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' " CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA,*^RIDAY, JULY 15, 1938 NUMBER 15
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JMany Guilty Pleas
Before Recent Court
Court of general sessions last week
dealt mainly with plena of guilty
(rom Jail caaea. Judge O. Duncan
Bellinger presided and the grand Jury
to lt? presentment paid a high tri*#te
to him aa a presiding Judge and
jleo to Sheriff J. H. MoLeod and his
force for the enforcement of the
Uw?. U. like many other former
grand Jurlea. made a plea for a new
jgiL The cases disposed of at this
term were as follows:
Barney Cooper, white man, plead
guilty to three caaea of housebreaklug
and larceny and received a sentence
of five years. He wae charged
with entering th$ homes of Mrs. H.
X. Goodale, on United States highway
number one, the John L. 'Weeks home
ind Mrs. Qeorge R. Cook's home In
Camden.
jack Chestnut plead guilty to the
theft of a cow and received a sen<
tance of one year.
James Qasklu plead guilty to a
charge of .assault, and battery With
intent to kill and was sentenced to
serve a term of eighteen months. He
hot and seriously Injured a man by
thaname of JPann.
Henry'Hhli plead guilty to a charge
of highway robbery and received a
sentence of three years. He robbed
s negro woman. ^
Willie James Hough plead guilty o
entering the home of Mrs. Mozier at
Cagsatt and received a sentence of
two years. . "; : .
,, Ernest, alias Jack Lane, plead
guilty to two charges of housebreaking
and larceny* and will have to
Verve a sentence of eight years. He
was charged with entering the home
of Mrs. Hayes and W! Z. Hilton at
Liberty HHl;
James Clinton plead guilty to burglarizing
a saw mill shack and received
a sentence of sixty days.
Willie Tidwell, white man, plead
guilty to two cases of assault and
battery and drew a sentence of one
year. He made an attack on X* P.
Thompson of Liberty Hill.
Josh Banks and Florence Mope
plead guilty to a charge of living in
adultery and were sentenced each to
serve six months, but the Sentences
were suspended upon conditions In
the future.
Presentment of Grand Jury
The grand Jury with A. C. Drawdy
as foreman, addressed the following
presentment to Judge Bellinger:
"We, the KershaV County grand
jury, at this, the July 1938 term of
court of general sessions of Kershaw
county, beg leave to submit the following
report: ~
"We have passed upon and reported
to the court on all bills presented
to us by the solicitor.
"We beg to report on the activities
of the sheriff, deputy sheriff and rural
police of Kershaw county from
January 1, to July 1:
"Ten whiskey stills have been destroyed;
thirty gallons of corn whiskey
captured and destroyed; three
thousand flye hundred gallons - of
mash destroyed; eight arrests for violation
of the liquor law; three hundred
and sixty arrests for other law
violations.
"The officers working out of the
sheriff's office have been in attendance
upon all large gatherings, such
as negro churches, schools and all entertainments
of both white and colored..
"Delinquent taxes collected from
July l. 1937, to July 1, 1938, amount
to I2S.778.74, and we are happy that
this has been accomplished without
any hardship upon the taxpayers.
"We note with much satisfaction
the great reduction of crime In this
county. We feel that is a large mea*
"re the credit for this Improvement
should go to Sheriff J. H. McLeod
and his rural police force. For instance.
there has been no intentional
homklde in Kershaw county since
October. 1936, and other crimes all
down the line have been correspondingly
reduced. We feel that 8hertff
McLeod should also be commended
tor his zeal in behalf'of the county 1*
Persuading jfflg poraims In offering
P^as instead of putting the county to
the expense of trial. The sheriff has
able to save the tax-payers of
tfco county a great deal of money in
this way.
"The old and dilapidated Jail I *+
to* kept as ngal iLidras sanitary as it
possible to do. bnt ws irpnglrrofcommend
the erection of a new Jail
u wiy as it can be done.
"The several committees of the
?TtTI,t Jury hare been duly appointed
4>d constituted and are now actively
*?t*ged upon their work. Their * *>rta
*111 be received and will .he
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Veneer plant Is
Large Industry
Au Industry that represeuts" an Investment
in buildings and equipment
of 160,000 and a payroll and local expenditure
figure of $1,200 to $1,600
weekly 4s that of the Powe-Mol^eod
Ttbiwr company, located on DeKalb
street Just west of the city gates.
