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IMQ , in ? j'uj- ^-Lj.u.au^l.-J!.1 VOLUME XXXII NUMBER 15. ??vy CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULV 16, 1920. SflEORN not guilty of, murder of bateman m Y . *<-*~- . *_vv Dourt of general sessions Infill Aluil day morning with Judge W, II. Town M<uil presiding. The #?>t Wit'k of t^urt waa delayed on account of the wmi't oltUluls being engaged in tne court at Columbia. Most ??f the Jail oases liavo be*n disposed of Mint <*ev er*l t*H scs that the defendants were I under hond :1,rt vo w,HO disposed of. TRh? gruml jury mfcde Its recommenda tion* and we a iv printing them below. They call ut tent Ion to pu*t recom mendations wMek^ve neve $ l?ee, a car ried out and should t>e attended to at <>oce. . *?; The cases disposed of up to Thm-s? toy were a* follows : The oase against Blrehai I^ee Mo Neeley charged with seduction wan nol prossed. James XV. Hheorn, tried for murder of state cuius (able Bateman ip h raid oil a moonshine stilt last summer was found not guilty. rHhe testimony of tbe defendant and the ehlef witness. Wardlaw ltussell, was to the effect that Shoo rii was so drunk 'when the shooting occurred that he was laying on the ground in a stupor* aiid tlie bul let through the leg and foot received by him from Chief WJiitaker's pistol was while he was in this condition. The grand Jur.v last year found no bLN against Hussell who was at tbe still tvhen the raid was made. The case against B. F. King charged frith disposing of projierty under lien was hoi pressed. William Brown, charged with as sault and battery with intent to kll'l. was nol pressed. , I. Henry C. BiaimOn7 a white man who was caught selling whiskey in ta back lot hist fall, plead guilty to transport-* ing whiskey and was sentenced to a ?_ three juontihs term or a tliif of $100. He paid the flue. grJSr ii. Kowons. chirrged with trans porting whiskey, was trie^i in his ab sence in 1018 and a sealed sentence of three months ?without e line waa left. He serv??d in the army and ibis bond was forfeited. TJie judge allowed him t:-? new trial and lie' plead guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or serve three months. He paid the fine. James Ha Hard, alias James Kirk land, charged with the larceny of two automobile tires was given a sentence of eighteen months on the gang. This wi}l 1h? no new sensation for Ballard fls he has served .time before. Kid Collins was convicted of - the larceny of a bicycle. He got six months on the gang. , . The ease against Edgar Wilkes for the larceny of a bicycle was nol pfoss fd. Garfield Adamson, alia* Back Adam Son and Don Deas charged with theft from railway oars at t3ie Seaboard de pot were tried in the cases ??eh and found guilty in both instances. They, wore given eighteen months in one case ond one year in another. Neither of the men were represented by attorneys ami attempted to conduct their owri defense. Quite a good deal of humor *as put into the case by each negro trying to saddle the theft on the other. Geovge DeVaux, Thomas Young and William Sloan, the two first mimed be ing Savannah negroes and the latter a Columbia negro elbarged with trans porting liquor in one of the largest raids <>ver made 1n this county, plead guilty ami were fined $150 each. T3?e ?a*e against Sloftn was nol prossed and lie insisted that he was merely a pas senger in the ear and was not a party to tl)?? liquor deal. He also gave the sheriff valuable information in finding the whiskey. 