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g^JllLCAMDEN Chronicle ? number ,? Much Work Done in One-Day Session The court of general sessions which (pnvened here Monday morning only lirted one day, but during that time w0?t of the jail cases were disposed of and the jail practically freed of ,11 prisoners. The court will convene for the second week Monday nhorning when the grand jury will nytke their presentment and then the casd of Tom Whjtley, a white man, charged with the murder of a negro man near Kershaw county lakt year .will come up for its second hearing?the first jury>hav'1i?-,,,a^e a The case of Arthur Small charged with the murder of Price Johnsos 4n the Buffalo sec/tion of Kershaw county a few weeks ago will come, up for trial Wednesday. The cases disposed of monday were as follows: - John White, negro boyf plead guilty to three counts of hoiifeebreaking and larceny. He wgs^ given a sentence of one year each in two opunts and three months on the third. Earl Pierce, a negro from the Blaney section, was charged with the murder of Richard, Odom, an escaped convict and a ravisher of women. The testimony was to the effect that Pierce had been stationed at a house to watch for Odom and his instruction from officers was to take him it ?ny cost. He attempted to stop Qfom and Odom made for an axe, Ittowpon Pierce shot the convict, it #ng shortly afterward. The juj brought in a verdict of acquittal r~J?mes Thomas was tried for jion. npport of his children and was given i sentence of six months. He was sentenced to give bond in the sum of 1200 to the clerk of court and pay {S monthly for the support of his children. Failing in this he {had to serve the six moriths.' L. J. Duncan plead guilty to a charge of violating the prohibition * law and was given a straight sentence of one year. Chalmers Jbhnsqp plead guilty to a charge of housebreaking and larceny and got a sentence of six months. J)on Deas plead guilty to a charge of housebreaking and larceny and drew a sentence of two years! George Harris, negro youth of fifteen years, plead guilty bo a charge of larceny and was sent to the reformatory for colored yotfths for a period of three years. Clarence James, youth of sixteen years, was up on a charge of housebreaking and larceny and was sent to the reformatory for one year. Hart L. Richardson plead, guilty to a charge of violating the prohibition law and received a sentence of . five months. After the serving of two months the other three to be suspended pending good behavior. i James Smith ^plead guilty to a j charge of violating the ^J>rohibition law. and drew a straight sentence -of one year. Boots Salmond plead guilty to violating the prohibition law and drew a sentence of five months with the j4* three months suspended pendgood behavior.? Johnson plead guilty to a of housebreaking and larceny an<iwa8 giveh a.sentence of one year. Eisenboward drew a sentence months, for violating the. pro-] law. The sentence was rusfor ten dayk Then he was the remainder of the sentence /jj^ed after serving the first /Tr C. H. Bqckham, to have been t Jn San<e caee, was called not appear. A sealed senience ivaits him. r : * (Mercury )Soars. temperature record for July 9 j lumhia was broken yesterday th/Yhe mercury reached 103.3 in cort ^caking previous re Hich was made July 9, 1907, temperature of 101 was Sain according to Richard H. 3. J*n> meterolegist, of the United weather bureau, Oolumbre.^-r ""irsday's State/../ Atones For Unmarked Graves. ^ for un-marked graves v^nfederate veteram, SpaniebWUfckxm and World & uwp m ^ Sta congress* Wn ; ^ ?*** * W m ' Thb agricultural year ICJ5 on th? 44*** ?d OnrBR?* n?? .mm* Howell's to Face ^ Jury on Friday Stimter, July 7.--0. E. S. Howell and hie wife, Carrie S. Howell, will ko on trial in general session* court here Friday morning on charges of murdering E. Hart Williams, 35-yearold filling station employe. Date for the trial was set late today after a large part of the morning had heen spent in attempting to rouse Howell from a stupor which three doctors pronounced as faked. Howell, brought into court on a stretcher, refused to answer when oallcd on to plead to the charge Against him. Two physicians who examined him yesterday testified the man was conscious and in normal physical and mental condition. After another attempt had been made to arraign Howell, Judge John S. Wilson adjourned court until this afternoon. During the two-hour recess doctors succeeded