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' : The Camden Chronicle VOLUME 44. ^ CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA,, FRIDAY. APRIL 22, 1932 " NUMBER 3. ???? _ . . | rr? ! 111 i?? ? ?m??MM?i???P?^p? i , m a - - ice Capture eck Flashers en Believed to be Want* Several States for ! r Bogus Checks on The lem Railway Auditing irtm^nt in Cincinnati. n police arrested two white ? Wednesday whom they beong to a gang operating in separated sections* passing it chocks on the Southern auditing department. >ayne, about 52, and Johnnie 7-year-old-man, whom Payne his step-son, were taken in ,-hile attempting to pass two leks on firms here, en were traveling in a Duwith an Alabama license tkg nd claim Anniston, Ala., as ne. Found in their posses> fifteen checks totaling $325, payable to "J. A. Martin, y A. B. Groves, auditor, and gned by J. J. ^Converse, , from the Cincinnati office, ks ranged in amounts from $3^84. They had been proa hand protector also found dongings of the men. and his son claim to be speen, working merchants and men in various towns and special writarups for -nawa-, Numerous other checks on >anks throughout the Souths were found Oh them, in the car was a I WO Ala:ense tag, which had been to a 1932 tag. It ,-was a >iece of work iuid could not :ed except by close examinaI agent J. B. Childers, of II ? questioned the two men i Thursday and then denied lg. They stated that the ime into their possession by the fact that the younger of found the portfolio under a rooming house and decided t along. also in a suit case were nuinotype spacebands, a print;, taring machine and other lilarts, showing the two men lentIy raided print shops in inds. prints will be taken of the it is more than likely that r of the men will prove to lotorious prison record, papers found on the men it they had operated in Alaeorgia, Tennessee, Kentucky th Carolina and special dehave been trying to locate more than three years, possession of one of the men aveling card made out to "J. in" as a membership in the x>d of locomotive engineers, ought by this means Payne entify himself as the "J. A. to whom the checks were yable. % irst tried to pass one of the t the City Filling Station in for a tire, and another at Champs I>ry Cleanery. Op* C o mivivuo ui Ultl CF1CCK8 'tamed the younger man while ?cks could be investigated. The ttan had gotten on the road to bia when overtaken, checks were printed on a light tjtin'.ity of pink paper and was lsy p eee of forgery! A special the Southern Railway was cd :n Camden Thursday after0 'Urtht r check up on the men. a'' the details come to light V( r : -Holy prove to be one of ....ixirtant captures made n v years. sl Baptist Church Services <,ii *o..,Aing services are an d tor the week at the First * church: Sunday school at 10 * Mr. C. O. Stogner, superinlt Publi<? worship conducted * pastor at 11:15 a. m. and 8 Morning subject, "The Lord's [; Kvening subject, "The From the Cross, I Thirat." r *nd praise service Wednesat 8. Senior B. Y. P. U. toy evening at 8 o'clock end | ' Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 1 Public n cordially invited to service? of tbia cbtmch. Camden Genealogist Honored By Institute Mr. T. >J. Kirkland, who has won local recognition for his work in genealogical and historical research, has been honored by being included in the list of the loading active genealogical researchers in the United States, in The Handbook of American Genealogy recently issued by The Institute of American Genealogy of Chicago. Kecognition in this field affords ae-! cess to the extensive lineage files of the National Clearing House for Genealogical Information, as well as professional contact with genealogists in 1,331 counties throughout the United States and in 16 foreign countries, which will enable him to expand thei scope of his work very materially. It will be of interest to the members and prospective members, and especially to the registrars of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames and other hereditary-Patriotic societies to learn that a local resident has formed th^se international contacts, because they will make possible the necessdry genealogical research to qualify for membership without outside aid. Saunders Rites Held at Stateburg Monday Sumter, April 18.?Funeral services for William L. Saunders, 75, prominent plantation oWner of Stateburg, who died at Sumter Friday night from