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I The Camden Chronicle |y0LUMfc XXXIX. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1927. NUMBER 3 .... ;; /_;lJ i ' '' LfjTTKK I' Iff >1*1 MIC, bANDKKo * Th<*r? Was No Divihion Among Directors of CliamlMT fhe chronicle is in receipt of tin""H^jowmg letter from Mr. H. G. .Sani K(f>> sl cretary of the Camden Cham K 0f Commerce, and we are print-1 Kg it below. Mr. Sanders claims The B:hr?>ni< le was in error as to the direcHors being divided as to making a Khitngc secretary. We would not Knte at tonally 4? a"y?ne UM injustice Ha our news columns or in any other Hv\a> if we knew it. The Chronicle had no representative at the meeting reported last week and we got our information from one who was pres er.'.. who told us thut thefe was 1 Idivideil sentiment. The resolution in favor of Mr. Sanders came after the Bmatter had been under discussion. The Utter from Mr. Sanders is as "The last issue of The Camden Chroiiiile in an article under the headling. 'Mr. Carrison resigns as head of | Chamber.' contains these words: -at a call meeting of the Cham her <"f cmmerce held Wednesday afI ternooii. the advisability of securing | another secretary for this organizaI lion was discussed. The directors I were divided in the matter." "This statement is an error, as the H secretary holds- in his hand the enI dorse ment of the directors of r- the H chamber of commerce handed him afI ter the meeting which reads as folM lows: W " 'At a meeting of the board of directors of the Camden and Kershaw I County Chamber of Commerce on I Wednesday afternoon, April 6, ]'J27, | a motion of Mr. M. H. Heymari, seconded by Mr. James H. Burns was as follows: That Mr. Sanders be endorsed as secretary of the Camden and Kershayv County Chamber of Commerce and that his services as -uc'n be 'retained. On being put to question, the above motion was passed unanimously. "Subsequent. to this meeting at which the secretary was endorsed, Mr. Carrison sent in his resignation as per letter in The Chronicle, charging in effect that the Chamber of Commerce was functioning only as a tourist bureau and real estate exchange. "The policy of the present secretary has ever been, and his efforts ever bent towards working for the good of town and county, seeking the co-operation, of merchants and profc--ional men, as well as every man and woman in Camden, and not only I to draw new industries to our town* | but to support those here. Our I slogan has boon 'Trade at home and | build up our town.' | "ti'iorts and hard work have be6n I directed towards securing new indus trie- and a hotel, some of which have I not materialized largely because of non-response of some who criticize instead of giving a helping hand. "As to the chamber of commerce being a real estate exchange, the real estate business has no connection whatever with secretarial duties, and the directors long since accepted this secretary's services with the full knowledge that he was in the real estate business. "As the secretary sees it, 'the tourist bureau' is an important factor in the chamber of commerce work. He makes every effort to bring and keep visitors here through hundreds of letters; advertising our beautiful little city in every way possible with the means at hand; welcoming strangers and trying to give them every service within his power, believing it to be helpful to merchants, professional men, hotels and citizens generally to hold them here. "The secretary wishes to thank all who have so splendidly given their support to the chamber of commerce, and while he has not sought the position, for this reason more deeply appreciates the vote of unanimous confidence given by the board of directors and his re-election." \ At a meeting of the chamber of commerce held Friday afternoon and called especially to consider the resignation of President H. G. Carrison, -Jr., as reported in the last issue of The Chronicle, it was decided by the board of directors to refuse to accept the resignation of their leader. The mecting which was made to conform Rtrictly to parliamentary procedure was under the chairmanship of Mr H. Heyman who appointed a com j^t-tee to inform Mr. Carrison of the band's action apd* also to ipform the president of a motion, paased by. s Lunanimous rising vote, which