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The Camden Chroniclf. iV0^ 4 CAMpEN, SOUTH CAROUWA,"FRIDAY, 6ctobfp ? "?? ' * ' - NUMBER 31 Hals 'and Strikers Guiltu of Murder ?N. C., Oct. "21.?Ths" seven labor agltntors and strikers found guilty by a Mecklenburg county jury today of the murder of O. y, Ado: holt, Gastonia chief of police, id<1 also of assault on three other police officers, were sentenced late [his afternoon by Judge M. V. Barnkill. ./ f0Ur of the defendants, Fred Errin Benl of Lawrence, Mass., Clarice Miller of New * York,- George I of Mispah, N, J,, and Joseph >n of I'assiao, N. Jv each were ed to (serve hot legs, than 17 lor more than 20 years in the ?rison at Raleigh, for convici the second degree murder If. McCiryiis and Louis Mcin, both of Gastonia, each were sentences of not less than 12 re than 15 years on the mur* rge. K. Y. Hendricks of Gasas given a sentence of five to rears on the same count, er sentences to run concurwith the sentences imposed for , were given. Beal, Miller, and Harrison were given ten each after being found guilty charge of felonious assault on Gilbert. McGinnis- and Mein each were sentenced* to riot mn five or more than seven on the charge of assault on ;. Hendricks was giyen a fiveentence on this charge, sentences was given any of the lants on the charge of assault it A. J. Roach or C. M. Ferguifficers. [ense attorneys gave notice of i! and Judge Barnhill fixed the I bond at $500 and fixed the aplce bonds as follows: Beal, Carter and Harrison, $5,000 iach; McLaughlin and McGin,500 each; Hendricks, $2,000. itor John G. Carpenter dethe bond too light in view of i prison sentences, but Judge, I, after hearing defense aton the question, retained the he announced at first, was no demonstration at ie today, either shortly after hen the jury returned a verguilty on the murder charge minutes deliberation, or this n, when the verdict of gujlie other charges was renderstill later when the sentences efendants showed little emoe&l maintaining a placid exi and the others, with the exof Miller, keeping their eyes 011 the judge. , Miller, how? face flushed, glared at the lere Solicitor Carpenter and attorneys who assisted him :ing. - ?- ' Solicitor Carpenter declared France bond too low, and defense attorneys he would Mf he had 17 years'staring te face, Miller spoke out sayare not guilty." f uniformed police officers > clothes men had been stavarious places in the court Judge Barnhill, who intern to make arrests at the cation of a demonstration, required only two ballots its decision. On the first e vote was 11 to 1 for conr murder, bn the Second the unanimous. ?of a misunderstanding, the f not come to any decision ^ other counts charged ie defendants, and had to ba k The foreman, John L. nouneed they thought consecond degree murdfer cov'ssault charges. It took onminutes to arrive at a ver- | K' three assault' charges, is done at 12:52 p. m., but; defense made a'motion that he polled^iis to each of the s on each of the charges, ^ jurors became confused ?iies and declared he voted d' on the assault charges, rnhill then sent the jurors ^ further deliberations and Urning, the polling began juiring ari hour and five me. Each of the jurors 28 questions, making a to1 Rations nsked. Thia was because each of the seven * under fouiw indict'. * tx r *." ^ * * Passing sentence, Judge ^cstioned three of the >de Sumter and Camden Battle to Scoreless Tie Presenting n stonewall defense at critical times, the Sumter high school team Friday afternoon played the Camden high school eleven to a stand' still at the Sumter County Fair grounds, the gume ending in a scoreless tie. Two weeks ago Sumter met the Camdhnites and were overwhemed, 43 to 0, so the re|ult today came as a great upset of the dope. The Gamecocks played a purely defensive game punting frequently on the first down. Sumter failed to make a first down during the entire game while Camden rolled up the impressive total of ten. Most of these were made toward midfield, however a stonewall being encountered every time the Gamecocks' goal line was threatened. Three backfield men, Haynes, Chewning and Wooten, starred for Camden, reeling off a larg^ number of nice gains through the line and around the ends. Haynes did most of the passing for Camden, with Woo. ten on the receiving end of several beautiful tosses. For Sumter, Hutto, center, and James, at tackle, were the outstanding stars in the line, breaking through time after time to smear the Camden backs. In the third quarter Hutto broke through to block a punt and help in recovering the ball for the Gamecocks on Camden's 40-yard