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The Camden Chronicle | | M | II _ ...-gJHaBWt 1 ' ll I I I II M. .. JL ,iilg- .'11"*"' OLUMtXX . CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28. 1919. NUMBER 21 ^gOOI S OI'KN Hliif. 8TII ^riokndMit I'r'gw* 1'aUohs to Scud I'upUn For T?K> Opening l>ay, (>?iuk I" fact thai the school* no adequate auditorium, there will t p0 public oiH'niug on Month** Sept. ^ All pupil* ('ll> ('^>v *.v?tem of ^}? oi tli strict No. 1 arc expected k br present on the date of opening filled with lKM>ks, promotion cards ,4 wiitiuK materials. t li>41 of hookn required for ^ ,.|K'iiiuK session, may be had at the store during the coming week, ftii list will he made up as nearly ? p^ible of Uixts adopted 'by1 the State [ton) of Kduc'atiou for the nchools of til <Ute. Xiic follow i hk, is a ' list of teachers the' oit.v graded school : First grade Sophia Wood* of l>ariington ; sec nd jrade, M iss Ada Phelps ; third grade His Alberta Team ; fourth grade Mrs. ?, C. !Myh>r ; liPth grade Miss lyee Ivcvek; sixth grade Miss Mae " Cleve L] of College 1*1 ace ; Seventh grade, jljs- Marflwret Burnet. Due to resignations of this week all lijh school teachers have uot been bc ?r?l. Miss KIJa Grant of Mt.. Oanuel rill have charge of the English depart ure Miss Agues Corbett, history and iKwich. Malvern Hill school will have as its ^imiiwl Miss Fanny Watson and aa usistant Miss Bessie Watson both of I'arlinjrton. ' . ' 4 ; Miss Xelle 11. Wilkes will again act t? principal of the Mill School with Miss Mary Simpson, intcrmefliate and ' Miss jNVIl Hough <>f Lancaster, primary as si>tauK We are sorry that some of the patrons ,f [hp Camden 1 1 iff h School are send lif their bo.vs and girls away to school Wore graduation. We hope and believe '.hat when tlu* now building is erected furnishing tin- necessary surroundings im! fquipniMuj that the Canjden boys and girls will all finish in the (Jamdeu cub -school. As a matter of informa tion we would like to say that the St*te Hoard of Education ha? rated high school here in Clqus A along rith the bot schools of the 'state. The nit rating for 1918-1D is f9.9 units, intfed as follows ; English 3.0,* History 19. Mathematics 3.5, Science 3.9, Latin 18 and 1.9. We invite your comparison with the leading schools of the state. ? We want you. the i patrons of the icbools in school district No. t to know fat we want your children in school w want all of thejn.. . We also want ?ou to know that it is to your aud tbfir advantage as well as our own for t|i?i) to piiroll 'the firwt day. We need remind you of compulsory educa tion. Altbougfi i lie high scjuool is over rrwd'xL thv 4^1 n i j virion t entirely inade quate anil tliv building not what we rould like it t?> be, we urge upon you tbp necessity of giving your child at !wst a high vhool education, We in fite pupil* from the surrounding school districts. (iraduatcK of this school arc Mt required t?t <tand en tr ancle "xamina lion* t<> college. ?I. <5. Ki< hards, Jr., Supt. ? _ koik BANDITS killed Wfrc Surrounded in lilockhouse in Mountain Pass. . 1 Marfa, '|'t xas, Aug. 21. ? Kour Mexi bandit* w.-re kilVe<l by American twop* in Mexico yesterday. Capt. I*>nanl Mat lack, who arrived here by ^rp.aue tonight . reported. They were forr..iju,j,'i] in an adobe blockhouse that ^ Mexican* had ??ons'triicted in u rnoun Uiu pa<*. 'The haii'Vi- fmight desperately when pW found tin \ were trapped and two Ntpni W h. n t he American troops W>ri>ai*h??d the blockhouse with the in kutinn of searching it, the Mexicans tire from port holes. The fire returned and the block ^ fharg.-.j i,v the American cavalry trwps Thrir. ,.f 1 1,?, four Mexicans killed bt-.-j, .d-rrtified. The idontity of k f"'irtl; hiindit lias not been nscer A f.,ur !tre known to Capt. n; 1 . I 'iit- operating along the f*? h"iid ln.-d.-r for years. The two j*? who were pursued, but f ,rj" xv <i - '??*-t in the mountain can >? : ? I ?a> d<-titiitejy established that r :i. )ia<l? r of *thc outlaw L* '':jt 1 atit r-d Lieutenant* Ilsrold ? :.iid 1'nul H. Davin, Ameri nd 1 wire not among the dead. I M;i ' ?<-k ?<aid he passed a ool l ?'"M ' H'rnn7,B troops below the ' Vf^'* r-'iitv Tho Carranza com ^ wh?*re the Americans were ^ "r h"n he was inarmed that lh* ? ?* 4 *** I?