The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 10, 1925, Image 1
VOLUME XXXVII. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1925. NUMBER 2.
TRAGEDY <>l* THE ROAD .
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Two Youn* Men Killed; Other# Injur
ed In Accident Friday Kveniu*
A collision between a Ford roads
ter and a wagon east of Camden
about nine o'clock last Friday even
ing resulted fatally for two young
men and pairifully bruised two others,
also caused injury to a negro woman
and a child riding on the wagon. "
11. L. Shirley, Jr., better known 49
Levi Shirley, was, instantly killed.
\Villie K.' Trapp, the driver, aged
about 19 was so seriously injured
that he died at 4 o'clock the follow
ing morning in the Camden hospital.
Arnold Trapp, brother of the dead
driver was injured ?and Eugene Catoe
was also injured. Young T-^app has
been ablo to return to his home but
Catoe is still in the hospital, he being
?ooro painfully injured.
The accident happened at a point
about six miles from Camden 011 the
BishOpvillo road. Both the roadster
tifui the wagon were headed toward
ar.ulen, coming down a hill near
Galloway's store. The roadster was
evidently , traveling at a high rate,
it side-swiped the front wheels of
the wagon in passing and turned over
several tinges, being -almost com-'
pletcly demolished and stopped about
]00 feet from where the collision oc
curred. Willie Trapp's body was
found under the^W recked car, Shir
'ey's body being thrown clear of the
ar and pretty badly mangled.
The wagon was driven by a negro
nan by the name of Eugene Joy.
Joy was not injured but his wife and
hild were quite badly but not se
riously hurt.
Willie Trapp was the soli of Mr.
\V. E. S. Trapp, of the Kershaw
Motor Company. His funeral was
'leld at Antioch church not far from
he scene of the wreck on Sunday
norning at eleven o'clock.
Levi Shirley was the son of- Mr.
Burrell L. Shirley, a merchant, re
siding on the Bethune road a few
miles east of Camden. His funeral
v.as held at Savannah church in Lee
mnty at three o'clock on Saturday.
Sheriff Welsh and Coroner Rus
v,s!l viewed the* serene of the wreck
and the bodies and 110 inquest was
itemed necessary. While it is gen
erally agreed that tho youths met
?heir deaths recklessly driving an
? u'.o there is none the less sympathy
:*elt for the bereaved parents.
Young Trapp,, who was killed, car
ried a double indemnity policy of
SI,000 with the New York Life.
Negro Man Run .Over by Auto
While returning tg Camden from
iiishopville last Friday evening a
short while prior to the other acci
dent on the Bishopyrlle road, Mr.
M. M. Daniels, a lumber dealer", ran
over and quite seriously injured a
'iegio by the name of John Brown.
It was stated that the negro was
drinking at the time of the accident
and the car driven by Mr. Daniels
was traveling at a good speed. Mr.
Daniels stopped for a minute to look
after the negro but others congre
gated aryl Mr. Daniels came' on to
Camden and sent medical aid to the
negro.
Date lor Pageunt Again Changed
On account of the date of the his
torical pageant conflicting with the
vtate oratorical contest the pageant
date has now been set for Friday,
May 1st. at 2:30 p. m. instead of
^pril 24th. Teachers and pupils are
busily engaged in rehearsals every
afternoon. The pageant will be held
on the Kirkwood Golf Links which
will make a beautiful setting on a
tfreen hiHside.
Mm. Young Gets Arm Broken
On Monday afternoon of last week,
as Mrs. J. V. Young was returning
?vith her little son, Woodrow, and her
r, Butler Gay, from a trip- to
Charlotte, the Ford touring car In
which they were traveling was over
turned at the side of tho road, be
tween Lancaster and Heath Springs,
and one of, Mrs. Young's arms was
broken atn she received several se
vere bruises. A -drummer passing
?-oon after the accident took Mrs.
Young and Woodrow in the car with
him and brought them on to Kershaw,
from which point they were taken
^>ome by Mrs. Young's son, 5. W.
Young. The broken arm was set by
Dr. Brasington and Mrs. Young is
doing as well as could be expected.
