The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 13, 1928, Image 1
G0 P?LLS NE*T TUESDAY AND VOTE FOR THE BOND ISSUE FOR PAVING
The CAMDEto Chronicle
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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.
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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
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New Mercantile Firm
Opens Here in May
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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.
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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
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I Junior Christian Endeavor. Sunday
I afternoon, S o'clock, ~~
1 Let's .everybody come to Sunday
|J School Sunday morning.
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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'
$6,000, Mf. Taylor said in his statement,
was taken from the vault, and
then the crishier and his wife were
locked inside. '
By means of n screw driver whj^Ji
was inside the vault, Mr. Taylor
said, he released himself and his wife.
Mr. Taylor said In his statement that
the screw driver had been purchased
and placed in the vault about two
years. Chief Richardson Said that he
had carefully checked this statement
and found it to be true.
A telegram frbm Chief Richardson
last night follows:
"Parties positively identified by Mr.
and Mrs. Taylor m ni?n who kidnaped
them and robbed bank at Hemj
ingway." >
? Chief Richardson, with Mr. and
Mrs. Taylor, went to Rockingham
yesterday aftorubbh for the sole purpose
of seeing thc^prisoners who are
held there.
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Remus Declared Sane
Cleveland, Ohio, March 80.?Geo.
Remus, Cincinnati wife-slayer todny
was Adjudged sane in a decision
handed down by the third district
court of appeals at Lima to whom
the former bootleg baroii had appealed
for release from the - Lima
State Hospital for criminal insane.
Only the bare announcement of the
court's action came from the Allen
county, beat for the entire community,,
was tut off today hp the_aleet storm
and blizzard which demoralized lines
?T~ communication in the northern
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VOTE FOR THE BOND. ISSUE!
The Chronicle is this week carrying a paid advertisement
furnished us by the finance committee of the City
i of Camden. The statement i$ 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
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