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VOLUME XXXVUI. """ CAMDEM. SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 20. I.2.. " ^ NUM?ER " ,| 1 ";* IN CAMP THRKK DATS Annual Boy." JS' Shor, cVurxu la -splendid Success The annual boys' and girl,' short course was held at what was formerly ,* w,:Ut,ln' P"?*"y "t tt northeastern llmtu of Camden on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of last Week under the auspices of the extension service with the county farm and home demonstration agents in charge. * Fifty-three girls and thirty-flv. boys representing the rural commun?? K*r8haw county, attended this ???>*ual event and participated In.the courses of -instruction which were out; demonstration agents and specialists |#W Wi?throp ami ciemson colleges, as well aa a number of local men and women. Miss Lonnie I. Landruih, state leader of home demonstration work, and Mm. S. O. Plowden, district home Alma Burgess, theownQ <A-k? shrao demonstration agent, assisted Miss Alma Burgess, the local home deny! onstration Agent, in instructing the git s in various phases of handwork,, including pine needle wall baskets party favors, and button holes, While Mrs J. w Cantey of Boykin talked to the girls on typical Southern E. S. Prevost, special agent in beekeeping; E. O. Godbey, anim.i husbandman; W. J. Keegan, dairy specspecialist'* tt* w'u""' f0r8" JUMP !. R* w. Hamilton, Legume specialist, and I. D. Lewis, assistant state club leader were present on dif> I ferent days to assist J. w. Sanders, I "??' *#*&: tha Instruction* of the boys In various phases of agrfr culturaV work, each taking up his special line A special feature on Wednesday was-provided by taking the ,boys on a field trip to West Wateree where they visited various field demonstra?ion* apeelssl instruct** in livestock judging at the ?ock Springs Creamery, a judging team being selected as a result of the day's work to ^ake part in a livestock judging contest which is to be held later and at which will be chosen a team to compete in another judging contest at the J3tate fair. tfi additldtf Wr ^ courses instruction, th^boys and girls enjoyed themselves in plaiyng games, singing songs, performing stunts and swim rotag. , The following named local ladies were present and took .charge of the rooking and looking after the welfare of the yburfg people: Mrs. Earl Tnuesdaje, Mrs. Team Gettya, Mrs. Ale* West, Mrs. J. R. West, Mrs. Ella Pearce, Miss Sallie Pearce, Mrs. Willis Cantey, Mrs. G. W. Rabon, Mrs. G. S. Rodgers, Mrs. Hugh McCollum, Mrs. "Lee West, Miss Elise I Brltton. Camping quartets w*rh furnished through the . courteiy. of Mr. G. C. Whitaker, Dr.. R. E. Stevenson, Mr. T. K. Trotter and Mr. B. G. Sanders who did everything possible to faciltfble matter of making it comfortshort course. HoBhsby^gmithTaking their' friends btfr surprise Mr. W. T. Smith of Camden and Miss Eva Horjusbyof Blaney were married .early Sunday, morning at the home of Probate Judge W. b. McDowell and left Immediately for a bridal trig by automobile to Richmond and other Miss Hornsby .is "a Well-known aid prosperous young lady of Blaney and often visiteS her. slate*, Mrs. Tiapp lu ikitf city. Mr. Smith is a well, known and substantial Main street grocery merchant and has cores of friends throughout the I tthunty. ^ V, .Chcraw, Aug. 14.?A little after noon today the building beneath the town's water tank that hoofed the town's truck, tractor, fire engine and to fighting, apparatus was discovered to be on fire. The tractor Had PUt in hot a Utile before arid in some way caught on fire and the fire spread, to the building.- The top wd seat of the truck were burned off and some' hose damaged. The tracer was.put,opt of commission and the building practtarily destroyed. The damage amounts to about $1,000 htft* no insurance.