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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE H. D. NILB8.. Editor Y?d Publisher Published every Friday at No, 1109 Broad Street and entered at the Camden, South Carolina poatoffice aa second class mail matter. Price per annum $2.00, payable in advance. Camden, H. Friday. Jan. II. 1929. 1 ! SUBSTANTIAL THE WORD _ 1 The year ju?t opening for ( amder. and Kershaw county will be one of safe and substantial progress and ah solute confidence m* all lines of commercial eiideuvoi if the combined financial stutcment of the county'i j five banking institutions Is aifaiii ac copied as the traditional barometer of w fiat - to - expect-in-business. From this statement it inny be gained tfiat Kershaw county banks have on deposit an amount well in excess pf two and one-quarter mil lions of dollars and that not a single one of the banks owes a penny'sweight for money borrowed. In view of the admittedly-- distressing < ottoii crop failure and other' natural hindrances to agrieultural ac j tivilies these ligure- should In* pregnant witfi optnn.srn and com d u i i?e io every hope- for realizing! during th - yun 'r.>- i mph-te .!.?! pendenee of this section of the country. ! Kershaw county's sturdy hanks and the men under whose control they function an*- to be credited in large' measure with the magnificent progre already eminent in this city and county and through their continued care we are -ure to mount' toward even greater successes during the coming > . ars, Louis William Gilland, who died of r appendicitis at Kingstrcc this week, ' was a lawyer of note, three times ' mayor of Kingstree, one of the coun ( ty exemption bour<l during the World war, a member of the county board of!' education and school trustee of I Kingstree, and bank director, who was born in Kingstree 48 years ago. lie graduated from the state university in 1902, and in law n year later. He practiced first with his father,, then with his brother, and finally | Hir wan a noted busebaii J pitcher in college and later caused the building of a negro school at his county sent. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church. He leaves a widow and three children, two in Col-j lege. Need For Lights Not long ago a little child was killed rear 'ireewood when an automobile ran into a -ruck halted along the side of the i with n light -Mowing. A !ow days ago art a cm . ear Orangeburg co.-t or tinner -miliar ci-< m-f a nee : " ' ' < ! ' at < i reen W o< "i. i ' ' .".rich have h.e'1 . r*c i.. i' ; I . - . g?M i that t he r A ' * : "-r " r; r o -.at y fuck. Vt'I ?' tr a t.g the ubiic .' rugnwav- a' *ei" doir uld .. -lav sonic gv a- a w a: : - g to < : i - ! bung t; - ;> a mattci : -impUC ill: a : ! c I r.e safe! \ t he peoj 1. 1!* Oie v and a" t:.e sametinvwill probably help other-- avoid -eiuous injury, Under art Act passed in 1928. vehicles other than automobiles are re-, quired to display a light ..r reflector i to be visible lrom the front and rear of said vehicle. As accidents are be-i coming rather frequent, it would seem' that this prov ision of law should be j enforced by the police authorities of j the various counties.--Orangeburg! T ' me>-1 'emoorat. (tuard Against Pneumonia With winter weather comes the' danger of pneumonia. Especially is j this so with young children. Fust they have < hi-, winch, if allowed to llll! on. ma- , .e.al-to pneUiriot ia. Ail siiia'.l i tiiMret. -hmtM be guarded again.-: .-udd. n and -harp changes in temperatures. And those who are under w eight or are ju-t ecovcnng from some other illness must have special care, as they are more likely to be the victims of pneumonia than those enjoying good health. A recent' Maryland health bulletin warns that pneumonia is highly infectious and advises that as much care be taken to prevent its spread as is taken in caring for diphtheria patients. R. J. Patterson, who died Sunday at his home in Marlboro county, belonged to one of the first families of that county, of which he was sheriff twenty years ago. He was afterward chief of police of Bennettsville. Ht was 01 years old, the son of Dr. R J. Patterson, and was a Methodist. Jim Hill, negro farmer of Green wood county, made 'M> hales of cottoi with four plows last year as a tenan' while only six bales were made on th same land by another tenant in 192' He also raised large feed crops. H is a hard worker, uses modern method and poisons the boll weevil. Finally Locates Man Owes One Thousand Chicago, Jan. 5. ?A wrinkled and well creaned check for f 1,000 which (.'