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"" "'7 ^ ,,: >;v ,. ,.N, . .. ,? ^ . ^ ?-. ,-V .. ' ?' ? f ' "' . ''? 7 ? ' * ? ' ? ' - -'Ss !>y ? ? '. ' ? ? , ; . , . ?; ,* Bring Your Cotton to Camden Where You Get Highest Market Price and Trade With Camden Merchants The Camden Chronicle ^ - " ***22S?eSS2SB~*~ ., U U. 1 JiLll.1 J .'.'J! . 1 1.. 1 ..J. ...? I. 1 | l." " - . ! .! 1 ! ,! ? MUX ? .1 ill1 ? U. ? - J ilCJ VOLUME XXXVII. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1925. NUMBER 28. COUNTY BOARD MEETING (Me of the Most Important Held in Mirny Months The Board of County Directors of Kershaw County had before it at it* regular monthly meeting on October 6th quite a, number of delegations and committees from different parts of the county in regard to the several road projects in which they were in terested. Mr. W. L. Young, Mr. E. C. Stoke*, ftnd others appeared in regard td the location of the road which the board of directors have agreed to build fo;* the easier passage of the Midway School truck into that section. The board expressed itseH as being ready to satisfy the needs of this commun ity but that the people themselves must give up their personal ideas and differences and allow the road to be run where it will be of most service. Mr. James Rabon, Mr. R. B. Clark son, Mr. R. T. Micklo, M. Bettys; A. E. Miller, E. A. Bell, and Mr. 8. W. Kanes, engineer on survey, ap peared in regard to the location of (he Longtown- Rabon V Crossroads Wateree Bridge road. After discus sion and presentation of different views the board decided to await the .eport of the engineer as to the prop er location of the entire route before hearing any protest or recommenda tion from any parties. : ? Messrs. N. C. Kelley and W. E. Kelley appeared in regard to road from the Kelley place through the plantation of Mr. J. L. Gettys to the Lprigtown road. The board agreed to take up the work usked for. Messrs. L. A. Shiver and T. B. Blyther appeared asking that portion of the old Antioch Road to the south east be opened up and widened for the better service of the Antioch school truck. The board agreed to have this work done as soon as they ran find opportunity. Messrs. Shiver and Blyther expressed themselves as very much gratified at the improve J road condition brought about by the present board in their section of the county. Petition was read ffom quite a number of citizens of the Blaney sec tion asking that the river bridge be opened without cost on Sundays and that a guard be placed at the river bridge at night for the protection of the bridge keepers. The board de- 1 dined to entertain either request. The Board passed on all . the claims ' presented and approved all that were <n proper shape for payment. This s one of the quarterly meetings of the board at which salaries of all county officers are paid and the list of claims passed upon was one of the largest before the board during the whole year. Mr. J. T. Gettys, superintendent of education, appeared before the board n regard to the condition of the schools of the county. He exhibited letter from the Comptroller General's office stating: that there was not one dollar in the public treasury of Ker? ?.haw County for school use. He showed that money would have to be borrowed with the assistance of the county board of directors to pay the teachers' salaries for the first month jf the school year, and for the pay ment of certain urgent outstanding claims in those districts where the 'axes would furnish a sum sufficient 'or their payment. The board direct ed publication of the full statement of the financial condition of the dif ferent districts of the county that the public may understand how urgent ?nd desperate the school situation is. The Board stated its desire to do all ! *n its power to keep the schools in operation. The common schools will be entitled to state aid after the pay ment of one month from their own ?oc.il levy. The high schools will have to provide for three months from their own funds before they will be entitled to the state high school aid and in some of theee high school dis tricts there seems no way in sight to provide the necessary funds, as the J amount required is beyond the limit | fixed by law to which the board of j directors may go in borrowing for "chool purposes. The Board authorized the Chair man to cooperate with the Treasurer and County Superintendent of Educa tion in borrowing $27,500.00 for thift rtr*t month. The Board will be asked next month to borrow again for the operation of the achool# for that month, and under the present law, ?t seems likely that some plan will have to be deviled to borrow from month to month of the school sossion until U?o ?taU aid it appropriated. The Board expressed iUelf at feel BODY TAKES LONG TRIP Frank Reiger, Who Died in Auto CraHh, Buried in Oklahoma The regard in which Frank Reiger, first baseman of the Augusta Tygers, who met a tragic death in an auto mobile accident near Camden several weeks ago was held