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l^ndM^Trial Charge* they wjj^e forced to ma a guilty verdict lu the lamoua $4 . wit Md for t,m? kt lh? toric Kershaw |Q^ty;Jcou|^u>uHu ust Friday "iKUt. whfig mad? by a#*-} of the Juror* in the case jester *These Jurora Charge that a flood of --i.z.'srriTsrq Sflpg the death penWty In the! electric chair for the attractive gtrtBM Following oIobo upon the aenaatlQa T 3 charge* of the Jurors, oom*a an-1 other equally g? ; wus(g|fl?tai devoioppioDV the Jurora ip question have aopealed to the grand Jury to indict John Graham Whitfield for the mtf4( d?r pf BJqm Faulkner. They assert 3* the. evidence o In the eaae clearly ostablishea the guilt of the wealt^fj ^Whereas itt the first trial of the peJ tlte brunette defend^t^ wasted not guilty, the retrial found the Jury returning a verdict 6f guilty of murder in tie flfst degree which requirea a .entente to the chair b* the court. I V Just What mi the .aenBatlonal^Wo^pat: mado jg! Jurora la not jmeVrn^;the jddge Zo prefer to both trtol. mowlr decllned to make My ?tatenf?Ot to ti* press. The prosecuting attorney I merely shrugged hia shoulders while defense counsel sruUert and lOpfcJH Z at the reporter with a sort ofM| thought aa mnch" gleam in his eypiJB There is no queation but that the fip~? fense will setae upon the situation tol make another strong effort to clear the atlgma of murder from the fair defendant. <i}l SertoaBUOfe ?oond' The Night of January Xfltb, given] by the Playmakera Guild under the direction of Mrs Ponald Morrison, was even better thin the first offeHi jng. The atendance In the court room 1 I was keenly disappointing, however. U I was a leBBon^^^^^^l 1^Elmer1 Sweeney, the police ofitcer,| I gave a true characterisation of . the Ihardboiled "fiatfoot." ' ^ Herbert I ta^ s7elp8^tlecUve. ^ car W^B Ilines well. Mips Celeste Mumfo*d and I Mrs. A. C. McJCatn, In character inter l^etatlons ajUfc I cult role in a finished pihnner. Mrs. <^ser vea much ^ e^Jed " Fred Bryant was perfect in^ia^ii Kould not have been impr^ed^uporr Mrs. Beulah Hicks aa the d 1 I taring C. ft Ii H Chamber Sends '/ ; Out Bulletins The Camden chamber of commerce has sent builetina to the sever*! ?otor club* and travel bureau# in ualdweatern oltlea giving them late Information for southern routing^. The buUetina call attention to the completion on July Itt of the nineteen miles of pavement between Chester and Loekhart, which will out 0# considerable mileage between this city and .'potass beyond. >JlbtorIaU have been using the route via Rtdgeway, Wlnnsboro and Salem Crossroads, but the No. as route is now under repair. Of late however, the completion of the new road between Liberty HU1 and Crest Palls, opened up a shorter means of going north. This will be further lessened iffceri1 the nineteen miles to be opened July 15, can he utilised. Prank Heath, chamber executive, and also publicity director for Camden, has driven over alt of the routes between Camden and tfee midwest and has written to the various rout Jng bureaus, giving them the Information he secuted' W his travels.; He prefers the route from Camden in Spartanburg, thence via Henderson*Ule to Ashevllhjphence to Knomffllo. At Knozvllle, the new highway No, 33 takes one to toe NojtIb highway and; over the mammoth dam and back to Ijtoncct with United States Np. 25, which is followed north to Lexington.] From Lexington the route goes to I Ifyankfort, Kentucky, thence to MftjHH Bon, Indiana, where the Ohio is crossed on a toll bridge with a reasonable! fee, thence to Columbia, todlsna,, to* ^ Kltanapolls or through Chicago. For, hSTeonB going nOrth to Chicago into, the lake region of Wisconsin or Upper MlchlgaiS? It is suggested that No. Kg* bo followed to United States NO. SO, the Lincoln highway, west to Hnltl?d States 4S-A, which carries the autolit through the weht part of Chicago, where the traffic Is at a minimum. B(r. Heath urges a stop at the! Noryts Dam and also, strongly, endorses the historic Boone Tavern at Bersa, *** ' !>: " 1 r,Vi?* ' , B - nurwiTtoti boon The *Cfolar Club was held attoe }&S?Camden on Tuesday. Plans were completed for the nutrition camp which Is being sponsored W this club. Chairman Dewey Creed and his committee will start their drive within the next few days. Such a worthy cause as this has been well received in the past and from ajl indications the camp this j&f wlT attain even greater heights, > Visitors at the meeting were Tom Ancrum, George Prince, Milton Gooditeln and Judge G.