The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 06, 1917, Image 3
LKK COUNTY NKW8
jypg Uiiereat W.hwwl From liisli
OpvWe VindtrMior.
^l, Winchester Fitch, of Now York.
l?, is spending tho winter In Camden
*11 u> a pleasant oh 11 last Monday.
Ill' whs *o pleased with Blshopvlllo
nJ tlx* surrounding ooiHttrj (ho oaiue
jiri'Ok'ii ,l14' oountry in his n.uto) tliat
J. is miii prised :it I ho people not bulld>
I', |, in cist hotels as Oh union has done
I ut,| a share <?f tho tourist travel.
II,. was parlieiilnrh' struck with (lie
(iriU,(l ,,|HMiiim? of fanning lands which
offer jjr?'at opportunities fur divers^
d,.(| farinii>)X and raising c?f live s'ook.
He >ii>^ farmers in Now York state!
have i" ,,14''r *toek six months out
)f Uu> yonr ami still thoy make money.
*lille lioro In tho south ihoy ooulcl
iiavf liiK* pastures tho yoar round. Wo
Mijoyod Mr. Fitch's short visit very
Hiti.ii and ho|M? ho will call again.
\ number of farmors In Lot* county
Iihvo organized ft>r tin* purpose of
,>?i|iln>iiiix co-operatively a man to col
loot tliolr cream for siiipiuont to the
orisunery in I>arllliglon. Tho cream i
roiitr has been In oporiitlon since tho!
,irsi (.f March and during this tlmol
die weekly collodions have Increased i
froiu ten gallons to more than thirty.
\Vile> Cook, an industrious colored'
man living on Miss .lanlo Peebles'
place. got his stahlo and barn burned
?n last Thursday night about 12 o'clock
Ht> lost about l-"> bushels corn,
l,(KH> bundles of fodder,-olio horse val-j
uimI ai $-00. Two mules wore also
fondly burned but will recover. His I
total loss was about $(MH) with n?> In
iU rni ice. The origin of fire Is a mys
, (pry I>ut there Is strong suspicion as
being the work of an incendiary*
The tramp foreigner who has been
hu in in i i ik around hero for two or three
?ninths rolling a wheelbarrow accom
panied by a largo bull dog. was ar
rested yesterday as a suspicious char
acter and bulged in jail. When search
ed map drawings of various places
were found among his possessions.
Supf. .1. T. Muiinoiiyn went to Held
fille, N. ('. last woelyto see his hrotlicr
In-law. Mr Hubert' Butler, who was
taken with blood poison caused froiu a
tfiiall particle of steel that pricked the
end of his linger. lie Is an employee
nf the American Tobacco Co.,, who had
liiin taken lo the hospital at (Jreens
hero ami had his arm amputated, lie
is in a very critical conditl<ui but tho
lateM telegram says he is still con
?rieiis and that there is a ray of hope.
.Mr. <Hto Mathis, who was a member
uf I lie Second 'Heglmont. N. got
'?ack In rue last week. He was delighted
to get back, but said- while army life
wa* ii"t altogether a picnic, there was
a favrinat ion about it that tempered
ilie rough atmosphere uf camp life
"hai made il bearable. While a little
i burnt, he looks the picture' of
health and says he never felt better.
II" h:e. gone to work alreadv with Mr.
0<>kor at HurUvlllo,
(iov. Manning litis tip|M?iuted tho
lltUi. Thus. Ci. Mvl^snl ??f UlHhopvUle
trustee fur WTnthrop College, vlcti
W111 tii in l,. tilazo, of Orangeburg, de
0011 Sedr
?\lr. JhiKone Ui-aroji last week took
to Washington it car load of *t?>ck eon*
sIstliiK of I'j.'i lut^s, 'J,*l ii?\ss, 17 goats
ami s sheep, w lii?'li lu1 gathered fitnu
tlit' farmers of l.i'v County. lie got
a good price fur overy one and made
? nice Hide profit for himself.
\\ INNSHOHO'S NKW MILL
Output to hi> Consumed in Maniifu<>(ur<>
of .Auto Tires.
VYliuishoro, March l'P According to
a statement issued today for put. Hon -
tion, liy Mostou capitalists, uwnrr.'. of
tli?> Winnshoro Mills, tin* big annex
now Milldiny I" the ?>1 < 1 structure will
aggregate a cost of $1 Ml. Tho
o|H'i'atlun of iIn* now plant will begin
July I 11117. Tho output of tho mill
will ho consumed h\ tlio 1'idted States
Rubber Company in tlio manufacture
of autoiuoltilo tiros. A large foroo of
workmen is rushing tho joh to com
plotiou to lusuro tho starting of tho
machinery oil cant rati timo.
