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r . y ... N _ l?The Camden Chronici f _ IOCUME XXXIX. II j| 1 ? j^egggBWBagggseiegBgB^^ t ^ n?? CAROLINA*' FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1927. ipOK 1> Uf UN JKW8C #tu Published ArlickH and Now Asks Forgiveness. fvv York, July 8.?Through ArBrisbaue, ? statement was made aying he had ordered tyis DearIndependent "to discontinue perently all articles hostile to the .sh people." The statement exSes "great regret" over any inthe articles may have caused. Mr Brisbane's article, which was copyrighted by the New York American, and sent by thab paper to other newspapers, Is based on a signed statement, says Mr. Brisbane, the>rigi"ul of which is in possession of Louis Marshall, lawypr. Mr. Marihall, at Saranac Lake, said the original was in his office safe and a photostat!' reproduction would be available [o anyone desiring it. The announcement was made at Mr. Kurd's .request, said Mr. Brisbane, -who quotes Mr. Ford as saying' "This statement is made on my 9Wn initiative and wholly in the interest of right and justice and in accordance with what I regard as my solemn duty as a mail and as a citiien." Some of the articles already reprinted in phamplet form under the title of the "International Jew" will , Vt withdrawn from circulation, says lh, Brisbane, who quotes Mr. Ford u laying that the Dearborn Inde. pe nt in the future will be conduct-! W under such auspices that articles reflecting upon the Jews will never be gain published in its columns. William J. Cameron, editor of the earborn Independent, and a wit?S8 in the $1,000,000 libel suit ought' by Aaron Sapiro, Chicago torney, against the motor manucturer, at Detroit expressed great irprise at the statement. 4 It Is all >ws to me," Mr. Cameron said, nd I cannot believe it is true." Mr. Brisbane asserts that on bedf of William Randolph Hearst, tblisher of the Amer!c*n, be ofircd Mr. 'FoTd $1,000,000 for the earborn Independent. "No I won't sell' it,' he quotes r. Ford as replying, "I'm going to ake -it-a house organ and I am )ing to stop absolutely everything at could possibly cause complaint hurt the feelings of anybody." Mr. Ford said in his statement: "In the multitude of my activity it has been impossible for me i devote personal attention to their anagement or to keep informed as > their contents. It has, therefore, levitably followed that the conduct nd policies of these men whom I laced in charge of them and upon ?hom I relied implicitly. "To my great regret I have learned list Jaws-generally, and* particularly rape of this country, not only resent f tkae publications as promoting antiSsmltism, but regard me as their ene y. Trusted friends with whom I luve conferred recently have assured me insinuations made agdinst the lews, both individually and collectivey, contained in many of the articles vhieh have been circulated periodi:ally in the Dearborn Independent] ind had been repainted in the pam)hlets mentionad, justifies the righteous indignation entertained by Jews everywhere tpward me because of the mental angdfth occasioned by the unprovoked reflections made upon them. "This has led, me to direct my personal attention to this subject, in order to ascertain the exact nature of these articles. As a result of this survey I confess that I am deeply mortified that ^this journal, which is intended to be ^constructive and not destructive, has been1 toadt- the medium x x X x X *^1 lor contending that thd~'Jews have heen engaged in a conspiracy jto con-, trol capital and the industries of the world, besides laying at their 4?or many offenses against decency, tic order and good mogplt. lad I appreciated even the gennature, to say nothing of *%kv de? of these utterance** I would forbidden their circulation (witha moment's hesitation because 1 am fully aware of the virtues of the Jewish people as a whole, of what th*y and their ancestors have done l?r civilization and for mankind tothe development of commerce *pd industry, of their sobriety and (,'ligence their benevolence and their Selfish interest in the public welfare. . r Those who know me can bear wltJ?4* that it is not my'nature to into insult upon and to occaeion pain ^ nybody, and that it hA hw|i mj ft to free myself from prejudice Because .of that I frankly confers I that I haye been greatly shocked as a result my study and examination of tl>e files of The Dearborn Independent and of the pamphlets entitled "The International Jew." "I doom it to be my duty as ar: honorable man to make amends for the wrung done to the Jews as fellow men anfd brothers, by asking th(!ir forgiveness for the harm 1 havt unintentionally committed, by re tracting so far as Lies within my pow er the offensive charges laid at their door by these publications, an. t by giving them the unqualified as surance that henceforth they may loo! . to me for friendship and gtmd will: IS GEORGIA FLOGGRK GUILTY School Teacher <'harg?