The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 13, 1920, Image 1
NUMBER 19,
CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. AUGUST 13, J920.
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OtUME XXXII.
I'? AN I8&UB.
( ox Make* H4r<inf Addrma In
Nemlnatta?. ^ ...\
?feir Urounds, JJfjton ,. O., Aug. 7.*^
PIuwK'rttlo presidential ataudard,
U the league of nationa and *ro
iih ix'Hk escutcheons, today w#?
W*.A ^to t>he 1?20 oauapajgn by
l^ruor J?njk's
Bi .broug of rh?H-rl iik dfuioorats, es
LKhJ Tarloiwly at between 80,000
U* 70OO(> witnessed Governor Oox's
KLauce of i>a?'ty leaderahlp lu the
r,d,?,lal contest, following tormd\
Eatiou i?y Hew.tor Robinson, of
Kau**?. chairman of the San Fron
|(> convention, of its ejM>K?.
Co the ceremonies at the Montgomery
Enty fair grounds Governor Co*, with
j) Roosevelt, bis running
E^at bU side, marched for a mile
? a broiling *??? at ^ head of ft pa"
L of democratic delegations review
lit the ground*. Their presence was
I eleventh hour thought of "the
Ceruor, who had planned merely to
mL) r the democratic host* whkJh
WLf I# thousands from Ohio and also
Iter states. The parade line alone,
Clukled with two wore of bands, was
Coated to contain 20,000 marchers.
Cor two hours tfoe governor, in his
lyres, of acceptance, kept the vast
mg cheering as \}? g?ve: with em
lasis. bis eainpalgu policies. He ma^le
* league of natloas his paramount
?cla ration, declaring he stood for
perican and world peace by Its adop
p with "interpretations" preserving
s vital plan, lie declared the league
a* a part of the democratic offering
progress a against republican reac
m.
Hi* advuCa?\v of the league drew
ngtbv demonstrations from his au
fnceand statements of approval from
fty leaders 'gathered here for the de
Qcratic ceremonial.
Two reservations- he 'has suggested
the league covenant were empba
ied by the governor, regarding the
ntroverted article 10.
He was cheered loudly in comparing
to the Monroe doctrine, with its.
*oe record. The democratic legions,
so shouted approval of declarations
t woman suffrage, law enforcement |
41* only inferential reference to prohi
tton? reduction of taxation "and scores
I other Issues he proclaimed.
The candidate's address closed, as'
wiiug fell, a day of democratic jubl
tton. Rain early In the day, which
ireatened to mar the event, gave way
bright sunshine by afternoon, with
tltry humidity, but shortly before the
wernor concluded, another flight rain
>ured upon the crowds, causing many
leave and so)newhat marrlngt the)
With 'pointed finger to vigorous arnf|
rusts, the governor got more applause
he emphasized his indictment of the |
gnblican platform and leadership,
be crowd also voiced Its approval of
U (declaration that the loss of ^the
Hue would mean more armament ex
nie.
Tbfe candidate's tribute to President
ni$on and his deprecation ofrepuVi
in "discourtesy," given in ; lowered
rice, was given further roils of ap
pose. A prolonged demonstration fol
ded his assertion that republican
ileothtng" had failed to unearth dlw
poesty in the administration direction
? the war. This he hammered In,
wading his taWe with clinched fist.
[More cheers ai>proved the candidate's
pdge to aid ex-service men.
Several demonstrations marked his
"Uratlons or consideration of women,
Ming ratification of tfte equal suf
ife amendment,
Bepeated thumps of his fist ipunc
"ited the governor's criticism of Sena
Hardlng's stand on "party govern
?t" and the audience evidenced its
apathy frequently. ? ? ,
! The governor delivered only one sen
dee of his statement <ra education,
(""Vlng to the subject- of campaign
"i buttons, and be was cbeered in
ring the democrats would not at
>Pt campaign dollar competition with
republicans.
'As he dos<Hl his address the gover
j*** collar was wilted and he appea/
wmewhat tired, but he turned hap
fij to meet groups of congratulatory.
