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? ? VOLUME XXXIII. CAMDEN juti o iw iz NUMBER 12. '.jiii. ' ' j.. - "ly CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JUNE 24, 1921 to Mi l l AT SHAMROCK to Hold Sunday Soliool School and B. Y. P. U. Conventions ,1 lilt. st'cond annual session of the Korshaw Baptist Sunday School Con volition will bo ?t Shamrock church on Saturduy and Sunday, July ?io .fl. Preliminary arrangciitcutaofor ?. v : |Mv m?M>t fnif of \the convention are about completed and a most profitable meeting 1? assured. A splendid pro gram has been prepared and a num ber of speakers of state wide reputa tion are expected to he present. Every church and Sunday school In the As sociation Is expected >o send a large delegation and the people of the Shamrock community are anxious to show that the real old time hospitali ty i* still in vogue s<> far as their wminanity is concerned. The Baptist Young Peoples Union of Bo fuse church has invited all B. Y. V V. organizations in the Associa tion ti? send delegates- to Shamrock on the same date for the purpose of organizing an associated B. Y. P. TJ. convention. All churches that are a.t jirosefu witjiout a B. Y. P. U. are requested to send ,a delegation of young people whether they organize i n V 1\ I'. or not. They will bo- ae for.lt cl all the rights and privileges (<t delegates from churches that have it H ^ P. 1'. already organized. Rev. .1 I- Bagott. of Columjda. <tafe Superintendent of B. Y. P. II. work lias accepted an invitation to he. (.jv>Httt and assist with the organiza tion. The B. V. P. U. convention will meet in the Shamrock school house will he in session at the same time as (lie Sunday school convention. Each will he a separate convention and one. will in no wise conflict with the other, do nut get them confused in .your wind. I. ft each church send -their regular delegation to the Sunday school convent ion ?and a delegation of young people t?? the H. Y. P. U. con tention. The moderator of the association has called a conference of the exocu t vi' conmdttee. pastors and church % rlerks to meet at Shamrock on the first da v of the convention to <-oireider vome vcr.v important matters and H -'s very important that every pastor and ehureh elerk in the association he '.recent :it this conference. J. S. Sturgis. ilerk Executive Committee.' Money For Schools. Til.- - 1 1 r i ? department of ed uca I ion Mniii|.i\ pit ill nut tin' sum of $384, ii ?i a t 1- ; i h1 ii> various school "ii?i r * ? ? ? < ever the s(ii to. tiio money l"in^ <Im rilnited under the etpiali/. 'njr hift u liirli una ran tees a seven !it<iiit ii1- ^.||nn| term under eertain ? ?>n ii: Tile money goes ? to (503 i ? , ;;!( eounties. The dis 'tihutinii ? >1 ilii* fund will (>n:ihlc np ? * r ? ? \ I ' 1 1 ; i ? ? ? y i.r?nrt teaehers -to receive .v \\ l? i? -Ii ) i :i been eonsider '? I in m : 1 1 1 y instnners. The 'ici ;<> Kershaw County I ^ <\) - .vi * ^ ? milium il Service at Itaptist Church. will tnke notice that Sun ? " ' tuii ('hureh Services will Sunday morning. Prompt ?? ? he program will begin. V- iii'l fathers will do well \ ' '"ii i forty i-hihlren and ? \\ ill have part. "Chris ' ? ? 1 ?ay" i - t he oeqa sion. ' .*?*?! His Itarn. v l' i i n oil t he old Sheorn e:i-t of Camden and 1 *r S I\ P.ra^in^ton. 1 ? > 'le<t r<>\ ed by fire last J ?>'< ]<>ek "The build "'??d f"i- $hm. but Dr. ' ii boll I |( 1(1 bushel s of i <|iiauity of oats. It ? li'iu i he fire origina ted. lo Wed in July. Mr'? W. 1> (iritr.^by, of Bla ' i'!i:'?unre the engagement -I- ???-. F.mmle Dora Tlurns, to 1 ?>/., r Wilkes, of Columbia. ^ tu take plaee duly 3. - formerly of Charleston h? diiil on Serious Charge. K.- ly. a young white lad, fiaid ?? i- lv tears of age was-eom i! last week on a charge - :.ni]??ed assault upon two ? clrl* of Camden. The ???r * '-"th of good families Hn'd :,r> " ?*?'? .ire said to range from ' ;,<? wars of age. A j?relim ?irinc 1* scheduled for Magistrate Nicholson r,t^' " I : ida y or Saturday. Kelly ha* Former Judge M. ly^Smith r'Pr,-e|.t him and Attorney E. 'ft w r. 1 a?