The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 21, 1930, Image 3
mufh Hiker* Slav
8^'. German Tourist
HAh Nov> ?*
l*oi German tourist, whose
lfmLii?yt in giving two hitchhikers
Ac 0,t him his life, WM found
|H pv of bushes near here today.
!??> R. Beh rends, 28, of FrankIf&uny,
set out from Jersey
llpKj., recently in an automobile
Near Madison, Fla.,
mm^y night he picked up Walter
E; 17, and Fred Ka#terer, alias
^K^Schofield, 19.
I^Rltiiday, the hitchhikers arrived
Afroy, Ala., in Behrends' car. DodA
went to officers and related that
fKiterer had shot and killed the
Aman. After robbing: the body and
A,* it in the woods he said they
A^the scene and sped into Alabama^
jKdson said his conscience hurt him.
Kisterer was arrested and denied
A eoi?P"nion'8 accusation#. Later,
said, he confessed the slayLeaving:
Kasterer in,, jail at
jAi^, they took Dodson and went to
K|for the body.
Dodson was unfamiliar with the
Atntry and an all night search was
Apetf&ry before the body was found
Apd between logs and covered with
Ash. There were three bullet holes
!?he body. Pockets of the clothing
Kre turned inside out.
I). D. Perkins said no inKtit
would i>e held. He placed DodA
in jail as a material witness.
Kgerer was removed here from
A>>' and will be arraigned as soon
Bfourt convenes. Unless a special
Eg of court is called, the trial
At* held next March.
H)od&on told officials he protested ;
A ^ the shooting of Behrends but f
At he consented to help hide the !
A'. He said the German picked up j
Hji pair iioar Madison and lost his j
fl|pBroiiU> to Tallahassee, Fla. The j
fefinaliy arrived at Thomasville, I
|Kt[ja| about midnight again start|H^rard
Tallahassee. Somewhere
A}Art road, said Dodson, Behrends
Ap confused again and stopped to
Kih a road map. Kasterer then
A^cd out on the running board,
A>?1 'n the car and shot four
AW Dodson said. Officers believed
An than $125 was taken from Behpockets.
They found that sum
A*ther with the German's watch, in
Hrterer's possession. In the car was
revolver with four empty Chambers,
me papers, mostly in German and
German passport.
The body was held here pending
nival of Heinz Kress, with whom
fcirends visited in Jersey City af r
coming over from Germany a few
Seeks ago. It is believed he has a
rother and sister in Germany.
Banker Dies From Injuries.
Newberry. Nov. 15.?Marcus Lagrette
Spearman, 62,. a well known
inker of Xewfberry did? "Saturday
orning at a Columbia hospital
here he was carried, following a
tken hip he sustained while attending
the Newberry-?Ergkine football
?me two Aveeks ago in Newberry.
Mr. Spearman was struck by a
gh school player .practicing befeen
halves. His injury was not condered
serious but his physician deded
to carry him to a hospital in
jlumbia for treatment, thinking
it he would soon recover. He was
pparently doing well until Friday,
hen he became seriously ill. He was
a ardent football enthusiast and
wely ever missed a game. His son,
**rence, starred as a player on the
kwberry College team and is now
aiding for Chester high school.
iQetting
I Up Nights
J* Getting Up Nights, Backache,
?|?Vient day calls, Leg Paine, Nerv
.?'Se?a, or Burnink, due to iunctlonH
f} Bl&ddt r Irritation, In aold condlI
?akes you feel tired, depressed
dleoou raged, try tho Cystex Tost.
RJjrtufaqt, starts circulating thru
JJJ? aystftu in 15 minutes. Praised by
I j^ounnda for rapid and positive ac
S^Pon't give up. Try Cystex (pro
"Wnifeed siHH-tox) today, under tho
K "gKn&d Guarantee. Must quickly
f,,,ay,thoM0 conditions, Improve rest- ,
Only Vo0 !lItd ener*y# or mo,loy
'liMPj* A DePass, Druggists, Camden.
I: ' ' 8 i i
wu Chewning & Sod
I General Contractors
and Builders ?
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^one 386 Camden, S. C,
I ?*dmates Furnished on All
Clashes of Work ?<?
i:?^l?ors Sanded on Request
I A Df.KALB COUNCIL Nd ??
TOy Junior Ordor 15. A. M.
