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I^BKjaT.r HP.'':: v;.".!1'..'- -'-j. - NUMBER 19 " ?? -aa? g - -J? uuiuuj-. iiiiim ,M ii i,?. i, m.seasa CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. AUGUST 12, 1621 VOLUME XXXIH MK, M? I>AN1BL RBSIGN8 ?-ui 0* To Newberry To Take Charge I WM o( Chamber Tbtrt. !? A. m "(jet Together^ meeting of our chamber <k <*mmerce. which wits ? lew i*?t ***** 11 l"vami> known that secr.Miiry-ti-easuror Mc pautel bad' tendered his j-esignution to the director at tor regular .meeting he,d on August find. Mr. M-Hanio!'* resignation comes as a great surprise, bnl at the Wine ttme, he is receiving eoujratulatlons upon being so fortu ItoM in securlngxanother po$IU6h that J more lucrative. Mr. McDaniel has made many friends sVuce lie has hedfi in Camden who will regret to see him l,av,?. but will wlkh f6r him much iy&to In his n?W connection. At tin* mc6(luK Friday night, Whlcll fireslded over by President Hallott and which was attended by ? lafjgt^ number of members and guests was one oi the most successful meetings hold by the orgri nidation since Its re organization. The first oir the pro gram was the serving of the menu which had been prepared by the good ladles of Camden, and it is needless to say that it was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone present, and whert the last course bad been served a vote of thanks was extended , to the ladles and all who had contributed-; to the menu. Calling the meeting to order after tbe menu bad been served. President Mallett made a short'address of wel come, at the conclusion of which he explained that one of the main oh-! jects of the meeting was to bring to tbe members the exact, condition of tbe Chamber. He grive o detailed ac count of tbe receipt's and expenditures of the Chamber to date. The report showed that three hundred and forty ODe members bad pledged memberships In the organization at fifteen dollars l>er annum and that in addition to this twenty-three had pledged two years and a half beginning "June 1st, fifty-three members pledged to sus taining flmd. The report further showed that a large number of mem bers are behind in payment of dues. Tbe president stated that if all mem bers would pay up the Chamber would have no difficulty pulling through to tbe end of the fiscal year, October 32st. The President ' stated that every mem ber wins entitled to see this report and that same would be on file in the office and that any member could aTaii rhemsor.ves of tbe opportunity , of seeing it by going to the ofllce. The President 'briefly outlined, the accomplishments of the Chamber since their organization and some of the ? things on the pragram for tbe future, statitig that the directors were well pleased with the accomplishments ?nd hoped that nil members * ' had shared 'hat same feeling of satisfaction.' At this point, tbe President read a letter from Mr. W. Robin Zemp, re gretting that be could not be present, ?'Uid at tlx* vi me time urging the or ganization to line up solidly behind the street paving question. M.r , Zemp seated in his letter that one of1 Cam den s L'r.'jHeM ii,., -ds was improved streets. Tiii- nc\t speaker on 1 1 ??' program wav Kcv Harding. and after lift had l,ppn ini nulured. he declared that he had been in sympathy with our I'haiiilw-r of Commerce since its organi sation. a nd in a forceful manner cnll r-i ..i, the members to support the dir ector* in the great work they are do H.i nling dwelt some time on showing those present what the in duct rips already located in Camden toy th?* i 'hamber meant to the city and count y He stati-d that the Chamber wa* operating this year on less than "Vf-n thousand dollars, and that two industries which had been located paid r,ut more than fourteen thousand dol lar* on<h year in pa^ rolls alone. In other words thi> seven thousand invest r,l is already paying more than one hundred jM<r rent. lie further state<l ?tot no fair business or professional lf>an could get around the fact that the t bambfr had not accomplished results tkii* yr>nr. and that no excuse should '" given f.<r failure to' pay membership ri edges Tl"* next H|H*aker was Mr. C. H. Htcs Mr Yates highly commended ' "e w,'?rk of the organization and of fprod^ many., good suggestions for fu* tiro tvork. At this point the large audience was f nt?Tt?ined by several selections from ("ot?h and Whitney. The af> f?l?use which then# singers received ,f"r* many and they ^-ere called back an encore several times. Other speakers on the program Were W j Diidjd. H. G. C Harrison. J|V, ?n<1 &T. John W. Corbet t. Both M?