The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 13, 1915, Image 1
SfGKO MKT INSTANT DEATH.
iHeeo OtiilHg Log* Out of 8w?mp
fffcei Tree Fell on Him.
jfcrtium-, Auk. Ifc? During a thunder
CTwblch passed over tills town
^t>viock yesterday uiornlng llKht
w itruck the ro<)/ of U*e two story
^jence of Mr. W. K. Davis, setting
oo fire. The alarm was given at
p ?u<l while the lire blazed florcely
r ? ?hort while It was finally sub
k,i. The loss probably amounted
ibout $00. The citizens of the town,
tb white and eofbred, jresi>onderi to
r call for help at once and it ia ow
{ to the promptness with which all
listed that the house was saved. . Mr.
pis detdres to thank one and all for
it Msifttance In saving his house
mb destruction .. , ' j
Darin# tlie protracted meeting at
Matthews Methodist church last
ek, twenty-one new membera were
led to the church membership and
,hti otherH professed conversion.
r w. 0. Klwoll, of the Sumter ML*
n, did most of the preaching.
Steven persons who joined Harmony
Plist church during the recent pro
rted meeting at that church, were
dizrd at Mr. II. It. >Stokes' mill pond
list Sunday morning.
Jttle Stephen Itay, the year-eld '.son
Mr. and Mrs. Lon. Folsom, of the
rkey Creek section, died early Wed
av morning of last week of pneu
o)s and stomach trouble. The fun
i services were held at Bethany
fodlst church. Our sympathy Is
aided the parents In their sorrow,
(j* Cornelia Haxley, daughter 'of
:l K. Huxley, of route 8, returned
t Saturday from North 'Carolina,
ire she had been since last 'May.
klle away Miss Haxley spent some
ie at Wrightsvllle Beach, Carolina
ich, Wilmington and other points'
the Old North state. She had a
it delightful trip and gained .twelve
inds In weight. ? r .
|b& Julia Yarlirough, who has been'
tie a sufferer for the past year or
rWR taken to the Columbia hoe
if yesterday morning for an opera
d. Her uiaijy friends bere wish ber
ppeedy restoration to health. |
Hks Kathleen McCasklll, ybungest
lighter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. MC
Alll, pf our town, was taken to the
tanbla hospital lastySaturday night;
in operation was performed ear
Sunday morning for apiiehdicitis.
last accounts she was doing as well
tould l>e expected. 1
Mr*. Wm. LaCoste and two children,
1 Mrs. McCoy, of St. Charles, are
wllng some time In town with rela
m
w? ' ^ 4
lire. W. L. Clyburn spentr^rcouifte
days in Blshopvllle this week.
It. and Mrs. B. R. Truesdell, o f
irOamden, spent a few days at the
I 8prlng this week.
fc. Clyde Waters, from near Cam
irtpent last week with "his uncle,.
R. L. Jones near town.
for. I. 0. Johnson, ^aanager of the
tirane Drag company's store left sev
d dajB ago on a trip to Asheyllle,
tCtve, Hendersonville and other
lute In North Carolina. While away
'place In the drug store Is being
d by Dr. Kllgore, of Darlington,
tows. E. Bjrannon and J. K. Cope
id left last Saturday for a few days
It to Georgia. They went In Ml
Aland's car.
Mte a numl>er of the young folks
1 older ones too, of Bethune are
nPlng at the Big Spring this week. _
feuJL R. McLnurln, of Columbia,
* a visitor In this section last wfeek.
to. Robt. Bethune left last week for
itonond to stay some time with his
^er> Mr. D. M. Bethune, who Is In
tatyltal . there for treatment. The
?*t news of Mr. Bethune' s condition
3 that thero was not much improve
nt.
I" Previously state<l ladles' Day will
observed hy Lynchwood I^odge, No.
? ?t their hall hero tomorrow, the
BL.. ? \ ' *s
** *eek Mr. W. H. Brannon left
**2 full (hot an envelope) of nice
braised flour and two fine watCT
*0!l<; at our home. Mr. John New
6 by and loft a sacJf of green
14 arh* ^roe fine tomatoes. Both of
* gentlemen have our sincere
biscuits baked out of home
*heat are simply delicious and
*wln advise our farmers to sow
*t this fall ana plenty of H.
t0 Mr. and Mrs. T. Ripley
Wand, on Katurday, July 81, a son.
