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L. ' V " / . ... ' ' ' THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MAY 18, 1931 1 ^ -i- - ?-?? ? volume ^3 J? t.l i NUMBER 7 Sell Known Citizen 1 I Died Here Sunday flobn Thoma%.Mackey, 62 years of H^ died at the Camden hospital jay morning at 4 o'clock, followla lengthy illness, labile his death was not unexrpect?t brought sorrow to a large nuni- i H 0f friends throughout Camden, ! | county and Lancaster county. H|r. Mackey was long identified K the business, religious and so life of this community. He first He to Camden about forty years H vvhere he was connected ^h I A. P. Brown company, in a genM merchandise establishment. He Hr went to Fort Mill ManufacturM company, and returned to OamH a few years later where ha helped Hanize the OonymerCiaJ Savings Hk and Trust company and was it* t cashier. It was later changed the First National Bank and he Hed as cashier up to a few years |, when he was made vice-presi|t. He was serving in that capHy when he died. iMr. Mackey was H president of the Mackey Mercan- company, secretary and treasurer j Hhe Camden Loan and Realty comHy, secretary and treasurer of the Keree Building and Loan aaeocia a partner in the Blaney MerHtile company, trustee of school 1 Hrict number one, an elder in the Hsbyterfan church and had large Hning interests. Hossessed of an indomitable will Her, Mr. Mackey carried on under Hreat handicap due to . ill. health. I underwent several major operftHs and always came back with his Hal determination to succeed. He was born in Lancaster on Jan v 12, 1869. He was married to Hs Belle Thvitty, of Heath (Storings, H she with the fallowing children Hive: John T. Mackey, Jr., of CoIbia; Miss Willie Belle Mackey and He Mackey, of New York City; Hnk Mackey, Dan (Mackey and Mary He Mackey, of Camden.' He is also Bvived by three sisterfcj.Mrs. S.?W.* Irett, of Auburn, Ala.; Mn? S, M. Hler, of Richmond, Va.,; and Mrs, A. Horton, of Lancaster, S. C. S' ' a " ' he funeral was held from his i*sHtce Monday morning at 11 o'clock, H1 services being conducted by Rev. Hp* McArn, his pastor. It was one Hhe largest attended in Camden in Ay years ? many out-of-town T" coming here to pay their last ; Hccts As a mark of respect. all. HneM houses closed their doors as I ?made its way?downBad street. v Hhe burial was in thd\ family plot the Camden cetmeteryv and the He was covered with tpe largest W^ion of flowers ever seen at this cemetery. hose serving as active pallbearBwere: Lewis Lee Clybum, Basil Rruce, J. H. Burns, ;M. D. BVanch, Her Jones and E. T.. Bowcn. * Honorary pallbearers were C. J. Hinon, Jr., L. I. Guion, M. >H. HeyH-David Wolfe, L. L. Block, J. P. Hs? W. A. Boykin, G. H. Bauon, V- Birchmore, L. T. Mil]*, John Hndsay, W. L. DePass, G. H. Le R. T. Mickle, Henry Savage, H. Wooten, John T. Nettles, Henry Hge, Jr., c. H. Yates, J. G/'Rich^ Jr., Dr. John W. Corbett and m- McFadden. I ^ ckson graded school (colored^, hnd two representatives of their ty at the funeral "arid sent beau-' floral offerings. Bmden Lady Gave I Blood For Infant Htle Belva Roberts, one-year-old Hter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Roberts, clumbia, was ill. in a Columbia ?1 and W transfusion of blood Hecessary. A test was made of Hj-iive people and the blood of Steve L?