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VOLUME XXXVII. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1925. h NUMBER 27.
\rrKM>Kl> DOING CONTEST
County Agent ^ Club Member Were
: At Spartanburg
On September 14th the local
county agent tool; a team of five club
boys to Kershaw where a competitive
livestock judging contest was held
with similar teams from Chesterfield
and Lancaster counties. Three mem
bers were chosen from the fifteen
present at Kershaw to take part in
another judging contest at Spartan
burg on September 29th; Howard
James, a member of the Charlotte
Thompson Boys' club was one of the
boys who won the trip to Spartan
burg and - he, together with his county
agent, J. W. Sanders, attended the
contest at Spartanburg on Tuesday
tf this week where intensive train
ing was given all contestants and
later a livestock judging contest en
tered into between club members
from various counties of the Pied
mont section, three being selected
f:om this number to take pant in an
other judging contest at the State
fair in competition with teams from
tin- Pee Dee and Savannah Valley
districts; the final laurels being a
loving cup to the team that wins
highest scores and a trip to the In
ternational Livestock Exposition to
the individual that wins the top score.
Spartanburg, Greenville and Pick
ens counties won the places on the
State team but every other contestant
present did credit to himself by giv
.ng the others a close race, and there
by making a splendid success of the
effort of the Extension Service to
give n largo number of club mem
bers annually intensive training in
the much neglected livestock interests
of the state. . ? \ . ,J
For a New Feature
The Kershaw County Fair commit- j
tee wagts suggestions from the teach- j
? is of Kershaw County that will tend ?
to make the school day feature of j
the fair attractive and interesting. J
At previous fairs the parade of j
school children has been the chief :
feature. If a better feature than a
school parade could be^ swggested J
they would like to have it.. The con- !
test is open to white teachcrs of Ker- j
?haw County only and these sugges
tions must be sent in not later thah
;ht* fifteenth day of October and
should be addressed to Mr. H. <5. Car
ri.son, Jr., chairman of the fair com- (
mittee. A prize of $15, will be i
awarded the teacher offering the best!
suggestion.
Lost His Leg.
Sam Peach, a~1&d Of about seven-;
U?i>n years, who resides near Cassatt,
suffered an injury to one of Ms legs
Sunday, September which nec
essitated amputation below the knee.
Hp is the son of Mr. S. J. E. Peach
?-n<l the wound was caused by the
accidental discharge of a rhot gun.
-Me was carried to the Camden hos
pital where the operation was per
formed and he is now recuperating
from his wound.
Cafe Cood Exhibition
Christy Bros. Circus gave two exhi- J
k> tions here Tuesday to large crowds
?'oth afternoon and evening. The
*>how featured their trained animal ex
hibition and some of the best features
? f animal acting ever seen here were
presented. The menagerie was large
and contained a varied collection of
'are animals. There were the usual
circus features presenting some
artists in their line. Taking it as a
* hole the Christy show was about as
good as ever presented ii^, ?amden.
It was in charge of a clever set of
managers whose dealing* in Camden
were very pleasant.
The circus brought a large crowd
to Camden and the behavior was per
fect both afternoon and night. Sev
eral special policemen were on duty
'or the day but their services seems
not to have been needed, as not a
-ingle arrest was made.
Was a Succenw j
Tho fiddler's convention held atj
Antioch school house last Friday
?veiling was a successful affair from
"very standpoint. Quite a number
of Camden people were in attendance
as well as patrons and visitors from
flsewhere. Two prises were awarded
for the best fiddlers. Warren Arnold
won first and W. T. Dempster second.
The prizes were $5 and $2.50 in cash.
Miss Kathleen Watts is principal and
*he, with her assistants, is credited
with the suoceas of the evening. lee
<ream and cake was sold and ground
$100 was realised which will go to
u? athletic 4av.rta.rat of Or iM.
CAM URN TAKBS FIRST CjAMB
Hl*h School Football Team to Meet
Chester Boy* at Chester Today
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The Camden Bull Dogs journeyed
into upper state territory for ih<?
opening gam'e which thoy took from
the fast and heavy Bennettsville team
2 C to 0. The game proved to be a
harder fought one than the score in-!
dicated.
