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The Camden Chronicle gg^. ^g*WM^*awg8g^e^ggggg??agggggB!!"r~5ggBg?ai?ggegaaeggtegaBWgB^M?BaBeMggaw38^^ 11" "? 11 ' ' " 1 1 11 1 ' * VOLUME 44. CAMDEN, SOUTy CAROUNA, FRIDAY, JU^E 24, 1032 NUMBER 12 IverdicTFor Zemp I In Big Damage Suit mil 'I*1 I The jury in civil court Wednesday I weoirht in a verdict for the dajtendI St in the attit for $60,000 damages I brought by C C. Monk#, of Columbia luainst J. B. Zemp, well-known busily mftn of Camden, The euit wa? |the result of $ers0fial injuriei susI ulned by Mr. Moake laef April when I huge truck body 'was blown <*ver on Mr Mouke and *Mr? W. B. Rhoden while they were pawing through a public alley on iSoutfc Main street. I Mr Moake vai thought to have bden I fatally injured but he survived the I accident only to be paralysed from I the waist down and haa since been |a patient in a government hospital. | Mr. Moake was brought here to testi|fy and appeared in the court on a | stretcher. The hecident was a most | peculiar and unfortunate one^-the | huge truck body waa propped up | near the alleyway and as the men | walked by a sudden gust of wind | blew it down, pinning both men ynder lit Mr. Rhoden suffered a crushed Iwtkle | John W. Crews, R.. JI. Hilton, of | Columbia, and M. M. Johnson, ?of |Camden, appeared for the plaintiff, | while the defendant "was represented | by E. D. Blakeney and Mills and Mills I of Camden. ... | Mrs. Annie fl, Davidson, insurance |?gent of this city was awarded a verI diet of *82.96 as a premium on a | contractor's bond for the erection of | the DeKAlb high school, building a| gainst the Union Indemnity company. |The suit waa for *3,000. actual and | punitive damages. The jury also | awarded Mrs. Davidson $1,100 punitive darpages. Appearing for the |indemnity company were J. T. Gettys, | of "Camden, awd Nelson and Mullins, of Columbia. Representing Mrs. | Davidson were M* Ie>Gmith? of ICam| den. and Cooper and MsJker, of .Co lumbia. x I In the case of G. E. JParrott as receiver for the Rank of Bethune, plaintiff, against B. 'H. Gardner, et lal., the court directed sr -verdict for the plaintiff^ 4 Old Feud Results In Fatal Shooting * t) ( The old Nicholson-Gregory tfeud at |jefferson is now 'bunding at white |heat as the result of a shooting which |resultfd in the death of J. T. Nichol-j | son on la*l Thursday night in thej Farmers drug store at that place, G., |w. Gr.-irt.ry and T. T, Gregory were] arretted following $*? shooting j |which was witnessed by several peo pie. but who have little to say con cerning the details.' ?? | "Several versions of the killing are |told. but the officers have probably |not been fully informed as to the af fair. The people of Jefferson are not talkin^r. I According to one version of the Ikillinp the two Gregory's parked their c;tr near the drug store and |when J. T. Nicholson waa walking in to the drug store he was fired on | with two or three buckshot striking |him in the face and neck. Another | load of buckshot is said to have |struck him in the back as he was | going toward the rear of l the drug store. T- " While the two pregory's were ar|rested it is said that no onCbas statl^d thiti it was either of them that did the shooting. v Acco'dint, tn rpnnrt.R J. T. Nlchol?on shot several times at G. "W. Gregory about two months agt> and haa tnade tnteats in the meantime. Bad feeling has existed between these two families for 'soro^liWP.? About two years ago theye^Wi^a shooting affair in the same dr^g store between one of the Nicholgomr " Wf one of the Gregorys.?Lancaster News. UgofT Methodist Church Services Sunday night, 8:15: Siibject, "The Greatpi*. Thing in the World." Good singing. The publip is -cordially in-. vited to attend all services of the IV est Kershaw charge iMethodist fhurch A# V. Smith, pastor. Ice Cream Festival , The Mt. Zion Home Demonstration flub is to have an ice cream festival ?n Friday evening, June 24th frotfi 7;30 to ii:30 ,o'clock. Thi*Js-ta_he held ir\ the pine grove at. the hnTBft of Mrs. w. L. IIunnicutt. Band mu*?e w!ll be a feature of the^eVen>?. The public is assured *~good ?f they attend. Money derived the sale of the ice bream mill * ased for the benefit of the church. > Hoover and Curtis Republicans' Choice .c'hlc?