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^JjE-CAMDEN CHRONiriF ' NUMBER 19 Lancaster Paper Tells Of Capture r # \ i The Lancaster News In behalf of Chief H. A- Montgomery wishes to (jauk each officer who had a part In apprehend lug the murderer of Police* I urn Frank Sowell on July 4. This tapture tihows what can be done when aJJceiH cooperate with each other in forking uk hard as these men did on this case. Chief Montgomery tells us that the 0rst clue which they received was , laundry ticket found In the wrecked jn which Smith was riding when lie was being chased by officers Sow* (II and Barton. The ticket was lsiued from the New Way Laundry at Uyrtle Beach, giving the officers the Irst lead. They investigated this and ound that Smith had a cottage called )berry Law. Smith had paid the rent m this cottage up until Wednesday, uly 7, evidently expecting to return 0 Myrtle Beach after his week end rip (which he did). The officers in rder t? keep the cottage vacant so iat Smith could be spotted when he (turned paid the rent for another eek In this cottage they found plcires and other evidence which help1 them in their Bearch. After abandoning Stroupe'a car In orth Carolina It Is not known how mith returned to Myrtle Beach but hen caught he Was driving Dr. hlteaide's car, of York, which he had olen at Myrtle Beach Saturday gbt. July 10, on which Smith had aced a North Carolina license tag. ie car hud been driven 2.000 miles about forty hours during which it is in his possession. Chief Montgomery received the call )m Conway TuesiSay morning about 30 stating that Smith had been capred and left Immediately with iyor F. B. Porter. When they ar* ed they went directly to the jail lere they questioned ' the women o had been arrested at Myrtle ach as companions of the other two aped convicts from the Caledonia son farm who managed to elude the officers. These men are still at large. After questioning these women they went to the hospital to see Smith but were unable to And eut anything at that time. Later Smith admitted that he was the slayer of officer Sowell and gave as his excuse that he could have escaped to the woods before the officers drove up had It not been for the Injured woman with him, whom he had to help. (As ever the old Adam.) !f you recall the editorial by the editor of The Lancaster News under ?e date line of July 9, he stated that w on caught the slayer would prove jo be an escaped convict. We quote: to who the Identity of killer we ?je not informed at this writing, al* ?ugh that fact will probably be nown soon, it l8 probable that when e dentity of the desperado is known e will be found to be an ex-convlct probably one who has escaped r?m thf' custody of state authorities." Smith had escaped from the Cale?j?a prison farm in North Carolina lo, 1937. He was serving ntt nee of from 18 to 24 years on conviction of murder and robbery. e ?as sent up from Halifax and Mi;; counties. Smith wap a native 0f Ml? Fort. Mass. convfUh WaS ?ne ?f 8even lonK term farm CtS e8caped from the prison ki(lnaped two camp officials tbr r a motor,8t- holding the easl? 'tS '108ta?es ?n a wild dash over *rn *s,orth Carolina. Later they the afS?(l 'wo unharmed. Four of fugitives were recaptured within omparatlvely short time,V but the ?r?, Including Smith, remained at rge?Lancaster News. 1 Mr?- Williams Brother Dead fn 11Ie' July 16,?funeral servic*ilie Russell Busbee, Greenlei) hant and former city coun?t in ??re held Saturday morning in o,?COCk at tbe Mack?y mortuary ^ ' cwnviiie. the death of Mr. Bus* burred WTh ?f 1,10688 a?d feMrio llura(lay -afternoon at his His ( ? He Was y^rs of age. Ethor,. |Wife' Mrs> Mary Elisabeth ton, Miig? Busbee? survives with one the f^n68 Busl>??. Greenville, and C J"" ?<">**?". M". J. B. ?1,ve Bu8b??. Mrs. W. B. ^ of rjr a0d Mrs' N- B- Christopher, 0.,n^meOVl,,e; J- M. McClure, Rogers q?' 0a> and Mrs. Archie D. rtb b ' two sisters, Urn. Bmu ' Rock Hill Doctor Assault Victim Dr. It. L. Waddell, of 2t>4 Pendleton street, wus in St. Phillip's hospital! today receiving treatment for severe | bruiBes about the fuee while three | white men were lodged in the city! Jail on charges of assaulting him late last night near his home. The three, urrested about 9 o'clock this morning, are: James Boulware and Luther Brown, of this city, and Henry N. Heyward, of Charleston. Police Chief J. V. Porter stated thby would be charged with ?Hsault and battery with Intent to kill, and would be given hearings some time next week. According to police the assault occurred about 11:30 last night on the corner of Pendleton street and Confederate aveifue as Dr. Waddell was on his way to St. Phillip's hospital following a call to attend Heyward whom he had been