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watch the Bate ON YOUR LABEL watch the date ON YOUR LABEL i i.i. mi., aat NUMBER 17 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1923 VOLUME XXXV to MEET at BETH UN P. f.irsi of the Get-Together Gathering* To b0) Held August 3rd. At 7 : o'clock, Friday evening, August, 3rd, at the hustling little l0wn of Bethune in Kershaw , county, there will be held a get- together 'be tween city, town and rural districts meeting and agricultural rally. The Camden an<l Kershaw County Cham ber of Commerce will with, the co operation of the Camden merchants As .m iation, Miss Jennie V.. Boyd, home demonstration agent, and J. W. Sanders, county agent, Joih with the Bethurie School Improvement Associ ation and home demonst ration club and the business men and farmers of, Bcthune and that section in thfs big community day at which there will be a splendid program of community singing by male and female singers from Camden and from Bethune and vicinity, and a speech by N. E. Wit ters, boll weevil expert of the United States Department of Agriculture in charge, of weevil experiment station at Floren'ce, S. C. The. entire county, of Ker!*ha\v ia in vited to be present. A delightful lunch will be served bj^ tho ladies of Bcthune and immediate vicinity, the proceeds to go to the school imftrove ment association and home demon st ration club of Bethtfhe. Phis meeting and entertainment lias" been undertaken by ofders of the hoard of directors of. the Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of * Com merce, and was finally agreed upon at a meeting of the men of Bethune and a number of farmers of that town and section last Tuesday, July 24th, and a meeting of the Bethune home demonstration duty the same 'day at which J. W. Sanders, Miss Boyd, E. I. Keardon and Mr. 0 J. D. Lafitte, of BethiYne, and others spoke and at which time the get together affair was unanimously indorsed. Every Camden man and woman who can possibly do so, should attend this pleasant and instructive cooperative^ event and show that Camden, the county seat, is desirous of cooperating with the farmers and other business men of Kershaw coujity and their families. , " .. ; /? ?? -y: ::d Many other chambers of commerce hoards of trade, rotary clubs, Kl wannis clubs and* other organizations of this state^jmT" pulling off agricul tural rallies -and get-together meet ings in the?rura^districts and smaller towns o^ their respective counties. Tickets for the lunch wiH be on sale at Camden and Kershaw vCounty Cham ber of Commerce and by committees of the Camden Merchants Associa tion and home demonstration elub to clean up some money 'for community development in school circles. Only fifty eents'for a most delightful lunch worth fully one dollar at least. Camden's business arid professional men and women and all Camdenites. are interested in the prosperity and development of every section of Ker-s shaw ?ounty. There shodld be a )>ig crowd from Camden at Bethuiie the evening of August the 3rd. This $rst pet-together or booster trip of *_the ummer should be a largely attended and successful affair. If it is there will be others in other parts of Ker shaw County and over in western Sumter County also. > Talk it up ? work it up? get ready to go and take your wife, your children, and your sweethearts along. *E. I. R. Bond Issue Carried. Greenville, S. C., July 24. ? Returns 'tceived by .the Greenville News to- 1 night indicated that the proposal of u $000,000 county bond issue to 'ex tend hard-surface highways had been < arried in Greenville County by * a heavy majority. Twenty-five out of boxes gave: for the bond issue, 1.803; against 341. At most rural boxes the vote was extremely light and at some no citizens voted at all. v On Boll Weevil Contrql. Mr. L. L. Rice, an Andpr&on county man, will be id Camden on Thursday, August 2nd, to make an address to the farmers of Kershaw County on the "Florida Plan of Boll Weevil Con trol." He conies under the auspieee oty ?U a a jv - #r- 1 ? ?T"nr' ? ??- - _ - 1 -??V uuuui > Uttii/liiitt WVW? VI1UW?I? Cooperative Association and all mem- , hers and non-members are urged to attend and hear him. Mr. Rice wilT no doubt speak knowingly for he will give the benefit of his experience on five of his Anderson county fernts. The laemb^s of the Ootton Associa tion earnestly urge >U ftnPCTi .to.ifc. tend. * ^ ? jg1 1 ? 