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• X»; y* Deadly Assault, FoDowed By A Suicide Iii Cefl At € nty JaU, Provides Thrills For Sheriffs Office. s^The Gamd Chronicle VOUIMB H CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA, FKlDid, AlLY «, 1945 Than Ten Weeks To sning of the Grid Season Fans Befinniiif "x^lk Up the Prospects o *45 BuUdof a To Lrttn footbaU fans borln to chock . colendtr, they are anutsed and dellahtod to find that In leaa t«i weeka ttae, Juat a Mt oror Bontba, they'll be out at the watchls* the 1146 BuU- machine Is acUon a«alnat ' ^kland-Cayce football team. hJVfact. leas than ten weeka be ll the lid on the 1S4S footbaU aeaaon Naturally the his (lue^ ' ttot the'fana are aaklng la -t kind of a team will the Bull- - gt '45 proTe to be?" r«M oot be a aUts champkm team' aty aol complete the aeaaon a defeat, or several defeats— mb can bet yow new psnama M yoer neighbor's lawn aaower ^ teem wUl give the tans their It's eovth of good playing. Cam- mgg teams have never fkHea to that parUeular. pierce has a tough scheme j IP for his boys this year. Open- igaisat the B.-C. team on Sept - oa the home lot. the boys taoa ItMCh oetflt the foUowlng Fridsy Tech High sf Charlotte, N. C, , the local arena. On the fot priday the boya Journey to for the game of game# of the •ftinat the Oamecock team ,^‘wlll be oBt to get revenge for I givou them here laet r Then comee HartsvUle and .^lee here on Oet S and It. The I ID to Charleeton for Oot It and I take on Cheater here on Oct SC. , laOdoga invade ChlkrloUs for a •lalaat Hardtag Blgh on Nov. j «a the foUowing Prldaye. Jour, to Orangeburg and Lancaater. waeon cloeee on NSv. SS with (ooadlBned on page two) Kershaw Soars Over the Crest In Bond Campaign ^—!■ T* lyw Prodaims rery Friday A Holiday EiseutiTe Calls For Ra- aswal sf Adiwitp 1» Sahag* With additional amounts to be re ported in, the Kershaw Connty total in the Mighty Seventh War Bond campaign on last Friday nljdit came to $544,774.60, iriilch with an addi tional $15,000 In E bonds being sold Saturday brought the total at tho end of the drive period to $669,774.50 against an assigned quota of $404,000. And the oad is etlU not in ai^t as a apaihllhg cossmaalty war bond picnic and harhecue to be staged at noon today by* the ladles' of Bethune s expected to bonnee tne overall total much higher. The Bethune affair, always an an. nnal evmt in the town history, has >een designated as a mighty Seventh War Bond raUy by the ladies this year. As a feature of the event there win be mastc and maaenvere by a drum corps end a 4$ piece military band from Fort Jackson. The barl^ cos dtfmei win be served st 11 noon. (Balnaa]i Markm Heyaan of the ooustgr war bond eoauaittee, wfll at tend the bond rally ia pesson and will address tho gathering briefly. Others koa Camden are planning on being present Chairman Reyman is much gratified over the manaer la edilch the Seventh drive has goad over the top but ad mits that it was the "toughest Job of aU seven bond drlTSs.” Too many people, ia tbe opinion of Chalrmsn Reyman, gathered the idea, following the collapse of Oerasay, that the war was pmcdeany over, ^vtng no heed to tho tact that the biggest Job. that sf basting ths Jsps, Is sttU shead. "More than evsr b^ore will Uncle Sam need tba help 4>C patriotic Amerl. cans," be dedared. Tbe Kershaw county B bond quota was $1$0,000 and last Friday night the effort was stlU nadsr tho qnota with ri74,l6t recorded. Oa