The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 30, 1920, Image 1
?'ill -
VOLUME XXXII.
CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JULY 30, !?*>.
NUMBER 17.
"jlKIST IIKKK AlKJurfT 7TH gijjj
t* Highway to Di?fu?s
KoMd Project at CumtoB
Uack'r the recent Act of llto I,c#Ik
creating a State Highway Do,
there Is contained the fol
loirluk' provision :
?IV n?W Highway i'ojuiulm
nloj, Anil, under the advle* of the
State System wan laid out b.v the for
,y*(eai of connecting highways t h rough -
;'ou t fte Stale, cowuK-'tiiig every county
*?t within Ihe Stale a ml (M)veriiig gq[cb
alto aveuue* of travel ami traffic
w hm> -:i i.l Highway CoainilsMlon may
j(tiii atlvlolilf." V
Before complying with |h?.? {above
jjrovlsloii of ilio Aft the Department
it mlvlsaWo to hold a public
hiring III each of tile altcjl ( 'mien's,
dona I districts of tno State, to which
will he Invited all who may' l>o
. interested lu t ho matter. A tentative
W&te-^stetU W4H onlb y the for
ter ^Highway Deparnient after long
I study mid careful consideration, mid
I u a basis of discussion this tentative
Hjstein will ho used. Maps of this lay
out 'may be obtained at the office of
the County Suiiervlaor of Roads Of
:$rery Ceonty, ?
. In purtniance of ^the above puri>o*e
tbe State Highway Commission iwIH
liold a hearing at the Otitiudior of Coiii
geroe la the city of Hook Hill on Frl
(Uy. August 0, 1020. from 2 p. m. to
; 3 }>. in. ami a further hearing In the
rawmtv Court 1 1 < >iise l a ,t he pit y of Cam
ien on Saturday, (August 7. 1020. from
10:80 n. ni. l?? 1 :#5 p. ni. and anyone
lathe Flft'h Congressional District who
believes that the roads lti that District
is laid 'out on the said map ought to
be changed is Invited to appear ' at
mid times and places: and state fo the
aM Coai mission the change proposed,
jjirhvf? Hie realms thorcfor.
Inasmuch as tho Department Is
(tort-giil with the duty of laying out
a State System connecting I he t'oUnty
Soatsaml the roads of adjoining States,
only sneh mails as could consistently
mil properly Im> Incorporated in such
? Syste^ oanjie t.i ken lnto_conaldW#??
jMSted not to t ,
pfrliaps she re**-"- ? ?
'fc? moni^ .M;ly He Dead.
[' of Bethune. negro life termer.
*no mil ped from the state farm in
Samter comity several days ago, Is
Ihoujrhf to have been killed or drown
In the Wateree swamps near the
[firm. .according tv> repor{s reaching
.K Sanders, superintendent of
? penitent ia ry. yesterday morning.
Bsthunc was surrounded by officers
the farms and neighbors ?ln the
ramp. A ntunltor of shots were fired
it him as tho sea rcliers cfoSeil fu on
[the fugitive. The negro was filially
appeil between- a lake and the river,
wry indication points to .the drown -
joMlethune. Ills hat was found and
was punctured with a nun? be r of
tot* or bullets. Officers In the
irchlag Varty lielleve. that Befchune
l* seriously 4iurt, but rather thap
rrender to the authorities jurapedy/i'n
river and tried to get across to
oilier side. In Ills condition- it Jg
light this was inipotVdblc and of
cw in t lie searching party strongly
Uwe he was drowned in the attempt.
* get away.
Rethune was sentenced to die aever
p times for murdering a white man,
"I ?PI?e? f after npi>eal to the supreme
ort was favorable to him. At the
at trial he was given a life sentence
a I-**' (utility Jurv.? ^Saturday's
Notice to Candidates.
T1h> timo for filing pledge? "ajid^Pfty* i
ttj assessments will expire on Monday
|ta*.. 9th. One pledge is required to]
tllod witli the Clerk of Court, and
Bother with the County Chairman.
assessments of the candidates for,
different offices l* as follows*.