'awpon Mungo, wl)lte, was found soilty of malicious mischief in tbat he shot a bull belonging to Murdock Mc Coy. a negro residing near him at Ker The injury amounted to less S20 and he was sentenced to pay * fine of $75 or serve thirty days. At torney Allen B. Mai rob 1 son represented the white man while Attorney M. Tj. ^mith assisted in the prosecution. Roaeh Hall plead guHty to tram. Porting whiskey and was sentenced to r*y a fine of $100 or serve 3 months. Ho Paid the flne.^T. *o Idll was found in the case of Weyward Singleton charged with bur sty at Kershaw. ? The court was engaged th? most of ^ day in the esse sf Heywflrd *Mon charged with rape. Murder cascsi <tt>at of fVank Waokey charged wltti the killing Of his brother, and that of Mat tie and Annie KILLING AT KICKSHAW. I n fortunate Mistake Costs The Ufe of Young Delivery Hoy. " A young colored hoy by the name of ??ltOtt, W?a fatally ^hot late Satur day nl?ht at K?'i>lm\v, while deliver ing a package from a drug store. From what we lea in of (ho affair the hoy was (lttpk)%4 as a *?JeWv?ry carrier and III fa rryliu; a package weijt to the hack door <?f a home ami a young lady >tandlpg i?ii (ho hack porch took fright and screamed., The negro was also frightened and ran across the 'street to the home of Mr. fc. S. MoManus,. presumably for protection. Mr. Mc Manus heard the screams and seeing the lK>y running into his house, came out with Ids gun and shot him as lie reached the front 5>oreh. The negro was placed aboard a traiu for a Hock Hill hospital but died soon after leav ing Kershaw. It is said that only a few weeks ago a negro was found In -a room In a house in Kershaw and budiy frighten ed the Inmates, but escaped. This no doubt caused the nervousness of the INirties that resulted hi the unfortu nate killing Saturday night. ) . ; (\arlotte M^n Bought Cattle ~ Returning from Camden, 8. C., where they attended a large cattle sale, Charles E. Miller and a party of stock men brought hack a carload of 14 thoroughbred Jerseys. Among the cattle purchased was a full sister JLu. blood_?a-Iiluc Foxes, Eminent Cromo, which cow Is known as the finest in Dixie, having a Rec ord of producing ipore than 1,000 pounds in a year, Most > of the cat tle bought will be tsted soon. Q Among the buyers are: W. P. Watt, John Price, John Potts, and the Har ris brothers. Mr; Miller also bought several bead.: ? Saturday's Charlotte Observer. v " . - ? <r ? . Ho!! Weevil in Richland ' ? R. T. Shannon and H. It. Reynolds, Richland #ounty fannors living .15 milAs oast* of Columbia on the old Camden r<?ad, report that the boll wee vil hks invaded their cotton crops and almost stripped all forms and Voll.* from tlie stalks. ^ Mr. Shannon says "lie had 12 acres plained abouTMay 8 ancTMr. Reynolds; states .he pyt In seven aci-es about April 17. His cotton is more viciously attacked than flint of Mr. Reynolds, both assert. One' of re of thU is the green silk fiber. The crop Is about tfaist high and in fine condition but for the weevils, ' which have so in fested t lie plants that in some places not a square can befoundfor/st retches of ten or more feet. .. Eugene Debs is conducting his presi dential campaign from the Federal prison In Atlanta. Thompson Cor the killing of a boy wLH very likely^**' ;lieard twla? or tomor row. There will be no jury cases tried next week, ? K . Presentment of (jrand Jury. To his Honor, Judge W. H. Townsend, Presiding Judge fof (he Summer t$rm of Court for Kershaw County : We desire to make the following pre sentment: We have passed upon alt bills hand ed us by the Solicitor. We desire to state that we will Check our County officials' books at our next session and wili also examine all County property at that time. v We deelre further to state 'that we deplore , the conditions of the roads Over the whole county. Complaints of conditions of the roads have come into us from alt parts of the