The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 22, 1924, Image 3
Gamed
Ten Pounds
Mrs. George 8, Hunter, of
Columbus, Ga.t auyu she suf
fered severely with female
troubles.
"I bad to go to bed and
stay sometime* two weeks at
a time," says Mrs. Hunter.
"I could not work. My . . ,
were Irregular and I got very
thin. I went from lMgounds
down to lass than 100.. My
mother had been a user of
CARDUI
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Hm Woman's Tonic
and aha know what a good
medicine it waa far this troub
le, so sha told ma to get
some and take it. I sent te
the store after it and before
I had taken the first bottle
up I began to improve. My
side hurt less and I began to
mend in health. I took four
bottles in all during the last
ten months.^^Cardui acted as
a fine tonic. . . i am well now.
T have gained ten pounds and
ora' still gaining. My sides
do not trouble me at all and
my . . . are quite regular. I
know that Cardui will help,
others suffering from the
same trouble."
Take Cardui.
B-101
JACKSON GIVEN VERDICT.
Hut Judge Sets It Aside and Orders
Arrest of Former Player.
Milwaukee, Feb. 15. ? Joe Jackson,
former outfielder of the Chicago Am
e'ice.n League club, today was given
a verdict for $16,711.04 against the
club for salary under a contract sign
ed in 1920, but the court set aside the
verdict and dismissed the case.
Whether an appeal "will be taken will
bo decided tomorrow, Raymond J.
Cannon, counsel for Jackson said to
night.
Judge J. J. Gregory, trial judge,
bitterly criticised the jury, declaring
the case was based on perjury, and
act aside the verdict and dismissed the
action. During tho trial Judge Greg
ory ordered the arrest of Oscar
"Happy" Felsch, a former team mate
of the plaintiff, and a witness for him,
for alleged perjury. Jackson was ar
rested on a like charge at the con
clusion of the trial.
The former players are at liberty J
under bond.
Home Demonstration Notes.
The County Council of Farm Wo
men will hold their regular meeting
on March 15, in Camden. All the
county women are urged to make
plans to attend this fneeting. Mrs. S.
O. Plowden will be present and will
address the Council. There willl be
? ? 4 V ?*' ? ' ? M ' M
an interesting program arranged, re
freshments served, and a?happy good
time for all who attend. ' *
The Community Market, with Mrs.
B. R. Truesdale in charge, is attract
ing much attention at this season.
The sales are good and the market
means much to the county women as
well as an opportunity for the town
women.
The Club work throughout the
county is most encouraging. New
clubs are being organized and the
girls and women are ,most enthusias
tic in the work.
The Chamber of Commerce kindly
offered to tho girls an inducement to
become interested in poultry work. A
fine setting of eggs will be given to
sixteen girls in different parts of the
county with tho agreement to pass on
to another girl a setting next year.
The poultry club members are willing
to work and do their best and this
means better poultry in our county.
Poultry is a fine product for tho mar
ket and always a sale for it.
The girls of the Mill School organ
ized a Home Demonstration Cooking
Club Friday, February 8th. In this
class the girls wil be taught the prin
ciples of good cookery, economy in
preparing a well balanced meal, pre
paring school lunches, etc. Tho object
of all Home Demonstration Clubs is
to make tho best better. The mem
bers are: Irene Taylor, Nellie Terry,
Nannie Ruth, Willie Blanche, Willie
Allis, Mattie Pate, Edna Dority,
Ruby Krepts, Clara Wclch, Mamie
Ruth, Ervin Brown, Annie Bell
Christmas, Mary Sue Christmas, Vir
ginia Christmas, Ruby Lee Braddock,
Ludie May, Arlever Russell, Lillian
Dodgin, Ida May Robinson, and Vera
Dennis, Vera Dority.
Miss Ernestine Bateman, principal
of the school and her efficient teach
ers are to be congratulated on the fine
Bchool and community spirit you
realise when you visit the school.
JENNIE BOYD,
Home Demonstration Agent.