Hjg ceremony closed with the bene
given by the Rev. Martin P.
of Holy Angels Roman Oatho
F Church.
*teps and rails ?Qf the am
Wm*t were crowded loo* before
_ Dtrade arrived and the sun swell
receipts of the soft drWk ven
***> although the heat w 4s relieved
**?Wt by a breess which kept flags
fcnaers fluttering.
Mrs. RoosgveU, the
MISS RKVIN TO 8PKAK
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American Cotton Association Putting
on Big Campaign in KmOiaw
County.
'riu' Kernhaw county branch of the
A nici i*-it 11 Cotton Association 1* hold
lug h series of meeting* this week at
several different poiuta In the county
for the purpose of gettlug the assocla*
tion organised and making It function
iiH .au organisation. lu the luterest of
the farmer and aN business enter
prises whk>h depend upou the prosperi
ty of the farmev for Its sucoes*
Miss Lois C. Krvln, Field Secretary
of the $out$ Carollua Branch of The
American Cotton Association, la lu Ofcm
den to assist lu putting tibia drive across
and she will make an address at all of
the various meetings In the Interest of
the Association. ?? /
exceptionally aide
to huve the opportunity of hearing her.
She has a message which, every man,
woman and chlSd In the Cojinty should
hear.
Ten meeting* afe scheduled to be held
In various parts of the county ending
with a big County raMy to bp held at
Camden, Augiud. fourteenth at the
court house.
Date* and places for meetings are as
follows : '
Friday, August 111, Antioch, School
house, 30:90 a. m.
Friday, August 13," Oantey School
house* 4 p. m.
~ tfatirrrtny, Aiifriwr tl, Cam^rrnourf
House, 11 a. m., Couuty Raffly.
rare treat for us
governor's daughter, Mrs. D. J. Ma
boney, with other relatives and friends
.of the candidates occupied a large box
directly across the press section from
the. speakers' stand. Other 'boxes
held democratic notables galore. To
one side of the speakers' stand wan
seated.;.! he notification committee and
to the rear the democratic national
committee. i
V . I
Moving picture and other cameras
were perabed at numerous vantage
points.
There were thousands of "rail birds,"
Sl>ectat0r8 lining. the race track fence
and around the track was a black bor
der of parked automobiles.
A mighty roar went up as the pa
rade began Its march down the race
track to tihe strains of "Ohio" plAyed
by the "Cox Band" of San Francisco
fame. The crowd immediately took
up the words of the song, paraphrased
to declare "We'll elect Jim Cox or
know the reason why." '
Greetings to Governor Cox and Mr.
Roosevelt were yelled as the governor
stepped up to the speakers' stand and
Y&? feat at ampbftfceatar,
"Standing bareheaded, the governor
and Mr. Roosevelt reviewed the
marchers, waving their hands and
shouting occasionally to friends they
recognized. lAflso on, tibe reviewing
stand were Chairman White of the na
tional committee, and Gilbert Cox, 87,
father of the presidential candidate.
The unexpected appearance of Gov
ernor Cox and his running mate, Mr.
Roosevelt, at the head of the parade,
was the signal for hilarious cheering
by^the thousands which llne'd tibe
streets. Both candidates marched with
their hats off and were kept busy ac
knowledging the bursts of applause.
The governor would stop frequently to
allow some'entbusiastic girl with a ca
mera to take his picture. He set, a
pace for the marchers throughouf the
two-mile course which kept him sever
al yards ahead of the main' line.
The first woman's delegation in line,
a Cincinnati division, .received extra !
waves from the pasteboflfd fans of,
the governor and Mr. Roosevelt.
A sailvo of applause was given the
marchers from Marion* Senator Hard
ing's home. They were led bj^ 160 wo
men and carried a banner declaring
"We're here Jimmy ? All from Marion,"
Another said : "No, Cox never played
a horn and he won't play second fiddle
to any senate bunch." The governor
got several laughs out of the banners,!
which' tyocflutJed the statement: "A
little too, warm on the front (porch."
