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The Camden Chronicle ? r r? ' lgBB^gg!ggg 1 ssaammmBmmmmm .. f. I ? i HI l , a~LJI u?u? i u- i' i, i... , u i . ^ ??? *?r?IJ 11?! 9 VOLUME 44. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE IT, 1932 NUMBER 11 " " 1 " I 111 !' Iff w ' 'Y 'i V ' V ?MM?BB | , I III. II ,1 .11 I I -I.- ul^-7 Means Convicted On Both Counts _____ ' Washington, June 18.?Gaston B, jleans was tonight found guilty in th? District of (Columbia supreme of larceny of $104,000 from gr?. Evelyn iWalsh IMoLean in * fantastic plan to recover the kidnaped jjndbergh baby. Justice Jaimea *M. IProctor remand^ the former departiitent of Justice ^nt and ex-convict to custody after T. Morris Wa-mpler, defense counsel, pade a plea that Means be freed under $60,000 bond, the same amount on which bo bad been at liberty durtg the trial. ' Failing to get favorable action .on this plea, Wampler and his associates [j, William Tomlinson, said they (would try for a writ of habeas corpus from some other justice. | Defense counsel has four days, beginning tomorrow, to make a motion or a new trial. If this is ij,Ot made, lustice -Ffoctor will then set'a.date or sentence. . & The maximum penalties possible >n each of the (larceny counts is ten rears imprisonment, and, or, $1,000 Ine. , The weird plan to recover the kidutped baby becirme known May 5, rhen Means was arrested and negoiations between himself and Mrs. iIcLean, stretching back to three lays after the child was .stolen from lis crib in the Lindbergh's New Jerey estate, were revea'led. A tale of trips -by Mrs. (McLean, stranged wife of fhb Washington ost's former publisher,: to Aiken, South Carolina, and EH Paso, Texas, 0 receive the baby was unfolded, here were negotiations with a anyserious "Fox" who, in the" trial, was lso given the name of "Neil Willims," although th|s-was stated by ritnesses as not being hi* *4?^nauie. AflOO.OOO ransom fund "was turnd ovei- to Means who Jater claimed e paid it to a mysterious "No. 11", thorn he described ae an agent of irs. McLean, early one morning on a lilroad bridge at Alexandria, Va. A4 jirther sum of $4,000 had been given > Means by iMra. MdLean as "exense money." Means was indicted Ave days after is arrest. When the jury returned' om its deliberations tonight, he ood calmly facing the twelve inemirs as they lined up ahd, except for slight hush, was unperturbed as the ireman stated that they had reach1 verdicts of guilty on both counts I larceny. J. Wiley Stewart Dead. J. Wiley Stewart, 39, textile oper?r at the Wateree Mills, diedf at hib >me at the village Tuesday evening ter a lingering illness. The funeral rvices were held Wednesday Afterton at 2:30 from the Wateree Bap- J st church, conducted by_Rev._John Littlejohn, and the burial was at ?asant Hill near Bethune later in * afternoon. *. 1 Mr. Stewart is survived by his wiIW> but no children. Surviving sisr? are Mrs. Lizzie Cassiday, of ' tthune; Mrs. S. E. King, McBee; rs. Lou Cassiday, Bishopville; Mrs. H. Reddish, Wellford, S. .; Mrs. 1 lllie Wright, Fort Mill; Mrs.. Cora tompson, of Camden; and one other, Will Stewart, of Fort Lawn, _ 1 wing Davis Named . Mayor of Bethune t<?wn election held in Be- : ,ne 1MSi Tuesday Loring Davis was 1 as mayor over Mrs. D. M. 1 lyi by a vote 105 to 26. In the lion o: our aldermen, J- M. Cly- < C. ' -nway Gardner, John A. I -.iwi Prank~"."Lgg were i i .. v were six in the race t a.de-n,. >. was first entry n ?.m' ' .nto municipal politics of ^ ! town. Mrs. T. R. Be- ( *a~ a candidate for alderwo- 1 n. i> ~ 1 at Hermitage ' < - a. -vices will begin at Her- < Raptist church on/. .Sunday ] v a' 10tb- The pastor, 1 R V Rroom, will be assisted i C kittlt, 01 Pageland, ] " h'- public is cordially invited i en,l lbese services. . ] ' ??? ? ., . . Specials at Market , c-rrow morningy Saturday, visit -< m:,rket to get the choicest l ^ Js,./|eih ***? and poultry, i * all kinds will be on display i yoQr election. j "TV - ^ol Food Production To Be Stressed . j, , . * . Miss Sadie Craig, county homo demonstration agent, has just returned from the annual agents' conference at Camp Nixon, Cherry Grove Beach. Onei of the chief features of this meeting was the organisation of plans for a production, canning and 'storage oampAign. 