The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 11, 1929, Image 1
I The Camden Chronicle
HuUME XXXX. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY U, 1920. NUMBER 42.
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iree Are Injured;
Auto-Train Crash
d?K Ethel Fletcher, ID; Mia* Viola
,ch?r, 17, and Henry Fletcher, 8,
e placed in the Camden hospital
dnesday afternoon buffering cuta
I bruises said to have been received
en the light coach in which they
re traveling collided with the
Uthern passenger train, Ker?h#w to
niden, at a point one mile south
Kershaw.
I'he young people, all children of
and Mrs. M. G. Fletcher of Flat
ick, are reported to have been enute
to their home from school,
key were picked up by members oi
f train's crew and upon arrival of
i train here were removed to the
fcpitnl in ambulances of C. W.
ans & Son.
lM! of the injured were Thursday
truing reported as resting as well
could be expected.
'ICounty Officers
Re-Named For Year
I it the first meeting of the KerY
County Board of Directors held
[the year Mr. H. G. Garrison, Jr.,
I re-elected chairman of the Board,
Attorney L. T. Mills was reted
as County Attorney and Clerk
he Board.
dessrs. Aussie West, L. B. Ogburn
1 S. W. Rose were re-elected as
pers Of the toll bridge over the
teree river. 'Mr. J. Madison Mosewas
named as superintendent of
t oil distribution plant recently
cted near the Seaboard passenger
ktion, while Mr. J. W. Sowell sucids
Mr. Mo.seley as superintendent
the DeKalb township chain gang.
lemson To Test
Cotton Seed Free
fcotton' seed throughout the areas
Kted by the September storms are
siderably damaged according to
Its made of these seed at Clemson
lege and are unsafe for planting
Jrposes. It is recommended that
) seed be used fur planting that
ists less than seventy per cent,
ermination and that when these are
Bed double the usual quantity per
re should be planted. In order
at farmers may know the condition
their seed free tests will be made
Clemson College. Farmers wishg
cotton seed tested should take
mples as follows: Take several
iuble handfuls of seed from different
aces in the pile. Mix these tosther
thoroughly. Take one pound
seed from this and put in a cloth
g, with name and address on inside
d outside. If more than one batch
seed is to be tested number the
mples or write variety of seed
>ng with owners name inside and
tside. Mail to R. W. Hamilton,
emson College, or bring it to J. W.
nders County Agent at Camden,
his should be done at once in order
| get a report on the seed in time
l' it to be of value.
Named on Important Committee
Representative Norman S. Richards,
Liberty Hill, has been named as a
ember of the important Ways and
eans committee in the general asmbly
at their Tuesday's meeting,
epresentative R. E. McCaslan, of
'eenwood, was named chairman,
her members of this committee are:
Melvin J.- Ashley, J. Arthur BoyV
Wr P. Conyers, G. L. Curetou,
illiam M,->Fair, James M. Fair,
rues W.! Hamer, ]R. Beverley Her
? John P. Isenhower, L, M. lones,
K. Keenan, Samuel T. D. Lancasi
W. H. Lightsey, Howard Mcivey,
J. J. Mason, E. Gettys Nunn,
^ert Muldjow, Wade H. Nicholson,
M. PegueTs, W. J. Revell, Sam Rit*>erg.
Allen M. Sapp, Olin Sawyer,
*Tey G. Seiiseney, W.~W! Smoak,
?es H. Sullivan, J. M. Thomas,
ank A. Thompson, W. W< Tripp, A.
Westibrook.
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Death Suspends Life Sentence
ashington Griffin, 60-year-old
ored life-timer, died at the Statfc
'ison farm in this county Saturday,
cath was attributed to pneumonia
Mlowing influenza.
Griffin waa serving a sentence of
imprisonment for the murder of
8 wif? in Greenville county six
ears ago,
^The body was prepared for burial
F A. R. Collin*, local undertaker,
"tJ^PP^ ,1be negro's format
in Bimpsoavflie iSnday.
Former Camden Man
Dead at Blaney
Arthur T. Simpson, aged 46, died
at his home at Blaney Monday after
a short illness. Mr. Simpson was
well known not only in his community
"but throughout this county, und his
sudden death was a great shock to
relatives and friends.
Mr. Simpson was born March 1,
1884. For a number of years he
| made his residence in Camden where
the was connected with the postofftce
department when the office was located
in the Burns property on Main
street. He moved to Blaney where
he has made his home for many years,
and was held in high regard by his
feUow townspeople. Ho had been
connected with the Blaney Mercantile
company for the past seven years.
