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l^jhjl^amden Chronicle NUMBER 18 I Man and Horse Dead Two Men Injured A colored man, James Carlos, about # years of age, was kiled and two lershaw men were injured on Sunday evening about seven miles north of Camden, near Shamokin, when the Kurd tudor sedan in which the two white men from Kershaw were riding struck the horse and'buggy in which the colored man turned out into highway 2C> in front of the machine. The white men, Jeff Horton, who operates a filling station at Kershaw and N. L. Gunter, who is chief mechanic at the Clyburn Motor Company, received cots from the broken glass and were' taken to the Camden^: hospital for treatment. Mr. Gunter is said to have suffered a bad cut on the tongue and other flesh cuts, while Mr. Horton was cut about the head with glass. Neither was hurt seriously but their injuries' are said to be painful. Carlos is said to have driven into the highway from the old Lockhart roarhaWhieh runs parallel with the paved road and the sedan was headed north towards Kershaw from Camden. It is said "the horse and buggy was crossing ^he road when struck. I A gruesome sight lay in the wake of the tragedy as the horse which was struck lay on the paved road | vjtib its flesh horribly mangled. For-1 ifme steps from where the horse' lay was a portion of the clothing m by Carlos. ^ The distance was Kuured by Sheriff McLeod of Camden. The colored lftan, James Car-! lot, was killed instantly and he, too, 1 wu badly mangled ? nearly every ' bone in his body being broken. Por| tions of the buggy were strewn along the highway. Carlos is said to have been returning from a visit to a sick friend when the accident happened. Carlos was a well known and well liked negro. Be resided in the large | two-story frame building on the Knights Hill road. He had- a large number of friends of both races .who regret his tragic death. | An inquest was held Monday mornI ing and the verdict of the jury was | to the effect that the accident was unavoidable. Carlos was traveling without a light on his buggy and the driver of the car could not see the horse and vehicle until too late to avoid striking him. Left Large* Family Connection. James M. Carlos was born in Camden and had resided here all of his life and leaves his widow, Anna Dabbs CnrloB, and eight children, James W. Carlos, of Worcester, Mass.; Robert Carlos, of Camden; John E. Oarlos, William M. Carlos, Marcellus L. Carlos, Jessie R. Carlos, Freddie L. Carlos, all of New York city; and Selena A. Cannon of New Jersey. He is also survived by two sisters, A. Stewart and Mary Williams, both of Camden.;, Lyttleton (Street Methodist Church Services for the week at Lyttleton Street Methodist chprch are announced by the pastor", Rev. George Pierce Watson, as follows: Sunday, ^ly 27, Bible school, 10:00 a. m., L- C. Shaw, superintendent; Ep*orth League, 7:48 P- m,; public worH:lb a- m. and 8:80 p. m. qonocted by the pastor; morning th^me, How Many 'Cylinder*' Has tfour Evening them^, "The T*urof Life.*' 'Midweek service, "ednesday, 8:80 p. m. The public is cordially invited to all the serof this church. Visitors are especially welcome. Come and bring ^?Ur friends. serijli !*rs.on was Wiled and two a boiwy ,lnjured the explosion of X r c* i a ,8awmiU near Columbus, | ' oaturday. Colored Pythians Stage Big Parade The Grand Lodge Knight# of Pythias, Grand Court of Calanthe and ] Uniform ltank (colored) of South , Carolina held a four-day session in Camden this week, and came to a cloae Wednesday with a mammoth , parade, headed by Juliua A. Brown, , Grand Chancellor, of Charleston. ' , The informal opening was held < Monday night, being called to order , by Chairman John tS. Myers. Welcome i addresses were made by Mayor Rob- j ert M. Kennedy, Jr., in behalf of the city, and H. G. Carrison, Jr., in be- ; half of the county citizens. Other ] speakers on the program were: <S. M. MoCollum, for Trinity church; ( Rev. B. F. Bradford for the churches; i Rev. T. J. Williams for the Knights; , R. H. Haile for the Uniform Rank; . I I. B. English for the business men j Prof. P. B. Mdodana for the schools. The sessions of the Knights were held at Trinity M. E. church and the Court sessions were held at Mt. Moriah. Tents were erected at Jackson school grounds for the Uniform Rank. ( | It is estimated that some fifteen ( Hundred colored people, representing the highest type of their race were in Camden. It was quite a problem to house this number of visitors, but when it is stated that Camden has probably the largest number of colored home owners to be found in the state, homes enough were found