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. ; ? I NUMBER 1, ' \ ' ^ CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL. 6, 1923. NEWS Ol KIKKWOOl) SOCIETY Happening of Interest Aihdiik <>?>? Northern Visitors. Mr. I- W. Besse of Spfiijirft&ld, Mass., who With Mr*. .90880 Has .-pent many winters in Camden, al ways staying at quaint llohkirk Ihm, has |,rt - t-nli tl that hotel with a very handsome American flag. It whs raised on Faster rooming, and as the wind caught the graceful folds of tlvj dearly loved emblem, the guests of the Inn joined in word* of apprecm lion for his generosity and thought i'ulness, Mr. and Mrs. Hesse, who are at the Inn for their second visit. ? t?f the winter, expect to return to their Springfield home on the tenth of April. - - Among visitors; stopping in Cam den on their way to Florida are Miss' Mary Lloyd and Miss Crawford, of t.'ermantown. They will remain fox sevci aKw'eeks. Mrs. Jamep B> Franks of Cleveland, who was Miss Mary Louise MeCown, has joined her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. MeCown, of (Jermantown, at the Kirk wood. Mrs. Samuel V. Merrick and Miss Mary Merrick, of Geriyant'owti, hav^ returned from Philadelphia to their Camden home. They went North just after Mi^r^errick's death in Febru ary. 4* . Mrs. Kathleen Diamond, Mftfe Alice Diamond, and Mrs. M/A. Gillen are among recent arrivals from Philadel phia at the Kirkwood. The, ,J&te season in Camden finds many tourists still lingering here, as is evidenced by the number seen on the golf courses. It is of course not so crowded as they were a fortrftght ago, but there are each morning quite a large number out for their favorite game., Work on the new Camden Country Club course is well under Way, and will be ready for use next December. It will be a joy to all golfers. Wednesday evening the Easter dance attracted many to the Kirk wood. There was an unusually large number of young people as so many are here from various schools for the Faster holidays. ? Mr. and Mrs. John Myers, of Bos ton, will remain in their cottage through April. The Saturday evening dance was the. most largely attended of the en tile season at the Kirkwood. Follow ing the dance Miss Lucy Pomeroy invited a large number of young friends for a moonlight ride, and a hunt breakfast at her home. A most attractive affair of the w($C was the dinner dance tendered Miss Lucy Pomeroy by Mr. Harry fialfe. Twenty guests enjoyed Mr. Balfe's hospitality, and after the dinner others came in for the dance. The music was furnished by the Camden ' Black Bird Orchestra, and the enter tainment was a most enjoyable and delightful one as Mr. Balfe spared no pains to give his young guests a good time. Miss Martha Ticknor entertained several of the younger set with a din ner at the Ticknor cottage Saturday evening, taking her guests later *o the Kirkwood for the dancing. Watson Pomeroy of Yale, John Me ridian of Saulsbury School, Miss Marian Ticknor of Wiekam Rise, and Duncan Kd wards of a Connecticut school, are among students 'enjoying the Faster vacation at their homes in Camden. Among Philadelphians spending: th'i late season at the Court Inn are, Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Cooper, and Mrs. Helen Moore P'ogg and Miss Mabel H. Wetter. Mr. and Mrs. Horatio G. Lloyd and family who have been among* the c<jt tagers in Camden for the winter,, re turned to their home in Haverford, Pa., this week. Miss Kate Gillett, Miss Emma ?Johnstone and Miss Alice ChifFelle left on Thursday for a visit to the Magnolia Gardens on the Ashley be fore returning to Baltimore. Mr. Edward McCrone ? gave a tea for fourteen guests at the Studio, which continues to attract many vrathcrings these pleasant spring af ternoons. Several teas have also been given at the two Club Houses. The Polo season closed on Saturday with a match between the local teams. Friday afternoon's contest for the . Southern Circuit Cup attracted a large gallery to see Pinehurst take the trophy from Camden by 11 to 3 goals. "Billy" Sunday accompanied by a ? i?arty of young men, among whom were John Muni),- Bob Ames and ? ?ckmr of Col/fate University, who utq in Columbia to