&wu, of Camden, Hhe only one found to match that H? young child, and Mrs. Brown H'tte<* to a transfusion of a pint H?d to save the infant. The opH ' wa* performed by Drs. Cau|*nd William Weston, of Oolwn and occurred at the Columbia HUI on May 4. . i . Claim To Be Gaesta W ***** <3rib of Camden will ?s guests on next Thursday the *tmg class of the Camden high R' ^irty-two members. The **? be held in the Hotel #at " o'clock and the presR?f ~ * the etate colleges Bk ,-^hh ::4?R Thief Steals Car In Broad Daylight A few minutes after ha had parked his car in front of J. C. Penney company on Broad street, Matthew Ferguson, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Walton Ferguson, came out of a drug store to find his car missing. The bold theft occurred at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon and parties saw. the car being driven rapidly on eaU DeKalb street out Federal highiway No. 1. Ohief Hilton followed as far as Bethune and found that a car answering the description hkd passed Casaatt, but it is believed the thief took a side road betgveen Cassatt and Bethune as no one saw it pass the latter place. It was a sport model Ford roadster painted gray, with six wire wheels, earfyihg a black trunk on the rear rack. The right door was missing. The motor number was A-90&6B31 and .bore a South .Carolina license number B-9612. The chief of police is authorized to pay a reward of #28 for recovery of car and $60 for capture of thiefk It is thought the car was stolen by a young white man. ' ".'I1* - Baptist Church Services The following services are announced for the week at the First Baptist church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock, Judge 'Mendel L. Smith, superintendent. Preaching at 11:16 by Mr. C. L. Lock-wood, of Columbia. At the evening hour the B. Y. P. U. vCrill give a play, "How Deacon Brown Was Converted To Tithing." Prayermeeting Wednesday evening at 8:80. Senior B. Y. P. U. Thursday evening at 8:8p;?JPuiuor B. Y-.P. U. 'Sunday evening at 7:80. The public is Cordially invited to attend #11 "the services of this church. ,i yr' Y- r\V ' ' X . " ' Had Relatives Here Mrs. Dor# W. Willis, 46, died at her home, 82T7 Eighth street, Olyrapia, early Sunday morning after being in declining health for several ..months. She had lived in Columbia for 22 year*. Mrs. Willis is survived by her husband, Joseph E. 'Willis; two sons, Clarence Willis and Otto Willis,, all of Columbia; two daughters, Mrs. Annie Gordon, of Camden,%and Mrs. Teresa Bowen, of Btaney; two brothers, E. H. Rollinson, of Camden, and E. O. Rollinson, of Columbia; two sisters, Mrs. Lena Moonham, of Camden^ and, Mrs. O. R. iSfrmpson, of Coluiribj^jj her mother, Mrs. Emelia Rollinson, of Camden, and six grandchildren.? Monday's Columbia IState. Hamrick Named To Succeed Brasington W. P. Hamrick of Columbia, South Cacolina manager of the Pacific-mills, was yesterday appointed by Governor Ibra C. Blackwood and confirmed by the senate as a member of the state highway commission. He will succeed Dr. i9. F. Brasington of Camden. Mr. Hamrick has previously served on the comimsslonT He was .appointed, near the end of former Governor T. G. McLeodto term but. former Governor John G. Richards appointed Doctor Brasington to succeed him. Doctor Brasington was never confirmed by the senate but #erved on tlW^commission several months as appointfeab?. Governor Blackwood reappointed Doctor Brasington on the commission but the senate refused to confirm him. Governor Blackwood yesterday appointed Mr. Hamrick who was confirmed.?Sunday's State. Floral Company Moves Office The Camden Floral cognpany has moved its office and show rooms from its plant on East Laurens street to the number 2 plant on West Laurens Street. This arrangement is only for the summer months and their headquarters will again be on East Laurens street when the fall season opens. Telephone orders win reach them at the nuJ?J)er t* 0 Pl*n** c ' Immense Strawberries Powell Thompson, janitor aqd gardener at the Browning Home, brought to our office Wednesday six of the largest strawberries exhibited here fn a long while. They were of the everbearing variety?starting in April and bearing through' July. He has seven' rows about one quarter acre long. The six berries left with us weighed three and oos-htlf ounces and will nearly fill an ordinary sattoer. ? H'jfe.'