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VOLUME XaaVIII. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1926. NUMBER?.
MEETING CLOSED THCB8DAY I
Delegates Expressed Deep Appreciation
of Courtesies Extended.
With the election of officers and the
selection of Rock Hill a* the next
meeting place, the South Carolina division
United Daughters of the Confederacy,
closed their 80th annual
meeting here Thursday of last week.
Columbia also issued a very flattering
invitation to hold next year's convention
there, but Rock Hill won out
for 1027, though it is thought probable
Columbia will be selected for
1028. '
1 his was not the occasion for the
election of a president, Mrs. T. J.
Mauldin, of Piekens,' having another
year to serve, but the following officers
were elected?
Mrs. W. J. Key of Florence, first
vice president; Mrs. J. B. Workman
of Ware Shoals, second vice president;
Mrs. John M. Kinard of Newberry,
corresponding secretary; Mrs.
J. H. Hammond, of Columbia, treasurer;
Mrs. W. E. Marshal, of York,
recorder of crosses;'" Mrs. .V. Frost
Walker of Union, - registrar; Mrs.
William Maxwell of Spartanburg, auditor;
Mrs. L. Cottingharn of Dillon,
recording secretary; Miss "Hortense
Woodson of Edgefield, publicity director.
A delightful luncheon . was served
Thursday by the chamber of commerce
and the City of Camden and
the delegates were treated to an automobile
drive over the town.
Miss Marion^alley of Orangeburg,
historian, presided at the* Historical
night, Wednesday ^ight, when Major
General Johnson Hagood, U. S. A.,
commander of the Fourth corps area
with headquarters in Atlanta, made
the address of the occasion. "The Old
South, a delightful dramatic piece,
was presented by Camden talent.
Miss Mary Poppenhiem, past president
general, presented the service
cross to General Hagood, who said he
would treasure it among the finest of
his many decorations.
The presentation of the Edisto
Rifles flag-was made to the relic
room. ~ The
prize poem, "The Women of
the Confederacy," was read by Mr*.
Fred Culvern of Kershaw, "La Marseilles"
was sung by Mrs. J. Frost
Walker with piano accompaniment by
Mrs. F. N. McCorkle. .
The Piedmont district, Mrs. M. C.
Milling of Greenwood, director, earned
off the greatest number of prizes
among the different districts.
Wednesday aftertioon the delegates
were the guests of the Daughters of
the American Revolution at a pleasant^
tea, with Mrs. W. B. Bumey of
Columbia, state president, presiding
over the entertainment as hostess.
Delegates to the convention expressed
deep appreciation many
kindnesses and courtesies, vtbo' numerous
to mention, extended by the
people of Camdfen,
Had His Leg Broken
Mr. Elbert Mclntyre of the Smyrna
section of West Wateree, had the misfortune
-of getting his left leg fractured
in two places while loading logs
near his home Monday afternoon of
last week. The C. W. Evans ambulance
wa& called and the injured man
wax brought to the Camden hospital
where the injured leg was treated arid
Mr. Mclntyre is now said to be on
the road to recovery. He is about
25 years of age. ,
? ?aAssociation
To Meet
.
The regular monthly iqeeting of the
Parent-Teachers Association will be
held at the school auditorium on Monday
evening, December 18, .at 8
o'clock. There wilt be a short musicai
program followed by an account of
the Recent state conference in Greenville.
It is hoped that Mrs. McRae,
president of the i Charlotte . ParentTeachers
Association will be, present
and give a talk on the work being
accompljahW fa that city. Many important
matters are to be discussed
nd a large attendance is desired.
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r"' 'Hot Supper ait Midway
^?as*
The teachers and patrons of Midway
school, near Cassatt, are planning
a delightful tRftr <flT tbievening
of Friday, December 17, when they
will serve a hot^upper, and the prornsda
will go to furnishing saate for
their school auditorium. They will
have a tempting menu of turkey,
h*R *nd mUJo prep?M* ??d
^tordi.1 invlt.tion U oxt.ndwf to W*
< AltLOAD OF TCR^'feys' ^
y? Sh'PP^ From Ker?h?w and
Lancaster Count it*a
i to announcement by
i 7'1^er?, county ttgent, a car1?
