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VOLUME ; * CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1936 NUMBER 26
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Seventy-liiree Killed
L By Rock Avalanche
Loen, Norway, Sept. 18.?Seventythree
residents of this famous tourist
area were killed today when a rock
avalanche plunged I9I0 Loen lake and
sent a wall of water sweeping oyer
the town.*
The slide from the 6,000-foot Rogne
mountain with its resultant flood left
little but death and destruction to
greet would-be rescuers who reached
this picturesque Tillage.
They rushed to the town, awakened
by a roar like that of artillery fire.
The catastrophe, at 5:30 a. m., left
not a single house standing. Even
' tb^e fields were scoured clear of soil,
42iving bare rocks' to show where the^
waters had rushed and then subsided.'
Rescuers found about twenty survivors
but many of them were severely
injured and some w^re expected
(0 die.
One woman, who had risen early
to milk her goats pastured in a high
field, saw the flood envelop her home
and drown every member of her family,
she said.
A farmer who had worked late in
tbe field slept in a small fleldhouse
and was carried 12,000 feet by the
flood but survived.
"My wife, four children, my father
and mother all are gone," he said
dazedly.
"My house, which was one of a
group of nine, has been swept away
so entirely that I cannot find where
it stood."
A battered steamboat, which since
the catastrophe of 1905 in which sixty
were killed had perched ,350 feet
from the water, was carried Smother
300 feet up the mountainside.
Several of the victims were carried
hundreds of yards from the village.
Apparently they had frozen to death.
Not a Single family escaped at least
one death.
Tourists from every part of the
world who had visited the scene of
the catastrophe always mdrveled at
the temerity of the inhabitants, living
under the constant threat of death.
Avalanches, xninor.ones except for
that of 1905 and today, are not uncommon
here.
Loen lake is a narrow two-mile
body of water, flanked by 1,006-foot
rock cliffs so steep they appear actually
to hang over the lake.
The settlement of Bodal, straight
across the precipice from which the
. mass of rock hurtled down today. Is
the only community In the region still
standing. ?
Fourteen families at. Nesdal, three
quarters of a mile away, were awakened
by the roar of the avalanche
and fled their homes. They were overtaken
by the water and only one survived.
Loen, which had a population of
? 120, was directly In the path of the
wall of water. .,. '
The flood wave was so Immense
that one house standing on & high
ridge two miles from Rogne mouni
lain was' demolished and its inhabitants
killed.
Citizens Respond to
Democratic Cause
County Chairman, J. H. McLeod, exGovernor
John Q. Richards and Miss
Minnie A. Ctyburn, as vice chairman,
want to thank the citizens of Camden
and Kershaw county for the liberal
response in contributions to the
National Democratic fund.
"While we have not yet reached
our quota, the response has been very
liberal," said Mr. McLeod. "Any others
wishing to contribute can send In
their donations or one of the three
will call for same," he continued.
Odd Collision
Believe it or not, persons hear c The
Chronicle office last Saturday afteruoon
witnessed a rear-end collision.
A large beer truck was parked In
front of The Chronicle office and a
private car owned by a negro was
and car started backing ont Simultaneously
and struck In the middle of
tbe road. The truck was not damaged
but the car had a grdtt dent made
in the back and the tire cover. It
*as impossible for bystanders tb
Place the blame as both drivers were
opposed to be looking backwards at
the time.
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*. 'abop Thomas At Stateburg unday
The Rt. Rav. A. -8. Thomas will
Preach and administer confirmation at
Church of the Holy Cross, Btatebni*.
this Sunday, September 10, At
a. n?, He will also he at BL
^Blip's church, Bradford Spring*
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Mrs. DeSaussure
Dies Suddenly
Mrs. Mary Catherine Ancrum Debaugsure,
wife of the late Douglas
Blaudlng DeSaussure, died suddenly
at her home Tuesday afternoon about
2 o'clock.
Mrs. DeSaussure, the daughter of
Col. Thomas J. and Margaret Douglas
Ancrum, was born at Camden May 10,
1862. Her early childhood was divided
between Camden and the Ancrum
plantation near Boykin, ten miles
south of Camden.
September 17, 1890, she married
Douglas Standing De8aussure, and until
a week ago had lived in Atlanta,
where her husband was connected
with one of the large banks in the
Georgia capital.
Mr. DeSaussure died January 20,
1936, and was burled at Camden, his
old boyhood home. ,
Recently Mrs. DeSaussure had sold
her home In Atlanta and purchased
the Proctor home on Hampton avenue
in this city. She had only moved into
her new home one week ago.
