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Chronicle ' '1 '.. 11 1 ? ? 1 - 1 111.1 -i1 -Jim' VOLUME XXXVI. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1925. NUMBER 51. UUIILUiL-lJI I . . II III ! III! ; ; i MR SWKKNKY WAS HOST, Large Number of Camden Busmens Men (*uctiU at Hobkirk Dinner Tho newly organised social club largely due to the initiative of Mr. K. G. Whistler is already a great success. Opening with a delightful dance <>n Friday evening in tin* old t'lub house, which has been taken over by this now club, the venture is^bx cetdingly popular, with both home people and winter guests. The South Carolina University band furnished music for the dance, and the gather ng was large and interesting. Patron ttsses were Mrs. K. G. Whistler, Mrs. F, I. Proctor, Mrs. W. L. DePass, Mrs, Laurens T. Mills, Mrs. W, .N, Kej'r, Mrs. T. E. Krumbholz, nnd Miss ',cila Shannon, Tuesday evening Mr. John S. Sweeney of Detroit, who with his family is again spending the winter at Hobkirk Inn, gave a dinner of fifty covers at Hobkirk for those in terested in the club. The repast was served in Ilobkirk's best style, arid * after dining and speech-making col ored singers atrtused the guests. Mr. Laurens T. Mills acted as toastmaster ? and short talks were made by Mr. H. (J. Garrison, mayor of Camden, Mr. John S. Sweeney, Mr. Thomas J. Kirkland, Mr, Robert W. Pomeroy, Colonel Charles Clifton, Mr. Heyman, Mr. Carroll P. Bassett, Mr. K. G.' Whistler, and several others. The quests included: Messrs. John Ville pigue, Dr. FT I. Proctor, MrT'TSuis Sledge, H. G. Marvin, W. F. Hobbs, L. T. Mills, T. J. Anketell, J. L. Graham, Robert Stone, L. A. Kirk*, land, F. G. Hoyne, Raymond Balfe, B. G. Sanders* 'Dr. J. W. Corbett, }i. G. Carrison, Jr., Dalton Kennedy, Stephen Robinson, K. G. Whistler, \V. L. DePass, G. H. Baum, R. M. .Kennedy, W. S. Burnet, John Whit aker, J. B. Zemp, N. C. Boykin, C. II. Yates, Augustus Floyd, C. J. Shannon, Jr., and many others, Mrs. H. G. Marvin, Miss Sweeney, Mrs. Frank G. Hpyne and Miss Ro '.-.nd Baylor left by automobile on Tuesday for a three days visit to Charleston, with the famous Magnolia Gardens as their objective. Mrs. Cedric Laighton is visiting Mr. Oscar Laighton at Hobkirk Inn, A most interesting entertainment ?1* the past week was the musicale and tea at the Holly Tree Tea Room in Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Willis '\nntey assisted by ladies of the neighborhood served a delicious 'tea and had a fine musical program of colored singers who rendered spir ituals in their inimitable style. Fine weather was an added attraction for more than one hundred winter visi tors to motor down for the afternoon. Colonel Frank Presbrey, Mrs. Pres brey and Miss Presbrey are recent arrivals from New York at the Court I tin, whetfe Mat'Ctr guests " arc nume rous. At Hobkirk some of the early win ter arrivals have departed but their places are being filled by Florida tourists stopping here on their home ward way. Colonel John Pender, who was at Hobkirk Inn in December is again there on his way from Miami to his New Hampshire home. Colonel Pen der's account of the boom in Miami real estate is most interesting. So rapidly have prices increased it al most reads like fiction. Among recent arrivals at the Kirk wood may be noted: Miss Virginia Belcher of Lakeville, Conn., Mr. F. B. McQuier of Erie, Pa., Mr. F. W. Ancona of Pottstown, Pa., Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thornton of Brookline, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hainee and M Lss Helen Haynes of New York, Mrs. James D. Ireland of Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. McBride of Montclair, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil F. Banton, Mr. C. W. Pennington of Bo?ton, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Saun ders of Worcester, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Brinckerhoff of Orange, Mr. Charles W. Williams, Jr., of Mont vlair, and Mr. and Mr*. E. D. Bar lett of New York. The guests 0f Hobkirk Inn had a very delightful entertainment on Sun day evening arranged from talent at the Inn. Miss Littlejohn of New York gave several vocal selections, Mr. Frank V. Burton of Boston, an accom plished musician played and Mr. Thomas W. Andrew of Swarthmore, Pa. amused everybody with witty songs while R?v. Dr. Norman Whit tolmore of the Presbyterian Mission field stationed in