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CAMDEN CHRONICLE " 1 " ???.??L.J. f.'.l.. 'L. ... .. !f ...? LJfJ.g"..'.'.'!. . jja' J. 1 .L ? ..Ul.. . . .JKJtl.J J- 1 VOLUME XXXVII. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1825. ?'?Jul. . . u; .11 . . . NUMBER 37. (.KOKUIANS capture thievks fivu Men Prov* To Be Men Who Kn tered Store at Blaney 'j (Monday's State) almost $1,000 *orth of ifeneral merchandise, seven double barreled AhotKUns, five pistols and si* cartons ,,f cigarettes bearing South Carolina Uxisinoss license revenue stamps were captured by officers of Alma, Ga., yesterday morning, and it is thought by polio? circles of Columbia that the xtock of goods are the properties of merchants who have suffered various robberies in the Palmetto state. Five white men are now in the Alma pail ;ind are being held for investigation in connection with the vast amount of wares taken by the Georgia police. I Chief F. S. Strickland of 'the city , police department received a message last night from Alma authorities that the merchandise had been taken into custody and that it was. the opinion of the Georgia police that some of the goods belonged to South Carolina, judging from the tax stamp- oiMhcj cigarettes. During the last few- weeks a num ber of stores have been entered and pilfered in the vicinity of Columbia. The city and rural forces have been checking and rechecking in an en deavor to capture some of the thieves. According to information received by a reporter for The State in a con versatioh with authorities in Alma, j none of the white men except one will rtvoal his identity. One says thai his name is Rowl and that his home is at Schenectady, N. Y, The others have nothing to say. Judging from the brogue of the five white men,, declares the Alma authorities, all are natives ^of the North. The men were arrested yes terday morning when a neighbor on the outskirts of Alma complained to the sheriff of the county that' some huntsmen were disturbing the peace of the Sabbath. The sheriff arrested the quintet while they were shooting birds, and later examined the two j automobiles ik which they were trav- j eling. It was then that,., he located! the merchandise and the remainder of the weapons which tlVe huntsmen were not using. One of the cars was a Maxwell sedan and the other a Ford. According to the men's fetorjr to J Alma officers, they purchased the j merchandise from a negro . Saturday , night. Coming to the Geotgiav city yesterday morning, they declared, they decided to indulge in a little j hunt before continuing on their jour- ; oey southward. I Upon receiving the message of thgJ Alma officers' capture, Chief Strick- , land, Sheriff T. Alex Heise, Chief J., I). Dunaway of the rural police forces,^ Detectives W. Rawlinson, S. b. . Shorter, M. C. Allen. and Robert r. Broom? all of them held a conference and recalled various robberies that nave been committed in the Capita City and Richland county in recent times. ~ ' The officers are hoping that the Alma "catch" will be responsible in placing some of the goods that ave been stolen, and they are in^ direct touch with the Georgia authorities in( the matter of identifying the mer handise. / I The merchandise includes shoes, hats, underwear and various other ar ticles. The pistols are of several makes, and all of the shotguns ?re double barreled.' lio well Identif ieti Good* (Wednesday's State) A telegram from E. T. Bowen .of H' Blaney ?) Mercantile company, vhich was fobbed Friday night, was yesterday received tyy T. Alex Heise, heriff of Richland county, stating hat he had identified the merchan dise captured at Alma, Oa., Sunday morning as the same goods that had keen taken from the Blaney store. Mr. Bowen gave the. name of the live men charged with taking the merchandise as Sam Cody, Joe Karal, A. B. Rush, Bill Gap and Mike ' hompson. i '? The quintet of men were arrested -n the outskirts of Alma last Sunday morning for shooting on the Sabbath, ?md upon the return to their automo bile the merchandise, valued at $1,000 was located by the Georgia officers. A telegram was received in Columbia, md it wad largely through the efforts f>( the city and T Richland county police that the iBlaney company re vived information . of the capturad troodt. v ?nto a paste and is considered a food . . , , ; ; wfc-s ? ' TOURIST SEA80N OPENS Hotels Have Many (jurat* For Early Part ot' the Season i . i N | \ -W ? . ! Mr. and Mfs. Augustus Floyd, of New York, have returned to Camden for another winter season and are oc cupying the Stephen Hobinson home, corner of Lyttleton and Green streets. Messrs. D. I*. Sagef N. Potter and W. H. fiowell, prominent sportsmen of New York, are the guests this week of Mr. Allen J. Boy kin at the Woodstock hunting club. