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? > " - 1 NUMBER 41 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1?26. NEWS OF OUR TOURISTS AND K1RKWOOU SOCIETY The first Sporting event of Cam den's winter season, a most success ful gymkhana was held, on New Year's day on the Kirkwottfl pojo field.. Mr. Godfrey Preece and his assistants deserve great credit for this interesting exhibition, which brought out a very large number of spectators. Fortunately the weather had moderated, and the sun was *hin ?ag so that it was ideal for the out door events. It was really surprising to most of us to see how many strangers there are in town, for Considering the early date the attendance was very K<ood. Parking space and grand stand were, well filled. Amusing contests, consisting of potato, eg? and spoon,, and barrel and costum? races caused much mer riment, and the riding was especially fine. Mrs. Dwight Partridge, Miss Marion Ticknor, Mm. Foster, Miss Knapp and Miss James deserve spec ial mention, as does also Shannon Blackwell who took first prize as the host boy rider. Mrs. Partridge car rit?f off several blue jribbons and other prize winners included Mr. i'eerleas, C. Rhame, Terence, and Stuart Preece and Miss Jenny. Polo will start very soon, probably the end of this week' as players are <oming in rapidly. The number of fine ponies here is large. Mr. Preece's list is especially attractive. Mr, A. P. Russell of Hingham, Mass., who is spending the winter at Hobkirk Inn has purchased two fine saddle horses for his use this winter. Mr. Russell who is vice president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, with Mrs. Russell was among the early reason arrivals. Real estate men report a good de mand for cottages this season and with few exceptions all have been rented. Mrs. Fletcher and Mrs. Charlton of Vermont, who for several winters have occupied Miss Young's home, are this winter in the Bull cottage. Mr. R. E. Danfurth is in owe of the small Cook bungalows; Mr. Walter Hoopes of Westchester, Pa., S*Jias leased the large house owned by Mr. < ook on upper Broad street and will move, into it this week.* The Robert Thornes are expected from Chicago to be in their house and Mr. T. McKee Graham, of Sewickley, is in the Peake'home. Miss Mary Perkins is passing the winter with Dr. . and Mrs. Proctor, and Mr. Griswold Perkins oT Lyme, Conn., is with Mrs. Edward DuBose. Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Olcott of Nor wich, Conn.,. and Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Daingerfield and Miss .Gwendolyn Daingerfield, of New York, are season quests of Mi*s Olive Whitredge. Miss Charlotte Campbell who has t>een with her sister, Mrs. H, Gr. Mar vin, at Hobkirk <?' Inn, returned on Monday to her home in Washington, and Jimmie Campbell left for his school in East Hampton, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Chase are motoring from Middlefield, Conn., to visit Captain and Mrs. Dwight Part^ Tidge and are expected the end of the week. " * "? ' Mr. Stephen Bull has come down from Racine, Wisconsin, bringing with him a dozen fine polo ponies for play this winter. 1 '? ' ? -m . ? Mr. iand Mrs. William Day of New Haven, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gabler of Pelham Manor, and -Miss Graze Mc Kenzie and Miss Elisabeth Coffin, of N ah tucket, are recent arrivals at the Court Inn. * Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Caulkins, of Middletowii; Mrs. Henry Pearce of Cleveland; Mr. and Mrs. Wr C.Shel don, of New York; and Mrs. K. B. vVilcox, of Albany, are recent arrivals ?it ?the Kirkwood. . J * > ? Mr. Ransom F. Carver, of Brook-, line, who has many warm friends in Camden is spending a few days at Hobkirk Inn. ; . Reverend' Francis Little, formerly rector of Grace Church, Brooklyn, and Mrs. Little, who have been for some time at Hobkirk Inn will leave this week for Asheville, N. Next Friday, January fifteenth at 2:30 p.m. the opening meeting of a series of "Coffee Talks" on interest ing topics which Mrs. Winkler is to hold at the Woman's Exchange, will commence. Judge Winston will speak at the first meeting on "Personal Recollections of Walter Hines Page. Marriage Mr. Oscar J. Anderson and Miss Minnie Marie Gardner, both of Cam den, were married on Saturday last, January 2, by Judfe of Probate W. L. McDowell* t Gloftraflaptr Mr. Howard T. Glover of Salisbury, N. C., and Mist Rhoda Ann Finger, of Harmony N.