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The Camden Chronicle CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1927. VOLUME XXXVIII. NUMBER 42. INTKKBBT CKNTBR8 IN GOLF. Talks on (Current Topics to Be Fea. tore at Kin* Hsiflcr Inn. Camden's golf courses evidence the increase of visitor* during the last week, ?'?d on Sunday afternoon a goodly gallery followed with interest the exhibition match over the Kirkwood course when Irving Stringer, Jack Cuttle andr Donald Morrison defeated Tom IjUnrmoii and Ernest Hyu'l up in twenty'holes. The three courses, which are in splendid condition, are becoming more and more popular, ana aoon tournaments will start, to continue throughout February and March. On General Lee's Birthday, January 19th, u team match is always played between the C'amden and the Columbia golf clubs, and on Washington's Birthday a return match is the annual event. Robert K. Stone dqwn this week from Boston, bringing with him Walworth Pierce^ William D. Raton and T. H. Whittemore, all of Boston, who are guests in the Stone cottage, and are enjoying a week's shooting and golf. Mrs, Samuel Russell, Jr., of Middlefield, Conn., who is spending the winter with Miss Olive Whitteredgc entertained on Wednesday with twd tables of bridge, the guests including Mrs. Ralph Shannon,' Mrs. Herbert Sinclair, Mrs. S. Kessam Kerr, Mrs. Robert Marye, Mrs. James Maginn, Mrs. W. N Kerf, and Mfar^TCwtmv' Boykin. ( Another ^charming party of the week was a dinner given at her home by Mrs. William N. Kerr ? for Mrs. James Maginn, who 1 s )M bouse guest; Mr. and Mrs. Banuwl Russell, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Miinbcih; Mr. Charles S. Doyle and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kirkland we re ^ R attendance. Miss Ella Coursen, Mr. Frank Coursen and Miss Olive WM*teredge were luncheon guests on Thbihsday at the King Haigler Ir>n of Mrs. Frank Everett Hey wood, of Woreiltw'r-^ A t the To Hi. Shop on a jiff TBt ternoon ai tea Wag gij^on Ky the Mi*a? Young, of Hobkirk Dm, for M"rk7john Scripps Bagby, Miss Bagbv and Miss Marie Blahchard, and Mrs^ Herbert Sinclair, of the Kirk wood had as guests Mrs. George R. Cook and Mrs. S; Kessam Kerr, For the past two winters a series of talks on interesting current topics has been a feature of the winter, and this season they will be held in the . charming parlors of the King Haigler Inn. The first talk will be held on * Friday morning," January 21st, at eleven o'clock, and Mrs. Grace P. T.I Knudson will be the speaker. Her topic "Side Lights on China", is of special interest just now when the attention of the entire world is focused upon China. Mrs^ Knudson, who has circled , the globe four times,"and has spent much time in Chjna, is an au-l thor and a speaker of charm and interest, and will doubtless attract a large audience. The stalks will be held *on six successiva^Fridays at the fame time and place. On the following Friday, J^huary 28th,~ Mr. William Tyler Olcott will peak on Astronomy. ' ?>.. With arrival of the Kirk wood orr chestra and the opening of the Grill this week gayety will begin in earnest. Polo matches are also expected to begin very soon, :~*nd >red Tejan, who is to haye it in. charge, has aK ready shipped his ponies and will arrive within a few days. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Rosa are recent arrivals at Hobkirk Inh and Mrs. V. ' . * Hovey? ?' Brookline has joined her ?ister, Miss Cdbb, there for the rest u '^'on :* Mrs. Edward McCreadjr Gaillard and her small sons have arrived from | Npw Haven for a visit with her paints, Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Ticknor at the Court Inn. Mr. and Mra. Albert R. Gellhtlnere went arrirel, ,?t the Kirkwood from S*" York- ??<? wHb Mm. Julie L. ft anH P? Knowlton Durham, Mi..^ f Durh*m- o' New York; nnj wf*i l!!,in<: St*nton- of Boston, ru"* " <*>*,?. Mm*. J. Kirwend he... f Rt " k? ettmctiTe home "Mlddlrmsrch.. ? , D W{]^ m ITu Hin>'L-' * wm,n K" M,rtin "?> Mr- ><P M,rim ot Glen Ridge, N. J. ., 1 the a HM ,I u n?nie OA Probate Judge W L *** McManu? ?? s honw I days to make w hom? i" Camden. fT " * ' Z " i. J" ' " >*1 I.OKKK IN yHAVK FIGHT J Marion Man Hhot Hy Infant Son !