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*> I The Camden Chronicle ~~Z2SSS?SU, L..U I. ?...I.1 1. ! ?? .J.1.1 ' ;i , ! 1 .. J W1L .. ' .1.1 J i ' .J) ME XXXIX. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1927. NUMBER 22. ilVED CAMDEN WOMAN DENLY FALLS ON SLEEP uien was shocked and the enonimunity saddened upon ailment of t^e,, sudden going early Saturday morning of Mm. rint- Wallace Kennedy. Mrs. <Jy had been confined to the of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, in this city for several hut her serious illness was ) only a feSv hours prior to her at the Camden hospital where ml been removed far treatment. Kennedy was a native of Camntl until her marriage last year aen a resident of this city ijhout her early life and lovely : womanhood. She was born in t-r, 1898, and was the second iter of Mr. and Mrs. James Ben-j Wallace. Receiving her education e city schools and at Winthrop ;e she readily gained recog i as an enthusiastic patron of irts and through her own vocal intents was a leader among lusical organisations of this city, gracious manner and personal y were highly reflective of haracter and as representative e's finest portion she won the and admiration of everyone, i young matron's marriage last :o Henry Bissell Kennedy, Jr., ;rly of this city, marked one of tost brilliant affairs of the seaind united two families of so>rominence throughout the state, diately following their marriage ouple left to make their home ew Orleans where Mr. Kennedy, gaged in cotton salvage operaaddition to her husband and arents Mrs. Kennedy is survived vo sisters, Mrs. H. O. Strohecker harleston and Mrs. Rapp Crook uleville, Miss., and by two bro, Lietft. William C. Wallace, N., now stationed at WashingD. C. and James Wallace of r South Carolina, jneral services for Mrs. Kennedy ' held at the residence of her nts on North Broad street at o'clock Monday afternoon with pastor, Rev. A. D. McAfn, offing and, besides a large gathering ,amden relatives and friends, attended by many who came 1 distances throughout this and ining states. Interment .followed he old Quaker cemetery with es Wallace, H. O. Strocheker, es DcLoache, Jr., J. K. Shannon, "harlotte, and Sherrard Kennedy Atlanta serving as1 pallbearers, al tributes were countless in iber 'and of the mostVe'aborate gns ever geen upon a similar ocon in this city. Picnic At Lugoff n luring last winter and spring Miss mie Floyd, nutrition specialist of nthrop College gave a series of ions on food to four clubs in Kershaw County. She asked that during August there be given a picnic inviting the whole community and that they bring the following menu, which includes frutt and vegetables: fjried chicken, fruit or vegetable salad, sandwiches-, cake and lemonade. . v; ' 'V' , ' Lugoff club decided to have their picnic at Lugoff school. house on . August 30, at 4:30 j>. m. and, the ladies of the club are tp furnish cake and lemonade, so thAt the visitors *iU have only fried chicken, salad and sandwiches to prepare. The entire community is invited to Join the club members for this afternoon picnic. s' Mrs. Fred Dellinger is recreation leader and will have change of games for-the children, as well as the grown I Number Unite With Presbyterian^ L At Bethesda Presbyterian church in Hlu city on last Sunday morning the BVWing were received into the comVAjnion of the church upon profession * faith: Misses Mary Jane Madkey, Alice Do Pass, Sarah Lynn Richie, I Caroline Houser, Messrs. B. E. Jenni?Ks j. c. Rollings, Walter WooUn an<l Dan Mackey. Mrs. J. C. Rollings Was also received into the church by 'otter of dismission . from Tirzah resbyteriarf church of Waxhaw. There will be a meeting of the men ?f the Presbyterian Sunday school in o Sunday school auditorium on Pri*>" evening, August 23, at eight ^ clock and, according to the invlta1<>n e*tended, it is hoped that every in the congregation will - be Prtsf nt. . .r- *. LRCES A'lTEN DANCE I pon Farmers Week at Clemson College August 29 to September 3 No stone has been left unturned by Dr. W. W. Long, Director of the Extension Service, in preparation for the reception of farmers and farm women of the State to attend farmers' week at the College. Noted speakers of national fame have been obtained to make addresses. Special lectures and demonstrations in various phases of farming and Home hconomics have been prepared. Piom a recreational standpoint farmers week will serve as a splendid outing in the form of a vacation which will enable one at the same time to be engaged in a remunerative occupation which will be