MIm Elaaiwe Hutxsl has been I
ro*de deputy police ooramhsftmsr ?11
Syracuse, N.
Hermitage Community Neva. ?>,
Cataden, 8, C., Feb. 20. ? A party
consisting of Miasoa Kdith Kddings,
Bessie Bothune,, Carrie and Bessj<i
Crolley, and N. C. Crolley motored to
Columbia Sunday.
Miss Bessie Bethuno of Hamlet, N.
CM was the guest of Misses Carrie and
Bessie Crolley the past week end.
We are glad to know that little.
I'ithol Smith who has ben ill with
measles is improving nicely.
Miss Dessie McLendon was called
away Sunday to Darlington on ac
count of the illnesa of her cousin.
On last Thursday evening Mrs. G.
E. Crolley entertained the members
of her Sunday School claaa at a valen
tine party at the home of Mra. Henry
Anderson. Refreshments were served
at the close of the evening by Mrs.
G, E. Crolley, assisted by Mrs. Q. B.
Player and Mrs. Henry Anderson.
Misd Ruth Hatfield acted as post mis
| tress in several of the games.
The boys of the Hermitage Com
munity Association gavo tho S. O. D.
H. Club Girls an oyster supper at tho
Community House on Saturday even
ing. JEveryone reported a nice time.
The Board of Directors of the -Her
mitage Community Assdciation met
last Monday evening at th,o home of
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Crolley. Refresh
ments were served at the close of tho
evening by Mrs. Crolley.
We are glad , to have Mr. and Mrs,
D. L. Jones and family back with us
again.
Mr. R. B. Pitts spent Monday in
Washington on business.
Mr. C. H. Zemp motored to Char
lotte Saturday and spent the woek^
end with relatives.
Mr. L. D. Pitta of Rock Hill spent
Wednesday at the mill, and also am
ended the meeting of the stockhold-.
era held the same day.
GENERAL NEWS NOtES
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Frank L. Greene, senior Senator
from Vermont, was the innocent vic
tim of a pistol battle between boot
leggers and dry enforcement officers
in Washington last Saturday night,
The senator and his wife whose home
was in a nearby hotel were strolling
along the street as enforcement offi
cers came upon some men unloading
a still in a nearby alley. One of the
first shots fired struck the senator in
the forehead and he fell. He was at
once hurried to a hospital. The boot
leggers got away and one of the en
forcement officers was arrested. It is
understood that Senator .Greene will
recover from the wound.
Kittie M. Spear, ten year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Spear
of Lowndesville, was severely burned
several years ago and lias had a
dreadful fear of fire since. During the
conflagration at Lowndesville Friday
she became panic stricken and in the
confusion ran wildly down the Cal
houn Falls road in an effort to get
away from the sight of the- flames.
She was picked up by an automobile
party about Bix miles frbm liOwndes
ville and taken to Calhoun Falls,
where she was left with friends. Her
parents were notified of her safety by
wiry'.
""the large warehouse of the Cooper
ative Tobacco association at Manning
was destroyed by fire last Saturday.
The building was valued at $40,000,
and was insured for $22,000.
Bound to th^ posts of her bed, and
with her mouth gaged, Miss Louise
Larsen, a 24-year-old motion picture
actress^ was found dead in her room
in a fashionablo apartment in New
York city last Friday. The actress'
hands had been "spread-eagled" and
tied tp the bed post with p dog leash.
Her Belgian * police dog was found
lashed to a chair in another room of
her apartment. Her apartment was
looted of valuable jewelry.
Morris B. Diamond, one of four men
to be tried in New York on a charge of
murder in connection with the killing
of two bank messengers in a holdup
and robbery in Brooklyn several weeks
ago, on trial last week, was convicted
and will be sentenced . to the chair.
Henry Ford's employes in the
United States and throughout the
world now total 162,792 persons. CDI
this number 121, 2P1 work in manu
facturing plants in Detroit and
throughout the United States.
Present plans are for the dirigible
Shenandoah to start on its flight to
the north pole on May 1st. Lieutenant
Commander Zachary Landsdowno will
be in charge of the airship on its polar
trip.
