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?li HHUfrlWh ?> i i TiiiTTi muTTb)i Hf?a? *****W?W 'ijM ?.?li mi MM ^t-*r ****' - "ttt +.?" ". "f'Tff .1 , No. 4M STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE MERCHANTS AM) FARMERS BANK LOCATED AT BETH UN E, 8. C.. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINES& MARCH 36, l&ai "v M <{, Resources Loan# and Discounts $47,266.00 Overdraft#, secured by cot ion 1,707,58 Honda and Stock# Owned by Bank M 0,881.25 Furniture and Fixture# 1,726,15 Banking House 1,068.75 Other Real Ktttate Owned /' 1,507.78 Cash oi) hand and due from Bank# ,^58,027.185 Exchange# for the Clearing House 142.04 Other Resource#, Viz: Stock Account 150.00 Collection Account . ?:.... v 20.00 Total < $122,176.60 Uabi.itiei Capita) Stock Paid liv .).. . . $20,000.00 Surplus Fund 8,000.00 Undivided Profit#, les# Current Kx?,.nst))i um| Taxes Paid 5,212.22 Hud to lii,nk*.upd .-Bunker# NONE individual Xfpbusiik 'Subject to check 611,062.72 Savings pcn^fiit^ , . 1,600.11 Time jCcrtMVca tea of Deposit 15,804.55 CafbfcFrt ChddU >,/ 2,727.(8) 88,06:1.2* Note# and Jbliv fto~di#c<>unu<i N()N K 15 lis livable, including Certificate# (>r Money Borrowed NON.'. Total - $122,175.(50 / j#i ,i?. ?f South Carolina, County ,of K'-rshaw. Before ine came G. 11. McKinnon, Cashier of the above named bank, wh , tn tug Uuly *woru, 1 *u>? ibut the. ultovc ami foregoing atateuiput i# a true euuuttioii of Raid hunk, n* shown by the nook# of said trunk. G, B. McK?inon ' Sworn to and subscribed before me this '27tih day of March, 1061. Correct-Attest I.oring Davis i >1, M, Clyburn N }ta"y p,?h1ie fpr South Carolina. Boring Davis T. M. Clyburn Directors. News Among Tourists and Kirk wood Society Kaater finda many here on their homeward way, hut probably the next week wiH bring a large exodus homeward. In the cottage colony many will keep their homes open until Ma> or later. Among cottagers who always remain late in Camden are Mrs (leorge 11. C.,ok. I>r. and Mrs. William S. Kainsford, Mr. and Mis. ( airotl Phillips Basset t, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ku.ss.ell, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. P<yneroys Mr. Frank* Cou.sen, Mr. and Mrs. J. 1 ^eonard (iraham, Mr. and. MeKee (Iraham, Mrs. W. N. Kerr, Mr. John K. Todd, Mr. H. !>. Kirlwvfr, Mrs. Mary '* Charlton, Mrs. Woods lto?binson, Mrs. Frederick .Robinson, Miss P. Rleanar Brown, Mrs. K. ?. Mandeville, Mr. and Mrs. Rubei't FJ,.Htone. Miss Olive Whittreilge and Mr. John I.. Weeks. i The K.rkwood' Hotel will remain! open until April fifteenth and Hobkirk Inn until May first. The (curt Inn will probably close i shortly after Faster. M iss Flisa'beth -Clements who Iris been 111 the I'otter cottage till winter expects to return to her Vermont home on the (Jth of April, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Morgan have closed their cottage motoring North a fow days ago bo spend Raster in Atlantic City. Mrs. Myron C. Wiek and children a* pa-sing the late season with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Todd. Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Tainto \ of South port, Conn., were late opening their Camden estate, but are here for the end of the season. Mr. anil Mrs. David R. Williams are at Mu!ln:r\ n:aiUa:: >i. until late in April. Mr. and Mrs. R. y. Barir.g, who have been all winter in the Ccdai Cottage adjoining t he Kirkwocd will start next week for New York. Dr. and Mr.-. Fo-te: Ketitw dy a: among New Yorke*- at the Kiikwood. Mr. John Scripps Sweenev, of the Iiohkirk Inn colony, was h?*st with an elabo-ate dinner following a theatre l>ii't> for the Rotar'* Cltrb this *i ti'o A large influx of arrivals prevail.