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The Camden Chronicle
VOLUME 46 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1034 NUMBER 17
Hail and Windstorm
Tuesday Afternoon
Tuesday afternoon saw a wind,]
hail and electrical storm ternjrily
break a heat wavo that had
Med for several days, when accord2
to H. Arthur Brown, who keeps
S United States government rets
as to temperatures and rainfall
2d at - o'clock the mercury regis- j
2d lOd degrees.' While we were
talking wilh him' " ?entleman who]
ud traversed the . county "that day
;? ld us that his thermometer must
hive registered correctly, for he had
. und the same at several different
spots throughput the county. Newwry
and other points registered the
<ame as at Camden.
Hail stones pelted the roofs of
Camden business places, the rain fell
in torrents, taxing the city drains to
their utmost capacity. A check-up of
jhe damage amounted to the north
,ad south ends of the fences that inclose
Zemp Field at the Kershaw
county fair grounds being blown
down. A nearby field of cotton was
partially stripped of leaves and badly
damaged. Two huge oaks were
blown down on lower Broad street
near the old court house. Lightning
struck one of the few remaining pine
trees on the school grounds, corner
of Lyttleton and Laurens streets.
The bolt deflected and went into the
dead limb of an oak and set it afire.1
The fire department was called to put
it out. The casualties from this
stroke was the "cooking" of a woodpecker
and its brood where it had
selected the limb as its place of
abode.
A limb was blown down upon the
Lyttleton Street Methodist church,
causing damage to the roof. Several
limbs and trees were blown down,
but no property damage resulted.
In the business district where contractor
George A. Creed is remodeling
the Springs & Shannon store a
large plate glass window was blown
out and cracked up causing the contractor
a loss.
Telegraphic communication between
Camden, Charlotte and Columbia
was interrupted for several hours.
Lighting service in the homes was
cut off for some time and many old
kerosene lamps were brought back
into service.
The storm seemed to have been
centered around Camden and a short
radius, because few reports have
come of any other damage.
Mercury Soars
The past few days in Camden and
vicinity have been unusually hot. Old
Soi beaming down with all his
sumnu-i heat. The official weather
mar. reports to us that at 2 p. m. on
Tuesday the mercury hit the high
mark f 103, which continued for several
hours until around four o'clock
a thunder storm broke and cooled off
the atmosphere, bringing (relief to
roar, and beast temporarily. On Wednesday
it was still intensely hot but
considerably lower than the day before.
the thermometer registering 95
at no-.r..
Death of Mr. Ray
hdwa: i R. Ray, 66, well known
tarn:. ., ...f West Wateree, with a wide
'am..v connection, died at his home J
a' ' Wednesday afternoon after an [
...r.-. ve nding over a period of six
front !\.v
Lay was twice married and is
'J; by his second wife, who ben
a: age, was M iss Ethel Hayes.
'v-r g a.so are the following sons
laughters: Jesse Ray, Leslie
' :go Neal Rav, Sam Ray,
v
va..4e Taylor, Mrs. Minnie Bass,
'r> L;;.u Bass, and Mrs. Carrie
^ckion.
Fjr.- services were held Thursday
a;t.-moon at 3 o'clock, conducted
^ > pastor, the Rev. Mr. Faile, and
r'e b..r,a. was in the churchyard cem*tery
< hurch Supper at Smyrna
>n':y,r.a church, in West Wateree,
r'r'?ur- os a church supper at the
""Ur"' n the night of Friday, July
' m ? to 11. The public and all
ar-G latfs are cordially invited. Ice
1 earr.. .-andwiches and fried chicken
b.- plentiful and prices will be
roa>or.ab.e.
Benefit Picture
Sunday and Tuesday the Cam
oa^e ball team is sponsoring and
^ "rg tickets to "Thirty Day Prina
picture to be shown at the
-amden Theatre. Everyone will want
ro ^''Vla Sidney an<l Carey Grant
'' 1 is entertaining picture and they
e requested by the ball players to
tickets from them as they only
ell * p*rc*ntsige on the ones they
f
Man Charged With
Entering Bedrooms
I^eo Johnson, 26-year-old white man
of near Kershaw, was arrested near:
that town Tuesday, being charged
With having entered a private home
and two boarding houses in Camden
at a late hour Sunday night.
Johnson first entered the Russell
boarding house on DeKalb street and
entered the room where E. W. Sapp,
a boarder, was sleeping. He stole'
three shirts, a knife, tie clasp, pin;
and several dollars from Mr. Sapp. j
He next entered the Rollings boarding
house, where a sleeping boarder
was relieved of several dollars. The
thief was very deliberate in his movements
for the housewife saw the next
morning where he had made a meal
of a fried chicken found in the refrigerator.
