The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 08, 1928, Image 1
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L-? CAMDEN- S?UT.H CAROLINA. FKIDAY, J (J N E a, 192<t, ~ ? ^
inis For Thirty-One ,
Camden Hi School
phe forma! .losing exercises of the
mden city schools commenced Sun- ]
^ evening. May 27, with the grad- I
lion sermon by the Night Reverend ,
fkuaan G hinlnyj of Columbia,
(fodnesdiiy evening the children of i
, jy^'cr ifrades presented an oper- ]
"The Funy Rose," under the dition
of the teacher of public school
jjf, Miss Isabel Bunk ley. ,
The class day exercises were held
ursday evening, May 31, and the
lowing program was presented: ica^he
high school orchestra; hlaian,
Ansel Bateman; joker, VirginDsLoache;
biographer, Virginia
Ik; "01 e Ca'lina," high school cho;
alphabet, Mary Boykin; censor,
mces Owens; "Where My Cara,
Has Bested," Virginia De'Loache,
Iher PeLoache and Molly BlackJ;
statistician, Edith Goodale; proit,
Molly Blackwell; class song by
for. class; poet, Ellen Stewart;
yer, Stanley Babin; Laurel Branch
rch, orchestra.
I ion Friday the honor rolls
ad and other statistics prey
J. G. Richards, Jr., super7
t of the Camden schools.
C r.
night the final graduation
took place, the Rev. Capers
of Clemson College presentgraduation
address. The
y was given by Miss Virailc
and the valedictory t?y
elyn Bruce.
>llowing medals were awarde
Rev. G. P. Watson: First
:holarship medal to Ernest
fourth grade scholarship!
i Emily Shannon; fifth grade
lip medal to Katherine Brayixth
grade scholarship medal
am 1 hmopson; the Hasckell
seventh grade scholarship)!
inia Drawdy; the deLoach'
'.on medal to Elizabeth'
; the American _ Legion
er, scholarship, progress) to
Ten: the D. A. 1$. jjiedal (exin
history) to Samuel Mcthe
Libman medal (eighth
holarship) to Grace RobinJudge
W. C. Benet medal
rade scholarship) to Elizanip;
the deLoach English
i Duncan Lang;-the Harding
icdal to Ellen Stewart; the
ohnson Boykin English medal
mi&Ha.Ie; the Harding gramAd
high school scholarship
to Jack Villepigue; the Cecelia
'km history medal to Elmer
tod the athletic* scholarship
o Elmer Watts.
awards were followed by the
S of the diploma's to the fol^
graduates: Stanley Babin,
iteniar., Austin Sheheen> Eltts.
j?;in Gettys, Job Mills,
E Molly Blackwell, Mary
Mar-v Brown, Evelyn Bruce,
De Louche, Virginia Haile,
Willie Locke, Marnt>y.
lsabelle Lorick, Marw'
Ki" n Stewart, Lillie Mae
W"se Watts, Rebecca Zemp,
'dale, Cleo Hasty, Edna Holy
Moseley, Hazel Moseley,
>w*ns, Louise Trapp, Lucile
Mary Reeves. Commercates
were' presented to
tilings and Margaret East,
memory prizes given fry
^chers Association/ Friday
L 1928, wbpe'as follows:
Wnt nh gh scho<>1> t0
high school,Voo, t?
( Loachc. - j.
pf' grammar school, $5.00,
prize, grammar School,
-leanor Wattar
B-kiw;rmar s'hocl' ?|?
",n to the regular medals
110 was a new medal
Athletic-Scholarship
deJivere^ ^ the Sun
f nday mottling to
8 of the nth Grade. This
i.ade possible through the
alVrK^6"
^ letic Scholarship So-oondary
schools.* Camden
f.lu* ^ third high
Carolina to become
Nations for receiving the
Firft the
thletic letter in one
m?jcr_ apoets,?eeeee*
>n8ecutive semesters
ADd 'P?rUmaMhij^Mh^
highest type. (
The National Atheletic' Scholarship:
Society aims to promote the above
qualifications. Every boy .in the Cam- j
don High School has a chance to win|
one of these medals as a medal is
given to each young man who is]
qualified to receive it. It is the hope I
of the school authorities that every '
boy who engages in athletics will!
strive for this medal.
