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Chronicle BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS NOW! ?UY CHRISTMAS ?FALS NOW! ?> . II ???! . L J . u,l._ CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA* FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1823 xsss NUMBEH 37 VOLUME XXXV. ( 01 NTY CI.^IJ NOW OP^N. Sew Rec reation Place Attracting Wide Attention. The promoters *>f the Kershaw County Club ate receiving quit# n aumbt'i- of papers from northern and j fa9tern sections giving Wide p^tyiclty to this new club. One of recent date is from the New York Sun and Globe, and is ?? follows: "If the new Kershaw County Coun try Club at Camden./ S. C., i8 not 'put on the map' this winter, it will not be the fault of the organises, or of Mar tin Sykes, formerly professional at Scarsdale Golf and Country Club, at gartsdale, N. Y. The proposition was Mill in the formative stage last Au gust, and now the cluj) boasts of an eighteen hole golf course, four polo fields , six tennis courts, and a steeple chase course; while hunting, shooting ' fishing and in fact, all sports will be provided for there. "All that has been accomplished thus far is simply a promise for the future, for the club which o-w,ns square miles of lajid instead of acre 3, js planning greater development for another year. The idea is to Have a proposition along Westchester-Bilt more Country Club lines, with a hotel to be built later. ' . 7 "Sykes is justly proud of being cho sen to take care of things at Kershaw county, for it is one thing to know one's business and ability and another matter entirely to have some one else appreciate ii. Ke uajajvU - lu tC-iiioiii at Camden until April of next year, when he will look for a berth in this section again. Prior to going to Scars dale he was at the Hollywood Golf (ilub in New Jersey, and at one time was private professional to Otto Kahn, "A. I). Kennedy is president of the Kershaw County Country CIul>; W. E. Johnson, Jr., vice president; S. B. Robinson, a^ well known, polo tplayer, I secretary-treasurer; Thomas Ancrum, ' chairman of the golf committee, and R. N. Shannon, Jr., chairman of the membership committee, The course at present measures 6,000 yar&s, and has a par of 72, but Sykes is planning to make the links a much more diffi cult proposition before another sea- 1 .cson rolls around. The "greens" are of' sand. An attractive schedule of events is also being prepared." Will Have Long Holiday. Due to the fact that the: Brown Harry Company will make certain re pairs and alterations in the_ new grammar school during the vcoming holidays, the Christmas intermission will begin on Friday afternoon. De-V eember 2 1st, and work will bo rs? sumed on the seventh day of January. Camden Marine on Duty in Haiti. Washington, Dec. 11. ? Starting on a period of service in the tropics, Dal ton John Blackwell, son of Mr. Julius L. Blackwell of C&mdjen, S. on duty with the Marines in Haiti, according to the official records at Marine Corps headquarters here. He will probably remain in the West In dies for a year or longer before re turning to the United States. i A small number of Marines has been on duty in Haiti since 1916, when the soldiers of the sea landed in that country to restore order during a rev olution. During their occupation of Haiti, the Marines have established school systems, aided in the building of roads and public works, and have encouraged agriculture . and thrfft among the natives. Dalton joined the Marine Corps at Columbia last August. He spent sev eral weeks at Paris Island, S/ C., where he learned the/' various duties performed by Marines. He left that station recently with a detachment of Marines, bound for P?rt au Prince, the picturesque capital of Haiti. Worthless Checks. The Chronicle has received several had checks within the past ffew days. We are thinking of starting a collec tion and posting same in our win? dows, There is no excuse