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. . it fcV I The Camden Chronicle IIW -gBg^Biiw ?. - , _i i ?r*irr" MI. |i |UME XXXX. CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1929. NUMBER 49. J , I . ii ? : mar key Gets Decision \ Fierce Ten Rounds : B ? ^Hmingo Park, Miami Beach, Kla., A if 27.?The fiatir hopes of W. L. Jug) Stribling, heayyw<diChlJKirifL, |S?rgiA and the South, sky-rocket in the balmy tfopic^J ait ?lny high. then falling, extinrVA(| in a sputtering blaze by the '^s?ing fists of (the big Boston ?, Jack Sharkey. ;:'vla slashing ten-round fight thac ^ thrillingly close from start to ?l*?? Sharkey- had his hands aloft, Bctor, on the decision of Referee ^ Magnolia of New York. ?is leaping back along the corneal, ? oad that leads toward the crown ;i;im-ast aside by Gene Tunney last P ? I Sharkey outpunched and outVi'? M8 Southern rival in a fust P!?1 before a crowd of close to ||-?) in the most picturesque sports .&,?tcle the "Old South" has ever /H^sed. - Vft crowd of wealth, fashion and f i? seated in a pine board arena with palm trees and borderi :; ?ie ocean, contributed to one of U;'.'i?iggcst yet most astonishing ; spectacles of all time. In this , il;?etting, approximately 35,000 of :m Spectators paid $400,000, a "gate" ;?ieant more than the fulfillment ;-r -?-for?tlest dreams uf Tex Itickrud;v.a? death passed on the completion ?> task to Jack Dempsey and his ?7?jiatc>s of the Madtsorr Square ^Ln corporation. ?th such a background Stribling r^Bharkey fought to decide which f ?to continue the upward march. ;* ?cey, a top-heavy favorite, won i^fcnly after as close a call from ** be had ever .had?Only the I desperate, determined sort of , H enabled the .Boston sailor to ?ome the big early, advantage had been jailed up by Stribling. Botweighed by ten pounds, his reHry from rib and arm ailments <> ?what doiibtfdl, Stribling put up ; ?ictacularly courageous fight be;?L Southern crowd,- a throng of ? folks," who'had come to see ?istic idol battle for high stakes. I Imore than half the fight, Strib Hie aggressor and the more danI Ks puncher. In one round, the ^^B\, the Southerner gave the B ? probably its biggest thrill B I he staggered his big foe with B B8bing overhand right to the B B the handicap in weight, the B ?hat he tired and that his left B |'Pa" Stribling later asserted, B ?most useless from the effects B Britis after thp "fourth round? B Besc took a heavy toll in the B Bt h and .fighting power of the B I trim and good looking GeorB I He fought a game but losing B frbm the sixth round on, sefl B punished by a smashing body I I, blood flowing from his mouth B lis ribs a blotch of fiery red. Hvas so close, however, at the B that the big crowd stood in ? silence for the few minute? it Bed for the referee, Lou MagIto pry them from a last clinch ?ien lift Sharkey's hand aloft. sole arbiter, the decesion was ' I New Yorker's hands. crowd at first seemed stunned. ?npathies obviously were nriost?i Stribling from the start, for ?s of sentiment, of youth and ?ional pride. Then there was ? for Sharkey but a bigger one ? gallant youth whose head was B anc* unbowed to the laBt. the Associated Press score Bsharkey took five of the* ten | : ? while Stribling appeared to* ?n edge in fouf. One, the seemed even. Stribling won ?t, fourth, fifth and sixth, but round and big moment of op?y was the. fourth. Sharkey upper hand in the second, B^venth, ninth and tenths ? ' ?t"7 Hade Complete Confession Bdgeville, Ga., Feb. 252.?Griffin ?ui, slayer of a Montgomery policeman, was electrocuted at ?e prison farm hero today. Me Bleed in the electric chair at - dH m. and was administered two B b : Be the execution, the con; ? I man made a complete confee,v | the crime and also con ^ ?ke - slaying of- -* mpn named in his home countg-^a crime ?h Grinstead's son ii MNW Hce of 20 years here. i. . a . ?. I ? Richarda Again Named To Represent County ' J. G. Richards, Jr? qf this city, has again been named as representative Camp for Kershaw County. Mr. Richards says that he^Cfc eager to have Kershaw county send her quota to the training camps this summer. The number allowed Kershaw county is seven. Last year only two young men from the ddunty attended. This year, unless the young men of Kershaw shoW their interest by applying early, the quota will be filled out from applicants of other states. These young men who are selected this year will be given a month's vacation on the seashore at Fort Moultrie?a month's vacation at this historic spot with the quarters located right on the bfcach, and all at government expense. Mr. Richards states that some fortunate individaul attending this camp will receive a scholarship to Furman University; another a scholarship to Riverside Military Academy, Gainesville, Ga. All necessary expenses attached to camp attendance are paid by the government. The railroad fares from to nearest camp and return, the food, clothing, lodging, laundry servicer medical?arrt errticm~ "nrrd~ IrretfW^" tion are all paid by the government. The campaign for applicants will ^jfegin March 1. Information and application blanks may be had from Supt. J. G. Richards, Jr., of the Camden City Schools. All planning to take this wonderful opportunity to spend a month at the beach this summer will hpply at once to insure acceptance while the quota remains unfilled. Everything is purely voluntary and there is no obligation for any military service, .present or future, upon those who go to camps and undertake the training.