The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 19, 1923, Image 8
McDOWKIX NAMED 8KCRBTABY
Son of Former Camden Man to Serve
N?? Governor.
Bishopvtlle, Jan. 1.% Govtffnor
Kloct Thomas (J. Mcl.eod announced
hero tonight that he had appointed
Edward A. McDowell,, Jr., now of
tho staff of the Greenville Piedmont,
to ho his private secretary and that
Mr. McDowell had accepted.' Mr,
McDowell Mill begin hit duties with
the change in the administration next
Tuesday follow ipg the inauguration.
Edward A, MDowdt, Jr., named
in the foregoing dispatch ai private
secretary to the new governor, is
widely known in Greenville and this
section and has countless friends who
will be happy to know of his appoint
mcn>,
Mr. McDowell is a son of Rev, and
Mrs. E. A. McDowell, rrow of Florida
hut formerly of Kingstret* and other
South Carolina cities, his father being
a Baptist minister, born in .Camden.
The new secretary graduated from
Furman university several years ag >
with high honors, since which time he
has boea connected with local news
papers, first with Tho News and more
recently with The Piedmont. Prior
to graduation from college, he had
served for n ^ime on the staff of the
Columbia State.
Mr. McDowell had been living for
some time past in the home of Dr.
and Mrs. E. W. Carpenter, on College
street,
Mr. McDowell is the third consecu
tive Greenville man appointed gover
nor's private secretary. The .other
two. were James (.'. Derieux, formerly
i of The News staff and now of the
'staff -of- -thf ?--Arnr^rTcaii M&gu:'.;ne. i i.i
New York, and W. Royden Watkins,
who stir-reeded Mr. Deru ux as ecre
tary to GoveiTur Cooper an I contin
ued in that position aft^ Governor
Harvey came into office ei^ht months
ago. Mr. Watkins, a n of Mr. and
Mtr. J. Newt Watkins, of Anderson
_ streets will -become auditor-assistant
to the chief bank examiner after the
C .J
change in administration Tuesday
Greenville News.
Mr. McDowell above referred to is
a nephew of Probata Judge W. L. Mc
Dowell of Camden, and has other
friends' and relatives in Camden and
Kershaw County who will be pleased
to learn of his appointment to this
important post.
Vital StatiHticH Record.
Mr. W. (7. Wilson, registrar oC
births and death for Camden and Do
Kalh Township "has made his report
for the year and the tabulation shows
the following number of deaths and
births:
Births in Camilen ?
White, mnles .... 2.'?
White, females ... '*1
Colored, males ... ...
Colored, females ... . . .
Total I
Deaths in Camden ?
White, males ?? 1 7
White, females M
Colored, males 27
(Colored, females .... 2S
Total
Births :n DeKa'b Township-?
White, males 52
WhiU;, females 51
Colored, males 'J 2
Colored, female^ HI
? Total .... 270
Deaths sn DeKalb Township ?
White, males . 21
White, females 15
Colore*!, males 26
Colored, females ... 3-'i
Total .... . . . - ... 95
Woman-interest in "The Bond
Boy?" We'll say ho! Mary Alden.
the screen's sweetest mother, and
Mary Thurman build it to a triumph.
Don't miss this Iiicha'rd Barthelmcsa'*
greatest success. Showing at the Ma
jestic Thursday.
?
Experiments carried out in Seattle
have developed a wood briquette that
equals anthracite coal in heating
value, according to reports. The new
fuel is made of sawdust, bark and
mill refuce now considered a total
waste.
Champion American Butter Cow
SLAIN BANDIT FOUND.
Offered lib Body ?? Tnrj??t in Den
ver Miat Kobbery.
Deliver, Col., Jan. 14,? The body of
a man, believed to be that of the ban
did shot by government mint guard*
during thy robbery of federal r^rvc
bank guards and the .slaying Of
Charles T. Linton, a bank guard, De
cember ifl, was found in an automo
bile bating license No. 81,009 in ??
pHvmie grange m tfce t$$iT of 163),
Gilpin street on Capitol H;ll tonight
by Denver police.
