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REOPATH CHAUTAUQUA OPENS WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, WITH BRILLIANT FEATURES OFFERED gss The Camden Chronicle iss Iju^ME XXXIX. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA. FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1927. \ NUMBER 6 runden Over-Subscribes In Mississippi Flood Relief Quota ?? I 1*655.50 IS THE AMOUNT Heal Post American Legion Active in Working For ReH lief of Flood Victim* During I Absence of Camden Chapter Hmmander Hughey Tindal, of the Kltuy Helk Post American legion, mailed a check foi $665.50 to the Hnerican Hed Cross headquarters at HaThiniftoii as Camden's contribution ^^B the Mood sufferers of the Missi.s.sij)H a,1(i ith tributaries. Mr. Tindal'.s tier accompanying the check was as fallows: the absence of a functioning : y^Bganization of the Red Cross in 6ur Hiy our Post of the American Legion upon itself the task of raising He allotment your organization asHgned to Camdjen, which we underHand was $260 in the original call Hr $5,000,000 and which will now be Hon in the call for $10,000,000 ior He Mississippi Valley Flood Relief Rund. In this work we were very ^^Hindly assisted by the two newsHapers, The Watefee Messenger, and Hhe Cam(len Chronicle, and by Mr. I m H. Heyman representing the CamHen Chamber of Commerce and Mrs. H. J. May field and Mr. T. K. Trotter officers of the local unit of Hhe Red Cross. I "It is with pleasure that we are Hransmitting you herewith cashier's ^Hheck for $655.50 which represents Hhe amount collected to dote for this fund. If this organization or the ^Bpeoplo of Camdert can be of any furHther assistance in this work we shall he glad to have you call on us fur List of Additional Contributors I Previously reported $217.50 I Casaatt Baptist ?hurch, 0. T. I Gardner, Trt-nsuror . u.uu Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Harris ... 25.00 Mrs. M. MacEwan 2.00 BlI. G. Carrison, Jr 5.00; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Edwards.. 10.00 j Mrs. Boliver Boykin *1.00 w. R. DeLoache 1.00 Mrs. Lillian B. Robinson 25.00 Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Carrison, Sr. 25.00 Rjeorgg T. Little 25.00 r. K. Trotter 1.00', Hv. R. Nelson 2.00 Hv. F. Nettles 5.00' Hv. M. Kirkland, Lugoff 5.00 ^ )r. and Mrs. J. T. Hay 5.00 K>. A. Boykin 2.00 H. B. Cureton 1.00 Hlrs. Deas Boykin 1.00 Rirs. W. J. Mayfield 2.50 and Mrs. A. J. Boykin .... 2.00 Htiss Bessie Young 1.00 T. Asbury 2.50 H. E. Kennedy 2.00 H. \. Kirkland 5.00 ^^^B E. Stevenson 5.00 R C. Arnett 2.50 G. Sanders 3.00 R. Hough 1.00 R. Langford 2.50 Hohn W. Wilson ' 3.00 B. W. Williamson 2.00 L. Wallnau 1.00 ^Paruch &. Nettles 3.00 L Rush 1.00 H- H. Schenk 2.00 Clifton McKain 1.00 H. S. Fischel l.OO Schlosburg's 6.0C ^ Bob McCaskill 1.0C W. G. Wilson 10.0 R. N\ Shannon 2.BC L. Moseley l.OO Hirsch Bros. 6.0C ^ N. R. Goodale 1.0C -HF. NT McCorkle . .-rrr?:-. . 1.0C Enterprise Mercantile 'Co 3.0C Olympia Cafe r 2.0( Dr. A. W. Humphries 5.0C ' R. Ihm' 3.0C Ous Michiotches, N. Y. Cafe.. 3.0C Uroy Hough 1.0C Miss Rosa' Geisenheimer ? 1.0C HJ- D. Byrd 1.0( H;, A. Davis 1.0C R-T. Goodale ...... 1.0C H I'' D. Goodale 1.01 RE. C. Shaw . 1.0( - W. C. Boykin 1.0C Hf- s- Beckham 1.0( R- Montgomery 1.0( In! M- Gloves 1.0C UwrtHjrir-. ;t . ,-r,., ? , 4.0( ^y of Camden 50.0( ^H ; H. Baum 2.0C H?rd Wolfe 3 (k Hr^ Benevolent Association 5.0C d'l BuBose 3.0( Robert Babin 3.0( D\ c- Nicholson . 1.0( Khame Bros . 5.0( I 2,0( I r w Car?pb?li .............. 1.0C H i i J^man L0( H V u"; ^Kanxle ... ,a {{ . i.0( t W??ley Williams 1.0< I a "el8 Sheheen i.w I A. Kheheen 5 0< I Mima 10< H C H p ?Un* l.Oi I j'k qf io.