in rousing Howell and he was again placed in the dock. Another doctor who had examined Howell testified that he was physically and mentally able to stand trial and Judge Wilson then ordered the formal arraignment. He and his wife pleaded dot guilty to the charge of murder and the date was set for trial. Bethune County Champs In a fast and interesting game of base ball played last Thursday%fternoon, July 3rd, at Bethune for the county championship of the Junior Base Ball League of the American Legion, Bethune was the winner against the team from Wateree, The team from Betjiune, ^ll^jpjay the Greenville team fit ^Jewberry, July 19,4$ 3:30, for fte upper South Carolina -- New Law Firm John K. deLoach, young Camden attorney, formerly a member of the jlaw firm of deLoach ft deLoach, has Joined the law firm of Kirkland ft KirWand, ^ with offices on DeKalb street, in the Crocker building. The new firm is composed of Thomas J. Kirkland, L. A. Kirkland and John 'K. deLoach, with general law practice. Baptist Chutch Services The following services are announced for the week at the First Baptist church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock Mr. W. G. Wilson, superim tendent; preaching by the pasbor at 11:15 on the subject, "Witnessing For Christ"; evening service at 8:30, preaching by the pastor on the subject, "The Prodigal Son"; prayer meetihg Wednesday evening at 8:30; jBi Y. P. U. Thursday evening. The public is cordially invited to attend all these services. ? . To Teach Agriculture Mr. H. A. Granade, of Winfield, Alabama, has arrived in Camden to take up his duties as agricultural teacher in the Camden high school. ? ? Attending Convention in Charleston Messrs. J. W. Thompson and C. L. Moseley, rural carriers out of the Camden postuffioe, were in attendance upon the state meeting of postmasters and rural carriers of South Carolina being hedl in Charleston Wednesday and Thursday. Lyttleton Street Methodist Church Services for the week at ?#ybtleton Street Methodist church are announced by the pastor, Be v. George Pierce Watson, as follows: Sunday, July 13, Bible school, 10:00 a. m., Mr. L. C. Shaw, superintendent; Epworth League, 7:15 p. m.; public worship, 11:15 a. m. and 8:00 p. m., conducted /'by the pastor. Morning theme, "The Supreme Quest of Life." Evening theme, "The Three Prime Factors in World History." Midweek. service, Wednesday 8:00 p. m. The public is most cordially invited "to all the services of this church. Visitors are especially welcome. 0>me and bring your friends. O . Lugoff (Club Met The - Logoff Demonstration club held its July meeting at tbA community house Tuesday, July l, with Mrs. Kate Gettya presiding. Mrs. J. W. A. Sanders conducted devotional?. There were nine members and two visitors present. A report of the short course Jor farm women, which was held at Wlnthrop in June, was made %y Mrs. Victor Word, a delegate from this club. Refreshments Walhalla Lynching Case in Autumn ? ???? Walhalla, July 7.?Trial of Oconee! county's lynching case will be held when the weather is more adaptable to the settling of long-drawn-out Icgal battles. It was continued today for the second time by Judge M.- L. B^nham, of Anderson, who granted a stay until the October term of court on motion of Mendel L. Smith, of Camden, and was not opposed by Solictor Leon W. Harris. I Attorney Smith suggested that a special term of count be called "some time in the f*U" when it is cooler. Should the special term be called, state and defense attorneys will agree on the time. Seventeen persons have been indicted for murder in connection with the midnight lynching of Allen Green; negro, on April 24, and assault upon Sheriff John H. Thomas, who attempted to protect Green from the mob that stormed the jail. 1 hose indicted include: Robert Lee Ballenger, attorney and mayor* of Walhnlla and .Alvin JonCe, night policeman. The others are: John Sanders Nelson Matthewson, J. L. Harris, Dock Carver, John Stevens, Mitch Lee, Tillman Leard, Harold Mathesson, Jabe Wilbanks, Joe MdOall, Jr., Ibra Patterson and Pete JSftpes, all of Walhalla, and Grady Lee, William Smith and Will Elrod, of Westminrster. ... New charges will be prepared by the state, Mr. Smith said, but will be technically changed only. Bonds of $2,000 each were continued toI day. When the-new bills are presented and grand jury indictments returned, new bonds will be posted. There was no disorder in the crowd* ed courtroom today and Judge Bonham