THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
H.~D. NILKS Editor and Publisher
Published every Friday at No. 1109
Broad Street and entered at the Camden,
South Carolina poatoffice as
second dawn mail matter. Price per
^iniuni $2.00, payable in advance.
Camden, S. (Friday, May 4, 1928.
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Found After Forty Three Years
Forty three year* is u long time
for anything to stay loat, reasonably
enough we do not expect to find it.
Not long ago a colored man Ah
Boyd while 'plowing on the \y. H. I
Pearson farm ut Lester saw something
bright in the soil his plow had
turned up. On examination he founj
it to he a wedding ring and it was
not at all tarnished being 18 carat
gold. IIy means of the engraving it
was identified as the ring given hy
Albert K. i'earson to his wife Mrs.
Muttie Easterling Pearson. The ring
was lost in the year 1885 in an old
field where broom sedge grew and
that thick growth probably explains
why the ring could not be found.
Later the field was cleared and cultivated
and when it was being plowed
the ring was found.?dlcnnettsville
Advocate.
Eight Hoys Dead
in Two Tragedies
I'.rwin, renin, April 29.?Four boys
ranging from 9 to 18 years old were
drowned in the Nonlichuck river, near
here late today, when the treacherous
waters of "The Devil's Looking
Glass" caught their skiff and upset
it. A fifth boy was rescued by a
young farmer, who came near losing
his own life in saving him.
The dead.
I ed Johnson, 9 and his brother,
R. ( ., aged 12, of Johnson City, Tenn.
George Doyle, 12, and Horace Williams,
13, both of Erwin.
'I he youngsters were out on the
liver, now swollen by the melting
snows that covered this section Saturday.
Playing in a boat, when the
rapid current caught it and swept it
across the Devil's Looking Glass, a
bend about' a high cliff, where the
water flowa like a milf race.
Unable to manage their craft, a
home-made boat, the youngsters were
at the mercy of the current which '
swung it about and waves striking it '
broadside upset it.
None of the bodies has been recovered.
hut a drudging party will begin
the task of searching the river
at daybreak tomorrow.
Fatal Explosion
Akion, <>hio, April 29.?Becoming
tired of a marble game they had been
playing behind a shed here today.'
five boys sought other diversion an 1
tinned to matches. One was struck'
and its flames exploded a 50 gallon
drum of benzine which resulted in
the burning to death of four of the
boys and serious injury to another.
The dead are Frederick Wodtly,
18. Albert Carter, 10, Lemnn Carter,
6, and Charles Carter, 14. The Carters
were brothers. Leslie Bush, the
injured lx?y, is expected to recover.
Persons attracted by the explosion
found the boys writhing on the
ground, their clothing afire. One of!
the first to arrive was Fred Wodtly,
rather of Frederick.
Rain ! lood and Snow
Atlanta, Gn., April 28. -After
spreading destruction by rain, flood
and storm in the low lands, the elements
turned their fury today to the
southern hills and highlands where
record low temperatures and heavy
snowfalls followed in the wake of
high winds.
The Cumberland and Shenandoah
valleys in Maryland and Virginia were
drifted with snow, crystals of which
contrasted strangely with the pink
of apple blooms, while Asheville, N.
(\, with the mercury at 29, wore a
snow blanket and was the coldest city
in the south.
Grady Stone, a young farmer, was
instantly killed when his tractor
plunged off a bridge approach at
Fork Shoals, turned over several
times, and broke his nock, crushed
his skull and broke his foot. Driving
from a sawmill, he stopped the
tractor beside the road to allow an
automobile to pass, and later started
it with the front wheels still turned
off the highway.
Over twenty carloads of strawberries
a day are moving out of the
fields of eastern North Carolina this
week, besides many shipped by trucles.
lettuce is going north at the rate of
fifteen to twenty cars a day. Shipments
of both product* are increasing
day by day.thi* week;
Net Fishermen
Are Arrested\
Four citizen** of Fairfield county
and three citizens* of Union county
will face trial in general sessions
court for violation of the utate statu
te? prohibiting fishing with nets h
creek* and river* of tl?e utate during
the cloned season an a result of tho
activities* in Fairfield county Monday
and Tuesday of V. F. Funderburk,
game warden from the ofnee of A. A.
Richardson, chief state game warden
und Game Wardens U. 8. Riddle, of
York county, C. O. Stogner, of Kershuw
county, and O. S, Porter of
Lancaster county.
At a j>oint below the highway
bridge over Watoree ('reek, near
Great Falls, the wardens arrested
I'. I.. Morris, I). L. Moore, C. B.
