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VOLUME xxxin CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1921. NUMBER 38. Uiu CAR WRKOKED Family Had Narrow Eseape Kottiming To Camden Sunday Evening. While returning to Camden late Huu-' day evening the largo OodllUc limou tdno belonging to Mr. J. L. Motley fm iM'ii on its side and painfully in Jured several members of Mr. Moac ley's family, Mrs. >Ioseley and soveml of tho children had been to Spring Hill for the day and when noaring "Gravel Hill'' In tho Mt. Olivet section, the young man driving saw a negro in the road and In his offort to Avoid hitting t l?r? man turned the crtr too ahneply and it wits badly wrecked. Mrs. Mosoloy was out aboik the hands and badly bruised, young lyeh man Moseley, who was driving the ear. had an artery cut in his leg and lost considerable blood, the baby child had Its collar hone broken, while the other children were bruised. In attempting to salvage the wrecked car tho following day in some rnannioi' it on light flro and was a total wreck. Tlio machine was partially Insured *g;iinst fire. It was a miraculous escape for the mitire party and tho friends of 'Mr. und Mrs. Mosoley are glad to know Dint (hey escaped more serious in^ juries. v Married. Murriod at the home of Probate Judgo McDowell on Sunday morning last, Mr. Harvey llaxter Stewart and Miss Leila Kstell Wilson. The groom to a popular salesman with the Cam den Furniture Company nnd tho bride was a nurse at tho Camden Hoegrtta). Mr. Joy Bryan Hemphill and M2m Charlotte Helen Boll, botii of Camden, were married at the Methodist parson age on Saturday, December 17th, 1921, tho Ib'v. W. H. Hodges officiating. ? Big Highway Program. > v ~" Columbia, December 18. ? From the present ratio of federal aid, atf w< crease in automobile license fees, con* ttBuanco of the two-mitt property tfcx, levying of a one eept tax (per gallon | on motor-vehicle fu?l and issuance of ten millions of dollars In state bonds, South Carolina can spehd in the next six you rs $34,000,000 and complete a highway -system of 4,000 miles. of which 000 m lies can 1>e hard- surfaced, jrccording to the proposed improvement plan to bo presented to the general assembly by the state highway com mission. Tree Caused Damage. The cutting down of u tree on the sidewalk near the residence of Mr. W. .Sheorn caused considerable proj>erty lo^s and inconvenience to the city lighting system nnd the Southern Bell Thursday last. City workmen had a rope attached to the top of the tree and had it scheduled to fall where it would do no damage, but when the tree left t lie stump it turned and fell across the wires. A long line of polos wore snapped off, several street lights were thrown down and the telephone <a?hle was rut. The damage was quick ly repaired an<l the interruption did no' ln<: long. Moise Chosen Senator. Suiutrr, December 20. ? The special < lection held here today to select a Jfttste SCniitor to succeed the late- Sen ator John II. Clifton and to choose ?i successor to David D. Moise, who resigned from the IToufce of Represent : ? t i ? r - r. suited In the election of David D Moise to the Senate and the rc indicate the election of J. Bos -ard Biitton t<t,^uooeed Mr. Moise. On >j a li.Mit vote was cast, and It is not ;1" uM: ihat additional returns will i h?> result. Honor Uoll of Lugoff School. I'ollowing i< the honor roll for the !.nsr..ff Cradod School for the month "f Dt <*( rnber : ? r.ide 1. ? Stephen Team, (3. W. Ra . Ralph I^ee, Mary Neal Jackson. Mat:,.' Rranham, Covert McCallum. 1 ? ?do 'J ?Coleman Branham. ' ir.ide ? Helen Bosboro. Dvclyn ' ? e t f v ?? . Mellta Team, Lcnzle I>eWitt. ? . r , I n. 4. ? T,ouis Gulon, I>roy Ma **'n. Lemuel Oglesby, IT. A. Rabon, ? ''?and B'ackmon. ?Jrade 5. ? i/uclle Ward. Ornde 0. ? Julian Blackmon. John r't :ys. Team Gettya ' -rade 7. ? Jemel Rabon. 'irade S. ? -Sandy Ilcyward. 