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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER (28, 1928. NUMBER 40.
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Work of Drunk Maji
Ga., D?c. 24?Death
tupj^d' four children who were
pChristmua mon?fy aa tempoBb
ju a'fireworks store, when
Kindle, lighted by a customEd
?n explosion, which envelCbuilding
in flames.
ILrred bodies of 'William
Kr ind Frances Shaw, 16, chilEthe
proprietor of the store,
Eshaw, and Mary Bell Dodd,
E brought out of the blazing
Kby firemen, who were forced
the flames for 16 minutes
Hby could enter.
Kennedy, 18, who, with the
E?r children, was earning
Ejjxlay money by working in
K^rks "tore, was burned so'
Kit she died in a hospital late
E Padgett, 11, was severely
Bind his father, Paul Padgett, <
Bdiy cut about the face ih es^B
through a sljow window. ' J
Shellhouse, Jr., 17, dashed l
burning building and at
to carry the Dodd girl out- 1
tf, crazed by the sudden blast ]
she fought hiiu off and rush- 1
E into the' flames. The youth
Bis escape with both hands bad- 1
K
B, proprietor of the store, told
toiunideutifled man, whom he *
to have been intoxicated, en- <
he atore in which a number of J
B were shopping -and snatched i
B Soman candle from -a counter. <
Bt anyone could stop him, <
aid, he had lighkfti: the . fea j
f begun fixing the balls of (
Btbout the store. Other Are- i
vere ignited, and while the
with the Roman candle was be- I
Eta outside the swift staccato
ps of the small crackers were
Bid swiftly by the (deeper intothe
larger nnes. t
fci abe store immediately was ?
street, on which the store was f
became immediately a con- t
Bus of tarror-stcicken srop- i
Bad firemen were hindered in (
Km6 work .until ithe street had <j
BirtLalJy cleaned. j
Building was an .old structure,
B jointly by ithe fireworks t
da restaurant. Shaw, a gin- j
opened the store as a tempoBl)dillij1unent
\
B-r ? , . I
Pden Police Assist i
mVniisual Recovery j
Bung lady school teacher who. I
mini through Oamdeu on
as eve day tad ithe misfor- 1
[to lose her pockethbok while in ?
tad by a mere chance reeofw^
[ike same isshort 'While afitt^
Prosperity, stopped at a local 1
?Ution reeb roam, and while 1
^hopped her pocketbook which 1
forty or more (dollars! She
jMke purse upon reaching the j
i*%e. Coming quickly hack to .]
she returned to .the filling
tad was told that they knew
the lost purse. She learn- ]
**ver, that two men and two :
[driving a car with A Mew York 1
SM*g had been the ones i
Ffttere since her departure. 1
ft8 meagfg clne she appealed
!l Hilton and . ha told her that
Rr (io what he conld for her.
^ ?cer promised her faint hope,
ft-with the large amount of
p Pmi'ng on jjj r0nds on ChristNot
even knowing in which
H^Jhe New York car was travthe
rural police of (Rich
asked ,hioi to watch for the
women, giving him a deF'n5thecar.
Chief Hilton's surprise he
7 * ?ard next day thinking
El w *n helping her
E*"**r pocketbook.
Er^ Goodfellows Club
mirrt Jnccfcaon? w' T. DempRhf
, Watts and O. M. Lorwman
Svl mU!ic for ?T*kre dance
L* r-ugoff community house on
avening last and the
p retributed the sum of |7.00
Br*ri of music. The music
*** thoughtfully and Mbert'8
bT ** u The
euur men
in Airplane Crash
W?.*t?n00W' ^ 28?Two Georj
homeward bound (or the lwlidays,
and two pilot, in a .Ix-pawenv
g? cabin monoplane o( the Interstate!
here X wbi.rr. T'" V""'"
vvu*y wnen the Ship crashed in
h?e; IT",1 "ection ?f the c,tyField
'U at Marr
A third passenger In the plane es2
W'th mfnor '"Juries but was
M? !' e eXpUin how he came
through the accident sa(ely.
Th* plane, southbound from Chicago,
experienced difficulty in taking
off from the field, and a short time
later plunged earthward, smashing
. frS" rippln'K aw?V a portionl
It torst |T ? ? P?rch 88 " "tmck.
It burst into flames, trapping four of
its occupants In the cabin.
ki"edIwere Charles H. Shield
Of Evansvllle, Ind., pilot of the. plane;
C. . MayPer, St. Elmo, foreign lanTl"
J"1".*1 *" iorthe Chattanoo'
Medical company for many years,
w o hud taken passage here for Attanta;
. L. Burnett of Chicago and
Raymond D. Harris, pilot for the Ine !.