Jom-s and W. W. Robinson, fishing
with nets. The men were taken before
Magistrate T. M. ('athcart, at
Wtnnsboro, ami after preliminary
hearing, the quartet was bound over
to general sessions court under bond
of (200 cas h.
Later in the <lay, W. H. Fowler,
Paul Fowler ami Wallace Robinson
all of Helton, Union county, were
arrested for using nets in fishing
operations in Dutchman's Creek. The
men were later released in order that
they might go home and make arrangement*
for the funeral of a dead
relative. Warrants were swt>rn out
and will be sent to Union county for
service.
From the two fishing parties, the
officers seized 21 gill nets with a
total length of 2f>0 feet, varying in
depth from six to 12 feet.
The officers also investigated reports
of dead fish found floating ifl
Dutchman's creek and learnejl fronn
| fishermen that the fish had died in'
fish trups and had been thrown out
in the stream by persons operating
the traps illegally. No evidence was
found of the use of dynamite.?Friday's
Columbia Record.
Chicago Girl Slain
By Movie Bandits
Chicago, April .'iU.?The slaying of
women has been added to the reperjtoire
of Chicago gunmen'.
They slew 17-year-old Pearl Eggerson
last night as she cowered under
their guns in the cashier's cage
of the Rita theater in suburban
Berwyn?slew her because she
screamed at the sight of eyes that
stared through oval masks, and guns
that poked at her from outside the
glass wall.
An army automatic roared and the
little usherette fell. The man with
the pistol and his companion with a
i sawed off shot guii opened the door
j to the ticket booth, stepped over the
girl's body and over that of the
cashier, Miss Gertrude Plante who had
fainted, and scop pod up $1,501).
The robbers used their guns to
hold hack fiO persons in the ticket
line, and walked to the curb where
a companion waited at the wheel
of an automobile bearing a New
^ <>i k license. Each fired a shot in
the direction of the crowd before j
looping into the machine and disap-j
.pearing.
Miss Figgeraon was employed in
an Oak Park department store and j
increased her weekly income by acting
as usherette at the Ritz theatre
Sunday nights. The second show of
the night had just started when the
gifi went to the cashier's cage for a
chat. (
1 he robbers' car drew up at the
curb and the two masked men half
ran toward the ticket booth. They
-pointed their \vea_pons at the girls
and told them to "keep your trap'
shut and give us the money."
The Figgerson girl screamed. The
army automatic spoke and both j
girls slumped to the floor of the nar-j
row cage, Miss Piggerson with a
\Yound in her abdomen, which cost!
her life before she could be taken toj
a hospital, and Miss Plante in a
faint. i
Davidson in Race Again
Judge Z. V. Davidson announces today
for another try for the seat in
Congress held by Hon. W< F. Steven-:
son, of Cheraw. Mr Davidson ran
two years ago, and when it is rem- !
cmbored that all of his political activities
prior to that time had been'
confined to the city of Chester made a '
most remarkable showing, indeed. I
Though defeated by what looked like
a good-sized majority the change of
n few thousand votes would have altered
the result considerably. With
messages from friends in all of the
counties in the district, many of
them made in the race two years ago,
urging him to try again, and promising
their vigorous support, Mr. Davidson
is throwing his hat into the ring
for another race, and proposes to
make a thorough canvass of the district.?Chester
Reporter.
Mrs. P. J. Wilson, aged 91 years,!
of Indianapolis, whose family left |
Lincoln county. N. C., a century ago,'
is visiting relatives in Shelby, Gastonia,
and other places.
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Grand Rally Sunday
At New Trinity Church
The member* and officer* of
Trinity Colored Methodiat Church who
met with the misfortune several
yearn ago to lose their building by
fire, designated last Sunday as u
grand rally day for their rebuilding
program, and the results went away
beyond th.ir expectations. A total
of $2,5 17.55 was reported by the
various organization* at work for the
rebuilding program.
'J he above total, however, represented
much money raised under the
pastorate of Rev. B. F. Bradford, the
beloved pastor of the church, who is
now presiding elder of the Sumter
District. About $1,600 was the
actuul amount raised by the recent
contributions. The remainder of the
money had been raised by glee cltfbs,
willing workers, and other societies
and the money had never been reported
on and had been on savings
deposits at the various banks.
