The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 07, 1939, Image 1
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,>.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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