The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 07, 1925, Image 1
The Camden Chronicle
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VOLUME XXXVII. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1925. NUMBER 19.
REBUILDING ()!,!) KOAI)
Eastern Kershaw People Being (liven
Nearer Route to Camden
Superintendent of ltoads S. 11.
Mlckle ami Ci. F. Cooley sv^er in t ind
ent of the county chain gang forces,
Hie Riving" the citizens of eastern
Kershaw an excellent piece of road
pcrtf Tiller's. Ferry and opening up a
route to Camden that will save them
many miles of travel. The gang- is
camped ? few miles this fdde of
Lynches river and is working on the
eastern extension of the old wire road,
used many years by the ehrliest
H'ttlers in their route to Cheraw.
For some reason a former county
administration saw fit 'to abandon this
,x.atl and it gradually went down until
it was impassable in places, owing to I
the heavy sand-beds. After the aban
donment the nearest route was by
my' of Bethune, making the. route
traveled anywhere from eight to
twelve miles farther for the residents
i-f tjii.> section. Many of the older
residents of this county, .such as the j
Halls, Kadcliffs', Humphries and!
others use this road. It is not an j
uncommon sight to see old-fashioned
lug houses ? one said to be more than
. hundred years of age- ? and miles
(1' o'd-fashioned rail fences used for
fencing 'in pastures. It is in the
Sandy tlrove section where the aged
ihurch by that name still Js used as
house of worship, and the cemetery!
;)ea .??by is the burial place of many
uf the old settlers of that time. Some
quaint inscriptions ad.orn many of the
handmade, tombstones.
This old road is said to be the
iiraightest in the county and is built
j.:nu<.""t on an air line. The Southern
J i-!! Telephone system follows this
ioute on into North Carolina. It is
art important link in our county high
ways ahd serves some of the best
citizens of our county who for years j
have used Camden as a marketing:
^ place and now that the distance has I
. fceen cut down they can make the 1
trip with more ease.
While on a trip in that section one '
< mid not help but take note of the i
prospects for a fine crop in all lines, |
and especially on what is considered;
poor sand-hill lands. Reports ftx>m
nearly every section of the county
.state that the prospects are exceed
ingly good for the largest and finest !
??/?ops ever harvested if weather condi
tions are favorable from now till
harvest time.
Joe McCain Gets Scholarship.
Upon- the- recommondation anil ap- j
pointment by Mr. Team Gettys, coun
ty superintendent of education, and
Mr. W. L. McDowell, judge of pro
hate of Kershaw county, Joe McCain,
v f Camden, has been awarded a schol
arship to tihe College of Charleston.
Mr. McCain graduated from the Cam
?i< n High School last year.
(ireat Men Dying Fast
Washington, Aug. 3. ? The death of
?v;;'.iam Jennings Bryan has recalled
'?i?- fact that a great many prominent
!i?:i of the nation have died since the
world war. The grim reaper has been
??specially severe in Congress.
Here are some of the public men
>i have answered 'the summons:
l*ormer Presidents VVoodrow Wil
? !) and Theodore Roosevelt, Presi
'-??nt Warren G. Harding, former Vice
I'rc-ident Thomas R. Marshal, Sena
' F'hilander C. Knox and Boise Pen
o>e, of Pennsylvania; Henry Cabot
i.od;rc, of Massachusetts; Thomas E.
Watson, of Georgia; Knute- Nelson, of
M nr.csota; Secretary Henry C. Wal
"f the <lepartment of agricul
*UM ; Re presentatives Champ Clark,
Missouri; Claude Kitchin, of North
' <tr. ciua. and scores of lesser lights.
Barracuda Attacks Woman
Mrs. W. If. Kahrs, 57 Reid street,
?yas reported at the Riverside in
? miaiy last night as being improved.
Nunday afternoon in the surf at Folly
'- and she was attacked by a fish
?vnich is said to have been h barra
' uda and severely wounded, sixty
"'?itches being taken by surgeons.