blood poisoning contracted when he was bitten by a horse, were condfltttefl'at 11 o'clock this morning at the Church of the Holy Cross, Stateburg. Interment was in the churchyard. He is survived by one daughter, Mra. Walter Charles White, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Hillcrest plantation; and Ave grandchildren^ Ann Heron,, Mary Greenlief, Wirtter Htarrison, Martha Welles and Catherine Croyton White. ?. Mr. Saunders had always been a' large scale planter. He devoted much of his time to the training of thoroughbred horses, and was wellknown as a sportsman and a lover of horses. He was the last member to be admitted to the Charleston Jockey club before its disbanding. He was a faithful member of the Church of the Holy Cross and was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. Killed By Baseball Anderson, April 15.?John Ward Calhoun, 17, a Clemson high school student, died here today from injuries received when 'he was struck on the head by a baseball. Young Calhoun, son of a Clemson professor, was injured while playing| baseball yesterday. Last night he suddenly became unconscious. He was rushed here for an operation , t? Co-op Members To Meet Saturday Members of the South Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association in Kershaw county will meet at the court house on Saturday, April 23rd, at 11 a. m., according to announcement today by Wm. R. Mood, secretary-treasurer of the association. The principal business of ?--mg is the election of delegates to the association district meeting at Bishopville on Saturday, April 30th, and to transact such other business as may come before the meeting. - The counties of Lancaster, Chesterfield, Kershaw, Richland, Lee and Darlington comprise Directors' Distnet--No. 4, and the delegates from these counties will go to the district meeting to nominate one or more, members for director of the Association for the coming year. Mr. Jas. H. Burns, county chairman, is expected to call the Saturday meeting to order and officers for the, new year will be elected. A report; by general manager J. S. Hathcock; reviewing the activities of the association for the season will be read at the county meeting. Mr. R. O. McCutcheon is now association director from district No. 4. Chicken Sapper There will be a chieken supper at the heme of Mrs. H. O. Godwin, on Friday night, April 29th, given by the ladies of the Woman's Missionary society of Malvern Hill Baptist church. Proceed, to go for church expenses. Everyone is cordially inTited to attend. More Praise For Local Race Course Wolf P. Pond, racing' editor of "The Spur," and a well-known authority on steeplechasing, writing in the April issue of his magazine has the following complimentary remarks a& to the racing in Camden: "There is not only good racing at Camden whe'n the Carolina Cup is in competition, and the fact that Camden thus opens the important season of hunt club racing is not the solo attraction, for there ts a strong sentimental interest that draws true lovers of sport to the race course over a natural country near where Baron DeKalb was killed by the Red Coats in the days before the historic Hen tax', when horse racing flourished and events were decided over practically the same ground as today. Thus Camden racing and its Carolina Cup become a rival of colonial days scarcely to be found elsewhere. And E. L. Woodward, M. F. H? Gapesee Valley Hounds, ahd that good Iportsman, Harry D. Kirkover, have built ; one of the finest race courses in the United States, not too difficult, but a course intelligently adapting the layout of the country to steeplechase' candidates just starting their season." To Serve As Judge Plans are under way by well-known horsemen of Marion county to hold a horse show between Marion and Latta on Saturday, April 30. Other entertainment features will be addresses by Claud N. Sapp and former senator Cole L. Blease, of Columbia. Serving as judges for the show will, be Frank Hampton, of Columbia; Capt. Howard j MoCravoyr of Spartanburg-and Geo.. T. Little, of Camden. County Council Has Business Meeting Forty Home Demonstration Club members met in the American Legion Hall last Saturday afternoon, April 16, for a business session. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. Kate B. Gettys. Mrs. B. M. Pearce, of the Charlotte Thompson Club, conducted the devotional exercise. The roll was then called, and the minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary, Mrs. J. B. Bell. After this the club presidents gave their reports. There are now sixteen Home Demonstration Clubs in Kershaw county and fifteen of them were represented, either by members or by sending in their reports. This shows the excellent work being done by the club women. Mrs. R. K. Tompkins, treasurer of the council, reported that all council obligations had been paid. This was very gratifying considering present financial conditions. The council was very glad to have Miss Sallie Pearce, former president of the council and now Home Demonstration agent for Lee county, as one of the guests. Miss Pearce was introduced and she complimented the splendid work done by the club women of the county. A very interesting talk was also given by our efficient Home Demonstration Agent, Miss Sadie B. Craig. The spring meeting of the council will be held on Friday, May 27, at 8 o'clock at the American Legion "-'J. Ciiia iiuie *111 me memDers from the various clubs, will be present and an interesting program will be given. Sumter Slayer is Denied New Trial Bishopvllle, ' April 18.?O. K. S. Howell, of Sumter, twice convicted land sentenced to death for the mur! der of Hart William* at a Sumter I filling- station, today was denied a I new trial by Judge W. II. Townsend, presiding over the hearing here. A. L. King, attorney for Howell, based the appeal on the grounds tl^at H. G. Windham, one of the jurors in I the second trial, was a relative of Howell by marriage. Windham mar| ried Rosic Evans, first cousin of Annie FJvans, Howell's divorced wife. Howell had run ofT with his wife's sister, Ida Evans, in 1915, and had been convicted of violation of the Mann act and sentenced to a term in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta. There has been much rioting the past few days by the unemployed of Auckland, Australia. The rioters hare been looting the stores and defying the forces of law and order. [T7- ----- ? y 1 Highway Patrolman Victim Of Thugs Lancaster, April 19.?Three umilenlifted men attacked and severely beat State Highway Patrolman Leo Jenkins on a highway about a mile sout of hero early today and fled, leaving the officer beside the road. Jenkins told officers he was cruising alone when he saw a light coach carrying a North Carolina license wobbling as if tho driver were drunk. He stopped the car, told the driver he was under arrest and was putting him into the police car when the man's two companions struck him with some blunt instrument. The officer said his assailants then seized his pistol, struck him repeatedly with it and took his budge from him. The trio then fled. A. negro pas^ng by some time later picked up Jenkins who was unable to drive his. own car. The patrolman s injuries are not serious. Sea Soldier Races In Maryland Saturday Baltimore, April 19.?Sea Soldier, son of Man O' War, who took the jumps in the English Grand National at Aintree March 18, headed a list of eighteen starters named today to face the barrier Saturday in the thirty-third running of Maryland's gran national, second big race of the spring cross country classics. Sea Soldier, winner of the Carolina Cup at Camden in 1931, is owned by Austin H. Niblack, of Chicago. He was the only American horse in the -EmrHah race and ftniehed-out the money. He sailed for home March 26 and the race Saturday will be his first since Aintree. The race as usual will be run on the Brookkindvill? estate of Mrs. Isaac Emerson. The entries besides Sea Soldier: Primero, Stonedale, Aimwell, Kahler, Kilrush, Fugitive, Barleycorn, Buddy Clark, Melitn, Light Hampson, Slieve Lune, Cornea, Ostend, Lee Cooper, Yeoman, Red Dragon and MacCarthy More. Georgia Loses Senior Senator Washington, April 18.?A long political career that began in work as secretary to the late Senator A. S. Clay and led hiui upward to a senatorship in his own right ended in the death today of William J. Harris, 64, of Georgia. His heart, weakened by the long strain of several weeks of illness from a bladder ailment and intestinal trouble, failed him this afternoon with his immediate family at the bediside. Word spread quickly through the senate, and in a* few minutes that Chamber adjourned as a token of respect. Eulogies were quick in coming from leaders of both parties, while his colleague, Senator George, termed his death "a great loss to the people of Georgia and of the