The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 01, 1915, Image 1
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VOLUME XXVI.
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, l#15.
NUMBER 37.
JAM89 VAUOHAN KILLED'
? joe Bank* H?M in J?il on *
Charge of Murder. ?T
' j u inert Vaughan, a young uwfo aged
<t:i voura, a member of a prominent
' ; family In this county, wan shot and
hiitantly killed Thursday afternoon
lust two miles above Camden. The
? jiod v of the young man wa? earrieil to
the "undertaking parlors of McJ^orrolck
V co where all Chriafca?? <Kv WHH
v Mimnnied by a .coroner's Jury In hoar
v -tug the testimony and a dolay lit reach -
a venliet. The Jury'H verdict was
J at Jamea VauKhan came to bin death
u pistol ?hot wound in the hands
3 joe.Banka. .Hanks bUnow In Jail
!>hn rued with murder, having been fir
r0S(t.(l sin >11 after the shooting that af
ternoon. . , .
Saturday the Jury not being satls
rt.'i as to the pistol used, thoy re-as
Lnbled and requested the corondr to
- order a iM>st-mort?w examination of
* ?i... body Dr. Hraslngton made the
examination and found that the bullet
?hh'h produced his death was from a
' Ts laHbro rOTOlvef. and tUHt the .but
took effort iU the left breuat. golug
through the WWy and was found under
"rhe^SwS* gentlemen acted with
Coroner Irtxon to the taking of the
?, Simony: W. T. Smith, foreman;
. Smith W, ltussell, Jr., J.
5rt mite a -a1 Stokes, W. H. Black -
V.u A J. Beattie, U C. Shaw, L.
Hillings, 8. W. Karker, W. V, Nettles,
mill T. O. GJaddeu.
There were three witnesses examln
f p Vaughan, father of the dead
man Kit Ghllders and William ljoy
k\n The testimony of Mr. Vaughan
? ,is considered the most Important and
we give it below as he gave it to the
jury
Mr. Vaughan's Testimony.
i p Vaughan, sworn, said : "My
son,' James Vaughan, rati a beef ma r
' ket in the forks of the road about two
i mile" from town. Thursday evening
nhout three - O'clock myself and son
- were standing in our shop, Somo one
. hollered and we went to the door an
saw "Kit" Chlldera in his buggy by
himself. He pulled his pistol out of
his pocket and tjegan to wave It tll,?"t.
? f nines VAughati. went to the buggy and
asked Uhilders to put his pistol back
in his pocket. At that
drove up In a wagon- and got out ami
wet straight to Chllder* buggy and
V|iin to give him that pistol. Kit
rpfused to give it to him, and told, him
- he wasn't going to let him have it Joe
Banks then caught hold ot mt aud told
him he was going. ^kifShiWew^eil
then began a scuffle. Kit V-nnaerH wu
out of the buggy. Ibuiks then juniped
"" out of the buggy on Kit, and took the
,,lt uZ^?utWlSere a..d took Joe
Hanks off down the road and asked
him to give- the lllatol hack to the toy.
SrtssssP?? ciUL
father of Kit Chlldera. Job Banks and
A S ( ?hildets feot into a scuffle and a
. tew llcita pitKfcett- : They all then ga ttw
cred hi front of the ?t?re?Joe Bank"
lpfinlmr up' against tli# store. Kit
* fhllders struck 'Banks in the ttead with
. f lirwh. Joe throw hla Load back to
t. dodire the lick and the old man l>hll
ders hit Joe Banks in the h^md wlth a
4 board. B^nks then left the trow a
or 40 feet above the store and Mr.
Moore went Jip there where -Joe ^ was
r" and they stood there looking and e.
arolnlng the platol. I ?eu ?a? ateud
ine in the door and James Vaugnan
was standing right in front of me on
the ground. Banks then came u?und
the west side of the store and as he
turned the corner he commenced shoot
ing? the second Jai^ J? ^
" from where he wa*r standing and I
in the door. After James fell. Banks
commenced snapping his P
said he was going to kill every d
?' readmitted that he was drunk,
- but be ana WlUlam Boykto'a tortl
mony was Dractlckily the same as M .
