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HAPPY new year TO ALL ! The Camden Chronicle HAI'PY NEW YEAR TO ALL ! ? l .a- - ju . - u.i. jijpt-i1 . jj.i .uiu-imou VOLUME XXXV. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1823. ? NUMBER 3? jJobf H.VIX GAME TUESDAY. Old Time ?f Camden High To Hattle For Supremacy. Evt.ry true sportsman and loyal football fan of Camden known of the ereat record made by the football feams of Camden High School dup?g the past four or five year8, Stnriing the season that haa just closed with a voung green team, Coach J. G. Rich ards upheld his reputation for devel oping winning teams and with these neW men who hardly had ever played football before developed a team that many opponents soon learned to fear, one noted for its forward passing at tack. In 1U20 and 1021 Camden was a contender for State championship honors, since thd last game of the sea son and the return of .the old men home for the Christmas vacation much discussion has arisen as to what year Camden had the best team, there seemed to be only one way to settle the question, that way was to stage a game with the line up of 20 anil 21 battling the teams of 22 and 23. Seeing in this the only way to settle. . the many small discussions the au thorities of the Camden High School Association met with the star players of the several teams and decided to have such a game as a New Year's feature. The contest will be held at the Fair Grounds, 3:00 P. M. on the afternon of January 1st and will be for the benefit of the High School ath letic association. There is no doubt but that the contest will be one of the greatest games of a great season, many of these menVare now playing regularly on football teams of well known colleges, all are in good trim and each side promises to give their utmosTto carry off the honor of being Camden's best team. A largo crowd of loyal sportsmen and fans are ex pected to attend the ganie and a glance over the. list of - players will show the reader that some of the best football talent- in South Carolina will be thrust into the fray. Some of the players on the team of 20-21 will be T. Hay, Ji*n Wallace, A. Watts, Charlie and Richard Kirk land, C. Schlosburg, A. Burnett, L. Mills and others whose names are familiar to followers of Camden Hi and South Carolina College football, appearing in the opposing line up are the names of Albert Evans, "Booty" Haynfs, Norwood Hall, Bruce, Mc Laughlin, Stokes, A. Whitaker, V. Lipscomb and members of the Camden team of the past season. ; ? Each of these men has made the Camden Varsity and several of them played for four full seasons, many of them have ''gone out" for their col lege teams and are meeting with un usual t>ucccess as a whole. The game Tuesday has all the ear marks of being a thrilller, each of the teams has a wealth of star players, broken field runners, passing teams, line-plungers and(kickers each of them is out for blood and promises to play the best game of his career. Capable officials will handle the game, which promises to be no ordinary practice affair, but a real battle between two good, hard-drilled, fighting- football machines. This will be the last chance of Cam de^ fans to see these men appear in the uniform of Camden High School, and being a pleasant surprise for the last day of the season should draw a lartf** '-rov.'d of Icvtrs of one of the greatest sports. Don't forget the place and time, at the fair grounds, .3:00 o'clock on the afternoon of New Year's Day, benefit ?f the Camden Hi Athletic Associa tion. An Old Shell Bursts. Florence, Dec. 19. ? An old shell, which is said to have been knocking? around the plantation home of the late Hczekiah Johnson since the Confeder ate war, exploded this afternoon, se riously wounding two negro women, who wore washing clothes at a big wash pot in the yard. They had placed 'ho old shell underneath the pot to hold it up and it is supposed the heat caused it to explode. It had always looked upon as harmless. One of the washerwomen was badly scalded and a piece of the shell struck <tbc other in her body. Fragments of the 'hell flew in all directions. Mile. Denyse Collin brought confus ion among the ranks of the Paris aviation laboratory experts recently when she landed successfully from an airplane flying more than 100 miles an wltS tbe aid of, a pwrndrate "lighing only twelve pounds. ? . - - , y-y -- - HKTHUNK NEWS NOTES. Happenings of Interest Ah Told lly Our Correspondent. Bethuno, S. C., Dec. 20.