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~ k The Camden Chronicle e~ h \rr\ | ? <Mr YYY f \7 ? ?? ' ' ' ' VOLUME XXXIV. . ??tNnk| 1 1 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1922. NUMBER 15. dbowned in the watekkk (ireenvllle Engineer lx>si lAW \yi?en Boat Sprang a !*?#. - ?> jy doplo?1*1" gjceifont occurred m the Watereo river \*dt Thursday aft ernoon about 3:80 o'clock in which WWliain 01 Garrett, a young civil en jjlncoi' lost liis life.. The accident happened when u party i? ? bateau, making a survey of the route for the proi>osed tower line from Wateree to Gainden was attempting t<? reach an island a few miles south of the iwwor dam, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Steve l'erry ami a negro, boat mn n were . ,in the party. All of the occupants knew that the boat was leaking but tho.v thought they oouW make it across the short distance safely, hnt when they reached the swift current of the liver the boat rapidly filled up Un(i went down. Mr. Garrett at tempted to go toward the island but was seen to go down and never came up. Mr. Perry, who could not swim, kept his nerve and clung to the sun ken boat, floating the river for a dis tance of more than four miles until lie could gradp an overhanging limb ami pull himself to safety. The ne gro made his way to the bank and was also saved. The alarm was immedi ately given and parties began a search, i he Power plant was shut down in order that the search could be made, but It was not until late Saturday aft ernoon that the body was -found lodged against a raft nearly four miles from where it went down. It was found by Mr. It. S. Fowler, a cousin of the .load man. and also a member of the surveying party, but who was not In the boat when it went down. Parties from Camden and citizens nearby where the accident happened C;ept up a search all nfght Thursday night and the following day and night. A wire net was stretched across the river with the hope of catching the t.cwly when it arose, but whenfound It had sone beyond the wire. Mr. Garret was 31 years of age, a native of Travelers Rest, in Greenville county, and was the only son of Mr. and Mtp. W. P. Garrett, of that place, lie is also survived by one sister, Mrs. ( has. D. Partcer, of Greenville. Mr. <iarrett had full charge of the crew working here and was considered an excellent muu in his line. He took a course in engineering in Clemson Col lege. and later saw service in the World War in the .engineers corps be ing a member of the Rainbow Division. He was wounded and gassed while in active fighting and It is thought by Ms friends that It was weakness from these wounds that caued him to give '?nt in the swift current as ho was ?knrtwu to be a good fftvimmer. The body Was badly decomposed, but was prepared for burial by Mc. C. W. Kvsm* and left here Sunday morning ever the Southern railway for Fair view church in Greenville county Micro the funeral was hold on Monday. Tin* hody was acc'omiNUiied by an niich' of the dead man, also his partner in business, Mr. 1)111, and his. cousin, R. S. Fowler, and brother- in-law. Mr. nm*. I). Parker. What makes the tragedy doubly sad v.a< the fact that friends of the young man state that lie was to have been married in Sept ember to a young lady ? 'Irrenville county. Services at Catholic Church. ? 'ii Sunday, July lflth, the services nt rho Catholic church will lie as fol lows: Feast of Our Lady of Mount < anne]; mass at. 11 a. m. Sermon on ?M*d's infinite compassion. Special for the occasion. All are cor i;i?ly invited. I^ast Call For Signers. ?<o siKvossful was tho recent drive ? f tho organized tdbaoco - growers trough South Carolina that officials "t tho association have now announced tho closing of tholr Membership Cam paign for July 31st. During the fuw days that remain ? r? which t<^Micco growers can sign tho ?ntract, a last whirlwind drive will a? h J.