Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. ' B ' - > w iru.- T^^.y-p .-_V . - -X ? % 4 * I The Camden Chronic, f B i;mt unwi/v I "V!!!.. " ," " " """"""i1" ? |j[ WW. NUMBER 7 - of Mlw Mary Carmichael Re,1] memberi PreobytcrlaiH ; .11 . in ?. *' frkor* college and the Columbia jMspologicul seminary of .Columbia, !t Ijj^byU-'rian college and the Thorn l?# orphanage at Clinton and the j|K> Dee Presbyterian church of Dilar0 bequeathed altogether the WW* oi *74,000 UIKlor terms of a Swill left by Miss Mary Carmichael of I Of the amount, Chicora college is to receive $22,000, which is to be invest ed and used as an endowment fund. Two thousand dollars bequeathed to I the Columbia Theological seminary, I under the terms of the will, 1b to be I invested and the income derived to I be used in the establishment of a ' I scholarship. Thorn well orphanage of Clinton re ceives $25,000, to b? invested and the : 1 "income derived therefrom shall be expended by them (trustees) for the benefit of the said institution as'in their discretion shall be of best ad vantage and accomplish the most j I Presbyterian College of South CarMolina, at Clinton, under the will shall >~M receive $25,000, "the same to be ini I vested by the^trustees of the said inMstitution as an endowment fur^J," the income to be used for the benefit of the college as the trustees -may deem proper. The sum of $2,000 was left to the Pee Dee Presbyterian church of Dil Ion ot which Miss Carmichael was a member.?Columbia State. Regarding the bequeath the Dillon Herald says in part: "Seventy-four thousand dollars of the large estate left by Miss Mary Carmichael, who died last Will go to Thornwell orphanagdy tqfrlBfMp I byterian college of South Carolina at I Clinton, Chicora College, Columbia, i the Presbyterian Theological semif nary of Columbia and to the Pee Dee church of which Miss Carmichael was a life-long member, and the remainthe estate Wow to. hoia-m ?t>?' law, according to the terms of the will filed in the office of the , probate I judge. The estate, "which has been I handed down through several genera-. \ tions, is one of the largesc in the I country and provides for bequests to I charitable and educational institutions I far in excess of any that have ever I been in this section of the state." j I Ball Game Was a Burlesque Not a large crowd witnessed the first game .of the season on the BWateree baseball field last Saturday H&fternoon and they did not miss much tor the A. & P. team sent down from Charlotte was not* in a class with the fe&\ team. Wateree made five runs in the first inning and four in the second and continued to pile dp scores until the seventh when the Charlotte te^m decided it was no use and quit. A total of twenty-one scores had been made by Wateree while the best the I A. & P. team could do was two runs, I made largely through errors on the B part of Wateree. Hill, in left field for the A. & P. team, made two sensational catches, and proved to be, about the only I worth-while player ou the team. Here's hoping tint.Manager Jdewelyn will get a faster outfit to go up I against the next time. Wateree has a good team this season, nearly all being heavy hitters and some clever I fielders. - -^ If the: Ai P. stores put out this aggregation for, advertising purposes Ibey should be recalled at once.' 1-' l <**\ Men Named on Board I Announcement-was made yesterday from the office of Governor John G. Jichflrds of" the appointment of janus B. Murphy of Columbia; C. W. |tchmore^T-Camden and Col J. M. ffitsi u 0f Walterboro as members of in ?tat% boar^of public welfare t< "? vacancies ontfcatboard. I,*r- Mqrphy, annoohced, has ?e? appointed to succeed John W. I Crews Of Columbia, now a member of I be board of pardons. < ' Mr. Birchmore succeeds B. H. Boyd I JJ Clinton, .whose term expired last March. - v ' .vn Colony Wit sell succeeds Zach P. nght of Newberry, who has been L0?? member./of the board are: \Y* ^ Rosa^B. Gantt of'SpartanI E?' !