of untold value to him in connection with his regular business of farming. It is hoped that Kershaw County will furnish a splendid representation for Farmers' Week. As stated above Dr. Long has made elaborate preparations for the reception of a large number and he will be keenly disappointed if each County does not send a good quota. Descriptive pamphlets and return cards for reservations have been widely distributed over the country and if anyone interested did not get one he can secure same by applying sto the County Agent or by writing direct to the Extension Service at Clemson College. Meanwhile, those desiring to go need not wait to get this material but should notify Dr. W, W. Long at Clem son College ynmediately of their intention to attend. The local Farm and Home Demonstration Agents will attend during the entire week and meanwhile wilT be glad to furnish any information concerning the program. Jackson School To Open The Jackson school will open Mon-. day, September 12th at 9 o'clock, according to announcement of P. B. Mdodana, principal. Students should not buy any books until after the opening date when they will receive lists of books from their teachers. Teachers are requested to meet at the high school-building at 10 o'clock on Thursday, September 8th. ^ oung Couple Io Reside in Camden Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Hilburn have returned from their bridal trip and are now at home tb their friends in this city. Mr. Hilburn, who is associated with the Seaboard Air Line rajjway offices,,in Camden, has many friends here ifrho will read with interest the following account taken from Laurinburg, N. C., Exchange: "Miss Geneva Odom, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Odom, of Gibson, and Mr. M. A. Hilburn of Camden, S. C., were married at Bennettsville on Thursday, August 11, and are spending their honeymoon on a trip to New York, Niagara Falls and other points. On their return they will make their home at Camden. "The bride is popular and well known here, having been a member of the pales staff at Efird's department store, for some time. Mr. Hilburn formerly worked" in the Seaboard freight offices here andv for several months has been locatedc&t Camden,' where he holds a similar position." r- * t * *1 Editor of Chronicle Off To Florida Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Niles and little son, accompanied by Mrs. J. R. Green, of Newberry, left Monday for a stay of ten days at White Springs, Florida. Twenty-Two Cents For First Bale % , , Kershaw county's first bale of new crop cotton was sold on the Camden market Friday morning and brought twenty-two cents per pound whemoffered ^ T. D. McLeod of Rembert to J, L. Morseloy, locat buyer. C. B. Thompson, of Boykin marketed the first bale of cotton last year and this, too, came in on. August nineteenth. Antioch School To Open #r? The Antioch High school will open September fifth and lists of books will be given to the children on Saturday, September third, if they desire. Mrs. Kathleen B. Watts, the principal, will be in her office all day Saturday to enroll pupils and meet parents to discuss any school Camden and Environs Share National Handbook Publicity By John K. Aull Columbia, Any;. 20?Camden and Kershaw county receive splendid treatment in the South Carolina handbook, lecently issued by the. State Department of Agriculture and.* Clomson college, with funds, provided by legislative appropriation, and 20,000 copies of which are to he dis- > trihuted throughout the country. "Camden, City of Trees," is the title of the article dealing with Kershaw's capital. "Caniden is a town of roses, shrubs and ancient trees, where the flavor of age lingers and always will linger together with the social charm of what is loveliest In South Carolina," the handbook says. "It is surrounded by battlefields, and battlefields are within it-s corporated limits, with monuments recording prowess of soldiers in the American wars. Always Camden has had her share in the wars; in this book are pictures of two of South Carolina'* Congressional medal men, Camden boys, in the World^war, and she contributed six general officer? to the Confederate hosts." Following a brief recital of high points in the glorious history of the city, the article goes on to tell of the climate, and Camden's attractions for tourists, and of course people come to Camden in winter from the North. Yet Camden is note exclusively a tourist town. Camden! clings to her traditions and holds them dear, she surrenders none of her individuality, the hospitality with which