carriec entiment of appreciation of hii Nh(.K(>KS ADMJi K1DN API'INL V ittioiiH of (ireaf Kirhe* ( ?Uh,s |to>? lo Steal Frazier IJaby. Chattanooga, Term., April 8. ( h urge a against Mrs. Annie Tomiuaon and Frank Haskett, fornu-i policeman out on bonds of $.1,000 each, in connection with the kidnaping March of Virginia Jo Frazier, two-yearold daughter of City Commissioner and Mrs. Fred H. Frazier, will be dropped, W. H. Hackett, chief of detectives announced today following the arrest of two negro boys. The boys have mude complete confoMon <?f the kidnaping of the baby. HackeH said. Lewis Willis, 18. and Arthur Willis, 14, negro brother- in their -tatements to officers did not implicate Haskett or Mrs. Tomnsori, chief Hackett said. "There is only one thing for us to do and that is drop charges again?t HaskeU and the woman. Mr Ha-ke'' said. The negioes said Vuginia Jo was kept in an attic m the Willis shanty. Officers found three can< full of ether, and one half full in their home. Virginia Jo was under the influence of an anaesthetic when -he was left on the porch of a minister here tnr?vdays after she disappeared from the Frazier home, physicians said. Lewis Willis formerly worked as a yard boy at the Frazier home, and Arthur Willis had been employed by a Chattanooga hospital, Hackett said. Arrest of the negro boys followed days and nights of relentless pursuit by officers .of the kidnapers of the Frazier baby. She was returned i > her- parents only after Mr. Frazier had handed $3,333 in marked bills to a negro boy at a street corner named in a letter from the kidnapers to the Fraziers. Of the ransom money, $3,100 in Hi 1 Lis, the numbers of which had been noted by police, was found in the negro hoys' homp. "A negro boy's dreams of hign living, with plenty money to spend on clothes with trips to the big cities, led them, to conceive the plot," Hackett said they told him. Lewis Willis had recently returned from New York ; where newspaper and motion picture accounts of kidnaping cases led him to think it was easy money," Hackett said. Lewis Willis was out under bond on charges of burglary of a pawn shop, when he was arrested, Hackett said. Chief Hackett said that the early theory of the police that the kidnapping of the little girl was an "inside job" was confirmed by the fact that Lewis Willis formerly worked for the Fraziers. In the dark dirty attic of the Willis Shanty where Virginia Jo was kept during the three days of her absence, which attracted nation-wide attention, neighbors found part of the ransom money and the ether. When a negro boy presented $20 bill for change at a drug store near the place where Commissioner Frazier handed a negro boy $3,333 in the hope that his baby would be returned to him clerks in the store noted the number of the bill was one of the "ransom money" numbers with which detectives had supplied them. Lewis< Willis has been identified by the clerks as the negro who presented the bill, Chief Hackett said. Detectives and county officers have been searching for the negro several days, since the presentation of the bill. Lewis Willis, only a few days ago returned from Cincinnati, where he enjoyed "the pleasures of a rich man's son" with a portion of the ransom money, Hackett said the boy told him. Lewis, the older boy, shouldered the blame for the kidnapping, although Arthur admitted he played nursemaid to little Virginia Jo. Chicken Picks Up Diamond Greenville, April 7.?A chicken, scratching in the dirt on the farm of R. L. Smith, near this city, deposited in its craw a diamond valued at several hundred dollars, which was lost by Mra. Smith about three years ago. News of the find was reported here today. The precious stone was found in the chicken's gizzard by a young woman who was preparing the fowl ' for cooking. Jdrs. Smith said thif was the third rime the diamond had been lost and each time was returned in some unusual way. past efforts and a full measure ol - confidence in his integrity and ability ' to serve in the future. It is under i stood that Mr. Carrison will continu< I as head of the commercial organixa ? tion. Editor of Colurnl Heads New Liberal Journaliat and - Jeff ersonian Democrat Addresses Unique Club of Camden at Banquet Commemorating Birth of Great Statesman J. F. Md). R. Charlton Wright. editor and ,>f 1 /JJL. Columbia Record, wu.s the di.