The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 26, 1930, Image 8
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the past year, we sincerely wish for you
; , a most joyous Christmas and a
.Happy and prosperous New Year!
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? i , ? i. i . . i. i. .. Negro
Admits Killing
Young School Teacher
MaryviLle, Mo., Dec. 19.?I-Hjclare.l
by county authorities to have con- j
fessed slaying 19-year-old Velma
Colter, rural school teacher, Raymond .
Gunn, JO, negro ex-convict, was held
at St. Joseph, Mo., -today where he j
was rushed to avoid possible mob j
violence.
The negro was arrested yesterday
while hunting. After hours of ques- '
tiorting the suspect, county attorney, !
Paul it. Jones, announced Gunn had
confessed. He was spirited away im- 1
mediately.
The prosecutor said Gunn related j
how he had met the young teacher i
at the door of her school room and
followed her. Jones quoted the exconvict
as saying Miss Colter fought
viciously as he attempted to seize
her.
Gunn then rushed at her with a
club and beat her about the head, the
prosecutor said.
Teeth marks were visible on the
negro's hand when, he was arrested. I
Gunn was sentenced to a prison j
term for criminally assaulting a 1
young girl attending the Northwest i
Missouri State Teachers' College j
here, officers said, and had been j
ught since the murder of Miss Col- j
tor Tuesday.
Miss Colter, who was teaching her!
tils' term of school, dismissed her
handful of pupils "Tuesday afternoon 1
and remained at the school to grade ;
examination papers, sweep the floor j
and repiepish the ooal supply for the I
next day.
II. T. Thompson at whose home she j
resided went to the school building ;
when tlie girl failed to return home1
at the usual hour, lie found the body'
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with tlie clothing torn away. The !
next clay a posse of national guard j
troops, aroused citizens and officers j
made an unavailing search for the'
slayer.
Notable Inventor
Dies at Great Age
Uridyl'port, Conn., Dec. IK.?A Ion#
career of invention and experimentation,
which contributed greatly "To the
extensive mechanical development of
the pant 70 years,, was brought to .1
close today with the death of Henry
A. House.
Credited with more than .'100 inventions,
House, who was 00, numbered
among these the first successfully
self-propelled automobile, which
screamed and puffed its way through
the streets of bridge^ort in the summer
of 1866.
It was in a spirit of vengeance, it
is repc ted. that House developed the
automobile. A battle with a refractory
horse impelled him to turn his
attention to a horseless vehicle.
Shepard (Juilty of Killing Wife.
Kansas City, Kas., Dec. 22.?A federal
court jury today found Major
Charles A. Sheppard, 57, army specialist
in pulmonary diseases, guilty
of the poison murder of his second
wife, Zenna, and recommended life
imprison mcnt.
The physician, whose love affair
with Miss Cirace Brandon, blond
stenographer of Brooks Field, San
Antonio, Texas, had been bared dur- I
ing the long trial of the case and a!- {
leged a< the motive for the crime
charged. wept silently when she
heard the verdict.
Stunned by the verdict. Shepard tonight
wa> showered with offers of
sympathy and monetary aid.
An hour after the verdict was read
Harry S. Clans, Denver defense attorney,
reported a dozen offers of fi- j
nancial assistance to carry on a new
trial, ifogranted, or to further appeal.
One-third of the Florida citrus
fruit crop has already been harvested
and sold, totaling $15,000,000 to $-().000.000.
It is estimated that the entire
crop will total more than $15,000,000.
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All-Star Selections
IJpper-State Teams
The Cheater Reporter has selected
a first, second and third all-star football
team for upper State and Camden
players' names appear on all
thrfce ten ins. The lists follow:
first .Team.
Left End?'Proctor, Chester.
lAtft Tackle?'McDonald, Chester.
I^eft Guard?'Smith, Union.
(Center?Mcl>eod, Camden.
Right Guard?Ilulvey, Pickens.
itight Tackle ?Boheler,. Camden.
