The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 10, 1926, Image 2
M8CAPR8 PROM HOSPITAL
* ! CWged With Killing of
Ihpgty Sheriff Meyer*
Columbia, Dec. 3.?Unnoticed for a
Moment a? attendants rushed to the
*id of a patient making an attempt
at aucide, Kay Wilkie, 32-y?*r-old
Greenville man, held at the state ho*
pilal for observation following his
alleged killing of an officer in
(Jreenvile, escaped from thtf Institu
tion at 6:80 o'clock last night. He
had not been heard of early today although
officers in surrounding town
and cities had been notified, and a
special force of state hospital em
ployees was hunting for him.
Wilkie stands charged with the
murder of Deputy Sheriff George M
Meyers of Greenville county, the
homicide occurring on the afternoon
of September 22. Counsel for'Wilkw
secured a court order and had him
committed to the state hospital, No
vember 12. Since being under observation
at the hospital, Wilkie had
been carefully guarded day and night,
a special attendant being appointed
for that duty. Hut early last night
an unfortunate person in the ward in
which Wilkie was, made an almost
successful attempt at Buicide and for
a moment all attendants nearby rush
ed to his aid and in so doing saved |
his life. It was only u question of
minutes, hut, in the interim, Wilkie
disappeared. It was after nightfa'l
and it is probable that he escape 1
from the grounds immediately us a
careful search was made as soon a
he was missed.
During his stay of three weeks a
the hospital, Dr. C. F. Williams, the
superintendent, said lasjt,,night, W)i
kie had been carefully examined and
closely observed'; but none of the staff
at the system had detected the sligh1
est evidence of mental disorder.
There are no facilities for the
handling of patients of this type atthe
hospital add it is only by carefui
guarding that officials of the institution
are able in any way to deal with
the suspected criminal Insane. Doctor
Williams will at the next meeting
of the board of regents request that
the hospital he relieved of such re
sponsibility and provision be made
for observation of the criminal insane
at the state penitentiary or somewhere
that they may be confined with
the minimum opportunity for escape.
There can be no possibility of *i
conspiracy between Wilkie and the
patient who attempted suicide, Dr.
Willi ams said last night, as the pa- I
ticnt had made several previous attempts.
If it hH<l not been for the instantaneous
response to the unfortunate
person's aid, it is believed that
he would have succeeded in the attempt.
Wilkie is f> feet, 10 inches in height
weighing 165 pounds, sandy brownish
ha ir, fair complexion, blue eyes, clean
shaven, scar on upper lip and another
on forehead, two largo scars on top of
head and a small scar and two brown
spots under the chin. A tattoo mark,
faded anchor, is visible on his wrist.
Numerous scars are on his bod..
When he escaped, Wilkie was wearing
a dark blue suit.
Doctor Williams said last night tha'
Wilkie. had been in the army and ha 1
also been a seafaring man in his time.
Officers in Columbia and Richland
county and surrounding counties wen
notified immediately after the eseap . as
were those in Charleston, Savannah
and Greenville.
Patrick Eugene McDermott, allege i
slayer of Don R. Mellett, newspaper
editor of Canton, Ohio, went on trial
Monday. It is expected that several
days will be taken up in securing i
jury.
TilK ANDERSON PHILOSOPHER
Gee McGee I'pon Topic* of
Current Interest and Cotton
Speaking of the cotton situation;
the entire southern part of the cotton
helt produced large crops of the staple
this year, and even at I'd cents
a pound they are in semi-clover, whilo
the Piedmont section of North Carolina
and Georgia won't grow much
over two hales per plow.
All of which reminds me of times
when the preacher would come to our
house, and' he'd sit down with the
senior members of the family to a
dinner of fried chicken, and various
accompaniments?while me and mv
brothers and sisters had to wait.
When that preacher pushed hack his
plate, and wiped ins mouth, there
wasn't a durn tiling left on the table
but one chicken neck and a foot, and
a few biscuit cpumbs.
Hau- You I'aid Your Taxes
I feel that there won't be any tax
g.earnrs in Heaveii. The state and
county tax collectors took my coat,
tin- <it> came along and took my
britches, the corporation tax absorbed
my siiirt, the city license tax
grabbed my hat, tin* automobile tax
hooked my *hoes, the luxury tax got
my and here I am standing out
nt the cold ? with nothing on but two
frowns and one pair of BVD's.
