The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 23, 1923, Image 8
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Henry I). Muller W?h a Brother of Dr.
Edwin Muller.
Dr. Kdwin Muller, pastor of the
Camden Presbyterian church, was
<alled to Columbia Tuesday by the
death of his brother which occurred
in that city. This is the third time
lh*. Muller has been bereave*! since
making his home in Camden, The
Columbia State of Tuesday carries
the following account of the death of
Mr. Muller:
"H. I). Muller, for 25 years associa
ted with the National Loan and Ex
change bank and a Well known citizen
of Columbia, died last night at a local
sanitarium following a brief illness.
Mr. Muller was 7(? years of age. He
retired from active business about
four years ago.
"In the death of INT r. Muller the city
loses one of its staunch citizens, a
man of unassuming qualities, quiet
and refined. He made many friends
while associated with the National
Loan and Exchange bank who will
mourn his death.
"Mr. Muller was a native of Colum
bia and always had the interest of the
city at heart. He was a member of
several clubs and was a Presbyterian
He was never married.
"Surviving, are two sister*, Miss
Marian Muller of Columbia and Mrs.
Lucy Whaling of Louisville, Ky., and
three brothers, the Rev. Kdwin Muller
of Camden, Bernard Muller and
Thornwell Muller of Columbia."
Veteran Enters (iuilty Plea.
Creenville, March LI. ?J. Searcy,
H.'J, a veteran of the Confederate
army in which he lost one of his legs
more than half a century ago. was
today sentenced to pay a tine of $ 1 T>
or serve 1 .r> days on tin- chain gang by
.Judge. ( '. C. Sims in sessions court
after the veteran, had pleaded guilty
to violation of the prohibition law.
"I had been up to North Carolina,"
confessed the old man, unite locks
falling about his temples, but with i
merry twinkle in his eve, "and wa^
just 'bringing in a little liquor back
home with me. I ain't never sold a
drop of liquor in my life and never
expect to but I do take a drink oc
casionally wlu*n I t;m get it."
The appearance of the old man in
the crowded court room as Sfce hob
bled along on an artificial limb creat
ed a hum of comment. He was re
lent ly arrested by county officers
just after ho had crossed the North ]
Carolina line into Greenville county
en route to this citv.
. . ** ?
Mrs. Louise Mayes Dead.
Greenville* March lG'.-p-Mrs. L.
Louise Mayes, one of the best known
women in South Carolina, died at her
home here today after an illness of
pneumonia contracted about three
weeks ago. She was chairman of the
advisory board to the woman's aux
iliary of the Southern Presbyterian
church and was also president of the.
Soiith Carolina synodical ol' the Pres
byterian church, and was at one
time State regent of South Carolina
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion. She was head of several gov
ernment. committees during the
World war and. was widely 'known
throughout the south. Funeral serv
ices will be held here Saturday morn
i i 1 1 k and the remains will be taken to
j Mavesville for burial.
Death of Miss Gardner.
j
Miss Jennie Gardner, aged 60 years,
who has been residing with her sis
ter, Mrs. Benjamin Amnions, at her
home on the corner of Lyttleton and
DcKalb streets, dicil quite suddenly
(during the night last Friday. She
! was up all day Thursday and retired
j in apparently good health Thursday
.j ni^ht. and life was nearly extinct
, when the family found her next morn
? ing. She was a sister of our fellow
'townsman. Mr. W. R. Gardner. The
! funeral was l^i?i at Reulah church on
; Saturday, services being conducted
l>v Rev. \V. II. Hodges, assisted bv
1
, Rev. J. Jeter Johnson, of the Baptist
j church, and the burial was in the
Beulah cemetery.
New York has another sensational*
? murder on its hands. The victim this
[ time is Dorothy King Keenan, a cloak
? model, who was found smothered to
! death with chloroform in her apart
ment Thursday. Albert Guimares, a
wealthy friend, has been arrested on
| suspic ion of being responsible for the
crime. He was later released on i
$ 1 O.ooo'Im.ixI.
