The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 25, 1925, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
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Published everv Friday at No. 1109 1
Broad Street and entered at the Cim
4?n, South Carolina, pos toff ice as
second class mail matter. Price per
annum $2,00.
Camden. S. C., Friday, Sept. 25, IM-'V
Endorses "King's Highway"
The active part assumed by tho
Camden and Kershaw County Cham-]
ber oi Commerce to direct attention
to and crysUlllifce interest in a high'
way route; following the , one-time]
King's Highway, as used in pre
Revolution time* will doubtless bear
fruit. ????
The plan to secure the re-establish
ment of this old .stage coach route
has not been revealed. Finance* must !
cut an impoitant figure, but it may j
be assumed as. cer tain that any route
from populous center.* to populous
centers, and passing through a pro
ductive and populous country with
few if any water course* to cross, i
and that , saves 30 miles in distance,
haft such strong arguments in its |
favor that it mutl finally come a,s a.nj
economic necessity.
Kershaw County is by no means the j
Only 'section interested it) this rouste;
much, was being' said about the /old
King's Highway in the Pee Oee coun
try this past summer, and the action
of the Camden Chamber of <'ommercej
will la- stimulating to its advocates.
The big truth to be considered in i
connection with highway building i<:
that transportation facilities?roads
that open Up territory and bring com- j
munities close together ? are a fun
damental necessity for the develop*!
ment ;of 'urge section.* of our state.? !
Thursday's State.
. Sumter Kndorse* Highway
Lancaster and Camden ha vt a' J
hist awakened to the importance of,
the public road fiom ("charlotte to1
Charleston via. Lancaster, Camden,
Sumter, Manning and the San. tee Riv
er bridge, as one of the major high
ways for interstate and tourist tJitvel.
This highway, Route 20 of the stat-j
highway system, is one of the oldest
public roads in Soulh Carolina and
was in existence and commonly used
before the Revolutionary war, being
the shortest route between Charlotte
and Charleston, then as now. The
distance between Charlotte and I
Charleston by this highway is 25 to
30 miles shorter tlhan any other route
and the road conditions throughout
111 totter condition than another alter
ant i v<? route. Thy road frotn Char
to the state line in mOstly paved
and the un paved nee t ion in excellent.
From the State line through Lancas
ter and Kershaw counties, t ht* road
is unpaved but in excellent condition.
From the Kershaw line through Sum
It r c.uinty to Clarendon county lino
the road is paved a distance of about
112 miles. The remainder of the road
tluuuyh Clarendon, Williamsburg,
llcrkeley and Charleston is excellent
and partly paved in Charleston coun
ty. Thi* highway if already an es
tablished |nt?r-*tate thQ^ttjfbfw* iftt)
is not yet tp be reviewed or establisfy
ed. All that needs to be dope is to
have it designated As the maj6r routs
between Charlotte and Charleston,
have it properly marked and tlhen ad
vertised So that the traveling public
may be informed as to the shortest
and best route between North and
South Carolina.^-Sumter Item.
STATE NKWS.
i The limb of a tree falling on him
j while he wax cutting timber, Hal
[ Karley, 22, was killed near Cross Hill
| last Thursday.
His mind temporarily derauged, W.
| S. Swinton, , 79, of Winona, Florence
county, took poKon last week, dying
a few hours late r.
I The invmberS of the lloard of Coun
I ty Directors of Barnwell county have
j resigned on the demand of the county
I delegation.
' Mrs. Huth Whitehead and Mrs. Ma
I jiiic Trammel!, whose houses, near
Grcenvilje, are on the highway, have1
been arrested, charged with haVing i
placed a number of boards containing!
nails in the road, their purpose being j
| to injure automobile tires.
Corporations may not, even though !
j the employee contracts to waive his j
[right under the law, withhold fromj
^discharged laborers accumulated pay, j
the Supreme Court of South Carolina!
j holds in its decision handed down in j
the case of ?i. "M. Sato versus the j
Grendel cogon mills of Greenwood.
The Southern Power company will
begin at once the construction of a
huge steam electric plant with a
capacity of 80,000 horsepower on the
Catawba River.
A special presentment has been re
turned by the Lexington County
grand jury against Julius E. Sharpe,
former county superintendent of edu
cation charging ihim with official mis
conduct, forgery and obtaining money
under false .pretenses while in office.
POLICE CHIBF KILLED ;
Watfner Officer Shot To Death Hy |
"Kabbitt" Gantt
Augyxta, Ga., Sept. ?Michael
Knott.. ?. h it- f of polio* , Wagner,
S. C., in Aiken county, ahot and
instantly killed thin aftavucon by El
liott "Kabbitt" Gantt. Knotts me;
his death in a piatoMuel between the
two men in fr6nt of the Shull build
ing. Tin? fatal shot entered the chief's
heart and he fell to the pavement
<k'$d.
