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. ? 4, number i?. I' I ! ? ? u J II II ggae? 3t CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1920. '> VOLUME ^ITlONAt COIIKT CASKS. \|ar key to Spend Rlla Ufe in prfaon For Murder ^ Brother. i vurt of general aeaaioijft cloaed hefe lMt jrr|(]ay with the following addi tional eases disi>o*ed of: jgWeH Trut-sdell and Vernon Wolat, th.r?{etl with stealing oowhidea and rrjtng them to Columbia for sale, tije oiw of Truesdell waa nol proaaed. Wont was found guilty dnd aentenoed to pay a tine of $100 or serve thirty day*. He t0?H d?ya* . f Kettle and Annie Thompson charge <J ?ltb murdering their eleven y$ar old ?t*p brother were acquitted. K Cook who wart sentenced by ggflatrate Nicholson to pay a fine of j40 for assault and battery, appealed to the higher court ?nd the court abs tained the Magistrate in bia fine. T. S. Small and Oecar .Small also appealed from a sentence imposed up on them of $100 each by Magistrate p r. Roberts on a Charge of Assault, ami battery and carrying concealed weapon, respectively. The; upper court ?lio sustained this magistrate. The case against Edgar Wilkes jjiarfed with larceny of h bicycle was oo1 prossed. Ernest Salmon, charged with rape opon the person of a negro woman, was acquitted. He was immediately recommitted^ to jail Upon a similar charge. Frank Maekey, the negro from Cas natt, who was charged with flaying - to- brother several months ago, was found guilty with recommendation* to mercy and was sentenced to serve the remainder of his Jife^n the peniten tiary. ^ i Henry Patterson a negro, plead guil ty to a charge of assAilt with intent to rape ami was sentenced to serve five years In the (penitentiary. ? ' ? V , Died Very Suddenly. Mrs. Carrie Belle Baxley, wife of Mr. William Baxley of this city died very suddenly at her home on Broad street Wednesday afternoon. Although she bad been In bad health for a num ber of years her death came as a dis tinct shock to her relatives and friends. She had only a short while before fcm taken with a hemorrhage and died very quickly. Before her inarriage to Mr. Baxley ten years ago she was Miss ^Carrie Bell Morris, of ?Columbia, and was, in her twenty.-eighbb year. She is surviv ed by her husband, two little children ; one brother, Henry Morris, of Manning, 8. C., and one sister, Mrs. K. Thomp son, of Alfolu, S. C. / ?' The funeral of the young woman >> wM be field frani her late residence at eleven o'clock this morning and the burial will be in the Camden cemetery. Remember The Canning Days . ? *** : ? 1 - . I , At Camden on Monday, July 26th and Kershaw, Tuesday, July 27th. Bring a well filled basket for a picnic dinner on the high school grdunds, Tbe Canning Club mertfeers must be on time for the demonstration at 10 o'clock. All housekeepers should hear Mrs. Walker's demonstration at .3 o'clock and learri to save fofcd, tfane and labor. Blanche Tarrant, Home -Dem. Agt. The Boy Was Not There. A South Carolinian making an auto mobile trip through Georgia and Ala: bama writing to his home paper teUa of hU visit to the famous Georgia OH A Gas Co., which may be of interest to (Otne of <,ur local people: "Friday, July 9, left A?ugusta at 10 o'clock for Sandersvllle, Ga., 125 miles. Crops not so good as in South Carolina. I>;ft "varTy'for Slacon, passed the Geor-. fla Oil & Gas Co., went to sec It; found one man with two more helping to fix *ome little pipe. They have here a 30 horsepower boiler, 25 horsepower en gine and a< large well drill; man they had or hadn't gone 000 feet deep, ex * pected to go .*{,500 feet. Asked where w?8 the place you could stick a stick In the ground, and stick a match to \p *?d it would burn. 'Said the boy that conld show us was not there. Stayed *herc about 30 minutes, didn't see any thing interesting;7' Yon ask me If I think they will ever get any oil*. P* ?<torw I do not know, but looks like Wtlng money In a hole In the ground. 