WPr\ Jfefrular oouncil second and
I ftoMk k/aUrth Mondays of each
ituev Visitinir Brethre?
fxte A. W.
ft Wcordin* 8ect?.
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General_News Notes
by luffix-aUng'in'a 'bl ',u'ir "v<>8
out u portion , r " h wi|H!d
* ? ? wZZC llVTi1'*
"? 'To wrookod a U tU,d"y?>nn?ting
building ?J it! *?'
"??Ut mid UJM(. f * U ,U <*JUip-l
apples. UU*en carloads of
wb.n they w?ro a/rtk by". Z "fj
run driver on West TmH $ bit-and
day night about 7-30
Hnj r: uv i W o'clock. Mr
church^sorMcoa'1 all" !"
( the Htreet to go into the church"when
Jbey wera hit by a Hud??n c?. ?"
|? was instantly killed and Mrs
I >.."'11 sustained a dislocated should
, avl" Wtt? 60 years old.
Thomn "'Kht Richard
Thompson, Charlotte negro, on
Hinge of manslaughter in connccwlth
th? death of Mr. Davis
Abraham Wolff, ?h? eamo to Amr
ca ram Russia penniless and
started t" the junk business in St.
I-ouis, III,, with one horse and wagon,
? years ago, left an estate which
' estimated at $1,000,000. Wolff
died November 8th. His will, filed
foi probate Saturday, made specific
bequests of $247,000 to member# of
IS family. The remainder of the
estate was loft to his widow. Wolff
ounded the Puritan Oil corporation
p !f . Was purchased by the #Sinclair
ivehning company in 11)29.
At least 3,400,000 persons "able ts
work and seeking employment," were
estimated Saturday by the commerce
department to haveribeen jobless iu
October. The total, which is said lo
be "the probable minimum," incKides
the unemployed without jobs and
those with jabs who had been laid
"If but does not include persons
working1 less than the normal work-1
day or work-week.
Tornadoes blustering through widely
separated sections of Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia
early Sunday left an undetermined
number of deaths and heavy property
damage. Full extent of life lost and
property damage could not be immediately
ascertained as roads and
other communications from a number
of rural communities stricken were
blocked.
Nine persons were killed near Deweitt,
Va., Sunday night when an
automobile in which they were riding
was struck by a Sea/board Air
Line passenger train. They had been
to Petersburg, Va., to attend a-funeral
and were returning to their home
in Clarksvilie,
One child was killed^ another was
possibly injured fatally, and five
others were hurt less seriously Friday
when a 500-ipound tree stump
fell through the roof of the school
house in Ironton, Ohio, after,,it was
blown 125 yards by dynamite.
The Memphis office of llm United
States engineers announced Friday
it Memphis, Tenn., that approximately
lg?00 men will be given work
under an expanded improvement program
on the Mississippi river. They
said they would spend $365,000 not
allotted in their original budget.
Revetment and dyke work will be
done at points all along the Mississippi.
Plans for an Anglo-Amerfcan air
mail line across the Atlantic Friday
'3vere said by W. I. Glover, second
assistant postmaster general, to be
settled. He said Charleston, S. C-,
be the American terminus of
theMine because of its location below
the bad weather belt. Bermuda
and Azores will be bases for the
planes of the American company,
whidh now operates between the
United States and Bermuda.
-&r~B. Hammond, of ~ h*rk>Ue-i -N?
C., died in a hospital there, Saturday
morning where he was tdken after he
had critically wounded his wife,
swallowed poison and slashed his
own throat in /what police described
as a "maniacal rage" growing out of
a family quarrel. ? *
The strike in textile mills in Danville,
Va., developed a civil liability
pnase Friday in the filing of suit
by Miss Sallie Hudgins to redover
$15,000 damages against 15 members
of the Danville branch of the United
Textile . Workers of America. She
claimed she was not allowed to work
in the mill.
An airplane carrying two passengers
struck an &8,000-volt electric
line in Narrows, Va., Friday, hurtlet
upside down into the New River i
few yards away, and its two passen
gers emerged only slightly injured
The pilot, Harvey Amos, was strap
ped in the cockpit and was sub
method when the plane struck th<
water. A passerby, Dr. C. M. New
ten, saw the accident, swam in th
river and rescued Amos.
