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Orders Licenses For Car Drivers Five hundred thousand drivers' litvenae# and cards have been ordered by the motor vehicle division of the state highwuy department preparatory to the installation October 1 of the new South Carolina automobile drivers' law. Distribution of the licenses and collection of the fiO-cent fee will begin in September, W. V. Sutherland, director of live division, announced yesterday. The licenses, a new departure in South Carolina automotive circles, will be issued to all who hold vehicle licences this year, provided the driver is more,than 12 years of ago. Beginning January 1 an applicant for a license must stand an examination to determine his driving ability. The licenses issued this year, however, are good until 1 A license may In- revoked by the department upon its owner being convicted of driving while under the influence of whiskey or for other causes. Under the legislative act creating the highway patrol, which will be supported by money received from the drivers' licenses, and the ne\t^ licenses* clerks of court will Iw required to furnish the highway department with names of drivers who have become disqualified. Experiments with officers of the highway patrol, yet in tin* process of format ion, have proved to Mr. Sutherland that accidents, will be reduced in number and /in severity, he said yesterday, by the operation of the patrol. In one section of the state he has had- two/ patrolmen working for several weeks and only two accidents, one of them minor, have been rr ported in that time. The licenses will be .r>0 cents each except the family rate where the head of the household may secure, for one dollar, a license for each other member of his family who are between 12 and 21 years of age. The licenses and index cards are now being printed and will be delivered to the motor vehicle division next month and early in September for immediate distribution.?Wednesday's Columbia State. _ . Jury (leara Myers ,1. Herman Myers, prominent Sumter county farmer, was exonerated by a coroner's jury Wednesday afternoon of all blame in connection with he death of F.d Williams. Who died last Saturday night in a local hospital from injuries receive*! in an automobile accident on June 3rd. Williams was riding a horse on the wrong side of the Columbia highway near the Wateree River swamp late at night on June 3rd when he was struck by Mr. Myers. Mr. Myers sustained numerous cuts and bruises and his car was badly wrecked in the crash.?Thursday's Sumter Item. Mr. (leorge Dabney Dead. Mr. (leorge W. Dabney, an aged citizen of the county, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. E. Munn, in the Malvern Hill section on Monday, July 14th. He had been ill for two weeks and was K3 years of age. IIis wife predeceased him about fourteen years ago. Mr. Dabney was a good citizen and had the respect and friendship of all who knew him. He is survived by two sons and four daughters K. D. Dabney and D. L. Dabney. of Camden; Mrs. J. (I. McCaskill, Mrs. M. E. Munn, of Camden; Mrs. W. J. Horton, of Kershaw and Mrs. (1 A. Claskin, of Hoykin. The funeral services were held at Mount Olivet Baptist church, being conducted by Rev. Kelly and Rev, John Littlejohn of the Wateree Mills church. Mow Weeds in Pasture* All pastures in the county should l>o considered one of our main crops. It can bo made a very valuable crop if properly developed and cared for. Weeds should be mowed about twice each year. Try to mow them just before the seed mature enough t(i germinate next year. Two mowings a year for two years will usually kill out most weeds, the worst ones probably l>eing dog fennell and bitter weed. Oak "*proMt- anil other bru-h should t be cut down in duly. August and September. If or.e has a large pasture with sprouts and weeds it will 1 be well to get a machine known as j the Iron (b>at. Another important thing to do is to sow grass seed which are best suited to the particular pasture conditions. Most of these should be sown later in the year but if bur clover is to bo seeded it should be done in July or August. If interested in pastures please secure a Government Pasture Bulletin from the County Agent The age of Camila Thaurance, negreAt, who died (Monday at Guananamo, Cuba, is recorded as being 157 yaars. Father Searches For His Long Lost Son Kutherfortjton, July 17.?The hero | of thi? story inay or may not l>e alive. Ami hie name, if he livea, is, uncertain; the leKai surname is (?ochr#n, hut the 22-year-old youth may go under the name of Peppers, or perhaps Lawingn. His given name isWerthren. Twenty-two is the age when most men start out to seek their fortune. In this story, the fortune?no inconsiderable one?