The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 21, 1928, Image 2
A superb piece of sculpture, one of
the best statues by Borglum, the
great sculptor, will be unveiled on
next July 3, on the battlefield of
Gettysburg as a memorial to the |
North Carolina troops who fought J
there.
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At the Confederate reunion at
Charlotte next June 9,000 blankets,
5,000 pillow cases, 5,000 cots, 5,000
pillows, 9,000 sheets and 5,000 socks
will be provided. Congressman Buiwinkle
has a bill authorizing the war
department to lend the equipment to
the reunion committee. Charlotte
hotels at a meeting agreed not to
boost rates (luring the reunion.
Influenza in the Carolines has
reached an "pidemic force comparable
with that of 1918, but this
year the cases are mostly mild. Colleges
closed down, Clemson, North
Carolina State, the university of
North Carolina and others. More
than 5,000 cases were officially reporter!
in South Carolina, and this
I is only a fraction of all, since many
| are not reported. North Carolina
rdid not?have so many cases. ATT
J theaters and white schools were closed
in Columbia.
. A blind negro who died at Winstonj
Salem ten days ago is found to have
j left an estate of $30,000 and a will
j signed with his mark leaving most of
the property to his brothers and sisters
with $75 each to Baptist and
Methodist churches. ' He was frequently
fined for being drunk when
alive.
Notice to Debtors and ( reduoro
All parties indebted to the estate]
of Cleveland Outlaw, deceased, are |
hereby notified to make payment to
the undersigned, and all parties, if
any, having claims against the said
estate will present them duly attested
within the time prescribed by law.
ELIZABETH E. MAHAFFEY,
Administratrix.
Beth una, S. C.
Camden, S. C.., December Kith, 1928.
Pay Boll Clerk Shot
By Hold Up Men
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,K|>iirt?nburg, Dec. 14.?Earle Belu,
30, pay roll clerk of the Gruyton
Mil!.1 wan ahot in the head and prob ably
fatally wounded today when two
iiui. attempted to hold him up and
itM/.r the pay roll of the mill.
li. lu had drawn the pay roll, approximately
$26,000 from a local bank
ami with 11. C. Green, a guurd, driving.
'..a? returning to the mills in an
aui' mobile, We\en about a half milO
from the mill two men in an Essex
eon r, drew alongside and ordered
Belu and Green to halt,
Green speeded up. The highwaym<n
g ive chase and opened fire. The
fit nt shot struck Belu in the back of
the head. Several other shots struck
the back of the car.
When they came in sight of the
mill, the robbers turned and fled
towards GafTney along the Charlotte
Highway.
The robbers J^pparently came to
Spartanburg this ' morning. Green
gave^ a sketchy description of them.
Oife man, he sai<l, apparently was
about live feet ten inches tall and
weighed 170 pounds. He wore a
gray hat, raincoat made of mixed
cloth and there was mud on one side
of the coat. The second man was]
about five feet six inches tall, appeared
to be about 35 years old and
had a two or three duys' growth of
beard on his face. He wore a blue
coat, blue overalls and a blue cap.
The automobile answered the description
of a car stolen in Charlotte
last night from C. K. Callahan, lock!
lumber dealer^ One side of the front
bumper* was broken.
Belu died three hours after being
shot.
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Mother and Son Dead
Florence, Dec. 13.?Mrs. E. J,
Burch, 76, died nt her home here
early this morning after long illness
A few mfnUtes after his mother
had passed away A. Y. Burdh, 42,known
generally as Bertie Burch;
died suddenly. Physicians pronounced
his death due to a heart attack
brought on by the shock of his
mother's death.
Albert E. Goldfinch, president oif a
furniture company at Conway, went
into the funeral parlor of the store,
lay down on the floor and shot himself
fatally through the head. He
was a prominent business man, active
in the Methodist church, and foreman
of the grand jury. He was '16
years old, the son of a Methodist
minister who died nine years?agarHe
was once a lay delegate to the
general conference aijd for a long
time Sunduy school superintendent,
and for years was a steward in the
churdh. Money troubles caused his
suieide.
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LfcTTKK3 1U 3ANIA tLAU3
Camden, S. C., Dec. 11, 1928
Dear SanU CBtue; I *m a good
Jiule girl, TgO to ?cbool at Afttifoch.
Am in the first grade. My teacher
b Miss Annie Pate. 1 have been on
J'm* honor roll for two months. 1
y tut you to bring me a doll baby
carriage, a doll, tin tea set,. a.'.pair
of socks, some fruit, candy and ftrev.ifks.
Be good to all the poor little
C-.ldren and don't forget me. 1 will
1>, a good girl^next year. 1 have a
fist?*r, whose name is Maggie Lou.
pi sure und bring her something.