she entertains her visitors was Camden's distinction long before winter visitors began to come. In this ! towrC*good people of the South and the North meet and are friends? ] Camden is also a commercial and manufacturing city. The labor sup ply is ample.. Camden has never; known u strike. Camden is growing. The winter populuUon enlarges steadily and it is an especially d? sirable and welcome class of visit- 1 ors." Under the heading, "Camden, ; Beautiful and Historic," there are views, "Playing Polo," "Hampton} Park," and "A Tourist Inn." The pictures referred to in the} article as those of Congressional. Medal men in the late World war are , P> ctures of Richmond Hpbson Hilton i and John Cantey Villepigue, which! appear on a page with the four other Congressional Medal men whom i South Carolina furnished?a total o"j six of the grand total of seventyeight in the entire country. i Something of the history, soil climate, natural resources and development of the county of Kershaw are given in the article devoted to the county. The generals the county furnished to the Confederacy are named: Major General Kershaw,! and Brigadiers Cantey, Chestnut,! I)eas, Kennedy and Villepigue. Ker-j shaw," it is pointed out, "hus also given to the State, Brevard, Withers, Stephen D. Miller, McWillie, Ker- i shaw, Chestnut, Kennedy, and others, conspicuous in its civil annals." The handbook is a handsome edition of 348 pages. Kach of the counties has a separate article devoted to it, but of the cities of the State, besides Camden, there are only Aiken And or son, Charles toTi, Columbia, Florence, Greenville, Greenwood, Greenwood, Orangeburg, Rock Hill,) Spartanburg and Sumter, that are I the subjects of special articles. LEG ION AIRES ON TO PARIS Camden Couple Among Those To Attend National Convention South Carolina's contingent in the second A. PL F. will exceed three score. The names of sixty-four Legionaires, members of the auxil-j iary, and others entitled to go to France with the American Legion's; national convention, who have booked i passage were announced^TCcently hy j Sam L. Latimer, Jr., France convention officer for this state, with offices in Columbia. The next national commander of the legion may be on the list, as one the delegates is Col. J._Monroe Johnson, of Marion, national executive committeeman from South Carolina, and also a member of the central committee of seven which arranged for the Paris convention. Accompanied by Mrs. Johnson he will sail on the Leviathan on September tenth. Camden's representatives to the Paris convention include Mr. and Mrs. Hughey Tindal. Mrs. Tindal has been appointed by the state legion auxiliary to serve as a parade committee member in the French capitol. Before returning to Camden Mr. and Mrs. - Tindal will visit Southern France and points in Switzerland and other countries abroad. ' ___ Sparrows On Visit To Mountains Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Sparrow and family are spending some time in Western North Carolina and will, before returning to Camden, Visit many points of interest through the mountains. Mr. Sparrow is the auditor of Kershaw county and * popular member among court house attaches. Library To Be Closed Members oi the Camben Public Library are requested to take * out books now to last them for two weeks as the librarian Mrs. Leroy Wooten will be on her vacation. From August 29t.hr until September 12th the library will be closed. % Major Ancrum Goes to China \ After three years duty as commanding officer of the marine barracks at the Charleston Navy Yard, I1 Major Calhoun Ancrum will leave August 24 for China to take over now duties at Shanghai. Major Ancrum, who is a native and fo:mcr resided' of Camden, will go f-on; Cha leston to San Francisco I where he will board a ship'for ShangI hai. Mrs. Ancrum and their two i children will continue to live in CESKiBfc: -- ' - f ^ ~ . NEW MARKERS FOR CAMDEN I Highway Department Place* Sign* at All Important Corners Here State highway department forces have been engaged during the past week in marking all streets Camden through which main travel passes and the signs which have recently been erected make it an easy matter for the tourist to travel with certainty of direction. Possibly no city of equal size offers such an important junction point of roads as besides being on the mountains to the coast highway Camden is also on Federal Highway No. 1 which runs from Calais, Me., to Miami, Fla. In this connection the following table will prove interesting sb it j shows the relation of Camden in miles to the following points throughI out the country: Kershaw 21 Lancaster > 39 Charlotte 79 Sumter ... 