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<l>BItAND NSW VENTURE V ' t Newberry Farmer Hu Decided to 'Zrr:'..R*l?t <iround Huge ... Dr. J. William Folk, a farmer of Nead>erry cotonty, ba? begun *a brand new venture in diveral/ication-^n the growing and marketing of ground* hogs. * The Newberry Herahf and NeWh .' telle of the project as follow*: Dr, J. William Folk, ''dirt" farmer of Jalapa, Newberry county, ha* received a pair of ground hog* from his sons iu law, Me??r?. Dradley and Housman of Clifton Forge, V?. ' Dr. Folk intends to. diversify his "dirt" farmer by raising this vari%ty of hogs, which he states make* the linest sort of steak, which is considered quite a delicacy in the section of 'the United State* from where these animal* come. The ground hog has been recognised in this locality as a weuther pro* phet. I nearly spring the Dutch folk rely on the advent of the ground hog to ascertain if "winter is broke" along about the first of March and if he sees his shadow he crawls back into his hole, for^the winter Is not broken?and remains six weeks longer. Now comes Dr, Folk with these two mammals of the rodentia family, closely resembling a rat, the size of a large rabbit or o'possum?and intends raising ground hogs for the steuk is ediblel Dr. Folk insists upon being called a "dirt" farmer, but with all earnestness he might be called a hog fancier. He invites all who wish to see his fine pair of mammuls to his dirt farm at Jalapa whorp they may become acquainted with Hunch and Judy?which are the names he has given them. Dr. Folk is widely known over South Carolina, having served as a member of the South Carolina legislature, being u physician of no ill repute* many will watch with interest his new venture in diversification. Met Death Near Sam# Spot McCormick, Aug. 16.?Perry Free* man, negro, was killed outright this morning at Pettigru, four miles above here, and Barney Weeks, white, sustained a broken arm and foot when the truck in which they were hauling a load of pulp wood overturned when they were practically at the station. Perry Freeman was acquitted at the June term of court here on a charge of being an accessory to th'e murder of Eldred Crawford. He was killed today within 30 fe<^of where Crawford was killed. An Arab eats approximately six pounds of dates every day, the dates forming his principal article of food. AN ORDINANCE Ordering the Election of an Alderman for Ward Tw,o of the City of Camden, South Carolina, to Serve an Unexpired Term. Be'it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Camden, in due council assembled this 5th day of August, and by the authority of same: Section 1. An election be and is hereby ordered for the election by the qualified voters of Ward Two of the City of Camden, of an -alderman to till the unexpired term'of 0. J. Smyrl, alderman, resigned, said election to be held at the polling place in said Ward Two, Bruce's Store, DeKalb Street, on Tuesday, August Hi, lf>26, the pc^ls-to open at eight n. m., and close at four p. m. The following managers are hereby appointed to conduct said election: D. J. Lewis, Henry Owens, and Mrs, Mary M. McCoy. Ratified in Council assembled this 5th day of August, li)26. C. P. DuIfcOSE, Mayor. Attest: W. H. HAILiE, City Clerk. NOTICE OF ELECTION. State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, City of Camden. In pursuance of an Ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City of Camden this 5th day of August. 1926, notice is hereby given that an election will be held on August 31, 1926, to elect an alderman of the City of Camden from Ward Two, to fill the unexpired term of O. J. Smyrl, aldorman. resigned. The voting place will be Bruce's Store, DeKalb Stree*. M ard 1 wo. The polls will open at eig^t a. m., and close ?t four p. m. Aii qualified electors of Ward Two of the ( ;ty of Camden will be entitled to vote a* said election. The Managers of said electior. will he D. J, Lewis. Henry Hwens 'and Mrs. Mary M Mor?