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i The Camden Chronicle VOLUME 51 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, ^RIDAY, JULY 7, 1938 NUMBER 15 Sessions Court Was I of Short juration > court of common pleas which j convened Monday, moruiug with Judgej Iq Duncan Bellinger presiding, was of! Ighori duration, having finished up all! Ibuiiiitfe* and adjournment waa reachled Tuesday afternoon at six o'clock. | The majority of the cases were for | minor infractions of the law. The I g|H11d Jury made its presentment and Indite from a request that the city | have a public smoke nuisance prohibflited, the presentment followed the usual lines. Sheriff McLeod made hisj usual report to the grand Jury which' shows that the officers have been dlll-i gent in suppressing crime in this ' county. The cases disposed of and the two reports will be found below: William Boone charged with violalltion of the liquor laws, drew a sen tence of one year. Upon serving 30 |d&ys and payment of $50, balance of ,B sentence suspended. junior Johnson, house breaking and | larceny. One year with six months suspended and he gets credit for five I months spent In Jail. Lewis Johnson, house breaking apd iarceny, got a sentence of one year, with six months suspended and he | got credit for one month spent In Jail. Hazel Pettlford, house breaking and j | larceny, also drew a sentence of one year with six months suspended and | he gets credit for two and one-half months spent in Jail. | John M. Kine, non-support of child, was tried in his absence and found '| guilty. A sealed sentence was left for him by the court. m Willie Mae Robinson charged with I | aggravated assault and battery, drew j | a sentence of two years in the peni tentiary or jail. j Amanda Brisbane charged with aggravated assault and battery, drew a [ | sentence of one year In state prison j I Simon Johnson, violating liquor law | dre* a sentence of thirty days, but wa/ence suspended pending good be litfor. Thomas Murphy, charged with as* sault and battery with Intent to kill, drew a sentence of nine months with six months suspended. Thomas Bush was charged with vloBlatlng liquor law. He drew a sen tence of one year with nine months suspended. Broadus Patterson, charged with liquor law violation, had a sentence of two years Impodfcd, but after serv ing nine months, balance to be bus* ponded. Catoe Hollls drew a sentence of six months for larceny. Billie Williams, charged with viola ting liquor law, drew a sentence of : Bsix months. Paid a fine of $25 and the sentence suspended. I James Truesdale up on a charge of, ! Bhouse breaking and larceny* drew a| sentence of one year, but after hej serves four months, the balance to be' suspended. Cleveland Massey, charged with as sault and battery of a high and ag gravated nature, was sentenced to the Hjohn G. Richards industrial training school for negro boys until he shall rear h the age of twenty-one years of age. He is now fourteen years old. William Carlos received a sentence of four years for assault and battery Bof a high and aggravated nature. Daniel Craig was tried and 1 found guilty on a charge of bastardy. SenBtenre not passed upon agreement of him to pay $3.00 per month for supBport of child. Robert Baker was up on two charges of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Sen tenee not yet passed. Grand Jury Presentment Tin* grand Jury presentment, signed by C C. Whlta^er, Sr., as foreman. .nl(lre8sed to Judge G. Duncan Bellinger. the presiding judge, reads follows: "We have passed upon and report *<1 to the court on all bills presented to us by the solicitor. "We wish to commend Sheriff Mcleod and his Rural Police Force In their efforts and activities In sup pre??ing crime and enforcing the law in Kershaw county',' We also com ?end his office for the diligent work in collecting ddliquent taxes. "We wish to commend our county board of directors for the splendid Public roads in our county. "We wish to recommend that the H^lty officials have the Camden L*aun dry place a sufficient smoke pipe tq ^ beir plant thai will overcome lta be* "K a public nuisance. "We recommend that the court Hfcouse Janitor be required to peas Mi| examination for venereal diseases, as his duties are to handle all drinking water for the building. "We. commend the clerk of court for the splendid condition of the court house and for the efficient way his office Is kept. "We wish to thank his honor, the trial judge, the solicitor and the sheriff, and all court attaches, for the many courtesies extended to us at this term of court." Sheriff's Office Makes Report Sheriff J. H. McLeod made his report covering the period since the last, term of general sessions court, which was addressed to Foreman C. C. Whitaker