The - Powe-McLeod companyi has
within the past several months built
up a healthy business In the manufacture
of veneer packing cases; shipping
five carloads per week to some
of the foremost textile mills of the
country.
The plant Is now under the superintendency
of R. P. Gaddy, who came to
Camden several months ago from
Goldsboro, N. C., where he was Identified
with a large veneer plant. He Is a
native of Hamlet, N .C., where he was
for a time identified with the Seaboard
Airline railway,
The Camden plant is now employing
57 men with a payroll in exceBS
of $600.00 per week. The company Is
purchasing thousands of wood blocks
weekly from a territory covered In a
seven-mile radius of Camden. These
wood blocks are paid for as they are
delivered,, ^mother f600 per week being
available for distribution In
Camden.
The plant la working dally In order
to fill the orders for the packing
cases. When Mr. Gaddy took charge
he brought with him some twenty
skilled workers from Goldsboro but
gradually these men were replaced
by Camden laborers.
./Mr. Gaddy would be glad to personally
escort any Camden people
through the plant. Such a trip Is of
much interest, as there are few residents
of Camden who realize the 'extent
of the work being done at the
plant. The equipment Is Interesting
and features a drying machine that
cost over $14,000 to Install, a nail driving
apparatus tl^at cost some $7,000, as
well as other pieces of apparatus that
represent a big Investment. The glue
department where the plywood is put
together Is one of the high lights of a
trip through the industry.
BASEBALL COACH 8MALL 18
REMEMBERED BY FAN8
A group of Camden baseball fans,
who are appreciative of the fine work
than Huan A. Small, high school baseball
coach, has done to promote the
great national game among the boys
of the community have presented Mr.
Small with a gift.
The gift, in the nature of a fine
leather Gladstone bag. was presented
to the high school coach last week.
Richard French and T. J. Hawkins
applied for the first patent for a reaping
machine in this country in 1808.
combined with the Presentment of
the Grand Jury at the Fall Term.
"We cannot be too strong in our
praise of the able and forceful charge
of His Honor, Judge Belljnger. to us
at this Term of the Court. His keen
inflight Into conditions, his zeal for
enforcement of the law, and the sentences
that he imposes upon lawbreakers,
are bound to have a telling
effect In bringing about more respect
for law enforcement In South Carolina.
This Judicial Circuit and South
Carolina should be happy in having
such an able and upright Judge.
"We receomnrend that all roadhouses
and places of amusement In
the county be closed before midnight
on Saturday nights, so that the Sabbath
may not be desecrated. We be^
Heve, too, that all tourists' camps
should be forced to keep a true record
of persons stopping at these
places, including the names and addresses
of the lodgers, the?names of
'their cars, and the license numbersall
of this information to be kept ' lh
a register book, subject to inspection
by any officer and by the public.
"Following the charge of His Honor.
Judge Bellinger, the Grand Jury
wishes to assure the Court that It Is
keenly alive to Its duty and earnestly
wantft to discharge its duty in the interest
of law enforcement In Kcrshaw
county^ The member*,- however,
cannot be ever-present everywhere,
and'W# ask that all good citlsens report
td' us any law violations that,
come to their nolce, and which they
beliva are such that ebould receive
our attention, By thfa_jra_ dQ not
mean that every
law violations of public concern
should be brought to our attention.
"We wish to thank His Honor, the
Presiding dt? iW* Solicitor,
our Cl.rk of Court, our Sheriff, and
other officers for the many courtesies
Nettles And Son
To Remodel Store
One of the finest and most up to
date furniture stores In the city will
be erected by W. F. Netles and Sou
on Broad street In the block south of
Kutledge and on the site of the store
that this firm has oonduoted for twenty-six
years.
The work of rasing the old building
has been about completed and new
construction will toe under way Immediately..
The new building will be
one ptory In heglht. but will be sonjewhttjt
wider and at least twenty-four
to thirty feet deeper. The rear of the
store will be arranged with a messanlne
floor for the display of special selections
of furniture and household
furnishings. . " ^ .
The new store will be of brick and
concrete and will have a modern
front. The front will be recessed and
there will be an absence of the usual
display windows, the<?flrra following
the modern idea of having the public
look through large plate glass windows
Into the front of the store.
W. F. Nettles, Sr., is one of the!
pioneer furniture dealers of the state.
The location now being reconstructed
has been the elte of the Nettles store
for twenty-six years, but Mr. Nettles
was in this line of business for a period
longer than that.