m^de no remonstrances about the carrying of firearms as did Judge E. C. Dennis, of Darlington, who presided when the case wds first called May 28 and continued. Book at Biyther's Store 1 Announcement is made by S. B. Stokes, executive committeeman from Antioch precinct, that the enrollment book will be at Biyther's Store on Saturday, July 12, for the purpose of enrolling voters and it is earnestly desired that all call on that day and enroll their names. Services at Mt? Pisgah Rev. M. B. Gunter, pastor of Mt. Pisgah Baptist church announces the following services for Sunday, July 13th: Sunday school 10 o'clock; morning service 11 o'clock; B. Y P. U. Sunday evening 7:30 o'clock. Presbyterian Church Services,, Sunday, July 13, A. Douglas McArn, pastor, Sermon subject: "Futilities in Christian Living". At Sunday school the life and character of Jacob will be studied. At the midweek service Wednesday evening Matthew, a disciple of Jesus will be the topic of study. Morning worship 11:15; Sunday school 10:00; midweek B6rVHJ^ Wednesday evening 8:30. Everyone is invited to these services. VETERAN |FROOF READER DEAD William (David Shaw-(Was Born Near Tiller's (Ferry jo This (County William David iShaw, head of the proof desk on the Charlotte Observer for nearly 20 years, died yesterday afternoon at 6:30 o'clock at his home, 219 East Moorehead street, after an illness of more than a year, which reached an acute stage 10 days ago. j - Mr. Shaw was 57 years of age, having been born October* 14, 1878, in Kershaw county, South Carolina.' He came to Charlotte in 1910, and had made his home here since that time. Mr. Shaw was twice married. vHis first wife was Margaret Defee, from whom he was divorced and who is now TTving in Wilmington. TheTC were two children born to this union, DorothjK and Margaret Shaw, the latter now Mrs. Alma Owen of Charlotte. Mr. Shaw's second wife was Mariechen Ahrens, to whom he was married October 14, 1915u There were three children of this union, Mariechen, Julia and Kate, .all of rwhonr survive. " ? He is also survived by two brothers, ObHn 0. Shafar of Raleigh and Joeey Shaw, whose present address is unknown and one slstsr, Mrs. Kate Charlotte ifttippta* y mKiMMMn - 41 ... I I. 11 1 Chesterfield County Has Infant Industry A recent Issue of the Chesterfield Advertiser states that the Ruby Can-, niag company. Chesterfield county's infant industry, located at Riiby, is being watched by many with baited breath. In it are the seeds of possiblities that may spell prosperity for this section. The Advertiser, therefore, takes pleasure in announcing that the new industry htas gotten awajP to a good start 1n every phase of its activities. String beans have been coming in to the plant at a satisfactory rate. The growers report good ferops and are satisfied with tho price received.. The average yield has been two tons per acre, for which the grower is receiving $50 per ton. Mr. Will Ballard has done perhaps a little better than the averuge. He had delivered up to Wednesday 5,175 pounds of beans and received $129.32. He expects with his last picking, receive $150 for the one acre and then grow another crop. To date sixty thousand cans of beans have been put up. Last Saturday was a record day in tshe plant, v^ien 17,000 cans were sealed^ Tttfo trouble is anticipated in the sale of the finished product. A very handsome label has been designed bearing the name "Lord QbeoteHfield'' very prominently. _. All produce brought to the plant has been bought whether beans, potatoes, cabbage, oikra, squash Q^ qprn. Only slight difficulty has beenexjperienced with produce out ^ few, Mr, .Jones states, have brought beans ->too old for canning, but on the whole instructions about condition of produce have been observed. \ The marketing end of the business is also progressing satisfactorily. Charlotte and Salisbury, N. C? have developed a good appetite for Chesterfield county vegetables and the big task so far has been to supply it. And prices are still satisfactory. Next week will see the first arrivals of tomatoes and okna for the cannery. The managers feel that these will go through as smoothly and satisfactorily as have the beans. Plans are already in the making for next year's operation when it is proposed to have truck crops maturing throughout the year. The factory employs an average of 130 workers, more than half of whom are girls engaged in preparing the vegetables for the can?. Thus a hundred or more