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gulgp ? Q.AMpEN CHRONia.F. I CAMDEN' SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER I2. 1928. > . NUMBER 29. mge Farm stocked < ft/, Hereford Cattle B Mrs" John L. Weeks, of |Syork City and Englewood, and < jjMjs0 0wn the former Sid Smith 1 But un (jicsnut street, were in Br:, for a few days this week. < jB'eoks as dow.n to look after ' iSming interests. He has recent- < Bfbased the 1483 acre tract for- I B owned hy Mr. W. H. Kirb Bind has it under the manage- < Bof Mr. C. B. McCaskilK i deal of this land lies on < Bfateree river and hag some of Ktst grazing lands to be found Be state. Mr. Weeks about u i Sg0 ordered a car load of pure ^Hereford cattle from Texas with . Shi- has stocked his farm and i of the heifers have already ? B. Not an acre of cotton was i S<j on this large place this year St of it being planted in peas and 1 Sforage crops. S McCaskill says he expects to i Bo this herd and in time will Battle to ship to Northern mar- < |fl He will also have several fine ] B mares for raising fine horses. B Weeks is just Completing a | B log cabin on this place, which Bontain one large living room, '< Bd rooms, two bafh rooms and a B. The house will be furnished i Blight and water from a Delco l Bn? the water coming from pure Be springs. U Services Grace Church 1 B Rev. Albert New, M. A. recBf Waynesville, N. C., is temporal in charge of the Camden Epis9 church until a new rector is ' Id. Mr. New will preach next Sun- ' Bnorning, October 14th, at 11:15 on "A Double Blessing." B Holy Communion will be celeId at 8 a. m. Church school at ft m. and Young Peoples Service \ lie at 7:30 p. m. Every body is cordially invited to all services. ( .Methodist Church Services Bvices at the Lyttleton Street ' ld:st cfttrrch Sunday," October Ivill be as fojlows: Bible school * Boo a. m. with classes for all J Band ages. Epworth League, |B ni., to which all the young ' |Ware requested to come. Pub- ^ j^pahip at 11:15 a. m. and 7: 30 jB^wnducted by the pastor, Rev. * Pierce Watson. Morning : ?B**The Spirit of. Christian Serm bening theme, "An Awful 1 Mid-week prayer ser- ^ ||BlhdKs<lay 7:30 p; m. The pub|B **t cordially invited to all 1 |B??f this church. Seats /ree, j music, Bible studies suit- 1 IB4 the needs and demands of this IB8* age in which we are living. < jBand bring your friends. .^! Young-Shelby ,1 , |l marriage that came as a sut to lbcu- many friends was that , Virginia Gladys Young and ] B?n Ernest Shelby, which was , at the Presbyterian manse ^ ^Ptcaster, S. C., by the Rev JopB September 29th, at 2 o'clock. i ""Press:ve ring ceremony was B- Shelby is the eldest daughter Band M T. H. Young, of Flat 1 Barui Wa-- :? popular member of , B of -7 of Kershaw High ] ' Eer many friends will regret jBn ^at bor marriage will take ( j^P**y from Kershaw. B Shelby holds a responsible po- ( Bj^jth the Duke Power'Company B ceremony was witnessed by a , Be ^v<s ?f both parties. After , B ^edding trip the young couple B^ their home in Salisbury miration Heavy or General Eleciion Bnal ?b<'ck up of the county Bejdl P ^ooks which closed last B* * and according to figures Bed us by Mr G E Taylor, Bf ? the boa?"dt reveals that n ( , do had secured the neces ' !tration papers. BevJregv!'trat,on is lar*er than it E is 71 known in this county ifa? to 8ay ^hat but very Bbcsn ?t0S wil1 ** Cft8t *or tho r electors. " * Wh 7^re'\Sh0W that 1'067 wbit? W ann fem?les, 7 colored Eed ln ,?.ne color*d f?male were B^ m the list, B?H e*nllna in ^P^her used W of guoJfcNu " Uovernor O Herkeley Columbia, (Jot. b.. .a? ' ^rder removing from office (. i. Woodward, Herkeley county deputy sheriff, was announced at the offUv A Governor John G. Richards today.' lhe order was issued yesterday, two nys after the Governor conducted a hearing for Woodward to show cause why he should not be dismissed on! charges of having sold to J. W. Mints i tnd helped him transport (il gallons o( seized liquor stored in the county! jail at Moneks Corner. Meanwhile, State Constable T. J. Cunningham, sent by the Governor to Moncks Corner to search certain1 stocks of whisky which, it was testi- I fled at the hearing, hajJ been passed j out by county police officers to their' friends, today brought back nearly1 12 gallons of whisky in amounts and' brands and taken from houses that! tallied with the defense testimony made to the Governor at the hearing. The whisky brought in today included a 10 gallon keg of white corn held at the county jail which, Wood- \ ward had said, he was saving for' State Constable B. B. Leitzsy of New-1 berry on the latter's request. Six quarts of bottled in bond whisky were found at the home of Magistrate H. W. Harvey, seals