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? ' . J'' . ' / . ^ , kjhjlcampen Chronicle Wr _ _ _.t -_x, ? CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, I'RIDA Y, MAY 20, 1927. ~ ? NUMBER"XL' Iid i nvmroun ri:NAl.? ittIf) Llewellyn To Deliver Ad Irt-Hh to Graduating CIuhh commencement exqrciaes at ttc Thompson Jligh school will with the baccalaureate sermon n<lay, May 22, which .will bo ed at 4:30 p.m. at Pisgah , twelve miles .southeast of n, by I)r. W. A. Alexander, of the First Baptist church of Hill. Dr. Alexander is a forcelprosxive speaker and everyone esires is invited to attend this Wednesday evening ut 3:30 the cluss day exercises will be t the school and on Thursday nar school day will be observed ch time the pupils of the gramjrades will present a pageant school gardens, formerly known ie Terraces." The hour for this mi is 5:00 o'clock in the afteVfinal graduating exercises will atured by an address by Mr. Llewellyn, superintendent of the ee Mills, and presentation to icmbers of the graduating class ite high school diplomas. CharThompson graduates have prevf been admitted to several denational and state colleges withex&min&tion just upon the record leir high school. This year, how , baring met all the requirements le state department of education. are awarded state diplomas. The a ting cluss this year is the largfar to finish at Charlotte son, nine pupils being in the h grade. Their names follow: rank Baker, (Tyburn Bruce, Anne Bruce, Clara Mae Bur-, lexander Gorden Clarkson, Jr., J doleue Davis, Virginia Lee John James Scarborough, Lucile Smith. Marriage at Kershaw Announcements bitve been received f the marriage of Mr. T. Frhrik Me- ' )owell to Miss Willie Emily Stover,: icth of Westville, which occurred at he home of Dr. W: C.. McDowell at ,t rshaw yesterday afternoon. ' Only few intimate frienus and relatives f the parties were in attendance, fter a short wedding trip the couple il retuin to the home of the groom hu is engaged in farming near 1c i lie. Mrs. McDowell is the iter of Mi-. Henry T. Stover of Vestville section. nir on Sale of Kitchen Cabinets e ('amden Furniture company is . announcing in a page adverr.ti.t the sale of a car load of Kitchen Cabinets, the sale to n tomorrow at their store. They oiieiing attractive prices ar.d ms and are also offering other ir,ementj. The G. I. Sellers & Sons par.y if Elwood, Indiana, has the ue d.stinction of having recently Ped a solid train load of cabinets 1 their plant consigned to points h( South for the use of Dixie Bishop Guerry To Preach shop W. A. Guerry, bishop of Diocese of South Carolina, will the Episcopal churches where oo, Rev. Moultrie Guerry, is reea M'l administer confirmation preach on the following dates: '<!"> . May 21, at 11:30 a.m. at f"rd Springs. Sunday, May 22, 1 a.m. at Ascension, Hagood, a' > p.m. aUJioly Cross, State? Death of Little Girl ? whole community was sadden1 Monday when the announcement '"ade that little Jean Wilson, year-old daughter of Mr. and *V. G. Wilson, Jr., had passed The little girl had been ill for ral weeks. If was a bright pupil in the td grade and loved by all who r her. The funeral services were at the grave Monday morning at ' o'clock, services being conduct* Rev. J. P. Graham, assisted by R T. Peeler. Four of her little imates, Sam McCaskill, Jack ' H**ry Lee Clybum and Francis fomery, acted as pallbearers, fourteen little schoolmates as*ith the flowers and formed ' a'^' trough which the little bodv ^ >rne, both at the home and at g.ave. The school children also * a short hymn at the grave. r- and Mrs, Wilson have the tym?