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I Curtis Gets Fine I and Jail Term }']eiuini?to^ ON. J.? July 11.?John I Ifeffc** Curtis, conrvieted of hiuder jag capture of the kidnapers of the I ijudberjch baby, was sentenced toj. y to one year in jail ahd a fine of $1,000. The maximum possible sentence I which oeuld have been imposed under & indictment on vAjich Curtis was I found guilty was three years' imprijonsiont and $1,000 fine. The sentencing followed a. fervent I attempt on the part of the defense I to bait action a gad net Curtis before I sentence was imposed. Defense counsel moved for arrest oi judgment on the same grounds that three separate attempts were made I during the trial to halt the action beI fore it reached the jury. After a heated argument, during which comaI ael shouted back and forth, Judge I Adam O. Robbins ruled that these I poirfts already had been paased on I and denied the motion. I Lloyd C. Fisher chief counsel for Curtis, shouted that iCXtrtia had never had any contact with the kidnapers. "He was just a man with wild dreams about boats and things," be I This statement came as a complete surprise because^the defense stand during the trial seemed to be that Curtis had been in touch with the I real kidnapers and had done eweryI thing possible to help obtain the re-, I turn of the baby adll capture of the kidnapers. Curtis was arrested after he Bigned I a confession that all his negotiations were a hoax, but later he repudiated this confession, and, when the trial j opened, the state accepted the re* I pudiation and hased its charges on I the allegation that Curtis had been I in touch with the kidnapers and then had prevented their capture by the I hoax, confession. I In arguing for arrest of judgmertt, I Fisher said that Curtis had been made the "goat" because he was "honest enough to come within the staters I jurisdiction.".. * ... ... "Prejudice is the only reason John I Hughes Curtris sits there convicted," he said. "We plead for mercy. The I jury urged mercy. "Only John Hughes Cartas, the I goat, is tried. Thousands of chaos and letters were received, but none I were charged with obstructing jusI tice. He is charged (because he was I honest enough^. to come within the suite's jurisdiction." Coroner's Jury Fails To Place Blame WinuUm-iSalem, N. C., July A conorer'* jury which had studied the case for three days refused tonight to ft a the responsibility for the death of Smith Reynolds, returning an indecisive verdict that the heir to tobacco, million* came to his death from a bullet wound at the hands of a party or parties to the jury unknown. The verdict left the case afbout where it was when the jury first began its investigation last Friday, but had the effect of releasing from custody Libhy Hoi man, his widow, and Albert Walker, his secretary, who had been held as material witnesses. , * No responsibility was placed upon the grand jdry as a result of the verdict. It may ?r may not, as its menders see At, begin an investigation of Its own. The grand jury meets tomorrow. ? V Tbe coroner's jury began deliberating at ft o'clock tonight and reached its verdict at 11:45 p. m. It was signed toy every member of the jury. In returning its verdict, the jury refused to accept in full faith the stories of Labby, former Broadway "Blues" singer, and Walker, a lifelong friend of Reynolds, that the 20year-old son of the late R. J. Reynolds, wealthy tobacco manufacturer, had killed himwekf. Lobby told the jury she could remember none of what happened just "before Reynolds was shot or afterwards for some hours, but remembered a "flash" in which she saw Reynolds with a pistol to his head, i heard him call her name and saw fthn fall. Walker testified Reynolds had told him just a* few minutes before the shot that killed the youth was fired that he was going to kill himself. The Federal court at Louisville, Ky., "has dismissed James R. Brown and Chat tee F. Jones, president ?nd vice president respectively of the National Bank of Kentucky, who were being tried on charges of misapplying PLOOOiGOO of the bank's funds. The court held that the evidence presented toy the prosecution did not warrant conviction. C. C. Coddington, Jr., 18, son of the late C. C. Ooddington, of Charlotte, was instantly killed Friday afternoon when he dived from a boat into the shatjbw wuter of a pond on the Coddington farm in Onslow county. His neck was broken when his head struck the bottom of the pond. II ICED COFFEE WEEK I * ' ** Summer Time is ^ Coffee Time lead whm jrott want It cold; k?t whan you want it hoL Coffca b always satisfying an4 rtfrwhinf. I 8 O'CLOCK,. .3 lbs. 50c RED CIRCLE lSubBo?eA lb. 23c BOKAR and^Wlnoy I EAGLE MILK a 18c SNOWDRIFT ? 