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II"., iV . 4. , r ' The Camden Chronicif I VOlU CAMPEH. SOUTH CAIKMJNA, FRIDAY. AUGUST* % 192?. ?'aea w,1 I J L_ i Cars Smashed 'Drunken Driver m a drunken frolic Sunday , Abraham Arthur, colored, ny with Others, craahed into ren by Mr. Harry Watta and by Miss Loig Ellis, causing ;age of two oars and the ury of Miss Ellis, neck occurred on North eet in front of the home of . Hough, and was caused by ;hat Arthur's car was atto pit ss another car while >uth. Mr. Watts and Jdigs ; on their way north where j was being carried to her Lancaster when the crash h cars were badly damaged Kllis was rendered unconm shock. She was carried me of'Mr. Hough where it she was uninjured. A negro the Arthur car was pinned car but was taken out unrthur, who was doing the id not get a scratch. How1 occupants of the two cars alive is miraculous. Broken V luto parts littfered the roadqrcycle officer Alvin Rush >ri the scene and placed Ar'his woman" under arrest ng several empty liquor his car. fc is-' wie same negro who figb -auto-smash-at the-comefnd Broad streets about two when Mrs. W. C. Seagle ully injured and Mr. Seaiadly wrecked. Mr. Seagle's l a total wreck. Arthur had ty and no money and Mr. ad to pay the loss. Arthur ith a small fine at the time, gro appeared in police court norning and plead not guilty ?e of drunkenness and recklg. Officer Rush, Mr. T. C. nd Amnion Levy, a colored fied against Arthur and P. DuBose, acting recorder, e of Recorder, f. C. Hough, oe of $16.00 or 10 days on ous highway driver. h Home Gets $1,000 July 25.-.?The will of the ouise Blomberg, which has with the probate judge, gifts of $1,000 each to >al Church Home Orphan* J < and St. Thaddeus' Epis-I h at Aiken. The rest of which approximately i alue of over $50,000, was ng members of the family. n Strike In England . England, July 29.?A cotton trade workers morning, closing down following the refusal of o recede from their inutting wages 12 1-2 per trike was automatic, havlecided upon Saturday, efforts to avert it Satunday failed. It affected entire Lanoashire cotton h the exception of a few le the employers federawere still operating. It growth of continued dethe textile trade which ago led to an announce>loyer**that a 12 1-2 per >n in wages would be 'e Saturday. The Workefused to accept the re, ordered tfre strike when mgotiaUhg their differbuffed by the employers. uses Clemency. . C., July 27.?Gov. O. today refused to grant Jardon to John A. Cam'fined at stated prison to *ar sentence imposed on Cameron escaped from ton in 1014 and returned aba ma last November, umed name, J. It ifcvtt, reputedly wealthy tur* ^ed by numerous petitr?l "Hhodtrt Church, > ,W.U<ai, putw, 8u?'? jJor Deiid Cashier Carried Big Insurance Policy Life insurance in the sum of $376,000 was carried by Charles D. Jones, banker, state senator, merchant antf lawyer of Lancaster, whose suicide list Wednesday afternoon shocked the state, according to a statement made yesterday by Albert S. Fant, state bank examiner, who has taken charge of the affairs of the First Bank & Trust company of Lancaster of which Mr. Jones was president. So far as has Wen ascertained from ? partial 'investigation into Mr. Jones' affairs, Mr. Fant said, $150,000 of this amount was left to 'his estate; $210,000 to his wife and family. In addition to this insurance, the bank carried insurance on the life of Mr. Jones in the sum of $35,00{Kpayable to the bank in the event of the death of the president. ' Asked if there were any state or county moneys on deposit in the bank Mr. Fant said some public funds were on deposit but that their sum was smaller than he had anticipated. He did not venture to mention the amount of 'public funds in the bank. In order to care for the actual needs of the bank, it is understood that Mr. Jones sought $45,000 as a cash reserve fund. In Richmond, he is said to have been promised half this amount provided he could secure able to secure the money in Columbia, it is said, and returned home, where he shot himself. At a meeting of the directors of the bank held Friday night, Mr. Fant was placed in charge of the affairs of the institution and tomorrow a thorough investigation of its affairs will get undert way, ^ Mrs. C. W. Calhoun, Bishopville, associate state bank examiner, and W. R. Scarborough, Columbia, assistant state bank examiner, will gp to Lancaster Monday and begin the work. The capital stock of the bank is $50,000. The surplus and undivided > profits total $42,722; loans and dia~ counts total $318,000. The deposits, $395,000.Overdrafts, $20,856.?Sunday's Columbia State. 