- ^ ^ '..U V U-", and more than a deaea prostrations wsre Baturdatffc toll 'rem the heat in W.ahln* | LADIES HURT IN WtyBCK |Drov? Car Off TWrty-Faot Embankj [ ment to AvoM Collision Colombia, Aug. 1?Heroically takLingKa 30-foot embankment so as not 1 I to crash into two automobile parties blocking the roadway, Miss Wil Lou Sir* fnd **er travellnd companion, I Miss Agnes MeMaster, were left to their fate late Wednesday night *by I the four white men, but four negroes came to their rescue, extricated them from the wreck and brought them to I Columbia. Fortunately neither was hurt Ibadly. ^ L?? **r,!y' Who is #tate supervisor] of the work for adult illiterates, and Miss MeMaster, Columbia teacher, 1 who is much Interested ty this phase I ?teducation, were returning from upI pa? rfiouth Carolina where they had beeh in connection with the opporI tunity schools. The approach to the Broad River bridge at Columbia, winds about, on the Dutch Ford side, i like'a mo^utain road. Miss Qray was j driving at a moderate rate of speed ' when; on a curve *00 yards from the river, she came Upon the blocked I road?two automobiles and about Leight men equally divided between ^ I whites and blacks. iShe was right on the party and rather than hit them swerved to the left and down the em* ij bankment, about 30 fe?t. She stuck to < I the rim of the highway for a few I yards, but could hold it no longer j I and the machine headed toward the (bottom of the ravine, sweeping all in its path, the fall being brokenby ' small trees. iFinally the car hit a four inch white oak which caught the chassis in front of the rear wheels I just in time to prevent its crashing into a large log with undoubtedly I more serious results. The occupants 1 [were pinned under the car. The engine was still running. The lights ! were still burning. The thought causa e I of fire. They called to the men on the **oad. The negroes came at once, cries for help sent up. by those who a moment before had risked their lives that they would not hit thei^ I same young men. In the machine's fall Miss Gray# 9 j who was driving, was thrown out of I her position and Miss MeMaster I thrown under the steering wheel. It I was ttfis part of the accident no doubt I that caused their injuries, Miss Mc1 Master suffering a broken collar bone I and a 'bruised shoulder; Miss Gray I getting an ugly flesh wound in tha. back which required several stitches. When the negroes preached the inI jured, both were helplessly caught by the car. The negroes got the car off land hu^ied the women to Columbia, taking them by direction, to the office of GuigwaW Ipftt" In the excitement, the names of [the negroes were not secured, much I to the regret of both Miss-MeMaster land Miss Gray and they would like to know, who their, rescuers were. An I effort is also being made to ascertain I the identity of the. white men who (went their way, leaving behind the injured I _Wh8t- tiifi- two-t parties were. doing Jon the road is iwt known. - No one (thought to ask the negroes. A car was parked on each side of the road | and the- eight men were irt- the I 'middle.. % j Complaint was made to the state I highway department yesterday that I wire should be placed - on these dangerous ^?rve|- and jwsHgifceelwpf | given S, B. MeMaster that the matter J would be given consideration. I" Last night both Miss Gray and [Miss MeMaster were restii>gras coTTf-1 [fortabljfthS&ouM be expected. I Attending International Congress j Dr. Clarence Dunn left this week I to attend the, seventh international { dental congress which meets in Phila^ delphia August 23 to 27. This'is the first time in the history of the i'cdngtfMB that the meeting has been I held in the United States. Dentists I Will be in attendance frdm all" parts I of the world. t Had Group Polky Far $1,000 j I I Mrs. Annie S. Davidson, local representative of the Aetna Life Assurance Society, delivered a check for $l,000.B?if- tfra. ftae D. Whitehall in payment for a policy taken out some time ago in a group insurance I policy on psid city employees. , The late Chief at Police A. G. Whitsker HKflflbdPr ITOU n nd tho^JcomI Si qukk "u,ement II I II.I.. ?pl. I I ,1 I I, #BAD WRECK *NKAK CAMDEN Injuries From Auto Wre<k Prove Fatal to Aged Virginia Lady - ? A Jewett sedan went off an embankment on the Camden-Sumter highway Thursday afternoon about one mjle south of Camden and four of the Ave occupants were more .or leas painfully hurt. Mr. W. H. Tudor, accompanied by bis daughter,' Miss Elisabeth. Tudor, and his mother, Mrs. M. J. Tudor, of Tbomasville, N. C., and Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Tudor, of New York city, were enreute -to Sumter tp vlitt J. A. Tudor, a brother inthat city. W* E.Tudor was at the wheel and says he was making about 25 miles per hour wHten his steering mechanism became looked. The car ran half on the embankment and half on the road for a distance of 75 feet when it crashed into a tree, almost completely wrecked. Mrs. M. J. Tudor was pinned beneath the wreck and suffered a broken hip. iShe Is 76 years of age. D. G. Tudor, suffered painful cute about body and 'bad bruise to right side; his wife -suffered scalp wounds and Mlsa Elisabeth Tudor was bruised. W. H. Tudor who was driving was. uninjured. Mrs. D. G. Tudor and Miss Elizabeth Tudor were given first aid by Dr. Ralph Dunn -who carried them on to Sumter. Thb other three' members of the party are being treated at -the Camden hospital. D. G. Tudof of New York City who WW On a visit to his brother at Thomasvilie is, traffic manager of an inter-borough railway system of New York city. ' Mrs. Tudor DeadMrs. M. J. Tudor,, who suffered a fractured hip in the auto wreck last Thursday afternoon, died frobfr her injuries in a Sumter hospital late Monday afternoon. She had been removed from the Camden hospital to *be near her other relatives in Sumter. She was 76 years of age and is surdeath, coming frohl their . homes" in North Carolina end Virginia. She was a native of Stewart, Patrick county, Virginia, and the funeral jparty came through Camden Tuesday morning whence the party was to stop for the night at Winston-Salem and pro-, ceed onto he old home in Virginia Wednesday morning, where the fuueral and burial took place. Members of the family called at the Chronicle office td ask that we publicly express their deep appreciation to both white and colored for the help and courtesies extended to all members of the party while in Camden. ' Several colore^ people as well gs white people were on the scene immediately after the accident1 and worked hajdctO get the victims fronv the wreck. m It was a sad ending of a . happy party of relatives on a pleasure ttlp visiting other members of the family. The following is from Tuesday's Sumter Daily Iteii(K Mrs. M. J. Tudor, 78, of WinstonSalem, N. C;, died at the Tuomey. hospital late Monday afternoon a% the resdlt of injuries received when the ^ar in which she was riding left the road near Camden on the way to Sumter last Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Tudor was ? first; taken to th$ hospital in Camden but was removed to the Tuomey hospital Sunday'after noon. Mrs. Tudor we* coming to Sumter to visit her son,' M*. J. A. Tudor of North Malp street, when the accident occurred. Th^ car which was driven by Another son,- XV.y H.| Tudor of ThomaBville, N. C.,' left the road ahortly^atter. rounding a curve and crashed>$nto badly wrecking the machine and causing fatal injuries to. Mrs. M. J. Tudor and painful bruises and cuts to bpth Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Tudor. The car was, being driven at a moderate rate of speed, it is said, when the accident occurred and It is believed that something went wrong with the st?if hijjf,'gjtor. Funeral services were held over the body by Rev. F. H. Shuler pf Trinity Methbdlst church Tuesday morning, following which the body was carried to Critx, Va., where it will be laid to rert at the old home of the deceased. Mrs. Tudor is survived by J. A. Tudor of Sumter; D. G. Tudor ol New York?JW. P. Tudor of Danville Va.; E. C. Tudor 6f Roanoke, Va.; George