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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1923.
NUMBER SO.
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NEWS or KIRKWOOli SOCIETY
? Huimening* ?f Interest Among Our
' Northern Viaiturn.
With every available loom taken
alHl hotels filling vacancies as fast art
they occur, Camden is having her
heaviest season.
This week marks the apex, and un
til April ftMt brings a break many
events are crowded into the short in
terval before Kftstor.
Saturday, the 17th, is tho date for
the Horse Show, whieh' holds forth
great promises of success.
The show will be held this season
on the small polo practice) field in the
pines and not as heretofore in the
Race Track. The setting is ideal, and
Hvwill prove a charming background for
the many line animals now in Cam
den. There are now nearly two hun
dred )>olo ponies in Camden, besides
many fine hunters, saddle horses and
junipers. r
The Camden contingent who at
tended the Aiken Horse Show report
ed it a great success. Aiken will be
represented at Camden's exhibition as
well as in the polo tournaments which
begin on |the 19th. Fine polo may
be anticipated dtiVi rig the week of
the lUth to 27th. Many experts in
the game aro .here, and more are ex
pected. Frank Gulden,. L, A. Youpg
und.C. C. Crawford are recent addi
tions to the ranks.
During the tournaments trophies
from the Camden 1*010 Club and the
Kirkwood Hotel are offered, and on
the 124th the Southern Circuit Cup
which is open to all teams in the
Southern Circuit will be the much
prized trophy.
Golf tournaments are the order of
the day on both Sarsfield and tho
Camden Country Club links. - Hand
some trophies are offered oh both
courses, and much interest is mani
fested by the large number of devo
tees, of the royal game, now winter
ing in Camden.
Representative James Southworth
Parker and Mrs. Parker, of Salem,
N. Y., came from 'Washington after
the adjournment of Congress, and
art? visiting Mr. Parke's sister, Mrs.
R 1). Ticknor at the Court Inn.
A most attractive affair of the week
was the cjyrd party, given on Monday
afternoon at her home by Mrs. War
ren Harris, in honor of her sifcter,
Mrs. W. C. Boyle, of Cleveland, who
is spending a week in Camden.
There were three tables of auctipn,
siTid later several guests came in for
tea. Mrs, Robert Thome, of Chicago,
iid Camden, made the highest score.
Among the guests were Mrs. Robert.
Thome, Mrs. Isaatf Newton Post, Miss
Ualdwin, Airs. Edwin ? Mull?v Mrsr
William Lambert DePass, Mrs. Ed
ward O. Emerson, Ji*., Mrs. George
<\ Willock, Mrs. John W., McCown,
Mrs. John W. Corbett, Mrs. C. C.
Romtrogger, Mrs. J. II. McNulty,
Mrs. J. Terry West, Mrs. Roland
? ioodale and Mrs. Thomas West.
Friday about sixty guests from ho
tels and cottages went by automobile
and on horseback to the cabin eight
miles north of Camden for a day in
the woods. The weather was fine and
a good time enjoyed by all.
After two month^s visit at Hobkirk
inn, Mr and Mrs John Sweeney have
returned to their homo in Detroit.
Mifis Margaret Sweeney will remain
in Camden until the Inn closes. ,
Mrs. Alexander B. Trowbridge is
another winter visitor leaving within
the past week. She returned on Mon
day to Flushing, L. I.
Mrs. Isaac Newton Post is enter
taining her sister, Miss Baldwin,, of
Kochelle, N. J., at her cottage on
l/ake View Terrace.
The many friends of Mrs. Robert
K. Allen are glad to welcome her in
her former home. Mr. and Mrs. Al
len and their little daughter are
down from New York and are visit
ing Mrs. Allen's aunt, Mrs. J. T. Hay
.'?ad other relatives.
For the benefit of the Camdeii Hos
pital a subscription dance will be
given at the Club House on the eve
'ling of St. Patrick's Day, March 17.
