The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 21, 1928, Image 1
The Camden Chronicle
LUME XXXX. 'J
CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1928 ^
1 1 1 m ... . .. NUMBER 26.
avy Damage to Crops and
Trees From Wind and Rain
nuiei. ami vicinity was on Wediy
taking stock of the damage
n the wake of one of the fiercest
;#j huiiicanes ever experienced
lW bec:ion. Beginning with .1
rainfa.l on Monday afternoon
kind began to blow about ten
i Monday night and kept up its
galt*> until sometime early
f$(iay morning?the entire blow
accompanied by a heavy downof
rain, which measured 11.0'
5 according to the official reader
a forty-eight hour period.
! damage caused to property was
[ibic. hut that to growing crops
t be estimated. A great deal
tton on farms was ready for j
ijf after a few days of bright;
jer, and the greatest damage I
one from this source on account'
sg beaten to the ground,
at damage was again done to,
rays just after the roads had
repaired and restored to normal.!
of the roads could not "be travel1
various directions and up to
esday afternoon the county and
ray forces had been mainly enin
cutting trees that had fallross
the roads.
rhaps the heaviest damage to
>ne corporation was that to the
itage Mill Company. The heavy
had swelled the mill pond to
an extent that it ap.peared evithat
the dam would break and
had to resort to cutting the dam
f place. The break was made at
nt near where the former flood
stood, and it is thought by dohis
some of the water can be
in the mill race for use in the
s at the mill. The break in the
xas about two hundred feet, and
irge volume of wafcer soon .had
[ section of the Cnmden-Bishoplighway
submerged and traffic
kis route was halted and it will
By be opened for traffic Friday.
Bt in the dam was made at the
It of the highway department
lit was seen that the dam would
Bh give way further east. The
Bt! in no immediate danger.
Mta bridge was blown out on
But river road hut it was quick^^Btred
and traffic restored, but
Bwr than this was gotten in
lit river had risen to ouch sn
B that travel had to be stopped
Camden-Sumter .highway.
damage in .Camden lyag to
Bone and power .lines, A. break
line early Tuesday morning on
Bb street caused ijy a falling pine
B* current off, .and as soon as
Bne could be sejujired another
Bould fall and the city was in
Bss all of Tuesday night and
Is and power, circuits were reV
about three o!clock Wednet
afternoon. Many telephones
But out of commission, but like
ower lines, working on them
Bthe terriffic wind was vefry,
jkus as well as useless, and
P be some time before all lines
B restored to normal.
fral hundred towering oaks and
nd other trees throughout the
Pe" victims to the fury of the
However, it is thought there
I have been few' " casualties
W trees had it not been for
that the earth was exceed soft
f 1 , ,
"'" 1 tt lOllg COilLlllUUU WCC
Caus;:.g them to fall easy vic10
the high winds. Around
P N(' t the handsome pines in
I on P.irk, for years the adPoa
of all visitors went down
I ^ t.ids. A like number of
IU' ' :ne'b in Seaboard Park
? ,syahoard passenger station
| si.n.,av fate. Ten or more
^ P <> in the park near Jack("l'hool
were blown down.
a' as been used for many
a tourist camp ground for
d ria* am* has been badly dis^
( 4 oral large oaks in Monu' luaie
near the Camdea
uprooted and blown
. n ^0Ur or morC ill
aw park
the largest sufferer from
' , 0s was the Court Inn,
u:?1' s tourist hotels. Here.
<1 torty-eight of the giant
lav 1 ' n t^oir typing crush"
the smaller pines that
- ... car?fnlly preserved for
hnmirwi ot
th* 'X'SttWul projMTty
'
i fell. Many of them were* evergreens.
Eleven of these large pines fell
[across Haile street extension, and in
falling carried down telephone, telegraph
and power lines, as fcell as
portions of the high wire fence,
liuflic on this street was blocked for
nearly a day before the large pines
c?U(ld be cut away. Jiut with it all,
the beauty of the Court Inn yards
has not been marred to a great extent,
and with the clearing of the
.fallen trees it will be restored to its
original beauty.
