The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 27, 1929, Image 8
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Child's Abductor
Faces Death Penalty
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 21,.?The
deuth penalty tonight faced Russell
C. Arnold, 68, torturer of a 14-yearold
neighbor school girl, whom he abducted
and held captive for more than
24 hours in an underground chamber
beneath the garage at his home.
Arnold, former street car motorman
and student of "personal magnetism,"
was arrested today and hold
without bond for trial. His plan for
entering a plea of guilty in return for
a life sentence was frustrated by Circuit
Judi?#, A. 8. Lyon, wlho warned
he would Be sentenced to hang if he
pleaded guilty.
"You would be better off under the
sod than on it," Judge Lyon said.
The county prosecutor announced
that he would ask the death penalty
at Arnold's trial.
The father of the girl attempted
to administoi summary judgment to
the attacker of his daughter. He
wreBted u revolver from u policeman
and tried to shoot Arnold, meantime,
police were muking a thorough search
of the Arnold premises on the theory
that he muy have abducted other
children, attacked them and burieJ
the bodien.
The victim was rescued yesterday
from the secret chamber -under Arnold's
garage after police became
suspicious and dug up the flooring.
The child was found chained to u bed.
She had been assaulted and beaten
and was suffering from cold and lack
of food.
Eight Deputies
Freed By Jury
Burnsville, N. C., Dec. 21.?Eight
McDowell county deputy sheriffs who
fought a battle with a strike mob at
the gates of a Marion cotton mill,
October 2, tonight stood free of all
charges growing out of the death of
six strikers.
The octet?Webb Fender, Robert
Ward, Charles Tate, Taylor Greene,
William Twiggs, James Owens, Broadus
Bobbins and Dave Jarrett?\*Cre
acquitted today of a second degree
murder charge by a Yancey county
jury which deliberated over the case
slightly more than 22 hours.
The trial was brought here from.
McDowell county on a change of venue
asked by the state. This was
done in an effort to insure a trial
clear of any feeling that might have
grown out of prolonged and tumul,
tuous strike troubles at the Marion
Manufacturing company and Clinchfield
Manufacturing company cottor^
mills in Marion, and also to get completely
away from the industrial section
of the state.
The men were accused of having
deliberately fired into a milling mass
of strikers and strike sympathizers
who gathered at the gates of the
Marion Manufacturing company cotton
mill the mortiing of October 2, in
an effort to prevent employes entering
the mill. A strike had been callpi]
ynpjcp^ctediy at gne o'clock that
juoenjug.
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More than 60 coal miners lost their
lives by an explosion in a mine of
the Old Town Coal company at North
McAlester, Okla., Tuesday. More
than sixty men were in the mine at
the time ol the explosion.
Lieut. Hal Bundy at Rockwell Field
Cal.. attained an alititude of 30,200
feet in a pursuit plane on Tues<j|^\
He is claiming an altitude record.
F.lcctric power is now being supplied
the city of Tucoma, Washington.
by the generators of the airplane
carrier Lexington. The dam which
supplies current to Tacoma is practically
out of commission because of
a long continued droughth in that
section.
Sixty-six persons lost their lives
nn the highways of North Carolina
during November, due to automobile
accidents.
T'r.v Furness-Bermudn liner, Fort |
Victoria, was sunk at the entrance of
New York Harbor Wednesday night
after she had been rammed by the
liner Algonquin, bound for Galveston,
Texa>. during the dense fog prevail^
ing at the time. The crew and 220
passengers of the hort \ictoria were
all taken off safely before the ship
settled to the bottom.
President Chiang Ka-shek. of China,
announced Wednesday that the
rebellion against the National government
of which he is the head, and
which brought his government to the
brink of collapse, had been broken
up.
Dwight W. Morrow, at present am
bassador to Mexico, and slated for thi
E- United States senate by appointment
to succeed Senator Baird of New Jer
^aey, has announced that he will entej
m- W# primaries neatt June as a candt
drift lor thft eanate. Former Senato
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Camden Team Made]
Great Comeback
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(The following article appeared in
the laat issue of The Chronicle and
j through an error it got on the press
without a proof being read, and it was
slightly mixed up. We are reproducing
it thin week with the correction*
made.)
Although defeated by a margin of I
aix points the Camden Bulldogs
staged the moat wonderful comeback
ever witnessed in high school foot
ball circles. Meeting a team which
had experienced a game on the Melton
Field the year before, a team
outweighing it by ten pounds to the
man the Camden lads got off to a
sad start and allowed the Ohesterites
to pile up a score of JO to 0 in the
first twenty minutes of play. A* a
sports writer said, "It seemed as if
[ the score would be at least 60 to 0."
! Camden was seriously handicapped
t by having two of her stars playing
with broken arms. But just when all
seemed gloomiest the Bulldogs began
to display that characteristic fight
for which Camden teams are noted.
