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Bring Your Cotton to Camden Where You Get Highest Market Price and Trade With Camden Merchants NUMBER 26 VOLUME XXXVII CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1925 THE ' KING'S HIGHWAY Camden To Be on Short Line Met ween Charleston aiul Charlotte \r a moettn^ ol Camden an, I fifcVjshaw County Chamber of Com riHicv. held Tuesday afternoon local rjUMNb&'s joined with highway and com morula 1 body representatives from Sumter an-1 Lancaster c.oupties in ihjjf a resolution to ^mnu\liat< ! v n a determined effort to re-estab lish the old King's Highway as a /out.e of principal travel from Charleston and the coastal country by ay of Manning and Sumter to Cam at which point it will continue i-ong State Highway Number 2G through Kershaw and Lancaster to : kite ;mil points in the north ami east. . ? ' ?'*' Committees appointed from eom unities along the proposed route are lo work Under the direction of J. J. y whit, as temporary general ' nairman, is offering a plan that is . xnected to prove the ultimate estab - y ? -r-fj ?? -c? - ? ? ? -- ? isbmerit of this highway from Char uttO to Charleston qnd Savannah ap propriately named and extensively narked and advertised. Citizens frojn ,J.l communities interested are invited correspond with Mr. Riley at his home in Sumter. The proposed route covers the stage coach trail in use before the Revolu tionary War and now passing through ... highly prosperous section of the mate, it offers also much in historic nterest and natural beauty, and Is -a icl to be nearer by thirty miles than ?ny other route frOm Charlotte *t<r Charleston. Mr. John T. Stevens of Kershaw epresented Lancaster County at the neeting Tuesday afternoon and Mr. l ulp, Mr. Riley, Mr. Osteene and Dr. Booth formed the Sumter delegation, all of whom made interesting talks . nd voiced enthusiastic, support of their communities for the proposed plan of advertising this short line connecting North Carolina's metrop ? ?lis with South Carolina's city by the sen. For Aiding Prisoner's Escape Walter Logan, 19 year old white t?oy of Clarendon county, has been .nested and lodged in the Sumtei county jail chnrgod with assistirg pr'gcrr-r ? > escape j'rvn the jai'. He i* specif'cally cliargod v. ith hav riK .-.muggled hack saws to ? Henry | : i ly Williams, bootlegger who Cs- 1 vapeci several weeks ago eeaptured last week. Information was receivod that! n . Lo^r.ir had purchased several hack >aws *rom a store in Manning a day ur two before Williams cut his^way to freedom. Logan has a brother n the Sumter jail charged with housebreaking and larceny andoit was while visiting him that he made the acquaintance of the bootlegger. Wil iams persuaded him to smuggle the Waws to him and gave him money vith which to have his car repaired and with which to buy the saws. He also gave him $5 for his work. I/Ogan will be tried at the next urm of court of general sessions. The penalty in case of conviction for assisting a prisoner to escape lies ?yithin the discretion of the judge and. nay be very heavy. ? Tuesday's Sum ter Item. Named ton Crop Observers Appointment of W. . J. Mayfield of > amflen and L. I. Guion of Lvgoff, crop observers" fri Kershaw' TrOUBly 'or the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation Index, is announced from Chicago by P. V. Ewing, director of research for the Foundation and edi tor of the Index, They 'Vfill form a !ink in the nation-wide chain of county agricultural observers elected because of their first-hand knowledge of farming conditions and their abil ity to observe these and intelligently nterpret them. The Index, to which the observers from this county will contribute, is a compilation of the monthly reports of 3,650 observers in every section of the country, and this number is being added to steadily. AH the observers are practical, thinking, farm-minded TOen, each chosen because of <^he op portunities he has to observe the needs of agriculture in bis own local- J *ty and for his ability to apply eco nomic principles to current i farm problems. As a group.Uiey ^present a cross-section of the thoughts that the man in the furrow is thinking, and their joint anal?