The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 25, 1929, Image 6
LOOKING BACKWARD
Tal?n From the File* of The Chronicle Fifteen end Thirty Year* Ago
THIRTY YKAKH AGO
October 20, I HHP
Water mains be Wig extended on
north Lyttleton itreet us far a* Hobkirk
Inn.
Henry E. Beard opens Palace Restaurant
on lower Main street.
Willie Grigsby, of Ridgeway, joins
Ann of&emp Brothers as salesman.
Captain M. L. Smith attending the
United States court session in Greenville.
Representative John G. Richards
in Camden on Monday.
Mrs. S. M. Roaenbeigcr, of New
York, visiting i?, Camden.
T. V. Parker, county supervisor,
advertises for competent superintendent
for county home.
Cotton crop estimate placed at 11,111,000
bales.
Rig cotton lire in New York city j
destroys 8,000 bales of cotton value!
at $.100,000.
George Bluckmon, near Kershaw,
had his arm torn off in John M. Hioosn's
cotton gin.
C. II. Dal ton had face badly cut
when knife flew off planer and struck
him at J. J. Whistnant's planing mill
near Kershaw.
Major General Alfred Footc of
Massachusetts, has been elected president
of the National Guard association
at its convention in Los Angeles,
California.
F1FTBBN YKAK8 AGO
October 30, 1914
County wins suit brought in United
States court against Penh Bridge
Co., and A. Dallas O'Brien /or
000 for construction iron bridge over
Wateree river.
Many tourists arriving and engaging
cottages for winter.
Oscar J. Meroney dead ut Columbia,
well known in railroad circles.
Fire discovered by Policeman Latta
in building on east DoKalb street
occupied by Campbell Brothers.
Had cotton fashion show in honor
King Cotton at County Fair. A
lucky number drawn by Miss Louise
Hirsch and held by Mr. Ed Workman,
won u bale of cotton.
F. H. Arrants, county agent, had
line agricultural exhibit at State fair.
II. L. Schlosburg buys BO shares
Loan & Savings Bonk stock, valued
ut 35,000.
Message received in Camdeh announcing
the death in Savannah of
Mrs. Addio Oppenheimer, sister of
Mr. M. H. Heyman.
Tom Workman, trailed by bloodhounds
and captured tot shooting into
residence of Hiram Nettles near
Lugoff.
Mrs. Bcedie Thomas, aged lady,
dies at home of Mrs. Joseph Goodule
in this city.
Ben Bean Wins His
Fight for Freedom
Columbia, October 12.?Hen Bess
won his long fight in the courts today
when the State Supremo Court en
banc handed down an opinion reversing
the derive of the circuit judge,
ordering the "prisoner released without
prejudice to the right of the statj.
authorities to institute such proceedings
in equity as they may be advised
t,o secure* a judicial determination
of the issue of fraud in the procurement
of the pardon."
The prevailing opinion in the case
was written by T. P. Cothran, associate
justice, and it was concurred in
by R. C. Watts, chief justice, and Eugene
Blease, associate justice, and ten
circuit judges.
A dissenting opinion was written
by Jesse F. Carter, associate justice,
it being concurred in by John G.
Stabler, associate justice and seve.ii
circuit judges.
Iiess, a Florence county negro, was
convicted of criminal assault on a
white woman and was sentenced to
serve .'10 years in the penitentiary.
After he had served about 13 years,
the prosecutrix, in the ease signed an
affidavit t" the general effect that the
tesiim<>n\ -hi- gave at the trial was
not true.
Governor Richard-- gave Bess a pardon
and he was set free.
Some time later, the woman gave
out another statement that she did
not understand what she was signing
when she signed the first affidavit,
that she intended to say that she
"forgave" Bess and not that he was
not guilty. Also it was said that $50
had been paid for the first affidavit.
The governor then revoked the pardon.
Woman Physician Dead.
Dr. Annie Alexander, first woman
physician of Charlotte, and the first
woman physician in this section of
the Camlinas, died Tuesday morning
at her home on North Tryon
Street, following a short illness from
pneumonia.
NAVY DAY.
<) -. Monday. OctoCr 2*. l'.fJ'd, the
I "nit- 1 St a'c- Na\y w'll hold i; - n lieu..!
at >n of "Navy Day." \;1
. - - r:idistrict are u ged t >
tgat on that day to thn
b: f ur Navy ami the impera;
* , ,*.i f,.i .t-' the first line of
nata-'i.i. ?irfen-?e. The Navy rnii-t:tutes
i- ino>t et oiK-micaI insurance
aid tm- g-eato-t protection for the
lives and property of its citizens
again-! agg*e>>ion from without. It
.> no 1 e>s a potential agency to
science, and aid to commerce. and an
instrument of mercy in time of peace.
