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r * v - ..... ... The Camden Chronicle yOMJME 63 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1940 , NUMBER 23 latfield Confesses Slaying (Taxi Driver Alexander * "" 1 i ii. Ljings Hatfield, 21, said to be a Ifcnt of U^e county, is belug hold tbt> county Jail, charged with the I twi murder In the history of jbAW county. Htfleld. a former worker on the lee-Cooper project, and CCC enadmitted he killed Frank Alexit, 41-year old negro taxi driver Thursday evening, and his body faund Friday morning at a point it tlx miles from Camden on the itstion of Kd Workman w*. th? ib road Alexander had been shot loee range, the bullet entering his ear, and coming nearly through the right side of the head. His j had been dragged Into a -corn I a short distance and was disced by farm laborers the next tingle dead man's automobile was id at a point ue^r Dalzell where id been run Into a ditch when It i out of gasoline. Hy and county pglice officers got y immediately and upon g clue liihed by James Carter, a bus stawnployeo, a description of a man fag a CCC laundry sAck, led to an's arrest at the home of his her in the Spring Hill section, cting Chief of police Frank Mayer rked up on all ends In Camden, le the arrest was made by Deputy I McLeod and rural officers, G. B. (rnhl and James L. Hough. ^ lerlff McLeod had broadcast a deplion of Hatfield and had also red one hundred dollars reward Ills capture. Tfab reward will most the negro youth who gave D the first tip. leriff McLeod succeeded In obtain a {(lit cuiueHgion irom Jtiauieia It is reproduced below: Oi Thursday morning, August 22, 1 left my home at Spring Hill tout eight o'clock In the morning b the intention of going to CoIbia to see if 1 could not get work Fort Jackson. I went to McCutchfs store and stayed there until kit ten o'clock and caught a ride a Mr Smiley on truck to BishopB "When 1 got in Bishopvillo, I t out to the Camden road and ?hf a ride to Camden on a truck. t off of the truck at the stop light DeKalb and Uroad streets. This about 2 : }!.' in the afternoon. I t out on highway No. 1, in the dilon of the river, to catch a ride, could not. Then I came back up ) and stopped at a filling station i>' a colored man and asked him -A-AAXi. 1 Wfm told- U> go?<k>wu 'ell street, which I did, and d in trout of a funeral home, tin-re were several colored peoIking. i asked them where I get a taxi, and they told me H- taxis hung around the Bus 1 walked on then to the Bus and stood there a little while, 1 not see a taxi. Directly a coloy. about nineteen years old, p there and I asked him If he i taxi. He said he did not, and no if I wanted one. I told him I J he said he would send one P. and the boy then left on a and went down toward town bicycle. He came back on his about dark and the taxi P about the same time. The of the taxi did not get out, boy who was on the bicycle >' bag, which was blue CCC bag, and put it in the back a*l I got In and told the taxi who l have since heard was iexander, to drive straight out d me where I waa going, and dm I was going six or eight )wn the Blshopville road. He Ji on the Blshopville road to dplce, when he cut aoroas to :k River road. After getting 1 the Black River road about from, tpwn, Frank a topped and demanded $24(0 to carry 0 the house of my brother-i??y ha^jftis. I offered to get 'line or try to raise the moult said, This t?wfar as I y you tor fl.26. I can't drive ound for nothing." I got out r on the left-hand side. I askagain to carry me on dowa other-in-law's, and he said he going to do it I said that it ton, dirty trick. It was a hell to do anybody. He said that n"t going*to let any white mn over, mm and talk back turned quick hi the car, enow what he was up to, or ended to getaweapon and lt this time JLjjuJled out my 1 shot him. I was about six 1 Alexander when' I shot " moaned, but did not sp*ak here by the car for about ? id