>i<*t ?1n the prosecu te i i fHMTKR ITEM I'MNT KI RNS Kill in* IV in ting t^tablishnunt Ik a Complete 1-oks. 1 Sumter, June 10.~?Tho fire which early this morning broke out lu tlie. Osteen Publishing Co, building, com pletely swept this law three story structure anil in It* path destroyed the ' printing establishment, the store of Ueo. llashlm. grocer, .Lynam Hrok??r, age Co. and Jones- Hoss Office Supply Co. Besides those concerns the office of Or. C, P, Osteen was considerably damaged, The origin of the fire has not yet been determined, hut it is said that it started in the advertising room of the Item office and spread rapidly over (lie entlrq plant. The loss to the Osteen Publishing Company is prob ably $t(MMMM>, ouly^ partially covered by insurance. Two modern linotype machines, one largo cylinder press aud other printing equipment was com pletely destroyed, the two linotype machines falling from the second floor and being badly damaged. Noth ing remains of the , building except Un bare walls op eu ell side and thw * front wall, wjdeh bums toward the street. t \ ? requiring the traffic to be slnit to the public on one side*until this wall can be torn down. At one time it.' seemed that tbe entire block would go. hut the effective work of tin' two modern fire trucks and pumpers cheeked tin* flames. The building was owned by Messrlrll. (J. and C. P. Osteen, both officers in the Osteen Publishing Com pany, which company publishes the Sumter Daily Item and the Watchman and Southron. Temporary arrange ments for the eont inuancc of those pa pers have been made, the officials of thpciOrahgeburg Times and Democrat extending the use of their plant to the company v The Daily Item will, there fore, make its appearance as usual to morrow. the papier being printed in Orangrtmrg and sent 6ver on the aft ernoon train. This arrangement will l?e continued until some permanent ar rangements for , its publication can he made* Many newspajiers throughout the State offered their services to Ed itor H. (J. Osteen of the Item. It is Hie intention of -the company to re* build as soon as possible. Lancaster Comity News. While jcomlng from ltuck Hill Suu day afternoon, I>r. Jack Black inon of Kershaw, rau his automobile into the Catawba river 11 1 the J-. and C. ferry. Coming down the hill from the Ches ter side', his brakes refused *to work and the ear plunged into the river in about six feet of water. With the* exception of a good wetting, he es caped unhurt. The car was pulled out. of the river Monday morning and was ta ken to Kershaw. m Sheriff llunter, wiis culled (.> Taher nacle Sunday on tlie information that Lonnic I'lyler of that community had been shot. ?>n arriving there. Mr. I'lyler stated to the sheriff that he had been attacked by two boys, one of them shooting him through the should er. On investigation, could obtain no Hue as to the identity of the assail ants. Mr. I.. I.. Mowers, while standing willi one foot on the running hoard of his "ear in front of l>r. T. .1. Strait's residence last Thursday night, was struck by a car driven by Waddell Hunter, and was painfully injured, one leg being badly hurt and his right wrist broken. He was given medical attention mid taken to his home. 1'oston <>iven Life Sentence. Kinifcifree. .Tune Is. The irial of Tom Poston for the killing of .1 II. Miller reached its climax here today when the jury brought in their ver dii t of guilty of murder with recom mendation to mercy. An appeal for a new trial on the ground that the defense did not have time nor the opportunity to prepare evidence as a rebuttal for testimony of two of the witnesses tending to show that the act was committed with premeditation was over-ruled by the court sentenced Post on to serve the re mainder of his life nt hard labor ritlier /)n the chaingang or on the public Work s. Poston was charged with the kill ing of J. P. Miller, superintendent of the Lake City electric plant. Mr. Milh-i was found dead midnight. May 7. by the roadnidc one mile north of Cades with a bullet hole in his head. Mr. Miller hnd been in the htfbit of making the trip from Lake City to Kingstree every Saturday night to spend Sunday with