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CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1925. NUMBER 21
VOLUME XXXVII.
business school opens.
... Quite a Ni? Enrollment la the
Spring" & Shannon Building. ,
Our Business School for Camdon
a, J Kershaw County opened in quar
ters in tho Springs & Shannon build
L on Broad street. Monday, with a
lendid enrollment of ambitious
1., men and young women..
We feel that this is one of the
palest assets secured for Camden
a great many years. In the past.
' ?,.r toung people have been compelled
t? go to other cities for this character
?t "raining which has taken consrfer
-,,hle money from this county, to say
/' nothing Of the inconvenience and un
>" satisfactory condition of having the
voutig folk' away from home. The
school being oponcd in Camden will
enable our young folks to live with
?nd among us while taking these
vourses and will be a great economic
advantage in that practlca ly^l the
money spent for tuition will bo kept
in Camden in the natural operation of
the school. . .
Several weeks ago, Mr. Alton H.
Perry, president, and Mr. R. U Wil
liams, vice-president, of the Georgia
Carolina School of Commerce,, with
general offices at Brunswick, Georgiat
and a main school at Goldsboro, N, C.,
visited Camden and took the matter
up with a number of leading business
mkI professional met* of our city who
were very favorably impressed with
the idea. A very careful investigation
was made of the financial and educa
tional responsibility of these gentle,
men and it was found -that they were
thoroughly responsible in every res*,
pect. The leading people of our city
have considered It a privilege to sup
port this movement and feel that
cooperation witJPtfiese gentlemen in
establishing this school will be ap
preciated by the citizenship of this
entire section, who will benefit great-j
?y by it. ? I
The city of Camden wishes to coop
erate with all cities of South Caro
lina in everything and all thnigs fori
the advantage of South Carolina*, but
when it has an opportunity of deve - 1
oping right her? at home the equal or.
better than can be secured away from
home, then Camden reserves the rig
to encourage and develop for itself
any institution for the >enefit of its
toome people. This school will enable
our business .offices to secure trained
help right at home instead of having
to send away for it, as has been the
case in the past:
In conversation with Mr. Williams,
vice-president, he stated that t e
management very greatly appreciates
the co-operation that .has been accord
ed by the entire citizenship of Cam
den, that the enrollment thus far has
exceeded expectations and that the
school is equipped and prepared o
handle a few more ptfpUs at this t)?e
if there are others who wish to take
advantage of this opportunity.
Cotton Being Ginned
Up to Thursday afternoon around
eighty-five bales of new crop cotton
had been ginned- at the ginnery ?,of
Camden oil mill. At the presen
around twenty-five bales are coming
in daily to the Camden oil mill for
winning.
Wooten Agency In New Quartern
located in the heart of Camden's
ootton market .is the handsome nevt
business home of P. M. Wooten, local
'actor in cotton and fertilisers. The
building, recently erected -under the
direction of City Engineer ^ttred,
faces north on Rutledge street and
n addition to accommodating one of
Camden's largest cotton agencies it
has supply rooms for the city water
a&d light department and storage
quarters for Schlos burg's department
*torec.
Watkins-Boykin Wedding.
While it will bring surprise to
roany, the wedding announcement of
Miss Ixmise Watkins ,to Mr. J. Oor
b^tt Boykin will none the less be
pleasantly received by their friends
in Camden and elsewhefre. Miss Wat
fcin* ig the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R. Watkin? and is A young wo
rnan held in warm admiration by all
ar.d Mr. Boykin is r valued sales
Member of the firm of Spring ft
SKannon.
After the wedding services, which
occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. McDowell on Monday evening,
couple left for points in North
r?Tolina where they will spend their
honeymoon '
Turks in Constantinople are wear
u* straw hata hwctead of the pe?k?4
1m.
CAMDE& MAN IN CHARGE.
.Mr. Whifctfer Perfecting Plana For
Polo Activitieft at HenderftonviUe.