<x I p Shannon i a< H t' ? ^^Aohe -v..n, -n o*0( H rL ^WAnaky ... 5*2 IiSEs?f H CamdenTSSSS ^ Ml H Fond tare Co. . 1#0( ^ 'SoCaskill & Lollis ...... 2.00 t B. English W..~. "? 1.00 C. C. Whitaker 1.00 C. C. WMtaker, Jr 1.00 J. K. Lftnff .<*... .. 1.00 W. T. Sdttlh 5.00 J. A. Rykard ?a, ?.?..? . .? 1.00 Hotel Camden * 2.00 J. L. Mimnaugh A <3o. .. 5.00 Palace Barber Shop . 6.00 Mrs. B. H. Boykin X . 20.00 S. W. Van Lan^lnffham ; 1.00 G. H. Baum .................. 15.00 Mrs. G. H. Baum 6.00 Oash . .i * ?? . r*"" 2L00 Eugene H. Dibble 6.00 li. M. Mcleod 2.50 Total $066.50 ' ~ i. I,,iis? r i MR.S. (). M. POUT PASSES Camden Woman lu Laid To Heat At Kbeneier In Went Wateree Funeral services for Mrs. Salli* Charlotte Forte, aged fifty-five >ears, wife of O. M. Forte of this city, who' [Jled late Thursday night at a Columho8I??^ u fcnrotraoMKl Mnea* | were held at 4o'clock Sunday afternoon ut Ebenezer Methodist church in the West Wateree section of thi-, county. Mrs. Forte was a devout member of the Lyttleton Street Methodist church and throughout'her lifelong residence in Camden had made many friends by hei splendid attributes of character. Besides her husband she is survived by four sons, M. E. Forte of Mt. Veriioii, N. Y.; ii. M. Forte and John T. Fojte, both of Camden, and H. B. 1'ort of New York; also by two daughters, Mrs. S. D. Guest of Macon, Ga., and Miss Sarah Forte of Camden; four sisters, Mrs. Alice Huckabee of West Wateree, Mrs. M. It. Blackmon of Columbia, Mrs. S. D. Hammond of Camden, M**, Eunice Vincent of Baltimore, Md.; three brothers, G.- F. Mickle of Rock Hill, John Mickle of Camden and R. T. Mickle of West Wateree. Civic League To Meet Tihe Civic League will meet in the school auditorium on Monday, May at 4:80 o'clock, according to air announcement issued by Mrs. William King, secretary of the league. There will be a meeting of the board of managers immediately after the league meeting so all officers and ward managers are urged to be present to consider important affairs of the league. * ? Winter Sojourners Return North ' Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. DuBois and baby of New York City, who have been spending the winter in the von Tresekow cottage on Camden Heights, left this week for their Northern home. They proved themselves most delightful visitors and made a host-of friends here who hope they will return another season. "Y" Workers Visit Relatives Here Mr. and Mrs. Joe McCaskill and son of New York, who have been visiting the former's parents here, have returned home. Mr. and Mrs. McCaskill are engaged in Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. work and are also taking special courses at Columbia University. Services at Beth El Temple There will be services at Beth El Temple 011 Sunday, May 8, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Rabbi F. K. Hirsch will officiate and his subject ( will be "Mother's Day." The public is cordially invited tp attend. Promising Young Singer Visits City Benjamin P. DeLoache, Jr., young . baritone who has delighted many audiences in-his native city, was a visitor here last week-end at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. P DeLoache on Mill street. Mrs. Coleman To Baltimore . 