In the first quarter the ball was
kept about mTdfield with neither side
gaining until HaynCs circled the end
for thirty-five yards only to be down
ed a fow feet from tho goal. After
two piays failed Haynes bucked the
ball over for the first counter, while
Clyburn added the extra point.
The second quarter opened with
Camden kicking to Bennettsville. It
was in this quarter that Haynes in
returning a punt made a sensational
run of sixty-five yards for a touch
down. Clyburn again added the extra
point. In the Becond half llaynes
again made a beautiful run around
end for a touchdown. The kick
failed.
The last quarter Camden registered
six more poits when Clyburn bucked
the line. The whole Bennettsville
aggregation proved to be a scrappy
bunch of ball players who continued
to fight until the final whistle.
Captain Brown's ability to snatch
passes featured as did C. Khame's
work in hitting and backing up the
line. Clyburn's passing and kicking
was exceptionally good. Sowell at
end played wonderful bit 11 as did
Flowers, Russell, McLaughlin and the
Hough brothers. Campbell playing
his first prame showed up remarkably
well. o
Today again the boys invade
foreign territory when they m2et the
strong Chester team in Chester.
i It's No Use
Wu ale in receipt of a small read
ing notice announcing a chicken sup
per for Fiday night at a certain home
in the county, ;the proceeds to go to
a church. The writer did not sign his
or her name and we cannot publish
it. . The name should always accom
pany an item for publication, not that
the name will appear in print, but
as an assurance that we will know
who to look to for the accuracy of
the notice. Sign your name or save
your stamps. v\>;
Annual Meeting Held
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Wateree Building and
lx>an association was held at five
o'clock Thursday afternoon. The
showing made by this association for
the past year wa? exceptionally fine.
During the twenty-one years that it
has been in operation it has had no
losses, but its volume of business has
steadily increased.
The following board of directors
was elected: Dr. W. J. Dunn, C. W.
Birchmore, D. Wolfe, L. A. Wittkow
sky, F. M. Woo ten John T. Nettles,
C. J. Shannon, Jr., J. P. Lewis and
S. W. van Landingham. Upon the
adjournment of the stockholders the
directors held a business session and
elected the following officers: Dr.
W. J. Dunn, president; D. Wolfe,
vice-president; J. T. Mackey, secre
tary and treasurer; L. A. Wittkowsky,
solicitor.
Drinking Fountains Installed
Two modern, sanitary drinking
fountains have been placed on two
of the most important corners of the
business section of Camden ? one at
the corner of Broad and Rutledge
street* and? the other at the corner
of Broad and DeKalb streets. The
work was done under the supervfsldh
of Mr. W. B. Aired and his force,
the eity council furnishing the foun
tains which will be of great con
venience to the public. Coils have
been placed in a cement box near the
base of the fountains and the box is
large enough to hold one hundred
pounds of ice. In hot weather these
boxes will have ice placed in them,
insuring coo! water during the sum
mer time.
Will (Jo To Honolulu
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Williams
will leave about the first of Novem
ber for Honolulu wher? tfycy will be
away for about two years to spend
the time with their daughter and
son-in-law, Lieutenant and Mrs. Catoe
Glover.
Mr. Williams has leased his large
farming lands ? both Mulberry and
Gravel Hill plantations, to Mr. H. G.
Carrison, Jr? wjgi will operate these
(?raw another year. Mulberry house
wffl very likely be ranted by tourists
fer tXe *
ON RICANlY CHARGE
White Man Brought Rack Here For
(laving Two Wive#
I
I Wayne W. Brown, North Caro*
linian, wanted in Kershaw County on
a charge of bigamy, is now in the
Camden jail, hi* fight to prevent Ex
tradition from North Carolina having:
in the end been of no avail, it was
announced yesterday by John M.
Daniel, attorney general of South
Carolina.
