The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 07, 1921, Image 8

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*KTHNAK*H?LLWKU DKAl) % ..r. . . g l^rjh>; .li< ii. ??'. i?i . rii. ,.imm Van Hethmann Iloilwpg, tprnu'r Herman tmiNuiul chancellor, died lust night after a brief illnehH <?u hts estate ut Hohonfihow, near jierlln. . Vmonn the v;. late?t prominent at> tUltle* of Dr. Von tWhtmuinu ftolt wi'U III. iutomptloniil affairs and tJer nmn national life, wiih Ids testimony last year as u wltnes# before "National Assembly i?>mmltteos iovfidfga ting re* i 1 - ? ? > 1 1 ? 1 1 1 1 > for the war, Ills tefltl inony bronchi out that ho lint orig inally opjM'wi'd tho submarine warfare and had lssuod , Warning* not to un? dor-e?t}puitc America's Htrength In the conflict. %N <>?? of his- most famous utterance-; daring the war wih that concerning a "scrfip of paper" as regarded the Jtronty guurnnteoini: the neutrality of Xtelglum. This treaty was so characterized by Von llethmannllollweg during an In terview whidh the then ehanceltof luni with Mir Rdward Oosohen, the HrlUst) ambassador to rsornmny. (^IHsiklng with ureal Irritation the chancellor expressed his inability to undofttaud (.'real ltrltluns attitude with regard to fJerniany'H attack on Itatgluro. "I found the chancellor very uuich agitated." said Sir Kdward afterwards writing of the interview. "Ills ox <?ollotWy at one<? began :i harrangue which lasted about twenty mluutea. He wild liie slop taken by his , majesty's government was terrible to a degree, .hist for a word - 'neutrality'- a w'ord which, in wartime has so often been disregarded- -Just fur 'a wrap of paper' (Irea t I '.ilt a in was going to make war on .'i Mndp'd nation whieh desir ed nothing n\ore than to "be friends* with her." Sir Kdward replied in effcct that lie understood tlie chancellor'* inability, to comprehend the British aetlon, but that <;rent Britain attached impor tance to the "wrap of paper" lteeauoo St. bore ilier signature, as well as tliat of Oerniauy. I>r. Von Hcthwann lfollweg was the originator of the" famous refer once to the treaty guaranteeing the neutrality . of Jlelglum as a 4S?orttp of jmper." The reference was made In a statement before the Reichstag In Au gust, 1PM. when he gave the Merman viewpoint of what cattdett tod In Hie war. He frankly admitted in thto same speeeh that fJerinanJ^s action in invading Belgium had been moral tv and legally wrong, lie justified it only on the grounds of "military n crowd ty." "Ouf troop* have occupied Luxem bourg : 1 1 1 < I perhfifm have also found It nccoRsjiry to enter Helglna territory," , ho said on August *1. 1014. "That is contrary to international law. \NV know however, that Frttm-o was rertxly ro Invade Belgium, Franco could wait: h> i-ouhl not, as Franco could invade OUT lower Khine flank, whieh wonid prove fatal "So w e w i re forced lo disregard the protest.* of the Luxembourg and Bel gian governments. ' We .shall try to make good the injusfp'o wo h?vo com nt i 1 1 ? '< I Ms -non a< mir' military goal lias In m ii reached. I ? r Von Relhmanl'i llollweg wie ? ?lui neollor . ?|* (;?.Minan.\ from .Inly II. 1 {?>?.> t ? ? July 11. l!H7 lie was sue. <-eedcd in tin csffiiv hv !>r * Icorge Mlebaolls. :mi appointor mf the former Kaiser. 1? was *aid that V.?u Both ma nn 1 lollw i-g \\a* forced <>ut of of fico through t'ii' i ff its .of tin- mill ?JarNfv h'-ol.-d l>y lllndeivbnrg and rndendorff. largely heoauso ?>f his ".scrap of paper" statement and his; adrpissiun ihat tin* (Jeiman invasion of Belgium w;t< unjust. The former chan cellor had on .several occasions issued ?statements blaming the militarists for the war, these appearing in 1^10 and 11)17. while in the two year.