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= the Camden Chronicle ? 1 VOLUME XXXVIII. [ CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1926. ' NUMBER 39. ' ?-? N KWS OF K IKK wood Christmas Season firings Quip Number of Visitors to Camden I he Christmas spirit prevails Camden's winter colony. h0Vs arj girls returning for the vacation period Rive an air of youth and jollity to the many social events; eoi*aK,.^ are filled and hotels are receivin,. many new guests, The Kirkwood opened on Saturday, the King Haiglar a few days earlier, and with the Court Inn, llobkirk Inn and Ivy Lodge all catering to tourist travel, Camden offers varied accomodations and creature comforts -to every sort of taste. Several new boarding houses are open this year, all of which points to the towns in' creasing winter population. In the cottage contingent Dr. ahl Mrs. William S. Rainsford are recent additions, and Mrs. E. H. Grayson has come into the attractive Whist U < ottage on Lyttleton avenue, arriving on Monday from Washington, Pa. ^ Among the interesting changes it, Camden's attractive tea rooms we note that the charming little shop am; tea rooms adjoining Hobkirk Inn iunder new management this season and tlie name will now be Torii Shoo and lea Room, a branch of the internationally known shop of the same name on the Maine 'coast of which Mrs. Knudson and Miss Appleton are owners and managers. With nineteen years experience these ladies come to Camden well equipped for their work, and will offer many -rare and beautiful things gathered in their several trips around the world. Mrs. Knudson is a writer of note, and has recently published a book entitled, "Gift and Art Shop Merchandising." Camden welcomes these cultured and delightful women, whose coming is a distinct accession to the winter colony. ^ Speaking of shops the King Haig'ar Antique Shop on Chesnut street, an enterprise fostered and owned by Camden women also deserves special notice, being the first of the kind in this vicinity. .ujt- .. and Mrs. J. Dodge Peters and r their son, Langdon Peters, of New York are at the Court Inn for their X annual visit, as are also Mr. and Mrs. >4 H. B. Stearns of Saranac, who have spent many winters in Camden. Among the many arrivals at HobX. kirk Inn are: Mr. and Mrs. Conrad C. Price of East Orange, Mr. and Mrs. ? F. K. James of Peekskill, Mrs. E. H. Cook of Rochester, Mr. and Mrs. Wil jy . liam H. Seymour of Peekskill, Mr. CD Willis Austin of Norwich, Conn., and JK- Mr. Norman Armstrong of- Poughkeepsie. Miss Charlotte Capapbell, who is spending the holidays with her sister, Mrs. H. G. Marvin, at Hobkirk expects to sail January fifth for an extended stay in Europe. JtYnmie Campbell of the Lake Moy-i. honk school is at Hobkirk for theholidays, visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Marvin, and Mr. Irving Stringer who ifc^, has been there for ten days has returnecLUorth^ .; An eve^t Always pleasantly anticipated by their~~friends both in the winter colony and the re sident colony is the tea on Christmas eve given in their attractive cottiige by Miss . Ella, Coursen -and her brother, Mr. Frank Coursen. . With delightful hospitality tKb event will | be enjoyed by a large number Friday afternoon. The Kirkwood links opened for tire .. season with a most inteijesting exhi*> bition match on Sunda; afternoon. Ernest Ryall, Donald ft irrison and Jack .Cuttle played Tom [arraon and Irving Stringer, the lat er winning 4-3,, Medal scores were Ryall 79; Cuttle 79; Morrison, 76j tringer 76; Harmon 70. A' tournarr ?nt will be played'bn Christmas day >n the Sarsfield course, whiqh is ng used by ~ ~ large number daily, Mrs. Arthur Millar ol Lyttleton avenue was hostess in h t>nor of her aunts who are stopping in Camden *on their way to Florida with a delightful card party on We dnesday afternoon. Mrs. T. E. Krumbholz and Miss ' Krumbhols are at the K rkwood for s the season. The heaviest fog thatl has hung over New York barbo? In Iseten ft*** was that of last Monday? and TDes;! day. The fog was so d<?nse th4 it tied up practically all pnd ' .outgoing lhips F h>* t ^ than WINS SILVER CUR Chevrolet Agency at Camden Reads Zone For November j Mr. (j. (. Welsh, manager of the j Camden agency of the Chevrolet Motor company, was o? Wednesday j awarded a silver cup for the greatest : number o 1 sales of new cars und , trucks in zone sixteen, division No. 10. To understand what the zone system means can best be explained by the fact that the zone in which Mr. I WelsK works comprises such towns i as hock Hill, Chester, Lancaster, j Chesterfield, Hartsville, Darlington,' i Bennettsvillo, Cheraw and towns of 1 likd size. Mr. Welsh has only one assistant U> the sale of his ears?Mr. L. B. ; (-a nip be II vvh ijjjj-one of the agencies in this competition employed eleven I -talesmen besides three men in the ^ office department. Show Windows Are Pretty j .Many of the local merchants have benutilul ami unique window displays "I ( hristmas goods. Of greatest attraction to the smallJcids is the chimney scene with the "stockings hangnig, in the window of The Fashion Shop. There's a great big Santa Haus waving a-merry welcome. The Camden Furniture Company ai.