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Bring Your Cotton to Camden Where You Get Highest Market Camden 1 - 1 - ? ? J - U! ' -UU? _L VOLUME XXXVII. CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1825. | NUMBER 24 air craft destroy ki> <iiant Dirigible Breaks In Twain During Severe Storm ' ? Caldwell. Ohio, Sept. 6.-? Ameri ca's pride of the air, the Shenandoah, ii,s scattered about the rugged hills of southwestern Ohio, broken and twisted ? only a wreck of metal and canvas. In her plunge to earth dur ing the early uiorning hour* of Thursday she carried to their deaths Lansdowne of Greenville, Ohio; and trol* commander, Comihander Zachary 13 other officers and enlisted men of her crew of 48. Caught in a line squall while at tempting t6 ride out of a severe storm, the giant ship's massive framework broke in twain more than half a mile up in ?the heavens and plunged in separate parts to the ground. Men hung onto girders and pieces of rigging of the .parts on the mon ster as they floated through the air. Most of them saved their lives by jumping as the parts of the giant gas hag neared ithe ground. One section of the ship drifted for more than 10 miles from th^ point where the break-up occurred before it finally came down near Sharon. Lieut. E. W. Sheppard, of Washing ton, D. C., engineer, either jumped or was wrenched from his holdings, as that part of the ship continued :n tho air. Ilia body was the last to be recovered and identified. Tho control cabin, crowded with officers and men in their desperate battle with the elements, was th? death trap. This apparently was torn' loose from the section of the gas bag to which it clung after the first rent, and fell by itself. The wreckage of ..the control cabin gave up the body ,?f Commander Lansdowne and 12 ither officers and enlisted men. After battling the elements for several hours, the huge aircraft sud denly shot upward to an altitude of approximately 7,500. feet from a 000-foot level, where the dirigible buckled amidships. The pressure and twisting was so ?Treat that it broke the ship in three . & sections. Tho fore section, measuring about 150 feet, and bearing seven survivors, free-ballooned for more than an hour, ami finally was landed near Sharon, 12 miles from where the control cabin crashed near Ava. Tho main section, carrying 22 sur vivors, landed with a crash ' which sent several of the ^ crew diving through the outer covering to the ground. A middle section. of some 15 or 20 feet settled down m pieeos over the country side. Those aboard the nose section had a wild and thrilling ride and landed 12 miles from the place where the cabin compartment crashed. Several of the officers had just left the control cabin and were climb ing up the ladder into the catwalk of the ship proper when the cabin broke loose. Suspended in mid-air and hanging to a girder, they crawled or were pulled to places of comparative safety. One, not so fortunate, V. J. Mc Carthy, chief rigger, was swept f rorn i nis perilous position in the forward end of the nose to the ground when the motorless craft struck a tree. He is in a Marietta hospital in a serious condition. ? With three men forward and three; aft in the nose of the craft it was maneuvered to a safe altitude after t had brushed trees and at least ?me farm house. Lieut. C. K. Rosen " <!ahi and Lieut. G. B. Anderson di rected the closing up of the helium t;a.s and gasoline in such a way .that '.h<' nose landed without severely in juring any aboard. The dead were, then taken to Bellevalley, a nearby *. illage, where they were placed in an improvised morgue. An American l.egion guard of honor is on watch there tonight. The men, it appeared, were killed nstantly. At least one man was torn i) two. Others had broken bones and skulls and were otherwise badly mutilated. I'rayern for Rain Special prayers for rain to break} unprecedented drought in this "rrtinn were offered m tJout'i Carolina churches Sunday, Governor Thomas G. McLeod, in an official proclamation Thursday, designated 'he day as a day of "fasting and prayer to God for deljyerancc from the threatening evil of the present 'ro,"ht"- ? ? ? . - BETHUNK NEWS NOTES Items of Jnterent as (lathered by Our Regular Correspondent. Bethune, S. C., Sept.. 0.? Mr. and "MTffr Jr O. Foster and? t wo little daughters of Hartsville have moved into the house recently occupied by Mr. (J. W. King. Mr. Foster comes highly recommended to take up his work as superintendent of the Be thune school. The following girls and boys have left for the various colleges: Misses Ruth Estridge, Lois and Mabel Watts to Winthrop; Messrs June Truesdale, Norwood Thomas and Leonard Therell to the- Presbyterian -College at Clinton; . Angus McQuaguo to Bailey Military Institute. Miss Kathleen McCaskill left Sat urday for Marion, where she will teach in the graded school. Miss