for a man or woman giving a worthless check. The banks do not want that kincT of business ? it only tends to complicate book-keeping, and once let a man get the name of giving a bad check he is looked upon with suspicion, ever af terwards. Reputable business men w*nt nothing to do with him or her. The habit of giving; bad checks i* not confined to any one class, so we are told. It would be mueh better if you an account to" make fe .clean breast of thr matter and say that yocr can not Pax* rather than give n worthless of up*. Hmt public will hold higher regard. At "X* " if'K. . HOTELS NOW OPEN Quito a Number of Northern Visitors Down For- the Winter. Camden's winter season has begun. The Kirk wood opened on the seventh; >the Court It\n on Thanksgiving and Hobkirk Inn has had a goodly nujro^ ber under its hospitable roof since early November, From all indications it will be u big season. Each year larger numbers start South early in order to avoid the cold of the 'Northern winters, and this ! autumn ithe Automobile travel is un usually heavy. Returning yisitors will find many changes and Improvements in Cam den. The wide strceCs so artistically jaid off by the early settlers, have ibfeen paved; the side walks are. being put into shape, many trees huve been added to the beautiful rows of oaks and elms for which the, town is famed, and the roads in and out of Camden are in excellent condition. There is everywhere an unmist&kable air . of thrift and progress,"*1 and there is no doubt- that Camden's boom has start ed, > ? ' ' v . . -'-v y " The tourist hotels Have lJeeri im proved in many ways. The most no ticeable improvements have be<$n made at the Kit-kwood, and it is a great gratification to Camdenites that the mantle borne so successfully by the late lamented Mtf. T. Edmund Krumbholz, its beloved and efficient manager for twettty'-two years, has ? ,, . ? ? '? ? w- tr ? 1 'luimu uu uic Biiuuiuoa wx mii * P. Abbott.; Mr. Abbott will maintain the high standard of the Kirkwood. He comes to Camden with a brilliant record from the historic Profiled House and the , Gasparilla Ihn at Boca Grande*, Florida. - The interior of -hotel has been greatly improved, new paper and paint, larger offices and lobby, a beautiful daricing floor in the grill, a beauty parlor, an artistic gift shop, are just a few additions which may be mentioned. But th<\ greatest thing at the Kirk wood is the new, eighteen hole- golf course, which warffo petted this week ? the first ball Ijeing played ; by Mr. Robert W. Pomeroy. This course was deigned by Walter Travis, the well known golf expert, who considers it one of his 'best efforts. It marks a new era in. Southern golf .Jinks, with its unique greens, and gives Camden the finest course in the South. A spa cious and attractive club house has also been erected with fourteen sleep ing rooms and many baths, showers, Splendid lockers, and porches. The Kirkwood als'o maintains the jiine hole course in front of the hotel, and the old club house which as always is a favorite gathering plage Jttr.af-. ternoon teas. . - / . . -jr'i. . ? The Sarsfield Club House and links are also open. The course isl*. in fine shape, and many golfers are using it. Donald Morrison and Jack Cuttlo are in charge of golf at Sarsfield, and Thomas J. Harmon, and Jwk Ryall at the Kirkwood. Obstacle and court golf will be featured at the Sarsfield Club House. A Ladies' Tournament will be played on Christmas at Sars field / The Kershaw County. Country^ Club which is an evicierfce of the initiative and ability of StephetyB, Robeson and A. D. Kennedy, is a. great addition to Camden. - It is located on t)?e old Springdale property, and the one-time home of the late Colonel J5. B.