The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 15, 1932, Image 1
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VOLUME 44. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY IS, IMS - , NUMBER 15. ]|
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Mayer Conies CJear
Of Murder Charge
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The jury in the trial of A. R.
M?yer, charged with the killing of
r. g. Williams in this city on the
night of April 1, 1981, rendered a
verdict of not guilty after a short
deliberation. The case was begun
Monday and Anal arguments were
made Tuesday morning.
It S. Williams was alderman from
vard two of this city. Mayer was
the motor Are truck driver. The)
main witness for the defense was the
defendant himself, <* who took the<
stand and told how the deceased had
alienated his wife's affection and that I
he had warned him repeatedly to de* j
sist. He further testified that the
night of the shooting, he again went
to Williams on Main 'street and
warned him, whereupon Williams
cursed the defendant and advanced
upon him with a revolver. Mayer
wrenched the pistol from his hand,
and drawing his own pistol he struck
Williams over the Head with it. Roth
pistols were used in the firing that
ensued, it was charged. Williams
died a few hours later at a Hospital,
having suffered a total of sixteen
wounds. Mayer claimed self defehse.
On# two witnesses testified for the
state-J. Q. Godwin and L. L. McCaskill.
Dr. Coxfcett's statement as
to the wounds was read to the jury.
Those testifying for the defense
were E. N. Workman, John Taylor,
Alva Rush, G. B. DeBruhl, JB?n Davis,
Haryjn Smith, W. B.. Smith, C. L.
Gardner and W. D. Whitaker?their j
testimony being mostly confined to!
telling of having seen the deceased
with the defendant's wife at various !
times. ...
The jury hearing this case were L.
Perry Mackey, foreman, Waddy
Kirkley, T, L. iStewart, Jack Youhg,
H. J. West; J. R. West, S. L. Rush,
Melvin S. Truesdale, Louis Loman-,
sky, Joseph M. Smith, T. Lee Little-1
Iiughey Tindal.
rge crowds were in t attendance'
ghout the trial and thq interest
ntense. 2: ?
icitor A. F. iSpigner was xas?istthe
prosecution by E. D. Blakeof
Camden, while the defendant
epresented by M. L. Smith and
. Johnson of the Camden bar. |
jion Meeting ' j
Largely Attended'
regular July meeting of James
Belk Post No. 17 of the AmerLegion
held Monday at Legion
uarters was well attended by
ers from all over Kershaw
r, as well as many visitors,
utant General James C. Dozier,
umbia, was the principal epeakthe
evening. General Dozier is
igressional medal . aa is
Commander-fJlect Richmond
n Hilton, who was also present,
vas an unusual distinction havese
two honor men of the legoth
present. "Preparedness"
he subject of General Dozier's|
nd he spoke most impressively i
the subject of being prepared
ea of peace as well a? "plur.ifo
sr visitors?vwere: Attorney Jim'ilcox,
of Columbia, and Dar-,;
lJ Past iState Commander
1-^vy; Legionnaires IHarry
John Sibert, of Sumtor; Pelzcr
hony, of Rock HiH; Judge 1. F.
d, a Confederate veteran and
indcr of Camp Rkhard Kirk-(
I~-? "as also a guest oi zne evening. {
^hoh visitor was presented and
say a few words. Mr.- Levy
W of Commander-Elect Hilton's re>rd
and his work in the It,egion.
kr in the evening Mr. Hilton excised
hi? appreciation for the help
le local post had been in aiding his'
PMoa a.A -?Hte commander, and that
texpr-t-i, tg the best of his ability,*
earr^' legion to new goals. j
?gular business of the post was j
rritd out and the meeting closed. J
Mei-ting at Beaver Dam
>t 1 of meetings will begin
eav"' liam Baptist church on
according to Rev.;
i v tmas' ^e Pastor. Rev.
, r an* Pastor of the Baptist
rc a" l^ckhart, will do the,
,n- The public is cordially inL?
10 worship there and visiting
1 ra will be welcome. '
Frogg From Clopds
a*? < lo' Tex" JuJy 8.?-That it
. t: fT0^ Carlsbad, N. M., iz]
torv ?f Clay Simpson and <^D.j
They figure a tornado carried
' tfWmrg hailstone# from If#rt** ?
