Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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the oniowcu *m Uouor Advertisements aocfpffll at any ** Friday, January 7, W8 QUEER THIEVES The stealing trait U pussllng sometimes by Id manifestations. Consider the case of the men, how many not known, who a few days ago stole the two brass cannons which have atood by the grave of General inmost im Ntw Yotfc ?tol# for ?r*r fifty years. The robbera had to ute a block and tackle to get the brails cannon on a truck but they finally did get them on board and presumably sold them to a Junk dealer somewhere. The amoi&t of brass lu the cannon would fetch at least a thousand dollars, It w*? said by officers. Down In Miami, In a suburb, thieves stole a quarter of a mile or water pipe. The value was not given. Stealing Is not often combined with hard work but these two cases are different.?Greenwood Index-Journal. COLLECTTREE8, GRABS SEED FOR ERODED HILL8, GULLIES Trained crews of Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees, working under direction of Soil Conservation Service foresters, expected to collect more than 7,00$ bushels of tree seeds In the Ohio Valley this fall. This will mean millions of new tree plantings on eroded slopes and gullies. Returning vegetation to denuded slopes not only halts soil lossos, but helps control "little waters" In the uplands before they have a chance to combine and form dangerous "big waters" lu the lowlands, the Service says. Tho tree seeds being gathered In the Ohio Vnlley will represent only a small part of tho nationwide seed harvest. The Service estimates that more than 1.600,000 pounds of treo and shrub seed and almost 700,000 'pounds of grass seed will be collocted by next July. The biggest harvest probably will be of black locust. Farmers like this tree because It grows fast and soon produces a crop of fence posts und timber. Soil conservers like black locust because It Is one of the best trees to control erosion. Kach tree tfenrlH out * ffiftHH Of tough, flDrous roots that bind topsoll securely to the laud. They say locust will grew In rather poor land, and because It Is a legume It builds up and enriches the soil. Other popular species, of which large quantities of seed are being collected, include oak, black walnut, hickory and pine. General News Notes The Judge of a municipal court of Philadelphia, distributed ten live babies to foster parents Just before tho Christmas holidays The babies have been legally adopted An organized gang of thieves are boliovod to be responsible for the theft of jewelry valued at $260,000 from the home of Felix Caaaol, in Luton, England Vincent Franco, 2?>, killed his 2iyear-old swt-eth<-urt. Antoinette lmperiale in Newark. N J . by clubbing hor on the head with an iron pipe, shooting her and driving an automobile over her body Franco told the police that he killed tho girl "because she didn't love me any more." Harold K. Kraner, U. S army corporal. 36, plunged into Boston harbor with a parachute, while flying aa a Santa Claus. high winds carrying the parachute out over the harbor when he undertook to feature a Jumping Kris Kringle for the army's annual Christmas party. Chastlne Weeks. 24. shot himself to death with a shotgun near Fayette vllle, N C., when deputies approached to question him regarding'the burning of his mot Iter's home that cost her her life early Tuesday moraing At first tt was thought there was no one in the home, but the woman's bod> was found burned to a crisp in the ruins. It 1? possible that Robert Irwin. 2'>.| mad sculptor of New York, accused I of Jtho Fastor morning murder of Ron | nie Gedeon. artist's model, may not be tried for his crime, as it Is roportod that Thomas E. Dewey, district at'or j ney-elect is inclined to accept a gui< ty plea on a lesser charge providing life imprisonment. Hr? Sophie Arcurl. 24, mother of a tmonths-old baby, confessed to the police at Greenbrook, N. J., that she U$ the throat of the 5-month-old baby off Mrs. Iyouis Bordolon. and placed the little body under a Christmaa tree (a the Bordolon home, "because their , baby was wans and mine was cold. l". ? ?