*)* of existing agri cultural ? <Jl?gfl|i+nn as expressed in tb? Index,. ed a forward ?tep in hel seif. '.j": iltnre help it PBE PEE con iks. Mi.?S Wllie BarfleW Take-. Fn>t in Biscuit M :: k i n Under the suporvii? >? Mrs, ?v.O Piowden in charge o #?vttic Demon stration Work in Pee .it District, the aiiiaihj c)ub rolilc.-'ts weiv In- Id last Friday and Saturday ?t. Darlington hi}. h? school building, Mrs. J. S. Mc lanes, hostess agent, made many proy visions and assisted in every way to make thi* tworday meeting a success. The ever-ready ?tond faithful club women were another factor in the pleasure and success cif the (?ojvti'St s. The opening exercise was held in the. .Court House from when- the con testants and leaders wem to the 'Munch box" for their first meal, which was served in banquet style. Attractively arranged club colors, and place cards added to the festivity of the occasion. Mrs. Piowden intro duced Mr. K. ('. Norment and. Miss Lonny I. Lahdrum, each responding with fitting brief speeches to the club members. Contests began at 2 p.m. Friday in the domestic? science department . at the school building and continued un til 5 p.m. Saturday. Through the courtesy of Miss Richards, head of the well equipped department of Home Economics, thi '-^n tests moved along smoothly thro - the two days. The following c .'Cksts were ?n charge of specialist' Aom . Winthrop College: Biscuit and yeas*, -.-read contests: Miss Minnie Floyd, food specialist, , and Miss Henrietta B. Iyayton, assist ant state leader. ' Canning: Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, production and conservation special ist, and Miss Jane Ketchen, market ing specialist. Clothing: Miss Landrum, state leader, and Mrs. Harriet F. Johnson, girls' club leader^ Poultry and egg judging contest: in charge of Miss Juanita Neely, poultry specialist. ' After the contests ended the club members assembled near the lake in the memorial open air amphitheatre for a brief talk from their club lead er, Mrs. Johnson, on her vacation in i Europe. The Ipncheon the second day was j more enthusiastic than the day be ! fore as this was the time for an ; nouncing honors, and for receiving a lovely treat provided in the program. Mr. Wiley J. Rfypdes, with Mrs: Rhodes accompanying, sang a group of songs. Among these "Seventeen"' was applauded most enthusiastically by the young folk. ^ Winners were announced by the >MMioU3 specialists as follows: bread contest? first, Cecil Hendrix, Horry County; second, Pran ces Redick, Darlington County; third, Ethel Lee, Clarendon County. Biscuit contest: first, Nellie Bar field,- Kershaw Qgypty; ^ec ond, Ha 1 1 i e Williams, Lancaster County; tKTrd place, Gladys Allen, Dillon Coanty. Clothing contests ? First year: first, Bertie McCoy, Marlboro County; second, Nina Bryant, Dillon County; third, Mildred Gaskin, Ches terfield County. ' Second year clothing and room im provement: first, Helen . Davis, Ches terfield County; second, " Louise Wheeler, Clarendon County; third place, Cordelia 'Woodward, Horry County. Canning contest ? First teatn: Mar garet Folsom and Florence Howie, Daalington County. Poultry contest: first, : Thornton Smith and Fay Branson, , Marion County; second, James Crudle and Clyde Mercer, (Georgetown County; third, Woodrow Lupo and J a npe* Mc Donald, Dillon County. Best story of room improvement: Pauline Young, Kershaw County. Visiting home demonstration agents1 were Misses Cora Westbrook, Sum ter; Louise Evans, Florence; Etta Sue SettersrDiH<m; K4r4>y~ Tyler,. Chester-, field; Callie Koontz, Lancaster; Lois Carra<way, Horry, Jennie Boyd, Marl boro, Eleanor Carson, Clarendon; Mrs. Boykin, Kershaw; Mrs. *E. M. Doar, Georgetown. Mrs. Edna Mc Pherson, formerly agent for Marion County, also sent a team for poultry contest*. ? ? Cotton Crop Forecast Washington, Sept. 28.