^ Cut this out and mail to Supt. J. G. Richards, Jr., Camden, S. C., filled out with name and address. Please send me information as to how I can enroll in one of the six Military Training Camps to be held this summer. Name Street 'Address .... ;v. City State Camps are to be held in 1929 at Fort Barrancas, Fla.; Camp McClenlun, Ala., Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., Fort Bragg, N. C., Fort Moultrie, S. C., and Fort Screven, Ga. The following doctors of Kershaw County have volunteered their services to the government and will examine applicants free of charge; Drs. West and-Zemp, of- Camden; Dr. Truesdell, of Bethune and Dr. Grigsby, of Blaney. The former kaiser, says a cable dispatch, "admits that he is onfy~hurtian." He y simply will not stop boasting.?Philadelphia Record. Presbyterian Church Notes Sunday morning, March 3, the pastor will speak on the subject, "The Pearl of Great Price.The ^tyoung.j people are especially invited to hear i this sermon. The Rally Day for retiring the Sunday School indebtedness was a splendid success. Through the offerings made at Sunday School and church, $1,326.3d was received. We wish to thank all our members and friends who helped make the offering so liberal. The Community Glee Club sang at this program and delighted all present with their splendid program. One hundred and thirty-four attended the services. The report from the Frankfort, Ky., Sunday School last Sunday shoWed them to be leading our school by ten points. We invite you to come out Sunday morning and see how inter-^ esting our school is. Testaments were presented by the Superintendent to Misses Mary Lee Blakeney and Lena Stevenson-for-reciting the Child's Catechism to their teacher, Mips Margaret Hogue; Members of this church are reminded that the church year i* drawing to a close. March 81, our church year is ended. The every member canvau will he held Sunday, March 24. The officers request that every one keep these facta in mind. Senior (Christian Endeavor 7:80 p. HflfldWiek gervtoef Wednesday 7?0 ^nuuJfcinday School 10 a. morning worship 11:10 a. m. You Chicago Heiress Elopes With Arizona Cowboy The following story by the associated press from Phoenix, Arizona, -will be read with inter cat inOirmden where Miss Thorne and her parents were well known among the tourist colony they having been visitors to Camden for several seasons: A Western romance, with all the elements of a movie-scenario, except the final fadeout after parental blessings, was unfolded today following the elopement of Miss Katharine 1 home, 21, with George Gillespie, Ar izona cowboy entertainer and curiodealer. Miss Thorne, the daughter of Robot J. 1 home, former president of Montgomery, Ward & Company, and Gillespie were married at a hotel here last night, the culmination of a whirlwind courtship that overrqds objections on the part of the bride's parents. A broken engagement figured .in the romance for the betrothal of Miss Thorne to Clymer S. Bowen, formerly of Piedmont, Calif., was announced at a dinner party .It the Thorne apartment in Chicago January^ii. Shortly afterward the society girl came to Castle Hot Springs, Aria., with her parents for the winter season Gillespie wooed" her, and the elopement followed. "We loved each other so we just got married," the elopers said when they were located here today. The girl's parents had asked authorities to search for the pair, and there was talk of chnrging Gillespie with abduction, but the bride said she was sure "everything will be all right." ~ -Father and mother just doffl understand yet," she said. Oillespie is 27. He is widely known in the state as an entertainer who affects the cowboy atmosphere. Since coming West abo*, four years ago, he has operated a curio-store at Castle Hot Springs. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and is the son of late George R. Gillespie, Nashville fTenit.) real-estate dealer. Officers received a telephone message from Castle Hot Springs requesting that Gillespie be arrested for kidnaping Miss Thorne, who was saTd to be only 17. They learned, however, that the bride was of age and that no warrant had been issued. No effort would be wbde to detain Gillespie, it was announced at the sheriff's office. Services Announced For Sunday Rev. G. P. Watson, pastor of the Lyttleton Street Methodist church, will conduct .public worship in the church at 11:15 o'clock Sunday morning, according to announcement yesterday. The Bible School, in which classes are provided for all grades and ages, will meet at 10 a. m. and the Ep worth League wm ifleet at" 0:45 p. rm Midweek prayer services, held in the Ladies' Bible class room of the Sunday School, may be expected on Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. . A most cordial invitation to attend all services is extended to the public by the pastor and congregation of this church. Goes To North Carolina Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Williamson and daughters will leave this week for Mount Airy, N. C., where Mr. Williamson will manage the Broadway Theatre in that city. For the past two years Mr. Williamson has managed very successfully the Majestic Theatre in this city and his many friends made here will regret to kuow of his departure.?Mr. T. Lee Little will take over the personal management of the Majestic. In speaking of his leaving Camden, Mr. Williamson requests The Chronicle to thank the people of Camden for their cooperation, patronage and courtesy extended him during his management of this Theatre. "I have never met a better and more friendly set of people anywhere -than those-1 found in. Camden.- The people have been very nice to me and my family and I want t# thank them one and all" says Mr. Williamson. " '"Mr. Little wilt resume manege ment of the Majestic on Monday, February 26, end I wish to state that never before have I been employed by any better gentleman than Mr. T. Lee Little, end I hope thet the people of Camden will continue the support of "thr Majestic for Mr. Little has given Camden one of/the best theatres to be found in any*town or city its *ftse," he eoathMMd. hfSr~ Alleged Slayer Will Not Discuss Charges tunburg, Feb. 22.?Peering at his visitor through the bora in the ceil of the Spartanburg CoUhty jail, where he is hold in solitary confinement on a charge of murder, Kay Coleman, of Indianapolis, yesterday refused to answer uny of the questions propounded to him by a newspaper reporter, declaring in answer to the very first question, "I don't want to talk to any of you newspaper fellows because newspapers tell too many lies." , Coleman is charged with the attempted hold-up and the murder in this city the rriorntng of December 14, 1928, of Karl Belue, payroll clerk of the Dayton Mills. He was returned to the city Wednesday night in custody of Sheriff N. L. Bennett and Eurai Police Chief P. 11. Burnett, having been taken into custody by India nape is police about two weeks ago on a charge of being involved in an automobile theft. To Present Program Sunday The Browning Hume Girls. Glee Club will appear in a program of spirituals Sunday afternoon, March 3, at 3:30 o'clock. Browning Home is under the direction of the Woman's rfioiiiie Mission Society of the^M. Church. All who are interested in the education of colored-youth" vited to attend. An offering will be taken to help with the furnishing of the new building. - fj - ' f Former Sheriff Dead Orangeburg, Feb. 27.?A McQueen Salley, prominent citizen, former sheriff, father of A. S. Salley, Jr., secretary of the South Carolina historical commission, and of Miss Marion Salley, historian general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, died at his home near here this morning. , F ?: At Majestic Tonight -T?Of all the stirring photoplays made by Richard Dix, we see him in a new and grander role in "The Redskin," which shows at the Majestic Friday, March Al. No play heretofore in . which Richard Dix has starred ha? equalled "The Redskin" in the degree of daring, grandeur and natural sceniceffects. The scenes being laid in the grandest section of the West. Rev. Jamison To Preach Sunday Rev. A. T.' Jamison, a former beloved pastor of the Camden Baptist church, now at the head of Connie Maxwell - Orphanage at Greenwood, will preach to the Baptist congregation here Sunday morning at the usual hour for the services. Prior to the morning service he will address the A. T. Jamison Bible . ?!as? of_the Sunday School. Thik" . .class was named, for Rev, Jamison. The4 congregation invites all to be present at both these services. Rev. Jamison is well remembered by many of our people and will receive a warm welcome. v Arrest Three Youths in Theft of Automobile Three white youths who, according to their story, Tuesday pight. wefce voluntary guests of New BroOkland's municipal prison, were Wednesday night placed in the local stockade to answer charges