The accident occurred when Mr. Gay
who was driving, attempted to turn
back across the road after passing a
truck. When the car struck the ridge
"f sand in the middle of tho road,
where it had been piled by the road
draper, it became unmanageable and
ran on across and toppled over into
the ditch, RmaRhing the top ?tmI wind
shield. Tho other occupants were not
badly hprt.?Kershaw Era.
.,>* l?KATfI OF MR. IIHATH.
Former Cumden Man Found Dead in
I .aSa lit- Hot ??! at New Orleans.
? A message received here by rela
tives last Friday nighrt announced'
the death of Mr. James M. Heath in
a hotel in New Orleans, No particu
lars were given. Later press dis
patches stated that the young man
had died from a pistol shot flred into
his heart and that the body was not
found until nearly twenty "hours af
terwards. A note was found Written
by Mr. Heath stating that he had
contemplated taking his own life.
^Ir. Heath was the eldest son of
Mrs. Ida S. Heath of Camden, and his
father was at one time associated
with the mercantile firm of Spring"
Heath and Shannon. He had been
making his headquarters in Now Or
leans for about a year, going there
from Atlanta whore he had been lo
cated for a number of years. lie
^traveled for E. B. Norma u, & Co., a
cotiun firm, and was a most compe
tent cotton buyer- He was about IJ15
years of age and is survived by his
mother, three brothers and one "sister
Shannon Heath, U. S. N.f at Annap
olis, A. B. Heath, of Charlotte, .John
P. Heath, U. S. N., of Pensacola, and
Mrs. L. V. McDowell, of Camden.
The body was brought to Camden
for burial on Monday and funeral ser
vices were FveKl from Grace Episcopal
Church, the Rev. 1. l)oL. Brayshaw,
officiating. Messrs. Jack NVhitakev,
Jr.. Johh M. VillepigW, Caleb Whita
kcr, .Jr., Ralph N. Shannon, A. B.
Whjtaker, DeSaassureh Boykin, S. W.
vanLandinghram and Rev. William
Stoney acted as pallbearers. _?/
"Jim" is pleasantly remember by
friends and associates in Camden and
his untimely and tragic death is
greatly deplored and sincere sym
pathy felt for his mother and family.
GRUESOME TRAGEDY
Man Kills Self and Wife Near
Pomaria In Newberrv County
Jacob Earle Livingston, *32 years
old, a World war veteran, the father
-of two children, was found dead Sun
day morning by neighbors shortly
after 10 o'clock, following the report
?of two gunshots at his home three
miles from Pomaria, with a load of
?shot in his heart, evidently self
inflicted as a double barrel hammer
less shotgun was lying in the garden j
gate by his side.
Inside the hall of his house, 25 feet
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away, lay the body of his 23 year old
wife, with her face peppered with
shot and her right eye shot to a pulp. ;
The only eye witness to the grue-1
some tragedy was their three year old !
son, who satisfied Sheriff Bleasc and
Coroner Wilson that Mr. Livingston
?was responsible for the deed.
There was no inquest held. The
funeral services were held Monday
morning at 11 o'clock at St. Paul''?
Lutheran church, conducted by hi?
pastor, the Rev. S. P. Koon. .f,
Besides his two small children,
three and five, respectively, he is
?survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
P._ T. Livingston, and three sisters,
Mrs. S. B. Berley of Pomaria, Mrs.
Grover Sloan of Killians and Mrs.
Cal Wicker of Pomaria.
Mrs. Livingston Died Sunday Night ,
Mrs. Lora Livingston, widow of the
deceased, died Sunday night about
8:30 at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Bowers* near Little
Mountain, to which place she had
been removed following the shooting.
The funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at 3:30 at Holy Trinity
Lutheran church at Little Mountain.
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1,000,000 Killed Daily ?
