to jail on Wednesday, charged with the murder of his wife. . He7 claims self defense; says his wife was advanc es on him with' a knife when he shot her. Two Charleston women attempted suicide with carbolic acid last week and both failed after burning their mouths dreadfully ? Mi's. Rebecc? I'iers on Monday and Miss Keith on Tuesday.. Quick work at the hos pital saved both lives* , Charles Boyd and Tom Swygert, negroes, were, badly hurt Tuesday by the explosion of a keg of powd er. which they were carrying while forking on the trolley line near (.rver. The powder exploded from a "'ijcnrrtt one of the negros was us ing. H. Marshall was eelected mayor of Greenvill^ on Tuesday by a ma _J?rity of aix-OVM-Cr-g.' Webb. MaJ>. shall s vote was 629, Webb's 623. Mayor Marshall will pay for the n?'w $25 bible *to be purchased for the new Lutheran church in Green ville. it was the agreement be tween him and his opponent, Capt. ^ebb, that the winner should buy the blbl*. H'K 1*1 N'T ( IX)HK|> DOWN. . Itoard of licaltti un<l l*uh)ic Kcrvlle <'irttt|Mii)' Have DlMaitr^nent, Klaewhero in The Chronicle today will bo se?n a statement from the Carolina Public Beervjce (Jo., rela tive to the ice situation in Camden, in which they state the company will have to close down the plant and withdraw the product from the market. A representative of The Chron icle yaw Mr. Campell, the manager, Wednesday afternoon and- when auk ed for a statement about the ice alt uation aaJd that complaint waa made against the marsh Juat bback of the building which baa been there a|nce the erection of the plant. lie atated further that so far aa the aanltary condition of the plant It waa aa good or bettor thtfi any in the atate, and that had the board of health, knowing that this marsh existed when his company took charge, notified them of the unsanitary features of the plant i they would have promptly remedied ] Bame, if any evil existed. When aaked how long the plant waa lia ble to remain closed, Mr. Campbell said that It waa not likely that any more ice would be made there this summer, that they had "no assur ance that should it be started again, that the plant would not be con demned again from some other catise, thereby causing more time and money spent. From what we can learn the Boafd of Health took exceptions to a cesa pool located near the marsh and contend that the Ice is liable ? 4 ' ? ?_ . . / . ; \ to become contaminated from the laborers walking from the UnannltH-. ry plaeea around this marsh Into where the Ice Is made. ' They atate that demands were made upon the management to remedy these evils and the matter was then taken up with the state health officer, J. A. Vlaynes, who came over last Tues day nnd condemned the property as unsanitary. ^ '? he city is now. without Ice and from the above statement of Mr. j Campbell, the public sees no relief in f'ght. It la stated that the en tire matter In which the Hoard of Health has made complaint could be reotified within a short while and at small expense. TWO GKEAT SHARKS. - B|g Hooked at Terry Wharf ? l?ut Up Stiff Fight. !/ any waterfront Hwimmers here ifi;. ke ji noise like a mullet when overboard enjoying the healthful pastime of aquatic Immersion, they had better do -their swimming in thev future in a mud puddle, because yesterday afternoon ? J. Sanguinett and Son Brown, fishing for sharks off the Terry pier, pulled in two' monsters,' one 9 feet 4 inches long, and the other 9 feet 2 inchees long, was about 600 pounds each, accord ing to -the estimate of fishermen who viewedv the catches. There was a battle royal to land these marine monsters. As a mat ter of fact, It was Son Brown's hook, baited' with mullet, that caught both of the big sharks. J. Sanguinett was fishing with trout!' bait, and did not $et a bite. The bigger shark was caught first, and it took the combined strength of 16 people to pull the conquered fish upon the pier. ,, deven strong men helped land the second fish, which was two inches shorter, but almost as heavy. The two sharks were caught with in an hour of eaech other, and put