* ! daily at the Kirkwood, and reservations for another seftson are moi;t I encouraging. | v> Among quests who have been in i the hotel from its opening are Mr. land Mrs. Wallace I. Keep, of Locki port, N. V., who have had Miss Bari bara K"<>p, of the Emma Wi'llard I School, it Troy, N. Y., with them for i the Easuo vacation. They intend I leaving on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Matson ('. Arnew, of I New Kochclle, will also ienve the I Kirkwood this week after a lengthy h-Tay. , j ( olonel and Mrs. Prank <j. Hoyne. | of Chicago, and Mr. and Mrs. .John Scripps Sweeney, of Detroit, are al'| season guests remaining late at HobI kirk Inn. Mrs. Charlotte M. Wain, of Westchester, I'a., and Mrs. l'a^e, of New York, are guests of Mrs. Edward ('. iKiBose. Mr. Ernest White, of Syracuse, and Mr. S. A. Warner Balta/.zi came over [from Aiken this week for luncheon 'with Mr. Hwrry I). Kirkover. A farewell dinner for her <istcr, Mrs. .J. Howard Dews, of Nov York, was given for twelve guests on Monday evening by Mrs. William N. i Kerr. Mr. and Mrs. MoKee Graham were dinner hosts at their home on Monday evening. i At Green leaf Villa several lunch' eons and teas have been held during the week. Among the hostesses wen Mr*. John S, Sweeaey for eight at luncheon; Mrs. John Woo<hv*ra with u t?H, and Mrs. Ward Iftfcher who is also in the HdMrirk Inn group, had six guest* for tea on Monday afternoon. Miss Virginia B. Gildersleeve Dean, of Barnard Colle, N. Y.f has returned North after several months at Green leaf Villa. Miss Betty Uutari, who has l?een with her aunt, 'Mrs. Ken, for some weeks, intends leaving'on Sunday for a visit in Cleveland, and Mr. and tyr-* Everett Burnett, who have been the guests of Miss Keller and Mr. Frank Courson have returned to New York. The last official meet of the hounds held on Tuesday morning with Mrs. I>wight Partridge, Master, leading a large field was greatly enjoyed, and following the merry chase p breakfast was tendered the participants by Dr. and Mrs. Oscar Seeley, of Paolia, at their cottage. Dr. and Mrs. Beeloy who have been in Oamden'tf cottage group for the first time this season, have taken an active part in the *porting life. Match games between the Red and White teams have proved of interest to polo enthusiasts this week. Large gullet as have witnessed the mat<ihe> wni; h h'tve been played on Field number one; In the match of Monday afternoon the line-up was: Reds?h. T, Rat ?ng, Jim ( lybiu n, 11. S. Allison. ! Whites J. K. Madden, Norman j Snow, C. Nichols. Referee, Charles ! Little, 'l^he result was a victory / v t the Whites..7 to <>. After the matoh j the players and members of the* Camden Hunt w.ere entertained at tea by Mr. and Mrs. John K. Madderv of l>'xington, Ky., who are occupying the home of .Mrs. L. S. Proctor for the late season. Mr. H. P. Kendall, of Boston, spent several days in Camden recently. His estate, the Scycamores, is occupied for a few weeks by Mr. and Mrs. Stanley King, of Boston. Among the numerous Kirkwood arrivals are noted Mr. and Mrs. (-has. M. Hemingway, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel K. Brown. Mrs. George W. Mixer, Miss Margaret Mixer, Miss Katherine Van Buskirk, of New York; Mr. and Mrs. George N. Ostmnder and Mr. and Mrs. John K. Walbridge, of Saratoga Springs, and Mr. Edwin F. Shewan, and the Misses Barbara an I Diane Shewan, of Now York. Complimenting Mrs. George J. Willock, rf Pittsburgh, Mrs. W. L. Goodale entertained with two tables of bridge at her home on Monday afternoon. News From Charlotte Thompson Boy km, S. ( April 1.?The following students have returned to college after spending the spring holidays at their respective homes: Elizabeth i Workman and Sara Davis to Winthrap; Frank Sowell to Clemson and James Beagle to Bailey Military Institute. * , Last Friday