The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 01, 1925, Image 9
)SK HUNDRED YKARH old
iarkuble Old Woman Resides In
Guatun County
ast-onia, April 4.?'Monday marked
birthday anniversary of tho old
living resident of Gaston county.
Henry C. (Granny) Ratchford
a one hundred! years old on that
(v. She was born in South Point
kvmhip March 30, 1825.
There is no guess work about Mr.],
itchford's age, as is the case with
i many who are reputed to lure
inched the century mark. The fig
fci iu"t< verified by references tu tho
lI Katchford family Bible, which in
ill in a fair state of preservation,
ic record was -written with a quill,
rends: "Mary C. Ratchford, born
inch 30, IH'25." This Hible was
i- property oS her parents, liobert
and Ann Ratchford, who AveIX) max ?
k>d August 15, \H22, according to
u> same record.
Mrs. l^atchford lives with her only
?), Rufus A. Uatchford, and a
aiidson, Duff Ka'tyfcford, <m the
tint* farm and in the same house
hero shir was born. This property
las purchased by her father about
80. The old building is still in a
[)<>;! ?-;at-c of preservation. The house
approximately 140 years of age.
is constructed of logs, but was
[uathcrboaTded. about fifty years ago.
|!ho original brick ochimney still
lands, and the old eighfoot fireplace
j there, with the pothooks of for
icr <lay.s still dangling ffom above,
he trmbers in the old house arc in
pparently perfect condition.
AI the foot of the hill is a mag
lifieent spring, now 11 effected, which
urnished water for the Ratchfoixis
or many years, until a modern well
vas dug- in 1885. A few hundred
lavds below, on the banks of the
trcam, there stood in the good old
lays a stillhouse owned by "Granny's'
father. It has, of course;, long since
lisappeared. But buried in the leaves
1 the bed of the stream there still
lie sections of the old gum log "race"
?.vhich carried the pure water of the
spring down to the stillhouse.
Up until last year "Granny" Ratch
ford was unusually active physically,
and regularly worked in the garden
and around the flowers and busied
herself with activities around the
house. She retains her sight and
hearing to a remarkable de-gree. One
does not have to talk to her in other
than the usual conversational tone.
She has always read a great deal,
and is a constant peruser of the daily
papers, and is well informed on the
events of the world. A bookcase over
against, the wall contains some vol
umes over a hundred years old.
"Granny" .hopes that she will be
?trong enough this spring to get out
in the gaixlen and around the house
and enjoy the out-of-doors. She
rather resents the insinuation that
she is not able to get about without
the aid of others. She does not use
a stick and does not wear glasses, ex
i ?'])t to read through. ?
In November, 1920 "Granny* RatCh-:
fotd cast her first vote, ft was for
?lames M. Cox for president. She
?iocs not smoke a pipe, as do so many j
of {he women of a former generation- j
She uses snuff to some extent, though!
out addicted to the habit. She is -ft
member of the Now Hope Presby- i
terian church. The farther she has J
ever been from her home was when
?he went to Waxhaw, Union county,
a distance of sixty-odd miles a few
years ago to visit her brother, the I
late Rev. W. W. Ratchford, who has
>inee died at the age of ninety-one. j
She made the trip in an automo
bile. in fact, she is very fond of
uuiomobiling, and takes a ride when
ever opportunity affords. She has vis
ited the Gaston county fair several
times. "Granny" has one son living,
*ix grandchildren and fifteen great
grandchild ren.
(ONFEDERATE REUNION
To He Held at Dalian, Texas, May
19th to 22nd, 192.r,
The Southern Railway has been
^elected as the official route fox the
Veterans, Sons of Veterans and others
who expect to attend the United Con
federate Reunion, and special through
Pullman sieoping cars aryd day
coaches will be operated from Colum
bia on Sunday, May 17th, via Atlanta,
Birmingham, Frisco System to Mem
phis, Cotton Belt Route.
