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CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, l?22
VOLUME XXXIII.
NBWN OK KIKKWOOO ^
Typical Camden Weather Livens Ail
Ivltie# of Winter VMtoa*.
Balmy weather and tho pros\xv( of
a sploy K?ino drw a largu gallery fo
the Polo Kield bat* of tbo KlrkwoojJ
Saturday afternoon to kIU^ the
match g?,m? between tbo (Hue mid
White Teams. Captain IN* ivy. who
Huts (ho sporting events in charge, J*
qui to encouraged by the evident !i>
t^ro?tnofcnhly-ln;the<i>dio tfainert which
*ro played lb roe times u week. but
also lu the hunt* hold every Monday
and Friday,
Starting this Monday froui the pirn rc
Inn, tho Drug Hunt brought nuitty to
t tic 8addlo. Among thorn won. MJvAos
llelon Hoyno, (Iratla llonghtvn, fend
Mrs. O O Foster, also Charlie Utile,
, T L . Cunningham, Marshal) Qrqho,
^Stephen Robinson, L II . Rranilett, tt
V lturgard and Oajn. Perry. a
hid- i exciting chase when the lmundt
seared tip a live rabbit, losing ?
while thoir Interest In tho dray, but
dually returning to it, Miss Hoyuo timl
Captain Percy wo ro the first la at' the
ttnlsh.
On Saturday evening* the largest alnt
most brilliant dance of the wason was
held at tho Klrkwood. The past wooic
kas 8<?on a very lurge increase |n tim
aurnbcr of guests at all the hotels W?jl
was evidenced hy the fctmihor ou tho
floor.
Sunday afternoon Mr am] Mr* Davltl
R Williams of Mulberry kept bpep
boyse for a number of vlsltora who
motored down to that famous old home
aotod for its hospitality for a cup or
tfa and a stroll undpr the ploturetaiue
live oaJi??. Among the guests were
Sir Ilardaman and Lady Lever. Mrs
Katherine B Houston, Miss Crane, Mr
and Mrs Jarvis, Mr and Mrs John R
Todd and Miss Frances Todd, Miss
Mary Wistar Morris, Mr Duarie, Mr
*alcolm Oreenough, ana Mr aud M*f?
K C. Whistler. ,
Mrs Frank K Boll \va.s a dinuor
jjuost 111 Hibklrk Inn on Monday 6ve
nin? of Mrs .lohu S Sweeney. Mr
Bull has ^otio to New York for a brief
One of the most attrajfctlvc affairs
of the season was the Bridge ami Five
Hundred Tournament on Friday eve
oing at the Court Inn. "OWiet# \V8re
rfghteeu tables and the players In
cluded: -Mrs Hilton, Mrs Bfoward Bis
*11, Mr and Mrs Charles Clifton, Mrs
iearles, Judge and Mrs Gardiner Green
*r John W Corbett, Mi* and Mrs Baker,
Mrs Sol Smith Russoll, Mr and Mrs
Samuel Reyburn, Mr J B Ladd, Mr
Butts. Mr T R Tunis. Mrs O H Sbafer,
Mr and Mrs Gatbralth, Mr and Mm
George W Molloy, Mr and Mrs A W
Tan Winkle, Mr and Mrs W B Netfbit/
Miss Florence Kerngn, Mr C F Gar
land. Miss Margaret Torbune, Mr?
Mead, Mr and Mrs H H OUWbler, Mr
?-nd Mrs- Grlffing and Mrs Sloan.
The perfect .summer weather of the
*arly j>art of this week has been ideal
for afternoon tea trat of doors, and ou
the charming porch of the little Studio
in the LMnes, wcre_many gay . parties.
Among them on Tuesday were Mrs.
Katherine B Houston, who had as
guests, Mm David R Williams, Miss
Hllen Williams, Miss May Boykin, Mrs
Alexander Trowbridge, and . Miss Crane
In another group were Miss Baylor
and her guests, Mrs Bloyd A Mundy,
af New York, and' Mrs Louis Bryant.
Others were Mr and Mrs 3 H McNulty,
lirs H B Werner and Mrs II P Bur
gard, Miss Frances Todd, Miss Morris
and Miss Martha Tlcknor. <
After a months visit in Washington,
where she was called -by the illness
?f her brother, Mr Walter Villeplgue,
Miss Kato Villepigue has returned to
Onm<ien, leaving her brother fully re
covered.