She was a communicant of Saint
Luke's Episcopal church in Atlanta
for 46 years. She took an active Interest
In U. D. C. and D. A. R. societies.
Besides one sister, Mrs. Clarendon
R. Spencer, of Ridgeway, she is survived
by a large number of nieces and
nephews, most of whom reside in
South Carolina.
Funeral services were held from
Grace Episcopal church 'Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock with services
in charge of Dr. Maurice Clarke, the
rector. ?
Serving as active pallbearers were'
Richard Singleton of Columbia, Blanding
DeSaussure Clarkson, Thomas Ancrum,
Charles DuBose, J. W. C. Boy-.,
kin and John K. deLoach.
' Serving as honorary pallbearers
were Rivers Spencer, of Ridgeway;
JohA DeSaussure, of Jacksonville;
Sam Roberts, of Atlanta; James Parker
and W. C. Boyd, of Columbia;?Alexander
Clarkson, Charles Shannon
4, and John DuBose, of Camden.
Camden Lady Loses Mother
Friends here will be saddened to
learn of the death of Mrs. Amanda
Chambers Catoe, at Clio on last Monday.
Mrs. Catoe, who spent last winter
here at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. J. B. Burgess, was in the 94th
year of her age, and had enjoyed remarkablfe
health for one of her age.
She was born in Montgomery, Ala.,
leaving there when she was eighteen
to wed Marion Catoe, of Sumter county,"
where she made her "home Tor
many years. She was a lifelong
member of the Baptist church.
Funeral services were conducted on
Tuesday at Sumter by Rev. Coates of
the Baptist church, Clio. Interment
was in the family plot in Sumter.
Many beautiful floral offerings attest*
ed to the love of family and friends.
Surviving^ children are: Marion.
Catoe, Borden; Mrs. Julia Adison. of
Eastover; Mrs. J. B. Burgess, of Camden;
Mrs. J. A. Clark, Mrs. Will Nunnery,
of Clio.
Death Near 8toneboro
I. B. WiHiams, aged 49 years, died
at his home near Stoneboro Friday
afternoon, September 11, after an illness
extending over three years. Mr.
Williams leaves to survive his father,
J. - F. Williams of near Kershaw, his
widow and the following sons and
daughters: Mendel,^Ira B., Archer,
-Miss Iris and Vera Williams. He is
also survived by the following broth".
ers: L. B. Williams of Kershaw, L.
E., Lee F., Leroy and I. F. Williams
of Heath Springs. Mr. Williams was
a faithful member of Beaver Creek
Baptist church for many years having
served as a deacon and superintendent
of the Sunday school. He was
loved by all who knew him. Funeral
services were conducted by the pastor,
Rev. H. P. Bennett, Saturday afternoon
at the Beaver Creek Baptist
church. Rev. Ubner of Heath Springs
assisted at these services.?Lancaster
News."
lee Cream Supper At Providence
There will be an ice cream supper
at Providence school house Saturday'
night, September It, for the benefit
of the church. Everybody invited to
come.
? Bethesda Presbyterlsn Church
Sunday, September SO, A. Douglas
McAm, pastor.. Church school 10:00
a. m. Morning worship at 11:16 a. m.
The public is cordially Invited to all
services of this church.
"Honey HarrleT a negro, has admitted
to (he police of lamberton, N.
d, that he knocked over ko tombstones
in,a cemetery near, there.
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Charlotte Thompson
|Begins 14th Session
The Charlotte Thompson h I t h
school began it's fourteenth session
Tuesday, Septembe^ 8. The following
teachers comprise the faculty:
N, M. Huckabee, superintendent,
French and Commercial subjects; J.
T, McLeod, English and History; Miss
Hosa Hendrlx, mathematics and
science; Miss Carolla Neeley, sixth
and seventh grades; Miss Beaufort
McCuen, fourth and fifth grades;
Mrs. A. Q, Sanders, second and third
grades; Miss May Boykin, first grade.
Miss Hendrlx, a Converse College
graduate, will coach dramatics and
teach expression; 'Miss McCuen, also
a graduate of Converse, will have
charge of music, Olee club and Toy
Orchestra; Miss Neeley, who finished
at Columbia College will direct student
clubs and playground activities;
Mr. McLeod will again coach boys
athletics.
With an encouraging opening day
enrollment the Charlotte Thompson
high school is looking forward to a
most successful session. A course in
bookkeeping has been added and a
varied program of activity work 1b
planned for the grammar grades.
With a new auditorium and gymnasium
recently constructed a wider field
of endeaybr' will be carried out.
