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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE
CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MAY 18, 1931
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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" ' 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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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/
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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. ,
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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 >
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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 ^