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,UM? XXXX. * "
- ..??<<i???B?g=n?o)?? AMDEW, SOUTH CAROLIWA, =g??aBBaBgM
^ NUMBER 7.
"Wet" Candidate .
m Counties of State
umbia, May 7.~^*rwlWining
nenl against the IflesidentUl
lacy of any but an Avdwed proonist
coupled with unwillingness
olish the ?taMf party rule pledg!
D?morratic primary voter to
,rt his party's nominees, state
national, was indicated tonight
return* from Democratic conjns
held in the various counties
,uth Carolina today,
turns from thirty-aix of the
.six county convention! at 10:80
k tonight showed nine to 40 on
1 as favoring a change'in party
32 to allow a Democrat to. vote
state primary without pledging!
k)f as to the national party can-)
>6.
23 counties the rule change wag'
(commended, and in si number of
the change was not suggestedv
onvention busineee being merely
tine of selecting delegates to the
meeting at Columbia which
rs on May 16. " V
hibition sentiment, however, was
t universally expressed, and iu
at majority of cases delegates
either selected under instructo
fight against the candidacy
y but an avowed dry or under
il resolutions calling for conI
and more rigorous enforceof
(he dry laws.'
rtanburg, Marion, Florence,
kee, Edgefield, Sumter, Dillon*
on and Beaufort counties were
j those to favor a change In the
pledge other county organizaeither
defeated it in open vote,
Richland and Union, quickly
1 it as in most cases or transactisiness
without having it rise to
ile them, as was. the case in
lwood. Lexington, Darlington,
llcCormick.
p high tide of Smith sentiment
shown in Florence and 'Sum andidates
for the posts of dele|
in Florence being required, to
I their attitude toward the New
governor. ?
? Kills Family;
its Fire To House
Brado. hLijns., May 6.?Enraged
B liis father denied him the
Ibe family motor car, Owen
B 1", has confessed he shot and
^Bhis parents and five brothers
^Bters, April 20, and then set
^B the Oberst farm home near
^BKans., in an effort to cover np
Byings.
B youth told county authorities
B was r?a<ly to plepd guilty to
Bge degree murder and
Judge Coorge J. Benson inB
he was willing yfp dispose of
B?* when a plea was entered.
" Attorney Stanley Taylor said
"W insist jpon the maximum
.life imprisonment.
takcn l)ofore a justice of
to answer to seven counts of
Oberst said it "didrtT mute
, ercnce" whether he was given
"ninary hearing. He we^tbounk
0 the district court. .He seem-'
th? verge of tears, in contrast,
sullen attitude during * grilllch
?How(h1 his arfent yester*
V
youth said he Ujust got mad>f
* #r hoc ause he wan not ,perto
uk ; u. family KutomobUa.
JKthe family rifle he-, first
II f m* *' the- youngest child.
?? killed Hugh, 10; Ralph, 14;
?. his mother, Mm. Elsie Ob?
- n anothar- sister, Dorothy
from hb th? f*^her' WM
Urn 1 M1C 81 the tim?- WW
e<. Owen shot him land^ar^
mto the house.
' ? ?? taken from the
s V0chets. v ?
1 ymith obtained kerosene
e<i it over the bodies which*
il^jC3u ?^tlon of the mother's
in the kitchen, the mother
. W1 in the dining room.
2 J"l?"thtd ln ?> oil
? Pln^n '1nd tlM> youth drove
he ettendel
tw? companions.TJ?"b
n il 'od-EnnO* of- Ttmrod
?*W5r. *?y
Red path Season
Opens 'Here Today
A popuUr concert Friday after
n<ton by the Horrick male quartet will
start the 19Qb Chautauqua season.
The Herrick singer* are headed by
Robert Herrick, widely known comedy
singer and entertainer, and it i?r expected
thai, their programs?-they
will also appear Friday night?will
be two of the hits of the entire
Chautauqua season.
The Ifetriek entertainers are all
young college men, and the youthful
exuberance and infectious "pfcp"
jwhich they put into their performing
makes their fun-making a delightful
feature, 'In . addition to songa, the
Herrick fun-makers will present sketches
and' pleasing impersonations.
Toiplinson to Lecture
Following the Friday night performance
of the Herricks, EM ward
Tom'linson, who attended the recent
Pan-American conference at 'Havana
and who is ap authority on LatinAmerican
questions, will deliver a
lecture, using as 'his subject, "The
Meeting,of the Americas."
