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KLUME 41. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA#, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1929 , NUMBER 33.
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li Session Last Week
The fall term of the court ^of gen*
El sessions commenced Monday of
1st week, and although the court re*
Thursday, a large amount of
Cjoess was transacted. Moat of
tease* were violation of the proEition
laws, and nearly all entered
Ms 'of guilty or were convicted.
| ?. W. G. Ship was the presidE
judge. The list of cases handled
Noble Hayes plead guilty- to the
Elation of thp prohibition law and
tt a sentence of aix months on the
Kouise Truesdell, a negress, who
Et another woman, was convicted
B given a sentence of thirty days
Ejail "i ;i hue of $100.
Kidney Gaither, a negro youth iroiu
Ershnw, who murderously assaulted
E Hilton, 14 year old white boy,
Etting him seriously, went to trial
Ed was convicted.
Eoavid Hall, charged with burglary,
M given a sentendo^of seven years.
Egbert Davis was found guilty of
jEosebrenking and larceny and was
lE'on a sentence of one year.
lEhattie Dempsey, charged with mur*
E entered a plea of guilty to manEughter,
and was sentenced to two
M" in jail.
Paul Applcbiium and Antonio D''^fcuilla,
two New York lads, who
rMglamed Rush's filling station, a
E miles north .of Camden, plead
fEihy an(* wore given sentences of
Eurteen months each.
Katie Roach, violation of the proEhition
law, was found guilty and
E&s given a sentence of three months
<E PW a ^ne
Hazel Bowers, charged with the
jBurder of his uncle, B. B. Bowers,
Es arraigned before the court. Ap^Hication
was made for bail which was
j*B?nted in the sum of $3,000.
pSftiney Gaither was found guilty of
' Bsplt and battery and was sento
serve six months or pay
,; > Elliott, plead guilty to viola;
. Btbe prohibition law, and sus,
'/BM sentence of six months was
'iV him.
' Ere Mickle and Henry Mickle
.. * tried on a charge of malicious fwnding
a cow and were acquit i
Bfi. Ray was tried in his absence
t charge of assault .and battery,
ttled sentence awaits hnn.v
wrence Williams and his wife,
Bk v charged jointly
the murder of another negro
B* convicted of manslaughter. The
g&s sentenced to serve five
B* and the woman a sentence
Bjwo years.
Wed Ballard and Red J- Clinton
^B* sentences of six months ot a
^B of $130 each for violation of the
wbition law,
[ BgHsh Belton, for violating the
^Bhbition law drew a sentence of
months or $100 fine.
BL. Hall, for violating the prohiI
Bj> btw, three months or $100.
Bw Barnes drew a six months
sentence for violating the
B'bition law.
B^d- Bass, for violating the proBhon
law, three months or $126
Bill Barrett, violation prohibition
^Bthree months or $100 fine.
^B?ll Wilson, violation prohibition
B three months or $20 fine.
|^BiM. Williams, violation prohibiI
B r ' three months or $50 fine.
B C. Melton, violation prohibition
Blwelve months and $200 fine.
'^B*tence to be suspended upon pay-;
,i B*?f fine.
| B?[y Martin, violation prohibition
^Bwee months or $125 fine.
;B?mon Davis, violation prohibiBj*<
tried in his absence, guilty.
I i Bl sentence awaits him.
i Bsi Mothershed, violation proI
w> three months, suspended
W^fving 30 days.
r.BT13 Gaskins, violation prohibi1;
three months or $100 fine.
' Igm Odom, plead guilty to rape
given a sentence of two
M Hulcher, obtaining property
Mr pretense, was tried in his
an'i convicted. Sealed sen,
M Shirley and F. B. Shirley,
I M?ndy Hel1 and Fred Elder'
M We,e ?hftrged with- housean<l
larceny. The case
Ei two c?l?r?d defendants
B^Pmsscd. The two white de J
Weut to trial and were ac-i
Livingston, a white youth
; BE o* age, plead guilty to house
j Ba f11,(1 larceny, and was senI
B|jB-8erve six months on the
Livingston and Gilmorc
I'l'MTtflVSi. years of age. Went to
[: B( v^ bcr in another charge of
MilJ! R and J*rceny. They
I ' iBittiu of StMAty *nd were sen(l
EL three months. Livingston's
!|?5^n concurrently with his
I MV. G,!, stx months.