11 1 jj" '??? - The town of Cheraw was laid e>ttt ^ mt flr,t , ADMIRAL JHGSliEE DEAD. Commanded Battleship Maine When Blown I'p in ilavanna Harbor. > New York, July ID. -Hoar Admiral pharloK D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., retired, captain of the ill-fated battleeWj) ; Maine, died suddenly at his home here today. ? Admiral Sigsbee had been in poor health for the last two years, though blffy yesterday he was out riding, Ufa death was due to heart failure. The arrangements for the funeral have not been made but ho will be buried at. Arlington Cemetery, Washington, j probably next Monday,** Rear Admiral Charles .Dwight Sigs- J hce rose to fame through one of the greatest naval disasters in American history the "blowing up of the Maine.4 He was 52 years old at the {ime; a captain, a veteran Qjf the Civil war, and an inventor of deep < a exploring and sounding apparatus. Captain Sigsbeo, commander of the Maine, was ordered to Huvanna har bor to protect American lives and property during the crisis of the Cu t>ah rebellion against Spain in I HUH. As the vessel was on a friendly mission, she was received with the customary courtesies from the fort*t and Spanish war ships? and the usual official visits. She was assigned to a special anchorage and placed there by t ho' proper- agents of^thc^Spam*h government.' ; On the evening of February 15 the "Big/ white battleship, had been riding quietly at anchor for more than two weeks. Captain Sigsbee went to his cabin shortly after 8 o'clock and wrote a long letter to his wife. By the time' he had finished many of the 328 men and 26 officers were asleep. The captain had just enclosed the . letter in an envelope and started to seal it "When a deafening roar sounded I through the shim The great vessel began to list. Groping his way [' through the dark, Sigab^e reached the deck. A scene of ^orror greeted him. The Maine was sinking. "None can ever know/' "he said latent "the*' awful scenes of Consternation, des pair and suffering down in' the 'for ward compartments; of men wounded, or drowning in the swirling, water, or confined in a closed compartment slowly filling with water, 'it is com forting to believe, and it is probably true, also, that, most* of those who were lost, were killed instantly." The tragedy cost the lives of 264 sailors. The news spread over the world-in a few hours bu? not , before the entire American nation was aroused to a. pitch of frenzy, believing the Maine/had heen blowrt'up by hos tile Spaniards, Admiral Sigsbee added fresh lau rels to his fame in the war that soon, followed the disaster. As commander of the St. Paul, a trans- Atlantic liner converted mtt^an auxiliary bruiser,- he captured- the , Spanish collier Restor mel, carrying coal to Cervfera," and ttius sealed the fate of the Spanish fleet at Santiago. The cruiser Isabella H and the destroyer Terror both haul ed down tljeir flags and surrendered tfr Mflfcr" ??????? ? J :t" During the 33 years of peace that followed the Cfofl War.Sigsbee won .fame and promotion an an ivnentor. Among other duties through that period,- he was assigned to explore the sea bottom. Here his inventive genius came to the fore and he invent ed instruments for deep 'sea explora tion that are used today without ma terial chaffee." The German govern ment decorated him with the- Red Eagles of Prussia a^ the suggestion of ex-Emperor William, and he also received, a. - gold medal at the London International Fisheries exhibition for tnese achtevements. I Smith May Offer For Senate., Columbia, July 19. ? Mendel L. Smith, of Camden, who Vas in the city yesterday for a conference with the canal commission, stated that he has received a number of importuni ! tjjes to become a candidate for the United States Senate. He admitted that he has the matter under advise ment. His inclination seems to be to make the race, but he has not come | to any . definite conclusion., Senator T. Both well Butler, chairman of the canal commission, was brought out last winter bv some of his admirers, , although he nas never said that be would be a candidate. . Drowned ht IH CiUn^ft. Sam M. Cameron, aged 28, of Car hartt No. 2, was drowned in the Ca tawfra river last Thursday while bath ing. It is thought that he was seised with ca epileptic tit to which he was subject shortly after he wept into the wiwr(? i v<K j>iw|uixei. .7 , * / - it J- ?