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12 PAGES THIS WEEK 12 PAGES this WEEK NUMBER 28 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1923 VOLUME XXXV. annual SUI'PKR And Manquet of/ Chamber of' Com merce \. To Be HeM> Next Friday. Thirty of the be?t{ known ladles of Camden and ofj othei^ parts/ of Ker shaw county a no giving of their vtelu able time in planning the supper, dec orations andi other important features of the annual meeting and banquet of the Camden and I Kershaw * County Chamber of ^Commerce the evening of Friday, October the nineteenth, 1928. About twenty-flve of the successful and patriotic! business jand profession al men of Camden and other parts of Kershaw County! are selling' tickets for this annual meeting and suppejr. Will any man or woman of average intelligence imagine for a moment that all of these intelligent men and women would be giving of their time and working for days to help keep up an organization like' the Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Com merce if this organization wasn't well worth every dollar, every thought, and every effort being put , forth. The men and women above re ferred to. are known as citizens who know what they are doing, what they art* talking about and what they, are working for. The moral of this story, and every well, written story should have a moral is, that if any one who reads this arttcle has not already o floVof if irAi* ^ v*w%wvf ? J v*v V belong to the Chamber Qf Commerce that is all the more reason why you should buy a ticket because attending this meeting and supper binds no one to join' the organization ? the reader should see the committee or call up the Chamber of Commerce and have your name put in the pot. No ttfftter how little or how much you know about your Chamber ;of Commerce there is much more to learn. Follow the lead and the contact of ^,'tbe nearly fifty intelligent men and wo men who are working for Camden, ^ershaw . county and its Chamber of Commerce. It matters not how yiuch you already know, how smart you are, you don't know and can't know more than all these men and women put together. If. you think you Jo, the evening of October the nineteenth wilf present the best opportunity you ever will have to show how mu?h you know. Tickets Selling Rapidly. < The committees in charge of sale of tickets for the annual meeting and dinner of the Camden and Kershaw Chamber of Commerce have met with gratifying success. For a few days more the ticket sale will, be continued and the following committee wiH Be only too glad to call on any one wish ing to purchase tickets at one dollar each, phone them or stop them when you see either of them and buy a tick et : B. G. Sanders, L. C. Shaw, J. B. Zemp, J. M. Villipigue, W. F. Nettles, Mrs. Cora Ancrum, J. W. Sanders, E. I. Reardon or Chamber of Com merce office, phone number 462. Ladies are also to attend this meet ing and (ftnner and many of the ladies have secured tickets already. Our good friends of the rural dis tricts and other towns of Kershaw county and adjoining counties are cordially invited td buy tickets also because this is to be an annual event by the Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce which is a Kershaw County and adjoining county commercial, agricultural, social and general organization working for peo ple of every profession, trade and oc cupation in fifty miles of Camden, the county seat of Kershaw County. A fine musical, instrumental and vocal program and a mighty fine speech on timely topics will be deliv ered by Dr. J. C. Giles of Columbia College. He will be the speaker in the place of Dr. Daniel of Clemson, College, who will be prevented from attcnding-on account of a death in his family. Marriages. The following couples were married by Probate Judge W. L. McDowell ?n the dates named below: On September 22nd, Mr. sThomas Bake* and Miss Rett DeBruhl of Camden. ' V On September 23rd, 'Mr. James Wil liams and Hiss' Lom'a Boone of Cam den. ? On September 28th, Mr. Jack Lang ley and Miss Lilli* May long of West Ville. - ? ' ? ? ; ? r ? ' ? 1 Billy ftunday in Charleston. Permission to build a wooden taber nAr'e in which the Billy Sunday meet **lt win* ia dutrifftOQ tfafcl f*Il was given by the city authorities this week. Thet_ tabernacle wilLU* ^oflt on Marion Square on the <M Citadel grounds. IbSSSNHmKB FOR INDUSTRIAL SURVEY. City and County Asked To Combine With Seaboard Railway. Charles A. QgcKeand, general indus trial agent of the Seaboard Air Lino Railway Company, spent last Tuesday in Camden in consultation with spe cial committees of the City Council, Camden and Kerihaw County Cham ber of Commerce directors, and tho Kershaw County board of commis sioners regarding special industrial and agricultural survey . of Camden and of Kershaw County under the supervision of the expert industrial engineering firm of Lockwuod Green and Company. This survey will be used, if under taken, as a basis for furthering the city and county industrial and agri cultural development. . The