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?MP 41. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1929. NUMBER 1.
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Iidge Williams Is I
to Wreck Victim
Bt Sunday night ma William '
J. Frank Clyburn and Kid- j
Villidwi* of Kershaw, were I
)ward Ohirlington in a new 1
t coacn\driven by Mr. Hayes, i
1 a head on collision with a j
d roadster wben within about
>f Darlington. The impact !
both cars up badly, Eldridge' i
i received a fatal injury, his' i
ng crushed, while Mr. Hayes'
Clyburn escaped with but '
ijuries. An ambulance was i
>d from Darlington and all of <
ed were taken at once to the i
Methodist Hospital in Flor- J
here Mr. Williams passed i
out midnight Monday night,
iins being brought to Ker- I
uesday forenoon by D. M. i
in the umbulance of the Kerercantile
and Banking Co.,
b?dy had been viewed by A j
jury. Mr. Hayes had been
home on Monday by his
Robert, and James Carson,
t to Florence for him early
morning. At this writing
urn had not yet arrived, but
>cted that he will return with
tr T. B. Clyburn, (Tuesday)
i- - Our information is that
r of the Ford roadster, wh<?,
tally, also bears the name of
nd is from Columbia, escaped
injury.
s the only son of Mr. and
1 Williams, of our town, and
raduate electrical engineer I
nson College. Following his'
n, Mr. Williams went to the
Illinois, where he married
several years. He ha<H>eeu}
only a comparatively short
1 was to leave very soon for |
tia to accept a position
Bsion of electrical engineer-'
funeral services were held
ifternoon at 4 o'clock at the
dr. and Mrs. R. F. Marshall,]
I aunt of Mr. William^
body was taken on account
less of his father, who has:
ined to his home for quite1
The services were conduct-1
v. Geo. E. Smith, pastor of
aw First Baptist church, asRev.
J. F. Hoffmeyer, pastor
ethodist church. Mr. Wil-'
survived by his wife and one
father and mother, and two1'
liss Irma Williams, teacher
aleigh, N. C., city schools,
Minnie Williams of Kerrshaw
Era.
assers Injure Property
Garrison, Sr., has a warnto
trespassers published in
this week, which it might
>r those who go on proput
permission to heed. Mr.
as large farming and cattle
?n the river just a few
w Camden?all fenced in
locked. He tells us that
ireants have broken his
1 staples loose and entered
mds, turning his cattle out
owing crops of grain and
the cattle into the public
tbey are subject to inissing
motor cars. Mr.
ates that he intends to
those found trespassing
roperty regardless of who
e.
rterial To Meet Here
aree Presbyterial will meet
mden Presbyterian Church
ay, April 4, continuing!
iday, April 5. The first'
?e held Thursday afternoon
and again in the evening
On 'Friday the opening
> at 9 a. m. with a conam
through that day. All
urged to attend. Visitors
enomination8 are cordially
ter, left handed pitcher
cinnati Reds, lied sudando,
Fla., Monday after
: in a practice game. He
't trouble.
Storms Take Tolls
In Southern States
Atlanta, March 24.?Drenched with
rains and ravaged by storing during
:he past ten days, the South today
:ook stock of the damage beneath a
harm springlike sun, while floods still
raged in. some sections.
Tornadoes and floods of Friday and
Saturday caused at least 46 deaths in
dx states, while probably damage ofl
">i??e extent was listed in two others.
The greatest loss of life was in'
rennessee, where yesterday placid
streams, under a deluge of rain, were
converted into, waging torrents that
swept narrow, almost gorgelike val-'
leys, trapping many before they were
aware of danger.
Tennessee's dead wdre 20 at Harriman,
with two bodies recovered;1
seven at Rockwood, members of a
Boy^ Scout troop; three at Webster.'
Four of the deaths were in Kentucky,1
a youth drowning in the flood waters
of Cumberland river at Pineville, and
three boys drowned at BarbourVille.1
All the rest were due to tornadoes,1
except one, a farmer, who was struck
by lightning at Alpharettu, Ga. Two
others, both Negroes, were listed in
Georgia from a tornado near Ameri-1
cus Alabama had five killed in a tor-i
nado, Mississippi, three, an^ North'
Carolina one.
With the exception of Tennessee
and Kentucky, where major streams
were rising, conditions were improving
ovej the South. In Montgomery!
it was said danger of serious floods
on Alabama river were past, with
power dams on Coosa riv^r controlling
the situation.
