The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 01, 1922, Image 7
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For Infants and Children,
Mothers Know That
Genuine Castoria
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Signature
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For Over
Thirty Years
CASTORIA
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SKELETON TO BE DISPLAYED.
Only Woman Ever Hung in South
Carolina.
15eeau*0*of the many i>eople who vis
it the Charleston Museum and who
bring friends to the Museum to see
tlnv. skeleton of Mrs. Lqfrlnla Fisher,
ih? only woman to have been hanged
in South Carolina, and whose skeleton
wn< exhibited at the Museum some
time ago and was removed because
it was out of order, the Museum has
decided again to install the skeleton
an,] it is now being put in order. It
i? ?'?peeted that, there will be wide
interest in the fact that Mrs. Fialier
will come out of her hiding place1 and
will again be seen amd publicity will
be given to the date on which she will
be placed once more on exhibit.
M rs. Fisher a"d her hurt>and. John,
Fisher, kept the Six-Mile House, er
rotieouxly confused with the Four
Mile House/ about 1820, and consider
able curiosity was aroused over the
disappearance of those whckMtopped
overnight at tlio hostelry. investi
gations were made amd it was found
that the guests had been murdered and
their hones buried in the cellar. The
guilty pair were arrested ^and tried
and sentenced, the woman being the
first and only woman hanged in this
State.
The following account of the case is
taken from King's "Newspaper Press
of Charleston, South Carolina."
"Too frequently the torch of the in
cendiary, together with the machina
tions of the desperado, gave scope for
individual condemnation. Not less
frequently were the warnings given
by the City Journals to the authorities
to suppress the then existing evils.
This Condition of ftoclety, bad as It wasl
in the city. was much worse In the!
environs. O&fyffb of WhLtO despera
roes occupied certain houses, and ln?j
fested the roads loading to the olty.
To such hii extent- did theae outlaws j
carry their excesses, that wagoners
and others going to the clt) wi'iv un
der (lie necessity of carrying rifles In
their hand* for defense. Travelers
pulsed those hou.ses, with fear aiul
trembling. More dreaded than others
of theae. haunts was that known as
the Six Mile House, occupied hy John
Fisher and I.avlnin. his wife. State
Sheriff N (J. Clcary, wiw forced to
>+*mvr? --Ttjrmnsr ^Ttrr'so htgtTWhyrneTiT
NVlth a nninlvcr of mounted eltl/.ons
and detachments from the Oh a r lest on
Ulflemert. Washington ldght Infantry
and the Xorthip.ru Volunteers. he
started on the errand of extermina
tion.
The Oily l'apers of January and
February. 1820, wave accounts of the
'capture of Mr. and Mrs. Fisher. .The
Constitutional Court of the 1 t>th of
.January. 182Q, had refused to grant
new trials of .lolv^ atul Lavlnla Fisher,
eonvleted at the previous courts of
hftghwqy roblayrv^ft'ul they wore sen
tenced to he hung dn Friday, the 4th
day of Fei>rnary. following. They
were, however, respited until the 17th
on their (petition Imploring an oppor
tunity, for preparation and asking hut
for time to meet their CJod. On Fri
day, 18tli, at %2 o'clock. Just within
the lines, on a hill Fast of the Meet
ing Street road, about <^gbt hundred
yards north of the street now known
as Line Street continued, John Fish
er and his wife met their fate, the
former with calmness and composure
and latter \ylth fear and trepidation.
Mrs. Fisher appeared. from the
time of her arrest, to be under the in
fluence of wrong passions and feel
ings. It was evident that she flattered
herself with the expectation of pnrdon
from the Executive. Mr, Fisher on ar
riving within sight of the gallows,
drew his wife convulsively to his bos
om and Speedily nerved himself for
the ^Sue. The unhappy wife cotilcl
not believe It jHJ.sstble that she waa
so soon to die. She called upon the
dmmense throng assembled to rescue
her and Implored pity with out
stretched and trembling hands. Xo
scene could he more appaling as the
ill-fated pair stood between time and
eternity. The platform gave way at
a given signal from the Sheriff, then
all was hashed and still, that which
was mortal had tput on immortality.'*
The skeleton of Mrs. Fisher was at
first owned by the Medical College by
which It was given to the Museum.?