Alta Copeland left Tuesday for Mullins to teach mathematics in the high school. " Miss Helen Pope Ward left Satur day for Heath Springs, where she will teach in the graded school. Mrs. B. W. Best and little son, Billy, accompanied Mrs. Best's mother, Mrs. Smith and sons, Wallace and Harold, to their home in Me Gormick. Mrs. Bust will remain for I a short visit. Mr. and Mrs. J. P, Bvthuue 1 sf>ent ' Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Bethune in CheraW; Mrs. L. M. Best and little daughter; Betty, spent last week in Sumter wt-ih relatives. Miss Louise Lavina, of Cheraw, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. C. C. Padgett. Mrs. H. C. Wall of Andrews is spending' some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. 0. Ward. Mrs. D. T. Yarbrough returned ! Thursday from an extended visit to j her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Johnston, in Trenton, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McChesney, of Waterloo, stopped over with Mr. Me Chesney's sister, Mrs. H. E. McCas-j kill, Wednesday night enroute to Hay 1 mer, where they both have positions as tetichers in the School. Mesdames?L. O. Johnson and W. R. Rozier and Miss Josie Blackmon have( returned from a trip to Washington.) Mrs. Mary Bethune returned last I week from Chera-w after spending some 'time at the home of her son, R. M. Bethune. Miss Helen Garland, who is in training at Columbia hospital was the guest of Mrs. E. Z. Truesdell this j week. Mrs. L. M. Yarbrough of Elloree spent several days last week at the home of her fhther, Mr. K. T. Est' ridge; Miss Gussfe Hough is the^ guest of her sister, Miss Irene Bateman in Kershaw this week. ,/ Mr. and Mrs. Hey ward'^Smith and children of Columbia were the week end guests of Mrs. Smith's uncle, Mr." XT i>r Robertsons Mrs. Leme Seegars and children of Columbia are visiting at the home of Mrs. Seegars' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Z. Brannon. Messrs. C. C. Padgett of this place and Mr. Laney, of Bi?hopville, who conducts a livery stable here, have gone on a business trip to Tennessee. The B. Y. P. U. held a social Fri day evening at the homo of Mr. Alfred McLaughlin. The Junior Epworth League was entertained Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. B. W. Best. Rev. A. M. Gardner and son, Carlor, j of Olanta, were visitors here Sun day night. Mr. Gardner preached in the Methodist church that evening. The Junior Christian Endeavor will fill the appointment of the Senior 'Endeavor Sunday evening with a pageant. Rev. .1. M. Forbis attended a call meeting of Presbytery in Columbia Tuesday. Mrs. R. E. McCaskill is spending' some time with her aunt in Colum bus, N. C. Mr. 1). M. Mays and family and Miss Cecilia King spent Sunday in Neeses at the home of Mr. M. 'King. Mr. Josey Sbaw, of Fayetteville, N. C., was the" guest of Mr. D. J. | Clyburn Monday evening. A group Presbyterial will be held Friday 11th at the Presbyterian church here. Delegates will he pres ent from Camden, Lugoff, Cassatt and Turkey Creek. The speaker of the day will consist of the officers of the Prenbytertal. Bom ? To Mr. and Mrs. Foster Gardner, September Oth, a son. Mr. tt. t&ichel, of the firm of Wolfc-E*chel Co., has returned from the northern market* where he Wentj in the interest of his firm. BIfi FISH CAH8KS TKOl'BLR, Mr. Clarkson Subject to H?**vy Fine For Killing Sturgeon To the Kditor of The Statr: We have noticed in The State of September 1 an account of the stur geon caught by Mr. R. B. Olarkson of West Watered. Inclosed you will find copy of let ter addressed to Mr. Clarkson, calling his attention to a violation of law In this case and asking for explanation as to why he saw fit to slaughter this fine specimen out of season. The fine is $100 for catching a sturgeon be tween June 15 and March 1. This de partment recommended to the last legislature and will again insist at the coming session that u closed period, of ten years be put on stur geon. We are dping all that is pos sible to conserve this very valuable fish and are certainly not unmindful of the. unlawful slaughter in this case and wish you to make this letter pub lic for- thv reason that it. might be a protection to another sturgeon. Wo trust that the next, one finding one will give him a push off the strand instead of knocking him in the head. Trower Cravens, Chairman, State Board of Fisheries. BeaufdiU Sept. 3. "Am inclosing you a clipping from The state of September 1, giving an account of the sturgeon caught by you. Am also inclosing you a copy of the state fishing laws, of which you are no doubt in ignorance. Am very sorry you savj fit to slaughter such a fine specimen at this season i of the year. "Please give me the fu)l particulars | of this catch. Was it not possible for you to lu*lp this big fellow back into water of sufficient depth