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The Camden Chronici.f. r c^mden, south carolina, friday, july 12 ims "" ? ? 1 - ? * number 16 1 Motor Boat Accident Claimed Two Lives Trun?'dy in the wake of a happy motoring party near here BunJay ' afternoon when twq popular voung men ,OBt their liV0B lu Herm1' taKe Uke three miles east of Camden. yuito a number of Camden people all(| out-of-town visitors had gathered t the lake for motor-boat rides and ; J number of people including several young ladies, had made safe trips in i; tt Bpeed boat. What was to have been the last trip wa8 ^Ing made with Messrs. Drue F. uCLauchlin, J- H. McLeod, Jr., and \V H. Zeigler, Jr., aboard. In making t sharp turn, with Mr. Zeigler steering. ?" wore tl*rown lnto the u\r und right here one of the rarest and most horrifying accidents occurred, it is thought, since the advent o( the motor boat. All three men hampered by their clothing were struggling to get to shore, which was not more than a nominal swim. The driverless boat continuing the turn started before the spill, circled around and came dashing repeatedly at the struggling men, rolling great waves on till sides. In their efforts to dodge the wild boat which is said to have been running at the rate of more than! thirty miles an hour, Zeigler and McLauohlin wont down, while McLeod reached shore exhausted. \ Spectators on the shore wereVhorrifled and any attempt to save the men would have meant suicide on the part of the best swimmer. The wild uiotor boat soon beached itself, and in about twenty-five minutes, both bodies had been recovered in about eight feet of water. A telephone call was made to Columbia for inhalators; physicians and those trained in life-saving were called. All efforts at resuscitation failed. The news spread rapidly and In a short time hundreds of people were on the scene. After heroic efforts by five physicians using life-saving devices the two j bodies were brought to the mortuary parlors of the Kornegay funeral home. i funeral services of Mr. Media were held from the Lyttleireet Methodist church Monday iton at 4 o'clock, conducted by C. F. Wimberly, Rev. A. C. Coruid Rev. J. B. Caston. . It was >t the largest ^outpouring of thetic town and county folk ;een at a Camden funeral. All as houses in Camden had susI business during the funeral as a mark of respect. ing as active pallbearers were: Rhame, J. W. Sowell, Harry , Joe Thomas, S. L. Crolley, Pearce, T. V. Walsh, Jr., and Oillis. ing as honorary pallbearers he mayor and city council* memDf the Exchange Club and the ing friends.of the deceased: W. ttles, Jr., W. A. Clark, L. E. Grail. D. Niles, Sheriff McLeod, McLeod, Jr., M. H. Deal, Pete i and A. M. McLeod. funeral of Mr. Zeigler occurred o'clock Monday afternoon from esidence of Mr. and Mrs. Shani. Kirkland on DeKalb street, and ise drew another immense crowd vn and county folk, vices were in charge of Rev. C. imberly, assisted by Rev. J. B. n. * . ivo pallbearers for Mr. Zeigler Henry Beard, John Laney, J. Ufa-, j, c. Cox, Henry "orris and . Denton. h graves were banked high with rs sent by sorrowing friends all sections. Large numbers of U from distant points attended funerals. Drue F. McLauchlin McLauchlin was born in the rn section of the county October D*?, the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. luchlin. He attended the Cambigh school and as a member of football team made himself unII y popular. After graduation he "ed the business life of the comfy. A few years ago, with A. M. ?od, he became the Junior memof the firm of McLeod and Mchlin, and the firm readily won \ ! was married less than a month to Miss Emmie Alexander and happy union was being celebraty visiting friends when the tragoccurred. sides his bride of a few weeks i survived by his parents, two bros and one sister?8. L. McLauchT. H. McLauchlin and Miss Annie IcLauchitn, all of the eastern eecof the county. f his affable manner he had won 08t of friends throughout the *ty and his death cast a gloom ovhis *hole section. x W. H. Zeigler, Jr. lr Zeigler, like Mr. McLauchlin, 29 years of age. He was a na1 of Orangeburg county and came camden a number of yean ago. ? e his home with his uncle, the [c- W. Evans where, by his auiet accomodating nature, he had won circle of friends. married seven years ago to N*Hte Kirkland who, with two if rX-rT'. jTu .1-1 ~r. Wj2 / 'Jm-m."