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur P. Russell, of Hingham, Mass., arrived in Cam den on Tuesday and are at Hobkirk Inn for an extended stay. Mr. Russell is vice-president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. Former Judge R. W. Winston, well known North Carolina jurist and writer is at Hobkirk Inn for his second annual visit. Amon^ other early arrivals at the Hobkirii are Mrs. J. Bardsley and Miss Damerel, of Montclair, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. R. G. VanName, of New Haven, Conn.; Judge R. W. Winston, Washington, I). C.; Louis Sledge, Rev. and Mrs. Hvancis Little, New York City; Dr. Peter C. Cornell, I. 11. Oishei, of Buffalo; Ieuan. IJarrit, Geneva, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. W. Whitney Ball, Kenneth W. Ball, Mifts Phillis Ball, of Philadelphia, Pa.; ? Mrs. Henry C. Thacher, Miss Eliza-; betb Anderson, New York City; C. D. Stimson, ? William C. Butler, Wash ington; Mr. and Mrs. E. . C. Cook, Minneapolis; Miss Turner Chester, Connecticut; Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bol ton, Mrs. D. Z. Norton, Laurence Nor ton, of Cleveland; Mrs. Grace Swett, Miss Ruth Doris Swett, of Vermont. Amonp the arrivals at the 4Court Inn are Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Massey, Bayside, L. I.; Miss Isabella Law* rence, Mrs. H. W. Casler, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Nesbitt, of New York City; Mr. and Mrs. William Nichols, Jr., of .Oyster Bay, N. Y.; F. M. Ellery, of Rochester N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. F. *A. Fitzgerald, Roselle, N. J.; Phillip K. Brice, of Philadelphia; Mrf, A. Sharpe Hunter, Utica, N. Y.; J. A, Vandergrift, Oakland, Cal.; Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Rhodes, Kansas City, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. A. D, Partridge, Bedford, N. Y.; Judge Isaac M. Cap per, Brooklyn*. N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Baker, Scarsdale, New York; Miss Mary 'I. * Starr, Springfield, Mass, Christensens Go Into Bankruptcy Charleston, Dec. 4. ? Voluntary pe titions in bankruptcy have been filed in United States Eastern District court by F. H. Chri'stensen and Niels Christensen, of Beaufort, the former listing debts as $92,030 and assets as $32,070.25 and the latter listing debts as $01,633.14 and assets as $23, 583.70. ? - Community Market to Open at Ten Beginning Saturday, December 12, the community market will open at 10 o'clock. The clubs will put on a Christmas sale December l^lth. Some of the articles to be offered are dressed tur keys, dressed hens, fryers, fresh country butter, pork, sausage, eggs and all kinds of canned goods, cakes of every kind, home-made bread, can dies, pies, white and whole w^heat bread. * <fThere will also be a good line of hand mfcde articles such as children's clothing, aprons, dresses and all kinds i of fancy work. Holly wreaths and I mistletoe will be for sale. Anyone wishing to order a dressed turkey for Christmas will please. see thexmarket secretary. Mrs. Ella Hough, Sec. : Hope Abandoned. Key West, Fla., Dec. 7.? ^Practically all hope has been abandoned for the finding of the steamer Cotopaxi after an exhaustive search by coast guard vessels from Norfolk to Cuba, which left^fcharleston on Sunday, November bound fOFTTavana, with -a cargo -of coal, and which has not been heard from since last Tuesday, when S. O. S. signals were received from the vessel, it was revealed here tonight. It is believed that the steamer fell a victim to the tropical storm which swept up the Atlantic coafet, although there is the possibility that members of he^crew, numbering 30 men, were picked up by a passing vessel. The hope that the crew Was saved is only slight, however,^ since the elapse of Ttonsiderable time has failed to bring word from any of them. Old Fiddlers* Convention. An old time fiddlers' convention will be held in the school auditorium at Kershaw on Friday evening, De cember 18th, beginning at 8 o'clock, promptly. Thirty dollar* in cash prizes will be given by the judge*. The proceeds of entertainment will go towards the purchase of a piano for the school. An admission fee of fifty cents will be charged for adults and twenty-five cents for children. _ Straight roads that offer an op-j portunity for speeding art mora dan f?ro*e than curved roads; according to Wisconsin fifum. TRODS A GOLDEN PATH I ; ' ' Famous Pout ball IMiyer's ProfitH Near Half Million Mark Nnv York, Dec. 7.