The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 14, 1924, Image 1
VOLUME XXXVI. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, J924
NUMBER 33
FAIR OPENS NEXT WEEK
Many Attraction Offered to Victors
During Entire Week. <
Fair week is almost upon us. The
two big tent*, which will house tho
exhibits,'"will bikrCady to receive ex
hijjits on Tuesday. morning of next
week, and the# county agent will re
ceive non-perishable exhibits as early
as Saturday morning of this week in
his office.
Fair week will be opened on Mon
day next by Fr^nk West's Shows who
will show all the week in Camden and
on Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
the fair proper will open to^the pub
lic. Besides tho, exhibits and the mid
way Wednesday's program will in*
i hide pony, horse and mule races in
the afternoon at. 2:30.
On Thursday 'afternoon Camden
High school will play a game of foot
ball at the ball park. Alexander High
school of Charlotte being their oppo
nents. Free moving pictures will also
be Jihown by the county agent at the
old court house at the same hour,
.'i:30 p.mv Thursday night the fashion
show will be held at the ?1<1 court
house and this event will no doubt
attract interest.
Friday will be school day, and per
haps the fullest day of the week.
At 10:30 a.m. thq great parade of all
the school children of the county will
be held, and tfho winning schools will
receive splendid cash prizes offered
by the county v superintendent of
schools. At i?:30 p.m. the Athletic
events and track meet will be held,
all schools of the county being eli
gible to enter contestants. At 1 p.m.
free moving pictures will again be
held at the old court house. The fair
will close Friday night.
A rousing meeting of all commit
tees was held on last Friday, morn
ing and it developed at this meeting
that every part of the county was
working for the success of the fair.
The home demonstration agent, Mis^
Madelyn Thompson, was not present,
being ill in a hospital at Charleston
and her absence will be greatly felt.
Mrs. B. R.-rTruesdale has been ap-"
pointed to look after part of Miss
Thompson's work, and'is proving her
self thoroughly capable. Miss Jennie
Boyd, former agent here, has been
in the county three days to help in
the work of Miss Thompon in her ab
sence.
An interesting feature of the fair;
not before mentioned, will be the bee
exhibit \$hich will be put on by Clem
son college. A large glass hive will
be on exhibition ami the work of the
bees can be seen through it. This
exhibit has created great intyrest
Wherever sho^vn, and we are fortu
nate in securing it for Kershaw
county.
Keep the dates in mind, November
19th, 20th, and 21st, and come to the
fair. Your interest this year will
make -a larger and better fair next
year, and there is nothing better for
a county than gotting the whole
people to work for the best fair that
the county can put on.
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County Property Assessed.
The abstract of duplicates in
auditor's office for Kershaw couhty
show foV 1924 as follows:
479,470 acres, at assessed valuation,
$1,875,355.00; 2,432 lots in cities and
towns, valuation, $309,975.00; 7,742
buildings, at assessed valuation,
$1,446,690.00; Assessed valuation of
personal property, $4,009,194.00;'
Assessed valuation of all property,
$7,041,214.00.
This will raise for purposes as in
dicated below:
For state taxes, $45,847.30; county
taxes, $72,591.53; Camden Hospital.
$5,730.90; DeKalb bonds, $11,357.02;
Three-mill Constitutional' school tax,
$22,923.64; special and local schools,
$151,071.44; Poll tax, $4,312.00; road
! tax, $9,288.00; Total raised by taxa
| tion in Kershaw County,,^^;1^1.83.
Now Located at Miami.
?Mr. M. Whelan.^for many years
connected with The Kirkwood Hotel
in this city under the management of
the late T. Fdmund Krumbholz, is
now located at Miami, Fla., where
j he is manager of the Dallas Park,
Apartments. This is a, modern
eleven story, fireproof, steah^ heated
ami elev^tui' ?>p? m"pf??with
one hundred and ^twenty-nine apart*
njents from one to live rooms. All
apartments are said to command
magnificent views of Fort Dallas
Park, Biscayne Bay and Royal Palm
Park. Miami is called the winter
playground of the United States.
