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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1826. NUMBER SI.
"
IJOR8E SHOW NEXT WEEK
Annual Event of Tourist Seasou To
Excel Previous Exhibition*
The crowning event of tbe winter
st.ason for many years has been the
annual horse show, the date for which
baa been set this yew for Friday
March 26th. The exhibition which fa
expected to excel that of previous
years will be held at the Ball Park,
Trophies ami money priiee for
hunters .polo ponies, children's ponv
elaas, saddle pairs, three (raited, 16 2
un4er and over; five gait< saddie
entry list from Camden and neur-bv
towns will be extensive.
George Little, Clarence Morgan
^W Thompson ?f Kir?
. fl. G. Marvin of Hobkirk Ion, J W
Leaore .of Ivy Lodge, Captain ' and
Mrs. Dwight Partridge of the Court
Inn, Mrs. Carl Foster, John S
Sweeney and J. B. Crocker are anion''
those taking an active interest iu
making the horse show a success.
Camden has always boasted of her
fine horses and this winter ridin"
has been one of the most popular
sports. The drag hunts have also
been unusually well attende-d and it'
is safe to say there are more good
saddle horses here than ever before
;yul more interest in horse-back rid
mg and hunting.
Already plans are under way for
a riding and hunt club for next
season; . Mrs. Dwight Partridge Mrs
Robert B. Deans and Mr. and' Mrs!
Ralph Chase are taking steps in
this direction, and as all of them are
splendid judges 'of horses and fin?
nders the attempt will be success
fully carried through. The horses of
Mrs. Deans and Mrs. Partridge were
notable for their jumping in the
recent tilting and racing tournament.
There are also in Camden this
spring a large number qf fine polo
mounts. Many players brought large
strings with them, and Mr. Godfrey
Preece has a splendid stable of ex
cellent ponies. Mr. Stephen Bull
brought his ponies here early and
has used them through the* season as
have many others. *
The Kirkwood Grill was gay with
dinner parties and dancing until late
hours on Saturday . evening. The
floor wks in fine condition, and the,
music by the hotel orchestra was in
spiring. Among the large parties
was that given by, M and Mrs. Le
Roy Henrickson of Garden City, L. I.,
for twenty-five guests, another by
Miss Margaret Stewart of New York
who had as guests Mr. James L.
Broese, Mr. James Barnefc, Mrs.
Robert Barr Deans, Mr. and Mrs. A.
Blanchard and others; and another
with Mrs. Raymond Balfe entertain
ing for Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Whitaker,
Jr., Captain' and Mrs. Dwight Part
ridge, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph N. Chase,
Mrs. Asiel. Mr. Merrill K. Waters
and Miss Marion Ticknor. Mr. and
Mrs. Robert L. Zabriskie had also
ten guests, 'among them Mr. and Mrs.
' Jlarence Morgan-,' Mrs. William N.
Kerr and her guests, Mr. and Mrs.
Victor Strobel.
Colonel and Mrs. E. Alexander
Powell of New York who are at the
Kirkwood will leave on Friday when
Col. Powell starts on a lecture tour.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Z. Morrison of
Warren, Pa., gave a dinner for four
teen guests on Tuesday at the Kirk
wood and on Saturday evening Mr.
;>nd Mrs. Harry A. Logan of Warren,
Pa., who are in the Kendall house
for the rest of the season entertained
?ix guests.
Arriving at the Court Irin are Mr.
?John Moore of Bronxville, and Mr.
Percy Wilson of Glen Ridge, and
among the many additions to the
Hobkirk Inn colony are Mr. and Mrs.
[] B. Winslow and Mr. and Mrs.
Cieorge W. Young of White Plains,
Mr. and Mrs. F A Farnum and Dr
?md Mrs J R Torbert of Boston and
Mrs James Garretson and Mrs Ed
ward Dexter of Bronxville.
The very successful tilting tourna
ment of Friday afternoon continues
'he subject of favorable comrnqrit.
The queen who was crowned by the
knight winning: in the tilting contest
\as Mrs. C. R. Braley, crowned by
"or husband _ winner of the .race.