County. The Kershaw and Bethune road from Ker shaw to Kirkley's Mill Creek Is almoet impassable, and we recommend that this road be worked up immediately. In both our November and Mhrch presentments we recommended that the Camden and Liberty Hill road be attended to. Hie Old road from Cam den to Liberty 'Hill was submerged by waters from the Wateree Power Com pany's dam some time iast fail, which caused the abandonment of about eight miles of this road, The Power Com pany has built a new road about one half the distance, but -has al^andoned the work, and has moved their force to some other parts. We do not un derstand why this Company should be allowed to take possession of Comity property this way and not be made to replace Qr pay for It. We again re commend that this matter be attended to at once. We also recommended that all rail road, crossings be floored. This recom mendation has been ignored. We also recommend that a telephone and lights be pot in at the river bridge. Wte un derstand that no telephone has been put in at all, and that the lights that were put in were insufficient. . We recommend that all our former recommendations be carried out We -thank yrrti the presiding Judge, Solicitor and all other Court officials for the many courtesies shown us dur ing this term of Court. All of whkji we most respectfully submit - N, S. Richards. Foreman of Grand Jury. JKKNKYK SOU) WKM.. l.arge Crowd Here Ut.1 We*k to At (mil Salt*, of JerM) Herd. Quito u large crowd of ea.ttlo breed $rs iinti firnoN from South Carolina aud adjoining state* were here Wed nesday. and Thursday of last week to attend t he d I * | h* r^lon gale of eoyvs l?eloiigft)g to the estate of the late J. A. shank lin, whleh waS mt.v successful. TtM tottt) returns for the herd was $37,700, which" gives an av erage of $200 for JiHJ lii'iiil. A few Hull C alvos aud blemished cows selling for under $100 are not incltulcd In this average. , Blue Fox Kin Incut's Cbroiuo, the champion butter cow of the Booth, was sold to Mr. \\\ H. Glenn, of Spartan-, burg for $1,000. The grand old bu\l, Blue Fox Emin ent, was given to Clejuson College by the est ate, Mr. E, H. Shanklln, the ad m In 1st rat or for the estate, announced In giving ibis bull to the college it hat be was carrying out the wishes of bis brother; aud that he felt that the col lege deserved the use of this me.tt hull. Although a few of the eoxvs went to ,adJoitriijg states, the- great majority of this herd remained [tt South Carolina to Improve the small herds that are now springing up in all section* of the state. It was a great loss to the state to have this herd dispersed, yet. the small herds that were started from these seed '"fly dovoinp tnin ay real Jersey Industry In the years to^ome. Following is a complete list of the Jerseys sold : E. \V. Tisdaie, Blshdj>vlHe, S. C? two. A. B. Cat heart, winnshoro, S. C? two. J. B. MoCallum, Max ton, N. C., five. W, S. "Glenn, Spartanburg, ?. C., eight. R>C. Xeely, Wadesfcoro, (Ja., seven. _ydhas. K. Miller, Cha&otle, X. C.. ten. \V. l.'lireedlan & Son, Monroe* Ga., one. . > .....JUL A. JUartln, Blsney. S. C., ojlc. W. I. Waflaoe. Blackylllo, S. C... three. Edwin Kerr, Haw River, S. <*;,? fllne. II. M. Richardsou, Garnett, H. G., four. Mekinaon. Maxton. N. C. fonr ?J. H.