^^The "affair happened In a section
- which has recently gained ?
unenviable reputation for
and it is reported that whiskey .
ing freely sold in that is
accounts for the trouble. J8"*' J?
mid to have beeiL-dm;^ ? ?n<*
I. u? s*u>ot "somebody, and It mad ^
difference who it was. He. ho^
in cutting scrapes before ami was
Kidennl a dangerous character. <
James Vaughan was born and ******
7 in Camden and was well k??wn 1'JJ
everyone. He was the only j 3 . .
Mr. .1. P. Vaughan, his
when he was quite a lad. w
services over the remains were ?
at the Quaker cemetery ^
ternoon, being conducted by Kev. J
A. Davison. . . ... ..V.
- A singular coincidence In
tion with the death of Vaughan Isthat
- alKMit 12 years ago on a Christmas
eve Vaughan shot to death a
thf streets of Camden. He was
. quitted. . '..f.'
< 'ii Saturday afternoon lant Jake
Crow wa? shot through the shoulder
Wth a shot gun, by Will Connell.
Jako Crow 1i8d previously shot Shell
Connell through the arm with a pistol,
the brother took up the flight. All
the parties wero white and it is un
ifNfood they fell out while returning
lioirw? near Westville. None -of the
wound* ' Were" considered serious.
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Accidentally Shot.
?John Perry, colored, was shot lij
the head by Earl Carlos, Wednesday
"fternooRr 4&-thc shoe -shop ot Dan
Williams, on Bast DeKalW street Both
Vs were working in the shop and
irlo* was "pranking" with the pistol,
he wouhd was not serious. Carlos
Placed to . 3?IL . 0? claims ShJ>
"nootlog wua
HRTHlNh NKHM NOT ICS.
Happenings ?f the Holidays as Told
v u ,,ur Coitw|hmi(I?i(.
- JtHhum- h. V., l>oc. 30? MN. Mur
II. ???ly wKI, htr
wr. <? It. ( assady, Is very 111 with
PIUMIIIM >11 111, 5
riiore was a Christmas tree at tho
vlayy rlaU <luuvh t-bristuiHs eve
There wuh very little liquor drluk
mg here during tho holidays.
Ml** Stella llethune, who is 'teach
lug school near Gnstonia, N. C? spent
tin holidays at homo.
Messrs. Italph McCaskill, Lor In ? Da
vis and Fly it ti Kelloy, of tho Clinton
< <>l oge, came homo for tho holidays.
Miss Katie Holder, of Colter College
sm?rtt the holidays at her homo here.
Carder J (iHrd,ler Hml A,r- Unvls
wftl IS Ut? *!??' Christmas
: , Wlfttlvea at Ilartsvllle.
8.? w.a ?l, Kl""' *"
r. n V Iiolltluya with his Kruuil
Mr I li ""?>?<"?. I? town.
W* ??r(lnor and family spent
the ( hristuias holidays with Mr. D.1
.Barnes and family on route one.
til win! ?U1 CaHMrt1ay- who bas been very
to K^Vory<",m0" ' 'V'"' *??
Mr. ltipioy Copeland and family
?l>cnt the holidays at Great Falls, S C
Mr. George W. McCoy, who is suf-\
inTll1? W cbe8t- returned to Co
lumbia on Monday for treatment.
?,?*? tellers si>ent Sunday
with relatives and friends at Patrick.
Bov. J. a. Graham, of Itowesvllle
is spending this week in town
l,. W.nT Cfl8,8tt<ly' of l>??otof Ga., is
?n town for a few days.
, ^r >Waiter M. Stevens, of Lancas
ter, spent a day or st> here this week
ifeSS ?v? who is clerking at
UlajrtL oame home for the hoi
Mr. A.. K. Belch, of Bellamy, N. C
spent Christmas wjth the family of
Mr. (,. L. Mays. ' ,
Messrs. L. W. West and Hugh Gard
ner rmdved Christmas presents last
\\eek a little daughter arriving at the
homo of each.
?r fhe youug folks enjoyed a
it iv r>mF,y ?4 the residence of Mr.
B. W. Best last Tuesday night.
H?bier, who has been suf
fering frith a sore foot* is able to be
out again.
Masonic Officers Elected.
