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? - v -i,y. Vu.i-ifev^' ''H The Camden Chronicle ??,? I . ' VOLUME X3{3CV|"- CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 18M. NUMBER 36 UNITED DAUGHTERS I HOLD MEETING HERE State Bo4y of Ltdlei Entertained at Hobkirk Inn The thirtieth annual convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, South Carolina division, held its opening session on Tuesday evening, November 80, at 8 o'clock in t^e First Baptist* church of this city. A large and interested number of members and friends of the organization were jpresent and a representative crowd of delegates, The church was beautifully decorated in Confederate colors and Confederate flags told the story of the herbes in whose honor the organisation was formed and whose names and fame are to be per petuated by their descendants. As Mr$. F. N. McCorkle played a grand march on the organ the state officers and guests of honor marched down the aisle And-under the flags held by the pages, faking seats on the platform. The meeting was called to order *by Mrs. N. R. $oodaler president of the John D. Kennedy chapter of Camden and Rev. John P. GTaham of the Baptist churchrgave the invocation A double quartet charmingly rendered Kipling's ;"Jtecessional." Mrs. N. R. Goodale in a most gracious manner welcomed the delegates and friendB of the convention to Cam- | den. Mayor C. P. DuBose in behalf of the city expressed words of welcome an<K$endered to the visitors the keys to Ganiden. Judge Mendel L. Smith, in a most pleasing way, spoke for the organizations of the town a most cordial welcome. Mrs. Nellie C. Ellerbe of Marion responded in behalf of the South Carolina division. The presentation of offioerB, former^officers of the general U. D. C. and officers of the South Carolina division followed. Mrs. Thomas J. Maul din of Pickens is the state president of the; DnRgd Daughters of the Confederacy and she presided with . dignity and charm.-Mrs. St. John Allison Lawtbn, president general, was then introduced by Miss Poppenheim. A telegram from General D. W. McUurin was read, expressing his regrets at being unable to attend the convention and give greeting to the Confederate veterans. Mrs. Albert >S, Hill represented the Colonial Dames, the Daughters of the American Revolution by Mrsy W. B. Burney;_ United Daughters of 1812, Mrs. LeRoy Habenicht; Mrs. Clark Waring, as representative of the Girls of the AO's, was not able'to attend the conyeftbioni Mrs. John S. Reynolds, the American Legion Auxiliary; Mrs. R/ B. Furman, the Federation, of Women's Clubs, were introduced in the order named. Echoes of Confederate Literature was told in a most capable way by Dr. Frank P. Gaiue* of Turns# ?niveraliy. . At the conclnslbn' of the program a most delightful reception was given by~ the John D. Kennedy chapter to the delegates and visitors at the home of .Dr. and' Kirs. FrancisI^Proctor. On Wednesday moinfing the business meeting was held at the par^prs of-.the Hobkirk " Inn." The charming paflots of thta delightful hotel afforded an ideal place for the meetings. Smilax and red and white flowerf were used throughout the spacious rooms and halls and the Confederate flags were used most effectively. i jMrs. Thomas J. Maiildin presided ai& Mrs. T. M. Wells of Manning was recording 1 secretary, with Mrs. L. Coltingham of Dillon as corresponding sedrftary. The meeting wa8 ca&led to order by the state, president Mrs. Mauldfri, and a responMve^rfad* ing followed. "How Firm a Foundation," Was sung, after which Rev. L deL. Brayshaw led injrrayer. Reports were read second vice-pfreaident, Mrs. Alice S. Beard Columbia. Directors bf the following districts gave reports: Edisto district Mr* W. A. Dtikee, Branchville; Pee Dee district, Mrs. O. L. Timmons, Hatfiville* Ti?<i??ont district, Mrs. M. C.NMiiling. Greenwood; Ridge district, Mrs. Fred Culvem,' Kershawr?Mrs. J. IveY? Florence, as tre&urer; Mrf' J. Frost Walker, Union, as registrar; Miss Marion Salley, Orangetmrg, as historian; Mrs. W. F. Marshall, York, as Recorder of Crosses, sag Mrs. Wil3Urn Maxwell of Spartanburg as 18 '-^^WEHATE MOTH be Mr" N,w m ? ?> " Mlm* Historic Events not^ld1"" C?n,ed"^ '"other" J ?Sj?s;d ina, now m her 103rd year iJ U BP%. * <*>*** soldier'? I he'r oWei^ He H within th * * second eon was the C v', W "*e * the Close of .. . ar> an<1 was about to loin the colors when the war ended. health' and^^" 8ti" enJoyB *o?