-.o has a movable Santa Claus in its window among the furniture displays. I he five and teji cent stores have an unusually pretty display of toys and the jewelry stores are prettily displayed with gifts of jewelry and novelties. The DeKalb Pharmacy has a pretty window and so has the drug store oi W\ Robin Zemp. L. Schenk Company, dry goods window display is tasty, as is also the window of The Outlook on South! Broad street. Manager Ira Dixon, with his usual thrightfulness, has decorated 1 the window of the Western Union office.! He and his assistant, Miss Elise Hardy, spent a lot of time and patiense building this unique display urging the use of Christmas messages over their lines. The seen? presents a log cabin, with its mud chimney, and the cabin and roadway covered with snow The messenger boys have beaten a pathway from the office to the cabin and are climbing the steps to carry their message. Mr. Dixon had a most unique .scene last Christmas which attracted unusual attention, and brought a highly appreciated letter from his division superintendent I at Norfolk. The ideas were entirely original with Manager Dixon, who is one of the company's most accomodating operators. Pretty Electrical Effect The Majestic Theatre, Camden's i popular motion picture playhouse, is a.^.orne^ 'n Christmas decorations, the handiwork of its manager, Mr. S. W. Williamson. Over the top front of the building appears _ the greeting Merry Christmas," and underneath is the title of the picture showing that day, spelled out in an electrical effect. Mr. Williamson made the letters by hand and has accumulated an entire alphabet, including extras for vowels^ and will i>e ablt; to announce the title of almost any picture presented. The outfit includes something over two hundred light globes, each separately wired and represents a lot of work on Mr. Williamson's part. < .? " v t.'. 1 " He Found His Cow Mr. Sam Hammond, who conducts a meat market on South Broad street, several weeks ago lost a cow and inserted an ad in our classified column. The description should have read, butt-headed cow" but the ad appeared one "bull-headed cow." The error caused amusement to those who know cows, bu^ the little ad had the desired effect, for Mr. Hammond found the cow north of Camden on the Burns I property. Sam says it was a country cow?not used to city ways?for in its native pasture it was kind and gentle, but bringing it:to town caused it to go wild and become unmanageable. He had to shoot the animal before it could be captured. L . Thf trial of Patrick Eugene McDermott, charged with the murder of Don R. Mellette, newspaper editor I itw ? -j.?ii,i? a...j. ...-.II.. mi JUL" 1 OUR CHRISTMAS CAROL By A. B. CHAP1N ^?S? WISHES, - 1 - . (PhaPIW - * A>?Too^y-f< A? THEY SAW HIM | ??? North I'ole Flyers Vouch For The; Children's Patron Saint New York, Dec. 18.?Yes, children, there is a Santa Claus. Two Americans who have been to the top of the world, say so. And he is to use airplanes and dirigibles as well as reindeer this year. Noting that boys and girls all over the world were concerned because Santa and rcinde'er were not mentionI % ed in the explorers' narratives, Henry Woodhouse, president of the Aeriei league of America, wrote them. < Asked whether Santa had been seen* | Lincoln Ellsworth, of the North, re-' I plied: "Absolutely I hope the time will never come whqp I cannot see Santa j Claus." And this came from Commander Byrd: , "How could I miss seeing Santa when I had been waiting all my life to visit his dominion?" Ellsworth saw many reindeer. When Byrd was over the Pole, they were' busy getting ready for Christmas ,. Ellsworth said he hopes Santa will always use reindeer, but he fear; ed this progressive age would require the use of aircraft. Byrd said he learned that Santa is using .planes and dirigibles this year in addition to reindeer. When he does not go by aircraft, he said, it will be the fault of the cities, he said, as they failed to provide Airports on which Santa can land safely. Two Cars in Smash In a collision between a Ford coupe and a Marmon roadsteh on the Camden-Columbia highway b\st Saturday evening Mr. Bonnie M, Smith of Camden was quite painfully injured and was rendered unconscious for more than an hour. The wreck occurred about.''six miles from Camden in a beiyi in the