Right End?-Woods, Chester.
Quarterback?Martin, Cheater.
lA*ft Halfback?Cloud, Chester.
Right Halfback?Russell, Camden.
Fullback?iPowell, Union.
Second Team.
Deft End?Wooten, ('amden.
I*eft Tackle?Leonard, Due West.
Left Guard?'Atkinson, Chester.
Center?Reeder, Union.
Right Guard?Hunter, Chester.
Right Tackle?Anderson, (.'heater.
Right End?Thompson, Camden.
Quarterback-?Chewning, ('amden'.
Left Halfback?Hivens, Pickens.
Right Halfback?Allen, Cheater.
Fullback?Honey, Chester.
Third Team.
Left End?Crawford, Due West.
Loft Tackle?-Cheek, Union.
Left Guard?Jones, Camden.
Ce nter?-Porter, Chester.
Right Guard-?-P. Hagen, Due West
Right Tackle?'Pitts, Camden.
Right End?Holding, Pickens.
Q u a rte rbac k ?tPerr in, Union.
Loft Halfback?Ellis, Due West.
Right Halfback?Perry, Union.
Fullback?-Brown, Cii mden.
These players were chosen by comparison
with other players with respective
positions.
An example?Quarterbacks, for
Chester, Martin as compared with
Chewning of Camden, Perrin, of
Union; Gantt, of Pickens or Sim-1
mons, of Due West, we find Martin
unanimously the choice. And so on
the players were selected, finding the
entire champion Cyclones listed on
the three teams.
Added Goodfellows
Previously reported $131.5(1 ,
Lament Domtnick 10.00 j
T. C. Gladden . 1.00 j
Dr. Sowell 1.00 1
Thomas' Coffee Shop 1.00 1
Elmer Watts LOO:
Carroll DesChamps 1.00:
J. ('. Gillis ; 1.00 j
Dr. (V A. West 1.00;
W. R. Denton 1.00
jG. F. Cooley 1.00 i
| W. L. McDowell 1.00
[Wiley Hogue 1.00 '
J. H. Clyburp 1.00 |
I Miss Lena I.ineberger 1.00 !
j Mrs. K. H. Watts 1.00 j
| Cash 1.00 j
W. P. Heath LOO
Kirk land Trotter 2.00
W. D. Whitaker 1.00
E. P. Truesdale 1.00
T. J. Kirk land 1.00
J. S. Lindsay 1.00
-lack Whitaker, Jr 1.00
R. G. Sanders 1.00
Mrs. Woods Robinson 1.00
John K>. delvoach 1.00
Miss Lou Young 1.00
Mrs. Gus Hirsch 1.00
Mrs. L. C. Proctor LOO
ill. S. Porter 1.00
Laurens T. Mills ' 1.00
| John Laurens Mills 1.00
! Cash 1.00
J. T. Reason 1.00
Miss I). E. Brown 1.0Q
Miss Virginia B. Wallace 1.00
M. M. Johnson 1.00
Mrs. M. M. Johnson 1.00
Henry Lewis Johnson 1.00
Eva Johnson 1.00
Mrs. W. E. Jackson , "1.00 |
Mrs. C. C. Whitaker, Sr 1.00
Miss Margaret Burnet 1.00
Cash 2.00
Mrs. Stephen Farrelley 1.00
The Torii Shop 2.00
Miss Maude Gardner 50
Miss Kellor 1.00
Miss Fallen 1.00
N. ('. Boy kin 1.00
Mrs. Wooster 1.00
Rev. J. B. ( aston 1.00
; Sam Russell 1.00
, Mrs. Sam Russell 1.00
1' M. k Graham 5.00
Rev. A. D. McArn 1.00
Mrs. Newton ('. Boykin ....... 5.00
Total $20K,00
An examiner's repbrt to the Federal
Radio Commission Tuesday recommended
an increase of power to
50,000 watts for station WBT at
( harlottc, N. C. W. B. T. now operates
on 5,000 watts power.
