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VOLUME XJCXV WATCH THE DATE QPI your label CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1923. WATCH THE DATE ON YOUR LABEL ? . NUMBER {> -- - ? ii'-'-jm J- .U I'OR firb escapes. . ? ? < ?? ? t I aws Likely To Be I'aaaed Regulating U School Buildinga, Columbia, . May 28.? Tho South Carolina Legislature will next, year enact legislation* to t, require school houses to have ftre escapes, where their height is more thai! one story. Thin i-J evident, following the recent tragedy- at Cleveland school, in Ker shH\v county, Indications *r? already plentiful that there will be legislation looking to a prevention of such trage dies hs that of the Cleveland school. Ti,i, may take various forms, but many leaders in State affairs have in dicated that an effort will bo made next year' to have .enacted lawn to prevent such a condition as made pos sible the Kershaw ftre. Tin-re are many schools of the SUite in equally as dangerous con dition as was the Cleveland school. ?Many have second floor auditoriums with narrow exits. S. W. Lowe, In spector for tho State insurance de partment, was on an inspection trip in tin' lower part of the stat^ the week of the Cleveland schdol trage dy. He inspected schools at Black ville, ?Harnwell and Allendale. He fptind at Blackville, he reports to In surance Commissioner J. J. McMahan, that the school building was a Are trap. He attended commencement ex e rc ices of that school the night of the 17th. the same niglit that the Cleve land tire ? occurred. - He found the exercises being held in a crowded auditorium, on the sec on4 floor. There were 1,OjQ0 people present, and there was only one exit and one stairway. An old court build ing is used by the Blackville school. Mr. Lowe writes that he thought that night of the fire danger of the Black vi lie school, and he determined to pro test to the trustees. He took the matter up with the trustees the fol lowing morning, before he learned of the Clevelana tragedy. He instructed the trustees to have additional stairs and exits constructed and to bring their building to requirements of the building code. "When 1 was asking them in Blackville to make their school building safer for life," Mr. Lowe writes Insurance Commissioner McMahan, "I had not heard of the tragedy in Kershaw county." Insurance Commissioner McMahan. ! is advocating one story school build ing in rural communities. He is also striving to promote the teaching of fire prevention methods in the schools, as authorized by the last leg islature. Governor McLeod, - State Superintendent of Education Hope a ltd State Health Officer Hayne have the question of school conditions un der consideration with a view of tak ing whatever steps are necessary ?8 pi event further tragedies. BridgV Washed Away. Parties from Lancaster who were on a fishing Uip to Liberty Hill Wednesday night reported on their return * yesterday morning that the. bridge of the Wateree Power com-. I any over Beaver Cfeek, just below Liberty Hill, was washed away dur ing a terrific rainfall in' the early part of the night and also another downpour about 12 ^o'clock. The *' ? hermen, it is said, had a quantity" 1 1 > h tied to the bridge, also their tie* and poles fastened to it, all of ? hu h went down with the (departure 1 the structure. This was a high, "At. -bent, wooden bridge, erected in two years ago at considerable i nse by the Wateree company the convenience of > travelers mi the Liberty Hill section to Cam and vicinity. Its erection was ? - italed by the back waters cov t hel old Beaver creek bridge on ? ' amden road nearer thfc river. ? !< aster News. Chautauqua Last Week. ' annual Redpath Chautauqua ? ? u a week's engagement here, I last Friday. They met here - year under "unusual circumstances i had to close for the first i t on account of the deplorable ? i.-: edy. However, "along to the last 'be meeting the attendance was "i. Although it was a guaranteed action by the business men of piden. and although the sale fell far t the Chautauqua people did not i the c-nmmittee up to their guar ' but on the other hand donated ? thing over ninety dollars to the ' ;i't<)en Hospital. The citizens are ' > know that they will come here i noxt ysr. Lancaster Contributes. P to 2 p. m. Monday afternoon ?' 