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I , 'l&Sff '" vf**- * " * . ; ? ' The Camden Chronicle tBsanaaasaBgaeanKSBHsMass-^-naaMiBBBMHBBaaBaaaMninaMBBiHBHaaapiHBiMnBBBMaBaBaBanaHanaBaEnBartHaKBssBE^^ XXXIX. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, - fftlDAY, JANUARY 20, IMS NUMBER 49. I SOON TO PBATURB I Hi En joy in* Pursuit of W1I# I Hmr in This Territory I Htn weather of January folI Hecember'e cold i? ideal for Horts, and each day finds en* He aportsmeu start in* early ring in full bags from the I * shooing preserves. Heful sportsmen at the Court ft Dr. Dodge Peters, William I Ht and Thomas 0. Gillespie of Bk and stopping at the KlrkI' H Henry W. Sage and Gifford Ban of New York, here for a ' Port on the preserves owned I Bpage in the Boytoin neighborV'v.'iHgame is exceedingly plentiful K>norning the end of last week known sportsman brought - Bve wild geese. | Williams of Greenwich is at WP? plantation and is hav/ hunting lodge repaired aftei '' Bnt fire in which it was ser<i ' Bam aged. I V Russell, Jr., president of < Bden Polo club, thinks the I splendid for the February I Ben games. Camden's fields Bne condition, and many well Blayers have signified their 5 B to participate in Camden's sport during the winter seb* Bnies are arriving daily and ; Bg worked regularly over the Bpths. I Br Knox of Buffalo has ten Raymond Van Clif, T, J. and Reginald Taylor also have I s 'or use later, aa have Blph Chase and Samuel Rus^Bon Asiel is expected this week ^^ *R horses and will again occupy .''" f? at the Kirk wood and Fred B now playing in Miami, is to shortly with some fine mounts, g hunts are regular features re well attended, and alternate fox hunts will continue ghout the winter. ^B. (Carlton Palmer of New York, B?! president of the Junior ^Bie of America, is passing sevHfceeks at Deare Place; also there HMrs. Ronald Hart, Mrs. Foster Hps and Mr. John W. Lee of New and Mr, Henry C. Fleisher of del phi a. k Ella Coarsen had as dinner on Tuesday evening Mr. and Bjeonard Graham, Mrs. Robert H A- Dalton Kennedy, the * Whi'tteredge and others. lightfui party during this I B?? that given at the home of' l$f Bank- Zemp with Mrs. Wendell I ^g~s Hobkirk Inn as hostess m Bdnesday afternoon. I Bday Mrs- Jolm Sweeney of the i Bk Inn colony . motbred to the Tree taking with her for lunch ght guests and on Saturday > Robert E. Stone, who is Bg a few weeks in his Lyttle eet cottage gave an^informab Mr. and Mrs. John By, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Graham r- and Mrs. Lawrence Kirk H Anna B- Stearns of 'the Court roup was hostess at tea and H0.", Wednesday afternoon at the? club for five guests. Bther attractive gift shop and oom has been added to those ,n Camden. It is located in Bum House on Broad street and own as Greenleaf Villa, with Ruth Richards of New York as ^B and manager. Miss Richards tn?wn in the northern resorts ^Bll as in New York City, where ^ penalized in antiques, and will Vn lu'ro ?? Up-to-date and atBe place. I I ^?.a*ant plantation', charmingBated six njiles south of" Ca/mBtoi be opened for tea about the of February and will doubtless as popular as it was last sea1 The old time home is one of ^Bost interesting in this section, ante-bellum residence of Br well Boykin, and in it are ^Biany unusual pieces of old fur I ami paintings. ^^Birge and enthusiastic audience ^Bd Benjamin P. DeLoache, Jr., Be sang at the Sunday evening B at the Kirkwood. Mr. DeB. *?o had sung in the First Btenan Church of Columbia morning seemed not the fatigued. On the" contrary hie - was io splendid - condition as ^ ly rendered, several operatic ^ fons and ballads. His "Little especially beautiful, ^ sympathetic understanding aftf ?w, enunciation. The audience ^Bed of guests of the Kirkwood, I Li i j cott*k* colony, and en residents was most enthus[ and appreciative. Mr. DeBo who was winner of third >n the recent Atwater Kent KH ,#av? th* week Hter the Curt* Musical school in etuPit'*?m wMch he ? many friends of Mr. and Mrs. ^B1* G. Cart are delighted to wel^B|hem to Camden. They motor K ffrom their home in PrtneeJ ..?'