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NUMBER 16. 1 imettbDelegation K Support Alt. Smith lumbia. July 4.?It appear* that V South Carolina's delegation to Hstoa w?? ugainft A1 Smith, in nominating convention, it will b? -.in at the polls in November. Eession" from the member* of the 3loll delegation indicate that ^ vsill la- no holting and that in t case* the delegates will vote E^ of the South Carolina dele . are againat Smith, but will lor him because be is the party Eti, Some are for him enthusKny. Moat oi the delegate* Expressed themselves in stateHi requested by this corresponK, for publication. am going to vote for A1 Snjith white supremacy and againat eh Hoover, race equality and Eon stealing," said C. G. Wyche, ^Ecenville. Kepublican leaders in Carolina will try to get a* negroes registered as possible. Hc'.ury for them in South Carolina Bj make a black page upon the ^ ry of our people." ^ sball certainly vote for Alfred' ^ oith," said Dr. G. A. Neuffer, of ^ rillc. "The party has made no Hfce in nominating him and I be* Hie will be elected. I am sure Hforcement of the Volstead act Hutisfy everyone, and the "drys" have no reason to complain. I Ed always have been Democrat. H the duty of every good citizen Bote for the Democratic nominee, bolting movement twill not livevoice from an anti-Smith, -man iat of W. Marshall Bridges, of ence. "1 regret the nominatio i ifred E. Smith," he^said; "I am his views are in conflict with adopted party platform. I will lend my aid to any movement Hpting thv T>emocratic party or ng to the formation of a new E I mm #. Democrat. Tl^ ,?aHabjection to the will of the ma* Hi cannot align myself and my l with the Republican party. ?m shall J go?" I will supHk nominees of the Democratic ^ both state and national." Bther. "I was against A1 Smith He was nominated," said Roach H^viart, of Lancaster, v> State m\c chairman and delegate Bgt to Houston. "I am still a Herat and r hall vote for hftmr-forWenC intend to vote and - support of Smith in the general elec Mid J. E. Harley, of BatitwbH: V ?gainst him^ in the conVen* W ..-.tu 'A'.'-xJ H?n asked if he intended tb vote H^ith in the general election, R* , H'son, of a Houa.Wu. dA B> made this laconic .reply: Hlutely, yes; and continue to for Democratic victory."^",'^ Hte(1 States Senator Cole I* stated that he would vote for >ih. "I'm not a traitor to tljje ^ ratu- party. Of course, I will ^Hfor S;r ' He is the party's, J* Rile>'- of Denmark, who was loader 0f the Mdnr?^ in tft* I convention in Columbia and to have opposed Smithyprior B Ho>u<st invention, stated that m vot, for Smith, now that he BT": "Smith havin* rec^fe] Hfor h"li? n?mlnAtl0n' Bpropose to vote for. Alfirod E. B ' W. L. DePass, Jr., of ; of Springfield, who HJ*S ^himself as "mule pen ' is a strong supporter of Bf Vl" if I am living, I will ?r ^ s'mith or bust," was his Bv,fr reply to the repor ^E' J' T' ! les- of Walterboro, who Smith, will support the of the party. UJ participatRf 8a'd. "in all Democratic counE/.r0U?h club meetings; county lon. state convention and na invention. At Houston, un^ V1 n>truction of the instrucH tho *ut? convention I could Wr tuP Ported A1 Smith if I had Wu?.do *?? ton I did not jtare to At T anyw*y* I Am A DtttO* B s"*ith is the Democratic BT *nkd 1 ?*n one hundred per Br** ***** nomination at ETt B^ ' 1 for A1 Smith, tho ^B k. - '* J_J ,r fi jiomijnee of the piyrty," said Claude N. Sapp, of Columbia. "If I vote, I wwl vote for AI Smith," said Ransom J. Williams, of Mullins, who was a Houston delegate. "The general election often is ofv little interest; and often voters don't votf then; but if I vote my ballot, of course it will befoTSmith." "Of course I will vote for Smith; he's the party nominee; t feah do nothing else/'- said jCniferf; States Senator E. D. Smith. J. B, Westbrook, Chester delegate, clerk of the State Supreme court here, is visiting in Arkansas, follow?ing .the Texas convention, and he could not?be reached. -But It is kiiown that Mr. Westbrook is an ardent Smith supporter and will support him in the campaign and election. Thos. E. Jervey, of Charleston, is said to have been for Smith, hut not inclined to vote for hiin at Houston, under the State's instructions. He is not in Charleston now v and' could1 not be reached. - It i? said, however, thatch* 1 will support Smith in the general election. L. C. Richardson, of Anderson; makes no statement as yet in reply to the question of his support of the Democratic tjfcket/ jig ~ ~t *7^*5 Governor Richards, one of the strongest opponents of A1 Smith in South Carolina, is against the