Gantt, who eacaped without
wounds, after he had shot the Wag
ner chief, drove to Aiken in an auto
mobile with two friends, George Mil
ler and Julian G. Gantt, and aurren
dered at the county jail. Sheriff Nol
lie Kobinson of Aiken county passed
the party en route to Aiken and al
lowed Gantt to drive the machine to
Aiken and deliver himself to' the
jailer.
Gantt and Knotts have bOeii on un
friendly. terms frt'r several weeks, it
is .said, and about ten days ago the
chief of police arretted Gantt and
placed him in the guardhouse of the
littJe town.
When they met on tb treet this
afternoon both men op*v fire with i
their pistols, the chiof ? ing first, I
Gantt claims. In the r ;n county
?jail laat night Gantt >ai-r? ...at he had;
left his home to go to the house of
Julian G. Gantt. no relation of his.
When he left the Gantt residence in
? company with Julian Gantt, he stated,
to purchase some cigars he saw Chief
Knotts crossing the street in front of
the Shull building, pistol 'drawn. "1
turned to face him," Gantt said, "and
ho at once started shooting at mc. I
pulled my -pistol and fired at him; !
I don't know how many times. I just
kept shooting until the five balls in
my gun were discharged. Chief Knott*
fell, I think, about the last shot. He
had six cartridges in! his pistol. I re
gret the taking of human life but I
killed Chief Knotts to save my own."
Chief Knotts was married- and had
five children. Gantt also is married.
Jesse Durst, young white boy, was
shot in the thigh during the duel be
tween Gantt and Chief Knotts. ,
Wh at is said to be the largest
school building in South Carolina was
opened last week at Laurens. The
completed new building consists of,
Ho class rooms, an auditorium with
seating capacity of 1,022, gymnasium,
laboratory, lunch voorr, dressing
room, etc. |
THIS WEEK
By Arthur Brisbam:
Mi . lit l- bane's editorials are pub
lished as expressions of opinions
of thr- world's highest-salaried
editor and The Chronicle does not
necessarily endorse all of his
views and conclusions.
A Washington correspondent says
"President Coolidge will keep out of
tin- Mitchell fight," referring to Col*
one! Mitchell'4 charges a* to general
incompetency of United States a?*
! forces and the suggestion that Col
1 onel Mitchell, lowered in rank for
telling the truth once, should now
be arrested for telling the truth
twice.
How could the Prr lent, who i*
head of the %rmy anc ivy, keep out
of the Mitchell mat* ! It is not
conceivable that h: subordinate?,
knowing of the PieJr it's readiness
to hear both sides of any question,
would undertake any action without
his approval.
-The people do not believe that the
President will permit any action
against Colonel Mitchell until the en
tire aviation question shall have been
fully thrashed out, including the
fiasco in the effort to fly to Hawaii,
and the catastrophe of the Shenan
doah.
It is to be hoped that the inquiry
when rt comes, will not be a white
washing enterprise, but a real investi
gation.
The President will want to know
why the protest of Commander Lans
downe. an experienced airman who
had flown the Atlantic in a dirigible,
svas ignored. The President will not
want any whitewashing or any off
hand suppression of Colonel Mitchell,
who isn't easily suppressed, by (the
way. He will want the facts, and
will see that he gets them.
The most disquieting thing in, our
so-called defense program is this
statement attributed to Judge Wilbur,
secretary of the nav/:
"In riew of the ecperience of the
DECOYS MEN TO DEATH
Alleged Hank Kobber Slain in Fight
With Officer*
Clifton Forge, Vs., Sept. 17.? A,
ruse by which Leonard C.ozier, al
leged robber, hoped to escape from
I officer* who had effected his capturv
led today to hi* own death, the death
of Special Agent J. W. Hall and th*
?epiout wounding of I). C. Campbe!!,
I local policeman. . ? .
Arrested following the robbery of
a safe at the Chesapeake and Ohi..
j ticket office at Covington last Tue>
day night, Gozier apd a companion
were brought to Clifton Forge this
| meriting where they were charged
j with the crime. After money, thought
j to have been a part of their loot, wiji
found on the person of the two men,
Goasielr offered to take officers to x
{spot where the rest of the money had.
' been hidden. Accordingly, Hall ac
companied the prisoner in an auto
j mobile followed by Officer Campbell,
I Sheriff Diche and another special
| agent in a second car, to a spot out.
tide the city.
j At a signal from Qozier the party
.stopped. The prisoner stepped be
1 hind a rock by the side of the road
jthe officers report picked up a re
' vblver and immediately opened fire.