by the citizens of his home town, Enid, Okla., is shown by the following article ap pearing in the Enid Morning News, ?the day after* his funeral. Cold, wet rain, driven by a raw north wind, drizzled and swirled about the casket of Frank Reiger, former Enid baseball player and Western Association home run king, which ar rived here via Rock Island at 6 o'clock Thursday night. Conveyed from the baggage coach to the hearse by silent, shivering friends, the body began its long journey over muddy roads and through the fast gathering darkness to Garber where Reiger's relative a waited to receive their dead. How different from Reiger's return was his departure last April, when I spring was bursting forth in all her glory of bird-song, warm dancing sun light and sweet scented blossoms. It was a sunny day at Garber just six short months- ago, that Prank, tall, powerful, smiling, kissed his sisters goodbye and mounted the [Pullman steps to to Augusta, Ga., where he had signed to play baseball in the South Atlantic league. Thursday he returned but where j spring and a bright %unny day. had i ruled, fall ? cold bleak, dreary ? held j sway. Where Reiger, with a smile on his lips in the prime of manhood, sprang lit holy to the Pullman step3, his body? unsmiling, cold in death ? J was lifted out of the baggage coach j by sorrowing friends standing bare- 1 headed in the rain. His favorite bat, the one that drove ' out long home runs when Reiger I lived, is stilled forever now and fol- j lowed him home in death, along with i his uniform, shoes, socks, cap and gloves. The funeral services were simple, as Frank would have wanted them to be and occurred at 2 o'clock yester day afternoon at the First Christian church at Garber, Several Enid baseball fans, who used to go to the park to watch Reiger smash out his long home runs, went to Garber yes terday to attend the outfielder's funeral and placed a large , floral baseball on his bier. In a quiet, secluded spot in the Garber cemetery, close to the home of friends Reiger loved, his body lies, awaiting judgment of thatTast great Umpire, whose decisions are never questioned. May the whispering; breezes that gently stir the tall "prairie grass to and fro above Reiger's grave sing ?sweet' requiems to his memory, as he sleeps on and on. Camden To Be Host o ___________ Camden has extended a hearty invi tation to the older boys' conference, which is held under the auspices of the State Young Men's Christian as sociation, to meet in Camden Novem ber 6, 7 and 8, according to T. B. Lanham, state secretary of the Y. M. C. A. The chamber of commerce and the churches have extended a hearty welcome and pJedged their co-opera - tiou,. The secretary of the chamber of commerce, B. G. Sanders, is giving a good deal of time to this conference in order to make il successful, Mr. Lanham .says. About 1 GO boys are expected to at tend and these boys will come not only from the Young Men's Christian associations in the state but from the high schools as well and will come from the following counties: Lee, Sumter, Lexiugton, Richland, Fair field, I>ancaster, Chesterfield, Dar lington and Kershaw. A program is now being planned which will bring to this conference Home strong leaders to give addresses and a number of the boys themselves will bring message*. ? Wednesday's State. ing that there should be a public] meeting called of the Trustees and those interested in the situation with the County" legislative delegation and with the board to canvass the situa tion* with the county Superintendent of Education and to adopt every means that can be put into effect to keep the schools open during the year and to provide the funds necessary to that the bordeo may fall at equitably at potiftlt upon all the districts. THE GAME AT CHESTER M ' A * Told By Thumis Hedneiwth in Chester News The Cheater Hi squad lost its initial exhibition bout of the season here Friday, when Camden downed them 25-0. Quite a number of local fans and a good many Camden fans witnessed the game despite the dril ling rain and wet grounds. Chester ?gave a creditable slewing against Camden, who had practically all their last year men back, while the Red and White had much new material and <5nly three '24 men were on the field. The contest brought to light promising material, and showed 'up the weak points. About the time the first scheduled contest comes Chester will be prepared to make a strong bid for the Catawba championship. O'Donnell at right end played a fine game, and DaVega at full back in Coin's place showed up splendidly on the defensive. Capt. Campbell was a whale on the offensive, many times opening huge holes in the line. Moffat tackled well and used his kicking to great advantage, one of "his kicks traveling almost half the length of the field. Yarborough, Col lins and McDaniel played well, in fact the whole team played a good de fensive game. Yarborough got the distinction of making the first tackle of the season when he downed Clyburn on