<l health, and can walk unaided. She is e mother of twelve children, six of ''ving, the youngest 1828 ' wa" bor" November 3. . . ' "n!i 8 years old when John Inly J", 1826. Th?maS J?,fersan diadJ Mrs. Pridgen was born during the fifth "' t 0" of James Monroe, the fifth president, during the "era of good feeling." She is the same age ' lh0 ?t?ry-o!d Monroe Doctrine, hen Mrs. Pridgen was born Andrew Jackson was governor-of Florida, and was elected "the same year to the United states senate. Martin Van Huron was a senator from New York. Will,am Henry Harrison was a member of the senate from Ohio. John l.vler was representative in congress from Virginia. James K. Polk was o member of the Tennessee house of representatives. Franklin Pierce was ^ senior in college, and James Buchanan was a member of the house of representatives. Abraham Lincoln was an untutored youth of the age of 14 years, hardly old enough to split rails. Andrew Johnson was 16 years old, livin^Sin the city of Raleigh, ^nd had not yet learned the alphabet, if tradition iJ to be relied upon. Ulysses S. Grant was a baby of one year, living at the house of "Jesse Grant, the tanner, at Point Pleasant, Ohio. Mrs. Pridgen says she well remembers the first buggy that ever Ccame into her part of the state; that in her girlhood days they all rode horseback. She remembers the first two steamboats that plied on the Cape Fear River?the Henriette and the James Walker. She was a young woman of 23 at the outbreak of the Mexican War, ' and remembers vividly the events of that period. In fact, Mrs. Pridgen says she can remember the events of the long ago better than those of more recent date, j though she shows an apt interest in current events and is better informed than the average woman in rurkl sections. the year's work. Mrs. John G.^ Richards ^vas introduced as the wife of the governor1 elect and as president of the newly organized chapter in Liberty Hill, and Mrs. Emma Cantey Villepigue as the daughter on both sidles of her family of distinguished Confederate generals and as "the mother of one of?tnnr ijjorld war heroes wliO won Congressional medals for extraordinary.brav|&y during that war. J^fiss Louise Nettles, who was president of the John I). Kennedy chapter for a number of years, was lovingly reipemfbered by the division members arida message of love and sympathy was sent torner expressing sorrow at her illness^ and wishing fo# her 4 speedy recovery. The merflovial hour, conducted by Mrs. C. H. Milling of Charleston, was beautifully*' impressive. A large wreath of grefen aSfcaragus fern On a white stand was placed* in view of the assembly and as bach of the sixtyfive names of the U. P. C. member* in this state who had passed to the ,Great Beyond during the past year was read the delegate from the chapter of which the deceased was a member came forward and placed a. whit# carnation in the wreath. Mrs. J. Gardujft Richards, accompanied by Mrs. 'Chapman at the pjiind; sang" aw appropriate selection that was very impressive. The meeting then adjourned for luncht ~A second business session was'-held at 2:15 o'clock and this meeting was called to order by the president, followed by an address by the president general. A report of the director pi Children of Confederacy was given and a report of the committee on constitution and by-law* war read by Mr*. O. P. Black. A discussion of the Vicksburg memorial followed by Mr*. H. W. Johnson. The meeting adjourned at 4:1b gg?r- (Caatlmjed on Last Page) j==J, SCHOOL BUILDING BURNED Neighbor Town of Kershaw Suffers Heavy Lom From Fire Fir? of unknown origin complotely destroyed the $45,000 high school building at Kershaw, 22 miles northj of Camden Wednesday morning at: about 7 o'clock. The entire building, together with approximately $9,000 worth of furnishings and equipment is a smouldering mass of ruins, and the county school board is facing a serious problem to secury quarters for the schoolchildren for the remainder of the year. The driver of the school bus, E. S? Arnold, who is also janitor of the building, left the school house fcbout 3 minutes before the fire was discovered, and is positive that there were no evidences of a fire anywhere in the building when he made his de?. parture. At 7 o'clock, however, the flames! had broken out on the north side of; the building, and were rapidly eating] their way southward when the fire department was called. Upon the arrival of the fire fighting forces the flames had gained such headway that it was impossible tq stop the cori-1 flagration, aand the building and all its contents were burned to the ground. , No cause for the fire whatsoever can be ascertained, and it has been positively established that the fire did not originate jn the furnace of the building. And, while the myatery is being solved, the school children are being given a holiday until ;some arrangements can be made, for quartering the classes for the future. V . " " : i. 1 m .... m Death of Mr. Hinson Mr. Reuben Hinson, an aged Confederate' veteran of the Antioch aec-. tion died at an early hour Tuesday morning and the funeral and Interment occurred at Pine Qrove church Wednesday, services being conducted by Rev. J. P. Graham of Camden. | Mr. HinBon was a highly respected | old gentleman and had,- numerous ! friends throughout the county1 who will regret to learn of hie passing. He is survived by two brothers and one sister, also by four sons and three daughters. His brothers and sisters are as follows: Lawsort Hin*son of Cantey Hill, Billy Hinson of Columbia, Mrs. Nattie Hinson of West Wateree. His sons and daughters are* Willie Hinson, Sing Hinson, Mrs. Alice Hinson Mrs. Lizzie Brannon and I Mrs. Daisy Smith, all of Camden, J. L. Hinson of Lugoff and Ida Hinson of Eastover. . .. 'K Omaha, Neb., Is making a drive to secure the national Republican convention of 1928 for that city. | ' , > 7-; * - . . "V , . */ ' "' ' i i II- mrnm .? ?p ??.u MANY VISIT ROCK HILL 1 lui Largest Throng in Hiatory of The i City See* Storm Wreckage. Rock liill, Nov. 28?Thousands of persona from all parts of both Caro- 1 Unas packed and jammed the streets < of Rock Hill throughout*' Sunday to < get a first hand view of the storm which swept a wide path of destruc- ] tion through the heart of this quiet little city late Friday, creating a 1 reign of terror and visiting calamity 1 upon many homes and buildings. i Rock Hill has never seen the equal 1 of the procession of automobiles 1 which congested traffic for many * blocks on streets leading into the city ( and which required the services of every available officer in directing < traffic on the Charlotte highway. Cars ^ entered the city at the rate of one t each second or 3,600 an hour for a < time. The same highway was jammed for mileH out of the city with au- * tomobMes making their way to Rock 8 Hill. Other roads also bore heavy 1 traffic and the jam at one time ex- c tended from near Winthrop College fi to the First Presbyterian church, a distance of more than a mile. t ^Visitors began arriving early in the 1 day and the number leaped by hun- * dreds and thousands during the after- ^ noon'^ntil it surpassed any spectacle _ ever witnessed here. Tlje visitors ( came from hundreds of miles. Many 1 were more o^ less disappointed in \ what they saw and failed to take into c (g)risideration that hundreds of work- J men have been busy day and night since Friday, clearing away the * wreckage and restoring the city to J normal. Many, however, were impressed with the evidence of * the c 'storm which still remains and did not 1 wonder that Rock Hill gave thanks ) tbday for deliverance from a t'611 of dead and badly injured, as well as ' greater property damage. " Work of restoring communication ( and electrical linds continued steadily and it was expected that except J for repairing buildings and homes, life in the city would be normal as the new week of labor begins. Linemen continued their efforts, crews c were clearing away debris, masonB ' began the work of reconstructing c chimneys, and carpenters prepared to start bright and early Monday morn- J ing on the work of repairing damaged homes and buildings which will probably number "more than 150. x ... ' v . J. ' Will Hold Special Meeting The Wom$o's Missionary Society of the Camden Baptist church will hold . special meetings in the church tot for^ j eiign mission* the first week in De- ^ comber beginning .On the . sixth day. t Members are urged to.attend. U1 uj; ?*~ - I / L? BIG BOOZB MILL FOUND Sti|l Had Capacity of 1,700 Gallon* For Bach Run. Charleston, Nov. 28?Capture of what officials believe to be the larg- j est distillery ever found in South Car-, ilina was announced here tonight by United States District Attorney J. D. E. Meyer. Surrounded by a settlement half the size of a city block, the still, which had been operated by steam, was discovered early this morning 14 "wiles from Columbia, near Adams Pond, a Capital City amusement cener. One man was arrested and two )thers escaped. Fifty thousand gallons of beer were lestroyed by the raiding officers* who worked on information obtained, tt is taid, in Berkeley county early Baturlay night. Glenn D. McKnight, Federal prohi)ition agent, directed the raid. Thoutands of pounds of sugar and corn neal werft. also destroyed by the Offisers, who eistimated the value of the itill ulone at $10,000. The officers found the still unguarded and hid to await develop nents. At 8:30. o'clock this morn in r, hree men arrived at the still in a wagon loaded with sugar and meal. Ordered to surrender, one of the ?uen Irew a knife and one of the officers *eplied