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The Camden Chronicle
VOLUME 48 " CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1?37 NUMBER 46
News of Kirkwood
and Cottage Colony
William J. Connors, Jr., publisher
of the Buffalo Courier-Express, is at
the Hobkirk lun for u week's Quail
shooting.
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence M. Miller
have arrived at the IJobklrk Inn for
a two week's stay. Mr. Miller is president
of the Colonial Trust company
of Baltimore.
Mrs. Louis L. Ixjrillard, of Newport,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Campbell
Steward, at her hotua .,Jn llrevard
Blace.
Mrs. John W. Hill is visiting her
sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs
David It. Williams at their Mulberry
plantation.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Knight entertained
twelve at dinner Tuesday
at their Cool Springs residence. The
guests were Mr. and Mrs, Lam on t
Domlnick, Mr. and Mrs. Ward C.
Belcher, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Wright,
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel G. Tenney, Mrs.
DeWitt Peterkin and Mrs. WeBley C.
Bowers.
Randolph Duffey, of Warrenton,
Va., left Tuesday for a quick business
trip to New York.
Mrs. B. D. Tlcknor gave a cocktail
party in the downstairs room at the
Court Inn Monday night. Among
those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Dwlght Partridge, Mr. and Mrs. Rodney
Jarvis, Misc Helen Hawthorne,
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Whitley and oth-;
ers.
. Stopping at the Hobkirk are Mr.
and Mrs. M. H. Newman, of Detroit;
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart F. Smith and
their son and daughter, of Philadelphia;
L. C. Forman, W. J. Connors,
Jr., C. M. Pardle, B. Mathews and H.
H. Colt, all of Buffalo.
Mrs. William B. Klapp, of Philadelphia,
arrived this week at the Kirkwood
and will remain for the balance
of the season.
Miss Frances Thord-Qray, of Greenwich,
and her guest, Mrs. Richard
i* . Fort, of Plpasantyille, N. Y.. have
gone to New York where Miss ThordGray
will show her Irish terriers in
the Westminster Kennel club show. }
Major Crispin Oglesby and Miss
Kate Oglesby, of Cleveland, have ar-1
rived, bringing four polo ponies, four
hunters and one race horse. Major
Oglesby will play in the Camden midSouth
polo tournament for the Russell
trophy which begins Sunday.
Other arrfVals at Hobkirk Include
Norman Armstrong, of White Plains,
and his sister, Miss Jean Armstrong,
of Winter Haven; Robert Donner of
Buffalo; Mrs. F. G. Freiser and Mrs
A. W. Llndemere, of Washington.
Mrs. A. E. Whitney, of Garden City,
has joined her husband at Court Inn.
Mr. Whitney has been bird shooting
here for the last week.
Arriving at the Kirkwood are Mr.
and Mrs. G. H. Niemeyer, of Westport,
Conn.; Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Nash,
of Wllmette, 111.; Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Rodriguez, of Larchmont, N. Y.; Mr.
and Mrs George Slosson, George Slosson,
Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Jar-1
man, of Hot Springs, Va., and Mr. and
Mrs. F. A. Brooks, of New York.
Pinckney W. Love has arrived from
Laston, Pa., for turkey and quail
shooting. He is staying at the residence
of Mrs. James R. Porter, "The
Knitting Corner."
Mrs. G. Marion duPont Scott has
gone to Miami for a weeks stay.
K. Blackwell Boykin gave a cocktail
Party at his residence on Lyttleton
street Thursday.
Visitors here include Mr. and Mrs.
E. M. Jackson, of Swampscott, Mass.,
and John W. Webster, Trenton, N. J.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel G. Tenney, of
New York, have arived to spend a
week with Mrs. W. L. Wright at her
home on Chesnut street. Mr. and
Mrs. Wright gave a luncheon for
them Sunday at which her guests
*ore Mrs. deWitt Peterkin, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Blodgett, Arthur Whitney
and Eben B. Knowlton.
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Williams
gave a tea Sunday afternoon at their
Mulberry home for Mrs. Williams'
Ulster, Mrs. John W. Hill, of New
I ork, who la their house guest.
"Woods McCahill, nephew of Mrs.
Martin H. Glynn, hase arrived to
spend some time visiting his aunt.