-?< ????* *5' - ' - - ? -I - c ?????.aS. ? t? - - IN THE RIRAL DISTRICTS. I' lea 88 tot and Instructive Meetings Held at Various IMact's. I.asi Week a wry busy time m home demonstration, rural schools, l ounty lair and ? haml^r of co? nmuice t'i ivies. One hundred nun. women, boys aifd girls assembled at a com munity day gathering ftt Lugoff school where Mis. Hugh McCaflum, presi dent of the Lugoff Home Demonstra tion club had worked hard for the getting out of this goodly number of people, Miss Landrum, state home demonstration agent, Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, home economic specialist^ of \Vinthr#p College, Secretary t. I; Reardon and County Agent J, W. San deis made talks regarding the county fair and Mrs. Walker gave a dem on -t ! alien in the steam pressure use, in tanning meats. A splendid pic nic dinner, was served at this meeting. At Mrs. B. R. Tifcesdale's hospita ble- home fifty or more gathered des pite the downpour of rain and Miss Landrum and Mrs. Walker also ad dressed this splendid meeting at which another swell dinner was served by^ Mrs. Ti'uesdale' as hostess. At Kershaw, at the hospitable home of Mrs. R. V. Nellams, the Kershaw Home Demonstration club had a good number of ladias present and Mn. Walker demonstrated jelly making, "while MfSS'LaiiTtTTrm Trnrrin -ek>se~?on? fab with the ladies present about homo economic matters. Secretary Reardon at this meeting discussed the county fair project. Mrs. J. M, Demp* j ster was in charge of this splendid meeting; 3 At Antioch school more than one hundred patrons of thrree school dis trjees assemblf'fl and *Mr. Allan B. M urchin son, county - superintendent of education, and Secretary . Reardon talked to the taxpayers about the pro A cplinnl for puecu Ccmrdiiitu "?(?" , ? : . those districts. Mr. ? Tdip Blyther presided at this meeting, and the la dies 'put on \ one of the dinners for which they ftre also famous. Mfc* Jennie V. Boyd, borne demonstration agent oV Kershaw County was the in spiration of *all of these meetings ex cept "the Antioch assemblage. - The board of directors - of the Camden and Kershaw County Cham ber of Commerce held special meeting last Friday and instructed Secretary Reardon to do His best to get up a big delegation of Kershaw county and western Slxmten county farmers and damden business and professional men and women to attend the Caro lina's Sandhills' Peach Show at Ham let, Friday, Juljf 27th, and to see about a get-together between ciCy^ town and country districts booster *rip at an early date.% Day by day, in every way, there- was "a Step on the gas" gait kept up in Camden and KershaVir county last week. ? ' ? ? >. No Lynchings This Year. ('o)unibia, July 20.? South Carolina has ndt had a lynching in nineteen months, according to Edward B. Mc Dowell, secretary to Governor Mc Leod. The sheriffs of the state, ac cording to the secretary, 'have been exceptionally alert to prevent illegal executions and as a result the state has probalbly the best record of any i southern state in Chis respect during the last two j^ears. Winnsboro Here For Series. . The Winnhboro teqm arrived 'here yesterday for a three game series with the Camden teem, r The first game was being played yesterday aft ernoon whtfri we .went .to. press'. They play .again today (Friday) and Sat urday, the games commencing at 4:30 o'clock. Camden has just re turned from Winnsboro where they won one out of a three game series. The two -teams are both good* ones, and the management of the Camden boys are expecting a good attendance upon these games. In - fact the at tendance will have to b^ better than dt ^evious games, if baseball is to i continue here for the remainder of th*e season. The club is , entirely de pendent upon the gate receipts to see the season through. Husband and Wife Fight to Death. ' ! \f~ V^?1. T..1.. O A X?Uk^;M/? T*ft fU P *,? *. *? 