-- Sc-hool closed here last Thursday for the hol idays and will reopen Wednesday, January 2nd. The teachers left the following; day for their respective homes. Misses Martha and Sara Bonn, of Alabama, who are students at Chioora College, are spending: the holidays with Miss Carrie Yarbrough. The following students are at home for the Christmas holidays: Misses Carrie Yarbrough, of Chicora; Helen Pope Ward, of Coker; Lois and Mabel Watts, of Winthrop; Josh Smith and Emmett Jones, of Clemson; Mayo Da vis, of Auburn University, Ala.; Le roy Northcutt, of Raleigh, and Nor wood Hall, of S. C. University. Mr. B. W. Best is the guest of friends in Jonesville. Mr. ^uul Mrs. A. B. MeLaurin and family spent Tuesday and Wednesday in llartsville with relatives. Miss Mary Arthur returned home Saturday from Crossnore, N. C., whero she accepted a position a few weeks ago. Mrs. Maggie Lee and daughter, Ma bel, of Monrcto, N. C., were guests of relatives here last week. Miss Goldie Pate, of Jefferson, is spending the holidays with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Yarbrough and Miss Ruth Estridge, of Sumter, spent Christmas in the home of Mr. and Mrs. K. T. Estridge. Mrs.' H. M. Adams, of Raleigh, and Miss Leona Northcutt, of Baltimore, are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Northcutt. . Misses Kathleen McCaskill, teacher of English in the Marion High school; Alta Copeland, teacher of mathemat ics in Rocky Mount high school; Ber lie Outlaw, Campobello; Virginia Watts, domestic teacher ? in Cross nore, N. C., and Ruth Watts, teacher of English at Crossmorc school are at home with their parents for the holidays. ? Lionel Best, of Sumter, is at home for the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. King, of Harts ville, were guests of the former's pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. King, this week. Mr. and MVs. J. D. Lafittb spent the holidays with the latters mother, Mrs. Cleckley, in Cope. Rev. and Mrs. J. M, Forbis were guests of the latters sister, Mrs. BrigHt Williamson, In Darlington, for the holidays. Winters Goes To Argentine. Dr. N. E. Winters, director of the South Carolina Boli Weevil Experi ment Station at Florence, has accept ed an appointment as assistant to the secretary of agriculture of the Argen tine Republic. He is preparing to leave for Buenos Aires in the near future. Dr. Winters has signed a threa-^ear contract, it was said. The boll weevil station of which he has been director, is conducted under joint auspices of the state and federal gov ernments. It is rfot known who will succeed Dr. Winters. Greenville Woman Killed. Greenville, Dec. 23. ? Mrs. Vardry ("Turk") McBee was killed and her husband, owner of a local theater and son df L. M. McBee, was injured shortiy before 8 o'clock tonight when a heavy sport model automobile in which they were riding with their three children collided with a street car at a curve on 'Augusta street. Mr. McBee who is 40 years of age, suffered a fracture of the left leg, dis location of the collar bone and lacera tions about the face. Surgeons at the city hospital, Where he is a patient, said he probably would recover. Mr. McBee lost consciousness a moment after the accident and had not re gained it late tonight.' At that mo ment spectatoVs heard him call his wife, "Marie, Marie." Mrs. McBee's head was partially severed from the body by a falling portion of the windshield. Notice To The Public. The legislative delegation will meet at the court house Saturday, January 5th, at 11 o'clock. The public is in vited to be present and make known their views on any subject pertaining to the interest of the county or State. If thrluB wtfwra have not re ceived a satisfactory refund on their county taxes we hope you will be pre sent and make It known. ~ NEW SECRETARY FOR CAMDEN Mr. Trot tor Comes To Camden From Cedartown, Highly Recommended. Mr. Edward J. Trotter, present j Secretary of the Chamber pf Com merce of Cedartown, Georgia, has been elected secretary of the Camden Chamber of Commerce, effective Jan uary 15th. Mr. Trotter arrived in Camden Thursday- morning, and after consul tation with the Committee on Elec tion, accepted the position. Mr. Trot ter's record- in Chamber of Commevco work is a splendid one, and has re ceived many complimentary notices from the State press of Georgia. Mr. J. A. Holloman, of the Atlanta Constitution, wires that he will make an ideal secretary for Camden, and Mr. B. S. Barker, secretary of the Atlanta, Ga., Chamber of Commerce, Speaks .highly of him. The mayor of Cedartown, Mr. Homer Watkins, re grets very much that Mr. Trotter con templates leaving that city. The Chronicle trusts that our citi zens generally will give a hearty wel come to 'Mr. Trotter, for without the full support and cooperation of all the people, a secretary can never make a Chamber of Commerce the a^set to the community that it should be. Mr. Trotter is originally from Mad ison, Georgia, and comes from one of the bept families of Morgan county. He is the son of a prominent, physic ian of that city and is a young man full of energy, with quite a bit of ex perience in chamber of Commerce and newspaper work. BRAVE SOLDIER CROSSES RIVER Death Claims Captain Benton of Ker shaw, Cited for Bravery. I Kershaw, Dec. 2G. ? Capt. Samuel J. .Benton, prominent and highly