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gpMgggHgsag-ut, PI !???? ?'-. iffit^auues VOLUME XXXV. ser NUMBER 40 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, l#24 NEWS Of OUR TOURISTS AND KIRKWOOD SOCIETY ikore than four weeks 0 ft brilliant sunshine haa made this a remarkable winter even W Camden, famed as a playground fer seekers of out-door pleasure#. Mid February brings the uau^l roui.d j)f golf tournaments on all courses, and a steady increase in players. ? . . . . ". < ? The week-end matches -over Kirk wood course are attracting great on thusiusm, and the annual mid-winter tournament which is now on haa a large entry list. /.=_;? ;-V:*yw, Monday the Ladles' Kickers Handi cap which was played on the nine holo course in front 9 1 the Kirk wood at tracted a b!g gallery. Mr*. Martin, Burke, Mrs.. Hopkins and Mlrts Roaa; lind Willard drew {or t|^? prieesl ' Walter Travu, who was herb early in the season has returned to wood and .daily plays t.h< CMixse. S John Reed, forihor provident of the American Golf Associatipn is also in Canulen for the golf. With. Urn. Reed he is visiting her parents/ Jflr. and Mrs. Frank K. Bull at Holly Hedge.^ Dr. William Holland Wjlmer, the famous eye specialist of Washington accompanied by Mrs. JVilmqr is h | fuest at the Court Inn. Mrs. Edward* G. Rigg* of Brooklyn, man^ and political wri^ Edward 0. Riga's of the Ne*r York Sun> ^o^died ?ply a short time ago, is staying at J the Court Inn. x The usual round of teas, dinners and dances tiave kept t he cottage col ony busy during the past week. One of the happiest affairs waa the dinner] Saturday evening given by the Misses Martha ami Marion Ticknor at their cottage for/Mrs. T6m Balfe, Mr. and Mrs. Raymoad Balfe, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner White, and Messrs Dwight Partridge, Caleb Whitajiw, Putnam King and Edward Murphy. The party went later to' the JCirkwood Grill for dancing. &t the Kershaw County Country Club it has been a busy ?J?ek with a calendar filled with events, among which may be mentioned the Paper ChaseNon Monday, a Drag Hunt on Wednesday, the St. Valentine's Day 1 Tournament on Thursday, trnd the | Gymkana on Friday. Afternoon teas at the Club house are exceedingly popular, and Hannah's Cabin in the other?directton continues ? to draw large numbers not only for! tea, but for . many suppers and lunch eons.- '~7t 1 Mrs. T. P. King and PuinanflthiK have made many frlenda during' their I ?tdy at the Court Inn' who regret | their leaving on Thursday of this week. Mrs. King rptum* to her home in Milton, Massachusetts, and Putnam | King resumes his studies at Princeton. Mrs. Jesse Drew Beale, historian of I the Newv Yark Chapter, UnitedJ daughters of the Confederacy is visit-; ing her sen and daughterT^Hr. and Mrs. Phelan Beale who are occupying the William Peake cottage this sea son. ' ' Recent arrivals At- the Kirk^ttpd'in < lude: Mr. and Mrs.' Ralph .Sloan* Hrooklyn; Mr. George T. Turner, I/6n don; Mr. and Mrs. John O. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs/ J. Wfcrren Dilworth; I'liilridelphia; Mr. and Mrs. F^ It. Max well, Boston; Mr, ar^d Mrs. T. A. Well man, and Mr. and. Mrs. A\ E. Howe, Upper, Montctair; Mr. and Mrs. Her bert Sinclair, Newton, N. J.; Br. Hen ry A. Calton, State Jlospital^ Hart ford; Mr. Mr. W. B. Wheeler, Boston, MrrFrahk Hughes, Monclair, Mr. Samuel W Taylor, Worcester; Mrs. McLachlin, Montreal; Mrs. C. E. Read, Ottawa; Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. H^niferson, Koslyn, L. I.; ' Mr. W. A. . Lathrop, New York; Mr. Charles F. Pray, Hrooklyri, Mr. William Baylis, Hunt: ington; Mr. and Mr*. H. W^ Streit, Now Canaan. Mrs. William McJ?)nney has arrived from Binghap^ton, N. Y.' fof d/ visit at Hobkirk Inn, arid other recent ar ' ivaU are Mrs. J antes Worcester and J. N. Worcester, 'jr., 'of Now York,' and Mrs. Thomas 'Browne ahd* Miss EWa Mor Browue. of Baltimore. At the. Court Inn arriving recently ?re: Mr. and Mrs. F. -W/ Blackwood, Boston; Mr. and Jfea. tfhomait W. Hall of New Canaan, Mr. and* Mrs/ Frank E. Whitman of Stamford, Mr. *nd Mrs. Charles McAllistet of-'Kew hardens, L. 1.; Mr. A. Cr O'Connor of Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. Chauncy' Mar hall, of Creenport, L. I.; Mr. aiid Mil E. B. Eddy, Miss Margaret Eddy, New Britain. Comm Mr abd Mrs. Robert M. Slve*. of Ifceetiine, *r. ind Wr* ? ^ HKTUUN.B NKWS ^OTKB. UuppcuinRH of Interest As Told By >> Our Correspondent. Bethune, S. C.? Feb. 121. ? Memorial services in honor of Woodrow Wilson were held in the Methodist church Sunday evening. Rev, J," M. Forbis conducted the meeting and after a short talk, introduced tlje ' principal speal^er of the evening, Mr. C. 