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. ; *' : ?? . ':. ? '? . . ' . . ; ?' \ '?' " \ '' ' v ?? ? ? ? ' v '? " / .'" ? ? . '?! ? ???. ' . ? ^ gjgggM GREATER KERSHAW COUNTY FAIR FEATURED TODAY BY MAMMOTH SCHOOL PARADE The Camden Chronicle VOLUME XXXTH. T CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1928. NUMBER 34. TWO WERE KILLED SUNDAY IN AUTOMOBILE COLLISION Benjamin Grubbs, aged about 25 years, was instantly killed about one mile and a half south of Bethuno about 12 o'clock Sunday. Mrs. Grubba received a scalp wound. Mrs. Russell, sister of Mr. Grobbs, ww fatally injured, receiving a frac ture of the left ankle, broken right wrist, bad scalp wounds, severe face lacerations and perhaps , internal in juries. She died at 8:80 o'clock Sun day evening at the Camden hospital. Balfour Shirley was slightly injured in an automobile collision on the Jef ferson-Davis highway. All of the^e people were residents of near Cam den. The Hudson coach belonging to Shirley, said to have been driven by (Jrubbs, was going to.Chcraw and col lided with one of a fleet of five busses belonging to the American Motor company of Boston, en route to Flor ida. The bus was driven by Oscar Lundenberg and testimony at the in quest went to show that the Hudson car was being driven at a high speed and was on the left side of the road when it hit the bus. A coroner's jury composed of Be thune men, with D. T. Yarborough, as foreman, exonorated the bus driver j from all blajne. The Hudson car was a complete wreck aiid the bus was badly damaged. The three injured people were brought to the Camden hospital, where they were given surgical at tention. Another bus of the same fleet col lided with a car on East peKalb street in Camden Sunday aY^mppn,* owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs? K. T. Asbury, but aside from small damage to both cars no one wafehurt. An inquest over the body of Mrs Annie Mae Russell, the second victim of the auto crash, who died Sunday night, was held Monday morning, and a coroner's jury empanelled by Judge W. F. Russell, composed of G. A. Moseley, foreman, Wiley Sheorn, Olin Waters, D. L. So well, H. C. Hasty and I'. D. Stokes, rendered the following verdict: "That Annie Mac Russell came to her death in an automobile wreck, an automobile driven by Bal four Shirley on the left side of the road at a high and excessive rate of speed." It was at first reported that Benja min Grubbs, who was instantly killed in the same wrec'k was the driver of ; the car, but the jury was carried to the hospital and Mrs. Grubbs, wife of the dead man, who was also injured, swore positively that Shirley was driving the car and that she was sit ting on the back seat with her hus bapd ^ A warrant, charging murder, has been issued for the arrest of Shirley, but he has been confined to his home from injuries, and has not been com mitted to jail. Eric Oscar Lundenburg, driver ofi the wrecked bus, and L. H. Dunham, representing George E. Masters, Inc., of Boston, owners of the fleet of, busses, were bound over in the sum of $200 each for their appearance here as witnesses in the charge against; Shirley. After being detaineed here for a couple of days the busses pro ceeded on their way to Florida. Oscar Lundenberg, driver^ of the wrecked bus, testified as follows: I was coming toward* Camden, S. C., and was about -one and one-half mile* from Bethune, 8. ?. Was driving a White bus. A . .Hudson car, came up the road on the; left side he was run ning at a very unreasonable rate of speed ? he was coming right towards me. When he came towards me I was amost at a stand still. I was real close to the extreme right of the road and I saw that the driver of the Hudson did not make any effort to get on his side of the road I swung my bus to the left to try and avoid having a collision. ' The Hudson all this time was coming right towards me. He ran right into me ? my bus stopped his car. There was one per son hanging out of the car. I in com pany with Mr. Dunham, another bus driver, took them out of the car and placed them by the road. We then put them in a ear and sent them to the hospital. I do not know at the time who was driving. The road was straight where the accident happened. Luther Dunham, driver of another bus enroute to Florida, testified as follows: I was traveling abotit two hundred feet in the rear of Mr. Lund berg's bus. I was also coming to wards Camden. I saw a Hwbon sedan coming up the read at a very excessive rate of speed. This ear kept bearing to the left aide of the '? road. I aaw Mr.. Lund berg's bos which waa in front of the car tarn were four people fn the SLAYER SURRENDERS Negro Who Killed J. Austin Scoti I ni'cs His Hiding IMacc ? (Monday's Columbia State) * Alter hiding in the swamps of. Fairfield county for almost one week, Jim Davis, charged with the murder of J. Austin Scott, 38 year old white construction foreman, surrendered early yesterday morning. -Yesterday afternoon the negro was brought to the state penitentiary by. J. C. G. Caldwell deputy sheriff