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ItKMKMHKll THIS PAST,
fiimdcn ,Ha? Always Shown l!p Well
In .jpfert W*yed In History,
The Kditor of The Camden Chronicle:
In the March tit h issue of the "Cam
thin Chronicle" there wa? an article
which though given but little promi
nence, was nevertheless, veryk very
intoreating. It was the roster of the
Kershaw .County contingent of the
6th S. C. Confederate Infantry. I read
and re-read this list several times and
each time with increased interest, as
so many of the names were (and still
are fty -thoir present descendants)
borne by those who, since the earliest
days when old Camden was but an
outpost, have in every crisis promptly
offered that which is dearest to man.
Camden may not have u record of
commercial superionty, but in the
valor and gallantry ox its citizens it
has a memorial which will never suf
fer by comparison, and it is to her
lasting credit that these virtues have
been so carefully nourished and re
vived by the example which is set at
each call for its manhood. This same
spirit of valor has been direct cause
of piving her another enviable dis
tinction, and one that we should be
most jealous that it is in no way al
lowed to decrease? and that is its
pervading spirit of refinement and
courtesy. It is almost axiomatic
that a community in which the men
are imbued with a true military spirit
?not the spirit of unrestrained bel
ligerency' ? but where mCh readily of
fer themselves in response to call of
country or dictates of conscience ?
they are also instinctively chivalrous,
and in this regard Camden is certainly
no exception. those who have
been so fortunate as to live constant
ly in its attractive confines, its dig
nity and air of refinement are proba
bly not realized and therefore not ap
preciated,' but to us who return only
at long intervals, it is impossible not
to be impressed by their reflections
which Km* to Camden its most unique
charm.
\ Such heritages are too valuable to
lose; they should be strengthened for
present generations and perpetuated
for those to come, and it is believed
that a " most effective beginning can
be made by keeping 'before us the
proud records of our own people ?
| not only those who dicll. but also
those who dared. We may .even be
j thankful that our community has noi
i become, like many others, so satura
' ted with commercialism that we have
1 neither interest nor time to retlecl
| with pride on the military deeds of
; our kin an I intimate fellow towns
! men.
1 am sine that if the rosters o*f the
I organizations or groups, commencing
with the Revolutionary days, that
i have gone forth from Kershaw Coun
i ty in defense of right, could be located
and published, they would he most
interesting to every one of our citi
zens; not only that, il would be a very
small recognition of appreciation of
the services of those valiant men.
Is it not possible that those helpful
organizations, the J). A. II. and U. I).
C. could assist in the task?
, . I
(. annlcn s military record is too ;
? honorable and the men who made it J
too worth v to have their deeds effaced i
hy the mere passage of time. We
would like to see the nanu s of those J
who followed the intrepid Sumter or,
possibly the elusive "Swamp Fox" '
\W know that the "Palmetto" Rcgi- 1
m? ni was the lirst to scale the walls j
before Mexico City and that our own i
Kershaw was among them, but who .
were the others from Kershaw Conn- |
t y We know that <>ii! men served j
ui evei y bratu h of the Confederate!
I'm c( s. but what were their regiments, )
and what iheii companies I shall i
voia h w ithout feai of i ont radict ion
that t he : e ;s no t its in tile Cnited j
Status with tt white population com
putable to that of Camden in the
J "sixties" which t :a? show to its chil
; dren a record oQ military prowess
equal to that recorded hy the simple
but dignified* pergola in one of our
public ftpikg; or which can point out
a more gallant deed than that which
I is testified to on the fountain dedica
I ted to Richard Kirkland. And I shall
! further hazard that no ^punty at pros
| ent with similar population can point
to two of its citizens of the recent
great war who wear on their breasts
the highest token of recognition of
military or naval valor? the. Congres
sional Medal of Honor.
Let our historical organizations
through our home papers keep be
fore us and our children the intimate
records of those to whom honor is due,
so that should the call be ever again
sounded, those who follow us ? remem
bering ? may inscribe their deeds on
our untarnished Roll of lftrnor.
