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?" I . - 1 LOOKING BACKWARD * i Taken From the Filee of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirty Year* Ago I? FIFTEEN YEAKH AGO October 19, 1917 Olln Monroo Kargle, of Columbia, marries Miss Annie Juanita Trues* dale of Westville. ltev. Theodore A. Potter, formerly of Camden, dies and buried in Magmolia cemetery at Charleston. j T. Ix>n Smith, age 60, died while at work with the Hardaway company at Wateree Power Dam. Ohero-cola plant owned by Miss Victoria Lipscomb sold to W. L. Jackson and U. N. Myers, t Mrs. Mary Peak, off Pine Grove section of West Wateree, dies' at Camden hospital. Cotton being sold on Camden market at 28 cents the pound, (Sheriff L C. Hough seizes quantity of Jamaica ginger being used for ' illegal purposes. One hundred and thirty head of fine cattle shipped to Kershaw county farmers, W. A. Catoe, 70, dies at his resi- I donee in northern part of county. ' (Miss Agathia Wilson, member of Sumter school faculty, dies from burns received in Bishopville. 1 Jack A. Scott, coroner of Hichland county, shot and killed by rural policeman Jesse N. Helms. William C. Nicholson, of Camden, ( married to Miss Alethia Mag Myers ( of Bishopville, at Bishopville. J. M. Carson, age 49, one of Ker- s shaw's outstanding merchants and , citizens, dies in Johns Hopkins i\os- , pita). " Vincent Goff, aged 63, dies at Bla- < ney. 1 Luther Bowers, married to Miss ] Nettie Myrtle Bowers of Kershaw. < THIRTY YKAKtf AGO i i ii" September 30, 1002 Henry l,ewls, white workman, fulls! from third story of new hotel and suffers broken leg, Ernest Truesdale married to Miss Christine Bethune at Bethune, Mrs. Mt-Cua, wife of ,Ur. John-McCau., dies in West Wateree. K. G. Robinson, who ran a hotel in Camden many years ago, is heard from at Ixjs Angeles, California. Rev. Thomas Mundenhall, prominent colored preacher,-rpn over by a train at Bishopville and is killed. R. Furman Twi.tty, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Twitty, dies at Heath Springs. Barney Evans tried in Columbia for murder of J. J. Griffin and acquitted. G. Walt Whitman, mnny times can- . didate for governor, dies at his homo in Union. Lawrence Killian, brnkeman on the Southern railway at Spartanburg is crushed to death by train, Eliza Kershaw, young mulatto woman, found on road near Columbia brutally murdered. As result of continuous heavy rains Brunswick, Ga., is badly flooded. The grand jury of Lancaster county indicted John A. McManus, its former county superintendent of education, who was removed from office some time ago and moved to Green- 1 ,'ille, after the discovery of what the J newspaper there calls irregularities. McManus gave $1,000 bond. A pre- ' <entment of the grand jury said he lad conducted the office more for his personal benefit than for that of the county. U. I). C. Chapter to Meet. The John I). Kennedy Chapter United Daughter of the Confederacy will reopen the year's work Monday, October drd, at 4 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Robert M. Kennedy, Jr., 6n north Fair street. The work of preserving the memories and incidents of the Confederacy is dear to every southern heart. Rut^iot only the past, but the present and future is a j part of the aims of this organization, I in that gift and loan scholarships are! available to those in need of such. Essay medals are awarded each year to high school pupils writing on a given subject bearihg on Confederate history. Thus each successive. generation is given an opportunity ; to familiarize himself or herself with j the cause for which their forefathers gave their all. Members are requestj ed to remember the hour and the day 1 and meet promptly. 1 Election of officers for the ensu- ^ ing year and appointment of delegates to the general convention are ' important items on the program for ' the afternoon. Hull Dog Schedule (James scheduled to be played by 1 the Camden Bull Dogs are as follows: On October 11, Camden vs. i Harlsville; October 21, Camden vs. J Darlington; October* 2S, Capiden vs. I 1 Lamar. At all games played the pub-1 , lie is urged to attend and give the! ' team their support, as the boys are i * greatly encouraged when they know ' that the townsireople are behind them. _J: ? V a - Personal Mention Mr#. Marvin Rea#onover visited relative# in Charlotte for several clay# during the p?#t week. J u pic a V. Perry and We?t Jaeockn, both of Columbia, were visitors in Camden Tuesday. Miss Marie Kirkland has returned to her home hpre after spending the summer in Hendersonville. T. B. Bruce, Jr., left Monday for the University of Pennsylvania, ut Philadelphia, to study. Mrs, Paul Phillips, of Salisbury, was the guest of Mr. and Mr#. Floyd Beaver the past week end. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Brasington and children, of Paw Creek, N. C., are visiting relative# in Camden. Mrs. E. E. Mandeville returned last week from Philadelphia where she has been spending the summer. Miss Sarah Lynn Riehey letft Monday for Nashville, where she resumed her studies at Peabody college. . Mrs. Arthur MdMullen, of New Canaan, Conn., spent several days the past week here with friends. Miss Mary Mickle, of Johnson City, T^nn., i8 here visiting her pa- >. rents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Mickle. Mr. and Mrs. Nettles Lindsay attended the Carolina-Sewanee football game in Columbia last Saturday. Miss Sallie Alexander, who has been on a visit to relatives in Prosperity has returned home for the winter. " 1 Mrs. C. C. Kornegn'y and son are in Columbia this week visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Dunbar. Mr. ami Mrs. T. V. Walsh and [laughter, Mary, and Mrs. A. B. La(itte visited relatives in Sumter last week end. M isses Margaret Blanding and Lenora Knight spent several days last week with their respective parents in Sumter. j Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Yates motored :o Charleston to spend the week end .vith their daughter, Mrs. Dougal , Bissell. Mrs. II. K. Ifallett, of Charlotte, ' ;pent several days this week with her mrents, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Lindsay. ]; Miss Sara Steedman spent last < voek end here with her mother, Mrs. t I. S. Steedman, returning to New-'t )erry on Monday. _ , Mr. ami Mrs. \V. O. Hay returned < his week from a visit west, going . is far as California. They report a , wonderful trip. Mrs. Henry Pcarce and Miss Lueile Mickle, of Camden, were Sunday t quests of Mrs. W. W. MpKagen.? Monday's Sumter Item. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Alexander had is their guests Sunday, Mrs. Jennie Badger, R. L. Auten, Misses Martha ind Millie Auten, < f Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brown, of Marnwell. are visiting Mrs. Brown's parents, Mr. and Mrs. .Alfred K. K-nicdy, at Bettyneck Plantation. Mrs. Rufus Thurman, of Cheraw, was a visitor in Camden last Saturlay. Miss Kit DeLoache returned to' Cheraw with Mrs. Thurman for a ,-isit. Mr. and Mrs. Burchill Moore and heir baby daughter spent the mist week end in Camden with Mrs. Moore's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. iV hi taker, Sr. Mr. Basil Bruce of Camden, spent" nart of the past week in the city with lis wife and infant daughter, who ire visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Beck. ? Monday's Sumter Item. Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Sowell, Mr. Frank Sowell and Dr. Alva Humphries of Camden were in Sumter luring the past week to attend the 'uneral of Mrs. Mattie Cato John-on. ? Monday's Sumter Item. Mrs. J. L. Williford left Thursday for Woodruff to attend the sixty<ixth wedding anniversary of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. rhamblin. There were five generations of the family present. Mr. and Mrs. Aussie spent several lays with relatives in Southern fhr.c? last week. They were arc m>anied home by Mrs. Florence I.a-.oy, a ho had l>een <m a visit to her ? :er r. that city. Friends ,,f Mrs. John W Mrr.r.ard, \1:r.- DetU M..y:.aid and 1- rank" May- j ta-.i will regret t<> iearn that 'heyl .1 niov.-d Raleigh. N. i . to! r.ake the::- me. where Mr. May- 1 tn-d w.U be engaged ;r. h;;-. . ? Mr. Hei.dri. k W. Ilnrrrv. of !:>s:| Ma--.. a . h Mr-. Bar rum and h> r daue ' Mrs. Chard s >. < ink- J ,.r.. ' f \: ianta. have U-.a , - ? ng! M It :.-.ill's nephew. Gi-org- llenH ><:ge. at hi- h<>m-. '?i -.-n . on M ill street. M Harriett Steedman and M-s.t far ii Dotterer, of Charleston, -pent he week end in Camden with the! 'ora.t r's mother. Mrs. H. S. Steedman. M:<v Fay Kirkland motored from "olumbia last Friday to spend the seek end with her parents, Mr and ilrs. T. J. Kirkland. Sr. The Knoxville Times, Republican lewspaper started at Knoxville last hinuary, haa ceaaed publication. \ i - pppw > ? ? m.w p i iw^wpih \ "" ^ Teachers From Seven Counties to Meet Soon Teachers from -seven counties >vill hold their Uialrict meeting in Keck liill on November 5, under the auspices of the state teachers association. The counties in this district are York, I^ancaster, Chester, Kershaw, Cheste^eld, Cherokee and Fairfield. About 500 teachers belong to the as- j sociation in the district ami are expected to attend the district conven- J tion. There will be a full program, including discussion of modern problems in teaching, with departmental meetings for primary, intermediate and high school teachers in addition to the general session of the whole district association. F. Murray Mack, of Fort Mill, is executive committeeman for this dis-1 trict, who arranged the details of the meeting in York county. This is one of seven districts in South Carolina which will hold con-1 ventions of teacehrs between Octo-' ber 22 and November 19, the other six being held at Union, Florence,' Charleston,* Columbia, Williston and , Anderson.?Yorkville Enquirer. . Gave Him the Works. Foreman (on excavation job)?"X>o you think you are fit for really hard labor?" .. |j Applicant?"Well, some of the best ^ judges in the country have thought so."