for ; all. John S. MyerB was the chairman, and he was ably assisrted by James A. Bates, secretary, R. D. Belton, treasurer, and Klise Myers, assistant secretary. There were various other committees who did their part well and the visitors had a great time in Camden. The parade staged Wednesday afternoon down Broad street was more than a mile in length and was led by two bands. Mounted Knights, many afoot and decorated automobiles of every make made up the parade. In the forefront of the published program Rev. J. W. Boykin, pastor of Mt,. Moriah Baptist church, was dele-1 gated to write a short historic sketch of Camden and he closed with the following words: "No town in the state nnd even in the South, can boast of a higher type of colored citizens, nor is there a more friendly and liberal spirit shown by white citizens anywhere.w Anderson was selected as the meeting place next year. ' ' <: Reynolds-Green. Mr. and Mrs. A- F. Atkinson, of n?*r Camden, announce thq faarriage of their daughter, Mildred "Martha Reynolds, to Mr. Louie Green, of Greenville, S. C. The marriage was performed by Probate Judge Smith at Bishopville on July 6th, The bride is a recent graduate of the Antioch "high sehool. Earl Carroll Again New York.?Earl Carroll, known as the big drapery and undrapery ex^ pert of Broadway producers, two and a half years out of Atlanta prison, whither he was sent as an aftermath of his famous bathtub party, ran up against police department show censorship again Wednesday. While a matinee crowd guffawed and sniggered over the broad humor-of the latest "Vanities," the eighth of that series, and craned their necks to see as much as possible of the sparingly garbed show girls, a squad of policemen quietly entered the New Amsterdam theater on 42nd street, went back j stage and informed the stage manag er that a raid was in progress. Two ' hours later they left the theater with eight girls and one of the stars, Jimmie Savo, in tow. Llewellyn named state commander Informantion from the Columbia K?cord office Thursday afternoon states that at the annual State contention of the American Legion, A. Stanley Llewellyn, of Camden, a ^mber of Lsroy Belk Poet, was unanimously . named state commander ' '0T the ensuing year. Tfcia will .be pleasing news to bis ^?*t of friends In Camden where be J* nude himself wy popular, since ** *"tdenee In Camden. Mr. Ilew ellyn is superintendent of the Wa- ! teree Mills, of the Kendall Company. He is a native of Arlington, Mass., and a graduate of Dartmouth College class of 1&15, where he worked his way through college. He is 4ti years of age and served as first lieutenant in the ordinance corps. His name was put in nomination by Morris C. Lump Id n, of the Richland Poet, of Columbia, and seconded by Judge Meilsl L. Smith, of Camden. State's Population 1,732,271 Souls Columbia, July 21.?South Carolina a population was announced today as 1,782,271. The increase since 1920 was 48,647, or 2.9 per cent. Charleston remained the largest city in the state with a population ')/ 62,123 but the margin between the seaside city and its nearest rival, Columbia, was cut considerably as Charleston showed a decrease and 1 Columbia a heavy increase.' The cap. ital city's population is 50,201. Greenville and Spartanburg, with 29,OKI and 28,643 inhabitants re- < spectively, came third and fourty, Greenville, however, had a census of its "metropolitan area" giving it j 63,772 people. Columbia's Chamber of Commerce claimed for '^Greater Columbia" a 70,704 population. The Piedmont section of the state ! had the greatest growth, but much ' of the farming country, particularly in the east, had a decrease. Only two courvties, both in the Piedmont, had more than 100,000 people. Greenville county had 117,-; 004, barely nosing out Spartanburg j county which had 116,277. Charles-, ton county dropped from 108,460 in 1920 to 99,668 in 1930. May Ivoee Solon | Washington, July 21.?Announce -1 ment by the census bureau today of South Carolina's population 1,732,271, an increase of 48,647 or 2.9 peT cent, indicates that state may lose one of its delegation ocf seven representatives in the re-apportionment of , the House of Representatives. This change may result in the state of Washington gaining an additional representative, , as forecast by the House census committee on the basis j of estimated populations. South Carolina had not been ex-; pected to lose any of its delegation, J but its population increase in the last ten years did not come u? to i previous estimates The state's population as of January 1 this year was placed by the House census committee at 1,896,000. The actual