C. Tudor of Winston-Salem N. C.;. R. Iu Tudor of New York W. Ht^fttdov of ThomasviUe, N. & Mra. Gj R. Joyce of ysyodsn.jfc^ Mrs. R. B. Corbin of Roanoke,. Va. 16 Shd sm irstl griodcbiw . \ . - ? KILLED BY DYNAMITE Young Man's Body Blown To Bits Near Lynchburg Sumter, Aug. 14.?Pieces of the I body of Johnnie Yoder, 18, blown to! bit* by a dynamite explosion near Lynchburg this morning, vf?re| brought to Sumter just after noon to*.y by Messrs Shelley and Brqnaon, who rushed to the scene of the ex*.l plosion in an ambulance shortly after it happened. These pieces will be shipped to btapanee, Ind., Sunday morning and Mj\ and 'Mrs. Peter 1 YdderTthe boy's parents, will accom-1 pany the body to their ojd home. Jparts were scattered for a radius of; 800 yards, it was stated, and**tply about 100 pounds could be fQU#fyTh? 1 scalp was located In the top* of a 1 tree fifty feet above where the boy was standi#? when the explosion, occurred. Sj Peter Yoder, the uft? father, was! superintendent of construction for the Walb Construction company which I has been dredging between Atkins! and Lynchburg, Lee county, since I March.i J The boy had been at work with the .crew. This morning about 10 o'clock I he was placing cap* on sticks ? of dynamite, when he stopped to light a cigarette, according to information. I It was stated he placed a stick of I dynamite under his arm as he struck I match and it is supposed this must] have fallen on a dynamite cap, causing the explosion of eighty poundar&fl dynamite. iLliJ The-force of the concussion shook J buildings in Lynchburg, three miles ^Way. One" man was thrown to the giound, but no others were hurt. Mirs.; Yoder, on a visit to her husband and! fon, was overcome by the tragic death 1 of, her Bon^ but it is thought she will be able th make the return trip to 1 Indiana tomorrow. f Geff-Tkflfcpll ' ! Mv. George Tidwell and Miss EUa tfoff, both of Camden, were married 1 at the home of 'Mr. and Mrs. Frank) C. Jones, on Saturday evening last! The ceremony wds performed by the Bev. J. P. Graham in the presence of [A/few friends and relatives of the! I young people. The bride is a daughter of Mr. Wv L. Goff and for iome time has been an employee of the] Southern Bell company. Mr. Tidwell is a salesman with L. Schenk & Co., I and both, have numerous friends who I Will he interested in this announce-1 meat. After a short wedding trip j the^-are now residing in the Spradley house pn North Broad street. I . "1 pi*? ' ?.w,1. . I , 243,186 People To Vote, |wy \1 I I Columbia, Aiig. 14.?Nearly, a quarter of a million voters are qualified.to l east their ballots in the Democratic [primary election in South Carolina on j August 3L | Figures announced here-by Harry In. Edmunds, secretary of the State Democratic committee, showed that hr forty-six counties reporting to date, a total of 248,196 voters had registered to cast, their ballots in 1,871 precinct polling places. All counties have reported. : ' 1_1_I fcSpamnburg showed the " largeii county enrollment with 18,886 names on the books of 91 precincts. Qreen1 ville was second with 15^778 and Richland third with- 13,304^ Charleston, I most populous county in the state, came fourML fBth 9,829, less than a {hundred names moriiHhan Anderson, which recorded 9,748. Jasper county showed the smallest enrollment of 895 lp its nine precincts. j ^iVill Servjf; Barhecgt^jfoffi 1 On Tuesday, August 24, the day the candidates will speak fit RabdnsV Cross Roads the ladies of Springvale j Baptist church Will serve g barbecue dinner with ice cream. The proceeds 1 will go for the benefit of the church. {The publ^g^ordian^yirlted^o at i: I ,:V Traffic Takes Heavier Toll i Traffic accidents ' in il Southern j states took a death toll of 63 1||M and injured 808 persons during the 1la4t seven years, ft was revealed in la sru^^cofidoct*d Sunday by the ^Associated Press. The total represents an increase of 11 persons killed and !*J27 persons injured over the total of ?