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A DOUBLK TIUOKDY. Mr. Benjamin H?ll?v Formerly of Cam ????, Burted Here Saturday Aft*rttOdn. The funeral of Mr. Iteujamiji Ha Iky ?up?rinteudent of ground* of the Uiit vemfty of South Carolina. who, ac cording to (ho coroner's Jury shot and killed Prof. fioodo Home*, of the IV partmeut of Engineering of tijo Univer sity Saturday morning and then shot himself, wuh h?0d here Sunday, Prior to his removal to Columbia Mr. Huite wafl a resilient of Camden. The funeral was held from ?1W resi lience of hi.-* brother, W H Hailc, ou Kfcir street this afternoon at 5 o'clock, conducted by the Key. Edwin Muller of j the Presbyterian Church, a**risted by Ke>v. F H Harding, at Grace Episcopal Church ; the burial was In the Quaker Cemetery a ud was attended by a great crowd of relatives and friends from Camden and nearby frown*. Among those attending whs the en tire faculty of the University of South Carolina. many members of the student t>ody, Oavernor R A Cooper and iCx- j Governor Richard Manning and many other prominent Colunibians.. The en tiro city council and police dopartihent of Camden attended in a body as did also the Masonic fraternity of Camden, augmented by many members from Co lumbia. Messrs. Earl Kami nor, Christie llenet. J M Oantey, W S Ndlson of Co lumbia. arid C I* Diillose and W D Whitnkcr, of Camden, acted as pall bearers and the burial services were conducted by the Masons. Many beautiful floral offerings attested to the esteem of the dwonased. they coming from admiring friends from Camden and neai'by town*. Mr Halle was born in Lenoir, N C., but <*ame to Camden when quite young and made his home here up to irbout t/ej) y??ars ago. He was the son of the late Captain and Mrs James Is Halle, the former for many years sheriff 'of Kershaw County. IMor to his re moval to Columbia Mr. Hailo was for about twelve years chief of police of Camden, Beside* his wife, who was MJLas Ella Manning Oafttey, he Is sur vived by a son and daughter. and one brother, Mr. W H Halle, of thfrs city, and one sister, Miss Elizabeth Hailo. who is how traveling In the west. The- details of the unfortunate tragedy which shocked the whole state Is told bc.low by the Columbia corre spondent of (he Charleston News, and ?ourier ! Columbia, May 0. ? This morning Benjamin I ladle, 4 marshal! at the Pniversity of South Carolina, shot to J death M. Coode Homo*. Tron-ss.'i of! engineering'^ and thou blew out hhj own t>ratu?. There had boon a long staudiug controversy between Prof. Homos ttiul Mr Haile relative to Prof. Homos participation in the awar?Ung of contracts for certain minor repairs to buildings at the university. About ?1x months ago certain auOnyiuou* let ters wre received by members of ttio board, of trustees, impugning the in tegrity of Prof. Homes in rhe award- [ log of building contracts. Those let- ( ters Were investigated and found to j l*? trivial. The matter was brought to j the attention of the bdard of trustee* j of the university and tho board's sub- 1 . I Committee found Prof. Homes not at fault at all. j , it appears that Mr. Hudle was in strncpil by the president of the unf- , voralty to Investigate tho authentic- 1 Ity of these anonymous letters,. which be did. A feeling of animosity arose between Prof. TIoumvi and Mr. HaJflo relative to tlutoe charges, it seems. The board of trustees through its sub <-6mmittoe investigated the charges and found Prof. Homes Wlamless, and came | to tho conclusion that Mr. HaJTe j through instructions its he thought from thd president of the university, had bimself probed iuto the charges against Prof. Homes- ? and as the sub committee thought? 'believed that Prof. Homes was guilty of "petty graft"' Prof. Homes was of the opinion that Mr. Hallo had a personal grievance against him. Mr. Haile likewise thought that Prof. Homes was attempt ing to persecute him, it appears. Both men were under the delusion that each was perseoutiiig the other. Tills, according to W. J. Oornmck, member of the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina, who In conjunction with D. M. Winter, of Columbia, and lb A Ha good, of Charles ton, investigated the charges wliich Mr. Oormack believed wore rh?? cause of today's tragedy. It appears in the testimony of I)r. Currell and Dean L. T. Baker that several shots wore fired before cognis ance was taken of the tragedy. George H. Huggins, treasurer of the university at the time of the killing, was \islng a telephone and Miss Sawyer, assistant j bookkeeper. was in the office. Mr. Halite according to Miss Sawyer, asked her to leave the office as he Of i me in to get the weekly pay roll. Prof. Homes was already li> the office, inspecting certain repairs made to the office. That is all that is definitely known* as to the killing. Shots wore fired in the office. Dr. (Continued on last page.) WIIX CIRCULATK PETITION K ' y Asking That iOediw Be H?kl Tt F?v? Poriien U City StreHa. The City CofcwU of Cawdeu had a number of the bu?dness men to uuvt wilih them in I'OUUOH chambor Monday niRht whei n Mr. ltl*hop. representing the Ca roll nu Kn<4ncerlng of WH mington, N. C., was present Jo go over the <lotuiLH of the recent survey ami plans of wtro?t improvements for -Cam den. lie explained the cost tt> the city ami to the property holders awl three projects were outftiued. Mayor CarriMXi presided uiul cuH?sl upon some of the best bUHiness men to state their views oi> the paving proposi tion. All spoke hewrtlljjr in fuvor of tJie i.