"Lest we forget."
Very truly yours,
\V. ANCRUM,
Commander, Uu S? Navy.
Homestead Park, Pa., March 18.
42 (Jreen Street.
HANDSOME TESTIMONIALS.
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New York^ife Sen^s Beautiful Ap
preciations to Citizens.
Ivc appreciation of their entertain
ment while in Camden and the cour
tesies shown them the New \ ork Life
' Insurance Company has sent two
hand-engraved and mounted testimo
nials to the Chamber of Commerce
' and to Hon: M. L. Smith. They mea- I
j sure 17x24 inches and from a mone
! tary value cost aboxit $100 each. 1 he
! work was done by an expert engraver
; and has the following resolutions
| thereon:
To the Policyholders and Citizens
of Camden, S. C\: At the annual con
ference of home officials and members^
of the board of directors with the ;
managing heads of the various
branch offices and departments, at the
Kirkwood, Camden, South Carolina,
January 9-13, 1023, the following res
olution was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, the delegates have re
ceived marked courtesies and imuny
I evidences of genuine Southern hos
t pitality at your hands: Therefore
| be it: .
' Resolved, that the thanks and ap- :
' preciation of this convention he ex
1 tended to the delegation of leading
, citizens, and to the Honorable Mendel
i L. Smith, their eloquent spokesman,
! who honored us by attending one of
; our meetings and delivering a list of j
i :,o citizens of Camden who applied ;
through out* local representative, and ,
their friend, Mi*. Luijier C. Shaw, for]
! insurance of $1,000 each on their
' !i\es. aggregating $.">0,000; and fur
ther:
; Resolved, that the thanks and ap
' preciation of the conference is hereby
j extended to the Camden Chamber of
| Commerce, through-its secretary, Mr.
| R. G. Sanders, who so generously
placed their automobiles at our dis
j posal and piloted us to the old plan
' tations and the many points of his
j toric and sentimental interest; and
; further:
Resolved, that this testimonial of
appreciation be properly engrossed
and transmitted to our friends in
I Camden m commemoration of a most
unusual and happy occasion. ^
Darwin l'~. Kingsley. president.
Thos. A. Ruckner, vice president. I
New York, January 20th, 1023.
Four automobile bandits help up
and robbed the Citizens Security bank I
at Knglewood, Kansas, I uesday, get- |
iing away uith $3,000 after locking'
t lu" bank's employes in Miw vault.
Fight thousand miners went on i
strike at the coal mines in the vicini- J
tv of Shamoakin, I'a.. Friday. in an _
effort to force '50 com pa i*^* electric- j
ia n t?> join the union.
i oi incr Governor Frank O. Low- j
of Illinois. declared Tuesday at |
||ono!ulo. "I am not even a receptive j
candidate for the Republican presi
di nt ia! nomination."
Twenty-Five Perish in Asylum Fire
Twenty-five r*rroa? were trapped
' In nnd periBhed, twenty-two of
whom were violont casea, in the
Are which destroyed the Manhattan
Bute Hospital for Tnsaae at New
York C!ty. *>h. IS. The picture
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ABOARD
BASTROP JURY FAILS TO ACT
Failed to Find Any Evidence That
Would Convict Klankmen.
Ba&trop, La., March 15 ? No indict
ments were returned by the More
house parish in connection with the
slaying of Watt Daniel and T. F.
Richard on August 24 last, and va
rious hooded band 'activities, which
the jury had been investigating for
the past ten days.
The jury report was given to Dis
trict Judge Fred Odom late today.
Attorney General Coco ahd two of
his assistants left here before the
grand jury nmde its report. Mr. Coco
Stated early today that in the event
no indictments were returned he
would l\le bills of information against
certain persons named at the opening
session here in January as having
participated in mob activities. He
did not state, however, whether or not
this action would be taken immediate
ly
In the report the grand jury re
ferred to the masked band ease as
"the deplorable crime of August the
24th," and stated that while it had
gone thoroughly into the affair it
could find no evidence that would war
rant the indictment of any individ
\
uals.
