Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"We Protect You" THE MOTORISTS' PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION Announces the appointment of William R. Hough As County Manager for Kershaw County The Association furnishes Legal As-, -distance to the motorist, Detective Ser vice, Medical Aid and Free Towing* Service within an eight mile radius of official garage. The above service is rendered mem bers at home or away from home. Members buying gasoline for cash and in five gallon or over lots will be allowed a discount of two cents by the Reliable Filling Station, M. C. West, Proprietor. Attorney for Kershaw County: L. A. WITTKOWSKY, Camden. Physician and Surgeon: CARL A. WEST, M. D. * GARAGES: BROADWAY GARAGE . . , ; Camden A. C. ROSE GARAGE . . . . . . Blaney FILLING STATION: RELIABLE FILLING STATION DeKalb and Fair Sti'eets H (J I1 K I j * COMMERCIAL HOTEL Genuine Southern Cooked Meals Women participated in French J flections, for the first time. May 1. Notice to Debtors and Creditors All parties indebted to the estate of j < .). Nunnery, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment (<? the un dersigned, and all parties, if any, i havinjr claims against' the said estate! Vill procnt t'hem duly at te.-ted \\ it h- J t| t h* iiin< pr<t.?u nlwd hv law. W. I M< |)(>\V I'M /I., ?liaise of Probate \<!mif, >????;*. !<%?? K-tate of t I. Nun- f mry. amdt n. S. t \ ii,r. I 7, 1 The "busy boo" spon<l? nioirfr time in the hivo than she dot's outside hunting neetar. Sho only makes .'U.G5 trips during hor lifetime and gathers only < iirht -tenths i>f a tfiam of nectar. A trained bi <.1 iI<>k has been re trieving I" hi* ! ?y master, bath ? i ft t'ti bv players at a ('h.ieaft'o H4.1X . I'layv.i.s were puzzled .by tie inv s!t i.or disappearance <>f their K"!l bail- niiMi the\ i-au^ht the <l'>,r in tin' ;nl of earryiny: the ball t<> t V ; i ? I >'> \' . PHONE 95 CAMDEN. S. C. No Diamonds, No Debts When >ou ciniM waste \ our money you ma> not have any diamonds ? but then you don't have any debts. Loan & Savings Bank CAPITAL $100,000.00 r 4 Per Cent. Paid on Savings Deposits A HI/OODY RECORD FOR STATE. ? " ' " I'.i" -j ir>0 Murder Ca*en Fending in S??ut h Carolina Court*. Walter K, Duncan, in Tin South Car olina Gazette. South Carolina has been tabled the bloodiest <#pot in all the world. With 150 imnikr cacea pending in the -Irt counties at the prenetft timv, the state if?m>t actually the* bloodiest spot, i< certainly a strong contender for thi:? place. . Spartanburg appear# by figure* to be the bloodiest spot in South Caro lina. Court is in .session in that coun ty at the present time. When court convened last week there were 17 murder cases on docket. (ireenyiilf*' takes second place, with i;{ murder cases pending, followed by Florence, with 11; Saluda, with U{ Aiken, with 8: Anderson and Hamp ton, with 7 each} Chesterfield, with ?5; Colleton, v Lexington and Kichland, with 5 each; Bamberg and Chester, with 1 each; Barnwell, Beajifort Berkeley, Clarendon, Fairfield and Horry, with -.'I each; Abbeville, Allen dale, Darlington, Kershaw, Sumter, Union and Williamsburg, with 2 each; and Charleston, FdgelieWl, Green wood, Laurens. l.ee, .McCormick, Or angcbiug, I'ickeps, a, id York, with I each; Only eight of it he 10 counties of the state have a clean bill of health, or' no murder cases pending, at the pres ent moment. This honor roll is com posed of Calhoun, Cherokee, Dillon, I>orche<ster, Lancaster, Marion and Newberry counties. Of the 151) murder cases pending 92 have? 'been brought over from pre vious terms of court, and 11 have been docketed since the last term of court in itho various counties. The 11 muixler cases are, 'therefore, the result of recent slayings. Human life is cheap in South Caro lina. It is a startling record thai proves its cheapness. This leting of blood is the most commonplace of oc cu ranees. Yet, for all our protesta tions against the reign of lawlessness land our professions in favor of Taw enforcement, juries are apparently not disposed to apply the jnuialty pre scribed for murder. Not in 45 years, not ^iK*e 1880, when in that ye'ar a man by the name of Hates was convicted outright, has a white man charged with murder I been giveiii the extreme penalty in the Second Judicial circuit. Kxtreme. pen alties for white murderers are almost . jIs rare in other circuits. It is about the most difficult mat ter in the world to convict a white man of murder in South Carolina, and even in the improbable event of con viction, if the convicted person has the financial means of combatting thi' circumstances, he, seemingly, may grow decrepit, probably die of old age, before t lie slow-moving machin ery of the courts at last consigns him to -the elect lie chair, if. indeed, such a thmg ever happens. The Highani ea e we:! ser\e> ti? substantiate tins -ciiixctuxiuxi. Murder i.