The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 03, 1924, Image 6
WANTED
FURNISHED HOUSES FOR THE WINTER SEASON.
WE WILL BE GLAD TO HAVE LISTINGS OF FUR
NISHED HOUSES AND FURNISHED APARTMENTS
FOR RENTAL NEXT WINTER. INQUIRIES ARE
BEGINNING TO COME IN FOR COTTAGES FOR
WINTER.
CAMDEN REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE
"WE SKI I. LOTS"
Phone 226. ,
Red Cedar
SHINGLES
Mackey Mercantile Company
w Camden, S. ?.
.fudge Schoonmake r of the Federal
, district court of western Pennsyl
vania, has issued an order for the
destruction of the plant and material
of the Valley Brewing company of
Sutcrville, that state, after conviction
of its owners of violations of the
vol.stend law.
COl KT AT CHKSTKKK1EIJ)
l>r. Funderburk Acquitted; King and
, llarrell Found Guilty.
(Chesterfield Advertiser)
The eoutt of general session* con
vened Monday at Cheaterfteld; with
JiMgel C. Fcatherajiono of Green -
u (-o(it on the bench,
The judge delivered an able and
impie*Mve charge to the grand jury.
Among other things he advocated a
return to the gallows as the instru
ment of death in capital crimes.
The lirM case t?. be taken up was
that of 1>j. J; E, Funderburk, one ?>f
the most prominent citizens of Che
raw, charged with the murder of Mr.
II. K. Ballard. The Host witness to
be called was Police Officer Irby, of
1 Che raw, who testified that Dr. Fun
derburk shot Mr. Dal lard. Dr. Fun
derburk took the stand and testified
that he shot Mr. Ballard after being
attacked and while retreating. The
jury was out only a short time, re
turning a verdict of not guilty.
The ease HRHiimt Phillip* and the
two Brewers, charged with the vio
lent death of Kural Policeman Graves
in Fageland, was postponed. Local
interest in this case is intense, the
defendants having, been rushed to
Columbia soon after the death of Mr.
-?hravc.v fgr safe Kceptmr. Jtfr.GniYes
met his death while in the discharge
of his duties and attempting to stop
a car suspected by him of transport
ing liquor.
This case and that of Dr. B. I..
Gathings will come before the next
term of court of General Sessions
with Hon. M. J. Hough as solicitor.
Besides the two important trials
at this term of court, many minor
cases were disposed of.
rJ. S. Lumpkin, charged with viola
tion of the prohibition law, was found
guilty.
Leroy Campbell, charged with mur
der. This charge is the result of the
death of a negro -woman some months
ago in the lower part of tKe county!
The case was continued.
J, -*T. Hendrix and J. H. Hendrix,
charged with murder. The case was
continued.
F'rank Funderburk was found
i guilty of violating the prohibition
law.
j John McFarland, James McManus
I and Ernest Keith plead guilty to
CALLING you to p 1 a y hooky
? as they did when you
were a kid. Remember the old
r swimming hole, the wild ad
ventures in caves and woods,
the thrills of catching your
first fish?
Your nature still wants to play
hookv once in a while. It's
ca.sv loo. lasier than it was in
your schoolda\s. 1*1.1 n your
work ahead so \ou can take a
dav oil. Hop in the car bright
and early, (jo off tor a day's
golf or hunting or better vet
take the wife and familv along
tor an outing in the autumn
woods.
Forget your business for j.ust a
few hours. You'll work all the
better next day. Your vision will
be clearer, your mind keener.
Your point of view will be
changed. And you will find it
restful to get out on the road
on a week day when there is
less traffic.
Better run 'rourtd tonight to
the nearest "Standard" pump
and fill her up with gas, oil,
air, and water. Then you'll be
ready for an early start and a
steady run. "Standard" is just
the gas you need on early morn
ing trips like these for there
may be a touch of frost in the
air. That's when you need
peppy gas.
Sec the STANDARD OIL COMPANY, ( New Jersey)
Exhibit at the Carolina*' Exposition, Charlotte, N. C.,
September 22 to October 4.