^r a Wilbur of Cbarie* I W: O^ynth^rille. bum, fcsi::rr MA^IYHU M KIN KOH HANK Get Away With $5,900 in Currency ^rom Hank of Cowards Florence, MayXXat* and county officers were tonight working on a c we which they hoped would lend to the arrest of the two wtyte men who. *t ""on today, robbed the Farmers'! and MerchnnU' Bnnk of, Cowards of *M00 in currency. The officer* art certain the robbery was committed by amateurs. One of the two men held the assistant cashier, B. H. Smith, at! the point of a pistol, while the other) entered the vault and took the bundles of currency. Smith was then I ordered into the vuult and the dioi was closed upon him. Ten minutes later he was released by Troy C. Lynch, cashier of the bank, who returned from an errand at the schoolhouse. Smith suffered no inconvenience from his confinement in the vault The robbers left a pile of money on the counters. They did not burden themselves^ with silver, several bags of which were ^n the vault. ' According1 to Cashier Smith, the robbers picked up one hag after another and dropped it to the floor. Officers this afternoon trailed the automobile in which the robbers made their getaway for a distance of twenty miles. At an abandoned sawmill site they foy/id the strips of adhesive tape which the men had pasted on their faces for a disguise and also false mustaches which were of cotton a ad had been colored with ink. It was Btated that the bank's losses were covered by insurance. The two men who committed the robbery are said to have been seen several times [ Around the little town two hours betptp,. they entered the bank. ft .-m. ? ; ? Catholic Church Services Services at St. Mary's Catholic church on next Sunday will be at an early hour but no definite time had been announced up until Thursday afternoon. Parishioners will do well t0Auto Wreck Fatal To One Sumter*.. May 9.?W. E. Graveley, young man of St. Charles, who was njured in an automobile wreck near Oswego last Friday night, died at the Tuomey hospital late last night. It was believed at first that he would ecover, but an injury to one of his kidneys turned out to be more serious than physicians thought and it was this that caused his death. T. W. Mayes, who was in the car with Gravely and was also injured, is in the hospital and his condition is very serious. The light roadster in /which the two men were riding collided with a machine driven by a negro and turned over. GravelyV body was-sent today to! his former home at Galax, Va., where j the funeral services will be held. Hi* wife survives him. Another Silk Mill Locates at Union Union, May 7.?Stock has been sub-i scribed for another silk mill for Union, and a number of local men are interested, H is understood. L. E. Winnie and several associates, who operated a glove silk mill at Gloversville, N. Y., have arrived in'. Union, and the machinery has .also been re ceived. The mill will be located in Progress office building on the corner of Main and Mountain streets. / . Must Have a License All dealers handling cigarettes must have a special state .license on or before May 22. Many grocers and other dealers in cigarettes were not aware; of .this fact and the attention is called' to the /act to remind them <>f the provisions of the new law. TThe new state license costs no money and ; may be- obtained by wrjtlng to Co< Kh*wa.. Xi X* * < TTfie new law regarding the stamp ing-of cigarettes went into effect on. v April 22,. While the additional stamps nyere to be -placed at once .on all packages sold, dealers .*ar?k--AjJowed a month In which to secureuJb state ; license required before tobacco can i be sold. After- May 22, however. Action will .be taken against the dealers In--any part of the state Who sell cigarettes without having the state tire work on dedldni of this city and ;.**** ' * ******* mty new law gives ? us more werit to da," the* say. Ths r good feature abowt the state license i though'is that it is free. It dnertn'f i cost a dealer a cent except to WHm jfoi4 it.,v y x v j, ANOTHER TOURIST HOTEL Northern Lady I*.