unbroken, tpe magistrate having testified that he had received this liquor from1 seized stocks, while one quart of j bottled in bond whisky was found at I the home of Ira Grady. Grady had testified that hfe had received it from State Constable J. D. Meyers who! was a prosecution witness against Woodward. Presbyterian Church Notes Rally Day was a splendid success in our school last Sunday. One bunJred and thirty-five were present and made an offering of twenty-two dol- j lars- and fifty cents which is to be' Siven %o Sunday School extension work in., the Southern Presbyterian Church. The program, "The King's Highway," was enjoyed by all. Bethesda Church is being represent-' sd this week at Synod in Columbia oy Mr. L. T. Mills and the pastor. The young people of the church shipped a large box of clothing to the storm stricken people in Florida this week. This was made possible' through the generosity of the peo-i pie of Camden. The pastor has been asked to re-! mind the parents of the church of! -he. Junior Christian Endeavor work. This organization is intended to embrace the children up to twelve years of age. It meets under the direction of two young ladies of the church 2very Sunday afternoon at four-thirty Vclock at the Sunday School room. is hoped that more of the children will attend and benefit from this splendid work. One piece of work recently done by this organization was to support a Korean leper for three months. The public is cordially invited to all services of this church. Second Week Jurors Jurors drawn Tbesday to serve fothe second week of Court of General Sessions, to report on Monday, October 29, were: Dannie Brannon, E. G. Moseley, M. N. Billings, G. T. Catoe, E. C. Zemp, B. T. Davis, J. H. Ray, D. L. Bradley, Z. L. Player, B. C. Goff, James D. Sheorn, A. C. Moseley, F. C. Moseley, of Camden; C. B. Baker, E. J. Fields, R. L. Jones, J. M. Clyburn, D. M. Melton, of Bethune; T. F. McDowell, Frank Young, of Westville; J. H. Davis, of Cassatt; R. C. Jones, of Liberty Hill; A. K. Bowen, T. B. Branham, W. E. Kelly, J. R. Bell, J. M. Martin, W. L. Branham, of LugofT, James Hunter, W. L. Stover, W. W. CautRen, J. M. Gardner, T. W. Bowers, of Kershaw; C. W. Holly, N. B. Welsh, of Jefferson; R. E. Hammond, of Stoneboro. To Hold Conference Sunday The annual conference of the Camden Baptist church will be held Sunday, October 14th, at the close of the morning service. The report of the treasurer will be received and election of officers for the church year will be held. A full attendance of the membership is desired. Nearer His Doom Washington, Oct- 8.?Corftplete failure marked the effort here today to get an order permitting William Edward Hickman of Los Angeles to appeal to the Supreme court from hla conviction for the murder of Marion Parker, a 12-year-old schoolgirl. * Fireman Watts Killed By Engineer Camp Hock Hill, S. C., Oct. 10.?J, P. \N utts, 2:1, fireman on a Southerfi Hailway extra work train, lies dead here today as the result of a blow on the head struck last Saturday morning alleged to have been struck by J. F. < amp, his engineer, following an encounter in the cub of their engine at Hickory Grow. Camp surrendered and was being held in York county jail pending the outcome of a coroner's inquest. \N atts, who is the son of J. K. Watts, a well-to-do lumber dealer of Hranchville, S. C\, died in 'a Hock Hill hospital last night. A coroner's; jury was empanelled this morning, viewed the body, and adjourned until Friday afternoon. The body was taken "to Branehville where funeral services and interment will take place Thursday. Camp and Watts arc said to have become emtyyoiled early Saturday morning. The quarrel, according to the result of an investigation by officers with cooperation of railroad detectives, ended in an encounter during which Watts was struck on the head with a wrench. Had Many Relatives Here The father of young Watts was born and reared in the Cantey section of our county and the young man leaves many relatives here. Engineer Camp was known to many in Camden also and had many friends who regret the unfortunate tragedy. Officers Club In Meet At Thomas Coffee Shop The Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers Club of the local unit national guard staged one of the most delightful affairs on the week's social calendar when, on Wednesday evening, sixteen members of the club were guests for dinner at the Thorpas Cofjfee Shop on East DeKalb street. The dinner was followed by brief business session during which plans for obtaining a new and modernly :equipped armory were discussed. The 1 spirit of co-operation and advancement of Camden's crack machine gun outfit were strikingly displayed during the