population fell 164,000 short of that mark. Sheep Raisers' Picnic Farmers of Kershaw county who are interested in sheep are cordially invited to attend a sheep producers' picnic near Winnsboro July 31. Those interested in going are requested to see County Agent Green. Death of Young Man. Leon Miles, nineteen years of age, a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. P^iles ofnear White's Pond, in the Blaney section, died at the Camden hospital Wednesday after an illness lasting about one week. He had contracted i typhoid fever. Young Miles was a graduate of Blaney High School this i year, and his death was the first break in a family tie of twelve children. The body of the young man is being held at the Evans Funeral Home in this city awaiting the arrival of a brother from Detroit, and the funeral and burial will probably be held Saturday at St. Paul ""Methodist church in West Wateree. Manager at Orangeburg. Howard E. Cannon, a native of Spartanburg county, is in Orangeburg, where he comes as manager of the Southern Cotton Oil Company. Mr. Cannon has been cashier of the company's plant at Camden for the past five years, and his promotion to manager of the Orangeburg plant is gratifying to his friends.?Orangeburg Times-Democrat. Death of Colored Woman. Shrah Doby, the widow of the late Benjamin Doby, many years employed ns the porter at the Camden Country Club, died at her home on Church street Monday morning, July 21, at 6:30 o'clock after an illness of several weeks. She had been in declining health for two years. She came to Camden from Boston more than thirty years ago and had made many friends, both white and colored, who mourn her passing. She is survived by one daughter, Laura D. Spaulding. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon from Trinity M. E. church with the Rev. S. M. MoCollum and Rev. B. F. Bradford saying the funeral rites. Her daughter and son wish to express through The Chronicle their appreciation to friends at both races who contributed so much to her comfort during her lnte illness. , , ,.i. ?L . . 1_J. .. . The Baron DeKalb Opens September Mr. W. A Mason, Jr., originally from MeCormick, S. C., but who more I recently has been teaching at Powder i Springs, GaM has come to -Camden to I be superintendent of Baron DeKalb < consolidated schools in District number 14. Mr. Mason is a graduate of ( Cieimon Colege und has had five , years experience in teaching. He ] comes to this school highly recom- mended. Tins new school, with its large , building now under construction 1 J. Gary Martin, Clinton contractor, will be a consolidation of Ptedmont, C-antey, DeKalb, Whitty, Lockhart, Westville, Truesdale, Flat Rock and possibly other smaller schools, with a total enrollment estimated at 300 pupils, who will be transported to and from the schools -by trucks. Comprising the board of trustees of this school will be the chairmen of some of ^he old schools,- and the names are as follows: K. C. Etters, chairman; P. A. McDowell, secretary; J. C. Hilton, N. P. Workman, W. M. Gladden and S. W. Hornsby, The new school building will hardly be finished before Noverwber, but the old Clyburn homestead, the property of the late Captain L. L. Clyburn, located nearby, will be put in shape, *ith fire escapes and all conveniences to be used temporarily while the new building is being completed. The remainder of the teaching faculty has not been named as yet. This will be one of the most 'modern school buildings in the rural districts and will accomodate pupils from a wide and populous territory. Head Hits Pole; Man is Injured Frank Sullivan, young white man, who has engaged in many boxing exI hibitions, was taken to the Camden Hospital iSunday afternoon, quite badly injured from his head coming in contact with an electric light pole, j The accident occurred when a Ford | ruttusier driven by John Burns, failed. to make a turn while travelipg south j on Fair street near the corner of De- j Kalb and Fair. There were six yottUg j people riding in the car?two on the! front seat, two on the rumble sent I and one standing on each running J board when the car sideswiped the pole. One of his ears was almost completely torn off and a rough jagged gash was sustained to one of his legs. The car which he fell from drove on quite a distance 'before realising the accident. In the meantime 'Sullivan was picked up by a passing motorist and taken to the Camden hospital where surgical treatment was given him and at last reports he was rapidly improving! New Acts Have Arrived The new acts of the 1930 general assembly have arrived and magistrates throughout the county entitled to a copy can get same by calling at'" the office of Clerk of Court James H. Clyburn. 