,Mr, Tomlinson has made a close
study of South Ameriea7 and in his
lecture he will ask, discuss and answer
the questions, Do we need South
America? And Does South America
nded, Us ? 'His personal Observations
of the Idttin-Aimerican situation make
him an authority on the subject, and
he will introduce features that will
make his lecture entertaining 4s well
as instructive.
A popislar concert by Hie Grosjean
Novelty Company will form the
program for Saturday afternoon at
2:00 o'clock. A feature of their
program will be the selections on the
marimba-xylophone, which are expected
to score a big hit. Floss
Grosjeah is the feature artist of the
company, and is well known as an
impersonator and" ventriloquist as
well aa a'musical entertainer of the
first rank.
The grfcat L^urant, so called hfecauier
ha is said io be without peer
4?,' 4. magician, comes to take up all
4ka-"Satuihd*y night program. Laurent
is said to ibe "one of the suavest,
most picturesque magicians ever seen
on the platform. He displays the
arts and ingenuity of both modern
and ancient conjurers. Hindu magic,
the craft of the ancient Chinese,
together with modern American illusions
and mysteries "follow each
other with startling rapidity.
Balance of frogram
... The program for the balance of the
Red path season is as follows:
* ; Monday Afterrtoon
Lecture?"Savages I Met in Afecaw?Major
John J. Hill. ^ ,
Monday Nijghit /
"Tomihy"?Great American comedy?A
New York Cast.
Tuesday Afternoon
.Grand Concert?The Mozart Concert
Company.
r Tuesday Night
Concert?'The Mozart Concert Company.
Lecture?"The Mission of Laughter"?Herbert
Leon Cope, cu '
Wednesday Afternoon
Concert?'Famous Fiechtl Yodlers
Lecture?'"Folklore of George
"Washington*'?ODavid Wulf Anderson^
v o Wednesday Night
"A? Alpine Rtomduce"?Beautiful
Musical Production?Famous Fiechtl
YttRers.
Commandery To Meet ^T~"
According to J. E. Ross, recorder,
a special conclave of Camden Coinmandery
wffl ttt held Thiirsday evcrp
ittg, May 17th, at 8? o'clock, for the
purpose of conferring the Red Cross
and Knights of MaKa .degree*. All
Sir Knights are requested t<* be present.
No uniforms will be required, ,
Moved Their Outfit Here
, Th^ Novell Construction Company,
'of Greenville, S. C., has moved their
outfit here to begin work on the Camden-Lancaster
highway to Kershaw.
They are camped on the plantation of
Mr. S. L. Perry, about half way b#tween
Cmnden and Kershaw fifed work
on the roadway /urtll commepos at
once,
Z:Tor World War Veterans :
..By Writing to State Service Officer
Henry E. Capplemsn, at Oo^K^
velatives of *W?*ld Waesoldiara
died since *4 w
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Saint Mary's Rector
Is Back, in the City
I Rev. Thonfas J. Mackin, rector pf
Saint Mary's Catholic Church, has returned
to the city after several weeks
absence. Besides visiting his parents
near .Chicago he attended an alumni
meeting of the Sulpician Seminary in
Washington and an alumni meeting
of the Catholio .University of America,
also in Washington at which latter
J event there occurred the alumni farewell
dinner to the retiring rector
: Bishop Shahan, who was one of the
Bishops who helped ordain Father
Mackin.
In Chicago, Father Mackin was appointed
Bishop Chaplain for the consecration
of Rt. Rev. Barnard J. Sheil
as co-adjutor to Cardinal Mundelein.
During the war Bishop Sheil and
Father Mackin were both on chaplain
jduty at Great Lakes Naval Station.
The families of both clergymen have
been friends for many years. Father
Mackin was the guest of Cardinal
Mundelein at St. Mary's of the Lake
Seminary, near Chicago, on the occasion
of the celebration ',*>of St.
George's day, the cardinals patronal
festival.
There have been rumors in Camden
to the effect that Rev. Mackin is t9
leave Camden for work in a larger
field, but he has 4aid that he likes
Camden well enough to hope to be
I left in it. His being changed to ano-'
Ither charge is a matter to be settled
by his Bishops he declares. His recent
trip had no bearing on any coni
templated change of rectors at the
local Catholic church.
Mule Strikes Car;
Woman is Injured
Mrs. W. T. Mullinax was brought
to the Camden hospital late Friday
afternoon as the result of injuries
received in a strange accident near
Lugoff about 4:30 o'clock.