His next stop was at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Iteasonover on
Laurens street, where he entered the
room of D. V. Dixon, who boards with
Mr. and Mrs. Reasonover. Here he
also got several dollar ^>ills while Mr.
Dixon was asleep in his room.
By a clever piece of detective work
on the part of Chief Whitaker, Sheriff
McLeod, Policeman Alva Rush and
Chief Mothershed, of Kershaw, Johnson
was taken into custody at Kershaw.
He had on his person at the
time about ten dollars in one dollar
bills and the articles of clothing and
other things stolen from Mr. Sapp
which were recovered. Some of the
articles stolen from Mr. Sapp had the
owner's name on same.
Aggie Boys Off To
Camp at Bluff ton
On Wednesday morning three
school busses loaded with seventyfive
Vocational Agriculture students
of Kershaw county left for their
camp at Bluffton, near Beaufort.
They will remain in camp four days
and there enjoy sports of all kinds,
instruction in the various phases of
their work and enjoy meeting boys I
from other counties of the state.
The boys from this county represented
the agricultural classes from;
Camden, Baron DeKalb, Bethune,
Charlotte Thompson and Midway and
they were under the following teachers:
H. Granade, R. E. Smith, B. E.
Keisler^ E. M. Mellette and W. B.
Stevenson.
So Many New Cars, Tags Run Short.
Columbia, July 16.?So many South
Carolinians have been buying new
automobiles lately that the State
Highway department has had to
order 8,000 more 1034 license plates.
Ben R. Stroup, director of th&- motor
vehicle division, explained today
it was the second time this year the
order for license plates had been increased.
The latest order brought the total
for the current tag year to 309,000,
including trucks, cars, motorcycles1
and trailers, half and full year tags. !
This is a large increase over last
year.
Presbyterian Church Services
Presbyterian church services on:
Sunday, July 22, announces A. Douglas
McArn, pastor, will be Church
school at 10 a. na., morning worship
at 11:15. Junior Club Saturday at
10 a. m., Vesper service Sunday evening
at eight o'clock. The public is
cordially invited to these services.
Belk Reconsiders;
Remains in Race
' j
Because my health has not been
the best lately and because- my busi-j
ness was very seriously needing my.
undivided attention, I decided on last
Saturday to withdraw as a candidate!
for reelection to the House, but when'
the announcement of my withdrawal,
appeared in the papers on Sunday,
morning friends from every section:
of the county appealed to me to, stay'
in the race, and in obedience to their,,
wishes I have reconsidered and have
decided to remain in the race.
I appreciate much more than I am
able to express the interest so many
people have shown in my candidacy.
For the past four years I have given
the very best that there is in me in
the service of the people in the General
Assembly, and if I am returned
to the Legislature, I shall continue to
represent all of the people of Kershaw
county, honestly, and to the
very best of my ability.
Again expressing my appreciation
for the loyalty of my friends, and
thanking everyone for their kind
consideration, I am
Respectfully,
J. R. Belk.
Camden, S. C., July 17, 1W4.
Officers Capture
Automobile Thief
CI y <1 c Cunningham, 35-year-old
white man, who hud only recently
completed n five-year penitentiary
.sentence for house-breaking and lar- i
cony, will very probably face another
term when sessions court convenes
again.
Cunningham broke into the rear of
the Rodfenrn Motor Company on the
night of July 5 and drove off with a
practically new Ford V-8 and put
about 1,000 miles on the car, when it.
was abandoned just inside the city
limits.
Cunningham was suspected and
Sheriff McLeod took other officers
\vith him to the home of Otis Cunningham,
several miles east of Camden,
where Clyde was known to be
staying. As the officers approached
the house Cunningham made his getaway
in a swamp.
Clyef of Police Whitaker was left
in town to be on the lookout and it
was not long before Chief Whitaker
picked Cunningham up on north Mill
street near the Mills' residence.
Cunningham has served a previous
chain gang sentence. His long sentence
was for burglarizing the store
of Sam C. Truesdale at Westville.
This made the third clever -piece of
work done within the past week by
county and city authorities Cooperating
and Chief Whitaker is loud in his
praise of the assistance given him by
Sheriff Mcleod and Deputy Cooley.
Arrest Of Man For
Theft of CCC Goods
Troy Moore, 24-year-old white man
formerly with the CCC Carnp near
Blaney, has been committed to jail
charged with the theft of a large
tent, two trucKtires and wheels and
two other truck tires, the property
of the camp. The stolen property
was recovered, being found hidden in
the woods about ten miles over in
Lancaster county.