*?'l''tana'ia- ' " " ~ ' V" . ' f, i ifefcjf'IT * " * * ? . Three Banks Noted In Big Edition In an entire section devoted to "Banking and Finance in the Carolina^," the Charlotte Observer of dunday carried pictures of H. G. Garrison, president of the Bank of <?nmden, and Chas, J. Shannon, Jr., president of the First National Bfcnk. The Bank of Kershaw also shared a portion of the space and the accompanying write-ups of each (bank follows: The Bank of Camden "Organized in 1888 with a capital stock of $25,000 the Bank of Camden today has a capital s^ock of $100,000 and surplus of #ltfo,()0O, together with an item of some $11,000 undivided profits, thereby befog Jteted grt the "Roll of Himor" nf the United States, upon which less than 20 per cent of the 'banks of the country can claim recognition. "This additional capital, surplus and undivided profits has been built Irons the bank's earnings, another feat to be proud of, , "With total resources of $1,211,889.24, the recent statement of the bank shows it is due nothing to banks and hankers, has no notes and bills re-dlseoimted outstanding, and has no biU*;.$Mgrable. "In addition'* to building up this handsome//jp^r?in of safety to the depositor, ' bank owns a home valued at $^4,000, and has other real estate wor^hKon the books, $33,800.05. Fixtures are valued at close to *14,000. the statement shows an unusually strong bank. "Officers who have made this possible v are Garrison, president^ in tjt tr n u. ii? i avcOf Ala vit Garrison, Jr., cashier; M. B. Williams, assistant cashier; D. A. Boykin, assistant cashier. "The directors are: H. G. Carrison, C, H. Yates, H. G. Garrison, Jr., Jno. W. Corbett, W. G. Wilson, David-Wolfe, R. ?. Pitta, W. Robin Zem/p, L. I. Guion and W. J. iMayfield, L. T. 'Mills is attorney for the bank" "Orbits statement the bank proudly shown the gold embossed "honor roll' seal awarded by the U. fl. government, and takes justifiable pride In the fact. ?? "For 43 years the 'Bank of Camden has been part and parcel of the progr^ss^of Kershaw county. 'In times of prosperity and in times of depression the Bank of Camden has stayed with the community and has pulled it through steering a safe and conservative course at all times and ybt being as liberal as was consistent with good business. "The result has been that the community has prospered at a rate that is a source of pride to all ,of South Carolina and the bank has shared in this prosperity and (public confidence." ^ g^yThe First- National Bank "The First National bank of Camden, South Carolina was organised as a state bank in 1*904 with a capital of $35,000, but Vfith the earnings of $50,000, the bank was made a national bank in 1-908 and the capital stock increased to $36,000 and today has approximately $30,000 in surplus and undivided profits. "The president of 'the institution, C. J. Shannon, Jr., is one of the %yetst known bankers in the $outh. He has been president of ttg* South Carolina Bankers Association, a member of the American Bankers association executive counsel and was' also state vice-president of the American Bankers association. "The First-National Bank is the only National bank in Kershaw county. "The last Call from the comptroller showed the bank was loaning to the community for commercial and industrial development, $367,219.82 and that it had deposits of $610,490J61. &. owed no. biUg and there uni 1,1 difaiiml it. housed in its own quarters, ynlued at some $36,000." ;'The Bdnk of Kershaw 1904 with a capital stock' of'/490.000 of which amount $20,000 wa$Ypaid in the firRt year and the/^Maptder the second year, the Kershaw, Kershaw, South Carolina, under the manageroent of T-Xfc' Clybtfftt, the cashier, has inCrekMn vits capital ttodc ;to $100,000 out of the earnings, has paid the etoekholders $146,000 in dividends and has a surplus and profits of $96,000. "Reserves of