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( CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. JULYS, 1926. MMMMTO ? '
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WATEREE HAD A GREAT DAY.
Quadruple Celebration Enjoyed By
Large Number* of People.
Perhaps one of the largest joint
celebrations of the Fourth of July
evSr field in this section was that on
Monday when the- four units of the
Kendall Mills, incorporated, met on
tthe Wateree Mills property here for
a quadruple celebration. The mill
property here situated on the "Old
Factory Pond" for many years dear
to the hearts of picirfckere, furnished
an ideal setting for such an occasion*'
Invitations had been issued to the
Addison Mills, of Edgefield, Thrift
Manufacturing Company, of- Paw
Crefk, N. C., and Oakland Mills, of
Newberry, resulting in Oakland sending
around one hundred people and an
eighteen-piece band, ^accompanied by
John M. Kinurd, George W. Sumner
and J, N. MoCaughrin,. directors; A.
S. Paine, plant manager and Dr. Carroll
Sumner, all of Newbefry.
Addison Mills* of Edgefield, along
with plant manager T. A. Hightower,
sent a contingent of around seventyfive
people.
Thrift Manufacturing Company, accompanied
by H. K. Hallett, plant
manager, brought the largest contingent,
Numbering around,two hundred
people. Manager Hallett brought his^
folks in grand style, having'chartered"
several new buishes out of Charlotte
for his folk to ride in
The program started off with a
game of base ball at 10 in the. morning
between Oakland and Addison,
which resulted in a score of 6 to 2 for
Oakland.
Then followed a grand patriotic address
by Lieutenant -Governor E. B.
Jackson of W&gener, who is now a
candidate for governor. His address
was a moat delightful one and was
listened to. with great interest. >,
The best of all came next?theLimr.
mense barbecue?ip which rice, hash,
pork, tomatoes, pickles, . potatoes,
bread and- lemonade were-eerved to a
gathering estimated at sixteen hun-'
dred people. The 'barbecue had been
prepared in grand style by George
Taylor of Columbia, who has had 30
years experience in this line. Teh
hogs, estimated to furnish 800 pounds
of meat* furnished meat aplenty And
then to spare for the crowd. A base
ball carnival, scheduled, .llfld to
omitted for lack of time and the next
on the \ program was the baseball
game between Thrift and Wateree.
The jpjl -game rpight be termed a
burlesque affahr from the size of the
score?-19 to 4 in favor ' of Thrift.
Mode did the pitching for Thrift with
Strickland catching. Wateree had
Enloe pitching and Miles catching.
In an effort $o strengthen his team
at the - last minute Manager Cobb
made the fatal mistake of puttingrlh
several new men?coupled with bad
breaks in* luck^the home- team suffered
a severe .^defeat,"" Lawning,
center-fielder^for Thrift, hit two
. home run8-?first one with basis full,
scoring foui^ runs. Fagin, Miles and
Dorrity for Wateree hit for three
sacks each.'
The band contest, followed the
afternoon'game in which Oakland
band from Newberry cdptured the
$25.00 prige. '
Th^ fireworks display at nine
o'clock under the direction of Will
Sanders, electrician at the mill, finished
one of the 'most delightful
events and the last one of the day.
The fireworks were set off on the
western bp^s of the pond and the
onlookers lined the banks on all sides
?the reflection in. the clear lake
vision and it was "indeed a pretty
sight. The firework*, .display came
froin the Vltalie Fireworks, company,
of Newcastle, Pa.," and consisted of a
reproduction of Niagara Falls, aerial
bombs, flares of red, white and blueall
appropriate to . a Fourth celebration.
All of the plant managers and
their wives wete present. Mr. Hollis
F. Cobb was general chairman at the
whole works and was ably assisted by
Manager A. 8. Llewellyn' and the
followlhg. committee, all of whom
worked' ^rd to make the da^one of
pleasutei John Sanders, chairman of
, barbecue; 'Frank Murphy, chairman
of cold drinks; Hi? Lottie Barnes,
chairman In charge nf decorations;
Mr. Llewellyfi, chairman of Nte*^ and
Mr. L. S. Helton, in charge.^music.
