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UM ? . , j CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROUNA. FRIDAY." AUGUST 10, 1928. "" 1 NUMBER "
tor Seen Ureal
nihilities <ft Resort
years ago this summer the f
of 'he Press Association ;
red at Myrtle Beach for their 1
I convcouon. This year they ,
t trip ' > New York, but the i
of thi? paper could not make i
jp. Instead we took a trip back 1
?rtle Beach for one week's va- i
>n(j tlu transformation by the i
iide'a interests has been sonae wonderful.
'
u capitalists certainely have a
for they are planning and al- i
have under way a gigantic I
lition. Four miles of hard- i
* roadway?along with four I
of white way has been built
the -beach in a northerly direcConcrete
roadways are lea<jI
ind out from tht* four inllqB
iratory to selMj^f pff to
ective purchasers. Almost iu
pdst of this development one of
indsoinest country club houses
r?ady gone up, and an excellent
course already sodded,' wfcere
i nre playing daily. ' v- .
tj a little further on one sees
urtic steam pile driv^V putting
cypress poles and cases for conbase?sinking
deep in the earth
ie foundation, of a million doltel.
This hotel is to be an imaffair
containing more than
ma^nd capping t?e top of the
ig with a tower tall enough to
m for many miles out at sea.
pilding will be of steel construcrith
brick and cement, and a
; of the finished building premost
handsome hotel,
immense construction job was
(d to the Consolidated EngiI
Company, of Baltimore, and
ier the genera] supervision of
.Brantley Davis/who has acid
with him L.R. Evans, time ,
r, and William Cranston, ' as
il foreman, all Baltimore men.
the country club house Mr. C.
Iliams, of Greenville, is general
Atendent, with Marvin Tate, of
tiers Rest, and Sherald Roland,
irion, N. C., as associate helpers.
| time at Myrtle Beach was
at the Huckslin Inn. a private
Sng place, conducted Dy Mr. and
W. F. Hucks, who proved themI
most delightful^ innkeepers,
ihing the table with an abundant
f of pplsuable food, as well as
ng their guests every comfort
cable. The men njkm$4 gp the
projects were gueits at this
id we ~
foment under wajn Never havtf '
ken thrown vith a more cooler
owd than we found at Mrs.
Uce. Myrtle Beach can truly
Hv the summer playground of
Bates?for we met and saw
there from South Carolina,
Carolina and our neighbor,
ft, on the 803th. And qf course
hiring license plates from
?t?tftft?but the three neighbor
dominated. To get back to
B?\|tt?ts at the Inn we numamong
our friends Mrs. C. H.
in<i two interesting children,
^Bnaboro, N. C.: Mr. and Mrs.
Mlliims and daughter, Doris,
fcnrille; William Moody, of
?ko has charge of the state
y forces between ConWay, and
Beftth, and he has a job too;
"'Mrs. Grady" Hendricks, Mr.
C. B. Caughmau and chil
*?. Hat man, Mr. and Mrs.
"fltiwflr.ger and 'son, Miss
Caughman, all of Columbia;
Eastland, of California; the
Boozcman, of Shfeveport,
Sf- and Mrs. Benu, Mr. aha
Pjmore and Mr. and Mris. Inm
Florence; ^r. ?nd ***?$?
Jntyre and thriee children, of
(J N- C.; Mrs. Julius HannA
*0 children, of Conway, arid
0. Hutchms, of Spartanburg.
IS?' horgfjilcit riding,
TwCtor\ng' Ornish amuse
hot the chief attraction is the
dw and one place is as good
safe as anotl tier f ? a tip4n?ea.
