The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 06, 1923, Image 3
MAYOK and 41 IKiK. CONVICTED.
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Witn?^^s in CftM Presenf '
iVimi.^on (?i Toiumu v . J
? Indianapolis, Ind., Mtfrch St. Ono
A1f the most wuftationai trials held
in Indiana ? since the Volstead act
became 'was brought to a'
close in United Stutea District, Court
hero today with the conviction of
lU'ty-ftve persona on a charge of con
spiracy to violate the prohibition law.
The defendant# arc all residents of
Gary and Lake County. While a ma
jority of those convicted are of fur*
eign birth, Several of the defendants
were men charged with the authority
to enforce the lawa and those who had
taken oath to prosecute the offenders.
They were among those found guilty
hy a jury which began its delibera
tions Friday evening at 5:150 o'clock
and reported its verdict in court this
morning.
Judge Ferdinand A. Geiger, of
.Milwaukee, who heard the eases, said
he would hear arguments on any mo
tions for a new trial or. in arrest- of
judgment .on April' 20. These motions
must be filed within eight days. Those
convictid today also may he sentenced
on April 20, but it is probable a later
date may be set then.
Topping the list of. t^ose found
guilty', on the conspiracy charge,
which carries with it a sentence of
' " 1 ' l
froifi one da v. to two years, or both,
was Roswel'i (.), Johnson* mayor of
GaryN Part of the city and county's
!o.:al machinery? -Judge William M.
Punn and Prosecutor Uwight M.
K nde% -also were found guilty. Wil
liam II. Olds, sheriff of Lake county,
former sheriff Lewis 10. Barnes,
iikt County Prosecutor Clyde Hunter.
Ulaz A. Lucas, a prominent Gary at
torney and John Bennett, treasurer of
the republican city committee, Gary,
also wercT convicted. Two of those
found guilty were women. Those con
victed were permitted to remain at
liberty on their original bonds.
Witnesses of at leapt fifteen nation
alities testified during the trial which
occupied thirteen days. In addition
to many persons of various Slavic
races, witnesses of American, Greek,
Czecho-Slovakian, Austrian, Rouma
nian, Irish, Negro, Spanish, Polish,
Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Italian,
Swedish and German parentage were
heard.
John K. Blake Dead. ^
Greenwood, April 2? John R. Blake,
71, prominent Greenwood business
man and general agent for the Abbe
ville-Greenwood Mutual Insurance as
sociation, died today in John Hopkins,
hospital, Baltimore, where he had
been carried for an operation. His
death' occurred just before Undergo
ing the operation.
Born October 4, 1852, near Green
wood, the son of Milton Blake and
Sarah Black Blake, Mr. Blake had
lived most of^ his life in Gruenwooii
and Abbeville. After graduation
from Erskine college in 18(J0, ha
taught school for a time at Ninety-.
Six and Coronaca. He was one of the
first promoters of the Abbeville
Greenwood Mutual Insurance assoei
? at ion and had been general agent
since 1X02.
For 12 years Mr. Blake was treas
urer of Abbeville county and repre
sented that county one term in the
state senate, retiring at the end of his
term without seeking reelection. He
was a member of the Greenwood
Presbyterian church.
Carlisle T. Busbee, aged <?f
Wagener, in Aiken county, shot and
killed himself Saturday at his father's
home. The young man had suffered
for years from nervousness and of
late had been employed in supervising
the construction of concrete bridges
in North Carolina.
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AMERICAN TOBACCO CO
Accidents Wipe Out Fam.ly.
The ill luck which has, since 1911,
pursued the family of J. 1). Bryson,
of Greensboro, N. t\, reached its trag
, *
ie end Thursday night when Mrs.
Bp-son, nearly 70 years old, was
struck and killed by an automobile
driven by J. C. Rice, plumber, the ac
cident occurring Ut intersection of
West Lie and Dick streets as Mi""/
Bryson started to cross West Ia\>
Street.
Mrs. Bryson was taken to St. Leo's
hospital immediately after the acci
dent. She. died within five minutes
after .reaching t he institution. Mr.
Rice, who accompanied her to the
hospital, in thu Hanes ambulance,
stated he was driving1 about 15 miles
an hour, when the accident occurred.
