The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 01, 1937, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
f Robert Lathan Is 1
Claimed By Death ,
AKhevllle, N. O, Sept.
Lathan, 66, editor of The Asheyl
Citizen and took tt prominent civic
leader, (H?d !?"* ot H <*rwbrlU:
hemorrhage. ,?.>u
Known widely as one of the Souths
outstanding editors, lathan wou the
conveted Pulitzer prize for an editor.
jaj -The Plight of the South Polltka Jy
written In 1934 when he was edl-1
to'r of the Charleston. 8. C, News
Hnnn?r,dy will bo sent to IJurltoK-j
ton. former home of Mrs Lathat^ftgL
burial Wednesday morning. i
liefore his connection with I he
News and Courier, Lathan ??rv?d on
the staff of The State, at Columbia.
For a short period he was a federal
court stenographer while studying
^Ooing to Charleston In 1906, he acted
as city editor, telegraph ed tor,
state news editor, managing editor
and chief editorial writer. In 1910,
when he was only 29 years old. he
became general manager of the paper,
a post he held until 1927 when
he came to Ashevillc as editor of The
Citizen.
Shortly after accepting the position
here he went to Kurope as a member
of a party of twenty-four editors from
twenty-four states who visited eight
countries on the continent under the
auspices of the Carnegie Endowment
for international peace.
I .at ha n was horn in ^ork, S.
May .r> 18X1. lie was the son of the
Ilev. Robert Lathan. ft minister of the
Associated Reformed Preabytei lan
church. After obtaining public school
education, he became a school teacher
for Hhort time but soon turned to
the newspaper field.
He Is survived by his widow.
Professor Philip Van Nese My<.is,
91. uoted historian of Cincinnati, O.,
1b dead.
STATE THEATRE
KERSHAW, S. C.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1
"EASY LIVING"
With Jean Arthur Edward Arnald
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2
"THE CALIFORNIAN"
With Rlcardo Cortez
SATURDAY, -OCTOBER^ ^
Late Show?10:30
"A NIGHT OF MYSTERY"
With Rosco Kama Grant Richards
MONDAY and TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 4 and 5
"THE PRINCE and
THE PAUPER"
With Errol Flynn-Claude Rains
WEDNESDAY and
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 6 and 7
"THE SHEIK STEPS OUT"
With Ramon Novarro
Admission: Mstlnes and Night 2bo.
Children 10o.
Superior Service
Station
KERSHAW, S. C.
GAS?Oil. ACCESSORIES
Washing, Polishing and
Greasing a specialty
PHONE 14
Expert Auto Body
Rebuilding
and
Painting
DEPARTMENT
Burns Chevrolet
Company
KERSHAW, S. C.
COOK and LOVE I
Heavy & Fancy Groceries I
Fertilizers ? Cursd Meats
Farm Implements
KERSHAW, S. C.
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KbERSHAH; ,T 1
MISS WELCH CARSON, Representative
Copy for theie column* must bo In tho hand* of tho correspondent
not. Inter th?n Wednesday- morning to Insure publication In cur*
rent week'a l**ue. a
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KEHSHAW PER80NAL MENTION
Mrs. Luroy illddlehuber and daughter,
Jucqiiolyti, of Churlostoii, are the
guests of Mrs Riddlehuber's purunts,
Mr. and Mrs. C. J Sou well.
Mih. Jauieb Cursou and MIan Wulrth
T'airton left Saturday , for a vlult to
\w York city, they were Joined In
liieeiirtboro, N. l?y MIhh Nancy
Deinprtter, formerly of Camden, but
now of Asheboro, N. C., who accompanied
them on the trip.
Dr. UoorKe Hoik und fumlly, of Ghbtonla,
N. C., were vlBltoro In Kershato,
on Sunday.
Mr. and Mra. W. A. Shaw attended
the wedding of their uou, Ariel, to
Miss Mildred Blackmon, in Lancaster,'
on Tuesday. J
Miss Charlotte Ann Shaw left Tues-1
day for Kosehoro, N. C.. where she j
will take up her duties as a teacher
in the public schools of that city. {
Miss Mamie Kothrock and K. D.'
lirunson visited Mr. Bruuson's mother,
who Ih under treatment in a Charleston
hospital, on Sunday.
E. D. lirunson was a visitor to
Heath Springs Friday.
Mr. and Mrs, John T. Stevens have
returned home after spending the
summer in Ashevllle, N. C.
