The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 23, 1920, SECTION TWO, Image 9
NINE TO
SIXTEEN
VOLUME XXXI. CAMDEN, Si \KOLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1920. ^: number 42
MKDAl* KOH THIS HTATK
Sootli Carolinian* Received Six Medal* of
Honor and ?? 1>. 8. Co.* '
Lew than oue percent of the Ameri
can soldier* who saw service with tho
Jr. F. wou che Oougrwsioual Medal
?f Honor* aud the Distinguished Service
the military decorations bestowed
>y the Amerieau government for extra*
?niiiuu'> heroinu in action.
The official figure* are; Medal of
Honor, 78; Distinguished Service Cross,
1,241. I
There were Ml awards of the Dis
tinguished Service Medal which is the
decoration conferred by the government
for conafldekws service in * position oI
Kivni trust and responsibility.
Tho American decorations sre the
greatest in (he world. Winning them
calls for a greater act <>f honor, vMpr
or service than required by any other
uatfoir. The man jjvtyo -wears one has
done something.
These interesting fa<*ts are disclosed
in the publication Of Heroes AH! which
ha? just been announced b^ the Fassett
Publishing Oo. of Washington, D. C. The
book is an official record of the individ
ual exploits and achievements of Ameri
rrtns in the great war containing the
name and citation of th^fle who were
decorated with the Medal of Honor, the
Dlatfttgulabed S?r,vlce Cross aucl the Dl*
tingushed Servve Medal.
liu-ludded in Heroes All! are tablet*
which show the number of men from
*??h I >1 vision, *ii(l Regiment and each
state ami city who received the decora
tion*, The Fifth nvKiiufut of Mariue?
ami New York State head the IlltK, NMM
?lieu from New York won the Medal of
lienor and 1120 the 1). S. t\ Illinois
with seven, ?* second on the Med?l of
Honor list while Teunessee, South Garo^
Una, (California. Missouri and New Jer
?ey with six apiece are itied for third.
On the D. S. C. 11 I Vnn sylvan in
Is aecoml with' 420 while Illinois in
third with 808. Massachusetts in a
Hose foarth with 321. South Carolina
:* tle<l with Iowa, each having received
99.
The origin ami history of the Amerb
can medals aud decorations generally
are described iu the Introduction of
Heroes AU! by Harry It. Stringer the
editor. In 'part Mr. Stringer wrlteaj' l
"Tradition has it that the custom of
decorating war heroes originated with
the Ohiuese many centuries bofoi4 the
:ulvent of <Christianity, but the pi^ctlco
did uot become (popular until late iu
the Middle Ages, when the armies of
Kivgluml wore badges after the decline
of armor and before the use of distinc
tive uniforms. In this country the ens
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East Rutledge Street jf ?V:";- Camden, a. C* -J
torn d.vtew back to*, the Revolution.
"'Ml* Army Medal of Honor wax au
hollaed by Congress iu 18(12. Original
ly. the law governing the i^uamv of
these medals provided that they wore
ty V conferred only ikpon nou-cotumi*
cloned officers A1)J enlisted lUen for deeds
? ?f extraordinary h?roiNin, but popular
agitation resulted iu the removal of this
???striction twi yearn later and commis
sioned officers were made eligible to the
decorations although th^-requlrements
were in no wine altered. At the iimf
f!l|ke the provision designating them &s
< i\i! War Medals strictly was elimi
nated.
"The war with Mermauy gave ua our
two other military decoratlous?the Dis
tinguished Service Cross and the Distin
?Miisltfd Service Medal. , Oougress eatab
lluhed ithwu iu the Ariny appropriation
a<* of July, 1918.
"The American military decorations
rank with the highest iu the world. There
is none greater, perhaps, thau our Medal
of Honor. Our Distinguished Service
Cross takes Its p'nce with the celebrated
Victoria Croas of Great Wrltftiu vwhich
has been ipowMN to bo the highest dec
oratiou for valor In the world whilo our
DivtiiiguiHlicd Service Medal is the equr.1
of any foreign inedal of its claaa.'
Iu the above list two Distinguished
Service Crosses went to Camden boys;
"one Modal 4>f Honor to a Camden l>oy.
WoKtvllle. in thin couuty received one
Mcdid 4.f Honor and Kershaw also in this
roupty received one DistiugtiJ^ied Ser
VJMl Cross.
Wouldn't Pardon McNaugliton.
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The following taken from a Georgia
pXper win be read with interest In this
? line resided, and who has a brother re-t
?siding in Kershaw County:
"Governor Dorsey Thursday ^Jeclined
to jmrdon'or parole Dr. \V. J. McNaugli
ton, who Is serving at the. prison farm
at Milledgcville a life sentence for the
murder of Fred Flanders, an Emanuel
county fawner and turpentine operator,
whom Dr., MjcNaugtoton is accused of pol
zoning -with araeulc ten years ago in
complicity with Mrs. Flander*.
