The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 05, 1929, Image 1
The Camden, Chronicle
STCAMPKN, SOUTH CAKOUWA, JULY ?, 1W?. NUMBER IS.
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ny Guilty Pleas
Entered at Court
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, July term of court for Kercounty
opened hero Monday
|nlf with Judge W. H. Townpriding.
At the request of
lor A. F. Spigner only jail case#
hesrd. Owing to the fact that
i and witnesses, many of whom
engaged in farming, was the
of the request that court be
ened. Bonds totaling $1,100
forfeited to the clerk of court
tion of the fact that defendants
to answer when their cases
called for trial. Most of the
were guilty pleas and the court
n session only on Monday?the
, for the first week were exuntil
Friday fnorning when the
of Richard Odom, charged with
try and larceny and criminal aswill
come up for trial. The
disposed of on Monday were:
ii Morton Nell, the negro mute,
claims Cuba as his home, and
twrglarized two houses in Cambeing
later captured in Columlead
guilty to grand larceny and
tDtenced to serve two years.
I Hall was up on .a liquor law
Bi charge and was convicted.
By given a sentence of six
Hrith three months suspended.
Hies of Walter Hill and John
Bri were nol prossed.
He Cunningham, a white man,
tad already served a sentence
le'chuin gang, plead guilty to
ry and larceny and was given
tence of five years. CunningWong
with Sam Cunningham and
m Capell burglarized the store
C. Truesdale at DeKalb and
Borough's garage near Lugoff.
of the goods were recovered in
nbia. Sam Cunningham and
111 were given a sentence of three
Wis each.
bile in jail Clyde Cunningham
in an attempt to break jail and
B doing broke up and destroyed
Hoi the jail property. Associated
Wist iii this attempt were Harold
Johnson, Willie Burgess,
BUqiills, Robert Lawson, John
Boot ad Lee Brown. . Lawson,
Bern ind Burgess plead guilty.
Hrtfa? named went to trial and
warned. They were each
* sentence of one year?the
however, was to run concurBj
*ith the other sentences imB
?d them at this term.
B&e Thomas and Willie Thomas,
negro lads, plead guilty to three
Bes of house breaking and larB
They broke intc the office of
Bdk Lnmber company, the SouthB*s*nger
station ,and stole a
B>y motor car- A. sentence of
011 ^e chain gang was
W* Patterson entered a plea of
B breaking and larceny and was
1 sentence of one year.
Bbe Ferguson with an alias of
B? Burges?, entered a plea of
B to a charge of larceny and was
Bced to serve one year?this senBto
run concurrently with the
}?Posed for attempt at jail
B|t Johnson entered a plea of
B to a charge of larceny and reP
* sentence of one year.
B_H*U, a white man, entered a
Bf guilty on a charge of violatV*
Prohibition law and drew a
?f three months with two
Bj^*t Williams entered a plea
** to v^>lating the prohibition
^P?*as sentenced to 4erve seven
B* ^her sentences imposed on
ordered enforced, they to
^concurrently with the seV^n
Brazell, white man, charged
"^support of his wife, had
to hi- wifc> and the case
^Bred placed on the contingent
^Br^cay, John Peay, Melvin
B Grud Dennis were up on a
0 house breaking and larB
reen was found guilty but the
BS^I* to the others were iwrt
K^Massey and Eari Br?wn
B " guilty on a charge of vio^K)y(
' Pr?hibition law. Brown
Rto ,a SenU aco of three months
B>t Ponded. Massey was not
tricd in hi8
7" *uuty. 5y
KVr'u<iid not ?p ^
B*Km 1 ** of violating the
B2L W and convicted in
B^r. A c??h bond of $800
f rriltr to ?
Spanish Airmen Are
Saved From Atlantic
Madrid, June 29.?AH Spain poured
intg. the streets of cities and village*
today in one vast, roaring demonstration
of national joy for the discovery
this morning of the four
Spanish aviators lost and despaired
of hinoe they failed to arrive in the
Azores islands last Saturday.
Afloat at sea through storms, hunger
and fatigue in their Dornier Wal
sleaplane, Major Ramon Franco and
his three comrades ou a round trip
flight from Spain to New York were
picked,, up by two British airplanes
from the aircraft carrier Eagle about
100 miles southeast of Santa Maria
islands, the Azores.
Five nations sent in vain ships and
airplanes to search for them through
a week of jihxious watching, which
turned slowly to despair, before the
Eagle discovered the aviators close
to the very spot where the Spanish
government thought they had landed
last Saturday.