Moore's time had expired at the
camp and he was discharged July 1.
Being familiar with the camp and
surroundings he went back there on
July 9, when the theft was committed.
The case was worked up by Sheriff
J. H. McLeod, assisted by Magistrate
J. D. Watson, of Blaney, and Sheriff
Dabney, of I*ancaster. Captain Hinson,
of the camp, expressed himself
as being highly gratified by the
manner in which the sheriff's office
handled the case.
Baptist Church Services
The following services are announced
at the First Baptist church
for week begining Sunday, July 22:
Sunday school at 10 o'clock with C.
O. Stogner, superintendent in charge.
Public worship conducted by the pastor,
J. B. Caston, at 11:15- a. m. and
8:30 p. m. Morning subject, "The
Value of Preparedness." Evening
subject, "Christ or Destruction." B.
Y. P. U. Sunday evening at 7:30.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 8:30. The public is cordiaffy invited
to attend all the services of this
church. .
The Daily Vacation Bible School
openpd Monday morning with one
hundred and twenty-nine in attendance.
The first session was a very
interesting one, completed by an exciting
parade. Much good work and
many good times are anticipated by
both teachers and pupils.
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Revival at Cedar Creek
The pastor and members of Cedar
Creek Baptist church \siil hold their
regular summer revival services beginning
next Sunday, July 22, and
continue through the following Sunday.
Services will be held each day
at 10:30 in the morning and 8:30.in
the evening. We have secured the
services of Rev. C. L. Norman, of
Lockhart, a former pastor of Hermitage
Baptist church of damden. The
public is cordially invited to come and
worship with us.?P. PL Blackmon,
pastor. . ^
Home-Coming Day at Antioch
Friday, July 27, will be home-coming
day at Antioch Baptist church,
ten miles east of Camden, announces
Harvey R. Davis, chairman and C. W.
Shiver, clerk, in whose hands all ar-j
rangements are being left.
The members and friends of this
congregation are urged to attend all,
day services there on that date.
There will be no picnic but all are
asked to bring baskets so they might
stay for all the program.
This church was opened for service
in 1824, with twenty-four members?
twelve men and twelve women?and
ia the second oldest Baptist church in
Kershaw county. ? _ _ I
. A warm welcome is extended to all.
Camden Ball Team
Coming To Front
The Camden ball team under the
management of Clarkson Khame, and
a me in be r of the Pee Dee la-ague is
i hitjing their stride after getting otf
|to a had start in the series schedule.
The standing of the teams at the end
of tin- first half was: Oates, Hethune.
, Camden, Lamar, Bishopville, Lynch.burg.
Hartsville and Alcolu.
In the last ten ghmes played by
the local team they have won nine of
:then\. Another good record set, by
the home boys, was in the last five
jgames they got l>0 hits with 57 runs
I to their opponents 3 runs.
The first game of the second half
of the series found Camden's seoro 12
to 0 when they played Lynchburg at
Lynehburg.
Next Tuesday at 4:15 o'clock a
game will be played at the old ball
park. A charge of 25 cents will be
made to all adults.
Interest in the boys and base ball
as a sport has been steadily increasing
and no doubt there will be a
large crowd present at the next game
here. The team needs your support
as this is the first year in a long time
that Camden has had a base ball
team and the players do not receive
any money for playing, but many expenses
are incurred that have to be
met. Local fans should stand behind
the boys in their effort to put this
national sport across in a successful
manner.
Woman Dies From
Injuries In Wreck
Lula Bell Crenshaw, negro woman
of the Flat Rock section, died at the
Camden hospital Monday night from
injuries sustained in an automobile
wreck which occurred Saturday night
at eleven dVlock near the Jim Hough
place.
Dock Laney, negro owner and driver
of the car, was ordered held by a
| coroner's jury whose verdict was that
the woman came to her death in an
'auto accident while being driven by
Laney in a reckless manner while
intoxicated. The car was rounding a
curve at a rapid rate, left the road
and struck an embankment. Others
carried to the hospital were Mary
Sowell, who suffered a broken jaw-bone
and leg; Jason Drakeford, injured
in head; and John Truesdell,
badly jarred when he jumped from
the car.
The inquest by Coroner Julian
Rush was held at Kershaw Wednes.
day night with E. C. Stokes as foreman.
