The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 11, 1927, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
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Published every Friday at No. 1100
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South Carolina post of?ice as
second elaaa mail matter. Price per
annum. $2.00, payable in advance.
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Camden. S. ('., Friday Nov. II, 1927.
Very sensational development* are
promised by detectives working on the
ca.se known in Cheraw a? the Rainwater
murder case, following the arrest
of Dol Chapman, a Croatan, 28,
who is charged with the killing of the
( heraw furniture dealer in August,
1U25. J. H. Rainwater, brother of thy
dead man, has never quit trying to
have the murderer of his brother
brought to justice.
Floods In New England
Over a hundred persons dead, including
the drowned lieutenant governor
of Vermont, great destruction of
property, including some ut Plymouth,
Vermont, the boyhood home of
President Coolidge, wcukened dams
threatening to let loose more torrents
of water on unprotected countryside
and towns, frantic efforts to prevent
further catastrophe with sand bags,
and the facts filtering out from large
territory and cities long cut off
from communication?such is a broad
line sketch of the outstanding news
of the flood in New England over
the week-end. Boston and other
cities are threatened with shortened
rations of milk, as means of transportation
were damaged. Cold
weather and snow following the
thirty-six hours of rain adds to the
suffering of the people in the stricken
territory, and hunger stalked
among thoqe still alive. The Red
Cross is linrd at work of relief of
suffering in the flooded districts.
President Coolidge has ordered an
army airplane reconnaissance of all
the territory involved, and Governor
Smith, of New York started relief
measures. The damage is mostly in
\ rrnniiit and New Hampshire, although
it extends into Canada. But
in Springfield, Mass.. 10,000 persons
were Hooded out of house and home.
Montpelier, \ t., and thirty square
miles around that city were Hooded.
Mountain streams raged down carlying
away power dams and all other
obstructions in their path. The entire
story ot the uamage done, and
the number of lives lost ha- not yet
come out of the territory involved,
and e\er\ day's addition to it has
made :r worse than had been believed
befo*e.
Convict Stripes
In it.- r< rent presentment the grand
jury of Kershaw County recalls that
at fo. mer term of court it recommended
that the eonvicts on the
ehaingj :ig he clothed in stripes, and
adds. "No attention has been paid
to .his recommendation." Since it
was made five white prisoners have
escaped fioni the gangs (>f that
county. The ehaingang pi isoners
and re raits should I required to
\> ai' > ! ipc.s. and tin -h >uld. of
ours1, he some a or commonsense
plan adopted . keep separate
and dntinet stripes whites ami
stripes of blacks. This could be accom.plis.icd
without any great amount
of rouble or expense. The prevalent
attitude towards piisonor* doing
time >n the cha.ngangs or elsewhere
as for teat matter is one of liberality,
sonietin s bordering on the ektreme.
It often is the case thai there is no
way to distinguish a felon from a man
who has never been convietid and
sentenced for violating the law. And
without advocating hatsh brutal,
tyrannical methods o measures,
there icrtainly should be some distinction
shown between these lines of
cleaVago. Had the prisoners of Kershaw
County been ciofhed i.i stripe/,
as the grand jury suggested several
months ago, the chances are those
five men would have found it extremek
difficult to make a successful
getaway and continue at large
It is possible, of course hut extremely
improbable.?-Spartanburg Journal
Camden Plays Manning Today
Mann ng, No. Ih-Manr.'ng \vi!
play Camden for the Fifth districl
champii nsl.ip Friday aftern.i, n, November
1 I, at d.d(). Manning has defeated
all teams in the lower metier
of the district and Camden lias do
fea'ed all teams in the upper section.
Camden has played more team:
than Manning and indications an
th.v Camden will have the edge ir
this game. Manning has -Oiot heei
scored upon this season, hut ha:
failed to show up as strong on offen
ive p'.avs as expected.
Much intoYeSt is "manifested in th<
game and an exceptional crowd i:
expected. The winner of this gami
will have the right to pla> in othe
district elimination games withii
the next week. Camden defeatei
Manning in a game to decide th<
Fifth district title last year player
in Camde- Manning will endeavo
to upset cv yectations this time.
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IN MEMORY OF I'AT DAVIS
Co-incident with Armistice Day
being* tn- mind aome oi tho? win*
lout their live* in France, and we
have been requested to reproduce the
following letter written by a Ke<l
Promt nurse to the mother of Fat
Davis, of the VVateree Mill community.