At the regular meeting of Lyuch
wood Lodge, No, 15)7, A. F. M.. held
last Saturday, J>ec. 20th, the following
offlcers were elected aud installed : W
w ' 2??,Ps?,n' 7- B stow, s.
vv. , S I. Gardner, J. W.; N. A. Be
thune, treas. ; D. M. Bethune, sec'y ?
A- McCankUl, S. IX ; N. K. McKin
non, J. I). ; H. W. Nortlicutt and T. M.
Uyburn, stewards; W. E. Horton, ti
ler. The members 0f tho lodge enjoy
ed a fine oyster dinner at King's hotel
after IhO election of officers. Lyneh
, wood I,odKe is now in a most flourish
j ing condition.
Crops Taken to Fay Debt.
Wagons are being sent out nearly
jevery day now to haul in cotton, corn,
fodder, peas, cows, mules, vehicles,
I etc., from persons who- were unable to
pay their fertilizer and supply bills
the imst season. A number of men
with families will be left without any
thing to go on. the next year, unable
to get credit -to make another crop,
rhe outlook is indeed gloomv.
Much Thieving Going On. . <
There has been considerable steal
ing In this section during the past few
weeks. Recently several negroes broke
j into the cotton house of Mr. D. W.
Barnes on route one and stole about
half a bale of cotton. On Christmus
eve thieves broke into a negro house
on Mr. D. M. Bethune's place and stole
all the rations In the house. Other
cases of roguery have been reported
also. One fellow losing a suit case of
| unristmas oooze aud a pair of shoes.
I - Many People Moving. -
During the next few days there will
be considerable moving in this section.
Mr. Lee Vaughan and fftmlly,fof route
one, have moved to the Smith "place,
near town. Dr. Norwood and family
expect to move to McBee; Mr. Bob
Stokes and family h^ve moved 3o Hr.
Simeon Stokes^place near Sandy Grove
church, and several. other persons have
changed locations the past few days. '
Income Taxes for The State.
Columbia, S. G., Dec. 30. ? The state
of South Carolina <k)lleeted $15,303.31
from the Income, tax this year as
against $17,820.25 last year, according
to figures complle<i apd - made public
today by Comptroller General A. W.
Jones. Klchland county Is first with
$5,342.63, Charleston second with $1,
190.99, Spartanburg third with $JL108.
23, Anderson fourth with $1,024.81.
Greenville county only paid $516.14.
Eleven counties paid no income tax.
Figures for ICefshd# for 71913* Werte
$174.49; for 1914, $257.35. g
Mrs. Munn Dead.
Jefferson, S. C., Dec. 80.^-Mrs. Ma
haley Munn, aged 79 years, died at
Jefferson on December 15, 1914, Tftff
burial took place at Mt Pisgah church
the following day, funeral services be
ing conducted by the Rev. T. A. Dab
ney, of White HluiT. Mrs. MunnVr
maiden name was Mahaley Randolph,
and her first husband wa* Jessie de
Itruhl, who was killed In the War Be
tween the Sections. After the war she
was married to Mr. John Munn, who
preceded her to the grave several
year*. _ She had long been a sufferer,
and had be^n frisking her home wlfb
her only llvlnfe child, Mr. T. J,k dn
Rrnhl, at Jefferson.
Her Husband at the Front. ~J
Among the tourists in . Camden Is
Mrs. Maclyer,. who with b?r
mother Is 'spending some time at the
Court Inn. Mrs. Maclvefs husband
was a volunteer in the English army
when the KunMirt war broke out and
Is now in Belgium with the tttopo.
IfKKMBKKTH NEWS NO'l'KS.
('ormpoiidMit Comment w on Thing a \ji
a Owieral Way.
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Koiubert, S <5., 1>*m\ 20, ? Christmas
passed *>IT very quietly lit tbl? sec
tion, A few I ho crackers ^ war? shot.
A lot of vye'' was drank. It
whh mo rainy that nearly all had to stay
In doors. Trade wiih dull owing to
scarcity t?f nu^ey. Two of our mer
chants have had to clone their doors,
owing to poor > I'll.-, i ion Others
around will follow suit for same cau,Hes.
Wheat and oats look wall consider
Iiik 11 has beeu ho cold:' Soma hogs
hava been killed. <>u.r people still have
enough to oat and wear and wo all
should be thankful. The la'st icon
have not 1)661) able to pay all their
debts, owing* to low price of , cotton.