Nearly Honor Roll
Grade 2-A?jWilhelmina Strak, ,
Wylie Hogue. Baniel-JVlcCaskill, Jack
Rhame, Jack Richards.
Grade 2-B?Carolyn Hilll
Grade 2-C?Margaret West. <
Grade 3-A?'.Minnie Sue Bruce, Ellen
Little, Lillie Mae Smith, Willie
Mae Smith, Nancy Watts.
Grade 3-B?Ctyburn Huggins.
| Grade^ 4-A?Jack Halsall, McKain
Richards, Robert Shaw, Sarah Bissell,
Elizabeth . Goodale, Fannie
Mickle, Emily Shannon, Emily Sheorn,
Helen Tindai.
Grade 4-B?'Pearl Godwin, William Wylie.
Grade fi-A-'-Ruth DeLoache, Frances
Mcl>eod, Es telle Myers, Florence,
Sawyer, James Chapman, Roland
Moo iv. !
Grade 7-A? Katherine Kennedy.?.
Grade 8-A?Grace Robinson.
Grade 8-B?Grayson Shaw, Joe I
Jenkins. . '
Grade Haile, 1
beth Zemp. j
Grade 10-A?Duncan Lang, Rochelle 1
Sheorn. 1
Grade 10-B?Betty Cureton, Caro- ?
line Richardson. \
Grade :11-A?Elmer Watta. 1
Grade 11-B?(Mary Boykiu, Mary
Brown, Evelyn Bruce, Ellen Stewart. '
Yearly Attendance Honor Roll
Grade 1-A?'Louise MoNeely; 1
-Grade 1?C?Thelma Blackwoll,
Kathaleen Smith, Curtis DeBruhL ?
Grade 2-A?tSophia Creed, Elene
Steen.
Grade 2-B?Carolyn Hill, Harold 1
Smith. - >i" 7 t
Grade-AiA?'gillie Mae Smith, Wil- 1
lie Mae Smith, Ralph Shirley, Man- I
ley McLeod, Lyles Munn, Isaac Pitts.
. Grade 4-A?doLacy Brayshaw, Jack
Brown, Raymond Moore, McKain ?
Richards, Hefiry Shannon, Elizabeth
.Fatmie Mickle, Lena Steven- (
on. ?Grade.
4 D* 'Dorothy WattarWilHs
DeBruhl.
Grade 6-A?Ruth DeLoache, Francgfc-^kanks.
Eleanor Wetto, Jamee I
Chapmaiir Ottt-Gfied, iMoeeve John- eon.
'N
Grade 5-B?iMary Richey.
Grade 6-A?-Carrie McLeod, Golda
Shirley, Margaret Baldwin, Mary E.
MoCaakill, William Thompson, Luther
Shaw, Laurence Kirkland, Clarence
Christmas, Cecil MoCaskill, Marion
Evans.
Grade 6-<B?iMattie Rabon, Nataline
Zeigler, Alvin Christmas, Donald
Hill.
Grade 6-?C?William McLeod, Lloyd '
? :> ' >
Srnyrl.
Grade 7-A-?Mary Jane Mac key J
Sara Kirkland, Katherine Little, Virginia
Drawdy, Frances Creed, Nancy
Brown, Charlie Sheffield, Reuben 1
PittB, Joseph Lang, Thomas Bruce,
Tack Boyd, Homer Baldwin. . I
Grade 7-B?Eugene Dority, L. O. .
Punderburk, Eleanor Brown. <
Grade 7-C?'Elizabeth Gaskins, L. i
r. Holland. 1
-Grade 8-A?Eloise Rhoden, Grace 1
Robinson. 4 1
Grade 8-B?George Rhame, Gray- t
jon Shaw, Ruby Burns.
Grade 8-C?Wilburn Denton. i
Grade 9-A-^Henry Lee Clyburn, 1
rlouston Shaw, Willie Haile, Marguerite
MoCaakill, Carolyn McKain, 1
ifyrl Rast, Helen Roaeboro, Mattie 1
Grade 0-B?Laura Moaeley. 1
Grade 10-A?Grace Sawyer, Althea 1
lander*. * I
Grade 10-B?Catherine Boykiu, 1
)ra Hinsoh, Nancy Pearce.
