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I. The_jCamden Chronicle VOLUME 45 > 1 -J ? ; ll1? l CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY7 JULY 14, 1933 " ' 1 m 'g8BCTC!aB^gg?m!!Bg:W!! III, 1 J _.| | ||? I. A.JLLl.iW | | U I Jordan Not Guilty I For Killing Negro The July term to "court of ^sionH closed here Wednesday afterI loon after completion of the murder V e ggainst Albert Carlos and I vwne t ook, two Lugoflf negroes, for m the elayintr of Heyward Reynolds, a white man, of the Lugoff section, which resulted In the jury bringlnr I . a verdict of guilty of voluntary manslaughter and Judge Townsend I sentenced each to serve a term of ten years H Pena! servitude. , I The case grew1 out of a fight when j^ynolds remonstrated with the neI groes about cursing at the Lugoff I station on the Seaboard railway. It was never clearly established who I fired the fatal shot, so they were tried jointly I The first week of the term was I called otV on account of the illness of I Judge Townsend, but the court made I good headway and, accepting pleas of I guilty and those going to trial,,suc feedcd in emptying the jail with the I exception of the two convicted neI groes for the killing of ' Reynolds. I Their bonds were fixed at $5,000 and H it i5 unlikely that they can make I bond, and unless new culprits are brought in. the Kershaw county jail will be given an airing. The %rand jury made their pre jentment, which is given in another I pl?ce Cases disposed of iby guilty pleas and by trial are as follows: Hayes Salmond plead guilty to housebreaking and larceny and got a I sentence of two years. ! J, B. Bair wa9 up on two cases of | I housebreaking and larceny and re peived a sentence of one year in each I case. After serving one year, the I other is to be served. Frank Fields and Albert Brown were up on a charge of larceny and I were sentenced to serve a term of five years each. These two negroes j I succeeded in lleecing Dige Brevard, negro citizen of Kershaw county, out I of a considerable sum of money which I I he withdrew from the First National j Bank of this city, in a "Found Pocket-j j I book" scheme. One of the negroes. !B had already served a sentence on the* I Sumter county gang for a similar of-| fense. Albert Brown was the "Rev-( I ered Jinks." from Kershaw, of the; party. A white man is said to havej I played n part in the game, but he: H escaped. Brevard never recovered any of his. H stolen money, but it is unlikely that I he will ever be "taken in" again, or if he will tell the sad hews to his fellow colored friends he may keep' them from falling for 'the "Found, I Pocketbook." Sam Jor.cs, 75-year-old negro, was I convicted of obtaining money under, false pretenses. His sentence was [ or 30 days. Barney < <>oper, young white man,' I who stole Rev. A. D. McArn's carj from in front of the high school j I building and converted it into a bootI legging was given a sentence of one yea:. Sovilla .Jones plead guilty to makI mg "htin: -brew" and received a sen-I ten?e of - ice months, but after serI v;ce of one month and good behavior I ba.as ( w ould be suspended. Will.am Skywell and Robert Mor-j I ris, while youths who stole a Sumter! car, were- given sentences of two I years each. Sentences were suspendI ed, however, if they moved on into another state and upon good behavI ior. The two youths fired upon forI "ler poii.-e chief H. D. Hilton in a I running , base three years ago on. the Camder.-t harlotte highway. They I *ere on a charge of assault and ^ I battery of a high and aggravated na-j I ture. r.-.ey had already served three I J'^ars f the theft of the car. J- C. 1 urnstall, who broke into the drug re ()f R T Qoodale near ^eririi'd^f mill village, received a Banter.," ?,f .six months. , B Shark Thompson, alias Albert I Htemps- r., who held up and robbed I B...mgs filling station near I busty I',end," was convicted and rejceived a sentence of ten years. He B?ot a small amount of money as a result of his robbery. B s- Brown, Sam Smith and G. C. I Urr il. who broke into the Ross store *t Blar. y and were suspected of other robberies, plead guilty and received p.s of fifteen months each. I W iley plead guilty to privily tealing from the person and was B "enteric ed to serve three months. BtbTinCllney Alexander, who entered 17* Morrison home in Camden and I 'e therefrom a sum of around $35, IPfesd guilty and was sentenced to rve two years. Jessie Neal and Willie *Jdnes plead guilty to privily stealing money from the person of another and dre\y a sentence of six months each. Broadus Patterson plead guilty to violation of the prohibition law and drew a sentence of two months. After serving one month, balance of sentence suspended. Arthus S. Jordan, white man, charged with the killing of Bud Lightly in the Lockhnrt