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G0 P?LLS NE*T TUESDAY AND VOTE FOR THE BOND ISSUE FOR PAVING The CAMDEto Chronicle LUME XXXX. "" ' ----- , .?-y . --? Ml CAMPEN' SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 13. 1828. NUMBER 3 ierican Legion Hall dicated Last Friday tking the eleventh anniversary of day when the United States enj the war as a fitting date to ded, the American Legion Hall on IJeKalb street, a large number own people as well as visitors i other sections assembled last ay evening for the exercises, irough the efforts of the LeRoy Post the members acquired this ,trty some time ago. Since that they have renovated the lower and rented it to the Sowell I Store, which makes a most upte place of business. Later they ! had the upper floor transformed a modern meeting hall, with a >e and auditorium where gatherof all kinds can be held, he program for the afternoon was lharge of A. Stanley Llewellyn, commander, and Arthur Clafrk, adjutant. The exercises were rspersed with music under the ction of L. L. Moore, as head of Wateree orchestra. Mr. Hollis 5, formerly of this city, came i from Paw Creek to be present help with the singing. The first ker introduced was Adjutant-GenJames C. Dozier, who was at one a citizen of Camden in his early , He is also a wearer of the sessional medal of honor for exdinary heroism in action. GenDozier dealt mainly with the NaI Guard, and told of its fitness II times. He cited the fact that National Guard units of the United es outnumbered considerably the lar standing army of the nation, as prepared at all times to com*} le defense of the nation. ate Service Officer Henry E. deman was the next speaker and old of the work his department doing in bringing money to the irvice men by tracing their outand getting them in touch with lensation justly due them by government. Not only is this [tment serving for 'the -world- war ans, but veterans <xf all wars I is ever engaged in. Llewellyn made an exig officer. He never a serious mood and at at his best. . He has in him and always in a good mood. He e Mendel L. Smith and n to introduce Captain of Chester, who made ting address.. Captain ending Oxford univerd when the war broke spoke of the hall as a he war as he got first ion was interesting to Von Tresckow, of the ulate at Berlin, who is a, and was invited tc it a message from yVtig his inability to be on, to whom is due a the credit of the new one of the speakers ociated With Mr. Capservice field. Like Mr, poke of the hall as s U, and not merely foi mbers. ander Reid Elkins wat nerly dedicate the hall Mr. Elkins was sufhoarseness and coulC above a whisper anc be heard. essive and solemn pari n was the reading oi he men who died in th< hose who have diec 'hts were switched ofl ewellyn would call th? id comrade whose pic the wallB, a ' flashlighl n the face so that th? t see. among those presenl ?r?ns of the Civil Wai . Russell, Judge I. F le" Jimmie DeLoache McKenzie. They wer< tand up and they wert I hand of applause bj ^mblage.. mong the assemblage attendance of ex-ser I Kershaw. _ Also ther< -legation from Chester who were asked t< e Camden Legionnaire! hearty appreciation o by hearty cheers. rely a community get r and the attendant four hundred durinj Punch and cake vaa crowd. It was a happ: greatly enjoyed, 'd stage was decoratecolors in a most artia Also other decoration white roses, which add easing effect to th A gift to* the Legio: umber of captured Ger Roch as two machin each side of the stag! Us and rifles. Adorn ppear thepbotort James LeRoy Belk, fo was named: Henr atton deLoach, Jr., an Paving of Road Seems Assured Chesterfield, April 6,?'Paving of United States highway No. 1 from the North Carolina state line to the j Georgia state line is practically as- J sured today, the Chesterfield county delegation having approved a reimbursement agreement with the state highway commission for the paving of the unpaved link in Chesterfield. Although the county comipisBioq. has not officially approved th? matter, it is understood that this is only a technical point, the two new commissioners not yet having received commissions from Governor Richards, consequently making it necessary to hold up the approval until the governor takes action. Paving of this link will give a solid paved highway across South Carolina from the North Carolina line to Georgia, with the exception of a small section in Marlboro county. Members of the legislature from Chesterfield county are Senator W. J. Perry and Representatives Lindsay G. Odom and Arthur B. Rivers. The new members of the county commission ere E. G. Ingram of Cheraw, succeeding J. L. Craig of Cheraw, and J. C. Miller, succeeding R. H. Garland, The reimbursement agreements will amount to about $400,000 and will provide for surface treatment of. the national highway, the McBee-Pageland highway and the Cheraw-Chesterfield-Pageland highway. An act was passed by the recent general assembly providing for a county automobile license of half the state fee to be imposed in Chesterfield county to augment the county's other highway funds. This is expected to yield from $30,000 to $35,000. Camden M?thodist Church Lyttletdn Street, near Hampton Park. George Pierce Watson, pastor, Sunday, April 15?Bible School at 10 a. m., with classes for all grades ah8 ages. Bible classes for