,?f tUrk^s w?'l shipped from
Kershaw and Lancaster counties on
1 ucsday December 14. Hi? statement
furn.shed to the press is as follows:
helling a carload of turkeys and
other poultry will he undertaken by
the Kershaw and Lancaster county
agents next week. The loading for
Kershaw County will be done at the
town of Kershaw on Tuesday, December
14, the loading at that place to be
in progress during the entire day.
'There are numbers of farmers and
farmers' wives who have flocks of
turkeys for sale and for these there
will be no better saie for their turkeys
than that offered at the car.
While prices being paid at the car
will be a little less than turkeys are
selling at locally the car saves them
the trouble of searching out individual
buyers and enables them to dispose
of their entile holdings without
further effort and insures them of a
definite sale which otherwise might
not be offered them.
"The prices to be paid are as follows:
Turkeys, 30c per pound; Old
toms and number twos, 25c per
pound; colored hens and springers,
20c per pound; leghorn hens, 17c per
pound; ducks, 18c per pound; geese,
15c per. pound; roosters, 12c pound.
"Turkeys will be the principal loadings
as prices for other poultry at
thte time are considerably off, and
can probably be disposed of to better
advantage locally."
Midway Club Held Meeting
The regular meeting of the Midway
Home Demonstration Club was held
Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
frank Klliott with a large number
of members present. Mrs. Sumter
Rhame, of Camden, was a visitor at
the meeting. After the business session
Miss Alma Burgess, home demonstration
agent, reviewed the work
of October and^J|ook up that of November,
making a splendid talk on
nutrition and emphasized the value
of a well balanced diet. Little Willien
West, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Claude West, was used to demonstrate
the good points of a well nourished
cjiild.
After all business was attended to
members were servefl refreshments by
the hostess.
i
Daniel Hall Dead
Daniel Hall, aged about 60 year.;,
died at his home in the Lucknow sectioil
of Lee county last Saturday night
and was buried Sunday afternoon at
St. Matthews cemetery. Mr. Hall had
been a sufferer for a long time with
a cancer, and was recently treated in
a Charlotte hospital. condition !
gradually grew worse, until the end
came Saturday. !
Mr. Hall had been a life long resi- j
dent of Lee county, and was well j
known to many citizens. He is sur-j
vived by several children, and other!
"more distant relatives.?Bishopvillai
Messenger.
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Miss Mickle Dead
Miss Rebacca Ballard Mickle died
in a Columbia sanitarium on Wednesday
following a several weeks illnes3.
She was 79 years of age and was the
eldest daughter of the late John Belton
and Sarah Milling Mickle, aftdj
was born and reared at the old Mickle
homestead ten miles north of Caijlr.,
den, but for the. past several years
has resided with her sister on North j
dBroad street.
She is survived by two sisters?!
Mrs. B. M. Powell of Sumter and Miss;
Sarah Mickle of Camden and three
brothers?Robert Mickle, of Alabama,
Belton Mickle and Joseph Mickle of
Camden, The funeral aiyd fcprial b$-j
curred at the Camden cemetery
Thursday morning at 11 o'clock.
A Surprise Party
\
A surprise party was given in honor
of Miss Lille Mae Trapp, by her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. S. Trapp,
at their home Tuesday evening, on
her sixteenth birthday. Various
games were played after
room by little Virginia- Maa^TrapyL
sixteen tiny candles from the' bfrthdaycake.
in the hall Mrs. I.J. McKentie
presided at. the punch bowl.
Many pretty and o*Mul gifts attested
to the popularity of the honor ghett.