-seeks the youth. It is a story, too, of mystery, and of a father's love. It started 22 yearp ago when Mrs. ( I are nee Cochran and her four-year old son disappeared from their home in this county. She und her husband had had domestic difficulties, and Mr. Cochran believes she left him, taking their only child with her, because of the trouble. From that day to this he has never heard of either. Mr. Cochran, then was young and poor. Hut the years have brought changes. Today he is comparatively wealthy. His large prosperous farm is paid for and report has it that his money, wealth is not inconsiderable. Too, he is not so young as he once was. Already he is giving thought to the time when his wealth will be of no use to him. Who will use it then? It is his wish that the son he hasn't seen in nearly two decades shall inherit it. He wishes to will it to the boy. Hut, first, he has set out to find him. To this end he has besought the aid of the press and the radio. So far as he knows, his wife never obtained a divorce. Nor has he divorced her. He believes Mrs. Cochran died. And he thinks that, after leaving him, she took unother name, probably one of her family names, Peppers or Lawings. It is under one of these names that he expects to find his son if he does find him. Death of Mr. Rose. Mr. W. C. Rose, aged about 72, a retired farmer, died at the horn? of his brother, Mr. S. C. Rose, in the Cantey section on Wednesday of last week after a long period of ill health. Mr. Rose was a resident of Columbia for about' twenty years, but of late years had been making his home with his brother. He had never married and the brother with whom he resided is the last surviving near relative, except several nieces and nephews. The funeral and burial occurred at Flint Hill Baptist church Thursday, services being conducted by Rev, J. B. Caston and Rev. P. E. Blackmon. Surviving members of the family wish through The Chronicle to express their appreciation to neighbors and friends who had been so kind to them during the illness and death of the deceased relative. To (lean Up Cemetery. Members and friends of Sandy Grove Methodist church are requested to meet at that church on Friday, August 1, for the purpose of cleaning up the cemetery and improving the burial grounds. Street Buck lea Sumter.?The intense heat last week caused the bricks on one of Sumter's streets to suddenly buckle and rise about a foot above normal lev el. By Boat to New York Charleston. ? The Clyde-Mallory Lines have announced increased passenger >ervice from Charleston, S. C.. to New York. This means three sailings a week from Charleston. /\ i it" 111 pi i4i ivoif i imiuincr. Lake City.?For the second time in ten days robbers attempted to enter the post office at I^ake City. In the first robbery money and stamps worth approximately $'20 were secured. A reward of $'2f> is offered for apprehension of the guilty party or parties. Over n year ago this office was entered by robbers. Strongly Against Lynching. Columbia.?In a letter to the man-' ager of the I'nited Press Association Governor Richards said that ho has used every power at his command since becoming governor of South Carolina to prevent lynchings. He declares there is no justification for "re-ort to such illegal practices." S. C. Guards ltrenk Camp. Columbia.?After two weeks of intense military training at Camp Jackson. the 118th infantry of the S. C. National Guard broke camp Sunday morning to make way for the 116th Field Artillery of the Florida National Guard which arrived at camp about nine o'clock Sunday morning. The members of the 118th infantry soldiered like veterans. Three children are dead and six are seriously sick in Detroit, Mich., from eating tainted meat last Sunday. Drinks His Toast at' "Last Man's Club" Stillwater, Minn., July 21.?nA wcar> old soldier sipped a touat of' bright Burgundy today, faithfully filling hi# covenant with the dead ami writing the final chapter in the nag" "f the last man's club. About the loiig table which had Charley lockwood at its head, stood vacant chairs, each with a bow of black, as the H7-year-old veteran 1 of the Civil war drank wine in memory of his comrades, fulfilling a vow of 45 years' standing. His thin face touched with an expression of deep solemnity as Lock wood repeated a ?bit of venyy j and poured from the bottle set aside at the organization meeting of the club a swallow of the amber liquid. He quaffed it as the members had decreed when they first met July 21, 1885, to observe the anniversary of the battle of Bull Run in which they fought together, , ? hach year there was a reunion and each year there were more vacant I chairs hut today was the first when I only one veteran appeared. With j his promise kept, Lockwood closed j the records of the club and prepared to return to his home at Ohamberlin, S. I)., for no longer will there be i reunions?the destiny of the organi- | -/.ation has been reached. But Lockwood made one unexpect- 1 ed discovery as he drank from the | prize set aside for the winner of the race with death. The Burgundy tasted as it should. It was neither sour, nor