Another fine attraction
tv n;e evonin*? i? the dance at1
iihon, where graceful dancers
the floor a ad milling among
in the gaHery will 'be
Jts / People of. South CaTO?
hr *"hir? f0r *n Ottting.
f .Im <tufT is Pulted oft here
athletic activities and * the
imm UI'< supervision In
? Pr ?f coach Walter Johnallv
i ?yterian ' wbb
1 , ?fter all affairs and
8 good order.
inlft f do,lars have been
led ? s,and* are being
'loot0 nake thl? project a go,
but C*. 11 ifi XQlttg to sucf
thn l*nnS wiU hiye to be
the prumottra expect'to make)
btt. ? , Playgronnd and reinto
\ir?",d" wiH havd t0 **
hitfi Beach-?not only
es-Jf waya?"but better /rail
1 dav?r y only kave one
ho u r'i5 s resort, and peona
hv" ! travel from South
Car, 1 d now hava WtOj
outh r vnd 5wn come bac11
the.r L .?hna ^fow they can
f'!l aU- atlon, Accommoda8;
? have^ to be made for
if M*',nan cars into this resort
win * 7 , tourists the+great
k. w,]V '9i u"do?btedly have to
t>?d of' }? lJ?at ^?ra . was a
rS'wSSsS
th. aJBT S'.K
M Rockf.llow ?d SUntoH
oil. interest* were associated with the
Woodsides in this development bat
this also could not be verified. But
this is the csss^i cost certalalyis
rseorts for all year playgrounds.
lames Walter Brown jj
Buried Here Sunday
James Walter Brown, of 706 la
Hayojte Avenue, of this city, died at t
the Columbia hospital Saturday nivht
AuSu.t 4th at 7:30 o'clock* aC v
IST'l' W.tek* illnM"' He ??1 been ?
sick for two months and was first; h
taken to the Camderi Hospital for an
^ration. He improved'enough to V
return to work. Two weeka later he i
,tn?ken and wa? carried r
a whe*? he died.
Mr. Brown Was ? native of Ker- r
shaw County, born on July 10, i860 ?
birfhH y i?ine years old at hi? ,a*t i
hif fc ?/ W. twi<* married?r \
Mi first wife being Miss Bernicia 1
him I' BishopviHe, who preceded 1
him a good many years airo His \
Joseph, survive him. y ,
io)Th?e4buri^ was in the family bur- j
al plot in the Camden cemetery after' j
funeral aerviees by Rev. A. DMc- 1
f ik6* a,byterlan churt'b. The 1
floral tributes were beautiful and 1
showed the esteem in which he was ?
Mr. Brown was employed as a i
thie8fSS2 clothinJf store at a
SifSf his drtb-i *or *
n .7u: served various Arms as 1
fn /f i^ wbere he was known <
throughout the county as a congen-, t
ia]1 mixer and a valued employe ,
an50mei 2 the out-of-town friends 1
tjL Fm VCt8 af'tendlr?fir the funeral 1
danthUZ*' J.et%!e ,My<?rs and three' r
daughters, of Charlotte, Mr. and Mrs. t
*inner, of Elliotts, Mrs. Hat- i
tni i5?se a?d dau^ter, of Bishop- j
vil e, Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Boykin, of J
Columbia, and Mr. P. H. Reynolds i
and children, of Bishopville. 1
Charlotte To Have New
Broadcasting Station <
?VHay' lo.cal dealer for J
fill- , *1, ff6? radi? corporation !
ffi *if ^ 5. !ie reliable information
that C. C. Coddington, of Charlotte,
N. C., is having a modern five 1
housand watt radlpr broadcasting 1
station installed which will have a
ImSW bwteed miles, <
which means that reliable reception
mght ,be assured at this
ri?>i^Tce jefard^efs ?f weather coui
5?^ that-this station is promMany
,Die in .Wreck
w^iCi??T?^ Auf- 6'-rNine persons
werei killed and twelyaf seriously in}?r
< in a dotfbUfaderailment of two 1
Illinois Central railroad trains about
one mile north of Mounds, 111., at
wiil ?' m* .^^- ^ostens of others
were injured slightly.R. A. Moll, of
Cairo, who waa a -passenger on Num- '
ofto ' the accidcnt occurred at 1
a- m" " , struck a ten- <
inch sewer pipe, sixteen feet long,
wNchapparently had fallen fronTu 1
Jr?l*ht cm. The engineer set th*
?ru If the train stepped with a
jolt but no one was injured. The
Pipe was thrown across^ the southed
track and b^ore a flagman
aloni CI> ?^'il;ail1 ,^0, 8 rU8hed
*5?** hnd struck the pipe. The en- !
tbe trmck and
J*' }?', B Ven cars Of
which were derailed. Some of the i
dia?onidly across
^^e c^.were overturn^hehr
akies. The railroad issued
an offtjpial statement.