At the Hermitage Mill village
around seventy-five large pines fell.
Here it was that the only property
damage occurred. One house was
stiuck and badly crushed when a
pine fell on the end of the house.
Another was damaged considerably
by three trees falling on it.
In Camden numerous privategrounds
suffered. Two large oaks
in the Hobkirk Inn grounds blew
i down. One large oak to the entrance
of the J. Leonard Graham property
fell and in falling carried with it a
large brick gate post. A large oak
on the ground of the H. P. Kendall
estate fell. Two giant oaks in the
W. L. DoPass yard were uprooted.
A large oak on the Ralph Shannon
property as well as an oak on the T.
J. Kirkland property. Two large
oaks on the C. W. Birchmore platfe
fell. Two oaks on east DeKalb street
as well as one on the Presbyterian
church grounds fell. Another tree
was blown down at the corner of DeKalb
and Fair streets and partly fell
on the house situated on the corner
but no great damage resulted. Two
trees were leaning badly against the
W. S. Burnett home on north Fair
street but only a slight damage reauitetf
here.' Two ""tree? felLagaifist
the home of J. Fletcher Smith on
Rutledge street and caused considerable
damage to the residence. A
number of trees were down on York
street as well as several pretty shade
trees on the vacant lot adjoining the
post office lot. A tree fell and
slightly damaged the residence of W.
R. DeLoache on the King HaigJar
property, as did a tree falling from
the property of Mrs. E. E. Sill and
striking the home of J. S. Lindsay.
One fell m the yard of J. C. hiichoison
doing slight damage. A giant
[mulberry tree in the yard of lira. G,
G. Alexander did damage to porch
ami <a flower pit. Large cedar trees
fell in the yards of T. B. McCJain and
I Fletcher Moora. Two shade trees
1 fell near the residence of Mrs. J.
j Sumter Rhame and a /ailing tree in
| the rear of the H. G. Garrison, fir.
property caused damage to the hack
pordh. A huge mulberry tree of the
bearing variety fell in the back yard
of the property of A. B. Wright, on
Chesnut street. Four trees went'
down on the Goodie Castle property
owned by Carroll P. BassetL The
j beautiful estate of Holly Hedge, now
! owned by Ernest L. Woodward, of
LeRoy, N. escaped with the destruction
of only a few trees. It is
thought that this property was projected
from the high wfhda by being
.directly under Jpmelle Hijl, the highest
point in Camden.
Many of the great trees in this
estate were saved by the untiring
efforts cf workmen on this Tn
J the face of the storm they succeeded
'in supporting the trees by ropes and
! stakes. Among the trees saved in
'this manner were cedars of Lebanon,
holly trees and Carolina cherries.
A large barn on the George T.
Little farm near the Wateree river
was demolished by the wind. It was
at first thought that thirty head of
cattle had been destroyed in the
Little pasture but when the waters
receded it was found that practically
! all of the cattle had sought safety on
a high spot and were rescued.
About twenty-five pines and oaks
in the neighborhood of the Camden
cemetery were blown down. Some of
the trees were on property owned by
the city, while others feil on private
property. A few of the trees fnsHe
of the cemetery fence fell.
All of the large pines will make
valuable timber and Mayor DuBo*tand
city council are receiving bids
from different lumber dealers to see
-which way will b* bast to dispose of
thr falleu timber. The bids will be
opened at council moms Friday at
.r u.
I
noon. The city reserves the right to
reject any of all bids, and if the bids
and not high enough the timber may
be sold at public auction.