That a barracuda should attack a
f.uman being in theso waters is a
?m>?? extraordinary occurrence. Re
?"'rt? of the barracuda attacks are
>:r'- uncommon in more Southern
>v<tters, but few of the fishermen of
- coast have ever seen this "tiger
f the sea.".
The attack occurred at high flood
'i<ie when Mrs. Kahrs was in about
n feet of water. Mr. Kahrs went
"'mediately to her assistance and
*ssi*ted her ashore. The barracuda
attacked her repeatedly in spit* of
her frantic effort* to scare the fish
sway. ? Tuesday4* News and Courier.
I'KOVKD TO HK WKOMi M \N
Judge He leases Missouri Neu'ro
Wanted at Charleston ?
j St. Louis, MP,, July Ul.?A negro
un r.sttHl July J aiul ac c used wl' being
Samuel Brown, who shot and killed
Allen HethingtGii . at Meggetti S. C?
in 1904, was freed today 'when Cir
cuit Judge Mix granted a writ of
habeas corpus. Deputy Sheriff
Wienges from Charleston, S. C., was
waiting td take the negro back with
him, He tame here for the alleged
slayer* identified by Hethington's
brother, after Governor Sam Baker
had granted a requisition for the ex
tradition to South Carolina.
As the negro stepped from the
court room Deputy Sheriff Wienges
started to take him in custody. .Judge
.Mix then warned the sheriff, "if you
lay a hand on him I'll send you to
jail." Earlier this week Judge Mix
held a hearing on the prisoner's ap
plication for a writ of habeas corpus.
The negro said his name whs Nat
Winston, not Brown, arid that he had
never been in South Carolina.
C. F. Hethington, wlro says he i
found the slayer 20 years after his
brother was killed, in a dispute over
fa j{in labor, did not testify. Hething
ton .says he recognized the negro as.
the slayer, while both were working
on a building under construction here.
Sheriff J. M. Poulnot of Charleston
toid the police here he recognized the
prisoner's photograph as that of Sam
Brown. Both men based their iden- J
tification on general appearance.
Judge Mix explained he could do |
nothing but discharge the defendant,
as there was no testimony that he
was Brown a fid .the requisition papers
call for Biown and not Winston.
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SLAYS WIFE AND SELF
Early Morning Tragedy .-Enacted 'in
Richmond When Two Die
I Richmond, Va., Aug-. 1. ? The Rev.
Geo. W. Holder shot and killed his
wife and then killed himself at his
home here this morning. The shoot- 1
ing took place in the dining room and
both are be.lieved to have died almost'
instantly. Police have not yet del'- j
initely .assigned a motive but they!
declared that their preliminary in-;
vestigation indicated ill health was
the cause of the tragedy.
Holder retired from active minis-:
terial duties several years ago and !
in recent months has been working!
in a furniture store. Mrs. Holder- j
had been his housekeeper until she ,
became his wife. The retired min- ,
ister had been ill for about a week
but went to his work yesterday. ? He
was unable to report today. Mrs.
Holder also was employed but she too
did not go to work today. Both were
thought to be about thirty-five years
of age.
Holder's first wife died several
years ago, leaving three children who
now survive the father. They are
Winifred 15, Grace 13, and Pauline 10.
Stockholders Receive Dividends
The Carolina Coca-Cola with head
offices at Sumter has recently mailed
our two per cent dividend checks to
its stockholders in this section. Quite
a lot of this stock wa.s sold in and
j around Camden several years ago and
the distribution of this dividend,
though small, comes at a most oppor
tune time.
Paul McCorkle Remembered In Will
Coroner Paul G. McCorkle, of,JSTork
county, is a beneficiary to the extent
of $75 a month for the balance of
his natural life, by the terms of the
will of the late E. I). Latta, Char
lotte millionaire, whose will w/?s filer!
for probate at Asheville last week.
Latta had long been a friend of
McCorkle.
$5,000 For Thorn we 1 1
Clinton, Aug. 2. ? The name Phle
gar has long been an honored one at I
the Thornwell Orphanage. of this J
place. The late Judge J. A. Phlegar,
of Christianburg, Va., erected the
Nellie Scott Library on the institu
tion's campus. He also contributed
to its endowment fund and led his J
Sunday school to make regular]
Christmas offerings to this fund, the;
total from the school now standing at
$15,000.