Miss lOdua Hoss, one of our popu
lar young ladles surprised her friends
hy marrying ? last weak. Mr. John
Mclivod Is the happy man. Their many
friends wish theiu much happiness In
this world of trouble. More, we un
derstand, will follow so let the i^ood
work go on. t
Missies I la and lAila Baker and broth
er, l^em, sj>ent /'hrlstmaa with Key* ll?
B. Hatfield's family at Cassatt. They
had a fine time.
Miss Bessie Hatfield, one of the pret
ty young ladles of Cassatt, is visiting
relatives and friends here.
Some moving is going on, mostly
among the colored people. They all
seem as happy as usual ? a good ex
ample for all to follow, for when trou
ble can't be helped it is useless to pine
over it.
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SMOTHERED TO DEATH.
Tom Bowen Met Death in Peculiar
Manner at Oil MU1.
While working at the Southern Cot
tou Oil Co's. plant In this city Tues
day morning, Tom Bowen, ? negro was
smothered to death under a huge pile
of cotton Heed. . The man had been
warned to watch out for the cave-in,
and a few minutes after, the operator
In- the Hnter room noticed that the sup
ply of seed was running abort and go
ing to the need room to Investigate,
found that the seeu had caved in. :
. Bowen was missing and suspecting
that ho had been burled, a search was
made and his l>ody was found about
eighteen inches under the seed. The
accident h appended about 6.00 a. m.,
and hi* body - was recovered twenty
minutes later.
The coroner held an inquest and ren
dered a verdict that the man 90bb to
hit* deatlr through his own carol ees
ness.
Manager Eve_ eudeavored to find .the
relatives of TTbe dead man, but it 1b
said that he had non living relativtw
and the botly-^ was turned, over to Un
dertaker C. W. Evans, wtyo gave it a
proper burial in the colored cemetery
at the company's expense. Bowen
came to Camden from Hagoods.
Meeting of Chamber of Commerce.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Camden Chamber of Commerce will be
hold at Recorder's Court Room, Wed
nesday, 5 p. m., January Oth.
? C. P. DuBose, Secretary.
Mr. Meares Dead. ^
- Mr. tu 8. Meares, betted known to
h& intimate friends as "Buck" Meares,
died at his home on East York street
Saturday morning after a long illness.
For ji number of years he had been a
"shut-in" and had not been seen in
the streets or at bis trade ? -that of a
carpenter. He was sixty-two years of
age and . leaves a wife arid several
children. Mr. Meares was-tfell liked
by those who knew him and had many
friends. The funeral wag held from
his residence Sunday afternoop con*
ducted by Iiev C. B. Smith, pastor of
the Lyttleton Street Methodist church,
and the burial was in the Quaker cem
etery.
To Have Portrait, of Former-Captain.
The Kershaw Guards, desiring to
perpetuate -the memory of former cap
tains of the re-organized Company,
have requested Hon. Mendel L. Smith
to present the organization with his
portrnit- for tfce arcio^y as he -to a m the
first captain of the Company from
to lftOO. Captain Smith, &t the Com
pany's suggestion, will "give a very fine
liken efts of his pow owned by the Zemp
photograph studio* and has accepted
the invitation to be with {he Kershaw
Guards at tlje presentation ceremony
on January 6th. ?' ' "
Church Conference at Antioch. ?
A < ? 1 1 1 1 r< ? 1 1 conference has been called
to meet at Antioch Baptist church on
the first Sunday in January, 1018, at
eleven o'clock, for the purpose of call
ing a pastor. - Alt member^ jeflFe re
quested to be present G, W. Shiver,
Church Clerk.
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"mvume" 14 the Baby County. -
McCormick, S. C., Dec. 29. ? By an
overwhelming vote, 619 to 97, the pro
motors of j the "McDuffle" county move
ment won out in the -election held to
day in the portions of Abbeville, Edge
field and Greenwood counties affe< tedv
The proposed pew county territory In
each old county gave more ' than the
two-thirds in favor of "Msfruffle" coun
ty, which, after expected' favorable ac
tion3 by tho General Assembly, will be'
-South Carolina's forty-fifth county, the
Palmetto staters "baby." McCormick
will be the county seatl
r- ?<* ' VP' **""''** Vd. 1 1 '
^IVoli^ual Banquet.
