The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 10, 1929, Image 3
I Condemned Men in Pen
I Columbia, May 5,?^Sentenced to
|e?th by nlectrocution on Juno 7,
hul Johnson and. Ray Coleman were
iaturdsy pUced in the atate penitentiary*
Johosou and Coleman were
Lnvioted of the murder of Eerie
L-i,i.-r payroll clerk of tiie Drayton
[mil-, In aM attempted hold-up in
Lartanburg, December 14, at the laat
L in of general seeslons court held in
Lparunburg. Judge M. M. 'Mann
Las presidiug,
CITATION
Le State of South Carolina,
[ County of Kershaw,
My W, L. McDowey, Esquire Probate
I Judge.
Whereas, Lydia L. V. Baxley made
puit to me to grant her Letters of
Administration of the Estate of and
effects of John E. Baxley.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred
and creditors of tne said John E.
Baxley deceased, that they be and appear
before me, in the Court of
probate, to be held at Camden, South
Carolina on Saturday, May 18th next
after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock
jn the forenoon, to show cause, if'
any they have, why the said Administration
should not be granted,
j Given under my Hand, this 4th day
cl May, Anno Domini 1929.
w. l. Mcdowell,
probate Judge for Kershaw County.
| Published on the 10th and 17th
days of May, 1929, in the Camden
[Chronicle and posted at the Court
[House door for the time prescribed
Iby law.
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An Oklahoma I
Mother Saya: I
"BlAGX-DaAUOCT I* A
fin* tiwdkbi to fir*
to children. I um It
for mine whenever'I
need to give them a
laxative. They don't
mind taking it when 1
make it into a tea, and
it quickly relieves constipation
and the bad
symptoms which come
from it I can redone
mend it to ether moth
ra, int hare hood
; | a U??ful Jjj my
i i I "When I was a my mothI
"f ?aY? it to ma whenever I oom
Plaln?d of not Ming walL I
J?ve always taken it for upset
fwiaach ?iy| It is
about the only medidna I ha*s
A do? ^ Blacki
9 ?rMght> now and than, kaap nay
; jystem in order. Mjr husband
I ^ 1 1 11M11 I
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Nobody's Business
Wr,tt*" Th. Cbronlcl. by Gm
MoOm, Copyright, lttt.
SpMlrtn, ,f F?rm a.,,,,.
hope Hoove, t, not p..,|n(t the buck
? appointing , farm Board, it
?-little bit suspicious. l'm
going to hang up my BOck Mnyhow
dIZ 1 ^ Wh01? thin* ?rov^ *
political boomer-rang,
I know ? womarTand a man up in
North Carolina who have never
ifoaatppod a bit. They are both
u ri Umb "nd lu,v? ??? '
learned the aign language.
We have (natall^ the "atretchout
yatem in our kitchen. We cook
inner, supper and breakfast all at
once?and have fixed the siqk so's
when the faucet is turned, it squirts
water into the coffee pot, dishpan,
i ofrijferator, and chicken trough at
he same time, and when our 2 eggs
are turned over, they splash grease
into the biscuit pan, and we don't
have to grease'it, and the stovewood
is poked into the stove while the old
lady is already bent over running the
cat out of the oven, and the diningroom
has beeh done away with, and
we eat while we are washing the
dishes. It worked all right till the
cook found out she was having to do
>0"fl duhtfng too, and then she
struck.
C) <9 "
b-i-r-d-s.
?h' birds' ?h' bildS' ?h' bird8' oh'
i love you more than i can tell
in words,.
i love you when you sing in the
trees,
anknees8? VHC'n y?U Ught ?n my
i love the pecker wood ? and the jay
bird too, J *
but don't tike the~crws for- whaT
they do,
they peck my mellons and pull my
n corn, 1 *
and i wish none of them had ever
ubbh porn. 6s ? - - but
there's the sparrow and the
patridge brown,
they sing sweet warbles till the
^^un goes down.
.gBRjk b^ard a?n,t bad when old
he wafts her sperrits up in
the "skies. , . ;
f |S V ? ,+ ; v . ^ A >
i always listen for the birdies in the
' spring, , f
V; ^ 3hure..do*. Jufter hear them sing,
the tufrkle dove is good to eat,
- -and he furnishes me my ocktober
meat.
composed and rote by,
" mike Iark, rfd.