Korea told most in terestingly of the manners, customs and religion of the Koreans. Fine weather greatly added to the Twelfth Annual Gymkhana held Wed nesday afternoon on the Kirkwood Polo Field, when a large crowd gathered to enjoy the many interest ing events. It was a gay scene with blue Yale flags as decoration and riders in fancy costumes. Music by the excellent Wateree Mill band start ed the events and amused the Vrowd ?n the wafting intervals. Mr. Godfrey Preece, Mr. Harry Balfe, Mr. John Sweeney, Mr. Robert Stone and many others aided in car rying off the affair, and there were many contestants in every race. The program consisted of the following races: Potato, barrel, egg and spoon, and a mule race for colored riders. Riding competition for ladies and one for children. A costume race, a re lay race, a* polo pony ball race, musi cal chairs and a balloon race. Im mediately after tha Gymkhana the participants were i nl i i laljif * t ? ? BETHINK NEWS NOTES ItciuM ot Interest as Told by Our | Regular Correspondent Bethune, S. C., March 18.?l>r. E. Z. Truesdell left Thursday night for John* Hopkins hospital at Baltimore with two ^patients, Mr. N. L, Cassady and Mrs. Beulah Josey. l)r. Trues dell and Mr. Cassidy returned Sun day. Mrs. Jpsey remained for treat ment. Mesdames J. D. Laffitte and W. A. McDowell were guests of Mesdames W. M. Stevens and G. p. Mcftinnon in Lancaster They were accompanied home by Mrs. McKinnon who. spent several days here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. McDowell. Mr. Karl Roseborough, of Lugoff," was the guest of his uncle, Dr. E. Z. Truesdell Sunday. ' Mr. G. B. McKinnoh, of Lancaster spent Sunday here.with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. L. K, Yarbrough and Miss Ruth Estridge; of Sumter were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. K. T. Estridge. Miss Wilma Taylor spent the week end at her honie in Kershaw. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of. Kollooh were guests of Mrs. Johnson's sis ters Mesdames J. P. Bethune and Eva Belch, Sunday. I Mr. Otto Hatfield is ill with* flu. Mr. W. M. Stevens and family of : Lancaster were in Bethune Sunday, j Mr. and Mrs. F. C". Kelly returned Thursday afternoon from Roan Moun tain, Tenn, where Mrs. Kelly was summoned to the bedside of her father. Miss Margie Parrott spent several days with her auntf,Mrs. W. King in Bishopville last week. MI'S. Henrietta Cassady, an aged j lady living several miles north of j here, died Wednesday after a linger-, ing illness. Mrs. Cassady made her' home with her son, J. C. Cassady. j She was ahout eighty years of age. ' Funeral sorvices were conducted by! Rev. M. B. Gunter and the burial ser- I vices were held at Timrod cemetery, j ''Little Miss Edith Barnes celebrated | her eighth birthday Tuesday after-: noon by having a number of her j little friends at her home. After) playing a number of games a sweet j course was served. , The fi rst baseball game Of the\sea-J Stfh'^as played here Friday afternoon ' between Kershaw and Bethune result-' ing in the score of 4#t0 15 in favor of bethune. Kershaw batteries were Truesdell and Gardner; Bethune, Truesdell and Hall. Miss Carrie Yarbrough, a senior at Chicora College is at home for the spring holidays. Sunday at Wateree Baptist Church At the morning service at Wateree Baptist church next Sunday, March 22nd, the pastor will preach on mis sions. The missionary societies of' the church will attend in a body.1 Sunday evening beginning at 7:15 trfc sermon will deal with "The Devil's i Righteousness" with blackboard il-j lustration. Special song service be-! ginning at 6:45 p. m. Truck Turned Over While making the trip'from the Gettys farm to Camden Sunday morn ing the dairy truck of the v Rock Spring Creamery turned over and Jbaused damage to the truck amount ing to around $25 and a loss of about $75 worth of milk and _cream. Many of the Camden milk customers were inconvenienced Sunday. The driver was unhurt. Ford To Be Given Away Six Camden firms have announced that they will give away to the lucky coupon holder on October 15th, a Ford touring car. A numbered coupon will be given with each cash purchase of 25c or over and the drawing will be held on October 15th. Thirty dollars in cash prizes of $3 each will also be given away on the second Satur day in each month. The tickets drawn for the cash prizes will also , be re placed in the box'giving