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VOLUME XXXIV,
NUMBER 16
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1&22
THK meeting at mshopvillk
State Camimlfu Party Addressed V??
ters of Lee County Tuesday.
A Chronicle representative attended
the meeting of the >StMe Campaign
imrty iu BVsfcopvllIe Tuesday where
the speaking was held iu the park
near the Woodward mouuiueut. We
did not got there early ejuough to bear
oil of the speakers, t>ut we are giving
4*1 o\v the report of the meeting in so
far as the candidates for governor
were concerned as furnished to' the
*' News and Courier by W. J. Carina ok,
their special representative:
One of the largest crowds of the
campaign and t>y far one of the most
demonstrative (greeted the candidates
for (governor and State offices here
the home of Thomas (J. McLeod, today.
There were' approximately 1,000 per
tons present, a large number of whom
were women, who took a deep Interest
in the discussions. The temper of the
crowd reacted on the speakers causing
them to put more ginger Into their
pleas than yesterday in the 'insuffera
ble heat. ?
As tills wae the home of Mr. AfcLeod
tie was tendered an ovation but (his,
two closest opponente, <3eorge K. L?
ney and Cole Ij. .HI en so, likewise were
c the recipients of much applause.
Flowers were given 'Mr. MeLeod and
Mrs. Bessie Rogers Drake.
Senator CeorgevK. Laney, the first
speaker foraGovernor here today, cau
tioned the people that if<.they allowed
partislap prejudice to becloud their
views they .might get the wrong man.
The Chesterfield Senator, reviewing
his twenty years' service in -Hie State
Senate, said that he h(ad been inde
pendent of nai) m'env Classes and inter
ests and had voted his honest convic
tions arid those convictions were inva
riably what lie believed iwere for the
benefit of .the masses of the people.
He spoke to the women of the -State,]
abjuring them to exercise their rights
of citizenship and told how as a- trus
tee of Winthrop College, he had always
worked for the best interests of thej
institution, believing that the woman
hood of the State should be and edu
cated womanhood. Mr. -Laney com
pared the appropriations of 1912 and
3922 and eudeavored to show* howCou
(1 it ions of the times ar? dissimilar and
what great advance had been made
in education, charity, correction .and
?ther governmental activities during
the past eight years, and hazarded
Hie opinion that the people would not
fttnctiho a backward step, even If
?it does entail sacrifice. He reiterated
h:s continued fight for appropriations
for public*: schools, elalijiiilg that his
ttsj-ord in this t'egatd would have to
) rlished asider If tlve peopljj failed
mte for hiin/( In reply. to t/Ole L.
'??'?use, without referring to the. cx
0.?? crnor's name, Senator Laney. said
''li.nge had been made Hint the re
t|(m. i" Hie <fevy this "year for
fooling the IKiOjHfc ftlid
' "icr f lioi*. votes and that there
i'i-1'! !?e a definite reflection on as
? v'i a body of public* men as had ever
? "Od a Sout.li Carolina 'legislative
lie denied both allegations. - We
u&de his usual plea for indirect ineth
? <>f taxation. lie declared that
at every campaign meeting had
him to keep up his program of
rt-fomi and the people wanted to
? I and are Jistenj/itf to hi& words.
1 ^ Terence to law enforcement, he
; 1,4 1110 I K?oplo that they phould elect
'"f Executive a man who will
yoUl tho laws and see to their en
- I' lnviH. This he proposed to do,
a Governor of nil .jthe (people,
^'kinjr tojiis own people, Thomas
-l"iT.eo?l, the second speaker for
? pernor, rehearsed his life of twen
?t Hishopvilie and what his
> ha<l done in this section from
;h* time Jus progen 1 tors "lan ded in this
from ^Scotland. He said that
; ?<* tried to do tho right tiling by
' l^eple and his State, and told how
. f.tlo lie lacked only a few votes in
?ci"g <*. o. l-Vntherston, of Oreen
<>f the second racc with
I" ^'b;ase. Ifa. claimed that be
! [( li. 'wns one and a
? him entering Llio proscnt race
' '"vcrnor and thereby nn opportu
y -as presented by which ho might
a worthy ambitlort.^ Rnt be
he finally onaade bis deciidon he
consumed his homo and they had
to xn<^ effort. He
' ' that today', was the eighteenth
t ' ng' and **?? every reason to
triniuTllne0t mi00^? faring
t:!iU 19 ?opowibla to do away wlh
The however,
an,? ta*t th? twrden on real
i P?r?onal property can be lifted
?y r?gtd economy la expending without
?ffecthjg efficiency Jn government and
KKKSIIAW NEWS NOTES.
