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? ?? U1U..1 ?i.i. CHARGED WITH BURNING Three Said 'lo Have bet hire To House Friday Night Charlie, McGhee and Christopher Lindsay, negro barbers, were arrest , in Columbia Saturday flight on information furnished capital city ,it(. by the police department of Camden und were brought to Cam den later during the night, McGhee being placed in tho county jail and Lindsay in the city lockup. Five Friday night about 1Q;30 o'clock partially destroyed a five room dwelling house on Clyburn street, the property of Charlie McGh.ee, who operates a joint barber ship on Lady jrtveet i" Columbia, under the firm name <?f Munroe and McGhee. Neigh bors near the. McGhee properiyvstated that they heard an automobile stop near -the house and soon after its de paftuTje, fire broke out in the McGhee building, preceded by a muffled ex plosion. Persons first reaching the burning building thought they detevt H1 the odor of gasoline. Mayor Car rion and Chief of Police Whitaker made a quiet investigation and found (hat a sixteen year old negro boy had 1 stopped at the Carolina Motor Com t- llroad street bought a five gallon can of gasoline. Descrip- 1 tion of the boy tallied with the one] suspected and acting on- this infor- 1 mation Detective Shorter of Columbia , was notified and questioned the Lind- j tfegro upon his m^ival in Colum- 1 b'a 'and he told what he knew and j implicated ' McGhee. Both negroes , ,vt<re placed under arrest and brought i back to Camden by Camden officers.; Insurance in the sum of $1,500 was >aid to have been carried upon the i building, ? and the house had been , listed by McGhee with Herbert F. , McGirt, a Camden negro attorney,, fur sale or rent. Upon the arrival of the Lindsay 1 negro in Camden the police ques- ? tioned him in the presence of several , witnesses and the negro voluntarily i..]d of his part in the affair. , Lindsay says that he made a trip ; 7 Camden Sunday of last week with M,(;h< e and while here McGhee stop ' ?u! at the office of lawyer McGirt f<,r a conference. He came over with MoCru'e again Saturday night in com ..jany with .a negro w^oman, Lindsay v,x the driving. They again drove McGirt's residence where another j . . :ii\ renco was held. Lindsay was vent for a five gallon can of gasoline, -aying that McGirt's car was out of .as. Upon his return the gas wan ut the running board and the> to the house owned by McGhee. j le was left in the car with the wo- , nan and he could hear McGhee and; Met; in breaking in the back door, ,.:ul MHin saw a sudden blaze. The 'wo men made a rush for the car, . ?.ney stopping at McGirt's home, and , ater delivering the empty can at the j . 1 1 i r. vc station and made a quick lun j ?.aek to Columbia, where he says j ha r lie McGhee received a telephone ?nes sage from McGirt telling him 'hat his house had been burned. Lind .- a y says that he worked in McGhee a t;aib <*r shop, was on good terms with Min and denied any knowledge of the n - piracy until he saw the house in Acting upon the* information fur-, ? >hed them by Lindsay the police I v immediately to the home of i i erbert McGirt and placed him under I ? :,"t, ( harming him with complicity j ? -he attempted burning. McGirt it! ?t:d denied any knowledge of th?4 ! ' "ailie McGhee was born and rear-' : -r. < amden where he learned the] i.'f": trade and served the white; ??<!? here for a number of years I ?' < he had scores of whtte friends, | m it. were surprised to hear of him. ?- ? ' ' ? into this serious trouble.! ^ h < < u t >ix years ago he moved to} 'dumbia where he formed a part- ' ?er>hip and was enjoying a large; "a* ronage, numbering some of the j 'Jt-l people of Columbia as his ? s ' i <>n?. Herbert McGirt in also a native of ??mden and graduated from Claflin 1 diversity, later taking a law course Howard college. He served over during the World war and re vet] a French decoratioi?. He had "rr.c a good reputation up to a few J months ago wlien he became involved a whiskey transaction, and this ??ie>t tha/ge. At a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Nicholson here Tuesday too mi fig Charlie McGhee and Chris ^pher Lindsay, of .Columbia, and Ca?