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Attorney General
Says Schemes Illegal
John M. Daniel, the state attorney
general, held yesterday in a written
opinion, given upon the request of a
law enforcement officer, that ticket
drawings, or such "schemes" held in
connection with moving picture theatres
in South Carolina "are in violation
of the lottery law?as a lottery,
or an undertaking in the nature of a
lottery, and in either event event condemned
by the decision of our
courts."
The officer, who requested the opinion,
described the drawing as held
in a theatre in his community. He
said cards were distributed and when
signed, turned in by the holders to a
theatre. The cards were then placed
in a box, he said, and at a "designated
time each week on the stage of
the theatre one of the cards is drawn
Oby lot) from the box. The name
drawn is announced in the theatre
and also in frdnt of the theatre on
the outside."
The officer continued that "if the
person whose name is drawn is not in
the theatre and is no? in front, he
does not receive the money, unless
such person has received a permit to
be absent and if he received such permit
he receives the money. In case
no one receives the money it is added
to the amount to be given away the
following week and so on."
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First Baptist Church' Service
The following, services are announced
for week beginning September 20,
at the First Baptist church: Sunday
school at 10 o'clock with W. G. Wilson,
Jr., 1q charge. Public worship
conducted by the pastor, J. B. Caston
at 11:15 a. m. and 8 p. m. Morning
subject: "Consecration." At the evening
hour Dr. W. S. Brooke will
bring the message. Dr. Brooke will
be with us from Sunday evening
through Thursday. He will lead in a
school of Stewardship and Missions.
There will be class meetings from
Monday evening through Thursday evening.
In addition to Dr. Brooke we
shall have working in the school Mrs.
Boatwright and Miss Provence. There
will be classes for Sunbeams in the
afternoon, and at the evening hour
classes for young people, women and
men. The public is cordially invited
to attend all the services of this
church.
Bethany Baptist Church
There will be services at Bethany
Baptist church at Westville next Sunday
as follow!: Sunday school at 10
a. m., with Superintendent H. B. Gaskin
m charge.' Preaching service at
11 a. m., with the pastor, in charge.
B. T. U. at 7 p. m., with T. C. Fletcher
as director, Evefrymember of this
church is urged to be present to worship
with us at the morning hour-as
we have some important business
nfatters to attend to. The public IS
cordially invited?Rev. J. D. Gull edge,
Pastor.
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Blaney Man Dies
J. E. Abbott, of Blaney, died at the
Baptist hospital Thursday morning nt
6:80 o'clock. He had bean admitted
to tbe hospital August 28.
Funeral eervfeea will toe conducted
from Harmony ftaitiat church Friday.
?Thursday's Columbia Record.
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Large Carnival
For County Fair
On Wednesday of this week W. F.
Nettles, general chairman of the Kershaw
county fair, signed a contract
with H. W. Campbell Shows to furnlsh
entertainment during the Kershaw
county fair, which will be held
at ( ttmden during the week beginning
October 12. The H. W. Campbell
Shows I# one of the biggest aggregations
of Its kind in this country and
furnishes a large variety of attractions.
The people of the county may
now be sure that this year's fair will
present the largest and most elaborate
midway that has ever been 6een
In Camden. Three fine free acts have
*lso been contracted for and these
will go on twice dally, once in the
early afternoon and once at night.
Before this year the fair has only
been able to furnish two free acta.Mr.
Nettles states that preparations
for the fair are continuing to go on
rapidly and he expressed much satisfaction
at the renewed interest being
evidenced by the folks of the county.
W. C. McCarley, Kershaw county's
efficient farm demonstration agent,
and Miss Margaret Fewell, our popular
home demonstration agent, are
both enthusiastically working In the
interest of the fair. Mr. McCarley
has kindly consented to act as chairman
of the farm exhibits from the
pien.^ These exhibits to Include live
stocksand all farm products; while
Misgive well has graciously agreed to
act in the same capacity for the women's
exhibits. Mr. Nettles asked
that all of the men having exhibits
for the fair get in touch with Mr. McCarley,
and that the ladles make their
arrangements for exhibits with Miss
Fewell. Both will be found eager to
be of every possible assistance.
To Exhibit At Fairs
The South Carolina State Commission
of Forestry, on account of the
importance of forestry exhibits at the
State and County Fairs as an educational
feature, has requested the various
fair secretaries that space be
donated for this purpose at their fairs
to be held this fall, N. T. Barron, asslstant
State Forester In charge of
Extension, announced here today.
For the past several years forestry
exhibits have been put on at the various
county fairs and the State Fair
at Columbia by the State Forest Service,
attracting considerable interest.