1 '* ~ j f Prominent Attorney Dead Columbia, July 28.?Robert Holland Welch, 55, general counsel for the Federal Land Bank of Columbia since its inception in 1917 and considered one of the most prominent attorneys in South Carolina, died thi^ afternoon in a Columbia hospital. % Mn Welch had been a member of the legislature from Richland county, an assistant general counsel of the Southern Railway and had been counsel for citizens in the formation of five new South Carolina counties. He had been in declining health for some time and had- been critically ill for several days. He was j born May 14, 1874, near Pomaria, Newberry county, the son of James and Rebecca Suber Welch. Bryan's Daughter Sues For Divorce Los Angeles, July 26.?Grace Bry-1 an Hargreaves, daughter of the late WiRiam Jennings Bryan, has filed suit for divorce., against Richard L. Hargreaves, Beverly Hills, Cal., bank president. She also petitions for the } custody., of their four children. The suit charged cruelty and general incompatibility. A property: settlement was reached before the filing of dhe suit, Mrs. Hargreaves' attorney said. , ' First admission of difficulties in the Hargreaves family were made in May. Then it was stated the difficulty was "largely a difference in temperament." The couple separated but later re-united. Mrs. Hargreaves-Is wealthy in her own right, having inherited $250,000 from the Commoner's estate. Sunday morning and. evening, Rev. J. B. Cmaton, the pastor, will epeak on the- -thense "Walking With Ood." Morning sexVice is ht 11:15 ofclock and 'evening service at 8:S0 o'clock. The pastor and congregation extends a cordial welcome to other denominations to join them in theso serv|ce?* Ten vocational agricultural teaeh ..' - Woman Is Held For Killing of Husband Spartanburg, July 27.?Mrs. Mattie Cathcart, 28, i? held in the county juil on. a technical charge of murder In connection with the fatal shooting last Tuesday morning of her husband, Hey&ard Cathcart, at Onmp Wadsworth, near this city. Clarence Morrow, a negro tenant, on the farm where Cathcart met his death, is held VIV on a technical charge of accessory to the crime, and his wife, Laura Morrow, is held for investigation. Warrants for Mrs. Cathcart and Morrow were obtained by J. D. Cathcart, father of the slain man, at the instance of Sheriff N. L. Bennett, who questioned the prisoners separately in thejr cells this afternoon with the view of unraveling the mystery which has been attached to the ^ase. Clarence Morrow and his wife lived just across the road from the Cathcarts and it was to their house Mr^ Cathcart is said to have gone wheii she gave the alarm. Morrow was employed by the Cathcarts and was fed from their table, though his wife fed herself and worked a hoe crop. 1 * Heyward Cathcart was, shot through the back as he lay in. bed early Tuesday morning. On the dresser in the Cathcart room wh'&re ' the husband and wife both slept was a revolver, which had been recently dli? charged. ' a From what can be learned, CathCarfc returned to his home about midnight Monday night. The baby was asleep in the bed. About that time Mrs. Cathcart removed the baby from her husband's bed to her own. Before 2 o'clock Cathcart was shot through the back. After the shooting, Mrs. Cathcart, who claimed that she was awakened by hearing a noise like the slamming of a door, felt over in her husband's bed for him and not finding him struck a match and saw him hanging over the bed and a machine at the foot of the bed. She pulled him back into the bed, but he was dead then. She ran out and told Clarence Morrow and his wife th^t some one had killed her husband and a general alArm was sounded and his father sent for. ; Part of Fairfield May Go To Richland Columbia, July 29.?Commissioners in regard to thje annexation of a portion of Fairfield county to Richland county have been appointed by Governor JohnG. Richards, though one of the commissioners, David