-*-The De partment. of Agriculture today fore cast this season's cotton production at 13,931,000 equivalent 500-pound" bales, or 101,000 bales more than forecast a half month ago, and about 303,000 bales larger than last year's crop. Hi The earlines:; of the crop is indi cated by except! mally heavy ginnings the census bureau reporting 4,247,038 balrs having been ginned -prior to September 16. To that date a year ago 2,655,703 bales, or 19.5 per cent of the crop, had been ginned. This year's ginning* to September 16 totaled about 30.7 per cent- of the total crop forecast by the Department of Agriculture. Mr. and M re. L E. Elmore of Sum ter ware the week-end guests of Mr. and Mts. E. B. Tindai ? : - .T-- ? . . - - rOl.ICK CHINK WOtNDKf) ' t i \ ??r k .loiu s Shut With Buekahot Hy Supposed Itum Kunner - Bishupviile, Sept. 550. ? -Th* vhittf- uf. police, George N. J ones of Hishop vjlle, is in a Florence hospital Suffer ing from the i-ftYrt of six .wounds i ?? eeived about (I o'clock this morning when u muh, \vl>4? is alleged to be a boot ii'KK1 ?'? tiicd \ipon him. with % load of buck shot. It )it said that. the Hishopville police ?had information to the effect that an automobile was expected to pass through here some time Saturday night with a load of rum, coming from the celebrated Hell Hole section of Berkeley county by way of Sum ter. Chifef -li'Mc-s und h j men waited all niglft with one of the main thor oughfaies partially Mocked. The of ficers .were secreted in various places along the route. P. Their long wait was rewarded shortly before i> o'clock this morning when the suspotfted car was seen to approach the partially blocked street. The car suddenly swerved and started out another djoad. Chief Jones called to his waiting car to follow and just before entering Church street the chief fired vvtih a shotgun at ' the fleeing car, flattening one of the tires. When he saw that his victim was stopping the chief made prepara tions to seize him when without much ado a man jumped out and fired a load of buck shot at the officer. He then made his escape. 1 . ? Mr; Jones -was wounded six times, once in the mouth, once in the arm, twice in the abdomen and twice in the leg. He was rushed to a hospital, ? where it is said that his injuries should not prove fatal, unless compli cations set in. The fleeing automo bile lost a suitcase in the shuffle, in which were pieces of marked laundry, a box Of shells containing buckshot and other articles, by means of which it is expected that the party shall be identified and caught. It is said that officers have infor Imatjon upon which to work and Sheriff S. J. Scarborough and his I men are on. the hiiijt today for the J guilty persons. GATLIN ACQUITTED , Jury Out Few Minutes and Then. Re turns Verdict Bishopville#,. Sept. 23.? After very few minutes of deliberation by the jury this aflternoon, Henry Gatlir. prominent Lee County farmer, was declared not guilty upon the charge of murder. Gatlin ?hot and killed Tillman Fields, son of another sub stantial Lee County farmer. The shooting occurred in front of Mr. Gatlin's home in the Ashland section on July 8, of this year, and the cor oner's jury held G&tlin for the crime. The prosecjition attempted to show tha? because of bad feeling of several months standing between the two men, that Gatliil's plea of self-defense was not justifiable. About thinty witnesses were sum moned for the trial, which started Tuesday afternoon. The case at tracted quite a large crowd and the court house was comfortably filled throughout the trial. Gatlin was represented by R. E. Dennis, while Solicitor Frank A. Mc Leod was unassisted. Court adjourned this afternoon af ter disposing of several minor cases, Judge Townsend, of Columbia, pre sided. TO CHANGE ROAD MAP Tourist Bureau Revising Columbia Advertising Medium Changes are to be made in the map being prepared by the tourist bureau of the Columbia chamber of com merce, it was announced yesterday by William Lykes, Jr., secretary of the trade board, who conferred during th* afternoon with Eugene H. Salmon, chairman of the bureau, and W. S. Hendley, a member of the bureau, j Orangeburg will be included in the map as now planned. ? A delegation from Camden, con sisting of M. H. Heyman, president of the Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce; Mr. Sanders, the secretary; Mr. Mills and Hughey Tindal visited the offices of the trade board yesterday in the interest of the map. When printed some 35,000 copies of the tnap will be distributed among filling stations and at other points of service throughout the Southeast. ? Thursday's State. Hi: I II l NK NEWS NOTES Item* of Interest as (Gathered by Our Regular Correspondent, , -JUiilhuiu-;. S, c,r:.?ep;. 