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VOLUME XXXIV. Chronicle CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1923. M...L NUMBER 44 rcTi ? NEWS OP KIRKWOOD SOCIETY Happening* of Interest Amour? Our Northern VUitorH. Railroad officials in a position to know osUtiiato the .Southern winter travel as, one hundred pyr tent hea vier this than last year. Indeed not since the year after the war has Nt here been such a heavy demand for ac commodations on trains for all Sou thern resorts, and like the other pop ular resort renters Camden is coming in for a large share of this trade. February first finds a very large number of visitors iifUUr midst, nnd the hotels with heavy bookings for the next two months. With few ex ceptions the cottages are also occu pied, and there has been somo build ing so that the cottage colony is de cidedly larger than last season. The fine weather of January gave an impetus to out-door sports, of s^hieh golf and polo are most popu lar in Camden. Rex Post, Jr., of New York, has joined the polo con tingent now here and takes part in the match games plaj^_three. times a" .wek" uii Field:--. 1 and 2 alternately. .Saturday afternoon a big gallery witnessed the fast game between the Long Islanders and the Camden Ro ver.;. There was just enough tang in the air to make players and mounts reel good after a snappy and exciting struggle. The score was 8-2 in favor of the Long Islanders.^ Camden golfers have been quite elAt&l over the fine showing made last week-end at the Ridgewood Golf ? club by the Camden professionals,* Ir ving Stringer and Tom Harmon, who played two match games against picked men from Ridgewood. In the four ball match played Saturday Tom Harmon set n new course record for! Ridgewood by turning in a 68 after a round of brilliant golf such as is seldom seen, and on Sunday Harmoi^ made it in a GG, thus breaking liw ! own record of the prcviouii dHy. Both matches were won by Camden men. ' * i ? i On February 10th ait iuier club match between Ridgewood and Cam den will be played at Camden and la ter in the winter the compliment will i be returned by the game being held at Ridgewood. Miss Martha Ticknor expects to en ter the North and South contest at Pinehurst which is scheduled for Feb ruary 12th. * To celebrate Mr. Thompson's birthday on Monday Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Thompson, of Devon, Pa., who are passing the winter at Hob kirk Inn, took a number of friends for an automobile trip picnicing un der the pines near the old Factory Pond. The day was balmy and more like our Carolina March weather than January, and the party had a good time revelling in the glorious sunshine. Mr. and Mrs. John S: Sweeney and Miss Sweeney, of Detroit, have re turnee! for their annual visit at Hob kirk Inn. Miss Charlotte- Campbell has ar rived at Hobkirk from Washington for a month's visit with her sister, Mrs. H. G. Marvin. For Miss Miriam Holliday who is spending the winter with Mrs. Kd ward DuBosc, Mrs. S. K. Blakeney gave an informal tea on Tuesday aft ernoon. Mr. and Mrs. William 11% Kirkbride entertained at tea for ten guests at the Studio on Saturday, and Mr. and Mrs*; A. H. Whan gave a tea at the Camden Country Cltfb on Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. A. Dalton Kennedy were dinner guests at Hobkirk Inn Friday evening of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Stanwood of Boston. Mr. and Mrs. George Converse, of Boston, who made many friends dur ing their stay of two motiths at the Kirkwood left on Friday Tor St. Au gustine. Mr. Kdward R. Stettinius, of New York, has been spending several days at the Kirkwood. ? Hotel Arrivals. Hobkirk Inn ? Mrs. Childe H. Chtl iles, Mrs. C. H. Townsend, New York; Mrs. J. ('. Lord, Morristown ; Miss Charlotte Campbell, Washington; Mrs. Robert H. Wessman, Bayside, L. I.; .Miss Thelma Salley, Miss Lydiw ?Jennings, E. M. Ferguson, T^aneaster; K. L. Skipper, Kershaw; Mr. and Mrs. John S. "Sweeney, Miss M. M. Sweeney, Crosse Point Farms; Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Gorsline, Rochester; Mrs. .J. B. Scott, Grturowich. Court Inn ? Mrs. W. J. White, Miss Sheldon, S. P. Baker, Miss G. C. Keefe, George C. Stanley, New Y?rk; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thorpe, Miss Dorothy F. Thorpe, Greenwich; Ed ward