The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 06, 1927, Image 7
worof paper is roughly
ieATED by sheriff's forces
i w Thursday afternoon,
' editor of The I>orbusy
with the task !
l>aI,er' after
' sent to the local
herr suddenly appeared
>pUty Sheriff a Mew and j
t of Mew was a paper,
w Mr. Tarkington, "I
t for your arrest."
t it," said the editor,
e paper from the offii
After reading it he
inish this mailing and
i; put the cuffs on him
And he waa whirled
y and the handcuffs
,n both his wrists.
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t," (to an employee ip
on out of the office
Icington's coat and he
hat he would carry it
ned over to him by the
ook it in his shackled
ned the vest pocket
by his watch what time
a few minutes of four,
it of the newspaper ofwith
his sleeves rolled
was while at work, and
d for the court house,
el corner was another
y Inginger, who seeing
, in the hands of only
with their shining pisby
their side, immedand
followed closely bee
sure that such a deader
could not possibly
it the court house, Mr.
was greeted by several of
ifficers, and an attorney,
being the high sheriff,
if in eager expectancy,
nee got up as the crimid
and he was led on
e of the high sheriff,
confronted by Magist,
in whose hands was
r to the one presented
ite said to Mr. Tarkju
ready for trial?"
an I be ready when I
pportunity to see my
is fixed ut $1,000.00"
magistrate. "Are VBtT Teflfly
nge bond? If not, you will
go to jail."
fcannot arrange bond without
kome friends," said Mr. TarkI
"So I will go to jail."
lo:.e said, "take him to jail,"
lva.< led on by the same two
officers to the county jail.
B there he was led up the
rway and into the section in
Hrderer's row is located. The
B opened by the turnkey and
Hva* left to repent of his sins
H a desperate criminal.
Hrnkey opened the door after
^Bgone and came in where Mr.
^Br. was sitting on a bench by
Bam* i? Wilkerson," said the
I "He told me to lock you in
Hie cage where murderers are
H to be kept) but I pretended
Hear him."
B's your position in the jail?"
B the turnkey, and a trusty,"
Ht are you in here for?" asked
prisoner.
H put in for selling whiskey."
you guilty?" he was asked.
I one of the prohibition offiH?
hfld been one of my best
before he was appointed, and
B<1 sold and drank with me,
He to get hinr a little whiskey,
H a"d he had me arrested."
urnkey went out, and the edi*
B ou^ his pencil and paper and
Housing himself by writing a
the history of a criminal, and
feels to be a criminal and tc
B*d behind the hard iron bart
busy world.
Hd not been writing long, about
Bb perhaps, before the keys
in lbe lock and the door was
I ?Pen to admit a beloved
H* deacon in the church tc
poor criminal belongs.
I* tan I <|o for you?" said F,
"Have you done anything
^B?Drbond?" he asked.
^B ^ prisoner replied. "I do
Wl h burden my friends with
just have to stay here
u? men talked together a few
and then Mr: Weeks left
** he went out, "don't worry.
l0r'ds WH1 see that you get
6 o'clock Mr. TarkingBiC
(ame in to see him, not
r^.en aPPrised of the arresl
Bf y (The prisoner had asked
B* ** to allow him to go b>
pSSfw* wi,t'bnt the)
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Mrs. Tarkington stood at the door
of the outer cell a ittinute or so, uiul
then called to her husband to know
what it was all about. Mew had come
with her, and he began to tell her
why the prisoner was in such a deaperate
strait. \ The priaoner objected
to her talking with Mew and then the
officer aaid to the turnkey, "didn't
I tell you to lock him in No. 2 and
allow no one to aee him but his lawyer?"
Mra. Tarkington left after talking
a few minutes, aaying she would
bring the priaoner some supper. With
her wttti another friend, Nfr. 8. W.
Weeks,, a member of the prisoner's
church, who greeted him and expressed
his sympathy, and sorrow.
