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< ???; c. i I i II' .11 -L- -Jl'l II I M I II l . I H .1 I 1,11111 .1 I I- I I I I .III,. i 'Mi II. .. .JIL VOLUME XXXVI. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1928. NUMBER 4?. WITH OUR NORTHERN VISITORS Large Crowd Here Now Knjoyiiw Our Excellent Climate. Brilliant sunny days and crisp air have conspired to make the opening week of March very acceptable to winter sojourners. Many are stop ping, as usual, at this season on their northway way from the Florida re sorts, and added to the list of all winter visitors are taxlnfc hotels for accommodations., Polo players are also coming in and fine matches from now until April may be anticipated. Walter Seligman of the Rumson. Polo club has already shipped his ponies, and will soon be Here, and at Hobkirk Inn are located Alan Steyn, Major Clifford and Raymond Bantell who are playing daily. K. G. Whistler is doing his usual fine work on the polo field, and the Preece boys and Charlie Little are going strong. Saturday afternoon, notwithstand ing a rather disagreeable east wind, there was a large and interested gal lery to see Rochester and Camden tie at the end of the si*th period. Golf courses are ^crowded, and among players noted recently on the Kirkwood course are: Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Belcher, Mr.-and Mrs. Arthur V. Morton, Franklin W. itobbs, L. Clinton Whiting, Miss Jean Whiting, S C. Register, E. S. Bradford, E. W. Morehouse, Mrs. A. : P. Van Shaick, Albert Leuly, Frank ltteCann, C. Hverett Bacon, Mrs. C. G. Williams a nd many others. ?Judge Robert Watson Winston, who has been at Hobkirk Inn since De cember distinguished hi.mse^ Just be" fore his departure on Monday by making a hole in one on the short Kirkwood course. At Sarsfield the Ladies Invitation Golf Tournament is continuing this week and a tournament for men will be put on in a few days. A pleasant affair of the week was the card party on Monday afternoon at the Sarsfield Club given by Miss Roland Baylor for Mrs. Edwin P. Holmes, Mrs. L. W. Besse, Mrs. J. R. Torbert, Mrs. Wendell Hcbbs, Mrs. John Sweeney and Miss Marie Blan cbard. Mrs. Edwin P. Holmes, who }ias been with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Lyman W. Besse at Hobkirk for ten days has returned to her home in Brookline, Mass. With Mrs. A. Parker Bremer as hostess a merry party including many guests from' Columbia picnicked under the pines on Sunday, lunching at the Kirkwood cabin, and on Saturday Mrs. Wendell Hobbs gave a luncheon and card party at Springdale. Mrs. Hilton of the Court Inn gave a luncheon and bridge on Friday in the Studio Tea Room for Mrs. Sut Irffe, Mrs. Charles Clifton, Mrs. B. I). Ticknor and Mrs. A. S. Hunter. . Mrs H. G. Marvin left Sunday evening for a week's visit with her sister Miss Charlotte Campbell in Washington, and Mr. and Mrs. War ren Harris who are to sail on the seventh for Europe started Saturday for New York. Mrs. Daniel R. Adams of New York is visiting Mrs. C, M. Taintor at Greene Court, and on Wednesday af ternoon Mrs. Taintor entertained in her delightfully informal style with a tea for her guest. Mr. W. I. Keep of Lockport, N. Y., has joined Mrs. Keep at the Kirk wood, where among* recent arrivals may be menti6ned: Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Faircbild of Brooklyn, Mr. and Mrs. Chester M. Williams, Mr. Win throp Williams, of New York, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Richardson /)f Lyttle ton, H., Dr. and Mrs. Morton Van lxjan of Albany, Mr. and Mrs. Frank S Henry of Buffalo, Mr. G. W. God frey of Mt. Vernon and many others too numerous to mention. At the Court Inn which is now running to capacity are noted: Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Truesdale of Bing hampton, Mrs. George Price of Phila delphia, Dr. and Mrs. T. L. Ellis and Mr. and Mrs. George H. N. Johnson and Miss A W. Johnson of Bridge port, Mr and Mrs. Arthur Perry of Boston, M*. John. H. Howell and Mr, W. N. Scudder of Newark. Hobkirk Inn arrivals ' have been numerous during the week, including Mr. Thomas W. Hunter of Swarth more, Pa., Dr. And Mrs. J. R. Torbert, Mr. and Mrs. F. V. Burton, of Baa ion, Dr. J. N. Worcester .and Dr. and Mrs. Bn Witt Kay of Now York, Mr. Richard W. Martin of Pittsburgh, aod Mr. Howard B. Wetberell of m mtf, 7 ii ? in CORNER PROPERTY SOLD Ml. Vernon Man Secures Valuable Broad Street Property Mr. Charles W, Godfrey, who has been costing: to Camden for several winters has purchased the lot next north of the poatoffice building from the Carver estate. The sile was made through the C. P. PuBose and Company real estate agency. The lot has a frontage of eighty feet on Broad street with a depth running east of one hundred and twenty feet