The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 05, 1914, Image 2
RURAL POLICEMEN
An Act to Provide For Their
Appointment.
lie II eiluefiMl l>y the tiend'Hl Ah
seinhly i it Itio Htute of Hoilth Ciiroll
mi, lluil II shall he tin* iluiv "f 1 1??*
uovcruor i<? appoint. ii | miii ilit' rwoiii'
mcmlution of the Couiity Hrt?ir<l of
<"oiniul>wlou**i?* for Kershaw County,
Ultra! Township I'oIIcoiimmi for Ker
*haw Couhty, n h provide! for lit this
Act.
The .('flinty Hoard of < 'ommlHslon
I'tn for Kershaw County shall rlM'oiii'
mend (In* n ppoln I iiu'iii of lluritl Po
licemen hy tin; governor, only upon
the {Million of al least one IliJril of
t|io. resident fri^ehohlers of (lit* town
r*ltl|> de/drliiK tin* it it nil I'ollccMuuil.
Wlu'tinVier I In* resident fi'?*6|iol(|t>i>?
of tiny towiirtblp In Ki?fH||jiw County j
desire ii Iturni I 'ol iceman. '( |M*ilil<?n
*ltfiic<l l).v at least one third of the
resident freeholders in said town-hip
sluill he presented to Hi?' County
Hoard of ( 'omnilssloners asking for
ii Hurti I I'olicniueh, ii in) ii|miii such |k?
1 1 1 Ion heintf pi lo and Hied
with nlllW Hull III ll aIiiiII III' I 1 it -J I liu
ty Hint they are hereby required to
recommend to tin' tiovt'ntor one or
more /()/!?? hod led ni4*i i of Mil 1 1 1 county,
who nliii.ll l??' roulHtefed . electors of
Kurnjjuw ( 'utility, of paid habits, <:oti|P?
uKft, coolness iiml discretion, known iik
men who it r?? not addicted to Hit' urn*
of alcoholic liquors or of drugs, for
iippoiiitiiMMit iik Jturnl Policemen for
the Township ho |wt It iou 1 1 iir. for n
jhm'|o<| of out* your, subject It; remov
ii I as hereinafter provided for In this
Act; Provided, however, thai no Po
liceman .shall lie appointed who Is re
lated by blood or uiarrhiKc within the
sixth decree of any </ne of said coun
ty commissioners.
That It shall lie the duty of said
Policemen, under the direction of the
Sheriff of sulil county, to patrol and
police the township to which lie or
they are appointed, and to prevent, de
twl iiml prosecute, before the nearest
Magistrate, all violations of the ? ? i' i m -
ina I law of every kind, make arrests
for nil offenses committed in view or
lion rl iik ">f such otlleer and to report
their afts and all Juiown or suspect
ed violations of the criminal law to
the Sherift! oiiee a week or oftener,
and t<? secure from I lie Magist rate
iVar rants' of arrest, if directed so to
do hy said SherllV, and they shall, at
each term of court of general sessions,
appear hefore the Solicitor in his
roouij, and before thc<>rund .lury. to
lie em Ii advised. instructed and charu
ed In respect lo their duties ami
questioned with reference to coiidi
t ions ot lawlessness and disorder In
tile epilllly;
Thai I In* said I'olliH'inini slmll pa
I ro I his ? '? 1 1 i r< ? 1 ? ?\\ 1 1 v 1 1 i | ? . rpnra inliur
Oil < I Illy 111 idtfhii .when necessary, to
prevent <>r delect i ? r i 1 1 1 ? ? ? ? r to make
arrest, it i it-l they shall always he on
(inly not Irss than el^ht hours per
? lay, except w lien v ranted occasioned
illdulp'lico or* lea \ (? ?.r .ahsmico by I ho
sherilV: i hoy shall frcipienl railroad,
depots, stoics and other public places
whore people eoiifjre^iite or disordo,r
is probable. or vanrantts may he loaf
inn. or alcoholic liqno-rs may Ih> sold
or drunk, mid they shiill, as often as
possible, ride by homes that art* off
from the puhlle highways and in lone
ly parts i?f the comity and they shall
use every means to prevent or detect
and arrest and prosecute for breaches
(?f the peace, drunkenness, obscene or
profane Inliuuauu'e, or boisterous ??on
line!. carrying weapons contrary to.
law. uiHiihiinc. vairrancy. carrying lire
on land of another, setting out lire,
violations of ti^h anil jrame laws,
cruel I, v to nninrals or to children, mis
ceuciiation. l\ luhimr a ml :ilsn an.v and
every violation of ihe criminal laws.