Bethesda Presbyterian Church
I MSunday? February 7, A. Douglas
j McArn, pastor. Church school for all
nses at 10 a. in. Morning worship
**th ??nnon by Dr. George T. McKee,
missionary to Africa, at
":ls ** 7:10 p. m. Dr. McKee will
, ** address on the miahion work
the Congo. Pastor's study group
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Camden Horses To '
Run Grand National
London, Jan. 28.?Once again the'
price of victory in 1934 came high ,
to Dorothy Paget h Golden Miller to- ,
day. For the third atraight year, he '
wan assigned top weight for the 99th!,
running of the Grand National stoo-j,
plechase at Alntree, March 19.
The big bay gelding, again favored
to show the way over the four and
a half miles, was allotted 17b pouuda,
the aaine weight ho carried the last
two years when he failed to complete
the course and Ave more than he
packed in his victorious race. ReynoldBtown,
winner the last two years, was
not entered for this yeur'B classic.
Six of the eleven American-owned
entries among the fleld of sixty figured
high in the weight assignments.
Drinmoro Lad, a foreign-bred horse,
who had raced successfully for Paul;
Mellon of Pittsburgh, in the United'
| States two years ago, received the!
highest handicap, *163 pounds. Except [
for the "Miller," only two other horses
were given higher handicaps. They
were J. Hiriburu's Potentate with 169
and H. Lloyd ThornaB' Koyal Mail
with 167,
Battleship, a son of Man O' War,
owned by Mrs. G. Randolph Scott of
Montpeller, Va., was allotted 160
pounds, one more than was assigned
What Have You, who represented
Frank Gould of New York, on the
American turf no later than last year.'
Both Battleship and What Have You
raced successfully on the flat before
taking to the jumps several years ago.
Delaneige, J. B. Snow's perennial
challenger, second In 1934, got in with
166, seven more than his stablemate,
Delachance. John Hay Whitney's
Double Crossed was assigned 163
pounds, five less than last year, when
he was eighth among the ten flhlshers.
Robert Lehman's Dldoric of Chi'*'
cago, a newcomer to the steeplechase
classic, received 160, while Louis
Stoddard, Jr's., Free Wheeler was given
147 pounds. Young Stoddard, son
of the former chairman of the United
States Polo association, plans to ride
his own horse.
The other three American entries
?F. Ambrose Clark's Flying Minutes,
Alvin Untermyer's Bagatelle H., and
Jesse Metcalf's Kiltoi?are among the
lightweights. Flying Minutes and
Bagatelle have been assigned 142
pounds, and Kiltoi one less.
RU8SELL MEMORIAL
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Fund Raised to Be Used in Memory of
Man Who Did Much For Camden.
Seven hundred dollars was the total
amount of the fund raised to establish
a Sam Russell memorial in Camden.
The amounts were all small donations,
coming from a wide number
of Camden citizens and others who
greatly admired Mr. Russell, not only
for what he had done for Camden,
but as a genial valuable citizen.
He was always intensely Interested
in everything for the betterment of
Camden. It was he who laid off and.
supervised the beautiful grounds at
the Camden hospital. He was greatly
interested in the Camden football
team, the Camden Polo team and the
Camden Library.
The placing of a memorial on the
grounds of the librax*y as was at first
planned has been abandoned and instead
$500 of this amount has beeif
set aside as a permanent trust fund,
the revenues to be derived to go for
the purchase of Juvenile books for the
Camden Library. The rest of the
money will be used for the purchase
of a Russell Memorial Cup for the
Camden Polo Club, to be competed
for each year, the winner to keep
same for the period of one year.
Trophy On Display
The Paul Revere._Bowl made by
Kirk of Baltimore, which will be offered
as the Russell Memorial Trophy
in the Camden Mid-South Polo Tournament
is on display in the window
of The Hoffer Company on Broad
street.
The trophy was purchased with
rpart of the funds subscribed for a
suitable memorial to Samuel Russell,
long a loved winter resident of Camden,
and an enthusiastic polo player
for many years. i.
The trophy is a perpetual one, and
one can not be worf for permanent '
possession. Silver goblets will be
presented to the members of the winning
team by individuals in Camden;
this year by Ancrum Boy kin, Br.,
Henry Savage, Jr? Lester Carow, ot
Charleston and The Hoffer Company.