~> marketing towns of the South Carolina belt with another series of ? = * meetings which start Monday, *'i!y 17th. Dr J Y Joynor, Vice Prosfdent of c AssoHn t ion. Senator J A Brown, ' -rector r.f tho Ajrao'Mntion, John r.f the Kentucky Burloy Pool, 1' 1 1 111 and E T Bondurant of Vir -??? will hn nmong the speakers. M-otings will be held at: T>ako City. ' Tianta, CSadea, Cowards, Greelyvllle, hnsonvINe, Hemingway, Andrews, r-rnmonsville, I^imar, Pamlico, Marion, W'dlins, Nichols. Conway,- LoriA, I^frke ^ "w, Fairmont, Whlferllle, Dillon and J nmberton. : ? ? ? ? : ? " " TIME KXTKNDKI). For Kxsay Contest Imiugur.tted By \ni( ri? an legion The national essay yonlcsl^of Un American legion which will award $1,500 in cash prizes to hoys upd girls has been extended until 'October > Ml k>n the urgent request of state and county superintendents und eonnni#. (doners of education throughout tin* United States, The n?w date will allow children of the United States and its* (possessions to f>a rtlei/pote after the schools open In ?Sivpteinher. giving the teachers an op portunity to present the subject, "How the American Ix'glon Can Best Serve the Nation." , Meanwhile scores of letters have been received thy Mr. Garland W. Powell, as sistant national director, at national headquarters of the American Legion In Indianapolis, from state school of* flclals telling of unanimous cooperation In nearly every state, educational of ficials are urging that boys and girls be interested in writipg this essay as vacation activity. A circular to county superintendents issued by Mrs. Jose phine Oorlisse Preston, superintendent of public instruction, Olynipia, Wash ington, eniphaslzing the vacation ad vantage of the contest, Is one of many. The cash prizes, divided into $750 for the first, $500 for the swoiul. and $250 for the third, are to be used to wnrd scholarships in colleges des ignated by the winners. In each state there will be n first prize silver medal for the t>ey t cssa y in that state, and a bronze medal for the second best. Oth er prizes to be announced later will b<> awarded. All girls and boys between the age* of 12 and 18 inclusive are eligible to enter the contest, regardless of wheth er they are ?school attendants. The es say must not be more than COO words in length. Age of writer will be given due consideration. | The essay must be received at a plaee designated by the county super intendent of schools not later than mid night of October 0, 1022. The winning 1 essays of the county will toeforwarded to the state department American chairman of the American Legion not later than October 20, The winners of tjie state group then are to be forward ed to the National American Director of the American Legion at Indinapolls where the first, second and third na tional winners will be chosen. Cylnder Grinding Machine. Mr. W. O. Hay. of Hay's Garage, on South Broad street, has reccdved the cylinder grinding machine ordered by him several weeks ago, and now has it [ In o])eatlon. This machine will rogrlnd many makes of cylinders and is the sfrst one to be installed in Camden. Heretofore, this class of work, amount ing to several hundredd dollars an nually, has been sent to .other towns, and it is Mr. Hay's desire to keep this money at home. He has competent mechanics to operate it and he will at least save freight charges on work that formely went to other pl?e?>*. Hurt In Accident. Rev. T. A. Pabney. of Kershaw, Route 3, and son, C. C. Pabney. mer chant of Brooklyn, this city .went to Florence Wednesday in answer to a wire that a son- of Mr. Pabney had been seriously injured in the railroad shops in that city. They made tibe run in automobile in about three and a half hours, and found upon their ar rival that the young man. though badly hurt, had a fighting chance for life. They returned to l^ancaster yes terday afternoon about 7 . o clock Lancaster News, June 30. It's Getting to Be Tragic. "Did Mr. Jagaby ?tell any funny sto ries at the banquet? "Ho tried to tell n joke al>out prohi bition." "Well?" "But finally he choked with emo tion. ?eiz<*d n glass of water, gulped it down, and hurst info tears.'' Annual Clearance Sale. Mr. Sam Kar<?sh, manager of the Fashion Shop, ?i*vin lizlng in la<lies ready to wear wfll leave soon for the Northern markets to buy his fall and winter goods. The Fashion Shop has a page advertisement in today's Chron icle announcing thoir annual clearance sale. They make it a rule