1 wouldn't give $100 for ?H they have tinder the ground." Gorman Uuckabee and Albert Good *1? will ifave "Sunday morning for a *** w*eks trip to the mountains of *ortb Caroltaa. They will visit Char wfe, nigh Point and Wlnst.on-Salem. TUB MEETING AT KBR8HAW. Sfvenl HiiM Fanner* Heard Ad* dteuMn by Lever *?d Other*. K*r*baw. July 17.? Au enthusiastic and -well attended farmers mooting was held here today there l>elng between 4<K) and 300 representative farmer# from Mncftster uml Kershaw .counties The meeting wis iddrt'sned by A?bury F L<ever, member farm loan board; A* A McKeown, division extension agent department of agriculture Clem jK>n College and L, I. Gulon, executive* committeeman of the American Cotton association. 3. Wannamaker, presl dent of the American Cotton associa tion was scheduled to make an ad dress, but was not present on account of illness. J. A. Evans, director of farm extension work in the flouth, was also unable to get here. The flmt speaker was L. I. Ouion who in a short address Impressed upon the farmers, tbe need of organisation kand co-operation and warned them of conditions concerning them this fall* Tbe next speaker was A; A. Mo Keown, who urged upon the farmers the necessity of having cotton gradUpf -by competent an^ conscientious graders. The need of warehouses was touched upon and the grading of cotton explained. At the completion of his talk the following committees were ap pointed : Cotton grading, E. J. Bailey, chairman ; warehousing. C. K. Bla<\* mon, chairman; membership, J. w I Hsmel, chairman. ' ___ ' j^ XiTMr. I>ever was delayed in reach ing here advantage was taken of the tiitoe 'ln getting new members for the a^ociatlon. I. W. Boykln, of Her sbaw county outlined a plan how to get sufficient funds to employ the ser vices of A comi>etent cottou grader. "Mir T>ever then addressed tbe farm patiently awaited his a, rival and they were not disappointed. Mr. Lever said he was feeling good and his address showed him at his best In a forceful and earnest talk he pleaded with the farmers to realise the value of organisation and cooi)er^ tloil. He commented on the amallnes of the crowd at Orangeburg yesterday and compared the sl*e it would^have hosn had U-Aftan --a -^oUtleeV- meeting anfl the relative value to the interest. He had to make a BOO mile trip to get here ami It was for the termer's and ?ot his Interest. He entwined the farmer terest In this movement. He the- Importance of farmers owning their own homes and having .modern Improvements and contrasted per centage of farm women classed as man ual laborers In Sooth Carolina and rowa.. He showed that this movement concerned the business and profession al man as well as the farmer and de plored the suspicion of ,?rmer" f?" business men. saying that the problem was too big for any one class to solve, and tbe solution could only be found by the cSncerted action of all He paid ? tribute to 3. S. Wannamaker as farmer, banker and business man. Tbe farmer was a good producer, hot ?>or salesman. He told them how the federal banking law sod the national 'warehousing law had put w>lu"<? in their own hands and that they were to blame If they did not get a fa orlcc for their cotton. He showed the money loss by taproper gr.d.ng and ? Va graphic 'picture of the. average Snntry home and sat* that he was against the ba<* to the farm mo ment until the living conditions^* as good aa they were in the cities and blamed the apathy of the these conditions continued. He con eluded Ills address with an earneat ap all classes to further this move Cut for the betterment of the mar ketlns -of ? the-?ontbcrn -gT*lTr crop- | ENROLL NOW. To The Democrat* Of Kershaw County: I# you desire to vote in the ap preaching primary and hare not1 already enrolled go to the Sec retary of your Club or to the en rollment committee and plaee your name on the Club Roll. Do this before next Tueeday, July 27th, or you will be too late. Write v your name in full. Your last name first. Do not use Initials. E H. JOHNSON, : w Chairman Kershaw Co. Dem. Executive Con. JEdley Martin, of Oatnoey, was con ?feted of mamslaugbterr last week' and sentenced to serve two years. Martin and kiMed the little four year rid child of ITr. andi Kf*. Ttdbeft fkruggt of the Battle Ground section. HUGR