That ?*Htd I'oli'-emeit s-ha'd have the
authority to arrest without warrant
for any freshly commit led crime, com
milted within view or hearing of the
said Policeman, hut. upon reliable in
formation that a crime has been com
milled, they ^ I v ; 1 11 immediately apply
to the iiea' rest Magistrate for a war
rant of arrest. ;i tu I shall shite in Un
said affidavit, upon whi-h said -war
rant of arrest is is>uc<|. the name or
nnmcK of the paitv or parties fur
nlshlnu sllch information, and in pur
suit of a criminal tln-v are .tuthoriz
eil to enter other townships ,,f Ker
shaw county and to pursue into ?t ? 1 -
joiniiiL.' counties, if necessarv, to make
tlie arrest, and they shall have the
antlmrit v to siniinion the |>os-c come'
tatus to .issist in enforcing the laws,
and any citizen who shall fail to re
spond am! render assistance when so
summoned shall be utility of a misde
meanor. and. upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by imprisonment for
not more than thirty days, or fined
not uw?re than one hundred dollars.
That each of said Policemen, before
receiving his <<*mmisst,,ti shall take
the follow in oath: "1 do solemnly
swear that during m.v term of otlice as
County Township l'oliceman 1 will
study the Act creating my otliee and
prescribing mv duties, and w-W-V? vh
deavor to inform invself of the < rtini
lull laws i.f the Stale, and vv i'. I l.e
alurL illid vigilant to enforce the same,
and to detis't and brinu to punishment
every violator of the same within my
township, and will conduct myself at
nil time# with due <<oiwdderatloii to all
person* ami will not Imitose iijxxi the
weak ??r ignorant. So bold me, (Jwl,"
AihI ili?* State librarian shall furnish
to each I'dllctMiiKii a copy of the (kxl?
of Uiw* of Hotjth Carolina and A?'t ?
amendatory therto, which ttbll) l>e
county )iro|wrty,
That cncll l'oll'flURtl, la?fore he la
coinuilsloiiOd, shall 40 Iter Into ii bond,
mud** i?n>nl<U? lo Kurkhuw count)', to
In* HpjtnivtNl |?y t Ik*- County Jtoard ami
by tl)c Clork of Court, with whom
the same ahull Ih* nh*l, with two g?atd
Hiirctlott o/* mi approved surety coin
pt< ny. in the nuiu vf 1 1 v?* I??iimI r???l dol
la I . ?? .jul 1 1 loin-<l f<?i tlU* faithful per
foriuauri' of his duties and for such
da inn a* raay be sustained hy iuh
Hon of hi* uuilfoflmun<' in or
nhjlWf of litsi authority.
The l'oll'^'iiia ii appointed under tin*
provision* of t h Ih Act kIiii 1 1 be paid 11
{-alary. to ho lived hy the <'ount.\
I Hoard of CoiiimlMMtouora, not e\ceed
lug -evenly five dollars |ter month
ortch. upon the order of the Sheriff
11 1 id the warrant of the County Hoard
of < 'ommlssloners ou th e County
Treasurer, the name to he ] ?n Id month
ly ; that said Policeman shall provide
himself with a policeman's badge, bll
)?*t hjm1 with such fir.earraa ax may be
prone fitted and h pproved hy the Sher
iff, and with horses for regular use in
riding over the township and jierforin
Ing duty as mounted police, and lie
shall hear all ox|h?iihoh incident there
to; failure on the part of any l'ollc<?
iiiii n to provide himself with the equip
ment mentioned in this section shall
he deejnod cause for 'removal hy the
County Board of Commlsstmiers.
That said Hural Policeman shall
hold no other otlfee, except that of
Notary I'uhlle, during .their term of
oillee, nor shall' they personally per-,
form any other kind of work or bus
iness; and they shall not act us (eol
lectors of- money or debts or serve civ
il process or perforin any similar ser
vice. The; violation of any of the pro
visions ol' this section shall Is* good
cause for removal from olllce.
That Whenever a township |>etltiou.s
for a Policeman under this Act, and
a Policeman Is appointed for such
Township, the salary paid to the
Policeman, shall be assessed against
the properly of that township, and a
lay levy sulliclenL do pay such salary
shall he levh'd 'on the property of snid
township. I tot h real and personal ; that
all lines for violation of the criminal
laws in said township shall he applied
lo (lie salary of the Policeman of said
township, and all lines collected in
excess of said salary of I'oliceinan
shall he applied (o the road fund in
said township.