An interesting and instructive program
has been arranged for presentation
at the Navy Yard, Charleston,
S. (\, during the afternoon of Navy
Day. It is the Navy's day "at home.'
A cordial invitation , extended tc
the people of this locattii to visit tht
Navy. Yard to view this prograrr
which has been specially preparer
to attract and hold the interest of nl
persons concerned with the welfare
of our country.
North Carolina labor leaders havi
initiated plans for arbitration of the
difficulties between striking textile
workers at Marion and the mill own
ers. : ^ '
Rum Runners Make
Escape Smoke Screen
Throwing1 a blinding smoke screen
behind them two men who are evidently
professional bootleggers gave
Sheriff % Dabncy and his assistants
something new to confront in?the way
of stopping liquor ruimers on last
Sunday evening. Sheriff Dabney and
his assistants seized the car in which
a large quantity of liquor was carried
hut the men escaped in the dense
screen of smoke which was gushing
from the car.
This scene took place on the Rocky
River road near Buford. As Jailor
Belk in his car headed the men off
from the front Sheriff Dabney in his
car,came up from the rear and the
sheriff rammed the car of the liquor
runners causing it to go into the
ditch. As the smoke was thick in
all directions the law violators madi
their escape.
When the automobile of the escaped
men was inspected it was found
that a container about the size of
. an ice cream churn was used for
holding oil to make the smoke screen.
By pumping this oil through a valve
into the exhaust immense clouds of
smoke were thrown into the atmosphere
in all directions. The smtoke
screen which was evidently homemade
worked with very good results
for the occupants of the car.
In discussing the incident today
Sheriff Dabney said that he was unable
to sec ten steps in front of him
as the smoke was blinding.
About 100 gallons of liquor anil
the Ford touring car used by the liquor
makers was confiscated and the
sheriff is now on the trail of the men
who are believed to have been the
occupants of the car.?Lancaster
News.
TWO NEW PUBLICATIONS
TO HELP SAVE THE SOIL
Clemson College, Oct. 21.?How
winter cover crops conserve plant
food, prevent erosion, provide organic
matter, add nitroy.cn to the soil,
and serve for wint? grazing; and
how they may he ?neces*fnily sr
lect<<i and grown, 1- \plained in Station
Circular -IT. \\ .tor C< \er Cr <
Experiment-, and 1-Wnsio- Circu. .r
!"i>. Impr-we the 1 wit Wir.'. r
c..\? (Tot -. t h\ Dr. 1 S. B . o.
:tgt -mist a' 1 Tin-on Co ye. Thc\
"i \ ha.. iv from y county
' . a. ...:ent . he Divis:-c ?f Publi- i
f . t'lem-on College. S. C.
Th? .-? publications give the results
of experiments conducted at Clemson
College to determine the be-t practices
of growing such crops, and
give the advantages and disadvantages
of each of the crops recommended
for South Carolina. Ryo,
oats, Austrian winter peas and vetch,
or a combination of a legume and a
. non-legume, are the crops best adap
ted to the conditions in this state.
) Dr. Buio states that late planting,
\ thin seeding *he failure to ini
noculate are the most common causes
1 of failure with winter cover crops.
Dr. Buie believes there is no more
, efTicient way to build up our soils
that are so run-down that a profita5
hie crop?cannot be produced without
' large applications of commercial fer?
tilizers, than by the use of winter
j cover crops. How this may be done
- profitably is explained iu theee publications.
ATLANTA BOY, 13,
IS A SKYSCRAPER
Youtk I* Growing Toward
Now Altltudo Mark.
.1
Atlanta, Oa.?How would you llk?
to be thlrUwm again?but aeveu toet
two lacHt* tell? ;i
.That la the age and ludght ol Henry
Mulllus c* Atlanta. He hope* to be a
football star at Georgia Tech some day.
Doctora aay the trouble?If It can
be called thut?I* cauaed by overactivity
of the youth'a pituitary gland, a
ductleae orgun below the brain. Such
overactivity caueea the rlae oi inoat
glanta.