Three masked bandits robbed the
First National bank of Gracemont,
Okla., of $6,500 in cash and Liberty
bonds Tuesday, after slugging a
bookkeeper with an automatic pistol
and lacking him in a vault.
After being on a strike since Janu
ary 15, 12,00 coal miner* of Nova
Scotia havo been granted an , increase
in wages that will total $1,000,000 a
year. The miners went on a strike
when it was announced that their pay
was to be reduced.
rhiaf Justice Taft ha* so tar re
covered from hip recent indisposition
aa to be able to returns Ma dotes on
KOLL *>F HONOR , , fc.
Charlotte Thompson High School For
Two Mont ha.
The following is. the roll of hynor
for Charlotte Thompson High School
for the fourth and fifth months:
Fourth Mouth. ^
First Grade ? Margaret Hay Boy
kin, Mary Brown.
Sfecond Grade? Charles James,
Troy Godwin,
Third Grade? Mary Lindsay Pearce,
Elizabeth Gillis.
Fourth Grade ? Louise James, Mar
guerite Croft.
Fifth Grade ? ? Klizabeth Workman,
Need ham Pittman.
Sixth Graded?Maureen Sowoll, Hen
rietta Irby, Elizabeth James, Robert
Clarkson.
Seventh Grade ? Eva Irby, Thelma
Pearce, Thomas McLeod, Nellie Dixon,
Mae James.
Eighth Grade ? Lillian James.
Ninth Grade? I<eNoir Sanders, Lau
rie Workman.
Tenth Grade ? Virginia Owens.
Eleventh Grade ? -Hawkins Watson,
Kate Dixon, J. G. Brown, T. J. Mc
Leod.
Fifth Month.
First Grade ? Sam Boykin, William
Rush.
Second Grade ? -Charles James, Troy
Godwin, Claytor Arrants.
Third Grade ? Mary Lindsay Poarce,
Elizabeth Gillis, Eunice Brown1, Dor
ithy McLeod, John Sowell.
Fourth Grade ? Louise James, Mar
guerite Croft, Clarence McLeod.
u Fifth* Grade ? Estelle Anderson,
Klizabeth Workman.
Sixth Grade ? Maureen Sowell, Hen
rietta Irby, Elizabeth James, Robert
Clarkaon,
Seventh Grade ? Eva Irby, Thelma
Pearce, Mae James, Nellie Dixon,
Thomas McLeod.
Eighth Grade ? Sara Bruce, Alex
ander Clarkson, Lillian James.
Ninth Grade ? Ellen Boykin, Laurie
Workman, Allan Norris, Chapman
Pearce, Le Noir Sanders.
Tenth Grade ? Virginia Owens.
? Eleventh Grade? Hawkins Watson,
T. J. Brown, J. T. McLeod, Bertha
Johnson,' Kate Dixon.
BROTHERS IN PISTOL DUEL.
Meet on Mountain Trail After Dispute
Over Estate.
Whitesburg, Ky., Feb. 16. ? Bob and
Sam Bates, brothers, residents of the
Troublesome Creek section, invoked
.45 calibre law to settle their quarrel
and today both are dead.
Enmity between the brothers was
said to have resulted from a dis
agreement concerning settlement of
an estate, including; some valuabk
coal and timber land* left by the'r
father. Finally, after friends pre
vented gun play on more than one oc
casion, Sam ja .boy of. 17, waa said to
have sent wo?d to Bob that he would
give him $100 to iJCTHe lnto the vi
cinity of the younger brother's resi
dence.
Bob accepted the offer.
The brothers met on a laurel
fringed mountain trail ^yesterday.
They drew and fired ? and missed
Now the sights wer'e perfectly align
ed. A second roar from the heavy
weapons and both duelists dropped,
fatally wounded.
A third Bates brother, Uriah, is
serving a life sentence in state, prison
for the murder of Elijah Sergeant,
who was slain near hia home on In
dian Creek": In 1921. " Bob was under
indictment in connection with the
Sergeant slaying and was to have
been tried in April.