'Sea born, an ex-service man of the Marion high school. < The School Improvement Associa tion met Friday afternoon. The en rollment of mothers present proved the third grade to be the winner of the monthly prise. Cute songs, readings, etc., were given by the tots of the Urst grade. It was decided to serve an oyster supper sometime during tho month. Wfcceeds of which will go to wards the replenishing the school li brary. ' The 78th anniversary of Mr. G. B. King was celebrated at his home here Saturday^ His children, grand chil dren, one sister and a few close .friends, numbering in all seventy -five persons, partook with him of a bouit-. teous dinner and left as the day was drawing to a close, wishing hiip yet many more happy returns of tho da^. V Miss Kathleen McGaskill was at > ? 0 ? home to a few of her friends Saturday ^evening in honor of her guests, Miss feva West and Mr. Colie Seaborn of Marion. Hot coffee - and Japanese fruit cake were served. Miss Carrie Yarbrough, a student of Qhicora College, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. uiui In i s. D. Yarbrough, Dr. E. Z. Truesdell, Messrs. P. H. Hester and Mayo Davis spent Wed nesday in Columbia on business. Mr. Alton King of Manning was the week-end guest of his parents, Mr. and tyrs. G, W. King. Mrs. H. W. Hearon spent several days in Columbia last week with Mrs, Berts. . Mr. M. B. Gunter visited his pa rents at,rBatesburg last week. Mr.'apd Mrs. J. A| McCaskill had as their week-end guests, their daugh- i ter, Kathleen, Miss Eva West and 'Mr. | C. / C. Seaborn o$ the Marion high * school. :1 Mr. Hex Jbsey of Bishopville was .1 visitor in Bethi/ne Sunday. ? Invitations have been" received to the marriage <& Miss Kathleen Cly* burn of Kershaw to Mr. Loring Davis of this place, the jw&ding to take place in ,the Presbyterian church at Kershaw, February 27th. The citizens and patrons Jot this community are requested to attend a. .very important ? meeting ,at the school auditorium, Friday evening at seven-thikty. Miss. Malloy Hearon was hostess to a' number of the boys and girls of high, school Friday evening. Numerous ^ames were played during the even ing, after which Misses Margaret Hearon and Margaret Truesdell serv ed charlotte rtisse and wafers. ? y Pictures of Near Bast* Announcement was made Sunday in the various churches of the city that Mr. L. W. Kluttz, of Chester, St. C., who * spent ,a number, of years among the starving people of the Near ?ast, would be in Camden Saturday evening and would show pictures of the condition, of these people at the school auditorium. Addresses will be made on Sunday morning in several of our churches on the Near East sit uation by Mr. D. Cameron Ralston, chairman for South Carolina, and Mr. R. 8. Dixon, Of Columbia, and by Mr. kluttz. On Sunday eyeing a union service of all the churches will be held. L ? , ' v - Banks To Close. - Friday, February 22, being the an ? niverxary of the birth Of Oeorge Washington, the four banks of Cam den will observe that dAy as a legal holiday and all banking houses will be closed. '7* . * r - - - - 1 First Gas Execution. _v,-. - Nevada State Prison, Carson City, Nev., Feb. S. ? Gee Jon, the /Chinese tong slayer, faced death this morning 4n the first lethal gas ^cecution in American history., Thomas Russell, a Mexican sentenced to the same penal ty, was saved when his sentence warf commuted last night. * James A. Liddeit, of Boston; Mr. E. A. Dodd of j*ye, N, H.j Mr. W. H. Dodd of New York, and John C. Shep hera and George W. Weaver of Char