'i H. I'oag, treasurer of the local ?I for the relief of the sufferers in Cleveland school house fire in K' -haw county, a total of $266.50 I b(H-n collected and remitted to the P ! Cross relief organization in Cam This does not include $100 con "r.buted by Col. Springs and $50 by ?sf> riff Hunter, sent several days ago 'hroutfh the Columbia State.? Lancas * ?" News. r Who Is The Oldest Post master? Washington, May 23.? Two nonage >r:an postmasters are working for I ? <'le Sam Hansom Lewis, 93, postmaster^ at 1 "Wonia, Ala., the post ofHce depart ment announced today, ? recently ? -aimed to be the oldest postofflce bead in the United "States. Postmaster I^ewis' claim to dis 1 motion was ephemeral for. along r*rne th*? claim today of David J. Tavenner, postmaster at Philomont, . who says that ha is one. year ?hort of the century mark. ? ? .# , :j-. ? v KERSHAW NKWS NOTES. NewH and Comments Jfrom The Era of That Town. On <Monday J. H. Crow, J. K. Neal and W. Z. Hilton went to tho Ballard lake near Mr. Crow's plantation in the Abney community and 4whil? there proved to be the rescuers of a little son of Ha/el Williams, who was at the lake fishing with an elder \ brother, when he fell in. Being un' able to swim he began to sink and went under beiore ho was observed by the fishing party fr<*m Kershaw.^ Messrs. Crow and Neal, who were in' a boat, wont to the rescue and suc ceeded in pulling the liitle follow out when ho was going down for tho last time. First aid measures ejected the water from his system and he was very .soon able to make the journoy to his home. ,v.\ ? I W. T. He df earn succeeded last week in locating the whereabouts of the tires stolen from him a ct^pple of weeks before. Everett Baker had noted tho appearance of a strange car which was in Kershaw " the day the tires were stolen, and following up tho description of the car, which bore a South Carolina number plate, the car was finally located at' Bish opvillo. It turned out that tho tires were stolen by Jean Galloway and T. L. .Scarborough, two young married men of that town, who had already been arrested and lodged in jail at Darlington on the charge of stealing tires at Hartsville. They confessed tho theft' and told where somo of the tires could be. found. Mr. Redfearn got back about half the number that were taken, all of which were found in Bishopville. Mi*. Redfearn has re ceived later information that it is suspected by Bishopville officers that other parties at Bishopville are im 5plieatod in the affair. . Early Monday morning J. W. In gram was aroused from bed by his little son, Harry Leo, who reported to him that fire was burning around the kitchen flue. Mr. Ingram rushed out and ascttfided a ladder, which was standing against the house, and while standing vupon the topmost rung,* roached back to grasp an aXe that was be,ing passed to him by Rev. J. P. Dendy, when ho lost his balance and fell ,to tho ground, breaking his loft leg at the hip joint.- He was taken to the Fennell infirmary at Rock Hill on the early morning train and at last accounts was doing as well as could be expected. Mrs. In gram accompanied her husband to the hospital, and is there with him. The fire >yas discovered by Mrs. J. P, Dendy, whose home is on the cor ner back of the Ingram home. She called to Harry Lee Ingram, who was at the stable 'between the two homes, and he ran in to notify his father, who had not yet arisen from his bed. Neighbors aided in extinguishing the blaze. ^ In the thirty-two years that we have been engaged in the publication of the Era it has befallen our lot to publish many tragic and regretful oc currences the suVn total of which for pitiable tragedy and heart-rending pathos, cannot touch in lamentable reyetfulness #the awful disaster en acted in the burning of Cleveland school house,* wherein so many pre cious lives were lost within the reach of safety, if only self-composure couljtl have been, exercised for just two or three minutes in the fatef&l emergency. We read of such Occurr ences of appalling loss of life under peculiarly tragic circumstances, and we are aroused to horror and heart felt pity thereby., but when thte occur ence is nearer home, yea, at our very doors, wherein acquaintances 6nd" intimate friends and loved ones are gathered in such distressful numberg into a final accounting by such tragic means, our sensibilities of feelings of pity and sorrow are so rudely shock ed and stunned that they are inde scribable and inexprejJ6iblet We simply stand mute in our helplessness and if we have faith we yield our selves to God to help us bear it 'in the best possibje way. 