The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 20, 1928, Image 4
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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
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Published every Friday at No. 1100
Broad Street and entered at the Camden,
South Carolina poatoffice a?
second duns mail matter. Price per
annum $2.00, payable in advance.
Camden, S. I.'., Friday, July 20, 102H.
1928 JULY 1928
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JUST THREE DAYS LEFT
Only three duya remain in which
Democrats may enroll or bo tranaferred
so t'hey can vote in the primaries.
The voter in fully qualified if he or
she enrolled for the 1926 governor';!
election and still lives at the name address.
The voter is qualified if he or
she has enrolled since June of this
yen r.
If you failed to enroll in 1026, and
expect to vote this year, you must enroll
now. Or If you enrolled for the
last election and have since moved out
of that club district do this:
Go in person to the club district
where you enrolled, get a trunsfer
slip from the secretary, and re-enroll
in the district where you now live.
Just three days remain. Qualifytoday
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PLAN NOW FOR PLANTING
The crepe myrtle is u pretty tree,
an old inhabitant of this section and
one redolent of the Old South with
all its tales of fur-flung hospitality.
Because of these virtues ami its
never-failing habit to lend spring-like
colorings to sultry summer the crepc
myrtle was selected by the Young
Men's Business League for city-wide
planting last fall.
Through the generosity of Mr.
I,. P. Thompson of Lila-rty Bill hundreds
of trees were planted under the
direction of the league's committee on
civic improvement and today the
same little trees are adding distinct
beauty to scenes already superbly set
by nature.
Hundreds of dollars and lots of
tireless effort as expended by the
< vie League of Camden are also
showing handsome returns in added
beauty to the parks ami the city's
public places. Camden is growing
lovelier every day.
Camden at all seasons is beautiful
but through the restless and
progressive spirit of its civic organizations
and citizens it will continue
to grow more beautiful and still more
beautiful.
Vt tlliam K. Klliott of lvos Angeles,
Cal., has been awarded alimony of
$lf>0 -per month. He was divorced
from his rich wife because of her ungovernable
temper.
OUT AGAIN?IN AGAIN
Ben Bess may or may not be a
rapist hut beyond ql\ question is the
fact that he is a most extraordinary
character and, with his latest experionce.
a man treated altogether different
from every other alleged
criminal n the history of South
Carolina.
Bess was pardoned by Governoi
Kn-hanis after serving thirteen years
in the <tato prison for a crime he is
said never to have committed and. ack
tiding tit information furnished the
gnertior. which was charged by a
morally deficient white woman of the
state.
Th? negro's case held space on the
tiont pages of South Carolina papers
tr several weeks and he was the
subject of editorial commiseration
even beyond the borders of this state
He was granted a full pardon anc
everyone was thought to be happy.
Bess went back to his former honu
to start life anew as a free man. H?
walked and talked without shackle:
and did everything else a respectabb
' citizen might be expected to do. A1
the while there was none to raise .
kick.,
Then with leisurely abandon an>
with about as much ado as nennim
a bu.l for the night the negro wa
sent back to prison pending investiga
tion of the case. The governor ha
reversed his decision to free B>>ss
the pardon ;? revoked.
And all because the woman say
she didn't mean to say what she sai
she never said!
Governor Richards has shown kee
delight in playing ping-pong with tE
power in hand and this is no exoej
tion to his rule. He can find, w
claim, added kick in following up tl
case of Ben Bess.
We submit that a perjuring whe
woman, a counterfeiting lawyer
such there be, and a negro rapist a
all and should be In the class <
common criminals. Gangway, the
and on with the tomahawk!
Seven Murderers
I Pay Supreme Penalty
Kddy villts, Ky? July 13.? Seven
men, convicted murderers all, were
electrocuted between mid-night and
1:31) o'clock thin morning ut the state
I penitentiary here. 1
Seven wooden coffins later today
were pieced on treaties near the prison
gate* awaiting disposition of relatives
of the executed ones whose
I bodies, in death house garments, restI
ed within the uncushioned boxes.
I, h our white men, three of them very
young, and three negroes made up the
seven whose deaths in the electric
chair set u record for Kentucky. XulI
len, defiant and prayerful by turns
and during their stay in the death
j house, the condemned men were reduced
by fear to a condition bordering
upon collapse as midnight upproached.