road. Mr. Smith was returning from Columbia and was hit by a car driven by Mr. E. P, Howell, a former citizen of Walterboro, but now residing at 907 22nd Avenue, Tampa, Fla. The impact was so great that the Ford car was completely wrecked, and a great many of- the parts stolen and carried off before it could be towed back to , town. Mr. < Sroit* was found unconscious in a ditcjh and was brought ! to the Camden hospital where he soon' regained conscioumess but it was necessary to u? u\ cuts in his back and the back of his lead. Mr. Howeil was uninjured, but n*car was pretty badly damaged. He {traded cars here, made arrangements to settle all costs Heavy 1'oultry Shipment The carload of turkeys and chickens shipntd out of Lancaster county last week was the largest co-operative car ever shipped by the county agent. A total of 18,500 pounds of live poultry, about equally divided between turkeys and chickens, were shipped, representing in cash paid the farmers $4,500. The loading was so heavy that it was necessary for the county agent to make special arrangements to take care of the overflow. This was done by having a car that was partly filled stop at Charlotte where part of the Lancaster load was transferred from the overfilled car sent from here. Arrangements were made to load turkeys in a box car and take these to Charlotte, but the loading of turkeys at Lancaster was light and this was not necessary. Kershaw had the- heaviest loading, nearly 9,000 pounds, bringing in nearly $2,500. The light loading of turkeys at Lancaster was due to a turkey buyer from Charlotte coming to the country around Lancaster while the car was being loaded at Kershaw and Heath Springs. It is said that he got many of the turkeys that would normally have been marketed in the car. Many of the farmers sold him that previously expressed a desire to have a car shipped from the county. Car-lot shipments of live poultry represent t*he only method of marketing whereby large surpluses can be disposed of, and every car that moves must be well patronized, else the future markets will be jeopardized.?Lancaster News. Small Paper Next Week According to our usual custom The Chronicle will go to Its readers in small form next week. There \yill be only four pages and those having items for publication are asked to send them in as early as possible. The force will take holiday for a greater part of-the week. Advertisers are also requested to send in their copy early. V Bank Has Calendars The Bank of Camden has a number of 1927 calendars for distribution among their friends and customers and ask that they call at the bank for same. Historic Camden, Second Volume . Copies may be had" from undei;signed at his office or at The Corner ! Shop, next to Presbyterian church Trice, *6.00. THOS, J. KIRKLANI). Train Wreck Scrambles Eggs Helena, Mont., Dec. 19.?Montana' biggest omelet waa scrambled in th< j .Student*: To Get The Chronicle The Williams Insurance Agencv ; ihiough its president, Robert M. KenI uedy, Jr., is this Christmas is remembering every coilego student of Camden by having The Camden Chronicle placed within their reach throughout the remainder of the college year. To schools where more than one student is registered the paper wi'.J be addreceed to the college library and where Camden has but one -representative the paper will be sent to the individual student. This is not the first time that this agency has materially considered the boy and girl away from home and with this year's refoembrance goes also the heartiest greetings for Christmas and a new year full of happiness and successes. Banker Killed on Tracks Gaffney, Dec. 19.?The body of Martin Gary Huskey, assistant cashier of the Merchants' and Planters' ^National Bank, found on the SouthernRailway tracks last night was buried in Oakland cemetery this afternoon. Services were conducted by the Rev. W. A. Haffner of the" Presbyterian church. * Death of Mr. Peebles _ Mr. L. H. Peebles died at his home in the Marshall section on December fifth and in his passing this section has lost one of its oldest citizens and most distinguished Confederate veteran. Mr. Peebles served throughout the war" and was with Lee upon his surrender at Appomattox. Returning at the close of the war he resumed his agricultural pursuits and spent the remainder of his life in the Marshall section, dying there upon virtually the same site as th%t of his birth more than eighty-five years ago.- Mr. Peebles early in life was married to Mrs. Lillfs Barnes, later to Miss Mary Trnntham and, a third time, to Miss Ottie? Fol*om and, from these unions there "Survive the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Laura Barnes, Mrs. Flora Kelly, Mrs. Julia Barnes, Mr. R. ,L. Peebles, Mrs. Rosa Davis, all of whom reside in the Marshall section. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Potor Stokes, presiding ut^er, assisted by the Rev. Parker, " arid burial followed in the cemetery adjoining the Marshall Methodist Church. Merrimac Survivor Dies ' Pineville, K. C., Dec. 19.?Col. Wllley B. Fort, S5, known as the last - mrvivor of the historic engagement between the Morrlmac and Monitor, was buried here today. f I - H "-T- ,?Y J" i Klihu Root, New Vork lawyer, wi' - _x L..i 'i !, ' ixjuiteg DEATH OF MM. Mcl.KOD ' V$ . -,J| Internationally Known Hunker and VuehtHnian I'uhmch Away "? -> YJ* ;?? |? M r 11 e n r v t ,#j 1111 * u? ood ud , v .* . .?43 tired bunker of international reputtt tion, writer of finance and economic subjects and enthusiastic amateur yachtsman, formerly of Toronto, Canada, and of Booth Hay Harbor, Maine, died at bis winter home here Sunday, December lb, after about two hours 111nctik from a heart attack. He wus formerly generul manager of the Hunk of Nova Scotia, one of the world's great banking institutions. Mr. McLeod was born March 9," 1851, son of Captain John McLeod, -ntfe of The Cove, New London, Prince Ed- i wards Island. He was educated in local schools, read law for three years, entered the hanking business und at -.4 -> the ago of twenty-four was made manager of the Georgetown, P. E. I., branch of the Merchants Hank and continued in that service until 1882 when he joined the staff of the Hunk of Nova Scotia. He established .the Minneapolis branch of that bank and t .. v became its' chief agent there. In 1892 be established the Chiejpo branch of the bank and continuetras manager there until 1897 whw ho was made general manager with headquarters at Toronto. He retired 0 \ * in 1910, but in 1918 was called on by K his government to advise with the j committee on Hanking and Commerce of the Canadian, Parliament upon the revision of the bank act and many important provisions were adopted upon his proposal. He was an enthusiastic yachtsman and yacht designer. He designed the "Minotu" for the Canadian cup race in 1899 and commanded and navigated the "Amorita" in the New YorkBermuda ocean race in 1909, establishing the yacht record for the course. He was a life member of the Royal Canadian yacht club and of thev Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, He was twice married, first to Miss Elizabeth Sarah Davison and second, ...i / to Miss Ada Gordon of Georgetown, Prince Edward Island. He lost a son in battle in Belgium, a member of ... the Flying Squadron and leaves one Son, Vernon D. MacLeod, of St. Catherines, Ont., and four daughters, Miss Edith MacLeod, Mrs. Charles. M.T,:i|9H?Manning, Mrs. (Doctor) Colin Campbell and Mrs, S._C. Vinen,- all /-of'" Toronto. His daughter, Miss Edith MacLeod, was with him in Cabidejfcwhen he-died and will be here through rsi|?p|p the winter season. Mr. McLeod made many friends . ,i here. He often spoke of hiia love tor .;^T| Camden and its people and always xe- _v J ferred to hipiself as^ a resident of , Camden. The community is saddened I by his death, with a special thoughts I of sorrow at his passing just as his beautiful home in our midat was be- x ing completed. Youth Accidentally - Shot Heyward Mobley, 16-year-oJd son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Mobley of, Heath Springs, was accidentally shot ^ by a companion ojrie day last week while hunting anjT was carried tottfe" Fennel 1 Infirmary in Rock Hfll where J he is reported to be doing as well as ^ Could be expected. The ^oad, at a A| range of a few inches, passe'dHhrough Jjl I the boy's thigh from the reaifj'tearing^v . 1 I away a large part of the limb'near -"J I the spine and. cinOrging in front^ it is said. Heyward and a negro com* . panion were said to have been hunting rabbits when finding one of.the ,*>j quarry in its bed. tfeth prepared to shoot after kicking the animUl up and the negro's gun was said to have been discharged before he coUld take aim. Friends o^the young man in . *1 both Heath Springs and Lan|p^ar ** I regret the unfortunate occurrence * and will hope for his speedy recovery and return home.?'Lancaster News. . ~Man Killed By Truck [ Edgefield, Dec. 21v?Early this morning D. A. Haxel was instantly killed on the Meeting Street high- ^ ; I way, about three miles north of Edgefield. He and his son, D. A. Haxel, I Jr., were hauling lumber with n'truck, I the elder being a< the wheel. I truck in some way became unman1 ageablc, and ran out in a field. Mr. 1 H;,.S1 was violently thrown to, the J-^Tound and his neck was broken, I causing instant death. His son wr ? I painfully but not-seriously inju 1 Mr. Hazel was about 56 years o' i\ Nikolai P. PachSUk, knor si "Serbian Bismarck," dieA el on Friday. He died f*t> 1 apoplexy. r Jgjfa