Three cars will leave Columbia at
1:30 p. m. Sunday, 17th, arriving
Dallas, Tuesday morning May 19th.
Z The Veterans from the eastern part
of the state will assemble at Co
lumbia and those in the upper part
of the state will join the movement
at Greenville.
Very low round trip excursion
fares have been authorized on account
of this occasion.
For further information, Pullman
reiHrrvation, etc., apply to ticket
agents or address S. H. McLean, Dis
trict Passenger Agent, Columbia,
S. C\
A radiator cap painted with a
combination containing metallic -io
didee that jrill change color at leait
fifty tinea with heating and cooling
** MMm tms taMVtaMiMfts"
Jugo-Slav Tamburica Orchestra Unique Chautauqua Feature
The widely popular Jugoslav Tauaburtca Orelrt'ktra will be a delightful feiiHnrc of the coining Itedpath C'huutauquu
here, The music of JugoSlavlu lindn expression through m unique instrumentation. The national instrument is the
small and delicate tnmhurica npou which the tones of the cornet, clarinet, flute uixl oboe art' beautifully simulated.
In tlu* orchestra which will heard here the tamhurlcu will have a premier place. The one large instrui(tt*n! used'
is an oddly conntrUcteU buas viol which i? plucked with the finger*. Selections ranging from overtures, fru^? frveat
oiK'ras to light popular numbers played by this novel orc^e?tra are replete withmellow and resonant lovoMm'sp.
The Country Weekly
Somebody Is always taking the joy
out of life. There are those who
Would even pick a fuss between the
country weekly and the agricultural
press, if they could, admonishing the
country publisher in fatherly tones
to beware lest he lose his "cud." Why,
we don't' know. Mayhap it is more
for reasons of self-interest than for
any other. Then maybe it's an at-,
tempt to curry favor by that cheap
est and mushiest of all means ?
flattery. Hut whatever the cause, the
fact remains that when it comes to
the agricultural press and the coun
try weekly, there is no basis what
ever, for jealousy or antagonism. Each
? has its peculiar ifield as well as its
individual responsibility and individ
ual opportunity.
The country weekly under business
like management that is ably edited
has a typ<* of opportunity for service
that cannot bo duplicated by any oth
er publication. The agricultural press
has nothing to do with the promo
tion of local enterprise as such. Nor
is the agricultural paper interested
so directly in either local politics, or
local, civic, or social matters.^ With
reference to all of these problems the
country weekly has a field all its
own. How well the field of any paper
is occupied of course depends alto
gether on how thoroughly that paper
itself tries to occupy it. So in point
of actual fact, the agricultural pa
per does not interfere in the least
Jury Would Sign To Pardon
Deepest sympathy is felt by the
members of the jury who 'convicted
Policeman K. Morris MoFadden, for
the unfortunate young policeman, it
was stated to The Yorkville Enquirer
this morning by a member of the
jury. The juror said that he was
convinced that a number, if not all,
of the 12 would gladly sign a pe
tit ion asking Governor McLeuJ to
pardon the convicted defendant in
the noted case.?1-Enquirer.
v" . I
with the country weekly's opportun
ity. ^
There is perhaps no better way to
state our attitude than to say that
it is our conviction that no farmer
of any county should try to get along
without his favorite local paper, nor
should he attempt to do without his
agricultural paper. As stated already,
each ministers in a peculiar way to
his needs. The one supplements the
other. Each, therefore, is necessary
to that full understanding of local
problems and opportunities and '.o
that complete knowledge every farm
er should have of the larger as -well
asi more intimate phases of his life.
Anybody that would have him or the
publisher of the country weekly feel
otherwise is an enemy to both, con
sequently to society as a whole. Peel
ing as we do, it is our wish to see
the country weekly prosper.? South
ern Rurnlist.
It Is Really Coming
A single office building in Atlanta,
Go., is to cost $0,00.0,000; and Har
vard University is to build a busi
ness school at Brighton, Mass., for
which it appropriates $5,000,001).