W of f\l0way, guHty at viojBi^
"C prohibition law and was
i|B^ serve three months or
^B
uunaen May Be
Made Winter Port
Captain Russell Holderman, vicepresident
and general manager of
the D. W. airport, and Otto Knderton,
chief pilot will leave next Thursday
on a flight to Camden, S. C., to
look over the airport there with the
view of possibly establishing in that
city the winter quarters and school
of the D. W. Flying Service, Inc,
The airport was presented to Camden
a year ago by Ernest L. Woodward
of: LeRoy, who has a winter
home and estate there.
Both Camden and Palm Beach,
Flu., are anxious to have the D. W.
k lying Service establish a training
school for pilots in their city during
the late fall and winter months, and
it is understood that Camden is receiving
quite favorable consideration.
A definite decision as to the venter
base of operations will be reached
within the next two weeks.
The establishment of winter quarters
and a school in Camden or Palm '
Beach, however, does not mean that
the local airport will be closed or
inactive during the winter months.
A ground school for student pilots is
being organized to start December'
1st. The school will he in charge of
"Tim" McKay, licensed ground school
instructor.?LeRoy '(hi. Y.) Newsgazette.
Two Carloads Cattle
For Mulberry Place
The management of the Mulberry
plantation was informed yesterday
that Mr. David R. Williams, owner
of the large estateJi^4s-'hav|ng two
-carloads of purebred Herefercheattle
shipped ^hdre, and in fact, are already
wiroute, to stock their large farm.
This will be good news to this section
where cattle raising is growing
in favor. The cattle V*ll be shipped
from the large cattle raising centers
around Tulsa, Oklahoma.
pay a fine of $100.
Tobe Kirkland was charged with
"violation~of the prohibition law, but
his physical condition was such that
he could not be in court, and his case !
was nol prossed
S. L. Williams and J. F. Mungo,1
violation of the prohibition law, were'
tried in their absence and convicted
and sealed sentences await them.
B. L. Shirley plead guilty to violation
of the prohibition law. and was i
sentenced to serve three months or'
pay a fine of $100. . -I
Beach McManus, violation prohibi-!
tion law, guilty, three months or a,
fine of $lt)0.
Walter Floyd and Ed. Salem were'
tried in their absence for violation!
of the prohibition law and convicted.;
Sealed sentences left.
Jack Haile, prohibition-.law, guilty.]
12 months with sentence suspended!
on good behavior- i
Lewiv'Boone, alias Lewis Moss,,
plead guilty to violating the prohi-i
bition law and -was sentenced to 8
months or pay a fine of $100. Sen-:
fence suspended upon good hehavior.:
Claude Galloway, violation of thej
prohibition law,.tried in his ahseuce
and convicted. Sealed sentence left.
Spenceir Richardson, pointing fire
arms, plead guilty. Sentence 30 days
or $50 fine. Suspended upon good
behavior.
Dunham Scott, pointing fire arms,plead
guilty. Sixty days or $50 fine
with sentence suspended upon good
behavior.
Major Clark plead guilty to assault
and battery of a high and aggravated
nature and received a sentence of
sixty days.
Williams Massey plead guilty to
violation of the prohibition law, and
was sentenced to 60 days.
Grover Hunter, violation of the
prohibition law, plead guilty and
got three months or $100 fine.
Clifton Mangum, Jack Johnson, W.
D. Faile and Cheyne 'Boone, alias
Briss Boone, charged with manufacturing
Whiskey. Mangum received
a sentence of nine months. Boone 4
months. Other two cases transfered
to contingent docket.
Peter Williams, burglary, plead
guilty to house breaking and larceny^ f
and received a sentence of six
months.
A case that attracted considerable
Auto-Wagon Wreck
Fatally Injures Mule
> ,
A hit and run driver early Tuesday
evening caused the complete destruction
of a wagon, the killing of a
intil. and sent the owner of the outfit
to the hospital.
The wreck occurred on north Broad
street near the residence of~ Mr. W.
R. Hough. The force of the impact
I when the car struck the wagon from
the rear was so great as to drive
some parts of the wagon through the
mule, almost disembowelling the an*
imal. Passing motorists found the
ownor of the outfit, Levy Beaton, lying
unconscious On the ground. Ho^
was carried to the hospital but was
fqund not seriously injured. The in*
jured animal was immediately shot
to put it out of misery.
After striking the wagon the driver
sped on his way. The police were
notified and every effort was made
to catch the offender, but so> far he
has eluded the officers. A phone call
jto Kershaw brought a motorcycle of-1
ficer this way, and hief Hilton sent
motorcycle officer Rush towards Kershaw.