Grade 11-A?ElmerWatts. ^ 1
~Qi ade ll-R?Stewart. 1
Class Leaders With Averages <
Grade IhA?-Ernest Freitag 96, 1
joltie Smysl 94. "j?4
Gradr 1-B^-LiHe Mar Haggtur S7, \
{Continued' on Page Four) 1
Speaking Oaten Set I
For County Campaign
The Kershaw County Democratic j
[Executive committee met at the court , ]<
house Saturday und chairman J. F. ()
McDowell named J. Scott Dunn, D. T. g
Varborough and D. M. Kirkley to fix l
ii date for the opening of the cam h
pttign. I i
G. Murphy, W. T. Holley and E.,
M. Workman were also named as a r
committee to look into the cost of
holding the election so as to deter- a
mine upon the amount to assess the 7
candidates. A resolution wus passed t
t&pt V*e t'me 'or candidate announc- t
ing through the local pupers be c
brought to a close on July 26. Ano- \
ther meeting of the Executive Com- t
mittee was called for Saturday, July j
28. 'By theHime of "this meeting all c
candidates will have announced and
the committee will then be in a bet- 1
ter position to know how to fix the 1
assessments. There being so few 1
offices to be filled and so few candi- t
dates announced so far, the assess- i
ments will very necessarily be high t
in order to meet the election expenses| 1
The enrollment books are now open *
at the homes of the secretary of j
their respective clubs. The same en-:'
rollment books will be used as werei (
used in 1026. Names of voters who!'
have moved away can be stricken off 1
and those who have become of age '
or moved into the community can be
added. The enrollment books will '
close on July 31st.
The itinerary as fixed by the com- '
mittee will be as follows: Campaign
opens at Blaney on Monday, August!
20, at 10 a. m.; Tuesday, August 21
at Bethune, at 10 a. m.; Wednesday,
August 22, at Kershaw, 10 a. m.;
Thursday, August 23, at Camden, 4
p. m.; Friday, August 24, at Buffalo
at 2 p. m.; Saturday, August 25, 8|
p. m. at Mill school house.
The date of the first primary fa 1
Tuesday, August 28 and the second!
prjmary comes on Thursday, Septem-I
ber 11. j'
iennettsville Ready (
For Confederate Vets
Bennettsyille, S. C., Juno 4.?H. J.
Li ley, mayor of Bennettsville, sends v
ut the following tentative program f
f the South Carolina Division of \
Jnitcd Confederate Veterans to\ be i:
eld in that town on June 13, 14 and t
5th: i
Wednesday, June 13, will be ar- \
iyal und registration day.
The Coast Line railway will oper- %
,te a special train out of Florence at i
':30 p. m., arriving Bennettsville at c
p. m. This will enable all visitors t
o leave their homes on the morning e
f the 13th, and arrive in Bennettsville
that night. Of course, those t
.raveling in automobiles will be ex- 1
jected sooner and those traveling on ]
>ther railroads will arrive sooner. <
The Bennettsville and Cheraw rail- ]
oad has arranged to have the Sea>oard
stop their fast train No. 1&2 j
irriving at Kollock at 6:10 p. m., and (
hey will have u special truin await- i
ng the arrival of this northbound ,
rain and will bring all guests trav- \
ding via 'SeaboaiVl from Columbia \
md they will arrive at about 7 p. m. (
Suitable entertainment for the vistors
has been arranged for the night
>f June 13. The reunion proper will 1
j pen Thursday morning, June 14, at |
which time addresses of Welcome will
be delivered and an address by Dr. ,
D; W. Daniel, of Clemson College,
and one by ex-United States Senator
John L. McLaurin will be delivered.
All meetings of the veterans will be
held at Playhouse theatre.
Wednesday afternoon the visitors
will be taken on an automobile trip
over Marlboro County.
Thursday night will be occupied
with a band concert and dance for
the visitors.
Friday morning a parade will be
held, following which speeches will be
made by United States Senator Cole
L. Blease and Governor John G.
Richards.
The final session of the veterans
will be held Friday afternoon, June
15th.