The Camden contingent of golfers
representing the Camden and SarsQeld
Country Clubs left early Wednesday
aornirjg for Columbia, where they
played a return match with the experts
from Itidgewood Club. Those main
taining Camden's reputation in the
good game of golf were Jxmis Sledge
as Captain and the following men:
John Sweeney, II (1 Marvin, W II
Kirkbride. John Villepigue, J L Gra
ham, N C Bovkin, A D Richardson,
Bonnie Smith, J B Ladd, Albert Reed,
P W Seagmve, J B Bailey, Charles
Huff, H G Dunham, C K Fletcher,
T W Stiles. Dr F I Proctor, J O Fel
ton,' Ceorge R Cook, Robert K Stone,
.lames Wallace, M Burke, A B Black
J M Schley, Jr., W II Hurlburt, J W
Blakoney, It B Pitts and Thomas An
? or urn, - o
Mr Robert 10. Stone entertained sev
eral friends from Hobklrk Inn at his
?ottage on Saturday evening.* * Their
naany fricuds regret that Mrs. ? Stone
and the other meirtbers of the family
are unavoidably detained at their
Northern home* and will probably not
visit Camden this season.
Owing to the very lnclcmcnt wca
tier of last week, the Fiv? Day Val?
entine Tournament played over the
ramden Country Club coo me had to bo
finished this week. TThe finals were
played on Tuesday, 1M f&Mfltcd In
? victory for Mr Newton C Boylcin,
i of Camden, who carried off the trophy,
a magnificient silver dish presented
by Mr T Mdwund Krumbbolz. The
*ntry fees of'the Tournament were
given to tbo Camden Hospital.
Mr. Boykin <Was a double winner In
*wf this week, 'having also won 1 up
against Bogey at Sarsficld on Monday
afternoon, t<Mf the first prise which
*a? presented bf lir f M gchley, Jr.
Mr and Mrar.J H. McNulty, and Mr
f** MoKinney are among the
wcant arrivals at Hobklrk Inn, where
**r have bee*- worsts for bxany past
** CtfrUoo. N Abort*' has arHved
"ill
MILTON II. PHILLIP8 DKAD
llud Jfcwu in ill ll??Uh Slave AU??k *-(
Influenza While at Camp Jackron
Mr. Milton li. Phillips, who for a
number of years wa* employed in Gum
den us n grocery tmUwmau and who
later conducted * grocery store tn the
X)H>bie building, died last week in the
liovfrnuH'iit hospital in <ir<*euville;
While )n training at CblU|J> Jackson
Mr. Phillips contracted iufluensa and
was at oac time* reported critically ill,
but he later Ssame what recovered and
a short while ago had to go to the
hospital in Greenville where ho gttUK
(mw worse and dletl of tuber
culosis.
After leaving the. service he went
to Florence where hi? Was connected
with the Florcmv Nraivch of the, Fred
Oermauy grocery and produce com
pany. His remains wci^-itfmt to I>ai
jtell, Sumter county, and laid to rest
at 1 torch church Saturday. He wai*
a young man of aplondid qualities ami
was held In high esteem . by ull who
kqew him. Mr. Phi lllps was L'H years
of age aud is survivod by a widow and
one child/
" sn?
at the Court Inn frow New York.
c_. Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. C H
Yates was the hostess at aft Informal
card patty at her holing.
feMrs S K. Blakeney and Miss 1-al
Blnkeney wade a brief visit wf?h Mr
und Mrs Robert M Kennedy at their
home in Columbia this week.
Ideal weather, and the promise of
some good .^>ort attracted a In rge. num
ber to the Race Track of the Camden
Riding aud Driviug Club to witness
tiie Gymkana Races on Washington's
Birthday. The crowded grandstand,
gaily decorated with red, ' White and
4>1 ue, with the American flag in evi
dence everywhere, was a fitting tribute
to the patriot whose natal day was
so delightfully remembered. With the
cloudlessf sky overhead, the brilliant
sunshine and the tyappy faces of the
crowd, it was a most unusual sccae.