Both officers met about
Westville, but the hit and run driver
had turned off to a by-road and escaped
for the time being..
Several Ladies Hurt
Sunday Auto Wreck
While Mrs. B. W. Gettys , Mrs
Mattie Turner and Miss Lois Turner
were returning from Columbia last
Sunday night a car forced them off
the road, causing Mrs. Gettys car to
turn over.
Mrs. Gettys received several bruises
and Mrs. Turner received cuts and
blows on her head and was otherwise
bruised. 'She was given surgical
treatment at the Camden hospital,
but later left for her home.'Appointed
Census "Supervisor *
Washington, D. C., Nov. 2.?Supervisors
for the 1950 census, their
districts and headquarters as announced
by the director oY the census
today included: William F. Moseley,
of Colurribia, South Carolina* for
Calhoun, Fairfield, Lexington and
Richland, with headquarters at Co)
lumbia.
Mr. Moseley is a former Camden
man, removing from Camden to Columbia
a good many ."years ago.
Mrs. Liouise M. Brown, of (Lancaster,
spent Tuesday in Camden on business.
She was at *>ne time county
rrurse and made Many friends in
CamAen who were .glad 'bo see her
again.
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Attention was that of Frank Jackson,
/a young white married man
who (was charged with rape. The
lease -was given *to the jury about
aix o'clock Friday evening and they
were kept together all night. Saturday
morning when brought back
<to owurl they announced that they
had been unable to agree .and a mistrial
was ordered.
The presentment of the .grand jury
si.gned by W. B. Porter, the foreman
follows:
We have passed upon all "bills hand,
ed to as by the Solicitor.
We respectfully recommend that
pll books of the officers of Kershaw
county be audited as soon as pr/fc- icjil
and that an annual audit be
made every year.
A eommitte of the grand jury visited
the jail and found same in good
condition except two leaks in .toileL? The
chain gangs sure reported to
be in good condition. . The
roads are in a general good
condition all over the county. I
We sinoerely regret the death of, <
one of our members, Mr. W. E. Da- ,
vis, of Bethune, since our last meetWe
want to commend the sheriff
and his forces for the very efficient
services in law enforcement in Ker- t
C\vnnV to thank the judge, so- s
licitor Tnd all other court officials u
for courtesies extended us this term, o
7'A",? ?
New Directors For
Commercial Body
J allow ing is a list of now Direct
tors for tho year begining November
?1? 1W.?, elected at a recent meeting
of the chamber of Commerce: John
M. Villepigue, T. V. Walsh, Jr., Henry
Savage, Jr., K. B. Pitts, H,
Kennedy, Jr., James H. Burns, J, Jl,
Zemp, a. s. Llewellyn, L. L Guion,
B. G. Sanders, H. G. Carrison, Jr.,
W. K, Nettles, Jack Whitaker, T. K.
iVotier, L. J, Whitaker, Hughey "Tifr-'
d?l, W. L, Goodale, Sam Karesh, C
P. CuBose, W. L. Jackson, R. E. Stevenson,
M. H. Hey man, W. Robtp
(JZetnp, Mrs. J. B. Zemp, Mrs. Alice
/Marye, Mrs. R. B. Pitts. Ex-officio
members, Henry D. Green, Miss AU
ma Burgess.
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Five in Wreck Near
Bridge Sunday Night
Five Camden people narrowly escaped
serious injury Sunday afternoon
just across the river on the
Camden-Columbia road, when a car
bound toward Columbia forced^a
Camden car returning from Columbia
off the road.
In the party were Mr. and Mrs.
M? G. Muckabee, Mrs. J. M, ,Crim,
Mrs. ,J. b\ Smith and Mr. W. M. .Lol118.
The car ran off the fill and in
the fall Mrs. Smith had several ribs
broken. Mr. Jluckabee, the driver,
sustained a bruised 'shoulder.
The driver of the car going to Columbia
which caused the wreck, sped
onward and did not stop. The new
Ford of Mr. Huckabee sustained minor
damages to the top.
REVIVAL BEGINS SUNDAY
Newberry Pastor to Assist Camden
Pastor in His Services.
^ev. J. B. Caston, pastor of the
?irst Baptist Church of Camden, announces
services for neat -Sutalay ps
follows:
Sunday School at It) a. >m., with
Mr. W. G. Wilson as superintendent.
At 11:15 preaching by the pastor on
the subject "Winniwg to Christ."
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 7:30 on the subject *'With Christ
After the Lerst."" Teacher's meeting
on Wednesday evening at 8:15. B
Y. P. U. Thursday everning at 7:30.
Mr. Fred Woseley, president.