7 ^r8* George R. Coleman, who until her recent marriage was Miss Emily Lang of this city, left Friday morning for Baltimore where she will again enter Johns Hopkins hospital for treatment of injuries received ir an accident several months ago while a student at Flora McDonald college The many friends of Mrs. Coltsmai will be pleased to know that prospects rfef her complete recovery have beer stated as most favorable. INTERESTING EXERCISES |l PLANNED FOR MAY 10 Dr. D. M. Douglas of Carolina J To Make Address Here On Memorial Day The ludies of the Memorial Aesor tint ion have announced their program ? lor Memorial Day, to be held ofl < Tuesday, May 10. Dr. D. M. Douglas of ! he University of South Carolina i has been chosen and lias accepted the 1 invitation to deliver the uddress. The ,1 program in full is as follows: ( All Confederate veterans, wives and widows of same, are cordially in- < vited by Mrs. W. J. Dunn to assemble .i on the porch of her home until dinner j is served ut the Presbyterian Sunday $ohool at twelve o'clock, A delight-' | ful dinner will be served and a musical program given immediately after. Cars will be furnished to carry the gueats of honor, the veterans, to the { exercises at the cemetery later in the afternoon. These cars will be sent ( to the school grounds and transpor- , tation will also be furnished the school children, who are asked to meet at ' the school grounds at four o'clock. The following program will b$ givejy at the cemetery: 4:15 p.m.?Forming of line cfift school children and marching throurfs cemetery, placing flowers on the graves of Confederate soldiers. 1:45 p.m.?Lines of veterans und school children march to stand In front oLxemetery. 5:00 p.m.?Calling meeting to order by master of ceremonies, Mayor C. P. DuBose. Invocation, Rev. J. T. Peeler; duet, "Ever of Thee," Mr. and Mrs. ErneBt Zemp. Address by Dr. D. M. Douglas. Presentation of the chapter president of U. D. C., Mrs. N. R. Goodale. Announcement of winners name and delivery of U. 1). C. medal to pupil in high school writing best essay on "Jefferson Davis." Recitation^ " Women or ttw gunnpiR rsfcy,**1 fjuufw* Jennings. "America," sung by everybody. Benediction, , Rev. J. P G raham. The speaker for the afternoon, J)r. Douglas, president of the. University, will bring a message of great interest and a treat is in store for all who are present. All U. I). C. members and the public are urged to be present and help to make this one of the most interesting Memorial Days Camden has ever had. Come, and and help pay honor to our Confederate heroes, and help ( to perpetuate the cause they loved. To Go Abroad For The Summer ~ - 'yaty, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Carrison, Sr., expect to leave on June 1 to spend the summer months in Europe. They will spend a portion of their time with their son-in-law and daughter, Major and Mrs. Summer Waite, who are stationed in Pavis. Leaving Paris they expect to spend the remainder of the time in England and Ireland. ^?s Nettles Made Business Manager W. F. Nettles, Jr., of Camden, has been elected business manager of the Old Gold and Black, the weekly news sheet published at Wofford college. F. D.' James was elected editor-inchief. HONEY FOR VETERANS AVAILABLE UPON CALL # i >oldier& of Confederacy to Receive $161.72 Each in Kershaw This Year Kershaw county Confederate vetMans and widows of Confederate vettrans will soon receive their 1927 *iate pensions, warrants for the peniipn payments having on Wednesday tyen mulled out by A. J. Heat tie, 'vinptroller general, to the various 'OUnty judges of probate. xThe number of pensions in South ! arolina, two thirds of which is composed of names of widows, has been reduced 1,222 since 1926 and 025 since 1926 according to the roll as shown by Mr. Beat tie's records. Confederate veterans now number 1,918 as compared with 2,805 in 1920 ahd 2,025 in 1925. Widows of vetL'rans number 4,445 as compared with 4,710 in 1926 and 4,960 in 1926. Veterans and widows in the Confederate infirmary number 62 as compare*1 with 60 in 1926 and 56 in 1925. Except for the forty-eight veterans and fourteen widows in