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?M^Camden Chronicif w , .... m south carounatt^uay| july number 17 I Thomas Whitley Gets His Freedom ? Vim Whitley goes free. A jury in Jurt of general sessions rendered a lerdict of not guilty Thursday mornjjg after deliberating about one hour md thirty minutes in the case of ' ftiomss Whitlejfr young white man i charged with the oiurder of Wyatt Patterson, a respectable and hardworking negro of Kershaw. The case was begun Monday morning in the second trial?the first jury jirFebruary failing to agree upon a verdict. The court had appointed attorneys I. . Hough and John K. deLoach to defend Whitley, ' Large crowds of both races have been in attendance upon this trial each day, with standing* room at a jpnremiimi, Solicitor Spigner, assisted by -former Judge M. L. Smithy had made out a strong case against Whitley* although all of the evidence was circumstantial. Attorneys Hough and deLoach put up a good fight for their client all through the trial. No new evidence was brought out at the second trial, and the case followed al6ng the lines of the former trial. Wyatt Patterson was killed with a shot gun and his throat cut in DeI ceraber of last year. His partly deI composed body was found several I days later, and looked at first as I teagh the killing yrould remain a ft mystery. Officers from the governor's 1 office, assisted by Sheriff McLeod and I to officers, unearthed sufficient evi dm to hold Whitley for the crime, ft Officers from the governor's office V mre out the warrant several weeks V liter and Whitley has rppaqined inI carcernted in jail for the past six I months. I The jury who heard the second trial and rendered its verdict yesterday morning was as follows: JR. A. Bruce, foreman, H. E. Cannon, <C. M. Laney, ? B. M. Rosborough, J. F. Smith, Jas. M. Smith, Lewis .Gardner, W. D. Dowey, J. A. Bell, ,3. 3.- Baker, W. H. Truesdell, Landy Bowers. Small Being Tried The court was engaged yesterday a/brnnnn in the trial of another murder case, that of Arthur Small for the killing of Price Johnson jn the Buffalo section of Kershaw county. Attorneys B. >M. -Smith and W. L. DePass, Jr., were appointed by tl}e court to defend Small. The jury drawn yesterday afternoon to pass on Small's guilt or innocence is as follows: J. K. Lang, foreman, L. H. Hilton. John Whitaker, Jr., G. S. Rod?ers, N. R. Goodale, Jr., J. H. Os^?rDe' J- A- Hough, C. V. Massakau, E. S. Rodgers, H. L. Schlosburg, C. M. Laney, J. fT Smith. ' Presentment of Grand Jury On convening of the court on Mon> morning the grand jury, through the f?>fman' John Kahon, Jr., made tSrreport to jud?e w- haJVV-r'nl'. conditions at the --D , in ?ood shape and order. condhioi" and bfidgeS Are in faiF wl7hlr(iport, of A C' Clarkson, who the n P y d t? ma-ke an audit of I filed Si8 Kershaw County, wag herehv v ? ? Grand Jury, which we ThffI ? m Clerk of .Court. J'e&r? c?vers a period of three iho^?u ??uJune mh- 1929- Which of the p different departments wJv tv Unly-are in <?ood &bape and fer11 Jmg ?>ein8f handled by the diftor* Woepar^?1?nt8 *n a very satiatfacTri???y' * ? want to commend the r?on V" for the excellent annual j. ade by him; we are also jj* the same with the Clerk of itu" b?ve the -report from the ShefOffE , t enforcement work of hia R'Bich'rt?, ? 18. vf*y satisfactory, ^ntment wW lnclo8e with our preSherifr > , want to commend the the effi8" A Rural Policemen for in? in fK* work that they are do"Thr. r? on^orcement of the Laws, sed th<. ."n'man of this Jury witnesP-nua settlement made today Rhodes , f ??nty and' -Mr. Office Comptroller General's icitoV jVj'1 ,!? thank the Judge, Sofourte 1 uh Court Officialafor all RHich ?CS c*tended to us. All of U(' submit." nrath From Strangulation ^sderson, Juiy 54?^ death that underUn^SUa^' ?r circumstances Out J*u?h 11 occurred unusual, was id,8 n ?race p- Frady, 46, employed** p section hand by the Blue Cdav J some time * n,Kht? ?r early Sunday. De, -according to the verdict m *? of hav' <35""'; r - \ Howell Found Guilty; To Die August 22 0< E. S. 'Howell, 40-year-old night watchman, was found guilty of the murder of E. Hart Williams young filling station manager, by a jury in General Sessions court here this morning. The verdict was returned after one hour and 36 minutes deliberation. Mrs. Carrie S. Howell, .wife of the convicted man and also charged with the mqrder of Williams, was found not guilty. 