country." Meanwhile, Governor Russell, in Atlanta, prepared to fill the vacancy by appointment to hold until the general election in November under a ViCUifc't* AS* W. Call Meeting For Monday DeKalb Council No. 88 Junior Order U. A. M. will meet Monday, April 26th,' at 8 o'clock, at which time matters of importance will be discussed, preparatory to the leaving of the delegates for the state meeting to be held in Columbia on the two days following. All members are urged to be present. Old Camden Firm In Business Again Lewis & Christmas this week purchased the stock of McGaskill &. l!X, who went out of business several weeks ago, and have again opened this store. hAvine Lacking nineteen days of having been in the grocery business here nineteen years, they sold out th business about six years ago and have since that time time to their real estate and farming interests. They operated asJJ"CC* ful merchants and have a wide ac quaintanee with the Cmndvntr^ territory who will be glad toJntcn* that they have again entered the m?rStore la how being reP*in^ and tenuxWlWd bo* and whe? completed will preaent Camden High School Loses To Darlington 'Friday afternoon at the old hair Grounds on West DeKalb street, the Camden and Darlington high school ha so ball teams played a highly interesting 9-inning game. For Darlington the pitcher and third baseman, Page and Welch, were the whole show. Page not only pitched a wonderful game, pulling out of several bad holes, but also scored two of his teams three runs. He struck ou^ three men in the second inning, one in the third, three in the fourth, ono in the sixth, two in the eighth and one in the ninth, making a total of eleven. Welch played a jam-up game at third base and secured the only hit made 'by the Darlington team. Martin played a good game at shortstop and scored the winning run after a base on balls. For Camden the hitting was provided by Moore, Sanders, Boheler and Robinson. Moore secured the three hits out of five times at bat; Sanders a two-bagger and a single out of the same number of times at bat; Bohelei a two-bagger and a single out of four times at bat; and Robinson a single out of three times up. The Camden team hit well except in pinches. The whole team showed great improvement in every department, and should play some very fine games before the season is over. Brown, who allowed only one single in nine innings,, should have won easily had his mates hit with men on bases. The game ended 3 to 2 in favor of Darlington. The next game will bejwjth Lamar Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. All-, -other game will be played on Friday afternoon with the Bishopville team.] The fans should come out and en- j courage the high school boys. Admission price is only twenty-five cents for adultB and ten cents for all school children. Both games will be played at the old Fair Grounds. Buys Carriage Works - Brentwood, N. H., April'16.?Henry Ford recently purchased the carriage works machinery of the old mill of Robert Rowe & Son for his Dearborn collection. Legion Banquet Held On Wednesday Night About 75 members of the American Legion and ex-service men of Camden and Kershaw county were present at a banquet held at the Masonic dining ' hall last Wednesday night, April 13th, at which Harry M. Arthur, department commander, was the guest of honor. The invited guests of the Post were Harry M. Arthur, department commander, Union; Carl H. Hart, vicecommander, York; Geo. D. Levy, department judge advocate, JSumter; Q. D. Hood, fifth district committeeman, Lancaster; John H. LaFitte, commander Richland Post No. 6, Columbia; Roy Slice, adjutant, Columbia; Geo. D. Estes, commander York Post No. 66; J. M. Lawrence and H. A. Davis, post commanders of Sumter Post No. 16; county delegation and heads of Masonic bodies of Camden. Post Commander M. M. Reasonover ?cted as toastmaster and presented Mr. John. deLoach who made an address of welcome from the Post to the visitors, after which Mr. Hart, Mr. Levy and Mr. Hood were introduced and made short speeches. Past Department Commander A. S. Llewellyn introduced State Commander Arthur who made one of the best talks ever heard by a grttup of ex-service men in Camden. Mr. Arthur is making a reputation as one of the best department commanders South Carolina has had and the local post was delighted to have had him | here. Visit The Market You are cordially invited to visit the club market on