G. Ellison, Columbia, today declined to serve. The commissioners for annexation, as named by the ^governor, were H. H. Hinnant, Bookman; David G. Ellison, Columbia; opposed to annexation, Charley P. Iflliott and John W. Cathcart, both of* Winnsboro. Rockingham L&u Drowned Rockingham, N. C., July 27.? Claude Threadgill, aged between-15 and 16, was drowned Thursday morning out in Roberdel millpond. The lad could not swim. He was playin the pond, using an inner tube. He reached a stump in the pond and in some way the tube floated from his grasp. He is thought to have made a lunge or effort to reach the tube and missed. His body was recovered by means of dragging the pond with a rake^ about fifty .minutes after he went down. The depth was fifteen feet at that point. ? All effors to resuscitate him were of no avail. Knocked From Running Board Greer, July 25.?Knocked to the ground ,when the car whose running board he was riding was sideswiped on a turn near Appalache, Hester Beco, 12, was fatally injured this afternoon about 4 o'clock while on his way from Appalache to Greer to get copies of The Greenville Piedmont, which he was to deliver in his home ooafrsunlty. He suffered fracture of SfigJl55Ein5d other bones JB wHL, cident and died in a few minutes. Killel By Jump From bar county, suffered fatal injuries when ah# leaped from a moving car near^ Kinards Thursday afternoon. She died- in the Newberry hoepitel that r.r.s*: cousin when the hoae connection on the car bl?jr out Thinking 0?e machine was on fire, she leaped out and fractured her skull. The body was crrM * OrwnTilU wonty to- bw l|?? I ,,, .MlLMI.il111 li?P?? !! I . l.J. j Crash Fatal To Two In Endurance Flight Minneapolis, Minn., July 21).?A "jinx" that sp?lied failure to his five o previous attempts to establish an air- f plane endurance record rode again 7 with Owen Haughland the seventh t< day of his sixth attempt today and J brought death to him- and his co-pilot, f Cnpt. Preston- L. Crlchton of Minne- h - apolis. 1 Crichton died a few minutes after g the endurance plane, the Miss Minne- b ota, went into a flat spin and crashed at 5:26 a.m., today, after It it - had hoen aloft_xfor 164 hours and 45 2 minutes. Haughland lived until 4 o'clock but b t never regained consciousness. He C suffered a skull fracture and internal o injuries. His death occurred at the G '-^Veterans' hospital, Fort Knelling, where lie was taken immediately uf- t< ter the crack-up. fj Motor trouble forced Haughland tl ^own five previous occasions. Hut tl On his latest attempt he exceeded his v, best former record, which was 1 lit hours, ;!2 minutes. He was confident f] that he would establish a new record ' o: c this time, investing all his savffigs ci in the flight. s |p . f "Kverything is going fine," the g . fliers reported before the crash oc- ci curred. They asked for more gas, and * the refueling ship. Ace High,J n ship of the Minnesota, prepared to a - take off. The endurance fliers had tl come down to within 200 feet of the v ground. The plane side-slipped, and o Crichton's efforts to right the' craft u failed. The ship crashed on un automobile racing track encircling the ? airport. g g, Last Curtain For Actor p SpartanbuFg, July 25.?After leav- v ing the theatre here yesterday where y he had given what his manager said h was one of the best performances of b his career, Henry Mack, vaudeville cognedian of .Hamilton, Ohio, dropped t " i: ] ? Pony Tramples Lad.* j Chicago, July 24.?All his 11 years, j almost, Cyril Watson wanted a pony. j. H? saved his pennies. Two months f ago he had enough. His dream of a pony came true. s ^ On the entire south side there was j no prouder , happier boy than he. ^ . But yesterday the pony threw f him. Caught beneath the pounding ^ hoofs the boy was trampled to death. For Better Ginneries r A committee of the Camden and ^ Kershaw' County Chamber of Com merce is being organized to conduct f a survey of the gin houses of the $ county and to publish a list of the gins approved. It has been estimated that $60,000 e s lost annually to the county through x njury to t|he staple in ginning. Most 0 of this lois could easily be obviated c through acting on the advice of a v committee of specialists or through minor improvements of the equip- ^ merit. t The