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llaaTh t?r uthorlasd,lh
Winter Resident Dies
In Philadelphia
Horatio G. Lloyd, who owns a wintor
homo on north Lyttloton street,
and also severnl thousand acres of
wooded la ad a cant of Camden, died
at his home in Philadelphia on January
21. Mr. Lloyd' hud boon coming
to Camden for a number of ycara
where ho spent the winter houmous.
The following dispatch from Philadelphia
appeared in the New York
Times of January 22:
Philadelphia, Jan. 21.?Horatio
Gates Lloyd, partner in the Arm of
Droxol & Co. of this city and J. P.
Morgun & Co., of New York, died today
at his home, Allgutes Huvorford,
a. few minutes after he had suffered
a stroke.
At noon Mr. Lloyd, who celebrated
his seventieth birthday a week ago,
called a colleague in the bunking firm
and informed him that lie was not
feeling well and would not be in Ui?
office, lie died an hour and a half
later.
YearH ago Mr. Lloyd won a promt*
nent place in national and international
finance, but to thousands of
underprlv Hedged Philadelphians he
was best known for his work on behalf
of unemployment. He headed
the city's first unemployment-aid body
six years ago.
Mr. Lloyd was born at Middletown,
Delaware, on January 14, 1867, the
son of Horatio Gates and Elizabeth
Newell Lloyd. Ho received his early
education In private schools and was
graduated from the law school of the
University of Pennsylvania with the
degree of Bachelor of Laws In 1887.
He was admitted to the bar the following
year, but never was engaged
in the active practice of law.
In the same year he obtained work
as a clerk In the Philadelphia Trust
Company, and there began one of the
most meteoric rises to a position of
eminence In the world of finance j
achieved by any man of his generation.
He was made assistant secretary!
of the company but left It in 1900 to
become treasurer of the newly incorporated
Commercial Trust Company.
Two years later he was president and
continued in that position until 1910,
when he was invited to become a paty
ner in the old-established Philadelphia
private banking house of Drexel &
Company. |
In 1912 Mr. Lloyd was named a
partner In the Arm of J. P. Morgan
& Co., and subsequently Decame a |
member of Morgan, Grenfell & Co., of
London, and Morgan, Harges & Co.
(now Morgan et Cie) of Paris.
On May 6, 1897, he married Miss
Many Helen Wingate, of Brooklyn,
daughter of General George Wood and
Susan Prudence Wingate. Mrs Lloyd
died at their summer home at Cotuit,
Mass., on September 23, 1934. Two
sons, Horatio Gates Lloyd. Jr., and
Richard Wingate Lloyd, survive.
In the war days of 1917 and 1918
he accepted the chairmanship of the
war chest campaign committee to pr<K
vide funds for the Red Cross and other
agencies. When the campaign was
over, approximately $21,000,000 had
been contributed.
A natural development of his interest
in this work was his association
as one of the founders of the
Welfare Federation of Philadelphia,
now known as the community chest
of Philadelphia and vicinity.
In. November, 1930, when unemployment
here had increased to such an
extent that the private agencies were
swamped, a committee of 100 citizens
was organized to chart ways and
means of meeting the situation, and
Mr. Lloyd was named chairman. A
campaign was launched which, by
early Spring of 1931, had procured $4,000,000
in emergency funds. Serving
without pay, he organized the committee
into an efficient body, which,
up to its dissolution in June, 1932,
operated at a smaller overhead cost
than any similar agency In the United
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Either as chairman of that quasiofficial
body or as a $l-a-year dtroctor
of the Bureau of Unemployment Relief
of the Municipal Department of
Public Welfare, Mr. Lloyd supervised
the disbursement of $14,751,000. Included
In this sum was the original
$4.000,000 secured by public contribution,
$2,000,000 from the state, $5,000,000
set aside from the historic
first united campaign of 1931 and a
$3,000,000 emergency loan negotiated
by the city council.
In June, 1932, when Governor Plnchot
and antagonistic state officials
were haggling over what to do about
unemployment, Mr. Lloyd made public
a letter In which he demanded a
special legislative act to end the uncertainty
that was sure to follow the
exhaustion of the funds provided by
the first act sponsored by the late
Grover C. Talbot, then speaker of the
house. The second Talbot act largely
was a result of the agitation by Mr.
Uoyd and his colleagues.
~ Behind his preoccupation over the
years with welfare activities was Mr.