LiveOak Ompp No. 49. Woodmen of ;
the will ,bold their annual ban-,
qnet Friday night, January IsUln tl?
lodge room in the opera house build
inc. All visiting Woodmen cordially
invfted to attend. /fcy.-Di fitWS fti ? - - :
m ? ? iv . ?ci c.
" .
Ktmf'FIVK MOKE PAKIH>NN,
HIohno (|nui(H Pardons, r?roloK ami
Commutations.
Trirr .
OoluKihtH, s. C., Dee. .'id. ? Fifty-five
more convicts in tho |s?nltenttary and
scut term I oil chain gangs throughout,
the utate wero recipients of clemency
froiu till) bauds of Governor Mease
late this afternoon, bringing the total
uuinber of cases In which the Governor
ban exorcised tin; pardoning and parol
lug power up t * ? 1,514 since ho has been
In office.
The list to-night was made up of 'JP
manslaytjrs, four for violation of the
dlspensmy law, two for broach of trust,
four for larceny, three for assault and
battery and riot, throe for assault and
battery, four for hlKhway robbery,
three for criminal assault, one for ear
break lug, two for resisting an olllcer.
'There are still I IP state convicts In the
l>ohltontlary, on state farms and chain
gangs.
The three white men convicted of
having attempted to storm the jail In
Spartanburg when Sheriff \V. J. White
held at bay a mob which t rled to lynch
a negro, were all paYdoned. The three
were, convicted In Spartanburg last
Novemlwr and sentenced to throe years
011 the chain gang by Judge Moore.
They a re Horace Finch, Robert Wilson
and W. K. Helcher.
Included in the list was one Greek,
Augustus Corosus, of Abbeville, who
was serving a ten-months' sentence for
larceny. He >yas paroled during good
behavior.
John Masslngale of Pickens County,
who was serving a term for man
slaughter, was paroled on condition
thut he leave the state by January 5
and never return.
AT THE HOTELS.
Names of Those Stopping at This Pop
ular Winter Resort.
Owing to the bad weather for the
past few days the arrival of tourists at
the various hotels has fallen off con
siderably. The past few days of bright
suuny weather will doubtless see many
coming sou^h. The golf season will
open shortly and jnany will enjoy this
outdoor sport. Already a goodly num
ber of the' cottages have been occupied
by members of the cottage colony, and
the sunny days bring out parties enjoy
ing the recreation of walking and rid
ing. A number of social affairs have
been given in Klrjtwood during the
past week.
At The Court Inn.
Arrivals at the ("onrtlmT for the'
week are: Mr,' and Mrs. K. Forster,
New Vork ; Mrs. Davidge, Win. H.
Davidgo, Mrs; Randal! Maclver, New
York; Edwin DC Farr, Edwin D?Farr,
J r.N Camden, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. F.
A. Titus, New Yurk;Mrs, Jane K. Da
vis, "Miss Pa VIS, "New- York. ....
^At The Hobkirk Inn.
Arrivals at the nobklrk Inn for the
past week are: Mr. Crapo C. Smith,
Detroit, Mlcli. ; Mrs. A. K. Muller, Mr.
Frederick Muller, New York City ; Miss
E. E. McCllntock, Mrs. Fisher, Colum
bia, S. C. ; Airs. J. Hall Dow, New
York City; Mrs. Jane E. Davis, Wor
cester, Mass. ; Miss/ Lilla Whltcomb
Davis, New York City.
Married.
Married, on Decembfif_ 24th, In the
probate office, Judge McDowell pfflcla
tlng, Mr. Aster Threat and Miss* Irene
Stewart, both of Camden.
Married, on December 24th, at the
probate olllce, Judge McDowell officia
ting, Mr. J. E. Thornton and Miss Su
sie Watson, both of Blaney.
Married,jln December 20th, at the
probate oftfee, Judge McDowell officia
ting, Mr. Otis Graham irud Miss 'Daisy
Moseley, both of Camden, rfd 2.'
Married ? on December. 30th, at the
residence of Probate .Tmlge McDowell,
the . Judge of Probate officiating, Mr.