?<! are guesta I Lenoir for the winter. Hfr ?fn iD Charleston, Mrs. Ba Ranlet of Old Lyme, Conn., Bh Jt^fcjjklward DuBose on Fair K.illr ;^ve.,fal weeks^ChSftv f colony wintering Hmmer S? l5jU Yori? Mr\nd . r TEdward L. Howe, of Princeton, and Van Aleu Harris of Bryn Mawr. A'mong the arrivals at the Kirkwood, are M. Burke of Marlboro, Mass.; Tr H. Thompson of Cambridge; Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Buxton 6f New York; Mrs. Daniel Murphy and Mrs. C. W. MeNeelef; of Norristown, Pa.; C. A. Atwell and J. C. Stewart of Sewickley; Mrs. Waldo t,lCfci?0 of Farmington, Conn.; Mrs. Grace G. Chase of Weat Hartford? Mrs. T. Irwin Murray of Bernardsville; Mrs. John E. Lasky of Washington; Mr. H. W. Priest and Miss Lucy Priest of Fronconia; George 3K| WhHe and Mr. and .Mrs, A. M. Reed of Manchester, Vt ; Mr. and Mrs. George W. Schurman, John Martin and Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Liddell of New York, and Mr, and Mrs. H. H. Pease of Rochester. The winter colony at the' Court Inn. as always, consists mostly of season guests, many of whom come with -^he opening and remain throughout the season. Additions recently, are Thomas G. Gillespie and Miss Julie Gillespie of New York; Mr. siyd Mrs. Adwin Mersersau of Hampstsid; Alexander C Kelt of Malvern, Lc.I.; George H. Guest of Brookline; H. S. HoTbrook of Walpole, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. EL E. McCarter of New York; Dk 'and Mrs. W. ' W. gBWfe Mattlw^ Taylor of Orange; George H.g Miles of New York and^B. C. Huber ef PhiladelIdiia. NEW CLASSES TO EE FORMED V? Richard* Imium Important Announce* mrnt To Parent*. On Monday January 30th, one new class will be formed - in the primary school and one new claaa in the High achool to fit in with the scheme of half year promotion. The claaa in the primary grades will be made up of beginners who are now six years of age and who were not permitted to enter in September. The high achool claaa will be a beginning 8th grade made up of students phomoted from the 7th grade at this tfhie and any students who are prepared to enter the 8th grade who may wish to enter. .All parents who wish to enter children in the first grade group are requested to either bring or send in names for enrollment as soon as possible after reading this. The name should be entered in the office of the superintendent not later than January 27. All students expecting to enter high school class are requested to enroll before January 27. Presbyterian Church Notes lfey. ?> M. Douglas, D, t). president of the University of South Carolina will preach at this churoh Sunday morning January 22. -> One hundred and thirty-one attended Sunday School Sunday morning. Of this number there were thirty-one men and twenty-four women. , The women will have to do better to keep up with the men. Our men are divided into ten teams, each team having a captain, who is interested in getting his team to Sunday School. ; ? ,v; ;V'* Last Sunday evening Mrs. Butros, of the Columbia fUble School gjave an illustrated lecture on the Holy Land to the union meeting of the young people of the cfty churches. Morning worship 11:15. Sunday School 10:00 a. m. Junior Christian Endeavor Sunday afternoon at 8:00 o'clock, Miss Jean Vanliimdingham leader. Senior Christian Endeavor Sunday evening at 8:00 o'clock Harvey Clark leader. Services at Tempte. ^ Sei*vices will be held on Sunday, January 22nd, at 4 o'clock at Beth R1 Temple, on Lyttleton street, conducted by Rabt>i F. K. Hirsch. The public is cordially invited to attend these services. Services To Be Held Sunday. Rev. J. W. Boykin, pastor of Mount Moriah Baptist church has gotten his program all ready for his anniversary services to be held Sunday at his church. This is in celebration of the sixty-second anniversary of the founding of the church, aii^ has been an annual event with this ?