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l?iHg^CAMDEBt CHRONICI.F f I CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, .rRIDAY.' AUGUST 19, 1927 " ft*' I la., i 1 - - i iiiim NUMBER 21. I US ur AUIU I KIP 0 POINTS IN NORTH By J. F. McJD. om Niagara on the southwest to Thousand Islands country along northernmost reaches the Canadshores of Lake Ontario offer an esting and" inspiring study of ty and contented people; of hos>le homes and benevolent cus; of rapturous climate and scenic deur in such combinations as few r quarters of the continent can rdens of delicate foliage and t-scented flowers Stretch uji;n except for pastured clearings occasional cherry orchards which gentle and winding slopes back j rd the Bush-country. Glimpses r the lake reveal beaches fine lathing and fcky-blue water that 1 in nothingness out beyond the of sail-boat and fishing trawler, id motor highways, hard and wide as smooth and well-nrrorkfed as system of roads in the States, aily traversed by American tourirs in far greater numbers than operated by native subjects, tiess thousands of homes ghout Ontario have opened their to tourists from this country nunicipal and provincial authorare lending every courtesy and leration to foreign travel. h is Canada and its spirit to nuke of every visitor an honored puest. But the fact that one can >ver-run an amber traffic light with)ut a scowling rebuke from the hand >f law and make unfamiliar though prohibited corner turns withptyt fear f arrest does not alone accbinU for K' generally prosperous and happy ilife of the Dominion, iparently the Canadian farmer s no such thing as hard times h even now is raised high and by the man of the South; Abo^e across the border there are no unted dwellings; there no fences sag hedge-rows grow tangled from ect. And all because these people at home and live for cash; be- \ e they know no credit companies the first installment plan, nada has no regular lein or ?-crop system and negro labor ' would attract more attention j a beer parlor or liquor house i r, opened for business here. No crop features there but rather rery fruit and vegetable has its place nd eggs and poultry are figured with ie certainty of value equal to real ,anadian currency. More ample cash fturns come from dairying and every Hiking member of a herd is said to i good for a profit of twenty-five rs pe month. Gty life in Ontario is much the as that prevailing in any AmerWn city with the lone exception of kers and wines, liquors and liqueurs being obtainable in any quantity. lOovernment permits are issued by the boanl of control at the rate of two dollars each and these entitle the holder to purchase as much as he has * desire to consume in private. To imbibt publicly is a serious offense >nd subjects one to a fine of two hundred dollars and many, many days in W. Under the cash and carry sys*em Scotch liquors average four dollars a quart with sparkling ChamP?igne wines at two dollars the pint bottle. Prominent among the line of waiting at the government houses are American girls of the school-teacher type and those who have slipped away from their homes in the States with the idea of getting every possible thrill. Canadian women as'a general study T|te all the way from interesting to decidedly attractive and in every case they are extremely modest Always frHy attired even in the daylight (wr* of summer heat they never J bared knees and public smoking, 'ell, is not being done just now. w^lcdhne every story of the hland and all as one express r in the fnentton of pine-forested R and plantation life among black *"ts and the almost boundless R of cotton. > enter Canada oust the highway j^dge at Niagara Falls costs thirty** cents and there is no additional * on passports but before these can to U*ue<* necessary for motorists 0 prove ownership of ear .and show v *ut? driver's license. Return cart be obtained at any of a a,on* rottt? to fMon and Ogdensburg and at J,r<ym dollar to tea dollars ayfri the disJ1 'PiLi1.jgWOgMUdj HW m* tance from shore to shore. From central South Carolina through the nation's capitol and most thickly populated areas and on around Lake Ontario; back through the Shenandoah Valley, across the Natural Bridge of Virginia and back to Camden Is around twenty-five hundreJ miles with only a second glimpse of but two cities along the entire route. The roads are almost perfect and at no time is traffic harder >o negotiate than the average Southern, town on Saturday afternoon. .Eight days for the trip requires a daily average o^ but three hundred miles. Such a trip can with all ease be made by any Camden motorist and to their advantage scfenes resplendent in beauty beyond all Imagination will unfold in never-ending fashion. The Susquehanna Trait; Niagara shoeing by night in ail the rainbow's colors; the Virginia Caverns and countless other creatures of Divine handiwork.are oh parade and, when traveling by light motor, all fbr the price of but thirtytwo dollars .worth of gasoline and oil! ? "iv(Tir.n? >1 pjKi|.