\ C., wefe married fry 'od*e W. L. McDowell on Monday, J?ttoary i. MOTOR COMPANY CHANG KS W. T, Redfearn of L?nc?iit?r to Have Ford Agency at Camden The ? Kershaw Motor Compauy, operated here for a number of years under the management of Mr. 1). S. Trapp, will in a few days pass into the hands of Mr. W. T. Red f earn of Lancaster. The force is new busy taking stock and as soon as this is completed the new owner will take charge. , \ Mr. Redfearn was formerly In busi ness in Kershaw and later had charge of the Redfearn Mdtor Com pany at Lancaster. He fend his wife will move to Camden where they will reside. ? ?, An entire new force in both the office and mechanical part will be employed by Mr. Redfearn? most of them coming from other towns and being experienced men in all depart ments of Ford agencies. Mr. C. M. Graves, formerly of Pagelafld, but more recently with Mr. Redfearn at Lancaster, will have charge of the bookkeeping department. ' v Mr. Tr&pp has not , fully decided where he will locate, but states that he will continue in the Ford business in some other town. ?; BETHUNE NEWS NOTES Items of Int^Mt u Gathered By Our Regular Correspondent ? L? Bethune, S. C., Jan. 6.-^-School opened Monday morning after a sus pension of nearly two weeks for the Christmas holidays. A r number of new pupils have been Enrolled. The kitchen of the home, v economics de partment has been .fully equipped with new aluminum ware and tanles. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Bethune held Friday morning the same officers were re elected to serve-during the ensuing year. A five per cent dividend was declared. Announcements have been received here of the marriage of Mias Lillie Mae Bailey of Mullins to Mr. Ernest Ray Poston bt Andrews on January 2. Miss Bailey lived here, when a child, with her father, Rev. S. D. Bailey, Who was pastor of the Methodist church for several y^ars. Married on December 24, Mi&s Blanche Ellis to Mr. Robert Hall of McBee. On December 31, Miss Nora Tolbert was married to m. Busic McQuaig, both of this place. Mrs. D. T. Yarbrough is 'the guest of her brother, Mr. A. T. Bethune, in, Belmont, N. C. ?/ , Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Wilson ot Col umbia are receiving congratulations from their frien"3s upon the arrival of a won, December 31, at the home of Mrs. Wilson's mother, Mrs. Louie Kelly. , ' . Mr. and Mrs. C / H. Wall of .An drews were guests of Mrs. Wall's parents, Mr. and, Mrs. M. O. Ward, during the holidays. Miss Marguerite Clyburn, of Kfr shaw, was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Loring Davis, last week. Miss Rum Kirkley, a student in the Bethune high school, spent the holi days with her parents near Qheraw. Mr. Mayo Davis attended the Snow Segars wedding at Georgetown Thurs day. Little Ruby Gold Pate of Jefferson spent a few days with relatives here last week. Mr. P. H. Hester was taken to the Columbia hospital Saturday where he underwent an operation , s -Monday morning. Mr. Mark King of Neeses spent the week-end at the- home of Mr. N> A? Bethune. He was accompanied home by Mrs. King and children and Miss Louise King. Dr. E. Z. Truesdell made, a pro* Sessional trip to Columbia Monday He was accompanied by Messrs. Leonard Therrell and June Truesdell, students of Presbyterian College en route to Clinton. Mr. J. G. Richards of Cheraw was the'guest of friends here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. MeCaskill en tertained Friday with a New Year's dinner. Covers were laid for twenty two guests. ^ ^ Sedley King left Sunday for Neeses where he will make his home with his brother, Mr. Mark King. Miss Frances Severance entertained a number of her friends with a New^ Year's party Friday evening Mr. J. N. Estridge of Weldon, N.C., spent a few days lftst week with his ( father, Mr. K. T. Estridge. Neil Truesdell was the week-end guest of relatives at Lugoff. Bail Smith spent the week-end Inj Columbia with friends. ... J Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Funderburk of Camden were in town Tuesday. Mr. G. B. McKinnon spent Sunday in Columbia. -X . - Mrs. R. E. McCaskill has accepted a position as teacher in the Midway school about ten mites west of here on the Jefferson Davis highway. Miss Nancy Best was the guest of Hlir Elaine Horton in McBee last B. Mc^aurin and family were weekend guests of Mfs. Stolle in Bennettsville. Mr. J. E. Stokes and family have moved into their new residence on the Jefferson Dark highway. MR. ALLRED BADLY HURT Came In Contact With High Vvltaye nt Power Plant Monday Mr. W. B. Allrtd, superintendent of the Camden Water and Light plant, was badly injured Monday afternoon at the power plant in the northern part of the city while working At a switchboard. Mr. Allred was alone in the plant at the time. Mr. A. A. Reasonover who stays at the plant during the day? had gone to dinner, but he waa found by Mr., Reasonover only a fewi minutes after the accident happened. Dr. John W. Corbett was summoned and arrived in about five minutea and in about fifteen minutes the ambu lance had arrived and the injured man was On his way to the hospital. - Mr. Allred was unconscious when found, but partly regained conscious ness in the afternoon. He had been sick for sometime and it is thought that he lost his balance while stoop ing over and his ieft hand caught the voltage. There was a flash and the current jumped to the other hand and - t'hey were both burned. The contact with his body blew out a fuse near the police station and put the entire city power out of commission for a period of ten or fifteen minutey. Standing on a rubber ttikt and