21 ' '!*- ; Bohool Itnpi'Ove.tii^H Aw^o^mttr V -jM fls iijAular monthly meeting *rld*y itfti'inoon in the? high - >vliool audi ? oetlon ??f uffj fers wivs held arid the following were eU i't. ,|- M>. \. !!. Mil am in. )uym d> "i ; Miss Ruth Watt.*,' vice-presi dent; Mis* Stella Bcthune, secretary; Mrs. Margaret Marion, treasurer. Instructive t^lks were m^ade by Mr. \V. Birchmore, of Camden and Mr. J. < . iv-tri', -uperintcmUnt of the Bethyne school, u Mr. R. M. Bcthune of Che raw was in towr\ Wednesday. Mr. C. A. Byrd, former principal ol" the grammas* school was a visitor here Friday, Ms, \V. K. Davis and family 01 l}':Uh?p\ ilk' were visitors here Sun day at the homo of >lr. Davis- son, Mr. W. !?;. Davis, Jr. Mr, and Mrs, Bur re I See gars and Miss Alice King of Sumter were guests of. relatives here Sunday. A conference for teachers of agri culture was held in t ho high school building Friday evening and Satur day, Fourteen teachers, representing seven counties, were present v'he members of the school Impr< <cni association provided entert; v.Men, for thosi' attending. \V. K. Davis, Jr., little son ... Mr, W. K. Davis of this 'place, met with the misfortune of breaking both bones in his arm above the wrist. The accident occurred Tuesday while jumping on bales of cotton in playing with his little classmates. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. King, of Harts yille were guests of relatives here for the week-end, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Clyburn are receiving congratulations on the ar rival of a son, September 19th. " Mrs. L. D. Robertson and Mrs. i Mary Bethune were visitors in Harts ville Saturday. Joe Estridge, who is in the rail road employment underwent an oper ation for appendicitis last week. His father, Mr. K. T. Estridge, spent Sun day and Monday with him. FARMER IS KILLED Two Loads of Shot Fired Into New man Sitting in Barn Society IM1, Sept. 23.? Fletcher C. Newman, a farmer living: thrc smile? southwest of here, was shot t> death while sitting in his tobacco tirn to dfty.: ? : ? -r-'- ? Two loads from a shotgu.. were fired, the first taking effect in the back of Newman's head and the sec ond in his fyee and ch?st. Officers are holding Tabe Weather ford and a man "named Turnage, white neighbors of the slain man, on sus picion. Blood hounds have been sent for and were reported on the way from. Sumter early tonight. Mr. Newman is believed to have been asleep when he was shot. After the first shot, persons in the vicinity heard him cry out, calling the name of one of his sons, James, and then quickly a second shot. He staggered about 75 feet from where he was sitting before he died. Neighbors of the slain man tonight indicated thejr believed he was killed as the result of some difficulty he had in his rformer home in Virginia from where Tie tame about 25 years ago. 14 Mrs. Newman left here this after noon on a visit to her mother in Vir ginia. Besides his wife, Newman is sur vived by six children. He was a ten ant on a large farm owned by Allen Coker of Society Hill. W^herford and Turnage were sub-tenants under him.' An attempt was blade on his life last spring, Newman told friends. He was called to his door one night, he] said, and a charge from shotgun w?h fired at him. Sheriff James T. Grant &nd other officers from Chesterfield were on the scene shortly after the killing, and began investigating the circum stances. Newman was 53 years old. Al though he was a tenant farmer, he was regarded as a substantial citizen of this community. Wetherford and Turnage were held by officers because of some difficul ties they are alleged to hare had with Newman in recent months over busi ness transactions concerning their farming activities. TO KLTiRK SKlvlKS Camden Huilding and loan Will Begin Another Series The Caniden Huilding and Loan As sociation announces the retirement o;t it* second wncs which has been run ning i\U' six years. Shareholders will ieea/frte $U1 per >hait"> having paid in during the six years $72? making :i JM m < i ? 