Tickets are two dollars for each per
son. The patronesses arc Mrs. Clar
ence Morgan, Mrs. Robert W. Pome
roy, Mrs. N. S. Simpkins, Mrs. Robert
Marye, Mrs. Stephen Robinson, Mrs.
Ralph Shannon, Mrs. Robert Martin,
Mrs. William Peake. Fld&r Commit
tee?Ward C. Belcher, Robert Mar
tin, Bisscll Kennedy.
' Hotel Arrivals.
Hobkirk Inn^-Jame* V. Davis, D.
C. Percival, Boston; Mr. and Mrs. L.
S. Downey, Herman Vine?i?tj. New
Hpchett?; Mr. and Mrs. 1? A. Arthur,
Pittsburgh; Dr. W. t. Porter, Bo*
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Court Inn: lira. Grace Maaury,
Mr*. P. A. Sturgis, Mi*s Edith Stnr
A WORTH* NRORO ll RAO;
Torn Johnson Had lieen Trusted Km
ployee For Many Yearn.
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Diath claimed n highly respected,
ts usted and useful citizen of Camden
when on Friday afternoon, last Tom
I Johnson depurtcd this life at his res
idence in Camden, S. C\, in the THrd
year of his agei
' Tom's mother and grandmother
were exceptionally fine women whose
loyulty to their friends and devotion
to duty justly nreritod that regard
and respect which they received
from those who knew them. His boy
hood days spent on the premises of n
Presbyterian minister and his early
associations were exceptionally up
lifting. Thus can be traced a fine
heredity and n desirable environment
ii\ the formation of the splendid char
acter which lie possessed.
Hij life was one of service. For
twenty-p|ix years, he was janitor of'
the Camden Graded School, where he .
was trusted by the teachers and loved
by the children. He was sexton at
the Lyttleton Street Methodist church
for twenty-three years, As 'sexton
of two of our churches and janitor in
ttye Court House he was efficient and
faithful. At the bedside of hi*
friends, white and colored, he was a
gentle, tender nurse.
oWe don't remember* that Tom was
much given to speaking in public
he was. too modest. uo remember
how his fine old face was lighted up
"With a smile as he cheerfully did his
day's work. His life of self-abnega
tion, love and gentleness was more
eloquent than anything he might have
said.
At Mt. Moriah IJaptist Church on(
last Sunday afternoon many of his
friends, white and colored, attended
his funeral as a mark of respect to
the memory of an honest, (loci fear
tag man.
gis, Miss Sturgis. W. S. Baldwin, of
Now York; Mv. 'and Mrs. Ralph P.
Aldcn, Mrs. James F. Bidwell, Spring
field; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Struth
ers, Jr., Miss Jackson, Noroton, Conn;
Miss Annie G. Mian, Boston; Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Hussey, Danvers; Mr. and
. Mrs. JL. F. Lohman, J. F. Lohman, Jr.,
Brooklyn; C. B. Whithey, Spring
field; Mn and Mrs. P. K. Hartman,
Brooklyn; Richard C. Paige, South
bridge, Mass.
Kirkwood Hotel: David Taylor,
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Smith Taylor,
Madison, N. J.; Mrs. II. Morton, Rye;
Jlr. and Mrs. F. L. Williams, Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Russell, Ridgeway; Mrs.
Frank B. Garland, Miss Matilda Car
land, Nutley, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
A. JSmith. Brooklyn: A. VY Perry,
Mrs. K. N. Larkin, Boston; G. S.
Reynolds, Mt. Vei/ton; W. G. An
drews* Buffalo; Mrs. \\Tm. M. Law
rence, New York; Mr. and Mrs. H.
W. Bottomley, ?' Haddonfield, N. J.;
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Reeve, Westfield,
N. J.; Mrs. C. W, Moss, Miss Esther
L. Moss, Lockport; Mrs. Fleming
Newbold, Washington; F. II. Town
send, Detroit; G. E. Rice, New York;
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ryerson, Miss
Joan Ryerson, Lake Forest; Mr. and
Mrs. J. Harvey Williams, New York;
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gulden, Hemp
stead; Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Pil
ch'er, New -York; Mr. and Mrs. N. L.