The employees^of Waieree and all
I ^tfifeas a grand get-together gatherd
'ing of a loyal set of *brkejrs fostered
by the head of a great organisation
and it is needles* to J *ay that thei
workarTunder Mr. H. P.^|enjS|B
extremely grateful to ttlh^ and hit cowoffr,
for thU^and other pleasant
OLD MAN CAMB TO GIHBP
Became Confuaed Enroute lo Camden
For Visit To Sister
1 , Sixty-two
yea-re ago, John Marion
Brrinson, then a Jad of 16 years, ran
away, from his Sumter county home
to join the Confederate army. And
yesterday for the first time in all
those years he gazed upon the face
of his own l^inspeople.
The 78 year old veteran some short
while ago through the postal service
located his sister, Mrs. A. G. Bfiiley,
who iB a resident of Camden. At that
time he resolved to visit his kin and
see again the scenes of his boyhood.
July 2 he left his home in Andrews,
La., where for many, many years, he
I has been a highly respected citizen,
and boarded thl^Jtrain for Camden.
Reaching Columbia Saturday night
he became confused in changing from
one railroad to another and lost himjjelf
in Columbia. Late Saturday
night officers o| the Colombia police
I department received a call to go to
the 2700 block of Park street, where
a man had been hbistedfrMfi the deep
cut of the Seaboard Atr Line railroad.
The man proved to be John
Marion Branson.
The old man was badly confused,
ijiough, physicians said,' unhurt, arid
was able to tell officers little more
than his name, "John; Branson." So
be was cared for at headquarters
^ntil yesterday morning, when Chief
Bar Police Fred S. Strickland and Detective
M. C. Allen, at work on the
case; discovered that possibly the old
man was the visitor from Louisiana.
Communication with Camden officers
supported this theory so Chief Strickland
and Detective Allen took Mr.:
Branson by motor to .Camden yesterday
morning and there jjhe aged veterari
was reunited with bis sister
after 62 years. His relatives visited
Columbia yesterday afternoon in an
cffort-^io locate- baggage whic^i Mr.
Branson said, he waa. carrying; He
told relatives that someone was jayr^
suing him when he fell into the 36foot
cut in an attempt to escape^
Monday's Columbia State: I
Another Tragedy at Ocean Drive. ;
Conway, July 6.?-Ernest ?farce,
Monday during -practice juatj
thr rciratar races were scheduled-to
i" which Pearc.!
was riding was being driven at the.
rate of, 72 miles -ah hour. !
The car ran into Singleton s wash
And turned over, crushing ^the mechanic's
head. He wasruahedto the
Forence infirmary, but died on the
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Witts Appointment' To Annapolis j
" Leo-Moseley, graduate of this year
a lathe CarodjiF High ?cbe#j
ceived an appointment to Annapolis
Naval academy, through the recommendation
of Congressman W. F.
Stevenson. Young' Moseley is a son
of Mr. and Mrs.'Rufus Moseley, of
route No. 2, residing ten miles east
of Camden and acquired his high
school education by
Btei will go first ;to a naval prehistory
iehooVrat. Mario*,tri. the
central part of
H years of age and his friends are
predicting that he will make good.
Gaskin Seems Better. .
Henry Gaskin sat up a rolling
chair at the Baptist hospital v today.
Yesterday he was ?*>l? to J*ke
ishmcnt, such as. drihks,
own hands and swallow them. However,
he is not considered entirely out
of his condition. This seems KJ***
S^he best, day Gaskin has Witt*
85 At Oo'Tlotk this ^["^ ^urt^u
9th at about 6 o'clock.--Wednesday s
fm
^sS23k$Brcaks Hfca Arm/ JSmI
|&^ffhoTedfWf.^
dent happened when th. Ud wa. OT a
climbing expedition^ He was earned,
to the Camden ltfwpi^ whfretfe?
broken bone was aet and hjn? now at
his home recuperating. J
VOCNG De 8AUSSURB DROWN KD
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Atlanta Lad Who Lost Life Was Son
of Former Camden Lady
The death by drowning near Atlanta
last Saturday of Kit-hard de
Saussure brought sorrow to many
Camden people. His mother, before
marriage was Miss Sailie Clarke, of
Camden, who is pleasantly remembered
by many of our people. The
young man was also a nephew of .Mr.
