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|UME XXXX. CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1929. NUMBER 49.
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mar key Gets Decision
\ Fierce Ten Rounds
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^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
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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.
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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.
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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. ,
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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.*
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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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
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