WAOK INCOKA8K. Mwuw Immediate InrrpMe In Wd|M ' Mid Piaiimiffif Rntm. * Chicago, July 20. ? Whether the spec tre of it nationwide railway strike 1ms been laid by tbe $000,000,1)00 wage in crease granted today to more than 1,800,000 railroad employe* tonight re mained undecided. ? Brotherhood officials, after all day conference*, wade {no attempt to cou ceal their disapiiotntraent that they did not get all of the billion dollar lucreaae they asked. The belief grew, bowev er, in -t tie absence of any talk of an Immediate strike that the uulon otfi? clala would aubmlt tbe award,' proba bly without recommeudation to a refer endum of tbe men. A decision; on this point was promised tomorrow by W. O. Lee', of Olevelaud, grand president of the Brotherhood of Hallway Tralu men. Railroad representative* accepted the award philosophically and Imme diately go about plana for (passing the $000,000,000 addition to their wage bud get along to tbe ultimate consumer? in this case >the man who pays the freight. Armed with reHable advance knowledge as to whaF the awird would provide the railroads had their figures fready. Judge B.*M. Barton, chairman of the United states Railway l?abor Board, had hardly banded down his decision when E> T. Whiter, representing tbe more than 400 railroads involved, an nounced that the roads would need an Increase of 18 per cent in freight rates to meet the wage boost. ?? The r Inter state Comnjerce Commission wll} .be asked toj spread -the Increase over both frelgbt and passenger rates. The $600,000,000 award represent* A 21 per cent increase in the pay of the .railroad men. For the flrst time in history the road's payrolls this year will pass the three billion mark. Mr. Whiter estimated the 1920 payrolls at $3,344,000,000, more than double tbe $1,468,570,394 paid in 1916. The board's award was mdde retro active to May 1, with provision that back pay for three ^ months falls due August 1, . whew $ld0/)00,000 is to be distributed in addition to the regular -pay; ? Yard tcwipc engineers, flromoh and helpers who receive an hourly In crease of J.8 cents, will get the. .biggest back pay checks,' their three months award totalling $110,16. In its decision the board followed tlie board general policy laid down by the Lane commis sion, apposed In 1918, that the man who 'received the least should get the moat. The one notable exception to this general rule was the yard service men, whose 18 cents an hour Increase topped all others. Here, the board explained, the deciding factors were the extreme hazard to life and~tanb and degree of skill required. ^ 1 - ? ? 1 ? ? ?? r? ' Automotive Association Formed. " At a meeting of the automobile dealers and gafage men of Camden held Tuesday afternoon at the oflloe of the liberty Motor Sales Co., -the Camden Automotive Trade Association was formed. Hughey Tindal was elect ed presidentf, <3eo. T. Little vice presi dent and J. F. Jenkins secretary and treasurer. Nearly all of -the dealers have Joined the association and the object and purpose of this association shall lie to foster, promote and en courage the automobile trade and good fellowship and better business methods among those engaged in* this trade ; to afford opportunities to members ?to associate and* exchange views ~wifb each other, and to take such concerted* action as may be desirable, looking to the betterment of trade conditions gen erally in the business in the city of Cumdun. - One of the first moves and a very good one on the $art of the Associa tion was to announce that on and after August first they would go on a cash basis, and to this end we are publish ing a half page advertisement this week signed by {he largest dealers call ing attention to this rule. They also state in this advertisement that adopting a cash system they will be able to sell gasoline at 34 cents per gallon, the ^prevailing price ?n other cities of South Carolina, whe&as, h?