The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 27, 1934, Image 1
The Camden Chronicle
VOLUME 46 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JULY 27, 1934 NUMBER 18
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Voted ^Desperado
Victim of Bullets
Chicago, duly* 22.?The government
. John* Uilinger tonight, just as it
Li otoi'V^'d to do. t
Vhiul him shot dead by 15 crack
M^m-n among its department of
vice agents as he stepped jauntily
JU' of the tiny Biograph theatre on
L North side of the city, ending the
ireatcM man-hunt of., many years. .
Crimea almost without number?
obbcrics and murders?imputed to
L Inii a'na farm boy, who had gono
rung. wire avenged nS the hunted
V? i-ra-hed to the sidewalk before
nun v * ^ #
, large audience ot expectant neighborhood
folk.
There was only a trace of uncertainty
about the way the government
rubbed out" the man for whose
capture it had offered $10,000 a few
week? ago.
He had been watching a picture
entitled "Manhattan Melodrama," not
knowing that his pursuers were
awaiting his exit with drawn guns.
Finally out he came. Probably, he
never knew what had struck him
down?15' shotguns held in expert
hands.
i- Half ahundred feet away thronged
breathless residents of the scene?
Fullerton street and Lincoln avenue
or. the cosmopolitan Northwest Side
-aware that drama was about to be
enacted. They had become suspicious i
when the non-uniformed federal men
with their guns crowded the entrance
of the theatre. They had turned in an
alarm to police, who came on the
rush, prepared to halt a robbery but
stayed to watch the government end
its cha.se of so many months.
Dillir.ger strode out with two women.
furtively as he neared the
street, then straightened jauntily.
Then he was slain without a pause. A
woman was slightly wounded?it
r..uld not be learned who. It was said
r.is companions had escaped.
Government men surrounded his
)o..iy at i would let no one near. They
tfacci it in an ambulance, and word
vc-r.t t. Washington that Dillinger
lad hrin shot and would be dead in
'. ti" or five minutes. Then the atnbu
u r lo a hospital, but it was
inside. The am balance
! driveway, without lights,
n - 'y guarded, apparently awaiting
n r; ft".in Washington authorities,
th aa- at lOt-10 p. m., Central
t'at .inc.
<? .. y* -terday the bank robber and
f\- had been reported near
. ! 4. Each day, almost with-,
t.c had When reported from
i- ; r.t between the two coasts.
r..>t been in custody, how-,
it. c March 3, when he had:
h s way out of the county jail
i ' t. Point, Inch, with a wooden
C. . I;, had been awaiting trial for
r. -laying of Officer William O'MalE-y
:r. robbery of a bank at East
^ cago. Ind. .
Hi- west after that, aiming per|ap
"... leave the country, but a
rroup of "hick cops" he called them,
r.ook h.m in Tucson, Ariz., several
reek- L-itor and he was returned to
r'.wr. Point by plane.
-c'.era! weeks passed and the hoodpm
apparently was resigned to await
r ;?- H* "aIked extensively of his
F - ar.d travels, posed for photoop;
' . M.ih the county prosecutor
pE tr.e -hcrifT?.Prosecutor Robert
A !r. his shoulder encircled by >
1 :*';? a'? arm.
a me the jail break. It was
by more D-dtfecvU*.d
Hmi ar.d threats to jails, which
... r,;.- friends, Charles Makley,
. !' < rpont and Russel Clark,
w.th Dillinger in Arizona,'
- . .ited at Lima, Ohio, of i
W' shorifT Jess Sarber while lib!?
linger there in 1032. MakH
rpont are in death row of
penitentiary, awaiting exe*
' v,:rh they have appealed '
r" ' ark's term was for life.
M:;v wore the reports that "Dil- j
'' ' a: been wounded while rob-j
" J i.-.K-. Once he visited his fam- >
Mooresville, Ind., while the
n:m was hottest. He was- 32
died, and only 14 months
i ar.a penitentiary after beup
on a long term for a
" v arge robbery down state.
Many Fines Collected.
.i^r r.g the fiscal year ending July
' re was a total of $40,608 paid
lu the various counties of the
rem traffic violations, accord-!
ords kept by state highway
Kershaw county the
was $1,195. Spartanburg
toads the list with $12,215.