Mrs. B. D. McDonald bus returned
from Orangeburg, where she visited
her parents, Mr. und Mrs. J. T. Fowler.
She wuh accompanied home by i
her sister, Mrs. Opal Cohen, of Ml
ami, Florida, who will spend a while
Willi her.
James McDowell has returned home j
from .Myrtle Beach where ho spent 1
the summer. I
Mirts Harriet 1a>o Trueedale spent i
the week end at home with her parents.
Mr. und Mrs. 11. J. '1 ruesdale.
Blackmon?8haw
Miss Mildred Elizabeth Blackmon j
and William Ariel Shaw, Jr., wore 1
united in matrimony September 21, at j
high noon. The ceremony was at the I
home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Margaret
C. Blackmon. and the services
were conducted by the Rev. P. L.
Batik night. The bride wore a lovely
suit of tmvy blue and carried an arm
bouquet of culla llilea. Mr. and Mrs.
Shaw left immediately after the ceremony
for a wedding trip in the south. I
Mrs. Shuw attended Queens-Chicora j
college In Charlotte and Wlnthrop I
college In Rock Hill Upon returning 1
from their wedding trip, they wiii reside
in Kershaw in their newly completed
home.
Smith Given Life j
Sentence For Slaying;
Smith, escaped North Carolina con-J
vlet, faced a sentence of life impris-'
onment today after a jury convicted!
him of murdering Policeman B. Frank
Sowell near here July 4 und recommended
mercy.
A life sentence wty^ mandatory un-j
der the verdict. The prisoner, under
heavy guard, was quickly whisked to
the state penitentiary at Columbia
Inst night after the Jury returned its
verdict at 10 p. m. The Jury deliberated
two iiours and a half.
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Smith, before being sentenced made
this statement to Judge G. B. Green:
"I have nothing to say except that I
have been fairly treated, and I wish
to thank the court." The defense did
not offer any testimony to disprove
the Btate's contention the ofTlcer was
shot down In cold blood.
Sowell was shot after he and another
ofTlcer chased a suspicious automobile
eight miles out of Lancaster.
The car was wrecked, and as
the officer approached the machine
he was felled by the load of a sawed
off shotgun.
The killer and a red-haired woman
companion, never apprehended, held
up a passing motorist and escaped In
his car. A few weeks later Smith
was captured after a chase by officers
near Georgetown.
The state's chief witness was Lieut.'
Leo Jen ki$V identification officer of
the State Highway patrol, who testified
that Smith told him that he slew
(he officer.
Jenkins quoted the defendant as
telling him that the l^ancaster officer
came upon him and his woman com
panion while they were kissing and
that he warned the officer to leave
them, that he was "hot" and couldn't
afford to be questioned.
Tho defendant was quoted as saying
the officers persisted in their efforts
to question him. and that he
j drove off rapidly apd'The officers fol!
lowed The gunf^^aThe ensued and
! the officer wa^ slain. Jenkins testl
j fied *
Smith, 38-year-old native of Mill
I Port. Mass, was sentenced in Wayne
J county, North Carolina, in Ui28, to
| six to nine years for robbery. He
escaped three months later, was rearrMdi..<)
He escaped and was recaptured
after being charged with murdering
a man In Halifax county,
North Carolina, and was sentenced to
an additional twelve to fifteen years.
I-ast February he escaped from CalendonlA
prison farm with several other
convlcta In abating break.
The 6,300 Rural Rehabilitation families
In South Carolina use approximately
$14,000.00 worth of soap annually.
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KERSHAW CHURCHES
ANNOUNCE SERVICES
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Methodist Church
j Rev. L. I). Iliinmr, pustor. 10 a. m.
Sunday school, 1). M. Glbboiis, superintendent.
11 a. in., preuchlug service
with Horn.on by tho pastor. Wednosday,
8 p. in., mid weok prayer a orvice.
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Presbyterian Church
Rev. C. M. Drown, pastor. 10 a. hi.,
Sunday school, 11. L. Clyburn, superintendent.
11 a. m., preaching service
with sermon by the pastor. 8 p.
w.t Wednesday prayer service.
Baptist Church
llev. Davis M, Sanders, paster. 10
a. m., Sunday kchooJ,^ M. F. Haw*
thorns, superintendent, 11 a. m. and
8 p. in., preaching services, sermons
by the pastor. 8 p. m., Wednesday,
prayer service.