>. railing the bandit*, *' hi* hh:id? anii-'said "go ahead." i{ ? j j ? ? ? ? j. H I?yoe t?jH>nt a few day* at .a?t week. , MOT IN ( HAItLOTTtt I'olife l ire on Strike Sympathisers and Four Men Are Dead! t \ t ' t ; j? i lui it- Qbitrvtr) * At le#at si* men were shot, two f u tally, hi a buttle bvtween the police de partment and a -crowd in (rout <?>* the Southern Public I'tilities company's ear barns on South boulevard about 12 ;80 o'clock tbis moryiug. Six u?en were WOUfht t<? Stf IYtciS hospital, one of them dying as be \vas bejyg caYm-d into the liospital. Aty*?i<ling to Chief of Police Walter M, Ory, the trouble started wheu u'crowd, believed to have been headed by a man named Wilson, a brother. of Clew Wil son, who. waft knocked In the head earlier in the njght, approached Rome of the officers and started a controversy over the striking of young Wilson. AtHNmling to the chief, somebody iu the< crowd linnl a pistol, and the police tensed to the last notch by the .pyeuts o { the night, promptly opened .lire. It. was like touching a mutch to a tinder box, the chigf stated. The one shot was all that was necessary to start a melee that ended only wheu the crowd was dispersed and the police and others ceased firing. # Chief Orr estimated ''znwtr about a hundred shots were fired in nil, a num ber of anepibefs of the mob shooting at the policemen. *' * None of the |>olicomeTi wene Injured. ? The revised Vasual ties which followed the battle of the carbarn in as follows: The dead : Claude H. Ill nson. William 0. Pope, Caldwell Houston ami J. I). A Id red. The wounded : V. A. Kiucaid, Will Hammond (ex pected to die). To in Head, of Huu'ters vllle, (expected to die), A. T. Baker, (considered serious) Clem Wilson, slight face wound : II. X.. Freeman, (condi tion very serious) Everett Raymond, George Smith, Lewis Wilson, D. M. Miller. Walter Yandle, Robie Stuart, The wounded men are all at hospitals. New Firm at Blaney. The Blaney Mercantile Co., of Blaney, in Kershaw county, has been established and has already opened- for business. The new firm ia composed of Earl H. Bo wen. of Blaney ; H. A. Horton, of Heath Springs ; John T. Mackey, of Camden, and N. B. Workman, of Kalb. They will use the brick store house for merly owned by the Blaney nub and Buggy Co.. and will do a general mer cantile business and deal iu cotton and fertilizers. ?PERSONAL MENTION. Air. and Mrs. \V. S. Burnet spent! Thursday in Columbia. Mijfs Rose LeViuc. of Atlanta, is the guest of Miss Sara Wolfe. Miss Rosalie Jacobson who has been spending the summer at the seashore has returned home. Rev. and Mrs. F. II. Harding ami children have returned from a pleasant trip to Baltimore and suburbs. Mr. Moody Hough and son, Will, have returned home after a pleasant visit to J his brother Mr. R. F. Hough, of Onl ?loden, (Ja. Mr. David R. Williams who has been spending the summer in Massachusetts has -returned to Camden. His family will return later. Little Miss Bunny Lang has returned from a week's stay in Columbia. She was accompanied home by her coufun .Miss Harriet Baker. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. McDowell and family spent a few days of this week at "Hendersonville and other points in North Carolina. The trip was made by auto. Colonel M. L. Smith le/t Wednesday night for Washington. He will receive his discharge from the army in a few days and will return to Camden to re sume the practice of law. Friends of Mrs. M. G. Htwkflbee who had to undergo an operation at the Cam den hospital last Wednesday will be pleased to learn that she is rapidly re covering. Major A. Moultrie Brailsford of the Medical Corps who has been on duty in France with the Thirtieth Division for the past fifteen months is now on his way home and expects to reach New York about the tenth <>f September. Friends of Mr. T. Edmund Krum 'bhola, manager of The Kirkwood' Hotel were glad to see him in Camden last Monday. He .was accompanied by Mr. F. A. Russell, of Pittsburg. Fa, and was flown to look after the improve ments planned for the Kirkwood for another peapon Mr. Bennie 'IVam who has boon Visit ing in Spartanburg hir* returned home and has as guest for the- week Mr. Rolla Seymour, late of the TT. S. Navy. Mr. Seymour is on his way to Or lando, Fla . where he expects to spend a short while before leaving for the West where he ha? vast interests in oil wells. I'OSTM ASTKK SHANNON lt?