Danforth, Buffalo; Mr. and Mrs. C.
H. Lamy, Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Pullen,
Baltimore; Walter G. Hardy, Charles
ton, W. Va.; E. L. Mattack, Philadel
phia; Mrs. T. W. Blake, New York:
John W. B. Brand, Harold Ley, of
Springfield; Dr. and Mrs. William I).
Briggs, Bridgeport; J. W. Estsbrook,
Boston; L A Young, C. C. Crawford,
Detroit; O. W. Loomis, W. G. Kranz,
Mrs. Kranz, Miss Alice Kranz, Cleve
land; John C. Haymaker, Pittsburgh;
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Owen, Ean
Claire; John II. Mann, Miss Marion
Mann, Buffalo; W. C. Belcher, Mont-'
clair; John W. Thomas, Hartsdale;
C. J. Parker, Bronxville; Mr. and
Mrs. Hartwell Greene, Cambridge;
Miss Flore G. Siiuth, Scranton; Mr.
and Mrs. J. Van Nortwick, Batavia,
111.; Mrs. D. Clinton Whiting, Passa
dena; Mr. and Mrs. James W. Eus
tis, Boston; Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Smith Lee, Mrs. J. Henry Fletcher,
Arthur W. Fletcher, Boston; Walter
S. Miller, Toledo; Mrs. L. W. Borden,
Miss Penelope Borden, New York;
Mrs. J. W. Graeme, Miss Alice
Graeme, Mrs. Ralph Hammer, Mis3
Georgine Wilde, Miss Louise A. Smith
of New York; Mrs. Chauncey B.
Chapman, Flushing; Mr. and Mrs. H.
G. Taylor, Haverhill; Mrs. A. L.
Chase; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ward,
Boston; Mrs. George Thorno, Miss
Eleanor Driscoll, Chicago,. Chicago;
Mr. and Mrs. Cromwell Woodward,
Utica; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley P. Jad
win, Brooklyn; Howard Morton, New
York;' Mrs. R. G. Morris, Jtfew York;
Mrs. George Swift, Sound Beach;
Mrs. R. W. Ebling, New York; Mr.
?ill iff*. W. B. (tore, Mr. and Mrs.
John Wllkihdon, Miss Gladys "fills*,
Syracuse; Mr*. F.~F. Cheney, Buffa
lo; Capt. and Mrs. J. A. Ouemfnyaad,
of Haranna. ~ -
CAMDEN HOY RETl'KNS.
Talk*! of Occupational Army in Cob
ltna District.
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Nov.- York* March 7. ? William McD. j
Young, of Camden, South Carolina#
has just returned to tho United
States among the last of the group j
of secretaries of the American Y. M.
C. A., serving with the A.. F. in G. j
in CJoblenz.
Young's welfare activities began m j
August, 1918, in France where he
was placed in charge of one of tho
large warehouses used as a supply
depot for the Fourth Army. -I
When the Third Army settled
down to the task of guarding the Cob
leir/. bridgehead, he was transferred
to the Rhine to guard the incoming
and outgoing of supplies reouired by
the Y. ior its soldier huts in the oc
cupied territory.
"Nothing finer has ever been ac
complished by an invading army,"
You rig said, 4 'than the process by
which tho attitude ttf tho German peo
ple was completely changed from sul
len resentment in the first days of
the occupation to respect, then ricjK
miration and finally, genuine affec
tion.
"I asked a fine old German woman
if she had seen the lowering of the
America? flag for the Inst time
from the fortress of Ehrenbreitstein.
'Yes,' she said, 'and I cried even
more then than the day that flag was
first hoisted.'
"The burden of discipline fell to
the Military Police and it was due to
their firm but just treatment that
there was so little friction ar^d splen
did obedience to necessary rulings.
