The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 17, 1925, Image 3
Pioneer Stage Driver Dead
Ueno, Nevada, April ll?J. M. Ben
ton, HH, pioneer stage driver and
stage line ownar o? California and
is dead at his homo ii\ (*?r
on CHV, NVvada. It was in utn ot
. i staKcs Jhat Hank Monk drovo
I forage (iroeley over the Sierra Ne?
;<da Minmitains to I'larervillo. Arte
ht j , ? _*i. j.?i"
lllU.t U.UUUHJI
\ >10 ht?d left a record of the trip,
K, nliiii was born in SUuIhmi uhiii
v, New, Vork, and crossed the plains
n I860, settling in (-arson Citv in
y : ? > ' ? '
Tobacco seed, from which cigarct
obacco is grown, is so tiny that a
ingle tablespoonful will product?
ants enough to cover ten acres.
? Boy Frustrates Plot
, Pine Muff, Ark., April U. ? An 11
year old boy latr today frustrated ;v
plot by which J. C. Kinney, hold, as
a "KO-U tvw t m" in thv $'2,000,000
Rondoat,;Hl., mail robbery, hoped to
q*oap? from ifco J?fffriion County
jail hcM e. The youth repoi tod t.> jail
aythoritit'.v that he saw U. T. Mi
l<anivi?, a visitor to the prison, pass
.oniethin^ through the bats t<> Ab
Kinney. . ?,/
IK^?ui> sheriffs iiishiti to Mr-Kin
ft:} i lii'id' thr uu'iiit nt had bn n
Sported t?P thom. A search revealed j
MeKinney had hidden in his cell a j
<iuantity oV ammunition, saws and
files, an, I was aimed with a revolw..
\Jc Daniels was arrested tonight at'
Hon ton, Avk.
No. :m
STATEMENT of the condition of
LOAN AND SAyiNGS BANK
J,0( AThD A 1 ( A!M1)1'.X, S. AT THE CI.OSK OF BUSINESS
v apimi, <;th, hi
Kesoqrcea. , V
l^Hhs mid Discounts . . . l% /Wr* - . . $ 409,1# J ,79
? tvt'idiafts , 8 507 90
iU.iuls and Slocks Owned by the Hank '.?..!!! '>5 709 'Xi
Furniture and Fixtures . . &'Wli ft?
Due from Banks and Hankers ^ 441)80,92
Ctirrtfncy .............. ? 4,640.00
{ ? l<? . ' jJAfl en
Silver and Other Minor Coin , , . 2 424!?5
Checks and Cash Items 12 871 99
Total , . |jp . . . . ip $514,050.08
Liabilities.
< apital Stock I'aid lii. $ 100,000.00
Undivided Profits, less. Current .Expenses and Taxes Paid . 12,350.40
Dividends Unpaid 4.00
Individual Deposits Subject to Cheek, . . . , . . 277,696.12
Savings Deposits ............ . 101,751.12
Time Certificates of Deposit.............. ' 20,8,46.16
Certified Checks . 96.29
Cashier's Checks 1,300.59 401,690.28
Total . . .\ . . > . . . I . $514,050.68
State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw.
Before me came Thos. J. Kirkland, President of thp above named bank
who, being duly s^orn, says tL t the above and foregoing statement Is a true
condition of said bank-, as shortn by the book)* of said bank.
THOS. J. KIRKLAND.
Sworn to and Subscribed before uie this 15th day of April, 1925.
Correct ? Attest: . n John Whitakej, Jr., Notary Public*
Jno. T. Nettles 1 0<
T. L. Little * .
F. M. Wooten,
Directprs. , ...
Bank No. 67289.
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
BANK OF BETHUNE
LOCATE!) AT BETI1UNE, S. C., AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON
APRIL 6TH, 1925
Resources" t
Loans and Discounts .. . < \ . . . $124,070.5d
Overdrafts, secured 1,687.95; unsecured 284.28 ... . . . .-. .... - 1,972.23
Bonds and '?Stocks Owned ' 12,360.00
Furniture and Fixtures . . 2,395.45
Hanking House ....... " 1,482.00
Other Heal BJstate Owned 17,023.68
I )ue l'rom Banks and Bankers 24,631.03
Currency** 4,005.00
Gold . . .' ..... 263.50
Silver and other minor coin f. 493.50
Checks and Cash Items ? ? 4,235.34
Other Resources, viz: School Claims Kershaw County . 265.00
Total , . , ...... $193,197.20*
Liabilities ? "
Capital Stock Paid in .$ 15,000.00
Su r j> lus Fifnd'r. ; VTT7~.~. rrv . Yi7; 7 T * ? ??? 10,000.00
Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid..... 2,753.36
Individual Deposits subject t? check. 97,049.85
Savings 'Deposits . . . ..... ???''' ''9,795.03
Time Certificates of Deposit 47,910.60 i
Cashier's (Checks 688.45 155,443.93
Hills Payable." including Certificates for -Money Borrowed .. 10,000.00
Total $193,197.29
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Kershaw % - '
Before me came G. E. Parrott, Cashier of the above named bank, wjio be
Idk duly sworn, sa>s that the above and foregoing statement Is a true condi
tion of *snid bank, hs shown by the books of said hank.