J" ? lAfltte left last week for
F* t? Oope, Denmark and pplum
1 m <*b? points.
**? Qtilam Brannon and children
Tu?rtay afternoon from a
THK NKSABOARD KXPANDH
Ity Taking Over New lines
Two Additional Seaport*.
, Baltimore, August 0.? .The directors
of the Seaboard Air Line Hallway at a
meeting here today, authorized the
creation o f a blanket mortgage for
$300,000,000 of variable rates of inter
est and times of maturity and ban Hold
to a syndicate of New York, Baltimore
and Southern Interest** an Issue of
120,000,000 of the nonds under the
mortgage at ?lx per cent and running
for fifty years.
The proceeds of this sale will be
ui^d to pay off $5,000,000 of three-year
old notes maturing March 1, next, to
pay off floating Indebtedness ; instal
ments now due and al>out to become
due OB equipment trusts and other cor
porate heeds.
Provision is made to retire $2,825,000
Charleston Northern six per cent bonds
and $1,250,000 North and South Caro
lina railroad six per cent bonds, thru
exchange for the new bonds. These
properties are pledged under the new'
mortgage, which* also provides that as
outstanding Issues of bonds of the Sea
board Air Line mature, the present
mortgage will be extended over prop
erties that now secure the old bonds.
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The new financial plan adopted by
the directors today Includes the addi
tion to the system of considerable new
mileage by the< merger of the Carolina,
additional seaports, Charleston and
Georgetown, 8. C? and secures a sec
ond track Over an important part of
the system.
F ;\ ;\k. . ? .v.. .. :;vv- '*?_
. Fodder pulling has commenced In
this section and cotton is opening in
some few. places. Work will begin next
week overhauling the Bethuhe ginnery
in Order to commence ginning cotton
vjabout Sept 1. Electric lights were re
cently put in the gin house,' which Is
A. great convenience.
The Bethune graded school is sup
posed " to~ open some time pext month,
but as yet we have been unable to
ledrn who ? are the teachers of tills 1
school for the coming session. We
would also be glad to mention some
thing definite In regavd to the erection
of the .proposed new school building,
but no one seems to know anything
^bout it. Perhaps school matters are
t>eing censored by those in change of
affairs for reasons best kuown to them
selves.
Mr. Wm. D. Gardner leaves thin
morning for Columbia to attend the
convention of the South Carolina Deaf
association, which will be in session
today, tomorrow and Saturday.
We learn that Mr. H. K. TTyatt, pro
prietor of the People's Grocery Co., ex
pects to move here with his family at
an early date.
Mr. Ben Stephens, who lives several
miles above here, informed us a few
days ago that he contemplated putting
in a bolting cloth soon for the purpose
of mak,ing flour at his grist mill. A
'gentleman in town also contemplates
putting up a gasoline flour mill here
with a capacity of about 25 barrels of
{flour per day.
One of the closest and most excit
ing games of baseball of the season
yas played here last Friday afternoon
between Bethune and Raley's Mill. At
the beginning of the tenth inning the
score stood 1 to it During this inning
Raley's Mill made another run, mak
ing the score 2 to 1. Then Bethune
went to the bat and with tyo men
out, the third made a dash for' the'
home plate; the catcher caught the
ball and says he- put the runner out
The umpire said he was safe. During
the dispute which arose another man
scored and according to Bethune the
result was 3 to 2 in |?avor of the home
team. Raley's Mill, however, says the
game teas 2 to 1 in their favor, and
there you are. The writer was not
there and therefore Is not prepared to
say which team copped the game.
John Ellerbe, a young colored . man,
who is employed by the Melklojohn
Lumber Co., while torirfuelng a log in
the swamp near the Big Spring late
yesterday afternoon, was instantly kill
ed by a tree falling o^ him. A large
tree was lodged against antftfier one
near where he was working and as
it commenced falling, the negro's com
panions told him to run. Instead of
running ' away from the falling tree,
however, he ran directly beneath It
and was almpst instantly crushed to
death. J 'V.s . 7y
Mr. W. A. Outlaw went to Cheraw
(his morning on business. ? .