of Chester, and lodged for safe keeping. He had been hiding in a swamp about four miles from the spot where ho shot and fatally wounded Mir. Scott la?t Monday morning. For almost six days Sheriff .lames MacFie of Fairfield county and a posse of men searched everywhere for Jim Davis. The swamps were surrounded and the negro had no means of escape. In some fashion ? , Sheriff Macfie told a reporter of The State last night that he did not know : how ? the negro got In communication with one of his sons, and asked j that Sheriff Macfie meet him at a certain place and. there he would sur render. Tbe sheriff was away at the time, and so Davis requested that I. Pierce Stone, who had moved down in the Monticello section the day after the death of Mr Scott to as sume charge of the farm of his father, be advised of his desire to sur render. So the sou went to Chester yesterday morning, where Mr. Stone was known to be at the time, and the message was delivered. Mr. Stone went to the specified spot in the swamp and was there met by the alleged slayer of Mr. Scott. The :'ryegro was later turned over to Deputy Sheriff Caldwell and lodged in the penitentiary in Columbia. ? J. Austin Scott was fatally wounded about 8:30 o'clock Monday morning, dying at the Baptist hospital in Col umbia in less than one hour's time after his admittance to the institu tion. According to information brought out at the inquest into the construc tion foreman's death last Tuesday, Mr. Scott was head of a gang of em ployees of the Blankenship Construc tion company. On his force wore two negro men, who had married the daughters of Jim Pavis. The negroes came to Mr. Scott Monday morning just before the construction force wa? to leave the construction force was to leave the Monticello section for Georgetown, where the gang was to begin another job. They told the foreman that Davis had refused, to allow his daughters to accompany them to the new location, and asked that Mr. Scott go to the negro's house and try to persuade him to give his permission for the wives to move to Georgetown. Accompanied by an other negro workman on the gang, the foreman started to the Davis home. He had got to the gate of the house and was stooping down to enter an archway leading up to the front steps when Jim Davis opened the door and fired. The shot passed through Mr. Scott's lung. Rewards totalling $26 0 were offer ed Saturday for the capture of Davis. It was thought that he mgiht have got out of the swamp and to have gone to some other county. But as a matter of precaution Sheriff Macfie kept the swamps well guarded. It was this unfailing vigilance thai stopped all means of escape. Marriages. Mr. William Hoyt Rush and Miss Mary Ellen Rhoden both of Camden, were married on Nov. 18th, by Rev. J. P. Graham of the Camden Baptist ?Church. Mr. William H. Sloan and Mis* Elizabeth Irene Davis, both of Co lumbia, S. C., were married by Pro bate Judge W. L. McDowell on the 18th inst. Mr. James E. Lewis, of Camden, and Miss Lula Atkinson, of Harts ville, 3. C., were married by Probate Judge W. L. McDowell on the 19th, inst. men and two ladies. I couldn't say how they were seated in the car. I didn't see who was driving. As ?oon a? I aaw the accident I went to the car and saw that some people were injured. I helped take the oc cupants from the car. The gentle man we brought to the hospital was hanging out of the left door, prac tically his entire body being out. Mrs. Benjamin Grubb, an occupant of tKe wrecked Hudson coach, tea ti ffed as follows: Balford Shirley was driving the car ? Annie May Roaael was sitting in tba front with him. I was sHti*r in the back aeat with my hu'-bar^~-~ WOULD LEAVE KERSHAW v ? Kfporl Says Went W*tww Otixerw Crowing Restless Kidgeway, Nov. 16. ? The chamber of commerce of Ridgeway is under taking at the request of many citizens of the county of Kershaw living in West Wnteree township to prepare and circulate a petition' with a suffi cient number of cititens signing up for the governor to appoint the elec tion necessary for annexation of that township to Fairfield. Owing to this city's being the na tural gateway to the territory In question, with which it is already connected with mauy improved sys tems of roads, Ridgeway is active in ?the matter and will if the effort , is successful, give a warm welcome to the people who are dependent upon good roads for the development of their section. t The cause of the movement, which now has assumed a concrete form, is the neglect alleged to improve this outlying territory of the county of ?Kershaw on the part of that county government. Separated from the main body of the county by the river and a toll bridge, the ?oW? approach to Camden, with few residents to be come a factor in politics, the West Wateree township has had, so tho opinion* is, to put with indifference arid a disproportionatu allocation of county funds for the building of modern roads to serve their need*. And the recent jwutension system of road building oif^fhi part of the con* tiguous county of Fairfield, under