'In our insuf ficiency for such a trial we turn to Him for relief. That is the feeling of the people of Kershaw county in thoir unfeigned grief, and then fol lowing upon that copies the sincere desire to contribute whatever of help fulness they may be able to adminis ter to the surviving ones who have been so sorely t stricken and Who are subdued to the point of despair, antf some of whom are so pitifully in need of the warm sympathy and love of the world to help thefn bear their great load. And the heart of all Ker shaw county goes out in* gratitude to every friend on the outside who has given an expression of interest and of their material means to show that they too, feel with us the great .sor row and want to lend their help in time of need. This outburst of action at this time is an expression of the fact that we are brethren and that there is a common bond of .<\ympathy between us, and it solaces us that we need not feel that we aVe alone in the world. ' Colored Barber Dead. Arnett Wright, a colored barber, employed in the Scip English shop on DeKalb street, died suddenly at hifl home on . Campbell street Friday, Wright went home and complaint) of being sick Thursday night and his , son trying *to awake him Friday morning found that he had died dur ing the night. He came to Camden from Aljandale and his remains were taken in xharjje by the colored K of P'? oC-that place and carried there for buriaL / He left a wife and fire small children. fcrf*- ? i ( 4j?. GOVERNOR GRANTS PARDONS. Eight Convicts Received Executive Clemency Monday. Columbia. May, 28.? Acting upon recommendations of the State pardon board, Governor McLeod today par doned two convicts, and suspended the sentences of six others, during their good behaviour. Six of the recipi ents of executive clemency were white the other two being negroes, Full pardons were granted to: James Amnions, convicted in Ma rion county, of murder in connection with the death of Ik Jones, ? farmer, whoso wife was charged with poisonr ing him, and sentenced to life in Oc tober, 1921. C. F. Winn, given three years after conviction iij. Saluda county in June, 11)21, on a charge of manslaughter. Winn, according to a statement to the pardon board and the Governor, is a very ill man, with little chance of re covery. He has been Vut prison on parole since Governor Cooper's ad ministration. Sentences were suspended to the following cases: Marion O'Neale, convicted in Char leston, *in June, 1921, in connection with the killing of Police Sergeant Buck and given three years. J. Grim Mixon, convicted in Rich Ian'd county in September, 1918, and sentenced to seven years imprison-* ment on a charge of misappropriat ing funds while he was assistant city treasurer of Columbia. Horace McDowell, a white boy who was convicted in Greenville County and sentenced to three years impris onment on a charge of using an au tomobile without the consent of owner. McDowell, it was shown, was only fifteen when tried. John Harrison, a negro, convicted in Richland county fourteen years ago of grand larceny and , sentenced to serve sixteen years. The value of the goods stolen by Harrison, was about $75 and Governor McLeod said he thought the prisoner had been suf ficiently punshed, as the board of par dons said. Thomas McCleary, serving a one yejar and nine months' sentence from Chester county for larceny and re ceiving stolen goods, received his lib erty as a reward for heroism in sav ing the life of a guard and prevent-, ing the escape of a convicted murder er, who had attacked the guard. The sentence of Jeff Harris, a white man of Pickens county, who was sent t^p for six months and given a fine of $1,000 for violating the prohibition law, was suspended on condition that he pay $500 of the fine imposedi In extending clemency in these cases, Governor McLeod practically disposed of the recommendations of the present pardon board, and of a number of cases that had been recom mended by the pardon board of the previous