With active work in progre&s for
several weeks on the polo field which
is being established on a 60 odd acre
tract belonging- to W. U. McAdoo on
,Kanuga road, admirably fitted for
this purpose by nature, according to
Capt. K. G. Whistler, and the grounds
(shaping up for the sowing of grass
grafts for the field . this fall, that polo
and equestrian expert is laying plans
in a general way for the season here
next year.
Since the matter has been discuss
ed ,'jpublicly, it has been found practi
cable to have the grounds so arrang
ed that there can be a perfect prac
tice field at the establishment, in ad
dition to the horse show grounds and
polo Held while the running steeple
chase course around the field )ias been
extended so as to provide practically
<a mile track, with the construct-on of
two concrete bridges, which will be
built this fall.
The large barn has been overhauled
and is in process of remodeling. It
will provide three tiers, or porches, for
spectators, while a ball room for the
two horseshow balls which will be
given each year, forty stalls for;
Worses and the "tack room," have al
ready been arranged. #
The field is being plowed and har
rowed, and as soon as it can be level
ed will be sowed in two kinds of
grassi which will assure a turf, re
gardless of what niay happen in the
way of weather.
Two polo tournaments arc planued
each season, the first to come next
year about July 12th, the second
some time in August.
GapL Whistler, who i? acting in
capacity of promoter and general
manager for the establishment, an
nounces that a riding academy will
be conducted at the field, and that he
will be on the ground to give polo
instructions. He hopes to form a po
k>,.jteara from material that may be
had here, and at Asheville.
He sees possibilities now of secur
i ing polo teams from Pinehurst, Win- ,
ston-Salem and Charlotte for the ci
vilian entries, while army- teams from
Camp Bragg, Camp Ben n ing and Fort
Oglethorpe will be brought here.
Capt. Whistler believes also that it
will be possible to get two college
teams to summer here, and is looking
forward late this fall to a trip to
Mexic6 and Texas, in which the will
secure & string of 30 or so polo ponies
which wrll be located here. ? Hender
sonville (N. C.) News.
Death of Mrs. Lipscomb ??,
Mrs. Harriott Harrington Lips
comb, widow of the late OoK Thomas
J. Lipscomb, late of Columbia, died
in Camden Friday evening, August
14, and was buried in Rosemont ceme
tery, Newberry, on Saturday, August
15.
She was in the seventy-third year
of her age and leaves surviving her
her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Victoria J.
Lipscomb and her grand children, Val
J. Lipscomb and Miss Harriett Lips
comb, all of Camden; a brother, Hugh
Harrington, of Houston, Texas, and
a sister, Mrs. Charies Kier, of
Corinth, Miss.; a niece, Mrs. Sarah
Anderson, and a nephew, Dr. Thomas
II. Hope, both of Newberry.
The body of Mrs. Lipscomb was
carried by the Evans motor hearse
to Newberry on Saturday and was
accompanied by members of the fam
ily and friends from Camden. .
Antioch School To Open.
The Antioch High School will begin
the fall term Thursday, September
3rd. All the pupils are urged to be
present on the opening day for the
special aim of the school this year;
will be regular attendance. This is a
consolidated school that has out
grown its quarters in less than three
years and it has been necessary to add
two*~clas8 rooms and a laboratory for
this year. Several busses will be op
erated on a schedule to be announced
later. The teachers for this year are: I
First grade, Miss Annie Pate; second'
and third grades, Mrs. Sarah Marsh;
fourth and fifth grades, Miss Ruth
Mr.Leod; sixth and seventh grades,
Miss Maud Pate; High School, Mrs.
Lambert DePass, Miss Mary Graham
and Mrs. Kathleen B. Watts.
Cat folk Church Services
The church services at the Catholic
church On Sunday morning, August
28, will be at 9:80 o'clock. T he pub
lie it cordially Invited to attend these
MRS. DRAWDY DEAD
W alter boro Lady Wan Mother of
Camdtn Man.