line. Hook and Smith played a beautiful defensive game in the backfield, with the former*8 educated toe playing a large part in SumterV stand against the more e^verie^jcedfYiBit^rs,?Saturday's Sumter Item. First Baptist Church Rev. J. B. Caston, pastor. Sunday school at 10 a. m., with Mr. W. G. Wilson, superintendent. Preaching by the pastor at 11:15 a. m. Subject "God's Ownership." Evening worship at 7:30, preaching by the pastor on I subject "The Death of Moses." Teachers meeting Tuesday evening at 7:30. Prayer meeting. Wednesday evening at 7:30 on subject "Winning to Christ." B. Y. P. U. Thursday evening at 7:30, Mr. Fred Moseley, president. On last Sunday evening twelve candidates were baptised into the church. There are others awaiting baptism and will be baptised on next Sunday evening. The increase in attendance at the preaching service is gratifying to the pastor. On last Sunday evening 297 were present and we are hoping to go beyond 300 on next Sunday. More than 300 were at Sunday school last Sunday; There are at least more than 700 others who ought to be reached and brought into the Sunday school and church service. We can reach, them if we go out after them in the spirit of our Lord, Come to the prayer meeting on Wednesday evening and help to build up the spiritual forces of the community. The public is cordially invited to worship with us, Methodist Church Services Lyttleton Street Methodist Church, near Hampton. Park, Rev. George Pierce Watson, pastor. Sunday, October 27, the services will be:. Bible school with classes for all who attend at 10 a. m., Mr. L. C. Shaw, superintendent. Epworth League to which all the young people are especially invited at 6:45 p. m. Public worship 11:15 a. m. and 7:30 p. m., conducted by the pastor, who will preach at the morning hour. ? Theme: "Christ's Challenge to the Individual Soul." At the evening hour the Rev. Peter Stokes, presiding elder, will preach and follow the sermon with the fourtn quarterly/conference. This will be Mr. Stokes' last visit as presiding elv der, as he is finishing his fourth year on the Sumter district. Mid-week service on Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. The public is most cordially invited^to all the services of this church. Come and bring your friends. fendants, Harrison, McLaughlin and McGinnis, as to their part in the shooting ojf, Chief Aderholt, which occurred June 7, and also asked them questions about themselves and their families. None of these defendants had taken the witness stapd. When he had finished, he permitted defense attorneys to argue for light sentences for their clients. J. Frank Flowers, chief of the defense counsel,' J. D. McCall and Thaddeus A. Adams making j>leas. Surprise Raid Rounds Up Rum SmuaalSrtL New York, Oct. 17.?A fortified arsenal equipped with emplacements for itfc battery of machine guns and used as headquarters for a (1,000,000 rum smuggling syndicate was in the hands of federal agents today after a surprise attack on the syndicate extending along the Atlantic coast from here to Atlantic -City, N. J. A mile from the armed base of operations at Highlands, N. J., the raiders captured a hidden radio station from which orders in code were sent to the fleet of liquor ships and speed boats operated by the syndicate. A force of 130-special treasury agents, Deputy U. S. marshals and New Jersey state police, going into action simultaneously made 32 raids, arrested 32 men and seized quantities of imported Uquor. Among those arrested were Emanuel (Mannie) Kessler and Morris Sweetwood, both of whom have servx ed several terms in the federal prison at Atlanta for large scale bootlegging operations. Kessler and Sweetwood, however, were released later at Trenton, the authorities there being satisfied that they had nothing to do with the present operations. The raids were based on secret indictments returned by a federal grand jury at Trenton, N. d. AK though Kessler and Sweetwood were not narqed in the indictments /they were found in the home of one of the men named and taken into custody. Preparations ft)r the raids began six ago, when intercepted message was decoded. From that and other messages information was gotten which led to the raids. When the federal agents entered the station at 4:30 p. m. yesterday,, the zero hour for the raids, they found Malcolm McMasters, the operator, at his key. He was arrested for operatiing an unlicensed station. A federal operator familiar with the smuggler's code then began sending messages by which the raiders hoped to lure a rum ship off Montauk Point into a trap where a coast guard patrol boat lay