>ie? After Mng?rini( a Month j Charlie C. Tilghman died at the J Plor?nce*4nfirmary ut K ovclock .Sunday morning from injuries he suffered more than a month ago when he wuh J accidentally shot with ft 22-calibre I parlor rifle. The shot was fired by I his little three-year-old son \yho had picked up the rifle and was pfaying with it. The accident happened at the Tilghman home in Marion. He was brought to the infirmary an hour afterward and since that time physi- J clans and surgeons have waged an extraordinary battle to save his life. Mr. Tilghman himself had exerted his J strong will power in his own defense. Little hope had ever been held for his recovery which under the circumstances would have been a miracle. I The body was prepared for burial by the W. M. Waters undertaking establishment and carried to Marion I where at 4 o'clock this afternoon fun-1 eral services will be held at the home. J Following the services the body will! be brought back to Florence and from J here sent to Freeport, L. I? for in| terment. Mr. Tilghman was about 55 years! old. He was a large owner in the Tilghman Lumber company of.Sellerbl and was widely known throughout the! state. He was not only most popular amon? his friends but highly regard- J ed by all. He leaves a widow audi four children, Miss Mary Elizabeth, who is attending college in New York, I Charles C., Jr., Katherine and Billie. J Two brothers also survive.?Monday's Florence News-Review. -AJtr^r >v -7 ? ^ Detail* of Mr. Hough's Death ! We are indebted to a relative for J the particulars of the death and bur-1 ml of John K. Hough, a former citl-1 zen of Kershaw, who was fatally in- J jpred in an automobile accident while] Mr. Hough and family were driving I from their home in Jacksonville, Fla.,1 ttmtozr. Pln.t where they wopfjHEJ ing for a vi?*t te reKttves of Mra.I Hough. * - ? ' 1 Mr. Hough, his wife and their [daughter! Louise, aged 7 years, were on the front peat of the car. His wife's sister,^ftlrs. Anne Gatling, her son, 17 years of age, and a niece of Mrs. Hough were on the back seat. They wore in a Haynes car and .were nearing Tallahassee when they were met by five drunken negroes in a stolen Nash car, and were driving at a high rate of speed to make their get-away. Mr. Hough gave all the road he could but the negroes did not give any at all! When the cars struck Mrs. Hough was thrown(out against an embankment and painfully hurt. Her little daughter was badly bruised but not seriously injured. Mrs. Gatling .was taken to the Johnson hospital in Tallahassee in_a verjLserious condition, and Mr. Hough was rushed to the same hospital fatally injured and nothing could be done for him. The accident occurred On Monday of last week' at 11:30 a.m., and Mr. Hough died at 1 o'clock Tuesday without?regaining consciousness. Mr. Hough was an engineer on the Southern railway artd had gotten off for a. few days to go hunting at Quincy. He had resided in Jacksonville for eleven years and many beautiful Tiormt"TT4hutyr the gift of his friends in that city, accompanied hiB remains to Rock Hill, where they were interred-on Thursday afternoon, aftpr funeral services conducted by Dr. R! S. Truesdale, pastor of 'St. John's Methodist church, at the home of his sister, Mrs. A- J. Crow.. ! ; Mr Hough was a son of the late Mr. and Mr8a ^ Hough, wno resided in Keishaw for a number of yearp prior to their .fieath He has one brothers, James HOugh, and three sisters, Mrs. T. C. Fletcher, Mrs. Boyd Magill and Mrs. John. Ogburri, who reside near Kershaw. The negroes who ran into his car have since been arrested and arc In jail iii Florida.?Kershaw Era. Death of Mr. Thomas W. Payne Mr. Thoijias W. Payne of Westville^died Wednesday of last 'Week, and was >uried Thursday afteruoon at Buffalo church after funeral services conducted by P. E. Blackmon. Mr. Payne was a good citizen.and a member of Bethany church, -Westvifle! Tie leaves surviving him Mrs. T. W. Payne and the following children: Mrs. J. C. Lambert, KannapoiU, N. C.; Mrs. D. T. Bradley, CSmden; Mn. W. E. Norton, Westville; Mrs. N. E. Braxzill, Fort Mill; Mrs. T L Craig, Whitsj Bluff; C W. Payne, Buffalo and Teddy Payne of WeatVilte.?Kershaw Era. - . -i.