Walterboro, Aug. 10. ? Mrs.
Eugenia lliott Drawdy died at the
home of her son, H. W. Drawdy, at
Monteith, Ga., on July 28. She was
born August 3, 1850, near Stokes and
was married at an early age, moving
to Drawdy where she and her hus
band lived until about eight or nine
months ago when -they went to live
with their son in Georgia. She was
ill several months and her husband
and several of her children were at
hor bedside when the end came. She
was a member of the Methodist
church and was buried at her home
church on July 80. She is survived
by her husband and the following
children: Henry W. Drawdy of Mon
teith, Ga.; Howell E. Drawdy of Mad
ison, Fla.;' Melyin Drawdy of Jack
sonville, Fla.; Ned Drawdy of Ben
nettsville; A. Clyde Drawdy of Cam
den; D. Richard Drawdy of Savan
nah, Ga.; Mrs. Addie T. Sineth of
Rouiid; one adopted daughter, Mrs.
Ann So Mae Garvin, of Beaufort, and
one sister; Mrs. Martha Price of near
Walterboro.
Lost Air By Fire.
orcd farmer, of near Caasatt, hap
pened to the misfortune last Friday
afternoon of losing his four room
house, together with all his belong
ings. He and his wife and children
were at work in a field nearby when
smoke was seen coming from around
the roof near the chimney. Before he
could get anything out of the house
everything was burned and the family
only had what clothes they were
wearing at the time. H<? also lost
quite a supply of groceries and meats
he had stored away in the house.
Adamson had a wife and seven chil
dren and the fire hits him hard. He
| was in Camden Saturday and some of
jhis friends were making him a cash
[donation to help him get another
start.
Young Men in Wreck.
' The large Studebaker eoi&h, the
property of Mrs. W. J. P. Weeks, of
Kansas City, who has been on a visit
to relatives here, was overturned on
the highway between Monroe and
Waxhaw last Monday night and the
car quite badly damaged. Young Rob
ert Weeks was at the wheel and says
that a cloud of dust from a passing
car obstructed the view, and In <jjrder
to avoid crashing into a wagon he
stopped the car suddenly, causing it
to turn o\er. None of the five occu
pants of the car were hurt in the least
although they were pinned under
neath. In the car at the time of the
accident were Messrs. John R. Good
ale, Benton Sheorn, DeLoache Sheorn,
Robert Weeks and Capers Zemp.
Newspaper People Married.
Many here are interested in the
wedding of Mi&s Clara Chaffee Ham
mond and G. A. Buchanan, Jr., which
occurred on August 10, at 4 p. m. at
St. John's Church in Shandcon. The
bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred C. Hammond, of Columbia,
and for some tame past has held a
secretarial position on The State. She
is a member of (the Stage Society, and
has written a number of interesting
book reviews published in The State.
The groom is an honor graduate from
St. John's and later from the Univer
sity, and is now a highly thought-of
member of the reportorka.1 staff of
the Columbia State.
Mr. Myers Drawn a IaA.
A real estate man representing the
H. K. Klyce Co., of Jacksonville, Fla.,
promoters of the Rio Vista Riverview
interests being developed in that cfty,
was in Camden last week and was
giving: out fifty cards to citizens here
to be signed to take part in drawing
for free lots. Two citizens of Camden
were to get a lot apiece and Mr. U.
N. Myers, of the Broad street filling
station has been notified tH*t he was
one of the lucky holders.
In Honor of Camden Lady.
Mrs. Ladson Barnes entertained on
Wednesday eve nig at her Home on
East Mam Street, complimenting her
sister, Miss Annio Laurie Workman,
of Camden. Dancing and progressive
conversation were , enjoyed until a
late hour, after Which delicious block
cream and cake were served the
gueeta. About were present at
this deWghtfu affair. Mrs, Barnes was
asslsstfed in enteitaining by Mm An
nie Mm Neeiy^Rock Km Becert.