* King Height* Inn 1-ur Ixhik Term Interest and activity in ('kmdee real estate continues regardless ot tilt closing of the winter hotel* and the 'iturn North of many of the cotlb Kara, according to reports from Mr. N. C. Arnett, local real estate dealer. One of the moat important transactions of the last few days is-the lease of the King Haiglar Inn, owned by W. P. Thomas Hnd successfully operated during the past season, to Mihs Marie I? Mayo of New York City. >Miss Mayo is now proprietor of The Essex, located at Fifty-sixth 4 street and Madison avenue in New York. She is u most succeaaful hotel womun, having operated, summer places on Long lajand and in the Adirondacks and has selected Camden as the beat point for a Southern hotel. It is understood tji^t additional hatha and other improvement# will begin at once in anticipation of next tfeaaon'.s needs. There is hIro under considera,tion the matter of enlargement. The lease c.rvers a period of frotn three to Bix years and carries with it an option to purchase and it is expected that this valuable and^ttrac* tive property will shortly be mada | into a large and up-to-date tourist | hostelry. ' ' ^ ^ This deal was made by Mr. Arnei; who also reports the sale of thrfeiT building lots on the Stevenson'Vana Arnett development on Chestnut street, the homesitc purchasers being B. G. Sanders, J. E. Khame and Mrs. Lillian h ischel. Also recently sold through the Arnett agency is a new six-room bungalow on Highland avenue to M. L. McLeod of the Bfroad street A. & P. store. Another important sale made recently by Mr. Arnett is the vacant property on Chestnut street and the proposed Jordan avenue from Dr. G. C. Trantham to Dr.^ R. E. Stevenson. ' . vt FLOOD RELIEF FUND Camden Goes Way Past Its Original and Second Quota Money continues to com? in for the Mississippi flood sufferers and to date the amount had gone to a total of $789.27. The Chronicle and the American Legion and others will continue to receive donations. The present outlook is that the Red Cross will need every bit of the ten million asked for and some seem to doubt tha. that sum will be sufficient to care lor the sufferers. The list up to date follows: Previously reported . $655.5&' John Whitakfr, 3r - 5,00; J. B Mickle 1.0a. Liberty' Hill Presbyterian Church 33.95 J. T. Sinclair 1.00 Gash 5.OO1 F. W. Chapman 5.00 Dr. C. A. West 5.00 Miss Esther Garvin 5.00 Mrs. T. L. Willingham 1.00 C. L. Doyle 5.00 N. J. Jones 1.00 D. H. Baum 5.00 Mrs. L. Schenk . 2.00 W. H. Haile 1.00 Tempft "Sisterhood, Mrs. Leon itehiosburg, President 10.00 R. B. Pitts ' 5.00 Hermitage Cotton Mills .; 10.00 Mrs. N. C. Boykin 10.00 W. R. DeLoache 1.00 W. C. Seagle 5,00 E. N. McDowell .,.._.. Antioch High School vt7..'i2 Mt. Moriah* Baptist Church, Rev. J. W. Boykin, pastor .% ? Robert Storey .. ,,.. ,s 2,00 Dr. John W. Corbett 25.09' Total -.. $816.27 I i No Short Course This Year The annual state short course for hpme demonstration women and girls will not be held at Winthrop college this June, according to announcement made by . Miss Lonny I. -.Landrum state home demonstration agent, in a tion agehts of the state. Plans were made and arrangements,, practically perfected for holding t^c short ^course' ?s u&Oal when notice was received that the legislature had cut oil# Win** , thrbp's -extension appropriation,. >1 she .pointed out". As this included a.iiesjvy/ cat for home demonstration^ work, tbear nrtk' now ho funds available for the abort course, she declansdJIoh I b;n>} To Spend Summer fojParfta ' Mr. and Mrs. J. Leonard Graham, who have a winter home here) "Hafpy H ill, leave this week, for-.their^UPTtht' em home and will soon sail for,.Paris, - 'wiWre they will spend the summer. ' 3ttr. acdMrs. Graham will leave.there i around the first of October. their J return to Camden. r . 