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I The Camden chronici f jMK XXXX. ' ' l"55&=aa5=aa!^ K --acae? ? | ,in... , , , | ^ caMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, n Til' - ur ' "' "IIJ1IIJ>I ?? NUMBER 14. Verdicts Rendered Womw <>ti Pleas Court H R?fcse, white, and George W nefe/r<) <1 river of a truck, Kt suit in the court of commo/i Kr Kershaw County last week, the Southern Bell Telephone Klt^raph Company for the sum Koo. The cane grew out of the of a tree by omployeea of the . while erecting a line be-< Bethune and Bishopville. The tree fed across the highway H truck laden with lumber ran He tree. The truck was deHd ami George Jackson receivKroken leg and other injuries Hhich he laid up in a hoaHnd has never fully recovered, ry gave E. H. Reese a verdict H for injury to his tnyp, ami M Jackson got a verdict/ for personal injuries. <vM. L. 'Smith L DePase, Jr., represented ^^Kher verdict for $200 was given y Mitchell, a colored woman ts traveling on the Seaboard lichmond to Camden, ,ahe being Hf the train at Hamlet. The H sued for was $5,000. The rd claimed that the woman got her own Accord, mistaking the Hamlet for Camden, but the l contended that she was put train by the porter. The f was represented by attorney Smith. Death of Ministers Wife Lavinia Knowlers, wife of the . M. Knowles, well known re iethodist supply minister, who en mo king her home in Ker tounty, died Saturday morning I home of her daughter in Ker after a short illness. She was han 7t> years of age and was a of the Anti<x-h section of this . She is survived by her aged d aiid two daughters. The &n<i funeral services, were held Camden cemetery Sunday at tk, sen-ices being performed by torge Pierce Watton* assisted Davis, of Kershaw. " iy Stricken Wednesday ^kfate of the mill village was itricken with apoplexy on by night at the Calvary Bap rch. The series of meetings *& been in progress for the t iny* was being, brought to and penitents were being in the altar, Mr. Pate arose and rward to answer the altar call s shortly afterward stricken B?Pkxy. He was removed to * as quickly as possible, but umbed to the attack about 9 Thursday morning. ~ Mr.* Pate d to bo between fifty and * years of age.?Lanc^ter tf ^'11 Be Sent Out Free jessman W. F. Stevenson The Chronicle from Washing t he has a limited Bupply of taral Year Books, Farmer's s on various subjects and fish ?ons that he will .be glad to ??se desiring them, upon reHi * 1-t Meeting at Hanging Rock ^ missionary meeting will be the Hanging Rock Methodist '"day. June 29, at 3 o'clock, gssionary societies included in Hi ar(': Car?d^ Kershaw, T^8" ' Ttemascus and Hang * 1 he members of these J^^Urkrcd to be present. d'v !ir?Cery discontinued Hi a!b Grocery? operated for * . ?.-Vears hy Messrs. Arthur H^T* R. Viikpigus h??? ^c?ntinue<i and the stock of Purchased bjr 1. Wolfe. u arket ^6re)pur-; H: * * Watkins, MiUly H hut now residing in ftor arva ?klns wil1 **turn to H7, d,8P?*? of his interests he ^ return to hp V' ent*r business here Heat- n0t ?o?f Mr. ^>ithr>ll .; E*,W' B1*ckwell, aged'about H'tvnh a* ^n^fan on June K.nh fevep- BlackH ,V8 of Lit county, near 1* had been brought hare E*"" " fc Jr? J. L. r of fhe min viHa^L m* A.^K. MeU^rin pU?' Hilton and Randall Fight in Rock Hill 111 feeling, said to have bpeu of long Handing, culminated this morning in a serious encounter when Dr. 1\ B. Hilton and G. R. Randall, next door neighbors of Cedar Crest, met in a downtown store. The affair had several aftermaths the moat serious of which perhaps was the injuries to the head received by Mr. Randall when he is alleged to have been struck several blow3 with a stick which Dr. Hilton carried. Too, both men were summoned to police court to answer charges of fighting, while later in the day Mr. Randall appeared before Magistrate J. B. Swinnie and swore out two warrants charging Dr. Hilton with assault and battery with intent to kill, and with unlawfully carrying a pistol. Dr. Hilton was under bond of $100 for appearance in police court but the amount of Mr. Randall's bond, if he was under bond, whs not noted. Police said that they did not know the exact nature of the trouble be ^ween the two men but they were told that Mr. Randall walked, into the store of G. C. Deese to make a purchase. Dr. Hilton was in the store at the time and was said to have accosted Mr. Randall with an accusation of "meddling