Loral business mon aro olatoil o?er
tho prosiHM-ts of a new industry noar
tho outskirts of tlio town as a con
oroto ovldonoo of tho hulldors' oontl
donoo of tlio Industrial futuro of tho
town, l'lans. it Is known, liavo hoon
submitted for tho orootlon of a hotol
on tho nil 11 proporty for tho quarter
inn of tho office employees and otliors,
hut no ilollnito. Information as to tho
si/.o ami cost has hoon roportod.
Ended in u Kiot.
A mass-mooting hold in Baltimore
last Sunday night untlor tho auspices
of tho Aniorloiin league against Mili
tarism, ?'ii<lt'tl in a riot. A* countor
donioiistration was organized on tho
pavoniont of tho aoadoiny of Musio.
in which l>r. Ihivid Starr .Ionian was
speaking. Finally tho crowd t<n?k tho
mattor into its own hands and led
hy sonio liillitIninoii hroko Into the
theater and marched down tho aisles,
waving a large A morion u flag. There
was an audience of about L'.tHK) inside,
and about that number tried to enter.
Several lights started. The police de
partment had soumled a riot call and
Im>1 lee frojn every section of the city
soon arrived. Kjeclions started, the
lights wore dinimod and the meeting
broke up just as l>octor Jordou was
reaching an impassioned climax in his
address. Mon socially prominent led
the throng of College professors,
students, bankers and lawyers wore
tlionv Carter (!. Osburn. .Ir.. a banker,
was- at the head waving a flag. A
policeman oluhbed him into uiiconscious
ness and a crowd which ?*aw I In* flan
disapj>ear from his hand, leaped for
ward. swept tho police aside and not
Into the theater. Twenty men were
clubbed and four of them were taken
to a hospital. A dozen others wore ar
rested;
Al'TOMOKIlK CAN HK TAKKN
Ity Vnriy Injured Ity It, Na Mutter
Who Owiih It. j
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A cHHt' of considerable moment uiul i
Interest to all automobile owfiora has
Just Ihmmi ?I?mI l?y ll(<* supremo court.
The cast' had Its Inception In IMIIon
county ami was carried to the ?u
preuic coui't from Uillon county, the
title of the cast' being Merchants and
Planters Hank of Mulllus, S (V, against
S. I .a no, Sheriff of IMIIon county.
The en He arose under the statute of
South Carolina, giving to any i>orsou
damaged hy an automobile the right
t?> seine such autoniohlle hy attach'
ment. In the Instant case, Y. II. Hyatt
was Injured hy an automobile of II.
\V. Hrlgmuu. llyutt aciJted the auto
mobile through Sheriff Lane, and the
Merchants and Planters ltank of MuL
tins, hav ing a chattel mortgage past |
due on the automobile, brought action 1
to take the automobile from the Hherlff.
The sheriff resisted the action, hut the
lower court gave Judgment against the'
sheriff and awaldcd the automobile to
the Merchants and Planters Hunk on
the ground that the act of the legLsIa- .
ture giving tjie right to seize an auto
mobile was unconstitutional.
I
The sheriff appealed to the supreme;
court and the judgment of the lower
court was reversed In a recent opinion
by Associate Justice Watts, and the su
preme court awarded the automobile to
the sheriff holding (hat the act is con
stitutional.
Sheriff Lane was represented by Joe'
P. Lane and <!. (J. Mclaiurin.
The owner* of automobiles m:t,\,
therefore, take cognl/atice of this case
and be very careful with their machines
a.v the automobile may be taken. c\eu
I when driven by a stranger, the same
las when it is driven by the owner,
i and should a stranger take your auto
mobile oli the street and run over any
lone with It. the automobile would be
liable for the damage.?I>llloii llcrald.
Mr. Fumlerburli'H Family.
Mr. T. A. Fumlcrhurk has moved
from ("In-raw, S. where he has
been living for several years, back to
Ills old home near Liberty Hill church
In Lancaster Coi^nty, S. where he
says he will live until he ceases to
live. Mr. Fuuderburk was here Inst
Monday. He says he has sixteen child
ren. I>?it that is not a large family
as families are counted down on Hill's
Creek in Lancaster county. And then
Mr. Fuuderburk said: "My gramlfath.
ers each had sixteen children : my
cousin Henry Fuuderburk had sixteen
and :ny relative J. T Fuuderburk had
sixteen I don't think sixteen cliild
i>"i are ?? > many after all."Monroe Kn
<|iiii,er.