evening the tenth grade gave an oyster supper at the school house for the purpose of aiding in financing the Junior-.Senior reception which they expect to give in the near future. Among the many special affairs given in honor of former students of Charlotte Thompson High School at home for Spring holidays was an informal party which Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Bruce gave Wednesday evening at their home. Games and contests were used throughout the evening in entertaining about twenty of the younger set. , j On Friday evening Misses Sara 1 Blanche and Et'helyne Moseley enter1 tamed with another party, and this was followed on Saturday evening when Miss Elizabeth .Pea re e was hostess to these visiting studont> and others. 11 The Misnumarv Kiwi^t-v *?? \tj.. CVii. vet Baptist Church observed home mission prayer week at the church on Tuesday. Talks on work in various mission fields were made by ! Mrs. Ansley Moseley, Mrs. R. A. Bruce, Mrs. George Dixon ahd Misses Ruth and Leila Mae Dixon told interesting stories of what Y. W. A. girls are doing. The meeting \s^vs conducted by the new president, Mrs. R. A. Bruce. Friends of Mrs. Bolton Owens will be delighted to learn that she is now Able to be up again after being confined to her bed for-some time. After attending the state teachers' meeeting in Columbia the teachers of the Charlotte Thompson High School are again at their posts of duty with renewed enthusiasm. A Card of Thanks The following card of thanks is signed by Rev. W. I. P. Roseborough, pastor, foi the members of the Camden Second Presbyterian church: We take thi- method, as pastor and members of the Camden Second Presbyterian church, to tjtanlc our good friends of Camden for their generosity and hospitality shown u- in ca-;ng for our delegate? during our Ptn. bytery last week and we feel especially grateful to the City of Camden, through its representative, the Mayor, Mr. R. M. Kennedy. Jr.. for the contribution made to our chu-ch both by his presence and hearty speech of welcome and the monetary contribution. The memory of those acts of kindness shall ever linger in our minds as pleasant recollections. I . I). C. Chapter To Meet Monday On Monday, April fi, the John 1). Kennedy Chapter U. D. C. will meet at the home of Misses I^eila and Charlotte Shannon nt 4:30 o'clock. All members are urged to attend. Landscape Gardening Mrs. C. M. Emanuel lJ Borden Nurseries Borden, S. C. Long Distance Phone I I Nurseries 17 miles out on Sumter road. tl j ' J iBeasley s Specials FOR ? Saturday PURE PORK SAUSAGE 25c WEINIES, per pound 25c SMOKED SAUSAGE, per pound 25c ROUND STEAK, per pound 25c SIRLOIN STEAK, per pound 25c TENDER ROAST BEEF, pound 20c DRESSED HENS, per pound 25c BROILERS, per pound ... 40c HAMBURGER, per pound , 20c BEEF STEW MEAT, per pound 15c PORK LIVER, per pound 15o 1 SLICED HAM, per pound 35c NECK BONES, 3 pounds 25c PIG TAILS, pound , 15c BEEF LIVER, per pound 25c PICNIC HAMS, per pound 15c SPARE RIBS, per pound 17 l-2c PORK CHOPS, per pound 25c LAMB CHOPS, per pound 40c LAMB ROAST, per pound ^ 20c GRADE "A" MILK FRESH DAILY FRESH FISH DAILY Beasley's Sanitary Market 0o.,V . JC A. BEASLEY, Proprietor PHONE 180 WE DELIVER MM.,,.",,,., I ! .I,...-!.. I .1. J. . . NQTICB A meeting of the city Democratic executive committee will be held in 'my office Friday, April 3rd, at 8 p. m. C. W. ?van?