>'c> ; - * ME ~ 12-Year-OM Girl Becomes Mother Lluton, Ind., Deo. 30.?The caae of a 12-yoar-old girl and a 13-yoar-old boy/ (he unmarried pareuta of a 10 pound baby boru Tueaday, wua before Circuit Judge J. Raymond Powell today. The boy, Thomua H. Chapman, charged by the girl's parents,.with being the father of the baby, appeared In court yeaterday. After hearing evidence, Judge Powell took the case under advisement. The boy-father, large for hla age, admitted lu court he waa the father of the baby and added: "All 1 want la a chance to uiarry Potty June"?tyu> mother. The girl-mother?blue-eyed Petty June Lacer?and the boy-father started school in the flrat grade, together and wqye graduated zrom the eighth grade last spring. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Chapman, parents of Thomas, and the I^acera have been close friends for years. The case provided a peculiar legal problem, court attaches pointed out. Indiana atatutea prevent the issuance of a marriage Ucenao to tho young couple, even with the conaent of (he parents. General News Notes Mexico City waa badly ahaken by au earthquake Friday, with throe deatha being reported and considerable property damage. The shock was more severe In the southern part of the republic. The United Statea department of atate on Saturday accepted Jupan's guarantees "against Infringement of, or unwarranted Interference with the rlghta and interest of the United Statea" in China. Russia's Arctic campers, afloat on a drifting Ice floe off northern Greenland, have wirelessed Moscow, that they will celebrate New^PBar's day tomorrow, by bathing, shaving and putting on clean underwear. Tho temperature on the ice floe waa reported Tueaday na being 4 degrees below zero, Just 3.6 degrees below tho temperature In Moscow. The Ford Motor company will vlgoroualy defend itself in the federal courts, against orders of the National I^rbor Relations board, requiring the company to reatoro 29 discharged employes at Detroit, the N. R. L. B. asserting that the men were discharged because of union activities, and also ordering that the Ford company cease anti-union activities. The name of the Irish Free State has be en cha nged by the co n a t i tu tlon. to Eire (Ireland), as it applies to that j part of tho island not included in Ulster?northern Ireland, and tho British government has gently notified Eire that Ulster is not to be considered a part of the territory to be governed under the recently adopted new constitution. Senator Byrd, of Virginia, declares that the auditing and accounting provisions of the administration's government reorganization bill, Rtrlkos "viciously at the vital elements of good government, good business, and the general welfare." The reorganization bill, an item on President Roose-J velt's legislative program. Is scheduled for consideration early in the next session of congress. The district court judge of Sprjng field, 11/., passing sentence on 36 men convicted of violating two federal statutes, giving them four years in prison and fines of $20,000, remarked that he was sorry that he could not make the punishment heavier The defendants, all members of a coal miners' union, were convicted on charges of interfering with Interstate commerce and conspiring to obstruct the mails. The Cuban government has withdrawn all charges against former President Gerardo Machado of Cuba, who has been held in New York for some time past on an extradition warrant. Machado is seriously ill in a New York hospital. He was accused of misapplication of funds and mass murder. The Cuban congress recently passed an amnesty act for all political prisoners and Machado comes under the benefits of that act. Governor Browning, of Tennessfce, has granted an unconditional pardon to Mrs. Daisy Alexander Root. 31. convicted at Memphis of the killing of her husband in November. 1933, after she had served ten months of a two to ten year sentence Mrs. Root was i convicted Januar> 30. 