investigating committee will a be composed of F. M. Wooten, chairman; Henry D. Green, county farm ^ demonstration agent; R. B. Pitts, c of the cotton mill' industry and an Q expert mechanic. This projected investigation will be a conducted during the first two weeks 4rr August and its report made avallableMn time for th$ cotton ginning s season. ii 3 Del gar Hunter Dead j Delgar Hunter, a well known col- ^ ored citizen of Camden, died at his home on lower Broad street last ^ Thursday and his funeral was held n on Sunday'at Rafting Greek church ^ in Sumter county. Hunter was twrn ^ and reared in the Hagood section of ^ Sumter county but had made his home in Camden for manyyeari; At / the time of his death he was operating a bearding house, and was very useful-liohis friends in employing laboftfer construction work. Hh had been in the service of white people jj for a long while here ahd was well 1 liked by both races. Hotter had * beew sick fOr a long while and his J death was not unexpected. He leaves 1 one brother, Gus Hunter, of Atlanta, 3 who came here for the funeral. a United^States Judge Ernest P. a Cochrane has issued a temporary in* v Junction restraining Sheriff J. M. h Pool not of Charleston from interfer- c ing with slot machines being operated tl Wwteett of <h?|U ta ^Iyer8 Land After Vaation in the Skies St. Louis, Mo., July 30.~-The end f the record-smashing endurance light of the St. Louis Robin came at :38 o'clock (Central Standard Time) &n(fht When ita pilots. Dale "Red" ackson and Forest O'Brine descended rom the sky which had been their ome 1for 420 hours, 21 minutes, 'hey exceeded the record of the Aneleno by seven full days at 2:01 p.m. aday. The plane made a perfect landing i the middle of the field with about 5,000 spectators watching them. The crowd rushed on to the field ut a guard of employes from the urtiss-Robertson company, sponsors f the flight, protected Jackson and ^Brine. The St. Louis Robin was towed in} a space beside the hangar* The ield was muddy from a rainstorm tat began late today, where during 1e long flight in the air the dust 'as inches thick. The plane landed in the glure of loodlights around the field. Flight fficials and members of the ground rew assisted the fliers from - the lane and with the assistance of uards.made a lane through the rowd to a hangar. A few moments later O'Brine and aekson were cxamined'by physician^ nd entered an automobile which took hem to a downtown hotel where they rere to rest tonight after speaking ver the radio in a nationwide hookp. Both men were pronounced in exellent physical condition. O'Brine had ained two pounds since he and Jackon went up July 13, scaling 140 ounds tonight against 138 pounds rhen the flight began. Jackson'B weight was th? same as it was when e went aloft, 154 pounds. They had een aloft nearly 18 days. The fliers said they were influenced o change their plans about remainng aloft 500 hours and decided to and tonight because of the tragic lenth of their friend, George Lea ^ambert, who was drilled in an airriane crash near Lambort-St. Louis ield. Jackson told newspapermen he hought they could.have flown the St. youis Robin 300 hours longer. O'Brine leclared they could take the same >lnne as it now stands and break heir own record. Earned Small Fortune. St. Louis, Mo., July 30.?Dale "Red") Jackson and Forest O'Brine amed $81,255 jointly or $15,072:50 or each man in the rceord-brcaking light of the St. Louis Robin which >nded here tonight. This did not include $2,756 in cash ume given them nor checks and cash vhich has been sent to the chamber f commerce.' Eighteen days pay as ommercial pilots must also be figired into the total. The mileage of the Robin was esimnted at 25,200 miles on a consumpion of approximately 3*590 gallons of high-test fuel, the same as used by number of commercial companies. )il used totaled 158 gallons and 48 ontacts were made for refueling out f a total of 77. The popellor revoluions, counted at 1,300 per minute, pproximated 32,000,000 times. Charles Sumner" Ward, financial peciali8t, who. is credited with havng raised one hundred million d61ars as secretary of the American ted Cross drive during the world war, a dead at New York at the age of 72. Clifford Cooper, aged 30, shot and illed his 28-year-old bride of' alk nonths and then fired a bullet hrouglvhio own head at Birmingham lunday. The couple had been separned several weeks. lamden Man Hunting In Far Polar Regions Relatives and friends in Oimden avo received newt from Dr. Ben O. 