Louise Young and brother, Mr.
tnarence Young, from near Kershaw,
spent the latter part of last week with
the family of Mr. WlUie Hammond, f
(il'ARI)N ll.\l> GKKAT TIMK.
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Camden Company Spent lMeaaant Week
At I hie of Pftltuit.
Another ehcauipment lms come and
gone and the, verdict of the* militiamen
waH generally "beet one ever' lm^"
There were about eight hundred and
fifty men in the regiment. There 'was
practically no Hlcknetta at all. By 11
a. ni. the euliated men, Except for an
occaulonal dress parade In the after
noon, were through their duties for
the day. The l>oy8 IJved In the surf
and came |>a*'k dally brown an lorries
and hungry an young wolves. There
was a sui>erabundance of pretty girl*
In the surf, on the l>each and at the
dancing pavllllon, where the baud play*
ed twh a tlay and crow/la from Sul
livan'* Island and Charleston gathered.
One day was spent on the Mount Pleas
ant Rifle ltange. Sergeant Wm. C.
Wallace making the third highest score
? 215 out of a i>oHslble 250.
The behavior of thei Natlonal^Guard
hi general ami of the Kershaw Guards
In special, was exemplary, and the
regimental summary court was very
little in demand. The Adjutant Gen
eral and' the Colonel, and the army
officer, detailed aa instructor of the
third battalion, had gome pleasant and
encouraging words to say about the
Camden company. These commendative
words were highly appreciated by the,
officers and men who had striven hard
to do their duty and found in them
their highest reward.
Lieut. H. H. Blrchmore, the. /'baby";,
lieutenant of the regiment (the ink on
his commission having hardly dried)
transferred his high military efficiency
and appearance with his commission,
and made a fine officer, while his sue
, * . c
cgssor in office, 1st Sergeant Thomas
|t. Shiver was strictly on to his Job.
Quartermaster Sergeant Rush,, in spite
of many vicissitudes, managed to give
the boys three hearty and wholesome
meals a day, lis was best evidenced by
their general appearance.
The surgeons who made a vigorous
examination, of^each* man, stated that
'the Kershaw Guards, with a fewtex
cepltions passed highly satisfactory phy
sical examination.
i
AT DAMASCUS CHURCH
denominational Sunday School
Convention Was Held.
The 37th annual Interdenominational
Sunday School convention was held
with Damascus church, Westville, S. C.,
Aug 4th and 5th.
The first day Mr. Harrison, of Co
lumbia, made the address on Home de
partment work which was full of ita
s pi rut ion and instruction. The impor
tance of teaching the Bible in the home
through the Sunday School .was em
phasized and the Sunday School urged
to hhve the" Home department work
in each school. Mrs. S. E. Goodale
followed on primary work, and .espe
cially cradle roll work, which was
claimed to be a close allie;. to Home
department work, and. very important
as foundation work. This department
was urged to be taken up in the Sun
day Schools of Kershaw county,., Bev.
Mr. Acklss followed on the weak points
in Sunday School work and the reme
dy. This was ably discussed by the
speaker. Questions were asked and
answered by the speaker which proved
very Instructive.
Bev. Mr. Forbis, of Bethune, on
eusslon and interest taken In subjects
discussed. f (
The second- day was filled with in
terest from start to finish. Mr. Charl
ton Durant on Temperance taught in
the Sunday School and on the organiz
ed adult bible class work ^vas ably
discussed in eVery light No one could
doubt the Importance of the organised
adult class after hearing Mr. Difrant.
Dr. Alva Humphries, of Bethune, dis
cussed what a young^men can do In
the Surday School, ana there was no
doubt left in the minds of the audience
but that a young man fills a very im
portant fclace in the work.
After resolutions of appreciation for
the generous entertainment and cour
tesies extended to those in attendance,
tyf which there was a very good num
ber, the contention adjourned to meet
next year with the Camden Sunday
Schools, and a royal reception is asked
for the1 88th meeting of the convention
in Camden. Our fellow {ownsman and
senator, Mr. A. J. Beattie was elected
president of the County convention. .
Dr. I. H. Alexander and Messrs.
Joel Hough and Marion Wllltams left
Wednesday for a trip to -New York
and other northern cities.
