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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
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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
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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
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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. '
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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*.
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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 ?
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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.
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