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Major, James Riddle Meets Tragic Death Major J. M. Kiddie met a tragic death on Friday night when his burned remains were found in the bath room of hia houae after a fire had raged in the building for almost an hour and the firemen had aucceeded in checking the flames. Fire broke out in this building shortly after U:30 p. ni. and it was some time before the body was found. Barbour Ferguson who lives across the street from thi* residence made a desperate effort to rescue the aged mun but the flames had spread so much over the room that he was forced to get out of the burning building. The first intimation that something waa wrong waa noticed when the odor of smoke wdl smelt. A few minutes later the fire and smoke were seen and Mr, Ferguson rushed into the burning home. When Mr. Ferguson saw that the room where Mr. Kiddle slept was ahla/.c in all sections he rushed out into the hallway and found an old overcoat which he wrapped about h\s head. Protected with this coat he hurried into the room and called loudly for Mr. Kiddle and was answered by cries of "Come here. Come here quick!" He was unable to locate the place from where the call came as Mr. Kiddle had evidently gone into the-bath room. In the darkness Mr. Ferguson was unable to discern the fuct that a bath room was adjacent to the sleeping room and he kept searching the bedroom. He was forced out of the room when the coat which he had about his head caught fire and the leg t-f his trousers also started to burn. He suffered some burns about the hand where he held the coat about his head. When firemen arrived upon the scene they also sought to locate Mr. Kiddle but the flames were making such headway that they had no success. As the stairway and the room in which Mr. Riddle slept was a mass of flames the hose had to be turned on these places before a further search was made and * men with flashlights looked in all the downstairs rooms but did not see Mr. Riddle in the bath room as a screen had fallen on top of him. It is believed that Mr. Kiddle could have been saved if he had sought to escape from the building by going out the door which leads into the hallway instead of going into the batb room. The door of the bath room had to be knocked down before an entrance could bo made to the porch. Firemen Pierce Horton and Walter Davis finally found the old gentleman by lifting up the screen whicn had fallen on him. He was found with his head resting against the lavatory and his "legs wore badly j burned while the upper part of his Ixxiy was almost natural. His appearance indicated that he had cn but scant clothing at the time he was " trapped by the fire. While firemen and others maue frantic attempts to find the man as the upper part of the building was engulfed in flames it is not believed that he could have been saved un-less he had been rescued immediately after the building caught fire. Veteran having joined the army when he wag but seventeen years of age and he saw four years of hard fighting. He was a member of Company E, 2nd South Carolina regiment. He later served as a member of a military staff in this Btate and acquired the title of major in this manner. He was an ardent church worker throughout^ the greater portion of his life, being a member of the local Methodist church. For a number of years he was the editor and publisher of the I^ancaster Review of this city. Deceased is survived by two sons, John Riddle of this city and James M. Riddle of Chicago. He is also survived by three daughters, Mrs. W. H. Reed of this city, Mrs. R. G. Mackorell of Miami, Fla., and Mrs. Snllie Canficld of Washington, D. C. ?Lancaster News. 'W Mrs. R. H. Smith, of Atlanta. CIn , after giving birth to her 13th childadvised newlyweds to have lots cf children if they would he happy. The next congress will be asked to give its approval to legislation which will remove all federal juvenile prisoners from jails to more "healthful surroundings." Richard T. Fountain, of Rocky Mount, N. C., lieutenant governor of the state, has definitely announced his candidacy for the governorship in 1932. The submarine Nautilus, in which Sir Hubert Wilkins will try to reach the North Pole under the ire, left Portsmouth, England, Tuesday for Bergen, Norway. Robert Logan, 45, lost his life -it Marion, N. C? when he went down into a well to start digging it deeper, and war asphyxiated by the foul gases of the well. SEIBBRLING T1RK8 at Creed's FUD ing Station. Some Suggestions As To Fire Alarms (Prompted by the Are alarm of 2:00 ' * m. last Friday and similar onea previous.) Luring the years preceding the installation of the Gamewel) fire alarm system in our city, it was the custom to spread'a fire alurm by vigorous ringing of the town bell by relaya of men, the firing of g^ns and pistols and the populace running around yelling to the capacity