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f THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. D. NILE8 . Editor and Publisher Published every Friday at No. liW Broad Street and entered at the Camden, South Carolina postoffice aa second class mail matter. Price per annum $2.00, payable in adv.\nce. Camden, S. C., Friday, Nov. 23. 1028.. 1928 NOVEMBER 1928 | 1?? Ho?. Tut. W*J TSe frt. tM ' 12 3 4 f> 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 i 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 * f t i$ 1 An Unfortunate Family Just how much tragedy, sorrow, grief and suffering can visit one family within a limited period of time is evidenced in the case of the Campbells of Gowansville. In this family of seven, according to a news story in the Greenville News, the father and four children have been tn ken off in sudden death within the past 14 months. The latest victim was U six-year-old girl, Kathleen Campbell, who was struck and fatally injured by an automobile on the Laurens road near Greenville Sunday. Recounting the tragic experiences of this family, the story, says: "Just about a yeur ago, George Campbell, father of Kathleen was stabbed to death at Gowansville. A few months later one of Kathleen's little sisters fell in a tire and was burned to death. Two months after this tragedy another small sister upset a pot of boiling grease on her body and died two days later. A third sister ran a nail in ,her foot, contracted lockjaw anJ dfed within 24 hours. Three weeks ago a brother of Kathleen's was shot and severely wounded." Many a person harping on some stroke of bad luck or misfortune or affliction that occasionally visits them or their families, would have to look far and wide to encounter a case of a family so tragically dealt with as the Campbells, right in this section of the state.?<Spartanbu:g Journal. MRS WxATTS DEAD Mother's Death Follows Close Death of Her Son Branchville, Nov. 15.?Mrs. Newell Watts, 17, wife of J. U. Watts, died early this morning at the Orangeburg hospital from injuries received early Wednesday night when a car in which she was riding was struck by a switch --T pnginc of the Southern railroad-~rtt the crossing on Ott street ail<l Railway avenue. Mrs. Watts and Mrs. Mae Patrick were riding in a ear driven j>y Mrs. W. A# Bass and in attempting to cross the track was struck by the engine. Mrs. Watts jumped from the car when she saw the engine coming upon them but was struck and badly crushed. . Mrs. Bass was not hurt. Mrs. Patrick was slightly injured. Mrs. Watts was a member of the Methodist church and was a woman of noble character. Her son. Buster Watts, died five weeks ago. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon ut 3:30 at the Methodist church, the Rev. J. A. Campbell officiating, assisted by the Rev. P. K. ( rosby of Olar, a former pustor, and the Rev. P. S. Co^pterd of the Baptist church. Mrs. Watts is survived by her husband, one son, James Watts, a student at the University of Soutn Carolina, and two daughters, Misses Eva and Frances Watts; four sisters, Mrs. W. F. Strickland and Mrs. G. W. Farm of Charleston, Mrs. Roland Watkins of Orangeburg and Mrs. Daisy \\ ard of Charlotte, and four brothers, Boyd Paulling of Orangeburg and Bishop, Albert and Hayne Paulling of Providence. Negro Murdered Near Here Sunday Night Calvin Alexander was instantly killed by Melvin Thomas at the home of the latter near this city Sunday night. Both were negro farm tenants residing five miles north of Camden. Thomas used a shot-gun on his victim while, according to evidence presented at a corner's inquisition helj Monday morning, Alexander fell mortally wounded with a shot-gun loaded and ready to fire from his owr hand. A warrant was sworn out for Thomas charging him with murdei and he is now in confinement at the county jail. ,P - Captain Jesus Obregon, nephew oi the late President-elect Obregon ol Mexico, committed suicide Tuesda> night after he had been prevented from killing Jose de I^on Toral, slay er of the elder Obregon. The police say that the suicide was mentally un Christmas Seal Sale Begins Novembelr Twinkle. Twinkle, little seal How 1 Jump at your appeal Send my little dollar tjukk Helping someone who is sick. Much interest is Wing taken citizens of Camden and various districts of Kershaw county in the 1028 Christians Seal sale of South Carolina Tuberculosis Association according to a prophecy by Mrs. A. W. Humphries, who is Kershaw County Chairman. Work already done is sounding out public opinion throe gh individuals and clubs indicates that the response to the seal sule gtppeul this year will bv prompt and generous. 