He was a Christian man and had
much influence for good.
He is survived by his widow, and
by one son, A. T. Simpson, Jr.; and
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Josepn
Simpson, of Riehbourg in Chester
County. Three brothers?W. H. Simpson,
of Hortop, Kansas; J. Earle
Simpson and R. Norman Simpson, of
Lexington, and Miss Alma Simpson,
of Atlanta, Ga.
Funeral services were held at Har^
mony Baptist church near Blaney at
3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, conducted
by Rev. Mr. Padgett, the pastor,
and interment was ;n the churchyard.
Pallbearers officiating were Tabmage
Bo wen, Carroll Bowen, Boy tin
Rose, J. D. Bailey, Irby Maddox and
Maxey Butler.
Prominent Kershaw
Citizen Passes Away
I Kershaw, Jan. 7.?Funeral services
I for John M. Lowery, prominent in
! the business and social .life of the
j community, were held Sunday.
Mr. Lowery died after a short illness.
He had been in failing healtft
[for about two years. Mr. Lowery was
| a native of Chesterfield county, combing
here about .28 years ago from
, Jefferson. He was long identified with
the hnsiness life nf the .town, being
;a member of the firm of Threatt and
Carson, also the Merchants' Furniture
company. He was also an officer in
the Kershaw Building & Loan association.
For many years he was a memI
ber of the board of trustees which
.gave such a creditable school system
to the town.* Mr.. ILowery had reachj
ed the age of 56. He was a member
; of the Presbyterian church, in which
I the services were ^conducted.
| He is survived by his widow and
j two children, William of Lancaster,
jand Sara, a student at Winthrop; alsoj
by the following brothers and sisters:
Mrs. L. E. Haley and Miss Fannie
Lowery of Jefferson, Mrs. Baker of
Augusta, Ga., Clyde .and Roach Lowery
of Jefferson, Henry of McBee and
Hemp of Charlotte, 2*1. C.
He was laid to rest in the Kershaw
J cemetery, the services being conduct.
: ed by his pastor, the Rev. Mr. Steven:son
of the Presbyterian church.
'
\ Banded Goose Killed
In Wateree Swamp
Mr. J. Elmore Jeffers, who resides
in the Doby's Mill section of West
Wateree, while hunting in the
Wateree river swamp on Wednesday
killed a wild goose with aluminum
bands attached to its legs.
An inscription on the band reads:
"Write Box 48, Kingville, Ontario,
Canada." One band contains, the following
Biblical quotation. "Let us
consider one another," Hebrew 10:24.
The second band carries this quotation:
"He careth for you," 1st Peter
5:7.
The address given on the band is
said to be that of a man who makes
a specialty of feeding these feathered
creatures and the geese get so tame
that he walks among them without
the birds taking fright. He was
formerly a great hunter and trapper,
but in late years has spent his time
in caring for wild creatures.
Copeland-West
Mr. Otis West, of Kershaw,... and
Miss Vesta Co pel and, of Be thane,
were married in Camden on January
7, by Probate Judge W. L. MoDowelL
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Wages-Rosa
(Mr. Howard J. Ross and Miss
Sptvey Driska Wages, both of Itfi&ty*
wars married in Csmden^on^Janu^
New Model Chevrolet
Attracts Attention
The new Chevrolet Six?"The outstanding
Chevrolet of Chevrolet history??
Six in the price range of tho
OUr ?-'*me to town on Saturday
morning and found a berth in th-j
show room of Welsh Motor Company,
w ere it has been viewed by scores
o Inteiested folks who were wanting
to see the latest production of Chevrolet
builders. !
' b< < ai itself is not disappointing,
t lives up to the claims of its builders
and of the many local people who
.visited the show room to see this
new General Motors Company product
there were none but who were
p eased at its handsome appearance,
Ihere were many comparisons of the
,Chevrolet of today with the motor)
cars of a decade ago and many were
ready to say that the new Chevrolet
looks better and acts better than did
the cars of ten years ago which sold
lor three times its price.
| The new car is fitted with a Fisher
body, about four inches longer ami
four inches wider than is to be found
on the four cylinder Chevrolets that
have been so popular during the past
iyear. The fittings and trimmings of
the new car are of good quality and
make the now Chevrolet look like a
real automobile selling for much
higher prices. The motor, a sixcylinder,
runs quietly, eitheV when
he car is motionless or on the highways,
develops about forty-six horsepower
and will attain a speed of 60
miles per hour or more, if the driver's
nerve and inclination makes th.at
speed desiraJble. The new car includes
in its makeup practically all
the newest wrinkles and gimcracks
that add to convenience and pleasure
jn driving , and comfort of those who
may be occupying the car. When
running on the road the machine is
especially easy to steer and handle,
land has a getaway that is almost
breath-taking when the driver steps
on the gks.