<? | "Red" Grange tn>d a golden path in his spectacular wet k- end to New York. The former hero of college grid irons, now starving as a professional with the Chfcago Bears, left the city ?this afternoon for Washington to ful-, fill a pluying engagement there' to ?morrow, after realizing close to $400, 000 here vrlthin the short . space of twenty-four, hours on his fame and name. The climax c>f Grange's, financial operations, now as seusational as any of his performances on the football field, was the signing of a motion pic ture contract today under whiNa he was handed a check for $300, 000, representing u flat guarantee for his first appearance on the screen. In addition, Grange was paid $36, 001) for participating in the 19 to 7 victory scored by his Bears over the New York Giants yesterday at the Polo Grounds before a record crowd | of 75,000 and received $40,000 more ' from Metropolitan business concerns I obtaining his endorsment for sweat i ers, dolls, caps, shoes, tobacco and ? souvenirs. Grange gained about 156 yards i during his short afternoon's ' work against the Giants so that his share t of the gate receipts reprsented $240 for each yard he advanced. The i amount he received for his game here was Nearly double that for any.<prev ious engagement and brought his total ^estimated revenu from actual playing to about $90,000. All told, Grange has accumulated close to $500,000 since he left the University of Illinois two weeks ago, immediately following his last col lege game against Ohio State, and'' joined professional ranks. ( The remarkable earning power at tached' to his name and prowess has | had no equal in professional athletiq ranks. Not even Babe Roth, in his palmiest days as the idol of baseball fans, commanded the financial return of Grange. Ruth's annual salary with the Yankees for several years has ben $52,000 while other interests are not believed to have increased this beyond $100,000 for any single sea> son. I Grange's movie contract was ne gotiated by his manager, C. C. Pyle, with W. E. Shallenberg, president of the Arrow Pictures Corporation of New York. Red will start work on his first picture about March 1, 1926, after completing a transcontinental tour with the Bears. - Following the game in -Washington tomorrow, Grange and his team mates journy to Boston for a battle with the Providence Steam Rollers Wednesday. TWenty-five 'games altogether remain on the Bears' schedule, the itinerary taking them to Florida and thence across the .. country to the Pacific coast, where the tour will wind up about the middle of February. TO RETIRE FROM BUSINESS Lewis & ChristmaH Company Now, In Hands of New Owners The Lewi's and Christmas Company, grocery merchants,, on Wednesday sold out their business interests after, nineteen years' of successful opera tion. * ? J. It was first established January 1, 1907, with J. P. Lewis . and J. E. Christmas as partners. A lew years ago J.-G. McCaskill was taken into the firm and Messrs. I^ewis and Christmas have sold their interests to Messrs. J. G. McCaskill, Nv. Claude West and W. M. Lollis, who will op erate this store in the future. Mr. Lewis and Mr. Christmas have enjoyed a large patronage and have been very successful in their business dealings. Both of these gentlemen will devote their time in the future to their farming interests.' Newberry County Boy Winner. Atlanta, Dec. 8. ? Willie Pat Bolatid, of Pomaria, Newberry County, S. C., has been awarded the silver cup offer ed by the Southern Railway System to the producer of the best ten ears of Vorn exhibited at any of the eigh teen state and district fairs held du ring the past fall. States represented in the contest Were Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Missis sippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. Missionary