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yjUUME XXXIX. J CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA,., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1987. NUMBER 3?.
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fOUtiH NAMED DIRECTOR
ajigw ('aunty Man On Penitentiary
Board.
-r|(Ve selection of W. R. Hough of
!-Asden as a member of tho board
?director* of the South Carolina
Jenitentiary, vice George R. Wightj^n
<,f Saluda, who resigned Friday
to become inspector or shipping and
n? kir.g clerk at th? institution, ami
toe reorganization of,the prison and
aowe of its farms and areas have
been announced.
Governor John G. Richards yesterday
appointed Mr. Hough as a directpr
of the prison board to succeed
Mr. Wightman, \yhosc resignation
was announeed Friday. The resignation
of Mr. Wightman was accepted
Jn order that Mr. Wightman might
take up his new wqrk to which he
vras appointed by Superintendent
jPearm??. The prison directors approved
of /he appointment of Mr.
Wightman ds inspector or shipping
apd cheeking clerk at the prison chair
factory.
The reorganisation program includes
the transforming of one <?1' the
truck and farm areas of the prison
into a farm for raising cattle.i This
farm containing about 700 acres is
praa a^out seven miles from Colombia
on the .Columbia-Newberry
road and has been used as a truck
ind crop farm, prisoners being carried
out from the penitentiary to grow
the crops. In the future, under vtho
reorganization program, this area will
to fenced in and used for* thU Tdls-'
ing of cattle, so that adl thV* meat
lecessary for the >prison and its
forms j^n be raised here.
It is al^ planned .by ~i.be directs
that tpe policy fprmerly in force
in the two prison farms in Sumter
!ounty be discontinued regarding the
production of cotton alone, the future
policy being diversification.
Truck and other crops and some cotton
will be planted in the future on
these two farms in Sumter county.
Another feature of the reorganization
program'will be the repairing of
itructures- at the prison and of the
Wilding badly in need of repair at
the various farms. ^
Governor Richards said following
the meeting of the prison board that
tith some repairing the prison and
h? farms could,be put into first class
Pipe. The governor further said
itot the recent agitation about the
tsmsity tit a new prison would be
a cold shoulder so long as fie
war governor for the repairing of
the prison buildings and its farm
.structures under the reorganization
program ..would be adequate to meet
all needs for years to come.
The idea of the reorganization was
to make the prison self-supporting,
raid Superintendent Pearman.?Sunday's
State.
Carnival Of Interest To Many
Of forthcoming yuletide attractions
probably none in Camden will offer
greater interest than the carnival t6
be staged in. Saint Mary's" hall Friday
evening,. December 30, by the American
Legion auxiliary of this city.
Bingo and hot'dog stands will dot
the midway and candy wheels will be
in full swing for thesSsrowds in attendance.
The palmist for the evening
is one able to divulge Camden's
darkest secrets of the past as well as
today's popular gossips, accoYding to
miliary officials, and other side
*ho\vs will include the bearded lady,
the fat lady, dancing girls and "the
$ving skeleton.
i An added attraction will be the
;foronation of the carnival queen "to
be selected from Camden's smartest
younger social group. .Selection of
gp loost popular young* represent*this
city will be decided by
t Wfcts, now being taken, and entries
to date include Miss Molly Blackwell,
Kit DeLoache, Miss Billie HanMiss
Rfcca Myers, Miss Gladys
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| Car of Turkeys Shipped North.
L The County Agents Of Kershaw and
Mjncaster counties shipped a, carload
live poultry last weak?WwrttflnE
p?tly of turkeys. The loading Wis
B? follows; Camdeh 3*000 pounds,
PW5.35; Kershaw, 0,000 poupds SIr
gj.79; Lancaster,v 7,000 pounds,. |1,W
About 3,000 pounds- was
Pried away at.Lancaster on account
(the car being overloaded. The
P?r was Clarence C. Lee, of PittsPJT.
Pa. This shipment takes a
number of turkeys off the.,mar h
from Lancaster, Camden and Ker J*
as local markets weVe unable to
>he large ndmber of turkeys!