administrations N ?? ; Thanks Those Who Assisted. Editor Chionicle: We want to thank you for the publicity given the C^aut^uqua announcements sent to you during the past few weqjfs and ?for allowing us the use of your val uable space. f|To the 'ladies who assisted in the sale of the tickets we wish to express, /our appreciation. Their cooperation and your advertising enabled us to put on a very satisfactory sale. We are especially indebted to the Red path Chautauqua Management who by a most liberal arrangement en abled us to mail to the Camden Hospi tal our check for $90.10 as our part of ^he proceeds from the sale of sea son tickets. . The appreciation evi denced by thosfe who attended the Chautauqua, of the excellent numbers on this year's program, and the char acter of the entertainment and enter tainers sent to us, makes us feel that we are well repaid for our. efforts and ( we have arranged for a return of the Redpath entertainers next year. Respectfully yours, Camden Chautauqua Committee. By W. Robin Zemp. Mot With Mrs. McCallum. At the hospitable horqe of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McCallum the LugofT Home Demonstration Club last Mon day had one of itfs most successful and pleasant monthly meetings. Mrs. S. O. Plowden, Pee Dee District home demonstration agent, was present, and made a short but interesting falk along home economic lines. Miss Juanita Neeley, specialist in poultry, of Winthrop College, gave a very important demonstration and lecture in caponizing and other valuab:? phases of the poultry business. Miss Jennie V. Boyd, demonstra tion agent of Kershaw county, dis i cussed with the ladies plans for fu ture club work, and Secretary E. I. Reardon talked with the ladies about Chamber of Commerce cooperation with rural clubs, schools, chUrchew and farmers organizations. Mrs. Plowden, Mrs. G. L. Blacjcwell of Camden, Miss Boyd, Miss Neeley, Mr. L. C. Shaw, a director of Camden Chamber of Commerce, were the lucky guests of Mr. and Mrs. McCol 1 lum for dinner. Notwithstanding the ra*in twenty ladies attended this meeting and thetf took up Secretary fleardon's offer y use the Chamber of Commerce ita Secretary in community work fn<\ cooperation. ^ Miss Boyd * ia, #ith County Agent, J. W. Sanders Jand Sogretary R&trdotf, planning a Aries of community meetings in every flown* ship thia srummer ? with Chaml^r of CoramevM booster trip* aixfcr Cam den's business men And -woflnen at tending these in ?tings. M IN MKMOK1AM. "R?J Bird" Club Organization Adopt ' Resolutions. Columbia, May 23.? The "Red Bird" club organisation lost? seven teen uf its brightest members, in cluding the secretary of the Cleveland club, when the Cleveland school buildiug burned last Thursday night, bringing death to 77 men, women and child ren and causing injuries to many ?thera.. The national organization at its headquarters at Sumter, has pass *4 a resolution of profound sorrow | for the stricken people of Kershaw County and Cleveland school neigh borhood. The resolution reads: "Wheras, God in his omniscient, wisdom has seen tit to permit a tra gic visitation at Cleveland school, Kershaw County, and, "Whereas, many lives Were sacri ficed in the burning building, among them seventeen members of the Cleve land school "Red Bird" club; now, therefore, "He it Resolved, by the National 'Red Hird- organization, that the pro-' foijndest sympathy of its officers and members bo extended to the stricken people of Cleveland school neighbor hood and of Kershaw County in this, their darkest "hour; and, further, that this resolution be inscribed in the per manent records . of the organization. The following is tho mortality list of the Cleveland ."Red Bird" club: Missfc I ma Arrants, 10, daughter of Henry Arrants and Secretary of the club. - * o Lindsay McLeod, third, grade, son Mr. and Mrs. Miller L. McLeod, who with another son, Milton, perished. Jricb\Rush, 14, son of Manning Rysh. Linwood Dixon, 11, and Sarah Dix on, 9, children of Mrs. Lewis T. Dixon, who likewise was a victim? Hamilton Croft, first grade, and Dorothy Croft, third gVade, son and daughter of Mrs. H. Britton Croft, who also perished. Wilbur Hendrick, who with two other of his children, Alva, 7, and and" Annie Lee 13, was a Victim. Fannie Lee Davis, 8, and Eva May Davis, 6, daughters