\(; CAI.I.KD To Determine Fair Maxium Pric* ? B* I'aid l or Picking Cotton Following the example set by Sumter county farmers the County Agent '? falling a meeting of Kershaw county farmers and ginners to be held ?t the court house in Camden on Thursday, August 26th at 11 o'clock for the purpose of determining what will be a fair maximum price to pay for cotton picking, based on probable yield of the county. At the beginning of the season the farmer is at a loss to know what to pay for picking, and without knowledge of general conditions must be guided by rumors of what is being paid by others. This of necessity results in a wide variation in prices, and naturally causes much dissatisfaction among the pickers as well as being troublesome to the landlords. The plan of meeting and determining a fair maximum price worked splendidly in Sumter county last yofer, and it is hoped that enough farmers' will attend this meeting to make it representative of the county. The cotton ginners of the county are requested to assemble with the farmers at the above named meeting and later meet with themselves to determine if possible a uniform price for ginning. Prisoner Hangs in Jail Lexington, S. -Of., Aug. 15-<;eo. Miller, a white prisoner, killed himself in the county jail here this morning. He used a piece of cloth to hang himself. He was about 50 years of age. Married By Probate Judge Mr. Stafford Bays Sapp, of Charlotte, N. ., and Miss Jane Pauline Funderburk of Lancaster, S. C., were married in Camden on Thursday, August 18th, by Probate Judge W. l! McDowell. School To Open The Camden schools will open for the session of 1027-1928 at nine o'clock, September 12th, it has been announced by the Superintendent, Mr. J. G. Richards, Jr. I N USUAL ACCIDENTS Two Negroes Met Death From Injuries Received. About two weeks ago Ernest Salmon, negro, employed on the farm of Mr. J. R. West in the Cassatt section died from injuries received in a baseball game. Another player ran into him with such force it caused a pressure on the lung, and pneumonia developed. The injured man had apparently recovered and was about to be dismissed by his physician, when pneumonia developed in the other lung causing his death. Richmond Carter, Jr., a 16 year old colored youth, died at the Camden Hospital Friday from an accident received in a base ball &ame near St. Matthews colored church south of Camden. .The boy was attempting to field a ball in the air when another lad ran into his stomach with such force as to knock him down. He was not takeh to the hospital immediately,, but reached there next day and an operation was performed in an effort to save his life. It is supposed h? was struck on an empty stomach, for it is said that the blow from the other boys "head caused quite a puncture in his intestines, isupposedly from coming in contact with his back bone. Peritonitis had set in and it was only a question of a few hours until his death. MR. STEWART DIED FROM AUTO INJURY Mr. Thomas Asbury Stewart, th* year old citj/en, why was struck by an automobile last Tuesday morn-' ">K, died from his injuries the same afternoon about four o'clock. The, ? . 4f*ntleman never regained con'Kiousntss. * The automobile was driven by Mr. J J- Powers, a heating- and plumbing contractor, from Bennettsville, and accident happened on the high*way just east of Camden where the JHtishopville and Bethune roads fork Mr Powers stoppad his car immediately and rendered every assistance. By permission of Sheriff McLeod he was allowed to continue his journey ' to Columbia and he returned in the afternoon. He and his wife returned to Bennettsville that niKht but were back here for the inquest on Friday. Messrs. W. T. Redfearn, Willis Sheorn, T. T. Truesdell, b. P. DeLoache, J. R. Waters and R. N, Shan-I non with Mr. Redfearn as foreman comprised the jury, and witnes.ea examined were Dr. S. C. Zemp, Mrs. Mary Fincher, Mrs. C. E. Davis iJ E. Cuinn, C. H. Yate?, I.. T. Stew.