in his business" and bhen to have struck him in the face with a heavy stick, breaking Mr. Randall's nose. Other blows were dealt by Mr. Hilton before the two were parted by Patrolman J. M. Parks and escorted to headquarters. A pistol alleged to have been taken from Dr. Hilton's pocket by spectators, was turned over to police. From information gathered by police the man had been at odds for some time but the trouble became more aggravated yesterday. The waxTa^yCjraHap^|t before Magistrate Swlifhie were to be served today.?Tuesday's Rock Hill Herald. An Unintentional Omission IflL <^^??port pf the Kservice?, at Trinity Methodist church last wee* The Chronicle unfortUnat^ and uninentionally omitted some names who took a leading part in this work. The names of Mattie Davis and Louise Wright, two of the leading soprano voices were omitted, and the vocal solo by Harris Myers, accompanied by Jessie Dibble, pianist, was not mentioned. All added to the pleasures of the day and furnished portions of the sweet music. v , In our rush of making a twelve page paper with part of our help away on a vacation we alio neglected to make mention of two pf the most important participants in the erection, of the church?they were kichard Belton and Tom Levy, both colored contractors who were low bidders for the building. They ereqted a handsome church which will stand as a monument to their ability in the building trade. Deat?j of Colored Citizen Sam Gaines, well known colpred citizen of Ca/radep, died quite suddenly Saturday night, at the age of sixty years. He was found lying on the sidewalk on -Hampton ""Avenue leading to his home and was carried to the hospital where he expired soon afterwards, being a victim of heart trouble. Gaines had served for a number of years as Mnitor at the postofttoe ami was well known to both races.' He ia survived by- his widow and four sons and one daughter. -One of his sons, John GainCs, being a well known barber serving the white trade. His widow and daughter were at the north where they Wqje employed and the funeral and burihl was delayed until their arrival on Tuesday. First Cotton Bloom M/. W. H. Haile, who has "charge of Mr. C. M. Taintor's place, on the northern limits of the city, brought a cotton bloom to The Chronicle office which was picked on June 24th: The crop is being worked by Tom Lawson and the cotton is of the super seven : variety. * The first bloom last year was reported >y Mr. J. B. Zemp as early as Jttn* The first bloom for 1926 came in on June 15. The 1926 bloom earns June 16, First for 1924 was on June 23 and 1923** bloom was June ' fta S r j-. -: . " Six arnsd bandits held up a Canuti*?i"N*ttona] r*ilw?T pMttl e?r . kt Toronto, OnUrio, Wodnrod?y ?nd rniS - *?*"'? "*? *?"gating $100,000. Morning Fire Destroys Lodge Quarters Fire discovered about three o'clock Friday morning in the top floor of the big thr??e story frame lodge building owned by the colored Knights of Pythias here, completely degtroyeJ the building and contents. The fire had gained such headway that the fire department was unable to cope with it. The loss includes much equipment of several bodies which shared use of the building with the K. of P. The building was erected some fifteen years ago, and would cost fully five thousand dollars to replace at present costs. It is understood there was only $2,800 insurance, or practically only about half of the loss. It is not knowu how the Are orignated, but a dance had been in progress until late in the night and it may have started from a lighted cigarette. Presbyterian Church Notes The sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be celebrated in this church Sunday morning July 1. Childrens' Day was observed Sun* day morning at our school One hundred and forty-five were present. .A splendid program was given and those present enjoyed it very much. The men of the church will en* tertain the ladies with a picnic dinner Friday evening June 29. There will be cars at the Sunday School room to furnish a way for any who wish to go and do not have transport tation. The men request that all the women of the church attend and make this a pleasant outing. The party will be held on the north side of the Hermitage 'Mill pond. The young people of the church are reminded that choir practice is held on' Thursday evenings at eight-thirty o'clock. "We hope the young people won't wait' 16 be asked but come and help make the choir possible. Senior Christian EndeavW will be1 led by Miss Elizabeth Zemp Sunday evening at eight o'clock. * "" -?