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Negro Trusty Shot Trying To Escape Ktnmett Moore, negro trusty, died at a Columbia hospital lust week from gunshot wounds which Penitentiary Superintendent .John M. Glenn said were inflicted by a guard who sought to halt (he man's flight from the state prison farm near Camden. Glenn said that Moore and two other trusties had gone about eight miles from the camp when they were overtaken. The other two obeyed orders to halt but Merit Ives, a guard, shot Moore when he continued to run, Glenn said. Trusties are given considerable freedom, Glenn explained, and tho trio were able to run away before their absence was discovered. Moore had served about three years of a seven-year sentence which Glenn] said was imposed at Charleston for housebreaking and larceny. The prisoner died about 2 p. m., about four hours after he was shot. Glenn said that the guard brought the man to the hospital Immediately. Coroner John A. Sargeant, who Investigated. said that the bullet entered the back hip and passed through the right part of the leg. The coroner said that an inquest into tho death would be hold in Richland county aH soon as he had compleated his Investigation. Ixmnle Ross, thirty-two, was found fatally shot in (he yard of his home In Hendersonville, N. C., last Monday afternoon. Coroner Asa Paschall said it was u case of suicide. The United States crusier Charleston, arrived at Punta Arenas at S a. m. on Wednesday and left at noon to resume Its neutrality patrol of waters off the Central American coast. i \ m <( " i i ii tuti Local Red Cross . Ready For Action Mrs. W. H. Harris Is again roll call chairman of (he Camden and Kershaw County Red Cross. The drive for 1,100 members In the county, an Increase of 400 over the 1938 quota ' will atari on Armistice Day. The slogan (or the Kershaw chapter Is "Enroll Every Adult In Kershaw County". The national slogan Is "Keep Your Red Cross Heady". Arrangements have been made to havo the county chapter headquarters during the roll call In the Knoud tack ahop on Hroad street. Meetings will be held In the directors room of the Commercial Bank. Mrs. Harris has announced that Major Moultrie Urailsford will be chairman of the working group In the business district of the city and Mrs. Hughey Tlndal will have the canvassing group taking care of the residential section. J. G. Richards, Jr., will be chairman of the school group In the city and County Superintendent Kathleen Watts will have chargo of the county school group. The church group will be taken care of by a com-1 mittoe headed by Rev. A. Douglas McArn and the Special Gifts group will be under the supervision of Mrs. Samuel Russell and Joe McKain. In the list of district chairmen so far named are Mrs Douglas Mays at Bethune; Mrs. W. D. Grlgsby at Rlaney; Miss I>al Richards-at Liberty Hill; Mrs Team Gettys at LugofT; Mrs. W. N. Stokes at Westvllle, and Mrs. A. E. Miller at the Wateree Dam. Egypt and Italy have agreed to withdraw a certain number of troops from Egyptian-Libyan frontier, which has been powerfully manned since the crisis of last spring. General News Notes Prime Minister Chamberlain annouuced to Parliament last week that a 11 fteen-year mutual assistance pact had been signed by representatives of Britain, France and Turkey at Ankara, Turkey. The treaty contains economic as well as military clauses. Ratification by the Turkish parliament was expected almost Immediately. The breakdown of Turkish-Sovietnegotiations left vitally-Interested Rumania in suspense and anxiety with undlmlnshed fears that Soviet. Russia might attempt to regain Bessarabia which Rumania gained after the World war. Official circles Insisted the Moscow negotiations merely were suspended and would continue at Moscow and Ankara. As part of a traffic safety campaign In Oklahoma City, street CAr and bus operators make this speech to their passengers: "Indies and gentlemen, let me have your attention, please. There have been ten deaths this year, and seven of them wore pedestrians. When you leave this car be careful In crossing the street. Help us keep Oklahoma City safe. Thank you." Lieut. Commander S. B. Cooke, commanding United States patrol squadron 51, said In Puerto Kico that a continuous search of the whole eastern Caribbean area since September 12 had failed to reveal the presence of a single submarine of a foreign power. There have been numerous reports of submarines In the area, but none of the reports have been confirmed. Its owners reported last Tuesday the Norwegian steamer lxirentz W. I Hansen. 