They are from St. Matthews. Coni
ng in second was Joe Bates who
owned Miss McMillan of Columbia,
'?<1 third was W. Farnum crowning
^fisa Kstelle Cullcn of Orangeburg.
Among the many distinguished
sitors in Camden this winter are
' 'lonel E. Alexander Powell and
Irs. Powell of New York, and Pres
ent Harry A. Garfield of Williams
1 "liege who with Mrs. Garfield is at
Kirkwood. Mr. and Mrs. Ban
":'?ft Gherardi of Short Hills, S. J.,
? ff-president of the A. T. & T. com-*"
my, accompanied by Mrs. Gherardi,
? a guest of Mfss Olive Whittredgc,
n l Mrs. H. H. Beach, probably (he
? oat d^tinguishcd woman compofcr,
for several weeks v;siti"ng Mr3.
"'iward C. DuBose.
J he three large hotels as well as
? y Lodge, and the smaller boarding
^ses in Camden are all filled so
v'-at a complete list of winter visitors
an impossibility, but culling a few
mos are, Kirkwood: Mr. and Mr.-;.
?S. Downey, New Rochelle, Mr. and
J. G^Gilfillan, LeRoy, N. Y.,
' >s. Henry V. Pelton, PoughkeepsiV;
;'r. Lewis H. Whitbeck, Mr. John R.
-Tuber, Rochester; Mr. MacGilvray
S'' i J,*' M^'gpnd M&ry
Worcester; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin M.
?x'ack, Mr. D. S. Wilson, Dr. and Mrs.
Murphy, New York.
Among' the Court Inn cues Is this
are: Mr. Alexander B. Trow
? ?* * y
ART FOR SCHOOLS
Exhibit of Pictures llere March Slut
to April 3rd
An exhibition of pictures for the
purpose of raising funds for the pur
chase of pictures for the walls of the
Snblic schools will be held at the
rammar school building March SlBt
to April 3rd from 4 to 6 o'clock In
the afternoon.
: This exhibition of pictures is one
of more than ordinary interest. It
consists* of carbon ' photographs, pho?
togravures and color prints, loaned
by the 'Elpon Art Publication com
pany of Belmont, Mass. The collec
tion is a large one and contains the
very best reproductions of the mas
terpieces of art of many different
countries and periods from the great
est public and private galleries.
The collection comprises about two
hundred subjects representing paint
ings of many schools of art and in
cludes reproductions \>f sculpture, the
great cathedrals, and important views !
from nature. Few collections have
ever been brought together which so
completely cover the history oi" art.
A catalog will be 6n. sale at the ex
hibition hall. ? i
No city or town should be iiuliffer 1
ent to the culture and refinement of
its people. It is p#rt of the school
Work to inculcate these qualities in
the children through whatever means
it has at its disposal. The whole- j
some and refining influence of pic- j
tures of the right sort on the school j
walls is now generally recognised as
one of the most valuable means of
securing this end. The funds for
purchasing: such pictures a^re secured
by moans of the exhibition, and the
community, as well as the teachers
and pupils, are helped educationally
by it.
The larger the' attendance, the
greater the number of pictures that
can be secured for the schools, as all
funds raised by the exhibit, less ex
penses, will be used to purchase pic
tures.
Sumter Officers Get Liqnor
Sumter, March 6. ? Federal Officers
Riddle and Funk Thursda^ afternoon
stored a roadster here captured by
them a Short distance from Rembert,
Sumter county, when the driver, a
.white man, left the car and escaped j
into the woods, when they gave chase.
They also reported having broken 110
two-quart jars filled with corn whis
key, taken from the captured car.
bridge and Mrs. L. Z. Strong of New
York; Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Hamlin of
Washington, Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Poultney 6i Philadelphia; Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Searles of Herkimer,
'ft. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Hay of
Summit, Mrs C A Watrous of Des
Moines; Mr. E. C. Wilcox of Stock
bridge, Mr. J. D. Detmer of Brook
lyn; Mrs. Stephen Green of Newton
Center, Mr. W. B. Richardson of
Boston and Mr. W. B. Hull of Great
"Barrington.