> W. H. 11A ILK, i ?ty < lei k of City of Camden. August r>. NOT H E. Of Opening of Books of Registration. State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw, City of Camden. Notice is herh\ given that the books of registration for Ward Two. Camden, South f aro.ina. will he open in the office of the City Clerk or. the 11th day of August 11*26, nnd remain open for ten days, up to. and ir.rlud ing the 30th day of August, for the purpose of registering the qualified voters of said Ward for n special election to he held on August Hist. l't?26. to elect an alderman from said Ward to fill the the unexpired term of O. .1. Smy rl, alderman, resigned. ^ JAMBS R. DeLOACHK. Supervisor of Registration, City .o.f ^ganufen. August ?. 19*6. \ :?i THB MURDER OF MBLLPPTT. Full Signifiesnc? of Canton, C)., Murder Coming Home. Am the tumult and |he ?houtlng that followed the murder of Dou R. Mellett. Canton, Ohio. publieher, die away am} thte steady work of trailing hie assassins goes on efficiently and surely, It it growing evident that American editors and publshers generally arc awakening to the farreaching significance of the tragedy.] Inspection of editorials'published in [many papers, hs well as comments in| such trade publications as Editor & Publisher and The Fourth Estate, shows that " Mellet's murder has aroused members of the journalistic profession as have few events in the last five years. The American Society of Newspaper Editors, through Krio Hopewood, its president, hus stnt a message to Mrs. Mellett, offering its services in any possible way. Several newspapers and newspaper organisations have helped the 'Canton authorities by hiring private detectives and turning them over to the officials in charge of the investgatioib?? A new fornji of censorship is seen in Che murder )>y some editors?a censorship that operates outside the law of plain, murderous violence. Others draw from it a new and potent argument in favor of full printing of crime news. Almost none passes it over an without national significance. "Mellett died gloriously. His end was a flaihing tribute to militant journalism which even death cannot dim," said Herbert Bayard Swope, ex-] eCUtive editor of the New York World, j "Mellett died for all of us?that is his greatest epitaph." Josephus Daniels, former secretary of- the navy, and editor of the Raleigh, N.' C., News and Observer, said: "In the matter. of the assassination of Editor Mellett, every newspaper man in America has a deep concern. He was performing with courage and wisdom a duty which all newspapers ought to undertake, to wit, to make their community clean and wholesome." ' ^ "The courageous, uninfluenced newspapers of America must meet the challenge of the men who killed Mellett," remarks Harris M. -Crist, managing editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, "while Robert P. Scripps said: "The assassination of Editor Mellett for printing the truth about thuggery and crookedness in Canton must come home to every newspaper man as the latest and ugliest of h series of recent ugly threats against the integrity and freedom of our press as a whole. To seek justice in the Mellett case must be made the personal business of all of us. ' N.E.A. Service. statiTmeet held here Colored People Praise Hospitality of Their Brothers " The State Grand Lodge hb>. 12 of Good Samaritans and -eughters of Samaria met in Camden, S. C., August 0 to 12, 192f?. All the sesious were held in Ml. Moriah Baptist church. The local committee had things well in hand. The Mayor made the welcome address to the delegates, j which made us feel that we were perfectly safe in the city! Sqr. S. Morgan, of Orangeburg, responded. There ] Were other speakers for the evening, j ' Tuesday morning the Qrand Lodge convened in its rogular business ses-j siou. Rev. M. Warley, presiding. The, reports were good and yet there was room for improvements. The entire sessions were full of harmony, and wc wero satisfied while in Camden. The people of the city certainly entertained us nicely, Me cannot forget the banquet given by the local committee on Wednesday night. To say the least it was grand. The people of Camden are hospitable as was shown in the way they entertained this great body of men, women and children. Much of this credit I believe should be givtm to Revs. T. .1. Williams and .1. \Y. Boykin who sought to make things pleasant for the delegations. Camden is indeed on the map . The next Gram! l^nlge goes to Oheraw, is. C. Rev. .1. M. Martin, Sumter, S. C. Indictment Against Banker Atlanta. Ga., Aug. 13.?An indictment (j.hargjng a felony was returned late today against NY. D. Manlev, president of the Farmers and Traders Bank of Atlanta, by the bulton county grand jury, which investigated the recent closing of the hank. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Manley, whose attorneys rej ported he was ill in a hospital at Milledgeville, Ga. Manley is also president of the Bankers Trust Company o(A Atlanta, now in receivership. This institution^ was fiscal agent for eighty-threo banks in Georgia wltole closing followed the closing of the parent insti-. totion here. PRISONER KILLED BY GUARD. Waf Acting Quwr Whw. Struck it Head With Gun Barrel. 4 v?-. Hock Hill, Aorunt 18. Will Marquard, whit? prisoner; on the York county chain gang, died early thU afternoon from injuriea received shortly before 11 o'clock when he was struck across the head with the barrel of a shotgun by Calhoun McKnight, a guard. A coroner's Jury empaneled on the scene this afternoon returned a verwhich absolved McKnight, holding mat the blow was struck "in discharge of duty and was justified." Witnesses testified that &4erquard appeared mentally deranged. The trouble occurred while Marquard was at work in the grqyel pit loading a wagon. tThree fellow convicts testified that he appeared strange and complained of being sick. He asfced that a doctor be sent; for and Andy Parrott, superintendent of the camp, had promised to comply, with the request at the dinner hour, It was testified. When he became ill the guard who later slew him, told him he might stay in the shade, the witnesses said. He lay down ai)d suddenly jumped to his feet calling "Whoa! Whoa!" as If driving a team, they state. -This was repeated several . times until Marquard jumped to hla feet, gathered his chains in his hands and staggered toward the guard, repeating the words over and over, and paying no heed to warnings of McKnight that he would strikf him, witnesses testified. As he came within reach McKnight struck him , in the forehead. He staggered and fell groaning. He was placed in the shade, a convict wus assigned to washing blood from .the wound. At the dinner hour a messenger was dispatched to Fort Mill for a physician. Dr. J. B. Elliott arrived as Marquard was in the last throes of death. He died without regaining consciousness, although his eyes were open, witnesses said. The stories of William Obnwell, white,, of Winnsiboro; J, B. Currie, of Rock Hill, both convicts, and Walker Lynn, a farmer who witnessed the affair, agreed in practically all particulars. Jim Reynolds* another convict witness, injected into his version a thead of alleged harshness to Marquard on the part of McKnight./ He said that Marquard told the guard that he was sick and asked permission to lie in the shade to which he declared McKnight replied, "Damn you." He declared that McKnight took several steps to strike Marquard. The dead man was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Marquard, of West White street. In addition to his parents, he is survived by three brothers, and two sisters. He was serving a sentence of sixty days 1m! posed in city court on August 2. Whether McKnight will seek" Wlal or whether the family of the d^ad I man will take steps for prosecution were not known tonight, but both were considered possibilities. McKnight Charged With Murder. ; York, Aug. 16.?A warrant charging T. C. Knight, York county convict guard, who knocked down and killed her husband, Will Marquard, on tfce chaingang Friday, with murder was sworn out before a magistrate here today by Mrs. Marquard, wife of the dead man. Before having any knowledge of her action, however, McKnight came to York, and surrendered to Sheriff F. E. Quinn, stating that he wanted to be tried in order, to clear up the matter. Tonight, he was in the custody of the sheriff, but will apply for bail tomorrow. McKnight was exonerated by the coroner's jury investigating the killing. Killed By Lightning Blowing Rock, N. C., Aug. 1&*~"~ David Anderson, 33, of