A Burning Question
The present fire insurance rates in
'in- cMun'ry are promulgated by the
uisuiance companies in this
manner: first, they establish a basis
ate i,n your building to suit them,
and then build tlie charge as follows:
Basis rale $3.50
Brick on edge flue 50
Flue not standard 50
Fly specks on flue 40
Wood floor 35
Wood ce iling 40
Rat behind wulls 50
Near hydrant 60
Parapet walls, low .40
Bird on roof 20
Occupancy ,33
Non-occupied 35
Wiring exposed 50
Picture on wall .20
Matches in building 45
Cigarette on table 25
Exposures * 1.00
Handle groceries 50
Handle dry goods 50
Handle hardware 70
Miscellaneous hazards 30
Published rate $12.5)
Can a Cow Hide?
Cousin doe farms for a living, and
raises an occasional cow from a calf
that somebody gives htm. Not long
ago he murdered his cow, and drcsse i
it and sold it to a beef market at
'1 cents a pound. The beef market
<old it to us for 35 cents a pound. I
Cousin .Joe sold his hide (or rather
the deceased-cow's hide) to the Hide
& Seek Leather Co.,"* for 3 cents a
pound. That company sold it to the
Mostley Paper Shoe Co., for 20 cents
a pound, and they took 1 ounces of
this leather, and 2 ounces of paper
slid cotton and thread, and made a
pair of baby shoes therefrom, and
sold them to my shoe store man for
$1.85 and he was good enough to let
me have em at only $3.08, and now
my baby's no shoes?as they lasted
only two weeks.?Gee McGee.
Weenee Bank C loses
Kings', ree. Dec. 4.?The Weenee
Bank closed its doors, this morning
after a run precipitated probably by
tile closing of the Bank of Lanes, ton
miles from here yesterday. On account
of the failure of banks in Lake
City and Manning recently heavy
withdrawals of cash from the Weenee
bank has been undel" way for several
days prior to the run this morning.
The Williamsburg Bank and Trust
company, organized here nearly two
years ago following the closing of
the Bank of Williamsburg remained
open until daik. Bank in Charleston
rushed currency here by automobile
to meet any emergency the new bank
might be called on to face. This,
however, proved needless as the Wil.Mmsburg
Bank and Trust Company
met whatever threat that might have
h(cn made from funds in its vault.
Bank Withstands "Hun"
Manning, Dec. 3.?The First* Na>tonal
Bank of Manning has successful.ly
withstood a "run." As a result
>t the closing of two banks here
within a week, the strength of the
i'irst National bank was thoroughly
icsted. Local business people meanwhile
showed their confidence by gong
right on depositing their money,
rhe problem of the officers of the
iank was to got money .here fast
nough. W'ednesday night ample
ash was stored in and when the
aeople saw they could got their money
hey quietly went back home. Today
'vory thing normal, with many of
he customers of the closed hanks
opening accounts with the First Naional,
and many of thoflfwho withIrew
it are rede positing.
FATHER OF THIRTY CHILDREN
Spartanburg Negro Can't Call All
Their Name* Off-limid
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,The man whose family conaiata of |
himself and his wife and a Up dog,
and com plain i of the high^cost living
hasn't a thing on Ambroae Morrow,
negro tenant of the farm of R.
Burton Hicks and J. G. Gailbraith on
North Tyger river. Ambroae has
twelve children, four grand-children
und his wife to sit at the table with
him. There are eighteen at his house
to provide rations for.
Ambrose is the father of thirty
children. He reared two families, one
wife having nineteen and the other
thirteen children. He was asked to
recall the names of his children, and
succeeded in naming all but five of
them. He said that he might be able
to think of their names if he had
time to do so, but he is 60 years of
ago now, and can't remember as well
as he once did.
His eldest child is 11 years of age
and the youngest is 16. He has five
dead and 27 living.
Ambrose walks with the aid of
crutches, having lost a leg by the
accidental discharge of a gun fifteen
years ago. He says that hi? family
all grew up on the farm %[ Press YVil
lianis at Glenn Springs and he ha*
the name of eveiy one of them. He
will get Mr. Williams to give him a
correct list of his children some of
these days, so that he will not be em
barrassed by being unable to nanathem
all off-hand.?'Spartanburg
Joui nal.
Cotton Acreage Adjustment Needed
Many cotton farmers and tHeir
families in practically every cotton
growing community heard over the
radio on Saturday night, November
21, a relayed account of a discussion
of the cotton situation which took
place between a representative cotton
farmer and Secretary of Agriculture
J a i dine in the latter's office in .Washington.
It was "radio night" for the
cotton farmers.
Secretary Jardine agreed with his
visitor that while the present predicament
in the South is due large.ly to
the over-production of cotton, the real
remedy rests in securing the co-operation
of bankers and merchants in
promoting a safe farming policy in
the South. I he discussion brought
out the fact that cotton production
during recent years has increased
from around 33,000,000 to almost 48,000,000
acres; that while one-fourth
less acreage than was planted last
t year the world's requirements for
American cotton could be supplied.