*<l With Beating Mother and Son. Toccoa, July 9.-?W. G. Acree, principal of the Stephen* county high school, was found guilty by a Stephens county jury today of assault and battery in connection with thje flogging on June 12 </f Mr?. AnStey Sowers. The school master was tried on a charge of assault with intent to murder. Sentence was not passed. Judge K. H. Sutton said: "That because there are other cases pending against this defendant I think it proper that the records should not be closed today." Mrs. Bowers and her son, Lloyd, were taken from their home here by a masked and robed band of men who carried them into the country and floggod them. They told her i they were whipping her because of "immorality and her failure to attend church." Both the mother and son testified at the trial that they had recognized Acree among their assailants. Acree, howeved, offered an alibi. Acree apparently was unmoved by the verdict. Conviction on a charge of assault and battery carries a maximum penalty of a fine of $1,000 and six months in jail or one year on the chain gang, any two or all three may be imposed at the discretion of the court. Solicitor General Robert McMillan did not comment on the verdict. He said that cases against five men charged with flogging Bart Singleton, farmer, probably would be called for trial on Tuesday. Singleton was flogged by a band of men on March 11 for alleged bootlegging activities. Had Family Reunion. Mr. C. West, of Otter Creek, Fla., who left here in 1891 to make his home in Florida was a visitor last week at the home of his brother, Mr. J. F. West, in the Beulah section of thfe county. Mr. West is a large turpentine and lumber dealer and has made good in his adopted state. He was accompanied by his son, and doughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. j West and his two sons, of St. Catherine Fla. Mrs. C. W. Brown, of Fayetteville, N.C., and Mrs. Elizabeth Bradley, of Bethune, the remaining members of a large family of fifteen children, also met at the home of Mr. J. F. West for a family reunion and they had a most pleasant family gathering. Columbia Citizen Dies Sunday's Columbia Record: Wm. Joseph Murray, 67, died yesterday afternoon at his residence, 1112 Green street, after an illness of several months. He is survived by his wife, four daughters, Mrs. O. C. Wittle and Mrs. F. O. Lybrartd, both of St. Petersburg, Fla., Mrs. E. L. Koon, and Mrs. William Kelly, both of Columbia; a son, Harry Murphy, of Columbia; two half sisters, Mrs. W. K. Stanley of Darlington, and Mrs. Cal Brazil of Rock Hilltwo r half brothers. Paul Murphy of Camden and G rover Murphy of Lancaster. _ Strong man of Ireland Killed . * . Dublin, Ireland, July 10.?Kevin O'Higgins, known as "the . Strong Man' of the Irish Free State, was shot down in a street today and killed by assassins. As in the case pf another ''strong , man." Michael Collins, his murderers lay in wait for him, and as he was walking' alone from his home at Black Rock, a sho. t distance from Dublin, to midday mass, an automobile pulled up beside him and three men pumped bullets i into him. ' 'HAIN CRASHES CIRCUS Elephant ?tid Trainer Killed and Several Others Injured. 1 Chic**?, July 10?A circus elephant and its trainer were killed, half a dozen persons injured and six other elephants of the Hugenhack-Wallace ircu? were thrown into a wild stampede early today when a heavily loaded Chicago, Aurora & Elgin passenger' train crashed into the herd of yachy-! derms as they were being taken from 1 the circus grounds at Aurora, 111. One of the elephants was knocked to the ground, crushing its rider, Andra Stickwell, Springfield, 111., as the train plowed through the junglel>east with its load of homewardbound circus goers. Three of the 1< phants, red lanterns waving from their tails, threw their riders to the ground and stampeded through the | streets of Aurora with scores of circus employes in wild pursuit, while automobiles and other street traffic hurried for cover. They were recaptured after a two-hour chase. After plowing through the elephants, the trafn struck and wrecked '1 a heavy circus wagon and smashed in the front end of the first car of the electric train. Cheerful Gardner, superintendent of elephants for tb* circus, was thrown to the ground and suffered a concussion of the braift when the train struck the beast, his wife, riding one of theni, was thrown from her perch. > Two other circus employes, ' Fred Wells and Edmont Welsh, both of Logansport, Ind., were severely Injured, and two passengers of the train, Elmer Johnson and Iver Carlson, both of Aurora, were hurt. Passengers of the train, as well As the elephants, were thrown