The pastors of these churches extend
a cordial welcome to the public
to attend the services.
Mrs. Ciemmone Dead
Mrs. ICioise Crenshaw Clemmous,
24, of Washington, D. C., and Kershaw,
.passed away September 27, at
tlie Presbyterian hospital in Charlotte.
She.Is survived by her husband,
two children, her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Crenshaw, and one
sister. Funeral services were held at
t lie Heath Springs Baptist churchTuesday
afternoon and interment was
in Salem cemetery at Heath Springs. .
Mrs. West Passes
Mrs. Sarah West, 78, widow of S.
A. Wt st, of tho Providence community,
passed away September 23. Funerul
services were conducted from
tiie Providence Baptist church Friday
afternoon, and burial was in the cemetery.
Prominent Bsinesa Man Dead
Robert Lee Sowell, 87, passed away
September 23, ut the Charlotte sanitorium.
Mr. Sowell was one of Kershaw's
most prominent planters and
business men. He was a lifelong resident
of this town and had contributed
largely to its progress. The funeral
services were held at the Kershaw
Baptist church Friday morning
by the pastor, assisted by the Rev.
L. I). Hamer. of the Methodist church.
Interment was in the local cemetery.
He is survived by the following:
Three daughters, Mrs. Fd ward K.
Plyler, of Camden; Mrs. James Owen*
and Mrs. Burnett Whitaker, of Kershaw;
one son. Hubert; one brother,
William Sowell, of Fresno. Calif.; and
one sister, Mrs. Kate Blackwell, of
Spartanburg.
Walter Kirkland Dead
Walter Kirkland, 72, died at his
home in the Abney community on September
23. Funeral services were
held at Abney and the remains were
laid to rest In the Abney cemetery
Friday afternoon.
Col. R. S. Stewart Is
Home, Doing Well
"I'm glad to be home and to
my friends who have been so generous
and kind during my illness,
1 am grateful. 1 thank you all
from my heart.
Roach Stewart."
The above statement, given out
Monday morning by Col. R, S. Stewart,
who has been in St. Joseph hospital,
Lexington, Ky., for the last
month undergoing and recuperating
from a major operation, was the flrBt
Col. Stewart had made outside of his
own family since his return Sunday
night from Lexington.
Mrs. Stewart, who had been with
the Colonel since before the operation.
returned with him. They were
met at Carlisle station of the Southern
ILaiway by D. Reece Williams,
Col. Stewart's law partner.
Col. Stewart, who at one time after
the operation was in a grave condl
tion, now appears in splendid shape,
although of course has not yet fully
recovered.
His many friends are looking forward
to seeing him on the streets of
Lancaster soon.?Lancaster News.
Examinations For Marines
Examination of fifty applicants for
enlistment in the Marine Corps will
be held at the Marine Corps headquarters,
Post Office Building, Savannah,
Ga , during the month of Octo-j
ber, It Is announced by Captain A. C
Small. Officer in Charge.
The Savannah office considers applicants
from Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Florida and South
Georgia. Application blanks and Information
relative to enlistment ifr
| the Marine Corps will be furnished
upon request
Two brothers, one 3 and the other
15, were burned to death In their
home at Pine Summit, Pa., as one
tried to save the other when the home
was discovered to be on fire In the
night time. Other members of the
family escaped narrowly with their
lives.
The farm poultry flock is playing
- an Important part in Rural Rehabilitation
families farming in South Carolina
and approximately f 150,000.00
worth of poultry was produced by
clients on this program during 1837.
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I Meat Drying Once Reqwlrecl
High Preasur# Treatment
Meat drying in die early duye
was a high pressure operation, ao'
ctfrding to Col B. N. Wantworth.
I director of Armour's live burcau.
Following the slaughter, or
the hunt, die meat was piled in
skins and taken to camp. Thej?
was no chance for either hunter or
camp follower to rest, I he knives
were sharpened and the meut cut
into thin. Hat strips which weie
hung in trees when available, or on
poles out of reach of the dogs, or in
the top of the hut or tepee where
the heat of the Are would help the
meat to dry rapidly. When properly
prepared, the meat was in transparent
strips which were very bard
and inflexible. Sometimes it was
transported in this forjj), or,^a!" _
was powdered by beating with atone
or wooden mallets, mixed with dried
fruits and vegetables to form
mican, and in this powdered condition
transported ill skin sucks or
bladders. Pemmican was the prin*
clpai food of the n.tive
North America whenever the tribe#
were on the move. It was J8? ?
winter food in regions where it wM
difficult to freeze meats at the tim?
of the hunt, which, on-iM*
nent, extended from polht# ih the
northwest territory of Canada
southward.