We are planning :to begin a revival
meeting on ueXt-ftunday conducted
by Dr. F. O. Tamoreux, pastor o!
the Firtft Baptist >-Cburch, of Newberry.
He will be with us next Sunday
evening and will preach at 7:30
The meeting will continue at least
ten 'days, preaching every evening at
7:30. The hour for the day service
wiB be announced later.
- Dr. Lamoreux is a very attractive
speaker, a great pastor-evangelist,
iind with the support oj jhe Christian
forces <of the city he will carry forward
a successful evangelistic campaign.
There are hundreds of people
in Camden- who ought, to oe
reached with the Cospel and brought
ipto the kingdom of God. We can
win thoei if w?o go out after them in
the spirit of love and sympathy. We
fnost cordially invite the pastors and
members of the other churches to at*
tend the meetings and give "their
prayerful support. The public is in
ritod to-vrorship with us.
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? Market at Fair Grounds
The Indies of the Community Chlb
MarketTannounce that they will have
heir produce on sale at the Kershaw
County Fair Grounds on Saturday,
it 2 p. m., instead of at the market
wilding on north Broad street.
David*fi. Coker, of Hartsville, has
>een named state chairman for the
innual Christmas seal sale campaign
inder the auspices of the South Carlina
Tuberculosis Association.
"In Flanders field, where poppies grow'* lie buried the brave heroes of the Worid
War who journeyed overseas to protect their loved ones at home. On'Armistice Day
let us all bow in prayer, giving them our sincere tribute of gratitude and affectum.
___ And let us, too, pray for these among us who suffered the loas of their loved ones i?
the conflict. These art no less heroes!
?Janfies Leroy Be Ik Poet, No. 17, American Legion. I
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' ,SHGIL , .
Kershaw Suffers
Disastrous Fire
Kershaw, Nov. 2.?A disastrous
Are of unknown origin early -thi*
morning completely gutted four
stores in the business section here,
entailing a loss estimated at about
$40,000 with approximately 76 per
cent insurance covertnre.
The Are started early in the morning
in the building occupied by the
Jones Pressing club and the Nehi
bottling plant owned by Frank W.
Hilton, and the firemen extinguished
this blaze apparently, but about two
hours later the store of Christmas
Brothers, next door to the bottling
plant, was discovered afire and the
flames burned through the next t\^o
storerooms owned by ('. F. Clyburn
and used us storage warerooms.
It seemed for a time as if the entire
'block would be destroyed but
valiant efforts of the local fire fighters,
assisted by firemen and apparatus
from Camden and I^uicaster finally
subdued the flames and confined
them to the four, stores in the middle
of the block. x\
A'boiit 150 bale* of'cotton and a
dozen or so automobiles belonging to
C. F. Clyburn and stored in the
building formerly occupied by the
Heath Supply company, were consumed.
Also Christmas Brothers and
M. B. Jones suffered heavily with
partial insurance. ,v '
Plane Stolen From
Airport at Raleigh
Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 2.?Two men
held up a night watchman and a deputy
sheriff at the Raleigh airport
early today, removed the airplane,
"City of Savannah" of the Eastern
Air Express and flew it away, Sheriff
Numa F. 'Darner announced today.
At noon ~ no trace of the miBsing
plane or the men had been found.
"The City of Savannah" was attached
late last night by the United
States Acceptance Corporation which
claimed it had ii lien on the planes
of the company. It was brougnt
? here from Camden, S. C,, late yes,
terday by Dr. J. E. Owen, assistant
chief .pilot of the air express com.
pany.
The "City of Raleigh," another
plane owned by the company still
was in the hangar here. It also was
.. attached in the local proceedings.
t Three Arrested In New York
New York, Nov. 3.?Three men
were arrested todny upon their arrival
at Holmes airport, Astoria, L. I.,
.. in an airplane of the Eastern Air
Express, upon which sheriff N. F.
, Turner of Wake county, North Carolina,
had placed attachment papers.
The men are J. E. Owens of Asheville,
N. C., assistant chief pilot of
the Eastern Air Express; E. Hodgson,
assistant pilot; John Warren, of
Patterson, N. J., mechanic employed
by the Wright Aeronautical corporation.
They were charged with being
fugitives from justice from Raleigh,
N. C.
Sheriff Turner yesterday placed an
attachment notice on the plane in
pursuance of a claim which the United
Acceptance corporation is pressing
against Eastern Air Express.