1 Otl l 111' pa> UK'Hts. ? This series had 1,895 shareholders who wit: b> i he retirement. At the same time announcement i;* made that this association will Ivogin sories number four on October first. Alre'ady quite a number 6f shares* have been miWci ihed ami the *? t" f i?.H' is belieye that the new series will be the largest in lis hi- toVy. Building and lean stock is one ov the safest 'invest ntents and with four associations in operation in Camden it has sjbuen the mean - of many people of moderate means being able to pay for their homes. Hi ad ihe hajf page advertisement appearing in today's .Chronicle and. if 'you want some of the shares crtll on Mr. Lindsay or Mi\ Whitaker at the I.oan and Savings Bank. Georgia Negro Lynched Milledgeville. Ga<? Sept. 21.? Willie Dixon, negro inmate of the state sani tarium for ih$ane persons, who last week killed Miss Amy Oxford, a nurse, last night was curried from the colony fAwn, near here, to the Wilkinson county line, where he was lynched. Dixon was chained to a tree and beaten to dcatji with a pick hundle. The body was left at the tree where it was found early today. The pick handle was found near by. Wilkin* county officers begun an investigation. The coroner's jury re turned a verdict that the negro met death at the hands of parties un known. i ' No arrests have been made and officers said they had failed to ob tain any evidence as to the identity of the men who carried tho negro from the colony farm to the place where he was killed. Camden Jlorsea Won Messrs. George T. Little and Ralph Littje were in Charlotte last Monday and Tuesday in attendance upon the horse show held that city. They ertcred ?evcra! I orses in the show and brougri bacV five silver trophies awarded their horses. The winners were "Middlebrook" in championship saddle horse class; "Sky Rocket" in championship hunter class; "Starlight" in threti-gaited saddle class; "Lady Bird" in polo performancedass, >and "Middlebr^okr" won in five-gaited saddle class. To Close Monday The store of Wolfe-Eichel company will (be closed on Monday, September. 28, according to announcement by this firm. Monday will be a Jewish holi day, observed generally by Jews all over the nation. Association to Meet The annual meeting of ? the Woman's Missionary Union of the Kershaw Association will /be held with Mt. Pisgah church on Saturday, Sep tember 26th. All societies are urged to send delegates. Mrs. G. A. Creed. Young Men Captured Manning, . Sept.-* 22.? An alleged rum running automobile' party was arrested early Saturday morning by police officers and 60 gallons of rum and a new Ford coupe Confiscated. The car waft driven by two young men, Johnnie Davis of Sumter and A. E. Woodham of Bishopville coming from the celebrated Hell Hole section of Berkeley County. The police offciers, J. M. Gamble, J. M. Peavy, T. T. Flowers and Henry Newman waited all nighrt on the pub lie highway over Black river as in formation had been received in Man ning to the effect that this load of booze was expected to pass over the river. The officers divided and se creted themselves on opposite end* of the route over the river. After a long wait the expected automobile was seen to approach, a signal given by the report of a pistol by an officer put thn forward officers on the alert and the anto was 'halted as it crossed over, without any resistance. The two young men were placed in jail awaiting trial. Another raid was made near Silver Monday morning by the same officer*, copper stall and mash were found, 1 1 negro men, one negro woman an4 one white man arrested and placed in the Manning jail. pa Miss El? nor Mitchell spent Sun day in Samter. AFTKK THIRTY -SKYKN YKAKS Former Caijulcn Man Pays Yislt to Hi* Old Home Tom n Mr. F.URcnr 0.1 Jt.oa, Angeles, V '."Ufornia, ?:.croinpa?lird l>y Mr. hh.I Mrs. Charles T. Prioe, of In matt, S. C.? wvro visitor, in Cannon fdr several du$8 of this week, 1 Mr. B.ames left city when a ?? youth go Jog to' thi? \\\ t pOnst where ho is e.inneotcJ vfeh 'tlje Union Oil company, a large corporation do ing An t,'\<cii>i\.1 husine.