Captain Percy, assisted by the very
efficient committee comi>osod of the
following ladles uilrs Grant Mrs Heber
i'tircy, Mrs K B^Wilcox, Mrs Beverly
R6J)lnsan, Mrs John Aitkin, Mrs Thom
aV Mann, Miss Gratia Houghton, Mrs
K L Crawford, Mrs W O Sheldon, Miss
Hoyne, with Mrs N S Slmpkins as
chairman, certainly deserve the pjaises
bertped upon them. . All declare this
,ihe best Gym liana ever held in Cam
den, and it is IioikhI there will be
others to follow in the near future.
The prize wiuners were; David Doby
ElWood Watts, Charlie Percy, Earle
Slfaw, Miss Gratia B Houghton, Miss
Elvira Trowbridge, Miss Molly Craw
ford, Charlie Little, Seth Brady, Miss
Lucy Pomeroy, Mr Ladd, Miss McKay,
Capt Percy Miss Martha TicJcDor,..awl
Miss Helen Hoyne. The Judges were
Mrs Henry Livingston, Mr James
Baraes, Mr T E Krumbholz, Mr F G
Cart, and Mr K G Whistler.
The dance in the evening at the
Klrkwood closed a' very merry celebra
tion of the holiday. It waa a. brilliant
affair and largely attended, with many
dinner parties preceding it.
Camden's golfers returned from the
Match with .the Ridgewood men on
Washington's Birthday, having bad a
royal time In Columbia, where they
were delightfully entertained so that
.the victory of Ridge wood, .over Camden
by 27 up, was in a manner obliterated
in the memory of the hospitality of
their hosts, and the very pleasant out
ing.
Among those on the Hobkirk- Inn
register for the past week are Mrs
Frank W Hopkins, WHmette. Wlscon
?iu ; Mr and Mrs 12 L Wait) ridge, To
ledo; Mr and Mrs M K Washburn.
JOast Grecnwlch, lfr I ; Mr and Mrs W
H lvozier, I>r E L Ingersoll, W W
Nichols, W O Boswell, Rochester; Mr
and Mrs J H McNulty, Buffalo; Mr
and Mrs. C O Lyon, Short Hills, N J ;
F N Burton, Charlotte.
Those arriving during the week at
the Court Inn include Mr and Mrs
Jonathan . Terhune, Matte-wan, N J ;
John C Weldon, Boston; Mr and Mrs
B' H La Pierre, East Orange; Thomas
W Stiles, N Y ; {L G Richardson, Bos
ton ; Mr and Mrs T E Hoose, Duluth ;
Mr and Mrs Charles Fletcher, Mel*
ro?*e, Mass; Mrs T Johnstone, Wil
mington, Del; Linton Smith, Mrs F
E Stone, Mr and Mrs W 1/ Smith, Wil
mington ; Messrs George 8 Knapp, F
H Sloan, O F Graves and H H Heyer,
Brooklyn; Carlton H Aborn, Mrs V
II Dodge. N Y; Mrs Louis S Taylor,
Chicago; Mr and Mrs H S Colebroofc,
Rochester; Mr and Mrs II B McKay.
Rochester; Mr Edward Donnelley, De
troit.
Arrivals for the week at the Klrk
wood are; Mr and Mrs DeForest Gr*p<
N Y; Mrs Dorothy Eisenhower, Miss
Eisenhower, Baltimore, H G Don ham,
Boston; Cornelius W Prevost, , Henry
B Livingston, N Y ; Mr and Mrs Mar
shall Greet, Short Hills, N J ; Mr *tid
Mrs F X McGarry, Grafton .Mass;
Henry D Waters, S M Ratciiffe, Buf
falo ; Mr and Mrs George _W Eddy.
-Hisses PriscHla and Elisabeth W Bfldy
West Newton, Mads; Mrs Frederick
Tanner, Bronx ville ; Mrs O Ogden, Al
bany ; Mrs Schwa rz. Miss Dorothy
Sctowarz, Bronxrille ; F D Spear, N Y ;
Mr and Mrs O E Williams, Short Hills,
N J; Mr and' Mrs Clinton Whiting,
Brooklyn; Mr and Mrs T S Wheeler.
Mr and Mrs J J Barrett. George F
CTane. W R Peters, New York; Her
bert Sinclair; Trenton ; W. C Bryant,
Bridgeport; George B Wjight, Boston ;
Miss Florence ? Convert* Mi## Aw?
