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VOLUME XXXV tfATCH THE DATE ON YOUR LABEL The Camden Chronicle 12 PAGES THIS WEEK CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1923. NUMBER 35 I BJBAI'POHT mayok returns. I His Sentence Commuted For Offense I \y Mi st Officer By CooHdge. Atlanta, (ia., Nov. 22.? Mayor K. V. I Bray of Beaufort, S. C., was released I from the federal penitentiary here I latf yesterday, it became known to I day. ilis sentence of a year and a I jay imposed by a federal court was I out to a little more than five months I by a <|om mutation by President Cool I idge He was eonvicted of making a I physical attack on federal inheritance I t?x collector* who, ho says, doubted I his voracity on certain returns on I property. The mayor is expected to resume I the duties of his office on his arrival I at Beaufort. During the last days of I the administration of President Hard I ing an appeal for commutation was I made but did not receive favorable ac I tion. The ease was placed before I President ('oolidge and after going I over the papers- the sentence was com ? muted. The South Carolina mayor said he I has in his possession letters from I each of the 12 jurors, who convicted I him. expressing regret that they had I to impose the penalty but declaring I that the judge in his charge was so I specific that they could not do other I wise. Mr. Bray was elected mayor of I Beaufort while under conviction and I the ease was on appeul. He has three I years more to serve as chief executivo i I of his home city. I During his five months' imprison- ! ment Mr. Bray was c5hj?*?u lv> iiuw tliei mail truck between the penitentiary and Atlanta. He made the trip every day, with the exception of three days 1 he was too ill to attend to his duties. ! ... Beaufort, Nov. 22. ? Word was re ceived this morning shortly before the arrival of the train that Mayor Bray was coming and many gathered at the railroad, but the mayor had left at a' suburban station, Where he was met W'WitV1 " and two lit*^?- children and the city manager and slipped quietly into town and Iris home, where he spent the morning. This after noon he has been busy greeting the townspeople on the streets and at his office. . Kvery one was overjoyed when the new: of his commutation was re ceived and planned a celebration on his arrival, but he had- other wishes: and carried them out. Asked for a statement, Mayor Bray would only say he might have one 1 later but now is too busy** enjoying his1 home coming. His term of-office has; over throe years and it is^not known ' -whetnrr br has any political * 'plans j other j'l.-in to complete it, but he will i ~ be urn-.-.t to" be a candidate .for sheriff - in IV v. summer's primary. The 1 whole county seems desirous of ex pros- .1:^' their confidence in him in) ~ v,fb?<trintial way, now that he has ! k| this prison experience. Mo me Burns Second Time. A i !i, Nov. 25.-r-For the second tim< .> thin a little .more than a year "Mor !'?. pus," the beautiful winter hnnn- ; Aiken of Mr. and Mrs. Thom eii.s lli'(h?0(.k of Aiken and Wesbury, i.'ir.i; i~irii?l. was destroyed by fire at j '"i ? a v hour Sunday morning. Sun '!a> ? r-;mr, October 21, of Inst year, lis : i ,i iho first fire, the loss then he me -timated at about $50,000, but foi-- ? < largely of paintings, hang i furnishings. Only the upper ? of the house being burned. 1 h? ?. ,n(l f|,-et however, destroyed the entire structure though vigorously foupht. rhf <n ;^in of the fire is unknown, ihr will probably reach $50,b00 understood that Mr. Hitch . : r icui no insurance. In his prc re he had no insurance. "Mon will be rebuilt a second time. Christmas Mail. ':>tnst??r General Harry New ha? nut usual announcement ' !img the mailing of Christmas The suggestions, al Inoi.^h old, are worth your considera ; I u<> department suggests, nay, it ? that you pack carefully, "wrap ?, address clearly, ^ prepay mail early. These are sound, j suggestions. If everybody) r them, the facilities of' the r r. postoffice will be adequate. ^ oman's Exchange to Open. t i no Woman's Exchange on Laurens will bo opened to the public on ?V??'urday, December 1st. Those who itrr.d to join for this Reason are re iu? stwl to send |n their articles *8 *oon as possible so. there will be a , display on sale for the Christmas Miday*. Mr*. II N. MeNelty win again havt charge of the Exchange for the coming season. HI, K ASK FOR THE SKNATK. Announcement Follows Conference With His Supporters. Special to News and Courier. ? Columbia, Nov. 24. Colo L. Hlease tonight authorized the statement that he is a candidate for the United States Senate for the seat now held by Senator Nat B. Dial. The primary will be hold next summer. Tho an nouncement was made after a confer ence here Thursday with supporters from several different counties, / he said. And if my health is as good next year as it is now, and I have no rea son to expect otherwise, I will be in the race , he said. When asked about