Robert Lee McCasklll to Miss Kate Lee
Brown, both of nejj/*" Camden.
FRANK GRANTED AN APPEAL
From Habeas Corpus Decision in the
<foorgia Federal Court.
Washington, D. C? De6. 28. ? Justice
I^ainar of the Supreme Court today
granted an appeal from the decision
of the Georgia Federal Court, which
refused to telea.se L <eo M. Frank, on a
habeas corpus proceedings. Frank is
tinder death sentence for the murder
of Mary Phagan an Atlanta factory
girl.
The celebrated case now comes be
fore the highest court in the land, a
goal for which Frank's attorneys have
been fighting for weeks and which wos
once previously denied him, although
on another phase of the proceed! ng.
In , the present proceeding, Rank's
attorneys argued to the Federal court
of Georgia- that State courts in which
Frank had been convicted of murder,
has lost Jurisdiction over their "client
because, he had not had a fair trial
and had been . convicted in an atmos
phere of violence. ' They asked the
Georgia Federal court to release-Frank
on a habeas corpus writ Judge New
man refused and declined to grant an'
ippeal to* the $,upreme Court The
appeal to Justice Lamar, granted Jjfb
day. permits ?them to briqg their case
up for hearing in Washington.
Meanwhile Frank's execution is
atayed. -ixr^ ?
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Local Committee on Cotton Loan. " f
Kcrsli^w Couutyf? local committee
Cor the hitgffilfiff of the $t00(<KX),000
cotton loan fund has been approved and
announced as follows: C. iJ. Shannon,
Jr.* -president of the First National
Bank ; John S. Lindsay, of ftMLLoau A
MvtBga Junkro. h. tlfefc of the
Hank of Camdan.? - ?
The State commit too for South Car
olina is as follow*: R. G. Rhett,
chairman ; John M. Kinard, Henry
Schaehte, <V CI Rowland aed B. H.
Prinfie, Jr. teentoiy.
SIIOI IJ) TAliK NOTK KHIKNDLV
?
I British Papers Agrwi llmt Amicable .
Spirit Should Govern Acceptance.
London, 1 Hhv, 30. Morning uewspa
pern comment at length ?>n the Ameri
can government's note to (treat Brl
ta In concerning treatment accorded
American commerce l?,v the British
Hw(, a tid agree that the' American pro
test should he met by the British gov
ernment in the spirit of friendly good
: will shown hy the 'note. Generally,
however, the newspapers are inclined
to await tiic actual text of the note
before indulging III detailed discussion.
In tiie meant line they point out how
inevitably serious dltllcult les arise
whenever questions of neutrality art*
Involved. Moreover they dispute the
theory that Great Britain alone is re
s|M>nlsblo for the dislocation of the
world's trade, arguing that-, even had
she remalmnl neutral, the fact that a
number of other nations were Involved
must have had u detrimental effect on
the world's commerce, in any case,
they say, Great Hritaln was not re
sponsible for the war. The Times
says :
"The note Is dated December -4
and, although the idea may seem fan
ciful, we can not help Imagining that
it wos hy no accident that the eve of
the great festival of i>eace and good
will was chosen for the dispatch of
this friendly communication from one
of the great branches of the English
speaking communities to the other.
"If anything in the telegraphic num
mary of the note as received here
should seem iwremptory we feel as
sured that this api>enrunce is entirely
due to the necessities of compression
and will vanish when the text of the
document is before us. We fully real
ize the Inconvenience and the loss the
conduct of the war must occasion to
America and other neutrals. We also
are confident that when the note is
published we shall find that President
Wilson and his colleagues are not In
sensible to the imperious requirements
of our military situation.
"We do not suppose the United States
disputes our right as belligerents . to,
practice such Interference with com
merce between neutrals as is manifest
ly necessary for >f!f! protection of our
natioual safety. What they do ques
tion, as we gather It, Is whether the
action of our ships does not in some
cases exceed that manifest necessity."
Declaring there are many j>eculiHr
conditions arising from the war which
Justify Great Britain's policy, the edi
torial continues : ' y
"The note deals throughout with un
shaken faith in our sense of Justice.
