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BE SURE TO ATTEND THE GRAND PICNIC IN CAMDEN TUESDAY, JULY FOURTH Enroll Now For the Primary Enroll Now For the Primary NUMBER 13 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1922 VOLUME XXXIV TIIK NKWN AT It LANKY _______ Interfiling I Inns From Our West Wateree Neighbor. Bianey, s. O., Juno U8.? -Considering the unfavorable season, crops are look, iug fairly good, in this vicifcity. Our farmers arc putting up a stiff fight against the wcorll, and, as i? always the <?se where sympathetic effort is ,put forth, they are making some uro gross. Tlie situation Is far from no.v, rnal, however, and our farmers need and should have the helpful coopgftK Hun of all clas-stn* in those critical times. 'Hie cotton crops of Mr. John Hin doo and others, In the Pine drove .ter tian, are the best that we have s :-?eu thus far. Mrs. J. T. Hoss is recover'^ from a short period of sickness. Mrs. Rufus Ross has returned home after a brlof visit to her parents in Southern Pines, N. C. Little Miss Beatrice Sovearlngen has returned to her home in Southern Pines, N. C. after a deligiJ.il visit, to her sister, Mrs. Rufus Ross. We miss this esteeuiable little lady lrom our community and hope to l)o favored with another visit from her In the near future. Under the auspices of Messrs. Wal ter Rose, John Kirk land and Ilalley Jeffries quite a number of the "big boys" enjoyed a most excellent fish fry at the river last Thursday. A jroOd catrh which included a twenty five ]>ound turtle, was made, and every body bad a great time. If it Is true that "the way to a man's heart Is through his stomach" then brother liose certainly has the loyal friendship of a large number of his fellows, for lie is a past master in the n rt of. cook ing catfish stew. Mr. S. H. Ross was a business visi* tor to Coliynbia Monday. Mrs. Talmndge Rowen paid a shop ping visit in <\>lumbia Tuesday. Mr, C. M. Babb. Jr.. of Laurens Is \isiting bis sister, Mrs. A. 0. Rose. Dr. IL 10. Vaughn and family spent the last weok end iji Muiiroe. N. f\. with Mrs. Vaughn's father. Mr. W. M. Burns, of At!ant;i, Ga., Is \*'isitiiitf hi* daughter. Mrs, Ofiggs by. Mrs. (lillyjiriJ. Rose i< visiting In <;ienn Springs. ? Mr. and Mrs. A. (\ Rose spent tin* l:?*t week end in I.nurens with Mrs. Rose's father. J. T. Itfvso. of Columbia. "i-j visitina the home of A. I\. Rose. Mrs. Kllerbe Ross, of New lirnoklanrt i< visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. I). Eva ns. Mr. Gooree Onslow, of Darlinglon. vpent Monday in Rlaney. Mr. Willis Ross is in Columbia fin-, Khing a business course at Dra uurhon's < oil ego. Mrs. Ttoykin Rose has returned from ;i visit to her parent* in Hartsville. Miss Allie Rose is visit inc relatives i:i Hamlet. X. C. ?I. IV Shiver and family visitetl in Lee eounty Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Watson, of Orangeburg are visitors at the home "f Mrs. E. M. Flaherty. Messrs. .T. T. Ross and Walter Rose made a business trip fo Oamden Mon dny. Mr. W. K. Rrown, near Nelson's mill pond has a goo<l stand of cotton. Mr. 1-Mitor, you certainly have (in upl to date and progressive city In your home town, hut we Blaneyites have yon skinned on the ? tyumpless smoothness of our main street. If \ou don't believe it ask anybody who has driven over the two streets. Mrs. C. A. Stewart, of Spartanburg, ^pent t.he week end with her sister, Mrs. J. B. Shiver. Miss 'Martha Ray Shiver lias re turned to her home after an extend ed visit in Spartanburg. Mr, and Mrs. P. II. Rawls have re 'urned to their home in Rock Hill after spending several days with Air. and Mrs. IJoykin Rose. Mr. Homer Shiver, of Oamden. spent Sunday with hi* (parents. Mr. and Mr*, j p. Shiver. The infant daughter of Rev. and Mrs. w M Rabon is recovering after a serious illness We rejoi<r with these i?a rents over the turn for the '?etter that lias come about. William Rockefller Dead. Tarrytown, N. T., June 24. ? "William ''?"?krfelier. who, with his older hro ?tier. John P., built up the family mil ? ?ns in the oil Industry, died today "t pneumonia complicated by a recur ?nee of kidney trouble at this country ?"tate overlooking the TTudson river from North Tarrytown. He was eighty r ne years old ?