qp a terrific fight. "I got one!" suddenly yelled Son Brown, a color ed youth who likes to fish for sharks on account of the steaks, and he was nearly pulled overboard before Mr. Sanguinett could catch hold of his leg to hold him safe. Then followed some struggle. The first shark proved to have the strength of a whale and the agility of a porpoise. He was finally beat en In the game, and gave up. His length . was 9 feet 4 inches. A while afterward, Son Brown yelled that he had got another, and this time he braced himself like a roof and refused to join the shark in the waters Jjelow. Large numbers of people took a look at the two big sharks, which Jare the latest caught <m the water front this year. A small colored boy swam about where the sharkB were caught earlier in the day. He will swim in a waslitub after this^ ? Tuesday's Charleston Post. . ? ? It's not consistent to speak ill of a man if you Hflow him well. . WOMAN COMMITH Hl'K IDK. Mrs. Mmi*>- ii.mmi |<*ormerly lie* *ld?'?l III < M|||<l?'ll. The Chronicle has received the Xollowing from u correitpondeui at I'Hndo, H. fi, "Mrs. Mary Robert won, wife of M,j\ Sum.. Robertson, formerly of Camden, H. C., hut till her death living at Latido, commit ted suicide here Sunday afternoon by drowning herself In a mill pond. The body was recovered noon after her leap into the pond, but it watT too late for her recovery. The cause for the deed Is unknown. She leaves *her husand, parents and one sister. Before her marriage she wiie a Mien Chappell, of Waxhaw, N. C." , %?; * ? The Chester I.nntern of, Monday contains the following account of the occurrence: "Yesterday afternoon about 4 o' cl\)ck Sheriff I). K, Colvln and Coro ner J, Ifenry Gladden received a phone message from L?ando Htating that a woman was drowne'd In the mill race of the Manetta MIIIk and It was feared there was violence in regard to the act. They left at 0 o'clock along with Deputy C. Y. Young in Mr. Kobt. J. Smith's car. They were soon at I..ando and coro ner Gladden Impanneled a Jury with Mr. G. B. Heath as foreman. It was found that ihe woman's name was Mrs. Mary Robertson wife of Mr. Sam Robertson and the Jury rendered a verdict, of drowning at her own hands. ? : ? ^ ? "Mr. F*red Hefley dived for the body and discovered it 35 feet furth er dowx^the stream from where she removed her shoes and leaped to net death. ~ * ^ '/After much effort qhe was found und carried to the banks,, where Coroner Gladden, made a careful in vestigation of the body in the ab sence of a physician, none being at hand, and found that there were no marks of vlolnece about the body, except at the nose and that was at tributed to its srlking some rocks or roots. "Mrs. Robertson left Mr. Wylle Campbeeil's house at Ijando about 3 o'clock yeeste*day afternoon and seemed to be worried.^ SfiJTTforTflrw ed an apron from Mrs. Campbell and when she was brought up from the bottom of the raee this apron was tightly tied about her neck w$ih a 7 1-2 pound heavy trap rock IU it. _ "Where she leaped from the bank the depth of the water was 15 feet. It is said that she had made threats ?that s We was going to. kill herself and yesterday when her husband left her to go to Columbia, she grew very despondent and declared that Jiow she had no friends nor any thing ,on earth to live for. It is thought that this last trouble was what precipitated the deed. . "It is said that she jumped into the stream about 3 : 30 .o'clock. Some boys were fishing further down the stream and heard the water splash as If some one had leaped Into It. They reported what thev had heard and an investigation was made." MR. PfcARCE DEAD. ? ? I After lingering Illness Yoking Man Succumbs to Fever. After a lingering illness of near ly five weeks, Mr. B. M. Pearce, Jr., died at his home in " th^. Stockton section of the county t at six o'clock yesterday morning, Mr. Pearce was a victim of typhoid feyer, so prev alent in that community at present. There was hardly a more well known, or popular young man in the county than Mr. Pearce and the announcement of his death brought sorrow to everyone. M*. Pearce was a son of Mr. B. M. Pearce, Sr., and was married several years ago to Miss Lou Sowell, who with one child survives him. He is also sur vived by several brothers and sis ter s. The funeral services w?