Saturday Mr. Heymaa in pereoa sold $11,000 in E bands sad pat tha oovaty over the (TlasM tarn tn pigjN ran) low on until further Botioe IfMiy will be known in Camden i*|iper bolldsy." >MTor in a proclamation issnod vtdt uyi: rnscii N. McCorkle, mayor of of Camden, do declare every M a paper holiday and do call oa all patriotic cltlxens dty to cooperate by carrying iRhandise purchased in stores liliopi unwrapped and thus aave jniiifljr dwindling itock of bags mpping paper available to ■ Btl." myor alao urges that tho renew their waste paper actlTlties, which have faUen woefully lince V-E day. The in iMolng hia request for aetirlty In ths saving of pnper, calls * attention to the trom tbe goremment for more paper. Te is a serlona shortage of a die country today and it has Jmt et a time when there is u need of it," said the mayor, jeeded tor Uie manufacture of *ntot blood plasma, food and ■nayor plana to acquaint aU '“h <rf the city with his paper I iJi** effect L L?" mayor atated that . ^Usg all shoppera to take bags or other oon- ,’^^lhem when shopping oa J; Of course in the case of J^,*** ’ necessary . oetier to wrap the merehan. I" l*Per. But. there are bun- ether items that will not wrapping. Purchases ir Home of •ton Sheoms '*• EnTuodm DwMl Ih Rajas of BaggiaJ Duerillaf ^ Pnrdueed the Benton flhMvin m mn amM purco I Of Benton Sheon ae he Is able to ^ Win bulldtag ma. • SMdem brick I destroy- btt,years ego and Nis maWng tkslr home v^bert Stone meiUMMia k tj^he ptans oa "oosm borne oa tbe MOl on MUI able to Cemp !• teig 1 veoofd oa » bSSIT offloh. 5?^ Tops tha Fiaidi Lm in All Uaila of tho Bif Sarandi Driwe Torrid Wave Hits City; the Mercury Soars Over HunA'ed WeaBMT Observar Raoorda 102 For Jtma 25. Rainfall Bdmr Normal Camden sweltered in a 101 degree temperature last Thursday. But that was just two degrees cooler than what it was on June 18, 1944, when the mercury In the government thermometer rose to 104 degrees. In^944 the weather nun preceded the debut of summer by turning on the heat valves on Jane 17, 1$ and 19. tor readings of 141, 104 and 101, dropping to a chilly H <m Jane $0. This year he sent his beat blits on ths community immediately following the antvsl of snmmer. On June 17, which was last Wednesday, he posted s reading of 98 and on Thursday shot it DP to 108 and Friday open^ with prospects of another scorchlag reg’ letration on the record. ne hot dayi of 1946 to date are: March 17. 90 degrees; April 16. $9 degrees; May 89, 96 degrees; Jane I, 97 degrees; June 87, 9$ degrees, end Jene 88. 108 degrees. The precipitation up to last Friday evesting was 19.89 Inches which ta some six Inches below normal. Ttie rainfall record since Jsn. 1, by months ns follows: January 4.10 indies. Fabraary 4.4$ inches, Msrdi A6 inches. April .7$ Inches, May 4.9$ teches, and June $.14 bwhea. Sunday fbong the temperature atag- lug another peak climbing act when it roee to the 101 mark. Thk waa within a degree of tlte top of 10$ whldh wae registered last week. Thursday. Last Friday the highest tha temperature wmit to was $7. On Saturday it was 9$. Cars Orash At Street Comer Folies Cb«ri« Okw Driwur WRh Ifttorisf ^lop SifB Another street Intersection cra^ oocuiing Satuday evsoing at the eoraer of Fair and Imareu aOy|* lenlted to i^arget of ireeUM drt^ tng betog filed against s white and eelsrod motor drivers. Aesoofing to Offlosrs Smito and Sbuhesu of the pollee department, who toveetigsted the eras^ evod auu was gotag south on iw •mutt Vkfle ths whits sum was gomg STorLmrens. While the whits ama had the right «f way. peUce Atofa. ho did ast hoed the stop siga . .