1 A county-wide meeting will be held at an early date and representatives from each section of the county will attend. The bankers, legislators, newspaper men, county superintendent of education, secretary of Chamber of Commerce, club women, county health unit, ministers, Red Cross workers and all other organisations] will be asked to unite in this organ- j ized effort to provide food for winter] use to combat the depression and keep off suffering. The first step in this program will be the planting and working of our fall gardens; the second stop will be, canning demonstrations in each community. (Farm families will be in,, structed to can according to a family budget. This is very , important if the family is to have an adequate diet this winter. * ui * The following goals for 1032-33 home demonstration work were adopted: r- ; ' . Production on the farm of meat, poultry, eggs, dairy products, vegetables, fruit and nutrition of the farm family. (Conservation of food for winter use, according to the canning and storage budget. Adding to the family income through farm women's marketing surplus?garden, orchard, poultry and dairy products, and through home industries. Thrift in clothing through renovation care, wise buying and the use of cotton material". Arrangement of work and equipment to save time and steps; to lower the cost of operation; budgeting the family income thus keeping the family yearnings within the family^ earnings. _ ' Keeping up the family morale through the maintenance of: Comfort and beauty of the home; a courageous and optimistic outlook; wholesome family relationships, community work and recreation. The above goals and the county program of work will be presented by iMiss Craig to the members of the seventeen home demonstration clulbs for their approval and adoption. f Bailey Offers Scholarship J. D. Fulp, president of Bailey Military Academy, at Greenwood, has offered a scholarship with nllexpenses pal(T including uniform to a son of a Legionnaire in (South Carolina. There is only one application .blank sent to a post and if there is a boy in Camden or Kershaw county who cares to try for the scholarship, it will have to be filled out and sent to Colonel Fulp not later than June 25, as the award will be made during the state convention held at Aiken the first week in July. The aPP^, cation is now in the hands of W. iMV Alexander, adjutant of the Leroy Belk Post. The Hancock bill to legalize distribution of birth control literature, was rejected by the house ways and means committee by a vote of 20 to 4. Prevent Typhoid Fever This is the season in which typhoid fever takes its- heaviest toll of victims and since it can be prevented, there should be very few cases in Kershaw county. The only hope of completely conquering this disease is through improved sanitary conditions krouncT the homes, taking proper care Df human excreta, providing safe and clean wator and milk supplies for svery one to drink. In addition to these means every one should be protected by the use of Typhoid Bacterin ("shots"). These can be secured by going to your physician and if not able to pay for same get his permission to obtain them fron\ the Health Department upon payment of twentyHve'cents per patient. These ChaiK('^ lire necessary since sufficient appropriation was not made by the legisla- i ture to enable the state board of lealth to supply it free. _ Let everyone take heed to the above suggestions since it is well worthwhile u> spend, much time andeffort ;0 secure safety from such a terrible malady, suggest* JJr.-A.-W. -Hum^ phries, director, Kershaw County i Health Department. c New Federal Taxes Upon Pocketbook . ? " Washington, June 8.?If you are a married business man witb one child and a net income of $6,000, the new federal taxes will cost you something like $286 a year. That 8uto ja arrived at on the basis of figures used by members of the house and senate wheri the new rates Were before congress, taking $6,000 as a starting point so as to allow a man enough money to buy some of the taxed luxuries. ? If you are that $6,000 man, your exemptions will be $2,900, including $400 for your son or daughter. The income tax on the remaining $3,100 will be $124, against the old levy of $23.63. The automobile you huy that the njpnufacturer sells for $600 will cost you $18 in taxes. Unless the car co-mes fully equipped, you'll probably buy a couple of bumpers and a spare tire, costing $30, on which you will be taxed 60 cents. You'll use, say 700 gallons of gasoline a year, if you take any trips, on which you'll pay $7. If you use 30 gallons of lubricating oil, you'll give another $1.20 to the treasury. Yourl tires and tubes will cost about $1 a year in taxes. If your wife gets a $200 fur coat, that's another $20 tax. Should you by chance indulge in beer making,, using brewer's wort, the national treasury collects another $3. .Then your wife's perfumes, cold creams, powder, rouge and whatnot will cost another $3 in taxes, and if you buy her a $60 watch, the government gets $5 more. * When, your radio gets fuzzy and you buy a netw one for $75, your tax is $3.75, and if you put in an electrical refrigerator thait the manufacturer sells for $100, you are out an. additional $5 in taxes. J If you play golf and your wife arid child* take part in any sports, $60 a year isn't too much to expect to spend on sporting equipment. The tax on that is $6. " When you make the annual hunting trip?even though you use your p)d ?un?and spend $10 for shells, you give the government $1 more in taxes. // JFor your vacation trip you buy a $15 camera and pay $1.60 tax. Youll use enough matches, if you are a smoker, to pay $1 a year tax. If there should be a sweet tooth in the family, and you buy $50 worth of candy a year, that tax will amount to $1. When a few soft drinks are thrown in, another $1 goes to the treasury. (Suppose your electric light bill, including the power for your new electric refrigerator, is $5, a month, then your annual tax is $1.80. When you use the telephone and telegraph in your business at varying taxes, it won't be much trouble for you to roll up a $10 annualrtax bill on those. If you and your family write an average of seven letters a day, the increase in postage from two to three cents will make your stamps cost jf75 instead of $50. If you average $2 a week for movies and shows, you'll donate $10 to the treasury, and if you write only two ohecks a day, the two-cent tax will cost more than $12. Your total new taxes under these estimates will be $310.86 against 74,23 under the old rates, or an increase of $236.62. ? Mpmhpra nf Charleston Vc;j"c. Among the newly elected members of the Charleston Junior League are the najnes of two iCamden girls?Mrs. Harold G. Doteterer, formerly Miss Harriet Lipscomb, and Miss Harriet flteedman. To Hold Ice Cream Festival The 'Mt. Zion home demonstration club will give an ice cream festival at the home of Mrs. W. L. Hunnicutt on Friday evening, June 21th, beginning at 7 o'clock and will last until 11:30 o'clock. The festival will be given in their beautiful pine grove for the beiefit of the church. Band mUsic will be furnished. The public ^iM be (cordially invited to attend Mid the club ladies will assure them a grand time. ' ' ? 7 Mrs. Owen Left Out Jacksonville, Fia., June 9.?-Representative Ruth Bryan Owen of the Fourth Florida Congressional District, conceded the nomination of her we# opponent, Mark Wilcox, "today and announced she would retire front congreea December 1. . rf-;- W?.?-? No One Held In 1 Auto-Train Wreck ""J > , ,Tt*e coroner's inquest on the bodies of the two men killed when their automobile was struck by a Southern tmin late Monday afternoon brought out no facta not given in the last issue of The Yoi-kvUle Enquirer. r?ho verdict was simply that the me* flame to their death by a collision between their car attd a train. Attorney Roach Stewart, of Lancaster. attended' the inquest in the inte*4st of the men killed, C. Trent Williams, seci^tary-treasurer of the Springs Banking and Mercantile QOWPfeny, pf Heath Springs, and Zed F, Hobinson, a prominent farmer of Kershaw county, 82 years old. Williams was about 60 years old. The bodies were taken home for burial after the coroner'* jury had viewed them, .and the two deaths greatly shocked their home communities. A negro who saw the collision testified that the automobile killed a chicken in the road just before reaching the railroad track, suggesting that the driver was looking back when he drov? upon the track which is visible there at Steel's crossing for $ome distance in both (jirections. He had also passed a car just be-1 fore reaching the crossing. 0 I The inquest was held at Rock Hill by Obroner MoCorkle and a jury composed of G. O. Fesperman, Bob Cole- ^ man, L. H. MoMurnay, Vance Crook, C. P. Simpson and Ray Workman. Yorkville Enquirer. First Week Jurors For July Term The court of general sessions convents Monday, July 4, with Judge W. H. Townsend presiding. Jurors drawn to servsrfor the week *FS as follows: D. S. Mims, <C. W. Shiver, John Whitaker, Lawrence -Jones, C. .O. ?togher, F. R. CuTeton, L. C. Marghall, W. L. Jackson, D. F. McLauchlin, W. T. Redfearn, W. S. Beckham, M. L. Hancock, N. R. Goodafc, Jr., J. F. Watts, J. E. Dixon, J. S. <Connell, T. R. Catoe, A. F. Watte, Camden ; C. R. Cauthen, 'Minor Roberts, D. H. Coats, H. J. (Baker, G. R. Crow, W. T. (Baker, D. A. West, Kershaw; W. D. Dowey, Charlie M. Porter, C. L. Raibon, Douglks Arledge, iLugofT; C. L. McGuirt, G. W. Hyatt, Cassatt; C. J. Strickland, Glenn 'Brown, Blaney; A. E. Workman, Boykin; J. Wesley Boone, Westville; <B. C. Deas, Rembert. Ball Game Next Week j Circle Number Two of 'Bethesda i Presbyterian church will sponsor a base ball game on. next Thursday afj ternoon, June 23rd, to be played between the Fats and the Leans. The game will be played at 5 o'clock_and admission fee will be children ten cents and adults a quarter. The public is cordially invited to come ou.t