< Kiwihlan George Prince, whose toterest In produce .and marketing Jo. ftoutli^Darolin*' **ve ^ 3nte$Mf I talk on the shipment of produce from South Carolina to other states. The hoard of directors wfll meet on Mender ntffH* o'clock?at?^Hotm Plans for the will be held on the night of July 26. are completed and promised on ontttandlng and elaborate affair; , Vy': Baptist Church ffsrvlpca The following services are announced tor the the First Baptist church: Sunday school. at 10 o'clock. -*tU? tor, superintendent In charge, Vmie wnrBhlo conducted by the pa*<?blr m. Morning aubjoct. '-Ttej MfJ Life.S^ Evening suhject|^|Sf T. V. Sunday evening *t 1.16 Plc" Bible Behool with Miss Ada Phelps, principal, will' bogtn next moraine at 9 o'clock, July 11 All children and young people of the comMtinttv from four to seventeen, are Syiua to attend. The public is corimuy invited to attend "all Services Margaret Land Is 5 Miss South Carolina Mlsst Margaret Land, attractive Camden girl, has been named "M las South Carolina" to represent the Palmetto state In the Atlantic City beauty contest In September I: ?*1??Son ot Miia LanA was made At Columbia last weak, the Camden girl being selected over a large* Held of beautiful girls from all parte of the state. Mies Lend was the selection of the Camden chain ber of commerce to be MMlss Camden" at tbe Assies festival In Charleston last Spring. At that time Miss Dorothy Moore, representing Florence, was awarded tbe honor oj belngi named AwUea gueop, but the judges were not ynanimous, e number Of them favoring the Camden girl. When Mf?? Laud was announced as Winner of the State contest, Miss Moore was among the first to extend congratulations and presented her thai trophy awarded the state* winner. fl Miss Land will go to Atlantic City fw "the. national eventand hert;beauty ahd chhrm will be extended recognition by artists, news reel cameramen, portrait painters and others J That she will make a Strong bid for national honors Is certain. The chamber of commerce, at afl regular monthly meeting Tuesday dl-1 rected the secretary to convey to Miss Land the sincere greetings and fellcK tatlons of the chamber of commerce. J Highway Association To Hold Meeting A meeting of the membership ofUnited States No! 1 Highway Association will be held In Columbia, S. C.,i on July 16, at which time the program j for the.fall and winter promotion-work! will be discussed. It is expected that! representatives along the entire route | from Maine to Florida will be pres-l ent at this meeting. Qrayson H. Harding, of Fredericksburg, who was recently elected president of tbe organl^tlon,^ will present a report at tMs jho ensuinglyear. "The amount of traffic using this route directly effects every jfoalnese man on'tbe high* way," Mr. fiardlng said, "aud it Is up ff.HI towThat Udlted States No. 1 Highway Is properly publicised In order to get our share of this business." 'C'At this meeting the members of the board of directors will be elected and It la expected that a large number -off] business men along the entire route] will bp presen^Mg x Hay B. Hall, Secretary of tbei cham- j ber of commerce, of Fredericksburg, And also eket^Uvo secretary of the association, states that according to conservative estimates more than flvg miff ion dollars will be spent in this country thls||fea^|nd astha, greatest movement of vacationists Is Along^the. north-south highways, the: business men sleqg United States Ho. 1 should get a good amount of this hftsiness. I -j^ Many South Carolinians resident in Washington are coming home to en*: ieoll In their home precinct clubs, to qualify for voting in the primary.' A majority of them" expect to vote by absentee ballot. It Is well for such absentee voters to get a clear understanding of the procedure.' Bute Section 2, provides that the voter "sbaUiaake application In writing for l|5 ballot, to the ^committee on.hnrolfi I ment of club secretary of his precinct, mt EBMiijfcffgMiw got moeg than sixty days prior <to the primary in which J*# desires to vote, it he he within the confines of the United ^The^ra^attoq may be handcorrect amount In legal tender, necessary for registering the ballot, and full directtoni fortnafliigr Cream Supper St TlmroC^ The -young people of the Timrod community Invite everyone to wttahd Chamber To Have All-Member Meeting Plan* tor :ip%' all-member