1936, for shoot- j j ing to death her husband, the son of a Chicago clergyman, in a Jealous i rage after a night club quarrel over a "cigarette girl." I It is a statutory crime to publish or send through the mails any advertisement of sweepstakes, lottery, or church sociable raffle, but stock exchange "futuros," race trade "odds" and "payoffa" and "books" on football games and prise fights are privileged and legal. It la a queer world we live In?It waa once a crime in Connect! cut to ktas one's own wife on the Sabbath day.?Sumter Item. TUBBRCULOSj* UNDISCOVERED ENDANGERS ALL CLASSES ,,,, You?the individual You He family You?community The goal of the Kejahew County Cohere uloels Association for the 11*38 I program Is f2,000. To date the Seal J Bale baa brought In fl,tl2.3fi. | Has the check for your Heals or I bond been bent lnT lajt's come nearer Ithe goal! Miss ralth doLoach, in the office of jKlrkland and deLoach, In the Crocker Building, will be glad to receive your {check at an early date. Santee Cooper Held Assured; Many Jobs J Jobs for nearly 7,000 South Caro| Una men on the vast Santee Cooper {power and navigation project may be | Just around the corner. ! That many would be employed, many of them for a three- year period, {if this project la approved by the courts?and this week advocates of the huge development saw in Monday's favorable supreme court opinion on similar projects virtual assurance that Santee-Cooper would wip an early victory. ' And with - the completion of the {project, Its sponsors are pointing out, South Carolina would enjoy such an abundance of power aa to have a potent Inducement for new industries. So certain is Mayor Burnet R. Maybank, of Charleston, Santee-Cooper chairman, that the supreme court rtejclslon upholding the rights of the federal government to make loans and grants to states and other divisions of government for such purposes means victory for Santee-Cooper, he said this week: i "This decision clears up most of [the Santee-Cooper problem. I've always believed it was legal. It will be a great thing for all of South Carolina. It will give us abundant power and it will give the middle and upper sections of the state a link with the sea, with lower freight rates, through rrtre Inland waterway that will be built between Columbia and Charles{ton.f { Mr. Maybank also pointed out the {flood-control and health-betterment | features of the great project, which {will involve the expenditure of |37,{600,000, the funds to come from a {Public Works Administration loan grant. Santee-Cooper will belong to the state. The general assembly seUup a board to arrange for the building j and operation of the development. The board is known as the S6ffh j Carolina Public Service Authority, | The plan calls for the diversion, through canals and reservoirs, of faters of tho Santee river into the (:po{per river, with the power plant to bo located in Berkeley county. i The men who would work on tho construction of tho project would come from every county in the state, on a pro-rata basis. That is provided in the laws governing the construction, so that South Carolinians from every corner of the state would share In the large sums that will be paid out for wages. Christmas Returns , To Fishing Village ? > I Rodanthe, N. C., Jan. 5.?Today WRa Christmas to many residents of tlA little fishing village. "Old Christmas,** as It Is called, has been observed here since this section was first colonized by the English settlers. Pennell A. Tillett, 300-pound Chief Boatswain's mate of the U. 8. Coalt [Guard was the Santa Claus at a community fete Some yoars ago many communities on the outer Islands of the North Oarolina coast celebrated January 5 instead of December 25 as Christina* but today Rodanthe is the only one to continue the practice, presumably handed down from the middle ages. Even here some of the younger gep. e rat Ion celebrate Christinas on December 25, but to the oldsters "Old Christmas" is still the day }|| Dr I^aurence Brown, 66, one of the leading TB specialists of the countr? died at his home at 9aranac Lake, Y. Dr. Brown was a pioneer in woAi on Intestinal tuberculoma and wak among "the first to suggest utt rrt roentgenologic evidence of classification of pulmonary tuberculosis as ft is used today. i i To Make Effort For Return of Convict Korahaw county will u.ako a muiliK'd off on to have Fleming Mi*, 26-year-old contact, located In Patterhoii, Now Jersey, foilowInK hl? escape from a chain gang hero over two yearn ago, returned to the Kershaw convict camp to complete a ten year sentence. Despite the refusal of. Governor Hoffman, of New Jersey, to honor a request for extradition of Mix as submitted by the South Carolina governor Kershaw county will send a delegation to Trenton