and root for their favorite team. Some ex-baseball players of real ability will be seen in action once again, so the fans will have plenty j of cheering in store for them, iMrs. C. E. Pike, of Birmingham, Ala., kept her life savings in a mat| tress in her home. While she was away thieves found it and now she is short $4,600. ^ u I ? First Baptist Church Services The following services are announced at the First Baptist church. SiinHotr -ohocl it 10 o'clock, Mr. C. G. Stogner, superintendent. Public worship conducted by the pastor at 11:15 a. m. and 6:30 p. m. Morning subject, "Three Lessons From Gethsemane." Evening subject, "Our Chil-ttren." ~ PTfiyer""and praise service Wednesday evening at 8:30. B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 7:30. The G. A. and R. A. camps will be held at Hartsville next week. The cost for the week will be $7.25. If any of the children of the church wish to attend the pastor will be <:lad to carry them without any charges for transportation. There will be lots of fun in the camps, playing, swimming, eating, singing, studying, etc. Our Daily Vacation Bible School will be held one week later than first planned.- This* change in date has been made in order to secure the services of Misa? Virginia Hill, , teacher In one of our Home Mission schools Jn_AJabama. "Miis^Hill has had experience id thia kind of work and willigjffltribute. much to the success of our Bible school. The public is cordially invitfed to attend all the services of this church. Richards Seeking Congressional Seat J. P. Richards of this city threw his hat into the ring as a candidate for congress from the fifth district as he filed. for*this position at Columbia on (Saturday. Mr. Richards has received much encouragement from various parts of the district and he conferred 'with a number of prominent democrats before deciding to enter the race, C. Prank Clyburn, mayor of Kershaw, had given some consideration to entering the racq, (but Mr. (Clyburn said on Saturday that he ^iad decided not to offer for, the place. Mr. Richards conferrectwith Mr. Clyburn on Saturday and when it was found that Mr. Clyburn would not run the local man left immediately for Columbia to file his pledge. Mr, Richards was born and reared in Liberty (Hill in Kershaw county and graduated from the .South Carolina University law school in 1021. Ho worked h,is way through the University by keeping ibooks and acting as messenger for the supreme court. Coming to Lancaster in 1921 he entered the practice of law and has twice been elected as judge of Probate here. ^ (Seven days after war was declared he joined the army as a private at Camp iStyx, .SC., and served throughout the war in this country and France as a mem/be r of the 118th infantry. He served successively^ as I private, corporal was commissioned! as a 2nd 'lieutenant after the armis-1 tice was signed.?Lancaster News. I Fifteen Years For I Gaston B. Means Washington C., June 15?Gas-1 ton R. Means today was sentenced to I 15 years imprisonment for swindling Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean of $104,?00 in an alleged plan to return the kidnaped Undbergh baby. I Justice James M. Proctor in the! District of Columbia supreme court! [sentence the former justice depart-1 ment investigator to ten years on the [ larceny of $100,000 ransom money and five years for larceny of the $4,-1 000 expense money. The latter sen-J tence is to. begin aft&r the ten year! sentence has (been fulfilled. j T. Morris Wampler, one of Means'! defense counsel, noted an appeal. Justice Proctor, in addressing! Means, said "the verdict reveals that! the defendant capitalized not only on! I the sweetest and tenderest emotions of the human heart but also the bas-j est in his clever and adroit plan. I J "The Lindbergh case brought'outI ail the best in the hearts ofr men, butl also gave the opportunity to some to display the weakness and wickedness of human nature." ! ALLISON ACQUITTED State Constable Cleared of Murder! Charge by Jury Darlington, iS. C., June 15.?A sessions court jury's verdict today clear-1 ed Robert T. Allison, state constable, of a charge of murdering Ben T. Johnson in a raid on a liquor still i near Hartsville. I The jury returned the verdict of I acquittal last night after two hours | of deliberation. Allison said he shot! Johnson as the two struggled in a I small stream after he and other of-l ficers surprised three men at the still! site. Y7?