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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
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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."
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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
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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
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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?
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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.
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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:
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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
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Run-Aways Sent To Reformatory
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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. .
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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. ^
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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.