Henry Mulling 1m In the seventy
Blade in achool. Hla report card la
usually worth ?howlng to his father
and mother?A h uud B'a. On top of
that be la a good gotf pluyer. He goea
around in the HOs aoine of bit
drive* are 25(1 yards.
Henry doesn't look toward golf for
MuccesH, however. "All the club handles
are too short, anywiur. I want
to be a boxer and u fpotWill player,
but 1 cun't flud anybody to box with
me," he suid.
llenry^a jsh^ee are^slxf 14. 'Hie rest
of Ms attire Is In proportion.
He plays end on the high school
football team, center on the basketball
team. He drops some baskets In without
poking his hand over his head,
lie played first base In baseball fmd
was utility inun on /the mound. Henry
Is a wow In sports I
C. E. Mulllns, a six footer, brother
of tho young giant, claims his bl?
brother eats only about us much aS
the average thirteen-year-old boy eats,
"only It goes farther.**
If Ilenry keeps on growing?aud he
doesn't wunt to?lie will, by averages
with normally sized humans?leap Into
something like ten feet of humanity?
a world's record. However, doctora
are going to give some treatmoirts to
thut little pituitary gland.
Sails Ov^r Earthquake;
v Feels Ship "Hit Bottom"
Washington, D. 0.?Sailing over an
earthquake that was sufficiently severe
to be felt by seismograph*
throughout the world was the experience
of a British ship, the Mugnlda,
that has Just .been reported to the
hydrographlc office here.
The report Incidentally contirms the
location of the quake made on December
2, the day after It happened, by
the United States coast and geodetic
survey, with the aid of telegraphic
data gathered from a number of Observatories
by Science Service.
Capt W. 8. Smalea, the steamer's
commander, reported that on December
1, while en route from Talcahuano
to Tocqptlla, Chile, they felt three
heavy bumps as If the vessel bad
struck bottom. Their position was
latitude 85 degrees 38.5 minutes south
and longitude 72 degrees 54 minutes!
west, where the charts show a depth J
from 400 to 000 feet. Cureful examlna-!
tlon showed that no damage was done.
According to Commander N. H.
Heck, In charge of the coast and geo-:
detic survey's earthquake Investlga-,
tlons, the ship must have been very .
close to the center, or it woufd not,
have heon t'clt as it was. The three
bumps, he thinks, were One to three
separate shocks, of which probably
only one win severe enough to set up
the earthquake waves which traveled |
around the earth and permitted the'
seismologists to locate It when they j
were received on the seismographs.
Frogs Learn Geometry,
Experimenter Declares
Berlin, Germany.?Frogs are not so i
dumb as they look. They can learn j
a simple proposition In geometry, as |
that a square is not a triangle. And !
they will remember their lesson for a
little while at least if they are paid
for 1L
A European experimenter, S. Bled-1
eruiann, has reported the results of
tests on the learning capacity of
frogs. ne set square and trlangu-j
lar blocks in pairs before his squat;
pupiK One block would have a do-1
lectnl'le insect attached to It, the
other would have nothing. After a ,
sufficient number of repetitions the
frog would learn that one shape was
associated with the idea of food, the
| other wit: tho idea of remaining
empty: :i * l when both blocks w< ro
presorted without the accustomed
bnjt the : would hop expectantly rn
the one '1 it had hitherto served
his dim ' ' able.
A nt: ' < r of different species <
frogs :r "vrds were Thus "educated
Tree f: proved to be the most aj
pupils.
WORLD SERIES MONEY
Small Fortune Divided Between Winners
and LoaerH in itecent Gamen
'
Philadelphia, Oct. 15.?The calm
j thatwfollows the storm lay over Shibe
Park where the tumultuous crowd of
Monday in turn groaned at or cheered
the changing fortunes of the Cubs
and Athletics. Connie Mack; the leader
uf the new world's champions,
went to Atalantic City to rest up and
some of the players visited the bad
park to gather up personal belonging
he fore going home for the winter.
It was made known that each
flayer entitled to a full share of the I
world'- series money will receive $5,281.'W.
The players met some days
ago and agreed upon those who
should he rewarded outside of those
entitled to full shares under the rules
governing the world's series contests.
It was voted to split the money into
28 parts. Twenty-four players received
full shares. The 25th was
split, 75 per cent, going to Ossie Orwoll,
who played with the Athletics
th roughout the greater part of the
season only to be sent to Milwaukee
in exchange for Le Bourveau, and
the other 25 per cent was awarded
to "Bevo" LeBourveau. It was announced
that Orwoll would receive a
full share, the club management making
up th-- other 75 per cent. Full
shares were awarded to Coaches Kid
C.leason and F.arl Mack, the latter
Connie's son, and Trainer Doc Ebling.