- Can tey, has been converted into % most attractive club house. Here with ? a chef in charge meals may l>e obtained at all hours. Polo fields, golf links, tennis courts and a race track Will make this new Country Club a great addition to Camden's winter season. Godfrey Preece and his sons, are here with a fine string of polo ponies, F. C. Niles of Kansas City has ten trotters, and many horses are expect' ed. Polo will be a featiire 6i the season. _ Man/ of the cottagers have opened their homes, and applications ? for those to be rented are unusually num erous. r ~ Mr. and Mrs. Irving Batcheller spent Monday at the Coulrt Inn on their way from New York to Florida. Also at the Court Inn are: Mr. and Mrs. Warren Smith or New York; Mrs. R. H. Nesbit, of New Haven; Dr. and Mrs. ' F. S. Watson, Miss Sarah L. Day, Miss ' Annie F. Day, Miss K. A. Fairbanks, and Miss Kath crine French, all of Boston; Miss I&fcbelle Lawrence and Mrs. Helen W. Casler, of New Y6rk; Mr. John L. Putlock, of London; Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Henriques, of New Xork. Hobltirk Inn guests include Louis Sledge. Mr. Bigger, Mrs. Eugene P. Carver of Boston; Mrs. EL HL^Cook, of Rochester; Miss Kate - ? - ? - < BKTIIUNK NEWS NOTES. Happenings of Interest As Told By Our Correspondent. Bethune, S, Q. December lit. ? Mi*. J. W. Hearon was hostess at, a dinner party in celebration of her anniversa vry Tuesday, Friends anpl relatives from McBee, Bishopville and other nearby towns joined in wishing her many happy returns of the day. There Was a joint debate and public meeting of the Columbia arid Palmetto societies in the school auditorium Friday evening. Humorous readings, music, both vocal and instrumental, was rendered. Mr. and Mrs. Bright Williamson, of Warrington, were tne guests ox Mr. and Mrs. J. M. ' Forbis Thursday night. Mr. B. W. Best spent Sunday in Jonesville with friends. Miss Mary Arthur left Friday for Crossnore, N. (*., where she has ac cepted a position as assistant matron in a girls' school at that place. Dr. and Mrs. E. Z. Truesdell and lit tle daughter; Margaret, spent Monday in Columbia with the former's mother, Mrs. M. E. Truesdell, who underwent a serious operation on Sunday. Rev. J. R. Sojourner and family left Wednesday for their new pastor ate at Jordan. Mr. Sojourner is suc ceeded by Rev. Mr. German who comes here highly recommended from Jefferson, , Tho M ioainn ShiHv rirolo of t.hl? Methodist church met with Mrs.. G, E, Parrott on Monday afternoon. The subject for discussion was, "Work and Play," which was ably handled by Mrs. J. L, King. During the social hour the hostess served a salad course with coffee. Clarice Hyatt entertained a few" of her friends Monday afternoon in hon or of her twelfth birthday. At the conclusion, ambrosia and cake was served. ,,/r:. ...u; ? Honor Roll Scholars. . < - ? - 1 The removal of Mr. and Mrs. W. k.' Haile from Camden to Winter Park, Florida* meant an addition of Ave pupils to the Winter Park Schools and we note from a recent issue of the Winter Park Herald, whore as at Cam-. de,n, they are also honor roll pupils. The honor roll showed Jack Haile in the first; Marie HaHe in the fourth; Willie Haile in the sixth; Virginiu Haile in the seventh and Jumelle Haile in the sophomore* These were mighty good citizens and we note with pleasure that they are doing fine in their adopted city. > / Gillet, Miss Emma Johstone, of Bal timore; Mr. Robert Bookings, of Washington; Major and Mrs. M. Churchill and Miss Mollie Churchill, of Andover, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Taintor, New York,*" and Mrs. Mary.D^Dnme of Bosttfn. Among early arrivals at the Kirk wood fere: Mrs. Di'B. Ogden and Miss Harriet Ogden, Mr. and Mrs. Henry K. McHarg Mr. and Mrs. Harry Balfe, Mr. R. P. W^lden, Mr. A. A. Forest, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Sheldon, Mr James Barnes, Mr. Nelson Rob inson, Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Smith, all of New York; Mr, and Mrs. C. G. Bancroft, of Boston; Mr. and Mrs. j Emmons Putney New York; Mr. and Wrs. E. C. Dudfee, New York; Mr. O. C. Skinner, Miss Skinner, Penn sylvania; Mr. Harold J. VanCleveden, New Yprk; Dr. Walter J. Glendon, Bridgeton, N. J., Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Hills, Aubufn, New York, and; many others. The many friends of Mrs. T. Ed mund Krumbholz and ' Miss Klara Krumbholz are pleased to learn that j they will make their home for the winter at the Kirkwqod, where they arrived on Saturday. JUMPS TO 1IRAT1I IN WK!,1? I IWInent ati*?n~of York Met ? Tragic Death Sunday. York, Dec U.