*e tofore they have been charging 36 cents in Camden, r - - Death of an Infant. Wilson Ingram Ogbnrn, infant son of Mr* and Mrs. W. P. Ogburn, died at thefr home on east Marion street Friday, July 9, 1920, aged four and one-balf mont*, after a protracted ill ness. The remains were taken to Jef ferson for burial. ? Kershaw Er\ v IMNHOPVIUJS NKW8 NOTES I Happenings ?f M x*M by Tfce VMfcator I 'Mr. ana Mr*. M, J. JJlackwell have th? sympathy of tboir many friend J bore In the low of their tweet little I bab y while aw*y .on their vacation we' uiountalug. The little f?ilow took tick and died very suddeuly. Mr J Blackwell waa granted a va<tetion to recuperate hbt health after his severe spell of grippe and pneumonia. They J tot hack last week and he says he has gained a good many |v i<nds. ! Miiw Kthal Atkinson, of Camden, i?| the guest of MJm <}ouldle Atklosou this week. [ Mr. J. B. Barfleld got back from a trip over in Oraug*burg. He says they bud a fine rain over there last Friday! and crops are looking floe, ile has a I ?on living in ^amberg who told him that the boll weevil is playing havoc Already with the cotton over ~ there I Another genUeman, who was over in Barnwell said in some sections in thatl county, the farmers were plowing up cotton and putting In corn. Miss Helen McLeod has returned to f lAugusta, and after a short stay at J home, will goto^fathfo, N. J,t (u tirlJ friends and will Join the Oamp Fire! girls for a months tramp in the moun tains of New Hampshire^ Mr. .. Press I^les brought to our of flee test TXwbttoy a lot of cotton forms or squares that he had picked up in his field. He also had a weevil found jn one of theyaqoares, which <^as pro nounced a genuine weevil by tbe fatm demonstration agent for ee County. _Mr, levies says that they are only in apots in, the field, but are gradually spreading, but are worse in Mr. Treck Atkinson's cotton. If they are spread ing during this hot dry weather what will they do when rain sets in?" It Is alarming to think that they have started so early. Tba etTects of their ravages will besfetf b>all of us. ' CAMDEN MAN AN AUTHOR. j "ThtJf?n'8 W|ielpM by W. H. Kirk 7 "P ( Gets Friendly Reception. The Stamford (<j!onn. Advocate of reeoptlon ?ven the Initial per75?a5noe~5r^TEeT3oro Whelp" a comedy drama in four acts written by Mr. William H. Kirkbride who makes Camden his winter home hut who is spending the summer at Dublin; New Hampshire. "Mr. Kirkbride'* comedy-drama was *iv$> a favorable reception last night in fhe Stamford theatre at its first ixre sentatloti to the public. Unfortunately, from the box office viewpoint, a heavy alarm broke* ?Wy>1 fipeatag iVm*, the attendance was ndt ?o large as the production merited. "It is the story of a young Canadian ?Ijl. who obdurate to the allurements of j a British coronet, succumbs subse quently to the ancestral cave man meth ods of the owner of -the coronet. [ "The scenes are laid In a country house in one of the khires of England ^nd in the Canadian Northwest. Al though an American born, the autlufr, Mr W. H. Kirkbride, haa Jpebt a good ly jpart of his life in the countHea he f?r hlB play and he writes with ^ full understanding of their peo iBi JOACHIM KILLS HIMSELF - ?* ? Youngest Son of Ftktur Emperor Wil liam of Genmuiy. 7 Berlin, July id. ? Pnnoe Joachim of HohenxoUern , you ngest son offormer Emperor William, committed suicide today 1a Potsdam. Joachim is believed to have been In financial straits. He recently was. di VOfWML - ? ? 1 ? ? " ' Prince Joachim was bortr December 17, 1800, In Berlin. He served In the lat6 war on both ihe western and east ern fronts. In the firat year of^lie war he waa wounded in the fighting in France, and for a Jong, time it wan feared that he would not recover. When vhe did recover he. was transferred to 'the Russian front, where be, h*d* sev eral, narrow escapes from ctfptnre, and afterwards suffered a oertous illness. Joachim was married in |1O10 to Princess Marie Augustine, .of Anhalt, who then wan just seventeen years X^dliipaCch fronl Paris early in the present year said Joachim had brought suit for divorce. The Prince during the war wai ranked as S popular hero In Germany. Since the <*nd 'of the war little feas been heard of him. One report was to the effect that be hoped to dome to the United States after- the peace treaty was signed. - *. Q DOC" NHKOKN'8 KAMK SPHKA1I8 C?lumbUiM C<wm to CmboU to Take The ('*?