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?v The Camden mm , VOLUME XXXVII. ' " "" ? 1 ? ? -1 1 ?' imi ii. ? . ? CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1828. HAPPY NEW YEAR NUMBER 39. burglars brought here. Klve . Men Arreted in Georgia For Burglarising Blaney Store. .Sheriff Q. C. Welsh t and Deputy Henry McLeod , accompanied by Meiin, Wiley Shooro and J. R. West went to Alma, Ga.t Thursday last and returned the next day with the five men charged with burglariilug the Blaney Mercantile company store at Blaney. A special .orrespondent writing from Columbia to the Greenville News of Sunday tells of the arrest and the evidence against the men in the following way: Attorney General John M. Daniel returned to his' office today after a trip to Atlanta, where ho appeared before Governor Walker to ask ex tradition of five young men who wero charged with robtyng the Blaney Mercantile company at Blaftey, S C. and he told an interesting story of how the guilt of the robbery was placed on the quiutet. The fivo men are from Pennsylva nia. Three of them are of foreign extraction, and apeak u broken tongue. They were arrested at Alma, Ga., when they were found shooting at birds on Sunday. In their posses sion were found goods bearing South Carolina revenue stamps. They said they bought the goods from a Soiitb Carolina negro, b\?t proprietors of the Blaney store went to Alma and identi t fled the merchandise, o , Thero' a young man in ;Xlma whose home is in Pennsylvania, but I who is spending the winter in the little Georgia town. The officers got I his consent to aid them and they hus- I tied him to the jail, in rough clothes, and locked him in the samq com- i partment With the five auto travelers] wanted for the Blaney robbery. The I young man assumed an air of rebel lion and told of the criipe charged against him. He won the confidence of the quintet and they told hjm all about their arrest and the charge against them, ? making statements that fixed on them guilt for the Bla ney robbery. r The deputy sheriff came in to re plenish a fire in the jail stove. One of the quintet motioned to .the young Alma resident to use a stick of wood on the deputy's head." Escape was evidently his thought. The Alma man picked up the stick of wood but did not wield it as a weapon for attack ing the officer.- One of the quintet then got a piece of wood, but the young Alma man motioned to the deputy and he changed .his position and stood with His back to the wall. The young man who thus aided the Alma officers appeared in Atlanta, along with other officers, and related the story to the governor. It was also stated that two' automobiles in which the young men were traveling made tracks similar to tracks seen at the Blaney store. W hen art effort was made to bring the quintet from Georgia to Camden, C., they resisted extradition and demanded a hearing. Mr. Daniel rep resented South Carolina at this tiear n g and the extradition was granted. The quintet will be tried in February, it is stated. The men gave their names: Sam Cody, Joe Karal, A.B. ush, Bill Gap and Mike Thompson. Munn-Baker. Mr. Tom Baker and Miss Alma G. Munn, both of Westville, were mar ried in Cam<)enr;pn the 20th of Decem ber by Judge of Probate McDowell. Christmas* at Saint Mary's. The Sacrament of Penance / on Thursday at 4:00 p. m. and 8:00 p. m. and at other times by appointment. ? The Christmas Midnight Mass< will start promptly at twelve o'clock midnight Christmas eve (midnight between Thursday and Friday). No other Christmas day services in this chuVch because the rector must be away from the city to conduct services on the missions. ? To the Midnight Mass, as to all services in ttys church, our non Catholic friends have a cordial wel come. Non-Catholics need not stand and kneel with the congregation, it is permissable to remain seated through out the services if one prefers so to do. >Io offertory collection will be taken up at the services. The duration of the ceremony- will be about one hour. - . j The Masses on next Sunday will be at 6:15 a. m. and 11:00 a. m. Nigh? service* at 8:30 p. ?. On New Year's &ay services at 6:15 a. ft I Ad SrlS I ?- rrV" f ''v * : - EXPECTING GREAT SEASON S Polo Tea run Kxp?cM Here From Many Parte of Country . The Camden polo season will oppn December 80th with a gymkhana and horse show at 2:3Q on the Kirk wood polo field, and on January 1st, 1926, New % Year's Day, the first game of the season v/ill be played at 3 o'clock. Three .teams milking a Round R6bin tournament composed of players from all parts of 'the United States ;aml England. Camden expects a big polo 'season as during the month of Feb ruary a crack Cuban army polo, team will take part in the tournament and some interesting games are expected* In tyarch a United States, Army team will be sent to Camden to take part in the March tournament, composed of one of the teams which represented the United States Army i& the re cent twelve goal Intercircuit played in all of the