the winners a chance at the main prize. Several merchants adopted this plan last year and it resulted in greatly increased; trade. The firms connected with this! offer are W. T. Smith, Carolina Motor,! Company, Home Furnishing Com pany, Lewi & Christmas Company,! Mackey Mercantile Company and En- j terprise Mercantile Company. Descriptive Folder The Southern Railway has recently j had issued a beautiful descriptive folder of the famed Magnolia Gar dens at Charleston which they are distributing throughout the territory served by this road. The Illustrations are in colors from original drawings of the scenes around the gardens and can be had at most Southern stations or by mail from any of the Southern headquarters. The Southern is an nouncing cheap excursion fares to the gardens during April 3rd and 4th with final return on April 8th. N'ot until a few days ago did Ed-1 ward E. Taylor, 90 year old Confed erate veteran, experience illness. But old age told on the vnliant soldier, and Monday night at 8 o'clock he died in the Confederate home Infirm ary- . .. buffet in the Kirkwood Grill presid ed over by Mrs. Rarm<mdBaife. Mr*. Belcher and Miss Jean Whiting. SHIPMENT OF POULTKY 1 1; ' Demonstration Aleuts Shipping Car? of Poultry Next Week rjj l'ol lowing a census of tin* county's available poultry for market, the Kann and Honu' * Demonstration Agents have deckled to ship a car of poultry in t o operation with the agents of Lancaster county. . There did not appear to be enough poultry S.ov sale to load # whoto cap in Kershaw county so arrangement* have been made to start the car at Camden on Wednesday of next week, March 25th. The car will stand at the Southern passenger station for loading (ho entire day of the 25th. It will move from there to Korshaw where it will stand until eleven o'clock on the 20th, thence to Heath Springs, where chickens will be received until nooit of. the 26th. The loading will be completed in Lancaster on the fol lowing day. . Poultry will be weighed and paid for at the car door. All parties no tifying the agents that they will have poultry for sale will be notified as to prices about three days before load ing begins. This gives a splendid chance fox culling out the farm flock.s and get-' tintf. rid of the non-producers at a ?fair price. The marketing of poul try in carlots is fast becoming popu lar in this state and offers to be a means of bringing in neat sums of | money from timo to time. It is hoped that the farmers and their J wives will pay more attention to the J raising of poultry for market since.: there has been developed this means of disposing of them without run ning the price down to unremunera tive figures by bringing in a dozen hens or even a carload. Ceinetefy Fence Completed The new fence around the Camden cemetery has been completed and the enclosure is now thoroughly protected with a 58 inch woven wire fence with barbed wire at top and bottom. Cedar* posts have been used throughout ex cept at corners and they are of light- j wood. The work was done by the | rity but the funds for. paying for the wire and other material was raised by ; public subscription through the come- i tery association. Not only was thei full amount raised but something like j $100 was left,to go in the treasury' of the-association. The iron gate to the entrance has been repainted and the street leading to the cemetery has been recently put in good repair by the city forces. The City To Build ..City Council will soon begin the erection of a building on a lot owned by the city on east Rutledge street! near the present fire station. An old j unsightly building stands there how I and in its place #will be erected o : building?one room to be used by F. M. Wooten, as a cotton office, an-i other to be used by the Water and j Light Department of the city, and the i third to be leased by H. L. Schlos-! burg as a store room for a period! of years. The present store room! used by the Water and Light De^! partment will be turned into a show room for the exhibition and storage of electric light fixtures and electric stoves?to be retailed by the city Water and Light department. Meeting of Hospital Auxiliary The Hospital Auxiliary will meet on Monday, March 23rd, .at 4:30 in the afternoon at the Camden Hos pital. I>r. Hirsch To Preach Dr. F. K. Hirsch, of Sumter, will preach Sunday afternoon at the Jew ish synagogue on Lyttleton street ar. 3:30 