< previoUP ho had frequently declared that Fnp land alone wan responsible. Pr. Von Bethniann Ilollweg re<vlved . ?prominent attention throughout thej world in June. UMO. when he formally asked the Allied and associated j>owerKj to plaee him r>i> Irial instead of the, former Kaiser. The .supreme council! decided to ignore his request. He was' often mentioned as among those who! )>n tr j<v| V) t ? | ho fi>r ?/0 ' litical offoii*if.s in connection with the) <?rigin of the war His national nativities l>oforo 1911 ?wore marked by his strong opposition to democrat izatlon of C.ermany. On several occasion* during his tenure ot J office Pr \'on Bethmann llollwog tljrew out peace feelers, particularly in 10ir, when lie Invited the Allies to en ter negotiation? All of his overtures! ?.*ontained only the vaguest indications regarding the Carman attltn<le on n ' poace frett lenient and they were re j .looted. It wfi n following the failure' of his peace efforts in December, 1 01 fl ' that he indorsed unlimited submarine! warfare I>r. Von ileUimann Holwog ? uns horn in 1866, the ?op of Mathias A Von Rethmann IToliweg, proffwiaor of drll law at Bonn. a grandoon of a banklo* firm. ; , i MJHMINKI BALLOON SAKE. Mirtlfd In Csiu?mMw~W||?In Wnre 181*. Uookawuy, N. ?,,. J??.r miUaluK iui vy balloou A5RD3 laudud [j30 miles iiorth?'n*t of Moose Fue Onludoi pAwiulwr 11. mid the crew of thWt* im>u In wfo at u Hud sou Hay I rjtdlii# ponfe umriiitQtf to a telegram reeelvod a,t the naval ;iir jltRllOf) In toiii;li(. The Arfifttyft left hen- sj,.,r riy utter noon Monday, PMXNtthor IJfc N'? definite destination >vut> pi a must. but llie prevailing northwest wind liuli N-MfiMl 11 landing somewhere in Tuna da. Willi tbo exception of a rejKirt 1 1 1 a r Mm . balloon wiiH Hcen passing oror WVllw, N. Y., in t <? that aom? alight, no definite word woh mvlvod hero f*t the ptVKreHs' of the flight. The twil loon curried a crew of flmv men. Lieutcnnnt Walter I Iln fou of lleJle HHrhor, hfew York, a . pilot under ronarounder Albert 0. Head on? the NO?4'<>- tr?n?-AtlaDtfo flight, was In/ vhar?e. II1? compan ions wore Men tenants Stephen A. l\irivll, 11 Him offloer of this ?lty, and I <ouia A. Kloor. Jr., , of Vew Orleans naval reserve foree pilot. The ttwee officers were supplied with normal rations for three day*, wliloh it was said, would serve them i for 10 dnya In an oraeTKency. They had fur-lined garments and elec trleally-heated warmer* to make their voyage more eowfortable. Xlnct y-??! \ hours after tl.ie balloon's departure. when f?ar?j were first f?*lt for tlif -nlVty of the aeronauts, wire lew statbnu atid forests rangers in ? Mort lit Xew York and southeastern i\madrt were notified 10 lie on the 1<> 1 :<>i 1 1 for 1 lit* lialloon. SHORT NKW8 ' STORIKS Paragraphs nftthfrnl Ilere, There and K very w here. - ( Will stoke*, negro, was shot uml killed In Columbia Saturday afternoon lu a row with Gather White, negro. Torotsky says : "I know winter is coming. I realize the possibility of a severe winter, hut though three fourths of 'the ]K>pulation <lie of hun ger and coUl, the remainder will sur vive-to carry tbrOUgh (n victory world revolution. Over 2,00o persons went through (lie White House Rates throe nights after tlu? election ami ??heered the president. Mr. Wilson was wheeled out in a chair and responded1 by how* ing hi* head. Two stores in Anderson were bur ghjrjpod Inst Thursday night. The thieves made away with cash and merchandise to the value of several hundred dollars. Seller's .warehouses in Columbia were entered by thieves Christmas eve. Approximately