^a.u.-e certainly knows her busi^
The average man's arm is 30
** long, and the average girl's
*- .? ju.st 30 inches around.
?
(*as Tank Explodes j
Ten Persons Die
Osusining, N. Y., July 22.?At least j
ten persons were burned to death I
Sunday in a bus that plunged over,
an embankment and burst into Haines
in a lumber yard. Twenty injured
were taken to hospitals.
I he bus, last of seven carrying a
delegation from the Young Men's
Democratic League, of Brooklyn, to a
ball game at Sing Sing Prison, went
out of Control on a ramp at the rail-'
road station, and fell more than
feet.
The gasoline tank exploded, throwing
a sheet of flames over the bus
and setting fire to the Washburne
and Todd Lumber and Coal Company,
j which was destroyed in a spectacular
blaze.
.Screams of the passengers, said by
other bus drivers to number more i
than forty, attracted a crowd as tire-1
men and police ambulances rushed I
to the scene.
As soon as the blaze had quieted
sufficiently, Joseph L. Naar, editor of
the Ossining Citizen Register, looked'
into the wreckage of the bus and I
counted ten bodies. He expressed the'
opinion, however, that more hud been
trapped and burned beyond recognition.
y Fifteen severely burned men and
women were rushed to Ossining hospital.
Five others were Liken to oth-j
er hospitals in the vicinity.
After the bus fell passengers with'
their clothes afire leaped from it.!
Some dashed to the Hudson River, I
only a few yards away, and jumping
in, quenched the flames. Others rolled
j in the street.
All available fire equipment from
'Ossining, Tarrytown and Peeksklll
I meanwhile was summoned as the
j blaze spread rapidly through the dry
[stacks of lumber. In an hour and
i one-half the entire yard had been destroyed,
with officials estimating the
loss at $150,000.
'Farm Machinery
Exhibit at Clemson
f Clemson College. July 21.?An e\jhibit
of farm machinery with practical
demonstrations by representatives
j of various manufacturers and dealers
I will be an interesting and instructive
| feature oi Farmers' Week, August
14-17, aeording to announcement of
Dr. W. W. Long, chairman of Farmers'
Week, committee. Dr. Long c.v
| tends an invitation to all interested
| manufacturers or dealers to take
I part in this educational display, so
I that farmers may have an opportunity
to study the merits of machinery
and equipment covering all phases of
farm operation.
A convenient location on the campus
will be used for the display ami
as nearly as possible suitable lands
for demonstrations will be provided
on the college farm.
"At past Farmers' Weeks," says
Dr. Long, "these displays and dem-'
onstrations of farm machinery and
equipment have proved to be a draw-,
ing card, farmers having shown keen,
interest in them as a means of se-'
curing better and more effective
work, lower operating costs, and
therefore greater profits'. The educational
value of such displays is unquestioned,
and those who attend this
year's gathering will welcome a farm
implement show."
Candidate Withdraws
1 The Vhron/c)e )s m receipt o) a
letter from John D. Nelson, of Blaney,
requesting that we withdraw his
name as a candidate for magistrate '
at Blaney.
O'Kelley Klan Reunion.
The descendants of David and Elizabeth
O'Kelley who settled in upper
part of Darlington district about the 1
year 1785 are invited to attend Its
annual reunion on Friday, August 3, 1
at 10:30 o'clock, at the McLure Big
Springs, near McBee, S. C. An en- i
joyable program and a delightful,'
swim are assured. Each us asked to
bring a full basket of his favorite i
lunch for the picnic dinner.
Storm Caused Damage !,
Reports have come in of other ^
damage caused by the storm of Tues-,
day ofc5last week, which was sup-,1
posejd to have centered around Cam-|[
den. Several sheds were unroofed at <
the Gravel Hill plantation of David ;
R. Williams, which was formerly
known as the Jim Gettys place. j
At the Hermitage plantation of ]
H. G. Carrison, Sr., a large wagon ]
shed was destroyed by the wind and j
at the farm home of J. J. Campbell ]
in the Mt. Zion section a large barn 1
was blown down. No report* [have
been received of any stock or cattle \
being injured. * 1
South Carolina Man
Trapped Dillinger;
Tinimonsville, July 23.?Melviu It.;
Purvis, w|)oso strategy snared Ann ricn's
No. 1 criminal, is "doing pretty
good," in his father's opinion, for a
quiet hoy who preferred hooks to "cop j
and robber" games.