Mr. Daniel represented the state at
the fc two hearings in North Carolina
in connection with the case, one be
foie the governor, as the result of
which extradition was allowed and
ih? other the habeas corpus hearing:
Saturday.
Brown, 26 years old, his attorneys'
contend* d at the habeas corpus hear
ing, was not of sound mind during his
stay in South Carolina and at the
time of his second marriage and was
therefore, they argued, never legally
in .South Carolina and accordingly
n&t now a fugitive.
Some hours of argument, however, j
brought front the North Carolina
judge only the announcement that he j
would hold Brown sane. The. defense
attorneys asked for a further delay
in which to submit authorities, but
Brown, seeing no hope for success in
the delay, abandoned the fight and
was brought to South Carolina in
Kershaw County to await trial. ?
Thursday's State. '
Brown was brought to Camden and
placed in jail by Constable W. L.
Munnicutt who made several trifls to
North Carolina before lie could secure
the prisoner. It is alleged that
Brown married Mws Jennie V. Mat
thews, of near Lugoff, while acting
as telegraph operator at Blariey. His
first wife was Pauline Futrcll, of
Winton, N. C\, and ho has two child
ren by her. His second marriage to
Miss Matthews occurred in 1923. He
had gone back to his first wife where
she later prosecuted him for non
support of her and her children and
j he was sentenced to serve eighteen
months on the chain gang. He had
I served eleven months of the sentence
j and had been released when the
bigamy charge was lodged against
him in Kershaw County.
Now You Tell One!
Miami Beach detectives, we, are in
formed by one of our set-ret agents,
are investigating a case of grand lar
ceny. A pebble is missing from one.
of those ocean-front lots over there.
? Miami Tribune.
The soil is so rich hereabouts, that
a peg leg man cannot stand still five
minutes, without the wooden leg tak
ing root. ? Fort Meade Leader.
So many cars are coming to Tampa
that when one stopped yesterday for
five minutes for a .train to cross
Franklin street, it held up a string
of automobiles all the way to Val
dosta, (5a. ? Tampa Tribune.
There are so many people stopping
in Sanford now that the hotels have
to paint beds on the walls of the hall
ways in order to meet the extra de
mands. ? Sanford Herald.
4 Yeah, we slept in one of those San
ford beds not long since; it was in
one of those sky-scraper hotels, but
the rate was so blame much higher
than the hotel that it was like going
down into a dungeon to fleep. ? Brad
enton News.
For Beating His Wife
Tom I>awson, a negro employed on
the farm of Mr. J. L. Williams, near
Camden, was arrested Wednesday on
a warrant charging assault and bat
tery. The negro had used a stick to
beat his wife while she was in the
field. Officer Hunnicutt and Chief
Whitaker made the arrest and Law
son was fined $2?> in Magistrate's
court.
Ben Hall Arretted
Bishopville, Sept. 29. ? Ben Hall, a
white man, was arrested on the!
streets of Bishopville this afternoon,
charged with having shot and wound
ed Chief of Police Jones about a
week ago, while the latter was chas
ing an automobile alleged to have
been loaded with liquor. Hall is said
to have arranged bond and will prob
ably be freed from the county jail
tomorrow. Hall, it is said, served a
term in -the state prison for having
participated in the general mi*up in
Darlington county some time ago,
during which Federal Officer You
mans was killed. The authorities say
they haee no information for publica
| tion at this time but are confident
they have t he right man.
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BETHI NK NBW8 NOTES
Items of Interest as Gathered by Our
KeicuUr Correspondent.
Bethune, S. C? Sept, 30. ? A receu
tion whs given the members of the
faculty of the Both urn.' Schools Friday
evening in the auditorium of the high
school building. The halls and stage
were tastefully decorated with ferns
potted plants anil cut flowers. On ar
riving the guests were ' greeted by
Mesdumes J. M. Forbis and M. O.
Ward and presented to Mrs. A. B.