Society To Meet g The Woman's Missionary society of the Camden Baptist church will meet in the ehndi Tuesday after noon December 15, at 4 o'clock. TO ADVKKTI8E THIS STATE ( .. ' . , Committee Appointed Tu Investigate Exploitation of State's Advantage* Columbia, pec, 7, -"th# conference! Of representatives of the press, bank, era and commercial secretaries of the state, after going ou record as be: lieving South Carolina needs exploita tion, at their meeting here today, ap pointed a sub-committee to investi gate and report back on the feasibil ity of a state advertising campaign. The sub-eommitte, on motion of August Kohn, of Columbia, offered as an amendment to a motion by S. L.? Latimer, Jr., also of Columbia, will be composed of the president and vice-president of each of the three organizations ? the South Carolina Press '-Association* the South Carolina Bankv^s' Association and the South Carolina Commercial Secretaries' As sociation, It will have a meeting of the full body, composed of the execu tive committees of the three organiza tions when it is ready to report. ? Robert Lathan, of Charleston, and 8. II. Peace, of Greenville, represent the press association on the sub committee; Harry IV Calhoun, of Barnwell, and G. \V. s. Duval, of Chevaw, t-he bankers, and J. P. Moon, of Newberry, and II. K. Fox, of Dav | lington, the secretaries. COLUMBIA STATE CHAMPION. \ ? " ? GilfTney Defeated in Freak Contest By 24 to 0. Columbia, Dec. 5. ? Columbia High School, lower State champions^tswolit their way over Gaffney High to the State title here today by the decisive score of 24 to 0. The score, however, fails to show tho fighting power of the upstate champions. It was a game full of fumbles and queer breaks, most of whieH fell to Columbia. And how much effect that had on the score is shown by the fact that of Columbia's total of twenty-four points* six were ron intercepted passes *ind twelve were the direct result of fumbles. "Stick" McCarley, Columbia fullbaO|k, accounted for the remaining six, three of which were points after touchdowns and three scored by a field goal. ~ The vesuits of the game are many. Besides giving Columbia a clear title to the state championship, it entities' the Capitals to meet Richmond Acad emy of Augusta, Ga. for the Georgia , South Carolina title; it marks the 'second consecutive ?ime Columbia has won the state title from Gaffney; it was the occasion of "Stick" . McCar ley*8 si*?eenth consecutive goal after touchdown', and* it brought Ben "Clary of Gaffney to the front as the out standing player of the game. Oyster nad Chicken Supper. There wilVbe an oyster and chicken supper at the hom6 of Mr. G. W. Ra bon (between Lugoff and Rabon Cross Roads) Friday night, December 11th, beginning at seven o'clock. The pro ceeds to go for the benefit of Spring Vale Church. The public is invited. Lugoff Association Held Meeting The regular monthly meeting of the Lugoff School Improvement associa tion was held in the school house at Lugoff last Tuesday; After the busi ness session an interesting program was given as follows: ?Poem, by Mrs, Team Gettys; piono ?.oIo, Miss Lillian Hill; Current Event*, by Mrs. L. I. Guion. Refreshments were served by Mrs. D?)G. Dellinger and Mrs. Victor Wttrd. -The next> -meeting of this As sociation will be held on Thursday, December 17. Marriages Mr. Columbus Hazel Horton and Miss Dora hrene Cunningham, bpth of Westville, were married on Decem ber 5th, at the home of Probate Judge W. L. McDowell. Mr. Charlie Joe Rpbon and Miss Daisy Medlin, both of Lucknow, were married Wednesday morning by Judge of Probate VV. L. McDowell. * If ^ Look here Camden People Ain't This True? If you buy clothes, groc ~ erics, shoe*!, hats, frills ? and furbelows from out of town merchants, the Cam den merchant can't stay in business ? he'll fade away ? his creditors will get him- or else. Result: vacant stores, falling real estate values, no local business. ^ Regardless of who or what yo? are, if you make your living in Camden or own property her?, this will ultimately cost you money ? iwe * mean real money. ^ BI.AKKNKY PROMOTKO ? ? ' . 