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__The Camden Chronipi f UME XXXX. . 3 ' "" "' ' 1 1 h j??? CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA^ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14r 192X ' ' '"' ' 111 - NUMBER 25. if Hound, Over < Edwards Case Chapman bouni federal grand jury at ich meeta tomorrow annd on the charge of uawitb intent to defraud, ring wtts conclude/i beloner Carl H. Hart. yearns roo*rfsed last week r the nonappearance of fitness, "W. A. XMwards, A'ho exj'lainod Yesterday oena Ad hot reach him until the hearing here' g. He to a ^gentleman of fthe appearance and >wrt* 2,000 acres of land oUth of Wrstville, this lea, besides bank tend The letter admittedly i Ay Chairman told him 1 "not pay $700, fiara f Rock Bill, Claimed his 'attempt to assault *id to hire somebody to ivould he exposed, s quietly and etephaticvery allegation in the le had turned tever to it as a basis lor the thelBev. Mr. Chapman, itail the ccmtmct by became his tenant, readwmceand token left' rtxtet June 1 cwtth his y liking with Jiim. Bfe was .him instead'of he anything,. am} that ho led i?j note , ter $750 bo aid.'hehad'aet tided to atell ?nd neat* thought ig, mud. that von a^ date by ?the def?tee Us waffo ?h?ir Wlcalldd .at the weiring JBrazell amd rareH whete; USr^hEBS; disposed fiiit lihe^hlle. letter completely. and tion of tteteohrt.iwttch id the Rev. Mr.-.Chaphe federal .under the Matter, Which was J nee yestevday, were j to bring it under the iederal statute under ' -Mr. Chapman .is Eber _;j - and automobile asire wrote the letter as cof the Mlruzells, who inn of their aligged mds of aa private udeaf .which the minister j . JBut he ?igned tflie i sown name .with j* d betters ,after it, .dehe letters being -ex- j i he is .a .detective ims 'her and a -Ford <mbrille .Enquirer. ] ier Examination ^ ^ | ipetitive examination of the civil servicej nnormaed .for the ,po-i arrier to .be held at t Camden on (October ation Blanks can be Jamdee jpostoffioe. n ChtMdb JMte s week aU'jthp flifvbis church will ie je-i !i ice Wedseshy avesvht to agglit <Udy in Endeavor Sunday k- '''/%. Vuxillary <UyK 10 a. m. Morning clock. The public to to all aervteet. ' ?" ' *'" ? Ordered Cloeed Jsed hunting season t*r 10 to 10, induordered by A. A. t game warden, in * have been or Will k* kigh waters fol?vy rains. The terle closed season will i ? follows; ^ ?. waters and lands ^ateree river in the ?kaw(. Sumter and %wateriT awTland rreat Pee Die river of. Marlboro, Ches* Clarendon and 8? waters and on,. ; riwr fa tt. 'pon. ftlchjMi m* Canid** City Schools ! Shews Many Pupils i Th? Allowing Htatemunt r?laliv? I to th?i opening of the Camden Schools J is funmslwnl The Chronicle by Super-1 inUmdcnt J. G. Richards, Jr. The (amder City Schools opt'intl for the year m8-29 on Monday wiU | the lurgest enrollment of its history, j tbrre being <over 100 white children to excess of l^st year's first day enrollment and about 70 colored children in excess of enrollment for the ffiret day -last year. The enrollment for the white schools reached 1025 for the .first day as compared with 927 for the first day last year. This would indicate an increase of approximately .100 white students ewer last year's (enrollment. The enrollment being distributed as fellow*; Tfigh School 225; Grammar School (grade* 1 through 4) 350; Laurens Street School (grades 5 through 7) 280; Mill School 163. Every room .available as class room is being used end some sections have more than forty 1 children in them at present. The opening day was ^characterised hy -?a< display of interest ia>d a willingness to co-operate on the part df < the students. All began work in .meeting classes just as if bbeve :had ;feeen 'no interruption. All "teachers >were present for a teachers imeethsg on Monday afternoon with the ^exception of Miss Louise Johpsan, who .is-still kept at her home in .Saluda oun account of sickness. .The exercises which had been ^planned for Monday, the ^presentation of -a flag pole by the JD. A. JL Chapter will be held on Frukfy .morning, at 10 o'clock, ,in front <of the Grammar School building on ljyttLeton . street. We wish to take ithhs opportunity to thank the patrons <of school district Na. 1 for fhfSr