1, Ts ee" Chicago and
Evansville, Ind., who was riding as a
passen?rer for the purpose of learn80uthern
part of the route.
5 Wilham Roz*r of Chattanooga, *
* MaCOn (G*> con<? ,
scaped fronr the -burning plane, hut
lelther he nor spectators of the trrrrtptious
of how he did It. Rosar
iscaphd with minor injuries, but was
^?t^r hours he wasnot
iUughia ' *??
Y 40 what happened.
Wort!!iJ!?tyi?ns: But
Lined Hermit Life
Miami, Fla. Dec. 20,?The fled
'^^FriiUM^h^dxUfrf^i.'lTy ?*
onrt yesterday when anthTrity0^
* trust company to adminMer
| ?1M60,000 estate for the benefitrof
dstera and nieces fa London, England.
- <???w" hy ** lat? n- E.
iLi *" ? > wish,
Itad an famate of the county paorlouse
In Juno,"
8eemad ** no Pieas ?>
> the oomsmny of men or twonen.
The estate grew out of early investments
engineered for the recluse
?k Sr*"* SfSSi 1W6? Artier
A ****** ** ?" mothed of
landling his property aad retrod
^,?ep^any af the e^nfags from
ofAcera ?f the Obeak heard ire
de?titute circumstances, they
*U^?pon snd attempted to
persuade Qjjti|feii,iaa .same of the
He ordered, them off his
property, and some years later wh?
he trust Officers decided to sell some
of his holdings, he threatened the
purchasers ndth a shotgun.
^Subsequently, Courtier went into
the Everglade, and lined some year,
wtth a tribe of Seminole Indians!
im"ltie 'I" '1 t0 civUi""?n in
' ,?7Jt,w" In request that he he adnutted
to the county poor farm. The
request was Ranted, hut without
Courtiers knowldflge the trust company
supplied the superintendent of
the poor farm with funds to sec that
its eccentric client did iiot want for
any necessities. ^ ~
Presbyterian Church Notes
_ Abeautiful Christmas tree was put
id the church last Sunday and in the
afternoon Old Santa came and presented
^U^iUed^ stockings to about
seventy little ch||d|un^S^in "ifcSi
anyone see as much joy brought to
the hearts of little children as was
teen in thosd who Were present Sunpay
afternoonb, at the tree. The
youhg people of the Episcopal and
Presbyterian churches assisted by
Mrs. Mayfield And Miss High deserve
our thanks for this fine deed. And
Ulty_ wish to express thflhf tiktekkVff to
all the cititens of Camden who helped
with their contributions to make this
tree possible, p?-?
Sunday tehodl 10 a.m.; morning
worship J 1:16 a^m.; Christian Endeavor
i p.m.
You are eordlany invited to all
tn^flc v lets ?
JMrs^ C^ovitt C. Robey. of Washingten.
D. C., this week gave birth to
be*_f?erth p*ir of twtea in seven
Former Mill Worker j
Killed at Goldsboro
A fipecjal from Goldaboro, N. C., to
the Charlotte Observer of December
22, carrit-d the following account of
the ftotal injury to J. D. Crolly, formerly
employed by the Hermitage
Cotton Mill of this city:
"J. D. Crolly, of Camden, S. C\, is
in the Golduboro hospital with a badly
orushed skull, a broken neck, a broken
hip and three broken ribs, which
Injuries he received late Thursday
when he was thrown from the automobile
driven by M. R. Holloway, of
Bishopville, S. C., at Bear Creek on
Highway 10, eight or ten miles from
Goldsboro."
Mr. Crolly died from his injuries
and his body was carried to Darlington,
S, C., his former home on Sunday
for burial. He is survived by
two brothers, S. L. Crolly, superintendent
of the Hermitage Cotton
Mill and S. M. Crolly, employed by
the same mill.
Many Teachers Belong
To State Association
Columbia, Dec. 24.?Of the 163
teachers la .ICerahaw county, 180 a**
members 6^ the South' Carolina
teachers1 association, it is announced
by J. P. Coates, secretary.
In Marion county, il6 of the 123
teachers are members; in Darlington
county, 164 out of 182; in Lee county,'
85 out of 89; In Union county, 147
out of 1-56; in Richland county, 864
out of 374; in York county, 224 out
of 266; and in Charleston county, 266
oat of 322/ ~
Orangeburg, MsCormick, Williamsburg,
Bamberg, Chester, Mgrlbeillb;
Laurens and Calhoun Counties haare
166 jper -cent, membership '? apd
Spartanburg lacks but six of 100
One of the principal speakers at
(the associations' annual convention in
1 Columbia -March 28, 29 and ?
be X^hseron Reck, personal dh*$dC
I of the INew. York stock exchange,
which includes the educational department,
where all employes receive
J training. Mr. Beck is much in demand
as a speaker and was one of
the .principal speakers at the convention
.Uvo years ago and fiemd so
popular .that he has been invited back
again dhis year.