into a panic and rushed for the doors as the windows?were shattered and the front of the train collapsed, while the trumpeting of the terrified and stampending beasts added to the din., By a strange coincidence the Hagenback-Wallace circus, which played in Aurora for two perform-' ances yesterday, was on its way to Chicago to observe memorial services for 58 troupers killed in the disastrous circus-train wreck near Hammond, Ind., in June, 1918. Kershaw Lodge To Meet. There will be a special meeting of Kershaw Lodge No. 29 A. F. M. on July 21st at 8:00 p. m. at which time the first degree will be conferred on a class of candidates. Mother and Six Children Perish. Reading, Pa., July 9?Mrs. Catherine Fair, 35, and her six children ranging in age from one to fifteen were burned to death early today, when flames following a terrific explosion destroyed their farm house at Bernville, 15 miles north of here. County police blamed a still. The father, Mark Fair, and Anglo Congoli, the farm owner, were% seriously burned. The father may die. Neighbors awakened by the concussion said they eaught sight of Mrs. Fair, a child on ' each arm, trapped by flames on the stair way. Big Liquor Plant Destroyed Raiding ifi Martin's swamp on the Wateree river, jibout 22 miles from Columbia, rural police yesterday found and destroyed a liquor plant of considerable . capacity. At the plant were nine 500-gallon veils; 4,50b gallons of beer; one thrife-horse power upright boiler and about 30 gallons of whisky. No arrests were made. This plant was almost oir the exact spot occupied by a still destroyed by officers about six weeks ago. Officers making the raid yesterday were Chief J. D. Dunaway of the Richland county rural police; Rural police officers A.' H. Eleazer and J. R. Crossmand.?Saturday's State. Sling Shot De8troya Eye As a result of a play battle with slingshots as weapons Eugene Hutchinson 9 soh of Mr. and Mrs. G. fe Hutchinson of 505 East Palmetto street, will lose the sight of hik eye it was determined by Dr. S. R. Lucas who examined the wound imi mediately afftr the accident. Eu gene was on one side of a hedge, i1 is ?aid and hi* playmate Robert Grinisley son of Mr. and Mrs. R. T > Grinisley of Jarrott street, was or - j the other. A shot from the slinf - | shot of Robert Grimsley let loose a1 1 random through the hedga struck i Eugene sqyarely in the kye practi - cally destroying it. It is expecta t that it will be nccesaarjr to re mow " the eye.?Florence News-Review. yts" "" " [ IIBTHUNK NKW8 N0TB8 Happening* of Interest mm 'Iold lij Our Regular Correspondent Bethune, S. C\, July 12.?The regular monthly meeting of the School Improvement Association was held at the home of Mrs. M. Ci. King on Tuesduy afternoon. Miss Olga Ban| non gave a pleasing reajding and M rs. A. B. MeLaurin read un interesting paper on the schools of Darlington, Kershaw and Chesterfield eounMr. and Mrs. F. M. Gines of l)othan, Ala., accompanied by two chill/.tten, have been visiting their daughter, Mrs. Mayo Davis. Mrs. Davis rettirne^i home with her parents where she will remain for a short i stay. Mrs. J. B. Johnson and children of Trenton, Tenn. returned borne last I week after having spent some time j with Mr. D. T. Yarbough and family.) Mrs. Johnson's sister Mrs. Margaret, Marion with her small daughter Rob- j hie Newton, accompanied her butj before reaching Trenton little Robbie j Newton became desperately ill and had to be taken to a hospital at Jackson, Tenn. where she was immediately operated on for appendicitis. Her condition is very serious,) hut the latest report from her doctor was more encouraging. ! A number of young people from both junior and senior unions attended a B. Y, P. U. rally at Thorn Hill! Baptist church on Sunday afternoon. L Mrs. J. W. Clarke of Columbia has ,-been visiting at the home of her jbrother Mr. M. O. Ward, j Mrs. Maude Watts and daughters, iMrs. Osborne, of Matthews, N. C., I Mrs. Paul Smith and Miss Mabel iWatts ,visited Miss Lois Watts, who! is dietitian at the Baptist hospital,) and Miss Ruth Wafts who is attending summer school at the University of South Carolina last Friday. Miss Edith Clyburn is spending some time with Miss Frances Penj nington, of Hartsville. L Miss May Long of Prosperity is, thf guest of Mrs. Love Hearon. 