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? . -??DB^/* . "* v" A*T 7 ' \ . ' 4?[tyJ'- ^ - - in-iry arrTO^ffariirai'-mgTaMti^^M^r ' .-- ? . > grand display of fireworks at county fair grounds three nights j^ext week I The Camden Chronicle ^^^ggggg^eBsmmmmBBmKtmmmmmmmmsmmBamsssxssi \ u tmmmssss^sossmxamssss=xssss=ssBs^0^mmmmmmmmmKmmmmmmm^mmmmmmaBsi^ssTsa^mmm^mmmmmmmammmm^mim u i i \Mj^^.~~msmmmmmmam KtXXXX. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2?, 1928 NUMBER 31. F^gg^BffBsszsemmBBBecKsamaktammammmaaBBssesmaammssBsssmmm^^^^^^^^?- ' "' * INTY FAIR [NEXT WEEK Kptmtion* have bean comK\he Annual Kershaw CounErbich open? its gates next F, entertainment features E^tty night with the J. .J. E; on the Midway. This is Epd wdll equipped attraction furnish varied entertainment Elic through Saturday night. Ed feature of entertainment Hji a mammoth display of Ethich will be set off on Wed ftorsday and Friday nights Block. This one feature will hotly attractive to make it Kk for every person in the attend every night as the will be of a different type Bibits in the', main building Ken to the public at 9:00 Knesday morning aud an un reditablc set of exhibita is Enured, space having been to five Home Demonstration Eeh will pirft in community Bod all of. these clubs havo ted before that they are putting oA an exhibit that Bs credit to our State ^Fair. ?ne of these communities is exhibitor at the State Fair in exhibit there this week. Bigoff Community Club was Br of first prize at the State Br held this week and also E first prize there last year, hit will be well tirorth seeing, dividual farm displays * will ted by farmers living in exBrners of the County. These Berg will show; by practical Bstion that even during, a Br like 1928 it is possible til B and prosper in Kershaw B /r^iii be possible to learn ons at 'i^eae , Brshaw County Fair is alBd of its school exhibits Bys attracts much attention public and as usual there Bout five of these showing Id progress which is being BW education of our chill- j prod Boys Club depart ha numerous exhibits dis booths showing the B 4-H Club members in i [fanty. -Club work in the. * rapidly climbing in popu ?#? special attention of the Balled to these -booths. 'Particular interest will be touts booth. This is anothE* junior work that is Bowing in popularity in CamE^e boys will have sormeBre show you. j*?l farm exhibits and the tosehold exhibits will be up fcual standards, both in ?nd quality if present inpot misleading.' | Rvestock department swine will be on display and a exhibit of these from Ker ty will be on hand. In adBuiese the Fair Association Bj?& to have a fine herd *of B*?? hogs from Iowa which Wpt this week at the St*t<f B**a display that wM bo' B* * 88 this herd contains B**5 fin(,8t animal^ in the These do not compete P w County "entries for C? department is always F ln^ feature of the Fair 10 he even better this F ever before. This show at the reir of the B8^^ have-foeun secur Bj^tments and exhibitors j F*.on by parties who are F?,n their lines. v Bg-Mool Day for /whit* T.11 Pupils and teachers until 6:00 p/m. The Trd of Education has given On rTiaMV lr I u?*l for MUndin* E. e a school does not EJ-JWh m.y b. excuoed Flit, on written -?WI t Parents t?~~therteachers. ^ pari!(lc at win: be.gireu admUtntioo ftnTrtlaqn take part in the school. parade which will be a feature in colored school day in which valuable cash prises will be" given. Many people are more or less gloomy over the Farm situation. The to do is to come to the Fair and see what Kershaw County can do in spite of adverse seaaUfli.'and'bp home with a determination to carry on as you have seen others are doing, end come back e year hence end show that the lessons Pushing the Great Falls-Liberty Hill Road Citizens of Great Falls are particularly interested in the proposed new highway from Liberty Hill to Great Falls, also citizens of Chester and intervening* territory, as this highway, if built, will cohnect with the road from Great Falls to Chester, and laid out into the Calhoun Highway and the Lockhart road When it reaches here, and prove a highly important artery of trayel from the center of the State and the Pee Dee to the lower and upper Piedmont. At a meeting held in Columbia Friday delegations from several counties appeared) before the Highway CommissioiC end asked that a road be built from Liberty Hill to Great Falla.T-Chester Reporter. 