men and ladies with competent teachers. Epworth League at 7:15 p. m. Public worship'at 11:15 a. m. and 8:00 p. m., conducted by the pastor. Morning theme: "The King's Business." Evening theme: "Temple Building." A sermon especially for Boy Scouts, who will occupy reserved seats in the central tier of pews. All the friends of the Scouts are especially invited to this service. Mid-week prayer service, Wednesday, 8:00 p. m. The public is most cordially invited to all 1 the services of this Church. Seats , free. Delightful music and practii cal Bible studies. Come and bring 1 your friends. Camden Negro Died on Train t The Negro ihan who died Sundav ' afternoon on a Seaboard train be' tween (Savannah and Columbia was , identified yesterday as Peter DuBose 1 former resident of Camden, and re' cently of Miami, Fla. Coroner J. B 5 Scott, after making an investigatior yesterday deemed an inquest unj necessary as DuBose died fronr I natural causes. The body was removed from th< : train at Columbia Sunday afternoor [ and held at Manigault aud Williams \ undertakers of Columbia, where tin ^ identity of the man was established s yesterday. Information furnished in t dicated that DuBose was en route tc } Csmden from Miami ,when he died.? t Tuesday's State. p * To Pave Five Miles I On Two Highways i . ' Anouncement was made here Fri 8 day by the State highway v depart* ment that the Carolina Contracting 9 Company had been awarded the'con 5 tract to paVfe two and one-half milet I ;<jf thh roadway leading from Camt^t t 'to Bethune and also two and one _ ]hal?-^alM* on the Camden-Kershav I This award was given to them t( * off** the five mile stretch of road ' wa^'on the Camden-Sumter highwaj i now being held up by injunction pro J; eroding* and it is said work will com * mence immediately. ( \ S Auxiliary To Mwt Today ^ All members are urged to atteix e the meeting b* the American **??> 5, Auxiliary to Leioy ^ JP0st, thi I i tone held here on neat WedbeediJ I Jackaon and Gaaaral Par ? 1. , . ...... ? ' w New Mercantile Firm Opens Here in May i~*j 'i * Mr. Willis Sheorn, who tor a timber of years has been a partner in the Enterprise Mercantile Company, haa severed his connection with that firm and has formed a partnership with son and brother, and has applied for Charter for the firm name of "W. Sheorn & Son." He will have his son, I>eLoacbe Sheorn, and brother Wiley Sheorn, associated with him. The new firm has a capital stock of $10,000 and they will engage in a general mercantile business, carrying in stock a well selected line of dry goods, clothing and shoes and other lines of merchandise. They have leased the building *|>n Main Street, owned by Joseph Sttehetin and recently occupied by the Noel Stores, as a dollar store. The ntw firm is composed of popular young men, who have been associated all their lives with Camden's business life, and bids fair to do a good business. _ r> - Shriners Meet Tonight at Masonic Dining Hall A Stanley Llewellyn, president df the Camden Shrine Club, requests the members of the Club to meet Friday evening, April 13th, at 8 o'clock to' the Masonic dining room. Importagt business is to be transacted and music and refreshments will be served. " Boy Killed By Baseball. Burnsville, N. C., April 5.?'Struck by a batted ball at the school baseball ground here yesterday afternoon, Fred King, 14, died at his home early today. The ball struck the boy back of the right ear. He was immediately taken to his home for medical attention and was found to' be paralyzed on his right side. The boy, unable to pla^" baseball himself, was acting as umpire at the time. '1 Trying to Form New County The promoters of the new county to be carved out of Lancaster, Chester and Kershaw are still hard at work, and if the project succeeds the home of Governor Richards at Liberty Hill will be in the new county as will be the town of Fort Lawn. Lancaster would give 15 square miles and Kershaw county 175 square miles to the new county. Burglars Enter Garage Get Away With Money Burglars sometime lute Saturday night or early Sunday morning broke open the garage and safe of L. A. Campbell & Company, on south Broad street and a check up shows a loss of more than $40 in cash and a like amount in checks. They also got away with two revolvers stored in the safe?one 22 calibre automatic, and one 82-20 Colts side ejection revolver. Entrance was made from the rear of the building. The safe was not 4)ldwr\ open, hjat was opened by the ' combination. A money drawer was broken into and carried away. Big Whale Washed Ashore A big sperm whale was stranded on the North Carolina copst at Wrightsville Beach, the first one seen there for a quarter of a century, 64 feet long and estimated to weigh 200 ton*. Its mouth is a dosen feet wide and its tail 14 feet across. Thousands SWffit to see the body of the dead whale in special trains and otherwise. The body will be mounted in the state museum at Raleigh after being dissected at a fish scrap factory at the mouth of Cape fear river. Buried at Kershaw Mrs. Lillie Virginia McManus, aged 48 years, wife of Will McManus, died at ner home near the Hermitage Mills, Saturday at 4 p. m. She is survived by her husband and several children. The body was taken by motor hearse to Kershaw where it was buried in the cemetery at that place, after funeral services