platforms, is sues and such necessaries in making a campaign, the former governor said: "I wish to put squarely before the voters of the State some matters that have been neglected and some others, that have been permitted to be shelved, with nothing being done to put them into use for the benefit Of the people. Let the voters decide whom they 'wish to represent them and let the trruth be told about mea sures so that they may decide with a full knowledge of what is now taking place in the law-making body of this nation." , : f As to special issues, he said, that his views are so well known through out the State on certain well defined issues that he doea_ not consider it necessary to state his position now, t-.i it-i U ~ ?..Ml _11 uui mat uu win utowuoo au^ uitu uit issues that the national party may suggest or that any candidate may bring up. When asked \\ho would be the candidates other than himself and Senator Dial, he replied that he is not informed on that point, that he is seeking the office and is not running against anybody. "The office be longs to .the people and not to anyone individual. 1 believe I am better equipped to give the people the real service needed than any other person in South Carolina. Of course, some would not vote for me if they thought I would make as able a senator as Mr. Calhoun, but there are not so many of that kind now and they will be fewer next year." Moves to Spartanburg. J. ,T. Fain^ formerly editor of the Evening Herald, and who left here and established the Suffolk News at Suffolk, Va., has left Suffolk, and The Record is informed that he will go to Spartanburg, where he and Mr. Car penter, who now runs the Carolina Citizen, a weekly publication, will turn it into a daily. ? Rock Hill Re xrord. : : " MAN SERIOUSLY HUKT. lit k Hudson Car Overturnn Near Wateree Hlver Bridge. > Julian S. Moore, aged about 88 years, of Hartsville, was badly in jured here early Sunday morning near the Wateree River bridge when his ear turned over and pinned him be neath the steering wheel. Mr. Moore and seven other occu pants of a big Hudson ear were en route to Columbia and say they were making |>etween 26 and 80 miles an hour. At the point where the accident oc curred, the county is building a now .toll gate and a detour to the left has been made and in makinjfc,?the sudden turn the car turned turtle. Mr. Moore was pinned beneath the steering wheel and remained in that position fully IB minutes. Mrs. Moore climbed 8ut of the , back of the car and suc ceeded in extracting him. He was given medical attention at the Cam den hospital, where it is feared his legs are fractured and his lower limbs' paralyzed. He was "later carried to theA Florence hospital. A negro barber, an occupant - of the car, had several ribs broken. That any of the party of eight, es caped alive is Considered miraculous. Mr. Moore is said to have been a member ?of the Florence fire depart ment for a number of years. Late reports from Florence statu that Mr. Moore's back was broken but that he was still resting easy urider I such circumstances. The C?i was quilt* bttuly UittllHgtHJ, the top being torn off and otherwise disfigured. Remodeling His Store. The firm of J. L. Mimnaugh & Co. hus been in business in Camden 'but a short while, ^yet during this short while their business has grown to f.such proportions that it is necessary that they have more store room. The building they are now occupying will l shor?c.time .be extended back a depth of around thirty feet the entire wid"th , of the store which will give them a niUch largt?? tower floor -space. The Springs & Shannon Company 1 store room utilized the back part of the store, but they have recently ex-*^ panded, building a large brick ware house to the rear of their building, and the portion formerly used as a grain room by thisi firm will be con verted into the Mimnaugh store. Mr. Mimnaugh ,says that in every way he is satisfied with the volume of busi ness done by his Camden store, and with his larger/ quarters he will make a stronger bin for trade in this ter ritory. .... "The '.Climax? .la famfat. "The Climax", ? musical, dramatic and, humorous .play, is perhaps tha best and strongest that has ever been put out by the Redpath Lyceum Bu reau, and will be staged at the School Auditorium at 8 o'clock Tuesday eve ning, December 4th, under the aus pices of the local chapter of the Red Cross and the public school. *\ It is very much hoped that our citizens will attend, as it is not only a play well worth seeing, but for a splendid cause. The price of tickets will be 35c for all school children; 75 cents i general admission, and $1.00 for re served seats, which will be on sale at W. Robin Zemp's drug store. Boys Injured by Explosion. Rock Hill, Nov. 25. ? Lewis Hall-, man was seriously and probably fatal ly injured, Glen Deese was seriously burned and Clyde McManus slightly burned by an explosion of sewer gas Saturday night when the lads stfucK a match and dropped it into a sewer manhole