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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