* i young sons, Jack Horace Zelgler and Frederick Shannon Zelgler, survives. I One sister^ Mrs, W. B. Poston, of Florence, nl^o survives. [I Mr. Zelg)er was for a number of years associated with hts uncle in the undertaking business. Lately he had been associated with the Camden Oas and 00 oompany where his associates praise him as a most courteous and obliging salesmen and valued employee. Kershaw County Boys Win Awards All % arrangementh for the mutual (citizens Military Training Camp are now complete, it wus announced yeaterday at Fort Bragg. Out of nearly eleven hundred applications reeelved, more than aeven huudred acceptunera have been made, und the successful candidates are now waiting only for their final orders to go to camp, which opens qn August 5th, at Foft Iiragg and lusts for thirty days. The camp course of instruction is a combination of military training and physical education, calculated to promote better citizenship among trainees. An interesting feature of this schedule is the largo number of uwards for excellence in various lines of endeavor. Meduls are given for military superiority among each of the four classes of trainees, Basic, Bed, White and Blue, ? These awards are donated by the Military Training Cumps Association und the Veterans of. Foreign Wars. Seven medals foe. essays on citizenship will be given by the Associated Civltan Clubs, while the winners in every branch of athletic endeavor will bo likewise rewarded. The total awards of all classes, it was announced will number nearly one hundred. A four-day guest trip to Washington is to be given to the outstanding C. M. T. C. trainee from each corps area, while a baseball autographed by Lou Gehrig and a bat autographed by Babe Ruth will be among the prizes at each camp. The baseballs are donated by Col. J. A. Ruppert of ( the New York American League baseball club, and the bats by J. A. Hillerich of the Hillerich and Bradsy Company of Louisville, Ky., makers of Louisville slugger bats. A. Stanley Llewellyn, of Camden, who is chairman of the committee on C. M. T. C. enrollment in Kershaw County, has cooperated in the selection of the following young men, who have already qualified in every way and have been accepted for camp: Thorn well N. ThonJ&s, Bethune; Claude W. Phillips, Bradley; Robert McK. Richards, Camden; Jones A. Faulkenberry, Kershaw; Herman Truesdale, Westville; Charles W. Moseley, Camden; Travis McCaskill, Bethune; William L. Jackson, Camden; C. Bruce 4ob?6, Bethune; Fred Fletcher, Kershaw; Raymond L. Moore, Jr., Camden. Mrs. Baruch Dies At Camden Hospital The death of Mrs. Hattye Engel Baruch, wife of Joseph Baruch, formerly of Camden, but more recently of Murreir^ Inlet, caused widespread sorrow wherever she was known. Her death occurred Saturday morning at the Camden hospital -where she had been a patient following a stroke at her home at Murrell's Inlet off Thursday of last week. Her funeral was held from the residence of Mr. and i Mrs. Mamnes Baruch on Lyttleton street Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, with services in charge of Rabbi Samuel Shillman, of Sumter. Serving as active pallbearers were: J. C. Gillis, Julian Eichel, H. S. Porter, L. L. Wallnau, Stanley Babin and Elihu Schlosburg. Mrs. Baruch was born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 26, 1883,her marriage to Mr. Baruch she moved south, first going to Florence in 1923, and came to Camden in 1924, where she resided up to a few years ago when they removed to the seacoast hamlet. During her stay in Camden she made hosts of friends by her lovable disposition?being a cultured woman of beautiful character. She is survived by her husband and only one neice, a Mrs. Gill, of Los Angeles, California, who was enroute to visit her when the final summons came. Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church There will be services at the Mt. Pisgah Baptist church this coming Lord's day as follows: Bible school at 10 a. pjl;.' church worship at 11 a. m.; B^T^y. at 7:30 p. m. The pastor la engaged in a meeting at Kershdw, but will meet the appointment Sunday morning. The sermon theme will be: "O Lord, Revive Thy Work in the Midst of the Years." The public is invited to worship with us.?Luther Knight, Pastor. Five vice presidents of the United StateB were elected to second terms? John Adams, Daniel Tompkins, George Clinton, John Calhoun and Thomas Marshall. Gets Prize Trout; In Angling Contest E, J? bturt, photographer, who