then caughLJifildjbC Alex f! dragged him out of 014 on the ground; aat-taMM ^ groundhTth7?oa?iffl peak or move, and pdbodj g and X was afraid I caughi wrist then and palttdbtil e corn field about thfrtj ? car, and- atood then 'Unned on back page) " ? ^ ? Williams Kills Couch In Mt. Pisgali Section John C. Williams, 30-year old white wan, la being held in the county Jail charged with the fatal shooting early Sunday morning of J. C. Couch, age 42, also white. Williams and Couch operated Jointly a filling station and grocery In the Mt. Pisgah section, and the affair is. said to have been the result of a brawl. Couch was shot twice In the stomach and once in the hip. He was carried to a Charlotte hospital where he died at 10 o'clock Monday morning. Both men are said to have been armed but Couch did not shoot. Couch leaves a wife but no children. A coroner's Jury, with W. T. Holly as foreman, held ap. Inquest Tuesday morning and the verdict was to the effect that Williams did the Bhooting. Couch Is survived by his widow, Mrs. Inez Taylor Couch, his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Couch , of Fork Hill section of Lancaster I county, four brothers, Clarence Couch I and Ganson Couch, of Fork Hill, Edj ward Couch of Rock Hill. Three slsJters, Mrs. Hunter Blackmon of Pleasant Hill, Mrs. Watson Faulkenberry of Fork Hill, and Mrs. Roy Hough of the Dixie section of I^ancaster county. Funeral services were conducted from the home at three p. m. Wednesday by the Rev'. H. B, Lauridge of Lancaster, assisted by the Rev. J. T. Dabney of Chester, the Rev. F. S Robinson of Lancaster and the Rev. B. S. Broome of Kershaw, with interment in the Fork Hill cemetery. William's attorney, Murdoch M. Johnson, appeared before Judge E. C. Dennis at Darlington Wednesday and secured an order for ball at $3,000. Bond was given Thursday morning and Williams was released from custody. Both Williams and Couch have wide family connections in the northern part of the county. It is reported that the Couch family have employed attorneys Williams and. Stewart, of Lancaster to assist in the prosecution of Williams. Baptist Church 8ervices The following services are announced for Camden Baptist church: Sun. day. - school .at -10 - o'clock with- ?L_Q. Stogner,. superintendent, in charge. Public worship, with the pastor, Rev. J. B. Caston, filling the pulpit at 11:15 a. m. and 8 p. m. Morning subject: "The Right Use of Sunday"." Evening subject: "The Importance ol Little Things." The public is cordially invited to attend all services of this church. ~ . i Second Primary To City Schools Open Name House Member Here September 10 In the prhhary election held Tues- Patrons and students of the Camday the voters of the Fifth Conftres- den high school are requested to note elonal District returned Dick Rich- carefully the information given beards lo the nationul house by a hand- low: some majority over Hoy C. Cobb. The high school will open along probate judge of Cherokee county. "with the other schools of the district J. Clator Arrants was named to the 011 Tuesday morning. September. 10. house of representatives on the first or^er that delay in schedule cornballot. while' L. C. Clyburn. Sr.. will P^Hon *>? avoided it will be nehave to make a second race with c??i*ry for all high school students James M. Thornton. 10 enro11 before the opening date. The 11 f.. v , , . following days and hours have been James H. Clyburn, clerk of court; . w,.? ,, .. , . set apart for that purpose: Mrs. Kathleen 11. Watts, superlnten- _ . ' . * 0 0 u/. ... .1 i.r 1 iv. n . Tuesday, September 8, 8:80?All pudent of education, W. U I>ePa88, Jr., ,. . ' .. . ^ . . . _ ' plls who ride on the Lugoft bus. At master, J. Ed. Lee, coroner, W. T. ,A ?. ., ? ^ 10:80 on same date, all pupils from Kedfearn, director lor DoKalb; J. C. . nil1 Faulkenberry, director for Flat Hock; v . ? 