and the other members of the grand Jury: "Since the last term of court seven liquor stills have been destroyed; ten gallons of unstamped corn whiskey have been captured and destroyed, together with 3,000 gallons of mash for the making of whiskey. "Four illegal slot machines have been confiscated and destroyed in the manner prescribed . by law. There havej>een eight arrests for the violation of the prohibition law and three hundred and twetny-flve arrests for other violations. "I am glad to report that the peace and order of the county generally has been excellent. There have been no major crimes committed, and it is especially noteworthy that nearly three years have pasBed since there has been a homicide In Kershaw county. i_.**t!hq sheriff's office has been as diligent as possible under the Circumstances in the collection of delinquent ?axes(.and I am glad to be able to report that from July 1, 1938, to June 30, 1399, this office has collected In delinquent taxes the snm of |45,>. .i .. ' V-*V~T" ' Kershaw Melons Are Among Best Twenty-live vara of nice big Jutcy watermelons, comparable in sweetness anil crlspness to the very tinest from Florida or Georgia, will be shipped from Camden this month, acoordhig to W. C. McCarley, county agent. The melons are being grown by Powe and MoL>eod and the area is located north of this city in Kerahaw county. Already several carloads have left here for northern markets. The success of the watermelon idea I has been so pronounced that it is beI lleved the acreage will be greatly inl creased in another year. Mr. McCarley states that the shipping of sugar yams will start July 20 with a much greater yield available this year than in 1938. Shipping of hogs, which usually I shows a marked falling off during the summer months, still continues briskly from the local pens. Kershaw Man Loses Life at Gold Mine Kershaw, July 2.?The first fatal accident since the Haile Gold mines resumed operations on a large scale three years ago, happened at their plant about three miles from here some time early Sunday, when Willie Lemuel Gardner, 20-year-old employe, was found with his feet protruding through the bottom of an ore bin. Young Gardner is supposed to have gone Into the bin, a large 250 ton capacity receptacle between the crushing machine and ball mill, entering at the top for the purpose of loosening congested ore to expedite feeding to the conveyor belt at the bottom of the bin. It Is thought that he stepped on undermined filling that caved in carrying him to the bottom of the bin and burying his body beneath 75 to 100 tons of ore. Gardner's feet were seen some time between 4 and 5 o'clock Sunday morning dragging the conveyor belt underneath the large tank. This bin was immediately emptied through an emergency opening, and Gardner'* body was found in an upright position with both hands covering his face as if to protect bis mouth and eyes from the caving ore. A physician was immediately summoned and every thing possible to resuscitate the young man done, artificial respiration being used for approximately two and one-half hours, but life was evidently extinct before the body was discovered. A coroner's Jury was empanelled and viewed the body, but no definite time has been set for an inquest. Mr. Gardner is survived by his father, Ixmnle L. Gardner; one brother, L. J. Gardner, of Kershaw, and four sisters, Miss Ethel Gardner, of Fort Mill; Miss Eula Mae Gardner, Miss Minnie Lee Gardner and Miss Daisy Gardner, all of Kershaw. Airport Links With Larger Fields The chamber of commerce has announced that arrungomeuta are belug made whereby the Woodward Airport will be in charge of Earl Fridell beginning Auguat 1. The new manager haa been identified with lleverly Howard, manager of the Charleston, Columbia and Mobile, Ala., airports and haa been employed by Mr. Howard at the Charleston airport since 1936. Mr. Fridell flew from .Charleston to Camdeu Sunday and while here met with Secretary F. H. Heath, of the chamber of commerce, representing Mayor F. N. McCorkle and Councilman Jack Nettles. Mr. Frldell stated It was his intention to come here on August 1 and take over the airport. He will have a training ship with him and will open up a school for flying. In addition he will have equipment for the servicing of ships that may stop at the Camden J airport. r Tire (wlti#iioa wtth the Charleston,! Columbia and Mobile airports will be of great value to Camden and will serve to put the local field on the air | map in a definite way. Mr. Fridell ..plans on having a gas tank and pump Installed Immediately , after he takes charge. He will offer a complete service to flyers. ! Mr. and Mrs. Reiger Injured in Car Crash Walterboro, July 4.?District Forester and