Particularly attractive and well gotten
up was the forestry exhibit at
the State Fair last year and many of
those attending the fair stated that
It was one of the best exhibits shown.
Police at McBee
Gives Up to Sheriff
Chesterfield, Sept. 13.?W. C. Tiller,
chief of police at McBee, tonight voluntarily
surrendered himself to BherIff
F. S. Douglas for the shooting of
Charlie Sowell at McBee early Sunday.
Tfllejr was In the act of arresting
Sowell on charges of drunkenness
and disorderly conduct. While he
was taking Soweli to the jail, it was
alleged, the latter had attempted to
stab Tiller with a knife and cut the
police chief in several places on his
face and body.
Tiller shot Sowell twice, the bullets
took effect in the laser's abdomen.
Sowell Is in the Florence hospital
and has a slim chance for recovery.
Tiller is under care of a physician in
the county Jail.
Tropical 8torm Brewing
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 16?A dangerous
tropical hurricane moved thru
the Atlantic ocean tonight in the central
direction of Cape Hatteras, North
j Carolina.
Warning small craft on the coast
north of Jacksonville to remain in
port, the weather bureau said "interests
on the North Carolina coast
should stand by for advices tomorrow
morning."
Gordon E. Dunn, weather meteorologist,
declared the chances were about
fof the huge disturbance to turn
northward and avoid land.
Crops prospects in South Carolina
Are looking up, according to Frank O.
. itAt? agricultural statistician!
On September 1, the prospect was 10
per cent, greater than a month earl?*r'
three per Cent'above the average
of 1828-1932, but still eight per
cent. below the outlook a year ago.
Favorable weather is assigned aa the
^Ause. The corn crop this year will
l*A*Ablr bp 11,671,000 bushels, a mil^A^A
JAOt^thAa was the pro*
pect In August
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Hitler Rattles Sword
In Military Display
Nurnburg, Germany, Sept. 14.?The
thunder of battle shook Nurnberg today,
Nazi Germany's new compulsory
army staged its first display of
strengh with steel and motorized
equipment for the benflt of its
Fuehrer, Adolph Hitler, and hundreds
of thousand of Nazis, assembled In
fourth annual convention.
After Hitler, in an Informal conversation,
had asserted Germany will
guard sealously the principle of private
business enterprises, as the army
began its day.
Zeppelin meadow, echoed to rifle,
machine gun and artillery fire; 400
warplaues thundered overhead; 100
tanks crashed through barbed wire
entanglement, the eyes and noses of
spectators were assailed by the smoke
of innumerable explosions. v
Hundreds of observation planes,
tri-motored bombers, dual-motored
heavy fighters and single-engined pursuit
planes, gave samples of fighting
craft selected from Germany's 163rd,
166th and 166th Hindenburg battle
squadrons and the Horst Wessel,
Ititchhofen, and Immelmann Kbchdrilles.
The total strength of Hitler's new
air force has not been disclosed, but
this morning's parade was a broad
hint that thousands of other warplanes
were quietly waiting at air
bases in other parts of Germany.
Before the show the Nazi dictator
denied his plan for the future of the
nation included marshaling all Industrial
establishments under governmental
control and declared:'
"I will never permit bureaucratization
of German industry."
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Moscow,"Sound Defiance to Hitler
I Moscow, Sept. 14.?Hitler, the of,
flclal Soviet press commented today,
has as much chance of seeing the
. Ukraine, Urals and Siberia "as he
has of seeing his own ears."
| "We know now the modest dreams
of Mr. Hitler," the newspapers said
I of his Nurnberg aspirations for Soviet
i soil and his sarcastic reference to J
the five-pointed red star, symbol of
communist Russia.
"But they aro vain. As usually
could the promoters of the Nurnberg
circus see their own ears as our territory.
"The Soviets are strong and prepared.
When the time comes It will
provide a bitter disappointment for
those who suffer such hysterical
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Four Plead Guilty
To Counterfeiting
Rock Hill, Sept. 11.?Two women
and two men, charged with passing
counterfeit money pleaded guilty to
conspiracy in federal court here today
and drew varying sentences.
They were Jasper Delutio, of Brooklyn,
N. Y.; Sterling Hoover, who said
he was from Pennsylvania; Mrs. Willie
Mae Hoover, of Union county, and
Miss Edna Yarborough, of Chester
county.
Hoover, Mrs. Hoover and Miss Yarborough
also pleaded guilty to passing
counterfeit money.
Hoover was sentenced to eighteen
months for each charge, the sentences
to run concurrently; Delntlo, to 18
moinths; and the two women to a year
and a day.