\'OM Liquor' To Blame
Aners Youth in Jail
I v r ?
I A young white man, said to have
given the name of Joy, is mew confined
in the Kershaw county .jail, i6t\
the part he is said to have played in.
an .sieged car theft. Mr. T. X.
Trueadell, who has twice bad his car
stolen afrom his residence at the corner
of DeKalb and Mill stxwfes, beard
fome ane trying to start hie car. " ffei
(curing his revolver he"wam~out"l#r
|aee ahmit. it and found the young
man, said to be in an inebriated condition,
ttcying to get the machine
.started. .Asked where he was going
with the car, he replied to Bishop1
ville. Mr. Trucsdell told him to get
over further and he would do tlii
(driving end go along with him. Instead
of landing in Bishopville, he
(spent the xiight in the city l6ck-ujv
(being later transferred to the county
I Young Joy has professed to know
nothing at all of the occurrence, and
iit aaid to have even stated that be
I does not knoow When or how he came
to Gamden. *
Sumter's Oldest. Citizen
Sumter, S. C., Defc. 20.?George
I White, negro, who claimed to bars
fewnr-the uldest man in Sumter coun|ty,
died at his home near Dalzell,
Sumter cottntjf Sunday. He plitted
I his age at 106 years on his last birth|
day, March 18, 1928. George bad
been feeble for some time, but was
able to go about until the end, 3atur(day
night be told yonfe of his thil(dren:
"I'm going home on the &*ln
in the morning** but no one paid any
( special attention to hie statement.
Sunday tpornlng a few minutes
after he got up, be collapsed, while
talking to his children, and died in
(a few seconds. 4iii aged wife survives
him, as well as several eons
(and daughters, who may be pttt in
the "aged** class. George was horn
| |ftt0 slavery, belonging to the Jennings
family ofethU <***%?. He
1 accompanied his young master to the
Noted Educator Pastes
At Home in Rock Hill
Hock Hill, Dec. 26.?Dr. David Ban
founder and president
yt Winthrop college for Women who
oied at his home here early today,
will be buried tomorrow on the campus
where he spent so many of his
professional years.
The body will lie in state in the
college chapel from 11 a.m. until 2i30,
the hour of burial.
Death was attributed to colitis with
complications. Dr. Johnson had been
1,1 failing health for some time but
^ad remained in active control of the
College here.
Affectionately known to thousands
"Winthrop daughters" as "Debe,"
Div Johnson also was - known
among national educators as a lgader
te hig prpfession. He was. a former
president of both the National Educr.tion
association and the Southern
Education association.
Entering the University of " Tennessee
when he was fifteen years old,
Dr. Johnson wfti graduated at the
head of hid class. He served as an
Instructor at the university and later
as a member d* the faculty. A few
years later he was brought to Columto
establish the city school sysp
while serving in VHUVdfcpacthat
he conceived the idea of establishing
a training scho^ fdt1'South
(Carolina teachers. At his own expense
he went to Boston secured
** i??W grant of 92.000 MUTSt.
Robert C. Winthrop, theiv chairman
Of the hoard of the Peabody Foumfetjgn
for Education in the Soutfc' In
tl? autumn of 1805 he opened ' Wfck
bbfop college with nineteen students
and one teacher, The first classes
Ik .held la the chapel of the Pi&i
hyterian Theological seminary, a converted
stable.
A few years later the schffcl started
by Dr, Jktansa* was thfcen' ovw'W
the state of Booth' ;
W K?4 Hill. its present
sspodprntrnt and building value Is mors
than ;$2;000;000 and its student body
exceeds 1,800.
Primo tie Rivera In
Christmas Polo Game
Camden's winter season was opened
'officially and with eveiy indication
to better all. records when on
Christmas -Day, before a hoot of
bles from sill parts of the world, the
first (petto game of many planned far
this year was played on the Kirkwood
fWld. The game was played
ad;one of the fastest ever witnessed
aad was featured by the scoring ?f
two goals by Miguel Brim? de Riverai
son of the dictator of S^ada and a
merahw oof King Alfonso's polo team
K rttwiiDd hWh? U * **** y$:
de Rivero is in this
cannby, according to presa gallery
gossip, 1,rider commission from the
^#aBirtuuent to interest
American tourists to Spain and since
in Camden he has. been
the inharesting study of news and
camera representatives for . many
tourist and- travel publications.