If Baitott. Mtksolnl L Gr*enongfe, Baa
and iSSuteste* Ka*r, Mrs
.0- W Kafer. N Y^Mrs W J Hemmert
^/VHartfordjjATr and Mrs Cfcjrtea
'W\PnjfK X'r WKTa^a N BaylK tfattt
FARMKR8 c61tiNIN(r 1>P
M?nj *Mniti( The Cotton (itowrrs Co
operative Imttollw
Quite a number of farmer* of this
couuty have signed 114 > in Hie Canton
Growers Cooperative Association and
WTr Ponders, of the demonstration <l\k
parfoient, tells u* that he toeltovos this
county will join the other* of the state
who have .pledired theroeeWs la the
movement A hulletifv sent out from
tb? ? headquarter* l? ColnunMu. dated
February 20th, r<-ads:
'^Sumter, ousted JWUou .from second
place lasi. week although the race fs
very dost- and txelting During the
week contracts representing 1.77H hales
came in. from Sumter county while
Dillon scut in 1,072 bales County Dl
rector K W Da-bbs, Jr. write* that he
and County Agent J Frank Williams
are shelling the woods In Sumter coun
ty aud a iv expecting a heavy sign-up
in that county Several x'ountiew are
crawling up on Spartanburg in fourth
place
"J Wade Drake, One of the host
known planters in Anderson county,
signed the cou tract last week "The
farmers have got to do something,*'
said Mr Drrtke, "and 1 believe that the
tiling to do is to put over this coopera
tive marketing association I am going
to do all 1 can to assist In. signing
Anderson's quota" County Agent S
M J3yars is planning for au active
mmjmig'u in the county.
J It 11 Jenkins, Jr.. vice 'president
of the Peoples Bank and Trust Co.,
of York, writing to W It Wilkorson,
director for Western York, says, "It
is u great pity that the farmers of
Month Carolina- bare not long before
nowCi organised such an association.
They would now he enjoying the great
benefits that are being enjoyed through
associations already organized in Tex
as, Oklahoma, ondj wfauwfayl. The
fanner who doeisjxot join in this move
ment is not only standing in his ow?
light but is retarding the future de
velopment of ttni state.'*
"<J QHio Kpptt. county director, and
T M Cnthcart, county agent, are lay
ing great plane -far a very intensive
campaign in thelreoun ty. Mr. Klpps
telephoned the office Saturday that
there need he no frars about Williams
burg. It will come across in fine
shape.**
Girls Taking Long Trip
Secretary R G Sanders, of the Cham*
her of Commerce, has received a letter
from the secretary of the Chamber
of Copimerce of Atlantic City, stating;
that Misses Wfnnifred aifd Kathleen
O'Malley had left Atlantic City on
February 1st, on a "hike" from that
city to Miami, Fla.. and that they
would pass' through Camden on their
trip. The letter stattd that in many
of the towns through wbifch they had
passed they have been wonderfully
entertahfcxl. The - letter contained
photos of the young ladies nnd they
are attractive looking girls.
Catholic Church Services. *
The services Sunday, February 26th,
at Our Lady of Perpetual HeUp Church
will ho as follows: Masses 0:15 and
11 a. m.; evening services at 8:30.
Sermon at each mass and in the eve
ning on "The Two Standards." Rev.
M. J. Itefldin will preach at all ser
vices. All are cdrdlally Invited.
"Uncle Joe" to Quit
Honorable Joseph Gurney Cauuon,
oldest rficmber of the United States
congress both in years and in service,
being in his 87th year, has unnounced
that he-TV HI not be a candidate to suc
ceed hluiKelf. Uncle Joe, as he is af
fectionately known, was born in North
Carolina is 1838. He rr.rly to
Illinois and was a district. attorney
in that state when Lincoln was elected
presidant. He entered congress In 18.10
and with the exception of one term has
l?een there continuously ever since. A
staunch republican and a hard' fiffhter
he had many jjolitlcal enemies, but re
tained them all as bis personal frUmds.
Died in Columbia.
