Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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•sStorv Russell Makes iiiU Confession of part In Robbery % £os8«ll, native of Kershaw, has made a J Jnfassion of his part in the theft of some *40,- 1 jj^keeper at Salem Cross Roads a few weeks 4k* Fairfield ^ me I couldn’t used m the Faunieja t f Muck to chulotXe alive if I rJ Winn sboro ’ r ^«»w didn’t %nd I could see he wasn’t L Bill tfeson, reportsr fooling News and “I had the fun and Pitts who is masked hsd the blackjack tckd was sitting in s chair and joi>oo7' *, i sat down and began talking to iod there* no need yimjjy he g ot up an<1 Ulnd! was expecting me any minute. 1 Cfbehtod n>« • 1 J *•'* f Sed out latoir know where. I was 1 knewahout Cro» Roads job was gSrsbefore. I. was|n ^looking ioT ® u RfJbut the big truck- always seem to j^out my prison record I was in the Pied- Rdn for a cup of coffee «w Pitts. I hadn’t IMS when I knew m \ iforth Candina prison recogaiied me, came l jLm and began to talk, f J5k he Mwt. ‘Lej^* k^!r>t something I want * Zr < we went outside I me about a settiP in j;na worth anywhere to |50,000, but, he I me the exact location. I H would be a push- riihTTover and told jog interested. We sep- Eallvent home. L dir Pitts borrowed a 9 • (this was on Friday) k off to Monroe, N. C- n looking around car which could ._ut too much dan- ^ one I wanted; it 1 Ford It didn’t have I io 1 wired it up and j town. I headed for | lad Pitts went on back . When I got to Rock sd at a garage and ..wanted a new key [ Md lost the old one. made one without ask- shons. I drove back , went home and hid at day (Saturday) ; started for Salem j. As yet Pitts hadn’t > the details shout the i nervous about the We got to Salem i about dusk and then ■d the deal to me. i pasture fence below r Wh5&« It was pretty dark — the store was almost l hankly, 1 was getting and I went in and (tore three or four to make But to make up my to so through with it Pitta, who waa stopped me the Lwoltum sq. yd^ ir Co. Phoae MS find out that leavinc see any more of UUtbtr at all... My txtaasiaa Uttphone is rlfhl hera ia tha Kitchaa f f 'pi ■ A 4*ML wiiiurr ana vonvanianco' the store windows, then came back and sat down. He bent over to tie his shoe and when he look ed un he was staring down the barrel of my .45. “He looked real white and his eyes got big. He said ‘Don’t hurt me.’ I told him to sit still and he wouldn’t have any trouble. Pitts came in, closed the front door, walked back and got my gun and told me to lock the back door. I went on back and locked the door, leaving Pitts and Ladd standing in the middle of the floor. When I turned after lock ing the door I saw a flash and heard the run go off. I thought itts had killed Ladd. But he had at the old gentleman’s feet and he was unhurt. Pitts pushed him into a chair and then called me over. “He told me where I could find the box with the money in it and also Ladd’s gun. I went upstairs and found both the gun and the tin box just where Pitts said they would be. I brought the tin box and the gun downstairs and drop ped it on the floor where I open- ad it with a key which Pitts got from somewhere. The money was in the box so I closed it and then took Mr. Ladd upstairs to his room. “Pitta Mia* right rough with the old gentleman, throwing him down on the bed and tying him up very tight with a heavy cord. I was getting nervous and jumpy and was afraid Mr. Ladd would have a heart attack or something or that Pitts would go wild and shoot Ladd and possibly me. Mr. Ladd asked for a pillow under his head so I stuck one under. “I wanted to get going but Pitts was acting sort of funny and began to argue with me, saying in front of Mr. Ladd that he ought to shoot me and leave me there. I was sweating for I fig ured Pitts wanted all the money for himself and having the gun would be just bad enough to shoot me. I honestly believe he would have killed me and Ladd too but that I told him my wife knew where I was and who I was with and if I was found dead he’d take a murder rap. “My wife really didn’t knew where I was but Pitts hsd no way of knowing this. We went out the back door and ran down the highway to the car. I was still scared ’cause I didn’t know r anybody had seen us. and whet was jnore important I didn’t know whether I was going to get home with Pitts and that or not. We headed for - split the mooey and separated. 