Interesting Happenings as Told By
Tti? Rra of Ttoat Place.
<4 ? ? ' '
Mrs AV W Ilorton had as visitors'
during lout wcok her 7rttfcrr^MraJ~T.r
Moscley and children; her nle<v, Mrs
L A Sowoll, and little daughter; Miss
KMssailketh Moselcy, and Misses Gene*
vicvt' and Rvelyu Moscley, uli of Oam
don.
Sunday evening, July 2nd, during
the progress of the storm, lightning
Struck the kitchen atove flue at the
home of. '8, MieNich, ran down the flue,
and tore up tho stove pipe, jumped
ifrom that to a can of mea), burned
two small holes in the can, leaped to
the door and tore off part of. the fac
ing burned three small holes la the
wire of the screen door in passing
out, aud then jumped to the water
spigot, ran down tho piping and
grounded. ,
?A wedding of unusual beauty was
that solemnized in the Kershaw Meth
odist church on July ftth at fi o'clock,
when Miss Eunice Klizuboth Cauthen,
daughter of the late Mrs T A Cauth*
en, became the bride of Wllllani
Tiiojnas Stover, the Rev F V Buddln,
pastor of the bride, officiating.
The store room formerly occupied
by C R Blackmou & Company was
s$ld the first Monday in ,^July* at pub
lic auction by Probate Judge II H
Hopton and jw as bought by C It Blaek
mon for $5,600.
While Dr 8 J Blackmon was mak
ing a professional visit at a home in
the country several days ago, he was
bitten on the leg by a dog. As a pre
cautionary method he has been taking
the Pasteur treatment.
Prof a*vd Mrs J -Gardiner Richards
and children are spending a portion of
their vacation at Mon treat, N C
V* *' - ? ? ? ? '? '? ?' ' ? ? ?> . . v. ?"
by the ndoptlou of other* methods of
taxation, such as the gasoline tax,
three-fourths of which tax is paid by
those people i\vho pay no money Into
the government from tangible proper
ty. .He likewise urged the assessment
of negotiable instruments now escap
ing taxation. He made his usual dec
laration that economy Should begin in
the county, just as the people are mak
ing the most rigid curtailment in their
homes and businesses, reciting that
70 per cent of all the taxes paid in
Lee County Is used in the county and
the other 30 per cent is for the main
tenance of the Staee government.
Mr. McLeod said that the Inst Leg
islature had done a wise thing when
it made a beginning in changing the
methods of taxation, and ho hazarded
the prophecy that if continued South
Carolina; like North " "Carolina, * SOOii
would have no taxes on real and per
sonal property. He made bis usual
inference to the crime wave and reit
erated his contention that tho para
mount, the vital issue before the peo
ple, more fundamental than either
tjrrxntioii or cduefltlon, was the uphold
ing of the law for the protection of
lives and property.
Cole. L. IJ.'ease, the next speaker
for Governor, commenced Ills speech
hy referring to his initial attack on
Judge Jones, his 1012 opponent for
Chief Executive, which he declared,
put. Bishopvllle on the map. lie said
ho was glad to see that his two oppo
nents', MeLcod and Laney, were not
afraid of little office holders who are
running a roirtul the State fighting
HIcase. but had climbed on his plat
Jforni'for the abolition of \iseless of
fices. He attacked extravagances in
rhe Stntp government, claiming that
they with the accumulation of useless
^offiees^ and positions are responsible1
for the great increase of taxation from
the . time he left the Governor's offiee
in 1010, until the present day.
II said that there was -much talk
of the appropriation for education, but
the major portion of it was from
special levies and the people them
selves should be the ones praised, net
office holders. lie told of his various
recoommendatlons when Governor " In
the cause of education. He made hl>
usual attack on the State Tax Com
mission, the School for the Feeble
minded, the State Welfare Board, the
budget commission am! the joint legis
lative committee mi printing and the
creating of jobs for political pets. He
said that ho was one Governor who
had the nerve to put the pruning knife
to appropriation's, <rren tf the- Legisla
ture did not agree with him. How
ever, he continued, one yenr be had
saved 190,000 t brought executive ob
Jectionv event tl the smaH amount la
being ridiculed. Large results bar#
smaH bginnlngse, he tNiita. M
John T. Duncan, the last guberna
torial speaker, In referring to Belaa*,
taid that on a hfaortft oocasion a
KIRKWOOD HOTEL DAMAGED. |
MKhtiiiiig Caused Two Flrw In CmtH)?n
UH Friday Afternoon, i
Camden bad the unusual expedience
last Friday afternoon about four
oVloufc of two firei raging at the same
time, caused from lightning during a
violent electrical storm.