BETH 17 NK NEW 8 NOTBS
Item* ul Interest ?m Gathered by Our
Regular Correfr|K?n<lentt :
Bethune, S. C., Aug. 10, ? Mrs. A. J.
Smith was hostess Friday afternoon
from 5 until 7 p'elock at a miscel
laneous shower given in honor of Mrs,
P. K. Smith. The guests were enter
tained on the porch and lawn. Several
contents were enjoyed and each guest
wa^ asked to write a receipt in the
bri4e*? k. A message was received
saying there were a number of ex
press packages for the bride. These
wore brought in and proved . to be
mahy useful and beautiful gifts, De
lieibus refreshments were served
during the afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Watkins and
little son, of Ilhine, Va., are the
guestaof Mrs. Watkins' parents, Mr.
aru| Mrs. A. J. Smith.
Rev, and Mrs. J. M. For bis are tak
ing their vacation in the mountains
of western North Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Johnston, little
daughter, and niece, Louise Glass, of
Trenton, Tenn., returned to their
home last week after a month's stay
with Mrs, Johnston's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. T. Yarbrough. They were ac
companied home by Mrs. Yarbrough.
Mrs. Earle, of Pickens, Mrs. Hester
^ 'Might er, Miss Emily Hitter, of
Easley, are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. P. H. Hester. ?
I Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Eargle, of Cha
pin, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Outlaw.
Miss Ruth Kiikley, of Cheraw, is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. C. C. Padg>ett.
Miss Mildred Billings, of Lancaster,
was the guest of Mrs. I^ori ng Davis
last week.
Mr. D. T. Yarbrough made a bu&i
' nesa trip to Florida last week.
Messrs. W. E. Davis and D. J. Cly
j burn have returned from a trip
through the mountains of North Car
'olma.
| M rs. E. Z. Truesdale tc turned Sat
urday from the Columbia hospital,1
where she had been several days for
ti'eatment.
Miss Kathleen McCaskill spent
Tuesday and Wednesday in Lancas- j
ter.
Mrs. Walter Stevens and children,
of Lancaster, were visitors here Sun
day. They were accompanied home by
Miss Katherine Stevens, who has
been spending some time with Miss
Katherine Ward.
Mrs. D. M. Bethune, of Hartsville,
was the guest of relatives her? last
week.
Little Miss Julia Barrett, of Mon
roe, is the* guest of her aunt, Mrs.
Eva Morgan.
Mrs. A. J. Smith returned Friday
from a visit to her daughter In An
derson. Mrs. Smith was accompanied
home by Mr. Smith, who has been on
an extended visit itt the Piedmont
section, and also her daughter and
family, Mrs. M. Wilborn and children.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Lane, of Car
teraville, spent the week end with Mr.
and Mrs. C. L. Mays.
D. M. McNaull, of Columbia, was
the guest of Neil Truesdell last week.
Kathryne Truesdell has returned
from an extended visit to her aunt,
Mrs. Mark King, at Neescs.
Mrs. Loue Hearon entertained
Wednesday with a dinner n honor of
Mrs. Adeline Clyburn's 86th birthday.
About thirty of her friends, including
a brother and sister were present.
J Little1 Miss Margaret Truesdell
spent last week in Lancaster as the
guest of Miss Harriett Stevens. V,
A Chryatler coach occupied by A.I^
Desch and C. H. Christner en route
from the north to their home in St.
Petersburg, was wrecked near here
early Wednesday morning, when it
ran into a side ditch on the highway
about a mile east of here. The men
claim that they had both fallen asleep
when the accident occurred. Christ
ner who was on the back seat was
severely cut about the head. They
were brought to Bethune to rcceivo
medical aid and resumed their jour
ney the following day. ]
Mr?. J. P. Morgan Dead
I New York, Aug. 14. ? Mrs. Jt>hn
I Pierpont Morgan, wife of the inter
national banker, died at noon today
(at her home at Glen Cove, L. I.