*re held yesterday afternoon at four o'clock at the residence, services being con ducted by the Rev. H. B. Browne, and the burial took place at the Camden cemetery, the following gentlemen acting ?as pallbearers: Messrs. W. H. Pearce, E. C. Pearce. J. E. Pearce, D. L.? Sowell. J. W. Sowell and A. L. Sowell. . John Graham, constable and de pot agent - at Thlcety, Cherokee county, was beaten into insensibility on Monday by a man from whom th# constable was protecting a woman. The man was arrested and commit ted *9 Ja*l- He, gave his name as James Vick, and says his 'home 1? nowhere. WK<iA.\ ( \HKKK IN ( AMDKN "ltul>eM k? iit<?n lltt(ll) lnjuiv<| In Motorcycle AiTld^nt, "Rube" Benton, <he star pitcher of the Cincinnati national league ball club. suffered terribi* and perhaps fatal injuries in u collision between his motorcycle end a trolley car, ac cording to preas dlspatchea sent out from Cincinnati Wednesday. He in said. to iiave sustained a fractured jhw, concussion of the brain ami numerous bruises. Later advices say that Jiu may recover, but it la certain that he will be out of the game for the remainder of the sea BOU llenton broke into the game j,, Camden several yeara ago when Camden's fast amateur team wan playing Columbia on the local field. The home team's pitcher was out of the game and u friend of Benton's suggested that they had a boy on the factory hill who would pitch the l^nine. Denton was Bent for and his work that day brought him into no tice. The Columbia Record of Wednes day says of him: "Benton, popularly styled, "The Sockless Wonder," la known to the local fans, because of ills connection with semi-pro and professional teanf In this section. He is a native of North Carolina, where he flrat achi eved fame as a left-har)der in a mill, league In that state. Crossing the state line, Benton played with a fast amateur .team put out under the name of the Camden club. He' improved with experience, though he was lacking in control ' sufficiently to put him to the front In profes sional circles, He went to PWrida and performed in a winter league, and his playing attracted the._a.tten tion of "Wild Bill" Clark, who was at that time pitching for Macon. Clark tipped Off Perry Llpe, then manager for Macon, and the "Rube" was elevated t,o the South Atlantic league, signing with Macon. Ben ton, tall and erratic, was easily the Star of the Sallle league in 1910. At the close of the season of 1910 penton was sold to Cincinnati ' for $7";500, which, still remains as the top-notch- price for a player from the Sooth Atlantic circuit. When he joined the ranks of the reds ... he showed splendid possibilities, hav ing a wonderful drop ball, ^hough he could not be used by Cincinnati owing ;to his wlldness, so he was farmed out to Chattanooga where he played in 1911. The following year he rejoined the ' Reds and being able to handle the ball with more certainty than in the past he used hlB puzzling slants with telling ef fect. Benton was easily the star pitcher of the Cincinnati team and though his club Is now In the sev-* euth place he has been pitching win ning balT. "Benton has been unfortunate in his experiences as a driver of a mo torcycle. I^ess than a month ago the machine on which he was riding was struck by an automobile and he was painfully injured." | NKW SKABOAEl) KVUipMKNJT. Modern in Every Respect Ami Equipped With th? Very Best. The Seaboard Air Line has plac ed In ' service on all through trains the handsomest diners ever built. The cars ' are. inducive to cool trav-o eling as well as to safety. Paddle fans really cool the passengers with out buzzing. The tile floor is cool, sanitary and does not contain odors as carpets do. The sunken electric lights give sufficient light without being glaring, and the ventilation of these modern cars removes -the sting of summer. The service is' a