The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 15, 1930, Image 8
ttethune News Notes
Told by Correspondent
Bcthune, S. C., Auk. J#.-?-The Bethune
Mercantile Company store was
broken Into sometime during * last
Thursday night un<i u considerable
amouht of goods wan stolen. The
thieves entered by breaking-the plate
glass door at the front of the store.
Two negroes have been arretted and
lodged in the Camden jail, being ?us*
peeled of the robbery.
Mr. and Mia. L. M. Best, Mrs. A.
K. MeLuurin ami Misses Mary lyoui^e
McLauriit and Lizzie Davis left Monday
afternoon for New York city, Niagara
Falls and other placoa of interest.
Miss Stella Bethune has gone on a
northern tour, joining the party in
Savannah. (
Messrs. A. B. MrLaurin and G. E.
I'arrott spent lust week at Bluff ton
on a fishing trip.
Mrs Dor man <*f Campobello was the
guest of friends here lust Thursday
night ?nd Friday.
Mrs. l/ov? Hear on and Miss Malloy
Hearon are visiting Mrs. Aull in
Winrwsboro.
Mrs. <J. F. Brant is spending somelime
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Wurd.
Miss Lucy Dunn and Mr. Bill Dunn
of Newberry are visiting Miss Willie
Kate Clyburit.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Foster and children
spent the week end in Spartanbutg
county with relatives.
M rs. J. A. Graham and daughter,!
Miss Sophie of Spring Hill were
guests of relatives here for several
days last week.
Miss Zetu Dunn of Hartsville is
visiting Miss Margaret Hearon.
Messrs. W. It. 1 to icier, John Bethune
and It. L. Church attended the
American I>egion banquet in Camden
recently.
Mr. and Mrs. W. It. Ito/.ier and Mr.
Z. P. Gordon have been visiting relatjves
in Charlotte.
Miss Marie Horton of Kershaw is
the guest of Mrs. looting Davis.
Arrest Two More in Dennis Case
Columbia-?Walter Maree, a white
man, and Joseph Singleton, negro,
have been arrested by officers in connection
with. the';-4>ennis case. Maree
has been placed in the state penitentiary
and Singleton has been placed
in the Calhoun county jail for safe
keeping. Officers did not divulge in
what connection they were held.
IMca is Denied.
Efforts of L. I). Jennings to secure
the release of his client, Frank E.
Jennings, from the Sumter county
jail, where he is held as an accessory
before the fact in i'ne murder of Ezra
Hodge, failed yesterday when a habeas
corpus motion was overruled by
Associate Justice Eugene S. Blease
of the state supreme court.
The hearing on the motion was
taken up shortly after 1 1 o'clock
Monday morning in Columbia and the
ruling was represented by Solicitor
F. A. McLeod and Jennings by L. D.
Jennings.? Tuesday's Sumter Item.
Martins Worry Greenwood Folk
Greenwood?Thousands of martins
who have roosted in Greenwood during
the past few weeks have become
a problem to county game warden G.
T. l/omax, who wants to get rid of
them and doesn't know exactly how
to go about it.
Want South Carolina Help
Savannah, (la.?A committee of .">
selected by Georgia growers, has
been directed to seek the assistance
of South Carolina cooperatives in an
effort to stabilize the tobacco market.
Redrying Plants I'rged
Columbia.?J. Clifton Rivers, state
warehouse commissioner, is of the
belief that farmers of South Carolina
could find a solution of the tobacco
price problem nnd could more or less
regulate the weed's price level by establishing
co-operative re-drying
plants, store the hogsheads of dried
tobacco in state warehouses, and get
SO percent advances on the-stored tobacco.
For House of Representatives.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for the House of Representatives
from Kershaw county, subject
to the rules governing the Democratic
primary election. I pledge my best
services in the interest of every citizen
of the county. I will appreciate
the votes of all.
WADE H. JONES.
I Bet ter known by many as Cattle
Tick Jones.)
Still in The Race.
1" 'he \ oters of I'pper Division of
\\ atcroc Township:
I ha\?- been undergoing an operation
in the Baptist hospital in Columbia.
and have Den unable to get out
amon_' the v??t.? > > I am itow rapidly
recovering It has come to my attention
that it i- reported that 1 will not
make the rata- f?<r Magistrate. I am
st !1 a candidate for Magistrate, and
will appreciate aev support given me
in my race.