the Confederate home, each of whom receives bnly fifty dollars, the $758,454.25 sent put is distributed among the aevwrak i counties of tKe state on the basis of $117.26 per veteran or widow on the pension roll from each county. The amount to be paid out by Judge of Probate W. L. McDowell in Kershaw county will be $9,380, and will go to 29 veterans and 51 widows of veterans. The board of honor for this county, j composed of Messrs. W. F. Russell,! N. A. Bcthune and J. R. DeLoache, | met last Friday and apportioned the pension fund aB follows: Veterans, $161.72^ widows of veterans, $91.96. Baseball Game For Saturday "- hum ?/ the Wateree Mill Baseball team announces a game of baseball for Saturday afternoon, May 7, on their home grounds between their team and a team from Charlotte, X. C., selected fro m the A. & P. teams of that city. We are told that the Wateree team has recently strengthened their team by the addition of players of marked ability and that the Charlotte team is one of the best of amateurs. This will be the^opening game and the forerunner of some good baseball promised by the Wateree manage| mcnt, | The mill people are looking for generous support and co-operution from the town people and a large crowd is expected... A small admission fee wil be charged. The mill band will fur *U?h music for the occasion. Captured Car and Whiskey Sheriff J. H. McLeod and Chief ol Police H. D. Hilton on Thursday nighl of last week captured a seven-passenger Buick touring car on a by-roac near Camden. The car' had aboarc fifty gallons of corn whiskey. It bor< a North Carolina license tag but th< driver got away. The two cars wer< about to pass in the road when th< sheriff's c^r forced the bootlegger'i car into pl^tyved ground and the engin* stalled. /The driver jumped and mad* his getqway. / SCHOOL BOYS TO BE GUESTS OF YOUNG MEN'S BUSINESS LEAGUE The next regular monthly meeting of the Young Men's Business League of Camden will be held Monday evening, May 9, at the Betty Thomas Banquet hall and will be observed as an occasion of especial honor to jthe most popular high school students of Kershaw county. * At this time twenty-one high ITChool beys, three from each school in the county, typifying the best of the student body, will l>e guests of the local young men's organization. Entertaining speakers will appear on the program and will follow the serving of a course dinner. Tickets have been placed on safe by ^the program committee of which Basil ; T. Bruce is chairman and will behold to members at one dollar each. As \ this program will be for the purpose of showing the league's interest in the future citizens of Kershaw county 4t is hoped that all members of the organization will attend. -u Superintendents of all high schools have expressed pleasure at the fntereat Camden's young men are showing in their fellows of adjoining communities and the names of representatives from all schools participating \ire, wittf 'one exception, already?in the hands o?f the league. Mt.?**P$sgah High school, of which A. T. Holley is superintendent, is expectea to report upon their ^elections within proper time for Monday evening's plans. .Student bodies of all other schools have named their -best types, representing^the foremost in scholarship and athletics and good in deportment, as follows: . Bethune High school?Neil Truesdell, Thomas Smith, Boyd Copeland. r Blaney High school?Jack Ross, Gordon Moore, Norman Rose. * Midway\High school?James W est, Ar?. YouW, Walter Stokes. Antioch FKgh school?Ronnie Ar nold, Loyd Davis, Clyde Pate. . Camden . High school? Moultrh Burns, John Gettys, Frank SowelU Charlotte Thompson High school? Alexander Clark son, Jr., Thomas