<lea ami wanted the petition* cireulnt ?*<1 at 'once and a resolution was Intro duced to tiiis effect hy Mr. K. T. (Jood ale. Two map* were presented showiug proi>osed improvements on several streets. The first called for a paving program from the colored Baptist church on South Main stivot to the elt.v limits ou the North near the residence of C M Talnter ; extending from M I< Smith's resident* to the Seaboard i*as senger stallion. And from the city limits on the west down DeKalb street to ithe Soutlhern Passenger station on the east. Ailso including the paving of llutledge *>tre<?t from the colored Odd Fellows hall on the west to the corner c?f Market street on theeast. The other program was much smaller, and the proposed improvements would include jmving from the. fountain on lower Main street to the Camden Bap tist church on the north, and from Col Bins Filling stat lop on the west to the Southern jKtssenger station on the east end of DeKalb street. A vote was taken on which of the two proposit ions would be most pleas ing a ml the majority favored the larger program. The talks were all good and vhowed all favored a paving program of some sort. It is against the ixdloy of the Chroni cle to carry advertising en its front page, and time and time again we have refused to handle advertising on this iwige, but in ft matter of so great ira])or tame we are deviating from this rule In this instance and are carrying a half page advertisement from city council In ?regard to /the matter of paving. We hope that the petitions will be readily signed and that tlhe Election will be or dered at an early date. The council seems to be'lieartily in favor of a paving program and In or der to urge the signing of the petition's. COWKTH IN MUTINY ' v* * Hilt l? < n l*r|soiH*r> \Voiyul?-<l IiuluU InK Two Front Kershjm County. (Tu?*Aiy,? CWnihhi titmi*) Thlrtmi whHo prlsonera anil onf guard at. the state penitent la ry were hurt by bullet* aiut buokslKd yexter day afternoon at 1 :30 o'clock whou 150 or inoiv white conilctK made a bold outbreak hi the jirononce of arm ed gun ids amk officer*. The throe tjtory building that houses .-thv chair factory was burning In tlio WUK'iiunr while the mutinous prisoners were defy 1 uk piiKon officials. Tiro hose was out and the armed forces claim they were forced to w guns and rifles in order to save the building and contents ami prewd a wholesale prison delivery. Natlian'ltosen and James II. Faulk* nor were -taken to the -i'nflumbla hos pital. Itosen is *rufforlog from a 'bul let wound In the addoinen and Faulk ner wax lilt by bullet# on the right hlj> and left arm. Flown other ' pris oners suffered from minor injuries but were treated at the prison In firmary. One hour after the outbreak occur red and the unruly prisoners had been lock<sl in tholr cells in the jnaiu prison. Jack Davis of Now York, who Is serving a ton year term for bnr gtary, ojienly defied and cursed a strong body of armwl men and ho had to bo punished before he would become quiet. I Davts is serving sent euce for entering the home of Dr. T T Moore, Jr.. on Wales Garden, fore ing Dr and Mrs Moore to back into a hath room at the point of a iristol while ho rt>bbod the houw. It will l>o re membeml fha t (Officer Wilson met Davis at the corner of Green and Hull .street*, the prisoner lingering between life and <leath for several weeks as the result of a pistol wound infllyted while rapturing him. A. J. Kowe, another prisoner, stood l?ehlncl hLs eeil door yesterday and dared annod men to come In and havr it out.'* Kowe is serving a two year sentence on a charge of house-1 breaking and larceny. He eamo up ^ from Maiiboro county. Dr 11 T Jennings, prison physi- j Mayor Oirrison rftquewts us to state that Rev.'F. H. Harding will give a five minute talk at tlie Maje.?*tie Theatre Friday night, followed by a five minute talk by MV E l!> Blakney. Other speakers wi'll be secured for Sat urday night and the other nights during the three day drive for signatures. ?*iii i), happened to 1h? at the |mmiI ton tiary when the outbreak occujrivd and he w?n assisted fry !>r. I' W i'n yne in Hiving medical attention to the wound* ed List of Injurfd, Tin* list of injuved and all prisoner* save Guard Gillette, who w#s hit by ? flying m.lJo*Me?Xl?UoWs : Nathan Homou, shot through ^hdo tnen, intestine i>erf orated five times. Operated (?ii at Columbia ho*q?lt A I yes terday afternoon and retorted a* rest ing well last night. Serving 1H months' soutonjce for forgery from Kershaw county. Admitted to |N?nitontiary .Inly. 1021. James II. Faulkner, shot In light hip and loft arm, C-arrjed to C'olum hli. hospital, ,Sc^ving two years sent <*jee for housebrvaking and la roOTiy from Greenville county. Admlttod to poni ton tlary {letober, 1021. K W Frank, shot through right shoulder, loft shoulder and right haiwl. Sorving three years sentence for howo breaking and larceny from Florence r* . ? ? <J county. Enlcrcd 'penitentiary March. 