3 :? r"" ??i<wiii hi ?? ~ ^ ? Columbia, Oct. 18, ?^Delegations from several counties appeared before the South Carolina Highway Commisgion at a meeting at the State office building today. C. E, Jones, of Batesburg^ chairman, presided. Governor John G, Richards appearing before the committee as a "taxpayer and citizen and not as Governor of South Carolina," headed a delegation fr<yn Kershaw county that as^ed for the construction of a road from Liberty Hill to Great Falls. The ^Commission agreed to attempt to work out a plan whereby the road may be financed under the reimbursement plan, although not action was taken. ? Temple Services Sunday Services will be held at Temple Beth El, On Lyttleton Street, Sunday, October 28th, at 8:30 p. m, by Rabbi H. L. Freund, of Sumter. His subject for the service will be "A Re-, ligiouf the public is ordiaHy inyj^fd to attend. o Methodist Church Service Services' at the Lyttleton Street fctathodiat pfcon Park, George Pierce 'Watson, pas&iy for Sunday, October 28th, will be as follows: Sunday school at 10:00 a. m. with classes for all grades and ages. Public worship at 11:16 a. m. and 7:30 p. m., conducted by the pastor. Our presiding elder, Rev. Peter Stokes will preach at the morning hour and hold the Fourth Quarterly-Conference at the "conclusion of the sermon. The pastor will preach at the evening hour. Theme, "The Supreme Folly." The Epworth League will meet at 6:45 p. m.The oung pedple are urged to attend ?this service. Mid-week prayer-service on Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. At this hour we are studying lessons from the Great Teacher. The public is most cordially invited to all. the services of this >; churdh. Come and bring your friends. ^ .tnr'J-':# ?' -i 1 ' . Presbyterian ^hurch Notes The Woman's Auxiliary observed Raljy Pay last Tuesday afternoon. A most interesting program was given and the meeting lent much inspiraion to the work in this department. T Bethesda Church ft being repreented at Presbytery at Rose Hill Church this week by Mr.S.:-Wi^att Landingham and the pastor. ' _ The Senior Christian Endeavor will meet hereafter on Sunday evenings at 7 .o'clock. Median King haa.been chosen as president for the next few months. The leader fot the meeting tMaVWeek is Walter Wpoten. We invite and encourage all young people over 12 years of age to attend this service. The young people under twelve have the Junior,Christen Eh^eavor-whieK -meets Sunday after-1 noons at 4:80. ; ;.Morping worship 11:18 ^Sunday school 10 a. m., mki we service Wednesday evenings 8 p S&iof Christian Endeavor, 7 p. m.; Junior; Christiiu Endeavor 4:80 p. m. You are cordially Invited to all services. -- 1 1 1 Associated Charities To.,PUt On Drive Soon The Associated Charities of Camden will soon put on a drive to raise necessary funds to meet tfce growing demands on this organisation. The drive will be ^ut on for renewal of dues to this association and also an effort will be made to enlist new members in this work. It is stported that owing to t^e crop failures in this, county that there are more casps of people in dire , need than at any other time known in this community. Especially is this true among the tepemant class of farmers both white and black. Very little feed ^tuffa were made thia year and it makes it'aft the harder- for those who have lost their crops to tide over until' another* crop is'grown. Those who desire tomake donations either in cash, clothing or supplies should make it'known by calling on either Mrs. W. J. Mayfield, the president,'or Mr. Clifton McKain, the treasurer^ " '. 1 ? Death of Mrs. Lane Mrs. Gladys Lane, wife of Mr. Augend Land, of the Hermitage Mill yillage, died Sunday, and the funevfd and burial occurred near Hartsville on Monday. The funeral party was; accompanied by Rev. C . L..#p&jK Mrs. Lane was seventeen years-of ago' and leaves a daughter several months tf-age. Death of Mrs, Williams > Mrs. Minnie E. Wijliams, aged nine* een years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Anderson, died' early Monday xiorning at the, Camden Hospital. ?