Mcl^aurin, president of the School Im
provement association, who with
Superintendent J. ?. JFostcr, headed
the receiving liho of twenty teachers
comprising the Bethune schools. The
punch bowl was prettily arranged at
the entrance to (he auditorium and
was in charge of Mcsdames Morgan,
Olive/ and Stokefe. Music both vocal
ami instrumental was furnished by
Mrs. Hester, Misses Lizzie Kiley,
Malloy llearon and others. When the
receiving line disbanded, amusing
stunts were carried out on th<* stage,
dif eeted by Miss Ruth Watts, prin
cipal of the high school. Members of
the audience responded happily and
many mirth provoking contests were
held. These receptions are held an
nually and given by the members of
the School Improvement association,
Neil Truesdell was host to a nunv
bcr of his boy and girl friends Su4.-j
urday evening from 7:30 to 10:30
in celebration of his sixteenth birth
day. Music was furnished by Misses |
Stella Bethune and Kathryne Trues-1
dell. Contests and progressive con- j
vcrsation were features of the even- j
ing. Refreshments consisted of ice
cream and cake.
Mr. and Mrs. Bright Williamson
of Partington were guests of Rev. and
Mrs. J. M. Forbis Thursday.
Mrs. II. C. Wall returned to hei
home in Andrews Tuesday after
spending several weeks with her
parents here.
' Mr. G. B. McKinnon, of Lancaster,
was the guest of relatives here Sun
day. He was accompanied home by
?Mrs, McKinnon, who has been spend
ing some time with her parents, Mr.
?and Mrs. \y. A. McDowell.
Mrs. D. T. Yarbrough returned
Sunday from a visit to her son, Mr.
L. K. Yarborough in Hartsville.
Mrs. L. M. -Yarborough of Ellorejj
has returned to her home after a j
visit to her father, Mr. K. T. Estridge. j
Mr. R. K. MeCaskill spent the)
week-end at Waterloo. He was ac- 1
companicd homo by Mrs. MeCaskill,]
who spent several week in North i
Carolina artd with her parents, Mr.!
and Mrs. McChesney, in Waterloo.
Mrs. E. D. Vaughn has gone jtj^
Hemmingway on an extended visit to
hev brother, Mr. Stuckey.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Best, Miss
Kitty Best, Mesdames Naney King
and M. O. Ward were visitors at
Coker College Sunday. *
Two cars were wrecked early Mon
day evening in the lower part of
town. A Chevrolet, occupied by Mrs. i
Charles Noland and children, in bear- 1
ing to the light to turn a corner, were
crashed into by a Ford going in the!
direction from which they had come, i
Mrs. Noland sustained two broken;
ribs. The occupants of both cars
were considerably shaken up. In the
Ford were Karl Mahaffey and Henry
Bradley. Bradley was hurled through
the windshield and suffered a gash
on his head with other minor injuries.
Empty-, -Jittle son of Mr. and Mrs.
LjjC. Parker, underwent an operation
Monday in a hospital in Florence.
Dr. G. R. Durham, a dentist oX
Columbia, is practicing his profession
here.
Former Teacher Convicted
Laurens, Sept. 29. ? W. P. Wingo,
former teacher of agriculture in the
Laurens city school and now a resi
dent of Gaffney, was late today found
guilty of grand larceny by a jury in
Kcncral sessions court now sitting in
Laurens. Counsel for the defense
gave notice of intention to argue a
motion for a new trial.
The defendant was charged with
the theft of an automobile in this
city July 23, 1925. The defendant
claimcd that he bought the car from
a negro, carried it to Asheville and
was trying to sell it when he dis
covered that the machine was stolen
property. Wingo admitted that he
gave an assumed name. He did not
buy tho car from the owner, but from
another negro, he testified. He
bought the machine for speculative
purposes he said. A crowded court
room heard the trial, tho case being
of unusual interest because of the
prominence of^he defendant.
FIRST WKKK JURORS
Court of ( ? <' lui it I Sessions Optus Oct.
