The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 25, 1930, Image 1
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.
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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.
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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.
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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. * *
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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.
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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.
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