?Wall Street Journal. i Experts on the Job. 1 Cub Reporter?"I'd like some advice, sir, on how to run a newspa- ( per.'* ] Editor?"You've come to the wrong ^ person, son. Ask one of my ^ubscri- j bers."?Wampus. f Airplanes Collide. Whittier, Cal., Sept. 25.?(Four per- ^ 30ns were killed when two airplanes locked wings and crashed on Beverly ^ boulevard near Pico late today. The ships were circling above the Los Angeles eastside airport at an [ 1 iltitude of about 300 feet when the1 .vings interlocked, police were told. i The capitalization of the Recon- 9 druction Finance corporation totals ?3,800,000. " The only other corpora- t ion of the world that is larger is hat of the German National Rail- p vays, embracing all the railroads of c iermany with a capitalization of ap- s Proximately $0,750,000,000. 8 London Hangman Commits Suicide t London, Sapt. 21.?The world's most widely known hangman was dead here today by his own hand, a victim of years of brooding over having sent more murderers to death thnn any other living man. He is John Kills, who during 22 years as public hangman executed m<pe than 200 criminals. His nerves began to fail him in 1924, when he resigned. He was found dead, his throat slashed and ?- razor by his side. January 9, 1923, he put to death the notorious Mrs. Edith Thomson, who with young Frederick Bywaters was condemned to death for the murder of the woman's husband. She had to be dragged to the scaffold and this, with his previous worries over his job, was too much for Ellis. He retired the following year but could not shake off the horrors that haunted him. On August 20, 1924 he spent a sleepless night and was found next day, gravely wounded with ft revolver by his side. He recovered, however, and promised a magistrate he would not commit' suicide. But the horror continued. Among those who died in a noose no supervised was Roger Casement, who was put to death in 1916 after le was convicted of having sought Glerman aid for an armed revolt in Ireland. For a brief period in 1927 Ellis went on the stage as a hangman, but t proved too much for him. The treasury department of North Carolina has notified officials of Mecklenburg county that it will not lonor the pay vouchers of school eachers until the county makes a satisfactory settlement with the states ;reasurer for taxes past due. Farmers of counties surrounding Covington, Ga., are pressing a missionary campaign to get milk produces of that section to keep milk off he Atlanta market until they can get irices that will cover the cost of proluction. ^ 1 August consumption of cigarettes n the United States totaled 9,558,- . 21,908, an increase of 38,743,310 over | Vugust of last year, according to in- ( ernal revenue bureau figures. t A Nashville. Tenn., slioe factory has | laced an order with an Ohio leather ompany for 1,000,000 feet of calf- j kin, which will require the skins of 1 3,000 calves to fill the order. : Barney Baruch says the cost of government must come down by a million, dollars. But wouldn't that necessitate cutting down the public payoil and forcing a lot of people to go work ? ? >? Birmingham, Ala., has cut its budget for operating the city government ?507,000 under the budget of the previous year. Prosperity may be "around the corner of a round-house," as they say, but that's no reason why j you men can't look like you've had ' sudden in* creases in the ol' bankroll. Slip into one of our new Griffon suits and, man . . . pride in your appearance will go up a "thousand per cent!" Surely $22.60 sounds like a bargain? IT IS! New Griffon Suits $22.50 New Grief Journeyman $25.00 New Curlee Suits $17.50 Other Good Makes $12M MANY WITH TWO PANTS New Shirts, New Pajamas New Neckwear, all at"* prices you will be glad to pay. W. SHEORN & SON: wniii?mnai iiiiiiiiiiiiiihi?miiii?mniiimmw iiiimihii mi mim m r-^-1 GRANDMOTHER'S || ' um rolls : 4'$ DOZEN "j/'g* B ' Sn Round Fan /? %* ? ' PINJO BEAKS 6 * 25c i CORN 3 cans 20c I: field"y earnery T25cl 1 PEANUT BUTTER 2 it jar 23c BOKAR COFFEE m. 29c i .i i COCOA td 2 lb. can 21c ? |< H.B.C.Crackers 3 13c Cookies'i^pkg. 15c j! I BACOnI ?, 19c | BROOMS Each 1 Be J P&G SOAP 3 lie j 2in 1 SHOE POLISH-12c g . PEA BE^'B 6 lbs. 25c j Swift's Prem. Hams 15c j Pork Roast lb. 15c Shoulder Lamb lb. 15c U . Beef Roast lb. 17c Pork Sausage lb. 15c I Gulden Bananas? 6-4bs. 25c Tokay Grapes 2 lbs. 15c No. 1 Potatoes 10 lbs. 19c Cooking Apples? 6 lbs. 25c I ; Juicy Oranges doz. 20c Honey Dew Melon ea. 27c lj-s Announcing M. L. SMITH, Jr. G. T. LITTLE, Jr. j 0 m Smith & Little Company J. H. WATKINS, Manager j INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE, RENTALS and HUNTING PRESERVES \ ? Farm property is now a real investment. Never before have our choicest lands been so cheap. t Vacant property in our City can be developed at unheard of prices. 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