&glrch and congregation for a number pf_years. The exercises .will commence at 8:'46 with jubilee songs and spirituals as sung in the day? of slavery.' Judge Mendel L. Smith will deliver the wmiversar^faddress and added attraction will be singing by the community Glee ^Olub, composed of a choir of well trained voices. Rev. Boykin extends a cordial invitation to his white friends to be with him and his congregation on that day. - . MeMAHAN LO8K8 JOB *'W! \ *> n3F v>> -i i 8?m B. King N??d An IHwiftM Cora miaaieuqr Columbia, Jan. 12.-*4fe? & Jtf?f of Greenwood, former l*nplb?r ?f tk* house, was elected laMjtfB^ commissioner by the ItMfQMjr m joint session today by defeating ,John J. BtcMaban of Columbia, incumbent* by W votes to 43 and eiectloh bf members of the state rftijroftd commission resulted as follows: Fifth district, Senator J. E. Beamguard, of York county, elected without opposition. Sixth district, L. R. Ellebe baf. reelected over Thomas P. BrOwii, member of the house of represent** tivee? from Florence county bfr''* vote of 106 to 44. Second district, Sam Cf Blease, chairmhn was reelected without Opposition. V v Jli James H. Hammond, of Cdbftlk* bia, and John P. Thomas of Charleston, were reelected merhWa ol the board of visitors of the-^j without opposition. ? Miss Virginia Moody, state Jib*1 rariau, was reelected without opposition. R. H. Timmerman was defeated for reelection as a trustee of Cmm> son college by G. W. Spe^r, ol /*?> derson, 79 to 70. Charles B. JagL of Chester, was elected to suqcumB the late Ivy Mauldin, and F. jfcJ Cope, and W. D. Barnett were rO elected without opposition. *. * ; George M. Wright was elected on the board of the University, succeeding J. Rion McKissick, resignthe Winthrop board, Col. R. Evans Wylie, of Lancaster, was chosen without opposition to fill the vacancy caused by the removal to Charlotte of Col. Leroy Springs. Other trustees institutions mentioned and also of the medical college and the state colored college were reelected. . j Radio Has Popular Model. W?. O. Hay, local dealer for thai Atwater Kent radio tells The Chronicle that he has sold seven of the latest models?number 37, within the past three days. So great is the demand for this outfit that he has been able ft> get only two to be installed this week. This machine has no batteries and is used from a regular electric light socket and is ' proving very popular with radio fans. The factory at Philadelphia which occupies a fifteen-acre floor space has been running' day and night to supply the demand. , > .,.,* * Hospital Auxiliary To Meet. The Camden JHoepital Auxiliary will meet on Monday, January 23rd, at 4 o'clock at the Camden Hospital All members are urged to attend. Crepe Myrtle Plants Free. The Young Men's Business League, of-Camden, announces that they have secured a large number of crepe myrtle plants which are to be' distributed free to all who will plant and take care of ^ therni. Those desiring plants can get same by calling on Mr. J. W. Sanders, courtly demonstration agent, at his office in the Loan and Savings Bank building by Ffidatf, January 20. His telephone number is 273. - Or they may be secured through the Civic League by Watds from the following places: Ward 1, Mrs. Fletcher Smith; , ward 2, fcfrs. George Creed; ward 8, Mrs. Howard Singleton; Ward 4, Mrs. ,T. S, Rhame; ward 6, Mrs. W. L. DePass, Sr.; ward 6, Mrs. Sidney Zemp. Please grtt these plants at once as the time for planting is short. Colored Teachers to Meet. ;~* According to P. B. Mdodana, ty supervisee# colored schools, a meeting of the Kershaw County Colored Teacher's Association will be held at Jackson High School on' January 28th at 11 o'clock. It is the request of the county superintendent of education, the president of the association and the county supervisor that bvery teacher of the county attend this meeting. > i* S Dir. Robert Shaw Wilkinson, president of the State Agricultural and mechanical college, located at Orangeburg, will be present and will deliver an address on subjects of interest. Special music witt bo arranged for the occasion and refreshments will be served by the ladies in charge. | jflMlngeinent* for an annual Field D<ly *"!. ** ?"