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The Camden Chronicle fl ' ? ' _ _ "" "*"? *^p? ^mwt? ? ? T** ' > ' ?' ii iii i ? mmmtrnmum n? i i ?? ?? ? _ i . n?.n.. , . ? .?? im . i ? i ?"? **"* VOLUMF. XXXVI. - CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1924. NUMBER 18. \ |>M ITS PART IN ( KIMK Harr< IJ 1'u't I l? Wrong Tale When A r rested in Nashville. (From Monday's State) ?Yes, 1 spoofed them." I? .Naxlxvillu, Tenn., Shenod llar rtll, alias Frank Harrell, arrested as (he alleged accomplice of Mortimer N. King in the slaying of Maj. Sam uel H, McLeary, U. S. A., had vehe ? m entry declared his innocence of t h?* killing and of the robbery. ^ , "King killed him too.... King made ? nu- get out, too and drove me into the woods with the major. ...He just bumped him off and then he turned 0n me, and said: 'If you ever cheep anything about this 1 w*ill hump you too.'. . . -He, made me get in the car with him.'. ... He made me go to Canton with him .... I. didn't make no attempt to hide. ... "Honest, mister, I'm as innocent as " the angels in heaven." So he had talked in Nashville and jm-n there believed him. A minister, 'with whom he had prayed, heard the Kiory ami told him, "I'd trust you; u j>?t my faith in you." A lawyef t'llfe red to defend him without ilyn'ge. , _ Hut last night in Columbia Harrell repudiated this story. "Yes, 1 spoofed them," he said and he "and King, who sat near , him, laughed. Iii the presence of .six officers he told his new story, one that, the ,f lire is say, jibes in every 'essential net a 'I with the story told by King. His true name, he told them, was not Frank Harrell but Sherrod Har iell. Together he and King, Harrel ad ?nitted, had planned the robbery that led to the death of Major McLeary. They were to ask a ride in an auto mobile and to rob their benefactor, who ever hi* might be. On the morning of July 2 he hatl remarked to King, Harrell admitted, "Today we'll get somebody." Several tars passed, but they "didn't suit" and were not stopped. Then came Major McLeary. They asked for a ide and the two got in the car, Har well in the front seat as they had planned and King with a pistol in the rear seat. For many miles they rede together talking and then 11 miles south of Chtraw, King ? in accord with the plan ? stuck the pistol in the major's back and ordered him out of the car. While King held the pistol on the .nan. Harrell went through the offi <u'- pockets, there by the side of the load. The spot was too open to bas.-t i vby, however, they decided, and the major was driven jnto the woods, when* King shot him believing he ?it-dared, that the office**" was reaching 5 ?> a pistol. ' Together they stripped the body of valuables and made their way, Har '!"ing the most of the driving, to < a lit on , N. C., King's home near ?diich they accidentally ditched the I hey divided the rest of their i "hi and after a visit at King's nic, Harrell left, the two having Kreed to keep the crime a secret ? < i. from their wives. 'TJon't tell your wife: I won't tell ..itu-," king had said. and Harrell agreed. rhis confession of Harrell and the* < i-nfpye jon of King and n joint con f* cs iorj made by the two of them last MKht .agree in every essential detail, 'e officers said. 1 h?' tinal confession was made last ? ?ght at the office of the chief of po <?( (Columbia, in the presence of: 1 hades H. Powers, agent of the de i "'inu-nt of justice; Tom Herlcy, 'are constable1, K. S. Strickland, "H'f <>f Columbia police; S. S. shorter, chief of Columbia detectives; .. Alex Heise, sheriff of Richland ^ n t y , and .J. D. J)unnaway, chief the county rural police. It was laken in short hand- by the city ? nographer. A. P. Walker. l'*is the last link in the chain and j 'r.e mystery that once surrounded the ??^appearance of Major Mcl^cary has ???en solved in its minutest details. 