The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 28, 1927, Image 2
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SPEECH FROM GALLOWS
ftirger Gangster. Noose on Nerk, Denounces
State's I'ruMrutur
Marion, HI., Oct. 21.? Kado Millit-h,
n friendless, penniless Montenegrin,
the "goal" of the Birger
gangsters, made a dramatic entrance
into the unknown today.
Reading from a puper, which he had
dictated and with difficulty held in
his pinioned hands, he denounced
State'# Attorney Arlie Hum well for
^prosecuting an innocent man" for
conspiracy witii the Birger gang,
nixl a# "an accessory to fhurder."
At the climax of his periods his
head swum and he slumped off the
trap. He was pushed hack hy Philip
Hanria, an imported expert Hangman.
The trap was sprung hy Sheriff
Coleman, while Millich, half conscious,
tried to keep his feet. Looking
at Bos well at the foot of the
gall ows, Millich had been overcome1
when in broken English he said:
"That man down there brought
witnesses to my trial that swore
falsely against me. Yes, 1 did kill
Ward Jones, but it was done in self
defense and Mr. Boswcll knows it.
You people will know the truth
later as J tell it now on the brink
of death. 1 want no preachers to
console me. Two prcacheri were
on the jury that convicted me. Then
ihey came around and talked brotherly
love and the gospel trying to
ease me into Heaven. 1 don't want
any of it. I never* went to school
and I have no friends."
While delivering his words the
noose was about his neck. As the
death cap was hurriedly pulled over
his head, Millich's strength ebbed
and collapse was imminent.
Mill ich was abandoned by his j
attorney when Governor Small refused
to reprieve him. This case j
did not go to the Supreme Court
because he was penniless. The
only hand stretched out to save
him was that of the Serbian consul
in Chicago who asked the Governor
for a reprieve.
Millich had served a term foi\
robbery and on his release from
prison was taken under the wing
of Charlie Birger. He was the bartender
at the Shady Rest resort of
the gang leader.
Just a year ago there was a fight
among the gangsters. Millich and
Ward J ones were principals. Jones,
so the evidence showed, ran toward
the house and appeared with
a machine gun which he pointed toward
Millich. The latter had seized
a gun and as Jones appeared, fired
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and killed June*. The body was ear-!
riwl off ami tossed in a creek new'
Shawnee Town. It was found Oct-'
Jober 2d. He was convicted on the
evidence of two gangster*, Harry j
1 Thompson, serving life sentence and
Art Newman also serving life for
murder of Mayor Joe Adam* of West
City.
They swore that Jones did not
intend to shoot Mlllich.
This is the first Birger gangster
to hang. As Millich said v" the {
gallows, "Birger *is here yet, but
. he has money."' The gang leader's
' casd is in the Supreme Court.
Millich had worked as h miner.
Birger did not testify at the trial.
A crowd of 200 witnessed the
execution. Foi^r more Birger
gangsters are to be tried for mur!
der.
Orangeburg Has a New One
Orangeburg, Oct. 19.? Attended by
hundreds of county ami town people
the formal opening of the Kutaw, the
city's new $275,000 community hotel
was held Tuesday evening. The
doors of the hostelry were formally
thrown open to the public at H o'clock
and for several hours a throng passed
in and out of the building on a
tour of inspection.
NOTICE OF HALE
NOTICE OF SALE OF THIRTYFIVE
THOUSAND ($35,000.00)
DOLLARS STREET' IMTROVEMENT
BONDS OF THE CITY OF
CAMDEN, S. C.
The City Council of Camden South
Carolina will offer for sale on Wednesday,
November 2nd, 1 {*27, at the
office of the City Clerk Thirty-Five
I Thousand Dollars ($35,000.00) coupon
street improvement bonds, in the denomination
of One Thousand Dollars
each, with "Iffterest ut five per pent,
payable semi-annually, in uny legal
tender of the United States, forty
(10) years after date, with the
privilege of redemption twenty (20)
years after date. Said bonds to be
j issued for paving streets of the city
i of Camden. Sealed bids will be re|
ceived by the City Clerk of the City
j of Camden, S. C., up until seven p. m.
j November 2nd, 1927. All bids must
be accompanied by a certified check
made payable to the City of Camden,
'South Carolina, in the sum of One
Thousand Dollars to guarantee the
performance of the contract to purchase
said bonds. The City Council
reserves the right to reject any and
ull bids.
Attest: C. J'. DuBOSE.
City Clerk. Mayor
W. H. HAII.E.
aged body found
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Sumter Negro Believed Bobbed w\dr
Murdered in Woods
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The body of Jim Hrunson, tuyear-old
negro, was found early j
Saturday morning by a Mr. Walts |
as he was hunting foxes in a woods
four miles from here on the Sum-1
merton road. The negro's pockets j
had been turned out indicating thut i
he had been robbed. His head wgs
badly decomposed, but identification '
was established by means of his,
! clothing.
Urunson bud been buying cross ties
for Mr. G. E. Bruner, Jr., and dis- j
appeared Thursday morning. On
that mprning he was last seen by Mr.