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Submarine Crew AH Dead
Italian submarine
F-14 with its crew of 81 dead
pottononus fuses was brought
?1>rf?ce on the Adriatic tomght
m -which itjmd sunk after a
coupon 84 hours before. : r' v :Vi
formed ?hno?t ? nfr3'iSnlcfe'tii'reOpened
hatches only to tod they were
gajltag into tonok of their com~
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_ Well Known (Educator Dead
Columbia, Aug* 7.-nDri W. &,
Hand superintSefe ?f ^e Cotumbia
public school^ apd orte of the best
known school Msm South Carolina,
died at his resides** tonight of dorible
pneumonia. He had been in a bad
health for several motfthr and seriously
ill since last Saturday?
* Br. Hand, who wis 6$ years of
age, wart a native of Gaston county,
N. C., but has been ^prominently
identified with educational development
in this state for many years.
Off on Vacation i
Rev; and Mrs'. A. D. McArn left
Wednesday for a vacation to be spent
at Qordonsville, Tennessee. The pastor
will be absent for four weeks.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the House of Representatives
from Kershaw County,
and if elected I promise the very best
service possible to my county and
stater a-rr* -L- k
Very respectfully,
J. R. BELK,
Vight Big Speakers
On At Farmers Week ,
CIt*ii?son College, Aug. 6.?A rare
reat in the form of eight of the 1
ountry's choice hpen kern, eaoh of
vhoin in u leader in his or her Held, <
waits visitors to Farmers' Week
lere August 13-18.
Or. W. L. Potest, president of
Vake Forest College, whose charm- j
ng delivery and profound ..words
nake friends for him everywhere, I
peaks both Tuesday and Thursday i
nomings. A feature writer and
ipeuker of national reputation. Dr.
^'rank Bohn, has been secured for
Wednesday and Friday Mornings,
rhe U. S. Bureau of Agricultural i
Economics sends Dr. W. J. Spillman, (
vho, understanding agricultural ecolomie
conditions and tendencies as
W men do, will choose the ailS<
ect for a Tuesday morning-' add red*
rom his Wide field Of understanding.
And Miss Florence E. Ward, in
:h*rge of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture's extension field work in
he Northeaet, prolbalbly more familar
with this national agency's workor
farm life than any other woman,
ipealf/5.
Men and womenf making the pilgrimage
last summer to .Farmers'
veek remember pleasantly the charming
and friendly talks of Dr. E. 0#
Branson, of the University of North
Carolina and will be pleased to learn
hat he will fill a similar schedule
igain this year. The gifted en;ertainer,
James Speed, associate editor
of the Southern Agriculturist,
Puesday night with his address "Keep
he Eyes Wide Open" will appeal to
farm folk to be ever alert to apireciate
Nature's gift to the farm,
de mimics (birds and other creatures
n this talk. Tuesday morning he
Jilks to a group, choosing "Train
four Senses" as the subject. Dr. B.
foungfblood, of U. S* Department of
Agriculture, will lead a discussion on
:otton economics. Dtj Clarence Poe,
;ditor of the Progressive Farmer, will
represent his publication at the Master
Farmer award Thursday. Miss
Bess M. Rowe, field editor of the
Farmers' Wife, will represent her
paper at the Master Farm Homemaker
ceremony Tuesday.
Game Season Opens
fifteenth of August
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Wednesday, *' August fifteenth, is
tha- ggdjjMfcjfci game season in
South Carolina, so far as the shooting
of deer (bucks only) is concerned.
County Game Warden C. O. Stogner,
has been placing licenses, both
state and county at various places
in the county, and yesterday handed
to the press the following statement:
"The 1928-1029 "hunting licenses
can be secured from agents at convenient
places all over the county
now. The open season for the different
kinds of game will be found
on the back of each license certificate.