Jea this year, and at the same time
Wr * considerable Amount of extra
*?ey into circulation
R Property Changes O w ners. >
,9r??cent ^?ke property, owned
T. K. Trotten C. C. Whitaker, Sr.,
t. $!***& snd Rr"!!. Stevenson,
f? S(,ld this week through L, C.
of the C. P. DuBose real estate
to th? First National Bank or
JJJWcn as tiustee. This property
BCvA.? Ainetoen acres with a pond
*L b.athlnK-. boating, and fishing and
beyond the city limits of
Ettght acres of land lying between
Whitaker and T. K. Trotter
JjUto acres, the property of Lt
* well as two acYes,
HORRIBLE CRIME COMMITTED
Kidnaper** Claim Reward After Mutilating
Body of Little Girl
Lor Angeles, Dec. 17.?T^e mutilated
body of Marian Parker,*12,,bank
offician's daughter kidnaped la9fc
Thursday noon, was tossed out of an
automobile tonight at the feet of her
father, Perry M. Parker, who had
gone to an appointed s,treet corner
in the northwest section of the city
carrying $1,500 in ransom money demanded
by the abductors.
First examination of the body revealed
that both legs Had been cut
off apparently close to the body.
Parker received a telephone call at
7:35 o'clock 'tonight instructing him
to proceed to the corner of Fifth
street-and Manhattan place with $1,500
in gold certificates and his daughter
would be returned to him there.
The father, distracted and nearing
collapse, proceeded to the street
corner with the money, arriving there
shortly after 8 o'clock.
A few minutes after he arrived.'asmall
roadster drew up alongside
Parker's automobile. The banker saw I
his daughter in the seat beside the I
driver and was told by the kidnaper j
that tKfc little girl was asleep. I
"Here's your ehiid." he said to
Parker. 'Give me the money and fob
low instructions. She is asleep.".
Parker banded the kidnaper flib
$1,500 in the $200 gold certificates
designated by the kidnaper.
According to the agreement, the
man after taking the money drove
ahead of the father a little way and,
climbing out of the car, laid the body
bf the girl on the grass in front of
a house a few doors up the street*
Marian was lured from the Mount
Vernon junior high school grounds
last Thursday noon by a'man who
represented that her father was ill.
When she failed to return home at
night, Parker communicated with
school authorities and'when told of
the ruse, Notified police. ^
. One of the most intensive man
hunts)ever Conducted in southern
California began that night and /increased
in scope hourly.
,.As soon as .the man had driveii?
away, Parker nm frantically to his
daughter's side,^clasped her in hi#
arms and found she-twas dead.
A wire had been twisted so tight*?
ly around the girl's throat that 1m
flesh* had been cut deeply into a gaping
Wound. The wieowas run arvunflfc
the back of the head and to the faeo
where It was thrust through her eyelids.
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.The head of the girl foras ekis
,posed, but otherwise was so wrapped
that first examination disclosed no
further mutilation.
Hundreds of detectives, deputies
and peace officers in the Los Angeles"
district awaited the flash that the
kidnaper had appeared and;:with the
tragic message' telephoned to police
headquarters, a tremendous drive was
begun to find the fiendrt^r"y
Tonight's arrangement for Paiker
to pay over the mdney to the abduetor-eliminated
a two-day correspondence/
by the kidnaper with . the
father.
Four ransom letters were received,
the first Friday mornihg. " fcWK'bar^
ried the threat of death if the money
were not paid or if the police were
notified.
Aftet every effort on the part of
,j*Uce to locate the child bad failed,
it was decided to meet the demands'
of the abductors. releaaa?tbe ; chiM
from bondage and-then use^ever^^fAfter
preliminary, examination. -at
the morgue, it was estimated that
the girl had been dead 12~hourh. 7:.
i&i^jjjsiayer - Identified. tfevl
,J, fcos A?reles;d)??.-2ft-?r-Wm. Kdward
KHf ok man, former employee of the JLos
-ttfcgelas. K4rat National Trust dfc Sav&
Bank.was declared by Chief of
ec^ives Herman Ctfne today to
have been ^bxoltttcl|^; identified^ ^ as
U?e murderer of Marian Parker, 12year-old
daughter . of Perry Parker,
O^e Of the bank's officers.