1 hero remains now onl^ the securing ??? surh buttressing cirenm*t?mtiftl ? vidence as may be found. On this ?Ir. Powers who is still in Columbia, "fid Mr. Berley, assigned to the case 'y "Governor McI>eod, are now en-? tfaged. Texts of the confessions have not u'pn made public by the officers, but **ill be turned over ?to Solicitor J. Monroe Spears of 'Darlington, who prosecute the case, when it is caffod in Chesterfield in September. BKTHINE NEWS NOTES. '11 a ppe mi it s ol Interest As Told Hy Our Cor respondent. Bethune, July 30. Mr. W. A. Mc Howell is spending some time With his daughter, Mrs. L. A. McDowoll in Tampa, Fla. A union Sunday school picnic was held at the Big Springs Wednesday. Miss Lethia Smith from Green u visiting Miss Berlie Outlaw. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. King and son, James, arc visiting relatives in Den mark. Mr, Ralph Tiller spent several days last week with his mother en route from Pennsylvania to Florida, where he has located. Mr. and Mrs. J . M. Forbis were the guests til Mr. and Mrs. Bright Williamson in Darlington last week. Master Greg and Harold King are visiting their uncle, Mr. L. S. King in Hartsville. Mrs. L. (). Johnson visited her brothel in Florida last, week. Mrs. Huggins, of Lamar, is visiting her parents, Mr, and Mrs. J. K. Seva ranee.1, Mrs. W. M. Stevens of Lancaster was the guest of Mrs. *J. D Lafi'itte last week. Mrs. Loring Davis spent several days this wt<*-k- w-Hh her pHi'ems in Kershaw. Miss Kathleen Stevens of Lancas ter In visiting .Miss Kathleen Hyatt. Mr, Mark King of Neeses is spend ing some time with his family at the home of Mr. N. A. Bethune. Mrs. Dana tjlyburn was taken t<? the Columbia hospital Friday for treatment. The following young ladie?rhave re turned from summer school at Win throp college: 'Mrs. \y. K. Rozier, Misses Gussie Hough, Geneva. Pitts, Lillian Brannon, Lure King' and Ber tha Arnold. Miss Inez Iflakely of Laurens was the guest of friends here Friday. The fifteen year old son of Mr. Ernest Black well was thrown from .t mule Saturday night and suffered in ternal injuries ? He was immediately taken to the Columbia hospital. An enthusiastic mass meeting of the citizens of Bethune and surrouj^l ing territory was held in the town hall Monday afternoon to di$cjuss the prospects of building a cotton mill here. Mr. J. D. Laffitte presided over the meeting and a number of speakr ers were preseht. A finance corn* mittee of five was appointed. To Meet at Antioch. The citizens of the Antioch com munity have arranged a meeting to be held at Afitioch school house on Friday August 8th, to which all of the candidates are invited to attend. The meeting. -will be called to Order at 10:30 o'clock and refreshments Will be served on the grounds. The general public is invited to hear the various candidates present their claims for office. Thi,s meeting has been arrange ! outside of the regular capipaign itinerary. and does not affect the regu lar schedule which calls for the open ing meeting at Blaney 011 August 11th with the closing meeting at Camden, August 25th. ; To Meet Ne*t Monday. A meeting of the County Demo cratic Executive Committee has been called for next Monday to consider charges brought by T. F. Morton, executive committeeman from Gates * Ford Precinct, that certain voters had enrolled 011 the Abney Club Roll who should have enrolled- on the Gates Ford Club Roll. The matter was brought to the attention of the Com mittee at last Monday's meeting, but 110 one seconding the motion of Mr. Horton that the voters be ordered to show cause why their names should not be stricken from the Abney rolls, no action was * taken; whereupon counsel was employed by Mr. Horton and this meeting has been called at his request t?? definitely dispose of the matter. Names New Game Wardens. Governor Mceod has appointed James T. Cl,vt>urn of Kershaw as gamti warden for Lancaster county, and James I). Shehorn, of Camden, as game warden for Kershaw county. Mr. I'oAcis arranged la*t night with Mr. Spears for a conference as to the evidence against the two men. Gerald Harrell who was arrested with his brother, Sherrod or Frank Harrell, in Nashville, Tcnn., is al?o wanted by state officers and Gov. Thomas G . McLeod yesterday tele graphed the governor of Tennessee