| fatalities and injuries reported the ({week previoUe.OSoisth-Carolina had 2 ,{killed and 7 injured according to the Union will beginwork immediately ; I on a $20,000 high school building foi rLtt, Mr? rhildr.ti of th. . -.... f 'Ti&i ft;?,; v - &)??& j'.Vi? blast kills five men ^ Boiler Expiation Fatal to Men Near * Ninety.Six r Greenwood, Aug. 14.?The death toll from en explosion of two boilers at the plant of the Self Lumber company, near Ninety-Six, nine miles from Greenwood, this Aiornifffc, was increased to fiye this afternoon when Henry Williams, negro, who was ae*' verely burned, died in a local hospital. Of the five injured, Wilbur Minnweather, negro, who also was burned jnJprJteyjwai not expected to live, acand suffered a broken leg and ot^iaf cording to a report from the hospital tonight. R. H; Goodman, only >yhite man who was injured^ who was unloading a lumber wagon about fifty yards from the boiler room and who was1 talking to Supt. George ^L. Jarrett when the explosion occurred, is be* lleved to have been struck on the hip by a flying piece of iron. Fhyslciapr reported his condition as serious, but stated that his injuries shouldn't prove fatal and they were hopeful that his leg could be saved. Mr. Jarrett escaped injury. In addition to Williams, the dead are: Ernest Jarrett, machinist at the plant and son of <Supt. Jarrett, who hospital hefef David" Harris^negro fireman, and Elliott Waller, twehreyear-old negro boy, who was killed instantly, end Andrew Butler, who died- several hours after he . was. brought to a hospital. ?The others injured are: Bub Connolley and Roscoe Connolley, both severely burned, and Henry Lee Jackson, leg injured. Officials at ? the plpnt still had not established a cause for th* explosion early tonight. Qns of the boilers was flattened out Completely and the flues blown adi?tau<;e of 800 yards and the others was cut In two, part of it being blown 150 yards away with its flues twitted bttt; still in place. ^ :^h & in, mi, i'uLwhj if II i i i ilwi The body of young Jarrett will be sent to Hickory, N. C., former home of the family, for interment tomorrow afternoon. A , 0 . Death Tell Reaches Seven. Greenwood, Aug. 16-?The death toll from an explosion of two boilers at the plant of the Self Luoifcer company at Ninety-Six last -Saturday morning was increased to seven today when Wilbur Minneweather juid rftotcpe Spnneilri^SpS^diedgof-- burns at a local hospital. R. H. Goodman, whb suffered a broken hip from flying, pieces of iron and Henry Lee Jackson, negroes who suffered minor injuries are expected to recover, it was stated Sit, the hospital. The explosion killed two negroes instantly, Ernest Jarrett, 20, son of Superintendent George L. Jarrett; died ?n a few minutes, and two negrpes died in hospitals here Saturday several hours after the explosion. " 1 " 1 V* Cheated Chair By Starving Little Rock, Ark., Aug.' 16^-An aged Arkansas negro went to his stealthy race against death by etecJfocution. . While Governor Torn!>jgir Terral, campaigning for renpmination, delayed fixing a date oil which Tom Stribling, Crittenden county, should be executed for mhrder, Stribling for 65 days refused the' meals that were given him and died yosterday . from pneumonia, induced by j He carried out his campaign, de-; spite that several well known citisens Irpre preparing to appeal t#||he governor Stribling dented that tog-killed ygf negro who hgd at* tacked his daughter some time before. jury and life supreme court faded to accept his alibi.,' *' " v'" \wm Strife-Hyar Killed ' IPgi - Atlanta, Ang. l5.?Jhnmy Calhoun, stunt flyer, plunged:.400 feet to his death in a lake at Lake wood, an amusement resort here today, before 20,000 spectators who included in Jfiyhttmbcr, his bridg of,opt? f?W 'jlllBS,"-". ijViCalhoun leaped from 4ihewing of an nirplane .piloted by.McMullcn from a Height of approximately a half mile. ? His parachute functioned^perfectly until* he -was only 40C feet from the take when suddenly hit parachute harness gave way and hi held himself on with one hand. His [ grip failed when a gust of win* r recovered several hours^W^^^ t Calhoun was a native of Savannah Georgia, ^ ?11 n i i ' - ---?