He is accompanied by Dr. J. J, Eller
of New York City whose gunie Tuesday
wan "also magnificently played.
The Spanish .potable will remain in
ttrip city for several days and later,
in company with Doctor Eller, sail
for bis native Country, returning to
Camden in February for the remainder
of the season.
Doctor Eller, a noted skin specialist
and professor of skin diseases of the
New York Post Graduate 'Medical
Schools and Colleges, has been , invited
by the Spanish government to
lecture at the Royal Academy allied,
icine while in Madrid, He is an
author of numerous works, on skia
diseases and is a former teacher at
Columbia^ and Consign Among
other . celebrities here for
the holiday season <were Alexander
Rostworowski, Pollih count whose
American residence 'Is at - Hills,
Nt'jJ.j John Dxohijowskf,' a
Polish count and member of" the
Polish legation at Washington; and
Judge Robert* W. Winston of Durham,
N. G* formerly of the iiprsme
court of that stale and author V of a
notable biography of ' Andrew Johaton
___________
Jr. H. Sheppard tu alactneuilw)
at the Georgia Rtjfe prison-^ MB*
ledgevffle on Wedaeeday for j|BfjPUV
%r of Homer Bowler ia Attain, (U^
te r*mur| Mt. r *,' 'P
Three South Carolina
Men Lose in A p peals
Charlotte, N, C?, Per. 24,?Oliver ,P.
Kerr, Lcomtnl Davis and Henry Massey,
charged with an imposing array
of felonies in South Carolina, were
denied their freedom here today when
they appealed to Judge W. F. Harding
for release under habeas corpus
proceedings.
i The judge announced the matter
would tab reopened January B, by
l,yhuch time South Carolina officers
tan complete plans for extraditioin
of the trio.
The men tfbre originally arrested
in connection with the theft of' an
automobile from C. L. JBrookshire of
Charlotte. Officers investigating
seized a mud-spattered car last night
at a local garage which contained 126
| gallons of whiskey. The car was said
to have been stolen from B. E. Page
of Columbia, who was shot in the leg <
by the youths who are irlleged to have
looted a house near Columbia and
then "hijacked" Page. Two
guns, a coat and spine whiskey
said to have been stolen from the
house wpra recovered here. Massey,
police said, told them Page escaped
from his car after the young men
held them up, being shot while getting
out, and they then sought him in
vain with flashlights.
~J. D. Dunaway, rural police chief
of Richland county, was in Charlotte
yesterday helping police clear up angles
of the case connected with the
Page affair.
Crazed Man Shot Up
a Country Church
u Fayetteville, Tenn., Dec. Ity.-rQRt
hundred or more worshippers besatfte
a screaming mob on the initant at
the village church in Kelso, Tenn.,
last night, when Joe Pigg, a well-todo
farmer emptied his pistol toward
his fciands and neighbors of a life
timfl, ...V --JA1 -AiL.. ; . , ..1
' ?... ~ ~:r-: *?.iq.;-' : f rt. .. . -''
Pigg. was shooting at A. J. Simmons,.
hut he killed Floyd Steelman,'
22, and critically wounded Simmons
And -Squire Neal Golden, 25, of county
court. Paul Gattis, 11, was shot in
the scalp superficially.
The explanation was that "family
i (differences" between Pigg .and Simmons,
his &0-y*ar ,pld neighbor, . had
led to the promiscuous shots. Pigg
was lodged in jail here by Sheriff
JBobb Rhea, who found him waitingl
' 4n the church yard after asking,
friends to call the officer.
Pigg, 55-year-old father of seven
children, walked into, the Cumberl
Swd Presbyterian church just, as the
! aervice was te h?ve begun. His first
shot brought every member to his
feet. Steelman dropped in his pew,!
mortally gfcjjfcil. Then Simmons
fell, wounded in the lpngs and face.
Sgfiire Gold en's stomach was punctured,
Simmons and Golden, had a
alight chance to live at Lincoln, coun!
iO^tal .here. No
services were held at Cumberland
church last night.
'ft"'
^ in
"Charts J- McKenzie, aged 40, died
i f*#.- his home, 3-10 Conestee avenue,
yesterday morning at 6 o'clock. 4 He
had been in declining health for several
months, but was seriously ill
only a few days.
Mr. McKenzie had resifced in
Greenville for?the past' two years,
coining here from ^Latta, in Dillon
county, where be waa-born and reared.
He was a.memher oil Flint Hill
Baptist church, near Camden.