4 VIAf V U*J m ?? A stiletto, ax and revolver by the light of a flickering \yiek in a glass of olive oil in an east side tenement, Antho ny Giodano, 63, and hia*wife, Theresa, 61, today, inflicted fatal wounds on each other. Both were dead when the polka found them. With forty V^ars of happy married iii<L belbikd :\aqA?jfca agtd couple fought for 30 minutes. Two daughters sleeping in aa adjoiy^ng room heard the death battle and helplessly tried to force aa entrance. ~ j r ' ? ? v. FARIJB8* APPEAL DENIKI) Death Senten^ Automatically set t-\?: August the 24(1. Columbia, July 2\. Will iam ('. Farias, confessed slayer of four mem bers of the Taylor household at Clo Ttr? September ti, stands today for the second time in the .shadow of , the electric chair, the Uiprfimo C0UH of South Carolina having yesterday in donying his appeal affirmed the dealt* j sentence passed against him. Ut*ler the law enacted by the general as senihly at its last session, Farie.> is automatically sentenced to die on the fourth Friday alter the handing clown of remittitur, which in this case will be August 2tth. The opinion was filed yesterday afternoon and, in ac cord^ with the rules of the supremo court, the remittitur will not be sent out until ten days after the final de termination of the cam-. This ruhi will act therefore to prevent tin' re mittitur s being handed down until July 30th? Faries, who is the father of 10 children, is 00 years old, while Now ton lay lor, for whose murder he was convicted and sentenced to die, was only 13 years old. Young Taylor, , with other members of the Taylor family,,, according to Faries* admis sions during the trial, was playing in his parents' yard* just across the nar row Fairies' resi dence when the trouble took place. Using a shotgun, loaded with buck shot, purchased , he confessed, for this purpose, Faries killed Newton Tay lor and then in turn shot down four iPther members of the Taylor family, { who had rushed to succor the- dying boy, Two of these, Leila Taylor, Jb years old and Fred Taylor, 24 years old, died from the effect of the wounds while two others, Gertrude Taylor, 10 years old, and Dolly Taylor, 22 years old, after treatment in hospitals, re coVered. Hdedless of the terrible effect of his volleys, Faries leaned his gun against the* edge of the porfch and then walked to a well in his yard and ! there calmly drank :his fill. Nearly j ha]f an hour later Claude Johnson, 20* years old, another member of the Tay ' lor household, told of the shooting, came to the scene, walking down the I middle of the street unarmed. Farie*, sighting him, picked up the guji again, and, when Johnson came within range, fired.. The young man fell 'in his tracks to die almqst before a physi cian, also enroute to the scene tit the time, could reach him. Of the Taylor family four were dead and 'two seri ously wounded. v ' > On trial in Ygrk November 1922, Faries confessed* to the killing of the children, excusing his* action by the statement that he had been inflamed by an alleged quarrel between one of his children and one of the Taylor children. Prior, to the date of the w holesale killing there had Been some trouble between Faries and the Tay lor family as to the alleged pollution by the Taylor children of a well, used by the mill community in which the _two families lured. Immediately pre r ceding the shooting, Faries testified, he * had been told that one of his chil dren Tiad been hit in the head with a rock by one of the T^lor childreA 'If I had 'been in possession of my fac ultjes I would n<^ have done it for the world," he declared. I thought my little- boy was seriously hurt and the thought just ran me crazy all over." Death of Mr. Parker. Mr. tiharles Parker, an aged citizen of the Cassatt section, died at his home on Tuesday, July 17th. Mr. Parker was 72 years of age on the 4th of July and h^d been married 53 years. JF le had a stroke of appoplexy two years ago pnd had never recov ered. He is survived by his wife, who is in feeble health and the fol lowing children: A. L. Parker, W. J. Parker, R. L. Parker, and Mrs. T.' S. Croft, all of this county. The burial was at Sandy Grove church where he had been a fnember for many years, services being conducted by his pas tor, Kev. J. R. Sojourner. Suqiter'sr^Secretary Here. Mr. T. F. itfoffett, Secretary of the L Sumter Board of Ti^de . and Mr*, Moffett, snd their little son "Pnhhio" were visitors in Camden last Saturv day. Mr. Moffett was seeking infor mation about race track construction which Mr. Steve Robinson, in charge of the new country