It .'shall hi* the duly of the. Cover-,
nor to revoke .the commission of any
! Kura I Policeman appointed under tin'
Ait, when- petitioned so tn do by at
least, one. third .of tin resident free
holders In the township desiring' its
Policeman removed from ollice; ..
That this Ait shall go Into effect
I unlit 1 1 ia I f;| v upon its approval by the
Coventor. Approved- the (Ith day of
February. A. It IPII.
MANY LIVES LOST
When Steamer is Rammed in
St. Lawrence River.
t jnebec. May "><i. ? More than 1 ,< M HI
I lersons Inst their lives when the Ca
i >i|?l in 1 1 I'acltic steamship Km press ??f
Ireland sank in tin* St. Lawrence early
Friday after a collision with tho. J Mul
ish collier Storstad. Figures eoiu
I ? i I ? ?? I, by the company and made public
Indicated that l.O.TJ persons in all
laid perished. The list follows:
. Saved: First class paassensrers. IS;
second and third class passengers, IHl ;
i ri'w, ji Hi ; total
The ' number of passengers carried
)<v the Kmpres-s of Irehuid: First class
s7 ; -o' otid ohiss 1 : third class 715;
1'ivw, I.'Il' : total l.'IST.
\\ irh the survivors safe in <Juel?ee.
where i hey were beint: given every
pu.x.siliU' rare, attention again turned
t??da\ t > ' Uiinouski. where etTorts to
lei'iiNt-r the bodies of victims are 111
progress. Farly today the innnber of
bodies landed there passed the three
hundred mark.
The dead were piled in tiers, mak
ing it possible to closely scrutinize
the bodies for ident ificat ion. I'ew
have so far been recognized. There
appear to be many foreigners anions
the dead, judging from passports oil
1 ; he bullies.
I Women and children are plentifully
represented in t lit- glim pile, among
them one mother with her child press
ed closely to her breast.
Those who witnessed the scene at
Kimoti-ki. where the sad harvest of
the resent- ship-s was laid on the piers,
said the Mght was heart rending. Ma
ny of them stared heavenward with
wide open Hes; s..me with horror in
them and others with an air of \mz
/.led .surprise. There was little at
tempt to cover the corpses and for
the most part the\ lav practically as
Ihev bad Ih??mi l?ik?*n #?nt of the water,
some half dress?>d an l others nearly
1 1 a ked
stories <if tin- d'.s.istcr ' i ? ?nu'ht to
tjucU'c by s uj'v I v , ? ;*s j::ive \ i \ id de
tails ..f the most terrible traged\ In
the annals of the St I ;ih renee. Some
compared it to the .sinking of the Ti
.funic, hut point**! out that III the
lease fit the lltanlc there whh ttiue
to prepare for d??ath white with those
WtlO | m * r I sin ?< I on the Kmpivss llicrr
wax little r t IIK' for reflection or | ? ? i ? >
??r. From tin.* account* of the saved
If Hit'iiiH that ""on after the whip wax
ra 111111<<<I she ca reeued until lutr ilwk
htotxi ut right angles to the water.
She xlld slowly Into t )i?* water Mini it
waxVoniy possible to launch, f I V?* hoatx
in tin* hrief Interval before she final- i
)y wank.
t'n|?t. Kendall wan on the bridge!
when tin* collision (HH'iured, When I
the Nteamer nank he wiih waMlicd a i
way, later to lie picked up hy one of |
the boat a. Apparently to hlx great re
gret. Thus far he lias vouchsafed no
public Htatelmeiit e*ccpt to nay that
h<* would have prefer n?d to go down
with hlx Hhlp; ? Paxxetigerx s|s-ak in
hlx praise and declare he did his full
duty.
t'hlcf Ofllcer HUhmI it is statinl was
killed hy a hoat falling on iiirn while |
working to help the passengers es J
<aiw.
I.aiirenee Irving, author and actor
and son of Sir Henry Irving, accord
Ihg to survivors, died while trying to
save his wife, Mr, and Mrs, Irving
were last seen on d<*'k einhaclug one
another as if In- farewell. They went
down with the ship, Jiu'ked in each
othorn arms.