asking that the man be held for South Carolina offfcers. Requisition papers will be forwarded if requisition is de manded by the prisoner. His brothe?' Sherrod or Frank ad mits was# with him during a portion of his flight after his parting ^th King at Canton, N. C. The two prisoners are being kept separate from each other, officers an ENROLLMENT SHOWS INCREASE Camden Club Falls Oft' While Rural Precincts Gain Ouite a Number. ^ * > ? A total of 1,0-17 names show on the club rolls for this county according to a tabulation by the County Exec utive Committee holt! last Monday morning. The Cantey Hill club did not organize this year and voters who forme.rly voted at this precinct will vote at Shaylor's Hill and Cam don. Reulah and Stockton clubs wore consolidated and the voting pre cinct this year for these clubs will be known a? Charlotte Thompson and voting place will be at the school house. Indian Ford was changed to Gates Foid, The figures of the first column represents tho enrollment this year/ the figures in the second column is the enrollment two years ago and the last column represents the vote east two yi'ius ng^ty > ri Alviicy . l \ . 04 17 Antioch 73 07 55 Be lk> Hill 101 Hi) 09 Lethune . . 403 300 285 Blanev . 2S?2 183 180 liuilaiu 26$ 182 10 1 Camden . . ? v-, . . 839 Q84 81 8 .Charlotte Thompson . . 88 <>'.) 05 Cn.ssatt .. . . . . .. . ; 09 7i> - 78 DeKalb . . ... . . . . . .. U8 0,'} 57 Do.by's Mill '.. .. .. 89 75 05 Enterprise .. 52 U 34 Gates Foitl ... . 10 52 52 Harmony 50 .13 27 Hermitage . . 150 113 90 Kershaw . . . . . . . . 270 2(?2 220 Liberty Hill .. ... . ? 71 (>H 03 Lockhart 7 J 07 .54 Logoff . . . 147 98 90 Ned's Creek 110 1 r>7 11 a Oakland f. 22 35 29 Pine Tree 48 12 41 Rabon's X Iioads . . . . 88 80 80 Ralev's Mill ...... 143 124 122 Roland .. 31 32 31 Salt Pond .. ; 110 70 05 Sandy Grove . . . . . . 05 43 35 Shamrock 80 47* 43 Shaylor's Hill 01 53 49 Sheppard 30 34 33 Swift Creek 41 35 31 Three C's 102 113 95 Twenty Creek . . . . 00 57 1 57 Wateree Mill 244 255 . 209 ft'efstville 108 ? 89 ofol enrollment Kershaw Co... 4047 (jyii ? ^ ? To Meet at Terraces. By request of the voters of the Charlotte Thompson Democratic Club all candidates for county offices are invited to meet with the club at The Terraces at .4 p.m., Thursday, August 7th. J. F.^West, President. E. C. Pearce, Secretary. Catholic Church Services. Services at the Catholic church for the eighth Sunday after Pentecost, be ing August 2, will be observed as fol^vs: Mass at 9 a.m.; Sermon on "The Destiny of Man." All are cordially welcome. N JENNINGS RESIGNS I Sumter .Mayor Refuses to Serve After .Voters Turn, Him Down. _______ i I Sumter, July 30. ? Mayor L. 1>. j Jennings today submitted his resigna tion as mayor of the City of SumLev I to take effect immediately after *?rv- ' ing the city fourteen years as its' chief official. A special session of council was ? called and the resignation was ac- 1 cepted by the other members with-! out comment. Councilman J. A. Raffield was ap pointed mayor pro tern until R. 1). Kpps is sworn in as mayor followfngj the general election on August \'l to j confirm the action of the primary o i j yesterday when Mr. Jennings was de- 1 featAl by a decisive majority. In his letter to council, Mayor j Jennings makes an attack upon city employees who worked against his1 election in the recent campaign and j he declares that if cfty employees are j allowed to continue this practice, in) future he foresees they will work for J their own good and not for the goc..i i of the citizens at large and the com- } munity. Mr. Jennings states in his letter that a large majority of citi zens 'by their votes have shown that; they do not appreciate what he had j accomplished and tried to accomplish t during his tenure of office and there-) fore "I cannot give my consent to! ?continue H6 mayor for another day." | Mr. Jennings' resignation followed! the announcement of the result oft yesterday's election, denpit* th<? fact I that during the campaign he stated j that if defeated he would "not sulk" I but would work under the new regime ? as hard as ever before for the ad vancement of the city. The official count of yesterday's election as an nounced by the executive committee which canvassed the votes was: For mayor, Epps, 956; L. D. Jenninjr*, 422. For councilman: J. A. Raffield, - . /'\ , : '? I j ~ . PKOIM.K SriTOItT I'AMI'AlliN Liberal Kesp<in>?