- The motive of the atrocious crtme
the police declare apparently waa
vengeance. Perry M. Parker, an as*
sistant cashier of the hank^Wii^th)0:
only thank official who opposod the.
youth's plea for probation after het
had pleadedr guilty soma time ago to
charges of forging checks. Arrest on
that ^charge was responsible for his
discharge.* from the 'bank and Parker?
~hgd urged~ that Hickman should be
given a prisoner , jail term, Hickman,
howeve&j ?9$ ^ paroled to his
mother,.then living in Alhambra, Cat.
V Jinnouncement thai' Hickman had
been identified, both by . fingerprints
ahd photograph*-** the Slayer of the
chRd made by the police af:er it
I midr bemt: determined that be was not
(?11: Alhambir* address, Neighbors
f said the family moved a Atonth ago
to Kansas City. \
MORE NAMES ADDED.
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Goodfellows List Goes Higher This
Year Than Usual, p
i A number of names have been ad-,
ded to-the list of -Goodfellows, giving: 1
' to a fund to be used for Christmas
baskets for the poor. Included among
the names are several marked cash
with the names of the donars omitted.
These came from afar,?one from a
former citizen now a resident of
Texas?another from as far North as
Pennsylvania. The money was turn-j
ed over to Mrs. W. J.^Mayfield and I
Mis.-Louise M. Brown, who WiH pre-1
pare the baskets and distribute them
on Christmas Eve. The names of !
those who have contributed since last j
week are: *-.<?/> j
Previously reported .. . $9*>.00
C. H. Yates -l.OOi
Ted Jacnbson . 1.00
Cash ;... 1.00
Mrs. F. Leslie Zemp l.OOi
Cash ...: 5.00
Cash .' t 1.00
Cash 1.00
F. E. Coursen ~7 ?<>. . . 1.00
J. E. Copeland 1.00
I A. A. Shanks l'.OO
Leo Nolan *.. . 1.00
T. P. "Christmas 1.00
! Mrs. E. N. McDowell . : 1.00
; Total $109.00 j
Joseph Cucinotto, 14, killed hia j
father at Camderi; Nf.J., last ThurS- j
day when the father attacked the
boy's mother. The district attorney 1
on Friday refused to take action
against the boy unless ordered to do
so by the grand jury: Ho is qubted
as saying*, "I believe any red blooded
boy would.heve done the same thing."
The .'father was drunk at the^time oft
Attacking the mother. . \r
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? OFFICER SHOOTS NEGRO
t
Relict-man Brown Had Narrow Es'ft
..cape From Knife Wound
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^|9) the discharge of his duty Monfta-y
evening, policeman Clement C.
Brown was forced to shoot a negro
man known as "Red" in order to protect
himself. ,
It appears that "Rea," who was
left over here by a carnival company
about a year ago, was in the home
of Rev. Brown pastor of the local
colored Methodist church Monday
evening in the negro section on
Church street that he had steamed
himself "up with alcohol used for
ubhing purposes, and had threatened
o cut the preacher who then sent
_fo.- police assistance. f
When officer BroWn pjnoed /Red
under arrest and took the naif empty
bottle of alcohol from him, the negro
resisted and struck at the officer who
drew his revolver and countered with
a .blow on the side of the negro's head,
knocking him down. This being insufficient
to subdue hinu the negro
came back up with an open knife
and >made a slash at the officer's
head. Warding this attempt off with
l\is "left affif,"Mr. Brown fired, the
bullet striking "Red" and passing thru
the left lower side of stomach.
The negro was taken to the Cart\den
hospital, and at present it'seems that
he will survive and have * chance to
seek other pastures after a healthy
stay, on one of the county gangs.