—. _ ^ MvsnMBt As a NUMBER 16 Alleged Discharged Clubs Motorist Over the Head Deputy Sheriff Believes Dead Man Has Police Record Points Out That Suicide Was Definitely of the Killer Type Later Assailant Hangs Self With Belt While In Jail Here CANTIBir SEBVICB fO FLOOD PtOnSU — Bed Crew vwken ptdtM* Mffce aad awSwiebM to MMton fuarMas idbasitax Flaavflto, Ia, tovMS dwlnc AvrJI ef war Interstate Highway Link' Uib Camden In Its Route Gainey Is Given Ten Year Sentence In the State Prison CMkr Mtm m Sheltod Gatoey of Bethune, charged with a aerloua statutory offense egalnst a 14'year oM girl, clumged his plea or not guilty to one of guilty of assault and battik of a hifb and aggrevated aatare to crimtoal qourt here Thursday and was sentenced to serve ten yean to the state peafieu. tlary by Judge BelHnger. Oalney Is 40 ysars old. Lsroy Weathers, charged with as sault and battsry with toteut to kUl sntered a plea of guilty and was given a three year aeuteaoe. Tbe eourt bsvrever stipulated that after one year to prisoa. Weathers wetuld be sdmtttsd to probaOoa for two ydaie. Weathers stabbed a companion fol lowing an altercatloii in the Roxy cafe several months ago. Moee and Andrew Jackson, charged with assault and battery with a dead ly weapon, pleaded not guilty but were found guil()‘ following a Jury trial. They were given two each prison sentences and placed on pro. batlon for four years. A plea for a new trial waa denied. Lightning Bolt . KiOs Farmer While Plouwg Storm OwurtakM McBee Mi As H« HuitiM To ‘Fin* * iih Job Kenneth W. Morriaon, 67 year old McBee termer, wae instantly killed w^Se plowtaf to hia field during a heavy thanderstOrm. Morriion M>parmitly wanted to flU' lah the plowing irrespective of the Btorm. Following a brilliant flash and a cannon-like crash of thunder. Mor rison Was seen to lie lying prostrate to the field. When mMnhers of his family picked him ap they toand that he was dead. Morrison has been a realdent of Obasterfleld conaty all of his life, although when the first World war broks out, be was among the first to to enlist. Upon his return from the war he resumed his terming activity. Besides his mother, Mrs. John W. Morrisea, he leaves tbnse brothers, John Morrisea of Besmoke Rapida, N. C.; Quincy Morrison of Taecena, Wash.; Angus Morrison of asar Me- Bes, and two sistera. Miss Nettle Morrison of McBse, and Miss Sarah Morrison of Columbia. Fnaaral serrioss wers held Friday morataf at 11 o'clock from tks Metbo- dial church at Prospect People Ha^y { Over Naming of Jimmy Byrnes Super Uifhwaj To Start North c44hiu»ottawUlo and Con* chad# At Aufusta '^•SAe if the links to the $40,000,000 totsfripti road systam aow betog will toelnde a highway smtiug at tbe North Caitdlna line Just above BennettsviUe and mnntog tbr^b BiabopvUle, Cainden, Colass- ixington and to tbe Georgia line Augusta. is one ef tbe links in tke intsibtete road system to be con structed by the United States govern- luieugu bia, iaxii at NM TMs k In addition to this interesting road buUling program there ia the added taking over of some 61 mllae of ooun- ty highways into the state system whifb will eliminate the expense to the bounty of maintaining these high- Tip BeanettsviUe to North Augusta hidbaray wifi be. part of the National of Interatate hlghwaya. •eutb Carolina Stoto Rlgbway