A dazzling air attack was opened up
which; carried the ball from the fifteen
yard line td the opposing three I
yard line- '--all done in less than it
tukes to write it down^" Stopped by
a fumble on the three yard line Camden
was not t<> be denied but scored
immediately after receiving Chester's
punt. From this point on the Camden
team simply dazzled her big'redj
opponents with puzzling cut back
plays, trick end runs mixed in with
forward passes. This was a wonderful
exhibition * of executing plays
drilled into them by Coach Villepigue. I
To him and to the remainder of the
foot ball teHm all praise is due for
the most successful season in Camden's
football history.
A study of the play by piny report
?l Championship game shows
that Chester piled up eight first I
downs to Camden's four in- the first
half. C hester making most of hers I
during the first twenty minutes of
play.
That Che waning in the second half
for Camden piled up nine first downs
to Chester's four. Ohewning running
from scrimmage thirteen times during
the game averaged almost eight
yards each time he ran. Thomas
Wooten's yardage averaged almost as
high with yards gained on forward
passes added in. Haynes who in all
the games during the present season
has been one of the chief -ground
gainers was so handicapped by a
broken arm that 'his total yardage
was negligible. However during the
game his display of nerve was wonderful.
He made several beautiful
tackles. Clyburn probably played his
best game of the season. Russell's
defensive work was outstanding as
was his pass receiving.
I he fans of Camden who attended
the game in Columbia shouted their
pleasure at the wonderful display of
grit and football training of their
learn. All Camden extends congratulations
to Coach Villepigue, his assitants
and to the team.
Emphasizes Results
Extension Activities
Clemson College, Dec. 14.?The
system of conducting demonstration
work in South Carolina through the
organizing of definite demonstrations,
the keeping of records on these, and
publication of the results which
farmers obtain through good farm
practices, has brought public approval
from Mr. C. W. Warburton, director
of extension work, U. S. Department
of Agriculture in his recent annual
report to Secretary of Agriculture
Arthur M. Hyde.
"South Carolina," Mr. Warburton
saya, "has for several years required
project lenders, specialists and agents
to have carefully outlined and located
Vesult demonstrations, definite In
methods and objects, in connection
with any extension project undertaken
ami as a part of the demonstration
accurate cost and sales records.
As a result the service now
has invaluable farmers' records on
every phase of agriculture which
prove beyond question that it pays
to use the methods which the college
through its extension service
recommends.
"To this ability to prove the facts
as to profit or loss on demonstra- ]
tlons and to the effective publicity
given these result demonstrations is
largely attributed the attitude of the
county legislative delegations, causing
thom in the face of millions of
dollars of crop loss. uncolloctable
taxed, and general demoralization in
the storm and flood-stricken area of
that state to appropriate money for
county agents' work in every county*"
In reporting on the boys' clufe
work in the South Mr. Warburton
further says:
"The average yield of corn made
by 16,062 bctys throughout the terri1
lory was S&V^iiushels per acre. Several
of these "boys made more than
100 bushels on their acres. In Anderson
County, S. C., 295 boys made
an average of 702 pounds of lini
cotton to the acre. This is an outt
standing result."
4?
r Elmer S. Huckins of Hancock, Wis.
f: and his son, George, financial jug
r gists, and now -wanted by the govern
k sw 1 ndling charges, have dls
Woman Dies as
Gun is Discharged
Greenwood, Dec. 21.*? Mrs. Ethel I
Henry, 28, was shot and killed aceidently
by a shotgun in the hands of
her husband, Harrison Henry at their
home in Mouth Greenwood this after-1
noon.
A coroner's jury exonerated Henry
of blame at the inquest on testimony
of the witnesses that Mrs. Henry attempted
to wrest the gun from him I
when she objected to his going Hunt - I
ing and it discharged, the load en-1
taring her cheat.
Mrs. Henry waa a daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs, John Whitman of J
Toccoa, Ga. Besides her husband she I
is survived by one child, three sisters J
and two brothers.
Fire Damagea Barracks
Atlanta, Gh., December 19 ? I
Fanned by high winds, fire of un
determined origin early today swept
a barracks building and a laboratory
at Fort McPherson, causing damage
estimated at nearly $100,000 and
driving 173 scantily clad soldiers out J
into sub freezing weather.
Woman Geta Large Verdict
Detroit, Mich., December 19?A
jury of eight women and four J
men' late today returned a verdict I
awarding Miss Bertha C'leavengt r
$450,006 - in her breach of pr-om^o J
suit against John H. Castle, wealthy
Detroit .real estate operator.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Its Mission of Gathering Unbiased
News Explained by President-*
Boston?Frank B. Noyes, president I
of the Associated Press, addressed
the Boston Chamber of Commerce on
"the story of the Associated Press'
here recently. He outlined the orig
in of the Associated Press organization
and paid tribute to the nobh
service rendered the organization by
Melville E. Stone.
