The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 24, 1925, Image 7
Cramped
and Suffered
"My back and head would
i tcbe. and I had to go to bed."
i |gys Mrs. W. L. Knnls, of
I Worthville, Ky. "I Just could
pot ?tay up, for I would cramp
and auffer ao. I was very
nervous. My children would
'get on my nervea/ It waan't
? pleasure for me to try to go
anywhere, I felt ao bad.
"My mother had taken
CARDIII
(For Female Troubles
at one timf, ao aha inalated
that 1 try it. I took four bot
tles of Cardul, and If One
should aee me bow they
wouldn't think I had ever
been sick.
"I have gained , twenty
pounds, and my jpheeka are
rosy. I feel juat fine. I am
regular and haven't the pain.
"Life la a pleasure. I can
do my work with eaae. I
five Cardul the praise"
Cardul has relieved many
thousands of casea of pain and
female trouble, and ahould
help. you, too.
Take Cardul.
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&jo<
A hive full of beeg brought in by
the manager and released quelled a
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lull's Pills
UntatdM at tat
ANTI- BILIOUS MBMCtNE
?timuUta torpid 11 w, strengthen
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bowels, relieve sick feadacka
Is a Prescription for
Malaria, Chills and Fever,
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It Kills the Germa
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Terming Pho? 249
NEW PRISON NEBJ>ED
In Statement Governor Again I'rgea
New Penitentiary
Columbia, July 18. ? Deploring con
ditions at the state penitentiary
brought about by crowded conditions
which "exist on account of the lack
of proper facilities',' Governor Thom
as G. Mctfeod, in a statement made
public today, declared that "both
humanity and economy demand the
removal and erection of a new state
penitentiary."
Pointing out that the crowded con
ditions are due to the increased
number of prisoners committed there
from various counties, tho governor
stated that a "substantial movement
has begun, on account of economy,'
for the abandonment of chain-gangs
and the placing of prisoners in the
state penitentiary."
is will only aggravate the
prestrtit Situation," he said. "At the
prison with ample provision
facture would utilize a greater part
of the labor a$. from three to four
times what they are now worth to
the state as convicts. Both humanity
and economy demand a change."
The governor's statement was is
sued following veceipt by him of a
reply to a questionnaire he had sub
mitted to prison officials giving sta
tistics and other information regard
ing conditions at the institution.
In connection with the answer to
the questionnaire, A. M. Scarborough,
superintendent of the prison, express
ed the hope that the governor would
ask the cdUnty authorities to hold up
sending prisoners to the penitentiary
until conditions arc relieved.
The governor's statement was is
sued, he said, to place "these condi
tions, upon the hearts and consciences
of the people of South Carolina in
order that the action of the legis
lature may reflect an aroused sen
timent which I trust will be ex
pressed by the people throughout the
state."' .
Governor McLeod's statement fol
lows:
"Some days ago, I received a
letter1 from the board of directors,
placing before me^the crowded con
ditions at the state penitentiary due
to tha increased number of prisoners
committed there from the various
same time, the erection of
counties.
?'-In order,, that the public may be
generally informed, and in view of
'the "fact thai I ^think tlie people
ought to know t>he conditions pre
vailing ? for from them must come
the remedy ? I have submitted to the
superintendent a questionnaire which
has tjeen fully and completely answer
ed, and which together with his let
ter gives a full fend complete state
ment of conditions at the penitentiary.
"I have no criticism to make' of
the ^uanagement. Conditions ^re
wonderfully improved and everything
consistent with the physical equip
ment of the prison is being done.
However,, these conditions exist on
account of the lack of proper facili
ties, and will not only continue to
exist but will increase as time goes
by unless substantial relief i-s given.
"Summarized there are in the
'state penitentiary and upon the?
farms, 601 prisoners. There are upon
the two farms, 113 prisoners, leaving
a total of 488 prisoners in the peni
tentiary proper. Of these, 34 are
in trusty wards; 17 in the hospital;
2 in the T. B. tent; 64 in the women's
?quarters, and 371 in the cell building.
"There are in the cejil building,,
280 cells. These cells are 7 feet 10.
inches in length, 5 feet wide, 6 feet
8 inches high. The air space or Win
dows are one to each cell. 'She size
of the window is 2 feet 10 inches
high by 21 inches wide. The ' door
is 5 feet 10 inches high and 1 foot
10 inches wide.
"There are 178 cells occupied by
one prisoner each; 99 cells occupied
by wo prisoners each. When you
take into consideration the size of
these cells and remember that these
are miscellaneous prisoners, further
comment is unnecessary. The air
space itself is insufficient to properjy
sustain more than one. There are
a number of reasons, some of them
unmentionable, as to why two pris
oners should not be placed in one
cell.
"The women are not in separate
cells, but in a ward. The colored
women's ward is 68 feet by 50 feet
i ; .
and contains 53 prisoners, the venti
lation here, 15 windows, is ample.
