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i TIheCamden Chronici f l*WH.UME43 *. X ^1 i Li JCj '- | CAMPEW- SOU CAROUNA. FRIDAY. a 11/^1 ict- ~ . ^ NUMBER 19 gig Celebration To Open No. 1 Cheraw, S. C., August 4, 1081.? Hon. K. A. Rouse, general chairman of the celebration to be held in thi* *y September 17th to mark the eomplete paving of United States Highway No. 1, today announced the ippointment of committeemen from ach state traversed by the all paved tighway to aid in formulating plans or the event. H. G. Garrison, Jr., and Jack Whiter have been appointed by Chalraan Rouse to represent Camden, S. on the committee to make plans or the occasion. Tly> members of he committee will meet at Che raw in bout ten days. The ceremony, which, lis said, will be the largest road celbration ever held, will take place at heraw, S. C., where the last sector ( paving on U. &. Highway No. 1 i being completed. Mayor Rouse uted that governors from fourteen iates along the route and high govmment officials of the 'Bureau of ublic Roads at Washington ar? exacted to attend. Also - delegations om each city crossed by No. 1 will irtkipate in the formal opening of ?most popular route from Maine Florida. Double gates stretched across the ;hway and fastened by locks will opened as a part of the ceremony, cording to Mayo? ,Rouse. The left or or gate will be pulled open by >vemor Ibra Blackwood of South rolina and Governor O. Max Gardr of North Carolina will be asked -open the right gate. Several ousand spectators from the Atlantic >a$tal states will witness this and ler features which will be worked t at the Cheraw meeting within the rt few days. The great celebration will mark the ficial opening of U. S. Highway >. 1 which is outstanding because was the very first highway to be mbered by the Fdeeral Governlent. Bearing as it does the first mber in the Federal system of lads, it is the longest North and mth highway having a single num r and for this reason, road experts ?f, is most easi-ly followed. A mowist leaving Portland, Maine, or any Hta New England point along the u crosses fifty of the largest cities to East on his way South. He ^ Im the official marker "U. S. ^I-lwithout detours and with"^ploconvenience of changing num For the past two seasons U. S. ffhway No. 1 was the most pop r with the motorists, 65 per cent the travel, both north and south, rtng been over this road:' This; m due, it is said, partly to the that Highway No. 1 runs diiourn witnout unneccawrydirections from Ft. Kent, to Bangor, Portland, Boaton, ice, New Haveh, Bridgeport, ork, Trenton, Philadelphia, re, Washington, Richmond* urg, South Hill, Raleigh, iSanSouthern Pines, Pinehurst, fham, Cheraw, Camden, CoBate sbprg, Aiken, August*, H?. Waycross. Jacksonville, tustine, Daytona Beach, "West leach, Miami and Key Woft. reason for the popularity of to is because it traverses seethe country rich in Amerltory. The "Main Street of iginal Thirteen Colonies,w y No. 1, takes the traveler ul Revere's home, Independill, the home of thg. author] Star Spangled Banner,0 many] amous battlefields, Arlington y. the Capitol of the iCon. homes of Presidents, faift^ ches, buildings and museums, ion to the historic interest, e route, the road is one of t scenic in the eastern seethe United States. Crossing rcland it offers some of the tgnificent vistas encountered y highway. >rmal opening of U. S. High, 1. a ribbon of pavement tniks long without a break, an important event in the of road building and will di-! 1 attention of thousands >of 8 to this famed highway, V* to Msyor Bbuae who believe* ^ ^ be travelled heavier ' in the past ?ren in the fact that during the on ? carried tha great bulk Camden F. P. F.'s Enjoy Week's Camp Ralph Lee* Lawson Munn, Leonard Storeyf Leonard, Hasty gnd Lawrence , McCallum, members of the Camden Chapter of the Future Palmetto Far- i mere, accompanied by their teachers pent the past week at the State Future Farmer Camp located at Tamassee, S. C, The party left Camden Monday morning and arrived at the camp late in the ufternoon, the trip was enjoyed by all the boys and they watched with keen interest alj the things , that related to agricultural work. i The camp was directed by Mr. J. D. O'Quinn, a vocational teacher. i The schedule was so arranged us to keep the boys busy, but they enjoyed all of it. \ On Tuesday a mountain trip was < arranged and the boys were tested as | to their ability to climb mountains On Wednesday the boys took a ^rip 1 