> ' f IIKKK AND TIIERK | Short News Sfortw (<t(heml From All .Sources. ? Mrs. Oe'uind T-a/ar of Hnrnwcll, was painfully Injured Tuesday afternoon at the home of her parents, Mr. und Mr<. Qyiweej Diamond, a few miles from Rami well, when a dynamite ??*? p ex ploded in her l*rf< hand, blowing off part of two fingers and her thumb. It seepi* that she found the cap lu a bu reau drawer and being ignorant of the danger, applied a match to it. She wa<? brought to Barnwell and given niedleal attention. Anderson, .Tunc 22, There were 12 workmen repairing a dam near An <H?rvnn mill who -bad a narrow escape from death today. The trestle of the P. & N. road gOeS over a (part of till* dam. and when the workmen were directly underneath this jmrt of the dam a train passing over lyid one of the ears to jump the track and fall on part of the darn. The holding of the coui>ling for a minute gave the men an opportunity to get out of the way. The <iir was buried in soft mud about 14 feet below the track. ? Enforcement of a new law that re quires automobiles to come to a dead slop within ten feet of a railroad tract? before crossing was commenced throughout Virginia last Saturday. A rentable stood on either. side of the track and arrested the drivers when they failed to stop ln*fore crossing the track and a jus tire of ihe pcju-c tried them on the scene. Xo other warning than a sign. '"Danger ? Stop." near the track was posrted to remind the mo torist of a new law, which requires every person driving any vehicle on the public highways, on approaching a strain railway crossing thereover, and making il a misdemeanor for fail ure to do so. Spartanburg, .Tunc 10. Miss Ilettie Car toe shot herself about noon today, dying a few hours later at the Genera] hospital.' The shooting took place tn her room at the home of her mother, Mrs. Em maCar too, 205 Elford terrace. Members of the family heard the pis tol shot and went into the room to find Miss ('a rice lying across her bed with a pistol shot through her body. The ball entered just about the left breast and passed entirely through the body. She was rushed to the General hospi tal. ? where "she died about 4 o'clock this afternoon, and it is not known wlntyier Ihe shooting was intentional or was an accident. "The young wo man was apparently in good health and spirits ibis yiorning. Sanford. Fla.. TTune 13. Mrs. Nor ma u Swniisoii. 22. who shot and killed her father, George McDougall, here on Saturday, was exonerated yesterday after a preliminary bearing. Housed (o indignation over action of tin* rnited Confederate * ternns who. at ilio closing session of their convention at Richmond. Va.t adopt cil u resolution charging tlnit Abra ham Lincoln, "personally and deliber ately fpreed f )i?? wtir of socewiion." veterans of Syracuse. X. Y., members of Hoot post. 151. (i. A. R.. braved a storm last Thursday night' to attend n meeting < ?f the post to protest agwinst ''slandering the name of the great emancipator." Tlie following reso lution was adopted: "Whereas nt a session of the United Conf?ylerate Vet erans heJd at Richmond, Va.. on Jnno 21, 1022, a resolution was adopted charging Abraham Lincoln with be ing responsible for forcing the confed erate war upon the South, therefore l>e it resolved that Root post $o. 151, deipart/mout of New York, 0. A. R., prt n ounce this statement to be unqualt* fiedly false in every respect and that the use of such statements in the text books uf the South would l>e disloyal and treasonable." fJaffney, June 20: Officers Scruggs and Allison acting ou information which they had received, visited the home of Z. V. rpchureh yesterday and seized one ami one-half gallon* of whiskey, near the house, and found a distilling outfit hidden in a thicket about 100 yards from the hou^e, and a furnace where whiskey had l>eon made nearby. They also destroyed a quantity of l??-er whi?-h wa? ready for distilling T"tf*'hnrrh was arresfod and brought to fiaffney. where he was required to enter into a bond in the Mim of $7.V) for li i ?= npi^.-iranoo at the next term of->the eonrt of peneral ses sions which ill vonvene In Caffn?