- | Carter and Lee Captured Jesse Carter and Earl Lee, both j white men, were captured at a still ( in the west Wateree section of the' county Wednesday afternoon. The! raid was made by rural officers DeBruhl and Ford. About two and a half gallons of whiskey was captured! and a gasoline drum outfit destroyed. Both Carter and Lee made a dash for liberty but the officers succeeded in capturing them. In hid wild dash through the woods Carter is said tj have badly damaged his nose in n collision with a tree. . Both men have been placed in jail until bond can be arranged. Carter was up on a liquor charge several months ago. Dr. Caknpbell to Address Bible Class The Men'3 Bible class of the Firet Baptist church, is pleased to an-! nounce that Dr. Carlyle Campbell, president of Coker College, will ad-j dress the class Sunday morning, July 1st, at 10 o'clock. They are urging v all men of Cahaden and community ; that do not attend Sunday school else where, to come and hear him. They feel euro that there is a treat in store i for those who come. There were ; forty-one men presei^t last Sunday , and they are counting on at least one t. hundred next Sunday. They urge you I io come uiiu vim; of cjhsiii. v. - ^ ^' Villi I ' njil Leaves Millions To Son St. Louis, June 26.?'Mrs. Edwin W. Grove, widow of the founder of the Paris Medicine company, who died last Wednesday, left the bulk of her $3,000,050 es'tate to her son, Edwin, Jr., of Asheville, N. C., it became known: today when her will-was filed for probate. Edwin W. Grove, Sr., who died January' 27, 1927, directed that his , $10,000,000 estate he left in three equal trusts for the benefit of his widow, his son, and daughter by a former marriage, Mrs. Evelyn Seely, of Asheville. 50 By insisting that she get her third outright, Mrs. Grove prevented the division of her interest in the estate equally between her son and stepdaughter. After Mike Magyak of Colons, Pa, was picked tip from the aide of tfctf road, apparently dead, placed in a wicker basket and started for the1 ' -morgue on Tuesday, be starHed the driver by riaing up and giving him a Very Heavy Rainfall Here Lant Saturday Cumden and vicinity experienced one of the heaviest rainfalls in its history here last Saturday afternoon between 2:30 and 4 o'clock. The of* flcial weather gauge kept here showed a fall of 2.85 inches during the length of time. Storm sewers and ditches were inadequate to take the water off and many streets were flooded. On East DeKalb street near W postofflce Camden citizens witnessed barbers shaving customers while standing in three inches of water. Considerable damage was done to the stocks of the DeKalb Grocery Company, Electric Maid Bake shop, the drug etock of the Camden Drug Company, Palace Barber shop and the musical instruments of L. L. Moore. Water rushed into the back doors of these stores and on out tjbrough the front doors. Parties returning from Spring Hill section south of Camden and from BetHune east of here report the rainfall equally as heavy, causing considerable damage to roads qjul crops. . Game Warden Stogner \Shoot8 Faulkenbefry ..S- * , - cj. O. Stogner, Kershaw County gsune warden, shot and slightly wounded Wiley Faulkenberry, in the town of Kershaw Wednesday afternoon. It is said that Stogner went to the home of Faulkenberry in order to. get him to testify in a game vioation case. Faulkenberry is said to have ordered the warden off his land. The two men later met in Kershaw and were talking the . matter over when it is said Faulkenberry struck Stogner and Stogner fired, causing a wound to Faulkc.nberry's arm, the bullet glanced and also made a slight wound in Faulkenberry's stomach. Mr. Faulkenberry is said to be around 70 years of age, while Mr. Stogner is about 45 years old. ??