Just bcfqre the departure of the
troops, a group of Germans descend
ed, late in the night, upon the print
ing establishment of a newspaper
which had espoused the cause of a'
separate Rhineland Republic. Some
damage was done but still more was
planned the next morning. There
Kvore at least 5,000 people in the
streets around the newspaper office
when a riot eall was sent in. This
brought an automobile hurrying to
the Scene with four American M. P.'s
in it. Without pulling a gun or the
least show of violence, those four
men dispersed that mob without fur
ther damage to the printing plant.
It would have taken a regitrient of
German or French police to get the
same result." v y
Young points . out that since the
occupation of the Ruhr by the
French, the atmosphere is electric
with misgivings, doubts, and anxiety
on the part of the Germans as to
the future. They regret the .depar
ture of the Americans, feeling tnat
their only hope for peace has been
taken away from them. This regret,
he says, was shared by the Americans
who felt they were leaving Cobleriz
with European conditions in the most
chaotic and critical state since the
armistice.
"The Y. was With the troops until
the transport St. Mihiel cast off its
hawsers and started on its home
ward Voyage. At the request of the
army, a group of Y workers, accom
panied The men on the all night
trip from Coblenz to Antwerp serv
ing coffee and sandwiches. In the
early morning every officer and sol
dier was given a warm breakfast at
an improvised canteen set up on the
dock. Great as was the regret of
the men on leaving Germany, greater
still "was their genuine reluctance in
parting with the men and women
who had made a home for them 8,000
njilcs from home."
New Parking Rules.
We have been tojd by members of
the eity council that probably next
week new rules for motor vehicles
will go into effect since the advent
of the payed streets and motorists arc
inclined to speed. Silent sentinels
have been ordered to be placed at all
of the important corners and new
ryles will be Aadc as to speed, park- J
ins: and at corners. A notice of the j
rules will bo published in a later dato
of the two city papers.
BILLY SUNDAY COMING.
Will Hold Services in Camden Next
Wednesday Morning.
Rev. W. A. (Billy) Sunday, the fa
mous evangelist, now conducting a
revival in Columbia, has assured the
Camden people that he will make a
visit here on Wednesday morning,
March 21st. Some time ago a com
mittee from the churches made a visit
to Mr. Sunday and asked him to make
a visit to Camden and our people win
be delighted to know that he has ac
cepted the invitation. Secretary
'Sanders of the Chamber of Commerce
lalso wrote to Mr. Sunday asking him
to come over, and his reply to ?ir.
Sanders is given below, the date hav
ing been arranged with Mr. Sunday
by telephone since the receipt of his
letter to Mr. Sanders:
Columbia, S. C., Mar. 13.
Dear Mr. Sandets: I am planning
to make the visit at Caftden. Prob
ably-wt iwake it bestsome week-day
morning, as Mr. Matthews suggested
to your committee. Don't know just
yet when jjjKUl be frat will atoe
yoil in lime to get y oar folks to
gether. Thank yon for your kind
DfPFBRRpCIS IN NKKDS
|On? Hundred Per Ont Increase Is
Possible at Timen Says A|?cnt.
Rt'cently. in a public nutting j for
fanners charts showing the differ
ence in yields of cotton from various
rows in n plunt-to-row plat wttre be<
in# exhibited when an elderly farmer
jumped to his feet and said: ?J)o
you mcam to tell us ^t hat as much a*
100 per cent greater yield is possi*
ble fro m rows of the same length,
same plot, upon thw same ground;
j fertilized and cultivated al^ke, and
; that the only difference is in quality
[of the seed?" It was thci^ explain
j ed that the needs which had prod tic
j ed the rows in question came from
1 different mother plants in the same
; field the year before, plants specially
! nelectcd as (food /individuals, and
j that the results shown were correct,
i nbt guess work,
t This fanner was absolutely sincere
I in his disbelief, says L. Carberry,,
! who was displaying- the charts. He
had never tried in any definite way
the principle of contrast, between
high and low yielding seqds. Differ
i encu in quality in seed was explain
ed dfc existing in many cases to even
! greater extent than in other things,
i that it is a matter of selecting seed J
j from the very best mother plan's
? grown under normal conditions, find
J ing out then the standard of quality,
j and constantly perpetuating only the
J best strains.