1 he Auxiliary to the Kershaw j County Medical Association comprises the committee for the sale of Christmas Seals as an aid to the AntiTuberculosis flght. Mrs. Lillie B. Dunn, president of the Auxiliary is not confined to Camden but is county wide in scope. K cry district of the county will be organized. The following district Chairmen, who will appoint their own committees for the canvass have been announced: Buffalo Tovynship?Mrs. D. M. Muys, Bethune. DeKalb Xpwnshlp?Mrs. L. D. Boy^un, Boykin.** Flat Rock Township?Mrs., F. B. Floyd, Liberty Hill. Wateree Township ? Mrs. B. W. Gettys, Lugoff. The arrival of supplies includes more than $400 worth of seals, as well as posters and other supplies. Bonds in denominations of $5, $10 and $25 each will he sold to those desirous of giving large sums to "the organization and not having any need for .a large* dumber of seals. Motion pictures, slides and other advertising matter will also be sent here by the State Association. Merchants throughout the county are being asked to purchase the seals fot use on statements sent out the first of December. I he Campaign will open for the public on Friday, November 30th. On December 2nd will be Christmas Seal Sunday in the churches of Kershaw county am] on that day the pastors of practically every church will make an appeal for co-operatio.i in the seal sale. The money obtained from the sale iof seals will be used as follows: By paying for workers and nurses who will reach as many patients as possible and get them under proper treatment; conducting clinics in all of I he staff vv nere those wh<? have been exposed to the disease may | be examined by a physician from the j State Sanitorium; working for more ' j sanitarium beds, conducting uutritio.ij j eainps^ where under nourished children 1 j bordering on tuberculosis will b>' brought back to health; putting on health programs in schools of the state to train children in right habits of living and to build* resistance against disease and stimulating the people of the state to tuk'e active part in wiping out the disease. Why are Christmas seals being pasted on Christmas letters and Christmas packages this holiday season of 1928 7 Because in South Carolina last year there were 1547 deaths from tuberculosis. Because 27 of these deaths occurred in Kershaw county. Because tuberculosis kills twice a3 many young people between 20 and 40 years- of age as cancer, pneumonia and heart disease combined. Because no home is safe from tuberculosis until all homes, are safe. Prominent Columbia Man Died Tuesday hdwin Wales Robertson of Cplumj bia died Tuesday morning at tinI Hole! La Salle, New York. A week I ago. Mr. Robertson, accompained by his wife, went North to attend a i meeting of the board of the Equitable Life Assurance society , of which he had long been a director. Three days ago he became sick and Monday, when his condition was not so good Thomas J. Robertson, his son, left for New York on an afternoon train. Two daughters, Mrs. Jo-Berry S. Lyles and Mrs. Edward B. Cantey, I followed that night.' Already in New | ^ ork was Mrs. Basil Hwoschinsky, k another daughter. Tuesday morning , Mr. Robertson had a heart attack and suddenly passed away. The greater builder of his genera tion in material things, in Columbia, , and possibly the greatest in the history of the city, passed away when Edwtn Wales Robertson died Tuesday ' in ^ew York City. And while the ? doptlgpf a man's devotion to his na' live eiVy may not be measured, those i who knew him best and have observed his actions for years can but be! lieve that few men have had a more sincere love for Columbia than Mr, Robertson. ?Wednesday * State. Si, . I'jaSiL.. ajBfeni IP? GENERAL NEWS NOTES ?? Seven boys, all under 20, were arrested in Brooklyn, U. Y., on Tuesday, charged with violation of the SUlliyan anti-pistol law, assaqlt and robbery.! One boy, 13, was sent to a reform-j ntory after it was shown that he,had been connected with 60 burglartob and hold-ups. The first baby in the United States reported as being named for Herbert Hoover after the election, is Herbert Hoover Gates of Mobile, Ala., born election night. 