his wife. and fam ily and on the night of the tragedy he hnd collided with a car driven by Ponton. This collision, it is alleged, wa? the cause of the killing, the state also introducing evidence to show pre meditation. MORIS Will I I : CRIMINALS Outnumber Nejiroes Nearly 'Four !?? One In l*risotu*. White. men in die state p#ntteh< tmr.v outnumber negro men nearly; fonr to one, there being ir*i white men ami only 42 negro men. The majority of these men are also young men. Last year about this time there were 80 white men ami 140 negro men, making an addition of tU* more white men to the population in only one year. Then*' figure* are according to Secretary U. Croft Williams of the slate heard of puhlie welfare, who made an unofficial visit to the state penitentiary this week. There are also five white women ! and i:i negro women in the state, }>eni tentiary at the present time. I.ast year there were '2ft negro women ami three white women. Negro men are shifted from the penitentiary to the state farms when . crop condition* demand It. 1n.it the White men also kept at the jwiiiten ' tiary. ~-M?\ AV4iliam*-*ttywtfwt hr TO pat'- : tieiflariy struck with the number of young men in the prison. These young , men are healthy and appear to ho 'of "j liou'iiinl Intelligence. .Mr. Williams wi.Vs "At the time of life wrien they should I ho 'biiilUlM up businesses a nil homes 1 and in other ways doing their part in the affairs of their eommunities, they J tm?, serving time in a state prison fori stealing. killing or some other grave offenses," he snys. ?'Many have been, startled at the idea of a crime wave: ?*** _w l going over 'the country. However,, there can he no douht that for tliu last year crime has increased in South ( arolina and this increase lias been much larger among the whites thnp. j among the negroes." * "As there are thousands^ of youth- j fnl soldiers at Camp Jackson and a s. ( those are drawn from all parts of the! country and have a certain per cent of anti social characters among- them, it might be expected that some would find their way to the penitentiary. Y??t | the growth of the white population dfj tiie penitentiary cannot be attributed j entirely to the proximity of the camp ' its there are a number of South Caro linians in it." "It was dinner time when? I visited j (lie institution," Mr.' WlMiams say*, j "so I went into the dining room and kitchen. 1 found the fare wholesome ami well prepared. The inmates show ed a good spirit and no evidences of having n cowering attitude. The liu-j mane administration of Col. A. K. . I Sanders should he commended."? Suiir.t day's Stnte. Convict Still at I^arge. The authorities at the pcnitciilia , ry hud 'received np to Wednesday j morning no information concerning the colored convict. William Howard, who was serving a life term for mur viec in 15110. At the time of his escai?e. recently from ike Reed farm in Kcr ; shaw County. Howard became a con vict in 1010. At the time of Tils cscauc lie was a trusty and walked off with comparative case. The penitentiary authorities have offered ii reward of :<.'>() for the cap lure of Howard, who is described a* being .'{?? years of age: height ?"? feer 7 1-2 inches: black hair, brown eyes and dark complexion. House Burned at Wesl villi*. Tin* home of (iruvi-r <\ Kirklaml. colored. at Westville. was destroyed hy fire 1 ji ? i Sji 1 11 r?I;i > evening ahout five o'elo k ' The building niid a larger pro]M?rtion <>f ! ) i? ? contents were destroyed, entailing a loss of about M H), with only $'J.