> Chairman, ? Servicea at Mt. Piwgah Service* at Mt.1'Pirigah for the first Sunday in April, with Rev. M. H. (iunter, pastor, will be as follows: Sunday school at 10 a, m., B. Y. I*. U. Sunday evening at 6:45. I*reaching at 7:46 o'clock. The public is invited to come and worship at this church. STATEMENT j Of the ownership, management, etc.,1 required by the Act of Congress of I August 24, 1912, of The Camden1 Chronicle, published weekly at j | Camden, S. C., for April 1, 1931. j State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. Bwfore me, a Notary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid, nersonally appeared H. I). Niles. who having been duly sworn, according t0 law, deposes and says that, he is the publisher of The Cain den Chronicle, and that the following is, to the. begu of his knowledge and beliei, A'true statement of the ownership, management, etc., of the aforesaid publicv it ion for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August.21, 1912, embodied in Section 11'!. "Postal Iaiws and Regulations, j ' *1. That the names and addresses' of the publishers, editors and bus:-, ' nesx managers are: ! Publishers?H. D. Niles, Camden, ; S. C. i Editor and manuging editor?H. D. 1 Niles, Camden, S. C. ' Business Manager?H. 1). Nile's, . Camden, S. C. 2. That the owners are H. 1). Niles, Camden, S. C.~" 3. . That the known bondholders, mortgagees and other security holders are? None. H. D. Niles, Publisher. .Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1st day of April, 1931. John S. Lindsay, Notary Public. R. S. WILLIAMS/SHOT TO DEATH (Continued from first page) he was shot, I think it was about 7 i o'clock, and my car was parked very near the line of the Dixie Radio shop and our store, and the shooting commenced on the line between Springs ami Shannon and Maokey Mercantile. I suppose it was about 50 or 60 feet Jaway, possibly like from here to the , front of the building. I could not I hear any words at all because I was i in the car and the car closed." Q. "You did nort, see any weapons except a gun?" A. "No other weapons." Q. "You were sitting in the car? ' A. "Yes." ! Q. "Closed car?" 1 A. "Ford piok-up, just had the curtains on it." I Q. "About how far were you when the thing began?" A. "About ">0. or 60 feet." Q. "You never heard a single wore during the whole time?" A. "No. Hadn't seen the two men i togehter since sometime in Novemjber." Q. "You do not know whether <> , not Mr. Williams had a pistol?" i A. "He did have one. 1 did n(>t i see him take it out." 1 Q. "How do you know he had one?" A. "I understand he told Mr. 1 Rush.?He tlid not tell?nnt?He "said i Mayers shot him with his o.vn gun. ' j Q. "Be did not tell you that?" A. "No. I did not see him take any gun out of his pockc:." I Q. "You could not say h:? did not {have one, nor that he aid, in his 'band ?" j A. "Mayers fired the first shot." Q. " You are not prepared to say | Mf". Williams did not fire?" A. "I could not say positively that Mayers fired five or six times in succession. So far as being positive whether he had a gun or took it out 1 do not know." "Lexie MeOaskill being duly sworn says: "Yesterday afternoon about five minutes to seven I was~*?fcanding in front of McCaskill and Lollis' store and I heard five shots almost in succession, and after the first or second shot I looked in that direction and I saw what I took to be a policeman j shooting into Mackey Mercantile store. From where I was standing | that is what it looked like to me. I ! started running in that direction and j gt>l about halt way there I saw this j man grappling! with another man.! I did not recognize either one at the 1 time. Then I heard two shots. I run on down then, almost aero* tho street from where they were and I recognised one as Mr. Mayer* and then I heard about five more shots. i After the five shot* Mr. William* kinder staggered and Mr. Godwin ran | and caught him. About that time , Mr. Rush came UP an<t Mr. Mayer* 1 walked off. Tie hud a gun in hi* hand and put it in the holster a* he walked off." . Q. "IMd he attempt to get away?" A. "No, he just walked off. He was not running. I don't know what happened