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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA* FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1924 NUMBER 40 VOLUME XXXV. J^Tsi M FOB STATE NEXT YEAR Practically Every Department Will Kcqucat Increase for 1924. Columbia, Dec. 2i>.? What is it go ing to coat to conduct the state gov eminent in 1924? The requests from the several departments and state in stitutions aggregate $10,744,907.1 7. The appropriation? for 1^28 aggreg* ted .$7,372,888.69. The statement at to the reiiuests has been made public by Cap1- Bei> M- S*wyer? erteeutivu secretary of the budget commission. The commission has not approved all of these requests, of coprse. 3ut the commission's recommendations will not be mide public until the general assembly moets. An increase of $3,375,000 certainly joes indicate that there are growing pains. The question is: Are they real or imagined ? Thait is to bo determined by the legislature. Some of the re quests for increases are basfcdupon the fact that the same requests were made last year and were not granted, and they are larger now than before. This indicates the wisdom of the poli cy suggested last year by Governor McLeod? not to4make further appro priations for buildings of state col leges, but to provide for these in a bond issue of several million ttollars and the legislature to appropriate or designate the proceeds ef the sale of bonds from time to time jto take care of the expansion program. -Governor McLeod last year pointed out that 4he legislature really has no authority un der the law to make appropriations^ for building purposes. The increases observed in the re quests submitted are herewith dis cussed briefly: The request for the legislative de partment is for $28,000 less, for itj will be recalled that the session last year ran far over the accustomed time. But if the program Is carried out this year and all of the new schemes and ideas and propositions are thoroughly thresfied out, the ses sion will last longer than the last. Comptroller General's office re quires some- $33,000 additional on ac count of expenses of general election vear. Adjutant Generates office, $0,500 increase. ? ? University of South Carolina, in crease of $272,0000. Of this amount $95,000 is for maintenance ^-$60,800 for repairs, the amounts expended in j 1923 being $28,661.20; for perma nent improvements, $240,000, of which $50,000 is due to the woman'#' dormitory under the pledge of thej 192.J general assembly. The incr?a8?d enrollment at the University is cited as cause for the need of more money | to run the institution, which really has been the stepchild of the state forj many years. Clemson is asking for $100,000 for a ! new dormitory and for $80,000^0 pay back the state money "borrowed" from the state when the income. from the fertilizer tax ran tow one year. The Citadel is asking for $164,000 more than last year's budget. . Soipe of this is to be used for homes for| members of the faculty and for other j improvements needed to complete^ the building program.^ Winthrop asks for an increase of | $17.">,000 in round numbers, of which amount $55,000 it appears was pledg ed by the last general assembly for a new dormitory and $82,000 additional for maintenance. The Medical' College asks for $55, 000 additional for maintenance and $250,000 for -permanent improve- 1 ts. The negro State college a9ks for an increase of from $98,000 to a quarter ?f a million, of which increase $120, 00() is needed for new buildings. The John De La Howe Orphanage School in Abbeville county asks for an ?ncrease from $50,000 to $110,000, of, which half is for new buildings, andj 57,000 for 'maintenance. The Cedar Springs School for deaf, dumb and blind asks for an increase ?f $3,6od for maintenance and $100, for new buildings. The State Department of Education asks for an increase of $450,000 for ^e aid of high schools and f 15?000 ! for vocatiorftf schools and $40,000 fofr j ?he public elementary schools. The asylum asks for $63,000 addi tional for maintenance and for $310, 000 for additional improvements, of which $100,000 is to repay a4oaa^ The penitentiary nominally aslcs for incTBieajlgbttt $13,000 for to the legislators with the request running up into the hundreds of thou **nds for a The for $3,000 POST HELD BANQUET. New Officer* Elected to Serve Local Poat For Coming Year. The James Leroy Belk Post No. 17, Camden, S. C., held its annual meet ing at its headquarters Tuesday nighy January 1st, for the purpose of elect ing its officers for th^ year. The following officers were unani mously elected: J. Whitakor, Jr., Post Commander. M . M. Reasonover, Vice^Commandor, U. W. Kirkland, Adjutant. , M. B. Williams, Finance Officer. Immediately after the oloction of officers, the business meeting was ad journed and all members present, numbering over fifty, motored out