The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 05, 1930, Image 4
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
H- D. NXLBB. . Editor and PablJaber
Published e\ery Friday at No. ltQ9
Broad Street and entered at the Camden,
Soifth Carolina poatoffica -' aa
aecoiwi class mail matter. Price^pd*
annum tx.OO, payable in adv.vrc#.
Friday, I>e?ember 5, 1930
{ TN*e J'aupe* Problem
Many reason* are given for th*
difficulty of keeping down taxes.
There haa been considerable talk of
late about the increaeirng pauper Hat.
One of the county officers was aalced
about it the other day, The report
was confirmed. There are now on
the county list 41 colored and 11
white paupers.
y A little questioning revealed the
fact that most of the younger members
<if many colored families go
North and leave the helpless and
aged on the hands of others and the
taxpayers for assistance. An average
of about one a month has to be
buried by the counrty. With the
whites, it seems to often be just a
case of ntakihg no provision in younger,
life for old age. There are cases
with children, but there is no apparent
co-operation among them towards
helping the needy parents, and the
county is sought for help. Not ull
are old to hurt. A few marry, with
nothing to support a family, when
disease overtakes them, ami no relatives
sufficiently able or willing to
come to the rescue. When asked if
any are undeserving, it was answered
in this way: When a physician,
perhaps, and neighbors send in written
recommendations- that a party
should be placed on tin- pauper list,
what else Villi he done than heed the
ad\in Another apparent conclusion
. ^ that tint* are n it a sensitive
ub"U' ix-ji.g considered paupers as in
I ornu r y? urs.
One < ( tin- great human problems
i- the burden and responsibility of
large families id children with unthrifty
parents and almost no visible
means of support.? Calhoun Times.
Lone Gunman Dies
in Flashy Gun Fight
Macomb, 111., Nov. 30.?-Picked up
on a minor loitering charge, an unidentified
gunman "shot it out" with
an automobile load of police early |
today, killing two and wounding two
before he himself was slain.
The dead policemen were Edward
Whitesley, GO, and Ernest Bowman,
36. Officer AI Links, shot through
the abdomen, was reported to be dying.
Officer Luther Jackson was
shot through the hand. The gunman
was approached by the officers
in a squad ear while loitering in
front of a garage. Searching the
man. they found a steel "jimmy" in
his coat pocket and decided to take
him to headquarters for further
questioning.
gunman entered the mac"hTne~
docilely enough, but as the car pulled
up in front of the station he whipped
out a small "sleeve pistol" and cut
loose with a murderous fire.
Whitesley wa? shot through the
head as he stepped from the machine.
Whirling, the gunman sent a slug
through Bowman's abdomen and the
ofTicec toppled over in the car mortally
wdunded. Links, the driver,
was shot as he turned in his seat
and was hurled from the machine
by his assailant who took the wheel.
Jackson 'was shot in an exchange
when he ran from the station in an
attempt to halt the fighting.
The machine had traveled about a
block when the dying Bowman in the
back seat revived long enough to
draw his gun and empty it into the
driver's back before falling to the
floor dead.
TAX RETIRNS
Office of Auditor Kershaw County,
Camden. S. December J>, 19.10
Notice i> hereby given that the Auditor's
Office will be open for receiving
Tax Returns from January Is',
t'.'.il, to March 1st, 1D3L. All persons
owning real estate or personal prop,
ertj must make returns of the same
within said period, a> required by
law, or be subject to a penalts of 1 i)
per cent.
The. Auditor will attend in person
or by deputy at the following places
in the county on the dates indicated
for receiving returns:
Bethune- January 13th and 14th.
Haley's Mill?-January 15th.
Westvi lie?J an uary 1 Gth.
Blaney?January 21st and 22nd.
Liberty Hill?January 23rd.
Kershaw?January 29th and 30th.
All persons between the ages of 21
and 60 years, inclusive are required
to pay a poll tax and all persons between
the ages of 21 and 50 years,
inclusive are required to pay a Road
tax, unless excused by Iaw. All
Trustees, Guardians, Executors. Administrators
or Agents holding property
in charge must return same
Parties sending tax returns by mail
must make oath to same before some
officer and fill out the same in prop,
er manner or they will be rejected.
B. E. SPARROW.
Auditor Kershaw County
\Bethune New Notes
, Told by Correspondent
V ">
i Bethune, Dec. X.?iMr. and Mr#. T.
K. Bethune had ?h their guests
Thanksgiving day Mr. and Mr#. B.
, 4*. Blakely, iMr. and Mr*. Donna Monroe,
Clinton, S. .; Mr. and Mra.