* and Jim Taylor who all kept along the same line of testimony that the death of Mr. Stewart was due to aft unavoidable accident, The jury brought in a verdict to that effects? exhonerating Mr. Powers of all blame. Notwithstanding the fact that 'the jury held him blameless Mr. Powers offered to pay all hospital as well as burial expenses. Mr. Stewart was four times mar-1 ried and is survived by his last wife' who was before marriage Mrs. Eliza- " both Morris. There were no children except by the first union and they are Mrs. Lee Gardner, of Camden; Mrs. Pierson Brown and Mrs. Nell King, of Bishopville and Mr. W. F. Stewart, of Eastover, S. C. He' also leaves two brothers?Chapman' Stewart, of Camden, and George Stew-art of Lee County. There are also eight grand children and one great grand child. Mr. Stewart Was held in high esteem by all who knew him and they all regret his untimely end. He was a member of the Hermitage Baptist church. His remains were buried in Camden cemetery after funeral services conducted by the Rev. T. L Willingham. Mr. Powers at one time was engaged in business in Camden in connection with the plumbing and heating of the Camden high school building. In a personal letter to editor of! The Chronicle he says: "I would ap-: preciate you inserting a card of thanks to the people of Camden with1 whom I came in contact with for the ! courtesy show myself and wife inj our trouble there last week. In this; connection I would like to say thatJ I have never seen better people or been treated better by all." ' Same Practice [n Camden Lancaster News: Said a citizen to aj News reporter Saturday afternoon;! Can you tell me why pedestrians are allowed to congregate on the sidewalks on Main street, particularly on | Saturday afternoon, and cause one going down the pavement to be compelled to get out into the gutter to j pass? And it Reems to get worse in.! stead of better," remarked the ladv.i1 "It seems to me that the traffic cops' should pay more attention to the mat- j ter and have people keep moving or| stand to one side, especially when j there is plenty of room on the side' of the pavements when they want to stop and converse." South Carolina's Peach Trees ? ' There was a total of 843,824 peach 1 trees in South Carolina in the winter of 1925-26, of which about 400,000 were of bearing age, with 275,000 more within one year of bearing, according to the reports of the bureau of agricultural economics. , The coastal plains region reported 503,730 trees, Chesterfield county being dar in the lead with 327,82? trees, TolIdw?!~?t THmre distance by Marlboro, Sumter, Richland, Lekington, l arKI Aiken counties. The Piedmont I Region reported 304,094 trees, Green! Ville and Spartanburg counties havI ing by far the largest number, fol, lowed by Lauren*, Cheater, York and ! Saluda. Small numbers were reported from other counties. Football paid the. University of j T^nnsylvanis $314,950 4uri?* thai I?2 ssaaan. * "iMlliaijfto, . OFFICERS CAPTURED TWO AT BOOZE MILL I i . Sheriff McLeod and his rural of-J fleer? have been making liquor deal- i ing and manufacturing unprofitable In this county since taking charge of the sheriff's office and forces. Oh Friday George Cunningham, Cunningham and Ixjuis Montgomery, negroes, who are said to op^rjlfe a notorious joint north of Camdth near ChildePs Mill, were 'placed In jail charged with selling moonshine. The arrest was made when an officer bought some boose from them sometime ago. They have all been released on bond. ' On Friday night, Jack Langley, white man, was captured on York street after a chase by officers Cooley and Hunnicutt. A car and two gallons of boose were also captured. Langley had a white companion but he made his escape. He iis known to the police and will very likely be arrested. Langley was released on bond. Alburtus Brown, a pocket dealer was captured Saturday night at "Dusty Bend". He had a small ujukntity of booze on his person. He Is out on bond. , Sheriff McLeod and officers Cooley and Ford made a raid on a still in < West Wateree and destroyed a 60 gallon outfit and got about half gallon of whisfcey. Lewis Reynolds and Hamp Branham, said to be white men vrere captured at the still. S On Tuesday thd officers went back j into the same section on the old wire road near the Richland county line and smashed a 60 gallon gasoline drum outfit and destroyed 160 gallons of mash. No one was captured.)1 On the same day about one mile , - j distance from the gasoline still they ^ destroyed four 60 gallon barrels of. wash, but found no still and about \ one mile further they destroyed three!' 50 gallon barrels of mash, but found no still and no arrests were made. Wrecked Another Car Peter Mungo, a white man, from the Jefferson section of Chesterfield /ounty, ran into a car belonging to Christopher Vaughan, while Mr. Vaughn's car was parked on the pavement in front of his house. Both cars were badly damaged and Mungo had to go to the hospital here for! repairs, but was ,later taken to his! home. . I His Brother Killed j Greenville, Fla., Aug. 16.?