Innumerable legends were -on ban
ners carried by th? marchers. A Mil-,
waukee contingent's said: '*The vote
that will make Mil wAuqee famous ?
Cox, 99 1-2 per cent, Harding half of
one per cent."
About a hundred miners from the
Cambridge, O., coal district, drew a
big wave of applause when they ap
peared in working c< thes and safety
head lamps. "Jimm: Cox, the friend of
the miners," was on their banners.
Another expressed thanks for mine
safety and other laws enacted under
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PONZI WAH A CONVICT
Hid Served Term# In Montreal *iul
Atlanta Prliwiw for forgery.
Norton. Aug. lT. -^Charles ?on?l. who
llHH handled millions of other l>COple's
money lu the la*t few months, con
fe*sed In a forum I utatemeut today
t hat he was a former *<o?priot. Wl?l\e be
was making thlH statoflpnt the Han
over Trust Company. In which Ponal
was a director and a shareholder, and
through which he has done a large
cheeking business,. wan eiO^ed by order
of Bank Commissioner James C. Al
len. Pons I at the same time announced
his resignation from the bank'* dlrec
torate. t
Commissioner AJIen said that he bad ,
taken action because bin examiners
had found that th<* bank had Wade
roans which "were exccwrtv* and be
yoild the legal limit" and "many loans
tbat are either bad or are of very
doubtful value." He expressed the fear
that the bank's capital had been 1m
, paired. . ? ?
The executive committee of the- Han*|
over Trust Company In a statement
late today said the committee believed
that there were few poor loans on the
bank's books; that 'there was no rea
son to believe that the bank won 0 not
continue to meet Its obligations and
that It had a cash reserve of three
times the amount that the law require*.
William S. McNary. treasurer of the.
I ia nk, said that Ponsl did not owe
the bank a cent; that a^^Unkta^
-country would have been glad of bis
account and that Ponzl had 'i>ald out
.$0,000,000 through the bank.
Ponzl's eonfesssion followed the pub
lication in morning newspapers of
stories of the career of "Charles Pon
zi'7 in Montreal. Confronted with
ftiese stories/ Pon/,1 conferred with hU
attorneys and then gave to newsp*p<tf
men a lengthy statement In which be
admitted he and "Ponsl" were the
same man ; tbat be bad served twenty
months in prison in Montreal for forg
ery and that subsequently he bad
served two years in the federal prison
at Atlanta for smuggling aliens into
this country
.He asserted that his sentence for
forgery resulted lfrom bis a fuming
tW blame for a crime committed by a
banker in Montreal by wfoom he bad
been employed and who had fled to
Mexico. * % ?
?I am ndt trying to pose as a hero,
he adjled. '
As to the smuggling incident Ponai
declared tbat he did not smuggle Ital
ians Into this country.
"Within" ten days of my release from
the Montreal prison," he said, "I was
asked to escort five Italians Into the
United States. 1 dbl
them In. I crossed the border on the
train openly and was placed immedi
ately under arrest." - ?
. He said he had not previously made
known these incidents In his career
because he felt " bbat the past bad no
bearing on the present" ^
"If I made a -mtetake I Ipaid for it,
lie added. "I had every reasonto be
lieve that society owed me another
ohauce.'\
Potior, In a later statement, reiter
ated a previous assertion that lie was
solvent and could pay all notes out>
standing against hhn as a result of
his operation of the Securities Ex
change Company. It was the large
business done by tbis company, which
offered to pay 50 per cent Interest on
90-day loans, and which, In fact re
deemed many notes with hhat Interest
In forty-five days, that are said In the
investigation now in progess by
lederal and State authorities. / Ponzl
claimed that through his manipula
tions in various European countries he
was aide not only to pay the large
Interest rate to Investors, but in addi
tion to make huge profits for bimSelf.