? -David Blakely and little daughter,
fllo; and Mr. and Mrs. O. K Bell
and children, laincanter. Mr, and
Mrs. B. B. Blakely and Mr. und Mra.
Monroe came over on Wednesday
i spending the night with the Bethunes'.
- Miss Mary Ixruise McLaurin, of
Calhoun Falls, was at home for the
Thanksgiving holidays. She had as
her gpests Miss Felma Hackney, also
a teaclftr at Calhoun Falls, an Mr.
Paul Dorman, super intendem of
Boiling Springs school. <\I
On Friday evening Mrs. A. If. McLaurin
entertained with a six-course
dinner party for her daughter,- Miss
Mary Ixmhte McLaurin, and her
guests. Covers were laid for six and
those enjoying Mrs. McLaurin's hospitality
were Miss Felma Hackney,
Miss Mailoy HeaTon, Miss Mary
lA)uise McLaurin, Mr. Paul Dorman,
Mr. Arthur MoCarrol and Mr. Lee
Morgan.
Miss Margaret Jackson, of Clio,
has been the recent guest of Miss
Judit^i Stanton. On Friday evening
-M+Sfc-'Edith Clyburn and Miss Judith
Stanton complimented Miss Jackson
with a delightful party at the home
of Miss Clyburn. Hot chocolate and
marguerites were served during the
evening by the hostess.
Miss Katherine Truesdell, of Columbia
college, spent the week end
at home. 'She wns accompanied by
M isses ]jonnie Keitts, of Columbia,
and Miss Grace Kearse, of Aloi, fellow
students.
Miss Olga Brannon, of the Baptist
hospital, Columbia, accompanied by
Mr. Wade Atkinson, was the guest
Wednesday, night and Thursday of
lui parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Brannon.
| ' MissM'lara Gordon spent lust week
I ml at l.itrtog^nc college.
Mr. and Mi's. .J. ('. Foster and children
Were the guests 'for several days
during tiie past week of Mrs. Foster
pai nits at Pauline.
lira and Neil Truesdell, students
a' P. ' -pent the Thanksgiving iioliiay>
at home.
Fred dosey, who is teaching di
Milledgeville, Ga., was at home for
a few dajs last week.
Misses Surah Hammond, Margie
Parfott and Sarah Lew lleustiss spent
Thanksgiving at their respective
homes here.
Miss Dorothy Parrott, of Columbia
college, was at home last week.
Miss Carrie Yarbrough, who is
teaching in Lancaster, was at home
for several days last, week. Sh?
had as her guest Miss Mildred Bi 11ings.
of Lancaster.
B. E. Keisler and Alvon Clyburn
attended the Clemson-Furman football
game in Greenville last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Brant, of Bamberg,
and Miss Katherine Ward, of
Chesterfield, spent the Thanksgiving
holidays with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. O. Ward.
Miss -Ruby (Jold Pate was the week
end guest of relatives in Jefferson.
Miss Frances Saverance and Miss
Myrtle Suiters, of Schrock's mill
school, were the guests last week end
of Miss Saverance's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Saverance.
Miss Lizzie Kate Davis has accepted
a position in the Kershaw
schools where she began work Monday.
Miss Mary Brannon spent last
week end with relatives at Cassatt.
Mi>s?M argai et?Hem on?has -betrrr
visiting relatives in McBeo.
James King, a student at the Uni"
versity of South Carolina, spent the
week end with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. King.
Mrs. F. P. NlyC'orkle and children,
of Waxhaw, N\ C\, were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Z. P. Gordon
on last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Heyward Smith and
children, of Columbia, were guests
of Mrs. L. D. Robertson Wednesday
night and Thursday of last week.
Mrs. H. H. Hucks, of Atlnnta, Ga.,
has been the recent guest of Mrs.
L. D. Robertson.
Former Camden Man
Dead In Columbia
James Robert Kirkley, 58. automobile
salesman of Sumter, die-i
Monday morning at 9:50 o'clock at
It? 18 Brabham avenue. He had come
to Columbia only a few days ago.
H? whs h -member of the St. John1*
Methodist church at Spring Hill, S. C.
.
| He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
; Abbie Mackay Kirkley of Sumter;
I two daughters. Miss Lola Kirkley,
a student at Winthrop college an 1
Miss Mary Kirkley of Sumter; four
son-', Edward Kirkley. \V. M. Kirkley
and .Iai k Kirkley, all of Sumter
anil James Robert Kirkley of
i
Cedar Springs; three sisters. Mrs.