(? Cure. . ? - , . _ '.'"?> CKMtB* (From Wetfcuesday'M St* to) Strange n tor lea of remarkable "cures" effected by an uu lettered farm er ttviiiK near Cfcsaatt, Kershaw couu* ty, about II miles from Oaiudeu, have been circulating lu Columbia during tXie pant few day* and have attracted considerable attention. w . :N The farmer it named Sheorn, accord fog to stories lo circulation tu Colum-I bit, and so widespread ha a bit fame become tbat automobiles, bearing the merely curious aud the afflicted^ All his yard aud lot oo Sundays, people being attracted from Utiles around. Columbians who visited Sheorn last Sunday report that they bad great dif ficulty in getting access to him, having been warhed aepeatedly before arriving at bis home tbat he was )?ot to be seen. Men with whom the Columbians talked Mid threats bad been matte against Sheorn, and that., be himself feared that his property waa in danger of de struction by fire If he continued his "treatments" so rather than run the rlak of loes of property and perhaps ??If to all callers in order mot to arouse ?till further the hostility of some peo ple who were said to be opposed to his activities. ^ After considerable difficulty, Sheorn was located by Columbians, who were visiting him in the Interest of a friend, who is ill. Sheorn told them that he had *been threatened and tbat "preach era" were attempting to stir up the people against him, -and 'for that rea son he had left his -bqme for the day. Afler further colloquy, Sheorn "^ffcs In formed of the illness' of tfte friend and told his visitors what to do for him. 4 Contrary to the usual practice in so called "miracle men," Sheorn uses med icine, and from stories in circulation on the stf^ets his mainstay IS so plebian a remedy as castor oil, which he ad ministers internally as well as exter nally, though "rubbing" is also recom mended in some eases. Slieorn is de scribed as a man of about 50 years of age of rather sturdy build and 6f# or dinary appearance, tbere being nothing particularly striking ahont. hlni When the Columbians saw Sheorn, he was lin a - rather dark room and an night was falling, it was difficult to see him clearly. Except for his eyes, which were deep, set and inflamed as from lack of sleep, he was a farmer of or dinary' appearance. After talking with Sheorn fofr some time, the party of Columbians left him, he having giv en them suggestions as to the . treat ment of their, friepd. Many stories are fcold of "cures" brought .about by Sheorn, and "he la creating a ; furore" in his community," said one of the Columbians, who went to 'see him, Names and addresses Of persons benefitted are given. 'Some say that a private car stopped on the rail road* near ' Nhcoru's home some days ago and that he treated a patient which it carried, and ethers tell of the large number of automobiles which visit ,hla home weekly. All say. tbat Sheorn re* fuses money for bis services. The stories have attracted consider able attention. No statements from persons treated by Sheorn have been received by newspaper men, 'the stories coming -from others wiio have heard of him and who have learned of. what J?e is doing. ' BARBECUE AT LUGOFF. Cotton Anaoitotlon Men Talk to Large OMtori. ?. t Lugoff, July 20. ? A meeting was held here .today. under the auspice* of the American Cotton Association and the extension division of Clemson Col lege, tinder the leadership of James, Team, Tj. I. Guion, N. P. Getty* a"nd others. A fine barbecue had been pre pared and the ci?i*ens of West Wateree, with visitors from Camden and other pArts of Kershaw county, made up a crowd of some 600 people, L. W. Boy kin, P. H. Hyatt and the Rev. J. A. J. Brock spoke in behalf of the American Cot tonr/ Association W. S. Jdllis on warehousing, and A. A. McKeown on grading. These speeches were aH well received. Immediately afterwards com mittee? which had been appointed want to work to secure . new members for the American Cotton Association, a cotton grader for Kershaw county and