*er Dnnn and Mr. Carrison prflse* the work of tho Chamber very highly iuki hi the conclusion of r rfmirkii briefly discussed the street paving question. Mont of I>r. Cortbott's re marks were directed toward tho Cam <leu Hospital. He went somewhat lnt? the history of the institution and ex plained in a very forceful manner what it meant to Camden and Kershaw County. Dr. Corbeft stated' that the hospital had never wiled for contrl button* from the, public, but that th?> would within a very short time. II* stated that if it were not for the IVinK of Camden the hospital would have not remained an institution as long as it has. The bank was praised very highly for their efforts in keeping the institution going, hut the s|>cakcr de ela red that they could not continue dying this and that the time had conn* when the citizens of Canulen and Ker shaw County anust prove their interest in the institution by contributing to its muintainauee. The President at this point called for expressions from members present as to whether it was their desire to keep the Chamber pf Commerce alive or let it die, declaring that everyone of them must come to its aid if they wanted it to continue. Without a sin gle exception, every member present expressed themselves as wanting the Chamber to continue. The President, then ealleiWtor suggestions as to how best to collect outstanding jnenibershlp pledges, tho result of which was that a .motion made, duly seconded and carried that the former membership drive captains be formed into a com mittee to collect, and tluit thi$ commit tee be headed by Mr. ,C. H. Yates as Major. It was Ht this point that the Presi dent informed those present that at the last meeting of the directors they had to accept the resignation of secretary treasurer McDaniel. In commenting on the resignation, the President^ stated that the resignation was ac cepted with reluctance and regret in view of the fact that Mr. McDaniel's service was worthy of the highest praise, stating that Mr. McDianiel's success -before coming to Camden and while here was the result of him re ceiving an offer that Camden was not in position to ?pay. The President- - introduced Mr. Mc Daniel who was the last speaker on program and in the introductory re marks, Mr. McDaniel was asked to give his views of Camden, both present and future. Mr. Mclhiniel briefly outlined the j fine spirit of co-operation lie had re- j c&iyed from the directors as well as , the members, stating that when he J. first reached Camden he found a city that really needed a Chamber of Com nu'ree Und that as a result of the co operation mentioned the citizens of| Camden had been convinced of the j great value of an organization whose ! only purpose is to work for the Up- j building of the community. Mr. Mc Danlel further stated that Camden needed a Chamber of Commerce worse today than when lie arrived, in view of the fact that the spirit of co-opera tion must be kept alive, and that Cam den must stay in line with all other cities throughout the country in their efforts in bringing business back to! normal. Air. McDanlel assured the audience that his connection In Cam den has been very pleasant so far as he is concerned and hoped that the feeling would be mutual, for that it would he a great pleasure to him to be able to look back to his connection here as that of a pleasant one. lie fur ther stated that he would feel much better in leaving if he was assured the organization was to be kept together, for that he was not leaving the state, and that when h? could not locate an industry in the city which he would be serving be would send it to Cam den. The remark from Mr. McDanlel brought forth a hearty applause. In conclusion Mr. McDanlel appeal ed to everyone present to &ork to gethftr <is Camden and Kershaw County offered many wonderful op portunities, and that Hie only way to properly harness tip these opportuni ties was for every citizen to work to gether, cwith bnt a single thought in mind, ? a "Greater Camden and Ker- 1 shay County." Particularly interest ing was the last remarks of the secre tary-treasurer when he read "Ten Tests Of a Town,'.' which is a list