{ a11 ?ur people in their disII .t 4U h*Ve two other hev . "I" home lut reports say TO HAN K HALF HOI IDAY Must of Our Merchant* To j ( lose ut I ^ D O'clock Thurttday A commit tec from t he Camden ( bomber of Commerce made a can ; vaxs of the merchants this week and ^wth a few exceptions all have agreed to close their stores at two o'clock every Thursday afternoon in order to 'give their employes a half holiday each week during the months of June, j July and August. This agreement | went into effect last year also and! (proved a great pleasure to the em-| jployes of the Camden business houses Those agreeing to close are as fol ! lows: Springs & Shannon, Inc., | Mackey Mercantile Company, R. S. Williams, Camden ( lothing Company, Home Furnishing Company, Lomun: sky Brothers, M. H. Heyman, BaruchI Nettles Company, W. G. Wilson, J. C. Nicholson, banners Grocery, The Hoffer Company, Enterprise Mercan-1 j tile Company, Rogers Stores, Miss M. h, Gerald, F. I). Goodale, DeKalb j Grocery, t. < . Whitaker, A. Sheheen, F. Sheheen, J. R. Goudale's Sons, J. F. Smith, 1. Wolfe, Williams Insurance Agency, Kennedy & Camp bell, L. Schenk Company, E. B. Buddin, McLeod-Rush Company, WolfeKichel Company, The Leader, Hirsch Bros. & Company, M. M. Evans & 1 Son, McCaskill & Lollis, Lang's Groeeiy, Isaac English, J. K. Lee. F. M. Wooten, Palace Barber Shop, Sanitary Barber Shop, Burns & Bar- ! lett, John Whitaker, L. J. Whitaker, E. H. Davis, Hammond's Market, ' W. F. Settles, H. L. Schlosburg, The | Outlook, Schlosburg Is 5c and 10c j ; Store, Schlosburg's Dollar Store, The J Fashion Shop. To Be With Bank of Camden Mr. Charles P. DuBose, Jr., who I has been in Atlanta for some time, i >vill return to Camden on June J and 1 will be associated with the Bank of i Camden in the -bookkeeping depart- j ( ment. Mr. DuBose will take the posftiojj, now held by Miss Rosa Me- I Leod who will leave the first of June to go with Miss Olive Whittredge in j the management of the Tahawus Club! in the mountains of New York st.aU during the summer. Auxiliary Meeting Announced A meeting of the Camden Hospital Auxiliary is announced for Monday afternoon, May 2d, at 4:.'U) o'clock. The meeting will be held at the hos; pital. j ~ Returns From .Memphis Messrs. W. Arthur Clarke and Wiley Sheorn returned last week from the government hospital at MemphL where they have been for ; several weeks for treatment. Mr. R. H. Hilton will remain in Memphis for a longer stay. Both have been ! greatly benefited by their stay there, j Mr. Clarke had quite a large piece of shrapnel removed from his leg which had been giving him trouble and which had been in his leg since it was fractured by shrapnel overseain the World war. ! Water Free From Contamination A report of sanitary water analysis No. 5841, received May Id, 11J27, by ! the State Board of Health, same be ing marked "City of Camden," reads as follows: Bacterial indications of :contamination, negative; analysis indicates water to be free from contamination. The report is signed by Dr. ' F. L. Parker, chemist and bacteriol ! ogist of the State Board of Health. Baseball Saturday j The Wateree Mills baseball team announces a game for Saturday after1 noon, May 21, at the Wateree diamond ]between their team and the Hartsj ville Cotton Mill team. These two teams played at Hartsville last Sat urday, resulting in a good exhibition, ! the score being 5 to 4 in favor of WatI eree. The game hull be called at 4 o'clock and the management promises a better game than the A, & P. players put up. Suffered Serious Injury Mr. W. F. Zeigler, an employe of the Camden Brick Plant, met with'h seiious accident Saturday when one of the cars used for hauling clay to the mill-ran over one of his feet and mashed half of the foot off. At the same time -an iron rod was run through the leg and he is quite seriously injured, though there is said to, be hope of saving his leg. Mr. Zeigler resides near the brick plant a few" miles south of Camden and came here several months ago from Orangeburg county. He is at the Camden hospital where he is receiving surgical treatment. I ATA I. A 1 'TO W |(K( K I'nuuiLania Man killed in < ?r I urn Oxer Nnir WeMxille L. Haui . aged 51, M citizen of l/uiulaiiowne, Ha., was fatally injui.'d ami his niece, Miss Mabel A.. Mohn, aged 25, was injured ut 7 30 Sundax morning when their Studebaker sedan was wrecked on the Camden Charlutt, highway near West\ ill*-. Mi Maun was enroute fruni C!