industrial and agricultural assets of {he entire county will be studied ?md as ft result 6f the work an active publicity camr paign by both the locals organization and the Seaboard Air Lino Railway will be conducted wjth the purpose in view of building up the Cajnden-Ker shaw, industrial, dairying, livestock, agricultural, trucking, fruit, peach, and manufacturing opportunities. The survey, will require several weeks work by a party of experienced ongincei:a. andL when comptete<i wfiu]<L give in detail and very comprehensive Jorm the complete industrial and agricultural possibilities of the com munities. This is a part of the ;;prcrr gram for industrial development be ing carried on by this railroad. The special committees in conference, which was presided over by Rev. F. H. Harding, President of the Chamber of Commerce, were: Judge E. 1). Blakeney, Chairman, and directors J.. H. Burns,. W. R. Zemp, C.'P. DuBose and Secretary E. I. Reardon of the chamber of* Commerce* Mayor H. G. Carrison, Jr., Councilmen W. 'R. Hough, J. H. Osborne and R. S. Wil liams, and H. G. Harrison, $r? chairman of the Kershaw County Board of Commissioners. It is thought tnat the committee members who seemed very favorably impressed .with the proposition will. recommend that the city and ..county take ' up the ^jfTer which will only cost the city and county three hundred and fifty dollars each, while the S. A. L. Railway Com pany will pay seven hundred* dollars and if it cost in excess. of fourteen hundred dollars the Seaboard Air Line Railway Com^iny Industrial de partment will pay all cost over and above fourteen hundred dollars. Nothing definite regarding what the city or. .county, will do-however was officially given out and it re mains, for the city and dounty author ities to settle the matter. Camden and Kershaw County will be given widespread, systematic, expert and business like publicity through - vari ous sources, such as in a number of trade, agricultural and industrial magazines, journals, through'' Lock wood Green and Company sources and through the big publicity department of the Seaboard .Air Line Industrial \ department and the Camden and' Ker shaw County Chamber of Comnflfe'ce and allied publicity interests if the city and county take up the proposi tion which will cost three hundred and fifty dollars "each. Chickens From Newberry. The Newberry County Poultry As sociation will ship its second load of chickens November 1. Its first was Shipped in June. The car will be loaded at Newberry, Prosperity and Little Mountain. Outlines System of Highways. "The proposed federal aid highway .system for the state of South Caro lina has a mileage of 3,010, according to information given out by the high- ! way department. The highway de partment has compiled a description of this proposed federal aid highway system. The proposed routes affect ing roads of this immediate section are described as follows: - From Greenwood via Ninety-Six, Silver Street and Newberry to Winns boro; and from a point on the federal aid road south of Winnsboro to a point on t)ie federal ai<^ road near LugofT; and from Camden via Bishop vllle to Darlington. From the -.South C&rolfria-North Carolina state line en route from j Pineville, N. C., to Lancaster, via Lancaster, Camden, Sumter, Manning; and a point near Heinemann to Georgetown. ~ From the South Carolina-Georgia j artite line near Augusta via Aikeq, a point near Monetta, Batesburg, Lex ington* Columbia, Camden and Che raw to the ^ South Carolina-North Carolina state Hna near Osborne, N. C. WILL REPRESENT THIS COUNTY Miss Margaret llogue Selected To Go To Pee Dee Fair. Missl Margaret Hogue of Camden has been ' elected by popular vote as queen of Kershaw county in* the big, spectacular Pee Dee <'P*cjn Festival parade and other social tuitions in cidental to this festival during the P6e Deo Fair at Florence op Wednes day, October 17th, 1923, Miss Hogue, it is planned by City Council and Cam den Chamber of Commerce circles, will ride in a prettily and appropriate ly decorated car sent through the country to Florence in charge of a committee from this city. In a telephone mossage from Flor ence to the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday it was requested that Cam den and Kershaw county arrange to have a division of . decorated cars and floats in this parade, and Mayor H. G. Garrison, Jr., has instructed Secretary E. I. Reardon to undertake to organ* izo this special Camden and Kershaw county division as suggested. Every car* owner and business and I professional concern m this city and county that will enter decorated cars ,or floats are requested to notify See* retary Reardon immediately so that it can be determined how many wilLbe possible for this event, ? Camden and ^Cershaw county should ? be there in great shape and show that this county is a live wire proposition and to serve as honorarycscort to our yoting lady who will represent Ker shaw county and the city of Camden. Penn Shriners To Stop Here. There will be a