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The Camden Chronicle VOLUME XXXVIII. 1 ' ? 11 I - ' * ' g_=g!_gB!S!ge^ CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, MAY 7> 1926- NUMBER 6. MET A THAISIC DEATH Valued City Employee and Good Citizen Killed by Electricity Mr. William B. Allred, superintendent of the Camden Water and Light Plant, met u tragic death here Saturday morning about 11 o'clock wh6n he accidentally came in contact with high voltage while at work on a transformer on the eastern end of DeKalb street. Parties passing' saw the unfortunate man when the voltage struck him, but were powerless to help him as he was hanging by his lineman's belt and the current had to be turned off before his body could be removed from its jhigh position. Mr. Allred suffered a severe shock several ^months ago and had never fully recovered. His death is supposed to have been instant. He came to Camden several years ago from Moorehead City, N. C., and through his efficient management took an old plant and transformed It into one of the best water and light systems in the state. He was 40 years of age and a native of Elba, Ala., and married Miss Maude Dickens of Asheboro, N. C., who with two attractive twin. bqys?Billie and Bobby?survive him. He is also survived by four brothers: J. J. Allred, Tallahassee, Fla.; S. S. Allred and A. F. Allred, St. Petersburg, Fla., and E. N."Allred, Elba, Ala., and one sister, Mrs. A. W. Harper of St. Petersburg, Fla. Simple funeral services were held ""aTThe Allred home on Chestnut street late Sunday afternoon attended by a large number of sorrowing friends' from all denominations and all walks of life. His pastor, .Rev. J. P. Graham, of the Baptist church, conducted the services and in a mo9t feeling manner paid a high tribute to the man who had been such a valued citizen to his church and community. The body left early Monday morning over the Seaboard for Asheboro, N; C., former home of Mrs. Allred, where the burial took place on Tuesday, accompanied by members of the family from Camden and other places, and Aldermen J. H. OsibomV) auvi p. J. Smyrl of Camden, and Superintendent A. S. Llewellyn of Wateree Mills, a friehd of the family. Serg-| cant H. D. Hilton of the local police department and George Evgps of the city water and light plant also attended the funeral services. The following gentlemen served asj pall bearers in escorting the body to the train: R. S. Williams, C. P. Du-j Hose, H. G. Carrison, Jr., W. L. Jackson, A. A. Reasonover, J. H Osborne, and W T. Stewart. Seaboard Freight Safe Burglarized Ycggmen of- apparently broad experience by using high explosives succeoded in blowing the company 3 safe at the freight depot of the Seaboard Air Line Railway in this city at an unknown hour Wednesday night and obtained $52.83 in cash as a re- ^ suit of their efforts. First evidence j of the robbery 'became known around I eight o'clock Thursday morning Mr. J. E. Ross, freight agent, entered his office to be' almost overcome by the fumes of explosives used. A careful check-up ^reveals no further loss in cash but the safe was completely wrecked. A number of checks were found upon the floor of the office and other valuable papers of record were found unmolested." Mr. Ross immediatel> notified local police officers who are now co-operating with railroad special agents in an effort to effect the early arrest of the burglar. Baseball Today ? The Camden Baseball team will play the Rock Hill team this afternoon at the baseball park, the gam?bcing called at 4 o'clock. Both teams are from the high schools of the iv >-pectivc cities.. NOTICE TO LOT OWNERS All persons owning lots in the can den cemetery are notified that city trucks will be at the cemet y on Friday for the purpose of removing rubbish from the lots. Mrs. W. H. Pearce, Pres. Gem. Asso. NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS All persons in the City of C* . i are required by a City 0rd,n?n"!? have their dogs sent to the Reco *r's Court Room on April 17th ana l*th, between the hours of 9' R,r%n _ '2:30 p. m., and from 2:80 to 5. ' |*i., for the purpose of having a moculsted against rabies. T e to the owner will be 85 cenU for eacn dog. W. H. HAJLb; City Clerk. i Tr i f " '* :zr?~ 5 - - DR. RAINSFORD MARRIED Ceremony of Camden Winter Reat dejit Took IMace Monday (Tuesday'* New York Times) 1 he marriage of Mis* Harriette Rogers to the Rev. Dr. William Stephen Rainsford rector of St. George's Church, Stuyvesant Square, from 1882 tofc1906, look place in the presence of members of the families of the couple yesterday in the Church of St. Phillip in the Highlands at Garrison-on-Hudson New York. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. E. Clowes Choiley, rector of the church and was followed by a luncheon at the bride's home in Garrison for only those persons who had been at the church. The church was decorated with lilies and -spring flowers. The bride wore a tan georgette dress and a tan picture hat trimmed with black velvet and tan slippers and stockings. Immediately after the ceremony Dr. Rainsford and his bride left for his home in Ridgefield, Conn., where they wjll remain until next month, when they plan to sail for Europe to. pass the rest of the summer. Among those present at the ceremony were the bride's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish; a'nd Dr. Rainsford'* three sons and their wives, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph S. Rainsford of B<p|ton, Mr. and Mrs. W. Kerr Rainsford of 145 East Seventy-fourth street, and Dr. and Mrs. Laurence S. Rainsford of Rye, N. V. Also Mrs. .Kenneth Frazier, a sister of thej bride, and Mr. Frazier and her brother, William Beverly Rogers, as well as Tier nieces, Mrs. Cecil Murray and Miss Harriet Frazier. Dr. Rainsford is 76 years old and his bride is 58. The former Miss Rogers is a daughter of the late William Evans Rogers, a prominent engineer of his time. Her mother was a daughter of the late Hamilton ' Fish, secretary of state under president Grant, and she is a niece of the late Stuyvesant Fish. Dr. Rainsford retired from the mill-1 istry because of ill-health and has since devoted himself to travel, big game hunting and writing. His first wife, who died in 1923, was Mrs. E. Alma Green Rainsford. His former parishioners at St. George's have arranged two functions in his honor within the last year, a meeting at the Town Hall a year ago, and a dinner that was attended by more than 400 persons at the Astor last November. His autobiography, "The Story of a Varied Life," was published in 1922. Dr. Rainsford recently returned from Camden, S. C., where he spent! the winter, and the plans for the wed- ^ ding had just become known. Dr. Rainsford was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1850, and was graduated from Cambridge, England, in 1873, coming to this country three years later. He was associated with St. James' Cathedral, Toronto, when the elder J. P. Morgan induced him to come to St. George's as its rector. Dinner For Veterans May Tenth The John D. Kennedy chapter U. D. C. will give the annual dinner to the Confederate Veterans of Kershaw 'County on Memorial Day, Monday, May 10, at the Presbyterian Sunday school room at 12:80 o'clock. All veterans, wives and widows of the Confederacy are most cordially invited to attend. A delightful dinner has been planned, there will be special music and a warm welcome awaits the guests of honor for this occasion. At five o'clock the regular Memorial Day exercises will take place at the stand near the cemetery gates and Rev. J. T. Peeler, pastor of the Lyttleton Street Methodist_ church, will deliver the address. Special .music will add to the pleasure of the afternoon and the school children will also fill a place on the program. All are invited to these exercises and the entire day will thus be given to honoring our Confederate veterans who are with us and paying our tribute of love and respect to the memory of those whom we have loved so well. There will be cars to carry veterans to the afternoon exercises and it is hoped that as many of them as can will attend as the program will bo, one of especial interest. NOTICE TO DEMOCRATIC CLUBS \11 Democratic clubs of the county that have not reorganized are reouested to do so at once, and after electing delegates and executive committeemen and enrollment committee* are urgently requested to send the n.toes to the County Chairman. \ j *; . 1MC1IA It 1)8 GET8 ENDORSEMENT Of Kershaw County Democrats -As* sembled in Convention Monday The Kershaw County Democratic convention met ft^onday morning at eleven o'clock in the county court house and was called to order by Former Judge M.L. Smith. Judge Smith was elected president of the convention with R. H. Hilton vicepresident, C. W. Birchmore, secretary and Ferris McDowell assistant secre-j tary. Following a call of the rolls, to which, virtually every club in the, county responded, the assembly asked for resolutions and the first of these, one offered by L. I. Guion as favoring the location in Kershapr County of the1 proposed Sand Hill Experiment Station of Clemson College, was unanimously adopted. Judge Smith offered resolutions endorsing the candidacy of Major John G. Richards for governor and earnestly commending him to the Democratic voters of South Carolina as one *in every respect worthy of their support and who, if honored with their choice, will maintain the splendid traditions and dignity of this high office and assume its responsibilities with but the single purpose to promote the best interests and welfare of the people and render unto them a fair, unselfish, sane and blisiness-like administration of their affairs. This resolution was unanimously adopted by a rising^yofe and Major Richards, who was present as a delegate from the Liberty Hill club, received hearty applause upon his expression of profound appreciation for the splendid endorsement. M. L. Smith, G. C> Welsh, G. A. Moseley, L. I. Guion, W. E. Davis