Officer Brown suffered only a cut
to hfc overcoat sleeve, but it was due
entirely to the fact that the knife was
rather dull, that he escaped a serious
c\*t on the forearm.
' p WillSiagifteVeSunday.
Ben P. DeLoache, Jr., recent winner
of third prize in the Atwster, Kent
national audition contest held recently
fh Jiew York, will arrive this week to
he ;(he guest of his parents, Bit', and
Mrs. -Ben P. DeLoache for the Christ*
anas holidays. He will sing in the
Lyttleton Street Methodist Church in
this *ity Sunday, Dec. 25. Mr. DeLoache
is expected to-arrive in Cans*
deo. Over tne Seaboard Air; Line at
7:2lf Friday evening.
Talk of hat ing * the1 NoKhv Carolina
Democratic state! convention declasse
for Governor McLean for nomination
for president is looming strongly he
that "We* 4#
? Large Sunday School - Attendance '
There ia keen interest among the
members of the,,Bible class - of the
rtyttleton Street Methodist Church,
since a membership drive had been
put on.
Oft Sunday, December nth, they
had broken the record for attendance
.which .4 numbered 253.?vJLasl Sunday
tjiey went etill better and swelled thi>
attendance to 295. The class is
taught by Mr. Q. fy. Birchmore and is
^divided into the ^Blues" and "Reds.M
The Blues'led the Reds last Sunday
by M to^ll. la the Ladies Bible
Class taught by Mrs. N. C. Amett,
f K/. ; / moa mil nltowJn m/>o c : r\f 'lK% ' '
Sunday School hour is 10 a. m., and
gjke church offers a cordial welcome
{ bails' services.
F wRevi G. P. Watson, the newly ap poltv.cd
pas to ii Jlfitbed. Ms first sermon
to a large congregation Sunday
movsing. The members are delighted
with their new pastor.
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MAY CONSTRUCT ROAD
Business Men Urge Completion of
; I'fnk liberty Hill To (.rent Falls
A committee of Camden citiaen*,
representing the Chamber of Commerce,
the Young Men'* Business
league and the business men of the
city, 1 uesday called on the goverhor
and ^ the chief highway commissioner
in i/?e governors office. The object I
of the visit whs to request a speeding
up of the work on the unconstructed
link on state highway No. 97, be-|
tween Liberty Hill and Great Falls.
This stretch has been projected for
| some time, hut no progress has been
lately made in getting it constructed.
I he chief highway commissioner, Ben
Sawyer, said thut the .construction of
this link would save between 20 and
30 miles from the Pee Dee section of
the stHte to Spartanburg Miid the
mountains. The "members of the
Camden committee were: Henry
Savage, James H, Burns, W. K. Johnson,
U. B. Pitts. C. C. Whitaker and
Henry Savgge. Jr.. ^us a result of
the meeting, surveyors will immediately
prepare u routing gnd estimates
on the necessary link of some eight
miles, so that arrangements may be
made for its construction in the near
future.
Sl'HJNKIt FILES REPORT Ninety-six
Convictions and Nine Acquittals
lor Year.
Out of 106 cases tried in.the Kershaw
county court of general sessions
this yt'ur, Solicitor A. Fletcher
Spigner of Columbia secured 96 convictions
against a total of nine ae?
quittals. Solicitor Spigner also ntade
a remarkable record in Richland
county this year but his Kershaw
.county record is much bettei/
During the spring term of this year
there was only orteMacquittal against
28 convictions. In the summer termthere
was likewise only one acquittal
while there were 25 convictions. In
the fall term there were four acquittals
while convictions mounted to 37
and in the winter term there were
2 acquittals against' 11 convictions.
Whites with a total of 58 defendants,
two of whom were' women, led'
negroes, with a total of 47, two of
whom Were women.
Offenses as listed were varied, running
almost the length of the statutes
with the exception of murder and
bther capital crimes. According to.;
Solicitor Spigner'* report there was
not one single murder case in the Kershaw
courts this year. v
. Violations of the prohibition law,
with a total of 67 cases, led all others
in the Kershuw courts. There, were
many for assault and bhttery of various
degrees, larceny of various degrees
and several for adultery.