-? Three Brothers Visit Here Messrs. Thomas Barfield, Dick Barfield and Sullie Barfield, three brothers who left here more than twenty years ago were here Monday oft 4 short visitt renewing old acquaintances. Tom Barfield is located in Greenville where he is conducting an extensive printing plant. Dick Barfield is a linotype operator in Salisbury, N. C., and Sullie Barfield is a practicing attorney in San Francisco. Their many friends here are delighted to know that all are doing well in their adopted homes. Woman Injured By Car Mrs. John Laney while out riding last Thursday was run into by a car driven. <by three young men. - Her car was struck from the rear and turned over. She was pinned under the car and was taken out by persons passing. She suffered a broken collar bone and other bruises, but was hot thought to be dangerously hurt. The car that struck her did not stop and so far it is not known who the driver was. _ Mysterious Shooting Negro is Wounded r 7~ 1 Henry Bradley, a well known negro, residing in the Csr.tcy ,Lsnc section, I was ?hot and dangerously wounded ast Thursday night about eleven o'clock as he*:was returning with several women from preaching. The shooting seems to have a somewhat mysterious side to it. From reports of witnesses, Bradley had no nemies and as he was driving along he was halted by three men in a car, and the taller of the three men fired from the side of the car the bullet striking Bradley in the forehead, knocking out one of his eyes and producing a dangerous wound. There is no known cause for the shooting and the men got back in the car and left immediately. The sheriff's office is working on the case, but so far no arrests have been made. , ; : 7... Waters? Mills To Close F All Of ths mills of the Kendall Mill* corporation except the Mollohon mill at NswbSPfy Will close on Tuesday''night, July 3rd., and remain c^gsed for th*> balance of the week ia to give the employees a w?* Ration, at any of the mills this . . . --r - % Camden Hotarians at Thursday Luncheon The Camden Rotary Club on June 21st, held one of lis most delightful meetings at the Hetty Thomas < olfes Shop. Luncheon was served at one o'clock and l>??ides the members,! several guests an<l a number of Uw; tary Anns were present. Everyone joined in the singing and enjoyed listening to a trio composed of Mesdames John Villepigue, E. C. Zemp and J. B. Zemp with Mrs. McArn, as accompanist, us they rendered a Spiritual with great feeling and cbarm. At the conclusion of the meal Mr. DoPaes called on Dr. Hirsch, of Sumter, for a few remarks. After expressing his pleasure at being u guest of Camden Rotary and conveying the greetings of Sumter Kiwanis of which he is president, Dr. Hirsch made n short plea in behalf of under priviliged children of the state. At the conclusion of his excellent speech all eyes were turned to Dr. Whaling of Columbia, whom Mr. DePass introduced. "How to be Happy though Married" was a topic that instantly captured the attention of his audience. His witty conclusions given in his own inimitable way appealed to everyone. No one could deny the aptness of his remarks, and his stories told to illustrate his points, brought many a laugh from Rotafiane and Rotary Anns alike. Two o'clock came all too soon and we feel sure Camden will be a town more pleasant to dwell in than before, if possible, if everyone practises Dr. Whaling's precepts on "How to be Happy though Married." The guests were as follows: Mesdames W. L. DePass, R. M. Kennedy, Jr., G. II. Baum, R. B. Pitts, T. L. Little, Stanley Llewellyn, F. M. Wooten, Frank Chapman, John Villepigue, E. C. Zemp, J. B. Zemp, A. D. McArn. Also Miss Lillian Kibler, of Newberry, Mr. John T. Mackey, of this city, Dr. J. R. Dunn, Dr. F. K, Hirsch, of Sumter, and Dr. Thornton Whaling, of Columbia. Truck Killed Dog; Owner Shot Driver McColl, June 26.?A negro man s in a critical condition here and a white man is in jail at Lennettsville, 11 because, it is reported, a little pet dog was run over and killed last light. The negro, Will Hines, driveB a truck for O. W. Maynard, of McColl, and it is said that this truck ran over he pet animal of David McLeod, who ives near Masons Cross, N. C. McLeod did not do anything about t last night except brood. Then this morning before breakfast he made up his mind to go to MctCall and hunt Hines. He found him on a street here, and the shooting followed. MoLeod gave -himself up immediatey to "Chief of Police Jackson. He surrendered the pistol he used with himself. "Chief Jackson lodged him in the Marlboro county jail at Bennettsville. Hines' condition is reported as very serious and may prove fatal. McLeod was still in jail late today. . U. W. Taylor, former clerk in a substation of the Gastonia postofftce eras convicted at Charlotte of passing a worthless check and sentenced to thirty days lit JaiL He appealed. "He gave the check