1.918 tons, was torpedoed and sunk with a cargo of wood bound from Canada to England. The crew of twenty-one was saved by a tanker at a point two days out In the Atlantic. Osla dispatches said the Norwegians steamer Kongsdal reported rescnlng the crew. A campaign to ban?from Lynn, Mass., theatres, motions pictures staring divorcees was opened this week by the Lynn chapter, Women of the Moose. The plan was accepted after Senior Regent Lillian B. Fitzgerald said the appearance of such stars was ("disgusting to homelovlng men andj ! women and others who believe in the | sanctity of the home and marriage. I Generalissimo Francisco Franco of Spain wrote finis to Burgo s brief hisI tory as capital of Spain when he left 1 for Madrid to join his government. 'Residents or the little city which the i civil war had lifted out of its placid I existence and made one of the world s ppwa centers turned oui to bid farewell to the man whom the mayor said "made the Burgos the temple of civilization." Herman Petrlllo, first person con! victed in Philadelphia's widespread ' murder for insurance cases, has been ' sentenced to die in the electric chair ! for the poisoning of Ferdinand Alfon-' j si, a WPA worker. The diminutive ! forty-year old former spaghetti sales; man was visibly shaken as sentence was pronounced by Judge Harry S. McDevitt. The prisoner stammered: "Thank you. judge I still have God. ' Rev. Morris Goers of Bluffton. S. 0. finally has received a letter mailed to him m Bluffton a year ago. R followed him half way around tho world He was in Jerusalem when a member of bis congregation wrote I him Before the letter was delivered Rev. Mr Goers left fur home. Forwarded. it followed him to Egypt. Italy. France. Switzerland. England. Canada and the I'nited States before it caught up with him Reopening of schools for 5.000,00 Italian children last Monday coincided with ceremonies increasing their number in Fascist youth organizations. \ ire Into Gayda, authoritative Fascist editors, made the induction of a new quota of children Into >ou:h training and the promotion of ethers to defsxid the system against criticism that it is too military Authorities estimated four hundred fifty Chinese men and women laborers drowned when the overloaded lvi-ton river vessel Hsin Taiku Maru capsized in the storm-swept Yangtze J estuary twelve miles from Woosung The only foreigner aboard, a Japan. ese captain, was believed lost with : his ship. Several vessels In the vicinity reported rough water made rescue attempts almost impossible, t The passengers pn the boat were emI ployed in the Japanese-dominated i areas along both banks of the Yangtze Local Gridders Have Fine Record A special detail of police will augment the local traffic force here Friday night wjicn the annual ,football clash between Camden and Chester takes place under the lights on Zeinp Held. With good weather prevailing, It Is expected that a record for the season will be hung hp. Canulen will turn out en masse as the Chester game looms as the first of the season to offer real competition to the Bull* dogs on the home gridiron. Chester Is sending a big delegation to the game. A Chester report is to the effect that there will be fully seven to eight hundred people, including high school and grammar school students and townspeople, down for the fray. The little more than fifty miles between Chester and Camden, over fine surfaced roads, offer little handicap against quick and safe transportation. There is a great deal more involved In the game than Just a win, so far as Camden is concerned. Local football enthusiasts recall the several times in the past when Camden has stood on the doorstep of a state title, only to have the golden cup dashed from their lips by a Chester team. In 1937 Camden took revettge on Red Cyclones by battering them under by a 23 to 0 score and In 1938 they added another cupful of humiliation by trouncing them 34 to 6. This year a Camden win will satisfy the most ardent Camden fan and wipe out the old grudge of many years. Camden has made a bid for state honors almost every year for over a decade. It was in 1926 that the state was divided into the A and B. groups and Camden, because of the student census in the high school, was listed in the B group. That same year Camden played Mulllns for the lower1 