C. A. BRANHAM.
What Mrs. Brenninger of N.Y.
Says About Rat Poison.
"Tried preparations that kill rats,
but RAT-SNAP is the only one that
prevents disagreeable odors after
killing. Also like RAT-SNAP because
it comes in handy cakes, no mixing
with other food. You don't have to
dirty your hands, it's the best for
household use." Try RAT-SNAP.
Three sizes, 36c, 66c, $1.25. Sold and
guaranteed by Zemp A De-Pass,
Druggists, Camden, 5. C.
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This State's Crops
Best Anywhere
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William I'. Ktchiaon "'id family
have just returned from a two weeks'
motor trip through the central West,
having gone through 11 states, all
being in the drought and blistering
heat area with the exception of Wisconsin,
says the Columbia State of
Tuesday.
In speaking of the distressing crop
Mtoaiion in tbes^slaler as witnessed
on this trip, Jot. Etc hi son made
the following comments: "Just before
leaving on this trip 1 traveled
through the central and lower sections
of South Carolina and on the
trip out we went through the western
section of the state. With the one exception
of Wisconsin, we did not see
crops anywhere that would in any
way compare with those in South
Carolina. In some states visited we
were told thut no rain sufficient to
wet the ground hud fallen since last
March. Throughout Kentucky, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, West. Virginia and
Virginia the trees are dying in the
forests ami for rnjes and miles along
fine paved highways through sections
that normally are very prosperous
the crops stand dead in the fields and
vegetation has the appearance of late
fall after killing frosts. The corn belt,
from four to six weeks later than our
section, has been heat and drought
scarred right at the most critical period
in the formation of the grain,
leaving a little dried up silken shoot,
with no grain formation, on lands
that normally yield from 10 to 75
bushels of corn to the acre. It is unusual
to find roasting ears on the bill
of fare at hotels and rtataurants and
when obtainable at all they are not
filled out and are very poor in quality.
"The situation is one to cause a
great deal of concern and a direct appeal
to the national government for
a Hi has been made by a group of
some 12 or 15 states. However, as I
saw the situation, it is only critical
in that it has cut off the supply of
animal feed and water. In these
states human food production is
abundant. The winter wheat crop was
fair to good and the spring wheat
crop was very good. Oats are light,
due to the early beginning of the
<| van <_r K I j\ man v.' nlue ae ul] u:uto*tjn?
holes, creeks anil branches have dried
up entirely and blasting in the beds
of streams is being done in order %>>
locate seepage water for stock. In
many places the Ohio river looks no
larger than a good sized creek.
"Standing out over and above all
else 1 am more than ever before convinced
that South Carolinians are the
best and gamest losers in the world.
These drought-hit states as a rule
produce fine crops each year. They
have literally wallowed in agricultural
and industrial prosperity during
recent years. On the other hand, up
until this year, for years South Carolina
has been either flood or drought
stricken each year. But I heard more
grumbling, whining and hard luck
stories in two weeks on this trip than
I have heard in South Carolina in five
years. South Carolinians have the intestinal
strength to stand up a*nd take
it on the chin smiling. It seems that
for once in a long time South Carolina
this year is Vitting pretty agriculturally.
so far as production is concerned.
Her corn crop is going to
mean far more than was anticipated
at the planting. Many canning factories
in Indiana and Michigan will not
attempt to open up. They cannot obi
tain corn and tomatoes. These states
i are already taking notice and wondering
if South Carolina, with her
high iodine content in vegetables,
means to become a real factor in the
canning industry.**
Peoples State Enters Swansea.
Columbia.?The People's State
Bank of South Carolina will open an
office at Swansea rMonday morning
August 11. It will.be operated as fl
branch of the 1530 Main street bank
of Columbia.
Depositors Will (let Dividend.
(tafiTuey.? A first dividend of 5(
per cent will be paid the depositor?
tif the defunct First National Bank
C. M. Dixon, the receiver. has an
r.ouncod. Dividends will total $500.
000.
Suffers Acid Burns
Charleston ? Arthur Palmer, o
Mount Pleasant. >utfered acid burn
of the right hand when a fellov
worker at the Middloton compres:
took a fire extinguisher and dis
charged acid in his face.
