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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE1 - it. I>. Nilr? . . Editor and Publisher j Published <jvt?ry Friday at No. 1109 Broad Straet and entered at the Camden, South Carolina, ppstofflce aa socond class mail matter. Price per annum |2.(>0. Camden, S. Frida), May 0, 1927. r ^ 1 192 7 MAY 1927 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 UJ UJ Ui (Q ' 111 UJ UJ OIK STREETS A HACK COURSE? The menace of racing cars on our paved streets is daily growing. Many parents live in fear of their children being run over by swiftly moving tars. It is a practice in the afternoons and c*|>eciully, yn Sunday afternoons for irresponsible youths and in many instances - older .persona to race their cars on certain of the streets of Camden without any regard for the safety of others. White police officers ure on their beats in the downtown section they take advantage of their albsence and do their racing. We are told on good authority that they do not even respect the quiet zone signs near the hospital. One or two plain clothes officers stationed throughout the northern section of the city would result in numerous arrests and a few stiff fines or imprisonment would very Ukoly put a stop to^'thi* practice of fast driving. It will be .too late to tighten up on their racing after smne jjqwr is .killed. _ 7r"*~n v ( AFFAIRS BAD IN DQRCHKSTRK If what Editor Turkington, of the Dorchester Eagle, published at St. (ieorge, be true, and we have no doubt hut what he is telling the truth, there undoubtedly must l>e a bad state of yffairs in Dorchester county. From his account he was hand-cuffed, cast in jail like a common felon, and otherwise mistreated without a hearing, simply because he took occasion to criticise an officer as to his official conduct. It would la* a sad day for South Carolian or any other state when a band of ruffians could '*'? ^.v?. throttle the press. It will be interesting to our people to know that Former .Judge Mendel L. Smith of this city has been employed by Editor Tarkingt.in and his friends to defend him in his criminal IvIk'I suit. .Judge Smith will be the leading counsel and wtll have associated with him in the defense Attorney K. Don Weeks of the St. Ceorge hat and very probably other able counsel. The case will Ik* watched with great interest, not only in thi> state, hut by tin* new-.pa per t raterr.it y of all section.-.. T. .J. Cunningham of Chester has been tendered by Oovernor Richards and has accepted, the post of railroad ccnmissioner to fill the vacancy made by * he death of Commissioner I). F. Sanp. Mr. Cunningham is a nativ of Liberty Hill but has made his h >nu* in Chester for many yeais. The Blind Necktie Salesman Three weeks ago several scores of jv.trons of the 1/iincaster postoffieo v lived packages of knitted near?ilk ie? purporting to come from Necktie Tyler, the Blind Salesman, of St. Louis. Mo. The price for the three ties was $1.00, about twice the retail price of the same when purchased from local met chants when this sty 1 of tie was the vogue. Some few of those who received the ties remitted the SI.00 in the selfaddressed envelope found inaide t.ho pHckag" with the postage placed conveniently inside for that purpose, while still others perhaps have done neither. Other cities than Lancaster have received their share of the ties, among them Ashboro, N. C., and The Times, the local paper of that town, carries the following in regard to "Necktie Tyler". The Better Business Bureau of St. Louis has issued a statement to the effect that Ernest Howell, who styles himself "Necktie Tyler, the Blind Salesman." is connected with the Mississippi \ alley Knitting Mill, whi.h i- owned hy one Jacob Karchna r. a man of unenviable reputation, wo.i-.e ii.iili ui kixaiae^s ha^ bcetl i. -ltd and be himself a: res', d. He sc. verf '? rre mn'inc oerpr dur,,,g th.(> w a ha* i.a lueo expelled fr> ni the \ ire; i. ui Legion for conduct' uvhr .-?>rr *ng .. geiuii ma ;. So if yo.i li.i.e bee:, "letting your .oi.srtetac Is ' i r you because you fared o hc!|) .: v 'or. blind ma., let In - e.?.-?. r, 1 a -i r N ews i . niract Awarded For Bostoffiee I - treasury department bait a rded the i on trait for the eon rtru<tton of the postoffieo buiKiing.il Ijcncaster, S to Charles Weitz $ Sons of Des Moines, Iowa, at a cos I of $<>o,4P."> 00. It is to l>o complete in cveiy t.otai! within one year. " ' . 11 . LYNCHB&S BURN BOIIY Wild Kxcitraient ?