The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 26, 1925, Image 4
Announcement
We the undersigned wish to inform the
public that due to very poor collections, we
find ourselves forced to eliminate all cus
tomers who do not pay their accounts
promptly. We will, therefore, commencing
July 1 st, refuse further credit to any customer
who does not pay his account on or before
the I Oth of the month following statement.
CAROLINA MOTOR COMPANY
U. N. MYERS
PARKVIEW FILLING STATION
BEARD'S GARAGE
SPEEDWAY FILLING STATION
HASTY'S BATTERY SERVICE
DeKALB SERVICE STATION
BROADWAY GARAGE
SMITH'S GARAGE
BEARD FILLING STATION
KERSHAW MOTOR COMPANY
DeLOACHE MOTOR COMPANY
CITY FILLING STATION
W. O. HAY
LITTLE MOTOR COMPANY
We invite Your Investigation
ou cannot get along in this world w ith
out trusting somebody. In matters of money
it is most sensible to trust an institution. Th is
bank is safeguarded in a hundred ways such
as no individual man cou Id be. We invite
your investigation.
The First National Bank
KILLS INSANE NEGRO
ll?d At tal ked Two Policemen On
Street* of Charleston
I Charleston, .June 20.? Kd Singleton,
a -crazy negro, died at the Hoper hos
pital this itoorning from two bullet
wounds inflicted by Policeman C. K.
Weatherford, who, hemmed in the
corner of the insane ward lipid attack
ed by the man, fired in seHrdefense.
Karly this morning Singleton came
up to the Policeman Pedi on King
street at Spring street and told him
to look down the street to see if there
was not a fight going on. As Pedi
turned, Singleton knocked him. down
and ran yelling towards Columbus
sfteet, where he tried the same trick
On another policeman. Here about
half a dozen men, who happened to
be near overpowered Singleton and
the police patrol happening to pass
on an emergency call to assist the
ambtilanec of the Roper hospital,
which stalled in a hole was stopped.
Policeman Stcbner and Weather
ford were in the patrol wagon. Sin
gleton fought viciously, lunging at
the policemen as he was carried to
the Roper hospital. He was put in
the insane ward, and Stcbner and
Weritherford attempted to remove the
handcuffs. When the man was freed,
Wcatherford found himself unable to
get t ? ? the door. Singleton hit Stcb
ner., but he dodged. Then the wild
man attacked Wcatherford. lie fought
?like an animal, mauling hint in the
head and e losing his eye. Weather*
? ford, wi?:> is a small man, retreated
t.? the cornel' and Singleton who
weighed something over 200 pounds
and who was over six feet tall, be
gan biting clawing the policeman and
then attempted to choke him.
j Weatherford hit him with his
j "billy", but hi.s blows were ineffec
tive. Then he shot the man through
the body. With this, Singleton charg
ed dfiwn the . hospital corridor. Doc
tors and nurses were forced to cover
' and it was an alarming situation with
the raving man at liberty with many
patients helpless in the wards. He
entered a small unoccupied room
however, and locked himself up. Wea
therford knocked the door down and
brought the wounded man still lignt
?ing, out.
As the nurses were preparing him
for an operation on the operating
table, he grabbed a razor from one
of them and with a swish that bare
| ly missed several of them, sent it
j crashing against the wall. He died
about "> o'clock this morning. Chief
I of Police Thomas P. Rutledge rushed
! to the hospital. Policeman Weather
i ford was badly bruise^ and swollen
| today. H's finger had been severely
j bitten 'by the maniac.
WHITE KETl'KN ADDRESS
Estimated 21,000,000 Letters Yearly I
(?'?> To Dead Letter Office
There is something of sacred nos.*
about the contents of a letter. The
writer often reveals more of himself
on the written page than he would in
direct conversation. This revelation
of course, is designed only for the
j eyes of the correspondent.
! In this country a wholesome respect
has been huiit up for the sanctity of
a letter but it is not so respected in
many other countries where the open
ing and reading of sealed mail be
comes, at times, so prevalent that
the practice has earned the appelation
"cracking seals."
The average American would be I
filled with wrath and the timid soul ?
would shrink with horror at the j
thought of a third person, and a
! stranger at that, reading his "per
i sonal correspondence."
