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tm I =^JQiE^XAMDENj:HRONICLE ' ? ?' CAMftEN. SOUTH CAROMna ppirtlv VTinT T I Mm " NUMBER 20 * judge Refuses To I Oust Receiver Guion A circuit court order was filed at 8 0'Ciprk Monday afternoon in the Hi< Mlaiul clerk of court's office in B" width Judge G. Duncan Bellinger re fused a petition to oust L. I.. Qulon tg receiver of the Glencoe Cotton ji ro|||8 of Columbia. The order also \ commanded that the petitioned, S. J. j Zimmerman and J. Roy Barren, as I f0DBervutors-recelvevs of the Central B. Tnion bank of South Carolina, bo rei[ quired to pay the receiver's costs and t expenses and the responsible fee of bis attorneys in successfully resisting B the bankruptcy petition. This amount B jg to be first deducted from the claim B of the bank against the Glenco mills i before payment of the claim. J Judge Bellinger, in ordering the petitioners to pay the costs of the action, declared that he felt their acI tion in filing the petition in bankruptcy was ill-advised and should not I have been made because it was with out sufficient grounds; that permlsI gion of the court was not first secured and that the mill has been put to a ] substantial expense in resisting the petition. ' I Mr. Gulon was appointed receiver j of the Glencoe mills upon petition of j the Columbia Granite Construction and Manufacturing company JUne 5, 1935. Judge Bellinger declared regarding the appointment of the receiver, that "it appeared from the petition that while the concern (Glencoe Mills) was solvent It was In danger of insolvency because of the fact that the United States was threatening to levy upon and sell the plant to collect some $13,000 due as processing taxes. ( ... It further appeared that there , was considerable doubt as to the validity of the law under which the processing taxes was levied. Under these , circumstances I felt justified in ap- , pointing a receiver and subsequent j events have proven that the appointment was wise." " ' t Judge Bellinger went on to say in . his order that in appointing the mill , receiver he had in mind the idea of j not throwing the mill workers out of employment, thus saving them and j their families the suffering which , has been the unfortunate lot of so ; many of our people in these times." , By appointment of a receiver, the Glencoe mills has bqen preserved as a , going concern and its trade kept in- j tact and increased, according to the , decree. < One of the grounds upon which the j court was asked ^remove Receiver ] Guion was because of alleged hietttc- ] iency, it being claimed that the mill j incurred "tremendous consecutive j losses," under Gulon'B management as president and the^ receiver. | Judge Bellinger declared In his order that "the evidence establishes that the Receiver Guion, a man of large business experience, has for years given generously of his time to 1 the guiding of the mill through the 1 most difficult and harassing period t known to the textile Industry." ' i The petition in bankruptcy was < heard in the United, States district < court and Judge J. Lyles Glenn April 27, 10Gr,, filed an order dismissing the < Petition, and in the course of his opln- j ton, filed at the same time,t said, in i part: V , j ' ate years, In the main, have been 1 hard years for the cotton textile in- 1 dustrv. its marketing methods-, have f hoen notoriously inadequate. The 1 economic readjustments brought t about by the attempts to raise wages < and shorten hours of labor under the 1 NRa were inevitably reflected in net 1 earnings. The same ^effects followed < {he imposition of the processing'taxes J to well as the removal of that tax . .. i After all, this plant is situated in < the city of Columbia, 8. C., which is I growing rapidly and which is becom- i ng more and' more a textile center." * Judge Bellinger's order yesterday 1 allowed S. j Zimmerman and J. Roy Barron. a< tltig as receivers of- the Antral Unjon bank of Sohth Caro'na. to file their claims against, the t Glencoe miiu on or before October 1, i 1936.?Tuesday's Columbia State. , Thl8 int/irestlng#"group of people, ! *ltb rocmbjert from most of the south- * Rtate^t Vfli meet this year on Friday, Aingust 14, at Qum Branch 1 2fpt,n Cfc?rch near Hartsville, B. C. i f*ct /that this church was aatabliahed bylDavtd and Elisabeth O'Kelly 1 e bono^ed ancestors of this clan, * a/trwt mur or Ha .Hi < ra 0,p?r atataa a, wall aa thoaa 1 nearby. f7- *-'i ! ? truck' tbs Washington ! J^?j5StM?nday night, putting out ^.^Jlghts placed on the peak, for ' p Joseph B. Shannon Dies of Heart Attack Joseph Brevard Shannon, 39, mem-l her ?