--. in the' wi .- U i n state-. It was hi- first trip !? i :. to t 'anuli'rt in thirty s*wn year/, fow of the ufW Main street In nil marks left to t'chvirtd him of the C-am ?1(1) ??f . long ago. He eonies of a family v< f fourteen childrt n ;t 1 1 living eXiOpt. two, who have died In recvM years. lip is a son of the Into George W. Havnes and Mrs. Snllie Barnes, who is now. j 85 years olwagev and residing with [a daughter in Asheville, N. O. ! Despite her great ago it. is said that .uhe is still in vetnarkable health and makes her homo with her child ron. | He was horn and reared on the Barnes I place, a\>out nine miles north of Cam I den, now occupied by Mr. Barfkbt 'Other members of this large Jam ily an* residing in various cities and 1 their names and addresses are as fol I lows: Mrs. Charles T. Price, lntuau, S. C.', Mrs. K. M Lander of Williams ton, S. C\; Henry Barnes of ltoanoke, Va.; Preston Bavnes, of Union, S. C.; Doby Barnes of Detroit; George Barnes tof Washington, 1). C.; Mrs. Minnie Hawlinson of Hock Hill; Hampton W. Barnes, of Atlanta; Frank Barnes of Greenville; Mrs. Leila Goodwin of Greerisboro; Mrs. Sallio Orr, of Asheville. He will spend several weeks in South Carolina and adjoining states visiting relatives before returning to his home in California. DARLINCTON MAN KILLED Hit By Local Freight on Atlantic - Coast Line Railway Darlington, Sept. 17.? S. Vaughn, well-knorwn citizen of Darlington, was almost instantly killed this afternoon when the ear in which he was driving to his farm was hit by a local freight, of the Atlantic Coast Line. Railroad, about three miles from Darlington. Mr. Vaughn was on his way to one of his farms and was almo3t across the railroad tracks when his , car was hit just about the rear end and he was thrown out and killed, dying almost instantly and never re gaining consciousness. The train crow brought the body on 'to the station in Darlington. ^ Mj.'. .Vaughn?, wan h native of Dar lington County and was one of its best known and most suecessfuh busi ness men. ' He is survived by his wife, who was a Miss Lewis prior to h&r mar- ' riage; two daughters, one of whom is married, and the other, a redfcnt grad uate of the 'high school and now a student at Winthrop College, and the following brothers: Hartwell Vaughn, of Darlington County; Eugene Vaughn, city clerk of Darlington, and Leon Vaughn, president of a Harts ville bank. Mr. Vaughn was well known and highly respected. His sudden and tragic death was a ter rible shock and misfortune to the entire community, where he has%?any friends. Mr. Vaughn was fifty-eight years of age. York His JM Fire ? York, Sept. 18. ? Fire of undeter mined origin on Main street at 4 o'clock this imorning destroyed the residence of W. W. Barron and the moving picture theatre of J. Q. Wray, both of which buildings were owned by J. W. Dobson; the warehouse of The Yorkville Enquirer, in which was stored $2,500 worth of newspaper and an automobile and truck belong ing to W, W. Barron, entailing a total loss of approximately $30,000, with the insurance of all the lowers aggre gating only $3,100. The occupants of Barron's home, where the fire originated, including his family and J. W. Dobson and Mrs.. H. B. McLure, the latter two rooming there, had a close call for their lives. The rear of the .house was a seething mass of flames be fore they were aware that anything was wrong, and it was only by flee ing in the most precipitate haste, with not so much as a look behind, that they escaped, partially clad/, from the burning building. J. W, Dobson, about 75 years old, suffered seyere blisters on the head and hands and had his hair singed, whHe making his exit. MflHHIfllHHHHHHHHn