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NUMBER 18
Sowell Slayer Has ,
Been Arrested
S ronway, July 13.?Ueut. Leo JeuktjTot
ii?? south <-'aro,lnft Hi?bway
announced today that a man
1 t identified as Robert ?. Smith, ee*?ed
North Carolina convict, had
[w!n arreBted in ppnnection with the
iJLih of July slaying of Policeman
? Frank Sowell, at Lancaster.
If jenkine Bald Hmlth had not adu,it*
L4 killing the Lancaster officer but
Lid not deny it.
[ fbe prisoner's fingerprint* tallied
,1th thoBe found on the stolen autoMobile
in which Sowell's slayer and
- red.haired woman fled from the
of the shooting, reported Jenk\
|n? who is identification officer of the
; gtate patrol.
I gmith was arrested in Georgetown
[ early today after three car loads of
Horry county officers and state patrolS
Ben had chased him from Myrtle
peach where he was flushed at a tourist
camp about 1 a. m.
I Although the pursuing officers
poured a fusillade of gunfire at his
r fleemg uutomoblle every time they
came within range, 'smith escaped
bullet wounds. He suffered a broken
knee and possibly internal injuries
when he wrecked his car on Highmarket
street in Georgetown.
Lieut. G. C. Kinsey, of the patrol,
said the fugitive aftempted to cover j
ihe officers with a pistol but was too
weak.
Kinsey, Patrolman Pat Hilton and
Deputy Sheriff H. B. Hardwick, of j
Horry, arrested Smith and brought
him to a hospital here.
Sheriff W. E. Sessions., said Beven
other persons, Including a number of
women, had been arrested at the tour-1
ist tamp where Smith had been staying
but he did not believe the redhaired
woman reported to have been
present at the Lancaster slaying was
in the group.
Lieut. Jenkins said an investigation
was being made to determine whether
tny of the seven b^d any connection
with Smith.
Robert S. Smith, who was serving
IS to 24 years for murder and robbery
in NVayne county, was one of
seven long term convicts who escaped
February 15 from the North Carolina
prison farm at Caledonia in Halifax
county.
They kidnaped two camp officials
and later a motorist, holding the three
as hostages on a wild dash over Eastern
North Carolina. Later they released
the trio unharmed. Four of
the fugitives were recaptured within (
a comparatively short time, but the
others, including Smith, rdfcained at j
large.
Sowell was sprayed with shotgun
slugs when he approached a car which
bad beui wrecked near Lancaster af-j
ter he and another officer had chased
It for a mile. A man and woman came
from the wreckage, and after the former
had shot the officer down, they
seized an automobile from C. H.,
Stroupe, of Charlotte, and escaped.
Stroupe's car was found late last
week near Columbus hi the western
Part of North Carolina.
bungalow being erected for
forester near tower site
w. C. Perry, Kershaw County Ranger.
reports that Towerman J. M. Gett>8.
will soon be able to occupy the
five room bungalow that Is being con- j
strutted on the Camden tower site. J
0'her buildings being constructed on
'he ten acre site donated the South 1
,r>-s by the late R. W. Lloyd, of Camden,
and Haverfoyd, Pennsylvania, include
a bam, chicken house and a
;Sffioke house.
Buildings on the Camden tower site
are being constructed by CCC enrollees
from the camp near Pontiac.
That portion of the ten acre tract
hot occupied by bulldlngB and the one
hundred foot steel forest fire tower
will be available to the towerman as
farm land on which to grow foodstuffs
for home use.
f Don completion of the' Camden
tower unit work will commence on
the buildings to be constructed on the
,en acre tower site at Liberty Hill,
deeded the South Carolina Commis'l?n
of Forestry by R. C. Jones.
First Baptist Church Services
The First Baptist church servioes
0r 8unday, July ir will be as fol*
Sund*y school at 10 a. m., with
G. Wilson, Jr., superintendent, in
charge. in absence of the panfor,
Rev. j. B Caston, * minister mm
Columbia will preach at 11:16 a. m.
? 8:30 p. m. Prayer service at
7 S0 p. m. Wednesday. . . .
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Join Life Saving
Unit Of Red Cross
s
Are you interested in knowing how
to save a person who bus been taken
from the water in an apparently lifelean
condition, or haa auffered from
electric shock, or perhapa from aome
other accident In which the reapiratory
organs are affected?
If ao, reglater your name at the
Chamber of Commerce and Join the
big group who will become a life aaving
unit of the lied CroHs here.