Emery river and White creek in
age in that state, had fallen, and
along the upper reaches of Tennessee
and Cumberland rivers and their
tributaries floods had gone out
rapidly. But along the lower reaches
of the two major streams there, was
a threat of overflow as they continued
to rise steadily.
Through eastern Tennessee and
Kentudlcy floods are of freshet type
and subside almost as rapidly as they
rise. The streams yesterday were
overburdened by torrential rains that
fell over -a great area.
At Harrimunn, Roclcwood, Oakdale
and other towns of eastern Tennessee,
at Pineville, Middlesboro and
smaller towns, along Cumberland and
Kentucky rivers, conditions were improved
today, with citizens beginning
to restore their homes and business.
Damage to property still was unestimated
tonight, but it was said that
the total when finally reckoned would
run into the millions.
Scouts Caught
Dayton, Town., March 23.?White
creek flood waters caught a party of
21 boy scouts on the roof of a creekside
cabin near flock wood, Tenn., today
and a scoutmaster and two boy
scouts were' drowned. Fiwe others
are missing and believed dead. The
rest, 13 in all, were rescued.
This information was brought to-r
day by a special correspondent for
the Chattanooga News, who returned
late this afternoon. He said
Scoutmaster Jim Wright and J. C.
Hill and Ed Burnett were drowned,
and their bodies recovered. ?? ~
The missing are: Jack iShambarth,
Lawrence Montgomery, Woodrow
Kerr, Roy Green and Fred Burnett,
twin brother of Ed's.
The boys noted the rising White
creek water at 5 a. m. and the scoutmaster
ordered them on the roof when,
it got into the dwelling. Soon they
were in peril of their lives. Neighbors
heard their screams, and succeeded
in taking some of them off,
before:-the others were swept away
by the surging mountain creek water.
Traffic over tlte Wateree river
bridge between Sumter and Columbia
is closed on account of high
water and automobiles are being
routed by way of Camden.
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Pension Money
Soon To Go Out .
The pension fumi will soon be
ready for distribution in South Caro-f
Una, The appropriation this yerfr U
the same as It was last year, |7<J0,-|
000, though there may be some
changes in the distribution.
Under an act of the 1020 legis-j
lature, the rule regarding widows or
pensioners was changed. Under the
new rule a widow must show that she
was married to the veteran of the'
(Jivil War at least ten years before
his death. If she whs not living with
the husband at the time of his death
or during the ten years of married (
life, she waa to show that the sepura-.
tion was not her fault.
The office of Comptroller General
A. J. Beattie is now preparing the^
pension rolls, the fund to be distributed
to the veterans and widows
through the probate judge of thd
counties, who are to submit the rollb,'
Under the new rule regarding
widows, the number of widows of vet-|
erans entitled to pensions will be increased
this year, as the number of
years of married life required is soj
much lower than would have been
necessary under the old rule. At the
same time this increase is off-set
somewhat by the thinning , of the
ranks of the heroes in gray, so that,
the amount of money received by J
each pension this year is expected to
be the same as last year. "This can-;
not be determined for sure however.")
said Eldridge C. Rhodes, chief clerk ^
in the comptroller general's office,
until we ^;av? received complete in-i
formation as to the rolls from the
probate judges. '
Veterans ancT widows entitled to
pensions have until April 1 to get
their applications in the hands io'f the
.probate judges. No persons applying
after that date will be entitled to
pensions. ? Tuesday's Columbia
Record.
Methodist Church Services
I Rev. George Pierce Watson, pastor
1 of the Camden Methodist church, on
Lyttleton street, near Hampton Park,
announces services for Sunday, March
31, as follows: Bible school at 10
| a. m.; pdblie worship, 11:16 a. m. and
8 p. m., conducted by the pastor.
| Morning theme: "The Resurrection,
Christ's Transcendant Triumph."
Evening theme: "God's Call to, Man
for iMan." , Epworth League, 7:15 p.
i m. Mid-week prayer service, Wedj
nesday 8:00 p. m. The public is most
I cordially invited to all the services of
! this church. Charming music, con1
gregational singing, helpful studies
, of Bible truth. Worship with us, expecting
the divine blessing. ^
Belling a Home Made Product
The phrooiele is this week carrying
an advertisement from Howie &
Savely, of Darlington, in which they
are telling, of "the good quality of ?he
Carolina-Made sugar cane syrup.
Several merchants are listed in this
ad as carrying this syrup for sale.