and is ideally located for a hotel or storeroom site. Mr. Godfrey tells us that he will develop this property in the near future. Mr. Godfrey is a resident of Mourn Vernon, New York. Ho also owns the Crocker building. He says he haa; great faith in tjbe, future of Camden and shows >it by making further in vestments in Camden realty. Besides this business property iae owns souio valuable residence lots just north of Camden. Ho has not only made some splendid investments but has made hosts of friends here who would like i to see him make Camden his perma*! nent home. , FOR VETERANS CHILDREN Mr. Tabor Was Speaker Last Niffhtj Before Local Post Mr. L. D. Tabor, of Indianapolis, Ind;, who is field secretary for South Carolina for the proposed drive for funds for the establishment of home* for veterans' children, Was the prin cipal speaker at a joint meeting of the American Legion Post and the American Ix?gion Auxiliary held last night. Mr. Tabor will have headquarters at Florence and is directing the work of .organizing in the various counties of the state, preparatory to putting on a drive to raise South Carolina's quota which is set at $35,000. He is a plain but forceful speaker and told in a business like way of what th?? fund was intended to do, and some of the things the Legion has already accomplished. Some fiv/e million dol lars will be asjced of the people of the United States to create a fund to take care of the children of dis abled veterans. It will be in the na I y ture of an endowment fund for all time?the principal not to be used. The proposition has the endorsement; of the president of the United States and all of the leading men of the country.' The drive will begin March 29th and continue to April 4th; Two Fires at Kershaw The home, stables and barn of R. H. Hinson, who lives in the vicinity of Flat Creek school house, were " de stroyed by fire on last Friday, en tailing a loss of between $9,000 and $10,000, which was not quite half in sured. The home was burned be tween 11 and 12 o'clock in the day, the fire being caused by a defective stove flue, and the barn and stables were burned about 1 o'clock Friday night, supposedly from sparks from the dwelling, which were going in that direction. Very little furniture was saved from the home, and with the exception of all the contents of the barn and stables were also de stroyed. Two pigs were burned in the stables. On Monday evening the dwelling of W. D..Cook was discovered to be on fire. A stiff breeze was blowing at the time and the building was soon enveloped in flames which destroyed ft very quickly. The fire was discov ered by Mrs. Cook, who went intd the yard for some wood and "when she re entered the house she observed smoke in the room. She gave the alarm and there was quick response, but the water supply was cut off from that section at that time, owing to the work being done on the mains, and only by the good wgrk of some young boys on the roof of A. L. Cook's dwelling was that building.- srffcved. | Some of the furniture from Mr. Cook's house was saved, but a great deal of it was lost in the fire. Mr. Cook loses very heavily as he had only partial insurance on the destroy ed property. The fire originated from within the building, but it is not known exactly where or from what cause.?Kershaw Era. Fire at School House Fire was discovered in the base ment of th'6 Camden High school building Thursday evening last. It Had not gained much headway and the fire department soon had tkt Hitmoa under control. Only a small SPKED COP KILLS MAN Rock Hill Policeman Firm Into Car Failing To Stop Hock Hill, Feb. 28.?Dewey Simp son, member of a prominent Chester family, was almost instantly kUta} here late last 'night when struck in the head by a bullet fired by R. ML McFadden, a member of the Rock Hill police fprce. Young Simpson, in company with three other Chester youths, was in an automobile, which McFadden, ac cording to his own story, was trying to stop by shooting the tires. One' or the bullets, evidently, went wild, and pureed the rear curtain of the car, striking- young Simpson below the eye, an;l emerging at the back of the head. The statement of n physician who testified at the inquest, indicated the youth must have been looking back ward when struck by the bullet. McFadden was held in jail with out bond, pending completion of the inquest, which was adjourned until additional testimony could be ob tained. ?