1 left next day for Florida and white passing through Columbia picked up the Court House News kaal Estate. The following real estate trans fer. have been recorded In the of fice of the Clerk of Court. Kershaw county: Mrs. Daisy McLaurin. et al to H. A. Bentley, 159 acres near Be th une. Walter Smith, to O. J. Graham, lot with dwelling, 3 miles N. E. of Camden. Charles L. McCaakill to R. B. McCaakill. lot of land in School District No. 33. • J- W. McLain to Johnnie Mc Lendon, lot five miles east of Cam den. Lucian Pearl Truesdale to Wil- Uam T. Miller, 109.1 acres. Tract No. 1 of lands of W. F. Truesdale. W. R. and James P. Zemp to Fehor and Fannie Whitaker, 1-2 acre just north of Cky of Camden. W. R. and James P. Zamp to E J. Cooper, lot at 8. EL corner of intersection of Fair and York atrefta. ^ David Baum to James and Mamie McCray, lot on south side of York street. Mrs. J. F. Bateman, et al. to T. B. Branham, 178 acres in Wateree portion of Kershaw county. Susanne Watkins to Edwin P. Guy, 1-3 interest in 400 acres In DeK&lb Township, H. G. Garrison to C. C: Whitaker and J. P. Lewis, lot and dwelling on weat side of Campbell street, Camden. Sue M. Blackman to Edwin P. Guy, 1-3 interest in 409 acres in DeKalb Township. Addle L. Stover to S. J. Black mon, 400 acres In DeKalb Town ship. William A. Melton and Carrie H. Melton to D. L. Melton, Sr., lot 3 miles N. E. of Camden. fi. F. Roberts to William and Margie Holley, four acres, Buffalo Township W. R. Zemp and James D. Zemp to Addle M. Ransom, lot on Market St. in Camden. Marie T. Baker to Holden M. Rodgers. Jr., and Doris T. Rodgers, undivided interest in lot six miles N. E. of Camden. MARRIAGE LICENSES The following marriages have been recorded in the office of the Judge of Probate, Kershaw County: White Junior Lemanuel Bradley of Ker shaw, to Edna Gardner of Kershaw. Colored Grover Brown of Camden, to Viola Harris of Camden Babe Miller of Jefferson, to Eva Mae Stewart of Jefferson. William Edward Shepherd of Camden, to Miriam Eudora Boykin of Camden. Turn Cotton Plants Under Is Advice Of County Agent From the office of County Agent W. C. McCarley comes the to fanned of this the beet way they cun help weevils and an many crop, ,ts under after the to control boll hracnose, which tolls of every year’s ia to turn the cotton as Quickly as possit cotton is picked. Anthracnose, a parasite organ ism, breeds best in wet weather. The arimra^Tyw* fUnfeus breeds best in wet weather, and is the cause of destruction of many cot ton bolls that termers believe to weather." The best ... of combating . _ by turning it un der the soil as soon as the cotton has bean picked, thus preventing its continuing to breed utnil nqxt year’s crop Is planted. " Kershaw Lodge No. 29, A.FM., will confer the Master Mason de gree Tuesday, Sept 27 at 7:S0 o’clock at the Temple. All mem bers are urged to be present and all visiting Masons welcomed. MILLER'S For Lumbar On Black-DraigM uwlp gBy^wwnl iWIJIw■ Ts«,Blsck-Draugfct msy help phys ical latigus if the only reason yod Reseeding Crimson Clover piif fc\ * - • ' '' . ; V'.' >' I s . i Sv> . ■ . 4 I p v: ;;; ' •;# " § f r fwi James Ward of Lugoff, cooperator of the Kershaw Soil Conservatioii District ihad a successful planting of Reseeding Crimson Clover this spring and is planting an additional acreage this fall for winter grazing. This crop planted alone or in combination with small grains provide quality grazing and also an excellent ground cover for erosion control during the winter and early spring. Many farmers in Kershaw county will plant Crimson Clover this fall. >unty Se Hi Center At wing tenter gh School Scene Of Much Activity FVm- those who limit their needle- and-thrbad activities to a few oc- caMonal collar button* and for those who bravely tackle a new fall suit Mrs. Maudtns C. Jackson. Home Economics teacher at Camden High school, is offering instruc tion, assistance, and the facilities of the Home Ec Department every Wednesday afternoon