Banks Take Two Days.
The three banks of Camden have
asked The Chronicle to notify their
friends and patrons that they will
be closed for two, days?Monday and
Tuesday December 26 and 27?in
order that their forces can enjoy the
Clvristmas holidays.
New Tea Room Opens.
The Poppy Garden Tea Room was
i Opened on Thursday evening^ with a
delightful turkey dinner Mrs.
Moody Hough is manage* of this tea
room, which is situated about five
miles out on the 'Liberty Hill drive.
J he crowd presertt at the opening dirt*
ner was very large considering the
bad weather. Tables were arranged
in the front rooms f<>r those who wished
to play cards during the- evening.
; The dining room and the front rdoms
were beautifully ?ecorated with
Christmas greens' hnd berries. V
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Service* at Catholic Church.
Services at iSt. Mary's?Catholic hurch
will be aa follows: ,
The. Sacrament of Femanee will be
id ministered on Saturday at two intervals
4:00 p. m.'to 6:00 p. m. and ,
ignin at 8:30 p. m. and 9,;00 p. m.
rnose who cannot possibly avail themtelves
of these hours might ask at
;he rectory for special times, k', % '>
^fhts year again this parish ' toprivileged
to enjoy midnight mass
which will start promptly at midnight.
A sermon wHl be given at this service.
; The inter morning service will
be at 11:<X} a." m. No Christmas evenins
services dte scheduled.
Non-Catholics are always wel- :
some at the services in this church,
ph have no Tented pews and visitors
re welcome to choose their own seats.
Mil-Catholics will please remember ,
that fa. Catholic churches all females
whether adult or junior .must . ac-.
cording to church. etiquette, wear a
hat, mantilla or other head covering.
Last year at the mid nighty mass this
requirement was not enforced because
lihere was no previous reminder given;
this year, because information is
given, ail females who expect to at&jiwH"Siiy
jjygrjerT" in this Catholic t
church must wear a hat or other head
rovenring. observance of silence
in the church, is of ..course, a similar
Universal custom.
These points are mentioned not to
discourage the attendance ^of NonCatholics
but wholly to enable Victors
unused to Catholic customs to know
beforehand the correct thing to-do.
The church Is open to eyerybody
from '7:80 ft.-m. to nightfall. AH arej
welcome to enter for rest and prater,
Bishop Mouzon will head the delegation
from the Carolina* to the second
annual missionary conference of
the Methodist Episcopal 3 church,
| South, which meets at Jackson. Miss..
MANY HERK'FOR HOLIDAYS
Kirk wood Hotel Opens Saturday After
Summer Improvement*
With the urrival of college students,
the leasing of new cottages daily, and
the opening of the Kirk wood Hotel
on Christmas Eve Camden's winter
season swings well under way.
The holiday season finds most of
the winter residents in their homes
where many house guests are being
entertained.
Mr. und Mrs. George B. ClueU, 2nd.,
the lutter us Miss Marion Ticknor u
popular member of the young set,
have urrived from l)obbs Ferry, N.
Y., to spend the holidays with Mrs.
duett's parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. I).
Tlckn.or, oi the Court Inn, C'
Mrs. Robert Burr Deans, of New
York, has also joined her parents Mr.
I and Mrs. Robert \V. Pomeroy, ?t
their home on Kitkwood 'Heights,
| and the Misses Dimond who are attending
school in New York City, are
at home for the holiday seuaon.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Charlton is
here with her mother, Mrs. M. J.
Charlton, coming from Washington,
D. C., where she is a student, and the
Misses. Betty and Ellen Knapp are
enjoying their vacation with their
mother, Mrs. Julia I>ong Knapp, at
r Dearc Place. t
Jiminie Campbell has come from the
Mohonk School at Lake Mohonk, N. Y.
for his vacation with his Aunt Mrs.
11. G, Marvin, at Hobkirk Inn, and
Duncan Edwards is here from Princeton,
with his mother, Mrs. J. ' L.