to see^ why a fire cracker dropped through the grating did not explode. The lads were shooting fire crackers at White and Laurel streets when it was suggested that a cracker be dropped through the manhole cover to note the effect of the semi-subter ranean explosion. It failed to go off and Hallman struck a match and dropped it down to see if he could t locate the explosive. The explosion that followed blew the cast iron cover into the air and the Hallman lad, who ; was bending over the grating, re ceived the force of the explosion and the jet of burning gas that leaped from the opening. His head and other parts of his body were badly burned while the Deese; boy was unable to open one eye this morning because of burns inflicted upon his face. The McManus boy was not directly over the opening and escaped with minor burns and singed hair. The px Kplosion was heard for a mile and hun dreds rushed to the spot. The injured lads were taken tp the office of a phy sician and given medical treatment ! and then taken home, it being impos i Bible to determine the exact extent of I their injuries. Reckless Driver Gets Five Years. GafTney, I^ov. 27. ? George Foster, the negro who cnuscd the death of Walter Crow and the loss of a leg fo his brother, A. J. Crow, when he ran into them two weeks ago, was given a sentence of five years on the public works of the county, when he pleaded guilty to manslaughter, just before the court adjourned on Thursday. A. J. Crow, the brother of Walter Crow, had his leg amputated a few days ago and, according to the hospital authori-j ties, is getting along as well as can bo expected. ' Paper Late This Week. This islue of the paper*will reach its patrons about one day late this week. The delay is occasioned by the fact thrft we did not work Thursday in order that the force might observe j Thanksgiving Day. This is the first time in a good many years that we have failed to make the mails on Thursday afternoon. 1 J. Sjeele Hrice Dies. . York, Nov. 25. ? J. Steele Brice, I long known as a , prominent attorney and former senator from York coun ! tv.idied at his home tfere this morning at 1 o'clock. He had been seriously sick for a week. Funeral services have not been arranged but will be held some time Monday. Judgt Smith Retires. Washington, Nov. 23. ? Ernest F. Cochran, of Anderson, was given a re cess appointment today by President Coolidge to be United States judge for the eastern district of South Caro lina. He succeeds Judge Henry A. M. Smith, who has retired. Catholic Church Services. Services at the Catholic church on Sunday, Pecember 2nd, the first Sun diy of Advent, will be as follows: Sunday school at 10 a. m. Ham at 11 m. Sermon on 'The Object of Ad | vent and Why We Have Foot Sundays in Advent." All are cordially invited. BKTHl'NK NEWS NOTES. Happening" of Interetit Ah Told By Our CorrcMpondent. Bethunr, S. ('., Nov. 28. Mrs. T. E. Hearon and daughter, Margaret, Mr. B. W. Best and daughter, Kitty, roturned Tuesday from several days visit to Mrs. Mary Sanders and friends in Jonesvtlle. , Circles numbers one and two of the Presbyterian church were entertained by Mesdames W. A. McDowell and Eva Morgan, respectively, Wednesday aftefrnoon. After the study hour and business meetings sweet courses were served by the hostesses. Dr. R. E. Severance returned Mon day <o Columbia after spending sev eral days at his home here. , Prof. O. R. Bell left Friday after noon for Marion to attend an agricul tural meet. Mr. and Mrs. J. E., Severance and Dr. Severance spent Sunday in Lamar with relatives . School will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holidays. Miss Elise Hood was called to her home Friday to attend the funeral of her uncle. Miss Nancy Best was the charming hostess of the Epworth League Fri day evening. Punch was served by Misses Dorothy Parrott and Kitty Best. Misses Inez Blakeley, Julia McOhes ney and Mr. Percy Mays Spent last Saturday in Florence. Mr. C. C. Gardner has purchased the home now ocupied by Mr. T. K. Hcm.wu siid w ill move in the of the year. In Interest of Rural Power. % The following letter has been mail ed from Chamber of Commerce to all parties interested in securing power utul lights for the rural districts: "At the request of Mr. A. G. Clark son, Jr., chairman of the Committee for the securing of power to supply your community, f have written to the officials of the Yadkin 'River Pow 1 or Company,- Raleigh, N. C., asking that they send someone he$e to.