I Yet. that is exactly what happens
i to 2 1 .000,000 letters a year and will
j continue so long as letter writers
i fail to put return addresses on their
envelopes.
When a letter." without a return
a<Mr? ?<*. can not be delivered for any
reason, it is sent, after a certain time,
to the dead letter office.
There it is opened and read ? not
for ? he possible scandal it may con
tain but with a view to finding some
ciu< which will enable forwarding on
! < i the addre?^e or returning to the
sende! .
Out of t \*?j y five letters received
at the dead letter office such a clue
is found in one and it is sent merrily
on its delayed way to one or the other
of the two persons most interested in
its disposition. The other four are
destroyed.
Every person knows his own ad
dress and if he would put it on the
envelope, the contents would remain
inviolate and the letter would be re
turned with notice of non-delivery.
Not only that but the dead letter
office and all its attendant expense
would tfo out of business because less
than one letter in a hundred reaching
that institution contain* a return ad
dress.
About 2,000,000 miles of cloth is
bleached annually in Great Britain.
When
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TWO OFFICERS KILLED
' When Prohibition Agents Me?j.t i"
Dark and Shot It Out
Huntington, W. Va., June 20. ? Two i
prohibition officers were killed and a
third probably fatally wounded in a
gun battle along Camp creek in Cabel
county early today between two
groups of officers who mistook each
other for moonshiners.
William F. Porter, thief federal
prohibition officer in the Huntington
district, was killed instantly, and
<ie'Tge Hell, ' hief of the state pro
hibition officers, died a few hours
later in a hospital here. W. H. Work
man, another state officer, is not ex
pected to recover.
F. J. Poo, a state officer, was ar
rested and committed to the county
jail on a homicide charge in connec
tion with Porter's death.
Homer Joy, another federal offi
cer, said he was sleeping on a hill
overlooking the scene of the suspect
ed still when he heard shooting.
He flashed his light and recognized
Ball in the state forces. Tie yelled
to the man to stop .shooting but could
not be heard above the din. Porter
had thrown F. J. Hoe, a state officer
to the ground and was grappling with
Jiim, Joy said. Porter was believed
to have recognized Poe and started
*o let him up, thinking Poe also
recognized hi-m. Then, Joy said, Poe
fired at Porter. Joy covered Poe
with his gun and ordered him to dis
arm before Poe realized that he had
been fighting fellow officers. A
party of young men returning from
a hayride. came upon Workman anJ
Porte; r lying by the roadside on the
Wayne road and brought them to
Huntington. Porter was dead and
Workman was shot through the head
and shoulder. He was taken to the
Huntington hospital in a serious con
dition.
Caldwell Removed To Pen.
Columbia, June 12. ? Albert H.
Caldwell, law student who is fac
ing a burglary charge in Dorchester
county has been removed from Dor
chester county jail and is now in the
state penitentiary here, it was learn
ed here today. Crowded conditions
of the Dorchester jail were given as
the tendon for the transfer.
Excursion
TO
FLORIDA
and Savannah
TUESDAY, JUNE 30TH
Round Trip Fare
From
?c
Camden
To ?
i '"Savannah $ 7.50
! " Jacksonville 10.50
- St. Augustine 12.50
*PabIo Beach 11.00
xBradenton 17.50
xDaytona 13.25,
xFt. Myers 17.50
xMiami u 19.50
xMoore H^ven 17.50
xOcala 13.25
xOrlando 17.50
xPalmetto 17.50
xSarasota 17.50
xSt. Petersburg 17.50
xTampa 17.50
xWinter Haven 17.50
xWest Palm Beach .... 18.50
"Return limit July 7th
xReturn limit July 11th
Fares proportional from
other points
Tickets and information,
from any A. C. L. Agent of
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ATLANTIC
COAST
LINE
Scrap Metal Wanted
WE ARE PAYING BEST PRICES FOR
CAST IRON AND STEEL SCRAP
HIDES AND RADIATORS
BRASS, ALUMINUM, COPPER
AND OTHER METALS
Open All Day Saturday
CAMDEN JUNK COMPANY
Located Old Clyburn Block Lane C. Shaw, Gen