to the tunnell which was started be- ; fore th? Civil war. The purpose of i this tunnel was to enable a railroad i to be constructed from South Carolina to Tennessee. This was on? of the most interesting trips they took. < On Thursday the contests were ] played off in checkers* volley bail, , base ball, horse shoes and swimming. The contests were so arranged that each boy took a part in some contest. Ralph Lee, a Camden boy won the ^ swimming contest. The girls of the D. A. R. school i at Tammassee, S. C.f entertained" the , boys Thursday night with music and songs. Friday morning the boys left Camp j for home, and several stops were { made on the way to visit some of the most interestiivg points in the abate. , The boys visited Clemson college and ^ looked through all the buildings and ( over part of the farm. Other places , visited were the Calhoun mansion, the Old Stone Church, General Andrew Pickens* grave, Saluda dam and the Colombia curb market. This was a very- enjoyable trip for all the boys and also the teacher. "The only thing wrong with the camp,M- one boy remarked, '*was that it didnt last long enough. All the boys are anxious to make the trip next year. After the camp the agricultural teacher, H. Granade, leaves for his home in Alabama for a vacation. i Homicides Increase Columbia, Aug. 1.?The state says South Carolina had 216 homicides in the first six monttnrof this year with a population of less than 2,000,000 in comparison with 200 shooting homicides 'in New York City, with a population of ifearly 7,000,000, in the first seven months of this year. Uast year but 244 homicides in South Carolina were registered by the bureau of vital statistics of the ?- ?~ - f. UVpvr?K?wM-v " T" ' Seventeen Deaths on theJRoad o . Columbia, Aug. 1.?Seventeen deaths in wrecks on South Carolina, state highways were reported to the highway department during July, it was announced today. AH teport* are not in and it was likely that the toll will go higher. Fifteen -deaths were reported in June. Boy Hero of Cow pens Cowpens, S. C., Aug. 8.?Heroism of Shepard Jackson, nine-year-old Cowpens boy, was being talked here today as plans were completed for his burial. When he saw his eight year old sister, Shirley, and his little playmate, William Revels, in the path of trains approaching from opposite directions yesterday, he leaped in time fo "push them off the tracks. He had no time to jump himself and his body was mangled by one of the trains, Thomas & Howard Purchase Building ^ J - * v The brick warehouse near the Southern passenger station, owned by EL L. Schlosburg, and formerly used by the Merchants Wholesale Grocery ?w thta wo* poreWrd b, ' the Thomas A Howard wholesale grocer., operating in Osmden and other The deal wap-mfde through the C. P. DuBose real estate agency and la one of the teet real eeUte^d?eJj < Boys Carry Body of Gangland Victim Now York, Aug. 1.?The, casket containing the body of five year old Michael Vengalli, victim^ of gangpom's gunplay, was carried through the streets of Harlem's "Little Italy" today by 40 playfellows of the slain child. Thousands crowded the streets through whiqh the funeral cortege passed. Fifty uniformed police maintained order and fifty detectives in plain clothes moved through the crowd, hoping that in the emotional stress of the moment someone might let drop a clue to the identity of the Blayers. From the Vengalli home in East 107th street the procession moved to the church -where a brief ceremony was performed. Then the casket was borne back to the house. First came the 40 boys with their tragic burden. Behind it another youngster carried a Sicilian detuh flag, a spear with a black mourning streamer floating from the point. Behind him was an empty hearse and last of all came the parents of the boy, mourning their dead and hoping for the recovery of another son who was one of four children wounded by gangster bullets when Michael was fatally shot. Back from the church ceremony the Vengallis found a large wreath sent there by friends of the day bearing the inscription: "Your friends wish yamong the pngels." A few minutes after the returi from the church the casket was placed in the hearse for transportation to Calvary cemetery for burial. Meantime, the spirit of reprisal that smouldered in the breasts of those who watched the funeral procession was being carried out in a practical way by the new 24 hour squad car patrol of crack shot policemen. Armed with the latest type of repeating