-t inguishcd gU?-M of honor . i ikI the join, ;pal >|uakt i at u banquet given in thi> r11 \ ,,n Phoinas Jefferbii'r.iia> b> vtm- Society For I'reventloi. of ( ,Ue!t.\ ;u (Julfers, a cub rec -|y founded here and whose membership is composed nf n number uf .Sunday golfers who were recently :>rusted upon criminal charges and later acquitted b\ a Camden jury. The party which was staged at the Retty Thomas Coffee Shop Wednesday evening was also hi nored by the presence of the golfers' defense counsel. Attorneys H. I). Dlakeney, L. A. Kirkland, Henry Savage, J>., u. }} Clarke. .Jr.. all of the local bar; the tiial magistrate. Judge W. L. Del'ass, Ji., and H. I>. N'ilcs, editor of The Chronicle. An interesting program followed i menu which included the serving of fruitless cocktails, stuffed veal birds ala country club and parboiled golfbalis teed on cheese. The entertainment feature of the evening was opened by Ralph N\ Shannon, as chief whippcrsnapping golfer, who briefly explained that the purpose of the meeting was to consider a permanent oignniza'ion of the society whose principal object is the pursuit of life, liberty and unrestricted ^olf-playing as guaranteed under the tenets of Jeffersonian democracy. The society, stated Mr. Shannon, is to meet annually upon the anniversary of Jef-< ferson's birthday and is to remain a | body corporate until one of its Charter .members shall be .found guilty and J sentenced to a term of servitude upon the chain gang or in the penitentiary lor violation of the Sunday blue laws. Nominations for high chief vvhippei snapper and president of the new society resulted in the unanimous se- j lection of R. Charlton Wright for thoj joint position when put* to a ^ballot I by .Judge h. 1). Blakeney who acted as master of ceremonies. Every other member and guest of honor was named an honorary vice-president rind empowered to call a special meeting at any time it shall appear that their inalienable rights are becoming jeopardized. Other guests of honor who addressed the society were W. L. DePass, Jr., who was presented as our next governor; L. A. Kirkland, champion jury selector; Henry Savage, Jr., instigator of the Camden golf case and B. B. Clarke, Jr., the evCr-ready toreador of the blues. Charter members of the society present were: James DeLoache, Jr., Mendel L. Smith, Jr., Charles R. Villepigue, Hughey Tindal, J. F. McDowell, John Whitaker, Jr., Ralph N. Shannon, Fred Harlowe anJ W. T. Redfearn. R. Charlton Wright^ whose outstanding position as a liberal exponent of Jeffersonian democracy and whose widely quoted expressions regarding Sunday observance have virtually been an echo of Camden sentiment made it peculiarly well fitting that the principal address of the evening should be delivered by this man to whom the society would do all honor and grant more and lasting power.* His address which was resplendent with facts in relation to the founding of a government of the people and for which our forefathers fought and died was all the more impressive by reason of the speaker's earnestness and his frequent recourse to tho keenly delightful wit which seemed to flow as regularly and as readily as from his editorial pen. Mf Wright opened his remarks with ! tribute to the spirit which haW prompted the day's celebration ir i Camden and after formally addressf ing 'the toastmaster, the gentlemen I and his fellow whippersnappers h< i continued: I Text of Mr. Wright's Address I Your emissary, whom you sent L Columbia last Sunday to ask me t< . be with you tonight, saw fit to sen< f in a story to my paper in which h< f said that I was to be the "guest cr - honor" and "the principal speaker' s at this dinner. I edited his copy am - blue-pencilled the wordt deseribmj me as "the principal speaker." I ma; >ia Record r Camden Order >*y more than anybod> else *uys here this evening, *?,! you mM> ,egret that you tempted me, but 1 eould never1 envisage myself as a "principal | ?