\
Ancrum Rewards Fire-Fighters
,, Chester, Jan. 5.-I? reco/nitl of
j e fire fighting done by the Chester
| fire department at the big $75,000
of the Southern Cotton Oil company
a few nights ago, this company
rough its Chester manager, Thomas
Ancrum, presented the firemen with
a check , for one hundred dollars, to
be used as they see fit to spend it
By quick work the Chester fireinen
Kept the blaze confined to one building.
Otherwise the loss would have
been a much hevier one, ft8'on one
side there was a warehouse containng
1,100 tons of hulls, while on the
other side was a warehouse full of
valuable meal:- -Then the gin, fertilizer
plant and several other warehouses
and a large number of bales of
inters were closeby.
Camden Schools
To Open Monday
The Camden City Schools will open
Monday morning at 9 o'clock for the
first t,me since closing for Christmas
Holidays, according to an announcement
issued from the office of Superintendent
J. G. Richards yesterday
Two changes will be noted in the
high school faculty when classes are
resumed on this date, Mr. Richards
j stated.
Mike Sherwood, of Greensboro, N.
C., and a graduate of the University
? - -Prfch Carolina, will serve as
athletic director and head of the
science department. Mr. SherWood
takes the place of C. F. Shaw whose
resignation recently became effective.
Miss Joe Godfrey, of Louisville,
Ky., and a graduate of the University
of Louisville, will direct the homo
economics department which, until
( her recent resignation and marriage, <
was headed by Miss Louise Johnson/I
While welcoming the new faculty
members pupils and patrons of the
high school will at the same time
deeply regret the removal of their
former teachers whose visit and
services in this city have been most
acceptable to all.
Brought Here For Burial
Funeral services for Jimmie Mickle
22-year-old negro who died ai J*y
Buy, Fla., Monday, were conducted at
Good Hope church in the Cantey auction
Thursday afternoon.
Jlickle was m native lfid "~fr?^~
Senator Johnstone
Dead at Newberry
Newberry, Jun. 5.?-Alan Johnstone
former senator from Newberry coun- ]
ty for 20 years, died this morning j
shortly after 0 o'clock at Ws home on
Johnstone street, following an ill \
neBs of heart attack. Mr. Johnstone |
hud been in declining health for some 1
time, hut the end was not expected j >
so soon. jj
He was a farmer and followed thut^'
occupation all his life. Through1
hard work and good management he \
had acquired considerable property. ]
He had much good farming land in \
the county und owned some of the i
moat valuable property in the city. <
Mr. Johnstone was 7(J. was 1
born August, 12, 1849, in the John- 1
stone home near where he lived a'1
his life. He was the son of Chan- 1
cellor Job Johnstone and Amelia De- '
Walt. Mr. Johnstone was elected 1
a member of the house of represonta- (
tlveB in 1906 and served in that ca
pacity for one term. In 1908 he>.ran 1
i for the senate from Newberry coun- ^
ty and still held ^hat iwsition. However,
during the summer, he did not 1
offer for re-election, deciding to with- 1
draw' from politics the rest of his life. '
Mr. Johnstone, besides being Sena- '
tor from the county for the past 24 *
years, had been a member -rftfv.tho
board of trustees of Clemson college ^
since the organization of the college 1
with the exception of a short time, ^
when ousted 'by Governor Tillman. :
Later he was elected by the legislature.
He was president of the T&ttiers'
Oil mill for a long time. The <
^ mill is one of the most successful in <
jthe state. He was responsible to a <
large degree in making it thus. He '
was an elder in Aveleigh Presbyterian
church and was a regular attendant .!
at church services. He was president
pro tern, of the senate and a member
of the board of the federal land bank,
Columbia.
^ir> Johnstone was an outstanding
man and had thousands of friends in
Newberry county and in the state. He
had been a leader in the affairs of the
county for a long time. In his death
the county and state will miss a
valuable citizen. Mr. Johnstone worked
hard for good roads nnd always
led a fight for the colleges of the
state.
Besides a widow, who was Miss
Li 11a Rail Keimerly of the upper part
of the county, he is survived by the
following children: Mrs. George McCutchen
of Columbia, Mrs. L. T. Mills
of Camden, Mrs. W. W. Coleman of
Aiken, Mrs. J. W. Bountree of AtGa.,
Thomas K. Johnstone, vice
president of the National Bank
of Newberry, Alan Johnstone, attorney,
of Baltimore, Md., and J.