Arden Dodd; Mr. and Mrs. Rod man J. Hicks, Vent nor, N. J.; J. P. FROM REV. HARDING. Thanks Thusc Who Art* Helping With Hospital Elevator Fund. We wish to thank all those who are/ cooperating so finely in the effort to put an elevator in the Camden Hos pital. With very few exceptions those who, haye been approached have gladly responded to the appeal. It is gratifying to those who have undertaken this educational campaign in regard to the support of an insti tution which stands for so much good in a community to find that' the thought of individual responsibility, for the same is gradually taking hold of the people in the county and town. That it would take time to ever in stall this principle in all Mas clearly foreseen. At the request of those in terested, the lists have been kept open to give an opportunity for every one who so desires to subscribe their dollar to this object. Let me add just a word qbout hos pitals. There are sone ? not many I hopcv- who feci that because they^ pay for services at the hospital they are supporting the*, hospital. Did you, ever realize that had this spirit been in the heart of the man who was, re-, sponsible for the building of the hos pital, and ihe one who endowed it, you would have no hospital in Cam den, either to serve you or to which you miirht pay the expenses of name? Moreover, had this spirit largely pre vailed there would be in existence no hospitals serving humanity at large. It is not simply for your *V;nke that the hospital exists, but to minister and serve the community as a whole, the poor as well as the rich. The lists will be published next we?ik. If you have not already done ho, see some one who has a list im mediately, and enter your subscrip tion, or send it to me. Very sincerely, F. II. Harding, President, Camden and Kershaw County Chamber qf Commerce, .j "Service#* at Grace Church. On Sunday, February 4th, 'there will be the usual first Sunday ser vice with sermon und celebration of the Holy Communion at 11 a. m. There will be no early service. The Sunday school will meet at 4 p. m. I You are cordially invited to attend services at Grace church. a F. H. Harding, Rector, j The service of the young Commu nicant's Guild will be held at the home of Mrs. D. D. Parish on Sun- 1 day evening at 7:30 JPclock. Pro gramme: Hymn, Guild's prayer re- 1 peated in concert, hymn, music, j scripture reading, subjeet, -'The Mes sage of the Kpephany," roll call, dis missal. Smith Named Judge. Mendel L. Smith of Camden was Wednesday appointed by the gover-J nor to be a special judge to hold I the court of general sessions for Charleston county, beginning Feb- 1 ruary 12. The appointment was made upon the recommendation of the chief justice. Wiser, Mr. and Mrs. William Clinton Brown, Prescott, Ont.; Mrs. A. S. Belt, Syracuse; Mrs. James W. Sweet, Frederick, Md.; Mr. and Wfcs. B. R. Gray, Brooklyn; Mrs. G. W. Butts, New Haven; Mr. and Mrs. T. Ft. Tunis, Paoli, Pa., Mr. and Mrs. James B. Ladd, Ardmore, Pa.; Mrs. F. C. Creamer, Philadelphia; Mrs. isabelle , Lyman, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Odell, 1 Mt. Vernon; Walter H. Dodd, N\ Y.; Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Hurlburt, Canv bridge; #G. Stempson, G. I). Tobe.y, H. E. Carver, Boston. Kirkwood ? Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Whan, Mr. and Mrs. Beverly Robin son, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Say- , re, Albany; Forest W. Taylor, Miss Emma S .Taylor, Mass.; Mrs. G. Gra ham Bell, Plainfield; J. G. Osborne,! Boston; Edward R. Stettinius, J. G.I Osborne, Benjamin Strong, Arthur ! Strong, Arthur Glasgow, J. T. Bowie,1 N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Grayson, I Washington, Pa.; H. M. Adams, N. i Y.; Otto Gresham, (Chicago; Mrs. W. I Q. Gresha, Indianapolis; R. I. Barr, j E. R. Tinker, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. j Thomas If. West, Miss Frances H. ! West, St. Louis; Mrs. A. W. Patter son, Richmond; Mr. and Mrs. Frank] Melville, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Thor nell, X. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Per rin, Washington; Mrs. Everett Tar bell, Fast Pepperell, \'a.; Mr. . and Mrs. R. (*. Moran,*Brooklyn; Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Carter, Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. Randolph F. Debervise, South Orange; Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hall, Buffalo; Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Read, Ottawa; Mr. and Mra. Wm.j B. Scarborough, Englewood; Mr. and. Mr*. John Ftfnnelly, Kansas City. - ^ r ' J tijtm - * * TO EFFECT CHANGK Yadkin River Power Company to Take Over Palmetto. . Announcement is made by (.'has, K. Johnson, President of the Yadkin River Power Company, to the effect that the Yadkin River Power Com pany is about to acquire all the elec tric power and light properties now owned by the Palmetto Power I.ight Company. Since the organisation of tho Pal metto Power & Light Company in May, 1917, all of its capital stock has been owned by the Yadkin River Power Company and its properties' have been operated under the gen eral supervision of the 'officers of the latter company. The electric transmission lines of the two com panies are also interconnected. Con sequently the acquisition of the properties by the Yadkin River Pow er Company does not mean any elvange in ownership or in operating supervision. Also no changes in the personnel of the Ideal managers in the communities served by the i'ai . motto Powei- & Light Company are contemplated. The acquisition of the properties j by the Yadkin River Power Company | is for the purpose of facilitating the financing of the extensions to prop erties, which are steadily being made, It is further announced that the j water properties at Marion and Dar- j lington now cfwned by the Palmetto Power & Light Company will not I be transferred to the Yadkin River j Power Company, Instead, two new companies to be known as the Ma- i lion Water Company and the Dar lington Water Company are to be organized for the purpose of acquir-^ ing and operating these properties. American Legion to Meet. The James Leroy Belk Post, No. 17, will hold its monthly meeting at its headquai'ters on Monday, Febru ary 5th, at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to be present. JOHN WHITAKER, JV., > p Post Adjutant. To Retire Circuit Judges, v Columbia, Jan. 30. ? Refusal of the Senate to kill the joint resolution of senator V^ells, of Kclgefield, to ex tend time fbr payment of taxes until] June 1, and passage of the bill by Senator Moore, of Abbeville, to retire Supreme Court Justices and circuit1 judges who have ^ached the uges of sixty-five years and\vho have served fifteen years on either or both bench es featured the three-hour -session this morning of the upper branch of the General -Assembly. ? i Membership Signs Placed. The Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce are placing very attractive membership sign fe in all stores and offices of those who belong to this organization and it is to be hoped that every business man and firm in Camden will show their colors and loyalty to the town and county by having one. Condition of Banks. , Resources of the state banks at the end of 1922 amounted to $147,059, 9G9.1 $, according to a statement Wed nesday from W. W. Bradley, state bank examiner, giving the condition of all the state banks, branches and private banks as of the close of busi ness on December 29, 1922. The statement, showing resources and liabilities, gives the individual .deposits subject to check as $50,843, 21G.&8 and the savings deposits as $34,923,120.85. Sale Begins Today. 'The Camden Clothing Company, with Mr. H. Baruch as manager, in a page advertisement in The Chroni cle last week announced a big sale clothing and men's furnishings to begin at their store today. This is their first sale to be put on and it is called a "Season's End" Sale in order to get rid of styles left on their hands so as to replenish their *to<ik for sprint;. They are offering extra special values in suits with two pairs of pants. Call and ask about them. Large Title Placed on Record. The largest title to real estate ever recorded in this county went on record here today when the Palmet to power and light company trans ferred its holdings in this and six other counties in South Carolina to the Yadkin River power company. The property involved in the transac tion represented the sum of $4,240,000 and the document had $4,240 worth of revenue stamps affixed. The same transfer will be recorded in six other county court house* in thf? State. ? ROAl> PROJKCT HALTED. i Injunction Secured Against Count > Hoard ,0C Commissioners. 