B. B. Clarke of this; city; The following
detailed account of the tragedy
is taken frojn the Atlanta
Georgian of Tuesday:
The body of Richard Champion de
Saussure, Jr., prominent yoipig Ailantan,
dragged from the deep waters
of Lake Rabun early Sunday, will be
committed to earth Monday afternoon
at 4:30 o'clock, at West View cemetety
after services at $t. Luke's
Episcopal church. J1
In the meantime, there is a pall
thrown oyer the celebration of the
Fourth of July at La>emont/ the
fashionable Atlanta duronwr colony, I
where young de Sauasure met his
death, to which hundreds of pleasure
seekers?ignorant of the tragedyhad
gone for the holidays.
Though it is now apparent that de l
Saussure was drowned Saturday
morning about 10 o'clock, it was not
definitely established that he was
lost until midnight Saturday.
The guest of Rutherford 'Ellis, a
leader of the Lakemont colony, the |
boy had started out witlLMr. Ellis
to lay flag buOys to mark the course
of the -boat races scheduled for the
afternoon. Both were attired in bath-1
ing suits. ' .
Aftep some few minutes of this
work Mr. de Saussure announced that
he wanted to go ashore./ Mr. E1H*
steered the boat close in to the bank
m b>s companion lowered himself I
^ the stern. He.. w^s a . .gipodJ
swimmer and no fears were enter-}
tained as to Ms *ab!Hty to swim theJ
short distance that intervened , b?-*|
tween -boat and shore.
He dropped off and struck out;!
while Mr. Ellis, with his hack to thai
swimmer, paddled on down the lake
to lay more buoys. The incident was
dropped from his mind.1
-He returned to shore about lunch!
. wJ
one Bad seen him. Then came the]
information that the boy had been
seen in the launch? of some merry-J
makers bound for the Pigeon Mountain
club, some miles up the lake. |
Again the matter was dismissed.
Came the hour of the boat racfes,
and still Mr. de Saussure had* failed
to put in an appearance. The alarm
grew, but still hope was entertained, |
for the party had not returned from]
Pigeon Mountain.
The fact that all of his .clotheij
w^re found in the room in which j?|
had dressed for- -bathing,. .however, I
caused the gravesrt misgivings, it]
wasn't thought that he,would plan a|
trip of that distance clad simply in I
a bathing suit. '
Midnight came and the throng from!
Saussure was not among them^Theni
search of the lake began.
Mr. Ellis had sent to Atlanta for]
dragging, equipment, and soon the
lake was dotted with motor boats, all I
working feverishly. 1
About 2 o'clock in the morning the]
grappling hooks .brought up the body
just a snort distance o^f Roper's |
I^pint, very near where the hoy had
gone, overboard.
Physicians who examined the body
said that no water was found in the
lungs, indicating that death had come
from heart failure rather than from)
drowning. * - ;|
-jYoung DeSaussure was 22 years]
old and had entered business in Atlanta
wit? tbe Grinnell Fire Extiftguisher
company, after a brilliant record
at Georgia Tech. He was the son
of Captain Richard Champion de Saussure,
prominent broker.
After attending Boys' High School,
from which hi fpii graduated with
honors, he entered Georgia Tech,
where he wai graduated in 192# with
honors. At Tech DeSaussure was on
tiie honor roll the entire four y4ars
and Was awarded a gold scholarship
"T^-for oumtandlng work,
I^JEe was a m?m>er of the ?fii Phi
fifeimty; th# Phi Kappa Phi W&horary
scholastic fraternity; the Phi Delta
Epsilon honorary journalistic fraternity
and the Tan Beta Pi, honor(Honettea.
the Oil Can Club and other
I DOQy orKBnitiuoMS.
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WBWIPP?
TRIPLE FUN BR Alt HELD. .
For Willie Osteen and Two Sons-in
r Law Who Lopt Lives Sunday.
Many Camden people were saddened
when they read in the gress dispatches
Monday morning of the difek.
trussing tragedy which occurred at
Ocean Drives Estate on the Horry
Strand Sunday. At one fell swoop
three women were, made widows when
W. E. OSteen and his two sqns-in-law
were drowned. Mr, Osteen was bom
and reared in Camden, and left here
a good many years ago. He was the
son of the late Mr. and Mra. W. E.
Osteen and is a brother of Mrs. William
G? Wilson, of Camden.
The Florence News-Review carries
the most complete account of the
tragedy and was written by an eyewitness.