Others serving on the jury
were Frank Moore, Fred Stokes, Jim
, Ogburn, Charlie Hough and Frank
Tolbert.
i
Convicts Packed
In State Prison
! '
Spai'tanbfirg, July 12.?Addressing
the South Carolina Police Chiefs'
association at their annual banquet
tonight, Governor I. C. Blackwood
defended himself against critics of
h;< administration, including his use
of the pardoning power.
Governor Blackwood criticized
those who think a governor should
l>-- a man of action and "constantly in
:h?' limelight."
He said he was glad to boast or
claim he ha.s bee na "modest governor."
To those who have criticized his
use of the pardoning power. Governor
Blackwood said, "at this very minute
the state penitentiary is crowded like
a sardine box in the exce-ssive heat."
"It would be easy," he said, "to
refuse to pardon, hut errors are made
all along the way."
He said that to pardon is not only
a power but a duty conferred on the
governor by those who look beyond
the decision of the courts.
| Other officers elected today were
I L. W. Hammond, Greenville detecjti\e
chief, first vice president; Geddes
| West, Spartanburg chief, second vice
i president; and B. M. Haynes, Spar'tanburg
detective chief, secretary!
treasurer.
| Sunday Evening Vesper Service
Th^re will be the usual vesper sertvice
on the lawn of the Presbyterian
I church Sunday evontng at eight
o'clock. Sterioptican pictures from
the life of Christ will be shown.
Chicken Stew
There will be a chicken stew at DeKalb
church on Friday evening, July
20, beginning at 7 o'clock. Proceeds
will be used ofi the charch building
fund. Public is invited. Adults plate
25 cents, children 15 cents.
Camden Boys and
; (iirls at Kanuga.
Kanuga laike, July LL -Neatly,
four hundred boys and girls \soie
registered a'. the junior vamps,]
which were ended at Kanuga Lake,;
conference venter of the hpisvopal
church, on Thursday evening, with a
icump tire service. Iho Right Revetend
K. G. Finlay, bisop ot the diocese
|of upper South Carolina, ami director
of the Kanuga conferences made the
presentation of the cups, emblems
tand other awards.
; Grace Palmer, of Charleston, and
(Jack Loos, Grafton, Pa., won the cups
for the best all round campers. A
number of othef awards were made,
i The adult and clergy conferences
|open at Kanuga, July 14, to last two
J weeks, after which the property will
be used for resort purposes, with a
J boys' camp in conjunction therewith.
A number of outstanding leaders
in religious and educational circles
are on the faculty for the adult and
clergy conferences, for which a largo
number of registrations have been
made. Auxiliary day will be the program
for July 21st and a condensed
conference for laymen on the problems
of the church will be held July
20 to 22.
Among those from Camden registering
at the junior camps were Mary
Lee Bradford, Harriet Foster, Rhetta
McDowell, Florence Savage, Betty
Whitaker, Anno Whitaker, Anne
1 Clarkson, Gene Campbell, Isaac Pitts,
William Pitts and Massey Trotter.
Fifteen CCC Camps
Assigned to State
Columbia, S. C., July 16.?'The definite
assignment of fifteen COC camps
to -South Carolina under the jurisdiction
of the State Forestry commission
and the National Forest' service
for the six-month period beginning
October 1 was announced today.
Along with the announcement, H.
A. Smith, state forester, commented
that the camps would provide for the
[continuation of a program that alrea'
dy has given wholesome occupation
! to more than 4,000 young-men in the
! state with wages totalling nearly $2,-000,000.
Smith was informed that the new
camp locations would include the;
counties of Union, Newberry, Oconee,
Charleston, Berkeley, Greenwood,
Dorchester, Marion, Greenville, Flor-j
ience, Sumter, Kdgefield, Colleton and
Aiken.
i At least four camps will be new j
5 ones. They \vUi be in the counties of
Union. Nevrl/erry, Greenwood, and
| Edgefield< Smith said.
Assurance has been given, he add- j
led, that a camp may be obtained for
Horry county pending taking over]
i by the state of certain lands for a ^
'state forest park. This park, the,
' st"ate forester remarked, will provide
! valuable recreational features at a
nominal cost to the people of the
state.
Camden Rotary Notes
' The program for Thursday's Rotary
meeting was in charge of A. Sam
! Karesh. He had invited T. V. Walsh
to make a vocational talk on Railroad
Transportation" that was thoroughly
enjoyed by the club.
I Next week's program will be in
charge of Hughey 1 indal and he has
invited Reuben B. Pitts to make a
vocational talk.
Fred West, of Abbeville, a candidate
for the office of lieutenunt gov-,
ernor of South Carolina, was a guestof
the meeting. Visiting Rotarians ;
i were Kddie Andrews, of Atlanta;.