for him or her to get away and ^hereby assist this department to conserve a speci i men of the very fine fish, which is ( growing very scarce? I "This department is willing to ex j tend leniency in cases of ignorance of ?the law, yet we are certainly not un* ' mindful of .the wrong done in this-, ^case and until we are in possession j of further facts we must hold you in i the same class with the hunjter who lean not withstand the .temptation to I shoot when a fine doe or buck, out of season, jumps . up in front of him when the gun is handy. "A$7 above requested, please state to us just how you came to kill this , fish." Boy Scout News , Troop No. 2 of the Boy Scouts of Camden held their regular meeting on ?Friday night at the "Sfcout halt. The business at this meeting was a dis cussion of this year's Boy Scout foot ?ball team and the improvement of out regular meetings. We dccided to elect a new manager and captain at tiie next meeting. Scoutmaster _ de Loache presented a plan by which the meetings might be improved, that each boy write on a slip of paper what he thought ought to be done to make the meetings more interesting. Then we would follow out these various suggestions to improve our meetings. He also said that begin ning in October the meetings would) be conducted' by a single scout at each meeting. This would also improve the meetings. John Richardson, Scribe. Markers and Parking City council is having a much need ? ed piece of work done at nearly all intersections of the principal streets. I At each corner the name of the stree: has been painted on the corner ai eight places. The lettering stands out in bold relief and will prove of great convenience to strangers com ing into the city. Another improvement is the zoning of cars parked at the city school grounds. Parking spaces have been market! off on Lyttleton street. All cars going north are headed north and those going south are headed south ? all parked one behind the othei ? which avoids turning in leav ing the school grounds. The city is i using every effort to keep down acci dents at the school property and will I have a policeman stationed there dur j ing the time fchool lets nut for the | dinner hour. Now Flandiin? Sfyleplun The Enter prie?> Mercantile Com pany ha* necured the local agency for Styleplus clothes ? nationally ad vertised product* find they have an advertisement In thi? week'* Chron iele reproduced from the Saturday ^Pvening Pott to which your attention i? directed. 'zp?r ^ -ir BETHI NK SCHOOLS TO OPKN Begins Term Monday .Morning With Superintendent Foilter in Cham*.' ' n i|i uNM . ji 1 Bethune, 0., Sept. 10. ? With the i largest and best prepared faculty ever employed for the schools of the Bethune system the opening exercises in the different schools will be held Monday morning, September 14, at 9 o'clock, according to announcement by Superintendent J. C. Foster, who will have charge of tho program in the high school and will visit the Bethune, Shamrock and Timrod gram mar schools later in tho day. Superintendent Foster graduated with the class of 1915 from Clemson college and has been in tho public school work of this state during the past ten years. He was superintend-. ?nt of the Autioch schools in Dar lington county five years and was re-elected (for the sixth year but chose to head the system here in itead. During the summers Super intendent Foster has been doing graduate work at Gedrge Pea body's College for Teachers. .Miss Ruth Watts of Bethune will be the Senior teacher in the high school and will be head of the de partments of English and French. She has a B. A. degree from Win throp and has had extended exper ience in high school work. Other teachers in the high school arc. as follows: Miss Ollie Farr, of Chapin, B. S., Winth^p, mathematics and economics; Miss Eddie Brabba.m of Pinewood, H. A., Winthrop, Latin and English; Mrs. K. K. Tompkins of Kershaw, B. A,, Limestone, .science and history, aftd Miss Lizzie Mac Riley of Orangeburg, Chicora, public school "jnusic. 1(.. Eugene Flowers, of Darlington, wili succeed -Charlie A. Byrd as principal of the Bethune grammar school and t6acher of the seventh 'grade. He will also have charge of the boys' athletics of the high school. Prof. Flowers has a B. A. degree from Furman University ami has had considerable experience in thje public schools of South Carolina and Georgia. Miss Carrie Yarbrough of Bethune, B. A., Chicora College, will teach sixth grade in the Bethune Grammar school; Miss Stella Bethune of Be thune, B. A. Chicora, fifth grade; Mi s Eva Mae .Caston, of Heath Springs, B. A., Winthrop, fourth grade; Miss Mildred Billings, of I^ancaster, third grade; Miss Elise Hook of Irmo, graduate of Columbia | high school and formerly a student at Winthrop, second grade; Miss Mac E. Long, of Prosperity, and Mrs. Margaret Marion' of Bethune, -first