^Oathcart, Winnshoro, S; C., one. L. M. Hall, Camden, fll C., one. H.'' C. Rlehftrdson. Summerton, S. C., two. G? F. Hunnicut. Allanj/a, Ga., three. \V. II. Tiller, logoff, S. C., two. J. H, Burns* Camden, S. C? four Jerseys and one grade cow. M. A. Mayfteld, Winchester, ^etun... one. R. B. Robinson, Lancaster, S. C., one J. W. McFariand. Bis<hopvllle,.R C., three. ' . , A. If' Lltcher. Concord, X. 0a one. A. XI. Cope, Midway, Ala., two. J. E. Lenn, Newberry, S. C., one. W. U Kinard,' Lugoff, S. C.f one. OJ^mson Cofllege. S.C., six, one bull donated by request of the late J. A. Shanklin. W. ft/Gulledge, Feak*laud, X. C., oqe. R. H, Wilson, Gastonia, X. C., four. Diggs Farm, Rockingham, X. C., one. C. E. McLendort, BishopvilJe, S. C? two. . Cj P. Robertson, Heath Springs, S. C., two. C. L. Lewis, Tlfton, Ga.. one. W. I. Williams, Rook Hill, S. C.l two. WiHis "Wilson, Gastonia, N. C., one. R. O. Smith, Klnard, S. O.. one. O. O. Summer, Dovesrille, C., one. B. F. Hammond, Heath Springs, S. O. two. 1 <3. W. Harris, Bishopville, S. C., one. G. C. WeUA, Camden, S. C., one. D..M. Rertefcer, Uniontown, Ala., one I M. Nealr Newberry, S. G., one. . H. E. Carrol, M/liy* Bluff, 8. C., one. J. J. Watson, Ridge Springs, S. C., one. y v- * ' * P. F. Raiusford, Trenton, S. C., one. iD. H. Patterson, Maxton, N. C? one, R. P. Neal, Heath Spring*, R. C., one. F. J. Martin, Pendleton. S. C., Ave. E. W. Wttlis, LewisvHle, Ga., five. L. R. Rollins, Heath Spring*. S.\C., one. J. A. Cheatham, LewlaviHe, Ga., three. jG. A. Guignard. Columbia. S. C. two. B. F. Baker, Heath Springs, S. G . two. . ? .. ? - L Austin. RiMhopville, S. C., two. ^ iS. B. McLain. Maxton. N. C.. flv-e. Fred Cooley, Camden, S. C? one. . U E Bell, Laacaator, -S. C^ one. - Wiley Sheorn, Oamden, S. ?., one. J. E. Pearce, Oamden, S. C? one. J. yf. Douglas. AflendaTe, S. C? two. i. n. Harper, Lanoaster, S. C., one. . M. Whetaell, Bowman, G a., one. 1L. P. Rahon, Logoff, fl. C-, one. Rose Kioard, Camden, S. C? one. E. H.,Shnnklin, Greer, S. C? one. Ex- Empress Eugenie, or Franco, wi dow of Napoleon III died in Madrid, Spain, last Sunday. AIR MAIL FOR COU'MRI A. Route Front New York to \tUlitn Es tablished In October. <1\ II. Xfdiowai) In Columbia State) Washington. July 0. -^Following up the Information made. public by I ho postottlce department thai Columbia w on lil soau be mailt' one of the big Important ali-plano mall depots on the route from Now York to Atlanta, The State's corn's | Hnuh'nt was able Unlay to secure some other interesting infor mation of a detailed klnil. Following Is the schedule show tug oi?eratiou of the projxwml Hue from Now York to Atlanta, via (Yduuibla, ami from At lanta to Now York, the miuo way: I<oavo New York daily except Mon days and days followlug holidays not later ahaiiv 7 a, mM Eastern time, or within one hour after the mail has been delivered to the contractor at the postottlce or railroad station; arrive In Washington by 0.40 a. m. ; leave Wash ington at 10 a. m. ; arrive Raleigh by 1,10 p. iu. ; leave ltalelgh at 1.30 p. in. ; arrive Columbia by 8.5ft p. m. : leave Columbia at 4.15 p. in. { arrive Atlanta by 0.55 p. m. I.oave Atlanta dally except Mondays apd days follovwlng holidays not later than 5.80 a. ni., Eastern tUuo, or with in one hour from time the mall has been' delivered to contractor at Hie post oftyee or railroad station; 'arrive Co lumbia by 8.10 a. in. J leave Columbia at $.30 a- m? ; arrive Raleigh by 10.55 a. in.; leave Raleigh at 11.15 a. m. ; ax^ rive Washington by 2.25 p. in. ; leave Washington at 2.45 p. m.; arrive New York by 5.25 p. m.. Eastern time. Kids will be 'received /for carrying this ins II at the ^>!