A holt struck the north wlug of the
InrgeKlrkvrood tourist hotel and It was
soon In flames^aud while the firemen
?were fighting this blaze another bolt
atruck a bam to the rear ofiythe resi
dence of Mr. Henry Savage,' and the
barn was a complete low.
By the moat excellent work ou the
part of the Camden fire departing,
helped by a heavy downpour of rain,
fho fire at the Kirkwood wa* 'confined
to the north wing and in a couple of
hour* It was under control. The
kitchen and servant* quarters and
also the laundry machine wl'U be a
complete loss, as what was not damaged
by fire was water soaked. The fire- '?
men put two linee of hose on the burn
ing part, and had to be reached from
the ledge of the -roof of the main part
of the hotel.
A part of the fire fighting apparatus
bad to be removed to the Savage resi
dence, but the fire had gained such-"
headway that it wae Impossible to
save the building.' It was one of the
finest bams In Oaijiden. and was only
partially covered by insurance. '
The mains leading to the Kirkwood
have only recently fbeen made larger
by replacement and it was only tftls fact
that saved the building as the water
pressure to now ample. ?
The large Kirkwood Hotel Is <one of
the .show places of the South and it will
be good news to tourists who come (
here every year from all over, the
union -to, know that the beauty of the
building hasjiot been marred.1 f. [
Mr. T. E. Krumbhota, the manager,
who was at Kenneytmnkport, Maine,
was notified immediately ahd he ar? (
rived in Camden Mionday to make plans
for the replacement of the burned part.
Mir. Krumbkol/, states that the burned
wing contained forty rooms, -and was
erected at a cost of $60,000 ami that he !
carried $20,000 Insurance on this por
tion of the building. He was loud in
his praise of the work done by the fire- |
men and thinks he is lucky to get off
with so small a loss.
Married. ,
On Sunday lAst at the home of Pro
bate Judge W. L. McDowell Mr. Jam s
Early Anderson, of Cassett, and Miss
Ethel Irene Baker, of ^Westville, were
united in tho holy bonds of matrimony;
These highly esteemed ?young people
havo. tho hearty good wishes of' many
friends for a long and happy life.
Quiet Hpme Marriage.
Mis* Sarah Edna Bailey arid Mr
Claud E F<amoy we-pe quietly married
at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs
A J- Bti+ley, on Lyttfeton street Sn+ar-~
day evening last, the Itev W II Hodges,
of the Methodist church officiating.
Miss Bailey is a native of Lancaster
hut has been makng her home in Cam
den for a number of years. Mr. Lamoy
is a native of New York state and
came here some time ago where he is
manager of the Rook Springs dream
ery. Both have numbers of friends In
Camden where they will make their
home on Chestnut street.
Will Meet Next Tuesday.
The Women's -Missionary Society
? ?
of the Methodist church will hold a
general meeting of the circles on Tues
day afternoon, July 25th, Qt 6:15
o'clock. The weather permitting this
will he an outdoor meeting. All the
members are ur&ed to attend.
certain South Carolina politician had
gone to Washngton to pick out his
seat in the United States Senate,
which ho had not yet occupied, and ho
had Just nbogt as much chance of
again being seated in the "Governor's
eba ir #>
CAMPAIGN NEAJW CLOSK.
Tobacco Karnwrn Hav? Until Augusl
1st To Sign Up.
Kateigh, N. P., July 18.- More than
a Uiooaiiui South Carolina farmers
have joined the Tobacco Growers' Ov
operative Ass<*lation as a result of the
campaign which 62 to^ns of
the belt. Four towns have Just ?oiW
solidly cooperative and Aynor, King
streo, Florence aud Timmonsvllle have
closed all ojh'u floors.
Florence, the headquarters town of.
the Association, after closing all auc
tion warehouses last week, Is putting
on tho most Intensive drive yet at
tempts by any city of the state.