section three weeks ago, was tried and found not guilty. The case grew out of an argument when Jordan reprimanded Lightly for beating a mule. Presentment of Grand Jury To his Honor, W. H. Townsend, presiding judge July term of court, Camden, South Carolina. We, the grand jury, herewith beg to present our report. We have passed on all bills at this term of court. j Beg leatfte to make the following recommendations: We recommend that four miles of old Liberty Hill road, two miles south of Liberty Hill where piping has been removed, be replaced and any other necessary work to put road in good and permai\ent condition. All roads in the county are very choppy and rough and we ask that the County Directors try and scrape same to put in condition as soon as possible. A committee has been appointed to take up matter with Federal Government and try to obtain some funds to build a new jail. This is for imitoediate action. Committee on magistrates are requested to check up all magistrate's j books in county and see that all irregularities are investigated and report at fall term of court. We request your HonoT to instruct E. Parrott* former clerk to school board, district number 22, to turn over to Loring Davis, newly appointed clerk, all books, papers and funds belonging to said school district number 22. .Respectfully submitted, W. A. Boykin, Fnr?n - Trains Shorten ? Length Of Runs Following application eptered some tin\e ago, the (Southern Railway company was Monday authorized by the South Carolina railroad commission to discontinue the operation of trains tyos. 117 and 118 between Columbia and 'Kingyille and ordered jtho company, contrary to ,the petition, to continue running the trains between Rock Hill and the North CarolinaSouth Carolina stato line. The railway company filed its application several weeks ago for authority to take off the two trains between the state line and Rock Hill . - v, which meant that it was its intention under the proposed arrungemept to continue its service between Rock ! Hill and Klngville. In addition to being ordered to continue the operation of trains Nos. 117 and 118 between Rock Hill and the state line, the company is required by the rulifiig to so arrange its schedules for passenger service between York and Rock Hill that connection shall be made with No. 31 going south and that No; 82, going north, will likewise connect with its train "on said run, connection with 31, and a passenger may travel from York in the morning to points south of Rock Hill by .connection with No. 31, and'a passenger may travel on No. 32 north and make such connection *ar Rock Hill as will make direct connection at Rock Hill for York. This order was sighed by John H. Nance, chairman of the commission. A hearing on the application was held in Columbia June 28. Negro Youth Loses fife By Drowning , . *' Whit Major, 20 year old negro youth, met death by drowning last Saturday while he and several companions were in bathing . at what is known as Clark's bathing place at the head of the old Factory pond. It is not known how, he lost his life, but it is said he had just eaten a watermelon before going into the water. One of his companions went to his rescue and came near being drowned himself, His body, halfclad, was recovered soon after. It was viewed by Sheriff Henry McLeod, who after questioning the others in the party, deemed an inquest unneccessary. Retail Bureau For Camden is Assured A. M. Whelpley and associates, representing: a national organization, have been in Camden the past ten days and have interviewed practically all business and professional men here who have signified their intention of enrolling when the local credit bureau is opened here. It was announced yesterday that the enthusiasm of the merchants to date insures the openntfc of an office in Camden immediately. The functioning of such a bureau,j it is pointed out, is a protection~^V*the merchants against charge (Jfcc-, counts. The bureau keeps a check on [all buyers and these buyers are given a rating. Whenever a person wants to open a charge account the merchant can by a quick glance at the .credit guide ascertain whether that person .is good pay. It is a system which merchants need as a protectionagainst persons who do not pay their bills, Mr. Whelpley states. The bureau also aids in collecting bad accounts and also in following persons who leave town with debts behind. All of this work is entirely confidential Q..and is known to - the heads of concern^ only. > New offices of the bureau are springing up all over the country, .and in many places the chamber of l^ommerce and retail bureaus are combined, or at least in the same office. The service coi?farises a credit guide book for each subsciber, a frequent bulletin and a clearance of old or slow accounts for