0 ?'?rado (I ? Sern Nottles, Bertha 1 Teniae Rabon notick Ml C amden Bank* will be Monday and Ttiwftg. Dece?bjc ??>? nth observing QirHtnu J*?, y Christina* Kve Ibtar will will It o'rMek at nigh* f?r tbe ewo TraWore of dtp? itfw. ^ WILD 8CKNJKN IN COURT Maud Moort Ru^beti To Juror* With Outstreaehml Arms. Knoxville. Teniw, Dec. 12.-^-Never in the history of the crlmiual court Of Knox county haw such scenes been 'enacted as wore witnessed today when after deliberating six minutes the Jury entrusted with the fate of Maudo Moon* returned a verdict of not guilty Th? defendant, known as Mnud Moore, which Is her maiden name, hut who in reality is Mrs. W. H. &tubbs, wife of the proprietor of a hotel In Tacoraa, Washington., was charged with the murder of Leroy Ilarth, a prominent young business man. The killing oe < nrred on Kingston |iM near Knox vili?> Hep (ember 8, 1910. When the foreman announced the verdict the defendant and 1ier mother rushed to the Jurors with outstretch? ed bunds only a few steps ahead of the crowd in the courtroom which had, ? ? : ? ? upon announcemeut of acquittal; jural* Hi upon seats and chairs, cheer | lug and throwing their hats In the air. j Judge Nelson hurriedly adjourned court and left the bench. "I am the happiest woman in the world,'' cried Mrs. Htuibbs. "I am 'caving tomorrow to Join ray husband, and I will be with him bj\next Sunday. My mother is going with me.. I'll never lot 3, 800 miles got between me and this woman again,'' she hsUI as she?took her mother in her arms. Camden Hospital Notes. The drive for money for the Caradcu Hospital did not come up to the ex pectations and hopes of the directors and the committee of .solicitors- but it must be said, was very good con sidering the scarcity of money and the poverty of the people. More is needed badly, and those who were not seen during/the drive, (it was gotton up in a hurry) will please contribute what ever they are able to the treasurer of the Board. The furnishing of the new rooms, the second -story of tbe new building by individuals at $100 each, will of course relieve the pressure on the hos pital authorities a great, deal. Since all the rooms have been taken, several have come forward to furnish a room, and as there are no more rooms to furnish, it is hoped that they will con tribute to* tbe building fund instead. The furniture for these rooms will be shipped about January 1st. The con tractors hope to deliver the building by tlie first and the kitchen and din ing room' art now ready for occupancy by the hospital force. ? To Meet Sunday. Attention Sir Knights: You are courteously urged to attend a special Conclnve of your Commandery. Sun dny, December 25th, at 12:30 o'clock p. m? promptly for purpose of holding our annual Christmas Observance' Ce remony. (No uniforms.) By order of the Commander. W. Robin Zemp, Capt. <Jen. Attest. M. Billings, Recorder. t Small Paper Next Week. According to our usual custom Tire Chronicle will Issue a small size paper next week, containing only four pages. Many of the weekly papers omit an Issue entirely during the holidays but The Chronicle at this season carries a liirge numlber of legal advertisements, so we cannot miss an issue. Corres pondents and advertisers will please send in their copy early. Children Bunied To Death. Florence, I>oc. 10. ? Locked in each others arms and charred beyond rec ognition, the bodies of Louise Oliver, aged 11 yenrs, and Alco.se Oliver, aired three, were removed from the embers after a stubborn cotton fire had burn ed Itself out on the farm of Ed Rol lers at Sellers last Wednesday. The details of the tragedy became known here today where the mother of the 11 year old girl, Louise Oliver, is. con - fined at the hospital, following an operation. News of the tragedy was conveyed to her by Dr. McLeod, in the -presence of Dr. F. II. Martin, pastor of the First Baptist