bolt Idea and it is believed he will vote for i&t~$nUth and Joe Robinson, "t sure that there will be no effort to bolti" Hie governor said; Should there be any such movement, it wfl) be discountenanced by the people of this Slate, ae it should be. jfafDl w* 1 - - a-. T: - a n mmlA AitamAr TTCIi' I main rf|VlA? i *?ia jerda^t wW vote for IHenryTruesdale Held In Jail Without Bond *r Henry Truesdale, youthful and nonchalant frequenter of the county jail, is once more confined behind prison bars to answer, this time, the charge of unlawfully transporting whiskey on the Fourth of July. His arrest and the confiscation of the car he was driving was directed by Rural Policeman C. P.. Hilton. Young Truesdale made his debut on the front page of The Chronicle in February of this year when it was reported that he had killed his father, J. Left Truesdale, at the family residence in the Boone town section of this county. A coroner's jury freed the youth after hearing testimony of the dead man's widow and other witnesses. Later ' investigation resulted in Henry Truesdale's commitment to jail upon formal, charges of the murder of his father. His release was effected through a writ of habeas corpus and the posting of bond in the sum Of |2,000. The boy again walked free, but not for a great while. ~ ^Wfteh ~Tffrs.' Jack Langley" war seriously and very mysteriously injured on the night of April . 28 Henry Truesdale was among the first df seven to be arrested in connection with the affair. Trueadade offered an alibi that- gained his freedom although none has since been able to say just how the woman received her injuries which consisted, it is said, of a broken jawbone, dislocated hip, concussion of the 4 brain and pevere bruises upon almost every part of her Body. , Truesdale is said to havd e)lot and seriously Wounded Karl Klrkland near-his home in this county three yearB ago. He was never arrested in this cape. Kirkland died six mpnthy ajft/P* the shooting from natural causes, it la stated, but according to relatives of the dead man, jrtttKWt the gwishot wounds to m faee ever having completely healed. l" . Two deaths, the maiming of a woman, and now to further connect Truesdale with lawlessness in this county comes the charge against him of transporting liquor. 'He remains in the county Mil here in Camden but then it is not altogether impossible that the youngster will again walk free and laughingly declare: "Oh, I know'd they couldn't hold me for anything." ^ raina have <badly tut up and damaged quite a number of the roads both in the county system - as well as the state highway rodds. The bard surface roqj from Camden to tolumbjj motorists can now make a continuous trip over ha*4 surface rofids to the capital city. ?...? . , Triple Tragedy Takes Toll of Three Lives A distressing tragedy occurred in the Boykin section several days ago in which three lives were lost, Allic Dow, a negro weman, in a fit of despondency, threw her two children in a well and then jumped in behind them, taking her own life. The tragedy occurred on the Thomas Haile property. The woman had been employed as a coofc by Mr, H. D. Boykin, and soon after finishing dinner for the family left for her own cabin, and nothing unusual was noted in her demeanor. She took the two-year-old babe in her arms and led the seven-year-old girl by the, hand. When the elder child saw the mother cast the infant into the well she broke away and ran. The jnother ran her down and caBt her in also. The mother is then said to have sat down beside the well and pulled off her shoes and pitched headforemost into the well. When the bodies were recovered both the elder child and mother were found to have broken necks and the infant had its skull crushed. The tragedy happened just across the line i in Sumter county. The husband of the woman surviyes. Militia In 'Columbia Company "M." Kershaw Guards with about sixty members of the company left Sunday to compose a part of the Old Hickory Division now on a two weeks encampment at Camn Jackson, Columbia. The militia boys come from four states. The Camden company is under command of Captain A. M. McLeod with first lieutenant Brevard Boykin and second lieu-' tenant C. Harrington Yates, .Jr. Mr. Henry P. Jones Posies on Wednesday - Henry P, Jones, aged 70, died at the homl of his son Frank (?. Jones, In this city Wednesday afternoon.' Mr Jones had been in failing healti^ tQX several months and his passing' % not unexpected. He was a retired planter. Mr. Jones was a native of Richland^ county but for many years had been making his home in Camden and Kershaw county. He was the son of Wylie Jones, a native of Ireland, and Mary Tucker Jones. He held membership in the Lyttleton Street Methodist church. Funeral services were conducted from the home of his son on Broad street Thursday afternoon and interment followed in the Quaker cemetery of Camden. Services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. Q. JF. Watson, and Rev. J. P. Graham of the ,Baptist church. Besides his son Mr. Jones is survived by two granddaughters and two grandsons all of whom reside in this city. Vf.r.'