- >!*??'! i nu Workers In' I . a > - 1 1 y Schools Organization. TIhui i>- real evidence of a desire to rid Kershaw county of illiteracy, and 1 he Chronicle readers an; sup porting the financial campaign to carry on i ht- Lay-By Schools during the month ??f AugUst. As stated last week the object of these schools is to teach adults to read and write, thus giving them elemental educa tional training' they missed in youth. No large donations arc asked >n this campaign. Sums ranging from one to live dollars are desired from n large number of people. It is a splendid opportunity to do, some good. 'tiring your donation or send it to The Chronicle office. It is our aim to rai^e the jnnount thiy week. We do npt wan: to disappoint those who ; have charge", of this work. The fol lowing donations have been sent in: American Legion Auxiliary , . .$20.00 The Camden Chronicle. . . 5.00 R. B. Pitts 5.00 Fashion Shop 5.00 Mrs. K. f. I'l'i.. t>?r 5.00 Wateree Mill v . . 5.00 IB. 1%, Sparrow 5.00 R. I]. Stevenson *. 2.00 W. L. DePass 2.00 B. B, Clarke 2.00 Bums & BaiTvit . 2.00 Mrs. \Y. I'. Thomas 1 .00 W. L. McDowell 1.00 J. II. ^JcLeod 1.00 D. A. Bovkin 1.00 .). H. Clynurn ..!. .1.00 Jlirsch Bros. & Co 1.00 Cash .\ . . 1.00 ^Camden Oil Mill 5.00 J. G. Richards, J r 2.00 Cash .. <1.00 Cash '. 1.00 Total ' $74.00 American Legion Meeting. A very important meeting of this post will be held at our headquarters on Monday night, August 4th, at 8:80 o'clock. Adjusted compensation blanks have been received and are to be distributed. There will be other impoitant business and all members ate urged to be present. ?JOHN WHITAKER, JR., Commander, .las. LeRoy Belk Post, No. 17. In Police Court. J. L. M oseley, Fred E. Moseley and J. B Balchvin were summoned by the police before Recorder Mills Monduy morning to answer to charges of lighting The three men engaged in a personal altercation in front of the postoffiee one morning last week, and it' is said the trouble arose over money matters. Upon request of Mr. Mose ley for a trial by jury the case was continued until next Monday morning. MAKE TRIP IN CANOE To Georgetown From North Carolina In Less .Than Two Weeks. There arrived in Georgetown Mon day in a canoe two young college boys from Hickory, N. C. They were Alex Shuford and Jack Geitner, who made the trip all the way via canoe. The morning of Wednesday, July !>, they left Hickory, N. C., which is the navigable .head of Catawba river, a tributary of the Santee. The boys stated that there were many hazards in the upper part of Catawbu liver in the rapids flowing from out the mountainous regions of that sec tion. Their first stop of any importance was Great Falls, where they inspected two hydro-electric plants there. In all, on their trip down they passed 14 hydro-electric operations. Continuing down Wateree river from Great Falls they entered Santee ?river at the junction of Congaree and Wateree rivers, and paddled on down the Santee to the South Santee, where they entered the governmnt cut, and then up Winyah bay to Georgetown^ which terminated their trip. ^ They state<} that they had been in only two rain storms during their en tire trip and when asked if freshets <1 id not handicap them, stated that the frei(fiets had assisted them mater ially because the swelling of thu rivers kept the currents from rushing too fa*t over the various rapids which they encountered. Alex Shuford, who is 19 years of age, is a student at the University of North Carolina, and his partner, Jack Geitner, 22, is attending North Caro lina State collcge at Raleigh. Both boy k were very enthusiastic over their trip, and said they had enough pad dling to last them the rest of the sea son. They shipped the canoe back to Hickory, N. C., and left on the train for Charleston, where they intend to vbrit friends, ? Georgetown Times. -t A , t-~-- - ? M KS. W A I K KK Former Cumdcn l ady Hrouuht Here I'iir Huriul \N edlie?