Malcolm Johnstone, . connected with
the Lexington Water Power company.
He is also survived by two sisters.
Miss Fannie E. Johnstone of Newberry
and Mrs. J. N. Fowles of Columbia.
;
The funeral services will be held
Sunday afternoon at 3:30 at the residence,
conducted by his pastor,1 the
Rev. M. C. Dendy of Aveleigh Presbyterian
church. Interment will be jn '
the Johnstone family burying ground
at the edge of the city.
The active pallbearers for Senator
Alan Johnstone will be his sons t*nd
sons-in-law, T. K. Johnstone, J. Malcom
Johnstone, Alan Johnstone, Jr.,
George McCutchen, W. W. Coleman,
L. T. Mills and J. W. Rountree. The
honorary pallbearers by his request
will be President Sikes of Clemson :
college and the board of trustees of
.Jemson College.
Methodist Church Services 1
Services at the Lyttleton Street :
Methodist church, hear . Hampton
Park, George PierceWatson, pastor,
Sunoay, January 13th will be: Bible
school .10:00 a. m. witb-elasees for
all grades and ages. Epworth League
at 6.46 p. m. to which all the young
People are invited. Public worship
11:15 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. conducted
by the pastor. Themes for the day,
morning "The Master's Major Test
for All of His Followers." Evening
thenie, "A Memorable Day," Midweek
ferayer service Wednesday' 7:80
P. m.. The aim of the pastor i^ to
*> present scriptural themes tfcaVthc
hearer may be both interested and encouraged
for Hi* Usk, and (
iencea of daily life. The pubUo U i
most cordially livited^ST aSF^p a
Details of Death
of Bar field
On lust Ihui.Miay morning W. R.
Harfteld wu? caught in the outside i
shafting at the Kershaw Oil Mill <
*hile assisting 1). A. Barfield and
inch Parker in stringing power lines ,
Wn the mill to the seed house near- ]
jy, und received injuries in beiiiK I
vhirled around the rapidly revolving
ihaft that caused practically unfiled- i
ate death.
<
Messrs. I). A. Bar fie Id and Parker <
ivere on top the seed house, while '
Mr. W. it. Barfield was standing on' I
* shed belorw the eaves attaching the
A-ire to ropes with which it was being 1
iruwn to the top. Both men on top 1
had shouted warning to Mr. Barfield
below to stand clear of the wire.
When Mr. Parker suddenly felt the!'
wiie tighten which he was pulling up,!
and realizing at once that it had'1
fastened to some object below, he!
Jut the wire us quickly us he could
with his wire pliers, and on looking'
5ver the eaves of the building was
horrified to see Mr. Barfield below
being whirled rapidly around the
shafting. The engine which drives <
the shafting was stopped as quickly i
as possible, but not until Mr. Bar- i
field was horribly mangled and life
extinct.
The remains were prepared for i
burial and were held at the home un- i
til Friday morning to await the ar- (
rival of absent members of the family.
Mr. Barfield was a highly respected
citizen of the community, and his
death in such a manner is most highly'
deplored by all. He was about 62;
years of age and left surviving his1
wife and the following children: Mrs.'
Eva Hornsby and Mrs. Etta Turner,1
of Camden, Misses Ada Leila, Alma.j
Margie and Ernestine, of Kershaw
Rev. W. H. Barfield, of McCormick,
and Ernest, Cecil and Raymond, of
Kershaw.
The remains were laid to rest In the
Kershaw cemetery Friday morning at
11 o'clock, following funeral services
conducted at the home by Rev. J. C.'
Corpening, pastor of the First Bap-;
tist church at Lancaster.? Kershaw
Era.
Junior Order To
Hold Big Meeting
The district meeting o; the Junior
Order United American Mechanics
will be held in the hall of DeKalhl
Council, No. 88, of this city Thursday
evening,-January 17, at 8 o'clock.
This district is comprised of the
counties of Chester, Lancaster, and
Kershaw and a large attendance, according
to local officers of the order,
is expected in Camden.
D. J. Creed is councillor of the local
organization with I* H. Jones as the
recording sectary.
Lancaster Lets Big Bond Isstte
Lancaster, Jan. 8?The county commissioners
opened bids today for the
sale of $250,000 of highway reim-!
bursement bonds of Lancaster county.'
The bonds carried a rate of 5 per
cent, and were purchased by Stranahan,
Harris & Otis of Toledo at par
and a premium of $2,000.