Through the will of the late Mr.?.
A. A. Phlegar the orphanage received
this week $5,000, which is specified
to be applied to its endowment fund.
Both husband and wife have been de
voted friends of the institution for a
long period of year* and their interest
has been manifested by the continual
and substantial fifta they have made.
SCHOOL DAYS NKAK
fh?rlotte Thompson High School T?
Open Monday, ..September' 7th.
The Charlotte Thompson ^ High
School will open Monday morning,
September 7th, at 9 a.m. Pupils must
bring their books to school on this
day. A complete, list of books to
be used will be published in next
week's issue of The Chronicle.
Parent* are urged to have their
children vaccinated at once and not
delay this until just before school
begins. The state requires all pupils
to show signs of a successful vac
cination before being enrolled in the
schools. .
New pupils must bring their reports
showing the work completed during
the past year. Any pupils having
conditions to remove will stand these
examinations on the opening day of
school before being allowed to
progress to the next grade. The
| school trucks will be operated on <
practically the same schedule as last
year.
The teaching force will be. the same
as of last session: N. M. Huckabee, !
superintendent, in the high School,
Miss Olga Hush, Miss Ktlu-1 Rruee, I
Miss ICsther Garvin. In the gram- I
mar school, Miss S.a^lie Pearce, Miss j
Mae Rush, Mrs. A. (1. Sanders, and j
Miss Mae Boykin.
The patrons are asked to co-operate
with the teachers in every way pos- i
stble to make this the most successful !
year wje have had. Regular attend- j
anee, lessons well prepared at home, 1
less social activity, except on week- j
ends, for the pupils and occasional j.
visits to the school by t1Ye parents ?
will greatly help.
MANY PAY FIXES
Monday Busy Day For Recorder .Mills
In City Court.
An unusually large number of de- ]
fe..ndants appeared before Judge Mills
:n municipal court Monday morning
and the name? of several prominent
citizens were among the list for vio
lations of the traffic ordinances which
are being strictly enforced in Cam
are now being strictly enforced in
Ca mden.
Richard Peoples, also a defendant
in magistrate's court, withdrew his
request for a jury trial and plead
guilty in tins court to charges of
speeding and reckless driving. In j
making distance from tihe scene of a i
cutting affair on the river road Sat- i
urday afternoon Peoples, it is alleged,
overturned his autoiu-obile when mak
ing the corner of DeKalb and Cambell
?streets and on this account was fined j
twenty dollars.
W. P. Thomas charged with selling
goods from his ice cream parlor on
the Sabbath, was found not guilty.
This case went to a jury composed of
F. M. Wooten, foreman, R. M. Ken
nedy, L L. Moore, U. N. Myers and
J. K. Lang.
Thomas Chestnut was found guilty
on a charge of- drunkenness and as
sault and battery upon a colored
woman in the lower part of Camden.
Both man and woman claimed it was
all a matter of fun but the woman
was made to exhibit fresh wounds
from a carving knife and Tom paid
thirty dollars instead of serving the j
days.
Lane C. Shaw and M. Klein an
swered charges to fighting within Che
corporate limits and each were fined
?ten dollars.
A. F*. Sharp, charged with disturb
ing the peace of his neighborhood and
assault and battery upon his wife,!
was made to pay a fine of $"20.
Bernard Williams, 10-year-old col-1
ored boy, answered guilty to a charge |
of assault and battery upon his step- {
father and is now serving a thirty- j
day sentence in the city bastile to '
consider the seriousness of abusing!
older members of his family.
Wateree Plays Last Team
Wateree plays th<* Columbia Red ?
Sox Saturday at Wateree Field. The
Red Sox is the team that defeated
Wateree three weeks ago by the score
of >ii- to 4 'in eleven innings and is
made up almost entirely of the 1923
Columbia High School team which
won the state championship that year.
Included in the Red Sox lineup are
Boall, Lamar, Williams, McAuley and
Rosebury, all well known in high
school and prep baseball.
j . Wateree has a good team and is
' out for revenge fot the recent defeat.