each subscriber without extra charge. The I credit guide contains the names, ad! dresses and occupations of each and every person in the city and trade territory and will show in code how many merchants the buyers deal with and the exact manner in which they meet their credit obligations. The system now being' installed gives the proper credit to the person who can pay and in doing so shows the one who is slow but sure pay. It proposes also to show the one who is simply unfortunate and cannot pay by revealing his true condition. It also shows the one who can pay but will not. The representatives come to Camden with the strong endorsement of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, and Chambers of Commerce in other neighboring towns and cities. Practically all Camden business men are ^-operating in the movement, and it is felt great results will be accomplished in bettering trade and credit conditions. Death Summons Came Suddenly Fletcher E. Sparrow^ 77 year old farmer of the Antioch section, died Suddenly Tuesday morning while in a field on his farm. Mf. Sparrow is survived by his widow, Mrs. France* -Sparrow and. two sons and two daughters?Auditor B. E. Sparrow, of Camden; L. J. Sparrow, of Antioch; Mrs. Bernice Chewning, of Camden, and Misys Nellie Sparrow, of Antioch. He was a member of Salem Methodist church and his funeral was held from that church Wednesday morning, at 10 o'clock, with services being conducted by his pastor, Rev. A. M. Jones. Interment followed in the churchyard cemetery. Funeral arrangements were in charge of the Kornegay Funeral Home. Chicken Supper The DeKalb Home , Demonstration Club will serve a fried chicken supper at the club bouse near Lake Shamokin Thursday evening, July 20, from 6 o'clock to 10 o'clock. The public is cordially invited. Plates will cost 25 cents each. Some Rain?Believe It Or Not I" Tuesday evening the heaviest rain in years fell in Camden. The streets were flowing with water, in some instances the drains being unable to take it off fast enough. Strange to say we are told that six miles northeast of Camden only a light shower fell. One man in Camden tells us that the downpour was so heavy that five of his ducks were drowned. Ninety-seven employes of the interior department were given notice this week that their service* will end | July 16, with 56 of them being retired after service of 80 years or 'mora. It is a put of the retrenchment profraw. Former Camden Man Managing Big Store Mr. and Mrs. George O. Tidwell and Nancy and George, Jr., of Shreveport, La., are on a week's visit to relatives and friends in t amden. George Tidwell waa-^ former salesman employed at the J. J. Newberry store in Camden when it opened here in 1930, and his rise in thfe esteem of this big chain^ystem now operating 413 stores frmh coast to coast has been remarkable. He was first trahsferred to Martinsburg, West Virginia, thence to Stauuton, Va., Hagevs4own, Maryland, as assistant managed Later he was sent to Lake ChaWes, La., to open up a new store for the company. He is now manager of a four fioor store at Shreveport, L%', a city of SI.000 inhabitants with a sales force of 35 people. His success is attributed to hard work, clot& attention to business and a desire to make and his Camden friends are congratulating him on his achievements. Air Line In Danger; A Meeting Is Called Charlotte, N. C., July 12?A movement to save the rharlotte-CamdenColumbia-Augusta air mail line, which it says is threatened by a reduction in federal air mail-appropriations, has-been started by the Charlotte chamber of commerce,' it was announced today. C. O. Kuester, secretary of the body, has written men in Columbia, Augusta and Camden urging that a meeting bo held in Columbia in the Xear future to seek an increase in mail and passenger use of the line, inaugurated less than a year ago. Kuester said he hnd been informed in Washington that federal air mail appropriations have been cut from $20,000,000 to $15,000,000 and that a further reduction to $12,600,000 has been proposed. The further reduction, Kuester said, he was informed would necessitate elimination of the Charlotte-Augusta and several other lines. Kuester asked William Lykes, secretary of the Columbia chamber , of commerce, Mayor Robert M. Kenne-. dy, Jr., of Camden, and L. S. Moody, secretary of the Augusta chamber of commerce in letters to aid in plans for the. meeting. i'We are mighty anxious hero in Charlotte to retain the line," Kuester said. "I 'believe citizens of Camden, Augusta and Columbia are just as anxious that it be retained. If we are to retain it, we must show Washington officials the importance of retaining it." Revival Meeting at Hermitage X series of revival services are in progress at the Hermitage Baptist church. The meeting began Monday evening, July 10. There will be services twice each day at 2 p. m. an 8 p. m. The Rev. Luther Knight, of ! Jefferson, is assiting the pastor, Rev. TBrS. Broom. 