North Wilkesboro, was instantly killed when struck by lightning huoai?today and three children were seriously injured by the I bolt. The four persons were standing on I top of the Main rock here when the lightning flashed. The bolt struck Anderson in the forehead, making several gashes. His watch chain WWT melted and oite shoe was burned. The boys injured are: Raymond, 13; Elbert, 11; and Clarence Brestwood, 8, sons of Joe Brestwood, of Lenoir. Raymond was reported tonight, to ihave been blinded by the flash. The three boys were rendered un[ conscious by the shock. . ? Recovers Fiance's Body. Millodgeville, Ga., Aug. 15.?Arthur Layfield today dived irtto the Oconee river, near here, and brought up the body of bis fiance, Miss Eunice Smith, graduate nurse at the Georgia state sanitarium, who drowned yesterday when she waded in the stream beyond her depth. Layfield was a mem' ber of a searching party seeking the young woman's body. It was found a half mile from the point where she \^ae laat, aeon in the stream. * f 1 m OVEBCOME BT CAB . % . -;ri7'^Vj j i J m'mm ;yy?-- ; Nogro W?l| Digger Diet in Well Now ; 'Spring Hill . Somewhat of a sensation was created Wednesday afternoon when Tom Corbett, an old and experienced negro well digger was overcome and died from the effects "of gas encountered whi!4 digging a well on a farm belonging to W. G. Stuckey, located in the Spring Hill section of Lee county, about a mile from the now Central school building. From information obtainable as the Messenger goes to press it seems that a creV of men were engaged in digging a well for Mr. Stuckey, A depth of about C(f feet had been reached, when an unusually strong odor of gas was detected. The jmen, all experienced in digging wells, were unable to stand the effect of the gas, and during the afternoon, it was decided to burp out "the well* It seems that this is a common custom in this section', of the county, where sometimes it is necessary to dig to great depths to reach water. According to plans, a bundle of fodder was Ignited and dropped into the well. It Is said that the gas not only extinguished the fire, but hurled the bundle of fodder from the well to considerable height, knocking the hats of the workmen off who were near the entrance. ? After a lapse of a short time, Corbett evidently thought it was safe to enter the cavity, and descended into the well, One bucket of clay was removed and Coibett' called for the other bucket. He was never- able, however, according to report to call for the^men to pull it out, having been overcome in the meantime, and died before assistance could reach him'.' Coroner Baker was notified and an examination was made by Dr. R. O. MeCutcheon, county physician. An inquest was deemed unnecessary, and permission was given to bury the negro.?Lee County Messenger, Pioneer Paper Manufacturer Dead. Atlanta, Aug. 12.?Jefferson* Ho;w*. ard Land, 84, the first manufacturer of paper in the South, was buried late today near his home at Austell) Ga. He died yesterday. Mr. Land's first mill for making paper was burned during the Confederate war by Sherman's army in the' march to the sea. The ruins,of a later mill, built more than 60 years ago, are still to he seen on Soap Creek, near Marietta. The first issue of the Atlanta Constitution, the Atlanta Journal, Tbe Sunny South and the Marietta Record are believed to have 'been printed on paper turned ou "bby the Land mill. Mr. Land was the first man in the South to make paper twine. For this process he built his own machines. A widow and three generations of descendants survive. i . r , , ' ?j;f^jjifirftt'T [ Stomach Out cif Fix? ... ? ?. 