Bruner negotiating with Eva Pugh,
negro man, for , the purchase of 25
ties, which Pugh said, he, had in the
woods where Brunson's * body was
later found. Mr. Bruner gave Brunson
$22 with which to buy the ties
and he and Pugh walked down in Die
woods together. Pugh had an fce !
on his shoulder, Mr. Bruner said.
When Brunson failed to return !
Mr. Burner reported the mutter to
rural officers and search was begun
for. him. The woods which he was
j seen entering were thoroughly
combed without result. Friday
morning Rural Officers Dollar, Boykin
and Norris arrested Pugh and
placed him in the county jail to wait
further developments. When Pugh
Was informed of the "discovery of
Brunson's body Saturday morning he
disclaimed all knowledge of the murder.
Pugh is about 22 years old
has a police record, having been arrested
several times previously on i
charges of housebreaking.?Satur
day's Sumter Item.
master's sale
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State of South Carolina,
County of Kershaw.
(Court of Common Pleas)
J. E. Cousar, Plaintiff,
against
J. V. Arrarits, Defendant.
Under and by virtue of an order of
the ( ourt of Common Pleas made in
the above entitled case and dated
October 18, 1927. I will sell to the
highest bidder at public auction before
the Kershaw County Court
House door, Camden, S. C., during
the legal hours of sale, on the first
Monday, being the seventh day of
November, 1927, the following described
real estate, to wit:
All that tract of land containing
thirty-nine (39) acres, more or less,
and bounded as follows. Northeast
by public road from Bishopville to
Camden; Southeast by other land of
grantor; Southwest by land of F. K*
Sparrow or run of Beaver Creek Dam
Swamp; and Northwest by land
formerly of I,, p. -Arrants, now ownid
by mortgagor.
"Also, all that tract of land containing
twenty five (25) acres ancf
bounded as follows: Northeast by
road from Bishopville to Camden;
Southeast by tract above described;
Southwest by land of W. A. Stuckey;
and Northwest by land of .J. r'
Arrants. This being the tract of
land conveyed to mortgagor by L. P
A rrants."
' R. H. HILTON
Master Kershaw Count v.
October 19, 1927.
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MASTER'S SALE
State of South Carolina
County of Kershaw
(Court of Common Pleas)
Henry Belton, et. al., Plaintiffs
; : against
Nora Miller, et. al., Defendants.
Under and by virtue of a Decree
made in the above entitled case and
dated October 8. 1927, I will se)l to
the highest bidder at public auction,
foi cash, before the Kershaw County
( ourt House door, Camden, S. O.
during the legal hours of sale, on the'
first Monday, being the 7th dav of
November, 1927, the following ' described
real estate, to wit:
I ract No. 1. All that piece, parcel
or ti act of land situated in the county
of Kershaw, state of South Carolina,
contahiing 109.87 acres more or les3
Bounded on the north by lands of
Laura Smith; East by lands of Mrs
Sidney Trantham; South by lands of
Hoyd, and by tract No. 2 of said
Bolton lan<H and West by CamdenLiberty
Hill road, as designated on
plat of A. B. Boykin, surveyor, of
date February 1926, on file with
the record of the case herein.
Tract No. 2. All that piece, parcel
or tract of land situated* in the
County of Kershaw, state of South
. Carolina, . containing 88.15 acres
, ro?re'or less, bounded north by tract
i _No- 1 said Belton lands and bv
; lands of Floyd; East by a branch
which separates said lands from
lands of Floyd, and by Granny's
1 Quarter Creek-' South by tract No 3
of said Belton '.ands; and West by
( amdec-Liberty Hill road, as desig'
nated on plat of A. B. Boykin. surveyor
of date February 1926, on file
with the record of the case herein.
I Tract No. 3. All that piece, parcel
or tract of land situated in the counJy
of Kershaw, state of South Carot
ma, containing 88.35 acres, more or
less.. Bounded nqfth by tract NoT 2
of said Belton lands; Southeast by
Granny a quarter Creek, and & West
j by Camden-IJberty Hill road as
oesignaieu oy piai of A. B. Boykin.
surveyor, of date February 1926
on file with the record of the ease
herein.
' , -Anyone bidding on any of the <Uid
(Si00.00) in- cash or certified cheek
I as evidence of good faith.
r. h. hilton
October . *}&: Kfr,h*w
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SCHOLLAKSHIP HO>'OR ROLL *
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For Mrst Month, Jackson Graded ,r
School
Grade IB.- Alma Gaskin, Florie
Wright, Ktta Johnson, Irene Alexander,
Simoon Dixon, JajUM Tucker,
Cleo Salmond, Chas. Hoach, Law
rence Salmon, Vernease Duren, Julius
Cantey, Robert Brown, Suaie Mae
Barnes and Charlotte Kelley.