The News-Review Of Tuesday
morning says:
A triple funeral here today is the
solemn sequence of a triple tragedy
on the Horry strand where W. E. Osteen,
JRobert L. Blackwell and James
W. Qee, lost their liveB fn the surf
Sunday afternoon.
i Mr. Osteen, With his two daughters,
and Miss Cole, accompanied by his
two sons-in-law, Mr. Blackwell and
Mir. Gee, motored over to Ocean Drive
'feSfates Sunday afternoon to be there
for t$e opening of this new development
'on the fiftft.?; " 7""
tfhe happy family group had just
partaken of .their lunch, when one of
the ^iarty suggested their going in iqr
bathing. They hurried their plans for
bathing, due to the fact that they
.-Obtttemplated -a motor boat trip at 4
P* "V
They were seen to enter the water,
where only four other bathers,, all
good.- swimmers, were riding the
waves at a considerable distance out.
The party of 10 apparently werej
safeiand happyr-when n clry- for help!
was beard. Mr. Osteen seemed at first I
glance to be floating atop thf .WR-YftfL-j
TKi^herV wVre struggling franticaF
ly in the water.,Mrs. Btlackwell came
in unaided. Mr, Blackwell aifil Mr.
Gee seemed to'disappear from view.
Three mbn on the beach 0 rushed in
with their clothes on and fought their
way out through the high breakers tp 1
where the, six that remained -were
fighting to keep above the water; Mrsr'
(tP* ynapnad much?agullisl her
will, making numerous ^attemptings to
fpjurn to where her husbahd had gonei
down. Miss Cole, was rescued * after |
she had swallowed quantities" of salt
water, /but was readily brought
around. The other five o$me in almost
unaided, *
W. 6. Covington, secretary'of the
local "Y", led the~wqrk of trying to
revive Mr. Gee, wh<J. was the.laatJtft.
be brought in. Mr. Blackwell's bodyj
was found a few minutes later, about
Itftkiyards out. Mr. Osteen was much
.furtherrout, but could be plainly seen
011 top of the Water. With the aid of a
rope and a coil of wire, a good swimmer
led the way to Mr. Osteep's body.
7 Every effort was made to resuscitate
the three Florence meiF Willing
"wooersrubtied arms and legs. The
bodies were rolled over logs, but for
gfi occasional artificial gasp there was
no sign of r|tmming life. For more
Hgpttwo hours different shifts workled.
Dr. P. H. Brigham, of Florence,
??d Dr.'W. E. Stone, of Little River,
were soon on the scen^and gave hyperdermics,
but to no avail,
c The tragedy happened at 3*05, and
at 4:10 the. family had. been notified
and ambulances had been dispatched.
Dr. J. M. Barnwell and Dr. F- H.
JdcLeod both left immediately foy
toto, but everythihg that could be
done, had already been done.
ft was a very sad fourth and' fifth1
for this city. These three men h^d
stood at the top in their ; respective
lines, were beloved in Florence, and
the shock of theHripl* loss has stunned
-thely host uf- friends: v/.; 1,17
. Mr- Osteen came to Florence from
Bamberg years -ago and has been
identified with the bottling business
here and in Marion for some time. He
was the owqer of the Men's Shop of
this city, to which he gave all .of his
time the past few years. He was on
every booster committee of the Chamber
of Commerce, was a devout Methodist.'
Mr. Blackwell, 26, came -to Florence
to engage In the automobile business,
but more recently waa assisting
Mr. Osteen in the Men's Shop.
Mr. Gee, 25, only s^n of Dr. Gee,
' *prominent dentfct h?*, was dibfeloyed
at the Planters Produce and Btor
months ago.
The stores of Florence will close
this morning between the hours, of'ft
and 11 out of pro?oq^*??pe?t r for
these worthy citizens, and a feeling of
deepest sympathy for the distressed
family.
? One service wilj be .held for all
three, from the late hdme of Mr. Osteon,
at 9:80 this morning. Interment
will take place at Mount Hope cem?*
Rev. W. V. Dibble and Rev. P. H.
Martin, as is ted by Dr. H. Tucker
Graham, will be in charge of the services.
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,He is- survived by his widow, who
was Miss Eola Rice of Denmark, and
Ave children: Mrs. .Gee, Mrs. Blackwell,
Miss Ethel Osteon,- Edward and
| Henry Osteen. Mr. Blackwell leaves
his young wife, who was niiss Jean
^^<^?-Tiv^^>rothcwfe H?ftry J.,
George" W. Blackwell of -Florence,
fVcighton Blackwell of West Palm
Beach, Fla., and Francis Blackwell, of
Orangtbuig, and also Qa sister, -In
'??smisr WrrowtisaasiS^S
rents, leaves surviving a sister, Mis*
; Edith Gee, and his widow, who wa?