la carte, offering the best the mar ket affords. . .a In addition to this, they have al so put in service new steel coaches, elaborately finished which ? makes them the pioneers \n solid steel trains operatfng in the South. For full information relative to Seaboard schedules, etc., write C. W. Small, Div. Pass. Agent, Savan nah, Oa. ~ ~T~ ~ 14-18 to Roper Hospital. Dr.. Carl A. West who. recently gTWduuted from the College of Char leston has been appointed 011 tha st^ff of the Koper Hospital of that City, and left this week to begin his duties. Dr. West is a son of Mr. J. F. West of the Reulah sec tion of this county and the above appointment is>quite a compliment to the ability of this young physi cian. _ - % OPF FOIt KNOAMI'MKNT. lit ys lo Night I>m>h at ftuup In ('ouuty, The Kershaw Guards, under coin uiuuU of ttyj>t. K. C. vonTresckow, left Camden Tueaday morning over the Seaboard fur eight day's stay at "Camp Wllle Jodm" l<k'ated hi Lexington county a few miles out from Columbia, On the same train with (he Kershaw Guards were I ho members of the Darlington, Harts vllie and Bennetteavllle companies. The officers of the Kershaw Guurda are captain, von Tresckow; first lieutenant, W. Mr Young; Sec ond lieutenant, K. J. Mcl/eod; first seargeant H. H. Blrthmere; quarter master seargeant, W. L. Hush; aear geants Flefeher Moore, Alfred Boy kin, T. H. Shiver, Jno. M. I^wls; corporals, Alfred McLeod, Parnle Muggins, J. Campbell. L. T. Mills, recently Appointed batalion adjutant ! of the 2nd Regiment and Major S. C, Zemp were also with the com pany. ? . I The privates were Aminona, Ba ruch, Cornell, llucabee, John HJn aon, Arthur Hinaon, F. C. Jonea, P. M. Jones, Chalmers Moore, H. A. Moore, G. C. Rogers, A. M. Trotter, Henry Tiller, Lucas Watkina, Ar rants, Fred Williama, Fired Mosely, Denton, Finly McCaskill, Ed Marsh, Carlle Johnson, Sam Muggins, Allen Hugging, Leroy Hinson, Patrick K. Tart, Rollings. Cooks -John Collins, March Ad ams. ' ? ' At the Air Dome. _ The management of the Air Dome motion picture show announces for toill&h-t; "A BIrvpi'h Devotion'-' ? i? two reels, and "The Eternal Sacri fice." For Saturday: "The KIbb," "Man in the'&lck Room" and "Why Babe Left Home." Nothing but the very best service and the pictures are always good. What Some of the Tomato ttliib Girls are Doing. At the recont canning demonstra tions given in Kershaw and Camden, Miss Parrot t and Mr. Carberry were very much pleased with some of the reports given in by our girls. Lit tle Bessie Brannon living near Cam den, has canned 126 cans of toma toes, befeldes a large quantity of ; beans. Mary McDowell, of Camdeiv has canned 7 6 cans of tomatoes from her plot. Louise Murchison, Belle Kennedy, Gertrude McLeod, Christine Bowen, Sallie Poovy and the Hilton twins have very fine plots and are canning now also. There are many who gave reports of hav ing fine tomatoes, but are not yet ready for canning. *Mr. Carberry was also impressed with the fact that we have so many small girls In the club who are do ing very excellent work. Among our best, little workers are Kate Gardner, Mollie Munn, Hattle May Hasty, Ernestine Dinkins, Marie Wil liams, Lilly Ballard and Jeanette Croxton. All the girls are doing1 good Work and we hope that we can keep Miss Parrott and Mr. Carberry as well pleased with our work ih fu ture as they have been In the past. Kate Simpson, Co. Organizer of Clubs. I>eath of M**h. F4 Jj. Trucmlel. M rs. F. L. Truesdel was stricken with paralysis last Sunday morning about 7:30 o'clock and died from the result of the stroke about thirty minutes later. She waB apparently well when she arose Sunday morn ins to go about her usual duties and the news of her sudden death was quite a surprise and shock to the community. _ ' ? Mrs. Truesdel was a modest and good woman of the type who make many friends on account of their sterling qualities. She will be great ly missed by the circle of friends with whom Bhe was associated and for whom she performed many acts kindness and charity She was a loving and devoted wife and mother and lived a life of christian purity and patience. She was a daughter of the_lale Wm. Pe^ich, of West ville, and was 46 years of age. 8he is survived by heer husband, Chief F. 1j. Truesdel, and three sons, Messrs. Lewis, John and Paul Trues di-1. The remains were interred at the Kershaw cemetery Tuesday morn? 