$SIGNK llus lltld Office at ('Hiixhi For Mure Th#n Twmty Y**ra. Mr. CluiN. .1, Shannon, who has Ihcii Ha1 popular and efficient postmaster at < 'uindi-n for more thun tweuty yearn, has tendered hi* resignation to take effect the 10th day of September. Mi*. Shan non's last owuiiiisHinn does not expire until the 23rd day of uext March, but owing to impaired health he will give up the oltiee and lias sold hi? home on lJ.Hi.le Hit^pet and he aud Mi's. Shaunou iwiJl sdon move to Jefferson iu Chester-* field county. Mr. Shaunou ban held the office, con tinuously wince August 1, .1902. Prior to thut time he heki the .office f?? q four years when the office was located on old I, aw Range. The laie G. G. Alexander succeeded him and Mr. Shannon again received the appointment. He has held commissions under three presidents ? Roosevelt, Taft and Wilsou, and it will be with genuiue rt?ret that the patrons of this office see him lea\4 here. An open competitive examination will be held under civil service rules to fill . the vacancy and so far only two have announced their intentiou of applyiiig for the position ? -Messrs. John It. Good ale and ('has. J. Shannon, 3rd. Messrs. tfoodale and Shannon are both employes 'of. the postoHice ? -the first named being as sistant postmaster and the latter a clerk. Moth have had about twelve years ex perience. in tli^s office, entering the office ou the same day about twelve years ago. The Camden invstoffice pays a salary of $2400. Sales of Ileal Estate. t^uite n good many sales of real estate in Camden in the past few weeks have been reportVd by real estate Healers and by private sale. Among some of the re cent sale are : The Gerald Jionse on North'-' IJfoJ? Street purchased by C. B. Spradloy from Miss Mattie Gerald. Sold through tbie C. P. DuBose agency. (Cottage on North Fair street property of M rs. It. C. Johnson, sold to S. Helton Beard by L. A. McDowell, agent. The S. F. Brasington two-story resi deuce on Mill Street ooeupied by J. R. Belk sold to D. S. Trapp. The Mcl.eod cottage on Fait street, more lately the property of the late M rs. S. Logan Lang, sold to Mr. J. G. Cunningham. Two lots on Mill street belonging to I)r. E. H. Kerrison were sold to Dr. It. K. Stevenson by L. A. McDowell, agent. Making Improvements. The J. L. Guy Lumber Co. located near the Seaboard freight depot has placed an order for several pieces of new machinery to enlarge their plant at this place. They propose to put in a larger planer, large dry kiln and have a complete wood working plant, where the public can secure most any kind of building material. Mr. Shaw Loses House by Fire. Fire destroyed the house of Mr. W. A. ,81iaw at Kershaw yesterday morning at 3 o'clock. HiS family had returned from a visit, during the day and when the tire was discovered they only had time to escape witU their lives. The loss is estimated at around $3,000 with only a small amount of insurance. Died of Blood Poison. Mr. J. H. Stephens, aged about 48 years, died at the Camden hospital Monday from the effects of blbod poison. Mr. Stephens was a native of Spring Hill, in Sumter county and his remains were taken . there for burial Tuesday afternoon, services being conducted by ltev. Knight. _ He was never married, but is survived by his , mother and sev eral brothers and sisters. The Sunday School Convention. Sunday School workers of Kershaw County are looking forward with lnueh interest to their coining convention, to be held at Mt. Pisgah Sunday School on Sunday, September 7. It has been said that the convention is the dynamo of the Suaday School movement. Sunday Schools of all denominations are invited to ?ond representatives to "charge" them selves with this mighty power and get victory for their schools this coming year. The program is a full one and will be pin promptly at 10 o'clock. Practical addresses on every phasv of modern Sun flay School work will be delivered. Teach ers and officers of every department may expect many new an<} helpful sugges tions for carrying on their work. I{. J). Webb, General Secretary of the ?4t?te Association, and Miss Cora Hol land. StateChildren's Division Superin tendent. will be present and speak sev eral tim**s during thp convention. It is hoped that many workers will fake advantage of this opportunity of strengthening themselves to do better work for the Master's cause. LEK COUNTY NEWS Items uf liitrrmt (lalhcrwl From Blah upvlllv Vindicator. Mr. l?<?sft?r DuBose came ucttr having m serious collision with the t ???