A. M. King, of Charleston; Mrs.
} C. J. Pane, of Wayeross, Ga., and
Miss Lola Kirkley of Bennettsville,
one brother. <\ L. Kirkley, of Mc
Clellanville; ami several half sisters
and brothers.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday
at 12 o'clock nt the graveside
in Sunnyside cemetery at Orangeburg.
conducted by Rev. W. L Parker
of Turbeville.
Mr. Kirkley was a native of Camden,
where for a number of years
he was employed as n salesman. He
moved to Orangeburg and later t >
Spring Hill. S. C.. where he was a
merchant at that, place. Mr. Kirkley
was a son of the late Dan M. Kirkley.
who was auditor of Korsha<v
county more than thirty years ago.
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Hooze And Gasoline
Lead To Conviction
Tom Jones, charged with murder,
was tried before Judge Mann at Anderson
last week and sentenced to
even years upon the gang or like
term in the state penitentiary. On
Sunday afternoon, June 15, Jones,
who was drunk, crashed into a car
In -which John Murrell, his wife and
small son were riding, killing Mrs*
Murrell and seriously injuring her
husband. The accident occurred on
the Belton-Honea Path highway. Af-ter
nineteen witnesses testified for
the prosecution, the defense appealed
to the court for permission to al*
low the defendant to plead guilty to
involuntary manslaughter with recommendation
to the mercy of the
court. This request was granted.
Judge Mann, in passing sentence,
said:
"Travelers on the highways of our
state today are assured but slight
protection. i
"I have appealed from every bench
in the state for the law to be respected,
and if this is not accomplished,
for it to be enforced,
j "I have seen murderers, red-hand'
ed and red-hearted, go free after
I committing the vilest of crimes, and.
| it seems to me that the citizens of
| the state have no protection.
"One after another we hear of
tragic accidents on our highways;
lives being snuffed out almost daily.
The condition is nothing less than
shocking. It js a crime that the
State of South Carolina must answer
for, if we continue to permit
this condition to exist. If these poo??
pie are given to understand that they
must conduct themselves in an orderly
way on the highways of the
state, we would not have this condition.
Thousands of persons are be- !
ing killed on the highways and ull |
uf these tragedies might be prevent- [
ed. if ordinary care and common >
sense were exercised. The situation :
is going from bad to worse.
"The drunken driver is one of the
greatest menaces of our day. He is
a menace, for he is drunk and therefore
irresponsible. The last place in
the world for a drunken preson is
under the wheel of an autmoobile on
our-highway s.
"The day has come, I believe, when
the people of our state have decided
some of those offenders must be
punished. Juries are now placing the
responsibility where it belongs, and
this is the proper view of the mattdr,
and is a cheering ?o^. I think the
day of reckoning is here; God knows,
I hope so. Present conditions are
shameful and disgraceful. I have
seen the highways of our state stained'with
the blood of human beings,
and in my travels over the state in
an automobile, I realize how little
protection the careful and sane driver
of an automobile has against the
drunken and reckless one.
"The situation that confronts the
court at this time is a very sad"one.
Rut I have made it a rule in cases
of this kind never to yield *to my
emotions. All of the circumstances
here show that the unfortunate victims
of this tragedy were law-abiding
citizens, respectable and of a
happy home. In the exercise of their
God-given right ito the pursuit of
happiness and through absolutely no
fault of their own, they are the victims
of this tragedy. And through
the reckless, criminal and inexcusable
conduct of a drunken man, a
mother and her unborn child a^e hurled
into eternity, swimming in their
own blood.
"As I visualize the picture of that
accident which cost the life of this
good woman, I see the demon of
crime and recklessness at the wheel
of that automobile. v
"Never have I seen a better witness
than Mrs. Ashley,, and as she
told her story. I saw the picture of
this tragedy, and as I pictured it I
said: 'Is there any manhood in the
law of South Carolina?' I said if
this thing isn't 'stopped South Carolina
should surrender her right to
govern herself.
| "Mr. Murrell and his sorrows, howI
o\er great they may bo, arc not the
i question in this case. But there are
1,800,000 other people in South Carolina
who have a statutory right to
self rule. The time has come when
the manhood and the law of oustate
is challenged.
"1 commend counsel for the defendant
in their decision to consent to a
verdict of involuntary manslaughter.
Had such a verdict been rendered after
the case had been fought to its
finish before the jury, I am frank to
say that the sentence I would have
I imposed would have been much more
severe than the one I am going to
J impose.
"I am sorry for the defendant,
j .Jones, and 1 wish that I could accede
to the appeal of the defense counsel
| that the minimum sentence would be
, sufficient. But if ever was a case of
j involuntary manslaughter, which afj
ter^ all is just beyond the twilight
C.
zone of murder, this is it. I cannot
put on this man a sentence that
would invite others to do as he hat
done. This sentence must be a wurning
to others."?Union Times.