evening as principal aims of the club. Sergeant H. C. Hardy, president of the club, acted as toastmaster and also presided during the business session. Other officers of the club are: Sergeant P. L. Sanders, vice-president; Corporal L. C. Hardy, secretary, and Sergeant E. B. Lorick, treasurer. Officers of the company attending the banquet were Capt. A. M. McLeod, First Lieut." Brevard Boykin, Second Lieut. C. H. Yates, First Sgt. P. L. Sanders, Sergeants E. B. Lorick, Charles Lorick, Hoyt Trapp, Richard Goodale, H. C. Hardy, J. T. Haynes, Corporals J. T. Fort, Ernest Ros3, Hebron Radcliffe, L. L. Elliott, and J. C. Rush. The coffee shop, now under the management of Mrs. May Schumpert, registered a notable degree of success in the menu and decorations for the evening. GENERAL NEWS NOTES According to estimates issued by the census department there are now five American cities with populations of over a million. These include New York with 6,017,000; Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit and Cleveland, Ohio, which has 1,010,300. Williams Gibbs, 20, of Los Angeles, Cal., was arrested in Detroit, Mich., Wednesday and is now held at Windsor, Ontario, Canada, charged with robbing a Canadian National railway mail car of sums totaling $22,000 and upward. Frederic J. Gurney, 72, has enrolled as n student at the University of Chicago. For many years he has been recorder at the university and was forced to retire because of his age and then decided that he would ehroll as a student. . Stanley Raymond (Bucky) Harris, manager of the Washington American league baseball team the past several years, and who captured two pennants for his team, has been jelieved of the managership of the Washington ouflt. The rescue of twenty-seven men of the crew of the American trawler FiHett, after the crew had abandoned the ship, by the Hawaiian steamer American, 1,000 or more mile* off the New Found land coast, was reported at New York on Wednesday. Mill T olber tShows Here All Week New \ ork Society, which is described as a powerful drama, will be presented by the Tolbert Players as i their opening ay ruction, while the feature play of the week, George M. Cohan's eontedy success, "So this is L< "don," will be rendered Friday night. The Tolbert Players will dose i their week's engagement on Saturda\ night when they are scheduled to render "The Gorilla," a thrilling, kit ng mystery play that will keep yoy howling with laughter from start to finish, '1 his year the management has secured live big time vaudeville acts for the af ter show or concert. Storm | ami McCoy with their harmony sing- j ing and ndt'obutic dancing, and Jim-j mi? Mclver, a black face comedian, j are the feature acts. They also offer for your approval two complete orchestras, one jazz, and a baby symphony orchestra. All music lovers of Camden are invited to come out. 1 he Tolbert tent show hardly needs an introduction to local theatre goers. During the few years this attraction has made a number of visits to Camden, and its return this year is something like the novel visit of old friends, an entertainment of clean and wholesome nature, and large crowds are expected to witness its performance here next week. Announcement has been made by the management of the show that any lady who pays the regular admission Monday night will be given a free pass for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights. Only 10 cents to pay for each night. The show is managed by Boyd Hoi low ay, owner and leading man, while Miss Bettie Edwards is the leading lady. The Milt Tolbert Players have a reputation as being one of the be.n shows on the road and their presentations have always been well attended in Camden. The big tent which ha* a capacity of eighteen hundred persons will be located on lot back of Post Office. Cotton Ginning Report William I). Cook, special agent for the government in reporting cotton ginnings in this county, finds that 2,946 bales of cotton had been ginned for Kershaw county up to October 1, 1928, as compared with 12,295 bales for a like period in 1927. Mad Dog Killed Dr. L. A. Sowell killed a mad dog at his home on North Mill street Tuesday night of last week, but not until it had severey bitten three of his bird dog puppies. Dr. Sowell carried the head of the animal to Columbia the following day for examination and the report of the chemist was that the dog had rabies. Several other dogs in that section are kitotvn to have been bitten by the same rabid animal and the police are warning the owners to keep them off the streets. Two Last Excursions The Seaboard Air Line Railroad announces the two last excursions of the season, one to Savannah, Havana, Cuba and Florida points