Lloyd's personal philanthropy. Often
hla gifts were anonymous. They never
were widely heralded if he could
alrold it. One contribution which, because
of its official nature, ho was
unable to conceal followed up his
election as tax collector and treasurer
of hit home townahlp of Haverford, a
position which returned approximately
$15,000 a year in salary nnd feee.
He accepted the Joh ett the condition
that all of ite remunerations ahould
be dlftbmreed in public relief.
-g*|tfore than that he f <mWy en
gaged and paid a committee of export
accountants to analyze the township's
fiscal situation for determination
of future tax-levying policies. An
Immediate result was a reduction in
the tax rate.
He previously had been president
Of the board of township commissionera
from 1912 to 1922, and through
his direct efforts had contributed
largely of its reputation as one of the
loveliest of main line communities.
* Mr. Lloyd's banking connections Imposed.
many activities In Industrial
and utility corporations, and he was
director of numerous such organisations,
Including the General Asphalt
Company, the Philadelphia Electric
Company, the Ball Telephone Company
of Peaasylvanla and the Susquehanna
Power Company.
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ISernard M. Baruch
To Make Address
Charleston, Feb, 4.-?General
Churles 1'. Summerull, president of
The Citadel, bus announced that the
commencement uddress ut thut instiHon
will be made May 29 by llernurd
M. Harueh, of Georgetown und New
York.
Mr. liuruch, a warm personal friend
of General Summerall, la a distinguished
son of South Carolina. A native
of Camden, where he wuh born
August 19, 1870. Mr. liuruch graduated
at the College of the City of
New York, where ho uchieved Phi
Hota Kappa. Educational institutions
which huve conferred honorury degrees
upon him are: Williams College,
Johns Hopkins University, the
College of Charleston, und the University
of South Carolina.
Already a distinguished flguro In
the financial world in 1916 Mr. Harueh
was called upon by President
Woodrow Wilson to serve as a member
of his Advisory Committee on National
Defense. During our participation
in the World war, besides serving
on numerous Important commissions,
he presided as chairman of the
I vitally necessary War Industries
Hoard; and, in 1919, as a member of
the United States' delegation at the
Peace Conference at Versailles,
France, he headed a number of committees
there.
Mr. Haruch's abilities have been
utilized, not only by the Democratic
party, but by the Republican as well;
for President Harding named him a
member of the Agricultural Conference
in 1922.
The United States Government recognized
his outstanding services during
the World war by decorating him
with the Distinguished Service Medal.
He was also honored by Belgium
in being the recipient of the Order
of Leopold, by France in receiving
its Legion of Honor, and by Italy,!
which conferred upon him the order!
of Commander of St. Maurizlo and
Lazzaro.
An internationally known financier,
railway executive, diplomat, statesman
and author, Mr. Baruch Is a loyal
South Carolinian. In his letter to
General Summerall accepting the invitation
to speak at the commencement
exercises at The Citadel, Mr.
Baruch says, in part, "Nothing would
give me more pleasure than to be
present at the ceremonies ... I am
a South Carolinian and at the same
time, an admirer of yours. I know
that the institution under your guidance
has continued in the very important
position it has always held in
the South."
: Kendall Plays Hartsvllle Saturday
The Kendall basket ball team, adding
new players to their tevam in Pop
Moseley, former Camden high school
star, and Funderburk, with four years
of college experience is working hard
this week polishing up their offense
for the strong Hartsville "Black
Hawks," a team composed of former
high school and college players, who
will Invade Camden at the new gym
Saturday, February 6, at 8 p. m.
These two teams have played on
oven terms for the past two years.
.So a good game is expected which
will be refereed by Larry Staley, the
,Camden high school coach. The admission
price will be children 10
cents; adults 20 cents. Meet me at
the game.
Hilton 8tlll Improving
Deputy Sheriff Hollls Hilton who
Is in a Charlotte hospital where his
arm was recently amputated is reported
as doing well and it is expected
that he will be able to return to
Lancaster the fore part of next week.
Stitches were necessary at the place
where the arm was amputated and
when these are removed he will probably
be discharged from the Charlotte
hospital. ? Friday's I^ancaster
News.
The Virginians'
Horse Show
The Third Annual Virginians' Horse!
Show will bo hold at (ho stables of
J. North Fletcher, of Wurrenton, Va.,
and Camden, on Saturday, February j
13, starting at 10 a. in. Mr. Fletcher's
stables are about half a mllo from
tho Springdale Race Course.