* I n ou?the fceu board light at th* crossing on phurcb street near the a few days ago, (fhc train wdiich was a combination passenger and freight, coming Nfrotn Sumter had shut off steam and was roll ing past the dopot at a good clip and right on Mr. DuBose before he saw It. To avoid a collision Mr. lJuBose turned his ear into the ditch and made a complete turn over. The ditch being deep, the <nr caught an om>osvte bank and Mr. DuBose wan not hurt, but got an awful scare. The. top of car wan broken all 'to pterai but otherwise not jhuch damaged. ?linage and Mrs. John Harris \>f I >ii? Widdle, Va., are spending some time with their neice, Mix J. A. Hearom Mrs. Pauline Dennis and little Miss M ary" Thwvwel), of Atlanta, (Ja.. are hMi visiting Mw. Ilearon. Mrs. Dennis is Mrs; -.Hearou's mother. Judge Harris" was in lUshopville forty-five years ago and thinks the town has changed a great deal since then-.r. ' . \ l>. Berry Lane, after an extended visit to his mother at the old home at. Tar boro. N. ('., got bark las* week; He says be intended to get back sooner, but the heavy rains and swollen streams kept -Jtf Ttt. * '' ' .y- - Mr, and Mrs. I). L. I>avis are the guest* <rf >fj:. J. A. 0alloway and family. They laoved from the Ionia section of he*' eonnty to Clinton, N, nine years ago. and like their new home very much, but are enjoying a visit to their South Carolina friends. I>r. Eldrldtge Itaskin uf Baltimore is taking his summer vacation at his old home. The Doctor says he came from Lynchburg, Va.. to Bishopville in less tlnte and with less wear to his car than from Baltimore i.i Lynchburg on the ma l?ffthimlzcd roads. He says the sand clay roads heat the other when it comes to bumps and holes. <? ? Mra. L. K. Dixon has returned from a, visit to her parent* at Bamberg, ac cOmiMinled by her neice, Miss Vera Lytic*. M is* Dethia Unaddick has returned to her home In Camden after a visit to her brother, Mr. S. L. Graddick. We interviewed farmers from ever>f section of Lee County last Monday ?nd the concensus of opinion was that the eotton crop was certainly cut short from 40 to f50 per cent by the long wet spell and heavy rains. i The friendef of Col. J. A. Hhame were gtad tk? we him here last Monday after a second "attack of the influenza that kept him in hoM^Uaffor several weeks. Miss Annie I/aurie O'Cain of Orange burg was in Bishopville Monday. . She aoeompanied Miss Graddick to Camden. SECOND RACE FOR CONGRESS Hetween Timmerman and Mann in Sev enth and Sherwood and Stoll in Sixth Columbia, S. C., Aug. 20.? -Primaries in South Carolina to fill the vacancies in the sixth and seventh congressional districts were held today, the result be ing that a second primary will be held September H, to name the 'democratic nominees which in South Carolina is equivalent to election. Incomplete and unofficial returns show : Tinunerman, 2,310; Mann, 1, 841 ; H. P. Fulmer, 1,407; Colin S. Montieth, 1,321 ; John Hughes Cooper, 423 ; John T. Duncan, 38. The participants in the sixth district are in doufrt. E. J. Sherwood <rf Con way, is leading on incomplete returns, while his opj>onent may be either P. II. Stoll of Kingstree, or Julius S. Mclnnes of Darlington. The vote re ported is : Sherwood 2,094 ; Stoll 1,753 ; Molnnes 1,550; W. F. Stack house 1,412; J. J. Evans, 350; J. W. Legrgandp, 21)0. Want* Yaiighau Resentenced. (Jreenville, S. C., Aug. 23. ? Solicitor J. Robert Martin today served notice of a motion for an order for resentencing Thurston U. Vaughan, former xuperin tendefit of the South Carolina Odd Fel lows orphanage who <x>nfessed to hay ing attacked several young girl inmates of the orphanage and was sentenced to death on the rharge of criminal assault in 1012. Would Transfer Gosnell Case. fJreenville, S. C.t Aug. 20.-? Notice of a "probable motion" to transfer the trial of Ja<dc Gosnell, charged with murder, from the state court to the f?-deral court., Was given today in the rt<nrt of general sessions by Alvin C. I>ean, one of the defense attorneys. Whether or not the motion will b$ made ii unknown, and the grounds Were not >rtated, although it is known that Oonnell was a deputy revenue collector at the time of the shooting. TIKKK (HVK tkoi hi.k Yount <l>Hrge?l Willi TIk'H of Til** at Spartanburg. 