Damage in the business district
nonsiBted of the smashing of windows
in the third story of the Masonic
building and the smashing of a large
plate glass window in the DeKalb
pharmacy. The only casualty reported
so far resulted from the breaking
of this glass. Mr. J. D. Zemp,
the manager, was preparing something
for display in the window and |
was quite badly cut from falling
glass. A gash was cut in the top of i
his head and several gashes on his
arm and ,hand. H? was carried to j
the Camden hospital for surgical
treatment where it was found necessary
to take several stitches. He was
out the following day ami his friends
are glad to know he was not serious
ly hurt.
A report from the Wateree Power
Station in West Wateree late Wednesday
aftcrnoolt ^tated that the.
water was Tunning . ctocr the spillways
at that place to a height of six and a
half feet and that the river had risen
about three inches during th? . day.
A motorist traveling from Js&tjiter
to Camden found himself blocked
at every turn in the road 'Wednesday
afternoon and he finally reached the
Hermitage farm three miles from
Camden having come by way of
Spring Hill. At the Hermitage farm
he left his car in charge of Mr. Dixon
and proceeded on foot over the
Southern railway trestle to Camden.
When nearing the water tank close
to the old Southern freight depot he
had to wade through water ov$t the
tracks to a depth of a foot or more.
Rev. J. P. Graham ^vho found him'self
in the same predicament accom.
panied him on the trip as did another
[gentlemai^by\the name of Lore who
j wanted tp gat ta Camden, ?
Rev. Thomas Named as
\South Carolina IJishop
j
Florence, Sept. ID.?The Rev. Albert
IS. Thomas, rector of St. Michael'*
j church, Charleston, will succeed the
late William A. Clueny as bishop of
j?. he Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
South Carolina, having been elected
<n the lift>1 ballot to the office by a
' special convention here yesterday,
i The question of reuniting tjie two
j dioceses of South Carolina and Upper
j South Carolina was not brought bei
fore the convention, it being understood
that the proposal of reunion had
gained so little support that the matter
was dropped by tacit consent.
Many of the delegates reaching
here had expressed opposition to the
reunion plan.
In voting; for the bishop no nomii
nations were made from the floor.
After silent prayer ballots were distributed
among the delegates.
On the first ballot those receiving
votes included the Rev. Oliver Hart,
of Chattanooga, Tenn., the Rev. Mr.
Thomas, bishop-elect, the Rev. 0. T.
Porcher of Bennettsville, the Rev.
H. I). Phillips of Columbia, the Rev.
William Way of Charleston, the Rev.
H. W. Starr of Charleston and the
Rev. W. S. Poynor of Florence.
The above associated press dispatch
from Florence will be read with inj
terest by friends of Rev. Thomas here.
Rev. Thomas married Miss Emily
Garrison of Camden, and has largo
numbers of friends here and throughout
the state.
Has Returned To Camden |
Elise F. Mcl.ester announces thati
she is at home again after spending
eleven weeks in Trenton and Spring
Lake Beach, New Jersey. She has1
begun her duties as supervisor of
colored schools of the county and
states that if anyone wishes to confer
with her along any line of school
| work they can do so by calling at her
^ home .ATondays and Friday* ^daringr
,the month of September.
! Taught Here Many Years Ago
Dr. Andrew C. Moore, noted biologist,
twice acting president of S6uth
Carolina state university and once
(lean there, died suddenly last night
, of heart disease, at his home on the
| campus aged 62 years. He was professor
in the science department last
year. He was born in Spartanburg
county, but his great work in education
was in Columbia where he was
Chairman of the city school board for
a quarter of a century.
Prof. Moore was at one time superintendent
of the Camden schools, i
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Democrat* Name
Nine Kiev torn
Hie Stati* I ii'iinu i at k- Executive
* niiMttev at it.-, nu?-iing last week
la. , (i,?u n a .-iltiit until of loyalty for
I tl)i South < arolma 1 R-inoci a tic cutuii
?h<<- > for pre-i.Initial el,-, tors, who
^' e i.umed at the session.
