The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 23, 1937, Image 1
^JjE-CAMDEN CHRONiriF
' NUMBER 19
Lancaster Paper
Tells Of Capture
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. '
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