of I questions asked by people Interested. In locating In a city. Truly this list j>ffered miu-h tlwwight for members j of the organization and it is needless to' say that all of them will be bene fited by hearing them presented in such a forceful manner. [ At the close of Mr. McDaniel's re I marks, Mr. W. h DePass roe^ and *>a?9e motion that a rising rote of TWO STILUS (APTIRKD Officers Make Raids In Different p.:' Sections of County. :? Constable Wade Stokes, Chief of I VI Ice A. <2. Whltaker and police offi cer Hilton went luto the Cassaft sec tion Satn it i ti v and captured a liquor making outfit on a bradoh said to he located on the land a of T, W. McNeeley. It was a crude outfit and one of a unique make, being made of an auto mobile gasoline tank. No one wan found at the "plant" unci no arrests have been made, hut it js expected warrant* will soon be issued for the operator. It will he remembered that a still was found on this same tfraneh n few year* ago when the "drought" i lilt the country. i Securely hidden about ten miles j north of Camden near ftie old Revolu tionary battle ground where the mar hie slab marks the spot where Uaron ;l>ekalb fell Constable Stokes, police officers Barnes and Myers captured ja 55-gallon capacity still in the early hours of Tuesday morning and placed under arrest Dave Russell, a white man, said to hail from near Camden. The .officers also found 200 gallons of I mash and confiscated a horse and l)U? jgy said to belong to Russell. It was ja gasoline can arrangement and was cleverly concealed ami Russell avows that he was the only man who knew of Its location and lrt was taken com-* pletely by surprise when he was cap tured a few mluutes after he had started a fire under his outfit. The still was located on a branch Umt furnished the water and a blind had been built so effectively that a person could walk In a few yards of the place and never detect the^ presence of a whiskey making outfit. Russell was brought to Camden and placed in jail. JAILED ON RAPE CHARGB Two White Men Chafed With Mia treating Girl Under Sixteen. Dexter Hurst and Frank IJayues, two white men, wero committed to jail la,st week on a charge of rape, the al leged victim being a young white girt, 1 formerly a pupil in, the graded school, | under the age of sixteen years. The alleged crimes wero committed some | months ago and the youug victim is ! said to he in a delicate condition, The warrant for the arrest of the men was issued at the instigation of the father ?f the girl. It is also said that a war rant has been issued for the arrest of another white youth by the same par ties, but he has not yet beeu located by the <rfficers. AN INHUMAN FATHER Deserts Four Small Children on Road side Ragged and Hungry. Four, small children ranging in ages from two to nine years were found on the roadside near Adaius pond Satur day and were picked up and brought to Camden where they were temporarily cared for by the local branch of tho American Red Cross. The children were said to be so ragged and unkempt that they wore carried to the pest house in the lower part of the city to be washed and given clean clothing. Later the city and county officials and Miss O'Dell, the public health nurse had the children carried to Co lumbia and placed in a rescue home. When, questioned the oldest of tho [children, a girl of nine years, stated that their step-father, Abe Kaley, who resides in the eastern section of the county about fifteen iuiies from Cam den had driven the mother away froiu home and had hired an auto to briny; them to the point where they were found and made them get out and went away and left them. A warrant was immediately issued for the arrest of the man on the charge of desertion, and he surrender ed to sheriff Welsh Wednesday morn ing and is now in Jail. When found the children were said to be in a piti Me condition and were nearly starved and one of them bore marks where *he had l?een severely whipped. To Meet With Beaver l>am Church We have been requested to announco that the Law and Order League of this county will meet with the Beaver Dam Church near Cassatt on Sunday* August 14th, at 4 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Lang, of Bes semer City, N. C., are visiting rela tive* here this week, . thanks be extended to Mr. McDaniel for bis faithful service since he has been In Camden. The motion did