SCHOOL DAYH NKAK.
Camden School* Will Open Thursday
Morning, September Mb.
The Camden schools will ?|.hjii Sep*
temhor i?t li at J? a. 111. The first day
will be devoted to enrollment and ex
amination of delinquent atudentH. Iteg
ular recitations will be assigned for
the following day and by tbat time
each student will be expected to have
provided himself with all necessary
text -books, etc. A fulj lint of texts
may be ha<l from Mr. C. W. Birch
more. V r
No children will l?e allowed to enter
Grade l under six years of age ? sixth
birthday must occur op or before Sept.
0, 1915.
As has I teen Htated before in this
paper, an eleventh grade 'will be add
ed to the High School course, thus
giving students more thorough prepara
tion for eollege. In order to make
this Work a complete success, the co
operation of parents and students is
earnestly requested.
With the excellent corps of teachers
provided and the active interest of
patrons and friends, the year 1915-16
should l>e a most successful ope In the
Oamdcn schools.
SUMTER COUNTY FLOUR.
'
Mr. Lenoir Has Invited Sumter Cham
ber of Commerce to Fish Fry.
The Sumter Chafnber of Commerce
has. received a generous "sanjplo" of
Humter county grown wheat which was
transformed into beautiful snow white
flour by the up-to-date and newly in
stalled roller wheat mill of Mr. Hodge
Lenoir, at the old Dlnklns water mill
.. . ....
pond, near Hagood In Sumter county. J
. As the proof of the pudding is said
to be the chewing of the bag, Secre
tary Reardon deeded to go that old
adiage one better and eat the pudding
Instead of the bag. So he had the
flour made Into biscuits, and he says
that he has never tasted anything /that
tasked ho' good. (J^They were regular
"Bob Jones"4 biscuits. The first bite
form* a .half moon indentation, and
the second bite creates a total ecllpso.
Mr. Lenoir's mill has been equip
ped this season with the latest Im
proved model of flour milh Water
ground wheat or corn beats anything
in the bread line any way. Mr. Lbuolr
has invited the Chamber of Commerce
to visit his mill, at some date con
venient to them, and he will furnish
Dlnklns Mill pond fresh water fish of.
several varieties, with Lenoir's Sum
ter county . ^raised and ground flour,
bolted and bleached or in Its "simon
pure" unbleached state, and capped off
with water ground Sumter county
grown corn bread and accessories.
That the Sumter commercial organ
ization will be there goes without Say
ing, and it is being predicted that the
"high roller" financiers- and merchants
of Sumter, now "summering" or "sim
mering" in or at the mountain, sea
shore,, and fashionable summer resorts
will come home to attend the Lenoir's
Mill Get Together fish fry, to get some
thing to eat.? -Sumter Herald.
Miule Vim Records.
It will Interest thb people of Kershaw
.county to know that the seven young
jnen in the first "year scholarships at
Clcmson College made higher averages
than those from any other counties.
^ :: XNnto I -
Our neighbor, The Cafnden Chronl
clc, has just completed a handsome'
now front for its office. It is very at
tractive and is a decided improvement
for that popular section of our city.
The front Is Jn keeping with the pro
gress our neighbor has been making.
With one of the best equipments of
any printing office in the state, and a
newsy paper sent otft every week, to
be sure it should have an attractive
front We extend congratulations and
best wishes for continued improve
ments.?- Wateree Messenger. "?
Sale of City Property.
The house and lot on corner of
Market and Rutledge streets, property
of Margaret Durant was sold last week
to Pollopman Frank Jones. ?hemale
was made through the real estate agen
cy of Shaw & Perry.
Noted Author Dies.
.Berkeley, Cal., Aug. 9. ? George Bitch,
the author, of Peoria, III., died at a
sanltorlum here today, having failed
to rally from an operation for ap
pendicitis performed yesterday. Mr.
Fitch was taken ill- on Saturday. Ho
had been visiting bis stater, Miss It
Louise Fitch, a student In the Uni
versity of California.
FOR BEAUTY QUEEN.
Choice of Young I*di?? Will lie De
cided by Popular Vote.
? s .