'ng at 1.1 o'clock after funeral ser vices by Rev. Jabez Ferris, of the baptist church, assisted by Kev. S. I?. \ alley, of the Methodist chtfrch. ? Kershaw Kra. There is always a big demand for ? thing that cannot be had. CITY AND COUNTY NEWS PUT IN CONDENSED FORM V ,:uh UWNKIt/U, INTIClt hMT SK< ? K1|, BV OUIt HKPOKTkkh. ^ ? f AHhh Joalo Latham jH vlnUIng friend* in Charleston. h J'' TJio,"1,ho". of Liberty "|N. was In Camden . yoHtonlay. . Mr. Hart, of Bylvania, <ju., vluito<l friends here during the past week. Mr. Jt. M. Gifford hat returned from a two we?hH stay at Bennetts ville. Mrs. John Dunn hats returned from a vlnlt to her mother In Talle hassee, PI a. Mrs. M.. E. Hjilsall and Miss Etta HUgglns spent Home time in Colum bia this week. Miss Drue Baxley iu at home again after a visit to frlendB In Port Motto ft?d Col um i)ia. Mrs. O. p. DuHobg and children ave returned from a pleasant stay at Big Springs. Mrs. William Shannon has gone to Greeenville to visit her daughter. Mrs, Arthur Griffin. Mr. Halph Dunn la vialting hla uncle, Dr. Arthur Brown, in Sum ter county. Mrs. Evans, of Kershaw, Ih visit ing her daughteer, Mrs. 8. P. Bras lngton. Misa Eva Brasington, of Kershaw, is a guest at the home of IJr. and Mrs. S. P. Hrasington. -- Mxh^jV ? W, HuMer, of Uichmoft^ v,?ltlng the family of her brothj or, Mr. John T. Mackey. Mr. W, H. Townsend, of Colum bia, was in the city this' week, the guest of. Mr. W. 13. deLoach. Miss Sadie Dayis, who has been visiting Mrs. M. E. Halsall., has re turned to her homo in Maryland. 9 Misses Delia and Sadie Stokes have returned from an extended visit to friends and relatives at Lyons, Ga. Mrs. H. q. Brown has returned from Charleston, whero she went to attei*<| -th* funeral of her sister. Mr. and Mrs. C. V.. Salnxond and daughter, Charlotte Deas. spent the week-end with relatives In Camden. Mitjs Elizabeth Garrison left Mon day for .Plttsboro, N. c., to attend a house-party given by a college friend. Mrs T. S. Myers has returned home after a pleasant visit to her sons, Messrs. Walter* alid Roy My prs, of Atlanta. ' Mrs. Charley Hearon. 6f Blshop viHe was in the city this week, vis iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs R M. GIfford. Mrs. L. M. McCutcheon, who has been visiting Mrs. C. S. McKagen, returned Thursday to her home in Columbia. Mr. M. L. Giillam has' returned from a trip to Asheville, -where he yent to join Mrs. Gilliam.. who Is tftill in -the mountains. iM16b Mamie Rencher, who has been a guest at the home of Mrs. W. P. Malone, has returned to her home in Birmingham; Ala. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hay nes worth, of Sumter, were in Camden yester day, enroute to Greenvillee. They were traveling in their touring car. Misa Sarah Smith, of Bishopville, is visiting Mrs. Benton BrucO: Mrs. E. C. Zemp and daughter. Miss Etta Zemp, left Tuesday : for Saluda, N. C. Hon. M. L#. Smith will be one. of the speakers at a rally of the Ches ter County Sunday School Associa tion to; be held at Heath's chapel next Sunday. ' . Mr. Boyce Boswell, of Columbia, spent the weekend with relatives in Camden, n? is an old Camden boy and has a host of friends in his na t ve town, who are always glad to see him. ? ? a ~ Med in Sumter. ? -Ai. Mr. O. W. Roberts, a carpenter living on Hasell street, died Satur day night after a short illness. The funeral services were held from, the residence Sunday afternoon and were conducted by the Rev. J. H. Tolar. * The deceased leaves a wife _ and one child.? Sumter Item, Mr. Robertts was a native -of Kershaw county, having been born and reared in the nort boast em_ secre tion of the county near Kershaw, i He comes of a large family of six- . teen children ? four 6t bis brothers being with him at the timd of his death. j. 2 HSP