I Clerk of Court I00.0P
House of Representatives 80.00
; Kujerlntendant of Education... .00,00
| Coroner 20.00
Magistrate boKu lb Township ,20.00
AH other M agist rates 10.00
M. M Johnson, County Chairman
I.. A. McDowfH, Secretary.
nH?*e Defeats l.anf aster Mills
'n a slow uninteresting game Ifcr
e? mills baseball team defeated
(tor' mills team ' on the locUl
l?y a score of 12 to '2.
Wine was featureless and num-i
of wore* were made ..on-aecoonfc-ot |
l*odgtn for the winners was In I
?*wal good shape.
- . _ r.. ' f/* - <
?Masons to Meet.
1 J^?ttlnr communication of Kershaw
** &?. ?, A- F. M.f Will be -held on ,
evening, August 3rd, ftt whleh]
* third degree will be conferred.
W, llobln /4'iup. W. M.
Wlta*,,. Secretary.
DAYMtiHT It AM >ITS HOli
Two lloklup* in City of Chicago in
Which Fifty Shots Were Kired.
t'hlcuijo. July 20. Two haiulits uiui
two OXprOM company imyuuisttM s were
-hot one of the latter probably fatally,
mimI $$5,000 stolen In two davfng pay
roll mbl>eries on the Went Hide wlrliin
tWOHty minutes of each otlltM' this
ijjft^MtOOli. ' All of Hie bandits <h?.
cm pod.
Karller in the day two yotjjug wh\
Who have 1)0011 hold liitf tip branches of
n chain KtOro uroccry system perpe
trated their flfteopth robbery within n
uiouth. soaping. with $750.
Five bandits in tuurintf .car fought
with three express eoinj>any messengers
in front of the Hart, Scha ffner & Marx
dotiiltiy factory, If> the heart .of the
densely populated 'Went Side, and .ps*
??;? i h-i1 with a steel box containing $10,
000 after two of the mimlter had bi^n
wounded. . - - - --
More than fifty shots wore ex
changed while 200. lHMlestrians aud eiu
V
[?loyeos of the factory looked on, (ieorge
Haul* rock, one of fh?? express paymas
ters, wax shot through the head, and
is not exjMH'ted to live. Another ines
"enger. f'harlie. fSaude. was wtauided in
the leg.
After UOubrook fell one of I he rob
I'ers 'grabbed' the bo\| but was shot
down b.v vJaude. A second bandit
snatched up the nionejf and threw It
Into the ear. but ?va< shot liefore lie
eon 1^1 fallow and colla psod~aeros< I lie
running board. His c<tmpaion9 drag
ged the other wduiuletf man Into the
machine and it dashed off with one in
jured man '?ilnKlnjf ro the running
hoard.
Motorcycle . policeman pave chase,
but lost the trail after several blocks.
Shortly iafter l,bv first hold-up three
armed u.en drove -up to the Peti:eson
Machine, Works* almost at t lie edge
of the lloop district, and took $15,000
frohi Abo Nelson, a saloonkeoper, who
is a stockholder in the concern. Nel
son had Just reached the plant with
the 'imoney. which he had drawn from
downtown bank, The men escaped.
Will Play Two Games. *
The colored baseball team from
Hamlet, N. C.. will c?mo to Camden
Monday and Tuesday of next week for
two' games of ball at the fair grounds
ball park bore. Tho Camden team and
the 1 1 .unlet team are well" matched in
the numltor'iof 'gamer? wou. this season
ami they promise some great baseball
An excursion crowd will come down
fr&m Hamlet Monwlay with their team
and the game on Monday afternoon j
??l J>e called at 8 p, *n.? In order to'
allow Ihe visitors to got back on the
afternoon train. The game ou Tues
day afternoon will- be called at 4 p. m. j
V " Library Notice.
Patrons will please remember to ex
change their books by Saturday 31st,
aa the library will not be opened again
until August lGtb.