U a msettog held laet k In Columbia, voted io proceed as soon as possible with har4surtoe- tog ot approximately 160 milee of South Carolina rosi^ which have been graded end prepared tor surfac ing before the war time suspension of highway construction. This j>ro- gram embraces some 18 miles of the Black River road leading from Righ- way 681 a few miles from the city toward Mt Plagah cross rods. Reservations On Triuns Limited To Narrow Margin May B« Mndn Only Fim Dnya la Adwnaen oi Schadulad Trip Will finger prints and other Tdrnti- flcation marks taken from the body of Jack B>rangellsta, 26 year old dla- charged aervlce man, who hung him- aelf In a cell ot Uie Kershaw county Jail Saturday night after he had been taken into custody following a mur derous asaault upon Sgt Clayton EL BeUold. 80 of Camp Wheeler, Qa., near Blaney, reveal the dead man tp be a wanted criminal by New York authorities? Deputy Sheriff J. H. McLeod, who- talked to Evangelista thirty minutes before a Jailer discovered bis lifeless body hanging in the cell, believes the man to have been of the klUtr type. "He definitely planned to kill Sgt Betsold. take tke car and head west" said the depaty sheriff. "He told ns (McLeod and Depaty Sheriff Wade B. Rawlinson, the latter of Richland county) that he had been ki the army and waa tojured so badly whan a )etp he waa riding to tumad over, be was dlsebarged beoauib ot physical dis ability. He said be was on his way to Tsnneasee. I secured bis finger prints Sunday, also some other idea- tifylng marks, and th^ are now in the F. B. I. headquarters to Washings ton." McLeod Is Natfcmal Polio# as- sooiatioB agent In this eouaty. He stated that Mvangellsta had all the rks ef betog ot tbe, kUler typn The sheriff went on to state that ■vaageHsta’a firantic efforts to affect hie escape from the oonerete JaU at Blaney clearly tadioated that he did not want to be sabjected to an Ik quiry tovolvtog the taktog of his flnp or prints, sic. Sheriff McLeod sai4 that there had been a anmber of mur ders in New York within the past several montha, several of them un solved as yet and while the man now lying in the nKwgue here might not have been involved to any, he believed that Bvangelista has a record and that it will be discloeed by an F, B. L Fifty-Eii Indue t Are Into the Armed Services Cnmdnn nnd Knrahaw Cosmtjr Coektribfato Miaj M«n To War Effort A crime orgy,^ in which a soldier from Camp Wheeler, Ga.. was severe ly if not critically injured when hit over the head with a three foot Iron pipe by a man believed to be a dia- charged war veteran and who later hung himself In a cell of the Kershaw county Jail, provided.a thrill-packed period of activity for the sbertff’s of fice Saturday night. The aoldier, an infantry sergeant from Camp Wheeler, Ga., was taken to the'Camden hospital and later re moved to the Fort Jackson military hospital is said to be in a critical condition. He was Bgt. Clayton S. BeUold, age 80, of Akron. New York. He was on his way to report to hia headquarters command at Camp Wheeler when aaaaulted by the hitch hiking atranger, who be picked up in Pennsylvania. Jack Evangelista. 