The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 22, 1931, Image 3
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L OLD PLACE <HAB CHANGED
Ko, YOU WpUJLbDiWT KNftW
|1 j was recently overcome by a
Sirring to viait iny birthplace?
^Fhom? for 1years of my life."
I-'Bst's a u,e 8i*n of the *PPr<>*c'h
1 wtta not Ucfied to go
T 90 1 UP my good friend,
f|Ke (Mark, rfd,M and then (irove
||f^w miles out of my way en^Le
to pick up Will Burdette, my
fKhood. shirt-tail, rabbit - hunter,
IMjrd-chaser, doodle-digger partner.
'III..When I fir?t arrived ut the old
{ bestead, I was surprised to see
|Bw much our dwelling had shrunk
|l It useter be a great, big, long,
^ oad, capacious house, but today it
" only a 3-room, unceiled, awkward
bin. While it is the same house,
I jg only 3 feet from the ground:
:Bien 1 practiced falling out of the
jl-izza betwixt the ages of 3 and
; 1 that house wast" at least 10 feet
Bx>ve terra firma.
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The orchard?where-Will and I
e green apples and peaches from
He time they, budded till frost?was
-line. The old ash-hopper?-where I
iped mother wake lye?was still
cnHing. The big field bffck of the
Birn had dwindled down to about
He acre. The awful gully "down toH
: the cow pastor"-.-as Will would
y.?was the only thing about ' the
antation that had grown, and man
' that is a first cousin to the grand
nyon. f>
l tried to locate the place where
Hj/.y and Penny (our favorite dogs)
eyt at night, but somebody had
Km down that shed. The space
here we played marbles at dinnev me-while
the mules were eating?
; Hd been converted into a woodpile.
Hhad no trouble in locating the very
Hot where my little bull yearling
licked me on the side of the head
Ine Sunday and laid me up 15 days
lor repairs. I lived to see him beHLmn
? nipfill OX.
Iie old oak tree?where every[
y?jrirls-vboys-1?colored folks?
e folks?and visitors skint cats
,d disappeared. But the "big
;ery-ellum" wheT? we had our
e^vine swing rwas still there. Our
,e had one glass window in it,
parlor-room?and to this day,
is the only glass window in the
aback. The little path where
and I was won't to chase toads
near sunset was not even there,
were always careful about gettoo
close to toads?on account
heir (then) capacity to cause
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.Yep, friends?1 enjoyed that visEverything
and everybody came
ck to my mind. -"Even the mules,
ws, hogs, chickens?plus our one
;ep (Old Tib)?-came back in rew
before my memory?which was
isantly awakened.' __ Some day?
going to pick up my family (of
and hunt up Will Burdette again
go down there and eat dinner
hat very old house; and then take
ip on a "trunkle bed"?if the teni
should happen to have one.
j THE FAMILY GROUP
I .When I v/as a' boy, huddling inI
the teens, a picture-taker (now
lied photographer) called' at our
use once- wi^h (he avowed purpose
I making a family group, told
that we needed something to hand
>wn to our "ancestors," and as we
d never heard of ancestors before,
m bit.
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- .Our friend was a travelling pic*
re-tiker.^He rode around in a
rse and buggy, and besides his
mora, he carried a hound dog along.
I's policy was to take a "family
oup" and board-out half the cost
B his photographs (horse, dog and
If), and then charge you twice too
lich for the other, half. He came
our house on Friday and left the
lowing Tuesday.
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?I recall the huatle and bustle
?/' I famliy indulged in incident to
^ tog. The girla put on their Sun Italico
dresses, washed their Httle
I061 and Wg feet, the boys cleaned
some also, at|d p' of them
mbed their hair. After much ef n
^ accumulating father andmoth
and 10 children, we "bunched"
" salves near the pi-iua in the
?nt TWAr; .*
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I I waa aa aiudona to lpojc as pret
ty M possible. I did aot stop stj
combing ray hair-^I plastered it down
with lord. I donned my knit ?hirt
that laced up in front.. I put on my
shoes (brogans) and polished them
nicely with skimmings from the dish*
water. I phicked a pretty, lafge
johnny-quill and stuck it in the lacing*
of my shirt, and being naturally
dark-ekinned, 1 rubbed a heavy coating
of flour all over my face and
then 1 was repdy.
... .The photo man wanted all of us
to have something in our hands.
SVither held a big book, mother had J
a palmetto fan, 2 or 3 of the girls
were fondling a kitten apiece, some
of the others held little ohickens in
their palms, and 1 boy leaned on a
hoe handle, 2 others were content
with a big dog between them, but as
I wanted to show off worse than the
others, I held a large Waterbury
watch (that had never run a tick) in
my left hand, facing the picture fellow,
and in my rig^t hand, I was
satisfied with an umbrella.