>h e is survived by her father and nother, and her husband, Mr. W. C. Williams. She also leaves five brothers and one Bister. A bright little baby daughter also survives. The funeral and burial occurred at Bethesda Methodist Church in Sumter county, ? m*' | Ended Trial Suddenly "*? 2g. Wiiirtiig a knife from the pocket of a man nearby, Allen Smith, young farmer of Skeltons Bluff near ljere this afternoon slashed his throat, bringing to tragic end his trial on changes of drunkenness and felonious assault. The young man's action whs so quick that he had accomplished his purpose before officers and witnesses in the court were aware of what was happening. (He died within a few minutes. He was 23 years of age. }' Deaths Among Colored People The following deaths among, the colored people of Camden have .Wen reported to The Chronicle. Wiley Hunter, aged two years, son of Dibble Hunter, residing on Market street,"died on October 18. Sylvia Peterson, wife of Sam Peter$m, aged 30, died at her home on 'York street on October 18. : Louise Yarbrough, aged eight years, daughter of Sandy Yarbrough, idled at her home on Smyrl Hill, near Camden on October 18. 'Maty Williams, aged 24, died at her home on Smyrl HiH near Camtten. Full Time Service Radio fans will be interested in the announcement-that the federal radio commission has assigned full time operation to radio, station WBT of Charlotte, also the Raleigh -station. Charlotte's will broadcast on 1080 kilocycles with 10,000 watts, while Raleigh will operate op 080 kilocycles, with 1,000 watts- v ^ ^ Homecoming Week at Chester Mayor S. Chbrchill Carter* president J. B. Bookshire and secretary C. G. Cushman, of the Chester Chamber of Commerce hive issued Invitations to all former Cheater people to meet in that county on November Y st^ for a home coming gathering at the Chester County' fair ground*. A picnic dinner will be served. DCA * jPhargfllJEitiL?ii9R Eddie Brown, aged about nineteen years, * d" uty wRh rifling the mral mail box of Mr. S. H. Mickle. (Mr. Mickle saw the negro standing the box^ and , . . % k mjv| wjfcft m yywwwpwpipw?MPWMP! Henry Truesdale Gets Manslaughter Verdict] ??T.-*-? The trial of Henry Truesdgie,. tyho wu charged with murder us a result of the shooting of his father, J. Lem Truesdale,' last February at their home in the Lockhart section ended late Wednesday afternoon whfen J the jury after 20 minutes deliberation brought in * verdict of manslaughter. tie case was ft hard fought one, appointed attorneys of the d*- j fondant, I. C. Hough, W. L. DePuss, 1 Jr., and J. K. de Loach, putting up a stubborn resistance to the state's caSf M brought out by Solicitor A. Fletcher Spign^r and M. L- Smith. It Was brought out in the trial tKst the defendant, a boy of 17, was play-1 ing*-))oker with his father and some neighbors when some -f^agreemerrt | arose bfetweeri the boy add the father. I JThey left the roon^ together aud shortly afterwards a shot was heard J in the adjoining room. There were J no eyewitnesses to the killing, the I father made no accusation of 'the defendant before he lost consciousness la^-faalf an hour later and the boy! qJLaimed that it was an accident. J However, his conduct following the] hooting was construed by state a* I . videntiul of guilt. J. Hinry Johnson, Allendale, yho IS. preUlQN^at the court here, announced that hsprbuld sentence the! youth Monday. I Jurors who had to pass on this case were J. N, Lindsay, foreman; G. O. I Robinson, D. R. Young, C. R. Gregory, S. M. Young, Clyde Baker, J; C. Herroh, H. S. Moore, James M. Thornton, S. L. McLaughlin, D. L. McLauhglin and C. B. McCaskill. The case of J. E. Jeffers charged with killing Peter Kirkland was continued until next week, j The case of C. O. Stogner, county I game .warden, charged with shooting I Faulkenbsrry at Kershaw several IEkonghi ago" was continued until anot|ir term of court. I [ "iiu I "Willi j KrtBii^i^moon tne first- -Greek's 1 Jurors Write^disthissed and the court! adjourned Uiriil Monday morning. Up! to that time 'the following cases had been disposed of: I B. O." 0*-NeaV alias Lonnie O'Neal, 1 a white man, charged with breach of trust, wai sentenced to serve three] months. The execution of this sen-1 ence was postponed until December 12th of this year. G- fThe case of Lottie Evans, charged with killing'a negro man in'the Buffalo section, was also continued to* another