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The Camden Chronicle VOLUMEXXXVIII. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA,; FRIDAY,, DECEMBER 17, 1826. NUMBER 38. it. I ii, i 'f. ii i - - . " MANY ON HONOR ROLL Probably Spurred Pupil* To Proficiency Scholarship Honor Roll Crude 1-A 'Sophia Creed, Lesta Davis, Hetty Holland, Edna Moore Lenom Sinclair, Wilhelmeina Strak' J^uletfce . West, Bessie Wiljingham' Lucile Willingham, m\y AllJ Hen ty Carrison. WyHe Hogue, Carly.1* Jackson H T. Lovette, Dan MoCub? Jl*<* Rhame, Jack Richards. r,M?de J;B7-Marie Bullock, Annie Childers, Macie Christmas, Talmadiro Dabney, Billy DeLoachc, J. R Horton hred Huggins, Margaret Osborne Ben Mildred Sowell, James Williams Douglas Wooten. .Grade 1-C?William Christmas. Grade 2-A -Woodrow Benson, Archie Brown, Francis Chapman, Guy Love, Bobby Marye, Jack Mogulescu, Harvey McKqnzie, Billy Nettles, Minnie Sue Bruce, Virginia Davis, Rebecca Rush, Nancy,Watts, Jean Wilson Albertus Shaylor. ' Grade 2-B? Meshell Sheheen, Bobby Munn, Lionel MimsJ Clinton Thigpdn, Willis Sheom. * Grade 3-A?Sarah Bissell, Sadie Fratag, EHzafceth Goodale, Alma Hunter, Emily Shannon, Emily Sheom, Lena Stevenson, Thelma Stokes Edna Strak, Helen Tindal, Jack Brown, Murray Graham, L. S. Mayer, Raymond Moore, McKain Richards,' Robert ">Shaw, Jack Halsall, Marion Smith. r. Grade 3-B?Ethel Evans, Martha^ Moseley, Louine Talbert, Norman Cornell, Emerson Branham, Redding Ogiesby, Willis DeBruhl, Leroy Dority, Nettles Myers. *? Grade 4-A? Frances McLeod, George Brunson, James Chapman, Jerome Hoffer, Doris Houser, Roland Moore, Catherine. Brayshaw, Ruth DeLoache, Charlotte DuBose, Ruby Elliott, Estelle Myers, Dorothy V&n Landingham. ' Grade 4-B-^Marie Trapp^ DehnTe Smith, Robert Rhame. Grade B-A?Mary "Ellem McCaskili,! William Thompson, Mary-Lee Blake*, ney, Elizabeth Moore^ James ShirleyJ Fletcher Moore, Betsy Dickens, 6olda. Shirley. * Grade 5-B?Carrie McLeod, Antonnette Williams, Donald Hill. I Grade 6-A.?- Meta Mogulescu, Joseph ? Lang, Katherine Kennedy, Nancy Brown, Virginia Drawdy, Sarah Kirkland. Grade 7-A?Emily Goodale, Margaret Goodale, Grace Robinson, Grayson J3haw. f . - . V ? Attendance Honor Roil Grade' 1-A?Sophia Creed, Lestk Da^i, Betty Holland, Mary Laney, Dorothy Moore, Katherine Myers, Lenora Sinclair, Wilhelneinia Strak, Lucile Watts, Paulette West, Bessie Wiilingham, Lucile Willingham, Billy AUred, Bobby Allied, Carlysle Jackson, H. T, LOVette, Harry Moore, Dan MoCaskill, Bobby McLain, Jack Rhamc, Fred Sheheen, Furman Stewart. Maud Outlaw and Mary Moseley were tardy once during the month and Edna Moore, Jack Richards and- W. A. Marshall were absent once. Grade i-B?-Rebecca Beard, Marie Bullock^ Macie -Christmas, Ivey Cornell, Talmadge Dabney, Dorothy Durfee, LeonantGoff, James Graham, Carolyn Hill; J. E. Horton, Fred-Hoggins, Rofci^rt Jennings, Alva Lee, Frpnk Love, John Melton, Carolyn Nicholson*''Margaret Osborne, "Leslie Ptoyer, Eugene Purieley, Herbert Richey, Albertus Rush, Mack Shayler, Paton Shirley, Claud Williams, Douglas Wooten. Grade Malcolm Christmas, William Christmas, Carl Drakeford, Guy Mayer, Joe Moseley, I. J.McKehzie, Clarence Owens, Archie Stein, Paul Twittjr, William Waters, iMildred Browti, Mary Jackson, Ruby Jackson, Velnier Morris, Vita Truesdale, Margaret West, RhettA McLeod, Velma * niCBunlB. ? Grade 2-A-^-Lena Qorbett, Lillian Davis, Virginia Davis, Catherine Dempster, Cbarla Dunn, Lois Hames, Ellen Little, Rebecca Bush, Alberts Shaylor, Jean VanLandingbam, Nancy Watts, Jean Wilson, BeUlah Graham, Woodrow Benson, Archie Brown, Francis Chapman, Allen Colder, Wai, ter Harris, Sidney Kirkland, Jack Mogulescu, Harvey McKenzie, Isaac Pitts; Billy Nettles. Lou Clybum and Woodrow Sanders u#re tardy once during 4he month and Andrew Whi taker _wa? tardy twice. Ill ' ^11 Grade 2-B-^-Willls Sheorn, Meshell Sheheen, Harold Smith, Gladys Threalt, Annie If. Presaley, Margaret Mayer, Bobby Outlaw, James McKeu(Continued on Last Page) both i.k<;s cut off <>?cur C.to. Died ~Kr?m Injurle. . hustaiued ?y Ho, e?r 7 Odcar C. Catoe, a native of Ker?1aw, Who moved to Spartanburg 8evera! years ago waa killed Monday U. near that city by Bcd(1??; while repairing a box cor. The Spartanburg Journal of Tuesday laet tells ?f the unfortunate accident as follows: Om.ui C. ( atoe, 41, u car repairer ?t Hayne Junction, died last night at the Mary Blue* Clinic as the reault of injuries sustained' when a | freight car on which he was work|,n* was said to.have been struck by a switohing engine, tlie car running over atHi cutting off both his legs j near the knee. He was removed to the Mary Black clinic but. his condition grew steadily worse. A blood transfusion was taken 'iom Clarence Deql, an inspector at the Hayne yards at about 6 o'clock but he died at 8:10 o'clock last evening. > J- P. Gtf>bes, a car repairer, who witnessed the accident, said that Mr. Catoe and M. N. Davis were at work putting u? a drawhead that was hanging too low, when he was called over to assist them. Soon after a switch engine struck the car on the north end. Mr. Davis and Mr. Gibbes, it was said, were not under the car, but Mr. Catoe was putting in a bolt when the car was. moved. lie made efforts to escape, but he was caught beneath the wheels. The deceased is survived by his wife Mrs. Verna Catoe and three children, Oscar, Jr., Earle Eugene and Venice Catoe. His father, W. T. Catoe, two brothers T. M. and C. S. Catoe, of JS/fcprlotte, and oue sister, Mrs. Zeb Alvcrson, of Spartanburg, also survive. - "That O. -. Catoe came to his death while on duty at Hayne yard by a yard engine shoving cars on track 'Number 10" was the verdict of a corona's jury following the inquest held in the Floyd undertaking parlors. J J. P. Gibbes, one of the yard over! seers who was assisting Mr. Catoe and his companion in their work testified to the effect that while passing I the car on which Mr. Catoe and a companion ^ were working, one ofl them ha&Spalled to him for help, and! that while they were holding up a piece of the car machinery, Mr. Catoe I | Wept under the car to slip some pins I in place, replying to a question^'that it was necessary for Mr. Catoe to get { under, the cars. .When the car was J struck by a shifting engine, he testified, he jumped to one side of the I traqk, and saw Mr. Catoe endeavor- J ing to get from under the car, first) forming a contact with the car at about his hips, and then being struck by^the second wheels'at a point about] the knees, his legs being cut off at that spot. '*> ~ Testimony was introduced to - the j effect that the track on which the) car was standing was used for* re-1 pair workc. in emergency cases sim-J ilar to the one on which Mr. Catoe] was working,; and that sfrnal llagk| are supposed to be placed on the track) or the cars. . . ? No such flag was in place accord:| ihg to ft. W. Garrison, conductor of | thd shifting engine which struck the) cars connected with or near the car] on which the deceased was working, his testimony being corroborated by) John McKenzie, fireman, and by A. A,| Williams* and W. L. Wheeler, mem-1 bers of the train crew and by E. F.| Dodd, engineer. Their work on that ) | track at the time* of the accident was | (in the line of routine work, it wm| said. ! ^ Traffic Toll For Week. Fifty-eight persons lost- their lives and 256 were injured in automobile, I train and airplane accidents in eleven] Southern states during the week end/ ] I ing Saturday, according to a compity- J II ion Of reports by the AssociatedI Press. The highest casualty list was) ! reported from Florida, where dlghtl persons were killed and 56 injured in] traffic accidents. Of the injurem two] were hurt in an airplane crasV and] tan 1n a work train wreck. / j r~ TjduiaUna, Georgia and NorthtCwwH Jina each reported, seven deaths dur-j ing the week, while Virgin By Alabama I and Arkansas had five eacn. Louisiana was second the number Of injured, with 43. hSouth Carolina reported three dead V>d five injured. | HIS MOTHER DEAD ' I ' _ Mother of Mr. William King Dies ?t| Her Columbia Homo