With the purchase of an iuhalatori
by the city for life aaving purposes,
a Woup of intereated citizens have
taken atepa to have a claaa of men,
women, boy8 and girla organized to
receive inatructiona, not only in the
operation of thiB machine, but in general,
the art of 8aving Uvea.
Camden boasts, of a number of fullfledged
experts in life aaving, many
of them being lied Croaa examiners.
Among those who are intereated in
the project now under way are Grayson
Shaw, Dr. Andrew Whitaker, Walter
Rhame, Bobby Marye, Robert
Rhame, Bill Nettles and others. There
are undoubtedly many whose names
are unknown to the group and their
cooperation is earnestly desired.
It is hoped to interest quite a number,
of boys and girls in the ten day
Instruction class, and it is this group
that are "being asked to register at
the chamber of commerce.
So if you want to become a Red
Cross life saver, register either in person
or by phone. Later the chamber
will advise all those interested when
the classes will be held.
Mother Loses
Son's Custody
Charleston, W. Va., July 8.?B. M.
Lee left here today for his Fort Mill,
S. C., home, taking with him nineyear
old Richmond H. Hilton whose
custody has been Involved in litigation
off and on for almost four years. I
The boy and his mother, Mrs. Vir-1
ginia Evans Hertford, were detained
by police here upon a request from
Sheriff J. H. Coker, of Darlington, S.
C., who informed local officers he had
a bench warrant for Mrs. Hertford's
arrest.
She was released after she agreed
to surrender custody of the child to
Lee, in whose care the boy was placed
by his father, a one-time State Commander
of the American Legion who
drowned near Columbia four years
ago.
Mrs. Hertford won custody of her
son by a court order late in 1936.
She was cited for contempt recently
by Judge E. C. Dennis upon a showing
that she had not complied with a
court provision by which Lee was given
possession of the child for the
month of July.
Judge Dennis Issued the bench warrant
upon the contempt charge.
No officers accompanied Lee to
Charleston from his home.
TWO YOUNG CAMDEN PEOPLE
INTERVIEWED MISS EARHART
Miss Betty Carrison and Ben Heath,
identified in apprentice roles with the
Camden Chamber of Commerce, have
been watching the search for Amelia
Earhart and ocmpanion flyer, Bert
Noonan, with more than ordinary interest.
These young people, Miss Carrison,
one of Camden's attractive girls, and
Heath, a Marquette University student,
of Milwaukee, each had the privilege
of interviewing the famous aviatrix,
for student publication purposes.
Miss Carrison interviewed Miss
Earhart, "back stage", when the aviatrix
visited IVlnthrop College on a
lecture tour in 1936. Miss Carrison
was a senior at Winthrop at that
time.
- Mr. Heath experienced the same
pleasure in talking with the flyer
when he was editor of "Graveret
Weekly" at the Marquette, Michigan,
high school.
Miss Carrison is now doing part
time work in the office of Secertary
Heath of the Chamber of Commerce.
Ben is also contributing to the progress
of the civic organization while
spending the summer vacation with
his father and mother.
Waters* Baptist 'Church
Services announced for next Lord's
day are as follows: Sunday school,
with J. E. Robinson, superintendent.
In charge, at 10 a. m.; preaching each
Sunday evening at 8 p. m. The subject
for next Lord's day will be: The
Pish That Qare the Lord an Ottering.**
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Camden Man
Patents Ink Well
A fountain ink well patented by E.
P. Truesdale, Broad street, thiB city,
will be manufactured and sold by one
of the leading pen and ink manufacturing
industries of the world.
Mr. Truesdale's ink well was granted
letters of patent on July 6 of this
year and in the interval he has already
received letters and telegrams
from the leading pen and ink industries
of the United State. Each of
the manufacturers expresses a profound
interest in the Truesdale article
and pronounce it to be the most
outstanding invention of this kind in j
the history of the industry. All of
them have expressed a desire to manufacture
the ink well and also look
after its sale. Mr. Truesdale has received
some flattering ofTers, both for
the out-right purchase of his patent
and alBo for the manufacture and disposal
of same on a royalty basis.
The invention relates to an ink well j
of the fountain type and one object |
is to provide the ink well with type |
of receiving well or pocket into which
ink forms from a reservoir formed
by the body of the wall. The receiving
pocket being provided with an
entrance so constructed that while the
pen will be Inserted and removed
therefrom. The penholder is limited
in its inward movement and prevented
from being covered with ink by
being inserted too far in the entrance
of the ink receiving pocket.