"The Associated Press," Mr. Noye<
said, "was organized at a national
cooperative non-profit making institution,
owing its existence to the de
termination of its founders that tho
newspapers making up its membership
should have a world nl\vs ser
vice of their own, their sei%nt ami
not their master; the news service to
be non-partisan in the broadest
sense, to have no. bias whatever,
whether political, religious or economic;
to be as accurate as was humanly
possible and to be comprehensive
withlm the limits of decency;
a news service whose sole mission was
to supply its members and its members
alone, with news?not views; a
news service that would not constitute
itself judge or jury, prosecuting
attorney or counsel for the defense,
but content itself with acting
as an impartial reporter."
He explained that the collection
and handling of the news reports are
carried on under the direction of the
general manager by a very large
staff, world -scattered, with bureaus
placed at all important centers, both
in this country and abroad.
"When you see a piece of newf
credited to the Associated Press oti
the A. P.", Mr. Noyes said, "I hope
you will look upon that symbol as a.
hall mark of truth, undefiled by biaf
or propaganda, and of accuracy limii.J
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yff nig OIIUI H-UIII1||(5? yj uuman
endeavor,'
Four persons were arrested at
Water bury, Conn., Tuesday, charged
with a scheme to circulatj?Hl,0OO,OO9
in counterfeit $10 notesf in Connect!-1
cut, Massachusetts and New York.
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j PENSION LAW CHANGES
Nino Hundred Thousand Dollars For
South Carolina Veterans
Columbia, Dec. 13.?Preparations
for changes which will bo necessitated
when South Carolina's new pension
law, totaling $900,000 to civil
war veterans which will go into effect
January 1 have already begun
in "the office of A. J. Beattie, comptroller
general.
The act of the 1929 general assembly
provides for payment to
each veteran of the army or navy
of the Confederate states the
amount of $240 in two-semiannual
installments at such times
as arc set by the comptroller general.
All widows of Confederate veterans
who have reached the age of
! 60 years will receive annually the sum
. of $125. These payments will like
, wife be made in equal semi-annual
I installments if the widow has reached
. the a(^e of 50 years and was married
for a period of at least ten years prioi
to the death of her husband.
, Under the old pension law, whicl
- will pass into the discard with th,
end .of the year, approximately $750,
- 000 was checked out to veteran^ *n<
their widows. _
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This Man Father
of Forty Children
Mrs. W. C. Gresham, formerly of
Georgia, but now living near Newberry,
where her husband is an employe
at li. G. Johnson's saw mill,
has 30 brothers and sisters. Mrs.
Gresham is the eldest daughter of
John Joshua JJeasley, of Sycamore,
Georgia.
Mr. lieaaley is the father of 40
children, ranging in age from 613
years to the year und a half old baby.
The children are scattered from
Trenton, N. J., to Key Weat, Ha.,
grid from North Carolina to Califorp
nia.
Two women gave the 40 birth. The
first wife was mother to 24 and the
second wife, who is still living und in
good health at 43 years of age, 'became
the mother of 16. Mrs. Gresham
says her father could not begin
to remember the names of' his children
if he were to meet them bn the
street. He has lots of grand-children
and some great-grand children.
Mr. Beasley became a father for
the first time when he was 10 years
old. He married his first wife when
he was 18 and she was 17. A little
over a year after they were married,
Mollie, who is now Mrs. Greshum,
was born and children continued to
come regularly until the death of
Mrs. Beasley interrupted the schedule.
When he was 46 years old he married
the second time, choosing a girl
again in her teens. He and the second
Mrs. Beasley have been 'married
25 years and their union has been
bountifully blessed.
Mr. Beasley will be 71 years old
next March and he is as hardy and
spry as a man at less than 50, it is
stated. He works every day and it
is said during the fall regularly]
picked around 200 pounds of cotton
and one day picked 240 pounds. It
is stated Mr. Beasley does not know
where half of his children are.?Newberry
Herald and News.
Mrs. Laura Hunter Dead
Mrs. Laura Hunter, widow of Samuel
Hunter, died at her home in the
Abney section last Wednesday, aged
about seventy years, and was buried
in the cemetery at Shiloh church on
Thursday, the funeral services being
conducted by Rev. J. F. Hofflneyer.
She left surviving six sons and four
daughters.?Kershaw Era.
Modern County Fair
of European Origin
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Although the modern county fair
has little in common with the fairs
that originated In Europe centuries
ago, there ie * resemblance ' in that
the European fair or marketing day
brought the people together and served
to advance the people in a cultural
way. It was largely through the ancient
fair that new customs were sef>n
and adopted. * ?