'I Camden Man Made Agency Supvrin* tendent With Offices in Atlanta The following is taken from The Insurance Field, of November 26. The -Field is. a publication in the in terest of insurance men. M[r. Blake ney is a native of Camden and has had headquarters in this city for the past few years, His friends in Cam don will be delighted to know of his promotion: . "Southern Manager Hen I. Simpson j of the North America interests an nounces the appointment of James; W. Blakeney, formerly special agent for South Carolina, as agency super intendent in the department office in (Atlanta, effective December 1. "Mr. Blakeney has been associated with the North America for the last five years, having been appointed special agent for South Carolina in lff?0, Prior to that time he was Ala-] bama special agent for the Great American. Flis first position was with the. reinsurance department of j the Southern department of the Royal, where he began in 1011, ltyiv irig in 4914 to become assistant to Assistant Secretary %A D. Ix?gg at the home office of the Citizens of ; Baltimore. . "From 1.01 <r? through 1017 he was j assistant to Jefferson Pearcc, in ! charge the Southern department 1 at the home office of the Great Amer- 1 1 ican and in 1017 was made Alabama special agent for that conipAhy. "Since the retirement of former As sistant Manager Ashby E. Hill, who i resigned last summer to become man- j ager for the Southern department of I the Travelers Fire, Mr. Blakeney has | spent the greater part?of his time in the Atlanta office. With his appoint- ! ment the executive offices of the Southern department are completed, with Manager Simpson, Assistant Manager F. E. McLeod and Agency Superintendents W. E. Treadway and ! Blakeney." BIG STAKES ON BRIDGE > ? ? . i $500 Per I>ay If They I>o and $500 Per Day If They D^n't ~ Columbia, Dec. 4. ? A race against time with stakeB of $500 a day to be won or lost was inaugurated by the State Highway Department today in letting the contract for a temporary bridge over Broad river. The con struction, whose completion is expect-! ed to set a speed record in this part' of the country, will replace the hist- j ( oric bridge at the edge of .Columbia J ? on highway No. 2, which was destroy- j ' ed by fire Sunday^ * E. L. and W. B. Sgmmersett, Col umbia cohtractors, accepted the terms l proposed and agreed , to erect the bridge, 1,050 feet long, within forty? seven days from midnight tonight, Sundays and holidays included, at a cost of $28,146. For ^every day under the forty-seven that the bridge is completed the firm will . 'receive a bonus of $500, but for every day in excess ,of the specified time they will be penalized $500. Actual building of the bridge is scheduled (o get un der way after seven days. Sheriff T. Alex Heise, upon being asked for his attitude ii^ the event the contractors desired to work d'n Sun day, said tfoat public sentiment would not countenance regular operations on Sunday, but if midnight of a Sat urday found the contractors with some work under way . that might be subject to damage if not finished, he would permit the finishing of that work. The oiily exception made in the agreement in the counting of every day Was that if by a rise in the river to more than three fee? above its present level the placing of the rock cribs, should be prevented, the time thus lost would be excluded in the count of days to completion of the job. B. B. Clarke, Jr., PaaaeH Examination Columbia, Dec. 4. ? Twelve of seven teen candidates who took the Novem-j bor examination for the State Barj passed and will be sworn in Monday | Vnorning at 10 o'clock, it was an nounced today. The successful candidates were: i John Adger Manning, Columbia; ) Thomas H. Middleton, Charleston; , Moultrie Dwigfot Douglas, Winnsboro; T. R. Gregory, Lancaster; B. B. Clarke, Jr., Camden; Robert L, Bal-, lentine, Anderson; D. R. Cain, Green- j ?ille; Moses H. Levy, Manning; Frederick D. AlcV, Charleston; J .? O.j Williams, Etsley; J. P. Padgett, ro, and Charles E, P? BKTIIl'NK NEWS NOTKS Items of Interest as (?athvri'd By Our Regular Correspondent ?