Mrs. R. W. Reiger, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Collins, are In a Savannah hospital as a result of a collision with a car driven by a negro, according to I reports received here tonight. They J were en route to Savannah, having left Walterboro at 2:30 p. m., and had reached a point four miles from Savannah when the collision occurred. I Reports are that Mr. Reiger Is In a serious condition having suffered a fractured skull. Mrs. Reiger has a broken leg and Mrs. Collins a broken arm. Mr. Collins has severe cuts and bruises. Earl Durham was called to Savannah after the wreck and the news wag telephoned here by Mr. Durham. Mr. Reiger Is district forester for the district and Mr. Collins teaches agriculture In the Walterboro high school. Camden and Kershaw county people will regret to read of the accident reported above as Mr. Reiger was the former district forester stationed at Camden, while Mrs. Reiger was the former Miss Carolyn Houser of this city. MR. REIGER 8UCCUMBS; WIFE SERIOUSLY INJURED A message received In Camden Thursday brought the sad news that Mr. Reiger died from his injuries at eight o'clock that morning. It was also stated from Savannah that Mrs. Reiger was In an extremely critical condition?suffering from a broken leg and a broken arm, besides other injuries. It was said that she was given a blood transfusion but failed to respond to this treatment. No funeral arrangements had been announced for Mr. Reiger. Mr. and Mrs. Reiger were highly esteemed In Camden and their misfortune has brought grief to all who have heard of it. New Restaurant Is Assured For Camden A new modernistic cafe, now under course of construction on DeKalb street Just east of the Camdeh Hotel, will be operated by Ous R. Beleos, of Brunswick, Ga. Mr. Beleos has had years of experience In the restaurant business and for many years has operated a cafe at Brunswick. His Camden restaurant will be high class In every particular and it is his Intention to feature steak dinners. Baptist Church 8ervlcea The following services are announced for week beginning July 9, at the Camden Baptist church; Sunday school at 10 o'clock with V. J.: Rector, superintendent, In charge. Public worship at 11:16 a. m. and 8:30 p. m. At the morning hour, the pastor will speak on "Tears and Joy." At the evening hour, there will be a "County Temperance Rally" with a visiting speaker. B. T. U. Sunday evening at 7:30, with picture directed by Christopher Vaughan.'" Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8:30. The public is oordiaUy invite to at* tend all services of this church. '-A - ^ - * ,t. \ % : r V - , t Maybank Names A New Pen Board Columbia, Juno 30,?Governor May-J bank yesterday seut to the senate names of six members of the newly created board of directors for the State Penitentiary, the Industrial School for Whlt^ Boys In Florence county, the State Industrial School for White Girls and the John G. Richards Industrial Training School for Negro Boys. This board, authorized under a "consolidation" act passed at the present session of the legislature, is composed of the following: First Congressional district. 1J. C. Carrigan, Summerton, one-year term; Second district, Dr. Frank Oweus, Columbia, two-year term; Third district, T. S. Bannister, Anderson, three-year term; Fourth district, Ralph T. Wilson, Laurens, four-year term; Fifth district, Major Charles Boinneau, Camden, five-year term; Sixth district, Frank Thompson.. Conway. six-yea.? term. Mr. Carrigan was the only membjr of the old board of the penitentiary to be appointed on the new board. The other old board members were: A. G. West brook, of Edgeraoor, chairman; J.%J. Gayden, of Columbia; F. 6. Childress, of Six Mile; and E. J. Clary, of Gaffney. The appointments were sent to Ihe senate for confirmation, action bdlng deferred for the time being. Donald Morrison Acting Secretary Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Heath left this morning by motor for Chicago, Milwaukee and Wisconsin lake resorts where they will visit relatives for the next two weeks. -During Mr. Heath's absence from his desk at the chamber of commerce, Donald Morrison will have charge of the office. Huan Small, former high school baseball coach, Is to take charge of the Palmetto and Junior L?ec|on baseball soorlng for Mr. Heath. Mrs. Campbell Died i Here Saturday| Mrs. Mary Jane Campbell, 72, died at her home yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock after a long illness. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Frazier Hyatt, Mrs. W. B. Grover, Mrs. Dennle Rogers; one son, J. C. Campbell, all of Sumter; also one sister, Mrs. Bermell Outlaw, of Camden. The funeral cortege will leave the residence on the extension of north! Main street at 2:30 Sunday afternoon! for service and interment at Hebron church. The service will be conduct| ed by Rev..Paul Wbitaker and Rev. R. R. Tucker.?Saturday's Sumter Item. ASK8 COOPERATION IN TUBERCUL08I8 CAMPAIGN "The chances of having active tuberculosis are nine times greater among once-infected children than among those who have never had the disease," said Dr. J. A. Myers and Dr. C. A. Stewart, of Minneapolis, in a recent issue of a well known medical Journal. Kershaw county has a record in the office of the Tuberculosis association of one hundred five children and young people, whose X-ray examination shows Jlrst Infection tuberculosis. It is important that each and every one of them be protected from further exposure to infection not only in their own home but in school, where much time is spent. South Carolina has a law requiring that a teacher be pronounced free from tuberculosis before receiving a certificate. The State Tuberculosis association has recently mentioned Allendale county as the only county in the state that has advised them of any practical application of this law. In.' Allendale county, during May twentysix teachers were X-rayed In a chest Clinic. In this group of teachers two active cases of tuberculosis were found. It would be a fine step forward if the Kershaw County Teachers' association would early in the fall pass a resolution requesting every teacher to be examined for tuberculosis as one means of making school life more safe for students. Grscs Church 8ervices Services at Grace Episcopal church Sun8Sy/July 9. will be as follows: Holy communion at 8 a. m.; morning prmyxr and sermon by the rector. Dr. iMenrloe Clarke, at 11:15 o'clock. I i ' Wrecking Cars Are Banned From Street Wrecking cur* will be banned from Camden streets beginning title week, according to Mayor F. N McCorkle. For over a year now there has been repeated complaints made to the city authorities over the manner In which the streets In the vicinity of garages have been cluttered by wrecklug cars and cars awaiting to receive the attention of mechanics. Mayor McCorkle stated emphatically Wednesday that the police would' be instructed to notify all garages that they must keep their wrecking equipment off the pavement and that repairing of trucks and carB on the street will nqt be permitted. In promulgating this order the mayor feels that he will not only eliminate a dangerous haiard for motorists, but will be doing a kindness to the garage owners. In support of this he cites a case where a motorist who collided rrltii a wrecker standing iu front of a garage with no lights collected $16,000 in damages from the owner of the wrecker. Blind Bogey Is Won By Mortimer Muller Mort Muller, one of the golfing aces of the Camden pasture pool colony was the winner of the blind bogey tournament held at the Klrkwood course Sunday afternoon. Muller was flrBt, his net score being the nearest to the blind bogey flgiire. Muller shot an 85 gross. Henry G. Carrlson with a gross 101 was second and Charles Vlllepigue with a gross 97 was third. Joe McKain demonstrated that he is to be reckoned with in golf events ttf t he-future by scoring a neat 87 for eighteen holes. Jack Nettles registered a 96 and Charley DeDoache a 90. Charles DuBose scored a 97 and he would have cut ten strokes from this | figure had be been able to keep his eyes on the ball instead of casting longing glances at the nearby polo field. Frank Wooten traveled the route in 89. All of the scores would have been materially reduced had it not been ! that the players are using temporary greens, due to the renovating and rebuilding of the old sand greens of the Klrkwood links. Three Negroes Die In Electric Chair Tucker Prison Farm, Ark., June 30. ?Three young negroes died in the electric chair today for the rape of two 19-year-old white girls, one of whom was killed. The men were: Jim Caruthers, 23, Bubbles Clayton, 25, and Sylvester Williams, 20. Cauthers, confessing as he sat in the chair, and Clayton, denying guilt, were executed for assaulting a waitress in a Blytheville cemetery, December 21, 1934. They made a four-year legal flgbt for freedom which was carried to the United States supreme court. Williams pleaded guilty last month to raping and slaying a farm girl near Altheimer. In the Caruthers-Clayton case negro attorneys for the pair contended exclusion of negroes from the Jtiry panel violated the constitutional rights of their clients and that "an air of mob violence pervaded the courtroom" at their trial. Approves Health Project Washington, July 1.?Congressman James P. Richards, Fifth District of South Carolina, has received information from Frank A. March, director project Control division, Works Progress Administration, Washington, D. C? that Project No. 30,990, in