* a prominent Kershaw county I family died here Thursday night ofl last week from a heart attack. Hisl death came very suddenly and was a j great shock to his family and friends. I Joo Shannon had been engaged in litBI cotton business, as a buyer for a num<| ber of years, and had a wide circle of I friends. | He was a grandson of the -late j Charles J. Shannon, for tyany years! Camden's efficient postmaster. He is I survived by his parents, Joseph Ker-J shaw Shannon and Marie Kennedy I Shannon, and one sister, Mrs. Marie I Shannon Babbitt, of Ashevllle; four! brothers, J. k. Shannon, of Greens-1 horo; Dal ton K. Shannon, of Ashe-I ville; Charles J. Shannon, of Atlanta! and Alfred K. Shannon, of Camden, j His funeral was held from the old I Kennedy homestead between Lyttle-1 ton and Fair streets' Saturday mornrl Ing, with Rev. Thomas P. Noa, of the! Episcopal Orphanage of Yorkville, In 1 charge, and the following close per-1 sonal friends serving as pallbearers: I Charles Elliott DeLoache, B. Cassells I Zemp, John Cantey Vlllepigue, A. I Kennedy Blakeney, S. Withers Trotter and Serre deLoach. The burial was in the Quaker cemetery in this city, . j Deputy Sheriff Of Lee County Dies Bishopvllle, Aug. 3.---Deputy Sheriff J Joslah Lemuel Scarborough, 69, died J at the Florence infirmary today after! an illness of a week. He underwent! a major operation and failed to rally. I Deputy Scarborough had held his office for 16 years, Serving all that time under his brother. Sheriff S. J. Scarborough, of Bishopvllle. Mr. Scarborough was born and rear-1 ad on a planation near Wysapky and was actively engaged In farming, In I addition to his duties as deputy sher-l Iff. Mr. Scarborough was a steward in I St. Luke's Methodist church. rHe was | i member of the' Masonic order, the! Junior United American Mechanics ind the Knights of Pythias. He is survived by- his widow, who J was before her marriage Miss Minnie I Mae Scarborugh, and the following! children: Mrs. James Pitts, Jr., ofl Clinton; Julian Scarborough, James! Scarborough, Richard Scarborough, I Hubert Scarborough, Rosa Mae and 1 Helen Scarborough, all of Elliott. He is also survived by his brother, Sheriff S. H. Scarborough, of .iBiftfcg^ville. I County Asked To -Contribute $600 The Chronicle is In receipt of the Following, addressed to the Democrat-1 c voters of Kershaw County, and Mr I signed by J. H. .McLood, county chair-1 nan; Miss Minnie A. Clyburn, vice chairman, and John Q. Richards, state executive committeeman: J "The time for the National Demo-I eratic election is rapidly approaching! md Democrats throughout the state ire requested to contribute to the expense Incidental to the reelection of President Roosevelt. Kershaw coun-| :y's assessment is $600 ind we feel! rare that, all those that are interested I n the continuance of the Democratic! idmlnlstration will be glad to aid. A campaign will be put on by the state! Democratic executive como^ittee to I, >egin in the next few days. We have J lecided to appoint "Saturday, August h 15, at 3 o'clock for the Democratic I -ally at the court house, Camden, S. I; 3. Governor Olln D. Johnston will be I jresent on this occasion and addi'eWH he meeting. We urge that there bel i full attendance and liberal contrt-l rations.** j 8spp To 8pe*k This Afternoon __|l Claud N. Sapp, of Columbia, wflll iddress a statewide audience over I itation WIS In Columbia this Friday! ifternoon from 5:46 to 6:00 o'clock, I urging the need of raising funds for L he re election of President Roosevelt. j lease assemble a group of friends to ! Itten In and aak others to do like-1 I rise. 1 < tinging Convention To Meet The Loo County Singing Convention rill meet in its 186th session on Sun- < lay, August 8, with St. Matthews M. * B. church, situated 6 1-2 miles north ' if Bishopvllle on highway No. 841 at 1 1:30 p. m. We extend a special Innation to ail sincere and a Wgnrf \ reloomo to alL^-L. a. Moore, Pro J- . lent I ' Large Realty Deal ~ Recently Closed A Huloy of sonic size wau made several weeks ago wblcft closed one of the lurgest real estate deals lu Camdan in several yea re. Heal estate has been slow-moving as a general rule and this new deal way moan a revival of real estate transactions. Heal estute dealers report that prices are advancing and those desirJjig?build houses are confronted with mu^h higher prices in all grades of lumber and building materials. ( Mrs. Morris Ehreinclou, of f>'ew City, who has been comity* to Camden for several winters and renting the J. Blakeney Zemp residence on north Fair street, has recently purchased the T. Lee Little property on Sgrsfleld Court, from Dr. R. E. Stevenson tor the amount of $10,000. The estate comprises 300 by 700 feet and has an ancient brick building on it which was recently badly damaged by fire in the Interior. The outside of the structure has not been badly damaged?nor has the shrubbery, consisting of giant spreading evergreen oaks, and It can be made into a most beautiful homeslte. This property originally belonged to the Cbesnut