"Dr. McNaughton's application far a
pardon or pnrOle was heard by the gov
ernor several' weeks ago. It was sup
1>orted "by numerous friends of the pris
oner, iiM*ltiding ft Baptist minister of
Savannah and a- Methodist minister of
Atlanta. Relatives of Fred Flanders
strongly opposed the application.
"The governor states that a commu
tation of Dr. MksNaugbton's sentence
from death to life imprisonment, granted
by a previous governor, in hip opinion
is ?? sufficient exercise of clemency in
fels case."
Overdone Defense.
Tlio visitor to the lawyer's offline $tood
in amazement.
"I Kay, old man!" he exclaimed.
"Whatever lun happened to you? Ilad
a motor smash or what?"
The Jawyer sliook his hPa<l wearily an
he glDgtMly ~twR&W hi* ImiiRnrl nnd
bandaged (face. ' u
"ICo. ^You remember that case ? the
other dfey wln-n I defended a man charg
ed with ?*sault ? Wellr-I-wade a -strongs
plea for bim ou the ground that ho
was a fool rather than a criminal."
"Yes, but?"
r "I did it so weri that he was acquit*
ted and he waited for me outside the
court."?San Franeis<?o Argonaut. ?.
An Horry County Snake Story.
(From-the Horry Herald)
In a recent iasue of this paper there
appeared a new* item telling of the
taking ut three live snakes from a dog
Sn Oallivnut's Ferry township. This dog
had been snake-bitten several times, and
by fti rattlesnake within the last two
years before he wa* killed to relieve the
animal from his misery. It ban often
been told that if a snake bjt a dog he
would develop a parasite resembling the
snake; but there were few found to be
lieve ?uoh a atory. This comes from
a reliable source and cannot be doubted.
The Herald meat ions it because It fur
nishes something for careful thought and
the study of it might lead to something
xof great value to tbe Human race. r?
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Harry New Found Gnllty. '
iLos Angeles, Oal., Jan. 15.?Harry
Si'ow was found guilty of second degree
murder ift connection.with the shooting
and killing of his fiancee, Freda Leaser,
in Topango Canyon, near here, on the
aight of July 4, !a?*t A jury in Su
perior Judg? Craig's court returned -the
verdict after being in deadlock for nearly
44 hours. Coupled with the verdict wa*
a recommendation that the court order
the defendants placed in an institution
for a reasonable length of'tfane for ob?
nervation aa to his mental condition.
John H. Staling, 68, a retired mer
chant of Cohwrtrta, died at his home hi
that city ? T?day. By hia will he
left $6By000 to church and benevolent
imtrtutione of CahnoMt
DAVID DOOI4CY, COLQHKD
Aiitin S4MI N?|r? I-tiivis KCiUt* Valued
tU About $100,000.
Of interest to Kershaw county negroes
specially unit to (he people of tbo slate
!u geueral, is the iicwh of the dee.1 h of
David Dooh\y, u(|M ttlacVttnith of Au
'<mon, who died in that city last week,
leaving an e**tato valued at
The uewspapers of Auderaon carried lung
stories of his life and character, aud
newspaper* over the two Carolina* have
.umiunted editorially upon Dobloy,
The Anderson Dally Mall said of htm
editorially:
Laboring Incessantly for upwards of
40 yetira aud accumulating In the mean
time a fortune ,which ,is estimated at
^100,000, David Dooley humble tout high
\v respected colored resident of the city,
Miuvuu&ed yesterday to an attack ofj
paralysis suffered laMt Haturday while
working at his anvil. Upright, indus
trious, lowly and always attentive to Bis
own affairs, happy at his work aud con
tented with his lot, David Dooley, by
the might that wau in hU strong right
arm end iu Nie sweat of his fn(je. mudc
fur himself a place in the esteem of the
community held by few if any mem*
hrrs of his race who preceded him here.
There will t>e genuine sorrow on the part
of n large portion of the white popula
tion ?t the''passing of this worthy ne
?gfo, '
"Iu these days of race Kutagouism,
when hounds of hell ffrxn Iw*11 slde^
woiijld stiiv into a conflagration the
smouldering embers of a hatred that has i
Seen slowly but surely disappearing since
reconstruction days, what & splendid les
ion Is" in the1 life of this brawny toller,
whose nnvi^today is silent only because |
the hand that wielded the hammer upon (
ft is stilled in death. His was no career j
turned into success by a fre^k of for
tune but oue made ?o by the dint of
honest toll. He kuew but to work, to
save, his money ahd to keep to the place
ascrlbd to his race by society iu the sec
tion of the nation in which he lived.