toUring party of Shriners from' Northern Pennsylvania of about one hundred and fifty who will stop dver in Camden for twenty-' four hours between January 1 and 6, 1924, according to advices to Camden *md Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce received from O. G. Don ney, District Passenger Agent of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company with" headquarters in Columbia, S. C. Mr. Donney writes that this party of tourists has already signified its in tention .of using the S. A. L. Railway enroute to Florida and that his com pany has also secured in advance, hotel rates for {hese tourists at Cam ? % i den hotels. * The Camden, and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce has requested Superintendent Donney to extend a cordial invitation to the tourists to be the guests of the people of Camden and vicinity on a sight seeing auto mobile ride around Camden and near by points which Mr. Donney indicates would be very pleasant for these dis tinguished visitors. The visitors will be shown what Camden offers in hotel and other fa cilities as a winter resort and as a good business town with a splendid agricultural background, and plenty of hydroelectric power for manufact uring enterprises of alh kinds. x - . His Mother Dead. Mr. Henry Savage left . last night for Boston, Mass., in response to a message Thursday morning announc ing the death of his mother, Mrs. Samuel H. Savage, who had been in failing health for some time. Mrs. Savage had reached a ripe old age, being ninety-one years old. She is survived by only two children, *~Mr. Savage of this city, and Mrs. Frank Bowles of Boston. She had o?ten vis ited Camden ? she and her late hus band being among the flr%t of the vis itors when Camden gained^ reputa tion as a tourist resort. Of late years she had been very feeble and unable to visit Camden, but is still pleasantly remembered by many of our people, who mourn with Mr. Savage in his l08S. The funeral will be held at her sum mer home at Barnstable, Mass., on Cape Cod. ? Sold Her Residence. Mrs. H. R. Jordan has sold her resi dence on North Broad street to Sena tor L Funderburk, from near Cas satt. Mrs. Jordan will erect a cottage on East Chestnut street where she will reside. Mr. Funderburk has farm ing Interests bo&f in West Wateree and near Cassatt and will move to Camden in the near future. This sale was made through the real estate agency of C, P. DaBdse & Company. ? ? To Move HI* House. Mr. John T. Mackey is planning to have his residence moved so that it will face Lyttleton street. At pres ent the house is on the corner oi Uectdry Park, facing that park. It ia his intention to make this change in order to Mid a largnr house on the corner at a later date. Bfcfie-i ? DKT111INK NEWS NOTKS. Happening* of Interest Ah Tuld By Our Correspondent. lii'ilmuc, S. C., October 10, ? Ray mond Fields, youngest son of Mr. and K. L. Fields, died suddenly Fri day night. Hi? death came as a great shock, although he had been in de clining health for the past six month* due to an attack qf measles, followed by pneumonia. Raymond was seventeen years of age and was well liked by all who knew him and especially his school mates. His body was laid to rest Sat urday afternoon at four o'clock at the Barnex' cemetory about four miles wes^ of Bethune, The floral offerings wore mnny and beautiful. Rev. A. M. Gardner of Vaiico un derwent a throat operation here Fri day morning. He returned to his pas torate tl\o following day. Miss Kathleen McCaslcill, who is teaching in' Marion, spent the week end with her parents here. She was accompanied home by Miss Eva West and Colie Seaborn, who ?lso teach in Marion. Miss Helen Popo Ward, of Coker Colfcge was the Woek end guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Wfrrd. jyirH. J. p. Lafitte spent Sunday in Columbia with relatives. i i* ? w ?? i ? ?* ? ** win, %j, jr. jpetnuue aim ciiuurcu are visiting in Cheraw. r Miss Mary Benttic, of McBee was thfc guest of her cousin, Margaret Hearon last week.: .. . Mr*, Sallte Tiller* who has been in a sanitarium in Columbia for several months returned home Thursday. Mrs. L. M. Yarbrough and Ruth Estridge, of Sumter, were week end visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. K. T. Estridge. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Best moved into their new home, on upper Main street Monday. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McLaurin had as their week end guests Misses Mamie Lou McDonald, Kathleen Clyburn and &lr. T. B. Clyburn, of tfershaw. , " Miss Louise Tiller/who has been at tending the Mayesville High School returned home and will re-enter school here. Mr. and Mrs. Bright Williamson and Mr. Dave Coker, of Darlington,' were guests of , Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Forbis Monday . .Miss Kate Yarbrough goes to Flor ence next Wednesday as Bethune's representative in the princess contest for queen of the Pee Dee Fair which will be given next week.' A "rummage" sale will be given next Saturday at the town hall under the auspices of the Presbyterian Aux iliary. An "At Home" was given by Miss Stella Bethune and Mrs. A. B. Mc Laurin Saturday evening from eight to eleven o'clock. The spacious rooms were thrown ensuite and were beauti fully decorated with rdses and dahlias. Contests and progressive conversa tion were features of the evening. In the formed Miss Inez Blakeley and Dargan Clyburn were awarded cor respondence cards as first prizes. Music was furnished throughout the evening. Refreshments consisting of ice cream and nabiscos were serv ed. His Dor Won First, At the meeting of the State fox hunters' association held at St. Mat thews this week ^Parson", a hound belonging to Mr. Geo. T. Little, of this city, was awarded first prize. p To Increase Capital Stock. At a meeting of the shareholders and officers of The Camden Building and Loan Association it was decided to apply to the Secretary of State for the privilege of increasing the capital stock from two hundred thousand dol lars to one million dollars. This was an annual meeting and all of the old board of directors and of ficers were re-elected withqut any change. , * ^ * Cotton Office Moved. Mr. J. L. Moseley, who has had his cotton office for the past season in the rear of the Standard Grocery, Co., has moved to a new office building on Main street recently erected in the vacant lane between the stores of L. Schenk & Co. .and Baru^h-Nettles Co. The building was erected by Ba ruch-Nettles Co. Twelve Pages This Week. . It takes twelve pages to carfy the news and the many advertisements iWwkl to Thj q>roa& Yob ; will find Interesting reading in the store news as well as in oar newt columns, and we direct your close at tention to these advertisements. \VKIH>K1> IN JAIL. Unusual Ceremony Performed in the Greer\vUle County Priaon. '# ? Greenville, Oct. 8.? Mijltts the melo dy of tho usual w<?dding march and with the words of Attorney W. E. Bowen, who officiated, resounding through the faintly lighted corriders of the stone bastilei JWrii. Mario Oil' reath Richardson, well known woman of this city, and l)r. Frank Coon, local chiropractor, who a fortnight ago be gan serving of a jail sentence of 00 days upon conviction in county court of practicing without a license, were "quietly" married in the Greenville county jail here this afternoon al 8:25 o'clock. The wedding, or the reported im pending affair, hud been a topic of conversation about the city for some days immediately after Dr. Coon be gan serving his jail sentence, rathetf than pay a fine of $500, Imposed by the judge of County court, but it had been reported called off and the cere mony at the little jail around the corner came, like a bolt out of a clear sky yoster/lay. Early today a mar riage licenso was secured from the judge of probate of Spartanburg county. This was done, partios inter ested later said, to keep their ap proaching nuptials assecyet as pos sible. At 2> o'clock when ine usual "'visit ing hours" began at the county jail, Mrs. Richardson was driven up to the door of tho prison in her Marmon sedan. "June Jug", the pet Gorman police dog belonging to Coon, which she has kept since his incarceration, accompanied her, ? A few minutes later Dr. E. J. Johnson, of Spartanburg, Dr. 18. A. Branyon of Greenville and Mr. Bowen appeared on the scene. All entered but no visitors or jail attendants at tached any Unusual importance to tho procedure. Shortly afterwards J. F. Clark and Miss Aleen Kent, called to "soe Dr. Coon." However, it developed later that these were actual visitors and that they had no advance infor mation of the impending wedding. At 3:20 o'clock the couple, who with their visitors and friends were chat ting about the runaway, w a circular corridor which surrounds the cells on the main floor, drew up before Mr. Bowen and the ceremony was gone through with in short order, A rin^r ceremony was carried out, probably the first ever to occur in the county jaif, and to judge from the re ported curious glances of numerous fellow prisoners the occasion must ha Ye been a great treat for them. i:.._ The ceremony lasted only a few minutes and following this a talking machine was started and some music furnished. The honeymoon, distinctly of a sta tionary variety, - lasted - but- two two hours. When 4 o'clock, the hour at which visiting period is supposed to close, Jailor Frank Christopher gallantly allowed Mrs. Coon to re^ main a little longer. She departed at 5:40 o'clock. Soon after the wedding the chiro practor reiterated his determination to remain in jail the remainder of his 90 'days rather than to pay a $500 fine, asserting that ho had a "principle at stake" and was going' to "stick it out." Maine Citizen Died Here. Mr. Edward O. Skelton, a native of Portland, Maine, died at the home of Mrs. W. P. Thomas, about 11 o'clock Tuesday night after a short illness. Mr. Skelton had spent the winter here last year and had boen residing here for about one month this season. Lit tle was known of him here other than