...."Well, th? shot finally came?after
all of us had got so nervous we
were shivering. v The jftotographer
got under that little black cloth and
sighted at us a dozen times, then
came oyer and twisted my head nearly
off getting it back to normal,
placed others differently, and when
he went back and whistled like a
beautiful jay-bind, he auhid mmthlng
and we -were "took." Whan 1
the pictures were developed, my fact
w? blacker Mian any nigger-face I
ever war, bat the others looked O. K.
as they did not pot any floor an their ,
facta. . That group ia atill one of the
"ahowe" of the McOee generation.
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Blakely To Die In Chair
His view baaed on information contained
in the pardon board's report
refusing to recommend clemency,
Governor Blackwood said yesterday
that he "sees no reason for interference"
with the execution next Tuesday
of Norman Blakely, Greenville
county Negro youth, who killed a
chaingang guard.
Blakely was sentenced to die in the
electric chair March 27 but Governor ,
Blackwood March 26 granted a 60day
reprieve so he could study the
case and investigate Blakely's appeal
for clemency.
Ten days ago the pardon board
orally announced that it would not
recommend clemency and yesterday
the governor indicated that he would
not interfere with the execution.?
Tuesday's State.
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.The hospitalization board which located
the veterans hospital near Co?
lymbia holds a meeting tomorrow in
Washington and is expected to resolve
that a most careful consideration was
given that ratetter before decision, and
that the Piedmont will not be-' heard
in any protests.
E'LUENZA
SPREADING
Colds at once with 666.
ke it as a preventive.
1 W^ Stln fep Babie4T
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Southern Pines
Hotel Burned
^buther* Pir>?a, N. C., May M>.?
The Southern Pine* hotel, well known
resort hotul of thll city vu in ruini
today, destroyed by flames that swept
swiftly through the 16-year-old structure
of hear^. long leaf pine. The
loss was .estimated at $900,000.
Fire apparatus* from Pinej^urst,
Aberdeen and Carthage was summoned
to aid Southern Pines fire-men
last night when unknown
origin broke out iM the building.
The firemen were unable to save the
hotel but succeeded in confining the
flames to the one building.
Two firemen were slightly injured
by an explosion in the rear of the
building. The season was near its
end, and only five guests were registered.
They escaped but lost all
their personal belongings.
Frank Warrington, manager, whose
father ownb the hotel, was unable to
say lust night whether it would be
rebuilt. Mr. Harrington operates another
hotel here and a third in Bethlehem,
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.Governor pardner has for the fifth
tim?' given a reprieve to Lacy Sterling,
negro of New Hanover county,
N. C., who is under sentence of death
for the murder of a Wilmington store
keeper. Governor Gurdner is doubtful
of the negro's guilt.
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Negro Rapist Caught
Near Lancaster
Lancaster, ^ay 16,?Wltson Autry,
20, ntgjrof sought for three days in
connection an attack upon the
wife of ? UbvorKtounty, North Oarolina.yfarmer,
/eras captured today in
a birn near Springdell Station, Lancaster
county.
Sheriff L. F. Dabney, of Lancaster
county, captured the fugitive, who
surrendered peaceably when cornered
in the barn.
' Autry whs captured through a tip
given officers by Kobejpi Mobley, a
negro farmer, He came to Lancaster
early this morning and told officers 1
Autry spent the night in his barn,
and was hiding in it today. Dabney i
returned with Mobley and arrested
Autry.
The capture ended u man-hunt
whit<h hud continued ninht and day'
since the woman, 20-years-old and
the mother of a seven-weeks-old baby,
was assaulted last Wednesday evening.
While Sheriff Dabney was arresting
Autry, scores of armed men, aided
by bloodhounds, were scouring wooded
sections along the Catawba river
where the negro was believed to be
hiding.
The plant of the Sparrow Lumber
company at Florence was burned with
loss of $25,000 and no insurance.
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The jury in the ease of the state of
North Carolina against Wallace B.
Davis, former president of the Central
Bank ft Trust conTpnny/ aivAaheville,
on trial on charges of .violating the
hanking la we, on Saturday returned
a verdict oi guilty, the epeclfic count
on which,the verdict o( guilt was returned.
{iejng that hp published a
false report with, intent to fjefmud.
Two of the benk> directors tried
with Davis on the same counts, were
declared not guilty,f
ROBT. W. MITCH AM
Architect
Crocker Building,
"^Camden,S. C.