BOTH UN B NEWS NOTES
Uappenings of Interest Ah Told By
Our Correspondent.*
Bethune, ,S. C., Nov. 11.?Miss
Malloy Hearon was at home Satur
day evpning in honor of the college
girls spending- the week-end here.
Music and progressive games were
features of the evening. A salad
course was served. .
Mr. and Mrs. Charles McKinnon at
tended the silver Wedding anniversary
of the latter's aunt, Mrs. Fletcher,
at McColl Friday.
. Mr*. C. g, Padgett is tho guest of
.relatives in Cheraw this week.
Misses Carrie Yarbrough, Mary
Louise McLaurin and Liv/^ie. Kate
Djivis of Chicora College spent the
week end at their homes here.
Mr. and Mrs. Loring Davis and
Miss Stella Bethune were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Bethune in
Cheraw Sunday.
Miss?JBeulah Taylor spent the week
end in Bishopville as the guest of
Mrs. Pate.
Mrs. Steve Lane and little son of'
Cartersville were week-end guests of
M rs. J. P. Bethune. ?
Miss Louella Covington spent the
week-end in Chesterfield.
Mrs. Pate Davis suffered a broken
collar bone in an automobile accident
Friday while returning from the fun-!
eral of Mr. G. Spradley near Bishop-!
ville.
'Mr. and Mrs. Arthur received a I
message bearing the news of the
death of their son in Philadelphia
Friday. They left immediately ao
companied by their daughter, Miss
Mary Arthur.
Mr. B. W. Brannon and family have
moved into the bouse recently occu
pied by Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Rozier.
A game of football was played Fri^
day between Lamar and Bethune at j
Lamar,^resulting in the score of 13 to,
7 in favor of Bethune.
Mr. Johnson of RheVis is the guest
of his son, Dr. L. O. Johnson.
Christian Endeavor Meeting.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the regular Christian En
deavor ? meeting at the Presbyterian
Church Sunday evening at 7:30.
Special music will be furnis"hed by
local talent.
MM. SINGLETON DEAD,
Popular City Clerk Found Uncon
scious in Bed Tuesday, Morning.
The announcement of the death
earjys Tuesday morning of Mr,
[Howard Crosby Sirtgleton brought
sorrow to the many friends not only
in Camden but throughout the entire
county of this popular and well
known citizen. Mr. Singleton at
tended the meeting of city council
Monday evening and retired that
night in his usual health and it was
in tho early morning that Mrs. Sin
gleton heard a gasping noise in his
room and found him unconscious. Be
fore medical aid could reach him ho
was (load. ^
Mr. Singleton had held the import
ant office of city clerk and treasurer
for the past seven years?the first
tew years he served as city recorder.'
He had followed clerical work nearly J
all of his life and was capable and j
thorough in all of his duties and his
books were a model of neatness. For
years he was employed as bookkeeper
for Mr. George T. Little in Camden
and at Bishopville and held other i
positions of honor and trust in this:
town and county. j
l He was 50 years of age, a native I
of Camden, being the son of the late j
| Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sfyigleton, \\ho I
for years conducted a bakery in CAW- j
"den. He is survived by his wife who
was Miss Kfttet Huckabee of this city, j
who has always been a devoted help-1
i mate. A brother, John A. Singleton,
of Greenville, S. C., also survives.
Always accommodating, of a genial
disposition, with a pleasant word for
everyone, and being well known
throughout this section few men had
more friends than Howard Singleton,
as' his friends affectionately-, knew
| him. He took a lively interest in all
things relating to the upbuilding of
! his town and county and was a most
loyal citizen and friend. Mr. Single
ton got his early education from the
'Mqt.p Prof. Leslie?McCandle.'w,?who
was known to be one of the nio.?rt
thorough educators of his day.
The funeral was held from his late
residence, 1107 Lyttleton street, Wed
nesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, services
being conducted by Dr. EdwiiiiMuller,
yastor of the Presbyterian church, as
sisted by Rev. John P. Graham, of
the Baptist church.