( Little Kotk Kollowa Attack on Woman Ijttle Rock, Ark., May 4.?The body of a negro who had been hauled and riddled with bullet* for an attack upon a white woman and her daughter early tonight, waa dragged behind ait automobile through the main Htreet of the city and then Maturated with ga/toline and burned at one of the principal buaineaa corner* in the negro auction while thousands of person* looked on. Aa the flamea leaped high into the air the firing of guna mingled with I the criea of women and children fleeing from tho scene. N'egroea acattered aa the men, their loud criea echoing for blocks, dragged the body to the corner and made a huge bonfire of it. Police, many timea outnumbered and powerless to act, directed traffic which congested the streets for blocks around the scene. One company of national guard troopa was held in readineaa late tonight awaiting orders from Governor Msrtineau should race trouble result from the lynching. The negro, John Carter, twentytwo, aurrounded by a mob numbering several thousand men, who found him in a tree after an all-day search, confessed that he had attacked a white woman ai^d her seventeen-year-old daughter with an iron bar as they rode along the road near the city in u wagon early today. The younger woman, her head in bandages, identified the negro at the scene of the lynching. Gillum Haley Dead Gillum Raley, 73, planter of near Jlethune, died at noon Wednesday at the Columbiu hospital aftej^an illness of several months, although he had been in the hospital only ten days. He resided on route No. 2, Bethune, and was a devoted member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist church. A man of i many fine qualities and highly respected, his death will be mourned by relatives and a host of friends. Mr. Raley is survived by two sisters, Mrs. M. A. Reese and Mrs. Margaret Hammond, both of Bethune; also by a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Loma Haley of Bethune and by four grandchildren. I lie b<wly was carried t<> Bethune Wednesday and funeral services were held at 2 o'clock in the afternoon at Macedonia Baptist church.--Columbia State. Seventy-six miners were trapped in a coal mine at Fairmont, W. Va., Saturday afternoon by an explosion, beven men were killed, fiftene were injured and ten made their*way to safety. The rest were unaccounted for Saturday night. Miss F.mily D. Asbury, with a record of 38 consecutive years as teacher in the Greenville schools, was struck down and injured Sunda as she was leaving church services. The driver of the car was a negro who sped onward and has not been arrested. Miss Asbury's injuries consisted of a tractured right arm and broken bones about the hips. I mposters These A few days ago two men were begging for help in the business section of \\ alterboro. One of these men entered tho town from Bridge street. Both of his legs were cut off and he got around on a chair placed on rollers, using his hands to push the chair along. As he wont from place to place he waited to get the attention of the people and then passed out a cuid which stated that he had 1 ost both legs as a result of tuberculosis, the disease also affecting his hearing. The card also stated that he tried to he happy and hoped the reader was happy also. Any reader of the card looking down on that object of pity couLd only thank Providence that ho was not as this man and pass out a coin to his unfortunate brother. The other beggar was a very young man. he had lost only one leg and got around with the aid of a crutch He sat on the sidewalk with his cap ready tor the coins which might fall Later in the day, when the towr had been pretty thoroughly workec these two met on the streets neai The Press and Standard building. O: | account ot the one man being deal I the conversation could have beer j in anl n block away, and judging frou rbo remarks passed these two unfortunates won meeting for the firsi ti-vi-. One hailed from Florida. The) .is, u >>< <J the next stopping place aiu J '!' patting agrttd to meet on Bridgi 1 j ' r, . ?. The \ounger man v er.t acres , ?- com t house lawn and got ,n 1-o.d car, th - older man went in th? lilection in which he had entered th. t-.v:; and also got in n ear. One o thi>e men wa, heard to m.\ ihit h ro<l a Buick car in Atlanta. NSell, if gypsies can ride ir. auto mobiles, why can't street beggars Ar.d suit-,, the latter has a nu>r ' honest profession.?