Two convicts were killed and two
others wounded when a squad attempted
to overcome guards and make
a get-away while returning from a
wood cutting camp near Huntsvllle,
%ex>i Wednesday.
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Uplift Club Expresses Thanks
The members of the Uplift Club
tuke this method of thanking the
public for its co-operation in their
efforts to raise money for Thanksgiving
baskets, for the old and poor
of the city.
Meshell Sheheen was they winner
of the turkey which was raffled off.
Special thanks and appreciation are
extended the principals, faculty and
students of Jackson high school and
Browning Home tojr their liberal donations
bf fruits, vegetables, staple
groceries and money.
The spirit of sharing our blessings
with others was beautifully portrayed.
'
Respectfully,
Tho Uplift Club.
Wants?'For Sale
ATTENTION TOURISTS?Choice
Christmas decorations, mistletoe
and holly with berries, Christmas
trees either for a family or community
of both holly and cedar for
sale reasonably. Can deliver to
your door in Camden. Address L.
Rerry Mac-key, Kershaw, S. C.
30 pd
WANTED?Two refined ludies for
well paying positions. Apply before
10:30 a. m., Friday, December
to Mrs. Umstead, Camden Hotel,
Camden, S. C. 36pd
FOR SALE?One Hot Point electric
ramie. Price $30.00. Telephone
117, Camden. S. C. 30sb
FOB SALE?-My Maxwell sedan at
$200 cash or $22f> instalments. The
Choc n?let coach at $27f> cash or]
$300 instalments. Frank \Y. Spencer.
113 Chesnut street, Camden, S.
< . 37pd I
FOR RENT?8-room dwelling on
Highland Avenue. For informa
tion apply to Gus Michiotes,
Olympia Cafe, Camden, ?S. C.
35-36sb
ATTENTION?If interested in home
made fruit cake call telephone 327,
Camden, S. C. 30pd
FOR SALE?Larkspur plants at reasonable
prices. , Telephone 327,
^ Camden, S. C. ' 36pd.
FOR SALE?'Brown and wHTte spotted
Shetland Pony about five years
old, also bridle and saddle. Fred
E. Culvern, Kershaw, S. C. 35-36sb
DON'T DISCARD your oil otovea.
We can rebuild them for you and
wake them act like new-. All work
cash. Camden Machine Work*,
Kaat DeKalb Stapet, near Southern
Passenger Station. 34-86pd.
FOR RENT?New Chevrolet fourdoor
sedan by week, month or season.
Address P. O. Box 268, Camden,
S. C. 30pd, I
WE REPAIR any kind of antiques
that are made or metai. We make
fire pokers, fire shovels, hand j
made. Camden Machine Works,1
Fast DeKalb Street, near Southern
Passenger Station. 34-30pd.
LOST?A -white , ttOld dinner ring
with small diamond setting. Lost,
somewhere in shopping district on
laet Friday. Reward if returned
to City Drug (Company, Camden, I
S. C. 36sb
FOR RENT-r-Open seven-passenger
Pierce-Arrow touring car. Will
rent for the season or any part of
season. If interested notify Cam
deu Chronicle, Camden, S. C.
36-38pd
FOUND?Cameo brooch. Owner can
have same by describing property
and paying 25 cents for this ad.
Apply at Chronicle office.
FOR HALE?Cabbage plants, ready
to set out. Twenty cents per hundred
or cheaper in larger quantities.
Apply to Mrs. Joe Shebeen,
1514 Mill Street, Camden, S. C.
33-36ab. |
LOST??A pair of ladies horn-rimmed
spectacles on Thanksgiving Day.
They were lost somewhere on
Main or iDeKalb street. Reward
if returned to The Chronicle Office,
Camden, S. C. 36sb
FOR SALE or Rent?Beattie house
on East Walnut Street. Apply to
L. A. Wittkowsky, Camden, S. C. I
32tf
WANTED5?You to know we have
just received a big shipment of (
Elgin watches, all styles and pric- i
es. F. I). Goodale, Jeweler, opposite
postoffice, DeKalb street, Camden,
S. C. 36sb
FOR SALE?275 strong and vigorous
Dwarf Boxwood plants (Sempcrvirens
Suffrutieose), 10 inches
high by 211 inches in circumference
to 32 inches high by 00 inches in
circumference. Can be seen at nfy
homo. Apply to Mrs, J. T. Hay,
Boykin, S. C. 33-36pd !