j rTjy1 farmer sank back in his seat j
> rewRikin^ -r "Well, 1 never would'
j haye believed that such a difference i
i could exist in seeds."
| Lots of other farmers think the j
i same way. They have for one rea- i
( son or another been t6o neglectful '
! of the quality of seeds. They have 1
j employed no method (other than per- j
haps the eye) for distinguishing the !
high from the low yielding seeds. |
They have planted altogether with
OUj. considering that there is a niark
j etl difference in quality of seeds and
| that one hundred per cent greate/
jyields Is well worthy of considera- ]
tion. J. W. Sanders, j
I Presentment of Grand Jury.
j To His Honor Judge S. W. (i. Shipp, ,
Presiding Judge of the March term I
of Court for Kershaw County, 1923. j
We beg to say that we have passed
j on all bills handed us by the Solicitor.
A committee inspected the jail and
! premises surrounding and found same .
in good conditiofi and well kept with j
j the exception of the floor in the front (
living room which is badly in need of i
a new floor. Also a broken pipe in |
the water line needs repairing.
We find the Court House in good .
ronditiorrexcepr Ijhe roof which le^ks j
and should be immediately repaired. ;
Also leaking under several window j
sills which is discoloring the walls.
It is reported that the Old Porter
road from Nine Mile Post to the 13
mile post is in bad condition. About
two miles of this road is a mail route.
We recommend that the road be re
paired at the earliest moment.
The roads of the County from in- j
formation seem to be in fairly good
condition. From reports received the
j schools 9f the County appear to be
! running smoothly with very little
complaint.
We wish to go on record as beiny;
heartily in favor of the enforcement
of the prohibition law and we hope
every good citizen of Kershaw Coun
ty will lend his or her influence to
that end.
Having just organized we have no
report to submit on the several offices
of the County but we understand that
there is a controversy between the
old Board of Commissioners and the
newly appointed Directors of the
County. Also a like controversy ex
ists in the Auditor's office. We hope
these differences will soon be adjust
ed so the affairs of the county will
not suffer.
We have appointed a Committee to i
look after the several interests of the j
County and these will report at the j
next term of Court.
We thank the Judge, the Solicitor j
and the Officers of the Court for the I
courtesies extended us.
All of which is respectfully sub
mitted. I. J. McKenzie,
Foreman.
Large Cotton Mill For Camden. i
Plans for a new million dollar cot
ton mill are said to be under way for I
Camden, and land adjacent to. the
preseqt Wateree Mill site near the
city limits has been purchased as a
site for the new mill. Options on
other lands have also been secured
and it is expected work will com
mence on the new building in a short l
while. The present owners of the
Wateree Mills and Loekwood, Greene
and Company, with planta In many of
the large cities are interested in the
piUjCCl. TTydro -eT^ciric power wfJl be
asvd. '
turned -from an extended vtott tn
Charleston and at, Camp Bennbur, at
Oohnnboa, Georgia.
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CO I RT GOING on mis wkIck
Only Pew Criminal Cases Tried and 1
No Court Held Next Week.
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The Spring term of court of gen- '
etnl sessions for Kershaw County,;
Judge S. \V. G. Shipp, of Florence,
presiding, convened on Monday morn
ing. Solicitor A. F. Spigner and
CpuVt Stenographer .John K., Aull, of
I olumbia, and the local officers of
the court, were on hand for the work.