in payment for a used automobile which he wrecked before the check got to the bank on which it was drawn and which refused to pay it "Contracts totaling over $5,000,000 are^being let in the Carolinas this week, Including highways, streets, bridges, sewers, schools, hotels, a courthouse, a jail, offtee buildings and other major items, in addition to all the smaller buildings to be started. Spartanburg and Columbia are the only two South Carolina towris in the list, the item at Spartanburg being a new school house to be built by the Saxon mills. R. A. Springs, of New York, brother'Of Col. Leroy Springs, had his collar bone broken and his head cut, when the automobile in which he-was rMBag skidded orer an embankment between Brevard and Hendersonville on last Sfcteru4y arternoon. C. S. Castles, tt New'York, Ms friend, and : ILu Xtowall - ' -i-JLLJ I.J.JB'JJ.. . ..Jig, Lee County Man Slain For Unknown Cause Sumter, June 26.?Mystery surrounds the death of K. W. WhUth, 17, of Elliotts, county, who wns ?' found dead on the A. C. J,, railroad track by member a of the train crew of No. M, on its way here from Augusta tins morning. When found the youth whh in a dying condition and a doctor at Creston, on examinaton, advised that he be hastened to a hospital. He was brought on here on the train and died on the way. He was found 'between Creatou and Cameron, but whether he died in Orangeburg, Calhoun or Sumter county is not known. However, Solicitor Hydrick wired Coroner Scale here today to hold an inquest, which is set for Thursday morning. tyhere young Waters was found is 41 miles from 3umt?r by rail. How he got there, or whut he was* doing there is not known and makes members of the family believe that he met with foul play. At first it was thought he was struck by the train. Two bruises were all found on the body, one on the right side which caused the liver to be crushed, the cause of death according to an examining physician, and a small bruise on his shoulder. No bones were broken. The young man left home last night with a friend, a youfh named Parnell, to come to Sumter, it was learned today. He was seen at the bout and later with others at a local restaurant. iParhell, Coroner Seale, said, returned home at Elliotts about 10:80 o'clock. Another man seen with Waters said he was taken home about 3 o'clock this morning and Waters was left down street at that tknti; v-JkpHdtlrd young man of the party had not been interviewed by Coroner Seale today. Waters" body was viewed by mem'bers of the coroner's jury today and then turned over to members of the fhmily, who came on here as soon' as notified by Coroner Seale, after the body was identified. Mr. Shaw Dead Mr. John Shaw, a well known citijzen of the Buffalo section of this !county, died at his home near Ker haw on Monday morning. He was 78 years of age and had made his home in that section all of his life. For the past few years he had been 1.i a helpless condition. He is survived by -his widow, and three children? Mr. L. C. Shaw, of Camden; W. A. Shaw, of Kershaw, and Mrs. ?i, C*to$. The funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon from his residence and ike' burial was in the iCershaw cemetery. ' \ Tke baby son of MrTand Mrs. J. L. Crocket, of Charlotte, was killed by a train at a street crossing when be ?ij stood so close tot the track, that the tep hit his head. He was only a little over two years old and wandered from home to the he was on the left side of the track, the enginemen did not know about the accident and the train did' not stop. Several people saw the accident and picked up the little body. ? . A young man and ypung woman were killed and four others injured I seriously in two automobile accidents near Ureensboro, hi. C., last Saturn day. The girl was killed in a head- ? oil collision, and the young man's car ran into a tree when he looked back " as the hat of a companion blew off. His arm was out entirely off in the The physical director of the recent n ; convention of South Carolina farm women's, councils at Hock Hill found only two delegates with perfect feet * and only two with excellent posture. But how they can cook .and keep house. ^ ' * .. ' v jr ,* * "7 At the big pageant at Anderson's centennial last week, one T. Budge Evans, well known in the court of general sessions, planned a bootlegger's float containing kegs, jugs, fruit jars, and other paraphernalia