lotte, N. C. F The many friends in Camden of Mr. and Mr*. F. B. Austin are pleased to rpm them Tfetr wwm Tlrey are tiwrOp? I Iuilt ? u? '? MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD FOR LATE EX-PRESIPJENT Impressive memorial services wmhi held at the school auditorium Sunday evening beginning ait eight o'clock in honor of the late ex-presWent Wood* row Wilson. The speaker for the ?? rasion was Mr. SB. B. Clarke, of thi* city, who was introduced by Mr. W. B; deLoach, also of Camden. Mr. Clarke paid a short but beautiful trfc* bute on the life of the late president. The Rev. Edwin Muller opened the exercises with a fervent prayer atid Rev. W. H. Hedges closed with tip benediction. Appropriate and beautl> ful music was furnished by a select choir, with a solo by Mrs, E. C. Zertp. The audience all joined in the singing of "America.' The exercises were un der the auspices of the Lerojj Belk Post Mo. 17 of the American I^egion, the services being dedicated to "Wood row Wilson, 185(5 1924, Former Com mander-in-chief of American Forces." , Post Commander Jnck Whitakor, Jr., presided at tho services. The rear of the stage held a large sized portrait o & the late president, draped in black, and standing on each side was a furled flag of the United States and one of the American Legion. There was a large attendance of both town and county people and many of our north ern friends weVe noted in 'the . audi ent'p ? . ? ? ? ? ? ? "T.T" MEETINGS PLANNED. S&s'nc&s Men ssi Asricaltari! As*t?t To Visit Rurftl Sectioas. V - " . ? Much has been said in rccent years in Kershaw county as elsewhere in tne South, on the question of boll weevil control. Much has been done to com bat the pest in past years, but no mat ter how much has been said and done, the same question confronts us this year,1 and we cannot sit idly by and let the ^question settle itself, with possi ble disastrous results. This year, with Ike good priee of cotton and the good crop of 1923, the temptation -will be to plant larger acreage, with which will come necessarily a weakening of the control of the weevil, The County Agricultural Agent, ami the Secretary of the Camden and Ker shaw. County Chamber of Commerce have arranged a series , of meetings ty be held in different sections qt Ker shaw county, with the idea of stress^ ?tog:- first', the use of Pure: Bred -Cot ton Seed; second, the use of Calcium Arsenate in control of the weevil. Theco-ope ration -of -the business men of Camden- will be neceesary to make theee meetings a success, as the presence and the advice 4i these friends at each meeting cannot help but meet with appreciative response from the planters of the county. Further details of this tour of the county will be giv?n in next weeks issue of this paper. The tentative dates ? are from " February 26th to March st, inclusive, and. the sched ule as at present arranged is as fol lows: February 26th, LugofT, 10 a; m.; Rabon's Cross Roads,. 11:80 a. m.; Blaney, 2 p. m.; Crescent 4 p. m. February 27th, Boykin's Mill, 10 a. m^ Antioch, 11:30 a. m.; Mt. Zion, JB p. m.; Cassatt, 3:80 p. m.; Shep herds, 6 p. m. February 28, Bethune, 10 a. m.; Timrod, 11:30 a. m.; Gates School, 2:80 V m.; 3 C's School, 4 ^ m. February 29th, Cantey's School, 10 a. m.; Piedmont, 11:30 a. m.; Liberty Hill, 2:30 p. m. March 1st, Camden, 11 a. m. WWfow Want* Help. * A wi<Jow with two children wants sewing and ne^ds help. She will be glad of any assistance however small. Can be found at rooms in the old court house. . ' Death *ot a Colored Woman. Lizzie Belton, the widow of Joseph Belton, a well known colored woman, died at her home about Ave miles north of Camden on February 7th, and was buried near her home. She was the mother of thirteen children and made her livlihood by ^/farming with ihe help pf her children. She was well thought of by both races, and leaves a host of friends and relatives. Five Negroes Electrocuted. Huntsville, Texas, Feb. 8. ? Electro cution became ihe legal method of ex ecution in Texas today when Ave negroes weoe put to death in the electric chair at the sthta penitentiary here. The first went to death at nine minutes after midnight and the ftfth at seven minutes after one. 