The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 30, 1925, Image 8
SPARTANBURG HARD HIT.
Rx'Tretfturer B*id To Be Short Mora
Than Klght Hundred Thousand.
Spartanburg, Oct. 23, ? Losses ag
Krcgating $802,022.09 have been sus
taiiusl by Spatanburg County through
tho defalcations of JL. C. Miller, for
mer county treasurer, and through
tho failure of the Hank of Duncan,
of which he was president, K wad re
portod here today by the auditing firm
?f Eaton, Shussy & Co,, of Savannah.
A cash shortage .of $021,529.85 ex
isted in Miller'? office as of Novem
ber is, 1 024, while the *um of $$40,
492,24 was credited to the county on
the books of the Bank of Duncan
' when that institution was closed by
the State bank examiner December
15, 11)24, it was reported by the audi
tor.
None of the money on deposit
when tho bank failed has been re
covered.
Members of the Katon, Saussy linn
said that the Miller shortage is the
largest ever discovered in a South
cm public official's office.
Unsigned settlement sheets for the
fiscal year ending .Junt' M0, 1921, filed
in the Comptroller General's office
and copied by the auditors showed
that a total amount of $1,038,871.09
was charged to [,. (J. Miller as of
June M0, hut that his total cash on
hand or in banks was only $130,117.01,
disclosing a shortage on the basis of
his own statements of $.'{02,254.08. the
report states. _ Discrepancies in the
unsigned settlements discovered by
fho auditors, however, showed that
the total amount charged to L. (i.
Miller should have been $1,480,738.80
and that the apparent shortage in ac
counts at that time was $750,0.'H.85.
Dr. Jesse It. Bell, prominent Due
West physician and known to a 1 !
young met), and women who have at
tended Erskine College during the
past twenty five years, died suddenly
Thursday night of heart failure. Dr.
Bell leaves a widow and three chil
dren. He was a graduate of Krskine
College and the South Carolina Med
ical College.
NOTICE
All hunting, fishing or otherwise
^H-Lr capa swi r>g on the following places.
is forbidden: Tucker's, Kirkland's,
IJoby's, 'Hoykins, Stoney Hill Farms,
Inc., Land's Nock, Whitaker's, Shan
non's. These tracts of land. lie on
both aides of tho Watcr.ee River. Ail
permits previously given for enter
ing there lands are hereby revoked.
1?. f> UOYKIN.
October *J I, 11)25. :U-33-pd
BIG SHOW NBXT WKKK
American Region Will !'re??nt Min
Mtrel Next Thurttday Night
The people of Camden and vicinity
have a very ynusual treat in ttore for
; them on next Thursday night, Novem
ber r?, when the "RIack am 1 White
Minstrel Revuev wiil hold the board*
at the High School auditorium under
: the auspice* of the American Legion
and the professional direction of Mr.
Hariy Mdver, of the National I'ro
; <i ueing Jiureau of Omaha, Neb.
The. management wishes to empha
J sisce the fact that this is not the usual
amateur show, hut is a k t r i ?.? 1 1 y high
class profe.HHionaJ show with am#*
. teurs. The songs, jokes and various
sketches an- all new and up-to date,
j while the costuming ahd^upecial seen
! ery i.s used throughout the entire
first part.
1 Thin production has been presented
j in Charlotte, Wilson, Asheville and
other larger towns throughout the
Carolina* at $2.00 per seat. It was
originally planned to give this show
j of) two consecutive nights, as it is
natural for some people to stay awaf'
thinking that this is another home
torture until they hear the report of
its merit the next day, but on account
of the Y. M. C. A. meeting here next
week it was decided to give only one
performance so as not to conflict and
trust to the people's faith in tho
Legion that the production wiil be the
very best ever. v
1 About forty local people will take
part in this sfyow, which include the
cream ?*f Camden's musical and
dramatic talent. On W'ednesday nig lu
at 7:30 o'clock a gorgeous .spectacular
street parade will be given which will
| contiM of brass barid, decorated
i floats, people in costume, red fire'
torches, and other extraordinary feat
ures. I
| III view of this very meritorious at
traction, the reduced prices of adnrn- J
sion and the worthy object for which
it is given, the American Legion
, building fund, packed houses will no
( doubt gleet the local thespians on
next Thursday night. Reserved seats J
! go on sale next Wednesday mornin,;
j at "W. Robin Zemp's Drug Storvv,
\ Massachusetts farmer in I71'U
spent only seven dollars t ?.? maintain
his family and operate his farm, all
other essentials having been made' on
tlu- farm.