**** *t the vail themselves of this opportuni CHILD'S SLAYER CAPTURED Forty-Seven Year OW Mu Charged I Willi Most Horrible Crime. ? % Flint, Mich., Jan. IS.?The moat Oteneive man hunt in Michigan** history today sought the kisbiApe? tpd flayer of 5-yeiMNold Dorothy Sdhseider Kidnaped frolte under |ha ijtu of her mother, wife of an automobile factory worker, the child waa tdjten in an automobile to the countrywide near Mount Morris, not far fram h^re, and brutally slain. The 1 child's slayer then <fcicapltated tWf Wy and stuffed a portion of it unAyt a ledge of ice bordering a creek. '^Re portions of the body still were missing today. Dorothy was hurrying, home from kindergarten shortly after noon yesterday. She waa fontched from the sidewalk a block from her home. Her mother, watching for the child from the porch, aaW a man drag her into an automobile and then .drive away. < I Flint, Mich., Jan. 16.?Adolph Hotel ling, deacon of an Owosso, Mich., CMpi and building contractor, aVrested in Owosso today, confessed to the brutal slaying of five-year-old Dorothy Schneider, kidnaped and killed at Mount- *r nsj near here, last Thursday. L Hotelling confessed to sheriff officials after he had been positively Identified by Archie Beacon, farmer, who unwittingly had assisted him to .escape after the killing by removing Hotelllhg's machine - from a mud hole. The [knife with which the man told" officers had dissected the child's body ;was found in his clothing and an old Dodge sedan car in which he drove'AO the Mount Morris woods with the little victim prior to carrying out theu deed, was found in # garage where attempts had been made to change its appearance by repainting. - -?? I The man was rushed to the local jai|^ by officials and, according to 0^# 'police, immediately went tyto hysterica, raring about his cell and" tearing his* hair. The arrest, made in Owosso, followed information given by carpenters employed in construction of a Flushing, Mich., school house who declared the man bragged that when the reward offered for the capture of the girl*s slayer was large enough, he would supply the necessary information to lead to arrest, i Deputy Sheriffs Mark Tailthorpe, j Henry Munger and. Thomaa Kelly, I of Genesee county sheriff's office, made the arrest. On the trip by automobile from Owosso, deputy sheriffs said, Hotelling - attempted to cut his throat with the pocket knife he had concealed. Every precaution pros 'taken by city and state police to prevent possible violence from Fliut citizens who have demonstrated during the last few days extreme agitation. Squads of police armed with tear bombs were at stiagetic points as Captain Oscar Clavier, commissioner jof state police, Chief of Police C. J. Scavarda and Sheriff Frank Green secured the man's confession. Dorothy was kidnaped'when ou her way from kindergarten. An altjirm spread by her mother and school officials started a search which resulted in discovery' <w the mutilated body partially submerged In the waters of a creek ip a seldom frequented section near here. The alaint 'broadcast started the most intepstye manhunt hi the history of this elate with every available member of the state police, Flint City police, force apd county officers working night and day to apprehend the slayer. Flint, Mich., Jan. 16.?Constant brooding over the Hickman case led [AdeTprti Hotelling, bHdks layer, to kidnap/and -^lay five-yearold Dorothy Schneider last Thursday, he confessed tonight. " "1 lay awake nights thinking about the Hickman case," Hotelling said. "I though it wss so terrible I couldn't get it out of my mind. I don't know whet made me do the same thing." The man said he went to Mount Morris, seven miles from Flint, where 'the little girl lived and picked the child up as f walked toward home. "8be got in my car without a i question," he said. "I drove down the