\Yalterboro and Standard. . i' " 1 ?L. _... , Woman Released on Bond Union, April 80.?Mrs, Belle McSwain, who has been in jail hero for nearly two weeks, following an invea tigation by Sheriff Jack Greer and Stale Constable Rogers into the death of her husband, David McSwahi, whose body was found in the canal near the power house at Ix>ckhart, this county, about two weeks ago, has been released on bond. Mrr McSwain's attorneys, Barron, Barron and Barron, appeared in her behalf before Judge Townaend, who granted I her release on bail in the sum of ?2,000, which has been furnished. Car l/ot Poultry Shipped A car lot of poultry was shipped from Lancaster, Heath Springs and Kershaw the past week, under the supervision of the county agent, W. I*. Howell. A total of slightly over 12,000 pounds was sold yielding something over $3,000 to the poultry people of the county. The following prices prevailed: Heavy hens 23c per pound; leghorn hens, 21c; colorifd broilers, 37c; leghorn broilers, 32c. The shippers were very well ideated with the results of the ship^frrt!?; Lancaster News. ______ ?. ij. In New Quarters Mr. C. A. Davis, who has been conducting a meat market in the store of McLeod-Rush company, has moved to a new store on east DcKalb street recently erected by J. P. Lewis. Mr. Davis has fitted up his market with the Frigidaire system completely? using four units. All meats are displayed under glass, making a perfectly sanitary place. Richards Spares Convicted Killer Columbia, May 3.?Commutation to life imprisonment of the death sentence imposed on Robert Bentley, 20, Florence negro, was announced at tjye governor's office late today. Bentley was to have been electrocuted Mey G for the murder of K. W. Johnson, Florence policeman, w ho# was shot when he attempted to arrest the negro. Clemency was recommended by the trial judge, M. L. Bonham, 1). Gordon Baker, Florence attorney who acted as solicitor and by other citizens, it was announced. Testimony that Policeman Johnson was killed while he was trying to make an unlawful arrest without a weapon was cited by the governor in his statement, while Judge Bonham in his letter recommending clemency, said: "The conduct of some of the officers was most reprehensible." I.one Chinaman Found Dead Walterboro, May 4.?Soo Hoo Ling, only Chinese citizen of Walterboro, is dead, the victim of an assassin who killed physically unmolested because Son's dog was just a poodle. The pet was standing guard when police found the body today. Furiously barking, the poodle protested the invasion to claim the body. Chief of Police Redish arid N. G. Morrall, investigating after they had been told Soo's place had not been reopened this week, broke into the house and found the bodv Iving across a bed. Coroner I. W. Dopson held an inquest and the jury returned a verdict that the deceased died as the result of a blow on the head from party or parties unknown. It robbery was the object money in the cash drawer was overlooked. A little more than nine dollars was found but a cigar box which is said to have been used for holding his money and on which he slept each night was empty. Dr. Spratt Has Partial Solution Dr. J. L. Spratt, vice president of the First National bank of Fort Mill, thinks he has a partial solution at least of the depression and consequent "hard times," through which this section is passing. "The trouble is," said Dr. Spratt, discussing the matter a day or two ago with a party of his friends "our people do nbt work enough. I do not mean to apply this j remark to any particular class. All of us shirk work. I do my part 6f ; the shirking along with the others. Today the average man does about half as much work as he did twenty | years ago. We begin late in the morning, quit early in the afternoon and meanwhile put in a considearblc part of the day watching the clock or the sun. If everybody would d< 1 an honest day s work, conditions * would be different. When I was t young fellow," Dr. Spratt continued "I had ambition to be a first-clasi ' house carpenter and went to work a the trade. Finally I became so profi v lent at it that I was paid 75 cents ? cay. And I certainly earned that 7; 1 cents. We went to work shortly af ter sunrise and knocked off at dark ' If our people worked today as mos of us worked then, we would hear lesi about 'hard times.' "?Fort Mil Times. Mrs. Maude Canterbury is dead a v Huntsvllle. Ala., from rabie.x due t< ? hit0 of a puppy which bit he. eighteen months ago. GENERAL NEWS NOTES At Sumter Tuesday Julius Singleton, negro, xhot a?ul killed Willie McKlveen, and later went into a thicket and shot the top of his own head off. Singleton shot McKlveen while he wax lying in bed. The weapon used was a shot gun. Adam Watson, negro, was shot to death on the streets of Greer Saturday by Chief of ^Police Tapp after the negro, apparently crazy, had attacked a physician with a knife and then turned on the officer when the latter went to the rescue of the physician A .'10,000-.spindle cotton mill will be erected at once at Marietta, above Greenville on the Greenville and Northern Railroad by S- Slater A Sons, Inc., of Webster, Mass. Hundreds of the former followers of Mrs. Aimee ttemple McPherson, notorious religious leader of Los Angeles, Cal., are said to be deserting her because she has bobbed her hair. They say she is becoming too worldly. A jury at Concord, N. C., on Saturday after deliberating five hours, brought in a verdict of guilty against Ctyl, T. BTaJtehey, charged with