of Mrs. Walker Dav is, who, with another of her chil dren, \V. G. Davis, 2M i., died in the flames. Dorine Dixon, 10, daughter of Mrs. C. Lem Dixon, who with tSvo of her other children, Theda Dixon, 7, J\nd Wellene Dixon, 2 Ms perished. Grace Arrants, 9, adopted daughter of Frank Arrants. I Colzey MeCaskill, 11, daughter of C. K. MeCaskill. A sister of Colsey j MeCaskill, Grace MeCaskill, <5, like wise perished. Crops Destroyed Near Rock Hill. Rock Hill, S. C., May 25. ? Farm ! crops within 61 an area of about a mile square, near C' .wb? , junction, were wiped out \N edneiy * day night by a severe hail storm, oats, wheat, corn and cotton crops being cut to pieces- by hail, some stones being as large as eggs. The hail was accompanied by a terrific downpour, and some wind, the stones being driven with considerable force, Bug Ferguson, Jim HufT, Walter Pat ton, Dan Watersj Tom Jackson, and several others lost their entire grow ing crops ,it is understood. Mr. Fer guson reported all his grain and cot ton destroyed. In Rock Hill the pre cipitation was two inches in two hours,, but with no hail. The extent of tho loss is not known, but it will be heavy within the hail district. Several Life Claims Paid. Mi'. A. R. Chamberlain, chjef of I claim department of the Equitable | Life Insurance Society of New York.j made a special trip to Camden Wed- 1 nesday in order to settle up several I life policies carried by victims of the Cleveland School tragedy. He paid three policies to Mrs. Shel ton West, widow of Mr. S. J. West, amounting to $8,000. A singular feature of one of these policies was the fact that one policy for $2,000 brought double indemnity because of the fact that it contained a clause of death by accident. One other policy for $1,000 was. paid to Mrs. Nellie 5>. Pearce, widow of Mr. Jesse E. Pearce. Another singular feature was thr i fact that the company was ready and willing to pay a policy of $l,0t)0 to the widow of Mr. Eugene Brown, but the beneficinry was also lost in the fire and the policy will have to be held up until an executor for the estate can qualify, w Practically the same applied in the case of Mr. C, N. Humphries. He had a policy made irP favor of his wife, Mrs. C. N. Humphries, who was also ipst in the fire and this policy will be p,iid as soon as an executor can tidal if y. Mr. W. R. Hough is local agent for this company and accompanied Mr. Chamberlain in the settlement. Articles Left With L*. Several articles, such as rings, belt butfkles, automobile switch keys, etc., gathered from the Cleveland school m-o have been left at this office for ^identification. Parties can have these relict by calling and identifying same. A child's ring has the letter "R" en graved on same. The other ring is plain without engraving. American U^ion To .Vffeet. The James Leroy Belk Post will hold it* monthly meeting: at it* head quarters on Monday, June 4th, at 8:30 o'clock. All member* will please be present. John Whi taker, Jr., Adjutant. MR. KRUMBHOLZ DEAD. (Gonial Manager of Kirkwood liotvl i Passes Away After Short lllnMs, Mr. T. Edmund Krumbholi, mann* ger of The Kirkwood, Camden's larg est tourist hotel, died here Wednes day morning aj 6:16 o'clock after a short illness. Heart disease was g|ven as the cause of death. Mr. Krumbholz was born in Dres den, Germany,. December 26th, 1864, and came to America when quite a young man. He first entered com mercial life in New Yolrk state and for the past forty years had been engaged in hotel work. He bought the Kirkwoftd property 28 years ago, He was the instigator of the Camden .Land and Improve ment Company and after incorpora ting it built The Kirk wood, operating it with characteristic success. During the summer months he op erated resort hotels at different times and places and managed such hostel ries as Hotel Schenley, at., Pittsburg; Rouisseamont at Lake Placid; The Sagamore, on Lake Cieorge, and one at Kennebunkport, .Maine., j His interest and friendship for Camden ajul Camden people has al ways been one of loyalty, and it was mostly through his influence that Camden has won its fame as a tourist resort, -and the" great hotel on Kirk wood Heights .stands as a monument to his enterprising spirit. .