Xe\\| irrigation works at .Grass Val
ley, California, will cost $7,500,000;
a hotel in Portland, $2,000,000; a
Presbyterian temple-church at Dallas,
Texas, will cost $2,000,000; a bridge
at Wilmington, N. C., will cost $1,
500,000; a hotel and garagr at In
dianapolis will represent $3,500,000;
the Rainier-Longview bridge across
the Columbia will cost $2,000,000; a
hydro-electric system at Leeper, Mo.,
will tost $3,500,000; Gulfport, Miss.,
will spend $1,500,000 on roads an<l
bridges. These items are taken at
random from all over the county, as
Indications that business conditions
generally are good and that "people
have faith in the future. The record
of employme-nt and investment is the
result of sound public consciousness
- ahe condition which makes pros
perity.? Rock Hill Record.
For' more -than two years the sun'>
heat at the tropics has been from
one to two per cent below normal,
but at present it is up to normal
again.
Half of the Irish immigrants U>
the United States camo before 1867
while half of the Italian immigra
tion has come since 1006.
HUD
again
Reduces Prices
Effective Midnight, April 25
Hudson Super-Six Coach
$1250.
Was $1,345
Five Passenger Sedan $1695
Was $1795
Seven Passenger Sedan $1795
Was $1895 '
All Prices?Freight and Tax Extra
This is in line with Hudson's Policy of always
giving the world's greatest value
World's Greatest Buy
Everyone Says It?Sales Prove It
LITTLE MOTOR COMPANY
DISTRIBUTORS
T. LEE LITTLE) Manager CAMDEN. S. C.
Given Six Yearn
Spartanburg, April 24?Found guil
ty of manslaughter in conniption with
the fatal shooting of K. l?, Homgrgs,
nitfkj manager of 1he Piedmont hotel)
on Matfpolia street, Rosalie Moaeley, I
22 year old negro woman, was sen
tenced by Judge M. L, ltonham yester
day to serve six years in the state
penitentiary.
According to evidence adduced, from j
witnesses on bath sides, several
negroes were on a masquerade party
on Hallowe'en night last year and
stopped before the hotel while tier
tha CJarrettj dressed as a man, filter
ed and asked permission to speak to
the porter* Mr. SeriHpg^, thinking
she was a man, asked her to remove
her hat, and when she refused the
manager attempted to eject her from
the lobby, At this juncture, Rosalie
MoscU-y entered the building', drew
a revolver and shot Mr. Si-ruggs in
the baek. The Moseley . woman said
she shot only after Svruifgs had
reached in his hip pocket for a bot
tle with which to strike her sister.
Five Children Within a Year
Anderson, April 23. The birth of
triplets this morning: establishes a
record of five children born to Mr
and Mrs. Fugene' Clarence Fields, of
the llo)K well-section of this coun'y.
within the past ten months.
All three of the children weighed
A?ur and one-half pounds each at
1 irtfi and are living".
Mr. and* Mi's. Fields, are both,'.HQ
^veajs (if age and" live on the farm
of M1. n., M. Duckworth. Twins, a
boy and a girl were horn .June 111,
1024 an 1 the triplets,, two girls an 1
a buy, \\lie.born this morning, a to
tal of five children in just about ten
months. Mrs. Fields, who spent yes
terday at work in the field is doinj?
nicely.
Chester Child Killed
Chester, April 23,?Vernon Lee
Cudd, five year old son ot Mr. and
Mrs. L, C. Cudd of the Baldwin mills,
was run over and fatally injured at
the Baldwin mills by an automobile
driven by Miss Inez Holder. The
child was rushed to the Pryor hos
pital but died about an hour afte;
ln?ing strucK. His skull was frac
tured. It se'ems that the little fel
low wanted to cross the street and
had his eye on a car that was ap
proaching but evidently did not see
Miss Holder's car, for just as soon as
the first car passed he attempted to
dart across the street and was struck
by Miss Holder's car, Which was be
ing driven, it is said, at a moderate
rate of speed.
