The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 03, 1925, Image 2
BBNNBTTS FOUND GUILTY
and Wif?* Sentenced to Hfrve
.Ten Ywh for MaturtaughUr
Chattanooga, Tenn., March 29. A
verdict of guilty of voluntary man
nlaughter wait returned At 12:04 thin
morning in the com* of Mr. and Mrs,
W. H. Bennett, on trial here alnce
last Monday on h charge of murder
ing Mian Auguata Hoffman. The
Jury Agreed on its verdict early Sun
day, it wait said, but under the Ten*
neaaeo law Sunday court sessions uro
not permitted.
Punishment was fixed at 10 years
in the penitentiary for each defend
ant.
Counsel for''defense enteral a mo
tion for a new trial. It was con
tinued until the next term of court
with leave to mfcke the motion earlier
if counsel ho wished. The joint bond
of $7,000 for the defendants was
roled sufficient by the court.
The case was delivered to the jury
near noon Saturday after the trial
had occupied a full week during which
44 witnesses were examined.
Bennett, division freight agent of
the Southern railway with headquar
ters at Rome, Ga., was arrested with
his wife, Mrs. Mae Bennett, latit sum
mer on a charge of murdering his
aged aunt.
Miss Hoffman lived with tho Ben
nett family for some 30 years. Slu;
disappeared in February, 1916. ' A
skeleton was found in July, 1924,
under the houso occupied by the
Bennett family in Chattanooga, after
vrhich they wero indicted an a chargo
of murder. They have been at liberty
wince under joint bond of $7,f>00.
In the trial tho state attempted to
(Htablish by circumntantial evidence,
t hut the skeleton found was that of
Miss llotfroan and that it was placed
there in February or March, 1916.
A plate of false teeth, portions of
eye glosses, a pair of ahoes, scrap*
of clothing, small pin and a part of
a rairi coat ware offered in evidence
with the state contending they were
'the property of Miss Hoffman.
Both defendants denied the charges
Their information was, they said that
Miss Hoffman, went to Knoxvtlle to
seek other employment. Later, their
testimony ?aid, letter# and post cards
wore received by Mrs. Nancy Bennett,
mother of Bennett and a later of Minn
Hoffman, Haying that Mia* Hoffman
had married a man "by the name of
Brown." the last piece of thia mail
whh signed "Jomen A. Brown," and
came from .Santa Crtii, Gal., they
said.
During the trial well known Chat
tanooga nun testified Bennett wan
a man of good character.
Florence Bank Clotted
Florence, March 26.-?'The First Na
tional, capitalized, at $150,000 and one
of the largest banks in the Pee Dee
section, ilid not open for business to
day, its affairs having been taken
over by tho national bank examiner.
The notice, signed by the board of di
rectors, said persistent withdrawals
over the last several days, started as
the result of a rumor characterized
as unfounded, were rosponaiblo for
tho decision to close the institution.
The notice said tho directors believed
the bank to be solvent.
When the baseball hero makes an
extraordinary play and the crowd
goes wild, the extra strain on. tho
grand stand amounts to 300 pounds 'a
square inch.
What more
could you want?
Here are sturdy, good-looking roll roof
ings that we're glad to recommend to
property owners. Wc know from ex
perience that oncc you put Barrett
Roll Roofings on any building, the roof
is off your mind?to stay off.
One type of roofing is surfaced with
natural slate in beautiful fadeless colors,
red, green or blue-black. Others are
plain-surfaced. All arc fire-safe. Rot
proof and rust-proof, Barrett Roll Roof
ings are lastingly weather-tight.
(07 ROOFINGS
We arc al\va\s glad to put out
roofing experience at your dis
posal without anv obligation on
your part.
We carr> .1 Barrett Roofing
for any type of building?your
home, your garage, your baxn or
your factory. You'll find the
prices very reasonable.
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 Rond, thus assuring* the
Highest Clire and Protection. The offi
cers will gladly trivo all information as
to charges, etc.
C H. YATES. V. M. ZEM1',
Presdent Vice-President
' I. A. RHAMK, Secretary
ii. W. K IKK LAND, Warehouseman
DOCTOR IS ACQUITTED
C*trit'T? Rdwtrdit Wm Clurxd
With Murder of His Wife
Bessemer. Ala-. March 28. On
(ieorge K. Edwards, charged with
slaying his wife, was acquitted by a
Jury in circuit court hero today. The
verdict of not guilty ended a spec
tacular legal battle that had raged
for nearly four months through two
trials, the first of which ended in tt
mistrial with the jury standing >11
to 1 for acquittal.
Tho case went to the jury late last
night. After deliberating two hours
the jury retired for the night. 'On
reassembling this morning a verdict
was reache<l in 30 minutes.