We have a good crop of game
this season and I call upon all good
sportsmen to co-operate with the
game department in obeying and enforcing
the Jaws, so that our game
will be taken care of."
.it Splinter Causes Lockjaw
Grbettwood, Aug. 6.:?Robert Edward,
five-year-old son of Mr. and
tfnrs. W. J. Cautherh, died at their
home here Thursday from lockjaw
caused by a splinter embedded in
hie hip. The boy suffered the injury
about a week ago while playing on
a fence, but did not complain until
Wednesday when lockjaw developed.
"
f: First ;Bale From Florida
Savannah, Ga., July 30.?The first
bale of cotton to reach the local market
fdr the current season arrived to.
daylfcnd brought forty cents a pound
from J. S. Bundel), to whom it was
sold for fhe account of Andersoif.
Clayton & Co. It was grown by J.
C: Getzen of Webster, Fla., who, for
the last Ave years,. has raised the
first bale of Florida cotton and the
first^to be received in Georgia.
. '
^FOR DIRECTOR
1 hereby announce myself as a
candidate for Director of Buffalo
Township of Kershaw County, . subject
to the rules of the Democratic
party.
J. M. OLYKURN
FOR (REPRESENTATIVE
I hereby announce my name as a
candidate for the House of Representatives
from Kershaw County, subject-to
the rules and regulations of
the Democratic primary.
J. N. McLAUJUN.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
The Thany friends of Mr. L. r O.
Funderburk announce his name as a
candidate for the House of Representatives
from Kershaw County, subject
to the rules of the Democratic
party.
VOTERS.
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Heat Intense in New York >.
?
A million New Yorkers sought refuge
from the heat Saturday at Coney
Island, the record crowd "taxing
the bathing and other facilities of the
resorf beyond capacity. Police estimated
that 60,000 persons went into
the surf, while other thousands stormed
the bathhouses in a futile attempt
to obtain accommodations. At the
Coney Island police station, 360 lost
children Were turned in to await pArenU
from^whom thy bad become
breaking patronage. -
Revival Meeting Now <
In Progress at Antioch
Harvey R, D&vU, chuirman of the
board of deacons of the Antioch Bap- j
list Church, ten miles east of (Jam- j
den, makes the following announce- <
ment relative to u meeting now in i
progress at that church: I
*'A revival meeting is now in pro- j
Kress at Antioch Baptist chureh. i
Rev. W. 1). Williams, pastor, has for ]
bis assistant Captain J, L. Hancock,
the well-know^ Southern Railway /
Conductor of Rock Hill, S. C. Cap- j
tain Hancock is well known in this j
part of the country, having held three 1
revives with the Hermitage Baptist 1
church, also he comes through Cam- <
den daily when not in the evangelistic J
work in charge of train 113-114,
Southern Railway. As a railway ]
conductor Cupt. Hancock is well- >
known for his loyal service to the i
public,, having been in the service of ,
the Southern twenty-eight years, and 1
as an evangelist he is much admired '
for his earnest Gospel messages. His \
messages are brief and filled with
Gospel truths. He has absolutely <
no clap trap methods to get people
to join the church. All he does is to
appeal to the very best within them
to become Christians.
"You are welcome. Come and hear
him. iHe is truly a business man
with a Gospel message. Service?
10:45 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. each day
this week."
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Young Man /Hurt in Turnover
Wilert Groves, a young white man
of eighteen, whose home is at Paw 1
Greek, near Belmont, N. G., was perhaps
fatally injured late Sunday
evening about half way between
$te*snnt Hill and Heath Springs,
when the radius rod of his Ford carbroke
and caused the car to turn over.
It was at first thought that his neck
Wfcs broken, but upon arrival at the '
Charlotte Sanitorium, where he was
Hashed in the Ellis ambulance, physicians
said that he had sustained a
fracture of the skull, but that they
had hopes for his recovery. Other
occupants of the car, whose names
could not be learned, sustained only
alight injuries.?Lancaster News.
BETHUNE NEWS NOTES
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Happenings of interest as Told By
Our Regular Correspondent.