Deputy Coroner Ityfttwick, accom
pail .1 by Ctyef of I\>!ir.e H. R. Wil
liams and Dt tect ive Capt, W. A.
H inker viewed the body and declared
the man Apparently had been dead
singe December f9<
The body was slouched down in the
front seat of the motor car and was
frozen, being in an excellent .state of
: preservation,
The man, apparently about 2*5
years of age, wore a checkered suit
and ? dark brown raincoat. A dark
slouch hat was found in the bottom
of the car. . --
Several bullet, wounds were found
by investigators in the right arm of
the man, and many more in the body.
The garage was covered with bloody
rags evidently used by the man Is com
1 panions in an effort at first aid. A
:(<).cifliber high powered rifl?* was
found in the tonneau of the car. The
? body was taken to the county "hospi
tal, where . authorities planned to per
form an autopsy.
As police officers opened the door
n the front of the automobile they
discovered the, body and likewise
.. v<\< al caps, apparently abandoned
by other members of the gang. Sev
eral .cot3 of shells for the rifle were
found hdden.in the car. A bullet
hole was found in the right hand
front door of the car and several oth
ers wen* found in the body of the ma
chine.
.Tb^ rtnudenre of 1 tiitl G i 1 pi n st ree t
is occupied by Mr. and Mrs. George
Tlilf. Mr. Hill is a salesman for a
local packing company but as they do
'not use the garage 'they could shed
no lik'ht on how the car happened to
be there.
A note written in pencil was found
tacked on the garage door. It bore
the date of January 11, and said: "To
the tenants of this garage, leavo
your name and the rent. with the par
f ties' in the house in the front."
(Signed) "E. E. Brooks."
Brooks is the owner of the proper
ty. He declared on investigation that
he original lock on the garage door
had been broken and another substi
tuted, evidently by the bandits.
A 45 caliber revolver, loaded, was
found in the right hip pocket of the
dead man and many shells of this cal
iber and also .^or rifles were found
scattered around on the floor of the
parage and in the bottom of the car.
Denver, Col., Jan. IS. ? 1 he slain
mint bandit whose frozen body was
found last night seated in an automo
bile in a private garage and regarded
by police as the master mind of a
desperate gang of criminals, was iden
tified as J. C. Sloan of Casper, Wyo.
Rugg Williams, chief of Denver po
liccr *aid he whi one of the men the
police have sought since December 18
?last, when robbers made away with
$'200,000 in currency from a federal
reserve bank truck in front of the
mint, killing Charles T. Linton, a
tfuard.
Sloan it was, it is is said, who of
fered himself as a target, standing
upon the running board of the bandit
car 'as it sped away and desperately
fired at mint guards.
Sloan's body was found with a bul
let in the heart and police declare
he was instantly killed by a bullet
"The Bond Boy" creates a bond
Ftill fjrcj*ter between Itichard Bar
thelmess and the hearts of the world.
See it at the Majestic next Thursday.
from the revolver of Pete Keidipger,
;t guard employed at the mint.
Police believe that after placing
Sloan's body in the automobile the
re at of the gang drove to the garagu,
near Seventei nth and Gilpin streets,
locked the automobile inside and es
caped. None of the loot was found in
the bandit's car.
The identifi atiort of Sloan, accord
ing to Chief Williams, is* the fore
lunner of the early capture of the
rent of the gang
The Omaha (Neb.) police last week
ha<l Mrs. Sloan, said to be the bandit's
Wife, Mr. and Mrs. 11. (J. Burns, and
.Columbus Thompson under surveil
lance for the Denver authorities, but
when a detective squad descended up
on the hotel where tho quartet were
stopping thoy hud gone.
Hloan, according to the police, was
the leader of one of the moat daring
gangs of desperadoes in the country.
This gang went out only for "big
money," said the officers and one of
the admission requirements was dead
ly markmanship with either a re
volver. rifle or shotgun. The reckless
daring of Sloan's gunmen was dem
onstrated in the mint robbery when
Sloan, pumping a hail of buckshot
at the main door of the mint, offered
himself as a target for the bullets of
the government guards while his pals
transferred thv $200,000 in currency
to their stolen automobile.
