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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
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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.
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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. . ..
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Omaha, Neb., Is making a drive to
secure the national Republican convention
of 1928 for that city. |
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MANY VISIT ROCK HILL
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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
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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.
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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, """"
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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
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CAMDEN WAS WINNER
OVER TWIN-CITY TEAM
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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.
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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.
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Welcome to Camden !
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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
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. 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.
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