Five k thousand Jobless men ir
earning from $3 to $6 per day li
New York selling apples on th
streets. More than 3,000,000 apple
h?v? /**" ??M ?t 5 cents apiece.
yindicates Legion
In Boston Conduct
Lieutenant Colonel Calhoun Ancrum,
oi the United States Marine
('mps, stationed at Boston, a former
well-kuown Camden 'boy, writing to
the Spartanburg Herald under date
of October 27, ha? the following to
Stty of behavior of the legionnaires
at their national convention
held in Boston:
Immediately following1 the national
convention of the American Legion
at Boston, 1 noticed that the
nev\ simpers indulged in considerable
c? iticisiu of the legion, which was in
fact unjustified.
One story that was well-advertised,
was to the effect that immense
damage had been done to hotel propei
ty by legionnaires, who were guests
at the various hotels. - This story
was thoroughly investigated, and I
um sending you a copy of the report
made by the -City of Boston hotel
a?sociation. As you will see, the
legion was completely vindicated of
this charge.
1 he convention was a tremendous
affair, attracting hundreds of thous?
ands of visitors to Boston. Of course
with such immense crowds there were
some cases of rowdyism. The police
arrested many of these rowdies, who
were found to be masquerading in the
uniform of the legion. The general
conduct of the legion was such, that
we who were on the spot were, and
are still proud of our legion. *
"It was a great pleasure to me to
pay my respects to the South Carolina
legionnaires who were at the
South Carolina headquarters at the
Hotel Statler. 1 found them engaged
"in a campaign to further the election
of Colonel Monroe Johnson, as national
commander of the legion. I
would like to go on record with the
statement "that never have I observed
a more dignified campaign
than that 'which was waged in Colonel
Johnson's behalf." At these
headquarters I observed not only our
South Carloina delegation, but many
delegates from other states, and can
truthfully state, that never once did
I notice anything that could be criticized
by ,bhe most critical Observer.
"My only regret is that Colonel
Johnson was not selected for the high
office of natioflal commander.
"I am not in the halbit of rushing
into print, but I felt so deeply the
unjustified criticism of the legion
that I am sending you this letter
in the hope that you can use it, as
I want the people of South Carolina
to know that their delegation was a
credit to our state, and that the
American Legion was not guilty of
the conduct ascribed to them."
The Legionnaires In Boston
That the convention of the American
Legion in Boston a few weeks
ago was a "rough house" affair is
now refuted by a report being sent
out by the City of Boston Hotel associatiqjty
composed oT the representatives
of the leading hotels of that
city. The purpose of the report, we
are told is to set at rest reports that
the legionnaires wrought extensive
damage to the hotels during their
convention week. The Boston Herald
says:
"The Boston associaiton, checking
up with every member hotel in the
city, places the total damage at less
than $500, and the report recites that
they fed more than 50,000 guests during
that period. The hotel men
cashed thousands of checks and of
the sum total of several hundred
thousand dollars, six dhecks, with
amounts totaling only $300, were returned.
And in every such case an
adjustment has been made, or is in
the making, the hotel men said.
"The meeting was fro the two-fold
purpose of giving the legion a "clean
bill of~ health" And obtaining exact"
information to be forwarded to other
hotel men throughout the country
where the legion will hold future
conventions. And the Boston hotel
men declare they will recommend the
legion to any city in the country."
Heirs to Five Million Dollar Estate
Greenwood, Nov. 15.?John M.
' Hawley, of Blythewood, Richland
county, his three sons and several
daughters are said to be heirs to
the five million dollar estate of
! James H. Hawley who died at his
' home in Wheeling, West Virginia,
yesterday.
According to information here the
* Wheeling milliorffure left a will be1
queabhing his property in real es'
tate and securities to his half broth
er of Blythewood and his children,
one of the sons is James L Hawley,
- Jr., Southern railway yard conductor
- here, and- a daughter is said to be
e Mrs. A. H. Gasque, wife of Congrew
man Gasque of Florence. It is ree
ported the will will be contested.
o Conductor Dies
n McBee,' Nov. 14.?Ernest Horton,
e of McBee. Seaboard Air Line rails
way conductor, died here from apoplexy.
He was 38 year* old.
