Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SAN DICKS ANSWERS CIIAKGK. Hints at "Frame" to Kemoy0 Him as lVnitentiary Head. Branding tho charges tho South Carolina board of public welfare that discipline at the state penitentiary "in largely baaed on the personal^Hkes and dislikes of the captain of the gu&rd" a? "absurd as it is false," Colonel A. K. Sanders, superintendent of the prison, today issued a le ngthy leply to the allegations made by tho l>oa id in it* recent rrport on an in vestigation of prison conditions. Colonel Sanders declares that, so far as he knows, there has not been a single instance of brutality or in humanity to prisoner* during his six years' ineuinbeiuy of the superinten dent's position. The evidence on which the charge of the welfare board was founded was obtained, his state ment says, by what he characterizes as a 'Mar chamber investigation" at which convicts, "some of the worst and most dangerous men in tho peni tentiary," were called as witnesses, while he, and other officials, were denied admittance, despite his re quest for permission to be present. Not Ideal. Regarding sanitary and housing conditions which the board "criti cised, the statement says, Colonel Sanders admits that conditions are not ideal, but he maintains they are the best that can be attained with the finances available to the authori ties of the institution, and he points to a number of recommendations he has made to the legislature that im provements bo made. ? Referring to the attack made fyy the board on the question of tho man ner in which the prison riot of last summer wa? handled, with the fatal wounding of one convict and the wounding lews seriously of a dozen ' or more othws, Colonel Sanders de- . dared that, after several months re- : T. B. BRUCE Veterinarian l.yttldon St., Phone 11% CAMDEN, S. C. DR. G. C. TRANTHAM DENTIST First Floor, Crocker Building PHONE 450 Dr. C. F. Sowell DENTIST (Office Over Bruce's Store) CAMDEN, S. C. COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO. MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER PLAIN & I1U ER STS. PI, on.- 71 * COLUMBIA, S. C. DR. R. E. STEVENSON DENTIST Crocker Building Camden, S. C. I.I rc~lT^TTT,T . .. ?? . . r?t ? flection, he woyld not do otherwise under similar circumstances. Fired in Kush. "The board <>f public williiVr the statement read, "seenis to think thnt the officers were too hasty in firing1 when they did. They did nut fire until the rush started on them by the prisoners, who were urmed with iron rod** . sticks, hammers, knives,. etc. "They did what any other set of nu n wtnild do iii the circumstances." Colonel Sanders' statement takes up the criticisms of the board and re plies to them in detail. "I'nfair and I'njust." At the beginning, the declaration is made that the report of the board was "unfair and unjust" in some par ticuUr*. In conclusion the statement says: "1 don't think it will take the stretch of inmagination to tell what might be behind the report. I will say in conclusion that I am a candi date for re-election, and am making the race strictly on my record, and on it 1 am willing to stand or fall." n Accidentally Killed. Laurens, Dec. 10. ? Houston Estes, aged 17 years, oldest son of Clarence Estes, residents of tho Narnie section of foe county, was accidentally shot and killed this afternoon while hunt ing with his younger brother, Jack Kstes, and one or two negro boys. Sheriff Reid, who went to Estes', home, returned tonight and reports that Jack Estes stated that he was in the act of giving one of the ne gro boys one of his squirrels when the gun he had was accidentally dis charged, the entire charge of shot taking effect in his brother's breast, causing almost instant death. Shot While in Church. Columbia, Dec. 17. ? Harris Abner, a negro, was shot and fatally wound ed in a negro church on Laurel street, this city, tonight by Policeman A. E. Younginer, who was trying to place him under arrest for shooting a ne gro youth in front of the church. Ab ner, after shooting the negro ran into the church and took a seat. When the patrolman entered the church Abner made a dash for the door. Members of the congregation assisted the pa trolman in halting him but in the, scuffle he took the patrolman's billy from him and was in the act of strik ing the officer when the latter fired. Abner died en route to a hospital. The negro shot by Abner, is not se riously injured. No Christmas Pardons. Columbia, Dec. lfi. ? There will be no list of "Christmas pardons" this year, Governor Harvey announced to day. Nor will there be any paroles issued to permit prisoners in the Penitentiary to spend Christmas Day with their families, he stated. Outlining his attitude in regard to the treatment of prisoners, the fol lowing statement was issiled from the