. A. Meyer, Kansas City l?y '?*nu_ f..cturer, ha<i been trying to give to Thomas A. Casey for hve >?ar?, today reached the intended recipient. Several years ago Casey loaned Meyer $1,000 when the toy business was poor. When Meyer was ready tu pay the money lie could not find ( ?*? >. He started un intensive searcn and several tunes heard of Mr. Casey,, but never <|Uile caught up with him. | Yesterday fie came here on a'tip that Mr. Casey was living in Evans ton, hut found he had moved. However, the newspaper printed a story and Casey's brother saw It. Casey communicated with the Kvanston chief of police who in turn communicated with Mr. Meyer, Today the much worn check arrived ami was turned over to Mr. Casey. Carbon Monoxide Deadly This is the carbon monoxide season. Already there have been a number of cases of carbon monoxide gas poisdn nig with several fatalities. Last . , , ?he't* wu- ? total of 100 uses,1 wnn oO fatalities. This menace takes' its heaviest toll in winter because at ] the til st signs of cold weather people] "seal" up their windows and doors,1 stoke up the stove or furnace and J turn the gas heaters on full force. Some few warm up their auto engines in closed garages ? usually just once. Defective gas burners, unttued ovens, water-heaters etc., and improperly adjusted burners and flames add to the danger in the home. As a precautionary measure each home owner should inspect all gas appliances or have them inspected at regular intervals. The fact that many people are seemingly afraid of a little ventilation adds greatly to this menace. Some means of ventilation should be provided for all rooms occupied for any length of time, says the Ohio Health News. It not only will reduce the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning but will cut down the incidence of respiratory diseases as we!!. And ne-vei- w?rm up the auto engine in a closed garage. Carbon monoxide gives no warning and is very deadly. Girls and Their Mothers A terrible thing happened in the mill town of Dover, N. J., a few days ago. Three respectable business men wet" arrested and indicted; accused ?>f a .-ing the delinquency * of more] t hi a J1 y?>ung school girls. More! than J"" separate offenses are charge.i in ' > indict no nts. ' I' hard, from distance, to see' h".v -uc'n a mdition could develop.] Hi" .oil a;. understand it a little! t : * '"'ter van v <>u read what the' :n >f -e of the gl'1% a child of. . -a.o ' a !. e VV - j >H [ '? 1 ejloftO". j c a g h'-me and g >od; eat-." pi d the mother. "Does aj gir l want any* hing ci-e? No. 1 don't \ Know what grade she's m school. It ".aven " asked her for a long time." Giver very many mothers with an attitude like that and you'll inevitabv have s.>me rather ugly conditions among th" nildren. -Monroe Enquirl)eath of Ira Twitty Ira Twitty. age twenty four, son of Mr. John Twitty, of the Three ("s -ection, died at the home of hiH father, Monday of last week. Btirial was at Bethany, Westvillc, T lesday afternoon following. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. P. E. Blacknion. At the time of his death he was making his home ;n Ker-haw. He j went to his fat he's to spend the ! Christmas holiday- Shortly after. aiivai he w a - ;zed w.th ;i chill! nr.