*?arwater, Ma., while Miss Mohn, who vas dimng. is from 207 South Fourth | > t?*-*-?. loading. I'm., aid they were on 1 "eii w a\ to hatuls<|ii w nt', Pa., where j fu \ were to >|?*-fni the summer with Mr. I faun's daughter. 1 he accident is thought to have been caused by a blowout while the car was said to have been running around 40 miles per hour. Mi** Mohn received a cut over the eye and other hi uises hut was not seriously injured. Mr. Maun had several ribs broken anil was injured internally. The injured were picked up and brought to the Camden hospital by Mr. K. Luther Be'l. Mr. Maun lingered until Tuesday morning when he succumbed to his injuries. 1 hi- tar was almost completely demolished h\ the accident. Mr. Buun was a real estate deatery, and ;s survived by two daughtei Miss Anna (J. Buun of Larulsdowhe, and Mrs. Marion B. Milligan of Philadelphia. The body was carried to the undertaking parlors of C. VV. Evqns and was prepared for shipment. His two daughters had arrived iti Camden and accompanied Miss Mohn and the body back to their home in Landsdowne whete the burial will take place. Rev. Father Quinn, of Sumter, came over Tuesday to administer the last rites to the dying and comfort the bereaved. The re- < mains left Camden over the Seaboard Tuesday afternoon. Well Known Visitor Here Mr. James Henry Rice, Jr., well known citizen of the coastal country, I hailing from Wiggins, S. ('., was a visitor in Camden last week. He de-I live-red the memorial address at i Stateburg and came <>n to Camden! for a visit and while here delivered j an address before the Young Men's j Business League. Mr. Rice has been greatly insiiumental in putting the coastal section on the map. causing big business men to lealize the opportunities of that I section, lie is a strong advocate oT I the conservation of forests and is i, natuialist with membership in a great .number of the meseums and research organization* of America and Great 1 Britian. Mr. Rice tells us that it has been ! more than twenty years since his last viist to Camden and that his 'work cairiis him from coast to coast.! I During this time he says that ho has not noted the marked, substantial improvement in any town, so much as I at Camden. Of course, he added, bairing booms, and he understood Camden had not experienced a boom, ' but that it had been a steady, subj stantial growth. Community Market Hours The Community Market is held at the Redfearn Motor company on Broad street every Saturday morning. opening at 9 o'clock. All fresh vegetables in season can be found th<yre, also fresh honey, sweet cream, cakes, whole wheat bread, dressed chickens, fryers and fresh eggs. The prices coincide with Camden's cash grocery stores. The Community Market needs the support of Camden's housekeepers. Death of Young Matron Mrs. Allie Gardner, aged nineteen i years, died at her home near the Wateree mill village "on Saturday, May 7th. She was a daughter of Mr. H. H. Sanders. The funeral and j burial occurred at the Wateree church ! on Sunday, May 8. I Winners in Spelling Contest j A preliminary spelling contest was held in Camden Saturday to select pupils from the high schools and grammar schools to take part in the state spelling contest to be held at Winthrop college, the high school contest to be held Wednesday, July 13. and the grammar school contest on Thursday, July 14. Miss Mildred Evans, from the Blaney High school was first in the preliminary contest and Miss Ellen Stewart of the Camden High school-came second. In the grammar school contest Miss Katherine Kennedy was first and Mi** Elizabeth Raley of the Bethune school was second. * Ill TH AMI Jl 1)1) SKNTKNCKl) lo I Me in Xing Sing Prison Electric Chair J mi*- Twentieth Mew i.ok, May l3.