The game Will start at 4 p.m. The
Wateree Mill* band will furnish music
throughout the game. A good, fast
me is assured. .
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WHITE MKN FltiHT
Otic (Jets Terrible Slash Across Face
and Arrests Follow . ?
The Use of mean lii^uor in all too,
[generous quantities sfcms to have
been the4 notable factor in developing!
u fret* for aH . fight- and human carv
ing demonstratittn on the river bridge j
highway a ' half mile from Camden]
early last. Saturday afternoon. City I
?ami county offieei> who rushed to j
the scene placed four men undor ar- j
rest for public disorderly conduct and
to this chinrge C. V. Johnson ami .J. J.
JB. Tvuesdell centered pleas of guilty
before Judge N i eh olson in magis
trate \s court Monday morning and
were fined twenty -five dollars each.
K. L. Peoples was charged with
operating a motor vehicle while under
the influence 'H>f whiskey and was
fined in this court aft,er having plead
guilty to a charge of reckless driving
in municipal court.
Kei>haw T: u< -mIi 11, who MillVred j
most with a variety of fancy slices :
and slashes upon the forehead and
face, with CV V. Johnson who, it is
alleged, handled the weapon, will
&tand trial upon charge of public dis
orderly conduct in Magistrate's court
this morning.
After this trial Johnson will be
.nerved with anot'her warrant charging
assault and battery ami will be bound
over for the .next term of criminal
court, which wiji meet in November, j
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Catholic Church Services.
Services at the Catholic Church on -
Sunday, August IHh, will be at 9:80 j
a. m. The public is cordially invited!
"i t
to attend.
Had Terrific Punch c\
Manly. liuf.Ji, a, young white nun ;
i of the Eljoreo sectidn, must have a
| terrific kick in his fist. Thursday,,
after a magistrate's trial in Elloree,
Mr. Rush is alleged to have struck
a negro named John Reagin with his
bare fist ami the negro died in about
thirty minutes. It seems as if the
two had a case up before the mag
istrate there and during the exam
ination Reagin disputed Rush and j
after the hearing Rush asked the 1
negro if he meant to dispute him. j
The negro said he did and proceeded,
to curse Rush and immediately he :
got the lick that is alleged to have i
caused his death. Rush immediately !
came to Orangeburg and surrendered j
to Sheriff R. F. Dukes. Bohd was
arranged and Rush returned to his1
home. Mr. Rush says he deeply re- j
grets the incident and that he had'
no intention of killing the negro. ? !
Orangeburg Times.
SENTENCE COM M L'TED
Haithcock Not To Die For Murder of!
Arthur Pedens
The sentence to death by electrocu
tion of W. B. Haithcock, convicted at
the January, 1U 24, term of the court
of general sessions in Richland county
of the murder of Arthur Pedens was
yesterday commuted to life imprison
ment by Governor McLeod, the com
mutation of the sentence "being recom
mended by Solicitor A. F. Spigner,
his recommendation being joined in
by Mendel I,. Smith trial judge in
the case.
The homicide occurred in the lower
part of Richland county in November,
1923, near the home of J. B. James.
The testimony was to the effect that
Haithcock and Pedens had been hunt
ing, being apparently on friendly
terms and later in the day, when
Haithcock and Pedens were in the
yard at the horfffcof Haithcock, a dif
ficulty arose in whic^i Haithcock was
beaten. That night Mrs. Haithcock
was visiting at Peden's home and
Pedens was taking her home in an
automobile when he was shot, the
homicide occurring on tho road be
tween the Peden and the Haithcock i
homes. The defendant set up a plea j
of self defense at the trial.
Solicitor Spigner, in a statement t o .
j the governor says, "I have concluded ,
that I should recommend that the !
sentence in this case be commuted
from death to life imprisonment. I
am convinced there were some miti
gating circumstances connected with
I the homicide which were not devel
I oped at the trial which, had they been
' developed would probably have had
sufficient weight with the jury that
i their verdict would not have, been
1 more severe than life imprisonment."
j ? Tuesday's State.