6 JL, 55c 1 mm+mmtpm p [ WESSON OIL iw m 19c n. b. c. vanilla brightons . 4 V. A Delicious Vanilla Wafer lb. ISC iona Yellow Clinf PEACHES I ISc I Bread A Batter , PiCKLES ? 2 jars 35c Quaker Maid , ^ CATSUP ? 3Ljg. 2Sc FLOUR lona 24 lb. bag 52c OLD DUTCH CLEANSER 3 cans 19c FAIRY SOAP ? 7 cakes ? 25c \ ' Local Watermelons ... 20c Ca ntaloupes 5c Large Lettuce, J for ..25c Pot Roast Beef, lb Frankfurters, lb 12Vic Hamburger, lb. ......X 15c Large Celery 10c Green Cabbage, lb 5c Tomatoes, 2 lbs 15c Veal Chops, lb 17V2c Spare Ribs, lb. .... 12 V2c Nock Bones, 4 lbs. for 25c Farm Activities Named For County m The following meetings and other activities -of interest to men, women, boys and girls all over Kershaw county have been scheduled by the home and county agents as follows; DeKalb general community meeting, Tuesday, July 12, 4 p. m. Held by Miss Craig, home demonstration agent. Wateree general community meeting, Tuesday, July 12, 8 p. m. Held by Miss Craig, home demonstration agent. Mt. Zion general community meeting Wednesday, July 13, 4 p. m. Held by Miss Craig, home demonstration agent. Midway general community meeting Wednesday, July 13, 8 p. m. Held by Miss Crai^,shome demonstration agent. V"' Wednesday, July IS, County Agfcnt Green attends hog marketing ,conference at Hartavilie, S. C. 3C*s general community meeting Thursday, July 14, 4 p. m., Held by Miss Craig, heme demonstration agent. Thorn Hill 4-H club, boys, and general community meeting Thursday, July 14, 4 p. m. Held by County Agent Green. Sand Hill general community meeting Thursday, J-tfTy "14, 0 p. m. Held by home and county agents. Pino Grove 4-H boys nnd general community meeting Friday, July 15, 10 ?a. m. Held by County Agent Green. Charlotte Thompson general community meeting "Friday, July 15, Held "by home and county agents. (-Charlotte Thompson 4-H boys' and girls' club party Friday, July 15, 7:30 p. m. Held by home and county agents. o Bethune general community meeting Saturday, Jiily 16, 4 p. m. Held 'by Miss Craig, home demonstration : agent. .... Blaney general community meeting, Saturday, July 16, 4 p. m. Held by County Agent (Green, 4-Hwlub boys from all over county hold livestock judging contest Monday, July 18. "Meet at County Agent Green's office, 9 a. m. "Mt. Pisguh general community Monday, July 18, 8 p. m. Held by County A gent "Green. 1 Kershaw County Farm Tour to Sandhill Experiment Station Tuesday, July 19, assemble at Court House in Camden 9 a. an. in o-rder to get passes over Wateree river bridge. Friday, July 22, County Agent Green attends soil-building confer- j ence at Sandhill Experiment Station. 4-H club boys' annual camp to be held at 4-H club at liake Shamokin, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 28, 29 and 30. It will be noted that considerable emphasis is being put at this time on the production, canning, storage 1 and conservation of all available foods.. This is considered) of vital importance by those who have carefully studied the probable conditions that will prevail this winter. It is very evident that money with which to buy food1 and feed will not be available this winter and people who i have heretofore depended upon money from their cash crops with which _to~purchase a part of their food for winter use will in all probability be .in destitute circumstances this winter unless they take immediate action for . greater production and conservation of food. There is a great need for the thinking people of Kershaw county to cooperate in this matter as the day of living alone, independent of neighbors, has passed. Destitute people cost the other people of the county in one way or another and it is better for all concerned that destitute conditions be prevented rather than attempted to be cured after they hecome a realization. It is especially urged that the business