Friends of Mr. William King, the efficient manager off the Southern Cotton Oil company's plant in Camden, sorrow with him in the death of his mother whijh occurred in- Columbia Sunday morning. Mr. King was in attendance jjpon the funeral which occurred at the residence Tuesday at noon. The following appeared in Monday's issue of the Columbiu State: "Mra. C. E. King died at her residence, OH I Laurel street, at 2:30 yesterday afternoon after being stricken with paralysis about 0 o'clock Sunday morning. She never regained consciousness. "Mrs. King was the daughter of dapt, and Mrs. George A. Shields and was born in the state of New York j near Saratoga Springs, 75 years ago The greater part of her life, however, was spent in Columbia as sMe camq | to this city in her early girlhood. Shf was a devout Christian woman and was a member of the First Bapj tist church. "Mrs* King, is survived by two daughters, 'Miss Jessie King and Miss Annfe I. King, both of Columbia; four sous, Robert King and David King, both of Columbia, William King of Camden and James W. King pf Birmingham, Ala.; one ^ister, Mrs. S. E. ' Scott of Birmingham, and nine-grandsons and two granddaughters. "Mrs. King was the widow pf Rob-! ert King, prominent Columbian who died in 1911, and was the mother of George S. King, who died in 1,933." I LAD KILLS LAD ACCIDENTALLY] Distressing Accident Occurred at! Rock Hill Saturday Rock Hill, Dec. ll.-^-Tommj^ Ross, I 12 years old, died jtist as he "reached! a hospital late this afternoon, as the! result of gunshot wounds received] when the shotgun of a companion,1 James Roland Griffin, 13, -was acci-J dentally discharged, according to 1 Griffin's story. The entire load entered the boy's abdomen at clt^el range. I The two boys had been hunting most of the day and were several I miles from the city when young Ross i was shot. The wounded youth was! brought to the city by Sam Berry of I Ebenezer section, on whose farm they j were hunting. Griffin said that he j stumbled in a mudhole and his gun I was accidentally set off. No fun&ral I I arrangements have been announced I pending an investigation by Coroner 1 Paul G. McCorkle. I Young Ross was the.only living son l of Mrs. Gertrude Rose of Park ave* 1 due, a widow also. He is survived 1 by two sisters, his paternal grand-j parents, who live at'Pineville, C.?| and his fraternal grandmother,- Rock j Hill. The boy'8 mftheir $?. connected j with Winthrop college. Griffin is the son of Mrs. Hattie C. Griffin, widow] -of-4he late -? H James Roland Grriffin is the son of the' late Cooper H,_ Gfcftfin, one time] hi the inaurapce business in Camden, 1 and was born in this city. He and 1 his mother have .been making their j homes in Rock Hill for some tjme. Mrs. Williams Dead Mrs. Elisabeth Williams died Sat-I urday. afternoon and was buried at I Bethany church, Westville, Sunday afternoon at- 1 o'clpck after funeral 1 services conducted by P. E. Black-j mon. She was about 70 years old andl leaven surviving her two daughters^ Mrs. Ella Hunter of Lancaster and Mrs..JHasel Williams of Providence. MrWilliams fell about ten years ag<y and brokp one of her hips, andl about September, 10th she fell and dislocated her other hip. She never j Recovered fully from these accidents. At the time of her death she was staying with her daughters at Lancaster. The immediate cause of her death was flu and indigestion. r Mrs. Williams was a good woman. Shej united with Plat Rock church many years ago. Many deed* of kindness 1 wet* dene, by her showing that -she 1 possessed a fine Christian spirit and lovo for those who. needed her aeftrJces.?Kershaw Era. ; .L" V [ A bank in-Portland, Maine, hae in* stalled A periscope Z as a defense against bandits jAnd burglars. A small peephole imbedded in bronze on the street gWriMith* pnttoe to see into the bankj^ultn a|jB8L-tlme. L a~L- 11 1 - -"^^^nanEatppaeaeaBoeans CUTTING CAMDKN ON THE MAP Work of the CwnikH Chamber of Commerce Bringing Result*. It takes only a brief visit at the Chamber of Commerce these days to