The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 13, 1928, Image 1
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.
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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
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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.
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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. '
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. 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.
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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