o'clock. The public is cordially invited. Hinson-Drakeford Lugoff, S. C., March 17.?Miss Kate Hinson, of Lugoff, and Mr. Elmer D. Drakeford of Camden were married on Monday evening, March 9th at the parsonage by Rev. Har relson, the bride's pastor. The bride is the attractive daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hinson of Lugoff. She numbers her friends by the score and they regret her mar riage will take her elsewhere to live. After the. ceremony the couplo left for a short wedding trip after which they will make their home in Camden, where the bridegroom holds a position with DeLoache Motor Co. Auxiliary To Meet There will be a meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary on Wed nesday morning, March 25th, at 11 o'cloek, at the Legion headquarters on Rutledge street. A11 members are urged to Attend this meeting as many matters of importance are to be dis cussed. high school hay April l7th*\VilI Ho Day^For Meeting j nl Kershaw County Schools April 17th has boon, sot aside by j the high schools of Kershaw county as a day on which the schools win moot in Camden. A track meet at 11:30 in th& mom inu will he followed 'by a picnic din nor on the Tourist Camp ground. In the afternoon the Bethune baseball team will play the Camden nine. At night a declamation contest will bo held in the auditorium of the Camden school. The events of the track meet will consist of; 100 yard dash for boys. 100 yard dash for gii-ls. 220 yard dash for boys. 1 mile run for boys. Girls basket ball and yirfo base ball throwing contest, ?110 yard relay race. High jump for boys. Broad jump for boys. Potato race. tfach school may enter two boys and two girls in each contest except the relay race wherein four boys will contest. In the declamation contest inch school will be represented by one ?pupil. Mr. Bull, superintendent of the Be thune school, is president of the new ly formed association of principals of Kershaw County High Schools. Mr. Bell, Mr. lluckabee and Mr. Dpi n compose the committee in chat go. of the program for high school .day, ? . ? . Remember the time?April 17th ai 11:30 a. m. Catholic Church Services Service* at the Catholic church the fourth Sunday of Lent, March 22nd will be as follows: Masses at G:lo and 11 a. m. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Evening services at 9 p. m. Sermon at the morning service will be, "The ^lolives in Following Jesus." At the Evening service the sermon, first of a series will be, "The Chief Evils of the Times and Their Remedies." Wednesday evening services at 0 p. m., se'rmon will be on, "The Seven Words Spoken from the Cross." Friday evening sermon on "The Holy Eucharist," at 9 p. m. All are cordially invited to these services. '? , Winter Home 1'urchaNed Mr. 15. P. Spcrry, of New York, has purchased from iKe Highland Avenue Company the attractive seven room bungalow nearing completion, located on Highland avenue. Mr. Spcrry is a prominent hotel man and is president of the Central New York State Hotel Association. He with his family will make Camden their win ter home. While in Camden Mr. and Mrs. Sperry were guests of their friends, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. T. Lesure at Ivy Lodge Inn. This is the fifth home built in this interesting de velpoment by the Highland Avenue Company. Opportunity Knocking for Young Men The Citizens Military Training Camps will be held again this year for young men, seventeen to thirty years old. This is a wonderful op portunity for an outing, without cost, for a period of thirty days this sum mer. Undoubtedly, there will be more applications than can be filled so any one interested is urged to apply early. The undersigned, as local chairman, will be very glad to furnish applica tion blanks and to otherwise assist any interested in getting admitted to the camps to be held this summer. It is particularly desired that South Car olina be fully represented this year. There are four courses available for the students attending, offering de grees of training in proportion to their experience. T. K. TROTTKR, Local Chairman C. M. T. Camp Value of Crops Saluda, March 15.?The total value of the fifteen principal farm crops of South Carolina last year was $159, 597,291, according to a statement is sued here by Frank O. Black, assist ant agricultural statistician of the United States department of agricul ture, Livestock owned in the state on January 1 of this year was worth S48,372,100, his statement says, mak ing the total value of crops and live stock $207,969,391. Value of crops in Kershaw county is set forth as follows: Crops, $3,211, 963; livestock, $990,500; total $4,202, pe* itn*> <1923> $87.66. . ?' f ? ? ^ ? ? . .t ~ ?