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COVRT AT CHK8TERFIBM) Solicitor Hough Finds Heavy Docket v' For, First Appearance The spring term of court rrt gen eral sessions convened Monday morn ing, February 16, with Judge Thos. S. Seasg on the bench and Solicitor M. J. Hough in charge of the prose cution, A heavy criminal docket including murder cases, housebreaking and lar ceny and violations of the prohibition Jaw faced the court. Many pleas of guilty entered and only such cases continued as were unavailable. Some of the cases disposed of fol lows: Nebraska Sikes, charged with mur der, was found guilty of manslaugh ter. Motion for appeal was made. Sentence was not passed. Dr. Baxter Gathings, charged with the murder of his wife on the streets of Pageland last winter. Case wast continued on account of the health of the defendant. i Ltiroy Campbell was t>i?d for tin* murder of Kliza McJfJeil near Pat rick. The woman had been killed with a shot gun when she was washing clothes at a branch near her cabin. The jijdge directed a verdict- of not guilty. - S *?. ,J. T. and J. II. NcUdrix were charg ed" with murder in connection with the death of Miss Trcssio Outen near Pageland last summer. Miss Outen met her death .when struck by a car driven by the defendants.- A settle* ment WHS agreed upon and the case *wi,s not tried. Archie Brown, charged with viola tion of the prohibition act, pled guilty and was sent to the gang for ""three months. A sentence -of 18 months and $000 fine "was .suspended on good behavior. Nathaniel .Brody pled guilty U> violation of the prohibition law and to l ived a similar sentence. I?. L. Anderson and Marshall Kyans pled guilty to three charges of house breaking and larceny. On each ?charge Anderson was sentenced *to three years on the chain gang and Kvan* on each charge got one year on the gang. Calhoun Johnson, charged with n* nault and battery, wan found not guilty. ("?laud Steen, violation of the pro hibition law, pled guilty and was sentenced to six months on the chain gang andfto pay a fine of $5oo. Su> ponded on good behavior except (50 dayg on the chain gang, Charlie II. 1?rock pled guilty to vio lation of the prohibition law, He was given a fifteen months suspended sen tence and remanded to the ganjtc for four months. ' ' ? - Anyis Lucas plod guilty to violation of prohibition law and with a longer sentence hanging over him on good behavior, was sentenced to serve four months on the gang; Allen Chapman, charged with, vio lation of the prohibition act, Was tried artd foutfd guilty on two counts, lie was sentenced to four years of hurd labor and to pay a fine of $M,000, all of Which will be suspended after ten months service, on good behav ior, \ John I >iri pled guilty to violation of prohibition law and sentenced to fell months and fine of $ 100? All sUs ])ended but ?'? months service,-pending good behavior. Dudley Odom, guilty under polii bition charge., sealed sentence. George Simon, alias (?eovge Shire, New! These Giant Re-roofing Shingles v Barrett Giants have ;m cconomy ;ill their own. ^Specially adapted for re roofing, vou la\ them right over the old roof. Once v< ?u put these (Joints on your building, the roof is definitely your mind?to stay oft. These shingles aie colorfully artistic . ? enduring]) surfaced with natural slate in red, green or blue-black. ( hey never need painting or staining ? will not rot or ru^t. \nd they arc fire-safe ? proof against flying sparks and embers. ROOFINGS After long i \jn ikMut with roofings of man\ kinds we're con vinced that r lie.sound economy of t hese special shingles simply can not he duplicated. Let lis show you Barrett Giants.You'll he sur prised at the low cost. See our full line, of Barrett Roofings, f here's a stvle for a'nv type of building? at a price suitable for am purse. BURNS & BARRETT Broad St. Camden, S. C. Phone 94 HERMITAGE WAREHOUSE CO. CAMDEN, S. C. The above Company is now prepared to receive Cotton for Storage. They will be licensed by the United States Govern ment and under Bond, thus assuring the Highest Care and Protection. The offi cers will gladly give all information as to charges, etc. C. H. YATES, F. M. ZEMP, Preedent Vice-President G. A. RHAME, Secretary R. W. KIRKLAND, Warehouseman house breaking and larceny. Pled 'guilty, not sentenced. Kd Mack, prohibitionj pled guilty. Three months on the gang and a tin. of $ftQ0. The cane that nttreeied the mo*i attention was the murder case of T. C, Phillips and the two Brewer ne-r ^roes from Pageland who were charg ed with killing Policeman Graven of that town last July. The cane whs hard fought from start < to finish. This case was said to have attract ed nearly as rituch attention as the case of King and Harrell, who were tried there at the last term of court. j The jury was tied up on the ea i from Thursday morning at 9 o'clock until Saturday morning at K o'clock when they were unable. to reach a verdict and the case resulted in aj .mistrial, This was the fifst court in which the newly elected solicitor, i M. J. Hough, was in charge of the prosecution and the citizens of 'the ! /county .as a whole ajre proud indeed.j of the able shewing he made.?Page-I land Journal. War On Petting Partien The Rock Hill city council, ot its meeting Monday night signed a dec laration of war upon petting parties, drunken brawls and other disorder* which are reported to have dla turbo t outlying sections' of the city during recent weeks, when it approved the ptan advanced by City Manager W. P. Goodman to install Jiigh power elec tric lights at advantageous points. v War Veteran Hanged. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. <27;?