Dawfcl Dooley took a prominent part in
the work <?f 4iis own church and was r.
recogniaed leader ol his race, yet his
voice was never raised iu public aud he
never ligurcd in the public pt4tiUt ??
voluntarily or against hi>t will, and t here
was never ? wh taper of buaplcion as to
his lovult.x t.? thy white race or to lii?
own. I To held the supreme confidence
of boUi."
The Anderson Dally Tribune Wi^fo <>t
Dhvp Dooley: ? .
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" "Probably *thc most highly reapecked
negro who ever lived in Anderson, tiled
>?-oerday 4? the person of Dave Dooley,
? well known blacksmith, who wa? the
victim of ttu attack of apoplexy,
"Duvo Dooley us be is known to all
of the older people of Anderson, cuine
to Amlerson about HI years ago from
(Jeorgia, and started to work as a black
smith, working hs a helpftr in lleuson's
blacksmith shop.
"Dave wan an humble, indite, though
very energetic and enterprising negro;
and throngh hi* own efforts haa built
up quite u small (fortune in Anderson, i
His estate is expected to be in the neigh
borhood of $100,000, lie owning much
valuable veal estate in the city of An- j
dersoii and considerable farm laud. '
"When Dave began to gather his
wealth, his good fortune did not In any
way change his general disposition, nor
did his subsequent actions over lower
him in the estimation of the white peo
ple (?f Anderson. IIo developed other
business, but continued to cling to his
own trade as n blacksmith, lie worked
his last day in his own shop on last Mat
urday. , . _ ?
"Dave vDooley's. "death will b&Vmour&ed
Jiy. u largo ~?4*<4e~ t>f~frtrmht; wit; OTit^r
those of his own race, but probably an
equal number of .white friends to whom
Dave has always been "just Dave
IHioley." He la survived b.V Ida widow
ami four children^"al^so one grown ?on
in Atlanta, Ga., this s6n hieing a child
of his lirst wSfo.
"If all the negroes of thia country were
of the' type of Dave Dooley, there would
be no need for courts or jails and there
would be no aocieties for social equality
^headed by such negroes aa,. Xlasaaway,
Hlatcher and Timmons, who were run
out of town, barely escaping necktie par
ties."
The following about Dave Dooley la
I fromthe Charlotte Observer:
MDaoley was a negro of the type that
is Mil u^m'I to the < onummiiy in whk-h
he Hvri?. Negroe# of I ho Donley ly i??*
aiv a big as^et to the Mouth. He had
character and was industrious. lie at
tended to his own business ami did it
well. Ho caused UO trouble or ffiCtiOU
or dUtuitnufcCO in his community. lie
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wa* not of the ty|>e of. negro ever to
cause friction or between th >
imi'H. Uo wun "highly respected" by
the white people of AmUixm, and we
may safidy presume that ho wan, as highly
itKiMH'tnl by the colored people of hl?
community. ?
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And flooley was rewarded for his work
and exemplary conduct. Ill poiut * of
worldly foods he was independent. lie
had to ask fovai'H of uo man. Not only
la influence and character wa?
he an nss< t to his community hut also
in tliut he wan a substantial citixon au?l
taxpayer,
"And we tpay presume that he was
happy and contented, We oottHk not con
eelvfl of Pooley helming dissatisfied
with <1>ndlttous In the Houth to an ox
tent that he would for a moment think
curiously of pulling up stakes, . tuVninff
his back on his neighbors and friends,
white and eolored, and going to' the
north or elsewhere to live and undertake
to better himself mnongstrangers and
amidst inhospitable surrounding*."
Slew Whole Family.
Charles Marshall, charged ? with tnur
'.der .in connection with the killing Friday
night,_neur Armory, Miss., of Robert
??Miller,' 1T, o fttriuer; licouurd Miller,
? 1(1, his son'; Annie Green Miller, It, his
daughter, r.urf Hurley Miller, ten months
ohl, was held in the county jail at Aber
deen under a ktrong- guard. I'ublic feel
' Ing is intense and precautions have been
taken to guard against possible attempt*
at mob violence. I'earl May Miller, lo?
the only survivor of the family, is said
to- have witnessed the cri/rio from the
{ loft of the Miller farm house' and, ac
<<ondiug to Hherlff J. B. Lewis, In
charged Marshall with t*be quadruple kill
ing. Marshall was indicted at tho No
vember term of the court Of a statu*
tory offense against tho young womau
killed and was at liberty, under bond
pending trial. . The baby is r.llcged to
iiaye been his sen, -
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