(iuests a t the I * r i 1 1 1 1 (iovernmeni
House in Jerusalem dance t > musie
Sent by radio from London.
PACKS CHAIR F0$ CRIMB
(irorxian (irtn Death Sentence For
Assaulting Woman
Swainsboro, Ga., Oct. 23. ? 0. A.
Wheeler tonight was sentenced to die
in the electric chair following- his con
viction on a charge of criminally at
tacking a young white womun near
her<- a week ago.
W. A. Answorth, Wheeler'* allege!
companion, was sentenced to twenty
years in tin- penitentiary on th<* same
charge yesterday.
The young woman was hiking from
New York to Florida, Sho testified
the two men offered her a ride in an
automobile, took her to their hohu*
and attacked her. ?
After detaining her overnight, slu
declared, they put her in the car
again, drove several miles and at
tacked her a second time. Then she
said, they abandoned her on the road
side, where she was picked up by
passers-by. The accused men denied
the young woman's story.
Counsel for Wheeler gave notice
they will file an appeal for a new
trial.
$250,000 To Send Boyn To College
Philadelphia, Oct. 28.-- ^To help de
velop leadership for the future among
grammar school boy.s of today, the
Curtis Publishing Company of Phila
delphia has offered $250,000 to ho
loaned to boys who desire to atten 1
college. *
To any boys who qualifies urtder
the terms of this College Loan Plan,
the Curtis Publishing Company will
loan needed amounts up to $1,500
until the total of $250,000 is outstand
ing.
The security for each loan will be
the boy's ? character as developed ir
his home, in his school and in his work
in delivering thv Curtsi publications.
The plan has been perfected with
the advice and counsel of more than
fifty of the country's leading educa
tors and business men. It has their
unanimous approval on the ground
I that American business needs better
trained executives and is finding it in
creasingly difficult to obtain them.
An orchestra of young men playing
the guitar and mandolin accompanied
by girl singers sitting before them is
a part of nearly every little Jugo
slavian village cafe.
Corn doctors of Paris some times
treat patients on the street while in
terested bystanders look on.
STORM STK1KK8 8TARK
Anderson County Town Hard Hit By
^ Blow Sunday.
Anderson, Oct, JJ6? Sturr, a little
town ten miles Mouth of Anderson,
was in the path of a tornado fhU
morning about six o'clock. There are
families in distress, for their homes
! are practically wrecked, many of them
| being unroofed, with walls falling in,
chimneys blown down and outhouses
! flattened to the ground.
This tornado did not have a wid?*
1 sweep, the houses damaged being
! within about a quarter of a mile
| radius. Although most of the people
were, asleep at the time the storm
struck, there was no one hurt except a
negro. He had no bones broken, al
though the house in which was liv
ing, with many others, was blown
from over thorn.
The famous Pruitt house, where s o
many club parties meet for the ex
cellence of the food served, had every
window in it broken, the roof partly
blown off and almost, the entire top
? Jloor demolished. Barns and out
J buildings were also blown down and
' many of the large trees uprooted.
Just a short distance from this
! house, the home of Diaz Strictly is
almost a complete wreck with seven
unroofed buildings on the place.
Houses of Walter Hayes, M. A. Chap
man, Clayde Howie, Mr. , Thompson,
i the old Stuckey place and the home of
? Representative B. J. Pearman were
1 considerably torn up with many teij
| ant houses also damaged.
I Only one of these who suffered
from the storm had tornado insurance
and that was from the forethought of
a woman, Mrs. Harvo Pruitt, in Feb
ruary took out $8,000 worth of insu
rance without the knowledge of her
husband. It. will fully cover the dam
! ages, it is thought.
L. R. Corrcll, white farmer of the
Newport section near |Rock Hill, is
in jail at York, charged with steal
ing cotton from fields of the Sun
nyside Farms, fifteen miles from the
man's home. Six bales of cotton have
I bean stolen at various points in York
! county this fall, and 'efforts will bv
| made to connect Oorrell with all of
! these thefts. When Correll's house
i was searched 400 ^pounds of sugar
I \y(4j o found.
You will be sorry if you miss the
season's big show tonight at the
Moore house on Broad street at 7
o'clock. ? adv.
The Camden Steam Laundry ]
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Is now open and doing business
We will appreciate your patronage.
Work called for and delivered. <
All work guaranteed.
i
7Y give us a trial is all we ask '
The Camden Steam Laundry I
"We Stop Wash-Day Worries" \
East DeKalb St. Ph<?" " |
* Richards- Wy lie.
