The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 18, 1927, Image 2
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
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Camden. 8. C. Friday, Nov. 18, 1927.
(education is not going to put an
end to crime completely, but educa- j
lion of the right sort goes a long j
way in that direction. The following)
editorial paragraph from The Spar
tanburg Evening Journal ia an iro-}
press ive summarization of what education
accomplishes, and what occursj
from the lack of education: "Of the
more than 1,000 negro convicts in 38
North Carolina prison camps, recently
investigated by the research j
department of the State University,1
it was discovered that not one had
received the equivalent of a high1
school education and only three rated
as a high school grade. The result
of this survey is published in the
University periodical, and shows that
34 per cent of the negro convicts
were found totully illiterate and 83
per cent unable to read newspapers.
Of the illiterates 268 were boys of
public school uge, between 14 and 20,
indicating prior failure to enforce
the compulsory school law. Such
results supply strong arguments why
a common school education should
be provided the school children of
both races in this State, where conditions
in and about negro chain
gang camps are assumed to be about
or par with those in North Carolina
as regards the mental statue of the
convicts. South Carolina, as Dr.
Mills pointed out in his recent address
here, should deal fairly and
justly with the negro population in
providing equipment and facilities
for the education of the children.
The result would be a lesser represcn-,
Cation on the chain gangs and in the
jails and an oncoming generation
better trained and prepared to make
useful men and women. Illiteracy,
ignorance, crime and felony go hand
in hand. And with all the provision
made for the education of the children,
and with all compulsory attendance
statutes enacted, provision
must be made to see that the vital
> terms of such acts, the actual attendance
of the child on school sessions
is literally enforced."
CAMDEN WISH FROM MANNING
Camden Champion of Fifth DUfrlct
Hull Do|i Prove Their Ftgfct.
The Camden High football team
defeated the Manning High ,CJub on
the lutter's field by the acore of 122
to 0. There wan a large number of
Camden supporter* over to a?e the
game that determined the champions
of the Fifth District of lower
S. C. Disinterested football fans
acclaimed it the hardest fought high
school game that had been seen for
some time.
In the flrat few plays Manning
carried the ball for good gains over
the Camden eleven. The first quarter,
however, proved to be a close and
exciting struggle.
In the second quarter Camden had
the ball within a few yards of the
goal, but the Manning line proved
impregnable. In the last play the
second quarter Thomas Wooten, after
missing a pretty pass with which he
might have scored, made a difficult
catch passed by Edward Wooten, and
by fierce struggle and persistence
passed two Manning tackles and
crossed the goal. Camden failed to
kick goal.
In the last half Harvln brought the
ball within a yard or so of Camden's
?:oal, but the Camden line held them
or three downs with a net loss of
about a yard to Manning. S2very
lineman proved himself a driving
power and together they constituted
fighting machine that completely
wrecked Manning's line plays. From
this time on Harvin, Manning's
powerful and fast back, no longer
threatened the Camden team and was
apparently worked down. In the
fourth quarter a well executed and
long pass from Campbell to Thomas
Wooten gave Wooten an open field
and he again scored.
Camden'H line-up was as follows:
Milld*, captain and center; Etters, left
end;; Fouts, left tackle; Nettles, left
guard; Watts, right guard; Gettys,
right tackle; T. Wooten, right end;
E. Wooten, quarter; Chewning, half;
Jenkins, half; Campbell, full. Officials:
McCurrie (iurman) referee;
McKnight (Wake Forest) umpire;
Kirven (P. C.) head linesman.
The winner of the Hartsville-Mulline
game November 18, will be Camden's
opponents November 25th. If
the local team is successful she will
next play the winner of the Batesburg-I>eesville
and St. Paul ' Game.
This will determine the Champions
of the lower section of South Carolina.
On December the 9th or 10th
the Champions of the upper and
lower sections will play for the
championship for Class B in South
C arolina.
When coal was first offered for
sale in this country by Colonel'
Shumaeher he was threatened with
arrest 'for having fraudulently attempted
to sell black stones for
fuel.'
SCHOLARSHIP HONOR ROLL
For Second Month, Jackton Gradid
School
Cradp^l-B?Alma Gaskin, Florie
Wright, Maggie English, Etta Johnaon,
Kohalee Bracy, Sim Dixon, Cle?