in wait. The arsenal was located in a mansion formerly owned by Oscar Hammerstein, Jr. Its 20 rooms were fitted like a club. In the basement the raiders found tunpels leading to underground vaults, in which liquor was stored and" where a number of machine guns and a quantity of small arms were hidden. The cupola on top the mansion was equipped with telescopes and apparently was used as a lookout tower j from where the smugglers could watch for their craft. One of the raids was made on what the agents said was^the New York l^eadquarters of the syndicate in West 4th street. Here, the federal men said, members of the organization met regularly to divide the profits of the business and discuss plans. The other raids were on landing stations storage houses and distribution points. Patrick Conners, a clerk at the Ambassador Hotel in Atlantic City, was arrested as a contact man for the syndicate. William J. Calhoun, prohibition administrator for New Jersey, who was in charge of the raids in bis state, said the syndicate was a "million dollar outfit" which operated a fleet of six ships between St, Pierre and Bermuda and an auxiliary fleet of ten speed boats. The ships passing close in shore along the New Jersey coast wer? met by the speedboats, which took off eargoes of Hquor and rkn them to shore. Unofficial estimates placed the amount of liquor brought in at 10,000 cases a week. Alleged members of the gang were arrested by federal agents in several New Jersey towns and taken to Trenton for arraignment. v The raids extended over a 200 mile front. to Pecan Growers Persons having pecans for sale are requested to notify the County Agent stating the amount and variety. jyjr Birchmore Named Chairman Governor John G. Richard? has aDPointed chairman in each of the counties of the state to look rftor contributions for Jhe proposed Tillman monument. C. 'WL Birchmore, of Camden, has been Appointed as chairman for Kershaw county. ^ piaims Another Most Valuable Citizen Bethune, Oct. 22.?'The entire community was shocked and saddened at i the news of the death of Mr. N. A. Bet hone, H2, which occurred very i luddenly about noon Tuesday, whi^e 1 Mr. Bethune was on the streets at- i tending to business. Ho was one of the oldest and most influential oltt- < ?iu of t|io town. He wus extensive- < Jy enKiik'ed in farming and had other i business interests. For' a number of yt'ars he was president of the Bank < of Bethune. Mr. Bethune was of Scotch descent?a man of staunch and jineon)promising principles, always I ping his influence for the uplift and potterment of his town and commu- . [3ut>. He was a Confederate veteran, a Mason and the oldest member of the local Presbyterian church, , being senior ,.|der of the church for which < he possessed a i?are devotion, always r using his time, talent and means for its support. He was a man of strong religious conviction, living his religion day by day which made his beautiful Christian life art inspiration to all those with whom he came ii^ contact. The town and community have suffered a distinct and irreparable loss in his passing. Mr. Befhuirre is survived by four daughters: Mrs. B. L. Norwood, of McIJee; Mrs. Mark King of, Neeses; Mis. K. Z. Truesdell and Miss Stella Bethune of Bethune; nine grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. . The funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock, conducted by his former pastor, Rev. J. M. rorbes, of Great Falls, assited by Rev. Derrick and Rev. Jerman. Mr. Forbes paid a beautiful tribute to the Christian life of Mr. Bethune. The honorary pall bearers were; Messrs. S. B. King, John McDonald, Sr., A. B. McLaurin, G. E. Parrott, J. C. Foster, A. K. McLaurin* Al. Bethune, J. N. McLaurin. Active pall bearers were six nephews: Tom Bethune, Robert Bethune, John Bethune, Crowell fiethtone, Ralph McCaskill and Leonard Yarbrough. Interment was in the Scotch cemetery a few miles from town. ^The beautiful and numerous floral tributes and immense number of people fi*om far and near showed the lovO and esteem felt for Mr. Bethune. State President To Be: in Camden on Tuesday Mrs. Otis Arrowsmith, state president of the South Carolina ParentTeacher Association will be in Camden, at high school auditorium, Tuesday afternoon, October 29, and with Mrs. Watts, superintendent of Education,. will meet with the women from all sections of the county for the purpose pf discussing the work of the parent-teacher association says Mrs. Kathleen B. Watts, county superintendent of education. Many of the schools have been working with school improvement associations, and a few doing splendid work