setting fire to the Bank of Midland on the morning of April 8, 1926. Lou Johnson, aged 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Johnson of Gtanley, N. C., died in a Charlotte hospital Saturday, the result of a kick on the head by u horse last Wednesday. Rescue bouts cruising through the lowlands near Hickman, Ky., on Sunday, found 160 persons who had been maroonbd for more than two weeks by the high waters. Miss Iva Wells, 21, and Miss Bobbie Campbell, 21, were drowned at a beach at St. Petersburg, Fla., Sunday I when caught by the undertow while surf bathing. The bodies of Fred Ackman, 47, and three children, 7, 5, and 3, were found tied together in a creek near Watesville, Ind., Sunday. It is believed the father drowned himself and the three children because of grief over the death of his oldest daughter. Foreign Minister Poincare of' h ranee, has sent a cable message to the state department at Washington, expressing sympathy to America on account of the flood disaster in the Mississippi river valley. A movement is on foot to have a general gathering of senators and congressmen from over the country, along with government officials, at Memphis, Tenn., within the immediate future, to discuss the flood situation and if possible take steps to guard futuro ] ikti Harry A. Thomasson, 19, has confessed in open court at Benton, 111., that he and his brother Elmo, 17, now dead, killed Mayor Adams of West City on December 12, last, at the command of Charles Birger, notorious gang leader, who paid them $60 each for getting rid of an enemy who had harbored the rival Shelton gang. Now Selling Meats McLeod-Rush company announces another place in this paper today that they will sell meats of all descriptions at their store. A Frigidaire system is now being installed and they will hav?? ample storage capacity to carry a full line of native and western meats. They have two telephone numbers?grocery 44, and meat market 26. Body Brought Here The remains of Charlie F. Norris, who died Friday night at Durham, N. O., was brought here for int^*ment and the funeral and burial was held hi Beulah church Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, services being conducted by Rev. T. L. Willingham Mr. Norris is survived by his mother, three sisters and three brothers. Governor Paroles Man. Columbia, May 4.?E. G. Lewis, of Greenville, who $hntenced to five years in May of 1926 for manslaughter, was paroled during good behavior^ today by Governor Richards. Lewis pleaded guilty to manslaughter after having caused the death of a man by running over him with an au. .to mobile. Prison Chiefs File Resignations C olumbia, May 4.?Without giving any reasons for their actions, A. Mai colm Scarborough resigned as superintendent of the state penitentiary, and Dav.d G. Ellison, of Columbia, as one of the directors, today. The resignations were submitted soon after the board of directors met today with Governor Richards, cx-officio chairman, presiding. Mr. Ellison's res:gnat or. was accepted by the govornoi, who indicated he would announce his choice of a successor early tomorrow A superintendent to succeed Mr. Scarborough will be elected by the board at a meeting railed for 10 o'clock Saturday nurr.'ag. 1 he most common family name in 1 '.at- I i.itod States is Smith, with a foil- wr.g of 1,304,200 persons. Johnis r.jjct with 1.024,200; Protm, t 730.500; Williams, 684,700; Jones, > 0.?X.3(iO;-Miller, (>25,800; Davis, 537,r ???: Ar-.iT. on, 477,300; Wilson, 422,300; M.u ro. 205,400. Q KKK8HAW NEWS NOTES Interesting hfewa Notes Gathered From The Krs of That Place Columbus Gaski* aged 65, died at his home in the Lockhart section on Saturday afternoon, April 16, after an illness of several weeks, lie was buried at liethany church of which he was a member on Sunday afternoon. Funerul services were conducted by Kov. James Outen. Mr. Gaskin leaves a widow and several children to mourn his death as follows: Mike, Shell, and Kd Gaskin, Mrs. Luther Jordan, Mrs. Fannie Jordan, Mrs. Annie Jordan and Mrs. Mae Walters; also two brothers, Alfred Gaskin of Lockhant, and W. I*. Gaskin of Weetville. The family hava the sympathy of their many friends. Mr. and Mrs. It. L. Howell have changed their residence from town to county during the summer months, being at one of Mr. Howell's plantations near the Mt. Pisgah high school. J. S. Truesdale, who has conducted a meat market and general grocery in Kershaw for the past several yearo made an assignment last Friday to; Attorney J. C. Masaey for the benefit of his creditors. W. L. Blackmon, Jr., who has been making his home at Miami, Fla., for a long; time, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Blackmon. Broadus Davis, aged 31 years, died! last "Sunday night at the home of his brother, R. J. S. Davis, who