Saturday, open at nine o'clock. You will find fresh vegetables, 'poultry, eggs, cakes and flowers for the table or to beautify the yard. Come out and patronize the members of the club. Cemetery Association To Meet The cemetery association will hold its annual meeting on Monday, April 26th, at Bethesda Presbyterian Sunday school rooms on DeKalb street, at 5 o'clock. All interested in the work of this organisation are cordially invited to attend by the president, Mrs. W. J. Dona. , .. r\ - -' - 'vT.T-: - n. f- - - -- -j - - I*"T~'711 .. I. Great Ship Sunk Twenty Years Ago j New York, April 14.?The greatest maritime disaster of history occurred twenty years ago today when the Titanic struck ice and sank with 1,613 passengers and 'crew. The survivors numbered only 711. The Titanic was the largest ship afloat?60,000 tons displacement. It was built at Belfast, for the White Star line and launched May 31, 1911. Its maiden voyage was its last. It left Southampton on April 10, 1912, called at Cherbourg the same day and Queenstown tho next. In the afternoon it started for New York with 2,224 passengers and crew aboard. Three days went by. The seas were calm and the passengers, among them many of tho best known personages of Americu and Europe, amused themselves by, exploring the great ship, tho last word in maritime comfort. At about 11:16 p. m., on Sunday, April 4, a lookout rang a bell thrice sharply, a signal to the bridge that an object lay dead ahead. The ord^r was given: "Wheel hard to starboard!" The engines were reversed. Too "late. The submerged portion of an iceberg slid along the bottom of the ship like a huge can opener, slitting its bulkhead and bilges. * , , i\ , , The passengers felt only a slight, grinding shock. There was no alarm. Captain Smith sent the carpenter to sound the well. He found two feet of water in the mailing room. Some of the passengers sensed a slight list toward the bow. Radio operators were sending "S. O. B.'1 There was a belief that the great Titanic was unsinkable and even when the order cameTfor the passengers to pirt on life belts and come on deck there was no panic. Women and children were loaded first into the life boats, then men idto available places. Some women refused to leave their husbands. They were drowned. __ -At 2:20 a. m. two and a half hours after the collision, the great ship went down, its captain at his post, the band playing "Nearer My God to Thee," the steam in the boilers A hissing a ghastly farewell. Away from the spot rowed the lifeboats, their occupants shivering in the bitter cold. Then, the chilling shrieks from the dying in the waters. ^ ^ "Sing, boys, sing!" shouted the stoker captain of lifeboat 13, already loaded to capacity. "Sing! and drown the cries of the drowning!" Two lights appeared. The survivors watched to see if they wavered. If they did it meant they were on two lifeboats. If they stayed together it was the masthead and v bridge of a steamer. They stayed together! "Row, boys!" sang the oarsmen, "row!" The saved gave way to tears and there in the quiet dawn stood the Carpathia, motionless, ready to take them aboard. Aged Man Freed Of Old Killing * Barkersville, N. C., April 16. George Presnell, 60, was acquitted here today of a first de^re* m?rder charge brought for the slaying 29 years ago of Lewis Buchanan, his neighbor. For nearly 30 years he had lived under the shadow of the law, only to have it in the end find his action justifiable. As G. R. Snyder, the foreman, announced the jury's decision, Presnell ; was unmoved, but when he arose to thank the panel he could not speak, and the courtesies fell to his 53-yearold wife, who expressed her gratefulness through a torrent of tears. She had sat close to her husband throughout the brief trial, and testified in his behalf. It was Buchanan's advances to her that brought about the fatal fight, said Presnell, and she corroborated him. .v The aged couple have been reunited but a few weeks. In 1902, in August when J^resnell slashed Buchanan at a saw mill in the Iron Mountains near the Tennessee lhie, beriBed _to Iowa. His father warned Georgfe not to write, and that his wife was dead.?? Presnell married again in Iowa, and established himself in his community aa a dependable citixen. Later he wax joined by a xixier. - In February this sister became in- . censed at Prdstaelt, informed ?dftcera ? . t > of Ma identity, and ba wax returned Kara toaftad trial.