-.t-vj Mr. Abbott Goodale is spending the Sveek in Greenville as the guest of Mr. Robert Scales. Beloved Camden Lady " Dies While on Visit . r.CaiwfltSIf shocked and the "entire community saddened uppn learning of the. sudden passing at Georgetown Wednesday morning of Mrs. Roth Heyman i&chenk, aged native of Chester but for many yesdr? a b lotred resident of this city.* Mrs. Scheldt was visiting relatives in the coastal city when death occurred. : ? Mrs. Scheuk came to Camden at ?n early-iifcrto make her" home with her aunt, the date Mrs. Herman Baum, with whom she resided until her marriage to the late Leo Schenk, long an outstanding figure in local busiwas circles. She was known jto everyone as a lovely and very- lovaWe woman ahd she never failed to show an iQterest in advancing civic life nor lend assistance towsftd every deserving cause. * Following the death of,her husband awHbrftl years ago Mrs. Schenk took up residence with her son, Leonard H- Scheidc of this "city," .with whtotr she made her home until, the tiaw? of her death. _ j ' '^Besides her son in Camden Mrs. Schenk is survived by a son, Everett Schenk, of Philadelphia; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Gross of Savannah, Ga., Mrs. Xucjie Hiyman of Chester; and two brothers, M. H. Heyman of Camden and Henry Heyman of Savannah. Funeral services were conducted at the home of JL H. Schenk on North Broad street Thursday afternoon and I Interment followed to the Camden Mlfljlh JEUbbi MOton Ellis Greensboro, N. C. officiated and Aha following ^^ pallbearers: Pass, ton and James DeLoache, Jr. -T ' L*. .C . i - : .w. ' -Vf"- . Rozier Moseley Dead From Pistol Shot The body of Kozier L. Moseley, age 45 years, wus found near the Bishopville-Camden highway early Sunday morning by Sheriff J. H. McLeod, after an all-day and all-nighl It arch. Mosely, who was employed *a a furniture salesman and collector left hia home on LaFayette avenue Saturday morning, telling hia wife he Was going for groceries for the noon* day meal. Moseley failed to return and a search was started which ended with the finding of the body in a secluded spot where he had driven his truck. While aitting in the truck he ia supposed to have fired a bullet into his left breast. Indications point to the fact that he got out of the truck and, lying on the ground, he bled to death. An autopsy held by physicians disclosed the fact that the man's heart was on his right side. The bullet failed to produce instant death as the heart was not touched. A small bottle of poison was also found on the dead man. inquest held Sunday morning I caviled a verdict to be rendered that Moseley came to his death from a gunshot wound at his own hands. Thfe dead man leave! a widow and five children, the youngest being slightly over two years of age. He also leaves three brothers and two sister*. Camden Methodist Church. , i Lyttleton Street, near Hamptoil I JPark. George Pierce Watson, pastor. I Sunday, July 15?Bible School at 10 I a. m. with classes for all grades and J ages. Epworth League at 7:45 to Which all the young people are espec- I ially invited. Public worship 11:15 J a. m. and 8:30 p. m., conducted by the pastor. Morning theme: "Divine Rules for Right Living." Evening I theme: "Echoes from the Pastor's I School." Mid-week prayer service I Wednesday, at 8:30 p. m. The public I is most cordially Invited tb all the J services of this church. Seats free. J Charming music. Congregational J singing. Scriptural truths applicable to the problems of daily life. Come I and firing your friends. Married Mr. Oecar Alex Fletcher and Mies Maty Belle Williams, of Kershaw, I were married on July 8, the Rev. J. I M. Neal, officiating. I Tournaments Postponed The regular scheduled bridge tourn-1 ament given by the American Legion I will not be held in July and August! on .account of so- many people being"j away .on, their vacations. The Legion expects to .put on a large tournament in September, the date to be announced later, o I Mr8. Betty B. Passes on Wednesday] Announcement of the death of Mrs. I Betty* Bissell Kennedy which occur-1 red-at her home on Fafr street at anl early hour Wednesday morning I brought sadness to a large circle ofl frienda- and relatives, not only in 1 Camden, but throughout other sec-1 tions. She mil in her seventy-aixtn I yekk Mrs. Kennedy had been in fail-J ing health for a long time and; her! death was not unexpected. She was I The .Widow of the late A. D. Kennedy I of this city, long identified vHth Own~| den's business Interests and one time! mayor of Camden. 