10. \'. Trucsdale and H. C. Rennet t for themselves and other taxpayers of Jbyershaw County have secured a tem porary injunction against J. V. Young and the other commissioner# of Ker shaw County holding up the pro posed mile and a half of new road and bridge to he constructed south of the town of Kershaw. The plaintiffs are represented by attorneys Thos. 3. Kirkland and M. L. Smith and the restraining order 1h made icturnahle before Judge Town vend in Columbia on February Gtti. The complaint alleges that the commissioners are limited in the binding of the county for con tiacts and are forbidden to contract in excess of the amount appropriated for that purpose or to divert the taxes from one year to another. k The yoinplaiht further allego* ? "That as plaintiffs are informed j i\hv (MvV'wscd highway route diverges , ' from the present highway between I [ Camden and Kershaw at the top of ! ;i high hill, about two miles South! i of Kershaw, about one hundred yards | cftst of the Southern Railway, and < passes through very steep, rugged and difficult hills, involving the eon ! ?t ruction of a new bridge over | i Hanging Rock Creek, requiring the j ! acquisition of new rights of way, the i i digging up of timber and the break- j | iiig of an entirely new route at an , excessive cost compared with any 1 | advantage over , the present route, i j which will also have to be maintained > as a highway, so that the two would] then run for nearly two miles par- J allel with each other at an average t distance of only a few hundred feet, i | "That plaintiffs are informed and I believe that the objection of the two j railroad crossings on the present route could be completely obviated J by carrying the present highway un-; der the railroad track where it crosses same, about half mile south of Hanging Rock Creek and either over or undej* the railroad track where it crosses about half mile north of the said creek, at a cost of less than half the cost of the pro posed new route, and will serve more people and will save the expensive maintenance of two miles of new I highway. "That over and above the objection to the proposed new highway above i set forth the' plaintiffs are informed J and believe that the contract for same cannot legally . be imposed on Kershaw County for the reason that | thert* are not at this time taxes lev ied or other funds of the County ap plicable to such purpose, when the other liabilities which the commis sioners have imposed upon the Coun ty are considered and especially the liability which the plaintiffs are.in ; formed has been incurred oy said County to replace in excess of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) funds of ? DeKalb Township in Kershaw Coun ty, proceeds of bonds of said town ship issued by it, specially for the improvement of its roads and which amount of DeKalb Township's funds plaintiffs are informed and believe have been improperly used by the said County Hoard of Commissioners upon the highways in other town ships of said county, and also in i view of the liability of the county to replace some ten or eleven thous and dollars, borrowed by it ,from the County Sinking Fund for use upon the roads in said county. "That no new funds have as yet I been appropriated by the Cieneral Assembly, nor taxes levied to raise such funds for the year 192;*.' 4 Sounds (iood to I's. Yesterday's mail brought us >a let ter which rends in part: "Vou will find chock enclosed to pay my sub scription for another year. I can't do without your paper and enjoy reading it very much. It gives the s from all over the country." Christian Endeavor Meeting. The usual meeting of the Christian Endeavor Society was held last Sun day in the lecture room of the Pres byterian church with quite a full at tendance. Miss -Carolyn Wooton, the leader, gave a very interesting talk on the topic, "Claims of the Church." The next meeting will be held on Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The topic is "Value of Christian Endeav or" and the leaders will be members of the prayer meeting committor. The public is cordially invited to at tend these meetings of the Christian Endeavor Society every Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock in the lecture room of the