P?rhtf s. ^
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Planning Visit To
Experiment Farm
Tuesday, July 19, has been set aside
as Kershaw county day at the Sandhill
Experiment Station. Everybody
in the county is invited to attend. It
is very urgent now that we learn
and use every method which will make
farming more profitable. The Sandhill
Experiment Station has found
out many practical and valuable
truths which our farmers could and
should use to their advantage.
Men, women, boys and girls from
alT over the county and business people
are ail urged to attend. The
courtty officials^ bankers, merchants,
sdhool trustee?; teachers, 4-H club
members and noiv-members?in fact,
everybody in the county should attend.
This Experiment Station is as
much ours as anybody's and Tuesday,
the 19th, has been officially designated
as Kershaw County Day. Mr. J.
A. Riley, Superintendent of the Station
and other officials there have extended
the people of Kershaw county
I through your county agent a most
cordial invitation to bring as many
of our people as will come.
Some of tlie things to be seen and
studied at the Experiment Station
are: The excellent dairy cattle and
how they are handled and their value;
dairy b*ra and equipment; annual and
permanent pastures both on low land
and on dry sandy uplands (which so
many people have thought?impossible);
a new lysimeter; peach orchard;
grapes; grass; garden; asparagus;
corn; soybeans; soybeans in
fertilizer experiments; placement of
fertilizer experiments; variety tests
of cowpeas; the use of commercial
fertilizers as to kinds, amounts and
methods of use should be valuable information
for our people.
Everybody is requested to bring a
picnic lunch and have a big joint
picnic. k
'Notable speakers have been invited
to address the Kershaw county vis- j
itors during the lunch or picnic hour.
Among the speakers invited are Mr.
David R. Coker, Congressman W. F.|
Stevenson, Mr. S. L. Jeffords, Extension
Agronomist from Clemson Col-'
lege and Mr. A. A. McKeown, District
Extension Agent.
We are requested to arrive at the
Experiment Station not later than 10
a. m. All who will go through Camden
are requested to assemble at the
court house at 9:1b a. m. in order
that we may leave and arrive at the
Experiment Station in a group which
will help a lot. 1 "
It would be well to bring, a notebook
and pencil.
Farmers are urged to bring their;
wives and other members of their
families. Please notify your neighbors.
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go, folks, all of us who can |
possibly do so, and prove that we are
interested in helping ourselves to
better our conditions.
Remember, it's Tuesday, July 1?Bring
lun<*i. ?ring your family.
Notify your neighbors. Let's help
ourselves and our families by learning
more and nrore, urges Henry D.
Green, county agent. t
Men's Clothing Plant
Put Back To Work
4 Norfolk, Va., July 8.?Sam Finkelstein
and Company, Inc., local manufacturer's
of men's clothing, will put
six hundred persons to work this I
week and next to bring their capacity]
of the plant to full time operations
with a quota of 700 workers.
This announcement was made today
by Samuel Lyons, organizer and
manager of the plant who gave as the
reason for the move his belief that
tiro' raw - material market has nvW I
been stabilized and the next price,
movement will be upward.
Farm Tour.
Everybody in Kershaw County who
is interested in farming is urged for
his or her own good to attend the
Kershaw County Day at the -Sandhill
Experiment Station, Tuesday, July
19, leaving court house in Camden a
9 a. m., arriving Experiment Station
at 10 a. m. ^
New Carrier on Star Route Mail |
Frank L. Munn, of the Mt
section, who was the successful bid-^
der at <he letting of the contract for
carrying the **?* route
^toek Hilt and Camden,
|on his duttee as carrier lait Friday,
July 1- Mr. Munn waa former game
warden for Kerahaw county^Ker haw
Era.
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; "If" Kipling Had Written It Like This!
"If you can see what some folks call 'depreesipn' "
,As nothing but a spin of Fortune's wheel;
If you can keep your poise and self-possession
^Jo matter what you think or how you feel;
If you can view a stupid situation
A^l cluttered up with 'Ifs' and 'aiws' and 4buts'
And take it at its proper valuation?A
challenge to your common sen^ and 'guts';
, If you can rise above the moss and muddle,
If you can glimpse a rainbow through the clouds *
When Doubt and Dread and Fear are in a huddle
And hope is being measured for a shroud; 1
If you can. keep a saving gen&e of humor
For stories that are slightly inexadt;
If you can disregard Report'and Rumor,
And not accept a statement as a fact;
If you can spread the gospel of successes,
If you can stir the spirit that instills
The latent life in lathes ana looms and presses
And lift the stream above a thousand mills;
If, briefly you can spend an extra dollar;
If you can pry the sacred.Roll apart 0
And buy anothe^fhirt or shoe or collar
And act as if it didn't break your heart; r
. If you have faith in those with wihom you labor,
And trust in those with whom you make a trade;
If you believe in friend and next door neighbor
And heed examples pioneers 'have made;
If you exlpect the sun to rise tomorrow;
If you are sure that somewhere skies are blue?