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: Bothun'e, Aug. 8.?For almost a
vfaf^k Bethune has been sweltering in
tmrygrip of th?r hottest" spell of?tha
summer. In addition to the extreme
heat, the town and surrounding community
are badly in need of rain. As
a result of the dry, hot spell the vegetation
is fairly parching.
Revival services will begin at the
Methodist church here next Monday
evening. THe Rev. Derrick, pastor,
has 6ecureci the Rev. W. T. Way of,,
Chesterfield to do the preaching during
the meeting.
Miss Euphala Baker of Rock Hill
is spending sometime with her sister,
Mrs. W. W. Mungo.
Mrs. J., D. Lafitte had as her guests
recently Mrs. E. C. Tyler, Aiken:
Miss Nita Sturgeon, Denmark; and
Miss Lafitte Ray, Columbia.
Mrs. John Edwin King is visiting
relatives in Ray City, Ga.
Mfs. Beulah Josey, Mrs. Rex Josey
and Mrs. Nettie Pate of Bishopville
were the guests Tuesday of Mrs. B.
F. Bolton.
Mr. Barfield, who has for some
time "been connected with the J. M.
Clyburo mercantile business, is spending
his vacation visiting friends and
relatives in Denmark and elsewhere.
Miss Marie Horton, of Kershaw is
the guest of Mrs. Loring Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. Downs, of Bish6pville,
have opened a bakery in the store
just above High Oliver's and are
I making very good 'bread, rolls, and
[so on. The home industries really
deserve patronage.
* jSeeks yPlace on Council
According to the Orangeburg
Times-Democrat Mr. John Cantey, a
former Camden man, is now seeking
a place on the city council of Orangeburg
.tofill the unexpired term of
councilman Albert C. Watson, who
died Sunday night after a heart at*
tack,. *
During 1919, when Orangeburg
put over the paving system and inaugurated
the up-to-date lighting
system, Mr. Cantey served as secretary
of the Chamber of Commotes.
He has lived in Orangeburg nearly
ten years and most of that time has
been apent as a farm seed merchant,
handling such accessories as go along
with that business.
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County'8Aged Citizen
Dead in Columbia
Mr. Hiram Nettles, Sr., said to be
the oldest "citisen of the county, died
at 3 o'clock Thursday morning at the
home of his son, C. B. Nettles, in
Columbia.
Mr. Nettles was an honored Confederate
veteran who served throughout
the war between the states and
was up to the last few years a
familiar figure at the reunions.
He was 92 years of age and it ii11
said he had been unconscious for several
days before the end came.
Mr. Nettles is survived by five
children: Mrs. J. T. Arrants of OcUla,
Fin.; Hiram Nettles, Jr., of Lugoff;
Bruce Nettles and C. B. Nettle* of
Columbia, and Mrs. Janie Bateman
of Camden, i rVi?.
The body will be bfCBght to Camden
Friday for burial, hut up to the
hour of press no funeral arrangements
hag km made.
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Case of Negro Said <
Not To He Leprosy
The ( hruiiicle carried a news item
from tin* (jreenwood Imiex Journal i
in which it wan stated that a Green- wood
physician rtrst discovered a <
negro boy, William Fletcher, whom he i
thought wuK afilicted with leprosy
land that a diugnoM.t by severul physicians
up on this disease had also i
pi enounced t he disease as leprosy. i
Quite a lot of publicity has been
ifiven this alleged leper, and Camden
and Kershaw County has been given
some undesirable publicity. The letter
published below from John W.
Wilson, city health officer of Camden,
will set at rest the rumors afloat. (
Mr. Wilson's letter follows:
" 1 he writer carried the suspected
leper of Columbia Sunduy, August
1th, to the Stute Health Department,
who had arranged with Dr. Frederick i
A. Johanson, leprosy specialist of the
United States Marine Hospital Service
to be present and make the dia- i
gnosis.
"After a thorough examination of
the suspect; and a complete laboratory
test of his blood by Dr. Johanson he
stated that it was not leprosy and
not infectious. On account of the
publicity given the case, and the excitement
tt seemed to create, am '
using this means of informing the
public of the findings of Dr. Johanson,
so as to relieve their minds of
any danger t>f leprosy from this particular
CHBe."