<totlhs? department In Washington until *noon of Septem ber 10, 1020. Columbia, by being placed on this route, will 1m? made an Imjiortmit as* semliMng depot, ma?l from various points in that section of -the South be ing gathered there for transit either, to Atlanta and points further Smith or for Washington and Northern point*. this will be a good (thing for Co lumbia in many wjays. Not only will it admit of the mall of her business men being Wnt to and received froin the NortJa In record breaking time, but tt will also incidentally serve to nd I vertlse the city lh various other ways. > Other routes to be placed in opera tion at the same time will be from Cleveland to Detroit, IMttsburgh, Pa., to Columbus, Ohio., New ^Tork to Chl cag6. K ' Boll Weevil In Pisgah Section. I ' Mr. I). J. Hatfield, of the Pisgah section of Sumter county was In our office last week and had with him several specimen* of boll weevil which he toad found In his cotton fields. Mr. Hatfield says that he kneiw there had been a few in his section but that he did not "know that they had already done such {t vast'amount of damage until last week- he and some of his neighbors made a close Inspection. He says < that the damage was round to be far greater in his Jong staple cotton than in 4>he short staple. It appears to him that his fields are hurt worse than those of his neighbor* In many places he toad found where as high as nine squares to* the stalk had been punctured and. withered, 'and he is ap prehensive for fear that the damage will be greater as the crop advances. BeU Weevil in The County. We were shown several specimen! of boll weevil on Tuesday gathered from the farm of Mr. T. M. McCaskilJ In West Waieree. County Agent J. W. Sauders has them in his possession at his office over the Evans undertaking parlor ami those who have never seen the not pests can get a look at them in Several stages by calling upon Mr. Sanders. He glso brought aJong nu merous squares and small bolls tbat had been punctured and had fallen to the ground. Mr. Sanders tells us that a great deal of the damage can be pre vented the first year if the farmers will go over their fields and pick up Jhe dead squares and burn them wher ever found. This will prevent the in sects from spreading so rapidly. Mrs. Williams Dead. .Mrs. Josejubine Williams, aged 80 years, wife of Mr. A. J. Williams, of the Malvern Hill section, died At her home on July 4th. after an Illness. The burial was at Malft^rn nill the follow ing day, services being conducted by i Rev. M. M. Benson. Free Barbecue at Logoff. There will be a free barbecue dinner at Lugoff Tuesday, July 20th. Every South Carolinian interested In the wel fare of the South Is Invited to come | and bring the whole 'family. Able speakers will address the crowd. Come and bring your neighbor. Un'de^ aus pices of South Carolina Branch of American Cotton Association. SHOT NIAGARA IN A BARKKl* ll? l^uxe* a Widow und KI?v<ii Chil dren In KngUiHl. Niagara rail*, N. ?? Jul; 31. --Cham. Stephen*. of Bristol, Kitgland, was killed toda.v when ho went over lilt* horse si km* falls in ti luirnH. The cask In which he made rhe trip, though built Of stout Htisviitn oak stave# aud hound wttti stool hoops, was smashed llko an o??{ shell oj^ the Jugged rorks at the huso of iho cataract. PUves of ?tho barrel wore picked up near tho bank oh tho Canidlin side, but 8to l?hoi?K* iwdy ha* not lieeii recovered. Stephen* was .V< years ahl and has a Svlfe and 11 children In Bristol, wheat he whs a barber. Ho served three years in France with tlio British army. Ho had planned to make a lecture tour of Kngland if hi* trip was successful Bobby l.each, who went over tho horse shoe falls in lttll. told Stephens before ho started that his trip would lie a failure. l-eaeh predicted that tho barrel would not wltlint-and tine drop of MO foot , hut Stephens refund to lie dissuaded from the venture. Few knew that Sttephen^ was to make the trjp today and when the bar* lid was towed Into the flyy1 oft'the Canadian side, two miles above tbe falls the iv were only a doaton on liaiid to watch. It wan 8:10 a. in. when 8tcphcus was e?Nt adrift. lOarly sight