His son, William Nettles, Jr., who
is a director of the Camden and Kershaw
chamber of commerce Is affiliated
with him in the business.* Courteous
and efficient service has earned
for the firm a wide following of satisfled
customers.
The building of the new store on
this block of Broad street will undoubtedly
result in a decided change
in the appearance of the business district
as several shop owners have already
declared their Intention of making
Improvements to property.
Residents recall that years back
this part of the business district was
the active shopping center of the city.
Later the large stores that were erected
In the block to the north moved
the business center that way. It 1b
believed that with the many changes
to be made In the older block that It
will off^r a stern competition to the
other mock in the future.
Fans Disappointed
As Rain Halts Game
A number of Camden baseball fans
went to Sumter Tuesday to witness
the Coluipbla-Sumter Junior Legion
baseball game.
The game was rained out at the
start of the fifth inning with Columbia
leading 7 to 2. Columbia showed
marked superiority over the Sumter
team in the four innings of play and
would probably have run up. more
rtma before the nine innings had
elapsed. Announcement was made
that the game would be played over
on Wednesday with a second game
scheduled for Thursday and a third;
if necessary, on Friday on a neutral
field.
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Insanity Cause of Crime
Willie Moore, the negro arrested at
Kershaw, after he had slain his wife,
has been committed to the state hospital
for the insane. Confined in the
county jail here he had exhibited violent
spells In which he tore up his
clothing, blankets, and the like. Officials
declared the man to be violently
insane.
To 8erve Chicken 8tew
A chicken stew will be served at
the DeKalb Baptist church on Friday,
July 22, at ^7:20 o'clock. _ Plates will
be served for 25 cents. All money
derived from this sale will be used
l^or the benefit of the church. The
public is invited. -
Young Damage Suit
WiH Be Tried Again
*The damage Action Instituted some
time ago by Barney Young against
the city at a result otjuu accident
occasioned by a car driven by Young
striking a "client policeman" In the
InUraeotlon of Campbell and peKalb
streets, will be tried again In the next
term of court here
The South Carolina state supreme
court on Tuesday reversed the order
of th$ Kershaw county oourt In granting
nan-suit in the Young action.
Young sued for damages for persons!
injuries resulting from the collision*
with the traffic marker. When
the case was tried In court here a
motion by the attorneys for the city
for a non-suit on Ihe grounds that
Young was guilty of contributory negligence,
was granted.
Its opinion the higher court held
that the question of actionable negligence
on the part of the city and
contributory negligence on the part
of Young should have been submitted
to a Jury.
Dr. Carl A. West
Heads Legion Post
Dr. Carl A. West, prominent local
physician and baseball enthusiast,
will lead the new group of officers
for James LeRoy Belk post No. 17, J
American Legion. Assisting him will
be A. Sam Karesh, first vice commander;
Jack Whltaker, Jr., Becond
vice commander; M. B. Williams, finance
officer; John K. deLoach, judge
advocate; L. W. MoPadden, chaplain;
M. M. Reasonover, adjutant and service
officer. All these officers are
former post commanders, except John
deLoach, who has been Judge advocate
for the past ten years.
Retiring officers are L. W. McFad*
den, O. J. Smyrl and Hermkn Baruch.J
Delegates to the departmental convention
elected at this meeting are
Dr. Carl A. West, chairman; L. W.
McFadden, A. M. Brailsford, Jack
Whltaker, Jr., M. M. Reasonover, Arthur
Clark, M. B. Williams and
HUghey Tlndai.
Complete Survey of
County Records
Miss Ann Slnbothan, of Florence,
research worker for the "Historical
Records Survey," sponsored by the
University yof South Carolina, has
completed the Inventory of the city
and county public records. This information
will be put Into book forln
in the near future. Any official deslrious
of a copy of KershaW County
or any other county of South Carolina
will please^commiunlcate with
Miss Slnbothan, Box 132, Camden.
Miss Slnbothan wishes to take this
opportunity to thank the city and
county officials and others for their
splendid cooperation and courtesies
shown her while working In Camden,
and regrets to have to leave this historical
and charming city. Miss Slnbothan
will leave here next week for
Darlington to make a survey of that
county.
Wooten Winner In Golf Tournament
The semi-monthly golf tournament
conducted at the Ktrkwood course by
the Camden Golf club last Thursday
featured an eighteen-hole handicap
event.