A good part of this money at the
| recent rally represented gifts from
j northern and southern white friends
several checks for amounts ranging
from one hundred dollars down
appeared in the sum total. No colored
congregation has striven harder
to get their church back than Trinity
and they deserve the greatest praise,
ttfc learn that it is their intention
^^^n the church is dedicated to have
one sermon for colored people and
another on the same day for white
people in order to show in a small
way their appreciation of the help
of their white friends. The church
is now nenring completion and in a
short while will be ready for holding
services.
BETH UNE NEWS NOTES
Happenings of Interest as Told By
Our Regular Correspondent.
Bethune, May 2.?The junior class
of the hig-h school gave a reception
at the school auditorium last Friday
evening in honor of the seniors.
1 he hulls had been arranged to represent
a woodland scene with decorations
of pines and ferns and rustic
seats. The receiving line was com
posed of Supt. J. C. Foster and Mrs.
| roster, Mrs. R. K, Tompkins and ofi
hcers of the junior and senior classes.
There was an interesting contest
! given and music was furnished by
high school girls.
From a nook in one of the halls
prettily decorated with pine boughs
and roses punch was served by members
of ine junior class assisted bv
| eighth grade girls who, also, served '
| white and pink block cream and'
I wafers in the agricultural room. In
addition to the senior class, the guests
J included the school faculty and the
trustees and their wives.
Miss Elizabeth Baker from the 8th
grade will represent the Bethune
school in the spelling contest to be
held at ( amden next Saturday.
Mrs. Burnett of Troy, S. C., arrived
this week to spend some time with
her niece Mrs. J. B. Hillhouse.
Eloise Eatridge, the small daughter
of Mr. K. T. Estridge, was carried to
the (amden hospital last week on
account of an attack of pneumonia.
I h?> many friends of the family will
be glad to learn that her condition is
better.
Mrs. Henry West returned from
Baltimore Tuesday where she has
won for several weeks with her husband
who unclerwent an operation at (
John Hopkins' hospital. She reports '
Mr. W est as doing very nicely. ;
Miss Elise Hook of Irmo, who was
a popular teacher here for several <
years, spent the weekend with Mrs.
Love Hearon. I
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard King of
Hartsville spent Sunday with relatives
here.
Miss Beulah Pennington, who has
been at home more than a week on
account of the illness of her little
sister, has returned to resume her
school work.
Misses h ranees Severance and
Kathenne Ward of Coker College
were guests of their parents Sunday.
The cold winds of last Saturday did
much damage to the young cotton and
the farmers are finding some trouble
in securing seed to replant the crop
m this section. The weather is ideal
now however, and farm work is being
rapidly pushed forward.
Study of the marks left by Harry
Lockhart's car, who was killed in a
racing automobile accident in Florida
last week reveals some startling facts.
Moving in a comparatively straight
line for 100 feet after the tire blew
out, it zig-zagged down the beach for
600 feet; struck a bump, went spinning
through the air for fifty-seven
feet; landed with terrific force, but
right side up; bounced through the
air-for thirty-three feet; struck the
sand; bounced thirty-six feet; landed
again on all four wheels; struck another
bump; hurtled through the ait;
for 140 feet; dug a hole sixteen inches
deep in the sand in landing; rose
for another aerial flight of 120 feet;
hit the ground sidewise. but upright;
took its last leap of forty-two feet;
rolled over several times, and came to
a stop in front of the grand stand.
1 erry Jacobs of Richland county, '
convicted in January, 1026, of attempted
criminal assault and sentenced
by Judge J. K. Henry to serve
from 16 to 30 years yesterday had
his sentence suspended during good
behavior by Governor John G Rich-'
ards.
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State Drops Charges
Against W. W. Bradley
Columbia, May l.-w^Chargea of mal- (
feasance in office, brought against VV.
W. Bradley, former state bank examiner,
following the closing of the
American Hunk und Trust company,
of Columbia, were nol prossed in
Kichland general sessions court today
by Solicitor A. Fletcher Spigner.
The case was scheduled to come
up for trial as early as possible at
this term of court, but had^ been de-1
layed somewhat by the necessity of
a second trial of B. h. P. Ix;aphart, j
of Columbia, who faced charges in,
connection with the closing of the j
Columbia Savings Hank und Trust
company. After the Ix;aphart case
had gone to the jury for the second
time, Mr. Spigner rose ami in a brief
statement announced the decision had
been reached to nol pros the case
against Mr. Bradley.
Briefly reviewing the case and
repeating the charges against the
former bank examiner, Mr. Spigner
said that he and others engaged
to aid in the prosecution had found
that the state did not have sufficient
evidence to go before a jury and ask
for conviction.