to r-lose out all goods at a reduced prion nt the end of every season. Thry nr^ offfr lng their stock to the ladies of Cam den nnrt Kershaw county and it will f>ay yon to rc*d their advertisement on' tho last page of The ChromcTe tod ay. The sale commeTtcea today and lasts /or ten day*. RAIN < Vl'SKS GREAT LOSS. Insurant*!' tympanies Hard 1IU It.v Fourth of July Downpour*. Ne\v York, July O. ? ftnm iH*u?a?u'o that guarantees fair weather for base IkUI clubs, hotels, hot dog venders, golf players and vacationists, got an awful wallop throughout tho month ol9 June ant) evon worse blow during the i*ro longcd week-end which many stretched over four day* to celebrate the Fourth of July. Tho four companies engaged In Oil* business, which has been growing rapidly hi tho I'nlbsl States for the last eighteen months, paid out more than $500,000 to policy holders pro-' tpcted against bad weather over tho Independence Day, brokers intimated today. Yet, they all feel that the June rains were good advertising, stimulat ing Interest In their field. On Sunday, July 2, the government charts reveal almost every square mile of land within 200 miles of the Atlan tic coast, from Florida to Maine was rained upon. '!%? entire gulf coast country was sprinkled and considerable parts of east Texas. Arkansas, Ken tucky, southern Indiana, Ohio and mid dle Pennsylvania received a wetting^ The Fourth of July was almost as l>ad. Draw a snaky Hue from the le vees at New Orleans to the rock ribbed coast of Maine and look at the map. It rained July 4 on all the country east of that line. Baseball was i>ostj>oned. flxxxple* who would have visited resorts abandoned their plans, open air amuse ments were drenched and umbrella dealers were the only ones who had a kind word for the weather man. The big hotels on the board walk at Atlantic City had nearly all taken out rain insurance for the holiday period. Concessions along the boach were sim ilarly protected. The hotels, as a rule, Insured themselves of receiving gross receipts of a certain amount, and ?where these fell below the estimates, the Insurance policy covered the dif ference/ The Giants, at the Polo Grounds, had a $30,000 policy last Tuesday. There were only three days of June in New York when the weather wa? fair. The rest of the month it was either raining or threatening. The precipitation, amounting to 7.86 inches, was the heaviest that has fal len In .Tune since the weather bureau got In the habit of keeping reeords here and that was fifty-one years ago: Dusting Demonstration and H?g Sale. Clcmson College, July 8. ? Clemson College has scheduled a double-header for farmers here on Wednesday, July 12. in the form of a demons rat Ion dusting cotton with calcium arsenate in the morning at 11 o'clock, and a hog sale in the afternoon at 1 o'clock. The dusting demonstration, which is being put on by the Extension Ser vice, will <)h? conducted by Prof. A. F. Conradl. Entomologist, and will show the use of several kinds of dusting machines. While it will bo made in the day time, the dusting demonstra tion will show the methods of n-pi di lation. The entire matter of poisoning by dusting is still largely e*i>oriraenfa). and Clemson College is conducting this year very definite tests, Jn which the public interest is of course very great. The Animal Hu.slwuidry Division is to have its second hog sale at 1 o'clock on "Wednesday, July 12, when 35 bred sows, gilts and pigs will lx> offered. Some of these are Duroc Jerseys and some Poland Chinas, nil puro/breds of good breeding. Farmers who need hogs of these breeds have in this sale a good opportunity to g?*t good stock which will doubtless <;o nt low figure*. TO MEKT AT liSUAH Sunday School Con volition To Be Held Saturday, July 29th. Thf Is' i^haw -County Sunday Sehool Convention will DHH'i oil Saturday. July 20th. with Pisguh Baptist church, 10 mife* Ik'Iow Camden on the Black River i:6iu3. Tho following progtam will ho carried out: 10:00 a. in.? Praise Service con ducted h.v jpastor. 10 :ftO a. ro- -Roll C^ill of All Sun daV ?Schools Rwordllig delegate* and } visitors. 10:4ft a. n?'.-**Address of Welcome |>y Miss Ixiis Elmore. Response bj M\ B. Cuntor. 