|>ettker." In this .espeet, ,f llo I other, I very much resemble Thomas' Jefferson who, though a fluent writer, had the reputation, whieh en-' dure* to this day, of being a vei > poor speaker. Though one of the1 olest and most learned lawyers a: ^e Virginia bar, even in Ins' young! nihilhood, he was so poor an advocate,' and so lit tle litigious in an age I notable for orator> and Iitigmusness! among practitioners of the law. that; he early deserted the bar for tin-1 more agreeable field of statesman-! *hip. In his day. of course, by whan 1 I mean in the days when he'led the' forees of demoeraey against the! fol-i-es of federalism under John; Adams and Alexander Hamilton, hC was not acclaimed us a statesman1 but denounced as a politician, and a! v, r> demagogic one at that, hut ' "ne, in its passage, proved him to' a Mutes man of a rare and high' , order, whose contributions to the | "ause of liberty the world overtfhave mot b"en equalled by any other indi-i vidual. It is this peculiar distinction! of his, the passion for liberty, that' sometimes led him into inconsistencies. dreams and apparent radicalism, that makes me appreciate all the more that 1 have been given the opportunity to speak to >ou on this anniversary of his birth, however lacking' I may prove myself in oratory. I Because I do not think you would' have asked me here if you had not feh that, in some measure at least, i 1 value the heritage of freedom that the first great democrat of all the ages left to. you and me and all the world where man struggles against the shackles of intolerance. 1 felt that your invitation brought with it the implication that you perceived that The Columbia Record was trying. however inadequately, to hold aloft the torch that Thomas Jefferson kindled for us when he penned the Declaration of Independence and which he held aloft, in the face of i bitter aspersions and in spite of the j slanders of his enemies, throughout all the years of his public and private life. I am aware that the proximate cause I think that's the legal phrase that moved you to ask me to speak to you is the circumstance that, for , some time, I have been openly and as : vigorously as I could opposing Governor Richards in his efforts to revive and enforce certain ancient statutes, [or such vestiges of them as have survived the attacks of liberal men during the past 137 years, and which are described as "blue laws." These laws have slumbered on our statute books for many years. Since I left my native state of Georgia and returned to South Carolina, the home of my ancestors, nearly tW?Jity-five years ago, no governor ever thought of dragging these effete and moribund statutes out of the musty tomfc | of the past. I am not familiar with what happened before that time, but we have the published statement of at least one eminent circuit judge that the sort of Sunday observance we had before Governor Richards instituted the Sabbath in our midst was the sorl of observance the people of the stati at large had had for over forty years . barring of course, local ordinances. My position, and the position tha The Columbia Record has assumed with regard to Governor Richards activities, is well known. I woult like to have it understood that I hav< no wish to disparage Governor Rich ards and I entertain every proper re 1 spect for the office he holds, but i has never been my disposition oi 1 habit to venerate any man, or t< 1 submit to him for the mere reasoi that he happened to have been chosei 1 by the electorate to fill a certaii 1 office. I have always reserved th ? privilege of criticizing, even thougl severely at times, any man in publi ? office. At times I fancy I have bee i wrong, but I have always tried to b honest. So that I mean no disparngemen > of Governor Richards when I com > pare his methods in respect of his sc 1 called Sabbath observance campaig 5 to the quite arbitrary methods c f Procrustes to reduce all men to, or standard of being. You will reca 1 that Procrustes, according to tfc ? Greek legend, was a robber who ii ^ i* ?Continued on Last Paj SKI.I S I \ |{(i K I l< I<, 11 > \ I UK Plant ln>lallt'd l o I ak?