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The paving of approximately 30
miles of highway will begin in York
county in the near future .
It) OPRN SCHOOL HIvHK
Georgia-Carolina School 01 I'ommcrtT
To Have Branch School Here
Mr. Alton 11. Perry, president/of
! the* Cieoripia-Curolina School of Com
nuM'i'c, an<l Mr. Robert L. Williams,
the vice-president, of thy same ?chfl>ol
welt; in Cani?!?n ;ul week making
['arrangement's for the opening: of a
branch school here. Mr. William* is
still in tin1 city and will remain here
until the school gets under way. He
tells us that He is meeting with grati
fying success in the number of ap
plications for scholarships and ho
thinks there will be no (rouble in
getting the rrquired number of
Students.
Nearly everything taught in a com
mercial' college will be taught here
and it will afford local young people
an opportunity to take advantage of a
school at their very door, and many
of them will be enabled to take the
night study. Several schools are be
ing successfully operated in the
smaller towns in Georgia and the
Carohnas.
These gentlemen have the. endorse
ment of the Brunswick board of trade
in which city* the school has its head
offices. Letters from the Georgia
city signed by Fred (J. Warde, manag
ing secretary of their board of trade,
reads as follows:
"We have been advised that ? the
Georgia-Carolina School of Commerce
of Brunswick, Ga., anticipates open
ing a business college in your city,
and we take this occasion . to write
you and tell you that if you are suc
cessful in having a brunch of this In
stitution established in your midst
that you will find it quite an asset to
the interest of your community.
"Several years ago through the ef
forts of the Brunswick Board of
Trade we induced Mr. Alton 11. Perry i
to establish in our city the Georgia
Carolina" School of Commerce, teach
ing shorthand typewriting, bookkeep
ing, and the. usual business school
subjects and courses. After closely
observing the work and results ob
tained- by the school we take great
pleasure in recommending Mr. Perry
as a high class business man and
gentleman, absolutely reliable and de
pendable.
"Mr. Perry informs, me that Mr.
R. L. Williams, vice president of the
school will be in general charge Of
the work in your city. Mr. Williams
is known by me to be trustworthy,
and conscientious in the splendid work
which he is doing.
"We shall appreciate any courtesy
you may have opportunity, and feel
disposed, to extend to him."
Had Expensive Tastes
An old negro entered the office of
the lawyer whose usual custom was
to charge his clients whatever he
could get. ?_*_
"Bogs, dey's got my boy in jail.
What will you charge to get hinj
out?" the .caller asked.
The lawyer, siz-ing up his prospec
tive client as one who was not very
prosperous, replied:
"Oh, ten dollars."
Thereupon the negro, who had been
away from the community for somy
time, and who had, without the home
people knowing anything about it,
accumulated a little money, pulled out
a large roLl of bills.
The lawyer saw the bills and hast
ily said:
"What jail is it where they have
your boy?"
"Why, boss, it's de county jail, dey
calls it, up heah on de hill."
"Do you mean he is in the big
stone jail up there, with steel bars
on all the windows?"
"Yah, suh; yas, suh ; dat's de place,
boKK."
"Oh, well, when 1 answered your
first question, I thought you meant
they had him in the little wooden
building down here that they use hk a
holdover. If he's in the stone jail,
with the barred windows, it will cost
$25 to get him out of that."
The old darkey slowly counted out
the required amount, the while mut
tering:
"Dat pestifferous boy can't be sat
isfied wid no little wooden jail; seems
lak he alius picks out dem 'spensive
; places." ? Central Press.
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Marriage.
Mr. G. W. Gampbelle, of Camden,
land Miss Mary Alice Lee, of Bishop
jville, were married on Sunday, July
' 2Gth, by Probate Judge W. L. Mc
; Dowcll.
Special Meeting Kershaw Lodge
Kershaw Lodge No. 29, A.F.M., will
meet in special session Thursday eve
ning at eight o'clock for the purpose!
| of conferring the E.A. degree upon
a class of candidates. A special in
vitation ks extended through Frank
Campbell, W.M., to members of this
lodge and afl visiting Masons to art
tend thi. meeting.