11 :(K? a. m.-? Ehvtipn <vf ( ?fflcers. 11 :ir> a. w.? Work of Convention during past year -by L. N. Catoe. Clerk. Enlargement and scojMa of work for a not ho r yoar by tho President. 11:30 a. in. ? Value of H|ieolal days work of our iKvjrdx and reports from ou r orphan a go ? I 1 oxp 1 < a 1 ? Kd uea t io n? Ministerial Relief. Is it, (tho wholo ?work) emphasized in our K S.? I>is cussed by all Superintendents present. 12:00 in. ? Address S. S. Work ? S. B. Hatfield. 12 :4~? a. m.- ? Adjourn for luiuii. 2:00 p. m.? Scoj>e of our Elementary Work ? Mfss Elizabeth NuckoR 2:30 p. m.? Evangelism by pastors .present. 3 :1ft p. m.? -The Teacher? M. II. Oiiot^r. 3:30 p. m.? Tlio Attitude of Parents! towards the Sunday -School ? S. P. Hatfield. 4:0^) p."m.? M I seel I a neons Business. j Adjourn. SUNDAY. JULY 30. 10:00 a. in. ? Regular Exercises. les son for all classes. 11 :00 a. m. ? Address Rev. Ernest Kollb. 11 :4ft a. ni. ? Address, ^Hss Eliza-, beth Nuckols. 12:00 in. ? Closing Exercises. J. P. DENDY, for Committee. Money For Schools. A. A. Rlchftdson, ohief game warden, announced Tuesday that he had for warded vouchers for $47,ft0G.20 to va rious county treasurers. The vouchers cover the amounts earned hy the state game department over and above the upkeep of the department and the pay ments made for law enforcement in the counties throughout the state and are to be used for school purposes. Of the above amount Kershaw Coun ty will receive $1,005.30. Revival at Antioch. A revival mooting will begin jit An tioch the fourth Sunday iu July. The Itev. I^ockee, tho Indian evangelist, will conduct the services. The preachers of this association ore especially invited to come. I^et everybody in reach come ; to old Antioch to these meetings. W. D. WILLIAMS, Pastor. Death Sentence For Boyd Stayed. Bradford Boyd, 17 year old negro, under sentence of death breathed a sigh of relief yes toil ay morning when he was told tliat his execution had been stay<yl by a notice of appeal to the supreme court. Attorneys repre senting the negro served notice on Clarence Ilinnant, clerk of court of Richland county, and the death sen tence was automatically suspended. Boyd was tried ami convicted at the recent session of criminal court of a charge of attempted criminal assault upon the person of a nine yeaT old white girl in the uj?per portion of Rk'hland county and Judge Town-send sentenced the negro to die in the elec tric chair Thursday, July 20. Attor neys made a motion for a n?*w trial before Judge Towns?*nd. but it was re fused. ? Wednesday's State. ENROLL FOR THE PRIMARY Citizens of South Carolina should enroll in their townsbiip club or ward club in order to participate in the primary election next Au gust. The books for enrollment are now open and will remnin so until the last Tuesday in July. According to the rules of the Democratic party of South Carolina the qualifications for membership in any club of the i?arTy in the ntate and for voting at at primary election are as follows: "The applicant for membership, or vster, shall be 21 years of age, or styill become so before the sucoeedinK general election and t>e a white. Democrat. He shall be a citizen of the United Stat#* and of this state. No person shaTl belong to any club or vote In any primary un ices he has resided In the state two years and In the county six months prior to the succeeding general election and In the club district 60 days prior to the first primary following his offer to enroll: Provided, That public school teachers nnd ministers of the gospel in charge of a regular organized eburch shall be exempt from the prnvi<nnn* of tbN -op tion as to residence, if otherwise fpialified." The hooks of registration for the CVimden club ar^ now at The CHirordoJe office, where gome one will be present at all times to assist in placing the names on the Club rolls. The women are especially urg ed to come in and enroll for It is a moral obligation that she owes and is not a question of preference, but a bounden duty for her to be able to caAt her vote. A jcrzr.g la dy will be In The Chronicle office to a wrist the ladles In plAcJng their names on the rolL Don't delay, but come In now as the books will <io*e on the last Tuesday In July. KERSHAW NEWS NOTES, Interesting Happenings A* Toltl Hy The Era of That Place. Mks W'ihucr Howers. daughter ?