Mc Leod, Sidney Dennis. Many Camden Students Reach High Averages During Month HONOR ROLL FOR APRIL .ong List in Local School* Ha ve Maintained Healtlily Average a* Shown by Superintendent'* Monthly Report The students' roll of honor for the nonth just passed was released Tueslay for publication through the office jf Superintendent J. (1. Riehurds and showa that an unusually large number of hoya and girls are exerting jven greater efforts as commencenent time draws near. To make the icholarship honor roll an average of K) or above must be maintained and his list is as follows: Grade 1?Sophia Creed, Betty Holland, Wilhelminia Struk, Puulctt'iN, West, Maud Outlaw, Bill Allred, Bob Allied, Wylie Uogue, Dun McCaaklll, luck Rhann, Jack Richards, Jack villepigue, Rebecca Board, Billy DeLoache, Dorothy Durfee, James Graham, Frod Iluggins, Margaret Oshorue, Herbert Richey, Stanley Watts, James Williams, Douglas Wooten, Nyilllam Christmas, William Waters. Grade 2?Woodrow Benson, Francis Chapman, Walter Hnrris, Sidney Kirkland, Bobby Marye, J nek Mogulescu, Woodrow Sanders, Minnie Sue Bruce, Lillian Davis, Virginia Davis, Catherine Dempster, Gharla Dunn, Rebecca Rush, Hazel Shirley, Sudie Shirley, Nancy Watts, Jeun Wilson, Basil Munn, Clyburn Iluggins, Joy- " lynn Hall, Lionel Mims, Bobby Outlaw, Ralph Shriley, Meshell Sheheen, Mendel Threatt, Betty Havens. Grade 3?Sarah Bissell, Leila Christmas, Sadie Freitag, Elizabeth Go<Hlale, Alma Hunter, Lucile Robinson, Emily Shannon Emily Sheorn, Lena Stevenson, Edna Strak, Helen Tindal, Fannie Mickle, Belton Board, Everette Goodale, Jack Halsall, L. S. Mayer, Raymond Moore, McKain Richards, Carle Scarborough, Robert Shaw, Marion Smith, William West, Rollins Hatfield, Ethel Evans, Evelyn Horton, Fledabel Horton, Thelmu Kinney, Martha Moseley, Louis? Reed, Zelda Snyder, Louinc ToVbert, Lacy Brayshaw, Redding Oglesby. Grade 4? Katherine Brayshaw, Ruth DeLoache, Charlotte DuBose, Ijtuby Elliott, Estelle Myers, Frances McLeod, Dorothy Ruckor, Dorothy Van Landingham, Eleanor Wutts, James Chapman, Evcrette Montgomery, Roland Moore, Magic Trapp, 1 Francis Sheheen. vC*"""" Grade 5?William Thompson, James Shirley, Luther Shaw, Hamilton Osborne. Fletcher Moore, Cecil MoCaskill, James Clyburn, Dan Carrison, Mary Lee Blakeney, Betsy Dickens, Mary Ellen McCaskill, Elizabeth Moore, Grace Moseley, Kate Shannon, Golda Shirley, Carrie McL6W* Grade fi?Samuel McCaskill, Meta Mogulescu, Nancy Brown, Katherine Kennedy, Sarah Kirkland, Virginia Drawdy, Elizabeth Gardner, Joseph Lang, Mamie I^ong. Grade 7?Grayson Shaw, Harriet Lorick, Margaret Goodale, Margaret ; McCoy, Mary Peebles. Grade 8-A?Ethel Durfee, Evelyn Gettys, "Willie Haile, Caroline Houser, Carolyn McKain, Emily Pitts, Lenora ; Rhame, Adele Savage, Pearly W^lch, Elizabeth Zemp. V;7ii Grade 8-B?William Gettya, Nancy Doyle. t ; . i*' * Grade 9-A?Robert Kennedy, Duncan Lang, Virginia Doyle, Rochelle She or n. ^11 Grade 9-B?H. A. Rabon, Martha ;; Benson, Catherine Boykin, Betty Cureton, Nell Goodale," Maude McTeer. Grade 10-A?Mary Boykin, Elmer Watta, Louise Trapp, Martha Boykin. Grade 10-B?Evelyn Bruce, Ellen Stewart, Virginia Haile, Mary .Brown, / J)otty Zemp, Molly Blackwell, Vh> ginia DeLoache, Margaret L*8$y? Grade 11-A?Willie Porter, Team Gettya, Carolyn Heyman, Louia Lang, Louise Jennings, Moultrie Burns.) Grade 11-Br-Julian Eichel, John Richardson, Ernest Sheheen, Cora Williams. j o * Attendance Honor Roll r Grade 1?Virginia Frye, Betty Holland, Mary Laney, Dorothy, Moore, Katherine Myers, Maud Outlaw, Lcnora Sinclair, Luctle Watts, Bill Allred, Bob AUred, Wylie . Hogue, i Carlyle Jackson, H. T; Love tie, Harry Moore, Dan McCaaldU, Bobby Mc. Lain, Jack