"We have looked carefully into
'.he case," said Mr. Spigner, uwe
have interviewed witnesses, and I
say by way of parenthesis thut there
are witnesses who are not over anxious
to testify and whose heart and
sympathies are with the defendant.
After careful review we have reached
this conclusion, that the state has not
sufficient evidence that would warrant
its going to a jury -and asking
for a conviction in this case."
"Bradley," continued the solicitor,
"is under a cloud of suspicion, but
when it comes down to cold facts and
figures, the state is unable to produce
sufficient competent evidence to
warrant trying the case."
Other members of the legal staiT
engaged to prosecute the case also
uddressed short explanatory state
ments to the court, these following in
general the tenor of Mr. Spigner's
remarks but going somewhat in detail
as to certain phases of the state
laws involved in the charges against
Mr. Bradley.
Judge M. M. Mann, presiding, said
he felt that the attorneys had given
a correct statement of the status of
the case, in a statement following the
remarks of the attorneys he said:
"After hearing Fletcher Spigner,
Jim Fowles and Judge Smith say
that there is not sufficient support
by the way of competent evidence
behind this indictment. I need nothing
whatsoever to convince me of the
absolute correctness <?f that statement."
More Than Two .Million For Licenses
Motor vehicle license collections in
South Carolina totaled $2,035,213.20
for the period from November 15,
1027, to April 1, 1028 it is shown by
a report q{ the highway department,
laid before the highway commissioners
at their mid-April meeting.
Of the above amount Greenville
county leads with a total of $184,7GG.00,
while Kershaw county spent
537,265.00* for license plates.
Wants?For Sale
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State age. Wlrite "Advertiser/'
care of The, Chronicle, Canrulen,
S. C. 6 sb.
FOR SALE?Duroc-Jersey pig's, six
weeks old. $3.50 each or $6.0Q per
. pair. Or to raise on halves. See
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FOR RENT?Room with private
bath) Also throe rooms with all
conveniences. All to be rented at
moderate fignres. For information
address P. O. Box 425, Camden,
S. C. 6 tf.
MONUMENTS?R. B. Ross, N. Broad
Street, Camden, is the local representative
of the National Marble
and Granite Corporation, of Atlanta,
Ga. All orders entrusted to
him will be handled satisfactorily.
6-9 pd.
FOR SALE AT BARGAIN?Small lot
on Chesnut street, across from
Sarsfield golf grounds, beautiful
trees, asparagup bed. Parties interested
telephone 492 W. 4-6 sb.
FOR SALE?One bjiffet, one hat
rack. Apply to D. V. Dixon, at
Dixon's Grocery Store, Carhden,
S. C. 4 tf.
FOR SALE?Concrete garden furniture,
lawn benches, with or without
back, bird bath fountains, sun dials,
flower boxes, Spanish vases, etc.
Specialties made to order. A. K.
Bernshouse, 38 E. Calhound street,
Sumter, S. C. 5-7pd
LOST?One diamond ring. Reward
if returned to The Chronicle ** Office.
3-6 sb.
PEANUT SEED?White Spanish, at
lowest prices. Good sound seed
from our 1927 crop. Samples on
request. L. Schenk Co., Camden,
S. C. 51 tf.
CARPENTERING?John S. Myers,
phone 268, 812 Church Street,
Camden, S. CJ., will give satisfactory
service to all for all kinds
of carpenter work. BbB
general repairs, screening jj
making and' repairiug fu^H
My workmanship is my rdB
I solicit your patronage.^B
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FOR SALB ? Cotton Sajfl
Staple, Delta number 5/
year from. Coker. $1.25 per B:
Cash with order. F. 0, B. B
S. C. Mill hank Farm
FOR SHOES REPAIRING cillB
Red Boot Shop next door B
press office. A. M. JONKS M
24 tf
for Rent?4 room house 01 fl
Street. L. A. Wittkowsky,
den, S. C.
CURTAINS STRETCHED?AjB
wishing curtains^ stretchejjB
apply at 904 Campbell B
Prices reasonable.
WANTED?No. 1 pine logs, fl
cash prices paid; year rofl
mand. Sumter Planing MS
Lumber Co., Attention E. &B
Sumter, S. C. iS
MONEY TO LOAN?At six A
half c%nt interest on
city real estate. Appty jB
Savage, Jr., Camden, S. CB
FOR MAGISTRATE 1
(Upper Wateree) I
I hereby announce myselfjH
candidate for the office of ifl
trate for Upper Wateree Distr?
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