*??n, char*td wither ton were r? TO MEET AT FLINT mil i Sunday School Consent ion To Ik- Held Wednesday, August 5th. The Kershaw County Sunday School Convention fo;- workers of all denominations in the county will m^et at the Flint' Hill Church, seven fnijes north of Camden on the Liberty Hill Road. The meeting will be an all day meeting on Wednesday, August 5th. The South Carolina Sunday School Association will be represented by the new State Superintendent, Miss Myira j Batchfelder of Spartanburg. Miss j Batchfelder has li&eently come to I South Carolina and this will be her first visit to Kershaw county. She has for the past fifteen years been in the Organized Sunday School work, having been Field Secretary of the Alabama Sunday School Association, Secretary of the Birmingham City Sunday School Association and Field-] Secretary of the Georgia Sunday ! ; Sunday School Association. Some of the topics to be discussed j at the meeting Wednesday, August 5, ! will be, "Reaching and Holding the YoUng People in Sunday School," j "Piloting the Sunday Schools," "How ' To Secure Better Teachers," "What the Sunday Schools ol Kershaw Coun ty Need," a/id "Plans~for Making the Sunday School More Efficient." A pennant has been offered by thee South Carolina Sunday School Asso- j ciation to the Sunday School having ! the largest number of persons present* over sixten years of age. The pen- ; nant will be awarded also acording 1 to the miles traveled by these persons. All pastors, Sunday School Super- i intendents, Teachers and Officers are especially urged to be present and also adults and young people who are j interested in the Sunday ?*. School., Dinner, will be served at the church, j The morning session begins at 10:00' A. M., and the afternoon sesion at 2:00 P. M. ? i Senator Smith To Speak . [ United States Senator E. D. Smith will speak in the court house of Cam^; den, Saturday August 15th at 11 a., m. on "Co-operative Marketing of Cotton." He is coming under the auspices of the South Carolina Cot ton Growers' Co-operative Association and the meeting is being very widely advertised. ' Senator Smith in the . past three years has spoken all over# North and South Carolina in behalf of the co- ; operative marketing movement and i everywhere he has been greeted by I large crowds. He has thrown his whole-hearted support behind the new j system of selling and believes that it ; offers to the cotton grower the way , out of commercial slavery. The meeting here will be open to the general public and cotton growers who are not members of the associa tion are especially invited to attend. First Open Boll Mr. W. E. Arledge, who operates a farm near the city limits, brought the first open boll of cotton to this office seen this season. Mr. Arledge is considered a good farmer and near ly always raises a good crop of cot ton. Found Dead Jacksonville, Fla., July 24. ? J. G. Cornish, 50, president of the Cornish compfthy, Inc., of Hartsville, S. C., was found dead in his room at a hotel here today. Death was due to natural causes. : leased under bond of $1,000 each. Their fret-dom was short lived, however, for the three were placed in jail here again Tuesday afternoon under another warrant charging a felony. McGee and Lindsay were brought over from Columbia. Mo Girt was arrested at his home in Camden. The section under which the last! warrant was sworn out reads as fol- J lows: "Section 30 ? Any person who shall wilfully or wantonly set firo to or burn or attempt to burn any building, structure or* other property which is mortgaged or insured, whether such person be the owner thereof or not, or any person, present J or absent, who shall aid, assist, pro- I cure or counsel therein, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, r*hall br punished by impris onment in the discretion of the court. The provision of this section shall in no way affect the iaw against arson." The negroes again made application for bail Wednesday morning before Magistrate Nicholson and were re leased ypon putting up another bond j of $1,000. Local Jtofroa* were named .. KERSHAW COUNTY CAMP Demonstration Clubs To Spend Three D?yi at itolland'N Pond The Annual Home and Farm Dem onstration Club Encampment and Short Course will be held at Holland'*! 