the bade are placed in the ntoent statement at $090, "Early in 1?06 the bank erected a $10,000 home but in June, 1926, it was burned down. The officers at once ordered the erection of a $25,000 banking home and this the bank now occupies. In addition to this structure, carried at $26,591.18. "Loans and discounts are placed nt $497,628.91 while deposits are $788,945.92. "It is a state and county depository. . K "There has been no change in the personnel of the officers since the bank was first organized. They are as follows: John T. Stevens, president; T. B. Clyburn, cashier and D. P. Dye, assistant cashier. "The directors are John T. Stevens, T. B. Clyburn, W. B.Threat, S. E. Hinson, R. S. Floyd, T. J. Gregory, Dr. W. C. McDowell and Dr. U T. Gregory. "This bank does a valuable commercial business in the town of Kershaw and the territory surrounding. It is strong and well able to handle any situation that arises there in the comtnercial or agricultural world. The last statement shows an unusually fine condftfon and One in which the jMygUa.* IT? ' v Lady Luck Favors Loser of Shoulder R. A. Jackson, one of our valued subscribers from Lugoff, was in to see us (last Saturday and told of an experience he had the day previous which prove? to him that there uro honestmen still in the land. Mr. Jacktolj was bringing a load of wood to to<wi> for sale and had placed on top of the wood a choice home-cured shoulder which jostled off and fell on the highway. Not one chance in a thousand though; he of Recovering that shoulder w4l h many passing, motorists. He Cgme <n to Camden and inquired at numer< us stores if it had been- offered lor sale. Finally he mentioned the matter to Chief of Police Hilton, who informed hhu that such a pack age hap been left with him and that if he cWd identify it, he could claim it. T? shoulder had 1Men picked up by Charles Nolahd^ driver of a Gulf truck and turned over to the officer. 5 .j i . I"' ? Midway High School Commencement $he Midway high school graduating class has completed all plans for commencement and has the follow* ing program to announce: . On Sunday afternoon, (May 17, at 4:8Q?fr, Ariail of the Camden Methodisf, church will ipreach the baccalaureate sermon. Rev. T. P. Christmas yf the local Baptist churches will preside. ^Hie graduating class will ^give ah their final play, "Let's Get Married," on Monday night at 8:80. The final exercises will be held Tuesday bight, May 19th, at 8:80. $/A,?pl}jvan of Columbia will deliver u*?? j j 1 tfi, i ?"> i?w?oi j auuicoo anu wis, iu>uuc?ll Watts, the county superitendent of education will deliver state high school diplomas to the. following: Myrtle Elliott, Moneta West, Clyde West,p Elmer Joyner, Lucile Sharpe and Annie Huckabee. Miss Mrytle Elliot^ will deliver the salutatory and Miss Jponeta West the valedictory. 'JTh4i -friends and patrons of the school are cordially invited to attend the exercises. $37,076 Total Seal Sales The final report of the annuaj sale of Christmas seals 'by the South Carolina Tuberculosis association and its affiliated county associations shows a total of $97^7(6.76. Of this sum, $862.58 wafe received from the separate Negro sale Conducted in 30 counties. In spite of many discouragements duririg~the~ 1080 wile and* the fact that a few returns have not yet been reported, Charlton DuRant, chairman of the state committee, reports that the sale in this state showed a high per capita standing among the Southern states. Thirteen counties showed an inqtfhse over the previous year's sale, ^ | Of the above amount sales in Xersh^w county showed a total of $236.56. s-~ " Wildcat" Reddish Tamed Jesse Turner, Greenville's colored scrapper, knocked out "Wildcat" Reddish 1n the seventh round at Liberty HaH last night. TNirner had a tough opponent to deal with. Reddish had him groggy to