Love and best wishes,
Klizubeth McCuskill
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Camden, S. ('., Dec. 8, 1928
Dear Santa Claus: I am a little
girl ten years old. I am in the fifth
grude. My teacher's name is Miss
'Idler. She is very good to us, and I
love her. I have been very good you
know near Christmas. 1 want you to
bring me a little handbag, rain coat,
rubbers, fireworks, fruits, nUts und
candy and please don't forget the little
orphan children and rememfber all
\he other little boys and girls too. I
wish you a merry Christmas.
Your friend,
Rpby Marshall
Kershaw, S. C., Dec. 10, 1928
Dear Old Santa: I am a little girl
five" years old, so please bring me a
big baby doll with a white dress and
pink bootees, a toy Santa Claus, all
kinds of fruits and candy. I have a
little neice five months old. Little
Bettie Jean Horton. So don't forget
her. She wants a toilet set, rattler
and candy and a rubber doll. Wishing
you a merry Christmas 1 am your
little friend, - L '1
Sarah Williams
Camden, S. C., Dec. 10, 1928
Dear Santa Claus: I am a little
girl six years old. I go to the Camdon
School and Mrs. Mills is my teacher
and I like her fine. I want you
to bring me a raincoat, pair of gloves,
some fruit, nuts and candy and don't
forget the orphan children.
Your little friend,
Clorine Munn
Dear S antaCgla: g- .Cir Ss-hin
Dear Santa Claus: I am a little
girl seven years old. I go to school
anci I am in the second grade. My
teachers name is Miss Maud Knight.
I love my teacher and love to study
my books. I want you to please
bring me a big baby doll, some fruit
ai d candy and a lot of toys and good
things to eat, and I have a baby sister
lour years old. Her name is Lillir
Mae. Please bring her a big doll,
some fruit and a lot of good things
to eat and toys to play with. Please
don't forget us. Wishing you a merry
Christmas and a happy New Year.
' Your loving friend, I
Myrtle Gardner
Cassatt, S. C., Dec. 12, 1928
Dear Santa Claus: 1 am a little
girl eight years old. I am in the
third grade at school. My teacher is
Miss Louise McCoy. Santa Claus, I
want you to bring me a small doll,
you brought me a large one last year,
also a ball, some fruit, candy and
nuts. Don't forget my sister. She
is twelve years old.
Your friend,
Rmily McCoy
Heath Springs, S. C., Dec. 17, 1928
Dear Santa Claus: I am a little
girl eight years old. I want you to
please bring me a sewing machine
nn<! a set of dishes and some friuts
and candy and nuts. Please don't
forget the orphan children. Rest
wishes for a merry Christmas.
Your friend,
Helen McLure
Camden, S. (*., Dec. 10,1928
Dear Santa Claus: I am a little
girl in the second grade. I go to the
Camd.n School. Miss Phelps is my
teach.;- and I think lots of her. I
want you to bring me a rain coat
pair ..f gloves, some fruit, nuts and
cand and dor.'t forget the orphan
child;. n.
' Ypur lit.Lie friend,
Margaret Munn
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Heath Springs. S.. C., Dec. 11, 192S
Deir Santa Claus: I am a little
boy years o,d. Please bring mi
* car, sparklers, firecrackers, pencil
fruits and candy and nuts and some
play toys, crayons. Hope you ?
merry C hristmas.
irsE Your friend,
Ralph McClure
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Heath Springs, S. C., Dec. 11, 1928
Dear Santa Claus: I am a little
girl ten years old. I want you to
bring me a box of colors and som;
fruits and some candy, and a set of
dishes and some sparklers. Please
don't forget the orphan children. 1
: you a merry Christmas.Your
little friend,
May McClure
South Carolina News
J. E. MoClellan, popular citizen of
Monroe, N. C.; died suddenly of angina
pectoris in his room in a boarding
house^aged 55 years.
Tom Ticker, a Shelby millwright,
bought his coffin two years ago and
every time he was in town took a
look at it. Yesterday he was buried
in it. He was 71 years old* - . ?*
Eury MeSwain was found in a
clump of vines near his home near
Shelby yesterday with the top of his;
I head blown off. His family had been
hunting for him for a day and night..
He recently returned from a sanitarium.
He was a farmer.
The reconstructed submarine S-4,
sunk in a collision less than a year
ago, in which forty lives were lost,
is to be used in Block Island sound
near New London, Gonn., in' experiments
with saftty apparatus.
The submarine is to be sunk and new
appliances tried out in an effort to (
discover means of rescuing crews
from sunken subsT
Eighty typewriters have been installed
at Teachers College, Colum-'bia
university, New York, for the use
of children between 5 and 6 years old,~
in an effort to teach the children to
spell. It is believed the typewriterj
will teach the children faster than the,
pencil and tablet.
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Twelve more persons were^M
by mad dogs in Greenville "county?
week, and every day since early i?
mer Pasteur treatment has been gm
to residents of that county, ?
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Delicate Perfumes
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Soaps?The Finest
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Electrical Goods
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Mesh Bags
Pocket Books Christmas
Tree Ornaments
A hearty welcome awaits you, we will apprec.ate
your patronage.
Yours for a Merry Christmas
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The Corner REXALL Drug Store
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