to the Kfershaw County Country Club, where a delicious banquet was uwait ing them, the usual short talks and jokes were in order and everyone en* joyed the occasion to the fullest. The popular young mayor, Mr. II. G. Carrison, Jr., was an invited guest and also made a short talk compli menting the Post and the American Legion and assured them of the city's support at all times. The retiring Post 'Commander, Mr. W. A. Clark, acted ? as toastmaster o 1 and performed in a very capable man ner. Mr. Clark has given lota of val uable assistance to the Legion during his term and the Post regrets very much that his business affairs would not allow his name to be presoiit&d for reelection. Eiffel Tower Builder Dies. Palis, Dec. 28. Alexander Gustnve Eiffel, the engineer who built the fa mous tower that bears his namef~ie dead. He was 91 years old. The Eiffel tower, the world's high est structure, was built in the Ch4mps de Mars, Paris, for tjie exposition of j 1889. ??? It is now used not only as a point1 of vantage for sightseers, but for , meteorological^ jm4-r8clentiflc obser vations and as a radio station. Eiffel was widely knoWn as a, builder of great metal bridges. He also designed the sluices for the Pan- ! ama Canal when the French company undertook to dig the waterway. Thanks Their Friends. The young ladies of the Southern] Bell Telephone Company ask The Chronicle to thank their numerous ; friends who so kindly sent Christmas remembrances to them during the hol idays. The young ladies who toil at' the switchboard day and night are deeply appreciative of this thought fulness. of $40,000 for this bureau The traihing school for feeble mind-1 ?d at Clinton asks for an increase of $25,000 for maintenance and $460,000 for new buildings. Indus trial School for Boys, $20,000 j more for maintenance and $125,000 more for new buildings. Industrial School for Girls, $15*000 more for maintenance and $83,000- for new buildings. Reformaory for Negro Boys $18,000 1 more for maintenance and $35,000 for j new buildings. ' Law enforcement fund in the gov nor's office, increase of $10,000. State Board of Health, $60,000 ad ditional for tuberculosis camps. The state tax commission makes re quests for smaller amounts in some instances and larger in others, with a net increase of $15,000. State Bank examiner's office, in crease of $3,000. Railroad Commission, nothing addi tional for maintenance, nothing for new building. Not even for weather shods. Board of fisheries, $2,500 additional for maintenance. Joint committee on printing, a little bit leas than last year. Commissioner of 'Agriculture, in crease of $37,000 as follows: For office, $8,000; for laboratory, $22,000, for inspectors and Expenses, $14,000; State Fair exhibit, $2,500. These in creases to take care of proposed addi tional duties -upon the 'department. State Warehouse Commissioner's office, $3,500. Highway Department total increase ] of $62,000, distributed over several bureaus. Outside of these few items there are no notable requests made of the legislature for increased appropria l&rjfour-flfths of the contemplated expenditures could be taken hltf ut in Governor McLeod's proposed bond issue for schools and penal and chari table institutions without having to BKTHUNK NKWH NOTK8. I .? ... .. ....... HuppeninffH of Interest As Told By j ?- Our Correspondent. f. *? ? ?? J"-1 1 ?'* >. ? Bethune, S. C., Jan. 3.? At the an nual meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Bethune the following officers were re-elected: President, A. B. McLaurin, vice presidont, D. T. Y#rbrough; cashier, G. E. Parrott. Four per cent dividend was paid. Mrs. C. C. Price of Charleson spent Friday jn town with relatives. Mrs. B. L. Norwood and children of i Me Bee were the guests of the former's father, Mr. N. A. Bethune last Fri day. . , Mr. Jesse Morgan and family of ,Monroer N. C., were the week end guests of Mrs. Eva Morgan. Little Miss Harriett Stevens of Lancaster waB the guest of Margaret Truesdell during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. McCoy and children ot NValhalla were the guests of Mrs. A. B. McLaurin Sunday. Miss Katherine Stevens of Lancas ter spent several days wjth Miss Kathleen Hyatt. Dr. R. E. Severance of Columbia ia spending several days with hi? pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Severance. Mr. A. T. Bethune of Belmont, N. C., was a visitor in town Tuesday night. Mr. Ralph Tiller of Pittsburg spent Christmas with his mother, -Mrs. Sallie, Tiller. Mr. T. E. Hearon and family have moved to his farm about ten miles from here. Mr. Mark* King and family and Miss Louise King of Neeces, returned home Tuesday after spending Several days with relatives here. Mr. Harry King of the University of Florida wa^the guest of his sister, Mrs. D. M. Mays, last week. Mrs. C. W. Wilson and child of Whitmire spent Thursday and Friday with her mother, Mrs. C. L. Kelley. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Wall of An drews spent Christmas day with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M-. O. Ward. Mrs. Anna Stevens of Cheraw is the guest of Mrs. W. E. Davis. Mrs.; W. M. Stevens of Lancaster spent Thursday with -friends here. Mr. Mayo Davis left Tuesday for A u burri Urnversity, Alabama. Mr. N. A. Bethune, Miss Stellq Be thune, -Mrs.-^r Z. Truesdell and chil? dren were guests of relative^ in Hartsville Thursday. A surprise party was given Miss Josie Black mo n Saturday evening by members of the younger set. Miss Blackmon had as her guest during the holidays Miss Hattie Lyles, a school mate, ot Darlington, l. Mrs. L. M. Best delightfully enter tained Friday evening with a four table card party. At a late hour jello and fruit cake were served. A tourist party from Ohio, driving a twin six Packard, en route to Flor ida, ran off an enbankment at the bridge of Lynches creek. None of the occupants' were hurt. The, car'riWiB* offered for sale and purchased by ne groes for $300.09. Attention, Veterans. There will be a meeting of Camp Richard Kirkland at the Court House in Camden, on Saturday the 12th day of January, 1924, at eleven o'clock a. m. All Veterans are urged to be present and come prepared to pay the annual dues. There will be important business to come before the meeting. Those who are unable to attend on account of sickneBs or from any other cause, should send Iheir dues in by some one else. ?? W. P. Russell, ? * ? - Commander. To Erect Filling Station. Mr. George T. Little is having the house on the <A>raer of DeKalb and Market street, across the street from the Presbyterian church, rolled on to another lot, making way for the erec tion of a filling station on that cor nier. Plans have been drawn by Ar chitect Mitcham for the new building j and it is said it will be a most elabo rate one in every particular. It Will have a corner entrance and being on the main highway will ne doubt prove a popular place. It will have all modern conveniences, including rest rooms for travelers, both men and women. Sir. Little will lease the building, but the lessee hee not been ?nnbuttcM 1 , ? ? ~ ? r Mr. Johnnie Bran ha? "and Miss) 8 ill >. iirartham, both LbgofT, P. C., ^ _ . - ??-?T _ J5 '-V IIWWHH v>,r--. -? :t, ? ? . _____ POLO AND GOLF MATCHES. I ? T 1 ' A . [Featured Holiday Amusements With Tourist Visitors. The holidays passed merrily by in Camden's winter colony, Many dances, teas, dinners, polo matches and golf tournaments Ailed the all too rapidly moving hours for, the many students from college, Hew Year's eve was celebrated by several parties, and a special picture at the "Movies." At the Kirk wood Mr. and Mrs. Kay* mond Balfe entertained for a large number pf guests with a supper and dance in the Grill on New Years eve. The American Legion dinner at the Kershaw County Country Club was also a feature of New Year's eve. Saturday evening Mr. Frank Cour son and Miss Ella Coursen gave a din ner at the Kirkwood for Mrs. Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. Newton 'Boykin, Miss Olive Whitredge, Mr. and Mrs. Rob- J ort McClellan and Mr. Louts Sledge, i and on Saturday,, afternoon . Mr9. Warren Harris opened her charming Fair street' home for a card party. There were five tables of bridge play ers, who greatly enjoyed the hospitals 1ty of Mrs. Harris and her daughter, Mrs. William Goodale. Mrs. Frederick Robinson was hos tess for a dozen ladies at a tea Thurs day afternoon at the Kershaw Club, which was also the scene of a large dance on Friday evening. Many young people from Columbia came over for this affair. Another delightful affair of the holiday ' esson wss the luncheon and card party given at 4Iobkirk Inn Sat urday by Mrs. H. G. Marvin for her sister,* Miss Charlotte Campbell, 0I2 Washington. The charming parlors of quaint Hobkirk were never more at tractive in their Christmas decoration of holly and pine than on this delight ful occasion. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McClellan and family who ?were at the Kirkwood last season are glad to again welcome them to Cam' They are occupying the CQttftge recently purchased by Mr, Frank Cour&en and will be here for the win ter. John McClellan is at home from Saulb^ry school for the holidays. Miss Freddie Bush, who has been ? spending the holidays with lier mother and sister in Camden returned to New "York oiTTuesday. Mrs. Maurice Hechscher has arrived from Philaclelphia for a prolonged stay at the Court Inn, and Mr. and JVfrs. Warren Smith, who have been for the past month at the Court will return this week to NeW York. . ? Colonel and Mrs. Charles H. Green leaf, of- Boston and Fr*neomar N. are guestb of Mr, and Mrs. Karl P. Abbott at the Kirkwood. Mr. and Mrs, Cedric Major who have been for several days at the Kirkwood Jiave returned to New