~~Mr?. Ruth Bl own Snyder and Henry J add Gray today vvdre sentenced to die in the elect tie ihair at Sing Sing the week of June 20, for the murder of Mrs. Snyder's husband, Albert Snyder, magazine art editor. Neither defendant showed un> emu tioi, as Judge Town.send Scudder pronounced sentence. Mrs. Snyder wus droned in black, the same costume she wore during vju* trial. A matron stood on each side of her, hut beyond a clasping and unclasping of her hands, she did not show tin- strain. Gray's figure was tense. He stood; about five feet from his blonde para- j mour, but Qeither looked at the other. Prior to imposition of sentence, ' counsel for both Gray and Mrs. Snyder made motions asking that the verdict be set aside. Justice Scudder denied the motions. A crowd not nearly so large as the smallest to attend the trial was in ; the court room when sentence was imposed. There were no demonstra twpis. "The voices of <A>unsel and Justice Scuddi r could not Ik* heard a few feet from the bench, the amplifiers uSed duringTthe triul having been removed. The crowd did not know senLome hud bo?u passed until reporters : began to rush to their wires. Neither Gray nor Mrs. Snyder re-J plied when the clerk of court asked < if they had anything to say as to why sentence should not be imposed. Attorneys for both interpolated that the' defendants had "nothing to say at this time." .: An appeal from the sentence is compulsory under the law. It is ex- j pocted that six months will elapse befcie (iecision on their appeals are given. Neither defendant has appeal- ; ed ;it present. I ounsel for Gray denied reports that Gray had asked the privilege of saying goodbye to his erstwhile paramour. Jail attendants quoted him as saying he "wanted only to see her in Heaven." Sentence was pronounced first on Mrs. Snyder. The Oueens Village 0 housewife, her blonde hair exposed be- ; neath hir black hat, bowed her head, as one receiving a benediction. But her i orset salesman lover, when his "Uiii came, stood erect, staring squaielv at Justice Scudder. Death of a Baby Robert, the eighteen-months-old son of Mr. and .Mrs. W. T. Dempster died at the home of its parents, on east Rut lodge street last Fiiday night. The little boy had been sick for about one week. His father arrived Thursday from Jekyl Island, off the coast of Brunswick, Ga., where he has been i engaged in construction work, and reached home .just a short while before the end came. The buriaj was at the Camden cemetery on Saturday afternoon. C'arraway- Amnions Taking their friends by surprise Mr. i William J. Amnions and Miss Miriam j R. Carraway, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. (). Carraway, were married j Sunday afternoon at the Baptist parI sonage. Rev. J. F*. Graham officiating. Will Go To Batesburg-l.eesville Friends in Camden and especially the"*"Charlotte Thompson community will regret to know that Superintendent Norman M. Iluekabee .has resigned his position with the Charlotte Thompson high school and beginning . September first will be with the I Batesburg-Leosville High school as ! principal qf a fifteen-teacher school. , Mr. Huckabee is a Camden boy, the 'son of Mrwand Mrs. M. G. Huckabee, i and a graduate of the University of j South Carolina. - He has done a good work at Charlotte Thompson and is 1 held in hijfh esteem by both patrons } and pupils. His friegjls will be delighted to know that'his new position is quite an advancement, carrying with it a larger salary. His successor at Charlotte Thompson has not been named, but the following teachers have been selected to serve for another year: Miss May Bbykin and Mrs. A. G. Sanders of Hoykin; Miss Sallie Pearce and Miss May Rush of Camden; Miss Esther Garvin of Sallcy, S. C. A superintendent and one other teacher remain to be named to complete the faculty legion Auxiliary To Meet The American legion Auxiliary wil meet with Mrs. A. S. Llewellyn or Friday, May 20, at 4:30 p.m. MA^ |)A\ FESTIVAL WaJrrrr and Ilermitiig* M ills To ( VIt'hrate Jontllf Tomorrow On Saturday afu-iuuun, Mu\ 21, the Wateree M||| School >n 'voiuifrtion with the Hermitage Mills will have ? May Day