conducted by Rev. Firth. Couple Married a Year Announced Year Later Coming as a complete surprise to their friends and employers was the announcement of the marriage of Mr. Maurice Paul Sullivan, of New Lebanon, N. Y., to Miss Anna Mary Gustafson, of West lntland, Vermont. The marriage was performed in this city on March 20, 1927, by the Rev. "Thomas J. Muckin, rector of St. Mary's Church, and right well did all parties keep the secret, for it was not announced until March of this year. Both young people are valued employees of the Court Inn one of Camden's most popular tourist hotels. Edward Jones was arrested at T?rboro, N. C., charged with robbing the safe of hf* uncle, O. R. James, of over $20,000 and two diamond rings. The uncle was a retired storekeeper who did not use banks. The rings and $300 were found in the clothes of Edward Jones. Sheriff Captures Man, Car and Much Booze A Chevrolet roadster, carrying a cargo of 100 half-gallon fruit jars of corn whiskey was captured at "Dusty Bend" just north of the city limits about three o'clock Thursday afternoon. A white man, giving the name of lien Bradley, of St. Stephens, was arrested and is being held in jail. The car was confiscated. The sheriff of Berkley county came here Saturday with a citizen of St. Stephens, claiming that Bradley borrowed the car and used it for hauling whiskey instead of using it to go for a physician for his wife. Sheriff McLeod, who made the arrest is still in possession of the car until the ownership can be eutabiiehed by regular legal process. The man had been trying to sell the liquor in broad daytime. County Council To Meet The County Council of Farm Women of Kershaw County will hold their spring meeting at the Camden High School Auditorium on Saturday, April 14th, at 2 p. m. Miss Jane Ketchen, marketing specialist, will make a short talk and Miss Jaunita Neely, of Winthrop College will be in charge of recreation. At the fall meeting of Council, Rev. Moultrie Guerry, of Hngood, was to have talked on Community Life, but was unavoidably detained. He is coming for .this meeting and all members of Council are urged to be present, as Mr. Guerry is sincerely interested in this subject and makes a splendid address. Not only members of the Council are invited, but all those interested in community work will be warmly welcomed. Entire Family Die In Burning Home Cisco, Texas, April 6.?Eight persons, two adults and six children, all members of the family of Boss Jackson, farmer, either burned to death or were slain before their country home was destroyed by fire last night. Sheriff Hart of Eastland county and night Chief R. L. Wilson of Cisco, who were called to the scene, said the condition of the bodies of the children caused them to think that they had been slain before the fire started. A. C., Green, mortician, to whose establishment the bodies were taken, said the bodies were burned so badly it was difficult to say what i might have caused the deaths. Neighbors were attracted by the flames shortly before midnight. The heat prevented any attempt to rescue the family and there was no means of combatting the blaze. The bodies j were recovered early today by Cisco officers and brought here. j Presbyterian Church Notes A special feature of the Sunday School hour last .Sunday morning was a pageant, "Go and Tell," under the direction of Mrs. King. The attendJ ance was the best for the year, 134. The monthly meeting of tfye Sunday school workers will be held WedI nesday evening, April 18, at 'eightI thirty o'clock. All officers and teach! I ers are urged to be present. I The young people of the city havo j their t^nion meeting in the auditorium II of the Presbyterian Sunday /School j I Sunday evening, April IB, at eight 1 o*clock. Miss- Caroline Houser is leader. i Congaree Presbytery had a very I successful session in our church.Moir Iday and Tuesday of this week. The j sehmon was preached-by Dr. George Mayes, of Winnsboro. Rev. J. V. [ Sloane Jr., of Edgefield, moderated I the meeting. Bethesda extends her I thanks to the efficient committees on I dinner, entertainment, music, and arA congregational meeting will be held Sunday morning, April 15, immediately after the morning service. I The purpose of the meeting is the J election of three additional deacons. I The work of the Auxiliary has been I extended from three to five circles. One of these circle! ia the "Business I Girls'* circle, under the leadership of I Mrs. J(. B. Baldwin, a This circle will I meet once each month on some evenI Ing convenient to the members. The j pastor invites the full cooperation of Ttll0S?~tiriVlM>m ffils ctWTe"wflI mlaI i.i,, < * I Junior Christian Endeavor. Sunday I afternoon, S o'clock, ~~ 1 Let's .everybody come to Sunday |J School Sunday morning. ay w ; . r.