with a bullet in the manM 'oot. His two companions flbd ifi'the larkness and escaped. The Wounded nan, whose wound is not serious, was >rought to the Charleston cdunty jail ate today. He gave his name as Jim ^dams. Reports of "runs" by the big still liscovered by the raiders showed that is much as 1,700 gallons of whisky lad been made at a single *'run." The records indicated thttt-the. averige "run" produced l,000VugiitTdns. The worm stood at least ten feet, the jrfficers reported. ?r Information as to the owners could lot be found. The captured man said le "worked" for white men in Columbia" but would say nothing else. Records of the operations^ paused >fficers to believe fchat day ahd^nfghf ihifts of six men each were used to iperate the still. ?-It was estimated that $10,000 worth if whiskey could have been made rom the beer wbieh was confiscated. With Agent McKnight on the raid vere Federal officer Allred, of Savaniah* and Deputy Sheriff Woodward, if Berkeley county. The settlement in which the still vis located Was within 800 yards of \ plowed" field,- A fairly open road ed up to it, enabling automobiles and wagons to drive directly to it without iny difficulty. A smoke stack 30 feet all stood up boldly. Former Emperor William of ticrnany is confined to his bed at Doom, ffolland, by a severe cold. He is in io immediate danger, but it is said hat his disease is such that he can iot move in hi* bed, """" L ^ Died in Spartanburg Friends in Camden of. Mrs. Carrie Earle will -sympathize with her n the death of her-son, Ralph I,. $arte, aged 29, which occurred on frjjday morning last. The young man was bom in Timmonsville and Was the ion of the Ttev. and Mrs. Alston B. Earle. He will be remembered by nany of our people wljere his father lerved m pastor of the Lyttleton Street Methodist'church. Died In Jacksonville A , message received io Camden rhursday announced the death of Edvdrd Nlles, at Jacksonville, ^ Fla., mrly that morning. Kr.~ Nijes was >om and reared in Camden and in >arly manhood wn s Coast Line enrineet at Florence when the county vas first formed. He was first marked to Miss Hattie McCail of Effingwin, who died a good many years igo. Leaving Florence he went to facksonville where he was' employed m the old Plant systeht as-an engileer, but for the latter yeate of his He'he was a dairyman and farmer, fie Was married the second time to diss Patie CUlhoun* of Jacksonville, vho survives him. He was 60 years >f age and was the eldest Son of the ate "AHo V. and Martha Nlles. Hf^ i also survived by :the following brothers and sisters: A. V* Nilee, of gygfita; H. Dr tHlwr uf Camden; Hrs. HtW Wckla, Mrs. ? Dowell, Mrs. Francis Frietsg, all of Camden; Mh. Sarah 0. Ashe, of fork, and Mrs. F. G. Spanu -of Moss . f- k. vim, sum. CAMDEN WAS WINNER OVER TWIN-CITY TEAM - I Hard Fought Gridiron Battle Went to Camden Eleven I The much tooted two-touchdown I team of Batesburg-Lees ville failed to register, by 4 wide margin, in har| mojiy with the twin cities state news* I paper correspondents who had doped ' the game of Tuesday as belonging to the purple and gold contenders full |two dRy8 the teams had met in actual combat. I . "" r*r'" r In laat Sunday's, papers thu Batesburg correspondent claimed Camden moat of the breaks in the tie < I ?ame played in Camden Thanksgiving and that "it i8 the belief of all local :? [fans who saw the teafns in action I Thursday that BateaWg-Leesvilio | has the best team by two touchdowns, and they say this will be proved Tuesday when the teanis meet jjfoe '$S second time." And it was into such an atmosphere that Camden merged ita team fit in ttn ' attempt to conquer 2 champions of the eighth and ninth dis- A Aa ?"lfi:ht be expected It was H a glorious game and one in which 2 | individual playing could not be dis- I tinguished. True, it is, that GoOdale " staked ^io alihoRt lose?his best v bones upon a foreign field and, ^ again, that Radcliffe stored the only touchdown of the day! But it was the eleven-man Bulldog team of Cam-S den that powerfully and with clock-. work regularity rammed and battefed ? with unrelenting fury the Twin->High Sf line until the natives to the soil wero -loft..a wilted, bedraggled and abso- I | lutely scoreless. bunch. " Tl| I Radcliffe intercepted a BatcsburgLeesville pass in the first half and _ raced fifty-five yards for a touchdown with Trapp adding the pxfra point. Radcliffe showed as well that' be could make good at professional sprinting -if he had a Batesburg . I flayer r to always act the pace for, | When he placed the ball behind the I goal line, there wasn't a man within twenty yards of the Camden half- ^ back's broad grin ^ victory. :o Holm an at full played his usual | good game fax Batesburg-Lecsvillo? | land his whole team played well and | fought hard but It was just naturally I too much Camden thkt put the crimp- | | ings to the .Twin Cities Tuesday and I | Wbn for the Bulldogs the right to travel to Mullfhs FHday for the deciding game of ihe" Class B \awmr I state championship of South Carolina. Account" From Batesburg Batesburg, Nov. 30.