Preitoyterian church. .. i * M It. McKINNEY OKAD. Binghampton Attorney llad Olloii Visited Camden. .Many Cawdo^f people will be sm' do nod to learn of the death of Mr. William A. McKlnhoy which occurred at his homo in Hinghampton, N. Y., Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Mc Kinnoy had boon regular visitors to Camden for many years, usually stopping at 1 ho Hobkirk Inn in this city. They were cultured people and made many friends wherever known. The following is taken from a Bing hampton paper of January 27th: "William Allison McKinnoy, 77, native life-long resident of Bing hampton, who was a well-known at torney, died from hardening of the arteries at 7:45 o'clock this morning, at his home, 187 Court street. lie had been unconscious for the last two days. "Educated for a literary career, for many years after graduation from Yale University lit* was widely known as a writer on important top ics. A severe illness of typhoid, fe ver in the midst of legislative cor respondence activities at Albany, about 1870, however, made it neces sary to give up his literary aspira tions and return to his home town. Upon recovery ho took up the study of law, and after qualifying at Colum bia Law School, New York city, he returned again to this city and began practice. One of his favorite maxims was, "Settle a. lawsuit if possible," and he had the reputation of having brought about amicable adjustment in many cases which threatened pro longed and bitter legal battles, in the courts. "Mr. McKinnoy was born in this city on Aug. MO, 18-15, the son of Kd-. ward and Marcia M. Mc Kinney. He went through the Binghampton schools, and next went to the Phil lips Academy at Andovcr, Mass., where he qualified for admission later to Yale University. Ho became a member of thef Skull and Bones Club, ! the leading college fraternity, for which but few men are chosen and in which membership is an honor more sought by the undergraduates than any other. He was -editor of Yale Literary Magazine while in college, and after his graduation in 18(58 he became associate editor of the Hart ford Evening Post. Two years later he went to Albany, whore he acted as Albany correspondent of the New York Times. "When illness forced his return to Binghampton, he went into the of fices of Hotchkiss & Seymour. The senior member was Representative Giles Hotchkiss, close personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, and the junior member was Lewis Seymour, father of I/O wis Seymour, present member of ; the Bar. After preliminary prepara-? tion he entered Columbia law school, and upon his graduation and admis sion to the bar, he returned here and has since maintained law offices in this city. He was a leading member of the Kirst Prifttbyterinn church. "He was married in 1880 to Miss Mary E. Niven of Syracuse, who sur i vivos as weM as a daughter, Mrs. Louis W. Alston, and a granddaugh ter, Mary Alston, of Morganton, N. C.; and a brother, Major Edward P. McKinnoy of this city." Death. Horry Alexander, a well 'known colored man, who up to a few years ago followed the carpenters trade in Camden, died at his home H19 Market street on January 20th, and was bu ried here ori January 22nd. For the past six years ho had been employed as a steward at (Jadsenburg, Ala., and was taken sick at that place. lie was the oldest son of Wesley Alexan der, a well known and respected col [ ored citizen of Camden. Officers Captured Still. | County, state and federal officers j seized a large still and accessories yesterday on the old Camden road near the Kershaw county ling. The officers reported that they located a '"big steamer" and about MO gallons of mash. No arrests were iVmde. The raid was made by Officers Smyrl, Coleman, Neeley and Trotter ? Wed i nesday'x State. | Interesting Speakers to lie Here. Bishop James Cannon, Jr.. of Nor ! folk, Va., and his co-workers in the | Centenary, Mrs. J. H. McCoy, of 1 Nashville, Tenn., Rev. F. L. McCoy of Sumter and Rev. A. ,J. Cauthen of Orangeburg will be at the I.yttle ! ton Street Methodist Church Thurs day evening, February H, 1923. Bish op Cannon was in Europe a part of the time during the World War and has returned from a recent trip to the Near Fast where he had conferences I with some of the Church leaders of Furopc, and will have many things of world interest