res pected citizen of Kershaw, died at his , home here last Saturday in his 86th j year, after a lingering illness extend ' ing over a period of several years. For the past thirty-five ' years he operated the Benton hotel, and prior { to that time taught school in various J sections of the state. | He was a veteran of the War Be tween the States having enlisted when quite a young man to serve his section in the Second South Carolina Regi ment, Kershaw's Guards. On account of extraordinary bravery during the battle of Malvern Hill he was promo ted from private to captain, com manding^Gompany G. of his regiment. One of the chief exploits of his career during the war was the order issued by him to burn several hundred Wles of cotton at Charleston to prevent seizure of the cotton by northern troops. For this incident he was cited. His entire record as a soldier was exemplary. Captain Benton numbered his friends by the score, havipg a wide acquaintance among traveling men all over the country and by whom he w&s held in the highest esteem. He was born at Wadesboro, N. C., on August 2, 1837, but had been a resident of Kershaw for the past thir ty-five years. He is survived by his wife and three daughters: Mrs. Beular Cosby, Mrs. J. M. Dempster, and Miss Loute Ben ton, of Kershaw. The funeral services were held at his home Saturday afternoon, inter ment being at the Kershaw cemetery, a large crowd of friends attending, among whom were four former com mandcrs-in-arms, Messrs. B. M. Jones, Jno. R. Baker, W. F. Russell and Neal (Bennett, who were honorary pall bearers. The active pallbearers were Messrs. L. B. Hamrick, T. B. Clyburn, Sr., L. R. Blackmon, B. J. Truesdale, Burnett Whitaker and B. H. Clyburn. Girl Commits Suicide. Miss Eva Hunter, 17 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hun ter, who live on the plantation of H. A. Moore in the Flat Rock section of KershaW county, about seven miles from Kershaw, committed suicide Sat urday %t an early hour that morning by shooting herself in the heart with a pistol, says a Kershaw dispatch to Sunday's Columbia Record. Accord ing to reports of the tragedy she arose about four a. m. and after assisting her mother in preparing breakfast, seated herself in a chair in the kitch en pf the home, pulled a revolver from a suitcase nearby, and before anyone could interfere killed herself, Melan cholia, brought on by ill health, is 4a crilx'd aa the cause. .? ? ? - - ? : 1 - L There are nearly 16,000 worn? THE LYNCHING RECORD. Year Passed Shown Decrease of 29 Over Last Year. K. R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute sends us the following in regard to lynchings in the United States for the year now coming to a close ; I send you the following concerning lynchings for the past year as compil ed by Tuskegee Institute in the De partment of Records and Research, Monroe N, Work in charge. I find that there were 28 peowns lynched in 1923. This is 21) less than the number 57 for the year 1022. Thirteen of the persons lynched were taken from the hands of the law, 7 from jails and (? from officers of the law outside of jails. Wo also find that there were 4G in stances in which officers of the law prevented lynchings. Four women, 3 white and 1 colored, were umong those thus saved. Six of the preventions of lynchings were in Northern States and 40 in Southern States. In 37 of the cases the prisoners were removed or the guards augmented or other precautions taken. In the 9 other instances, armed force was used to repel the would be lynchers. In 8 in stances during the year persons charged with being connected with lynching mobs were brought to trial. Of the 52^ persons thus before the courts only 2 were sent to the peniten tiary. Of the 28 persons lynche^l in 1923, 26 were negroes and 2 were whites; two of the former were women. 7 or one-fourth of those put to death were charged with rape or attempted rape; one of the victims was burned to death; one was put to death and then Ithe body was burned. The charge against the one burned to death was murder. The offenses charged against, the whites were: participation in strike depredations, 1; being taken as a ne gro, 1. The offenses charged against the negroes were: murder, 3; murder ous assault, 2; rape, 6; attempted rape, 1; killing officer of the. law, 2; wounding officer of tjic law, 2; no charge reported, 3; assisting man charged with rape to escape, 1; re sisting posse searching for man charged with rape, 1; eattle stealing, 1; "trying to act like white man and not knowing his place," 1; insulting woman, 1; peeping in window, 1; striking man in altercation, 1. The nine states in which lynchings occurred and the number in each state are as follows: Arkansas, 2^ Fliorida, 8; (jeorgia, 4; Louisiana, 1; Mississip pi, 8; Missouri 1;' Oklahoma, 1; Texas, 2; Virginia, 1. Women Died From Poison. Columbus, Ofoio, December 21. ? Two women Mrs. Minnie