term. tj. 3. Bradley, white, pleaded jguilty to violation of the prohibition law, and wa? >entenced to serve one ear with eight months suspended. Archie Terry and R. O. Terry were ip on a charge of violation of the pro- , hibition laws. j?. 0. Ter^ Was found tot guilty, but Archie Terry was entenoed to serve nine months with; ix months suspended. Sked Mitchell plead guilty to a proibition violation charge' and was sentenced to. serve throe months with ixfy days suspended, Eugene Carlos was found guilty of iolating the prohibition law, and, ujige J.ohnson pronounced this unique entence: ^ That 'he be sentenced to erve sixty days, with all suspended, uring good behavior, the defendant being .<W*i and dumb. 2 ILgj Henry Mitchell plead guilty of vioating the prohibition law. He dreiir a sentence of eight months with four suspended. William Kennedy plead guilty and drew a sentence of four months arid $126 or service of sixty days remainder to be suspended. Robert Vail on a charge of violalating the prohibition law1 Was tried n his absence and a sealed sentence was left. Cash bond of $200 will D. C. Gannon, white, plead guilty of tranaporting liquor. He was caught by sheriff's forces with twelve gallons of liquor. breach of trust, was found guilty and ^tenced to serve three months iu the penitentiary. Joe Jackson was tried fui violating the prohibition law and he Was abaont. A sealed sentence awaits Joe. If he Is ever< caught. Jack Lane plead guilty of assault .ature and was Vnteoeed te serve ^EseWel. months. Grand Jury Presentment p To his Honor Judge J. H. Johnson, Presiding Fall Term, Kershaw County. The Grand Jury of Kershaw County would respectfully present to your Honor. That on the road from Stoneboro to the property known as "The State Place," the bridge over Beaver Creek tention.of the Bpard of Directors of Kershaw County has been called to this in two former presentments of the Grand Jury, and they have worked up the road and opened it to traffic but have not put this bridge in condition. _ o ; That the bridge Jdfdan'i^HH in Wateree Township is in bad shape and the attention of the Board of Directors is eaUed to this. We find the Jail condition tho Jailor that tee valve in the sanitary arrangement of the jail is leaking and that this has been unsatisfactory for a long time, and is rendering tee jail unsanitary. That there is one bar in one of the windows of the Jail that has been sawed through by one of thp prisoners some time ago and is unsafe and should he immediately replaced. That the Jail s well kept and the prisoners properly looked after. ?.. We have passed on ell bMft presented to.ns. ^ We beg to thank tlf^Oourt an? the Court Officers for the courtesies extended us. dHStK? Swarm of Bees Pass Through Man's Coupe Newberry, Oct. 21.?J. C. Team, who recently became manager of the plant of the Southern Oil .company located In Newberry, telle his Newberry friends of an interesting experience he had last Sunday euroute to his home in Camden. Mr. Team left Newberry lest Saturday and spent the night in Chester. Early Sunday morning accompanied by a young lady of Chester he set out for his home in Camden via Lancaster. Just beyond Lancaster Mr. Team says very suddenly everything became dark in front of him and n warn of bees had enveloped the Ford coupe in which they were riding, They made a quick exit and in a few Minutes the bees disappeared. Honey was strewn over the windshield when at least a quart of the bees wero killed. The most interesting part is not a sting was encountered by the bees. The honey on the windshield proved Mr. Team's story. Special Service^ Grace Church ~~r" Throughout the Diocese of . Upper South Carolina, special services in the interest of Sunday Schools will be held in all Episcopal churches and missions next Sunday. .October. 