'The verdict^>f the jury automatically carries the death penalty ami after a brief delay, occasioned by the absence from the court room of one of the defense attorneys, Howell was arraigned and sentenced to die in the electric chair in the state penitentiary on August 22. Howell displayed no emotion when the clerk read the verdict. He sat calmly in his chair by the side of H D. Epps, who, with Mortimer Weinberg, defended him, and his expression showed no change' when he heard the verdict pronounced. Mrs. Howell, flanked by her attorneys, tS. K. Nash and Raymon Schwartz, was also unmoved by the verdict which once more made her a free woman. Someone in the audience cla-pped when the verdict was read, but subsided instantly when the sheriff called for order, and there was no further demonstration. The court room was packed and mhny spectators were standing in the rear. "When court was convened this morning at nine o'clock, Judge Wilson immediately began his charge to the * jury. His change required 43 minutes to deliver and the case was given to the jury at 10:10. At 10:48 the foreman of the jury requested that the testimony of J. D. Bradford and A. J. Ard be read again. After this was done by the stenographer the jurors retired once more. At 11:40 the foreman knocked oh the door And the bailiff was informed that a verdict had been reached. Five minutes were required to summon Mr. Epps to the court room, and at 11:45 the jury was brought out. The indictment was passed to the clerk vwho read the verdict. Judge Wilson then asked Mr. Epps if he was ready for his client to be ^sentenced. Mr. Epps then informed the court that Mr. Weinberg was not present and requested that he be summoned. Mr. Weinberg had previous ly been excused by the court, Mr. Epps stated, and intending leaving the city at once. A bailiff was sent out to try and locate the attorney before he left the city, and succeeded in thi^, Mr. Weinberg coming into court at 12:0{>;. Howell was then placed in the dock for arraignment. When asked by Judge Wilson if he had anything to say before sentence was passed, the prisoner murmured: "I have nothing further to say at this time." Howell spoke in such a low tone that it was necessary for his attorneys to repeat his words to the court. "It is a fearful duty I have to perform," Judge Wilson declared in passing sentence, and went on to say that the law laid the penalty for murder and the judge had nothing to do but follow this law. He then ordered that Howell be taken to jail and from there transferred to the state penitentiary, where he should be put to death by electrocution on Friday, August 22.?Wednesday's Sumter Item. Protracted Meeting at Refuge A protracted meeting will commence at Refuir? Baptist church on the fourth Sunday night ill July, which will be July 27th, at 8:00 o'clock. - Preaching will be by Rev. James Hunter; of Kershaw. The public is cordially invited to attend. Minister on Vacation Owing - to the pastor's vacation there will be no more services in Grace Episcopal church until the first Sunday in September. Sunday school and the Young People's Service League will continue at the usual hours. "/ ^?.? Services at Antioch T. P. Christmas, pastor of Antioch Baptist church announces service* for Sunday, July 20 to be a* fcllowi: Sunday school at 10 o'clock, moraine service 11 o'clock. Oowe^to Anti-Rat Campaign Begins on Monday Cooperating with the city council of Camden, Mr. C. D. Schwartz, of the United States Biological Survey, will be in Camden Monday, July 21, to put on a rat poisoning campaign, and Mayor Robert M. Kennedy requests the hearty cooperation of the resi| dents as well as business men. The loss by destruction from rats; throughout the country runs into millions of dollars annually and it has been demonstrated in other cities that j the use of Red Squill, as used by the j government agencies, is the best and surest way of extermination. - 4 It is advised by Mr. Schwartz that! the day before the poison bait is j placed out householders should pre-1 bait with unpoisoued bait for rats to j eat. Place this out in small quantities where the rats run and feed around their holes. This merely insures a higher number of rats killed where the rats have been poisoned before and are suspicious of all food exposed which contains poison. In order to make the greatest success in rat campaigits, it is necessary to remove all food that may be avails able to the rats the night that poison is exposed. This insures that more rats will be killed and greater freedom will result. All garbage cans should be of iron? and with tight fitting covers of the same material. Food is one of the two necessities for rats to live Attd if the garbage cans are such that rats can not obtain food from them, half the battle of control is over. The other'necessity