'Chester Man May Not Recover. Chester.?Ernest L. Park of Chester was found on a street in Richmond, Va., in an unconscious condition Saturday, and it. is believed that! he was knocked unconscious, and then robbed, according to information received in Chester. His chances of recovery are slim. Evangelistic Services at Mt. Pisgah Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, with Rev. M. B. Gunter, pastor, announces evangelistic services to begin Sunday morning, July 27th, at 11 o'clock, and continuing through the following j Sunday, with services both morning j and evening. Everyone is cordially j invited to attend these meetings. Presbyterian Church Services. Sunday, July 27th. A. Douglas McI Am, Pastor. Sermon subject: "Loving Things that Cannot Make Us Happy." Morning worship at 11:15; Sunday school 10 a. m. ;Mid-Weblf*vfeervico Wednesday everting 8:30. You are cordially invited to all these services. ' Commenced Building."vMrs. E. E. Hoolnnd, project leader, of the Home Demonstration Club, announces that the building of the camp house at Childers Mill has been commenced and requests The Chronicle to state that the Club members would appreciate any help their friends would contribute. * * t;' Bright Prospects 'i For Future Farming ' That certain farmers are taking hold of the balanced fanning pro- 1 gram is evidenced by so many pure I bred bulls and hogs coming into the < :ounty. , Six fine registered Hereford bulla 1 are now located in different parts' 1 of the county. Mulberry plantation, 1 near Camden, has two; Mr. T. K. * Trotter has one on his farm near 1 Liberty Hill; Mr. L. P. Thompson is 1 getting one to be located at Liberty 1 Hill and Mr. John L. Weeks recently ' purchased one for his white face 1 herd on Knights Hill road where he ' has about 60 head. There are over 1 100 at Mulberry farm. Over a dozen dairy bulls, Guern- ' seys and Jerseys, have been placed over the county, while the pure-bred boars and gilts are boing located in nearly every main section of the ' county. v Mr. W. L. llunnicutt, Camden, Koutc 2, has a splendid start in dairy cattle. His herd is headed by a highly bred Guernsey bull from the Gettys dairy farm near Lugoff. Mr. Leo Moseley, Camden, Route 2, has a good start with Jerseys. He^ is using an outstanding Jersey Messrs. W. C. Seagle, R. C. Jones, E. T. Pearce, Sam Russell, K. C. Etters, and Mr. MeKinnon, of near Bethune, nil ar^ using pure-bred bulls to develop their dairy herds. Mrs. Charlie Boineau, Boykin, now has a start with Duroc hogs. She has about 40 head and plgns to put in a highly-bred male Duroc. Pr. A. W. Humphries is making headway with his Durocs. MesWs. W. C.* Seagle and T. K. Trotter have splendid pure-bred Poland China boars.. Dr. So we 11 and Mulberry plantation have outstanding Hampshires. Mr. Trotter has some fine pure bred j sheep. Mr, Bolivar D. Boykin ' is I feeding out 126 hogs under Clemson's plan and will put them In Kershaw' county's first hog shipments this fall. ^ Mr. W. T. Holley and SOPB, Mt. Pisgah section, are doing well with 0. I. C. hogs. Mr. Holley has the six prettiest mules the County Agent has seen in the county. Mr. Henry B. Gaskin, Westville, has some extra good Berkshires. Mr. M. G. King, , Bethune, is making good with his Jerseys, while ,Mr. W. L. Miles at Blaney is developing his dairy and poultry work in good shape along with his- crop farming. Space will not permit listing here 4-H Club boys who have pure-bred pigs and calves nor corn, etc. But these will receive publicity later. Splendid sweet potato crops are to be seen in all parts of the county. Corn and cotton crops are in good condition generally and the corn crop is extra large which evidences the intention of farmers to produce more food and feed at home, which is a phase of the county's agricultural program. P armers in general who applied sweetened poison as outlined have! very light infestation of weevils while meat of those who did not poison stand a big chance of heavy weevil damage. It is very encouraging, however, to note the- general spirit of the people to cooperate with the county agent in the county's program for better and safer farming. This spirit of cooperation is shorwn by the large number of farmers in the various contests, the large number 4-H Club boys, the large number of farmers who are using poison to control the weevils, the number of farmers who are developing livestock business with purebred bulls, boars and gilts. If this same spirit of cooperation continues to develop, it is believed that the County's farm income