*o. June 17?The Republican convention united (behind the familiar HooveruCurti. ticket yeaterdey, then disbanded to labor mightily for It from now until 'November A lone ballot sufficed in edfik case/ ^ president wihniag ijenom&rTWn uf l'2 of the M64 Votes' and 1928 ninning mate gathering 0^4 1-4 in quick order. V What there had been of dissention over the ticklish prohibition plank was drowned in the closing- hours beneath waves of enthusiasm. [Especially* did the president triumph scattering votes in opposition being divided with 13 for (Senator Blaine of Wisconsin, 4 1-2 for Calvin Coolidge, 4 to Dr. Joseph I. Prance of Maryland and solitary counters for IChas. G. Dawes and James W. Wadsworth, of New York. Curtis* had no less reason for satisfaction, in view of the Republican precedent against renaming vicepresidents that has 'been broken since Civil War days only by the choice of 'iSunny Jim" Sherman of New York in 1012. When the end of the roll was reached the Swarthy Kansan still was 20 behind the necessary 678 but Pennsylvania pu^ bin) across instantly with a switch of its block of 76. . (Worn by the long and feverish hours of last night and early mom the convetion lifted itself by its own bootstraps for a noisy half hour demonstration to welcome the HoOve^ nomination submitted by his friend, Joseph iL. 'Scott of Lds Angeles. The signal, . reached soon * after gathering for the final session, was given when &cott climaxed with "we of his own state of California proudly present this homespun American to lead us to victory." Up jumped governor Rolph of that state, again to lift the bear flag that he had waved long yesterday and the day before and this time to lead a pre-planned march that made the Tounds of the crowded floor repeatedly. Behind a band, one delegation after another careened to and fro bearing standards and two long strungout pennants' proclaiming: "Prom California to Mainet?press on with Hoover." One Bank Points The Way Kokomo, Ind., June 19.?The Union Bank and Trust company, Kokomo's only bank, has announced preparation of a receipt form which its depositors may sign when withdrawing funds. . . Bank "officials said the form constitutes a receipt for the amount of money withdrawn, that it. is not a t>heek and consequently is not subject to the new federal tax on checks. Death of An Infant < Funeral services were held at Pine Grove Baptist church Tuesday after^ noon at 4 o'clock for Bobbie Odell, four-months-old twin son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Arledge of the (St. Paul community, West Wateree. The infant is survived by his parents and several brothers and sisters. A , large family connection and many [friends join in Sharing the eadness I of this family. Interment was in the |Pine Grove cemetery. (Services were conducted by Rev. A. V% Smith, pastor of the Methodist church, Lugoff, S. C. . r" "Vy r' "First Cotton Bloom Ben Jenkins, colored ' farmer and warranter, who Dlants several acres in the lower section of the dtv below the old court house, brought the flrst cotton bloom of the season to this office on (Monday, June 20th. It was the Coker Super-Seven variety and was planted- April 4th. /TT C. Cassady, manager at Pine Farm .plantation jQftrrisqn, Sr., brought a bloom picked Thursday morning, June 23. Norman Johnson, a tenant farmer on the J. H. Burns place near Shamokin, sent in n bloom Thursday morning also. I - J". ^ - - " ~ . Ginners Called To Meet All ginners of Kershaw county are called [rto meet ih Camden on Tuesday, June 28, at the court house at II a. in. ior the purpose of organising a Kershaw county branch of the ginners association. .Harold C. Booker, o?. Columbia, will be present to help in The oreanfaetjoti and to explain the purposes of the organization. The EWilttiqria called by W. T. RatcUff ia ttre Interest of the ginners. There are" afouftd thirty ginneries inthis county and all are urged to attend this meeting. T ' . ' . -1': Storm Of Bullets Kill Racketeer , New York, June 19.?-A storm of bullets overtook (Charles (Vannie) Higgins, notorious <Brooklyn racketeer, when he forsook his bodyguard and ventured out in {he role of a family Awan early today. Hliggln^ was wounded fatally and his seven-year-old daughter, Jean, whose request had led him to drop his customary vigilance for an evening, was grazed by a bullet. Eight gunmen in two automobiles blasted away at him as he emerged from the Salghts of (Columbus clubhouse in (Brooklyn, where he had watched his daughter take part in a school entertainment. Higgins' wife and mother-in-dew also were with him but they were untouched by the spray of bullets. "The rats," said <Higgins on a hospital cot. "They tried to wipe out my whole family." Before lapsing into silence, the often arrested but rarely convicted racketeer promised, detectives said, to "attend to them" when he recovered. Higgins did not want to go out last night, friends said. 