The C? 1-year-old planter father of
the department of justice agent, a little
dazed at his son's prominence de- j
scribed him as "a kind of quiet boy. |
"He didn't go,in at all for cop and-:
robber games and cowboy and Hunan
and that sort of thing when he was
a child, not at all as 1 remember", the
father commented.
"He began all this justice work sev- j
on years ago. He just went up the.e
tcf Washington and got a small job j
it and climbed up where he is."
While another elderly farmer pre-j
pared for his son's funeral in Indiana^
the Carolina tobacco grower arranged ;
a reception for 'my oldest boy , now ,
his hometown's hero.
"Melvin didn't want to como home'
for his vacation until all this was 1
cleared up," the father said. "Now j
I expect him to come down pretty j
soon. I saw him in Chicago about ,
two weeks ago." j
Where the Indiana father thought i
"they might have just captured John j
with so many guns covering him, the
elder purvis said, "It looks like it was j
shoot or get shot. You can t play
with rattlesnakes".
He expressed somo doubt that his
son fired tho buWet which actually
killed Dillinger but said "he could
have done it". # ,
One of eight children, young Purvis,
"helped on the farm between school
terms", but devoted most of his time
to the rending that led him intA the
practice of law and eventually upon
tho chase of Dillinger'.
Body of Little
Baker Boy Found
After a two day search the body
of little Jack Baker, aged 7 years and
the grandson of L. T. Baker of thi*
city was found on Friday afternoon
near the Rozzelle Ferry bridge on
the Catawba river between Mecklenburg
and Gaston counties. The following
account is given in the I hai-(
lotto Observer:
The body of Jack Baker, sevenyear-old
son of Mr. and M(K H. C.
Baker, this city, who was drowned
Wednesday while wading in the Catawba
river near Rozzelle terry was
recovered yesterday aftetnoon at 4
o'clock about 40 feet front the spot
where the child went down.
The recovery was made by the
grandfather. 'E. R. Langley of Great
Falls. S. C., who had patrolled the
river in search of the body without
food or sleep since Wednesday.
Location of the body was made
possible through an ingenious idea
of Mr. Langley. The top of a small
tree was cut and sunk in the river
with rock weights. A rope from the
tree top was fastened ?to the end
of a motor boat that circled within
a small radius of where Jack was
last seen.
After making four or five circles
the body came to the surface as a
result of the commotion caused by
the sunken tree top.
The child was drowned Wednesday
afternoon. about 2 o'clock within
sight of his father and mother
who frantically sought to save him.
Jack, who was wading along the
shore, stepped from a ledge into
water estimated at .10 feet. As he
went down he cried out but never
again'came to the surface. Mr.
Baker, a member of the city police
department, and his wife, sprang into
he river in a futile effort to save
their small son.
The family went to the river or.
an all-day outing, taking their lunch
with them. Jack waded while Mrs.
Baker fished and Mr. Baker lay
reading under a tree.
The recovery of the body ended a
constant search since Wednesday (
uchen the police and fire department
were called for assistance.
Tho body was brought to Charlotte
by city policeman J. C. Broome and'
Major Knight, who were aiding in the
search and was taken to the Douglas
ind Sing funeral home. J
Besides his father and mother, he 1
is survived by two sisters, Marjorie j
Louise and Peggy Anne, and grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. L?. T. Baker of
1Lancaster and Mr. and Mrs. E. R. |
Ijftngley, of Great Falls. Lancaster i
Mews.
The Baker lad above referred to
jeas a nephew of Clyde Baker of the
SVateree Mills of.this city.
Death Takes Toll 1
Of Colored Citizens
Amnion* Collins, of the Collins Funeral
Home for colored folks, tepoits
ihat on Saturday ho had four of his
race in his mortuary to funeralize.
One of whom brought great grief to
hint and his friends?was that, of his
brother, Willie S. 'Collins, who died
on ! i iday, July 20, at* the Camden
hospra! following an operation.