Writ Known Colored Man Dead. 7- 1
Weifley Brooks, a weM known and
highly respected old colored man of
this city, died Friday at Ills home on
North Campbell street at the advanced
age of 82 years. For a number of years
he was employed as coachman for, any
of the white people in this city and
had born to tbe and his wife who pre-?
deceased him about twelve years ago
ten children, five of whom have
made good cHIsens, survive him. They
are Wifliam Brooks, Evleina Brooks,
Jennie Salmond^ all of Camden; Jerry
Brooks of Charlotte, and garaib Darby,
of Pittsburg. The funeral occurred
from Mt. Moriah Baptist church on
Monday afternoon, services being con
ducted by Rev J. W. Boykin.
Coming next week at tbe Majestic
DoogJaa MacLeOn and Porn May In
"Let's be Faahi opaib]^." * ^
HfCSSKMKK VIT\ WAR W1KNKR
Took Two out of The Hrrlff, of Game*
rU)nl Here For Camden HwpitnL
%kfi three games of ha-*' ball played
liciv Thursday, Friday and Satmd.iy ?>f
last week between Bossemrr ritv, N.
?\, uml the llormltage Mill team Ot
this city 1 1 n 11 1 - u< ?i excellent sport for
the three IftorAQOfii and at the Mime
time netted tihe Camden Hospital tho
neat sum of *515. The games were ar
rauged b.v President it. It. Pitts, of tbe
Hermitage Mill who is also President
of the Oaage Manufaotnring Co., at
Bessemer City.
Tbe two first games went to tbe
; Nortb CaroQlulans by a score of 6 to
5 an# 5 to 1. Iinthe rlrat game Hermi
tage was tbe victor upto tbe eighth in
ning when Hermitage "blew up and al
lowed the defeat. The, second game
was played on a heavy diamond caused
by rain and it wu a poorly played
game on both aides. The Saturday af
ternoon game was as good an exhibi
tion of ameteur bail aa one cares to
see and Hermitage took sweet revenge
upon the visitors shutting tobein out 2
to .0. Dodglnr the pitcher for Hermi
tage is about tbe best on the home team
while Wade Woorward at third, George
Hartsell at short and Dan MtePherson
behind tbe bat are no pikers.
' > Both teams pflayed good clean ball
and It is hoped that they can get the
Bessemer crowd here again at some fu
ture date.
I)r. Corbett, in a card addressed to
^Fhe*Ca union ChroUolo, dcelres to ex
press his thanks in behalf of the Hos
pital management to those who helped
make the games a success. His letter
is as follows:
VI l,i . the absence of the president of
the Hospital board of directors. I.
wish' to publicly thank Mr, R. B, Pitts
of ihe Hermitage Mill for ;be receipts,
$515.00, from tbe three games of base
1 ? a 1 1 between ftbe Derinituge team nnJ
the team from Bessmer City, N. C. The
Hermitage ml LI i?aid all expense*, autl
the Hospital got all the receipt*. Tho
public as weld as the Cam den Hospi
tal, are grateful to tbe two teams that
gaveues such sporty amuseipent, as
well as profit We could not have done
without Mr. J. W. Wilson, Mr. Eugene
Zemp, Mr. B. E, Sparrow, Mr. John
DeLoftche and the ladies, who attended
,to the gate ^nd the sale tickets, and
to the fla-t/ter is due a great share of the
credit for the financial success."
x ? -s ? ? ? ?
Mr. Bradley Dead.
Mr. John Bradley, an aged cltlaeu of
tlie Antioch section of the county died
at his horn'e eight miles east of Cain
den on August 2nd, after an illness of
only a few days^- He was 70 years of
age and Was stricken with paralysis
three, days before his death. Mr. Brad
ley is survived by his wife and erne
son, Mr. L. G. Bradley. He was a well
known cftfaeh and for a number of
years was a vendor of country pro
duce in this town. The funeral was
held at Antioch o^ Tuesday, services
being conducted by Rev. j. B. Shiver,
of Rock Hill. *
New Acts Have Arrived.