That faith we shall assuredly do our
best to preserve. It is quite inconeeiv
ubU* that two sensible peoples on the
friendliest of terms with each other
shoi^d not succeed In devtsTngli modus
vlveiull In accordance With the gen
ernT principles of International law
which -will at the same time meet the
l?ecullur facts ahd 'clrCuiruftanees or
this unprecedented war."
AT PAPTI8T GHllRCH.
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Consecration Day, Sunday, January
3rd, 1915.
Mr. T. J. Watts, the South Carotin#
Baptist Sunday School secretary will
be the special speaker at the morning
hour at the new year's CJonsecratlon
Service at the Baptist Church, Sunday
morning, January 3rd, 1015. His sub
ject will be "The Sunday School* En
terprise in the Extension of the King
dom." Mr. Watts is one of the great
est Sunday School exi>erts of our day
and the opportunity to hear this ad
dress Is indeed a privilege. It is to
he hoped that every Baptist in Camden
will l>e present at both the services of
the day. The subject at the evening
hour will Ik> "Dividing the Time with
On?i " t j**t mm come prepared to think
about our obligation to God for the
coming year. Not only Baptists but
all who, are Interested in concerted
Christian effort are invited to these
services. J. A. D.
Hagcnbarks Killed.
I Bt. Ix>ul?,~i)ec. 28.? Word that Imt
euz and Henry Hagenlmok, menagerie
owners of Germany have been killed
In battle has been received today by
George Dleckman, president of the St.
Louis Zoological Society. The news
originally^ came in .a letter to Peter
Bohnemn* a native Hollander, from a
friend in Germany.
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J. L McCALLUM FOUND DEAD.
Sumter Cashier Was Probably Victim
of Apeplexy.
Sumter, _8._ C., Dgc. 28.? Tho people
of Shmter were shocked this afternoon
. when it became known that Julius L.
McCallum, cashier of the First Nation
al Bank, and a prominent business man
of the city, had been found dead in
bjs residence on I) road street. The
body was discovered about 2 o'clock by
the cook when ?he went to prepare din
ner for Mr. "McCallum. He was lying
in the kitchen, with his fflcfi..d0wnward
wherehe had evidently fallen. It tn
thought that he suffered ai?4ittack of
appoplexy as he went to light the gas
this morning to heat water for the
bath room.
Mr. McCJallum was alone in the
bouse last night, his wife having gone
to Columbia to spend Christmas with
her parents. As he had slept in his
bed it is probable that it -was some
time early this morning that death -?*
curred.
The deceased had been * cashier of
the First National Bank for nearly ten
years and was a jjopular business man
of the city. He had been actively en
gaged in the real estate business for
a number of years and Was president
of the Reel Kstate Holding Company
and of the McCallum ileal Hstate Com
pany^ He was married about five
years ago to Mrs. Lucy Quattlebapm.
o f iVtlumbta. who, with dike cMltf, sur >
vlves him. I
FROM THE COMMISSIONERS
Mr. deLoach Telia of Troubles
With The Old Company.
j To I ho Kdltor of The Chronicle:
We promised you last week that we
would give to t !??? citizens of Camden
| some of tho facts kit regard to the mat
ters jieiHllng between John T, Harrlng
ton, who acquired by purchasing at
the -receiver sale of the former Cam
den Water. I.lght \ lee Company, the
water mains in the t'it.v of Camden
which the t 'ommtMstoncrs of 1'uhlle
Works of the Clt> of Camden agreed to
purehase. Tills agreement to purchase
was , tlrst based upon a contract enter
ed In between .lylui T Harrington and
Commissioners for an agreed prlee,
provided the water mains would stand
pressure before linn I acceptance by the
Commissioners of 150 pounds per
square inch continuously for h period
of two hours, ami as a further lest
when subjected to standplpe pressure
the Hues shall show a total leakage
not to exceed forty gallons per hour
lier mile of pipe. We proceeded, with
our engineers at a time agreed upon
to put this ir>0 pounds pressure known
as the high pressure tent, as required
by the agreement, but the pljie line en
tirely foiled to stand this test. Wo
then allowed, as we had agreed to do.