'He yielded reluctantly to the request of his wife and daughter. He had been especially careful to have his hoodlums nearby .since being severely knifed in a night club brawl last year. As the Higgins family emergad from the clubhouse and started for their expensive coupf, the two gang cars drew abreast. ,"Hey, Vannie," someone called, and Vapnie turned, Surei of their quarry, the gunmen began blasting. One bullet clipped little Jean in the lobe of her left ear as she dived for the coupe. Higgins' wife and mother-dn-law ducked back into the clubhouse, but the racketeer, elected to run. He sprinted madly down the street. His assailants followed leisurely behind, pumping (bullets at him. Then he sprawled on the sidewalk and they hastened away. Sermon To Masons On ne*t .Sunday evening at 8:30 o'clock, Rev. George T. Harmon, of Hartsville, will preach to the Masonic bodies of Camden at the Lyttleton Street Methodist church. All masons and visiting .masons as well as the public- cordially invited to this service. The protracted meeting scheduled for this church will commence on Sunday, July 17th, with Dr. Luther B. Bridges, of Gainesville, Ga., doing the preaching. > Six Men Face Chair In State's Prison ' -Columbia, June 18.?(Six men, two whites and four negroes, are .under sentence to die in the South Carollna electric chair ~&t eatly dates. ^ The white men are George Jackson, Aiken county, convicted of slaying six relatives, and Henry B. Elliott, Jr., of Horry county, convicted of stabbing lift wife to death. The negroes are Buster Tucker and Brooker T. Copeland, convicted of killing H. C. MdMrllan; Hilton Williams, of Marlhaio county, cotivicted of killing' John L. James, a North Carolinian, and Evans Wood, of J)arlington county, sentenced last week to die for the slaying of his wife. Dump Guns Into Sea . New York?Police dumped 4,402 revolvers, 038 guns, 340 daggers and other dangerous weapons into the Atlantic. The arms were confiscated during the past year. Magistrate Smith in Hospital ..Magistrate -B. M* iSmith, of Camden, is in the Columbia hospital, where he had to undergo a very severe operation last week. His friends will be glad to know that he is rapidly improving. He will be absent from his office for some time. ? ,T_ Columbia Record To Quit Sunday Field . Columbia, June 18.?J. 1}. Wise, publisher of the Columbia Record, today announced discontinuance of the Record's Sunday editions after June 26. The Record, an afternoon daily give complete news coverage with iti six-day paper" and'to atiengUien iti daily issue in to far as volume aad quality of content are concerned. " Legion Qtleen To Be Selected Tuesday '. _ _ T On next Tuesday evening at the Mftjeetic Theatre "Miss Camden" will be selected from a group of the city's < lovely young ladies. The young lady bearing this title will go as representative .of the James Leroy Belk Post of the American Legion to Aiken to the state convention to be 'held there on July 4th and 5th. At the convention she will compete with representatives from the other posts of the state for the honor of being cfowned "Miss American Legion." 1 To the uncompleted list of entrants . published last week by the committee , from the local post have been added/ the following names: Mioses Lenora Rhame, Eleanor Haigler, Cornelia Aldret, Pay Klrkland, Pete Soykin, Faith deiLoach, Betty Cureton, Margaret McLeod and Elisabeth iStogner. Each paid admission to the theatre on that evening will entitle the purChaser to a vote for the young lady they wish to be named "Miss Camden." So the public is cordially invited to be present and cast a vote for their favorite. All contestants are requested to be i at Legion Hall before nine o'clock I After the show the contestants and ,theiij escorts will be guests of the Lbgioa at 'Legion headquarters, where U dffice will begin. The public is extehded an invitation to attend and a small admission will be charged. K- " ? b . Stepp Named As i District Deputy I Spartanburg, June 22. ? R. R. Stepp, of Chester, was today appointed as Special (District Deputy Grand Master for District No. 4 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, by W. H. Grant, Graiid Master for South Carolina, of Odd Fellows, according, to announcement from Mr. Grant's office here. Stepp, who iaf a member of Chester Lodge No. 8, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, has been prominently identified "with the activities of this order for many years and ie- well known throughout South Carolina. Mr. Clark will have direct supervision over work of hts* office in York, Chester, Kershaw, Fairfield, Chesterfield and Lancaster counties. "Mr. Stepp's long membership in and devotion to the activities of the Odd Fellow lodge admirably equips him for the duties carried by this appointment and I am confident that theTodges~~Sh 'his ~Jurisdiction will prosper and go forward under his able leadership," said Grand Master Grant; in making the appointment. Lone "Sentinel" Holds Off Sheriffs. Russellvijle, - Ark., June 17.?Deputy sheriffs lay in a thicket near hero today and debated three hours regarding the best means of raiding^ liquor distillery over which a lone sentinel armed with a shotgun stood guard. , The guardsman was posted on a high bluff overlooking a valley and the threatening manner in which thej gun was held indicated a nervous trigger finger. Finally the raiders closed in but halted suddenly With mouths gaping. The senrtinel was a dummy! . V " _ ' \ .