- - PAPER ISSUES WARNING Pcopl* Should Not B* Minted By Pitiful Appeal of Blind Man I he Yorkville Enquirer, usually alert in looking out for frauds, has I issued the following warning to York i county jH'oplo. Many packages of i these ties were received in Camden ] and Kershaw county and the warning l applies equally as well to our people: < ^ urkville people are warned nqt to be misled by a piteous appeal being J sent out with a batch of neckties from ] "Paunee Bill?The Blind Tie Man/' \ because this is nothing more or less than an up;>eal from a business that is said to employ two hundred people , and not from a needy person ut all. j Numbers of these packages have < been received in Yorkville. , lhis is, but one of many kinds of j unordered merchandise being foisted ] upon Yorkville people through the . mails, Up in Milwaukee similar schemes i were prevalent and the better busi ' nees bureau of the Association of 1 Commerce of the city reports the heat i cure for this is to remember: You are not obliged in any way to i pay for these goods. You need not return them. ; Lay them aside for ten days for n representative of the firm to call for them. After that lose them if you < wish or give them away. , You arc not responsible for the unordered goods and not obliged to bother with sending them back. However Commercial Secretary Wolfe has advised the best way to i handle this matter is to refuse tq ftckc them out of the postoffice. Touched by the pathetic literature of "J?aunee Bill" (note the spoiling of the name}, hundreds of qxsople over America haye sent the dollar. Complaints were however, made dhd a Milwaukee Journal correspond-: ent In St, Louiii wired that VPaunee Bill?the Blind tie Malt" is Samule Rxcsberger, who has capitalised hiit blind neatrand is makings a fortune selling tiea throughout the United RRl^Rpw ? V?*o>- --?Sw This poor blind man's business, said the message, 4*is housed four story building at 517> Morgan street, employing about 200 people. Just around a corner is-the factory of n $30,000 knitting mill from which Presberger buys his ties," To Observe Anniversary The pastor and members of the Mt. i Moriah Baptist church are planning anniversary exercises at their church on Sunday, January 23, when they will celebrate their sixty-first anniversary as an organization. A cordial invitation is extended to their white friends and each year these exercises have proven most interesting. Mr. L. T. Mills, well known Camden attorney, will deliver the anniversary address, and jubilee songs, the relic of slavery time as sung by the plantation darkies of a generation ago will feature the exercises. Rev. J. W. Boykin, who has long been a power for good among his race, is pastor of the church. Hfe succeeded his father, -the-late Rev. Monroe Boykin, who establishecT'The church. To Render Jubilee Songs The first of the song services usually given by the colored folks will be held at tyie colored Presbyterian church on Market street, Sbnday, January 16, at 4 p.m. It will be given under the auspices of the independent society of Trinity Methodist church for their building fund. The program will consist of spirituals, plantation melodies, jubilees and readings and a special invitation Is extended to white friends of the congregation. These colored people arc Using every legitimate means to finish the construction of their church, recently destroyed by fire, and they deserve., to succeed. , ' ? Union Meeting of Association The quarterly meeting of the Kershaw Baptist Association union will be held at Oak Rldgo church Saturday, January 29.Vi All the churches jjre requested to send a large delegation. The services will begin at 10:30 and , the program for the morning session is as folldws: Devotional, C. A, Bird, Jr.; roll cajl; Stewardship, Rev. J. P. Graham; Value of Religious Literature Tnxthe Home, Rev. M. B. Gunter; 1927 program, Rev. M. B. Gunter/- The afternoon session will open at 1:15 o'clock with special music by two' little boys, and continue as follows: Woman's Work, Mrs. Mattie Creed; Young-People's Work, Mrs. George E. Smith; Christ* ian Benevolences, Rev. T. L. Willingham; Miscellaneous and adjopnptont. : ./*.?. <*i. ' * ' ' A88BMBLY MKT TUESDAY lohn K. Humblin, of Union, Klw1?'d I Speaker of the House , i ( olumbia, Jan. 