aot need a second, for Immediately every person present was on their fee t. N CRAVEN KAISKK lU'MITS Says ftiu Klu\ Klan I s Out For Fee* ami Hailing I'wier False Colors. tiivenshoro, Aug. 5. -Major liruee Craven, of Trlulty, today declared the Ku Klnx Klan In North Carolina, "of which 1 am the supremo houtl 111 tills state, db?bnndod and abandoned, every organized K)an ended and .every Klaiisiuan released from his eonuce j tiou, his responsibilities and obligu tions." tils notion, he declared, was duo to dlssaiist'aijhm with the purposes aud aets of the orga nlzatlon. At the same I time, he anuouueed he had forwarded his resignation as grand dragon of North t&rdlltift* to Colonel William Joseph Simmons, of Atlanta, imperial wizard of the order. Local offleerH of the Klan today said they would ignore Major Craven's or der. They explained that ho has been only I he tentative fiend of the or gauization and has no authority to dls band it. In the meantime, they are awaiting instructions from the im perial wizard, who informed a local newspaper that a ful statement would be Issued in Atlanta this afternoon. In Major Craven V statement,' he said : , VThere Is no possibility of keeping the organization from unlawful ont rages. ?or out of |M>ltti??sP 1 was in the presence of the imperial wizard, when another high official made the stnt^ xn^nt that he wanted everything urged toward the consummation of a nation al organization which could elect a president of its own and there was general agreement with the sentiment expressed. I have revolted from the first at these tendencies, at the anon?_ mOus letter writing, and at the mess of lies about the greatness of the thing add its power, etc. I had been led to believe I could control the affairs in North Carolina, but? this lia* not been true. The newspaper organ in Atlanta ?The Searchlight,' is an insult to any intelligent man and about on the same plane with the lnflamatory negro papers and the bolshevlst propaganda. This paper publishes in big headlines that 10,000 people heard Colonel Sim mons In Greensboro, and the statement is published in annoymous letters that there are 00,000 members in North Carolina, 3,000 in Greensboro and that they are organized in every state of the union. There are at the present time perhaps 5,000 in the state who I have paid their initiation fees, one ' fourth of them within 30 miles of Greensboro, and most of whom as I soon as they got in. and saw who was | there, kissed their money good-bye and quit. Some of the best citizens in Green slhoro have joined and finding there was no restriction whatever In admitting members except the money j consideration, they left never to. return land were labeled traitors to the sacred cause. One of them, a prominent business man. together with several other * intelligent me]}. protested against the wholesale admission of ! thieves and bootleggers, and he was summarily 'banished,' without a trial, and supposedly In disgrace, by the or ganizer, and without consulting inc. "Personally, I prefer to lose without protest what I have put into it, hut the promises made to IHgh Point, and the way the organization was managed, af fords an excellent opport unity ? to go into the court and demand the- return of the $6,000 collected, there. I offer now my services to them If they will stand together on this proposition and try it out. "Why did I fall for it? Well, I am a credulous, enthusiastic sort of per son, with a lot of prejudice, etc., and I think the professions of this thing met the requirements of all the foolish ideas I possessed. Kven then I held back a long time, and never entered until I was shown wnat they claimed was the^whofle system. They told me, for Instance, that Senator Simmons was one of the first men to join in the state; that Governor Morrison, after Iiis outburst against It, was 'seen' and promised good behavior, and later ap plied for admission and was hold on probation; that Joseph Daniels was rrfnsed because he was too friendly to the negroes after living in Washington eight years; that Senator Overman was twice . refused admission ; that General Pershing, .Attorney General Daugiierty, Gen. Juiian S. Carr. and fftmeron* others were original and earnest membefs ; that the News and Observer and Charlotte Observer and Asheville Citizen pnd Wilmington Star had agreed to keeip hands off If they were