S7.000 cigaretts and ?more than (10,000 cigars were stolen. Mrs. W. ( Itirt was instantly kill i'il. her three- children were seriously Injured, and the Tlirt home was com pletely wnH'ked by f) cyclone it! Knell ing. Harnwcll county. Wednesday after noon of last week. The tops' of several automobiles- in a funeral party between I'ariiwcll and Seven Pines were Mown <>f I' in the same cyclone. President Wilson celobniloil 1 1 n* tilth anniversary of bis birth last Tuesday, lie eiitcreil the White Mouse . : 1 1 the ji ye i>t' r><> \t Fall Ki\ct\ Mass., i n st Tuesday, the vox textile unions ?>f the American Federation i>f l.nbor. voted to accept the wage reduction of 22 1-2 |>er cent, recently ;ninot?n?iil bv the manufae tnrers as- going into effect on January 1921. The action affect s f'fi.OOO oni ploycs. pletely wrecked by a cyclone ;it Snell < ?corge Ilelstcr. engineer, and eight car* of it passenger train on the Hip Four railroad turned over near Anosina Ohio, last Tuesday. The plant of the Wilmington. Del., l,catlher company has been destroyed with a loR?i of JR2.n00.000. Fnele Joe Cannon on Inst Tuesday broke the record for service in con gress held bv the late Senator Mor* rell of Vermont, who finished out '1.1 years. months and 21 days. Income jind ex<>ess profits tax re ceipts for the last quarter of 1020 are estimated to have exceeded Secretary Houston's estimate by $650,000,000. leading <Ierinan statesmen are hop ing that Mr. Harding will put an end to the present state of war between America and Germany very ^oon after taking office. There is talk ;?t>out a *v>mbination l?et\vccn America. Canada, Australia and N'ew Zealand against Japanese ag cression in the Pacific. All the railway, street car, ferry and highway entrances to New York are heing watched for crooks Percy P, I Mom Jr., the two -year-old *on of Mr. and Mrs. Percy 11. t klom. died at their home on King street, nennettsville, Th\ir?lay morning, aP the result of eating a "son-of a gun," a new kind of a firecracker which ha? l>een sold In Hen net t* vHle ?turing the holiday , OLD AlAN'S UAKLINti I'm'h Ntryclmfcw and KMfrlj Kurmer| OoMt ^ I'oImMI ???<?'. r .URpkwt, i ?? - ii. ;?n <i deily farmer living on tlm (ialll \ :i nt's ferry road Hbotft si\ miles noutheast of Marlon. cunie to hi* ilc.'t I h 1 :4 H r night about l<> o'clock US r (i?> result 'if tin overdone Qf Htryfjl ullia alleged I to luivb iMttH admlnls i ered hv bis young Wife with Intent U> kill. < Lixpie Jones, the tVlfe, was taken Into custody ami Is held in the Marlon county lull on a charm- of pulsuuJng her husband. according to testimony which came out at the .^or om?r> investigation. Mr. Jones had been indisposed and naked his wife to fix him a dose of soda and salt*. Mho prepared Honu? medicine for hi in, which ho took. Shortly after wards he wiih seized with violent pains and believlnff himself to ho polHtfped, b*v 0|iu to ?shout and scream in order to attract the attcutlon of #ome people living At tho Jones Rave the doae there wan 110 on* In t>h#Jiouaekwbut heraolf. be" husband and their three little children. The noise made by Mr. Jones soon at tracted neighbors to the scene and In* told them that lie had been pols oue<} by his wife and *dien c|U09f tioucd by them she Is said to have ad mitted t!iat she purposely adminis tered the overdose of strychnine. Witnesses say that" she. aaid she bad had the bottle of strychnine over a year and had been saving It to poison her hnsband. Mrs. Jones Is 25 years of ago and has been marrhsl six years. Her. husband was .past rto years of age. It has been rumored for .some time thai the pair did not get along well together. It