-Clar enee Bailey was hanged-in'^ho Mont gomery county jail this morning for the murder at Kilby prison in Novem ber 1923 of James Culpepper, a fallow prisoner. Bailey mounted thu scaffold at 5:59. He was promfunced dead 39 minutes later. The hanging of Bailey brought to an end one of the hardest fights in the history of the state to prevent an execution. His trial was twice re viewed by the supreme court. He was granted three hearings by the pardon board. He was reprieved three times by Governor W. W. Brandon who finally requested Director-General Hines of the veterans bureau to ap point alienists to examine the young man. I The report of the aliens was ad verse and Wednesday afternoon Gov ernor Brandon announced his refusal to interfere with the execution. C ourt Room Cheers Verdict Charlotte, . N\ C., Feb. 2G.?Thus. I. Watson, of Greensboro, was acquitted by a Jury here this afternoon on a charge of second degree murder in connection with the slaying of Joseph K. McDonough, also of Greensboro, whom Watson is alleged to have found in a hotel room with his wife. The jury was out forty-five minutes; Loud cheering broke out in the packed court room when the verdict .was announced and it was with dif ficulty that Judge Henry P. Lane, presiding, restored quiet. M rs. Watson, wife of the defend ant, broke into a half shriek, half sol) of joy, when the verdict was an nounced as she sat beside her father, R. M. Miller of Texas, then she rush ed to her husband, threw her arms around him and wept on his shoulder. He displayed virtually no emotion. Watsoa shot and killed McDonough in the presence of a police officer, who went with him to a local hotel room to arrest McDonough and Mrs. Watson, who had registered at the hotel as husband and wife. When the two were identified by 'Watson, he fired a bullet into the heart of Mc Donough. Honor Roll Pine Grove School Grade 10. Eula Branham. Rutn Kelly. C*rade l?. -Etta Rabon. Grade X. ? Mattie Kolly, Nellie Bar field, Joe Rarfield; Gertrude Kelly, Jamcs Sanders, (trade 7. ? Woodard Dowey, Lyttle ton Dowey. Grade ?>. Wilienu Ford, Lee Jack son, Kthel Rabon. Grade f>.? Lula Mae Jackson. (trade 4.?Sam Ray, Bailey Bar field, Nannie Jackson, F.louise Bran ham, Almeta Gardner, Lila Mae Bran ham, Elmer Gardner, Milton Dowey, Cymbaline Kelly, Blease Gardner, Mattie Rabon. Margaret Sander*, Veda Bowen, J. I). Rabon. Lucile Ford Grade 3.?Lee Rabon, Lawrence Jackson, Boykin Jackson, Etta Dowey, Clara M ae Hinson, Annie Ball Bass. Grade 2.?Ethel Ray, Banyan Ford, Jack Rabon, Marie Bass, Kitty Ray, Louise Branham, Melvin Branham, Henry Bass, George Henry Rabon, Vernon Branham. Horace Rabon, Alice Huckabee. Grade 1.?Alex Dowey, McLaurin Branham, Ruth Rabon, Yates Jack son, Iveslie Jackson, Edward Rabon, Cloyd Bitfield, J. D. Branham, Ful mcr Ray, Mattie Rabon, Pauline Ra bon, Mary Branham. Alabama hat not had a lynching in tw? yearn. ;? . *. ,=? ,. it.. .. -W.br ? ? ? - Change of life "When change of life began on me," says Mrs. Lewis Lisher, of Lamar, Mo., "I suffered so with womanly weakness. I suffered a great deal of pain in my back and sides. My limbs would cramp. I didn't feel like doing my work, and there-are so many steps for a woman to take on a farm. I was very anxious to get better. A friend rec ommended CABDUI Hie Woman's Tonic to me and I began using it I certainly improved. I went through change of life with out any trouble. I can highly recommend Cardui." At the age of about 40 to BO every woman has to pass through a critical time^wnich io called the Change of Life. AWhis time, great changes take place in her system, causing various painful and disagreeable .symptoms. If you are approaching this period, or are already suffer ing from any of its troubles or symptoms, take Cardui. It should help you, as it has helped others. Sold by all druggists. Drop Restores Hearing t?? Soldier West Pa|m Beaeli, Fla., Feb. 26? A swift drop of 5,700 feet il) hydro airplane here today restored normal hearing to Samuel Brenjar, tailor in a leading- store here and an ex soldier in the Czechoslovakia!! army. Bern jar, who has been almost stone deaf for the past six years, turned to his doctor, who made the drop with him, as the plane rode quietly on the wa fers of Lake Worth, and said: "Why are you yelling at me?" According to the specialist who has been treat-* ing the tailor's ears, the rapid change of atmospheric pressure broke up ad hesions between the articulating bones of the ear, permitting sound vibrations to register. Charlotte Men Get Contract Charlotte, Feb. 2-1.?Contract for the construction of the Lake Lure dam and power plant, at Chimney Rock, N. C., was awarded here today to John A. Gardner, of Charlotte, through the office of Mees and Mees, hydraulic engineers. It is stated that the cost of the dam and hydro-electric plant will aggregate approximately $675,000. A large number of con tractors were represented at the let-"* ting of the contract, which is but the preliminary to the beginning of work in the creation of a great moun tain lake resort covering more than 12 square miles in western North Carolina. RESORPTIONS DRUGS '<1 dekalb pharmacy Left Large Estate To Kin. (irccnville, if.; Cj? Feb, 26.?The will of former Mayor John B. Marshall, probated here today, appraises his estate at $228,644. The income is to Ko to the widow during her life, then to h^r children. At the death of his last,/^ild, the property is to be divid ed anion# his grandchildren. Prominent Banker Suicide New York, March 3.?While ihu bureau of missing persons today Con^ ducted a quiet hunt for Morris K. 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