The makers have favored this newspaper
with a sample can and it 1b delicious.
Mrs. Savely was the former
Miss Edith Parrott, who for a number
of years was prominently identified
.with home demonstration work
through Winthrop College. She has
devoted several years of hard work
in perfecting this syrup, and the
manufacturers state that in some
towns where they have placed their
product on sale it has doubled one
hundred per cent and more, it is
proving popular wherever sold, and it
is sold on its merits alone.
Two New Rurals Appointed
Sheriff J. H. McLeod has appointed
James X,. Hough, of the Three C's
community, as a rural policeman for
the Elat Rock township in the place
of C* P. Hilton resigned. Mr. Hough
was a recent member of the Kershaw
police farce. For the West Wateree
' township Hampton AT Unbon takes
the place of R. M. Ford, also rej
signed. j
Kershaw Citizen Dead
Following Auto Wreck
E. B. Williams whose address is
given as Kershaw, S. 0., is in a critical
condition at The McLeod JuArmary
as a result of an automobile acHiiit
^etwleen Darlington and DovesJ
I i. ?..ay n'gh.t about 10:80
!'K l kuU fractured, his
j broken, and late last night
InoA Ti, I Ot ,egained consciousness
h",m? ?c,cld.<!nt' complete paralyais
having tesulted on one side. The car'
in which Mr. Williams wa dding!
with three others, is said to have Cftl.
HS, W CHr Whlch
Hayes was driving alone. Mr.1
Hap was given first aid at ^
MUjeod Infirmary and later left the'
I?JV tl,on* , Physicians last night'
Iflfr VvH pe for the r,ecovery
JMMr. Williams. Both of the auto-1
F n* urn,6 coml,,ett'ly Wrecked. ' [
L B. Williams, 2A, of Kershaw, 6.
C., injured lute Sunday night in an
adtolnobile wreck near Darlington,1
Tin M i ?, Tko this morning at
McLecd Infirmary. The botiv
Was carried to Kershaw early thta'
morning by J. H. Kistfcr, undertaker:
rfn,! "fUn' Mr' w'?iam5 wns a1
repiesentative of The General Elec-'
trie Company and was well known
throughout this territory.*?Tuesday's
Florence News-Review.
. ilinJt? '
Presbyterian Church Notes You
are Cordially invited to worshipLa&tin.Sunday
wording at'
musfc T,here wiH he special
music, songs and the story^of the'
The pastor speak'
on the theme "How Jesus Has'
^^JWView of the j
a?iinvited ^ P?"ew#^lr
infants or children for the sacrament'
P^fm at the morning wwsliip1
pletoe loZC Til10 Care t0
u: xx past?r s"
The session of the church wilTmeet
- Wd7 Sch0?1 rooms nt 11
I,mmedlately after the Sunday
School hour to receive anyone whJ
^ZLft,re t0 1)6 receive<* into the
letfe? conf08sion of faith or by
hundr*d d thirty-seven attemtod
our iSunday School last Sunsunerinf
f a! tr Sund?y morning the
superintendent has arranged a special
mi*, |tPr0gram and you not
less than lb ' W* CXpect not
f, Mr- W-,H; Parker, who has taught
monthsenHn T f?r the past three
the M *5 ^turned to his home' in
the North We appreciate very much
?is\T^erel and to help us
! a teacher in our school.
^Ve? Momber Canvass which
nlaId tlf. ,aSt Sunday wm be coinThi
,1 h!f nf.Xt Sundi,y nfternoon.
dav If? V** kept open on Sunday
afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock to
or anyXh.
-rrot. yet been seen by the deacons.
The deacons will be present to retim?
A?f8? Wr\? ?rG t0 come at this
time. At 6 o clock all the canvassing
teams will gather at the church to
make a final report of the success of
the canvass.
Sunday School 10 a. ni worship
n:is; Chriathu."
Endeavor
dav* midw?ek service Wedn*svfted
tn n ?u Y?U are ??H??y inited
to all these services.
Tk Win fl?ve Easter Service*
There will be Easter Services at
SuHda Mth ? ?" L*ttlet<m Street,
Sunday, March 31, at 3:30 o'clock
conducted by Rabbi EL L. Freud of
Rumter. Everyone is invited to'attend
these services.
m*, Sln* at Trinity
The Claflin University"* famous
singers will appear at Trinity iK
od,,t church ?? .Friday April
s. Jn a good program of songs. Admission
for adults will be 26 oents
The entertainment is given for f?J
ZXFZXXithi'-H
>KN GkOWN LILIES
: I ?
tly scene in one of the
Blouses of The Camden
B Company on West
B< Street where thou3I
of beautiful Easter
are now in bloom.