{ Baptist Church Services The following services are announced at the First Baptist church; - Sunday-school at -10 o'oloek, Mr, C. OStogner, superintendent^Public wqr ship conducted by the pastor at 11:15 a. m., subject, "Our Children." The evening service is called in on account of union service at the Methodist church. B. Y. P. U. Sunday even tnjTTrt* TiSft "TTffyer tfhd p'rtflse service Wednesday evening at 8:30. The public is cordially invited to attend all the services of this church. - DeKalb Club Meeting The DeKalb home demonstration - club hold its regular meeting on the 1 second Tuesday in June at 3:30, o'clock at the home of Mrs. L. D. " Broom. The meeting was, presided over by the president. The club ' members had as-their guest ^ Missf ' Hey, whd gave a very Interesting 1 talk. After business the meeting i whs turned over to the recreational leader, who led in a number of game* ? which all enjoyed. The hooters * ? nred delicious refreshments. ? f - - T'-y7. ?* - - 1 1 The socialist government of Chile I has decreed thirty-day moratorium on the debts of all .jnerebanta. Jurors Are Drawn For Second Week Juror* drawn Tuesday for the second week fcf criminal court which convenes iMonday morning, July 11th, with Judge <W. H. TownsenH presiding, were as follows: J. D. Baker, C. R. Oroxton, L. W, Reeves, W. H. Baker, W. O. Croxton, Henry Stroud, Waddy Kirkley, D. Perry Mackey, T. <L. Stroud, L. P. Qgburn, 'W. R. Outen, Jack Young, M. iS, Cauthen, H. J. West, of Kershaw; J. F. McCaakill, J. R- West, of Cassatt; U 1* iBlock, Joseph Shebeen, J. ,H. Burns, W. ?. Goodale, Melvin S. Truesdale, W. H. Rubs, Lowis Lx>mansky, T. G. Arrants, J. J. Tolhert, of Camden; L. H. Truesdale, of Boykin; W. E. Jones, C. B. Watkins, U R. Joyner, of iBethune; IS. L. Rush, j. W. Owens, of Westville; Victor Ward, ?. M. Rosborough, Jos. M. Smith, of iLugoff; T. G. .Sessions, W. E. Ross, of Blaney. Gregorys Seek * Release On Bond ' * . "Chesterfield, June 22.?George W. Gregory and Tom T. Gregory* brothers, who hkve been in jail here charged with murder since the killing of * Jay T. Nicholson at Jefferson Thursdajr night, June 1.4, through counsel have served notice that they will apply to Chief Justice Eugene S. Blease at dewberry Friday to be allowed to give bond. The case caused great excitement at Jefferson and it is reported that there is still high feeling there. The |tate charges that Nicholson was ambushed but the defendants claim self The application for bail and the ultimate trial will be hard fought as both families are prominent. A brilliant nrraypf counsel which besides Solicitor M. J. Hough will include Mendel L. Smith, George K. Laney, Charles L. Hunley, J. Arthur Knight and P. A. Murray. - Spoke To RoUriaua * Neville Bennett, well-known attorney from Bennettsville and-chairman of the ways and means committee of the senate, was the principal speaker before ? the Camden Rotary Club at its Thursday luncheon last week. Mr. Bennett's address was well received. He spoke on ,the state's finances and favored a change in the fiscal year to run from July to July in all departments. He also favored a budget control of appropriations after the -adjournment of the general assembly and consolidation of many of the various de par tmcnta ?wMv'lU?Ad.Jncrea sed from IB to 45 within the past 87 years. < Negro Acquitted on Murder Charge | Chesterfield, June 22.?DpW_Ch%pman, Negro, charged with the murder of JF\_D. Rainwater,-was acquitted by a jury here today. The Rainwater case attracted considerable attention in this part of the state and several state detectives hac worked on it steadily for the lasl seven years. Rainwater was founc murdered on the Cheraw-Society Hil road on the nitfht of August 19, 1926 Three Killed In Automobile Wreck Barnwell, June 16.?Three youni men were killed here early toda: when an automobile ran off the road struck a tree and turned over. ? They were either crushed"to deal! or fatally burned after the gasolin* tank exploded. They were identifle< as Griffin Bates, Horace Cooke nn< Freddie Oreech, all about 25 yeari old and all of Barnwell. Three negro musicians, who ha< "played"" at a dance the youths attend ed, were on the rear' seat but the: escaped injury. _ ^ Bates was killed instantly. Creecl died en route to a hospital on a trucl volunteered by people of the cum munity. Cooke reached the hospita alive