to present affidavits and testimony to support a plea that Mix bo turned over to 8outh Carolina authorities. Mix Is now at liberty on a |6,000 ball bond put up by a concern for whpnt he ,iji working. W. T. ltedfearn, chairman of the Kershaw county board; E. L. Moseley, superintendent of the Ksrshaw prison camp and Sheriff J. H. Mcl .eqd will make the trip to Trenton a few days before the date of the hearing, which will be about January 16, Affidavits as to conditions at the convict camp will be taken front several prominent Northern residents? some of them from New Jersey?who upon request of the copnty officials here, visited the camp to ascertain the actual facts. Affidavits will also bo submitted by former prisoners. Facts relating to the arrest and conviction of Mix following his criminal assault on a flve-yehr old girl will also bo submitted in the form of court records. Budget Calls For Fast Spending Wushlngton, Jan. 6.?The budget which president Roosevelt sent congress today called for the spending of 113,460 a minute In the next fiscal year. On a dally basis, here are .comparative figures: Average spent last six months, $20,996.000 a day. Average estimated next'six months, $19,710,000 a day. Average estimated for the 1939*fiscal year, $19,367,000 a day. Mrs. Sharpe Dies In Columbia Mrs. Estelle Joynor Sharpe, 29, of 2511 Park street, died at 2:30 yesterday afternoon at the Columbia hospital after an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Sharpe was a lifelong resident of Columbia and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter . Hay Saints. She is survived by three daughters, Frances, Mary Ann and Jean; three sons, Clarence, J. D., and Bobble; her parents, Mr? and Mrs. J. A. Joyner of Camden; one sister, MIbs Lois Joyner, of Camden; and five brothers, O. H. Joyner, A. L. Joyner, H. L. Joyner, all of Columbia; J. O. Joyner, of Mlddendorf; and Farrls F. Joyner, of Camden.?Saturday's State. BOY WONDER OF WALL STREET V DIE8 IN SiNQ 81NQ; ONLY 41 Ossining, N. Y., Dec. 29.?The meteoric career of Harold Russoll Ryder, one time "boy wonder" of Wall Street who ran a shoestring to $15,000.000, and then went broke again, ended suddenly today in death. Back in Sing Sing Prison only a fortnight after four years of freedom on parole. Ryder complained of a heart pain after an arduous climb to the hospital for his physical examination. Doctors told him to lie down Little Boy Blue of Broadway." as Ryder was known in the days when he owned a huudred suits, stretched himself- out In his prison denim on a plain cot. He became unconscious almost at once and died. He was 41. The former sailor who began his Wall Street career as a messenger boy was sent back to Sing Sing December 13, to serve twelve to seventeen years. Five to ten years were for second degree grand larceny and the remainder for the completion of bis original ten-year term. Ryder had served only two years and three months of that term when he stepped oat of Sing Sing in a brand new suit in 1933 and was driven to New York In a limousine. He was rearrested last October In a brokerage office and admitted he was "trading" in violation of the promise that gained him freedom. Then he pleaded guilty to defrauding eighty-three investors of $200 000 in four years, m 1930, he had pleaded guilty to larceny of $95,452 In the $3,000,000 collapse of Woody and Co.', In which he was a partner A new wave of terror swept ovef the Holy Land at the last week-end despite the fact that many thousands had gathered at various places In Palestine, and especially in Bethlehem and at Jerusalem for celebration of the birth of the Savior. 8everal thou sand British soldiers were engaged In patrolling the land of Moab and the Judean hills, In an almost rain search for Arab terrorists, ft a ."' a- v f. v THE OOO?THK FRIEND OF HAN ... i i.i On Wednesday evening. January 13, at 8:15 o'clock, there will he held At the home of lira. Robert W, Poraeroy A meeting to talk over the posaiblllty Of forming lu Camden an association with the object of controlling the rabies menace and': caring for stray and neglected dogs hhd othoi animals. * Richard C. Craven, field secretary of the American Humane Assoclatlw^ will be in Camden On that day and will address the ineettag, All those Interested In the