the blowing of the safety fuse saved him from Instant death, for it is said, he came in contact with 2,300 volts. Mr. Allred came to Camden about ten yqar* ago from a North Carolina city, and by his knowledge of elec tricity and his ability as a superin endent rehabilitated the power plant and from a run-down condition has made it one of the bust municipally owned plants in the state*. He has 'made scores of friends since coming to Camdert where he and Mrs. Allred and the twins, Billie and Bobbie, are popular and these friends will be de lighted to know that he is steadily im proving at the hospital and is con sidered out of danger. Both hands were burned but not seriously and his principal trouble now is<\ suffering from shock and the fall he sustained. Get Your Auto Plate Now Hundreds , of Kershaw County automobile owners have complied with the general request of the state highway department that license plates for the year 1926 be ordered at once. While the laW allows ,the automobile owners thirty days after the first of the year in which to se cure new license plates without sub jecting themselves to the annoyance , of an officer being after them for 'dereliction, it is' pointed, out by the department that the work of issuing the license . plates will be greatly facilitated if orders are sent in early -bj^all automobile or other motot vehicle owners, 1 Magnolia Kindergarten to Open Tuesday, January 12, Magnolia Kindergarten on Lyttleton street will open for the . second term. Patrons will please remember the date and | Others desiring to enter children will comnjunicate with Miss Sara Wolfe. KILLED ON HIGHWAY / ' ' ? ? . :*?? 1 Columbia Car Crashes Into Truck Stalled on Road J V .* y ' r * ?? ; Columbia, Jan. 1. ? 'Willis 'Dennis, - about 28 years of age, mechanic at the state hospital, was almost in stantly killed last night about 7 o'clock when the car he whs driving alone struck the rear end of a truck that was stalled near the fourteen mile post on the Percival road. The truck had stalled, according to its driver,' Alex Sanders, and Mr. Dennis apparently did not realize that h<y was close behind the machine. From the position of his car it seems that the youn? man had tried to avert the impact by swinging his car to the right. The right rear corner of the truck was struck by the car driven by Mr. Dennis, the impact getting his car just about the front left door. The young man was thrown over the right side of his car and to?the side of the road about six feet away, ac cording to Magistrate W. D. Sanderc, who was called to the scene after the accident. Dr. Roof,- who examined the body after it was brought to Co lumbia, said the young man's neck was broken and death must have been almost instantaneous. Bruges were a?*o found on the left side of his nose, left arm, left thigh and left shin. The car driven by Mr. Dennis waa badly demolished. ? Both the ear and the truck were headed for GotamWa. BONNE A (J HARRIS DEAD. CommiHsioner of Agriculture Died Oil ^ ? .. Hid Birthday Anderson, Doc. Sl.-'-Bonneuu Har ris, Commissioner of Agriculture in South Carolina, for the past eight or more years, died at U -o'clock thi* morning at his home iu Pendletoh> He was 74 years old today. Heart trouble was assigned as the immediate cause of his death. Mr. Harris had been critically ill at his home since December 23, when he suffered a severe heart attack. Dur ing the first few days of his illness he responded to treatment to some <Jegree, but his rally was brief, and during the past few days his condition had grown gradually worse, until last night when members of the family virtually abandoned hope for his re covery. With loved ones at his bed side, the end came this morning. * The death of Mr. Harris is keenly! deplored in Pendleton, where he made his home for many years, and throughout the State which he . had served for a number of years. In his death a prominent figure in South Carolina agriculture and a .champion of agricultural interests has been re-^ moved. It is a strangely sad coincidence that his death occurred on the anni versary of- his birth, he having been born December 31, 1851, and that the heart attack Which caused his death was suffered on the fiftieth anniversa ry of his marriage All of his life had been devoted to agriculture and its interests. A far mer himself, Mr. Harris understood the needs of the farmers of South Carolina and for many years had been a prominent figure in South Carolina agriculture. He was associated with numerous farmers' associations and societies, to each of which he contrib uted largely. He w*s a member of the Pendleton Farmers' Society, the oldest organization of its kind in fho country. While he did much constructive work for agriculture in many other ways, his administration in the office of Commissioner of Agriculture in this State had been especially effec tive. He was looked upon as an au thority along this line. * For a number of years Mr. Harris was associated with Col.. E. J. Watson during his service as Commissioner