- Traffic-Officer Held - ? Hock Hill; March' 2,?K. M. Mc Fadden, motorcycle traffic officer of the Rock Hill police department, was ordered held on a charge of murder following an investigation by a cor oner's jury here late today of the fatal shooting last Friday night of Dewey Simpson, 27, of the Armenia section of Chester county. The verdict charged that "Simp son came to his death as a result of pistol bullet wounds fired by Mc Fadden . , . . " McFadden was placed in the York county jail. Driver Pays Heavy Fine. Rock Hill, March 3.?J. B. Cook of Chester, driver of the automobile in which Dewey Simpson, 27, of Chester was riding with two other residents of Chester when he was shot and al most instantly killed by Motorcycle Traffic Policeman R .M. McFadden of the Rock Hill police department, while the traffic officer was chasing a speeding automobile along Saluda street Friday night, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of driving an auto mobile while un^er the influence of whiskey and was given a sentence of $100 or 30 days. He paid the fine. Pleading guilty to a charge of fast and reckless driving he was gjven a suspended fine of $5. Worthy Negro Dead Charlie Adams, a well known col ored man of this city died at his home in the Court Inn grounds Mon day after a short illness. Adams had been employed as caretaker lor the large Court Inn. grounds since its present owners came into possession. His duties were to keep the hedges trimmed and the grounds in shape both summer and winter, and the en tire hotel and grounds were left in his charge during the closed season. He was trustworthy, polite and ac commodating and had many friend?, both among local people and north ern visitors who will regret his pass ing. His father Perry Adkms, was employed by the Messrs. Ticknor and Son, as caretaker and upon the death of his father Charlie took his place and has remained with the hotel con tinuously. & New Hunting Preserve Georgetown, March 1.?Another of the old plantations on the Waccamaw has been sold for a hunting pre serve. "True Blue" containing about 1,500 acres of land, located about ten miles up from Georgetown. It formerly belonged to the Ward fam ily. Recently it was purchased from Col. H. B. Springs by sportsmen and business men of Greenville. "True Blue" is noted as h fine duck pre serve. The uplands abound with deer, wild turkey and other game, and extend from the river across to Pawley's Island. Catholic Church Services Second Sunday in Lent March 8th, services at the Catholic church will be as followsT "Masses at 6:15 and 11 a. m.; Sunday school at 10 a. m. Sermon at 11 o'clock, mass by Right Reverend William T. Russell, D. D, bishop of Charleston. Confirmation at 3 o'clock will, be j administered by the right reverend bishop. Lenten services as follows: Mass at 8 o'clock on Monday, Tuesday - and Wednesday; and at 6:30 o'clock Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Holj hour Friday 9 p. ?. sermon on th? "Blessed Eucharist." Course of until fitonday tec I* ?k. "T?n MANY SCHOOLS TAKE PART Three to Four Hundred WiU Dfbitv on March 20th !?. Debate preliminaries follow plose qu the heels of the basketball cham pionship series in the South Carolina ! High School l ^eague. The first con > tests among the fifty schools. that haw entered teams are scheduled for March 20, according to announcement by the University Extension Division. The query for debato this year is | "Resolved, That South Carolina should adopt the county unit system , of public school administration." I Twenty-one schools in the Piedmont | section are taking part in the debate, twenty in the Pee Deo and middle section, and nine in the lower section of the state. Three hundred to four hundred high school boys and girls will take part, since each school has entered an af firmative and a negative team of two members each, with two to four al ternates. Triangles for the first preliminaries arranged by S. M. Derrick, chairman of debate, J. D. Fulp, state high 'school supervisor, and Miss Isabel Wntklng, extension ' secretary in charge of high school activities, are as follows: District 1 Liberty, Easley, Travelers Rest. Taylors, Greer, Woodruff Piedmont, Belton, Anderson Girls. Inman, Fairforest, Union. Gaffney, Blacksburg, Parker Dis trict (Greenville) Whitmire, Clinton, Ninety Six. Abbeville, Calhoun Falls, llonea Path. District 2 Epworth Orphanage, Charlotte i Thompson (Camden), Lancaster. Camden, Bishopville, Columbia. Hartsville, Florence, Kingstree. Bennettsville, Clio, Latta. Marion, Mullins, Conway. Hannah, Lake City, Hebron. Pageland, Ruby. District 3 ~r~" North Augusta, Langley, SiTlIey. SWansea, North, St. Matthews. Denmark, Hampton, Walterboro. Camden debaters are Joe McKain, Harold Funderburk, Jack. Nettlea, Gate wood Workman. Charlotte Thompson is represented by Parker Davis, Mary Pittman, Laurie Workman, LeNoir Sanders. KERSHAW COUNTY<#VUR Association Has Been Incorporated and Committees Named Application, has been made for charter for the Kershaw County Fair Association, and the Camden Base Ball park has been leased for a term of years to