The members of the city council
and police force acted as honorary
pall bearers and the active pall
bearers were K. S. Williams, H. K.
Sparrow, C. P. Dulloso, W. H. Pearee,
C. H. Yates, F. M. Zemp, T. Lee
Little and W. F. Nettles The burial
was in the Camden cemetery.
Mrs. Lachicottc Injured.
Whilo Mrs. F. W. Lachicottc, of
217 Vail avenue, suffered intensely
yesterday at the Presbyterian hos
pital, where she was taken Saturday
afternoon after falling from an aU->
tomobile, her condition is not thought
tfy be serious. X-ray pictures re
vealed no fractures.
Mr. and Mrs. . Lachicottc and a
friend were enroute to the Davidson
Clemson game when a door of tho
enclosed ear Hew open as the machine
rounded a curve near the hospital,
precipitating- Mrs. Lachicottc to tho
pavement.
The above is from the Charlotte
Observe of Wednesday and tho
friends of Mrs. Lachicottc, who was
formerly Mrs. Polly Shannon Zemp,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Shan
non of this city will be pleased to
know that she is rapidly improving
from her hurts and that she is not
pe rrnanen 11 y i nj u red.
Some Recent Marriages.
Mr. Benjamin Homer Davis, of
Bethune, and Miss Maud L. Haley, of
Lucknow, were married in Camden
on November 1st by Judge of Probate
W. L. McDowell.
Mr. James Clyde Owens, of West-*y
ville, and Miis Bern ice' Sowell, of
Kershaw, were married at Westville
on November 5th, .the Rew P. K.
Blackmon officiating.
Mr. Thomas J. Neal, of Ridge ways
and Miss Fannie Jackson, of Lugoff,
were married on November 2, Judge
of Probate McDowell performing the
ceremony.
Warning lo Motorists.
The Camden Clothing Company* re
quests us- to warn the public an^
motorists not to leave their coats or
packages in their cars whilo visiting
the- county fair next week. They
have made special arrangements to
take care of your packages and coati
flee of charge.
VALUABLE LOTS FOR SALE
Extension of Hampton Street Opened
For Residential Lots,
Parties owning property between
North Broad and North. Lyttloton
streets have donated enough land to
make possible an extension of Hamp
ton street through that block and tno
city has recently built a roadway
through this property and lots havo
been placed on tne market for sale.
The stivct m- roadway enters through
the Carriion poperty oi\ north Broad
and continues through the property
of Messrs. McDowell and Block on
north Lyttloton. The owners of the
lahd through which the street passes
will have several desirable building
lots for sale.
Mrs. Garrison is offering the great
est number as will be noted by a
diagram of the property shown pn
our last page today. A proposed
-street, to be known as Jordan Avenue,
will very likely Ik- opened up in the
near future giving an entrance for
Chestnut street on the north.
Mrs. Carrison states that these
l^ts will not be sold for speculative
purposes, and it the desire of the
owners not to have residences orected
on these lots costing less than $5,000
in order to insure a first class resi
dential section.
Another new street recently o|x*ti
led is that between Lyttloton and
Broad, entering Broad street between
the property of Messrs. J. B. Wal
lace and John W. Smith, extending
through the block and coming into
Lyttloton street betweep the .proper
ty of Messrs. (Jeorge Wilson and Ja
cob Hirsch. This too, will place
son)e desirable 'lots on the market for
sale.
Arrested For Wife Beating.
Charlie Shaylor, a white man, re
siding a few miles south of Camden,"
was arrested and placed in_Jail?la^i
Friday' charged with assault and bat
tery with Intent to kill. It is said
that Shaylor took a piece of stove
wood and severely beat his wife over
the head with it while in a fit of anger.
The injured woman .was brought, to
Camden where she was given -ihedi
eal treatment. The Shaylors arc
parents of several children.
KING HAIGLER SAYS: "THE FIRST HUNDRED YEAftS WERE THE HARDEST"
white, mam hae>
ONE BIG- TOUGH ROW
TO -Hoe SINCE, \1S~1
BUT SURE. MADE-.
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