The United Sons of Confederate
Veterans will also hold their annual
reunion at Bennettsville during the
above mentioned dates, and their
place of meeting will be the countv
court house. I
Dinners to the official guests will |
be served oil June 14 and 15, and i
Mr. A. C. Green is chairman of the:
dinners committee. Mr. EJ. P. Miller
is the general chairman and is especially
anxious to have the names of
all veterans, sons of veterans and
ladies who expect to attend this reunion,
so that proper assignments
can be made before their arrival. It
is requested that all camps send in
at once to him, a list of 'those expecting
to attend and the names of
all sponsors, maids, chaperones and
maids of honor.
Grazed Man Shoots i
Bishop; Kills Himself i
Charleston, June 4.?Critically
^' uncled by a minister bearing a 1
ancicd grievance, the right Rev. l)r. 1
Villium A. Guerry, 07, bishop of the 1
; uth Carolina diocese of the Pro- 1
. stant Episcopal church, tonight lay i
n a hospital here with a gunshot
\uuud ill his left chest.
His assailant, the Hev. J. II. Wood- t
sard, 00, of Brunswick, Ga., a retired i
nmister of the South Carolina dio- i
't'se, was dead, huving turned the gun t
>n himself after felling the noted 1
louthern cleric.
I .ate today Dr. H. S. Cut heart, attending
the bishop, said his patient
>vas in a "very critical' condition, i
He was still unconscious. An op- 1
>rution for removal of the bullet was 11
performed late today. jl
The attack and suicide occurred
in the private office of the bishop at
diocesan headquarters here. Just 1
what occurred between the two men lould
not be learned ( bu apparently 1
there was some discussion of the re- '
tirement age jc? ministers and finances,
as the Rev. Mr. Woodward before
entering the office told Miss!
Henrietta P. Jervey, private secretary
to the bishop, that ho*wished to
see his superior about the retirement
age of ministers. When Miss Jervey
entered the private office after hearing
two shots she fpund both men on the
floor. The Rev. Mr. Woodwar.l|
with a pistol in his hand; the bishop:
unconscious and a check for $50 made1
out to the minister and signed by the
bishop lying on the floor.
The Rev. Mr. Woodward, according
to Miss Jervy, was demented.
She said th:.t when about to retire
to his private office the bishop asked
her not to leave the adjoining!
room. "This man is crazy and no',
telling what will happen," she quoted'
the bishop a;; saying. i
The ltev. Mr. Woodward was for;
years a minister In the South}
Carolina diocese. He was known as)
a man with ti^ed opinions on the j
negro question, in particular. In 1918:
when Bishop Guerry sought a suf-t
l'ragan bishop for work among the
negroes of the diocese, the minister
made h number of public attacks on
him through public statements and
speeches.
While serving as pastor of an
Kpiscopal church at Bluffton he shot
and killed n negro burglar. He was
exonerated following the killing, residents
said, but never fully recovered
from the nervous shock. .
After his difficulty with the bishop
over the negro bishop question the
minister was retired but retained a J
canonical connection with the dio- !
cese. For several months, a short
time ago, he was a supply pastor at
St. Marks Episcopal church at Burnswick.
His family is said to live at
Darien, Ga.
Bishop Guerry was born in Clarendon
county, South Carolina, in 1861.
He was ordained deacon in 1889 and
a priest a year later. After serving
pastorates at Florence, Marion and
Darlington, he became professor of
mathematics and pastoral theology at
the University of the South, Sewanee,
Tenn., leaving the school in 1907 to
become v bishop co-adjutor of South
Carolina. A year later he became
bishop.
A description of today's tragedy
by Miss Jervey told how the Rev. Mr.
Woodward entered Bishop Guerry's
headquarters and asked to see the
bishop.
"At 9:30 o'clock" said Miss Jervey
tonight, "the Rev. J. II. Woodward,
J. Herbert, I think it"Is, came into
diocesan headquarters, 142 Church
street. Mr. Woodward is canonical[y
resident in this diocese, although ;
be has been working in Georgia. He
asked to see the bishop. I telephoned
to his hopse, and he asked that 1
Mr. Woodward come to his house if
it was convenient, since he would not
iome down for an hour.