church. From what could he lenrned her? a number of children were playing in the shelter of a packhouse. Sudden ly the cotton blazed up, Ignited, it is said, from the butt of a cigarette drofJTMMl by a farm hand. The children ran out but little Alcese Oliver, cousin of Louise Oliver, was blocked bv the > flumes and the little i?lrl went back through the fire to rescue blm. Neither of them was able to escape, 90 quickly did the flames sprend, and the little boy and yfrl died with their armi in ter twined. They were buried at Ma rietta, N. O., Thursday. PXPKN'HIVK HCRNKKY la David <?? IffHh* Wtm rtuy T? He Shown Today nl The .MaJeaMc, YVhon David W. Griffith utMrted the outdoor .Hfairinip of the Civil W*r and Reconstruct (Oft sconea in "The "Birth of n Nation," ho wig* ronfroutod with seemingly insuperable difficulties. An (in-ii of private wur wan required nlxnit a* targe an the corner of Hoi glum occupied by the Anglo* Prench force*. Thoutfand* of cavalrymen bad to be. shown. In an historic raid of tho North Carolina <*huMi. Their run wa? to hp over' many miles of typical South ern sandy row d*? Though an adutow I t i I ; 't'< i wizard of the filnw. Mr. Griffith Is not a "war lord" with pow?*r to ? ommnndcor. In this oint'iKi'iioy the county author iiins; of "Tho With of a Nation" pro during locals were nt*p:i?*d to. They" finally coiisCltted to mark off ail area of t?'i> mile* for Mm use of fho hoi'touion. .Montr all the roads within this a roar tho county commissioners posted notices fotSi Hiding . traffic on "tho day of day*." Pedestrians wore also warned off., lint the roads them selves did not look Southern. l>avid <? rlfflt h handled this difficulty-'- -with * I he authorities permission ? by remak ing Kneli of the highways as would einne within the camera** eye. Many tons of *nrid and gravel were spread hy gangs of his workmen. landscape engineering changed the look of the landscape to the rounded hills, pinoy woods and deep gnllleft of the obi North State. The race of tho Northern clans men to rescue- their South Carolina brethren took place on the appointed day. without au accident or flaw, Af It was over. Mr. Griffith's men scraped the sand off the macadam roads, took down the signs and life ill the sleepy countrywide resumed Its normal course. It cost about $25,?0<> to <lo the trick? the producer thinks it was worth all I- cost, particularly after hearing the enthusiastic comments of "The Rirth of a Nntlon^-patrons on his work. Service# at Graee Chureb. The service# at .Ota, ca Episcopal church <m Sunday. Christinas I>ay, will ho as follows : First Celebration of (ho Holy Com munlQii S a. jn. Christmas Day ser vice and second Celebration 11 a. m. Sunday School Carol Servh'c <1 p. m. All arc cordially Invited. F. H. Harding. flee tor. A Hard Shot. An Irate fan who hud watched the, homo team go down in defeat Htcuf/ped the umpire as ho was leaving the I>ark. rt Where's your dog?" ho domandon. "Dog?" ejaculated his urnps. "I have no dog." "Well, you're the first blind man I ever sjjw who didn't have a dog," to turned the dlsgrunted one. Killed in California. | S. A. West. * of the Abney section, received a tolognun Sunday announc ing that his son, .Richard E. West, was accidentally killed at Oakland. Calif., on Saturday by falling from a scaffold on which ho was standing while at work on a building. Rfichard West was (lie oldest son of Mr. ami Airs. S. A. West. He was in his .'tKth year and left the community about fifteen years ag?>. going to Seat tle. Washington, where lie was m-irried eight years :igo. He movwj fro"! Seat IV' t(> < hiklantl. California, about a year ago. where he worked carpenter'* trade. Surviving hiin H his wife n ti< 1 three little gir's. tin. youngest onl\ ??'veii months old.- - Kor shaw Frn |I.