farmers are experiencing the satisfaction of receiving $100.00 or more in June for the produce of one acre of land and over a hundred workers are receiving wages from an entirely new source. With the whole-hearted cooperation of our citizenry this industry will develop to such proportions as to spell prosperity for Chesterfield County. Still 'Seeking (Identity Lexington, N. C., July 9.?Police ih several cities were today seeking to locate the wife of the man killed when a car overturned on him while he was walking on a highway near here yesterday. A telephone message from Camden, S. C., officers today indicated the victim, whose body is in a local morgue, is named Tarrant and * that he formerly was a baker in that <;Ry. The <Jcad man wm reported to have stated hcro about an hour before the aeddent that his wife was in Richmond, Va., but Camden police believed her to be in Charleston. Search is being made in both cities. The dead man is apparently around 50 years, about five feet, nine inches in height and has reddish 4andy hair. " , ,Va' Company at Camp Jackson \ On last Sunday morning company M. South Carolina National Guards left by the Seaboard for their annual encampment at Camp JacksouCv^Sria company, better known as the jCershaw Guards have as their^ Captain Brevard Boyflcin; First Lieutenant Harrington C. Yates, Jr.? Second Lieutenant Charles Lorlck. The company lists sixty-one members -ill all. Frances McLeod artd Me lieu MdCof went as the Company nffcaoapi'and will remain the two weeks of the encampment. - There have been 221 death# from Cholera in the Philippines since June 20 and the disease is spreading. The number of cases reported up to Sunday wae 486. 400 Victims Of Holiday Revels Chicago, J lily 7.- This year's celebration of the ^Fourth was u triple; Jointed affair?Friday, Saturday und l Sunday; and the nation paid with 226 additional lives for the extra fun she | Had. The three-day holiday altogether cost 40-1 lives. Fireworks and toy pistols killed ' 20.7?a small percentage of the total, yet regarded as large in view of the restrictions against fireworks in most parts of America. The automobile took 178 lives, and 121 persons were drowned. Airplane accidents, heat, heart attacks induced by holiday excitement, lightning, and other causes connected directly with the holiday resulted in 76 deaths. The fourth of July itself was n day of moderate temperatures in most* i sections of the country, u circumstance having considerable to do with holding down the number of deaths from drowning and prostration. The week-end, however, saw a mounting mercury, with a consequent increase in the lure of bathing beaches?and a consequent increase in deaths ]?y drowning and prostration. In the Chicago territory yesterday there was such congestion on the many beaches as had never before been seen. Conservative estimates were that more than 700,000 persons sought relief 'during the day at the Lake Michigan bathing places along the Chicago shore. The Oak Street , tbeach, where Gold Coast and Ghetto .meet in bathing, was dense wtth men, women and children most of the dayChicago, too, experienced om of lte most serious traffic jams, with an' estimated million automobiles, choking her highways. Probably because fast driving was next to impossible, there were only *Qo fatal accidents, both occurring late last night after thinning traffic made speeding possible. There were nine deaths from airplane accidents yesterday and several injuries. The list of injured throughout the nation from all causes was impossible to estimate accurately, but most certainly ran into the thousands. In the larger cities pinny hundreds were treated for burns resulting from fireworks. Chesnut Street Home , Destroyed By Fire ' ^ i Occurring with suddenness, fire at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon completely destroyed the house and furnishings owned by Miss Lai Blakeney on Chesnut street. The seven roonk brick vetfjber house was discovered to be on fire by neighbors and by the time Mr. and Mr*. "George H. Hanks, who were occupying the house reached safety the roof fell in. So quickly did the flames spread that it was impossible to save anything except a few minor articles. The fire is supposed to have caught from the roof and is thought to have originated from de; -Tfeetive wiring. _ Miss Bkakeney was out of the city ; on a visit to Atlanta and no one , knows how much insurance she car-' ried, but it U practically