COerk of Court .Tames H. CSyburrt
requests us to state that the Act* xrt
the General Assembly of 1021 have ar
rived and that iMagistrates *nd thoso
entitled to same can get a copy ry call
ing Upon him at his office and re
ceipt' ng for- same. 'J
Many Injured in Train Wreck.
Savannah, <3a., August 10. ? From
twenty to thirty persona w6re injured
this1 Afternoon when 'Atlantic Coast
Line train No. 83, New York to Jack
sonville, was derailed four (miles north
of HardeevlDe, 8. O. Hie train eon
Misted of filne coaehew, si* of which
left the tracks and went over a flv#
foot embankment. Railroad men de
clare no one was killed. All avail
able ambulances 1m n? been ordered to
the union station here and reserva
tions at .Savannah hospitals haVe been
made for the injured.
In on the Clean Up.
First launch Hound: -'Well, old
strawberry, howsa boy? I just had a
plate of oxtail soup and feel bully."
'Second Counter Fiend: "Nothing to
it, old watermelon. I just had a plate
of hash and feel like everything."
I ' * '
Fairfield County Still Destroyed.
The biggest still he ever raided we*
captured this week by Federal Officer
T. J. Coleman, assisted by federal and
state constables. v The 'talH" was a
dfcgalkm ouffrt* found in the "BTyUie
wood section of Fairfield county. Two
hundred and flfty gallons of liquor
and 2, OW gallon# of beer mash were
poured otft Two men were irrested
and another arrest Is to follow.
Macon may be the capital of Geor
gia, instead of Atlanta* if the voters
of the state assent In 'the coming elec
tion. TX * "? V3j^":V?
LANCASTKR OODNTY NRWB.
Happening* of lnterwt Kroia# ^^^1
- county mh Told by Kxchang**.
4'HlWaba- Bakery of 1,411
iiitir." iii the feiwMftr u .ko. v OW.H.U by
J*.i lloyklu. Mr. F. A. Feuch en
berger of Chwlaf wa* U> *0*'u
()ay making arrangements to take
charga of the l^amnstty Mr'
Ffiu'htcnberger Is H baker of f|W ex- I
Wrlcmce ana win giye rtU
up'to-date bakery. ^ .
Army WPF?W tty? thousands haVq
Invaded tW P^itW of Hood Bro., on
tb? *d?* Of town ami have played
hav(K' with the gfftf** They were dU
i-overdd Monday crowing the concrete I
bridge and while they have not at
tacked the cotton or com nbar the pas
ture, they can do wtold^lamageM
plants, especially cotton, County Agent!
Alowell states that the /best way o|
kill this Insect U by spraying the plapt
with arsenate of lead, and as a ipre |
cantkonary measure, :lt 1* ?ug*e< ' Vj
that farmers lay In a supply pf this
poison and apraya. - 1
I Julius Ahrena, wt41 known In Lau
nder, where he lived for
has been secured as cottoi gradci
Hicliland county and .will take tip ??
duties Augtttt 15. Mr. Ahren, has been
government co^oO grader at Orange
burg the past year.
Mr. anil Mrs. W. I- W?WU>? of
! Hoflth aprlow. I'?v "'7
? i. n dap trip to ni.iki-k '
(nlo N. ami Cincinnati and OWo
tond; Olrto. Mr*. VMlttlw aaroniPirttiF
prhK-lpateM). of the Tabernacle school
Monday morning.
Miss Llllle Uahcr of Dixie, has ac
cepted the prlnclpalshlp of the Sa?""
naii school In Kershaw county,, wh-eh
oixMied Monday. Sfoe Is assisted >y
Mltfw'Kmiua Atkinson t>f Chester, audi
Miss DeKKle Taylor of near Kershaw. ;
Miss Jessie Mae Uobluson of lUeas
amt Hill, nnd Broadus M. Neal, son e.
Rev. X M. Ne?l of Kersh&w, were mar- 1
tried In tlris city Sunday morning, llev
.T. S. Corpenlng officiating.