It will be remembered that the
young pnan'i mother ha<l died bttfore
the letter reached here und she never
knew the fate of her son. The letter
follow*:
My-Dear Mr*. Da via:
By thi* time you will have the news
that I'ut has died for hi a country
here in France. I wun with him all
night before he died and I went to
hi* funeral here at the beautiful
cemetery in Beauvais. So I am
writing to tell you all the thing* Hie
short government message couldn't
tell you.
The boy was wounded by an exploding
shell. He was hit in the abdomen,
but because the wound was
not painful he did nt>t think he was
hurt much and went on for a short
time with his work at the gun. Then
the Red Cross men took him back to
the first uid station and from there
he was sent by ambulant* to the
large Ited Cross hospital here. Hut
he was too much cut up ever to be
mended. On the night of May 30,
the fine American doctors in 'charge
of the hospital asked me to sit with
him because they knew he could not
live much longer. Hut the sweet boy
didn't know it. I sat by bis bed and
talked to him from time to time all
night. I told him I would do anything
for him and the first thing he
asked me was to write to you. He
said he hadn't written for a long
time, that he had been so busy. Hut
he said that he had thought about
you u lot. He told me not to say he
was very sick because he didn't want
to worry you. When I told him I'd
write the very best letter I could
he smiled bis nice smile and said he
knew you would sure be glad to
hear" from him because he was your
favorite and the baby of the family.
He said you had always been so good
to him that he could hardly think of
you without huving the tears come in
his eyes. He loved you a very great
<ieal and talked about you and home
almost all night. He didn't feel tired
or sleepy?was as bright and quick
and smiling as if he were well. But
he felt hot sometimes and then I
would get water for him. He said it
was cool and good like water at home.
1 hen he told how cool it was to go
swimming there on hot sumnffer
uights and said he would go every
day when he was home with you all.
We did not talk very loudly because
there were forty other wounded
men in the ward, but no one was
hurt quite so badly as he was. I
told him I was there to watch the
whole ward for the night but would
vit by him il he wasn't sleepy. He
had no idea that he was going to die.
Toward morning he felt weaker and
decided to fry to go to sleep. He
said he felt faint and begged me not
to leave him. I told him I would
stay right with him even if he went
to sleep?and of course 1 <1 id. He
- went to sleep at a quarter of seven
that morning. He looked so peaceful
and contented and his face was
-o beautiful that I wish you could
have seen him. He has boon a good
boy in Krance as well as' a brave soldier.
He was buried that afternoon with
another American boy, Clifford Led!ord.
The funeral was French military.
A squad of soldiers in their
French blue uniforms marched as a
guard around the hearse. I walked
behind with another woman who is
helping here with Red Cross work and
we followed the two coffins covered
with the French and American flags
l.? :hv cemetery where so many Amer-j
ican, Knglish and French are buried.
I here Hishop McCornich, of Mich:gan.
a Red Cross chaplain, met us
and took chaigc of the services. And
in his prayer at the grave he prayed
not only for the brave young soldiers
who had died for their country, hut
also for their famiiie- >.? far away
in America.
1 enclose a piece of cedar from u
tree near his grave in the cemetery.;
Also 1 enclose two letters which were
in his pocket.
I send you my sympathy for your
shaie of mother's sorrow. I send my
love because he sent hi? many
times that night and I vend my congratulations
that you have such a*
fine sweet son to give.
I.oyaily yours for our country,
Maude Cleveland.
For the Home Communication Service
of the American Red Cross, 4
Place de la Concorde. Paris.
Services at Temple Reth-EI
Services will be held at Temple
Reth-EI Sunday afternoon, Nove.ni,
be 1.", at -l o'clock. The public is
. c ?r.i;al!y invited.
Missing Plenty
Pat was taking Professor Jones
down the river in a rowboat.
"Pat." said the professor, "have
y oi ever studied zo.logv?"
1 "No," said Pat. "i .1 >r.'t know
I J nothing about it."
j "Why. you've niiss?.d half your
J| life," was the leplv. Then, a littl *
. j later, "IK- v.>u know anything .thou;.
. biology?"
* , "Nope, grunte.: Pat.
'J "Weil*, you've nr-x i !.a f your
1 life." replied the ptvf.
i: Just then tin 1> at o.; r. - rag an:
- upset.
J nVlp," .-puttered t professor.
"Hay. profeaixjt/* \.P ' Pat, "do
you know anything r.bou: rvvimr
minology?" \
i "No," gasped the profess iv.
I "Then in h few minutes you'r1
' gonna i..ls* your whole life." tried
r Pat. as he struck oir fa: h vc Stole.
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