-?. ... J- . ?? .ani ?groove ;;?^ggggSSgS HAD ltOBBKD STORE HKKK Men Arrested at Prosperity Now Held in Lexington County Jail Two young white mot), apparently and 10 years of ago, were arrest ed Thursday morning about 3 o'clock^ in Prosperity by Deputy Sheriff Quuttlebaum ami Policeman Mer chant, charged with burglary of a store in Lexington and a store in Chapin, The men were driving a brand new Lincoln coach, and from an identification card carried by the driver, it was his property. Deputy Sheriff Quattlebaum phoiv ed for Sheriff Blease who got in touch with Sheriff Oswald of Lox? ington county, the latter coming: for the prisoners and* carrying them back to Lexington. The sheriff of^ Lexington county had phoned Sheriff Blease to be on the lookout for the men and Sheriff Blease stationed his men at different points. Ho with Policeman Koy and Jnabinet remained in New-berry, while Deputy Sheriff Quattlebaum and Po liceman Merchant were stationed in Prosperity. The men wore caught just us they drove up to jv, filling station in Pros perity, with the intention it is thought if breaking in, as no one was there and no lights wore on. The driver of the car pulled out a roll of money, which he offered to Deputy Quattle haum, telling him he wanted to on. The officer refused to accept the money, and when Sheriff Blease arrived he counted the money, which' amounted to $590. The outside coat pockets of the men were filled with silver money -and other coin, and in the car were found dry goods, canned goods, cigars, etc., which had been stolen from the stores in Lexington and Chapin. Inasmuch as no crime had been committed by the men in Newberry county, Sheriff Blease telephoned for Sheriff Oswald of Lexington " who came for the men. | The above is taken from last Fri j day's Newberry Herald. The men : mentioned in the capture proved to J be the ones who entered the store j of J. B. Shirley about two milps east ; of Camden on thp road leading to j Bethune. They broke into his gaso | line tank and later went into the store where they stole minor articles and about one hundred pennies from the cash drawer. Messrs. Shirley and L. M. Hall went to Lexington Sunday morning where they identified the goods and returned them to Camden. The two prisoners admitted the theft and stated that the Lincoln auomobile was secured in Pennsylvania. Fire Damage at Palm Beach Palm Beach, Fla., March 18.?Fire here tonight was brought under con trol after two hotels, the Breakers and Palm Beach, had been destroyed. Two small cottages were still burn ing but firemen regarded the situa tion as holding no additional danger. Property damage wbr estimated at more than $4,000,000. TORNADO TAKES HEAVY TOLL Many Dead and Injured From Storm in Middle West Chicago, March 18.?A tornado tore through southern Illinois today after lashing eastern Missouri and then caused considerable damage in Indi ana before it died out to the north east' after collecting a reported toll of 3,631 persons dead or injured on the basis of estimates available to night from the storm swept regions where communication largely was de stroyed. While darkness and prostrated wires made the collection of data dif ficult, estimates which came in through various sources with ever increasing totals placed the total dead at 957 and the injured at 2,674 be fore midnight. , The destruction'property was enormous, several towns being almost entirely wiped out and such populace places as West Frankfort and Mur physboro having lost whole blocks of buildings. In the town of Parris^only three persons were said to have es caped death or injury out of a popu lation of f>lMJ. The wind was so powerful at Pa.r rish that bodies were carried more than a mile, it was reported. At Mur physboro where the dead totaled 100, a schoolhouse was blown over the heads of 246 pupils while at DcSoto late estimates placed the dead at 100 and the injured at 300 out of a total population of 703. A achoolhouse at DcSoto was ra2ed and only three of the 250 occupants escaped unhort, while 88 bodies have already been taken from the ruin*. The latest reports say that 700 per sons were killed