'All VRRettted for murder. "V ? f VIRGINIA LEAGUE TEAR* MAY TRAIN IN CAMDEN ? , -J i\ Vt ?? The management of the Richmond .club of the Virginia I/oague haw se lected Camden as a training location this spring provided a sufficient num V*r of games can be arranged, ^fr. H. iP. Dawson, owner of the club, who U now in Camden, will bring his team bore on March 10th, and they will re main until about tho 5th of April, practice will be twice daily, and a number of excellent games will be arranged. Mr. Dawson is negotiating with league and college teams in tins territory fpr games in Camden, and if these contests can be scheduled the people of Camden and the nearby towns will have an opportunity tfT see itome good fast base ball. Teams du ailing to arrange exhibition game* with the Virginia team should corres pond with the secretary Ojf tho Cam Hen Chamber of Commerce. Deputy Collectors To Be IRre. There will be two deputy collectors from the Internal Revenue depart ment's office in Columbia in Camden on March 1st, 3rd, and 4th, for the purpose of assisting anyone making income tax returns. The deputies will be at the Camden postoffico, building instead of at tho county court room ? the court of general sessions being in -uemion o>? that date. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ."Many Fail To Get Licenses. Only 72,432 automobiles and 0;6H> trucks were registered this year i^p te the Close of office hours on Febru ary 1, according to a statement by *L. K. ThomaB, secretary of the state nfghway commission, Columbia. iThat many motor vehicle owners haVe ^not met with the requirements of the law, which provides that all motor Vehicle licenses shall be applied for before February 1, is shown by the fact that 116,537 automobiles and 12, trucks were registered during the year 1928. | WOMEN ATTACK WOMAN, friy i wfr- -*? ? Organist at Clinton Badly Beaten By Mother-in-Law. t t.-V ? .... Laurens, Feb. 8. ? Mrs. Alice Young ajid her sister, Miss Emma Stroud, were tonight placed under arrest at their borne in Clinton by Sheriff Reid, on a warrant issued late today before Magistrate John N.- Wright, of this city, charging the two women with assault and battery with intent to kill. Bond whit given by both pending ? preliminary, hearing and the outcome of the injuries of their alleged victim, Mrs. F. E. Young, daughter-in-law of Mrs. Alice Young, one of the women under arrest. - Relatives of Mrs. F. E. Young came to the city this afternoon and after consulting attorneys went before the local magistrate and swore out war rant for the two women. AH parties involved are promiaanL and .fvell con nected in I^aurens county. The attack on the young matron and tfye sequel^ leading to the arrest tonight of her mother-in-law and aunt, caused a sen sation in Laarens as Well as in Clintort the principals being well known in this city. . According to the version df Sheriff Reid, who made an investigation of tlie attack today, Mrs. F. E. Young, formerly Miss Katie Coggans, daUghV, ter of the late Capt D. P. Coggans of Laurens, was found yesterday St tfte' foOt of the stairsteps in the Young residence, bloodstained and in ari ^p* conscious condition. A doctor jrtU called after the discovery and .$htf, young woman removed to a hospital. She was suffering from four woutids/ said to have been inflicted on her Head with a hatchet, and her body, it is said, was covered with blue and blacfc braises thought to have befen made with a piece of iron piping. . u-V ' Today Mrs. Young told how she featfj been attacked and beaten into insensi bility by the women, saying it must' have befen an hour or more before as-, s {stance came. The physiciana at Clinton' are quoted as saying that if no complications develop Mrs. Young will recover, Mr; and Mrs. F. & Young have been married about two years. Mm. Young' is organist at, the First Presbyterian Church at Cttnton and teaches a clmsa in music. She took post-gfaduate work in music in Paris a few years ?go, and has taught in some of the schools of the State. Her mother