state title and was defeated?Mullins was later defeated in the state title game. In 1927 Camden again went to the lower state title game ?this time against Batesburg-I>eesville and was defeated. Batesburg-Leesvllle later won the championship game. In 1928 Batesburg-Leesvllle again came down the stretch with Camden for the lower state title and history repeated itself when Camden was defeated. Again did the Batesburg-Leesvllle group take the state B title. In 1929 Camden and Chester raced down to the title play-off and the Red Cyclones won. The score was 19 to 13. In 1930 Camden was transferred from the lower state bracket to the upper bracket. Again Camden and Chester went through their schedules and faced each other in a game which went to Chester after two games were played. The first game went to a 32 to 32 count and in the second game Chester nosed out Camden 7 to 0, later going on to win the state title from Marlon high. ! In 1931 Camden fans had a chance to cheer as Camden defeated Chester for the state title in a game at Melton Field. Columbia, on Christmas day by a score of 32 to 7. In 1932 Camden and Chester again went down the same road to a title meeting. Camden had beaten Chester in a pre-season game by a score of 7 to 0. but when the state title game was played in Columbia, Chester won 12 to 7. In 1933 Camden again lost a championship game, this time to Johnston. In 1934 Great Falls and Camden mixed in the title battle and Great Falls won. In 1935 Camden was transferred from the upper to the lower state bracket and went through the season to meet Beaufort for state honors. Beaufort won after Ga^nden had seemingly piled up a big leJhd. In 1935 Camden and Ylonea Path met for title honors and Camden won with ease. In 1937 Cannier stepped into the A classification anjl astonish; ed the state football world by racing I down to a title match with a rugged I Fasley high team. This game was ! played in a heavy rain and on a bog, gy field preventing the famed razzle 'dazzle and hlpper dipper play of the | Bulldogs. The game was played on | Melton field In Columbia resulting in a victory for Easley. Camden and Chester met in 1937 and Camden tramped over the Cyclones 23 to 0. In 1938, after going through the season without a defeat Camden played Columbia for the state title and was defeated by a narrow margin. Can?den played with West and Red Lynch, two of its star players, nursing sprained ankles. ' Many Guilty Pleas At Recent Session The October court of general ?es- ( slims finished up It? work on Wednesday and the Jurors were discharged Judge K. C. Dennln, of Darlington, presided, and the following ca*es were disposed of, most of the defendants entering pleas of guilty: j Bertha Jackson, alia? Bertha Clyburn, plead guilty to manslaughter, and received a sentence of two years. The Clyburn woman In a fit of Jealous rage, poked a gun bwel Into the side of another woman, killing her Instantly. In this connection, her common law husband, Alexander Clyburn, was tried and found guilty of assault and battery with intent to Kill. Clyburn had on the night previous to the murder beat his wife. Bertha Clyburn, and ran her away from home.. He received a sentence of one year. Hammie Nelson was found guilty of malicious mischief, and received a sentence of one year with the sentence suspended upon payment of a fine of $60 to Thomas Ancrum. . Frank Harrison, Maylo Harrison and Rothwell Harrison, plead guilty to aggraVated assault and battery. A two-year sentence was imposed but was suspended upon good behavior. ! William Duren plead guilty to a liquor law violation and got a suspended sentence of six months. , Anderson Pate got a like sentence for a similar charge. 1 Dollie Mae McDow plead guilty to aggravated assault and battery and was given a sentence of six months or $25 fine. She paid the fine. i Frances Miller, Flocenia Sowell and Faster Phillips plead guilty to aggravated assault and battery and each drew fines of $25 or six months. The fines were \paid. Laurie Windham plead guilty to aggravated assault and battery with intent to kill. He draw a suspended! sentence of eighteen months. Charlie Mills plead guilty to biga-J Iny and upon serving ThTee^months of a twelve months sentence the bal-i auce to be suspended upon good be-, havior. Matthew Hathaway plead guilty to a hit and run charge and received a fine of $10, which he paid. Albert Miller plead guilty to a charge