Mr. J E Thome, formerly of. Cam
den, but for a number of years re
siding in Columbia died at the Colum
bia hospital. Wednesday. Mr. Thome
had been in falling health for about
a year. He is survived by one (laugh
ter, Scotta, and one son, Robert, and
a number of other relatives.
ington, 1j I ; Mr and Mrs George E
Bar stow. Montclair; Mr and Mm
James 11 Brewster, Jr., Rye ; Mr and
Mrs Fred Brooks, Boston ; George Do
Beroise,* NY; Mfa? Oisnrfluid Port
cheetcr, Miss Edna Crawford Port
Cheat Mr E L Crawford, Miss Mabel
A Plerson, Newark; Hubert Gardiner
~N Y ; Magrnder Dent, Arcknore, Pa ;
Mr and Mrs F D Mackay, Miss Janet
M(i okay, Brooklyn ; T J AiMfcwrj, De
fiance, Ohio; James R Beard, Cran
ford, N J; Mr and Mrs Gbsrles A
Fnlle, Montclair ; D 23 Skinner, Win mo,
Wis; I* R Bolton, Boston. Mrs C C
Plan*?, Mf.Tfi fc 8 trout. Miss Helen
Rtraoh, J O BoMfta*. I^nesster, Pa.,
W J Neary, Charles T MeOa*liy, J
M HiiMnlanJ, IWangatack. Conn : Mr
sad Mm. tswley, T-MrQsrry. "Onaf
^srMr an* Ibt'Hwij ^P^W^net;
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Mrani -Mntcim** OhHW,1C Y ; Mr
aat J>si| SUP.
KOIX OF HONOR
For t'MwJfu UctUM iwl Hith Si'hnv)
Far yitth Month.
Grade 1, ? Lyndon Manhelm. Emily
Zentp, K ob.v Mat-shall, Margnrot Barnes
Virginia ^ Uy*w4)', Elizabeth Dunu,
Mary J Aiackey, Met a Mognleacu, Lo?
toe Howell, Homer Baldwin, Jadte Boyd,
Joseph Lang, Samuel MoCaskiil.
Grade 3- -Kenneth Adams. Julia u
Burn* W I lluyven, HnroHl Hough,
: Olaudn Jaek?*>n, Joe JeukinB,". Guy
Rush. Gfay#on Shaw, Walter Wooten.
Kimih-!.- Chftwniog, lAiveriug HhII, Sara
I * Rlchey, Grace Robinson, flttrehc#
Christmas, .>?ok Dunn, Dan Mackey,
Jame* Seagle, James Shirley. Tommlc
Wilson, Mary L BrJtton, Ruhy Burns.
Alice DePass, Emily Goodale, Bessto
Jllnson. Margaret McCoy. Vera TrHWV
ROlth Webator
tirade It- -Archibald BoaltJe, Shan
non Black well, Henry L CU^huiM, Ia'8
for Hopkins, Willie Halle, Olive Net
ties. Lenora Rhumo, Mat tie Shaw,
Waddy Bluokinon, Allen Hardy, Ben
C Ljnglc. Wood row Liiwle, Houston
Shaw. (Jay BViekinon, -Geneva Jones,
Elizabeth Mc<*a skill, lsla M Ithodeu.
Adele Savage, Carolyu McKaln
Tirade -Helen Baker, I no* Gard
ner. Marvin Huotoibee, Sarah Mosoley,
Walter Stokes, Benton Burns, Duncan
Lang, Bochelle Sbeorn, Catherine Boy
kin. Betty Cu retort. Virginia Halle.
Sarah MUlls, Xauey Pearce, Caroline
Richardson. .\iaur<K?n Sowell
Grade 5-^IJllio M Trapp, Cleo Hasty
Elmer Watts. Louise Watts, Hazel
Moseley, Evelyu Brace, Mary Boykln,
Molly Blackwell, Evelyn Moseley, Lou
ise Trapp. Rebotva Zemp, Joe Mopru
lescu
Grade ft-^-lOugene DuRose, George
Tltlwell, Moultrie Burns, I^alghton
Hardy, James Blackmon, Willie Pov
ler. T B Clyhm rn, I?esftle Player
Grade 7-? Ttyaraaret Billings, 'Margar
et DeLoache, Pearl .Tones, Mary 1*
ACeOoy, Ruth Robinson, Harriet Whlt
aker, Carolyn Wooten, John Reed,
Mary Ouroton, Sarah DePass, Jumelle
Hallo, Dolly Singleton, Maude Dabney,
Mary Goodale
Grade & ? Jessie Campbell, Elise Har
dy, Alma Hjtifand, Henry. Hardy, Jack
Nettles, Elthu Schlosburg
Grade fi ? Louise Hirsch, Mildred
Gardner, Harriet Lipscomb, Harrier
Stecdman, Lilla MUlls, Miriam Bruce.