26. taken Into custody for tbe assault, latar hung himself by using his belt and attach ing it to a cross bur in hia cell. That BvangeUsta wm captured was due to having been qntsmartsd by the stricken sergeant Fslghnlng fear of hia aaaailaut tbe exeunt promised him be would drive btoi to Tte^ MMtoe, the anaounoed desttoatkm of Vvangellsta and would not tell ot the UMumlt it the totter waoM take him back to Blaney aud Mcure surgical aid in oaring for tbe wounds eaused by the blows from the iron pipe. Upon arrival to >Bluay the dap encountered a poMoa otfioOT named Huekabee, to whom the sorgaant up- paalad for hrtp. SvauguBite waa placed aoder arrsat ami takan to tha Blaney jail, a cement Mock atructore (Flaaaa tarn to poga taro) Mystery Shrouds i Death of Woman Near Lancaster D^talla of 'Antopty Not Rm- Yoolod By Um rwoMinim Face to face- with a tremendous rail transport Job as the nation's might swings toward Japanese strong holds tiia govsmment tost Iriday is sued a decree that rsaarvatlons on passenger trains may bs obtained no mors than five days in advance, to- stead- af tha prsasot 99 W KBit.— TbIJ is gohte to work havoc on tha plans of —wy vacation tats who have to past yaan mads round trip ressrva- tkms whan the vacatkm period was kept wlfi^ tha 90 day limit. Tbs five day limit sffaetivs at nfid- nlght an June 89 m—as that vacatkm- ists win not bo sura that they eau rsturm. withto fiieir prssorlbed vaea- tfcm ttom limit. Tha atop sraa part of a drtv# to Eighteen white inductees and 40 colored from Camden and Kershaw county were Inducted into the esnrice during May and June, according to a rsoord of Local Boards 44 and 47 of the Selective Service system. White Inductees into ths army from Local Board 44 ware: Marvin Leroy Harris, James Redrkk Horton, Jr., Clyde Franklin Watte, James Msrrlll Gardner, William Thomas McManus, Bdsrard Svsrod Jennings, Furman Oliver Watson, Jr.. James Osri Smith; Eknest Jerome Parker, ’manoB Joahna Oanghman, WOsy Frank Braesy, Jr.^ David Kershaw Btokss, JV., Jamas Henry 8. Spears and WUliam Hep- ThaptapM «tolm ha dto am nass « w |Ki Wo. 1 snf snSh an tha pavsmsnt A** E mSiS? SSrZ white msnk.cT^g^ ^ I N Markad grattfioation throughout CsmAsn County over tha aMNMten of Ji F. Bribes, native 80011 Oaroltaton, and wan known to Omiten. whaso he has visited troquenity. te ths sfflos of soerstery at state In Prsaldsnt Bany Tnonan’s eabto^ gsnsrsliy tt is Byrnes was ths Meal that Mr. lor tho ptoeo sstlgnoi to hiaa His ability and knowlsigs of afKahn havo long boan >ses4ip1so4 at tholr gpint irorth. Tba Chel tii^ ha Ja 9 anlinnnl tho Pulmptio stiio Bimtrlbutot )9P.«'tes fosMg ef prido Aosm by no ngitotmmt at m HHm to te im mil Qia'teMM^SRi Ite #mHi bo a-anaiMite'tar 8te gSteaf of Sooth Curoilnu at tho Sant siactlon. diseqpraSs trta n ter tha af ah. of It was Bttrtag tho tho Umttod smiuBt of avaOahlo to etvllteas os n Tssult of tho greatly taersaoad damand for mflitary tmnsportation. It Ar atoo for tho purpsos of msiriug It aoslar for SiriouSM soldterB obteteteg train V this praoant plan 4oos not halt ths vaeotion rush, ths govern: Mobs to ration train trips. Up to this timo of writing mystoiy continues to shroud the death of Mrs. Ida Kate Small, former Csradsn wo- whose llfelcm body was found lying on the highway near Evans Crossroads, three miles from Lan caster, a week ago Imt Saturday. An aotopsy was performed on the body that same day bat until the post poned inquest is rssnmsd, nothing will be made public as io tiie find ings of the examining doctors. In the meantime the authorities are ooQtinuing to search for possible clues but soeordlng to tke last re- ports from the Lancaster sherl^s office, nothing new has been un covered. The body of the wontan was found by Benny Moblsy, a negro, who