let alone; that the Greensboro News was be let alone because its criticism . would rea?f help; that the Raleigh Times was controlled by some gl the Raielgh mtsabtra ; and that there were 15,000 members . in North Carolina. with others applying for ad* mission at the rate of 1,(XK) a day ; that iVo appHcat ion was ever considered un til after rigid investigation, and that, as Ntated in the anuoymou* letter to The News, 'character' was the only test..., These are the reasons \yhy I Jolneck Why l Ixjllove any these., things Is another thing (entirely, and I can't answer it, except that lit is easy to hotfeve whqt one wants to Indleve. i I was credulous aud was caught. "On July 20, 1 wrote a personal let ter to the imperial wizard, containlhg ! a resume <>f what is in this letter. On August 1, I wired him that his failure to answer would ho taken as admission Of the... correctness of my statements and as juKtificathm for their publica tion. Oil August ji, 1 again wired him my definite resignation, effective at iioou August S, ami asked him again to wire me if he had anything to say. No answer was received to any of these eon) nan niea Honk" Of Interest Here. The disclosures of Major jVruce Cra ven, grand dragoon of the Ku Klux Klau of North Carolina in renouncing the organization will no doubt he of interest locally if all reports are true. Several mouths ago it was hinted at that there was an organization of that kind in Cauulen with thirty or more members. We are told that some of tho members saw the same flaws in the order that Major Craven has made bold to expose, aud thought at the time that it was a scheme to extrftet membership fees regardless from whence they cbrne. No one has ever admitted Joining the local order, as it is said that was one f>t the most binding of the oaths, and since the dls clousures of Major Craven, we sur mise that it will be a greater secret than ever before, and we doubt >if the puiblic will ever know of a Klatisman residing in Camden. DIKD IN RICHMOND Former Camden Man Pusses Away After Brief Illness. .. ' A special from Richmond to the Columbia State under date of Aligns! 10th says : "Luther A. Alexander district lino foreman for the Postal Telegraph com pany In Virginia and the two Cnro llnas, died here lust night folldwlug a brief illness. He was horn In Camden, S. C., 49 years ago, the soh of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Alexander. "He was transferred here a few. years ago from Wilmington, N. C. Besides a widow, who, before mar riage was Miss Minnie Brn/.Ington, of Camden, he leaves one son, A. S. Alexander, 10 years old. He is sur vived by two brothers, A. J. Alexan der. of .Charleston. S. C. and I. It Alexander of Camden. There are four surviving sisters. Miss Sallle A. Alex ander, Mrs. G. W. Turner and .Mrs, Illram Nettles, all of Camden, and Mrs. J. E. Maggot t of Tampa. The funeral will be held here tomorrow with interment at Itiverview ceme tery." Change In Game Law. On account of the Hunting Licenses for this season having 4>een printed before the Acts of 1021 came from the hands of the printers, it was stated on the back of the licenses that the season for Squirrels, Raccoons, Rab bits and Opossums would open, Octo ber -st and close after March 15th. The 1921 Legislature, however, pass ed the following Act, from which it will be seen that Squirrelg, Raccoons, Rabbits and Opossums may be hunted from September 1st to March 1st. Act No. 1C7, Acts of 1921. "Section 1. Be it" enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina; The close season for hunting Squirrels, Raccoons. Rabbits and Opossums in this Stato shall be from March 1st to September 1st of each j-ear." Masons To Meet. A special communication of Ker shaw Lodge, No. 29 will be held Tues day evening. August 23rd, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of conferring the third degree. W. F. Nettles, W. M. M. Itflllngs, Secretary. Had Narrow Eseape. While returning from Lancaster to Columbia Monday afternoon Mr. and ?\frs. T. Threatt ami four children had a narrow escape from being killed or badly mangled by the local pas senger train to Hamlet. They were running along at a pretty fast rat? una din noi lilfiL oncoming train until too late to stop. The car was turned quickly to the left and went down an embankment, but luckily did not turn over and the occupants es caped with only a few minor bruises ? one of the little girls getting a tooth broken off The car was damaged to i such an extent it had to be towed back ! to Camden for repairs, Mr, and Mrs. ; Threatt reside lo Columbia. v~- ~ CAM1MEN WINS FROM 81MTKR Two Pretty (James l'iay?