. Miss Louise Nettles, lAbrarlaat.
mm mm N
Car Fell 200 Feet.
l)enverf: Colo.. July 27. ? fcwi Moore,
of Doflance, O., a circus elown, was
killed ; "Charlie Hite, circus concession
aire, of I ronton, O., was seriously in
jured, and three Denver people were se
riously injured when their automobile
rolled off a 200-foot v?lif^ in Bear
creek caitoh early today.
William Hart, a taxi driver of Den
ver, and his wife were in the front
seat. ' It is said the woman became
excited 'awl grabbed the steering wheel;
nndaurnedtbe car over the edge ofj
the precipice^, -V
Bif Taok Falls.
The water tank at Klngvlllc, which
has been supplying the locomotives of
the iMarlon and Kingvllle, and the
Charleston and Cotumbla divisions of
the Southern railway, fell with a crash
last Sunday morning. A gang ofj
bridge workers had been engaged in
patting new .timbers under the hlgi
tank, and on Saturday afternOon when 1
the gang knocked off work the fore
man told the negro pumper that under
no circumstances must he pump more
than six-foot of water into the tank
But instead of following instructions
tbf pumper pumped the tank to its full
capacity, and during the morning the
tank, crushed Its underpiningvand fell,
blocking "both trqeks and delaying No.
118, Yorkvllle to Columbia, for a
hour and a luflf, and the Carolina
special from Charleston for a like
period*. It ia said -that when the neg
ro pumper heard the timbers under
the tank begin to crack be fled to the
woods at fnll speed, and did not return
for quite a little while thereafter. ?
yorkvllle Rnquirer.
MKSHAW NKW8 NOTKS
liiffmtliii ItHtth (iHthmd Krodi Tt*f
Br* of That Pine*.
Mr. and Mix. John T, Stevens, who
spent several w<M'ks ut llot Springs,.
Vs., icuiiim.I lioim- Sunday.
!?. 4ki. Kirkiey, aeeomi?auicd by Ills
daughter, Mm. O. U. Plager, *i>eirt m
couple of (lays In ItiK-k Hill last week
for medical treatment.
Yawey Robertson, who was Injured
front tlie explosion of a lank of avid
aboard ship while serving In the navy
In I In* Canal Zone, returned homo last
week from Panama. where ho was con
fined fov nine weeks H the A noon Hos
pital.
Hi'V, K. O, Thompson, professor of his
tory and tr??i^\uvr of Howard College,
Birmingham. Ala., Is visiting his twin
brother, Rev. 10. A. Thompson. He
will bo In Lancaster and Kershaw coun
ties for about three weeks working. In
Interest of ma college.
Mrs. Ix>roy Hicks, and little daugh
ter, of Macau*, <Ia., are visiting the par
ents of Mrs. Hicks, Mr. and Mrs, L,
E. Truesdel. Mr.^^ieks accompanied
his wife and ehllii^W* Kerdtyaw but re
turned Sunday to his ho&c.
SWierlff Q rover Oi Welsh, of Ker
shaw county, lust week purchased from
Mrs. It. N? Jones -her Old home place,
which adjoins his lands and Is situat
ed just a short distance south of Ker
shaw.
Misses Annie Mae and Mary Weltfh
week from Andalusia. Alu., where they
have been visiting Ibeii" uncle, J. F.
Carson^
Miss Inez Ha roe 1 is spending a cou
ple of weeks In Washington. 1). C.
with relatives before going to t he Uni
versity of Virginia to take the special
summer course for teaehors.
Information comes to Us at a late
hour that D. V. Horton, aged about 00
i vears, died at Ills home lnx the Flint
i V
Itlrige section Tuesday . niorfiing. fol
lowing a stroke of < appoplexy. with
which lie was stlckeu 'Monday night.
Mr. Horton was an Industrious and
successful farmer and for a number $f
years Jived tw the plantation of-Wi Tv.'
Hlackmon about four miles north of
Kershaw.
Rev. and Mrs. E. B. Jenkins, who
have made Kershaw their home the
past three years, since Mr. Jefikins
came to Ivecome the lwistor of Plea sant
plains cliureh, will leave for West
Palm Beach. Flo., where Air. Jenkins
has accepted the pastorate of the First
Baptist church. The condition of Mrs.