He was blinded, ^he says, by the lights
of an approaching car* and by a street,
.light which hangs low over the inter
section, oi the two streets. He went
to the police station from the hospi
tal, where he is bei<ig held for inves
tigation. It seems that no person has
been t'oiyid who witnessed the acci
dent.
Mrs. Bryson't} husband,'.!. D. Hry
son, a machinist who at one time
lived in Greensboro, was killed in 1U11
while at work in the Southern shops
in. Spencer, the trucks of a car unde.1
which he was working giving way,
and the car falling on him. Her only
child, Vpnnie B. Bryson, was killed
when struck by an Atlantic Coast
Line train at Rocky Blount, his home,
in 1012. .
Two thousand children enjoyed an
Faster egg hunt on the White House
lawn in Washington Saturday even
ing.
W. T. O. Bates, Jr., convicted two
?years uro of embezzling $150,000
from the Liberty National Bank of
Columbia, and sentenced to five years
in the Federal penitentiary at Atlan
ta, has been released on parole.
Piggly Wiggly Whips
Wall Street Gambler*!
? ? ? ?? ?? ? I
Clarence Saunders, twelve yearn
ago a day laborer In Alabama, gave
Wall Street gamblers a trimming
last week. As president of the 1200
Plggly-Wiggly chain grocery stores
he bought np stock, forcing it up
from $40 to $124, catching the gam
blers short.
Bernhardt's Farewell to America
"JiiHt one hour nnrt a quarter before she died In tier son'* arms at
hor I'aria hon?*\ a?r>d wrpiityol^ht. S?fah Bernhardt, the "IUvmo
Karati," (he worlds Krc^h*.. actroR*, Kent thl* rw*f*Ag? to America. thp
land of Ju*r many trltrojjJi*^ "I am ilpeply tow-hod with th.? -
]u(e^ebt, of m? fcHored Au?erfoa<i *Hen<T?~ So r- :oT a pront lift..
Rubber*. Specially
on Chain Grower <es
T\.<vau'u anvsaetl la Si. l.u<ils.
Mt\. in. tin aitoajj^to rol> a yb/ilo
Kroivry store, iqrtialltvt, acvoi'tl*
liijj i<? (Ha that they laul
I'obWt'd oiu? tii the .si(iiv:< daily for
-it days Mini that -th<>y made their
living by iohl>luwr I tio ?t?avs.
Tho company oporatluK tho
Klt'lVs s;i\s it |osl S'J |,UH> iti l"l>'
ia Si. Louis la tho iust
tjirco y?>ars.
Scotch Couples Dr.nce
21 Hours, 16 Minutes
London.-- Endurance records In
duncing are being shattered ho fre
quently tn tlio hot contest for world
supremacy between England and Scot
land tlmt It is difficult to keep truck
of the figures.
When Santos Casanl, a former avla
tor, stopped hit* continuous perform
ance at Hammersmith with a record of
IS hours a.4 minutes he was happy In
the belief that he had established new
figures for rout Unions dancing.
His efforts were vain; for when he
finished two couples In Edinburgh were
putting the last touches on a much
higher record of 21 hours, 111 minutes.
They were. Mis* Mary Connelly and
Joseph Voting, and Miss Lena Hansen
and Hugh MacKay.
Casdni's record was most remark
able from the fact that he was gravely
wounded in the war. a section of his
Collarbone having been carried away, .
whilf shrapnel ?fm'ftiiiiMp.M still re
mained in |iis legs, (,'asani carried a
pedometer which registered flii miles,
1,1*40 yards when he was forced to
.quit by sore foot. He concluded with'
an exhibition fox trot and a one-uiln
'ute spin.
German Woman Jurors
Are Hard on Their Sex
Iterlin. ? German women, recently ac
corded the right to sit on juries in
criminal cases, have shown an inclina
tion to impose even more severe pun
ishment than men, particularly where
the defendants are women."
"I always feel sorry for a woman
defendant," said a Jierlln Jftdge, com
menting on woman's entry into the
Jury box, "when a majority of the jury
is composed of the fairer sex. My ex
perlence so fur has been that the wo
men have less mercy than men? and
hold out for verdicts accordingly.