"I told Mr. AVoodward that, and 1
be hesitated as if he had not heard. 1
I told him again two or three times. ;
Then he said that he would go. I 1
bad to telephone - the bishop again j
about something else, and he told me i
hat he was just leaving! to hold Mr. :
Woodward until he arrived.
"When the bishop came in, he spoke \
io Mr. Woodward, made a telephone :
rail, and aaked the visitor into his
office. X told the bishop that It would
ye cooler in the main ofrtoe, ard that \
[ would go |? %ha end of the i
?> *11111 frpl privacy;1
Mr. Woodward into his earn office, j
however, and after closing the door
for a moment said to me, *1 want you
to stay in this office. This man is
half crazy and there's no telling what
he will do." Then he went in himself
and shut the door again.
"He was in conference with Mr.
Woodward for some time. Then the
bishop came out by himself and dictated
several routine letters. He did
not seem agitated.
"He went back into thp room where
Mr. Woodward was and shut the
door. Five minutes later, 1 heard a
shot, and the bishop's voice called
'Miss Etta" then there was another
shot. 1 rushed into another office
and telephoned police headquarters.
Then I went into the bishop's office.
Both men were prostrate. I
put my hand on the bishop's shoulder
and spoke to him, but I could see he
was unconscious. He was breathing
heavily. So was the other man.
"I went back to call for a doctor.
Then Mr. F. G. Davies came in. I
asked him ^tu stay with the injured
men until I called the ""doctor. Soon
afterward a young interne arrived.
We all waited until Dr. Robert Wilson
arrived before doing anything,
and then they were sent to the hospital.
"While Mr. Woodward and I were
waiting for the bishop, he told me
that he had come to find out the
age of retirement for ministers, and |
he said that he was 66 years old. 1I
said that Ij did not know, but that
the bishop did. *
"Mr. Woodward used to come into
the office occasionally when he was
in South Carolina, but since being
In Georgia had not returned for some
time. He was a brilliant man intellectually,
but had the reputation of
being a bit queer, and also of having
a high temper. I had never seen him
in temper, though. He was tfclling
me about the sermon he heard at St.
Michael's on Sunday, and I thought
at the time that he had-a remarkable
vocabulary. ? ~r ? ~
r "He did not seem irritated, or out
of his head, or anything like that
tthen are vera waiting for the bUbop.
- a? a ? ? VL a i _ ?' LI. - -? *
rw end pun Tits wstcn rrom ms pawner
iwiM was a narvoua
sort of aaa anyway."
Former Camden Man
Makes (iood in Atlanta
i
Mr Victor Myers, of Atlanta, was
he guest of his siaK-r Mrs. Carrie M.
Davis, 011 Tuesday. He was enroute :
prOm Raleigh to Atlanta, where he
lud been filling a week's engagement
.vith his orchestra.
Mr. Myers is now conductor of
'Yick Myers Orchestra" operating in
,he Ansley hotel at Atlanta. Their
nusic is highly enjoyed by the guests
ind it is also broadcasted over radio
wice duily from station W S B Atanta.
Presbyterian Church Notes
The installation and ordination of,
aewly elected deacons and elders will
Mi ludd Sunday morning, June 17.'
(Overy officer of the church is asked i
to be present at that time.
The "Men of the Church" meet
Tuesday evening June 12, at eight
D'clock, at the home of Mr. W. D. McDowull
at Knight's Hill. Mert come |
and let's talk about the church for an
hour.
The attendance at Sunday School
last Sunday was 105. The men had
22 and the women 20 present. This
leavbs the women one point in the
lead over the men for the contest
which will run for two more Sundays.
Children's Day wil be observed with
a special program in the Sunday
school on June 24.
We are planning to have the Daily
Vacation Bible School again this year,
The school will be in charge of Mrs.!
G. H. Baum, assisted by the young
ladies, who have recently returned
from college. The date has been
tentatively set for the last of June,
and first of July.
Of the $170 we hoped to raise laqt
Sunday for Presbyterian College at'
Clinton, that it might keep its doors
open next session, we raised about
$98. Those who want to help raise
this balance and who were not nt
church Sunday may do so by giving a
check to Mr. Lindsay, designating it
for that purpose. Unless it comes
from special gifts it muts come from
the cfldrch treasury.