If some educated squirt were to
say that turnip 'greens and corn
bread caused freckles, that would end
those two health essennafs for all
time. And if he were to advise
against milk because prevented
lip-sticks from lasting a week, milk
cows would all he turned dry in a
month. With a few exceptions., including
writers and old maids, this
country is made up of fools, two by
fours, doubting Thomases, and illomen
belivers.
Pattent Leather Shoes
Back yonder when I was shimmying
between the age of youth and
adolescence, or to be perfectly plain
about the matter?when I was com4ng
17, I decided that if it were possible,
I would dress up. Money was <
as scarce at that time as religion (sr
today. A dime was a side-show aiWi
a dollar was a menagerie. I sold rijy
yearling for 3 dollars, and proceeded
to the store only 19 miles from hojfae.
Among other investments!! at
haberdashery, I bought mysejf a
pair of sharp-toed patent leather
shoes. (Haberdasheries sold /qhoes,
cloth, meat, flour, plows, and/ guano
when I was a boy). I got a/ pretty
knit shirt for. 25 cents. Ttte collar
was a size 14 the first tiiwfe I W0re
it. The second time T' donned "it,
after it was washed, the /foliar had
become adaptable to a giJant with a
22 inch neck, but I put a/'skewer" in
the back, and wore it rigfct on.
But the object that Ij am leading
up to for descriptive purposes is that
pair of patent leathefr shoes. I
squeezed my No. 8 foot/into a No. 6
and told the man I woujld take them.
They were *o shiny thai their natural
beauty still lingers uJ my mind. I
got stuck-up before If even started-'
hoihe. I took them out of the box
And l&dked artbem if? times belwetm
the store and our hobse. Gosh, they
were pretty. J
Ail of this took pflacc o? Saturday^
Sunday didn't cjome any too soon
for me, I slept with those those in
the bed with me. (Before gt>od daylight,
I had done hashed myself all
over with lye soap and put pletnty
*!e*t iook
that I was a thingl like unto * Wr
Chesterfield, the. /prince. of awell
No More Wheels
On Fair Midways
Columbia, May 2.?The aoff whir
of th? cttndy wheel and the gentle
"clicketyclick" of the blanket and doll
machines will not be heard on the
gay midway of the State and other
fairs this fall, according to announcement
from Governor Richards yesterday
morning.
The hoarse cry of the ballahoo,
"Walk right up, ladies and gentlemen,
and try your luck at a fine box
of candy for a nickel," will not crash
above the jangle of the merry-goround,
nor will the dulcet note of the
woman presiding over the brightly
painted blanket muchine, "Win a
blanket for your flat?10 cents a
try," be heard coming through the
dust raised by a thousand feet. Of
course, the shooting gallery will be
in operation?and the riding devices
will be running at full blast?but
the game of chance will be absent.
The lad with his best girl who
gefs a kick out of taking a chance at
winning u pretty fair box of choci
olates for a nickel will have to content
himself with a ride on the Ferris
wheel or a trip through the mystic
maze?for the candy wheel will not
be there. Of course any one who has
ever counted the numbers on a candy
wheel knows that they usually run
from one up to 14?arid so the player
has about one chance in 14 of winning?but
ut that it is a "game of
chance" and such games must go.
So said Governor Richards yesterday
morning when discussing the effdet
the ruling on the slot machines
would havo on the wheels which
usually occupy a prominent place in
the midway ait the State fair. Th?*
courts have held that the slot machine
in operation in South Carolina is illegal,
and a drivo against them, in?
stituted in June, 11)28, and held up
since that time by various court actions,
has been reopened with redoubled
vigor.
"Gambling devices will not be al-'
lowed to operate at the South Carolina
State Fair," Governor Richards
said yesterday. "Nor will they be
allowed to operate at county fairs., I
"I have already notified the secre-^
tary of the State Fair that such del'
vices will not be allowed. I in$dn&]
also to notify' secretaries of county<
fairs to the same effect. I want alF
officials of these fairs to know in
plenty of time that every instrument'
or device which the attorney, general?
says is illegal will be seised." ~ ,'Z
. The number of wheels in oj^eration
at. the State Fair last year was large,
cigarettes, candy, blankets* dolls and
other merchandise were /offered the
players and at night /the operators
did a great business. /, .