shotguns, specially selected policemen cruised the alleys and avenues of the city in the most determined offensive against gangdom in New York's history. ? They had orders to <4shoot to kill, , and the first of their number to I carry them out was congratulated publicly by Police Commissioner Edward P. IMulrooney. He was Policeman Joseph A. McFarland, who shot and probably fatally wounded a holdup man. ... Hope that the gunmen responsible for the spray of lead that killed t e Vengalli boywbuld he found waned tonight with the admission of police that they were unable to cope with the wah of silence that has blocked. SL at every turn. In the ItaUan sections the tradition against giving information to police appears stronger than the lure of rewards totaling $30,000. _/ First Open Boll <Mr. J. P? Lewis brought to our Office Monday the first open boll seen in this section so far. J he boll came from his farm in the Boykin section and is of the Coker's wdltresistant variety. H was from the field on Sunday. Mr. Lewis Bays he has an unusually fine crop and looks for a large yield. New Acta Arrive > Clerk of Court James H. CIyhurn informs us that the acts for 1031 have been received and magistrates of the county can secure same by calling at the Clerk's office. First Baptist Church Services The following services are annaunced for the week at the First Baptist church: ISunday school at 10 o'clock, Judge Mendel L. Smith, superintendent. Preaching service at 11-16 a. m. and 8:30 p. m., conducted by Rev. S. Floyd Surls, of Winnsboro. Senior B. Y. P. U. Thursday evening at 8:80, and Junior B. Y. P. U. (Sunday evening at 7:30. Tb? public is cordially invited to attend the services of this church.. H4i&w*ve siirhUy Br?k<n A heavy' downpour of rain, accompaniedUby considerable wind Wednesday afternoon caused a slight letup In the wave experienced in this * week or more thundershowers have appeared, but the rain fdw*y? by- O?"1 hmra fnllin in mney pM*? of the county and report# from all Sections Mj that crop# are unusually good. Young corn, however, la said to be tUgfcUy injured from dry weather. , V ' " J ' I . . ' ' ' 11' 1 . University Head Hied Last Saturday ... I Columbia, Aug. 1.-?iDr. D. M, Douglas, president of the University of fiouth Carolina, died suddenly at his home hare early today. Taken ill shortly after midnight, he grew gradually worse, death coming before 6 o'clock, lie suffered a stroke of apoplexy. ? His widow and two daughters were at the bedside. Surviving are his widow, who before marriage was Miss Lydia Welsh, of Pittsburgh, and two daughters, Miss Elizabeth and Miss Margaret. Dr. i>ouglas became president of the University of South Carolina in 1927. Prior to that, he was president of Presbyterian College of South Carolina at Clinton for 16 years Davison McDowell Douglas was born in Blcakstock, S. C., June 20, 1809. He received his A. B. degree at Davidson College and took theological work at Louisville Theological Seminary and Columbia Theological Seminary. He secured his master's degree at j the University of .South Carolina and took additional graduate work at Princeton and Johns Hopkins. His alma mater, Davidson, conferred a doctor of divinity degree on him in 1912 and Southwestern Presbyterian University gave him an LL. D. In 1924. t He held pastorates in North Carolina and Maryland before becoming president of Presbyterian College in 1911. He was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity and of bhe honorary scholastic fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa. In 1925 he was moderator of the Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina. Five Hurt in Auto Crash I Two white men and three negroes were painfully cut and bruised in a collision between two automobiles seven nobles from here on the Bishopville road Monday morning. John Bradford, young white man I of Camden, and his companion were traveling on the highway when a car driven by Hazel Davis, negro, and occupied by three other negroes, drove out from a side road directly in front of Bradford's machine. Both cars were badly wrecked. Bradford and his companion and Davis and two of his companions sustained painful, but not serious, injuries. The accident was investigated by Highway Patrolman Huff, who statcd that charges would?probably be preferred against Davis.?Sunday's Sumter Item. Revival Services at Flint Hill _____? The pastor and members of Flint Hill church will hold their regular summer revival meeting