Sallie Hinson, Frances Hough,. Emily
Jenkins, Madge Seagle, Edward Barnes
Albertus Clarke, CMetw DuBose, Theo-'
dor? Hodges, Arnett ?edf6rd,WHl Lol
lis, William Nettles, Cecil Wifctkowaky,
Christopher Vaughn
Grade 10 ? Emily W'ooten, Kate Wat
kins, Mazio Roberts, Willie Moore,
Margaret Mills; Ethel DePaas, Mary
,N Campbell, Aubrey Bcattio, Basil
Bruce
Grade 11 ? Estolle Williams, Mary E
Hough, Laurens Mills, Kate Bruce,
Nellie Kirkland, Louis deLoache, Bre
vard Boyktn, Carl IWrtostourg, Cimrlie
Kirkland o
?
Record Breaker in Road Building.
, Washington, Fel). 21. ? More than a
hillion dollars will be went on city
street and ruraL highway construction
In 11)22, according to the latest esti
mated of highway -engineers. Of tills,
more than $tib0,000,0f|9^1ll go for rural
highway s and the balance for city
streets. _ _
Because, of the rapid increase in tlie
use of motor vehiclrs, both for pas
senger and freight transportation, stare
highway officials estimate that it will
be at least five years before the coun
try catches up with the demand for
improved roads.
With road improvement proceeding
at such a rapid rate, highway engineers
see an economic falla<ry in the tendency
of *t>me communities to permit the
building of what are readily re<*og
nized as temporary ]>aveinent type*.
The day of the gravel ami macadam
roads for heavy traffic Is past, they
say. The maintenance expenditures
which such m?ds entail make them,
iu tlw> long run, far more expensive
than the permanent type*. In every
Instance engineers are contending for
the best possible type because they
realize that high first cost means long
er service and consequently, greater
economy. "
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Increased Demand Per Good Rends
'Washington, Fetr. 21. ? A decided In
crease In the demand for the better
types of improved highways was noted
in 1921, according $o figures which
?hare Just been compiled for the yearr
More brick, concrete and asphalt roads
were built than. Jo any previous year
a!n?e 1910. Bride ajjd .asphalt types
fricreased fcetweea 20 and SS per cent
orer 1929. Hftffcway Mgiuera point
to OtH as tfinwi? the tread tmrait
lone "to1* tgpm.
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l!I(j CASK IN PKOUATK COURT
Guardian For Kstttt* IIhn to Fil* Homl
For Nmrly Two Million.
One of the largest, if ftOfc the larfcvst
ouso, ever heard in otyiior tUo Probate
or Cionornl Sessions Court in this
Vtnmty or possilvly the state, hns just
been derided in 1)10 Probate Court of
Kershaw County. The case wa ? com
memed on tho 'Jnd of January and has
been lu almost, eoustant litigation iu
the probat? court ever since.
Mrs'. Ckira> I*. Carver, formerly u
Vesident of Host on* Mans, but now of
Camden, 8. V., potltiohed the probate
court for the appoint moi.it of a coiuralt
too or guardian for the |K>rij?ni and os
tate of her husband, lOugene P carver.
Sr., whose poriioiril estate Is estimated
us being worth nearly :i million <loi
WL '
The -petitioner is r^ptesetYlM by ;?f
torneys Klrkland & Kirk land, of Cam
tleu ami Judge Frederick II. Chase, of
Roston, while I he respondent, Dugone
I*. Carver, Mr, is represented by attor
ney ii A \VI11kovwky, of Camden, nud
attorney Jerry C. South, of \VashIiiK
tou, IX C.
The ease was ably presented by both
sides, iiuil was stoutly contested front
start tollnish. The evidence wus com
pleted and arguments made on Tues
day, the MM), .fudge W. L. McDowell
reserving his opinion until the foiloWV
iiig day. when he announced in open
court thut he had decided that a Voni
mittee should be appointed.
The actual estimaUsl amount of the
personal property of the estate is nine
hundred and seventy- live thousand dol
lars, and complying with tjiu law in
suc^ca8es Judge Mallow ell required
the tiling with bond for dou
ble the aaiount df flpfWate which is
$1, 050.0(a), which no tlnubt is the larg
est bond evqr filed with any ofllwr in
Kershaw County. The following. I*
the decretal order :
'"At a Probate Court h olden at Cam
den in and for said (Vm-nty of 'Ker
shaw. on the 2ml day of January 1022.