Proceeds from the bondB will
used to pave highway _No. 26 between
Lancaster and the North Carolina
line under reimbursement agreement
with the state highway department.
The county commissioners will offer
another $450,000 issue in 90 days
proceeds to be used on the same project.
It is said that paving will bo '
completed sou time this summer, <
thus giving a paved highway direct <
from Lancaster to Charlotte. ,
Fresbyterian Church Notes c
The sennon topic for Sunday morning,
JanuarxJ3, will be "Bags Which
Wax Not Old." The subject of the
midweek service Wednesday evening,
January 16, will be the "History of
the Presbyterian Church in the
United States.^
The Senior Christian Endeavor will
meet Sunday evening at 7 Q'clock.
Sunday school 10 a* m.
You have a most cordial invitation
to all these services.
Named On Committees
Senator Grover C. Welsh, of this
county, has been named chairman of
the committee on Federal relations in
*tate senate. HTTa also a mam.
>*r y aw eommtttw on commerce
end industries, natural resources and
Two Nef/roes Die;
Other Pair Saved
Columbia, Jan. I.-Tile atcrn hand
W the law reach*-,! out today and
-laimed the lives of two murderers.
I wo others, convicted for the same
?r?me. were saved when Governor
Kichurds commuted the death sentence
to one of life imprisonment.
George Palmer and Sam Brown the
iwo put to death went to the electric
hair in the state penitently here
icclanng their tfuilt and proTe.sting
Uu'" romrades in the death
house, Sam Tolbert and John Pickney
wore innocent. All were convicted
murder of Charley Loy, CharlesIon
( hinese laundryman.
it was not until after Palmer and
Brown were executed that Tolbert
H p?nckney were told that they
would not have to go to the death
chair.
They received the news without
marked demonstration. Both thankod
Col. J. N. Pearman, prison superintendent,
and Pi Orkney reqnested
a cigarette.
Approximately 60 people crowded
in the death chamber to watch the
electrocution. Included in the group
that saw Palmer electrocuted were
four women. A son and ? cousin ot
the murdered man watched both ex
ecutions and later expressed disuatisf
action that the death sentence
of the other two had been changed.
The Governor's letter was sent to
Col I earman several days ago with
instruction not to be opened until
time for the electrocution.
It contained provisions specifying
that if any of the men changed their
atory as to the innocence of Pinckney
and Tolbert, these, too, were to go
to the chair.
A group- of negro ministers were
with the condemned men prior to the
execution, praying and leading familiar
hymns. They watched the execution.
Charles Loy was killed last August
in Charleston, his throat being slashed
with a razor. A roundup of
negroes was started by police soon
r thejrime^and in a little more
........ a.. ?uur, the four, ail of whom
later confessed to the crime, were in
jail.
Pinckney and Tolbert later repudiated
their confessions, saying they
were forced to make the statements.
Minister Able To Be Out
R?v. J. W. Boy kin who has beerf
confined to his home by severe illnessfor
the past five weeks was able this
week to be fiiingling with his friends
on the street for a short time. Rev.
oykin has been for years the beloved
Tn8| ?u ^ Moriah Baptist Church
is held in high esteem by both
races He wishes The Chronicle to "
thank all of his friends for the many
kindnesses shown him during the
period he was a shut-in and a sufferer
He tells U8 that he did not want
for anything, and people from
all denominations administered to his
needs. It will be several weeks yet
before he can resume his pastorial
uties, iind he is looking forward to
putting on hiB anniversary services
soon. ,
Kelly-Spears
Lugoff, s. c., Jan. 7.?Miss Lula*
Gertrude Kelly, of Logoff, and West
Spears, of Cassatt, motored over to
Bishopville on December 25 and were
married in that town.
Mrs. Spears?is the daughter of
Representative and Mrs. Newton Kelly,
and was a popular girl in the
community . Mr. Spears is the son
?f Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Spfcars and is
a promising younp man. They will
make their home at Cassatt where
Mr. Spears is connected with the Spears
mercantile company. Mr. and
Mra. Hpcan; have ahoator frieiuls
? f*t<!n<i 'o them hearty eongratulations.
" Card of Thanks ? ..
We wish to take this way to express
our heartfelt thanks to all for
the kindness and comfort given during
the illness and death of our beloved
Father. Also for tlie many and
lovely floral tributes.
Misses Willie and Meme Turner.
Hiekabee-Ruaaell
Mr: Charles Wallace Russell, of
Camden, and Miss Lola Faye HucfcZ bee,
of Book Hfll. were married i?
-on Saturday by Rev. George
_ Wnon,' of tho ISSSton
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