The automobile takes its toll of
thousands of bursar, Uvea annually,
while more than 1,000,000 animals
And birds arc crushed to death daily
?by motorists during the tourist sea
son. This is the astounding estimate
made by Prof. Dayton J^toner of the
University of Iowa. In making a trip
of 032 miles principally through farm
ing communities of Iowa, Professor
Stoner counted the dead bodies of 225
reptiles, birds and mammals. Within
a space of 211 miles of his journey,
made over graveled roads, 105 dead
animals were counted. Averaging the)
destruction of animal lifo for the
8,000,000 miles of auto roads in the
United States, he computes tho total
daily loss of all species of animals
and birds at over 1,000,000. The hunt*
ers and trappers may slay their thou
sands, but in the wanton destruction
of small animal life tho deathdealing
auto ts the greatest menace.?Our
Dumb Animals.
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( ATTAIN, NjBTTLKS DKAD
Denver Man Had Mother and Brother
Residing In (linden
('apt. Oscar W. Nettles, medical
Cor pa, regular army, died Thursday
at the army hospital in Denver, Col.,
where he was stationed, according to
information received in Columbia by
his uncle, the Rev. S. A. Nettles.
Funeral arrangements had not been
completed last uight but the Kev. Dr.
.Nettles said that interment would
probably bo in Arlington cemetery at
Washington.
Captain Nettlei had been seriously
ill fur several months but the last re
port from his bedside had been favor
able, so that.his death yesterday came
as a shock to friends ami relatives in
j South Carolina.
! Horn in this state August 4, 18KG,
I he was graduated from the Medical
1 College of South Carolina in Charles
I ton and afterwards was for a year on
j the staff of the Roper hospital there,
j Settling in Spartanburg, Dr. Nottles
built up a large practice, then, after
several years* removed to Clarendon
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county, where he was practicing when
! the United States entered the World
j war. He accepted a commission as
first lieutenant in the nn.liial section
of the officers' rese'rve corps July 5,
i 1917 was shortly afterward sent over
' seas for duty and was promoted to
i captain June 11, 1018. After the
j armistice he was retained in service
! and lH'cember 2. 1920, ho accepted a
i commission as Captain in the medical
i eorp>< of the regular army. He was
stationed for some time at Governors
j Island in New York harbor.
Captain Nettles was the youngest
son of the late Dr. L. W. Nettles of
Cain den. His mother resides in Cam
den with his only brother, W. If. Net
tles. His wife and three children were
j with him in Denver.-^-Friday's Co
lumbia State;'
One, Killed; Two Hurt
? Union, April 4.?J. Norris Roger;,
well known farmer and two sisters,
?the Misses Fannie and Grace Rogers,
who live near West Springs, white,
Ynotoring to Union about noon their
fcar ran off the bridge at Huffalo
'into the pond, instantly killing Miss
Grace and critically injuring Mr.
Rogers and Miss Fannie Rogers.
As soon as rescuers could get
the party out of the water the
injured brother and sister were rush
ed to the hospital here who are to
night in a very precarious condition. I
Miss Rogers having a badly fractur
ed skull and Mr. Rogeis a broken
-shoulder and arm ami he is also suf
fering from severe shock.
Miss Grace Rogers, who was killed,
was about sixty years old and her
injured sister about seventy years old.
Mr. Rogers, who was driving the ear]
in some way lost control of rt. Some |
people say he was trying to dodge a
small child in the road as result of
which the terrible accident occurred, j
MILL TO ENLARGE
Kershaw To Make Considerable Ad
ditions to Plant
For some time it has been known
that plans had been matured for en
largement of the Kershaw Cotton
Mill, but not until last Monday after
the contract had been actually let
to T. C. Thompson & Brothers, of
Charlotte, was the information releas
ed for publication.
The new mill, which is to be 138
feet wide by 400 feet long", one story
and will contain approximately the
same floor space as the present mill
and will be attached to it at the
north end and extend northward along
the railroad track.
Though the contract for their
croction has not yet been, -let, the
number of cottagcs in the mill village
is also to be doubled and they will
be erected to the south of the present
building*.
The Kershaw miii began operation
in 1914 and has prospered well. The
stock has paid good dividends and a
handsome surplus has a'so been piled
up. Col. Leroy Springs, of Lancas
ter, has been president of the mill
the whole time and for the past five
years E. L. Skipper has been its ef
ficient superintendent. J. B. Boze
man, Jr., is in charge of the office,
find together these make a strong and
efficient working force.