The ink well is so constructed that]
ink can not be spilled from it, even
I though it be overturned. It is also
Absolutely dust proof. j
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j-yV Elflhty-Nlne Pass Tests
Eighty-nine young ladies appeared
befor^' t^e state board of examiners
to qualify as registered nurses In |
South Carolina. - Among those qualifying
from Camden were Ruby Elizabeth
Marshall and Alynd~'JV. Wannamaker,
both'of whom graduated from
I the Camden hospital.
8inging Convention To Meet
The Lee County Singing convention
will meet in its 148th session on Sunday,
July 18, at 2:30 p. m., with Antioch
Baptist church, situated 8 1-2
miles east of Camden, on the.Blshopvllle
highway No. 34. A cordial - invitation
to all singers and a warm welcome
to all.?L. A. Moore, President
Cottage Destroyed
A Ave room cottage located on
north Campbell street, near the Camden
Floral Company's greenhouses,
wee almost completely destroyed by
re last Friday night It was the
property of Peter Baikin, colored.
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Ijlonor Comes To
Camden Physician
Dr. Carl A. West, recently named
as a member of the State Board of
Medical Examiners met with the other
members of the board at the Isle of
Palms, where they passed upon fortytwo
applicants to practice medicine
and surgery In South Carolina.
This Is a distinct honor coming to
this popular Camden physician and
his- friends here are proud of this
recognition.
The only applicant from this county
I was Miss Evelyn J. Gettys, of Lugoff,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Gettys.
She has gone to Bay City, Michigan,
where she will serve her internship
at Mercy hospital, In that city. She
was a recent graduate of Charleston
Medical college.
Mrs. Bramlett Dies At Bishopvllle
Bishopvllle, July 10.?Mrs. C. S.
i Bramlett, 76 years, died last Sunday:
morning at a Florence hospital after
one week's illness. She had been in
declining health for several years, but
her death came as a distinct shock
to her host of friends and relatives
at Bishopvllle.
i Janie Vermeil Barnes was the
daughter of Simpson F. and Eliza
Skinner Barnes. She was first marlied
to Benjamin Kelley and of that
union a son and a daughter, S. H.
Kelley, Lamar, and Mrs. Mary Boykin,
Camden, survive.
She was latert married to C. S.
Bramlett, who with two daughters,
Mrs. J. A. Luther of Raleigh, N. C.,
and Mrs. James Bradham, of Oswego,
survive, with two grandchildren, Heyward
Elmore of Bishopvllle, and Mrs.
Elma Wheeler of Columbia, whom she
reared in her home.
Mrs. Bramlett was a member of
Bethlehem -Methodist church, Bishopvllle.
The funeral and interment were at
Piedmont cemetery, conducted by her
pastor, the Rev. L. L. Bedenbaugh,
assisted by the Rev. R. Bryce Herbert,
Camden, and the Rev. Mr. Pope, Oswego.
Nine Year Old Boy Dies .
Friends of Mr. and Mgal B. H.
Hayes, of West Wateree, will be
grieved to learn of the death of their
son, Frank, nine yearo old. He was
sick only a short time, passing away
at his home Wednesday morning. Besides
his parents he Is survived by
two sister^^ * Funeral
services were conducted or
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, ai
ISprlngvale cemetery, in charge oi
Rev. B. 8. Broom, of Kershatr.
I The temperature at the North Pol*
on Wednesday was slightly above t?<
freezing point.
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Making An Apeal
For Scenic Pictures
'I hi' chamber of Commerce 1h making
an appeal to Camden people who
have Interesting scenic pictured tuk
en in and around Camden to bring
them to the chamber of commerce office
In order that they may be utilized
in the Issuance of an attractive new.
booklet that the chamber of commerce
1? planning on iaauing within the next
few months.
'1 lie secretary is now preparing the
text material for the booklet and is
anxious to secure as many attractive
pictures us he can use in portraying
the beauties of Camden to the nation?
These booklets will be distributed
from every large tourist bureau In the
country and will also be placed at
points of advantage in hotels, bus stations.
railroad stations, and the like.
Believing in the theory that actual
scenes in and around Camden will
convey more information to the publio
than an extended use of words, the
secretary wants to muke the new
booklet a picture gullery.
Any Camden residents who huvo
pictures that they believe will add
beauty and information to the booklet,
are requested to bring same to
the chamber of commerce office. Mr.