! .e ioiumitt.ee declitre<l the results
o: he recent state primary, the officio
figures o.ft'cring ?,nl> slightly
from unofficial tabulations.
subject to the oath pt,-scribed calling'
for "strong anil faithful nllegi
arte, the electors nominated are:
state at large, Roach S. Stewart o'"
Lancaster, and George B. Cromer of
Newberry; First district, M. I\ Howel1
of Walterboro; Second district,
George Warren of Hampton; Thirl
district, A. G. Dagnnll of Anderson,
Fourth district, W'ilton H. Karle of
Greenville; Fifth district, W. B. Wilson
of Rock Hill; Sixth district, T. I.
Rogers of Dillon; Seventh district,
friancis H. Weston of Columbia.
Naming of the electors and framing
of the oath for them, both of
which were done in executive session,
were preceded by u heated appeal by
D. D. McColl of Bennettsville, for
Jthe "utmost care in selecting me 1
tried and true." Mr. McColl said that
indications were that the Democratic
presidential candidate would receive
W greatest majority in South Carolina
since the Confederate war, but
he warned that "an insidious and
secret campaign" was being carried
on in North Carolina and that it
might be extended into this state.
^ajing that this movement seeks
"to undermine the Democratic party
from within," Mr. McColl declared:
1 here are also evidences of sucn
a campaign in South Carolina and it
must be combatted by a strong organization
for Smith and Robnison
and a strong and faithful allegiance
on the part of those who are named
to the electoral college." ^The
pledge which the ..cpmxnitbee
adopted by the electors calls evplicltly
for allegiance to national nominees,
who are designated by name.
It follows:
"I hereby accept your appointment
as one of the Democratic electors of
South Carolina to be voted for in
South Carolina in the' general presidential
election to be held November
6, lf)28. 1 hereby declare that J am
not the holder of any office nor am
1 in any other way disqualified under
the law to serve as presidential elector.
I accept the appointment as
elector with the distinct understanding
and vnder the unequivocal pledge
that if I shall he elected xn the ,genar-1
al.election that I am to vote for and
in every way in my power promote
the election af the nominees of the)
Democratic party, to wit, ifor president
of the United State*, Alfred E.
Smith, the present governor of New
York, and for vice-presidemft, Joseph
T. Robinson, at present a senator
from the state of Arkansas. I furthermore
agree and promise that if
it shall become necessary for me to
participate in the naming of other
electors in the room and plaoe of any
who may be for any reason disqualified
or unnble to act, that I will vote
only for the substitution of those
who cart be depended upon faithfully
to execute the duty to vote for the
said Alfred E. Smith for president
and the said Joseph T. 'Robinson for
vice-president, and who as a condition
of their appointment shall subscribe
a pledge identical with this
one."
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Community House Open Tonight
Members of the Home Demonstrat.on
Club of LugofT have been very
a tive during the past year in prosi!.
>fing the building of a Community
House and on Friday evening, September
21 between the hours of seven
and- nine o'clock^ {he doors will be
opened to the public in the form of a
silver tea. The members of the club
will act as hstesses and the offerings
received will be used in furnishing
the building.
This is the first* community house
to be built in the county. The funds
for the erection of the building have
boon raised through the efforts of the
Home Demonstration Club by putting
on community exhibits at the state
and county flars. It is the purpose
of the club to use this building as a
community center and a tea room will
be run in connection with it. The
funds derived from this will be used
to promote community projects.
Th? public is cordially invited to
?!>i? oTMriac. ^
".akj** - ?ViiPlk
Seaboard A miounces
Sc/i i d n Ie Ch cm (/ex
1 he S? ah.iai?l \;i Fine Kailroa I
t
IIIIIIUUIKV , i llYv l .f }?i- llCt U1! > Sep
l?-tnbtM 2 >, he m iu-M ilc of t?.*? SeuIxiUlll
! .1-1 lllall t:a ! will br ? hanged
o tha' (he train w . leave Jaksonvilli
1. Id at i..k: !i>U'ud i.l" at 9
o'cluri. ;,s at pre.s? . . an>l will arrive
in Columbia at 7:1 m the m<>i m)ii? |
instead ut at f> it < ! k as pioeilt, j
The Seaboard Air I.me Kailroa I j
it a- g:anted a beam.,; befme tlu- '
Sou'h ( arolinu Kailroa '. Commission
on August 17, '.ist, when permission
was ^ sen to diseontinue loc.il trails j
numbers 29 and do on the (ieorgii!