Death was the result of a cardiac
collapse, the physicians said, which
came after two month's illness from
sleeping sickne**.
Laurens reports the worst drought
since the historic drought of 1846.
Trees are dying by the wholesale, this
being particularly true of dogwoods
afid trees of tbe Arab variety
-O
MAN ANl) WIFE KIM.KD.
Pal of < hHpmMii Wreaked Vengeance
on Hit* Informfro.
Murine, Ind., Auk. 14. ? Ben Hance
and his wife were shot to cleath (here
late today by a man whom Hance
identified shortly before his death as
(ieorge "Dutch" , Anderson, compan
ion of Gerald Chapman, notorious
mail robbor, who is now uuder death
Kontonco in tho Connecticut state pris
on for the murder of a New Britain,
Conn., police dfflcer.
Anderson escaped with Chapman
from the federal penitentiary at At
lanta, (?a., where he was sent for
having robbed the Unrted States mail.
The assailants are believed to have
leaped into their automobile ami to
have headed west, towards Anderson.
After he was shot Hance managed
to crawl down the road and into a
cornfield. A few minutes later a
passing motorist, coming up <>n Mrs.
Hanoe's body in tJhe middle itf the
road, aud seing the abandoned auto
mobile, stopped to investigate. He
heard Hance's feeble cries for help
and picking him up, rushed him to a
hospital where he died. Before he died
Hance named Anderson as his slayer.
The killing occurred almost in front
of the Charles Cromer farm and Mrs.
Cromer was an eye witness to the
tragedy. Cromer immediately tele
phoned for Marshal Booher of Middle
town.
"He stayed at my home. 1 told on
him. They shot me ? Charles Wolfe
and Dutch Anderson." -
4, "Who arc you?" asked the police
officer. >.
"Ben Ilance," tihe dying man re
plied.
"Did you know Gerald Chapman ?"
the officer asked.
"Don't ask me." Hance returned. .
It is known that members of the
Chapman gang had been sworn to ob
tain vengeance on Hance for giving
information which led to tho arrest of
"the prince of bandits." '
Mrs. Hance has lived in dread of
being murdered ever since her hus
band informed the poHco . of Chap
man's whereabouts. < ,
On several occasions while her hus
band was away she called up police
headquarters' asking for protection,
asserting that her home was being
-watched.
That Anderson has been in the vi
cinity of tihis city has been known by
police for some time and every effort
was being made to close the net about
thim at the time of the killing. It is
the theory of the police officials that
Hance probably had other informa
tion tending to incriminate the gang
and that he was killed to close (his
moutK." ~ :
Mrs. Cromer, the only eye-witness
?to the killing , told the following
story:
"Three machines were coming down
?the road, one a coupe carrying an
Ohio license, a large red automobile
and the Hance car. The red machine
passed the two machines almost in
front of my house. It was then that
the shooting occurred in the coupe
pulled up in front of the Hance
home. Mrs. Hance was first to alight
from' the machine. She was barefoot
ed*. Her husband came out a second
later. A few words were exchanged
and the banditf shot. Mrs. Hance fell
dead with a Bullet through her head.
" Hance and a man supposed to be
Anderson began wrestling in the road.
iSeveral shots were tired."
' The murderers left at once, and ac
cording to other farmers, drove soutn
and ?ast from the scene of tihe trage
dy at a high rate of speed.
Mr. Rcffi* Goes to Colombia
Mr. Hubert Reese, who has been
with the W. Robin Zemp Drug store
for the past year, as pharmacist, has
resigned his position here and left
Monday for Columbia where he has
purchased an interest in the Taylor
Drug Co., a well established drug
firm of the capital city, where he
will be associate dwith Dr. A. \V.
Taylor as junior partner. Mr. Reese
has made many friends in Camden
during his Rtay here who will wish
him well in his now venture. Mr.
