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