1 j | Miss Helen Pope Ward is spending some time in Hendersonville and Asheville. j Miss Alma West, who holds the position of city nurse at Winston Salem, N. C. ,has been visiting her parents. A crowd of young people, chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Loring Davis and Mrs. L. M. Best had a picnic at Big Springs Tuesday evening. Is a White Mart. | In our report of the court cases last week in the case of Jesse'C arter, pleading guilty to a charge of vioi lating the prohibition law, and who was sentenced to serve six months ' with four, suspended, we stated that j garter was a negro. The error I came about through a confusion of ! names?there being a Jesse Carlos land a Jesse Carter. We gladly make the correction in justice to<> Carter, 1 who is a white man. fosponed Services The services which were to have been held at Beaver Dam Baptist t church .on Sunday afternobn, July^ 110th were not held as a result of the ! rain which came up about the time | get for services. The usual services will be held there on July 24th, conducted by Rev. T L. Willingham. .. Noted Texan Born in Camden Waco, Texas, July 13.?Judge (John C- West, 94, reputed to have I been one of the few who saw the ! death of "Stonewall" Jackson, died j at his home here Tuesday night, i Judge v West was born at Camden S. C., in 1334. He married Miss | Mary E. Stark there in 1853. A-ftei ! coming to Texas, he was appointed 'district attorney by Jefferson Davis then president of the Confederacy I but gave up his post to enter th< I Confederate army in 1862. In th< t permanent Confederate government . be was again appoin'ed district at torney for Western Texas but resign ried again *i i 1863 and entered th< army. Judge West died in the same homi . he was living in when he enliste( the last time. He is survived by tw< > daughters, bne. Miss Decca Lama Wtfst, a ndted writer. He will b< ] buried here. '\. IX Judge West visited Camden perhap [ fifteen years ago and pointed ou the residence just North of th present post office then owned an J,soccuptcd by J, C. Hough. ?s his at s ceatral home. He was Intendant c ^the Jown in 1845. : * v -.*sv - - - HKKiiKKT VfcGIKT IU KJKJ) If Kit K N'fc of Former Camden \,.Kro ,w. eves He Was Victim of Maniac | U.Hkmi McGirt, young colored j World war hero and former practicing attorney of Camden, whose funeral' | services were held at Ml. Moriah I Baptist church in this city Sumfay afjternoon was murdered by ? maniac |<>r an amateur negro bandit instead U H Professional gangster, according I to the belief of his wife, Vera Mo ,CJ'rt. who w?8 accomptnying him at . Uje time of his death. | The eouple, who had boor, making' | their home in Camden until three I months ago, had attended a picture! show on the night of July 4 and Were! walking along Twenty-sixth avenue between Jackson and Van Buren in Oary, Indiana, enroute home when a voice from their rear commanded them to stick up their hands. Vera'8 hands, according to the woman's statement, immediately shot upward and Herbert was in the act of raising Ins when, as he turnod to face his assailant, he was struck in the right shoulder with a revolver bullet that ranged downward and pierced his ' heart. With a parting *ry that the gunman had got him and that he needed a doctor Heyhart sank to him knoag, and was dead within less than ten minutes. Aided by adjoining alloyways and under cover of darkness the bandit made his apparent escape although a number of arrests followed and three men are now. held pending identification in the Indiana city. McGirt had expected to enter the practice of law in Gary, which is a city of one hundred thousand population and the center of extensive steel mill operations, but while awaiting the state bar examination ho had found employment as an elevator man at one of the city's club buildings. The body of McGirt was accompanied from the NoTth by his wife and a friend of the family and his | funeral which was conducted with fraternal honors attracted a larger attendance than has been witnessed upon a similar occasion in many years. Many floral offerings were in evidence and the casket was draped with an American flag, as a special tribute from the Indiana state military department. Death of Mrs. Trantham. ; The body of Mrs. Carrie Brown j Trantham, widow of the late J. I Sydney Trantham, for many years i sheriff of Kershaw County, was brought to Camden Monday and was buried by the side of her late husband | in the Quaker cemetery, the Rev. !J. P. Graham, officiating, and the following gentlemen serving at pall l bearer,- G. A. Creed, G. T. Little, !W. R. Hough, L. C. Clyburn, Dan Owens and O. J. Smyrl. Mrs. Trantham died at a private j sanitarium in Atlanta after a brief illness. She Had been, residing with her daughter at 557 Linwood avenue, N. Eir?and?her death occurred on Friday. Short funeral services w?re held at the funeral parlonj of Barclay and Brandon, with Rty. F. C. McConnell and Rev. B. E. Jones officiating. Mrs. Trantham was a native of Liberty Hill, the daughter of the i late William iferown, long prominent in that section. She N had resided , with her daughter, Mrs. U. A. Morton, | for the last six years, but only last April she had been on a visit to relatives in this city and other parts of the state. She was a member of the Ponce de Leon avenue Baptist Church. Life long acquaintances of ? Mrs. Trantham testify to the high | Christian character of this good w* man, and her death brought sorrow 'o many. She is survived by four daughters ' Mrs. Morton, Mrs. F. P. Rogers, ol ^ Dillon, S. C.; Miss Louise Tranti j ham, Of Atlanta; one son, John I | T anVbam, of Hartsville S. C.; tw< "jesters, Mrs. Max McChanham, ol Dallas, Texas,; Mrs.,J-. VV. Ricker oi McCurtain, Ok la., and four grand hildren, Miss Elizabeth Morton,-ftfiiri j Martha Morton, Miss Elsie Louisi . ? r.nSham and Leonard Broom. r1 ? 