Several New Names
Presented To Voters
Chief interest in politics in Kershaw
County seems to center around
the selection of two representatives
in the lower house of the general assembly
in the coming primary.
The Chronicle last week carried
the announcement of Mr. D. M. McCaskill,
for the house. This week we
have the names of Mr. J. R. Belk,
of Camden, and Mr. J. N. McLaurin,
of Bethune. Also the name of Mr.
L. O. Funderiburk, former senator
from this county, has been handed in
by friends.
Messrs. Newton Kelly and N. S.
Richards have ibeen announced in
other paper8 for some time.
Mr. J. M. Clyfourn, of Bethune, is
also announced this week as a candidate
for township director from
Buffalo township. ?
r*cel 'or representation in the
house promises to be a Hrelv one^ Many
thought that Former Judge M.
L. Smith would be a candidate, and
pressure had /been brought to bear
on him from all sections of the county.
Judge Smith, however, has told
this paper that owing to pressing
business it will be impossible for him
to make the race.
IN THE CAROLINAS
D. H. Mahaley, who died at Salisbury,
N. C., aged 70 years, was married
three times and had 21 children
nearly all of whom survive him with
his last wife. , "
The parents of little Mary Robinson,
of Sampson county, N. C., tied
and gagged her in the house while
they went to work away from home,
finally her faint cries were heard by
neighbors who told officers who.found
her.
Benjamin Beaman, an old man who
drives a truck at New Bern, N. C.,
for $15 a week, reported to the police
that a man of that town asked him
for a ride, supplied him with hootch
and then roftifbed him of all his savings,
$2,900.
A case c^iome brew exploded at
the rural pdflce station at Charlotte
and iniurecf, severely the rural chief
?f police, Vice Fesperman, besides
cutting another policeman slightly
and filling the station with broken
glass. The bottles exploded in turn
li*n hand grenades in the World war.
AU business in Kannapplis, N. C.,
topped for the hour of the funeral of
Mrs. Jaunita Guery, wife of James
S. Query, a leading merchant there.
Mrs. Query was Miss Hill, of Timmonsvflle,
S. C., and had lived in
Kannapolis for 16 yeara and there
Won the hearts of a host of friends.
J. R. Home, homing Jpigeon raiser,
a dozen miles from Asheville, was
sick and needed a prescription filled.
An Asheville man took the prescription
to the city with one of Mr.
Horne's pigeons, and the latter carried
the medicine back home covering
the distance in five minutes.
A new world record for speed
boats was made at New~Bern, N. C.,
when Charles Hall, Jr., drove a class
B. boat built there 33.09 miles an
hour oyer a four mile course with official
tifiiers and judges under tho
American Power Boat association
i rules. The previous record was 30.12
miles made at St. Louis.
The Jacobs bridge on the Calhoun
highway across Broad river, the Chester
and Union county line, will be
formally opened on Labor day, September
3, with motorcades from
Raleigh and Atlanta, between which
cities that route is the short line.
Charles A. Ilearon, editor of the
Spartanburg Herala, with make the
principal address, and there will be
-A half dozen other speakers.
Former Sheriff Fred W. Hargett,
of Onslow county, North Carolina,
was taken to Charlotte from his home
at Jacksonville, N. C., for an operation
and died soon afMfrfLHi* wife
at Jacksonville difed from the shock
* 'fw minutes after being Informed
^Mhu^leath. "Both were prominent
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City Council Removes
Jones From Force
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Sensational charges within the
unkn of Camden's police department
were aired and acted upon by city
ouncil irregular session Monday
evening when Frank C. Jones, for
many years connected with tiie depaitiuent,
was discharged for alleged
.'oiunvmg in tiu* liquor traffic. Another
member of the force was named
to lake Jones' place and u new man
was elected to serve as motorcycle
officer. k
Jones is succeeded by Motorcycle
Officer A. R, Mayer who in turn la
being relieved by J, W. Cole, formerly
connected with the department, who
was elected at the same meeting to
tuke up the duties of Mr. Mayer as
motorcycle patrolman.