jproiqpt (enrollment of . their ghflrinen in theschool and to ask their continued jtew-pperation throughout the soming ..year, particularly in the matter of .prepat&tiojaot school acock.. .... _ u^nii gmwrxra Wnt meeting flrb escapes leading ;the second floor of the Laurens Street ^School. They also decided to provide the wooden building of -the Jackson School with an adequate fire .escape. Bat itjDidn't flbp ile [Ran Milan, Italy, Sept, lib?TEwente^ane deaths have, resulted an.accident in an awtoaoabile race hawe xyestecday. While speeding at 129 mOas .an rfcaur, a compettrtmr. for the ehanjpionship of Europe p???gH into .the grandstand, billing haauuflf and (eighteen other?. '.Twenty-six spectator p, including Dtotathy Donantan, -of (Boston, were injured. Tw? ?f ttese .died later. Despite the accident, the nmm Continued, a Frenchman, Cbkon, Jbfivmg a Burgatti ear ft? victory at ?he Average speed of ll?0 miles as hsuur. * As the Driver, ^Materassi, sped into the stralp^itaway in front of the grandstand at the JMonza aatoOname cm bis eighteenth circuit, be attempted tto pass auoltwr eoampetitor, Feoca'tt s -.. i The front of Jtiatef aesi'a car gnaaed the Lipaedlni mmd *SmU plowed ttt. ?. mtdxt ol etgggi, kimng d|bNMk ipsctotm seats as the race continued. ''I ' RxawWlou fW fat *** Congressman. W. F. SUrcsee* has sent the fpBswing to The Chronicle for pn&ftcetum: "Please announce in pair paper that the Civil Service Coanuiaaien [wilt bold an esaufoaftof to select the Principal pad Aitwadw from thin District for West point. In the Port Office at Omnden, 8. C. on October 6th, 1928, and those interacted in this matter should report to the Postmaster on that date and take the examination." -v -- * 3* 1 1 V ; f Beaten To Death Marion, Sept. John B. Porter, who <operated a^filHnr ?tation near hia home a short distance below the southern limits of the town, was found dead in front of the Ailing station with bis bead beaten in with soma heavy. Instrvme^t and dWdJn the Sanders Memorial hospital in Florence, to which be was imtnediateIfftaken, 8 elect this morning.: 1 g itv *1' "' '" 1 Baptist Treasurer Is Short A Million I t i Atlanta, <2a., .Sept. 5.?Due to the approximately |1 >000,000 shortage revealed in the accounts of Its miss* ing treasurer, Clinton S. Carnes, that salaries of missionaries and worker* now due cannot be paid until .the board's pro rata of funds has been collected from churches in the Sooth, a joint committee of the board and convention executive committee said in a statement tonight. Warning that it might be neces-^ sary to make "immediate -drastic revisions and reductions in rations of the board to meet the increasing demands upon it," the statement appealed to the churches for prompt forwarding of funds to prevent suffering among at? worker^. In its statement the committee for the first time took official cognizance of published reports that Carnes resembled a man who serwd two prison terms under a similar name by asserting that "after hi* disappearance it developed that he Thud previously served iwo, terms in .prison." TWa, it was pointed out, w?b before he became unknown to the aboard and po the bonding company, which had bonded him in the sum of $50,000." Discovery of a eecret correspond-J ence file and note'register alleged to have been used by (Carnes was rep ported by the Afflanta Journal. ? was said that this was used to record his secret use -df the funds of the board while attthe same time thai regular books wave in apparently perfect ondee. His file was rrnpoStdd to have shown that the saiseing treasurer marketed notes on the 'mission board to IW or more hanks and collected the proceeds after first canvassing them systematically ?s *to .whether they could handle such paper .and selecting those he thought might unake loans on simple notes, or, in som? cases, ec4-, lateral scarcity. , Operating with .the business; am-i I men of an expert accountant, hid h-former onraqration, ^Carries was "W [ vealed by the secret file to have kept , all information ?s:to these loans from, i. knowledge of church officials by dint i of carefully watching all incoming , mail and .dally .attendance at his desk in the board offices. All correspondehce relating 3d them was kept