\7 JuTy 10. The offierrs nl?o found in the same neighborhood two other dis tilleries whifh they destroyed, one of them being near the. house of Alfred Davis. These capture* were made near the Ninety-nine Islands in Rroad river, where M Is ?nld that whiskey ha* been made for some time. BKADFOKI) BOYD CONVICTED ? _ "v - ? . ; ? . ' Kiclilum) Negro was Captured Hei* Char*eiL wiik ^Criminal AawwW. (Friday's State) Bradford Boyd, 17 year old negro farm hand, wiik con Vie tad yesterday In the criminal V-ourt on u charge of havlug attempted criminal assault up on the person of a ivlne year old whit > girl and Judge Town send name<} Thursday, July 20, as tlic date for the negro to die by electrocution. The al? J leged critne was cpmroUted Wedne* day. June 14 and the negro was cap tured at Camden on the same day. Eight days later he had bceu tried, convicted ami sentenml. The alleged' victim in an epileptic, according to witnesses who took the stand yesterday, and the little girl did not testify. She was put on the stand and Judge Tow use ml asked sev eral questions of her without results. She was asked to tell what she know about God, and If she know what It meant "to tell the truth or a story. The court was not satisfied with the answers and the child was excused. The mother of the alleged victim said she was milking a cow about 100 yards from where the girl was play ing, When she heard the children screaming. The witness ?aid she ran to her daughter and noticed Boyd run ning away. She gave the alarm and ministered to the needs of the child, she said. The mother va Id the girl's body and clothes bore marks of vio lence. She said her daughter had been a n ? epllept ie for* four years. The physician, who attended the girl deserilied her condition and corrobo rated the mother as to the child being an epileptic. A negro., was brought from Cam den to relate the details of an alleged confession made by Boyd while . Tie was behind the bars at 1 ho t point. The negro gave damaging testimony against Boyd after being reminded of the seriousness, of the situation. Boyd took the stand in his own he half and denied any wrongdoing.' lie declared that he was mending a .-plow and wn* trying to take a bolt from the little girl when she screamed, lie said another negro, on (he farm frightened him and caused him to leave the scene. The Jury deliberated a short ' t ini"? and. brought in a verdict of guilty. Boyd stood before the judge and Stared at him while he rend the death sentence. The negro's eyes never blinked and he stood motionless throughout the ordeal: The negro was hurriedly taken away after t lie sentence had .been pronounced. Boyd went on trial at 9:110 o'clock yesterday morning. He was repre sented by J. B. McLaurin and Quitman Marshall, who had been ap pointed to defend the negro. The state objected to two jurors and the defense stood Aside nine. Ten wit nesses testified for the state and one for the defense. . The jury was com posed of J F JVvereaux. K M ^\ti drows, B I) Crenshaw, .T W Doughty. J W Pratt. W T Brooker. Jr., (I F Bowie, E S MLscally, r; J Pooser. J W Yonn ginger. F I) T?wc and J O Pa rker. Will Move Soon. Mr. 1). Shyder, proprietor of the Snyder Store, located on the corner of DeKnlb and Broad streets, has se cured a five year leaRe on the Savage store, formerly oocupied by Biiyngs Brothers, and exjpects to move into this store by the latter part of this week, lie has had the building thoroughly renovated, repainted and a glass front put in, making it a very attractive store building. Billings Brothers have moved to a building on South BroicT street. - rKOKATK COI RT IT1IKLD Judge IVurtfoy, of WalU'rbtiro, ?*???* oii Appeul of Carver Decision. ? ? ' , V The mu iter of I lie apJHdntment of p ooumiitit'o f?u' Eugene IV Carver which was heard last winter by 'Pro bate Judge Mt'PoweU, and which- ^n v(*Iv?mI a very long and laborious In- j ve^tJgHtlon with many intricate que* j tionfc of Jaw came up on tvi*i>oal lM*fore Judge PeurJfo>\ of the circuit court at V^alterboro r<^H>nt ly. The reading of the testimony, some nine hundred pages, consumed the whole of three days ami ran into Uie night of the third day. Tfee fourth day wim de voted i ? ? argument. Judge Peurlfpy sustained all the rul ings of the Probate Judge and affirm ed the 'Probate Judge's decree. In a matter of this difficulty and iiiipor tanee, in a most unusual proved ings, the $ound judgment and discretion of Jmltfc McDowell has rocelved/tt strik ing endorsement. The property value of the estate was more Mum a million dollars. The case was presented by very able lawyers on both sides, the petitioned being rep resented by Kirkland and Klrkland, of Camden and Judge F. H. Chase, of Boston, and the respondent by L. A. Wlttkowsky, of Camden. The following es I ract is taken from' tlje decree of Judge JVurifoy : "Tills proceeding comes up on up- j JR'OI from the Probate l 'on rt of Ker- ' shaw County.