At Hobkirk Inn coming recently
are: Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Torbert of
Boston, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Winslow
and Mr. and Mrs George W Young
of White Plains, Mrs Jamfes Garret
son and Mrs. Edward Dexter of
Bronxville, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sav
age of Philadelphia and Mr. and Mrs.
F. A. Farnum of Boston.
At the. Thomas Coffee Shop many
delightful parties are being given
daily by the winter visitors, and
among the largest was a dinner for
nineteen [ with Mr. John Sweeney as
host, a luncheon for eight by Mrs.
Bean of the Kirkwood and a tea for
nine by Mrs. H. W. Caaler of the
Court Inn.
Merrill K. Waters of New York
won the qualifying round of the
third annual Mid-South Champion
ship Golf tournament which started
on Monday over -the Kirkwood course.
There were sixty starters, and second
low score was made by F. C. Newton,
winner last season.
In the qualifying round of the
ladies tournament for prizes given by
the Kirkwood Hotel, Miss M. O.
Polak of Brooklyn won with Miss
Jean Whiting of New York second.
Miss Doris Swett, who with her
mother, Mrs. William P. Swett, is
spending the winter at Hobkirk Inn,
entertained with a card party in the
'Studio Tea Room on Monday evening
for Mrs. Elliott Nichols, Mrs. Whit
ney Ball, Mrs. David Baird,.. , Mrs.
Arthur Wood and the Misses Ethel
Yates, Marie Blanchard, Mary Dam
erell, Mary E. Porter, Polly Steven
sbn, Caroline Smith, Mary Margaret
Sweeney 'and Lucile Bump. Mrs.
Whitney "Ball won first prize and
Miss Ethel Yales second.
Entertainment for U. D. C.
An interesting and unique enter
tainment with interpretive dancing
representing various periods, begin
ning with the minuet of Colonial
days and ending with the present day
Charleston will be given at the Kirk
wood Club House on Thursday after
noon, March 25th, under the auspices
of the John IV Kennedy Chapter, U.
D. C., of which Mrs. Roland Goodale
is President.
Tea will be served from three to
six, and there will be two exhibitions
of dancing, one at three thirty and
another at four thirty. Miss Dorothy
Burney and Mr. William Otis of Co
I urn si ? will dauccL the. CbAikatan in.,
their inimitable style, and the othe*
dances will be skilfully don*rby boys 1
and girls of Camden.
An admission fee of on* dollar will
be asked. *
SHOULD PAY ON 42 PERCENT
County Auditor Get* Instruction
From Tm Commission
B. K. Sparrow, county auditor, has
received a letter from Chairman
W. G. Query, of the state tax com*
mission, in which Mr. Query directs
the auditor tp instruct all local boards
of assessors that it is their duty to
assess all property at 42 per cent of
its reasonable market value. Real
its reasonsiblo market value. Mr.
Query's letter to. Auditor Sparrov
said:
"In view of the constitutional re
quirements contained in Section 1, Ar
ticle 10, Constitution 1896, that all
property be assessed upon a uniform
basis in order to prevent inequalities
arising, it is your duty to ascertain
the true, reasonable market value of
taeh and every item of property as u
basis upon which all assessments for
the purpose of taxation, regardless of
classes, shall be made, and after as
certaining such true, reasonable mar
ket value of all property shall assess
the same for purposes of taxation at
42 per cent of such valine and write
tho> same in the column, 'Value by
the township board.' In assessing real
estate each lot, farm, plantation or
separate parcel of land? is to be sep
arately assessed with the value of the
buildings thereon stated separately
from the value of the lands."
Mr. Query also urged that the in*
equalities now existing in assess
ments be removed. , "Much com
|
plaint," the letter said, "has been
made that, gross inequalities exist
among the individual owners of prop
erty, both real and personal, and it
is your dtfty to consider very care
fully each return handled by you so
that each taxpayer will pay his pro
portionate shate of taxes, no more,
no less. ?
"Revenues necessary for county,
school and municipal purposes are mh
most wholly raised 'by levies on gen-,
eral property- and because of the
great increase in tax rates in the last
ten years it is imperative that all
property be returned and assessed at
an equal and uniform rate. It is the
grossest form of injustice to permit
one taxpayer ttf avoid any part of
the tax which he is due the state,
county, school district or municipal
ity in which the property is located.