different zones of the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the winner of each divi sion having the right to compete at Philadelphia, the tournament ulti mately being won by an army team from Fort Bliss, Texas, beating four teen civilian - and army teams, the pick of America., ? Godfrey Preeee of Westbury, Long Island, the polo manager, has reser vation for stabling for ponies, for ? teams from Haworth, N; J.; Freeport, L. I. ;v Detroit, Dayton, Cleveland, Wis consin, New York, Kansas City, Buf falo, Rochester, Toronto, Port Ches ter, West Ciiefirter County, New York; Saddlo River Polo Club, New Jersoy; and teams are also coming from Chi cago. and the middle > West and Hav ana,' Cuba. j Mr.' Preece now has ready to play at Camden sixty ponies, twenty-five of them being recent importations from England, Ireland and France, cpbsidered by experts to be the finest ever played at the southern resort. JMr. McKagen Dead Mr. O. H. McKagen died at his home on Harvin street at 5:20 o'clock Thursday aflernoon, following: a stroke qt paralysis Tuesday morning. He was in apparent good health u]p to the time the seizure that so soon resulted in death, and his sudden and unexpected death was a great sfiock to his family and many friends. The deceased was a native of Sum ter, a sou of the late George P. Mc-^ Kagen, was born September 13, 18.76, and spent. his entire life in this city. At the time of his death and for a number of years, prior rhe was in the service of the city 'of Sumter, having charge of the fire department headquarters- and acting as driver of the big track, in which capacity he rendered faithful 'and efficient serv ice. He is survived by his wife and an eight-year-old son; also , by five brothers and one sister; William J., Henry G., George P., Charles S., and Hubert McKagen. and . Mrs. Christine Morrife^n of Columbia. 1?he funeral services were held at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon in Trinity Methodist church with interment in the Sumter cemetery. ? Friday's0 Sum ter Item. Columbia Suffers Bad Fire Columbia, bee. 20.? A spectacular fire in Columbia's principal business district was brought . under control after,, a stubborn fight by firemen to night. Three of the firemen werej overcome by smoke, but revived shortly after being taken ' to local hospitals. Assistant Fire Chief Sloan was reported- to be in a serious con dition. ' The St. John Hotel, McCrory five-) and-ten-cent-store, the hall occupied by the Wood xyen of the World and, the Knights of Pythias ar>d a store- 1 room occupied by a furniture auctien house were destroyed, with a proper ty loss estimated at $150,000, exclu*j sive of stock and fixtures. No lives were imperiled iu the burning ofvthc hotel, although many of th$ guests lost All their personal belongings ex cept the clothing they wore. ? * Vt ? NOTICE FROM POLICE CHIEF . - ? V-.- "4" Merchants and others are warned that no torpedoes, cap pistols and son-of-a-guns will be allowed to be ptrt on sale in Camden, also the state law regulating the sale of firecrack ers not to exceed two inches in lergth "will be strictly enforced, and that] fireworks cannot be used within two blocks of Main street. Notice is also given that the firing of Urge fire crackers from moving Automobiles will be strictly4 prohibited add all offleers will be instructed to a per*-! hend sucir violators. A. C WHITJ wnrcr NEW OFFICRKS JELBCTED New Directors Named for Camde? Chamber of Commerce New officers for the Camden and Kershaw County Chamber ox Com merce have been named for the com* ing year. New dife^to^s have alee l>eon named -the directors having been selected by ballote by the entire membership of the body. The selec tion by ballots resulted in the follow* in being named as directors: J. H. Bums, H. G. Carrpon, Jr., C, P. DuBose, M. H. Heyman, W, L. Goodale, R. K. Stevenson, H. M. Ken nedy, Jr., C. C. Whitaker, J. M. ViHe pigue, W. R. Zemp, * J. EL Zemp, D. Wolfe, William King, J. W. Can tey, L. I. Guion, L. J. Whitaker, A. S. Llewellyn, L. T. Mills, N. C. Arnett, R. B. Pitts, W. P. Nettlea, Miss M. A. Clyburn, Mrs. Cora Ancrum,* Mrs. H. G. ^Car^ieon, Jr., Mrs. J. B, ?emp. The doctors held a meeting latfer and selected R. M. Kennedy, Jr., as their president and W. Robin Zemp as vice-president, with B. G. Sanders as secretary and treasurer. Mr. Kennedy, the newly elected president, is one of Camden's staunch young business men, popular With all classes and will, we feel sure, with the other gentlemen and ladies, make a most repre$entative commercial body for this, one of the best towns in the state. M ? , ? $ ? Noted Publisher Dead. Newv\York, Dec. 22. ? Frank' A. Munsejvwho rose from farmer boy to one of the leading newspaper fend magazine publishers of the country, died today in the Lenox Hill Hospital after a stubborn fight to recover from peritonitis^ which followed an opera tion for appendicitis. His death ended an extensive ca reer in the publishing 'field, during which he had owned almost a score of newspapers and magazines, but at the 'time of his' death he held only two newspapers, the New York 'Sun and the Evening Telegram. Until tho time" of his fatal illness he remained actively interested >in his publications.