The secretary was heard to say
further that "we must convince the
banker that the cotton farmer is an
unsafe man to do business with if he
continues to grow cotton and little
else. A banker or merchant who will
not actually encourage his customers
to grow the necessary food and feed
required for farm and home use and
a little of something to sell, has
adopted a short-sighted policy.
"We must learn how to adjust production
to market demand," said the
secretary. "But, in reducing the acreage,
we must adjust the p^ggram to
the circumstances of the individual
farmer. It would be unwise and dangerous
in most cases for cotton farmers
to turn entirely or even largely
to other cash crops, but no farmer
can go wrong, he said, by providing
home-jjfrown products for his family
and farm livestock and have a little
something to sell besides cotton. If
every farmer in the South will be
sure to do this much next year, an
average of 25 per cent reduction in
cotton acreage will probably result.
Secretary Jardine then, explained
how the president's special cotton
committee, organized to perfect a
plan for taking care of the immediate
situation or surplus cotton, sought
and receiver! splendid co-operation
from the bankers of the South in the
formation of cotton credit corporations.
These credit corporations are
ready to make loans on cotton, and
then to see that the surplus is marketer!
in an orderly manner.
The vital part which the co-operative
marketing associations are destined
to play in solving the problem
was emphasized by the secretary, and
he stressed the necessity for more
farmers to become members of such
organizatons.
TO MEET IN COLUMBIA
Seioi-Centennia! Inauguration of General
Wade Hampton, Governor of
South Carolina and Red Shirt Celebration,
Columbia, S. C., December
14, 1926.
For this occasion the Southern Railway
will soil excursion tickets at one
fare and a half for tho round trip
from alb point in South Carolina; excursion
tickets sold December 13 and
for trains scheduled to arrive Columbia
by 1:00 p.m. December 14; good
returning December 15.
Call on ticket agents for detailed
information or nearest passenger
traffic representative.
W. K. McGee, DJ?.A., Columbia, S. C.
FAMOUS SHOWMAN DEAD
Churl** Kingliug Fa**** Away In Hi*
Florida Horn*
Sarasota, Fla., Dec.. 3.?-Oharles
Mingling, 62, famous khowman and
circus owfter, capitalist and financier,
died at his home here early tonight of
a cerebral hemorrhage, the result of
a severe cold.
Charles Mingling was one of the
original seven brothers who in 18K2
formed a musical organization ut
Mara boo, Wis., and started the tour
which later resulted in their establishing
a small tent and wagon show,
the present Mingling Brothers Barnum
and Bailey circus being the ou'growth
of this venture.
Born in McGregor, Iowa, December
2, 1864, Mingling went with his
parents to Baraboo jparly in his childhood
and that city has since been :
associated with the Mingling name
prominently. Only one of the seven
brothers now remains plive, Joh i
Mingling, whose home is also in Sarasota
and who was at his brother'.- :
bedside tonight.
Mr. Mingling was president of the
Mingling Trust Savings bank of Sara-'
sota; president of the Sarasota chamber
of commerce and president of the;
I
Charles Mingling company, which has j
had much to do with rho development'
of this section of Florida, erecting,
among other buildings, the Sarasota
hotel. He was also active in other
civic affairs and held mahy offices in
oral organizations.
Mr. Mingling always was active
with the circus and took an active
part in its management. It was,
while with the show in Birmingham,
Ala., several weeks ago that.he contracted
the cold that resulted in his
death.
Boy Ends Life After Killing Brother
Baker, Ore., Nov. 29.?Accidentally i
killing his five-year-oUl brother with
a pistol which he believed to be un-:
loaded, Orville Williams, 11, then
turned the gun on himself and ended
his own life here.
Arthur, four, another brother, was
the only witness to the shooting,
which took place in the boys' hoine
while their mother, Mrs. O. E. Williams,
was out.
Successful transplantation of a toe
to take the place of a finger has been
accomplished by a New York surgeon.
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John J. ("Bum") Rodger#, notorious
escaped convict and bad man of
New York, recently recaptured and
charged with violation of the Sullivan
anti-pistol law, will today be sentenced
to life imprisonment under the
terms of the Haumes law, he being a
"fourth offender."
Four men were convicted on a
charge of murdering one man, at
Newark, N. J., last Thursday, and
the sentence of the court was that
the quartette should die in the electric
chair. ^
TKESPASSINC FORBIDDEN
Notice is given that lands northeast
of Camden containing 2300 acres,
known as "Peck Lands," are posted
against hunting except to those holding
permits of undersigned.
Crescent Lake Club.