(iu, the application of Clara I*. CftV
ver of Camden for the appointment
of a committee and guardian of
Eugeuo P. Carver of said Camden as
an insane person, said Eugene* P.^Oar-i
per having been notified, according to
luw to appear and . show t^nnse why
such committee and guardian .should
not be appointed. 1 iiud (hat the re
spondent, the said Eugene 1\ Carver,
wivs personally served with (he sum
mons issued in this case by an officer
competent to serve process in lloston
in the Commonwealth ?>f Ma*na*'lniMet- -
ts on December i)th, 4021. That at
least as early as December 18th, said
respondent- obtained and . had in his
possession copies of the (petition in this
case and discussed with his attorneys
the answer to be made to tills petition'.
"That .du January 2nd -the respond
ont appeared by L. A Wittkowsky,
Esq., attorney at law of Caiuden, South
Carolina, who nfter three days allowed
him by consent of petitioner's attor
neys for consideration as to what plea
he should make, if any, In behalf of
said respondent, _ ou the sixth day of
January present^ certain preHtnluary -
motions and a demurrer. These being
over ruled a guardian ad litem. Mr.
8. N. Nicholson, Esq.',' was appointed,
upon petitioner's motion. These pre
liminary motions and demurrer were
again presented on behalf of said
guardian through Mr. Tj. A. Wlttkow
sky, Esq., and upon their being again
over-ruled, respondent and said
guardian ad litem through same at
torney answered, aid the hearings pro
ceeded upon the merits. From Janu
ray 2nd to the 4th the interests of trie,
respondent were also represented at
the bearing before me by an attorney
at law from Washington, D. Mr.
Ernest Roberts, who had been for .some
time in personal touch with tho re
spondent ftd who announced that he
was attending in an advisory capacity,
but not as attorney of record. On
February 3rd, Mr. Jerry Boulh, an
attorney at law at Washington, I). C.,
nlso l>ecame a soda ted as counsel for
the resf*ondent, but has not appeared
In any hearing In the matter since
February flrd.
" "The evidence documentary and oral
Which has boon presented at great
length establishes to my satisfaction
that Eugene P. Carver, the respond
ent. when served with process herein
and at least as late as December 25th,
1921, was a resident, citizen, voter and
taxpayer of Camden, Kershaw County.
South Carolina, and owned and now
owns real estate and personal property
situated in said County.
"That on April 20th; last, he was
paroled into the custody of his wife,
the petitioner, at her request, from the
State Hospital for the Insane, where
he had been committed from Kershaw
< tAmty; tMKi pursuant to an agreement
ttffV lie would go with her to some
Northern Sanitarhfrn, where he might
have mgre comforts.. That at Washing
ton, D. C., on April 22nd last, he
abruptly deserted her, and wandered
about from place to place until ? ar
rested in July Uy police authorities at
Portland, Maine, and there confined in
Jail. Froto thereyhe was transferred
to the Westboro, Mass., State Hos
pital for the insane, where be waa
committed. Slwje July 13th, be baa
foes under commitment in that institu
tion, subject, After Jfomrtwr 3rd, VnU
to the temporary cmstody of the Jfar
Sh*r fbr the TJ- 9. Court V
Massachusetts, afteadtqf a bearing In
ftald On Decet&D+r 25th la at, be
9; ?* s * .1-1.'.*^/ '
(JKT8 KKU11CK1) FAHRS
Chamber of Commerce Cieiu Couuty to
<irant Cheaper 1 lutes Over Bridge.
A mowing' of tho directors of the
Chamber of Commerce was hold Tues
day, February 'J 1st, ai>j tho tfoalrmau
of several comiHlttces reported results
?tho most imjKirUiut, of which was
that i lie County Board of OommUwlop
ers bad grantod a 10 rents round trip
?ute to thoao living across the rlv?r
bridge, coining into Camden for school
mid rbureh, a *5 rate to all resi
dents of Kershuw County j^nd a 3T J>2
oont rate to tile public. Those rates
to apply til holders of ticket books,
which will shortly bo placed on sale,
flu* plan* of isale to bo announced later;
The bad condition of, and necessity
j for pavlug our stroits wa* (liycvtift^i,
it. w?s brought out in :\ nn?st forceful
manner tint Camden was far behind
other towns or cities of like slao In
street improvement, and that $io,ouo
is being siH'nt yearly on our streets
mid no iwrinauent improvements made
thereby. It was further agreed that
a mass meeting bo called in the earn
est hopes tint oil citizens having any
oivle pride would' attend ami lend a ;*
helping tiundto this most nee led work
by a bond issue,.