G. E. Parrott, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed be|ore me this 13fh day of April, 1925.
< \>rn? t Atteft: H. F. LEE,
A. B. McLaari'i, , ? Notary Public for S. O.
N. A. Bcthune *? ^
G. B. King -a
Directors.
HOMES FOR SALE
? v ? ? ?y
Six room bungalow, double concrete wall con-,
struction, laJke corner lot! south and east exposure,
charming outlook, best residence section. You will
recognize a real value at $5,250.00.
Eleven room brick residence, ideally located for
exclusive rooming. house withiarge rooms for tea room
and shop, could not he replaced for $15,000, large
lot, fronts sodth, our price for quick sale is only $10,000 '
We have a number of beautiful old homes with
the typical Southern atmosphere which we will take
pleasure in showing you. The prices are reasonable.
FARMS FOR SALE
100 acre farm two miles north of Camden, young
orchard, 35 ?cres in cultivation, 65 acres pasture and
woods, two clear water streams, large new born and
good servant house. If interested see us at once. -Th ca
price' is o,ne vou will not ask us to reduce.
BUILDING LOT
? Let us heLp you select a homesite. You may have
the impression that lotn are high. We are fortunate
to offer a few well located lots at most reasonable
figures. Let us prove it..;
- Tell us what you want and we will try to find it.
We will not take up ydtir time trying to sell you prop*
erty that does not suit you. _ ^
C. P. DuBOSE & CO.
a Pn.A..\T 19
After 6 p. m. ?*H N. C. Xrnett, Phone 321
Dob i t forget u. when you i,?d Fire Insurance. *
VERDICT FOR $17,000
Judge Memminger Tells Why He
Denied Swift '<& C'o. New Trial
(Chester News)
Owe of the largest verdict* rf.il*
dei'^I in favor of a plaintiff in Ches
ter in recent years was that of Wed
:;csd;?j *4?vu a jury nwaruea I>ir. ami
Mrs. I ). Watson Uarnes, administra
tor and administratrix of the estat
of I.ouise Uuines, a verdiet of $17,000
against Swift and Company.
Tin- suit was the result of .a truok
OWntfd by Swift and Company and
dtiwn by lionu'j' Br At ton, colored,
striking the child, inflating wounds
from which she died soon after. One J
half >( t be amount was 'awarded as
punitiye damages and the other half
avlual damages. ^ud|j? Memmin-j
Ker denied the defendants a new trial.
They have tc'n days in whii'h to make
an appeal.
In denying the defendants a nelv
trial J udge Memminger said:
14 1 must say the case occurred to
mft 4s tme'of absolute clear liabHity,
after I heard the testimony. And
also the ease of punitive damage*,
it was on the basis that no doubt,
the brakes on the truck were defec
tive. That knowledge was , brought
home to the offi< ?> qf Swift and Com
pany through the driver, who hesi
tated to-' use the truck any more
who didn't want to take it out any
more. Nevertheless, j it was carried
on and used in their business, That
yvas bringing home to their knowledge
a defective instrumentality they were
going to put on the. road. It was
only a matter of one or two feet
difference if those brakes had slowed
up at all. The thing that struck me
most in the case was the utter reck
lessness of the driver, seeing those
children as he must have seen them,
not in slowing his car, , True, he may
have . been running over fifteen or
twenty miles ? the ordinance says he
must run it with due regard to the
safety of the people. Here is Swift
and Company's big truck which he
had warned them was unsafe as to
brakes. He sees children coming
from' school, on the streets. Now,
he sdidn't have good brakes, he goes
right on. Any man who exercises
due care, and saw those children
there ought to have slowed Jbjmt true?;
down. Every one knows' you can't
count what children are going to
do; and that is - what a real careful
man should have done. That is where
I . think he slipped up. terribly. He
came, down there and t6ok a chance;
and if they arc not liable to punitive
damages on that,- I don't see how a
case could be established; and if they
had it fixed?and if he had had good
brakes, running as he was, he could
have avoided it; and if he knew he
didn't have good brakes, he ought to
put his car under complete c&Vtrol,
and, if necessary, wredc it the
?side of the road, if necessary fo keep
from killing the child. ,
,The actual damages, the law gives j
a wide jatitudc to the jury, .in pro
portion to the injury sustained.. It
is not a pecuniary loss, by the death
of the child, proportioned to th^ ih j
jury which they sustained by reason
of the death of that child, to say
$8500.00 is too much for that, would
be> just as arbitrary on my part ?