The public is cordially invited to
all the services of this church.
Spring poultry sales in Cherokee
county total 54,000 pounds und receipts
to farmers of $10,000.
lioggan C. Trippett
Ends Life dun
BoggUM ('. Trippett, farmer and
world war veteran, of the Boykin
section of the county, wax found dead
at a spot half mile from his home
ithout m^'ht o'clock Wednesday morning.
An automatic shot gun with one
she 11 fired and a note beside his body
addressed to . a relative bore mute
testimony to the fact that the unfortunate
man hud pulled the trigger of
the gun and sent u load of shot into
his left breast.
Mr. T rippett had only recently returned
from a government hospital
where he had been trying to regal.t
his health, lie was staying ut the
home of his sister, Mrs. (hxrl Emanuel,
of Boykin, and went to a negro tenant's
home and it is thought from
there to an oak tree where he sat
down, cut a twig with which to pull
the trigger. It is supposed that he
killed himself about 4 o'clock in the
afternoon of Tuesday and his body
was not found until eight o'clock
Wednesday morning.
All ind ications pointed to the fact
that he had carefully premeditated
the act in that in the note he left
implicit instructions as to where he
was to be buried and also named
eight fiiends to act as pall bearers,
they were Sheriff J. H. Mclx-od, J. A.
Hough, F. M. Maynard, James Sheorn,
W. L. DePuss, Jr., S. H. Mickle, Perry
Brown and I)eas Boykin. Other
details of a private nature which the
family would not devulge were found
in the note.
Mr. Trippett's mother and his wife
went to Oregon six weeks ago to
visit Mrs. Trippett's family. They
have been notified.
i Mr. Trippett was born January 6,
i 1801, the grandson of Colonel and
j Mrs. E. II. Cash. His father wus
Or. B. Trippett, who died some years
ago. His mother remarried and is
now Mrs. Bessie Irby. He has surviving,
besides his wife and mother,
two sisters, Mrs. Carl Emanuel of
Boykins.and Mrs. Charles E. Boineau
' of Rembert. He attended the Citadel
and later attended the University
of South Curolina.
Boggan. Trippett was a likeable fellow,
fond of sports and enjoyed the
great outdoors. He had numerous
friends who will regret to learn of
his death.
The body was brought to the C. W.
Evans funeral parlor and prepared
for burial. The funeral occurred
yesteulay morning at eleven o'clock
[from the home of his sister and the
i burial vqs at the spot where he had
[designated and the pall bearers mimj
ed by him officiated at the last vad
rites.
New Folders Issued
Distribution of an attractive new,
[illustrated folder just kissued by the
Seaboard on Wrightsville Beach and
other beaches in North tparolina, Virginia
Beach and points of historic
interest in Tidewater Virginia is being
made by Mr. !C. W. -Small, Di- i
vision Passenger Agent of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway at Columbin, ,,
S. C. *
"With vacations near at hand, we
are having many calls for this new
folder," said Mr. Small, Vas it gives
much interesting and valuable information
and shows a list of hotels
with both daily and weekly rates.
Though Wrightsville Beach and Virginia
Beach are featured, -because of
their diversified amusements and unusually
attractive surroundings, the
hunting, fishing and golf opportuni
ties are described and .historic Cape
Henry, Norfolk-Portsmouth, Ocean"
View, Old Point Comfort, Newport
Netfs, WtlHamsburg, Jamestown,
YorktOwn, etc. are included with
jnanjLilluatEationa nTKLmutb information
of interest to prospective visitors*
Charles S. Warren, a. fonder state'a
attorney of Illinois, and six others,
were indicted by a Federal grand
jury-Jin Chicago on Friday on charges
pf robbing the United States malls
and Conspiracy to rob in conn act ion
with the $1 $3,000 malt robbery at
Evergreen Park, last February. It
is alleged that after the robbery the .
gang had gone to Warren's home, divided
the loot there and left $4,000
for hipi, presumably as a defense fee ^
/ * -
Fairfield county chipped &c first
co-opinr^ of
weighed $,MA pounds. ^