<l Mer? Kri* day and Saturday. Sumter was hero Friday and Satur*r day for two games of base ball and UK't defeat in both games by ClOS$ acorea. Friday's contest was 2 to I anil waN ii pretty exhibition, neither team scoring until the sixth Inning when Cam den put oue over. Luthor and Hawkins was the buttery for Sum ter a*d Sherrlll and Khame for (Cam den.' Kaeh pitcher struck out seven hatters. Saturday's game was ono of tho fastest, games ever seeii on tlila dia* inond and resulted In a shut out for Sumter 2 to 0. It took only one hour and ten minutes to play tho full nino innings. The f^ntJiro of the game was fu sensational catch by O'Connor for Sumter in center field. Both runs by Camden were due to O'Connor failing to field a ball In center fleltl. Bat teries for Sumter; Ludwig and Haw* kins, for Camden; Hen son and It ha inc. Hartsvllle Wins From Camden. Hartsvllle, Aug. 8. -Before a tre* mendons crowd her? this afternoon Hartsvllle defeated the fast Camden teann in the first game of the series, 1 1 to 1. It was a sparkling exhibition of a pitchers' battle staged between Voters and Walters, but Walters out pitched the visitor, holding Camdeu to three scattered singles. The visitors scored their one unearned run In the first frame, but were not ahlo to cross the plate again. Brown for the locals featured with beautiful catching and batting, one of his singles scoring Hartsville's two runs. Batteries, ? Peters and Jthamo; 4 ' Walters and Brown. Camden Wins In Eleventh. Hartsvllle, Aug. 8 ? Camden defeated HartsvITTc here this afternoon by the score of 10 to 2. It was a beautiful tie game up to the eleventh Inning, when Atkinson weakened aud eight runs were counted. Flowers replaced Atkinson. Benson, for the vlslH?r? pitched good ball. Camden WIiih Another in the snappiest game of ball seen on the local diamond f h !h year Cam den Wednesday afternoon defeated a fast team from Hartuville by a score of 2 to 1. Hartsville looked good for a run in the first inning when a dispute arose over a fotfl down first base line. Neither side scored until Hartsvllle put one over in the fifth. Gibson who hud been pitching good ball for Hartsvllle was relieved in the seventh by Flowers after Camden had made two runs. Flowers held the home team down, Sherili was also relieved in the ninth by Petei-s after one man had gotten on , firxt with none out.. Peters walked the first batter and had two men on bases and pulled himself out Of i? bad hole when ? Hart.svilfe batted into a double play. ? A large contingent 'camo over from Hartsville^ to witness the game and there was also a good at- ' tendance by local people. Priolcau Richards, former first hasemah for Camden was the umpire. Crawford a new matt on first base, played a good game and batted well. The score by innings: Hartsvllle /MX) 010 000--1 Camden 000 000 2 Ox ? 2 * C Alleged That Joke Causes Homicide. Charleston, August 1 ? The county and police authorities are making a wide search for .fames Slappy, who is charged with fatally shooting Ix M. Myers near Seven Mile yesterday. Both were white. The wounded man died at Roper hospital lust night after an attempt had been made to save his life by transfusion of blood. He was wounded in the lees with buck shot and loss of blood and shock caused bis death. Information received by * the Rural police and Coroner Mans field, who is also acting Sheriff. Is that Slappy was told by acquaintances, in the way of a Joke, thnt Myers had been ridiculing hiin. The man Jeeves a widow and three small children. Married Mr. Ja<k Rowers and Miss Thelrna Vincent, troth of Kershaw, wero mar ried on August 4th, in this city by Pro bate Judge W. L. McDowell. Mr. Henry Arthur Munn, of Jeffer M M 4 Iff.. r? ?? c * ' OVii* aiiu > ??? iuvmuiih IWMMHK4M)r Ol Cassatt, were married at the residence of Probate Judge W. L. McDowell on Sunday afternoon, . August 7th, the Judge of Probate officiating. "> Mr. Frederick W. Kchnider, of Columbia and Mis* l>lma Flizabeth McLeod, of Camden, were married at the resident of Probate Jadfa W. X.. McDowall Bonday Evening. August 7th the Jadge of Probate officiating,