Although there was no clock gong
I to sound the hours, the prisoners
sensed the time and all talk died
I away- before the death march started
at '^:16. With head supported in
cupped hands, they sat silent, their
bodies shaken bv chills despite the
I intense heat In tne squab stone house
thut hud Ix'en their home in the pri
son. in view was the execution
chamber and the chair.
J 4i vvas no sombre darkness in
n u P in,,U;ad "us brilliant
light and shadow and polished steel.
? m<m w*nt to the chair
first, Milford "Red" Lawson, 35, Coru
y'' leadin# th? way. He said
he was ready to forgive everybody"
and was strapped in quickly. He was
dead three minutes later. The murder
of a neighbor in his Mountain
county had brought him there.
Orlanado Seymour, 21, Louisville,
was the second. A dramatic attempt
to obtain a stuy for him last night
bad fuiled and he met his fate apparently
in a daze. He confessed the
murder of a Louisville merchant in
the chair.
Hascue Dockery, 21, Harlan, Ky.,
fo lowed. Originally he had been
I selected to die first, but just as the
hum of the death chair dynamo filled
the cell block, he asked for a priest,
explaining that he wished to become
a Roman Catholic. He was received
into the church.
He was charged with slaying two
I women and a man.
Charles Paul Mitra, 23, St. Louis,
Mo., was the fourth. Convicted of
the murder of a grocer in Louisville
Hi UZ1 attempted holdup, he had been
rather disdainful in his attitude toward
the guards since the confinement
here. He died in three minutes
without making any statement.
Ine negroes, apparently depressed
earlier in the night by the nearness
and certainty of death, recovered their
spirits to a greater degree than the
white men .before the time came for
I them to pass down the corridor of
steel and stone that connects the
death house with th.- chair room.
Normal Crop of Cotton
J For Those Who Poison
Clem son College, July IC>.~The boll!
weevil survey for the week ending I
July lbth shows two belts across the
1 state in which the infestation is
I heavier than in the remaining territory.
) One belt includes the counties of
Barnwell, Bamberg, Orangeburg, CalClarendon,
Sumter. Florence,
a 1 Jj?n atU' Horry' 'n which belt some
fields have enough infestation of
squares to call for poisoning, and
standard dusting for protection of
squares is now beginning in this region
on those farms which are equipped
for it. Reports show that the
first field-reared weevils for this yeur
are now noticeable. Owners and
managers should realize the importance
of combatting the weevils to get
a normal crop of cotton. The data
indicate that fields which showed the
highest infestations were usually
fields which had not been given early
poisoning treatment.
1 he other l>elt of high infestation
crosses the lower Piedmont including
the counties of Clreeriwood, Union anl
Lancaster, in which belt no new
weevils are yet reported but overwintered
weevils are still plentiful.
In this belt early-poisoning is still in
progress with reports of good results.
and much cotton is still young
enough to make this work feasible.
Between the two belts specified, especially
in the typical Sand Hills
area, the average weevil infestation
is reported to he rather low.
Because there are now approx(
iniately 3.300 marines on duty in Nicaragua.
and 3.800 in China, there are
' at this time only about 1,200 United
t Slates marines on duty in this eountry
and on naval vessels. Officers
. and men of the marine corps are being
granted very brief furloughs at
this time.
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Cr ashen in Flameh
Palaclos, Texas, July 13.?In the
light of hundreds of persons, an airpiano
crushed into a street hero today
and hurst into flames, carrying
three men to death.
The victim* were Karl Frosser,
Texas ? ity, Texas, commercial pilot,
Max Weinberg, Boston, Mass., aiul
Ralph Green, Galveston, Texas, passenger.
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Weinberg and Green, who were
here to operute a concession at the
Texas National Guard encampment
on the outskirts of Falacios, were
taking their flrat airplane ride. They
were roommates 01 Frosser, who
planned to do an aerial passenger
business here.
The plane took off from a fteld
iibout a mile from town and circled
the city several times. Then it slowed
up, apparently because of motor
trouble, and the pilot headed in a
glide for a vacant lot. At u height
of nbout 250 feet, the plane went
out of control and plunged to the
street, bursting into flames at once.
Persons near by were held back
by the flames, and when a (ire truck
arrived, all inflamable parts of the
craft had been consumer!.
Weinberg and Green each are survived
by a widow and a child. Tl>e
pilot was single.
There was no traffic in the street
at the time of the crash, and no
one on the ground was injured.
Eighteen army planes, participating
in training camp maneuvers, had
passed over a few minutes before,
and hundreds of residents were watching
Prosser's plane when it fell.