7 || | | r?"TT?T l OF BU8INR89 LB AO I) K Kcrnhaw County High School U(Ih Hear Llewellyn and Guion < \ Eighteen representatives from six high schools, elected by Uw respective atudent bodies u? typifying their beet types of young manhood, were guests of honor at an acquaintance banquet of the Young Men's Business league held at the Betty Thomas Coffee Shop Monday evening. The young men att ending were: I JLewis Catoe and Snaylor Munn of Pisgah High achool. ^ Jack Ross, Gorden Moot? aud Nor-, man Rose of Qlgney High school. x James West, A. L. Young and Wult?r Stokes of Midway High school. | Ronnie Arnold, Loyd Davie and Clyde 'Pate of Antioch High school. Moultrie Burns, John Gettys and Frank Sowell of- Camden High school. Alexander jjgykson, Jr., Thomas McLood and Sidney Dennis of Charlotte Thompsqn High school. Following the Course dinner a brie, iession replaced the regular order of business and after hearing a repor. from W. L. DePasn, Jr., Camtlenb lirector to the South Carolina Junio Chamber of Commerce, a discussior. ?ae focused upon the subject of city gateways. It was suggested that gateways of appropriate design be placed at or near the city limits and to be erected and suitably marked to the memory of Camden's young manhood whose Westward journey, during the days of the World War, continued on far beyond the sunsets radiant glow. When it was explained that the Civic League of Camden was willing to assume joijpt responsibility with the young men's organization for the erection of a single entrance to the city and that the Camden American Legion Auxiliary had promised financial assistance, C. H. Yates, Jr., vicepresident of the Camden Brick company, arose to state that the facilities of*his orwwhtftttAft gvfcr plastic to th? beckontnjr-such-an enterprise and, speaking in behalf of his associates, offered brick sufficient for the erection of five memorial gateways. No cost whatever would be attached except transfer charges and this, stated Mr. Yates, would probably be furnished by the city authorities. President Henry Savage, Jr., called upon W. L. DePass, Jr., to welcome the visiting high school students and in his distinctly pleasing manner the young justice of DeKalb township extended, in behalf of his organization, tjlpe warmest hand "of fellowship and' stated that the Youifg Men's Business, League of Camden would be awaiting with pleasure the day when their guests of honor would take up the role of leadership and strive with the league for the advancement of Kershaw county and South Carolina. A. Stariley Llewellyn, superintendent of the Wateree Mills, was presented and his address - on "Playing the Game" will long be recognized as a highly worthwhile contribution to the young men jUst going out from high school. Mr. Llewellyn used the athlete as his theme and, stating its jtrue application toward any line of endeavor, he pointed out that to play alone for today's game would being nothing more than bitter disappointment. "Fight hard?and clean?and 'never fail to cheer when ydp're los ;ing," the speaker said, "and you'll find nobler, more lasting reWard than being acclaimed winner'W the passing moment." Louis I. Guion, cattleman, banker and pioneer in the Southern field of [crop diversification, was next introduced and his message on "Citizenship" strikes close to the cause of I much political and economic unrest I so apparent on every hand at present. Ult is high and proper time," Mr. I Guion deoiared, "for the young man? I or some other class of men -to take I thing* in charge when-a man high [in public and national affairs can j-commit fraud 'apd crime and there [be none before,whom he can find reI bake." The speaked declared that I public morality had reached a mighty [ low ebb even nearer than the nation j( Jcapitol when it was a known fact thai | a banker not far distant from t J community "had stolen thousand^ jol | dollars -only to, appear before judf* land jury to be awarded an apology jand,ft! figuratively, a gold. medal t< [strap upon bis breast, in conclusiet [iff: Guion urged> the young man t< hold undefined-his prbud heritage a: [granted by 'Marion and 8umter | Hkmpton, add our 6wn immortal Ker Ishaw and ^ver keep aright in appre | ciatikn of their sense of citiscnshl; |afMi public morality* L' - -i-a. HITTH AND JIJDI) Gl'ILTV W ill l*ey With 'Chen Mvch Kor