Damascus May Have Bean
Founded by Kin of Noah
Damascus in Syria has been regarded
as the oldest city in the
world, its foundation having been
attributed by the Jewish historian
Josephus to the great-grandson of
Noah. Evidence in the fourteenth
chapter of Genesis indicates that
the place was of importance in the
time of Abraham, or at least 2000
B CIt
is difficult to list other old
cities in the order of their foundation,
observes a writer in the Detroit
News. Bagdad, on a site which
has been occupied since very early
times and preserving the name
which it has held for at least 4,000
years, did not become a city of
first rank until the Arabian town
was founded in the eighth century
A. D., on the site of the ancient
Babylonian city.
Peking (now Peiping) in China
stands on the site of one of the oldest
cities of the world. The earliest
city of which there is authentic
record there was Ch'i, the capital
of Yen, most northerly of the feudal
states which acknowledged the
authority of the Chou Dynasty in
the twelfth century B. C.
The city of Cairo in Egypt is near
the site of the ancient Memphis,
one of the world's first cities to be
established.
The African Hippopotamus
In Africa, the hippopotamus inhabits
great tropical rivers, lakes
and estuaries, generally feeding upon
marine plants and swamp vegetation.
Upon occasion, however,
he can work havoc with river-bottom
crops, particularly since he
forages and in herds of 20 or more.
The hippo is an amiable fellow
until wounded or cornered. In an
emergency, however, he has recourse
to a surprioing amount of
agility, ferocity and strength. His
hide, 2 inches thick, is quite a protection
from fang and claw. Natives
trap the hippo in his runways for
his flesh and teeth, which ajre of
continuous growth, sometimes
weigh as much as 6 pounds, and
are finer than ivory.
Tide Four Times a Day
Four times a day the waters
change and at high and low tides
there is a difference of 28 feet in
the water levels about Nova Scotia.
The receding tides leave ships in
the harbor stranded high and dry
on the sands, their entire hulls exposed.
Later the incoming tides
set these fishing and sailing vessels
afloat once more as the waters
make their 28-foot rise. These fascinating
"rapid change" tides may
be v.ewed a short distance from
Digby, which overlooks the Digby
basin. This is a sheet of water 20
miles long and 10 miles wide which
forms an arm of the Bay of Fundy.
Antarctic Regions Colder
The Antarctic regions are colder
and less accessible than the Arctic.
Because of the closer arrangement
of the continents, the action of the
' gulf stream on the one side and the
I Japan current on the other, and
| from the fact that the earth is in |
perihelion during the winter season j
'in the northern hemisphere and in
aphelion during the winter of the
Southern, the Arctic seas are more
free from ice, which in? the Antarctic
constitutes an all but impregnable
barrier.
Balloon Overcomes the Fog
London fogs no longer bar weathj
er observers from testing the "fly1
ing air" over the Croyden Airport.
'I& fog balloon, with instruments attached,
is sent up two or three
thousand feet above the field to
make observations.?Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
The Word "Telepathy"
The word "telepathy" Was coined
about 1888 from the Greek to express
the supposed power of communication
between one mind and
another without the use of the
known aense organs.
HOBSON'g CANDY KI8BE8
In the spring of 1998. Spanish Admiral
Cervera sailed bis rusty little
fleet of seven ships straight through
the operations center of an overwhelmingly
superior U. 8. fleet set
to catch h'lui, and safe into harbor at
Santiago, Cuba, without* once being
sighted by a U. S. warship.
Navy censorship hid that inglorious
episode from the U. 8. public for a
fortnight, while the Navy made up
its mind as to Just where Cerveru
was.
Admiral Sampson determined to
bottle up the enemy fleet by sinking
u ship across the narrow harbor entrance.
Because of his knowledge of
ship construction, Lt. Richmond P.
Hobson was chosen for the attempt.
With seven volunteers aboard the
old collier Merrimao he steamed up
to the harbor In the dark of the moon
on June 3rd. Everything went wrong.