-! we'-: IhmI arid died ae foilowM i.d.iv. He leaves surviving him h:- fat nor and several brothers and -r-ters and a large circle of ruln*ivt - and friends to mourn his loss. Ira was a good boy and was loved and admired by all who know him.? Kershaw Era. ! Deaths Among Colored People Queenie Brown, 20, West Wateree, died January 2. Ernest Green, 48, West Wateree, died January 4. Eugene Steward, 40 Logoff, died January 5. Ben Cantey, 50, died at his Itome ' in the Childers Mill -i t.on Saturday I night. Alice Anderson, 24, died at hei . home near LugotT January 8. I Elija Dow, o months-old son o: i Henry Dow of DeKalb, died at thi "i home of her father near DeKall II Tuesday. ej Facundo Bacardi of Santiago, Cuba i. head of a firm which produces 25,00 e gallons of Bacardi rum daily, has ex s . pressed the opinion that the dry lav j uf the Untied States is here to stay i Noted Fight Promoter Dead From Operation Miami Beach, Fla., Jan. Death today claimed George I*. (Texi Kickard, Now York sport* promoter. He succumbed in a hospital here at H:37 o'clock this morning to complications. which set after an operation for the removal of his appendix New Year's night. Mrs, Kickard, Jack Dempsey, Mr. and Mrs. Waller Field of New York, Dr. K. H. Adkins and two nurses were at the bedside when the maker of champions passed away. Kickard, accompanied by his wife and child, came ty Miami iieach recent as i?i ad of the Madison Squu'e Garden ??iporation to superintend the o[>en.ng of a grephound race tiack and to arrange for a heavyweight match between Young Stribling and Jack Sharkey He was stricken Tuesday at his home but was not removed to a hospital until that night, when physicians diagnosed his illno- as aeute appendicitis. An operation was performed shortly after he was taken to the hospital, an 1 phy-.cians pronounced it successful. K kard showed improvement and wa- pronounced on the road to re y, until Friday night, when h" s iti-red a relapse and peritonitic * ion developed. The promoter : .^rit against the inroads of the d:-i use and yesterday told Jack Dempsey, his friend, "Jack, I've got tn - licked." I toughout the day his condition w.i- considered grave, and his stri gth, physicians said, was being Sit pj t d. but at midnight last night. Doc'. Adkins announced that the proini'ter's resistance was better and left the hospital. At ?; do this morning, Rickard suddenly lapsed into unconsciousness, from which he did not rally. Some Influenza "Don'ts" Dr. S. J. Nilson, medical director of the Continental Insurance Company, makes the following points on preventions and symptoms of influenza: Symptoms?Chills, headache, temperature. lassitude, aching of the joints and nerves. At Gist sign of fever, sneezing, or cold, go to bed and keep warm. Don't expectorate on floor of public conveyances, home, or office. When sneezing or coughing anywhere, hold handkerchief to mouth or nose. W ash hands before eating. Don't use any one else's towels, drinking cups, or other utensils. Avoid late hours and over exertion. Kxcessive fatigue lowers resist, nee. Fat plenty of g -ud, plain, w ncle-oine food but overeat. Keep bowels a-11 regulated Get plenty ot ( xt-rcise. Walk -aily in the open ai?. Do not attend urge gathering-, adances. .-how-. "movies." during the epideini.. Do not - : uny one having gl'ip, p; eumoioa. or ; severe cold, nor How any one -.axing same to visit > u. Most important?As soon as you ieci sick consult a physician. GENERAL NEWS NOTES Lhe treasury department has sent out warnings of two counterfeit bills that are being circulated. One is ol $ > drawn on the Chicago Federal reserve bank and the other is of $20, z gold certificate of the series of li>22 Attorney General Sargeant ha< disapproved a recommendation foi parole of Thomas \\. Miller, formei alien property custodian, who is serving an 18 months term in the At lanta penitentiary. Mot he i Maehree," Mrs. Nanni< Ball, , 1, died in New York last week just two years after the death ol her son, Finest Ball, who wrote thi vCords of tht: famous ballad. , Rabbi Nahun Weisman of Brooklyn |N. Y., every morrning except on relig: | ou* holidays, visit- the Coney 1 lan. hi akevv ater and p.tinges into the ocea: seven times, -laying in the vvate fifteen minutes. He then dries him selt by a tire made of newspaper.; dons his clothes, goes home and attends to his official duties. He ha been ill one day in seven years. The bullet-riddled body of an un known man was found near Bargain town, N. J., early Monday morninf Police incline to the theory that h was "taken