subject are Invited to come. This meeting Is not for the purpose of soliciting funds, but to discuss the subject and see If there is enough Interest to warrant the formation of such an association. Bothesda Presbyterian Ch irch Sunday, January 9, at Bethesda Presbyterian church, the services will be as follows: Church school at 10 a. m.; morning worship at 11:16. The public Is cordially invited to these services. Twenty Vacancies in Marines Twenty vacancies for service in the United States Marine Corps will be filled from this district during January, it is announced by Captain A. C.' Small district marine corps recruiting officer, with headquarters at Savannah, Ga. Young men between the ages of 18 to 26, not less than 64 inches or more than 74 inches in height, whlce, without dependents and of good moral character will be considered.. Entrance examinations for the Marines in this district are held at the Recriiiting Station, Post Office Building, Savannah, Qa. Applicants who are unable to apply in person will be furnished application blanks and full information upon request. Applications received by mail are given Immediate attention. FEDERAL AGENT8 8MA8H~ BOOTLEGGING RING IN N. Y. New York, Dec. 30.?Swashbuckling rum barons of the prohibition era were recalled in Federal court when fifty-six persons were indicted on charges of operating a bootlegging syndicate which in three years grossed $15,000,000. Named as head of the organization, which was described by Assistant U. S. Attorney W. Mahlon Dickerson as | "by far" the largest uncovered since ! repeal, was Frank Giordano, a 3271 pound individual known as "Frankie the Bull." "The Bull" held his me" I" Federal agents said, by sending them anonymous cards threatening them with mayhem if they showed a tendency to defauL The cards read: "I break arms for $10; I break legs for $50. Pay up or else!" Dickerson said the mob was responsible for at least two killings in the three years that it flooded bars and restaurants in the metropolitan New York area with $15,000,000 worth of bootleg whiskey. This figure, he said, represented the wholesale price. He also said the government lost $1,800,000 in taxes. Three New York city policemen and a former inspector of the alcohol tax unit were among those Indicted. Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine immediately summoned the policemen to headquarters, stripped them of their j shields and pistols, and turned them over to Federal agents, j Giorando was released on $5,000 bail. I Special agents of the alcohol tax unit, working under Richard Monnett, investigator in charge in New York state, also seized seventeen trucks and automobiles during the six months they were working on the case. The gang was accused of operating five stills which turned out grain alcohol at the rate of more than 500,000 gallons a year. This was blended with water, coloring matter and "cooked whiskey" and then turned over to distributors. A chain of five malt and hop stores from which ingredients were taken as needed, was operated as a sideline. .? MAN FINED FOR LETTING FIRE E8CAPE TO WOOD8 Mose Walker, of Klllians Station, near Blythewood, was the central flgj ure in a New Years eve party which he will remember the rest of the year and possibly the balance of his life, j Judge Sloan, of Killiani was master of ceremonies and gave Mose a choice of a twenty-five dollars fine or thirty days in Jail. The thing roally dates back to sevoral days before Christmas when Mose started to do some plowing and it being a cold day he built himself a warming Are without bothering to clear the grafts and other ble material away. in . a > abort time the fire ignited the graft* and soon the fire spread to the wood#. Moae saw what had happened ^ but went right on with his plea lag t Tift Ar? was discovered by Urn ?. . # .y/rnSSHB Crew Leader C. P. Wtngard and Crew Kfoinber Jlm Jww? M ten o'clock but It took until four-thirty in the after* noou to extingtjjsh. it with the aid of 'i three other lire crew member a and Ave volunteer Ore tighter a n burned over SO acres of lands belonging to Ware Cams. J. C. Golf, lire. Ann to Thornton and lire. Bessie Terry doing damage estimated at M0.lt. | Richland county Foment Hanger C. JO. McCravey and County Forest Hanger T. 1>. Barker