division between Monroe, N. (\, an 11
Athen.-. Ga., with tin understanding,
that Gains f> and 6 would do the ;
loeal work. It was at the same time '
understood that when the loeal trains,
were discontinued ;t new train woul I ,
be established between Birmingham,!
Ala. and Hamlet, N. and run on;
a very fast schedule connecting at 1
I/amlet with the Southerner now run - 1
ning through Columbia, between New ,
York, Washington, Richmond, and
Florida points. The new train to b" j
known us the "Atlanta Special" and j
will carry numbers 207 and 208.
The new schedule is generally ef- j
fective with the change of schedule;
on Sunday September 22, but the first I
trip of No. d, the fast mail, under,
the new schedule will not be made]
until Wednesday night at 11:10]
o'clock arriving in South Carolina
Thursday morning. This change of
schedule will give the people from
south Florida as well as from points
west of Jacksonville better opportunity
to make connections at Jacksonville
with this train for South Carolina
points with a decidely more convenient
hour of arrival in the Capitol
City, as well as Camden, McBee und
Cheraw, especially as the tourist sea-i
son approaches. The hour of arrival
in Columbia is 7:1b a. m.; Camden,
| 8:17; MoBee, 9:02 a. m.; Cheraw, 9:45'
I*, m.; Hamlet, .10:20 a. m.~; Raleigh,
H:35 p. m.; Richmond, 6:30 p. m. and
reach the National Capitol at 9:50 in
the evening, where direct connections
may be made for all points east and
west over the various railroads entering
the latter point.
Train No. 1 will leave Hamlet at
6:40 a. m.; Cheraw 7:18 u. m.; McBee,
8:09 a. m.; Camden 9:06 a. m.; arrive
in Columbia, 10:16 a. m. with corresponding
changes south of Columbia.
Other minor changes will be
made at the same time and patrons of
the road are urged to communicate
with the representatives at the local
offices should they contemplate a trip
on and after Sunday, September 23.
Services Annua need
Announcement is made that Rev.
M. Martin will preach all of the week
in Bethel A. M. E. Church beginning
Tuesday, September 25, at 8:30 p. m.
The public is cordially invited to these
services. Rev. J. W, Shaw is the
pastor in charge and F. E. Moses is
the secretary.
Will Give Demonstration
Saturday morning, September 22,
at 9:30 a. m. Miss Alma Burgees*
the County home demonstration
ngent^ will give a demonstration in
the Club Market on the use of pears.
Customers can depend on the market
fdf chickens, tomatoes, mince meat
and some vegetables. The heavy
rajns have drowned out the gardens
but producers are working for early
fall gardens. '
Road Condition Reports
Motorists traveling through Camden
or those intending to make i
motor trip can get hourly information
as to roads by calling on Mr. B.!
G. Sanders in the Chamber of Commerce
office.
The Hermitage Baptist Church
We wish to announce that Mr. It.
T. Goodale of Camden, is to address
the -Sunday School of this Church
next Sunday morning at lit o'clock.
Every one is invited to be present.
Our Sunday School attendance runs,
from 150 to 300. We had 270 present
last Sunday.
The ReVT W. M. Howell, of Biltmore,
N. C., just closed a meeting
with us. There were twenty-five
received by baptism and about seven
by letter. We are to begin a meeting
next Monday, September 24th,
at 7:45 p. m. The Rev. J, E. Hand? ,
coclc the railroad evangelist is to do
the preaching. Ev$ry is invited
to attend these services.,':i.