Dootor Edwards smiled broadly at
the verdict as his aged father, Col
onel Lett Edwards, of Selma, threw
his arms about his son and exclaim
ed: "My boy, you are free ut last."
A demonstration by spectators was
checked by Judge Gwyn. ? Bach mem
ber of the jury wan thanked by Doc
tot Edwards. "
The physician indicated htat he
would go to 8*1 ma at once with his
father and thence to Montgomery
for his two small children, who have
.been in custody of his mother-in
law, Mrs. Julia Dudley.
Annie Lou Edwards was slain as
she slept on the morning of Decem
ber 12. Doctor Edwards found her
'lifeless upon her bod after an in
truder had awakened and shot him
in a hand to hand encounter.
Doctor Edwards was arrested a
few hours afterward following pre
liminary inquiry by police and state
officers who announced they believ
ed it an "inside job."
Tho state charged that he murder
ed his wife and constructed physical
evidence to divert suspicion.
The defense claimed Doctor Ed?
wards was the victim of circum
stances and over zealous neighbors
and officers. No motive had been
proved by the state, the defense held.
Doctor Edwards was employed in
tho Faiifield hospital of the Tennes
see. Coal, Fron and Railroad com
pany, a position he hud held for
several years. The Edwards wore
married in 1915, and were the par
ents of two children, Annie Lou, six,
and Cieorge T. Jr., two years old.
Don't Crank Another Man's Auto
New Orleans, I,a., March 20.?The
Louisiana State Court ol" Appeals has
decided that if you crank somebody
else's automobile, you do .so at your
'own risk. ? .
. Marry Perlfm of this city ? broku
his arm in obliging J. K. Lewis, a
"produce broker, whose car would not
start, and then sued Lewis for $1,250.
The court's decision was that Pcrkin
knew, or should have known the risk
he was running.
Pcrkin claimed Lewis asked his
aid in cranking the automobile, and
also asserted that Lewis gave the
engine too much spark as it was be
ing vrfttrked.
Robbers Make Larke Haul
Chicago, March 29.-? Loot estimat
ed at from $1,000 to $60,000 was
?obtained by two robbers who late
last night held up the express mes
senger of New York Central pas
senger train No. 2K, east-bound, from
here to Huffalo, N. Y.. and escaped
at I.aPo :??, Ind.
Cuindtii J Joy On Team
An annoutu emeitMn The Tar Heei,
the publication issued by the st-aff of
the North Carolina State College, j
tells of Morris Mogulescu, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Max Mogulescu, of Cam
den, being on the debating team. The
a n nou nee me n t reads:
Freshmen intercollegiate debaters
for the Carolina-Wake Forest David
son triangle were selected in an open
preliminary held Monday night in the
Phi hall. The query is, Re&olvcd,
That North Carolina should ratify tho
Port Terminal and Water Transpor
tation Act.
The affirmative team, meeting
Davidson in Chape! Hill, will consist
of Hen Katon. M. JI. Mogulescu, and
Isadorc Black. The negative, debat
ing Wake Forest in Wake Forest, i.i
composed of .!. \V. Crew, H. !\ Uran
deis, and A. A. Kartis.
The Snake Indians were so called
because ot ine ? haracterialics of these
nativ*-.H in quickly concealing them
selves when once discovered. They
s? emod to glide away in the Krass,
sa^ebiu^h and rocks and disappear
with all the subtlety of a scrpeqt.
Epidemic of Grip
' .i'j.m' of u great dual of kuwiey
tiuubo , and throws a heflvy strain
on the kidneys. Don't neglect your
ne'.f but grt a bottle of Hohn Kidney
A Rladder Remedy a', oner
Write /of frre atory of d.scowry.
HOBO MBDICINK CO.
riraamont, Te*?n
? Cj *
Cramped
and Suffered
"My back and head would
ache, and I bad to go to bod."
?ays Mrs. W. L. Bnnls, of
Worthvllle, Ky. "I Just could
not stay up, for I would cramp
and suffer ao. I was vary
nervoua. My children would
'get on my narvea.' It waan't
a pleasure for ma to try to go
anywhere, I felt ao bad.
"My uioth?r bad taken
CARDUI
For Female Troubles
at one time, ao abe Instated
that I try It I took four bot
tles of Cardul, and If one
should aee me now they
wouldn't think I had ever
been aide.
"I hare gained twenty
pounds, and my cheeka are
roey. I feel Just fine. I am
regular and havent the pain.
"Life la a pleasure. I can
do my work with eaae. I
give Curdui the pralae."
Cardul has relieved many
thousands of casee of pain and
fomalo trouble, and. should
help you, too.
Take Cardul. .