certain that ft was insured. N Mr. and Mrs. Hanks had only re cently moved to Camden from Man; ning and had not had their insurance transferred to this city. The loss , falls heavily upon them. They are pleasant new-comers to our city where Mr. Hanks is manager of the Dixie Radio, Incorporated, and their friends regret their misfortune. (Florida Man (Suicides Columbia, July 9.?H. F. Menvminger, vice-president and manager of - the Non-Acid Fertilizer and Chemical company, Lakeland, Fla., was : found dead in his room at a hotel here tonight. Investigators announced he had committed suicide. ''On his bod, still in a typewriter on which it had been written was the following note: "My home address is 118 Hollingeworth Drive, Lakeland, Fla. Hfcve ' undertaker to communicate . with (/Smith and Dtriks, Lakeland. Busted ?to hell with Hoover and prosperity, 1 hut have plenty of Hfe insurance And everything will be taken care of. H. K. M. "Also notify the Rev. W. W. Memjoainger, rector of All Salute church, Atlanta." . ' -'v.; - . " ' , . I .!?, Man Who Met Death Was Known Here taxing ton, N. C., July 8.?An unidentified pedeotrian about BO yeais of ^ogc, was caught beneath nn overturned uu to mobile and killed on state highway No. 10, near here today. Affording to several eye witnesses, the man stepped from the shoulder of the highway to tho concrete surface in front of a car driven by C. L, French, of Greensboro. When French put on his brakes, the car quickly cut to the left and turned over, catching the pedestrian under the rear half of the vehicle. The victim hud in bjs pockets unfinished and unsigned letters'-dated from Charleston, S. C.,# a.nd.jaddressed to Mr. Sanders, Camden, S. C. The pockets i contained also two bakery receipts on which was written "Fred i flendricka, Holiness tent, King and Ivone streets," with no city named. Officers indicated that probably no charge would likely be placed against Mr. French. < 7J Was (Known Here A telephone conversation between an undertaker in Lexington and Chief of Police Hilton, of this city, established the identity of the man as being J. B. Tenant, who was employed in Camden about five years ago as a baker in the Electrik Maid Bake Shop of this city, but his hOfcAe address was not known, he having come to Camden from some northern city. Camden Winner of First Half of Race Camden woh the first half of the K. C. L. F. league hero Friday morning by defeating Lancaster, 8 to 7. The two teams tied last Saturday for the leadership. In an afternoon game Lancaster turned tables on the local team and won 6 to 4. For the first game the batters were: (Camden, .Williams and Swann; Lancaster, Pressly and Boland. For the second game Camden, Hatfield and Weldon; Lancaster, Griffith and Boland. Two base hits, Barrineau, Feagin, Weldon, Beckham. Three base hits, Suggs, Williams. Home runs, Pressley, Welch. Sacrifices, Feagin, Swann. Base on balls, off Pressley 1. Struck out, by Williams 13, by Pressley 3. Umpires, Harris, Hard"' ing and Twitty. Special Train Carries 80,000 Watermelons The "Watermelon Special" with over 80,000 watermelons on board left this city at 1:30 p. m. yesterday for New York and other Northern points. The train, one of the largest shipments ever made, according to O. G. Donny, division freight agent of the Seaboard, pver whoso road the train ran, wiH land in Potomac yards at Washington about midday today and from there will split and scatter over the North. The New Yorkeonsigument will get to New York some; time tonight and be on the market tomorrow. The usual watermelon train averages about 40 or (0 carloads, Mr. Donny said, and eaeft 1 carries from 800 to 1,000 melons. Yesterday's train carried 85 carloads, so do your multiplication. The melons ware gathered by the triain, car by car, between Savannah and Columbia.?Thursday's State. Seaboard Wreck Delays Traip& A wreck of a through freight train on the Seaboard Air Line railway Wednesday afternoon caused delay of several trains into Camden yesterday, Nineteen cans loaded with watermelons, enroute north wero derailed at a point jutft this eide of Blaney. The wreck occurred in a cut and apparently the train wan split in twain as the engine did not leave the rails. No one was injured in the mishap. Curtis Williams, 21, 8outh Carolina freshman, was killed, and R. W. Stogner, Jr., baft oftttiliifflt, was seriously injured Tlgisdsy when . struck by an automotive driven by Amos MeMSanos, of McBee. The boys v