for the attempted theft of a Buick roadster belonging to'J. P. Pickett, local colored physician. All three prisoners claim New York .'City as their home and their names to be Arnold Taub, 20; Harold Tdub, 19, and Nicholas Serra, J8. Serra, it is stated, will also face charges of Carrying n .38 calibre loaded revolver. The triple arrest wag made in single-handed fashion by Motorcycle -Officer Afva Rush who fOrded the younger Taub to leave the car and with the officer dash half a block up Cnmden's principal thoroughfare wheroThe youth's two alleged companions in crime were overtaken and arrested. A niioch Section {.oses Aged Resident [ Funeral services for Mrs. Sal lie Boykin, 82-year-old residett^Vefthe A ntioch section who died at her. home February!7f were hoW the day following at Antioch Baptist church. The Service* were conducted hy Rev. T. P. Christmas,"pastor of and lathe presence of a large gather* inff *e? sorrowing friends and relatives.* egec Bethune News Notes Told by Correspondent Bethune, Feb. 27.? About ton o'clock last Thursday evening a cotton warehouse located nra^ the Tteaboard station, wvith one hundred and fifty balea of cptton, was burned. The cotton belonged to various parties and waa all covered by insurance with the exception of ten bales, which belonged to Mr. Mick MoGongan. The warehouse was the property of J. T. Stevens, of Kershaw and W. E. Davis, of Bethune. , ,The home economics girls of the ninth grade under the supervision of Miss Fatty Kpps, teacher of home economics, entertained their mothers on lust Wednesday with a six o'clock dinner, ^'hd dining room of the home economics department was beautifully and appropriately decorated carrying out the Washington birthday idea. A delicious three course dinner was attractively served by the dainty Misses of the class. The parent teachers association observed Founder's Day of this' organization ut the high school auditorium on Friday evening. A delightful program of songs, readings and other forms of pntertuininent had, been arranged by the president, Mrs. I). M. Mays, who presided at the meeting. Refreshments were served by guls from the home economies class. The regular monthly meeting of , the Bethune chapter U. 1). C. was held last Wednesday afternoon J[>re^ "Sided" over by tliw president, Mrs. R. K, Tompkins. After the business session, instead of the usual historical program the time Wis given over to the reading o{f reports from the. defferent state officers of the South Carolina division U. D. C. Miss Thelma Jackson and Miss Neai who teach some miles out from Cassatt were week end guests of Mrs. R. L. Griffin. Mr. Burns, a student at the state -university -was a guest last week end of his brother, R. Russell Burns, Miss Marguerite Clybu rn, Qf Kershaw has been spending some time with her sister, Mrs. Loring Davis. Miss Eddie Bradham visited her mother last week end at a Sumter hospital where she has recently under gone a serious operation. Among the school girls and boys who were at home for the week end were: Misses Sarah Lee Heustiss, and Sarah Hammond, Winthrop college; Katherine Ward, Coker college; , Mary Louise McLauriu and Lizzie! Davis, Chicora college; Neal Truesdell, Presbyterian college and Mack .DftVis,. Carlisle Fitting School. Mies McLaurin had as her guest, Miss Johnson, also of ChiCora. Miss Evelyn Young, of Kershaw,' was the week end guest of Miss Sarah Hammond. Miss Lou Ella Blackwell, of the! Ashland section, has been spending some time with her aunts, Mrs. J. M. Clyburn and Mrs. Bessie Seegars, Mr. and \^rs. John McDonald spent the week end in Hartsville visiting their daughter, Mrs. Leonard ?Yarbrough, and their sons, Carl and /John McDonald 1 Death of Colored Minister Bethune, Feb. 27.?The body of the RcY.-._jL _FL Peters,.-.colored, was brought from New York Sunday and buried at the Sandy Level cemetery on Monday, following funeral services at Sandy Level Baptist church. Preacher Peters, as he was generally called, was the pioneer colored minister, of Bethune having come here more than thirty years ago from upper Richland county and organized the first colored people's church, of which he has been pastor ever since. He had been spending some time with his family, who were living in New York, when ho died of pneumonia. He was a good man and was generally respected by both white and colored. Sunday Was Big Day at Mt. Moriah Church Last Sunday iwas a great day for the colored Baptist of Camden, ft was the celebration of -the sixty-third anniversary o^the establishing of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church., Rev. J. W. Boykin, the pastor, was highly pleased with the celebration and wants this paper to thank the many friends?both white and colored ?who contributed to the success of the day. The congregation had invited the Rev. J. C. White, pastor of Zion Baptist Church-in-Goltrmbia, and his two choirs over for the day. They brought over more than one hundred people with _ them. ..The... Colombia ' choirs, together with the local voices made excellent music for the- large congregation. - The pastor and. hie congregation * was highly pleased to welcome among the audience a number of their white friend*. The collection ;jfor the day I amounted to seven hundzwland ten doUare, which wiH go a long way toward* the financial assistance of tblf *Wr?