York. Mrs. K. B. Wilcox has arrived from Albany for her annual visit at the .Kirkwood. Walter Travis, who designed the splendid championship eighteen hole golf course at the Kirkwood, is play ing over it daily in his usual form. On Friday Robert W. Pomeroy and Rob ert Barr DeAns defeated Raymond Balfe and Walter, Travis by 1 up on the : 18th hole, in a f oresome which attracted considerable attention. . Golfers noted recently on the Kirk wood course were: Cedric* Major, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Balfe, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lockwood, and John Lock wood, Mr. and Mrs. Edmonds Putney, Mr. E. C. Durfee, John McCle'iian, George W. Betts, R. L. Mumpton, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Petot, Mrs.. Walter Fischer and Mrs. Carl Fischer. Playing over the Sarsfield course daily are Dr. and Mrs. Dodge Peters, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Smith, Mr. and Mi's. Ralph Waldo Chase, Mr. A. D. Partridge, Mr. Irving E. Raymond, and James I. Raymond, Mrp. A. Sharjte Hunter, Miss Mollie Stearns, Mr. John G. Welton and Mr. Thomas T. Mnckie. I t Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Partridge have arrived from Bedford, N. Y., for a visit at' the Court Inn. Mr. Ralph W. Chase has joined the polo players during his stay in Cam den, and is making a fine record on the ; field. | POLO NOTES Camden is to !\a*e fine polo .this season if the early starts fine mounts and enthusiasm Hr- an indication, Captstn Spacer Fishe, of England, [with the able assistance of Godfrey Preece, ef Westbury, L. I., is manag ing thennatch games this season. Two good games were not Christmas j-iry r. HAD STOLEN A CAtt. Charlie Addison in to Await Trial For Theft of a Ford. Charlie Addition, a negro, about 28 years of a ge, was arrested at hia home on the Mozier place near i'assatt on Christmas ove, where he had in* his possession a Ford automobile box longing to a Mr. Vinson, ? mail car rier from Kembert in Sumter county. About four weeks ago Mr. Vinson, in company with a lady, parked his lord in front of the Ma jostle Theatre while they Nvitjjfliafid t htijucture: jjlay. and when he left the theatre his car had disappeared. He notified the po lice, and they got on trail of thb car. Tho nogro had driven the car to Char lotte where he kept it for two weeks. Returning to Cassatt he bantered a white man for a trade, and in looking over the car the white man noted the number on the motor and reported it tO the police. It proved to be Mr. Vinson's car. Mr. Vinson being a mail carrier had about twenty dollars worth of postage stamps under tho seat, Tho officers went back to tho negro's home the following day and wero again rewarded by finding most of tfoe stamps. The car had been con siderably abu&ed. Addison is suspected of having stolen other cars and a representative of a bonding company was in Camden yesterday, when he went into . the Cassatt neighborhood to look over pome cars the negro is said to have sold in that section. Dead From Accidents! Shot. . Columbia, Dec. 30*? Harry Mixon, twenty-two, of this city , who was accidentally shot by Fred Faulk, of Columbia, at Fairfax, last Tuesday, died at a local hospital hero this af ternoon. According to Mrs. Elsie S. Mixon, mother of the dead youth, Fret! Faulk while the two young men were stand-' nig in front of the residence of Mix on's uncle at Fairfax, snapped aV)? j volver, from which Faulk had thought [lie had taken all the cartridges and the one bullet in the weapon took ef fect in tho abdomen of Mixon. The Mixon family exonerated Faulk from all blame, it is said. ? - ? ? Meaeley- Waters. ______ Mr. Thomas Nathaniel Waters and 'MiBR-Snralr Jane "Moseley, both ~15f Camden, were married at the home of Judge of Probate McDowell on Sun day morning last, and the .young cou ple left immediately by automobile for a trip to Charleston. Mr. Waters is. an employe of the Camden post office. .. Services at Baptist Church. There will be regular services at the Camden Baptist church Sunday, Jan uary 6th, 1924. Morning service at 11:15 o'clock, and evening service at 7:80. Dr. Xool, of Greenville, will have charge of the services. ?.? ? ? Many Before the Recorder. It is estimated there will be around one hundred persons before Recorder L. T. Mills Monday morning to an swer to various charges for violation of the new traffic ordinance. Most of the charges have to do with not using dimmers on the white way. Some few speeders are on the list also. All of the officers have been alert in watch ing for violators and each one has :a long list. New Year's day before a large and enthusiastic gallery a "Round Robin" was played on Field No. 1 between two teams from Charlotte and the two CamdeQ teams. The blue and red coats of the Charlotte men and the I turquoise jackets of Camden as they flashed back and forth over the field scoring in rapid succession goals for their respective teams aroused hearty cheers and great enthusiasm from the g^and stand.. Spectacular play by R. W. Chase, Watson Pomeroy, Godfrey Preece and Charles Little for Camden, and S. B. Tanner, W. M. Cosby and E. C. Grif fith for Charlotte brought the contest to a tie at the end of eighth chuoker feo that an extra one had to be ran off ! to decide the winners who were U> meet in the final*. So close was the skirmish that the game was prolonged until It grew almost too .dark to see, but the final result was a victory for Camden by four points. ? ? A large contingent iuutuiud from Charlotte for the ?Hrtch,~*nd in tin party were many ladies. 