office of the Chief Executive today: "The Governor stands for abso lute hifmanttcss in the handling of the prisoners, but he believes in pun ishment where t here are offenders, } u - 1 as ? hiidren "have to be punished if they violate the rules of home life, lie stands for giving the prisoners rw \ reasonable consideration look ing to their having the necessities of life, but he regards tile Penitentiary <v a place for punishment, and the \ r rt ! ic.t of the courts looking to the nun bring placed there for a special time .should be carried out, with only such exceptions a* are potently prop er and right. In order that there should he no misunderstanding of the situation the Governor is making thi< announcement in advance." Cantey School Honor Roll November. Distinguished Harriet l.oruk. Henry Banks, Alma Smyrl. llviiorahlr Mention ? Eugene Glad den, Earnest Banks, Henry Gladden, Charles I.orick, laln-lle Loriek, Eh in Mathru. Annie Belle Rabon. Lloyd S my rl. F ertilizers Before you buy your Fertilizers see me. Have Wessel, Duval & (om])any'< account for Nitrate Soda and am handling: the celebrated Fish Scrap Guano. J. L. Moseley HI Y CHRISTMAS SEALS Christ ma* Day Knd* the Sale for Lit lie Health Bonds. This stats as a whole eame very near the bottom of the list in the per capita record of Christmas bonds and seals Hold last year. Only one soal was sold for every person in the state and yet the death rate from til* b*rcuioile in South Carolina is very high, 1,835 deaths resulting from this disease last year. Surveys recently made .show that there are 8 to 10 cases of tuberculosis to every death from that disease. It is also esti mated that each death means an eco nomic loss of $5,000 to South Carol i na. Although New York has the high est death rate from tuberculosis, this state also had the highest per capita record for the sale of Christmas seals. The record last year was 7.4 seals to every person. In this state Richland County had the largest number of seals bought to its crodit last year. Greenville, Chester and Laurens counties came next in order. The largest number of deaths from tuberculosis reported from any one county in the state last year was 178 from Greenville County, which in cluded the figures from the Govern ment Hospital. Charleston came second with 170 deaths reported;. Richlund County had 84 deaths ex cluding those from State Institutions. The funds secured from the sale of Christmas bonds and seals furnish the means for the fight against tu borculosis, except for the legislative appropriation for about 150 beds in the State. The sale this year is go ing better than last and encouraging reports are coming into the state tu berculosis headquarters from all over the state. * Christmas Day ends the Christmas seal and bond sale. It is hoped that' a special effort (will be put forth these last few days and that the lit tle Christmas seal will have reached every nook and corner of the state by Christmas morning. Hammer Lost for 67 yearR. A dispatch from Due West, S. C., says: While covering and repairing an vdld house belonging to W. N. Mc* Adams, a farmer, carpenters recently recovered a hammer that was lost when the. house was being built in 1855. ' I* Mr. Me Adams, then a boy of four years, is the only person living of those present when the original work was done, nnd he declared todky that he remembered distinctly the circum stances connected with the losing of the hammer. When the work was completed on the house it was found that one of the carpenters had lost a hammer, and diligent search was made about the premises, but with out result. The carpenter who lost the ham mer accused one of the negro helpers of having stolen tho article, which had fallen dow/i between the walls, and had lodged there. It was in good condition despite its stay of nearly three-quarters of a century in one place, Halls-Mills Case Cost $100,000. N'cw Brunswick, N. J., Dec. 13. ? Newspapers are estimated to have spent more than $100,000 in main taining about eighty reporters and feature writers here during the three months investigation into the murder of the- Rev. Kdwarc! Wheeler Hall and his choir singer, Mrs. Kleanor R. Mills. A newspaper here has compiled a list from figures submitted by hotels, restaurants, taxieab companies, and other agencies. The foregoing amount is exclusive of telegraph and t elephone expend it u res. Telegraph offices in this city esti mate tin- hotel number of words on the murder sent over the wires at more than a million. Married Fifty Years. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. I.. M. Crosswell will be interested to know that December 8 was the 50th anniversary of their wedding. They spent it quietly at their home on Cal houn street, with no celebration on account of diners in the family. Mr. and Mrs. Crosswell were mar ried at the home of Mrs. Crosswell's unelp, ('apt. .1. W. Stuckey by the Rev. S. A Weber on December 8th, 1 sT'J. All the children and gran l children \ isited at the home during the day. The children are: John W. and Joe V. Cross we 11 of Timmon&ville, F.l izabeth A Mathis Crosswell, James R. Cross weil of Iiishopville. The grand-chil dren are: Mary Jane, Williams Cross Weil , children of .lames li. < losswell, Marion Cros-well. son of John W. ( rosswel!. In their fifty years of married life ! w ici has the sting of d< a t h been ft.'. <>n October 22, li)l>. Harry, their sun. passed to his reward, and during the same year their grand sor. Har. v Mi Cutchen, -on of James li i :t:"M died H. hopville Ymd:. ntor Columbia police officers captured \V?,!ie Washington, colored, an es caped convict from the Richland oiun'y chaingang Monday night. They found a roomful of clothing, jewelry, watches, pistols, etc. Wash ington had two more years to serve on the gang . Persons in Spartanburg county me going into the fruit business strong. Fifty thousand Elbcrta poach trees have been planted this year. Before the winter is over, it is said, Spar tanburg county will have 5(H) urns in peach trees. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, (Court of Common Pleas.) H. L. Schlosburg, Plaintiff, against W. N. Cameron and Loan and Sav ings Bank, Defendants. Under an order of Mis Honor, T. J. Mauldin, Presiding Judge in the Fifth Judicial Circuit, duted Novem ber 14, 1922, l^will sell to the high est bidder at public auction for cash before the Kershaw County C,ourt House door, in Camden, in said State, during the legal hours of sale on the first Monday, bein^ the first day of January, 1928, the following described real estate: All that piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in, the State of South Carolina and County of Kershaw, about five miles east of the City of Camden, being on the waters of Jacob's Branch, con taining forty (40) acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by lands of Zack Collins, lSast by lands of George T. Little, formerly of Ad ams; on the South by lands of Bra sington, formerly of Sheorn; the above described tract of land is the same conveyed to W. N. Cameron by deed of date November 18th, 1919, by J. P. Hastie. Also all that tract of land in Ker shpw County, State aforesaid, known us the Elizabeth Dixon place, con taining forty-two acres, more or less, bounded as follows: On the North by Swift Creek; East and South by lands formerly of T. P. Sanders, now of Bond; and on the West by lands of Daniel Baker. The said tract of land is the same conveyed to W. N. Cam eron by deed of I. Charles Emmanuel, of date April 7th, 1915, which deed is of record in the office of the C. C. C. P. for Kershaw County in Book A. M. page 862. Anyone desiring to bid at said | sale shall first deposit with the Mas- ! ter, a certified check or cash for the | sum of one hundred ($J00.00) as an evidence of good faith, which deposit will be returned to the unsuccessful biddet' at the conclusion of said sale. B. B. CLARKE, Master for Kershaw County. December 14, 1922. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, (Court of Common Pleas.) The Bank of Camden, a corporation organized and existing under the lawn of the State of South Caroli na, i'laintiff, vt) r;- ; G. C. Bruce, Loan and Savings Bank of Camden, S. C., C. L. McCaakill, Jt. H. Pitt man, C, P. Sowell, T. K. Trotter, J ,)V, Sanders, and Cam* den KM Kershaw County Chamler (?f Commi^m*, Defendants. Under an order of His Honor, W.v II. Townsend, Presiding Judge in the Fifth Judicial Circuit, I will sell to the highest* bidder at public auction for cash beforo the Kershaw County Court House door in Camden, in said State, during the legal hours of sale on the first Monday, being the first day of January, 1023, the following described real estate: All that lot or parcel of land In the State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, within the corporate limits of the City of Camden on the South oast corner of Broad and DeKalb Streets, fronting on Broad Street thirty-three (33) feet and running back with DeKalb Street to the lot sold by Elizabeth B. Watkins to Isaac B. English on February 24th, 19.lt, and being the same property which was conveyed to Elizabeth B. Wat kins by John Ashe Heywood by deed dated March 21st, 1899, after deduct ing therefrom the lot on DeKalb Street above refered to as having been conveyed by Elizabeth B. Wat kins to Isaac B. English. The lot to be sold has a two story brick store house there on and is bounded on tho North by DeKalb Street; on the East by stoVe house and lot of Isaac. B. English; on the South by store house and lot now or formerly belonging to H, L. Watkins, and on the West by Broad