Work on the new building is to be
gin this week and be completed in
ono hundred working days. It is
hoped to have machinery installed
and the new mill running by the new
year.?Kershaw Era.
Fishing Season Now On
The fishing season Is now on and
any day parties can be seen going
after the finny tribe. Mr. A. A.
Shanks holds the record so far this
season when he landed an eight pound
troift one afternoon last week, using
a rod sod reel. The Ifish was raught
in HollAnda' pond m few mile* north
ot Camden.
MKT DEATH NKAH MIAMI
Former Camden Man Killed In Tor
nado Lost Sunday Afternoon ?
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Press 'dispatches of Monday morn
ing told of the death of three per
sons and the injury of twenty-thrco
others in a tornado that struck por
tions of Florida around Miatpi Sun
day afternoon. Apiong those listed
as dead was F. E. Sullivan, a former
fireman of the city of Miami.
Mr. Sullivan up to a short while,
ago was a resident of Camden whore
he leaves a wifo and one child. Ho
was married several years ago to
Miss Christine Williams of this city.
Prior to coming to Camden he had
beon stationed at Camp Jackson. He
had spent most of his life in the
regular army ami had been stationed
at many places in the United States
and the island possessions.
He first came to Camden from
Camp Jackson in charge of the large
government tent loaned to the city:
during the Confederate Veterans visit
to Camden. He later came back to i
Camden where he was employed in i
the garage of the late S. A. Burrier. I
A message received Monday stated'
| that the body wo.uld be. shipped to
Camden for burial. It arrived here j
on Wednesday and the burial was (
the .Camden cemetery.
Ueal Estate Sold
? Mr. J. 11. W. Atkins has puitdiastrd
1 of W. F. Nettles the attractive six
room r<v?denco on North Fair street.
I The sal.e being made through C. -P.
i Dullose & Co., realty dealers.
Lad Cet? Leg Broken
Ernest Sheheen, the fourteen year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham
| Sheheen, had the misfortune of get
j tlaiK one of his legs broken while* at
i play on the school grounds last
. Thursday afternoon. The young fel
! low fell in such a manner as to snap
i the big bono in his leg between1 the
' ankle and the knee. He is in the
' Camden hospital where he is recov
j ering from his injury.
j ? W. F. Nettles Buys New Home
; Mr. W. F. Nettles has purchased
the ten room residence on East Laur
! (ns street now occupied by Mrs. H.
\ L. Wat-kins. Mr. Nettles contem
{ plates^making a number of changes
, ifi his newly acquired property and
j will make this his home. This resi
dence is located on'very lafge lot
and ranks among v Camden's best
larger homes. The sale was consum
mated through C. P. thiBose & (^o.,
Camden real estate agents.
The Legion Drive
j Nearly one thousand dollars was
| secured by the canvassers in the in
! terest of the fund to raise the Amer
ican Legion quota for this county but
j the county is still around five hun
dred dollars short of the amount
I allotted to this county. The solici
? tors hrfve done their best but in some
instances luive met with very little
encouragement. They are still so
j liciting and hope those who have not
j contributed -will yet come across with
! a substantial sum to this most worthy
! relief fund.
Golf Tournament
A golf tournament will bo held at
Sarsfield Club Friday afternoon at
three o'clock between the single and
married men of Camden. The com
mittee in charge has already received
twenty applications and more are ex
pected. Those desiring to enter will
please get in touch with Jack Cuttle
or Donald Morrison at Sarsfield Golf
club. The'married men contend that
they are more skilled in the art of
golf but the single ones are deter
mined to reverse their contentions, j
The public is invited to witness the
match. Colors: Married men, crepe;
single men, red; wt?r your choice.
Land Mark Removed
The house back of the Wateree Mill
known as the boarding house and un
til recently occupied by W. T. Player
during his stay at Wateree has been
torn down and nothing but tho level
ground remains. This is one of the
oldest houses in this section and was
built back in slavery d<ays. The tim
bers are all hand hewn and are of
the very best grade of lumber.'
Since the mill was built this house
i
; has been the home of the yard over
seer and ha* been used as a board
ing house as well.