1020. . , ?I t 'Lucius Kurton. ^liot through left ?h;g and loft arm. Filtered penlton tiary January. 10122. to begin serving of sovon year sentence foi lamuiy from Alkon county. I John IiarnOs, shot through right log. ? . . f I Serving 1H months' Neuten<s? for as sault and hattory from Charleston county. Admitted to ijcnitontiary July. 1021. L Mnn.v, shot in right hip. surface wound. Sorving 1M months' sentence for housebreaking and larceny from Aikon county. Admitted May. 1921. Horace Anderson, shot through left arm. Admitt<Hl to penitentiary from Edgefield county, March, 1022, fo be gin ten year sentence for baTik hroak ing. Fred Suggs. shot through right log. Serving six months' sentence from Itichiand county for violation of the prohibition laws. Kntorod penitentiary February, 1022. Jack Gregory, shot through right' a I'm, .surface wound. Serving two year sentence for carhreaking and lar cvuy from York county. Admitted to jHMiitontiary September. 1921. Howard S. Clarice, shot through left foot, ankle broken. Sorving life term for murder from More-nee county. Admlttod to penitentiary March, 1014. Twice escaipod and twice recaptured in April. 1010. Albert I/OO, shot in finger of left hand. Serving .six month's sentence from Richland county for assault and HOSPITAL DAY FRIDAY. l*ublie To Visit Hok^UuI Aiid _ (ifl AcqiittlntHl. May 12 has 1h?cu designated u* "Na tional Hospital Pay*' nud wilt be oh served throughout die entire nation. Tho obect of thi?, movement is to give tho public' an opportunity to vl?lt ttio hospitals, meet tho . off t?*ln Is and nur ses, insjKH't tho plants and got better a<H|uaiut<Hl with those who a de voting their lives to tho alleviation of suffering and oaring for tho sick. It is not tho aim of any renl hos pital to make inonoy, hut to help tluw who nro Unfortunate enough to need Midi am institution; therefore, tho more tho (public /trams of tho work and organisations of hospitals the moro thoy wilt be appreciated. 1 loj^pl tal day is not twin# observtsl foy^the purpose of raising funds bait solely to keep tho public informed mm to what its institutions aro trying t<> <lo, with tho e<w?ppratlon of Its com munities. 1 Governor fooyhT lias been requested to issue a statenmrd declaring May 12 as 41 day ?l??voted. to hospital* throughout tho stole, to la? observed in oftoh town or city as arranged for hy tho local committee. A similar r< v quest has l>een made to tho mayors of tho various ( titles in wliioh hospi tals an* located. Sniper in torn! out s of nil institutions have been urged to open their. doors on I'YKlay, May 12, hu<1 Invito, the puhflic to inspect their plants from top to bottom, explaining all the dot-ails as to how putionts are eared for. what it costs mid results oh taiiusl for tho patients. As t lie churches and hospitals are closely , affiliate! if is hoped that church people will take an active part iu,<;*rf?i>icut Jng Hospital day by having eomnjlffeos from their various cliurch organizations visit tbo boftpltals May 12. As students for the hospital train ing schools are recruited from high schools, a special Invitation is extend ed to the high schodl girls to visit both the hospitals and nurses homca, tiius giving them a splendid ofiportunity to select a school in ?wbi<vh fo enter train ing if they so desire. i i " battery with intent to kill. Entered penitentiary January, 15)22. - . J T Daugherty, hit si* times with scattering small shot, all surface wounds. Serving five y^ar sentence ( for highway robbery from Kershaw county. Admitted to jwvnitentlury March,/ 1021. (Continued on last page.) ATTENTION, PUBLIC SPIRITED CAMDEN! On Monday, May I 5th, until Wednesday night, May I 7th, there will be circulated among our citizens several petitions, (all similar) for the purpose of having City Council call an election on street paving. These petitions call for a bond issue of "$200,000.00 though it is not intended to spend this amount just now, only such part, less the abutting property owners share as will come within our present tax levy, (20 mills.) This means NO INCREASE ... . . /~\ in taxes; certainly not until a larger program of paving is undertaken than is now intended, which will mean that an extension of our present project will not take place until next spring after which the advantages of this present move ' O will have been seen. Your representative body of business men favor our action, they believe we have our town's interest at heart as a whole, they have expressed their confidence in us, they believe us to be business men like themselves; then may we not ask YOUR assistance in calling an election to bring about improvements which Camden deserves. RESPECTFULLY, THE CAMDEN CITY COUNCIL.