'Pond six miles northwest of Camden, August 6, G, and 7, Club members will assemble at the Court House grounds in Camden at 10 a. m. Wednesday August 5th. Transportation will be provided from here to the camp grounds returning at" 4:30 p? m. Friday, August 7th. All club m'emberrf in good standing are expected to be. present and a good time is assured. Holland's Pond is one of the beauty spots of Kershaw county and Mr. and Mrs. Holland have been very gener* ous in allowing it to be used for this purpose. Mrs. K. Miller Boy kin, the Home Demonstration Agent, will be assist ed by Miss Jane Ketchen of Winthrop College, Mrs. C. S. Patrick of Clem son College, Mrs. S. O. Plowden of Statoburg, Mrs. Hugh McCallum of Xugoffr M iss "HelelTTJoyk in, of Boy kin, and Miss Virginia Clarke of Cam den, as counselors. Meals for the first day will be in charge of the Cantey Home Demon- j stration Club, and for the second day in charge of the Lug'off Home Dem onstration Club.- On the third day j members of all the Women's Home { .Demonstration Clubs in the county, and any others interested in this work are invited to bring lunch and have picnic dinner with the club girls and boys. A very interesting program has been arranged. This includes a "health talk by Dr. J. T. Hay; a play, "The. Vegetable Garden," by the An- i tioch (lives' Club, and another play by the Midway Girls'. Club, "The Clothing Shop." I Those who have enjoyed the mov ing pictures shown in the county this year will be glad to know that stfme very interesting features will be shown every evening in that line. Church and Hospital Remembered Under the provisions of the last will and testament of Mrs. Eliza-' i beth McC. Wilson the Church of the Holy Comforter of this city received a bequest of $5,000 and the Tuomey hospital receives a bequest of $10,000. In addition to these bequests of a public nature Mrs Wilson left lega- j cies to each of her grandchildren ranging from $500 to $1,000 each, said legacies to be held in trust until each legatee attains the age of twdn-j tv-rone years and then to be paid over, principal and interest ? Saturday's I ' , | Sumter Item. Revival at High Hill A three-day revival service to which the public is invited will be held at the High Hill Truelight church locat ed two miles northeast of Lueknow. beginning July 31. Services will be conducted by Rev. W. L. Rushing of Monroe, N. C., who will be assisted by Rev. R. O. Johnson, of LeeSville. Camden Man in Auto Wreck. Automobiles driven by B. R. Thompson of Camden and Tommy Hewitt of this county, met in a head on collision on the causeway at Jef frey's Creek near the city last night, both cars being badly wrecked and some of occupants slightly injured. There were several ladies in the car with Mr. Hewitt and a young lady was riding with Mr. Thompson. Mr. Hewitt was the worst sufferer from the wreck, sustaining a blow on the head and severe cuts on his aim. His wounds were dressed at a local hospi tal. The others caught in the wreck were not seriously hurt. Both of the cars went off the embankment, one to the right and one to the left. ? Florence News-oview, July 24. Brigman Gets Two Years i W. \V. Brigman notorious check ; flasher, wanted in several cities in this state and also greatly desired at various points in South Carolina was sentenced to two years on the Richmond, county chain gang in' Squire Gordon's court yesterday af- ' ternoon. Last May Brigma n secured gooil^ to the extent of $76.00 from VV. R. ; Land's store and about $10 in cash I So thoroughly convinced was Melvin Gibson who waited upon' Brigman that he was a man of good character that j no question was asked and the check, was promptly cashed. The check was j drawn on the First National Bank of! j Cheraw, S. C. Late in the day, Gib-! 