Ever since Germany beoamo a re
public and women gained the right to
the ballot, the question of permitting
them to sit on juries has been brought
up fer discussion from time to tlrrfb,
there being many opponents to the ad
vancements of women's rights among
the public generally and especially In
the legal profession. It was contended
that women were too tender-hearted to
listen to sordid detail* of criminal
eases.
54,000,000 Rubles for
$1 Is Exchange Rate
Washington. ? Russia,, now that fear
of falulne has been allayed In large
sections of the country, is developing
a hunger for American currency, ??
American relief administration offi
cials report.
Ah n result of early operations by
unscrupulous purveyors who released
coftsld<mihle quantities of (Confederate
currency left over from American
Civil war days, the simple peasant,
the.v say, Is now wise enough to de
mand greenbacks with the pictures of
Washington and Lincoln upon them.
Such bills until recently commanded
n premium of 20 per conr over other
forms of American currency. At pres
ent the curb exchange markets In
Moscow rate the American dollar at
about .r>4, 000,000 soviet rubles.
> Americans watching the trickle of
United States currency into KusaIu es
timate that It amounts to about $1,
0**0,000 a month.
| Radio Locates Missing
Boys in Less Than Hour
Omaha, Neb. ? Radio turned the trick
; of locating two mlsging school bo\H
1 in less than an hour.
D. K. (Juiniine, father of Chester
j Gulnane, seventeen, who, with his
, chum, 1'aul SchUtze. fourteen, disap
I peared, had t tie description of the two
i boys broadcast from the xrain ex
j change radio station.
In less than tin hour the father got
; a 'telephone call from the Omaha radio
j fan who hart received the description,
; stating that boys answering the de
scription were seen ' tbat day on a
downtown street corner selling papera.
i The father hastened to the spot and
; found his son.
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German Woman Lawyer.
.Munich. ? l)r. Maria Otte.- a native of
Wuerzburg, recently appeared In the
Munich courts ,\> the first woman law
yer ever to practice in Germany. Miss
Otto rec**l\ eij- the training for her r<^e
as the fatherland's first Portia In
: schools at Wyerzburg, Leipzig, Herlln
and Munich.. She has been employed
by a well-known law firm here for the
last four year*.
Great-G randmother at Forty-Seven.
I?s Angeles,' fill --.Mr^ Vina Cun
ningham Is a L'reaf ?rrnn<lrrv.ther at
forty-seven; her daughter. Mrv. Jessie
j Myers, a grnmhuorher j>t thirty-one,
and Mr*. M yer*? daucbter. \Fr* Hertha
| I'dfliiche ilatiH^hild. a mother at fif?
teen. ?cenrdh?c to th<? Los Angeles Rx
| jTTTitTTrTr fnd Tn^TTrnT.'/T i search
for "i?.e >?>o??gest grandmother."
(Ihno Vnslor Automobile.
Th(? conglc 'gat ion of St . 1 *<ti? ? i I
Lutheran church ill Columbia present
n| their ju*atoF? Dr. II. A. MeCuMough,
Wednesday a brand new Hoick tour
ing car.- The presentation was made
by A, II. Kohn. N .
A Tribute To The, Memor> of Mrs.
\V. P. Johnson.
1 w?s shock i'?l, and inexpressibly
gricVed, on Sunday morning, M *n\- h '
I St h, upon receiving a telegram from
my 'good friend and former employer,
>1 .1. II. Kiley, of Buffalo. S. C.,
>onveying to me. the sad intelligence
of the death of his youttgeSI daugh
tor, Mrs. Nellie Kiley .Johnson, which
occurred at Camden, S. C, earlier in
the morning, where she had lived for
several years. Then later during the
day. a similar message front her bean'
crushed husband was . received.. with
increased sadness. It was my privi
lege. and pleasure to have known the
subject of this Sketch from girlhood,
during which time both my wife and
myself have enjoyed and appreciated
her love and friendship. She was one
oj the best and most lovable women
that it was ever my pleasure to
know. Her mission was doing good
for others. She delighted in doing
and helping those in less fortunate
c.i rc'U instances. That Was one of the.