It was formerly the home of the
Zemp plantation which Included all
the land that now comprises Wafcerec
Mills and village as well as much of
th* land.?Wateree Gau
zetts.
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YOUNG I. A1*Y A<XtiriTTKI>
Jury Not I<onK In KeuchinK Vordiit
Favorable to School Teacher
It took a jury in Magistrate Nichol
son's court here Monday fivo minutes
to bring in a verdict of not guilty
in the case of the state against Mikh
Maude Faircloth, a young Savannah,
CJa., school teacher, charged with
assault and battery.
Miss Kaircloth 'is principal of tho.
Midway school, near.Cassatt, and tho
charge was brought against tho
young lady by G. S. Itodgers, father
of the ten year old school pupH which
ho alfegei) sho bad flogged, unduly.
Miss Faircloth admitted the whipping
stating that the boy had been unruly
and she was determined to conquer
him.
Large crowds of county people
from the neighborhood of the school
wore here for the trial and many
witnesses were put up to testify,
alon? with the physician who tewti
ficd, as was also photographs taken
of the lad a short while after the
? thrashing was administered was plac
ed in evidence.
Miss Kaireloth was represented by
Attorney K. D. Blakeney while At
torneys 1/. A. Witlkowsky and L. A.
Kirkland represented Mr.'v Rodgers.
The jury was composed of Camden
business meaii?a\J married except one
?Tj ('. Shaw was foreman, the others
I being Willis Sheorn, L. Killings, W.
(J. Wilson, Jr.,, Hughey Tindall and
' Wiley IToguo.
Iowa Daily TricH Experiment
Dos Moines, Iowa, April 7.?Read
ers of the Des Moines Register which i
yesterday began an experiment in tho !
handling of crime stories on an inside
section much after the manner of
?ports and markets express differing
opinions on the value of the methdd.
ranging- from opposition to hearty en
dorsement in a symposium published
in the paper this morning.
A local circus man expressed the
belief that "thp publication of crime
news is helpful," and that the "great
; est correction of crime is the public
ity given it by newspapers."
j F. L. Osborne, a bond agent favor
j ed the plan because "he can clip, the
! crime news section out" before his
'children read the paper.
Messages received from editors, in
cluding Herbert Bayard Swope of the i
New York World,* expressed interest |
in the experiment which followed the \
passage of a' resolution by women's {
clubs of the city jusking elimination of
front page Prime stories.
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May Have Mill League
Mr. U. F. Cobb attended a uieet-1
ing of representatives of a number
of mill baseball clubs at the Jeffer
son Hotel in Columbia last Thursday
night. Tentative pl^ns for tho or
ganization * of a Textile Baseball
League were drawn up and certain
rules and restrictions made regard
ing players, etc. Mills represented
were Columbia Mills, Pacific Mills,
Winnsboro Mills, Hermitage and
Wateree. Great Falls also has ex
pressed a desire to enter the league
but were not represented. Another
meeting will be held.
If' the mill league is organized it
will mean that one or the other of
the Camden mill teams will play at
home every Saturday, insuring* pretty
good baseball at least once a week.
New Stamp* Will Be In Use Soon
Beginning April 15, the Camden
public will be introduced to several
new postage stamps, including the
following denominations: One-half
cent postage due stamps, one and
one-half cent stamps and twenty
cents and fifteen cents special deliv
ery stamps. The new stamps arc to
be used in connection with the recent
changes in postal rates.
The one cent and one-half c cent j
stamps are brown colored and carry
an engraving of the late President]
Harding. These stickers are to be
used on all postal cards, with the ex
ception of private mailing cards, and
also in maiVing third class matter
such as magazines and newspapers.
Private mailing cards will require two
cents under the new rates.
The one-half cent postage due
Ktamps will be sold after April 15.
Persons buying these stamps and
others with the fraction cent will bo
required to purchase a number suf
ficient to make the amount in even
figures.
The fifteen cents special delivery
stamps are to be used on all pareel*
weighing from two to ten pounds,
while the 20 ecnta special delivery
stamps Trill be a it* c bed to iifl par^
eels weighing over ten pounds.