- a poor bu^ines?-, but .L-. ;u S.iut n' Carolina, - among the ^ ; i \ 1 * > t < > t t i iiu< Sj v Souui a a.n'.na ranks hign in liu*| human v'.aughtt " record. < '? | ,r.g ;>?'i 'ti... ' 't ? i i . ' ;> V\!iv!tii'.y ?foub: - fill f ai-i im >p',. < in: Mak ? | ar \ th.: ' ? a -rr>\\ . ? Wit ) t ir. ? ' h.??: i ill : i i : < ? : i [ : t r > ? i .. i ??- '? i 1 ir .. -.n<i ? I . . i I W;, ;v ? ' \ i . . . ' ' . ' . ' . ' ' v * Ills V ? . - ? ? U,! ? ! <? .1 . . par ! .:? ' tui ?i- . .1 ? . i ? . IIH ( ?? i. ,1 - i \u . ^ :;nt >w l>a-l ! a . . i . a.'nl \\ South ? a"oiina. I I I ?? i;jtv ?? i?..u; > ? a.-i ?? . : . a ?r? ' I ii. i ? )? \ciir n ? 'hu-aw. Au.l S?ur i : ? < . j ;t- i<>- ? ? - p?-? . i>: ? ' f;. i ? a - v. <? . .. {Va.n i . ? vi r. I. ? \\ ' V. | :n tju* |>a> ; t? w tar!'? i b> < at ?-a?t two iii-i s ?:i ! h . ?? ? ! a ' c ? f fa ' hi*: \vh w- nu t. -.ayinfc. thi*:r owr. >oj . - Or.?- i : t hr -<? ha.> '>???: -< n ten<*-d to i,!r it?i|ithutim<'i,!. tar jur> rw?s?M>v!!tl.r.^ h.m u > mcrty it proven at tht- trial that h<> not ; only shot his 17 y< ar o'.d ^??n {?? <h'a?h, hut ?h?t him in thr hack! South Carolinian* are too quick on I the trigger ami too s!y? in the jury i box. Writing m The Saturday Kvening i . . , , I '! j Post of last week's issue on "The I Great American Scandal", Richard Washburn Child deaU with the coun try** crime tide. and attempts, not in differently, to analyse it and U lay j hU linger on what may h? asfigned^ ' an the oau?e jot the wholesale slaugh i ,tor of Americans by their fellow citi >c t; iis, no 1$#? than 100, (M)U of whom according to the American Bar asso ciation's committee on law enforce ment, have within <the past tqn year | period "lavished by poison, pistol, ; knife or other unlawful and deadly in | jury." . , t Mr. Child, considering ' Americas ' rising tide of -crime, has drawn three conclu.-ions, tin- first of which is that 'whatever the detailed cure for our icandal of lawlessness, the only ?hopo if its application rests upon the up get.ting of ))ublic opinion. "There will be no turn of the tide of lawlessness," he says, "untjil the millions are will ing to do what 1 determined to do to And the intimate human facts and face them." His second conviHion is that pub lic opinion has not gone, is not go ing and will not go into action meiely because the availing flimsy crime sta tistics are represented, "or because white-cutFed gentlemen speak at banquets in an impassioned manner and send deputations, to carry hot but empty phrases of protest to helpless mayors, governors and federal offi cials . . ." "It avails little," he adds, "to repeat over and over, "The law must Ik' enforced." His third conviction ? and here Mr. Child has hit the nail squarely on the head - is the paradoxical truth that one source of our crime is not crime but law. "Unnecessary or impracti cable laws are almost certain to lead to a breach of law, to a disrespect for law, to a breakdown of our whole law enforcement. It is possible to obtain enforcement of law only when laws represent social will. If there are so many laws that they overlap or be come dead letters or cannot be under stood or interpreted, it is ridiculous to say th^t they represent the -social will. "Every one of us," continues Mi. Child, "has met the man or woman who goes about saying phrases like ?these: "The law is the law. We must obey the law while -it is on the statute books.' " 'The best way to repeal a bad law is to enforce it.' "We must not allow men 01 women to uphold only the laws they want en forced while they break laws they do not want enforced. "There is no complaint against these sayings, but none of us should lose sight of the fact' that the respect for law which is worth something is not the idolatry of so many para graphs of printed word^ on page ~1? *5 of the Revised -Statuses but it i^ le spect for -the social will ? the common consent and agreement of men and women* which support the law." Mr. Child' makes it plain what he has reference to, j He say-: I 1C"J fer to the multiplicity of laws, the j laws which "a'iT" semi-dead, the laws which piopose l <j legislate into being . new human '-haiacter, '.he laws which j aomchoW get onto the printed pages, without the vm-ia. to cnloue. them." I i)<* - vK iit i w ill U> bi -h'A * ' \ tho i.'