Mr. Cole L, Blease, of Columbia,
moved for a continuance of the ease
against Tom Uay, charged with rtiur
der, on account of the absence of
Mr. Mendel L. Smith, who in presid
ing at Manning thin week as special
judge. The motion for continuance
was vigorously opposed by Solicitor
Spigner, who contended that no legal
excuse had been presented. Judge
Shipp carried the case over until Fri
day morning, with a view to going
into it then, .should Judge Smith con
clude the Manning court by that
time.
A true bill was returned by the
grand jury in the Hay case on Mon
day afternoon.
ti
During the. morning the bar decid- 1
.ed to postpone the civil court which '
was to have been held next week, |
and Judge Shipp passed an order pro- I
viding for. a special term of common j
pleas court on the first Monday in!
May. |
In 'addressing the grand jury Mon- i
day morning Judge Shipp compli
mented them arid the county upon
the fact that the entire eighteen mem
bers of the panel lyul answered to
their -name* on tfte opening morn
ing of the term, thus permitting the
organization of the grand jury and
the starting of the machinery of the
court without delay. '
I Judge Shipp delivered a strong
j charge dealing with the general and
| specific duties of the grand jury. Mr.
? I. J. McKenzie was chosen foreman.
It has been generally commented
upon by court officials who have ob?
1 served other courts that the jurors
j. in this county are exceptionally
[ prompt and willing in the perform
ance of jury duty, and thtt^ease and
ability with which Clerk or Court
j Clybum .handles, the business of the
j court, anil Sheriff G. C. Welsh se
cures the attendance of witnesses are
marked.
A number of bills of indictment
were handed out by the Solicitor,
| C. W. Dodd, a white man was con
victed of giving a false check for
! $75. Dodd at the time was working
for the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Co. Mr. W. B. Porter/ who reprc
i sents the company jn Camden, en
dorsed the check which was cashed
by the Loan and Savings Hank, and
which Mr. Porter later paid for the
reason that Dodd had no funds in
the bank at Raleigh upon which it
was drawn. A sealed sentence was
left for Dodd.
James Bracey, colored, charged
with assault and battery with intent
to kill upon the person of J. F. Smith,
by cutting him with a knife, was con
victed by a jury of simple assault
and battery, with recommendation to
mercy, and was sentenced to serve
thirty days, suspended during good
behavior, Iiracey having already serv
ed nearly three and a half months
in the county jail. Bracey was not
represented by coupsel.
Walter Jeffries, white, chargcd
with violation of the liquor lavpfi, was
convicted with recommendation to
mercy.
Robert Shine, colored, pleaded
guilty to house breaking and larceny
and was sentenced to serve two years.
M. O. Hatfield, white, was convict
ed for violating the prohibition law.
Wash Williams and his wife, Selina
Williams, were tried for violating the
prohibition law. Wash was convict
ed and Selinn acquitted. Wash, who
^gave his age as 74 years and said
he had been in jail four months, was
sentenced to serve three months, two
nponths of which was suspended dur
ing good behavior.
Alton Whitehead, white, aged H,
pleaded guilty to larceny of a bicycle
and was sentenced to serve two
months.
Joseph Roberson. young white boy,
pleaded guilty to larceny of a bicy
cle, and was sentenced to serve two
months.
1 These boys jvere from Atlanta, Ga.,
and ytid they took the bicycles to got
back home. They had been in jail
two months.
r Lloyd Yfesvwr, white, pleaded guil
ty to of a watch, And was
sentenced to serve two month#.
Tb? case against E. M. Atkinson
> t- 9 . - - - \ l3f .'II? _ A A.L.J ? - -'-i- -/a _
una nw ion, tttttw AisnTTSOn, wttttc,
tried on Tuesday morning, charged
with violation of the prohibition law,
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''this Tiiiiii) alarm;*
Special Firemen's Picture at The
MajcHtir Next Thursday.