\WK1NH I iOSKS ATHCA1 (.'room Itle Man WtU lie Rcaentonoeif To Rtoctroewtkxi. <V?lna?U!a. i>ec, Of the twenty stevcn opinlonx handed down Into this afternoon by tin- State ?m>reu?o Court, wax oiio i? the t^so of Clkff Hawkins, a will to mail, under kouImhs# of death hy oVetrbcutlon for the murder of WlUlaui Morgan a mount aiueer of Urociivlllr couuty. Tbu Appelate Court refits; .1 a new trial ami aont th? <??#? back ??-? the < *1 i^ntlt Court to -*et a now date for the electrocution. ? H-iwIJns was in?l for the mni iter Of J fssie CralR, a neuro woman, v lit >i 11 it?* N alleged to toave shot to il 'niU ?"! September 3, 1920, while Nh?? ujis t^illn# on a <Jre?*nvUle county hltfh uu\ Morgan was alleged to have seen ?lie ih'i'il and 16 Imve -reported it to (he ilier 1IT. The Stale charged that Tlftwktus murdered Merman for bring "mr the krilns to the attention of the sdtcHff. Ife was Hcntcnced to he elec iroented t>n October I. W20, lint hi* appeal automatically stayed the nen tetiee His attorney."* appealed on the ground Unit they were Informed that the i'r?ig indictment}* would bo tried first. >iimI they were not prepared on the Morgan murder when it wan given priority. Thp Supreme Conn UkorwlKe dis |j^> HplX'H' of <\ I>. foo|H?r, fried :?nd convicted ill Marlboro eounty for 1 1 ? ? * murder of an automobile trans fer dri vei- with recommendation to nier ey and sentenced to life Imprisonment* The appeal of Rosa MeCalu. fried In Marlboro eounty. Ootobor 4. 101^0, for the innrd<?r of her fiusfrmnd and con vieteil of. manwl'Hnghfer. ii!bo was dis missed. ,>frs. l/>nch Killed at Che raw. Ohernw. I>ee. ,J0.^*C1te.raw wn? sad dened thl* morning hy a serious mil road n trident the Intersection of the fcea hoard and Atlantic Coast Line railroads on the whs torn edge of town Jfl M> o'clock. Am? .Mr. Finest L. King. manager of JVUock's store in the cotton mill sect io ii. wuh going to the store In an automobile, carrying Mrs. Gus T. liynrtv wUw wanted to mak? a pur* chase. the car was lilt l>y horthlwmnd Seaboard passenger train No. I. tar was torn into small pieces. Mrs Lynch hud her net'k and back. >ibout the [H'lvls broken and cuts on the head, ?ud Mr. King had two ri1>s fractured. bruise# on ids face and leg and onts in his scalp. Mrs. Lynch was instarit'y killed. Mr, King was Immediately curried to the Hamlet Hospital in charge of the Sea Imnrd surgeon. J)r. L. IS. Hull. The, 'litest report; from Ila "det was that he was doing -well hut suffering very much from shook. hi r'c Department Annual Supper The members- of the Camden Fire T)?'|?:i:*l <neu!" ' met at the fire depart* nieiit l!"ad(piart?-rs Tm*sday evening ot this w<*ek t<? enjoy an annual supper. '! ahh's* were laid for thirty. The fire department numbers twenty, and they had a number of invited quests. Mn?de was furnished for the occa sion hy :t Camden ofehestm under the h-adei-sjiip of Mr Heimlnc, and Messrs I.. T Mills, Ji. AI. Jr.. W\ F N't ties and l>. C. l-J off- made short talk- in . the member". It was a de lightful gathering ?ueh as makes these ???nmt:d vupper? sro j;leasanC After the supper l lie members sent hi M'Vi'rti praet lee alarms. Andrew Vaughn. .".I yonhg farm ei living about ^\<'ii miio> from 'iroer wa? a ?eidenta'Iy -hot ir.nl k 1 1 1 Tuf*s (I i\ while out hunting 8CKNE FROM -THE BIRTH OF A S ATIOV AT THK MAJESTIC TODAY SENSATION AT LiNCAHTKR ,'v ? -- 1 ( -? CltarlrN .Ioiu'n Arwatecl For FYuudu Iwit !'??? of Money. . l4iiv?*aMt(>r. IKv. 20. ? Charles I>. Jones, of thl.s oity, was arrested hero today oh flvo separate warraptH eharg* intf hint with the fraudulent appro priation and eonversion of fuutlw of the J.rtneaster Mercantile Comply* of wliich ho whs formerly president aud manager. The warrants charge ttK> misappropriation of $5,000 on the first day of April, 101S; thosum of $7,000 on OctOln't 10. 1017 ; the- sum of $.