"STANDARD"
GASOLINE
v
WRKUYS
After Every Meal
It's the longest-la* ting
confection you can buy
?and it's a help to di
gestion and a cleanser
for tnejmoutn
and teeth.
Wrftgley'fl ncua
bcadlluwcU mm
phuiw. .
violations of the prohibition law.
DeWitt Chapman, tried on a charge
of violuting the prohibition law, was
acquitted. \
Dan King and Tom Horn plead
guilty to violations of the prohibition
law.
Nebraska Sikes, charged with mur
der, case continued.
Ruth Smith, violating prohibition
law, verdict guilty.
Ned Cue and Tom Horn, stood trial
on charge of violating the prohibition
law and were found guilty.
John Sturdivant, Dan King and
Elerbe anu Frank Braddock plead
guilty to violations of prohibition
law.
Mack Mulloy was found guilty on a
prohibition charge,
Practically all the defendants
found guilty of violating the prohibi
tion law were sentenced to one year
on the chain gang and to pay a fine
of $100.00. Nine months of the ser
vice was suspended.
Mortimer N. King and Frank
Harrell, found guilty of the murder
of Major Samuel H. McLeary in
Chesterfield county on July 2nd, were
sentenced by Judge C.- C. Feather
stone to die in the electric chair on
November 21st.
When court convened here on Mon
day morning a long docket, contain
ing many murder cases was before
it. This case, the State vs. Mortimer
N. King and -Frank Harrell was
reached Tuesday morning, and before
night had come all hope of mercy at
the hands of the court had fled and
the two unhappy men were facing
the certainty of the extreme penalty.
Since Monday morning Chester
field lias been crowded as never be
fore to witness a murder trial.
An outstanding feature of the trial
was the spontaneous sympathy every
where in evidence when the" widow
and sister of the late Major McLeary
appeared. Sentiment wavered tij
some extent concerning the defend
ants, but the feeling seems to be
general that the law has been, vindi
cated and to some extent the tragedy
atoned for.
Attorney C. L. Prince, counsel for
King made perhaps one of the
strongest pleas for mercy in behalf
of King that had ever been madnffor
a prisoner at this bar in like circum
stances. In strong, masterful lan
guage he argued for life imprison
ment for King. Perhaps the strong
est part of his plea can be best said
in his own words:
"Appointed by the court to repre
sent this man, without fear or favor
hope of monetary reward, I come be
fore you to beg for a human life,
fhis, gentlemen, is a case of pre
meditated Tobbery but not of pre
meditated murder, though in this
most unfortunate case, murder was
done. It is unpardonable and I couM
not come before you and ask that
you find the defendant King not
guilty. All I can hope or ask is that
under these unfortunate circum
stances, King is perhaps entitled t'>
mercy.
"If I could by turning on the juice
that would send these men to their
doom, bring back Major McLeary to
his brave little widow who has my
thorough sympathies, I'd turn it on.
Rut, gentlemen of the jury, the '
deaths of these two men won't bring j
back his life, just as two wrongs will 1
not make a right."
Solicitor Spears for the State ther.
addressed the jury.
"tientlem< n, after eighteen vear.s .
of service, this is perhan> rm !a.\ad-!
dres.-N be flire a jury ,;i (he*-:* M
county. I wish it were * * ,
turn tn;> indictment over t-- y.ifur.
have \ou write i>r. r "(Juil'y w:*h
recommendation to mercy.' I r. < :
scienciousness to my duty, :? ?..*.
donee that has been bivun'i.t out !?? -
fore ynu, I cannot > it. A
crime ha*- beer. done in o*.jj* 1 .rdci.-.:
premed:tated!y duiu. a:.d n.u-i ?
be meted <>>r
And thus th? t ? em.-tir: ? ? : y tin
final chapter of th:- crime t.? I .- wir. -j
ten when on the J 1 ~ t of N mh< -r, ! (
the sentence of the court will !??? j
carried out and the great Majesty of i
the law in this land of our.- shall pre
vail as it must always do, and Kins'"
and Harrell shall ha\'e paid with
their lives for their evil deed to him
who was a Good Samaritan and
friend to them.