<hhi insurance. A portion "f the furniture was removed from the building.? Kershaw Krn. Noted Fighter Killed. "Peter." The husky little fox ter rier belonging to Mr K. M. Kennedy met death under a :i automobile one afternoon this week. He was tfiin over hy a enr driven try Mr. Sam Hammond "I'eter" had engaged in many doy fights on the streets and he never- saw one too large to jump <>n. Married. Mr. Charlie C. Stack, of Lancaster, and Miss Minnie Holle Morton, uf Ker. aba?:, wore married yesterday. June 23rd. hy Probate .Judge W. I. Me Howell S?iroe Liar. -"Yea, my friend*," eald I)ip lecturer, "in China human life is considered of very Utile value. Indeed If a wealthy Chinaman Is condemned to die he can easily hire another to die for him. In fact many poor fellows make their living by acting at robatlfotes " AIMITANT (iRNKK U, DRAI) Hail Long Reel) Active in Tim Militia of This State. Columbia. June Hi -Brig Con. Wil linm Woodbury Moore, fifty- two yours of age and siuoe HMO the adjutant general South Carolina, died In a local hospital this evening, shortly after 7 o'clock. Although Gen Mooiv, has been ill for several weeks In* continued in his office until Monday, whon ho was forced to go to his homo. lie was suf fering from .a large carhuukle on tho hack of his nook. This was operated tti>on this morning and ho novor regained consciousness. The immedi ate cause of his death, stated his phy stela ns, was diabetes from which ho has suffered for some time. Members of his family were at Ills deatlkhed. Kxpressions of regret were heard on all sides when It became known that Con. Moore had died. Ho had en deared himself to the mcmberfc of the South Carolina National Guard, past and present, for his conscientious work 111 lama If of tlio Stat<* militia, and the State's official family realized that South Carolina had lost one of Its most stalwart officers! Since Ids college days tho decoasod was actively engaged with and dis played intense Interest In the ^rgam izod militia of his State. Ho boon me a iiiombor of the Uarnwell Guards in 1880. Later he was first sergeant of the Brown Guards. of ltarnwoll. and from 1801 to 180.*' lie was second lien tenant of Mils organization. He was elected captain of Company K, Third regiment. National Guard. May 21. 1904. resigning this commission Feb ruary 1(5. 1007 at which time he was appointed on the staff of Governor Ansel. He hold this api>olntnicnt for four years, until 1010. when he was elected Adjutant General' of South. Carolina to filLjput the unexpired term of the late Gen. J. C. IVoyd. He was successively re-elected Adjutant Gen eral in all the biennial elections since, and at his deuth \yas in the first yeai' of his fifth term. N/pvemb^r 5, 1800. Gen. Moore mar ried Miss Louise M. Peoples, find to this union were born two children.* Miss Catherine Moore and Capt James Tllliughast Moore. The (tnngll tor was married to the Itev. W. 10. Davis, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church." Clemson College. August 1. 1017. Gen. Moore married his second wife. Miss Florolla M Saun ders, ^ctobv 20, 1 !HH>. The deceased was ?? fmje/atigabre worker in he half of the Xatlonal Guard, to which he devoted his life and was a devoted and conscientious public officer. One of the greatest disappointments In his later years was. that his physical con dition would not permit him to enter the army and participate lit the world war. However, he made up for the fervor with which he labored for his country in his office and the assist ance and advice lie gave to the mlll larv authorities. YON TKKSCKOW IS FLRCTUI) Camden Man Lieutenant Colonel of , First Regiment. Columbia .Tune 1* A I ?? ? I ;i I ? I Voir from one of tlir Charleston companies insures the election of Major I'. C. v.tji Ticsck'nv, of Camden, a < lieuten ;iiil" colonel of Ihr First icjiment. South Carolina National ?inard. a<- ! cording f<> nil announcement by the I Adjutant (Jem-nil's office today Major von Tri'sckow rrrrivrd twenfy onr votes, h. < McFadden, of Rock Hill, srvrnlern v?de< and .1 1'. Keith, of Timmon?\ il le. three vote* It u.i ilii.ii^lit at first that tlir . leetion would be a deadlock and tln r?' would !