be used as grounds for the annual show. A new fence will be erected around the entire lot and suitable buildings placed. A carnival has been secured for the attraction this fall and the date of the fair has been set to commence on November 16th. H. G. Carrison, Jr., is chairman, J. B. Zemp, vice chairman, and J. W. Sanders, secretary and treasurer of the fair association. Others named to work with these gentlemen are: L. J. Whitaker, R. M. Kennedy, Jr., Lee M. West, J. W. Cantey, G.. Q. Welch, W. L. Jackson,\L. I. Guion, J. H. Osborne. Hifch Praise For Camden Judging from the remarks made about Camden by a retired newspaper man now wintering at the Court Inn not all glory goes to Florida as far as climate and beauty is concerned. He is one of the few men who have made money enough in the newspaper game to retire and he is now taking life easy. He forbids us to use his name, but he has visited nearly all of the resorts in the South and he says he is coming here for another winter. IIp is a strong booster for Camden. _ Two Homes Sold The Marshall Brothers, who con duct a mercantile business at the Seaboard depot have purchased the Haile property on Chestnut street ad joining the Seaboard railway consist ing of a brick store, a two story residence and several vacant lots. Mr. Haile has bought the ten room residence on Union street in Sarsfield from Miss Rosa McLeod and he with his family will reside there in the near future. The transaction was I negotiated through C. P. DoBote and Co?p.?y, , _ . . .?? '. r. BBTHUNK NKVV8 NOTES ItrmN of interewt ah Told by Our Regular Correspondent Bethune, S. C., March 4.?Miss Sal' lie Mae Covington, a trained nurse of CHo, has been in attendance upon her sister Miss 1 Amelia Covington who has been sick with flu. Miss Mildred Billings, teacher of third grade is ill with flu. Mrs. Mar garet Marion is substituting for Miss Billings. Joe Estridge of Kinston, N. C., spent several days with his parents Jlr. and Mrs. K. T. Estridge. Mrs. Toland Best of Hartsville was the guest of Mr. B. W. Best's family Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Stevens of Lancaster spent Wednesday here. Mr. U, B. McKinnon, bookkeeper of the Lancaster Department Store, was the week end guest of relatives here. He was accompanied to Lancaster by M?w. McKinnon. They have rented an apartment and will begin housekeep ing at once. ? Mrs. M. O. Ward returned Sunday from the Columbia hospital where she underwent an operation several weeks aj^o~ M isses Helen Pope and Katherine Ward spent Saturday in Columbia with their mother, Mrs. M. O. Ward. Menton Huekabee was taken to the Columbia hospital Monday to undergo an operation for appendicitis. B. T. Bruce of Camden spent Thurs day night at the home of his uncle Dr. E. Z. Truesdcll. Mrs. Craig Best of Hartsville spent several days last week with her son Mr. B. W. Best. Neil Truesdell spent Saturday in Columbia. Misses Josie Blackmon and liattie Lyles of Darlington were the week end guests of Dr. and Mrs. L. O. Johnson. Dr. R. E. Sevarance of Columbia spent Sunday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Severance. Mr. L. D. Robertson returned Tues day from a visit of several days with his son Mr. Will Robertson of Lauren-, burg, N. C* Dr. E. Z. Truesdell paid a profes-j sional visit to Columbia Monday. Mr. ami Mrs. C. L. Mays of Car tersville were the week end guests of relatives here. ? The two story wooden building on the corner of Main street owned by Dr. E. Z. Truesdell and . occupied by Mr. Hugh Oliver, has been moved and two brick stores owned by Mr. D. T. Yarbrough and Dr. E. Z. Trues dell will be erected on the old site. When completed Mr. Oliver will open up his stock of general merchandise in one of the stores. The daughter of Derry Benjamine, a negro tenant on Mr. T. M. Cly burn's place, was horribly gored by a cow Friday morning. The horns of the brute tore through the right side of the abdonien, laying it wide open. Surgical attention was given by Dr. Truesdell and the negro is doing nicely. CAPTAIN CIA BURN l)KAD W?? On? of The Moat Prominent Citi zens of The County Captain I^ewis Leo Clyburn, one oC Kershaw county's most prominent cit izens, died at his homo near DeKalh Saturday night, being: ill only from Thursday, ami was buried at Bethany graveyard {Sunday afternoon. Th<> funeral services were conducted from the home by Rev. Mr. Graham, pas tor of the Baptist church at Camden. Captain Clyburn was born in Ker shaw county April 12, 1840, th? youngest son of the late William Cly burn, aVid at the time of his death was the only surviving child. Ho fought on the Confederate side dur ing the whole period of the war, serving as first lieutenant of Com pany CI, S. C. Regiment, Hagood's Brigade, afterwards attaining the rank