*da} - The remains of \lrs- Matilda \\ Hiker, who dud in Columbia Mon day. night 'weu* brought to (.amden Wednesday ami the interment was in the Camden cemetery at noon. Mrs. Walker was lomembered tit*rcj by many of our older citizens and quite a number * of her fofmeV fiumds j attended the funeral at the grave, thoj body being accompanied by a nuin* bet of Columbia friends. The State | of Tuesday contained the following account of tyer 'death- | "Mis. Matilda Walker, a . native ol Ireland and for many years a Yesident of t'amilin, but who has lived j-o l? lumbia for the past years, died at 7-45 o'clock last \v'?<rht ,at tho homo of her son. W, T. ' Walker. in* Ebiwj wood avenue. ( . "Mrs; Walker who was >.'? years ol I ijg Qi had b. en in failing 'healt H f*'? ; some time but the end was probably j hastened by a fall which she suffered Inst Saturday night She rrachiredj a l ib and whs otherwise shaken up. j She developed bronchitis Sunday j morning, followed by. pneumonia. | which came upon her yesterday morn- 1 jng. hi her weakened condition she j was unable to withstand the disease. Mrs.' Walker who before her mar riage was Miss Matilda Wilson, was born at Kandallstown, County An tvinu Ireland, November, 1841. the daughter of George and Ellen Mc Cartney Wilson. She came to Amer ica in the early '50s with her nine brothers, following the death of their parents They sailed from Liverpool and landed in Charleston. After a few years in Charleston she and hei brothers moved to Camden, where for 45 years Mrs. Walker was in the mer cantile business. In 1870 she married Thomas Walker of Fairfield! county, whom shev met in Camden.' Mr. Walker died about IK years ago. During her long mercantile career, Mrs. Walker never made an assign ment or a compromise and never failed to pay i? creditor 100 per cent on the dollar. j "Mrs. Walker was the last of ten brothers and sisters who came to America from Ireland. She is sir - viyed by three children: W. T. W al ker of Columbia, Miss Irene Walker of Columbia and Mrs. S. L. Young of Summer. Also by the following step children: T. F. Walker, Mrs. Nannie Kirkley and Mrs. Essie Singletofi, all of Columbia. "Funeral services will be conducted, in Columbia some time Wednesday by the Rev, A. J. Derbyshire of St. Tim othy's Episcopal church, and the 'in terment will be in Camden. Mrs. Walker was a life long member of the Episcopal church, having been con firmed by her uncle, tiishop McCart ney of Ireland, before she came to this country. For many years she had been a devoted member of the Grace Episcopal church, (amden. "Mrs. Walker had great energy and a fine mind and she made a decided success of her mercantile business. She was a woman of strong Christian character, devoted to her home, and to her husband and children. S. e made friends readily and in ( amden and in Columbia there are many who will join with the family in mourn ing her death. Public Health Note*. The cases and suspected (Uses found at our tuberculosis clinics are being followed up and some have al ready filed their applications for treatment at the camp. Children are still being taken l.> Dr. Boyd's orthopedic clinic at the Columbia Hospital. These Tuesday clinics are always crowdwl and in teresting, and many remarkable treatments have been accomplished. Several of our Kershaw county chil dren have been benefited by this state appropriation, and we hope that others needing this treatment will a pply. Schools will Koon open ami it is a if ood idea to have the young children, entering school for the first time, vac illated before opening time. Thus they will be over it before their studies begin and will not have to lose any time from school. Mrs. Louise M. Brown, Public Health N'urse. Marriage. Married on Monday evening last, July 28th, at the home of Probate Judge W. L. McDowell, Mr. Clyde Herbert Cunningham and Misa Ber tha Lucile Capell, both of Camden, Ill l i.KT UlOhl Fl> HOWES Ot i'w? Officers Found in North Carolina Hi\?;i Swaiup. Wilmington., N. C.,- .Inly -iO.