1 don't know why in the world 1
should be called upon to say that is |
i too much; I don't think it is. Swift :
& Company is known as a big con- I
i cern; general observation indicates!
that; and the jury measured out the
amount of damages there, which is
I- not, excessive to stop these ' people j
| from running these cars and trucks
j indiscriminately over them and kill
ing them. The trouble is they try
| so many men in Criminal Court and
i acquit them; and they drive these
I cars around the streets in jeopardy
[ to every grown people, and not only
! -children. T will have to let the ver
dict stand."
; Swift and Co/npany was represent
, ed by Gaston and Hamilton of Ches
, ter, and Nelson and Mullens of Co
! lumbia. The plaintiffs Mr. and Mn.
i: Barnes, were represented by ttamp
hill and Hemphill of Chester.
First Indeterminate Sentence
Gaffney, April 13. ? The first inde
terminate sentence ever imposed it
is believed in South Carolina was
passed upon a defendant in eourt of
General Sessions here this morning
by Judge Mill edge L. Bonham, act
ing under authority of an act passed
by the South Carolina General As
sembly at the session just closed. Ar- 1
thur Martin, convicted of car break i
in# and larceny, was sentenced to
serve from four to eight years upon
the public works of the county.
Heretofore under South Carolina
law the judge has been required to
name an exact period of service apd
today's sentence was the first of the
kind imposed in this state since the
indeterminate sentence act became a
Ifcw / ' ; .
A ^old-plated walking ?tjck with *)
perfume ho!d?r in the top wa? c*r*
m h? liuty viii/
South Carolina Fishery Xearl> Double
The catch of fish and shell fi h i?l
South Carotin* waters in 1923 was
ncarl> double that of 1018, according
to a .statistical bulletin of the South
Atlantic States! just issued l\y the
Bureau of Fisheries of the Commerce
Department. The total catch in 1 ?
amounted to fi.7il.127!) viAie I
at $'28-1.701. as' compared with 3,746,
082 pounds, valued a: $207,000 uu
1 1 ' I v
I'll; eateh of oysters i'neve:t-e<{ frotr.
37l?,<t90 bushel.s valued at $90,542 in
1018, to 718, HOC. valued at $113,055,
ip 1923; hriinp from 55,400 pounds
valued at $(>,220 to 355,000 pound <
valued at $12,425; mullet from 200,
750 pounds valued at $128,120, to 105,
50' i pounds valued at $35,200; sea
ha s from 1. '>2,000 pounds* valued at
$1 3,200 to 218,000 pounds valued at
$20,300; anil spot from 02,550 pounds
valued, at $4,439 to IOti,MM) pounds
valued at $8,4J?Q. i With an awakened
public interest in the importance of
building up its fisheries within the
stati', there should be a steady growth
Itlut increased production, especially
In the harvest of oysters, in the de
velopment of ?<ysirr fanning-, anil
proper tare of the natural rock.
? Included in .the group of South At
lantic states are North and South
Carolina, Georgia and the east coast
of Florida. In this geographical sec
tion t lie re were more than 15,000 per
sons engaged in the fisheries, the
investment was $7,424,000, and the
vatch exceeded ' 332,600,000 pounds
valued at $5,348,000. Compared with
'1918, there was an increase of 8,000,
0Q0 pounds in the catch of shrimp,
and 757,000 busheds of oysters. The
catch of bluefish, catfish, croaker, and
flounders more than doubled. On the
other hand, there was a considerable
decrease in the catch of such impor
tant food fishes as river herring, mul
let, and Spanish mack^ral.
Wine sold foil three cents a quart
in the early Homan Empire days.