to him after he walked off." Q. "Did Mr. Williams ever fall?" A. "No, he . staggered and Mr. Godwin got there just as he was falling." Q. "All the shots were fired while he was standing up?" A. "Yes." Q. "Facing each one?" . A. aYes," Q. "You heard first five shots then an interval and Uwo^ho^S then five more. ' A. "Four or five." { g "You did not heat unyit that paased between them?" A. "No, I waa across the O. "You do not know whs >h,.r u Will hems had a pfcriol?" A. "I did not aee but one oi*t?d in Mr. Mayers' hand." Q. "You saw him put his pi?u^l in his holeter and walk off? Youd IB not know whether Mr, Willi}.m* fl any shooting or not?" A. "I could not tell." jfl Mr. Godwin re-called: g, ."You were the first one to nfl ' to Mr. Williams?" A. "I got there ah he !allin??^B Q, "In the immediate vicinity you see anyone ehse at that th*e?Bf| A. "l?ts of others were there jKfi it second after the. shooting. then and while it was in ProenSflf none else was around that I Majestic Program Friday, April 3rd Hold tight to vour seats when you .watch "GENTLEMAN'S FATE."' 1 John Gilbert, an entirely new Gilbert. | in ;t grand romance of society-and I racketeers. A new kind of underi world story! It's real! It's amazinv! l.OCO real thrills. Saturday, April 4th Special return engagement aire " of the 10 best pictures of 1930. "THE BIG HOUSE," with Wallace Heery, I Chester Morris, Robert Montgomery. 1 Iadla Hyams and 3,000 others. Also; j laurel-Hardy Comedy and Aesop : Fables. Monday & Tuesday, April 6-7 The supreme attraction of all tone,: "HELL'S ANGELS." The firvt mu!-' ti-million dollar picture. Cost fotir million dollars to produce. Three years in the making. More thai. ,i picture?it is an experience brimming with the very essence of life. Wednesday, April 8th The open road bofore him?a song of h>ve in his heart?.I^awrence Tibbett with Esther Ralston, Rolarid Young and Cli5f Edwnrds in "THE SOUTHERNER." A chuckle-full, thtill-full, thrdb-?ull talkie, Tibhott's finest. A modem romance. Thursday, April 9th Charles Farrell with Rliesa Landi in "BODY AND SOUL." A daring vibrant love drama, with the new sensation of the screen world, Elissa Landi, as Farrell's loading lady. I ??I? Strictly Fresh Eggs Doz. 23c HWMPMUMUOMU ; Maxwell House Coffee Lb 28c * " PONCY jfl Bread! I ' ' Q i -;v. ;; 16 oz ? Hj Loaf .Ov ^ Red or Yellow | Onions 4 lbs 15c V Beets and Carrots Two bunches for 15c California j; Lemons doz 23c Naturally Colored ~ fl Spreadit lb. 19c || American Beauty Maccaroni 3 pkgs 25c r ROSE ; Preserves large jar 23c PILLSBURY FLOUR 24 lb Bag 93c Rosemary 11 Grape Juice I Qt bottle 35c Rogers Santos COFFEE M Lb. 21c Fancy Blue Rose Or*r RICE L.25 XYZ SALAD I] DRESSING & 25c || Baby Lima BEANS 3 lbs. 25c Hot Cup COFFEE lb. 15c LARGE LIMA II BEANS I lb, 10c Jl _JM OLD DUTCH Cleanser L 15c? American Dill J #1 W PICKLES &,4JC| Libby's Bartlett PEARS No. 2 1-2 can 29c Libby's Sliced Pineapple No. 2 1-2 can 23c j ROSE DALE PEACHES 1 - No. 2 1-2 can J[ | MOTHER'S 2 lb Can Cocoa 25c Fancy Creamery Butter lb. 35c I HH PALM OLIVE BEADS 9c * Canova - APu Black PepperS: *311 An unusual Value! 6 large Octagon Soap 2 pkgs 20c Powder 39c Stokley's HONEY POD PEAS No. 2 Can. 15c FLOUR I Circus 9 12 lira. 3Wl 24 lb? 68*11 48,1b* Sl^lJ ^1 I IN OUR MARKET M Fancy native and Western Meats ii Pure Pork SauMge, lb. 25c Wieners, lb 25c Smoked Sausage, lb 25c Round Steak, lb., 25c K Sirloin Steak, lb. 2fit| Sliced 4-lam lb. 35c | Tender Juicy Beef Roast lb. 20c Armour's Star Morrell's Pride HAMS lb. 24c Broilers ib. 4$fl HENS lb. 25j{ | Hamburger lb. 20c i Beef Stew lb. 45c f ork Liver lb. 15c Picaic Ham* lb. 15c Spmrm Rib* ..lb. 17Vfce Fi*b and Oy*ter* Neck Bene* 3 lb*. Ik Pig Tailed. lb. I* Beef Liver , lb. 2* Pork Chops lb. Lamb Chops lb. JJJI