11.?John K. KImiii-^ Dim, of Union, whs today elected i speaker of the House of Represents- J1 tjvea of South Carolina over James | H. Sullivan, of I^iurens, by a vote of (1 H) to 2b. Tlflre were only two can- i i id atea. | Mr. llainblin was nominated by ? Frank K. Cope, of Orangeburg, while I Mr. Sullivan was placed in nomina-ji tiou by J. L. love, of Greenville. The house was called to order at m 12:06 o'clock by J. Wilson Gibbes, 1 clerk. Dr. S. T. 1). Lancaster ?f,< Spartanburg was named temporary,; chairman. The proceedings were opened with prayer by the Rev. 1). W. < Hiott, chaplain of the house. The ; members were a worn in and then the election of speaker took place. A committee corpposed of Representative Hull of LfciUngton, Harris of i i York, and Johnston of Spartan-]i burg was named to escort the new j speaker Jo the chair. John 11. Duffie of Sumter was elected speaker pro torn over II. K. I'urdy of Jasper by a vote of 86 to 26. J. Wilson Gibbes of Columbia was re-elected .clerk and A. E. Hutchinson of Laurens was re-elected reading clerk without opposition. J. S. WtlBon was re-elected sergeant-at-arms over R. T. W. Moss of, Gaffney by a vote of 118 to 2. Rev. D. W. Hiott of Easley was reelected chaplain without opposition. The house appointed as a committee to notify the governor of its organ- j ieation Representatives King, Green- j wood; Wood, of Greenville; and Bow-, ers, of Newberry. The allotment of seats took a eon-j siderable time and the house recessed! until tomorrow. . Coumbia, Jan 11.?Completing its organization in an hour and a half of < time, the senate closed the first day j of the 1927 legislative Session at 1:30 '. o'clock this afternoon and went into ywcess until 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. On motion of'D. A. Spivey, of Horry, the senato unanimously j elected H. H. Gross, of Dorchester,. chairman of the finance committee, j and the committee members were elected as follows: Johnson, Newberry; Robinson, Me-j Cormick; Rogers, Dillon; Ward, Georgetown; Spivey, Horry;. Beam-, guard, York; Taylor, Jasper; Den-! nis, Berkeley; Shealy, Lexington; Stukes, Clarendon; Summers, Calhoun; Martin, Orangeburg; Riley, Saluda; Jeffries, Colleton; Richardson, Greenville; Welsh, Kershaw; and Wall, Beaufort. Other committee chairmanships were filed as follows: - Agriculture, Alan Johnstone, New-! berry; banking and insurance, J. H. Moore, Abbeville; claims and grievances, Maxey C. Harrelson, Marion; manufactures, D. A. G. Ouzts, Greenwood; contingent account, E. R. Ginn, Hampton; county officers, Cyrus L. Shealy, Lexington; education, R. Rogers, Dillon; engrossed bills, O. P. Goodwin, Laurens; enrolled bills, R. D. McDonald, Oconee; federal relations, J. C. Riley, Saluda; fish, game and forests, H. M. Ward, Georgetown; legislative library, J. E. McDonald, Jr., Fairfield; local legislation, W. H. Taylor, Jasper; medical affairs, A. B. Patterson, Barnwell; military affairs, D. A. Spivey, Horry; penitentiary, Pat Wall, Beaufort; penflJr and charitable institutions, James H. Hammond, Richland; natural resources, J. E. Beamguard, York; police regulation, J. F. Carter, Bamberg; printing, T. B. Greneker, Edgefield, privileges and election^ S. J. Summers, Calhoun; public buildings, D. D. McColl, Marlboro; railroads and internal improvements, F. C# Robin-J son, McCormick; retrenchments, O. D. Kirkland, Allendale; roads, bridges and ferries, W. C. Martin, Orangeburg; rules, W. S. Legare, Charleston; judiciary, J. F. Williams, Aiken; inr corporation, J. M. Richardson, Greenville, " New Directors Chamber Commerce The following list of business men and women has been elected to serve as directors for the Camden and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce for 1927i N. C. Araett, j; H. Burns, H> -<a.~A^arrisoi>, Jx* O. P. DuBose, W. L. Goodale, L. I. Guion, M. H. Heyrtian, B. M. Kennedy, Jr., A. S. Llewellyn, R. B. Pitts, R. U. Stevenson, B. G. Sanders, Henry Savage, Jr., Hughey Tindal, J. MVlUepigue, ?. C. Whttrter, David Wolfe, W. R. Zerop, J. B. Zemp, Miss M. A. Clpburn, Mm. N? Jfc- Goodale, MVs. J.B Zemp. *' ' , j .,ian. i MONTREAL THEATRE HORROR I Paused By I'tanir Similar To ClewSchool lIouNt* DiMMMtfr Montreal, Jan. 1?.?Sixty, possibly j more, lives were lost ju m frenjjed ; Uah from the Luuriur.I'alace moving, picture theatre, in the east end when I rire broke out at 2 o'clock thia after- I loon. Moat of the dead are children, h Muny were injured.. The fire start- !! d under the floor of the balcony and j< the cry of ? boy Who noticed it cauacd i * stampede at the door*. 