vinegar-like as it was sup- j posed to be. Peter Hall, who was next to the last man, could not restrain his curiosity and sampled the wine three years ago announced that it had turned to vinegar. Lockwood had concluded that the Burgundy, like the honor which 'he i and his comrades had looked forwadr to so long, had turned sour. [ But after the ceremony he said instead he found it excellent. He | turned over the bottle with most of its contents intact to the Stillwater library for preservation. Completing the pattern for the ceremony, so carefully laid out long ago, Lockwood addressed his simple toast to "My Comrades," and then repeated a verse read at its first meeting. His voice rang out clearly in the dining room wihich stands on the site of the banquet hall where the initial meeting was held. "The camp fire smoulders?ashes i fall; "The clouds are black athwart the sky; "No tap of drums, no bugle call; "Mv comrades, all, good-bye." Then he took up the bottle and drank as cheers from the roomful of old pioneers, friends, widows of for mcr club members, and relatives were given him. Next to him sat Mrs. Samuel Bloomer, widow of the color bearer of Company B, first Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, of which the club members were all former members. It was with this unit they all volunteered in answer to Lincoln's first call on April, 1861, serving through four years of warfare. losing more than half of their numbers at Gettysburg. Kills Husband, Son and Self. Geneva, 111., July 21.?A farmer's wife, driven to despair by financial worries, killed her husband and 18\ear old son with an axe today, set fire to their home and then ended her own lile by slashing her throat with a razor. The victims were Charles A. Anderson. 55, a Kane county farmer, Willis, the son, and Mrs. Anderson, aged 49. Death at Mill Villas. Mrs. Ethel Johnson, aged 38 years, died at her home in the Hermitage Mill village Wednesday morning. Mrs. Johnson was the wife, of Mr. J. C. Johnson and is survived by her husband and four children. The funeral and burial occurred at Hermitage church Thursday afternoon with services in charge of Rev. P. E. Blackmor.. Frank (ioldsborough, 20, whose father. It* n o (ioldsborough. lost his life ?overa 1 years ago in an attempted transatlantic tlight. died at Bennington. Vermont. Wednesday from injii'ies received in an airplane crash that occurred last Monday. EYES EXAMINED 1 and Glasses Fitted THE HOFFER COMPANY JfweWn and Optometricta Larger Enrollment Seen in The County Kershaw county has probably enrolled its largest number of voters in history, according to the books of enrollment that have been returned to The Chronicle office so far. Not all are in yet and it is not possible for this paper to give a complete list from all club precincts. It is likely that some 6,000 voters have placed their names on the Democratic club rolls throughout the city and county, against 5,362 for 1026. With such names to appear on the ticket as; Grover Welsh, Henry Mcleod, John Lee, Team Gettys, Jim Belk, Norman Richards, Newt Kelly, Wiley Hogue, Harney Sparrow, D. W. Ogburn, "Willie" Moore, Hob MeCaski 11, Crawford Arnett, Arthur Moseley, "Mattie" West, Rex Jones, Bennie Smith, Clem Brown, Charlie Blyther, Fred Bryant, and numerous other candidates scattered throughout the magisterial districts, as well as those seeking the office of county director, this unusually large enrollment seems natural. There will be a mad scramble in the first primary to get these voters to the polls and from now the result will be watched with interest.. An intensive drive on the part of the newspapers of this county, the candidates and political enthusiasts hus had its reward. The heavy enrollment of the Camden club is due primarily to the efforts of Charles Villepigue, who was designated by the enrollment committee to make a personal canvass of the city and there were only a few he missed. In fact it was almost a complete enrollment, the number reaching the grand total of 1,337?far greater than ever before. The figures for Camden and the county precincts so far reported and compared with the enrollment four years ago appears below: 1926 1<>30 Camden 1,142 1,337 Lockhart 132 86 Ned's Cree'k 126 126 Enterprise 48 53 Rabon's Cross Roads.. 103 121 Cassatt 139 107 Gates Ford 78 56 Three C's 182 237 Roland 33 40 Hermitage 204 263 Kershaw 337 4101 Antioch 141 174 Salt Pond 123 79 Charlotte Thompson . . 