"The white women's ward is 22
feet, 8 inches by 14 feet 3 inches '
and contains 11 prisoners. The ven
tilation is likewise ample. But when
you figure Ihis larft out, you will
see that each prisoner is limited to
an air space' and moving space of 4
feet by 7 feet. Necessarily no pri
vacy obtains. These conditions speak
for themselves, especially the last'
mentioned.
"A committee appointed by the
legislature is earnestly and carefully
investigating these condition* and
will make a recommendation. In the
meantime I am making this statement
A KILLED IN CRASH
Ed&ur Ye Well Dies Ah Auto Hits
Telephone I'ole
Greenwood, July 10 ? Kdgar Yeldell,
aged 20, was k tiled and his four
companions, Karl Snead, Wallace Gar
rett and Gus Bailey, all of Green
wood, and James Lawrence, of York,
were more or less seriously injured
when the high powered car in which
they were riding was wrecked on the
Chimney Kock road about four miles
above Hendersonville this morning at
0:30 o'clock.
According to information received
here, the Car ran into a telephone
pole, cut it in two about three feet
above the ground, and the suspend
ing part swung back and struck young
Yeldell, who wa? sitting on the rear
seat, killing him instantly.. Youug
Garrett suffered a painful ? injury
ron the head, while the others were
badly shaken up.
The young men left. Greenwood
-yesterday .About midday with Earl
Snead driving and went by way of
York for Lawrence. Ttyey did not
leave York until 11 o'clock last night
and are supposed to have driven
all night, along by way of Charlotte
and Rutherfordton. ? /fhe injured were
taken to a Hendersonville hospital
soon after the accident. It is under
stood that all of them except young
Garrett' will return tonight or to
morrow.
Man and Woman Killed
LcesvlHe, July ll).< ? Benjamin Louis
Harrison, of Columbia, conductor fov
the Soufhern Railway, and Miss Susie
Hickman, 310 Fifth street, Augusta,
Ga? wereTatally injured this morning
about 8 o'clock when they were dash
ed to the ground after the automobile
in which they were riding overturned
on the highway, about ' seven miles
east of I^esville.
Miss Ritkinan lived only a short
time*, dying in the machine of Dt.
D. M. Crosson, while the Leesville
physician was rushing the injured to
the hospital.- Mr. Harrison suffered a
fractured skull and was in a state of
coma until he died at the Leesville
hospital tonight at H:15 o'clock.
There were no known eye witnesses
to the accident, although motorists
came upon the scene of the tragedy
soon after it occurred and hastened
for medical attention.
The accident occurred on a curve
in the road and on an incline. Judg
ing from the tracks left by the tires,
Dr. Crosson said the car was over
turned when the driver, seeing that
the wheels were sliding into a ditch.
Hickman was at the wheel.
Memorial at. Chimney Rock?
Raleigh, N. C., Jjuly 18. ? The Ra
leigh News and Observer tomorrow
will say that a memorial to the Con
federacy along the lines of the me
morial, started on Stone Mountain,
v/
Georgia, ^jy Gutzon Borglum, has been
planned for the granite cliffs over
looking Chimney Rock gorge in Ruth
erford County, North Carolina. The
paper will state that the plans are'
well under way and have the back
ing of a number of influential men.
Gutzon Borglum who was deposed as
sculptor of the original memorial at
Stone Mountain, is to carve ? the
North Carolina memorial, says the
paper. ' ,
Five Years For Auto Theft
York, July 18.-? Frank Crowdev,
young white man, was sentenced to
five years imprisonment by Judge
Henry in sessions court here, follow
ing his pleading guilty to theft of
"an automobile. Crowder is also under
charge of assault as the result of an
alleged attack upon Sheriff Fred
Quinn in an attempted jail break re
cently.
to place these conditions upon the
hearts and consciences of the people
of South Carolina, in order that the
action of the legislature may reflect
an aroused sentiment which I trust
will be expressed by the people
throughout the state. The legisla
ture will be glad to carry out the
wishes of the people and I do not
believe a continuance of these con
ditions will be tolerated by a Chris
tian people.
. "Bdth humanity and economy de
mand the removal and erection of h
new -state penitentiary.
. "Chain gangs, it is realized, are
an expense to most of the counties
and it is only for political influence
that sofcie of them exist at all in
all probability. A substantial move
ment has begun, on account of econ
omy, for the abandonment of chain
gangs and tbc placing of prisoners
in the penitentiary. This will very
much aggravate the present situa
tion.
"At the same time, the erection
of a new prison with ample provis
ions for manufacture would utilize
a greater part of the'* labor at from
three to four times what they are
now worth to tt?e state as convicts.
"Both humanity and economy de
mand a change." ^
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J AMKS M. SIM. DKAl).
Old Veteran Was ? Native o t Ker
-haw County.
(Friday's Columbia Record.)