Letter To Sir. Barinh.
The following noti! ?f appreciation
has been failed .^o Air Bernard M-.
Baruch by the Camctyn aud Ker?l"w
Couuty Olmmber of Comuwrce:
| "Representing the j>eople of our oij
tlre community, the Camden and Ker
shaw County Chamber of Commerce " ?
wish to express to you our gratitude
And appreciation of tbe great work
you have accomplished for humanity,
In erecting lu our midst an ins^tutlon
blmt 1$ proving a blessing to a groat
numln^ of those who otherwise mijgbt
be denied tbrgug^ necessity tho bene
fits of hogpital 'tfeii&ttont. Wo also
feel that the unselfish attention and
work done by the Building Committee
on the erection and equipping of our
Hospital deserves especial commenda
tion and wo feel that the untiring
fefforts of Dr. Corbntt and Mr. Manus
Baruch must find their fullest roward
I in Jhe (tnowledge of a work well done."
KI KS1I \\V <a \l(l> MAYS.
At tho lost Friday night drill
were visited by thf> Instruc
tor, N A Gardner, of the .National
Ouard of South Carolina. ?' o ;
Chocks whi<-h were received 1>y (lie
Captain, one having been mode out to
Caeii individual member of tin* Compa
ny, were given ^o those ?present. . There
arc a few cbockKlofl-onband for the
men who are attending school. Koch
one of these cheeks will be mailed to
the proper pefson daring the week.
The ground, being mo wet and muddy,:
the?company was forced to take up ln?'
?Tde work. The^orF. ^^Ii^uriV 'oli "~
machine gun and machine gun organ
ization was delivered by Lieut, de-'
Loach, whicJ) took nit moat of the drill
period* However, the entire company
was greatly benefitted; being lK-ner ' *
prepwred to intelligently take up this
required work in the next few drills: '
Private 1)1 uck well from the Wa tepee
Mills was enlisted. "We believe that
Blaekwell will prove to he of the high
type of manhood, which has been re- '
presented from the Wnteree Mills. ?
Publicity.
evcaped from Suid'Mart&al, and bus ?
since been at large being as near tlris'
State us Southern Pines, N. C., and;
Tatar at Hamlet, Itocfcingham, Jaeksoot
Springs, Eiicrbe Springs and Pinohursr, *
N. CL during the trial of tbla case.
"The. evidence entirely convinces,
roe that the respondent, Eugene P.
Carver is insane and strffers from a
mental disease known to the medical '
profession as Manio Digressive Psy-,!
chosls. This disease is marked by Hymp
t Mins which he has displayed daring'
the past fifteen years, and in a much
Impressed degree for the past two
years. These consist in great in
?tabllity of miud, word attd action
with varying stages of derangement,
risi\' at tiaJes to a wildly crazed
dillou, so extreme as to compel his ?
confinement in asylums and rendering
him a source of constant care, ap
prehension and anxiety to Bis family
and especially to his wife, the Peti
tioner, who lias often guarded him at
home under great strain* The fact
that be has been arrested by the police
authorities in four different Mates in
the pa?t two years, Vermont, Washing
ton, South Carolina and Maine, and
repeatedly committed to asyltftns
speaks for itself.
"From Jafluary 14th until l<Y*)i%iiry : >
13tb, respondent was given, .erory op
portunity, by agreement of counsel, to ?
examine witnesses and produce cvl
ence in bis behalf. During said period,
respondent's counsel1 at Barton, Mass,
New York, and Washington took de
positions' of twenty three witnesses, be
big all the witnesses desired by said
respondent inoflt said witnesses wa*
the Respondent himself whose deposi
tion was taken at Washington, DO.,
and who gave his reason focnot coibln?
to Camden te testify before the*JPrp
batc Judges tbfti -h&- Wa* afraldr^
to CW,- wlthin^.WA &***? of T?
tTsgn I OsrolinA; '#<or he- v
wouM be'artested kf the aettoritte*' .
and c(?i flrArt in an tacin* ?*rlttm. 1W
v-g (OODttoued on am*** JM#*.) ~