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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