Salmond, J*m?a Tucker, Tom Whltaker,
Dames Howard, Verneasa Duren,
Joseph Rainey, Lawrence Safmon,
Robert Brown, Charlotte Doby,
Charlotte Kelly, Hattie Simmon^ and
Alice Sutton.
Grade 1-A?Johnnie Smith, Carrie
Reynolds, Pauline Strong, Luellu
Cantey, Willie Wiley, and Thelma
Reddish.
Grade 2?John Alexander, John
Allen Ross, Koscoe Thompson,
Thomas Thompson, Richard James,
Leroy Cooke, Caesar Kirkland, Harry
Duren, Joe Tucker, and Willie
Furgeraou.
Grade B?Catherine Cooke, Charlie
Belle Smith, Caroline Bradley, Eloise
Cooke, Edna Belton, Louise Miller,
Bessie Mdodana, Victoria Bishop,
Alice Dinkins, Anna Belli Boykin,
Blanche Whitaker, Hattie Du Bose,
Alma Wood, Daisy Belle Magsby,
Nellie Stewart, Elizabeth Martin,
Mary Dobey, Fannie Belle Carlos,
ALbertus Hampton, Lewis Jones,
Adam Mickle, Claude Salmond, L. JPickett
and Sallie Howard.
Grade 4?Ernest Truesda I e,
George Payton, James English, Carrie
Salmond, Kacamead Mdodana,
James Alexander, Thomas Collins,
Marie Whitaker, Hattie Wright and
-Mary Williams.
Grade 5?Eva Brown, Winefield
Brown, Herlean Stadford, and Willie
Mae Perry.
Grade 6?John Bluat, Alexander
Boykin. Lindsay Bradley, Willie Carolina,
Clifford Belton, Blanche Belton,
Gracie Belton Sarah Murray, Mary
Dow, Sadie Harrison, Mozelle Pratt,
Gertrude Coleman, Elsie Stewart and
Sallie Garner.
Grade 7?Beatrice McGirt, Henrietta
Williams, Christine Mdodama,
Charlie Curtain, and Blease I>awson.
High School
Grade 8?Leola Cooke and Maggie
Thompson.
Grade 9?Hattie Powell.
Grade 10?<Selma Aldbcander,
Miriam Boykin, and Elease Cooke.
Grade 11?Ruth Whitaker and
Dorothy Benson.
Thomas P. Stoney was reelected on
Tuesday for another four years term
as mayor of Charleston 'over his opponent
Daniel L. Sinkler. The majority
was a decisive one?Stoney receiving
8,210 votes against 3,803 for
Sinkler. The election passed off without
any disorder. Major Sinkler, it
is said, was backed by the Grace faction,
long dominating Charleston politics.
The entire Stoney a 1 derma nilticket
was nominated.
Poison gas is being spread by-airplane
in Florida swamps to* exterminate
mosquitoes.
TO DESTROY BRIDGE
Army Plane* Will Drop Bomb* On ~
Concrete Structure
Washington, Nov. 12.?The Cull
fury of war will be turned loose at
an <early date against a modern concrete
bridge across the Pee Dee river
between Atneriuarle and Mount
Gilead, N. C. Acid bombs and high
explosive shells will be used to
destroy the structure completed in
1922 at a cost of approximately a
quarter of a million dollars.
The bridge will be submerged as
the result of the construction of a
dam across the river near Norwood
by the Carolina Power and Light Co.
It would be an obstruction to navigation
if it remained, and in cooperation
with the state authorities the
war department announced today
that army aircraft, engineers and artillery
would be used to destroy two
of the three 150-foot spans, while the
state highway commission would
test the third span to the breaking
point by placing tank* of water upon
it until it collapsed.
The bombing of the bridge will
also stimulate war time missions of
the air corps forces which during
hostilities are often called upon to
bomb railway and highway bridges
at such distance from their baa'c,
the announcement said. Detailed arrangements
for the joint attack on
the bridge are being worked out by
the commanding officer at Fort Bragg
with local authorities. The date for
this test will be determined in this
way.
The bridge is constructed with
seven 42 1-2 foot concrete girder
spans at each end and its overall
length is 1,070 feet.