Bompany'8 Bales extehd "
any states and tHii '~
B two thousand?
Brom their greenhouse* 7
B? Beach alone. Ample
^grator storage rooms .
Bhis Camden plant well
1 with Easter lilies
to the season. The
Bn Floral Company, in
B" to being jthe South'* ;
B growers of Easter
I grows for qountry distribntioii
virtually
variety of cut flower
.B
Jeffers Gets New Trial
By Order of Judge
Judge Thomas J. Mauldin has issued
?n order dated March 20, granting
a new trial to J. Klmore Jeffers,
a farmer residing in the West
Wateree section, who waa convicted
at the October term of court for this
county and sentenced to serve three
years for the killing of" Peter Kirkland
in an election brawl at Hlaney.
In issuing this order Judge Mauldin
says in part:
"The defendant in the case was(
tried at the October, 1028, term of
the court on a bill of indictment
charging him with the murder of one
Peter Kirkland, was convicted of
manslaughter with u recommendation
to the mercy of the court, and thereupon
sentenced by the presiding.
Judge, Hon. J. Henry Johnson, to a
term of three years imprisonment. I
"The case now comes before mc on;
a motion for a new trial upon the
ground of after-discovered evidence
based upon the entire record in the
case, but more specifically upon the
ground that a member of the jury,
namely, B. T. Davis, and the deceased
married second cousins of the whole
blood,
"The record disclbseH that upon the
call of the case for trial the presiding
judge, in response to the suggestion
of the solicitor and assistant
counsel that the jurors be sworn on
their voir dire as to relationship, submitted
an inquiry of all the jurors as
to whether any were related by blood
or marriage to the deceased or the
defendant, in reply to which the juror
in question made no response. He
was thereafter sworn as a trial juror
and participated in the finding of the
verdict against the defendant.
"Mr. Justice Blease in a separate
concurring opinion in the case of
Bishop against Nicholson, filed June
18, 1928, well says: "As a firm believer
in trial by jury, I know if thU
'great right is to be preserved, the
jury box must not only be kept pure
but that each individual juror ought
to be above the least suspicion."
"In a number of decisions beginning
with the caB? of the state
against McQuaige, supra, up to this
I utterance of Mr, Justice Blease it has
been the constant and determined ?fI
fort of our court to throw every safeguard
possible around thiB great
' right of trial by jury, and to hold it
as pure and free from suspicion as
human foresight and precaut?or,
could make it. If there is ijfo im;
propriety in the service of this juroi
! ancl his participation in the convic1
tion "of this defendant, then ther<
j could be no impropriety in the con
i stituticai of a whole panel of jurort
j smilarly situated with regard to th<
deceased, and the principle would b*
unaffected if such a juror had indicted
the death penalty instead of
finding a Verdict of manslaughter
with a recommendation to the mercy
of the court. To hold that such a
trial would be in accord with the
sacred and inviolable safe-guards of
constitutional rights under our system
of government, designed for no higher
and more vital interests than securing
to a citizen the right of trial by a
fair and impartial jury when charged
with crime of any kind, and especially
a capital felony, would be a reproach
upon the orderly and safe administration
of justice.
"After a thorough consideration of
the record submitted and in the
exercise of what I conceive to be a
sound judicial discretion in the disposition
of this motion, it is ordered
apd adjudged that the verdict and the
sentence and judgement heretofore
pronounced thereon and against the
defendant, be, and the same is hereby
vacated and aet aside and a new
trial of the said caum be, and the
same is hereby ordered and granted
to the defendant."
The first trial resulted in the jury
being hopelessly.-iiied-up and a jniatrial
was ordered. The second trial
resulted in a conviction. Solicitor
Spigner was assisted in this case by
IS. D. Blakeney, of (Camden, while the
defendant was represented by M. Lw
Smith, of Camden, and Claud? N.
Sapp, of Columbia.
Injured Man Goes Home
The Sumter D^ily Item of Tuesday
says: ?