These fairs in England date back
to medieval times and were largely
under church Auspices. A charter had
to be secured for a fair and rt was the
church that was able to secure these
charters. The development of society
in England is largely1 attributed tg the
fair.
At these church bazaars goods were
bought and sold as the event was
largely a marketing exposition. To
this day some of the ancient fairs continue
in England for each year at
Weyhill in Hampshire a fair is held
that features sheep. Sheep buyers and
sellers gather each year at this place
to trade. At Norwich a fair is held
annually on October 17 at which time J
cattle are exhibited and traded. People
travel a long distance to buy cattle j
and much of the cattle slaughtered in
London are boujjht jit Norwich.
The modern county fair originated I
in the state of $f<rw York in 1815 and
Elkanah Watson, the promoter of the
first fair at Albany, N. Y., has be-j
come known far and wide as the fa-!
ther of the modern county fair.
From Albany the county fair idea;
spread westward until today there is j
scarcely a prosperous agricultural j
county in the United States that does j
not promote a county fair. Thg state '
fairs are an out-growth of the county j
fairs and at most "of the state fairs j
industrial exhibitions have been added 1
to the agricultural exhibits.
The county fair as seen in the Uni-:
ted States is dffferent from anything
in the European countries for the!
main idea is to promote the agricult- (
ural resources of the county and to
add to the welfare of the people. This
idea was entirely lacking in the fairs
which were held in Europe in ages
past.
The word "Fair" has come to mean '
exposition. There are fairs of many.
descriptions but the county fair seems
to have made the biggest hit in this ,
country. It is an institution that is
here to stay.
Our county fairs arc a place whefl
merry making is a feature but nfl
the main feature such as mark tSfl
famous Donnybrook fair in IreltflH
We hold our fairs to enjoy the occfl
sion but we also muke it a useful ofl
Honor Roll PupUifl
of Bethune Schol
Honor Rolf Bethyne atho4 W
Grade 1.?Lucille Mungo, f ...BP
Brown, Gra.ce Mungo, Joalj hSJH
Prucilla Uatrliir, Lizzie Lyles, Ito^H
Horton, Lois Raley. j||||
Grade 2.?Myrtis Mungo, VirfiBll
Church, Margie Jones, Helen HhBI
Alene Hilton, Clarence Hilton,
nie Edna McLeod, Jaunita 'lt3f?|
Murgaret Tyner, Margaret Ta39
ough, Alvin Kelley, Dougiu J
Jr.. Loutee HLnaon, Oran Baker! B
ton Elliott, Elzine Shirley.
Grade 8.?John Dan McLauBH
Bobby Griffin, Rowena Holland, (Bjjlf
ry Duvis, Margaret McLaurin' L^|
enc Blackmon, Grace Horton, MoiBfi
Hyatt, Harriett Mays, Kath?rJB
Foster, Gene Bethuhe, Iris MccBH
kill, Eva Horton. |fi
Grade 4.?Cl$lia Derrick, LavB
Jones, R</bbie Newton Marion, (mm
Elliott, Jaunitn Pate, Ava Shaw, B
leen Hilton, Bryce Joyner,
Mangum. .|||
Grade 5.^?Willie Mae Horton,fflB||
Lee Hinson, Grace Horton, Bozie fBfi
vis, Elizabeth Brannon, Mary AiWl
Catoe, Richard McLaurin. ^
Grade 6.?Clarence Heystess, J*B!
lene Wagers, -Ruby Davis, Nan Jl;
Ruth Hilton, Ruby Lee Campbell*!
Grade 7.?Julia Barrett, FtanBl
Gardner, Mary Ellen McLaurin, ScBi
Ruth McKinnon, Dalton McLeod, ?|
Blaekmon, Ruth Raley. ||
Grade 8.- -Thelma Davis;, Ida oB|
law, Elsie Mae Hammond, Gra?
Horton, Lawrence McLaurin, LottH
Outlaw, Ben Yeargin. ||
Grade 9.?Ruth Jones, Mary fcj
RadcliflP, Edith Clyburn, JosephiB
Smith, Kloise Estridge, Jake Smit^B
Grade 10.?Lewis Blackmon, M^K
Brannon, Mildred Hinson, ElizabfK;
Raley, Margaret Truesdell, ElizabeB
Baker, Phillip Brannon, J. M. Cjfl
burn, Jr., Dorothy Derrick, Lores
McDonald, Paschal McLaurin.
Grade 11.?Lola Grace Catoe, EdB
Stokes, James King, MargieiPatjgB
Bernice Fields, Margaret / Hearqfl
Leona Smith, Clifton Saverance,, Mfl
ry ICing, Lawson Hortoir.
Our sincerest wishes for a
Happy New Year, and many,
thanks for your cooperation and
patronage during 1929.
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