1 he combined mail and passenger
airplane service between Atlanta, Ga.,
and New York, was inaugurated Wednesday,
the first plane from Atlanta,
carrying six passengers and a large
quantity of mail.
? The Bleucher palace in Berlin has
been bought by the United States
government for the housing of the
American embassy in Germany. The
price paid is said to be $1,800,000.
Killed My a Live Wire
Sumter, Dec. 18.?A. Pecoraro, 35,
an Italian mechanic employed by the
Brooklyn O>operttge company, met instant
(loath by electrocution at fche
corner of CaMioun and Magnolia
streets here early tonight when he
took bold of a live wire.
The man sought to remove the
wire from the street. It had broken
from a light. Becoraro tame to Sumter
two years ago from New Orleans.
Cleveland Welle, 40-year-old farmer
of Nash county, North Carotojv*.
was killed and William Cunningham,
35-year-old farmer, was wounded in
a gun battle near Rocky Mount early
Friday night. Officers said the two
men had been drinking.
HONOR ROLL CAMDEN SCHOOLS
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Shirley, Ralph Shirley, Viola Brewer,.
Minnie Sue Bruce, Virginia Davis,
joiien Little, Marie Morgan, Florence
Savuge, Dorothy Snyder, Jean Van
Landingham, Louise Vareen, Mary
Watkins, Nancy Watts.
Grade 6B?James McKenzie, Manley
Mclx'od, Martha Bailey, Ia>u
Clyburn, Marjorie Cullen, Zelma
Goodman, Bertie Lee Roberts.
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Grade (>C?Nettles Myers, Ross |
Shirley, Boyd Trapp, Ethel Evans, J
Ixma Sinclair, Ruth Waters.
Giade 7A?Jack Brown, Raymond
Moore, Robert Rhame, Robert Shaw,
Marion Smith, Mary Burnet, Sara
Bissoll, Leila Christmas, Mary F..
Copeland, Sadie Frietag, Regina
Goodman, Fannie Mickle, Emily
Sheorn, Lena Stevenson, Helen Tindal,
Ruth Moseley.
Grade 7B ? Ned Beard, Clyde |
Brown, Norman Connell, Roddy Connell,
Laverne Conyers, S. B. Hatfield,
Raymond Hinson, James Hough, J. T. 1
Kelly, Carl Scarborough, Jennie Cul |
len. Pearl Godwin, Eliza HaT), Fledabel
Horton, Mary Huckabee, Eivin
McCain, Mary Purser, Louise Reed,
Alberta Watts.
Grade 7C?Boyd Branham, Frank
Clyburn. William McLeod, William
Moseley, Jack Shirley, Mary Lee
Hilton, Willie Hough, Elizabeth Reed,
.Jennie Traxler, Mable Yates, Ruby J
Roberts.
Scholarship Honor Roll
Grade 1 (Mills)?-John Langford,
Bill Mims, Thomas Myers, Marion
Schlosburg, Kirbv Tupper, Thomas[
Turner. Artie Dixon, Dale Morgan,
Mary Pitts, Rosene Trimnal, Gwendolyn
Shirley.
Grade 1 (Zemp)? Joby Hough,
Willard Kelly. Ben MeManus, Henry
Niles, Kamel Shcheen, Frank Sulli-1
van. L. J. Wattjj., Doris Hin-son, Margaret
Hinson, Geneva Jackson, Nell i
i
Jeflfcoat, Margaret Sanders, Margie
Thurman.
Grade 1 (Wolfe)?Pargon Jennings,
Azale i>ixon, Vivian Huggin&,
Myrtle Outlaw, Geneva Thigpen.