lives in ^ehevttie, R C. [ The whale is disappearing off the Pacific coast. The total catch in feorj months was 877. rfj DEATH OF MR. HOUGH. End Came Early Friday Morning To ' ' End Unx Suffering. Mr. Moses Walton Hough, a 'well known farmer of this county, died at his home a few miles northwest of Catnden, at an early hour Friday morning last. , He tfad been in ill health several months and had been in a desperate condition for several weeks and his death was hourly ex pected. Mr. Hough was a native of the Tim rod section, a son of the late Captain Moses Hough,' and was 51 years of age. He resided in the Bethuna sec tion up to a few weeks ago when he moved to his late home, whore -ho was a successful farmer. Mr. Hough was . married to Miss Ella McCaskill, of the Bothune com munity and she with two sons* Will Hough and Ward Iluugh, aged 17 and l&, survive him. He is also survived by two* brothers and one sister, former Senator W. R, Hough of Camden and Mr. R. F. Hough of (.'ulloden, Ga., aiul Mrs. Alice Horton of Bothune. There is also a wide family connection throughout the county and elsewhere. Mr. Hough wa,s a momber of the Camden Baptist cjhurch, but the fun eral and burial occurred on Saturday at Timrod Baptist churchy 6 miles north of Bethuno, services brang con ducted by 'Rev. J,. J. Johnson, of Cam den,. nsflintctFhy M B Hunter of Bethune. Four brothers-in-law and two nephews of the deceased acted as pallbearers. They" were Sid McCas kiii, M. (J. McCaskill. Neal McCaskill Small' McCaskill, Jack Horton and Vance Hough. Mr. Hough served as a member of the last* county board of commission ers and was well known throughout the county and the announcement of his death will bring sorrow to m*ny. To Meet Tuesday Afternoon. The Circles will meet in the Baptist Church for the general meetingt Tuesday afternoon, February 19th, at 4 o'clock. Members are requested to .be present* .? - f ' Planning a Minstrel. . The members of the Leroy Belk Post of the American Legion are planning fcb put on a homo talent min strel show in Camden at an early date. Mr. E. J. Trotter, the new sec retary of the Chamber of Commerce, has had considerable experience in promoting shows of this kind and will direct the management of the show, ami- the proceeds from the entertain ment this time wiH be nearly all profit to the local boys. Heretofore these plays have been directed by out-of town specialists who carry away n greater part of the proceeds. Camden has excellent home talent and it will most assuredly be a success in this instance. The Legion boys want to buy a permanent home for their or ganization and this show is being put On as a starter for this purpose. ? Thanks Their Friends. We desire through the columns of The Chronicle to extend to our many friends our heartfelt thanks for the many kindnesses and attention shown ^throughout the long illness and '.cfcatti of our husband and father. Gratefully yours, Mrs. M. W. Hough and Sons. Filling Station Changes. . iv M/. J- R- Montgomery, of Marion, S.' C.? has purchased the Ailing station pn West DeKalb street, formerly op erated by Mr. H. E. Beard, and will Conduct it in the future. Mr. Beard retains the battery service part of the business and is now having a brick ?building erected just east of this fill ing station, which he will occupy when completed. Mr. FraAk , Beard has charge of the repair department, -y Mr. Montgomery and ' family are occupying the house on Lyttleton itH^t owned by W. P. Thomas. Mr. Montgomery was for a number of years postmaster at Marion under * Democratic administration. Catholic Church Services., Services at the Catholic church on Septuagcsima Sunday, February 17th, will be as follows: Masses at 6:15 and 11 a. m. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Sermon on "The Call to God's Service." All are cordially invited, : John Hankler has been arraigned at Concord, Massachusetts, on the charge ' of murder, it being alleged that? few caused the death of one John Phillips by stabbing him in the eye with the stem of a corncob pipe, which caused menningttls. Phillip*- died teat Rat awsf.