POLICE NOTICE.
Notice i? hereby given that withi?
ten (10) days from date all signs, oi
other advertising matter not attacho<
to private property shall be removed
Such signs or other advertising mat
ter not removed within the said timi
shall be ordered removed by the po
lice department in conformity' wit)
the ordinance prohibiting the same.
CITY CO UN OIL OF CAMDEN, S. C
August 14, 19&0.
Lancaster Youth
Dies in Accident
Lancaster, Aug. 10.?Dan Porter,
17, a June graduate of the Lancaster
high school, is dead, and James
Hough is in a local hospital with a
fractured skull as the result of an
automobile accident late this afternoon
ut (Jay and 'Market street, this
city.
The car in which Porter and Hough
were riding, in which there were also
three other youRg men, was in collision
with a coupe driven by Harry
Wade, a negro. The negro made an
effort not to hit the other car but j
was unable to do so, and crashed into
the automobile occupied by the five
young men.
A coroner's jury was drawn, but
after preliminary investigation the
inquest was adjourned until 0 o'clock
Monday afternoon.
Young Porter was riding in the
back seat. He was thrown in front of
the coupe and crushed between the
bumper and ij wall, young Hough
was thrown to the pavement. The
other young men were not seriously
hurt. David Thomason suffered severe
cuts, while Francis Hough and
George Player were bruised.
The five young men, all from Lancaster,
were just driving around town
| when the undent occurred.
Young Porter, an exceptionally
bright and attractive young man, was
the son of Mr. and Mrs. 0. S. Porter j
of Lancaster and wn sa nephew of ;
Claud N. Sapp of Columbia, state j
Democratic chairman. He was a j
member of the National Guard and ,
will be buried with .military honors
tomorrow afternoon. The accident
has caused widespread sorrow.
Flat Creek High School Opens
Kershaw. August 12th.?Tuesday
morning, August 5th, Mat ( reek
opened its doors with bright prospects
for another year with an en- j
rollment. including the seventh J
grade, of ninety-three pupils.
At the opening exercises the school j
was fortunate in having Rev. Paul j
Wheeler, pastor of the Baptist church
. it Mullins. who conducted the devo- j
tional exercises, Rev. George Smith
and County Superintendent J. A. McManus.
both of whom made appropriate
talks.
The school year promises to be
very successful on aecodnt of a num- .
her of improvements, the most outstanding
of which is a \fine teacher-j
age modernly equipped) The Delco [
plant, which i.- ucin^ ui.iwmii
making possible lights fo\the school
building. drinking founUrhrs? and
shower baths for pupils taking part
in athletics. The addition of the
seventh grade and two new Ford
buses are other very helpful improvements
that have been made.
The people and trustees of the Flat
Creek District are indeed to be congratulated
for the unusual progress
made in such a short length of time.
The teachers for the high school
and grammar schools are as follows:
High School: Miss Pauline Gibson,
Latin, French, Music; Miss Margaret
Mabry, English, Geography. Dramatics;
Miss Annie Ingraharrt. Science,
Mathematics, Athletics; L. L. Holladay.
History, Superintendent; Miss
Inez Bell. Seventh Grade.
Grammar Schools: Pleasant Plains,
Mr. J. W. Welsh, Principal; Miss
Inez Hinson.
Midway:_Mr. C. Estriilge. Principal;
Miss Alma Faile, Mrs. Alma
Hilton.
Charlesboro: C. B. Taylor, Principal.
Mrs. J. M. Hilton. Jr.
White Bluff: Mrs. Julia Dabney,
Principal.
Trustee* for High School: Mr. L?.
D. Adams, Mr. J. W. Welsh, Mr. W.
L. Taylor, Mr. D. J. Gardner.
, Convict Surrenders.
1 '
The Wateree river swamp near the
t penitentiary prison farms was too
much for John Henry Ware, Greenwood
county negro who escaped from
DeSaussure farm last Thursday.
Yesterday morning Ware, showing
^ evidences of the swamp and woods,
. j when he and Sampson Taylor. Richj
land negro up for 40 years for asi
sau't w:th .ntent to ravish, tied after
overpowering, though not injuring, a
guard, appeared at the state peniten;
tiary here and gave himself up.