1 According to information received
Here, a mule ridden by a colored boy
ran into the automobile in which
j Mrs; Mullinax was riding. The car
was said to have been owned and
driven by James H. Hancock of Columbia.
The woman is suffering from a
; compound fracture of the right arm
and other injuries it was stated.
! It is said that she was traveling
'-from McBee to (Columbia in com!
pany with her" husband and datighi
ter Viola. They hajd been picked
| up at McBee, it is said by Mr. Han
cock.
The top of the car was damaged.
After the injured woman had been
brought to Camden Mr. Hancock
pr6ce?dedsto Columbia.
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Presbyterian Church Notee
"Mother's Day" will.be remembered
in our Sunday school this coming
Sunday. A special service by the
children, in honor of our Mothers
will be given. We wAnt every mother,
grand-mother and great grandmother
to be present. Now let's
everybody^ inVite our mothers and
make it a happy day for them.
Sunday morning we had 103 at
Sunday school. Our-goal for the year
is 200. Can't we make Mothers' Day
the best attendance yet for 1928?
For the-next six weeks an attendance
competition will be carried on!
between the^men and the women in
our Sunday school. The winners in
the contest wll be given a fish fry
by the losers. Personal work is the
best' way to succeed^ih getting .the
beet attendance.'^"* .
'Miss Caroline Houser fs le ader of
the Senior Christian Endeavor program
Sunday evening. The topic is
"Jesus and the ?Home."
The officers and teachers of the
Sunday school will have their meeting
this month Thursday . evening,
May 17, at eight o'clock, at the home
of Miss Lai Blake ney.
- Junior Christian Endeavor Sunday
afternoon 3 p. m., Mid-week service,
Wednesdays 8 p. m. Preaching
services Sunday mornings 11:15.
' .
Child Painfully Scalded
Little Margaret, 19 months old
daughtet of Mr. and Mrs. E, C.
PearCe, residing in the Stockton section
was painfully ooalded Sunday
whan the ebfid pulled a vessel of
boiling water ei ^hordelf while the
mother's back was turned. She was
brought to ths^Oamden- flospitid f?r
treatment and has returned to her
home where her injuries are net.
thought to b# SQtfcui^
Blaney Girl is First;
Antloch Boy i$ Second
At the Kershaw County Spelling
Contest held at the Camden High
School on May 5th, Mildred Evans of
the Blaney High School won ftrst
place, Lloyd Davis of the Antioch
High School second, and Ellon Stewart
of the Camden High School third
place. The winner of tho Grammar
Grade Contest was Major Davis of
the Midway Grammar School, with
Vearl Price of the Blaney Grammar
, School second and Wilma Currie of
, the Camden Grammar School third.
The two county champions will represent
Kershaw County at the South
Carolina Spelling Contest to be held
at Winthrop College on July 18th
' and 10th. It will be recalled that
[Lloyd Davis, ^ho won second place
in the High School Contest, was
State Champion of the Grammar
Grades in the contest held at Winthrop
in 1924.
Road Now Being Surveyed
The secretary of the Camden
.Chamber of Commerce is in receipt
of a letter from Charles H. Moorefield,
stHte highway - engineer, in
which he states that a survey party
is now at work on the extension of
highway number 97 leading from
Liberty Hill to Great Falls. The
survey was started on May 2nd, and
it is expected that the location would
be run out about the first of August.
He states however, that no provision
as yet has been made for financing
the construction of this road. It is
said if this route is opened up it will
cut the distance from here to Chester
by many miles.
,<Camden People Saw
\Army Planes Pass Over
-Many Camden and Kershaw county
people craned their necks skyward
Wednesday to watch the vast flock
of army planes pass over the city en|rout$
from Camp Bragg tb Camp
Benning. There were seventy in
number and they passed at intervals
< during the day. The largest con)
tingent flying close together numjbered
twenty-flve. The drone of the
motors could be heard for miles and
attracted attention.
Good Officer Leaves
Camden Police Force
Mr. Thomas J. Smyrl, who has been
a member of the Camden police force
for the past two years, will return
Soon to his home in Columbia. Before
coming to Camden he had' served as
a state constable under several governors,
and during that time he had
made many arrests especially among
the moonshiners and bootleggers. He
was never known to take any undue
advantage of a man charged with
crime and caught them squarely and
fairly, and when he came to testify
against them he did it in such a fair
manner that the criminal element had
a profound respect for him, and instead
of hatftig him, were his, friends, i
His work in Camden kept him on the j
streets a greater part of his time
whm people: learned to know and
love 4dm. He has a uniform, courteous
manner of approach, and at no
time does he .aljpw the wearing of a
blue uniform to swell his head, or
forget the rights of other people. Ho
has made a host of warm friendajn
Camden who will regret to see him
leavt hero.