Wake up and pack away the futile sorrow
For better days are largely up to YOU!"
v;:" Author Unknown.
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Sam Hammond Dies
After Short Illness
"- It was <with sorrow that the lifelong
frineds of 'Sam D. Hammond,
beamed of his passing on Monday,
| July 11. He was in his fifty-fourth
r year and had only been sick for about
a week and a patient at the Camden
! hospital; only a few days, when the
end came.
| Mr. Hainbiond was a painter by
I trade. He served during the Spanisb1
American war as a member of Company
M. Firet (South Carolina Infantry,
volunteering for service on May
5, 1898, and receiving his honoorable
discharge November 10, 1898. He
was very .popular with his comrades
then and after again taking up civil- _
ian life, being always jovial in manr
ner. He was a great lover of dogs
and many received excellent training
through him: and obeyed their master's
every command readily.
The deceased is survived byjiis wife,
who before marriage was Mise Emj
ma Mickle, of West Wateree, and one
'son, Leonard Hammond, of Camden,
i who was associated in business with
his father. A sister, Mrs. William
Branham, of Camden, also survives.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at 5 o'clock at Efbenezer
church in West Wateree, conducted
by Rev. S. B. Hatfield, of Camden,
assisted by Rev. Arthur V. Smith, 'of
Logoff.
Pallbfearers were iSpanish-Amerjcan
war veterans?Messrs. J. F. Jenkins,
i J. K. Lee, J. R. Weathers, Zack Wooten,
Jim Taylor and T. B. Bruce..
Honorary pallbearers were members
from the local post of the Amer|
icai> Legion.
Beautiful floral emblems testified
to the esteem and popularity of Mr.
Hammond.
Boys to Hold A1"10*1 Camp
The 4-H Club Boys of Kershaw
county will hold their annual camp at
Lake Shamokin near Camden Thursday,
Friday and (Saturday, July 28,
29 and 30. All club boys who expect
to attend this camp are requested to
notify the county agent in writing at
once. it
L It now looks like the camp will be
| verfy successful. Mr.. Dan Lewis, the
state 4-H agent, Ralph W. Coarsey,
dairy specialist and A. L. Durant, the
livestock specialist and other%leaders
will assist the county agent.
4-H Boys' Judging Contest Monday
All 4-H Club Boys of Kershaw
County are requested to meet at the
county agent's office in the Court
house in Camden at 9 a. m., Jul/ 18.
Bring lunch. All day livestock judging
training and local contest will be
conducted. District winners will be
selected. It is valuable training, boys
whether you win the trip or not.
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Bethesda Presbyterian Church
Sunday, July 17. A. Douglas McArn,
pastor. Sunday school at 10 a.
m. Morning worship at 11:16. The
public is cordially invited to these
Local Minister
Loses Father
Florence, July 9.?The Rev. J. T.
Littlejohn, 64, for more than 40 years
a minister in. the Baptist church, died
in a Florence hospital late tonight.
At the time of his death he was
pastor of the Scranton Baptist church,
to Florence county. Funeral services
will be held at Scranton Monday at
& p. mn ?7; 1.
" Mr. Littlejohn was a graduate of
Furman university, Grreenville, and
the Southern Baptist Theological
seminary, Louisville, Ky.
He is survived by his widow, the
former Amelia Lanford, of Laurens;
two sons, the Rev. J. T. Littlejohn,
Jr., pastor of Wateree Baptist church,
Camden, and C. B. Littlejohn, of Lake
City. -
Postal Savings
Show Large Deposit
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Charleston leads the list of postal
saving*, depositories in South Carolina
in both the number of depositors
and" the amount of deposits to the
postal Savings accounts in South Car- i
olrna for the month,of ?J
Charleston has 3,900 depositors an#1
a total of $1,842,000 ip deposits. Columbia
comes next with 2,200 depositors
and $1,278,126 of deposits.
The smallest single deposit is $2 and
largest $2,000.
The grand total for the state for
the month of June is 21,244 account"
and $10,110,000 deposits. This is an
increase over May when the number
of accounts were 19,999 and the amount
olS deposit waa $9,690,000.