-.n< to bo another race. Ir previously has been announced that T. F. Marchant. of Columbia was cirri I'd colonel of ihr regiment; Harry (>. Withington. of Charleston, major of i he First battalion and 'Jeorgr Mor trail. of Greenville. major of the Second batalllon. There will have to he a third rare for major of the Third battalion, as there ha* been an unbroken tie in thr first arid second raees between Capt Murray Mark, of Fort Mill and Cap! A. M. Mrl.cod. of Camden Three Maths a Day. *1 urn sorry to see you so unwell, Joltn." said Brown "Have you seen i he doctor?" "Yes; I'm ha vine three bath* a day." "Whatever for?" "Tton't know ; doctor'* orders. He gave me some medicine and told me to follow the direction* on the bottle which read, 'Cflfte t*We*poonful to be talen three times a day in wat*r.' w MWV (KIMIWI TASKS i TU ome Before Court at Coming TWtti for July. A ll*t of criminals wilt face juries at the coming term, a gp^a t many being brought over from the last term mid a good many that have not been iiiriUHl lit yet by the magis trates will likely come up at this ti?rm. The list brought over from last year and those turned in so far in clude : Will Thomas, obtaining goods under false pretense. Joseph and Kiln Mlcklo, fWjnilcation. Oscar Baker and Morgan W. Baker, larceny and receiving stolen goods. Fowls Christinas, assault and hat hoy with intent to kin. Butler F. NV. (Jay, murder. I'ii'ue^ Salmon, rape,. John Williams and IC.ugeue Jackson, manufacturing whiskey. John Williams and Jerry Woo<|, manufacturing whiskey. W. 1*. (Jleason, ? Jack .Mitchell, and Hrtiry Mitchell. manufacturing whis key.. William Thomas, housebreaking and larceny. M. A. Thompson, broach ? ?f trust with fraudulent intention. John Campbell disposing of property tinder lien. ,S, J. Fields, disposing of property under lien. R. 1>. Nobles, murder. ? F, A. Thompson, dlsposftig of pro perty under lien. t Frank Brown, burglary. John Bush. disposing of, property under lien. , ? ^ Luther Uaskins, disposing of pro perty under Hen. ? J. F. Yarboroygh. larceny. ? t'eeil Player, murder. Ronnie Carlos, murder. Bonnie and Thornton Knox, assault and -battery with intent to kill. Fiihson ( Jrcou ? John J). Nelson, violating game law. Sid Shoorn, murder. Jiinmle * Carter, larceny. , .limiuie Carter, violating section James .Cameron,' assault and bat tery with Intent to k!IT. ?Robert Stradford, nolisupport. Handy McKnight. assault with in tent to kill. James "Wood, breach of trust. Marshall Mickle, assault and bat tery of a high and aggravated nature. Claud and Reese Blackwcll, as 88 nit and battery with(Jntent to kljl. Claud and Reese Black well, high ^ way rolrta*ry. Alfred llaile. lnanufaet uring whis key. Nathan Rosen, breach of trust. ? Nathan Rosen, forgery. F. S. Hunter, violating prohibition 1 a w . I Release of Safe-Blowers Ordered i Special to The State. I Creem ille. June L''J Associate Jus I rice T. I*. Cothran of |he state supreme J eourt loday granted a writ of habeas eornus in the ease of the four men in jail ;i t ('iiiihIoii, charged with having, broken into a bonk .'H Lugoff, anil the justice discharged the prisoners on the ground tlia t the source ,>f informa (ion contained in the affidavit upon ?which the warrant against the four1 was issued was not given a> required by law. Applica t ion for the writ wa< made l?,v (' T. Graydon of Columbia, The four men ;ire William lira w ley. Aiex Cart lodge. 1 ?ewoy I>eiiuis ri ??? J I'"lo\ d Lorick . Only a Short Freedom. Tin; four men were released from jail Thursday in<?rni m: when the orders for their release <igljed h.V Judge Cothran were presented in Sheriff Welsh by Attorney C. T Gray doii. *>f Columbia. represent ing th ? prisoners The men were let outside for on!) :i moment's loin for thc\ faced another warrant and wore, im mediately returned to prison. They ;>re expected to he given another pre liminary' before Magistrate S. N. Nicholson next Monday Flet'tiou of Major Postponed ?The election of a major for the third hatafilon <>f the First Regiment of South Carolina National Guard has been ]x?stponed until the Hoard en K'limpment at Mount Pleasant, near Charleston In July. Two "lections were held and the result continued to be a tie between Captain Murray Mack, of Fort Mill, and Capf Alfred M. .MeLeod, of Camden. It wa?r this work decided by Acting Adjutant General R. W. Grnnr and Governor Cooper that the election would l>e po*tf?oned nntll all of the officers of the First Regiment are assembled at the Hummer ramp and then the mat ter will be dUruiuied and something done. ? Wednesday's Odumbia Record. TOOK KUSIIT STUAM.IU U VHKS Canuhit llano Bull Team in An Kxoop (ioiuilly Fast One. 