Where one taxpayer avoids the pay
ment of his just and legal obligation
it necessarily follows that his neigh
bor must bear the burden which he
escapes. The members of the local
boards are the most important fiscal
officers in our .state. On them rests
the duty of helping to find and list
ing all the taxable property in their
districts/ JJ^they fail tp do theijr duty
the property which is not listed will
in nil probability never be taxed. If
they place an undervaluation on. one
taxpayer's property the * chances are
that the property so undervalued will
never be raised to an equality of that
of his neighbor."
Ilobbed Fifty Churche**
Philadelphia, March 10. ? The pro
verbial hunger of the church mouse
was demonstrated here when Samuel
"Churchmore" Clark, thirty-nine
year-old negro, was induced to admit/
for an apple pie, that he had robbed
fifty churches in this city. < A search
of the man's room revealed $6,000 of
silver and Bibles. The pie episode
came at the end of a long day of grill
ing by police. Clark had given sev
eral addre^es that proved ficticious.
He was asked if he was hungry, and
upon his reply in the affirmative, a
police captain sent out for an apple
pie. "All of this is yours ? provided
.you tell me the truth," said the po
liceman. "I'll tell you anything," re
plied the prisoner, and between bites
he related how he had entered the
churches and obtained the loot.
Burglar Ball Player
Leavenworth, Kans., March 13. ?
Paroled from the state penitentiary
at J Lansing, Arthur Wickey, 24, of
Topeka, left yesterday for Quitman,
Ga., with the Columbus baseball team
of the American association. Wichey,
a catcher on the prison team since
1910, when he was convicted of
sccond degree burglary, was spotted
at a prison ball game by Dan Shap,
Columbus scout, according to John T.
Glynn, a detective, to whom Wichey
was paroled.
Snow Fell I^ast Saturday
?harlealOii?- along with wmwy -rttircv
scetiops of the state, experienced a
snow fall on Saturday. It was the
first snow to fall in Charleston *n
four years. '
thk roll ok honor
Ftr Camden City School Syatent For
Mouth of February
Grade 1- A? Minnie Sue Bruco,
Ruth Evans, Albertua Shaler, Jean
Wifeop, Lyles Munn, Jack Mogulescu,
Uaac Pitts.
Grade > l-B? - Rebecca , Ruah, Ellen
Little, Blllie Nottlea. Haael Shirley,
La* Snyder.
Grade 1-C? Walter Harris, Virginia
DavisJ
(Jnuie 2-A? Leila Belle Christmas,
Sadie Freitag, Elizabeth Goodale,
Alma Hunter, Mary Purser, Emily
Sheorn, Lillio Mae Smith, Lena Stev
enson, Thelma Stokes, Edna Strak,
Helen Tindal, Ned Beard, Jack Brown,
Jack Halsall, Raymond Moore, Mc
Kain Richards, Robert Shaw, Marion
Smith, William Henry West.
Grade 2-B? Carl Scarborough, Lou
ise Reed, Vida Shivar, Martha Mose
Uy, Ethel Evans.
Grade 3-A? Katiiorine Bvayahaw,
Charlotte BroWn, Charlotte DuBose,
Annie Kelly, Ruth MoSeley, Estelle
Myers, Frances MeLeod, Eleanor
Watts, Jack Haile, Jerome Hoffer,
Doris Houseiy Everette Montgomery,
Roland Moore, Billy Moselcy, J. -A.
Hastv
Grade 3-B? Ktta^ Scaffe, Frank
Hinson.
Grade 4-A ? Mary Le<$ JUlakeney,
Mary .Ellen Kirkland, Golda Shirley,
Jjorine Strak, Mary Elizabeth Wooten,
Daniel Carrison, James Clyburn, Har
vey Pavis, Cecil McCaskill, Fletcher
Moore, Jr., Hamilton Osborne, Luther
Shavr, William Thompson.
? Grade ? 6-A ? Samuel Mc.Caskill,
Meta Mogulescu, Jamea Moorci, Kath
arine Kennedy, Joseph Lang, Nancy
Browne, Sarah Kirkland, Reuben
Pitts, Virginia Drawdy, Elizabeth
Gardner, Grace Love, -Jack Boyd.