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Camden Methodist Church
Lyttleton Street, near Hampton
Park. - George Pierce Watson, pastor.
Sundays May 18?Bible School,
10 ra-j all grades
jand ages. Epworth League at 7:15
p. m. Public worship at 11:16 a. m.
and 8:00 p. m. conducted (by the pastor.
Morning theme; "Ideal Motherhood."
Evening theme: "The Ministry
of Healing, or the Golden
Cross/' Mid-week prayer service
Wednesday, gt 8:00 p. m. The public
is most cordially invited to all the
services of this church. Seats free.
Charming music. Congregational singing.
Studies drawn from the Word
of God. Come thou and worship with
us and we wffl do thee good. Corns'
and bring your friends. *
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Got His Arm Broken : J
Willie M!c8|Lj|on oi Mr. and Mrs.
IMfe had the misfortune toj
get his riftib'anm broken Saturday
while cranking, a Ford car . The hid
kil jlWHlMr d I Im retw v ataem
aBBa^^*S=?a^,?a!s>aB!B*B5PWBW0RnESSES!
Boy Uses Church Plea;
Falsely Obtains Money
Using the riHine of Rev. A. D. McArn,
pastor of the Bothesdu Presbyterian
Church, of this city, a small
white boy of around 14 years, has been
making a canvaas of several sections
of the city in order to obtain money
for himself.
The lad had obtained a package of
the envelopes ueed by the church for
their weekly contribution plan, and
would present this envelope with the
request that fifty cents be given him
for church help. It is also said .that
he used the name.of Rev. Thoma's J.
Mackin, of the Catholic church, and
obtained money through misrepresenting
him.
It is thought that the lad is the
same one who a few weeks ago was
soliciting subscriptions to magazines
and no magazines would show up to
the subscribers. It is said he used
the money thus raised to purchase a
bicycle.. R^y. McArn located the lad,
who at first denied any knowledge,
but later admitted that he was the
tfuilty one. The farther of the lad is
thinking of having him sent to the
state reformatory.
; Rev- McArn has furnished The
Chronicle with the following note of
warning against this practice;
The people of Camden are hereby
warned against giving money to any
young iboy or boys, who represent
themselves as working in the interest
of this church. No money or funds
are ever solicited by this church except
through the deacons appointed
for that purpose and then only from
the members of the same church. I'
regret very much that some young,
boy or boys have misrepresented our'
church and violated the good will of1
a few citizens of Camden, in the attempt
to get money for themselves.
We never solicit money except
through our officers and this notice'
is to put you on your guard against
jp SBS?* ^ 8UCh Unprincipaled
Hammond ^
Mrs, Bessie Mrickey HaiHlfiohd,
wife of Ernest W. Hammond, died at'
her home on Y^rtc Street Sundayjmorning
about ll o'clock after a'
lingering fijnos*. Mrs, Hammond' had t
been in poor health for the part
several months and critically iir ^ur-1
ing recent weeks, and while her passing
was not unexpected, it nevertheless
caused much sorrow to a- wide
circle of friends and relatives in Lan-!
caster and Heath Springs, where the I
family formerly resided. ' Mrs. Ham-!
mond was a member of the Lancaster
Presbyterian church since coming
j here to make her hopie and was activo
jin the work of the church and the
Woman's Auxiliary until failing
health compelled her to abandoa^r
a^njity< Be*ide8 *** husband si*
children, three sons and three daughters:.
Martha, Joe Katherirte, ^Ned,
Lillian and William, she is survived
y the following brothers and sisters?
R. B. Mackey and Mrs. Herbert A.
Horton, Lancaster; John T. Mackey,
Camden; Mrs. iSallie Butler, Rfchmond'
^a-? Mrs. S. W. Garrett, Macon,
Ga.
?Jfittnml -services were conducted
from the late residence oiw York
stre t, Monday afternoon at three
%*!**' ***' R- W. Jopling, pas,tor,
officiating, and interment was made
in Westeide cemetery. ?Lancarter
New'-___________
Little's Battery Box
| Again A Winner.