but died on the operating taWe The accident occurred at a bridg on the outskirts of Barnwell. Negroes Doomed To Die Walterboro, June 14.?B. T. (Cope land and Butter Tucker, negroes, to day were sentenced to die m the elec trio chair July 29 upon conviction ? murdering R.JC. McMillan, * frrnM hear Lodge. The Jury deliberate but 16 minutes and the sentence passed . immediately by ?Judge i Henry AdiiwciiL 'The negroes wer eo?vkteu of 'iNrving faiaiiy mmfim McMillan April 16. * / + w ' v S . . Greater Need For Better Gardens 11 >" " * More gardens, better gardens, bigger gardens, is a ibig need in Kershaw county now. The old idea of a garden being a spring and summer affair is out of date just like the bxcart. Modern gardens and profitable gardens are all-year gardens. Intelligent farmers will tecognise that the S? garden is or should be the most profitable part of his farming in consideration of the area of land cultivated. ; We should try to make our gardens feed our families and the families of the tenants throughout the year. We will not have successful all-year gardens unless we give special thought and study and make definite plans for progressive plantings. Also there is rouof room for improvement in the number of vegetables produced in our gardens. Many farmers seem to think that about the only things to be grown in gardens are beaxis, tomatoes, cabbage, col lards, turnips. The following are some of the vegetables which we Bhould have in our gardens or at least should have the most of them: Artichoke, asparagus, . beans, beets, brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, collards, corn, cucumbers, eggplant^ kale, kohl-habi, lettuce, muskmelon, <3 mustard, okra, onion, parsley, parsnips, peas, peppers, potatoes, radUhsalsify, squash, spinach, tomatoes and turnips. We will be glad to give information on the proportion of any of these vegetables Jp-cases where v . new vegetables are prtiJnjced and in formation as 1 needed for preparing f * them for eating. r/. \?j (Special emphasis is invited to the production of salsify which is a new v - i MB vegetable, to many people in this section. ISalsify also is known as vegetable oyster or oyster plant. Right now is a good time to plant several ___ rows of this splendid vegetaoble. iSalaify is probably one of the tnoit_ valuable vegetable# we groW, yet as a rule, it ie not fully" appreciated by the vegetable gardeners. The flavor of this vegetable, when stewed with milk, is very similar, to that of >thA oyster, hence its name?vegetable. oyster. The plant is perfectly hardyand the seed may, therefore, be sown in spring. It is not advisable, however, to sow the seCd before the middle of April, as the plants will frequently form seed before fall when * planted in early spring, which will cause the roots to become hard and unfit to use. The rows should be ^ three feet apart and the seed planted in the drill and covered to a depth of one inch. After the plants become well established they, should be.. ^ . thinned to two Tnches apart ih rtb'o row. The plant is grown for its long, fleshy root, which is ready for use as' soon as the weather turns cool in the fall. It will remain ih good condition in the open ground through^ ^ out the winter "arid will not begin to get tough and stringy until the seedstalks begin to appear in early spihig. ! It may be gathered and stored in ' moist sand in a cool cellar, and used ^ any time during the winter. This ' suggestion is offered because the soil ' is frequently wet and frofeen during ' January and February, when it is difficult to find a suitable time for digging without injuring the -sott.*-? ? Mammoth Sandwich Island is the l best variety. Seed may be obtained from local I seed dealers, drug stores, or from V commercial garden seed house. There I, are sixteen vegetables which can be grown and used during the winter 1 months in this section. B . . \ Andersonians Will ' Pray For Guidance L.. Anderson, June 19.?Tq invoke DLt " vine guidance in this period of econ* omic depression, several hundred of' the clergy and layity are expected to 1 gather Monday morning at the First " 1 Presbyterian church for the first of a series of three prayer services befng fostered by the Ministers Union of this city, at the suggestion of a e prominent business., man. PTans for services were announced last week when members of ,_v_ the union met in regular sessioh and discussed the. suggestion for k season of prayep and reconsecration. In a< " resolution adopted at the meeting^ ! membe'rs of the Ministers Union de- J * plorech the Wide-spread suffering of * many of the unemployed of the state * IhMJhe remedy will he found ia^thia and subceouent seasons of prayer, acn companied by a re-consecration of our lives to the Lord.