as?f*t In file ItlCill Alii MI ST DIE. ; A I'll rente C ounty .Murderer Will IK' . Bcscntcnccd By Lower Court. ? i , Columbia, S. C., April 9. Kdmund 1). Bigham, convince! two years *igo of the slaying of hts brother, L. Smi ley Bingham, at f'amplico, S. C., must die in the electric chair, the supreme co?rt decided in an opinion handed down here today. The court remands ed Bigham to the 'lower court for resentencing-. Bigham although convicted of thy murder of his brother. was also eharg ed with having killed his mother, sis ter and his sister's two adopted chil - dren. He has been in the state pen itentiary much of the time since his conviction. Interest attaches in- this connec tion to a new act of the recent legis lature, providing that wKerp the su preme court dismisses appeals, in capital, nasJos, the defendants shall be electrocuted on the fourth Friday ioi lowing the sending down of th * court's decision. Whether this ap plies in chie .Bigham case, the first of. the Kind to be decided fehu-e the aejt became law, has. not been determined, as the court in this case specifically orders that the case go back to the circuit court for resentencing! Bigham's case has been in the su preme court four times, three times on direct appeai and one on habeas corpus. The defendant was lirst tried in the spring of 11)21. The last, appeal' was taken on the ground of after discoverec^ evidence the main allegation being that a lett<*V had been discovered signed by Smiley Bigham, the dead brother of the de fendant, in which a plan to murder the whole Bigham family w'as laid out. The state contended that this letter was a forgery and the court so holds in its decision. Bigham is in the state penitenti ary. * * The opinion in the case is by Chief Justice Gary. Other members of the court concur. Catholic Church Services. The services at the Catholic church on Low Sunday, April 8th, will be as follows: Massbs at 6:15 and 11a. m. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Sermon on "Confession and Can a Priest Forgive Sins?" by Rev. M. J. Reddin. All are cordially invited to attend services. Fifty bathers braved the chilly wind and chillier waves to take a surf dip at Coney Island, New York, last Sun day. There were 100,000 visitors to the beach fcir the duv. personal work being carried oil at the University of South Carolina, were in Camden on Monday, having luncheon while here at the Kirk wood Hotel. Charleston's beautiful Magnolia Gardens on the Ashley, famed the world over for their magnificent azaleas, is the magnet drawing many of Camden's winter visitors to ' visit them after* leaving here. Among those going to Charleston this week are: Miss Kate Gilfett, Miss Emma Johnstone, Miss Alice ChifTelle, Mr. Frank Coursen, Miss Ella Coursen, Miss Keller, Mrs. Robert Marye, Mrs. K. B. Wilcox, Miss Mary Magill, and many others. Mr. and Mrs. MacGregor Jenkins J and their small daughters, Julia and Sally, who have been in Camden for March intending to return this week to Boston, where Mr. Jenkins is con nected with the Atlantic Monthly, have decided to linger in Camden for another week. Miss Helen lfoyne remained after I her parents, Colonel and Mrs. Frank (?. Hoyne' return to Chicago, and is [ now the guest of Mrs. Stephen Rob- j inson. A mixed match of polo attracted! many to the small field on Monday afternoon, tn . the young ladies take a try out at this popular sport. M iss Lucy Pomeroy, Misa Martha j Tieknor, Webster Pomeroy, and Ralph Little played against Miss Helen Hoyne, Mrs. Carl Foster, Mr. Foster arid Mr. William H. Schiller, Jr., de feating them by 0 to 1. Miss Martha Tieknor's playing was unusually fine throughout the match. Reservations for the Benefit Card party for the Camden Hospital to be i tfiven on Friday afternoon at the at tractive new home of Mrs. Warren Harris, continue to come in rapidly. The attendance will doubtless be large as there are so many tourists remain ing in Camden. j Recent arrivals at the Court Inn ?neh?<Je: Mr. Marshall and Mr; How- j ard W. Marshall of Boston and Mr.J ,aud Mr* Charles L. Schenck of rrookfyn. ? ' CITIZENS ARE ANGRY. i . ? ? ? ? Southern Railway Company Pulls I > Shade 'Frees. (IrccnTvaod. April l.