Eight of the ten torpedoes with which
Hobson had planned to scuttle the
ship refused to explode. The Spanish
were execrable marksmen, but
they shot away his rudder chains and
the Merrlmac drifted helplessly. Two
Spanish torpedoes sank it In a spot
where it did no one any harm. Clinging
to a raft, Lieutenant Hobson and
his men were Ashed out of the water
by a Spanish launch at dawn, and imprisoned
with utmost courtesy.
Though Hobson's exploit had been
a failure, bored correspondents pounced
on it as the first exciting story of
the war. When.v the handsome 28year-old
officer returned to the U. S.
he found himself a national hero,
worshipped with a hysteria nbt to be
equaled until young Charles Lindbergh
flew the Atlantic 29 years later.
For months he traveled about
the land being kissed by adoring
women, until his/original fame paled
before his notoriety as the "most kissed
man in America." A candy manufacturer
promptly put out a caramel
called "Hobson's Kike.""
Pleading poor eyesight, he applied
for retirement from the Navy at 32..
His request was refused and he resigned
to begin a career of crusading
against alcohol, narcotics and unAmericanism?eight
years of it In the
U. S. House of Representatives. Not
until 1933 did Congress vote him a
Medal of Honor, rank of Read Admiral
and retirement pay.
"One of the basic evils of hero-J
worship" he said two years ago, "is
its effect on a private career."?Time
Two Bunk Robbers
Given Long Terms
Orangeburg, Sept. 23.?James Par
uell ant) J. V. Baer began aervlng
long prison sentences today an*,,
pleading guilty to charges of robbing
the Bank of Blloroe August 13.
"Judge G. Muucau Bellinger seu
tenced Parnell to fifteen years iu the
penitentiary and Blair to ten yesterday.
l'arnell escaped f*on? the conn
ty Jail a few weeks ago but wuh recaptured.
AUSTRALIA PREPARING TO
FIGHT HER OWN BATTLE
London, Sept. 18.?Australia today
is meeting the crista In her own Pacific
ocean and the threat to her Mediterranean
communications with the
mother land with tha most ambitious
armament program In her history.
Information made available in London
showed-the dominion is pushing
a program of warship, airplane and
arsenal building to coat |67,655,000
and to dovetail with Great Britain's
i |7<600,000,000 rearmamei^.
Japan's imperial expansion and Italy's
threat to the Mediterranean sea
lanes have spurred the Australlau
armament effort, relatively large for
1 a land of 7,000.000 population and
largest ever undertaken by a British
dominion in peace tltpe.
Australian leaders realized that the
mother land needed all available
ships nearer Rome, and that In time
of stress Australia might have to fight
her own air and sea battles.
No longer within guaranteed reach
of a British fleet In sure control of
the Mediterranean and now within
range of air attack. Australia is to
become a far more independent unit
In empire defense.
Associate Justice Hugo L. Black, after
several weeks In Europe, returning
to the United States on board the
steamer City of Norfolk, bound for
Baltimore. He has steadfastly refused
to answer any questions or make any
comments on his alleged membership
in -the Ku Klux Klan. He boarded
the City of Norfolk, a very small ship,
just two minutes before the gang
plank was raised for sailing from London.
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Service Market *"
"ONE STOP FOOD STORE"
Phone 76
KERSHAW, S. C.
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Those crisp fall days are fwnhny ou?
Discard the old Straw?-dress up in I
one of our new I
FALL FELTS I
pvcry day, more and more people are taking advantage
of the Wonderful Bargains we are offering dur- I I
ing our
FALL HARVEST SALE 11
Fall HaU
Brand New
for men. All sizes
and shades.
98c
I
Sheeting
Good Quality
39 inches wide. We
will tell as long ss>
It last
5c yd.
Drcta Print*
Big Tafcl# of I
Beautiful fall pat
terne> 80 equere.
Value 19c
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Always a Complete Line of Skoes, ObUdflf and Ready* I
to-Wear at Prices you can afford to .
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STEVENS-SPRINGS COMPANY I
"The Store With a
OUR "GIVE-AWAY" SALE I
A 26c tube of Dr. West's Tooth- A 50o !* Hlfldsfr^**Jt Jflij J
paste with a 50c Dr. West's a 7So Toijat Water. |1a? w pj
J Toothbrush. Both for - ? ' - .% . '*
39c
Package of ten Qilletto Blades Buy a SOo BOttta I
with $1.00 Raaor. A $1.40 value Antiseptic. ' 1 fcl
other. I
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