-, : <> IK-hunc, S. 9.? A rt^t.'pt ion was tendered the football boys in >the high school building Ffklay even into The guests included Coacb L. Flow ers, members of the football tMttfi members of the high school faculty and Mr. Charles Levenson. Each guest was given the privilege of inviting one person. Pqnch and cake w^re served by a bevy of high school girls. Music, both vocal and instrumental, was fur nis'hed throughout the evening. Stunts wero entered into and enjoyed and ? splendid talk was made by Superin tendent J. 0. Foster. At the beginning of the school Mr. - Hen LeVenson, a merchant of this place, whose business Is conducted by his brother, Charles Levenson, an nounced that, he would award eleven prizes to tj?e football boys, ranging front best down to the hooby prize. Mr. Flowers announced the winners of these prizes and Mr. Levenson ex tended an Invitation to visit his store and receive their reward. The winner of block "B" was also announced. The irirls basket ball team of An tioch near Camden played the Bethune u am here Ft Ulay afternoon The score was 51 to 1, in favor of the home team. Mr. ami Mrs. Lonnie Waters of* Route three have moved into the W. A. McDowell residence. An elaborate turkey dinner was served Friday at the home of Mrs. W. II. Ilearon in honor of Mrs. Hea ron'S birthday anniversary. Covers were laid for thirty-five. Guests were prelent from Bishopville, Hartsyille, and other places . Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McLaurin at tended" the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. King in McBee Saturday evening. 4 < ? Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Stevens of Lan caster, were visitors here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Wilson and little daughter, of 'Columbia, were guests of relatives here Sunday. They were accompanied by Mrs. Wilson's niece, Miss Mary McLaurin of Chieora Col lege. The annual election of officers ot Order of Eastern Star was held Wed nesday afternoon and the following new officer^ were elected: Assistant Matron, Mrs. A. K. McLaurin; Con ductress; Miss Stella Bethune; Secre tary, Mrs. E. Z. TnwsdoHv The other officers are to be appointed by the Worthy Matron, Mrs. M. G. King. Misses Gussie Hough and Susiq. ?Mae Bateman of Kershaw and Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Yarbrough, of Elloree, were guestjj of Mr. K. T. Estridge and children Sunday. '? o Mr. Frank Hart of Columbia, grand., secretary, visited the Bethune Mason ic lodge Wednesday evening. Mrs. Powe, who teaches in the primary department here, was the ' week-end guest of her sister in Col-> umbia. Cleo Ilorton, son of M^ H. Horton, who Hves three miles above here, shot and killed an eagle Wednesday that" measured six feet and eleven- inches : from" tip to tij) of outstretched wings-. The eagle was on the ground eating'1 a turkey and when seen on exhibition .? here still hold a pieco of the meat . in its beak. About a year ago Mr. : W. R. Rozie.r of this place killed an eagle on his father's plantation on Lynches creek about three miles from here. Miss Lois King entertained a num ber of boys and girls of the younger set at her home Monday evening com plimentary to her nineteenth birthday . anniversary. A sweet course was;; served by the hostess. Mrs. John McSween of Darlington is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. W. E. Davis. ? a > ? Mr. and Mrs. Steve Lane of Car tersville spent , Sunday with Mrs. Lane's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Mayes. Mrs. B. B. Blakely returned -to her home in Clinton Sunday after a visit of several weeks 'with her daughter, Mrs. T. R. Bothune. Mra. A. K-. Mcl/aurin and daughter, Miss Mary McLaorin. frritf Hrn. fi M. Wilson were guesta of Idftss Katherine Ward at Coker college Sunday after- i noon. Four young men were arrested and taken to Camden Tuesday for having in their possession a 1 sport model Buick automobile bearing a Massa chusetts tag, which is said to have been stolen from Tampa, Fla.^ The men were taken to the county Jail by Mayor M. T. King and Policeman Pate. The car is being held here and is in good condition. ? To Meet In Camden , ? Mrs*. T. J. Mauldin, of Pickens, who has served *as registrar for the past y<*Hv an4 been, prominent in the organization, was elected presi dent of the South Carolina Division of the United Daughters of the Con- , fedpracy, at the closing session of the annual convention last Thursday. The annual convention next year will be held at Camden, the invitation having been extended to the Daugh ters by Mrs. N. R. Goodale, of this city, and the invitatloti was unani ' mously accepted. 11 1 Tf" ? Dr. F. G. Banting, ftribous for hi* work #ith diabetei, believes that the'" emitimied use Of insulin will not only alleviate this disease bo4 cure it