for a ride" because 1 was feared that hi knew too niuc about the affairs and doings of Arnol , Rothstein. gambler, who was kille , in New York some weeks ago. President and Mrs. Coolidge ha* r returned to Washington after I week's vacation on Sapelo island, o fjthe coast of Georgia. ?i General James A. Yeager, c0n kjmander of the trans-Mississippi d 1 vision of the United Confedera j \ eterans, died Monday night at h ,. horn, at Tulsa, Okla. He was 1 0j>ear>. of age, and had he lived wou - have been elected commander ir. rhi x j of the U. C. V., at the coming met r. | ?ng in Charlotte. \Man and Woman L Gets Week's Reprieve Franklin, La., Jan. 5,?This little1 I city of 5,000 was attempting tonight to regain Its equilibrium after being , I shaken by the uncertainty of the law ' i and the governor over putting to' I death on the gallows two murderer*, < a white woman and a white man. < Dwellers of the Teche country, < mostly descendant* of the hardy Acadian* made immortal by Long-! i fellow's Evangeline, forsook their | i business and homes and gathered on i j the streets near the jail to await for < j word of the hanging of Mrs. Ada i Bonner Lebouef and Dr. Thomas E. j Dreher, as slayers of James I/cbouef, j fthe woman's husband. \ I hc drama, starting with (Jove'- i nor Long's refusal last Wednesday < to commute the < sentence to life, J worked up to its climax and grand i anticlimax here today. First it was I couits and then the chief executive that blocked the way of the hangings i and then cleared it, then blocked it J again but almost as quickly cleared I it. . i As the day ended the defense coun i sel stood at least temporarily vie- l torious with the governor's reprieve "ntil .Safi-'iry. in their hand Mrs. Lebouef and Doctor Dreher i may yet mount the scaffold, but they ? will not for another wek. They were i almost literally snatched from the I Igallows by the second and belated re| ')nevo of the diiy by Governor Long, t 1 he man and the woman, standing ' at the brink of the death-trap, were I kept advised of the ever-shifting act, and it produced a strain that tkxed i human strength. *" ( Doctor Dreher wilted. Tonight he | could only stare and mutter. j Mrs. Dbouef blanched, sank and 1 moaned at the breaking of the un- < favorable news but brightened when i better news came. She has found < solace in her faith and clings to her j confessor, Father J. J. Hosseau. Prison officials sought to lift them i out of despair by administering 1 sleeping potions. t i Such is War's Toll < following the recent threat of war I t with Bolivia, Paraguay began draft- i ;ing its young men between 18 and 29. r Many of these boys were still in school, others just starting out for / themselves full of life and hope, still r [others well established in careers in J ousiness, science and industry. Among , these boys and young men are the | nation's futuiv leaders, its geniuses ! j scientists, in -hort, the hope of the ! I natmn. But war demands the pick . j"t a nation's >,,uth?those that pass!! I the best tests for mental and physi- ! :ca, fitness to go out and be shot ' 1 down.^ \\ hen w .ll the race learn -( :se .' Monroe Knquirer. { ' ; I Senator Blease told Chairman' : the investigating com- , ; mutee th;r no reason exists for hold-' j'?' up c- :ir,nation of postmasters! ij appointed f,,r South Carolina and! j that Joe Toiben never received a cent! ' "t corrupt money. j Three children were burned to death and a fourth was seriously injjured at Crowley, La., Tuesday, . lu.en a cap pistol ignited gasoline in a g-arage in which they were playing. t 1 hieves stole over a bushel of colored electric lights from the street ; decorations in Gaffney during the j holidays. . Louis Meyers,'26, of Towanda, Pa? . bragged that he could drink anything "j* it. He finally tried oil of cedar. Now he's dead. He got , away with most of the other things he drank. f! After a hearing in her presence.! ; Miss Meverette Smith was asked to I I resign as superintendent of the state! 'Kirls reformatory yesterday by the .