on Thursday, October 18, and the other to Washington on Friday, October 19. Ix)w roundtrip excursion fares from Columbia, Charleston, Cheraw,' Denmark, Florence and other points in South. Carolina to Savannah and , Havana Will prevail. Proportionate fares to other Florida points. Final return limit to Savannah is October 25, to Jacksonville, Daytona Beach, Ocala, St. Augustine, October 26, to Key West November 3, to Havana November 6, to other destinations O^ctpber 30. Low roundtrip fares to Washing- 1 ton, the Nation's Capitol, will be offered from Camden, Cheraw, Columbia. McBee North, Denmark and other points in South Carolina. Final return limit is October 24. For further 1 information consult the Seaboard offices at various points. i Man Fell Dead < Robert Wylie, a well known negro 1 painter* died very suddenly last Fri- i day, his death being due to heart i trouble. Wylie had been employed ( during the day painting on the Miller < residence on north Fair street. He was returning to his home and when at the corner of Campbell and DeKalb Btreets he went into Collins Filling ; Station to make a purchase and feu ] dead. He had been complaining for j some time and was said to be under the treatment of a physician. . J " 1 1 Theodore Saremba, Chicago lad of 16 years, held up his mother st the j point of a pistol aod robbed hsr of i two watches and a ring. His father ; had bin arrested. * j . '-r--? - j? - -frr-' .-"A. isS&L. , < ;v. Xeyro Is Found Dead After Raid On Still ' ? - 1 SuiiiU'i, t K t. > ( uiotH r W. Sru.t* \\;?- milifii'd .iv^t infill >. ! the litiding <d the 1?m!\ "t Ruber'. .b>hnson, 50-yeai old NegtU. in a p.iUh of,, woods four miles of I'ltn wood, ' and within about n yard- !' the scene ?it a raid mu<n >>n a whi>hy : still hy stale and I'.deitil lituers' Saturday morning. l ee Negro hail been shot in the bach, the bullet en-J tering his heart and probably eaus j ing almost instant death. There were no witnesses to the shoot.ng of Johnoti ami his body wu found by his children, who started' a search Sunday afternoon when In failed to show up. Coroner Seale untitled SiientV M. Hurst of tin finding of ti,< body and the sheriff declared he would gel ill touch with tinvernor Richards at once and seek to have the member* of the. raiding party appear in Sum- , tor to testify at the inquest. Ac- ! * ( " cording to the aceount in the Colum-, bia papers the raiding party was! made up of Federal Officers K. A. Dunning, J. K. Davis and 1'. .). Cole-j man and State Officer A. 1). Me- i Kinnon. j Nothing was known in Sumter ol i the raid until an account was read in the Sunday papers. Although the raid was made in Sumter county, Federal Commissioner R. J. Bland was not notified by the officers in the party, nor was application made to him for the commitment of the four Negroes said to have been captured. It was not stated in the report of the raid that the officers fired their guns, but Coroner Seale was informed by persons who lived near the place where the still was found that a fusillade of shots heard about the time the raid is said to have been made. RICHARDS RULE REVERSED Judge Dennis Issues Order Retaining Woodward as Berkeley Officer Charleston, Oct. (J.?An order of Judge E. C. Dennis, presiding judge of the Ninth Judicial circuit, staying execution of an order of Governor Richards ousting from office Deputy Sheriff C. L. Wood ward "of Berkeley county, was made public here today. The order was signed by Judge Den nis in Charleston Monday night and filed today at the office of the Berkeley county clerk of court along with a copy of a notice of intention to appear from the chief executive's, ruling in which were set forth exceptions to the governor's action. The paper signed by Judge Dennis 'stays execution of the governor's order "pending the hearing and de-j termination of the appeal by C. L. | Woodward" and further provides thai "in the nVeantime the said C. L. Woodward shall continue in his of-1 fice as deputy." | The governor's ouster of Woodward | was made public Saturday following j a hearing before the chief executive' who summoned the Berkeley countydeputy sheriff before him to show cause why he should not be removed from office for alleged laxness of prohibition enforcement in Berkeley county. Woodward was specifically charged with selling 61 gallons of j whisky to J. W. Minis and with aiding 1 Mims to transport the liquor from the county jail. Woodward, according to the notice ; of appeal filed by his counsel denied! sending the whisky to Minis but ad-1 mitted giving liquor "in small quanti-j ties," to a number of persons, includ- \ ing Tom P. McCrae, son-in-law of | Governed Richards, Ben M. Sawyer, J chief state highway