1# With Judge Sease Presiding
Court of general sessions for Ker
shaw County will convene on the
third Monday in October with Judge
Thomas S, Sense presiding. Jurors
drawn Tuesday morning to serve for
the first week are named as follows:
W. F. Bradley, Cassatt; L. W.
Peach, WestvlUe; James Hunter, Ker
shaw; J. M,. West, Kershaw;. C. E.
Webster, Camden; Harrison B, Hall,
Lucknow; W, C. Clyburn, Camden;
S. M. Sowell, Jefferson; J. E. Rons,
'Camden; J. F. Baker, Bcthunuj T. C
Gladden, Camden; C. B. Raley, Be
thune; J. B. Catoe, Camden; J. L.
Ford, Lugoff; H. C. K repps, Camden;
Landy Bowers, Cassatt; J. E. Christ
mas, Caiuden; Lewis Rabon, Lugoff;
L. II. Bi own, Camden; 11. E. Munn,
Camden; Douglas Arledge,, lAigoff,
Nick Watts, Blaney; C. W. Shiver,
Camden; Ci. B. Gardner, Camden;
L. W. Black well, Camden; A. C.
Moseley, Camden; R. S, Mrtrsh, Cam
den; 1>. Eubanks, Jefferson; W. R.
Gregory, Kershaw; T. R. Richardson,
i English; T. T. Truesdale, Camden;
N. B, Workman, Westville; W. 1>.
Whitaker, Camden; Fred Moseley,
Camden; R. B. PcLoaehe, Camden;
I W. I,. Horton, Jefferson.
Cutholie Church ServiccM
j. Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost,
! Sunday School at 8:80 a.m.; mass at
i V) a.m. All are cordially invited.
Real Estate Assessments
Real estate abstracts in the Audi
tor's office of Kershaw County show
j a total assessed valuation at
j $3,084,010. 'Hie property is listed
j under the following heads: 479,480
j atins land at $1,893,700; 2,603 lots
; at $311,315; 7,802 buildings at
j $1,478,905. '?*. 1
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Camden Made Products
j Lang's Grocery has a unique dis
; play of goods in its show window,
j It shows a Creditable display from
[the Electrik Maid Bake Shop, who
I this week is directing attention to
! their bakery in a display advertise
ment which* drives home a great
truth. The other display is from
Baum's Cannery, and consists of
j canned vegetables of every variety.
Amid the display is a placard carry
ing this inscription: "Live in Camden
and eat Camden products."
Death of Mr. Raymond
After a lingering illness Mr.
Charles A. Raymond passed away on
Thursday, September 17th, at his
late home, "The Homestead," near
Rtdgefield, Connecticut.
The above announcement will brin,j
sorrow, to many Camden people where
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond aro known.
They spent the past two winters with
their daughter, Mrs. D. Henry Miller,
who occupied the Guy residence on
North Lyttleton street.
The deceased leaves a widow,
Nancy Ucnman Raymond, one son and
three daughters.
Mistrial Ordered
Union. Sept. 27. ? A mistrial was
declared in the case of the State
against Oliver Harrison, charged with
the murder of Rural Policeman J. R.
Snoddy, of Spartanburg County, nearj
Cross Anchor on June 5, shortly after
noon here today when the jury re
ported to Judge Calhoun Mays that
it was hopelewjjy deadlocked. The
ease wa? transferred to Union C-ounty
on motion of the defense alleging that
Harrison could not n fair trial
in Spartanburg County.
Submarine and Crew Ust
Providence, R. I., Sept. 25. ? The
submarine S-51 was sunk twenty
miles east of Block Island tonight]
after collision with the steamship
City of Rome. Thirty-seven men of I
the submarine's crew were drowned.
Three of the crew were picked up by]
the City of Rome, which sent a radio
message to the submarine base at
New London telling of the accident.
The steamship City of Rome was en
route from Savannah to Boston and
waR due in that city Friday.
A mistrial was ordered by Judge
Mauldin at I^exington Saturday morn
ing in the cases of the state against
three men of Swansea, charged with
the murder of Charles D. Furtick last
December 24. The case was started
in court of general sessions on Wed
nesday afternoon. The jury was out
all night. The defendants were Jesse
Flake, Legon Jeff coat and John Fur*
| tick, the latter being a cousin of the
man wjio was killed..