L. Savftimah. Ga., May d^Lee's LadyJ
8-year-old chesnut mare owned by C.l
C. Coddington of Charlotte, N. C
Box, black gelding, ownedTiy
George Little of Camden, S. C.,
w#te respective winners ip the five^
gaited saddlehorse sweepstakes championships
at the sixth annual horse
Bhow of the Savannah Riding and
Driving dub, which ended today at
the Georgia state fair grounds.
Saint Mary's
Service Schedule
Now that the tourist season is over
the double Sunday Schedule will end
k?d from now on there will be but
one celebration of mass on Sundays,
present Ufe^hour of Sunday
tee. /Weekday morning msuiTt 6:48
JUDfc.
Th, rhurrh la JScgLfterj d?, from
\lWot" H'ef Candidate;
No Change of Rules
Opposing ??y ca^dWut, who wouJ(i
l"0t Uvor Ul<- Volstead act, any
! change, of rule 32 of tho prima rv
elect on law* and the candidacy of
Senator Reed for the presidency was
the voice of the Kershaw county Domoeratic
convention assembled here
Monday.
Quite a large number attended tho
convention, though there were many
.clubs not represented on the roll call
In tho absence of former County
| Chairman R. H. Hilton, who is now
m?Wn^ his home in Columbia, the
meeting was called to order by form
er Judge M. L. Smith, long identified
with county and state politics. Judgi
Smith seeing Rev. George Pierce
Watson in the assembly, called upon
him to open the moving with prayer,
and this devout minister made a most
forceful prayer all activities and
selections (be governed by Divine
Providence.
Judge Smith was acting president,
with Mr. C. W. Birchmore, acting
secretary. These officers were later
named as permanent officers, with
Wittkow8ky? vice president.
,, Tbft enrolled reporting
twenty-six out of thirty-five clubs in
the county numbered 166 and were
from Kershaw, Bethune, Lugoff,
Westville, Liberty Hill, Shaylor's Hill,...
Shepard, Swift Creek Wateree Mill,
Twenty Creek, Salt Pond, Three C's,
Hermitage MiH, Abney, Haley's Mill,
Oakland, Ned's Creek, Buffalo, Ra
bons Cross Roads, Gates, Ford,
laney, Enterprise, Gumberry, Camden
and Charlotte Thompson.
Autioch, Oassatt, Doby's Mill, Harmony,
Lockhart, Pine Tree, Roland,
Sandy Grbve and Shamrock had no
representation.
Governor John G. Richards, who
was a delegate from Liberty Hill, and ,
former Judge M. L. Smith, of C*md?n,
were elected by acclamation as
< elegates to* t^e state convention. A
celem?Hon^ fa*ff
there w?, swh a division on
tlon that "Judge Smith remarked
Selomon in aJThi, wisdom couM not
? *jjElfS CODV?Ot|ion' stood."
Nominations were then made and balloMnf
showed the following result:
L. I. Onion 90, G. C. Welsh 88; W. L.
DePaaa, Ji\, 72, and Newton Kelly 69.
. eventy-two votes was necessary for' '
election, and as the time was getting
late in order to avoid another ballot
counting, a motion was made that the
next highest be deolared elected which
resulted in the selection of Newton *
Kelly. p
Judge M. L. ^mith was also elected
a member of the State Democratic
executive committee, and J. F. Mcwas
elects county chairman
apd M. L, Smith, secretary.
The oxccuti vc committeemen present
were 0. M. Klrkley, D. iv
M D- Nile,, GE.
* HoJIey, E, M. Workman, S C
Truosdal,, J. a Dnnn, T. F. Hortoni
kja$% IA SSS&&2
^bonCR
G^F'V' ?' W^^ranham;
Murphy, and j. C. Hilton.
the county executivo
committee has been called for the
ZZde?Z Ct1de" ?* th?
Saturday in June, being the second
Jay at 11 o'clocMntbe.corning.-w All
outstanding enrollment books should
be brought in that day and handed
th? county. chairman.
Wina Prize
. -York, . May 7. Winiiii r_ ' n'r
hr im Z7rl an!
^ouiicfsd today at Columbia universb
. * TOtten during the year went
M ?'0Ver C'^eUnd Hall, of the
Montgomery Advertiser, Montgomery,
i "" ??r ht" eAtoriab against gang?m.
Hogging, and racial and rellgioui
intolerance.
j: Day at AufJocfi
--J^Jfcronicle is requsaOd to anttp3her?;fBl
he. 4 rally day 3
6r more good spauksrm fur the
oewka. Thh win be Mother* Day
*"<* ? ?mHal invitation ^9