>f M yt 1 1 1. 1 Mw; W III io -powers of. I !??? Kill*! Pidge WWilotR nti'l ^Tf\X 1 ,i!' ton. of Kershaw. wore ?>?? rrJol at FJiv? Hldgo Sa I i),rdu y night.' The ceremony was performed by Rev, T. A, Du^mey They will make their homo in K^r* -?haw. 'I', M, 1 1 uuuicut , who llvrs oil Route .?, exhibited hi the Era office last week fourteen ra 1 tit** ami a button taken from a rattlesnake which ho killed Tuesday. of la week. The snake measured t 1 2 feet. Mr. Hunnl, (?Ut Kill's that this Is the ninth rattler bo bus killeil in a year John I.. Hell. of Heath Spring*, died Sunday morning about 0 o'clock, at tho home of his daughter, Mrs. P. K. Sunnier, ut ltoi-k Hill and his re mains were brought to lloath Springs for burial on Monday in Salem eemo tory. The funeral services wore conducted by Rev. Samuel Long, of Heath Springs, and I)r.. (Jrogg, pastor of the First Presbyteriun church ut' Rock Ilill. Mr. Bell would have been TTyears of u?o had he lived until the 13th Inst. He was a Confederate vet eran and\wa? Hlno-^oonslstont mem her of tho Heath Springs Paptist cburHi. \ Dr. W. "(^.McDowell left Monday for Atlanta, <?a.. to join the party of South . Carolina dentists who were leaving to attend the meeting of the National Dental Association tit l*o.s Angole*, California. They will take many side trips and will l>e away about four weeks. W. It. Threat t and his sister, Mrs. I /u!a Plyler. attended the eelobration of the ninety-first birthday of their father. Mile* Threat t. at Jefferson Tuesday of last week. One of the at tendants at the gathering was a sN ter of Mr. Miles Threatt. Mr if Jane Knight, of Cheraw, who is R.*l years of nge. Magistrate A. L. Cook re<'ei ved In formation Monday that a still was in operation in the Lor<khart section. Being unable to go along. Mr. Cook phoned to Sheriff <* rover O. Welsh, at Camden, to come to Kershaw and go with Constable Jones to make the raid. Sheriff Welsh and Deputy Mo I*?od came and the officers raided the still, which was located at the head of the McLean branch in the I>ookhart section. It was made of ? canning outfit, part of which was at the still and the other part at the home of John Biuret t, who lives on the Price old place. There was fire and other evidence- at the still that it had been running that morning, l>,ut the liquors and mash had l>oen removed. Magistrate Cook stated that Barrett would give bond for his appearance I t court in Camden. ! . ENROLLMENT DAY For Women of State is Set For Sat urday, July 15th. <?roonwoo<l, July 10. ? Saturday, July irs. has boon set a si do as "enroll ment day'' for the women of South Carolina who bavo not yot placed their nnmo* on tho Doinoorat.io club rolls, according to a statement by Mrs. Annlo fJainos Williams, st-ate president of flio South Carolina League of Women Voters. Tho day ?will bo ? Ob served throughout tho state, Mrs. Wil- ? liams says, and efforts will bo mado to liavo every eligible woman qualify to voto In tho primaries. In many places automobiles will I m* at tho eomtnand of committees who will <<H" that all women who <lo not bavo a way to roach tho enrolling plaoes, will luivo an ^*portunity to en roll. Whether womon <?f South Carolina wanto<l tho ballot or not, thoy now havoo tho privilege of voting and it is their patriotic duty to exerclso this right. Mrs. Williams declares She said that she sincerely hoped that every won tan eligible t?> voto would qualify lo cast a ballot in the pri ma r I o*. Ire Cream Festival. Then* will l)o an i co rroam f?? Li vn 1 hnhl nr IlngoM, on Krl'Lnj*, Jnl y 11th. 8 1 0 oYlock. Th i festival will I>e piven f..r t }>o Kiwfir of (ho Kpisro^ml chur* h. of Ifiitrow] Hathinc prriviloeos at I 'ink in? Mi!!. I^?w Enforrement I>e;i?ue to MM. Tho I-aw Knf-iivement I/\acnio will meot at Reaver Dam churvh on July 17, at 3 o>kx*k. Her. W. IT. Hodges will tl*? apooirtl sj>eaker at this meet* Imr. lilies are o?r*vially urged to attend. 