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"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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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: 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
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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
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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. ^ ' * ..
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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