5 j Cotton Acreage Cut. j Washington. July 9.?This year' otton acreage was placed at 42,683 r ^6 acies by the Department of AgH ulture today in its first estimate < ? season. That was the area i cultivation on July 1 and is 12.4 p< -tni. less than the area in cultivatic on June 25 last year. Compared wil the area picked last.year it represen a decrease of about 9.8 percent. r * " "~"V '** *. I-ANCASTKH TO I*AVE 1 < I .?\ ? <! I rum Columbia j0 Charlotte Through Camden I'd tie.v luy (he I-ttiicaeti-r County Bouid uf ( oiiimi,siuii,.|H and the county delegation approved the county's greatest project in the wuy of r o*ds. In an agreement under U?c reimbursement contract with the South Carolina State Highway Comonss.on Lancaster county is to have Mate Highway No. 20 paved, beginn>?K at Kershaw county line in Kershaw via Heath Springs and Lancaster to the North Carolina line south of I meville, approximately forty miles in length. This agreement has bean approved by our county commissi oners and just as soon as neces[?Hry premilinaries have been completed the project will become a realty. This paving program on No. 2tj Wl gi\e the State a permanent cons'tructed road from Columbia to the ? North Carolina line connecting with the road south of PineVille which ih now under construction for hardsurfacing into Charlotte. Kershaw county is now paving from Richland ^ounty line to the town of Kershaw. \Vhen completed this will open one of South ( arolina's muin highwuys. * thc counly duUgatitm are to be congratulated on thoir efforts and the agreement approved for hard. of Hi n* LanKcasU'r county's section of Highway No. 26 i? a ,ong Ntep forward not only to the county at ge but to the State as only by such efforts can the county and the State make permanent highways in ? *?!?!?*, *lth the Program new being Rn 7 m y,the hi*hw?* commission. Route 26 j8 Lancaster's most im? wM^he^ldT*' and WHen connect?f" with the highway system of North Carolina it will be an even more im- 3 porta,,t highway as jt will give to e public and to Lancaster county cHixens a hard-surface road to th? 1 capita, Of Routh Carolina^ ami Tn outlet to the traffle to North Caro8 main avenues of travel. Other' ^unties of the State are taking adI antage of the reimbursement agreeSouth f"d r?m.the Pr6Mnt kZ,,7 begi to make . on, strides towarda a complete aystern of permanent highways. With e permanent improvements now on foot in the town of Lancaster and piojcct on Highway No. 26 puts Lancaster in the lime-light and opportu- . n 18 Peking at your door. Lancaster News. f former Camden Iloy Married. .. * t A marriage of interest to many fnends throughout this section was r *! ?* M*8* Mary Hou?b and Mr. Jack Hinson, which was solem'niied , this morning at six o'clock; Dr. -*"? William G. Moore, pastor of the First Baptist church, performing the ceremony. , . Mr Hinson holds a responsible position with a local bottling company and has been a resident of ^ Chester for the past several years. Mrs. Hinson is a' daughter of Mr end Mrs. John C. Hough and is one of Chester's most popular and attractive young *roHen. She has been bookkeeper for the ~ Byars Grocery Company Tor some tfrie. Mr. and Mrs. Hinson have gone to Charleston for several days and upon their return will make their home in Chester.?Chester News. Mr. Hinson was formerly of Gam-Hr^ ' den and was connected with the Coca; Cola plant, and is a son of the late J ? Walter Hinson. * t? ; ' - u \ j ' 'ST* ' Market Changes* Headquarters . 1 yr The Community Market has moved from the Redfern Motor Company 4, \ to Schenk s vacant room at the rear of Zemp & DePass' Drug store. It i* open every - Saturday morning from 1 ; 9:00 ?'cI?ck to 11:00 o'clock giving the town housekeepers time to come ^ and purchase their products. They have fresh vegetables, fruit, v ? eggs, fryers, Honey, etc. and all ~ prices are in line with the cash and carry stores ih town. The market associatiojtoneeds' the patronage of the buyers" and they? a guarantee satisfaction. This is one way of bringing the town and pointy-? |* together. ,f Marvfttft^T v ' *"$ ? -?? ir Mr. B. W. Ward, of Camden, sBS ?n Mi s Lena Blanche Roche Rose, of Lh Blaney, were married at the home of U P.obate Judge W. t. MeDoweil on Thursday fast, July 7th.1 sr ;