The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 22, 1927, Image 6
Nobody's Business
Written for The Chronicle by (it*
Mc<iee# Ojpyrtjfht, 1V27,
Juat A* V> * Kitpwclwd
Below is ori incorrect copy of the
report that will (not) be myie by
the committee appointed by the governor
of South Carolina to investigate
the Highway (.'omrngteion, for which
purpose the last legislature approprT-'
ate4 the *um of 25 thousand dollars.
ITEM J We found where one of
the member* of thr High say <iepart?
rnent gave a guy t ne /.a nr*- of
Bill Bailey, a > alee main the employ
of 'he .Sgi/joeo. n Road Mathi/
er^ < o., a coca ' -la wh.le they
were dr. a fishing tr.p or: tr?e 11.g
Santee r.ver S&st summer a'. o'clock.
ITf!M 2 Deu.-' v., No. J7 located
a < he< k giv? n by a road scrape < j/erator
w no lives in the upper part of
the state for 2 dollars apparent,) in
payment for 2 load* of top-soil, and
the rnai. to whom the check was payable
? wear* that he gave the top-soil
to the road builders, and that the
check surely m m*. have been in settlement
of an ax ount for whiskey or
sorrieth.ng of that kind.
ITEM 2. On October 'J, 1'j20, a
stranger from Out ago was ??*:ri off in
a corner with a member of the Highway
Commission, and it is believed,
from the evidence adduced at the
trial, that the aforsaid stranger was
trying to bribe the commissioner to
hire hirn as secretary, and turn their
then secretary off.
ITEM 4. During the festivities of
July 4th, last year, it appears that
one Sarn .Skinner offered the purchasing
agent of the Highway Commission
200 bags of cement for 2 hundred
dollars, and that the said purchasing
agent scorned this offer, and went
else where and bought 200 bags of a
similar grade cement for 2 hundred
dollars and 25 cents. This looks very
serious to us.
We have spent only 24 thousand, 4
hundred and 20 dollars and 33 cents
of the sum appropriated, and we
fuel that much good has been accomplished.
We have not put anybody in
jail, as yet, but several people have
lotrt heavily iri weighing since we
started nut with our investigations.
If Your Honor will appropriate about
26 thousand dollars more and turn
the same over to us we will find out
a great deal more.
R es pec t f u 11 y s u b m i 11 ed,
Investigating Committee,
By Cosh, Chairman
Vacations Versus Home-I.ifc
Vacation time ?.ipped up on us,
but it's here nevertheless. This is
the Heaso11 of the y?ar that a man and
bis wrfe and his children will leave
a good comfortable home where bathrooms
and bath-tubs and hot and cold
water and good deeping porches and
a fairly g >n<l breakfast, dinner, and
supper < act be had without special
ado and put for the coo
bri-e/es of t h mountain section, anc
call them-vOIves taking a vacation.
lama
malicious .
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\ Bee Brand Powder or
^ Liquid kills Plies,Fleas,
v Mosquitoes, Roaches.
\ Ants, Water Bugs, Bed
\ Bugs, Moths, Crickets,
\ Poultry Lice and many
| other insects.
/ Powder GmB
t loc end 35c soc end 75c
/I soc end I1.00 ti.a*
30c Spray Oun 33c
W rite for free booklet on ktll!
inj; house end garden insects
/ McCormick & Co.
/ Baltimore, Md.
\ B?ISd
j INSECT -Step,
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S COLUMBIA LUMBER & I
| MANUFACTURING CO. I
MILL WORK
JJ SASH, DOORS, BLINDS
y AND LUMBER
J> PLAIN A HUwtR STS. Phawa 71
COLUMBIA. S. C.