1 The Sunday services will be as fol' lows: Sunday school at 10 a. m., I preaching at 11 a. m. Service for men only at 3 p. m. and preaching at 8 p. m. The meeting will continue through next week. The public is most cordially invited to attend all these services. Presbyterian Church Services For Sunday, July 10, A. Douglas McArn, pastor, announces the following services: Church school at 10 a. m., morning worship at 11:15, midweek service on Wednesday at 8.30 p. m. The Junior boys and girls will have no further meetings until after the summer holidays. The public is cordially invited to the services in this church. First Baptist Church Services On Sunday, July 16, the pastor, J. B. Gaston, will conduct both morning and evening services; morning subject, "The World's Greatest Battle;" evening subject, "A Great Salvation." Sunday school with C. O. StogneiNnrpeflntendent at 10 o'clock. B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 7:30. Midweek service Wednesday evening at 8:30. Men's prayer meeting Sunday morning at 9:30. The public i? cordially invited to attend all the services of this church. ~ Three men are under arrest at Rock wood, Tenn., on suspicion of having fatally shot Walter Fritts, a deaf restaurant keeper, who failed to hear their command to hold up hia hands. f - Writes of Duties at The Forestry Camp On June 22, a company of 188 conservation forestry men hailing from various p^rt* of South Carolina took up camp quarters on Wildwood Ma| nor, about 10 miles from Camde'n, S. C., near Blaney, some two mile? [from Highway No. 1. Accompanying i these men from the training camp at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga., the | personnel of officers is as follows: [Captain Wing, U. S. Army, company commander; Captain Mabry, O. R. C? associated with (Captain Wing; Lt. Wright, in charge of food and general supplies; 1st Sergeant Snrnes; Corporal Robinson, Me$s sergeant, who is assisted by Umav Black, C. C. C. member of York, S. C.; Corporal Smith, in charge of post exchange. All activities around camp are under direct supervision of company commanders ami the first sergeant. Wildwood Manor, an old estate of around 800 acres, now owned by Karl Ro&borough', provides an admirable sight and location for camp quarters. The residence on 'the tract is being used as headquarters for the officers and for office work. About 30 tents ^pitched in three different rows provide quarters for the T3resters. Ther^ is also a large tent for food supplies; anothqi- for general work supplies. There are two tents for cooks who are members of the C. C. C. organization; there is a tent for the post exchange which handles incidentals and camp necessities; there is a medical tent or hospital for the two first aids, Conard of Columbia and Holley of Greenville. University of South Carolina students taking pre-med work there. In the hospital is a cabinet for medicines and a table for materials being used. The program of activities at present centers around construction of > permanent quarters and improvement' of things in general. A road is being constructed to the highway for the trucks and general traffic; a few days ago the construction of a per-_ manent mess hall began; underhrush and dead trees are (being cleared from the nearby forests; pillars, telephone poles and columns are being cut and sawed from the pines nearby. These activities,are keeping the foresters busy every day. After breakfast, which comes around 7 in the morning, the whole company of men assembles for 8 o'clock formation. At this formation Sergeant Sarnes, 1st sergeant of the company, calls for the men assigned to do carpenter work and they fall out for their daily duties; then the road gang falls out; then the section assigned to cutting poles and pillars; then the section cleaning up the woods. The men work in groups, being assigned to their various duties After 4 o'clock each day the boys are free to engage in recreational activities such as baseball, horseshoe pitching and volley ball and swimming. Edwin C; Kennedy, Cnmp Reporter, j Next Sunday at Methodist Church | Sunday school at 10 a. m. All the departments will meet promptly. The school will assemble at 10:50 in the church auditorium for the chalk talk by the pastor and the work of the Junior Church." Preaching at 11:15 on "The Mystery of The Net." Preaching at 8:50 p. m. This will close the services of the church for internal decoration of both the Sunday school auditorium and the church. C. F. Wimberly, pastor. The Parable of The Net This will be the theme of the Sunday morning message by Dr. C. F. Wimberly at the Lyttleton Street Methodist