~*. -.1 r i /i ' ? ? ? I I a viuiu uv/vtinui uuiifi u. xvicuaius, | Charles H. Gerald, secretary to Gov. [Blackwood, and John C. Comwell, Chester county clerk of court, were character witnesses for the constable. In another case disposed of yesterday, Sheriff E. W. Register^" of this county, was acquitted by a directed ! verdict by Judge E. C. Dennis of a charge of murdering Ebenezer Wilson, a negro, who was fatally shot as he attempted to escape jail. Evans Woods, a Iamar negro^ was convicted of the murder of his <oMmon-law wife. He was sentenced to be electrocuted at the penitentiary at Columbia July 29. ! At Haddonfield, N. J., Monday night a 3-year-old baby fell from its crib and cut its neck on a broken ndrsing bottle. An ambulance was called to carry the child to a hospital. The ambulance collided with a sedan. The child's father, and th* driver of the ambulance were killed, as were two women and the man drivel- of the sedan. The baby is expected to die from bruises and being cut tn the ! collision. I I Fant's Usefulness Seems at an End I As a result of the conduct of the office of the bank examiner of {South Carolina Iby Albert iS. Kant, public confidence in the administration of its affairs is shaken and lost because of the lack of efficiency displayed, Governor iBlnckwood was told by the house committee which for some two >months has (been conducting- an investigation into the "efficiency" of the department. . The usefulness and efficiency of the present bank examiner are seriously impaired, the committee finds. Two members of the committee went even further. They strongly recommended that Mr. Fant be removed from office. Ope, M. B. Hugging, chairman of the committee and author of the resolution providing for tile investigation, recommended that the present holder of that ofiftoe "be relieved immediately" of his duties* while another, H. Kemper iCoke, Horry, in recommending his removal says, "The people have lost all confidence in him and his usefulness as bank examiner is gone forever." The conclusions of the investigating committee were: , 0 , "(1) That the usefulness and efficiency of the present bank examiner are seriously impaired by his conduct of the office and failure to act for the protection of the depositors in the instances set forth in the testimony of the witnesses. "(2) That the public confidence in the administration of the affairs of the office is shaken and 'lost as the resuflt of the lack^of efficiency dis-. playod. .. i "(fi) That the recent results of the operations and failures of the American (State Bank of Gaffney, the Wirmstooro bank, the^BarTfc of "Union, the Peoples IState bank and the other banks reported in this examination and the consequences of these deplorable and farreaching financial adventures will leave their indallible marks upon the business and fortunes of our people tot years to come. The performance or non-perfbrmance of his duties by the state ~~ bank examiner in connection with the affairs of each of these banks* is strongly indicative of a lack of force, resolution and efficiency when the possession and exercise thereof were so imperatively called fdr and needed." Four mejnbers signed these conclusions: IMr. Huggins and Mr. 'Cooke; A. L. Gaston, vice chairman, Chester, . and E. L. (FJshburne, Colleton. The fifth member, Phil 1). (Huff, Laurens, had left Columbia before the findings were finally adopted and had no oj>-^ port unity to sign and other (members were not confident he would sign. Judge Smith Speaker At Legion Meeting At the regular monthly meeting of James Leroy Belk Post American Legion held on Monday evening, June 13th, at Legion Hall delegates to the state convention to be held on July 4 and 5 in Aiken were named. Judge M. L. Smith was the principal speaker on the program and delivered a fine talk on "The. Preamble to the Constitution of the American Legion." The program was very entertaining and was enjoyed by a large number oL members?of the? Legion as well a? several legionnaires from the Chesterfield Post of the American Legion, L. A. Munn, Kirby Melton and B. T. Leppard. R. L. Mayfield, of Post No. 12, in North -Carolina was also a visitor at the meeting. ? A special meeting will be eelled for? Monday, June 27th, at which time officers will be elected for the ensuing year. The United States gunboat Oahu opened fire with heavy machine guns on a large band of Chinese regular soldiers on the Yangtze river, 40 miles from Chungkiang on Monday night, causing many casualties. The Oahu fired when signaled by the stranded -British steamer Wanliu while engaged. in transferring passengers, specie and cargo to another' ship as * the Chinese attempted to seize the Wanliu? - - ' ? ? H- J. -Sellers, widely known resident and landowner of LllesvIITe near WadeAoro, N. C., wtas shot to death Wednesday while plowing in his fields. -~ The police have little information in their hunt for the slayer, who shot :ihis victim in the back. " ?y y r&Crt -'r ?-?v ~,"-r y tafirj m"?i i ... imW imVTirt - .11 . ?twrnsmmnua i ? miHHMUlW?jPfc. .. . ..