4fl v.. *> > , 1 , . . Wednesday, September 4, 8:30?All L. P. Rose director for Wateree; A. ... - ', .. ? KT , . . . . ' students from the Charlotte TbompB. Nelson, magistrate for lower Wat- ' ...... >. . . . . ? . son school district. At 10:80, all stueree; John A. Young, magistrate at ... . ,,, .. ... ? ^ . . . . dents who will ride on the Pine Grove Kershaw, were returned without op- . . , . ?Wateree school bus. position. > . Thursday, September o? All tenth Mrs. Clarence Hough and Luth?r an^ ^R?venth grade students other A. Sowell will make a second race than those mentioned above, for game warden. Friduy, September 6?All eighth C. E. Davis and H. O. Burns will and ninth grade students not Included make the second race for magistrate In thOBc already enrolled. In DeKalb township. Saturday, September 7?Students L. D. Vincent and T. H. Young were who were* unable to " enroll on dates j re-named as magistrates in "Flat Hock scheduled, township. Joe D. Barfield was elect- High school students will begin ed over Glenn Rabon as magistrate renting text books at the high Bchool in upper Wateree. gymnasium Tuesday morning. Sep, A. I.. Mc-I^od will make a second tembor 10 The hour8 ,or r6nlll"! ,he race with Irby Turner for the office bo01" wl" be ,rom 10:30 to 1:30' of cotton weigher at Camden. The "'h00'8 Iocated ln Clty ot Camden will open on Tuesday morn, Quite a large crowd wae ln atlen- ,ng 8 lember 10 at the hour dance at The Chronicle office to learn p>troQg aro urged to comply wlth the result of Ihe election Tuesday (be ^ requll.lng vaccination for the ? *' . prevention of smallpoie. Those pa' FATHER DAHONY SPEAKER trdn" who 1,aVe chlldlen 10 ?nter rh? AT CAMDEN ROTARY LUNCHEON flrfR trades are asked to enroll them on Monday, September 9, between the 1 Father Dahony of Baltimore was hours of 9 a. m. and 1 p. m. Both the guest speaker at this week's Ro- the grammar school and the Plne^ 'tary meeting at the Hotel -Camden. Tree Hill school will be open for this He Snoke of ini-n?-nnr?HniF anr\ol Riirollnipnf and religious Ideals ln with daily bus- The faculty for this season will be j iness life, and cited the success of a? follows: J. G. Richard, Jr., supera concern that had been most success- intendent; C. T. Baldwin, principal of ful in doing so, making his organlta- high school; Miss Henrietta Zemp, ' tion one big family, and at the same MJas Agnes Corbett, Miss Alberts ' time not losing the efficiency, and as Team, Miss Gertrude Strother, Miss a result had all loyal and successful Ada Montgomery, Miss Mary Emma employees. He stressed not to pigeon Hough, Miss Irma 8eagle, MIbb Marhole the good things of life but to garet Wright, Mrs. Leonard 8chenk, help others less successful. Mrs. Carl West, G. E. McGrew, H. A. The program was in change of Fa- Small and F. N. Wlmberly. Mrs. J. ' ther Burke. The program ndxt week Blakeney Zemp will fill the position , will be given over to Joe Timberlake which was made vacant through the of Cdfumbia, District Governor of the promotion of C. T. Baldwin from 98th District of Rotary, teacher to principal, taking the place The guest visitors were Mr. Vern- 9* MoFadden, resigned, mylen and two daughters of Brook- Grammar school: Miss Margaret I lyn. Burnet, principal and seventh grade 2 teachers; Miss Cornelia Oliver, sevBarTki^Close 'Mofiday entH seVeOT All patrons of the two banks ot Srad*; Mr8 Anna Montgomery and . the city, The First National and the Mr8 Mortimer Boykln, sixth grade: Commercial Bank of Camden are re- Ml88 cleon Pltt8' unKraded: Mr8 quested to attend to all business on Loul8e Bo5kln and Ml88 Marle Davl8' : Saturday, August 31. because the fl,th Ktades; Mrs. Susie Taylor ahd J banks will be closed on Monday, Sep- M" ,M' Den-P8^. fourth tember 2, In observance ot Labor *rad,'": Mr8- l-e8lle McLeod and Miss I>ay. v. i (Continued on Last Page) Complete (Official) Returns Of First Primary * _ . . _ \ 2. _ j > ^ M ' -5 a m * do - 3? = ? S s ? ? 3 K 5 I S 2 I S .