Stani&y yroad into the wood*. Their she began to cry and aaM she would tell her mother ou mo. I tpld her I would kill he'r if She did. "We got out of the car and ahc walked beside roe down into the Jinto her heart. She was eoon dead, land then I cut the parts of her body 1^4 threw them away. "I didn't tou&rher at all after(that. That is all I did to her. In a'few minutes. I threw the body and>.the clothes into the creek and went back I to my car. I got the farmer to I help me get the car out of the mud Ihjid then I went home." fvj Goes To Fr^son For. Life , | Flint. Mich.,. Jan 18.?The slayer I of golden-haired Dorothy Schneider \U on his way to pay the penalty for 1 his crime. Judge Fred W. Brennan I of the Genesee county circuit court I today sentenced Adolph Hotelling to I life imprisonment at hard labor jbn [solitary confinement in the state I branch prison at Marquette. I The murderer b#aini with him on I his trip to. the bleak* ppper peninsula I institution a mark that brands upon I him the hate and desperate grief of I the father of his victim. As the I stolid disheveled Owosso carpenter land church elder was brought into I the court today, Leslie Schneider, I father of the girl, sprang frohi an I anteroom, lashed out with all his [Strength and struck Hotelling full in I the face. The man blinked, shook I his head and placed his hand to his I face. H was evident the blow wss Uatnful. I In parsing sentence upon the conI fesacd murderer, who had entered Is plfa of guilty, Judge Brennan de 1 fiar^t ^tVir> rlulotla mm eViAwm k?, .4 ICIMTw aflw uuIdtNl Sv IVlvWR ujr villH HKTOUNB NKW8 NOTK8 ^Happenings of M ToW By Our Regular Oerreepoodent Bethune, S. C., Jan. 17?The membere of the Junior f^Worth League Rave an enjoyable party in the f|/Mgu* room at the Methodist church on laat Friday evening Mumbera of | interesting game* wave played and during the evening fnftt and candy was served. Mrs. Henry N, Robertson and her daughter, Miss Annie Mae, enroute from Miami, Fla., to Gaatonia, N. C., Stopped over laat Thursday for a visit to Mr. and Mre. L. D. Robert* son. Mr. and Mra. Walter Stevens, of Lancaster, were welcome visitors in Bethunw** laBt Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Stevens came over to attend a meeting of the stockholders of the Farmers and Merchants bank of this place. The members of the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church are building a splendid brick house of worship. This is one of the churches on the field that has been served for the past six years by the Rev. M. B. Gunter. Mrs. Q. R. Bell and children, of Lancaster, have been the guests recently of Mrs* Bell's sister, Mrs. T. R. Bethune. The Rev. T. E. Derrick, pastor of the Methodist church, and Mrs. Derrick spent last Thursday in Sumter attending a conference which was' being held there* Miss Frances Severance, who haa been at home for several days under the care of Dr. E. Z. Truosdale, returned to Coker College on Tuesday to resume her studies. ^ Mri0A. B. Rosier and wife, of Columbia, were visitors in Bethune Sunday afternoon, Miss Mildred Billings, of ?ancae* ter, was the, week-eijd guest of Mrs. Love Hearon.' Miss Alma West, city nurse of Winston-Salem, has been called home on account of the serious illness of her father, Mr. Henry West. It is expected that Mr. West will be taken to a hospital for treatment unless his condition improves within" the hext day or two. # . Mr. and Mra.. pal ton McLeod and children spent Sunday in Camden with relatives. 'W5 Mrs. A. K. MoLaurin and Miss Malloy Hearon were visitors afc>43filcora College last -week. The Rev. M. B. Gunter attended a meeting of the Baptist general -board held in Columbia last week, of which body he is a member. Mr* J. M. Clyburii js preparing to. build a new residence on" the corner lot just above his present home. The contract has been let to Contractor Hall. Mr. D. *M. Mays has torn down his dwelling house and is building further back on the same lot. Quite a number of j^idences have been erected in Bethune , within the last few yearB?a number being brick buildings., Rev. Watson To Make Address _ Rev. George Fierce Watson will make an address on Robert E. Lee, Friday night, January 20th, at 7:30 o'clock at Antioch School for the Antioch School Improvement Association. The association invites everybody who can, to come arid hear Dr. Watson. 