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that a Meet
ing of the stockholders of the| Caro
lina Ice Company will be held in the
office of L. A. Wittkowsky at Cam
den, South Carolina, Friday, May 1st,
1925, for the purpose of considering
a resolution to dissolve said corpora
tion.
(Signed) FRANK K. BULL,
4 sb Ma ority Stockholder.
FINAL DISCHARGE
Notion, is hereby given that one
month from this date, on Tuesday,
April 28th, 1925, 1 will make to the
Probate Court of Kershaw County my
final return as Administrator of the
estate of Eli Arledge, deceased, and
on the same date I will apply to the
said Court for a final discharge as
said Administrator.
L. C. CLYBURN.;
Camden, S. C? March 20, 1925
|
FINAL DISCHAKGK
Notice is hereby given thut one
month * from this date, on Monday,
May 4th, 1025, I will make to the
Probate Court of Kershaw County
my final return as guardian of Blako
Wilbur Keily, hi: having attained his
majority, and on the same date I
will apply to the sartd court for a
final discharge from my trust as said
guard ia n.
MRS. KATE KELLY.
Camden, S. C., March .'{Oth, 1025.
FIN A I. DISCHARGE
^Notice is hereby given that one
month from this date, on Monday,
April 27th, 1025, I wjll make to the
Probate Court of Kershaw County
my final . retui n as Executrix of the
estate of J. Sumter Khame, deceas
ed, and on the same date 1 will apply
to the said court for a final dis
charge as said Executrix. *
MRS. MAGGIE K. RHAME.
Camden, S. C., March 26th., 1025.
County of Kershaw. *?
~ j ? .1
By W. L. McDowell, Esquire, Pro
bate Judge.
Whereas, Pauline Gary made suite
to me to grant her Ix'tters of Ad
ministration of the Estate of and
effects of Edward Brooks.
These are, therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kin
dred and creditors of the said Ed
ward Brooks deceased, that they be
and appear before me, in the Court
of Probate, to be held at Camden,
South Carolina on Saturday, April
25th, ne-xt after publication thereof,
at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show
cause, if any they have, why the said
ad ministration should not.be granted.
Given under my hand, this 11th
dav of April, A. D. 1025.
\v. l. Mcdowell,
Judge of Probate for Kershaw County
Published on the 17th and 24th
days of April, 102f>, in the Camden
Chronicle and posted at the Court
House door for the time prescribed
by law.
State -of South Carolina,
County of Kershaw.
By W. L. McDowell. Esquire, Pro
hate Judge.
Whereas, Catherine Gooden made
suit to me to grant her letters of
Administration of the estate of and
effects of Haskell Gooden.
These are, therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kin
dred and creditors of the said Haskell
CITATION
State of South Carolina
CITATION
Carolina on Saturday, April 25th next
after publication thereof, at 11
o'VJofck in the forenoon, to show
i.eause, if any they have, why the anid
administration should not be granted.
Given under n\y hand, this, nth
day of April, A. D. li>2,r>,
\V, !.. Me DOW ELI.,
t udge. of Probate for Kershaw County
...? ?U.. * 7* X; Jit);
day* of April, 1UU5, in the Canulen J
Chronicle and p6*Vcd at the Court
Mouse <1imu far the tiuu! prescVtbcd'
by law.
"citation
The* Stall- Of South Carolina,
< QUhty of Kershaw .
liy \V. L. McDowell. ICsquiie. I'ru- !
baW .huluv. ?
Whereat. A. McDowell m^wjfe su>fcl
to im- .to $rant him Le^r* o<" Ad*
ministration of the Estate of and
i ffwift of a. McDowell.
These are, therefore, to cite, invt
adihontah all and singular the kin
i|red ami creditor* of the said J. A.
McDowell .deceased, that they be and
appear before we ^n the Court ot
Probate, (o I"' hi M at Camden, South
Carolina v>n April 17th, next after
pijljlicjitior. thereof, 1 ' o'eJoCk in
iiu> forenoon to s1u>w i atm\ If iny
the\ have, why the said admiuUtra
1 ion shonld hot 1>? anted.
tiivoh under my hand, this 3rd day
of April. V. 4 >. 1 1125.
\V . i.. Mi- now i;u.(
Judge of iVebato for Kershaw County
, Published on the 1 Oth and 17th
days of April, 1 in the Camden ??
?Chronicle, and posted at the Court
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h> law.
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/ ' '
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