The two went out together and the
priaoner was left to his writing and
to hia meditations and ruminations.
About H o'clock the door was opened
and the turnkey brought in some
supper and placed it on a table in the
cell.*. Th? aupper appeared to be well,
cooked, and ?melled as if it'might be
appetizing. With the meul was a
tin cup of water or coffee, the prisoner
does not know which. The turnkey
was told he might take it back,
it was not wanted.
Something like 15 minutes later the
prisoner's wife appeared with u waiter,
and she was admitted to the cell
where her husband was sitting. The
lights had been turned on and* the
prisoner had the waiter put on the
bench near him. before he had eaten
very much the order was heard,
"Time up." Mr. Tarkington sat still
and waited. ,-Soon the same order
wus repeated. She said, "I had better
go." But she sat a while longer, and
before the meal was finished the order
came the third time, "you will
have to leave, -cannot burn the
lights all night."
The prisoner's wife left and before
she .reached the cur that was waiting
and which was driven by another
friend, the prisoner was hustled into
the inner cell?murderer's row?the
lights were flashed off and he was
left in the darkness to enjoy the bed
of a criminal. "You'll find a bed in
there" said the jailer. The place
.recked with vije_ odors, and the bed
looked as if it had been the abiding
place of a stray dog or a vagabond.
There was no chair to sit on.
The prisoner (a man of 58 years of
age, with gray hair, and who had
broken no law deserving of such
treatment,, and who hint-boon u*iu
the community as a Christian leader
and citizen) sat himself on the narrow
and ill-smelling cot bed. He had
to lean over in order to prevent his
head coming in contact with the cot
above.
He sat thus for 15 or 20 minutes,
and he did some thinking. As he
thought, he smiled, and chuckled and
wondered how much pleasure his tormentors
found as they left him in this
humiliating position.
And then he arose, and as the moon
east her brilliant beams athwart the
darkened cell he began to walk and to
sing to the glory of God. He walked
and sang until about 15 minutes Af 11
o'clock when noticed many lights
coming from one direction^ He
stopped his singing and listened. He
heard the voice of the magistrate as
he appeared at the jailer's door and
asked that Mr. Tarkington be loosed
under bond that his friends had arranged.
And so he emerged from the jail,
and saw his friends as they stoodthere
in the moonlight ready to greet
( the prisoner who had been loosed
from his bonds with their help. His
heart was full of gratitude and his
tongue uttered a peon of thanksgiv'
ing, as he shook the hand of each
loved friend.
' On Monday of this week after he
' had time to recover from the shock of
the prisoner's experience, Mr. Tark^
ington was served with a peper in
which he was charged with criminal
1 libel against hhe sheriff of Dorchester
county. .The amount sued for is $50,'
000.00. The case comes up at the
1 October term of criminal court. The
case will then be tried on its merits,
' perhaps.?The Dorchester Eagle.
\
J Charged Barbed Wire Fatal to Boy
> Asheville, April 28.?A barbed wire
fence running across several farms in
- the Newfound county created tragedy
' and frantic excitement in that community
w late yesterday when it be1
came highly charged with electricity
i from a. transmission line of tremeni
dous voltage that had fallen across it.
Weaver Murphy, 13, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Murphy was instantly
, killed when he attempted to climb
i through his way to a
: community store. *%b?nber of other
persons were severely shocked. When
young Murphy did not return home, in
a short time, his parents began a
: search. His body was found between
I two strands of the fence, his hands
' tightly grasping the wires. The
' power was cut off and the body removed.
FEW MEASURES ENACTED
Legislature ('onward on January It
and Adjourned 103 Days l.utrr
Columbia, April 23. -The legislature
completed its fifteenth week ,
when it adjourned sine die today <
I he session convened on January !
11, 103 days ago. Of this time, the 1
house met on 03 days, the senate o;i
07 days.
Principal stale-wide measures pass
ed were:
Repeal of the motor vehicle, title
law.