Tho number of contracts reaching
headquarters has increased week by
week, ae committees of business men
and hankers from Mullins, Tlinmons
vlllo, Kingstree, Florence and other
centers have toured the country for
new members. ?;?
Tobacco farmers are now thoroughly
roused to the need of organisation for
marketing and leaders of the Associa
tion prophesy that another thousand
growers will Join with the big Coopera
tive in the few days that remain to
August 1st, when the Association will
?*e#use to-aeeept any contracts for the
Crcfl> of 1922.
T. C. Watkias, Jr., Director of Ware
houses for the .Association, has ex
pressed his satisfaction with the ware
house situation. He now has. over
OS warehouses ready for operation in
the ?South Carolina belt.
Dr. J. Y. Joyner, Chairman of the
Warehouse Committee, Senator J. A.
Brown, Director from North Carolina,
W. D. Hilland B. T. Bondurant from
Virginia, and John Blanks of Kentucky
are leading and speaking in the drive
which reaches Lake'" City, Conway,
Cades, Cowards, T^amar, < ?Pamplico,
Marion, Midline, Nichols, Orlanta,
Loris, Lake View, Fairmont, White
ville, Dillon and I/umbertou this week.
Soil Survey Maps.
Congressman Stevenson has ad
vised- a friend here that the soil sur
vey map of Kershaw County, made
by the Government, will soon be com
pleted and in about ten days. he will
be ?ble to sen'd them out. He further
states, "If you have any friends who
would -also like to have one, tell- them
-to write me/' ? " '
Were Married In Augusta.
Mr. Henry -Carl -Watts, " formerly of
Camden, but now of Charlotte, N. C.,
was the guest last week-end of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Waitts, in
this "city, Mr. Wattsr wvas eftroute
from Augusta, Gt?? with his bride,
Who was M-igs Willie Taxi Hook*, who
is pleasantly remembered in Camden
wliefo she was with the Postal com
pany in this city for some time. Tho
marriage occurred in Augusta, Ga., on
.J iily 11. -They have returned to Chhr
lotfo where Mr. Watts is associated
-\vilh- the Postal telegraph eompany-4?
that city where lie Is numbered among
the popular aiul^ competent members of
the forco^jfltyie young couple have
numbers <3P*?Viends not only in Cam
don but in many other places who
will be interested in this announce
ment aud will extend best wishes.
Boy Scouts Pass Here.
Five boy scouts from Columbia
making, their way from Columbia to
Washington, D. Q., by bicyclc reached
Cain den Monday evening ? about 9
o'clock on tfieir journey. The five
seottt,s in the party were* Caldwell
Withers, Kdmund Joyner, William
Otis, Kmmett Wingfield 'and Italpli
Barrow. ' "Chhrlie" Jackson J? the
scout master in charge. They are
carrying a message from Governor
Harvey, to President Harding. * They
carry touts with them and are camp
ing by the way and do most of0thclr
riding in the earl^y morning and late
afternoons. 1
Mr T.j Clyburn is spending several
weeks in Ashevilie, N C.
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Vo ihe Democracy, of Kershaw County; The time tot placing your
name* upon tho enrollment books /or participation Tu the arlproachlrig
primary v\ 111 end on next Tuesday, J nly 25th. Wont has reached mo
that in so** sections of the eounty the voter*, and especially the ladiea,
are Try hadrtrptrd in euroll!iiC7" All question A t Id Hie right of a woman"
to vote was settled when (he Suffragette Amendment became a part of '
oar Constitution. It la the plain duty of every democrat be they mnn or
(woman, to qualify for this election.
I "Ore that the committees of the different precinct* will
see that an bara an opportunity to ?nro*t and that the Atigoac election
be an eupreasion of the wMiea of t be whole people of Kershaw County.
M. M. JOHNSON, Chairman
r~ Kerabaw County Democratic Ezecntire Committee.^
MR. A. I). |U5NNK1>Y DRAD
Had Suffered Several Strokes of Appo
plexy aiid Death Was Not Inexpwtfd.
Alex ander 1>h1u>i> -Kennedy. one of
Oa mtlo it's best citizens and on ardent
Confederate veteran, died here Sunday
afternoon at 1 $0 o'clock, after a lin
gering Illness. Mr. I^ennedy was for
many years one of the moat prominent
merchants of Camden but had recently
retired, and was devoting his time Of
lute to his large farming Interests. He
was three times mayor of Oamden and
prominent in building and loan circles.