owns ,tt winter home in Cumden, la not only one of the country'a beat photographers, but rttnka high ua a fisherman. ' Hq euught the largest baaa in tin' Adirondack Lakes in 1932 and bids fair to capture the prize this year. The contest opt-m-d May 1 and closes on September If., and other anglers will have to go soifte if they beat Mr. Sturt's "grundpop." The Adirondack Dally Enterprise of July G, carries the following regarding the big tish: "The absolute, positive granddad of all Adirondack luke trout?for the current ueuson at least?was placed on : exhibition today by E. T. Start, vot| ernu local angler. "When brought to the Daily Enter| prise offices this morning, the huge trout, Mr. Start said tipped the I beams at just a fraction short of 20 pounds. From snoot to tail the monster measured 37 1-2 inches. "Caught in the Upper St. Regis lake Wednesday afternoon, the fish is unquestionably the largest lake trout seen in this village for some time. "Mr. Start declared the lish engaged in a vicious battle before being gaffed. The fortunate angler estimated that upwards of 30 minutes was required to land the fish, lie being assisted in gaffing the monster by Henry Kingman. "The fish lias been entered in the E. Ij. Cray & Co, big fiHh contest, and bids fair to stand unsurpassed, although Mr. Start declared this morning that "bigger and better trout" ex*ist in Upper St. Regis. "In addition to the prize catch. Mr. Start and Mr. Kingman lauded three other beauties. Their weights, however, Mr. Start said, were slight, compared to Oj grand pop.' " Lad Loses His Arm In Unusual Way ! Arthur Robinson, 15, son of Willie Robinson, of the Wateree Mill village, was the victim of a singular accident Saturday night when he suffered the loss of his left arm above the elbow. A party of young people had been to Cheraw to a baseball game and were returning home when the accident happened. They were riding in a truck belonging to H. S. Moore, and young Robinson had his arm out. A passing motorist cut the arm off. First aid was given the lad until he reached the hospital here. The accident happened about midway between Camden and Bethune, and parties found the severed member on the roadside Sunday morning. Rev. J. T. Fowler To Preach Next Sunday morning Rev. J. T. Fowler, the presiding elder of the Sumter District, will occupy the pulpit at the Lyttleton Street Methodist church. Following the sermon he will conduct the quarterly conference. To this conference, we wish all our stewards will be present. This conference will be short, as very little business comes before this session. The pastor will meet the Men's Bible class at the usual hour. Preaching will be at 8:15 Sunday evening. We are anxious to hold up our services during the heated sepson. The evening service will not be over 45 minutes long, including the song service.?C. F. Wimberly, Pastor. Red Cross Gives Yeast To persons suffering from pellagra and who are unable to purchase yeast the Kershaw County Chapter Red Cross is giving it free. The yeast is to he had at the Children's Home in Camden on lower Fair street. It will not be given out at any other place. Those needing it must bring with them a written order from some physician in the county, or from the Ker shaw County Health Department, or from authorized F. E. R. A. relief workers, or from officials of the Red Cross chapter. No yeast will be dis tributed without this written order Pastor Presented Watch In recognition and appreclation^-ol his sixth anniversary as pastor of the First Baptist church, the members of his congregation last Sunday presented Rev. J. B. Caston with a handsome watch, which he was proudly exhibiting to his friends. The presentation was made by Mjr, W. Q. Wilson. Rev Caston is not only popular with hie congregation but his popularity ex tends to all denominations^ It la needless to say that be is very ap preciatlve of the gift. Goes To Florida For Prisoner Sheriff J. H. McLeod left Wednes day morning for Ocala, Florida, tc return a man here wanted In the up per part of the county for wife da aertion. The sheriff was acoompah led by Mrs. McLeod, Mrs. G. F. Cooley anil granddaughter, Carolyn Cooley accompanied them aa far aa Jackson yflle for a visit. Judge Bellinger Holds First Court The Court of General Sessions of Kershaw county held a one week term I oh t week. Judge Q. Duncan Bellinger, who was elected at the recent session of the legislature to