The Chronicle Iiuh received the fol
lowing letter and lint of names from
H. F. Eldrldgo, chairman of Publicity
Committee of the state-wide contort for
a beauty queen :
"Dr. L. A. (Jrlttlth, Mayor of (Colum
bia, ha*, aent out a letter to the fol
lowing young ladloti In your section, no
tifying them of the fact that they have
l>een nominated candidates In the state
wide contest for a l>eauty queen to
reign over the Harvest Jubilee at Co-,
luiubla, October 25-80, 1015:
] Miss Bland Williams, Camden.
Miss lOllen I>. Boykln, Camden.
Miss Catherlno Zemp, Camden,
Miss Elisabeth Carrlson, Camden.
Miss May Boykln, Boykln.
Miss Nan Hough, Camden.
Miss Minnie C. Taylor, Camden.
Miss Lucia Yatett, Camden. ri\
Miss lihetta Wilson, Camden.
Miss Jean Lindsay, Camden.
Miss Ollle McCaskill, Kershaw.
Miss Nannie Hayea, JKerahaw.
Miss Eunice Cauthen, Kershaw.
Mips Edith Braslugton, Kershaw. i
Miss (Cornelia Dye, Kershaw.
Mlsa Sarah Benton, Kershaw.
We are writing to ask that you an
nounce this fact lu your columns and
proceed at once to select by popular
vote, or Otherwise au you see fltr the
young lady who will finally represent
your county lu thin contest. When
you have made your final decision
please forward this young lady's photo
graph to the writer, who will see that
It Is reproduced in the special state- (
wide beauty supplement which will l>e'
sent you in time to appear in your
paper of August 23rd."
We have decided to refer the matter
to popular vote and publish a coupon :
In today's lbsue which will entitle the
holder to cast 1,000 Votes for his or
her choice of the nominees. A locked
box will be placed at W. Kobln Zempfa
drug store on Saturday morning and
votes inay be deposited until 6 o'clock
Monday afternoon, when the votes will
be counted by a committee of 'three
gentlemen and when the result Is de-,
clared, the photo of the winning lady
must be sent at once to Mrs. Leroy 8.
Davidson, Mrs. W. B. deLoach, or Miss
Louise Nettles, who will forward It to
Columbia. , ?
Subscrll>ers living out of Camden
will have the same, chance of voting
for their favorite by clipping the cou
pon and mailing to "Beauty Contest,
The Chronicle, Camden," which will )>e
deposited immediately upon receipt up
to the closing hour ? 0 p. m. next Mon
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day. ?
There will be no votes sold, and no
extra copies of this issue printed.
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OFFICIALS IN FIGHT.
Greenville Sheriff and Post master Have
. Personal Encounter. ...
Greenville, August 10. ? Postmaster
Traxler and Sheriff Itector engaged In
a personal difficulty here this morning
as a result of some hot trords, ex
changed just after it recent political
meeting. ? The sheriff cursed Mr. Trax
ler, using strong language, It Is said,
at the conclusion of the meeting. Mr.
Tfaxler claims that he did not hear
the cursing and later in the evening
the sheriff iri said U> have apologised
to Jilm. However, the sheriff made a
statement in the afternoon paper of
the next day to the effect that he
cursed the postmaster 'to his face and
had no apologies to Offer.
This morning the two met in a bar*
ber shop and Mr. Traxler told the phejfc.
lit that If he had been going about over
the county bragging of having cursed
him (Traxler) to his face he was a
"damned liar." The statement was* re
peated^ but the sheriff said he did not
desire to have any trouble. Finally the
sheriff started to rise and Mr. traxler
struck him a terrific blow In the face.
| The two m6n fought for some time be
fore being separated.
In the city court Mr. Traxler was
fined $50 and Sheriff Reetor |25. The
difficulty was the outgrowth of bitter
factionalism in the cpunty. For some
time men cognisant' of affairs ha$e
looked for a fisticuff if nothing worse.
The situation is extremely bad. This
afternoon the sheriff asked the press
to announce that he , would <&Vklll the
next man who came at him; if it means
my electrocution in ten miflfetes." The*
sheriff stated In court that he had
three pistols on his person and that
henceforth he would look out for him
self. He is very bitter Indeed, and
says he will stand for nothing more.