[board of trustees on charges of cruel-* i!ty to inmates and dictorial treatment! i I of employees, thn-e of whom were dis-' r, charged and supplanted by women-from Massachusetts and Chicago, i. Then trustees C. W. Coker of Harts"iril , ^ VVn,ter B- Wilbur, of Sj( harleston, resigned after being out. voted on the verdict. Their resigna tions were at once accepted by the governor. f. Sheriff Bramlett, of Greenville, e seized for destruction eight slot malt chines payin?_money the last of the week and will push cases against the d men operating, them, he says. The d machines were mostly in cafes. W. H. Spearer, supervisor of Ane noA8^ C?Unty''tas tee* sued >65,a 000 by the circuit solicitor for neglect ?J offic,a> duties. It is alleged that ho approved and paid claims against n- t e county before the commissioners 11- saw them, and permitted Miss Lula te Mae Jackson to have blank orders by w ic she stole several thousand dol.WOrth *oods from the county. Id After selecting a flower by ballot, ef Greenwood will ask its legislative r for law making it the official flower of that county,-' 1 Popular Engineer I Died Wednesdy Eve "? ** '" 1 r Distinct notes of profound sorrow wore echoed throughout the entire community when, at an early hour Wednesday night, it became known :hat Henry Griggs Browne had entered his ttnal sleep at the family residence on North Fair street in this :ity. The pass.a# of Mr, Bruwn attributed to pneumonia following' a brief illness witn influenza, came as a J hock to all as he had been able to :ontinue his regular business purjuhs through Fiiday of last Week. Mr. Browne was sixty five years of tge, a native of Charleston and, for ^he past quarter-century, a resident *nd highly beloved citizen of this .'ity, He was the son of Henry J Browne and Elixa Meynardia Browne and, with his parents, spent his early life in the coastal country. Mr. Browne had long been connected with the operation of the Northwestern Railroad of South Carolina and since its organization had ( maintained an active and regular ^ run as an engineman on the line from Camden to Sumter. He was a member of Grace Epis ' church of thi.- and held membership in all the Masonic bodies [ )( ( amden in addition to being a member of Omar Temple, Nobles of 1 :he Mystic Shrine, of Charleston. Funeral rites were conducted from ' he family residence at four o'clock ( Thursday afternoon under the direc-' j .ion of Bishop K. G. Finley of the Lpper South Carolina Diocese and nterment followed in the Quaker .emeter.y of Camden. 1 Jerome M. Hoffer, Raymond L. ^ VIoore, H. S. Zeigler, James De- ( Loache, Sr., W. D. Barrett and J. H. Dsborne served as active pallbearers .\hile also assisting were members of -amden Commandery, Knights Templars, who formed an escort. Surviving relatives, besides the ividow of Mr. Browne, are L. R. i^eake, a half brother, of Savannah; ;wo half-sisters, Mrs. Presto.i Scaffe * ind Mrs. Bertha Strickland, both of Charleston. Also surviving are a laillrU?nr Urn O T tn. ... . o , ...t o, v., uiiaiiuun, ana hree grand-children, William Shanion, Henry Shannon and Kate Shan- ' ion, all of this city. Vews Around Bethune Fold by Correspondent Bethune, Jan. 8.?At a recent meetng of the Bethune Order Eastern Star number D6 the following oficers were installed to serve duvng the year 1^20: Worthy matron, Mrs. Dona Clyburn; worthy patron, Mr. Thomas Raley; associate matron, Mrs. I* anny McL.aurin; secretary, . Mrs. K.ite Truesdell; treasurer, Mrs. I ''uy Rarrott; conductress. Mrs. Bird'e! Belle Pate; associate conductress,1 Miss Cecelia King; chaplain, Mr. j John McCaskill; marshal. Mrs. Sallio i Robertson; organist. Mrs. Anglei Foster; Adah, Mrs. Alice Mays;! Ruth, Mrs. Mae King; Esther, Mrs.! Sallie MoChskill; Martha, Mrs. Annie Mays; Electa, Mrs. Ethel Oliver; warder, Mrs. Gertrude Padgett; sentinel, Mr. Angus McLaurin. Mrs. J. B. Hillhouse who has been ill with influenza at the hospital ir, Monroe for two weeks returned to Bethune Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McLaurin, who had motored to Monroe for her. Her friends will regret to know that Mrs. Hillhouse is still in a weak condition and at present is a patient at Dr. TruesdelPs hospital. The