of Agriculture and later succeeded Col. Watson in this position, occupy ing the office since that time. He was thrice elected to the office, this in it self being the expression of the confi dence felt by his constituents' tn his ability. Mr. Harris was born and reared in Anderson county. He was a native of Townville, the son of the late Benja min Bonneau Harris and Orpha Har ris, of that community. Mr. Harris received Kis common school education the extent of his scholastic career, in the schools of Townville. ?te was a student despite the limited educational opportunities of his day and contin ually was adding to * *his store of knowledge along the lines which in terested him most. ' ;t v ? ' V * MINSTRELS AT MAJESTIC Darkiown Group to Perform on Bve , ning of Thursday, January 14. The Darkiown Minstrels, a group of merry laugh makers will appear at the Majestic Theatre Thursday evening, January 14th, in a series of songs and jokes lasting approximate ly an hour. . This minstrel show ra dfates the spirit of tHfc real old plan tation minstrels of long ago. Into a catchy, orginial composition are wov en fleeting bits of "Nellie Gray," "Lit tle Brown Jug," "Hear Dem Bells," "When You and I Were Young Mag gie," rfhd other favorites. Thoroughly modern, yet It awakens memories of the long ago. A fcatyre of the show is the negro talking act, "No Sense No How," a merry line of argument between two buztot cork specialists with a rag time dispute in the "Fizzle-Fuzzle" language. Among the songs featured during this performance are "My Jungle Bungalow," "I Didn't Ask," "He Didn't Say So," "I Don't Know," Show Me The Way To Go Home,"/ "That's a Plenty," "I Ain't Got Enuff to Pass Around," and "Save Your Sorrow." v This minstrel show is being put on by the Wateree Mills Band as an add ed feature of the regular show. It is full of pep from start to finish and it fully m good as the circus ppt on bf this same organisation two years! ago. GAVE GOOD 8KRVICE , Camden Powtoffice Made (iood Record In Handling Christmas Mail In connection with a news item re lating to the good service of the Cam den postoffice force carried in our last issue we learn that in addition to local outgoing mail this office was" used as a distributing center for a national drug concern and the force had to handle 2,600 pounds of drugs sent here to customers in this zone, ?the goods were sent here by freight and stamped under tho ' parcel post ruling 'to be handled through this office. In addition to this the records show that outgoing parcels and mail has increased something over seven and one-half per cent more than De cember of last year. This also indi cates the growth of Camden within the past year as no report is made of incoming mail. It is the outgoing mail that acts as a barometer indi cating the growth of a city in this class. ' We have been permitted to use the following pleasant correspondence be tween Postmaster Stewart and Post master General Harry S. New, which is highly prized by every member of the local postoffice. Postmaster Stewart's lutter to General New reads: "My dear General: ? Your plan of a full Christmas holiday for the postal employees was appreciated by the Camden cforce. All mail . was handled qn<] dispatched without delay or complaint from patrons, Much night during the Christmas rush found us with the 'deck cleared' for action on the next day. "The Christmas day accumulation of nine heavy mail train# were cased aiyl dispatched and the Camden office clean by 10 a.m., December 26, not one package or letter unworked at that hour. "This excellent record was accom plished by my efficient assistant and his force to whom\I wish now to give all credit for theirvloyal and unselfish devotion to the work accomplished. "I send you the season's greetings, Mr. Postmaster General, and) may the New Year shower upon you and yours health, happiness and prosperity." - The Postmaster General's reply to Dr. Stewart is as follows: "My dear Mr. Postmaster: ? Such letters as yours of the 28th have con tributed a great deal to my enjoyment of this holiday season. You and your force have made a fine record in dis posing of the great holiday mails and we here in the department appreciate this as I know the patrons o? your office do. ' "I heartily reciprocate your greet ings and send best wishes for the New Year to >you personally and to the members of your force." Clean-up Week at Cemetery Because of the rain clean-up week through next week. Wagons will then at the cemetery has been extended remove the leaves. Let us have all lots beautifully clean by that time. Remember ours is said to be one of the most beautiful cemeteries in th?)r United Stated. Mrs. R. W. White. ? n ! A Pres. Cem. As Forty Bank Failure*. Columbia* Dec. 31. ? Failures of State bank* during the year ending today totalled forty, the largest num ber on record, according to a state ment made by W. W. Bradley, State Bank Examiner. The number of na tional banks closed during the same period was not available. "The banking situation