people, preachers, doctors, banlpers. county officials and other Traders attend the meetings held in their respective community. .. The attendance and interest shown nt the food production conservation meeting held last Friday is especially encouraging and it is desired th^; l aTT of the people"of the county should i know in order that they may appreciate the sacrifice and work being put forth by these 50-odd leaders who attended this meeting and who are doing so much in the various communities of the countg to get our people in shape to go through this winter with the least possible hardship. ? ? James Mattern and Bennett Griffin, after making a non-stop flight from Harbor Grace, New Foundland, to Berlin on Wednesday momingr left that city 13 hours and 33 minutes ahead of their estimated schedule, arid landed a few hours later in- a peat bog near Borisov, Russia, wrecking their plane. They landed because of trouble with the machine controls. Neither of the fliers were badly Injured ra the wrecked machine, v i r V r ' ? ' rz x ; 4-H Club Boys Will Camp July 28-30 Arrangements have been definitely completed by (County Agent Green for I the 4-H club iboys of Kershaw county to hold their annual camp July 28, 29, 30. The camp will be held at the 4-H club house at Lake (Shamokin, 7 miles from Camden juat off the ' road to Lancaster. ' Mr. J. B. Zemp, who owns the lake, ( haa again kindly consented for the boys to use the lake for swimming. Lifeguards and other details are be- j ing completed and indications are that the camp Will be very successful. Mr. Dan (Lewis, in Boys' Club Agent from Clemson college, is to assist Mr, Green during the entire camp. Also Mr. R. W.^Coarsey, Ex? , tension (Dairy (Specialist, and Mr. A. L. DuRant, Extension Livestock Specialist, will take part in the program. The boys are to put on a number of programs themselves., Mr. Green is writing: ??ch Club boy complete details as to what he should bring, etc. AH club boyq who expect to attend this c&mp are requested hereby to notify the county agent in writing at once. | Any club boy who fails to receive a letter from the county agent by Wednesday, July 20, regarding the 4-H Camp is requested to notify the county agent of this failure to receive such notice in order that corrections in the mailing list may be made. This is especially important due to the fact that so many club members have recently joined the 4-H club and stencils "have not been cut for the addressegraph machine for some of the more recent names. ' Mrs. Joseph W. Alsop, cousin of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and member of the executive committee for Connecticut of the Women's Association for National Prohibition Reform, has reisgned because that organization endorsed the Democratic presidential nominee. Mrs. Alsop is n niece of the late President Theodore Roosevelt and is also a member of the state legislatmne. Anna Garey hid $2,850 in hills about her home and later being unable to find the money, called in deputy sheriffs believing the money had been stolen. The officers spent three days helping her find the currency in $10 and $20 notes that she had hidden tn many different places. LOOKING BACKWARD Ttkci From the File* of The Chronicle Fifteen end Thirty Yearn Ago FIFTEEN YBAH8 AGO August 3, 1917 (Slni Murphy, negro woman residing >n Halsall How, shot and instantly m tilled by Jerry Kirkland. t Fir* destroys residence of C. M. Coleman, north Fair street. s Bumper crops reported from all v parts of the county with probably 48,000 bushels of wheat and large f Acreage of corn. 1? M. H. Heyman forms partnership with Jerome M. Hoflfer under firm r name of M. H. Heyman and Company. 