NOTICE OF SALE
On the 6th day of July, 1928, the
Betty Thomas Coffee Shop, Incorporated,
made an assignment to the
undersigned for the benefit of its
creditors. Pursuant to the requirements
of law the entire corporation
equipment and fixtures will bo sold to
the highest bidder at public outcry
on the 30th day of July, 1928, at the
building occupied by the Betty Thomas
Coffee Shop on DeKalb Street.
Said equipment and fixtures consist
of the following articles:
Thirty-five (35) straw bottom
chairs.
Seven (7) dining tables, glass tops.
Four (4) oak breakfast tables with
fourteen (14) oak chairs to match.
Two (2) straw bottom settees.
One (1) silver and dish rack.
Silverware, glass china and croclcery.
Cooking utensils.
Kitchen range and hot water boiler.
One (1) double electric waffle
grill.
One (1) wooden refrigerator.
One (1) carborating machine.
One (1) delco frigidaire.
Two (2) kitchen tables.
One (1) refrigerator meat case
with two compartments.
Seven (7) white top serving tables
with twenty-seven (27) steel chairs.
Five (5) miscellaneous straight
chairs.
One (1) victrola and records.
One (1) heating stove.
One (1) desk.
One (1) Wurlitzer piano and stool.
Two (2) home-made tables.
One (1) roll top desk, and adding
machine.
One (1) combination wrapping
counter and glass show case with
marble base. , I
One (1) butter-kistwich sandwitch
toasting machine.
Two (2) wooden tables.
One (1) electric coffee urn.
One (1) soda fountain back and
mirror.
One (1) liquid carbonic soda water
fountain oomplete.
One (1) air compressor.
One (1) Cary safe. "
One (1) national cash register.' i
One (1) cigar case, marble base.
One (1) cigarette Lighter.
Two (2) glass pipe cases. ?
Cigars, cigarettes and tobacco.
Show case, 10 feet long and 10 feet
high.
Two (2) wooden candy racks.
Two (2) glass candy show cases,
with marble base.
One (1) candy rack.
Four (4) wall mirrors.
One (1) hat and coat rack.
Two (2) screens (green).
Assortment of miscellaneous candies,
tobaccos, pipes and novelties.
One (1) mahogany colored cigar
and cigarette and tobacco show case
10x10.
One (1) metal candy rack.
Terms of sale are strictly cash, and
the right to reject each and every bid
is hereby reserved. Any party ot
parties desiring to look over said
property before date of sale can d<j
so by calling on the undersigned. ;
B. M. SMITH. Assignee!
NOTICE OF DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
MEETING ' ^
All members of the Kershaw County
Democratic Executive Committee
have been r?iquested to attend a special
meeting to be held at the court
house in Camden, Saturday, July 21,
at 11 a. m.
This meeting is called by the chairman
upon recommendation of the finance
committee's chairman to take
the place of a meeting previously
announced for Saturday, July 28, at
11 n. m.
The county chairman is receiving
numerous inquiries regarding enrollment
of voters owing to a general
enrollment having been ordered in an
adjoining county. In Kershaw county
the same books as were used in
1926 will be used in the primaries of
this year.
The only need for new books is ih
cases where they have been lost or
destroyed. Voters becoming of ajfa
or taking up residence within the club
limits since the Inst election will have
to sign the roll of their new club.
The time for enrollment will expire
Tuesday. July 24, and the tinie
for candidates to file their announcements
will close on Wednesday, July
25. All roll books must be in the
hands of the county chairman within
three days after they are closed.
J. F. MclX>WRLU
County Chairman."
M. L. SMITH, JR., Sec. I
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July In History
Today (July the 4tnt ts "the day
we celebrate,' and to most of u* it is
about the only thing for which July
ie notable. Hut the month as a good
number of historic anniversaries besides
the glorious Fourth. Many
memorable events have taken pluce beneath
July's blazing suns.
The Charlotte Observer lists a few
of llieuii it begins with July 1, 18(53,
on which day the Oattle of Gettysburg
was started. "With the loss of that
battle on the fourth day came the beginning
of the end for the Confederacy,"
says The Observer. "Coincident
ally was the fall of Vicksburg,
and because of these events the
Fourth of July was not for many
years of popular observance throughout
the South." The North Carolina
paper mentions two other Jply anniversaries,
" one of lasting remembrance
to the South, the other of
equally unenthusiastical remembrance
by the North." It was on
July 17, 1884, that Sherman started
his "march to the sea," which was
"the beginning of the ravage of the
South comparable to that of Belgium
by the invading Germans. Throughout
South Carolina and Georgia to
this day stand lone chimneys as reminders
of the torch that Sherman
carried." July 21, 1861, is the anniversary
of the first battle of Bethel,
"an event," according to The Observer,
"that gave much concern to the
Northern historians, mighty few of
whom brought themselves to approximately
accurate narration of just'
what occurred."