treating for an infected foot for the past several days. When he reached the corner, I)r. Waddell told police, the men called to him from the steps of the Clinic Building, and then one of them ran towards him and struck him in the face. The .men fled on the arrival of a visitor at the Waddell home who had heard the noise. Dr. Waddell's injuries are not considered serious.?Saturday s Rock Hill Herald. Marconi Dies Of Heart Disease Rome, July 20.?The Marquis Guglemo Marconi, who invented wireless telegraphy when he was only 21 years old. died sudenly at 3:45 a. m. toay (9:45 p. m., Monday, EST) at the ancient palace In down-town Rome where he lived and worked. The 63-year-pld conqueror of the .ether died quietly of heart paralysis. His widow, the Countess Cirstina Bezzi-Scala, was at his bedside. She had been called back from the seaside resort of Viaregglo when he began to feel 111 yesterday afternoon. Their daughter, Elettra Elena, whose godmother is Queen Elena of Italy, remained at the resort and will not return to Rome until time for the state funeral. Today is her eighth birthday. Premier Mussolini, whose ardent supporter Marconi had been, was notified of the death Immediately. He dispatched a telegram of condolence and later went to Marconi's home in the Via Condotti and paid his respects beside the body. Pope Plus XI, with whom the inventor h$d had a long audience Saturday concerning the new radio station he was building for the Vatican, was notified by telephone at his summer residence at Castel Gondolfo. He sent a special blessing to the inventor. Marconi had been closely associated with the Pontiff. The first radio station at the Vatican was installed by him and when it was inaugurated in 1931 it was Marconi who introduced Pius, the first Pope ever to speak over the radio. ? Despite his feeling of ill health yesterday afternoon Marconi insisted on working on his latest micro-wave experiments. Last Of O'Malley Gang Captured Washington, July 18.?The Federal j Bureau of Investigation announced today the Arrest of Harry Blee, 31, described by the bureau as the last member at large of the O'Malley gang of bank robbers. The fugitive was seized in Los Angeles yesterday by special agents to await removal to Kansas City, Mo., where he was indicted on August 30, 1935, for participation in the $17,000 robbery of the First National bank of Neosho, Mo. Blee was captured without resistance, the bureau said. New Weekly Paper The Herald welcomes to Its exchange list and extends fraternal greetings to the Dillon County- News which made^lts initial appearance Frldg^morning. The editor of The News is T. W, Kvana, of Camden, a recent graduate of the school of journalism of the i University of South Carolina, and the editor-publisher is Lem Winesett, of Loris, formerly of Dillon. The News la in tabloid form and contains eight pages and will ba leaned Thursday afternoons.?Dillon Herald. . ? ?>?> vs.. '-V1*.*- .? VlflllftflBBBfe''' M i I : Court Inn Property Sold To Camden Men A group of Camden business men this week closed a deal for the purchase of the pioneer tourist hotel?-* The Court Inn?the magnificent property bounded on the west by Mill street; on the south by Halle street extension; on the north by roadway leading to Kendall Mills, and on the east by the Southern railway right-ofway. o 1 he main building of the hotel is three stories, with a basement, and contains eighty-three rooms. Aside from the main building there are two cottages on the property. The one east of the hotel contains nine rooms, with all modern conveniences. Another cottage facing north Mill street, contains six rooms with all modern conveniences. The property consists of approximately fifty acres. It has beautiful grounds of shrubbery and hedges and for the past thirty years or more has been the mecca for many tourists from all over the United States and many foreign Countries?notably the nationally known financier, J. Plerpont Morgan, and also the famous Goose Goslln, of the Detroit Tigers, and to the list could be added numerous others who have stopped at this famous hotel. A large portion of the property con? slats of stately pines, a mystic maize, an arched walkway, known as "I^oveis Lane.' All of which has been protected for yearcPand years by wire fencing und, unmolested, has grown to be a veritable bird sanctuary. Birds of every known variety thrive here. It was one of the first Inns to cater to Northern tourists, when Camden had only one railway entering the town?the terminus being at the old Southern depot on east York street. Tourists were first attracted here by Mrs. Callie Perkins, who named the property "Uphton Court." Many years ago the late Caleb Ticknor and son, B. D. Ticknor, acquired