'son's suspicions were aroused ,*nd he! learned by phone from the bank that' the check was worthless. Cheraw's 1 chief of police informed him that \ Brigman was a notorious check flash- 1 er and he was wanted at various points in South Carolina. Brigman was arrested in Camden Tuesday by officer West. Brigman gave notice of appeal, telling the court that he could ?a ail y securq bond from friend* in Rockingham. ? -Hamlet Newg-Mes *enger, BETHI NK NKWS notks Items of Interest as Gathered by Our Refcular Correspondent. B^thunv S. C, July 21). ? Mi km Kathleen McCagkill] entertained Sat urday afternoon from four to six in hoijpr of her little niece, Beth Terry, of Ray C ity, Ga. About a dozen little boys and girls assembled on the lawn or the hostess and enjoyed numerous juvenile games. In an interesting con test Kathryne Truesdell and James King scored highest and were award ed a box of candy each. The gueat prize, a pair of silk socks was pre sented the little honoree of the after noon. An invitation into the dining room was hailed with delight by the little guests. lee cream and cake were served. Miss Stella Bethune was hostess to C ircle Number Two of the Pres byterian Auxiliary Wednesday after "?.on: Afu>r tflL' stHv book Home Missions was put aside, ice tea and sandwiches wore served. Mrs. Margaret Marion and Miss Gussie Hough returned Friday from Uinthrop College, where they attend ed sum my school. i Miss Ruth Watts who has been at tending summer sehool at the Uni versity of South Carolina returned j home Friday. Neil Truesdell returned Fridav | I from Camp John H. Adger at Pickens, j Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Johnston spent' Friday at Winthrop College. Mr. O. R. Hell and family of Lan- \ l caster were the guests of' Mr. and! Mrs. T. R. Bethune Sunday. Miss Cecelia King returned Sun- i (lay from an extended trip to Nonces, j I She was accompanied home by Miss I \ Mioera Taylor of White Springs, Fla, ' i Miss Onnie Blakely of Laurens is the guest of her sister, Mrs. T. 1? I Bethune. . ' j | Mr. Mark King of Nooses spent : , several days here this week on busi- . neste. Mrs. Jack Davis and children of j Atlanta are the guests of Mrs. Davis' i parents,. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Mays. I Mr. and Mrs. Dixon of Lakeland,' Ha., rire. the guests of Mrs. D. M.j Mays. [ Miss Beth Norwood of McBee is' ?he guest of Margaret Truesdell this we?k. Born to Mr. and Mrs. B. '\V. Bran- j non Thursday morning, a son. h Mrs. C. 0. Terry and children re- I [turned Tuesday to their home in Ray i City, (iii. They were accompanied ; ; homo by Mrs. Terry's mother, Mrs.' J. A. McCaskill. ! ,, P1'* .2* Truesdell and family spent Friday in Columbia. j Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Grant and Miss . Mary 1 homas of Clyde were the guests of Mrs. L. D. Robertson Sun- ! i day. ! Mr. and Mrs. DaJton McLeod and , family, were the week end guests of relatives in Charlotte. Mr. C. A. feyrd of Jefferson, for- 1 mer principal of the grammar school and his., mother we're visitors here ' Friday. Miss Kathryne Truesdell is spend- 1 ing some time with her aunt, Mrs. j Mark King in Neeses. The series of meetings conducted by ' Rev. JB. C. Culp at the Baptist church ' here closed Sunday evening. u There j were three additions to the church, j 1 Mr. A. J. Smith is visiting in An- j ! derson. A play " 1 he Kingdom of Hearts! Content" given under the auspices of I the B. Y. P. U. will be presented in i j the high school auditorium Friday j evening at 8:15. Admission 15 and 25 | cents. | I Mr. J. C. Ellon of Bishopvilie is | erecting a brick filling station in j front of the Bethune Drug Co. This I addition is modernly equipped with rest room and other conveniences. i Mr. W. H. Hammond is having a handsome brick residence erected on his corner lot above the railroad. The building when complete will bo a i great addition to the modern resi dences in course of erection in this piace. M iss Mamie Ivou McDonald of Ker shaw was the guest Monday and Tuesday of Mrs. Loring Davis. Mrs. A. J. Graham and children of Ridgeville are the guests of Mrs. Graham's parents Mr. and Mrs. John Mc Donald. Mrs. A. K. McLaui in spent Monday and Tuesday in Columbia with her sister, Mrs. C. M. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Yarbrough and rhildren of Hartsville spent Sunday at the home of Mr. IJ. T. Yarbrough. Mr. .J. M. Forbis and Leonard Ther rel made a business trip to Columbia ,Tuesday. Mr. \V. K. Davis lias opened up a! store of general merchandise at ('as- 1 satt under the management of Mr. i O. P. Hatfield of this place. Mrs. Holloman Dead Mrs. Carrie Belle Holloman died suddenly Sunday at the Camden hos pital where she was carried for treat ment only a short while before. Mrs. Holloman who was Miss Carrie Con yers before marriage had many friends who are deeply saddened at her passing. She resided in the Her mitage community and is survived by! her husband and eight children. Funeral services were conductcd by I her pastor, Rev. Shiver, Monday af- ' | ternoon and interment followed at the j Cedar Creek Haptist church. Kdward Sapper, escaped from a Philadelphia asylum, made way southward and wound up in Orange burg, where he asked a passing motor' for a lift and then beat op His W. J. BRYAN DKAD Famous Man Passed Away a( Dayton Sunday Afternoon Dayton, Tchn., July 2C.