Weil, rut and my old Lady decided
no\ \ot*t Ago t bat we'd go up and
.-pe.nd the week-end. That w?i about
| al! we l?ad to *pend. We patked up
j laat Friday afternoon and got in our
I?the lifxh rnirratlment Therc-on
:? Cat next Tuesday week), and we
wound up at a plate back in the
mountain* ia.led Bonnie Inn. iio we
went Inn to inA Bonnie out.
u
The ,<%C\ * ho wed ut a cute little
| if; '.J*- attic with a wt-sU-rn
view. (V ju i oeihj ook out of the
( only a i..J /w the room had and ^-ee
j the a :de . f the mountain only 25 feet
aAayl The bed looked all right a'.
a d>pta,c 1 r: fact, you had to sleep
on it to nr.ow that mattress conta.r.e*]
com cobs, shucks and oat
straw. The bowl and pitcher sat m
a .-hc f over next to the chimney,
ar.d the slop jar uster 1a* a paint
bucket, arid it was a'.l right ex ept
rr.i r.ar.<i.e was miss.rig.
The room a.so had a bureau or
dresser .t. 1 looker! ,n the mirror
and tried to think what 1 was crying
about, or who it was hit me in the
face with a ditching shovel. My
wife thought she was ill when she
gazed upon her mis-ahapen mug. The
other 2 pieces of furniture consisted
of I rocking chair with 1 rocker on
it ar.cj 1 straight fhair with the back
of &ame leaning forward at about 4/>
degrees. The ceiling had not been
put up. The hotel had been built only
fc years.
We went down to supper about 6:30
Bonnie had salmon balls on the table.
(Salmon balls are two reasons why
we left home). There were a few
other things on the table, such as
light bread (4 days and 5 hours and
69 minutes old), iced-tea, but they
happened not to get any ice th'at
evening, and rice that rattled when
you'd poke a spoon at it. My wife
began to cry. She was hungry, but
had been on a diet so long I was
giad they didn't have any fried
chicken, or stuff of that kind.
Breakfast was a little bit different.
Bonnie had coffee instead of iced-tea
?to go with her salmon balls, and
the rice seemed somewhat warmer.
(I suppose Bonnie warmed last
night's rice over. It looked like our
previous rice all right). Dinner was
also different. Bonnie had cooked
some cabbage to go along with the
salmon balls. The bath-room was
about r>0 yerds from the house. The
rates were as follows: American
plan, $7.50 per day per person, but
2 persons could stay iri the same room
at $ 1 5.00 We got home Saturday
night at H:-10, and thus ends our
"vacating" for the present year.
Death-Dealing Instruments of Today.
HOMK BRKW?Total deaths last
year due to drinking, making, selling,
stirring, and tasting home brew were
46,546, exclusive of prohibition officers,
Baptist deacons, old legislators,
and chief witnesses.
\\ OMKN -?Over 19 thousand men
I were killed during 1926 by women,
1 their paramours, and accessories after
the fact. The principal instruments
. used in forcing husbands to depart
this life were picture cord, sash
Weights, pistols, mix vomica, hammers.
strychnine, baseball bats, and
mistaken identity. Insurance companies
now consider women a considerable
factor in increasing the
mortality rate, and it will cost more
in the near future to insure husbands
in New Jersey, New York, Greenville,
and Ixis Angeles?than other uncivilized
communities.
SNA K MS?The snake bite hazard
has depreciated in the past two years,
but 13 deaths from the use of snake
remedies occurred in North Carolina
during last summer's tourists season.
Any kind of abrnsure, regardless of
the source from Which it emerged,
was classified as a snake bite in
sections where whiskey prescriptions
could be had from a physician.
Several people owned their own private
snakes, and up around Asheville,
sheiks let their snakes bite a man for
2 dollars. In fact, they kept regular
snake stations which wore operated
on the order of filling- stations, only
there was no tax on snake bites.
Mill.MS Missouri led all other
fates last year in deaths due to
mules. 147 wfiite folks and 62 neg' <?es
passed into the beyond when
mule hoofs came info contact with
Vno-heav'.s. Several mules passed out
tlso durii g the kicking festivities:
.'V kuked some colored gentlemen
head- tnnt were harder than
the average, and busted their feet )
off. and had to he shot. Mules killmi
a few people by running away,
and dashing against Fords, and picnic
parties.