With the leader dead, tho police
say, it was tin? gang's part to tako
care of his wife. Part of them scat
tered, but according to the police
theory Thompson and Mr,, and' Mrs.
lJutn-. took MVs> Sloan with them.
jyoidingtir ?!. blared today ho had
positively .identified, the bandit's body
j h i that of the man who took part in
| :hn rotvhevy of December 18 and stood
with u pump shotfcun and fired at the
go\ e: nment guards until he fell and
was dragged into the robber car.
Large crowds of curious persons
parsed through the dingy little room
at the county hospital^ ITsed as a
morgue today to gaze on tho bandit's
body.
Catholic Church Services.
Third Sunday after Epephany .ser
vices at the Catholic church will be
as follows:
Firtft Mass at 6:15 a. m.
Last Mass at 1 1 a. m. 1
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Sermon at G:15, Mass on "The Con
trast Between Spiritual and Physical
Loprocy."
Sermon at 11 o'clock on "Sin and
Its Consequences."
All are cordially invited. A spec
ial invitation is extended to visitors
and strangers.
When they see "Clarence," folks
laugh w ho have never laughed before.
It's showing at the Majestic today.
NOTICE
Of the Proposed Incorporation of the'
Negro Business League of Camden
and Kershaw County.
The colored citizens of Camden and
Kershaw County, desiring to stimu
late greater activity and growth in
business enterprises among the peo- i
pie of their race in Camden, Kershaw
County, and the vicinity, and feeling
the need of constant co-operation and
conference for mutual advice among
members of the Race already engag
ed in business, and to encourage oth
ers of the Race to go into business
and to promote an interest on the
part of the Race to give support to
business enterprises conducted by
its members and likewise to all ef
forts which tend toward the better
ment of the city and the community,
and also desiring to co-operate and
affiliate with the N'ational Negro
Business League, have assembled and
formed an organization for the pur
poses aforesaid, with the principle of
ficers: H. L. Dibble, as president; R.
II. Haile, vice president James Get
tys, treasurer; H. F. McGirt, corre
sponding and recording secretary;
and the above mentioned organization
hereby gives notice of its intention to
incorporate as the Negro Business
League of Camden and Kershaw
County.
Corporators: H. ' L. Dibble, Rev. J.
W. Bovkin, I. B. English. 1L F. Mc
Girt. R. H. Haile, James Gettys, Dr.
T. J. Williams, Dr. C. C. Brevard, et
a I.
CITATION.
State of South Carolina,
County of Kershaw.
(By W. I,. McDowell, FNq , Probate
Judtfe for Kershaw County)
Whereas, Lewis K. Kirkley and
Douglas Tompkins made suit t("> me
to Krnnt them Letters of Administra
tion ile bonis non cum testamento an
nexo of the Kstate of and effects of
James M. Kirkley.
These are. therefore, to cit^ and
admoni?h all and sinpru'ar the kin
dred and creditor* cf th^ said .Tames
M. Kirkley, deceased, t'at thev b^
and appear before me. :n the Court
of Probate, to be he! 1 at Camden,
South Carolina, on Friday. Fehruarv
2nd, next., after publication thereof,
at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show
cause, if ar.y they have, why the sa'd
Administration should n^* b^ prant
I cd
Given under my Hand, this 17th
day of Jnnunrv, Arm Domini. 1923.
W. L. Mr DO WELL.
Judtre of Probate f ? r K^r>haw C <->untv
Published on tho 19?h nr.d 2*th
days of .Tanunrv, 1P27. in th'- Camden
Chronicle. And ported at the Court
House door for the time prescribeo
by law,
Rids Received.
At the meeting of the County
Board of Commissioners held Tues
day Lilisrd and Laurens, of Char
lesion, were the lowest bidders on
the two miles of roadway, known as
Federal Aid Project No. 19, extend
ng south from the limits of the
'own of Kershaw toward Hanging
Rock crock. The building of this
roadway will eliminate > two steep
grades and two dangoroua
crossings where numerous accidents
have occurred. The bid was $10,357.