*?K . ??~ __ Three Back Track On State Bond Issue : Three members of the house of tjy.gib-Wium aamca. had ap- ,? pen red on the house bill providing for the issuance of bonds of $76,000,000 for the completion of the state highway system, asked yesterday that their names be stricken off the measure. hirst request was made by Representative John K. McElveen, Sumter, who said he had signed the bill "under a misapprehension." Then came off the names of W, M. Fosterling, Richland, and Newton Kellyy Kershaw. -vj I). Carl Cook, Darlington, had his name placed on the bill. "1 hope that unanimous consent will be given for holding a prayer meeting service for these gentlemen who have slipped," said Representative Olin Sawyer, Georgetown. The speaker ruled him out of order. "We can put on the bill four or five name} for each one that has been v w;thdrawn, if such action be necessary," said W. W. Smoak, Colleton. The road bond bill, which has already passed the senate, was received in the house at the day session. It was first referred by the speaker to the committee on roads, bridges and ferries. Tatter J. E. Harley, Ramwell, made a motion, that it be referred to the committee on ways and means, and this action was taken, the vote being 40 to 32 in favor of so referring it. . Representative J. P. Isenhower read a report from the grand jury of Fairfield county, favoring the bill, .&n<L recommending that the Fairfield, delegation support it. The report was received as information and will be printed in the house journal. Representative PJul D. Huff also submitted the report of the grand jury of Laurens county on the bond bill. It recommended that the matter be submitted to the people. It also will be printed ih the journal.? Wednesday's Columbia State. Accidents in Germany took a toll I of 24,000 during the year 1030. Of these 859 lives lost were due di: rectly and indirectly to railroad ac; cidents. | f ? McNutt Makes Plea for New Legionnaires Paul V. McNutt, national commander of the American Legion, has written a letter to Commander A. S. Llewellyn of the LeRoy Belk Post, of this city, urging a drive for new members. His letter follows: "We are celebrating this year the tenth anniversay of the American Legion's birth. The Paris caucus was held March 15 and 16, 1919. At that time our orgrtnfr.nt.tryp was little more " -- ~ than an idea, a dream and a prophecy. Today it i? a virile, strong real- I ity. , "In our first decade the Legion has successfully fought the battles for our disabled comrades, for our comrades' dependents and for all ex-ser- v. vice men. Every bit of .legislation on the statute books that benefits the soldier, sailor or marine of the World War was put there through Aineican Legion effort. We of the Legion have tried to uphold all those ideals of patriotism and good citizenship which true Americans from the Revolutionary days to this have recognized as the bulwarks of our liberty and independence. "We have toiled without thought * -? of personal reward. We have included all ex-service men, and all orphans, and all widows in our endeavors to benefit them. In the ten years past we have asked nothing of them for thr benefit of our own American Legion. Those ten years have proved our unselfish motives. "What could be more appropriate in your community than to receive an acknowledgement by your community of this splendid, tireless service of the Legion as a Legion birthday gift on those red letter days of Legion history March 15 and 16? "What could be more fitting than for.your post to call to the attention . of the ox-service men of. your conmurtity the glorious record of Legion achievements in which they, have been benefitted? In doing so bring home to them, and to the public at large, the fe*t that the Legion needs them, and that they need the Legion, as they have Th the past. ^ "Will you, Comrade-. Llewellyn, do this for. the Legion ? Let us start at or.ee to build up the strength of your post, and make the Legion's tenth birthday gift the largest membership record o? any date. I' hops to see, through your efforts, on March 15 and 15, the-close of a membership campaign that will bring our nationt^ssrsngsrsjsrei ssssss^LSSM j:.,.''vn .jr.1." - ..' "w vir-m*-nm , n ,usrmm rriir m ir"Triiw?M?