BULLS' The direct deaths last
ear due to bulls were 99, a decrease
>f 2 over the previous year. Shootng
the bull caused 14 husbands to
enter cemeteries with their feet in
front of them: this shooting took
place where their wives were eaves
KI NS MILK ON BJKAl II
Ihru Swims OmI and lirscim*s
Girl Vrum Drowiin
l**j?btng a down - PawteyV'
ls.and Urach, when informed that
a >oung lady was battling w '-h a
strong uraiery>w a quarter of a mile
from shore, /Laurie 8. Rogc a
frail yout>K of Andrew's, S t , fell
exr.auated on the sand after hi* long
run, staggered to hi* feet, ther. awa/n ;
#u" in the foaming tide and r< vcaed
M.ss Sarah Reeve* of Lanca.>ter. Sc
1
( . from a watery grave, Wednesday
afternoon.
Ac-cording to the account given
by several eye witnesses, Mia.*, Reeves
a ho knew very little about the art
of swimming, went bathing with a
small group of ladies. The t.de was
running out, and the undertow was
exceptionally strong. Several of the
ladies, including Miss Keev i-s were
swept off their feet, but all managed
to -truggle to the shore with 'he as*iftan<e
of w^mc men stai.t.r.g by.
except Miss Reeves, who was carried
beyond the reach of the pri-M ' t help.
A smull boy who saw the c< ?. i re nee,
and who realized that the m< ?. present
were too exhausted to make any
further effort, ran and summoned
Mr. Rogerson and this you' g man
responded at once, making a recordbreaking
dash of a mile across the
hot sands. Miss Reeves never gave
up hope for an instant, however although
she was in the water over
thirty minutes, and she managed to
keep afloat until Rogerson reached
her side.
Dr. Barron of Columbia, gave the
young lady first aid treatment, and
she is now rapidly recovering from
her terrible experience. I
Miss Reeves has been visiting
M rs. G. A. Hodge of Georgetown
for the past several weeks.?George1
town Time. ;
Boy I>ied in a Tree
^At the Coroner's inquest held in the
court house Friday morning a verdict
was returned to the effect that Sylvester
Thomas 0 year old negro
youth, was killed by coming in contact
with an electric wire while up in
a tree.
The negro boy came to his death
some time Thursday afternoon. He
was found dead about 4 o'clock in a
tree on Church street. Maroice Scarborough
who was passing the spot
where the boy had been found was
stopped and he removed the body
from the tree.
It is said that there was an electric
light wire passing through the tree,
and the hoy is supposed to have come
in contact with this wire.?Bishopville
Messenger.
Largest Strawberry
A she villi*, N. July 14.?A
strawberry nearly l>ig enough to embellish
a shofl^ake all by itself is
the latest and most boasted production
of the Leicester district. The
strawberry, seven and a half inches
in circumference and six and a half
inches long, was introduced into the
present craze for extremes by J. F.
Austin, Leicester farmer. It was
placed on display at the Grjfce Supply
Company. It is believed to be
the largest of all Buncombe county
strawberries ever produced.
Wright Begins Sentence
Jeremiah Wright, sentenced to
serve from eight to 16 years imprisonment
in connection with killing
of Jen ey Mitchum in Berkley
county, was yesterday brought to the
penitentiary by Berkley county officials
to begin his sentence, his appeal
for a new trial having been
turned down by the supreme court
July 6. He reached the penitentiary
yesterday shortly before noon.
Mill President Dead '
Union, July 11.?Harry B. Jennings,
president and general manager
of Union-Buffalo Mills company here
and of the Fairmont Mills in Spartanburg,
died suddenly at his residence
on South street here at 2:10 this
morning.
He was seized with a heart attac
k Saturday night while seated at
the supper table, the attack gradually
growing more pronounced, resulting
in death this morning.
Attired in a military jacket and
waving a white baton, a woman recently
stepped in the center of ;1
crowded Paris boulevard, ordering all
vehicles to stop immediately. Attacted
by the unusual traffic jam,
police hurried to the rescbe. The
selfappointed cop calmly explained, 'I
read in the papers that women soon
will be taken on the police force and
I thought I would get some practice.