Grade 6-A ? Grace Robinson, Gray
son Shaw, Margaret Goodale, Emily
Goodale, Solomon Mini's, Alice De
jPass, Marie Haile, Willine Hall, Mar
garet McCoy.
Grade U-B? Ruby Burna, Mary
Peoples, Walter Wooten.
Grade 7-A? Elizabeth Zemp, Willie
Haile, Charles DeLoache, Ethel Sny
der, Elisabeth McCaskill, Caroline
Houser, Carolyn McKain, - Lenora
Rh&me, Adele Savage.
Grade 7-B ? Mabel Flowers, Mar
guerite McCaskill.
Grade 7^C? Sarah Shivar.
Grade 8-A ? Duncan Lang, Rochelle
Sheorn, Robert Kennedy, Arthur
Davis, Walter Stokes.
Gfade 8-B ? Catherine Boykin,
Carolyn Burnet^ Betty Cureton, Caro
line Richardson.
Grade 9-A? Mary Soykin, Louise
Trapp, Joe Mogulescu, S|anley Babin,!
Elmer WatU, Evelyn Moseley.
Grade 9-B ? Evelyn Bruce, Virginia
Haile, Ellen Stewart, Mary Burnet,
Molly. Blackwell, Lillie Mae Trapp. .
Grade 10-A? Willie Porter, Mar
garet Rast, Carolyn Heyman, Louise
Jennings, Robert Davis, Moultrie
Burns, Thad Flowers, Frank Haynes,
Louis Lang, Team Gettys, Thomas
Brown. ?
Grade 10-B ? John Richardson, Ern
est Shehecn.
Grade 11-A ? Carolyn Wooten,
Maud Dabney, Jemel Rabon, Susie
Watkins, Margaret DeLoache, Pearl
Jones.
Grade 11-B ? Charhes Lorick, Mar
garet Billings, Sarah DePass, Sarah
Gettys, Jumelle Haile, Mary McCoy,
Martha Singleton, PAtsy Stewart,
Harriet Whitaker.
Annua! National Guard Inspection
The annual inspection of Company
M., 118th Infantry, S. C. N. G., was
held Tuesday. The property inspec
tion was made in the afternoon and
the company was inspected Tuesday
evening1. Adjutant and Inspector
General James C. Dozier, Maj. RT. W.
Gr^nt, Capt. Roy, C. Hilton and Capt.
A. J. Becker were present.
Capt. Alfred M. McLeod and Lieut.
Reasonover were present with fifty
one enlisted men for inspection, Lieut.
deLoache being absent on account of
detached duty at the Fort Benning
Service school.
The company made a splendid
showing and gave evidence of great
progress during the past year. After
the inspection the officers were en*J
tertained at supper in the Hotel Cam
den dining room.
Legion Auxiliary To Meet
"" The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet on ' Friday* March 19, at \
o'clock at Legion headquarters. All
members are urged to attend thin
meeting at many important matters
wiH be discussed.
DR. WILLIAM J. DU^N DEAD
Popular Physician Passed Away Af
ter Week's Critical Illncaa
? ...L, ;
While not unexpected the announce
ment of the death of Dr. William
James Dunn on Thursday evening of
last week brought genuine sorrow to
scores of friends not only in this city
and county but throughout the aiate.
fte <jied at around eight o'clock after
being critically ill for . several days.
Ho was 64 years of age, being born
in Sumter county, now the county of
Lee, a son, of the late- Captain and
Mrs. A. M. Dunn. He first attended
the school of his county, later going
to old King's Mountain Academy at
Yorkville. He later read medicihe
under the late Dr. L. L. deSaussure
of Camden and graduated in medicine
at Louisville^ Ky., and first practiced
his profession, at Elliotts, S. C. . Ho
came to Camden in 18U5 and being
a most kindly and sympathetic man
soon built up a good practice in his
chosen profession, lie attended the
sick or 'afflicted in many cases Whore
there was no likelihood of compen
sation and no one ill or in distress
ever called upon him in vain and he
was greatly beloved throughout this
section.