28th. An interesting program has been arranged for the Camden church at 7:80 p. m. To this service all parents and all other "adults are urged to come* Various phases of the strength and the weakness of Sun* day Schools will be presented by different speakers and a full, frank discussion by all the congregation is invited. The Rev. Albert New, of Waynesville, N. C., will preach at 11:16 a. m, The Holy Communion at 8:00 s, m. wilt be the first act of Worship, Sunday October 28th, n -- % Blattey Teachers Enroll Washington, D. C., Oct. 28.?All the teachers pf. the public, schools of 8feneyv-'?o^' Carolina, have taken1 membership in the National Education Association for the second consecutive year, according to a report received at the Association's headquarters here, and made public today by J. W. Crabtree, secretary of the [Aata|BJtibm ? ^The one hundred percent enrollment application was received from it^e superintendent of schools, Leonardo Andrea, representing eleven teachers. 'In a letter to Superintendent Andrea, Mr. Crabtree says: "We are] proud of your continuous record of one hundred percent enrollment. It shows fine leadership and excellent )rofessional spirit among your cojrps of teachers. Congratulations to you all and success in your wo?k for the cause of education. The enrollment now in the jKl.. A. j| 181*000, o?r goal is set for 200,000 in 1920." ~ 'Hickman Pays With His Lite For Crime ' San Quentin Prison, Cal., Oct. 19. ?William Edward Hickman1 was hanged here today for the murder of 12-yoar-old Marian Parker, Los Angeles schoolgirl, whom he kidnaped last December. TIid trap was eprung at 10:10 ?. m., Pacific time. The youth who -boastfully called himself "The Fox* walked to the trap White, but with little othei^ outward feppearance of emotion, consistent to the last breath with the attitude displayed since he was arrested in Oregon. <Jp M flight of 18 steps he went, preceded by the Rev. William Fleming, Roman Catholic priest, unde* Whose spiritual guidance he turned _ from fatalism to Christianity in the shadow of the noose. His arms were strapped to his ides. On either side and behind him marched a guard. In a semicircle were some two hundred people who paw him die. Tllft: priest chanted the litany, of the dead from the Roman Catholic ritual as the dead march progressed and Hickman made the responses. The doomed man's lips scarcely ? moved, but he followed without noticeable break; Hickman walked to his death steady and straight as a ramrod, but his knees shook as he etood on the trap an instant before it was sprung. Twenty-two seconds after he entered the gallows room the trap was released. The doomed man's father, Thomas Holohan a signed order to deliver Holohan as signed order to deliver (the body to a San Francisco undertaker, but the prison official declined to sttt* where it would be sent. It was previously announced that the body would be taken to th? East for burial, but the name of the town was not announced. -J mother, MrsJ "ivf M.^^kraan Kansas City, delivered to him a few minutes before he was led. to the gallows. He wept. It was the first time guards had seen tears in his eyes ^nce^his doom was sealed. letter were not disclosed. Hickman i received and read three other comforting letters from relatives during the morning. There was a telegram from Rev. Edward Brady, in Rochester, N. Y., who was one of Hickman's spiritual advisers after he entered San Quentin, S . '':> ' "* .; , \ .. ' Hickman was pronounced dead at 10:25 a. m. Rev. Flemming paid Hickman a three hour visitiast night, ggd^ma,, dem<^stratcd his attitude hi a note written to Russel St. Clair Beitrel of Los Angeles, now under death sentence for murder. Beitzel was Hickman's cell mate for a time before the latter was moved to the death cell. "The note said: i^^ortable hare, Rues, . tt¬ frightened either. Jgro- ? morrow I'm going tor walk up like a man. Say goodbye to my friends for me and tell them Fll see them soon." Hickman transformed the death cell into a-roum offlowenr nmd~ma8ic yesterday. He asked Warden James Holohan for the phonograph which, is passed around among the prisoners in "condemned row," and for flowers. A big bunch of red petunias was gathered for him from the prison garden. ? The youth spent nearly half an hour arranging the bo<wuet, and alternately played the * phonograph letters.' ' t .'TV -3 \y '.. yv; pf% _H?'received a final letter from his mother, Mrs. Eva M. Hickman, who is in seclusion near Kansas City, Hickman's home. "The letter from his mother was read eagerly by Hickman," the warden said. "H? seemed to greatest consolation from it. Mrs. Hickmsn wrote words of comfort and to bid him farewell. The youth read the letter several times. - ?Robert H? Stickler And Mrs* Bossio ^ ? <*n?pir?cy to clr