Graham.
% One of the events always anticipated
with pleasure by many winter
us well as a)T year residents is the
tea annually gfv?n by MIbs Ella
Coursen. at her charming home on
Kirkwood Heights. The gathering
each year on Christmas Eve at the
Coqrsen cottage is always a delightful
and friendly affair, and will
doubtless prove us attractive this year
as in the past. . . .
Polo, the winter sport, for which
Camden has been noted since its-early'
days as a resort town, will again be
featured, and already plans are undei
way to make it a success. /
The Camden Polo Club has been
reorganized and the following officers
elected?-president, . Samuel Russell, .
Jr., of Middleton, Conn.; vice president,
George T. Little, of Camden;
secretary ?mt ^-treasurer, ?Lawrence
Kirkland, of Camden; delegate, Charles
M. Taintor of So'uthport, Conn.
Many ponies are being shipped jiere,and
so great is the demand that new
stables have had to he built.
Seymour Knox, of Buffalo, who has
leased the Kendall cottage, will have
a string of ponies here, and will take
part in the games ns will also T. J.
McCabe, of Toronto; Ralph W. Chase,
of Middlefield; Reginald Taylor,- of
Buffalo, und other well known enthusiasts.
'
" The two fields are in fine shape, and
match games and tournaments will
be played at regular intervals during
February and March.
Drag and fox hunts will also be
popular during the* winter, H. D.
Kirkover has some splendid setters
and pointers, and Earnest L.-Wbod*
ward, a large number of hounds.
The championship show horses win- .
ners at the New York Horse Show,
in November, of John R. Todd, as
well as fine saddle ^horses of R. W.,
Pomeroy and others Are here for the
winter, and will odd to the exhibit in
the late season.
Judge Henry A.'King, of Springs
ield, of the Superior Court of Masta luistitts,
passing the winter at Hobcirk
Inn, and Judge Charles N. Hards,
of New York, with hit family, it
n the Hay cottage for the winter,.
- Dr. and Mra. J.-Dodge Peters, and
I, Lengdon Peters, haVe .arrived for
their annual vtyit at the Court Inn. ; vv"
, Miss Marie Blanchard. of Cape Cod,
Massachusetts and Miss Gertrude
Prater, of . Englewood N. J,r and
C/ W.' SJJcpx and Mitt Marjorte Sil- ,
cox, of Rochester, are season guests,
It Hobkirk Inn.
Tha I Kirkwoo^ cljlotel
this week is charmingly attired with .
Its attractive lobby newly pained ftnd -T!
refurnished. Mr. Ross W. Thompson
Is again in charge; and the many 1
reservations, are indications of a. big v
season.. V M" >' .<?
. Mne 01 tne very attractive affairs . ?
of the past week was the card_party
given by. Mr*. B. G, Sander*. Friday. ,.
afternoon in honor of Mr*. Boss W?'
thompBon, of the Kirkwood, and Mr*. , I
Scott pi Brooklyn.. ?'y'vr^^
. Another delightful, event was the
party on Saturday afternoon at her
home v with Mr*. Reuben Pitts; a*
hostes*, honorinr^>!iB8.Charlotte |#|
Campbell, of Washington^
:TUcent arrival* at. tho Court - ' J
include: MtWJndMrs.F. M. Page, of
New York, Mr. and Mrs. Wilttam R.
Lyman and Miss K. M. Chambeflin, of
Philadelphia: Colonel and Mrs. Reubfcfr*MHler,
Jr., of Pittsburg; Mr. and
Mrs. William M. Klem of Hempstead;
ufljfe'ftml Mrs, K C. Aid, of Plainfield;
and Mr. Robert 36b Hawthorne, of
Northport.
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- *fjlbrnrv< To Close.
The Camden Public trtbpwy will be
closed for the. holidays on baturday*
December 24th and Monday. Peeem- STS
ber 26th. vAu persons desiring to
get books to read during the holiday
are requested to get them-on Friday,
.10 o'clock to noon?altorA4on
W li o'clock^