show very clearly that the work which that progressive body of business men has been doing during the last several years is beginning to pay splendid dividends to those who have invested their time or money in. this publicspirited work. | The advertising which has been done during the last two seasons, supplemented by the., advertisements starting earlier than 'fesual this year is bringing in replies at the rate of -6 to 40 letters a day from Northerners and poople in other parts of the country who are looking"'.for homes, places of business, or hotel accomodations in Camdon, "The sunshine town amid the pines." Mr. B. G. Sanders, the secretary of the Camden and Kersfcaw County Chamber .of Commerce who has given so unstintedly of his time and energy to this movement for years past is having all he can do to reply promptly and fully to the requests for information coming to him from ajl sides. When 8Gen by a' representative of The Chronicle the other evening he said, I do not know when I have been as busy as today. The*1 letters from prospective visitors or future residents'of Camden are coming in in' such quantities. This correspondence promptly and courteously answered, and followed .up by most modem methods is resulting in locating new businesses in the city, filling up the | hotels and boarding houses, and bringing money to the tills of the |iu#iness men. If anyone complains ! of dull business he ought to drop In at the Chamber of Commerce. That is one place, at any rate, that is busy." Already over 200 letters have been received napd answered. rHore than .booUets have been sent out, and some excellent articles and pictures, havq been sent -to th? leading newspapers of the country and have secured insertion in their much sought after space. Underlying aH this, and probably the prime cause ^for the interest in Camden is the advertising which has been done the past two years, amountipg to a very modest figure for such work. Small as this amount has necessarily been in the past, it has~t>ee4 very carefully expended in skillfully chosen papers and magazines, and a great deal of thought given to the copy, illustrations, and dates of inser. tipn, that the maximum results might be secured. In this way the advertising that has been done, small though it was, freshened in the public mind by the larger advertisements that have^jbgady b^en sent out this Season, ismimistakably "putting Camden hon the psap/" N 7 I This years advertising campaign it I ^ will arhount to approximately $5,000.00 if the business men support this movement as anticipated. Papers already being used are New York Herald-Tribune^ Sunday World, Times, and American; the Philadelphia Public Ledger, B^ltipiore -News and American, Springfield,'Mass;, Bepublican; Boston Herald - Traveler, Transcript, and Christian Science, Jionitor; Chicago Tribuhe; Pittsburgh Fres*?' Space is also being used in thfe "Where-to-gb Bureau" section of the "Quality Group" of magazines comprising Atlantic Monthly, GoldenBook, Harper's, Review of Reviews, ScribnerV World's Work and Country Life. Thi# gives a total circulation of over 4,000,000 in some of the highest grade newspapers and magazines <* the country. The work is being handled under the authority of the Camden Chamber qf Commerce, and under the immediate supervision of Secretary Sanders, by the - Tucker Agency of New York, whose head, W. G. Tucker, has a Printer residence in Camden and gives this work his personal supervision. While many business men have contributed generously to thia work undertaken fbr the good of*?, it has not been possible so far to personally i ?*U on -everybody, and as the is Abort and the opportunity great, the Chamber of Commerce urges that all business men who have nof yet contributed, and who can possibly do so, send in large ? contribution as they feel they can give. Such contributions should be sent to Secretary B. C. Sand.r., Cnxtt, ?wt K? h.w ijAtl lt>l hi ii mma* j*** _ i|_ j. - i - | , i ?