tho representatives of John T. Har
rington to put the i?1|m? line in a con
dition to stand another test and the
citizens perhaps rememlier the length
of time In which the streets were be
ing dug up and this work of repair*
lug was being carried on. When the
representatives of John T. Harrington ;
concluded that the pljie line was ready
for another test of 150 pounds pres
sure, we put the pressure on the pipe
lines but the test was again a failure,
the pipe Hive" not standing the test of
150 jhiunds, Again the - representa
tives of John T. Harrington endeavor
ed, as they claim, to again put the
pipe lines In a condition for the test
of 100 pounds. The people will again,
rtjinenibor how patiently we waited up
on said parties to do this repair work,
and how patient the town authorities
were in allowing excavations, to l>e'
made in the. streets in order that the
said parties m)ght do the work requir
ed to put the mains In condition for
the test.' The citizens will afso remem
ber the length of time in which It took
the parties to do this work. Again we
gave to the pii>e lines the pressure of
100 pounds, aftd while under this lust
test the pressure remained 150 pounds
for the greater part of the time dur
4?g -tlMk test -yet leakage In the
streets wfts great and from some sees
tlons of the City the water was pour
ing out of the said pipe lines In some- ,
thing of a stream. When this last test
was hiding, made and Just at its com
pletion Mr. C. S. Campbell requested
nt that time our putting on a stand
pl|>e test to show the leakage. . Our en
gineer did not deem this necessary As
ha calculated that under the standplpe
test the leakage \ypuld bp. far In ex
cess of fhe 40 gallons per mile per
hour as required In the contract fonder
the sjandpli>e test. Our engineer sug
gested to the Commissioners that ow
ing to the conditions In the City at the
time, our contracts with the hotels In
the City lielng made, and owing to the
fact tlmt It would take quite a while
to repair the said lines aqfl put them
in -shaiw? for the said standplpe test,
or leakage test, that* they would ad
vise us to }H>stpone the name until
Spring, and he also advised that from
the agreed price that we deduct $2,500
for the rejuilri which It. might he ne
.cos.->:t ry to put the lines In condition so
that they would stand the tests as re
nul red by the <*ontracts. Sometime af
ter this," Mr. John T. Harrington, of
the State of Ohio, came before the
Commissioners with his attorney and
other representatives anil insisted ujion
our settling with them for the pipe
lines, or in, lieu thereof to Immediate
ly give them a standplpe test for leak
age, or to turn over to them the pipe
lines which . hail been given into our
I>osspssion under a supplemental con
tract. This we refused to do. We
were not gojng to settle with them un-.
til they had performed their part of
the contract. We were to pay them a
certain1 price provided the mains stood
a certain test, which they, did not stand
and we refused to give them that test
at this time as we concluded: that we
lia'd been inost patient with them, giv
ing them three tests which the mains
had failed to stand, and after the third
test, as we are informed, tty?y had not
put the mains in a conditio!) to stand
any qther test. Mr. Harrington, then
in his- own right and as trustee tgr
the bondholders of the old Camden
Water. Ivlght-ft lee- Oarr had ft hot ice
served upon ns that he would apply
for . a .prcllniln^ry Injunction to pre
vent our using the,?ald pipe lines or
in any way Interfering with them,
and he also served i?? With Summons
to nnswer a Complaint. .'which he had
filed against us. At thd-hearlng before
tho Judge he ^ obtained un order re
quiring the Commissioners to give to
John .T^Ifarrimrtoti the standplpe -test ?
for leakage provided In the contract
within ten days from the date of the
said order on 48 > hours notice from
John Jv. Harrington to ttye said Com
missioners. John T. Harrington gavfc.
its 48 hoflf* notice and on Dec. 22nd,
1014, we;* pursuant to the said order
ot the Cqiirt. had our engineer present
Hhd we tinder the snid order subjected
t htP. mains to the standplpe pressure ?
teafc^fbr leakage. In connection with
tfiUT'fioflce which was to be given us,
to wit : 48 hours in which to get to
gether our working force for cutting
off the wafer supply from the citizens r*
the representative* of John T, ^
tort gave ns notbv Saturday evening S,,
late, ami the 48 hours Included Sim
lay, which of course the said John T.
Harrington had a right to do, but
which deprived us of a part ot tbe*~^
time which we should hara.lmd in j)?
readyr nevertheless the test *
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