1 , , . / MAY PLAY IN CAMDEN Polo Tournament Will * Ik Largest Ever Held in 8+Uth. According to an associated press dispatch under an Atlanta, Ga., date of January 18, the spaing tournament for Dixie may be held in Camden during March, which will mean the bringing to this city of p largo number of players as weli as something like two hundred ponies. The announcement from Atlanta reads as follows: "A movement to make the next tournament of the Southern circuit of the United States Polo association the largest ever held in Dixie with the idea of eventually bringing the sport in the South on a basin equal to that of the East ia being startei'' by officials in charge of polo in this section. "Camden, S. C., will probably be the scene of the 1928 tournament to |>e held sometimes this summer, the winuer to represent the South in the national events. Announcement of the site and dates, however, have not yet come from Thurmond (Latham of Wjjjneton-Selem, N, C., chair* man of the Southern circuit. "Some of the clubs expected to send entries arc the Memphis Polo and Hunt club, the Winaton-tSalem polo club,? Pinehurat Sand Dills club, Camden and Aiken, S. C., all civilian organisations, and Fort Oglethorpe, Fort Bragg, Fort Bqn^ ning and Fort Screven of the army. Then, too, the Savannah, Tampa, AtluuU and New Orleans units of the National Guard will probably w be represented, those in charge of preliminary arrangements declare. "Fort MaoPherson of Atlanta is also re-establishing the sport and two carloads of ponies from Fort Reno, Okla., are expect^) by the end of February. t "Fort Oglethorpe won the Southern circuit championship a year m : ' AttflMIng Shrine 'Ceremonial Among the Shriners attending the annual ceremonial of Omar Torrq>le, Ancient Arabic Older Nobles of the . Mystic Shrine, being held in Charleston yesterday were W. F. Nettles, a, H. L. Sehlosburg, Frank Campbell, ' Dewey Creed, Milton Deal, Gfeorge Creed, John Goodale, A. S. Llewellyn, J. H. McLeod, T. V. Walsh a^d N. R. Goodale, Jr., Carl Schlosbuig went as a candidate for the order. ( amdcn Methodist Church j Lyttleton Street, near Hampton Park, George Pierce Watsqn, Pastor. Sunday, January 22?Bible School at 10 a. m.; Classes for all grades and HSR o^uWic worship at 11:15 a. m. and 7:80 p. m., conducted by the pastor, Morning theme: "Divine Sup-' . P>y ,or the World's Need." Evening ?l,ly F??"tai? of Thie DeHght. Epworth League at 6:45 a p. m. Mid-week prayer service on Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. The public is most cordially invited to all the services of this church. Visitor's are especially welcome. . Seats free. Come and bring your friends. "" * ' . PSBORNK TO OPPOSE DuftOSE Mayop.DuBoae AIm Announce. For Mayoralty Rc-Blectlon : . . tbiy are otl! The first gun In he coming municipal primary la fired with the announcement in another column of *j, paper of Mr J. H. O.borne aa a candidate for reelection to the office of mayor of t Camden; ' Pollowlbg closely hia announce,, ment ia that of Mayor C. P. DuBose for re-election, and that of Mr. S. W. ? ? candidate for Thrse. Alderman from Ward Mr. Osborne is superintendent of the Camden Oil Mai, branch bf the Southern Cotton Oil company, and fro,nTwe!i.*ST*1 **"" * from Ward Three. He will soon reWV. Into Wand Four, having pur. chased a resided. In that wand. Ha has a large number of Mends and strong following. , Mr. DuBoae is ju.t rounding out ?? first term as mayor In which he A ha. served very acceptably. LikeZZ , S" ~"y strong following and the race ^ I'Kcty be very hotly contested^! now until the primary ffjjjfl March, Whether the, ?^r opposition inj|J I