apart i from the hneaHUMt's records and de; tails concerning them were handled in the strict privacy .of his own office several feikniks .own;. Each transaction was conducted ^strictly on time i so that no .complaint over non-pay. meat of notes should.reach other of, ficialsof the tonard. The andH'"rn said .the method of operating in aucb transactions, as revealed Ip'Games' secret file, was to [ JboriMJjW.g *DQ> (from Mt\ out-of-town .Ib^nk and leave a smaE .part of it on ldeposit In the institution. At the maturity of the note, .request would J^e made for nenewal With the directs oifHfiat the interest 'fie deducted {from the amount on deposit to the , 3a**ard*a areoi1** This process was icajitipued from tame to .time, the account being satisfactory to most baitks. (When a hank deafened, howmmi, to renew a aete, the procedure ! tben \was to borrow a larger amount fram another bank, take the matawad mote and collect the .dMerence. ? - i Shrine Club To Meet Millies 6* the Camden Shrine om M notified to attend a meeting at Ike Ham nle Han on Friday night, September ldth, at 8 o'clock. This is the miter monthly muting and at this tea the program for Ike winter minding' will be prospered. All shrteets plea so attend. Coatee (Methodist Church . Lyttleton fi tfeet? ?ear Hampton Park. George Fierce Watson, pastor, ffjitey/i&lli'alir 16: Bible school, 10:00 a. ifc With teees for AH grades and ages. Bpworih League, 7:16 p. m. tor all the young people of the eengregstlcm. Public worship, 11:15 n/m. and 8:0d p. m., conducted by the pastor. Mid-week prayer service Wednesday, 8:00 p. m. The public is most cordially invited to all the services of this church. 8eats free. Charming musk and Bible studies suitable to the needs of daily "life. Come and bring your friends. Former Judge M. L. Smith is in NeW Tork this week on legal business. He wm one of the 85f000 people who witneeaed the New YorkPhiladelphia double header baseball game played there this week. - ^^ ^ 5?? - i " -l: " \ . a - 1 ' 1 1 |' Much Damage From Recenl Heavy Rains The floodb lttBi wwk caused lmbiense damages to roads, bridges, fn*1 dam* and crops?not only in this Jounty, but in every county ill tho btate. All of the main uvenut* of travef have been opened up, but many. Of the short routes in the state rejeutin closed to traffic. In Kershaw county nearly every ill dam was blown out. Reports jfrom the Blaney section tell of Ground one down dams blown out in ^Cershaw and Richland counties. In Sumter county Lenoir's mill dam broke and caused Mr. Lenoir heavy damages. It is said this dam had not broken in 47 years. Ellerbe's mill dam broke and waters went to such a height that Miss Ellerbe and the other occupants of the home weru marooned on the second floor of the * beautiful residence, near the. pond This home has been one of the beauty spots visited yearly by tourists as well as townspeople on account of its j .beautiful antiques furnishings, It is to be hoped that no great damage was dona, the property. The water to a depth of six feet is said to have eovqped the huge store of Mr. PerY*y. Brown nearby and caufced 'heavy km to his marchandise. At Hall's will on th^ll^ifiknow road leading to Bishopvilie, some ighteen mile* from Camden, a large two story, mill house and stora comJried was washed across the road into the swamp &nd destroyed. The mill end -store house, the upper stoty of which was used as a Woodman's hall, was the property of Momroe Stokes, of Lucknosv, but it was operated by ReHy Brother, of Bishopville. The loss to the stock of goods is esti mated at three thousand dollars, while loss to building and mill site will be .a loss of more than four thousand dollars. Two gasoline : tanks -were undermined and sent , floating down stream. It is said 1 gathered at the scene of ; the wKsokage trying :to salvage what i they could from the stock of goods. I At .Boykin's mill about 150 feet of j the highway on the Camden-?Sumter ' road was washed away, interrupting ; traffic for a couple of days, 't'he I highway department directed a large | force there and quickly repaired the damage and traffic was resumed. The mill dams of W. A. Hyatt and i L. Q. .Funderburk, located on the t same stream near Cassatt tvere waah' ed at .way. Georgia Election Results Imtcunplete returns from the Georgia (election held Wednesday indicate that (Governor L. <G. Hardman had won by a substantial majority over his opponent, state senator E. D. Shm. W. D- .Upshaw, opposing congressman Jju J. Steele in the fifth district was decisively defeated, Upshaw carrying oody one county in the district. Updhaw was a bitter foe of AJ Smith for the presidency. Charles K. Eagle, New York merchant and sportsman, committed suicide Sunday bjr shooting himself with a shot gam. :&*** Wallace a Gaines was hanged at Walla Walla, Wash-* on Saturday for the alleged nyrder of his daughter*, Sylvia, 22 a Smith college graduate, two //years ago in Seattle. -Gaines protested his innocence to the last, S3 .. : -h\ rIchards nominated . . ~ ? - ' I . McLaurin Richards " I Wmrz^ I Buffalo 84 91 Camden- 266 101 Cassatt 2ft 64 C. Thompson .... 27 7 . peKalb 4 7 poby*?N Mill ...... 16 U Enterprise^ 16 | - ' Hermitage 24 68 ? laddail ? v r? i . 2 12 Logoff 80 . W Liberty Hill 1 Oakland 7 - * ..ft Roland 76 Raley's Mm ...* 66 " * 78 Rabon's Cross R. . 12 W Salt 9nad 19 tiL? Sandy Grove .... 14 Shamrock 22 17 Shaylor's Hill f.. 8 16 Shcppard v 2 1*7 SndflT^reek ^ , WestvttW t 6 Total 971 1260 Sumter County Suffers From Flood Damage' * liutmer, Sfpt. t5.? Sumter was cut J off from liu\el tu the outside world froni hIiih?>i uverj point today, flood waters severing mil und highway cpipmunicHtion in nearly every direction. grains over the Atlantic Coast Line to ^Darlington and Charleston were discontinued early this morning, washouts being given as the cause. The train from Columbia this morning was held up for several hours fey a washout near Wedgefield and another washout occurred on the line to Augusta. These last two have been repaired, however, and trains are now being routed over them. All trains over the Northwestern railroad to Camden have been discontinued, the tracks of this line being several feet under water in many places. The damage sustained by Sumter county farmers and county roads will run into many thousands of dollars, according to reliable reports. A near cloudburst last night, added to the already swollen streams and swept away a number of bridges on country roads and washed away dams of four mill ponds. The ponds which went out during the night were Dinkins mill, whose dam had not been broken in 46 years, KMerbes mill, Ardis mill and Emauuela mill. The owners of these ponds have suffered a loss that has not yet been estimated. Nearly every highway out of Sumter has been closed to traffic, the roads being covered by water in many places. The Camden, Columbia, Florence and Bishopville highways are closed and it is not known when passage over them will be possible. The Charleston road was open this morning but high water on Black Jtiver is expected to close it before nightfall. No bridges on the main hard surfaced highways in the county have been' washed away, but a large number of wooden structures on country roads have been destroyed according to County Engineer Oliver, who made a tour of inspection this morning. Mr. Oliver said some of the roads were covered with water to such a depth that it is impossible yet to estimate the loss to the county. Perry Brown and his family, who live near Rembert, were marooned in the second story of their home this morning, the water having risen several feet deep on the first floor. Mr. Brown's store nearby was Bix feet deep in water and the Btock is expected to be almost a complete loss. Mostdof the streams are still rising, feut their crest is expected to be reached by nightfall. ,r\ ' G1V4S Smith $10,000 New York, Sept. 7.?Chairman John J. Rascob, of the Democratic National committee, today announced that Edward S. Harkness, New York philanthropist, had given $10,000 to ttj* campaign fund. He. said Mr. Harkness had been a Republican. wJiE a letter to the committee, Mr, Harkness said his contribution was made because of his "great admiration" *v for Governor Smith and "especially his splendid courage and rugged honesty in his stand on the prohibition question." Jew Stores Close Saturday . Saturday, September 16, will be observed the world over as Jewish New Year or Day of Atonement and Wlmm stoics in