James M. Sill, venerable Columbia
cltiaen Is dead.
He passed away at thev Confederate
soldier s home Friday morning at 3
>o clock. Many knew him personally
and hosts of others who did not kno\v
him by name will recognize him as the
vender of trinkets on the streets of
Columbia for several years. He used
? small cart to carry his wares and
nis only advertisement was that car
ried on the front of the cart "1 am 91
years old."
Mr. Sill rami' to Columbia 72 years
ago from Kershaw county. Here he
had lived most of that time except
when he served in the Confederate
servit-e and when he moved to New
berry about 1878 but moved back to
the capital city in 1882.
H? had served as chief of police,
being elevated to that office from as
sistant chief during the administra
tion of E? K. Earle as mayor. During
.Wie war he enlisted with the trans
portation service and rendered patri
otic service to his native Southland.
He was the oldest member of Kich
land Lodge No 3D, Ancient Free Ma
sons at the time' of his death.
Mr. Sill was a quiet man but when'
engaged in conversation he talked in
ja most interesting manner. When ho
, sorved as chief of police the old whip
Ping post then being in vogue. Since
I that the mode of punishment has
changed and. he had expressed the
opinion that the electric chair was a
much more humane means of punish
ment than those of his service on the
police force.
He never sought charity in his old
age. He looked on his business with ;
pride. For a long time he had a '
room at the Baptist hospital and
bought a bench for himself which he
placed on the sidewalk, but his busi
ness .was his love and he would come
to Main street every day that he was
able to dispense of his wares.
A few weeks ago he left the state
capitaj f^r Washington, the National
capital, to visit his son. He returned
about ten days ago and since that
time has been president at the Con./
federate soldiers' home. He appeared
to be in his usual health except for,
being crippled. He was seen on the
streets Monday of this* week.
In his death Columbia loses one of
its landmarks, a man who has sertfed
the city as a guardian of its peace and
to whom was accorded the privilege
in his declining years of using its
streets for his business. He had
seen the capital city rebuilt from!
ashes. He loved the city o? his adop
tion.
The funeral services will likely be
held Saturday with Masonic honors.
He leaves a son, William Sill, of'1
Washington, and a daughter, Mrs. M.
B. Pragan of Atlanta. Advices from
both of these are to the effect that
they are en route to Columbia.
Leo Marvidis died in a Spartan
burg hospital Friday night from ten
knife wounds inflicted Thursday night
when Lanoy Hohos sprang upon him
in the dark as 'he was going to his
home.. Both men are Greeks and
fell out over money matters. The
family of Marvidjs have been wait
ing in Paris for a year or more to
come to America but were held up
on account of the change in immi
gration laws. He had bought a home
in Spartanburg for them when he
was fatally stabbed. A cable to his
family advised them not to sail for
America.
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Three houses are new and are completely furnished.
Very liberal terms can be arranged on most of them.
Camden real estate is sure to advance" greatly in the,
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Three BoyH Stole Car
Chester, July 19. ? Sheriff J.
llowze und son Charlton, Deputy H.
L. Patrick and Joton A. Nichols have
returned from Reidsville, Ga., where
Mr. Nichols' touring car and three
white boys, John Parks, Fred Hope,
and Otis Railey, who are alleged to
have taken the machine.
The boys seem to have abandoned
the car about ten miles on this side of
Reidsville when they ran out of gas
and a farmer pushed the car under his
shed to await the owner's or sheriff's
arrival. In the meantime,. acting upon
information furnished him yb Sheriff
Howze, Sheriff J. Henry Kennedy of
Reidsville had picked up three boys
and was holding them for the arrival
of the Chester authorities.
An instrument perfected for the
long-range spotting of icebergs is go
sensitive that the heat from the fun
nels of an approaching vessel will
affect it at & distance of six mile.?.
A rich ruler from Himalayan
India, after being feted and shown
all the glories of England, was a eked
what most impressed him. "The
green grass," he said.
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Dives And Is Hurt
Sumter, July 17. ? Joe Yassmey, of
Manning', was seriously hurt Wednes
day afternoon diving at Second Mill,
Going down the steps the boy dived
into the shallow water and it is
thought his neck was partially dis
located by the blow his head struck
on the bottom. He was at once taken
to a local hospital for treatment
where it is stated he is slightly im
proved toda^ Yassnrvey had .never
been in the pool before and without
asking about the depth and before any
one could stop him he plunged in.
Mr. Lyman who was nearby at once
ran to pull him out and was assisted
by others. Hope is expressed for his
recovery^ although attending physi
cians have not yet made any definite
statement as to his condition.
~rSlifT?$ng from burns he received
when he fell into a tub of boiling
water the three?year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Davis, of Chesterfield,
is now at the Florence infirmary and
is not expected to survive. The child
was brought to the infirmary Friday
afternoon. Its body was burned from
the neck to the knees. 4>
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