<1. Surviving are his wife and the following
children: Doris; Lois, Glenn
and Charles McKenzie, Jr. One sister,
Mrs. Ida Moody, of Dillon, and
mm. brother Gary nf
ence, also survivor'" r ?
, Mr. McKenzieV body was sent to
jp former! home at Camden, last
night by JsneidieAfes company.^?;
Greenville News, December 20.
The above information will be read
with sorrow-here where Mr. McKenzie
formerly .^wided. He was in the
mercantile business at Cantey Hill
for a time. He was married to Miss
Estis Creed, daughter of the late J.
***<1 the funeral was held at
Flint Hill church on Wednesday.
Mr. afid Mrs* G. A. Creed, Dewey
J. Creed, of Camden, and Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Peatee of Colombia, motored*
to Greenville Tuesday to aecempeny
the body back to Camden.
-f.: 'IfiS
C ountry Home Scene
of Awful Tragedy
l^urens, fi, C? Dec. 24.?Three
People are definitely known to have
been burned to death, and two others
are thought to have perished last
mght between 12 and 1 o'clock when
the large frame house of Mrs. lam
Hembree, sometimes known as Mra.
I^ee Munro, was burned to the ground
near Kinarda in the lower part of the
county.
The known dead are: Mra. Hembree,
her deaf and dumb son about
liO years old, and Boyd Hollia, who
wua a visitor in the house at the time.
The supposed dead are: Infant
grgltd daughter of Mrs. Hembree,
whose mother, died in a charity ward
in Atlanta several months ago when,
the baby was born, and Hattie Wedderman,
colored nurse who is thought
hav? M sleeping with the infant
child. . x'
The charred remains of three adults
were found in the burned house this
morning by Sheriff C. L. Owens, who
went down to make an investigation.
1 hut portion of. the house where the
nurse and infant slept was still hot
from burning timbers and could not
be reached for an investigation. ,
No one in the vicinity this morning
was able to account for the
whereabouts of the hurte and inftmt* >
?o it is supposed that they, too, perished
in the ffw.' -4Qgt" 'Holland, 'of
Clinton, who was in the house some
time before fire, escaped.
Discovery of the fire was made by
Baspcom?, Timmons, , Murray. Adams
and a man named Underwood, . whan .
they iWtumed to the house about orie
o'clock. *ftcr.miWat i jtip tp Clinton
to have * puncture fixed. They ;*#
ported to the sheriff, this -morntiig
that the house was practically burned
down when they reached the scene. '
Several years ago neighbors of
Mrs. Hembree brought court pro*
ceilings against her in'the effort to
pbtte a nuisance which they alleged'
She conducted there.
Clinton, S. C., Dec. 14.?Bodies of
three adult pewoiA ^rd found early
this morning amid the charred reI
mains of the residence of Mrs. Lee
Hembree, located two and a half
miles southwebt of Kinards. Local '
officers believe that in addition to the
three, a fourth .person, an infant
grand daughter of Mys. Hembree.
also lost her life.
Identification of the bodiea.hss so
-far been impossible, but it is the bell
J* authorities that they areJMrs.
Hembree, her son, William Hembree,r
*bd Boyd Mollis, carpenter, of Clinton.
ffo trgce of the body of the in-1
fant has been found bufclt is Jtpughi^
that she was inthehousb at the time
of the fire.
is taown otUisjuJgln_of_tht
M? r to Sher-,
iff Colnabu. 6we# of Won, ?t 3
nt* *#rnlWiW *Wr Alv.
Holland, printer of Newberry, told
Jnthti
?!? ? ?n * awakened by the
managed loiscape
with his life.
He said he had been occupying a
bed at the rear with HolMs and had |
tried first to wake him and then to
ito a window, but was forced 1
to give up this attempt when Haines
began to ^nge him, according to information
obtained from Sheriff
Owns. Holland was unable to acCouwtfor
the origin the-blase, the
sheriff said. . ; ''
A coroner's Jur? was empanneled at
the seeneof the fire thie-moming but
no testimony was taken. A resumption
of the Inquest will take plaCo
Thursday morning at Clinton
No on. i, being hold by the .otheritiea
in connection with the. fire.
~^Sf^~t?nttr Ypitth Dies Itore
. , Slnima' years of age, died
hl/w*1 h.08^ital Sunday, where he
had been placed while suffering a
severe ijlness. Mr. Simms was a native
and former resident of Olanta.
where funeral services were held.
During his stay in Camden the
brid? WH|had ?2 conn6ctad wifl,
Mdg* building forces operating on
highways near this City and among
his fellow-workers and acquaintances
hvhad gained many warm friends.
He is survived by his lather n t>
Simms, and other reUtives in OlsmU. |
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