News and Courier.
JkfZulaland a wife can be purchased
for about fifteen oxen.
IN the put two month* Firestone
Has bnilt and marketed more tires
than in any similar period in its history.
This steadily increasing pobttc pref
erence is proof of the recognition by
car owners of the ^gr eater values of
fered by Firestone. It is a tribute to
Firestone men?all stockholders in the
company?atf actuated by the operat
ing principle of Moot Miles per Dollar.
The high average performance of
Firestone Cords is without equal in the
annals of tire making and is reflected
by the general tendency to specify
Firestone for - hard service. Tsjdcab
and bus lines, buying tires by the mile,
are universally equipping with Fire
stone Cords.
There are many reasons for the hifh
quality oi Firestone tires but chief
among the special manufacturing proc
are danbla gum-dipping, te
elinfautja| internal friction by
Ing each cord strand, and sir-hag
mowing ? well-balanced and perfectly
shaped product.
Don't speculate in tiros?you will
find the right combination of price and
quality in Firestone. Come in and lat
us teU you about the
Cords are giving
whom you know.
Tfrestone
GUM~D1PPED CORDS
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UNIVERSITY MAN
STUDIES TRAMPS
Becomes One of Them to Get
First-Hand Information About
Their Lives and Habits.
HAVE SLANG OF THEIR OWN
"Hobohcmi.m?" Dw*lt *4 40
Cents a Day in Chicago?Lead Mer.
ry Existence in "Jungles" in
Summer and Cities in Winter.
Chimin. Men ari? IIvIiik on West
Madison street on 40 and MM'ohIh a day,
accord I hk to Nels Anderson, Alio Is
making a study of homeless and mi
gratory moii under the direction of
Professor l<>iiest W. Burgess, of t tie
University of Chicago, for the United
Charities and the Juvenile Protective
society.
Mr. Anderson became a wanderer
himself as a boy. he explained, but
happened to And work on a ranch,
where the family took on an Interest
In him. At the age of twenty-urn! he
entered the high school. Kverttually
he was eoufrunted by the problem of
selecting a topic for his doctor's thesis,
and finding, according to ids statement,
that no study had been made previous
ly of the hobo, he J)egan to write on
that subject on the basis of his early
experience. After he had written 2S0
pages he felt a desire to strengthen
his preparation for the task by re.
newed Investigations, Accordingly he
has been mingling with tramps as one
of them at their "Jungles" or summer
camps, on the rood, In the city streets,
and in Jail.
Slang of Their Own.
"The average student who hasn't
been on the road himself," said Mr.
Anderson, "Is apt to And himself un
able to approach a tramp and get his
true story. Not only are tramps full of
suspicion and prejudices, und likely
either to exaggerate or to keep still
if they suspect their questioner, but
they have a slang of tnelr own.
"For example, a man who works
with a shovel Is known in the fra
ternity of ?working stiffs' as a 'muck
er' ; the man who drives a team Is a
'skinner'; one who tramps ties on ths
railroad Is a 'gaudy-dancer.'
"In the winter the tramps flock to
the big cities. They manage in some
cases to make $50 last a long while,
for they know where they con get
three doughnuts and a cup of coffee
for 5 cents and lodging for 10 cents, If
In the morning they will sweep off the
floor they slept on. You will find 800
men on the floor of one of the popular
Chicago 'flop houses' in the winter,
thoiiKh In the summer the same place
will be nearly empty.
'Where are the men In the summer?
Many, of course, are engaged In sea
sonal occupations. The Idle ones are
often gathered at the 'Jungles,' which
Is an Institution In Hobohemla like
the fashionable club In another stra
tum of society. The men select for
their .camps a shady place, near
enough to town for 4in occasional
handout and far enough from town
to seem secure from the 'bulls' or
constables. They build shacks of
wood or rooflng-tln or whatever ma
terial they find handy; I have seen
very good shacks built of rlpped-up
oil cans.