Willie Collins was a son of the late
Kvai.s and Kli/.nbeth Collins, who
were well known and respectable colored
citizens. His father was an industrious
man, who ran'a livery stable
ami an ohi?fashioned omnibus in
the days when the Southern railway
was the only rail out ranee -into Camden.
Its terminus was at the, old
brick depot, then known as the South
Carolina Railway. As a lad, he helped
his father, but of late years he
operated a taxicab and woodyard. He
was in his fiftieth year or more and
leaves surviving his widow, Louise
Tucker Collins, but no children^. Amnions
and David Collins are his brothers.
while his sisters are Charlotte
McLcster and Josie Collins. Aside
from a couple of years working for
the late James Villepigue, at Sheepshead
Bay, he had spent his entire life
in Camden. His funeral was held
from Trinity M. K. church Sunday
afternoon at six o'clock, conducted by
his.pastor, Rev. C. C. Reynolds, assisted
by Rev. J. W. Boykin, of Mt.
Moriah Baptist church and Rev. T. J.
Williams, a lifelong local preacher.
Another of the four was that of
Butler Foster, a native of Yorkville,
S. L\, who came to Camden many
years ago to make his home here, following
the trade of a carpenter. Foster
died at the age of 75, carrying on
to the last. He worked up until a
short time ago when he laid aside
his carpenters tools because of a paralytic
stroke. He was most of the
time working under W. (J. Adams,
and many buildings in Camden are
due in part to his handiwork. He
was twice married and leaves surviving
by his first wife, Arthur Foster,
of Washington, 1). C? and Beuiah Rogers,
of St. Paul, Minn. His second
manage was to Judith Smyrl, of
Camden, and one son, Smyrl Foster,
o! Canidi n, survives him. He was a
in gro of the old school who held the
ir.-pect of all. Hi- pretty, two-story
home on west Che.-nut street, the
third house from the Seaboard pas:.gcr
station, with its well kept evergreens
and shrubbery, remains as
a monument to his industrious life.
Marie P. Wiley, 26, daughter of
John and Rebecca Cook Wiley, of the
Betty Neck section of West Wateree,
was the third of the number. She is
said to have been a victim of pneumonia.
i She died, at the home of her
father. She was a graduate of the
Browning Home, had served and got-i
ten a license as a registered nurse
from the Good Samaritan hospital of
Columbia. Later had served as a
nurse at Camp Alice in Sumter. Her
funeral and burial occurred Tuesday
at Smyrna M. K. church on the old
wire road to Columbia. She is survived
by her father and several sisters.
The fourth on the list was Lincoln
Manigo, of near DeKalb, who was 70
years of age. He leaves two sons'
an i two daughters. His funeral occurred
from Parker church on Sat-'
urday, near the slab erected to DaKa.b
of Revolutionary fame.
Man Drops Dead
in Grocery Store
J. C. Broom. 76-year-old farmer,
wa- stricken early Thursday morning
w.-..ie in the Palmetto Tea Room and
wa? carried to the A & P grocery'
store for treatment where he expired."
Physicians gave it a.- their opinion
that he died from a heart attack and
Coroner J. B. Rush deemed an in-|
qu< st unnecessary.
Mr. Broom resided on the W. T.
Redfearn farm in Lancaster county
ar.d was quite a frequent, visitor to
Camden, where he came to peddle
poultry. He has a brother. A. S.
Bi'iom, of the Buffalo section, and
B. S. Broom, pastor of the Hermitage
Baptist church is a nephew of the'
deceased.
I
Sunday Vesper Service
The usual Sunday evening vesper!
service with steriopticon pictures!
from the life of Christ will be held j
on the lawn of the Presbyteran 1
church at five minutes past eight
o'clock. The public is cordially invited.
Robert Thrift, of Converse, was
killed by lightning at a ball game at
Pacolet Mills, and four other* were
injured when the wind took the roof
off the grandstand.