-~ William Jennings Bryun, three times pCesi dcntial nominal- of the Democratic party and known the world over for his eloquence, died here this after noon. The olid came while the great Coinmono^ Avas asleep and was at tributed by physicians to apoplexy. He had retired to his room shortly after eating a large dinner to take a short rest. Mj's. Bryan sent the family ohaufferfv, Jim McCartney, to awaken him about 4:40 o'clock and it was learned then that he was dead. Dr. \V. F. Thomason ami Dr. Boyle, who examined the body, ex pressed the opinion that Mr. Bryan had been dead between thirty and forty-five minutes before they ar rived, Funeral arrangement* had not bo'cil completed late tonight, but Mrs. Bryan indicated interment would be in Arlington cemetery. Mr. Bryan, who was a colonel of the Third Nebraska Volunteers dur ing the Spanish American, war, on several occasions had expressed a desire to be buried in Arlington. Mr. Bryan's death' came on the eve of another crusade he had planned to carry before the American people-? ^ battle against modernism. He re turned to Dayton this morning after having made addresses yesterday at Jasper and Winchester, Tenn., and after having completed arrangements for the early publication of the speech he was to have made in clos ing the trial of John T. Scopes, who recently was found guilty of violat ing Tennessee's anti-evolution law. Despite the strenuous program Mr. Br?an had been following as a mem ber of the prosecution staff in the Scopes case and as leader of the fun damentalists, he appeared in excel lent health. Shortly before Mr. Bryan entered his- room to rest he told his wife he had never felt better in his life and was ready to go before . the country to wage his fight in behalf of fundamentalism. About 4:30 o'clock Mrs. Bryan said she felt her husband had slept long enough, so she sent the chauffeur, who also was his personal attendant, to wake him. McCartney shook Mr. Bryan twice be fore he noticed th t latter was not breathing. The physicians and A. B. Andrews, a neighbor, then were sum moned hurriedly. Mrs. Bryan accepted the shock bravely and remained calm. * "1 am happy tha^ my husband died without suffering and in peace," she said. "You know- he was a colonel in ' the Spanish American war and, since it was his wish to t rest in Arlington, we probably will place him there," she continued. "But no definite de cision will be reached until we hear from William^ Jennings Bryan, Jr." S. K. Hicks, who was associated with Mr. Bryan in the recent trial, and Mr. Andrews remarked upon Mrs.( Bryan's courage, as she took charge of arrangements. "During all the excitement, Mrs. Bryan was the calmest person in the house," Mr. Andrews said. "She took complete charge of affairs and showed more nerve than I have" ever Minn in a woman ? and >he is an invalid, too." George W. Rappleyea, who insti tuted charges against Scopes in order that the anti-evolution law might be tested, whs among those who called to express sympathy to Mrs. Bryan. Hundreds of telegrams and long dis tance calls of love and sympathy were received at the home. As for Dayton, it foupd it almost impossible to realize that the great Commoner was dead. During the morning many of the. citizens had seen him at the Southern Methodist Episcopal church and had heard him lead in prayer. Mr<. Hryan was preparing to leave Dayt?>n in the n?