can be doubled in about four years. Our cotton crop brought only about a million and a quarter dollars last year. Green county, Tennessee, had a farm income laatr*yenr of over ten million dollars and Lancaster county had $32,000,000.00. We tan and will double our income if we wi# all continue to cooperate and develop a safer system of farming?which Rome of our farmers are beginning to do. Let's all of us get our farms to making a living for the people and livestock and balance the system of farming. Let's talk It over. Please be getting something ready for the fair, November 6, 7, 8, is the request of County Agent Henry D. Green. - u , us Running Gun Fight; Dfiicers und Thieves 'J he Cadillac sedan of Miss tyinjJ?*Chan?ps wus stolen from its parking place in front of the Des champs home on Warren street shortly after 1:30 o'clock this afterioon. Miss DesChaiwps parked the ar in front of the house shortly ifter ono and at 1:30 it was noticed here neighbors. A few minutes atej is disappeared. It is believed that a tramp stole the machine, a notorist who passed the house shortly after one o'clock reporting that he saw an unkempt white man sitting on the curb nearby studying a road map.?Saturday's Sumter Item. Within two hours after the above car was stolen in Sumter, Chief of Police Hilton was standing on a corner talking with Officer Henry Horton and saw the car pass. Commandeering an automobile owned and driven by Mr. W. I). Matthews, the police gave chase and overtook the two thieves at the top of the hill near the Pomcroy home. Driving in front of them they were ordered to atop, but instead they cut around the police car and sped onward. They were again overtaken near Sanders' Creek bridge and the officers opened f?re on the tires. One of the men on the front seait of the car jumped to the rear seat and commenced firing at the police car from the side window. The running fight continued to Westville, in the meantime the man in the stolen car had smashed the rear glass and was firing from this point. Officer Hilton finally succeeded in puncturing a'rear 'tire And the stolen car was stopped near Westville, where the two tbievee made for the woods. Being out of ammunition the officers stopped at R. L. Bell's store for shot guns, and rejoined the chase on foot, tracking the men for more than three miles to a farm house near the Lockhart road, Where the men had ordered a meal. Reinforcements had been asked from Kershaw and Camden and soon Sheriff J. H. McLeod and Deputy G. F. Cooley from Camden and Chief Mbthershed and Rural Officer J. k,. Hough, from Kershaw, arrived. The house was surrounded, but the men still showed fight and it was only after being covered with pistols by Cooley and' Hilton that they dropped their guns and surrendered. The men had taken a circuitous route by way of iBishopville and then to Camden and had attempted to cross the Wateree river tojl bridge but did not have the fare.' It was coming through Camden that proved their undoing and resulted in their capture. Both cars .bore evidence of the exchange of shots. The radiator of the police car was punctured and the rear tire of the Cadillac as well as the gas tank was struck. The men were lodged in the couniy jail and gave their names as William Seywell and Robert Morris of New York state. They were kept in Camden until Sunday morning when the owner of the car accompanied by Officers Dollard and Norris, of Summer, oame to Camden and carried the pair back to Sumter. In that city they will be tried for the theft of the car. After Sumter county . gets through with them warrants for assaulting an officer awaits them in this county. The officers worked fast and efficiently and deserve the commendation of all in capturing these two dangerous criminals who gave their ages at around eighteen years of age. Camden Baptist Church. The following services are announced for the week at the First Baptist Church: Sunday school at 10 o clock, Mr. W. G. WUson, superintendent. Preaching by the pagjor at 11:15 and 8:30. "The Lost Boy" will be the subject at both morning, and evening hour. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8:30. The public is cordially invited to worship with us. Potato Growers A new disease known as stem nema (Tylenchus dipsaci) is threatening the sweet potato industry. The characteristic effect is a thin brown layer under the skin. Farmers of Kerahaw county are rtf eeted to ?*? amine sweet potatoea and advise County Agent Green if any are found with a thin brown layer Jut under the skin- This !e fcijNrdme in cooperation with the 'lBuuaa ef tlant Industry, U. S. D. Washington. - * ? : ''' ?