Jenkins' health makes a change of cli
mate necessary and it is that, as much
or more Mian any other caustt that U
carrying them to Florida.
Mr., Jenkins delivered his parting
message to the people of Kershaw in
the First Baptist church Sunday night
in a sermon of unijsual strength and ap
pealed to them to stand. by the churches
and God's cause aav the agencies flint
the safest Oiid most powerful for the
community's best good.
OitaniuliM of Count? Council
The County Council for Kershaw
County of The South Carolina Develop
ment Board was org&olxed here on Fri
day July 23rd, the meeting being h&d
at The First National Bank. The fol
lowing' officers were elected : Cliair
'njan L, C. Shaw, Treasurer C. J. Shan
non, Jr., Secretary M. M. Johfrsonr
Mr. L. C. Shaw was elected as repre
sentative on The Board of Control.
MAl'DK MOORE .SKIPS OUT !
llnder Sentence for Murder of Wealthy
Tennesfieean.
? ? ? ? - '
Knoxville, nn., .1 11 1> 28. ? Maude
Moor e, under sentence of twenty-one
years for the murder of Lenoy D. Smith,
wealthy automobile dealer here, disap
peared on 'the eve of her second trial,
It was discovered today when her moth
er called at tfie offices of her attorney
and stated her daughter had been gone
several weeks.
Miss Moore was to have faced her
second Jury In criminal court tomor
row.
The mother also said that Martin
Hunter, a youth indicted as an accom
plice of Miss Moore, had likewise dis
appeared. Iu a rtnient letter received
by Miss Moore the girl's mother sayri
Hunter stated he was "'Just sailing for
Italy."
Attorneys for the ilarth family an
nounced ; tonight a - nation- w ide sea rch
would be started' to apprehend the
couple. ---
The Harth murder ^took place Sep
tember 8th lasV"'^ :*iilea.outr??W?
city. Harth, in a dying statement, de
clared robbery tlie mbtive, while the
girl alleged Harth attacked- her.
? -
SKK1K8 OF HAM' ?AMKH
Hwwwrr City Team to Come Hfre
for Three (Jfttnnt Wlttt Mfm?lU|f
The iiiiiUHi^uH'ui of tho tloriulta^e
Cotton Mills -has arranued fur u Mortal
of thive games of Itaschall to lie
h( ()i? Camdou Uaso Wall lutrk on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Au
oOst 5, and T, with tho lfermltairo
Cotton Mill* team of olty.
The. gauics will all lie played for tho
benefit of tho Camden Hospital and
have Ihhmi arranged through tho gene
rosity of Mr. It. It. Pitta, president of
tho Hermitage 'MIJIh and also president
of tho Osage Manufacturing Oouapfluv
at Hessemer City, N? C, ,Tho Itossomer
City team has been playing for $fiO
and o\|hh?hom In all Hte playod
this year. This tlmo, however, they
HI play for actual expenses and will
la* ontortainod by the Hermitage Mills
hoys who will bear all eou
iioefetl with their trip here.
The puhjlelty end of the aeries will
bo in ehargo of Pr, Jno. V. Corbet t who
oxepeets to put the tiokots into tho
hauaN of young ladles for Hale to all
of tho gamosand we predict a large
attendant at the entitle aeries. Tho
Bessemer Otty toam hVs almost as good
reeord In the number of games won an
that of the Hermitage team and the
game* will ho well worfli s<M?lng.
An offort will be mado <r?> the part
of the management of tho mill and the
hospital to get the stores and business
' houses of the city 10 close tho af to r
noons tho games are playod. I
SAYS HE KILLED SEVEN '
-
N?xru is Under Sentence to Hang at
Ixw Angeles, Cal.
, JylKS Allgl'les, Calif., .luljP 221. ?
fornla ??-/tnttiorlttcs tonight were coin
th unletting * w I Florida and Loiiisl
ann officials ll^ai* effort t?? assist
lit confirming the confession of^Moie
Gibson, nogvo, that ho had murdered
seven .?persons during the last few year*.