the property and made many improvements. The purchasers have not given out any plans for the future of the property, but they are in hopes that this long patronized hotel will be open for another season. The sale of this property was made by C. C. Whltaker, real estate agent. Merphants Bureau To Meet A meeting of the Retail Merchant?' Bureau of the Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce, will be held at the Chamber of Commerce office Monday evening at 8 o'clockThe members of the Retail Merchants Committee are: David Kirschner, chairman; J. D. Zemp, W. F. Nettles, Jr., Gus Belos, Clifton McKain and J. C. Eddings. Baptist Church Services Services at the Camden Baptist church, Sunday, July 25, will be: Sunday school at 10 o'clock, W. G. Wilson, Jr., superintendent; morning worship at 11:15, Dr. Rion McKissick. president of the University of South Carolina, will be in charge of the services. There will be no evening service. To Attend Annual Camp About twenty-five F. F. A. boys from Kershaw county will attend the annual camp at BlulTton this year, according to Huan Small, their teacher. These boys will leave here Monday, July 26, returning one week later. A meeting of the group Is called for Friday, July 23, at the court house at 4 o'clock by Archie Stein and Robert Smith, members In charge of the trip, to work out details of provisioning and finding a cook and transportation for the party. I The P. F. A. maintains three camps In this state for the use of its members?at Bluffton, MurreU's Inlet and Tammasi. At Bluffton the boys will have competitive games with other groups present. Inhere will also be fishing, swimming, boating and educational tours to the many historical po^tp of Interest nearby In South Carolina and Georgia. Assistant Attorney General Jackson told congressional tax investigators In a letter that Mrs. Franklin D. Roose velt "did all that a conscientious taxpayer could do" to assure payment of any taxes that might be due In connection with a broadcasting contract he signed in 1936." Jackson said Mrs Roosevelt had submitted her proposal to the treasury 10 wbethwr proceeds SSfii cb*r,ty' of t#x, or whether the contract was In such form that she should pay % tax. ....J?. \. . J it t \ , It/ '?.?. - Twilight Circuit Cut To Six Teams At u meeting of tlie captains of the1 Twilight league at the bureau of recreation office .Wednesday morning the team personnel of the circuit way cut to hIx teams, by the dropping of the Jenkins Cuba and the Hlue Devils, the former for failure to have a team on the field in two recent scheduled guinea and the latter for failure to post the forfeit money. The teams that will enter on a second hulf schedule with the first game played on Wednesday night between the Wolves and the ltedfearu Motors, with the Merchants meeting the White Sox on Thursday and the Professionals playing the Guards on Friday. The players listed by the various teams for the second half of the schedule are us follows: Esso White Sox?Simpson, Hose, Golf. Thomas, R. Shirley, H. Shirley, C. Juckson, H. Jackson, Hasty, Mays, Watts, Laney, Godwin, King, Davis, Creed, Jenkins and Meyers. Wall Street Wolves?Bruce, F Woolen, Villepigue, Halle, McKain, Z. Clarkson, Staley, C. Kirkland, B Rhame, J. G. Richards, Jr., C. Rhame, J. Nettles, Bill Nettles, E. Wooton, W. Woolen, McLeod and Hay. Professionals?T. B. Bruce, Dr. Funderburk, Dr. Humphries, Dr. Wllliford, Herbert, Ewing, DePass, W. Reeves, Salrnond, McCarty, 11. L. Clyburn, Dajilcls, C. Villepigue, Smith, H. Funderburk, D. Branham, B. Clyburn. Kershaw Guards?P. Sanders, C. Russell, D. T. Holland. N. Holland, L. WeBt, W. Sanders, Itowell, Reeves, Bell. Smith, Jacksou, Connell, Price, Yates, Moore, Slieorn, Plyler. Merchants?Haynes, Williams, Moseley, McDowell, G. Wilson, H. Wilson, Hargrove, Birchmore, Sheheen, Nettles, Beckham, Branham, Pearce, Gregory, Lilly, Nolan. Redfearn Motors?DeLoach, Lightfoot, Babin, Williums, McCoy, Trapp, Guskins. Catoe, B,- Russell, J. Moore, F. Harley, Julian DurnB, H. Clyburn, Broome, G. Sheheen, J. H. McLeod, Jr.. Marvin and Hogue. Beginning next week, two games will be played every Thursday afternoon. the first at 4:30 o'clock and the second at 5:46 o'clock. Mrs. Graham's Father Dead Orangeburg, July 20.?Benjamin A. Duncan, 72, for many years a wellknown resident of Anderson, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Zack Harbuck, on the Cedar Springs road, near Spartanburg, Friday night after a lingering illness. Mr. Duncan was a son of the late Dr. B. A. and Elizabeth Duncan, residents ofr Anderson county. He retired front active business Bonte years rfgo. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Beulah Duncan, Orangeburg; Marion Duncan, New Pork News; 4 daughters, Mrs. F. L. Harrison, Augusta; Mrs. H. E. Graham, Camden; Mrs. H. F. Avinger, Hemingway and Mrs. Zack Harbuck, of Spartanburg; 12 grandchildren and three greatgrand children. Exchange Club Had Ladies Night Ladies night was held by the Exchange club at The Pines on last Friday evening. Around fifty guests assembled for dinner. The out going president, J. Team Gettys was honor guest. M. M. Johnson welcomed the ladies and Mrs. John Gettys responded in a gracious manner. Hon. Alva Lumpkin, of Columbia, made the main address of the evening and his talk was thoroughly enjoyed. After dinner, dancing was enjoyed, the music being furnished by the Palmetto Swingsters, Camden's newly organized orchestra. The next regular meeting of the club will be held at Hotel Camden, Tuesday, July 27. Powerful Plane Ready For Tests Buffalo, N. Y., July 19?What the United States army calls the most potent fighting airplane ever built was ready today for preliminary tests here. A war department announcement, issued in conjunction with the* (Bell) Aircraft Corporation which designed and built the five man ship, kept secret fts speed but declared "this plane can overhaul anything in the air." The racer strikes with six machine guns?"more powerful armament than ever before carried by a fighter"?and it carries small bombs in addition, the announcement said. Revival At DeKalb Revival services will begin at DeKalb Baptist church on Snnday, July 26.' The services will be conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. T. Outen and the ptoblic is most cordially Invited to attend. r - h . s -v* ^ . lamaBffiialfiaa. i ' Former Camden Man Dies At Roanoke Rook Hill, July 17?Henry Cooper I Humes, pioneer druggist of Roanoke, Vtt., died at Ills home ut Roanoke Friday after an illness of several days Death was due to heart dlseuse. Horn of pro-revolutionary stock on his father's plantation near Camden, S. ('., 1859, Mr. Humes was the eldest of the sixteen children of George Washington Humes, who married his second cousin, Surah June Cook, in 1892, he established his own business, which he conducted until his death. February 14, 1894 he married Miss Virginia F. (lakes. lie is survived by his widow and six children, Mrs. Charles Fleming, Laurens; Mrs, J. K. Marshall. Jr., Rock Hill; and Raymond P. Barnes, Richard W. Ramos, Fruncls 11. Humes and Albert 8. Humes, Roanoke; seven brothers und sisters, Mrs. W. J, llawlinson, Rock Hill;. Mrs. Ida Price, Inman; Mrs. J. C. Orr, Ashevyie, N. C.; Mrs. A. C. Goodwin, Greensboro, N, C.; Frank Strut ford Harnes, Greenville; George S. Harnes, Cotez, Flu.; Hampton Harnes, Atlanta, Gu.; and nine grandchildren. HOUSE OF JOSEY HOLD8~ REUNION NEAR BI&HOPVILLE Rlshopville, July 20.?At old Beth-, any Baptist church, eight miles south' west of Bishopvllle, Thursday, July 8, "The House of Josey (Jossey)" lield i its twenlfth annual reunion. This organization of the Josey clan had Its . beginning In the celebration of a .birthday of the family's oldest moin! hers in South Carollnu at that time. The meeting has been permanently i set for the second Thursday in July |and has been attended by as many as jtwo hundred or more persons, coming 1 from various statOB to enjoy a day of fraterpal festivity. ! The 1937 reunion was a successful and enjoyable occasion. The South Carolina members were in the majority, but North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee and Massachusetts were also represented. Each year an attractive program of addresses, memorial exercises and devotlonals is carried out. This is foli lowed by a picnic lunch and Bocial i hour. Officers for the ensuing year are: L. F. Josey, St. Charles, S. C., president; L. F. Baker, Keystone Heights, Fla., vi.ce president; Mrs. T. B. White, Camden, S. C., historian; Mrs. C. W. Josey, Bishopvllle, S. C., secretary and treasurer. Camden Has Band Camden has a band. A real honestto-goodness band that is 'bound to grow better and better with age. The Palmetto Swlngsters Is the name of this new organization and out ! of a chaos of noise that for months | has been emanating from the confines j of American Legion hall, has grown I a swing gang. Hero they are folks | from right to left?Maestro and Ivory | puncher. Ellhu Schlosburg; guitarist, L. S. Mayer; clarinet, Johnny Mullen; trombone and bass fiddle slapper, George Rhame; drum, "Bo" Zemp; sax, Ned Beard; trumpets, Nick Gettys, Woodrow 8anders;, violin, Fred Sheheen; cornet, Douglas Wooten. Only One Acre Burned Hanger W. C. Perry reports that one fire, burning one acre, occurred in Kershaw county during the week ending Thursday, July 15. The Ranger urges that citizens of Kershaw county take every necessary