! At the first shot Hall fell, mortally
j -wounded. The officers in the second
i car sprang to the road as the firing
continued. Chief Campbell was
i struck in the face by a bullet, bur.
I continued to advance and it is thought
that it was a shot from his pistol
that struck Gozier, causing his in
stant death. Hall died in a hospital
two hours after the shooting.
Campbell's condition tonight was
reported as serious.
At Antioch Tonight
j An evening of much fun is prom
, ised to all who attend the Fiddlers'
Convention at Antioch Friday night,
September 25. Quite a large number
of noted Kershaw fiddlers have en
tered the congest and several other
numbers to the program have been
promised by musicians other than the
contestants. A small admission fee
of ten and twenty-five cents will be
charged.
Catholic Church Services.
Services at the Catholic church on'
Sunday, September 27th, -will be at
9 a. m. The public is cordially invited
to attend these services.
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navy plane* in the Arctic expedition,
tlu failure of the Hawaiian flight And
the Shenandoah disaster, we have
come to the conclusion that the At
Untie tod the Pacific are still our
best defenses, We have nothing to
fear from enemy aircraft that is not
on this continent."
The experience in the Afrctic; the
failure of the Hawaiian flight, tihe
dreadful Shenandoah disaster had
nothing to do with capable air navi
gation, but a great deal to do with
incompetent management of our air
force*
We should have, indeed, nothing to
fear from foreign aircraft if we could
give to foreigners such management
as our aircraft has. Mr. Wilbur's
statement that our oceans are our
best defense sounds like the state
ment of some ostrich saying, "I have
nothing to fear, the sand is my best
defense, I can stick -my head into it.'
It is suggested that railroads be
forced to combine in great transporta
tion units, and that they make their
own selections "rather than have the
Government do the choosing for
them."
Why not have a selection of well
informed men, railroad men of course,
acquainted with traffic conditions,
make a survey of railroads, and let
the Government know which combina
tion should be made in the interest of
economy and of efficiency?
President Ooolidge wjll certainly
not think it wise to leave these com
binations to selfish interests based
on opportunites for stock jobbing,
combining broken down roads with
good roads for the sake of immediate
profit, rather than more efficiency.
Perhaps for the sake of unloading
unprofitable railroads on the stock
holders that own railroads.
Pauperism is dying out in United
States thanks to better wages* wid
ows' pensions, more enlightened med
ical ,carc, and especially campaigns
of health advertising, carried on by
the great life insurance companies.
Of 100,000 in our population,- only
71.5 are in poorhouses now. And that
is exactly 71.5 too many.
In 11*14 there were 91.5 out of 100,
000 in the poorhouses. Things have
improved since the war forced up
wages.
A trick cave in the San Isabel
National Forest in Colorado is so con
stituted that when you drop a straw
hat into it a strong boomerang cur
rent of intermittent wind forces i:
from the ghostly cavern to the sur
face.
Barbers are not responsible for the
hats of their customers, in a decision
?handed doyw by a New York judge
who held that "the barber is a crafts
man laboring for wages, not a cap
italist conducting a business of trade
and trust."
On October 1st, 1925
The Camden Building and loan Association
Will retire its Second Series which is Six years old, at $91.00 PER SHARE, showing
a Profit of 8 3-4 PER CENT PER ANNUM.
SERIES NO. 2
ASSETS
Bonds and Mortgages $ 104,477.10
Loan & Savings Bank 24204.62
Interest uncollected but secured 2 ?18.68
Real Estate . . . 2,735.60
$1 34236 M
LIABILITIES
1395 Shares less delinquents $ 92,731.00
Prof its $27 J 17. 46
Less Expenses 3,431.14
$2308632
Interest uncollected 2J818S8 26?05.00
Bills payable 15JOOOM
$134236.00
Payments per share $72JOO
Profits per share 19D0
Retires at $91.00
Average profits 8.75 per cent.
y R. E. Stevenson
Correct ? Attest: H. D. Nile*
( J. Whitaker, Jr.
Statement
t
September
15th
1825
SERIES NO. 3
ASSETS
Bonds and Mortgages 80, 7 84 JO
Loan & Savings Bank . . 907 jOI
? jj $ 81JS9U1
LIABILITIES ">j1 , ;
1555 Shares less delinquents I . . .$ 53,897.00
Profits ? \yj%i43tT& .??? ?:
Less Expenses jL . 7J53J4
Bills payable . 20J&40J97
'?'# W#?u '
' -i ?;>$ 81 J$91J1
Payments per share $36 M
Profits per share 4.60
Book value $40.60
Average prof its 8J>0 per cent.
C R. E. Stevenson
Correct ? Attest : ] H. D. Nile.
( J. Whit?k|r, Jr.
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