Including a woman at Orange City
Junction, Fla., killed In Novemb<;r?,JJQll),
iithsau under sentence to hang for the.
iiju wfer of IXoy Train*. A thitie^ton; "Cai.,
rancher, ami according to Sheriff Cllne,
confessed ttie killings to Sheriff Jack
m>n, of Santa Aiita county.
Sheriff Jackson, in a . message to
day to Sheriff Ollnc, said (llbson had
confessed also to having killed J. > B.
Ilea vis, of Baton Rouge, La., about ten
years ago, a watchunin at a sugar mill
at Grainercy, La., in November, 1010,
and a storekeeper at Wagoner, La., also
in November, 1010. ' ? ; ?
Gibson, since his sentence, had bcqn
imcfer ftivesffgaffon fri connection with
the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Krhardt, an aged couple, in frhelr home
here tbe night of June 0.
SAVANNAH MURDER MYSTERY
Twe Bodies Found in Basement of
Building,
Savannah. Ga., July aS.?^The bodies
of Bichard F. Linchai), president of
the Wallace Vinegar company, and of
William- F, Hunt, employed by the same
company, were found in the basement
of the company's building at midnight
Linehan had a bullet through the
breast, mint's, body was lu nearly a
sitting position with a revolver nearby,
? Tn' the business office was found an
unsigned note saving "Linehan attacked
me." The. theory of the ' police is that
in an altercation Hunt shot and killed
Linehan and after writing the note he
returned to the basment and committed
suicide. Both sjen, came to Savannah
from Tennessee. . Linehan left hit <home
for business at 7 o'clock Saturday
morning. Saturday night his wife be
came uneasy when he failed to return
and a search was Instituted.
Tee Company Gets Charter '
A <fharter has been granted to the
Camden Ice and Cold storage 'company
of Camden. The capital stock ts $5,-;
000 and the officers are : R. W. Her
furt h, president and treasurer; L. A.
Kii klaivd, vice president ; L. A. Wltt
kowsky, secretary.
Baseball Tomorrow Afternoon. ..
The Pacific Mills baseball t^am of
Colombia, wUl come here Saturday af
ternoon for. a game of ftall at the base
ball park near tbe Seaboard freight de-j
pot with a game with the Hermitage'
Cotton Mill teath of this city. They
are great rivals, being well ; matched
and a good game can be elpect^dL
* "* ? . j.iV. r"
At Fayettevllle, West Virginia, last
Sunday, a u.ob lynched Wiutam Hen
nett, Jr., who toad been sentenced to
life Imprisonment for murdering Ills
wife arid unborn <hlkl.!
IN MKMOKI.VM
\ KtInuI Tribute to Memory of
Kobert (tyitniitfhtiiii Johnson.
? ?.* ;v. ;t . \ . ; .v
The whQlv continuity hh* shocked
la - 1 TtiUhKlgy to lu*a r t iia t Rolttft fim
nlughnm Johnson had died from the
effects of 11 gunshot wound. ' I'ntll
the la st tew days tneje had Ihhmi iio
definite nows hut .his faultily , h;\n re
wImhI word that he died fi'oin a WOlUHl
rocol vcd at the hands ??f a fello^v sol
tiler. Almost as a child Hubert loft
honlv to outer the Marine service In
1010 and ever since U?? has in the
?r?Jce of the United States army.
Ho rose* from a private to a
lleuteiiuut of the regular army ami was
hoi it With the American Kxjiedltloiiury
Forces against the hnrodflun and' did
his part towahln bringing jieave to a
war-sick world.
lie was with tho army of occupation
In thir First DtylpJoU and upon reach ?