-- 1 Hv bodies ol' City Prohibit ion Officer Loon (Uorgc and Deputy United State Alarshul Sam W . I. illy, found at 10 o'clock last night on a lonely swain)) nmd, 15. miles northwest of the e.ity in Brunswick county, were literally shot to pieces, according tu a reporter who returned from the scene at 1:30 this morning. There ' were 25 bullet holes in George's body and at leiist 20 in that of 1 .illy. t / ; Powdet burns on George s face in d tea ted that both men were shot, down with buckshot at close range and then loun 1 after round poured into their hod its from pistol*. A small cupper still was found in the rear of Ihci.i machine. Lee Jackson, a nephew of George, collapsed when he saw the mutilated body of his. kinsman. No v.tl'ort W U he made to insti gate a search for the >layers until daylight this innrmnu when, fully f>0,i armed men will begin scouring the swamps it 'was announced early 'unlay by Chief of Police Lane and ! Shci'iiV.Gcurge G. Jatksotl. Both bodies were pierced with bullets tired at ? 1?? -e range ami j Geoi go's pulue dog was also found 'dead in the ear. The posse consisting | of 50 police and county officers, went 1 armed with riot guns to meet any j exigency. } The weapons of both officeis weic | in their pockets and had not been j fired. First news of the tragedy came in : the form of a telephone message from Phoenix to the effect that a negro had reported hearing 25 or 30 shots ft red and had seen the bodies of the wounded officers at a distant e. At 11 o'clock an additional 100 men had been hurried into Brunswick county to join in the search for the slayers. George was 52 years old ami had been a member of the police depart ment for 25 years. For the past three vears he had been assigned actively to prohibition enforcement work, his efforts in this direction have been widely exploited in motion picture news reels. He was un married. ! Lilly was about 15 years old and !i? survived by a wife ami nevcral ? children. ; The two officers left Wilmington 1 at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, Lilly ' telling friends that he was going to | servo a paper in connection with .t i prohibition case in Brunswick. Nothing was heard from them after their departure from the. city ! until the brief telephone message at ?8:55 tonight, saying that it was rc I ported they were killed. j The officers were traveling in Lit ! ly's automobile. When the bodies were found at 10 o'clock, they had apparently been dead for several hours. The road on ! which they were traveling being ; merely a trail through the river j swamps accounts for the tact thai i they were not discovered sooner. I Lilly, three months ago, shot and kilU-<r Jimmy Hi". m'?ro' "lk'K'''1 bootlegger, in a Run battle near the ; scene of today's tragedy a coronet* . jury later exonerating him for the killing, "it t he grounds of self de fense. i L'p to midnight reports from scene of the tragedy were meagre,, a rural telephone line between I'hoenix and Wilmington, a distance o miles, being the sole means of com municaLion none of those taking part ! in the ypMrrh having returned to the < city. The activity ? ?(' Ct'oi'tfi* Lilly i'l ! breaking u j > <list ilicries during the i last few month* leads local police authorities t<> believe that the pair were ambushed by persons who had reason to f??ar thefr coming. Georgj, | in addition to his duties with the local police force, was a special deputy marshal and frequently ac companied members of the fedoral unit on their raids on nearby counties. Karly this (Wednesday) ) morning1 the local police received a brief re port that the top of George's head was virtually blown away, indicating that the shots were fired at close range and without warning, At 12:30 today Coroner Harrelson, of Brunswick county, accompanied by Sheriff Jackson, of New Hanover county, w?s reported en route from his home at Winnabow to Phoenix, a distance of 20 mil**. " v T^r ? t * -