Creation of the position of state
service officer.
Creation of a state board of forestry
to la: supported by voluntary
contributions.
A law to safeguard sinking funds
by requiring reports to the comptroller
general.
The anti-steel trap law.
An act repealing the law forbidding
Creek letter fraternities at state colleges.
A law authorizing the sale of sugar
corn and other articles confiscated
Cor alleged violations of the prohibition
laws, which under the former
law had to be destroyed.
The law to ratify the addition of
500 miles to the stute highway system,
and to prevent future additions
except, by the legislature.
A law to permit the hunting of
bear at any time.
A law to permit corporations to issue
no-par stock.
An amendment to the anti-trust
laws to tighten up restrictions on
price cutting.
Principal changes in the tax laws
included: Increased rates on cigarettes
and smoking tobacco; extension
of the admissions tax to public swimming
pools, dance halls and practically
all entcitainments except high
school athletic games and local talent,
pofjfo nuances; new levies of 10 per
cent on playing cards, cut glass and
sporting goods.
State-wide hills vetoed by Governor
Richards:
The modified Sunday blue law, anil
the capitation tax for the benefit of
the state hospital and the state training
school.
Other features included: rejection
of Governor Richards' program for
aboljtion of J.he stute tax commission,
board of public welfare, budget coinmission,
consolidation of warehouse
commission with state depart (Kent of
agriculture, abolition of county gamewardens
and issue of motor vehicle
, licenses at county seats.
1 fpf?wprii?*iMi bili, iwwjittcn
bv the committee on free confevcnce
eliminated appropriations for
summer schools at the University of
South Carolina and Winthrop. Byusing
his veto power, Governor Rich'ards
eliminated the financial provisions
for the state board of public
welfare except the child placing bureau,
which was transferred- to the
state board of health, and the. budget
commission. No legislation was
enacted to take care of the function^
hitherto performed by the welfare
board, including the investigation of
applications for free tuition, the
checking up on paroled prisoners, and
supervi&ipjjuof the'penal and charitable
Institutions of the state.
Near the end of the session the
members of the legislature voted
themselves $200 each as expense
money.
A man met a friend who was about
to be married. "Let me congratulate
you, old man," he said. "Permit me
to say that I feel sure you will always
look back on this day as the
happiest in your life."
"Thank you, old chap," said his
friend. "But it's tomorrow that I'm
to be married."
"Yes," answered the .other. "I
know that."
The state of Utah contains enough
coal to supply the United States at
the present rate of consumption for
250 years.
NOTICE OF SALE
Sheriff's Sale of Automobile Forfeited
Under Section 885 of Volume 2,
Code of 1922.
Please take notice that I will sell
at public auction, for cash to ^ the
highest bidder, in front of the Court
House at Camden, S. C., on the 9th
day of May, 1927, at 10 o'clock a.m.,
one Ford Touring Automobile bearing
South Carolina License Number
A-61488 for 1927, said automobile
having been confiscated by me under
Section '885 of Volume 2, Code
1922, providing for the Forfeiture of
vehicles used in illegal transportation
of Alcoholic Liquors.
J. H. McLEOD,
Sheriff.
Camden, S. C., A/Trrit 15, 1927.
LOST 'CERTIFICATE
Lost Certificate of Deposit No. 551
issued by the. Bank of Camden,
August 18", 1926, to Mrs. Mae D.
Whitaker for $1,000.93; also Certificate
No! 493 Issued by said bank to
A. G. Whitaker, April 10, 192(1, <or
$1,280.00. Notice is hereby given that
I will apply to the Bank of -amden
for duplicate of these certificates
thirty davs from date/C.
C. WHITAKEft.
Administrator Est. A. G. Whitaker
April 21,_ 1927.
FINAL DISCHARGE.
Notice i? hereby given that one
month from l hi a date, on Tuesday,!