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Kpitaphn Odd But
Real
From time to time The Pathfinder
lia* published humorous epitaphs,'
hte work of contemporary funsters, j
But there are many odd, end some
equally funpy, inscriptions in reality.
Ilelievo-lt-oiw?ot" Ripley reports
the ease of a man who had his headstone
oivgraven, ''This is on me." Is
this any more humorous than thil
jest from an Indiana Grave yard;
Here lies I
Killed by a sky?
Rocket in my eye.
"Peas to his Hashes4' appears or
the stone of a deceased cook in I>oudon
and this one is from a Pembroke
shire gravestone:
Here tie I, who no wonder I'm dead,
ror a wheel of a wagon went over
my head.
Hack to America, and Burlington,
N. J.:
a
Here lies the Body of Mary Ann
Lowder.
She burst while drinking a seidlita
powder.
Called from this world to her heavenly
rest,
She should have waited 'till it effervesced.
In a Cheltenham (Eng.) church
yard is this bit of philosophy:
It is so soon that I am done for,
I wonder what I was begun for.
A glutton is indicted in Wolverhampton
church yard by this:
Hero lies the bones
Of Joseph Jones,
VN ho ate whilst he was able;
But once o'erfed,
He ^dropped down dead,
And fpjl beneath the table.
When from the tomb
To meet his doom,
He rises amidst sinnqfs;
Since Ho must dwell
In lleav'n or Hell,
'lake him?-which gives best dinners.
In an old graveyard near Nashua,
N. II.:
Here lies the body of Jonathan Drew;
He cheated everyone he knew;
He would have cheated his Maker too,
But that his God he never knew.
And this is on Vanbrugh, architect
of Blenheim palace, buried at Walbrook,
England:
Under this stone, reader survey
Dead Sir John Vanbrugh'a house of
clayr
Lie heavy on him, earth! for he
Laid many heavy loads on thee.
The -?Body of Benjamin Franklin,
Printer, (Like the cover of an old
book, its contents torn out and atript
of its lettering and gilding), Ltea
here, food for worms; but the work
shall not be lost, for it will (as he
believed) appear once more id a new
and more elegant edition, revised and
corrected T>y"the author.?Franklin's
epitaph by himself.
Warm summer sun shine kindly here;
War*i southern wind blow softly here;
Green sod above lie light, lie light?
Good night, dear heart, good night,
good night.
?The Pathfinder.
Free Soup Kitchen for Unemployed
Chicago, Nov. 14.?An unidentified
philanthropist who has opened a large
free soup kitchen for unemployed was
named by the Chicago Evening Post
today a3 the notorious gang leader,
"Scarface Al" Capone.
Through sources close to the un?
derworld czar, the Post says it has
verified the fact that Capone, with
some help from friends, is financing
the kitchen and serving about 1,100
men daily.
"He couldn't staud it to see those i
poor devils starving." the paper was
informed by one of Caponeassociates,
"and ndbody else seemed to
be doing much, so* the big boy decided
to do it himself."
The kitchen has attracted attention
not only because of tta size, but
also because it is not identified with
any of the various relief agencies.
The attendants have refused to say
who was financing it. Replying that
their instructions were to hand out
food, ask no questions and answer no
queries.
Three meails a day are served,
varying from coffee and rolls for
breakfast to soup, stew and coffee
and doughnuts to the unemployed.
No attenxpt is made to sort out the
habitual "bums" from those who
can't find work.
| No questions are aaked?the food
is merely handed out as long as it
lasts or as long as the .line lasts.
Edward P. Lowry, soldier of fortune
and second secretary of the
United States embassy at Mexico
City, was killed in that city Tuesday
when he fell down a stair case after
losing his balance. He had survived
bolo wounds in the Philippines, round,
ed up rug thieves in Persia, served
. as a colonel of the Lithuanian army
and participated in the World war in
France. He bore a charmed life and
then died from a fall.
p- . Sy.'tu'j
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Dispatches* from Madrid, Spain, indicate
that after several days of 1
noting there, u general strike prevailing
for some time past is on the
decline. Labor headquarters issued
orders Sunday for all strikers on
car lines and other industries to get
back to work.
j
Mrs. lytMina Howies, !13, prominent
'society wommi of Portland, Oregon,
was stabbed to death Wednesday in
the apartment of a former stenographer
Of her husband. There is a
question as to whether Mrs. Howies
^tabbed herself or was stabbed by the
stcnugra.phui- friend of Howies.