next week. There will be two services necft Sunday, one < service at ^leveii o'clock ] and one' at lour o'clock. Beginning Monday the services will be held at ten-thirty in 4f?e morning and at seven-thirty in the evening. The public is cordially invited to attend all these services. Death of Sam T. Stevens The community was shocked by the sudden death of Mr. Sam T. Stevens early Friday morning. He had been in bad health for more than a year,' but was only ill ohe week. llf?! Stevens was a native of Edgefield county, but had resided here for the past ten years. He was 60 years old. He is survived by his widow, who, before marriage, was Miss Cora Outz, of Edgefield, and nine children as follow*: Mrs. Ollie R. Fulmer, Johnson, S. C.; Mrs. J. L. Outz, Edgefield; Mrs. K. J. Jacobs, Rockingham, N. C.; William Stevens, Augusta,-Ga.; Frank Stevens; Misses Lillie Mae, Emma, Ruth and Aradell, all of Camden, and a great many relatives and friends who mourn the passing of this good man. One son, Rufus, preceded him to the grave more than two years ago. Funeral services were, held for him Sunday at Johnaton, conducted by Rev. W. M. Hodges, pastor of the First Baptist church. Interment was in the church yaid cemetery in the presence of ?j large concourse of relatives and friends.-?Contributed. .V jQuarterly Meeting . The quarterly union meeting the Kershaw Baptist association will be held at Piegah church August 29, 1931. Tbe program will he published in a week or eo. Uook for it. P. E. Blaekmon, Chairman Crash Through Draw Tragedy of The Year Georgetown, Aug. 4.?Twenty-two picnickers, 20 of them negroes, drowned in the Sampit river three miles fro mhere late last night when a bus in which thfey were returning from un all-day outing plunged through an open draw-bridge, Fourteen of the bodies had been recovered today but only five of them had been identified. Searchers returned to their work as fast as a body was brought to shore but as the Sampit, a coastal rivor, is affected by the tides, their job was a tedious one. Jerome Frasier, negro newsboy of Georgetown, was the only one in the crowded vehicle to escape being trapped in the 40 feet of water ut the bridge. He smashed a window and swam out. Warren' Newton, 52, white driver of the bus, and his son, Olin, 20, were among those drowned. Their bodies have not been recovered. All the negroes were residents of Georgetown and Andrews. They had engaged Newton, a farmer who used the bus to huul school children on contract, to drive them to the picnic grounds at a beach near Charleston. In addition to the Newtons, those drowned were: Harold Drayton, Mary George, Melvin Jones, Herman Scott, Bobby Harrison, Roland Martin, Lloyd Moid, Nathan Cooper, Harry Thompson, Frank Prilot, Lucille Mayon, Althresia Robinson, Bessie Britton, Jier son Willie, 5, and daughter Elizabeth, 2; Thomasena Jones, Claudie Kinlock, and a woman named McCoy and her two children, Hazel and Anna Fair McCoy. i With the exception of the children, all the negroes ranged in age from 20 to 35 years. Magistrate H. S. Higgins, acting coroner, impanelled a Jury that viewed the body of Harold Drayton, one of the few identified. The jury found that Drayton came to his death "from accidental drowning while a passenger in a school bus that ran through the Sampit river bridge on route 40 near Georgetown." Magistrate Higgins said the same verdict would be applied to the death of all others. C. E. Richardson, bridge tender, one of the few witnesses of the tragedy, said the bus approached the bridge at a speed of approximately 30 miles an hour and did not slow down. After crashing into the barrier, he said, it dropped 30 feet to the Sampit "which Is between 30 and 40 feet deep at that point, depending on the tide. Richardson said the bridge barrier at his end of the draw had been knocked open twice before'during "the night and that the barrier on the opposite end had also been knocked open once by automobiles which narrowly missed going into the river. LI V-. highway department several weeks ago to remedy the situation. Fred Green, Georgetown white man who had charge of the negro excursion, s*id Olin Newton was driving the bus when he last aaw it. He said the machine waa one of five engaged by the negroes for a picnic excursion to Riverside Park at Mount Pleasant, near Charleston. The machine was the second one to arrive at the bridge, he said, the first having crossed safely before the draw was opened. Bloodstains found on the