M. I). A. Darling, a survivor -here,
was saved hy a lifeboat that might
have saved Sir Henry Seton-Karr. My
cahin \yas opposite Kir Henry's," said
Darling today, "ami when I opened my
door we humped Into each. other in the
passageway. He had a lifebelt and
1m* offered It to inc. I refused it, t mi t
he said 'go on. man, take it, and 1
will gel another.' I told hint' to save
himself, hnt he got angry and actual
ly forced the belt over lfio, He then
hurried me along the corridor to the.
door. Apparently he went hack for
another belt1, hut a moment or two lif
ter he had left me the ship went
down. I was picked up."
Commissioner Itees, of the Salvation
Army, stood on the deck of the doom-,
cd vessel trying to persuade the poo*
pie to keep cool and lending a help
ing hand to many. When the ship was
almost under water one of his men
shouted to him to jump for hlH life,
lie replied lie would stand hy his wife
and children and sank with the words
'< ), <?od. Thy will he done' on ills lips.
,i>ne of the touching eights on the
survivors' train was that presented hy
Philip l.jfwler. With his wife and son
he had left his home in Mrautford.
out,, whore th?y liad lived for the
IttHt mVmi yearn, to viait their old
home In KHtghly, Yorkshire, Finland.
The mother wist down with the ^i?i i?
ss III )?? the falhcr, after I) dcsjM-i al<
struggle, managed to wave his Hon aiul
hlm?Hf. lit- wan Injund VfbW Hit'
explosion occurred aud with his hcuil
' MWitM in bandages and bowed with
grief he nut adUconsolate f Ik urv Ht
Ills son's aide.
only 22 women hm?I two children t?f
tin* niMiiy aboard ap|>ear to have txswi
j saved.
< >H4' lit t U* Kill, I ieleu O'ilara, swam
until she wttH picked tip, UK also did
Miss Thompson, from New Zealand
Mrs. iir??iinway, a bride tit a Week,
was separated from her husband and
thought slu* liad lost hint, hut the two
hud a happy rcunnlon later In Itlmou
ski. Probably the <'lil?>f cause of con
fuslon on the Htenmer after the im
pari wlih the water, rushing Into the
engine room and Hoisting the dyna
mos, threw tin* ship In complete dark
imss. The struggle* of tlu* terrified
passengers to escape can he Imagined.
There is among (lie dead the body
<<f a well dressed woman on whose
lingers there are diamonds. Many of
tin* bodies are cut and bruised, some
as if with a knife.
Some wore life belts when picked
up and of these many had died with
their arms extended above their heads.
The mother who held tin* body of her
dead child to her breast, wore a gold
chain hearing a gold cross.
Survivors all agree on outstanding
points of the disaster.. It was so
quick that there was no tim- for In
bUlg-nl concerted action. Hundred^
of women might have lieon saved had
they not Htopjatd to dress.
Though the crew menders predomi
nated In the saved no word of re
p roach for them has heen heard. It
was pointed out that many were on
deck, ? ui duty, and that those who
leaped after helping such passengers
as they could were aide to swim. Most
of the first and second cabin passen
gers were caught lit their beds by the
rush of the water.
"I was looking thru the jiort hole in
.my cabin amidships," said Hand Ser
geant Fowler, when I saw a big black
shape loom up out of the darkness. It
seemed only a few feet away. Then
came the Jolt ; It could not be called
a crash because it was more of a
grinding sensation. Itefore I realized
what had .happened my cabin began
to till with water. I rushed up the
itia in couipanionway. I saw a girl
with a baby in her arms and a little
child following her. The girl l*>gg?Mj
iih* to put h llfel>elt on lier, HO I Imp
lied long enough t<> <1? this."
Ily the flim* Fowl??r had reached the
deck he said tbejlilp whh listing bad
|y, and tin* passengers had to cling to
llu* rail \to keep from gobiK over the
side. Fowler Juiii|km|.
"I went down and down until I
thought my Iuiikh would burst," lie
suid. 1 loilics bumped intu me. Once
a man threw IiIm anus around me mid
I had to tight to break Ids grip. I
swam several hundred feet and. whh
almost exhausted when a boj^t picked
nie up." Among resident survivors not
in the Salvation army who arrived wav
TIioiimih Smart, who says he Ixdlevee
he was the last man to sjieak to Capt.
Kendall Ix'fore the collision.
"I was sitting out 011 the upper
deek," he said, "and when the captain
walked past about half past 1 o'clock
and said : 'It Is a nice night, but it
ItHikM to me as though a fog is coming.
Vou never know how soon ft fog will
drop on ,Vou at this part of Jhe liver."