of their lungs?"Fire! Far-r-! ^Tire! Far-r-r-r! Where's the fire?" etc. Oamden was then only a ''hick" town. Hut on becoming a "city" we made progress, and after installing the Uamewell alarm, the strokes of thei hell told all. within hearing that there was a house afire, and approximately the location. Later on we made still more proK'esft and installed a fire siren which, ultho' it cun be and is switched on and left to scream loud enough an I long enough to wake up all the sleepy heads within the radius of half a mile or more, so that they can have the chance at the pleasure and excitement of chasing to the lire to help the fire chief .in handling his men and otherwise jnaking themselves generally useful and possibly getting a chance to become a ' hero, still the siren does not tell one whither to proceed after turning out in'.o the wee ,smat hours, So we have by further progressiveness at this time, both the siren to wake folks up, and the Lame-well alarm to indicate* in what direction to run. Hut with all this, there) remains something lacking, in as much as the alarms mentioned are enjoyed mostly by citizen.# of Wards 1, 2 and 3, whereas it is very doubtful if they can be heard as clearly as desirable by citizens of Wards 4, 5 and (?, and these good people are certainly entitled to all the benefits that are afforded to those living in the first three wards. It is therefore suggested that there be installed at least three more powerful sirens, located say?one near the Kirkwood Hotel, another between the Hobkirk and Hospital, and a third near the Court Inn. This would give our winter visitors an equal chance with, the citizens to get occasional diversion and excitement. And it would be extending the blessings stiil more elaborately if those sirens could be equipped with powerful amplifiers announcing say fifty times something like this: "John Smith's house, No. 2533 1-2 Blue street is on fire, help! help!" Also it would add greatly to the system if the city would purchase a powerful motor calliope, having one man to drive it aroufid the principal streets while the fire is burning and an expert performer to play such tunes as "Oh Fireman Save Me Child" and after the fire is subdued to lead a procession back to the fire headquarters playing "Behold the Ccnquering Hero Comes" and like soul-stining tunes. All of these combined with the sirens and gongs on the fire apparatus might prove to be beneficial to those who may happen to be sick and in nervous condition by diverting their minds from, their troubles to other things for several hours?perhaps until dawn of another day. MM?4tian r> r**<uu> t r itself at this time, and that is to install a very loud siren at the cemetery for the reason that although it may be doubted if the dead' can be - r aroused from their long sleep, it might be a comforting thought to our fire laddies to know that they have done all in their power to accomplish that end. t Perhaps some of, my fellow publicspirited citizens can add to or enlarge upon these suggestions and aid in thoroughly awakening all of our sleepy-heads any hour of the night and thus getting them out for a real "get-together and * whoop-'eni-up" once in a while; if so our fire department might be glad to hear from them. J. B. Wallace. SOUTH CAROLINIAN ROSE FIRST Citizen of Ninety-Six Made First Balloon Ascension In America - ] In 1784, Peter Carnes made the first balloon ascension in America ?^t Baltimore, and this was an item in a list of Today's Anniversaries in The Greenwood Index-Journal one day lust -week. That?paper editorially calls attention to the item and says: This undoubtedly was that rare character, Peter Carnes, w?ho was a lawyer at Old .Cambridge or Old Ninety-<Six after the Revolution in what is now Greenwood county. Judge O'Neall in his Bench and Bar and also' in his Annals of NewAftiiniu..hflft t CurnpiL Carnes was a native of Maryland. In a group of congenial spirits at Old Cambridge just after the Revolution while Chief Justice John Rutledge S was holding court there, Rutledge asked Carnes how he came to he .1 lawyer. Carnes said he first started out in life as a carpenter but finding that did not suit him he turned millwright. Next he engaged, he said, in the manufacture of balloons (and | that is where tffe connection with the first balloon ascension in the United Stales came about) and that business not being profitable he .became an exhorter, and finally in desperation he became a lawyer, he had to do something! Carbes was a rare character. At this same gathering, another lawyer, William Tate, of Old Cambridge, came in. Tate had a shock of "frizzly" hair and Carnes said: "Come In, old frizzly." Tate fired up and Carnes told h\m: "Your head looks like the fragment of a hail storm borne upon a whirlwind." Carnes left Old Ninety-iSix and located in Georgia where he became a very wealthy man. Probably