The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 27, 1925, Image 7
An Unusual Find
An incident that was quite unus
iial occurred. at Mr. T. W. Steele's
sawmill one day thiii week. While
Bftwing the lumber for the new
hurch building someone ;discovered
hat a dog-wood peg had been driv
ri in a huge oak log. After sawing
iff at least 12. inches, there was
found a nice wisp of red hair, also
oiH> of brown, each tied nicely with
a string. The witnesses stated the
peg had been driven in perhaps njore
than fifty years, but the bark wa#
still there qnd the hair was in good
ondition.?Lancaster News.
A new gooseberry as large as a
plum has been discovered in the
woods of Northern Florida, a region
where gooseberries have never before
been known to grow.
FLAG OF HONOR
NAILED TO MAST
for Forty-Two Years, Acme, a Homi
Concern, Has Fought .For the
Farmer's Interest.
By J. O. McCORMICK
f.When William Gilchrist began the
manufacture of fertilizers forty-two
years ago, he determined upon a policy
of placing Quality
Above AJ1. As in
ttfe beginning, so
through the j^ears,
this policy* i? as
steadfast as our
Blue Ridge moun
tains. Acme ferti
lizers must be?
and will always
ba under the pres
ent management
?the best that
j. o. MCCORMICK, machinery, men
Sec. and Treat. an(j m0ney can
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mixing a bag of Acme 'fertilizer as
your doctor use3 in compounding
your doctor's prescriptions.
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art- selected from the best from all
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r he is a sail red of getting
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, ??xplnins why the Acme Man
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f customer , this company has
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?*"r the past ten years and we hare
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TAKES ISSUE WITH JUDGE.
Attorney King Say* Sense ^iceedrd
Authority in H?rfield Verdict.
To the Kditqp of The State:
Because your influence i* consider
able, 1 take issue with you as to what'
you say, in your issue of February IK,
eonceimng ~?Jii remarks of Judge '
Sea#6 to Harrison (or Hatfield) in
Open epUrt, after jury had acquitted
him Of till' murder of .1. Lnoy You
mans. ? i
Instead of brinj; commended tot
what lie said, 1 think tht* judge ought
to be severely condemned. My view
is that nothing that 'has happened in j
H court house in South Carolina in the
entire history of the state is calcula .
ted tci do more harm to the people of
this commonwealth than the act of
Judge Sease on this occasion; in other
words, 1 think that this was one of
the severest blows ever deliverod in
this state against- the principle of
trial by,jury. So thoroughly Uo X
believe this that, strictly as a matter
of ^hity as a man and a citizen, and
with no personal ill-will whatsoever
against Judge Sease, 1 have been de
voting considerable time to a study
the question whether or not he can
be made to justify his remaks before
4hjury jn a court of common pleas,
just as any other citizen' would have
to do, if he uttered defamatory lan
guage against some other person. !
Upon what theory of law or mor
als Judge Sease conceived .that he
had a right to denounce this man as a
murderer, after a jury, legally and
properly constituted, had found him
not guilty, is entirely beyond my pow
er of comprehension.
? You, and all other good and "law
abiding" citizens should know that he
was not then passing on anything
connected with the case that had just
been terminated by the jury's ^ei'dict
-^no motion of any kind, as to that
case was pending before him, and he
had therefore lost jurisdiction of the
cause. v
. The case in which he was passing
sentence was one-in which the charge
was a violation of the laws relating
'to alcoholic liquors; he, unquestiona
bly, had a right to say anything that
he might , think appropriate to that
case; but to denounce a man ^fco
who stood in the prisoner's dock ^ifter
a _plea of guilty on a charge of Vio
lating the "prohibition laws" as a
murderer, surpasses anything that
has ever happened in a court of gen
eral sessions in South Carolina, since
'the time when such courts were in
stituted to date, so far as my inves
tigation reveals.
