The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 07, 1931, Image 8
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.
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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.
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The Bethlehem Steel company?
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