Street. Anyone desiring to bid at said sale shall first deposit with the Master, a certified check or cash for the sum of five hundred ($600.00) dollars, as an evidence of good faith, which deposit will be returned to the un successful bidder at the close of said sale. B. B. CLARKE, Master for Kershaw County. December 11, 1922. TAX NOTICE. Office &{ Trea?urer Kershaw County, tta widen. S. C? Sept. 22, 1922. Not lew is hereby given that the t>ooks will be opened for the collection of State. County and Sctoeol taxes from October 15th, 1922, to March 15th, 1923. A penalty of 1 per cent will be added to all taxes unpaid January 1st, 1923, 2 per cent February 1st, 192tf, and 7 per cent March 15th, 1928. The rate per centum for Kershaw county is as follows: Mills. | State Taxes 7 1-2 (Jood Bonds ; 2 Oollttty Taxes 9 3-4 j Hospital 1-4 School Taxes 3 I )<>Km11> Township Road Head a.. for DeKalb Township onl y ,...? o jv Total J.... 28 *2 . Dog Tax $1.99. All dog owners a*> required to make a return of ttatfc dogs to the County Treasurer, whs u required to furnish a lieenae tag. All dogs caught without the license tar the owners wUl be subje<-t to a ffc?u of Twenty (|20.00) Dollars. The following School District* liav* h-peclat lovtec ; School District No, 1 School District No, 2 School District No, 8 School District No. 4 School District No. 5 itM $ School District No. 0 g School District No. 7 g School District No. '8 4 School District No, 0 4 School District No. 11 School District No. 12 u School District No. 13 . g Schocfl District No. 14 g vSchool District No. 15 g School District No. 16 ; 4 School District No. 17' 8 School District No. 18 4 School District No. 10 4 School District No. 20 4 School District No; 21 4 School District No. 22 ig School District No. 28 8 School District No. 24 g School District We. 25 g School District No. 26 g School District No. 27 g School District No. 28 8 School District No. 20 ft School District No. 80 Sehooi District No. 81 S School District No. 82 8 School District No. 88 g School District No. 84 g School District No. 85 ? School District Nc. 86 8 School District* No. 87 2 School District No. 88 g Sehooi District No. 30 8 School District No. 40 17 School District No. 41 8. Sctoooi District No. 42 School District Ne.c40r\ 4 School District No. 44 8 School District No. 46 g School District No. 47 ..: 8 The poll tax Is $1.0<K Aill ablebcdled male persons fam the age of twenty-one (21) to sixty (60) years, both Inclusive, except res idents in incorporated towns ef He county loss than 2,800 inhaVtaate, shall pay $4.60 as a road tax exsrtt ministers of the gospel actually In charge of a congregation, teachers m ployed in public schools, school trus tees, end persons permanently ttts ablod In the military service of this State and persons who serried in tfir war Between the States, and all pt* sons actually employed in the quaran tine service of this state and Ml res idents who may fee attending school or collie at the time Wfeen said road tax shall become due. Persons Gain ing 'disabilities must present certifi cate from two reputable physicians of this county. All Information with reference to taxew will be furnished upon appUca-. tion. D. If. IfcCASKILL, County Treasurer.: for Economical Transportation The 1923 SUPERIOR Chevrolet 2-Passenger Roadster This car has lowest average operating costs, with style, finish, and equipment that completely outclasses all competition in its field. It is the ideal car for daily use by business and professional people, salesmen, farmers, and all who want the most economical transportation for one or two passengers, with ample rear compartment for samples, luggage, etc. QUALITY has been still further improved by more artistic design and added equipment. ECONOMY has been still further increased by engineering refinements and greatly increased facilities. SERVICE is now offered on a flat rate basis by 10,000 dealers "and service stations. PRICES of the new line remain the same in spite of added equipment and more expensive construction, which have greatly increased value. Some Distinctive Features Streamline body design with high hood; vacuum feed and rear gasoline tank on all models; drum type head lamps with legal lenses. Curtains open with doors of open models. Closed models have plate glass Ternstedt regulated windows, straight side cord tires, sun visor, w-indshield wiper and dash light. The Scdanettc is equipped with auto trunk on rear. Prices f. o. b. Flint, Mich Two Passenger Roadster *510 Five Passenger Touring - 525 T wo Passenger Utility Coup? 680 Four Passenger Sedanette 850 Five Passenger Sedan - - 860 Light Delivery Truck - ? 510 See thcjvc remarkable car*. Study the specifications Nothing Compares With Chevrolet GEORGE T. LITTLE, Distributor Kershaw County . . t