Dr. Dunn served several times as
?alderinan from Ward Three and also
a term as mayor of the city. He was
.at one time a member of the board of
?water and light ^commissioners and
nerved in several other capacities for
his city and county government. 1 He
is survived by his widow, who before
marriage was Miss Lillie Brawn, a
daughter of the late B. M. ifcrown,
also of this county; two sons/ Dr.
fR<Uph Dunn of Sumter and Dr. Clar*i
/en ce Dunn, a dentist of Camden; two
brothers, ^f. Scott' Dunn of Camden
and Pr. W; yA. Dunn of Newberry.
Dr. Dunn tpok a keen ' interest in
politics and everything for the bet
terment of his county aud state and
had great influence and a large fbl
J lowing.
| The funeral services were held
I from the family residence on DeKalb
! street Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock
1 and were largely attended, many
from other sections coming to Cam
den to be present at the funeral
services, which *were conducted by
Rev. J. C. Rowan, a former pastor,
assisted by Dr. Edwin Muller of the
Presbyterian church, and Rev. J. P.
Graham, of the Baptist church. The
pallbearers were Dr. G. M. MearSj
of Columbia; Dr. C. J. Lemmon of
Sumter; Mr. S. L. Roddy, of Sumter;
Messrs. G. C. Welsh, L. A. Wittkow
sky, Dr. R. T. Goodale, W. R. Hough
and W. H. Pearce of Camden. The
members of the Kershaw County
Medical association were honorary
pallbearers The city council, headed
by Mayor H. G. Carrison, Jr., attend
ed the funeral in a body, and there
was an escort from the Knights Tem
plars*
^As a mark of respeot to the de
ceased ex-mayor the stores of Cam
den were closed during the funeral
hour and the city bell tolled. Tho
new made grave was covered with
one of the handsomest collections of
flowers ever seen i|j the Quaker ceme
tery sent as tokens of esteem from
friends far and near for their dead
physician and friend.
Attended Funeral Here
Dr. W. A. Dunn, accompanied by
C. C. Schumpert, went to Camden
Thursday, having been called there
on account of the sudden death of
iia brother, Dr. W. J. Dunn, a prom
inent physician and business man of
Camdeit
Miss Mary Dunn and Miss Daisy
Whaley joined them in Columbia and
Miss Alliene Dunn met them in
Orangeburg going on with t^em.
Miss JElla ' Dunrj of Dovesville and
Miss Lucy Dunli of North Carolina
also attended the funeral, coming on
to Newberry for the week-end with
their parents, Dr. and. Mrs. W. A.
Dunn. ? Newberry Herald and News.
Memorial Coins to Advance
On and after April 15, 1926, the 1
selling price of Confederate Memorial
half-dollars will advance from $1.00
to $2.00 per coin.
This has been ordered by the board ?
of directors of the Stone Mountain
I Confederate monumental association I
' in the following resolution adopted at
their regular meeting February 24:
"Resolved, that the sejling price
of the Confederate Memorial half
dollars be increased on and aftei
April 15, 1926, from the present sell
ing prim nf. ..nno far iitin Ijh
the price of two dollars per coin, and
j that the executive officers of the as
sociation are hereby authorized and
directed to give widespread publicity
through the preas and otherwise to
the action hereby taken.**
TROUBLE IN FLORIDA
CaMHeti Fluctuation in Railroad
Stock on Wall Street.
Now York, March 15. ? Widespread
rumors that one of the largest of
the Florida promotion companies
was in financial straits which haV<v
boon in circulation for several days
created sufficient, uneasiness in W?H
l^treet today to bring about heavy
liquidation of some of -the Southern
Railway share#. Atlantic Coast Lin<
broke 18 Ir4 pointa to 208 And then
rallied to 216; Seaboard Air Line
common dropped 6 1-4 to 88 3-4 and
then snapped back to 38, and the pre
ferred closed 2 1-4 lower at 37 3-4,
the minimum quotations in all cases
representing new low records for the
year.
Wall street heard% all sorts of
stories regarding FMVida;. conditions
Including 1 reports that real estate
mortgages were being offered at a
substantial discount below their face
value, and that the winter season in
some of the prominent resorts, had
been cut short by the early oxodua
of Northern vacatipnists.