additional warehouse space. The bar becue was abundant for aU and very well cooked. - ~ : My. W. R. Hough is spending a while at White Sulphur Springs, West Vir ginia. KOHKKT JOHNSON KILLED. CFermer Can?de<i Man Dead Frocu Clun- - shot Wound at Army CaMf. A message to relatives Iii ..Camden \ yesterday announced the death of Mr. Hobert Q Johnson at Fort Ben jamin Harrison, Indiana, Wednes day afternoon from a gunshot wound. Details as t?V^iow lie met his death have not been received. The message sluiply -stated that he thad succumbed to the effects of a gunshot wound and the army authorities were asklug what disposition should be made of his' body. For a number of years Mr. Johnson ?has hem in the regular army and hat* been stationed at the Indlaua ppet lor some time. He' la a son of the late Robert O. Johnson, of this city, and Is survived by one brother, Mr. W. EL (Pete) Johnson, and three sisters, Mr*, c. P. PuBose and Mrs. IMn M. Jones, of Camden, and Mrs. Alex Clark son, < of Boykln. He. Is also mirvlved by his aged mother. .V, ?. . . >? Nothing has been learned as to the ' funeral arrangements but It is expect ed t ho remains will be sent immedi ately to tfcmden. ~ Is 0? To SpirtMbtin. ? ? ? - Mr. H. Stoney Moore, who for the .... the pa^t year has been a partner In the firm of Lewis A Christmas, grocers, has sold his interest in that Arm and la leaving Camden this week to go with the wholesale firm of Young it Germany at Spartanburg. Mr. Moore was for a oum<6er af years traveling salesman for this Arm and Is known as a hustler. This Is one of the larg est wholesale concerns; in this state ? the main house being located In -Co lumbia with branches at Florence and Spartanburg. Mr. Moore has purchas ed an Uuterest in the firn&f He Is of fering his pro|)erty in Camdeh for sale.? ? Hermitage Was The Winner. , t?ast Wednesday afternoon, the He?w mltage baseball club bad arranged a game with a team wblch was tumble to pl%y. and at the request pf tfce Her mitage team, the Camden boys rapid- , ly got together a team composed of Wal players. The resulting game was unusually interesting from start t<> fin ish, the score Anally result lug In four to two In favor of Hermitage, and ex- . cept for the fact that the CamjSen boya were out of practice and had not be* fore played together, the crack Her mitage team would haVe found them selves with at least a tie score and * perhaps an actual defeat. The. line up - for the game was as follows: Hermitage ?Camden HartLn - P - DeBruhl Dodgin ... C - MePherson iCc&tfer fsf . JPPrtty Jordan 2nd ..Baker HartaeH SB ? Wtest' Woodward 3rd - .. >80 well ? ? Guy ? ? ? - R.F. Jennings Mann C.F. - Hough Sullivan L.F ,...Parker Munn Is a member of the Hermitage * second team, but played star ball and promises, to make good for Hermitage's 1021 tea in. Average $300 Per Am. The Rock Hill Herald says: Pat Major states that his sale of the part of the Cherry farnr that he bought was <? a big success from every standpoint, the price averaging around $800 per acre. He also sold his Stewart dairy farm. All of this property is to be turned over to the buyers Ob January 1st, next. -^T . Barn Struck By lightning. barn on the place of Mr. Ij. J. Jordan, of the Westvllle section, was struck by lightning one ^fternoon last week and completely destroyed by fire. Tha rntifpnfg, Including one "hog, .wns also destroyed entailing a loss of around 1000. Picnic at Cantey Hill. I There will be a basket ; picnic at Cantey Hill on (Wednesday, July 28thr Everybody Is Invited and requested to bring well %fllled baskets. Charged With Grand Larceny. James and John Knox, who have beep employed as draymen by Mr. B. C. Zemp, were arrested and placed in ' Jail. _?eeJL..on a charge, of , grand larevny. James Know was charged With having broken Into a warehouse :% and stolen about eight pairs of shoes. He was offerta# them for sate la the Wateree .Mill village, when a Mr. Player detained him until the police could be notified. He confessed to the theft and Implicates his brother. A preliminary hearing has been set for Tuesday before Magistrate Nicholson. %