A mysterious and untraced message,
purporting to be from Major
bianco, then said the fliers were
landing on San Miguel island, nearest
of the Azores group to Santa j
Maria where they were found by j
British airplanes scouting without
hope on a chance of finding them.
On board the Eagle for Gibraltar
tonight Major Franco himself ex-1
plained the mystery of their disap-!
j pearance in the first direct account
given of the flight. He said they
passed over the Azores in the dark
and the clouds Friday night and when
they turned back their gasoline sup-1
ply gave out.
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charge of assault am) battery and
was given a sentence of three months.
Cap Whjtp entered a plea of guilty
to a charge of assault and battery
and was given a sentence of six
months.
C. R. Gay and W. C. Gay failed
to answer to a charge of violating the
prohibition law and their cash bonds
werd forfeited.
The case of H, A. Cahill, the white
man, who was captured on Main
street some time ago with a specially
constructed car for transporting whiskey
and who had aboard probably the
largest single load of whiskey ever
seen in Camden, failed to answer to
the charge and his cash bond of $400
was forfeited.
Leo Brewer and McKinley Tlills
were tried on a larceny charge. Mills
was found guilty and was sentenced
,to serve one year. Brewer was adI
judged not gnilty.
Harold Taub, plead guilty to using
an automobile wittotit owner's "con-:
| sent and drew a sentence of one year.
This sentence to run concurrently
with the one imposed for attempt at
jail breaking.
Damon Lawson plead guilty to a
charge of assault and battery and
Igoes to the chain gang for one year.
Around forty cases where the de
fendants are out on bond were carI
ried over to another term of the court
and the jurors drawn to serve for the
second week have been notified that
there will be no second week of court
and they need not appear for jury
duty.
i W. B. Porter, the' foreman of the
grand jury, handed in the presentment
which read at follows:
"We have passed on all bills handed
us by the Solicitor.
"We have received the report of
the sheriff showing his activities for
the last six months. We want to
commend him and his force for the
very efficient work that they have
done. The report is herewith attach- i
ed.
"We have examined the jail and
find it in much better condition, same
having had a coat of paint and other
conditions very much improved,
"We thank the judge, solicitor, and
all court officials for the courtesies
extended us, all of which we submit."
? Sheriff J. H. McLeod also submitted
his report of work done by his
office for thet past six months which
read as follows: *
"I beg to submit the following report
of law enforcement activities of
the Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff and Rural
Policemen of Kershaw County from
the first day of January, 1929, to the
firat day of July. 1
"Eleven stills destroyed; 4,200 gallons
of beer or raaah destroyed; 1,083
gallons whiskey captured and destroyed;
forty-one arrests for violation
of prohibition law; 203 arrests
for other violations; six cars coafls
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Hermitage Mill Forma
Outlet For Good*
The Chronicle is informed that
there has just been completed between ;
Hermitage Cotton Mills of Camden
and The Bay Company of Bridgeport,
Conn., an arrangement which
will prove of much future interest to
Camden and vicinity. The Bay Company
is one of the foremost producers
in the country of surgical gauze and
hospital supplies and has for some
years purchased a quantity of bandage
cloth from Hermitage Cotton
Mills. The present arrangement
provides that The Bay Company will
control and absorb the entire production
of the Hermitage Cotton Mills
with every prospect that eventually
the productive capacity of the Mills
will be greatly increased, and also
having in view the establishment of
a finishing plant. We understand
that there will be no change, in the
management or general policy of
Hermitage Cotton Mills, as Mr. R. B. i
Pitts will continue as President and 1
the present board of directors will
continue to serve assisted by representatives
of The Bay Company. The
present directors of the Mills are.
Messrs. R. B. Pitts, H. G. Carrison,
C. H, Yates, John W. Corbett, L. D.
Pitts and W. J. Mayfield. * & *
The Bay Company has expanded
greatly during the past few years
and is rapidly affilating with their
own organization concerns of varying
products for general hospital use,^
which products are being sold ex-*?
tensively in the United States and
many foreign countries. ^he
Company has desired the tfhra&ge-,
ment with Hermitage Cotton Mills on ^
account of the very high quality of i
^the iftilis' fabrics.- Also, from the
; standpoint of Hermitage Cotton Mills
the arrangement furnishes a profit|
able and most desirable outlet for the
entire capacity of the Mills.
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Baptist Church Services
Sunday school at 10 sum. W.GA
Wilson, superintendent. Public worship
at li o'clock, preaching by the
I pastor, Rev. J. B. Caston. Subject:
| "Ezekiel's Vision of Dry Bones."