'J SoroO. iuk( baseball game* hayt? boot) witnessed on tho Caiudou ? I ia - tuond during the past week; Camden taking eight straight KiuuoH, With 1!?*' oxeopthm of tin* bum exhibition botw.oiMi Camp Jackson lust week and tho jHior game Tuesday afternoon 4>f this woek with (franltevlllo tho games have l)oon interesting. Tho first I wo games with Manning: Thursday and Frblay ga vo t h?? patrons some mil s|M?rt ami with tin* oxeop lion of a ??l?**i*? decision in tho tenth in ulng Thursday afterimo.n I h??f4? was no kicking or wrangling. The Manning <towi1 pmved' themselves good ball pluy.ers and gent lemauly follows and Camden will be glad to have them horo again at any tUno. Tho first game was anybody's game up to tho eleventh inning. t The seon? follows: Manning Oo 000 1(KI 00 :t Camden (KK) 000 000 01 I ;rh?. sr. Mini game Friday afternoon ^ J pro\'4Hl equally as good and was ? clean exhibition. Second day's score; .Manning 000 000 OMV- 1 Camden oio ooi oo$--2 Saturday's game also went to Tam ? Ion by a wider score. The score ftd 1 lows : ? i Manning oOg HH> 001?2 Camden 11! f 000 0l*~8 Tho Camden leant went t<i I fa good ; Monday aft oi'noon wlicre they defeat Jed 11a good by a score of 12 to 0. Cranitevillo Tuesday afternoon was greatly outclassed by Caimlen and bo=~~ fore tho game ended it turned into a | comedy, many of tho patrons leaving j before the game closed. The score , follows : | (iranitevillo . -OOO 000 1(H)? I Camden 608 020 (K>*? 11 (iranitevillo strengthened their team Wednesday aftofno0tl by the addition of Apple and Weismier, of the 11th Iufuntry, und the game went beauti fully for six innings, neither side be , i ii K able to score. Camden put one 'over in the seventh and then in tin* j eighth they - lauded on Apple and I batted him for a total of six runs, j Donaldson for C'imhWi string out ten men while Apple struck onr three. The score follows: (iranitevillo 000 000 000- o Camden ... 000 *000 10* ? 7 Friday (this! afternoon Hi. Matt hews comes for a game with the Cam den t<?am and next week the Camden learn will very probably go on a road trip to play several games away from home. Prisoners Treated Too Well In view of the prevulence of crime I hroughout the nation. Sheriff John 1'. 1 1 ii 1 1 1 4*r. \v ho has been shc.riff of Lancaster county for "4 4 years', was ; today asked what In* thought wan flu: cause of so much crime in South < 'arolina. ! "Well." he replied. "I believe one Mau^e i< that those wh<? are erimi nally inclined often hear of convicts all over our state being so nicely treated." The sheriff continued: "I believe at1 prisoners and convicts should be well fed,, well treated and their lieuilh well Jookcd after; but showing a sympathetic spirit with no |Oiif\vard evidence < f <'ondeinnation. j has ?i tendency to encourage rather : than l??..ileter the criminal class. When I you -ei ? n person .who is penitent and \ grieved over his violation of the law '?here i>. hope of that jwrsoii's reforma tion. I'.ut when you see a fellow who j has ? ?ununited '?rime, swaggering and i -inoking one eigarctti* after another and seemingly unconscious of the dis j grace he has brought uponl himself 'and the trouble thai lie lia "* caused his jfamilv and loved one* \nu can put it ? low ii that that criminal will never re form ? ?n the contrary such a fellow will work hard to lead astray other men of good families i.i order to bring tb. in down to his level." Sheriff Ifun ' ter concluded by saying that "Idleness ; uid fast living have a great, deal to . do with so much violating the law." Lancaster News. I In an address at Seagirt, N. J., last Friday 'Jeneral IVrshing said that the educational and physical standing of the von iig American men who served as officers in the army during the World war was a drsgrtice to tne nn tloti and he hoj>cd that by rea?on of the training camps this would never occur again. General Peyton March is to retire from the army by resignation when General Pershing succeeds him as chief of staff on July 1. The under standing Js that the two liave neter been friendly and March , will not under Pcr^hlny.