for rats is shelter. Trash piles' and piles of lumber, shingles and loose wood offer a fine shelter where the rats may be protected and thrive. Farm machinery and tools left for long in sheds and outbuildings make, suitable cover for rats to tunnel under. Rat-<proof corn cribs and granaries should be built on every place where needed. They should be separate buildings from barns, stables and chicken houses. Each householder will be given a bag containing two kinds of bait and directions say that it should be all placed1 out at one time, in pieces the size of a small pecan. Half a teaspoon is the right quantity. Place first a beef bait and then a cereal bait out along the walls, on the floor where rats run and eat. Bait may be thrown down into the tunnels. Put all the bait out at one time. Call for more bait if needed. Never put bait on shelves or above second story. Mr. Schwartz stresses the fact that the bait is made of Red Squill and is not dangerous to anything but rats. He also states that only in rare cases is there any odor from dead ratp, as they leave the (buildings after eating the poisoned food and die elsewhere than in the buildings. Colonial Lake Popular Colonial Lake, a few miles north of Camden on the Camden-Charlotte highway, is proving a papular place on hot afternoons. Many visited1 the lake during the hot spell and found the waters fine for cooling off. Thursday afternoon last quite a large numiber of American Legion members gave a delightful fish fry to post members and a number of their friends. Again on Friday afternoon about thirty or more members of the Camden Shrine Club had a box supper. Headed by Mrs. Docia McCaskill, immunity nurse at the Wateree Cotton mill, a large number of the mill workers and children enjoyed a supper at this lake on Friday afternoon. Buried in Colleton County George I). Thomas, aged 49, a veteran of the Spanish-American war, died at his home here on Wednesday, July 9, and his body was carried to Smoak's Cross Roads, in Colleton county for burial on July 11th by the Evans funeral car. Deceased is survived by his widow and nine children. A Red Twins Separated Newberry, July 12.?Elijah Sampson Franklin and Elisha Sampson Franklin, 75-year-old twins, have been separated by death. Elisha died here yesterday. Buys Hunting Preserve Columbia.?W. S. Murray engineer of Saluda dam, haa purchased 7,936 acres for $32,204 in Richland county, which he intends to use as a hunting preserve. , . c ' * - '.tt [m- * v' r **'v.'"Vr4~. - One Man Killed; Another Wounded Kershaw, July 15.-*Stephen Owens, 24, was instuntly killed when shot through the heart and hU brother, ? James, two years his senior, was i probably fatally injured in a road shooting affair between Westville and DeKalb at 11:30 Monday night. The surviving brother, barely able to mumble out the accusation, named Henry F. Clyburn, 25, of Westville, as the killer. Stephen's body was found in a parked automobile. James Owens was taken in an am?ce early today to a (Camden hosand Clyburn was parried to the ?aw county jail. , Clyburn, son of >5teve Clyburn, of Westville, was found two miles from | the killing on the Gamden highway. He was said to be badly bruised and his sleeves were torn off his shirt. No statement from him concerning the shooting was available. The officers, also, were secretive about any motive they may have discovered. The dead body of Stephen Orwons, who was married, was seen on the right side of an automobile's front seat by two Kershaw boys, Donald and Alex Williford, who came to this town and reported to Special Officer Hough and Chief of Police Mother i shed, who immediately went to the seen? with The State's correspondent. In the meantime, James Owens had crawled to a house 100, ya?4f away and had attracted the atention of the residents by his nw^ms. He feebly explained that his brother had been shot in the heart and instantly killed by ClybuWi and that he himself had been wounded, with a pistol, in the stomach and in the right leg. Here this morning there were many rumors but nothing definitely ascertained about the motive behind1' the killing and wounding of the Owens brothers. It was affimied that there had been a scuffle about the automobile but neither the officers nor the principals confirmed this belief. So far as could be determined no pistol was found on Clyburn when he was taken into custody. Clyburn in Jail At the coroner's' inquest held Tuesday afternoon at the Evans funeral home, young Clyburn was held for the killing of Owens. Dr. Carl A. West, the physician who examined the body of Stephen Owens, told that the bujlet