- The record is very vol- j ominous and at the hearing before we, ; full time each day, from Wednesday, morning. May 23. until 'J p. m. Satur day, May 'JTtli. including a night sit- j tJng, was devoted to its consideration, i "The evidence is overwhelming and i convincing that the respondent is In j the words of the statute, a lunatic of unsound n^nd. and conclusively shows the necessity of a guardian to conserve his assets and to care for his person. And being satisfied that a Committee and Guardian should be appo^pted for both the person and projierty of! Eugene P. Carver, I affirm 'the order ; of the Probate Court." Death of Mr. Godwin. Mr. 11. II. (iodwin, aged about seven ty y^ars. a longtime resident of the Boykin section, dle<l on Monday, June 10th and was burled the following day J as Pisgah church, the Rev. J. W. Ken- 1 ney offic iating at the funeral. Tie wasj a weTT known and respected citizen of < his commuui'tv and for years had t charge of the mill at Boykin's pond, j IFe is survived by his wife and scv- | oral grown children. * Bond Sale July 14tli The sale of the $100,000 bonds for ' I street paving for Cnmden will be held here on .Friday. July lith. in th-j; morning and in the. afternoon of tli? same day the contract' for doing the work will ho let to bidders. Judgtng from ' the amount of . inquiries receiv ed by Clerk Singleton, n large num ber of bidders on the bonds and the j work will bo here on that day. They | consider tills one of the b'est pieces of construction work let In this Sect lor. in a long while. Mayor Carrison. Aldermen Hough, Ja<*k?on. Williams and ZemjT will go to Columbia tliis afternoon, where they will he shown the different types of |?aving now In u?e in the capital city. They, will be piloted over the city by city engineer Tomlinson and will get first hand information op what they think will be most suitable for our streets. Infant Son Dead. Adolphus Branham. the two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Bran liam. who reside, near DeKalb In this county, died Wednesday night at the Cjimden hospital after a short illne<n The remains of the little fellow were carried to Pine Grove church in West Wateree near the former home of Its parents for burial on Thursday. N ENROLL FOR THE PRIMARY Citizen* of South Carolina should enroll in tlu*ir townshiip < -I ui> or ward club in order to participate in the primary ejection next An gust. The books for enrollment are now open and will remain so until the last Tuesday in July. According to the rule.** of the Democratic jjarty of South Carolina the qualifications for* memliersbip in uny cltif> of th? j*arty in the *tnte and for voting at a primary election are as follows: "The applicant for memt>er>di Ip , or voter, shall l>e lM years of ago, or shall become so before the succeeding general eUx-tion and lx? a white Democrat. He shall be a citizen of the United State and of this ^tate. No person shall ttfdong '<"> any club or vote in any primary un less he has resided in the state two years ami in the county six months }>rior to the stiorveding general election /wid in the club distrirt 00 days prior to the first primary followin g his offer to enroll: Provided. That public school teachers and ministers of the go*?p*H In charge of n regular organized church shall be exempt from the provisions of this soc. tlon ns to residence, if otherwise qualified.