seers on t Ialaud saw Hie barrel bobbing up and down in the tumbling reaches of Um w^Mir rai?hl*, but mme know that it carried a man about to defy tho cataract. Members of Stephens' party follow ed the cask down stream In automo biles. In one of the oars a moving picturo operator. filmed the progress of the barrel. As tlie barrel drew near tiho brink of the falls, it seemed to stand on end, Jiesltate a second or two and 'ttiefi slide gracefully over the sloipe, head foremost and at slight an gle. Its gleatplng blark and white Stripes eou Id 1m> soon until it had fallcu about half way down Uuv fa<v of tho cataract, wflieu it was lost to view In the misty spnay, A quarto*- *?f .an hour p**?cd. Uien a half hour, ahd' an hour. Field glasses trained oil tlie boiling waters at' the base of Hie cataract revenled no sign of tihe cask. >Vhen tlie hour had pdssod, the old river men in the fit tie group of Wa tellers began to jrfliake their heads dubiously. The barrel designed by Stephens for tfio trip was six feet three inches high. Stephens is the third to attempt the barrel trip over the falls.. Mrs. Annie Taylor went over in Oct-1 obor. .1001, in nn oak barrelled Bobby Leach mddo the trip in ^1)^1011, in a steel barrel. Both are still living. Member of Hie House Killed. Conway, July 18. ? W. W. Rum, mem ber of tflie South Carolina legislature and prominent business man of Con way, was shot and instantly killed on July 8 on ono of the streets of Con way by George L, Marsh, also of Con way. The cause of t?ie tragedy is un known. Mr. Rues was killed in a street ne*r hi* residence, a ahotguu be ing used by Mr. Marsh, according to eye witnesses. * Mr. Ruse was on his \VAy home to. dinner and ibad Just pass ed the residence of, Mr. Ma rah when tlie latter came into the street armed with a shotgun and after a few word# had passed l>et^veen them, flred tlhe shot whichy resulted In death. Richland Clerk Dead. Columbia, July 12. ? John Frost Walker, aged sixty-nine years, for twenty-two years clerk of court of Rich land county, died here yesterday morn ing after a lingering illness, wffrich was accentuated sevcrtil days ago. He was bom Jri 1851 in this county, the son of George E, Walked, a civil engineer, who die<^ during the war of seceasion. Kershaw Court Adjourned. Judge W. H. Townsend, who was an honorary palll>earer, adjourned court in Camden early Tuesday afternoon to attend the funeral. Judge Townsend, Solicitor Spigner and Court Stenogra pher Aull came through the conntry to he present at the services. Mr. Aull was also an honorary pallbearer. Mr. Rollings Dead. Mr. A. R. Rollings, of the Cassatt wotton died Tuesday at midnight after a short illness. He was 72 yeara of Age and had been a resident of Cassatt for n good many years where h? was a merchant and fairly weU to do plaht er. The funeral and burial was held at High Rill church near Lucknow on Wednesday. Mr. Rollings leaves a young urife. * He waa thrice married ami is survived by one daughter by a former marriage. PROMINENT SPEAKERS AT KERSHAW TOMORROW The ramiuiuu for hotter marketing of cotton unit other fariu product* will In* brought Into (his section of tho statu Saturday, July 17th. at 11 a. m.. at which time a Xtatowldu mooting Is to ho hold at Kershaw with such distin guished men as Hon. A. F. U?vor, of tho Federal Farm l.oan lluivau; J. A. lOvans, Thlof eMCimlon work, In tho South; and J, S, Wannainakor, president American Cotton Association, to make add rotten. Tho topic* to he discussed are fundamental and are de manding tho attention dlrootly of overy farmer today and Indirectly of overy man Interested In tho welfare of the country. Jiooal county meeting# are to follow this |Uti> wide meeting and ore to bo* held at Bethune, Moutlay, July 10. at 2 i>. in., Camden, Monday night, July 19, at 8:30 p. ni? and Lugoff, Tues day. July 20, at 11 a. in. Speakers for the local us oe ting* will i >?