* He was 71 years of age and was un married. . Mr. Munsey leaves a larg^estate, estimated at several million dollars, which includes his two newspapers, 'hree magazines; Argosy All Story Magazine, Munsey'tf Magazine ' and Flynn's Detective Story Magazine, as well as other interests, among which 5s said to be a chain of< grocery stores -in New York. Intimation as to how the estate, will be distributed ha^ been obtained. . '*> A New Departure. ?" The New "York Life Assurance Company, through its agent, Mr. L. C. Shaw, announced in last week's,Chron icle, a new departure in the insurance liney It is known as the Christmas find Birthday Trust issued in units of $10,000 cn any one. of its regular plans of insurance. - -The trust provides, in the evenjt^of the insured's death, for an income to be paid to the wife of $60 a month for twenty years. They also agree to send each Christmas Day, after the death of the insured, direct to the wife a check for $27.60 for twenty yefers, 'and upon the wife's birthday, every year for *tw?nty' years,- the company will send her*a check fftr $25. ? -V , - ?, ? An Unique Display Manager Ira Dixon, pf the Western Union Telegraph Company, believes in keeping abreast of the times #nd also believes in advertising if you have something to sell. Many have paused to look in upon the snow sccne in his window calling attention to the fact that you can send holiday greeting "witl* special holiday mes sages over the Western Union. Mr, Dixon has cleverly constructed a miniature telegraph line over snow clad trails following a miniature rail way train through mountain gorged entering a snow-capped monntaiu railway tunnel. A trail is blazed to a Western Union station where stand messengers to deliver your messages. The whole idea was originated by Mr. Dixon and shows that he has the interests of his company at heart. If all managers would display the same interest in the company and the same 'courtesy towards its patrons as does Mr. Dixon there would never be any kick coming to the Western Union. * . i ?????????? *- Nelson- L>nch. Mr. F. G' Lynch and Miss Bessie^G. Nelson, both pf Camden J were married' In Ct.rp ^.n An D?e*mber 20th. Judge of !>tt>b*te McDowell performed the ceremony. ? ,?/. I. ,?-~ ' ^ - - - S? ' ? PRRIIiCTS ADVANCK IN PRICE GibbeK Discusses Sal? of Memorial j Half Dollars "Persona wishing to buy Confed erate memorial half dollars after the first of February will not be ablo to get them at the present price of $1 each," it was predicted yesterday by J. Wilson Gibbes, director ojf the harvest campaign for the r sale' of South fafolina's allotment of these coins. Although no official announcement of an advance in price has been made by the Stonr Mountain Confederate Monumental association, Mr. Gibbes said that it was his confident belief, based upon his knowledge of the as sociation's plans, that no coins would be sold for one dollar esch after the first of February. J "The harvest cahipaigu will close Saturday, January 23," staged Mr. Gibbes. Mdn that day the South will have had the coins for one year and everybody, will have had an op portunity to buy them for $1 each The value of these cdins, from a his* torical and sentimental standpoint, will increase. Very ' rapidly as time goes on. Practically everybody who, has bought a coin is keeping it-, as a cherished memento, s.v that their cir culation is very smal{. My jiidgirtent is that the Stone Mountain Confed erate Monumental association, after having given the public a whole vear in Which to buy these coins at $1 each, will advance the price to at least ?$2 after February 1." When asked what effect the new closing <jate for the campaign would have upon the official entertainments in honor of the young lady prize, win ners, Mr. Gibbes Said that the date fori the grand all-southern ball to be held in Atlanta for the two winners in each state has been . advanced to Washington's birthday, February 22, 1926, and that the date for holding the South Carolina stat4T appreciation .contest ball -would be fixsd py Gov ernor McLeod as soon as W results of the contests in the various counties had been determined. He expressed the hope that this state would go "over the top" in time to hold it on Lee's birthday, January 19. 