succeed W. II. Townseud, deceased, presided. Judge Bellinger made a profound inn pression on his ttrwt appearance in the Kershaw county court, and the bar and citizens generally feel that the circuit is fortunate In securing hly services. The only case of much interest heard at this term was that of the State against Wade Hlnson for in- , voluntary manslaughter, growing out of the killing of the small son of Dr. S. (1. Hut ledge, of Kershaw, on, July 4, 11)34, by an automobile driven by (linspn. The case was hard fought, the defendant being represented by Claud N. Sapp, of Columbia, while Murdoch M. Johnson appeared with the Solicitor for the State. The jury returned a verdict At guilty with recommendation to mercy, and Hlnson was sentenced to serve eight -months in the state penitentiary. The Grand Jury in its presentment again called attention to the deplorable condition of our antiquated Jail. A list of the eases and the presentment of the Grand Jury follows: Ellerbe Dabbs was tried and found not guilty of violating the prohibition law. W. D. Jordan plead guilty to a , charge of violating the liquor laws, and paid a ilno of $50 rather than serve threo months. ' Douglas Portee, Reuben Wood and 5. A. Woolen plead guilty to a liquor violation charge and each received a sentence of three months. Joe Kennington got one year on a similar charge. Joe Banks, Jr., and James Gregory were found guilty of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and received a sentence of two years each. Robert Stewart, Jr., was tried and found guilty of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and drew a sentence of eighteen months. Eloise McCants plead guilty to attempting to burn a dwelling house and drew a sentence of one year, James Parker and James Blakeney Were up on a forgery charge and - Parker got six months while Blakeney got four months. Willie Brown said he used an automobile without the owners consent and will have to serve thirty days for so doing. J. H. Pate and^ Ben Taylor plead guilty to grand larceny. Pate received an eight months sentence while Taylor got eighteen months. Malcolm Cooley was tried and found guilty of petty larceny and was sentenced to pay a fine of $k00 or serve thirty days. William Mltchel and Charles Ellerbe plead guilty to house breaking and larceny and were sentenced to serve two years with one year suspended conditioned upon good behavior. The two negroes were former employees of the Rogers Grocery In this city and was charged with systematic stealing from thiB store. Quite a lot of groceries were checked up short and the matter was reported to the police department. Chief Whltaker and his men were not long in finding the men and located some of the stolen goods. The men had during the service with the store left a window unbarred upstairs in the building, and had been entering the store through this window during the night time. It is thought that one remained outside and watched while the other did the pilfering. James Miles plead guilty to house breaking and larceny and drew a sen1 tence of thirteen months. The report of the grand Jury signed by S. L. Crolley as foreman read as follows: "Books of the different offices of the county have been examined and found to be In good shape. We wish ' to commend Mr. Hogue for the very efficient way In which he has con1 ducted his office as Treasurer. "Roads and bridges all found to be very much Improved, but road between Bethune and Kershaw needs some work done on It. 1 "We recommend that all leaks In | roof of Court House be repaired at once. Also lavatory In basement of Court House be repaired or replaced ' with new equipment and kept in sani' tary condition at all times. Replace 1 or repair chairs in Jury boxes. We wish very much to commend county 1 directors and chain gang officials for such a nice chain gang camp; It being-ttie best we have seen or know L of. The Jail as usual found to be in extremely bad shape and we recommend that some steps be taken to replace it with new building with modern plumbing throughout at the earl' leat possible date. "We find the schools of county in ' good shape aid with to commend " Hia Watts. In the efficient way she has ran her office, hut we wish to recommend for the safety of the chll dren that responsible men ere need for school bus drivers and that ohil dren are not at any time allowed to drive school buses. We wish to commend Sheriff McLeod