the management of its efficient county highway commission, has at tracted the favorable consideration of i the citizens of this part of Kershaw to become entitled to share in suc!? benefits. The campaign for obtaining tho necessary third of the signatures of : qualified electors with West Wgterec township will be immediately com* roenced with a view of bringing the j matter to the next session of tho state legislature for final determina ? tion. It is anticipated that mapy more than the required minimum sig | natures- will be volunteered. Box Supper at Cassatt A box supper will be held at Cas satt on Thursday night, November 26th, at 7:30 o'clock. The proceeds to go for the benefit of Cassatt Bap tist church. The publie-w- cordially invited. Services at Antiocti High School ' j Evangelist L. Vere Elliott, of Cal ifornia, will hold a religious service in the auditorium of the Antioch high school Sunday morning, November 22, at 11 o'clock.- Song service will begin at 10:30 o'clock. Public ^cor- j dially invited. /? , j Man and Wife Electrocuted Augusta, Nov. 12. ? Mr. and Mrs. David Franklin Tussey were killed instantly, their six-year-old daughter, Margaret, was severely shocked and four negroes were 'shocked less severely whdh they came in contact with a high voltage electric wire at the Tussey home near here today. Mrs. Tussey is believed to have been electrocuted as she attempted to turn on an electric light in the homo. ' Her husband was killed when he tried to pull her from the wire. The man ner in which the little girl and the negroes were injured has not boon determined. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Mr. G. L. Black well SellH Out His Jewelry Interest** to Camden Men , . i Mr. G. L. Blackwell who has been operating a high-class jewelry store in Camden for a number of years, this week sold his jewelry interests to a party of Camden business itfen who will incorporate under the firm name of the Camden Jewelry Com pany. The new owners arc all well known business men of this city. They arc Henry Savage, G. B. Moseley, M. H. Heyman, J. M. Hoffer, G. H. Haum, and D. H. Baum. Mr. Moseley, who has had charge of the repair depart .ment of the Blackwell store for a number of years will manage the new Company. This store is one of the most handsomely appointed jewelry establishments in the state and the t.ew owners will no doubt enjoy a large share of the patronage from j this scction. Mr. Black**!! will retain his optical business, but for the present will de vote^his time to other business in terests. He desires to exprsss his .'t traded st Mi stere tot many ysets. J JA.MK8 C'ANSLKK DEAD Tlr*ah Man Ww Urk l!niqu? Ki?ure in Stat e Politic* James, Cansler, ''Can tier of Tir fcah," died at the Baptist hospital yes <esday morning about o'clock. Ilia dctyth resulted from a stroke of apo* p lexy which camo upon him Monday 'night, a week ago. Mr. Cansler, who was 76 years of ihge, had long been a unique figure in South Carolina politics. He was elected railroad commissioner in 1916 and held that office until January 1, il923. At one time he was superin tendent of education of York county. !l!c acquired his title during political campaign days whyn he would an nounce himself before speaking as "Cansler of Tirzah," Tirxah, in York icouuty, being his home at that time. Since retiring from the office as rail road commissioner he had resided in Columbia. He made a campaign for city council in 1922* and also aspired for the office of secretary of state during the4, campaign uf the summer pf 1024. , Born in .Catawba county, North Carolina, Mr. Canslcr attended Ca itawba college, then located at New ton, N. C. After leaving college he taught in the schools of Catawba and Lincoln counties, North Carolina, later moving to York county, this state. He was well known over South Carolina, his many political 'campaigns carrying him to all parts of the state. Ho was never married. The body will leave Columbia early this morning for Lincolnton, N. C, where funeral services will be held this afternoon at Grace Lutheran church. Mr. Cannier is survived by a sister, Miss Mattie Cansler, who lives in Catawba county, and by several nephews of the same county. ? Tues day's State. Laney For Governor ?? . ? ' '? , Gedrge K. Laney of Chesterfield U, it is understood, a candidate for gov ernor of South Carolina again and will be in the contest next summer. Mr. Laney is a former senator from Chesterfield county, and was a candidate for governor in 1922, mak ing a vigorous campaign at that time and polling a very creditable vote. Columbia Doctor Given Sentence Columbia, Nov, 10. ? After pleading guilty to a charge of violating the narcotic act, Dr. James D. Morehead, ; of Columbia, was yesterday sentenced , to one year and a day in the Atlanta penitentiary by Judge Ernest F. Coch ran, presiding in federal court in Columbia. Prof. Cotcock Dead Francis Ilorton Colcock, prominent attorney, educator and engineer, died at a Columbia hosptal on Friday, at the age of 70. He was u practicing