resides a ajiort distance north of the Kershaw mill village, following a protracted illness, and was buried at New Hope cemetery Monday afternoon, i The funeral services were conducted by Rev. H. P. Bennett of Lancaster, Rev; Broadus Broom and Rev. John Dabney. He is survived by two, brothers, R. J. H. and H. B. Davis.' Mr. Davis had been under treatment at the sanatorium at State ParJj, near Cdhimbia, for over three years and realizing that he had but a short time longer to live he came here three weeks ago to spend his last days with the brother at whose home he died. ' 1 Mrs. Leroy H. Habenicht, state I president of the Daughters of 1812 j in South Carolina left last Saturday for Washington, D. C., to attend the j National Council of the Daughters 1 of 1812, spending the week in Wash-1 ington. From there she will go to! Gettysburg, Pa., to visit her relatives. It was related in The Era recently that Mrs. Habenicht was raising a fund for the purchase of the old George Washington, clock, and that she was to be gfven' tht? -him?- o* presenting the clock to the Kenmore Association at Fredericksburg, Va., and this interesting incident will be one of the pleasant features of Mrs. Habenieht's trip that will occur while she is away. President and Mrs. Coolidge are to be present on the occasion as they are memhers of the Kenmore Association. Miss Nancy D. Carr, 20, of Atlanta, Ga., heiress, engaged to William T. Healey, also of Atlanta, and wealthy, on Saturday last applied for a marriage license in New York to marry Edward F. Rosenbaum, a student of [Salt Lake City, Utah. FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, on Monday, June 6th, 1927, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my final return as administrator of the estate of Mrs. Margaret N. Bauskett, deceased, and on the same date I will apply to the said Court for a final discharge as said Administrator. W. D. TRANTHAM. Camden, S. C., "May 5th, 1927. NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given that on j Monday, May 16th, I will - offer for j sale the following property listed below, same to be sold to satisfy a mortgage and rent. Sale will occur at corner of Broad and Rutled&e streets, and terms of sale will be cash: One McCray refrigerator One wooden meat block One meat hatchet One Dayton computing meat scale One paper cutter One three-tier meat rack Four meat knives One Hobart electric sausage mill One Dayton cash register L. J. WHITAKER. Camden, S. C., May 5, 1927. \ ^preie^Urtivr^Davjd H member of the Anderson county*?*? islative delegation, died Wednesday morning. A heart itr!v was betteved to hive been the Wants--For Safe] WANTED?To rent, house *hh , or more rooms on or above II.*if Street. Address "T. C. N." ... ? Chronicle, Camden, 8. FOUND?At cemetery, goJd~*~~ owner -may obtain same by <jt .Ja" ing pin and paying for this uj ply Chronicle Office, Camden, jj ? FOK KENT?Four-room hotHT^I Fair Street. Address M. (j p 011 ' ley, Camden, 8. C. ' foJ 1 Make money"" VeSCi'1 aptyns. Materials, pattern, ImSI tions furnished. KxperientVZ^M essary. Write (enclose staajr y.. ..Ma^lwell Apron Co., 8cheS^B FOR REN 'i'-^Five-room housT^I veniently located .on lumens s?M next to Mr. J/L^Mbgelev's WV ready for occupancy. Adfifl j M- H. Heyman, Camden, 8. C. FOR 8ALB?-Three th0roughbr'ed'jH terrier pups, eight weeks olifcfl best of condition j color white ski black spots and tan markiiJ cut. Apply to 503 Laurens 3t9 These are real beauties, withtZB or call telephone 02, Camden, FOR RENTOR SALE^One hou#?9 Laurens Street. Also two hot? for rent 011 Broad Street. April L. A. Wittkowsky, Camden, S.W FOR SALE?Genuine OtootaiT""^^B Leans, pure, sound and Kersh?! County raised. Price $3*0 pM bushel. MoCaskill & Loins, C&fl den, S. C. 5-6-7? FOR RENT?New brick bungalowl Lakeview section. Apply J. I Mickle, Camden, S. C. 5-6-7? FOR SALE?We are ready^toTeceh^l orders for Porto Rico potato plant? in any quantity. The plants sr? government inspected. NdCsskilfl & Lollis, Camden, FOR SALE:?Old fashioned bureau of I mahogany, in good condition. Td ephone 8412, Columbia, S. C. | WE CLEAN?Anything from ? ties to art squares. Camden tojW Cleanery, Phone 17 or 555. H FOR SHTlE R^AIRnTG-^ail at iB Red Boot Shop next door to Ex? press office. A. M. JONES. Prop.B FOR "RENT?Nicely furnished eightB -room . house, s*k Cheftiiut hV.y *(M known as the Burrler home, is ftfl rent and possession can be girt? I immediately. For further inforaiH j tion address Drawer 267, CamdqH j WANTED?No. 1 pine logs. High? cash prices paid; year round AH Mand. Sumter Planing Mills tsH Lumber Co., Attention E. S. Boo? j Sumter,, S. C. , Ltf? ! F'OR SALE?150 bushels ninety^? Velvet beans $1.85 per bushel,JH more bushel lots freight paid. IV? 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