^ ^ ?
dropping, hence?the combat. Most
of the men gored to death : by pasture
bulls were caught off their
guard while playing g?lf. The 4 women
were engaged in puking blackberries
at the time, and they never
knew What hit them. (They; had on
red teddies, and were bending over,
and bulls can't stand red).
High Praise For Negro ConpU
Public commendation of two negroes,
Frank Bigger# and Parnece
Bigger*, his wife, of the Filbert community
for the honest an^ open and
straight forward manner in which
they gave testimony against William
McKinlry Thomasson for the murder
of Mrs. Frances Thomaason, -was
made by Judge Mann in sessions court
Monday afternoon. The judge's remarks
were most unusual and created
much interest.
"One thing that lias impressed me
;r; connection w:tn this trial," his
honor said, "is the way in which
these two negroes gave testimony
against a member of their own race.
They deserve the praise, the appreciation
of the better element of their own
race as well as of the whites. They
art- h:gh nunded negroes, a credit to.
tne:r race.
"The) could have dodged and twisted
and evaded; but neither made any
attempt to do so. They told the truth
in a simple and straight-forward manner;
arid they are a credit to themselves
and their color."
Frank and Parnece Biggera are
tenants on the farm of Thomas J.
Thomasson and it was the colored woman
who discovered the dead body of
the slain woman.
Judge Mann also had high praise
for Attorneys McDow. Wilson and
H. M. Dunlap for the able manner
in which they conducted the defense
of the condemned negro, after they
had been appointed by the court to
defind him.?Yorkville Enquirer.
James Walter Johnson Killed
C. A. Johnson, of the Buffalo section,
received a telegram Saturday
morning notifying him of the death
of his son, James Walter Johnson,
who fell from a scaffold where he
was at work and taken to a hospital,
where he died without recovering consciousness.
He was in the employ
of the Frazier Construction Company,
of St. Louis, at the time of the occurrence
of the accident.
Mr. Johnson, who was 28 years of
age, left home several years ago and
had not been at home in more than
a year. He served in the United
States Marines for three years before
taking up other employment. Tho
remains were met in Columbia by the
motor hearse of Kershaw Mercantile
& Banking Company Tuesday afternoon
and were taken to the home
of Mr. C. A. Johns,n. The funeral
services and burial took place at Mt.
Risgah church Wednesday morning,
the service being conducted by Rev.
M. B. Gunter. of Bethune, and the
burial with the ceremonies of the
Masonic fraternity.? Kershaw Era.
j Forty thousand roses are required
to produce one ounce of attar of roses.
Grand Exalted Rider
1 t in?
joun r. rv&auey. of Boston, elect*
cd grand exalted ruler of the B.
P. O. Elks after a bitter ftgbt at %
meeting of the Grand Lodge fll
Cincinnati, O., last week.
Edsel B. Ford ^ |
/\ remarkable good "closc-upM of
Edael R. Ford, now president o4
the Ford Motor Company, taken
as the 14 airplanes hopped off on
a reliability tour of 25 American
cities?and for which he will award j
I special trophy for the 4,200 milee '
?f flying. ^
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YOUNG GIRL 18 DROWNJBD
While Her Male C?mbpaaion Looks
On Unable To Give Help
iitmtevri^i, N. O., July \t.?~imprisoned
under an overturned automobile
that landed in a small stream
Miss Marie Behre, 22, was drowned
late last night, when a sudden rain
caused the stream to rise, while at
arms length away,' Walter Holland,
employe of a local firm, lay helpleaaly
hearing her struggles, hut unable
to help her.
Holland was found by passersby
early today and he and Miss
Behro's body removed from the
wreckage of a small roadster that
held them in the stream. ( His head
still was above the water and he
was suffering from exhaustion and
bruises and scratches.
Miss Behre, head nurse at the
Klkin hospital, and Holland started
last night for North Iredell to
visit Holland's grailimother. Tlfey
became lost in the darkness on a
branch road off highway No. 26
near Houstonville, N. C.
