The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 14, 1933, Image 1
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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Cotton Campaign
Termed A Success
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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
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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.
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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