of captain. He was wounded in the leg and was at home recuperat ing when Sherman's army came through South Carolina. Captain Clyburn was twice married,,, his first wife being Mary Jane Kelly, and of .that union the following child* ren survive: Thomas Clyburn, Stove S. Clyburn, Lewis C. Clyburn, all of the Westville section, and Div W. R. Clyburn and Mrs. J. H. Clyburn of Camden. Many years after the death of his first wife he was mar ried to Mary Helen Kirkland, who with a young son, James Kirkland Clyburn, also survive him. Captain Clyburn had been engaged in farming nearly all of his life, and was one of the. very largest land owners in the county. He was als.) engaged in banking, being one of the organizers of the Loan & Savings Bank of Camden, and its first presi dent. He was for a while one of "tho larger stockholders in the Peoples Bank of Kershawj and served as pres ident for a while prior to the reor ganization in 1920, when he declined further service in that position. Some 1 time prior to, his death he retired from the active affairs of life and lived in quietness at his country home. ? /? ?' Captain Clyburn h^d a large family connection and a wide circle of {fiends who came from near and far to at tend the funeral in the little country cemetery near the church where he had held his membership, and in the vicinity of which he lived out prac tically all his life, following the war period, when he entered again upon civil life as a citizen of his native county.?Kershaw Era. Thieves Entered School Building: Thieves broke into the Camden school building here Thursday night and stole cash amounting to a few dollars. Entrance to the outer door was made by smashing a glass and a hand was thrust through unlocking the door from the inside. Other doors entering the various rooms had been opened in a similar manner, .and in some instances pried open. Reports from Kershaw state that the school building at that place was entered on Wednesday night. Winns boro also reports that their school building was entered on Monday night.. Superintendent J. G. Rich ards, Jr., went to Kershaw to inves tigate and he states that from all appearances the same party or par ties entered all three buildings. He advises other towns to be on the lookout for these thieves. The par ties were evidently in search of money as nothing else was molested. Camden Boys on Team Preliminaries for the Florida-Ten nessee-Carolina triangle were held Monday night in the Clariosophic and Euphradian halls. Messrs, George Wittkowsky and O. L. Warr wdre se-l lected to uphold the affirmative of the query "Resolved: That the Town er-Sterling bill for Federal Aid ~ln Education be adopted." Donald Rus sell and Cecil Wittkowsky will make up the negative team which goes to Florida. The affirmative win meet I Tennessee's representative# University chapel. The debate will toe ? ImW Man* i4.-^-Tfce Omtmefc. The Near East Relief Work On last Sunday March 1st, the . Near East Relief cause was brought to the attention of the people of Caitf den through various speakers in th?* different churches of the city. Mr. James Y. Perry of Columbia spoke to the Episcopalians, Mr. A. B. Lang ley, also of Columbia spoke to the Methodists, Rev. J. O. Van Metre, physical director of the University and minister of Eau Claire Presby terian church spoke to the Presby terians, and Mr. John Yonan, a sopho more at Davidson College and a na tive of the Near East, spoke to the Baptists. Each of these gentlemen gave graphic and interesting talk on a cause, national in spirit, and appealing to the sympathies of the entire world. Never in the history of mankind were such horrors .ami sufferings known, and the work and energy required to relieve such suf-> ferings and horrors is tremendous. We, here in America, are blessed with never knowing want of any kind, we have food, we have money, we have the facilities of making m^pey if it is not in our immediate possession, wq have shelter and clothing?all these things have to be supplied to _ those of the Near EastA Contribu tions have'been asked and are aslced to help in this great undertaking. The schools of the county have been asked to help and a sincere interest has been manifested. On May t there will be*1 a county wide Mayt Day in th<v several schools of the county and it is hoped that Kershaw county will not only respond to h?r quota but win the banner, made in tho South Carolina Orphanage at Nazareth, Palestine, offered to the county in the state which makes the greatest effort. To Preach at Refuge Church Wo have been requested 'to an noatsca that Hot. On ten, of Lanoaitar, will preach at Refuge Church, north of Gmodcp, pi tb% l*ckhart road, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. piwtc it cordially nnriuwiji vr ? z >