Branham-Boykixu
Mr. Langley Branham, a highly
esteemed young man who resides near
Camden, and Miss Ppra Boykin, a
-popular young lady of palzeU, Sumter
county, were married on Sunday af
ternoon last at the home of Probate
Judge W. L. McDowell, Judge . Mc
Dowell performing the ceremony.
4 REALTY TRANSFER*.
CIvanKeii of Real KtUute as Recorded
in County Auditor'* Office.
Nellie S. Moseley to L. A. Kirkland,
1 lot Laurens street, Camden, $360.
Mrs. Sallie Ration, to John S. Ra
bon, 47 acres, West Watoree, $ 1,800.
Mrs, F. A. McCaskill to Anna U
Schlosburg, 1 lot and building, Mill
street, Camden, $5.00, etc.
C. I,?. Dixon to Mamie McCaskill,
61 acres, near Beulah church, $4,600.
W. B. Threqtt to l4iwronco Richard
son, 1 acre, Buffalo townahip, $15.
Camilla and Scott Huntor to Julia
and Joe Chavers, 1 lot, lUth Street,
Camden, $55.
W. L. Blackmon to Geo. W. Bowers,
60 acres, Buffalo township, $450.
H. G. Carrison, Sr., to Carlos Brown
Jr., 116 acres noar Adams Mill, $16,
000.00.
I J. C. Parker, to I* O. Funderburke,
150 acres near Cassatt, assumption
mortgage.
Mrs. H. R. Jordon to Violet Funder
burke, 1 lot and 1 building, broad at.,
Camden, $7,750.
William Kelley to Ella Mickle and
John Kelley, 1 lot and building, Cam
den, on Gordon st., $1.00, love and af
fection. ?
Nellie S. Moseley to C. C. Whitaker,
1 lot Laurens st., Camden, $325.
Kirkland & Kirkland, Trustees, to
North and South Land Co., 1*28 acres,
north of City of Camden, $1.00, etc.
Mattie E. Hinson and Ida ltabon to
Annie Watts, 20 acres near Lugoff,
$ 1 ,000.
D. W. Horton to B. F. Bolton, 122
acres near Bethune, $25.00, etc.
B. B. Clark, Master, to Southern
Land Sales Co., 80 acres West Wa
teree, $100.
Robert M. Cooper to James Stokes,
1 lot Cassatt, $30.
James A. McCaskill to R. B. Mc
Caskill, 15 acres near Bethune, $5.00.
W. E. Davis to R. B. McCaskill, 25
acres near Bethune, $800.
Janie B. Gardner to G. C. Welsh,
interest in 650 acres Buffalo town
ship,
Virginia Owens to W. L. Gaskins,
10 acres near Westville, $5.00.
Kelurielta Baiiard, to ifennio Carlos,
acre near Camden, $150.
? J.' 11. and W. R. Zemn to Mack Din
kins, 1 acre, Curoton Park, Camden,
$180,
R. M. West to Hunk of Camden, 100
acres near Cassatt, $10.
L. U. Funderhurke, to M. S. Rosier
and H. E. Gardner, 75 acres near Cas
Htttt, $1,000.
Bank of Camdentto W. J. Davis, 100
acres near Cassut\, $8,200.
T. A. Folsom to *E. Z. Truosdell, 1
lot and 1 building town of Bethune,
$1,600.
A. B. McLaurin to John MeCaskill,
25 acres near Bethune, $100.
Greenville Piedmont, Saturday:-i
Bond for Holland Pittman, of upper
Greenville county , held in connection
with the recent slaying of State Con
stable Howard in Jhe Glassy Mountain
aoction was denied by Circuit Judge K.
C. Dennis here today. The father, of
the young man, Pittman, who is also
held in connection with the tragedy,
however, was granted bail in the sum
of $0,000. The petition for bail made
by the firm of Bonham & Price, coun
sel for the two men, was resisted by
Solicitor David W. Smoak. The
younger Pittman will now be forced
to remain in jail until tho next term
of sessions court when tho caso will
likely come to trial. Though the cor
oner's jury failed to place the respon
sibility for the shooting on either of
the Pittman men, both are being held
until a complete investigation can bo
made and both Will probably be tried
on charges in connection with the kill
ng, it was said.
