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VOlU CAMPEH. SOUTH CAIKMJNA, FRIDAY. AUGUST* % 192?. ?'aea w,1 I J L_
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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? 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
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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.
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