1 Mrs. Kennedy was, before her mar-1 ringe, Miss Betty Bissell of Portland, 1 Ala.' She was the second wife of A.l D. Kennedy, his first wife being her! sisteT. During the "50 years of her! residence in Camden she was an -ar-| dent_jnember of Grade Episcopal J church and a leader in its work inl the community. She is survived by the following I nieces and nephews:. Hi M. Kennedy,! Jr.,-Off Camden, H. B. Kennedy ofl New Orleans,. B. 0. Kennedy of Bal-I timore, H. B. Kennedy of Atlanta, A. J D. Kennedy of Atlanta, A. frdton I Kennedy of Camden, Mrs. J. K. Shan-I non of Camden and Mrs. S. K. von-1 Tresokow of Berlin, Germany. The latter five are also her stepchildren.! Funeral aefvicSs were held Thurs-1 day afternoon from Grace church* services being conducted by RsnM Brayshaw, and the interment was In <the Quaker cemetery. Honorary pall-1 bearers serving were: H. G. Car-1 risor^ Sr^ClmrtiM^^ Julian ' ... " - ^ Stroke Killn Mule Rider Uninjured A most unusual of narrow escapes is today the story which Ezell Kelly, Richland county furmer and attache of the legislature, is enabled to tell. Mr. Kelley, who works on the farm ' of Hamp Jacobs, near Pontiac, on the Columbia-f^mden highway, had his mule killed by lightning, while he sat on the animal, and he escaped as the mule fell with only slight, burns. Mr. Kelly rode his mule from the Aeld as a storm came up Monday afternoon about f> o'clock. He stopped under a filling station shed at Pontiac to keep from getting wet from the rain that was falling. He sat atop the plow animal, when all of a sudden he felt ty?e mule sagging beneath him. The mule collapsed, dead. As the animal went down, Mr. Kelly I clamped his knees against the sides j of his body, in an effort to steady his ! own position. This close contact with the mule caused Mr. Kelly to suffer slight burns on the legs, but | none of these are serious. Mr. Kelly didn't hear the thunder that accompanied the stroke that killjed his beast. The experience is one | of the most unusual Mr. Kelly has ever had. | Mr. Kelley is keeper of the speakI er's room of the House of representi atives. He spends two or three months of each year in Columbia. He is well known here and also in the Pontiac section. He is a son of Representative Newton Kelly, of Lugoff, member of the Kershaw county delegation in the house of representatives.?Tuesday's Columbia Record. Capt. Barxtell Very 111 Yorkville Enquirer: The hundreds of friends throughout this section of Oapt. John R. Barxtell, veteran Southern Railway conductor, will learn with sincere regret that the captain underwent an operation for appendicitis in a Columbia hospital Tuesday and Has not recovered from the operation mr aphtty as couM be# wished for. His condition is considered critical. Sam Brody Guilty Sumter, July 11.?'Sam Brody, prominent Sumter merchant, this afternoon was found guilty by a jury in general sessions court of placing inflammable material in his own building, the Reid block with malicious intent to destroy same by Are. On the other count of the indictment, wnich charged Brody with setting Are to his building, the jury found him not guiKy. The conviction of Brody carries with it a sentence of from one to two years in the penitentiary or a Ane not to exceed $1,000. Special Judge Samuel1'T. Lannam of Spartanburg, presiding over this term of court, announced that sentence would be passed Friday. You May Not Get Your " Chronicle Next Week In May of this year The Chronicle put on a drive for new subscribers to this paper. At the same time we could not bar old subscribers from renewing at the same rate offered the new subscribers. The paper was offered to the public at the very low ftito^of Afty cepts for six months, i Hundreds of new namfes were added -and"a: great many faithful subscribers renewed at the low rate, whi^h We were glad to give them. However, i notwithstanding the fact that the rate was cut nearly in half, we And OB our list hundreds of our old subscribers who did not take advantage of our offer, and though we have waited patiently to see if they cared enough for the paper to renew, we have not heard