\?umy uDimoir tfT tOIHBRrcc# - TOURIST SEASON NOW ON. N ^ ... J* ^Visitors From Snowbound North To T-. Sunshine Carolina. (By Surah K. Winkler) Never before has the wonderful change of climate from the snowbound North lo the sunshine and warmth of Carolina scorned so marked as when a few days ago the old Seaboard meandering its serpentine way through the pine stretches South of Washington brought me to Camden. Here one truly, finds rest, relaxation and health amidst ideal surroundings and that this is being more and mqro appreciated by an everincreasing number of tourists is evidenced by the activity now prevailing in Camden... Never before has the demand for cottages been so great at so early a date. Never before have hotels had so many inquiries?and every sign points to a very heavy season. With the opening of< the Kirkwood this week all Camden hotels are rea-< dy. The Court Inn, Hobkirk Inn, the new and attractive King Haiglar, Ivy Lodge Inn, the Park View and the numerous boarding houses will aoon be taxed to the limit, -? ? Already the golf courses present a scene of activity, and extensive preparations are under way for splendid polo?a sport always popular here. Mr. Fred Tejan, of the Dayton Polo' Club, will be in p)iarge, atid already many well known players have signified their intention to come to (lamden. Match games start in January and continue until, the end of Maf&h. The Riding and Driving Cluib is active. Hunts will be featured, and a new club, the Creeeent Lake Club, wfth 2300 acres of shooting (preserves, where dogs and guides may be had for fox and quail hunting is admirably located and will greatly add to Cam* den's attraction for sportsmen. With a picturesque club house where luncheons, dinners and teas will be served on a wide veranda overlooking a beautiful lake the clulb will prove exceedingly popular. Officers of the Cres^ cent Lake Club are: - President, 'Dr. R. E* Stevenson; vice president, Mr> T. K. Trotter; secretary and treasurer, Mr. C.' C. Whitalcer; publicity manager, Mr. B. Q. Sanders. Camden's cottage colony is being augmented daily, and many, new names have been added to the list. Among the many who will be here for the winter may be noted: Mr. and Mr?. Augustus Floyd, Mr. and Mrs Thomas J. Anketell, Mrs. George R. Cook, Mr. Horatio G. Lloyd, Mrs. Frederick Robinson, Mrs. Woods Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Graham, Mr. Frank Coursen, Miss Coursen, Miss Kellar, Mr. John Weeks, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. DuBois, Mrs.Hatl Park McCullough, of New York, Mr. H. C. McLeod, of Novia Scotia, Mrs. M. J. Charlton, Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. M|Uer, Mrs. Henry. Rutherford, ?L Montreal, who has leased the extensive Bull estate; Mrs; E. Hr Grayson, of Washington, Pa., in the Whistler cottage, Mrs. Crooker. of Boston. Mr. . and Mrsr M. J. Rich, of Camden, Me., in tfee Proctor home, Mr. R. Z. Morri* * i i #* *son and many others. < Mr, and Mrs.. Karl Pi Abbott artr established for the winter in th? White cottage adjoining the Kirkwood, which is most attractive in its sew dress of white and yellow. ' Mr. Rosjj W. Thompson, the Jocular, and efficient manager of last season will again be in charge of the Kirkwood. The Court Inn is caring for a large and daily increasing number Qf'^ueW among them many of forme* years* Mrs. H. W. Casler and Miss Lawrence of New YoHc, Mrs. A. $ Hunter of Utica, Mr. and Mrs. W. 3. Nisbet of New York, Mr. .F. M. fellery of Rochester, Mr. and MrB. Howsrd Gage of Haverhill are among the many now at the Court Inn. Hobkirk Inn, always the first t6 open, is having accessions every day, and its attractive cottages are well filled. Mr. Louis Sledge, Miss Marie Blanc hard of Barnstable, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Ross of Ardmore, Pa.; Misses Gertrude__E. and Katherine Fraser of Engl*Wood; Mr. apd Mrs. L R. Dudley and Mrs. Butler of Portsmouth, the Misses Bertha and Tlthel Young of Huntington, are aro^Pf J$pbkii k's guests^Sr ^V. -? 