commissioner, j Alf A. Richardson, chief game warden i of the state, and others. The charge 1 met with emphatic denial from all! of these named by Woodward. .Marriage Mr Robert Edward Davis and Miss Gertrude Pearl Eddings, both of Camden, were married at the home of Probate Judge W. L. McDowell on Hampton Street, at 2 o'clock last Monday afternoon, October the 8th. The marriage was witnessed hy several friend3 of the bride and groom. G. W. Garrett III Short Time Funeral services for G. W. Garrett, 83 years of age and a former em- ployee of the Beam Lumber company near Lugoff, were held Wednesday morning at Union Baptist church, Reverend Mr. Best conducted the services. Mr. Garrett died at a local hospital Monday following a very brief illness. He is survived by his widow and a young daughter both of whom reside near Lugoff. Camden Team Winner Over Manning Eleven I hi* ( a????)? n Bulldogs rode roughm.<<I u\iT Mnnr.ing Hi la-re Fnduy 11 'i noon l'oj a Ci i) \ ifiorj . I g a mi* w.i- made colorful by tl<? <vturuliii i urinific .if t'ampboli mi. 11 a yi it?s f<?! t am.Kn ami ?l>o 6 f < In ng \iti111 he was taken out on ?>' ' : <>t itijtii i<" near t lie end of the t half. Ma't g never threatened the l amden y.-al Di<>ugli neat the end of the game the !" ttier opened up and showed con.Nidei!e lift- it. a series of successful passes. Kurl\ in the game \V, Norton, Manning end. was taken Coin the field with a hioketi log. < aptain C. Norton and Righy did not.ili'a work for the visitors, putting up throughout the game a stubborn lesistame to the ( amden onslaughts. Camden CM) position Manning (0) Ku.-sell 1. e Dohsott I'outs 1. t Rigby Ogbui n 1. g Heat son Jenkins e Dennis lb?ss r. g Hroadway Nettles (e) .. . .J. t Thompson Wooten. T r. e Norton, W. Wooten, l\ <). b Davis Chewning .... I. h. b Norton, ('. Naynes r. h., b Brown | Campbell f. b Shope Scoring: Touchdowns by Chewning, Russell, Campbell und Naynes (2);extra points by Russell (3). Officials: Referee, McCurry (Furinan); Unpir?, McKnight (Wake Poorest); Head linesman, Burns (Davidson). Noted Ball Player 18 Camden Visitor ! Tyrus Raymond Cobb, famous baseball player, was a visitor in Camden Sunday while enroute to his home in Augusta, Ga. The noted authority on baseball who has announced his retirement from the professional game stated while here tnat he will stage a number of games in Japan this fall. Cobb has been summoned by the .emperor of Japan to teach the natives I of that country the American national game. He will sail from Portland, 'Ore., October 24, it is stated, and will return to this country around December 10. While in this city Mr. Cobb and members of his party were guests at the home of Mr. and. Mrs. Henry Savage in Lake View. TRAGEDY ENDS PRAT 'STUNT' University of Texas Student Is Killed ut n "Mock" Execution. Austin, Tex., Oct. l._Nolte McElroy, 19-year-old University, of Texas student and athlete of Houston, is dead today, the victim of a Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity mock electiocution, which turned from student [horseplay to tragedy. McElroy died last night a few minutes after being shocked by light j wires, connected by a rheostat to two |sots of bed springs, through which he crawled as part of the traditional fraternity ritual for novices. Two physician who examined the body declined to say whether fright or the electricity caused death. Strength of the electrical charge which entered his body was pot determined. ' N District Attorney Moore, who instituted an immediate investigation by (juestioning upper-class-men who pai t icipiated in the initiation, early today had not announced an Inqtiest. No arrests have been made. 1 he fraternity issued a statement saying the youth fainted during the stunt, through which, it was asserted five other Students had preceded him, and to which 184 other students had been subjected during the local chapter's history. 1 i aternity members expressed the opinion that the youth touched an exposed live wire leading to the springs. He fell screaming to the floor, and lapsed into unconsciousness. The fraternity brothers attempted to revive him, but when their efforts proved futile, carried him to the Seton Infirmary, a block distant, where physicians worked over him in vain for 30 minutes with pulmotor. The youth, who was a member of the university foot ball team, was a sophomore. His father, W. A. McElroy, is president of the McElroy Bond and Brokerage Corp., of Houston.. An older brother was graduated from the university recently. Matthew Patterson, member of the Pennsylvania legislature, and Charles W. Schoenleber, a Philadelphia policeman, were arrested Friday after indictments charging taking protection