characteristics, that which marked
the life of her sainted mother, who
preceded her to the. grave several
years ago. She was a lady of rare
< harm and beauty; and was the em
In m| i id. !>i of a)J that was ge.nUe, love
ly and pure in 'womanhood, and was
of that rare unselfish spirit so beauti
ful to behold. The community in
which she lived is poorer for her pass
ing. For an afngel of mercy has pass
ed on to the cloudheights of the sub
J i mo sleep of the stainless soul, and
will come this way no more. And yet
the sweetness of her spirit lingers
like the essence of some rare rose that
fades and falls before its time. She
whs a thorough consecrated christian
and a leader in all the activities oi
the church until her health began to
decline. While the Methodist was the
church of her choice, uniting with it
in early life, her good deeds and in
fluence was felt among all denomina
tions. She had few equals and no su
periors. Always ready to speak a
word of cheer and encouragement to
the sick and oppressed, condolence
hnd sympathy to those in trouble and
bereaved. She was a woman posses
sed with rare intellectual gifts, her
opinion on any subject counted for
much, and her cpunsel and advice was
often sought by her friends and asso
ciates. She attended Winthrop Col
lege, and later graduated with honors
at Columbia Female College. She
was a popular and efficient teacher in
the Buffalo Graded School, at Buffa
lo, S. ('., where she lived a number
A Nation's Prosperity
- 's Founded on Its
People's Savings
It is tho individual aavhurs ol' each,
iiuin, Avoman aitd child. coupled with ed
neat ion, invent :on and Virterprise. that
makes a nat iom >vreat ami prosperous.
America the melting put of the na
tions-? has been particularly blessed. It
is the rirhest nation in all the worhl, and
its people free, enlightened, loyal ami de
termined.
Opportunity plays no favorites. What
another has done, you can do. If yau are
not already a mpmfrei' of this big, loyal,
saving family, conic in to tin4 Kirst National
Hank and start an account. As your sav
ings'- grow, your pride will grow with them.
WM ifirvrmwn - ?^,......
of year* ami \\ns hived and admired
by every one, for her ninny amiable
qualities* She was ? lohg sufferer,
though uncomplainingly she bore her
suffering' with patience and fortitude.
She was for a year or mort?, a patient j
at tlve Clifton- Manor Sanitarium, at
Ashexille, \yhere everything that med
ical science could do, by the most
skilled specialist of the country, and
so improved was her condition she I
wit* carried to her home at Camden j
in November, where little over two
months later the end peaceably came.
She was hopeful till the last. She
wrote, to us as long as her strength
'Would permit, she Often told us she
was writing propped up in bed; she
wrote the most beautiful letters I
ever read. 1 think it was the last lot
tor we ever received from her, she
said she was praying that she might
be spared to enjoy the sweet com
panionship of her kind and devoted
husband and four bright eyed boys,
who give evidence of so mu^h prom
ise, though she was perps?tly recon
ciled to the will of H-itM^W'ho doeth all
things well. A sweeter spirit never
. adorned the portals of .heaven. She
was an affectionate daughter, a devo
ted wife, d fond sister, a kind and lov
' ing mother and a friend to every
body. May God deal gently with the
sad and grief-stricken family in their
sore bereavement.
May s'he rest in sweet peace, stoop
ing |4 t?nt I > beneath (he guardian lilie.s
of h??f ? ? \\- ii splendid virtue, for hoi'
lite was as full of sweetness ami self
sat ritice as the golden cup of a lily
is lull of the wine of the morning. In
March liHM, she united her heart, life
and fortunes with those of William
INnkney Johnson, and a more loyal,
consecrated helpmeet never presided
over a household.
During an acquaintance of twenty
years the writer never heard her
speak a harsh, uncharitable word
against a human being. It is extreme
lly doubtful that she ever entertain
ed the least- unworthy suspicion, or
harbored the least resentmettt, or
ever intentionally wounded the feel
ings of an associate. And like Mary
of. Bethany, ";she (lid what she could" ?
to enthrone the Lord of glory in the
hearts aind lives of those she loved.
And there has been* recorded for her
in the book of our everlasting memo
rial. a memorial of a faith that never
quailed, of an interest that never
tired, of a zeal that uev/r (lagged, of
a love that never grew cold, and of a
loyalty that never knew abatement.
My wife shares with' mo- in the loss of
her love and friendship, and extend
to her loved 6nes the united sympa
thy in this their sad hour.
K. K. Butler,
?Spencer, N. March 21)th.
Sure is strong I
Sifter
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I Removes scale, thereby increas
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