Camden wiU be closed tomorrow, while this da#"in being observed here. "" 1 I.. Estimated Cotton Crop Forecasting a cotton crop Of 14,489,000 bale$, 148,000 more than the estimate a month ago, the departof _ agriculture on Saturday placed the condition of the crop at 60.8 per cent, of normal, well above the ten-year September 1 average oferj57.1 per cent. Carolina's crop is estimated ?t- 660,000 with a crop condition of mi m ***> -Market Again Ope* The Kershaw County Community Club Market will open at 9:80 ?L m., beginning September 15tb. Wodocers will have vegetables and cake usual to sell. On account of bed roads many have been te?& but those in charge of tlie market hdpe for a better market on SepbfjiaMr 16th.V - -**hjl . __.j__.__ju Tuesday's Primary Shows Many Changes South Carolina Democrats in'* runI balloting yesterday evinced not M", h mort* <1 ispositiou than in the primary two weeks before to it<", uiue in office public servants vigoii.ujsly opposed. Exceptions are to U* remarked in scanning the re? 'U"1'. but generally incumbents hud a hard day of it. Jasper sends to the capital the first j woman to hold a seat in the state senate. Mrs. Mary Ellis of Ridgelland, experienced in politics as county superintendent of education, defeated for the senatorship H.. Klugn 1'udy. Darlington retains as its superintendent of education Mrs. E. D. I Hutto and Marlboro has chosen for that office Miss Jenny Dell McRae over the incumbent, J. P. Campbell. Lexington, however, preferred for superintendent of education a man over Miss Eva Hite. Two other women candidates met defeat yosterday: Mrs. C. B. (Jahagan for clerk of court in Colleton, while in Horry, Mrs. Leethard D. Bryan serving out, by appointment of the governor, the unexpired term of her late husband, Clerk of Court W, L. Bryan, was defeated by John Holt, a former county treasurer. Among upsets of the day are to be noted: Elbert H. Aull, veteran journalist, a former superintendent of education for Newberry, went down before his opponent; in Laurens, Clerk of Court Powers was ousted after 16 years; Sheriffs Ray of Bamberg, Swearingen of Edgefield, Barnea of Florence and Rector of Greenville failed of rf-election. Clarendon reports Sheriff Gamble, however, to? have been re-elected by a large macjority and in Sumter Sheriff Hurst seems in the clear for another tei'm. Rector, storm center in Greenville,, met his match in Cliff Bramlett. In' Aik^n, Nollie Robinson was defeated: :for Bheriff by Howard. In Williamsk | burg, W. R. Graham, son of a former I sheriff, defeated- - for the shrievalty H. S. Gamble, who was sheriff for the years 1920-28. ' For the senate, M. C. Harrelsom . was re-elected in Marion over B. B. ! ( Sellers. Broadus Thompson enters the senate from Oconee. A lawyer Lat Walhalla, he is a graduate of the University of South Carolina. Bryson. has won the Greenville seat over Martin. A new member of the Greenville house delegation is Dewey Oxner, well known in Columbia. Among - house members nominated yesterday were, from Kershaw, Norman Richards of Camden, brother to Governor Richards, and from Beau( fort, Charles J. Golcock of Bluffton, son of the late Dr. F. H. Colcock of the University of South Carolina. Voting was in some localities lighter, in some heavier, than in the first primary, apparently for local reasons. It was, for instance, lighter In Edgefield, while heavier by soo ballots in Cherokee. So tittle question was raised about the oath required Bndir. Rule 32 that only one or 'two correspondents gave the mktter mention at all. One lone appeal has been reported, this from Greenwood/? Wednesday's State. ? | ; ' Lancaster Primary Results . , county aeeoM" Democratic primary ?|i hold Tueeday. 4^^ L and tholr At 5:30, one and one-half hours * after t tjie polls had closed, 24 boxes out of 38 had been heard from, and ty 6 o'clock a complete list of boxes had been received. ~ The unofficial vote showed Lewis M. Clyburn and Allen M. Sapp elect? ^ recefvin* 2224 vot**f and the latter 2527. For Bheriff Lewis F. Dabney deA Montgomery with 2440 to 1927 votes. SmaflL .defeated ShiUito W coroner by ajyw^ of 2008 to 1747,-La*. caster News.' .?* Psefejed. ^ Eaotow to 9t M.tthew., hot fallen ?oni ?? no mere. ^rssr aa/trs