lawyer at Beaufort and Columbia, but made Columbia his home. Until 1915 he was professor of mathematics at the University of South Carolina, and it was there that he became best known for his service for the state. Ladies of Church Give Bazaar Plans are announced by the ladies of Be the sd a Presbyterian church for a bazaar to be held Friday, December -4th, in the store-room adjoining the Hayes' bus station. At noon on this date a turkey dinner will be served and in the evening an oyster supper will be offered. ^ Loam Right Wrist Manning, Nov. 15. ? Freddie Wright had his right hand severed from his arm just above the wrist Friday af ternoon at Bloomville as he was plac ing his gun in his automobile and a discharge was accidentally made. Mr. White was making ready to go on i hunting expedition. He was rushed to a hospital in Sumter, where ho received medical attention. Mr. Shelton Kelley Dead Shelton H. Kelley, an inmate of the Confederate home, dropped dead on the streets of Columbia last Sun day. He was a sufferer from high blood pressure and had over-exerted himself while out walking. Mr. Kelley was born- in Lancaster county in 1842 and entered the artillery serv ice in 1#62 and served throughout the war. He was wounded in the struggle. He was at one time a resi dent of Camdtn. He had been in the Confederate home since 1916. He i* survived by one son, Sam Kelley, of Bartsville to which town the body was carried for borial. - r. ' r~ "iTiT " "iff ' " i MANY ATTEND NANQUKT Annual Affair of Chamber of Com merer Meeta l.ibvrul KfhponNv A feathering estimated at two hundred and fifty enthusiastic com munity builders attended the annuui banquet of the Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commoreo at the Masouic hall Tuesday evening. Dinner was preceded by an involu tion by Dr. Edwin Muller of the Pres byterian church and before the finwl course was served Mr. M. H. Heyman as president of the commercial bod* introduced Mr. H. G. Carrison who briefly but effectively presented the motion that an everlasting memorial to General Joseph Brevard Kershaw be included in the Stono Mountain carvings. That one of the six gen erals whom Camden furnished for the Confederate cause/ should bo so honored met with/u rising vote of endorsement. Mr. Carrison was at this time named chairman of a com mittee to confer with Governor Mc Leod ami officials of the memorial i association in the interesfof honoring one of Camden's immortal sons. Former Judge Mendel L. .Smith acted an toastmastcr and introduced as the speaker of the evening Col, T. L. Kirkpatrick, secretary of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. The experience of Colonel Kirkpatrick as a noted lawyer, as mayor of Char lotte and as commercial secretary to one of the most rapidly developing sections of the entire nation eminent ly qualified him to address and. bold with interest the most representative and largest gathering of town and county people staged in recont months. With delightful humor Colonel J Kirkpatrick intermingled his address j with clear cut facts as to the abound- j ing natural wealth of the Southland j and in particular Camden's oppor- ( tunities to assume a front rank po.si- , tfon. in the tide of prosperity steadily ( advancing upon this section. . Florida, he said, in soil and climate has no more to offer than the Caro linas and in its overwhelming bank deposits and inflated realty values is ahead only because of its foresight in enacting state legislation favorable to powerful wealth and industrial in terests. ' ? Colonel Kirkpatrick spoke of Tils personal interest in Camden and stressed its beauty and charm. "You Jiflva a good town," __ he raid, "and everybody knows it. The tourist and 'commercial man is coming to Cam den. It is your duty and to your ever lasting advantage that, they be as sured of adequate year-round hotel facilities." I KBV. JOHN p. PITTS DEAD* Retired Divine Was Father of |. Camden Man Greenwood, Nov. 16. ? The Itev. John D. Pitts, 84, retired Baptist minister, died eariy this afternoon after an illness of three weeks, which was brought on by a fall and broken hip. He had been in declihing health for several years. i . Dr. Pitts was pastor at the Laurens Baptist church for more than 30 years and, all told, had served the ministry for over 50 years, retiring about a year ago. He served churches At Fountain Inn, Blackville and other places during his life. Dr. Pitts was a native of Newberry county and a graduate of Trinity col lege, now Duke university. Immedi ately after being graduated from Trinity, he entered the Confederate army and served until the end. He was with a North Carolina com pany for a time, later being trans ferred to a Newberry company and still later to Hampton's command. He was with Stonewall Jackson when that gallant officer was killed. Surviving are his widow and the following daughters and sons: Mrs. C. C. Featherstone of Greenwood, Mrs. Claude Fuller of Akron, L. D. Pitts of Rock Hill and Reuben B. Pitts of Camden. Gives Worthless Checks