4 y - ? ? / V Death of An Old Citizen. r' Mr. J, Melvin Hall, one of the oldest citizens of the county, died ? at his residence about five miles east ofj Camden on November 23rd, after a [short illness induced by old age. Mr," Hall was 85 years of age in Novem ber, and was born near Lucknow in the community long known as "Hall town." " He later removed Ho his late home near the Adams Mill place J where he has resided for many yefcrs. ! The, funeral occurred from the home, services being: conducted by the Rev. Dalton Reynolds, and the buriftl was in the family cemetery jjeafby ? the house. Mr. H&ll left many, relatives in this county and the following children survive: ]L. M. Hall, Pefrry D. Hall, Joseph Hall, -Bunyan M. Hall, all of nbar Camden, and Mrs, It. L. Jones, Mrs. John Stokes, of near Bethune, agd -Miss Malinda Hall, who resided 6h the hon^e place with her father. Ssfx >ri vrmft >'? PR i 1 1 . . . . i * Bought Valuable City Property Dr. R. E. Stevertson and Mr. N. C. Arnett have purchaSfed the large tract of land bordering North Broad and Chesnut street, formerly th$ property j of* Mr. H. G. Carrison, Sr./ and will offer these choice building lots for 3ale. Part of the property is on the new development kn^wn as East Hampton avenue where a half dozen or more nice residences have already been constructed. ' ? . l' The amount involved in this deal hps not been made public but it will run into large figures. 'It is ~fn a ctlojce residence section and opfens up some of the best-building lots in this city. ' It is bounded on nearly alt sides by water and sewer connections and on the west and north by paved streets. These lots should self rend ily. It is "estimated there .will' be around thirty building lots in this property. ? ? - , . Train Kills Two People Ridge Springs, S*<C,, Dec. 15. ? f Gerald Watson, 46 years old, presi dent of the Farmer's arfd Merchant's bank of .this place and one of the most prominent men of this section of the state, and Miss Louise J.ones, his wife's sister, tot* killed this morning when Southern passenger train No. 8 truck and completely demolished the automefc^e in which I they were riding. . . .. V' ' YOllNC; MAN LOSES LIFK Car Faila To Make ^rn at Corner of Laurena and JPll Streeta Vernon Lawrence, aged about 22 yefcrtt, was instantly killed here Sun day aftdrnoon, and Howard Jones, his companion, aged about 27, was slight ly hurt, when a Ford roadster in which th$y were riding turned over in front of the Court Inn, one of the tourist hotels.. Both young men wore from Sumter, *and were visitor* in the city for the day. Young Lawretjc^ was doing the driving and tlte car was said to be going at a rapid speed,running east oh Laurens street, when it tried to make the turn up North MilJ street. Thq, wheels struck the curbing and both young men were pinned beneath tho car. Residents noarby rushed to their assistance and lighted the car. Young Lawrence appa'rcntly h?td not moved and must have died in stantly. His head was badly crushed. Young Jones received a cut on the right cheek and his shoulders were bruisad, but is.notliadly injured. Ho' was pinned beneath the overturned car and could not get out until the car was righted. Howard Jones is a young practic ing attorney of Sumter and resides with hif widowod mother on the Man ning road out from Sumter. Vernon Lawrence was a son of Mr .and Mrs. J. M. Lawrence and his father is a policeman of the Sumter force. The body of Young Lawrence was taken in charge by C. W. Evans, local under taker, and was carried to Sumter Sunday night by an Undertaker from that city, accompanied by a number of friends of both young men, who ar rived i a few hours after the accident happened. / - I From the Home Paper. It h^r been a long: time since the community has been so profoundly showed as it was Sunday afternoon | when news of the sad and untimely | death of Vernon LawYonce reached the city from Camden. The life, was crushed from this promising young man When the car in which he and Howard Jones were riding, \turned turtle on one of the main streets of Camden, pinning both of them be neath. Jones escaped serious injury, but young Lawrence's skull was crushed and death was instantaneous. The accident happened shortly be fore 4 o'clock, and the news reached Sumter within an hour. Lawrence never Regained consciousness after the accident and was dead when the car wfcs lifted frpm his body. Jones was pinned under the car, but' the weight was on the shoulder, and other than a bruised shoulder and 4 few scratches he was unipjured. ~ A The* body was brought to Sumter Sunday night and the funeral was held this afternoon at 3:80 from the cUiad boy's home on West Calhoun street. * . J* . \ ?. Vernon Lawrence was 22 years old on September 9th, and was one of the most popular members' of the younger set of Sumter. He numbered his friends by the score and his death has produced a great deal of sorrow, among them. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Law renccrand tnree sisters, Juanita, Ber tha and Ethel Lawrence. < The two young men were riding in fk light roadster, and were on their w&y home after a visit in Camden when the wreck occurred. Lawrence was drMng.