grade. The principal of the Shamrock grammar school will be Miss Grace Perry of Johnsonville.' She graduated from Winthrop with a B. A. degree and -has experience in school work. Miss Bertha Arnold of Bethune will teach the primary grades. Timrod grammar school will be headed by Miss Ethel Williams of Samaria. Miss Williams is a grad uate of Winthrop ami is well ex perienced in her profession. She will be assisted by* Miss Pearl Gunter, also of Srimaria, and Miss Mamie Lue Hilton of Bethune. Miss Gunter studied at Winthrop and Miss Hilton at Anderson College for Women. . Camden Has Plenty of Water While cries from a number of towns and cities throughout South Carolina and adjoining states have gone out, bewailing the fact of n water shortage, and in ssmo cases a near water famine, brought about by one of the most prolonged and gen oral droughts in the history of the country, Camden is exceptionally for tunate in having, not more than a mile and a half from the center of town, a perpetual and abundant sup ply of pure water, adequate for a town several times the size of Cam den. The Camden water plant is one of the most favorable features of the town. The water comes from the creek which flows into the Wateree Mill pond, and is protected by a water shed of several hundred acres. It is pumped by electricity into the filtering plant at the water station and there pumped into the giant standpipe on .Jumell Hill, probably the highest point in Camden, giving an excellent pressure even when the engine pressure is not running. Nearly every residence of any con sequence uses the city water and the supply will be adequate for all time to come, even though Camden should *row to be an immense city. . TWO MKN KII.I.F.h And l ive Hurl in Automobile Wreck i North of Camden One uf the must distressing; ami disastrous automobile accidents of the year happened a few miles north of Camden Satuuiay njglit when two nun met almost instant death and five others were slightly injured. Manner Kmil Huhn, 88, married, of Adrian. Mich,, and Frank Reiger, 27, married, whose home was Knid, Oklahoma, members of the Augusta baseball team we|? killed on the return trip front Charlotte to Augtftf ta when the ear in which seven men wero riding turned over several times pinning all the occupants underneath. Harry Smythe, pitcher, recently sold to the Philadelphia Nationals, suffered a broken collar bone. Kenneth Sedgewick, pitcher, whose home address is Washington, l>. C? suffered min&r injuries. Joe BUskey, shortstop, who I was married only a few days ago and whose home address is Cumberland, Md., was hurt slightly. Tobe Livingston of Newberry was cut on one of his eyes. Chris llaury, pitcher, of Nashville, suffered injuries to his shoulder. The team was returning from Char* ! lotte, traveling in two cars, ufter a j J 134nning game with Charlotte, j j Augusta winning G to 5, Manager I j Huhn was driving the "ill-fated car, when, rounding a curve, the cpr turned over twice and headed in the opposite direction. Reiger was killed instantly and Huhn died before reach ing the hospital. It is not definitely known what paused the accident, but the highway makes a sharp turn both before and 1 after crossing the Southern railway j ? near Clyburn's siding and it is| thought the driver tried to make the! ' curve and saw he was headed wrong. ' The car turned over twice and headed j back .towards Charlotte, pinning all I occupants underneath. The injured were brought to the j Camden hospital where they were given surgical attention and were later taken by ^notor ambulance of C. W. Evans to Augusta. The two. dead men were also carried to Augusta early Sunday morning. The unfortunate aec/dent caused genuine sorrow in Camden and throughout Uaseballdom ? the two dead men as well as the five injured being favorites throughout the South Atlantic League. The telegraph and telephone offices were swamped with calls from news-gathering agencies during Saturday night as well as many calls from numerous friends. They were a -gentlemanly crowd ..of young men and the accident nearly put the team out of commission? the young fellows being heart-broken over the losi* of their manager and their outfielder. .Toe Buskey, who was slightly hurt, probably owes his life Vfr Frank Reiger, who met instant death. "Reiger had suffered a minor injury to his* knee in the game in Charlotte ami was seated on a small seat in the rear which caused his knee to rub against th<? back of the front seat. Buskey agreed to exchange seats so that Reiger could rest his knee. The change is saidr, to have ( been made at Kershaw a few minutes before Reiger was killed. Rr?i i I Huhn, veteran first baseman, who was about 38 years of age, played in the Sally league several years ago and went from this circuit: to the Southern. He took charge of the Augusta team as manager about a