The second wreck on the overhead
bridge at rieasant Hill in . as many
weeks occurred late Sunday afternoon
when cars driven by Rev. J. M. Neal,
of Kerabaw, and W. J. Barker, of this
city went together. Both cars were
tiadly damaged and Mrs. Barker, an
occupant of her husband a car, was
cut on the nose and above one ear by
pieces of a broken windshield. Other
occupants of the cars were shaken up
and bruised but were not seriously In
jured. The railing on the bridge was
broken and one of the cars missed by
a hiair'a breadth falling to the railroad
track.? Lancaster New*. ,/
I Parol* t<* ~
' Oliver. Hall of Kershaw was Monday
granted parole "firing good behavior
by Governor Cooper, the petition for ex
ecutive oleanency being signed by the
trial Judge, W. H. Townaend, and re
commended by the board of pardons.
The parole Is granted..upon the apeclal
condtlon that Hall take care of bis
family.
Hall Is serving a two years* sentence
at the penitentiary following his con
viction on a charge of forger. v. the pe
tition for tbe parole being occasioned
by tbe peculiar circumstances of the
trial and 4be fact that he served eight
montlia In Jail during the trial.? Tues
day's State.
c F*arm I*nd8 Sold Well.
The Scarborough Realty Co., of this
city had a moat successful sale of the
K. T. Estridge, R. h * Jones and Baker
1 aii da near Bethune last Tuesday.
There was probably three "hundred peo
ple present at the sale and the pur
chasers were Dr. T. H. McLure, O. W.
Woodward, Of BlshOpvllle, M. M. Ba
ker, of Bethune, T. H. Joeey, at Be
thune. Five hundred acres was sold
and the average prloo was around $90
per acre. This realty firm is compos
ed of live young fellows and they do an
lmnr*nse amount of advertising to put
their sales over and are always suc
cessful, " ,
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Colored Woman Dead.
"Aunt" Martha (barter, a well known
and highly respected old colored wo
man, died at tier hpme on Church
street earty Saturday afr*?rno?.n kfler
only a few days illness. She was the
wife of Dock -Carter, a well^ kno??n
brick ma gon. of this city. S!ia Iff l no
children but the funeral was VIciayed
awaiting the arrival of some of her
reta tl ves from Ch icago. * ' _ .
? ? imm ? 1 ?
County Make* Gain in Population. H
We are indebted to Oontpem!ma<n W. F
**teven**>n for the following figures
famished him by the census/ bureau
relative to Kershaw county : In 1900
the county had 24, 096; for 1910, 27,
094 ; for 1920, 20,398. ;"~77
COUNTY CAMTAJGN ON
Op?ned TuM<tay At Bethun? With
Quite m (iO<nI Crowd in A(tendiuicf.
The County campaign ojtened Tues
day at BeH)UM with quite H good
0w<| of voter* from Mbiuu* and sur
rounding territory to hear the candi
dates' for the House of Representative*
a ltd Huprintendent of Education?
there being no oppdiilHoii for the othor
officer. *V *
, Mr. Nell llettfiune presided at the
meeting which was hold at the Town
Hall and each candidate #was tpven'an
attentive and resi?ectful hearlug? *11
receiving y Mieral amount of applause. .
Mr. J a litcs II. Clyburn who has no op
position hut who wan present just tho,
same, 'was first called upon. He
thanked the voters of Bsthuue, and said
that he had nhrnyii tried to fulfill (the
otfflce in a satisfactory manner. Said
tbat he had not had a vaoatlon since
he was in office and did not intend
to take! one until ttye voters voted him
out.
The candidates wecklng office aud the
order In which they spoke were : Wil
liam D. Cook.otf Kershaw, Q. G.' Alex
ander, of Camden, J. E. Jones, of Ker
shaw, M. M. Johnson, of Oaraden, aud
Nomina S. Richards, of Liberty Hill,
all for the House. ThOy were fol
lowed hy 'the candidates for Super
intendent of Education who1 were C.