1 * - '<? j&s BUney School U^reeeaL Play ^ The Blaney High School apt -present the play ^Safety First" in the school N auditorium Tuesday eketring, December 21, at 6^fl0flt;-The pub^ lies te will go to Raiflt dTftfcillttX ^ rTCTBFI f.i: , SPIRITED MEETING HELD / * rt - . ., .... ~ .<% (.overiwr-Elwt Richard* Addrcaaes Meeting of Community Builders, The board of directors of the Catnden and Kershaw bounty Chamber pf Commerce met in regular monthly session at the Woman's Exchange in j this city Friday evening and, following dinner served by the ladies of thu exchange, the meeting was presided over by Robert M. Kennedy, Jr., prea-' ident bf the commercial body. / In reviewing the past year's work, Mr. Kennedy presented the' recent publicity campaign as possibly the greatest single achievement of the present board of directors. In many r' national magazines end "metropolitannewspapers, throughout the North and East the climate, the accommodations and other noteworthy advantages of 1 Camden are being advertised to a .people ryftdy and eager to obtain Such as Camden can' well afford to offer. principally because of u concentrated effort along thte line, Cpmden is tp^ day being presented in picture and story by exclusive news agencies that money cannot control. As a final" and Tasting declaration for.the complete success of the cham- - ber of commerce within the commun- -' ity, Mr. Kennedy stressed the.,.fact;:1 that cheerfully renewed memberships .v. and the warm spirit of co-operation with which it is constantly meeting is , decidedly a greater indorsementthan? any word comparison that could bo offered. V "--'hi Governor-elect John G. Richards was presented as a guest of honor and the speaker of the evening and waB 'v acclaimed by a rising vote as an honorary member of the board. Major Richards, who is first to represent this county as the state's chief exfecu fcive; said it would ever be his pleasure td.preserve the faith of the people who had placed him ib his station of today,. , . "I would never, have been permitted to stand before you as your next governor had it not been for tha people- of this, my. native and much beloved county," declared .Major Rich%i ajds, "because, more willing was the , whole of South "Carolina to trust me after the people of my home county had. voiced such -an impressivenote 0f r confidence," Continuing, the newly-elebted governor s in ted a s his, belief that South Carolina . wan standing upon the threshold ofa greater period of use fulhess and progress. The speaker declared that when the' wealth natural resources, as yet lying, in their dormant state, (shall become, kndwn beyond the borders of our commonwealth their development will surely follow-and with it wM also come the solution of our tax problem and other benefit's, as yet undreamed of, "Your own immediate section,TWIth itabrilUant historical background and a setting among the finest that nature has provided, cap make no better effort," (Major Richards said, "than to advertise, to'teU the \yorld, und thereby gain the citizen who will help ua build a city and a state each greaterand; more beautiful than the last." During, the #ehin? Dr. John W. Corbett made many: remarks of' appreciation for the efforts of the coachipgo staff of the Camden High school football team and spoke of the material advantage their n proteges have ever been in advertising'Camden as a center for clean a tfWetb*. Super- , intendeht J. G. Rkhy% Jr., was pre^ sented with a hand/,me silver pitcher as a token of esteem from the" citizens of Camden and his able assistant, John M. Villepigue, was likewise presented with a beautiful watch and chain. Among the other guests of the chamber of commerce upon "this meet- ing were F, W. Chapman, superintendent of the city Water - and light department; W. T. Redfearn, of the^ Red fear u. Motor company; J. H. Guth- | rie, manager of the local Coca-Cola? plant, and JHenry Savage, Jr., young t attorney who hatr jreeently established offices in this city. tey HUl section, a well known fa*jj^| had the misfortune to get bis right worli at his ^^i^ laRt Thursday t