4 Spartanburg, Aug. 32,^. T. Howell, a young white mail. 18 yc^Fff of age, has t>?:en held for trial by Robert J. (Jantt, United >9t?te* ounmiwdoner, on a clvgige of being implicated in the theft of automobile tires', valued at otmut following 'III ill.YWtig* tion o/ the young man's activities in Spartanburg. to which city he caine aov eraldaya. ago. It in charged that Sowell,i while shipping clerk for tin* oxpresn company at Akron, chauged the addressee on shipments of t i (*?>? to^'Leroy My orb. Spartanburg, % S. CV and al?o on other hhiiMucnts which he consigned to Sa vannah, using the same naiue "Myers." After having smarted a largo number of tiros h.v these a<!<lrivt?s?vr H in allege^ that SflweM, -resigned his imsitiou, and took the i>'?jd. under the name of Myio to ul' tires. I'ikui his arrival in Spartanburg, ac cordlng tx? testimony i nt roduced at the hearing before < \Minnisxioner Gantt, Sow ell went to the local expree* office and inquired for a shipment of tires consigned to "Myers." The local agent having once employed So well (ft Spar tanburg recognised him, and became suspicious, ami an investigation of the young man's movements was begun. Ninety-seven bundles of tires, contain ing :ti:t tires, nibbed to bave been stolen, were located by officers in Spar* jaubni'g. Special ageuts of the express* com pany have bwn working, on the case in Spartuuburg as well as in Savannah, and* it is believed that more evidence will he secured, and possibly others im plicated in the affair. , . SoavoII, it is stated told officers that lie was not the only one concerned in the matter, and while he was the chief instigator, there were several others. It is stated tb at he has relatives in both (ieorgia and South Carolina. He will be tried by the next term of federal court, and in default of bond in the sum of $5,000 was remanded to jail by Commissioner Gantt. I'rlce of Shoes To Bf) I x>wer. Itoston, Mass. ? Predictions of a de cided ^roj) in the price of shoes were made b.v leather dealers and- shoe man ufacturer* who testified today at the, grand jury investigation of the high <\>st of living ctondructed by District 'Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier. The con sensus of opinion, however, was that the decline might not come for another _y ear. .. ..Witnesses said that the people demanded a high grade of shoes and' were willing to pay for them. One lead-, iiifc firm, it was brought out, had mil lions of duttars' worth of cheapor grades of sole leather on hand, which manu* facturers would not buy because it did ?not come up to the standard demanded | by purchasers of shoes. The district attorney's office said one man called as a witness, the local rep resentative of a large leather house, de clined to testify on the ground that his evidence might tend to incriminate him. Charlie f,nney Killed. The Pageland Journal s{jys : A most distressing affair occurred in Pagelaud Monday afternoon about 2 o'clock. LAtr lle Charlie, son of Mr. and Mrs. George L;?i.ey, was killed by his brother, Oacar. Charlie whs aboift 9 years old and Obcar is 12. It wm? that right after dinner the two boys were in a corn field some little distance from the house at work. A gun had been brought to the field and had been unloaded and set up by a tree. Oscar had been sent off by his father on an errand. He soon returned to the field where Charlie was cutting grass. As the two boys were alone there was no direct evidence except that of Oscar. He at first denied any knowledge of the kilting, but later admitted that he did it accidentally. Just how is not perfectly clear. Committee Declares Grace Klected. Charleston, S. C., Aug. 23. ? After the sub-committee on canvass had sat from 1) p m. last night until early this morn ing, passing on 77 challenged votes, the city democratic executive committee a few minutes later actral on the report of the sub-committee and declared John 1*. Grace nominee for mayor of Charleston over T. T. Hyde, whose formal lead iw the primary Tuesday of one vote was lost in thg* counting of challenged votea. Mr. (J race was awarded a 14 vote ma jority, the official total being : Grace 3.440; Hyde 3,432. As to other municipal offices, the counting of challenged ballots did not affect results already announced largely in favor of the Grace ticket. Nomina tion in the democratic primary is equiv alent to election. Lieut. Norwrssl Ancrnm, of Camp Jackson, spent the week end with hi* mother, Mrs. A. C. Ancroro. KKKHHAW NKWS NOTION i Intereitlni Happening fl?ll?ef?d From The Kra of That Pluw. A- series of revival services will be conducted, in t lu? Baptist