and J. C. Massey were elected to represent Kershaw County at the State Democratic Convention and L. T. Mills was elected State Executive committeeman. A meeting of the executive committee was held shortly afterr_iJi?j convention adjourned in the office of I R. H. Hilton, who was unanimously j elected county chairman. I Can Furnish Headstone Thes\Qljronicle is in receipt of the fallowing letter from Congressman W. F. Stevenson, at Washington: "I can procure from the government for the unmarked graves of soldiers, sailors, marines and army j nurses who served in the army or, navy of the United States, including ! the Revolutionary war, whether reg- j ular or volunteer and whether they-! died" in the service or after muster j out or honorable discharge, a head- 1 stone, which will be furnished free of j cost and shipped freight prepaid to i the nearest railroad station to the I O < cemetery. Those desiring a headstone, will please write me for an application blank and instructions. "In addition to this I would like to say that the Agricultural Year Book, will be out before long and I will be glad to receive applications for it now and it will be sent just as soon as it comes from the press." ^ Mr. Carrison For County Director Former Mayor H. G. Carrison, Jr., in a communication addressed to the voters of DeKalb Township, . announces his candidacy to succeed his father on the Board of County Directors. Mr. Carrison has served for two terms as mayor of Camden, and previous to that had been alderman from his ward. He is -pt present cashier of the Bank of Camden and is one of the best known men in the county. During his administration of the office of mayor some large financial projects came before him, and he is not only well versed Ifi affairs of the city but has kept in close touch with affairs of the county. His letter follows: "To the Voters of Dekalb Township:?Acting upon the suggestion of 1 my friends, who with myself, 6 are iaware that Mr. H. G. Carrison, Sr., will not offer for re-electiop, I shall place my name before the voters as a candidate for the office- of County Director from this township in the August primary. "Having served my town in the capacity of both aldermen and mayor to the satisfaction, I believe, of the majority, I hereby pledge, if elected County Director, to use every effort toward administering the duties of the office in a progressive, fair and businesslike manner, consistent with tho needs and drives of the citizens of pur county. "Respectfully, "H. G. Carrison, Jr.H / iIbthune news notbs Items of Interest as Gathered By Our Regular Correspondent Bethune, S. C., May 4.?Mr. Geprgo Outlaw of the Turkey Creek section died suddenly Saturday ufternoon. He was about seventy years of age and was standing in the yard of his home when stricken, Funeral services wero conducted Sunday afternoon by Rev. W. V, Jerman at Bethany cemetery. The Democratic club was reorganized here sometime ago with D. T. Yarbrough president and N. A. Bethuno vice-president. Thirteen delegates were appointed to attend the county convention in Camden Monday. W, E. Davis was appointed executive committeeman. District conferences of the Methodise church were held here Thursday, followed by a sermon Thursday evening by the Rev. Collier of Sumter.? " , j Mr. J. D. Lafitte is having his residence on upper Main street remodeled. Mr. W. R. Rozier's new bungalow j in the eastern part of town will soon be ready for occupancy. Miss Lizzie Mae Riley, teacher of mu*ic, will give her music recital in the school auditorium Friday evening. Children's Day exercises were held | in the Methodist church Sunday under the auspices of Mesdames C. L. Mays and D. M. Mays. The school faculty and a few invited guests enjoyed a chicken purlough at Big Springs Wednesday evening. School cares were forgotten in J}he preparation of this popular dish, which was set cooking over the coals late in the afternoon. Mr. L. E. Flowers took the members bf his class on a hike to Big Springs Wednesday afternoon. Miss Eva Mae Caston carried the members of the fourth grade, of which she is teacher, on an outing Thursday afternoon. A picnic lunch was enjoyed before returning home. Miss iStella Bethune was the weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Bethune in Cheraw. *: Messrs. Mortimer Gardner, D. D. Clyburn and Miss Carrie Yarbrough were visitors in Cheraw Sunday afternoon. .Leonard Therrell of Presbyterian College in Clinton spent Monday j&ight at his home here. - ?: Rev. M. B. Gunter and Misses Margie Parrott and Margaret Hearon Were guests of Mr. C. A. Bird, a former teacher here, at Mt. Pisgah Sunday. v Misses Mary McLaurin and Lizzie Kate Davis, students of Chicora college, were week-end guests of their parents here. Mr. J. C. Foster and family spent the week-end with relatives in Spartanburg. Mrs. Sara Powe was the week-end guests of her parents in Newberry. Mrs. J. D. Lafitte has been spending some time