-r~The wrath oi city council and various women's civic organizations bubbled and seethed Saturday morning, a* the city .fathers drew up resolutions at a special meet* ing of bouncil, condemning the South ern Railway following the destruction of iJOO umbrella china trees which had been planted on each side of the rail way tracks where the road passes through fashionable residential dis tricts While the citizens slept early today, the trees were yanked from the ground by a ireight engine with a chain, and where double rows of budding china trees stood yesterday, only red holes were fuund this 'morn ing. When the citizens of those sections, looked out, their ire rose and a hur ried meeting of city council was call ed. With much excitement members of civic' associations laid their griev-, aocer. before the equally wrathful city fathers, and a resolution was drawn, protesting and condemning the railway conyiany for "stooping to suijh action. Women .^members of the civic associations in addressing council described- the railway's action as "a dirty trick." Previous attempts to have the trees removed had been blocked by city authorities. Trainmaster G. M. Bishop assorted that the trees had become a hazartt*to the railroad and to the public and were removed for that reason. He denied thafc the railroad had taken ad vantage of darkness to remove thq trees but had pulled them up after fl o'clock this morning when any citizei^ could have ...seen what was taking place, if he bad gotten up that early. REAR DON NAMED SECRETARY Sumter Man To He at Head of Cham ber of (Vmmerre Activities. ? Mr. 10. I. Rear don, well known j Sumter citizen, and former secretary,) of the Sumter chamber of commerce, was on Tuesday named as the secre tary of the Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce and has accepted the position. He is to take charge on the 15th of April, and will move his family to Camden. Mr. Keftrdon is well known throughout the state for his activities in behalf of the Sumter commercial body, and the Camden chamber feels that they are fortunate in securing1 his services. Mr. B. G. Sanders, who hAs filled the office of ^secretary so acceptably since the resignation of Mr. C. P. Mi Daniel, has resigned^ in order to give his whole attention to his bakery in terests and to real estate business with which he is connected. ( i Camden Commandery To Meet. * Attention Sir Knights: Order No. 1. Attend a Special Con clave of your Commandery Friday evening, April 6th, at 8 o'clock. Wear your Chapeaux, Belt and Sword. Re hearsal, after whiqh The Order of the ; Red Cross and the Order of Malta will : be conferred. Order No'. 2. The Commandery of South Carolina will be open in your j Asylum, Wednesday morning, April ; lltli, at o'clock, in full form, for the ? purpose of attending Service at Grace > church. Your Commandery will es cort the Grand Commandery^and at- j tend the Service. Wear nSH flnifoi'm j and arrange to be at the Asylum a > few minutes before nine. ' By order of! W. Robin Zemp, Commander. j M. Billings, Secretary. Stamp Vending Machine. For the convenience of their cu< : tomers the Camden Drug Company < has had placed in their store a stamp ' vending machine. Vou simply drop a coin in a slot and th?? amount of j stamps desired is fed from a specially' printed roll furnished by the govern- } ment. It will prove n great Conven- j ience at night and on holidays when the stamp wtndow at the postoffice i? I closed. j Married. Mr. Ernest Feagans, of Cameron, j S. G., and Miss Pearl May Twitty, of, Camden, wore married on March 31st, J Probate Judge W. 1,. McDowell offici- j ating. Mr. Adolphus Martin/, of Camden, j and Miss Rverlyn Jackson, of Luck .now, were married" in Camden on March 31st. Judge of Probate W. I?. McDowell performed th? ceremony. Mr. John Turner Smith, of Ben nnttavilte, trnd Mr*. Mftry Easterling, of TMum. S. C.T were married in Camden on April 3rd. Mr. McD<y*rell wu the officiating officer. m \sonk io BE hkki:. j " . ? # v - Three Day Session To He livid at The Klrkwood lintel. Next Mpmlny, Tuesday ami Wed nesday, April Oth, 10(h and 11th at" to be on the local Masonic calendar, when