%,001.H1 on Koptomlvor 17, 1918; the sum of $7<V00 on Mjiroh 11, 1021, and I ho *uin of $8,000 on January IfG. 101R. The affidavits supporting the warrants Were nuido by LeKoy Spring^ and John T. Stevens rospectivOly, president ami Vice president of the Lancaster Mer cantile Company at this time, ltonds in cover those warrants were fi.\(Hi l?y Magistrate l\ M Cu*p ut $10, (KH) and were entered into with Ira M. Jones, Sr., as surety. Aiken Farmer Hilled. ? Aiken. Doc. ir>. -itenry I'. Dyphes, u Imsfness man n ml farmer of Aiken, ^lint and Instantly killed Gftivln Craig, n banner near the Craig place, about eight miles from .^ken (his afternoon at .1 o'clock. The weapon used was a doublcvbarrered shotgun, Ba<f blood had existed between the two men for xo mo time, it In alleged, owing to the fact that Dyches had purchased the old Tom Craig place belonging to Craig's father. Today the men mgjt on the public road at u small outhouse and Craig, It is alleged, jumped down from a two hoMo wagon. Dyches, who was accompanied by his son, Marion, and who had gone armed since the al leged dispute, shot Craig in the side of the head, tumbling him over dead in. a gulley. Dyches gave himself up to Sheriff Iloward at the .court house Im mediately after reach lug the city. Coroner Tarver will hold an inquest to-, morrow morning, bovine viewed the body late tonight. Does Not Want Pardon. Columbia, Dec. 15.? Dau Mnrphy, the aged man of the state peniten tiary told attorneys interested In get tlhg him a pardon today that he did not want a pardon. He stated that he had been in the prison for a quarter of a century and there was no reason for his leavtng the prison now. ? I'm thirty years behind the world and I'll never catch up be stated. The attor neys presented to (he state pardon .hoard today a petition for Dan's par don, signed by many prominent Orangeburg citizens, and all of the liv ing Jurors who convicted him in 1804 Munphy was convicted of the murder of County Treasurer Robert Copes, Af Orangeburg. ,fle stated today that ho (lid not commit tin* crime that he was In Georgia at ,the time, lie was <Vm? victcd on clreumstnivtlal evidence. Murphy has a wife and son with :i family living in Georgia. lie says Col. Sanders of the penitentiary is his friend and he better >jtay where be is liye Pasture Saves Feed. (')cmson College, I>ec. 21. ? If we have plenty of Hermuda pasture in ?RuTOmoT and plenty of rye pasture in winter our feed problem for cattle, xheop. and idle horses is practically solved, thinks l'rof. L. V. Starkey. chicf of animal husbandry division, who says that by this combination we can greatly reduce Hie cost of pro ducing our livestock. Some people have the idea that, rye pasture Is not much good. As a . mat ter of faet, it is one of our bect and nu?*t reliable winter pastures for all classes of livestock, When the rye plant is only 5 to 10 inches high It analyzes almost as high in protefn per 100 pounds of dry matter as does cottonseed meal. In addition to its value as a feed it is a nplendid cover crop. The two-fold function which it serves as pasture and cover crop has won for It many friends among the progressive farmers of this country. 4*ets Italian War (Voss. Waj hlngton, Dec. 120. ? Distribution of the war cross of Italy to all men of the United States army and marine corps who won the Congressional Med al of Honor during the World War was begun today by Cenernl Vaccart, chief of staff of the Italian army, nt -the -Ztalla-R fiEvb?r?j?y here. Those w ho will receive the decora tion include James C. Dozier. Hock ITill, S. C. ; Carey Evans Foster, Inman JL- C.; Karl D. Gregory, lilacfcrtMir*. Va. ; Richmond II. Hilton, Westrille, S C. ; Edward It. Talley, Appalachla. Va- and John C Vitlepigue, of Camden 8 C. v KUXRI) rOMCKMAN Whiskey KuunerH In Htato Prison For Safe Hooping After remaining In the county jalt a few hours, Monroe Wlllard and t/H flier Ttuunons, the two Clinton men who are chanted with killing Police man Hosea ^Martin, of I -aureus, last night In a battle with a poaae of of fleers, were taken hy the sheriff thin afternoon to the State -penitentiary as a precautionary measure. Copouw it. It. Owlngu held the Inquest today and the Jury returned a verdict charging Wlllard and Tlmnions 'with the death of pffleer Martin. The tragedy occur r?