RKV. RKDDIN TO ORANtiKlilHMj '
Rector of Camden Catholic Church
Sent to New Charge
In the list of clergy changes, more
than h dosen in number, made by
Bishop William T, Russell of the
Catholic* Diocese of Charleston at the
conclusion of the yearly retreat in
?that city on Friday several appoint
ments are of intorest locally.
Rev. Ji, .1. Reddin who has been
for some years rector of St, Mary's
church of Camden, will become roctor
of Holy Trinity Parish of this city,
succeeding Rev. T, J. Mack in. Father
MiU-kln has been in Orangeburg a
comparatively short time but made
himself popular with a largo number
of people of this city.
The now rector has been very pop
ular in Camden where he completed
a.handome new rectory about three
yeas ago and since that has built and
equipped a splendid parish hall as
well.
Very lie v. T. J. Hegarly, known
to many in Orangeburg, who has been
?for nearly a decade rector of St.
?Peter's church at Columbia has re
tired because of ago and ill health.
Only a few years ago ho was honored
with the title of dean. Rev. Nicholas
Murphy of St. Joseph's church,
Charleston, goes to Columbia to suc
ceed De&n Hegarty.
Orangeburg welcomes another jiew
pastor to the city and wishes him a
happy and successful stay here.-?
Orangeburg Times-Democrat.
Invitation to FarmcrN
The directors of the Camden and
Kershaw County Chamber of Com
mcrce, representing the business in
teresfs of this town and county, here
by extend a most cordial invitation to
the farmers of this trade territory to
bring their cotton and other -produce
to this town to sell and to store, and
to do they shopping here.
B. (i. SANDERS, Secretary,
Chamber of Commerce
Drunk and Disorderly
Thomas McLendon, a white man,
said to hail from Bishopville, was
arrested Monday, on a warrant
charging disorderly conduct and was
fined forty dollars In Magistrate
Nicholson's court Tuesday. The man
was driving an automobile while
drunk and had made some remarks
to a young lady. The latter charge
was not included in the indictment.
YOlTN<; LADY ACQUITTED
Walterboro Teacher Charged With
Death of School Boy
Walterboro, Sept. iStf.? A flei' being *
out nbout fifteen minutes the jury
this afternoon brought in a verdict
of acquittal for Miss Ida Folk,
charged with murder for having run -
down and killed little Grover Drawdy,
October 2, 1924.
This has been one of the most
largely attended trials ever held in
Walterboro. It lasted two days and
the court house was packed both days.
Many of the spectators were ladies
of Walterboro and the county. Miss
Folk in company with the Misses
Ruth Brown and Annie Prickett,
'teacherR of the Walterboro school,
were out for an afternoon ride in a
Ford coupe. Five miles front Walter
boro they came up with a number
of pupils from the Mashawville school
going home. Just as the car got op
posite the children the boy darted
from the left side of ttw? road ***2
ran in front of the car which kndcked
him down and ran over him, injuries
received causing death in a (ttw mln- _
utes.
Miss Folk and companions stopped
immediately and picked up the boy
with the aid of his brother and rushed
him home, Miss Folk going for a
physician and returning with him.
The contention of the State was that
the defendant did not exercise due
caution in pausing the group of chil
dren. The defendant contended that
she was not negligent and that tk^e
cause of the death of the boy was his
own actions in jumping out in front
i of the car which was going only at a
mofierste rate of sp^ed, less than
I twenty miles an hour. Applause
'^rrceted the verdict. ? Solicitor Mur.
daugh was assisted in prosecution by
Claude Aman, of Beaufort. Senator
Padgett and K. L. Fishburne con
ducted the defense. ^ ^
Miss Folk is teaching in Columbia
this year. She is a* daughter of E. H.
Folk, of Edgefield, a prominent at
torney of that bar. She taught m v
Walterboro iou*rf*at* and tn crad^*
sate of Winthmp
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