they are to have the pleasure of entertaining the Grand Royal Arch Chapter h the Grand Com maydery of South Carolina. The beau tiful Kirkwood on historic HobkirU Hill, ln?s been selected as headquar ters and business meetings are to be held at the County Club near by. The drat of thcsui meetinga will be at 0 "o'clock Tuesday morning and con tinue' until .2:30. After luncheon at the Klrkwood an automobile ride will be tendered the delegates.. During the atternoon the High Priesthood degree will be conferred upon those who are eligible and late in the afternoon a short business session. At H:<'10 o'clock in the evening a banquet will be given- at the Kirk wood, followed bj,- t:n informal reception, to which all Masons and their ladv friend# are . ? w ' invited. The guest Of honor on this occasion and in fad during theVntire time will be the (irand Priest of the general (Irand Chapter, Dr. Koon. of Missouri. At i> o'clock Wednesday morning the Grand Commandcry opens, after which the Knights Templars will form in line and march to the Kpiseopal church where services will be con ducted by the Grand Chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Walsh, of York, assisted by the local chaplain, Rev. F. II.# Hard ing. This service which will begin at 10 o'clock is said to be, very beauti ful and impressive and the public is cordially invited to attend. Let us stress this invitation and urge the people to attend. Lend your presence and thus extend a warm welcome to the honored guests. Local Masons are well represented in these state organizations. Dr. \V. Robin Zemp holds an office in the Grand Commandery, ami Dr. R. T. Goodale is an officer in the Grand Chapter. Dr. W. R. Zemp is chairman of arrangements and with his effi cient committee have everything in readiness! And now, let us extend a welcome to this great representative body of men, to our lovely little city among the whispering pines. Camden is a town of memories and traditions.. We are justly proud of our ancestry, its achievements, its deeds of valor, its fortitude and courage is a sacred heritage. But we will be proud to have within our gates an organization whose splendid service is an honor to the state. May their stay among us 'be so pleasant that they will soon cootie into the frame of mind of the Sultan of Morocco when he encamped in the vale of Rabet. The place so pleased him that he stayed until the very pegs of his tent grew up into a grove of trees around his pavilion. PLAN TO BRIDGE CATAWHA. Chester and Lancaster Citizens Talk Over Project. Chester, April .1. ? After conference with Lancaster and Chester citizens, it now seems to he an assured fact that it will only be a short time he fore the Catawba will he bridged. The exact location of the bridge will be decided by engineers. The Lancaster people and also people of upper Ches ter seem in favor of a bridge near the "Old CJooeh's ferry crossing". Plans have been made for the improvement of the road, which is known as the "Old River road" out of Lancaster, and Chester has provided for a road to the river by way of Great Falls and Fort Lawn. So soon as the bridge is completed, then the Cal houn highway will be open to traffic from Wilmington to Chester with only one ferry and that thr ("ape Fear river at Wilmington. The most vital problems to be i,ulv ed will be the shortening of the rout;* to Raleigh by eliminating Cheraw and going direct to Rockingham, N. C. from Chesterfield, by way of McFar Ian and Morvon, N\ ('., and then upon the completion of the Cook's M t H bridge over Lynch river, which shouhl be completed by July lJriJ, a tempor ary route or a permanent alternative route should be adopted by way of Jefferson and Kershaw. Such changes will have to be made in the route be tween Lancaster and Chester as will afford a safe crossing of tho Catawba river on the bridge to be constructed. C. A. Emery, cannier or a bank at Tlonesdale, Pa., has l>een locked up pending an rati* 6f ftf* books. wfrVh show a sHgrtngv.of between tSO,O0O and *160,*** -'4 ? 'V ? yf '? ; , i ? *? t ORANfiKitrm; i.kaus. : r ?; ?'?v' \ v7? ? 