I v. M. Lucas has bought TOO at res
of land i:i Orangeburg county and will
go into stock raising. He moved from
Ma rlbon >.
IvFICSIIVW NEWS NOTKS.
Inl?>rw(hf lln|n?ri?ii?K^ <iHthrml FYom
TI?o Kra of That riac?\
Tho lands advertised by (J. (I Welsh,
administrator, were sold at Camden
Monday. The homo plans containing
llvo acres of land and fail Mine's,
brought $d,5tH>; and tho I a to ton t In
one aoro, ^ituaUsI hotvvwii I ho lnaaos
of t\ N. Houser and U. I.. Hilton
brought $.'100, Itoth of these woix
bought by Hold. S. Floyd, Mas. W.
C. Moore and Mrs. (!. F. lilt liner.
Tho four foot strip lying along tin
rigid of way at the Southern Itatlway
passenger station, was bought by Mr.
Welsh.
Mrs. FU/.a Peach died at the boiao
of her daughter, Mrs. W. L. (iasklns,
at \Yi\stvlllo. last Wednesday after mam
at tho ago of sovonty-foitr years. She
had hoon In III hoalth for about four
years, but was confined to hor bed only
ahout four weeka. Mrs. Pouch, before
hor marriage, was Miss Wllsta West.
Hor husband pmvded hor to tho gravo
about forty yoars. She leaves survlv
iiik' three daughters, Mrs. Sarah Itruco,
<>f Camden ; Mrs. W. h. (iasklns and
Mrs, W, H. Owon, of NVostvlllo: and
f(?ur sons, Summit' and l.cnimie Peach,
i f Cassatt ; Willie Poach, of itethunc;
aia| Kobert lVach, of WoNtvlllo.
An pffuN is now being mado to huvc
a special train run front Heath Spring
to Camden on Friday, April Tilth to ac
comodate the crowils from bilwrty Hill,
Kershaw and WoHtvllIo who will attend
the Fiold Hay exorcises at Camden on
thai date, Prof. Seott and his assist
ants are anxious for Kershaw jteople
to attend tho event on masse and to
this end they ijsk all merchants to close
their places of business and go holp
Kershaw win.
Miss Theresa McDonald, who is
teaching ill Chestellleld-couuty, Visited
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. I *. Mcl.)oii
ahl. last week.
It was mcntione<l in the Era st'Vrral
months ago thai the Presbyterian con
gregation had decided to build a new
church. They have been moving along
quietly in the matter, securing subscript
11 on s and laying plans. Within t la
past ton days, however, new activities
have been instituted and the prosjioots
are now* good for a very early begin
ning *?f real work. The present build
ing has been bought by tho Second
ltaptlst ehurcht nnd will Ik* moved to
the site donatort to them by the Ker
shaw Cotton Mill. In the neighbor
hood of ten thousand dollars in sub
scriptions have Ikh'H secured already,
and il is the purpose.of the Presbyter
ians to build a church that will be a
credit to tin? denomination and serve
their needs for years to come.
Kev. John II. <?raves, pastor of the
Camden Melh<*dlst church, delivered
an Interesting address in the Kershaw
Methodist church Sunday morning orr
the subject of Christian education. in<
the interest of the statewide movement I
to raise a fund of J?I100.(mk? in aid of J
the MethodM colleges in South Caro
lina. Mr. < I raves spoke also at t he two
ether churches on the Kershaw charge
I Damascus and Shiloh.
Uev. \V. S. Hough, who has just com
pleted a course of study at the South
' T7W4rS THE POLISH"' '
SHOE POLISHES
ICK -BLACK-WHITE~TAN~ |(X
F.F Dulm Cttol'New^brk.litf,
Bu^la,NY
ern Itaptisl Tlusdotflcal Seminary :it
Louisville, Ky., pmiched ill Pleasant
Plains church Sunday. Mr llou^h was
formerly manager of the Lancaster
New s.
Hev .1. I*. Tucker and lte\ I. A
Mititioll. who is temi?orurlly serving
flu- Camden Itaptisl church as pastor,
exchanged pulpits Sunday, tIn* former
preaching in t h#% Camden Itaptisl
ehurch nt tin' morning service, and the
latter in I lie Kershaw' Itaptisl church
lit the morning servh-e.