\
Fifty-Five Oil or For |
Flection in Primary j
Fntr-.fs, l\>i county candidates '
i^l midnight Wednesday and the li>t
>hi'\u ii that all had qualified iJohn
P. Ni'i-u!), for magistrate at
Rlaiuy, and Norman TriU'sdale for
game warden, A hut minute entrant
Ii>r the hotiM* r?! ivpre-riiiai:vo.? \va>
thi- name of Allen I!. Muivhison, fo:
iner superintendent of education. A 1
tabulation of tho>e entering showed
that a total of lifi.v live loea! names,
will be. on ,the. county halloa in the
lirst primary a- follows: ,
For (Vnu'u.v J. 11. Rcamguaril, J.j
P. Richards, A. 1.. Wood.
For solieitor- A. In Spignor.
For state senatN* F. HniMUglon,
Orover F. Web-h.
For house of represen tat ives? Fred |
15. Floyd, Whole H. Jones. Newton1
Kelly. T. K. Trotter, J R. ltelk, Neil
Truesilale, Fred Hryant, Allen B.
M urchistui.
For sheriff?J. H. McLeod, K. T.
j Howen.
I For treasurer? S. W. Hoguc, C. .).
Outlaw, 11. Stoney Moore.
For auditor?H. K. Sparrow, W. K.
Taylor.
For judge of probate?N. (\ Arnett,
j W. L. McDowell, L. K. Jones.
For magistrate at Camden? H. M.
Smith.
, For magistrate at llethune?C. C.
i Pate, John A. Young,
j For magistrate at Kershaw?IT S.
'Long, H. E. Kirkley, I). II. Fletcher,
. W. D. Cook, Clarence L. Threatt.
For magistrate at Flat Rock?L.
j D. Vinson, T. C. Fletcher, G. K. Clej
merits, W. G. Anthony.
For magistrate at Blaney?J. I).
Watson.
For Magistrate Upper Waterce i
Jerry Hranham, Frank Rahon.
For Director DeKalb Township?
i W. T. Redfeurn.
I* or Director Waterce Township-? i
John Rabon, L. P. Rose.
For Director BuiTalo Township?
Finest B. True.-dale, W. T. Holly,'
I). M. Kirkley.
For Director Flat ROck-Township-J.
C. Faulkenherry.
For County Game Warden?W. C.
Morton. W. P. Sowell, C. M. ITough,
W. A. Rush. W. P. MeGuirt. F. F.
Watts, J. M. Gettys, M. C. Hayes,;
II. E. Gardner, Beckham Russell,
Wade H. Ratcliffe, Jr., Mitchell Ka-j
hon. A. I.. McLeod.
Revival at Mt. Pisgah
A series of revival services will he
gin at the Mt. I'isgah Baptist church
:ext Sunday evening nt S:lo o'clock
and continu throughout the week with
services twice each day at 11 n. m.
and S:l."> p. m.
The Rev. W. L. Griggs, pastor of
Ninth Avenue Baptist church of.
( harlotte. Nr. C., will do the preach-:
ing. Rev. Mr. Griggs is one of the
mo.st popular ministers in Charlotte
and a very Capable Gospel preacher.
His services are in great demand, especially
for revival meetings. It
would be worth traveling for miles
to hear this great preacher. Mr.
W. V. Dabney, of Taylors, will direct ,
the singing.
I he public is most cordially invited,
to attend the meeting.
Luther Knight, Pastor.
Week End Fatalities
In The Two Carolinas!
By the Associated Press
Death swung its scythe through the
Carolinas during the week-end, tak-:
;r.g 11 lives through violence and
accident.
J. W. Kinney, 18, furniture worker,'
and Zeb Floyd, 2, were drowned in'
ILgh Rock I>ake.
Injuries suffered when a high wind
blew down a garage in which she had .
taken refuge brought death to Mrs. 1
Ruby Miller, 2f>, at Gastonia.
Felix Spencer, 18, and Jim Bran-!
ton, 20, were killed when struck by
i Southern passenger tram at Gaffn.ey,
S. C.
Five-year-old Viola Shearer died!
when -he was struck by an auto as
-he ran from behind a truck at Anderson,
S. C.
Elijah Grant, negro, was fatally
injured when he slipped beneath the,
wheels of a truck he attempted to,
board at Charleston.
(oil:ns Rudisill, -10, was killed on
a Southern Railway track at Morganton.
Apparently he had been .struck
by a train.