111 The ('reduction of Corn in South Carolina. Saluda. Apiil I. With i hitv? leudiuK'-all other counties in th ^ ! Slate, South Oaroliiuji produced a i corn crop last yeaj- thai was valued at $20,01 0,000, figured on a basis of the December 1. price, according to a comparison made today of <? statistics released by It. H. H^re, atfrioulUiral statistician of the United States IV ? part meat of Agriculture. The total yield for the State wan 2{)yH)8,000 bushels, on 2, 00$, 000 He?>es, or an av erage of 1 1.5. bushels peV acre. Orangeburg's corn crop totalled ! 1,507,000 bushels, >vith a valuation of $i;a<?l,U?(), The acreage in that coun j ty was 08,000, nuking the yield per ! acre sixten bushels. The highest average yield per acre was nihetee.n bushels-, which was the record of Heaufori county, with l>r>0, 000. bushels, Valued at $<500,720, jjrown o:\ 21,000 acres. Aiken county was next to Orange burg in bushels- produced and total I value, having made 1 ,200,000 bushels, 'on , ,84, 000 acres of land, for, .a total [valuation of $1,000,200. j Anderson and Spartanburg wet;y ) t ied for next place iti rank, with i 1,125,000 bushels each. The figures for Kershaw county are: II, 000 acres, i;{ bushels per | acre, 572,000 bushels, $107, (M0. HAY 8 ME IS WRONG MAN. j ? | Mills Moore Denies He Is The Man Who Killed Policeman. York, April 2. ? Vigorously insist ing that he is the -wrong; man and the helpless victim of mistaken identity, [the suspect believed to be Mills Moore under conviction in Flattiesburg, Miss. : for safe cracking and brought here ? to face trial for first degree murder as the slayer of Policeman. T. R. Pen J inger of Sharon, reached York - last night in custody of Sheriff Fred R. Quinn and Special Deputy J. C. Hope. Viewed by Sharon people last night as he came through that town, all were of the opinion that to outward appearances he is Mills Moore, though they were unhble to make positive identification. The trouble over this arises from the fact that Mills Moore who shot and killed Policeman Pen inger September HO, 11)18, while the latter had him and his brother, Frank I Moore, under arrest for disorderly I conduct, had been about Sharon only | a few days, too brief a period for his visage to become permanently stamp-. I ed on the memory of those who came [in contact with him. Time, too, makes its changes and while the Sharon folk' ' assert unequivocally that his facia) I ' appearance is that of Moore, they ad-l j mjt that tin; suspect is much thinner ; (than the one who perpetrated the | murder there. The most convincing proof, that j Moore's denial of his identity is mere , hluff, however, came this morning! t when Carey Moss, convict on the York j j chaingang, positively identified the] ! suspect as Mills Moore, with whom I ; he served on the ? haingangs of Cleve ? land and Mecklenberg counties, North j Carolina. Before seeing the prisone'* j j Moss described him accurately, par ticularly mentioning a scar over his. I left eve. The question of whether the 1 I J > prisoner is reallv Moore will likelv j 1 * 1 not be definitely established until per-; ! sons from (ireenville and Shelby, N.i ! where he formerly lived and has a j long criminal record, it is ^aid, have1 had a look at him. ? Throughout the trying ordeals to which he has been subjected, when ' persons slightly familiar with Moore | have looked the priscrtier in the eye ; and insisted that he y,as the man, the i suspect has retained his coolness and ' siMf-possesion. If he is Mills Moore, i his sang-froid is nothing short of re ! markable. He maintains that wh?i i the proper time arrives he can prov* i that he i< not the slayer of Pcninger. He asserts that at the time of the kill ing he was an inmate of the Okiaho , ma penitentiary, serving there* from | 1 !H 7 to 11*20. jje voluntarily relates that he has served time in two other \ | "institutions", which term he uses i for "penitentiary". He asserts that 1 Postoffice Inspector Gregory knows , him and has his record. i I ( Married at Bnptint Church. Mrs. Hattic Hinson and Mr. T. B. | Wilson, both of Camden, were marri 1 ed Wednesday evening at the Baptist church, the pastor, Rev. J. J. Johnson officiating. The c^remony^ waft jRer* formed immediately after tho Wed nesday