Some of the large t'eal estate de
velopments a>h>o were reported to be
having difficulty in meeting their
commitments but these lack official
confirmalrcm.
While bankers generally declino to
comment on the situation it is known
they have been urging extreme cau
tion ? for the last few months and
thAt in some cases they have recom
mended the restriction of -develop
ment programs not only in Florida
but elsewhere. Today's selling of the
Southern rail shares presumably was
inspired" by the belief that a collapse
[in Florida would have a bad effect
on Southern business generally and
might dela^ new construction and the?
development of new enterprises.
None of the Southern roads . is be
lieved to Jt>e dircttfly ihvolved in land
speculation although real estate hold
ings have enhanced in value along
with the general ripe in laiuf during
( the last ? few years. ??
I ?
Funeral of Mr. Workman
T"? ^neral services of Mr. Charles
E. Workman, who died in Savannah,
Ga., March 13, were held in Camden
at the PresbytOrian church at 3:30
p.m. Sunday, March 14. The services
were conducted by Dr. Edwin Muller,
assisted by Dr. Wells of Sumter
Mr Workman was a man of storl
jng Christian character and was born
in Camden Jirfy 28, 1863. He was the
eldest son of the late Capt. W. H R
Workman and Mrs. Kmily Minor
Workman. He was a consistent mem
ber of the Presbyterian church and
a deacon of that church.
He is survived by his widow who
was formerly Misa Rose Douglas of
Charleston; two sons, Dr. J. Forest
Workman, . Sumter, and Maj. W. D.
Woikman, Orlando, Fla.; three daugh
ters, Mrs. Ernest A. Warren of San
r rancisco, CaJ., Mrs. Harry Boges,
Of Jacksonville, Fla., a MtSs Sadie
Workman of Charleston; and the fol
lowing brothers and Sisters, Rev. W
H. Workman, Mayesvillaj Robert C.
Workman, Birmingham* 'Ala; Henry
a* q SfrieM?' Ind.; Mrs.
A. S. White and Mrs. A. H. Clarke,
Camden; Mrs. John G. Richards,
Liberty Hill; Mr^ J. M. Jennings!
Winnsboro; Mrs. R. R. Roseborough,
Sparta, N. J.; Miss Annie Workman,
Commerce,' Texas.
The pallbearers were Messrs. R. B.
DeLoache, Ben DeLoache, W. De
Morgan -Sauls and Maj. John G
Richards. , .
Death of Mrs. Beckham
Mrs. Hannah Elizabeth Beckham,
widow of the late Dr. Robert S. Beck
ham, died at the home of her daugta-.
ter, Mrs. W. F. Russell, Jr., Sunday
night. Mrs. Beckham was /born
August 21, 1843. She roared a large ?
family o,f children, all of them useful
in their respective communities. Her
husband, one of the best v- known
physicians of Lancaster county, died
in 1907. There are surviving: her
four daughters and seven sons, as
follows: Mrs. K. E. Rollings, of Cam
don; Dr. S. Beckbam of Lykesland;
M. I?. Bockham of Pleasant Hill; Mrs.
W. F. Russell, Jr., of Camden; J. A.
Beckham of Santuc: Mrs. R. L. Bell,
of Westvllle; Rev. W. A. Beckham of
Clio; Mrs. J. B. Godwin of Suffolk,
Va.; .T. C. Beckham of Kershaw. She
is also survived by one sister, Mrs.
E. E. Tiller of Bethune and one
brother, Mr. M. L. Cauthen of Pleas
ant' Hill. She .also leaves 29 grand
children and 12 great grand-children.
The funeral services were conducted
Monday afternoon at three o'clock by
Rev. J. T. Peeler. The pallbearers
were W. F. Nettles, R. & Williams,
T T Truesdale, W R Zemp, R W.
Coleman and E. P. -Truesdale. The
remains were taken to Kershaw for
intermerft.
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p Moctiim Hwuitm Auiiniry
A meeting to which all member* ,
are urged to attend is called for the
Camden Hospif n^'aaxiliary on Mon
day afterifoon, March 22, At 4
in the parlor* of the hospital.