just before he died he requested that a nephew, Alva M. Dow, at Braintree, Mass,, be communicated with in case of death." Undertaker Evans received a mes sage from Mr. Dow Thursday request ing that the body of Mr. Skelton be Sent by express to Portland, Maine, where it will be buried in Evergreen cemetery in that city. Mr. Skelton would have been 80 years of age in January, and if he had any other relatives nothing was known of them here. He was taken ill soon after the evening meal and died in a short while. Catholic Church Service*. Services at the Catholic church on Sunday, October 14th, the twenty first Sunday after Pentecost, will be a* follows: Sunday school at 9 a. m.; Mass and sermon .at 10 a. m. . Th? sermon, "Is There After Death a Place Besides Heaven and Hell?" by Rsv. M. J. Redd in. All are cordially Invited to attend these services. PAVING TO BK BXTKNDEl). North l.ytt let on Street To Be Made Into Hard Surface. Announcement is made by City Council that the paving contractors will soon begin on the upper end of Lyttleton street extending from Chestnut street to the gate" at the Ilobkirk Inn property. It was not the intention to pave this section at first,, but the Council . finds that enough funds will bo avail' * able to make this extension. Another reason given is the fact that Broad and Fair streets have been paved to , " points as far and beyond the northern extension set and* the paving job to be stopped at Chestnut would look uncompleted, Laurens strt-et from the Confeder ate monument on Broad to Fair wan opened to traffic this week, and the contractors are now at work com pleting the remainder of Laurens to Mill. The < curbing is being laid on Mill from DeKalb to Laurens; and on Haile street from Fair to Mill and this too will bo completed within a few weeks. ' The cost of the paving* assessment :?> havfhg a tendency towards forcing some of the many vacant lots of the city on the market for sale, thereby adding more taxablw values to the eity ? ? property. We leavn on good author ity that the large tract of land oil North Broad and Chestnut streets, be longing to Mr. H. G. Garrison, Sr., will be pjit on the market soon for buildirig lots. This property has for mnny years been used as a cotton field and will open the way for many ? "4 valuable building lots. Ih a good many places where de sired the sidewalks will also be ex tended in the residence sections. The city so far has mot with very little opposition on its paving pro gram. In fact they started out with a very conservative program^ but as each project was completed, the re quests from different property hold-1 0 ers on various streets has made the amount extend to larger -proportions. Evangelistic Services. Beginning Sunday, October 14th, and continuing through to Sunday, October 18th, ah evangelistic cam pakrn will be conducted at the Wa teree Baptist church." Two services will be hfeld daily ? at 3 p. m. and at 8 p. m. The Rev. A. S. Lockee, the. f: Indian evangelist, will do the preach ing. The public is cordially invited to ? these services. Rev. W. E. Furcrori is the pastor of this church. ...i .'71 Commandery to Meet. A meeting of Camden ommandery, No. 12, Knights Templar, is called for Tuesday evening, October 16th, at 8 o'clock, when the order of the Red Croas and Order of Malta will be con-? in ferred upon a class of candidates. Visiting Knights will receive a cordial welcome. In Interest of Power Company. Mr. Andrews of the operatiiMfc_dfis__ . partment of the Yadkin River Power Company spent last Saturday in Cam den in conference with Secretary Reardon of the Chamber of Commerce and city officials of Camden regarding power interests. His business with the Chamber of Commerce was re garding the probability of his com pany constructing a power line froni Camden to the Boykin section of Kershaw county and over into west ern Sumter county sections in Raft- * ing Creek Township to supply power to the village^ of Rembert and flu good and to farmers in between Cam den and those points* Mr. Andrews Mr. A. G. Clarkson, Jr., of Boykin, and Secretary Reardon visited Boykin, Hagood, and Rembert and farms along the route of the proposed power line Saturday afternoon. Mr. Andrews, while having no connection with the power sales department of this big hydro-electric power company, nev ertheless was very favorably impress ed with the proposition. He carried back with him to Raleigh, N. C., all of the correspondence between the Chamber of Commerce and his com pany, together with names of nearly one hundred farmers and country merchants who have guaranteed to t take power and said at Rembert that he will recommend that an engineer of the construction department and a representative of the power sales de partment be sent to Camden to go out and make a survey of the territory and report to headquarter^ the re sult* of* their findings. MrJ Andrews ii4a*UMgg--in U ~ tra one hundred thousand volt trans former at Camden to supplement the present immense power tmn^niwlorr " plant here now.