W. Blrc.hnnorc, of Camden, Allen I*.
Murchlson, of Kershaw, T. M. McCas
k ill. of Blaney, and Thomas 11. Young
of i?Mat Hock. ? : ? - ? -
The coroner, <1. L.i Dixon, who has no
opposition, sent, woijd that he could not
he present on account of slcknpsft In
his fiimlly.
The campaign party was at Haley's
Mill In BuffaJo township on Wednesday,
and yesterday they spoke at Kershaw.
More interest ta being taken in tho
race for the House than any otlier.
There Is some little difference of opin
ion as to the Advisability of the bond
Issue soon to be voted upon, a-nd also
the manner of selecting the members
of the Oouhty Hoard of ComniiHsioners
? some advocating their election by the
IH'oplc instead of appointment by bhe
legislative delegation. . _ ?
?Mr. Johnson, who ts seeking re-elec
tion, stated that lie had endeavored
to represent the people to the best of
his ability and though the may liave
manic some anlstaketa he had no apolo
gy to mAke for any of his a?ts while
a member of that body.
DIED FROM INJURIES
Peculiar Accident to Man Near Ker
shaw ty* Reported by The Era.
Diaze Reeves, soil of J. C. Reeve?,
?? Ills ho'ine hi th? Flint Ridge
W?c( ion Monday morning about, '.seven
o'clock from the effects of a blow re
ceived on the right aide of the bead just
over the ear Sunday afternoon, and wae
buried at Fork Hill graveyard Tries- ' .
day morning, the funeral services be
ing conducted by Tievw Mr. Owens of f
Westvllle.
The best information that we could
obtain was that on Sunday afternoon
two grand-eons of J. C; Reeves, Fur
rna-u and Hubert Lowry, who Jive with
him, were at fcbe stable door, where
Furman was trying to put a calf in the
stable and Hubert was holding the door
shiJt and trying to prevent him. DIaze
Reeves, who lived a short distance from
his father was at bis father's . home
and went to the stable and pulled Hu
bert away so Furman could get the calf
in the house, which left only Diaze
R?eves and Hul>ert at the stable. Mr.
Reeves went to the house and told his
father that he had been hit wkfh a
plank by 'Hubert and watt severely hurt
and then walked to his own home,
where be died next morning. The only
one who knows exactly what happened
is Hubert Lowry, aged 'aboUlt 18 years
He stated at the coroner's inqueet that*
he did not throw the plank at his un
cle that was found, and with which
it was thought the wae struck, but that
he threw a smaller piece at the stable
and it rebounded and struck his uncle;
A piece of plank about two feet long, ;
four inches wide and one inch thick,
witftb a bent nail in one end, wae found
at the stable door, and Mr. Reeves' hat
had a snagged place in it, which led <to
the belief, that it was the frlece of plank
with which Mr. Reaves was struck. The
verdict of the Jury was that the -death
was from an accidental wound. .
Mr. Reeves was about 34 years of
age and left his wife and two ch'ildrcn
surviving.
Mrs. Annie (>atoe, wife of T. R. Oatoe
of Rt. 1, Kershaw, died at their home
Saturday evening, July 31at, and was
buried at Thorn Hill cemetery Sunday
afternoon, August 1. The funenrt ser
vices were conducted by TSey^ P. Jfl."
ftlackmon. Mrs? Blaclemon, i?**irvlted
by her husband and two small children.
Mrs. S.-B. Kirk tand and children, of
Camdea, are visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. McDowell in the Flat
Rock comhoiunity. v -
Mrs. J. H. Wooten and children, of
Florence, and Mlsrf Elizabeth McDow
ell of Camden, are visiting at pje home -
of Mrs. Wooten's brother-in-law and sis
ter, Dr. and Mrs. W. C. McDoweS.
Mrs. O. 6. Clyburn and ebUUfren. of
r White. ?p Bingo, na^are viRldog Mrs.
Clyburn's sister, Mtys Ella Gartner.