Mr, Kennedy was it member of .the Sev.
eutih Soutli Carollua Calvary in tho
War Between the States and was a
visitor at the^st reunion at Parting
ton. lie came ouo of I l?o first fami
lies of this county, heiug a son of the
late Anthony M. Kennedy and Sarah
Doby Kennedy, lie was seventy-five
years of age and was twice married,
first to Miss Ma t tie Blssell and second
to Miss Bessie Blssell, both of Alaba
ma. To the first union 'five children
?were born, all of whom survive him.
They are: A I> Kennedy, Jr, Mrs Ker
si m w Shannon, of Oamden ; Henry B
Kennedy ainl Alfred D Kennedy? of At
lanta, and Mrs Sadie K Von Tresckow,
now with her husband who Is stationed
at Arlca, Chill, as a member of the
American consulate. Mr. Kennedy was
a brother of the late Gon. John D. Ken
uedy, former consul general to China.
He is also survived by three adopted
sons who ntade thler home with Mr.
Kennedy since boyhood to manhpod,
and who were his nephews ? Major
Bolton O. Kennedy, the ? United
States Army; Bobert M. Kennedy, Jr.,
and Henry Blssell Kennedy ; and a de
voted sister, Mrs. Edward Burruss,
of Sumter, the last living \ mbor of
his father's family. .
The funeral services were held from
Grace church, Oamden, at 6 o'clock Mon
day afternoon,, Bishop K. G. Flnlay, of
Columbia, conducting the serv'ces. The
active pallbearers were : William Bur
rows, Stanley Burrows, Alex Burrows,
Alfred E ^kennetly, Douglas A Boykln,
T Woodward Starnes, Beverly M Eng
lish and iH G Garrison, Jr. Honorary:
H G Garrison, Sr, C H Yates, w H
Johnson, J B Wallace, B H Boyldn, W
Bratton DeLoacb, O J Shannon, Sr, L
W Boykln, Leo Sohenk, W L DePass,
George T Little, Jobn-W Oortjett, W B
Pearce, W E Johnson, Jr, W H
Halle, C J Shnhnou, Jr, and O P pu
Bose, also the officers and directors of
the Enterprise Building and Loan As
sociation and members of Camp Rich
ard Kirk Hand, United Confederate Vet
erans, of which. camp Mi'- Kcnnedy-tvaa
^djntnnt.
-The fturcrtitr was lurgely uTtGndod"
and as a mark *>f respect to a beloved
eititfei t M-a yo r Garrison requested that
the business houses of the <il.v renin in
closed <Hi ring^tho funeral, and the mer
chants of Camden were among the
honorary pallbearers. The flor il of
fciriji#* come frotn-aH parts'mtd' won*
beautiful tokens of the esteem in which
he was held.
Nearly all of his children were with
him at the time of his death with the
exception of. Mrs. Voif Tresekow who
was in South America. 1
A devoted friend pays the following
tribute to the memory of. this good
Entered Into Paradise at 2 o'clock,
Sunday, July 10th, 1022, in his home
at Oamdenf South Carolina, Alexan
der Dalton KCnndy, second son of the
late Anthony McMillan and Sarah
Doby Kennedy. lie loaves a devoted
wife and five loving children.
We record this simple tribute to
the pure life which he lived when with
us. Ho was a christian of rare type.
hN love and devotion to the Ohnrch
of England was a constant inspiration
to all who knew htm, and in leaving
this world he Ifcis left a wonderful iio
fluence for good 'over all whom his
life "touched. Those of us who knew
and loved him in his home life, saw
his sterling qualities of heart and
character, knew his warm, affection
ate 'nature, bis loving and deep sym
pathy for all who fieedod it, his mod*
osty ami unselfishness, as ho walked
humbly Jn the jfootslcpn of his Xord
_ahd Ma<&ey.
Tor years he had Ikhmi in failing
health and for several years half suf
fered intense i*iin, all of which he
bore patiently and .submissively. To
-Ma--4oved--e?te*-"??d many <riend? we;
extend our warmest, deepest sympa
thy, ipraying for the presence of the
HoJy Comforter in their great need.
1 :-?* - *
Meeting at High HOI Outtck.
There wUI fia> three dtjf meeting
At High Hill church beginning August
4 th. There wlH be t m6 aerrleea each
day. PiiWIe cordially In*!** to Attend.
PAVING CONTRACT I4CT FRIDAY.
Southern Paving Company, of Clurtti*
uooga, Will Commence Work Noon.