Hamlin and Kennedy, of Charlotte,
were the low bidders for the bridge
to be built. Thoir bid was for the
sum of $.",007.
R. V. Truesdale, a citizen of near
Kershaw, has filed a temporary in
junction against the commissioners,
and the final letting of the bids will
depend upon when the injunction is
heard and what disposition is made of
same. He gave as his reason for try
ing to hold up the work that it was
an unnecessary expenditure of coun
ty funds. ?
More than $19,000,000 in advance
payments on 118,000,000 pounds of to
bhcco has been forwarded to growers
in the two Carolinas and Virginia by
the Tobacco Growers' Co-operative
association, it was stated at head
quarters at Raleigh this woek.
The Tobacco Growers' Cooperative
Marketing association of North Caro
ina begins the year 1923 With 85,000
signers to its contract. ?
For cast, story, and wholesome
laughs, the greatest American comiv
<ly ever screened is "Clarence"." N'o
wonder Delia cried, "Ain't Clarcire
irrand!" See it at the Majestic to
dav
Additional Pavinsr Commenced. |
The contract for paving is now j
be'ng extended from tho Camden Bap- j
ttst Church on to the city limits on i
North Broad street. Surveyors are
now at work on Laurens street lead-!
ing from the Confederate monument
to the Court Inn arranging for the
laying of the curbing.
Main Street from the Mt. Moriah
Baptist Church to the Camden Bap
tist Church has been completed and
is now open to traffic. A force i3
also at work on the eastern end of
DeKalb Street leading to the South
ern railway completing that end of
the paving.
We learn that Fair and Lyttleton ?
streets have petitioned the council
almost unanimously to put the pav
ing on their streets and it is almost
certain that this work will commence
after the present streets are com
pleted.
CONVENTION ADOPTS
FIFTY MILLION IDE V
(Continued from F'irst Page)
face road leading in and out of every
county seat be adopted.
"With this skeleton idea the sub
committee had prepared a map show
ing a tentative layout embodying the
ideas advanced at the committee
meeting and has also prepared a tab
ulation showing the distribution of
mileage by counties following this
layout and the estimated cost. Those
mapa and tabulations are available
for distribution.
"2. Source of revenue: At the sug
gestion of the committee the subcom
mittee has considered the possibility
of raising the necessary revenue to
take care of the proposed $50,000,000
bond issue along the lines proposed by
the committee and reports its find
ings as follows:
"1. It is estimated that the reve- 1
nues from gasoline, oil and motor ve
hicle revenues will not exceed the
amounts shown in tho following tabu
lation :
Motor vehicle license tax
1924, doublo present
income $1, GOO, 000
Gasoline tax, 3c per gallon
for 1921 1,500,000
Motor oil tax, 19c per gal
lon, 1 921 200,000
Total revenues for 1921 $3,300,000
"The motor oil consumed is esti
mated at four gallons per 100 gal
lons of gasoline consumed by motor
WANT ED
Pine logs and green pine boards in
large or small quantities. We offer the
top of the Market at all times.
Sumter Planing Mills & Lumber Company
Sumter ? - - - - South Carolina
vehicles.
"Ifr it is assumed that the number
of Attbtor. vehicles and gasoline and
oil consumption increase at the rate ?
of five per cent per year, based on ?
19-4 figures, the total income from;
these sources for an eight year pe- i
riod, beginning with 1924, would be ?
$30,020,000. ,
"It is probable that the federal gov- j
ernment will continue to contribute ;
to road improvement at the rate of j
about $1,100,000 per year in this '
state, which is in accordance with its j
present program. j
"From tlie above figures it would
seem that the yearly revenue from
the sources suggested, neglecting the
federal aid, would amount to $4,320,- i
000 at the end of an eight year pe
riod, and if this is devoted entirely
o the state road program a $50,000^,-1
000 bond issue can be financed, pro- '
vided. that the rate of interest does
not exceed 4 1-2 per cent, and the
(em of tjip bonds is made about 30
years, with about $1,000,000 left over
for maintenance.