- -- - \J . etaMiium Hemingway Robbern Held at Rockingham Columbia, April 1).?Jack Borden, Worth Davis, Essie Foster and Delhi Black, held in jail at Rockingham, N. C., were yesterday afternoon positively identified as members of i gang who robbed the Planters' Bank of Hemingway early in the morning of March 2. Identification was definitely made by D. L. Taylor, cashier of the Plantera' Bank and his wife, who were held prisoners by the gang all night preceding the Hemingway robbery. Their eyea being unbound, both Mr. and Mra. Taylor had opportunity to observe their captora. Borden, Davis, Essie Foster and Delia Black, all of whom have aliases, together with Payne, who is serving time in the North Carolina penitentiary after conviction of robbing a bank, will this week be tried in the Richmond county, N. C., superior court on a charge of robbing a bank at Norman, N. C. The five were apprehended in Knoxville, Tenn,, but four escaped after Bill Payne had been arrested. In Newport, Tenn., a bloody pistol battle with the chief of police there ended with the capture of the four. All were wounded but were recently removed to Rockingham, N. C. Payne had escaped from the North Carolina penitentiary so he was returned to that institution. J. W. Richardson, chief state constable of the governor's office, who has been at work on the case, has followed clues over three stateB for more than a month. His investigation of the Tennessee pistol battle led him to believe those arrested there were responsible for the Hemingway robbery. Last week, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, Chief Richardson visited Newport, and there a pistol taken from th? Planters* Bank of Hemingway at the time it was robbed, was positively identified among other things. This pistol had been taken from one of the members of the gang captured at Newport. Early in the night of March 1, according to statements given immediately after the robbery, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were seized and taken from their home at Hemingway by a gang, members of which announced their intention of robbing the Planters' Bank late iq the night and was commanded to open the vault. A time lock was on the vault, set for about 7:30 or 8 o'clock the next morning, and the cashier finally convinced his captors that it was useless to work the combination until that houn^|^ Held overnight by the gang, which rode about the country near Hem-: ingway, Mr. Taylor was taken to the bank the following morning and at th$ point of a pistol was forced to open the vault. Betweeh $>6,000 and' $6,000, Mf. Taylor said in his statement, was taken from the vault, and then the crishier and his wife were locked inside. ' By means of n screw driver whj^Ji was inside the vault, Mr. Taylor said, he released himself and his wife. Mr. Taylor said In his statement that the screw driver had been purchased and placed in the vault about two years. Chief Richardson Said that he had carefully checked this statement and found it to be true. A telegram frbm Chief Richardson last night follows: "Parties positively identified by Mr. and Mrs. Taylor m ni?n who kidnaped them and robbed bank at Hemj ingway." > ? Chief Richardson, with Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, went to Rockingham yesterday aftorubbh for the sole purpose of seeing thc^prisoners who are held there. "*" . . 1 ViyifA' 1 i Remus Declared Sane Cleveland, Ohio, March 80.?Geo. Remus, Cincinnati wife-slayer todny was Adjudged sane in a decision handed down by the third district court of appeals at Lima to whom the former bootleg baroii had appealed for release from the - Lima State Hospital for criminal insane. Only the bare announcement of the court's action came from the Allen county, beat for the entire community,, was tut off today hp the_aleet storm and blizzard which demoralized lines ?T~ communication in the northern I I VOTE FOR THE BOND. ISSUE! The Chronicle is this week carrying a paid advertisement furnished us by the finance committee of the City i of Camden. The statement i$ true, but very vague, and leaves to the uninformed the impression that the city is very badly in debt. In a sense this is true. All progressive cities as well as progressive firms and individuals are generally in debt to some extent. The City of. Camden i enjoys a rating far in excess of many of the Carolina towns, as evidenced by the fact that the last sale of 5 bonds brought a premium far in excess of any sale ever 1 made from a municipality in either North or South Caro; Hna. n I We wish the finance committee had gone further into details and showed the remarkable increase in taxable > values in the city of Camden since the advent of the first paving done in this city.* Th? city's building program has been rapid since it first put down its paving. Not only is this true as to Camden but it is true as to every " other progressive town or city. Take North Carolina, with its large permanent road program. It has spent more money on permanent roads than any other Southern state. On the other hand North Carolina has forged f far ahead of any other state in the union when it comes T to industrial development, and mainly on account of, i its good roads. A.. Citizens of Camden who have the best interest of its r . welfare, at heart, as well as their own personal interest, ~ cannot afford to pass up this opportunity to get this city . - in line with the progressive cities of the south in having r> its Streets so far as the property owners desire, put in permanent condition. ^ The table furnished below is taken from the books of the City Clerk and Treasurer and Shows how the taxable value 4>as increased in the city, covering a period of the 1 last five years?since the first paving was done in Cam* J den: 192$ *1,094, *05.00 ? I 1924 ..v? i?ar;? ? r 1925 V""/ * ? ?? 1,414,700.00 1 700,000.00 d 1927 ?JU 1,900,733.00 ' 1- ^