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' H\ ST A \ l>KR (?KTS TMK IU-I.KKT
J '? ' ? ' . ?; ?' . ? ? ' . V.
j Tobe Kirkland Ai?n*? at KouCh Hut
?loiH'H t'arries Oil liulltM
r v>l?o Kirkland, who operates the
Fountain Killing station on lower
Broad street became embroiled in i
fight with his helper Roy Roach last
Saturday ni^ht and during tlu' fight
shot at Roach and hit Theo'dore Jones
a negro youth in the thigh.
The story gois that Kirkland arid
Roach had a fueling oat over a fruit
jar filled with ice water, resulting
in Roach, who is a cripple, getting
j Kirklund down 'and administering a
s?>und 'beating. Kirkland's son came
to his father's rescue with a pistol
and Kirklund fired the bullet grafting
tin- arm of Roach -and finding lodge
ment in the thigh of Jones who wjis
; passing by at the time. The wound
to J ones was a flesh wound ami is
not -.considered serious, Kirkland's
hoy was arre.stMl ami .placed in tin'
lockup, hut Tobe Kirkland made his
getaway and waw afterwards located
at his home where he wan so badly
beaten up he. could not attend the
Recorder's court Monday morning.
Kirkland has been before the city
and circuit courts on numerous oc
casions charged with selling other
than gas at his fountain tilling sta
tion.
As a result of this last affair in
which Tohe was engaged Mayor C'ar
rison has very properly revoked his
license for operating a filling station
us well as that for operating a trans
fer.
MKKTS DKATH IN R1VKR
Prominent Voting Man of West
Wateree Drowns Near Camden
James T. Rabon, il2-year-old white
man of the West Wateree section of
this county, met death Arly Monday
morning by drowning in the Wateree
river near the old ferry site not far
from Camden and his body was not
rcovered until Wednesday when par
ties who have continuously searched
the river located the body a half mile
below the site of drowning
Mr. Kabon and three companions
by the name of Bran ham had gone
in the river early in the morning to
seine before the turbines . started at
the Wateree Power company's plant
a few miles nortih. While in the
river the water rose rapidly and be
fore they could swim ashore the en
tire party came near drowning. Mr.
Rabon went under when within a few
feet of the river bank.
Mr. Kabon was a son of Robert A.
Rabon of Ridge way and was a mar
ried man and leaves i "wife a nd four
children. He is widely connected in
this and .adjoining counties. The
funeral ^Yvices and burial occurred
at Springwale Baptist church near
Rabon's Crossroads Wednes^^yy after
noon.
Scouts Save Man's Life
Greenwood, Anp. 4. ? J. F. Park
man, operator at the su-bstation of the
Southern Power company at South
Greenwood, who was severely shocked
when he fell against a live wire of
high voltage at the local power house
yesterday, probably owes his life to
four Greenwood Iioy Scouts. Mr.
Park man's head struck the wire and
his scalp was badly burned the shock
throwing him from the platform on
which he was working eight feet to
th?* floor and knocked the breath out
of him.
Fiank Cry me a, Florian lJuniater
and George and Carl Deadwyler,
members of a Greenwood scout troop,
happened to be enjoying a watermelon
feast on the power house grounds.
As soon as the youngsters heard Mr.
Parkman fall they resurrected their
faces deeply buried in the watermelon
rinds and went to hw assistance.
Putting into practice the training
they had received they used the scout
method of artificial respiration and
in a few minutes had'the injured man
breathing again. When a physician
arrived he expressed surprise that Mr.
Parkman was' alive but soon learned
from the boys themselves what they
had done and he found that he could
not have done any better himself.
Byrd Next Governor.
Richmond, Va., Aug. 5. (By A. P.)
? State Senator Harry Flood Byrd of
Winchester, newspaper man, orchard
i?t and brother of Lieut. Oomdr. Rich
mond Evelyn Byrd, Jr., in charge of
the naval fyers witffi the MecUfllan
North Pole expedition, was nomina
ted governor of Virginia in the -Demo
cratic primaries Tuesday by ihe
greatest majority to the history of
gubernatorial primaries in the state.