C. Davis, of Columbus, and Mrs. Nellie Paul of Cireleville, both of whom died last September, supposedly from disease of the heart, were poisoned unknow ingly by their attending physicians, it was revealed here tonight upon com pletion of an investigation which has been under way since shortly after the women died. Flying for Doll? Killed. San Antonie, Texas, Dec. 18. ? Cap tain Harold E. Stucken, commanding officer of the 47th school squadron at Brooksfield, who was killed near Tem ple today with Sergeant Cyril E. Ry als, when their plane fell, was mak ing a cross-country flight to Dallas to get a doll for his three year old daughter for Christmas. The doll was ordered several days ago, but had not arrived. Fearing it would not arrive before the holidays, Captain Stucken obtained permission for the flight to Dallas to get the doll. Fox Found Guilty. Atlanta, Dec. 21, ? "Guilty of mur der with recommendation for mercy," was the verdict returned tonight against Philip E. Fox, Ku Klux Klan editor, who killed William S. Coburn, a Klan attorney, in Atlanta, Novem ber 5. The verdict, under Georgia laws provided a life imprisonment sentence. After hearing the evidence and argu ments for more than a week, the jury received the case late last night. . At the request of tho dnfenso, the jury was polled. It was unanimous. Fox stood up. He, shook his head in the negative when the judge asked -if he desired to say anything. "You shall spend tho balance of your natural life in the r*enitentiary of this state," the judge said. Fox trcablsd and his head drooped RKAL HOME LIKE ATMOSPHERE. Pervades Statu Training School Fop Feeble- Minded at Clinton. (Hy W. P. Jacobs) riinttvn, S. ( Dee. 20. In this day of machine-like, soul-less, whole sale operations one would expect, in a State institution, particularly an in stitution for the caro and training of the feeble-minded, to And a cold, heartless, rigidly peemptory man agement under prison-like, hard hearted regulations. And anticipating such a picture ono would be greatly and agreeably sur prised upon a visit to the State Train ing School for the feeble-minded in Clinton; Indeed thousands of homes \vill he found to be more lacking in the genuine home spirit. A recent visit to the institution found the children (for indeed they are all children, ranging from six to sixty years) happily engaged, some in study, some in useful work, some at play, but all occupied and happy. Boys have the farming, milking gar dening tft do interspersed with a few hours on the baseball tie Id or the bas ket ball court or a few hours at bas- j ketry or rug weaving, carpentry ox , academic study. The girls studying practical domestic science, helping in the kitchen, dining room or cottuge, also have their games, their music, outings, their dancing, as well as pro fitable time spent aWweaving, sewing and study. Truo the progress is slow and sometimes the improvement practically nil, yet improvement or not, they are all occupied, happy, with their minds on the better and more useful things of life and their hands out of mischief. Seeking for the source of happiness portrayed by the broad smile on every face one would have to go back to the fundamental principles guiding the management of this well directed institution. The answer is found in the fact that every male or female is kept busy, every mind is kept occupied. The answer is also found in the parental care and father ly and motherly affection shgwn by the officials of the institution. It is worth the trip of a hundred miles to see the sparkling eye and the smile that will not wipe away on the faces of the children when the superinten dent or some one of his official family is near. Close personal attention to the child's needs, careful solicitation] of the child's comfort and peace of mind, a strong, fatherly or motherly guidance and sympathy with the child's troubles, a deep appreciation of the child's misfortunes and always a deep parental love; these are the at tributes so frequently seen at th6 in stitution that has earned for it not only the title, "a real training school," but more than that, the well deserved name "Home and Training School for South Carolina's Unfortunates." For indeed it is home, a home in the true sense of the word. It ceases to be an institution the minute you enter its Kates. Thus it is that through an honest, consecrated, most useful service, the State of South Carolina is .caring for its feeble-minded. Under the limita tions of size and equipment the insti tution could hardly do better. Hut could South Carolina do better? For every child in the Training School there are a hundred similarly unfortunate outside; scattered over the State, a draw-back, a burden, yes even at times a menace to the State. For every child properly cared for there are several on the waiting list, hoping against hopes for admission. South Carolina has just begun in this