There will be sixteen classes for
hunters and two for polo ponies. Tho'
Judges will be Colonel Sloan Douk,
of liuxton, Mil.; Otto Furr, of Middleburg,
Va.; Thomas Hitchcock, of
Wostbury, L. I., and Aikeu; and I)evereaux
Mllburn, West bury, L. I. a
trophy and four ribbons will be
awurded in each class.
All hunters will be shown over the
outside course. The polo pony classes
will be restricted to ponies in,
actual play in the Camden Mid-South
J ournament for the Russell Trophy,
which will be going on before and after
the horse show.
The clusses in their order are:
Rest steeplechase type, model hunters,
mares suitable to produce hunters,
mares suituble to become hunters,
bridle path hucks, open Jumping
class, working hunters, green hunters,
middle and heavyweight hunters,
lightweight hunters, hunters not to
. Jump, light weight polo ponies, mid
! die and heavyweight polo ponies,
ladlos' hunters, handy hunters, pairs
[of hunters, hunt teams, family class.
Probable exhibitors are: Mrs. Carroll
K. Hassett, Far Hills, N. J? and
Warrenton, Va.; Ward C. Belcher,
Lukeville, Conn., and New York City;
F. Ambrose Clark, WeBtbury, L. I.;
Mrs. Lamont Domlnlck, New York;
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. DuBose, Jr.,
Camden; Randolph Ruffey, Middleburg,
Va.; Mrs. Felix duPont, Wilmington,
Del.; J. North Fletcher, Warrenton,
Va.; Mrs. H. Granger Galther,
Westbury, L. I.; Miss Wilhelmine 8
Kirby, Bedford Hills, N. Y.; Harry d!
Klrkover, Geneseo, N. Y.
Also D. Walter Mabee, Saratoga
Springs, N. Y.; Northwood Stable,
Westbury, L. I.; Richard K. Mellon,
Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. Dwlght Partridge,
Great Barrington, Mass., and
Camden; Mrs. Simon Patterson, Pittsburgh,
Pa.; Poplar Lane Farm (Ernest
L Woodward), Le Roy, N. Y.; R.
Watson Pomeroy, Millbrook, N. Y.;
W. B. Rauthrauff, Rumson, N. J,
. Also Mrs. G. Randolph Scott,
Montpelier Station, Virginia; Thomas
H., Somervllle, Montpelier Station,
Va.; Miss Frances Thord-Gray, Greenwich,
Conn.; Mrs. John R. Todd, Summitt,
N. J. i Charles Turner, White
Hall, s. C.; EJdward 8. Voss, Westbury,
L. I.; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Untermyer,
tfew York City; David R
Williams, Tulsa, Okla. and Camden;
Mrs. Robert C. Winmill, Warrenton,
Va. and New York; Mrs. Raymond C
Woolfe, Westfleld, N. J.; j. l. McLean,
Washington, D. C.; Carlton
Eacho, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. David
Stone, Boston, Mass.; Kirkwood Stable,
Camden; Mrs. Taylor Gibson, Mt.
Kisco, N. Y.; Mrs. James E. Ryan,
Unlonville, Pa.; Miss Jane Wilbur,
Warrenton, Va.; Mrs. Charles G.
Knight, Camden; Miss Charlotte Ives
Montgomery, Villa Nova, Pa. and
Fort Bragg, N. C.; Dick Floyd, Warrenton,
Va.; Henry Savage, Jr., Camden;
and others.
The Virginians' Horse Show is run
by a committee consisting of : Randolph
Duffey, J. North Fletcher, Miss
Wilhelmine 8. Kirby, Miss Viola Winmill
and Miss Jane F. Wilbur. Entries
should be made to Miss Wilhelmine
S. Kirby, Camden, S. C., Telephono
663. The lists close at noon
Saturday, February 6. Entry fees are
one dollar, with post entries accepted
at double the stated fee. Parking
spaces, four dollars, with no other admission
charge.
Now In England
Five of the American horses entered
for the Grand National were educated
in Camden. They are: Drinmore
Lad, Battleship, What Have You,
Free Wheeler and Bagatelle. Drinmore
Lad was schooled in Camckm
and won tho Carolina Cup race here
in 1935. War Vessel, owned by Mrs.