and his assistants for the splendid work they have done In enforcing the law. We wish to thank his honor for the courtesies extended us." Sheriff J. H. McL>eod sent in a report from his office covering the activities of his deputy sheriff and rural poHcemen covering a period "Worn April 1, to 4une 15, 1935. ^he report showed eighteen stills destroyed) seven thousand gallons of mash oi beer destroyed, twenty arrests for violation of the prohibition law, ninetythree arrests for other violations, and one hundred and seventy-eight gallonc of whiskey confiscated and destroyed In addition, the sheriff says "the rural policemen have visited negro church' es and echool closings sad have cov ered their districts regularly. JftMPEfwip*3 yf1 y*- iv jt'j 7iT*h"i V." li Named Adjutant At Fort Screven Fort Screven, Ga.. July 9.?Captain Henry 1). Green, Infantry, lute been named by the commanding officer at Kurt Screven of the reserves, us adjutant. His duties will be highly responsible, the adjutant being chief coordinator of the various activities of the camp. Captain Green is county nKe.pt of Kershuw county and a graduate of North Carolina Stute colIckc, receiving hl? cpminlsaion ius second lieutenant upon graduation. Ho is llrst vice president of the reserve officers' association of South Carolina and his war-time assignment is C. A. S. C. Camp Jackson, attached to the 82nd division. Captain Green was instrumental In the present camp at Kort Screven In having all the officers sign up 100 per cent in the It. O. A. He is instructing junior officer in the automatic pistol and machine gun firing. Mrs. Green is visiting Captain Green during the last week of camp and is staying at Tybee lloncli. She is a popular guest often at the officers' mess. Officers from South Carolina. Georgia and Florida are in training; at Fort Screven. Makes Unusual Find; Bicycle Under Water J. T. Robinson, who resides a few miles east of Camden, made a most unusual find a few weeks ago. lie was fishing in the stream where Mcltae's Mill was located years ago, when his hook became entangled on an object. While working to unleash the hook, lie was attracted by shiny wires in the water. I>isrobing he went into water somewhat over his head and pulled out what proved to be a lady's bicycle, in pretty fair shape. He does not think the machine had been in the water for any grout length of time. It is his opinion that the bicycle was stolen and hidden in the water. He has made quite a lot of inquiry but haa not! found the owner. He is advertising, it for the third time this week. The owner can have the bicycle by proving ownership and paying for the tliree advertisements stateB Mr. Robertson. Short Course For Four-H Club Girls The annual short course for Kershaw County 4-H club girls and Home Demonstration women will be held at the 4-H olub camp, near Shamokln, July 16th tb 19th. The girls will arrive at camp on Tuesday morning. A very interesting program has been arranged under the supervision of Miss Margaret Fewell, county home demonstration agent, assisted by Miss Lavinia Corley, York county home demonstration agent. Lectures, handwork demonstrations, music and recreation will be featured on the program. Group leaders for the 4-H camp will be the glrlB who attended the state short course at Wlnthrop. The girls will return home Wednesday, at which time the wornens' short course, which continues until Friday, will commence. T^e women will enjoy a canning demonstration by Miss Mary Hayes, food demonstration and lecture on child care and development by Miss Carolyn Cerveny, state nutrition specialist, and talks will be made by Dr. Humphries of the county health department, Mrs, Kathleen B. Watts, county superintendent of education, members of the Kershaw county dele-! gatlon, a representative of the Camden Garden Club and other Interesting people. "Ethiopia and Italy Nearing State of War" reads a headline. And the American legation tells 125 resident Americans to leave the country. It looks at this distance as a landgrabblng expansion jtcheme on the part of Mussolini. Here's one Instance of where most American's sympathy will be with the black race and nope that Mussolini will have his hands full. Mayor J. H. Osborne Delivers Address _ (Below is roproducod u raillo address by Mayor J. li. Qsborno recent1y delivered over Station W; H. T, Charlotte, under auspices of the South Carolina Koonouilc Ausoolatlon) Camden, South Carolina, in the Bout of Kerahnw County. 