First honors went to Frank Wooten
with Jack Netles as runner up. The
next tournament Will be held on
Thursday, July 21, and the committee
In charge of the afternoon program
will be Henry Carrtson, Jack Nettles
and Robert Kennedy, 3rd.
The American Red Cross was
founded in 1881.
Coach Required
Two Days For Trip
Hack In 1831 travel between Charlotte
and Camden was by means or
a six passenger coach aud a stage.
The transportation tee was six and a
quarter cents per mile, or If paid In
advance and on a ronnd trip basis,
was Ave cents jper mile.
That meant a charge of over $5.00,
as It was figured that the distance
was somewhat lu excess of the 78
miles of concrete highway that now
separate the two oltles. On the rountl
trip basis {he charge would be slightly
over $8. It took two days of daylight
driving to make the trip each
way.
, These facts hire submitted in the
copy of an. advertisement that appeared
in a newspaper of September
5, 1831. A oopy of the advertisement
was sent to M*yor F. N. MoCorkle by]
his mother, Mrs. llessle McCorkle, ofj
Athens. Oa.
| The advertisement, bearing a picture
Of a coach and four horses and
captioned "Charlotte and Camden
Stages" reads as follows:
"leaves Charlotte and Camden every
Sunday and Wednesday at 8 a. m.
and arrives in Charlotte and Camden
every Monday and Thursday at 5 p.
m., meeting the Northern Stages at
Charlotte and the Charleston and Columbia
Stages In Camden.
"The contractor pledges himself to
use every exertion for the comfort
| and convenience of passengers. He
has prepared a six passenger coach
to run on the line, and a stage, with
steady and careful drivers. For seats,
applications can be made at Boyd's
Hotel In Charlbtte and at McAdams,
Camden. Fare 6 1-4 cents per mile,
or the passenger paying In advance,
5 cents per mile for going and returning.
1
Thomas Boyd, Contractor."
September 6, 1831.
FORMER CAMDEN MAN DIES
OF AUTOMOBILE INJURIES
James Stewart Clark, 49, former
Columbian, of Staunton. Va., died at
7:15 yesterday morning In the University
hospital at Charlottesville,
Va., of injuries received Saturday in
an automobile accident near Richmond.
Mr. Clark was returning to Staunton
from Richmond, where he had attended
a hotel managers' convention
when the accident occurred. He was
a native of Columbia, the son of Arnold
Harvey Clark and Mary Chapman
Clark. He was educated in the
city schools of this city.
Surviving are his widow, formerly
Mrs. Mildred Badington Spence, of
Oastonia, N. C.J a daughter, Miss Mildred
Clark, one son, Jim Clark, all
of Staunton; a brother, W. A. Clark,
engineer on the Southern railway, Of
Columbia; his stepmother, Mrs. Virginia
Clark, of Camden; two half-sisters,
Miss Elisabeth Clark of Camden,..and
Mrs. Sam Wellborn, of New
Orleans, La., and a half brother, Harvey
Clark, of Camden. ?
Mr. Clark's death will sadden his
many friends in Columbia.?Wednesday's
Columbia State.
Rlsgsr Talks To Future Farmers^
Richard Rieger made a talk to the
Camden Future Farmers on "Forestry
In This Locality." .
The Camdfen high school future
farmers hold two meetings monthly,
and leaders in agriculture lines make
talks.
1 Mr. Rieger outlined the forestry in
this county, giving the background
1 for forestry work in this state.
An Educational tour was planned
r and ~ member# of the F. F." A. are
planning a tour of the county, study
ing forestry, programs of work foi
! agricultural I -boy* and the Hke.
Plans to Ipave for Bluffton, July 19
on an agricultural camp was discuss
ed. The agricultural boys will leave
for camp on July 19 and stay for i
week.-?Marvin Smith, Reporter, v..
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Baptist Church Services
The following services, are an
nounccd at the First Baptist chnrcl
for week beginning July 17: Sundaj
school at 10 o'clock with V?J. Bee
tor, superintendent, In charge. Publh
worship conducted by the pastor, J
B. C as ton. at 11:16 a. m. Subject
"Why Die EternallyP* or "Tnrniiu
From Death Unto Life." Evening set
vice at 8:30, conducted by Rev. Lind
ler, pastor of the Be&rfn* Baptts
church. B. T. U. Sunday Ifttttfg a
7:15, with C. C. Vangban, general di
rector, in charge. The picture for th
evening In "Abraham and Lot," ahow:
at 8:15. Prayer meeting Wedneeda;
Jially invited to attend aU serYioes c
Home Prowler ;
Under Arrest
Willie Truosdule, 24 year old negro,
haa a complex ou the felonious habit
of wandering into the homes of
Camden people who are away for the
summer. " ' . ~
Willie had just completed a several
years session' on the chaiu gang and y
will probably return to the prison colony
in the fail as the- result of his'
latest escapade. Willie
was literally caught in the
act of burglarising the home of Miss
Maria Klrkland, Green street, Wednesday
afternon. Chief of Police Cooloy
with officers Barnes and Tidwell
caught Willie in the house late in the
afternoon aud escorted him to the
county jail, where he will remain
pending trial In th^ October term of
court.