'The interest and enthusiasm was great and it is hoped that Charlotte will saO& Afftia gire Camden an opportunity to break lances with her skilled players. ' I AUUKXTtfl) FOR SPBKIHNG. Unfortunute Affair Occurred on Muin Street Monday. George \V. Shove, sold to bo a prom inent citiaen of Sumter, wau arrested by Chief Whitaker and Office? ('ooley New Year's Day charged with speed ing. Witnuaae* statu that Mr. Shore was driving thirty miU's an hour, while the chief estimated his speed at 26 miles. In making the turn at the postoffice a near collision with * smaller ear was avoided only by a jllimiw ^mr|fin. Mr, *Stu?* drove on n short distance and turning in the middle of the block, was stopped by , hoehiet d ayi wiSep 1<& II. 113, ... the chief, who requested Mr. Shore to put up' a bond of $10, to which /Mr. Shore refused and a lively tusj^e- en sued betwen the three men, Mr. Shoi* ? being Anally overpowered and placed in the lock-up, where he was later re leased under a $25 bond. Mr. Shore's wrists' were considerably bruised In the tussle, otherwise no one was hurt. In company with Mayor Jennings, and attorneys Epps and Hodges, Mr. Shore returned Wednesday and re quested of Mayor Garrison an imme Jiate hearing of his cose. This being , contrary to the wishes of the police | chief, this was denied the visitors, Mayor Carmen making the state* ment that he would have to uphold his officers when it appeared that they were wholly in the right, and the case will be heard before the Recordor Friday, January 11th, at 10 o'clock. The streets were filled with people at the lime of the occurrence and om* people regret tho unfortunate noto- . Wety given the incident. We've Had 'Km ground Here. "Any news out your way, Mr. Lopp ? " asked the able editor of that sprightly sheet, the Tumlinville Totfch of Liberty and Tocsin of the Times, "Well ? p'tu! ? no," replied Lafe Lopp, of Clapboard Springs. "Nuth'n' in perticlar, except that a feller by the name of Dud Hoog waller is figuring on starting a styre. % Gabe Gullick, who has got a storo there, says the new feller can't make good, but the rest of us reckon we'll do all our loafing and trading at tho new store till we get as deep in debt us Hoog- * waller will let us." ? ? - 1 ' ' -rByangelhitHo Hold Service. ~ The Indian Evangelist, Rev. A. S. Loekee, will conduct services at An tioch church on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, January 6th. Everyone is cordially invited to attend this ser vice. ? ? , -- ? L Services at the Catholic church on Sunday, January 6th, will be as fol lows: Masses at 6:15 and 11 a. m. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Sermon at each service. All are cordially invited to attendr^:?^r*?^:^s^ , ' Barnhardt-MeCaskiH. Coming as a .surprise to hi& friends in Camden will be the announcement of the marriage in Coneorci, North Carolina, on Tuesday evening, Janu ary 1st, at the home of the bride's qi other, of Mr. Joseph Clyde Mc Ciskill to Miss Sara Bernhardt, of that city, Rev. Jesse C. Rowan, pastor of the bride o/ftciating. Owing to the recent bereavement in both McCaskill's and Mies Barn* hardt's families, no cards were issued and only the immediate family wit nessed the ceremony. Joe McCaskill is one of Camden's very choicest young men and numbers his friends by his acquaintances* He is a graduate of Davidson College and for past two years has beey engaged in Y. M. C. A. work and iiv now a student at Co lumbia University, where he and his bride are preparing themselves for overseas work. - - , <, Former Camden Lady Married. Belated wedding cards announcing the marriage of Miss Sarah Henrietta Huggins to Baron George Mario Suri ani have been received in Camden. The marriage occurred on Friday, October 26th, and the newly weds are now re siding at 158 West 75th Street, New York City. Miss Huggins was the daughter of the late W, W. Huggins, of Camden, and will be pleasantly re membered in Camden where she was at one time engaged in the millinery business. , _ ^ R. It Horten, father of McDavid s Horton, ~tnn naming 'yditor of The J State, was run over and badly hurt near his home in Anderson the day after Christmas by a car ttocitr t tf \