RESULTS IN ACQUmOlK/
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Mm. Hull ai*l Two Brothers Not
Guilty of Murd?r (/'harge
Somerville, N. J., Dec. 3.?-As calmly
us she sat through 24 days of
trial, Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall tonight
heard a Somerset county jury
suy that she and her brothers, Henry
and Willie Stevens, were not guilty
of the murder of Mrs. Eleanor :B.
Mills.
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Five hours and two minutes after
they left the court room, the jurymen
returned with the verdict of acquittal.
The names of the defendants
were called one by one, Mrs. Hall's
being the last.
Her face lighted when "not guilty"
was the reply of the foreman to the
question, "Henry ^Stevens," from the
clerk -of the court. There was an
added radiance when the same announcement
followed the name of
William Stevens, for Willie, although
older, has long been his sister's favorite.
When she, too, was declared, "not
guilty," Mrs. Hall's smile faded to be
replaced by a look of calm satisfaction.
Four minutes after the verdicts had
been announced ?the court was adj
journed and the three defendants,
surrounded by their relatives, who.
had crowded forward, left the coprt'
room, the biothers to return to jail
pending a motion for bail on a second
indictment, charging the murder of
the,Rev. Edward W. Hall, and Mrs,
Hall to her New Brunswick home.
Mrs. Hall also is under indictment
for the murder of her husband.
Other Indictment Thrown Out
Somerville, Dec. 4.?All defendants
in the Hall-Mills murder case were
released from custody today when
Supreme Court Justice Charles W."
Parker, on motion of Attorney General
Katcenbach, quashed the indictments
which remained against them
after yesterday's acquittal of Mrs*
Francis Stevens - Halt 'and ' bef*
brothers Willie and Henry Stevens
for the murder of Mrs. Eleanor R.
Mills. Mrs. Jane Gibson, chief accuser
of the defendants, is critically
ill in a Jersey City hospital, and may
never learn that her story of having
seen the murder was discredited by
the jury. She was not told oL the
acquittal. Hospital attendants said
she might die without recovering sufficiently
to be told.
Kershaw Lodge Has Annual Election
At the ^annual election of officer^
held at the Masonic hall Tuesday
evening T. V. Walsh; was elected to
serve Kershaw Lodge No. 29 as its
worshipful master, S. Wylie Hogue
was elected senior warden and Dr;
W. R. Clyburn was elected junior
warden, all being named to serve
throughout the next ensuing year.
Other officers elected at this time
were James H. Clyburn, treasurer;
J. E. Ross, secretary, and John W.
Wilson, tyler. N. R. Goodale, Jr.,
was appointed senior deacon and J. D.
Creed junior deacon. * The stewards
named were G. A. Creed and M. H.
Deal. V~ .
The next meeting of this lodge WiH'
be held on Thursday evening, December
16, at which time the entered
apprentice degree will be conferred
upon, a class of candidates.
Kershaw Lodge is one of the largest
Masonic bodies in point of membership
in the state and it is as well one
of the oldest. It was chartered in
.1818 and has been visited durihp Its
time by General Gedrge Washington,
the Marquis fde Lafayette Mid a host
of other notable figures. I
Collision at Corner
- .7 . 1 ? In
attempting to pasS a truck loaded
with cotton bales at the come* of
Broad and Rutledge streets Wednesday
morning a Buick touring car
owned and driven.by Mr. W. Burkhaid
of lSS.Soath Grove street, East.
Orange, N. J;risid a running board
torn bft and the truck was slightly
damaged. A bale of cotton was
thrown off the truck-arid fell on the
running board causing the damage.