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TWO AUTOS CRA^II
Near Serious Accident on North
Br?a4 Wednesday Afternoon
In a collision between a Hudson
sedan and a Ford *badster Wednesday
afternoon around 6:80 o'clock,
Mr, E. B. Mob ley, manager of the
Camden Lumber company, received
injuries to such an extent he had to
receive, medical attention,
The accident happened at the intersection
of Broad street and Hampton
avenue. The heavy car wad headed
south and Mr. Mobley was headed
north and was turning to his left
preparatory to entering Hampton
avenue where be resides when the
crash came. The heavy car turned
the lighter car over and Mr. Mobley
received several cuts and bruises hut
is not thought to be badly injured.
In the heavy car Were Dr. W. J.
Beiber of Bethlehem. Pa.; Mrs. Elisabeth
J. Shannon, of Camden, N. J.;
Mrs. J. F, Armentrout, of Koanoke,
Va.; and Miss Ida Burch, of Richmond,
Va. They are said to have
been enroute to Florida oji a pleasure
trip. Dr. Beiber was doing tne driving
and is said to be a prominent
physician of his home town. He rendered
first aid to Mr. Mobley, but
soon found he himself needed surgical
treatment from a gash in his
head. The ladieB were only slightly
bruised. The doctor is quoted as saying
that it all happened so quickly
he hardly knew how to recoqnt it.
They are all prominent people and
seemed to regret the accident exceedingly.
V
, Officers^ who visited the scene of
the accident say the heavycarskjdded
for a distance of more than sixty feet
and was evidently running fast. Mr.
Mobley was on the left side and from
all accounts it" seems agreed that it
was just one of those unfortunate unavoidable
accidents. Both cars were
badly damaged and the northern
party will have to be detained here
for several days awaiting repairs on
their car. The Hudson car bore Pennsylvania
license No. 370610. .V
Cnmden Celebrates Sesqui-Centennial
The sesqui-centennial of the signing
of the Declaration of Independcelebrated
in Camden' Sunday
afternoon at the grammar school
auditorium. Mayor C. P. DuBose
acted as. chairman- of the assembly
and wasr^I8{ated by James DeLoache,
Jr., commander or the local post,
American Legion. ?
The address of "the afternoon was
delivered by Former Judge Mendel L.,
Smith who gave interesting statistics
about South Carolina and the very
important part this state played in
the forming of an independent nation.
Judge^ Smith^ p^aised^^e records
and stated-thalr^thege' responsible for
the Declaration of Independence had
given the greatest force in the political
conscience of the world.
Prior to She services in the auditorium
a special musical program was \
rendered by the Wateree Mills band,
afid. later the patriotifBsong service |
was led- by the Baptist Sunday School I
orchestra. ?
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The Uselessness 'Of It
' The Chronicle this, week received a
comimiriication asking a prominent
citizen of Camd-en to enter the race
for magistrate for DeKalb township
and was signed "Eastern Kershaw."
Eastern Kershaw comprises a lot of
territory and The Chronicle could not
identify the sender by that signature.
And we can't see Why Eastern Kershaw
woul<L be-trying to pick a candidate
for DeKalb township* - Then
too we received a letter wlfcre a little
Boy had returned from a hospital.
It had no name signed. - After returning^,
the letter to the parents ofj
the boy for their signature, the postoffice
*ends it .back marked "unclaimed."
So there you are. You
can save your stamps, your trouble
and save us ~ixmoyance by signing
your communications. We dont want
your name for publication, but we air
not going to let any one puftapything
anonymously on us if we know
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WORK OF TUP COURT #
Only On? Out of Eighteen Escapes
Sentence For Liquor Law Violation
>
Court of general session* convened
here Monday morning with Judge W.
H. Townsend presiding. Only mipoi'
cases, mostly prohibition violations,
have been disposed of. The grand
jury was dismissed Tuesday for the
week, but will be called together
again Monday morning. The case of
Stewart Barrett, white, of near Kershaw,
has been set for trial for Monday.