-The question I of whether Camden 4 or fcatesburg| Lecsville would enter the lower state | finals, Class B, with Mullins, was de- . cided this afternoon in favor of Camdon, when the BuIKTdgg downed the I Twin-high lads, r to O. > | In the first half Radcliffe, Camden I half, snatched a Batesburg-Leesvllle pass, and raced 55 yards for what P?,*d to bctthe only toachdowT" the game.- Trapp, Camden's .full, put | his faithful toe into the pigskin for the extra point. Batasburfc-Leesville | tried hard to overcome the score, and I Camden tried hard io make its 14ad | larger, but after four Btiff^uarteTs I the score was 7 to 0. | ?Captain Sowell of Camden played I splendidly. Every m.ri on. the Cam- ^ den team had his share in the vic| tory, and each twinkled in his^own I place. | Holman, at full, did some wonder- I ful work for BateBburg-Leesville on | both the offense and defense. The | whole Twin-high team played well and | fought hard but Camden's seven point | edge could not be overcome. Officials:- Perry (SeWanee), ref| eree; Belk (P. C.), umpire; Stoney (Carolina), linesman. I Where Se.b Ar. Bcld Mrs. W. D. Barrett, chairman of | publicity on the sale of Christmas I seals announces that the seals will | be on sale at the stores of the Fashion " bhop, W. Robin Zemp, Camden Cloth- * i ing company, Zemp A DePass, and at | the City Water and Light' office. ? I Not all of the money derived from tfii sale of these seals goes "'a way froat u this kr any moans as j the RCK.-4S;be suffering from tuberculosis. They make beautiful decorations for d ?.d ,lso Mp tHMpnln . d serving cause. i.v ..... j j i Welcome to Camden ! v r- V'- l"*?.1'' .V : J 1 ~ * 5:3 Members of the South Carolina!!. D.C.! It is a privilege and pleasure to welcome you in Camden the autumn beauties of our historic little city, where abound such treasures of tradition; here in every heart lives the memory of those* 1 who followed the destiny* of the Confederacy?we are glad to welcome 1 yob to a town who has given so gene'rously of her confines and her sons * that many irtars -in the constellation of that furled banner are the result 1 of her sacrifice?a town that honors the thin line oi gray whose near ^orison is already rimmed with'the light of eternity and^ whose heads * are crowned wi|h the snow that never melts. 1 We welcome an organisation that claims as itc most valuable pos- V session the galaxy of men in gray who tramped the fields with Stonewall < and climbed the heights with Lee. And we feel it a sacred privilege to honor and care for them and to have even a little part in making the sunset of their lives peaceful and. Serene and whose prayer for them is that at evening time it shall be light. " v , We welcome your organisation because it ia a great memorial to > - the men and women who suffered and died for honor and principle and < because of its unique character for having the courage and being proud i " to honor those who in the'eyes of the World suffered defeat. We wel- < come you teaching the purest and truest patriotism; for holding before j the youth of our land the Hfe 'and character of our knights exemplar? > Lee, Jackeon, Beauregard and others?teaching them to admire the best i and create the best, and While teaching our youth to reveVe and honor 1 the faded and. tattered flag of the Confederacy and the traditions and j "history of the old South, also teaching true ABjj^ to . ^ the Stays and Stripes of., a reunited country. ? t Camden welcomes the Division because it represents .the flower of i Southern womanhood drawn to one another by the magnet~of a common 1 ' heritage of glory and beeause it represents the best in the South and 1 the hiflWrAottthe South. It was in this old town that General Green ex- 1 changed, his wreath of Northern laurel for one of Southern willow, but } we trust, that your stay among us has been so happy that each may < take away a wreath of forget-me-nots, or a bunch of parties for re- 1 membrane*. * ' i . Come ajfeh to Camden, whose future blessed by a. genial sun and 1 -enriched by Nature's bounty is' destined to fulfill our fairest hopes. j Through tr.e tourist i or. -on "all rciih kid to th'.3 old town in Dixie," ^ but Camden will ever have wide and a special welcome for ' the Daughters of the Confederacy. -? !