-Struck J down by flying parts of a harvesting, machine's engine, which gave way when greater speed was attempted,. E. A. Zeigler, Jr., 59, superintendent) of the Cherokee farms near here, was instantly killed today. Zeigler is survived by his widow. and three children, who will accom- ( pany the body to Orangeburg, S. C., i for interment. i - j Mr. Zeigler referred to in the above i dispatch is a brother of Mr. H. S. | Zeigler, conductor on the Northwest-' em railroad residing in Camden. I Young Boy Get? Hbrt While returning from Rock Hill Sunday, Eugene Pursley, young son of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Pursley was qpito badly cut about the head, when his father's car was run into from the rear by another car. The accident occurred on the Camden-Charlotte high-1 way when Mr. Pursley was returning home. The lad had his wound? dressed at the hospital but later returned home. His head struck the glass in the back of the car breaking through.' Famous Sculptor Visit? Camden Mr. F. Wellington Ruskstull, the famous sculptor, who has been tour.ing South Carolina with, his friend James Henry Rice, Jr., arrived Tuesday night from Stateburg. He was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. David R. Williams, at Mulberry and Wednesday was shown Camden's beauties .and historic sights. Hec'.^eturned to New nesday evening. Prisoner Kills Prisoner Walter Crosby, aged 31, a Beaufort j county prisoner, confined in the state penitentiary in Columbia, was killed Wednesday by a fellow convict, Elmer Smith, a Richland county convict. A blow from a stick was the cause of the injury. A quarrel ensued while the Pen were at work in the chair fhetory. v A ?I 1 ? ' I .? ' ? THE COKER ? ARM Editor IVIls What He Saw At I'edlKreed Seedsman's I'lace Many of the editors accepted invitations while at MiHee last week to go by way of Hartsville and look over iVlr. Coker's farm and many could not go so we are reproducing what the editor of Rockingham--PostDispatch saw. 7 he writer enjoyed the opportunity last h riday of being sl^pwn over the Coker farms at Hartsville by Mr. David R. Coker. He has countless tests and experiments with cotton, and other plant life, in process; and he is doing the outstanding demonstration work of the South. It will not be many years af'er his death that a state or nation-wide monument is erected to hie memory. This test work is a hobby with Mr. Coker?but doubtless in time it will prove profitable, too. Hut his chief concern in it is the experimentation. "Why otherwise intelligent people will watch carefully the breeding of animals, but give no concern to the breeding of the plants of seed they put in the ground, is beyond my comprehension," remarked Mr. Coker. And that is what he is doing on his broad acres. i He has 800 acres of shoulder-high < cotton that is the result of the breed- 1 ing of one seed seven years ago. He 1 expects this to be his best test cotton, and will have its seed on the ' market this fall at $15 per 100 pounds * ?but to be sold under certain restric-| tions. This new cotton is an inch ' and 5-16, and is to be known as < "Wild's No 1." < He is constantly experimenting,' and gives much attention to a perfect ' wild-resistant seed. \ Near the Coker Guernsey bam -hr * a five-acre field of corn that he ori- 1 ginally planted for the silo. But it is headed so well, despite its average 1 height of ten feet, that he is leaving 1 it for fruitage, and is confident he will 1 average 150 bu. to the acre. I About a week ago, his son at Myr- M tie Beach phoned him that a two- 1 inch rain had fallen that afternoon. 1 Despite the fact that he has a 15 ' per cent weevil infestation, and 1200 I acres in cotton?and no more rain wanted?his philosophical mind at 1 once reacted to one bright spot: the i fact that the approaching rain would help that 5-acre patch of corn! Al- ( ways good in something, is one of David Coker's axioms. And, by the way, he has already sprayed that 800acre fine field of new test cotton eight times with calcium arsenate. The Guernsey herd is Mr. Coker's especial delight. Starting the herd five years ago with six young head that cost him $400 each, has built up a herd of around a hundred that is giving him national renown. Three will be sent to Illinois this fall to the National Show. In the well ventilated barn, scrupulously clean, stood, one of his best test cows?and above her was a large electric fan! No Queen in ancient days could command the care and conveniences that are bestowed on this cow; the choicest foods, running water at her nose, tempered with ice, windows screened to keep out flies, and above the eiectric fan keeping her cool. This cow has already produced enough butter-fat to make her champion of her age, but every effort is now being put forth to make her ehampion of all ages. Which recalls the fact that here in Richmond county, in 1920, was the firat Jersey gold medal record established for North Carolina. This was by Fortune's Admiration. Up to that time the State