evening prayer meeting and was witiffwai by a large number of irfanda oi both parties. " COTTON I'ltObl c TION. Leadership Has Passed from Low Count r> to Piedmont Saluda. Mniilt '.'I*. leadership in tilie production of cotton has passed from the low eovmtly of South Ca?'o Una to the Piedmont, a study of t\g uies .rclojised by H. II. Hare, statistic ian for tin* United States department (?f agriculture, made here today shows. Surpassed by Anderson in number of acres planted, Spartan burg was yet tho banner cotton eotjn ty of tho state, making the largest yiclxl per acre, and receiving the greatest income. On KM, 000 acres, Spartanburg farmers made 5(5,500 bales, an average yield of 21 1 pounds ' per aero, -'which were, valued $(>,5117, 500 with tin' calculation based on th<> price of December 1. Anderson county < produced 10,000 bal.es on 1 40,(100 acres of land, an av erage of 150 pounds per acre, and her crop, was valued at .$ -1,830, 000. (.Irecn-, ville I'tll a little short of her neigh bors in the value of the crop, $1,025, .000, but made a better- average per acre than Anderson, with 85,000 bah? ; from ST, 500 acres,' or 200 pounds per acre. While Charleston produced next to the smallest, number of bales, 800, her crop was valued at $3-1,500, or exactly ,the same as that of Williamsburg, although the latter produced ten times as much cotton, being credited with 3,000 bales. For the whole state, the value of the crop was $(51,205,000, as of De cember 1, on an average of 2,101,300 and a production of 530,000 bales, or an average yield of 123 pounds per - acre. The figures for Kershaw County are; 50,000 acres, 115 pounds, per acre, 12,000 bales, valued at $1,483, 500. CHARLES l?. HODGES HEAD. Well Known Farmer of Marlboro County Passes. Bennettsville, April J. ? -Nows wa.i received here thin morning of the death in the Columbia hospital of Charles P. Hodges, a prominent plan ter and merchant* of Brownsville township, in the lower part of tho county. Hr wan ill a short time, hav ing suffered an attack of influenza, and later developed pleurisy. He was taken to the Columbia hospital Mon day, being accompanied by his broth er, .J. P. 'Hodftes, and I)r. J. L. Mc Crier and an operation Was performed Tueslday. His daughter, Mrs. B. M. DuBose, and Mr. DuBose went to Columbia Saturday and wore with him when the end came. TheV accompanied the re mains today to Brownsville, over the i Seaboard Air Line and Bennettsville j & Cheraw road. Mr. Hodges was 60 years old and was a life long member of the Beth | Ichem Methodist church and ^vas the j superintendent of the Sunday school. | He was known over the county for his j Christian character and for his busi ness integrity and ability. Ho was one of the large farmers of Marlboro ; county and was often at public meet i ings working for the advancement of ! the interests of the farmers and of I the county. He never offered for pub ! lie office, though he often spoke at | public meetings and contributed arti I cles to the newspapers on subjects of general interest. He was a member of the firm which conducted Rrowns j villi' Mercantile Company. I His widow, who was Miss Josie j Breeden, daughter of the late Joseph | L. Breeden of Bennettsville, and six | children survive as follows: Mrs. D. j M. DuBose, Brownsville, Miss Henri j etta Hodges, Mullins; Miss Mildred j Hodges, I'ineville, N. C.; Charles I'., | .Jr., Wilbur and I'ercy Hodges of . Brownsville. Four brothers surviving ! are: 1'. A. Hodges of Columbia, the j Rev. \V. H. Hodges of Camden, J. P. | Hodges and H. M. Hodges of Browns r ville. Sends His Picture. Av a token of appreciation of the j courtesies extended him while oi| his : visit to Camden, the Rev. YV. A. ! (Billy) Sunday has sent to Mr. H. G? I ('arrison, Jr., an autographed photo j of himself which the Mayor prizes ? very highly. The inscription below ' the photograph reads: '"To my friend. The Mayor," tailing attention to Psalm 31. While here Mr. Sunday made the statement that he would very likely come back to Camdei\ next winter for rest and recreation. Mm it fit. Mtt'b B?h ? _ There will be a special feeneflt dance at St. Mary 'n Halt on Memlaj nijfht, April 0th. y.