the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds but Turner came out in sej^nth and hit Mm with every kind, ot blo^. He literally rained blows on Reddish/ ^ " i in 4 i II I I ^iiiunii ? m Man and Woman 1 Held oft Bad Checks J. L. Harrelson, alias J. C. McRae, and a young woman claiming: to he s his wife were placed in jail Satur- h day night on charges of passing ft worthless checks. b The couple were first su.sptn-ted ft when they gave a check to the Schlos- t burg store and also one to the Out- a look Shoppe. (Rural Officer *G. B. DeFruhl found the couple boarding o with a Mr. and Mrs. Woathersly near p the Hermitage village. 0 MoRae put up a plea to the of- f ficer te-- release htm long enough to t tall^ to his landlord. This being d?- f nied he was placed in the hack seat I of the officer's car while another ( was to drive, /McRae made a leap for freedom and he and the officer 1 had a tussle on the ground before t he /was finally overpowered. t A search of the man's belonging^ showed that he had operated under $ two names, and at various places, t Numbers of signed checks on various g banks were found in his possession o and letters found showed that he had ii given bad cheeks to J. L. Ooker and h company at Hartsville, Stuckey and 1 Rogers in Lee county. He also had in hiB possession n I Chevrolet coach, whose license num* 4 ber, motor number and general de- t scription tallied with a stolen oar card received at police headquarters \ here from Brunswick, Ga. McRae j claims that the car he was using be- u longed to Jii* brother. The woman I was held for questioning but was i later released from prison. Officers 0 believe that McRae is wanted in a 0 number, of places*.^ 1 The checks given to local merchants c were on the Fi*st National Bank of Camden and the bank officials sny t that Harrelson or McRae - had no j, funds in the bank. It is eeidr he B claimed to be representing a hard- g wood firm in Tennessee, purchasing hardwood in this gectioft. , ' c Comes To Claim Car A manager of a U -Drive-It company, from Brunswick, Ga., came to 1 Camden Wednesday with papers to claim the Chevrolet car taken from J. L. Harrelson, alleged cheCk flasher. ( who is held in the Cotanty jail by Sheriff McLeod. A reward of $20 offered for the car was turned over to Rural Officer G. B. DeBruhl who made the arrest of the man and his 1 wife f * Lugoff Man Leads Attack On Rebels > \ . 1 Washington, April SO.-r-Two. skir- 1 mishes between Nicaraguan insurgents and native troops were reported today to the nivj^ department* ' The reports quoted a cspiureu' in? > surgent as saying Chavarria, a San- 1 idino lieutenant, had been killed in the 1 first engagement. 1 The navy department reports said 1 on April* 27 a patrol of the native 1 guardia commanded by Corporal 3 Donald L. Truesdale,. of the marine < corps, a native of Lugoff. S. C.', pur- 1 sued a group of insu^^wW'ttho had 1 been found attacking ap farm near .1 Gondega. . " ' /.'. The patrol caught up with the in- 1 fturgents at Agua Gate and fired at < them. They escaped, but eleven ani- 1 mals, some clothing arallQanketsi were taken. The guardia suffered no i casualties. < On the following day Corporal ] Truesdale's patrol was in Contact 1 with an insurgent group and killed < a sub-chief of Obavarria. Ten in- i , surgents were wounded and onecap- 1 tured. ' ' 1 , Rally at Wateree Church The following is the program for ^ the quarterly B. Y.'P. U. Rally which meets with Wateree Baptist church May 17, at 3r00 p. m.: (Song service; devotional, Mr. Lexie L. <Oroxton; , roll call; business; announcements; ( "The Ups and Downs of an Inter- ( mediate B. Y. P. U.," Mt. Pisgah ( Intermediates; speknal music, Bethune , seniors; "Conversion of Deacon , Brown to the Doctrine df Steward- t ship," Camlden seniors; duet, Misses , Margaret Horton nad Elizabeth Hoi- , ley. j Services st Graee Church Rev. C. G. Richardson, who has 1 been on a short vacation at Durham, N. C., will arrive today and the regular services will be hold at Grace Episcopal church wt the WHnidl hottr. ,.... . * .. . Berkshire Inn Sold at Great Harrington Groat Harrington, April 29.