Floyd Wise, 21, of Gaston, drowned
when his car plunged into a creek
near Columbia.
The Little Pee Dee river was being
dragged for the body of W, H.
Malone, prominent Mullins citizen,
who apparently drowned while swimming.
His wife saw him go under
the water and failed to re-appear.
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Nazis of Austria
Slay Chancellor
a'! iui:kj\i'v t?i liuly wi'if
,u i'i vi hv? ll'yoi'Vft Mu^oluti to bo
hrl.l :|\ < r;t .11 111'.* .n \\ odlH'sdllS High I
fur any eventuality following upon
mi tnniii i'iui developments in neigh*
hot ing Au>!rin climaxed by the
sun loiUuthut,' Chancellor Kngelh?
' 1 >.'i! t'U *> by NuzL.
Every capital in Europe was tense
with expectancy ami in mhiu1 >.a ?
appi uln n>h'ii.
luiity year- to a day after Austria's
.severance of relations with
Serbia, which placed Europe on the
b:ink of ilie World war. events cansid
fear to be expressed in Paris t>VOr
the possible consequences ot Austria's
loss of independence.
The Italian ambassador to France
consulted with the French foreign
minister, and it*was unofficially said
that telephone wires between Paris
and Rome and London were busy with
consultations.
Franco and the Little Entente view
Austrian independence as vitul to Uie
peace of Europe.
In Piaha, Czecho-Slovaakia, it was
said that only Austrian union with
Germany would cause the Little Entente
to interfere with Austrian de\
elopments, however.
In Berlin, reports that the Nazi
putsch in Autria had been engineered
from Germany met with denial, but
there were "I told you so" expressions
from the man in the street.
At Vatican City the utmost regret
and sympathy were expressed over
the death of Chancellor Dpllfqss, an
ardent Roman Catholic. r
Dispatches from Munich said to!
day's news from Vienna had accounted
fur recent activities of Storm
Troopers in Bavaria, where for the
[last few days numbers of armed men
had been seen in Munich and truckloads
of Austrian Brown Shirts were
: reported being driven toward the border.
..
In Italy, where the populace was in
a high state of excitement over the
issuance of orders to the military,
I former mm v ice nu n's groups were
said to be at war time pitch as news
of Dolfuss' assassination permeated
the kingdom.
Their deep resentment against
(iermany was freely expressed. '
The Austrian minister to the Haiti
d States, Edgar Proehnik, at Rehol.oth
Beach. Del., on vacation, said
Dollfuss' death was "a gnsil blow t?>
A ustria."
"lie wa> just the man we needed,"
he said.
Smaller Enrollment
Indicated By Books
Only twenty out of the thirty-three
club secretaries have sent tin* enrollment
bookJC to The Chronicle office
and those who have not done so are
requested to send them in immediately
as the committee will have to revise
these lists carefully before copies
are made to file in the Clerk's office.
The figures for this year for tho
twenty clubs are given in comparison
with" the registration of 1932. Only
six clubs show a gain, while one
club reports the same?the- ethers
show losses:
1932 1934
Abney# J. 97 73
Blaney . . . 407 372
Camden 1810 1780
Cassa 11 139 140
DeKalb L5Q IAS,
Harmony 07 62
Hermitage 381 381
Kershaw 479 510
Lugoff 139 142
Ned's Creek 190 125
Pi re Tree 123 129
Rabon's 104 161
Raley's Mill 183 119
Roland 55 92
Salt Pond 197 134.
Sandy Grove 78 99
Shamrock .. 109 86
Three C's 305 249
Watereo 389 343
Westville 227 201
Presbyterian Church Services
Sunday, July 29, A. Douglas McArn,
pastor, announces services at
the Presbyterian church as follows:
Church school at 10 a. m.; morning
worship at 11:15., Junior club Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock; vesper
service Sunday evening, five minutes
pa.*I eight. Tho public is cordially
invited to these services.
Baptist Church Services
Preaching at the Camden Baptist
church Sunday, July 29, will be as
announced by the pastor, Rev. J. B.
Caston, Sunday morning service at
11:15, subject "Preparedness." Sunday
evening hour 8:30, an address
will be made by a visitor.