27 Manning 42 Georgetowri r 109 Bishopville 21 Darlington 47 Florence 57 Cheraw 58 Raleigh ... 188 Richmond 353 Washington . .' 493 Baltimore 517 lad el phi a 624 New York .: 782 Boston 95?1 Columbia .... 81 Aiken 91 Augusta ." 101 Savannah 24J3 Jacksonville ? 424 Miami 79f " ' i Run-Aways Sent To Reformatory t * _ John Richardson, 12, of Boykin anr, Willie TruesdeR, 9, of Camdeft, botl ' colored, were sent to the reformatory on Monday under the custody oi Sheriff J. H. Mcleod, the order di recting the boys to the state schoo of correction being issued by Judge of Probate W. L: McDowell. Foster parents of the youths, in their com plaint, alleged that they wer< habitual run-aways and altogethei j beyond control of their home in fluences. Notice of School Opening The Lugoff school will open o, September 12th. All pupils shouh be present on the first day of schoo1 Beginners should start at the f'.rs i of the term. All children are re i quired to be vaccinated, who are en foiled in the school. DUY I OIU KS TAKK A NOT II Kli Plant and Alleged Operator < apt tired ! In Upper Part of County Forces .( Sheriff J. H. McDcod and of the i ity of C anult-n, continuing their vigorous drives against bootlegging interests, added another trophy during the early hours of Sunday morning when they wrecked a distilling plant near Cranny's Quarter ( reek and took Hen Alexander, negro, upon a charge of manufacturing whiskey. I he officers have also sworn out warrants ugainst another negro and a white man and their arrests are likely to follow within a short while upon similar charges. '1 he raid was staged just before daylight after hours of waiting and trudging through the marsh-country surrounding the still. Besides the sheriff other officers included Deputy Sheriff G. F. Cooley, Chief Hilton and Officer ( ole of the city police department, and Special Officer W. C. Scarborough. Five alleged violators taken during ] ruids last week are now out on bond. A white couple giving the names of William Funderburk and Margaret Clifford, taken with a liquor car near Springdale early Thursday morning, have been released upon bonds aggregating si* hundred dollars. Solomon Davis, negro, said to be an old-timer at the illicit liquor traffic, is out on bond of five hundred dollars pending trial upon charges growing out of an exciting rum chase across the country at midnight last Wednesday. John Smith, negro, and Henry Martin, negro, also taken at the same time, are out upon bonds of two hundred dollars and thfee! hundred dollars respectively. Keardon Back To Dillon E. I. Reardqn of Sumter, former secretary of the Dillon chamber of commerce and .one time resident of Camden, will return to Dillon September first to resume his duties, according to Morris Fass, president of the Dillon organization. A decision was reached to ask Mr. Keardon to return a few days ago when a petition was circulated among the active members of the organization and it was found that 88 per cent, of the members were in favor of having Mr. Reardon return as secretary. The petition was circulated following a meeting of the directors August 10. Pittman To Teach in Columbia M. A. Pittman, of Richburg, who has been a member of the Camden High school faculty for the past two years, will teach at the Columbia High school this year. This announcement will be received by many with disappointment for during his stay in this city Mr. Pittman has served the school efficiently and his numbers of friends with loyalty. He is a graduate of the Citadel and while in Columbia he will take graduate work at the University of South Carolina. . Bulldogs Train In The Mountains Twenty members of the Capiden High school football team are leaving this morning for Brevard, N. C., to engage in a ten days' period of recreation and training. The team goes under tbe care of 'Superintendent J. G. Richards, Jr., and Assistant Coach John M. Viliepigue. Prospects for another powerful aggregation ate said to be very promising and more followers than ever^ before are likely to travel with the Bulldogs in their contests over South Carolina this fall. Local Cotton Crop Apparently Short Fifteen bales of new crop cotton had been offered on t^he Camden' market through Thursday morning according to figures presented by R. A. Bruce, public weigher. Reports 'if weevil infestation continue at an alarming rate and, from reliable sources, it is learned that the prosv pect for this year's crop in Kershaw county will run around twenty