-~Berkhiro inn, one of thu finest summer otcla in South Berkshire located on lain street, this town, has been sold y Mrs. Benjamin L). Ticknor to Jajor Hugh Smiley, of Kgremont, no purchase price being estimated t $100,000, Major Smiley, who is the largest wner of real estate in Fremont, lans to open the hotel May 26. lie wns in Kgremont, Fentonbrook arm, a model dairy farm and plans o sup-ply the hotel (with produce rom there. He recently- bought Mrs. CIo<lio'8 HaPPiness, inn and^ > Neill s general store in Egremont. The Smiley family - owns Lake dohonk hotel in New York state, his exclusive hotel having been in he family for more than 60 years. 'Mr. Tioknor died in Boston the and the Great Barring-* on hotel had been on the market for everal weeks. The Ticknors also wn Court Inn at Caimden, ?. C. Thi8 M on and the Berkshire inn have been nanaged by Pwight Partridge, Mrs. "ioknor's Bon-in-law. negotiations were completed ust night in the office of Wheeler t Taylor. There was one other pary negotiating for the property. The Berkshire ipn was (built in 901 'Hi 1902 by Caleb Ticknor and assed to his son, Benjamin D. "Hck or upon the death of the former, t "was well known as an exclusive nn and patronised by many perrons f "wealth. It is located opposite the -Id (Searles mansion now the Barington _ ^ It' * ? ? * ??v aivvv< ontyine 100 jrooms. Th? Lake -Mohonk hotel owned by he Smiley* is one of the fa-mous lostelries of Nerw York etate. No mtomobiles are allowed on the [rounds. Major Smiley plans to re-open lext month under new management md -present employees will be reained. The Court Inn at -Camden, S. t,, 8 affected t>y the -Oreat Barringorr transfer. > -*" Roes Under House To Shoot His Victim -Crawling under a house and poking ds gun barrel through a hole in the ?loor to get aim at his victim, George' . [CeikUcdjf, negio, was arrested early? Thursday morning as the man who Hred- a shot at close range into both egs of Lucy McOartha, negress, as she eat in a chair before -an open fireplace. The shooting occurred about 10:30 Wednesday night, and Kennedy was suspected as he had been trying to Kia?i?7-n- uttTO vTTWir-^ro ftwmm7 w^lv n*u refused him. Officers trailed the ne?ro to his home where a single barrelled shot gun was found which 'had been freshly fired. A shot gun ehell loaded with shot tallying with those fired at the negress was found un-. ier his pillow. Kennedy denies the shooting. The woman, is (painfully fhough pot dangerously wounded in wth legi just abov? the knees. Blood hounds were brgpght here Prom Lexington but the earth being fry under the house and the trail be* Ing old the dogs failed to follow the trail. ' Sheriff iMacLeod, Deptuy Sheriff Dooley and Rural Officer G. B. DeBruhl worked atll night on the case ind succeeded in making the arrest sarly Thursday morning. The shootng took place at the DftoOartha home lear "DusTty Bend," and 'Kennedy *was( irreated at his home near the City E>ower house not far distant. Captured Men, Car And Load of Boozer' While waiting on the side of the road for bloodhounds from Lexington jarly Thursday morning at 3:30 o'clock .Sheriff MoLeod, Deputy Cooley snd Rural Officer DeBruhl captured 1 Chevrolet sedan, two white men and M gallons of corn liquor. The tnan claimed Charlotte as his home and ilso claimed that the car In whioh they ware riding belonged to the wife or one of the arien. Officers state that the liquor was etiQ warn, evidently having been only recently loaded at a still. Mr. William Shannon, of Columbia, was the guest of his mother, Mrs. C. J. -Shannon, la* Sunday. 4 ^