4 During the two weeks ending October .'11, the New York state motor vehicle department deprived 158 person* of their driving licenses because ol drunkenness. Two men were killed near\ Old Forge, N. y., this week while hunting deer. They were mistaken for deer by hunters. Ten pouches of diplomatic mail from Washington to South American countries, were lost when the Vestris went down on Monday. Six privates of the army air school lost their lives at Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas, Wednesday, when the transport plane they were in went to pieces at an altitude of 4,000 feet. Two of the occupants of the plane saved themselves by using para chutes. Brumwell Booth, commander-inchief of the Salvation Army, js critically ill at Clacton-on-Sea, in England. Dr. E. Y. Mullins, president of the) Southern Baptist Theological seminary, is critically ill at his home in, Louisville, Ky. Dr. Mullins suffered j a stroke of paralysis several days ago! and little hope is held for his re-! covery. The supreme court has under, ad- j v.sement the ' injunction sought- by J the Spartanburg county commissioners to j) re vent the city enforcing its; ordinance forbidding a tuberculosis hospital within the city limits. The county is about to build a big hospital. # Success does not consist in sitting up nights as in being awake in the daytime. Te dedication of the new airport at Greenville saw 12 airplanes in action, 18 of them government planes and 24 of them commercial aircraft. Many thousand people attended the! exercises which lasted two days an ij closed Saturday evening. Mrs. Annie Thornton, (55, was murdered in the coal shed on her premises at Wickliffe, Ky.. by Mrs. Lizrie Bordreaux. 40, who admitted the crime after her arrest as she was trying to escape into Tlinoift. The army air corps, which has charge of training aviators for army service, had a total r,f ;?,883 applications tor the air service during "ho fiscal year ending last June ;?0. Only .'>06 of the applicants were able to qualify. There were more than three times as many applicants for the air service the last year than there were the previous year. President-elect Hoover, now off on a tour of Latin-American countries, has accepted -an invocation of President Machado to visa tuba on bis return to the United States. Members of both houses of the legislature of Porto Rico are moving for an amendment to the constitution of the United States to provide for the admission of the island territory as a member of the United States family of sovereign states. Chester county cast a unanimous vote in favo*#of the constitutional amendment allowing counties to exempt factories and mills from taxes for five years. She is going to go $fter industrial plants with vigor. The South Carolina Methodist conference at Orangeburg chose Trinity church at Charleston for its l'jfc) session. Considerable attention was given the plan for raising ten million dollars by the church South fgr its superannuated preachers, the conference being behind in its collections for that fund, but promising to molt its quota in the enci. "T The South Carolina state highway commission will ask the next legislature to paks an act allowing only counties and municipalities to sue tor injunctions Against its program a?d location of roads. It has been badly handicapped by injunction suh-3 brought by persons who did not like fhe location of roads in some plate. Kansas and eastern Missouri $cperienced some bad storms during two days of last week. Eight life* were lost and there was heavy prop erty damage in the territory of <h? storms. During a devastating gale whkl swept southern England for thw days of last week 30 persons losl their lives. Of the total death rfst 22 persons were killed by falling chftg neys. trees and similar happenings. M. E. .Pruett, a mail clerk has holer Arrested at Forth Worth, Texas, bj Federal officers in connection wW {the recent $53,000 mail car robber] nc.r ?h?t city. " V ? v? - . v Lr If I T''* The cm?s against three federal ? prohibition agents and one state constable indicted for the killing of a ne gro near a still have been transferred to the federal court at Columbia from the state court in Sumter county. ; The negro was found dead several days after a raid on that still, and ull.. lite officers deny any knowledge of his death or its cause. The raid occurred October 6, and the trial in the federal court will occur probably next ! March. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., has contri! buted a fund of $500,000 for the establishment of Jewish furm settle' ment in Russia. Wants?For Sale FOR 8ALE-~1 will sell at the Club.