*' ' The books of registration for the Camden club are now at The Oironkfle office, where some one will he present at ail times to assist in placing the names on the Club rolK The women are especially urg ed to r-omc in and enroll for it is a moral obligation that she owes and Is not a question of preference, but a bound en duty for her to l>e able to cast her vote. A yoni yj lady will be in The Chronicle office to assist the ladles In plartng their names on the roll l>en*t delay, bnt com* in now as the books trill rio?e on the last Tuesday in July. plantim; of tkkks What flllu'r Sialnt are Doing towariliT Ilea tit ify lug Koails. To Hditor of The Chronicle, Camden, S. O. IH*ai* Hjv: If there Is ^?aec lit your vu'uahle (taper 1 think a reprint <,A tin1 eniflosed elljrplngs, as wo It as the appended lot tor from I lu*- Now York Stale College l,f Forestry. wttulil !>?' of interest to those of your readers who have at heart (ho making of an enduring monument to our soldiers in the world war as seems most avail able In tin1 form of a "KoHd of Rev '4 membrance" to which In the face of many obsWuJos. (lie fundamental one being the obtaining of eonsenl front the property uw norw along the propos ed mute from the Seaboard trauk to lire river bridge. to the perilling of trees on their lands. This, however, we hojK* to overcome In time for fall planting. The letter Mpeakst for it self that we failed to note (lie limit of the offer by Which we. hoped to eMail) the leu dollars for our 1/afay ette tree, hut we will use the photo graph to have picture postals made to he put on sale at the drug no( res, hotels ninl gift shops lit this and ltear I.y town* of the state. Yours very truly, Mrs. David 11. Williams, ('?hair man of the Committee. Albany, N. Y.. Nov. 17.- Two thou sand elm trees will he planted on the road between Syracuse and T'liea early next Spring its the possible beginning of a "road of renteinJiraiier'.'* extending front New York to Huffalo. as a tri bute to New York soldiers who died it- i he World War. Announcement of the plan was made today by Herbert S. Sisson, Highway Commissioner, after a ^inference with Clifford It Pettis. State Forestry .Sup erintendent. ;i ml members of the facul ty of Sy racy so University.. The trees for the first ten miles will be furnished hy the College of Fores try, Syraeii-c University. If the ex periment (proves successful the High way, Commissioner hopes that the work will he eon tinned. Syracuse, .June 3.? -TJi.e New? York Slate College of Forestry. Syracuse University is seeking to learn what are lite most important trees. historically, in lite State. Ten dolNa rs will l?e paid by the col lege to lite person submitting a photograph of the most important 1'isforieal t in the Shite Four prizes of $."> each will be paid to those who submit photographs of tro?;*i that rank second, third, fourth and fifth in 4m<|K>rHHiee. Five prizes of $'J eaeh will be /paid for photographs of the ne$t five ranking trees. Faeh photograph must be accompanied with a brief statement of the events, date* etc.. that have made the t roe in the picture famous. There are many trees in the State of New York noted for their histor ian 1 association. Trees identified with great statesmen and soldiers; trees that have witnessed the pass-, ing of victorious armies; trees thai have been identified with the estab lishment of the principles of our Cov eminent: trees that have Itoen plant ed by men of note or under which some poet hr inventor found inspira tion. Syracuse, N. Y., Juno 1". 1022. Mrs. David Rogerson Williams. Mulberry Plantation, ?Camden, Sontli Carolina. T>car Madam : Your very interest ing favor of June Oth Is received. T ; ftin very sorry indeed that the cedar treo you descril>ed is not eligible for ! prizes In our contest, hut it is out Rid#1 I lie State of Now York. The New York State College of Forestry i< ;i State institution and our. activi ties do not extend into other state/?. The tilings you arc doing in South Carolina are very praiseworthy, espe dally the planting of the Roads of Rememb ranee. I am not surprised to hear that you find many difficulties 11 the way of planting trees along the highway*. We had to overcome hun dreds of obstacles before we were able to start the first planting between Syracuse and T'tica. In faot. the Col lege, In coneetion with the State De partment of Highways worked on the problem more or less energetically four years. \\V? er^ted an attractive monument ami