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Child Killed Near Sumter
Sumter, Sept. 12.?Evelyn Brown,
13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William N. * Brown, was almost in-,
stantly killed last night when she was
struck by a car driven by Mrs. W. E.
Pratt of this city near the Brown
home, four miles from here... Mrs.
Pratt was returning from Columbia at
the time of the accident.
The car was badly damaged after
the girl was struck, when.lt jumped
a ditch into a field, but Mn. Pratt ee-l
caped with minor bruises. She was
taken to her home in a state of collapse
from the shock of the tragedy. J
An inquest will be held as soon as
Mrs. Pratt has recovered sufficiently
to attend.
C. M. LitUejohn, a bachelor retired
business man of Gaffaey, left an eetate
of $10,000. which hie will divided
equally among forty-eight beneficiaries,
mostly his km, but fnemdta'g the
Salvation Army, the First Baptist
church, Buford Street Methodist and
Limestone Presbyterian chnrchea of
Gafftay. the Anbury Methodist ehmwh,
phanage at Columbia.
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One Negro Is Held:
Two Others Sought
Klngstrec, Sept. 12.?Kd Smith, 22yeai
old negro of the Gourdln section
was lodged In the Williamsburg county
Jail early Saturday morning, after
Cecil M. Foxworth, federal alcohol tax
agent, had been seriously shot in the
Hantee swamp near Gourdin Friday
night.
Smith was one of the three negroes
who fired on Foxworth and other officers
as they approached a suspected
liquor running car in that section.
Federal Agent Foxworth, rushed to
the Kelly sanatorium here, had his
left arm and shoulder Joint and fingers
of his right hand removed and
after being given a blood transfusion,
today was said to have a fair chance
of recovery.
Smith identified his two companions
as Sterrick Ravenel and Louis Staggers.
Neither has been apprehended
but a posse of officers from Florence,
Columbia and Charleston have Joined
in the search with Williamsburg.''officers,
and bloodhounds have been
brought to the scene.
Suspecting that a car parked in the
swamp was waiting for a load of
liquor from Berkeley county across
the Santee river, the officers were
keeping watch for the return of the
| occupants, as three negroes approached
the Foxworth car and state constable
W. D. Wilson of Kingstree
started towards the three, who carried
a heavy burlap sack. At close
range, officer Foxworth was fired upon.
The entire load from the single
barrel shot gun tearing away his left
arm and fingers of the right hand.
The negroes fled the scene, leaving
behind the car, shotgun and the sack.
Upon investigation, the sack was
found to contain no illicit liquor, but
a freBhly killed 160 pound hog. Foxworth
was rushed to the hospital her?
by State Constable Whisenant ef Orangeburg,
officer Wilson remaining on
the scene to await the arrival of officers
from nearby cities. Smith was
arrested at his home in the vicinity
of the shooting, and admitted ownership
of the gun. But disclaimed baring
fired it. The car he said belongs
to Ravenel.
Repair Before Too
Jpate Advises Pope
Castel, Gandolfo, Italy, Sept. 14.?
Pope Pius XI In strong passionate
tones gave his blessing before the
whole world today to a militant do- __
fense against the "mad" forces of
Communism.
Declaring these forces menaced in
tragic Spain and elsewhere "the very
foundations of all order, ail culture
and all civilisation," the Holy Father
pardoned the Spanish killers oftieST
ops and priests and called upon the
constituted authorities of all nation*
to "oppose these great evns vrius #r
ery remedy and barrier that Is poestDJ6,
Sadly he foresaw utter chaos if
"those who have a duty in the matter
do not hasten to repair the breach
if indeed it is not already too late."
Five hundred Spaniah refugees
were In the tbron? room of the papal
villa when the Pope entered.
The Vatican radio station carried
the address to the far corners of the
world and in many lands the devout
heard the plea for a militant defense
which the Pope acknowledged would
be "difficult and dangerous for It is
only too easy for the vary ardor and
difficulty of the defense to go to an
excess which is not wholly warranted."
Grace Church. 8ervlcea
Services at Grace Episcopal church
on Sunday with Dr. lfaurlce Clarke
" rector be: Celebration of the
Holy Coaunaaio* at *:60 a. m - open- ?
tag session of the church school at
9546; morning prayer and sermon by
the rector at 11:16: MHllis hi ibi
Laymen'. Leagn? in t**i*hhoJ?
at 8:00. Special attention la railed
to the opening of the church aehool
and parents are asked to cooperate
time. There will be daaaee'for aU
children and yeumg people through
high school. The Ht Rsv. K.T5S
ley Will be tho speaker.
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church on Sunday, September SO at
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