~The lifeless body of J. Brec kenridge Pegram, prominent York citUen, 67 years of ago, wa? ound ui a well at the rear of Carroll Brothers store shortly after 12 1 o'clock today, The well, which is 80 r?et in depth, contains more than six feet of water, and death had been caused by drowning. Beside the well lay his hat and coat. An envelope in one of tho coat pockets, addressed to Mrs. Pegram. established the identity of the owner of the garment and led to an explora tion ot the well, with the finding of the body. A passer through the lot noticed tho hat a^id coat and fearing something was wrong reported the matter. Mr. Pegram was last seen alive at 11 o'clock, when ho went up I street, persons who observed him supposing that ho was on the way to church. An inquest was not deemed neces sary, as there j^as nothing to prompt a suspicion that he was a victim of foul play, the presumption being that he jumped into the well with suicidal intent. He had been in ill health for some time. Mr. Pegram was born and reared in the Crowders' Creek section of northern York, 'locating, here in 1880 after a residence of a short period in Clover, where he engaged in merchan dising He v.-ns in the mercantile ' business here many years, first as a member of the firm oy Riddle and Pegram and afterwards ad a member of the firm of J. W. P. Hope and company. For a number of years he had not been actively engaged in business. He had been closely iden tified with the development of cotton manufacturing here, being at one time or another a large stockholder in various York mills. At the time of his death he was a director and one of the principal owners of the Travo ra Cotton mills. He was an elder in the First Presbyterian church and throughout his life always took an active part in religious affairs. Mr. Pegram was twice married, his first wife being Miss Frances Hope, of York, to which union the following children survive: Misses Bessie* arid Mane Pegram, who are teaching in Bennettsville; Miss Annie Pegram a teacher in Statsville, N. C., and Mrs. Nat Weaver, of Hamlet, N. C. His second wife was Miss Frances Erwin, of Mecklenburg county, N. C., who with two children, Misses Martha and Alberta Pegram, survives. ? - * v' ' ?' ? Legion Elects Officers. ? The JameB Leroy Belk Post No. 17 will^iold its annu^ meeting on Fri day, December 14th, at 8 o'clock at' its headquarters for the purpose of electing officers for the year 1924. A proposed banquet to be given next week ^wlll also be discussed. It is re quested that all members be present as this will be a very important meeting. John Whitaker, Jr., Post Adjutant, j The Talking Studebaker. The Carolina Motor Company, agents for the well known Stude baker automobile, will have a novel exhibition at their garage Friday and Saturday of this week in the shape of a talking automobile. It is called the marvel of the century and has caused a great deal of interest in other towns and cities. The car is said to hear, talk, play any kind of musical instrument, and is also said to an swer in the human voice any question asked of it. The Carolina Motor Co. want everyone to see this car and in vites you to their show rooms. It's a free show and you are welcome. BUY * *y~. N jLV'-L^Tifrt yr "*" ?' *^y* 11 1- C? ^ Anl. Help Stamp Tuberculosa Out ACCREDITED H1C11 SCHOOLS. Camden High School Knjoys Dlntinc tion of living One of Twenty *Twol Richmond, Va., Dec. 6. ? All of the 22! high schools of South Carolina on the Accredited list of the eommiaion on accredited schools of