'Phone your grocer or druggist for a cate of this delicious digestant?a glass* with ?neals gives delightful relief, or no charge for the first dozen used. Shivar Ale Pure Dlfoitlvo Aromatic* With Slllvar Mineral Water A Cinfer Nothing liko it for ronovuting old, worn-out stomachs, con- . verting food Into rich blood t\nd sound flpsh. If your regular dealer can. not supply you, telephone . ' Camden Wholesale Grocery Co. Wholesale Distributors . Mrs. Mary T. Hill, widow of the late James J. Hill, railroad builder, has entered suit in the Federal court at fit. Paul, Minn., for the recovery of $3,141,67? in taxes alleged to have be'jp collected illegally by hte government a^d a large portion of which was paid under protest. I i A new industry has grown up in this country?the manufacture of. a, solvent for use in removing hardened chewing gum from theater seats. ~ NOTICE OF SALE. Under and by authority of executions directed to me by W. H, Haile, City Clerk and Treasurer, I have levied upon and will sell at public outcry on the first Monday in September next, being Sept. 7th, 1926, the following listed property for non-payment of the street paving assessment levied upon the said property, and was not paid on or before April 15th, 1926. 0 All that lot in City , of Camden, bounded on the north by lot formerly of Dr. W, J. Dunn; on the east by Broad street; on the south and west by property now or formerly of estate of John Meeks. Levied upon-and to be sold as property of Postell T. Brown for delinquent payment of street paving past due April 15th, 192*; . ... .* ALSO ^ All that lot in City of Camden, I bounded on the north by lot of Jas. A. | Bates; on the east by lot now or formerly of Joe Harrison; on the south by lot of E. H. Dibble; on the west by Broad street. Levied upjn and to be sold as property of Maceo Lodge No. 114 for delinquent street paving past due on April 15th, 1926. ALSO All that lot in City of Camden, bounded on the north by lot of Richard Haile; on the east by lot of estate of Thos. J. Boykin; on the south by lot of J. W. Bennett; on the .west, by Broad street. Levied upon and to be sold as the property of* Everett Kirkland for delinquent paving past du^ on April 15th, 1926. ALSO All that lot in the City of Camden, bounded on the north by Rutledge street; on the east by Lyttleton street; on the south by lot of B. D. Trapp; on the west by lot of estate Mittie Gladden. Levied upon and to be sold as property of Jane McKain << All that lot In the City of Camden, bounded on the north by Monument Square of city of Camden; on the east by Broad street; on the south and west by lo| of B. it Baum. Levied t\ upon and to be sold as property ;$[ 1 Mrs. Hattie Moore for delinquent street paving past due April t&th, 1926. - also All thqt lpt in the City of Camden, bounded on the north by Itutledge street; on the east by Market street; on the south by. lot new or formerly of 11 G. Carriaon, on the west by property formerly L. Sphenk A Go. Levied iipon and to be sold as property of Estate of Henrietta Scott, et a!., for delinquent street paving past due April 15th, 1926. ALSO ^ \ All that lot in the City of Camden, bounded on the north by lot of Schlosburg; on the eaat by BrOad street; on the south by lot of Alen Powell; on the west by lot of John Myers; Levied upon and to be sold a? property of Margaret Wylle for delinquent street paving past due on April 15, 1926. Terms of Sale, CASH. H, D. HILTON, Chief of Police. Ts B. BRUCE ' Veterinarian Day l'hone 80?flight Phone 114 CAMDEN, S. C. J. P. PICKETT. M.D. PHYSICIAN AND SURCEON 049 Broad St Camden, S. C. Physiotherapeutic Treatment with Alpine Sunlight and Medical antp Sucgicat Diathermy. ~i KERSHAW LODGE No. 29 J\ . A. F. M. CrG J#Re?ular comnjunicatiQii of lodge is held on the >r first Tuesday Ih each month at 8 p.m.- Visiting Pr^fhren are welcomed. PRANK D. CAMPBELL, M. BILLINGS, Worshipful Master Secretary. ?-??7^ ^-8-26-tf I u J -|V . ,1 I I COLUMBIA LUMBER &1 I MANUFACTURING CO. I MILL WORK I SASH, DOORS, BLINDS | ! AND LUMBER I 1 PLAIN & HULER STS. Ph?n? 7l f j [Jj COLUMBIA, SC. J NO-MO-KORN FOlt CORNS AND CALfcQUBKf four ? 1 1 f ' ' "1 11 f !? 'Made la Camden a ad For Sale By DeKalb Phanyacy*Bhort> W 2 .-.-.I1' .-vr'???' fetter be st^^than sorry" "Thereisnofun in driving when your bar is missing fire?starting jerkily?refusing to climb your favorite hill?lying down . in traffic?a regular kill-joy. And alt because you took a chance i - > ~7"T" ?'r ,j with your gas?filled her up with some unknown stuff and trusted to luck. "Better to be sure with the best ?'Standard* Gasoline, always , dependable, obtainable everywhere? than sorry with any old brand." L_ t &an' "STANDARD" GASOLINE ALWAYS D E P^N' D A B L E