* ( arc ul In crcaMHK Floral Hu?iut'H* Mr N . K ( <iikI^h , |n? ji| i ,. ,i t he F rtg idai rc roMipany, has ivvrnli", sold oiii' of tin laigi**t plant* Inn that has been p mcil nil) where in ihv tatc. It bus hccii metalled at tingi'otMihiUM' of tin* ('aniiicn Floral io|npan> at their place mi West Lauren* *trcei In fact he has placed two plants in this gteetillouse. The larger one has dimensions of H by ?'10 feet and has a storage capacity to nnet thv ia i'ds of this growing in ?i u s 11 \ I..i a long while, ('old air is generated hy two motors passing through six coils and is so arranged hat it s operated automatically, giving an ('Nell temperature at almost any degioe desired at all time*. The smaller plant is operated hy I two motors through two roils and r* Used I'oi ki t pillg a vaiieti of cut flow a* i s fresh at all times. The large plant hav for the past week hecii fi led to capacity with Master lilies. Mr. doodah has placed numerous smaller plan's in private homes in Camden and ha- fitted (lie meat market of Mr. (\ A. Davis with a huge refrigerating plant. The Camden Floral company has presented a busy season for the past couple of weeks?r utting, packing and shipping Master lilies. From the one greenhouse on Mast Laurens street, it has grown to sueh proportions that it has been necessary for the com! puny to buy additional land and they now own five acres at the western tend of Laurens street, upon which I they have erected and have under | course of construction fourteen glass I greenhouses, with much of the land in outdoor cultivation. They have recently grown and shipped away from ( amden fifty thousand Master lilies. They also specialize in growing carnations, snapdragon;', sweet peas and potted plants of various kinds. To give some idea of the magnitude | of the business twelve packers have been engaged for the past several weeks, and all told they have twenty . persons on their payroll. These flowers are not only sold locally and thn ughout South Carolina for decorations and funeral occasions, but their tiade by express and parcel post extends as far north as Washington, D. ('., and covers the Southern states as far south as Miami, Florida. Mr. William L. (ioodale is president | of the company and has charge of ! the sales department. He is ably 1 assisted by his brother, Mr. N. R. ' Goodale, Jr., who has charge of the i growing and shipping, and it takes no ! little patience and study to plant j these bulbs and have them timed to j come up ami bloom at the right time. It is an interesting industry and well I worth a visit to these greenhouses. j Camden (Maya Bishopville Here Today Last Friday afternoon the Camden ; Bulldogs played Wedgefield in a good game of baseball. Camden, however, had their rivals beat from the start making four points to Wedgefield's none tn the first inning. Radcliffe knocked two home runs, a threc bagger, and a single out of five times > at the hat. Burns, Sheorn, Nettles i and Sowell also batted well. Tiiday Camden plays Bishopville here. This promises to be a good , game of ball and it is hoped that all I will turn out and Support the local I team. t i Catholic Church Services ? , Maunday Thursday at 8 p.m. the Adoration Hour of the Repository anc t reading of the Scriptnral account ol , the Last Supper will be observed at Saint Mary's Catholic church, locatei 1 at the corner of Lyttleton and Pin< s streets. Other services at this churcl - will be observed as follows: Gooc - Friday, 7 a.m., Mass of the Pre t sanctified and Stripping of the Altar r 8 p.m., Tenebrae services. Holy Sat o urday, 7 a.m., Blessing of the Nev n Fire, Blessing of the Parochal Candle n reading of the Prophesies, Litany o n the 'Saint,""the Mass of Easter Eve e 4 and 8 p.m., Sacrament of Penance h Easter Day, 10 a.m., Celebration o c the Holy Eucharist. n Until further announcement ther e will be but one Sunday morning serv ice and that will be at 10 a.m. Nigh t services, night prayer, instruction an i- benediction will continue at 8 p.n ?- Non-Catholics are always welcome i r. the services in this church, if |C Invited to Easter Services U Tho public is invited to the East< ^ services at Bethel A. M. E. Chtrrc located on South Broad Street. Rev. P. H. Ruff, Pastor f?! F. E. Moses, Superintends ? p UK I III \ |<; Nh'WS NOILS H.ippi niiixs of Inirr< h| I old |{v <>ui IC^ ul.tr ( orrt'spondfui / |{( ' ? u ? A |? il 1L'. M i \\ i||,ain riiompx,,, {\u. (lu.I at hi.