wound which entered be-1 % low the collar bone, severed an artery and caused death. Clyburn is said to have admitted the shooting to Rural Officer J. L. Hough. No statement has been made by the (prisoner as to the cause of the difficulty. Young Clyburn is said to have been badly beaten up during the fight and his fdc? and clothing showed evidence to that effect. Former Judge Mendel L. Smith has been retained as counsel for Henry Clyburn. Funeral services over the body of Stephen Owens was held at the Evans funeral home Wednesday conducted by Rev. Blackmon, of Camden, and the remains were carried to Westville for interment. James Owens, brother of Stephen Owens, lies desperately wounded in the Camden hospital suffering from bullet wounds in the abdomen and one in the thigh. Little hope is held out for his recovery. Makes Annual Settlement The annual settlement between the Kershaw county Auditor and Treasurer was made this week through E. C. Rhodes, representing the Comptroller General's office.- Kerahaw county is said to be third in the state to make their annual se'ttie: ment. Columbian Hurt in Accident Columbia.?Perry L. Crow of, Co! lumbia, sustained a slight fracture i of the ekuli and severe bruises about his shoulders and legs when | knocked down by an autOUlbbile driven by Howard Knight of Columbia. \ Presbyterian Church Services The following are services for the week at Bethesda Presbyterian church as announced by the .pastor, Rev. A. Douglas McArn: Sunday, July <20, sermon subject, "Building Our Lim Around Beautiful Things." Sunday school 10 a. m.; morning woxsfcl? 11:16; midweek service Wednesday evening, 8:80. The public is cordially invited to all these services. . ?? - - % 5SS9S55H-S5S?-5!-?Kids For Paving J1 ('ailed For July 29 The state highway department Monday called for bids on 104 miles , standurd concrete paving, 56 miles ? of surface treatment, 04 grading pro- < jects and 15 bridge project* to be a received at the Jefferson hotel, Co- v hunbiu, July 25. This is the third I largo highwuy constructidh letting ( under the $05,000,000 bond issue and . is the third consecutive month for a major letting. Officials of the department estimate that the work included in this , meeting will cost approximately $5,- ( 250,000, or slightly more than a mil- ( lion dollars less than the United States record-breaking letting of May when the bond issue program was inaugurated. Important stretches of major high- \ ways arc included in this letting. Route 21 frofri WinnsboVo to the Richland county line?the last un^ paved section between Columbia and Charlotte?is among those listed for standard Concrete paving. Three sections of route 40, the coast line highway in Charleston, Georgetown and Horry countiee passing over the Cooper river and Santee river bridges, are to be let, completing the paved highway from Conway to Charleston. Route 1 from Cheraw to Patrick in Chesterfield county is another trunk highway which will be paved, Lancaster county: The paving with cement concrete of 17.13 mile? of route 26 from Lancaster to the Kershaw county line. Kershaw county: The paving with cement concrete of 5.999 (miles of route 26 from Boykin's mill toward Sumter. York county: The widening of three miles of route 5 from Rock Hill toward Fort Mill. Lancaster county. The construction of a reinforced concrete, structural steel and treated timber bridge on route 97 between Great Falls and Liberty Hill. Chesterfield county: The construction of reinforced concrete bridges on route 35 between Pageland and McBee. Lyttleten Street Methodist Church Services at Lyttleton Street Methodist church are announced for the week by the pastor, Rev. George Pierce Watson, as follows: Sunday, July 20, Bible school, 10:00 a. m., Mr. L. . Shaw, superintendent; Bpworth League, 7:45 p. m.; public worship, 11:15 a. m. and 8:30 p. m., conducted by the pastor. Morning theme, "Christian Stewardship." Evening theme, "The Worthwhile Life." Midweek service Wednesday, 8:30 p. m. The public is most cordially invited to ail the services of this church. Visitors are especially welcome. Come and bring your friends. Mother Sees Child Killed by Auto Rock Hill, July 12.?