Evening worship at 8:30 o'clock with
i preaching by the pastor on the sub|
ject: "The Way into the Kingdom of
God." B. Y. P. U. meets on Thursjday
evening at 8 o'clock. The public
is cordially invited to attend all
of these services.
Mrs. Watts In Office
Aa New Sperintendent
Mrs. Kathleen B. Watts, recently
elected county superintendent of education,
entered office Monday of this
week to begin the four-year term as
(director of Kershaw comity's rapidlyexpanding
school system. Mrs. Watt3
succeeds J. Team Gettys- who declined
last year to offer for re-election and
who now has returned to the practice
of law in this city.
The new superintendent is the first
woman to hold public office in this
county and is one of the few women
in South Carolina to represent the
voters officially. Prior to entering
the office of superintendent M**.
! Watts served as head of the Antioeh
High school and as principal of the
! Lugoff school. i ' * f '
h - Mrs. Watts' first official act was
; to name the former superintendent,
j Mr. Gettys, and Superintendent J. G.
'Richards, Jr., of the Camden City
I schools, to serve with her as members
of the county board of education.
Both Mr. Gettys and Mr. Richards .
have acccepted the appointments. 1
Death of Mrs. W. H. Sowell
. - Before going to press we learn of a
the" death of Mrs. Thereso Sowell, ,
widow of W. H. Sowell, who passed
aWay during last night at her home ,
at McBee. The funeral services are
to be held at her home this after- j
noon and her re Wins will be brought
hetvftvfor burial in the .Kershaw ceme- j
tery at 6 o'clock this evening.
prtor to their removal to McBee
Mr. and Mrs. Sowell were highly esteemed
citizens of Kershaw and the
many friend* of the family here i
will be" grieved to learn of Mrs. j
Sowell's death and will sympathize 1
deeply with the surviving relatives 1
in their, bereavement. .
'Mrs. So*W, who was about 81 years
iB ^rvived '
lowing daughters and sons: Mrs. Dan
McDorwW. Kershaw; Mrs. W. R. 1
Hoagtx ^Camden; Mrs. S. E. Hilton, i
Wilxoiv N. Mrs* G' T* Horton, :
Vfrnee' w. E. Sowell, McBee; Henry (
Sowell,' Florida; and Rankin Sowell, <
Kershaw Era. ?L
Wilmer Stultz Killed
t in New York Crash1
Field, N. Y., July 1.?Bill
?tultz was killed in a crash today,
? second successful airplane pilot to
cross the North Atlantic to die in
phim* smash. Two other men met
death with him,
t?e first crossing of the North Atlantic
by plane was made just ten
years ago by John Alcock and Arthur
WWtten Brown, and.the same year
Alcock was killed when his plane fell.
Since then Lindbergh has crossed
that treacherous sea, and Chambera
n and Levine, the Byrd expedition,
roclt and Schlee, the Bremen crew,
those of the Yellow Bird, and Amelia
Earhart, LoU Gordon and Wilmer
Stultz.
AJ1 of these have kept on flying:
and ail were alive until today. Then
Stultz took up a couple of friends to
do a bit of stunting and a few minutes
latei both Stultz and the friends
wore de^d.
JHK*y ttent up in an open biplane
ow|ied by John Hay Whitney, Stultz's
employer, and about 300 feet they I I
Went into a tailspin. The two passengers,
l'asquale Castellucio and EdH*rwood,
were dead when
pulled from the wreckage, and Stultz
dieji as he was being carried into the
JfehSsau county hospital in Mineola.
^jgtyltz did not regain consciousness
jjjy accident but there were two
ypttce witnesses, a left and a right
ftfepe that did not make a pair, that
Xold the story well enough for those
idth a bit of imagination. It was
the first time Castellucio and Harwood
had even been up. Stultz took
them through a series of loops, on
one of the loops witnesses said he
barely missed a rooftop.
After the plane crashed investigators
looked in the crumpled forward
cockpit and there they found
one right shoe caught in the rudder
control on one aide and a left shoe
similarly caught in the other aide.
Cait*4lucio and Harwood had sat together
in that cockpit and those reconstructing
the accident saw evidence
in these unmated shoes that
jthey had been terrified by the stunting
and had unintentionally jammed
their feet in such positions that they
had taken control of the ship from
the pilot.
Josey Family To Hold Reunion
The members of the Josey family
and conductions will hold their fourth
annual reunion on Thursday, July 11,
at Bethany Baptist church, five miles
south of Bishopville. All members
oi the family are requested to be
there on that date.