church at tho mill village during next week | VVlUilieuL'lu* next Monday night. The i pastor, ttev, J. M. Neal, will be assist <??l by Itev. A. 1>, Woodle, The public : in cordially tfivltod to attend all tho sopvIpw. Mrs. OglUe Wright, wife of Clarence Wright, died at the State ho.spiuL '? ! OoluniVbia Tuesday of last week' after about four months of in tonne suffering with pyllagra. Mrs. .Wright was a good woman and devoted wife and mother. She leaven her husband and one Mil, Kdgar Wright, ller remains were laid to rest' in Laurel llill graveyard after funeral servicea.by Kev. J. JC. Hammond and A. J. Neal. Mrs. JQ. J. Broom, wife of A. S. Hrootn had a. birthday celebration at her home in the Buffalo section last Supday. About four hundred gueata were present und a dinner was served. Preaching service was held in the afternoon by Uev. T. W. N. Faile. Mr. aud Mint S. Kd. Gregory, of Jacksonville, Fla., are spending a couple (?f weeks lu Kershaw at the home of Mrs. (Jregory'H brother-iu-law and sla ter. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. MvCaskill. Itev. A. 1). Woodle returned -Saturday from south Georgia, where he spent a portion of the vacation given him by his congregation. He will preach in the llaptist church Sunday night. Sun day morning he will be in attendance upon the Moriah Union at Taxahaw. (Jus Welsh, who has been iu Uncle * Sum's service for quite a long while, re ceived Ills discharge last ^ek and re turned home Sunday. Ho will bo with the Threatt-Oarsou Oomipany again and will have the same duties X\\ th?p office. The Sumter District Kpwprth /League conference will be held iu the Methodist church iu Kershaw next Tuesday and Wednesday ^ September 2nd and 3rd. League leaders in the. Diatriet have ar-' ranged an interesting program and some of the strongest men of the church will be her? to take part. Dr. W. C. McDowell is president of the local league and will have charge of all local ar rangement*. The public is cordially in vited to attend the sessions of the Con ference. Tin1. resignation of Prof. H. E. Itick enbaker, who was reelected as superin tendent of the Kershaw Graded School necessi tated the election Of a new super intendent, Prof, It. C. I/$ke of P ros in rity, who cannot effect his arrange ments to gel here until some time next week, ThiHf' will delay the opening of the school one week. The trustees had decided upon opening next Monday; the lfct day of September, but because of the delay the opening bus been changed to Monday Swtf^mber 8th. L. E. KirKiey werit to the Columbia hospital last week for an operation. His wife and .-brother, D. M. Kirkley, were with him during the week and reported Film improving steadily. Mr. Kirkley had been in bad health for some time and the operation disclosed ulcer of ihe stomach. Mr. and Mrh. P. H. Hurwcy and son, of Lakeland, Fla.,. and Mrs. W. II. IlurseV, daughter an<I son, of Chester Held. visited their aunt Mrs. W. It. Gregory, last week end. William H. Turner, Jr., of the .'tOSth Field Signal Bat., 3rd Army Corps, has received his discharge and is spending a couple of weeks with bis sister Mrs. S. O. Gregory, at her home on Church street. A meeting of the stock holders of the People's Rank was held Thursday morn ing at which a reorganization of the Hanks officers was effected. Several of the stockholders having disposed of their stock to others, among whom were some of the former officers, the reorganization was made necessary. The following are the members of the new board of di rectors : Capt. L. I.. Clyburn, W. T. Gregory, C. B. Mnngo, W. Z. Hilton, and C. R. Blackmon. The following are the Bank's new officers: President, L. L. Ciyburn; vico^wesident, W. T. Gregory; flashier, E. J. Bailey. The Bnnk reopened for business Monday morning with the new cashier, Mr. Bailey in charge, and he Is being assisted by W. C. Perry. Our information is that the Bank is considering the matter of w?me changes which are not yet fully matured, but which will be made known when fully decided upon. The. .board of directors are men of strong financial ability and business integrity, and are well known throughout this section. W. H. Jennings, JV., had his leg broken and ankle cut, and Henry Deas and Edwin Wilson, Jr., were badly scratched when an automobile driven by W. M. Miller was baoksd into on i road crossing by a freight engine of the Coast Iiin? art ftnmter Saturday night.