?rnivai <>i" hlo??d-le-U*i!g in .SoiK.i { Carolina i> the only ti.inn under lb a- j veil that wi! ' --top it. Two ??r ''me yea* . ago a", the ta:!j of (ioV4 r i : ii > Md.< - i. the and } v , uiu, ? y irh ? ai'olma me; ( ' t . a . n ? 1 ? ? i ? ? ' ''-''d !v<. a f- . a,-l> 1 i .. -.i A ? ? : ' < ' ' ' nu-? . ; ,, , ? i ; i -;??.-?? . i ? ? .< .a',v ' ' 'i - : ? , c .e.- alt.l *. I'.v . ? . - rv. i : : I : . . - : P - 1! ' ' , ?a ; j . r-vfsn i n'M r<'ii t ' t i... i. ? i .. ;i..iiikr a* ' ?' ;.<rcM-u. x . m I ; . i : tiuii: ^ tin h:i .?.? <?: ' ?<? v , - ?' : n ? ?\v ? ? .11 . : ? ??* . ? ? a . : ? i v. a - n'.' i 1 ab??u. ,ii:y ? i < ? .4 u !i - < v \ a'.:<>:i s ? i ? ? h ? ^ ? i * i * - .aw. "I* :i ;i * t >c? nur.u J a a tlv h ? . n'y ? ; rra.^i. :;:<?<! a- ?? v..- r,?. The fa.! hat th.?u*a::<!> ? f South < a'< lin:an> jr ' inbuilt da !y, fully prepared for b: ?> I- ' h-tt.'-c. ;*?:* r.tial murderer-- >:iic t.h< . ? . k ? !i?- i r astillery on t ht* i r hip< a - ? \ disregarded. \"a i . ? ?\j ~ !. ^ ':i .i ? mooring in <! -- 1! ' (.* .a a 1 (tf law a^ai.'.^t mil: - i< ' a- vni a- the law atfain>t nthrv t>> !'?? tnfi?rn-il .t must li . *>. . i nl ?>r? <*<1 ?)> public sentiment . a i .? i :hi-> pub'.n' sentiment must ncn < ;i\ rind st.s way into the jury b<?x '?> pu' .iii t ml ** > t he ?-xvUMnvc of mur der, <>r -lapping thi? murderer on th* wri?t h.-. to the pe nalty for his i nme. ? Wi>?.n the day .shall conic that public ' sentiment will no longer tolerate mur- ; dor ? when the penalty is made swift ' and sure ? murder will no out of : fashion in South Carolina, for public ! , sentiment is now and always will be . j the only law thi^t will have com pell- * ; ing force and effect. Chester Take* Action. Information list for August 1, the coming of which has been announced on several occasions in the local pa pers by tjhe Chester Credit associa tion, was issued Saturday and dis tributed to the members of the as sociation, to be used by them as a guide for the extension of further ri i (lit. The understanding is that if a person's name is on the list with an unpaid account against him that fact blocks his further credit with any and all members of the associa-. tion until he or she is in good stand in^*; by the payment of the account. Information list. No. 1 is a docu ment of fifteen pages and over, each page containing 'about 65 names, with the number of accounts owing ami the amount. The amounts vary from fifty rents to several hundred dollars. The merchants say the credit evil has grown to such proportions that H is simply impossible for them to stay on in business and run their stores liice they should with so much money tied up in slow accounts. They say they need the money, and all members of the association seem de termined to abide by the rules, and at the end of each month post the names of ali parties who have failed to come across. The information List,, the members of the Credit as sociation says, is to be .issued, not for the purpose of embarrassing any body, but simply to get matters on a better and much needed basis.? Chester Reporter. Advertising Did It. ! Wrigley, the chewing gum man,1 has explained how he b&ilt up a busi- j ness of millions of packages a .day. I He has done it by sticking to his oiu* line and advertising it. He spends! over a million dollars a year in buy ing newspaper space 'to tell the world about 5 cent chewing gum. fle has educated people to cthew gum and to chew Wrigley's. He did not stop shouting as soon as he attracted at tention. i He says you must keep it up or the buyers will forget you. Whether yours is a 5 cent or a $50,000 business, keep telling about it. Warrener Vandervoort, agqd 17, is held at Parkersburg, Iowa, for kill ing his father, the Rev. R. P. Vander voort, and wounding his mother, Young Vanderyc^ort tells of almost constant quai^elv/tihat, destroyed the peace and qun$B*of tn't^ ^iome, and claims that he was not fully awake when he did the shooting. From the fingerprints on lile ii* the identification bureau of Scotland Yard some 200,000 positive identifications Vhave been made. W. J. Hryan'n Will. Written by himself shortly Ufoit he departed for his ia*t earthly hut tK ? -the Scopes trial? 