Revival Services at Hermitage
Revival services started at Hermitage
last Sunday evening with much
Interestf and a fine spirit of fellowship.
Rev. W. M. Howell of BiltmQr^,
N. C., is doing the preaching.
Every one is invited to attend these
services held at eight o'clock in the
evening.
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< ? William E. Arledge Dead
William E. Arledge, life long resident
of this county, died suddenly
last Saturday morning following a
short illness. Mr. Arledge had been
sick for only a few days and pawed
away suddenly while being carriea in
an ambulance from his home on King
street to the Camden hospital. I
He had always followed the vocation
of a farmer and at one time was
very successful. For a long number
of years he farmed the large Mulberry
plantation and for years was
successful, but like all river planters
Beveral years of freshets caused him
reverses from which he never recuperated.
Mr. Arledge had never
married end was about 75 years of
age..
Mr. Arledge was a native of the
Shaylor's Hill section and his remains
wore interred at Flint Hill burying
ground after simple funeral services
conducted by Rev. C. L. Norman.
To Reside in St. Louis
Mr. Ralph N. Shannon, who for a
number of years has been the junior
partner in Springs and Shannon,
Incorporated, of this city, will leave
the latter part- of this week for St.
Louis, Mo, where he will be aeeo-1
elated with the Universal Aircraft
Corporation, builders of airplane*
Mrs. Shannon and children will
spend the remainder of the summer
In Griffin and Atlanta and join Mr.
Shannon later. Our citizens will re-1
fret to give up this interesting family
snd wish them mighty well ip their
new home. , '
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Flaking Line and Wire
Are Fatal To Two Men
Morehead City, N. C., June 30.?
Jasper Hoie, 81, and H. L. Joyner,
33, both of Greenville, were electrocuted
here at 11:80 last night while
out fishing, by coming in contact
with a live electric light wire under
the bridge leading from Morehead
City to Atlantic Beach.
.Til? electric wire in the cable at
this point, it is alleged, had burned
probably having been caused by lightning
and had been temporarily repaired
with bare wire. Danger signals
and a red light were displayed
to warn the public of danger.
The men, who wore in a row boat
about 26 feet from the bridge, were
fishing under the bridge. One of
them, while attempting to cast his
line caught it over the wire. He
pulled the boat, by pulling upon his
line to the bridge and attempted to
disentangle his line from the wire.
He grabbed thp uninsulated strand
and his partner caught to pull him
loose, both apparently being killed injStantly,
as they fell, causing the boat
to capsize.
F. A. Elks, of Griuiesfand, u third
occupant of the boat, had to swim
to the bridge and gave the alarm.
Coast guardsmen answered and began
a search for the bodies, finding that I
of Hoie this afternoon about 150,
yards from the scene of the tragedy. I
That of Joyner hud not been found
tonight.
Both of the men were married and
are survived by families.
First Woman Carrier Dead
Spartanburg, June 29.?Miss hjpra
Hicks, 71, known here as the first
woman rural mail carrier in tha
United States, is dead at her home
in Cherokee, near Spartanburg. For
19 years she carried rural mail from
Cherokee over a route that extended
into North Carolina. She ha a been
on the retired list for six years. Miss
Hicks at one time was postmistress
at Hicksville, N. C.
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Lyttleton Street Methodist Church.
Services at the Lyttleton Street
Methodist Church on Sunday, July 7,
will be observed as follows: Bible
School, with classes for all who will
attend, at 10 a.m.; Public Worship,
11:16 a.m., will be conducted by the
pastor, Rev. George Pierce Watson,
who will have as his theme "The
Right Response to the Divine Appeal,
a Study for all Christian Workers."
The sermon will be followed by the
Holy communion. The evening service
is recalled as a courtesy to the
Rev. Mr. Caston, who begins his pastorate
at the Baptist church this day.
Mid-week service on Wednesday at
8:15 p.m. The public is most cordially
invited to all the services at
this church where all will enjoy the
fine music, congregational singing
and Bible studies which are applicable
to daily duties. >
H- Lee Jones Dies at Bethune
Bethune, S. C., July 1.?R. Lee
Jopfs of Bethune died at his home
on June 29 after a lingering illness
of several weekend was buried on
Sunday, June 30, at the Bethune
cemetery, the funeral services being
conducted by the. Rev. M. B. Gunter
of the Bethune Baptist church, pastor
of the deceased, assisted by the
Rev. Sapp of the Presbyter iavi
church. The pallbearers were Charlie
Holley, Minor Holley, John J^nes,
Emmett Jones, Leonard Raley and
John Waters.