Numerous other crimes charged Lo<
hooded bands were not mentioned in
the grand jury report.
More than 125 witnesses were
heard by the jury during the ten days
it was in session. ,
Judge Odom made no comment on
the report. He dismissed the jury
after saying they lfad been in session
for a long time and he know it was
more or less of a hardship, but it was
the duty someone had to perform".
This was the third session of the
grand jury since the first of the hood
ed band kidnapping in Morehouse pa
lish, none of them finding indict
ments as a result of the crimes charg
t*il to t h?ni.
After the report of the grand jury
had been made known. Capt. J. H.
Skipworth, exalted ryelops of the
Morehouse Klan, made this comment:
"It is needless to say that I am high
ly elated. The state has done its du
ty and I hope it is satisfied and will
let the matter test."
"As to the deplorable crime of
August 21, 11)22. when five men were
kidnapped on the Morehouse parish,
we have carefully considered all of
the evidence brought before the grand
jury as to the activities of masked and
hooded men." the report states in
part. The majority of this body are
of the opinion that tin- evidence fur
nished was not sufficient to warrant
the finding of true bills against anv
particular party.
"As to the reports published in cer j
tain newspapers that friction has de- j
v eloped between the grand jury anil
the attorney general and his assist- '
nuts, we wish to brand same as abso- '
lutely false and unfounded. The re- !
latinn* between the individual mem- J
hers of this grand jury and the at- J
; ' 4 $
torney general and his staff have ?
all times been pleasant and harmon
ious.
"Some 125 witnesses have been ex
amined during the session and we
have inquired into all matters report
ed to us, having returned seven true
bills on matters aside from the mob
eases. We find little law violations
except in the case of the prohibition
law, and in several of these the dis
trict attorney has already filed bill*
of information."
Attorney /General Coco and Geo
Guion,' assistant, left Bastrop today
prior to the grand jury's report. Mr.
Guion said it was not likely that Mr,
Coco would have any statement to
make as to the grand jury's report.
Senator Howard Warren of Shrevc
port, special council for the state in
the Mer Rogue cases, was present
in court- when the report was filed,
but left immediately for ShreveporL
without issuirtg any statement.
Lee County Home Destroyed.
The beautiful country home of J.
Wallacp Davis, located about four
miles from Bishopville on tho road to
Darlington, was completely destroyed
by fire early Saturday night. Several
outbuildings were also- burned. With'
the exception of the piano and a few
articles on the first Moor all of the
household furniture was also destroy
ed. Mr. Davis' loss is estimated at
from $10,000 to $12,000 with no in
surance. The fire originated on "the
second floor of the residence and gain
ed headway very rapidly and in spite"
of the fact that the family was at0
home it was possible to save very lit
tle from the burning structure.? j
Bishopville Messenger. .3
Notice to Presbyterians.
Immediately after the regular
preaching service at the Presbyterian
Church on Sunday morning, March
2f)th, there will be an important meet
ing of the congregation. It is very
necessary that all members of the
church be present as a written ballot
will be taken at this time to decide
whether the new Sunday School build
ing. will be added to the church orb?
made a separate building.
Coker Alumnae to Banquet.
1 Hiring the, session of the State..
Teachers Meeting, the Coker Coll^g*
Alumnae will have a banquet at thr
Jefferson Hotel, Columbia, Friday
evening. April 13th, at 7 o'clock.
The Coker Club of Columbia will.be
the hostess of the occasion, and
will meet the members on th?_:
mezzanine floor of the Jefferson hotel
All former Coker students are urg
ed to attend and to send their name?
with one dollar and a quarter to Mrs
A. B. Florton (Klizabeth Van Landing'
ham i l?;i2 Marion Street, Columbia
At Dublin, Ireland, Saturday. Mikc*
McTigue, Irish- American fighter, de
feated "Battling" Siki, the Scngale*0
negro tighter, who a few months ago
defeated Georges Carpentier.
Tipue is now the world's light heav>*
weight champion.
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