"Perry Haynsworth, who has been
in the Camden Hospital since he was
-injured in an automobile wreck on the
Xolumbia-Camden highway Monday
morning, March - l<8th, was brought
Efrmp Tuesday _imirning? There has
-been gratifyingly steady improvement
each day since the operation following
his injury, and it is hoped that
he will be completely - restored . - to
-health and strength within a few
weeks." . ":V
:v Governor Names X. T. Bowen
? Governor Richards yesterday ap\
pointed E. T.' Bowen of Blaney to
take the place of his father, E. H.
Bowen, who died some days, ago, as
a member of the board of commisday^SUU.
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Judge Smith To Help
To Uphold Bond IssueFormer
Judge Mendel L. Smith, of
thin city has been engaged by the
State Highway department and
Governor John G. Richards to assist
attorney general John M. Daniel in
the suit brought against the state of
South Carolina to test the constitutionality
of the $(*5,000,1)00 road bond
issue. The case will be heard before
the supreme court on April 8.
Another attorney assisting the attorney
generul in this case will be
R. E. Whiting, of Columbia, while a
long list of attorneys headed by
United States Senator.Cole L. lilease,
will contend that the bond issue is
unconstitutional. Others taking part
in the fight against the bond issue
will be I). W. Robinson, llayuesworth '
and Haynesworth, ex-attorney general
Sam Wolfe, Thomas and Lumpkin
and A. H. Dugncll.
Blew Box Car From Train
Chester, 8. C., March 23 'The
freaks of a tornado manifested iti
self on the Lancaster and Chester
railroad between Fort Lawn and
Richburg, Saturday afternoon, when
I a box ear heavily loaded With cotton
lis reported to have been blown clear 3
-of the train and hurled into the ditch
upside down. The train was enabled
' to go its journey merely by roI
coupling, it was stated'.' The wind
blew with such terrific force that fo/J
a time it looked as though the entire
train would be blown over. This tornado
was some hours different from
j the one that visited Chester. The
hedfty cloud1.from which that tornado
came could easily- be seen from here.
No other damage is reported from
that section tonight. &
Wateree Wood shop
To Begik Operation
The Wateree Wood Shop, Camden'.?
i newest industry, is commencing
operations this week. The officers
of the company state that while the
,J plant will turn out all kinds of
,J cabinet work its specialty will be the
i manufacture of native furniture. j
I For many years furniture of the type
. that the Wateree Wood Shop will
. build has been made by the negro
artisans pf the neighborhood. How;
ever, the demand for the product has
i exceeded the readily available supply
i so the, new shop has decided to make
.a specialty of it.
. This native furniture is attractive
in designs, unique and durable. It
.'will be made primarily of poplar and^"
. oak but furniture of almost any
j material desired will be supplied. The
. finishing will all be done by hanj^,_ .
. The chair, settee and stool bottoms
1 will be furnished in either , "twisted
; corn shucks or woven split oak.
Tables, benches, settees, chairs, stools
. and swings will be among the articlesmanufactured'.
ft One member^of'^Camden's winter
i colony has given the Wateree'Wood
[\ Shop an order which will furnish his
..house -throughout- with this native
J product.
[: Mr. Partridge Dead "
Alfred Dwight Partridge, 78, of
I Bedford, N. Y., died nt his winter
. residence in this-city "early Tues
day afternoon.. His passing fol
lowed an illness of several weeks.
i Mr. Partridge, born in Bedford,
was the son of Rev. Alfred Hinsdale
. Partridge, for many years rector of
Christ's Episcopal Church in Brooklyn,
N. Y.
j He retired from business forty
I years ago after a highly successful
1 career as a partner of Williams, Russell
& Company, coffee importers, of
c New York City.
T Mr. Partridge was married fiftythree
years ago to Marie Anderease,
of New Yorkt who in addition to an
only son, Dwight Partridge of Cam- _____
den, is left To survive.
Funeral services, attended only by
immediate relatives, were held at the
family residence in this city Wednes-_
day afternoon with interment-to follow
in Bedford.
Civic League Plants.
200 Live Oak Trees
Claiming first place among ^ge^nt
community-building projects is" the tree-planting
program, initiated this
week by the Camden Civic League,
which calls for the placing pf two
hundred live oaks on Lyttleton and
Fair streets. _TL___
The trees are , furnished by the
league and are being planted by the
city council of Camden under the
direction of the street commission;
W. D. ,Whitaker, commissioner, is
supervising all work while assisting
him isForce of th? Ammfcrmig
Tree Company of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
The v present work follows a?
mirably the recent planting by the
Ha?\o0f on^ h^,ffed pin* trJ^ ?
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