The cases disposed of up to
Wednesday afternoon are as follows:
Bessie Stradford1 was tried on a liquor
charge and found guiity. The
court has not yet passed sentence.
James Blair, a negro, plead guilty
to * charge of manslaughter, *nd re- " rig
ceiyed a sentence of from two to four
years. He killed a nqgro in the northeastern
section of the county. %
Albertus Ballard, negro, plead guil- *
ty to a charge of simple assault and
received a sentence of 8 days or pay . a
a fine of $60. ;g._;
Hamp Wilson, white, was fotfnd
guity on a liquor charge and was sen- 1p|
to need to serve one year. After serving
four, months, remainder to be suspended.
Manning Brown plead guilty to a
liqpor chargo, and the sentence was
6 months, but he was to serve two
months with remainder to be sus- ' !?!
pended. , .-JjB
Filo Grooms, violating prohibition
law, was sentenced to serve four
months with-three suspended.
Major King and Zeland Barfleld,
young white men, Avho stole a Ford
car from Dr. A.' W. Humphries and ^
dismantled it, aetlln* the Sparta resuited
in Barfiqld pleading guilty and
received a sentence of not less than
one year and not more than two. A
beqeh warrant had been issued for the '
arrest of Major King.
Early Hinson, young white man,
plead guilty to a liquor charge and
was sentenced to serve four months
with three months suspended.
Don Defs mid. Henrietta Anderson, ??**3h|
wore up on W charge of assault and
battery. *Deas plead guilty and re- ({%
ceivpd a straight sentence of two
years on the chain gang. , A bench
warrant ha# been issued for Henriet- - -^^SB
ta Anderon. ,
Tom Humphries, white, whs con- 4 'M
| yicted of simple-assault and was son- /IlM
fenced to serve 80 days or pay a fine <
of $100.
Bob Small was found guilty of V;
house breaking and laroeny and was
sentenced to serve two months. Bond
in the sum of $500 was put up pending
an appeal. Virgil
Boone and Elizabeth Ray,
upon a chargeof adultery, were found
not guilty. The testimony 'in this
'COTC^wailMrordfd. ? ^
Andrew Robertson was found guilty (i
on a/liquor charge and was sentenced
to serve six months, with four susMelvin
Hall and Arthur Sharpe,
white, and Pat Richardson, negrd, ' >:
pleacl guilty on a liquor charge and
were all sentenced .to serve eight
months with five suspended.
Maxey Jtefferson plead guilty to a
liquor charge and sentenced to serve
six months with one suspended,
Charlie Williams plead guilty to a
liquor charge and was sentenced to
serve salmonths withfjve suspehded^v^^^^i
Calvin Bell plead guilty to a charge
of bigamy and- was sentenced to serve
six months and pay a fine of $500.
Joe Jackson plead guilty to a. prohibition
charge and also to being a
"root doctor" and was sentenced to
serve three jhonths or pay a fine of
$50. He^pald the fine with fifty one
ceiving stolen^goods an* reived a
straight sentence of six months.
Dan fisher was tried in Ms ah- ^fj
sence on two charges. Scaled ver- ,
dieter first and bond of $800 was-or- J
dered escheated. Nol prossed as to 2*
second case? . v
Trant Mungo was upon two charges
of liquor, violations and plead guilty
to both charges. He was ordered to
serve eight months of a former suspended
sentence. *
Jim Haile, pegro, plead guilty to a
liquor charge and wa*; sentenced w . > .
serve six months wiwL^ve suspended.
Sam Carlos was'declared not gtitlty
^ih&?rM^SWery was Cried in
his absence on a liquor charge, a
sealed verdict was left |nd a bench
warrant issued for his arrest# ric..
Jacob Belton, plead'guilty to u ^ , "PS
liquor charge and received a sentence
of six months with five suspended. a i
Walhalla, July 6.-^R. H. Alexander,
former Oconee county treasurer, was
found guilty of embezzlement here
tod*y, the jury in the case dellberat* frEal
ing less tbaft two "hours.
The former officer i was charged iJj&d&SaHi
with' embezzlement and breach of
trust with fraudulent Intent*,.
To Bpeak'jHefe Monday. "..
The thrc<r eandidattg?7.seeking, the "^j"
office of United States SenatoT from
South Carolina, will address the vflfera ^T;.-*? .
nf Ke?hafr CountyCamden . on
Mom^r^July 12th^ The candidates