Dim- I boliral Crime of Murder New York, May U. - Mm. Ruth Brown Snyder nnd Henry J add Gray, her cornet *aU*Kman paramour, arc to pay with their Uvea for the crime that snatched them froiu obscurity and made them internationally known. Deliberating less than two hours, h jury convicted them of the murder of Mrs. Snydcr'tt husband, Albert Buy* der, magazine art editor. Death aentenee is mandatory for first degrea murder, but the formality of sentence was postponed until next Monday morning. Cheers greeted the verdict when it was flashed to the crowd outside Long Island City'* ifiTpUGmir11 court. Inside the court the verdict was received in silence. Neither defendant exhibited any jfreat emotion, and seemed to be either too dazed to fully comprehend its portent, or only hearing what they had expected. Dana Wallace, Mrs. Snyder's do* fender, put all the murder plot on Cray, and Hocused him of stealing upon her husband an he lay anlecp and smashing hin head with a sashweight, to get Snyder's insurance, and all uguinst Mrs. Snyder's wishes. Mrs. Snyder was a good woman, he said, lured by the wiles that only a corset salesman knew how to use, and, taking advantage of her UhhapPiness at homo, led her "deeper and deeper down the path of sin." Gray asked for mercy, he said, Mrs. Snyder, however, asked only justice. District Attorney Richard Newcombe said both were guilty of a diabolical and brutal murder and that they should be found guilty in the first degree. Mrs. Snyder/ he Midi schemed to get her husband insured for $6?,ooo, which would amount to $96,000 in case he died by accident, and then Gray and she planned to murder him for that money. They discussed the plan, bought the implements of death and maliciously | stole upon the Bleeping man and stew I bim. Gray's plea of intoxication ?nd dominance and Mrs. Snyder's plea of compulsory implication- were ridiculed as romances that no jury could believe. Re porta Sale of Real Estate E. C. Zemp, who has recently returned to Camden and entered the real estate field, reports the sale of a residence lot in Sarsfield to Miss! Stella Hall, also sale of a residence lot in Lake View Terrace to Mrs. George ' Brunson of Chicago. Another sale of residence property made by him was that of the former Gerald property on North Broad street, more recently owned by Mrs. Ben Spradley, now in Miami, to J. B. Zemp of Camden. This ia a nine-room residence with ample yards and garden apot. JN^vbtrry Lad Drowned NeWbetry, May 9.?S. J. Marlowe, 16-year-old son of the Rev. McK. Marlowe, was drowned this afternoon while swimming in the Went End pond within the city limits. All efforts to resuscitate him were unavailing after the body was recovered. Rev. Marlowe's daughter suffered a broken back last fall when the bleachers fell while she was waiting for a photographer on the college campus to take a picture for the college annual. She has not fully re. .covered yet. -????. -... i Hospitals Get Checks Charlotte, N. C., May 6.?Eightyone hospitals and orphanages in North and South Carolina today received checks totalling $393,683 from the Duke Endowment Fund. This was the beginning of the second annual distribution of funds to institution! which' applied for shares of the'iiv , come of the endowment created bj u the late J. B. Duke. J , Thirty North Carolina hospitals am , fifteen in South Carolina received i , total of $278,039. Thirty-six orhp*n> ages, ten in South Carolina and 24 , in North Carolina, received a tota j of $116,644. . The Camden Hospital is lfstet , among the South Carolina hospital [ M I beneficiary from the Duke en I dowment. ?*? ? ' . " ~\ 1 r ; - - Bradford Named As Director ? , Columbia, May 6.?W. R. Bradfori > of Fort Mill, oditor of The Fort Mi 9 Times, hai boon Appointed $ membr : of the Board of Directors of the staj penitentiary to auece^d David G. E . lison of Columbia, resigned, it d| p announced ye*t*rday morning -. , -i y - - *--- . . _ . . -JV . > / - v; U ? L -J. . i u.. - ..i?S dr. douglas the hpkakhr Impressive Memorial Exercise* Held I uetvdMy Afternoon On Tuesday, Maj 10, lht. anniul Memorial I>?y dinner was given tha (onfedrrttte veterans ol Kershaw county. The dining hall of the Presbyterian .Sunday Hehool building was decorated in red whit* ??d * delightful dinner was served by the members x0f the John I). Kennedy compter, U. D. ., after which a musical program wa* rendered. 