the amount of $2,278, has been approved to operate a nutritional camp for undernourished and needy children under the sponsorship of the Kershaw County Health department. This project will operate In Kershaw county, near the city of Camden. , This project is sponsored by the Kershaw County Health department, and is now eligible for operation at the discretion of the Works Progress Administrator. Nutrition Camp Called Off The Kiwanls Club regrets to announce that due to the polio situation In surrounding counties that its annual nutrition camp for underprivileged children will not be held this year. Dewey Creed, is chairman of thi* activity, and Dr. A. W. Humphries is the medical adviser. Well-Liked Youth Injured In Crash K Wylie Hogue, Uu union h 1 kti school graduate anil now a student at Clemson college, son of Mr. ami Mrs. Wyllo llogue, Walnut street, this city, sut'fered a fractured right leg. left ooliur bono and six ribs when struck by a car driven by Alvo Stokes, a tilling station operator on United States highway No. 1. The accident took place Just east of the Sheheen .tilling station on Broad street, early Saturday morning. Stokes was taken into custody after the crash. He was later released on |2t> ball. Hogue, who 1s one of the outstanding young men ot the city, had been to ?a dance at the Court Inn. He had helped to push a disabled car tQ A garage and was about to drive home when a car driven by Hufus Redfearn, another well-known Camden youth, pulled up Just ahead of where the Hogue car was purkod. Wylle walked forward and reaching the Redfeam car, placed one foot on the left ruunlng board and started to chat with the Redfearn boy. It Is said that Stokes had stopped at the Purol tilling station at Market and Broad streets and when he pulled out going east, he was traveling at a high rate of speed. Marks on the asphalt Indicated that he was running In t^e middle of the street until ho reached a point about seventy-live feet from the Redfeam car, when It is said, he veered to the left and crashed Into the parked machine. The force of the Impact hurled Hogue some twenty to thirty feet. Both cars were badly damaged. Hoguo was picked up and rushed to the hospital where examination disclosed that his Injuries were serious. Hater Saturday Stokes went to tho Camden hospital to see Hogue and also met the father of the accident victim. Stokes professed regret over the affair and declared that he would take care of all medical and surgical as well as hospital expenses. Later In the day, Stokes, with his father, Wado Stokes, a well known and respected citizen of the community, called at Mr. Hogue's office In the court house to express their regrets and sympathy. Neighbor Tells How Skipper Fooled Dogs (One of the Neighbors) In as much as the Skipper Is rolling northward when this Issue of the Chronicle comes off the press, I am going to pinch hit, as he terms it, and tell you folks something about the scheme the Skipper has that has eliminated a nuisance which has to do with dogs and garbage containers. A great many Camden householders can recite their own experience with dogs and garbage canB, the Job of raking up the garbage which some dog had spread all over the yard after tipping the can over during the night hours. And so It was with the Skipper. Morning after morning he came forth to find the garbage can turned over and the contents spread about in a most unplcturesque manner. We watched him try various means of combatting the maraudering dogs. The can was tied to a post, It wai set In a picket enclosure but the dogs managed to get the top off and tpe contents out. One day the Skipper hit upon a new stunt. He secured a rope, tied the rope to the handles of the garbage can and then suspended the can some six Inches from the ground, by looping the ropes over the branch of a mimosa tree. What happened?well Mr. Dog came around and seeing the can Jumped at It to tip 4t over. The can swung out and then, to the astonishment'of the canine, swung back and biffed him In the nose. That happened weeks ago and since then, no dog has solved a way In which he can tip over the Skipper's garbage can. And the recipe la free to the public. Hang your can to a post or tree ! and the dog will not bother you. I Ocean Forest Hotel Cloeed Myrtle Beach, July 5.?The Ocean Forest hotel closed today and transferred all operations to the Ocean Forest Country Club. Officials said the change was necessary by poor business. They said > the hotel would remain closed for the mst of the season but probably would be reopened next year. - ----- :~~A Many of the employes will be placed 'v " In other hotels of the Dinkier chain. Gold can be beaten so thin that an?__ ounc# will cover aa area of 146 square feat Lrzrr iiBEljns