* ? -'ii.-'-'g.1 BETHUNE NHWS NOTIB Items of Interest as Gathered By Our Regular Correspondent Bethune, S. Ci August 18.?MiesCH | Carrie Yarborough and Stella vBUi thune returned Friday night from a nine weeke'vtrip to the Pacific Coaat. While there they were in attendance upon the aummer school of the University of California. Neil Truesdell and James Norwood spent aeveral day* this week at Myrtle Beach. " . ,, ' L Mr. W. E. Davie and family and Mrs. L. M. Best and little daughter. v, Betty, returned -Monday from a visit to the mountains of Morth Carolina. Mrs. Morris and little daughter of Society. Hill were recent guests of Mrs, Hattie^-Heustls. . - ;.v I The Home Demonstration club met with Mrs. B. F. Bolton Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. A. B. McLaurin apent Wednes- ... day In Columbia. * , cV.v -.-/Misses Marble and Effle Mae Barrett are guests of thellr grandmother, Mrs. Crave Best, In Hartaville. V Mra. A* B. McLaurin and little >J daughter, Mary EUen and Mlaa Ruth Watts and Mr. Percy May* returned from * vlatt to friends at Niagara Falls Friday*, On their return trip they stopped in New York and also visited, the sesqui-eentennial exposi*'0Mr".ndH,*ter nrni ?on;~ Roster, left Mon<Mr for North Carolina after an extended vlaI r^Mr. Jim Roller entertained at Big t Springs hotel with a dinner party Saturday evening Including twentyfive guests.* BSSir, and Mrs. Hugh Oliver recently retyrqed from a business trip in the N?Mr!' ond 'Mrs. J. O. Richards. Jr., of Chsraw returned to their hoifce. Monday after a visit to relatives here. I tvfSK C. E. Bratwell is the guest of h#r mother in Morvin, N. G. r 5p&raa games of baseball have been ptaySd by the team herg wHhtn ~ WT^wTdays* One/ Thursday with Cheraw resulted In the score of 8 to 2 in wor of Bethune on the former'* grounds. The following day a^game was played withMJefferson^at Jefferdav ^ afternoon^Cbesterfield's team Out the Bothone Mom bojo resulting in a victory of 11 to 1 in favor of the Miter. ; I ? Confederate Veteran Dead Thomas Wilson Brown, 80 years of age and a veteran of the Confederate^ diedSfeSS^^nfederatd infirmary in Columbia early Sunday morning. He had been in poor health for Mjfr Brown had been an inmate of the Couth Carolina Confederate home at one time but left there some time ago. He returned to the home only about 80 days ago. ; During the Confederate war the Veteran j served gallantly with Compahy D, Seventh South^ Carolina battalion, Hagood's brigade, rf * tie is survived by three eons, ;Ii.' J# Brown of Eastport, Fla., W.L. Brown of Camden and T. J, Brown ofjpolum- | bid, and one daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Whitedd* Three half brother*, W. J. Btoym, J. A. Brown and Robert Brown, and TfOilrslaters, jgf of Cheraw, abo survive. * I The body was brought"?Tlhd Evsfir~ I funeral parlors Monday morning and Whe funeral and burial occurred at [Mt Olivet Baptist church Monday ? I fe Forty-seven?flshermaii ofp Halifax* jli. R? wejre reported missing Sutur1 day, following a disastrous series of I storms off tho Nova Scotia ^ Hag'the jnreviouf I ;r -. . ' I'-1 ' Death Near Blaney P4ni n I kinso^MjOW tgm P^ion^ dicd at tho &ome o^her [daughter, Mrs.oKiity Young, *<near J Blaney Thursday afternoon .after an I r!JWprt. abrvkea' www conducted ggg I Colon# Creek Raptist eburcfc i>y tfekBlaney. WWH I She was born in Kbrshaw county | March 27, 1848, spending her ^ntftw| life jmsn with many pleasing traits of:| [character and? was If^fod by. iflf whb [knew bar. Before marriage she was : IMtss Louise 'Nelson. Jf I She wee- married 81 -yearr wfe tpr * [ the Rev. J. W. Atkinson. From this [union ten children wbre bom, six of I whom arf living, two sons,. Ellsha II Atkinson of Kershaw county, James 1W. Atkinson of Columbia; four