John Fesperman," 21, son of Victor
Fesperman, deputy sheriff for Meck
lenburg, ^vas killed Saturday night
while making, a liquor raid on ho
Wakefield farm on tho Providence
road, nea^ Charlotte. IIo was after
several negroes, and was holding one
Tregro by the belt when fli'Gd on aftd
killed by another negro, Sam Cun
iuiighuui. Cunningham got away
and has not been captured.
Colored Teachers Hold Merlin*.
The Kershaw County Teachers' Ajb
sociation mot Saturday, February (6,
1924, tit the Jarkson (iraded $choS,
With Prof. P. U. M'dodana presulinfl;.
This meeting was well attended Us'
the teachers of the county. Fees (to
the State Teachers' Association wOXV
collected; also the fees for tin- i'out^Ly
Teachers' Association. We then pe?
fee ted our plans for the Field I>rty e*
ercises in the various comnuinitifMJ.
Owing to the congested cortdiuon <p
the Jackson (traded School we decide?
that we would not hold a Field I,>uy
O^rciaO there, hut we cordially invK
Prof, P. 11. M'dodana and his corps m
teachers to take part in the oxftrciejB*
held in the nearest community, whTh
is at the new County Training sctkttl;
located in the Charlotte ThomMpi
district eight miles east of CamtLpt,
S. C. This exorcise will l>e Held
March 6th, 1924. .
The following is the order in wtljrh
the schools are grouped;
I No. 1, February 21st ? Bethel No.
Bethune, Mill Creek, Mt. Olive, Oi?k
Ridge, Cedar Creek.
No. 2, February 27th Bethel
Rock Spring, Red Hill, Liberty mil,
Prince Edward, Ebcnoaer, White OjOi.
No. March 6th? -St. Matthews, l>r
County Training School, Wesley Chl?
pel, Broom llill, Hoykin, Zioi\ Hill,'
Emanuel.
No. 4, March 21.- t Knights Hill.
Cool Spring, Sweet Homo, G(W<
Hope.
No. 5, April 3. ? Sutton Branch, W
Joshua, Shiloh, Mickle, Barker PlaflJ,
Johnson School, Hopewell.
No. 0, March 2Htli ? Hickman, Cu?
satt, Miller's Chapel, lx>ng Branch
Zion Thirty-Six.
Schools that are not grouped
classed or will be before we cart reaCn
them.
We are asking our teachers and
trons to help us make these days sft?
. (*. siul.
(Signed) P. B* M,DODA>J A,
President.
E. V. MeLESTER,
County Indastrial Teacher.
E. S. C A It ROLL, Sec.
D. H. T.rinoy, Jr., cf CIiesterrioM,
was arrested at Sumter Saturday Jw*
the charge of forgery.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
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Buy Your Ford Now
\A 7TTH spring almost here thousands o^uxulies, antici
W paring the demand that is certain to ei for Ford Cars
and Trucks are placing their orders for immediate delivery.
Sales now are far ahead of sales at this time last year.
Advance orders calling for delivery under the Ford Weekly
/ Purchase Plan have already reached a total of 255,758
Cars and Trucks.
The prospect of securing prompt delivery is daily becom
ing more uncertain. We cannot urge too strongly, there
Sore, the necessity for placing your order immediately, if
you are planning to drive a Ford Car this spring.
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See the nearest Authorized Ford Dealer
b la doc Bicmwry to pay lor your car in full in order
to eecure delivery. You ceo gat on the preferred liet
lor early delivery by waking a< email payment down.
Or, if you wteh, you can arrange for delivery under
the (itmi of the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan
NITRATE SODA
We are booking orders for W. R. GRACE
& CO., also carry liberal local stock of
Nitrate and all Fertilizer
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