The charges upon which Jones was
discharged resulted from several
months investigation ?' the department
by the police commission, headed
by C. C. Whitakor, councilman and
mayoF^pro tempore.
'Charges against Jones as embraced
in a motion of the official minutes
of the couneil meeting read "that
Jones be discharged from the police
force of the city of Camden for conniving
in the liquor traffic, that he
be relieved of duty at once and that
the chief of police be instructed to
get the city's property from the said
officer."
Members of council, police department
officials and the chairman of
the city police commission were hesitant
to discuss the matter early
Tuesday morning but as inquiry piled
on top of inquiry and various rumors
were apparently stampeding the facts
of the case they began talking and
this is what investigators said:
"We had reason to believe that a
liquor deal was scheduled for Friday,
August 27, in the grounds of the
county fair association," Mr. Whitaker
stated Tuesday afternoon, "so in
company with Chief of Police H. D.
Hilton I went to a place of outlook
near the scene.
"To be exact we were on the inside
of the steel exhibit building at the
fair grounds when we observed a
man, whose name we are not at liberty
to use, walk past the building
ana leave nearby a sack of fruit jars
filled with liquor. This happened
around 12:30 o'clock in the afternoon.
"Within a short time Officer Jones
drove up in a light touring car and
received from this man two quarts
of whiskey and . placed it in his car.
"The liquor dealer was plainly
heard to' Hay* tq the officer that 't'ibhave
fifty gallons of liquor coming
through here tonight/ and to our
astonishment we heard Officer Jones
declare: 'that's all right; go ahead,
and I'll take care of you.' "
No arrepta were made at. the time,,
the authorities explained, because it
was their intention to neither persecute
nor prosecute any man inside of
the department or otherwise ahd they
had in mind only requesting of council
the dismissal of any and every
officer whose services and integrity
might be found questionable in the
light of their, investigations.
When questioned Tuesday afternoon
by a representative of The
Chronicle the former officer declared .
that he had no statement to make
at that time. Jonas will be given an
opportunity to appear before council,
it is said, at the next meeting which
Will be held Monday evening.
White Man Jailed Here For Bigamy
* Henry C. McEachen, who was arrested
and placed in jail here Monday
upon charges of bigamy, whs returned
by Sheriff Alex T. Heise Tuesday
afternoon to Columbia where he
will stand trial in criminal court.
In the warrant sworn by Sheriff J."
flu McLeod of this county it is alleged _
on information fp mi shed the officer tthat
MaEachen married a woman
from Blaney, this county, in Colum- ' .
bia on June 7 of this year while he-C
had another wife living at the time. *
The man's first wife is said to have
fprmerly resided in Lancaster.
McEachen is said to have come '
here from Sumter county.*- He was
arrested at the home of his first wife
in this city by Deputy Sheriff Q. F.
Cooley.
fjocal Marine Trains
For National Matches
Getting in trim for the big National
rifle and pistol matches to be held
at Camp Perry, O., Sergeant A. J. V.
Roberts, a native of Kershaw County,
S. C., is practicing daily with the
Marine Corps' rifle squad on the range
at Wakefield, Mass.
Sergeant Roberts and other Marino
Corps riflemen wllFRrxt shoot 1n the
New England matches, soon to .be
held at Wakefield, and later will go
.to Camp Perryv where, beginning
August 26, crack rifle and pistol shot?
from all over the Country will gather
for one of the biggest shooting
tournaments ever held. More than
2,000 expert shots attended the Camp
Perry matches last year, and it is
expected that the competitors this
year will exceed that figure.
Sergeant Roberts was born in Lancaster,
and he is a son of William E.
Roberts of Kershaw. He recently
won a ftlrage medal In the Eastern
Division, rifte competition, held at
Quantico, Va. In view of hit showing
in iKAOEHflma, he was selected
a member of the Marine Corps
squad, which hopes "to win many -prize*
and perhsrps^capture some of
civilian teams aft the "ohic Camp, rig