Grade 1A. -Carrie Reynolds,
Margaret Maxwell, Thelma Reddish,
Luella Canty, John Smith, Howard
Alexander, James Hayes and Robert
Carlos. -v
Grade 3.?Catherine Cook, Caroline
Bradley, Daisy Belton, Anna
Belle Boykin, Kloise Cook, Charlie
Belle Smith, Bessie Mdodana, Margaret
Shield, Mary Doby, Hattie
DuBose, William Bracey, Irving
Johnson, L. J. Pickett, Claude Salmond,
James Rainey.
Grade 4,?Carrie Salmond, Escamead
Mdodana, James English,
George Payton, Charlie Belton.
Grade 5.?ilerlean Stradford,
Jessie Mae McCray, Robert Lee
Duren, Dorothy Smith, William Fletcher,
Robert Jones, James Gamble.
Grade 0.?Mary Dow, Mamie
Duren, Ida Belle Whitaker, Dosia
Blakeney, Graeie Belton, John Blunt,
Alexander Boykin, Isaiah Waddy,
Willie Carolina, Lindsay Brad.ey.
Grade 7.?Beatrice McGirt, Christine
Mdodana, Henrietta Williams.
Grade 8.?Louise James, Maggie
Thompson, Surah Howard.
Grade 9.? Hattie Powell.
Grade 10.? Miriam Boykin, Klsie
('ooke.
Grade 11.?Ruth Whitaker.
Arrested in Tennessee
Mull ins, Oct. 21.?Sheriff John V.
Rowell of Marion county was notified
late today that a Negro giving
the name of Liston Davis had been
arrested in Chattanooga, Tenn., and
would be returned to South Carolina
without requisition papers to face
| trial on charges of shooting Officers
S. L. Davis of Mullins and Solon B.
I A-wis of Marion in February.
The officers were shot when they
attempted to arrest on a charge of
inciting riot, the Negro, who was
barricaded in the house. I^ewis was
severely wounded and was confined
to a hospital for several months.
Rewards of $50 and $100 respectively
were offered by the governor
and Sheriff Rowell for the Negro's
i arrest.
i
Whose Watch?
Agent: "Don't you want your of'
fice furnishings insured against
theft?"
Manager: "Yes, all except the
clock. Kverybody watdncs that."?De
Laval Monthly."
No Appetite For Preachers
San Antonio, Tex. Oct. 21.?Cannibals
of the Belgian Congo have
just about lost their appetite for
missionaries, the Rev. W. R. Holder,
missionary 'for the Christian church
in Africa, reports.
^Mr. Holder spoke at a district convention
of the Christian church here.
The last recorded Cannibal feast
he could recall was about a year ago. j
On that occasion, he said, a native
was the piece d'resistence. It has
been about 12 years since a white
man went into the pot and he was
a trader who had been harsh with the
natives, the missionary declared.
Circus Day in Camden is Drawing Near
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Its the approaching visit' of the
Walter L. Main Circus that is the
question of hour in Camden at least
for the small boys of six, and for that
matter, many of the "boys" of sixty.
The billboards, barns and fences
laden with pictoral displays of the
many attractions of the circus, have
for several day.s^ been the point of
focus of all eyes. The kiddies are
restlessly awaiting the day when
they will experience their annual big
holiday event, acknowledged to be
better than Christmas and the Fourth
of July put together.
About the time the milk man is
making his rounds on the morning of
Monday November 7 the big palatial
special train of the Walter 1.. Main
circus will be pulling slowly into the
railroad yards. -Scores of the kiddies
will be surprising their parent*
by jumping out of bed without even
being; called. They will he seen runrrng
towards the tracks and there
will later be found watching intently
the wonderful ' spectacle of the unloading
of,a mammoth circus train.
The"Old WoVld has been sacked for
feature* for the Walter L. Main cir
!cus this year. The question of salary
was not considered and booking
agents spent many months watching
| the performances of famous circuses
j abroad ami in the Orient in the hope
of securing new talent for the WalteT
L. Main circus program.
There are hundreds of performer?
' who take part in the big show program.
Kvery artist was selected because
of some especial merit. NTew
; acts and faces will tend to eliminate
the fallacy of thinking that "all circuses
are alike." Among the noted
features ate the DeLong Sisters of
i acrobats from the Royal Circus
i Brussells; Mille Utbras who loop*
'the loop on a bicycle; the De Martin
family from the Ixrndon Hippodrome*;
j Miss Lillian HcOarnette sncietv
j equestrienne, and countless others.
The immense menagerie, eontainHng
lions, tigers, leopards, polar
J bears, zebras, and hundreds of other
1 wild beasts of the jungles, will be
. thrown open for Inspection one bou?
btfoie the big show begpna?<- Performances
will start at 2 and 8 p.m.,
and doors will be opened at 1 and 1
p. m. The Straet pageant will be
11 a. m.
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The referee's whistle shrills . . . "time .
out!" . . . The game halts, pending s I
player's return to the "line-up". j
When you attend the big football games
this year, notice the predominance of v - J
Buicks ? for men and women who like
action, like Buick. And hundreds of I
thousands of Buick owhers can testify M
that there is no (hime out" for Buick. I
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