is alleged that Mrs, itoues states that Jim Amnions, a young farm i -r living about a mile north of Marion; I gave her the bottle of strychnine over i i year ago and told her to kill her I husband wifh it. Amnions was arrested thjs morn ing elinrged with accessory before the fact and is held in tlYc jail bore. Mrs. Jones made no attempt to eseui)c and apparently n > effort to conceal ilief al leged guilt. The neighbors summoned sheriff ??._Y . Uowell and kept her under observation until his arrival. The coroner's jury found the following verdict : "11. Jones came to hi* death as a result of strychnine poisoning ad ministered by his wife. Lizzie Jones." The shciriff is in possession of the hottle which contained the strychnine, it Is the half ounce size and is partial-' : ly filled with powerful strychnine. J The bottle is marked "Poison," with | I lie usual skull and cross bones label. Col. C. B. Armstrong I^ail. Castonia, Doc. 2?. ? Col. O. B. Arm strong. one of the leading textilo men of the South died at his homo hero soon after 1 o'clock this morning, following :in illness of several weeks. lie suffer ed from high blood pressure Ho was ."!? vciirs old. Colonel Armstrong lifts hovered* he- j fwi'cn life and death for more tiffin a week. Several times, his life \va? des- 1 paired of and the end seemed near, but every time he rallied and fought off the "last enemy" with the same-grim determination that has marked his lone and successful life as a textile man. Colonel Armstrong was president of i:; eotlon mills, a majority of which wciv located in this county. One is at I?oek Hill and others in different sec tions of South < 'a rolina In addition to Mrs. Armstrong .six I'liildren survive. They are Mrs. Plato Dnrhsm <>f Atlanta; Miss Mildred Armstrong of Castonia : Mrs. Marvin I- Wetzel 1. of Castonia ; W. H. Ann strong of Hock ITill ; C. C. Armstrong of Castonia. <>nd .7 K Armstrong of Gnstdnla. Named as a Director. At the annual meeting of the direc tors of the l,oan and Savings Bank held Tuesday. Mr. James 11. Olyburn was added to the Hoard of Directors. charges of witoheraft were made against Mrs. Itessie Averui !?? a New York politic court a few day- ago by Mrs. Sophie Stern, who claimed that the Avcrin woman had Switched her l-ahy. The Judge promptly dismissed the defendant. NOTICE OF~ REWARD A reward of $25 will be paid to any one reporting, with evi dence to convict, any person or persons sending in false fire alarm. II . C. SINGLETON City Clerk and Treas. By order of City Council. Notice of Application for f1?aHer. Si.ite ,.f South Carolina. C .uiity of Kershaw. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will apply on Tuesday, January 11th. to W.TRanks I>ore, Esq., Secretary of State for South Carolina, at his offlee in the C?pttol in Colanbla, South Carolina, for n charter of In eorporatin to the Camden and Kenthaw County Chamber of Commerce. The ornomMn-n rritt ban* a rap4 ,T ? ? ? ii U1 a t $1,000 divide into tea rfutmi : of $100 omen, tbat m principal place of ImmIih** of tfee aald Company will l*> tn < 'amdcii, *<wlh Carolina uml that it propose* fo work for th< il np i>(i!Tding of tin* fity of Camden aiul Kvralmtv' county, to promote and fos i < ? i .-I vie developments and Improve weiita, lo i'fcale a uoneral Information btmntu for the beueflt of tourists and Hint anyone desiring to locate industries In the, City of (^Iden. to work for better ''durational facilities, hotter road*, ??I' ll. K. iiaiiett, > It. M. Kennedy. .lr. c. IV M.-Jhtniil -V~ ? ? Cciinty t Malms raid, Fol lowing is a list of claims ordered paid by the Board of Couuty Couiitfis sloner* at their meeting held January ith. Iflgju J, C. Faulkeuhurry $50.0(1 J, N. MoJ^eod T 4.00 John Kabon, Jr ?...? 