through the parent-teacher | association, and thus it is hoped that (the* county may be more thorpughly organized to support the schools because the surest way for a school to get anything, accomplished 1s through the cooperation of parents and the teachers. Mrs. Arrowsmith is recognized as a very able speaker and a woman thoroughly conversant with this Wor? and we urge everyone interested to be present ? ?r T, Recovers Suitcase. ' A valuable suitcase containing ladies and children's clothing was fast from an automobile between Camden and Bishopville one night last week. The property belonged to the wife of a traveling representative of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. He reported his loss to policeman L. E/ Barnes and Mr. Barnes succeeded in recovering the suit case and clothing where it hnd boon found by Burney Pate, residing about 12 miles east of Camden. The suit case has been shipped to its owner. The party was enroube from Florida to a point in North Carolina when the property was lost. " . JU.l , . < Helps Boy Scout Movement, xstj1' The Boy Scouts of Camden District are much indebted to Mrs. W, 7S/ Jackson of the Jackson Outdoor Ad- <i vertising Cotnpany for the display ef a large Soout poster on the lot jolt . north of the Camden postoffiee. tide is part of the publicity planned for * keepings our community in cloeer touch with our boys and their welfare." i'tHBh.; i&am&m Will Dedicate New 'I Church Sunday The \Vateree Baptist Church will be dedicated Sunday, October 27th/ at three o'clock in the afternoon. It is the desire of the pastor and the members of the church to have every church represented. Invitations have been sent out to the pastors of all the churches. These also have been soot out to the mayor of Camden, the chairman of the. county board, chairman of the boahl of trustees of th-1 city schools, superintendent of education, both editors of the newspa|>ers, the head of the medical stall' and the superintendent of the Camden hospital,* head of Kershaw county health department, the chief law enforcement officer of the county, the Hermitage cotton mills president and Hermitage cotton mills superinten dent. The above have been invited by printerfOinvitations to be sure that there will be representatives from these different institutions. It is also the desire of the people that those who wish to come to these dedicatory exercises will be heartily welcome. This church was built along colonial lines, designed by Perry, * Shaw & Hepburn of Boston and built by George Creed of Camden. The brick in the church were made in Salem, Virginia, and are of the same type that have been "used in the restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia. Mr. H. P. Kendall, president of the Kendall Company, has given his personal attention to the designing and details of this beautiful building. The church cost approximately $30,000; $10,000 of which was paid by the Wateree Baptist church from insurance money received from the old | church when it was burned; the additional $20,000 was added by the Kendall Company. The church iB to be chartered according to the laws of j South Carolina and turned over to the members of the Wateree Baptist church. The members and friends of the church have furnished the church with hymn books, Bible, piano and carpet and are now putting on a drive for funds for the necessary furnishings which are still to be added. . Dr. W. M. Whitesides, superinterk dent of the Baptist Hospital in Columbia, has accepted the invitation to preach the dedicatory sermon. The order of services begins with an organ prelude, singing of the doxology, Sciipture reading, Hymn No. 212, "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name," invocation, offertory, hymn, sermon, introduction and remark^ benediction. * ' DIRECTORS HELD MEETING Friday Evening Saw Close ofr Year's Work by Commerce Body. On last Friday evening the final meeting of the Directors of the Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce for the year ending October 31, was held at the Palmetto Tea Room. More than half of the number t>f directors were present. A resume of the years work was given and a number of important masters Were brought up for discussion. Some of the things that the Chamber has been looking after this year are: Erection of sign-board at Wateree river bridge to direct travel over Federal Highway No. 1, conference -in Columbia to discuss plans to route travel-over Highway No. 1 and also to advertise it, putting through tree nursery proposition conference in Columbia to oppose raising of long distance telephone rates, taking up