from three to five p. m. Mrs. Jackeon, who ts beginning her third year as eacher of Home Economics at Camden High, Is a graduate of Wlnthrop College. She is offering the opportunities of her informal Sewing Seaalons to any of the ladies of the community free of charge. The Wednesday afternoon seaalons, often attended by as many as fifteen amateur seamstresses, are held to provide the ladles of the community with an easily accessible opportunity to receive suggestions and Individual Instructions on any of their sew ing problems, and to avail them selves of the, fecilltles of the local Home Ec Department. No enrolment, dues-paying, or previous notice It necessary to at tend the informal sessions. Kershaw Fanners Interested In Branham Festival Of interest to Kershaw county fanners will be the Branham Grand Centennial which is to hold sway for four days in Char leston, beginning Sept 27 and continuing through Oct. 1. According to J. T. Graves, Clemson extension livestock spec ialist, ‘The American Branham Centennial, marking the 100th an niversary of the first Branham cattle brought to America from India, is being held for the pur pose of stimulating increased cat tle production in the South, re gardless of breed. From 1924 to 1948 the cash farm income from livestock and livestock products was increased 100 per cent, while income from cotton and cotton seed has decelined 40 per cent for South Carolina fanners. This shows a very significant trend in South Carolina towards more livestock farming.” County Agent W. C. McCarley explains that the Branham cattle, which many cattle-raisers are us ing to breed with their white faced cows, have been found to have been advantages in cattle breeding. Subjects listed for discussion at the Grand Centennial in Charles ton include soil, grasses and pas ture development; animal hus bandry and breeding; livestock diseases; purebred cattle advertis ing; and the Branham and the packer. For entertainment, a full- fledged wild west rodeo will be held in the new Charleston stad ium on the nights of Sept. 28, 29 and 80, and a Saturday matinee on Oct. 1. Highlighting the Centennial celebration will be an auction of purebred Branham cattle, sched uled for Saturday, Oct. 1. Several Positions Chairman Norman S. Richards of the Kershaw county board of public welfare announces that ex aminations will be held in Co lumbia on Saturday, Oct 29 for the following positions, when available, in any county in the stele, at the monthly entrance daries shown: Case work super visor, $185; senior visitor,, $180; childwelfare worker, $180. At the same time and place ex- aminataion will be held for the position on the state staff of the welfare department of child wel fare consultant, $255. To be eligible for any of these examine talons the applicant must be a graduate of an accredited four-year college or university, and in addition must have had from one to two years of graduate study in social work, or similar periods of recent supervised full time paid employment in social work. Applicants may take more than one of the examinations. Suf ficient additional time will be al lowed where more than one ex- aminataion is to be taken. Application blanks and full in formation as to the examinations may be obtained from the Merit System Supervisor, 219 Educa tion building, University of South Carolina, Columbia 19, S .C. All applications must be filed in the merit system office not later than Oct. 11. Applications received aft er that date will be accepted for later examinataions. Leonard S. Mayer Rapra—ntettTt Far NEW YORK UTS INSURANCE COMPANY Phona 124-W CHEAP MONEY Wa maka loans of $300.00 or mors on Lila Insuranca PoUdaa issued by any reliable company. Mo rad tap* — ■* no tea inlet eat rate below that charged by ih* company. Winchester Graham Premium Service Co. P. a Boa 30 2*2M7 r- -V- -i A glance at tha new Ford and you’ll agree with New York’s fin— Paste** Aaadawy ... h certainly is the **Faateo* Car of the Year"! But ha looks are only the cover of Ford's booh of **finta.** Ford alone te he field offers you • 100-horsepower cugiae ... an 8 cylinder engine ... a V-type engine. 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