50.2ft J, N, M<oJ,eod 50,00 W. Y. RumhoU. z. 18.75 N. S. Giybuni 30.00 G?o. N/ Joiwrt .../. 37,ft0 II. 1>. Gardner. -v 37,50 J: 11. Mcl-eod 130.00 G. C. Welsh 271.20 |fi. V. Thompsou ...- .. .30.00 0. J. MeKtaslc : 017.85 W.V'L. McDowell 38.10 1. J. MoKfnzl? 110.54 \V\ L. Kirk land 300.00 Hnmuot N. Nleholson 00.00 G. K. llliisoni ,, - 30,00 ?. U Dixon, Jr.. 40,70 J. If. CtotHirn 210.4(1 I>. SL MoCaskill . V - -1274W M. C. West ..k 171.00 J. W. Sanders..... ? 150.01 J. W. Sunder* 150.00 Mis* Blanche Tarrant 77.27 Jtthn K. Aull 8.33 k\ II. Floyd ...- . 30.00 1*. K. Miinn ; 047.90 T. F. llorton ^ .50.00 G. W. Turner .340.00 Samuel N. Nhtbolson 05.00 Tom Johnson .. 40.00 T. M. Keith 1 14.00 F. 0. Kelley 00.00 W. u Stokes 05.00 W. Kelley 30.00 Cunuicn Hospital 300.00 C. W. Birchraore 280.10 B. T. Harrison ..... 4.32 R Z. Tyuesdell. 10,00 liKrueh?N<?tt*i?N Co 7.00 John 'J'. Nettles Tros, - 200.00 T. 11. Branham 1.00 J. L. Hlnson 15.00 W. L. Kirkland -72.00 Jew.se T. Ttoss 8.00 Ithame Bros, 11)3.40 Kabon .Supply Co. - 32.50 Zemp-DePaas &8II T. \V. Wats* 0.00 O. K. Hinson . .12.00 C O. Padgett 37.50 J. vH. Gopeland .. -19.5(1 Kershaw Mercantile & Building Com pany 10.00 & ('. Zemp ^.... 10.00 J. A. Shaw 24.04 K. 1,. Bryan Co 215.2,'J James Rlllp -.... 8.7f5 Lugoff Supply. Go. - 18.00 C P. l>UBo?c & Co 02.00 ?K. B. Elliott 30.00 W. B. Branham - 24.00 W. T. .Smith 18.00 Brocks Drug Storo 1.50 W. It. * Zemp 20.01 rd ty NfflC. ?i2nilin?iyit' H( Mackey Mercantile Co. L,, O. Kunderburk I C Cook * Co., >ii?te Highway Department Standard Oil Co., /.... : ... 'flw Te^as Co., W. Kirk, land . Blancy MercautUe Co.. 125.00 Lnterpilse Co., . tUOft W. O, Hay ...... #3,#0 Wotf Klel.el Co., .....; U T.0* West Motor Co.. 205.00 S. C. Truesdull ........... . -.. 10.50 jliowif & Christmas 2W.45 \t. I* HiMon ST.H0 1 !?'. m. Wooteo 874)0 If, L, 8<?lUoaburg > 105.07 <' \.\ Humphries 87.50 <{?. Creosotlug Co., 412.50 C. A. Johnson ...r ... 87.50 (iriffitth & Oghurn . 3.501 Cntoe Bros., 10.90 .T. W. Slmrpe ... 7.00 Hugging Si Hoggins .9.50 J. A. Thorny 344.00 Cityolina-Nash Motor Co - 4<.23 IVard's Garage .'...a .1.00 1 Kershaw Villlng Station ... 32.00 K. J. Copland 76.15 LllHVtjr Motor 'Hales Co., ......350,12 Trues<Ml Oarage v, .....117.00 'Kershaw Company Bridge Kvmd1^T?l6 ?Mow Drake ford ..v.'MTOO Blimey Mercantile Co., ... .852, 06 C. Jf. Mahaffey . ! ... 081.85 L. L flulon' ...v.:.....: .. 40.00 Lughff Slippy Co 241.45 r. ft mtovm. 70.00 Ktato 8. C. Orpanage ...10.00 Thomas J.* Kirk land 135.00 .1. V. Young 87-.80 lilnrn'v Mercantile Co., 04.51 W. M. Stokes 30.10 | Total - 11,558.27 ^ D. K. Sparrow, j County of Kershaw. Notice ' | ' Tho aunnal mooting of the stock holder# of The FHrst National Dank of Camden, 8. C., will be held in the dir ectors room Tuesday. January 11th, 1921, at four thirty p. m. A CARD 1 have removed my office to tho Court House where I will continue, to 1k? engaged \\i, the practice of law and where I will he pleased to see my friends and clients. B. 11 CLARK l'i. . Notice to Confederate Pensioners. All Confederate Pensioners of Ker sliaw County are requested to give in I heir names to the County Pension Board, either in porson or by writing, sometime during the month of January. This Is necessary in order, to make up the' roll for 1921. By order of the Tension Board of Kershaw County. w. l. Mcdowell Clerk Camden, S. January 5th, 1921. ? ? i Trespass Notice 1 All parties arc hereby notified not to- allow their cattile-to trespass on my land which is situated about three miles north-east of DeKalb and former