Discovery that an intruder was In
the Klrkland home was made by Mrs.
Klrkland Trotter and her son, Massenburg,
who had come to the house
In the afternoon to see If everything
was all right. They were in the hall
on the first floor when they heard a
sound on the second floor. With real
presence of mind, the sort* led his
mother out of the house and closed
the door with the remark, "Everything
is all right." They then drove
to a neighbor's home and telephoned
the police that someone was In the
Klrkland home.
TrueBdale'a suspicion that his presence
in the house had been discovered
was allayed by the presence of
lplnd of the Trotter boy and he wsb "
caught flat-footed when the police arrived.
According to the police, be .
had ransacked practically every closet
and all of the drawers in the dwelling.
It was albo Bald that he had
foraged through some pantry supplies.
Truesdale is the same man who was
caught In the home of Mrs. J. T. Hay
a few years ago. At that time, Mrs.
Hay found him hidden under a bed .
and kept him there while she summoned
the police. The police also suspect
that Truesdale might have been
the party that broke into Mrs- Newton
Boy kin's several nights ago.
Negro Runs Amuck;
Slays His Wife
Willie Jioore, who lived on the ...
P. Mackey place, five miles west of
the villlage of Kershaw went suddenly
insane Thursday morning and ran
amuck with a' gun. His wife was
killed and eeversrhelglihors^had narrow
escapes from death vfhen the
erased' man fired at them.
After slaying hie wife Moore ran to
the home of his mother, a mile distant,
where he drove all members
from the dwelling and barricaded himself
In one of the rooms.
County officers under the direction
of Constable Gib DeBruhl received
word of the.shooting and hurried to
the scene. Moore refused to surrender
and opened fire on th^, officers.
After ha had exhausted his supply of
ammunition he leaped from a window
and tried to escape. The officers were
too quick for him however, and DeBruhl
himself made the capture of
the erased man.
> Moore was brought to the Jail here
' where he will be held pending, an examination
Into his mental condition.
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Jefferson High
School Razed
1
I Jefferson, July .-The Jefferson
high school was destroyed by fire at
, 2 o'clock this morning. All typewvltr_
r era and school records, following the
- usual procudure at the end of each
' term, had been placed for Sftfe-keep-1tik
in tho vault attmtnnan bint"'
, No cause' was advanced for the
- fire. A few people arrived in flme>
to remove the piano. It seems that
i the blase caught in the roof.
The building was an old one, hou?ing
both gnuupar and high school,
insurance will cover much of the
" loss.
| The fire department waa called
1 from . Pageland not far away, and a jj
" SiMdy giratm M?water was kepi
5 on modern new agricultural and
' homey economics building which la
' located immediately by the high
[ school. It was untouched.
Trustees of the school and the so'
perintendent are making plans to.
open on schedule m September. i
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The Selfishness and Wakefulness
of Vandalism
2 flte wH J
.. ?y >. *
The city authorities, Civic
League and Garden Club hava
done much to beautify Camden,
* especially the parka and If would
seem that every one would view
with pride the young pines and
lovely mdjgnoljaa that grace Dickereon
Mounmeht Park, Net gq?.
pn Saturday evening without
rhyme or reason, yandale ffalled
7 thereon i uUileeety tearing Sp
h^nnk^ " hma * vXaa:*:
jrWTmnoriy pWVJr WO !MVinI|h^lnt
tree# bleeding to death , with only
their plume# still proudly waving.
Only one, bereft of hie ##n###?
ooirtd *o #o selfish and wastefulMi
the time and money other* more
loyal than himself have lavished^
upon their, home town. Swob-prae?
tlces should be eftoppe< by heavy,
flnee andi-punishment meted out
to those who thbv put themesfvee,
.above jtartwtfr
Camden's beauty la a business
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