The friends in Lancaster and
throughout the state of J. P. Rich
ards and Miss Kathcrine Wylie will
be interested in the following invita
tion that was issued here this week:
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Evans Wylip
invite you to be present at the mar
riage of their daughter, Katherine
Hawthorne, to Mr. James Prioleau
Richards on Wednesday, the 4th of
November, at eight o'clock in the eve
ning, at home, Lancaster, South Caro
lina.
f
The groom-to-be is the ' probate
judge of Lancaster county and the
bride-to-be is a daughter of Mr. anil
Mrs. R. E. Wylie of Lancaster and a
prominent social favorite. Mr. Rich
ards is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Richards of Liberty Hill and a gradu
ate of the University of South Caro
lina, a veteran of the World War, and
attorney-at-law in addition to his po
sition as a county official. ? Lancaster
News.
If the thirty pieces of* silver which
Judas got for betraying Christ had
been placed at 4 per cent interest,
assuming their value to. be half 3
dollar each, the Judas Foundation to
day would claim a mass of gold equal
to 3-15,000 globes the size of this
earth.
? Halloween Carnival at Waterec
The community carnival and Hallo
ween party that was to have been
held at the ball ground last Saturday
was postponed until next Saturday,
October 31st, on account of inclement
weather. Weather conditions permit
ting1, the festivities will begin at 0
p.m., next Saturday and continue un
til :nii?e o'clock. A gbod program hiu
been arranged and there will be
plenty of fun, amusement and re
freshments for all. The band will be
present with a good program and
everybody who attends is assured o+
a good time.
Funeral of U-Boat Victim
It has been announced that the bod>
pf Lieut. J. D. Haselden, which vtas
recently recovered from the sub
marine which was lost off the coasV
of New England, will be interred av
Dillon Wednesday afternoon. Lieut
Haselden is a member of a large antf
influential family and many friendf
and relatives from Marion will bt
present on this sad occasion. ? Mario-*
Star.
On April 22, 1684, a scientist ?v
Oxford read a paper describing a cer
tain province of Nova Scotia where
"there is so great a quantity of sail
peter in ye fields, that ye oxen arc
so salt that they cannot eat thel
flesh for three or four months of tht
year." . ?
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Which is proof that the general public are well pleased with the Bargains we are showing.
We have had to order for all departments, due to the fact that our Anniversary Sale prices
have moved our stock so fast. But we are pleased to inform the buying public that we are
receiving on every express new merchandise, such as Ladies' Fine Coats, Dresses, Men s
Suits, Overcoats and all kinds of Men s and Ladies Ready-to-Wear and fine Piece Goods.
You owe it to yourself to come in and get your share of this seasonable up-to-date merchandise at these low prices,
w c have had the pleasure of selling discriminating people from Columbia to Bishopville, and from Jefferson to
Sumter, people that know when they get Bargains in First-Class Merchandise.
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One .<>: ui* Ua!k-()\i r .vhin - sulci for
$7.50 up to $l.r?.00. Thoy j?m* Kcnuim*
Custom Cir.tdc Shin A vnliu >\>u
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$1.28
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man niaki\ j?ood quality kid, sold for
>'!..*?(> ;?nd $4.00. \nniv.r?arv Salt*
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$1.48
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10c
l.aJx V Kino ( <>,??<. va:ui -* that you
will appr.-ctaN*. A r. n ivo r?ar\ SaV
Prio-:
$12.38
<)ui regular line of $14.75 Silk Dresfi
< ??. i r. all sizes and colors, beautiful
bevwivi i ">mparison. Anniversary Sale
Price
$9.88
Mt :?'? .1 1. J Young Men's Wool Suits
'ha: stand without an <i|ua!. Anni
\ersarv Sale Price:
$12.38
-'-Pants Suits in Men's latest
models, weaves and coloYs, the talk of
the town. Anniversary Sale Price:
$ 18.38
Regular $2.00 quality 36-inch Satin
Mescaline. Anniversary Sale Pric2,
per vard:
$1.38
(lood quality Crcpc de Chene iu thr
season's most popular colors. Anni
ver?nrv Sale Price, per vd:
$1.00
Men'* heavy fleeced Shirts and Draw
ers, Anniversary Sale Price per gar
ment
58c
Regular $7.50 quality good heavy
Blankets. Anniversary Sale Price:
$438
All Silk TaflTetta, ^16 inches wide, in
black, $2.00 quality, Anniversary Sale i
Price, per yard:
$1.38 j
Oui 54-inch All Wool Press Flann&l
is the rage for winter dresses, regular
$2.60 quality. Anniversary Sale Price
per yard:
$1J98
CAMDEN
HIRSCH BROS. & CO.
"THE BIG STORE"
SOUTH
CAROLINA
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