Grade 2A?Claud Lamoy, Walter
Minis, Charles MoCaskill, Leonard
Sehenk, Jack Smyrl, Osicar Wooten,
Edna Aldret, Wilma Christmas, Carolyn
Cooley, Dorothy Flowers, Lois
Gaskin, Ixiuise Moore, Ithetta Mc->
Powell, Nettie lxMi.se Ogburn, Frftn- J
ces Khame.
Grade 2B?-Wilma Laney, Annie B.
Branham, Nell Corbitt, Sibyl Mae
Hasty, Myrtle Sinclair, PHza'beth
Sinclair, Marvin Shirley, Murry
Smith, Jack Stein, K. T, Price, Leon
Roberts, Earl Harvey, Earl Pavney,
Banks Tucker, Mendel Williams,
Paul- Williams, Ix>uis Smith.
Grade 3A?Minnie B. Cunningham,
Margaret Fischel, Marjorie Hatfield,
Ruby Jackson, Phyllis Karesh, Clarine
Munn, Martha Smith, Betty Sowell,
Ann Whitaker, Ida Lee Smith,
Jerry Hancock, Herbert Moore, Billy
Pitts, Robin Zemp, Hazel Twitty,
William McManUs.
Grade 3B?William Brown, Sarah
Brunson, Juaoita Trapp.
Grade 3C?Arthur Brown, Charles
E. Trapp, Lonnie Wilson, Margie
Creed, Teresa Reed.
Grade 4A?Ernest Frietag, David
Williams, Billy Wilson, Frances Baruch.
Aileea Belk. Dally Jackson, Constance
Kinney, Neta Kirkland, Margaret
Munn, Elsie Redfeam, Grace
Rhoden, Ixittie Smyrl, Vashti Thigpen,
Maggie Trantham, Harriet Foster,
I>ois Rhame.
Grade 4B?Matthew Munn, Doris
f
Hall, Olive McGurit, Lillie Mac
bon, Cora Lee Trap p. m
Grade 4C?William Baxley, UroyH
Branham, Leonard Goff, Guy "Mayer.*
George Wilson, lthetta Mcl/eod, La*
cile Watts, Margaret West, Gtinl
Williams. ,
Grade 5A?Leroy Caulder, WylJ
Hogue, Jack Ithame, Jack Richards?
Jack Villepigue, Dorothy Durf?(jdJ
va Lee, Louise Mickle, Hazel Shir-?
ley, Ben Mildred Sowelfy WilhekmJ
Strak, Paulette West. - jl
Grade 6A?Naomi Walker, Minn J
Sue Bruce, Carolyn Cantey, Francis?
Chapman, Harold tMcCallum, lttsil?
Munn.
Grade 7A McKain Richards, Bob?
ert Shaw, Helen Tindal, Emily She?
orn, Ruth Moseley,^ Fannie Mlcklt?
Mary Edith Copeland. {
Grade 7C?Liza Jackson. Uf
Mu;iic Honor Roll -Jane Hoffer?
Frances Rhame, Robin Zemp, Mar?
garet Osborne, Paulette West, Kath?
arine Myers, Olivia Buddin, France*
Grade 8?James Chapman,. Run
DeLoache, Ruby Gardner, Leola Hud?
son,, Estelle Myers, Stewart Clarkson?
William Templeton. :}
Grade 9?Luther Shaw, Peggjfl
Pitts, Marjorie Walker, Mary EKl?
abeth Wooten, Leila Moore. ;, ]
Grade 10?Margaret Barnes, Nancy?
Brown, Betty Garrison, KatheriM?
Kennedy, Sara Kirkland.
Grade 11?Margaret Goodale, Clew?
Holland, Harriet Lorick, Grace Rob*
! inson, Grayson Shaw, Eloise Rhodes*
I Alice DePass, Phyllis Carrsion, Rubj?
If wishes will add to your
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contributing our humble
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share to the gayety of
the day. It's a pleasure
to wish you a
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Merry Christmas! 1
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but, above all, a full measure of
Happiness? may it be yours
this Christmas . . .
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