For a year, Dr. William 11 awes,
founder of the Royal Humane Society
of London in 1774 for the purpose of
rendering "First Aid" in cases of
drowning, offered a reward out of his
own pocket to .anyone bringing .1
body rescued from the water within
a reasonable time of immersion.
Traips passing through Kansas
may now toot the regular VVhooo,
whooo, wooo-wooo, the same as in
other states, the statute calling for
three instead of four blasts being
recently revised.
Honor Roll Antioch School
The following names are the ones
who are on the honor roll for Antioch
school:
January
First grade?Leona Belvin, Joe
Corbitt, Arthur Holland, Bernice Hol
land, Bessie Lee Joy, Leroy Marsh,
Mary Pate, Marie Rogers, Marion
Shiver, Iris Arnold.
Second grade- -J. C. Branham.
Third grade?I>acy Galloway, Sam
Spears.
Eighth grade ? I^oyd Davis, Henri
etta Joy.
Tenth grade?Marie Watson.
Eleventh grade ? Myrtle Smith,
Lecene Corbitt.
February
First grade?Iris Arnold, Marie
Rogers, Bessie Lee Joye, Arthur Hol
land, Joe Corbitt, Leona Bclvin, Le
roy Marsh, Mary Pate, Marlon Shi
ver, Bernice Holland.
Third grade*?I^acy Galloway, Sam
Spears.
Fourth grade?Audry Arrants.
Sixth grade?Irene Hill, Lilliaa
Watkins, Sadie Pate.
Seventh grade?Ixmn Smith.
Eighth gTade?Loyd Davis, Henri-'
etta Joye.
Ninth grade?Margaret Johnson.
Tenth grade?Marie Watson.
Eleventh grade ? Myrtle Smith, i
Olive Davis, Ivouise Pate, Lecene Cor-1
bitt, Maie MoCaskill.
March
First grade?Elma Arrants, Le-:
ona Belvin, Alice Branham, Jo<* Cor-!
bitt, Hollie Crossland, Mike Cross
land, Arthur Holland, Bernice Hoi-!
land, Bessie Lee Joye, I>eroy Marsh,!
Mary Pate, Marie Rogers. Marion
Shiver.
Second grade J. C. Branham, Rob
ert Rogers.
Third grade?Katherine Crossland,
Ij&cy Galloway, I?ma Hinson, L. E.
Peeples, Sam Spears.
Fifth grade?Audry Arrants, Marie
Sparrow.
Sixth grade?Irene Hill, Lillian
Watkins, Jessie Mae Sinclair.
Seventh grad??Lena Smith.
Eighth grade?Henrietta Joye,
Loyd Davis.
Ninth grade?Margaret Johnson.
Tenth grade?Mane Watson, Male
Wataon,
Eleventh grade ? Maie McCaikill,
Ltmime Pate, OlWe Duvifl.
SKAItOAKf) WINS SUIT
(?rowing Out of DumaRt'H To < ar by
Seaboard Nrar Camden
I nwMinr ii' 1'x * '
A ft or deliberating f\>v several hours
the jury in- Ihe ease of Hoy ward
(Jack) Reavta against tho Seaboard
Air Lino Kailroad returned a ver
tJit*t in favor <xf tho defendant. This
vaj?e was a suit for duiun^cs t?> tho
amount of $1*0,000, ami grow out >f
the collision of tho automobile
which M?. Rcnvos \va* a pasMivgOi'
with a Seaboard !?< ight train near
tho oily -limit's <vf Cimuloiy, about a
year ago.