> A. A. McKeown, District Agrlcul- ~ turaL Agent: W? H. Mills, apcclollat in ? Rural Sociology ; John Richards and L. J. Browning of the American Cotton Association. Everybody In urged to attend the big meeting at Kershaw on Saturday, and one of the local meetings on the follow ing Monday and Tuesday. ? ? MRS. S. A. PARKER DEAD. Dies After Brief Illness WbUe VIsMhg Daughter In Ashevllle. ' ' ? "i ' ^ Mr. R. B. WJlliams of thia city WAI called to Ashevllle, N. C., last week to attend the funeral and burial of his sister, Mrs. 8. A. Porker, who died In ' that city on Friday. July 0. after a brief Illness. Mrs.- Parker had sptoit many ye?rs of her life in Cnmdrl* and _ has ti great many friends lu&re who will regret to learn of her death. vIfer hnshnnd died a good many yfeara atfh a?d was a native of Falrflold county. The AaWYllh* Da fly ClWiieti <?r July 10. has the following to *ay of her death: "Mrs. S. A. Parker, ,78 years of age; until recently a resident of Camdeh," s, Q? died here at 4 :45 o'clock yesterday afternoon after a brief illness at the residence of her daughter. Mrs. M. <3. MeCorinlek, 155 Flint street,, -with whom she had been living for the last few months. Funeral services were from the late residence at 4 o'clock this afternoon, conducted by Rev. IS. K. Mc l.orty, of the Central Methodist chnrch. "Surviving are a daughter. Mrs. Me-? Oornrick, three sous, W. E. Parker of Seattle, Wash. ; Brooks C. Parker, of Berkeley. Cal.; and Lewis Parker; sev eral grandchildren, including Mewlaiues f!eo. L. Brown, and John S. Tenant, and one grandsou here, ..John Brooks MeKensie : three brothers. R. B. Wil liams, and It. D. Williams, of Camden. S. C., and a half brother. J. A. Grlgs by, of Blaney, 8. C." v Bennettavllle lias Negro Bank. Bennettavllle'* new bank, the Work man's Enterprise Bank* ottyinlzed, owned and operated exol}i?#vely by colored people, >vh? opened for busi ness last Saturday. The deposits for ~ the first day amounted to $20,180.01. The bank in located in a new brick building constructed for it north of the public square. The officers are: K. J. Sawyer, president, J. B. Taylor, cashier, J. W. Thomas and G. W. Pe gues, vice president*.. Directors ? J. W. Thomas, G. W. Pegues, Jack . King, Henry Brown, J. W. Witherspoon, Ned Manning. O. Yl. Breeder, tf. D. Reese and E. J. Sawyer.- ? Pee Dee Advocate. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Eason, Sr., went to Camden Saturday to visit relatives for a few days. ? Bennettsvile Advo cate. \ Cuming Day ^ ^ A canning day wil be held in Cam den on Monday, July 20, at the toigh school building. Kvery body la invit ed to be there by 10 o'clock and bring lunch for ? picnic dinner. The poultry club members will be given a demonstration in preserving e^gs. and testing them to see if they are fresh. All canning club members are asked to bring nine large ripe tomatoes, and six cents to pay for a can, so they may have the experience of canning in tin. Girls who have made cooking aprons - and caps bring them to wear while canning. ^.At 3 o'clock Mrs. Dora D. Walker, sate specialist on .canning, will give a demonstration for the ladles on ~ canning, and the value of a steam pressure cooker. Every lady who wishes to come Is urged to be present whether she belong* to a club or not. Blanche Tarrant ITomc Demonstration Agent , Xhe 19-year old Egyptian, Ibrahim Manftoud, who attempted the assassina tion of Te-wttk Pasha, by throwing a bomb at his automobile was banged at Cairo last Friday.