Had any other citizen done what
Judge Sease did, he would have, v no J
doubt, denounced such an act as a
stab at "trial by jury". In fact, if
my information is correct, he told the
jury in this very case to bring in the
kind, of verdict that they thought
ought to be written, and if any one
dared to question what they had done
to bring such person or persons be
fore him and he would deal with them
quite effectively. y
I note that both Judge Sease and
you say that you are not adversely
criticising this jury?well, maybe>not,
but it is rather hard for a person of
ordinary mentality to interpret some
of the things said as being other than
a very severe "taking to task" of the
*jury for the verdict rendered.
This jury was quite representative
of the citizenship of Darlington coun
ty, and this means that it was repre
sentative of as high a class of citi
zens as is to be found throughout the
entire American continent?which, of
course, includes the world.
k The case in question was as thor
oughly investigated as any case ever
'tried in South Carolina; the great
power of the federal government was
added to that of the state, in order to
got at the truth. It was ably present
ed to the jury by the solicitor?the
chosen-representative of the peopio?
and -was fairly presented .by counsel
representing; the defendants The wi
dow and children of thn slain ofcer
were present during the trial-?sit
ting around the table used by the so
licitor and the government's agents. |
who were ably assisting him in seeing {
that he overlooked no important de- j
tainr.? ?? ? ... I
In his address to the jury, the solic- !
itor said all of the "things that you {
say in your editorial, as to breaking !
up the "moonshine" business, and the j
necessity of protecting officers in the j
diseharg^of their duties, and also
added a great deal more. The judg<3
fully and forcefully charged the jury
as to the law in the case, yet, if my
information is correct, the jury stood
11 to 1 for an acquittal upon their
first ballot, and except for this one
man, could have rendered their ver
dict a few moments after the case was
given to them.
What influences, therefore, accord
ing to youp, view, Mr. Editor, operated
to dofeat what Judge Sease seems to
3ink was the proper verdict, in this
se? It certainly was not money,
because neither the defendant, - nor
any one connected ^rjth him, sa far as
I know, had any money. It certainty
MRS. DI1RANT I)BA!>
Was Oldest Native Born Rrtiidnit of
Biuhopvill^
Bishopville and community was
shocked and grieved Sunday morning
to learn of the death of Mrs. Salina
DuRant, which occurred early in tho
morning at'tTve htfme of her daughtrr
M r*. \V\ M. Reid, on Kidge street.
Mrs. D.uRant although nearing her
82nd birthday, was actively engaged
lh the millinery business in Blshop
ville, and was in her usual good
health, coming down Saturday morn
ing as was her custom. About the
middle of the day she suffered a fall,
and was taken to Mrs. Heid'a home.
It was not thought that she was in
a serious condition at the time, but
during the night she gradually grew
(luite ill, thr end finally coming quiet
ly and peacably about one o'clock.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at the Presbyterian
church, conducted by her pastor, Dr.
D. M. Melver, interment'followed in
the church cemetery, in the presence
of a large. number of sorrowing
friends and relatives. The floral of
fering was unusually large and beau
tiful, testifying to the love and es
teem in which this loveable woman
was held by those whose privilege it
was to know her.
Mrs. Salina Carnes Reid was born
and reared in Bishopville, the daugh
ter of the late Capt. and Mrs. J. A.
Carnes, one of the early pioneers to
settle in this community. She . was
born July 16, 1843. Mrs. DuRant was
perhaps the oldest native-born resi
dent of the entire community, and
all her life had been spent here. In
1802 she was happily married to Da
vid E. DuRant, who predeceased her
many years ago. At the age of 15
Mrs. DuRant united with the Bish
opVille Presbyterian church, and
throughout her long and useful life,
sKe remained a consistent member
until her death.
\
For many years prior to her death
she engaged in the millinery business
here wi&h success, and was always
alert and regarded by all as success
ful in a business way. She was also
one of Bishopville's oldest merchants.