church. This will finish the aeries of the prophetic messages which he has been delivering for the past weeks. This will be the last Sunday before Dr. Wimberly leaves for a camp meeting at Hannibal, Mo. This old city was made famous by being the childhood home of Mark Twain. Many of the old landmarks where Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn did their deeds of heroism. At Providence Church A home coming day will be celebrated at Providence Baptist church on. Sunday, July 16. There will be two sermons and . dinner on the grounds. The pastor, Rev. W. R. Phillips, invites all of the old friends and members of the chnrch to attend. June exports of cotton, exclusive of Canada, totaled 665,667 bales as compared with 410,768 bales in Juna, 1?32. t - J J. H J , * T /T. " ' - % Cotton Campaign Termed A Success - ' '-'M Washington, July 12.?-The campaign to reduce cotton acreage this year in 10 states -was brought to a close at midnight with the first major acreage control effort of farm administrators described as a success. Secretary Wallace sai'id that in his opinion when all returns had been received, "it will be shown that tho South hari mtfde one of tho greatest demonstration* of intelligent and unified action in the history of Am<tri- 4% can agriculture." Official figures showing the acreage offered to date were not available, but it was said unofficially that the aggregate offer of farmers might greatly exceed their original goal of 10 to 11 millidh acres. However, tho administraors are less interested in acreage than th tho assurance that tho acres to bo plowed up will substantially reduce tfois year's potential crop. Administrators were confident that tho crop would be reduced 3,000,000 bales with some prospect that the figure might (bo closer to 4,000,000 bales. . 9 It Was said that the 2,400,000 bales of government-held cotton used as options for the plan might all be required to meet contracts signed by growers. Growers wer$ offered alternative plans, one under which they would be paid cash for plowing up from 25 to * 50 per cent of their crop, with 'payments to be based upon estimated 1 yields; the other a combination of smaller cash payments with options on an amount of government cotton equal to tho estimated production of the area they agreed to destroy. These options were offered on the basis of six cents a pound. s About 60 per cent of the growers has favored the combination plan. If these exhausted the amount of government-held cotton, the production of tho acres they agreed to plow up, . together with the 40 per cent not covered by options, would bTing the reduction of the 'potential crop to about 4,000,000 bales. Wallace said, "The latest reports from the cotton belt dndioate that the campaign for tho acreage reduction is moving rapidly, and apparently . _ successfully, to a conclusion.* "We will not know the final outcome until the Tesult of these concluding days' efforts have been received and compiled. "It is my own belief, however, that when all the returns have been received, it will be shown that the South has made one of the greatest demonstrations of intelligent and unified action in the history of American agriculture. j "Intensive activity in the field these lael three dayp is evidence of a growing response to the program." +A .' .. 53 : ' . v Rotary Club Notes R. M. Kennedy, Jr., had charge of this week's Rotary meeting at the ^ Hotel Camden. He had an indoors golf tournament, and the champion-__ , . .y ship of the club was won by J. G. ; Richards, Jr., with N. R. Goodale, Jr., as runner-up. Both were given / i prizes. John Villepigue of ' the Service Committee reported that they had investigated the heroic act of a young negro bojr, J. B. Boykin, eleven years j old, who saved the life of a white boy during a fire on Lafayette avenue gome time ago. The committee made a report of Boykin's act to the Carnegie Commission and asked that they award him a medal. The commission said that this particular act V did not come under the awards. The club then decided to give Boykin a prize, which will be a medal or some ! other worthy token to show the Rotary Club's appreciation of his bravery. A committee of R. M. Kennedy, Jr., M. H. Heyman and John Villepigue were appointed to make the selection and the" presentation will take place at a future meeting of the 1 club. ^ Next week's meeting will be in charge of W. Jackson and two weeks hence in charge of Samuel Russell. * Jr -*i Candidates Named Columbia, S. C., July 7.?'Notice of the nomination of John G. Richards, f~ former governor and leading dr?, as the Kershaw county anti-repeal can- ;-Z didate was filed today with Secretary df ""State W. P. Blackwell. ' Richards will oppose Henry Savage, Jr., repeal candidate in the > county, in the Noveasber 7 referenr