'It is situated on the north Hide of the Wuteree river which flown through the county, dividing it into ubout three-fourths of its urea on the north side of the river and about one-fourth on the south nide. It 1b located on the edge of the Band hills where they join the rich ailuviul lands toward the sea coast. Camden is at the head of navigaiiou of the Wuteree river and in times long past shipping was curried on between Camden and Charleston on the sea coast via the Santeo Canal of which so much has been heard recently in connection with tho Suntoot'ooper power project. Many historical events havu occurred in Camden and vicinity, it 1h one of tho oldest, if not the very oldoBt, inland city in America; having celebrated It's bicentennial in 19U2. Tho territory hereabouts was once held by the Catawba Indians of which a famous chief, known as King Haiglur, was friendly to the white people, befriending them on many occasions. Camdim was settled by the Quakers and enjoyed unusually friendly relations with the Indians ruled by King Haiglur. The first settler wus John Kershaw, who established a tradlug post on Pine Tree Creek near what is now the outskirts of tho city on the south. Camden was named in honor of Lord Camden, an Knglish nobleman of that period. Here was the scene of much activity during the Revolutionary War. It was headquarters at different times for both the opposing armies. Tho British army under Lord Cornwallis anil Lord Kawdon and the Continental army under General Gates and Gen- f eral Greene, each having occupied tho city. 'Here was fought the buttles of Camden and Hobkirk Hill. It was during the battle of Camden, when the American army in command of Generul Gates suffered a disastrous defeat; that the brave Baron DeKalb Zfell mortally wouhded, while tVying"" to rally the mllltla of the Continental army. DeKalb lies burled In the Presbyterian church yard and a monument is erected over his gravel the corner stone of which was laid by LaF&yette In 1825 when he visited America after she won her independence for which he himself fought so bravely. General George Washington visited Camden on his tour of the south, where was royally entertained and the house in which he spent tho night stands to this good day. ? In the Mexican war Camden .was famously represented by Colonel Dickinson and another who was afterwards to write his name-in the glorious pdges of the history of this southland. I refer to General J. B. Kershaw, who was not only a great soldier but a great Jurist and well beloved citizen in peace times as well. Colonel Dickinson fell In battle and , lies buried In one of our public parks. Camden with all the fire and vigor i of the Old South entered the War Between the 9RR.es where South Carolina so gloriously led the way. She furnished many brave soldiers in this gigantic conflict; and what Is most unusual there were six Confederate generals from this little city of twenty-five hundred population at that time. There stands In one of her parks- six columns arranged around a fountain erected io the memory of these six generals who served so gallantly for the cause of the South they loved so well. The fame of Camden's boys in the World War Is so fresh in the memory of everybody that I will not mention It further here. While Camden has other commercial enterprises, it is primarily an agricultural city, being surrounded by fjne farming lands of different types. Some of which are especially adapted to the production of cotton, others to corn and small grain; while the sandhill section produces the finest peaches, dewberries and other fruits. There are also some fine pecan groves in the county. Kershaw plants a large acreage In Austrian winter peas ' and crotalarla; while this year* there are some fields of flax planted as an experiment. The City of Camden is supplied with unusual transportation facilities, being served toy three railroads and paved highways reaching oni In. ery direction. Highway number One, " the main thoroughfare from north to > south, passing directly through the _ ' heart of the city. A large portion of the motor tourist travel from north to south is over this highwayT The I location within tho electric power bolt > of tho Carolinas makes it convenient for manufacturing enterprises. There 1 are two large cotton mitts, both ??* ' gaged in the making of medical gause. (OMtlM* 0? Fm, BKht)