Rhame, Jack Richards, I Fred Sheheen, Jack Villepigae, JtfeI becca Beard, Billy DeLoache, Dorothy ON WITH THE CIRCUS! X [ircut Fun PromUed at School Audi- | torium This Evening. On circus day just nee that mule dressed up in punts! Sec the elephant do the hootchtekootchie dance! Yes, these and many more of our friends?the Fat lardy, Giro, the aiiake-chai jnei, Dinkey, the* clown, and Zora, the famous tight-rope walker, will be with us in "Kings of the Sawdust," Friday night, May 6, at the school auditorium promptly ?t K:30 o'clock. Besides these splendid attractions, ulwuys popular, a chorus of fifty voIccr will add charm and much fun with its sparkling gay song hita and high class up-to-date steps. While Billy Lindsay, as Toby Dunn, the hero and owner of the qircuH, and Moldy Blackwcll, as Sally Squeeze^), the heroine, fall victims of alluring romance, and as is often the case, meet with much disapproval from Sally's austere and irate father, Banker ?queezem, whose role is splendidly done by Maurice Campbell. The plot is made very interesting point by n gay and debonair young widow who at onee sallies forth with all her charms to woo and win the banker. To relieve this awkward situation is the helper of the circus, Dinky, with the never-failing Irish wit, and Inky, the darky helper, who is equally as fine in his part. These, through the entire performance, give of their best wit and snappy jokes bringing forth peals of laughter at various and unexpected intervuls. There are others quite as fine, though too numerous to mcn1 tion, all being members of the high school glee club who have very important roles and do them in a splendid and capable manner. Under the direction of Misses Isabel Bunkley and Betty Hnile, who arc quite efficient and capable in every way, every effort is being made to make this the one big show of the year. Free Transportation of Supplies j The American Railway Express I company will transport free, in loss than carload Tots, emergency ship' ments for relief of flood refugees in ; Mississippi River territory when addressed in care of Red Cross or other j officially,.constituted relief organiza; tions. Application for such free j transportation should be made to j F- N. McCorkle, agent, at the offices | of his company on Rutledge street. 4. Camden Gets Share ! Camden has received $628.71 of the firemen's fund, which is the proceeds of the one per cent license tax on fire insurance premiums collected in each | of the towns benefitting, recently dU1 tributed to South Carolina cities shr | tributed by Insurance Commissioner John J. McMahan to South Carolina ' cities and towns having approved firr " departments. The total distributee was $33,258.16 and of this amount Kershaw also was benefitted in thi - A A t An -4 A (tlllUQIll Ul -fAM.ll. Presbyterians Call Pastor At a congregational meeting held after the morning services last Sunday at the Presbyterian church a call] was extended to Rev. A. Douglas McArn of I>aurinburg, N. C., to serve them as pastor, Rev. McArn preached at** this church about two weeks ago! He is a graduate this year of the Theological Seminary at Louisville, Ky. " Attending Bankers Convention Mr. C. H. Yates of the Bank of Camden is spending this week at Hot Springs, Ark., in attendance upon the Convention of the American Bankers association. Mr. Yates is a member of the executive committee pf thin organisation. ? 5 . ' v *.>V. < "T' .? t. - Bible Clara Held Fish Fry The members of the Bible Class o the' Presbyterian church gave a fill fry at White's Beach on the Hermi tage Mill pond last Friday afternoon It waa given to tba ^adult members o - the church and about noe hundre were in attendance.