Twolva goutraotlng XUwh- from <4x?
Southern states had representatives
!W'() Prklay la?t. to bid on $100, 000 of
tUo $20Q,000 worth of streot improve
ments' ' recently made possible by a bond
Ififauo lu I hl? city.
The award went to the Southern
Paving Company, of Chattanooga,
1'enn. o
, There were pfobably a half (Ibsen
dddors on tho bonds, but dty coun
cil thought the bids all too low, and
rejected all bids. The bonds will very
l>rolmhly he sold at private sale. In
they are not sold at private sale,
the hanks of Camden stand ready to
buy them at or above par. ?
The leaving company will furnish
their own chemist, but as a safeguard
to the city's interest, Dow & Smith,
chemical engineers, have been employ
ed by city couucll.
The successful bidders have recently
completed a similar class of work at
Newberry, 8. <0.? and ate now engagot
lu an immense contract in the city of
Florence,.
Other contractors bidding on the
work were: ,"Tr' *"
Prichand, Haines & Haaelhurst, Sa
vannah, Ga. ; Adams, Evans A Con?
pany, Jacksonville, Fla. ; William F.
Howl, Augusta, Ga.; Palmetto Paying
Company, Columbia. 8. C. ; Dawklns
Construction Corporation, Norfo k, Va.j
Itedmon Construction Company, Mon.
roe, N. O, ; Atlantic Bltullthic Com
pany, Richmond, Va. ; Southern Paring
Construction Company, -Chattanooga,
Tenn. ; PqwcII Paving & Contracting
Company, Columbia, 8. C. ; Carolina
Contracting Comlpany, <Ctheeter, 8. 0. ;
Chitwood' A Palmer, Florence, 8. O. ;
Greenville Paving Company, Greenville,
8. Q.
Taking into consideration all inci
dental items necessary In connection
?with the pavement construction, such
as grading, storm drainage, curib and
gutter wo rtt, etc., there was practically
a negligible, difference between Powell
Paving Company and Southern Paving
Company, on the basis of the total
quantity of work to be done, the bal
ance being In favor of Southern Pav
ing Company by about $500.00.
The Carolina Engineering Company,
who are engineers for the city,, to su
pervise the construction, were repre
sented at the letting by their chief en
gineer, <1. IT. Bishop, and engineers It.
P. Bishop and T. L. Wolfe.
The successful contractors agree to
-move- their nhiHoil forces iwi equip'
innii ^Camden immediately upon com
pletion of preliminary details of exe
eution of the contract and filing of
surety bond. and it is , expected that
work will be well under way .within
Hiii-iy days.
Hooks to Close Soon.
Th c enrolTnTOiil ^ooTis tlirou gin >u"t the
county will close on Tuesday, July
25th, and after that date no more
-names can he added. Candidates havo
until August 13 Hi to fllo their pledges
and enter the race for county offices.
A pledge will havo to bo filed with the
county chairman and also with , the
clerk of court, Tho campaign opens
at Blaney on Monday, August 14tli,
and closes at the Cotton Mills bore on
the night of August ggfh. The dates
for the other /meetings are follow*:
Blaney, August 14th.
Ttabon's Cross Roads, August 15th.
Cleveland School House, August 16th.
Cassatt, August 17th.
Bethuno, August 21st.
Haley's Mill, August 22nd.
Kershaw, August 2.3rd.
Westvillo, August 2-Ith
Camdon, August 28th, 11 d. ^
Oottoii Mills, August. 28th, 8 p.. in.
Run Over By Automobile.
Eugene Cameron, the four year old
poll of Mr. John Cameron, the keeper
of the Wntereo river blrdgo jjpas ruli
over and right badly hurt by art au
tomobile driven by a Mr. Ucard and
fi party of friend^ all of Columbia.
Monday afternoon. The little follow
u :is fitting in a chair near the railing
when the oar approached from tl?o
west side of the bridge at a rapid rate.
The litte fellow . waa right badly
broiled ?nd bad his collar l>one
broken, but in getting alortg welf now.
Air. Beard and the father brought the
old Id to Camden for medical treatment,
and the owner of the car did every
thing he could for the eomfoit o t the.
child, regretting the anrident exceed
ingly.
- Mitt Ida Black roon who la spending \
the mmmer with her mother, Mm. W.
S. BUckmon, of Stoneboco, apent Wed
nesday in Caadejn. ? taneaater Heirs.
- ? Jfc