The report shows that Camden has
186 depositors with a total of $101r
996. ~
Local Golfer Joins
Holejn-One Club
John M. Villepigue, WeM-known
coal and wood: dealer,' and successful
coach of the Camden championship
foot ball team last season, joined the
hole-in-one club ope evening last week
when ho made the seventh hole on the
Kirkwood links in one stroke". Hewas
flaying in company with C. -H.
Yates, W. L. DePass, >Jr., and W. L.
Goodale. f
Mr. Villepigue is one of Camden s
best golfers and has been playir.g
the game for a good many years, but
this is his first hole-in-one.
Baptist Church Services
Thd following services are announced
at the First Baptist church: '
Sunday school at 10 o'clock, Mr. C. O.
Stogner, superintendent. Public worship
conducted by the pastor at 11:15
a. m. The evening service will be
called in on account of the revival
meeting the Methodist <ihurc
Also the mid wgifc eervice will be
called in for the same reason. B. Y.
p. u. fitmdUy evening at 7:30 o'clock.
The public it cordially invited to
I attend all the tHa church
Mrs. Youn g Passes I
in Wedtvifie Section
.
On Wednesday afternoon, July 13,
Mrs. Melissa Caroline Young, in her
73rd year, widow of the late John T.
Young, of WestviUe, passed away at
her home in that community. Mrs.
Young had been in ill health for a
number of years but despite suffering
at times, was always of a most
cheerful disposition, tbeloved by all
with whom she came in contact. She
was a member of I>amascus church
at WestviUe and was u loyal worker,
ever displaying her true Christian
spirit for good.
Funeral eervl($es were held at Damascus
church at 4 p. m. Thursday,
the Rev. J. F. Hoffmeyer officiating,
assited by Rev. Warren G. Ariail, of
the Lyttleton Street A Methodist
church of this city.
Mrs. Young is survived "by a large
falnily ofehild^n as follows^, Misses
Nan Young, Lou Young, of Camden;
Misses Ida Young, Eva Young, Mr.
R. H. Young, of WestviUe; Mrs. E.
V. Peedin, of Pine Level, N. C.; Mrs.
S. J. Clyburn, of Orangeburg; Mrs.
Coyte Treusdale, Mr. Leroy Young,
of Hickory, N. C.,; Mr. J. A. Young,
of (Savannah, Ga.
Funeral arrangements were in
charge of Evans Funeral Honae, Camden.
Slayer of Phillips
Acquitted By Jury
Claude Roberts, young white farmer
of the Shamrock section of the
county, was acquitted Iby a general
sessions court jury Wednesday...
Roberts was up on a charge of
murder in that he cut the throat of
Tom Phillips, a filling station operator
of near Kershaw. The killing
occurred on Sunday night, June 5,
when Phillips stopped his car on the
highway and a quarrel ensued. The
wounded man waa carried to Bethune
where he was treated by Dr.. E. Z. j
Truesdtale. Later he was brought to
the Camden hospital where he died
from loss of blood.
Roberts was without means to em- ;
ploy legal counsel so the court appointed
W. L. DePass, Jr. and T. K.
Trotter of the Camden bar to repre- ,
sent him.
The case was begun Tuesday afternoon
immediately after the Mayer
.verdict of acquittal waa rendered.
The Jury was out only a short time.
Rural Citizen Makes
Knives For Sale
C. W. Shiver, residing on the Camden-Bishopvifle
highway about seven
miles from Camden, is a metal worker
of no small ability. For a number *
of years Mr. Shiver has been follow^
ing the trade of a mechanic and also
in the making of pocket knives. He
was in Oamden this week and had
several knives in his possession exhibiting
them to prospective customers.
He makes them out of Diamond
flies, and those who have * bought
them say that they stand up well under
the toughest cutting. When he
turns them outv they have a razor
edge on them and those who like a
good pocket knife are well pleased
with his product.
Mr. Shiver also repairs the most
intricate parts of the finest guns and
revolvers in his rural ah/vp
Foresters Track- Firehttg
At an early hour Monday morning,
Forest Warden Melvin, Truesdale,
called the county forester and reported
a fire burning on the city property
near Woodward airport. An immediate
investigation was begun to
determine the cause of the Are. At
a point on the trail where same
| crosses Little Pine Tree Creek a copy
of a newspaper was picked up, same .
j having been used by the incendiary j
| to light the Are. A little further on ,
a partially burned bunch of grass j
was also found. This indicated th^t |
the incendiary intended to make a j
good job of it. Fortunately the fire;
was soon brought under control with
little acreage lost. This is. the first.
case of malicious incendiaryism coming
to the attention of the county
forester and every effort will be made
to establish the identity of the 'fire
bug and bring him to justice. ?