When the crash came Smart says
he saw ('apt. Kendall on the bridge.
He was 'holding on to the rail, shout
big orders to the crew, leaning over
ami wavtng his hands. lie heard him
say: "Keep your heads there, and
don't Ket excited." When a boat drop
jM&d sideways Into the water the cap
tain seemed to realize that the liner
was lost, for he shouted ; "Hurry Up,
there, everybody, there Is not a min
ute to lose. (Jet the stewards through
the corridors. If there are doors lock
ed break them In. (Jet the i>eople out
and don't forget that the women and
children must come first."
"Ho siHike through a megaphone,"
said Smart, "but there was so much
screaming and moaning that his voice
was drowned. Hut he stuck to Ills
post to the very last.
"When I gut on to the Lady Evelyn
I saw him .stretched out there, and
they were giving him brandy. When
lu? was able to speak au<| look around
and asked 'whore's the ship?' A pas
senger told him the boat had gone. On
hearing this Capt. Kendall burled his
face and cried as though, his heart
would break."
TRESPASS NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that tres
passing or driving through proper
ty known as Goodie Castle is pro
hibited. Persons violating this
notice will ,be dealt with according
to law. I. F. Eldredge.
Camden, . S. C.,' May 13, 1914.
COTTON MILL BTATIsl ^
Washington. 1>. ? MayfRGJ
increase for the year o f 10,7 0L tl ... i
and 019,004 Hpiudles 1m shown ^",l
iwil edition of flu* textile din* 1
? 1 1 ?
giving cotton, woolen and "Hit)
iiiIIIh on the Hues of the 8?fl <!.
Hull way, Southern Hallway ?
Hlsslppi, Mobile Mild Ohio l(
ihorKlu Southern and Florklt ? ~<~
way and Virginia and South
Hallway with their equipment * In
uary U 11)14, which hum Juat b***!*
sne<< by the land and IndUHtrJ^J1"
pertinent at Umm roads.
Hit slsU'.scmfwyp etuoln HhrdhUJ< in
The directory contains a llat^^l
mills, their ?i?n?ipni?nt, the fk)v
der which they are operated mii<}{?| ,
of goods manufactured. it a how
along these lines then* are Old <
ml 1 1m. 143 knitting iiiIIIh and .'(1 lutt
M) iiiIIIh, a grand lolal of 71X1 lN|"
plants of thin character. TliMe ?
t o
have a total equipment of 2i,i?,
looms and Q, 860, 634 spindles. n
new ml I Ik were put in operatioi.
ing 1913. These figures do not in1""
iiiIIIh under construction Of pd
meats not ready for operation |(),
inij 1.
In idditlon to the inform,
about the mills, the directory
t a ins a map of the Southern Hal (
system and schedules of the daily "
ton Koodw traiiiH oj>erated over /'
Southern Hallway In connection
other lines.
CITATION. j
State of South Carolina- " i
C-ounty of Kershaw. lord
By W. L. McDowell, Ksquire, Pn0l
Judge. . j
WhereaB, Mrs. Mary Cat lu
Hlackwell made nuit to me to g,r
her letter* of AdmlnlHtraatlon of
Instate of and effects of Joht^t!
Hlackwell.
These are, therefore, to cite
admonish all and singulai*1 the
dred and creditors of the said .?''
T. Hlackwell, deceased, that the i t
and api>ear before ine, in the (
of Probate, to be held at Camde.J
0., on June 8tli next, after pul M
t ion thereof, 'at 11 o'clock in the |
noon, to show cause, if any K d
have, why the said Administers]
should not be granted. ,
Given under my Hand, this .
day of May, A. <I>. 1914.
w. L. Mcdowell, 'ri
Judge of Probate for Kershaw
Published on the liflth day of }0j
and the nth day of June, 1014, in i
Camden Chronicle, and posted at -j
Court House door for the time ? h
.scribed by law.
Twenty. -live girls and twenty- J
hoys completed the course in the S(j.|
ter high school Thursday.
New Beauties-Real Bargains
are discoverable every day it these
splendid Spring stocks
It is quite impossible to realize the true attractiveness
of these new stocks until you see them all. This Spring
the values are so rich, the styles so fine that customers
are constantly telling us they never saw anything to equal
them. Make your Spring shopping money buy the most
possible of quality, beauty and correct fashion.
BUY IN THE STORE OF BEST STYLES
AND BIGGEST VALUES.
L. Schenk & Co.
CAMDEN, S. C.