bridge near the barrier indicated to investigators that Borne of the victims had been knocked from the bus when it struck the steel bars and had then toppled from the bridge into the water. Cleveland School Tragedy Recalled Columbia, Aug. 4.?The drowning of twenty-two persons at Georgetown is the worst disaster South Carolina has sustained since 1923 when 77 lost their lives in the Cleveland school fire. In that tragedy 300 persons had gathered in the Kershaw county school auditorium on May 17 and were viewing the last act of "Miss Topsy Turvy," when an oil lamp on the stage fell. Panic immediately struck the audience. The auditorium was on the second floor of the building and men, women end children jammed in the single stairway leading down. They piled on one another and those who were not crftthed in the exit were burned to death at the flamea quickly consumed the frame v 77jf~r "" ' Mrs. Stoney Dead In Anniston, Ala. Mrs. Jennie Shannon Stoney, 6U, widow Of the lute Rev. JHinwj M. Stoney, Sr., of Camden, died at 7 0 clock Wednesday morning in u hospital at Anniston, Alu. Mrs. Stoney, who spent much of ? t,mo with ker daughter, Mrs. jHomer S. Blackwell, in Laurens, went several weeks ago to Anniston to visit her son, the Rev. James M. Stoney. Shortly after going to Anniston she had u fall that caused the fracture of one of her legs. She was ?t the hospital recovering from the injury, apparently in u satisfactory way! when she suddenly took a turn for the worse early yesterday morning. Her son, A. B. Stoney of Columbia, e immediately for Anniston, but was stopped enroute, when the sad news of her death was received. Tlie Kev. W. S. Stoney was likewise enroute from Florida, j Mrs. Stoney, the wife of the late lamented rector of Grace Episcopal church of Camden, was herself greatly loved and esteemed by the people of Camden, Columbia, Laurens and elsewhere o^r the state. In I^aurens' Mrs. Stoney had been devotedly interested in the Church of the Epiphany, the locul Episcopal church with which she had been affiliated for a number fo years. She was a daughter of Colonel William M. Shannon and Henrietta McWillie Shannon of Camden. She is survived by the following sons and daughters: Mrs. H. S. Blackwell, Laurens; the Rev. James M. Stoney, Anniston, Ala.; A. B. Stoney, Columbia; the ^tev. W. S. Stoney, Gainesville, Fla.; Mrs. T. H. Fisher, Columbia; Mrs. E. C. Allen, Darlington and J. B. Stoney, of Columbin. Three sisters and a brother also survive: Mrs. W. D. Boykin, Sumter; Mrs. W. E. Johnson, Camden; Mrs. J. M. Heath, Camden; and C. J. Shan^ non, Sr., Camden. She also leaves a number of grandchildren and a wide family connection over the state. Mrs. Blackwell had returned to Laurens Saturday from the bedside of her mother, brniging her young daughter, Miss Henrietta Blackwell, who Monday underwent an operation for appendicitis. Young Miss Blackwell had gone to Anniston with her grandmother several weeks ago. She was slightly ill when she returned to Laurens Saturday with ' her mother. In the death of Mrs. Stoney South Carolina loses one of her noblest citizens; a gentlewoman of the'old South, representative of the best Uadllluiis of her state, her country and her church.?Thursday's State. ,Funeral services were held for Mrs. Stoney from the Episcopal church late yesterday afternoon following the body's arrival over the Seaboard and the burial was In the Camden nephews of the deceased. T . v. Gets Leg Broken In Auto Accident Walte* Jacobs, woH known Janitor at the coart house, suffered! a broken thigh In an auto-to#^ edHsion ?? the Camden-Sumter highway "Friday night and several other passengers in hie auto received hurts. Sonny Boy Blandlng had a leg broken, and a woman received injuries to her back. The party was returning from a pleasure trip near Wesley Chapel Vhen the accident happened. The auto ran into a buggy and is then said to have struck a tree. Business Decency When business is. dull, competition keen and net profits not in evidence, it puts a severe test upon all engaged in business. It is ' under such circumstances, difficult to maintain integrity, practice courtesy and avoid v unfair methods. But it docs not psy to bend to the pressure. It pays to keep high ideals and extern I courtesy and maintain integr'ity.--Union Times. Osdft c H this nation should go on a cash basis 70 per cent of all the badness in the Unit^atatee would ?ome to an end. says Dr. Stephen Miller, of the National Asaoeaitiea of Oodlt