1 he t real re has a seating- capacity : ^>f 1,000 persons and it was filled with the usual large Sunday afternoon L-rowd. The fire itaelf did little dam- : age and was sytm under control. b iremen of the St. Catherine street ' east station saw the smoke and run at once with their apparatus. They ! found the cast side stairway Jammed | with children. The bodies were! wedged so closely together thut 201 men tugged in vain at a rope tied around the body of one child. Thia was on the stairway a few steps from the main floor. The firemen again tried to remove some of the human mass, hut found it impossible. They (hen broke through the strcot wall and the victims were passed out! through the opening by a chain of men. Each little victim was examined and those who showed signs of life were carried into nearby stores, pri-1 vate dwellings and the police and fire I stations. The majority of the victims j were found to have died of suffoca j tion. All ambulances were summoned ! from the hospital and many private practitioners worked on the sufferers in the freezing cold without coats or! hats. When the dead and injured had' been removed the firemen turnod; their attention to the flamu# which' had made their way around the balcony and through the hull to the front of the theatre. The flumes were quickly extinguished. Had there been no stampede, it is possible that few would have been hurt. Montreal, Jan. 10.?The toll of dead' , in the Laurier Palace fire panic yesterday was raised to 77 today whenone of the 30 injured children died in ' a local hospital. Makes His Escape Again J Ellis C, Elders, who was sentenced. at the November term of court to serve from two to four years upon aj charge of assault and battery with! intent to kill and a similar sentence on an automobile larceny charge, j made another successful escape from f the toils of the law when he left the i county chain gang late last Thursday! afternoon. The gang was camped ' on the Tiller's Ferry road about j eleven miles cast of Camden and it was at quitting time whon tho gang 1 was going in for the day when Elders i boarded a new Chevrolet car, said to I have been driven by a woman and has not been heard from since. Elders was confined in the county jail it will be remembered some time ago, and together with another prisoner is said to have thrust a'revolver into the face of Jailor Player and made him open the door to freedom, Sheriff Welsh offered a reward of. fBO for his capture and several months later he was located in New Brookland, near Columbia, where he was placed under arrest and brought back for trial. Will Give Oyster Supper The Mother's Home Nursing club, directed by Mrs. Docia McCasklll, will give an oyster supper at the house in Wateree village Saturday night, January 16. ??????? i? Death of Enoch Frasier The Rev. Enoch Frazier, a vsry worthy colored man, died at his home in the western suburban part of our city, Saturday, January 1st, 1927. His fuueral service was conducted at the Mt. Moriah Baptist church _ Friday, January 7th. He lived ?* very-active and useful life, and was highly respected by all who4" knew liim. He folded the Social Benevolent Society Jn this county and was president faf ten or twelve years. This society has done much in a charitable and benevolent way in relieving suffering and assisting in case of death. He was a good and faithful, minister of the gospel and pestered some of the colored Baptist churche* in ttu county. He was well known for hit courteous and friendly disposition^ all and the great number of persoffe attending his funeral, as well as t&i Bor?l o(Tering,. were evidenc*. of th. hilfh e.teem with wfctch he w? heltt He was about 76 yean oM and leavei a number of children and-gcandcMl dren. x ... ?p??;. . SSggS rSTA s wT > . * 2M; ? jL ^ > " V ? ' OPKN8 ANOTHKH HTOkE Mini nit Ugh & Company To Operate in OrHitgeburK The Orangeburg