TRESPASS NOTICE
All parties are hereby warned not
to trespass upon our lands known as '
the Fox Pond section, located eight
miles east of Camden, for any pur
pose whatsoever. This notice is
especially directed to for ? ?
I ? T. B. BLYTHER !
I). M. McCA SKILL
I? A. SHIVER
S. B. STOKES
NELLIE PORTER
Sept. 2, 1024- 2S-2*-?V
MONEY IN CRICKETS
One Hoy is Said to il?ye Made ?10,?'
000 Out of Them..
Abbeville, Sept. 25 ? Seeking re
laxation from the marked w tju?
world of finance J. S. Stark, president
of the Planters Hank, E. W. Gregory
of the Abbeville Chamber of Com
ment- and Dr. T. t. 1'avis went on a
fishing trip to Augusta, On., some
time ago only to rilrt into the most
unique market in the world ? the
cricket market.
Crickets are used as nail by expert
ii / 1 1 j nun over the country. They
make the finest kind of bait because
they are placed on the hook alive and
are wiggling vigorously when the line
is cast. The fish bite at them right
away.
The cricket market fluctuates like
any other market and the price varies
from one to three cents each accord
ing to the supply and demand. There
are cricket industries or farms in Au
S^ista, Ga., where they are offered for
sale. Here they are fed and watered
and given green stuff and will live
indefinitely in confinement-' if this is
done.
One young boy started into the
cricket business there several years
ago. He not only supplied th<? local
market but shipped crickets to the
fishermen of the North and it is said
that he cleared $10,000 frotfi the in
dustry in one year. When the busi
ness reaches this proportion the
cricket houses are made of fine gauze
wire; but ordinarily each man carries
around a cricket box with him. This
box is made with one end covered
with cloth. The cloth' has a hole in
it, held tight with an elastic, through
which the hand is run to bring out
the crickets.
Crickets are bought and sold on
the open market in Augusta. The
Abbeville fishermeu had to purchase
fifty or sixty at three cents each, the
top of the market, and are still re
covering from the experience.
The Travelers' Aid Society of New
York reports that last year it cared
for more than 850. women between
the ages of seventy and eighty-eight.
Most of these were women who had
left home because of trouble with
their family or because of a desire to
live again as they did in their youth.
TRESPASS NOTICE.
All parties are hereby warned not
to trespass on my lands, without my
permission, for the purpose of hunt
ing birds, rabbits, squirrels or for
fishing, or trespassing in any way.
Anyone disobeying this will be dealt
with according to law,
J. W. W ATKINS,
Rt. 1, Bethune, S. C.
26-28pd.
for the liver
Beware of Imitation*. Demand
the genuine in 10c end 35c p*ck
?|CI bMiini above trade mark.
Old Muskets Found.
Tuesday Hfternoon while excavat
ing for coffer dams at the new bridge
under construction ovef Cane CreJk
on the Charlotte road above the city,
workmen dug up three old Spring
field muskets, one bearing the date
of -183S, while. tha da.Ua on the other
two could not be made out on, ac
count of the wear. The artillery was
found nine feet below the surface of
the creek bed. When dug up the ham
mer to one of the guns was cocked
and "ready to go." While examining
the gun a reporter for thfe News sniff
ed in the barrel and detected very
plainly the smell of powder. Further
examination of the weapon though, ?
was made with the barrel pointing
"the other way." N. C. Hughc*r? m
charge of the construction, brought
the old guns to Lancaster and placed
them on exhibition in the front win
dow of the Standard Drug Company,
where they have been viewed with
considerable interest by passersby.?
Lancaster News,
L. H. Jones, an insurance man of
Darlington, committed suicide Wed
nesday morning by drinking poison.
Mr. Jones lost an arm in some mach
inery several years ago, and had
never been the saitie since, it is said.
He had been despondent ever since
this accident and of late had seemed
unusually depressed., Mr. Jones was
38 years of age and a native of
Florida. He came to Darlington
about two months ago from Augusta,
Ga. He has a wife and three small
children here, and ha3 parents living
in Florida.
E7VO LE
YELLOW PENCIL
'with the RED BAND
tAGLF PENCIL CO. NFWYORK.U.SA.
fro. 171
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