\lr, Krum holz had many friends not only in Camden but scattered throughout the north and east where he was liked by i the great numbers of tourists who fol- 1 low the climates in quest of hualtlj and recreation. Simple funeral services wore held at The Kirkwood Hotel Thursday morning at 11 o'clock conducted by the Rev. F. H. Harding, the following well known citizens acting as pail bearers: Dr. John W. Corbett, W. L. DePass, Henry Savage, C. P. DuBose, ft. B. Pitts, CI H. Yates, It. M. Ken nedy, and C. J. Shannon, Jr. At the request of Mr. Krumbholz he was buried in the .Camden 'Ceme tery. in the town He loved so well. Mr. Krumbholz was at all times ready and willing 'to lend of his influ ence, and means for anything that was' for the best interest of Camden and her citizens and was a liberal contrib utor to any worty cause. He was a big-hearted, genial man and had a wide acquaintance and the news of his death has occasioned genuine sorrow. As a mark of respect to Mr. Krumb holz all of the places of business in Camden remained closed during the funeral hours. r Mr. Krumbholz is survived by his, wife and one daughter, Miss Klara Krumbholz, who were with him when the end came. Memorial Services. A large congregation from Ker shaw and neighboring counties at tended the memorial services held at j Heulah church Sunday-afternoon as a | tribute to the victims of the Cleveland school fire. Kev. T. W. Law, pastor of the church had charge of the ser vices and he was assisted by the Rev. F. H. Harding, of Grace Episcopal church, Rev, W. H. Hodges, of the Lyttleton street Methodist church and Rev. Edwin Muller, pastor of the I Presbyterian church. Former Judge Mendel L. Smith made the principal address of the evening. Many sor rowing4, friends from long distance came to the little church and crowded it to its capacity. At Baptist Church Sunday. Next Sunday morning at 1 1 o'clock at the Canuien Baptist church, the Rev. J. Jeter Johnson, the pastor, will, attempt to give an interpretation of the Cleveland school house fire. Mr. ! Johnson was one of those present and lost his little son in the fire and his ? remarks along this line will no doubt prove interesting. Fire Recalls Other Great Disasters. J The Cleveland schooJ fire brings toi mind other great disasters that have j befalllen South Carolina. It draft's acute attention to a trag edy which occurred within a few miles of the scene of this catastrophe, when May 5, 1860, 24 persons were drown ed in Boykin's pond. The Charleston earthquake of Au gust 31, 1886, took a toll of 27 killed and a number of injured. The deaths attributed to injuries,? cold and ex posure totaled 83, but this is not be lieved to cover the actual deaths from these causes. The August eyejone of 188;") took a total of 21 lives lost "on the Carolina coast." The Clifton-Pacolet flood of Juno 6, 1903, resulted in a loss of life in the flood area Of 61. Tne St. Helena storm of August, 1893, took a heavy toll of life, vari ously estimated, but thought t(? have been iri the hundreds. In the last few years tl{e greatest losses of life have been in two rail road wrecks, in the State hospital fire and in a tragedy on the. Savannah river, April 4, 1920, when ten persons out of 1 1 crossing on a fiat boat, went down the stream and were lost. The accident occurred near Lowndesville. ? The two railroad wrecks referred to were the one at the entrance to Camp Jackson, in the spring of 1918, when 19 members of the Eighty-first divi sion, moving to Camp Sevier, were killed, and the wreak at Frost's, near Columbia, February 21, 1918, when 14 persons lost their lives. In tho State, hospital fire, in the early part of 1918, 14 persons Viied. Miss Helen Phelps leaves this week for a two weeks stay in Boston. MK. JOB V. YOUN(i DEAD. Was Former Member of House uiul Chairman County Hoard, Kershaw, S, C., May 25, ? After u lingering illness, Joseph V. Young, former member of the legislature from Kershaw Courtly, and chairman of the county board of commission ers, died at his home in the Westville section of the county. Mr. Young was y resident of Kershaw for many years, being engaged in business , her*. He also was engaged in farm ing. Becoming seriously ill about two months ago, Mr. Young was cm tied to a hospital in Rock Hill, where an operation was performed in ah effort to save his lift*, hut. lie sm cumhed to the inevitable and died yesterday. He is Survived by his widow, who was Miss Lizzie Oay, and two sons, Edgar W. Young and Wood row Young* The following are broth ers and sisters: A. l?