tho South were retained on that list^y the com mission in session here. The following new schools were granted accredited privileges and placed on the list: Camden, Cheraw, Denmark and Hartsville high schools and Winthrop (Training schoq^ The South Carolina committee was public ly congratulated by the chairman of tho commission because none of the old schools were dropped or warned, 0 condition found in but few States. South Carolina members pf the commission are: Mnj. J. I). Fulp, tt. L. Parkinson, J. A. Stoddard, all 01 Columbia; W. E. Black of Greenwood, and K. H. Coleman of Charleston. *The meeting of this commission was held in! connection with the annual meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The Camden High School has been placed upon the accredited list by the Commission on Accredited Schools of the Association of Colleges and Sec ondary Schools of Southern States. This has been the coveted goal toward which the faculty .and the school au thorities of Camden have been work ing for the past two dr three years. It was made nosHible throucrh the bond issue which gave us the handsome new grammar Bchool building and the improvements on the high school building, additions to the laboratory equipment, gifts and additions by purchase to the library, im^efcse ih the efficiency of the instruction, the employment of properly qualified teachers, the increase of teaching force in both grammar and high schools, the lessening of the periods daily taught by each teacher,. the re duction in number of pupils taught in each class, the increase in - the number of units-earned by the school, the creation of flexible curricula, and the character of the work done by the graduates of the high school in insti tutions of higher learning. The advantages to the school and its students are numerous, chief among 'which is the recognition given its work in allowing its graduates to en ter the leading colleges without examination.. The distinction which the Camden High School DOW enjoys ig shared by only twenty-one ' other high schools in South Carolina, these schools being selected from over two huftdred high schools of the state. The schools now on the accredited list from Sout$ Carolina are: Bam berg High School; Bennettsville High School, Ashley Hall of Charleston, Boys' High School of Charleston, Por ter Military Academy; j Chester High School; Columbia High School; Darr lington High ' School; Florence High School ; Greenwood High School; Orangeburg High School; Gwyn School of Spartanbi^g, Hastoc School of. the same place; Spartanburg High School; Wofford Fitting School; St. Matthews High School; Summerville High School; Sumter High School; (Recently added) Hartsville High School; Cheraw High School; Den mark Hi?h School; Winthrop Train ing School, and Camden Hi?h School. Recently several kind friends have donated quite a number of useful vol umes to the High School library for which we are deeply grateful. Other gifts of books will be gladly received. The authorities are pleased to have the patrons show their interest In the school by giving books for the library. They respectfully solicit the aid of the patrons, the students and the for mer graduates of the school in the maintaining of the standard required of admittance into the select number of accredited schools. The patrons may lend their aid by supporting the school board and faculty in future un dertakings, by more careful attention to duties assigned their children: the pupils themselves by more earnest effort In the performance of their school duties, by cultivating better habits of thought and speech, and by so conducting themselves as to raise the general nitellectual and moral tone of, the school. Mm. f. R. Hayes and Mr*. R. C. Lake, of Kernhaw, wara visitors in Camden Monday. Snpt. J. G. Richards^ Jr., df -thg Camden Schools, has received tbe fol lowing letter from Mr. J. A. Stod dard, chairman of State committee: "U to a