Camden's 22-yard line. Camden scored early. An end run of 51 yards by Haynes placed the ball within scoring dis tance. A pass, Clyburn to Haynes for 8 yards scored the counter. A relentless drive scored the second touchdown, Haynes scoring. The third counter also came in the second period when Clyburn shot a pass to Haynes for 32 yards. Clyburn kicked goal. The closest Chester came to scoring was in the third period. Capt. Campbell blocked a punt and Chester recovered on Camden's 29 yard line. A series of plays put the ball on the 15 yard line. McDaniel failed at the line. Moffat gained but inches, then Caldwell shot a pass to DeVega for y yards. With 1 yard to go, Mc Daniel failed at the line and the ball went over on the 6 yard line. Camden scored late in the final period. Good end runs and one com plete pass, Clyburn to Haynes ac counted for the concluding counter. The game ended with the ball in Camden's possession on her 24 yard line. Score by periods: Chester 0 0 0 0 ? 0 Camden 6 13 0 6 ? 25 First downs, Chester 5, Camden 16. Scoring, Touchdowns, Camden, Haynes (4). ? Bigham Appeal October , Columbia, Oct, 4. ? The appeal of Edmund p. Bigham, of Florence County, urider sentence of death for the alleged murder of his brother, L. Smiley Bigham, will be heard by the state supreme court Monday, October 12. This will be the sixth time the case has been before the supreme court. The Bigham appeal is the first case on the docks for the October session of the court. Bigham was convicted at his last trial at the October 1924 term of Horry County court. He is also under indictment for the alleged murder of four other members of his family. Since his conviction last fall, the de fendant has been confined lit thfe death cell at the stato penitentiary | at Columbia. - Second Week Jurors .Jurors for the second week of court of general sessions drawn Tuesday morning are as follows: L. J. Faulk enberry, Kershaw; C. P. Blackmon, Kershaw; John L. Phillips, Kershaw; S. B. Hall, Bethune; F. S. Shirley, Camden; S. F. Young, Westville; O. F. Marshall, Camden; J. H. Frost, Camden; R. B. Catoe, Kershaw; D. G. Hiltou, Bethune; E. B. Ross, Lugoff; O. M. Fort, Camden; J. G. Heath, Blaney; J. L. Hinson, Lugoff; J. H. Barfield, Kershaw; C. R. Bowen.i Blaney; E. B. Lorick, Camden; W. T. | Smith, Camden; L. F. Truesdale, Ker shaw; T. A. Rosier, Bethune; T. B. Blyther, Camden; II. K. Gardner, Oas satt; S. A. Jones, Kershaw; L. M. j Rose, Camden; J. B. Zemp, Camden; T. B. Fletcher, Kershaw; F. L. Munn, Bethune; G. C. Truesdale, Stoneboro; W. C. Moore, Camden; John T. Nettles, Camden; L. J. Baker, Be thune; George Bullock, Camden; J. G. Holley, Jefferson; S. W. Barfield, Kershaw; Harwell Barfield, Camden; 'J. R Wittldjaa, Kerahaw. * v~- ? j ; -'"jiitfriT BETHUNE NEWS NOTES " 1 11 ur Uem? of Interest u* fathered by Our Regular Correspondent. Bethune, S. C., Oct. 7. -Circle No. One of the Presbyterian church wax entertained by Mrs. J. M. Forbis Wednesday afternoon. An interest in* contest in which Mesdamvs W. K. Rosier and Margaret Marion scored highest featured the social hour. De lightful refreshments consisting of ?ice cream and cake were served. Mesdames J. P. Bethune and Mary Bethune were joint hostesses of Circle No. Two Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. E. Z. Truesdell conducted tho study class. Refreshments consisting of as sorted wafers, sandwiches and iced tea were served at tho conclusion of the meeting. Edith Clyburn entertained about a Score of her little friends Friday af ternoon, the occasion being her tenth birthday anniversary. After enjoy ing numerous games, refreshments! consisting of ice cream and wafers were a pleasurable conclusion of tho afternoon. Mrs. Eula Hatfield took her class of the Methodist Sunday school on a hike to Rig Springs Wednesday af ternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McKinnoh and Mrs. W. A. McDowell were guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. McKiunon in! Lu ilea s te r W ed n esd a y . Mrs. Mary Bethune left Sunday fori a visit to her son Mr. K. M. Bethune in Che raw. Mrs. C. L. Mayes was the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Steve Lane, in Cartersville Sunday. The following students of Coker College spent Saturday night and Sunday witJi their parents here: Misses Frances Severance, Nancy Best and Katherine Ward. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. King, of Harts- j ville were week-end guests of the, latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. CJ. B. King. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of Kollock were guests of Mrs. Johnson's sister, Mrs. J. P. Bethune, Sunday. Miss HSelen Pope Ward, who is teaching in the high school at Heath | Springs, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Ward. Mrs. A. B. McLaurin entertained the boys and" girls of the juvenile set Friday evening. A sweet course was served by the hostess. Mr. W. E. Davis is having a modern garage and gasoline filling station erected just outside the town limits, east, on the Jefferson Davis high way. Mr. W. H. Hammond and family have moved into their handsome brick residence, which has just been com pleted. Mr. and Mrs. George Kelly and two little daughters left Monday for Aztec, N. M., where they expect to make their home. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Bethune were I the week-end guests of Mrs. Be thune's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Blakley in Clinton. Neil Truesdel spent the week-end at the Presbyterian College' in Clin ton with his brother, June Truesdell. Mrs. C. C. Padgett is spending some time with relatives in Cheraw. Mr. D. T. Yarbrough returned Fri day from Orlando and other points in Florida. Miss Elise Hook was the week-end guest of Mrs. Wiley Sheorn in Cain den. Mrs. Willingham and grand-daugh ter, little Miss France* Hallford of Columbia, arrived Saturday to spend the winter with Mrs. Willingham'^ daughter, Mrs. L. K. Tompkins. Mr. L. K. Yarbrough and family of Ifartsville spent Tuesday with rel atives here. Mr. John McDonald and family of ILartsviUe were guests of Mr. Mc Donald's parents here Sunday. Mrs. G. B. King, who has been quite sick for two weeks, is able to be up again. Miss Thelma Hyatt of the Bishop ville section entered school here Mon day and will spend the winter at the home of Mr. H. E. Hyatt. Mrs. B. L. Norwood and children and Mrs. E. Z. Truesdale and Miss Stella Bethune spent Saturday in Columbia. Attending: World Serioi. Former Judge Mendel L. Smith, Mr*. Smith, Miss Dorothy Smith, Mendel L. Smith, Jr., Messrs. T. Lee Little and R. E. Stevenson left yes terday for Washington to witness the world's series base ball games to be played tn that city between Washing ton of the American League, and Pitt?burf of the National League. GOSNKIJ. GOES FREE Nol Prwuttd For Killing of Sheriff After Many MiHtrialn Greenville, Oct. ?r>.~ The ' eat?o against .lake Gosnell, charged with shooting in this city on July 4, 1919, of Sheriff Hendrix Rector, has been nol prossed, according to information obtained this morning. This step was taken in the conclud ing session of the court of general sessions at Pickens during the week end. Solicitor J. G, Leatherwood, of the thirteenth judicial circuit, made no statement in connection with the final chapter on this case, which was j one of the most long-drawn out and J hardest fought in the history of the) Piedmont section. Gosnell, who was in the employ o i the United States Government an a prohibition agent, wns twl<;e tried for the death of Rector, a mistrial re sulting in each instance* The first trial took place in this city, while a change of venue caused the second trial to be held in Pickens County, the only other county in this circuit. .Rector, who was sheriff at the time of his death, was killed as ho stood in a garage in this city. Kvi- j dence brought out at the two tvials showed that the men had been un friendly for some time and the shoot ing \\;as the climax to a series of clashes between the two. An effort was made by attorneys for Gosnell to have the case tried in the federal court on the ground that (iosnell was an employe of the United States Government and was preparing to leave on a mission of duty at- the time the shooting oc curred. After ju hearing before Judge H. W. Watkins, however, tho case was remanded to the state courts. In both the trials the case was hard fought by an imposing array of legal talent. Former Solicitor D. W. Smoake was assisted in the prose cution by the firm of Bonham, Price & Poag, of this city, while Dean, Cothran & Wyche were assisted in the defense by Gary & Gary, of Pickens, in the second trial of the case., E. M. Blythe, of this city, was also associated with the defense at torneys during the trials. Examination For Potttmaater. The United States Civil Service an nounces a competitive examination for postmaster at McBee, S. C., the examination to be held in the post office at Camden, and examination blanks can be obtained by calling upon Misd M. Hogue. The date for assembling of competitors . will be stated in the admission cards mailed applicants after the close of receipt of applications. The position carries a salary of f 1,400. Mr. Faulkenberry Wins Car. Mr. Lee Faulkenberry, of the West ville section held the lucky number for the Ford touring car given away by six Camden firms Monday afternoon. The winning number was 417,467. For several months tickets have been given by the firms participating ? in the advertising scheme ? tickets with each 25 cents purchase. And the day of awarding the car saw a large crowd here from all sections of this and adjoining counties. The firms participating were: Enterprise Mer cantile Company, Home Furnishing Company, Mackey Mercantile Com pany, Carolina Motor Company, Lewis & Christmas, and W. T. Smith. Cash awards were aLso given on the seconJ Saturday in each month and quite a lot of interest was manifested by those holding tickets. It proved a trade winner to the men. ? ? r~ FOUKTKKN K1LLKD ON KOAUS Fatalities for September Keach High Murk in South Carolina Columbia, S. <?., Oct, !