The ketch Curlew, missing
days in an ocean race from Long faland
to Bermuda has been fonnd with
all- on brfafd safe and returning to
New York trader the bpatfs own pow r
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Jury Disagrees J
In Munn Trial
Th? jury in the owe of The State
against J. B. Munn, on trial for the
killing oJ O. L. (Buck) Hoi lay, on
March 26th of this year, after having
been sent to their room by Judge
Townsend at a little after noon on
Friday, and after having spent the
night in the stiff lingly hot jury room,. <i M
at tan-thirty Saturday morning ware
brought into the Court to announce
that they were In hopeless disagreement,
and to be discharged. A mistrial
was ordered and the case will
attain be called *at the October term.
Munn promptly made a new bond and
wns immediately discharged from custody,
the first bond, under the law,
being only for appearance for trial,
and all defendants in such cases being
in the custody of tho Sheriff after
they have been arraigned and
during the trial. It is stated on good
authority that the jury stood
ten for acquittal and two for a jnan- j Jc
slaughter verdict. ,
Crowds, filling every available
seat upstairs and down, and jamming
the aisles listened to the arguments
of former Judge Smith and Solicitor
Spign6r for the State and Murdoch
M. Johnson for the defense. Hundreds
of people from Lancaster and
Chesterfield counties attended - the
trial throughout. I
Holley was killed near Piqgah
church. The evidence of both the
State and defense witnesses was that / *' 4
Munn had been to a store and grist J
mill owned and operated by his S?on
and himself several" miles from his
home and tfygt while going back a-^
long the road, toward his home Holley
drove past him and turned around and
caVne back meeting him, and the
shooting followed. Munn, using a
pistol, shot four times, three bullets ''T|
taking effect. Holley had a single
barrel shotgun in his car that he had ?
secured ffom his home that after- ^
noon, a abort time before he was
killed. iMunn and , his grandson,
James Mangum, testified that Holley
was attempting to shoot him with the
shotgun, but this was denied by Roscoe
Boons, who was riding with Holley
when he waft shot and who testified
for the State.
The jury hearing the Munn case
and who hopeleaaly disagreed was
composed of John Whitaker, Sr.,
foreman; Lawrence H. Jones, Frank
R. fOureton, L. C. Marshall, W. S. \J|
Beckham, M. L. Hancock, J. F.
Watts, ?. J. Baker, W. T. Baker,
W. I). Dowey, Douglas Arledge, B.' C.
Deas. - .
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Woman Captured;
Wanted for Murder -M
Estella Summers, negro woman,
who whs born at St, George, S. C.,
whs captured near RstttbcH by city
and county officers this week, on advices
from Philadelphia authorities.
She was bald , in the Camden jail until
a deputy from Philadelphia came
for her to be returned to the Pennsylvania
city. ?r... ~
The woman * is said to be wanted
for the murder of a negro man. The
fight occurred at a party and is said
to have been caused by a man slapping
this woman down. She Is said
to have gone to her room, seoured a
pistol and returned to open fire on
her assailant. The shot went wild
and killed her lover instead.
Senate Candidates ==j
? Speak Here Friday _^|
Candidates lor the United Statea ~
senate will speak in Camden on Friday,
July 15, using the regular itin- erary
by the fltatc Executive Cottt= ?
mittee. The speaking will be held in
the Camden high school auditorium /
beginning at 10 o'clock in the morning.
Notables for Kershaw County Day
Among the outstanding men who
have been invited to attend the Kershaw
county farm day at the Sandhill
Experiment Station Tuesday, Ju- ly
19, is Mr. David R. Coker, of *
Hartsville. >
A11 of the county officials and
county workers have been invited by
county agent Green to cooperate in
getting a large number of Kershaw ?
county farm and business people. Ed- '
itors of the county naw^apera hava ?
] IVamr IgA WAAM I mllae - ? - - - r< - -
naryWinr W"?l CtjraiHIly iTiYlvCCI.
father of UidW^Utes'leoltor^ESley,
died Saturday night at Paducah,