She is* survived by the following
children: Mrs., W. S. James, Mrs.
Florence Reese, Mrs. W. M. Reid, of
Bishopville; Mrs. Abbie Shaw, of Dur
ham, N. C.; and Walter DuRant, of
Orlando, Fla.; and Jolin O. DuRant,
of Mont Claire. Also one sister, Mrs.
Rosa Bethea., of. Columbia, and one
brother H. W. Carnes, of Bishopville.
?Bishopville Messengejr.
? o Simmons May Survive.
Gainesville, Ga., Feb. 22.?W. .T.
Simmons, founder and fomer emperor
of the Ku Klux Klan, who was seri
ously injured,, in an automobile wreck
here Friday evening, was said by hos
pital authorities today to be "resting
easy, but not yet out of danger."
Colonel Simmons,_who is now su
preme monarch of the Knights of tKe~
Flaming Sword, and Captain M. A.
Moore, of\ Houston, Texas, supremo
recording secretary of the same or
ganization, were en route to Nachoo
chee Valley Friday evening when*
their automobile skidded off the road*
down a 12 foot embankment, over
turning twice.
Captain Moore suffered' a broken
neck and died at the hospital here
late yesterday. a'
Colonel Simmons sustained two
fractured collarbone^ and four bro
ken ribs on one side, one of them
puncturing the lung. He was brought
to Downey Hospital here for treat
ment.
The third occupant of the car, Roy
Rainer, escaped unhurt. ?
Mackay, a mountain town of Idaho,
has two water supplies?a cold spring
for summer use and a pipinghot
valcanic hot-water stream for win
ter. '
was not family connection* or influ
ential friehds, because he was practi
cally a stranger in a strange, land. To
my mind, there can be only one an
swer to this question, and that is that
the jury composed of nien?not cow
ards; of loverfc of right, of lovers of
liberty, and being justified under the
law, according to their oaths, dis
charged fearlessly and impartially the
tremendous responsibility which did
not rest .upon Judge Sease,- nor yet
upon you, Mr. Editor, nor upon any
other living soul, and gave the defen
dant the benefit of the honest doubt
arising out of the evidence and the
law applicable thereto, and in so doing
vindicated "trial by jury" and at the
same time gave new vitality to the
provision of the constitution of South
Carolina, which says, "Judges shall
not charge juries as to matters of fact
but shall declare the law."
When we have reached the stage
where we are ready to substitute
"trial by judge" for "trial by jury",
lot's do it bya fair and direct method,
and not in "such a roundabout manner!
A. h. KING .
Of Counsel Who Represented Harri
. son fn fbfc Murder Case.
Former Warden Found (Juilty
Atlanta, (?a., Fob. 11>. A. K. S*r
tain, former warden of the federal
penitentiary here and Laurence Riehl
of Columbus, Ohio, were found guilty
of conspiracy to receive bribes from
prison inmates, an<J L. J. Fletcher,
founer deputy warden, was acquitted
by the federal jury here today." Stu
tu in was Miitfiu'cJ to <i)>,htcon
months in the Atlanta penitentiary
and Hiehl to one year and a day.
Attorneys for both announced their
intention to seek a new trial. ;;
TAX EXECUTIONS
Under and by virtue of sundry tax
executions to me directed by Treas
urer of Kershaw County, I have levied
upon and will sell in front of the
Court House door at Camden, S. Ci,
between the legal hours of salu>on tho
first Monday in March, 1025, being
the second day thoreof, tho following
described property, towit:
One lot and building, in DeKalb
fk>wnship, city of Camden, bounded
north by property of Gibbs Scrivens,
east by Market street, west by prop
erty now or formerly of James Bris
bane. Levied upon and to be sold
?8 th? property of Guss and Tena
Griffin for taxes year 1923.
Also
200 acres of land in Wateree town-,
ship, school district 30, bounded as
follows: North by property of Mrs.