festival on their playground. There will be all kind* of umu.se men is including a May pole name and the crowning of a May queen. Mr <rul)ey'? little daughter is chosen for queen and little Randall ' Cross will crown her. Randall Cross is the eight year-old child who had a prolonged illness at the Camden hospital two years ago and was moved to his grandmother's ! home near Hartsville. He had to be-| gin life over again learning to talk, and walk, his illness extending over' a period of several months. He did not forget the mill school however und was the first contributor to the playground fund. In appreciation of this a swing was erected in his honor. Recausc of his beautiful faith in God, his loyalty to his family, his J appreciation of the smallest kindness' shown him, and his love for the best,' highest things of life, he has won many friends. He is invited by the teachers and faculty of the mill school to come to Camden again and crown the May! Queen on Saturday afternoon. May the festival prove a great success and the village soon have a libraiy aih its own. I his festival is for a most worthy cause, u community library which those interested in are trying to build for the two villages. Already one hundred seventy dollars has been got den together for this fund. Jt is hoped that every one in Camden will give themselves the pleasure of being present at what promises to be a charming entertainment. The hour is five-thirty Saturday afternoon. Coif Tournament and Tea I he Camden ( ountry Club, summer branch, sponsored by the Young Men's Business League, has opened for the summer with eighty-six members so far. Last ] riday afternoon a teu and golf tournament was held and was largely attended. C. C. Whitaker, Jr., and Abbott Goudale captured highest honors in the golf tournament. The club is growing in popularity and is a source of much pleasure to many. It is open every afternoon and large numbers can be seen on the links and | at the club house, i Bethuno Man Dud in Atlanta Atlanta, (la., May J7.--C. \V. Willingham, of Bethune, S. ('., was found dead today, sitting in a chair | tin the front porch of a rooming house, where he had been staying . cilice last Saturday. The cause of ( death was undetermined. ( amden Lady on Program | Last week was Music Week all over South Carolina and at all colleges programs were held each night. On I hursday night Mrs, Georgia Ronianstein, who has a lovely soprano voice and is voice teacher in the Columbia public schools, with Mrs. John Split h of ( amden at the piano, gave a program at the University of South Caiolina. Sunda>' SchoolOuting Planned Mr. ^lex West, superintendent of Beaver Dam Sunday School, and Mr. W. B. W'haley, superintendent of ateiee Sunday School, are planning a most delightful outing to be held at the century-old spring of Mr. Elliott's. The two schools will gather at the spring the fifth Sunday morning of this month, at 10:30 o'clock, each family bringing a basket of dinner. Mr. Elliott will teach the Sunday School lesson to all gathered after which thero will be singing and Dr. T. I.. Willingham will preach a short sermon and dinner will be served under the trees. Rural Carrier Examination An examination to fill the poaitior of rural carrier at Camden, S. C., ii announced to be held at Camden. Re ceipt of applications will close or June 15, 1037. The date of examina tion will be Htated on admission cardi mailed to applicants after the closi of receipt of applications, about tei days after that date. The salary o a rural carrier on a standard dail; . route of twenty-four miles is $l,80i i per year with an additional $30 pe . mile per annum for each mile o , major fraction thereof in exceRK o 24 miles. Application blanks can b I obtained from the Camden postoffin i Both men and women, if qualifie( may enter the examination. ^ - - ill Ti111" raising I'oi i;nn for market I.ariff K|?ck of < hick* Soon Ready l ??i Sale in Camden Messrs. .J. M. Mosoky ami J. K. <iaskiM hu\e