-xt day or *<> for Idaho where she expected to spend the .summer with her son. Mr. Hryan was to leave Dayton Tuesday for Knoxville where he would deliver two speeches then go to Nashville for a similar engagement, before going to Florida. He exported to join Mrs. Bryan in the fall. Mr. Bryan was in Chattanooga yesterday morning after having spent the night at the Ross "hotel, en route | to Winchester. He arrived Saturday evening at 6:30 from Winchester where -he had spoken twice during the day. HI* F1VK PKOPLK K1IJ.KI) Light ning Stroke Take* Toll ol' Thorn1 Seeking Shelter in Tobacco Barn Five persons, four negroes and one white man, were killed Monday af ternoon by a bolt of lightning as they were gathered inside, and about a tobacco barn out of the storm which was raging at that time. The dead are I.ewis Hinson, white, twenty year old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Hinson; Ueu Hal lard, his wife, Janie, and two of their children, Kthel 19, an,d So phie 17, colored. Two other of the Hallard children, Richard and Nathaniel, were knocked down and se< riously injured by the same bolt, and Mr. A. P, Hinson, who was some dis tance away was severely shocked, but not seriously injured. A mule stand ing by the tobacco barn was also kill ed. The deaths occurred in the Tindal section of the county on Mr. HinsonS place, where the negro and his fam ily were employed in preparing to baeeo fur curing. The killing of the Ballard family and young Hinson by lightning oc curred about 0 o'clock in the after noon while a terrific electric storm was in . progress, accompanied by a heavy deluge of. rain. At first it was feared that the entire family had been wiped out by the shock, but after some time the two boys, Na thaniel and Richard partially recov ered from their stunned condition. They were brought to sumtui* and given medical treatment. Both Sf them were badly burned, but. were said today to be getting along very nicely. A) peculiar stunt of the. light ning was that the building was not struck or damaged. Hallard was said to have been an energetic and enterprising negro, and a good citizen. He had bought his placo and he and his family were hard working negroes. ? Tuesday's Sumter Item. 1 Young Camden Man Weds In Union . Friends of the young couple will receive with much interest the mar riage announcement of Mr. Wade L. Stokes, Jr., of this city and Miss Bertha Kirven which occurred at the ^ home of the bride in' Union July "? nineteenth, the Rev. Reeves officiat ing. Miss Kirven is a young woman of beauty and many personal charms and will be welcomed to Camden where Mr. Stokes is popUlarl^JEtogwrr and bears a responsible connection with a local clothing establishment. Mr. and Mrs. Stokes "are at their home in Camden after a wedding tour of nort hwestern C? rolina. Ice Cream Supper An ice cream supper will be held at the Community Hdusu at the Hey ipitage Mill Saturday evening,, at, 8 o'clock. Proceeds to go to the bene fit of Hermitage church. first speech Saturday was delivered at Jasper, Tenn., followed by an ad dress at noon to the Civitan Glub in Winchester. He was taken to Dayton this ; morning by A. W. Leslie, owner of the Ross hotel, and they reached there about o'clock. Mr. Bryan stayed at home during- the morning and made arrangements for the speech to be delivered at the court house in Dayton tomorrow night. Another engagement of importance was on at the Hotel Aqua tomorrow at (> : '{0 o'clock when he would meet with the Progressive Dayton Club and lay plans for the Bryan College and movement wfiTctf was to'be definitely launched with the dinner meeting to morrow night. In conversation with the Asso ciated Press representatives here last Friday night Mr. Bryan expressed surprise that the Southern press had not taken cognizance of the criti cism by representatives of the ' Eastern press at the Scopes trial at Dayton of the people of Tennes see because? of passage of the anti evolution act. Mr. Bryan said that while much ado was being made about the Tennessee law, nothing had been said concerning the act passed by Congress regulating the teaching of evolutionary theories in the Dis trict of Columbia. H? declared that while the Tennessee law was specific in this, it prohibited teaching that man descended from the lower ani mals, the District of Columbia law prohibited teaching of anything thai would reflect upon the Bible. Mr. Bryan expressed pleasure thai the Scopes trial had suddenly col lapsed before hfe was permitted to make his prepared speech, declaring that now he could present it to the people of the country just as he want* ed it without intercuptiona iroRL op- _ posing counsel and without having to make extemporaneous replies V> pr*- _ ??dlnf ?p??tlw. y' ' - 1 v: :