tablet and Aucxieoded In planting seven or eight miles of trees. The work was finished early in May and we are hoping that the State of New* York will appropriate funds for the extension of the Roads of Remem I) ranee throughout the route between New York awl Buffalo. Your Interest and activity in the; I)K. NKTT IMH DKAl). Native ?r riarendon ^Mity Hut lf?tl Recently Made Camden Ills Home. Mi*. I. ' W. Nettles died Monday afternoon at three o'clock at hia rosl? deUOe In (.timdou. Tho hifviuJ p'a?v ill M^nninx Tuesday afternoon at five </i;lock. Hr. Nettles was born lit Summer ville seventy yerfra nj*o, wa? ? graduated from Wofford College in lKTfi and from B a It 1 move College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1885. He guaX-'tlood medi cine in Clarendon county for twenty five yea rs, when lie retired (from active I**ac11re. Me leaves a widow and two sons. William F. Nettles of Camden and Captain Oscar \V, vNettles, of the niedtqal department of the United . State* Army, who Is now stationed at ("iovernor'w Island, N. Y. His oldest son. Jetton I/. Nettle^ died eight years ago, whose widow now resides in Har vlu, S. C. He nlso leaver n brother. Rev. S. A Nettles, Of the North Caro lina Conference and a Ulster. Mrs. 10. C. A I sh rook, principal of the Manning Collegiate Institute, lie was a son of the late ltev. Abraham Nettles, who for fifty-five years was a member of the South Carolina Conference. T>r. Nettles was a mouther of the Methodist thuivh and a Maspn. Tie was a man of strong abilities and of pure and noble character. T. >1. Beat tie Dead. Me Bee. .Tune !<!,?- T. M. Beat tie died nl his home here Tinssday night about midnight Although Mr. Beat tie had been in ill heal Hi for several months, bis death <111140 as n distinct shook t<> bis friends. Mr. Beattic was a promi nent and most estimable citizen and I. is death has cau<*ed much grief to a wide circle of friends. He was an ac tive and faithful member of (lie McBoe Methodist ehnrcl^ Funeral services wefe field Thurs day morning at 10 :.'!<? o'clock. conduct ed by his pastor, the Rev. B. Ri Tuck er. assisted by the Rev. Mr. Hudson oi" Paioplbo. Interment took place at McBee cemetery where the impres sive Masonic ceremony was used. His slv nephews. Dawson Beat tie, l>v. \V. F. Williams, Clyburn, 1^1 in. FruiMiL and Ward Williams noted as I all-hen rers. The f',oral offerings were many and [beautiful which attested the bigs es , teem iii which lie was held. Mr. Brit tle is survived f ?.v a wife and fivo children. also ? '? iw ? brother, J. A. Meat tie of Camden and two sisters. Mrs. C. I?. Magili of Goldrfioro, N. C. ami Mrs. A. It. McRI'haney ? of Rock Hill. pk<m;k.\m for tiik fourth Celebration To He Held on Hampton Turk Id Camden. Following js the program to bo ot? ?orved in Camden on Tuesday, July 411). at (he* celebration and irlenlc to bo hob I on Hampton Park: 0 :30 a. m. ? Have ball gamo. Wntorfe Mills vs. Harfsrillo. 11 a. ra. ? Military par a do. 12 M. ? 'Address of -welcome by Mayor If. (J. Carrison, Jr. 12:05 p. in. ? Introduction by II. K. IlailHt. President of Chamber of Com merce. 12:10 p. in. Address by Hon M. T,. Smith. * 1 p. m. ? -Dinner, .1:30 p. m. ? Base 'ball gatno, Wateree Mills vs. TIartsviHe. 5 p. in. ? Competitive drills and mi peiivorx. base lwil park. 8 p. m. ? lland and I eonoert. Hampton Park. Admission to base Mill park, Ohild dicn ii txlor 1." yoar?. 10? ? : ladies, 25o ; men Lemonade w HI !>?? fnrnMied free 'at Hampton Park A Surprise Marriage. Former State senator Ceorgo W. Mnseley and Mrs. Margaret Henrietta Norris took their friends by surprise lust Wednesday. June 21st, and were quietly married in this eity by Pro bate Judge W. I,. MeT>oweLl. both are well known and highly esteemed oiti ens of this county and their many friends will join In congratulations and very bo<sf wishes. planting of tree<? is eertaiuly most com mend able and T regret very much that the treo flewribed In your letter can n?.t l>o oon?Mered. I have had the pleasure of being Tti < '? in don and I am wondering if Mul berry Ilantation is one of those at tractive ?*potj? such as I aaw at Mag nolia hardens near Siifhmcryille. Yours wry truly,, O. A. WHIPPLE, Department of Fore*t Extension.