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LOOKING BACKWARD
Taken From the Files of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirty Years Ago
THIRTY YEARS AGO
November 21, 1900.
Meynandie Brown, shot and killoti
by Flanders Tillman in West Wateree.
Harvey Kelley, 45 years of age,
died near Westyille.
Young son of "Pos" Trueadell killed
when gun goes olF aiul shoots the
little boy whfto riding on the Charleston
road near Green Hill church.
Culprits break into Camden school
building and steal , nine clocks and
other things. Trustee* offer $20 reward
for proof to convict.
Tom Cook badly hurt while digging
a well. Bucket of brick falls on him,
breaking his shoulder. +
J. C. Nicholson, begins'^erection of'
six-room residence on Lyttleton
street.
G. K. Bate man elected as policeman
for Camden.
T. V. Parker, county supervisor,
advertising for bids for the construction
of a now jail for Kershaw county
on DeKalb street.
Mrs. H. J. Muun, aged 02, died at
her home near DeKalb.
Rev, J. L. Stokes succeeds Kcv. W.
M. Duncan as pastor of the Lyttleton
street Methodist church.
Gus Singleton, negro brukeman,
killed in wreck on Atlantic Coast
Line near Bishopville.
,J
FIFTEEN YEAltS AGO
November 26, 1915
H. G. Team estate in Woat Wateree
consisting of fourteen thousand
acres sold to li. B. Clarkson for a
price said to 1h> around !>25,000.
Mrs. Ann Stokes, 69, died at her
home hI ItoOmne.
J. S. Folk married to Miss Kva McGaskiJl
at Soring Hill.
Samuel Wylie Howie married to
Miss Sadie H. White by Rev. J. P.
Attaway near Spring Hill.
Mrs. M. J. Rush, beloved woman
of Westville, dead.
Mose Witherspoon shot and killed
Oscar Mickle at a negro "festihle" on
J. K, Robertson's place noiu^Kc^
I shaw.
James L. McManus married to
Miss Kllu Brunham.
Thomas A. Stewart married to
Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Morris of Cam*
i den.
Doby Young and M;ss Gallic Gardner
married.
John Napper and Miss Willie
Hayes married.
Miss Ilullic J. Garrison married tc
! Carl Ray Smith, of Tlmmonaville.
i Feaster I. Jones acipuittcd of kill*
in# l)r. J. 0. MeCalla at Anderson.
H. D. MoQuage sells out his farnj
' near McBee and moves.pp Bethune.
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JEWEL ^ 52c 94c
CIRCUS OB BVIDRNCH?PLAIN AND 8RLF-RISINO
FLOUR '?? 65c ;
ROQBRS CRKPB TOILET
TISSUE 2 r 7c
I PEAS?LIMA BEANS I
?GREEN BEANS?CORN
3 "V. 29c
SUNS II INN Kit I SPY
CRACKERS 10c
DOMINO ORANULATBD
SUGAR 10 ~ 50c
| - ARMOUR'S STAR OR SWIPT'8 8ILVKRLBAP
PURE LARD $1.19
I.j Imported! Currants Boa W 12/2c I
f' Dromedary Dates Pk?- > 21c I
' Dromedary Dates j?| i3 . ^ 21c
Dandi Dates fi1 * 4 Vo??0" ^ 9c
Glace Cherries * i-2-o*. Pkg. 17c
Glace Cherries pound 55c
Glace Citron pound 45c
Glace Lemon Peel pound 29z 8
Glace Orange Peel pound 29c j
Glace Pineapple pound 45c
Libby's Mince Meat pound "c
Heinz Mince Meat pound 23c j
Softshell Almonds bound 25c
Wood's Mincemeat * pound 23c
Brazil Nuts pound 23c
Sun Maid Raisins B S?D lie |
Sun Maid Raisins 19c
Plum Pudding A *?c2L8 13c
Plum Pudding fS3?&? 31c
Heinz Fig Pudding 11-Om. G<m 35c I I
Paper Shell Pecans 49c
Fancy Mixed Nuts LB- 23c
No. 1 Baby Walnuts ^ 27c
Mince Meat bulk. lb. 19c
Cocoanut bulk, lb. 25c
Jewel Shortening ?
lie CAATON 22c I
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