1 J. B. Wallace and family move to Beaufort where Mr, Wallace engages < in truck growing. One hundred and twenty-one men ? from Kershaw county get first call 1 from selective draft board. Judge M. L. Smith to address Wes- r ley adult class at Methodist .Sunday school on {Sunday. i "Mama" Tisbie Thomas, of Man- t ning, dies at great age of 127 years. William .Brearley, aged 66, died at i his home near St. Charles. < Attempt made to wreck Southern railway train at 86-mile post near 1 Camden. iScores dead from beat wave in I northeYn and eastern cities. Mrs. G. H. Lenoir made head of j Kershaw iCounty Women's Defense 1 Council. _ _ ] Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Kennedy < and two daughters on visit to relatives in C.harlestown, W. Va. i Dr. and Mrs. L. M. Hamman, of Los Angeles, visiting Mr. and Mrs. ! I. C. Hough. i Henry G^ad/den and a youth named Meares rewued from drowning at Wateree mill pond by John Catoe of the mill village. Leon iSchlosburg has a to* amputated at the Camden hospital. Attractive new home of I. R. Hayes, of Kershaw, scene of pretty wedding *>f J. Gardiner Richards to Miss Nannie Roberts Hayes. Rev. J. C. Rowan performed the ceremony. Reporter for Bishoipville Vindicator says that in his fifteen years residence in Lee county be: has never seen finer crops. Harmon McCoy, of St. Charles, gets back from successful trip on a convoy to France. German U-boats attacked ' " ' ' yj but did not hit. Henry C. Brown appointed as local agent for Standard Oil Company. Mrs. Hester Trapp, aged 71* died at thb home of her son, B. D. Trapp, and burial was in Antioch cemetery. 'Herbert Campbell married to Mine Mabel Henning, of hock Island, 111. Over one hundred dead in greater New York from heat prostrations. , Mirs. OtiHio ,S. Dropenoski, 32, is in , S jail at Baton Rouge, La., along with her confessed lover, Sidney Bercegeay, 46, charged with the murder of her husband, Joseph, wife -was shot from ambush near his borne last Frl- " " day night. . _v THIRTY YKAR8 AGO July 15, 1902 U JSchenk ami company is a new neroantile Arm to open business In he opera house etore. J. D. Tiller, of Bethune, dies after , hort illness and loaves surviving his fidow and four small children. J. W* La Motto, former conductor on Northwestern railroad killed in Columbia when he fell" from train. Seaboard selling Sunday round-trip ateH from Camden to Columbia at 11.00. F. K. Mathis and family to leave Camden for Greenville. Late Dr. J. Thomas Pate bequeathed his entire HhrAry to Wofford colJohn L. Starr, of York, has a Ane nule stung to death by bees. Robert Goodale returns to Camden is prescription clerk in new drug * itore of Dunn and Burnet Oliver Wendell Holmes appointed in associate justice of the supreme :ourt to succeed Justice Gray. Edward VII crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. Civil war veterans had a great time in Greenvillo at soldiers' reunion. Allen Deas, James Wilson, R. W. Hammond, J. "T. Young, T, H. CaUthon, Capt. I.. L. Clybum and Col. L C. Hough in attendance from this :ounty. W. E. "Osteon opens bottling business in Clyiburn block. Edward Salmon goes with W. H. Zemp store as salesman. Here a LOW-PRICED \ ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR , 2 5| i ' ^ " ' .:1 you will be n proud to own! rrs a Kelvinator?with all the . quality and craftsmanship the 18-year-old Kelvinator name implies ? at a prioe you will be delighted to pay# It ia, we believe, die finest electric refrigerator, the most for the money, in the low-priced field. You'll be proud of it, and you'll find untold enjoyment in Us many features. It baa eight fireeaing speeds. The tray fironts and the hardware are chrome plated. The cooling unit is porcelain enclosed. It has a Triple Control Panel with an overload and defrosting switch. The interior of one-piece, gleaming white porcelain has rounded corners and no seams, which make it easy to lation,the famous iEelvinator rouipnesoi many other features make it the greatest value in electric refrigeration. Why not come in to-day and select the size which meets your requirements? It is a sound investment, one you will enjoy far years, and you will find the down payment and the monthly payments so small you will never miss them. I IMPORTANT j. Whether yonr final 7. ? I or Rome other electric refrigerator, select * j a model that is large enough for yom future as well as present needs. And since an electric refrigerator is a long-time investment, choose one that is manufactured by a reliable company, with proper experience in the refrigeration field."Orphan" products of any kind are poor invest| ~ meats. And the cheapest product becomes I the most expensive if it fails to perform the service for which it wss bought. # Mackey Hardware Company Camden, South Carolina ?> Kelvi n a t or ' ' ... j. vr--_ ~ - a** *" " 1'.'**1*"-** * - >*..