< and failed to, notice that 'the street they were ou ended, and in order to proceed a sharp right or left turri* would have to be made. The dead boy saw his plight to# late, and When he attempted*, to make the trim to the left the right,; wheel struck the curb on the right hand side and the car tpppled over. .There were several eye witnesses to the accident, who rushed to the. overturned car immedi ately and raised it froqn the two, young merely It was seen -at once that Vernon, watt dead and his body was removed to a local undertaking estab lishment. The deceased was a graduate of Sumter High School and had been an employee of, .the Palgietto Fire Insu rance company until recently when he accepted a position with Bryans, Inc., where he was highly esteemed by all who came in contact with him. Of a quiet and friendly disposition, jt was very seldom that anyone saw nim in a bad humor# He had the fac ulty in a high degree of making and holding a large number of friends. With all of life stretching before him he was stricken down before the many achievements promised by his ability and character had been realized. ? From Monday's Sumter Item. s Cotton Ginning Report. Washington, Dec. 21.? Cotton of this year's crop ginned prior to De* cember 13, totalled 14,826,452 run ning bales, counting round as half bales and excluding 1 inters, compared with 12.792,294 bales ginned to that date |a?t year, the census bureau to day stmoiiMiii A FOUR MEN ARRKSTRl) 11BRE. Said To Have Stolen Car From Man Who Played Good Samaritan. A story of gross ingratitude was related here Tuesday afternoon wheu the plans of four men to steal a car ran on the rocks and all were housed >in the city prison to await, the ar/ival of officers and owner of the car from Colombia. William T. Cross and a woman. who gave hor name as Mary Padgott left Trenton, N. J., headed for Florida, in the way the story goes as told by the, w si man. After getting a good dis tance from Trenton they passed two men walking south and offo'red to give them a lii I as they sqjd they were also going to Florida, When nearing the Virginia line they over took two more white men and tho six wore making their way to Florida. All-went well until they reached Co lumbia. At Columbia they stopped for the night op the outskirts of the city. The fWoman going to a suburban home near where tho car was parked, and .the men remained in tho car. Some bootleg liquor was found and tho greater portion of it was given to ?ross, the owner of the Essex tour ing car. He was made drunk, and the men robbed him of his pocketbook, suit of clothes and overcoat. When /he woman came to the car in the joar$ morning, she was forced to get in with the four men and they dou blec^ back toward Camden. The car broke down some twelve iriiles this side of Camden and tho woman hailed ' a passing car and told tfiem she was leaving and going north, 'fystead ofv continuing on she stopped in Camden and notified peputy Henry McLeod, and a search was begun for the men. They later showed up in Camden and all four were captured by the deputy and_ police officers as they were standing in front of the Cafrolina Fill ing Station on Broad street. . Tho stolen car was towed to Cam den and it was Tound that besides the car the meh had stolen a tiro and rim -for an Esbox car, two motor-meters, a crank from a gaBoline pump and a 22 parlor rifle. j. Deputy McLeodxwent btck? ;*to^Co i lumbia Tuesday night and located ! Cross and he tells the same story as I the woman as to the theft of the car. He Had Been Here, Too. Sumter, Dec. 20. ? A man giving his name as Farrow was arrested yester day by> city polfce, charged with sell- . ' ing; liquor. Farrow was not selling the common bootleg corn but was taking orders for fine fruit juices, . labeled Maderia, Port, Burgundy and otKer well known wines. It is said that he told his customers that these juices were bottled under -government supervision and were really just fruit juices qt first. However, he added, they soon turned to high pqwered wine, beginning to turn even before it reached his customers. He is being held in the county jail, being unable to post the required $10(X bond. Erects Monument To Eve Fountain Inn, S. C., Dec. 19. ? Robert Quillen, author' and para grapher, has erected a monument in the front yard of his home here t? Eve, the first woman. jr*;* - The monument, which BJr. Quillen ? says is the *first that mankind has erected to its first woman, after an estimated six thousand years of his-' tory, was oarved by a local 'marble cutter, and placed on the Quillen lawn only a few days ago. i Hal t i more, Dei. 10. ? John 1*. Brady*, who several years ago erected a non* ument "In . Memory of Adam, the Firsts Man" on his estate tn-'Bowley'a Lane and Philadelphia Road, is dead at his home here today. Until two years ago9 when his health broke down, he had conducted/ services At the monument each year. Look Here Folks! Lois of you are giving, * your credi> business to Camden merchants ^ and {Tour cash business to mer chants in near-by cities. Tfcia ain't fair ? worse still it is poor business. How can you expect the home merchant to carry a lull stock of goods and com pete with cash prices, when you persist in doing - this, i , Quit it? not for , patriotic reasons, J&ut be cause it's poor business. Think about it.