Sal lie Bowen, east by lands of Mrs.
Sallie Bowen, south by lands of J. L.
Kirkland, west by lands of Johnson.
Levied upon and to be sold as the
property of Sam Mitchel, for taxes
year 1023.
Also
14 acres of land in Wateree town
ship, school district '30, and bounded!
at* fallows: North by property of
William Mitchell, east by lands of
Nancie Mitchell, south and west'by |
lands of John Mitchell. Levied upon
and to be sold as the property of
Dan Mitchell for taxes 1023.
Also
One lot in DeKalb township, school
district 1 and bounded as follows:
by two lots designated as Nine and
Ten in Block D, in plat of DuBose
Park property. Levied upon and to
be sold as the property of P. A.
Bennett, for taxes year 1023.
Also
One acre in DeKalb township,
school district 1, bounded as follows:
North by Mrs. C. W. Arthur, east
by John Ficklin, south by Wm. Perry,
west by Mrs. H. S. Nelson. Levied
upon and to be sold as the property
of' Henrietta Ballard for ta*es of
year of 1023.
Also
Two lots and two buildings in
DeKalb township, school district 1,
city of Camden, and bounded as fol-j
lows :"North by Camden and Cheraw
road, east by W. T. Smith and J. P.
Lewis, south by Lewis & Ancrum,
Levied upon and to be sold as the
property of R. J. Outlaw for the taxes
of 1022-1023.
Also
Two lots in Buffalo township,
school district 22 and bounded as
follows: North by J. E. Peters, east
by road, south by school house prop
erty, west by property now or for
merly Tom Gilchrist. Levied" upon
and to be sold as the property of
Hart & Minter for taxes -year 1023.
Also *
125 acres of land, .one building
in DeKalb township, school, district!
formerly 35, now No. 6, and bounded
as follows:* North by lands of Mrs.
Leila McKinzie, east by lands of J
Sparrow, south by Sutton lands, west
by lands.of C. T. Trapp. Levied Upon
and to be sold as the property of C.
R. Sutton taxes/year 1023.
Also
.51 acres Plat Rock township, school
district 30, and bounded as follows!
North by. lands of Clark, east by
Bruer lands, south and west by lands
of Dr. Moore. Levied upon and to
be. sold as the property of estate
Richard Harris, for taxes years 1022
1023.
* ? Also
215 acres and 7 buildings in Plat
Rock township, school district 10,
and bounded as follows: North by
Hall & Lewis, east by lands of
Schcnk & Co., south fry Springs &
Shannon, west by public road. Levied
upon and to bo sold' as the property
of Ed. Belton for taxes year 1023.
Also
113 acres two buildings Plat Rock
township, school district 40, and
bounded as follows: North by the
estate of W. K. Williams, east by
P. B., Hammond, south by Mammie
Powers, west by S. A. Hommonds.
Levied upon and to be sold as the
property oi Hattie B. Trucsdale, for
tax<*? year 1023.
Also *
?j'1 acres I< lat Rock township,
school district 0, bounded as follows:
North by T. J. Kirkland, east by
public road, south and west by land
of Springs Bkg. & M. Co. Levied
upon and to be sold as the property
of Wade Dye, for taxes year 1922.
Also - j
One lot and 1 ' building in the city
of Camden, DeKalb township, school
district 1, north by D. D. Parish,
east and south by property now or
formerly of Thomas Wilson, west by
property now or formerly McNair.
Levied upon and to be sold as the
property of Camden Ice & Cold Stor
age Co., for taxes year 1923.
Also
271 acres of land, 2 buildings in
Wateree township, school district 38,
and bounded as follows: North by
Tract No. D, east by No. B, south by
G, of subdivision of Manson & Sim
mond land, Levied upon and to be
sold as the property of J. W. 'Cun
ningham, for taxes year 1923.
Also
50 acres and one building in Wat
eree township, school district 38, and
bounded as follows: North by EN B.