Heath wishes to emphasize the need
of quick action in the matter as the
copy and pictures for the booklet
must be turned over to the printers
in time to be available for distribution
in the fall.
Camden Won
Over Great Falls
Juck Nettles and ClarkBon Rhame
debuted as baseball magnates last
Thursday and pfiloted their Camden
youngsters to a 6 to 4 win over the
Great Falls aggregation,
Nettles and Rhame mapped out a
complete new strategy for the team,
.even to switching the batting order
I about In a bewildering way. The
plan worked and the boys played a|
fairly good game to delight a Braall'
crowd of loyalists who wended their
way to the park to watch the rejuvenating
process.
The game opened with a vista reminiscent
of slow motion pictures but
under the wand of the two raaestros,
the players seemed to snap out of
their legarthy and began to play fast
heady ball. In the fourth Inning Camden
took the load by a one run margin.
In the fifth another run was added
and two more were chalked up in
the sixth. The fifth and last run came
in the eighth. ? i
The visitors showed some offensive
strengthen the Bixth when three runs
counted. A fourth and last run was
added In the seventh.
The score R H E
Camden B 8 B
Great Falls ! 4 B 4
Batteries?Camden: Williams and
McLaurin; Great Falls, Cooper and
Hodge.
Home Coming At Bethany
The annual home coming day will
be observed at Bethany, Tillers, Methodist
church Sunday, July 25. You
are cordially Invited to attend. Bring
lunch and enjoy dinner with your old
friends.
LITTLE GREEHT BABY~|N
CHRI8TENING CEREMONY
Sunday, July 11, was a great day in
the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Ous U. Beleos,
Mill street, this city?a greater
day by far than on November, 1936,
when the stork visited their home and
left a beautiful baby girl.
For on Sunday little Miss PanlgJsta
Beleos, age almost eight months, was
the central figure in the Inspiring
christening ceremony of the Eastern
Orthodox church. Rev Ag Papastaniontain,
of Charlotte, conducted the
christening and the - Baptismal rites
were conferred by George N. Beleos,
an uncle of the little child, from Akron,
Ohio.
Nearly two hundred friends of the
Beleos family, coming from ' five
states, gathered in Camden to attend
the christening. Host Gus Beleos and
his charming wife had left nothlnfl
undone that would contribute to the
success of the affair. In consequence
, there was plenty to eat and plenty oi
i refreshments available?the visitln*
relatives and friends being served un
, der the trees of the back lawn of th<
Beleos homestead on Mill street,
i From early Sunday morning until i
f ? Monday morning dm merry
making con tinned. Lights bad beei
installed in the back yard for the o<
i cation. The christening ceremou
took place at ? p. m.
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County Fair To Be
Held Oetober 11 to 16
Fun will be rampant, thrills In plen
?y and amusement at high pitch during
the period from October 11 to 16
Inclusive, when the Kershaw county
fair la In progress ut the fulr grounds
In this city.
The 'Oryatul Exposition ahowa. rated
hh one having a clean nbldway. will
offer the fun and merriment to the
fair visitors. Chairman Dewey Creed
of the County Fair association today
annouuced that a contract had been
entered Into with this show.
The carnival has ten rides and nine
high cJuhh shows and thirty concessions.
One of the rides, features the
famous Octopus which Is aald to pro
vide u thrill every Becond.
The fulr this year promises to be
outstanding In the history of the county
not only for the excellent curnival
shows, but alao for the promised exhibits.
There will be something doing every
minute of the morning, afternoon
and evening every day of the fair.
The evenings In particular will bo
long remembered as there will bo
Home high cluss grandstand acts and
ulso an exciting display of fireworks.
The Crystal Exposition shows ure
traveling with their own train, which
In Itself, Is a guarantee of their size
and excellence.
Baby Killed When
Run Over By Auto
A sad accident occurred late Tuesday
afternoon when the Infant daughter
of Glenn Hawkins was run over
by the father as he was backing out
of his yard with his automobile. The
machine! ran over the neck and chest
of the little one and the child was
rushed to the Lancaster hospital hut
the baby breathed its last as they
brought It to this place. The neck
and chest was crushed by the mar
chine. The child was two years of
age and was named Peggy Sue.
j This baby was the only child of
Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins who are u
young couple living on 11th street in
j the mill village. Their friends extend
| their heartfelt sympathy to them In
their bereavement. o
j Coroner W. V. Hegler was notified
of the tragedy but it was not necessary
to hold an Inquest as the facts
In the case were plain.?Lancaster
News.