at ParriMh and West Frankfort alone but other informa tion placed the loss, in these towns somewhat lower. r . ? i .. " i . A-', DRIVK SOON TO RRGIN Worthy Undertaking To Ho Reg"" March 2# by American l?oglon As outlined by Mr. Tttbor to num bers of Our citizens here last week the drive to secure five million dol lars throughout the United States will begin on March 2t>th and last through the week until April 4th, when it is confidently expected the sum will be rallied. The announce ment will be made from nearly overy pulpit in the United Stutes on March ,2f)th, and with the be?t of the na tion, from president down, endorsing ?tho project, it can hardly fail. It is one of the most gigantic and laudable undertakings ever attempted by any body of men, und one that will appeal to the heart and pur80 of every man and woman. Mayor's Proclamation Whereas, the president of the United States has endorsed the ef forts of the American Legion to pro vide homes and education for the thousands of dependent children of war veterans, the care and protection of wives and widows now dependent upon charity, and the. care of incom petent and disabled veterans ol' the World war, and ^ jW': f;"-v Whereas, the governor of the state of South Carolina recognizing this great service to humanity, has called upon every" educational, civic and re ligious agency of this commonwealth to aid the American Legion in this work of brother love and good citi zenship, and has set aside the week of March 2Dth to April 1th to be de voted to the raising of funds for this program. Therefore, I, II. G. Carrison, Jr., mayor of the city of Camden, state of South Carolina, hereby proclaim the week of March 20th to April 4th, 1925, American Legion Endowment Week, And urgently recommend that all citizens and organizations of this city put forth every effort in attaining this city's quota of the $5,000,000 needed/ to carry on successfully the American Legion's national child wel fare and rehabilitation endeavors. Given this 18th day of March In the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, under my hand and the seal of the city of Camden, State of South Carolina. H. G. CARRISON, JR., ? ? Mayor. TOWN MUST GO v k Village of 1,S00 Must Make Way For . Petroleum Industry Cheyenne, Wyo., March 0.?The town of Lavoye, literally was wiped off the map of Wyoming today and its 1,500 residents deprived of their hoYHes bjr ti rullpg of Federal Judder? T. Blake Kennedy, who ordered that the entire village and its populace must be moved in order to make a_v clear path for a giant df MndttStejM; petroleum. Public buildings, business houses, homes?everything?must go, for Judge Kennedy declared that the Ohio-/ < Oil company, which leased the land on which the town is located from the government for oil development, is entitled to full possession within 60 days. On April 21, 1024, he held that the town had been established with out legal basis but did not provide for enforcement of a removal order. Today's decision means that if any sign' of the town is left in 00 days * those responsible will be subject to _ citation for contempt of court. Lavoyve is a modern incarnation of > the typical boom mining town of the old west. Prosperity has b<*qn gen eral since the town was established in li>20 and the hundreds of men cm1*** - ployed in the breathless rush for oil spent as freely as they earned. Lavoye is located in the heart of the Big Salt Creek oil fields. It puffed up between patches of alkali and sage brush almost overnight, 40 , miles north of Casper when oil drill ing called thousands of men in that vicinity. In 11)22 jt took on ^mother spurt of growing which continued un til 1023 and it still is the same hust" ling village, having one lafgc mer cantile establishment, three weekly newspapers, numerous motion picture theaters, automobile agencies and other institutions of work and play which fortune seekers demand. Like the mushroom town it is, its * buildings are flimsy?hastily thrown together shacks for the most part? and easily can be demolished. It is expected that the business interests of the town will be transferred mostly to Salt Creek, a nearby oil town. Four men who entered the national home for lepers at Carvllle, La., four years a pro have been discharged as cared. The II. S. Public Health Ser vico gay ft the men have been under close observation for a year, and na J sign of !Og~l8Pni TMLtjd. ^