-While her mother, horrified, looked on, little Virginia Donohue, six-year-old daughter of Mrs. Julia Dotiehue, was struck down here and fatally injured by the automobile of^'Mrs. C. R. Durham, of Chester, yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Donehue and other eyewitnesses declared the accident unavoidable. No inquest was held, Mrs. Durham not being detained. Aged Confederate Vet Dies Columbia.?Capt. Richard CNeale, 89, Confederate veteran and former mayor of Columbia, died Saturday morning at the home of his daughter, 1110 Henderson street. He volunteered for service in the Confederate Army when 18 years of age. Old Age Claims Elephant Poughkocpsie, N. Y., July 14.?Bess has died of old age at 93. The first elephant John I*. Ringling ever owned. Bess has loomed large in the Ringling circus ever since she was captured in India 43 years ago. The I eabody museum at Yale inherits Bess. Prisoners Should Rest -Columbia.?Governor Richards although he has no authority to order that it be done has suggested to I county authorities that ohaingang I prisoners should not be allowed to labor in the middle of the day, but that work shook) ha confined to the -? - -k ' * V-' '"* * < Winter Resident Dies in Huston Pittsfteld, Mugs., July 12.?Benjanin Durant Ticknor, owner of Berkshire Inn ut Great Harrington and .'-ourt Inn ut Cumden, H. C., died ol ipinol meningitis ut the Massachusetts General Hospital, early today, do was bom ut Middlebury, Vt., Hixy-one years ago, the aon of Caleb *nd Martha Durunt Ticknor. He had been in the hot id business jver forty yeura when he retirod in 1928, having lirst been associated with his father. He wus a vestryman i)f 8t. James's ^ Episcopal Church, Great Barriilgton. Survivors are his widow, who was Constance Parker of Salem, N. Y., a sister of Representative James S. Parker, and three duughters, Mrs. Dwight Partridge of Great Harrington; Mrs. George B. C.luett, Jr., of Troy, and M.rs. Kdward B. Gaillard of New Haven, Conn. The ubove dispatch appeared in the New Y^ork Times of Sunday and will be read with genuine regret in this city, where Mr. Ticknor had made hiswinter home for more than thirty years. He had a wide acquaintance not only in this Bection and state but throughout the North and East, where 'management of his two hotels brought him in contact with noted men and women tourists from all sections. He had labored hard * in Camden and the Court Inn, one of the oldest of our tourist hotels, is a monument to his albility as a hotel man. Funeral services for Mr. Ticknor were held at 48 West Avenue, Great Barrington, Mass., on Monday at 3 o'clock, with private interment. Mr. " C. H. Yates, vice president . of the Bank of Camden, long time intimate friend of Mr. Ticknor attended tho funeral from Camden. Route Not Hettled Columbia, July IB.?The nged-in-Iocation dispute among (property owners of the Boykin Mill section on Route >26 between Sumter and Camden simmered again in the highway department yesterday when a delegation of Kershaw county citizens called at the department's offices to determine what location would be followed when tho road is paved under the J,ply 29 letting. Although the department engineers and the property owners could not agree on certain relocation problems, the department plans to receive bids on the road1 the end of the month. Baptist Church Services The following services are announced for the week at the First Baptist church: Sunday school at 10 o'clook, Mr. W. G. ^yilson, superintendent; preaching by the,pastor at 11:15 on (the subject, "The Comfort of the Holy Spirit." Evening service at 8:30, preaching by the pastor on the subject, "Felix Before Paul." Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8:30. B. Y. P. U. Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. The attendance of the B. Y. P. U. is gratifying to the pastor. In the midst of the hpt weather more than fifty wero present last Thursday evening. The prayer meeting attendance is also holding up well. The public is cordially invited to worship with us. Beaver Dam Services On Sunday, July 20th, the pastor of -Beaver Dam church, T. P. Christmas, announces a series of services will begin, first service to start at 3:30 o'clock. These services will continue through the week, morning service to be at 11 o'clock,'-evening service 7:45. Rev. L. D. Munn will assist the pastor in these meetings. The public is cordially invited to all services. Dairy Exposition The 24th National I>airy Exposition and St. Loui9 Fair will be held at St. Louis, Mo., October"11-19, 1930. It is hoped that one or moro cars will go from Kershaw~>eounty. Anyone interested in going will please notify County Agent Green. Water Tests Pure A sample of the water from the Camden Water and Light Department submitted by John W. Wilson, health officer, to the State Board of Health at Charleston, for bacterial analysis shows analysis to he nega- , tive, and indicates water to bo free k from contamination. The report is _ signed by F. L. Parker, M. D., chetn11st awl bacteriologist. ^ ftj;