Miss Behre was driving. About
9 o'clock they reached an abrupt i
curve with a bridge across a small
shallow creek. The car went off
a six-foot embankment, turned completely
over, and the crushed top
pinned both under the car. Miss
Behre was thrown face downward
while Holland was thrown slightly
to one side and face upward.
For two hours the young couple
lay in the stream pinned under the
car, neither badly injured but unable
to move. They discussed their plight.
Then the sudden shower came up.
The stream began creeping ov&g. Mis?
Behre's head. Holland, meanwhile,
could keep his head above the water,
struggling to release himself and to
save his young companion.
Passers-by, four men, their names
not learned, heard Holland's cries..
They extricated the two, but Miss
Behre was dead. Holland and Miss
Behre's body was brought here.
Fifth Man Gets Life Sentence.
Canton, Ohio, July 16.?S. A.
Lengel, former chief of police, was
found guilty today of the murder
a year ago of Don R. Mellett, Canton
editor. The jury recommended
mercy.
The jury deliberated four hours,
returning its verdict at 5:30 p. m.
Lengel was accused of participation
in the plot for which four other
men, one of them his subordinate
on the police force are serving terms
in the Ohio penitentiary.
I' loyd Steritenberger, former detective
under Lengel, was the State's
chief witness testifying that Lengel
knew of a plan to "beat up"
Mellett in retaliation for his editorial
which he accused of being in league
with the Canton underworld. The
plans for the beating miscarried and
Mellett was shot to death.
John Evelyn, an Englishman, makes
mention of the salad in his diary 220
years ago. An excerpt reads: Sallet
is a particular combination of
certain crude and fresh herbs, such
as usually are, or may be, safely eaten
with acetous juice, oil, salt, etc., to
give them a grateful gust and vehicle.'
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% VERDICT S*^H
Attd Judge Kcum
Jury
Gaffney, July
accuaedmen were eithtr^B
guilty of murder,
mise verdict justify .
of the evidence brooduH
three day triul, Jud^^B
this afternoon rvvcrnd^B
jury's conviction of
and Tom Hensley, 0f j^B
with recommendation
new trial was granted jfl
the defendant* wan f^TB
I The two men were uyfl
Martin and ('. K. WiJB
whom were acquitted, (,/B
slaying of Lonrnc Koli/^9
of last year. B
In rendering his <h^M
Sca.sc severely critiaed t^B
its action, declaring jB
the manslaughter verdict^H
I dicated that suspicion
| part in the conviction. ^B
Will Cole, young (iaffr^B
oil a charge of crirnijmfijB
a gill under 111 ku.-^B
acquitted by a directed )H
the prosecutrix and auo(|^B
girl witness swore the ^^B
gave at the magistrat^^J
when Cole was hound
titious. ^B
"Nothing on that pi^B
truth," is the way the^^B
referred to a copy of^B
she gave in the preliaj^B
J ess if Esti'lk^^
Grand-daughter ot
Jesse James is now in
to play the part ofherffl
i mother, or the mother,of
brothers, in a naomJ^J
; of the West's famed bad
| Southern Railway Systil
J Announces Greatly Reduced Round Trip ExcuflM
g Fares to
ATLANTIC CITY AND NIAGARA
| The following round trip fares will apply
: shown below: To . To
^rom: Atlantic City Niagara F*j
Capiden $22.95 ";r
Chester '22.20 - '
j Columbia 24.15 ?)|
Lancaster 22.95 ?
Winnsboro 24.15 3
Proportionate fares from intermediate points|
Tickets good for 18 days including date pf *a'e*
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. ; ;
Selling dates: via P.R.R., June 21; July 5, 1
August 2, 16, 30; via B.&O., June 29; July ^ 1
August 10, 24; September 7.
Lxcursion fares as above also ftpply via Norfojiji
Reduced round trip fares to other New Jers*M
shore resorts.x . I
NIAGARA FALIUS, N. Y. 1
Selling dates: via P.R.R.! June 22; July 1
August 3, 17, 31; September 14, 28; via B.&QJ
30; July 14, 28; August 11, 25; September
October 6. * -J
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flays within final limit at Philadelphia. B*W|
Washington, etc. , ,
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