\ Young, L. (J. Young, L. 1'. Young, and .!, W. Young snnd Mrs. J. T. Cay, Mrs. W. P. Bai - field, all of Kershaw, and Mrs. Sid Barfield, of Hartsville. He was about ?19 years of age and a member of the Presbyterian church of Kershaw. The burial took place this afternoon the remains being interred in Hang ing Rock cemetery, the Rev. F. M. Hawiey, officiating. BETHI NK NEWS NOTES Happenings of Interest As Told By Our Correspondent. Retlume, S. May 80,-- -The com mencement of the Bethune High School will begin on the third. Bac calaureate sermon will he preached Sunday morning. Monday night a play will be given by the graduating class, "Poor Married Men." Tuesday night the regular graduating exer cises will be held. Misses Carrie Yarbrough and Rena McNaull are at home from Chicora College for the holidays. % Mrs. B. L. Norwood and children of McBee spent Saturday with her father, Mi1. N. A. Bethune. Mr. E. S. Copeland x?f Batcsburg ? was a week-end visitor here. Circle siumber one of the Presby terian Auxiliary .met with Mrs. W. M. Stevens on last Wednesday after noon. Number two met with Misses Tysie and Emma Bradley. The Presbyterian church is being torn down for the erection of a new brick building on the same site. Ser vices will be held in the Methodist church until the building is com pleted. Mr. and. Mrs. J. S, Bethune and Mrs. D. M. Mays' spent Sunday in Cartersville with the family of Mr. C. L. Mays. Mr. W. M. Stevens left Sunday af ternoon for Baltimore. Mr. L. A. McDowell returned this week to Tampa, after spending sever al wtfeks with relatives here. Mrs. Kirkley of Cheraw is spending som% time with her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Padgett. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Forbis spent Friday in Darlington with the latter's sister, Mrs. Bright Williamson. Dr. and Mrs. E. Z. Truesdell were % visitors at the home of the former's mother in LugbfT Friday. ? Body Found in Itiver. i The body ol a mulatto negro, said to have weighed between 140 and 150 pounds, and about five feet and seven inches, was " found in the Wateree River oh Tuesday afternoon where itv had risen to the surface and lodged against a raft. The find was made 1)5^ Dan E. Jones, a white man, who was fishing. It ha^ landed near the line of the lands of W. M. Kirkland, about sixteen miles belo^ Camden, and some seem to think it the body of a convict who ocaped from the state farm about a week ago. The body?had [a long scar just behind the left ear and scar ' on back of. necl^ Also a plain vaccination scar on left arm. i.i?h(rHfT Welsh and Deputy McEeod ' went to the scene 'I uesday and re i turned Wednesday morning i;i c<^n i pany with acting coroner G. ljj. Hin son. of Blaney, but! as there was no j evidence of foul play, the body wafc buried on the river bank and no m . quest was held. (linden Boy on Two Publications. j At the last meeting of the Ilypa I tian, Clariosophic and Euphradian Literary Societies of the University* of South Carolina, the staffs for the University publications were elected for the 'next session. The officers elected are: Carolinian ? The monthly literary magazine: Editor-in-Chief, Miss Mar guerite Able, of the Hypatian Society; Circulation Manager, S. Wolfe Kichel, of the Euphradian Society; Business Manager, T. P. Taylor, ol the Euphra dian Society. The Gamecock? Weekly News pa per: Editor-in-Chief, James M. I)abb? of the Euphradian Society; Euphra dian Associate Editor, S. Wolfe | Eichel. Clariosophic Associate Edi tor, Calhoun Thomas; Circulation Manager, C. B. \Viiliams, of the Cla riosophic Society; Business Manager, Frank Meeks, of the Clariosophic Society. i The rules provide that th^' editors in-chief shall be rising seniors, that of the Carolinian this term shall l>o a Hypatian, and of the Gamecock shall be a Euphradian. S. Wolfe Eichel, -/pacrryber of bi>th staffs, is a n?tive of f'amden, S. C., and a rising junior, Havmg served on the Carolinian staff since1 hi* fresh man year and on the Gamecock ever since becoming a-* Sophomore. , G. H. Wittkowsky, also of Camden, wan mentioned' as a* possible editor in-chief of the Gamecock. ?