Lyitch Negro At Court House
Columbia, Tenn., Nov. 12.?A citadel
of justice, the scene of his probable
trial, became the lynching spot
for' Henry Chote, 18-year-old negro,
a few hours after his criminal attack
on a white girl here.
Several hours after officers had
taken the negro in custody at a farm
house where a bloodstained pistol
was found a band of 356 men, many
armed successfully stormed the jail,
battered the door with sledge hammers
and captured Chote.
At the court house, where large
crowds had gathered, Chote was
said to have confessed beating the
girl over the head with a pistol. The
Rev. J. R. Parsons, one among a
group of prominent citizens who endeavored
to allow the law to take its
course, declared he heard the confession.
A noose was placed about
the neck of the negro and he was
hung from a second story wondow
of the building.
Sheriff L. C. Wiley declared he
unlocked Chote's cell door after the
mob had rushejl into the jail, threatening
to unloose all prisoners. He said
the main door was battered down.
The Rev. Persons declared one door
was unlocked from the inside.
I he broken-nosed ' .wooden hobbyhorse,
once the toy of'*Napoleon, was
recently sold at auction for several
hundred dollars.
__ Otto Omikron, a native of Berlin,
Cermuny, lays claim to the distinction
of being the only man on earth
who can inhale deadly gas and exhale
it again without any injury to
himself.
STREET PAVING
Bids Invited on Projects To Be Let
November 22, 1927.
Proposals will be received by the
City Council of Camden South Carolina
until 7 o'clock p. m. Tuesday
November 22. 1927 for paving certain
streets in the City of Camden,
South Carolina. Bids will be for furnishing
all labor and materials incidental
thereto.
Proposals will bo received on
Sheet Asphalt, Warrenite-Bitulithic,
Asphaltic Concrete. Rock Asphalt,
Cement Concrete and other perma-<
nent tjpes to-gether with necessary
sewers, catchbasins etc. Sidewalks
and driveways to be of concrete.
Copies of t,he plans and specifications
may be examined at the office
of the City Clerk or at the office of
the engineers. Complete set of plans
and specifications may be obtained
from the engineers upon a deposit of
ten ($10) which will be returned upon
the return of plans and the filing
of a bona fide bid.
Each bid must be accompanied by
a certified check in the sum of 5
per cent of the amount of the bid
which will be forfeited if the contract
is awarded and the contractor
fails to sign the contract and furnish
satisfactory bond.
All bids must be sealed and marked
on the outside "Bid for Street
Paving" and addressed to C. P DuBose,
Mayor, Camden, South Carolina.
The City reserves the right to reject
any or all -bids, and the contract
may be awarded as a whole, or
in part, to one or more bidders as
is considered to the best interest of
the City.
Bq order of City Council.
C. P. Du-BOSE, Mayor
^ . W. H. HAILE, City Clerk.
Engineers:
Loughlin Engineering Company,
Camden, S. C.
final discharge
I ublic notice is hereby given that
at the expiration of thirty (30) days
from date, at 11 a. m. on Nov. 28th,
1927, the undersigned will make to
the Probate Court for Kershaw
r/inn n r:_.1 t\ .1 wm . m
"~ - ? ?VCIHI n MB bxcmior
under the Will of Mrs. ~ FnUMflt
Ancrum Johnson and will apply for
a discharge from such Trust. ~ : i
W. E. JOHNSON, Jr.,
Execator of estate of Mrs. France.
Ancrum Johnson. /
Oamdem, S. C. Oct. 2tth, 192T.
I.and For Colony Bought Near Aiken
Aiken, Nov. 10.?The sale of the
land in the vicinity of Belvedere
upon which Benjamine Marshall
and associates of Chicago plan to
erect a $11,000,000 tourist hotel and
cottage colony was the feature of
the November salesday, Monday, at
the courthouse^ The land, put one
sale in order to clear up the title,
was bought in by Henderson & Salley,
attorneys for the Marshall interests.
This marks the first step
in the proposed hotel and cottage
development and, if present plans
materialize in the very near future
work will begin on the deve/oprae^B
The purchase price was
Edward S. Croft, master in equitjB
offered the land for sale at pubtS
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