Tabulates 402 cai?t.
"I*uat summer I tramped through
Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming,
covering 800 miles. I talked to some
2,000 wanderers, and tabulated 402
cases. I had slashed my vest to carry
my Index cards; only one man noticed
the slashes and the slight bulges; he
asked me If I was an organizer for
the 'Wobblles.' I said no, and that waa,
all."
No man ever sinks too low "to re
tain some spark of self-respect," ac
cording to Mr. Anderson.
"Many take to the road or the city j
streets because they are physically |
Incapacitated and therefore dependent,1
and they feel that they are unwelcome
Incumbrances upon their families. I
"Many are the dodges employed to
get means of subsistence. One man
addresoes a street corner crowd thus,
'I am different from the rest of
youse stiffs. I want to get enough
for a flop tonight; I want to eat today,
tomorrow, and the day after. I'M talk
to you on any subject you choose.'
Then he makes his speech and hands
round the hat. Anybody can get up a
crowd on West Madtaon street, for
there are always Idle men who are
glad to listen."
Charged Woman for
Hysterics in Office
After sitting calmly by while
his client, Mrs. Violet Jlromberg.
went Into alleged hysterics. Wil
liam V. Tyler, attorney, of Chi
cago. thought he ought to charge
her something for the use of bin
office for the outburst. Accord
ingly. on Mrs. ' BromlfcTg'a bill
appeared the Items: "for calling
nt office for one hour and one
half, HO; for becoming hysteri
cal. $10"
Mrs. Bromberg took the bill to
Judge (Jemrnill. H? character
ized the charge as "scandalous"
and threatened to carry Tyler's
tactics to the bar association.
The "hysteria charge' *rM re
main impair!
Worth-More Hair Preparation
I'lvwuts Hair railing Out or Turning Vlray Prematurely. Pro
mote* th0 drouth. Wo only uxk a trial umlor illroot loti.s l>Tlut<Xl
on each article. Result 8 ^uarantml.
Prhre#: Worth-M<)ro llalr Grower 50e J Worth-More Olosso JUV;
Worth-More Shnmi?o/> !<H\ ( Hk* extra by mall.)
Manufactured by Mme. K. E. BELTON,
171ft < J onion Street (*ui|nlen. s. (\
Ajjnits Wanted ft verywhere?Write FOr Terms.
SoM In Caimlon at Zemp & Ho Pass' ami Thomas Williams' Dru?
Store; '
Cylinder Re-grinding
Machine
W. O. Hay's Garage, of Camden, has juat installed
the most^up to date machine which will regrind
many makes of cylinders without the necessity of re
moving block from chassis, which in itself saves in
mechanics time more than the total cost of grinding,
pistons and wrist pins?in the old way.
W. O. HAY'S GARAGE,
South Broad Street, Camden, S. C.
This is the job that gives results.
Kelly-Springfield
TIRES
The reductions that have brought the price of Kelly
Spririgfield Tires down to a comparative basis were
made possible simply by greatly increased production in
the most modern and most efficiently equipped tire plant
in the world.
The quality of Kelly products is better than ever,
but now, it costs no more to buy a Kelly than Hie so-call
ed high-grade tires.
' t> ? * ?
The public is going to buy a lot of Kelly's this year,
and we are going to sell them.
^No Waiting to order it for you.
High-grade Oils, Willard Batteries, Competent and
Reliable Service on All Make Cars. Specializing Igni
tion, Starter and Generator Troubles.
"IF IT'S DONE AT LITTLE'S, IT'S DONE RIGHT"
Little's Garage
On DeKalb Street
Put away the
Difference
A good way to save money is to imagine that your
income is smaller than it is and put away the differ
ence. You probably will find that you can live
well on less money than you are spending now.
Put away the difference between your income and
outgo into this bank. Then you will be getting ahead
financially instead of standing still or running behind.
Loan & Savings Bank
OF CAMDEN. S. C.
STRONfl SAFE CONSERVATIVE