month ago, after the present season began. He was a hard hitter, a fine fielder, and a good general and his team has been in the running throughout the year. lie was popular with the fans and was always wel- i comed as a visiting manager. He j was married and leaves a wife and' three children. ~ j Frank Reiger came to the Augustuj team from the Western association ! He played first base for a while this; year, but when Huhn t/?ok up his! duties switched t<> his regular place in the outfield. lie was a clever fielder and a capable hitter and like Huhn was popular with the patrons of the game. He was about 27 and j wax a native of Oklahoma. I Funeral of Iluhn Augusta, Ga., Sept. 7. ? WMle a patched team whs struggling in Ma- j con this morning to uphold the honor of the Tygers, the body -of I9mil Huhn, manager of the Tyjfers, whd, with Frank Reiger, another member of the team, were killed in an auto mobile accident Saturday niffht. wa< ? JSL j'. ?? ? v;-':' KOOTBAI.l. PHOSI'Ki Vs BKUiHT Cumdea Hull l>og? BeRln Aviive Practice With High Spirhs The Camden Hi*h School prosper* for a football team for 1025 are vory bright? perhaps bright e* than ever before. The same players are bacli ?this year who played last year with Oh- t-xception of Blakency, Nettles and WeM. This > car's s?tuiul h?R already been strengthened by several addiuioniil men and the school has ovcry reason to bo optimistic, The recent hot, weather has not taken the pep front tho squad Professor Richard* ami Mr. Ville plgu? have been putting the boys through light -practice for the past week. The placets are in splendid physical condition and in excellent spirits. The following have already report ed for practice: Brown H., Brown T , Hnyncs, Clyburn, Khame C., Hhame Sowell, Russell, Hough W., Hough B., Flowers, Moore, Goodale D., Goodale A., McLaughlin, R<a<l cliff. Mills, Wooteh, Campbell, Burns, Graham, Jenkins, Watts, Rush, David son, Dellengor, Stokes, Dunlap, Rich ardson, Nettles, Chewning ^ and Rhamc W. II it- hoped that the Camden people \vill support the boys as they have in the past. They are out to win and need your eo-opcration. ? SPRINGS HAS 400 M?UIiE8 ?>' And Taken Much Interest in Them r Say? Correspondent Lancaster, Sept. 1.? In addition to being a multi-millionaire and one of the biggest cotton men in the coun try, Col. TiCroy Springs has the dis tinction of numbering more mules | among his personal acquaintance I than any other man in tho world. | This, of course, refers to the. four i legged mules only. * Every" man has his hobby, With Colonel Springs it is mules. When the colonel was a bpy he got to know mules real well, by dint of traipsing along behind one, day in and day out, in his father's cotton fields. . . Now someone has remarked that a mule's only virtue is Uiat it never has any children. Apparently Colonel Springs does not agree. For ho has some 400 mufles on his various plan tations and his employes insist that he knows every one by name and, in his visits to his farms nlways takes time to ask about their health, family affairs and what not. ^ Plantations are not the colonel s only business interest -however.^ -Hi? - holdings lnctxrd0"pTacttc?lly every sort of industry that involves the product of the cotton field, from tex tile mills to oleomargarine plants. But he never forgets his mulea^ L And woe to any of the colonel'* farm hands that mistreats one. n;j Circles To Meet The circles of the Woman's Mis sionary Society , of the Camden Bap tist church will meet in the church Tuesday afternoon, September 15th, at 1:30 o'clock. ? ? ? -i c=* Catholic Church Service# Services at the Catholic church on Sunday, September 1 3th, will be at 7:.'K), sermon on "The Three Deaths." Services in Cheraw at 10:30 a.m. Announces New Department 1 The Camden _ Clothing . Company has an advertisement in today's Chronicle calling attention t$ thti fact that they have added a new de partment to their store. They are now handling the nationally known Bostonian shoes for men. on its way to Adrian, Mich., Huhn'^ home. It was accompanied by Grady Lansdel, a close friend of the dead pilot, who will act as representative for the Augusta baseball club and the city of Augusta. Simple prayer services, conducted by the Rev. W. A. Reiser, were held for Huhn this morning before the body was carried to the train. Reig er's body is still at a local under taking establishment awaiting the arrival of his brother from Oklahoma, who is expected in the city tomorrow. I J. Marvin Wolfe, president of the I Augusta baseball team, announced , tbnight tliflat the only addition whkih 'he contemplated making to the team is the acquisition of Aforria, a left hnnded pitcher, who has been play ing in the Florida Stfcte league this? season." The Tygenr lariU complete the reason as they now stand, half of th (s team composed of amateurs. t ' ' * .