'earn, of this city, to the effect that e was on his way to a port in Ndrray, on a polar hunting expedition, hr. Team sailed from New York on uly 11 on the transport Junfctholm, nd was expected to land off the coast f Norway on July 26. Prom there he nd a party of wealth^ sportsmen rill go into the far northern regions outing polar bear and other Iceland reotures. They expet to return some Ime during September. Dr. Team Is cting as physician and surgeon for If porty. Wind Storm Damages if County Fair Building A heavy wind, rain and electrical storm struck Camden Tuesday after noon about 4 o'clock lasting for meve than an hour and caused considerable damage to crops, trees and property. There appeared to be three distinctive storms?the first came from the west, then switched to the norths west and then came from the southwest. All being accompanied by a heavy downpour of rain, wind and vivid electrical disturbances. So far no fatalities have been reported from lightning. The chief damage occurred at the new county fair grounds, where a new frapie, tin roof building was badly wrecked. At first the damage was thought to be in the neighbor- I hood Of $2,000. Members of the fair association now state that most of the wreck can be salvaged and thni the building can be replaced at a cost not to exceed $500 and t^rk wus commenced on rebuilding Wednesday morning. A plate glass window was blown out of the office of The Watcreo Messenger and the fruit store of S. S. Hensley. The rainfall filled ditches and drains to overflowing and in ?the southern part of fctu^juty UTany of the smaller homes were marooned / wateFTor several hours. , V. j About thirty telephones of the Southern Bell were put out of commission during the storm but service ; was being rapidly restored on Wednesday. jWomen Are Invited To Attend Farmers' Week Farm women are invited to attend Farmers' Week at Clemson Col- -31 lege, August 5-10, with assurance of a program of interesting and beneficial lectures and demonstrations covering various phases of home demonstration work, besides many numbers on the general program that ?; appeal to women. Miss Lonny I. Landrum, state home demonstration , agent, will have charge of women's I Demonstrations of home equipment will be given each morning, and the same is true of gardening and canning work, and various kinds of hand work will receive attention ?each afternoon. Then there will be demonstrations by club giris regarding biscuit making, room improvement, clothing, posture, etc. Discussions and demonstrations on. poultry raising, horticulture, anddairying will attract - many womerk '.1 ^ from day to day. Story telling in the home will be a feature esich^ afternoon at six-thirty, and a cotton dress review will be given on Thursday evening. The general addresses at the noon , ? hour, special addresses by notable leaders in women's work, the music and other entertainment features, - will all appeal to women. Schlosburg Opens Cash Grocery Here T Jj| The Dixie Stores, wftfe general of- ... "S3 flees and warehouses in. Camden, have forged another substantial link in their choinwith the Awning- in this ./i3| city today of Schlosbuig's Cash Grocery. The local branch is th?r' suMh * M store to be fcpehed since the company's founding one year ago and follows similar establishments in Laurens, Lancaster, Winnsboro, Great Falls and * . A distinct feature of the yOun'jt . plan of operation, aside from its idly low prices,^ w^ll be a strenuous effort to further thie sales of hmmmgrown fruits and vegetables an# in every way to encourage Kershaw county farmers to grow more produce for the local markets,-jennrdttf o ElHiu Schlosburg, general manage* of the group. The new grocery will handle local bakery products exclusively and in measure^up to a strfctl y'homemSflN Ij prise, stated Mr. Schlosburg ytsterday afternoon. M. L. Mcleod, former, manager of the Broad street A. A P. Tea stove, will terra as manager, while efftin* directing the organization tnrhnfn Harry L. Schlosburg, Leon H. Sch*ItCTMU. : . :aM