Dec. 4, 1926. 37-40-sb
NOTICE OF SALE BY MASTER
State of South Carolina',
County of Kersnaw,
Under and by virtue of a decretal
order in the case of Julius Cahn and
Ellis Cahn, plaintiffs, vs. Henderson
Perkins, Laura Palmer and Molcy
Davis, defendants, in the Court of
Common Pleas for Kershaw County,
South Carolina, I will sell, at public
auction, to the highest bidder for cash,
in front of the Court House door at
Camden, Kershaw County, Sputh
Carolina, on the sales' day in December,
1920, .during the usiial hours of
sale, the following described real
estate, to wit:
All that certain piece, parcel or lot
of land lying, being and situate in
Kershaw County, South Carolina, being
bounded on the North by lands
of K. T. Escard; on the East by. land
of K. T. Estard; on the South by Land
of K. T. Estard, and on the West by
land of Cicero Blackmon arid by the
Dick MeClusters estate. Said tract
of land containing one hundred acres,
more or less, and being the^(me land
the said Henderson Perkins, ' Hattta
Palmer and Molcy Davis inherited
from their father, Joshua Perkms.
Also, all that certain piece, parcel
or tract of land containing thirty (30)
acres, more or less, situate, lying and
being in Kershaw County, South
Carolina, being bounded on the
North by land of K. T. Estard; on
the East by lands of K. T. Estard;
on the South by lands of K. T. Estard,
and on the West by lands of
Richard MeCfusters and E. Huckleberry.
Being the same tract of land
conveyed to Molcy Davis by Mary |
Campbell.
Terms of sale, cash. Purchaser to
pay for papers and revenue stamps.
R. H. HILTON,
Master Kershaw County, S. C.
Dated at Camden, S. C., this 9th
day of November, A. D. 1926.
TRESPASSING FORBIDDEN
AU parties ar?* hereby warned not
to trespass upon my lands five miles
south of jCamdem for hunting or for
apy purpose whatsoever. Anyone'
found violating this warning will by
prosecuted to the full extent of the
law. . W. C. SEAGLE.
1 *Rtv. 13, 1926. 34-37-pd
TRESPASS NOTICE.
Trespassing, hunting or shooting,
day or night, cutting or hauling wood
or straw, cattle or hogs running at
large, on lands owned and posted by
Mr Ralph Ellis, will be dealt with tu
the full extent of the law.
X. A{ Kirkland, Attorney.
R. Storey, Agent. 27-37-pd
FINAL DISCHARGE
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Notice is hereby given that one
month from this date, on Tuesday,
December 14, 1926, at 12 m., 1 will
make to the Probate-Court of Kershaw
County my final return as Executor
of the estate of B. G. MdLeod,
deceased, and on the same date I will
apply to the said Court for a final
discharge as said Executor.
. E. M. WORKMAN, Executor.
Camden, S. C., Nov. 15, 1926.
Notice To Debtors and Creditor
All parties indebted to the estate of
Dr. W. J. Dunn are hereby notified to
make payment to the undersigned or
T. K. Trotter, attorney, and all parties
having-claims agafasfr-fehc said
estate will present them likewise, duly
attested. . <
Dr. J.tRalph Dunn,
Administrator, Estate Dr. W. J. Dunn,
Sumter, S. C.
Canden, S. C., Nov. 11, 1926.1
A Word With
the Old Folks
Elderly People Are Learning Importance
of Qood Elimination.
IN the later y eggs of life there is
apt to be a slowing up pf the
bodily functions. Qood elimination,
however, is just as essential to the
old as to the young. Many old folks
have learned the Value of Doan'a
Pilla when a stimulant diuretic to
the kidneys is required. 8canty ot
burning passages of kidney secretions
are often signs of improper kidney
function. In most every community
are scores of users and endorsers
who acclaim the- merit of
Doan'a. Ask your neighbort
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"PAIN WAS DRIVING
AAEWILD"
Snowbound on remote farm,
gets relief from acute neuralgia
Snowbound and alone on a remote
farm, miles from a doctor, a plucky
Canadian woman endured for hours
the racking agony of acute neuralgia.
"The pain in my head was driving
me wild," she writes, "when I ha}>pened
to see a bottle of Sloan's Liniment
on the dresser. I gave it a trial
and in no time the pain was gone. I
slept peacefully the rest of the night."
Sloan's" gives quick, genuine comfort
to every kind of muscular pain
because it doesn't just leaden the
nerves. It helps the body to throw ,
off the condition- tnat are causing the
pafn.
No need to rub. Pat a little Sloan's
on lightly. A healing tide of fresh,
germ-destroy i n g blood begins tingling
through the A*, hii.g place and the pain,
swelling, etlfl flit's* are quickly relieved. ?
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