entire town and community sympathize very deeply with Mrs. Hillhouse in her great bereavement, the recent death of her husband, the late Rev. J. B. Hillhouse. Miss Kathleen Hyatt of Columbia has been the guest for several weeks of her sister Mrs. Gid Fowler. The Rev. M. B. Gunter returned Saturday from Leesville where he had been spending some time with his parents. Jennings Wadford left last week to attend school at the Baptist academy at Tigersville. Mrs. Tom Hearon is quite ill at this writing, requiring the services of a trained nurse, Miss Corley. Mrs. Hearon sufTered a relapse from an attack of influenza. Miss Hettie Hough, nurse at the Truesdell hospital is confined to her bed with influenza. Two Deaths at Bethune Bethune, Jan. 8.?"Aunt Easter," colored woman of Bethune, died at her home near the King-Davis hotel here last week and Corrle Gant, wife of Joe Gant, colored, also passed at her home here within the past few days.* Both deaths are attributed to pneumonia following influenza. Uncle Rufus Littlejohn, one of the few old time negroes left, died at Musgrove Mill, in Cherokee county, where he had been a familiar figure for nearly half a centur?. He used I an ox cart until very recently to haul j h'R tools he us*d as a gardner, wood chopper and handy man. When his ox died, he used a boy's wagon pulled by hand as transport. He had the respect of all the whites and negroes \ m Cherokee county. -CJtV*1 <!'' 7 J . --yC^H For colds, grin I and flu take (alotabs I T"AOg MARK H?9. I Relieves the conges tic* I prevents complication/ I WW hmtwii recovery. I Six- Year-Old Yout^M Plunges Into tyj Greenwood, Jan. 7.?Hoy StocuJ lix-year-old son of Mr.'n^ J J Andrew Stockman, suffered i Jj leal of fright and was badly^J ip when he fell into an old ^ .| he home of A. W. Stockman. jJB )therwise he is none the worse {II lis experience. The well was abandoned some tia? rgo and boards hud been spr^H tcross the top. The little boy,? daying on th<? planks when they g? iva" and he fell in. He caught? in unrinished wall six or eight ft? iown and his mother, hearing 9 ilarm, ran to his rescue and pul? Rabbi Herman Beck of Pittgvfl? 3a., has resigned as national chil pin of the American Legion hecati? )f ill-health. Wants?For Sale? l^R SALE?Rare Sheraton^ sofafS? restored condition. Price $1,0? (one thousand dollars) Pictureij? request. Address 312 South )j? Queen Street, Florence, S. C. 9 42^? FOR -"SALE ? FrosTTiW plants, extra fine plants, 20 <*i? per hundred. Apply T. E. GoodaltlH Telephone 56 J. Camden, SrjgflH NOTICE?Scissors, butcher Jcpivttl and pocket knives sharpened. All? work guaranteed. Apply George? Tidwell, Camden, S. C. 42-44 Notice to Debtors and Creditors All parties indebted to the eiitit? of Harrison H. Stokes, deceased, are? hereby notified to make payment tofl the undersigned, and all parties, any, having claims against the saidS estate will present them duly attested^H within the time prescribed by law. I WOODWARD S. STOKES, Administrator. H Camden. S. C.. January 10th, 1929. H CITATION B State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw By W. L.^McDowell, Esquire, Probite^B Whereas, John T. Nettles madeswt^B to hie to grant him Letters of Ad-? ministration of the Estate of and of-? fects of Hiram Nettles, Sr. These are, therefore, to cite arvi^B admonish all and singular the kindred? and creditors of the said Hiram Net-^B ties, Sr. deceased, that they be and! appear before me, in the Court of? Probate, to be held at Camden Sout? Carolina on January 24th next after? publication thereof, at li o'clock ill the forenoon, to show cause, if ttyfl they have, why the said Administrt? tion should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 10th <b?l of January, Anno Domini 1929. '.fl W. L. McDOWBLL, Probate Judge for Kershaw County Published on the 11th and l&M days of January, 1929, in the Cfltl den Chronicle; and posted at tk*B Court House door for the time p*f scribed by law. EBAUGHS] 1124 WASHINGTON ST. I COLUMBIA, S. C. Sea Foods of All Kinds! CLAMS, SCALLOPS, -J NEW JERSEY OYSTERS! 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