W. S. Talbert on Trial for Murder – Presentment of the Grand Jury. CAMDEN, Sept. 10. – Special – The court acquitted John A. Blackwell, white, of perjury yesterday afternoon, and commenced this morning the trial of W. S. Talbert for the killing of his second cousin, H. T. West, in a drunken brawl near Kershaw, on June 3d, 1891. The court house is crowded, … Continue reading COURT AT CAMDEN

CAMDEN, Sept. 5. – Special. – The adjournment meeting of the cotton acreage convention of August 22, was called to order by Chairman Thomson at noon today. Mr. L. W. Boykin was elected a delegate to represent Kershaw county at the cotton grower’s convention in Atlanta on October 7. The following papers were read and received as information: a long list nearly a hundred names, … Continue reading CAMDEN CHRONICLES