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Jewelers end Optometrists
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to Winners of
CAMEL CONTEST!
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R. J* Reynolds Tobacco Company lakes pleasure in announcing ?-?
x - that die decisions of Judges Charles Dana Gibson, Roy W. Howard
and Ray Long in the $50,000 Camel Prize Contest have been
reached and that prizes accordingly have been awarded as follows:
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"' ; .? ;?Ftrst Prize, S2 *1.0010 ?1 ?^
JAMES THOMAS SHARKEY, 101 Train Street, Dorchester, Mass. o
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Second Prize* .SiO.tPOO Third Prize, $*?9000 ,
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MRS. WALTER SWEET, Nsvy Ysrd, Brooklyn N. Y. JULIUS M. NOLTE. fiE Dolntk. Minn. ? - .
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3 jPrixem of 9I.OOO each.
A. B. FRANKUN, HI, 52 Kirkland St^ Cambridge, Mw.
john r. McCarthy, 721 it*i? sc, wrnw.Bc, co?*.
FREDERICK fe, ROBINSON, Coronado Beacb, Calif.
WML A. 9C$UtU*ER,**<c?tt Afto* New Albany, UA
DR. D? IE SOPER, S2S & Brawn, Im City, Iowa.
.7 Prize* if fJOO ea?ft
F. CARTWRIGHT, TranipVn Bldgt, Wmbtagton, Du C,j V'
EpiTH COCHRANE, Glenvale Are., Dtrien, Cm,
BARBARA LAWLESS, Ardmore, Pi,
JANE PARSONS, 323 E. 79th Sl, New York, N. Y.
RICHARD W. VOGT, Green Bay Road, Waukegan, RL
25 M>rize* of $MOO each
MARIE ALBERTS, 6252 So. Spaulding Are., Chicago
W. B. BARKER, JR., 420 N. Spruce, Wlnston-Salem, N .C.
EUGENE RARTON, 3625 La Lux St* El Paftb, Texas
MRS. ED#. F. DALY,, 1133 Louisville St., St. Louis, Mo.
WM, G. ERBACHER, 306 N. Front St, Conway, Ark.
LEROY FAIRMAN, 69 Dartaseuth St, Forest Ilills, N. Y.
KATHSYN R. FRANCIS, 448 E. 224 St, Baltimore, M<L
MRS. ALEXIS GODILLOT, 191 Waverly PL, New York
d*W. GRANGE, 2316 Central St, Eraustou, 111.
C. S. CRAYBILL, Paxtonvillc, P?.
JOhN L GRIFFIN, 1206 Jackson, Pueblo, Colorado
DAVID C HILL, Peyton and Arlington Rds., York, Pa.
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ELMAPRAH JA8BARB, FMIW Afli^ Innsteg, Nldk
J. W. KEATING* 523 Pro?pect CMni Ohio
J. H.K?KNS?Y,26a7 W. Stete S^ tfttiraoheo. Wh*
JOHN KILPELAINEN, Wen Paris, Maine
DR. CLIFTON B. LfvECII, 211 Angell St., Providence, R. L
EDWARD MARTIN, 121 Liddell Sl, Buffalo, IV, Y.
MES. L? CL MILLARD, 609 Stockley Garden*, Norfolk, V?.
EUGENE SARTlNIt 745 Chapel St^ Ottawa, III. .
GREGORY LUCE STONE, 753 Texa* St., Mobile, AU.
DR. C L. THOMAS, Mount Airy, N. C.
LEE R. WOMACK, 448 Tenney At*, AmheM, Ohio
J. ARTHUR WOOD, tiJBvke St., Meehanicriile, N. Y.
EMERY HERBERT YOUNG, Painted Poet, N. Y.
IN congratulating the winners in the
great Camel contest we want at the same
time to thank most cordially the approximately
million men and women whp displayed
their friendly interest by sending
In an entry.
We wish also to thank the millions of smokers
throh^bbnt the country for the appreciation
they are showing for our new Humidor Pack
as it evidenced by the notable increase In the
sale of Camel cigarettes. <r
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By means Of this dust-proof, germ-proof,
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moisture-proof Cellophane wrapping the
rich aroma and full flavor of choice Turkish *
and mellow Domestic tobaccos have been
air-sealed in Camels for your enjoyment.
If yon have not tried Camels in the Humidor .*'
Pacl^ all we ask is that you switch over to this t
brand for one dot. .
After you have learned how much milder,
how much cooler, how much more enjoyable
it is to smoke a perfectly conditioned
of stale cigarettes if you can; , ; \ .
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