Generally the wheels are operated
by other persons fcban those controlling
the side sh$ws along the midway,
though sorhietimes the carnival
itself has its/ own . wheels operated
by, its owiv people. Most of the
wheels at Jthe fair last year were
"independent" wheels?that is, the
space tWy occupied was contracted
for witbi the State Fair Association
and tlye operators did not belong to
the Carnival company, The wheel
operators follow the carnival from
plaofe to place, taking advantage of
thef crowds which the carnival attracts.
Some carnival men hold that
tmey would profit were the Wheel ojK
'orators put out of business in thqt
.tljey take money that would otherswise
go to the riding devices or the,
side shows; other carnival men sey.
the wheels attract the crowds and
that they contribute to the pulling
power of the midway. ' ^
At any rate, "gambling devices'*
will be tabu at the fairs this fall. I
Senator Walter Edge of Now
Jersey, is being mentioned as the
possible successor to the late Myron
T. Herrick as ambassador to France.;
If Edge is appointed, former Govor^
"nor Stokes will" probably be the
publican candidate to succeed to the
senatorship.
I finally forced my feet into thosepatent
leather shoes. It was August.
The sun was boiling down on me in
all its beaming oppressiveness when
I started to church a-walking. (It
was only 5 miles away.) I was limping
before. I got out of sight of home.
Those shoes pinched my toes, rubbed
my heels, and burnt my spies. I
'struggled on. I % finally arrived, and
went in and sat as close to Ssllie
"Svsrir pau ibis.
The preacher offered me heaven,
but those shoes were .giving me..
h . I had been going bare-footed
alFyear, and my feet were not at"
home in those leather captles. I let
big tear* roll down 'hfy cheeks, and
the preacher thought I was taking on
religion, and hs preached right at me.
I squirmed and cussed and choped
h*'H quit. bot he lasted ahours. T '
feinted, luri c?na to the next day
at.home in bed. I steered clear of ,
shoes for 2 years thereafter.
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Death Sentence Commuted
Columbia, May 6.- - Sentence of i
death by electrocution, pronounced :n '
Che H-ase of Walter Johnson, negro, !
convic ted in York county on a charge
of murder, was commuted to lite
| imp? isonment today by Governor
Richards upon receipt of a letter
I from Circuit Court^Judgc J. Henry j
jUohnson, of Allendale, recommending
the commutation on the grounds that
-the negro in mentally deficient,,
Johnson was charged with
sassinating his wife* after having
previously attempted self destruction
"by drinking a quart of kerosene.
An examination at the state penitentiary,
according to Dr. C. Fred
Williams, superintendent of the
State Hospital, showed Johnson's
mental age to be 11 years.
.The officers of the steamer City of
Buffalo had a desperate fight on Lake
Erie during a storm Thursday, Friday
and Friday night to save it from destruction.
The officers had to fight
Wwr-crew tie keep them from taking
tne life preservers from the 25 passengers
aboard. The yeeael mads a
safe landing at Cleveland, O., on Saturday.
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Death of Mr*, Edward Sill
Mr?. Sallie Sill, wife of* Edward
Sill, of Camden, died at their home
Sunday morning aged sixty-eight
r^earg, and was buried fn the cemetery
at Ilethel Presbyterian church
Monday morning, following funeral
services conducted by her pastor, Rev.
T. M. Stevenson, of Kershn\y.
Mrs. Sill was a daughter of < tho
late Ueorgc It. and Serena K. Miller,
of Kershaw county. She had been a
consistent member? of the Bethel
church nearly all her life and was
highly esteemed by her friends and
neighbors. Mrs. Sill had been in failing*
health for the past two yours,'
but it was only for the past four or
five months that she had been confined
to her bed. She left surviving
her husband, one daughter, Mrs. H.
B. Hamilton, of Chester; and two
sons, J. W. Sill, of Chester; and R.
E. Sill, of "Spartanburg. These with
their families attended the funeral of
their mother. Mrs. J. Robert Magill,
an only alster, of the Bethel section,
also survives.-~-Kershaw Era.
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