<* home Moiulay morning itfu-i a long illr^Ntt. Mr. Thomp son \Wi* about seventy years old. ||(. , is. MJi vi \? <! by his wife, t \s i> daughters, Mi.v < (, N ii holcou ,,f Society Hill ami Mrs. L. L. Fields ?f Hethuue, unit tvs.. sons, II. S Thompson ami Tillman Thompson both of Hethuue. l'Uiierai services wore hchl at Sands Grove chunh at If <>Ylo,k Tuesday a 1 tornouii, fomiucted hy the Rev. \S V. Jennau with the hunal services under directions of the Masons. I he Rev. N\ M. Lovern, a Methodist evangelist from Savannah, (la., will begin a revival meeting <>f two weeks duration at thil Hethuue Methodist church next Monday evening. In prepa rat ion for this meeting the women are holding cottage p.aye. meetings dining t h i ^ sv? ek founts ( uDinibM. ner D. M. Kirklev ami some of the Darlington county men held a meeting t.hi.s wet k to make * plans to rebuilt! the Tiller's Ferry bridge which was burned a few months ag ?. J he poultry car which svas at He. thune 011 last Saturday carried 2,1U() pounds of poultry to Northern markets. About two months ago ft,600 pounds of poultry wax sold to this company at good prices. These sales put a nice little sum of money into circulation in the surrounding community at a time when it is s'erv much needed. i The School Improvement association held an open meeting on lust r rlday evening at the school auditoj lum. I ho fatluTR woro especially invited to he present on this occasion. A most enjoyable program was given as follows; Song, America; stunts by the eleventh and ninth grades; piano duet by Misses Dorothy Parrott ami Knthryn Truesdell; stunts by tenth and eighth grades: music by Misses Truesdell and Parrott; reading from James Whitcomh Riley by Miss Ruth Watts; a group of violin solos by Mr. Eugene Allen of Jacksonville, Fla., n student at the Hoston Conservatory of Music ad<lre?? by th,. H,.v. ilillhouse. pastor Of the Presbyterian church. The prize for giving the best original stunt was awarded to the eleventh grade and the- sixt.li and eleventh _ grades tied for the prize given the grade with the largest number of parents present. A delightful affair for the little folk was the party given by Mrs. *. I. Hueks on Tuesday afternoon celebrating the fifth birthday anniversary of her little son, Francis. I he, decorations were Easter rabbits and the color scheme was white and yellow. The children were entertained with a most enjoyable Easter egg hunt. Ice cream ami white and gold cake wore served. - A score or more ?\ , 5* folk wt?r?' present to honor little r rands with their gifts and enjoy Mrs. Hucks' hospitality. Mr. Arthur Graham of Rockford, N. C., was a recent visitor to relatives in town. Mr. Graham is superintendent of the school ut Iiockford. A large number of people froni Bethune visited Magnolia Gardens last Sunday among them being Misses Mildred Hillings, Helen Snellgrove, Darne Yarbrough, Heulah Pennington, Lizzie Mae Riley and OUie Farr ' and Messrs. Mortimer Gardner, Conway Gardner, Percy Mays and Dargan Clyburn. Mrs. A. K. McLaurin and Alvin Clyburn spent the week-end in Charleston, carrying with them to view the beautiful gardens MTsses Mary Ixiuise McLaurin, Lizzie Davis and Malloy Hearon of Chicora college. . Mr. and Mrs. Mayo Davis who were recently married'in Dothan, Ala arrived in Bethune last Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have been spending their honeymoon in Florida. , VT V,av'n Severance, Lee Morgan and I Truesdc11 8Pcnt the week-end in Clinton, where they went as delegates ( to a meeting of the Christian Ent deavor organization. 1 .t_^ro^* and Mrs. J. C. Foster had as , their guest last week-end Mr. R. M. ' Foster, superintendent of the Cross 1 Anchor schools. 1 Messrs. Charley Madden and . Dester King spent Sunday in Colum. bia. [ Mesdames Hillhouse, D. T. Yar-~ brough and M. G. King have gone to Columbia as delegates to the Presi, byterial which is in session this week, f Mr. Eugene Flowers, superintend. ent of the Cross school was a recent visitor in Bethune. J. . ' Norwood Thomas of Columbia has 1 been spending several days with his mother. e Bethune chapter of the order ?_ the Eastern Star held its regular . monthly meeting last Wednesday evening. Mrs. J. C. Foster was rea ceived into the organization. After i. the business session a tempting salad course with iced tea was served by Mesdames C. L. Mays and D. G. Mays. Mrs. Frank Beftrd and children of Daytona, Fla., have been visiting rel- ^ ative.s here. Mrs. Beard is enroute Lr t0M^^a^!ott , N* C't/**&?? Mr- Beard n, will be located In tne fuUrfb: Mr. Joe Cootsey and J. M. Clyburn, Jr., spent Sunday as the guests of nt friends in Florence. T ,t '^ ~ -?- .,t