Tho case was LaKiM up by th?
spring ,torm of oo?n?a >n j>;< as court
for Loo courtly, with Judge J. K;
Henry, of Oh<ster, preaidiiifc, Thurs
day morning of last week. Tho tes
timony and afVuuton^K oP lawyei>
consumed practically a*ll of Thursday
and Friday. 1 /I\'a jury ;ufirod Friday
night with tho widtnee, and rutunnoU
a aealod verdict* Saturday morrtini;'
shortly after oovi- i convened tho ve? -
diet was road.
This case was a hard fought legal
battle, with splendid legal talent on
both sides. Kvory inch of Kt'ouiUl
was contested, and quite a largo. num
her of people? wore poest nt through
out tho ni.ii'. Thoro are several oth ?v
or oases on the docket growing out of
the same accident. The CP so of
Iiodges .Mooro against tho Seaboanl
tried last yoar, in which iMr. Mooiv
was awarded damages, was the firs',
ease to be tried, and.is now before
tho supremo ;court on an appoftl,;
Hishopvillo Messenger.
I'almcttn Towns' tMd Nairn's
The towns of South Carolina art'
named largely for familioK of promi
nence in their IrtenlH'ies during the
past. There are two municipalities in
the state, however, which bear the
names of foreign countries?Denmark
and Switzerland.
Among the towns- whose names
show a foreign influence dating back
to the time of their settlement might
be mentioned Abbeville, named for
the city of that name in old France;
Charleston, bearing the name of tho
ruling sovereign of Great Britain at
;iie t.tne of its settlement, as well
as GeorgeUjwn, also on thV coast.
Walhalla, high In the Piedmont re
gion of the state, bears the name of
the abode of the gv>ds in Norse myth
ology. As to odd?ties in the names of
towns, that of Green Sea is only to bj
matched by the name of Green Pond.
The names themselves suggest their
origin. There also is" a "White Pond.
Many ]>ersons have beeti heard to
express a liking for the name Monck's
Corner, due to its quaintness. There is
Kingstree, a name also denoting an
object, as well as White Hock, Silver
Street, Cold I'nyH and Honea Path.
Fort Mill also presents an odd com
bination in its name. It is said that
the town^took its name from an old
Indian fort in the community ami
from a grist mil'l which Was located
on the Catawba river or a creek near
the site of the to*wn.
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Collins' Body Recovered
Cave City, Ky., April 22.?The body
of Floyd Collins, cave explorer, who
died from hunger and exposure when
trapped in Sand Cave late in January,
today was freed from its natural un
derground prison and 'moved from be
neath the rock that ipinned it to tho
bottom of the seventy-foot shaft, W.
Hunt, Central City, Ky., engineer
said early today.
The body was in good condition,
considering the time it had been ex
posed to the underground elements,
Hunt said, adding that the corpse
Svould be raised froTJa the shaft tJ
the surface at o'clock tomorrow
morn Lng.'
Examination -of the rock that fell
on Collins and pinned him in the
death trap showed that it weighed
only seventy-five pounds, Hunt said.
Sentences Negro to legislature.
Spartanburg, April 24.?Tho Yno.-a
extraordinary sentence ever given a
man in General Sessions court here
was imposed on John Ivennius, 29
year old negro, Convicted of issuing a
fraudulent cheek todoy. In sentenc.
ing the negro, Judge M. L. Bonhani
of Anderson, said, "I sentence you to
serve for a period of four months on
the public works of Spartanburg ?
county, or that you serve a' like sen
tence in the State legislature."
The negro hung his head and the
court room laughed.
Judge Bonham then amended the
sentence, changing the word "Legis
lature" to "penitentiary." After coun
adjourned, the judge declared that he
had slipped and laughiogly added:
"If the newspapers get this I sup
pose I'll be ruined."
Catholic Church Services
Services at the Catholic church on
Sunday, May 3rd, will be as follows:
Sunday school at 0 a. m.; mass and
sermon at 10 a. m. All are invited
to these services.
i More than 30 per cent of the pau
I pers in American afamiftroaea are
j?over seventy year* of age.