lives nearby ths Evans Crossroads oom- monlty. Ths body whan disoovsrsd was about 16-Csst from ths xhain traveled hlMtvrny- Oftletols who reached the scene at 18:46 a. m., de clare the body was sttU warm at tiis (1^ indicating that death had oo- cursd only a short ttois before. Ths only bruise on tbe body was a anutil wound oa one ebsek and a slIMit spot on the throat Neither could have been caused being lightning And Firra Home Hm borne of tbe Htoses (^tora Los^ Julwatnii st Liberty mi. straA b^ daring ths heavy sissirtsul storm tost Friday. Tbe boH ask ftah bn tha hems sni also broke many of the Mght bribe. Mtoa Ctera Johnston was alons to the bnuis at the time. Wtem rim dls- uids the pteee to be on fire |he dbd help of Mtos Edith Biiau and tee two wt>- the flames any great any damugs of oar. No other bruises wsra found on the bbdy. pis Thompsem. From poard JT.vete ^ » Hobeit TJdidl tMtoff Charlie Knight .y. ^ " teBteg from a and Henry Gtbeon Into the army, and Fred Crawford Gardner into the ma- rtea oorpe. Colored Inductees ware as follows: From Board 44, Jesse Sutton. Henry Miner, James Bowens, Edward Alsk- aadsr. Leo Ferguson, Wallace Jamea Charlie Raysor, Cole Btoase Rawktoa Johnny Trueodale, Camell Stover, Mooes 8. WtUtoms, BUls Hsyss, Fred Workman, Riehsrd EyMe, Jr., Sonny HcLepdon, Thosuw Johnson, Albert Sammy Osrter, Manning Stradford. Jamas Edward Osrles, Jackson Do- Boss and Banris Eobtoson. From tele same beard Ekhard Rogers want tote ths navy. B Board 47 eolorsd tadactoss Into tho army wwe: Eddie Fleming, Eugene JadDsou, Sylvester Harris. Charles Lae Wtboa, Simon Halle. Jr., Dourias Jones, Jr., Ollbort Stradford, Jr., Thosus Rsary Drakeford, Lonals Lylas, TiKHBaa' Reynolds, Anderson Drakeford. Henry I^e, Louis Thbmas WssltogtOB sad Fred Lee. Into ths navy wore: Shaddle Jackson, Bddte CaMMgsstalk and Warden Richards. New HBghway €op Is On Doty Here Mast Officer M. A. McMahon, the stale highway patrotanan, now on duty to the Caasden area. , Officer MeMrium, who sneceeds Of- flosr Seaborn, hare for many years sad who Is now In the Marinas BMds many friends aaaong local tow saforesoMBt ofOesrs dnrtag his brief stay bare te dpfa Prior to. rsslgiimsBt here he was ststtoBsd U stw^heirai I III ■ irindSB *■*'»*'**'* ape aOMwi a "Pipe ot pinoj-wbloh te» lltito<wood te tee howl and a bop^dlke Chin as a straw. Hero of Hmrdc Epic of the Sea Vidts In Cainden Cart^ DuM Byrd Milbr ■■d Fa^ VUu Mn. MayOtU One of the moct distingalsbed beroso of tbe precent World war esmib to Camden tost weak. It was Csntato Denial lhrrd,liKlsr, ooa of Mrs. w. J. MayflsM, Bro^ streot, whose hbrote ssamaaship and bravery fsatnrsd tho rsscus efforts pat forth by tho Da- stroyor Irwto bk tho time ths UBS Prtoeston was aftome following a Jap attack. Captain Mnier, who was at tea tlms Commander MlBer, to charge of tho Iryrto, with bis wife and daughter, spent several days srtth his mother hors. Sooroa of frloada and rria- Uvsa callsd an htan to pay testa* re- apeets. Captain Millar, who reooived his proniotlon and alae a nmnbsr of ouU stanilBg eltetiona frilowlng the Irwin- Princeton Apisode, has been assigned as asslstaat to tho chief of staff of tha Btrth naval dlstiiet and will have his bsadqnnrters at Charlsston. Jt Is poiBflNa that after he and hia family asa aettlad to their new laea- tkni ha aWe te pw vK to hia mdteer hdid and meet his maagr friends whd wWs unable to greet him tost Oordai Rril waa praetiring law In hafore he waa eld