<d near Ushon Church, six miles south of Laurens shortly before mld night. . The .< 1! Into.)) men, it is alleged) were suspected of carrying a load of wills Hey f tin* upper part of the State, having heeu suspected earlier in the evening hy lturg! Policeman Owens, who was oh -the wiiteh out tW them lii the Cray Court section. The men eluded him. however, and the officers telephoned Chief ('rows to get other officers and assist In Intercepting thenvd>eforo they ?ot to Clinton. With I'Ql.1 CO in nil Martin and Itnral Pollce nmu Ab rains, Crews drove a^ onee to Clinton, thence hack toward Lisbon. Here, his party was Joined hy Officer Owens ami other officers. At about this tlino the anticipated car hove into sight. Policemen Crows a ml Martin I aiightedi Martin stopping out ahead and calling to the men to stop. As be advanced to the side of the car he was fired u*>on from the automobile and immediately sank to his knees mortally wounded in the left side. , _\1 . He opened fire in return, as did Chief Crews and Policeman Wham, and there was a general exchange of shots as the men sped away, making their escape without being hit. thonuh their </nr was punctured with bullet*. Chief Owens and other officers gave pursuit, while Olilef Crows and others placed the wounded officer in their car and rushed him to Ollnton. Martin died, however, on the wAy Just as the party was driving Into Ollnton. Of fleers following the car found a ten gallon keg of whiskey la the wake of the fleeing men but failed to overtake the fugitives. The Wlllard car was fouifti at a Clinton garage and at 5 o'clock this morning the two men surrendered to Sheriff Reld, who had gone to Clin ton durii.g the night to assist In appre hending the men. They were brought to the county Jail. Wlllard and Tim mons are young men. Policeman Martin, a native of Young's Townshtp, hfid been on the city .police force here for two years and was a fine officer. J*!x small children survive him, his wife hav ing died only a few months ago. Smallest Cotton Crop. Washington, Dec. 21.- -World pro duction of commercial cotton for 1021 -2U huh placed at 15, 593, 000 bales by flu* department of agriculture |n :? report made public tonight. Tills Is flu* smallest <.j?op since 1900, the report stated, and compares with 20, OfiO.OO produced lit 1!>20. Two o i the most Important cottou producing countries ? the United States and Egypt ? suffered crop "dis asters" during the year, the report asserted, producing only 61 4 per cent, of their total production of last year, or 5,(507.000 bale* less than wns pro duccd In 1020. The cotton crop in Ohiiin. South America. Mexico and ether countries, while said fo be nol so important commercially. was re TTftrf?*d smaller than usnjil Itussia, which immediately before tho war pro duced around l,f>00,000 bales annually, has practically ceased fo :?row cotton, the report stated. 820 Pound linn. Mr. ('. W. Woodham reports Uiat bis brother, Mr. T. E Woodham, who fires in Darlington, Just across *the line, butchered a Poland China hog a few days ago that weighed K20 pou/ds net. - One 6iam alolie weighed 122 pounds. Thfs hog tyas 28 months old. Some hog. ? Hishopville Vindicator Acted 8trangedy. Judge ? What makes you think this man is menta.lly unbalanced, officer? Officer ? I caught him hugging and kissing his wife on a park bench, your honor. A Moscow dispatch ?ay? that a Uk riwveon electrical engineer ha* discov ered a method wheretoy wireless mes sage* can be sent to I dftflnlte re ceiving station in such manner that they cannot be pickod urp by outrider# ?