Investigated the Are and Walker waa arrested for his negligence. Walker plead guilty to the charge at the advice of his counsel, Archibald Hutto, of Columbia. The. Judge sternly lectured Walker for the carelesa manner In which he built his warming fire, his lack of cooperation in falling to takftgtqps to suppress the fire and called his attention to the fact that his act had resulted In a considerable s property loss to the landowners. In view of the fact that this was Walker's first violation of the state forest tire laws the minimum penalty provided by the law waa imposed. Suit may also be brought to recover property damages resulting from the woods lire. Richland county cooperates with the South Carolina Forest Service in the prevention and suppression of woods fires. In view of the fact that j both white and colored residents have been requested to cooperate and have been informed regarding the fire laws, persona deliberately or negligently setting fire to the woodfc will be prosecuted. ' Wants?For Sale FOR 8ALE?Factory built house trailer. In AI condition. Priced at a sacrifice, $495 cash. Can be seen at Wizard Texaco ^Service Station. East DeKalb Street. Camden, 8. C? on Friday or Saturday. 43pd FOR 8ALE?Day-old eggs. From maBh-fed hens. 30 cents per dozen. Apply 1301 Lyttleton Street. Phone 263-J., Camden, S. C. 43pd ROOM8?Two second floor rooms adJoining bath. Desirable location. Adults only. Shannon Realty Company, Crocker Building, Phone 7, Camden, S. C. 43tf. FOR RENT?Small furnished apartment or single room with connecting bath. Apply C. O. Stogner, 1216 Broad street, Camden, 8. C. 43-pd. FURNI8HED APARTMENT ? For rent. Also other furnished rooms. Desirable location, close In. Telephone 31, Camden, S. C. 43-45-pd. FOR RENT?Stable with six stalls, corral, saddle room, running water, room for groom. Telephone 67 or call at XUhamber of Commerce, Camden, S. C. . 43-tf. L08T?Between DeKalb Street and Mt, Zkm eehool-hotisBr^ geirrs iHfQ1 ble-case gold watch and chain with "E. H. D." engraved. Finder return to Gene Davis, the barber, and receive reward. 43pd SALESMAN WANTED?Available at once, Rawlelgh Route. Good opportunity for man over 26 with car to continue service. Trade "well established. Route experience helpful, but not necessary. Write at once. RawlCigh's, Dept. 8CA?20? 102, Richmond, Va. . 43pd WANTED?All who are interested In buying homes to see or call as at once about some very' attractive properties we have for sale at most reasonable prices and terms.?Shannon Realty CompoML Phone 7r Crocker Building, CatdPen, 8. C. - ? 42tf WANTED?To rent double garage at corner of Union street and Lakeview Terrace. Phone 303, Camden, S. C. 41-43sb ^ FARMS FOR 8ALE?We nate desirable farms in all sections pf the county. Prices are probably lower than they will be again. See as now. Shannon Realty Company, Crocker Building, Phone t, Camden, S. C. 3gtf FOR RENT 1801 Broad street, five room house with bath and sleeping porch. Avail-.able now. Very desirable seven room house, with two baths. Fine condition and good neighbors. Small remodelled cottage, 4 rooms and bath. Close In. ' Attractive brick bungalow, 6 rooms s;* and bath. Heated. Excellent location. - Fine home of nine rooms, 3 baths, steam heat, fine condition. SHANNON REALTY COMPANY Phone 7 Crocked Building' FOR SALfc?-'Two large corner lot adjoining. In best residential sec--"'A tion of Camden. Wfll bo sold at s 1 'rfissrsls&s a f ace. 1 ' gar i CARPENTER AND 8UU.OEII?BO? fbroiywu decide who shooM do yoer any class of tirpmiif wertt out work, telephone John 8. Myers, for side or insidoC' AH work guarnri- ? toed, specialise in ookinete had screening. Any triad of furniture repaired. I solicit your patronage. v Telephone 2d*. John 8. Myers, *12 t Church street. Oftmden, 8. O. Bit FREE ROAD SCRVIC*?UMOd'g MB ing Station fifty-mile Free Bond Service. Coll Telephoho <**, Camden. 4r-.8 C. 9 tf. L HOMES POP 8ALE l. Very attractive home of at*?tooms, in excellent condition, ehotee location, frnlt trees, shrubbery, garden. outhouses, hardwood floor in front rooms, lorgn lot, garage, fine trees, excellent location, a genuine bargain -for pekk sole, ntoe^ln^ splendid" ^^tlon. 32?LatHet of other deeirablo Dronertlee In all sorttona of town. SHANNON REALTY COMPANY Crocker BuDdtng Phone T B8