Mesdanies \\\ A. Itryson and K. II.
Williams, of A: hcvllle, N. aro visit
iuu in Kershaw al the home of Mr. 1 >.
li. rielchvr
A lU,dit occurred In the ciuirl of
common pleas Friday morning between
A. Phelps who ?'iis undertfoinK cross
examination hy .1. II. < Mi ft on, when
the former left the witness stand and
made an attack on the hitter. Sev
eral severe bruise* were ilitlieted u|h?ii
Mr. Clifton's forehead hy blows .struck J
by Mr. l'helps before I he two men
were separated. The diUlculty follow
ed questions hy Mr. Clifton, which Mr.
Phelps stated were an imputation u|kui
Ids jrood name and which be resented.
In response to Mr. I'helps' statement.
Mr. Clifton offered to meet him outside
nt tin\ lime. Mr. I'helps step|>ed down
frtVin the witness stand and advanced
townrd Mr. Clifton who started out
I from behind the table whei'e lie was
I stamliuL'. Froiu statements heard of
| the affair it seems that Mr. I'helps
I was not hit by Mr. Clifton while he
J landed several olows on the lat'ter's
face, A sea 1 rin^ on Mr. I'helps' hand
lidded to* the severity of the blows.
Sumter Item.
Charlotte Uo>e. a nej^ro woman of
Clarendon county killed herself lasi
week by euttinjr her throat.
Lexington Folks I'lotest.
At a small meeting ?? f cithM'iis of
I o .Vinson < ?iu11I s held Monday after
iii >i hi it resolutions a^alict wtir willi
(?cruoiny were adopted ami Coventor
.Millining was censured for his deela
ration in favor of war. When Cov
eenor Mautilnu was shown a copy of
11n ? resolutions he issued tli?' following
statement :
"1 inn nut in the least disturbed l>\
the ulteiancos of a handful of mi
patriotic citizens with uiimls which
do not sit iho attitude of Americans,
1 have too much res|icet. for ami
confldomv in the patriotism and lion
or of the people of IjcxiilKton County,
or of the people generally la- South
Carolina, to hellevo tluit this reso
lution represents the true sentiment of
South ("aroliniaus. Any man or set
of men anions us who would forsake
the American llnK when it is helnu'
insulted and American lives destroyed
hy an enemy already at war auaiust
us, is not true and 1<>>uI to his Stat?<
ami country. We demand war. not
for conquest, hut h> protect American
lives and the honor of our country.
To do this is the only |>osition that
tin* true citizen cyn fake?to do less
would he eowanlly and unmanly.
"When I 1m* time conies for action
South Carolina will do her part,
whether these citizens of Ijcxinufou
county do their part or i m > t. Tlio
heroic records of our ancestors, win*
fought for liberty and humanity. \j*i 11
bo upheld."
Coventor Manning has anuouiM'cd
the following appointments for the
qua roriuast >r corps of the National
(Tuard: Major !?'. W. ?Hen. Major A. C.
Movie. 4'api. Andrew Aiicruin and
('apt. 1> II. ('otter all of Columbia.
Major Doyle was supply captain of
the Second South Carolina rem men t
on i the border, and Capt. Colter ! ? i
retired regular army sergeant.
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/^JL J?i
THE SEVERAL WEEKS OF
OUR SALE ARE GETTING
NEAR THE END, WHICH
WAS HIGHLY APPRECIAT
ED BY OUR PATRONS, RE
ALIZING THE GREAT BAR
GAINS WHICH WERE OB
TAINED IN OUR STORE
DURING THIS SALE, THERE
FORE OWING TO THE
THOUSANDS OF PLEASED
CUSTOMERS WHICH AT
TENDED OUR SALE FROM
THE OPENING DAY AND UP
UNTIL TODAY THE SAI^
WAS OF GREAT SUCCESS. '
H. L. SCHLOSBURG
The Man Who Undersells Then All
THE GREAT ADVANCE
ON ALL MERCHANDISE IS
PRETTY WELL KNOWN TO
EACH AND EVERY ONE,
THOUGH WE ARE WILLING
TO SHARE OUR PROFITS
WITH YOU AT ANY TIME
JUST BEAR IN MIND WHEN
IN NEED OF FIRST CLASS
MERCHANDISE AT THE
LOWEST PRICES H. L.
SCHLOSBURG'S STORE IS
THE PLACE TO FIND IT.
HARRY L.
944 MAIN STREET
THE UNDERSELLING MERCHANT
CAMDEN, S. C.