to tell us. In addition to the above there -will be a musical program of fifty voices of some of the t>est musical talent of the city. No collection will be taken. You ?re cordially Invited to attend and bring your friends. \V. IL Hodges. M A It HI AGE HI 1.1. I'ASSKS. Will Require Medical ( 'ertifictitc for Men Seeking MiUrimony, Columbia, S. (\, Jan, HO. -The Ho.U-se killed the Nash bill and passed the Mabrey medical examination be fore marriage license bill. A lot of local legislation, was attended to to day also. The Nash bill had an innocent ti tic ^ "to regulate the presentation and Collection of claims for personal services or labor performed or for overcharges in freight and express, etc." Hut -from ?t he discussion partici pated in primarily by young lawyers of the House, it appeared that the bill raised issues that the Lau'/anne ? . * Conference could not untangle. It was expected that the purpose of the bill was to aid shippers of truck and farm products to collect overcharges from express companies. A former law on Uiji subject had been declared unconstitutional and this bill with a manifold activity in its title would have made the law constitu i ional. ? Mr. Bellamy, of Beaufort, Svho handles a large trucking produce business favored the bill. He had never had any trouble getting set lietiien'ts, There were numerous ex cellent speeches on the bill, but the tenor, of the objections was to the ef~ feet that it would pile up litigation. Mr. Hamblin, of Union, and Mr. Lloyd Harrison, of Greenwood, stated pointedly that there is a strong lob by for the bill and that members of the House had been flooded with tele grams asking them to kill it. One of the evils pointed out in the bill was that it would allow domestics to bring suit for real or fancied wrongs and that if they won the case, the at torneys would get a large fee. Mr. Blease offered an amendment to make the plaintiff pay the fee if the other side won the case. This was rejected pronto. Then the bill was killed, The House spent quite a time in discussing the marriage license bill, which requires a certificate of free* dom from venereal disease before a man can obtain such a license. The bill was introduced several years ago by Mr. Me Adams, from ' Abbeville. Last year it was intro duced by Mr. Simonhoff, of Char leston. Mr. Mc Adams today offered an amendment to make the proposed law apply to females as well as to males. This was voted down and then Mr. McAdams wanted to reject the males as the bill would not be complete in that form. Mr. Mabrey made a direct appeal for his bill, giving statistics which were as as tounding as they were revolting in ?.? parliamentary body. He spoke ear nestly and plainly. Mr. Hanahan, of YVinnsboro, made a powerful argu , ment for the bill, an argument which would be a credit to any legislative body in the power of Its appeal. An other ringing speech was made by Mr. Smoak, of Colleton, who denoun ced the double standard' in life, and declared for the bill as a preventative of many ills in life. Mr. Kennedy, of Charleston, op ; posed the bill as another trespass I upon. the personal liberties of the peo ple. 1 The vote was 2'i to tf.'l favorable to i the bill. The vote on the Nash bill was G~ to K) against the' bill. Catholic Church Services. Scxagesima Sunday; First Mass at ?>:1T>; last mass at 11 a? m.; Sunday school at 10 a. m.; evening services at 8:.' 10 j>. m. j Sermon at ti : 1 *> on "Scandal." 1 -Sermon at 1 1 o'clock on "Joy in j Tribulation." Sermon at 8:?'i0 o'clock ?>n "Hear ?' ers of the Word." All are cordially invited, services . wilfcbe conducted by Rev. M. .1. Red I din. A Coming Attraction. The Woman's auxiliary t<> th? Camden Hospital Association havt arranged to give a unique and do lightful entertainment in the Gram mjtf^chfKil auditorium. Wednesday evening, February 7th, at 8:00 o'clock. The public will have the op portunity of hearing Mrs. Janie Screven Hey ward, of (Charleston, in readings of . original poems -*od sketches of humor, folk lore, weird superstitions and unique dialett of the Carolina Conrtt negro, a type of negro that is fast disappearing. There will also be an attractive mu sical programme pr rented. As n Hospital benefit it should be well pa tronized. Admission $1.00. 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