Ins home married on IKs'embor lith,
HMD, Miss Hachaol llcwson.of Culjttp*
per, Vh. On aeeouut or Illness she was
not ahle to uttoad Ids funeral which
took plaee last Sunday from his moth
ers home, the interment being hi th<^
?Quaker cemetery of this place.
itobert was oiily* thirty at the than
of his death, having heen born on
April 27. aud died July 21, at ITorf
itenjamiu Harrison. He leaves behind
hlui, his mother, three Bisters and a
hrollier, besides his wife. The pyiji
path.v of our ciiilre community- 4#- w-UU
them in their grief. Well might fa?
havtvaald: "I and my sword will,
earn orir chronicle." '
"Now the Jal*>rer's task is o'er;
Now tlu? battle day in past.
Now upon the farther shore
hands the voyager at last.
Father. In Thy gracious keeping.
Leave me now Thy servant sleeping."
Girt Rati Away From Home.
Mi's. Martha Boone, of the Kershaw
Cotton Mill Village was in Camden
Momhiy seeking the whereabouts of her
grand-daughter, Mahalla Rollins, who
left her home Sunday afternooif tellinpf
no one of her destination and says that
she }\*ould be grateful, to (myotic let
ting her know any Information they
ma?rget about her grand-child.' Mlie
describes the young girl as being sev
en teen years of age. weighs about 110
pounds, of a brunette type, dark brown
eyes. 5 fCOjt 4 inches In heighth.
I'upil Nurse # Wanted. (
The Camden Hospital will soon las
gift another class 'of pupil nurses in
training atld the hospital management
Is dcsirlous of gettiiyt in touch with
several young ladies who would like
to jtake this course. They would pcc
rt*r fffrfa /Voni Kershaw county If they
cau he secured. Application should be
made to the hospital. 1
LANCASTER COUNTY NEWS.
Items of Interest Clipped From Neigh
bor Town Papers.
Lancaster wart the banner .county in
l>olDt of attendance at the short course
for <-lub l*>ys at Clcmson college which
closed Friday, with tea boys. Sum
ter and Greenville tied for seeded place
with seven boy* each/ Twonty-elgftt
of the forty-six counties had one or
'more representatives present* and the
1920 attendance was nearly double that
of 1010.
A Ford roadster driven by .Mm
Porter and an Overland touring oar
.driven by Charlie Sanders were w Iti
collision on the hill Just beyond Ja
cob's Hollow Sunday afternoon and <*!?_
WJchpaii ? o f each car were more or
less Injured. OA young son of Charlie
Sanders, wan cut on the forehead and
i ?'
over the left ear by pieces of the bro
ken windshield, while Porter received
a cu^ on the knee. Both cars were
!>ad!y damaged, a wheel being broken
[off each. _\ y" "" y 7" -
Miss Nettle Sims, daughter of Mrs.
S. A. Slnis, South Malsv sstreet, and
Joe Byrd. of Taxahaw, were married
Saturday afternoon nt' the borne of
the bride's mother, Rev. T. A. Dahney,
pastor of the Second Baptist church,
officiating.
The town horse* bitched to the
street, sweeper, became unmanagea
ble on Mpln street yesterday morning
iti front of the residence of R, E..WyIie
and made a dash for the northern end
of town. -A collision with a truck" of'
the Catawba Steam Bakery, Chester,
In front of Terry A Williamson's store
resulted. The truck body was torn
from the chassis and the sweeper also
was badly damaged.
Mr. and'>fra. A. J. Gregory and Miss
Catherine Wyllo spent Monday in Cam
den. - ?; * ? *'
See Hobart Bosworth in "Ttio Ken
Wolf," at the Majestic tonight.
NOTKD HANWT 8VR?WNI>KR8
Villa himI 111* rillowtw Premise*! Years
Pay an<l Trael of I>aiul
Kaglo !*??. Tex.. Jiuix -'S. l-'nuioUru
Villa, bandit MO) .0* ft* Mexican popu
latloii. and f?V years a menace to I ho
governments of his t ommy throughout
Northern Mexico, Is itttrflliiwi tonight
with his iki4*i i for Torreon. there to
take tho frst a etna I steps looking to
hi* entrance once wore to private
Mexican cHIWtimUlm ?* consequent of
?his negotiates with the IX> 1ft HuerU
government. concluded as Sablnas ear
ly to<iay.