estate, later going to David R. Williams. Then it was sold to Eugene D. Blakeney and was still lpter sold to-a company who divided the greater portion of the land and sold It off into lots'. It was for many years occupied by the late J. Blake Steadman and fam-J Uy; then the late Newton Boykin and I family; later by E. D. Blakeney and I family and lastly by T. Lee Little. I It Is the Intention of the new own-j em to remodel the property and have J it ready for occupancy next year. Dr. and Mrs. Erhenclous are not I strangers In Camden. They own the I large plantation, formerly knoffftPasj the Smyrl plantation, later knovi(n as | the Guignard farm. Attorney I. C. Hough represented I Dr. and Mrs. ErhencloUs in the pur-l chase from Dr. Stevenson. Veteran Conductor Died in Columbia John Richard Baxtell, 81, of Colum-1 bia, died at the Columbia hospital atl 8:16 last night after an illness of twol weeks. J ; a Mr. Baxtell was a native of Green-1 ville. He moved to Columbia 16 years I ago and had been a conductor on the l Southern railway for 65 years. Hej was the oldest man on the road at the I time of his death. At the time of hlsl last Illness he was on the Charleston I division. He was a member of the Order of I Railway Conductors, a member of the 1 Presbyterian church "and. was well! known throughout the South. Hej leaves many friends who will be bad-J dened to learn of his passing. He! is survived by his widow, Mrs. | Mary F. Barxtell of Columbia; one j daughter, Mrs. Robert O'Brien, of j Charleston, and three grandchildren. | ?Monday's State. - Captain Barxtell for many years J made his headquarters In Camden. | He began on the old South Carolina j and ^eorgla Railway which stopped J at Camden. After the building of the | Three C's railroad to Marion, he ran J on that road years after it was | taken over by thp Southern. He was | one of the most popular conductors of | that system and hlB death will bring j sorrow to a wide .circle of friends and j acquaintances. He was on his runj passing through Camden daily up to | his last illness of only a few weeks | ago. \ Buffalo Club Hsld Meeting ?| The Home Demonstration club of | the Buffalo district held its last meet-1 Ing on Monday, July 27, with Mrs. | Lou Moseley. At this time we con-j tinued some work on our note books. | His teacher, Mrs. Roy Soweil brought I us some new recipes, which we add-1 sd to our books. During the after-1 noon the hostese, assisted by Mrs. 1 Dan Snypee and Mrs. Ross Roberts! served coM drinks and cake. Later in I the evening the hostess served, de-1 licious water melon. This dnb has I done some splendid work during thel past few months, end we expect tol do more in the future. King Edward of England, has can-l celed his plans for a holiday season I on the French Rlvisfa. It is under-1 stood that It 4* because of the troo-l bles of Spain. I kAMS m 1 . ?. ??a, t. V|| , ? i I i li I sent several waranips to opamsn wa-1 bars to give protection to German aa-| tlonals now la Spain. \ I - - ...... - ?' ?: ? Launches Hoosevelt First Voters League Chairman Jamr?~a~Partey has an nounced the appointment of Fraud* B-.?ftyre? Jr., grandson of VVoodrow Wilson, hh president of the n#wiy formed Hoosevelt First Voters league Chairman Farley also oppointed Iler hert llayard Swope, Jr., as treasurer and Misa Iletsy Dern, daughter of the secretary of war, as secretary to the Hoosevelt First Voters Leagued In his announcement Chairman Far ley stated, "Immediately <? following President Hoosevelt's speech to the Young Democratic Rally in Baltimore, ?n April, the spontaneous response took on overwhelming proportions; thousands of letters from first voters poured into the president, to me and to the Democratic National Commit tee. These expressions, coming from First Voters In every section of the country, not alone bespoke high praise of President Roosevelt's admin istration, but demanded an opportu nlty to do their share in the campaign for hlB reelection. 'It became an avalanche of Indorsement of the administration's program and many constructive policies lh behalf of the youth of America. Amongst those who were outstanding in their praise and offer of support was young Francis B. Sayre, Jr. Just over 21 years of age and ready to cast his first vote. Some months-ago | he came to me asking what he could do to aid the reelection of the President I have therefore asked him to unify and direct this great spontaneous movement of our youth to stand by the man who has so effectively given the rising generation a better chance in life. The Roosevelt First Voters League, with headquarters In New York, and local organizations In every state, county and town In the union la the result." Chairman Farley has written a letter to Miss Minnie Clyburn, Democratic yice-chairman, requesting that she and her associates see that the movement in Kershaw county gains immediate headway. ' Filling Station Man Has Narrow Escape Dewey J. Creed, who operates a day and night filling station on west Deal?