Mr. Burkhard and the truck belonging
to Mr. Barfield were both going
South and. the touring car waa attempting
to pass the truck
corner .when the .truck-turned to go
into East Rutledge street. No police
case was made?th? Northern man
admitting he was at fault and settled
the damages for' both cars. , Mr.
rooto to Bn?n,wick. G^. on rl.it
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^ EXPRESSES THANKS
VihiliiiK Delegates' To State Convent
ion Delighted With Camden
The Chronicle is in receipt of the
following letter from Mrs. Alice
.Stewart Heard, second vice president
of the South Carolina division U.D.C.,
expressing thanks to Camden people
for their delightful entertainment at
the recent convention held here:
"Having just returned from the annual
meeting of the U. D. C. which
was held in Camden November 80
and December 1, 2, and 8, it is but
fitting to publicly express my feelings
attendant to the most cordial
hospitality extended us all. Camdeh,
that historical old. town, was literally
thrown open to us and every one of
those delightful people did their utmost
toviinake us welcome and enjoy
our stay and indeed they were successful
in their efforts. The luncheons
and other entertainments tended
us were noU only attractive but most
enjoyable, and at all times theie was
an undercurrent of cordiality running
from the Camden, people to the delegates
that was easily distinguishable
by us, but scarcely describabie. I personally,
and knowing the other
Daughters would willingly endorse It,
want to take this medium of again
thanking every one in Camden for a
most delightful visit to their town,
which will always be a bright and
bappy incident in my memory.'*
Death at Antioch
Mr. Henry Frierson Trimnal, a lifelong
resident of the Antioch community,
died at his home Friday night
after an illness of several weeks, at
the age of 57 years. He was twice
married?first to Miss Josephine
Jones and to this union was born four
children?A. H. Trimnal of Camden,
D, A. Trimnal of Mannville, Mrs.
Belle Burgess of Newberry, Snd Miss
Bessie Trimnal of Camden. His
second marriage was to Miss Fannie
Boykin, who with one son, Colie Trim-j
-nal, survives him. The funeral and
burial occurred at Antioch Saturday,
services being conducted by Rev, M?'. I
Norman.*?Mr. Trimnal was a good
friend and neighbor, honest and trustworthy
and held in high esteem in hig
community and there are many who
will regret his passing.
Hot Supper at Pine Gfove
The ladieB of the Springvale Baptist
church community, of West Wateree,
announce a hot suppe* to be
given on Friday evening, December
17, at 8 o'clock. The supper will be
served at Pine Grove school hou3e
and the proceeds will go fa* the benefit
of Springvale Baptist church.
The invitation is issued to the public.
* Death at ^Spring Hilt
Mrs. Sallie Robertson, wife of the
late Joseph Robertson, died at her
home in the Spring. Hill section of
Lee county on Friday. November .^26,
at 5 o'clock.
The deceased was in her 89th year
and had lived a long and useful life.
-She -was a member " oi St. ^ohn>
Methodist church, from which place
the funeral was-held on Saturday!
afternoon at 8 o'clock.
She was the mother 6f six children,
two of whom preceded her. to the
grave: the Rev. B.. Murray Robertson
of the South Carolina Confergn^n and
Mrs. Irene Weldon. The following
children survive: S. E. Robertson,
T. C.' Robertson and Miss Colzy Robert
son, of Rembert, and Mrs. Joel
Davis of Brogdon; also 26 grandchildren
and 26 great-grandchildren.
One )&lf brother, Mr. Tom Huggins,
arid one half sister, hfrs. Delia Greer
both of Camden, also/survive.?Sumter
Item, Dec. 2.
.
O'Farrell Awarded Highest Honor
New York, Dec. Selection of
Bob O'Farrell, catcher of the world's
champion St. Louis Cardinals, as the
moat valuable player in the National
nounced to^ay by President John A.
Heydter.
O'Farjiell received 79 out of .a possible
points from eight members
of the Bade ball Writers' Committee
making the award?the highest
eve* polled by g; player/ He is the
; ?p catcher In either league upon
whom the honor has been conferred,
fed with His selection goes a cash
prtM of ft,090.;
1 Vthed among the first ten in the voting?Tommy
Thevenow, brilliant
shortstop, Lester Bell, third baseman,
. and Flint Rhem, pitcher.