>.? Deaths on stato highways reached another high total in September, there being four teen fatalities, according to the re port of. Accidents Riven out yesterday by Samuel McCiowan, chief highway commissioner. Thirty-five persons, were seriously injured in the -77 accidents of the month and 41 received minor injuries, Three of the accidents wore at rail way crossings and nine at public jroad cm-sing*. KvCkless driving continued to be the principal cause of the accidents, speeding coming second. The deaths occurred in various manners, one be ing due. to a live wire on t h?? high way. The report, follows; "According to reports received by the state highway department, there were 77" accidents occurring on state highways in Scpteinber. Fourteen persons were killed, lift were seriously injured ^ and 11 received minor in jurios. "There were 21 collisions between motor ears, one of them being parked, five with other vehicles and nine with other objects. Sixteen cars were over turned, 24 were driven off road, 01 were seriously damaged, 1H slightly damaged and four vehicles were dam aged. "There were three accidents at rail roud grade crossings, nine at public road crossings and four 'on or at bridges. Forty-one of the accident* occurred in the day time and 3G after dark. Fifty-eight were on straight loads and (>1 on un paved road^. Thirty-three of the accidents were re ported as caused by careless driving, 21 by speeding, eight by recklessness due to liquor, two by dazzling head lights, two by no lights or poor lights, (seven by defects tff the car and two by defects of the road. "Three persons were killed in onu of the collissions of cars with trains, one by collision of moving car with 1 parked car, four were killed when cais overturned, one was killed by collision of car with tree, one with telegraph post, one with limb of tree across road, and three pedestrians were killed, two by moving earn and one by live electric wire on highway." Chicken Supper at Mt. Olivet The ladies of Mt. Olivet Church will serve a "chicken supper at the home of Mr. L. iM. West on Friday evening, October 9, 1026. Plates for adults will be seventy- five cents and for children twenty-five and fifty cents. Ice cream will be served extra. . You may htive your supper served at your regular hour so come out and eat with us. Opportunity To Kill Boll Weevil* At the experiment station aT Flor ence in 1928 weevils were caged at; different dates without any cotton for food, but with suitable hibernation! quarters. The object was to determine how many would survive the Winter. The results follow: Number caged in September, 8,705; number survived 2, or .022 per cent. Number raged October 1-15, 5,708; number survived 11, or .192 per cent. Number caged October 16-31, 6,225; I number survived 37, or .502 per cent.; Number caged November 1-13, 979; number survived 24, or 2.45 per cent. The later they were forced to win ter quarter* the greater per cent came out alive the next spring. By quick action ia destroying cot ton stalks and forcing the weevil to hibernate or starve we can reduce our supply of weevil* next spring to a minimum. Farmers hav*: what might, he called the opportunity of a lifetime this year in this connection. How many will take advantage of it? J. W. Sanders, County Agent. 'UfiiiTT intfijtfr Booth at State Fair This year Kershaw County will for the first time be Represented by a booth at the state fair. This work is being: undertaken by the Lugoff com munity, which has had remarkably fine exhibits at the county fair for several years, having won blue rib bons for two successive years. The idea of having a community booth at the state fair has been enter tained for some time by the woman's home demonstration^- club, of which Mrs. H. P. Oglesby is president. Last Thursday Mr. D. F. Rfird of Colum bia, secretary of the fair association, was invited to come over to Lugoff to discuss this matter. Several promi nent farmers were present at this meeting and agreed to help in furnishing farm products for exhibi tion, and a school exhibit will be ar ranged by the teachers. Mrs. Oglesby is in charge of the household exhibits and is going about this in a systematic and business-like way. She plans to make this the best exhibit that Lugoff has ever had, and no one who goes to the fair from Kershaw County should miss seeing it. Commandery to Meet Attention Sir Knights: ? You are urged to attend stated conclave of Camden Commandery Tuesday even ing at 8 o'clock, October 18. Regular business will be transacted. J. M. Moseley, Commander. Residence Damaged. The residence of Officer Clem C. ! Brown on Haile street was quite bad ly damaged by fire last Friday, the blase having originated in the kitchen of the residence. The fire department reached the building before a great deal of damage was done. His lost covered by insurance.