V. K ARE- F ranchise dealers for
Ollendorf watches. Bonded by the i
New Amsterdam Casualty company,
of New York and ^insured against I
. robbery and burglary by the Travelers
lnden\nity company of Hartford,
Conn., and a two-year euarantee.
F. D. Goodale, Jeweler, opposite
postoffice, DeKalb street,
Camden, S. C. 36sb
WANTED?You to know that if you
have anything to sell an advertisement
placed in this column will
.mere than likely sell it for you.
FOR RENT?One six room liouse,
one five-room cottage. Furnished
rxJoms for housekeeping. Apply to
G. C. Bruce, Camden, S. C.
FOR BBNT?-Small house, T 'A
room* ttrvd bath, light* at*i ?3-^M
on Rutledge street, on* kfi
r_mmt of Broad street., &* yT^^H
g inp, at Drug Store, oc
O. 30. Camden, S. C. h?^B
FOR RBNT-rNice, Ursa, ?av?J$Kl
residence next to P\erk View 3* 1
Lyttleton Street. Rent 'can bjfi tSB
by room letting. Apply to itJHIf!
Severe. Jr.. Camden. S. C.
l'OR RKNT--Several hou?e? 'SB
rent. Apply to L. A. WittkowBlil
demden, S. C.
WR WANT you to know that 2K1
dollar invested in stock of ottr
16 Seriea and paid for 78 noatEH
($78.00) paid th$ holder |i(S2ili
The member paying $10.00 ?tkH
month received In the 6ft y*n H
11,042.60. Are you THRlttE B!
looking to your future? Then Wj
our December Series stock I^fH
Enterprise Building and Loan At H
Bociatron. Camden, 3. C. iM
WANTED--No. 1 pine log?. High*,?
cash price*, Bald: year round 4*.
mand. Sweater Planing MilU Z
Lumber Co., Attention K. H. BooUl
Sumter. Sv C. hSeKj
CARPBNTBRING-^John S. luTftJi
phone 268, 812 Church Streu, Bf]
Camden, S. C., will give utu. H
factory service to all for all kinds^^H
of . carpenter work. Building, KH3
general repairs, screening, cabinsK
making and repairing furnitur* MB
My workmanship is my referential
1 solicit your patronage. Thai*, K|
ing you in advance. 60 tf.
Tur.e in on the Elgin Program
every Friday
^ morning and night...
\ listen to the thrilling
\ notes of a genuine
y \ Stradivarius violin,
V \ played by a great
\ \ artist... hear the
\ \ soft tones of the
\ \ Elgin quartet...
\ \ rich voices
\ \ blending into
\ \ perfect har-o
V \ mony.
\ \ \
1 I ? '
Watch your local newtpogert
lor the exact time thai the light
Program wttl ha oa the air.
F. D. GOODALE, Jeweler
DeKalb Street Opposite PostOfflw
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I Fancy Tender?Tasty II
RICE Wjgm PEAS I
2 ibs. 9c m?mi -2 toe I
| Quaker Maid II
| BEANS ?5 4Mns jS? l|
I TOMATOES a 2 Nc?.?; 2ge II
I RAISINS mEote Sir 3 Hp- >S? 1
I PRUNES California Mfce 55^^ ||
IRvnpornted
PEACHES
2 ibs. 25c
QUAKUIl ,
GRITS
- * 3 pKgs. 25c
IshhIOII (4i>er
RAISINS
2 Ibs. 25c
N. B. G.
CRACKERS
5o Varieties
4 Pkes- 17c
SODAS
I ll? |>U. ;t |h. pkj;.
17c 39c
Snowdrift = I
t Bucket 79c II
PALMOLIVuE. I
SOAP
6 cakes 39 c|
GOLD DUST |
3 l?c |
I MUCOA artf "? 21? II
I OTHER RECENT REDUCTIONS |
I CHEESE ":r " lb. 25c
Diamond Crystal Salts, 3 pkgs.. . 25c j
Evaporated Apricots, lb 18c
Powdered Sugar, lb. pkg 8c
Brown Sugar, lb. pkg 8c
Sunsweet Prunes, 2 lb. pkg. . . .23c j
Potted Meats, 3 cans 25c
HOMINY r toe
PICNICS lb. 19c I
Fruit Salad jj" 39c
Apple Sauce, No. 2 can . .10c
Dromedary Cocoanut, can ,, .. . - l^c IR
Orange or Lemon Peel, lb. .....29c, J
Citron Peel, Ife . 39c M
Mixed Nuts, lb 25c j
figs a& igc M
j or CHITS loose ? ib. ? I
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