"3. Conclusion. In conclusion the
subcommittee invites particular at
Untion to the following points:
"First, the efficiency of the rev
enues proposed is open to question,
as there is no way of determining in
advance just what the rate of in
crease will be in the number of mo
tor vehicles nor in the consumption
of gasoline that this rate will not
reach 5 per cent per year, as above
estimated. j
"Second, it is imperative that a
state maintenance fund be immedi- j
ately provided to take care of the
roads already built, and that this
fund be maintained at a sufficient
figure to provide for future mainten-.
ancc. N'o construction program
should interefere with provision for
this feature of the work. It is also
highly important that this fund be '
made independent of county lines, so
that the state maintenance work may
be efficiently and economically or-:
ganized and carried on. I
"Third, the time for putting
through a large program such as is
contemplated by the committee
should, in, 'the judgment of the sub
committee, be at least eight years in
order to avoid seriously disorganiz
ing the labor and material markets, j
"4: The program proposed by the
committee does not cover the ques- 1
tion of reimbursing certain counties
where considerable construction work
on the state highway system has si
ready been completed. It is believed
that this point should be considered
by the convention In the light of tho
possible revenues as estimated above.
The rovenue from the suggested
sources accruing during tho construc
tion period would probably be ade
quate to provide a sufficient reim
bursement fund, take care of tho
bonds and maintain the roads already
constructed with the federal aid left
for additional construction.
The number of miles of hard sur
faced roads and othor types thai
would be built under the $50,000,000
program would be as follows, accord
ing to the blue prii\Jt submitted by
V??"W
Proposed .... Other ~
County Hard Surface Types
Abbeville 37.4 3.0
Aiken 65.5 51.7
Allendale 10.1 8.4 V
Anderson 47.5 0.0
Bamberg 23.5 0.3
15 am well ; . 24.4 15.7
Beaufort 20.9 0.0
Rofkley 3'*.t> 20.5
Calhoun 24.2 17.6
Charleston 2.1.5__ ' 43,9
Cherokee . , . . . . ..... 2^3.1 10.0
Chester ..20.8 37.1
Chesterfield 56.0 14.0
Clarendon 19.9 8.5
Colleton . 34.9 36.4
Darlington 36.0 0.0
Dillon 20.0 7.4
Dorchester 52.0 0.0
Edgefield 20.5 ,< 26.1
Fairfield 27.3 ? 34.3
Florence 51.2 0.0
Georgetown 40.8 28.0
Greenville . 66.2 0.0
Greenwood 37.8 8.8
Hampton 28.0 7.3
Horry 13.6 24.0
Jasper 39.8 18.5
Kershaw 56.3 12.4
Lancaster 17.0 20.7
Laurens 28.6 45.6
Lee 27.8 15.0
Lexington 36.5 25.0
McCormick 27.6 ? 0.0
Marion 27.6 14.9
Marlboro 34.1 8.8
Newberry 49.6 4.0
fWnoe 25 4 0.0
Orangeburg 39 7 19 0
Pickens 31.2 3.0
Richland 7.0 0.0
Saluda . 21.7 0.0
Spartanburg 59.9 2.0
Sumter 10.0 ? 10.0
Union 29.0 15.8
Williamsburg 55.9 23.0
York 32.0 0.0
Totals 1.502.3 646.7
? From Friday's State
From $12 Checker to President of Armours
Thirty yearn ago. F. Ed son Whit?\ t lion n youth, loft his home near
I'eoria. 111., and \*ont to Chlcasro whore he found work as a ohectcor In
the pens at Armour A Co.. nt $12 per week This month he was made
president, the first not^i meud or of the Armour family since 1W?2.
The Discovery of the Decade
There has been a great effort made in the past
few years to find a real poison for the boll weevil.
The real question was to find a combination of ingre
dients that would attract the weevil ? make the weevil
go to the poison as the poison could not be put on the
weevil. This combination has been found and it at
tracts the weevils just as molasses attracts . flies.
Come in and let me explain the whole proposition to
you.
J. L. MOSELEY