8ervlnfl On 8oclat Board
Those serving on the board for the
.Social Securtty and Old Age Tensions
ror Kershaw county are: N. S. Richards,
chairman; D. T. Yarborough,
vice chairman; Mrs. Margaret C. MayI
field, secretary; Miss Sara Crawford
administrator.
Blanks for filing applications have
not yet been received by the board
I but as soon as they arrive the public
I will be informed through the columns
i of this paper. <
| We quote a paragraph from the Social
Security program:
"The law does not provide for old;age
pensions, it provides for 'asslsI
tance to aged persons In need,' and
Ver* defln,te,y 8etS out ^U8t who ,B
eligible to receive assistance. Broadly
speaking, only those over 66 who
are without Income, or who have lm
comes so small that, when added to
contributions from relatives or from
any other source, the total is inadequate
to provide a reasonable subsistence,
may receive assistance."
Methodist Church 8ervice?
Services announced by Rev. R
Bryce Herbert for the Lyttleton
Street Methodist church for Sunday
July 18, will be: 8unday school, 10
a. m.; morning worship, 11:15; evening
worship, 8:30 p. m. The public
is cordially invited to thefte services.
Church Working At Bethany
The regular working of the cemetery
and church yard at Bethany,
Tiller's, Methodist church will be held
1 Friday, Jbly 23. We need your help.
> Dssth Of Miss Blyther
Miss Victoria Blyther, 83, died Fri'
morning, July 2, at her home near
; BishopvlUe. Funeral services were
- held 8unday morning at 10 o'clock at
> Antloch Baptist church near Camden.
Miss Blyther Is survived by one
2 brother, T. B. Blyther of near Cam'*
den, and the following sisters: Miss
a Nannie Blyther, Mrs. V. M. Pate, Mrs..
s ? p Ford, tfl of BtshopvWe, and
f Mrs. C. M. Boykfta, at MayesviH*Binhopvllie
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NEW SEABOARD STATION !
TO BE MODERNLY EQUIPPED
Natural Park Beautifully Landscaped Will Form a
Background for Handsome Structure?All 'Details
Completed and Work to Commence
at Early Date?Completed Dec. I st. |
A colonial design Seaboard Air Una
railway passenger station of Virginia
brick, a track umbrella 400 feet long,
artiatically landscaped station grounds
net in a natural park extending a mile
along United States highway No. 1
and the Chesnut Ferry road, comprising
a building and landscape project
for immediate construction, featured
an announcement today from the
office of the Camden chamber of commerce.
Ernest L. Woodward, Leroy, N. Y.,
capitalist and a winter resident of
Camden, purchased 80 acres of property
adjacent to the right of way of
the Seaboard tracks and east of United
States highway No. 1, near the
Camden city limits. ThiB acreage with
the exception of one and a quarter
acres has been deeded to the city for
park purposes. The one aad a quarter
acres is deeded to tli6 Seaboard
and will be the site of the handsome
new passenger station, which will be
a replica of the one at Williamsburg,
Va. It will be modern in every respect
with slate roof and hot water
heating plant. Extending along the
track 200 feet each way from the depot
will be a slate covered umbrella,
protection for passengers getting on
and off trains.
All details relative to state and federal
permits have been taken care
of and bids for the new station will
be opened and contract for construction
will be awarded July 12. The station
will be completed and in use by
December 1.
The city of Camden is to install
water and light facilities and the
county will construct a road front
United States highway No. 1 to the
new atation, which will be about 500
feet north of the No. 1 highwuy. Thla
entrance to the atation grounda will
be JuBt east of the concrete overhead
on the highway.
The property deeded to the city will
be developed into a natural park, it
being planned to inaugurate a reforeatation
program in connection with
the area.
North of the Seaboard tracks the
area, purchased from the George T.
Little estate will eventually, it is reported,
be made into one of the finest
polo fields in the South and a fitting
background for the polo program offered
in Camden during the winter
sports season, which also can be utilized
for a modern ball park.
The present passenger station of
the Seaboard, located at the end of
Chesnut street, will be dismantled.
The new location takes the station
away from the curve and grade that
made the stopping ana starting of
long trains an arduous and expensive
task.
The new station is also convenient
to the new $500,000 schooling and racing
track nearing completion by Mrs.
Marion duPont Scott.
The station and park landscaping
program was made possible by the
efforts of a group of Camden business
and professional men in cooperation
with the Seaboard railway and the
generosity of Ernest L. Woodward, j
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