TO UNVEIL MEMORIAL
To Dr. John Kerahaw Who 8?ved
St. Michael's Quarter Centary
Charleston, S. C., Dec, 6.-?A metporial
tablet to the Rev. John Kershaw,
D. I)., late rector of St.
Michael's Church, Charleston, will be
unveiled in the church nexi Sunday
morning at 11:16 o'clock, to commamorate.the
more than a quarter of a
century of faithful and loving service
rendered by him, not only to his own'
parish, but to the entire community
of Charleston. The tablet is being
erected by his parishioners, friends
and comrades-in-arms.*
The Rev, Albert S. Thomas, rector
of St. Michael's and the Rev, S. Cary
Beckwath, rector ?of St. Phillip's,
Charleston, will officiate at the rooming^scrvice
and take part in the dedication
of the tablet. The . bishop of
the diocese, the Right Rev, William
A. Cuerry, D.D., will preach the sermon,
and Nathaniel B. Barnwell will
make a short address on behalf;of
the congregation. .' *
The tablet will be placed ojL.tbe
west wall of the church, just inside
the south door, and will be of white unpolished
Vermont marble, with '*
backing of black Belgian marble. The
design, by Albert Simons, architect .
of Charleston, conforms to the colonial
architecture of the church and is
simple aiTd beautiful. The lettering,
designed by Augustine T. Stoney* a
member of the parish, is chaatir and J
dignified.
Two of Dr. Kershaw^ ^andsons,
John Keivhaw of Augusta', Ga., and
Joseph Brevard Kershaw of Charleston,
will draw aside the Confederate
and state flags which will be Used to
veil the tablet until the*mpmaht of dedication.
All friends of the late Dr. Kerahaw
are cordially invited to be precept al
the service on Sunday, December" 12.
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Nurges Pass State Examinations 1
Names of Ninety-three women Were
announced Thursday last the Btate
board of medical examiners as having
satisfactorily passed the November
examinations for .the certificate of
registered nurses. . Ariiong the sum- ,
ber were Mertie 'L. Kirkland"" and 'j
Florence E. Taylor of Camden. *
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Case Transferred Here
Change of venue in the case of Miss
Marion E. Green against Dr. Arthur j
E. Shaw has been granted by Judge ,
E. C. Dennis. The case has
moved to Kershaw county by orde&fl
the judge, which sets forth as reasflj
the belief that a fair and impartial (
trial cannot be had in Richland
county.... Trial was ordered ih Kershaw
county. ' '-VThe
suit of Miss Green again#t Dr.j
Shaw is the outgrowth of alleged i?t-; !
juries to Miss Green's finger while
undergoing x-ray treatment to re- !
move a blemish, administered by Dr.
jShaw. Miss Green is Asking tor damages
i'n the su 10,000.?Satu rday's
Oolumbia^State/N
?? -Criminal Charges Likely ? -
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Columbia, Dec. 8.?A full investlgation
of the state highway depairtinent
wilt be recommended Jo the general
<assemfcly by Major John G. Richards
when he becomes governor on January
18, the governor-elect said today
in discussing^-hft inauguration address.
He will reoommeud that criminal
proceedings be-instituted, he said,
in connection with the shortage, infunds
discovered about a year ago. I
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Teachers Association To Meet /
The Kershaw County Teachers Association
will hold a meeting at 12
o'clock Saturday, December 11, in the
High School building at Camden, at
which time Dr. C. Guilds, president
.of Columbia College, will addresi the
meeting. All teachers of the county
are urged to be present*
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Traffic Toll
Traffic accidents in the South last
week left 60 persona dead and 284
injured, the heaviest toll in injured
in many weeks, it was shown in reports
to the Associated Press Monday
from 11. tit&jjLil
An increase both in number o? dead ?
and injured over the previous week,
were killed hnd M6 hurt,
SBlMliipWIi. - -
' fiiills inn Inn fatalities daefhA^f j
tt thiue. two them in jjkorffeg^:
; The drowning of si* negroes . In
Florida when two boats capsised was
?*t included in the traffic survey. '
South Carolina reported, two dead
a lid six injured*;;?