1I AUR1S0N UKTS NKW TRIAL Court Says .fudge Momlngfr's Ctiarge Contained a Threat. IhVlurliiK Jud|0 Meininger's state moots to tin* jury t<? Have Ijeen a throat to invade the secrecy of the Jiu'V fiYttRT and "drwtrttt+t+v*- . to the right of trial h.v Jury," the supreme mart of South Carolina in an oplnlou filial Oiqiy Thursday afternoon grant ed a now trial to Tom Harrison. eon v beted of manslaughter for tin* killing of his w I fe, Mrs. Gertrude tt<*blnsoo Harrison, and sentenced to 15 years Imprisonment. Mrs. Harrison was fatally wounded by Hai'rlson at t<helr home on Fas; Washington street. Greenville, S. C., on Iho night of December 10. I02O. ami died nt the city hosrpital a few days afterward. Several other per sons wove at the house at the time of the shooting. including Mr. and Mrs. Monk Young. Harrison was placed on trial, charged with the murder of his wife, on August 20, 1021. The defense pleaded that the ?shot that killed Mrs, Harrison struck her accidentally while Hnrrlsdn was firing at Monk Young, who. Harrison claimed, was attacking his wife. The jury deliberated 18 hours lie fore reaching a verdiet, and it was during the last few hours of their de Uboratlon that Judge Momlngei s statements were made, wlihfli form the basis of the supreme court's rever sal of the case. The next term of the court of gen eral sessions for Greenville county does not open until the fourth Monday in August, h ad it is not yet known whether or not an attempt will he made to bring the case up for Its sec ond trial at that time. GETS FEDERAL AID FOR ROADS. Fifteen Thousand Dollars To Be Spent on Sumter? Camden Road. Mr. J. Y. Young, chairman of the Kershaw County board of commission ers, accon1i>anied by Meefirs. J. W. Oan tey, of Boykln, (Mr. 11. G. Sanders, sec retary of the chamber of commerce, and county engineer J. D. Gregory, ap ]>e*red l>efore the Highway Commis sion on Tuesday in the interest of the roads of Kershaw CVnmty, and suc ceeded in <Vbtal?ing $15,000 Federal aid to bo spent upon the Camdeen-Sumter Kershaw road. , A total <* $K?,(K)0 Jn Federal aid was to bo. given out In six eountles and the delegation from this county feels fortunate In the amount they received. Greenville county sent a large delega tion in the interests of their county and they Lead the list with an ullott meut of $75,000. The money obtained by Kershaw county will be spent? on what i* known by the commission 'as Federal Aid Project No. 20. and ex tends from the Sumter county line near Roykln to Camden. When this road is completed and Sumter county com pletes her road to the coimty line it will give a continuous good roadway from the lower Tec Pee section on through Camden by way of Lancaster to the North Carolina line. While Kershaw County has been spending a great deal of moaey on her roadways, it will soon have excel lent roads leading over the main high ways in every direction. Three main highways i?ass through Camden and there is more travel over them than probably any other roads in the state, and the people not only of this county but of the whole state will note with interest and (pleasure the remarkable progress we have made in the Inst fmv years. The Camden Moral Company. Mr! William J,, fin odale, manager of the T^aurons Street f;roenhou<e, ha* incorporated The <"!bj melon Flora 1 Com pany to fake over and conduct t he present business on an enlarged scale. Mr. (ioodalc i -< to t??> president of the new company, which is Incorporated under South < 'u rolina laws. The bus iness 's to undergo many improve ment.?. the <';jtf?aciiy <*f the plant to i?e Increased immediately fifty per font. The greenhouses have been en tirely n^focked with the t>est plants obtainable., among them being some two thousand ro?e?. Ri>?o.?al attention will also tie paid to the growing of nir. nations, sweet 7>eas. violet* and ca?ter lilies. The plans of Mr. flood ale con template hot h a retail ami wholesale business. Hi' will l?e in position to gl v?> first (Ihrs flow??r* and firs!. <?ki*w service to the Oamden trado ot all times. The wholesale end is to be largely developed looking forward to still further enla rgementu along plans that will make The Camden Floral Company among the leading business concerns of Camden.