club, new polo and golf courses, gladly supplied Mr. Moffett. Mr. R. M. Kenpedy, Jr., gave Mr, and * Mrs. Moffett a drive over the guests of ior dinner. Camden Will be glad to wel come Mr. and Mr*, l^fett early and often. y-V&y HHTHUNE NEWS NOTES Happenings of Interest Am Told By j Our CvrrfHpondont. Bethune, S. C?. July iJ&^Circlc number one of the Proabytgrian church was entertained Wednesday afternoon by Mies. J. A. McCaskill. let* crream ami cake were served at the closo of the meeting. The hostess was assisted by her daughters. Mes uame?iM; tt. Kinn" ami C-. *0. Terry. Chcle number two. mot with Mrs. J. R. Sojourner; The course in study having been finished no special pro gram was arranged. Jcu tea, wafers and doughnuts were served. Tho llomo Demonstration Club mot with Mrs. W, M. Stevens Tuesday afternoon. The making of bread from y<;ist was demonstrated. Messrs. 1\. 1 Rear don and J. W. Sanders were present. Plans were UiiiK' discussed for the arrangements of a luncheon to be served the members of tt boos^ ter party sent out from Camden by the Chamber of Commerce. Nothing definite was decided upon. Miss Florence .Davis, of Manning, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. .1. R. I.affite. Mrs. AdaniH atfd -little daughter j have returned to their home in Ral 'eigh, N. C. Mrs. Adams wa^s accom panied home by her sister, Miss Leona Northcutt. * Mits. M. 0. Ward has returned" from Kdgemore where she was Ciftj ed on account of tho illnoss of her uncle, Dr. John Robertson. Mears. C. 0. Terry, M. (J. King, P. II. Hester and L. Davis spent several days at Myrtle Beach this week. Mr. Aughtry McNaull, of Clinton, Is visiting relatives in Bethune. & Dr. C. O. Terry, of Ray City, Ga? is Visiting in town. Mr. Leonel Best has accepted a po sition in Cartersville. Mrs. HattiVr ? Hettstiss and children of Society Hill arc spending several days in town. * ?? Messrs. j. M. Clyburn and B, W.. j Best left Sunday for a short stay in % * ? Hdndersonvillc. Mr. R. C. Kreps, of Columbia', has assumed his duties as police here. ' Miss Juanita West, of Chester, is visiting Relatives ^lere. Dr. Kldp.n Severance, of Columbia, s^ent Sunday in town. .- >? | Mrs. Lerue Seegars and child, of Columbia are visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Z. Brannon. Mr. ?G. K. Barfield, of Bishopville, is spending several days with his daughter, Mrs. J. L. King. , Misses Juanita and Edna Mae Padgett, of "Petersburg, Va., visited at the home of their aunt, Mrs. S. B. Padgett, Jast week* Mr. W. E. Davis and family, of Bishopville, spent Sunday in town with relatives. , Messrs Frank Lee, D. J. and Theo dore Clyburn spent Sunday in Monroe, N. C. .o Mrs. IJ! A. Micklejohn and children, of Cheraw, were the" guests of Mrs. W. M. Stevens, Thursday. Miss Kate Yarbrough spent several days in Columbia last week. ? Mr. and Mm. R. Sullivan, of Wal terboro, spent several days at the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs.# Jim Sullivan. Mr, Lee Morgan is "bn an extended visit to relatives in Marshville. Mrs. M. 0. Thomason, df Cheraw, was in Bethune Monday/ Mr. Mayo Davis has been engaged by the Camden team to play base ball for the rest of the season. Mrs. D. M Mays entertained tho members of her Sunday School class Tuesday at an atl day picnic at the Big Springs. Extra sandwiches, etc^ were carried, ice cream was ordered and the merry party remained until ten o'clock in the evening. Mr. William McNaull, of Columbia, was the gyest of his uncle, Mr. J. A. McCaskill, Saturday. He was accom panied home by his brother Aughtry that evening. The Timrod high school district has formed a consolidation with the Be thune high school. A truck will be used to carry the children back and forth. Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Robertson are visiting in Edgemore this week. I... Buys VHIeplgue HoHidence. Dr. John W. Corbett this week closed a trade with Mrs. Emma C. Vil- j lepigue whereby he becomes the owner of the Villepigue residence on North Lyttleton street. This is a two story residency with ten rooms and is 'located in one of the most desira ble residential sections. Dr. Gorbett DUttAT5~ma*3 eiumlvc Impmve* ments on the property, remodeling It $o that he can have an office and con suiting rooms en the sooth aide of ?? fculldia*. ' ?, lE-.I <;i;o. S. KINC I)KA1>. Was Prominent Columbian and Broth er of Camden (Monday's Columbia .State.) Funeral services for Oeorge S. King, who died his home, l-U'e Hampton street early Saturday morning, were held yest^Fdfty afternoon at (i o'clock in the Sunday school building of the First Baptist church. The m-j vires at the church Wore conducted by the He v. C. A. Joues, edneational secretary of the Baptist general board, and the Rev, Murk L. Carlisle, I). 