record for butter-fat was 642 pounds. But J. F. Diggs smashed that with his Jersey cow by getting a production of 786 pounds, arid the first gold medal record. Mr. Diggs with his splendid Jersey herd broke other records, and annexed many medals; but in the years since 1920, more modern methods have contributed to beat his record, a Hickory cow having recently produced 1020 pounds. The world's record ifc held by~Vn Oregon cow with 1140 pounds! And our Mr. Coker down in Hartsville is with this electrically cooled bovine trying_to beat even this record. Here's hoping j he'll do it. " ? :?: Rurtfn To Louisiana Shre\eport, La., Aug. 12.?William ; Gainer Burgin, dean of the sociology ; department of Winthrop college, Rock Hill, S. C., has been appointed dean and acting president of Dodd Junior I College for Girls, a Baptist school ' which will start its first term .hers September SO. RUM RUNNERS CAUGHT IN EARLY MORN RAIO Tv/She?lff f(mts ?>ope?ating eaHy inurtdey morning made two of the ^gest raids ever recorded in this county when they captured four men and one woman and three automobiles, together with forty-five gallons of moonshine whiskey I" the raid were Sheriff Henry McU-od, Deputy (i. V. Coo'ey, Rural Officer W. U Hunni. eutt and Officer C'tile ?f (he city', forces. Two cars were sighted near AnHoeh school houst?a Buiek touring car being piloted by a Ford touring. I he Buick had no lights and was ru/ming close behind the Ford. The Buick was v driven by John Smith, negro, and contained fifteen gallons of liquor. Both cars seeded up and the Buiek was captured near the Camden Oil mill. The Ford also left the scene but the officers overtook it near the Hermitage mill when Henry Martin and Solomon Davis were arrested. Martin submitted to arrest, but Solomon Davis made a determined effort to escape and a lively tussle ensued but no one was hurt. The two last named negroes are being held in connection with the other car as the lead car, and the officers have definite knowledge that they were together fa the l? al. All three negroes are denizens the "Dusty Bend" north of Camien. Hie raid occurred about four J clock In the morning. Sooutlng around with no objective n mind the officers accidentally ran jpQn a white man and woman about DL5 in the morning in. a Studebaker coach near Springdale Club house, lust west of town. Thinking it a strange hour for a. ludy and gentlenan to be out, a search revealed the fact that they had on board thirty gallons of booze. Both were placed in jail and the man gives his name as William Funderburk, of Columbia, the woman, who is said to be good looking, and about 25 years of age, gives the name of Margaret Clifford. All five prisoners were in jail up to yesterday and no bond had been arranged. All three cars remain in possession of the sheriff. Shooting at "Dusty Bend" Henry Shedrick, a well known negro carpenter, was shot and dangerously wounded in the public road at "Dusty Bend," Sunday night. Shellie Mothershed, also negro, was arrested a few hours afterwards at his home near the scene of shooting charged with the deed. A 22-caliber seven shot revolver was used and seven shots were fired, three finding lodgement in Shedrick's arm and body. The wound Tn the arflri?ttused only a fleah ? wound, but one bullet in the body punctured the lung and Shedrick bled inwardly. He was taken to the hos pital and his wounds dressed. It la thought by physicians that he will recover provided he does not develop pneumonia. The shooting is said to have been caused by one accusing the other of stealing his booze. , Presbyterian Church Note* On last Sunday evening the ,commencement ..exercises of the Dally Vacation Bible School were held in th? Presbyterian Sunday school' , auditoriui/. For. two weeks the school was in session each morning ,. for a period of two hours, at which time the children were given a* * period of worship, Bible stories, mem- . ory work from the Bible, memorisation of songs, handwork and directed play. The school was regarded as a , very \\orth while experiment by those who attended the exercises and it is hoped that it can be repeated next summer. The Bible was the only book tayght and therefore non-sectarian in spirit. The success of the school is largely due to the splendid efforts of Ma G; H. Baum, principal, and the teachers, Misses Polly and Sarah DePass, Margaret and LiTla Mills, Junfttte~??tter~Virginia Hai!e, Virginia Clarke, Elisabeth ' Clarke, Josephine Curetonr-lag~ DeLoache and Mrs. Lambert DePass, Jr. The young peoples' societies of the various churchea.of the city will he*#_L i their regular union meeting in. ^he Presbyterian Sunday :scheol auditor, I urn Sunday evening eight o'clock. . * The leader of -.thomeeting ^Ul be - ** Yi fcirrft Hfcilc. , , ~