* market on Saturday; (Abelia, 24 inches at 60c; Crimson Crepe Myrtel, 3Vfe feet at 50c; Red Flowering Peach, four feet at 60c; Forsythift Fortunia and Viridissimi, 3 feet 35c: 4V? feet 50c; Double Rose Pink Oleanders, 3 feet at 60c; and other shrubbery. Borden Nursery, Border., S. C. 35 sb. FOl'NO?Bunch of keys. Owner may have same by describing property arid paying for this ad. Apply The Chronicle Office, Camden, S. C. 9 THE NEW Majestic Radio, the ideal Christmas gift for Mother. Cam- ? den Furniture Company. 35 sb.' FOR"'RENT?Packard' Eight'"sport 1 touring car, for rent by week or month. Telephone 226, T. K. Trot- j ter, Camden, S. C. 34-41 sb.: W ANTED ? Private boarders, for both rooms and meals. Apply to Mrs. J. W. Kenney, 1218 Broad ^ Street, Camden, S. C. 35 pd. WANTED?Two good big Wardrobes.' Mahogany preferred. Top price $25.00. Answer 1307 Broad street,! Camden, S. C. 31? tf. KARL Rl'KKLE, chief engineer of the great German Graf Zeppelin, chooses the Majestic Radio.?Cam-! don Furniture Company. 35 sb.'? WANTED?No. 1 j^na&logs. Highest' cash prices paldT^year round de- | mand. Sumter Planing Mills and ! Lumber Co., Attention E. S. Booth,: Sumter, S. C. 1-tf-so ~ ATWATEr'k ent RAdiq?The^At-! water Kent factory is now turning! out eight thousand lamp socket radio sets daily and can't keep U'J with the demand. At no time since the advent of the A. C. or lamp ~ socket has the dealer W. 0. Hay 1' caught Up with the demand in Camden. W. O. Hay, Atwater Kent man in Camden, S. C. 29 tf. ^ WILL THERE'BE~a~MajestlTRadio in your home this Christmas? ? Camden Furniture Company. 35 tf. MONEY *TO LOAN?At six and one half cent interest on improved city real estate. Apply Henry Savage, Jr., Camden, S. C. 34tf in ' i*i' _ LL"1L1LIL J i.-'mlLBLUL- l.l I[iiw(u_, ,OST?One black hound puppy, niile months old with tan legs, tan chest, brown tipped over eyes, one ear split. left home about four weeks ago. Reward if returned to Bonnie Carlos, 1901 Gordon street, Camden, S. C. 35 pd. ^rFeNTEIUNG?John S. Myers, phone x 268, 812 Church Street, Camden, S. C., will give satisfactory service to ?J1 for all kinds of carpenter work. Building, general repairs, screening, cabinet making and repairing furniture. My workmanship is my reference. I solicit your patronage; Thanking you in advance. t 50 %i. HAT Super-Dynamic Speaker is built in every New Majestic Radio, the Radio everybody likes to hear. ?Camden Furniture Company. 35 tf. OR RENT?One seven room house on corner of Fair street and Hampton Park. All modern conveniences and interior freshly renovated. Apply to G. C. Bruce, 410 DeKalb street, Camden, S. C. 32 sb. OR RENT?Four room ^cottage on Broad Street, L. A. Whittkowsky, Camden, S. C. 23 tf. OTICE Ix/cUSTOM^rS^T"wfsh my friends to know that I have moved my home from Lyttldbon street to the house back of DlxonV Grocery store. I will appreciate orders for cleaning and pressing clothes from my old customers and solicit work from others. Jim Miller, Brond street, Camden, 9. C.33-35 pd. FOR SALE?-Several thousand els of Fu]ghum oatB for salt ply^to B. H. Boykin, Jh, bl ATWATER KENT?ElectriTB socket sets, are best regardlffl price. Conte and see the q^H tubes model $77. With tu?fl speaker $119.50, complete, I nothing else to buy. W. 0.^| local dealer, phone, 138 pfl 387 residence. 2(im DESIRABLE H UN TTUgpB SERVES?For Bale, splendid ! territory, 2,500 acres land. . dress T. K. Trotter, Attomej! telephone 226, Camden, S. C.! FOR SAIJB?One Ford' Coup! good condition, will sell cheap.] ' ply at Chronicle Office or adfl Box 225, Camden, S. C. FOR S^I^E-^-JPrize .^whwing^j! comb Rhode .Island Red Cocke! $5.00 each. Apply to Shelby T! dale, Route 1, Westville, &c! RADIO SETS CHEAP?We har! hand several good battery opertB Atwater Kent radio sets that are offering at almost give a! prices, W-. O. Hay, Atwater KB Dealer, Camden, C. .' > ffi] FOR' RENT OR SAL&Srf! Place, near Camden, S. *: sell as a whole, or will cut] farms to suit purchaser or tenH On magnificent new State high] Mlaa Anni^MoblcyfOaiNicniB Christmas Gifts ] Card*, Boxes, Seal* fag*, Cords, Wrapj^J TOYS! DOLLS! I I FIREWORKS! Whitman's* Candies, Fountain Pons, Bill Fold* perl fume Sets, Fine Perfumes, Shaving Outfits, Cigar -M Holiday Packages, Guaranteed Pipes, Stationery ri!1 na and Metal Novelties. Prices marked at less profit this year than ever J fore?for CASH?that saves us trouble and our cui tomers money Call and see us. Prescription and orders for sick room isupplies receivj first attention at all times. I W. ROBIN ZEMP'S DRUG STORE I Telephone 30 Delivery ^^TT?? LOOK.I NO TO THC- j^OVM frNTsJIl BY OUR. IjftlENDS AND^A|R0^^fe J We have prepared this sale for YOU... 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