\dvloeS reaehlug hero fropi 8ablnas,
which cotttftln <1*?h Information, told
also the terms under which tho bandit
chteftatn agreed, in tho words of Oen.
lOogenlo MV?rtlne?, commander of tho
Torresou military ?one and personal
tWtmmiM** <? the ^ "ncrt,R
regime, t-? "auhmhwUwi to the I>o hi
Huerta govern tMot in recognition of
Its stability at*d bis desire to retire to
private life and ab/de by the laws of
the government."
Under thesv terms, advices rift fee,
Villa Is to be Allowed a year's army
pay for all his soldier aud permitted
to go with them to Torreon nnder is>r
aortal escort where this condition of
the terms will he effected. The hand
Will number ahont 1.800 it is said. At
Torreon the men are to 1m? "mustered
out" of Villa's service and each al
ia thud ft < ' ftel of iaiid pu whluh to cm?
gage in farming. YUM. too. it is sai(i,
has heeu given very yloastog financial
guarantees. ' . .(
<Jen. Marttuo/.. eonimui^catiaig to
Kmiliano Tame/.. Mexican eousul at
Kagle Pass, termed Villa's aeceptMiee
of the terms a* "an act of patriotism.
All rumors of slaughter of Sabluwis
policemen and mutilation of bodies of
nvan.v- women there yet lack confirma
tion. *
Viider Indictment.
Washington, July 28.- Recognition
tli,. now Mexican government by the
United States, in the opinion of Mexl
<<an Observers here, had Wen' brought
measufably nearer by the surrender
of Krap.^sco Villa.
The status of Villa *o far a-; the
United States is concerned.* however,
under indictment charged with the
kiUing of soldiers and civilians ftt**< o
lumbus. N. M.. In 1010. -and the playing
of himstlf wider the laws of his own
Icountrv may mean that- Uto extradk.
ton wlfl be sought. In such contin
gency the Mexican* government might
1h, .Tf forded frehh emlmrrassment.
" NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Far Superintendent of Bduertion.
I Sereby announce to the voters of
Kershaw County that I ?ui a candidate
for the office of Superintendent of Edu
cgtion in the approaching primary ?ul>
/>K?t to I he rules governing the same
[carefully consider an devote *jr^ ^
? ? ?
For Representative.
| announce myself a candidate for
the House of Represent atlves for Ker
shaw County subject to the rules of
,?e Pomwratltf
For Representative. "
We the many friends of William D.
Cook of Kerrfhaw. H. C.. hereby an
nounce him as a candidate for the
HouBfr of Representatives subject to
the rules of the Democratic primary.^
Knowing his ability and attitude to
ward matters of vital concern to the
voters of Kershaw connty we do not
hesitate to* coityneud hlin to utmost
consideration in tl?e selection of h con
servative and progressive number- of
lawmaking l>ody of 8outb Cftrollna.
Mr. Cook has a keen and appreciative
vision- of remedial measures and ques
tions that so urgently require the Im
mediate attention of the lawmaking
body of our state. '
Many *rlends.
For Representative.
I licrohy announce myself as a can
didate for the House of Representa
tives from Kenrtiaw County, subject to
the rules of the Democratic' primary. ?
O. O. AI>EXANDRR.
for Representative.
We hereby announce the name of
.M. M. Johnson for reelection to the' <v
llourfe of Representatives from Ker
shaw county and pledge him to abide
by the result of the Democratic pri
ma ry.
MANY FRIENDS 1
U Jl ~J '
PardiaMd DeKalb Street Garafe
- A. X|~ntak^m>^' who baa the
agency for the Hudson and Essex cars
in tbia territory, has purchased the De
Kalb Street, garage, not* occupied liy ?
?Hie ford ngency and willcqndqet it iW ?
(he' figure as a service station for Duds
?on and Ease* cars exclusively. -
Rlakeney expects to gat. possession
altout tfce middle of October. When the
Kord ageney will be moved to their new
garage on north Broad* Street now near
Inc completion.