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VOLUME XXXVIII. [ CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1926. ' NUMBER 39.
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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.
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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>*
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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. <
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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.
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Thf trial of Patrick Eugene McDermott,
charged with the murder
of Don R. Mellette, newspaper editor
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OUR CHRISTMAS CAROL By A. B. CHAP1N
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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
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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
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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