from them. The little label on your paper carries your name and the date to whiclv it is paid, so you can readily tell whether you owe us or not. Besides the bookkeeper in our of Ace has mailed notices to all in arears that their time bad expired and we have had no response. It costs a lot of money to a paper and the amount charged i for subscriptions will not pay for the postage, blank paper and ink used to *ake it and we cannot carry those Who will not pay. % Next week we will revise our list and we are sorry to say wa wiH have to cut off about two hundred or more. You can keep Atom missing your paper by looking at your )?M and if you ows us remit a ki brain* memorial it*toe of Woodrow Wilson wee unveiled et Prague,, OcechtHSlovskia on Wtdaesduy. the (troth .ofrtr.re.ry of ft. own lodejpewwee. py Municipal Air Landing Assured For This City Camden's proposed airport loomed ??> u near-future certainty Tuesday morning when at a joint meeting of tiie Chamber of Commerce and the Young Men's Business League -one hundred acres of land, the gift of Ernest L. Woodward, was enthusiastically and gratefully accepted by the commercial organisations acting for the citizens of Camden and Kershaw county. Mr. Woodward, who maintains ex^ tensive properties in this city' and in Ixiroy, N. Y., was represented at the nfleeting Tuesday morning by L. A. Kirkland of Qamden. Mr. Kirkiand explained that the field was offered without restriction and the only condition necessary to acceptance would be the guarantee qf proper markings and upkeep by local authorities. The field is situated on Federal Highway No. One, near the Seaboard Air Line Railway, and is within two miles of Camden. It will likely bear the name of Woodward field. The property will be accepted officially Monday morning when representatives of* both organizations meet in joint session with city council and the county board of directors. - - - - ' American Legion Post Thanks City Officials C> , ______ The James Leroy Belk Post No. 17 of the American Legion in expressing appreciation to Mayor C. P. DuBose and the members of city council for the hearty co-operation and support during the legion's recent highly successful carnival makes also the offer of reciprocation at any time the post or its members may be of service to the community. The letter which appears over the signature of Sam Karesh, chairman of tho carnival committee, is as follows: "The James Leroy Belk Post No. 17, American Legion, respectfully wish to thank you gentlemen for the interest and support you have shown us, not only during the carnival but in all the efforts we have made to build up the post to become a factor within the community. If at any time the James Leroy Belk Post or any of its members can be of any service in the welfare of this city we f stand ready to be ordered by you." Death of J. T. Truesdale James T. Truesdale, aged 64 years, died at his home on the place of C. T. Horton a short distance north of Kershaw at 8 o'clock Saturday morning and his remains were Interred in the cemetery at Bethany church at Westville Saturday afternoon, the : funeral services 'being conducted by Rev. J. M. Neal. Mr. Truesdale, who was a sou of the lat^ ^^ulre'' Jhm : Truesdale and Mrs,. Truesdale, had t been in ill health for some time. He. is survived by his widow and one i OWar.tf daughter, Mrs. Julia Lowry.?Ker- shaw Era. ' if . A: ' . vMarriage Mr. Robert E. L. Waters; of Bethune, and Miss Celestria M. Young, of Caasatt, were married at the home of Probate Judge W. L. McDowell on Sunday afternoon last, the 8th Inst. 'in > .* . Cigarette Bootleggers Caught Pontiac, July 8^-OHarged with I selling cigarettes to a local dealer , without state tax stamps being affixed, four men were arrested here b. recently, while rural police confiscated fifty cartons of cigarettes, sever-^ al cartons of chewing gum "and an 1 automobile coadu^ J. M. Paschel, M. J. Paschel, Jim Sanders and John^^Sittfoy, all Rockingham, N. are tho men charged with violating the state rev-, enue laws. o ; c Ca widen People at Orangeburg Among those attending _tha Legion meeting in Orangeburg on the 4th %nd 6th of July were: Mr. and Mrs; Hughey Tindal, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Llewellyn, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Karesh, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Clarke, Mr. and Mm Wylie Sheorn, Messrs. M. M. Reasonover, Marion Williams, Marion Baxley. Will Johnson, De? G^wUI./l^w. re nee Whitaker, M. L. Smith, Jr., Mrs. R. E. Ohewning, Mrs. Margaret Brown, Mm, Andrew Whitaker, Mtw;;? WW*! ,1L^ko' Jennie