meeting SflHS Chamber of Commerce wore discussed ?t e mooting ot tlio board of director# Tuesday evening. The meeting win be heM early In October end ttrls the purpoee ofcthn diyeo^ tore to bring Malcolm Alnaworth. manager of the aoutheastern division Of jhe United States Chamber of Commerce here aa gue#t speaker. Mr. Alnsworth spoke briefly ot the community $Jnner held At the Court Inn lost fell end he scored ^ap;hls listener# that there hae been a demand for hia retnrn ?t a time when he could offer '* longeirt0d? drese. The directors discussed maUarajgp civlo interest and agreed the Chamber stand/ready at ah times to cooperate w!th?Any groiip or individual on any profddt of a progressive nature.*dlecuaalon of .the advertising prbg]f$fli fer thf cfflfl and winter* it wai Jeolded ti^^wre tim advertising committee of the Chamber meet with the Afcnagement of the several hotels ahd the race and home show interest# and' formulate a cooperative advertising budget, thdlih? Eliminating duplication of efforts The , secretary Pleaded for soma, iggttlon that would aid in beauti* tytaffs'the highways in and through Camden. He called attention to the mahy communitMe tbipugh which he paiHtd while, motoring to and from the north and "said that none wore handicapped by the unsightly heap# that U. S. Highway No. X efcst of the city limits. He said oemmun!? ties had legislated against places of this character on trunk highways. ^ R. C. Hurts Found Fatally Slashed Rock Hill, July 1.?R. C. Burts,* 55, for/twenty-live year# superintendent of the Rock Hill public school#, died in/^^on^jil here today^of throat -.-Membe* of the family found Burt# oh the floor of hi# bathroom about 10 a- i^ihnffteing f^om * d?#p rasor wpuwUn the throat, ||? Wflg ^ttttled to where he died two hours later. Burte wa# professor of education at Farm an university, Greenville, before he came to Rock Hill. He wae a trustee of Furman, a member of the state, board of educar tion and a former officer of the state education association. He alto was prominently Identified with lay activities of the Baptist church. 1 . ' He had been in JR health recently.,? . Surviving Ore the widow, several children and a. brother, the ftmr.: Brr C. E. Burts, 6f St. Matthews, well known? -Baptist minister. Brother Of Camden Resident Is Dead OalVjm ?W4Uon Montgomery, four, farmer and farmer business, man of Marlon, mfeWther of Rolaiid Montgomery of thla city, died une* pectedly Monday morning at eleven o'clock In his automobile In trotfjgg. drug store, where he had chased medicine for what he thought Was indigestion. He was the eon of the late James D. Montgomery, one of Mariro'sr plo< According' to report# Mr. Montgomery Went Into the drag store and told a drugglst he wanted ? * (clneiCdhat would relieve indigestion. He took the preparation* went to bis car, sat down and died witbto a fiwr minutes. Physicians said he was victim of a heart attad???? SurvJvfcdg are the following brotheii and sisters:: Misa Lena Mont* gomtrykr of Marion; Roland Montgomery, of Camden; Mrs. Nannie Bel?ham, of Peekskm, N. Y.; Mrs. Lanneau D. Llde, of Marion; Mrs. Joo P. Lane, of Dillon, and Harry Montgom Annual Tonsil Clinic\ A Splendid Success Pot the tonth oona^uttveispr,VJo annual tonsil clinic siKmsoWby junior Welfare League Sjjrs-sr. worn performed by and hiihflMstant, D'- Llnder, b?tb M Columbia, tx Klbler'e work and Interest in tbt ollttW ba? l?aan oX^o greatest help and inspiration Jo every onb' cdtoueolef with the toneR ^IMo. and ^League members, f#?waU eg the obildron who^1bene*IU#A by ?>$$i killed oara tip grateful jggpfe vices. &?? %81f? ''' ^t Due to tha fact that a dental OltniO was Initiated fet tba League Vpresrom tbla year, the tonail ollnlo wes limited W twenty; of the moat needy and denerving d?aea!. in -$?mden|*nd Ko*j Shaw Cdunty. The co?t of aponeoring this project ! |7.50 per child for hospltalUatton and $7.60 for eacb ^opataUOn, therefore thi? year, -the e|pense to tba League unsold ah services which #ado tba ^poe rBoeilble, the Junior Welfare League expresseu" grateful approd* tlon to Dr. A. W. Humphries and the county health eta?j the CamdS* hospital and to those graduate nurses who ? generomly ?.? ot their Mm. and services. ^ In tho dental ollnlo which ? held during the last few weeksrtchool one hundred ahd twenty-nine /***"?