May 17th, 1927, we will make to the I
Probate Court of Kershaw County?
jut final return as Executors of the',
L'stute of Leo Schenk, deceased, and
jii the same date we will apply to the
*aid Court for a final discharge from
iur trust as said Executors.
JOSEPH SCHKNK
LEONARD H. SCHKNK
Executors.
Camden, S. C., April 14, 1927
AN ORDINANCE
~ I
lo Regulate Sewerage In the City of'
Camden To I'ridiibtt Ceea-Pools
and I)r> (loaeta in Certain Sections
of the City and Regulate the
Maintenance of Same in Other Sections
of the City.
Section 1. -Be it orduined by the
City Council of the City of Camden,
in d.ue Council assembled, this 4th
day of Api il, 11127, that it shall be un-,
lawful for any person, after the first
of October, 1927, to keep, use or
maintain any cess-pool, dry closet or j
similar device within the following
zones in the City of Camden:
I.?Rutledge Street on the South,
Market Street on the East, Church
Street ort1 the West, and DeKalb
Street on the North. On
II.?Ftom Broad Street to Clybyirn
Street on the South. From DeKalb
Street on the South to the City limits
on the North, East and West.
Section 2.?All persons having upon
their premises within said zones above
mentioned in the City of Camden, j
any water closet, umial, kitchen sink,
pantry sink, laundry trays, bath tubs,
wash bowl or lavoratory, shall be and
herewith ure required to connect same
with the City sewerage system of the
City of Camden.
Section 2.?That in all other sections
of the City of Camden dry closets
shall be kept and maintained in a
sanitary manner under the direction
of the City Board of Health.
Section 4.?That in any section of
the City where property owners cannot
connect with the sewer of the
City of Camden, that cess-pools and
dry closets may be constructed and
maintained if built in a Banltnry manner
and under the directions of the
City Board of Health.
That any person violating the provisions
, of this orUinance shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be lined $!>().00 or imprisoned
for fifteen days.
That all connections made with the
public Sewerage system shall be done
under the instruction* of the City Engineer
or Inspector of sewers.
That all ordinances inconsistent
herewith are hereby revoked.
Ratified in Council Assembled this
4th day of April 1927.
C. P. I >u BOSK
Mayor City of Camden
Attest: W. H. HAlEE,
City Clerk
.. nmuMi -i > i H i m
IKdlar 1*11Im showered girl shoppers
in Boston recently as they were walk- i
ing past the office* of an insurance i
company. Search of the building 1
b? ought tm Htfvrmttiiott an It* the
owner of the money.
FIN At. DISCHARGE
Notice is hereby given that one
month from thi\ date, on Monday,
May It, 1927 the uitdersignod will
make his final return to the Probate
Court for Kershaw County as Administrator
of the estate of T. J.
Boykin and apply for a final discharge
as such administrator.
J. W. BOYKIN,
Atjmr. Est. of T. J. Boykin.
Camden, S. C., April 8, 1927.
CITATION
State of South Carolina,
C/ounty of Kershaw.
By W. I., McDowell, Esquire, Probate
J udge.
Whereas, K. (J. Whistler made suit
to me to grant him letters of Administration
of the Estate of and
effects of Joseph N. (J. Whistler,
j These are, therefore, tp cite and
admonish all and singular the kin
|dred and creditors of the said Joseph
N. G. Whistler, deceased, that they
be and appear before me, in the Court
of Probate, to be held at Camden,
| South Carolina, on Thursday, May
12th next after publication thereof,
at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show
cause, if any they have, why the said
j Administration should not be granted.
Given under my hand, this 28th day
of April, Anno Domini 1927.
| w. l. Mcdowell,
Judge of Probate for Kershaw County
| Published on the JM*th day of April
and the 6th day o f May, 1927, in The
Camden Chronicle and posted at the
Court House doot for the time prescribed
by law.