of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and drew a sentence of six years. Son Drakeford carried a pistol and plead guilty to the charge and drew a fine of $25 or thirty days and paid the flne\ James David Simpson and Jack Williard plead guilty to grand larceny of an automobile and received two years each. These young men bad long police records and were charged with the theft of the DuVal car from its parking place in front of the Hotel Camden. The thieves were captured forty-five minutes later in Lancaster. Abraham Sanders, up on a llquoi violation charge, plead guilty and received six months. On payment of a $50 fine, the sentence was suspended. John M. Gaines plead guilty to a charge of house breaking and larceny and drew a sentence of eighteen months. Luther Clinton was found guilty or forgery and drew a sentence of eight months. Donald Napper plead guilty and paid a fine of $50 for violating the liquor law. A sentence of six months was suspended. William Nelson plead guilty to a liquor violation charge and page $2o, and the Judge suspended a six months sentence. David Craig plead guilty to a liquor law charge and paid a fine of $25 with a six months sentence suspended. Lawrence Brazzell plead guilty to violating the liquor law. Sentence to serve nine months at such labor as he could perform in the state prison. H. E. Grantham, up on a .charge of I selling liquor, plead guilty and drew a fine of $60 and one year sentence j ? but the sentence was suspended when he paid the fine. * Adam Wooten plead guilty to violating the liquor law and paid a fine of $50 while the sentence of one year was suspended. James Lee plead guilty to housebreaking and larceny and received a sentence of eighteen months. Jerry Weathers plead guilty to housebreaking and larceny and drew one year. Harry Russell plead guilty to a charge of housebreaking and larceny and was sentenced to serve one year. P. D. Powell plead guilty to forgery and received a sentence of nine months In the state prison. Joe Watkins plead guilty to aggravated?assault and?was?sentenced?to serve one year. After serving six months balance of sentence to be suspended. " D. P. Dye, former assistant cashier of the Bank of Kershaw,, was charged with three cases of breach of trust while connected with the bank. He was sentenced to serve two years in each case, the sentences to run concurrently. Dr. John Brewer, Kershaw, appeared in his behalf to testify as to his physical condition, and Judge Dennis suspended the sentences pending his conduct in the future. Grand Jury Presentment The grand Jury presentment, signed by C. C. Whitaker as foreman, reads in part, as follows: "We have passed upon and reported to the court on all bills presented to us by the solicitor. "The different committees heretofore appointed have reported to the grand jury, which reports have been adopted and are embodied in this report as follows: "The roads and bridges over the county are in good shape and well kept. We commend our county board for this efficient work. "The committee on <jourt house and Jail report that the court house is in fair condition, and that the Jail is as well kept as is possible under presont conditions. The Kerehaw county prison camp was found to be in good condition and well kept "The financial affairs of the county have been handled in a throughly efficient manner. The books of the County treasurer and other county officers are well and neatly kept and are in perfect order. "We commend our superintendent for her splendid work in the educational department of out schools of ? the county and her bootaKttre in perfect order. "We commend the solicitor and our sherifT for their splendid work and cooperation in the speedy disposition of cases coming into this court, and we especially commend the sheriffs office and the rural police force for their activities for law enforcement in Kershaw county. "We wish to thank his honor, the presiding judge, the solicitor, the sheriff and all -court attaches tor the many courtesies extended to us thru out our service." " wmmmmmmmmmrnmiun i.t , ? _ NEW CROP---Flower Seed and Seed 11 ALL VARIETIES for FALL and WINTER PLANTING I Zemp's Drug Stpre both prescriptiow stokes. City Drug Company I BROAD STREET ? PHONE 30 MOST ANYTHING YOU NEED DeKALB STREET PHONE 130 "f^PENNEY'S MONTH-END 0 IJARGAINa DON'T MISS THEM?THEY ARE ALWAYS BEYOND COMPARISON. THESE AGAIN SHOW THAT? 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