S Sear-h for Sampson continues. It
f j is reasoned that he has in his poss
. session the gun they took from the
c guard.
s \\ are. who was sent to prison for
- ' L> years on a charge of assault and
battery with intent to kill, was taken
I to the farm yesterday by penitentiary
guards.?Wednesday's State.
i
r Sella Seized Boat
Charleston?The motor boat, pow?
ered by two engines, which was seizP
ed some weeks ago with a cargo of
- liquor by State Constables J. L. Pop1
penheim and David Young, was sold
at auction for $1,700. The boat wan
practically new.
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Drought Blamed
For Bank Failures
Little Rvck, *Ark., Aug. 8.?Prolonged
heat and drought which have
ravaged fertile Arkansas farm lands
for more than two months, today
weie responsible for the failure of
two banks in widely separated sections
of Arkansas.
The Hank of Horatio, in southwest
Arkansas, capitalized at $-'16,000, and
the Bank of Cove, capitalized at $10,'
000 and with $76,000 in deposits,
passed into the hands of the state
banking department.
Statements from board of both the
banks attributed the closing of the
institution to the failure of crops in
their vicinities because of the long
dry spell.
Laurens Woman Kills Self.
Laurens, August 9.? Mrs. Maiuie
Padgett Moore, wife of Lyl L. Moore,
well known business man of this city,
died today at the Laurens hospital as
the result of a self indicted wound in
her throat with a razor blade at her
home on South Harper street fqpr
hours before.
Mrs. Moore had been in a poor
state of health for some time and
had returned three days ago from an
Atlanta hospital.
Pagelund Girl Commits Suicide.
Pagelandr>Aug. 12.?Because, relatives
said, shcVlidyf want to go to
school, Julia I/dtf;pretty , 20-year-old
daughter of T. D. Lee, farmer near
here, shot herself to death today.
The body of the girl, a wound frpm
a .22 caliber pistol just over her
heart, was found in an upstairs room
of the Lee home, where Miss I>ee, her
early morning duties completed, had
gone presumably to dross for school.
Members of the family said the
pistol, which they found clutched in
the girl's hand, was an old one her
father had thrown away. They said
there was but one bullet in it.
Coroner Atkinson, of Chesterfield
county, was to conduct an inquest
this afternoon. The Lee family, however,
was convinced the case was
clearly one of suicide.
Miss Lee, they explained, a senior
at Union consolidated high school
near here, had an operation last year.
Since cKo had been virtually a ner
vous wreck. She had several times
urged that she no longer be required
to attend school.
Champion Trap Shooter Dies
Columbia?Ulysses R. Brooks, 50,
former southern zone champion trap
shooter and former president of the
American Trap Shooting association,
is dead. \
Lightning Strikes Power Station.
Cowpens.?Lightning set fire to
substation of the Southern Power
company at Cowpens, the blaze doing
damage estimated at $15,000. The
bolt lighted oil on the transformer
and employees were unable to check
the flames.
Jury Says Driver Was Careless,
Columbia.?The "careless and criminal
manner" in which Richard Ab?
ney drove the light automobile down
the Broad river road hill, on the
Dutch Fork side of the river bridge
Saturday night, was blamed for the
death' of Willie Johnson, 19, Sunday
afternoon. Abney had promised to attend
the inquest but did not appear,
and Coroner W. A. Cain has ordered
his arrest.
Hits Husband With Pop Bottle.
Columbia.?Because her husband
came home drunk every Saturday
night, Mary Moody decided that she
| just would not put up with it any
longer, so Saturday night she proceeded
to crown him with a pop bottle.
Several stitches were necessary
to close the wound.
Cuts Screen To Get Money.
Columbia.?The wire-cutting gang
of thieves Saturday night or Sunday
morning paid two visits to Pulaski
street houses, in each instance taking
; money from the clothes of nlen who
j were asleep. They obtained a total of
1 $27.50.
To Serve a-s ,^Vinthrop Doctor
Charleston. ? Dr. Sylvia Allen, offl
Charleston, will leave September |
for Rock Hill, where she will assume
the duties of resident physlciii at
Winthrop college. Dr. Allen will sue- '
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