The ill feeling has recently been stirred
up by hot speeches which the sheriff
has made over
that detectives
that the rural
alt the tlfl?;
Rives
all tl
tion
Mil. JOHNSTON# VISITS CAMDKN
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Ivooka Over Jail, CWn tiiuif, City
Prison Mid County Ainu House.
The county and city JuIIh, the county
alius hou?c and tl??? chain Kung were
inMpectod Wednesday by Albert H. John* '
atone, secretary of the State Hoard of
('liar It low and Correction* which wan
created by tho lawt general asHcmhly
to have general supervision over the
|H?nal, criminal and charitable work
of the state, whether done by the atate,
county, municipality or by private
fundn. The iwwers of this board are
mainly, "vlsltorlal and advisory Its
pur|Hme la to utudy our present inati*
tutlons and their methoda, to correlate
the data thua obtained and by com
parlaon with the beat lnatltutlona and
work carried on elsewhere to formulate:!
*a conatructtve slate-wide program for
South Carolina.
,4The county Jail ia so constructed, "
aaid Mr. Johnstone, "as. to permit of _
a degree of classification of prisoner*
better than some other counties have.
Not only should the races bo separated,
but also the sexes. The cross ventila
tion of the upper floor is auotlier good
feature. The steel Is rusted in a num
ber of places, and it would be wise
from the standout of economy, as
well as from better sanitation, to go
over all t^e cello, scraping them where
ueeded and repainting. Several cells
have no bunks, so that when the sup
ply of cots Is Insufficient prisoners
sleofl on the floor.
"The tu*k of keeping the jail and the
prisoners in proper condition la made
more dtfllcult by the very weak water
pressure, by the leaky coudltlon of sev
eral of the flush tanks, aiul by the
further fact thut the one bath tub In
the Jail department-^-a good ijorcelaln
lined tub, better than what Is fre
quently found ? has to. serve for all the
prisoners, they being brought \one by ,
one by Jailor Watts. An inexpensive
shower bath put In on the ? second floor
would be a great ItnprovemenV' ? .v.
(Jailor Watts' showed Mr. Johnstone
through and extended him every coufr
teay. There were three Jnmates, two
white men and oue negro, the latter
blind.
The city jali was the next place vis
lted. Chief Whltaker showed llr. John
stone 'the cells, there were no prison
ers. The two serving sentences were
oat 011 the streets. "This Is "the clean
est jail I have seen thus far on my
rounds;" said Mr. Johnstone.
In the afternoon Mr!* Johnstone, went
out to the county gang working near
Oassatt He was accompanied by Con
stable J. *P. Sinclair. Sunt H. B.
Mnnn answered numerous questions
from Mr. Johnstone and came bgrck to
the camp wttfc the party. Mr. John
stone expressing himself as struck with
the absence of balls, picks,, etc., on the
prisoners. Of the 87 men on the gang
? all negroes? 36 were in chains, but
no ball or "pick" was seen. The gang
Is guarded while at work by the super
intendent and three guards, and at
night by one guard, on duty.
The camp is in tents. The guards '
have beds and a canvas laid fight on
the ground for flooring. The prisoners
sleep on hay mattresses with cotton
quilts. The mattresses are laid on
plank raised soipe eight or ten inches
from the ground. . The passage way
between the two lines of prisoners is
not floored. The prisoners sleep in
their working t'loihes whicn Are chang*
e<l weekly at the time of their bath.
The diet is supervised by Mr. Munn.
The prisoners spend their Sundays in
the tent for the most part.
The poor house was the last place
visited. There are three inmates, one
white woman* one wliite man< and one
negro man. The last two are in a
separate house, from the 'white woman,
and sleep in the same room. The ne
gro Is very feeble and the white aaii
assists to some extent In caring 'for,
him.
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Sodden ly. ..
Mr. Duncan P. Moore, of the mill
village died very suddenly Saturday
morning, and the funeral service** were
held Sunday at eleven o'clock at An-^
tloch church, services being conducted
by ReV. Corbett He lasurvlved by '
his wife, who was a Miss King, be
fore h^r marriage, and two sons ^nd
one daughter. He was 42 years of age
and well and favorably known in Cam- 4
den and tl\e mill villages. He had
been on the streets the morning of
iris death, and upqtt returojhtgrttf-feta
hom* his ftOativos fona# htm dead in