matter of getting..gins on approved list, working on cannery proposition, meeting of directors held in August to place advertising to the amount of $1,500 for newspapers and magazines, cooperated with Camden Polo Club last winter in advertising polo days, conference in Columbia to oppose bus line freight service and various other matters. To Meet at Antioch Tonight The Antioch ?P a rent-Teacher's Association will meet in the school auditorium Friday night, October 25, at 7:30 o'clock. There will be a short business meeting. After which a Hallowe'en party will be given for the benefit of the athletic association. Everybody is invited to come says .jUtnle Pate, the secretary. ", Bob Shawkey has been chosen* as mmnagor of the New York Yankees of the -American league, to succeed the late Miller Huggins. Camden Ice Company Storiny Native , a I ho Cumden loo Company which op?-rates an immense cold storage pluoe at their plunt announces in another place in The Chronicle today that beginning* on November 1, they will la- prepared to supply markets of Camden and vicinity with properly aged, country raised beef of the highest quality. This is one of the most important announcements made around here iti some time. The company has storage facilities for as much as four car loads of dressed beef. A representative of The Chroniele was shown over the plant Tuesday and -they already have eleven dressed beeves hanging on racks that have been on cold storage for two we<dcs, with a temperature ranging armiiid 34 degrees. Heretofore, Camden meat dealers have had to furnish their; customers with what is commonly known as Western meat or else with native beef, bought wherever they could be found, butchered and dressed Thursday or Friday and offered for sale at the end of the week. The company haB in their cold storage plant only the Choicest selected cattle. There -will be no retail sales from the ice plant?meat being sold only to dealers. They hope by thitf method to encourage the growing of beef cattle in this county, and this will undoubtedly follow if the Camden company gets the patronage they deserve. This company is having erected adjacent to the plant a sausage factory, for the manufacture of native, pork sausage, whi^h will be in operation at an early date. This too, will consume quite a quantity of home-grown hogs. Two Good Samaritans Prove Bad Samaritans A young Camden man had an unusual and rough experience while returning from Columbia Monday night. He hat! stayed over in Columbia to attend a theatre and was waiting at the bus terminal to take the midnight bus back to Camden. VTwo strangers driving a car with a New Jersey license tag came up and in a most friendly manner, suggested as they were on their way towards Camden they would take the Camden man provided he would help pay for the gas. He at first declined, but later accepted their offer and bought gas. All went well until reaching a point near Pontiac when his friends thrust revolvers to his side and robbed him of money and cigarettes. He pleacf with them to drive him on to a point near Camden or either back to Columbia. They put him out of the car and the young man had to walk to Blaney, where he caught a. ride to within six miles of Camden where he was picked up by a dairy truck early Tuesday morning and brought to Camden. After putting him out of car tho two men turned their car around and headed back to Columbia, where they no doubt will seek othej; victims. Death of Aged Woman Lethia Drakeford .Kirkland died at . her home on Campbell street on Saturday, October 10, being 94 years^of age. She was born in the Flat Rock eetion of the county but for a number of years had made her home in Camden with her children. She is survived by Frank P. Kirkland, of the Cantey section; Seaborn J. Kirkland, Polly Duren, of Camden; Frances Drakeford, of Bryn Mawr, Pa., and O. B. Kirkland, of Kershaw. \ The members of the family, who are all worthy colored citizens, want to express their thanks to both white and colored friends who administered to their needs in the death of their nged mother. Witch Killers Guilty of Murder Kalamazoo, Mich., Oct. 18.?-Av jBTy of 11 men and one woman early to* day found Mrs. Pearl Burgess, 52, guilty of the murder of Mrs. Etta" Fairchild, 76-year-old inmate of an old ladies home, whom Mrs. Burgess and hemhusband, Eugene, had admitted beating to death with a lead pipa "because she was a witch and had killed a hundred people just by wishing them dead.'' A , Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, was the principal speaker Tuesday last at the North. Carolina state fair at Raleigh.