> street had a narrow escape last Friday night, when a negro snapped a pistol at him, holding it close to his stomach. Archie Miller, about 33, said to have been> born and reared at Horatio, in Sumter county, but who has resided for several years in New Jersey, was reprimanded by Mr. Creed for his talk at the filling station, in which blows were passed. The negro got Into his ear and secured his pistol of heavy calibre and a foreign make, which was wrapped In a cloth sack. Fortunately for Mr. Creed the cartridge failed to explode. In the ensuing tussle for possession of the weapon Miller was severely beaten over the head with beer bottles by helpers, who came-to Mr C reed's assistance. The negro temporarily made his escape, but was later found under an automobile on Main street and surrendered to an officer and asked protection. He was placed in the county Jail with a charge of assault and battery with other charges appending. . He has been released on a bond of $750 for his. appearance at court. ' ? ' " Gettys Named Fire-. Tower Keeper Here On July 21st at a meeting of the board of directors of the Kershaw County Conservation Service, J. M. Oottys of Camden was appointed as towerman on the Camden forest fire tower situated near Camden. M* G?ttya is originally from Watoree where he was connected with the Watoree Power Company but has been a resident of Camden for about eix years. The Camden tower was one of the first to be constructed in this state *nd was erected by N. T. Barron and D. Y. Lenhart of the South Carolina state forest service. U U one hunred feet high and constructed of tow. It Is situated on land donated to the South Carolina Bute Forestry Commission by Horatio O. Lloyd. Bethetds Presbyterian Church. Sunday, Angnrt ?. DongU. Me "V "*** *ehood tor Ml **** ** 10 ** m. Morning worship with st U:ll. The public is oar ><Ua!Iy invite* to thene service#. Lancaster Grocer Is Shot To Death r- Lancaster, Aug. 5.?-Dewey? Binttll, , 37, suburban grocer, wan shot to death r In the yard of hiu wife's parents tor day and his brother-in-law, David Deese, 22, was arrested alter an ,i? . quest tonight and charged with the sluying. , Witnesses at the inquest testified , Small was shot during a gun battle at the Deese home. ^frs. Small testl, fled she flred several pistol shots at r her husband from a Window and David , testified he flred at Small with a shotgun. | Dr. R. C. Brown testified Small died of gunshot wounds. The jury said the , grocer died of gunshot wounds inI flicted by young Deese. "I was attempting to save my sister, , her family and myself," Deese testii fled. i Mrs. Small testified Sn^all ordered . her and their six-months-old daugh. ter from their home last Saturday , night, but that Small came to the Deese home this morning with his . daughter, 13-year-old Annie, by a prev, lous marriage, and took the baby . away. Mrs. Small said she was absent from the home at the time, but went to town immediately upon h.er return and took out a warrant for her hus, band. As she passed the Small home, , she said, she found her baby crying and took the infant to her parents' home. * , It was there a few hours afterward, she testified, that Small drove up again with Annie and a negro driver. She said her husband ^as drinking and threatening to fire when the gun battle began. Springs Estate Pays In $312,120 Columbia, July 31.?F. Dawson Beattie, director of the state tax commission's inheritance tax division, said today $296,546 had been collected by the division during the fiscal year ended June 80. .. The largest payment, he said, was $204,820 by the Leroy Springs estate, from which preVlous collections had brought the total yielded by the estate to $812,120. r Beattie said other payments during the year included: $10,868 ,by the R. D. Dobson estate of Greenville on property appraised at $898,000; $9,117 by the W>?. Beattie estate of Greenville on $347,000; $7,082 by the John R* Bennett estate of Charleston off $209,000; $3,173 by the Hortense 8. Cohen estate of Charleston on $181,000. Also, $2,971 by the Viola B. Ellis estate of Charleston on $87,000; $2,706 by the G. Manly Norrls estate of Eutawville on $240,000; $2,364 by the B. H. Pearce estate of Greenville on $228,000; $2,297 by the J. J. Dorn estate of McCormick on $128,000, and $1,572 by the W. B. Turner estate of Aiken on $82,000. Beattie explained the number of beneficiaries and their relationship rather than the size of the estate was largely a controlling factor in determining the amount of taxes due the state. ? Likes Beauty of Western New York Editor Perkins, of the Leroy, New York, News-Qazette had the following to say of a Camden couple in his "In Passing" column of last week; . "Mr. and Mrs. Alfred McLeod, of Camden, South Carolina, whq have been spending a week 'with and 'Mrs., Charles A. Graham, have been most generous in their expressions of praise of the beauty of> Western Mew York ... its hills, valleys, lakes, streams and diversity of growing grain and fruits ... it would be interesting to have the reaction of this Southern couple after a mid-winter yWV the ground all blanketed with northern "cotton."