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HAGOQD PKAlgKH SOUTH
T?f ^""2;
Tells Gathering This Section Most
Patriotic l|| Ignited State*
Praising the patriotism of the
South, Major (general Johnson Hagoqd,
of Atlanta, told the state convention
of the United Daughters .of
the Confederacy Thursday last assembled
in the Camden High achool
auditorium that the South "stands as
a bold challenge to the rest of the
country and te the world, 10 per cent
pure American."
Speaking on the subject "The
Patriotic^ South," General Hagood aaid
the South, which' he had heard spokeh
of "with suspicion as to its loyalty^"
now , has assumed "leadership JH .
patriotism "free front uli cults and
isms, square behind our' constitution
and square behind our. goYfltlirnent?
as is."
"We hear of radicals, of Bolsheviks
and of communists, hut we do not
understand what they mean," he said.
"They arc something far away and
have no part in our daily life."
General Hagood said that in all
southern states, east of the Mississppl
river, there are less fbroigners
than in the, single state of Rhode
Island and half as many as In Connecticut.
alone,. W.itbtyo Mill half
times the pppulatii^jM^theaa south-.
em stateiji hay^ ^M pnfe tenth
the Dumber of Bm in New
England; Ke pointed pbVettd ad^ed:
. "I do not '^prs^th ^e /yalue bf .
our naturalised . citliehs hor loyalty,
bgtf/we of the South can truly say.
that WC h'aye no foreign menacej that :
we are satisfied with our government
and that no element of our community
Is attempting To substitute ?iiy?
thing new fangled or. foreign born."
Adverting to the SOuth's record in
wfhv-the~gpeadceT^lted the tjKT'thkt
the South produced Wa*hlng$onand
Wilson and "America's greatest soldier,
Robert El Lee." He then reviewed
thtS gallant records 6f southerner^n
the World war, many . of
them sons of Confederate soldiers. "I
^myself come to you as the son
of a Confederatcr*ol5^^
Hagood said. "He was a boy of 16
and went out to do his bit as h private
In Lee's army. I come to you from
Atlanta, where as a major general
n the United States army, I have^he
command once hail by Sherman, and
[ come to you over a route not.essentially
different from that of Sherman
|^ri(? march to the sea.. But, like
By another soldier of the New
Itha r carry the flag and the unim^pl^kSherman,
but under it 1
ar^ Op^eart of Lee and Jackson."
***/&? Important Highway
Tim Njyr York Herald of Sunday
( artled Jepiage write-up of the Atlantic
highways aniLalso a large map
showing the principal routq from New
York tq, Miami.?The?article Is by
0. M. Wells, chief roadman of the v
Automobile club of America. The trail
leads through Camden and the writer
mentions Camden in the following
style;
"Camden is a charming old doqthlevn
community and a delightful place
to spend the winter, >. The climatic
conditions ideal for tbose who
want to get away* from the severe
I winters in the North' and who prefer
a bnlmy climate that is not too warm.
I This healthfulnsss for wh&h Camden
is justly famous is largely?due fro the
soil,-which, ta a great depth, is composed
entirely of sand and gravel."
iThis Insures the maximum degree of
the lower strata of air above ground.
I Water is so rapidly absorbed that in
the thinnest shoes. Hotel accominodatlons
in Camden cannot be surpassed
anywhere invthe South. There are
a great many pretty drives around
the city and there are wonderful facilities
for outdoor sports, such as huntPageant
Left a Good Taste
for the Soqth^ Carolina Division,
week, has written the following note >
of thanks to Messrs; G. T. Little,
aJJoetMc^ln; for the pai^tho^