with hpr mother, Mrs. Clb'chley, in Cope. Mx*. John Lee and family of Lugoff were guests of Dr. and Mrs. E. Z. Truesdcll 'Sunday afternoon. Miss Lois Stogner, who has been teaching at Seivern, S. C., has returned to her home in the Timrod section. The eleventh grade, chaperoned- by several teachers, spent Saturday at Forty-acre Rock. Miss Gussie Hough of Kershaw I and Mrs. S. K. Yarbrough of Elloree are spending the week-end With the latter s father, Mr. K. T. Est rid go, and family. Mr. B. W, Best and family and Mr. G. E. Parrott and family were called to the bedside of their father and grandfather, Mr. Crave Best, who suffered a stroke of paralysis at his home in 'Hartsville Monday afternoon. Mrs. W. A. Outlaw spent several days last week with her sister, Mrs. K6hn, in "Winnshoro, . A game of baseball was played here Friday aftiernoon between Bethune and Mayesville resulting in the score of 3 to 7 in favor of Bethune. Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Bell and children of Lancaster were guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Bethune Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. McKinrion and Mrs. T. R. Bethune and little son, Reese, were guests of relatives in Lancaster Tuesday. Dr. E. Z. Truesdcll spent Wednesday in Columbia. Messrxr~GT B. King N. A. Bethune, B. D. McCoy, J. E. Watkins, M. G. King and P. H. Hester attended the State -Confederate reunion in Greenville Wednesday and Thursday. D. M. Mays, Percy Mayes, and G. Fowler attended a Mechanics' banquet in Florence Tuesday night. Card of Thanks We wish to extendf our heart-felt thanks to the many kind friends who extended to us so many acts of kindness and sympathy during our recent bereavement in the death of Mr. W. B. Allred. Mrs. W. B. Allred and Family. Batiks To Close Monday Next Monday, May 10th, being Memorial Day in this state, the three banks of Camden will be closed on that day. Notice of Paving Assessments Paving assessments not paid on or before June 1st, will be subject to a penalty. CAMDEN CITY COUNCIL, By W. H. Halle, City Clerk. ?- ?I ? ?J LUX-- - DK. W. I). MELTON DEAD Wu# ('resident of The University of South Carolina Columbia, May 3.?Dr. W. D. Mel-1 ton,, president of the University .of South Carolina, died at his home here early today. Death came at 8:30 o'clock. Dr. Melton has been in ill health for several months, suffering from heart disease and when he developed pneumonia the latter part of the week, little hope was felt for his recovery. When Dr. W. D. Melton accepted the presidency of the University of South Carolina in 1922 he gave up one pf the largest private law practices in the state, currently said to yield him $50,000 a year, to take a $5,000 a year position. And, putting his whole heart in the welfare of the institution that had called him, he made other sacrifices. For example, he declined to use the president's home on the campus to which hp was entitled because he found the university facilities so inadequate that it was necessary to use those quarters for academic purposes. The salary paid him by the state was used hy Dr. Melton as a loan fund from which needy students were assisted in meeting their college expenses. Besides this he advanced his personal credit at Columbia banks to secure other funds for hoys who needed financial help. A movement was launched in the 1926 legislature to increase Dr. Melton s pay to $6,000 a year, and it was regarded as almost certain that the increase would be voted, since no opposition had been shown in increas. ing the salary of another president of j a state institution. But Senator Thomas B. Pearce, of Richlandj whc i was considered .a sort of spokesman j for the University in the senate, requested that the proposal not be pressed. ? "It is impossible to pay Dr. Melton in dollars and cents for the work he is doing at the University,'' Mr. Pearce said in explaining why the proposed increase was not favored. 1 In addition to his law practice, Dr. Melton had extensive connections with banking institutions, insurance, building and loan, and real estate j activities of Columbia. William Davis Melton was born near Richburg ih Chester county on | May 26, 1868, the son of Dr. William j C. D. Melton and Mary Jane (Poag) Melton. After .attending the public schools in Chester, he went 'to the University of Virginia from where he was graduated in the schopls of English, Latin, French, moral philosophy, chemistry, natural history and geology. In 1889-90, he was licentiate instructor in Latin at the Virginia institution, and during the next two years, he was a student in its law department, graduating with the B.L. degree in 1892. After receiving his law degree, young Melton returned to Chester, where he hung out his shingle but he remained there only a few months, moving to Columbia in March, 1893, and making the capital city his home thereafter. * From 1900 to 1906, he was an alderman of Columbia and a member of the city ways and means committee. Among