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WIIX MKKT 8ATt'U!?A\
Homo Demonstration Clubs to Gather
. at Camden lligb School
The following letter has boon mail
oil to every member of every llom *
Demonstration Ofub |iv the county,
and it is hoped that each club will
be well represented. Kvery elub mem
ber is urged to come, and anyone who
is interested in H>mo Demonstration
work (t< cordially invited to be present.
It ?will bo a privilege to hear Hon.
\V. 0. doLoaeh of the Camden bar on
"Oitiucoship," and Miss Jane Ketehen,
who is particularly interested in our
Community Market, on "Marketing'"
"Dear Club Member : We have
chosen April 11 th as the date of our
next meeting of tihe Kershaw County
Council of Farm Women. We have
arranged a particularly good pro
giam for this meeting, which will in
clude several musical numbers, a re
port of,the worlc of each club in tho
county, and a talk by Miss* Jane
Ketehen, our marketing specialist. 1
hope that our district* agent, Mi i.
Plowden; will lie with us t<y>. Our
delegate to the Stat*' Short Course
at Winthrop will be .^elected, j\nd a
number of interesting matters will be.
discussed.
"This meeting 'AtM bo held in the
auditorium of the Camden High
school, Saturday, April 11th at 11:30
?and 1 trust that every elub woman
in the county will make .a special ef
fort to be present, and to make this
meeting the best we have ever had."
The following will be the program:.
('all to order.
Responsive reading and prayer,
Rev. Henry Collins, leader.
Roll call by clubs.
Music. Duet, Mrs. Blakeney Zemp,
Mrs. J. (I. Richards.
Minutes of last meeting.
Reports of clubs: Midway, l.ugoff,
Tim rod, Bethune, "Charlotte, Thomp
son, Kershaw, Cantey, Mt. Zion.
i Music?Solo, Mrs. L. W. Boykin, Jr.
Talk?Citizenship, W. B. deLoach,
attorney at law. 4
' Music--Duet, Mrs. J,. W. Boykin,
,'Jr., Mrs. Henry Boykin.
I Talk--Mnrketing, Miss Jane Keteh
en, marketing specialist, Winthrop
College.
"Our Goal for This Year," Mrs. IJ.
R** TruesdalOi .>?->. f
Reports of Girls' ClubJwork, Mrs.
McCaskili, Mill School, Mrs. Hinnant,
Pine Grove School, Mrs. Tompkins,
Shamrock School. ?
Reports of committers.
K lect'ion of delegate to State Shore
Course, June 5 to 12.
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Music.
Refreshments.
Court House Now Paid For.
Wo were shown a chock Tuesday
for $25;000 made jxiyable to the Na
tional Hank of Commerce, of New
York' City, in payment for the amount
due on the Kershaw County Court
IIou.se building* The court house wan
built in 1905 and twenty year bonds
were issued. This county is now free
of this indebtedness. This building
stands on the lot formerly occupied
by LaFayette Iiall, a historic resi
dence that was destroyed by fire.
Prior to the building of the new coyrt 1
house nearly all legal matters had to \
be transacted at the old court house
at the southern extremity of Broad
Street, which occasioned long walks
in the olden days. The clerk of court
and judge of probate had offices in
the old building, but the treasurer
and auditor had uptown offices on old
Law Range.
IMay at Truesdale School
The play "Deacon Dubbs" which
was presented at Piedmont school
house March 20 will be reproduced
at Truesdale school Friday night
April 10 at 8:30 o'clock. Come! Wo
promise you a hearty laugh. Admis
sion foe ten and fifteen cent?.
Leonard Hammond Injured
Leonard Hammond, son of Mr. and
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Mrs. S. D. Hammond, was quite se
riously Injured last Wednesday while
painting in the card room of the Wat
eree Mills. Young Hammond was on
a ladder and his. clothing became en
tangled in the shafting and he was.
thrown violently to the floor. His
right arm was broken in two places
and his left ankle eprained as well
as slight body brutoes.
This is the seco?d serious injury
to. Mr. Hammond recently. It will
(be remembered that last summer -
} while helping his father paint the
Wateree river bridge, he fell from
a high perch and broke bis leg. He
is . hard-Working yoang mgn and
his friends hope he WfU have atv<c
recovery.
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