Timee-Dcnioerat its last issue has tlif following: Announcement of the purchase of the lease and the fixtures of The Bo* ton store at 16 West Russell street fiom C. H, and Jake Schneider of Augusta, by John L, Mimnaugh, >f Columbia, widely known and promInent merchant, wa? officially made yesterday afternoon by Isadoro Schisf?'lt, manager, who said the transaction hud been confirmed over long distance telephone from Augusta by Mr. Jake Schneider lute yesterday, Humors that the transaction was about to be consummated, were on the streets, previously, but the deal was confirmed here yesterday. The stipulation for the lease and the fixtures of The Boston Store will ri?\ figure around $9,000, it Waa announc- ^ cd, which included the present fixtures and the regaining term of the lease, which expires January 1, 1928, a year hence, The transaction provides that The Boston Store shall be turned over to Mr, Mimnaugh by February 10 and in * the interim th? goods of The Boston ,2 murft l>e sold Mr. Schissell stated. .The Boston Store is one of the :'~m larger mercantile establishments of t .; this city ahd has been. in operation here for the past fourteen years. -Mr. i' Schissell, the present manager, wak W preceded by Mr. Phil Levy, who died ,;|i last July, as manager, After a complete remodeling J. L. Mimnaugh & Co,, will open a high ' class department store in Orange- | burg. It has been known for some time back that Mrj Mimnaugh was . seeking a location here, attracted by the spirit of enterprise and progress, ^ but up to the present time a suitable store room could nut be secured.- In '1^ the deal consummated Thursday, arr fi rangemonta were made by which the Boston Store will vacate the premises February 15, and a lease was signed covering a period of years. ! In u personal interview with Mr. "s'i j Mimnaugh yesterday,. it. was learned that he intends to give Orangeburg ?~ a store that will be a source of genuine pride to this community, afford ing shopping facilities usually found only in the largest cities. The Mininaugh stores are net to be confused with "chain" stores of the usual type. They are handled'purely as local enterprises, offering only the cleanest * of compotition ? ar^l enter into the -M fullest dograe into all projects for the growth and development of the city, ^ Wherever Mimnaugh stores have been Jl opened they have quickly established the most friendly relations with local 0 merchants and have been regarded as a genuine asset to the locality,though a manager for the new ptore s l: rhas,n^t-yet been deeided upon, it is understood the^ sales force will be recruited wholly from Orangeburg people. **-* Back At Ria Poat Mr. J. W. Thompson, the efficient rural carrier on, route No. 2 from Camden, is back on his job as carrier after being confined to his home for hourly. a month as the result of in; juries sustained in a fall. Mr. Thompson's duties as carrier does not take up all of Ida timer and during- -^ his off hours from the'.service he works at the carpenter trade, and it was while at work svt the home of Miss D. E. Brown, on North Lyttleton street, that he suffered his injuries. J He waa standing on a scaffold when a plank broke throwing him to the cem'cht floor. He suffered a broken rib and also was badly bruised On the ** , right hip. Hia friends will be glad to know that he' has about completely recovered except for. a slight limp in v . his walk. ' * . County Tickets Reduced" At its first meeting of the Board of ftdfenty Directors held last Tuesday the directors decided to reduce the toll for county tickets over the | Wateree river bridge from $&60 to | v $1.25, thus making a very nominal ' charge for residents. of the county crossing this toll No. other i change fn rates wascordered and the t regular transient toll of 50 cents for ' the.jound trip will remain in effect. ^ t - The board also requested the leg is?j * Native .dalsgation. -in^the general as-. J, sernbly to have the recent act whereby ? r the bridge would be made a free 1 bridge repealed. Juat what action - the delegation will take we have been 5 unable to learn" but ?t is known that r one, or more members favor the toll ; I bridge and it is moat certain She * WflMin a toll bridge for