To quote The Observer further: "It
was on July IS, 1918, that the American
forces at Chateau Thierry
showed the Germans what's what,
and started the kaiser's army on the
run that ended with Pershing dictating
the terms of the armistice. It
was on that July that Pershing was
moved to exclaim to the armies of
France: "Lafayette, we are here!"
Which incident brings reminder that
it was on July 31,1777, that Lafayette,
just arrived in America, made
the famous remark: "Washington, we
are here!"
And it was ten years ago last Sunday
that the war department announced
that 1,000,000 soldiers had
been sent to Europe and 30 years
ago yesterday that Admiral Schley
destroyed Cevera's fleet in Santiago
Bay, finishing Spain as a naval power.
July seems to have seen more
than its share of the doings of war.?
Montgomery Advertiser.
Herbert Hoover, Republican presidential
nominee, closed his services
as secretary of commerce of the
United States in the cabinet of Presidents
Harding and Coolidge on Friday
and left Washington yesterday
for his home in California, and will
enroute visit Vice President Dawes
at Evanston, 111., and President Cool-'
idge at the summer White House in
Montana.
Two Killed As Ship
Goes in Nose-Dive
Wabash, Ind., July 13,?Two men
were killed instantly when their
monocoupe airplane went into a nose
dive and crashed into the ground
about a mile north of here this afternoon.
The men were Charles Weinrick
of Wabash, pilot, and Lloyd
Keister of North Manchester. Ind.
Houston, Texas. July L3,?V. WBarnett,
28. field manager and an
emergency pilot for the Texas Air
Transport, holder of the air mail
contract in Texas, was killed today
when his plane crashed at the Houston
airport.
Pilots at the field were unable to
assign a reason for the crash. Bar.nett,
they said, had gone up for a
pleasure spin, and the plane was in
good order when he left the ground,
Barnett came to Houston recently
from Dallas. He is survived by his
widow.
Big Still Raided
A large still was raided about
1:30 Saturday morning in the western
part of Sumter county in the swamp
near the Wateree river on the old
Camden road, by a party of nine officers
including Sumter county rural
officers, federal and state officers.
When the plant was raided in the
Wateree swamp the area was deserted,
but the boiler seized was still
warm, indicating that work had been
done the night before at the plant.
Articles taken in the raid were as
follows: 50 vats of 600 gallons capacity
each; nine 60>-galI(>n fermenters;
15,000 gallons of beer in the
state of fermentation; one 120-gallon
doubler; one 15-horseporwer upright
boiler, 70 feet copper piping tjl
pounds of coke; 56 dozes balf-pfl
Those participating in thf gfl
were: Ttural officers, Boyta,?
ris, and Dollard, all of Sumterel
ty; Federal Officers Colefidk |)H
and Dunning; State Officen (9
ningham, Lown and KicfutdtiS
Monday's .Sumter Item.
A joint petition filed by the U J
States St&*l and 93 other cor#fl
tions in the United States mbM
claims at Washington, is J
refund of income taxes toUH
$101,589,180. The claim is mid(9
they were over assessed this aifl
in inoome and excess profits tfl
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CEIPT NECESSARY TO VOTE IN PRIMARY 1
It* you enrolled in 1926 and now live in the same J
club district it will not be necessary to enroll tto "1
year. But if you did not enroll in 1926, or if youlwej
moved into the County or attained i;he age of twe^J
one years since the 1926 enrollment, or shall become
twenty-one years of age before the 6th day of Novem-J
ber next, enroll now in the club district in which yofjfl
live. If you have moved out of the club district!?
which you enrolled,in 1926, make application iii m
ing to the Secretary of the club in which you thew
rolled for a transfer to the club district in whicbfJ :
now live; file this transfer with the Secretary ofM
new club and he will enter your name on the roliw
! must be done on or before the 24th day of JuVjMj
! you move out of the club district in which you fltfc 1
rolled after June 28, you must vote in the club distort 1
from which you moved. j
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