ICrges Contributions
For Campaign Fund
On last I'liday, September 1 1th,
of <,?m voU'rs of ( air K'n and
v rty nu t a', tht* Court House, ami
o!, .011/.i*d a Smith for President Club
' t .imhIcii and Kershaw County.
I !!<>\ving ?< !(' i -lected as ofti<
> I k. Iiotti i, president, \V. II.
II . 'i. vice |>i rsuloni, and llughey
I n<.al. -rci i'tar.N and trcHMin r.
1 tn- most important work of the
?lub at pM-MMti will he to- see that
Kershaw County raises its quolo for
the support of tin4 National Democratic
ticket. There has? been sent
out hv the president, an appeal addrtvsed
to the executive committeu
men from each club, that they set
about raising funds in their respective
clubs, and turn the same over to
Mr. Ilughey Tindal, our secretary and
treasurer. It is very important that
each one of these executive committee
men act at once, and raise as
much money as possible in each club
if the county is to do its full share.
Everyone who contributes will be
Automatically enrolled as a member
of the Smith for President Club.
Let us get busy and see that every
enrolled Democratic voter in the
county is given^ an opportunity to
contribute to the fund. The executive
committee men of each club
are urged to make a repoA to Mr.
Tindal as soon as possible. So far,
this county has only contributed
something less than one hundred dollars.
"
Four Negro Youths
Sentenced To Death
Charleston, Sept. 16.?The four
Negro youths convicted here Thursday
of the murder of Charlie Loy,
Chinese laundryman, were sentenced
Friday by Judge E. C. Dennis to
'die in the electric chair October 12.
J The condemned are: John "Pick16;
John Brownj Oeor^e Palmer
land Sam Tolbert, 21.
The sentence was pronounced before
a crowd that jammed into the
courtroom. There was no disorder,
\
but when Judge Dennis allowed the
Negroes' request that they be permitted
to sing, the contagious music
brought a section of the room, where
a largo group of Negroes was gathered,
into a swaying, moving mass.
"Let Jc8us Bring You Out," the
men crooned, "Let Jesus Bring Yo.i
Out, All Right, All Right." %
All except Pickney admit their
connection with the crime, but the
youngest still maintains his innocence
and claims he is a victim of a frameup.
This sentence, in the memory of
Charleston jurists, establishes a
record conviction and sentence for
South Carolina. .
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To Close Monday "
The following stores will be closed
on Monday, September 24th, being a
religious holiday known as Yom
Kippur: Wolfe^Eichel Company, The
Fashion Shop, Tbe Leader, I. Wolfe,
The Outlook, Schlbsburg's Stores,
M. H. Heyman, L. Schenk & Company,
Lomansky Brothers, Camden
Clothing Company, Hirsch Brothers
Si Company. " v '
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Case Nolle Prossed
Against Chapman
Rock Hill, Sept. 14.-?Charges of :i
using the mails with intent to defraud
against the Rev. S. P.- Chapman,
Wesleyan Methodist pastor of Rock
Hill, were nolle prossed - in federal
district court here today.
A grand jury yesterday returned
n n indictment. Counsel for the minister
then entered a motion to quash
the indictment _on grounds that a
threat in a letter to W, A. Edwards
of Weatville could not be interpreted
as a crime under the statute.
When attorneys appeared today, they
withdrew the motion, and ^District
Attorney Joseph A. Tolbert announc- . j
ed that he had decided to abandon
the charges.
Mr. Chapman was arrested and
bound over to court under $1,600
bond on complaint of Edwards. In
a letter Chapman threatened to expose
Edwards for an alleged assault
upon the wife of a tenant, and for
an alleged conspiracy to "make away" 1
with Edwards coupled with demands
for payment of a $750 note and $40
to. fifty dollars alleged to be owcd'Tr"""
former tenant on Edwards' fkrm.
Chapman wa& .acting In the capacity
of private detective. %
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