pleasure to be *M? OOtr ify yon that at ita meeting held in " HOI. I, OF HONOK j For Camden (irummur and High Schools For Third Month. First Qrgde lVgg.v Baldwin, Char lotte DuBoae, tys telle Myers, Peggy Pitts, Marie Trapp, Kuth Williams, Daniel Cttrrison, Edward Hasty, Do lus Houser, Billy Moseley, Herbert Wilson, Sarah Gardner, J. B. Ca.skln, Jerome, Hoflfer, Annio Kelley, Mary Moore, Mary Richey, Loma Hose, Thorn well Trucsdale, Dorothy Van Landingham, Dorothy Watts, Eleanor Watts, Nan^y Watts, Wilburn Mose ley. Second Grade-*?? Marion Bailey, Ma rion Evans, John Flowers, William Gardner, Bill Rhame, Luther Shaw, Mary Lee Blakeney, Esther Furcron, Ma|rue McCathern Elizabeth Moore, Mayola Sharpe, Golda Shirley, Mary E. Wooten, M^ry Zoigler, James Cly burn, Harvoy Davis, Fletcher Mooro, CeoiT McCaskill, William Thompson, Elizabeth Hayneaworth, Mary Ellen Kirkland, Grace Moseley, Mary Ellen' McCasklll, Kate Shannon, Lorine Strpk, Pollye^Wfcst. Third Grade? L. O.TPunderburk, Jr., Francia McLeod, R. J. Sanders, Mar ;:arot Barnes Ifetty Carrison, Frances Creed," Elizabeth Gardner, Katherino Kennedy, Sarah Kirkland, Ruby Mar shall, Meta Mogolescu, Edna Ray, Eunice Brown Emily Zemp, Jack Boyd, Homor Bladwin, Richard Ca pell, Joseph Lang Samuel McCaskill, Reuben Pitts, Mary Frost, Kathryn Little, Mary Jano MwOiwy, Margiirvi Watts, Nancy Brown, Olivia Buddin, Lila Ross, Virginia Drawdy, Fourth Grade ? Carlisle Evans, Ru by Burns Doris Evans, Mae Morris, Alice DePash, -Margaret Goodale, Margaret McCoy, Sarah- Lynn Richey, Grace Robinson, Edith Webster, Har old Hough, George Rhame, James Seagle, Grayson Shaw. ' Fifth Grade? Allen Hardy, James Chewning, Irene Mattox, Eloise Shir ley v J uanita Shirley, Elmo Brown, ... J. C. Johnson, Beckham Russell, Emi ly Pitts, Elizabeth Zemp, Lenora Rhtime, Carolyn McKain,. Geneva j Jones, Caroline Houser, Ben C. Lin ,gle, Elizabeth McCaskill, Pearly Welch, Adele Savage, Charles De Loach, John Henry Roberts, Mattie Shaw. Sixth Grade? Betty Carrison, Inez Gardner, Nannie Ruth Gardner, Lucy Kirkland, Sarah Moseley, Marvin Huckabee, Walter Stokes, Arthur Da vis, Catherine Boykin, Carolyn Bur net, Nancy Pearce, Caroline Richard son, Rochelle Shcom, Robert Kenne Ben ton Burns. Seventh Grade ? Molly Blackwell, Mary Boykin, Evelyn Bruce, Lucille Clyburn, Virginia DeLoache, Evelyn Moseley, Rebecca Zemp, Joe Mogul - escu, Louise Trapp, Elmer Watts, Joe Moseley Stanley Babin, Howard Hinson. Camden High School. , Honor Roll for TJOvember. 1 Eleventh Grade*? Bertha Jones, Em ily Jenkins, Harriet Lipscomb, Louise Hirsch, Christopher Vaughn, Albertus Clark, Cecil Wittkowsky, Madge Sei gle, Harriet Steedman, LUla Mills,, Mildred Gardner, Sem Nettles,. Miri am Bruce Frances Hough, Lois Elr more, Louise Rabon, Frarnk Wooten, Victor Ward. Tenth Grade ? Henry Hardy, Alma Holland, Gatewood Workman, Rober ta Hinson, Bonneau Hall, Elizabeth Clarke, Ruth Hatfield, Julia Mills, Frank Humphries, Harold Funder burk, Cordelia Johnson. Ninth Grade ? Eddie Stewart, Mar garet Billings, Margaret DeLoache, Harriet Whitaker Alma Barfield, Jen nie Smith, Carolyn Wooten, Sarah De Pass, Dolly Singleton, Susie Watkins, Patsy Stewart, Pearl Jones, Mary Mc Coy, Marion Workman. Eighth Grade ? Mary Helen John son, Cora Williams, Willie Porter, Moultrie Burns, Clare Bruce, Caro lyn Heyman, Vera McCaskill, Louise Jennings, Robert Davis, Ernest She been, Donald Barnes, Leighton Hardy, John Richardson. The Italian minister of public works cstimats the loss of life in the Ber game Valley flood of last Saturday at 5<X\ Richmond on December 4th and 5th, the Commission on Accredited Schools of the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern .U States unanimously voted to place _ your school on the accredited. Im of the commission* - V v J "Please let m congratulate yon upon this fine showing and a* 3ur? you that our State Committee will be glad at all times to help you meet the standards and keep thaw