Mr. Jones was fifty-five years of
age; he was a son of the late John
Jones and Adeline Hough Jones. He
is survived by his widow, Mrs. Jo- <
hanna Jones, and one son, Leslie Jones,
and by four sisters, Mrs. L. M.
Hall of Camden, Mrs. Susie Raley of
Angelas, Mrs. Raley and Mrs. Holley
of Coushatta, La."
The immense congregation at his
funeral and the many beautiful floral
tributes testified to the high esteem
in which the deceased was held by all
who had the pleasure of knowing
him.
In a few well chosen remarks his
pastor paid high tribute to the noble
Christian character of the deceased.
Mr. Jones was a man of a quiet
nd unassuming personality, of
spbio individuals that the better one
knew him the more he would like and
esteem him?? man who never shirked
a doty or a responsibility and oto
who was always found upon the side
etf ri#h| and justice.? ?? i
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Rev. Caston Leaves
Bamberg for Camden
Bsmberg, June 27.?The Rev. J. B.
Caston, for the past three and a half
years puntor of the Bamberg Baptist
church here, left this morning with
his family for Camden, where he assumes
the pastorate of the First Baptist
church, to which he was called
several weeks ago. During Mr. Cas- ?
ton's local pastorate, he has witnessed
a great growth in the church here.
There have been 172 additions to thj^"'*
church during this time, with a loss
of 60, leaving a net increase of 111^
or about 80 per cent. A" major phuso
of his program on coming to Bamberg
was the erection of a new church.
This was begun soon after hiB coining
and has been completed and almost
paid for, the plant representing a
total expense of around $75,000.
The local church recently elected a
pulpit committee, but as yet no recommendation
has been made to the
church for a successor to Mr. Caston.
At the conclusion of his final servico
Sunday evening, in which the Trinity
Methodist and the Presbyterian congregations
joined, Ttev. D. A. Phillips
and Rev, W. S. Scott took occasion to
express informally tfyeir love and appreciation
of Mr. Caston as a brother
pastor.
Alligator Kills Two Children.
Clearwater, Fla., June 28.?Wounds
on the bodies of John Freddy and
Norman Gold, eight and nine years
old respectively, bore mute evidence
today of their death struggle with an
alligator in a golf course water hazard
near here.
Golfers responding to the screams
pf a fpur-ypgr old brother of the
boys, retrieved th^d||01fi? of the two,
and found the gator the hazard.
The four-year-old told an incoherent
story to his father7, Jeff Gold, a
St. Petersburg visitor.. Indications
were that the boys were playing with
their toy boats when the gator put in
an appearance yesterday.
Apparently, the big reptile had
pulled John Freddy into the water,
and Norman had gone to his rescue,
and the three fought~it out for several
minutes before the boys succumbed.
The younger brother had
watched spell bound until the fight
was oved, his story indicated* and
then had run for help.
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York Banker Dead
York, June 27.?JJ. N. Moore, 68r
died this morning at Myrtle Beach.
Mr. Moore,' was chairman of
the board of directors of the Loan
and Saving* Bank here* and until January
president of that institution, had
been a leader in business affairs here
all his life.
Several months ago he suffered a
breakdown in health.
Little Eugene Perkins, of Society
Hill, was run over by a car Friday
afternoon and seriously injured. He
was carried to the hospital in Florence
and upon examination the doctors
found a fractured . skull. The
child had been unconscious ever since
the accident and died Saturday.
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Bethesda Presbyterian Church.
The sacrament of the 'Lord's supper
will be celebrated In this church
Sunday morning, July Tib. At - this
service the paeto* will dell set a brief
message on the text, "Foy, Jhis Cause
Came I Unto This Hour."
The Junior Choir is a special attraction
of our services during the
summer months. Ibe young people of
the church who are willing to help
With this choir /ijayited to meet
Friday evening art 8 ^o'clock at the
church for practice. ~"
Last Sunday was one of our best
days at Sunday school. 122 were present
and we hope this fine attendance
helped us to win out over Frankfort,
Ky. The report of the contest will be
read out next Sunday morning at 10
o'clock.
The picnic for the Church and Sunday
school will be held this year on
Friday, August 12. We hope that
everyone will make plans to attend
this picnic. The place and details
will be announced later.
Owing to the ^ability of Mrs. Sheffer
to be wit& us we were forced to
call off the Vatttfo* School.
At the midweek service Wednesday
we will read plshwi 122-128 and
study psalm 125.
Sunday school 10 a. m., Morning
worship 11:15) Mid-week service
Wednesday evening S o'clock. .
You ars cordially Invited to all
Ui?.? services.