other constructive measures for which he was given credit were the ordinances establishing the waterworks system, the sewerage system, the paid fit$ department, the recorder a court, and the police commission. Dr. Melton always ranged high in the estimation of his fellow lawyers. He ^was chairman of the State board of law examiners from 1910 to 1910, J>e aeiwed . aa . president of ihe South Carolina .State Bar association in 1920. During the world war, he plunged with all his energy into various forms of war work he was state chairman of the "Four Minute Men," state chairman of the United War Work campaign, city chairman of the Red and8' Y M* A' camPa'gns, and active in all the Liberty loan drives. Dr. Melton was twice married. Hi? first wife was Caro Belser, of Summcrton, whom he married in 1R98 and Who died in 190S. His second wife, who survive, him, was Netta Loeb, Of Charleston, whom he married Bentcmber 17, 1911. s Dr. Melton was a member of Kappa fr*'ernity' the Maaonio order, P"8bj"*rUn Chur4hAlthough a man of powerful physique, Dr, Melton's health failed him In 192$, and for several months he WM forced Vy heart trouble to take the utmost care of himself. He appeared before joint hearings of the feenate and house appropriating committees early in the Vast legislative \ V session to e?da?^ the needs of the university, a^ritwes obvious %tthat, limr ho wao aei ? pill HMUL " * PHYSIC'S CLASS HONORED Excursion of More Than Sc/eutific * Interest Liven I^ocal Student* Due largely to the careful supervision of Profeasor Pittman many high school girls and boys on Tuesday enjoyed a most pleasant and highly educational trip to Great Falls and Rock Hill. The party reached Great Falls in the early forenooi^ and there took advantage of the exceptional opportunity of visiting one of the South's largest electrical power plants. It was indeed an opportunity rarely offered to see in operation! eight three-phase alternating current generators, in one building, with a capacity of 06,000 volts each and transformers nearby to step up this electromotive force to 100,000 volts. A greater thrill, however^ was obtained with the realization of the immensity of the body of water above .^he heads of those who stood forty .feet below the river where the huge turbines arc located that drive the high power generators. After leaving.the power plant^aftd seeing the picturesque little city-of Great Falls the scene was shifted to Winthrop's campus and later to the m&m bigh school where, as guests of the Rock Hill baseball team, * luncheon was served the Camden party.. . ' ' ' ' ' At four o'clock the scheduled gamei between Camden - aftd Rock Hill wa# called. Each aide showed splendid play and was thoroughly fair throughout. Up to the ninth inning they held a score of 4-4 but Rock Hill- broke the tie in the last inning and closed the game by a score of 4-6 in their favor. Mr. I. B. Alexander Dead Mr. Isaac Baron Alexander, aged about fifty years, died at the home I ofhis sister, Mrs. Hiram Nettles, Lugoff on Saturday after a linI gBrtng illness of several months, Mr, _ _ .Alexander was * native of the eastern section of the_cminty and had spent the greater part of his life in I Camden where he had numbers of Mends who regret to learn of his. death. Mr. Alexander is survived by one non, Rivers Alexander, and one brother E. J. Alexander, of Charleston, and four sisters, Mrs. Baggott, of Tampa, Fla,, Mrs. Hiram Nettles pf Lugoff, Miss Sallie Alexander of Camden, and 'Mrs. W. B. Turner, formerly of -Camden but now of Newberry. . v u_ '. ' Tho funeral and burial took place at the Camden cemetery Sunday afternoon, services being conducted by Rev. J. p. Graham, of the Baptist ehurchi * .. ...Jtjt -i. * 1 I ,t. Valuable Real Estate Sold The eight-room dwelling on Broad street, the property of Mrs. Sallie M. Lewis, was sofci yesterday to <Mr. C. H. Baker of Camden and Platts- ' ; ^ burg, N. Y. The property fronts 66 feet on Broad street and runs back ,to a depth of 360 feet. ; Mr.. Baker also bought on the same day the lot and store building just ' south of the Lewis .property now occupied by Dixon's Grocery and owned by Messrs. L. J. Wfcitaker and G. L. Black well. This building fronts 84 feet, and runs back to a depth of 100 feet. Mr. Baker cftme to Camden a numof years ago, and realized the S -possibilities of real estate in Camaen, and from a small beginning has bought and still owns a considerable lot of valuable residential property. T*deals shows that he In the value of property. He bought this property as an investment, as it will not be long before business houses will be built all along the east side of Broad street In close proximity to his recent purchase. Both sales were made through L. C 5>haw, agent. Attending Reunion -J.'; Judge W. F. Russell and Messrs^ James R. Deloache and G. W. Moseley are attending the Confederate reunion in Greenville this week. They were accompanied by Misses Emmie crin?^' "J"*? Klfkland and Kathciine DcLoache.