1)., pastor of the Washington street Methodist church. The services ? Were largely. (ittemU'd, practically every scat being occupied when the services began. Numerous organizations with which Mr. King hud been connected or in terested in were represented at the funeral, He was a director of tin* Y. M. G? A. and ? haii man of the H na?c*v committee; a member of the executive board of the Hoy Sro\iU and chairman of the troop committee of the First Baptist church; ho wtu also a member of the Kiwanis' club and of Mfoftftlc 'edge, Kichlaixi V<). .'<?(. \ numhor of Hoy Scouts in uniform and scout officials attended the services and other organizations, too, were repi-e sentcd. Representatives of a number of oil mills in South Carolina owned by the Southern Cotton Oil company also attended the services. Mr. King was malinger ef The Colum bia mill of tin' Southern Cotton Oil coin pa ny. Aftcr the sorvUes at the church had been -concluded, interment was had at the Chroitzburg plot in the church- ? - yard of the First Presbyterian church, the Masons officiating at the grave. ? The floral tributes were unusually ntfmerous. and handsome and were from many organizations, and from " , friends of Mr. King and of the family. Yesterday molning memorial ser- . vices were conducted at the Business ? Men's Baraca class of the Fir.fl Bap" - tist Church. * ? ' {The services were in charge of J. B. Pratt, vice president of the class, who spoke 011 "Mr. King and the Bus iness Men's Baraca Class." T. II. Tatum spoke" on "Mr. King's Work in the Church." W. J. McGee took, as his subject, "Mr. King in Business." W. H. Lyles discussed 'Mr. King's Boyhood Days and His Work in the First Baptist Church." W. II. Iland, teacher of the class ,had as hjs sub ject, 'Mr. King ? An EJxample of a Christian Life." Mr. Stewart spoke briefly of some of Mr. King's jieople. During the memorial exercises ap propriate musical numbers were ren d e r eH~a hd "t|)? service was most im - pressive. Tributes to the fine work . ^Ir, King had done for the. church were paid and many,expressions of re gret at his parting were vojeed. He h? survived by his wife, who be fore her marriage was Miss "Chrcitz-" - berg, the daughter of the ltfte Kcv. A*_.# M. Chreitzburg, former pastor of the Washington Street Methodist church; and Mrs. Chreitzberg, now Residing at Mr. King's home. ^ 1 : ' . ? Mr. "King is also survived by his i" mother, Mrs. C. E. King, 631 Laurel street; three children; Rofeert Kinig.~~ George King, and Louise King; four brothers, David Kingfcnd Robert King# of Columbia, William King of Cam den and James W. King oi! Birming ham, Ala.: two sjsters, Miss Jessie - King, state treasurer of the Baptist W. M. U., and Miss Annie L. King of Columbia. / > Shot Wife for Burglar. ? a | . . As the result of pistol shot wounds in the body, Mrs. James Martin, o? Andrews, died early yesterday morn ing at the Thompson Memorial Hospi tal, not long nftor being carried there on a spec fa 1 train from Andrews. The unfortunate tragedy was caused by her husband mistaking her for a burglar, after, the household had been aroused late Tuesday night' by sounds indicating that a thief was in the house. While investigating the matter, Mr. "Martin came suddenly before a figure in the darkness, and mistaking it for that of the supposed I burglar, fired the shots that resulted in the fatal wounding of his wife. Mrs. Martin, who was 24 years old, > _1_ X ^ _ y*l 1 ? *1,1,1,, ,r WU3 Uiuuglll IU VUOllCOtvii ao j as possible for hospital attention, but it was found impossible to sAve her life^ The body was sent to Greeley ville for burial. ? Thursday's News and Courier. Sunday School Pageant. '..Tfwpuhftc i* (T)rdrMty mritrdf -fry-* ? ? tend a pageant to be given by the Lyttleton Street- Methodist Sunday Sciuxrf-on Sunday evening, July Btth, at ft p. bl in the church. * ' : pi