Warren said Owen and Hodgson asked
him to accompany them as a passenger
from Camden, S. C., and that
he knew nothing of the matter.
The Eastern Air Express operate*
planes between New York City and
Miami, Fla.
Methodist Church Services
LyttJeton Street Methodist church,
near Hampton Park. George Pierce
Watson, pastor. Sunday,y November
10, services will be: Bible School,
with classes for all who attend, at
10 a. in., Mr. L. C. Shaw, superintendent.
Epworth League to which
all the young people are invited at
6:45 p. m. Public worship at 11:15
and 7:30 p. m., conducted by the pastor.
Morning theme: "A Warleas
World; How?" Evening theme: "The
Crowning Virtue of All Life." The
fnblic is most cordially invited to ali i
the services of this church. The mid
week services for November 13th is .
recalled, as the pastor expects tp bo ;
In Charleston in attendance upon the 1
annual conference. 1
Mrs. Eliza Gladden Powell died
H#nday at the home of her daughter, 1
Am*. William Lykes, Sr., in Colum- 1
Mai. She was in the 101st year of j
' 1
Annual County Fair
Drawing Big Crowd
W ?ili ideal weather the airport oper'i..,;
yesterday and the opening of
the Kershaw County Fuir brought a
great crowd to Camden?in fact it
was baiii to be the largest ewer to
visit tin city.
The parade formed at the Fair
Grounds aiul the march was up Hroud
street, turning into east DeKai'o,
At Hampton Park automobiles took
paraders on to tire airfield, whpi'3
sevoral uddresses were Inade.
Army, navy and commercial plants
interested the crowd with their fancy
stunt Hying.
Many visitors were seen here from
all parts of the state and it was a
great day for Camden. Limited time
before going to press prevents our
giving n detailed news story this
week.
A visit to the County Fair shows
that they have gotten together the
largest and best exhibits ever shown
here, and if you have not yet# seen
it make a trip there today or tomorrow.
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Armistice Day Will
Be Observed Here
On Monday, November 11, observed
throughout the nation as Armistice
Day, will in Camden be observed
especially by the local post of the
American Ixgion. All members of
the James LeRoy Belk Post are requested
to assemble nt the intersection
of Broad and DeKalb streets at
five minutes to eleven o'clock. At
11:01 a silent prayer, lasting one
minute will be held. All traffic will
be. held up at this time. At one mifi- ^
ute to eleven o'clock all sirens and
whistles in the city and community
will blow for one minute.
All merchants of the city are requested
to put the flags out in front
of their places of business on ibeeleventh.
| Rev. A. D. McAm, Legion chaplain,
; will on Sunday, November 10th, at
the usual morning hour of worship?
11: IB?preach an Armistice Day 3ermoil.
The Legion will go in a body
' to this service, at the Bethesda Presbyterian
church. The public is also
. invited to attend.
,
Bethesda Presbyterian Church -,i
Armistice Sunday morning, Nov-'
ember 1,0, the James LeRoy Belk
Post of the American Legion will
worship in a body in this church. A
special service is being prepared and
all Legion and ex-service men have
a cordial invitation to attend. The
chaplain will speak on the subject,
"Finishing Unfinished Lives.''
Tuesday evening, November 5, a
dinner was given the men of the
Presbyterian churches of Camden,
Cassatt and Bethune at our Sunday
School dining room. Rev John McSween,
president of Presbyterian college
at Clinton, made an address on
the Program of Deliverance for the
college.
Next Wednesday evening at the
mid-week service at 7:30 we study
the Parable of Dives and Lazarus.
Sunday school at 10 a. m. Armistice
service Sunday, November 10, at
11:15. Every one is cordially invited
to these services.
No Fun in This
While Hallowe'en revellers were
out on Hallowe'en night some miscreants
tore down a brick and wooden
fence around the home of a good
Camden family who were nway from
home. Innocent fun is good, and
youth should have its fling, but we
fail to see where they got any pleasure
out of destroying this property.
City officials . very wisely and
promptly had the fence replaced,
and are offering a reward for the
guilty parties.
Scout Falls to His Death
Clarence Hampton, 16 years old, of
Gastonia, N. C., Sunday afternoon
fell to death from a 200-foot cliff at
Crowder's mountain, in the upper
section of York county. The youth
was coming down a narrow trail from
an overnight camping trip with a
party of Gastonia Boy Scouts when
he lost hia footing and slipped over
the precipice.
Dillon county which, by - the 'way
ivill be twenty years old next year,
has no- hofne for its poor and indi