Ree?e r not unknown to Columbians,
he having been associated with Hud
gens drug store and the Taylcr drug
store for several years. Mrs. Reese
win remain in Camden for several
months before making her home in
Columbia. Mr. Reese will be suc
ceeded at the Zemp store by Mr.
Floyd, of Heath Springs.
Russian goods sent to Great Britain
and Northern lrtlfdak^ |Mr were
valued ot nearly $100,900,000.
RANK "BURGLAR" CAPTURED
Colored I rtliin Cause* Police No Rnd
uf Trouble.
A mite oC humanity in the person
of Kirkland Campbell, an elcveu-yoav
old negro youth, proved to bo tho
"burglar" that had entered two of
tho Camden banks ami caused tho po
lice department a lot of trouble and
annoyance.
About three weeks ago th? irop
door of the Hank of Camden wax
loft unlocked and entrance was made
through the back door by breaking
through a' small wooden panel and
two rovQlvera and a purse belonging
to a lady was stolen. Tho Sunday
nipht. following the First National
Bank was entered in a similar man
ner and a small amount of money
and a revolver was taken. The doov
was temporarily patched up and po
lice officers slept in tho building for
three weeks with tho hope that the
intruder would return, and Chief
Whitakor was rewarded and surpris
ed when he captured the small "bur
glar" abbut eight o'clock Wednesday
evening.
The lad came clean and confessed
to all the thefts and stated that ho
had spent the money. He told that
he had given his father one of the
ipistols saying that he had found it
near an automobile wreck. Tiho sec
ond revolver was found hidden in the -
?boys home in a barrel of oats and the
third weapon was located near Shop
?ard where he had given it to a kins
man. ?
He said that he had been watching
|)oth 'front and back of the banks
Until the force had left and wrould
enter between sunset and dark. The
police looking for largtr game
thought that he would enter during
tho middle of tho night and in this
way had missed him on his visits.
The boy states that he is the son
of Zack Campbell who re sides on n
farm ? few miles west of Camden
and that ho had been slipping away
from home in the afternoons and that
no one ? not even his parents ? knew
that he had been doing the robbery.
He stated that ho had been reading
of his robberies in The Chronicle.
The lad i? too small for the chain
gang and will very likely be sent to
the reformatory.
John Temple Graves Deud.
John Temple Graven, the Southern
writer, died at his home in
ton Saturday of last week. ,rHe had
been in* ill health for sevoral week*
of a complication of diseases, the .
most serious of which was hardening
of the arteries. His condition took
a turn for the worse several days
ago, at which time his family wa*
summoned.
John Temple Graves was the grand
son of William, the oldest brother of
John C. Calhoun, and his father,
James Porterfleld Graves wan a gen
eral in the Confederate army.
. He was a distinguished member of
the Southern literary group.. He was
graduated from the University of
Georgia in 1876, after winning a col
lege reputation as a debater. His in
clinations for oratory contimied and
he became known throughout the na
tion as a speaker of the first rank,
as a writer and as a editor.
In 1905 Colonel Graves entered the
campaign for the senate from Geor
gia, but withdrew on account of ill
health. He was a candidate for the
national Independent Party for vice
president in 1908.
Among the editorial posts held by
Col. Gravea were those on the Old
Virginia Union, The Atlanta Daily
Journal, Rome (Ga) Tribune, Atlanta
Georgian, New York American and
West Palm Beach Post. In addition
he contributed to many other publi
cations.
Col. Graves was 69 years old and
was born in Abbeville county, S. C.
Funeral services and burial were
held in Atlanta on Monday. Inter
ment in Park View cemetery.
CITY SCHOOLS TO OPKN.
Formal Opening Date Set For Mon
day, September 7th.
We have been requested by Prof. J.
G. Richards, Jr., superintendent of the
Camden City Schools, to announce
that the schools of District No. 1
will open on Monday, September 7tb.
Examinations will be held on Fri
day and Saturday, of the previous
week for these pupils who failed on
subjects and who* did not attend the
awrawr school #w9d in the av
school huildix*