Greenville, Nov. 14. ? W. H. Ever ett, white man, was given 10 months on the county roads yesterday by Judge W. A. I)cvin in county courtJ under U*n separate indictments of giving worthless checks. Special Meeting Kershaw Lodge A special communication of Ker-i shaw Lodge No. 29, A. P. M., is an nounced for Monday night, Nov. 23, ? beginning at 8 o'clock when the degree of Master Mason will bo con ferred upon a class of candidate*. >_ -V *r*' KERSHAW COUNTY FAIR HAS SPLENDID EXHIBITS Camden, all attired in flags and baimm, today will greet with the keys of the city five thousand school children who arc to murch from tho Confederate monument to the ground* of what in truth is Kershaw County^ most elaborate and magnificent com munity and educational exhibition., ?Surpassing keenest anticipations arc the displays of school work and community and individual exhibits. In the booth of W. C. West more than two hundred food products are shown; Midway, Camden city school, the Red ?Cross, Lugoff ? winner of State F*ir honors? they are all there; each n triumph of ?plendid endeavor and be wildering in its completeness and it? beauty. . In locating at the original fair grounds near tho Seaboard freight station the Kershaw County Fair of li?25 could have obtained no finer settings Jlut a short distance from business Camden and connected by paved streets the show is today ex pecting nil attendance records to be broken, Forming the midway is the largest aggregation of shows and novelty tiding duy-ices ever to visit Camden and would do credit to any exposi tion. The Nat Reiss Shows have de servedly won respect during their stay in Camden this week by reason of their clean exhibitions and have again proved worthy their rating us ft r and above tho category of ordi nary carnival attractions. % The Fair Association, organized solely for the every interest of Kor slrtiw County, has presented a show ing worthy of every endorsement. They bid you welcome to Camden and joining with bankers and business mqn urge that you attend the fair and better inform yourself as to w:hat j our community ix doing and what Kershaw County can further accom plish through your co-operation. : Although the fair did not open un til Tuesday the attractions of the Nat Reiss Shows officially opened the midway Monday night but it was more of a desire to turn on the lights, | try out the current and get every | thing in tip-top shape for Tuesday morning than to make a profit on, the night's business that caused Gen eral Manager J. F. Murphy to order the opening. It was a small crowd that greeted the premier of the 1925 fair and it was so cold that the few on the grounds went home early. Another small crowd greeted the attractions Tuesday night and ? al though it was still cold the crowd remained on the ground*, later than Monday's crowd and the fair grounds began to take ou the appearance of a real fair. The Nat Reiss Shows is probably the largest organization that has ever visited the Kershaw County Fair or the city of Camden. The attractions completely fill the big apace left for the midway, stretching from tjie gate to the back fence and there is some sort of amusement to suit every decent taste to be found amongr, the array of attractions. There are no dancing girl shows, no "men only" exhibit and no immoral attractions of any nature but omitting these things there is something for every one else. Included among the array of at tractions is to be found the world's prize fat man and the largest snake in captivity, and going from the largest to the smallest there are midgets of every size and age to be found in the big circus sideshow on the right of the midway, or in the big animal show stretched across the rear. There are fun houses galore and illusion shows where seemingly impossible feats are made possible before the eyes of the. .audience. There Is a motordrome where daring young men speed on motorcycles on walls that are straight up and down and there is a monkey speedway where Simian drivers, in miniature racing model automobiles imitate Tommy Milton and his associates of the Charlotte Speedway. And there > is a minstrel show, probably the piece do resistance of the entire mid way, where a troup of talented color ed performers entertain with songs and dances and funny jokes. This attraction, its manager explains, is not by any means an old plantation show but is strictly what its name implies ? a minstrel performance with minstrel performers and a jazz or chestra that ma^es it hard for anyone to keep their ftet quiet. The Nat Reiss Shows came to Cam den highly recommended as one of i the best on tour and it is the con census of opinion that it has lhred up to that reputation here and Secre tary Carrison has received many con gratulations upon his choice of this big amusement organization for his midway. f ? ? ^ I ? ? i ? ? i i ?? Rev; James D. Quinn, rector of St. Anne's church, Sumter, was a guest this weak at Saint Mary's rectory on LyttJaUn Street*- While here he vis ited the county fair. . .. - - - ' ...... . 4