At All Drugglsta*
J. Epps Brown Dead
ATlant-a, March 27.?J. Epps IJrown
chairman of the board of directors
of the Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany died here today.
Mr. Brown, who was bom in New
?berry, S. (X in 1867, had been ill
several years. He suffered a paraly
tic stroke a week ago, and physicians
then lost hope for his recovery.
After attending school in New
berry, Mr. Brown studied at Mount
Bethel Academy and Erskine Col
lege, Due We?t, S. C. Soon after
leaving college he engaged in insur
ance work.
fn 1899 he entered the services of
the telephone company as manager
of the Americas, Ga., office.
From this position he advanced
steadily until he became president in
1919. He continued in this capacity
with the company until June 1924,
when ill health forced him to resign,
lie immediately was elcctinl chairman
cf the board of directors.
Score Foolish Laws
Charleston, March 28.?-Members of
the bar and other citiiens of Char
leston delivered addresses ht a meet
ing here of the Exchange club which
was devoted to the subject of use
less laws. W. H, Grimball, a member
of the Charleston bar, delivered an
address on "Too Muk Law Making"
and a letter from Major Alfred Huger
was read.
Enough soap is made by the Near
East Relief Orphanage of Alexandra
pol in Armenia to bathu their 12,000
orphans and still have some for sale.
HAMILTON SEAT8 DIBS
Well Known Former Newspaper Mao
Dim In JacluHHrrUle
Jacksonville, Fla., March $6.?Alex
ander Hamilton Seats, former city
editor of The. State and the Colun&bia
Kecord, and one of the most widely
known newspapermen in South Caro
lina, died at an early hour this morn
ing in a Jacksonville hospital, fol
lowing an intormitten illnoss of sev
eral months. Death was caused by
chronic kidney trouble. Mr. Seats'
wife was with him at the time of his
death.
Mr. Scats came to Jacksonville
about fivo months ayo as publicity
manager for the educational ^
pa iff ? committee ot the PresbyterU^
general assembly and had been ^
tively instrumental in helping lht
Florida Preabyterian churches rsU*
a fund ior educational work ami u
extensive building program in thU
Htato.
NOTICJB
Notice ka hereby given that a meet,
ing of the atockholders of the iw
lina Ice Company will be held In th.
office of L. A. Wittkowaky at Cam.
dep. South Carolina, Friday, May 1st,
1925, for the purpose of considering
a resolution to dissolvo said corpor*.
tion.
(Signed) FRANK K. BULL,
4 ?b Majority Stockholm
FREE!
With every cash purchase from now
until Saturday, April 18th,. we will
give with every cash purchase a cou
pon entitling the holder to a chance
at receiving one set of Goodyear Cord
Tires and Tubes 30x3% valued at
$58.00. Tickets given on repairs, bat
tery service, gas, oil and accessories.
BROAD STREET FILLING STATION
U. N. MYERS, Proprietor
YOU CAN GET
Puretest Drugs, Rexall Remedies
Norris Candies, Kodaks, Films
DeKALB pharmacy
PHONE 95 CAMDEN. S. C.
Garages and Machine Shops
Brushes, Wire
. Belts, Fan
Belt, Leather
Blades, Hack Saw
Cans, Oil
Carbon Remover
Cloth, Emery
Compound, Grinding
Dressers, Emery
Drills, Electric
Drills, Twist
j Drills, Breast
Drill Presses
Dust. Emerv
Ezy-Outs
Frames, Hack Saw
Files. All Kinds
Grapnite Grease
Hose, Gasoline
Hose, Air
Hose, Water
Jacks, Automobile
Lacers, Belt
Pliers
Pullers, Crane
Reamers, Critchley
Reamers, Taper Pin
Screw Drivers
Screws, Cap, S. A. E.
Screws, Cap Standard
Screw Plates
Socket Wrenches
Solder, Acid Core
Stands, Emery
Taps, Machinist
Torches, Blow
Vises, Garage
Vises, Machinist
Vises, Pipe
Waste, White
WheeLs, Rmery
Wrenches, all kinds
COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY
823 West Gervais St. Columbia, S. C
"World's Greatest Buy"
Everyone Says It ? Sales Prove It
It is only as yon find the real comparisons for Hudson qualities
among the costliest cars that the enormous difference in price
is so astonishing.
Today it offers the greatest price advantage and finest quality
in Hudson history. Never was this supremacy of value so out
standing. And the greatest Hudson sales on record show how
complete is public knowledge of the fact*.
HUDSON COACH *13 45 ?
5-PASS. SFDAN '1795 7-PASS. SEDAN '1895
? freight 4i Tm* f'vtrm
UTILE MOTOR COMPANY
T. LEE LITTLE, MANAGER, CAMDEN, S. C* W-T