1 he exercises ut the cemetery began at five o'clock, when the school children, Hoy ScouU and Kershaw Guards marched through the grounds, decorating the graves of the Confederate soldier*. The line then marchtol to the stand In the beautiful woods near where the program waa givtb Mr. L. A. Wittkowsky presided and called the meeting to order. Rev. J< T. peeler, pastor of the Lyttleton Street Methodist church, offered the invocation. "America" was ?ung by everybody after which Dr. D. M. Douglua, president of the University of South Carolina, was introduced as the speaker for the afternoon. Dr. Douglas gave a most delightful and forceful address which was listened to with great interest by the large number present. Mis* Louise Jennings of the Camschool rocited in a most imJ !**? WRy "Tbe Women of the Con- * xeaeracy." N. R. Goodale was, presented ns president of tlm John D. Kennedy chapter, U. D. Cv^nder whose leadership of two ycfcrs the chapter has growt in number and strength and efficient work. Mrs. Good?1?8?l!>l?,8ed ber pleasure at the ih- . V v j wn in Memorial Day and lbat a member of the chapter would announce the name of the winder of the U. D. C. medal offered (o the mjpli of the Camden High School writing the best essay on "Jefferson Davis," and present the medal, j? Mrs. K. C. Arnett expressed the ;f p*i th? HMorlcalcommittee ^ qiV the 'weU-writtcrt essays submitted a/id Miss Louise Jennings was presented the beautiful medal for having written the best essay. Miss Carolyn Ileyman s paper was also considered excellent and received honorable mention. "Dixie" was sung by all present after which the benediction Was pronounced. The president of the U. D. C. chaptor wishes to thank all who contributed in so many ways to the success of this memorial day. All committees who SO' faithfully performed their 1 duties and each person who helped in an individual way are tendered sincerest appreciation and thanks Escaped Convict Captured George Pringle, fourtec -old. negro yygxlh, serving a ten , f am fivfe to ten years for SurglTiry, i*t? caped from the Reid farm n Sumter county Monday. Pringle was sent up from Beaufort county in March, 1926. While not on the program for memorial day exercises a convict in atrjpe? was seen by Mr. 8. M. Johnson OfST-=^ the cemetery while memorial exercises were in progress. Mr. Johnson notified Chief of Police H/.D, Hilton ? and Motorcycle Officer Mayers who '?? gave chase after the negro, several shots being fired at him before his capture. It proved to be George^!; Pringle and <the negro was placed in the dty prison. Manager Irby of the state farm came to Camden Tuesday afternoon^ and carried the cdnvict back with him. THera V*st*rt4fog reward of fifty dollars for 3pture of convicts, whtch* he paid to Chief Hilton, Mr. HiKon dividing the reward with Messrs. Mayers and , J?Mon. ,,The negro had made his l way up the rivet swamp to the place where he jgas seen and captured. i , - 't - - ' Captured Rattlesnake Mr. H...IV Oglesby, who resides in, I Camden, hut farms; in Weat Waterec.?^ was exhibiting a.live rattlesnake here " laat\Saturday which he had captured I ?u **** farm on the Wateree riyer. . Mr. Oglesby succeeded in placimr a ropp ov^ ,the shake's head andjLt . had it.enpaaed in a box with wire over the top. It wae.what is.J&own as a swamp rattler and kept up a continuous, singing . with. Ms rattles while being viewed by spectator*, evldeuci Ing - his, extreme f displeasure At' his ~T visitors and struck at on* bystander ,, who fcoo close to hie cage, pm> bedding his. fangs in the pcreen wire, t ? dolft? no damage., . r ?' *>> >? > - M. ,1.;^ ? - , . .. i+gi A -* *. * .. - ,,?4. ,4*58C^4^2 -.* 3'... . . .' 3s