laumht'd ifitu the poultry business quite extensively ami now have one of the prettiest flocks of \yhite leghorns to be seen anywhere. The farm is at the home of Mr. Gaskin on Maile street extension, inside tlie city limits, and they have ample housing and grazing facilities. Mr. Cia.sk in has been ruining chickens on a small scale for some time ajid has been unusqully successful. Recently he and Mr. Moseley formed u partnership and they now have a flock of 1 d() laying hens, averaging 100 eggs daily. On April 5 they had I."24 chicks hatched off and to date they have lost only 1 12 of this hatch. They are growing off rapidly and present a most lieautiful sight to those who have never seen a large flock ot white leghorns. They are using the Tancred strain of leghorns, cfhtained from the RunClover Farm, at Rock Hill. Part of the chicks were hatched by the incubators at Hurr Clover Farms and part by Thomas Catoe, at Kershaw. Mr. Gaskin tells us he feeds his chicks on "Happy Feed," manufactuied in the South and based og Southern conditions. Out of the lot of 1,224 chicks about tlO per cent of these are eockeuds ami they will bu ready for sale in about two weeks. 1 hey intend to sell all of these chicks locally if the demand is great enough. | he proprietors of this place aro now building new houses and runways and expect to enlarge it considerably, h ryers bring a good price on the local market and are nearly always in demand. Services at Wateree Sunday morning. May 22, at Wateree Baptist church, Rev. ,1. (j. Cariaway will preach. Mr. Carraway is a forceful and interesting speaker ?nd a large crowd is anticipated. Sunday evening Miss Willie Moore who has, by her tireless, persistent, and eonsei rated efforts, built up such a wonderful Sun-Ream Band, will give another good program. Rev. T. L. Willingham, the pastor, will conduct the night services. The spirit of revival is in the air and all are looking forward to the coming revival which" will be hold next month and which will !>< in charge of Rev. W. ('. Tnylo', I). I). Dr. Taylor is a good evangelist and was formerly on the State Board of Kvangelists of the state of Florida. W \NT MORE MILLS HERE Chamber of Commerce Calling Attention To Camden's Advantages? The ' amt!< n and Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce through its commute., Mayor C. p. DuBosc, Robert M. Kennedy, Jr., R. B. Pitts, J. B. Zemp, with A. S. Llewellyn as chahman, known as the committee on Textile Mills, are now sending out moie than five hundred letters to cotton mill men throughout Massachusetts and Rhode? Island setting , forth in a concise manner Camden's advantages as a mill site Following is a copy of the letter being mailed to the Northern mill men: "Vou have been reading as we have about Northern mills coming south. . If you or any of your friends have j this in mind, the following is -what Camden, S. C., can offer: ''Ideal labor condition; exceptional railroad facilities, Southern, Atlantic , Coast Line, Seuboard Air Line; un. limited electric power; local raw j njaterial, cotton, up wool; abundant water supply; excellent banking facilities. "You arc busy and we do not wish to take up your time with a long letter. We have two mills here operati ing day and night. Camden is known to touiists throughout the country. |A letter from you to our chamber ofr! commerce, will give you details and ! any further definite information vou ; j wish." . Her Car Stolen i Miss Margaret Wooster, teacher of shorthand and business in the Oam' High school, had her car stolen - on May 5th. The car, a Ford coupe, i was parked on Washington street in f Columbia while the young teacher y was visiting a theatre. It was found 0 by iural police the Saturday followr leg, about six miles from Columbia, r near the banks of the Congaree, fTj? 1 thioves had literally stripped the car * of all-rtir-Altal parts. Miss Wooster" ?. tarried theft insurance and will 1, ?*? about $300 for the car which was purchased in August