precaution to prevent the occurrence of woods fires, as it is at this time of the year that they do the most damage. Die# From Injuries Dan Snipes, age 45 years, resident of Angelus, Chesterfield county, died at the Camden hospital Monday, at 1:10 a. m., as the result of injuries sustained In a collision between two trucks on Highway No. 1 near DnBose Park, Saturday evening. Snipes was engaged in farming near Angelus. He leaves a wife. Funeral services were held at the Fork Creek Baptist church, Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Bethesda Presbyterian Church Sunday, July 26, A. Douglas McArn pastor. Church school for all agei ' at 10 a. m.; morning worship witl sermon at 11:16; young people's res I per Berries at 6:80 p. m. The publh I Is cordially invited to all serrloee U this church. . - ' .. . , - Blanket Count Now Under Way < Kspt^-iAlly Prepared For The Camdou Chronicle) A truffle wtudy which completely covers every rural road In Kershaw county i? now in progress, under the mpervlslon of the Highway Planning Survey W. (). Gallutly is directing the study in this county. Hocuuho this traffic study ho completely .covers the entire county, the survey officlalH have called it a "blanket" count. To carry on the "blanket" count, men are placed at intersections on rural roads to count passing traffic und for the purpose of asking each traveler where he Is coming from, where he Is going, und other questions relating to driving habits. At the end of the study, ttraffic on every road In Kerhsaw county will have been accurately counted or estimated. A survey of trufTlc on the state highway system began in February and wijl continue until next yeur. The work Is a part of the Planning Survey's program to make a complete and comprehensive Btudy of South Carolina traffic needs. It is being supported by the Federal Uureau of Public Roads, which Is now conducting a study In 44 states. The Highwuy Planning Survey officials ure requesting the cooperation of every motorist In supplying answers to the quest ions asked them. The more accurate the answers are, the officials point out, the more useful the gathered data will he. i Once every month for the next year, the survey will send a party back into Kershaw county to record variations In traffic. On the basis of the count now In progress, adjustments for every month In the year can bo made. The federal government wants to get as much Information as possible ubout any road serves the rural population In any way?the road to town, to market, to church, to some place of recreation, or any place of Bervice ,or pleasure to neighboring inhabitants. The government is going to use the Information gathered by the survey to ' select those roads which serve the greatest usefulness and Improve them first. 1 he only way to decide between the Importance of these roads is by this "blanket" count of rural roads ' traffic. Mrs. Ottle Clarke Dies Funeral services for Mrs. Ottle Taylor Clarke, 36, of 2226 Logan Terrace* who died at 1 o'clock Tuesday morning at the Columbia hospital after an ; illness of six weeks, were conducted at 10 o clock Wedmesday morning from the Thompson funeral home by i the Rev. John H. Webb, pastor of the I First Baptist church. Interment was j in Antioch Baptist churchyard,' near Camden. Mrs. Clarke was a member of An. tioch church and had made her home in Columbia since 1920. j Surviving are one daughter, Miss j Dorothy Mae Clarke, of Columbia; her father, R. A. Taylor, of Camden, and Columbia; two sisters, Mrs. Bertie Iaylor Estes, of Wlnnsboro, and Mrs. Ullle Mae Darby, of Columbia, and one brother, Lemuel A. Taylor, of Florida.?Thursday's State. rv ? Six Convicted In Birth Control Case Salem, Mass., July 10.?Three women, a doctor, a nurse and the wife of a physician, were convicted today of disseminating Information on birth 'control and fined $100 each. They appealed. District Judge George B. Sears handed down the decision against Dr. Lucille Lord-Heinstetn, of Salem, Mrs. Flora Rand, Brookllne, the nurse, and Mrs. Carolyn P. Gardner, of Salem. The charges arose from a police seizure of alleged contraceptives at a mother's health ofTice. In ruling that the health office was operating Illegally Judge Sears said: "As long; as the statute continues 1 In force*! see nothing but that the practice (of birth control) is Illegal." 1 During the hearing, which ended a week ago, Mrs. Gardner testified 70 patients had been treated at the office prl^>r to the raid. Several phy, slclans also testified it was "good i medical practice'' to prescribe contrat ceptives. * ^ k The judge expressed belief the d*> 3 fendants didn't .think they were doing i wrong but that they felt they were b.lpln, humanity. ' V - V