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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Xeyro Is Found Dead
After Raid On Still
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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- !
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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.
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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