- fc 8 i 5 hi ? | 6 S ? ~ g * ? " ft ? f -3 , 2 s 3 ? JL*LJ5_ ^ "JLJL ^ JL ? ft ? F -ff ?; S 0'. 8. Congrese ^ " 1 I j ~ F~"~] f J I1 I- I" - f -f 11 1 ' |?1... J. _I J 1 koy C. C5obb ~7rrrrrt.... 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ZL .. 0 163 | 201 1... 11 8( 18 ... ... 10 3..'. 34 96... 861 Liquor ^ g7 ^ ^ ^ M ^ jf s3) . 12T250|264 . 5?l 4tl. . ... 36 21 ldl 101 119 l*1] 40] 2ot 5sl 43| 3 16sl 90 134 109 282: ye - ? - 61 801 67] fj 211*43) *99) 46| 60j foj 4j. -1 6|l83ll30l ll| *9|.. J,.. 32[ 26] 17} 31] 8l( 10[ 46| 36| ISf g 4l) *6| 9(10*1 18|18H ^" ' v . >~ -^ -? ' ^ * _r"* **"*" ' *** * -?Sfe" ? --t . e >Kf / .*. Camden Lady Receives Letter. From Scotland Army Officers Seek Homes In Camden I _ Due to the heavy influx of Army officers at Fort Jackson, near Columbia, and the scarcity of residences for rent in that city, quite a delegation met with members of the Chamber of Commerce and realtors of Camden, in the American legion Building ' Monday, in quest of homes in Camden. The delegation was headed by Brigadier General Peyton, Lieutenant Colonel John A. Hettinger, Major E. J. Sullivan and others. John K. deLoach, president of the chamber of compierce, presided. A list of homes which would house thirty families of senior officers was furnished. This list does not Include a number of apartments available by the management of the Court Inn?one of the arge tourist hotels. After the meeting the group of officers were entertained by A- Stanley Llewellyn at his attractive cabin, at 'Ix)ch IJewllyn", east of Camden. REDFEARN 8UE8 FERTILIZER CONCERN FOR $35,000 i Tho following article appeared in Wednesday's Charlotte Observer: I "W. T. Redfearn yesterday filed I suit In the Mecklenburg superior court against American Cyanamid company and J. E. Burley asking that damages of $36,000 be awarded him because of alleged damage done to plaintiffs peach orchard by certain product* of the defendant concern. "Thn nlfltnttff r>r?ntonHa that nn Vah. ruary 4, 1938, he was the owner of two valuable peach orchards in South Carolina. At that time he bought from Burley, representative of the defendant company, certain fertilisers, he contends. This fertilizer was represented as being good for peach trees, it Is said, but after applying it the trees wilted and many died, according to tho complaint. Because of the alleged results of the application of the defendant's product, the heavy damages are asked." i Mr. Redfearn Is a prominent business man of Camden and is chairman of the County Board of_ Directors of Kershaw county. He owns and operates peach orchards in Lancaster and Kershaw counties. He Is represented . Jn. this' gyjt by. Murdoch. M. J.alinflon. of Camden and Fred B. Helms of Charlotte. Post Office Closes Monday The Camden post office will close on Monday, September 2, observance of Labor Day. The stamp window will be open one hour?from 8 a. in., to 9 a. m. Mrs. Smllo Kennedy VonTresckow has recolvyd the following interesting lot tor from her second, oonain, J. Kev?n McDowall, a solicitor-notary In Glasgow, Scotland, and has kindly consented to let The Chronicle use It for our readers. It gives a real Insight Into conditions in Great Britain. Kevan McDowull's grand mother was a sister of Mrs. vonTreeckow's grandfather, Anthony Kennedy. The letter in full follows; "Many thanks for your letter of the second instant. It is very good of you M indeed to write and tell me that you have us all in your mind. I also very greatly appreciate the kind thought which inspired you to enquire about my children and ftxr your very kind offer to shelter them. "1 am glad to say that my children have now "grown up." Gwladya, the elder, is 21 and John is 16 1-2. Gwladys is at home with her mother. As the schools closed when war broke out I took John Into business and lie Is getting on well. The schools have now of course re-opened but John has no desire to go back to school. "The position In this country is