noble work. She has just taken the first step. She has seen enough to give her a glimpse at the enormous field and opportunity. The institution is full to overflow - ) ing. Many of its present enrollment of 205 being cared for in temporary quarters. Many others are crowding the reformatories and State Hospital, where they do not belong. The wait ing list at the training school out grows the equipment rapidly. The need of greater facilities is not only apparent, but it is growing; not only great, but getting greater, not only appalling, but positively ? alarming, not only serious, but absolutely im perative. A program i? prepared for submis sion to the State Legislature, asking for equipment funds, to take care of more children artd care for them bet ter; A pruyram that will not only improve the efficiency of the institu tion but likewise open the gates for many of the poor unfortunate*, who are without. Kre*r true eitix?n of South Carol! TWO 1)1 K IN CHAIN. .Double KlcctrorutlOn <? t State Prison l.ast Friday Morning. For the first time in over a year ami a half in this Mate t>vo 'per son ft died in tho electric chair on the same day when Julius Garvin and Frank Gaines Beaufort county negroes, were oleo-'. trocuted at an early hour' yesterday morning for the murder of Mr. ami Mrs. W. 1). Brown on Hilton Head Island. - \ Both negroes faced death calmly. Because of a remark made by Garvin a few days ago, at which time he said that he would not die in the electric chair, it was feared that perhaps there might he a struggle from him hut he showed no signs of resistance. (Jarvin was led into the death cham ber fir. st. He was asked If he was ready to go and replied that he was. He said, "1 am sbrry that I did it hut it is too lato now. 1 know I ought to have thought of it beforehand." He was strapped in the chair and the current was turned on at 6:3l> o'clock, I, HOO volts being sent through his body for a period of a minute. Tho penitentiary physician . pronounced Jarvin dead four and a half minutes after he had entered the chair. Gainer. was strapped into the chair nt 6:68 o'clock. He said that he was ready to go and that <*'I told the whole truth about it." he current of 1,900 volts was left on for a minute. _In ? * ulightjy more than four minutes ho was pronounced dead by the physic ian. Despite the fact that the electrocu tions were held early, so many per sons were present they had to biv di- # vided into two squads and each allow ed to see one of the electrocutions. Among those present was \V\ A. Campbell, son-in-law of the aged cou ple who mot their death at the hands of Garvin and Gaines. ? Saturday's State. ... Catholic Church Services. Services at the Catholic church on Sunday, December 30th, within octave of Christmas will be as follows: Masses at G:1G and 11 a. m. Sermon by Rev. M. J. Hcddin. All are cor dially invited to attend these ser vices . Sumter Man's Neck Broken. Sumter, Dec. 21. ? Joe Ilinson, the farmer living on the Bishopville road, I four miles north of town, who sus tained a fracture of the spinal column at the base of the neck Tuesday af tcmooon when thrown from his horse, died at a local hospital Thursday afternoon after living about 40 hours with his neck broken. Jacob L. Aull Dead. Newberry, Dec. 26. ? Christmas day closed a long life of remarkably sound health in a family notable for immunity from illness, when Jacob Luther Aull passed away at his farm home at Dyson, in Greenwood county. Mr. Aull's 88th birthday was Decem ber 4. Mr. Aull and the wife who survives him, Mrs. Julia Haltiwanger Aull, were married 67 years ago last May and the first death in the imme diate family within 63 years occurred about three months ago, that of Mrs. Eva Aull Timmerman. Surviving children of Mr. Aull are: Col. E. II. Aull, of Newberry, editor of the Herald and News and <;ounty superintendent of education; Nathan E. Aull, of Hickory, N. C., the Rev. W. B. Aull, postmaster at Walhalla; L. 13. Aull of Greenwood and Mrs. W. VV. Daniel, formerly of Columbia, now of Wilmington, N. C. John K. Aull of Columbia and James L. Aull of Newberry are grand sons. na, in the interest of humanity, in the interest of better, moral, physical, intellectual and social conditions in South Carolina can help in the pro gram. The suggested program will be be fore every county delegation shortly They must provide the way. They need but your support, your approval, your interest. If every civic or chari table organization, and every true cit izen would . lend sympathy and sup port to such a program by a verbal and personal endorsement, made to their own county delegation, nothing more would need to be done. Our law- ~ makers need only to be assured of our interest. - ? . -? (This article la voluntarily written by an interested citizen of Sooth Carolina who of hi* own accord vol- f untarily atttdied . condition* at the State Trailing Schoo] and glvee Me