.1 mmy Cronin, utility infielder, and
Ceorge Burns, substitute first baseman,
who joined the team after the
- 'hedule had been underway both rereived
full shares.
Acquit Gastoni
in Flogging Case
Concord, N. C., Oct. 19.?After . 45
ijgjjiutes deliberation a Cabarrus county
jury this afternoon acquitted the
four men on^trial here on charges
growing out of the kidnaping and
flogging of Ben Wells, British communist
textile organiser.
The jury reached its decision on the
fifth ballot und reported to Judge
A. M. Stack that O. G. Morehead,
Carl Halloway, Dewey Carver and
Horace Lane, all of Gastonia, were
not guilty of taking Wells and two
other organizers from a Gastonia
rooming house and beating Wells at
;i spot near Concord, almost 50 miles
distant.
The abduction of the men followed
the formation of anti-communist
mob in Gastonia on the night of September
9, which staged a demonstration
and invaded labor headquarter
in Gastonia, Bessemer City and Charlotte.
,
The,re was no demonstration in the
court room. The few people who
had gathered were, for the most part
friends of the defendants and crowded
around them to congratulate them.
The first three ballots of the jury
were ten for acquittal and two for
conviction. On the fourth ballot, the
count stood eleven for acqhittal and
one for conviction. Oh the fifth ballot
all voted for acquittal.
The coroner of Greenville county
has developed information to the effect
that John L. Rice, 52, who shot
Mrs. Sarah Stover Trammell, 37, to
death at her home on the Farr's
Bridge road Saturday morning, and
then killed himself, 'had matured his
plans, twp weeks before the tragedy.
Waggoner enied Withdrawal Appeal
New York, Oct. 18.?Charles D,
Waggoner, Colorado banker, sentenced
to 15 years in Atlanta penitentiary !
(or mail fraud, today in federal court
lost a motion to withdraw his plea ol
guilty entered to the indictment on '
October 10. The court, however, took
under advisement a motion to have
the maximum sentence lowered.
The 15-year term, said Elwood M.
Rabenold, Waggoner's attorney, was
more than the client expected for
pleading guilty to the charges that
grew out of a federal probe of the
'scheme by which the small town
banker defrauded six New York ftnancial
houses of $500,000. WaggI
oner was under the impression that )
he would receive only five years, he
said. n
Fines Two Preachers
Los Angeles.?Judge Hardy, who '
presided at the' trial of Mrs. Lois
Pantages t>n a murder charge, hailed
two ministers before Sueprior Court i
judges on a charge of contempt. They
preached sermons during the trial
which he asserted tended t<> influence j
the jury. Found guilty, they were* fined
$75 and $50, respectively.
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EYES EXAMINED 1
and Glasses Fitted . I
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Jewelers and Optometrists I
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The Hunting Season Is Onl
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I have hunting land for sale and lease that furnishes
good duck and Quail shooting. Large and
small tracts located near the following places:
Camden, 3. C., Georgetown, S. C., Charleston, S. C., Beaufort,
S. C Also at Moorehead City, N. C., and on Pamplico Sound,
North Carolina Coast. Hunting Parties taken out by appointment
from Hotels at Camden, S. C.
Also have for sale two attractive old Southern j
plantation homes. Fine old-time residences on
each. >
B. D. BOYK1N
BOY KIN,S. C.
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Telephone and Telegraphic Addresa: Camden, S.-C.
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J. Baby of No Cash Value
\\ Ontario Court Decides *
| t II: * :Iron, Ont.?Judge Elliot a
0 1' 1 county has ruled that *
1 t a nli.- months-old child Is of no *
|| cash luo to Us parents. ?
it T> > ruling was made known *
| | recfi.' y in the suit of John Ash *
It woo.i ,,f Toronto against Ros?. *
Mcrhail of this city, for dam *
|| ages for the"death of their son *
-it Willihm, in August, 1927. Tin
men were Involved k? an ant. *
it crash near Oakvllle, the bah; .
|| dyiof a fractured [ft. *
it Tii?* Judge said a child w?
|| only a remote source of 'renin *
aeration; that he was a linhi: ?
^ it.\. and that no allowance, I n *
y only sympathy, could go ts the *
i t grief stricken parent*, J
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