^ "x?7- . ... 1!. i. . . . J-Jff ? ? . .... ^ - Si l i mm ? ? - MOVEMENT TO EXTEND CITY LIMITS ON NORTH City Council met in special seMlfon Wednesday afternoon to Consider the advisability of annexing n portion bi the territory adjoining the northom boundary of Climden. Jt in said that a number of the residents and prop- v erty owners of that section have sig nified their willingiwss to be allowed to vote themselves into the corporate limits of the city, and a petition will very likely be circulated to this eflfeei within the next few day 8. ' The territory would embrace all d? that property lying due north of the present city lifhits to a point whete the roads fork, the right hand fork leading to Kershaw and the left hand road leading to Cantey llill. Then fio the west making the Camdeiwdountvy Club golf links the boundary, but noi including the links. On the east tb.0 Southern Railway right. of v^ay. wpulU bo ttye boundary. It would ?mbracv quite a largo and thickly settled see lion, bringing, into the city a valuable lot of taxable property, 'at the Bant* time giving these residonts the beneifct i.f city light*, water, and also coflJi> under the protection of* the city politic. It would also include the famous, rather notorious "Dusty Bond" se? t)on. Which has come into prominent^ within recent years ami these i??j&o white and colored in that secttttti would welcome the change. Tho resident!"! cf ' will very naturally lead to the north of the city and to put it under the sup ervision of the city, giving them the benefit of improved streets, roadwasg, electric lights find water , system would enhance the value of property in *hat section. MRS. MANNING DEAD. ? 1 '* % ?' ? ? tieloved Lady of BoyMn Section Via* Batted Here Tuesday. Boykin, S. C., Feb. 12,? The ent&'e community was saddened by the death of Mn. Brown Manning, who pa uneH away ahppt 12:30 this< morning at ttil home of her brother, L. W. HoykJw." Mrs. , Manning, who before ' her mar riage was Miss Ella Boykin, was botn in 1848. In her early womanhood stoe was married to Col. Brqwn. Manning* a soldier of the Confederacy, arid fO* many years lived at Hawthorne Hill plantation in Clarendon county. Beloved of allk who knew her, he? death marks the passing of anotbe/ of the "girls of the 60V,'. Thefuner*^ services were held at 3. o'clock this at ternoon at Grace church, Camd$ji, Rev. . F. H. Harding officiating. The interment was Jn the Quaker ceme tery. ' '* * Mrs. Manning is survived by a sow, .Lawrence Manning and one grandsgn, Lawrence Manning,- Jr., both of Jllit len, Georgia, , by three brothers, B. JU. Boykin, Allen J. Bodkin, and L. \V. EU>yJtiiv aind by A. i*9j^er of ni<e*?rr and nephews: __ ?' Death of Mr. Horton. William J. Horton died at the home, of his brother, E. R. Horton, last Sun day evening about six o'clock, follow ing an illness extending over a perifid of about ten weeks. After being ei*V about two weeks he was removed ftpvn his own home to the bon^e ; of .his 4' brother, E. R, Horton, where he re mained until the end came. Mr* Horton who lived only a short distance weffljyf Kershaw !all. his was a good Citizen and a consistent member of Hanging Rock Methodist church, and epjoyed the respect add esteem of all , his neighbors artd friends. He is survived by three chttr dren, Mrs. J..E. Quten, of Cherajp, Mrs. C. R. Gregory of the Hanging Rock community, and ofie son, Clycfc, who lived at home \yith his father. Be U also surviyed by his only brother. The remains were buried Saturday ?t Hanging Rock graveyard, after funer al services conducted by his pasUu, Rev. T. E. Morris, pastor of the Heath Springs and Hanging Roclt Methodist churches. ? Kershaw Em. ' Musics! Prcgrsir.. There will be a musical program rendered at the regular Wednesday night service of the Baptist Church at 8:00 nVfarlr, JPebmary tilth, rnirtrr r the aaspieft of the Men's Bible Cla??u_ You are cordially invited to attend. f ? , fr- ,. Atck Lombard, messenger boy for a? j [New York brokerage concern, dw pjjjjMHl Monday along with $100,000 'worth of securities that he was to liver to other frokoraee *** city. v ' .