thousand bales as compared with thirty-two thousand bales last year. ,In lower Kershaw county some planters are reported to be clipping tops of stalks in order to admit sunlight to check the weevil while from the . Flrt Rock section comes an exhibit, from the farm of Henry Gaskins, which shows hut two bolls upon five ?tr.lks gathered from the same cotton i row. The price, however, continues *t* upward trend and in Camder I Thursday the market was offerins i better than twenty cents for goo| middling. LAST CLEAR CALL SOUNDS FOR LEADER OF Tfrfc GREY The final chapter of u long unci active and useful life was noted with the passing early Saturday night of Captain Alexander Moultrie Brailsford at the home of hi* son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Huron, in this city. Captain Hrailaford hud been eonfii\ed to his room for u number of years and his death, whioh had its immediate cause in a severe rheumatic attack, was not surprising to relatives and friends. Captain Brailsford, born October 27, IKdO, was the son of Alexander Barron and Anna DuHose Brailsford of Clarendon county and the greatgreut-grandson of General William Moultrie of Revolutionary fame, lie took an active part in the first battle of Fort Sumter which marked the opening of the ('tyil War and served throughout the conflict as a captain in the Palmetto Guards of Kershaw's Brigade. Captain Brailsford was the first man of Clarendon county to enlist under the forces 'of Longstreet and (luring his service with the Army in Northern Virginia he received wounds at Savage Station, Averysboro and Gettysburg. At Gettysburg he was taken prisoner and sent to Point Lookout, Md.. where in a wounded condition he remained imprisoned for nine months. Captain Brailsford was approaching the eighty-eighth anniversary of his birth and his twenty-fifth year as a citizen of Camden. He took up residence with his daughter in this city follbWin^ the death of Mrs. Brailsford who before marriage was Miss Julia Richardson of Clarendon cDuring his stay here he was closely associated with th? upbuilding of the Episcopal Church and as an eager comrade among every group of youhger people he guined heights of love and admiration no less immortal than those awarded through his record as a soldier of the proud Confederate rankR and as a splendid, Christian gentleman. Surviving Captain Brailsford arc two daughters, Mrs. J. H. Burns of, Camden and Mrs. John Cantey of Orangeburg and one son, Major A. M. Brailsford, United States army medical corps, now stationed at Fort Worden in the state of Washington. His nephew, Bishop W. A. Guerry of the diocese of South Carolina, directed the funeral services which were held Monday at old St. Mark's Church in Clarendon county and interment followed in the adjoining cemetery. Many beautiful floral offerings ac- ^ companied the body along its motor route to the Ipwer Carolina* of its nativity and numbers of Camden friends joined with those from other parts of South Carolina to pay final tribute to a man held in highest esteem by everyone. Active pallbearers were James Brailsford, Orangeburg; John Brailsford, Summerton; L. E. Brailsford, of Pinewood; William RichaTdson, \jrangeDurg; ana it. B. Kichardson of Suiumertorx Honorary pallbearers included W. D. Barrett, John T. Mackey, J. Willis Cantey,?W,?H. Haile, W. S. Burnet, all of* Camden, and G. W. Patton of Winnsboro. . r . * H Nearly Half a Million Bales Cotton of this year's crop ginned <?r prior to August 16 totaled 457,031 running Dales, counting 10,983 round bales as half bales, compared With 182,265 bales, including 1,285 round bales, to that date last year, and 579,291 bales, iriclttding 9,334 round bales, to August 16, 1925, the census bureau at Washington announced, Tuesday. ^ > [ m ' Ty {??*" mi "T Fire Claims Lafayette Avenue Home . Fire originating, it is said, .from an oil stove explosion about three-thirty o'clock last Thursday afternoon al- k. most completely destroyed the dence ov^ned and occupied* by Mri . and Mrs. D. M. Davis on avenue. When discovered the. fire had gained considerable headway and V for a time it appeared seriously threatening to adjoining residences. The loss if> estimated at around two thousand dollars with partial coverage through , insurance. No Insur- J ance was carried on furniture, some of which was destroyed and all d?ni-. i aged to some extent. Mr. and Mrs. i Davis have recucr.ted The ChronicleZ i o express thanks to the fir? depSffig-S : men! and both white and coljwred i friends who rtndered such valuable^? I du.ing the time of their loss.