^meet \uith you peoplft at the Court House, i at Camden, at 12 o'clock M. Tuesday, } December 4th, for further conference, i Mr. Clarkson requests that you and all interested parties be here on that ? date and on time." Had Reached An Old Age. Rinah Nesbit, aged 97 years died at the home of her grandson at IS 10 Gordon street in this city Friday last and the funeral and burial was held at St. Paul's Knights Mill church, ser jviceii being conducted by Rey, B. F. Bradford. She died at the home of Rev. P. C. B. ffidleston, who is pastor of St. Paul's church. The old woman was born a slave at Norfolk, Va., and spent the greater part of her life with the wjiite people. Early in life she re moved to Charleston. She is survived by two grand children, two great grandchildren and one great, great grand child. Hermitage Community News. Camden, S. C., Nov. 27. ? Mrs. J. S. Carlton has returned from Greer, S. C., where she visited her sister, Mrs. Wood. We are glad to see little Gary Bell up again after an illness with pneu monia. Mr. Jesse Bagwell has returned home from the Camden Hospital, where he was treated for pneumonia.. We all wish for him a speedy recovr ery. \ About fifty young people of the Hermitage Community motored out to the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Pearson Saturday evening and enjoy ed a delightful moonlight picnic. Games were played throughout the evening, after which a delightful pic nic lunch was served. Mr. R. B. Pitts spent Monday in Bessemer City, N. C., on business. Mrs. J, A. Crolley had a pleasant visit Sunday from two of her sons of Darlington. To Have Box Supper. There will be a box supper on Fri day night, December 7th, at 7:30 p. m. at Shannon Lane School House, five miles from Camden on the Bishop ville-Camden highway. Everyone is cordially invited to come. On Trip to Greenville. Messrs. "Arthur Clarke, Marion Wil liams, Dr. S. F. Brasington, Cecil Brasington, Mendel Smith, Geo. T. Little, Jr., Hubert Wilson, Charles Villepigue, John , Langford, L, Kirkland, and Bennie Smith went to Greenville Wednesday night to be present Thursday .morning at the Clemson- Fur man game to decide the state championship. OPPIC'KKS NAMED. Mr. UuHokc is New Prenldent With Mr. Sanders Acting Secretary. Tin1 newly elected directory of the Chamber of Commerce met on the moining of the 2 3rd instant, and elected C. P, DuHose as President, L. C. Shaw as Vice President, and William King as Tiyasurer, and B, G. Sanders, acting secretary. Much en thusiasm was manifested, and "with such officers as the above and repre sentative busines men as directors, the outlook is bright for a successful year. The most casual observer can not but note the growth and general bight outlook for Camden, and these healthful xsigns are largely due to the activities of the Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce which is the most potential factor in this development along all lines both civic and industrial. The directors are ?composed of the best people from both town and country, and are giving unstintedly of their time and money to all things tending to the develop ment of city and county. The most recent accomplishment is securing the services of the well known engineering firm of Loekwood, GreemJ and Company to make an in dustrial survey of this section. This work was suggested by the Seaboard Air Line and the present City Council being in full accord with this work, have sent their check on for one-half of the expenses. This undoubtedly will prove of untold benefit to our city and surrounding country and the Chamber of rnnimcrcc and City Council should be commended for this enterprise; and it is hoped that every business man and woman interested in the future of Camden will give the Chamber of Commerce their full sup port, morally and financially. Brannon-M ahoney. Of interest to many friends Wi>.s the marriage of Miss, Leila Ethel Bran non to Mr. Dallas Mahoney, of Lugoff, which took place Sunday morning, November 25th, at ten o'clock at the Presbyterians, ni$iu^\ the Rev. Edwin Muller offficiaftlig. OnlV a 'friends of the couple witnessed the ceremony. The bride was stylishly gowhed in a midnight blue suit, vyjth gold hat and glazed accessorie^wrs. Mahoney is the attractive daughter of Mr, and M rs. J. E. L. 'Brannon, of Lugoff. Since her graduation from the city schools she has been an efficient employee in the office of County Treasurer. Mr. Mahoney is a prosperous far mer of Lugoff. _Ihe_. Couple left immediately after the ceremony for a wedding trip, after which they will niafte their home ~ In Lugoff. His Sinter Dead. Mi** Clam Elizabeth BraiUforJ, eighty-two years of age, died at her home at Ridge Spring Monday after noon. Miss Brailsford .was a native of Clarendon county and was a sister of Major A. M. IUail?>ford of Camden. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Mme. Calliope Charissi, Greek dancer, arrived at New York Monday with ten of her eleven children. She* was not allowed to land because the Greek immigration quota for the month had been exhausted. A German war time spy named La therwitski, convicted and sentenced to death and later commuted to life im prisonment at Fort Leavenworth, by President Wilson, was released from ?prison Tuesday and will be deported never to return to the United Sates. Two Children picked up a tin can on the beach at Huntington, Long Island, Monday and were surprised to find that it contained a number of pieces of jewelry, including diamonds, emeralds, pearls, etc. It was retuned to its owner who gave the children a reward of $1,000. The jewelry had been stolen from the owner's home last September. Governor Alfred E. Smith of i?Jev.f York told an audience of negroes in New York Monday nitfht, that he had never believed in the literacy test as a necessary attribute to citizenship. A radio fan of Hull, England, has reported that he heard all of the ser vices?singing, prayers, sermons, etc., in a New York church Sunday morn ing with his radio. He also claims to have heard the people leaving the church at the end of the service. _ -.Louia Russomano, -00, was drowned in a vat of vine when he was over come by the fume# of the fermenting grape mash at his home in Newark, N. J., To-day morning. Samuel Sieo, 24, who jumped Into the vat to rescue his fellow worker, was dragged out by a fireman and Is now in a hospital. MAJ'OK WOOTEN l>KAl>. Was Native ol' North Carolina Hut Mad Madf Home in Camden. Major 'Thomas Jonas Wooten died at the* residence of his daughter, Mrs. I). O. llouser, oil North Fair street early Monday morning after ? pro longed illness. Major Wooten ^vas not a nativo of Camden, hut had resided here since II)18 whero ho had made many friends in his adopted honu>. Ho was 8.1 years of age, being born October 10, 18-10, in Bladen County, N. 0., the son of RiWmrd Lafayette Wootcn and Fliza Williams Wooten. He was mar ried March .'Ird, 1870, to Miss Carmio McNair and to this union were horn F. M. Wooten, K. L. Wooten, W. L. Wooten, and Mrs. 1>. O. Houser, all of Camden; Mrs. (V F. Smith, of Scot land Neek, N. C.{ and Mrs. S. 11. Mc Lean, of Charlotte, N. C., all of whom survive him. lie moved from Soot land Neek to Maxton in 180t> and then to Camden in the fall of 1018 where he has made his home with his chil dren. ' In early life young Wooten en tered the Confederate army and had ?mite an interesting war record where bis : h?lity as a leader of men gained him ii.c title of Major. His hant^ of sharpshooters of Lane's Brigade re ceived the compliments of General Lee on their conduct oil the field. He served as a member of the general assembly of North Carolina for two terms begining in 1880. The body was carried by motor hearse to Maxton, his old home, Tues day morning where th?> funeral was held the same afternoon Jit four o'clock members of the family and Messrs. J. S. Lindsay, W. L. DePass, C. P. PuBpsfy and H. ... L.. Hiehey ac j companying the body and served as pallbearers from this city. Others serving as pallbearers here but who did not accompany the body were Messrs Leroy S. Davidson, K. K. Ste venson, W. E. Johnson, Jr., and D. ^1. i Jones. ACQl-'ITTAL AT MARIETTA. i Court Room Rings With Applause As Accused Floggers Released, Marietta, Ga., Nov. 28.? All in jdictments against Keller Hasty, pitch er of the Philadelphia Americans, and live others in connection with the al leged flogging of Mrs. Bertha Hol combe, a widow, and S. II. Morton, the night ?f November 10, were dis missed here late today by Judge Blair ! on motion of Solicitor General John j S. Wood, loliowing.J.he .acquittal juL } Parks G. Cook one of those under (charges. ? I | Immediately after the Cook acquit ! tal, the jury on instructions from ' Judge Blair, following a motion from Hit1 solicitor general; returned ver dicts of not guilty, against Keller Ilasty, his brothers, Arthur and Frank Hasty, Tom Black and Joe Bramlet, jointly indicted with Cook, bat who were not on trial at this j time. This action covered all four in dictments in which the six men were named. The court house rang with applause 'as the verdicts were announced and * j Judge Blair ordered the sheriir to J bring those participating in the dem j onstration before him. The officers, j however, were unable to locate any ' one because at that moment a general I exit from the room began. | Mrs. Holcombe, a young widow, | testified yesterday that she recognized ; Cook as being a member of the whip j ping squad. The defendant today j testified that he is a father of seven j children, that he said his prayers at 8:30 o'clock and retired the night the whippings were said to have taken place. , The defendant also declared that he never had worn a mask and that he was not a member of any organization except the Baptist church, .and he ha:l "never slapped a lady.'' Repeated but fruitless efTorts of Solicitor General John Wood to estab lish membership in the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of the defendant and several character witnesses featured the closing session.. All denied mem bership in the organization. Mrs. Holcombe and Morton were seized on the night of November 16, taken into a woods and whipped. No reason, they said, was ^jiven by mem bers of the whipping squad for ad ministering the lashing. Morton dis appeared several days ago following the arrests of the si* men. f ? ? . Dr. Havenstein, president o( the Reichbank of Germany, who financed Germany's end of the Worfd war, is dea^d at Berlin, aged 66 years.'