*' : y . Strikeout By Lightning Butte, Mont,-r-Le Roy Burns, 14, insists he would have won a local ball Ytine If he had not been struck out by lightning. He had just pitched a telling ball when the electric flash struck the metal button on the top ; of his baseball cap. He filed his complaint against the unfair strike out bom a hospital cot, where his Injuries, which were not serlbus, were dressed. ' ! .*-? V < . Men's Bible Class ?' The Men's Bible class ef the Lyttle[ tfn Street Methodist church meets i each 8unday morning at 19:11 o'clock with Dr. A. W. Humphries in charge. 4 All visitors will be welcomed. King Kindred Hold Annual Reunion ~ ? Over on? huHdred'and fifty mw?. bers of the society of the descend* auta of William Klng^ Jr., met iu their third annual reunion lust Friday, July 24, ut the Legion hut. The was P*illde^ over hy th* president and founder, Karl 55. King, 'who called the society to order at eleven o'clock Friday morning. Feat urea of the program were: opening song, "Faith of Our Fathers"; prayer, K. A. King, Jefferson; welcome address, Karl 55. King; reading of the minutes of the 1936 reunion by the aecretary. The roll call of the descendants by families showed that x*miiVIG time, the descendants pf W am Wesley King, oldest son of William King, Jr., led all other families with a 50 pejr cent attendance. Officers elected to serve until the next reunion were as follows; reelected president, Karl Z. King; reelected vice president, W. Goviin King, Manning; secretary-treasurer, Miss Haxel King; re-elected registrar, Mrs. K. B. McKorell; re-elected historian. Miss Mary King. , A basket picnic was served on the hut grounds and at two o'clock the meeting reassembled. A song written by E. A. King was sung, alter which thirty seconds bf silence was observed, in memory of those deceased since the last gathering. Rev. J. R. Johnson, pastor of the Hartsville e o( let church, closed the assembly with a prayer. Besides those attending from the Hartsville community, members were present from: Lydla, Ulnar, Darlington, Florence, JefTerson, Pageland, Sumter, Denmark, Charleston, Columbia Eastover, Lake City, Manning. Bishopvllle, Summerville, < Shlloh, amdon, Clinton. Representatives from Maryland, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida also attended.?-Hartsville Messenger. 15,390 Deaths Highway Toll Chicago, July 28.?The first six months 'Of 1986 added 16,890 fatalities l?ng 1,8t of highway > dead, 600 fewer and three per cent 8 than the corresponding 1936 figure, the national safety council reported today. fcwplte the facts motor accident deaths last month reached a high poijht for the year, the council leading ~~~ a five-year campaign *to reduce mortalities 35 per cent held the outlook was anything but discouraging." "Actually there has been a la-ge increase In travel this year," said Sidney J. Williams, director of the council s public - safety division, "a thing we did not anticipate whert the objective of the flVe-year campalgnto save 88,000 lives-was announced. Gasoline consumption is up approximately 8 per cent. Thus while e number of accident deaths decreased only three per cent to July , . the death rate in terms of travel decreased 11 per cent, which Is very gratifying." * The council's figures showed Juno motor deaths numbered 8,020, an increase of 140 and a Jump of five per cent from the June, 1986, total. May produced a six per cent rise in fatalkies. Most of the improvement for 1936 came ?n the first three months. Ayiation Pioneer Is Victim of Death Paris, Aug. 2.?Louis Blerlot, 64, the famous French aviator who first flew the English Channel died today The outstanding aviator of his day. Blerlot crossed the Channel from Calais, France, to Dover, England, In an airplane on July 25, 1909. Drowns In Brine -JJWfcad- ArtL, Jul, M?Toppllng Into a jar of pickle brtno, eightmonths-old Patsy Edmonson drowsed at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. cEdmondson, two miles north of here. Other children playing Is the ttlfit jrptiflT Summoned the ? child's mother but resuacHsUon ef- ? forts failed. z ___ Weather Forecast fWk <oncmai for Sonth Carolina on Thursday "reads: __ Generally fair tonight, pertly cloudy to unsettled Friday." 0 Klfiht Killed In Crash A11 ** P^deeeger# and two pilots * when * ol the Sen into a field J***8* rtght.