4ihe -will of t hi late William Jennings Bryan, tiloit at Miami, Fl*? in Uade County Probata Court, provided for the needs of In entire family and 'in addition peijn ?? uated his fight in the cause of religion by .setting aside funds for various churches and for a military academy for boys under the supervision $r some evangelical church. The total value of the estate lis placed at about $500,000. .Full of characteristic Bryan phrases and idealisms, the Inst .testament of the Great Commoner placed thcwo close to him first in tho category of his worldly possessions, but only a little ahead of the principles to which he'aftained and preached hy voice and pen. ' Mary Baird Bryan, his wife, it was provided, should receive all household furnishings and other personal be longings in addition to one-third of the entire estate. Next in his final legal document were named his two daughters and son, Ruth Bryan Owen, Grace Bryan llargreaves and William Jennings Bryan, Jr., who_ are to re ceive one-fourth each of the remain ing two-thirds of t!he estate. The other fourth of the remainder is di vided among more distant relatives and the fund's for "the entwining of the spiritual with the intellectual," Mr. Bryan recently stated his assets , were less than a half million dollars. I Mrs. Mary Baird Brywn, wife of Mr. Bryan, was named executrix tof her j husband's estaty by Probate Judge W. F. Blanton. The introduction of the Common er's will was typical. It read: "In the name of Cod, farewell. "Trusting for my salvation to the blood of Jesus *Christ, my Lord and Redeemer, and relying on His promise for my hope of resurrection, I con sign my spirit to the God who gave it." Mrs. Bryan is bequeathed all the personal property of her late hus band and one-third of all the property of the e sit ate, including a life interest in the Bryan home at Cocoanut Grove, Florida. After willing one-fourth of the re maining part of the estate to each of his three children, Mr. Bryan insert ed the following stipulation: "If any child resorts to the courts to break the provisions of this will the bequest to the said child will be revoked by the said ?ct and -said child's portion will go into my estato. to be divided among the other lega tees." The Sam Browne belt^vas invented by a one-armed British officer. The Machinery Supply House We carry I'nited States, I'eqberthy, Leader, .Metropolitan In jectors and Hancock Inspirators. Oil Cups, Lubricators, Engine and Boiler Trimmings. Rubber, Leather and (iandv Belt. it i ? Pipe, Valves, Fittings, Iron and Holts Shafting, Hangers and Couplings Everything the (iinni'r and Mill Man Wants; H;t\o Howe Scale Co.'s 700 lb Cotton Scales IN STOCK. S23 West Gervaio St. Columbia, S. C. Dont Wait Till Pastures fhi! Pasture alone, at its best, won't keep cows in top con dition and full flow of milk. But grass becomes a starva tion ration when pastures are burned dry and bare, as is the case nearly every summer nearly everywhere, for weeks und sometimes months. You don't know when a grass failure is com ing, or how long it will last* Suxely it isn't good business to sit idly by, hoping for con ditions to improve, while milk r (fa rinks every day. You can easily avoid this, and SPRINGS Jk SHANNON, take a profit in place of cer tain loss. Feetf Larro regu larly all summer, 1 lb. to every 5 lbs. of milk when pasture is good, with a gradual increase as grass gets scanty and un palatable. Larro, fed on such a sched ule, not only will pay a profit over its cost this summer, but will put your cows in condition to make more milk in fall and winter when prices are highest. Don't wait for pasture to foil. Feed Larro no sr. Inc.. ?AMDEN, S. C. fc'Liiife; Mr !?-/?' - ? :r ' .