Carnesille, Ga., is named for him.?He died in Augusta. As the man who made the first balloon ascension in America, NinetySix will be interested in claiming him as? a former resident and a member of the bar of Old Cambridge. The Mississippi river at Red Wintr, Minn., is now a foot lower than it ~ A, unQ.? OtfA. (M>wl .lAiiMiari**point on record. The rate of pay of Southern railway official^ has been voluntarily reduced; but there has been no reduction in the wages paid employees. ??r?1 LOOKING BACKWARD Take* From the Files of The Chrouicle Fifteen and Thirty Yeara Ago a . _ ? * V * THIRTY YEA 118 AGO August 7, 1901 . , John D<&au??ure, of Atlanta, ried to Mies Sallie Clarke, of CalU* dan at home of Mr*. J. D. Kennedy. Financial Review of New York pub. lishes vary complimentary notion of Bank of Camden on its thirteenth annual statement. L. A. Alexander, manager of Camden telephone exchange, completed line through to Lugoff. Excursion from Camden to Charleston by way of Sumter, Manning and Lanes announced at $1.26 for round trip. Rev. Sam Jones, noted evangelist to lecture in Sumter. Death of W. H. Smith near Oswego announced as accident when his body was found in a cornfield. Infant won of Mr. dnd Mrs. Dec Trimnal of near Mizpah dead. Mrs. John I>ixon died at her hoipo near Boykin and 'funeral held at MU i -v,. . Olivet. The steamer Islander hiJLs iceberg near Douglas Island carrying sixtjr seven passengers to a watery grave. All of the southern part of ArlzoV na flooded by high waters with d2' struction to property and railroads being enormous. Much damage and loss of life by storm on (iulf coast from Pensacoia to New Orleans. Richmond, Va., suffers $115,000 fire when large cigar plant burns. Rena Clements, of Liberty HiU, wins scholarship to Winthrop college. The American Legion post at Enid, Okla., is offering to allow*ex-service men of that section to exchange four bushels of wheat in lieu of cash for memberships in the Legion. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO August U, 1916 Donnie J. Horton, aged 29, dies at hospital from typhoid fever and buried at Hickory Head church near Westville. Fletcher Price married to Miss I^llie I>oriety. County campaign to open at Bethune Monday. T. Lee Little planning improvements at Majestic Theatre and will operate airdome while changes are being made. Miss Ida Mogulescu died in New, York city while visiting friends. First bale of new cot-top reported from Barnwell. Major John G. Richards, of railway commission, inspects Seaboard trestle here. Estimated the state lost $40,000 from floods at state farms. Hardy Montgomery, old time negro of Liberty Mill section, died in Lancaster county said to have been 105 years of age. Rebecca PL McDowell, former Camden resident, dies at Hendersonville, N. C. Thirty-three deaths from infantile paralysis reported in New York City within 24 hours. C. R. Blackmon, of Kershaw, hurt in fall from a horse. Motor bandits take payroll of Bu?roughs adding machine company at Detroit amounting to $50,000. South Carolina troops on their way to El Paso, Texas, for border duty? Camden company in the regiment. Ix>an and Savings bank occupying corner building of Crocker building. Governor Manning appeals to federal government for aid for farmers who lost their crops in the flood. m " WMftJt tUOMOUi INUl" B Grandmoth^sB ROLLS I Dozen JLjr " Wrapped . . QC Week-End Special If CHEESE Lavor 17c I ORANGE PBKOB ? INDIA CEYLON |f Nectar Tea 'C ? Campbell's, BEANS 0 3 cans 19c Fancjr Alaska K FINK * SALMON 1 mL 10C I AAP PLAIN OR SELFRISING " ~ FLOUR 7A t 63c I VINEGAR 5J 55c ft MASON , JARS I Doz. Doz. , :';S Pint* Quarts B^C -H PEANUT BUTTER 15c I Itnppy Vale Sweet or Sweet Mixed :/I PICKLES ? 10c 1 SWIFT'S JEWEL 1; SHORTENING ? &L 29c | Pot Roast Beef .. 17%c Kingan's SI. Bacon 29c I Veal Chops, lb 25c Boiled Ham, lb 39c I Frankfurters, lb. .. 15c Spare Ribs, lb 15c j <?? 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"The Goodyear ' Airwheels?those the last word in safety and comfort in happy landings and speedy takeoffs?permit the pilot of a plane to set down in a rough field cushioning otherwise unpleasant jars and jd?: not to mention possibility of to his craft. The Aiirwheel practic^H ly eliminates the danger of gros^| looping and also enables him to off from a muddy, sandy or soft which would mire in n plane equip? with high pressure tires." ! Mr. Tindal, proprietor of the 0? lina Motor Company, has been o)fl a ting as a Goodyear dealer for? years. ? Violent riots broke out in the a? district of Portland, Ore., Saturd? as producers united in a sir? against distributors. .Dynamite wfl used as well as fists, and as mucin? 20,000 gallons of milk were daft? ~ecT during the-dajr. fit The Bethlehem Steel company? cut its dividend rate to $2 per ? j from $6 per Bhare a year ago. ? 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