John'Wilson, of Sumter.
Death Sentence For j
Florida Kidnapers
} Bonifay, Fla., July 17.?Two youths
were under death sentence today and
another faced life imprisonment fbr
j the $1.80 kidnaping and beating of an
' old woman.
First to be convicted without a
i mercy recommendation under Plorii
da's "Lindbergh law," Bernard Reth-i
! erford, 21, and Millard Keith, 18,
.heard the death sentence pronounced
| late Saturday.
j Dewey Keith, 20, brother of Mil,
lard, was sentenced to life imprisonI
ment. The jury ad<^ed a mercy recommendation
to its ^erdict in his
case.
The trio was charged witnaoducting
Mrs. J. L- Phelps, 77-year-old
widow, last May. She testified they |
took $1.80 from her.
In Tuesday's election in Mississippi
on the prohibition question, the voters;
went snout two to one for prohibition.
Missing Child Found
in Woods Near llonie
IlurtsdaU\ N. V., July 17.~?Robert
Connor was found alive and smiling
this afternoon in the wood behind his
house by state troopers.
Min. Charles H. Connor fainted
when a trooper came in the door of
Iter Hartsdalo Manor home with 21montha-oW
Kohert in his arms.
The chilli's face was badly scratched
by brambles after nearly five days in
the wood.
The ehild was well and apparently
unharmed.
Physicians were summoned to examine
Robert and attend his mother
The baby was found at 2:4f> p. m.
by Sergeant Jerome llogan, of thu
Creenburgh police, who has been almost
continuously on the search sinco
the child was reported lost Thursday
at 6:30 p. n\.
The child's disappearance from his
home five days ago was responsible
for one of the most widespread
searches in the east since the kidnaping
of the Lindbergh baby.
Hobby, his dolls left behind as muto
reminder of his play, vanished whilo
playing in a sandpile Thursday afternoon.
The heavy thickets behind the Connor
home were combed by armies of
searchers?without success. Bloodhounds
were used, and a polico dragnet
was thrown out in five states.
Police mado several futile apprehensions,
the last being Henry Forrestier,
the peddler whose rambling
story filled police with doubt when
they questioned him.
Immediately the news of the discovery
spread throughout the neighborhood
and the Connor house was
over-run with Creenburgh and state
police, reporters and photographers,
and friends of the family.
Recounting the events of the discovery,
Sergeant Hogan said he had
found the child lying on its back, eyes
open and a smile on its face, but
apparently half starved. The little
boy's face was badly cut and there
were slight bruises as if it had come
in contact with sharp stones, said
Hogan.
Lieutenant E. O. Hageman, in
charge of the state police searching
party of 50 men "finally ordered the
house cleared in the interests of the
family and particularly to relieve
Mrs. Connor of the noise and excitement.
There were many bramble cuts
across the face and legs, said the
Creenburgh police sergeant.
He said there was little difficulty
in recognizing the child from the description
given, particularly the blonde
hair apd the pink rompers, the same
which little Bobby had worn when ho
disappeared last Thursday.
The excitement throughout the
neighborhood of the Connor's homo
in Hartsdale Manor grew as the news
spread and it was necessary for the
police to establish lines to hold back
the crowds.
Within a few minutes after the
child had been returned to its homo
and after Mrs. Connor had recovered
from her faint, the baby, wrapped in
a shawl and in the arms of a woman,
said to be a sister of Mrs. Connor,
was again taken from the house and
under a large escort of town police
and troopers was rushed to Grasslands
hospital at East View for a
physical examination.
The mother did not accompany the
party because of her condition.
Sergeant Hogan, who found the
baby said he was of the opinion, from
the general uppearance of the child
as well as the spot where it was
found, that little Robert had been
placed there this morning, after having
been kept in some other place
since last Thursday.
The appearance of the child, he
said, particularly its smile and apparent
health, precluded the theory
that it could have remained alone in
the woods for five days.
The theory of the police now is that
some person who kidnaped little
Bobby became alarmed as the search
widened and as likelihood of detection
seemed nearer. They are at a
loss, however, to explain how any
person or persons could have carried
the child to the spot where it was
found this afternoon, when thousands
were still on search, without
being seen.
To Have Chicken Supper
A chicken supper sponsored by the
members of the Camden Baptist
church will be given at the Shrine
Club rooms on Saturday, July 21,
from fl to 8:30 p. m. A charge of
60 cents per plate will be made. The
proceeds to go towards the Camden
Baptist parsonage.