altogether surprising. Bombs are being dropped somewhere in Britain practically every day and the southwest of * Scotland is not escaping its proportion. The effect on the morale of the population is however, neglible. In point of actual fact we all carry on with our work and our every day notions Just as usual. When the air raid warnings sound we really have considerable difficulty in getting people to seok shelter. We all recognize that the chances of a direct hit are very small indeed. The biggest danger la from blast or flying debris?particularly glass. Many of us fear that the public are taking the risks too lightly?but there we appear to have t^e HHah 1 ?Q) afraid that many of our friends in the States thought that the - - it - ~ - m wi-- m #sx the collapse of Britain. This is certanly not the opinion here. We very greatly appreciate the tremendous I help wo are getting from America. With this help we hope to surprise the world. This island is now * fortrees?armed by 'excellent hJda fighting /or their hearths and homes. We never were a military nation but we are as near that now as can be. We do not think Hitler can beat us-r-and If we can gain time?perhaps another 12 or 18 months to enable us to arm fully we hope, with the help of America?and if necessary without it? to retain liberty for all free men and women. "I take It you will understand that these words are not written In any Bpirit of bravado. " ! was greatly wor? rled when war was threatened and broke out. Again I lost two nights sleep when the French collapse occurred at Sedan. Since then I have had ho Telr"&ft?r~w?nry~ rcm-ftttencF;?My state of mind Is typical apparently of those all around me here. "As regards the bombing we simply adopt the state of mind: "if a bomb is addressed tp us it will* get us." If it Is not addressed we shall try to help our chances of escape by taking reasonable precautions to avoid splinters and blast. "In Glasgow here business goes on as usual. But for the fact that there are many more uniforms in the l afreets one would not know there was W war on. We have to be careful of course to keep our windows blacked out during darkneai. "Quite candidly, I think we all feel much happier that our Kys are now at home?la Britain. Those of ua who remember the last war so vividly cannot forget Paschendale and the terrible losses we suffered there and ^ elsewhere In Flanders area. Here we -~ fight on our native soil and we te#l _ that we are in the front line with our ; boys. "We look forward to a long war hut to ultimata?aid we feel certain?vlc. tory. We fully recognize that our American friends want to avoid throwing their sons into this terrlfflo conflict if they can avoid doing so reasonably. We do hot blame them? although we think eretj effort must ; be put forward by all -free men. Quite ' " candidly If America gave us ' r slstance even of their fleet onhr^thUt would be an invaluable contrftratfoh. We appear to havo plenty of men to r defend these shores. The entjry of - Italy and thb threatening attitude of ' Japan means that we have to keep fl our naval forces scattered throughout the world. Here we feel that American help would be a very great relief and assistance. "As I say I greatly appreciate your note and the kind thoughts and anxieties therein expressed. "Very long before this War I advocated a union of the English speaking peoples of the worldrfj^lth, If preferred, the capital at Washington. The longer 1 live the more 1 think that this Is the only ultimate hope of World freedom. This old country, is i not finished. The .British Commonwsalth of nations la not at an end. 1 j&--la^,<^nl/ar7 the Nazi threat has ?? s PMti pffipla here la a unity never known before in the history. There i are no party politics. There is prac, tlcally no selfiahneee. We all live - - trying to do what we can do to help > each other and the nation. There le L. (Continued on page two) ??1 JeSiaCBV, n "