Campbell, east by estate of Adam
Cttnningham, touth by W. H, Coon,
west by W. M. Knight. Levied upon
and to be sold'as tne property of A.
J. Cunningham for taxes year 1023.
Also
W> aerea land?DeKalb townahip.j
For Sale
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Pedigreed Cleveland and
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Salsbury Seed direct from
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seed farms $2.25 bushel.
F. M. WOOTEN
CAMDEN, S. C.
school district No. 2 founded as fol
lows: West by property of B. C.
Dees, south by B. Richardson and
W. J. Dees, Levied upon and to be
sold as the property of Printece A.
Bond for taxes year 1923.
Also
117 acres two buildings DyeKalb
township, school district 2, bounded
as follows: North by Ellen Shiver,
east by J. R. Phillips, south by M.
A. Barnes, west by Faron Boykin.
Levied upon and to be sold as the
property of A. B> Shiver for taxes
yeav 192.'].
Also
Two lots and two buildings DeKalb
township, school district 1, city of
Camden, bounded as follows: North
by George R. Cook, east by Ville
pigue, south by Burns & Barrett,
west by Broad street' city of Camden.
Levied upon and to be sold as the
property of W. R. Hough for taxes
year 1923.
Also
60 acres one building Flat Rock
township, school district 19, bounded
as follows: North by waters of
Grannys Quarter creek, east and
south by property of S. E. Truesdale.
west by lands of Young. Lbvied upon
and to be sold as the property of
C. M. Hough for taxes year 1923.
Also
86 acres, one building, DeKalb
township, school district No. 3, bound
ed as follows: North by J. H. Burns,
east and south by property of Her
mitage Cotton Mill, west by property
of Prince English. Levied upon and
to be sold as the property of John
Charles for taxes year 1923.
Also -
334 acres Flat Rock township,
school district 46 and bounded as fol
lows, North by John K. Harris, east
by John P. Twitty, south J>y Alex
Hammond, west by lands of estate
Thomas Peach. .Levied upon and to
be sold as the property of estate W.
K. Williams taxes 1022-1923.
Also
556 acres in Wateree township,
school district l<> and bounded us
follows: North by M. F. Spurrer, oast
by Scipio Mickle, south by J. M.
Nelson, west by J. B, Nelson. Levied
upon and to be sold as the property
of Mammie E. Smith for taxes 1922
1928.
Also
One lot and buildings, DeKalb
township, school district 1 and bound
ed as follows: North by property of
Park View Inn, east by property of
N. C. Arnett, south by DeKalb street
city of Camden, west by property of
| Dr. W. J. Dunn. Levied upon and
to be sold as the property of G* C.
Bruce for taxes year 1923.
Also .
I One lot and buildings in DeKalb
township, school district No. 1, city
of Camden, bounded as.follows: North
by S. F. firasington, east by Fair
street city of Camden, south by
Hampton Square, west by Lyttleton
Street Methodist Church property.
Levied upon and to be sold as the
property of G. C. Bruce for taxes
1923.
Also
One lot and buildings, DeKalb
township, school district 1, city of
Camden, bounded as follows: North
by property of T. J. Arrants, east by
Market street city of Camden, south
by Pose Simpson, west by estate of
Mary Lollis. Levied upon , and, to
be sold as the property of Walter
Alexander for taxes year 1923.
One lot and buildings Buffalo town
ship, school district 22, bounded as
follows: North by T. N. Clyburn, east
by *J. N. McLaurin, south by D. J.
Clyburn, west by B. G. Clyburn.
uevied upon and to be sold as the
property of Mrs. Maggie E. Gardner
for taxes 1928.
Also
The following personal property:
Three white enameled barber chairs,
made by Codis & Co. Levied upon
and to be sold as the property of
Scip English, taxes year 1923.
G. C. WELSH,
. Sheriff Kershaw County.
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