103 104 Pinetree 76 81 Team Quit The Field. On Saturday the Camden baseball team forfeited the game with Lancaster on the local grounds in the sixth inning with the score 5 to 1 in favor of the locals after a Camden man was injured. Th? Camden boys claimed that they had no one to replace the injured man. A pitcher who had been taken out of the game volunteered to take the injured man's place, but after an argument over the right of a man to re-enter the game after being taken out, the Camden boys left the field. Manager William Smart said that he would have permitted the pitcher to play provided that Camden would agree not to protest the game, but that Camden would not do this. The feature of the six-inning game was a home run by Bolton in the fifth inning. His homer was a terrific drive over the left field fence.?Lancaster News. Small Pleads Guilty; Five Year Sentence As this paper went to press last Thursday the court was engaged in the case of Robert Small charged with the murder of Price Johnson in the Buffalo section of the county on Sunday, June 22, after an argument. The court had appointed Attorneys W. L. DePass, Jr., and B. M. Smith to represent Small. After the jury had been drawn and the case entered into, the attorneys representing ! Small held a conference with Solicitor Spigner and Small was allowed to j > plead guilty to a charge of man- j slaughter. Judge Townsend sentenced i Small to serve five years f the 1 crime. Small is a married mar. with a ; wife and five small children. L. F. Butler and his wife are held j in the Gaston county jail at Gastonia ! in connection with the death in a Charlotte hospital Tuesday night of Miss Grace Whitaker, mill worker of \ I j M ount Holly. The police charge the girl's death as due to a severe beating ' j at the hands of Mrs. Butler. Butler is j alleged to be the father of a child ! given birth by the Whitaker girl. Mrs. Beverly O. Allen is held in jail at Columbus, Ga., on a charge of Killing Anthony B. King, 49, secretary of the Columbus Elks. She admits fighting in his apartment at the club Sunday night, hut claims that King l was alive when she left for home. Bank Bandits Die For Murder of Four! Canon City, Colo., July 19.?George J. Abshier an<l Howard L. Royston went to their deaths on the ^tate prison gallows last night for the slaying of four men in connection with the robbery of the First Nation- 1 al Bank of Lamar in May 1928. The double hanging left Jake Fleagle, a fugitive, the only member of the small band of ruthless killers who were sought* thoroughout the United States for more than a year after the robbery. Ralph Fleagle, repute^ bandit leader, was hanged a fortnight ago. Prison officials asked the condemned slayers, recently baptized in the Catholic faith, if they had any preference in the order in which they died. "I'll go," Abshier said and was taken to Royston's cell for a farewell. A'bshier was pronounced dead at 9:53 p. m., Royston dying an hour later. In the Lamar holdup, A. N. Par- I ish, president of the bank, and his son, John, were slain by the quartet. Two tellers Were kidnaped and later the body of one, E. A. Kessinger, was found. He had been murdered to still his tongue, it was revealed later. Royston bad been wounded in an exchange of shots in the bank before Parrish and his son were shot down, and Dr. W. W. Wininger of Dighton, Kas., was called to treat his wounds. The doctor's body was found some time later. He had been killed by a shotgun charge in the back of his head. Kills White Man. Aiken. ? After killing Wesley. Hughes, a white man about 48 years old, at his home in the lower <part of Aiken county, Wednesday night, Horace Dixon, 23, walked three miles and surrendered to a magistrate, stating, it is understood, that he acted in defense of his home. Dixon used a shotgun as a weapon, .but instead of discharging it, used it as a club. Death of Mrs. Cureton. * | Mrs. M. C. Cureton, beloved <,rdl venerable woman, of Liberty Hill! died iit the home of her son, a. ! Cureton at that place Sunday morj.B ing. She was 88 years of age and hjl been in feeble health for a number^B years. She Aas a lifelong resident Liberty Hill and before marriage wgB Miss Mary Cunningham. Survivbl her are five sons?<]V. S. Cureton uiB J. B. Cureton, of Camden; J. C. Cu.(.B toil, of Chester; A. C. Cureton, Liberty Hill, and E. B. Cureton tfB Monroe, N. C. Two brothers aUoior-B vive, W. A. Cunningham of liberty! Hill and T. J. Cunningham of Qxettrl Funeral and burial occurred at liber. I ty Hill on Monday at 3 o'clock. Chicago's school department is I again without funds with whitbtol pay the 13,000 school teachers ItolB salaries are three weeks past due, Attention, Men! We will be glad to have you fttUnB tin,' Men's Bible Class at the BaptB | church on Sunday morning, at lB o'clock. We will have an interestiiB speaker for the day. Don't fail tB . come, as you will miss somethaiB worth while. I T. C. Gladden, Secretary, fl I CAROLINA INN 1 Room and board weekly $8.00 I i Room and board monthly $32.00 I Also apartments for rent I Twenty minutes' drive froa I Chimney Rock j Address: CAROLINA INN | 803 N. Main Street j Rutherfordton, N. C. NO-MO-KORN I FOR CORNS AND CALLOUSffl I Made in Camden And For Sals By j DeKalb. 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T 1 R Kjj HASTY'S BATTERY SERVICE ( N , ' Corner DeKLalb and Church Strteto * a : CAMDEN, 3. C. ^ - ?- . ? , MEMBj.