ly being part of the Allen Jordan lipme place. Damages and expenses will In* charged against all cattle taken up." I Mrs. Margaret S. Sturgis. | Jan. 1921. -lO-Upf}. WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY By Making Your Old Clothing Serviceable We are doing it for thousands of others ? why not for you? We believe a trial wift convince you. FOOTER'S DYE WORKS v ?? . Cumberland, Md. ISxtcuunvq OiQidk^ 8. Slate of South Carolina, . ":J| Cognty of Kershaw. The stock of gtxHls, wares and mer chandise of 11. E. Heeoe of Krmh^w, S. c? will be Mold at imhlic out-ery at the store room ooenjptoA by said H. R. : Iteeco on Friday the 7th day, of Janu a ?y, lf*21, i*onimeut4ng at 11 o'clock H. n. J ! The stock of good# will either he sold us a whole, or in blocke, and the combine amount,. of bids when aol^. lu block# will be added together and the stock* offered for sale as a whflf. .NhouJiJ tfee r?prkf?,- of thw ? whni sold as a whole not ettanad.ilu) combine amount as a whole b block k, then the purchaser in blo<3c*?ltaU take the goods so purchased nt their wmjihxi tive bid*. Terms of sale cash. B. 1). in,AKKNKY Ajsltmee and Aucnt Creditor*. >v;v/v: '?.Camdca> a a AN ORDINANCE Final Discharge Notice is hereby given that one month from tbls date, on Friday, January 28, 1 1021, I will make to the Probate Overt of Kershaw County my final return as ' Kxecutor of the estate of S. L. Broom, deceased, and on the same dftte I wiU apply to tbe said Court for a final dis charge as said Kxecutor. ? IAMKS N. TAYLOR. Camden, S.- C., December 21, 19Q0. Giving tin* right of way on the streets of the city of C-amdeu to the fire i trucks in cast* of an alarm of fire; and piovitllus: for protection of 'fir** hose. . . City Council Camden S. C., Dec. 6, 1820. He It ordained by the City Counell of Camden, 8. C. in due session assembled the 0th day of December, '? 1u20 : ?Section i: Whenever there la an alarm of fire in the city of Camden, all motor vehicles of every description, all horse drawn vehicles of every de scription, and all pedestrians shall ]5ive the right of wnyog the streets, or Any public places ol' the city of Camden to the* fire trucks. That all vehicles of every description shall immediately upon the alarm of fire being sounded drive, at once, as near as possible to the edrb npon whicfljerer sfoe of the street said vobicle happens to be going, and all vehicles Shall remain station ary until tbe\ fire* truck, oi* trucks shall hare penned. ? ^ j Section 2. That no on? shall drive nny vehicle over any fire hose of the ? ity of Camden. Soction 3. That all persona violating the provision of this ordinance shall J6c, deemed guilty of misdemonoiv and ttpoft. conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding One Hmidreft Dollars, or imprisonment for a period not exceeding thirty days, at the /d$ cretlon oif toe Recorder of the City of . Camden. And that said imprisonment may f>e accoippanicd. with the addi tional requirement of hard labor upon streets of the said city. ~ ttrttifiefr In Council a sactubled this 0th day of February, 1920. W. J. DUNN Mayor. Attest: II. C. Singleton City Clerk. The Home Furnishing Co. The place where the quality and price tells. We bought right and sell at -Bargains. Our Motto is: "Satisfaction or Money Refunded" i* We handle a complete line of Furniture, Rugs, Carpets,, Stoves, Ranges, Pianos and all kinds of Musical instruments. ? ? ? - ? .r When you need anything call up the place and get right service. When your Sewing Machine or Talking Machine gets out of repair we can put in good shape. The Home Furnishing ?o? (Incorporated) 1017 Broad Street ir-i vc ? W