0
N(ITICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE
The undersigned will at the expiration
of thirty days from date, at 11
'a.m., on the 80th day of May, 1927,
make a final return as Executrix of
the estate of Mary Miller Kirklund,
deceased, to the Probate Court for
Kershaw County, and apply for a
discharge from her trust as such
executrix.
MARY ANN KIRK LA NO,
Executrix under the Will of Mary
Miller Kirklami, deceased.
, Camden, S. C,, April 29, 1927.
FINAL DISCHARGE
Notice is hereby given that one
mouth from this date, on Tuesday,
May 81, 1927. we will make to tho
.Probate Court of Kershaw County our
! final return as Administrators of the
, estate of W. 1). Seegars, deceased,
1 aii'l on the same date we will apply
to the said Court for a filial discharge
as said Administrators.
* BESSIE SEEGARS,
\V. A. SEEGARS,
, Administrators.
| Camden, S. ('., April 28, 1927.
I ' I . 'J I.I ..II ,
An illicit distilling plant valued k4
1100,000, wns captured by probibltka
officers ?f6?r Hicksville, Long Island,
Tuesday. One man was arrested.
FINAL DISCHARGE
Notice \h hereby given that our
month from thin date on Tuesday,
May 21, 1027, 1 will make to thr
Probate Court Kershaw County my
final return as Fxecutrix of tk?
estate ?>f Mrs. Belle Alexander, dr
ceased, and on the aamc date I will
apply to the said Court for a final
disc ha i ge from my trust as said
Fxecutrix.
MISS SALLIK It. ALEXANDER,
Executrix, Fat. of Mrs. Boll* Atom
ander.
Camden, S. April 21. 1027.
~I I ATJON
State of South Carolina,
County of Kernhnw.
H\ W. L. McV>owell, Esquire, Probate
Judge.
Whereas, W. D. McDowuII made
suit to me to grant him l/ettera of
Administration of the Fstute of and
effect# Of Miss Sallie W. Mc Do wall.
These are, therefore, to eite nnd
admonish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the aaid Miss Sallie
W. MeDowall, deceased, that they be
and appear before me, in the Court of
Probate, to be held at Camden, Souths
Carolina (>n Monday; May 9th, ueat
after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock
in the forenoon, to show cause, if any
they have, why the said Adminiatrwtion
should not he granted.
Given under my hand, this 25th day
of April, Anno Doonini 1927.
w. l. Mcdowell,
Judge of Probate for Kershaw County
Published on tlui 29th day of April
and the 6th day of May. 1927, in T%?
Camden Chronicle, and posted at tke
Court House door for the time prescribed
by luw.
CITATION
State of South Carolina,
County of Kershaw.
By W. L. McDowell, Esquire, Probata
Judge.
Whereas. Lewis Lomutisky made
suit to me to grant him Ix'tters of
Administration of the Estate of and
offeets of Moses Lomunsky.
These are, therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said Moses
Lomansky, deceased, that they be and
appear before mo, in tho Court of
Probate, to'be held at Camden, South
Carolina on Wednesday, May 11th,
next after publication thereof, at II
o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause,
if any they have why the said Administration
should not be granted.
Given under my, hand this 26th day
of April, Anno Domini 1927.
w. l. Mcdowell,
Judge of Probate for Kershaw County
Published on the 29th day of April
and the 6th day of May, 1927, in The
Camden Chronicle, and posted at the
Court House door for the time prescribed
by law.
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THERE IS BUT ONE TIME IN THE WORLD. - IT IS - !
I NOW. TOMORROW IS NOT YET. YESTERDAY
WAS. IF YOU AIM TO SAVE, BEGIN NOW. I
DON'T REGRET YOUR YESTERDAYS NOR PUT 1
| OFF GOOD ACTIONS TILL TOMORROW.
The First National Bank
Of Camden, South Carolina I
THE ONLY NATIONAL BANK ~ I
IN KERSHAW COUNTY I
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