-.. ** oelved the full dental care which each case needed. The League oOmmlttee In 6harge of this new project conalstum Of Miss Sarah Steadman; chairman; Mrs. Beulah Sicks and l$t. L G Richards, Jr. This committee along with the Junior Welfare League wishes to publicly thank the following doctors for their ceapg^ end generous work: Dr. D. %, *25m! Dr. Charlie Sowell, Dr? J- ^ Williford and Dr. A. W. Humphries. ^ - - Kershaw, July i.-Oeorge Manner Anthony; 80, died at the home ot Me eon,: jjohn Q. Anthony, at Wsstville, this morning. Mr. Anthony hadbeen in declining health since 1880, at which time he retired from active ear Ice with the Southern Railway company after baring been In their e^' ploy for .46 years. Besides Ms .wife, Mrs. Abbie FWtoheiL-Anthony and sister, Xfr?.^Lave?ia Brown, ^/Loe/A^^OM%^hi survived Mrs. Willla^ and P. L. Alithony, Bock Mm. ???? grandchildren add oner^^t-granderal services which were hold a member.^^f^3 ,IVfO-: ,.rz.r^r*sr^ Campbell Chartee Turner, BUI^McDowell, B. N. McDowell J? Tates VlUepigue, all of Camden, were memfpr boys and girls It Kahaga Lake. COMextoch.cm^^ A th^^iwpjU church near Hendetwonville, N. There are three hundred wd'flKy-oW young people, twelve to fourteen years oi Age, *1 attendanoe a^ the two weeks conference,, which ends Jul? ?d?Slb?? ^ dent,' omlmMti toJ Int?r by Wofi period with boy.' ummjj'W?P. Among, thoe. from Camden now ? 'I" Blakeney.l Bhtty Cdmph^. Leo Tldwoll, BL H. McDowoU, Jr. BUJ McDowell Charles Turner and Yates VlUepigbe. ~ jST A?k? DV?tl' gSBUnpJ" nrlfinnmMltw i^m / fAvlel wflA Bas^ttli Meeting Tw Start League With - Camden withdrawing from Legion baseball competition the fate of the national pan time fljjjjT the bal* ance of the aeaaon In Camden no# v rests In the mala upon tho 9* h pv*4#U*g. that ha. been called by F^anli H. Heath, Oatnden publicly writer, to be held at hi# office neat Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. I m TWa meeUng ha* been ?ailed fcy?4 Mr. Heath for the' purpoee of organ* lstag a Central South Carolina seml pro baseball league and ln?it#ttone lmve boouMtxoiHtoih'^ Humter, Coi?m* ^ Ma. Florence, Darlington and Bishop* vthe to be represent** at' the Meet* i gram with Ooaeh Ltnwood Hntith of the Oatnden Junior tAgiofc foam a*d IP. Smith la enthusiastic ovpr the opportunltie# offered, especially In the Jitter of retaining the present L?? l.tftlfer season. He believes that the. coacheB of the Junior Legion teams at the other cities above mentioned will tee the matter an he i\ Letters we*w->pent to the team v coaches In tho' eftigi above mention* ed ashing them to present at the meeting nest. Monday.' 4The plan*#*: tentatively outlined la to have two, games each week during the remainhome and one a way from home for- I each team. The makeup of the league Is such that there are no long transportation problems td face, All of the. cities have fine baseball plants and It Is the belief of the promoters that a league would prove successful. Cnij\dcm has gone to considerable equal bf any In the state. .The fine Showing of the Camden team thla season has made the community baseball conscious ahd the crowds were increasing with every game. The I Uam hat been piayiag jUerVheads-up "If our plan goes through and we Camden and the ?th#r 'cities In'the* loop will see some smart baseball thtF rest of the season." said Mri Heath. "We wapt to keep th*. Legion lineups t now prevailing intact as much as po* ih^ ijtast what toiste linhtt will > bavor if there will b^iiPiM the Legion maxim,. 1 canfabt say?th#t being up to the coaches. My only interest this matter lies to my bsse-^ ball ebtopiei^bliib is: one hundred per-ijtoent^'k and a deslrdto keep thA| Payne and Turner ll^jwo With fcetag|j North Carolina's work desperadoes of recent years, found dead end to thein crime careers at Central prison toda**hen they died by gas for the murder Of a^j^jjjffjrtwo-year-old state $ highway patrolman, George Penn. I ? 'Governor Hoey, who declined to. ln*^ terrene for them, got telephone caUs^; and. telegrams this morning urging clemency. Payne was forty-oae years Ii ^helgexecutlongj followed was electrocuted*-for the murder Of Shghy Leg in a holdup atiempTfe :4Ja*x* matte* county in lUfc Me tire of Chester, S. C. i All was quiet on Turner J(R* hls'^V^waHwd the , few steps tq the gas chamber. r; Hearty an hour later, Payne left his s cell and, without turning his head U& he walked past nine cells to the oham? her, called "goodbye, boys," to the HrHfH; IZT:Z Am TIJa a ?k Tw W Tgru % "Goodbye WirdcD * J . "j