is greatly clarified/' Mr. Bradley said, "and it is stronger today than at any time for the past several years." Crop failures were largely respon sible for the mortality of banking in stitutions, the larger number of which were in the Piedmont section, it was said. One Closes; Another Opens The barber shop on Main street, operated for many years as McLain's barber shop, was closed this week and marks the passing of one of the oldest shops in this city. It was operated for many years by the late George Mc Lain and later passed into the hands of his sons, who operated it for many years longer at its present , stand. Upon the death of John McLain it has been operated by various barbers under the direction of his widow until it closed this week. Mr. J. S. Mungo, a native of* Jef ferson, S. C., who operates all-white shops at 4 Hartsville and Roclf Hill, has leased a building on cast DeKalb street and is having the building renovated preparatory io opening ? four-chair shop in the next ftW days. Mr. Mungo will operate with *11 white barbers* This gives Catoden four barber shops? the other three being CAMDEN-COLUMBIA ROAD TO BE PAVEp THIS YEAR At the first meeting of tho Board ( of County Directors held in the new year on Tuesday the board was re organised as same as that of the past year, with Mr. H. G. Carrison, Sr., ? as chairman. Mr. L. T. Mills re mains as county attorney and clerk to the board, and the same three bridgekeeper* were re-elected to serve for ^he year. ... ? f A largo number of claims worn 1 passed upon and the board remained ifi sossion until^ late in the night. Quito h number of matters came up for discussion? one of them being a complaint from property owners in West Wut.eree residing on the road from the (Columbia rood to the Wat eroo Power Company, and tho board assured these oltijtens that an engi neer would be employed to put that road in shape so that all would be satisfied. Another discussion, was that of re organizing the road forces. Of chief interest was the action taken looking toward the paving of the Camden-Columbia highway to connect with the paving at the Rich land County line, thereby giving a continuous hard-surface road from Camdon to Columbia. # A greater portidn of the. right-of way for the new road has been se cured, others are holding out for what tho board thinks are excessive figures and condemnation proceedings will be instituted to secure the remainder of the right-of-way. The proposed Toute .for the new road will be from tho river bridge to a point just soutn of the residence of James Team, near Lugoff, thence through the Bauitt plantation, known aB Vinegar Hill, and enters Blaney in front of the Blaney public schools building and then parallels the Seaboard railway until it connects with the Richland paving. ? The new route will cut out several i dangerous curves and will, it is esti mated, be shorter by two miles than_ by the old" road. It is proposed to begin the work in January and the project is expected to be completed by the end of the year. According to those who know there will not be much interruption to traffic, because of the fact that most of the old road can be used while .the new is being built. T ' ' 1 ?" * Died In Savannah Mrs. Susanna A. Tiller, a life-long resident of Kershaw county, died last . Friday in a Savannah hospital where she was 'taken ill while enroute to Florida to visit her son. The remains were brought to Camden to the home of her brother, Mr. M. C. West, and the funeral occurred Wednesday/ and the burial was In the Camden ceme-> 4ery, services being conducted by Rov. J. P.' Graham. 1 * Mrs. Tiller Was born in the Ca&ftatt section of thecourity and was 67 years of age. She fa survived by three sons and tW9 daughters ? Henry Tiller and John TiHer, of Durham; Edmund Til ler, of jtfvia-ndo, Fla.; Mrs. Emma Kinard, ,af West Wateree, and Mrs. E?na O'-Dell, of Erie, -Pa. She is also - survived by two brothers Messrs. M. C. Wefei of Camden and L. A. West of the Buffalo section. - Death of a Youth (i rover L. Blackwell, a nineteen year-old youth, of the Sandy Grove section of the county, died at the Camden hospital Sunday morning at eight olclock. .The burial was held at Sandy Grov& Methodist church Mon day afternoon. , at 2 o'clock. Young Blackwell was the son of Mr.", and Mrs. Lee Blackwell, who have the sympathy of a host of friends in ?he loss of the young fellow in the prime of lite. . . J; V ; : i -Mrs. .Denton Dead Mrs. Maggie Denton, the wife of Mr. John ponton, died in a Columbia hoapital .Saturday after a lingering illness. The funeral and burial Oc curred Sunday at Antioch, services "be ing conducted by the Rev. J. B. Shiver. Mrs. Denton is survived by her husband and four children, two boys and two girls. Woman Named Bank President At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Farmers and Merchants bank of Ridge Spring, Mrs. Rena D. Watson was elected presj ^f the institution to ancceed her husband* Jerald J. Watson, who met death in* an automobile-train wreck some weeks ago.