G. Randolph Scott, has won three
races in the past month in England.
Artful Dodger owned by F. Ambrose
Clark, has won eight races since go
ing to England. Battleship, also owned
y Mrs. Scott, has won two racea in
England.
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Water*? Baptist Church
Sunday school 10 a. m., J. b. Rob
inaon. superintendent Preaching eer
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Camden Mid-South
Polo Tournament
Beginning on Hunduy, February 7,
Mix polo teams will compete for the
Russell Memorial Trophy in the Camden
Mid South l'olo Tournament.
Camden will enter two teams, the
Camden Ramblers and the Camden
Yellow Jackets. Aiken will send a
team, as will Augusta. Atlanta will
be represented by the Atlanta Horse
Cuurds. Winslon-Hulein and Durham,
N. C., will make up a team between
them.
Play will sturt Sunday afternoon,
February 7, at 11 p. nr., with the lirst
elimination game, which will be followodjon
Monday and Tuesday by the
other two elimination games. Thereafter,
the throo winners will play a
round robin for the trophy, and the
three losers will play a consolation
round robin on Field No. 2. There
will bo no play on Saturday, February
13, due to the Third Annual Virginians'
Horse Show which Is a Camden
fixture for the middle Saturday in
February.
The trophy, a Paul Revere bowl,
made by Kirk, of Baltimore, is the
present of Mrs. Sumuel Russell of
Mlddleton, Conn., and Camden, In
memory of her husband, for many
years an enthusiastic polo player.
Mrs. Russell has also given goblets
for the individuals on the winning
team. A suitable trophy will be provided
for the consolation play.
Camden's two teams will be the
strongest they can muster from residents
and winter visitors. The tournament
is a twelve goal limit, no team
to give more than five goals. Camden
will try to put two twelve goal teams
on the field.
Players now In Camden are: Dick
Floyd, a 5 goal man; R. WatBon Poiueroy,
3 goals; Joe Bates, 2 goals;
Charlie Little, 2 goals; and C. P. DuBose,
Jr., 1 goal. The rest are no
goal men.
1 Persons expected to bolster up the
teams are: Charles Oglesby, Courtney
Burton and LouIb Collier, of The
j Hunting Valley Polo Club, Chagrin
(Falls, Ohio. Captain R. Selway; ratI
ed at 2 goals, United States Air Force,
recently transferred from Kelly Field
I to Fort Bragg, N. C., will stable his
ponies In Camden and drive down for
play.
Lee County Killer
Will Go To Chair
Bishopville, Feb. 2.?A Lee county
Jury lost little time today In condemning
Qeorge McDuffie, young mulatto,
to die in the electric chair for
the confessed ax slaying last December
16 of Mrs. Margie Ann Brown, elderly
widow.
A murder verdict was returned after
36 minutes deliberation, an? Judge
C. C. Featherstone imposed the mandatory
death penalty setting April 9
for the date.
Shortly after the end of the trial.
Solicitor Frank A. McLeod spoke to
the negroes In the courtroom. He
urged that some members of the race
go to Columbia to witness McDuffie's
execution, and then return to tell
others about it. Some of his hearers
told him they were willing to go.
The solicitor said a similar experiment
had "had a good effect on a certain
negro section of Snmter county,"
and he expressed the opinion that "it
would be one of the best things that
could happen to the negroes of Lee
county."
McDuffie received the verdict dooming
him calmly, although he gave
some signs of nervousness. He had
made a confession, officers testified,
shortly after his arrest, admitting that
he killed Mrs. Brewn and had robbed
her of a small sum of money.
Asked by Judge Featherstone If he
had anything to say before the passing
of sentence, the negro answered:
"I have one word to say, I didn't
drag her into the fire. I swear to
that." -s
Officers reported that when Mrs.
Brown's mangled body was found the
head was in the flreplaco where a
i heap of coals was smouldering,
r There was no demonstration from
> the crowd In the courtroom when the
. verdict was announced. All specta- ?
[ tors were directed to remain in their
i J seats until the negro had been taken
back to Jail by officers.
. The trial consumed little more than
a day. Most of yesterday was devot.
ed to the case of the state. The .vsr
w diet was returned at 11:40 this mornI
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I Moth houses of congreoa loot week
_ gave approval to the bill for the ex.
r tension of the leading powers of the