The ftt'emen of Camden a re bring
ing to the Majestic Theatre next
Thursday as a apodal benelU per
fo finance "The Third Alarm," starr
ing Ralph Ixiwis, said to bo the moat
stupendous, spectacular and sensa
tional picture ever shown in Camdtm..
and best described as follows: Roar
ing flames, shrieking sirens, pound
ing hoofs, choking smoke, flyitag
sparks, throbbing engines, hissing
streams, 'surging crowds, crashing
Walls, screaming survivors, reckless
rescues, pleading women, frantic men,
piercing whittles, twisting girdles,
dying embers, smouldering ruins, tho
faithful horse,- the discarded fireman,
tho *voung couple, the patient mother
? contentment and happiness at last!
Tho admission to all will he ?Nh\ Per
form, ance and 4:M0 and 7:15 and I*
p. m.
Circles to Meet.
The circles of the Missionary So*
ciety of . the Cfimden Baptist . Church
will meet at the church for the gen
eral meeting, Tuesday afternoon, the
20th of March, at 4 o'clock.
Special Meeting.
A special meeting Camden
C'ommandory No, 1U, Knights Tom
plar,1 is called for Friday evening,
March Ifith, at K o'clock, for drill
anil rehearsal. Attend if possible
and be punctual.
\V. Robin Zemp, Coihmandcr
N. K. (toodale, C. (J.
M. Hillings, Seeretary
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| resulted -in a( mistrial. ,
Robert Williams, colored, was con
vie ted of grand larceny, in the steal
ing of two tiros, two rims and a ra
diator cap from the automobile of
Mr. W. A. Sanders, and was sentenc
ed to serve nine months. ,
, H. L. Kotan was convicted of sin) ?
pie assault and battery upon the per^
son of Hon Humphries, and was sen
tenced to ]>ny a fine of $50 or to ?
serve 30 days.
. M. O. Ifatfield, convicted of storing
whiskey; was sentenced to serve three
months, two months beinjf suspended
j during good behavior.
I In* the case of the state against E.
i M. AtkinRon and Willie Atkihsdiij
J charged with violating of the prohi
bition law, in which there had been
a mistrial, Willie Atkinson, the son, ,
pleaded guilty and the case against
IC. M. Atkinson was nol progsed.
Willie Atkinson was sentence*! to - ?
serve three months, two months of?
the sentence -being suspended upon ?
the service of thirty days in county
jail.
| Charity Green, colored, was con
i vieted of breaking into the house of
} Mr. Hufus Watts, near Lugoff, and
I stealing two hams. She was sentenc
ed to serve three months.
W. P. Hughes, a young .white mar;,
was convicted of bigamy, the two
marriages being alleged to have oc
curred, respectively, at McOoll, in
Marlboro county, and at Camden. He
was sentenced to servo six months
; and pay a fine of $500.
Landy Laney, white, was convicted
of malicious mischief, in the shoot
ing of a cow, the damages being fixed
by the jury at $18, and Laney was
sentenced to pay a fine of $75 or to
serve thirty days, the sentence being
suspended on condition that tho de
fendant pay the costs of the trial and
pay the prosecuting witness the
amount of $1X damages assessed by
the jury.
All other jury cases having been
disposed of, Judge Shipp stated that
he would not hold the jury over un
til Friday for the trial of tho Ray
case under the uncertainty surround
ing the probability of being able to
take it up, in view of Mr. Blease's
motion for a continuance on account
of the absence of Judge Smith hold
ing a special term of court at Man
ning.
Judge Shipp granted a now trial
in the ease of Walter Jeffries, con
victed of violation of the prohibition
law, on the ground that he did not
feel that the verdict was v warranted
by the evidence.
In the case of tho two Atlanta
youths, Alton Whitehead and Joseph
Koberson, who pleaded guilty to steal
ing bicycles, citizens of Camden po
sitioned the court to allow them to
return to their homes upon funda
raised by public niiliwi iJj'Mnili ' til ?
funds having been raised. In, accord
knee with the petition Judge Shipp
suspended sentence* during good be
havior *#n condition that the boy? re
turn home, the fJlwi Iff to btry their
tickets and put them on the Atlanta
train. ?.
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